Chapter 2
Davis vs. TK
"Hey, Davis! Wait!"
TK was calling across the schoolyard. Davis scowled. All day he had been doing his best to avoid TK and Cyan at school: arriving late at class, leaving as soon as possible, looking around corners when walking the hallways. Now TK had spotted him, and Davis saw him running across the schoolyard toward him. Determined to lose him, Davis quickly walked around the other side of the school, heading for an entrance. He stopped short when he saw Cyan standing in the way.
"Going somewhere?" asked Cyan. And before Davis could find an alternate escape route, TK had joined them.
"Hey, Davis," said TK, arriving and coming to a stop. "I ... well ... I wanted to talk about yesterday."
Caught between TK and Cyan, Davis's anxiety rose. "What's there to say?" he asked, curtly. "I wanna go after Ken. You don't."
"There's more to it than that. We both know it."
Davis frowned. It was bad enough that TK seemed to question everything he wanted to do. But now it appeared he wanted to talk about leadership, too.
TK saw the frown and wondered what to say next. "C'mon," he said at length. "There's no need for us to fight like this."
"There isn't? Then why do you never agree with me on anything?"
"Because I've been in the Digital World longer than you. You're new to all this. I know more than you do--about what's dangerous there, and what isn't."
Davis's reply was interrupted by a sudden appearance by Kari. She had seen the three boys talking together and felt it was good news. Walking up with a wide smile on her face, she said, "Hey boys! You're patching things up, I see."
"Trying to," said Cyan. "Davis is being a bit obstinate."
"A bit what?" asked Davis.
Kari giggled. "Obstinate. You know, like bull-headed, ignorant, thick."
"You're calling me bull-headed?" cried Davis.
"It is hard to make you see reason sometimes," TK said.
It was the same old refrain from TK. Davis could not stand it. "Reason! Preparation! Planning!" he cried. "It's amazing you ever get anything done! All you ever do is sit around all day in that stupid thinking-cap of yours!"
"Hey!" said TK, suddenly defensive. "I'll wear what I want. It's a good hat, and it suits me."
"For sure it does!" By now Davis was really quite angry. "It looks like a hat only a fool would wear! The only thing it's good for is a bed for your useless little Potatomon!"
TK saw red. Ribbing he could handle: he dished out no small amount of it himself. Wisecracks from Davis likewise. But he would not let an insult to Patamon go unchallenged. "You take that back!" he shouted. "Patamon and Angemon have helped both of us out of some really dangerous situations!"
Kari looked from one boy to the other, desperately wondering what to say, or if she should even say anything at all. She was shocked to see TK acting like this: she didn't think he even had a temper. Cyan took up a defensive posture beside TK.
"No way," said Davis. "Not until you stop questioning my leadership!"
"Your leadership?" cried TK, now angry himself. "What leadership? You just take us from one disaster to another! If it wasn't for me the whole Digiworld would have fallen apart by now!"
"Oh, you're that good, are you? Well, if you want to be the leader, why don't you and me just fight for it?" He raised his fists in front of him and glared at TK.
Kari gasped. This was way beyond what Davis had ever done before. "Davis, please ..." she pleaded. "Don't do this."
"Shut up!" snapped Davis. "This is between me and TJ! C'mon, TJ, let's see who's cut out to be the leader!"
"TK!" said Cyan urgently. "Don't get into a fight! Remember what happened when Tai and your brother fought over the leadership?"
TK would have backed off, but for Davis's lashing out at Kari and the obvious insult. "It's TK!" he shouted, and before Cyan could stop him, he lunged at Davis, grappling and pushing him to the ground.
Neither boy never really knew what happened next. One moment they were tussling on the ground; the next, one of Davis's hands met TK in the face. TK felt a sharp stinging pain and let out a loud yelp. As suddenly as he had pushed Davis to the ground, he rolled away, curling himself up into a ball. Kari rushed over to where he lay, gasping for air.
Ashen faced, Davis got to his feet. "Are you all right?" he asked.
TK slowly raised his head. There were tears in his eyes and he held one hand to his nose. Blood trickled out from under the hand and down his chin. Seeing it, Kari lost her cool. She raised her head and glared at Davis.
"Look what you've done!" she cried. "Go away! Just go away! You've done more than enough for one day!"
Anger flaring in his eyes, Cyan advanced on Davis. In Davis's eyes he seemed suddenly to grow older and larger, as he was while in the Digital World. Davis turned and ran.
"Come on, TK," said Kari. "Let's go and get you cleaned up."
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