Notes and stuff like that:
While trying to be rid of the horrible Digimon created of the Dark Spires, Ken and Yolei fall into a strange and humorous situation. Try switching bodies with the opposite sex for a while, and you'll find yourself in some very awkward positions too. ( Kenlei / Kenyako, the whole 02 gang is included) It's rated PG13 for a bit of casual swearing.
This fic was inspired by my warped mind and sense of humour! This is the first time I've seen a body-switching fic for Digimon. And who better to torture than the serious yet kind Ken, and the outgoing fun-loving Yolei? They'd annoy each other like hell in each others' bodies, and well... you know ^_~
Disclaimer: DIGIMON=PROPERTY OF NO ONE HERE!
SWITCHMON (bwuahhahahah god I love that name! Switchmon switch &!) = MINE
Important Notes: After they get switched, Yolei will refer to Ken (In the body of Yolei) as Ken when no one is around and vice versa. I will also call Yolei(In Ken's body) Yolei, and Ken(In Yolei's body) Ken. The rest who don't know will call Ken (In the body of Yolei) Yolei, and Yolei(In the body of Ken) Ken. Get it? I'll try and make it clear who is who. Lol, but then again Ken and Yolei will get confused from time to time too. My... we're all going to have so much fun with this.
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The Impression I get: Part 2
So they were back in the Real World. The small digimon bustling at their feet with restlessness, and what was Ken thinking as her stood in the unfamiliar classroom? Well, a lot of things really.
"Yolei..." Yolei whispered in Ken's ear, "We have to go now." His eyes harbouring a glint of something...
"Uh.. You guys?" Ken chirped in a high voice, "Ken and I are going to- "
"You guys are going off together? I thought we were going to have our usual after Digiworld snack!" Davis said as he cocked his head peering at his watch.
"We just ate a little while ago Davis." TK replied.
"Hey, strong guys like me need to eat!" Davis said coyly while looking over at Kari.
"Actually, I'm sure the digimon are hungry again." Cody decided.
"Well..." Yolei said hesitantly, "we had planned..." but he stopped after seeing the confused and shocked faces on the other Digidestined. 'oh no. NO! Now they'll think Ken and I were gonna go on a date or something. HAHHHH, a date. Yeah right.'
"That can wait!" Ken added quickly, "We always have time to eat!" 'Just what is Yolei trying to do to me?' she thought selfishly. The group walked out of room uneasily. Yolei especially, for some unknown reason to even Ken.
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They were in a restaurant now. This wasn't what Ken expected the other children to do after a battle... but things were weirder. Oh, how he knew that.
And then he started to think of the things he'd have to deal with in a female body, in Yolei's particularly.
Not much difference in height, or mental capability needed to pull of an excuse... Let's see, she also didn't mind the face, she would have if it had been some old woman... But Yolei's face was nice, nice and pretty, she reasoned. She could work with it, maybe a bit of lip gloss and a new hairsty.... Wait a minute here. This wasn't right...
An awful expression took hold of Ken's new face and she coughed back a scream. Yolei, who was sitting next to Ken closely, caught the look and tugged at her sleeve.
"Are you ok Ken?" He whispered but bit his lip in anxiousness of something and at the terrified look on Ken's...well yeah, Ken's face.
"So Yolei, can I talk to you for a moment?" Kari asked for the second time that day, breaking the silent moment between Yolei and Ken.
"What is it Kari? Haha, more girl talk?" Her palms were sweating slightly, and she fidgeted her feet. This was so unlike the old him. 'Damn it, Yolei! Why is it so hard to impersonate you? What do I do?'
"You...could call it that." Kari said in amusement and excused herself from the table heading over to the counter.
With a shaky smile, Ken got up and left an obviously disturbed Yolei at the table, with the guys. What luck. How many times would they be separated? They had to be together! Wait...that didn't sound correct either...
"Soooo... Kari? Ahahehhe, how many tips do you need?!" Ken squeaked awkwardly sitting down beside Kari.
She giggled, "You're funny Yolei! You know that line is just a cover!" That perked Ken's attention.
" But, seriously... What's going on with Ken and you? I know the others have been silently wondering the same thing. Something happened to you two in that field, right?" She laughed a little again, "Did he melt your heart into his hands?" melodramatically said.
"Ehehe, yeah I guess you could say that! Ken is soooo cute!" There, stay on the topic of boys and Ken would be fine. Yolei was a softy in this department. No sweat through this conversation. Besides, it could never hurt her pride if one more girl liked her. If Yolei liked her...
