Me: I guess it's time for a new chapter!
TK: Oh, I'm dying to see what you are gonna make me do…
Me: Don't worry; you won't get THAT humiliated…
TK: ……..sure, now I feel much better *sarcasm*
CHAPTER 6
First Encounters
"I can't believe I couldn't solve that stupid little exercise. It makes me want to kill someone!" Davis shouted as he walked through the corridor. Of course, he wasn't alone. Cody, Yolie and Kari were there to bear his endless complaints.
"Could you please calm down, Davis?" Kari asked, as nicely as she could. They had been listening to him since the beginning of the lunch break. She couldn't take any longer.
"But how the hell was I supposed to know that x2-5x+6 is the same as (x-3) (x-2)?"
"Probably because it's obvious." Yolie said.
"Shut up. You weren't even there."
"Hey. Think about this. You're in 10th Grade, I'm in 11th grade. Got the idea?"
"…don't be so mean."
"Davis, she's right. There's no reason for your complaints. Even I could have done that, and I'm in 9th grade." Cody said. Davis started shouting again, and that was the beginning of a new discussion between the two teenagers. Davis shouting and Cody explaining, but Davis just ignored him, while looking at the ceiling.
Yolie decided it was better to start a new conversation with Kari.
"So, Kari, what do you think of…whoa!?" Yolie stopped.
"What's wrong, Yolie?" Kari asked, but she was too busy drooling to answer. Kari followed Yolie's line of vision, and she saw the boy. Very tall, with short, black hair, and beautiful green eyes. Dressed with a black cape, black boots, and what seemed to be gloves, with emeralds incrusted on them. Whoever he was, he had a pretty weird sense of fashion, but, besides that, she thought he was pretty cute.
"Girl, that boy is gorgeous!" Yolie said.
"Shhh, he might hear you!" Kari whispered.
"I don't really care if he does. But, you have to admit it, Kari, he's very cute!" Kari looked at him again. His eyes were fixed in the distance, as if he were looking for a place to go. "Well, I have to admit that he's very attractive." Kari didn't notice, but Davis was in shock.
"It's not fair! I have been with her for years and she has never said that I'm attractive! And now this…weirdo appears from nowhere and she begins drooling at the very instant she looks at him…" when he realized, Yolie was speaking.
"…I wonder what his name…is" and somehow, someone answered her question. And Kari's perception of time was gone.
"TK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I'm dead meat…yes I am…" For a moment, everything stopped. TK tried to organize his ideas, but everything kept falling down. He looked at his surroundings. Of course, Kari and the other DigiDestined were in shock. "I wonder what's on her mind right now…no! Stop thinking about her! You have your own problems right now!" The priority was looking for the source of that word, and that wasn't really tough, as Mina was already in front of him. He realized that this was a great moment to prove his telepathy skills.
"Mina, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" Mina just smiled.
"Oh, telepathy. Pretty good, Taki."
"Stop calling me like that."
"But that's your name, Takeru."
"But they'll find out!"
"No, they won't, because you're using my last name. Your new name is Kirahashi Takeru. From now on, we're relatives. I'm your cousin. Too bad, because I won't be able to kiss you in public."
"Nor in private, Mina."
"Oh, come on. You liked it the first time."
"Aw, shut up! That's not the problem right now! How was the interview?"
"Pretty good. You're in 10th grade. What do you think?"
"That easy? Without any exams?"
"Well, I explained him our situation. You know, being orphans and stuff." TK sweatdropped. "And he let you in. Just like that. He's a pretty sweet guy."
"Come on! Don't tell me you flirted with him!?"
"Of course not! The only one I flirt with is you, sweetheart."
"Shut up and let's go. I'm starting to feel uncomfortable with this conversation." He said as he began walking. Mina just nodded and began speaking.
