Assassins-----------------chapter 7
Hey peoples.
You may have noticed that Lobomon is different than he might normally be portrayed. I was hoping someone would. (Kudos to Tanith). You see, when Lobomon was actually just Kouji with a spirit, he acted like Kouji. Why? Cause Kouji WAS Lobomon. Duh! However, we don't actually KNOW how Lobomon REALLY acts, so that means I got to decide! Hence, I made Agunimon a prankster, Lobomon a mischief maker who manages to pin everything on Agunimon, and everyone else however I wanted. Also, they are super excited to have the digidestined come to the digital world, so they are all out of whack you might say. They are all being reckless. Even Mercurymon! So if they seem different to you, that's cause they are.
Lol. Anyway, I am having way too much fun with this story.
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Prize: the character: Junpei (JP); the action: searching for his bag of cheetos; the phrase: "WHO TOOK MY CHEETOS?"
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Note: For those who are biomerged, the digidestined speaks in italics, the digimon speaks in bold, and both together speak in bold and italics.
Second Note: An Assassin can ONLY kill the target on his card. He can NOT kill the person who is out to kill him. He can only NEUTRALIZE them. Hence, when Henry shot Ken, he did NOT assassinate him, he NEUTRALIZED him for an hour. Okay? Read the Rules again. And don't forget it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Cheetos, Digimon or Assassins. But I've discovered that the game Assassins has been a tradition at my college for many, many years, and every single dorm gets its chance to play.
Suggestion: This game would be fun to play with your Youth Group or College or Neighborhood. It lasts all week, and you go about your normal business, and yet still try to assassinate your target. It's one of the only "Ultimate" games that is actually Ultra to the limit! I encourage you all to try it sometime. Maybe at Camp, or school, or Vacation, etc. Introduce this awesome game into YOUR world of friends and family!
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In the Forest, 11:00 AM
JP spun in circles, his eyes scanning the ground desperately. He couldn't understand what had happened to the bag of cheetos that he had hidden in his pocket for such as an occasion as this one. Yes, he had eaten breakfast this morning with Takuya and someone else, and yes it was a good filling breakfast, far better than most of the meals he'd eaten last time he came to the digital world, but he was desperately in the mood for munching on something, and cheetos seemed like the perfect snack. But here he was, searching the forest for the very bag of cheetos that occupied his entire mind. It had disappeared from sight, when the last thing he remembered was having them in his pocket. Or had he set them down somewhere?
"Okay this is starting to bug me," he groaned, starting to sweat from both the exercise of looking for the cheetos and the frustration at not being able to find them. "Either I ate the whole bag and threw it out without remembering it, or someone stole them!" He crossed his arms and took several deep breathes. He was sure that someone had taken them, and the only question now was who. "WHO TOOK MY CHEETOS?" he screamed, his voice echoing all around him in the forest and getting absorbed into the trees. He got absolutely no answer, and figured he'd have to figure it out on his own.
He thought back to all the different digidestined that were here. Which one of them was most likely to take them? It had to have been a guy, because all the girls did not seem like the types to steal his cheetos as a mean trick. And of the guys, it had to be in the group that was his own age. Perhaps that Kazu kid, who had numerous times mentioned how he was always hungry, and would probably eat all day if he could get away with it. Yes, JP thought, it had to have been Kazu.
"If I lay my hands on that guy, he's going to regret it," JP complained, getting more and more upset with each passing second. His was so wrapped up in his idea that Kazu had stolen and eaten his cheetos without a care, that he became lost in fury. How could Kazu have done that so heartlessly? Didn't he realize just how special cheetos were anyway? And for several minutes he stormed through the forest muttering things under his breath, stranded in his single-minded idea that he had jumped to…the conclusion that was probably only true in his mind. It was too bad he wasn't looking where he was going.
It was only after he found himself staring up at the huge, blue, metal, muscular body of Beetlemon that he remembered he was playing a huge game called Assassins, and didn't even know who was out to kill him. And so, instead of being excited to see his good friend that was like that missing part of himself, he squeaked and ran away at top speed.