"Yeah I could picture him as my HUSBAND!" Ken giggled forcefully, believing it was the cleverest phrase in the world that moment.
But Kari's mouth changed from a teasing grin to a shocked little 'o'. "Really? I had no idea you would change your mind so fast! I mean just before you were..." and she rambled on about their previous conversation, but Ken paid it no mind.
'Wait, she didn't like me? Have I said the wrong thing? What's Yolei's actual opinion on me?... she doesn't like me?"
Ken was jolted from her mental questions when a familiar hand placed itself on her shoulder. Kari looked a bit startled too at seeing 'Ken' there.
Yolei looked over at Kari, silently trying to signal her to leave. No such luck. The girls in front of him stared: One in curiousness, the other in anticipation. Giving another trying glance to Kari, Yolei bent down and whispered in Ken's ear.
"I hate all this whispering..." he looked at Kari again, who seemed to understand the previous signals of wanting privacy, and got up leaving for the other table. "but I need to go."
"What???"
"I said, I need to go." They both started to converse in normal speaking tones.
"Go where?" Ken asked, looking back at the table of Digidestined, then noticed that they were looking right back. Hastily she pulled Yolei to block the unnerving gaze from the others.
Yolei sighed and shifted the unwanted weight of Ken's body. "Duh, to the washroom... at least I think I do."
A funny thing, those bodily functions. They always have to present the needs to fulfill them at the utmost annoying time. For Ken, it was the utmost horrifying time, and the thought of having to deal with the same thing in THIS body presented itself on a silver platter. Take it back please, Ken wanted to say, but couldn't. So, a rare but worthy blush grazed the newly acquired cheeks of Ken as she looked over to the restrooms.
"You can go you know. I don't have to hold your hand." Ken quipped coldly, desperately trying to dismiss the facts as quickly as possible.
"So you aren't embarrassed? You're blushing though."
"Shut up."
"What happened to the kind Ken?" Yolei smiled.
"Right now I'm very irritated with this whole thing. HE'S temporarily out of service."
"Well then you're the next best thing. C'mon Ke-Yolei, are you..um.. Okay with, uh.." They looked at each other with as much bravery they could muster in such a situation as this.
"Just do it."
"You sure? I don't think.."
"I said you had better do it... Ken." Both were utterly embarrassed by this time around.
"Maybe we SHOULD tell the others?"
"Not that again, look, I'm not ashamed of my body. Just...go." Ken said, hanging her mauve-locked head.
"Well, if you insist!" Yolei sounded perky, too perky for being Ken. Too perky for the predicament just talked about. Ken peered at him through her fingers.
"And just what did THAT mean?"
"Relax," Yolei said giving Ken a reassuring pat on the head. "Ol'Ken will make Yolei feel better after this." And so he left for the restrooms. Ken watched, in a confused and thoroughly embarrassed mood, as Yolei finally got the right door, but not before having a little squeamish at the Ladies' restroom.
So, not wanting to think about what would transpire in the restrooms of doom, Ken made her way back over to the table slowly.
* From time of Kari and Ken's departure from table, to when Ken makes her way back *
Yolei's POV
Ok, I was at a table full of guys in a body of a guy. How wrong was this? Well, maybe it wasn't totally wrong. What could possibly go terribly wrong? Was it wrong to like being a guy better? Wait, just too many wrongs in that thought or do I just doubt this whole thing?
I find myself wanting to tell them, wanting for them to know. Even though I want this, I know I would just go and contradict myself. It was my idea not to. Ken and I both knew that if more people knew, there would be more trouble and more excuses to make. As I had thought before though, I really can use this to my benefit... Actually, it would be WRONG not to!
"So..." I said casually, running a hand through Ken's perfect hair. 'Damn,' I thought. 'his hair is so much better than mine... not for long though.' I pondered the most mischievous of thoughts.
Davis looked up at me, and the other two at only seemed remotely interested. Oh, I'll have their attention all right. I'm Ken Ichijouji after all.
"What is it Ken?" Davis asked while he tried to get a better view of Kari. "Stupid Yolei...why can't she move out of the way for one minute??!"
Something went off in the back of my mind; I know that was for sure. I could actually feel myself getting edgy and it would be bad, really bad, if I blew this. 'Stupid Yolei...humph.'
