Hikari twirled a chocolate colored piece of hair around her fingers, while ignoring her mathematics teacher's lesson. She
was worried and had reason to be; for the past week or so Takeru had seemed distant, he wasn't his normal carefree
self. He hadn't hung out with Daisuke and her because of "house cleaning". That was his reason anyway. Hikari didn't
believe him, it didn't take more than an hour to clean the Ishida apartment. And he'd spent most of his time there, refusing
to go to the movies or the mall.
She had seen him talking to Maro three times this week, and in the past Takeru had avoided the troublemaker like the
plague. As did everyone with a half a set of smarts avoided her. Maro was trouble. And now she had been seeking out
Takeru and walking him to class. It just didn't add up. Which was why she had written to Miyako about it. She started
suddenly at seeing the piece of paper fly onto her desk but laughed into her hand, their teacher was so out of it he hadn't
even noticed the note that had literally flown across the room in front of his face!* Her smile faded as she remembered the
contents of the note. She opened it and scanned it quickly;
'Miyako,
I'm feeling kind of sick, maybe I'll go home...
I'm worried about Takeru. He's been gone so much lately.
I hope he's okay.
He doesn't talk to me or Daisuke anymore.
He didn't come to the Digidestined meeting the other day.
He's become so distant suddenly that I don't know what to do.
Plus Gatomon's been whining about seeing Patamon, its annoying!
and I keep telling her that I just don't care about 'it' anymore. ;-)
She just won't let up!
-H
Hikari,
Cut him some slack, maybe he's worried about his mother.
She *is* in a dangerous area at the moment.
Maybe he's just been overtired, Ken read somewhere that if you don't get
enough sleep you get angrier and crankier.
So how long have you known that Gato's got a crush on Pata?
-M
p.s. yeah I know what you mean, its flu season (how disgusting!)
Come to the store and I'll give you some free medecine if you need it.
M,
I know but his mother's been gone since September and its November.
In fact I know its not that, because before Yamato came and I asked him about that.
He missed her but wasn't upset about it.
I've known about Gato for a while, but I didn't ask about it, its not my problem anyway!
Gato's gotta talk to Pata on her own. All she ever does is complain. :-p
-H
p.s. did you hear about Seiko and Madori? They got in a fight!
Madori's getting expelled, he's been picking on Seiko all year!
Now the reply read,
H,
(Fight? What fight? Who told you? Hiroshi?)
Maybe it has something to do with Yamato?
Aren't they fighting? Takeru would be upset about that, they have such a deep bond.
Or maybe he's just upset because he has so much house cleaning to do!
Don't worry too much about it, he'll go back to normal soon.
-M
Hikari frowned as she wrote.
M,
(Yes Hiroshi. You don't know? Everyone knows!)
No, I don't think thats quite it. Call it intuition but something's wrong.
Can't you feel the tension?
Besides when I asked him if he wanted to come to my house he
said he was going to play basketball with Haruki, Seiko and some
of the guys.I asked Daisuke later if he was going, and he said that
Haruki and Seiko were on an all day field trip.
Why would he lie?
I don't know, I just know something bad's going to happen.
Maybe it'll just go away.
-Hikari'
Sighing, Hikari threw the note over to Miyako and went back to thinking about Takeru.
-_-_-_-
Maro's eyes were closed to the sun, as she waited patiently for Takeru. Her head was resting against the wall. She had
chosen her outfit carefully, it had to be simple yet provacative. Today she was going to have Takeru to herself. She wore
a white collared blouse with several open buttons and a mid thigh length beige plaid skirt. A little more school girl-ish than
she cared for but she had something to accomplish. So she had to make sure she looked sweet, a girl who cared about
him. Because she was going to have to hurt him before gaining him. The bell rung, and she waited for the right moment;
presently it showed up in the form of the Digidestined of Light.
Hikari Yagami rushed out of her class and 'accidentally' bumped into Maro.
"Sorry Maro, my fault."
She didn't know that she was missing something when she got up. She didn't know that her little fall could be the end of
hope and the beginning of despair. She never felt Maro's hand snake into her pocket during the fall and grab a small
piece of paper and her little notebook. She couldn't have known the consequences. But the thought would plague her
later.
Maro got up and brushed herself off, "Oh its all right, Hikari. In fact, thank you!" She walked off leaving a confused and
suspicious Hikari behind. Once away from the scene she pocketed the notebook and crushed the paper between her hip
and her hand. She looked as if she was simply walking with her hand on her hip.