He didn't stop running until he couldn't breath anymore, and was panting for breath in who-knew-what area of the forest. Then he chanced a look behind him and found that no one was there.
"What are you scared of?" Beetlemon asked, a definite smirk to his voice.
JP jumped and turned to look in front of him, and sure enough, Beetlemon was there. "Don't kill me!" he pleaded. "I can't run anymore!"
Beetlemon laughed loud and hard, and held out empty hands toward his human partner. "Hey no fear man," he laughed good-naturedly. "I'm not here to assassinate you. And anyway, we'd need a witness for that. I have Impmon, not you!"
JP stared at him suspiciously, still gripping his chest and breathing hard. "How do I know I can trust you?" he demanded. "Maybe I should neutralize you just in case…"
"You can if you want to, though it wouldn't make a difference. Only Impmon can neutralize me." Beetlemon chuckled and pulled out a notecard, presenting it to JP proudly. Impmon's name was clearly written on it. "See? Feel better now?"
JP sighed and nodded, wiping sweat off his brow. "You scared me to death," he snapped. "And someone stole my cheetos."
"What, THESE cheetos?" a voice JP did not recognize called.
JP and Beetlemon froze, staring at each other blankly. Then they turned around. An innocent little digimon stared up at them with large questioning eyes. He was blue and white, with large red eyes and an adorable smile. In his tiny hands he held up an unopened bag of cheetos in JP's direction.
JP blinked several times, frozen by the image of the little digimon with his bag of cheetos. He couldn't even figure out what to think.
"Are they not yours?" the digimon asked, looking confused. "Cause if they're not, I'll eat em…."
"No!" JP yelled, running forward. He knelt down and took the bag offered to him, then patted the little digimon's head. "You are so nice! Wherever did you find them?"
"I saw them next to a tree, and I took them cause they were all lonely. And we had a great conversation!" the digimon grinned happily. "But then I heard you yelling for them, so I hurried to find you. But my legs are small." He glanced down at his legs, and blushed childishly. "When I found you, you started running. It took me a while to catch up."
"But you found me again, and I'm very glad you did!" JP picked up the little digimon and hugged him tightly. "You're the best! What's your name? Is there anything I can do to pay you back?" He ignored Beetlemon's chuckles in the background.
"Sure!" the digimon cried. "My name is DemiVeemon, and you can GET ASSASSINATED!!!!" He pulled out a watergun out of nowhere and squirted JP with water in the face. Then he burst into an evil cackle to rival that of Lucemon's.
JP just stood there. He couldn't do anything else. He didn't even blink when someone walked up, smirking triumphantly.
"God job DemiVeemon," the newcomer taunted. He pulled out a digivice, and DemiVeemon digivolved to Veemon and leapt triumphantly out of JP's arms. "That was very clever."
"Why thank you, Davis!" Veemon grinned and waved JP's notecard in his hand. He had swiped it from JP's pocket, just as he had swiped the cheetos. "It was my pleasure!"
"So you're the one everyone's so worked up about," Beetlemon sighed, shaking his head at Davis. JP turned to stare at him, then back at Davis and Veemon. His shock was quickly turning to frustration. "I'm guessing the reason you're so good at this game is because of trickery and guile. Very dishonorable, I'd say."
Davis laughed, a cackle that seemed to grate on JP's nerves like nails on a chalkboard. There was something gloatingly sinister about it. "My dear Beetlemon," he said, surprising JP with the knowledge of Beetlemon's name. "That is the entire point of this game. Stealth, guile, stalking, and trickery. It's the honest ones who go first." He cackled and walked off, waving goodbye to them. "Have fun!"
Then he was gone, vanished into the forest as hauntingly as he had appeared. JP's face twitched, and he clenched his bag of cheetos in his hand angrily. "That guy better not win," he growled. "And I'm going to make sure he doesn't!"
"Good," Beetlemon drew out the word suspiciously. "Cause I want to win. And I don't like how he said my name like he knew who was coming for me. It makes me very suspicious."