"Weeeell..." Yeah, draw this out until Ken comes back. "I was just wondering how long you've been practically drooling over that Kari!" I tried to laugh haughtily, and surprisingly I didn't have to work very hard at it for it to come out. Good ol'Ken. He's still got some arrogance left. That's good, because I don't know how he'd act in anyway but this.
Davis looked at me for a while. No, he was gaping at me. GAPING!? Ok, so Kari is a nice girl. What does she have to make guys go wild about her? Wasn't likely that I, ME, would know, since I'm a girl, guy, uh... AND he dares to gape at Ken Ichijouji for not seeing this translucent capturing attraction?
"What?"
"I LOVE HER!" His eyes got hazy and some kind of fairytale dreamscape look became clear on his face.
"...maybe I shouldn't go into this?" I said to no one in particular and then glanced at my young friend Cody. Oh Cody, how I want to tell you the most. You're so quiet...
"Davis is head over heals, Ken." TK pointed out groggily.
"I can see that." Ok, I'm jealous. NO ONE has ever been head-over-heals-kick-me-and-I'll-worship-you-for-touching-me with Yolei Inoue. Drat. I am very jealous. Yeeeah, digimental of Love my eye. I'll make someone love me. I'll make Yolei Inoue love me! HAHAHHAHAAAHHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!... I think I've gone insane. I'm not Ken, I'm not Ken, I'm not... well I could be.
Coming out of his daze because of a swap from TK, Davis started to not so surreptitiously feed the small digimon under the table. Yolei sighed mentally and he was practically, literally bored out of his mind! He was supposed to be reading magazines at home with Poromon as his fluffy pillow. Oh no, he had to be here stuck like THIS. Well, this situation was going to work in his favour. He would make it work for himself. WORK damn you, work!!
With that, Yolei rose quickly from the designated seat at the table and banged his fist on the table. "I can still be the same!!!"
"Excuse me?" Cody said, a little startled at the outburst from the usually calm Ken. Likewise, TK and Davis looked at Yolei like he had turned back into the Emperor. My, that sounded very out of place didn't it?
"Uh! I mean that I must go speak with Yolei at this current moment and I would be glad if I were to be excused?"
Yolei got some blank faces and decided to just break for it. Taking long strides away from the table, he headed on a beeline course.
Ken or Bust!
* Present Time *
Davis looked sceptically at 'Yolei' as she came back to the table. "So you sure you don't know what that was all about, Kari?" He whispered while giving everyone a sideward glance.
"Well, Davis I don't know about Ken but..." she stopped when 'Yolei' edged too near to the table.
"Hey guys." Ken said, not in a 'usual' chirp, but close enough. She was going to get questioned. She knew it, and she wouldn't know what to do. She had to speak with Yolei more. They had to tell Poromon and Minomon. 'Maybe we can leave soon, I'm getting a headache...'
"Hey Yolei, how's it going?" Cody asked out of the blue, but in such a laid back manner no one thought anything of it.
"Fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"I love what you've done with your hair."
"Uh huh."
"Ok!!! Who are you and what have you done with my Yolei??!!" Cody slammed his small palms against the table, earning many expressions from their friends.
Ken tugged at the peachy-coloured collar around her neck, trying to air out the extreme heat and tension building. THAT got her attention.
"You are definitely not listening to me Yolei! What did Ken do to you?" Cody asked calmly while slinking back into his spot under the towering figure of his best friend.
The look of Ken's face could not be good. Never once had such a look, so very unreadable, ever been planted firmly as it was now on this girl's face. The others stared at her in shock and were frightened to silence when a vein seemed to pop on the side of her head.
'Calm down Ken, calm down. Take it easy, this will all be over soon. You have to be strong, be a MAN! Yeah, like the saying my father drilled into my head would work now. I'm not even a boy... Ok calm down, let's see how to correct this problem. Stupid, stupid for not paying attention! They're staring at me, always staring... ok!' unconscientiously Ken wrung her hands and gritted her teeth with closed eyes.
Slowly, Ken slipped her eyes open and faced Cody again with a more peaceful expression than the last one. A few sweat beads brandished her forehead and she carelessly wiped them away.
"What!? Um... Of course I'm listening Cody! And no, Ken didn't do anything to me! Why I was just talking..." Ken panicked. 'Great. I knew this was going to happen. I didn't even think of what to say!!! Stupid headache... stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.'
"Maybe Yolei's just tired Cody, you don't have to blame everything on Ken." Davis pointed out thoughtfully as he started packing up his bag.
