Disclaimer: I don't own DDR or Digimon.
Where we last left off...
TK: DAVIS!!!!!
Me, Kari: *sigh*
*Davis runs out of the door*
Me: Finally that rat is gone...
OK.. you guys want some explanations, right? This WOULD'VE been out Saturday (8/10/02), except I had a birthday party of mine to deal with. The final chapter will be out sometime AFTER Tuesday (8/13/02). Mainly cuz that's my birthday... and I don't like to give stuff away on my birthday =P.
Now, Chapter 5, Friday - Heartbreak and Reform!
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"HIKARI!!!" shouted Takeru as the blonde haired boy ran down the street, pursuing the girl of his dreams. "HIKARI!!!" he yelled once more. But she didn't hear him. She kept running and running... Takeru finally caught up, when she was on a park bench resting. But the sight was not what he was expecting.
"Hikari, you okay?" asked Daisuke, who was comforting her. His arm was around her shoulder, her head was on his chest. Takeru let his jaw drop, as he eyes started to water. But soon, Hikari lifted her head and looked at Daisuke for a moment. She leaned forward, and their lips touched, and pressed against each other, turning it into a long, passionate kiss. Takeru's whole world crumbled at that point, as he watched them kiss. An oncoming wind knocked the hat off of his head, and soon it fell near the bench Daisuke and Hikari were sitting at. Tears streamed down his wide open eyes... Soon he ran off, tears blurred his vision, and he couldn't tell where he was going. Until a car came and... *CRASH*
Takaishi Takeru quickly shot up from his slumber. It was Friday morning... Was... was that a dream" he thought. He figured it was until he got up out of bed, but couldn't stand. He looked down and saw that his left leg was in a cast. What the hell!?!? The door to the apartment opened, and the figure who came in went immediately to his room.
"T-Takeru!!!" shouted Hikari as she ran over from the bedroom doorway and to him, placing her arms around his body and hugging him. He could swear that his circulation was cut off. "I was so worried! Oh my God! Should you even be out of bed? Oh, and I found your hat... what was it doing in the park?" It was real!?!?! he thought. Hikari handed the hat to him, but he didn't take it. He just let it drop to the ground.
"H-Hikari... I saw you in the park with Dai... you were kissing... do you... are you..."
"No Takeru! that wasn't..." Hikari started, but that didn't stop Takeru from holding back his tears. Even with the difficulty of his cast, he managed to run out the door, leaving Hikari there... He continued running, down the stairs, until he reached the door of the complex. However, once outside he tripped on a crack in the sidewalk with his cast and flung himself into an open window of a parked car. Raising his head a little, he saw Taichi in the driver's seat, and in the front passenger seat, he saw Sora. They were making out, while Takeru flung himself at the back seat. Taichi heard the loud thump and looked back, seeing the sobbing Takeru.
"TK!?" Taichi wondered aloud.
"Hi Tai. Hi Sora." Takeru greeted, although it was hard to.
"You're lucky my window was open, buster!" Taichi retorted.
"Tai, enough of that!" Sora scolded. But remembering something... "Where's Kari?"
"She's still up there... Please, can you sneak me back up there? I don't want to see her..."
"Well, you're lucky that there's no school today." Taichi noted.
"No school?"
"For some odd reason they had to shut it down..."
"Er... yeah. So can you help me? I think she's coming out right about now."
"Come here." said Sora as she covered his head with a jacket. They both walked out, and they saw Hikari coming out, her head down and tears streaming down from her eyes. Sora and Takeru walked passed her. Takeru hid under the rather long jacket, and looked away. Once they were inside, Hikari turned back to look at them, noticing the cast on Takeru's foot. Sora looked back and saw Hikari staring at the cast, so she quickly got him inside and shoved him into the elevator, when Hikari came back inside.
"Sora..." she said. "Who was that guy you were with... he was in a cast like Takeru..."
"Just a friend of mine who lives here, that's all." Then she noticed the elevator's door closing. "Uh sorry Kari. Tell Tai that I'll walk home." Then Sora left with 'her friend' up the elevator, and back to Takeru's apartment. They both went in, Takeru limping, and Sora shut the door. Instead of leading him into his room, she lead him to the couch. (A/N Sokeru after this point... you've been warned. This is an interesting twist if you ask me... just thought of it now) She sat by his side and kissed him, and took him in a short embrace. "Now tell me Takeru, what happened?"
"Yesterday at the park, I saw Hikari kissing Dai.. after she ran off from here while I was giving her lessons..."
"Lessons?"
"For DDR." He nudged his head in the direction of the TV, which around it lay a his PlayStation and a dance mat.
"Oh that... But Takeru, what about tomorrow?"
"I don't think I'll go tomorrow. I can't play with this cast on anyway."
"Tai told me what happened... They said after you got hit by that car, it seemed like a miracle that you regained consciousness shortly after, but that miracle to extend to your body... That's why the cast is there... There were some broken bones."
