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The Power of Three
Chapter 3: Escaping Questions
The next morning, Takato woke up earlier than usual. He was still very sleepy and couldn't really see, but he told Rika he'd meet her that morning, so...
Getting dressed, he placed his goggles on his head and walked out with his backpack. Strolling down the stairs, he entered the family bakery. His father dropped a tray of bread in surprise.
"Wow, Takato, it's the first time you're up early." He said, picking up the bread. "You nearly gave me a heart attack."
"Very funny, dad..." Takato mumbled sleepily. Sticking a piece of bread in his mouth, he took another few buns and placed them into a plastic bag. Like a zombie, Takato walked out of the bakery without another word.
"Crazy kid." Takato's dad said, grinning.
At the Shinjuku park, Rika was already waiting for him in her private school uniform.
"I was half expecting you not to show." Rika said, without looking at Takato as he walked up.
"Mm hmm..." Takato said, then walked into Guilmon's bunker and dumped the bread in front of a sleeping Guilmon. Slightly getting more conscious, Takato spoke. "So what did you want to talk about?"
"That weird chill we felt yesterday." Rika replied, turning to Takato. "It wasn't just wind, something caused that to happen. And I bet you your friend knows what's going on."
"Ya, I knew it too." Takato said. "It was unusual, though. Henry normally explains anything he knows to us. And that shadow I saw..."
"That shadow again? I said it before, Takato, you were seeing things."
"I was not seeing things! I knew it was there! Why won't anyone believe me???" Takato was getting frustrated. "It was there, next to the gym class, and it was moving around..."
"Did you see it do anything?"
"Well, no, but..."
"But nothing. You're crazy, Takato. It's Henry we should be worrying about, not some stupid shadow."
Takato smiled. "So you do care, Rika. I never knew." Rika shot him an angry look.
"Look, goggle head, all I'm saying is, that guy knows something we should know, but he's not telling us. It bugs me." Rika sounded furious. "Something is seriously wrong with him. First he faints, then he can't even stand up for himself, and then he can't even say what he knows! What an idiot."
"Hey! Maybe... maybe it's not his fault." Takato said. "Maybe something's stopping him from saying anything."
"And what are you suggesting, numb skull?" Rika shouted, stepping towards Takato. "Maybe there's blackmail involved? Murder? Kidnapping? What???"
Takato gulped. "I'm just saying, Rika, maybe we should just leave him alone and see what happens."
"That's it!" Rika screamed. "I knew you two would stick up for each other! He's hiding something, I don't like it, and the more he keeps his mouth shut, the more I'll be trying to force it open. Got it?" Rika turned to the exit and ran off.
"Man, that girl's got attitude." Takato sighed. "I never want to talk to her alone again."
"But Takato," Guilmon said. "You weren't."
Takato was surprised, since he forgot Guilmon was there. "Hey boy." He said, smiling. "Why don't you eat some breakfast?"
"I want some too!" Calumon suddenly jumped out from behind Guilmon. "Mmm! Smells good!" Calumon jumped onto Guilmon's head and grabbed the bun that Guilmon was about to eat.
"Hey!" Guilmon said, as Calumon happily chewed on the bread. The two digimon just laughed. Takato looked at the two digimon, just eating and having fun. Sometimes... Takato thought. Sometimes I envy them for being sort of clueless. Then they don't have to talk with girls like Rika. Suddenly, a bell rang to indicate the start of school. "Shoot!" Takato yelled, running off. "The one day I'm early and yet I'm still late!"
At the school, Takato was forced to stand out in the hall for being late.
"I warned you about being late, Takato." Miss Asage said from the classroom.
"I warned you about being late, Takato." Takato whispered to himself, mimicking Miss Asage in a high pitched voice.
"What did you say!?" Miss Asage said sternly.
"Um, nothing, Miss Asage!" Takato said, then sighed to himself. He wasn't a bad kid, but yet he always got unlucky and ended up on the teacher's bad side. He turned around and looked through the window, and saw Kasu and Kenta making faces at him. Facing the hall again, he saw that Henry was just walking towards his classroom.
"Hi Henry!" Takato said, being careful he wasn't too loud. "Why are you late?"
Henry smiled weakly. "Oh come on, Takato, I don't need that from you before I get it from the teacher."
