"Where is he?" Yolei growled as she paced about the computer lab. "Does he always have to be late?"
"Maybe it's a hobby." Said Cody.
"I'm hungry." Said Patamon from atop T.K.'s head.
"We'll be in the digital world soon." T.K. assured.
"Hey, guys!" Davis's voice boomed as he appeared in the doorway. "I had to run home and find Demiveemon!" he held the squirming digimon out for them to see.
"He forgot me!" he exclaimed loudly.
"We'd better hurry up and go." Said Ken. The children all entered the digital realm to find it calm and peaceful, as it had always been.
"Ah, another day in the digiworld." Davis crossed his arms and looked ahead with a noble stare. "Let's eat!" he suddenly barked, adjusting his goggles.
The others shared a glance of exsaparation. "Maybe we should just stick to searching for our enemies." Suggested Yolei.
"Come on, guys!" said Veemon as he plopped to the ground. "Davis's right! We've been workin' awful hard lately."
Davis produced a rice ball and shoved it into his mouth. "Yrh, ym grta rmlx ermy urnce nnd ur rrille!"
"Forget it, we have to go." Cody ordered.
Davis and Veemon groaned and followed the group, heads bowed. "Aw, we never get ta do anything."
"Hey, guys!" T.K. yelled excitedly. "Look, on your digivice!"
All the digidestined whipped out their devices to see a blinking light. "Another digiegg?" Ken said in awe.
"I'll bet it's mine!" Davis cheered.
"You already have two." Yolei scowled.
"Yeah, but I'm the leader." He shrugged.
"Where's the signal coming from?" asked Gatomon.
Kari looked down. "In the forest." She pointed.
"Maybe we should've brought a flashlight." Said Wormmon.
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go get it." T.K. smiled.
"Hey, I can lead the group just fine, T.E.!" Davis turned and abruptly fell on his face. "Ow!" came a muffled complaint.
The others went on ahead, Kari staying behind to help Davis up. "Are you okay?"
"Sure." Said Davis happily.
"Say, Davis…" Kari picked up Gatomon. "Would you want to go with me to the movies on Saturday?"
Davis twitched and stared. "Um…OF COURSE!!!" he yelled, jumping around like an idiot.
"See ya then." Kari winked and walked off.
"Kari," whispered Gatomon. "I thought you were into T.K."
"I am." She looked away.
"Well…then why did you just ask Davis out?" she looked up at her partner.
"Well Gato…it's…" she sighed. "It's kind of hard to explain."
"Try me." Gatomon taunted.
"It just, well, you know, feels kind of nice to have two guys fighting over you. Like you're important."
"But…isn't that like…using Davis?" Gatomon held a claw to her chin.
"Maybe. Well, you'll learn one of these days."
"Hey, look!" cried Yolei. "There's the egg!"
Sure enough, deep within the forests, lay an egg, nestled in the rigid bramble. It was white and pink, with a white, snake-like tail.
"Try it, Davis." Said Cody as the Davis emerged, twigs stuck in his clothes.
"Why didn't you guys tell me there was a path?"
Everyone sweat-dropped. "Just see if it's yours." Said Ken.
Davis gingerly gripped the egg, pulling backward. "One, two, three!" he pulled on the egg as hard as he could. "Come on!" he tried to wiggle it loose, to no avail. He stood up and scratched his head. "Guess it's not mine."
"Let me try." Cody wrapped his arms around the egg and heaved, receiving no results.
Ken was next, pulling with all his might, but once more, turning up nothing. Yolei followed, also failing to free the egg. "It must be T.K.'s or Kari's." Armadillomon informed.
T.K. clutched the egg and jerked it, twisting as he pulled. The egg did not unearth. "I guess it's yours, Kari." He said.
Kari grinned and pulled the egg softly at first, then harder when it wouldn't come. She began to pull roughly, but still nothing. "It…it's not mine either." She said, astonished.
The digidestined exchanged confused glances. "Well…who's is it?" Davis asked to no one in particular.
"What should we do?" Patamon queried.
T.K. thought for a while. "I guess…we leave it here for the time being."
"What if someone steals it?" asked Cody.
"I don't think they could if they wanted to." Yolei reassured.
The next day………………….
Davis stared at the clock lazily as he heard the teacher drone on about math. Why does math have to be so boring? Can't they make it colorful or something? He thought, his eyes drifting to Kari in front of him.
"Hey, how hard do you suppose it's actually possible for it rain?" asked Yolei as she stared out the dreary window. She glanced over at Davis. "Oh, never mind. I forgot who I was asking." She grumbled.