"If Ken's not the influence then how do you explain her sudden change?"
"Well," Kari got up as well. "Yolei are you feeling alright. Look Cody, she looks like she's burning up, maybe she's sick?"
"Oh Yolei! I'm so sorry, are you okay? Do you want me to help you with your bag?" Cody asked meekly placing a hand on her back.
"Now that you mention it... I don't feel too well at all...ugh..." Ken held her head as they all cautiously got up from the table and prepared to leave.
Slowly and silently the other Digidestined moved a bit away from Ken as she sighed and closed her eyes, leaning up against the booth next to their table. The incessant flickering of the dim light bulb overhead made Ken's eyes twitch, and she shifted her position uncomfortably.
"Is there some reason you're standing there, Yolei?" TK asked slowly scratching his head.
"Go on, I'm waiting for Ken. We have something to do together." Ken did NOT feel like putting more effort than needed in explanations today. She really didn't. Let them think what they wanted to, because the amount of frustration pent up in her was enough to make her scream at the top of her lungs then drop into a puddle of confused and angry thoughts. It was enough to make her cry. Her, KEN, cry, because of the sheer exhaust her body felt.
Or maybe it was just the female hormones kicking in and making Ken feel really really moody? Yeah, well she still couldn't take it, and literally pushed the other kids and their digimon out the door of the restaurant. This, of course, granted Ken a few tempered glares from the employees.
So the others were off, and still very confused at the behaviour of two specific destined children. Well, Davis being the born wonderful leader he was would make sure to find out what was happening between his new best friend and the purple-locked girl. It was for the good of the team! Not to mention, it was good to their curiosity too. Yeah, they had a plan and it'd be in action very soon.
'Operation: Find out about Ken and Yolei, is underway!' Davis thought excitedly as the small group rushed off down the crowded sidewalk.
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So they were sitting at the table again. Each of them were staring at each other intently again. Yolei had returned for the washroom with the obviously guaranteed blush stretched across his face yet in a better mood then Ken, that was certain.
"Come on, let's go back to my apartment." Ken said as she glanced down at the sleeping digimon in their bags. They had a lot to take in when she and Yolei finally talked over the situation with them.
"Alright, Ken, I mean..." Yolei sighed, feeling exhausted himself. "Yeah, we can get everything straightened out if we talk to our digimon. We might even have it fixed by tonight! You never know."
"Yolei?"
"Yeah Ken?" They had stepped out of the restaurant and wirily made it across town.
"I never thought, even when I was the Digimon Emperor, I mean, that I would even have you guys as friends. And well," she chuckled a bit, seeing how silly the whole predicament must have been, "I suppose I'm glad that it was you who had to switch with me. I mean, it's a lot easier since you've forgiven me and all."
Yolei wanted tears to water up in his blue eyes, but they didn't, so instead he settled for a friendly hand on the shoulder. This made Ken look up and they smiled at each other.
"Thank you Ken. That means a whole lot to me! I'm really glad you trust me and that I'm your friend."
"...Although! I wish it could have been Davis or at least a boy. Your clothes are really stuffy! What's with this hair thing on my head? I don't really like the style either, and the colour combination is very bizarre! At least Davis wears sneakers! I don't like these girl shoes at all!"
Yolei's face became red, very red, hotter than the sun red, and his fists balled up so tightly it looked like he would shatter the bones. He shut his eyes and began to twitch.
"WHAAAAT DID YOU SAY??!!" He clenched the tight fists and waved them in front of Ken menacingly. Ken just smiled in a very forced girlishly innocent manner.
"You mean about the shoes? Well I don't even know if I can run in them. Look at those heels!" She said pointing to the shoes on her feet.
"I....would...be...very glad to help you test them out, Ken. VERY glad." Yolei opened one eye to threaten Ken again but,
"Gotta catch me first!! C'mon KEN!! You run like a GIRL!!" There was Ken far ahead of him, running away! Running away from Yolei Inoue!!! This would not do.
Yolei stared at Ken for a moment, watched her run around in his former body. He gaped. Then, he cracked a small smile that formed a grin and then finally turned into a laugh.
"I WILL catch you, and when I do!!!" He shook a fist jokingly in the air as they laughed, chasing each other in the direction of the Ichijouji residence.
Fin
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That's the end of this chapter! The next shall have much romance! As you can see, I am not good in the romance department, but I think this is super cute, don't you? Anyway, comments, suggestions and flat out rude flames are accepted!
