Chapter 3

"Hey guys!" I exclaimed as I sat down at the lunch table with Hikari, Daisuke, Miyako, Iori and Ken (who had recently transferred to our school). "Moshi, moshi Takeru-chan." Iori greeted me. I smiled at him and than dug into my lunch of pizza and Coke which I had just bought from the cafeteria. Miyako and Hikari made faces at the way I ate. They always thought that my eating habits were a little gross, like I cared! Just when I was about to stuff the final piece of crust in my mouth the intercom came on and I got called to go to the office. "Whatcha do this time Takeru?" Daisuke joked. Ken shot an evil glare at him and elbowed him sharply in the ribs. "Ow! I was just joking!" Daisuke exclaimed. "Don't." was Ken's simple reply, than he looked up at me. "Don't you think you should be going?" "Uh, yeah! I almost forgot," I replied as he turned around and headed towards the office.

"Are you Takeru Takaishi?" the secretary asked as I came in. "Yes I am." I answered. "You have a message." "That's why I'm here," I replied. She handed me over a small piece of paper which read:
Message for Takeru Takaishi
Your brother is in the hospital, go there immediately.
From... some guy who called here

"Oh my God," I said quietly. My hand covered my mouth to keep me from crying out. I silently signed myself out and than left to go retrieve my things.

"Hey Takeru! What was all that about?" Daisuke asked when I re-entered the cafeteria. Ken gave me a suspicious look. He must of noticed that I was trembling and my lip was quivering. He quickly got up and helped me sit down. "What's wrong Takeru-chan?" he asked gently. I handed him over the note which he read quickly. His face paled and his eyes became all glossy. "Oh Takeru... I'm sure he's ok," he said. By this time everyone had read the note and they had all become quiet. "Takeru? Do you want some company to go with you?" Daisuke asked me. I nodded and both Daisuke and Ken rose from the table. "You guys should stay here and tell the others what happened... I'm sure Taichi would like to know as soon as school let's out," Ken told the others. They nodded then wished us on our way.

By the time we reached the hospital Ken was a broken wreck. Tears were flowing from his eyes and he could barely walk. Daisuke held onto his hand and Ken clung to it tightly. He seemed to be taking it harder than me, but I wouldn't do anything until I knew how bad it was. I kept telling myself that it wasn't true, but I knew it was.

When I saw Jyou sitting in the waiting room I ran right towards him. "Where's Yamato? What happened? Is he ok? Can I see him?" I asked him, shaking his shoulders. Daisuke pulled me away and sat me down next to Ken on the couch. I looked up at Jyou who looked very solemn. "ER, car accident, hopefully and not yet." he answered. "But I need to see him now!" I exclaimed. "I'm sorry Takeru, but not now." I could feel the tears escaping from my eyes as they slid down my cheeks. I quickly wiped them away, stood up and headed towards the receptionist's desk.

"I want to see Yamato Ishida now! I'm his brother and I demand that you let me go see him!" I yelled at the receptionist. The receptionist was approximately 23 years old and looked almost exactly as Miyako except her hair was more of a reddish brown colour. "Whoa! Calm down boy. I heard you were coming and I'll let you see him as soon as they get him settled into his room. But first I need to know where your father is, we need him to come down and fill out some forms," she said calmly. "I don't know where he is." "Well, we'll just have to keep trying than. Thank you for your help. Please have a seat on the couch and we'll tell you when you can see him." I sighed and than headed back to my seat.

"So? How's Yama-kun?" Daisuke asked. I simply shrugged and sat down in a hard plastic chair. "I don't know, he's not out of the ER yet. But when he is they said I could go see him." Daisuke nodded. I knew he would have said something else but he had his hands full with Ken. He was still crying but had started to shake and Daisuke was holding him, rubbing his back and saying soothing things to him trying hard to calm him down. I knew how close Ken and Yamato had become ever since Ken gave up being the Digimon Kaizer. Yamato helped him sort through his problems and finally learn to forgive himself, one thing that I'm sure no one else could have done. Another thing that Yamato helped Ken with was admit his feelings to Daisuke. They've been going out for almost 6 months now and I don't think they could be any happier.

I think I must have fallen asleep for a couple of hours because when I woke back up a few people had joined the group and a nurse approached me and said I could go and see Yamato now. I got up from my seat and followed her, hoping I was prepared for what I might see.


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