Chapter 3
It was lunch time and Cassie sat next to Kiyomi as she talked to Jason about math. Cassie wasn't too interested in the conversation and something about Jason made her feel uneasy, she didn't really like him but to be nice she sat there. As she bit into her granola bar she saw Matt somewhat storm into the cafeteria and he looked angry. 'I wonder what's wrong' she asked herself. Seeing him sit down next to Tai she felt something was up and got up and moved over to where they were sitting.
"Matt? Are you okay?" asked Cassie as she sat down next to him. He simply handed her the piece of paper and she read it. "Who is it from?"
"I don't know, but I bet its him." Said Matt through gritted teeth has he glanced over at Jason.
"Maybe."
"Well we're going to find out. I'll tell the other digi-destined about this and we'll see what we can get." Tai added as he took another bite of his hamburger. The three talked for a little while longer and then the bell rang, signaling the lunch period was over.
"So where are you heading?" Kiyomi asked Jason as the two exited the cafeteria. Jason pulled out his schedule.
"I have.history with Mr.Akisoto." he replied.
"Cool! So do I! Cassie, Matt, and Tai have that class with us too."
"You know, it seems like your friends don't like me too much." Jason pointed out as he and Kiyomi walked down the hall and to their class.
"Yeah, I kind of noticed that too. They're not really adaptive to new people. Don't worry about it though, they'll get over it." Kiyomi replied and they took a seat inside the classroom. A few minutes later Matt, Cassie, and Tai walked in and took their seats. All five took up one horizontal row. Jason was all the way on the left next to Kiyomi. Cassie sat on Kiyomi's right; Matt to Cassie's right, and Tai to Matt's. Kiyomi could sense the tension in the room and felt that she now had to play peacemaker, after all, her crest was the crest of compassion.
"Hello class. First thing on our agenda today.pop quiz!" exclaimed Mr. Akisoto. Every student in the classroom sighed in discontent. "And I see we have a new student. Hello Mr. Ratto, nice of you to join us." Jason smiled weakly as all eyes in the classroom were on him. After everyone finished taking the pop quiz and handed it in they split up into groups to do group classwork.
"Hey Kiyomi, can I be in your group?" Asked Cassie.
"Oh, sorry.Jason had already asked. Next time okay?" Cassie nodded to Kiyomi's response. It sort of hurt her to be turned down by her best friend so that she could be with some new kid. Getting out of her seat, Cassie walked over to Matt and Tai and joined their group. Mr. Akisoto assigned a worksheet and a couple vocabulary words for homework and the students left to head to their last class of the day. For Cassie, it was science and it was one of the classes she didn't have with Matt.
"I'll meet you out front after school." Said Matt as he stood behind Cassie, planting a kiss on her neck before leaving for his class. Grabbing her science binder from her locker, Cassie head to class also. Once inside the classroom she noticed Jason shared it with her and had taken the seat next to her desk. Sitting down she opened her binder and took out a pen as she began copying the warm-up from the board.
"Hi. You're Kiyomi's best friend right? Cassie?" Asked Jason. He wanted to have a better relationship with Kiyomi's friends and decided to start with Cassie since they had the same class. Cassie simply nodded and continued copying from the board. "So you're Matt's girlfriend huh? What's it like dating a lead singer of a popular band?" he inquired.
"I don't know.not any different from any regular guy, I guess." Cassie carelessly replied.
"So in the name 'the teenage wolves' I understand Matt and the other guys being teenagers but what does wolves have to do with it?" Jason questioned, trying to make conversation. The truth behind that name was because of Gabumon but did Jason really know that? Cassie was about to give him the lame excuse Matt used about wolves being his favorite animal when suddenly Izzy, Joe, and Sora walked in.
"Hey Izzy, Joe! Hi Sora!" Cassie grinned. Nothing better to save her from the annoying new kid than her fellow digi-destined.
