For The Love of a Gatomon
Chapter 7: Lies and Love are Lethal
Tai was lying on his bed, reading a comic book.
"No! Look out for that cliff, Captain Groovy!!" he yelled, reading the comic book that Davis had lent him. He turned the page with a nervous hand, taking a deep breath. His eyes darted up and down the paper until he hit a certain frame. Tai released the air from his lungs with relief. "Thank God his bellbottoms double as parachutes."
Just then, a digital gate opened up on his PC. Tai put down the book and looked over at his computer to see Agumon pop out.
"Agumon, Dude, it's past eight in the morning, where have you been??"
"I was sleeping over at Palmon's," yawned Agumon.
"Then why do you look so exhausted?"
"Well, it's daytime over there, remember?" said Agumon, hopping up onto the bed with Tai. "Besides," he said, leaning over to Tai's ear, "We couldn't exactly have gotten much sleep with the things we were doing!" Tai looked at Agumon with a confused look on his face.
"What are you talking about??"
"Hee hee! She even got Mimi to digivolve her to Lillymon before leaving us alone!"
"...No way.. you mean...?"
"There's not a single flat surface that's still sacred in the Takichawa household," he said, snickering.
"......Oh my GOD!" Tai said, blown away, "Oh my God!" Tai said, impressed, "Oh my GOD!" he said again, not realizing digimon were capable of such things. "Oh my God," he said, dumbstruck as he got off of the bed and headed for the door. Gatomon walked in just then, hoping that Agumon had come back. "Oh my GOD! Ugh!" Tai said, feeling sickly as he ran out of the room. Gatomon stared at Tai as he ran into the bathroom. She shrugged and closed the door behind her.
"Welcome back Agumon," she said, "Mind telling me what that was all about?" Agumon was in stitches as he struggled to keep his laughter in.
"Well, I kinda told a little fib to Tai," he said.
"Why, what was it?" she asked. Agumon motioned her closer with his claws, giggling. She leaned in and he whispered something in her ear before breaking into hysterics.
"Gaahahahaha!" he laughed.
"Agumon! That's a horrible thing to tell Tai!"
"I know, I'm just sleep-deprived and punchy," he said, smiling stupidly.
"But, really," she said, folding her arms, "How do you think that would make Palmon feel, you tarnishing her image like that?"
"Well, since all we really did was drink cocoa and talk, I was kinda hoping maybe he'd spread that little rumor around. You know, maybe if word got back around to her..well, she'd know what I wanted," he said, grinning.
"Ugh. Mon; you're all alike," she said giving up.
"He he, yup!" he said, happily, "Well, I'm gonna hit the hay."
"Oh, wait!" she said, "I want to ask for some advice.. although God knows why...."
"Advice? From me?? The dirty-minded digimon???"
"Can it, would ya?" she said, glaring at him.
"Okay okay, what do you need?"
"Well...," said Gatomon.
******A few minutes later******
"...And that's the whole story," said Gatomon.
"Hmm.. I see. So you're worried that Kari will find out that you're dating Veemon and not Patamon, huh? Well no biggie, just don't have him come over here. How can she know where you're really going to be if you just tell her that you're gonna go to Patamon's house for dinner and then really go to Veemon's?"
"Good point. Wow, that really makes things a lot easier," she said, "Thanks Agumon, now I don't need to tell Veemon about Kari forbidding us to go out!"
"Actually, you might want to try something different," said Agumon, "Tell Veemon that Kari forgives him and that she's fine with you two going out. Kari's a pretty level-headed girl. I'm certain that she'll forgive him eventually anyway."
"Perfect. So the plan is I tell Veemon he's forgiven and don't let him come over until Kari's actually forgiven him. No problem!"
"Yup...... now then, for my payment."
"Huh? Payment?"
"Yeah, I want to know what Veemon did to Kari to embarrass her," he said grinning devilishly.
"Sorry, Agumon, like I said, I'm not telling," she said, firmly.
"Fine fine.. Just don't blame me if certain PLANS slip out of my little mouth."
"Oh you'd BETTER not be blackmailing me," she said, glaring at him.
