Chapter 3: School
Kari and T.K. made it to school 5 minutes before the bell. When they reached the front door, Kari suggested that they both head to their lockers first, and then go to first period class together. T.K. wanted to argue that they were going to be late if they didn't hurry up, and that there was no point in risking being late since they both had all the books they needed for that class anyway. Of course, Kari argued that their lockers were close to their homeroom, and that they would make it on time.
T.K. sighed but agreed; he was only waiting for her sake anyway. He knew that she would receive a detention if she was late again, and he wanted to save her from that fate. Also, he wanted to spend more time with her…as he watched her, he wondered why he was feeling this way. He knew that he had liked her for years, but now he felt that he was truly in love with her, and would do anything to protect her; even risk his own life.
T.K. then looked at his watch, it read 8:17. The bell was going to ring in 3 minutes and he wasn't sure if they would make it on time. He looked over at Kari; she was chatting away with one of her friends, not aware that she was going to risk being late again. As T.K. watched more closely he realized that her bag wasn't even packed yet! He decided that he would have to interrupt Kari and her friend's conversation in order to prevent Kari from being late.
"Kari," he said, trying to get her attention. When there was no response, he called her name again, this time louder, "Kari!"
This time she replied. "Yes T.K.?" she asked sweetly. Kari's friend then looked at her watch and decided that she should go; the bell was going to ring in 2 minutes, and her homeroom was at the other side of the school.
"Bye Kari, bye T.K.!" she yelled behind her shoulder as she left.
"Bye!" Kari said, "I'll see you at lunch!" Then Kari turned back to face T.K., "Yes T.K.?" she said.
"Can you please hurry up, the bell is going to ring in 2 minutes, and I don't want to be late, and you shouldn't be either." T.K. told her.
"Don't worry," Kari said, "I'll go in a minute."
"Kari!" T.K. exclaimed, "I don't want to be late!"
"Then go on without me, I'll catch up later," Kari replied, shrugging her shoulders as if she really didn't care. But in her mind, she really wanted T.K. to stay with her. She didn't feel brave enough to be left alone after her late incident with T.K. Also, she knew that without T.K., she might end up late for class again because she tended to procrastinate on all Mondays.
"Why is she acting like this?" T.K. thought, "she usually cares a lot about her school marks and being late for class. Of course, I never really saw how she was like on Mondays because I always left for class when we got to the school. Maybe I should stay with her even though she plainly made it clear that she would be fine without me."
"Come on T.K., please stay with me. I really need you here with me right now." Kari thought sadly.
"Well, I guess I had better go" T.K. thought, "I don't want to be late for class myself. I'll ask Kari if she wants to leave now."
"Come on Kari, it's already 8:19, we have one minute to get to class." T.K. said
"Don't worry T.K., I'm almost ready," replied Kari.
"Yeah, but the bell is going to ring in less than 1 minute, and I told you; I don't want to be late for class." T.K. said.
"Quit complaining! If you don't like waiting for me so much than just go to class yourself!" Kari yelled at T.K.
"Fine then," T.K. said, "I'll go and leave you here ALL BY YOURSELF! If you're late for class than that's not my problem. Geez! I don't know why you're so grumpy today. You're yelling at me and telling me that I shouldn't bother you, even though all I want to do is help you."
With that remark, T.K. turned around and ran down the hallway towards the classroom. As he continued running, he started slowing down, and soon subsided into a walk. When he got to his homeroom class, he turned around to see if Kari was behind him; however she wasn't. He looked down the hallway to see if Kari was perhaps running to class, but he saw no one. He gave the hallway one sad look before turning around and walking into the classroom. He made it to his seat just as the bell rang. However, there was still no sign of Kari.
"I guess she really was mad at me," T.K. thought as he opened up his notebook, "maybe she doesn't want to come to class because of what I said to her. I really should have been more considerate of her feelings instead of bugging her to hurry up and come to class with me. Now she's not here, and it's all my fault."
