Chapter One...
It was tough to say how he got there, but Tai ended up in the park. With a confused glare, he looked around for a moment, having been thoroughly flustered by the flash of violet he'd seen that morning. He remembered a few vague details of it, then shrugged and sighed, heading further into the park. That's when he realized it; he was again at the same place as he had been that morning. On the very same path.
Stopping dead in his tracks, he gulped. He had a weird feeling that he was being watched, and his gut instinct told him that he was right. He grumbled to himself, "You stupid paranoid son of a-"
"-Now that isn't very nice, you know," a cold voice interrupted him. He spun around, and his eyes widened at the sight of a girl with long, silky black hair that hung down her back, tied back with a violet ribbon that matched her eyes, cold as steel and glaring holes through him. She wore a black silk overcoat over black bell bottoms and a violet blouse, and tapped a polished high heeled boot as she sighed and set a hand on her hip. Tai was stunned; she was gorgeous. Unfortunately, she seemed to be reading his every thought. "Would you like a napkin to wipe the drool off your chin, Tai?"
Jumping and turning a solid crimson, he stuttered, "Wh-who are you? How do you know me?"
With a roll of her eyes, she explained, "I'm from the Digital World. If you want to know more, you'd best get your friends here tomorrow at noon. And trust me, you'll need every spare minute to convince any of them to come. If you must resort to drastic measures, tell them Jeni requested it, not you. Somehow, I feel this should be quite fun to watch."
"That doesn't answer any of my questions-"
"As well it shouldn't. Like I said, get them here, then we'll talk about whom I am," the girl continued, eyes blazing. Tai was somewhat annoyed with her right now. No one had ever been so rude, not even the Virus Digimon he knew.
"Whatever, I'll get 'em here," he mumbled angrilly. By now his eyes were as narrowed as hers, and he stared her down as she nodded satisfactionally and turned to walk away. He glared after her for a good thirty seconds before grumbling under his breath and following, thinking to himself, 'No wonder I hate the park now...the people here are so damn rude it's hard to believe!'
But he had other worries. Although he had promised to get the rest of the gang to the park, he wasn't sure if they'd buy it. Almost all of them but Kari and T. K. reacted as if allergic to the smallest utter of the Digital World, it was of no surprise that he had little confidence in the fact that they would detest him if he even mentioned Jeni's name.
Speaking of which...he glanced at his watch, and shrieked, "I'm supposed to pick up Kari in three minutes!!" He dashed to the school, running full speed, a small trail of dust left in his wake.
~~~
Kari was waiting for him just inside the door, with Matt and T. K. He stopped, and kneeled over with his hands on his knees, sweating a bit and panting heavily. "Whoa man," Matt said, "You look like crap." Tai stood up and took a deep breath.
"Yeah, I was kinda late," he said, wiping some sweat off his brow. He suddenly remembered his promise to the black-haired girl, and looked at them with a serious expression.
"Okay, so what's wrong?" Kari asked, recognising her brother's 'worried face.'
"Um...I kinda have to tell you all something, but you're not gonna like it," he said hesitantly. All three of them waited patiently, and slowly, he explained, "We...have a visitor here...from the Digital World." Matt winced at the name, and glanced around quickly. "She didn't say her name, but she asked that we meet her tomorrow at noon in the park. She said Jeni asked her to gather us up again."
"Sure!" T. K. and Kari cried in unison.
Tai smiled gratefully at them, then looked to his old friend. Matt looked troubled for a moment, obviously considering Tai's request with a good bit of agitation. Finally, he nodded at Tai, "I'll help you get the rest of them together."
With these words, Tai sighed, "Thanks Matt, you're the best..." Matt shrugged and took Tai's outstretched hand with a smile.
"Of course I am! Always have been."
~~~
The next morning, Tai and Kari went to Joe and Izzy's houses, while Matt and T. K., Matt being the smooth one of the group, were going to visit Sora and Mimi.
"You must be kidding me!" Izzy said with an excited gleam in his eyes. "Of course I'll go! I got such good research in the digital world on physics that I got an 112% on my exam! Plus I miss Tentamon!"
Tai looked at Izzy confusedly, "Uh, don't you always get at least a 100% on your exams?"
"Yes, but that's not 112," he returned matter-of-factly.
"Okay, whatever you say, man." Tai looked at his watch. 10:30. "Kari, we'd better get going if we wanna convince Joe to get his carcass to the park on time."
"I'll just pack my stuff and be on my way there, I guess I'll meet you both later?" Izzy said.
"Yup!" Kari waved over her shoulder as she followed her brother and wrapped her parka around her. "Tai, why do I have to wear this coat again?"
