Chapter Five
The boys snuck through the halls of the hotel and woke the rest of the DigiDestined. Then the whole gang met with their Digimon in an empty alley.
"Come on Koushiro," said Miyako. "Where is Veranmon?"
"Be patient, let me set Takeru's D-3 to 'Digimon Tricorder' mode." Koushiro fiddled with buttons on Takeru's D-3 until it beeped. He then watched the display as the D-3 continued to beep.
"Aha!" he said after a bulb lit up. "That way."
The eleven humans and eleven Digimon went in the direction Koushiro indicated. As Daisuke put his hands in his pockets, he realized that his five-dollar bill was missing.
"Uh-oh," he said. "My five dollar bill is missing."
He turned and looked on the sidewalk for his money, but the rest didn't realize that Daisuke had stopped following them.
Daisuke found his money and put it in his pocket. As he turned to join the rest, he didn't see them.
"Oh no!" he said. "The mutated teachers got 'em! Or maybe they just kept going when I stopped to find my money. Yeah, that's probably it. Now I don't know where they went."
Daisuke began to search for the other DigiDestined.
* * *
"Hey Daisuke," called Yamato over his shoulder. "Did you remember to change out of your pajamas before we left?" When he didn't get an answer, he turned to look behind him, and did not see Daisuke anywhere.
"What? Veemon, where did Daisuke go?" asked Yamato.
"Well he- huh?" Veemon turned and realized Daisuke was missing. "Oh no! He's lost!"
"Daisuke's gone?" said Taichi. "We got to find him."
"Yeah," agreed Yamato. "Okay, the older DigiDestined will search the area on the left. The younger guys will search the area on the right. And Takeru, since Daisuke obviously isn't here, you're in charge."
"As he should have been from the beginning," Mimi whispered to Sora, giggling.
"Shh," Shushed Sora, who tried to hold back her own giggling.
* * *
After five minutes, Daisuke couldn't find the others, and he sat down at a bench in the park to rest.
"Well, since I can't find them, I might as well go back to the hotel."
Daisuke sat in the bench for a while, when a girl came up to him, about his age, with a sad look in her eyes.
"May I sit here?" she asked.
"Yes, of course, sit down," said Daisuke, and the girl sat down next to him.
Daisuke couldn't get over the sad look on her face. It reminded him of how he felt when he sometimes moped about how Hikari liked Takeru more than him.
"Hey, umm…" said Daisuke. "Well, I couldn't help noticing that you seem sort of sad. May I ask what's wrong?"
"Oh," said the girl. "It's just a little bit of, well, heartbreak."
"Oh. Well, you don't need to explain heartbreak to me." Daisuke then made the same sad face as the girl.
"Yeah, I feel your pain. I sort of have a crush on this guy named Colin, but I'm not sure if he likes me back."
"Same here, but for a girl, not a guy."
"Ha, yeah, well… There is this guy I like, but I'm always too shy to talk to him. Plus, I don't know how he feels about me. What if I were to ask him if he would like to go out with me, and he doesn't want to, but he says yes anyway so he doesn't hurt my feelings. It would be awkward, we'd go out and he's have a terrible time."
"Yeah, that's true."
"But what if he totally hates me and I asked him out? He might humiliate me or something."
"Hmm…"
"Do you think that two people could end up together, even if one of them might hate the other?"
"Well, Mara Jade wanted to kill Luke."
"Who?"
"Never mind. My point is, you don't know how he feels, you never know what the possibilities are." Daisuke worked hard to hide his headache.
"I guess not."
The girl finally looked Daisuke in the eye.
"My name is Angela, but you can call me Angie."
"My name's Daisuke, but under certain circumstances, I use the name Davis."
The two shook hands. Daisuke looked at his watch and saw that it was nearly eleven o'clock.
"It's pretty late," he said. "Would you like me to walk you home?"
"That would be nice, thank you. It's this way."
The two walked down the path out of the park.
