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Authors' notes: This is our first fic so we really hope you will enjoy it!
Pairing(s): Kozumi, Koukou (brotherly), and a bit of Taikumi
Please do not read this fic if you are a Junpei (JP) fan. (contains Junpei bashing)
This fanfic takes place after three years after the defeat of Lucemon. Takuya, Izumi, Kouichi, and Kouji are all 14 and Junpei is 15. (Tomoki appears but he is only a minor character...he is 11)
This fic will only contain the Japanese character names.
Kouji = Kouji Kouichi = Kouichi Takuya = Takuya Zoe = Izumi JP = Junpei Tommy = Tomoki
Last time:
~Takuya's P.o.V.~
"Takuya?" Shinya asked weakly.
"Yeah, its me bro," I whispered. "You're in the hospital now so don't you worry."
I hesitated, and then asked, "Why did you try to poison us, Shinya?" Shinya thought for a moment, and looked rather miserable.
"I couldn't control myself, Takuya. It was almost as if someone was inside of me." He looked as if he were going to cry. I comforted him, as he fell back asleep and walked off to inform Dad and Mom of what had happened.
+++++++++++++++++++++ Chapter Six - A Disturbed Heart
~Miku's P.o.V.~
I hated doing this to them, I really did, but it wasn't like I had a choice. Shinya's description was very accurate. All you could do was watch horrified, as you did stuff you really didn't want to do. I watched Takuya as he left Shinya. I know Kouichi had told me to go home but I couldn't. Not after all that I caused. I guess you could say I was a loyal servant of the darkness that controlled me, unlike Shinya, who was only used temporarily. 'If only I could tell them,' I thought sadly, 'if only..."
~Takuya's P.o.V.~
I heard some sounds outside Shinya's window. Silently, I walked outside to see what it was. I found Miku staring through the window at my brother and Junpei, as if mourning, sadly.
"Hey Miku," I whispered. She looked at me, surprised.
"Hey Takuya"
"What are you doing out here?" I asked. She shrugged and walked away. I looked after her, bewildered, but did not call her. What was up with her? Why was she here?
~Kouichi's P.o.V.~
I couldn't help but feel as if though I had something to do with today's dilemma. I laid bitterly on my bed, staring at nothing in particular. It wasn't if I had a lot to do, or if I was really stressed out, but for some reason, I always seemed tired. It was as if someone wanted me to do something, but what? 'Maybe I should tell someone about this,' I thought, 'maybe Kouji. But would he believe me?'
I sighed, and heard my mother waking up for her nightshift job. I listened as she tried her best not to wake me up, and head out the door. The house was empty. Well except me of course. 'Poor mother,' I thought to myself, my heart once again, filled with darkness.
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
I didn't understand why I couldn't sleep. I was worried about what had happened today... and Kouichi. He doesn't seem to be getting much sleep lately, like me. 'Why would Shinya want to poison us...was he really possessed as I suspected?' I shifted my position in bed, trying to get comfortable. It didn't work. I heard my step-mom knock on my door.
"Kouji?" I laid still, pretending to be asleep. Perhaps it really worked because she left me alone after that, but I don't really care. I heard my cell phone go off. 'What?' I thought. 'Who would be calling me at this time of night?'
I got up and dug through my jacket and found it. Miraculously, a bright light shot out of it, blinding me. As the light faded, I saw it being replaced by a D-tector. I clicked it and saw the spirits of Lobomon and KentoGarurumon. I smiled, boy did I miss them. I wondered if the others got their D-tectors back too. I laid back in bed, and suddenly overcome by exhaustion and satisfaction, I fell asleep.
~Izumi's P.o.V.~
It was the start of another day. I yawned. The sun was as bright as ever, and today, the old-Digidenstined group were going to spend the day together, even Tomoki. I got up and found my cell-phone being replaced by my D-tector. 'When did this happen?' I thought happily as I found Kazemon's and Shutumon's spirit within. 'Welcome back,' I smiled and quickly phoned Takuya.
"Is Takuya there?"
"Izumi? Yes he's here, let me wake him up for you," Mrs. Kanbara replied.
I heard distantly, "Takuya, wake up. Your friend is on the phone and wants to talk to you"
"...that doughnut's mine...that is pizza too..."
"TAKUYA KANBARA!"
"Alright, alright." I giggled. He picked up the phone.
"Hey Takuya," I greeted.
"Hmm..." he responded sleepily.
"Hey, sorry to wake you up but did you forget that we had a big day ahead of us today?" I asked.
"We're on a date?" I could've pounded him with a mallet if he were beside me.
"NO!" I said annoyed. "We're planning to have a picnic today remember? With Kouji, Kouichi, Tomoki and Junpei?"