"Because we can't risk you getting sick, as if you need to ask," Tai said, rolling his eyes. When his little sister shrugged, he smiled, and thought about something. Parka...coats. The girl he'd met earlier was only wearing a light coat, but it had to have been at most fourty degrees out. Was she nuts? Thoughts about that ran through his mind as he pondered the girl's name, and what she had to do with the Digital World. Was she a Digimon? Sure, they were affected by the weather, but they rarely got too cold. And how was she associated with Jeni? Hmmm.
"Tai? We're here," Kari's voice cut through his thoughts. With a startled nod, he rang the doorbell to Joe's home. Approximately four crashes of newly broken lamps later, Joe answered the door, hair disheveled and breaths deep and ragged.
"Oh, hey, Tai, Kari," he panted, wiping his brow. "I hope you didn't wait too long..."
"No, not long," Tai laughed nervously.
"Okay, be right back, come on in," Joe called over his shoulder, running off to clean up the mess that he'd made in his frenzy to get to the door. Tai and Kari looked at each other with humored grins, and went inside to sit down around the coffee table. Joe's dad was out; and his brother was in his room researching, as usual. When Joe returned, he collapsed into an armchair and offered his friends a smile as a greeting, "So what are you guys up to?"
"Not much," Kari responded, returning Joe's friendly smile. Then she got to work, "But we were wondering what you're doing today at, say, noon?"
Joe looked thoughtful for a moment as he spoke, "Nothing I can think of..." Then his eyes narrowed in suspicion as he continued, "Why? What are you two up to?"
"Ehehehe...well, ya see...Tai, you tell him."
"Okay, I will. Joe, I ain't gonna beat around the bush when I say this. We need you to go to the park with us to meet this girl from the Digital World. She hasn't told us much except for the fact that Jeni sent her and she needs us all there at noon to tell us anything more," Tai said.
Joe looked at them with disbelief for a moment, then shouted, "Of course I'll go!" Tai and Kari fell to the floor.
As he lifted himself back onto the couch, Tai said, "But you guys...always bite my head off if I so much as breathe the term 'Digital World...' What's so different about this time?"
"Duh, Tai, we never liked talking about the Digital World before because when you talked about it you were giving us false hope, dimwit," Joe said, rolling his eyes. "So shouldn't we be going? It's after eleven now!"
"Crud!" Tai said, jumping up and wrapping Kari up in her parka before grabbing his own coat and ushering both of them out the door. "You're right, we gotta go! NOW!"
The End
Okay, I know, too damn short. Please don't kill me...I've already started Chapter Two. In fact, I'm nearly finished it now! So don't flame me, kay?? ...Please?
It was tough to say how he got there, but Tai ended up in the park. With a confused glare, he looked around for a moment, having been thoroughly flustered by the flash of violet he'd seen that morning. He remembered a few vague details of it, then shrugged and sighed, heading further into the park. That's when he realized it; he was again at the same place as he had been that morning. On the very same path.
Stopping dead in his tracks, he gulped. He had a weird feeling that he was being watched, and his gut instinct told him that he was right. He grumbled to himself, "You stupid paranoid son of a-"
"-Now that isn't very nice, you know," a cold voice interrupted him. He spun around, and his eyes widened at the sight of a girl with long, silky black hair that hung down her back, tied back with a violet ribbon that matched her eyes, cold as steel and glaring holes through him. She wore a black silk overcoat over black bell bottoms and a violet blouse, and tapped a polished high heeled boot as she sighed and set a hand on her hip. Tai was stunned; she was gorgeous. Unfortunately, she seemed to be reading his every thought. "Would you like a napkin to wipe the drool off your chin, Tai?"
Jumping and turning a solid crimson, he stuttered, "Wh-who are you? How do you know me?"
With a roll of her eyes, she explained, "I'm from the Digital World. If you want to know more, you'd best get your friends here tomorrow at noon. And trust me, you'll need every spare minute to convince any of them to come. If you must resort to drastic measures, tell them Jeni requested it, not you. Somehow, I feel this should be quite fun to watch."
"That doesn't answer any of my questions-"
"As well it shouldn't. Like I said, get them here, then we'll talk about whom I am," the girl continued, eyes blazing. Tai was somewhat annoyed with her right now. No one had ever been so rude, not even the Virus Digimon he knew.
"Whatever, I'll get 'em here," he mumbled angrilly. By now his eyes were as narrowed as hers, and he stared her down as she nodded satisfactionally and turned to walk away. He glared after her for a good thirty seconds before grumbling under his breath and following, thinking to himself, 'No wonder I hate the park now...the people here are so damn rude it's hard to believe!'
But he had other worries. Although he had promised to get the rest of the gang to the park, he wasn't sure if they'd buy it. Almost all of them but Kari and T. K. reacted as if allergic to the smallest utter of the Digital World, it was of no surprise that he had little confidence in the fact that they would detest him if he even mentioned Jeni's name.
Speaking of which...he glanced at his watch, and shrieked, "I'm supposed to pick up Kari in three minutes!!" He dashed to the school, running full speed, a small trail of dust left in his wake.