"Maaaaaaybe I am. Maaaaaaaybe I'm not," he said, slyly, "I'm just saying..." Gatomon grabbed him by the neck and pinned him against a wall. Agumon's eyes bugged out and rolled around as he gasped for air.
"How about this? How about you don't say a word and I promise not to perform what I like to call the three-second circumcision; got it?"
"Got it!" he gasped out.
"Good," she said letting him go.
"Yeesh!" he said, taking in big gulps of air, "I was only kidding around!"
"Yeah, well you sure could have fooled me," she said, not finding it funny in the least.
"Heh.. heh.. hey, you know what they say happens when a guy gets strangled," he said, raising and lowing his eyebrows.
"....Oh GEEZ! You're disgusting!" she said, walking away and closing the door behind her.
"And he hits another one outta the park!" Agumon laughed as he climbed back into bed, "MAN I'm punchy. ZZzzzzz..."
******Later******
Gatomon was pacing by the phone in the Kamiya's hallway, thinking hard.
"Okay," she said aloud, "So the plan is, call him, let him know he's forgiven, set up a date, make sure I'm going to his house, and hang up." That affirmed, she picked up the phone and punched in his number. After a few rings...
"Hello?" Davis answered.
"Davis? This is Gatomon; is Veemon there?" she asked.
"Hang on, I'll get him. Hey, Veemon!" he shouted away from the receiver. There was some fumbling as Davis handed the phone to Veemon.
"Gatomon? I can explain everything!!" he said, frantically.
"It's okay, Vee, I forgive you!"
"I.. huh? You do?" he asked.
"Yeah, I talked with Kari and I understand completely," she said, calmly.
"Kari told you.. everything?" he asked.
"That's right," she said.
".....And you're still not mad??" he asked, a bit more confused than relieved.
"Of course not," she said, sweetly, "I was calling to find out if you'd like to have dinner tonight."
"Really? Okay, sure! How about Moriali's?" he suggested. As he suggested it, however, Kari walked in and asked Gatomon, "Who're you talking to, Gatomon?"
"Sounds great, Vuhhhh.. Puhhh... Sounds great!" she said, improvising badly.
"Everything okay over there, Gats?" Veemon asked.
"Gatomon, who are you talking to?" asked Kari, getting a bit more suspicious.
"I'm talking to Patamon," said Gatomon, her paw covering up the receiver, "I almost called him ..... the v-word by mistake."
"Oh, sorry," said Kari, "I didn't mean to distract you. Can I use the phone when you're done?"
"So, should I pick you up around nine?" Veemon asked.
"Sure thing," said Gatomon, overly-nicely to Kari, indicating that she should leave. Kari took the hint and walked out.
"Okay, see ya then!" said Veemon, hanging up.
"Buh bye," said Gatomon into the receiver. She hung it up and breathed a sigh of relief. "So, let's see, he's gonna be here at nine so that gives me plenty of time to get all ready for......... he's coming HERE??!!!!"
"Is Patamon coming over to pick you up, Gatomon?" asked Kari, returning.
"Uhhhh.. yes," lied Gatomon.
"Oh perfect," said Kari, "Make sure he comes in, okay? There's something I have to talk to him about."
"Uh well.. uhhh.. you see, Patamon and I were really just planning on heading off to dinner. In fact, he might not even come into the apartment. In fact, he might not come to the door at all. In FACT he might just be waiting downstairs for me, okay?"
"Well, I really need to talk to him," said Kari, "Please? It's important."
"........Okay," Gatomon said, giving up.
"Thanks," said Kari, "You're a real pal." Kari picked up the phone as Gatomon ran away into Mrs. Kamiya's room, worried as heck. She grabbed the phone in there and furiously dialed in another number. After a few rings...
"Hello?" Patamon answered.
"Patamon? It's Gatomon! I need you! I want you! I can't live without you! Be here tonight at 8:30PM! Don't be late! Uhh.. Because I need you!!!" she yelled and slammed the phone down. After a few moments, she closed her mouth in a whimper and put her face in her paws.
******Later that night******
It was 8:50 and Gatomon was standing by the door, she looked clean and prettied up, but inside she was sweating bullets.