"Where's your next class?"
"Across the hall."
As Henry approached, Takato noticed he was deathly pale.
"Henry, are you sure you should be in class right now? You don't look too good."
"I'm fine." Henry replied. "It's nothing serious." Suddenly, a beeping noise was heard. Takato pulled out his D-power.
"It's not coming from my d-power. Check yours." Henry pulled the green device out of his pocket. He fiddled with the buttons, then accidentally dropped it onto the ground.
"Here, I got it." Takato bent over to pick it up, then noticed a message flashing across the screen.
"No! Don't..." Henry began, but Takato just got up and read the message.
"I'm... watching... what???" Takato looked up at Henry in shock. "Henry...?"
"What is going on out there???" Miss Asage appeared at the classroom door. Takato had forgotten that a) he was still in trouble, and b) the d-power was still beeping. "Takato, what are you doing? And you!" She looked at Henry. "Don't you have a class to get to?"
Without answering, Henry snatched the D-power out of Takato's hand and ran off, not looking back. Takato was stunned for a second, then wanted to run after him, but Miss Asage grabbed his arm and said in a serious tone, "Don't follow him."
Henry's sudden runaway act caused a huge reaction at the school. His parents were contacted, and the entire student body was talking madly about the incident. Even Rika, being one of Henry's 'close' friends, was pulled out of her class.
"What is going on, gogglehead!?" Was her first remark when she saw him. "What did that freak do this time?"
"He ran away. And I..." Takato stopped in mid-sentence.
"What?"
"I have to talk to you later, this is not a good time." Takato said, seeing Mr. Wong rush down the hallway.
"Takato, Rika, I need to talk to you both." Mr. Wong said, panting. "I need your help."
When Takato, Rika and Mr. Wong sat down in an empty classroom, Mr. Wong began to explain about recent events.
"It started yesterday morning. Henry was extremely tired but still insisted on going to school. ("Something's definitely wrong, he wanted to go to school?" Said Takato.) But a big change had come over him. He didn't say a word and never ate, and, just last night, he didn't sleep a wink. Yet, having no energy didn't stop him from going anywhere, and he refuse to admit that something was wrong."
"He's always been kind of stubborn." Rika said.
"Speak for yourself, Rika." Takato snapped.
"Don't insult me, gogglehead, unless you want your stuffing beat out of you."
"Please, kids," Mr. Wong said. "I didn't intend to start a fight. I need you two to help me." The two became quiet to listen to Mr. Wong.
"In some ways, Henry will listen to his friends more than his family." Mr. Wong continued. "I need you two to try and find out what's wrong and help him regain some energy. I can't be sure whether or not he'll be home after all this, but the entire family is concerned about him, and Susie is especially devastated. Will you do it?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Wong. We're already on it." Takato said. "Rika?"
"Ya, ya... I suppose we have to." Rika said, not looking at Takato.
Without warning, the school bell rung. "Oh wow, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to keep you both away from your classes." Mr. Wong said, getting up to leave. "And please, keep this little conversation our secret."
"All right, no problem." Takato replied.
"Hmph." Rika said, as Mr. Wong headed out. "What did you need to talk about, Takato?"
"Before Henry ran away, I saw a message on his d-power." Takato said. "It said, 'I'm watching you'."
"And?"
"Don't you see? Someone is preventing him from telling us what he knows. Whatever it is, it's probably scaring him from doing anything."
"So he wants to tell us what he knows, but he can't, because something else is making him not to." Rika was stunned. She looked at Takato. "I can't believe it, you were right!"
"I don't know whether to accept that as a compliment or an insult." Takato said.
Rika looked ashamed of herself. "I'm sorry I yelled at you earlier, but what you said didn't make sense at the time."
"That's ok." Takato said, smiling, then frowned again. "but now that we somewhat know what's going on, we have to find out the whole story. We have to find Henry." Takato headed for the door, while Rika stayed still.
"Are you coming or not?" Takato said, looking at Rika.
"Oh brother..." She sighed, following Takato. "He's just going to lead the two of us smack in the middle of some jumbled mess."
To be continued in Part 4...
What do you think? I think I'm getting lazy with my plot. I think I'm also writing too fast... Anyway, please R/R!