The boys snuck through the halls of the hotel and woke the rest of the DigiDestined. Then the whole gang met with their Digimon in an empty alley.
"Come on Koushiro," said Miyako. "Where is Veranmon?"
"Be patient, let me set Takeru's D-3 to 'Digimon Tricorder' mode." Koushiro fiddled with buttons on Takeru's D-3 until it beeped. He then watched the display as the D-3 continued to beep.
"Aha!" he said after a bulb lit up. "That way."
The eleven humans and eleven Digimon went in the direction Koushiro indicated. As Daisuke put his hands in his pockets, he realized that his five-dollar bill was missing.
"Uh-oh," he said. "My five dollar bill is missing."
He turned and looked on the sidewalk for his money, but the rest didn't realize that Daisuke had stopped following them.
Daisuke found his money and put it in his pocket. As he turned to join the rest, he didn't see them.
"Oh no!" he said. "The mutated teachers got 'em! Or maybe they just kept going when I stopped to find my money. Yeah, that's probably it. Now I don't know where they went."
Daisuke began to search for the other DigiDestined.
* * *
"Hey Daisuke," called Yamato over his shoulder. "Did you remember to change out of your pajamas before we left?" When he didn't get an answer, he turned to look behind him, and did not see Daisuke anywhere.
"What? Veemon, where did Daisuke go?" asked Yamato.
"Well he- huh?" Veemon turned and realized Daisuke was missing. "Oh no! He's lost!"
"Daisuke's gone?" said Taichi. "We got to find him."
"Yeah," agreed Yamato. "Okay, the older DigiDestined will search the area on the left. The younger guys will search the area on the right. And Takeru, since Daisuke obviously isn't here, you're in charge."
"As he should have been from the beginning," Mimi whispered to Sora, giggling.
"Shh," Shushed Sora, who tried to hold back her own giggling.
* * *
After five minutes, Daisuke couldn't find the others, and he sat down at a bench in the park to rest.
"Well, since I can't find them, I might as well go back to the hotel."
Daisuke sat in the bench for a while, when a girl came up to him, about his age, with a sad look in her eyes.
"May I sit here?" she asked.
"Yes, of course, sit down," said Daisuke, and the girl sat down next to him.
Daisuke couldn't get over the sad look on her face. It reminded him of how he felt when he sometimes moped about how Hikari liked Takeru more than him.
"Hey, umm…" said Daisuke. "Well, I couldn't help noticing that you seem sort of sad. May I ask what's wrong?"
"Oh," said the girl. "It's just a little bit of, well, heartbreak."
"Oh. Well, you don't need to explain heartbreak to me." Daisuke then made the same sad face as the girl.
"Yeah, I feel your pain. I sort of have a crush on this guy named Colin, but I'm not sure if he likes me back."
"Same here, but for a girl, not a guy."
"Ha, yeah, well… There is this guy I like, but I'm always too shy to talk to him. Plus, I don't know how he feels about me. What if I were to ask him if he would like to go out with me, and he doesn't want to, but he says yes anyway so he doesn't hurt my feelings. It would be awkward, we'd go out and he's have a terrible time."
"Yeah, that's true."
"But what if he totally hates me and I asked him out? He might humiliate me or something."
"Hmm…"
"Do you think that two people could end up together, even if one of them might hate the other?"
"Well, Mara Jade wanted to kill Luke."
"Who?"
"Never mind. My point is, you don't know how he feels, you never know what the possibilities are." Daisuke worked hard to hide his headache.
"I guess not."
The girl finally looked Daisuke in the eye.
"My name is Angela, but you can call me Angie."
"My name's Daisuke, but under certain circumstances, I use the name Davis."
The two shook hands. Daisuke looked at his watch and saw that it was nearly eleven o'clock.
"It's pretty late," he said. "Would you like me to walk you home?"
"That would be nice, thank you. It's this way."
The two walked down the path out of the park.