"Hi Cassie." They greeted and took their seats. Jason sighed realizing he was now being ignored and turned his attention to the warm-up. Cassie filled the other digi-destined in on what was going on with the e-mails and everything and how they suspected Jason might be the cause. The teacher entered the classroom and the four of them ended their conversation. After completing the warm-up the class took a quiz on the parts of the human heart, and did a small lab. Finally, the school day ended. Joe had to leave to go down to his father's doctor office and help out, Izzy went to chess club, and Sora had tennis practice. Cassie exited the classroom with Jason close behind.
"So do you do any after school activities?" he questioned.
"I play lacrosse." She replied as he continued to follow her. 'I don't get what Kiyomi sees in this guy. Maybe it's because of her crest.she always sees something good in somebody. Cassie pushed open the front doors of the school and walked out. Matt stood leaning against a brick wall and when he saw Cassie come out he approached her.
"I gotta go, bye." Cassie quickly walked away from Jason. Being Matt, he could get a bit protective sometimes.
"Hey baby," he greeted and the two kissed on the lips. "What was Jason doing following you?"
"Nothing, he was just trying to start some small talk."
"About what? He didn't hurt you did he? What did he say?" Matt questioned.
"No Matt, just calm down. He was just being annoying that's all." Cassie replied as the two head off down the sidewalk and to the park to work on their song.
"I don't know you can't be too careful. Stay away from him okay? I have a feeling he's up to something more than just being annoying." Matt stated. He didn't like the idea of strange new people suddenly talking to his girlfriend. Cassie sighed, she had expected him to say something of the sort.
Kiyomi walked out of the building and saw Jason standing in front of the school.
"Hey Jason!" she called out and jogged up to him. "What's up?"
"Nothing. You know, I really don't think your friends like me, especially Matt and Cassie. I tried to talk to her during last period but she'd ignore me. And then when Matt came along she just all of a sudden left." Jason explained.
"Ah. Yeah, those two can be like that sometimes. Matt gets pretty protective of his girl, typical boyfriend feature. But like I said, just give them time and we'll all get along. Anywho, I have to get going but I'll see you tomorrow. Don't worry, things will get better." Kiyomi smiled reassuringly and left. Jason sighed, hoping she was right and head off in the direction of his own home.
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * After dinner Izzy spent time checking the digi-ports and chat with Gennai for a little while to make sure everything was okay. About to retire to his bed there was a sudden message that popped up on the screen and it was from Palmon. Her image was fuzzy and was starting to break up.
"Izzy! Are you there?" she questioned over the fuzzy noisiness. "Yeah, I am. What is it Palmon?" Izzy had to practically shout into his computer microphone. There was no quick reply. "Palmon?"
"Help.trouble.here." Were the few words he could make out.
"Palmon speak up, there's so much interference and noise I can't hear you that well." Izzy replied.
"Get.Mimi.help.trouble." She said again.
"Who's causing trouble Palmon?"
"J." was all that Izzy could hear before the connection cut out. He tried to bring it back up but couldn't. Something in the digital world was wrong.
The next morning.
TK slammed his fist down on the alarm clock as it continuously rang. Looking at it he saw it was still early and was about to go back to sleep when he realized that Izzy had e-mailed him and the other digi-destined last night telling them to meet in the park before school because he had important stuff to tell them. Getting out of bed, he took a quick shower and got dressed. Putting on his white fisherman hat, he grabbed his backpack and head out to the park. Everyone had showed up except for Kiyomi, who must have accidentally slept in.
"What do you mean in trouble?" Mimi questioned in alarm.
"I received a message from Palmon last night and it was very hard to hear since there was so much static. All I could make out were a couple words and they were help, trouble, here, get Mimi, and when I asked who was causing trouble the last thing I heard was 'J'." Izzy explained.
"I bet it's that new kid Jason." Mimi blamed.
"We can't go pointing fingers just yet." Said Kari. "You should maybe ask him questions first before we take anything into account."
"Ok we'll do that. Everyone, if you see him in the halls sometime today.just ask him a question. Don't ask directly about the situations about the e-mails and everything but a question that you know, sort of brings up the topic." Tai gave details. "And I hate to say this, but we can't tell Kiyomi or else she'll be breathing down our necks about how we're not showing any compassion." Everyone nodded in agreement. Kari and TK left to head to their school while the other seven head to their own.