"We need a plan," JP clenched harder, then gasped as the bag of cheetos burst open and sprayed all the cheetos all over the forest floor. He let out a devastated cry, and then screamed in frustration. What a lousy ending to a lousy assassination!
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In the Forest, 11:10 AM
"Oh look! There's Gabumon!" Kazu pointed excitedly to the clearing, where Gabumon was talking in private to his partner Matt. Kazu grinned and rubbed his hands together, then slapped Kenta's back. "It's perfect! We both go up to him, and because there are too many witnesses, he wont suspect us. Then you close your eyes, and I'll shoot Gabumon! Got it?"
"So that's why you wanted to work as a team?" Kenta frowned. He tried to rub his back, but his hand couldn't quite reach.
"Yeah! I overheard Davis talking to Ken about it, but Ken refused. He said something about wanting to work on his own. I think working in a whole group is better, cause you're all safe, and you can plan your assassinations and all!" Kazu smiled proudly. "My eavesdropping skills are pretty good don't you think? Davis was talking about it being one of the most fool-proof strategies for beating the game! And from what I hear about the guy, he knows what he's talking about!"
"Hey Kazu?" Kenta asked, a puzzled look on his face. "Have you realized who we're playing this game with?"
"Yeah, other digidestined. No biggie." Kazu shrugged and concentrated on Gabumon again, probably planning out a crazy assassination plan.
"No Kazu…think about it. Tai, Izzy, Matt, Davis, Kari…recognize those names?"
"Course I do."
Kenta stared patiently at Kazu, waiting for the information to click. Eventually it did.
"Hang on a second….these are the guys from the TV show that first got us hooked to the digimon card game!" Kazu gasped, his mouth dropping open and his eyes opening wide. "That means that the whole TV show was real! These guys really exist! They probably had such a hard time trying to blend in! Man! All this time and we didn't even know it!" He clapped his hands together and shook his head. "Kenta my friend, we are going to get autographs when this is over!"
"What are you talking about? We're digidestined too, so we're legit." Kenta rolled his eyes. "We don't need autographs cause we're just as famous as they are…or we would be if the Government didn't turn the whole thing into a big "TV hoax" thing or whatever. So we don't need autographs."
"But think about it Kenta! These guys are the ORIGINAL digidestined! They were the TV show we grew up with! These guys are like our idols!"
"Role-models maybe, but not idols."
"You get the picture!" Kazu rolled his eyes, frustrated.
Kenta sighed, then pointed to Gabumon. "Let's worry about it later. Are we going to assassinate him or not?"
"We are," Kazu nodded. He grinned and dashed out, dragging Kenta with him. "And I've got the perfect excuse!" He dashed up to Matt, a cheesy grin on his face. "Hey there Matt!" he said cheerfully. "You're THE Yamato Ishida, right?"
Matt just stared at him blankly.
"Meaning you're the guy from the TV show….one of the first digidestined ever….right?" Kazu persisted. Beside him, Kenta seemed to catch on.
"Obviously," Matt stated dully. "What's up?"
"Well I was hoping you could give me an autograph?" Kazy pulled out a piece of tissue and pen, and handed them to Matt eagerly. Kenta groaned out loud and walked away. Perfect. As soon as the tissue and pen were in the confused Matt's hands, Kazu whipped out his gun and squirted Gabumon in the face. He then took the tissue and pen back. "Actually nevermind, I'll get it later. But thanks!" He winked, then dashed after Kenta, cackling like a madman.
"How'd it go?" Kenta asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Perfect!"
"You forgot something."
"I did?" Kazu glanced back, then suddenly remembered the card. "Oops." He ran at Gabumon full speed, then held out his hand. "Card please?"
Gabumon stared at him with an irked expression. After a few moments, he handed his card over. "Whatever," he sighed.
"Thank you!" Kazu grabbed it and bowed his head to both digimon and partner. "Nice ta see ya!" He turned and ran off, reveling in their mildly confused expressions. "Next up, the kid named Tommy!"
