Always Left Out

Chapter 1: Questions

By Salamon2

Palmon: Hiya!

Salamon2: Well?

Palmon: Well what?

Salamon2: You did it last time... right off the block... come on don't make me sack you too!

Palmon: Sure whatever, I have another job waiting for me right now!  In fact I quit!

Salamon2: And what would be your mystical job?

Salamon: Well... wait! It doesn't concern you!

Salamon2 pulls a lever and she falls through a trap door: Good... okay come out... Gommamon!

Gommamon appears: Hey all of you out there, I'm Gommamon!  And Salamon2 doesn't own Digimon!

Salamon2: Just like I thought... not like Joe...

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            "I can't believe T.K. didn't show up!" said Kari as she left with Gatomon from a Digidestined meeting that all new Digidestined had attended, minus T.K., with some of the older, including Sora, Matt, and Tai. 

"Maybe Patamon made another mess in the kitchen..." suggested Gatomon knowing Patamon's desperation for food at times.  But still it was weird; he would have called and said why he couldn't come then.  And T.K. had been normal all morning, and then he had gone home, and had been called to come over for the meeting, but for some reason, he didn't show up.  Kari pushed the thought out of her mind, perhaps it was as Gatomon suggested, and just another mess of Patamon's that T.K. had to clean up.  As she climbed the stairs to her apartment, she started thinking about the test on Monday that Mr. Fugiyama was to give... the last test of the year that any teacher was to give.  T.K., Davis, and her, had planned on studying for it today, after the meeting... but as already known, T.K. hadn't shown up.  As she took off her shoes she put Gatomon on the ground, who immediately ran to the couch, climbed it, and jumped onto Tai's big wad of hair.

"OUCH!" cried Tai as Gatomon grabbed hold of Tai's hair, Kari couldn't help but laugh as she looked at Tai standing up with Gatomon struggling to stay on the top of his head.

            "TAI!  Are you in... Cat got your hair?" asked Agumon

            "Very funny..." said Tai and Kari burst out with laughter from his response to Agumon's comment, and as Gatomon let go and fell onto the couch.  Then Tai regained confidence (knowing that she had left her Digital Camera in her room), and said "I see you're back from studying... Did T.K. show up for that?"

            "No... It's weird, it's like he vanished from the face of the earth... Gatomon thinks that Patamon made another mess of the kitchen again..." said Kari as she sat down on the couch, and so did Tai.

            "That could be it... or it could be he had been kidnapped, after all, his mom is in Sapporo, and that's 509 miles away..." said Tai and at that Kari started to get up with much haste.  "I'm kidding!" said Tai as a worried glance came across her face.  But that was not enough for Kari; she had to make sure for herself.  She accessed the Digital World, and using her D3, quickly scanned it, and nope he wasn't there.

            "Look, if you're that worried about him, why don't you go over to his house and see if he is there..." said Tai and then he continued as Kari again put on her shoes "After all tonight is Liver sticks (gulp), and you know how good they are... in fact, if you don't get back in time for dinner, which I suggest, I'll tell mom that you're over at T.K.'s eating dinner there" said Tai as Kari ran out the door, Gatomon close behind her.

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            But T.K. wasn't at his apartment, and it was getting late the sun was setting, so she went to the elevator and pushed the button for the ground floor, and as the doors closed, T.K. came from the stairwell and entered his apartment, just missing Kari.

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            The next day, Kari studied until her brain was fried.  Tai offered to help, but Kari denied offers of help.  That night her thoughts focused on her studies, not on T.K.

~

            The next morning, she went to school, and had a fairly normal morning, Gatomon waited outside, since although the teachers knew about Digimon, they still weren't allowed in the building, unless they were in humanoid form, a rule just recently made.  When Kari got to first period, she saw T.K. where he normally was, but did not have a chance to say a word to him, because immediately roll call was called and the test was passed out.  When the test was finally finished by all, the rest of the day seemed long and boring.  By seventh period Kari again saw T.K.

            "Hey T.K. why weren't you at the meeting?" asked Kari

            "Oh, I had to do some last minute stuff... what did I miss?" asked T.K. seeming normal.

            "Nothing really..." said Kari and then roll call began again.

            'Nothing really... yeah right!' thought T.K.

            After roll call, the teacher gave them free time, since it was the second to last day.

            "T.K., mind if I come over later?" asked Kari

            "No, I'm going to be out, and besides the apartment is a total wreck with Patamon and all..." said T.K.

            "Oh, okay..." said Kari, but still she sensed something wrong.  After school let out, she still followed T.K. home, knowing that T.K. would expect her to turn right very soon, and she did, and then waited until he was a block away and walked to his apartment, she didn't like doing this, but still she did.  When she arrived, the door was open, back pack on the couch, television on, computer off, and a sleeping Patamon in a spotless apartment.  This was weird thought Kari until she saw something on the table; she looked closer, curiosity getting the best of her.  She then noticed it was T.K.'s journal, and it was in a humungous book, and it seemed to go back to when his writing was three inches big (Kindergarten).  As she looked through the recent entries, knowing full well she shouldn't be looking, but not being able to help it, she came across her name being mentioned, and as she read her face became shocked, especially by the last sentence.  She then immediately left the apartment, before T.K. could come back, Patamon still sleeping like a rock, that last sentence still in her mind.

            'I'll for right now act as if nothing has happened, and for now I'll write what I have to think here, and soon I'll be over it, and over them.'

To Be Continued...