-_-_-_-
Maro would've run if she had allowed herself but instead walked slowly and steadily to the girl's lavatory. She walked into
a stall and locked it, before reading the note to see if she could use the contents. After she had read it once or twice
she smirked and folded it up. She left the bathroom as serenely as she had entered. Her next mission was to go to the
art room and get some tracing paper. Besides, all the teachers loved her, she was sure Ms. Adako would spare some
tracing paper 'for the autistic children down at the hospital. Oh, you didn't know I volunteered there? Well...'
-_-_-_-
Takeru opened his locker quickly hoping to avoid Hikari and Daisuke. He felt guilty that he had suspected that they knew
about his father. They were his best friends! They couldn't know...could they? Takeru mentally shook his head. He had
known them too long. It wasn't possible. But then.....Takeru slammed his locker shut in frustration. Lately he had been
doubting himself and his friends.
He shouldered his backpack and threw down his skateboard, ready to leave when he heard his name called by three
voices.
"Takeru!"
He looked up and saw Hikari and Daisuke walking towards him and closer, running from the opposite direction he saw
Maro who was wide eyed. He didn't ever remember seeing Maro run for anything and felt a little flattered that she was
running for him. Except she had a worried expression on her face.
She reached him before Hikari and Daisuke did,
"Takeru you won't believe this. I was right!"
Takeru frowned instantly, knowing what she had just said without really saying anything. He opened his mouth to question
but she interrupted him by shoving a note into his hand and saying,
"Just read!"
She passed him a slightly doctored version of Hikari and Miyako's note.
'Miyako,
I'm sick about Takeru.
I hope he doesn't talk to me or Daisuke anymore.
He's become so annoying that I just don't care about 'it' anymore. ;-)
he just won't let up!
-H
Hikari,
So how long have you known ?
-M
p.s. yeah I know what you mean, how disgusting!
M,
For a while, but I didn't ask about it, its not my problem anyway!
All he ever does is complain.
-H
H,
Who told you?
Yamato?
-M
M,
Yes. You don't know? Everyone knows!
Maybe he'll just go away.
-Hikari'
Takeru's hands started trembling as he read the note again and again. By this time Daisuke and Hikari had reached him
and were about to say something when he looked up and froze them with his gaze. His stormy blue eyes were clouded
with pain. His lips trembled and he turned to Maro whispering from bloodless lips,
"Where did you get this?"
For the first time in her life Maro felt remorse for something she had done. His eyes were like none she had ever seen
before, so full of hurt and pain. She returned to herself and thought, 'He's so beautiful when he despairs.'
"She" Maro said, pointing at Hikari, "bumped into me after class and dropped this note on the ground. I picked it up and
read it."
Hikari interrupted Maro, "Excuse me? What's the matter with that note? It only says-"
"That you knew."
Hikari turned to Takeru, "What? Knew what?"
"That you knew, that all of you knew. Even Yama! And you didn't care. You didn't fucking care!"
Saying this, Takeru ran out of the room leaving them behind.
-_-_-_-
Hikari and Daisuke stared at Takeru's retreating back which was sprinting down the hallway, regardless of the people he
crashed into, before turning on Maro.
Hikari bristled, "What the hell did you say to him? The only thing that note says is that I'm worried about him!"
Maro grinned and pulled the original out of her pocket, "This one might have but not this one."
She bent and picked up the one that had floated to the ground after Takeru had dropped it and handed it to Hikari.
Daisuke caught Maro by her arm as she was about to leave, "What was he talking about that we knew?"
Maro looked thoughtful for a moment before she replied, "Oh I suppose it doesn't matter anymore and I can tell you. You
see my poor Takeru has just realized that all of you knew that his father beats him and didn't do anything to stop him."
Daisuke's cinnamon eyes widened, "W-what about Mr. Ishida?" and Hikari looked up from her note.
Maro shrugged, "Nothing much, Mr. Ishida is a drunk and beats Takeru. You weren't stupid enough to believe all of his
lame excuses were you?"
She saw their bashful faces and laughed continuing, "You were? Come on, there's only a number of times that a guy can
walk into a door."
She turned to leave when she heard a feminine voice growl out, "You bitch."
Thus began one of the most infamous cat fights that had ever graced their school.
-_-_-_-
Whew, what a sad chapter.