"And I've got Gatomon," Kenta sighed. "Let's get to work! You have a full extra 24 hours, but I've got to do mine today."
"Then let's go!" Kazu dragged Kenta off at top speed. This game was awesome!
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In the Forest, 11:20 AM
"Well that was…" Matt sighed and rolled his eyes. "Stupid I guess is the right word." He patted Gabumon's head. "They're just idiots anyway."
"Yeah but I didn't even try to play the game. And you're not either! We need to be prepared for anything! Isn't this game supposed to last the whole week?" Gabumon frowned and scratched his head, clearly irritated that he had been assassinated so soon. "We need to play our hardest till we either win or get killed. So let's stop sitting around! They'll be time for that later!"
"You're right," Matt sighed. He smiled at his partner and stood up. "Let's go find Kouji, my target. I have a feeling he's going to be hard to get. We'll need a strategy."
"I agree. And…" Gabumon stopped talking, his mouth half open. "Matt…..Davis is over there. I smell him."
"Davis? What does he want?" Matt made a face, clearly annoyed. Davis had self-appointed himself to be Matt's worst nightmare a couple years back, and had done everything possible to pull random pranks on him and get all of Matt's reactions on tape. And to top it all off, it seemed that Matt could not do anything without Davis knowing about it. "The stupid stalker. This game is perfect for him."
"Stalker?"
"He always knows where I'm going so that he can play pranks on me! He's everywhere!"
"He stalks you?" Gabumon made a horrified face.
"Well…" Matt sighed. Alright, it wasn't entirely the truth. "No….he just always decides to pick on me when everyone else is around. He doesn't even go out of his way to bother me, he just does it whenever I happen to see him. It still feels like all the time though." Matt growled angrily. "Stupid jerk."
"How often do you happen to see him?" Gabumon persisted. The expression on his face clearly screamed that he was deciding on whether or not to rip Davis to pieces.
Matt sighed. Although he wouldn't mind seeing Davis get beat up by Gabumon, he still felt a little guilty. "3 to 4 times a week, if he comes over to visit TK. Mostly less than that."
"And….is he stalking you at all?"
"Well…..no." Matt sighed. "It just feels like it."
Gabumon gave up, grumbling. "Well if I think he's getting too annoying, allow me to teach him a lesson or two."
"I'll allow it." Matt smirked. "So where is the little twerp right now?"
"Right there…" Gabumon pointed, and sure enough, Davis was making his way toward them….alone.
"What do you want Davis?" Matt yelled. He stuck his hand in his pocket and gripped his watergun tightly, waiting to see what Davis would do.
"Nothing much," Davis chuckled. It was the evil chuckle, the one that said he had something big up his sleeves. "I just wanted to tell you something."
"If it's about my assassination, then you're not lucking out this time buddy," Matt growled, as Davis came closer. "Cause I'm ready for you."
"I'm sure you are, but I have a very important proposition for you." Davis stopped about six feet away, smiling confidently at Matt and Gabumon. The two returned glares at him. "It's about your assassination, of course. I'm here to offer you an option."
"An option huh?" Matt rolled his eyes. "Like I even want to hear it?"
"Oh….you might."
Matt froze, a glare plastered on his face. Something about Davis' tone did not bode well. "What do you mean?" he demanded. "Explain."
"Only this: Either you let me assassinate you now with no hassle, or you'll get a much bigger 'surprise' assassination later." Davis shrugged casually, the evil gleam still sparkling in his eyes. "And by big, I mean big enough for everyone to be talking about it for years to come."
Matt coughed. It was the only way to get the power of speech to come back. "You sound so evil when you say that. If I didn't know better, I'd think you were a bad guy."
"In this game, everyone is."
"You take this game too seriously."
Davis laughed out loud. "Oh Matt……what is the fun in NOT taking it seriously? Is there any fun at all?"
