Last Time: How could something as harmless as innocent magic tricks lead to total disaster? How about Davis handcuffing himself to Kari's left wrist and TK handcuffing himself to her right wrist? Kari's stuck in the middle like never before and there's only one thing they could do. They had to break these handcuffs. But for that, they'll need a little help.
Three's Always A Crowd: Part 2
Kari had never been so embarrassed in her life. She didn't want anyone to see that she was handcuffed to TK and Davis, but there was only one way to hide the handcuffs from the viewing public on the street. She was forced to put her hands in her pockets…and that meant having one of Davis and TK's hands in each of her pockets. Kari was still getting stares from the people and she couldn't blame them. She looked and felt like a total tramp.
"I like how warm your pockets feel, Kari," Davis grinned.
Kari groaned. "TK, remind me to slap him later."
"With pleasure," TK grinned. Davis sweatdropped.
Finally, the long walk ended and Kari got to the one place where she could hopefully get some help. She knocked on the apartment door and got an answer from…
"Hey Kari…and TK…and Davis…uh…you three look kinda……close."
…fourteen-year old Yolei Inoue. The older girl was taken off-guard by seeing the two boys with their hands in Kari's pockets. Kari didn't know where to begin explaining the whole awkward situation.
"We're…sort of in a bind right now…" Kari said timidly.
"That's one way of putting it," TK interrupted.
"And we were wondering if you could help us," Davis added. "We're a little tied up at the moment."
"You just HAD to say it, didn't you?" TK growled.
"Well, it's true," Davis grinned.
"What are you babbling about now, Davis?" Yolei asked. "Kari, what's wrong?"
Kari knew there was no use in keeping secrets, so she took her hands out of her pockets to reveal that her hands were both handcuffed. One hand cuffed to Davis and the other to TK.
Yolei gasped. "How did THIS happen?"
"I don't even want to say anything," Kari moaned. "If I do, I'll just get a headache. But the real problem is that neither of these two have a key. We need help to break these handcuffs."
Yolei turned to look into her apartment. "Well…my entire family's here, so there isn't much breathing room here." Then her face brightened. "But there may be one guy who can help us out!"
Kari suddenly knew exactly who Yolei had in mind.
Kari knocked on the door again. There was still no answer.
"Come on!" Yolei growled. "We know you're in there! Open up!"
Kari didn't want to give up, so she knocked one more time. This time, the door finally opened. And there stood…twelve-year-old Ken Ichijouji.
"This is a surprise," Ken said. "What brings you four here?"
Without hesitation, Kari raised her arms and revealed her dilemma. It still wasn't an easy sight for Yolei to see and Ken was also taking it with the appropriate shock.
Ken blinked. "Um…let me guess…this was Davis' idea?"
"Hey!"
"And…TK just HAD to follow suit, am I right?"
"Right on both counts," Kari groaned. "We could sure use a hand, Ken. Neither of these two 'expert' magicians can get these handcuffs loose. And neither one of them has a key. I need some help to break them. Do you have anything we could use?"
Ken thought about that. "Well…I could try some of my dad's power tools."
Kari's spirits were immediately raised. "Great! Then let's try it!"
Without thinking, Kari tried to run straight for the garage. But when she tried running, she yanked Davis and TK over and that resulted in all three of them falling over. Ken and Yolei sweatdropped.
"This is gonna be one of THOSE days, isn't it?" Ken sighed.
Yolei shook her head at the sight of the fallen three kids. "Why, whatever gives you THAT idea?"
Kari shook her head, seeing as how that was all she could shake at the moment. It was a bad feeling to be unable to move her arms without moving someone else. Hopefully, Ken could get these handcuffs off before something REALLY BAD happened.
Everyone had now converged inside Ken's house while Ken retrieved a box of his father's tools. While TK was the one to hold that particular crest, it was Kari who had all the hope. She hoped Ken could remove her from what was sure to be a living nightmare if something wasn't done soon.
Ken started by taking out a simple wood saw. "Ok, stick out your hand."
Kari didn't hesitate and stuck out her left hand first. Ken reached over and began sawing away at the handcuffs, but the metal wasn't even being dented.
"Hmm…doesn't work. Let me try something else."
Kari looked on as Ken took out a powerful drill. He started drilling away at the handcuffs, but he wasn't having any luck. The metal wasn't being penetrated and the handcuffs remained intact. Ken shrugged and reached into the box again. This time, he took out a chainsaw.
"K-K-Ken…isn't that a little dangerous?" Davis asked nervously.
Ken smiled. "Davis, you're my best friend and I can't lie to you. Of course it's dangerous…IF you move. So stay still."
**WHIRRRRRRRRRRR**
Even Kari was beginning to feel a little scared over such a powerful tool being held inches from her wrist. But for the purpose of freeing herself, she had no other choice. So she closed her eyes as the chainsaw came closer and its whirring grew louder. Kari heard the grinding sound and she could have sworn there was success. But when the whirring stopped and Kari opened her eyes, she saw that the handcuffs…were STILL intact. There was hardly a dent.
Ken sweatdropped. "Well…no one ever said my dad settled for the best in power tools."
"Are you saying I'm STUCK like this?!" Kari demanded, raising her arms. But when she raised her arms, she unwittingly raised Davis and TK's arms, catching both boys by surprise.
"Until we think of a better idea," Ken replied. "These handcuffs must be top of the line. I never seen such strong metal before."