"So, you finally arrived, Taki." TK sighed. "Yeah…." Mina smiled, and TK sweatdropped. "This is just a joke for her. She has no idea of how nervous I feel at this moment." He looked at the DigiDestined. Davis, Yolie and Cody were in shock, but Kari was just staring at him. That made him feel dizzy. "I don't know how I am going to get out of this mess." Without noticing it, he was in front of the Director.
"So you must be…" the old man checked a paper. "Kirahashi Takeru. Am I wrong?" TK looked back. His "former" friends were still in shock, and he noticed that Kari gasped when he looked at her. Then he looked back at the Director.
"That would be me."
"Excellent. From today, you are in 10th grade." TK could hear a gasp from behind him. He sighed.
"That's perfect."
"I guess you'll start attending classes tomorrow. I can't allow you to attend classes without the proper uniform."
"Oh, God, I'll have to wear that AGAIN!?" "Besides, I don't carry any notebooks today." TK said, with a fake smile.
"So, do you think you can recover the lost time? I mean, we're already in the second semester."
"Don't worry. That's my own problem." Takeru said, in a very serious tone of voice. He scanned his surroundings. The four DigiDestined were still there, carefully listening to the conversation. "They're studying me and my behavior. Interesting." He looked next to him. "So, Mina. Are you going back home?" Mina seemed a little surprised, but she quickly reacted. "It seems like she has been doing studies of her own while I talked with the Director. I wonder what kinds of things she was interested in?" he thought.
"I guess. I haven't had lunch yet. I'll go home and cook you a delicious dinner. What do you think?" Mina said, smiling. "It's tough to say if she's being serious, or just flirting with me. I hate when she talks to me as if I were her boyfriend, or something. But I guess I'll have to follow her game."
"Great. I'll be looking forward to it." Takeru said, and smiled. He noticed a sparkle in Mina's eyes when he said that. "I guess I'll stay for a while, and walk around."
"Oh, there's still some time before classes restart. What do you say if one of the students gives you a quick tour?" the Director said. TK sighed as the unavoidable came. "Kamiya." Kari didn't answer. It seemed like if Kari was immersed in her own thoughts. It took a second, stronger, "Kamiya!" to wake her up.
"Ah, uh, yes, sir?"
"Could you please give our new friend here a quick tour of our school?" Takeru looked at her. He didn't want to be alone with her, and it was obvious that she didn't want to be alone with him. He looked farther, and smiled a little bit. Davis, Mina and Yolie were obviously jealous, while Cody seemed to be…smiling? Yeah, a little smile, as he also understood how comical that situation was. "I guess it's time to say the right phrase at the right moment. Thank God I'm pretty good at it." He thought. He took a deep breath, and talked.
"Cherish every single moment you share with your friends.
Some day, they won't be there for you,
And you'll regret every wasted second…
When you're away from them, you miss them,
So, next time you see them,
Appreciate every phrase, every smile…"
"What…what does that mean?" the director asked.
"This break is the only chance she has to see all her friends. I don't want to ruin it. I can't walk on my own." TK explained, with a smile on his face, as always. He looked at Kari, who was lost in her thoughts again.
"I have this feeling…that I have made a new friend…but…is this right?" Kari realized that he was looking at her, and she blushed. He just smiled. "I heard your last name is Kamiya. May I have your first name?" he asked. But she was too nervous to answer.
"…Hi….Hikari. The name's Hikari. But my friends call me Kari." TK looked at Davis. He was bursting with jealously. "For God's sake, she's blushing! No matter what I do, she'll never blush. And this guy comes, says a couple of fancy phrases and she's red as a tomato. It's just not fair." Takeru wanted to laugh, but he knew it wasn't the right thing to do. But he decided it would be nice to finish the job.
"Oh, I get it. Hikari. Light."
"Yeah." She said softly, as she was still very red. TK looked at the ceiling and whispered something.
"Sunshine."
Kari gasped. She didn't know what to think. "I…I really have to go." She said, made a bow, and hastily left. "Hey, what's wrong?" Yolie said, and went after her. Cody, who hadn't said a word, finally opened his mouth.