Nothing to saw now, except... enjoy!
The Power of Three
Chapter 3: Escaping Questions
The next morning, Takato woke up earlier than usual. He was still very sleepy and couldn't really see, but he told Rika he'd meet her that morning, so...
Getting dressed, he placed his goggles on his head and walked out with his backpack. Strolling down the stairs, he entered the family bakery. His father dropped a tray of bread in surprise.
"Wow, Takato, it's the first time you're up early." He said, picking up the bread. "You nearly gave me a heart attack."
"Very funny, dad..." Takato mumbled sleepily. Sticking a piece of bread in his mouth, he took another few buns and placed them into a plastic bag. Like a zombie, Takato walked out of the bakery without another word.
"Crazy kid." Takato's dad said, grinning.
At the Shinjuku park, Rika was already waiting for him in her private school uniform.
"I was half expecting you not to show." Rika said, without looking at Takato as he walked up.
"Mm hmm..." Takato said, then walked into Guilmon's bunker and dumped the bread in front of a sleeping Guilmon. Slightly getting more conscious, Takato spoke. "So what did you want to talk about?"
"That weird chill we felt yesterday." Rika replied, turning to Takato. "It wasn't just wind, something caused that to happen. And I bet you your friend knows what's going on."
"Ya, I knew it too." Takato said. "It was unusual, though. Henry normally explains anything he knows to us. And that shadow I saw..."
"That shadow again? I said it before, Takato, you were seeing things."
"I was not seeing things! I knew it was there! Why won't anyone believe me???" Takato was getting frustrated. "It was there, next to the gym class, and it was moving around..."
"Did you see it do anything?"
"Well, no, but..."
"But nothing. You're crazy, Takato. It's Henry we should be worrying about, not some stupid shadow."
Takato smiled. "So you do care, Rika. I never knew." Rika shot him an angry look.
"Look, goggle head, all I'm saying is, that guy knows something we should know, but he's not telling us. It bugs me." Rika sounded furious. "Something is seriously wrong with him. First he faints, then he can't even stand up for himself, and then he can't even say what he knows! What an idiot."
"Hey! Maybe... maybe it's not his fault." Takato said. "Maybe something's stopping him from saying anything."
"And what are you suggesting, numb skull?" Rika shouted, stepping towards Takato. "Maybe there's blackmail involved? Murder? Kidnapping? What???"
Takato gulped. "I'm just saying, Rika, maybe we should just leave him alone and see what happens."
"That's it!" Rika screamed. "I knew you two would stick up for each other! He's hiding something, I don't like it, and the more he keeps his mouth shut, the more I'll be trying to force it open. Got it?" Rika turned to the exit and ran off.
"Man, that girl's got attitude." Takato sighed. "I never want to talk to her alone again."
"But Takato," Guilmon said. "You weren't."
Takato was surprised, since he forgot Guilmon was there. "Hey boy." He said, smiling. "Why don't you eat some breakfast?"
"I want some too!" Calumon suddenly jumped out from behind Guilmon. "Mmm! Smells good!" Calumon jumped onto Guilmon's head and grabbed the bun that Guilmon was about to eat.
"Hey!" Guilmon said, as Calumon happily chewed on the bread. The two digimon just laughed. Takato looked at the two digimon, just eating and having fun. Sometimes... Takato thought. Sometimes I envy them for being sort of clueless. Then they don't have to talk with girls like Rika. Suddenly, a bell rang to indicate the start of school. "Shoot!" Takato yelled, running off. "The one day I'm early and yet I'm still late!"
At the school, Takato was forced to stand out in the hall for being late.
"I warned you about being late, Takato." Miss Asage said from the classroom.
"I warned you about being late, Takato." Takato whispered to himself, mimicking Miss Asage in a high pitched voice.
"What did you say!?" Miss Asage said sternly.
"Um, nothing, Miss Asage!" Takato said, then sighed to himself. He wasn't a bad kid, but yet he always got unlucky and ended up on the teacher's bad side. He turned around and looked through the window, and saw Kasu and Kenta making faces at him. Facing the hall again, he saw that Henry was just walking towards his classroom.
"Hi Henry!" Takato said, being careful he wasn't too loud. "Why are you late?"
Henry smiled weakly. "Oh come on, Takato, I don't need that from you before I get it from the teacher."