Just then, T.K's teacher, Mr. Fujikawa walked into the classroom. "Good morning class," he said. "Good morning Mr. Fujikawa" half of the class replied. The other half had their heads down on their desks; snoozing for a bit, or they were lost in their own thoughts. This was exactly what T.K. was doing. However, he didn't notice that soon he was the only one who wasn't listening to the teacher, as he was still think about Kari.
"Hey T.K.," Yolei whispered, "pay attention! Mr. Fujikawa is looking right at you!"
"Huh?" T.K. replied snapping back to attention. Yolei quickly sat straight in her seat as she realized that Mr. Fujikawa was looking right at T.K.
"Mr. Taikaishi, is there some reason why you are not paying attention?" Mr. Fujikawa asked sternly.
"No, Mr. Fujikawa, I'm sorry, I'll pay attention now." T.K. replied looking down at his desk with a depressed expression.
"Well, alright then, make sure you do. Anyway, let's take attendance now." Mr. Fujikawa said looking down at the attendance list and called each student's name out loud. "When you hear your name say here or present," he said.
"Davis Motimaya" "Here!"
"Yolei Inoue" "Present," then Yolei made a face at Davis that plainly said that she didn't want to say the same thing he said.
"Takeru Taikaishi" "Here," he called dejectedly
"Ken Ichijouji" "Present!"
"Willis Shyoto" "Here!"
And so on…………until Mr. Fujikawa called Kari's name.
"Kari Kamiya" no answer
"Kari Kamiya, are you here?" he asked, craning his neck to see if she was at the back of the room. "I guess she's either late or not here," he thought to himself.
"Okay, so everyone but Ms. Kamiya is here today. Does anyone know why she isn't here?" Mr. Fujikawa asked, looking around the room.
The Digidestined in the room all looked around at each other, wondering why Kari wasn't here. She usually never missed a day of school, especially days when they had a big test.
Where was she?
Kari and T.K. made it to school 5 minutes before the bell. When they reached the front door, Kari suggested that they both head to their lockers first, and then go to first period class together. T.K. wanted to argue that they were going to be late if they didn't hurry up, and that there was no point in risking being late since they both had all the books they needed for that class anyway. Of course, Kari argued that their lockers were close to their homeroom, and that they would make it on time.
T.K. sighed but agreed; he was only waiting for her sake anyway. He knew that she would receive a detention if she was late again, and he wanted to save her from that fate. Also, he wanted to spend more time with her…as he watched her, he wondered why he was feeling this way. He knew that he had liked her for years, but now he felt that he was truly in love with her, and would do anything to protect her; even risk his own life.
T.K. then looked at his watch, it read 8:17. The bell was going to ring in 3 minutes and he wasn't sure if they would make it on time. He looked over at Kari; she was chatting away with one of her friends, not aware that she was going to risk being late again. As T.K. watched more closely he realized that her bag wasn't even packed yet! He decided that he would have to interrupt Kari and her friend's conversation in order to prevent Kari from being late.
"Kari," he said, trying to get her attention. When there was no response, he called her name again, this time louder, "Kari!"
This time she replied. "Yes T.K.?" she asked sweetly. Kari's friend then looked at her watch and decided that she should go; the bell was going to ring in 2 minutes, and her homeroom was at the other side of the school.
"Bye Kari, bye T.K.!" she yelled behind her shoulder as she left.
"Bye!" Kari said, "I'll see you at lunch!" Then Kari turned back to face T.K., "Yes T.K.?" she said.
"Can you please hurry up, the bell is going to ring in 2 minutes, and I don't want to be late, and you shouldn't be either." T.K. told her.
"Don't worry," Kari said, "I'll go in a minute."
"Kari!" T.K. exclaimed, "I don't want to be late!"