"I…I guess I have to go too. Nice to meet you, Takeru."
"Nice to meet you too, C…" "Mistake!" "(cough) (cough)…and your name is."
"Cody." He said and walked following the path Yolie and Kari had already taken. TK made a doubt face.
"He didn't give me his last name…weird." Finally, he looked at Davis, who hadn't realized that he was the only one left.
"…ahem…goggled boy." Takeru said. Davis realized he was talking to him, and immediately replied.
"Ah, yeah, I'm Davis Motomiya. Nice to meet you." And he ran away, too. "Now that was strange." TK thought. Then, he received a message from Mina.
"If you keep acting like that, they'll SURELY find out! I'll bet 20000 yens to the youngest one. I'm sure he already knows."
"Maybe, maybe not. He's pretty intelligent, but I guess you already know."
"Yes, I know. But you should really stop talking like that!"
"You're just jealous."
"What if I am!?" TK closed the conversation, and he noticed that the Director was laughing.
"You two are very different."
"Who? If I may ask."
"You and the other new guy."
"Ahem…did you just say another student?" TK asked with his eyes wide open, and then he looked at Mina, who seemed to have a worried expression.
"Yes. Another student joined the school yesterday. He's in 10th grade, so you'll probably meet him."
"So, that means he's here right now?"
"Oh, yes." The man stopped a student and seemed to ask him something. The young guy answered his question and began walking again. The Director walked in front of TK and talked again.
"I just asked him where the new student was. He said he just saw him in the library. It would be nice of you to meet each other, being the new guys and that."
"Yes, I was just thinking the same thing." Takeru answered, trying to hide the fact that he was very nervous.
"Then, I'd better be going. Take care, Takeru." Mina said, as she bowed and walked away. "It's the best." TK thought. "I don't want her involved in this. This is something I must face alone." "Then I'll make my way to the library." He looked at Mina for the last time, and sent her a message. "See you at home tonight." She looked back, and she found him, with a wide smile on his face. She blushed, and walked out of the school, worried sick about him.
"Good. The library is up those stairs. The entrance will be pretty obvious." The Director said, smiling.
"Thanks." TK said and began walking. Of course, he already knew the way. He walked up the stairs, and then he saw the big, wooden door, that was pretty different to the rest of the door in that floor. As he tried to open the door, he felt it. Wave after wave of powerful dark energy. He gulped. "Why am I so nervous? I must calm down, or he'll use my own fear to grow stronger. Fear just leads to mistakes…" he opened the door, and looked at the source of such power. A young man, wearing the school uniform. A brunette, with black hair and eyes. He noticed he was being observed, and offered TK a seat in front of him. He seemed to be reading a book with great interest. TK sat down, and what about to talk, when the boy interrupted him.
"Shhh." He pointed at a sign near the entrance. "Please help maintain the silence while in the Library. Thanks." TK smiled, and waited for the young boy to finish his reading. He asked TK to follow him, and he walked out of the library. They began their first conversation.
"So, we finally meet." The boy said. TK nodded, and then smiled.
"I'm not supposed to say ´Nice to meet you', I guess."
"Nah, I don't think that's necessary. However, I'd like to know the name of the Chosen One."
"The name's Takeru Kirahashi. May I have yours?"
"Kazuo Hidekawa."
"Well, that's a good starting point."
"Have you read that book?" TK supposed he was talking about the book he was just reading.
"Crime and Punishment? No, I haven't"
"Well, you should. We're supposed to write an essay for next Friday." TK started laughing. "What's so funny?" Kazuo asked.
"Such futile things we have to take care of. You should know more than anyone that I have more important things to think about."
"Yeah. Killing me, for example."
"Yes." They both began laughing, as if they were best friends. Kazuo sighed.