"Okay," she said to herself, quietly, "If he was here at 8:30, I could have had him come in here, talk to Kari, and then found some way to get rid of him. NOW it looks like I'll have to move on to plan B: Show Kari he's here, get her to leave, and then get HIM to leave." Just then, the doorbell wrung. Gatomon flung the door open to see Patamon standing there.
"Sorry I'm late," he said, holding some flowers, "I couldn't remember which was your favorite type but then I realized you never TOLD me what your..." he babbled.
"Gatomon, is that Patamon?" asked Kari, walking towards them from around a corner. Gatomon quickly knocked the flowers out of Patamon's hand and dipped him, kissing him on the lips just as Kari walked in.
"Oh!" said Kari, not expecting this.
"Kari! A little privacy, please?" asked Gatomon, pretending to be miffed.
"Sorry," said Kari, zipping away.
"I.. uh.. well wow," said Patamon as Gatomon stood him back up, "I really wasn't expecting anything like that so soon."
"Uh heh, well, you know me, I'm just..," said Gatomon as the doorbell wrung again, "Spontaneous!" she yelled, opening up the hall closet door, chucking Patamon in, and slamming it shut. She opened up the front door quickly. Veemon was standing there, all ready for their date. She was about to say something when Kari piped up, coming back..
"Gatomon, what's with the door-slamming?" she said, about to round the corner again.
"Ow!" yelled Veemon as Gatomon slammed the door in his face.
"Oh sorry," she said, nervously opening up the closet to let Patamon out, "I accidentally pushed Patamon into the closet."
"Oooookay," said Kari, walking away, thinking how weird Gatomon was behaving. Patamon stumbled out of the closet, a bit dazed.
"Well.. that was new," he commented, holding his head. Suddenly, Veemon knocked on the door.
"Instant replay!" she yelled, kicking Patamon back into the closet.
"OW!" he yelped as she slammed the closet door and opened up the front door. Before Veemon could say anything, she zipped up against him, pushing him back, while she closed the door behind her.
"Uh, hiya!" she said, very nervously, "Are you about read..?" she started to ask when she heard the closet door opening, "Look, it's Leann Rimes!!" she yelled, pointing at nothing behind him.
"Huh?" said Veemon turning around. Gatomon zipped back inside and slammed the door behind her again.
"That does it!" yelled Mrs. Kamiya from right around where Kari was. Gatomon grabbed Patamon and leapt all the way to the couch. She climbed on top of him and kissed him hard on the lips. "What's with all this commoti- Oh!" she said, seeing Gatomon and Patamon.
"Eeek!" said Gatomon, feigning embarrassment. Mrs. Kamiya left quickly, red-cheeked.
"This date keeps getting weirder and weird..," said Patamon. Before he could finish his sentence, the front door began to open. Veemon obviously wanted some answers. Gatomon grabbed Patamon by one of his ears and flung him out the nearby window.
"WaaahhhH!!!" he yelled, sailing out of the apartment. Gatomon dashed over to the door and opened it wide.
"I'm REALLY sorry about all this, Vee," she said, trying to sound merely flustered.
"Uhh... That's o...kay?" said Veemon, peering behind her, "Gatomon, what's that??" He was pointing at Patamon's hands which were desperately clinging to the window sill as he tried to pull himself back in. Gatomon grabbed Veemon's shoulders, spun him around, and kicked him in the butt, knocking him up, head-over-heals out the door.
"Help m-!" he yelled as she closed the door just in time to see his hands grab the railing as he flipped over it, dangling there. Gatomon turned her attention back to Patamon who had finished climbing back in. He was flying around the room like a blind moth, his eyes cross and his head hurting. She ran over to him and grabbed a big pillow off of the couch.
"Hold this!" she yelled, slamming the pillow into Patamon, smashing him between the couch and the other side of the pillow.
"MMmmpphhh!!" yelled Patamon as he struggled behind the pillow. Gatomon looked left, then right, freaked out, and ran out of the room, closing the front door behind her.
Outside, Gatomon looked down at Veemon dangling from the rails.
".....Um.. you uh.. are you ready for our date?" she asked, smiling brightly.
"Gatomon, is there something you're not telling me?" he asked, deadpan.
To be continued...