So throughout the day, when any of them spotted Jason they would approach him and ask a question. Jason, not knowing exactly what was going on and assuming it was because he was new, simply answered them. Kiyomi had slept in by accident that morning but still came to school on time. The digi- destined planned to meet after school again but once more without Kiyomi since she had other obligations. Each digi-destined shared the answers they got from Jason when they asked their questions. Izzy had taken note of each one and said he would go home and analyze them to see if he could find any leads. After their meeting they all left and head home.
"Hey Matt." Cassie started. "I know this whole ordeal is very upsetting for all of us but please, don't let your anger make you do something stupid. Okay?" She stopped and looked up into his eyes. Matt sighed.
"Okay." And the two shared a kiss.
After dropping Cassie off at her home, Matt set off towards his own when he spotted Jason walking down the street heading in the opposite direction as he was. Taking this opportunity Matt pulled him aside and decided to do a small interrogation of his own.
"What are you hiding from us? Why did you send those e-mails? What are you saying to Cassie without me knowing and what did you do last night?" Matt questioned, cornering Jason up against a tree.
"Wh.wha.what the heck are you talking about?" Jason blinked in confusion.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about."
"No Matt, I don't. I'm not hiding anything from you, I don't know what e- mails you're talking about, and I'm not saying anything bad to Cassie all right? Is it a crime to talk to your classmates? And lastly, whatever I did last night is no business of yours and you can be sure it has nothing to do with what you're talking about." Jason exasperated, pushing Matt out of the way and swiftly walked down the street. Matt watched the boy walk down the street and a thought struck him and it was what Cassie had said to him as he walked her home earlier.
Kiyomi was just on her way down to the grocery store to buy her mom some eggs when she caught sight of Jason and he looked extremely pissed off.
"Hey Jason!" she called out and ran up to him. "What's up? You okay?"
It was lunch time and Cassie sat next to Kiyomi as she talked to Jason about math. Cassie wasn't too interested in the conversation and something about Jason made her feel uneasy, she didn't really like him but to be nice she sat there. As she bit into her granola bar she saw Matt somewhat storm into the cafeteria and he looked angry. 'I wonder what's wrong' she asked herself. Seeing him sit down next to Tai she felt something was up and got up and moved over to where they were sitting.
"Matt? Are you okay?" asked Cassie as she sat down next to him. He simply handed her the piece of paper and she read it. "Who is it from?"
"I don't know, but I bet its him." Said Matt through gritted teeth has he glanced over at Jason.
"Maybe."
"Well we're going to find out. I'll tell the other digi-destined about this and we'll see what we can get." Tai added as he took another bite of his hamburger. The three talked for a little while longer and then the bell rang, signaling the lunch period was over.
"So where are you heading?" Kiyomi asked Jason as the two exited the cafeteria. Jason pulled out his schedule.
"I have.history with Mr.Akisoto." he replied.
"Cool! So do I! Cassie, Matt, and Tai have that class with us too."
"You know, it seems like your friends don't like me too much." Jason pointed out as he and Kiyomi walked down the hall and to their class.
"Yeah, I kind of noticed that too. They're not really adaptive to new people. Don't worry about it though, they'll get over it." Kiyomi replied and they took a seat inside the classroom. A few minutes later Matt, Cassie, and Tai walked in and took their seats. All five took up one horizontal row. Jason was all the way on the left next to Kiyomi. Cassie sat on Kiyomi's right; Matt to Cassie's right, and Tai to Matt's. Kiyomi could sense the tension in the room and felt that she now had to play peacemaker, after all, her crest was the crest of compassion.
"Hello class. First thing on our agenda today.pop quiz!" exclaimed Mr. Akisoto. Every student in the classroom sighed in discontent. "And I see we have a new student. Hello Mr. Ratto, nice of you to join us." Jason smiled weakly as all eyes in the classroom were on him. After everyone finished taking the pop quiz and handed it in they split up into groups to do group classwork.
