Hi guys. ;3 So that contest thing basically failed because of my own stupidity… Meaning I forgot that it doesn't have the times reviews are posted on there or anything, so… yeah. Anyway, I'm updating this one first merely because I was more eager to write it than the next chapter of The Pyramid of Darkness. I also started a new fic, if you'd like to check it out… It's called The Parent Untrap, and it's a Tamers/Season 3 fic starring Rika and Ryo.
Anyway. Thanks for your reviews: Savi2070, Khajmer, flamealchemist15, blessed-with-a-curse, Depthmon, Takari817, ihopethisnameisnttaken, The Illustionest, Madame Pika, Paulagirl, and candilious! As usual, you guys are amazing and thanks for all your support.
Khajmer: Ah, me too! About the Jogress partner thing I mean… Cody hated Ken in the show so it would have been better for them to be together… And it would have been nice for TK and Davis to overcome their differences (slash love of Kari xD) and work together as partners… Oh well. D:
blessed-with-a-curse:I love Phish Food. xD Okay, that was quite unsubstantial but I felt it needed to be said anyway.
MadamePika: Hm, it didn't work. D: I wonder if there's something that won't let you post links in reviews…
Anyway, here we go!
:: twenty-seven : faulty best friend system : tk ::
I had been sitting next to Miku on the couch and things were going great. We hadn't even been there that long, but it was fun just to talk. We didn't talk about anything important, nothing that mattered at all, but it was fun, anyway. I might have been bored if I didn't like her. But I did! I was relieved, though, to know she wouldn't try anything now like she had yesterday – there were a bunch of people around. It would be weird.
We were talking about school, I think, when I realized Davis and Kari were approaching us. At first I was kind of annoyed that they were interrupting us, but then I saw that Kari wasn't walking very well, and Davis looked mad. He set Kari down on the couch next to Miku.
She looked at Kari, than up at Davis. "What the hell, Davis? Go away!"
"I don't give a shit if you're about to make your latest conquest or whatever. You can spare two seconds to take care of your so-called best friend while I find Tai!" Davis spat.
Latest conquest? Was that me? Okay, Davis was not being fair to Miku here.
"You sound so mad! You both sound too mad. Please don't be mad. I hate it when people are mad at me," Kari said. Davis hurried off, shaking his head.
"Kari, are you okay?" I asked, leaning over. Was she drunk or something? We hadn't been there that long, so unless all she'd been doing was drink beer after beer, she couldn't be too drunk. Of course, there was always the possibility that it wasn't beer she had drunk…
"I'm fine, Davis is just overreacting," Kari said. She laid down on top of us, so her head was resting on my knees.
"Yeah, right. Kari, how the hell did you get so drunk so quickly?" Miku demanded. She didn't sound like a very nice best friend right now… I could understand that she was angry for Kari for getting so drunk, though. After all, it was dangerous and Kari could get really sick from alcohol poisoning or something.
Kari shrugged, then said, "I'm not drunk. I know you don't believe me because the floor is kinda spinny, but that's because I had to get up suddenly when Davis made me get up. Like a head rush or something. And I was just feeling kinda tired so I had to lay down."
"We should take her home," I said, worried. She must have had harder stuff than beer, though that was all I saw in this room. Actually, this was the only room I'd been in so far. I thought Miku would agree with me, as Kari's best friend. But she didn't.
"Can't Tai do it? He's her brother. I'm not. I want to stay at the party," Miku whined. "It's the first one of the year, and I don't want it to be ruined and have to go home right away because of some dumb little incident. She doesn't even need to go home. This kind of thing happens all the time at Kyo's parties. Don't you know what the upperclassmen will think of us if we leave just because of this?"
"Oh no… They're gonna think I'm some dumb little baby, huh?" Kari asked. She looked extremely worried about this, and for some reason it made me feel so sad and sorry for her. It was like she was trying so hard to be liked or approved that she didn't even care about her own well-being.
And then Miku – I couldn't believe her! It was like she didn't care about her best friend at all. Was the best friend system really failing right now? I didn't think it could fail. "Miku, Kari's really drunk. We have to try and take care of her," I told her, trying not to sound like I was forcing her into it. I wanted her to like me, but I also wanted Kari to be okay.
…okay, maybe I understood Kari's worry that she wouldn't be liked. But still.