While trying to be rid of the horrible Digimon created of the Dark Spires, Ken and Yolei fall into a strange and humorous situation. Try switching bodies with the opposite sex for a while, and you'll find yourself in some very awkward positions too. ( Kenlei / Kenyako, the whole 02 gang is included) It's rated PG13 for a bit of casual swearing.
This fic was inspired by my warped mind and sense of humour! This is the first time I've seen a body-switching fic for Digimon. And who better to torture than the serious yet kind Ken, and the outgoing fun-loving Yolei? They'd annoy each other like hell in each others' bodies, and well... you know ^_~
Disclaimer: DIGIMON=PROPERTY OF NO ONE HERE!
SWITCHMON (bwuahhahahah god I love that name! Switchmon switch &!) = MINE
Important Notes: After they get switched, Yolei will refer to Ken (In the body of Yolei) as Ken when no one is around and vice versa. I will also call Yolei(In Ken's body) Yolei, and Ken(In Yolei's body) Ken. The rest who don't know will call Ken (In the body of Yolei) Yolei, and Yolei(In the body of Ken) Ken. Get it? I'll try and make it clear who is who. Lol, but then again Ken and Yolei will get confused from time to time too. My... we're all going to have so much fun with this.
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The Impression I get: Part 2
So they were back in the Real World. The small digimon bustling at their feet with restlessness, and what was Ken thinking as her stood in the unfamiliar classroom? Well, a lot of things really.
"Yolei..." Yolei whispered in Ken's ear, "We have to go now." His eyes harbouring a glint of something...
"Uh.. You guys?" Ken chirped in a high voice, "Ken and I are going to- "
"You guys are going off together? I thought we were going to have our usual after Digiworld snack!" Davis said as he cocked his head peering at his watch.
"We just ate a little while ago Davis." TK replied.
"Hey, strong guys like me need to eat!" Davis said coyly while looking over at Kari.
"Actually, I'm sure the digimon are hungry again." Cody decided.
"Well..." Yolei said hesitantly, "we had planned..." but he stopped after seeing the confused and shocked faces on the other Digidestined. 'oh no. NO! Now they'll think Ken and I were gonna go on a date or something. HAHHHH, a date. Yeah right.'
"That can wait!" Ken added quickly, "We always have time to eat!" 'Just what is Yolei trying to do to me?' she thought selfishly. The group walked out of room uneasily. Yolei especially, for some unknown reason to even Ken.
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They were in a restaurant now. This wasn't what Ken expected the other children to do after a battle... but things were weirder. Oh, how he knew that.
And then he started to think of the things he'd have to deal with in a female body, in Yolei's particularly.
Not much difference in height, or mental capability needed to pull of an excuse... Let's see, she also didn't mind the face, she would have if it had been some old woman... But Yolei's face was nice, nice and pretty, she reasoned. She could work with it, maybe a bit of lip gloss and a new hairsty.... Wait a minute here. This wasn't right...
An awful expression took hold of Ken's new face and she coughed back a scream. Yolei, who was sitting next to Ken closely, caught the look and tugged at her sleeve.
"Are you ok Ken?" He whispered but bit his lip in anxiousness of something and at the terrified look on Ken's...well yeah, Ken's face.
"So Yolei, can I talk to you for a moment?" Kari asked for the second time that day, breaking the silent moment between Yolei and Ken.
"What is it Kari? Haha, more girl talk?" Her palms were sweating slightly, and she fidgeted her feet. This was so unlike the old him. 'Damn it, Yolei! Why is it so hard to impersonate you? What do I do?'
"You...could call it that." Kari said in amusement and excused herself from the table heading over to the counter.
With a shaky smile, Ken got up and left an obviously disturbed Yolei at the table, with the guys. What luck. How many times would they be separated? They had to be together! Wait...that didn't sound correct either...
"Soooo... Kari? Ahahehhe, how many tips do you need?!" Ken squeaked awkwardly sitting down beside Kari.
She giggled, "You're funny Yolei! You know that line is just a cover!" That perked Ken's attention.
" But, seriously... What's going on with Ken and you? I know the others have been silently wondering the same thing. Something happened to you two in that field, right?" She laughed a little again, "Did he melt your heart into his hands?" melodramatically said.
"Ehehe, yeah I guess you could say that! Ken is soooo cute!" There, stay on the topic of boys and Ken would be fine. Yolei was a softy in this department. No sweat through this conversation. Besides, it could never hurt her pride if one more girl liked her. If Yolei liked her...