"Ahh, so many things to talk about, and so little time to discuss them." He looked at his watch. "Too bad. I've classes right now. Tell me, Takeru. How about going for a walk after class? We can continue our conversation, and maybe we could have a practice fight."
"Practice fight? Never thought you had that word in your dictionary." Kazuo laughed.
"You have a pretty wrong image of Evil. Too bad. If we weren't in this situation, we could have been pretty good friends."
"Friends? Another odd word, for the ultimate force of Darkness." Kazuo just smiled.
"I'll be waiting for you after class, Takeru." And then, he walked away. TK sighed. "I never expected such a…friendly conversation." he realized he had nothing to do until classes were finished, and sighed again. "I guess I'll start reading that book." He thought as he walked back to the library.
Kazuo walked in the classroom, which was already filled with students. The teacher was there, and the class seemed to have already began.
"Would you mind telling us what took you so long, Mr. Hidekawa?" the teacher asked him. "Seems like I spent much time reading…or maybe talking with the Chosen One."
"Ummm, I had a little problem in the bathroom." All the students laughed, and Kazuo walked to his usual seat. He considered talking to the student next to him, but he noticed she wasn't in the mood to talk. Then, he asked to the one next to her.
"Hey, what did I miss?"
"Nothing much, don't worry." Davis Motomiya whispered. And the class began again, but Kazuo thoughts were fixed on his plans.
"At least it wasn't very hard to find. He came to me. Such bravery, such foolishness. I could kill him with my eyes closed and my hand tied, but I won't. Not just yet. I'll play with him a little bit…he's different. That's probably the reason he's so special." He thought, while the teacher was giving his explanation. He looked to his right. Neither Hikari nor Davis seemed to be listening to the class. The girl was lost in her thoughts, and he could feel a weak aura of sadness and desperation. On the other side, Davis was just looking at her. It was obvious that he was worried. But he didn't care at all about any of them, and he returned to his own thoughts.
"Light and Darkness. Fire and Ice. They both live within him. He would have been an excellent servant, as I would had never had a reason to get rid of him. I would have to teach to be loyal to his master, and he would do the dirty job. But no, he has to be destroyed. He's the only obstacle between myself and the end of this world. I could kill while he's still weak, but that wouldn't be entertaining." Then, he noticed someone was calling him.
"Kazuo. Kazuo!" he looked right. It was Davis. Hikari was also looking at him. Then, he looked forward, and the teacher was looking at him, with a mad look on his face.
"Would you like to share your thoughts with us, Mr. Hidekawa.?" Kazuo had nothing to say. All the other students began laughing and whispering. Even Hikari seemed to be giggling. Kazuo also laughed to himself. "I don't care. When I get rid of Takeru, I'll make sure they all receive a lesson about true fear. Yeah…I'll make sure of it…"
Takeru was waiting at the school entrance. The bell would sound at any moment, and he would meet with Kazuo soon after that. He waited, and his patience was running out. Suddenly, a girl he had never seen before walked to him.
"Hey, what are you doing standing there so lonely? What if you come with me and my friends to a party?" TK sighed, and looked at the girl. She was cute. He had to admit it. But he had very important things to do now.
"I'd love to, but I'll be pretty busy tonight. Maybe, some other time, ok?" The girl's eyes filled with excitement. She took out a paper and a pencil and wrote something. Then handed the paper to him.
"Ok, it's a date! Call me!" She ran with her other friends and began talking. The other girls just giggled. Takeru sighed, and put the phone in his pocket. "When are the classes going to finish!?" he crossed his arms and continued waiting, until a voice behind him told him something.
"Hey. I've been waiting for you. Dinner is getting cold." TK didn't even look back, but he had to talk, and so he did, and he noticed that the bell was indicating the end of classes.
"Mina."
"Yeah?"
"Go back home and wait for me there. If I'm not there by midnight, you can get the idea." Mina gasped. "Are they going to fight? So…so soon? But…but TK is not ready…"
"But…TK…"
"Just do as I say."