"Then go on without me, I'll catch up later," Kari replied, shrugging her shoulders as if she really didn't care. But in her mind, she really wanted T.K. to stay with her. She didn't feel brave enough to be left alone after her late incident with T.K. Also, she knew that without T.K., she might end up late for class again because she tended to procrastinate on all Mondays.
"Why is she acting like this?" T.K. thought, "she usually cares a lot about her school marks and being late for class. Of course, I never really saw how she was like on Mondays because I always left for class when we got to the school. Maybe I should stay with her even though she plainly made it clear that she would be fine without me."
"Come on T.K., please stay with me. I really need you here with me right now." Kari thought sadly.
"Well, I guess I had better go" T.K. thought, "I don't want to be late for class myself. I'll ask Kari if she wants to leave now."
"Come on Kari, it's already 8:19, we have one minute to get to class." T.K. said
"Don't worry T.K., I'm almost ready," replied Kari.
"Yeah, but the bell is going to ring in less than 1 minute, and I told you; I don't want to be late for class." T.K. said.
"Quit complaining! If you don't like waiting for me so much than just go to class yourself!" Kari yelled at T.K.
"Fine then," T.K. said, "I'll go and leave you here ALL BY YOURSELF! If you're late for class than that's not my problem. Geez! I don't know why you're so grumpy today. You're yelling at me and telling me that I shouldn't bother you, even though all I want to do is help you."
With that remark, T.K. turned around and ran down the hallway towards the classroom. As he continued running, he started slowing down, and soon subsided into a walk. When he got to his homeroom class, he turned around to see if Kari was behind him; however she wasn't. He looked down the hallway to see if Kari was perhaps running to class, but he saw no one. He gave the hallway one sad look before turning around and walking into the classroom. He made it to his seat just as the bell rang. However, there was still no sign of Kari.
"I guess she really was mad at me," T.K. thought as he opened up his notebook, "maybe she doesn't want to come to class because of what I said to her. I really should have been more considerate of her feelings instead of bugging her to hurry up and come to class with me. Now she's not here, and it's all my fault."
Just then, T.K's teacher, Mr. Fujikawa walked into the classroom. "Good morning class," he said. "Good morning Mr. Fujikawa" half of the class replied. The other half had their heads down on their desks; snoozing for a bit, or they were lost in their own thoughts. This was exactly what T.K. was doing. However, he didn't notice that soon he was the only one who wasn't listening to the teacher, as he was still think about Kari.
"Hey T.K.," Yolei whispered, "pay attention! Mr. Fujikawa is looking right at you!"
"Huh?" T.K. replied snapping back to attention. Yolei quickly sat straight in her seat as she realized that Mr. Fujikawa was looking right at T.K.
"Mr. Taikaishi, is there some reason why you are not paying attention?" Mr. Fujikawa asked sternly.
"No, Mr. Fujikawa, I'm sorry, I'll pay attention now." T.K. replied looking down at his desk with a depressed expression.
"Well, alright then, make sure you do. Anyway, let's take attendance now." Mr. Fujikawa said looking down at the attendance list and called each student's name out loud. "When you hear your name say here or present," he said.
"Davis Motimaya" "Here!"
"Yolei Inoue" "Present," then Yolei made a face at Davis that plainly said that she didn't want to say the same thing he said.
"Takeru Taikaishi" "Here," he called dejectedly
"Ken Ichijouji" "Present!"
"Willis Shyoto" "Here!"
And so on…………until Mr. Fujikawa called Kari's name.
"Kari Kamiya" no answer
"Kari Kamiya, are you here?" he asked, craning his neck to see if she was at the back of the room. "I guess she's either late or not here," he thought to himself.
"Okay, so everyone but Ms. Kamiya is here today. Does anyone know why she isn't here?" Mr. Fujikawa asked, looking around the room.
The Digidestined in the room all looked around at each other, wondering why Kari wasn't here. She usually never missed a day of school, especially days when they had a big test.
Where was she?