"Yeah I could picture him as my HUSBAND!" Ken giggled forcefully, believing it was the cleverest phrase in the world that moment.
But Kari's mouth changed from a teasing grin to a shocked little 'o'. "Really? I had no idea you would change your mind so fast! I mean just before you were..." and she rambled on about their previous conversation, but Ken paid it no mind.
'Wait, she didn't like me? Have I said the wrong thing? What's Yolei's actual opinion on me?... she doesn't like me?"
Ken was jolted from her mental questions when a familiar hand placed itself on her shoulder. Kari looked a bit startled too at seeing 'Ken' there.
Yolei looked over at Kari, silently trying to signal her to leave. No such luck. The girls in front of him stared: One in curiousness, the other in anticipation. Giving another trying glance to Kari, Yolei bent down and whispered in Ken's ear.
"I hate all this whispering..." he looked at Kari again, who seemed to understand the previous signals of wanting privacy, and got up leaving for the other table. "but I need to go."
"What???"
"I said, I need to go." They both started to converse in normal speaking tones.
"Go where?" Ken asked, looking back at the table of Digidestined, then noticed that they were looking right back. Hastily she pulled Yolei to block the unnerving gaze from the others.
Yolei sighed and shifted the unwanted weight of Ken's body. "Duh, to the washroom... at least I think I do."
A funny thing, those bodily functions. They always have to present the needs to fulfill them at the utmost annoying time. For Ken, it was the utmost horrifying time, and the thought of having to deal with the same thing in THIS body presented itself on a silver platter. Take it back please, Ken wanted to say, but couldn't. So, a rare but worthy blush grazed the newly acquired cheeks of Ken as she looked over to the restrooms.
"You can go you know. I don't have to hold your hand." Ken quipped coldly, desperately trying to dismiss the facts as quickly as possible.
"So you aren't embarrassed? You're blushing though."
"Shut up."
"What happened to the kind Ken?" Yolei smiled.
"Right now I'm very irritated with this whole thing. HE'S temporarily out of service."
"Well then you're the next best thing. C'mon Ke-Yolei, are you..um.. Okay with, uh.." They looked at each other with as much bravery they could muster in such a situation as this.
"Just do it."
"You sure? I don't think.."
"I said you had better do it... Ken." Both were utterly embarrassed by this time around.
"Maybe we SHOULD tell the others?"
"Not that again, look, I'm not ashamed of my body. Just...go." Ken said, hanging her mauve-locked head.
"Well, if you insist!" Yolei sounded perky, too perky for being Ken. Too perky for the predicament just talked about. Ken peered at him through her fingers.
"And just what did THAT mean?"
"Relax," Yolei said giving Ken a reassuring pat on the head. "Ol'Ken will make Yolei feel better after this." And so he left for the restrooms. Ken watched, in a confused and thoroughly embarrassed mood, as Yolei finally got the right door, but not before having a little squeamish at the Ladies' restroom.
So, not wanting to think about what would transpire in the restrooms of doom, Ken made her way back over to the table slowly.
* From time of Kari and Ken's departure from table, to when Ken makes her way back *
Yolei's POV
Ok, I was at a table full of guys in a body of a guy. How wrong was this? Well, maybe it wasn't totally wrong. What could possibly go terribly wrong? Was it wrong to like being a guy better? Wait, just too many wrongs in that thought or do I just doubt this whole thing?
I find myself wanting to tell them, wanting for them to know. Even though I want this, I know I would just go and contradict myself. It was my idea not to. Ken and I both knew that if more people knew, there would be more trouble and more excuses to make. As I had thought before though, I really can use this to my benefit... Actually, it would be WRONG not to!
"So..." I said casually, running a hand through Ken's perfect hair. 'Damn,' I thought. 'his hair is so much better than mine... not for long though.' I pondered the most mischievous of thoughts.
Davis looked up at me, and the other two at only seemed remotely interested. Oh, I'll have their attention all right. I'm Ken Ichijouji after all.
"What is it Ken?" Davis asked while he tried to get a better view of Kari. "Stupid Yolei...why can't she move out of the way for one minute??!"
Something went off in the back of my mind; I know that was for sure. I could actually feel myself getting edgy and it would be bad, really bad, if I blew this. 'Stupid Yolei...humph.'