Matt found he couldn't really argue. But he wasn't about to just give up because he was afraid of what Davis might pull on his later. "You're stupid if you think I'm going to just give up. No way!" He pulled out his watergun and neutralized Davis. "You just gave me a heads up that might help me win the game! Now get out of here, you stupid goggle-head!"
Davis chuckled and walked away, a smug look of satisfaction on his face. "I was hoping you'd say that," he cackled. He walked calmly until he was out of sight, leaving Matt and Gabumon with an uneasy feeling in their stomachs.
"Stupid Davis," Matt grumbled. "He can't scare me."
Gabumon blinked, and glanced at Matt. "Um….I think he just did."
Matt whacked his partner on the head, then turned and began to walk. "Let's find Kouji okay? And just….be quiet. Davis is NOT going to win this game!"
Gabumon chuckled, shook his head, and followed. Matt was still Matt.
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In TK's Room, 11:30 AM
TK burst through the door, his face flustered and accompanied by a serious look of confusion and worry. He almost didn't seem to notice the two girls sitting impatiently on his bed. Hurriedly, he slammed the door shut and ran a hand through his hair.
"What in the digital world took you so long?" Yolei exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air with indignation. "We've been waiting here for HALF AN HOUR!" She crossed her arms and glared daggers at TK, huffing furiously. "I'm ready to beat you up if you don't have a good excuse!"
Kari frowned slightly, but not for the same reasons as Yolei. Although she had been increasingly growing upset by TK's lack of presence for the past half-hour, she was now more upset by the expression on TK's face. She stood up and walked toward him. "What is it?" she asked. "What's wrong?"
TK glanced at her, an unreadable expression flickering through his eyes for a fraction of a second. Then he sighed. "It's Cody," he stated, stepping away from the door and going to the window. He opened it expertly, and Patamon flew in and landed on his head.
"Cody?" Kari persisted. She still stood in the middle of the room, watching him. Gatomon and Hawkmon were both in the room, Hawkmon on the floor beside Yolei, and Gatomon lying lazily on the bed.
"Yes. I wanted Cody to join our group." TK closed the window and made a dreadfully serious face. "He's missing."
"Missing?" Yolei's face changed dramatically, and she gasped. "Did you ask Izzy where he is?"
"Yes," TK crossed his arms. "Izzy was talking to Tai when I got in. Apparently, Cody's signal has been turned off, and at the last moment it was still on, it said that Cody was far from the Forest Village. Izzy even thought that it was coming from the other side of the world."
"The other side of the world?" Kari frowned. "But what would he be doing there? What did Armadillomon say?"
"That Cody vanished from sight. I think he's been kidnapped."
"Oh no," Yolei placed a hand over her mouth. "And here we thought we were just playing a game….We have to find him, TK!"
"I know…Izzy is doing everything he can. He's already sent Agunimon to go find him. I think it's going be okay." TK did not look reassured by his own words, and he went to sit on the bed next to Yolei. "It's been suggested that we just worry about playing the game."
"Well that's annoying," Yolei complained. "What about Cody?"
"I think that the Legendary Warriors can figure it out, and if they can't, there are a ton of digidestined here with their partners who can set things right," Kari said firmly. She walked over and smiled at them both. "Cody will be found, you'll see! He'll be alright. I have a strange feeling that everything will work out fine, and that he wont be hurt."
"You have a strange feeling? I want facts, not feelings!" Yolei glared at her.
"I'll take a feeling," TK offered a small smile. "If it's coming from Kari. She's usually right."
Kari nodded, and then crossed her arms. "Okay TK, what is the plan for winning this game?"
"Well…" TK sighed heavily. "First we have to decide which one of our targets we're going after, then surround them and corner them." He seemed to cheer up at the prospect of winning the game. "Then everyone but the assassin and their partner will close their eyes and close the eyes of all the other witnesses, and the assassin will get their target. Everything will happen faster than they can realize what's happening. Then we take their card and move on."
"Makes sense to me," Yolei decided. She frowned. "This is what you and Davis did last time you played?"
"Yeah. Davis was the leader, and he told us what to do and we followed him. Our group ended up being the only ones left in the game, and we all pitted our skills against each other. And Davis won."