"I see..." He glanced at the clock. It was 10 AM. In around 24 hours they all would be meeting at the Arcade for a DDR session in the back room. "I still won't go... what's the use if I can't dance."
"Hey, we have 24 hours... I'll help you." Sora said, to cheer him up. She didn't see it as any problem... Ms. Takaishi was on a business trip at the moment, in England.
"Thank you, Sora." he said, as she gave him another kiss. Then, she set up a timer for 24 hours.
"When this reaches zero, it'll be time to meet them there..."
"Okay." Sora set the timer to start, and helped him up. He limped over and set up the mat.
"Takeru, think of this as rehabilitation."
"Okay." He was standing in the middle, and Sora turned on the PlayStation. On went the PlayStation logo, Konami's logo, the Bemani logo. etc. Takeru selected Game Mode, Single, and chose Boom Boom Dollar. Basic/Standard level. It went on okay, when he switched between his feet, although he winced every time he stepped on his left leg. AT the point in the song where he had to press it 4 times in a row, it had hurt very badly. He yelped in pain as he stepped on it the fourth time, and fell over, clutching the cast badly. Sora caught him, but at that point, the word Failed appeared on the screen. Tears quietly streamed down his face as he looked at the screen. Sora noticed this and turned him around, to face her. She embraced him and slowly led him into a passionate kiss. This immediately led Takeru into a state of calm.
"Hopefully there will be some miracle." she said.
"Yeah, hopefully." said a sarcasticly downtrodden Takeru. The day went on... Takeru was still having problems with his foot in the cast, although every time it was more bearable. Soon came 12 noon...
Takeru was soaked in sweat. Sora had sweaty palms from having to catch him every time he fell, although she did kinda enjoy it...
"Takeru, it's time for lunch.... Takeru?" Sora asked in surprise as he got up to try PARANOiA, on Maniac. "TAKERU!?" Sora shouted as he started to dance to the song... somewhat rapidly, and somehow he managed to get most of the steps down... Missing a lot with complete misses, misfires, etc. He completed it with a E, but the surprising fact was that he finished it. Sora's jaw dropped, while Takeru closed his eyes and fainted. Sora rushed out to him and picked him up, although it was very hard to. Feeling somewhat ashamed, she dragged him to a couch and somehow lifted him up on it, before sitting down on it herself, so that his head lay on her lap. "I guess... it's time for a nap." she said as she slowly drifted to sleep, as their lunch slowly cooled on the kitchen counter... The timer ticked from 22 hours...
For five hours they slept, still in the same position, until Takeru woke up.
"Huh.. what happened?" He then noticed his head was in Sora's lap, while she was sleeping. Blushing, he slowly got up. His left leg felt really good actually. He walked over to the PlayStation and started it up, choosing Dub I Dub Difficult, the song he mastered.
The song started, and Takeru was keeping up. The noise woke up Sora who watched in awe as he continued to do it. He nailed practically every step with a perfect... It was a miracle come true. A gold SS appeared on the left side of the screen, which at that point Sora hugged him.
"Takeru, you actually did it." she smiled, whle he blushed.
"Yeah, I guess so Sora."
The clock read 16 hours... and after a few more more hours, it was now 8 PM. Takeru removed the cast, which both he and Sora still considered it a miracle, and looked to find a second mat. There was a hint of Sora' lipstick on his lips, and he somehow couldn't wash it off. He foung one in the corner of his room and brought it out. There was a late anticipation party going on at Takeru's apartment. Hikari, Daisuke, Taichi, Yamato, and of course, Sora was there, as she had been there all day. They had all arrived while Takeru was looking for the mat. They were surprised that he could walk around, with the exception of Sora.
"TS, you can walk again!" cried out Dai. Apparently someone told him.
"Takeru... you can walk..." said Hikari.
"Wow man!" Taichi said
"Cool bro. Quick recovery." commented Yamato. Sora only smiled, while Takeru grinned.
"Hey, why don't we all play a little.. I found a second mat." He hooked up the mat, and pulled cards from out of nowhere. "We'll choose partners randomly." His name wasn't on a card, so he had first pick. He shuffled the cards and placed them face down. Drawing randomly, he chose Sora. Taichi's turn was next and he draw Yamato, which left Hikari with Daisuke. Takeru kinda frowned at the last pairing. Drawing straws, it seemed that he and Sora went first, Taichi and Yamato second, and Hikari and Daisuke last. Sora took out 3 cards from her jacket. Each one had the name of a song that she picked. Each group took one card. Takeru and Sora had Drop the Bomb. Taichi and Yamato had B4U. Hikari and Daisuke had Can't Stop Falling in Love. Takeru and Sora got on the mats. He chose Difficult/Trick level, while Sora chose Basic.
READY... GO! (A/N there is NO lyric sparing... heheh)
Sorry but could I have the music louder?
Yeah drop the bomb! Just drop the bomb!