"Weeeell..." Yeah, draw this out until Ken comes back. "I was just wondering how long you've been practically drooling over that Kari!" I tried to laugh haughtily, and surprisingly I didn't have to work very hard at it for it to come out. Good ol'Ken. He's still got some arrogance left. That's good, because I don't know how he'd act in anyway but this.
Davis looked at me for a while. No, he was gaping at me. GAPING!? Ok, so Kari is a nice girl. What does she have to make guys go wild about her? Wasn't likely that I, ME, would know, since I'm a girl, guy, uh... AND he dares to gape at Ken Ichijouji for not seeing this translucent capturing attraction?
"What?"
"I LOVE HER!" His eyes got hazy and some kind of fairytale dreamscape look became clear on his face.
"...maybe I shouldn't go into this?" I said to no one in particular and then glanced at my young friend Cody. Oh Cody, how I want to tell you the most. You're so quiet...
"Davis is head over heals, Ken." TK pointed out groggily.
"I can see that." Ok, I'm jealous. NO ONE has ever been head-over-heals-kick-me-and-I'll-worship-you-for-touching-me with Yolei Inoue. Drat. I am very jealous. Yeeeah, digimental of Love my eye. I'll make someone love me. I'll make Yolei Inoue love me! HAHAHHAHAAAHHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!... I think I've gone insane. I'm not Ken, I'm not Ken, I'm not... well I could be.
Coming out of his daze because of a swap from TK, Davis started to not so surreptitiously feed the small digimon under the table. Yolei sighed mentally and he was practically, literally bored out of his mind! He was supposed to be reading magazines at home with Poromon as his fluffy pillow. Oh no, he had to be here stuck like THIS. Well, this situation was going to work in his favour. He would make it work for himself. WORK damn you, work!!
With that, Yolei rose quickly from the designated seat at the table and banged his fist on the table. "I can still be the same!!!"
"Excuse me?" Cody said, a little startled at the outburst from the usually calm Ken. Likewise, TK and Davis looked at Yolei like he had turned back into the Emperor. My, that sounded very out of place didn't it?
"Uh! I mean that I must go speak with Yolei at this current moment and I would be glad if I were to be excused?"
Yolei got some blank faces and decided to just break for it. Taking long strides away from the table, he headed on a beeline course.
Ken or Bust!
* Present Time *
Davis looked sceptically at 'Yolei' as she came back to the table. "So you sure you don't know what that was all about, Kari?" He whispered while giving everyone a sideward glance.
"Well, Davis I don't know about Ken but..." she stopped when 'Yolei' edged too near to the table.
"Hey guys." Ken said, not in a 'usual' chirp, but close enough. She was going to get questioned. She knew it, and she wouldn't know what to do. She had to speak with Yolei more. They had to tell Poromon and Minomon. 'Maybe we can leave soon, I'm getting a headache...'
"Hey Yolei, how's it going?" Cody asked out of the blue, but in such a laid back manner no one thought anything of it.
"Fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"I love what you've done with your hair."
"Uh huh."
"Ok!!! Who are you and what have you done with my Yolei??!!" Cody slammed his small palms against the table, earning many expressions from their friends.
Ken tugged at the peachy-coloured collar around her neck, trying to air out the extreme heat and tension building. THAT got her attention.
"You are definitely not listening to me Yolei! What did Ken do to you?" Cody asked calmly while slinking back into his spot under the towering figure of his best friend.
The look of Ken's face could not be good. Never once had such a look, so very unreadable, ever been planted firmly as it was now on this girl's face. The others stared at her in shock and were frightened to silence when a vein seemed to pop on the side of her head.
'Calm down Ken, calm down. Take it easy, this will all be over soon. You have to be strong, be a MAN! Yeah, like the saying my father drilled into my head would work now. I'm not even a boy... Ok calm down, let's see how to correct this problem. Stupid, stupid for not paying attention! They're staring at me, always staring... ok!' unconscientiously Ken wrung her hands and gritted her teeth with closed eyes.
Slowly, Ken slipped her eyes open and faced Cody again with a more peaceful expression than the last one. A few sweat beads brandished her forehead and she carelessly wiped them away.
"What!? Um... Of course I'm listening Cody! And no, Ken didn't do anything to me! Why I was just talking..." Ken panicked. 'Great. I knew this was going to happen. I didn't even think of what to say!!! Stupid headache... stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.'
"Maybe Yolei's just tired Cody, you don't have to blame everything on Ken." Davis pointed out thoughtfully as he started packing up his bag.