"Oh yeah, I remember now. Meet you down in 10 minutes ok?" I sighed. Suddenly...
"Hey! My D-tector, what is this doing here?"
I suddenly remembered. "You have yours too?" I guess he must've nodded.
"Agunimon and BurningGreymon are in there too!" He said happily. I laughed slightly.
"Well gotta go prepare, bye Izumi," He shut the phone before I could reply. I sighed. Boys.
~Junpei's P.o.V.~
I had to prepare for the big day today. Everyone was supposed to bring something to share with each other and I realized this was my chance to show how much better I was compared to that Kouji. I grinned. Pulling out a professional chef hat and apron and turned on the stove. 'Lets see now...' I thought. I then noticed my apron on fire.
"AHHHHHHH" I screamed. Unfortunately, no one was home. 'Ok, Junpei,' I thought to myself, 'you can do this. Now first, what are you suppose to do when you are on fire. Um... SCREAM AND RUN FOR HELP! Calm down now... what did you learn to do in Grade Two. Oh yeah, stop, drop, and roll. So what was I suppose to stop doing? '...Cooking! I must stop cooking,' I thought quickly and turned off the stove. 'Now what? Drop.' I dropped to the ground, flat on my face and rolled expertly. 'I stopped, dropped and rolled...' I thought, as I continued rolling. 'What's after that?'
Seeing that the fire was out, I sighed in relief. Perhaps setting the pan on fire wasn't a good idea after all. Perhaps I should make a cake. Yeah, a cake. Not just any cake, Izumi and my wedding cake. I grinned happily as a prepared the ingredients listed in the cookbook. (Kate: please do not trying making this, because it won't taste very good and might make you sick) 4 cups of flour, 2 cups of white sugar, 3 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup of baking powder, 300 mL of milk and 4 eggs.
I couldn't find the baking powder, but I found baking soda that was supposed to clean the fridge. I used that instead. I threw in all the ingredients (Egg=shell + all) and turned on the electronic mixer.
"Wwhirrrrrrrrrrr...crack...whirrrrr...crack....crack," it sounded. I watched enjoyably as foams became to erupt from the baking powder and the egg shells where shattered into smaller and smaller pieces. After stopping it I inspected it. 'Not bad, it's just a bit foamy, and the egg shells were only pea-size,' I thought to myself, 'but hey, I'm not really professional.'
With that, I dumped it into pan and waited for it to bake.
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
I sighed. Why did Takuya have to tell us to make something to share? I looked through some cookbooks for some ideas. 'Lets see, cookies...nah, egg tarts...nah, dung-looking-jelly...definitely no...' I thought. I flipped to the back of the book. 'Hm...a cheese cake...doesn't look that hard but it takes up a lot of time.' I looked at the clock. 6:30 am. I had tons of time.
~Izumi's P.o.V.~
I opened my apartment door to a delicious aroma of pizza.
"Is that what I think it is?" I asked, my mouth watering.
"Its pizza." He said with a grin.
"How'd you manage to do that without burning down the apartment?" I asked amazed.
"Are you saying I can't do anything right?!" he demanded, annoyed. "...well I had a little help from my mother and Shinya."
I arched a brow. "Shinya?"
"Yeah... but all he did was tell me not to put this or not to do that." Takuya replied with a shrug. "Wanna go now?" We headed towards the elevator.
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
I phoned my brother to see if he was heading out already but there was no one to receive the call. I sighed.
"I guess he already went." I quickly hurried off to catch up. As I arrived, I saw only Junpei.
"Kouji," He greeted me happily, "I was beginning to think it wasn't today."
I just nodded in respond, then asked, "Where are the others?"
"Oh...I'm not sure...but I'm sure all you guys will loooove what I made for you," he beamed. I stared at him, suspiciously.
~Kouichi's P.o.V.~
I groaned as I fell out of bed. 'Stupid dream,' I thought. I looked at the time: 11:50 pm. I quickly scurried out. There was absolutely no way to make it there in time. I guess my mother didn't wake me up because she was worried about me and my thoughts. 'Just great,' I thought bitterly. Luckily, I had prepared had a fruit punch the night before. I suspected that the others would not think of bringing drinks.
"Kouichi, your awake." I looked over and saw my mother holding my cap. (Kate: stupid dopey hat; that's probably the only thing I don't like about him... maybe I should burn it later *grins*)
"Thanks mom," I said. I waved and ran off, calling back, "Take it easy at work alright?" (Kate: Kouichi's so considerate of his mother. Isn't that sweet? ^.^)
I stumbled down towards the park where the others were waiting. They had chosen a nice shady spot next to a tree and there was a crystal, clear blue pond near by.
"What took you so long?" Takuya grinned.
"Sorry," I said, sheepishly. After many greetings we all sat down and introduced our makings.