I hope you like the length, cuz this is one long chapter!
hail to the rebellion
-Arynnl
*actually that really happened with me and my friend, we just used to throw (literally) notes across to each other from
opposite ends of the classroom and my teacher never noticed, then again i never paid attention so i *failed* but, hey I
know that I'm no chemist!
was worried and had reason to be; for the past week or so Takeru had seemed distant, he wasn't his normal carefree
self. He hadn't hung out with Daisuke and her because of "house cleaning". That was his reason anyway. Hikari didn't
believe him, it didn't take more than an hour to clean the Ishida apartment. And he'd spent most of his time there, refusing
to go to the movies or the mall.
She had seen him talking to Maro three times this week, and in the past Takeru had avoided the troublemaker like the
plague. As did everyone with a half a set of smarts avoided her. Maro was trouble. And now she had been seeking out
Takeru and walking him to class. It just didn't add up. Which was why she had written to Miyako about it. She started
suddenly at seeing the piece of paper fly onto her desk but laughed into her hand, their teacher was so out of it he hadn't
even noticed the note that had literally flown across the room in front of his face!* Her smile faded as she remembered the
contents of the note. She opened it and scanned it quickly;
'Miyako,
I'm feeling kind of sick, maybe I'll go home...
I'm worried about Takeru. He's been gone so much lately.
I hope he's okay.
He doesn't talk to me or Daisuke anymore.
He didn't come to the Digidestined meeting the other day.
He's become so distant suddenly that I don't know what to do.
Plus Gatomon's been whining about seeing Patamon, its annoying!
and I keep telling her that I just don't care about 'it' anymore. ;-)
She just won't let up!
-H
Hikari,
Cut him some slack, maybe he's worried about his mother.
She *is* in a dangerous area at the moment.
Maybe he's just been overtired, Ken read somewhere that if you don't get
enough sleep you get angrier and crankier.
So how long have you known that Gato's got a crush on Pata?
-M
p.s. yeah I know what you mean, its flu season (how disgusting!)
Come to the store and I'll give you some free medecine if you need it.
M,
I know but his mother's been gone since September and its November.
In fact I know its not that, because before Yamato came and I asked him about that.
He missed her but wasn't upset about it.
I've known about Gato for a while, but I didn't ask about it, its not my problem anyway!
Gato's gotta talk to Pata on her own. All she ever does is complain. :-p
-H
p.s. did you hear about Seiko and Madori? They got in a fight!
Madori's getting expelled, he's been picking on Seiko all year!
Now the reply read,
H,
(Fight? What fight? Who told you? Hiroshi?)
Maybe it has something to do with Yamato?
Aren't they fighting? Takeru would be upset about that, they have such a deep bond.
Or maybe he's just upset because he has so much house cleaning to do!
Don't worry too much about it, he'll go back to normal soon.
-M
Hikari frowned as she wrote.
M,
(Yes Hiroshi. You don't know? Everyone knows!)
No, I don't think thats quite it. Call it intuition but something's wrong.
Can't you feel the tension?
Besides when I asked him if he wanted to come to my house he
said he was going to play basketball with Haruki, Seiko and some
of the guys.I asked Daisuke later if he was going, and he said that
Haruki and Seiko were on an all day field trip.
Why would he lie?
I don't know, I just know something bad's going to happen.
Maybe it'll just go away.
-Hikari'
Sighing, Hikari threw the note over to Miyako and went back to thinking about Takeru.
-_-_-_-
Maro's eyes were closed to the sun, as she waited patiently for Takeru. Her head was resting against the wall. She had
chosen her outfit carefully, it had to be simple yet provacative. Today she was going to have Takeru to herself. She wore
a white collared blouse with several open buttons and a mid thigh length beige plaid skirt. A little more school girl-ish than
she cared for but she had something to accomplish. So she had to make sure she looked sweet, a girl who cared about
him. Because she was going to have to hurt him before gaining him. The bell rung, and she waited for the right moment;
presently it showed up in the form of the Digidestined of Light.
Hikari Yagami rushed out of her class and 'accidentally' bumped into Maro.
"Sorry Maro, my fault."
She didn't know that she was missing something when she got up. She didn't know that her little fall could be the end of
hope and the beginning of despair. She never felt Maro's hand snake into her pocket during the fall and grab a small
piece of paper and her little notebook. She couldn't have known the consequences. But the thought would plague her
later.
Maro got up and brushed herself off, "Oh its all right, Hikari. In fact, thank you!" She walked off leaving a confused and
suspicious Hikari behind. Once away from the scene she pocketed the notebook and crushed the paper between her hip
and her hand. She looked as if she was simply walking with her hand on her hip.