"So we work together so we can fight each other in the end," Kari giggled. "I think we need to have some kind of agreement before we go into this, so that we all remain honest through all the deception."
"What kind of agreement?" TK asked, eyebrows raised in surprise. "We never had one. Davis insisted the game was all about trickery. And….it is…."
"I'll lay one out for you," Kari nodded. "We should promise to work together as a group, to protect each other from getting assassinated, to help us get all of our targets, to tell each other what our targets are so that even if we have someone in our group, we still know. That way, when we have to be against each other, we will all have the same knowledge as the other, and more equal odds. I say this agreement is important so that everything doesn't work together for the favor of only one of us."
"Wow, that sounded really political or something," Yolei smiled. "But I agree."
"Me too," TK nodded. "I wouldn't suggest this unless I meant all of that."
"And I do too," Hawkmon lifted his wing.
"And me," Patamon giggled from TK's head.
"And me," Gatomon purred. "Now let's whip out those cards and figure out who we've got!"
They all hurried to comply, so as not to waste any more of the day. They still had until midnight to make their hits, but they didn't want to wait till the day was over. As they extended their cards out for all to see, it turned out that TK had Kazemon, Patamon had Lowemon, Kari had Lopmon, Gatomon had Palmon, Yolei had Armadillomon, and Hawkmon had Cyberdramon.
The group blinked, staring at their notecards. "Hey, we all have digimon!" Patamon exclaimed. "That's funny!"
"Who do we go after first?" Gatomon asked, extending and retracting her claws over and over again. Her eyes glinted with excitement.
"How about Palmon?" TK grinned. "She and Mimi are just outside with Sora and Biyomon. Let's go put our plan into action and see how well it works!"
"Good idea," Gatomon pounced onto Kari. "Me and Kari will be the ones with our eyes open, while you guys close everyone else's eyes! Got it?"
"Yeah!" everyone cried. They made their way out the door and down the stairs, heading out to where the two older girls and their digimon were talking. Only TK lingered a moment longer, a distressed look upon his face, as he pondered what to do about poor Cody. But there wasn't anything they could do. He'd have to figure it out later.
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Outside the Inn, 11:45 AM
Mimi laughed, enjoying herself with Sora and Palmon and Biyomon. The sun was shining, and the day was nice, and Mimi had just finished a lovely breakfast. Now the only thing she needed was for her target Takuya to exit from the Inn.
She had a whole plan worked out. Sora and Biyomon were ready to close their eyes when he came out, so that Mimi could squirt him and have Palmon be her witness. It was all so perfect, that nothing could go wrong!
And then TK, Yolei, Kari, and their partners came rushing out.
Mimi was shocked at how they were running up to her, all of them talking at once. She couldn't even understand what they were saying. "What's going on here?" she demanded. Her eye was trained on the door of the Inn, waiting for Takuya. He should be out any minute! She didn't have time for all of these guys!
"Mimi," Yolei exclaimed, grabbing her. Mimi noticed that TK and Patamon had a hold of Sora and Biyomon. "Cody is missing! He's been kidnapped!"
Mimi's mind raced, a lead-weight seeming to fill her stomach. "What?" she demanded. She found her eyes being covered, and blurted out a few complaints. But suddenly, Yolei released her and stepped back.
"But don't worry, Agunimon is taking care of it," Yolei added, smiling innocently and taking a step backwards. "So….I just wanted to let you know."
Mimi blinked rapidly. What was going on here? Cody captured, Yolei blocking her eyes…..and now Palmon was complaining loudly about being assassinated. Wait…being assassinated?!?!?! Mimi found her mouth gaping wide. "You…you fiends!" she exclaimed, pointing at the group of digidestined. She found that Sora was carrying the same expression of indignation. "You planned that so that Palmon could be assassinated! That's just LOW!"
"No, it's Assassins," TK shrugged guiltily. He smirked and patted Palmon on the head. "Sorry about that."
