Chapter 3
Two Teams Apart
Later that afternoon, near the end of a class, Cody's D-terminal discreetly chirped to tell him mail had arrived. As soon as the class was dismissed he checked it: it was unusual for him to receive email before school was out for the day.
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I've got to go home right after school so i can get V-mon, i accidently
left him in my closet, sorry guys. So we'll be meeting late to go to the
digital world.
I've already talked to TG, Kari, and Cyan, and they'll be meeting us in the lab about 5.
Davis
Cody read the note twice to make sure he understood what Davis was saying.
Then he started thinking. The late meeting would require some inventive
explanations on his part, mostly because he felt he could not stay at school
that long with nothing to do. So he would have to go home, then come up with a
reason for heading back to school just before supper.
"Sorry I'm late, guys!" said TK breathlessly as he and Patamon rushed into the computer lab. "I wanted to ask Mr. Hamasaki about an assignment he gave and -" He stopped when he realized only Kari and Cyan were there. "Hey, where are the others?"
"Don't know," said Cyan. "I can understand Davis not showing up, but why would Yolei and Cody not come?"
"Maybe they had to do something," Kari said.
Cyan called up the Digiport on the computer and fiddled with it.
"Demi-Veemon hasn't been around today, either," said Patamon.
"Neither have Upamon and Poromon," Gatomon added.
"Right," said Cantomon. "They usually show up in the morning when Davis, Yolei, and Cody get here, but not today."
Cyan looked away from the computer to the others. "If they already went in, I sure can't find them," he said. "Then again, I'm not Yolei; this thing is her department."
TK debated what to do. In a way not having Davis here was a relief. The fight earlier that afternoon had caused him to wonder if he should even make another attempt at healing the rift between them. His absence meant he could delay having to try. And yet there was the nagging feeling that Davis and Yolei and Cody were part of the team and they should be together. He weighed the options back and forth, his animosity versus the needs of them all. The all won out.
"Let's wait and see if they show up," he said.
So they waited. Kari pulled a textbook and a notebook out of her pack and did some homework, while TK and Cyan chatted about other things. Half an hour dragged by. Still there was no sign of the others.
"Maybe they went through the Digiport already," said TK.
Kari pondered this a moment, thinking he might be right. "No harm in going in to look for them," she said.
"Even if they're not there," said TK, "we can try to find out what's happening with all the digimon."
"And I'm bored out of my mind anyway," Cyan added. "Digiport open!"
All six of them, three kids and three digimon, made the jump into the
Digital World.
Half an hour later the scene played itself again, this time with different kids and digimon. Davis and Demi-Veemon arrived at the computer lab a little before 5:00, and Yolei came in with Poromon shortly after.
"Hey, Davis, where are TK, Kari, and Cyan?"
"I'm not sure," Davis replied. "Are you expecting Cody to come?"
"I haven't seen him all day," said Yolei. "Do you know if he got your email?"
"I think so. I sent it to his D-terminal."
"And what's this I heard about a fight between you and TK?"
Suddenly Davis seemed defensive. "Who said anything about a fight?"
"A friend of mine said she saw you and TK in a fight at noon."
Davis brushed it off. "It was nothing. We were just wrestling, that's all.
Just then Cody and Upamon arrived. "Hi!" And after a pause he asked, "Where are the others? I expected to see them, what with it being late and all."
"Oh," said Davis, "I forgot to tell you. They said that they might not have time to join us. Kari said something about TK and Cyan having to work on a web page for school. They told me that we should just go ahead without them."
Cody was perplexed. "I got your email, Davis," he said, "but didn't get anything from TK or Kari. I would have expected one of them to let us know."
"It was pretty late when Kari told me. She said I should just let you two know. That way she wouldn't have to send email. Yolei, can you get the Digiport open?"
"Sure." She powered up the computer, waited for it start, then started the program. "Digiworld, here we come! Digiport open!"
Moments later, Davis, Veemon, and the others were in Digiworld.
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