"Leave it to Kari to get completely drunk and ruin the party for us. Thanks, Kari." Miku crossed her arms and glared down at my knees – or Kari.
"Please don't be mad," Kari murmured again.
"Why the hell not?" Miku snapped.
"Hey, come on," I said. Why was she being so harsh? "She's sick. I know you don't want to leave… I don't either. But we need to help her."
"Fine," spat Miku. "I'll go find Kaoru. I don't know why she wasn't watching out for Kari." Miku reluctantly went to go got Kaoru, who restored my faith in the best friend system. She was so worried it looked like she was going to cry.
"I want to take her home, but I can't," Kaoru said. Tears collected in her eyes. "I have to go with Miku back to her house to spend the night. My parents will freak if they find out I slept over at Kari's instead of Miku's."
"Don't worry, sweetie!" Kari said. "I'm fine! Don't cry! I don't know why everyone's getting so upset over this!" She giggled. "We're at a party, it's supposed to be fun!"
"Well, who does that leave, then?" I asked. "Me and Davis? Is Davis even willing to take care of her?" I was disappointed that neither of Kari's best friends would take care of her.
Davis came back a few minutes later, and he was even madder than he'd been when he left. "Nobody knows where Tai is," Davis said. "Someone said they saw him go upstairs, but I checked and he's not there."
"See?" Kari said. "Tai always watches out for me. If he's not around, then that must mean I don't need to be worried about."
This was the second thing Kari said that made me feel terribly sad. Matt had told me how protective Tai was of Kari, but he wasn't around either. Her ownbrother. It was like she had nobody. "We can just take Kari back until Tai gets there," I said. "They can't, but you'll go with me, right Davis?"
He hesitated, then shook his head. "I'm not going to bother. No matter how many nice things I do for her, she never understands." Understand what? Did he like her? He must – that would explain a lot of things.
I looked at Kari. She did look like she couldn't comprehend what Davis was saying. "It's not about winning points or something," I snapped. "It's about helping one of your friends. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"
"Nothing I do means anything to her." Davis looked mad, but also sad too. I wondered why he'd suddenly gotten so upset. He'd been fine when we got to the party. Insanely happy, even.
"Fine, I'll take her back," I said. "Matt will probably freak when I tell him I'm going to spend the night with Kari, but whatever."
Matt stomped over to us as if on cue. He looked angry as well. "TK, let's go," he said.
"What? No, I can't. I have to take care of Kari. She's drunk."
Matt laughed, but he did not look or sound happy. "Of course Tai can't take care of his own sister. He's too busy to tell her not to drink or even take her home."
"What are you talking about?" I was confused. Tai was his best friend. "Anyway, I have to take Kari back and stay there until Tai shows up. Unless you know where he is?"
"No, TK, I don't," Matt said, his voice icy. "But we're going back to our apartment. Come on."
"Wait! Matt, this isn't fair! I have to take care of her or else nobody will," I pleaded with him as he tried to pull me out. With the faulty best friend system in place, I was the only one who could take care of her!
"Do you want me to call Mom and tell her you went to spend the night with a drunk girl alone in her house?" Matt threatened. "It looks like there are three people there already who will take care of her. I don't want to argue, TK. This has been a crap day for me. Let's just go."
Matt always relied on our overprotective mother. I knew he was going to get his way. He always did. "Hold on," I sighed, then went back to the group. "Somebody else has to take her home," I told them, trying not to feel too angry with Matt. "I can't."
"Neither can we, remember?" Miku said.
No, you just don'twant to, I wanted to say. Some best friend you are! But I wasn't being fair to her. She lived near Kyo anyway. "Fine. Can you, Davis?" I asked.
He shrugged. "Whatever. If nobody else can, then I guess I'm going to have to, right?"
I nodded. "Basically. Okay, thanks, Davis!" I tried to sound enthusiastic, and I was kind of glad that I didn't have to take care of Kari. "Remember, you only have to stay there until Tai comes home! Bye, guys!" I ran after an impatient Matt.
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Huh, I wonder why Matt got so weird at the end… Mysterious! Now Davis is going to take Kari home… Hmm… Davis plus drunk Kari plus empty house… Do you trust him? xD
Next chapter is called "vocabulate" and features Yolei. ;3 Please review!