"Hey Kiyomi, can I be in your group?" Asked Cassie.
"Oh, sorry.Jason had already asked. Next time okay?" Cassie nodded to Kiyomi's response. It sort of hurt her to be turned down by her best friend so that she could be with some new kid. Getting out of her seat, Cassie walked over to Matt and Tai and joined their group. Mr. Akisoto assigned a worksheet and a couple vocabulary words for homework and the students left to head to their last class of the day. For Cassie, it was science and it was one of the classes she didn't have with Matt.
"I'll meet you out front after school." Said Matt as he stood behind Cassie, planting a kiss on her neck before leaving for his class. Grabbing her science binder from her locker, Cassie head to class also. Once inside the classroom she noticed Jason shared it with her and had taken the seat next to her desk. Sitting down she opened her binder and took out a pen as she began copying the warm-up from the board.
"Hi. You're Kiyomi's best friend right? Cassie?" Asked Jason. He wanted to have a better relationship with Kiyomi's friends and decided to start with Cassie since they had the same class. Cassie simply nodded and continued copying from the board. "So you're Matt's girlfriend huh? What's it like dating a lead singer of a popular band?" he inquired.
"I don't know.not any different from any regular guy, I guess." Cassie carelessly replied.
"So in the name 'the teenage wolves' I understand Matt and the other guys being teenagers but what does wolves have to do with it?" Jason questioned, trying to make conversation. The truth behind that name was because of Gabumon but did Jason really know that? Cassie was about to give him the lame excuse Matt used about wolves being his favorite animal when suddenly Izzy, Joe, and Sora walked in.
"Hey Izzy, Joe! Hi Sora!" Cassie grinned. Nothing better to save her from the annoying new kid than her fellow digi-destined.
"Hi Cassie." They greeted and took their seats. Jason sighed realizing he was now being ignored and turned his attention to the warm-up. Cassie filled the other digi-destined in on what was going on with the e-mails and everything and how they suspected Jason might be the cause. The teacher entered the classroom and the four of them ended their conversation. After completing the warm-up the class took a quiz on the parts of the human heart, and did a small lab. Finally, the school day ended. Joe had to leave to go down to his father's doctor office and help out, Izzy went to chess club, and Sora had tennis practice. Cassie exited the classroom with Jason close behind.
"So do you do any after school activities?" he questioned.
"I play lacrosse." She replied as he continued to follow her. 'I don't get what Kiyomi sees in this guy. Maybe it's because of her crest.she always sees something good in somebody. Cassie pushed open the front doors of the school and walked out. Matt stood leaning against a brick wall and when he saw Cassie come out he approached her.
"I gotta go, bye." Cassie quickly walked away from Jason. Being Matt, he could get a bit protective sometimes.
"Hey baby," he greeted and the two kissed on the lips. "What was Jason doing following you?"
"Nothing, he was just trying to start some small talk."
"About what? He didn't hurt you did he? What did he say?" Matt questioned.
"No Matt, just calm down. He was just being annoying that's all." Cassie replied as the two head off down the sidewalk and to the park to work on their song.
"I don't know you can't be too careful. Stay away from him okay? I have a feeling he's up to something more than just being annoying." Matt stated. He didn't like the idea of strange new people suddenly talking to his girlfriend. Cassie sighed, she had expected him to say something of the sort.
Kiyomi walked out of the building and saw Jason standing in front of the school.
"Hey Jason!" she called out and jogged up to him. "What's up?"
"Nothing. You know, I really don't think your friends like me, especially Matt and Cassie. I tried to talk to her during last period but she'd ignore me. And then when Matt came along she just all of a sudden left." Jason explained.
"Ah. Yeah, those two can be like that sometimes. Matt gets pretty protective of his girl, typical boyfriend feature. But like I said, just give them time and we'll all get along. Anywho, I have to get going but I'll see you tomorrow. Don't worry, things will get better." Kiyomi smiled reassuringly and left. Jason sighed, hoping she was right and head off in the direction of his own home.
