Me: Even I have no clue as to where this is going. In fact, no one does.

Takuya: Even Chad from accounting?

Me: Especially Chad from accounting...

Takato: Can we get on with this story before this becomes like your first fic?

Me: Sure thing. Do you remember where the disclaimer is? Good.

Takato's POV

I gripped Takuya's hand under the table. He turned to me and I smiled. He gave an obviously forced smile back. I'd been several weeks since he'd been kicked out of his house and he still looked terrible. He turned back to his work, pulling his hand from mine. I turned to mine. Lunch was in five minutes, so I'd try to cheer him up again then. I'd probably fail again, but then again I still had to try.

The bell rang and we crowded out. I dragged Takuya over to the lunch room as soon as I could to avoid the crowd, then made sure that he still had enough to eat. I led him over to our table. Izumi had stopped spending any time with us. According to Junpei, she'd had a crush on Takuya and was really upset by my announcement about our being in love. We all ate together, with Takuya still looking depressed and Junpei staring off into space.

"So, who are you dreaming of?" Lee asked.

"You are too good at reading people Lee." I commented. Lee grinned cheekily.

"What was that Lee?" Junpei asked, snapping out of his daydream.

"Who are you thinking of?" He blushed.

"No one!" He shouted. Lee raised his eyebrow. We laughed. He blushed an even deeper colour. "Really!"

"No, who is it? Really." I asked. He blushed again.

"It's Izumi, ok!" He cried out. He tried to hide his blush in his hands. Most of us looked around in disbelief.

"That's not much of a surprise." Koji said. We looked at him. "Junpei's had a crush on Izumi since he first laid eyes on her." He shrugged. "You would not believe what he's done." Koichi threw his arm round Koji, grinning. Lee saw and turned on them.

"And you two?" Koji mirrored Lee's previous expression. "Come on, tell us!"

"N-no one!" Koichi said.

"Who is it, really?"

"Do you want to get hit by a Shadow Meteor Lee?" He gulped, backing down for the first time.

"Ok, I give." He said. "I'll stop asking that." Then he turned on Takuya. "So what's wrong with you? You've been like this for weeks!" Takuya closed his eyes for a second, then stood.

"I've got to go." He walked off.

"Taky, wait!" I ran after him. He slumped down next to a tree. I sat next to him and rested my hand on his. He looked at me. I saw that his face was covered in tears. I patted his hand. "Hey. Don't cry. It makes me want to." I thought I felt Takuya chuckle slightly though the tears, but it might have been a hiccup. "Takuya, is there anything you want to talk about?"

"Everyone's turning against me. Izumi, mum, Shinya..." He buried his head in my shoulder. I hugged him, patting his back. "I just don't want anyone else to hate me."

"Don't worry Takuya. I'd never hate you. Neither would any of the rest of us. Except maybe Kazu, but he's surprisingly hard to read. That's what Lee says anyway." I gave him a kiss on the cheek, then stood, pulling him up with me. "Come on, let's go back to the others."

The next day started as normal. I woke, then woke Takuya in the spare room, which was soon to be converted into an actual room for him. My parents were find with him moving in, sending in a form of some kind so he could stay with us. They were also fine with us being in love, but insisted that we had separate rooms.

Another tremor shook the earth as we headed to school. "Two left." Takuya muttered.

"What was that?"

"Oh, I've notice a sort of pattern. Two more tremors and another Digimon will appear. Then another seven, then another seven, and so on."

"So every seventh tremor marks the arrival of a Digimon?"

"Sometimes it changes. It was nine before."

"So they are coming out more often now?"

"Yep." He looked round, then quickly kissed my cheek.

"So, should we arrive at school early or on time today?"

"Hmm, early. We'll arrive on time tomorrow." He said, a glint in his eye. I was glad that he'd left that state he'd been in yesterday. Then a thought struck me.

"Tomorrow's a Saturday. No school to be late to." He deflated. I chuckled. "Don't worry. We can still do that tomorrow." He smiled, and got off my shoulder. "You know, you are acting far too much like a uke."