Getting sick and tired of the fossil-like system,
now or never it's the time to resist 'em,
it's easy to blast them all away,
pull a trigger push a button say ADIOS today,
don't get me wrong I'm a pacifist,
the mind can do more than the fist.
Explosives are not what it takes
(you know, terrorists always make these mistakes,)
Takeru and Sora were doing okay. His score was higher obviously.
what we gotta do is build momentum,
if you need the right tools invent 'em,
ride the wave of time come feel the rhythm,
the march to the future has begun get with'em,
the brain is the generator of almighty power
either do it now or your master plan goes sour.
Yeah! are you ready to take that fall?
It's up to you to make that call to drop the bomb!
Yeah drop the bomb! Just drop the bomb! Let me see that bomb!
Just...
They were doing better now... At this point they each had 50+ combos...
Learn from the sunken mu Atlantis
and from the head of the beheaded male-praying mantis,
we've all gotta make room for whats to come,
what we gotta do is build momentum,
if you need th right tool invent' em,
ride the wave of time come feel the rhythm,
the march to the future has begun get with'em,
the brain is the generator of almighty power
either do it now or your master plan goes sour.
Yeah! Are you ready to take that fall?
It's up to you to make that call...
(And if it don't work then make the real thing wipe it out)
So drop the bomb!
Yeah drop the bomb! Just drop the bomb! Let me see that bomb!
That bomb!
That bomb!
That bomb!
The song finished... Takeru had a silver S appear on his screen, while Sora had an A. They blushed and grinned at each other. The light from the TV then made the fragments of Sora's lipstick on Takeru's lips more noticeable... but the only one who noticed was Sora. Taichi and Yamato were up. Taichi stuck with Basic, while Yamato chose Trick.
READY... GO!
Lets get it on, don't stop us now.
We step up on the scene, we came to get down
Check the moves you know they can't be dissed,
Ain't too many that can float like this.
We humbling, comin at ya,
And the rhythm is gonna get cha.
Need I, should I not say no more
Tell me what the deal, yo check my flow!
Jump, jump, jump, DDR,
Yo! Everybody come compete with DDR
Jam, jam, jam, DDR,
Everybody just get jiggy.
Somehow Taichi got better... His dance meter seemed to stay in the middle, while Yamato's was flashing.
Could it be that you wanna be more like me,
No shame, I bring pain for the year 2g.
Now we - gonna turn this party out,
Put your hands in the air move em all around.
Can you feel the beat, down in your soul,
Don't fight the difference just let it go.
4, 3, 2, 1, lets count it out,
Wanna see you move, let me hear that sound!!!
Jam, jam, jam, DDR,
Yo! Everybody come compete with DDR
Jam, jam, jam, DDR,
Everybody dance, let's get down
Be-Be-Be-Be for you.
Yo! Everybody come compete with DDR
Jam, jam, jam, DDR,
Everybody dance, let's get down
A C appeared on Taichi's side, while there was an A on Yamato's. Hikari and Daisuke were next. They both chose Trick.
READY... GO!
My life, meant nothing to me
Then a guy like you came along
Everything's moving so fast
I gotta get my feet on the ground
I'm happy days are over
Cause I can always be with you
lying in your arms, babe
Ah they - make me feel all so brand new
Can't stop falling in love
Tell me you will be true
Forever, baby
I just can't stop dreaming of your
They were both doing well... and they were both very synchronized. I guess Dai's been teaching her... Takeru thought.
Every day, every way
Say you love me baby
Say you will - always be mine
You'll never break my heart (noo)
I just can't stop falling in love
Baby you'll be kidding
Making love with you
Is all I wanna do (wanna do)
Can't stop falling in love
Give your heart and soul
Stay with me this time
And we'll be history - you and me
The song finished... they both ended up with silver S's. Too celebrate, they both gave each other a passionate kiss... but the sight nearly destroy Takeru's heart. Sora put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
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Me: Finally...
Kari: AKIRA!!!! Look what you've done to TK!
Me: Huh?
TK: Sora...
Me: He's in a...
Sora: ...dreamlike trance over me.
Me: Where'd you come from?
Davis: During the story.
Me: Now where the hell did you come from?
Davis: Story. I'm here to see my Kari...
Kari: I'm here!
Me: Oh boy, look what I've done...
*runs as he doesn't want to witness horror anymore*
Hehe, I'm expecting a lot of flames for this Sokeru and Daikari stunt I pulled... hehe.. The depth of the plot... Just me or is it getting hot in here...? AH! SEA OF FLAMES!!!!
Anyway...
This time, I NEED reviews. I need song suggesstions for their DDR session. The earlier the request, the higher the priority. This includes requests from before. Also, the less reviews I get, the crappier the final chapter will be. So, more reviews = better ending. And if I get less than 10 more reviews, this WILL turn into a Sokeru/Daikari fic. You've been warned. NO double reviewing... Only reviews for this chapter will count.
So, R+R plz!
Oh yeah, and Happy Birthday to me! ^_^
(Written&Submitted on August 12, 2002. 11:30 PM EST)