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * After dinner Izzy spent time checking the digi-ports and chat with Gennai for a little while to make sure everything was okay. About to retire to his bed there was a sudden message that popped up on the screen and it was from Palmon. Her image was fuzzy and was starting to break up.
"Izzy! Are you there?" she questioned over the fuzzy noisiness. "Yeah, I am. What is it Palmon?" Izzy had to practically shout into his computer microphone. There was no quick reply. "Palmon?"
"Help.trouble.here." Were the few words he could make out.
"Palmon speak up, there's so much interference and noise I can't hear you that well." Izzy replied.
"Get.Mimi.help.trouble." She said again.
"Who's causing trouble Palmon?"
"J." was all that Izzy could hear before the connection cut out. He tried to bring it back up but couldn't. Something in the digital world was wrong.
The next morning.
TK slammed his fist down on the alarm clock as it continuously rang. Looking at it he saw it was still early and was about to go back to sleep when he realized that Izzy had e-mailed him and the other digi-destined last night telling them to meet in the park before school because he had important stuff to tell them. Getting out of bed, he took a quick shower and got dressed. Putting on his white fisherman hat, he grabbed his backpack and head out to the park. Everyone had showed up except for Kiyomi, who must have accidentally slept in.
"What do you mean in trouble?" Mimi questioned in alarm.
"I received a message from Palmon last night and it was very hard to hear since there was so much static. All I could make out were a couple words and they were help, trouble, here, get Mimi, and when I asked who was causing trouble the last thing I heard was 'J'." Izzy explained.
"I bet it's that new kid Jason." Mimi blamed.
"We can't go pointing fingers just yet." Said Kari. "You should maybe ask him questions first before we take anything into account."
"Ok we'll do that. Everyone, if you see him in the halls sometime today.just ask him a question. Don't ask directly about the situations about the e-mails and everything but a question that you know, sort of brings up the topic." Tai gave details. "And I hate to say this, but we can't tell Kiyomi or else she'll be breathing down our necks about how we're not showing any compassion." Everyone nodded in agreement. Kari and TK left to head to their school while the other seven head to their own.
So throughout the day, when any of them spotted Jason they would approach him and ask a question. Jason, not knowing exactly what was going on and assuming it was because he was new, simply answered them. Kiyomi had slept in by accident that morning but still came to school on time. The digi- destined planned to meet after school again but once more without Kiyomi since she had other obligations. Each digi-destined shared the answers they got from Jason when they asked their questions. Izzy had taken note of each one and said he would go home and analyze them to see if he could find any leads. After their meeting they all left and head home.
"Hey Matt." Cassie started. "I know this whole ordeal is very upsetting for all of us but please, don't let your anger make you do something stupid. Okay?" She stopped and looked up into his eyes. Matt sighed.
"Okay." And the two shared a kiss.
After dropping Cassie off at her home, Matt set off towards his own when he spotted Jason walking down the street heading in the opposite direction as he was. Taking this opportunity Matt pulled him aside and decided to do a small interrogation of his own.
"What are you hiding from us? Why did you send those e-mails? What are you saying to Cassie without me knowing and what did you do last night?" Matt questioned, cornering Jason up against a tree.
"Wh.wha.what the heck are you talking about?" Jason blinked in confusion.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about."
"No Matt, I don't. I'm not hiding anything from you, I don't know what e- mails you're talking about, and I'm not saying anything bad to Cassie all right? Is it a crime to talk to your classmates? And lastly, whatever I did last night is no business of yours and you can be sure it has nothing to do with what you're talking about." Jason exasperated, pushing Matt out of the way and swiftly walked down the street. Matt watched the boy walk down the street and a thought struck him and it was what Cassie had said to him as he walked her home earlier.
Kiyomi was just on her way down to the grocery store to buy her mom some eggs when she caught sight of Jason and he looked extremely pissed off.
"Hey Jason!" she called out and ran up to him. "What's up? You okay?"