"Blame LoZ."

"Hey!" A voice yelled from nowhere. "I can hear you. Seriously, first Lem, then everyone in that, and now you!"

"Why did you make me so uke-ish?" Takuya half asked, half complained.

"I can't help it. Anyway, I like the bakery too much for your rolls to have been reversed."

"I'll tell my parents you said that." I said. With that, we walked on. "That was weird." I muttered.

"You don't say. It's not every day you talk to the equivalent of a god."

"Back to the plot, or else."

"Fine LoZ. So, we continue walking?"

"Yep."

"So, shall we be late on Monday?" I asked, grinning.

"Half term." I deflated, then perked back up when he kissed me. We walked off and arrived at school after another five odd minutes of walking. "Where is everyone?" Just as Takuya asked, two kids ran past talking.

"The computer room?" said Kid one.

"Yeah. Some kid says he has some awesome photos he could use for blackmail." Kid two answered.

"Cool!" They ran off, some teacher yelling an unheard message to not run in the corridors.

"Should we follow?" I asked as the teacher passed.

"Why not?" We walked off in the direction the kids had gone. It took less than a minute to get there. As we entered, we saw Koji and Koichi. "What's going on?"

"No clue." Koichi said.

"All we know is that the boy with these photos is related to one of the people in them. He's also got the main computer so he can use the over-head projector."

"Ok, he's determined to show this." The other people in the room gasped. The projector had flickered on and showed two photographs. One was me and Takuya under the tree. The other really surprised me. It was a photo of Koji and Koichi. Kissing. On the lips. And from the looks of it, hard. I looked at them in surprise.

"Well I guess the secret's out." Koji said.

"And there they are!" cried a familiar voice. We turned to see Izumi pointing at us. The crowd turned, and instantly leapt towards us.

"Run?" Takuya asked.

"Definitely." The four of us fled.

We were chased literally across the school. "Where would been a good place to hide?" Koichi asked.

An idea hit me. "If we can distract them, we could hide in the ruined part of the school. You know, the bit that was destroyed in the tremor." There was an explosion right behind us, stopping the charge of the people behind us. "Not what I expected, but I'll take it." We fled again to the ruined rooms, still blocked off but most likely secure. We hid in the one on the bottom floor, the one with an intact floor. Soon, we heard footsteps. They stopped at the door.

"Are you sure they're in here?" came a female voice.

"Yep. Just open the door." This person was male. It creaked open.

"If I get set on fire, I'm blaming you Tomoki." Jeri came into view, along with Tomoki.

"Phew. It's just you." Kouichi said.

"We were in the crowd. When we saw those pictures, we ran off to find a way to distract that crowd. Junpei managed to stop them. I think that form is brilliant by the way." Junpei had arrived while she was talking.

"I have to say, after hearing about all that from these two, my crush on Izumi has completely vanished." He folded his arms. "Anyway, due to that riot, the school canceled all lessons today. That's something good about that happening." Koichi cheered and gave Koji a hug. "That may take a little getting used to though.

"Umm...Takuya?" We all looked at Tomoki. "It was Shinya."

"I thought so. My mum must be trying to make him homophobic. And succeeding."

"Man, you have a lot on your plate. Apocolamon, a homophobic family, you really need a break. Good thing we are going off for a week."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Every autumn half term, we go to visit a cousin of mine. Well, I go, but you can come with me."

"Really? Thanks." He kissed me, properly. Just as his tongue started to slip into my mouth, Junpei coughed.

"So, what do you think of these new V-pets? Pretty cool, right?"

Me: So, what do you think?

Takuya: Too easy to figure it out.

Takato: What do you mean?

Me: The next few chapters are set during an event that normally happens during Tamers. I've put in a couple of clues.

Takuya: So all of you know, there are cookies for the first person to guess what it is!

Takato: If LoZ doesn't eat them all first.

Me: HEY! Anyway, I'll see you all next time.