season2

Author's Note: This is part 2 of Love Season, and possibly will include more Love Loners ^^ for some. For others, I hope you liked it and everything. The last chapter was strictly Jurato, this one is going to be mixed of Jurato, Jenruki and some Rukazu, of course. But then again…after *person here* encounters the situation where *situation here* then it might just turn to…Mikazu? ^^ MikixHirokazu ^^ Pleez review, if you like it! ^^ Enjoy!

Love Season
Part 2 - What to Feel

If one has a song
Then another has a thought
When the thought
and the song
collide
You come with feelings
Feelings apart from what you
should feel
Choose what to feel
And let it be love
…which is everywhere ^^

"La la la-la-la! Pictures on my wall! And pretty blossoms blooming, all over waterfalls! La la la-la-la! The rose gardens are here, they're blue and purple and red and green and mauve and grey and silver and pink! But the best things about spring…is easter!" Shiuchon chanted. "Let's sing again, Jen…um…La la la-la-la! Pi-"

"Shiuchon, please," Lee sighed, while they were walking home with the baked goods. "That song makes no sense."

"Does too!"

"I'm not going to argue with you. There's no point…you've been singing all day. Where did you hear that from?"

"It's the song of the day on Kako and Hira-Nu! The best show on TV." Shiuchon smiled. "Tomorrow's there's gonna be a new one. And besides, I was born talented! Mommy says so."

"It's amazing they can teach a kid a song of that length in 10 minutes." Lee sighed. "…especially you."

"Ha ha." Shiuchon scoffed. "When we get home, I'm gonna feed this," She brought up the bag of sugar. "to Terriermon."

"Do you think Terriermon will appreciate that?" Lee asked, trying to sink something into her kindergartener-like mind.

"Hmm…well…I…" She muttered. "Oh, but I want to!!"

"Ask Terriermon first…" Lee trailed off as they quietly walked past Ruki's house. The light inside was lit, and no shadows walked by so he figured there probably wasn't anyone home. Then, around the back, there was another light on, and shadows moved back and forth. Lee paused and stared for awhile.

"And then, if he doesn't mind, we'll play pirates and…" Shiuchon stopped in her tracks and stared around her. Lee was nowhere. "…Jen-Je…nrya!!!"

"Ah, Shiuchon," Lee instantly snapped out of his trance and rushed over to his sister. "Shiuchon, what's wrong?"

"You were gone. I thought you left me." She frowned. "We're almost home. Let's hurry before mom gets worried."

"…alright." He agreed quietly, following behind her and glancing back at Ruki's house a few times.

"…hey Lee," Shiuchon muttered.

Uh oh, she called me Lee. There is something wrong… Lee thought. "…yeah…Shiuchon?"

"Why do you keep looking at that house?" Shiuchon asked.

"That's…my friend's…house." He stuttered, uncomfortably.

"Oh." She smiled. "I thought you were planning on moving out. Oh well. Race ya home!" And she dashed for the house, minutes away.

"Hey wait!" He called, running after her. Moving out? She's too young to understand.

*****

Hirokazu looked down at his watch. It was already 15 past 5 and no one was there yet. "…I hate waiting." He sighed. "They should've been here 15 minutes ago! And Kenta lives right there!!" He pointed across the street to a 2-storey house. "How could he possibly forget Love Loners? It's the best show on TV!" He gasped, "Maybe he didn't watch it..."

Suddenly, he heard giggles and people talking from outside. He looked down to see Miki, a girl from his class, and Kenta walking past the meeting place. "Hey! Kenta!"

Kenta stopped dead in his tracks and looked up, "Oh, Hiro, hi!"

"Get your pathetic butt up here! Where are you going?" Hirokazu asked.

"Oh, with Miki. We're going shopping."

"Shopping?!" Hirokazu cried. "I'd like to know what kind of money you have earned within the last 5 minutes!"