"Where's your next class?"
"Across the hall."
As Henry approached, Takato noticed he was deathly pale.
"Henry, are you sure you should be in class right now? You don't look too good."
"I'm fine." Henry replied. "It's nothing serious." Suddenly, a beeping noise was heard. Takato pulled out his D-power.
"It's not coming from my d-power. Check yours." Henry pulled the green device out of his pocket. He fiddled with the buttons, then accidentally dropped it onto the ground.
"Here, I got it." Takato bent over to pick it up, then noticed a message flashing across the screen.
"No! Don't..." Henry began, but Takato just got up and read the message.
"I'm... watching... what???" Takato looked up at Henry in shock. "Henry...?"
"What is going on out there???" Miss Asage appeared at the classroom door. Takato had forgotten that a) he was still in trouble, and b) the d-power was still beeping. "Takato, what are you doing? And you!" She looked at Henry. "Don't you have a class to get to?"
Without answering, Henry snatched the D-power out of Takato's hand and ran off, not looking back. Takato was stunned for a second, then wanted to run after him, but Miss Asage grabbed his arm and said in a serious tone, "Don't follow him."
Henry's sudden runaway act caused a huge reaction at the school. His parents were contacted, and the entire student body was talking madly about the incident. Even Rika, being one of Henry's 'close' friends, was pulled out of her class.
"What is going on, gogglehead!?" Was her first remark when she saw him. "What did that freak do this time?"
"He ran away. And I..." Takato stopped in mid-sentence.
"What?"
"I have to talk to you later, this is not a good time." Takato said, seeing Mr. Wong rush down the hallway.
"Takato, Rika, I need to talk to you both." Mr. Wong said, panting. "I need your help."
When Takato, Rika and Mr. Wong sat down in an empty classroom, Mr. Wong began to explain about recent events.
"It started yesterday morning. Henry was extremely tired but still insisted on going to school. ("Something's definitely wrong, he wanted to go to school?" Said Takato.) But a big change had come over him. He didn't say a word and never ate, and, just last night, he didn't sleep a wink. Yet, having no energy didn't stop him from going anywhere, and he refuse to admit that something was wrong."
"He's always been kind of stubborn." Rika said.
"Speak for yourself, Rika." Takato snapped.
"Don't insult me, gogglehead, unless you want your stuffing beat out of you."
"Please, kids," Mr. Wong said. "I didn't intend to start a fight. I need you two to help me." The two became quiet to listen to Mr. Wong.
"In some ways, Henry will listen to his friends more than his family." Mr. Wong continued. "I need you two to try and find out what's wrong and help him regain some energy. I can't be sure whether or not he'll be home after all this, but the entire family is concerned about him, and Susie is especially devastated. Will you do it?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Wong. We're already on it." Takato said. "Rika?"
"Ya, ya... I suppose we have to." Rika said, not looking at Takato.
Without warning, the school bell rung. "Oh wow, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to keep you both away from your classes." Mr. Wong said, getting up to leave. "And please, keep this little conversation our secret."
"All right, no problem." Takato replied.
"Hmph." Rika said, as Mr. Wong headed out. "What did you need to talk about, Takato?"
"Before Henry ran away, I saw a message on his d-power." Takato said. "It said, 'I'm watching you'."
"And?"
"Don't you see? Someone is preventing him from telling us what he knows. Whatever it is, it's probably scaring him from doing anything."
"So he wants to tell us what he knows, but he can't, because something else is making him not to." Rika was stunned. She looked at Takato. "I can't believe it, you were right!"
"I don't know whether to accept that as a compliment or an insult." Takato said.
Rika looked ashamed of herself. "I'm sorry I yelled at you earlier, but what you said didn't make sense at the time."
"That's ok." Takato said, smiling, then frowned again. "but now that we somewhat know what's going on, we have to find out the whole story. We have to find Henry." Takato headed for the door, while Rika stayed still.
"Are you coming or not?" Takato said, looking at Rika.
"Oh brother..." She sighed, following Takato. "He's just going to lead the two of us smack in the middle of some jumbled mess."
To be continued in Part 4...
What do you think? I think I'm getting lazy with my plot. I think I'm also writing too fast... Anyway, please R/R!