"…good luck." She expected to return home with him, and now he had told her that they might not see each other again. She looked at him for the last time, and she saw three teenagers walking in his direction.
"You seemed to be very distracted today, Kazuo."
"Yeah. I just have this little problem I can't get out of my head. But, now that you mention it, you seemed very distracted too, Hikari."
Davis, Kari and Kazuo were walking out of school, after a long, tiring day, they would be able to go back home. Or something like that.
"Hey, Kari, Can I go to your place? I'm gonna need some help with this homework." Kari was about to answer, but at the same moment Yolie and Cody walked next to them. They stopped walking.
"So, how was your day?" Yolie asked
"Normal. Just plain normal." Kari said. Too bad she couldn't hear Davis whispering. "Yeah, suure." Cody smiled.
"What's so funny, Cody?" Kari asked.
"Uh? No, nothing. Just thinking." He answered, while looking at Davis. Then, he saw the boy next to him. "Have we met?"
"No, I guess not. Kazuo Hidekawa. Nice to meet you." Cody was about to answer, when Yolie stepped forward.
"This is Cody, I'm Yolie. Really pleased to meet you." She said, while shaking Kazuo's hand. "What a fool…" he thought.
"So, ahem!" Davis said, interrupting the conversation. "Can I go to your house, Kari?"
"Of course you can! You're always welcome in my house." (N/A: You can guess how Davis feels after those words. TK: Yes, we can…) Kari then looked at Kazuo, who was wrestling to get rid of Yolie.
"Would you like to come with us, Kazuo? We could use the extra pair of hands…and the brain." Kari asked.
"I'm very sorry, but I have something important to do tonight. Maybe next time." He waved good byes to all of them, and began walking, because he had already seen Takeru, and his partner. "Good to see you again, Takeru!" he shouted. "Can we go now?"
Kari looked how Kazuo walked in the direction of the other guy. Davis, Yolie, and Cody were also very interested in the upcoming conversation. Yolie, well, she was just interested in who was more handsome. Cody wanted to analyze both of them, as he sensed something unique in each one. Davis, he just didn't like them, so he wanted to know more about them. And Kari, she was interested in solving the mystery around this "Takeru" guy. She looked at him. The first time she saw, during the lunch break, he was calm and always smiling. Now, he looked pretty serious, and she could sense there was something that worried him. Then, she looked at the girl. She was holding Takeru's hand, as if she feared something terrible was about to happen. And Kazuo, he had that confident look he always had. Takeru and Kazuo shook hands.
"So, are we leaving?" Kazuo asked.
"Sure, why not?" Takeru replied. "Mina, go home now."
"Oh, no. She can't leave." Mina gasped. "Not until we have the proper introduction." TK sighed. "Mina Kirahashi. My cousin. Mina, this is Kazuo Hidekawa."
"Nice…nice to meet you." She said and they shook hands, too. Mina could feel the powers of darkness within him. She felt as if she were going to faint, but she controlled herself. Kazuo smiled. "A sorceress. A very frightened sorceress. Too bad." "Nice to meet you too. We should better get going. I want to finish this before the sun falls." Mina gasped. "Oh, my God!" Takeru tried to calm her down.
"Mina."
"Yes?"
"Forget what I said a couple of minutes ago."
"What?"
"Go back home, and wait for me. We'll have dinner together. I promise."
He sighed. That's all he could do to make her feel better. "Let's get going, Kazuo." And they both started walking. Kari and the other DigiDestined walked next to Mina, and watched them walk away, ignoring everything about what could happen. Cody gave a quick glance to Mina. She was about to cry, and she was whispering something. He used all his kendo training to focus on listening her words. And he could listen to the last one. A sentence that made him froze.
"Please, come back, TK. I don't know what to do if you die…again…metaphorically. Good luck, Takaishi Takeru."
Me: tatataaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! That's it! What do you think, TK?
TK: …I owe Mina 20000 yens.
Me: Sure thing!
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