Mimi crossed her arms, completely miffed. She didn't even know which one of Kari or Gatomon had done it, but she had to admit it was cleverly done. Almost like Mimi's strategy to get Takuya. Oh! She gasped and turned to look at the Inn, wondering if she had missed him. But all she could see was the kid named Kazu running into the Inn at top speed.
"I'll be right back," he called over his shoulder at the kid named Kenta, who just leaned against a tree patiently. Then he vanished into the Inn.
Then, to Mimi's great relief, Takuya finally came out. He walked out the door with an occupied expression on his face, as if he wasn't even aware of where he was going. But he made his way toward Kenta with steady steps. Mimi glanced around, noticing that TK's entire group, plus Sora and Biyomon, were all enraptured in a conversation, probably about Cody. They were not even looking or paying any attention to anything else. It was perfect. Mimi gripped the gun in her hand and began to walk forward, deciding that Kenta could be the witness. But she had to act quickly, or the opportunity would be lost!
Suddenly, she and Kenta and Takuya were all there, staring at each other, and everything seemed to happen at once.
Kenta seemed to realize that he was about to be assassinated by someone, and pulled out his gun.
Takuya snapped out of his occupied act and pulled out his gun to point at Kenta.
Mimi lifted her gun and pointed it determinedly at Takuya.
And then the water flew.
Takuya squirted Kenta, whose stream of water missed Takuya when the water made contact with his eyes. Then Takuya bolted around the tree. Mimi's stream of water met thin air, and she stared in shock at the place where Takuya had been a moment ago. But she was not done yet. Furious she started squirting at him, running at him as he tried to run away. Kenta watched with a curious and fascinated expression, as if he couldn't believe what was happening. And it truly was bizarre to behold.
Time after time Mimi squirted at Takuya, who ran in circles through the trees toward the safety of the inn. Then he noticed the group of people who still continued to ignore them. They were his last chance. He dashed for them at top speed, Mimi trailing after.
But Mimi was not going to let him get away from her. With a desperate throw, she tossed her purse at his feet, smirking with satisfaction when he tripped on it and landed briefly on his hands and knees. It was just enough time for Mimi to come up to him and squirt him with water, panting like she'd run a marathon.
"There," she gasped. "You've been assassinated!" She held her stomach and laughed. "Card please?"
Takuya panted as well, and turned to give her an amused expression. "You're good," he laughed. "But, you're going to have to ask Kenta for his card, since I just assassinated him."
"Oh yeah," Mimi giggled. She held out her hand, and Takuya took it, pulling himself up to his feet and brushing himself off. "You okay?" she grabbed her purse and brushed it off.
"Yeah," Takuya grinned. "Just shocked at my own failure."
"Oh well. I'll probably not get this lucky again," Mimi said, as the two of them walked up to Kenta. Mimi held out her hand to the black-haired youth expectantly. "Card please?"
Kenta shook his head, bewilderment on his face. "That was worth watching, even if I had to get assassinated to see it," he grinned. He handed his card to Mimi. "Have fun. I hope you win." The expression on his face said that he meant it.
Mimi grinned, extremely encouraged, and bent and kissed him on the top of his head. "You're sweet," she said, enjoying his blush. Then she patted Takuya's head and walked back toward Palmon, who was in an argument with Gatomon. "I hope you have fun this week!"
The two boys stared at her, then stared at each other. But Mimi ignored them, staring instead at her new target card. The name written across it was "Gatomon." Mimi grinned. "Perfect," she giggled. Gatomon was right in front of her. "Time to use a little method I'd like to call 'kidnapping', I think," she said, walking towards the group with a purposeful walk. It would be easy. All she had to do was….
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…And that's all for this chapter. Sorry. I hope you enjoyed it!
So, here are a couple important notes that I seem to have to keep repeating. The Review Contest is going to be happening EVERY CHAPTER, until I say it isn't. That means, you have to write the review that I like best, and you get to win a prize. I'm sure you've figured out the prize by now, right? You get to choose a character and a phrase, and I will put them in the story.
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