-_-_-_-
Maro would've run if she had allowed herself but instead walked slowly and steadily to the girl's lavatory. She walked into
a stall and locked it, before reading the note to see if she could use the contents. After she had read it once or twice
she smirked and folded it up. She left the bathroom as serenely as she had entered. Her next mission was to go to the
art room and get some tracing paper. Besides, all the teachers loved her, she was sure Ms. Adako would spare some
tracing paper 'for the autistic children down at the hospital. Oh, you didn't know I volunteered there? Well...'
-_-_-_-
Takeru opened his locker quickly hoping to avoid Hikari and Daisuke. He felt guilty that he had suspected that they knew
about his father. They were his best friends! They couldn't know...could they? Takeru mentally shook his head. He had
known them too long. It wasn't possible. But then.....Takeru slammed his locker shut in frustration. Lately he had been
doubting himself and his friends.
He shouldered his backpack and threw down his skateboard, ready to leave when he heard his name called by three
voices.
"Takeru!"
He looked up and saw Hikari and Daisuke walking towards him and closer, running from the opposite direction he saw
Maro who was wide eyed. He didn't ever remember seeing Maro run for anything and felt a little flattered that she was
running for him. Except she had a worried expression on her face.
She reached him before Hikari and Daisuke did,
"Takeru you won't believe this. I was right!"
Takeru frowned instantly, knowing what she had just said without really saying anything. He opened his mouth to question
but she interrupted him by shoving a note into his hand and saying,
"Just read!"
She passed him a slightly doctored version of Hikari and Miyako's note.
'Miyako,
I'm sick about Takeru.
I hope he doesn't talk to me or Daisuke anymore.
He's become so annoying that I just don't care about 'it' anymore. ;-)
he just won't let up!
-H
Hikari,
So how long have you known ?
-M
p.s. yeah I know what you mean, how disgusting!
M,
For a while, but I didn't ask about it, its not my problem anyway!
All he ever does is complain.
-H
H,
Who told you?
Yamato?
-M
M,
Yes. You don't know? Everyone knows!
Maybe he'll just go away.
-Hikari'
Takeru's hands started trembling as he read the note again and again. By this time Daisuke and Hikari had reached him
and were about to say something when he looked up and froze them with his gaze. His stormy blue eyes were clouded
with pain. His lips trembled and he turned to Maro whispering from bloodless lips,
"Where did you get this?"
For the first time in her life Maro felt remorse for something she had done. His eyes were like none she had ever seen
before, so full of hurt and pain. She returned to herself and thought, 'He's so beautiful when he despairs.'
"She" Maro said, pointing at Hikari, "bumped into me after class and dropped this note on the ground. I picked it up and
read it."
Hikari interrupted Maro, "Excuse me? What's the matter with that note? It only says-"
"That you knew."
Hikari turned to Takeru, "What? Knew what?"
"That you knew, that all of you knew. Even Yama! And you didn't care. You didn't fucking care!"
Saying this, Takeru ran out of the room leaving them behind.
-_-_-_-
Hikari and Daisuke stared at Takeru's retreating back which was sprinting down the hallway, regardless of the people he
crashed into, before turning on Maro.
Hikari bristled, "What the hell did you say to him? The only thing that note says is that I'm worried about him!"
Maro grinned and pulled the original out of her pocket, "This one might have but not this one."
She bent and picked up the one that had floated to the ground after Takeru had dropped it and handed it to Hikari.
Daisuke caught Maro by her arm as she was about to leave, "What was he talking about that we knew?"
Maro looked thoughtful for a moment before she replied, "Oh I suppose it doesn't matter anymore and I can tell you. You
see my poor Takeru has just realized that all of you knew that his father beats him and didn't do anything to stop him."
Daisuke's cinnamon eyes widened, "W-what about Mr. Ishida?" and Hikari looked up from her note.
Maro shrugged, "Nothing much, Mr. Ishida is a drunk and beats Takeru. You weren't stupid enough to believe all of his
lame excuses were you?"
She saw their bashful faces and laughed continuing, "You were? Come on, there's only a number of times that a guy can
walk into a door."
She turned to leave when she heard a feminine voice growl out, "You bitch."
Thus began one of the most infamous cat fights that had ever graced their school.
-_-_-_-
Whew, what a sad chapter.
I hope you like the length, cuz this is one long chapter!
hail to the rebellion
-Arynnl
*actually that really happened with me and my friend, we just used to throw (literally) notes across to each other from
opposite ends of the classroom and my teacher never noticed, then again i never paid attention so i *failed* but, hey I
know that I'm no chemist!