"I guess Matt wanted the best in handcuffs in case he ever wanted to do this sort of thing with Sora," TK thought. "I wonder if he'll notice they're missing."
"I don't even want to tell Jun about these cuffs," Davis added. "If these things fell into her hands, no boy would be safe!"
"Now that we've established how hard the metal is," Kari said dryly, "how do we get them off?!"
"Hey, I think I have an idea!" Yolei said cheerfully.
It took about 15 minutes, but Yolei was well on her way to getting the solution to this problem. With the assistance of Ken's computer, Yolei did a search all over the Internet to find the one thing that could help Kari and solve her problem. She searched for a replacement key.
"Here's one!" Yolei said triumphantly. "If I order it right now…it should arrive in…two to three days."
"That doesn't sound so bad," Davis said.
Kari wasn't exactly joyful. "So you mean…I have to stay attached to these two jerks for two to three days?!"
TK looked really hurt. "Jerks? Kari, you think I'm a jerk?"
"I'm used to her calling me a jerk," Davis said. "But it still hurts. I was just trying to make you feel better, Kari."
"I think you're BOTH jerks!" Kari reiterated. "What possessed you two to handcuff yourselves to me in the first place?!"
Neither boy had an answer for her. They both just hung their heads down and turned their heads away from Kari. Kari didn't want to make anyone feel bad, but these two had worked her last nerve with this latest stunt. All she wanted now was to be free, but with what Yolei was telling her, it didn't look possible. It looked like she would be stuck for the next two to three days and for that, Kari couldn't bring herself to forgive them. Nothing could make this situation better.
"Would you like some tea, Kari?" a gentle voice asked. It was little Wormmon.
Kari shook her head. "Not now, Wormmon. Thank you."
"I hate to bring up more bad news," Ken added, "but where are you all going to stay? It's obvious that you can't go back to Kari's house. What would Tai say?"
That was another issue. Kari didn't realize it before, but she couldn't go home. Not in this state. She didn't know what to do.
"Any ideas?" Kari gulped.
"We can't go to my house," Davis shrugged. "The last thing we need is Jun looking over our shoulders."
"My mom would ask a lot of questions," TK sighed.
"You know my situation," Yolei added. "My family's too big."
"What about us, Ken?" Wormmon suggested. "I'm sure we can fit them all in your room."
Ken shook his head. "You've got to be kidding me. What if Mom and Dad catch them?"
"I can warn you in advance if they're about to come in," Wormmon continued. "And if it helps, I can always distract them while you hide them."
That was a huge relief to Kari. She almost forgot that Ken told his parents all about Wormmon. Kari had yet to tell her family about Digimon and the Digital World.
"They need help, Ken," Wormmon pleaded. "You can help them. Please say you'll help them."
Kari smiled. Wormmon had a heart of gold and he was always willing to help anyone who was in need. And no one was more in need of help than Kari.
Ken couldn't resist those heartfelt pleas. "Ok, they can stay here. They can sleep on the floor in my room."
Kari beamed. "Thank you, Ken. I promise we'll make this up to you someday. I just hope this doesn't last long."
Ken stood up and walked towards the phone. "So now that we've got that out of the way…who's hungry?"
TK and Davis both raised their hands and therefore Kari's hands were raised, whether she was hungry or not. It just so happened that Kari WAS hungry, so she didn't mind it too much, but she knew this sort of thing would get out of hand sooner than later.
Ken sweatdropped. "Let me order some Chinese."
Kari looked down at her rice cup and her mouth watered. So she reached for her chopsticks with her right hand and was about to dig in. But as she was going down, her right hand was dragged away by TK's left hand, which was bringing a glass of Coke to his mouth.
Kari moaned softly and reached for a fork with her left hand. But as she was about to reach down with her fork, her left hand was dragged away by Davis' right hand, which was bringing some chow mein to his mouth.
"Hey!" Kari snapped. "I have to eat too, you know!"
TK and Davis paused for a second. They immediately grew apologetic and turned to face Kari. They both grabbed spoonfuls of rice and shoved them in her mouth. With Kari's wrists attached to theirs, the scene looked very weird to say the least. Kari gulped hard and growled.
"I mean STOP MOVING YOUR HANDS! I don't mean spoon feed me like a baby!"
TK and Davis paused and decided to think better of feeding Kari and just let her eat on her own. Kari felt better for about a few seconds. But that's when Davis dug into the rest of the food with his left hand.
"Hey! A fortune cookie!"
Davis, excited about this one, dragged his right hand over. Unfortunately, he unwittingly dragged Kari and TK with him and they both ended up knocking over the food…which spilled all over Ken's carpet.
Ken sweatdropped. "Wormmon…get the stain remover."
TK groaned. "Well, was it worth it, Davis? Was your fortune cookie worth it?!"
"Let's find out," Davis grinned, opening the cookie. He read the fortune aloud. "You and two friends will be a lot closer very soon."
"That's the understatement of the century," TK growled.
"I can't believe this is happening to me!" Kari whined. "It's not fair! I can't even eat like this!"
As if on cue, both TK and Davis shoved a spoonful of rice into Kari's mouth in an attempt to be helpful. It didn't help, nor did it make Kari feel better. All Kari could do was swallow and scream.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
Next Time: It's going to be a very long two to three days. So what'll happen next time and how will the simplest of tasks be turned completely awkward? Find out next time!
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