"My dad gave me $5 to go gift shopping. I'm buying Miki gifts, not clothes." Kenta sighed. "I don't think I can make it today, Hirokazu."

"What!?" Hirokazu snapped. "Oh! My dad gave me 5 bucks, and then you can't come to our annual Love Loners meeting?" He glared at Miki. "And you…I hope you're happy with what you did to my friend…"

Miki giggled. "Oh Hiro. You are so…last season." She smiled. "All of my other friend's have boyfriends. And besides…Kenta is…adorable." She beamed. "…unlike you."

"Ha…ha…whatever. Like I'm really gonna listen to you."

"Guys, can we not start this…now?" Kenta asked.

"Quiet," Miki interrupted. "I still remember, Hirokazu Shiota, that you were the IDIOT who put that slimy frog in MY desk in grade 3!!"

"Oh yeah, well I still remember-" Hirokazu thought. "…when you pelted me with snowballs on my way home!"

"That never happened!"

"D-Did too!"

"You're a liar, Hirokazu, and that's why I never liked you!"

"Yeah, well…you're a drag queen!"

"AAAHH!!!" Miki screamed.

Kenta sighed. "Seeing as though your parents are really good friends, this is not the best time to say it but, Whether you like it or not, hate each other all you like, but yelling is not helping!"

"Right," Hirokazu nodded. "That's why I set off a whole bunch on rats in her basement last spring!"

"AH! That was you?!" She screamed. "Those rats wouldn't leave for a month!!"

Hirokazu smiled. "Likewise."

"Okay, I suppose you wanna know what happened to your belongings-"

"What?"

"Your valuable things. Clothes, jewelry…digimon cards-" Hirokazu gasped, as she continued. "Socks, cables, wires, TV, Playstation system, Final Fantasy 10, underwear, radio-"

"You went through my panty drawer!" He cried. "You're a rotten PUNK!"

"Guys don't have panty drawers! And you're a dirty liar!!"

"I haven't lied about anything!"

"Testify."

"I broke down half of your room last week, wrestled your dog, sent him flying into a brick wall, and tricked your little brother into going on a search for heaven. I told him hell, was living with you."

"AAH!" She yelled. "And he believed you?!"

"Every word."

"Guys are so…so…-"

"Sophisticatedly enriched?"

"NO! Dementedly educated! It's like you don't know anything!" She snapped.

"…not all boys, right?" Kenta asked.

"No," She shook her head. "Just Hirokazu. He's gotten the same grade, in the same subjects for 3 years. C, C, D, B, C, C, C, D."

"Oh shut up." He scoffed.

"Okay, let's end this." He tapped Miki's shoulder. "Let's go."

"Right." She walked off with Kenta.

"Sorry, Hiro." Kenta called back.

"Sorry, Hiro," He said, mockingly. "I hope you die!"

"Who me?" Kenta asked.

"No, her!" He called back.

"Oh yeah?! Well, I hope you rot in hell!"

"Miki, calm. Let's go."

"Whatever! I bet you didn't even watch today's episode!" He scoffed. "For your information, it rocked, okay?!"

"Hiro!!"

Finally. Someone faithful… Hirokazu turned around and looked down to see Takato waving at him. "Hey! Come on up."

"Where's Kenta?" Takato asked, when he finally climbed up to where Hirokazu was sitting.

"We're starting everything-- our new obsession with Love Loners-- without him." Hirokazu sneered. "He walked off with Miki, that rotten punk."

"Why would he do that?" Takato asked. "Miki isn't half as pretty as-"

Hirokazu flashed a crazed look at him, and Takato stuttered, "…uh…no one. I have strange dreams at night. That's all."

"I still don't know why he'd do that. He went all weird at the last moment." Hirokazu sighed. "Forget that. Let's start the meeting. If we want, we can trade cards afterwards because the meeting is shortened."

"Whad'dya mean?" Takato asked.

"Whad'dya mean what do I mean?" Hirokazu asked.