"If Ken's not the influence then how do you explain her sudden change?"
"Well," Kari got up as well. "Yolei are you feeling alright. Look Cody, she looks like she's burning up, maybe she's sick?"
"Oh Yolei! I'm so sorry, are you okay? Do you want me to help you with your bag?" Cody asked meekly placing a hand on her back.
"Now that you mention it... I don't feel too well at all...ugh..." Ken held her head as they all cautiously got up from the table and prepared to leave.
Slowly and silently the other Digidestined moved a bit away from Ken as she sighed and closed her eyes, leaning up against the booth next to their table. The incessant flickering of the dim light bulb overhead made Ken's eyes twitch, and she shifted her position uncomfortably.
"Is there some reason you're standing there, Yolei?" TK asked slowly scratching his head.
"Go on, I'm waiting for Ken. We have something to do together." Ken did NOT feel like putting more effort than needed in explanations today. She really didn't. Let them think what they wanted to, because the amount of frustration pent up in her was enough to make her scream at the top of her lungs then drop into a puddle of confused and angry thoughts. It was enough to make her cry. Her, KEN, cry, because of the sheer exhaust her body felt.
Or maybe it was just the female hormones kicking in and making Ken feel really really moody? Yeah, well she still couldn't take it, and literally pushed the other kids and their digimon out the door of the restaurant. This, of course, granted Ken a few tempered glares from the employees.
So the others were off, and still very confused at the behaviour of two specific destined children. Well, Davis being the born wonderful leader he was would make sure to find out what was happening between his new best friend and the purple-locked girl. It was for the good of the team! Not to mention, it was good to their curiosity too. Yeah, they had a plan and it'd be in action very soon.
'Operation: Find out about Ken and Yolei, is underway!' Davis thought excitedly as the small group rushed off down the crowded sidewalk.
* * *
So they were sitting at the table again. Each of them were staring at each other intently again. Yolei had returned for the washroom with the obviously guaranteed blush stretched across his face yet in a better mood then Ken, that was certain.
"Come on, let's go back to my apartment." Ken said as she glanced down at the sleeping digimon in their bags. They had a lot to take in when she and Yolei finally talked over the situation with them.
"Alright, Ken, I mean..." Yolei sighed, feeling exhausted himself. "Yeah, we can get everything straightened out if we talk to our digimon. We might even have it fixed by tonight! You never know."
"Yolei?"
"Yeah Ken?" They had stepped out of the restaurant and wirily made it across town.
"I never thought, even when I was the Digimon Emperor, I mean, that I would even have you guys as friends. And well," she chuckled a bit, seeing how silly the whole predicament must have been, "I suppose I'm glad that it was you who had to switch with me. I mean, it's a lot easier since you've forgiven me and all."
Yolei wanted tears to water up in his blue eyes, but they didn't, so instead he settled for a friendly hand on the shoulder. This made Ken look up and they smiled at each other.
"Thank you Ken. That means a whole lot to me! I'm really glad you trust me and that I'm your friend."
"...Although! I wish it could have been Davis or at least a boy. Your clothes are really stuffy! What's with this hair thing on my head? I don't really like the style either, and the colour combination is very bizarre! At least Davis wears sneakers! I don't like these girl shoes at all!"
Yolei's face became red, very red, hotter than the sun red, and his fists balled up so tightly it looked like he would shatter the bones. He shut his eyes and began to twitch.
"WHAAAAT DID YOU SAY??!!" He clenched the tight fists and waved them in front of Ken menacingly. Ken just smiled in a very forced girlishly innocent manner.
"You mean about the shoes? Well I don't even know if I can run in them. Look at those heels!" She said pointing to the shoes on her feet.
"I....would...be...very glad to help you test them out, Ken. VERY glad." Yolei opened one eye to threaten Ken again but,
"Gotta catch me first!! C'mon KEN!! You run like a GIRL!!" There was Ken far ahead of him, running away! Running away from Yolei Inoue!!! This would not do.
Yolei stared at Ken for a moment, watched her run around in his former body. He gaped. Then, he cracked a small smile that formed a grin and then finally turned into a laugh.
"I WILL catch you, and when I do!!!" He shook a fist jokingly in the air as they laughed, chasing each other in the direction of the Ichijouji residence.
Fin
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That's the end of this chapter! The next shall have much romance! As you can see, I am not good in the romance department, but I think this is super cute, don't you? Anyway, comments, suggestions and flat out rude flames are accepted!