~~~
Kari was waiting for him just inside the door, with Matt and T. K. He stopped, and kneeled over with his hands on his knees, sweating a bit and panting heavily. "Whoa man," Matt said, "You look like crap." Tai stood up and took a deep breath.
"Yeah, I was kinda late," he said, wiping some sweat off his brow. He suddenly remembered his promise to the black-haired girl, and looked at them with a serious expression.
"Okay, so what's wrong?" Kari asked, recognising her brother's 'worried face.'
"Um...I kinda have to tell you all something, but you're not gonna like it," he said hesitantly. All three of them waited patiently, and slowly, he explained, "We...have a visitor here...from the Digital World." Matt winced at the name, and glanced around quickly. "She didn't say her name, but she asked that we meet her tomorrow at noon in the park. She said Jeni asked her to gather us up again."
"Sure!" T. K. and Kari cried in unison.
Tai smiled gratefully at them, then looked to his old friend. Matt looked troubled for a moment, obviously considering Tai's request with a good bit of agitation. Finally, he nodded at Tai, "I'll help you get the rest of them together."
With these words, Tai sighed, "Thanks Matt, you're the best..." Matt shrugged and took Tai's outstretched hand with a smile.
"Of course I am! Always have been."
~~~
The next morning, Tai and Kari went to Joe and Izzy's houses, while Matt and T. K., Matt being the smooth one of the group, were going to visit Sora and Mimi.
"You must be kidding me!" Izzy said with an excited gleam in his eyes. "Of course I'll go! I got such good research in the digital world on physics that I got an 112% on my exam! Plus I miss Tentamon!"
Tai looked at Izzy confusedly, "Uh, don't you always get at least a 100% on your exams?"
"Yes, but that's not 112," he returned matter-of-factly.
"Okay, whatever you say, man." Tai looked at his watch. 10:30. "Kari, we'd better get going if we wanna convince Joe to get his carcass to the park on time."
"I'll just pack my stuff and be on my way there, I guess I'll meet you both later?" Izzy said.
"Yup!" Kari waved over her shoulder as she followed her brother and wrapped her parka around her. "Tai, why do I have to wear this coat again?"
"Because we can't risk you getting sick, as if you need to ask," Tai said, rolling his eyes. When his little sister shrugged, he smiled, and thought about something. Parka...coats. The girl he'd met earlier was only wearing a light coat, but it had to have been at most fourty degrees out. Was she nuts? Thoughts about that ran through his mind as he pondered the girl's name, and what she had to do with the Digital World. Was she a Digimon? Sure, they were affected by the weather, but they rarely got too cold. And how was she associated with Jeni? Hmmm.
"Tai? We're here," Kari's voice cut through his thoughts. With a startled nod, he rang the doorbell to Joe's home. Approximately four crashes of newly broken lamps later, Joe answered the door, hair disheveled and breaths deep and ragged.
"Oh, hey, Tai, Kari," he panted, wiping his brow. "I hope you didn't wait too long..."
"No, not long," Tai laughed nervously.
"Okay, be right back, come on in," Joe called over his shoulder, running off to clean up the mess that he'd made in his frenzy to get to the door. Tai and Kari looked at each other with humored grins, and went inside to sit down around the coffee table. Joe's dad was out; and his brother was in his room researching, as usual. When Joe returned, he collapsed into an armchair and offered his friends a smile as a greeting, "So what are you guys up to?"
"Not much," Kari responded, returning Joe's friendly smile. Then she got to work, "But we were wondering what you're doing today at, say, noon?"
Joe looked thoughtful for a moment as he spoke, "Nothing I can think of..." Then his eyes narrowed in suspicion as he continued, "Why? What are you two up to?"
"Ehehehe...well, ya see...Tai, you tell him."
"Okay, I will. Joe, I ain't gonna beat around the bush when I say this. We need you to go to the park with us to meet this girl from the Digital World. She hasn't told us much except for the fact that Jeni sent her and she needs us all there at noon to tell us anything more," Tai said.
Joe looked at them with disbelief for a moment, then shouted, "Of course I'll go!" Tai and Kari fell to the floor.
As he lifted himself back onto the couch, Tai said, "But you guys...always bite my head off if I so much as breathe the term 'Digital World...' What's so different about this time?"
"Duh, Tai, we never liked talking about the Digital World before because when you talked about it you were giving us false hope, dimwit," Joe said, rolling his eyes. "So shouldn't we be going? It's after eleven now!"
"Crud!" Tai said, jumping up and wrapping Kari up in her parka before grabbing his own coat and ushering both of them out the door. "You're right, we gotta go! NOW!"
The End
Okay, I know, too damn short. Please don't kill me...I've already started Chapter Two. In fact, I'm nearly finished it now! So don't flame me, kay?? ...Please?