"Wha?"

"Kenta always used to bring his laptop so we could check on the Love Loners web page. He's gone, we can fill in the dead space." Hirokazu sighed.

"…you seem upset."

"I always get upset when a guy runs off with a girl. Just like Yama and Ai. They weren't right for each other anyway. And what idiot wants to go find Atlantis?"

"Well…Yama and Ai might've really cared for each other." Takato nodded. "And they might've really liked each other too." Hirokazu looked at him. "And people who want to pursue their dreams aren't idiots. What if I wanted to be a doctor?"

"Then you wanted to be a doctor." Hirokazu said. "People who go off looking for something that isn't even there! Now that's idiocy!"

"Well-"

"And what's with you?" Hirokazu asked. "What has Juri done to my best friend?"

"Juri doesn't have anything to do with me."

"Please. You never knew anything about all this stuff before today! You probably don't know anything about feelings, or caring or…or…"

"Love?"

"Yeah!" He nodded. "How did you know all that?"

"Just because I haven't told you, doesn't mean I didn't know anything about love at all. I mean…it's not a common topic."

"Then why are we talking about it?"

"…can we get back to the meeting, please?" Takato asked. "I have to get back-"

"Back to where?"

"…home." Takato added.

"Good. If you said, Juri I would've known something was wrong."

Takato gathered up his digimon cards and fanned them in front of him, while smiling, evilly, "…nothing's wrong."

"Right. I've know you since we were 5. Nothing's wrong…please." Hirokazu sighed. "Okay, discussion. If you had to rate this episode, what do you think you would rate it between 1 and 5?"

"4."

"Why?"

"I dunno. The other one was better. Especially the situation." Takato nodded. "What about you?"

"It's amazing how you act so normal." Hirokazu said.

"What?"

"It says in the Love Loners Help Guide, that people who are in love never act normal for the first day or so."

"I am not in love!!" He snapped, his voice echoing throughout the park, shaking trees, disturbing birds and causing people to turn their heads.

"Okay, okay." Hirokazu shuddered. He might be. He's never yelled like that before…

"If you bring up one more thing about Juri, I am leaving!"

"Okay, okay, I'll shut up." Hirokazu sighed. "Now-"

"Hey guys!" Kenta hollered as he ran up. He climbed up the ladder and sat by Hirokazu and Takato.

"…you're late." Hirokazu said, reluctantly. "Where have you been!?"

"Shopping. Remember?"

"Okay, well, did you bring your laptop?"

"…laptop?"

"Your alternative life." Takato said. "…don't tell me…"

"I left it at home." Kenta muttered. "I thought I was gonna be with Miki for the whole afternoon. I wasn't sure I was gonna come back here-"

"That does it!!" Hirokazu snapped, grabbing his stuff. "I'm tired of this! I'm tired of both of you running off with girls and actually acting like you like them! It's pathetic!" He climbed down the ladder. "I'm leaving. See you tomorrow."

Takato sighed, "…think he's mad?"

"Steamed." Kenta replied. "…wanna grab a bite to eat?"

"Sure."

******

Hirokazu walked slowly on the streets as the sun set. He knew he probably shouldn't've gotten mad and run off, but he couldn't help it. The perfect life he dreamed of was being ruined…by girls. In his hand, he carried a box full of all the digimon cards he had. He walked with his head down, so just in case he cried, tears wold flow to the ground, not across his face. He didn't want anyone to know he was crying.

Unluckily, he didn't see where he was going, and he bumped into someone wearing a cloak. All his cards spilled out on the ground.

"Oh no, my collection of 200 cards!" He cried. He rushed to the ground to pick them up.

"…hey…I'm sorry about that." The person replied. She bent down to help him pick up the cards, as her cloak flew off.

Hirokazu glanced up at her. She had red hair, and a shirt with a broken heart on it. She picked up one of his cards and studied it, "…hmm…AeroVeedramon, level 30…variety of attacks, mint-condition and…very rare." She gave the card back to him. "Where'd you get it from?"