"Why do you always ask such dumb questions?" Davis grunted.
"You're one to talk." She snapped back.
"Hmph." He jumped in his seat when he heard a bell ring from across the room. Yes! Class's out! "Bye!" he zipped out the door.
"Davis, that was just my watch!" yelled T.K. after him.
"What? Oh...heheh...Whoops." blushed and walked back in.
"Mr. Motimya, please take you seat." The teacher commanded.
Davis grinned sheepishly at Kari's chuckling and sat back down. Shortly after, the bell truly rang. Davis rushed out the door and started running to lunch as fast as humanly possible. Smack. He ran right into someone for the second time that week. And once again, it was Luka. "Hi!" Davis beamed.
She picked up her books. "Daisuke, hello." She bowed.
"Uh, sorry about that!" he blushed.
"It's all right." She adjusted a stray strand of hair.
"Hey, Luka, wanna have lunch with me and my friends?" he asked. "I could introduce you to some people and stuff."
She smiled. "Really? Thank you. I'd be very happy to." She shoved her things in her locker and followed Davis into the lunchroom. It was massively crowded, filled with chattering students and the smell of what was chosen to be named food. He snatched a tray from the table and stood in line behind her.
"Okay, let's see here…" he pointed to a few different item. "Those are the hamburgers. They kind of taste like dog meat, so I don't eat 'em." He made a disgusted face at the pile of wrapped burgers. "This is the pizza. I think they make it from some kind of really gross paste or something. They might use toothpaste. But don't ask me why it's rectangular." He shrugged.
Luka reached towards a plate of jello, but Davis pushed her hand away and shook his head. "That's Spinach jello."
She grimaced. "Is there anything here edible?"
Davis opened his mouth, then shut it, thinking for a long time. "Uh…they have cookies."
Luka lifted a salad onto her tray, watching Davis snag a cup of rice. He handed one to her as well, and they sat down next to the rest of the group. "Hey guys!" Davis boomed.
"Hey Davis." Greeted Ken. "Who's your friend?"
"This is Luka." He said.
"Hi." Said Yolei.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Cody."
"I'm T.K."
"Hello." Kari said nonchalantly.
"It is very nice to meet all of you." Luka said as she sat across from Davis.
"So where are you from?" asked Cody.
"My parents and I just moved here from China." She said. "My father said a prosperous career was in store for him in Japan. He's a computer technician."
"Cool." Said Davis, drawing away her attention as he slipped a cookie into his backpack. It was soon followed by the crunching of Demiveemon.
"Who's the girl, Davis?" he squeaked. "She's pretty!"
"SH!" he scolded his backpack. Everyone looked at Davis. "Uh…rats." He said.
"In your backpack?" Luka tipped her head to look at his pack.
"Um, yeah. Well, they're in my locker…and they get in there sometimes." He quickly explained.
"There are rats in the lockers?" she looked surprised.
"Yes. No! J-just in my locker! See, I, um…I keep a lot of sandwiches in there sometimes." He stumbled.
"Oh."
The others sighed in relief. Davis had stupid excuses, but they actually did work from time to time.
Luka took a bite of her lettuce and looked around. "Well, thank you all for being so nice to me. I really don't know anyone here."
"We all know what it's like to be the new kid." T.K. said.
"And you can hang out with us anytime." Added Yolei.
"So, do you like school, Luka?" Cody asked.
She smiled. "No. But I haven't been held back. I guess if you just do the work, it's easy."
"No kidding." Yolei sighed. "But the students here are pretty smart. Well, most of them." She sneered at Davis.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Davis growled.
Luka chuckled. "I'm sure Daisuke is smart as well."
Davis blushed and the group laughed, causing Davis to anger. "Well at least someone besides my mom sees it!"
Luka looked down at her watch. "I'd better be going." She stood. "Thank you again."
"You can have lunch with us any time you want to." Said Ken.
She bowed, and walked away. "Hey, Luka!" Davis called.
She turned. "Yes?"
"Uh…" he scratched his head. "Would you…um…well, do you want me to walk you home after school? You know, I mean, unless you-"
"I'd like that." She answered.
"'Cause you don't have to if-" he stopped. "What? Really?"
"I'll see you then." She walked off to her class.
Davis sat back down. "Hey, Demiveemon, you can talk now."
"It's about time!" he squeaked. "Why can't I go outside with the other digimon?" he whined.
"Because you cause too much trouble." He said, handing him another cookie.
