Part 13

Andi and Hiwatori



"What was that?" Kailee said to Xander, who was in a white t-shirt, wringing the water out from his jersey.

Xander frowned. "That can't be Andi and Hiwatori.. right?"

Kailee looked worried. The last time Hiwatori had gone up against Andi, he had gotten seriously hurt both physically and emotionally. Her digimon had seriously pummeled his digimon. The only reason Andi had won was because Hiwatori never, and I mean never hurt girls. Not even a girl's digimon.

"I don't know. Let's go check it out."

Xander shrugged. He was supposed to be helping Hiwatori convince Andi to come back to the team, but so far, he was just getting in the way since Andi wanted nothing to do with him. Well, Andi wanted nothing to do with all three of them, but still, she listened to Hiwatori to some extent. It was probably because the two had such interesting history.

***

"Just leave me alone, Hiwatori!" Andi yelled fiercely. "I don't want anything to do with you, Kailee, Xander, or Arita! I have no business with any of you guys anymore so just leave me the hell alone!"

Hiwatori was about to yell out that he couldn't leave her alone even if he wanted to when Devidramon took off into the sky with Renamon hanging on his back. His huge wings created a violent wind that almost swept Hiwatori off his feet into the air.

Andi shielded her face from the huge gust.

Hiwatori gasped as he noticed a giant tree branch soaring towards Andi.

"Andi! Watch out!" He sprinted towards her as fast as he could.

Andi noticed the tree branch and screamed. There was no time to get out of the way. Suddenly, she felt someone push her roughly out of the way. "Ugh!" Shs groaned and tumbled to the ground.

When the breath came back to her lungs, she sat up and spotted Hiwatori sitting on the ground near her. He was clutching his shoulder and the huge tree branch lay on the ground next to him.

Andi felt the breath being knocked out of her again. "Hiwatori!" She rushed towards him and kneeled down next to him. She bit her lip as she saw his swollen arm.

"Are you-" Andi said tentatively.

Hiwatori winced and gave her a small grin. "I'm fine."

Andi didn't know what to say. So naturally, she reacted with anger.

"Why did you do such a stupid thing? I could take care of myself, you know!" She gave him a small slap on uninjured arm. She could feel stinging tears starting to form in her eyes.

Hiwatori sighed. "Even if things aren't the way they used to be, I still care for you a lot, Andi. I can't believe you would ever think differently. If only you would come back to the team. Xander, Kailee and Arita miss you a lot. I miss you. The team hasn't been the same since you've left."

Andi bit her lip again, and this time a small trickle of blood dripped from the tiny cut. She wanted to, more than anything, but it would be too painful.

"I'm sorry Hiwatori, but I can't ever come back. It hurts too much. I'm not going to risk letting you guys down again." Andi stood up and turned away to leave.

"Wait! Andi, just think about it. We really need you." Hiwatori said, his voice cracking slightly due to the increasing pain in his shoulder. Andi shut her eyes. She wished she could shut her ears too.

Andi whipped out a modify card. She glanced at Renamon fighting Devidramon up in the sky and buildings. The only thing that would take her mind off would be to fight.

***

Kailee and Xander hurried towards the fight. As they neared it, they spotted Renamon and a Devidramon fighting up in the buildings.

"Oh great!" Xander groaned. "Where's Hiwatori?"

Kailee groaned too as they neared a giant statue. "He's probably there already! We better hurry- Agh!"

Someone had popped out from the other side of the fountain. Kailee stopped running, too late, and crashed into the person. "Henry! What are you doing here?!"

Henry looked surprised to see her. "Looking for you! Although I didn't think I would actually find you!"

Xander looked curiously at Henry and Terriermon. Must be another tamer, ht thoguht.

Henry looked angry. "Why did you just run off like that Kailee?!"

Kailee laughed nervously. "Well, it was an emergency.."

Henry sighed, exasperated. "You could have at least told me where you were going."

Kailee looked at him sheepishly. "Well, I didn't think it would be that important to you-"

Henry felt himself getting madder. "What's going on, Kailee?! You're hiding something from me, I know it. I want you to tell me everything. What you're business here with me, Takato and Rika is, what Hiwatori has to do with all of this, and why you ran off without telling me where you're going!"

Kailee felt guilty. She was hiding something from him, but it was going to be hard to explain it to him.