"…I got it from my…uh…someone." He nodded. "What's it to you? I didn't know a person like you knew what-"

"What?" She asked, sternly. Her mauve eyes glared at him.

"…nothing." Hirokazu said. "…where'd you learn all that stuff about digimon cards?"

"From the trading centre." She said.

"The trading centre?" He gawked.

"…there's only one." She smiled, slightly. "I won 2 years in a row."

"…oh wow." He stated.

She gave him the rest of the cards, and picked up her cloak. "…well, uh…bye." She began to walk away.

"Wait! Can you at least tell me what your name is?" Hirokazu called.

"Ruki!" She replied. "Nice to meet you-"

"Hirokazu!" He replied. "555-7891!"

She turned around from walking and smiled at him. Then continued down the street.

"…oh wow." He picked up the box of cards and ran back to the park and back to where Kenta and Takato were. He quickly climbed up the ladder and sighed, as they were shocked to see him.

"Hiroka-"

"You guys," He smiled. "Would not believe-"

"What? What?" They asked.

"I just met…this girl."

******

"No! Please no!!" Terriermon cried, dashing around the house. "No more…sugar…" He gulped, mercilessly.

"Remember the saying." Shiuchon smiled, taunting him with the sugar bag. "Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down, in the most delightful way."

"BUT I HAD 7!" Terriermon cried. "And I took no medicine!"

"Of course. We're pretending that the first 3 spoons were medicine and the next 3 are sugar." She smiled. "Open wide!"

"AHHH!" He ran out the house, scampering on all fours.

Shiuchon gawked, "…Terriermon…left the house. I have to tell Jennii!" She walked back to Lee's room. "Je-…no…he's busy." Even though he wasn't, she walked out of the house, quietly calling Terriermon's name. She followed down the street.

"Please!" Terriermon banged on Ruki's basement window where she and Renamon were, when he got to her house. "Open…please…"

"…is that Terriermon?" Ruki asked. Renamon silently nodded. Ruki got up, and opened the window and Terriermon easily slid inside. "…Terriermon, what happened?"

"Too much sugar." He coughed. "I need to rest." He dropped his head back.

Shiuchon walked down the street until she passed Ruki's house. She remembered what Lee had told her. That that was his friend's house. It's okay to go to a friend's house. She walked up to the door and pressed the doorbell.

"Ruki!" Her mother called. "Can you get that, please?"

Ruki walked up the stairs to the main floor and advanced towards the door. She opened it and saw Shiuchon crying. "…excuse me?"

"I lost…" Shiuchon muttered. "My dog…"

"…Terriermon?"

"Yeah, that's the one! Is he here?" Shiuchon asked. Ruki pointed downstairs and Shiuchon followed.

***

"Shiuchon, have you seen Terriermon?" Lee asked, walking out of his room. "…Terrier…" He was nowhere to be seen. Neither was Shiuchon.

"Jenrya!" His mother called. "Where's your sister?"

He looked around the house in Shiuchon's normal hiding places. She wasn't in his room…

"We fear she went missing." His father sighed. "…again. Wasn't she playing with that pet of yours?"

"Uh…yeah."

"Jenrya, you're in trouble!!" yelled his older brother from his room.

"I don't know." Lee sighed, vaguely ignoring him. "I'll go out…" He looked at the door, wide open. "…looking for her." He walked out the door and down the street, calling her name. He walked up to all the houses on the way there, asking if they saw her. He finally got to Ruki's house, and timidly knocked on the door. Please don't be here, please don't be here, please-

Shiuchon swung open the door, balancing Terriermon on her head like Lee always did. "…Jennii?"

"Shiuchon, what are you doing here?" Lee asked, keeping his voice down.

"I was looking for Terriermon," She playfully poked him in the head so he fell off. "He ran away from me."

"I don't see any option why he'd stay,"

"Jennii! Tell Terriermon to stop running away from me, please?"

Lee looked at Terriermon, who has swollen eyes and a sorrowful face that just said…"help". "…if Terriermon runs away, you probably aren't being a good friend to him."

"So? Tell him to stop running away from me." Shiuchon nodded. "Sis says it's because you're teaching him bad stuff."

"Ignore her. She doesn't understand Terriermon."

Suddenly, he heard footsteps walking towards the doorway. Then, Ruki appeared in the doorway entrance behind Shiuchon.

"Oh, Jennii! Meet my new friend! Her name is Rika,"

"Ruki," Ruki corrected. "Hi Lee. What're you doing here?"

"Looking for her." He said. "She has to come home now."

"Really?" Shiuchon pouted.

"Really."

"Jennii, guess what? Rika taught me a game. It's called Strategy, and you're a-posed to use digimon cards. She has a collection of over 500!"

"Wow, that's really nice." Lee sighed. "We really have to go now. I think you're bothering her."

"No, not at all." Ruki nodded. "She's actually pretty adorable."

"See?" Shiuchon beamed. "Rika says I'm…adorable…"

"Okay-"

"I learned that word from Kako and Hira-Nu! It was the word of the day last Wednesday!"

"Can we go home now?"

"Lee," Ruki began. "Do you know how to play strategy?"

"Well, yeah, but-"

"Good. I need a well-trained opponent." She said, leading him into the house, and locking the door behind her.

"Well-trained?" Lee asked. "What are you talking about?"

"Do you have your cards?"

"Not really-"

"Okay, you can use my 150 deck. I'll use the other one." Ruki stated, picking up both sets of cards, handing one deck to Lee and keeping the other.

"You really don't understand. I have to be home now-"

"And the match begins now!" Shiuchon beamed. She then turned to Lee, "No talking during the match, because Rika doesn't talk much. During was the word of the day yesterday-"

"That's nice, Shiuchon," He said, abruptly cutting her off.

******

"…and she likes Digimon cards and everything!!" Hirokazu chanted. He, Kenta and Takato were at the park and it was now approaching 9:30.

"That's NICE, okay? Really nice…" Kenta said. "I'm going mad! Is there anything you haven't told us about her you'd like to…add in?"

"Well, she likes-"

"I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!" Kenta snapped. "I wanna go home, Hiro, home!! I wanna go home to my bed! I'm tired!!"

"You're acting a little hysteric, aren't you?" Hirokazu asked. "Bare with me for one minute!" Snores could be heard from the other end. Kenta and Hirokazu turned around to see Takato, sprawled out of the floor, in a deep slumber. "…how dare he fall asleep."

"I should've done that a long time ago. Thanks Takato, it was a good idea." Kenta complained.

"If you guys are so tired, go home, okay? But next time you talk about where you went with Miki or where he spent the day with Juri, I am gonna be as NUMB as my brain during school hours! You won't even see me!"

"Good, let's keep it that way." Kenta said, dusting off the surface and laying his head on the floor. "Keep talking, I'm listening."

"Idiot."

"Moron!"

"Fool!"

"Baka!"

"Use disses that are in English, please?"

"Fine. You're pathetic,"

"You're pathetic too. Even, stupid."

"Can you guys…shut up over there?" Takato yawned. "Some of us are trying to get some sleep."

"You guys are ruthless…" Hirokazu sighed. He then found an open area on the surface, and fell asleep too.

*****

7:45 AM the next morning…

"…hey, wake up…"

Takato sighed, still sprawled out on the floor. He silently rolled over, abruptly hitting his nose on the floor. He sprung up, instantly, "Oww, oww, ow…"

"Hi! Rise and shine!" Juri beamed, climbing up upon the structure. "It's 7:45! You guys have to get ready for school,"

"…school?" Takato asked. "No way, it's Saturday,"

"It's Friday, TK, and we have to get to school early." She looked around. "…Where's Hirokazu?"

As if anything else wasn't completely puzzling to Takato, Hirokazu did appear to be gone and completely out of sight. "…I don't know. …and how come, all of a sudden, my name's TK?"

"It's a cute abbreviation." She smiled.

"I'm not cute."

"You wouldn't know."

"How come you're stalking me?" Takato asked. "Just…why?"

"Actually, Marbles wanted to talk to you," She reached into her bag, and brought out her hand puppet. Quickly, propping it on her hand, she shoved it in Takato's face and beamed, "Hiya! How come you slept in the park last night? Your mother called Juri's house and asked if she saw you! She said no! And-"

"C-Can I talk to you, instead of the puppet?" Takato asked, fearfully.

"Hmm…" Juri put Marbles behind her back. "Only for awhile, though. Marbles doesn't like to be ignored."

"Okay, well, how come you're here this early?"

"I was looking for you."

"Why?"

"Why are you asking so many questions?" She asked. "I don't have an answer for everything."

"You should."

"Well, I don't." She smiled. "Come on-"

"Quiet…I'm still sleeping…" Kenta moaned.

"Hey!! It's 8:00! You should get up now!!"

"Ah," Kenta instantly sprung up as well, rubbing his ears. "Ow, ow…Juri? …Takato? …Hirokazu? …where's Hirokazu?"

"Not here."

"Don't tell me he went chasing after that girl he wouldn't shut up about,"

"What girl?"

"Ruki Makino, the one girl in town with the biggest attitude I have ever seen." Kenta sighed. "I can't believe him."

"I'd imagine why he'd do that." Takato sighed. "If there was any girl who had the same interest as me, I'd go after her too."

"Really?" Juri asked.

"…maybe." Takato sighed.

"What are your interests?"

"I have to get to school. Bye Kenta, Bye Juri!" He quickly ran off in the direction of his house, and around the other corner.

"…I have to get my stuff," Kenta sighed.

"…I'm gonna follow him." Juri nodded. "Buh-bye!" And she ran off after him.

*******

"Your move…" Lee stated, a remaining 15 Digimon cards fanned out in front of him. Ruki picked one of her cards from her deck, and handed it to Lee. He picked up the card she gave him, and 3 from, his deck. He put them face up in front of him. "4 of a kind…Evilmon…I win…again."

Ruki closed her cards and set them down. "…wow…you're good."

"…I know." He put the rest of his cards down.

Suddenly, Ruki's mother walked by the living room where she and Lee sat since 7:30 the other day. She yawned, "Good morning, Ruki, Good morning…"

"Lee." He said.

"Ah…" She sighed. "…how long has he been here?"

"Since 7:00."

"7:00?"

"Strategy is a very strategic game." Ruki nodded. "It takes skill. The shortest Strategy game was in 1999 with Tetsuya Kakano and Moriko Toye. It took only 4 hours and 25 minutes."

"…I hope you aren't planning on playing that game again." She sighed, walking into the kicthen. "You have to get ready for school. What do you want for breakfast?"

"Anything worth 10 minutes of cooking."

"Cereal?"

"Not cereal."

"Alright," She began to rummage through the kitchen, until she found a pack of 3 minute instant sukiyaki dishes.

"Would you like to stay for breakfast?" Ruki asked.

"No, that's okay." Lee said, getting up. "I should be getting to school."

"Okay," She sighed. "Bye."

"Bye, Ruki," He began to head for the door.

"Oh, uh…Lee," She added. "…you're a well-trained opponent. It was an honour playing with you."

He turned back to her and smiled, "…thanks." And he quickly headed back for home.

*******

End!! ^^ I promise! More Love Loners next time! The show airs at 6, and "believe it or not" is an hour long!! ^^ It was only 8 in the morning. By the way, please review and tell me which on the 3 couplings so far supported, Jenruki, Rukazu or Jurato, would you like to see more of? Thanks again!