"Meaty-meat meat PIZZA," Takuya beamed. We all sweatdropped.
"My delicious strawberry-tarts," Izumi smiled.
"Ice cream sundaes for all," Tomoki exclaimed.
"Cheesecake," Kouji said simply. Junpei suddenly looked at him outraged.
"YOU COPY-CAT! I MADE CAKE FIRST, SO GO FIND SOME OTHER TREAT TO MAKE!" With that, he uncovered a three layered Angel-cake. We all multiple sweatdropped. Junpei's Angel-cake was green and revealed chips of white in it.
"What's that?" I asked politely.
"Izumi and my pre-Wedding cake." He beamed. WHAM! A mallet swept down, and Junpei rubbed his head vigorously, trying his best not to cry.
"I think Kouichi meant all the red and white things," Kouji restated.
"Oh... I thought white-brown Angel-cakes were to normal," he said, "so I decided to add lots of food coloring, but I couldn't come up with the combination of purple, my Izumi's favorite color. I had added drops of blue with yellow... Oh...and the white things are just parts of the egg." (Kat: xD! Mwahaha!)
"You didn't remove the egg shells?" We all asked in unison.
"No, why would I?" We all fell over (except Junpei).
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
All of a sudden, it began to rain. Since there were no buildings around, we all tried to take shelter under a tree, but it didn't work that well.
"Great, now we can't continue our picnic," Izumi muttered.
"Why not?" Takuya asked. "Don't tell me a little rain is going to stop a little fun." She sighed.
"I can't believe you boys," she murmured. I watched as she wrapped herself with her arms. Without looking at her, I handed my jacket to her.
"Kouji," she said uncertain. I just nodded and dropped it into her arms. She blushed.
"Thanks." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Junpei glaring at me. I glared back, causing him to hide behind the tree. I sighed.
"Hey, I'm cold too," Takuya teased as Kouichi looked at me, innocently. I blushed, and glared at them both. Tomoki just wore a confused look while Junpei was still behind the tree.
"You can come out now," Tomoki encouraged, as Junpei came out from behind the tree.
We all sat down to start to eat the slightly soaked food.
"Well, good thing we have the tarts in the box," Izumi smiled brightly, "they're dry!"
~Izumi's P.o.V.~
We began with Takuya's delicious smelling pizza.
After I finished half of the pizza, my teeth ached for some salad.
Next, Junpei's 'lovely' creation. Junpei cut his unique cake with a huge butcher knife. I began to wonder if to cut the cake was the only reason he had brought it. (Kat: uh oh...*looks in Kouji's direction*)
"Here my precious Izumi." He handed me a plate. I stared down at the blob and noticed it was curiously larger than the others' slices. Kouji was staring at his slice with satisfaction. It was less than half the size as mine.
"Hey bro, if you don't want your pizza, I can exchange it for this delicious, 'pre-wedding' cake," Kouichi told him with a grin. Kouji shook his head and simply gave his brother his untouched pizza. I guess he didn't really like meat that much.
When Junpei wasn't looking, Takuya, Kouji, Kouichi, Tomoki and I quickly dumped it into the ditch near the river. I prayed that the slabs wouldn't attract ants or roll into the river and contaminate it...well the ants probably would get sick... (Kat: poor ants...) (Kate: Die ants DIE!!! Muhahahaha...o.o sorry ant-luvers)
~Takuya's P.o.V.~
"Brr..." Tomoki shivered, "it's getting awfully cold out here."
"Yeah" the others chorused. I glanced into the water of which Izumi was sitting next to and came up with a brilliant scheme. I sniggered to myself. Tomoki looked at me in confusion.
"I guess the only person not cold here is Izumi," I commented. She blushed and looked away. I took this opportunity to push her into the lake. However, Kouji came out of nowhere and pushed her aside, just in time. Taken by surprise, we both landed into the depths of the cold waters. I felt myself being pushed under by Kouji, but managed to escape his wrath, scampering out and climbing up the willow tree, drenched.
Kouji just got out of the lake calmly, not even bothering to dry himself as he and walked over to my tree. I shivered. The rain amongst the trees was pounding on me intensely. I regretted pushing him into the lake.
"Um...Kouji," I said, "we could talk this over right?"
"Yeah... just come down from the tree," he replied, sarcastically.
"Aw... come on bro, it was an accident," Kouichi said.
"Yeah, well their will be many more 'accidents' happening in the future," Kouji replied coldly, and walked away. I watched him as Kouichi coaxed me out of the tree. I could tell he wasn't really mad at me, just simply stating that he would be, if I ever did that again.
"Takuya," Kouichi called, "I just hope you know ants and termites love to dwell in trees like these." Horror-struck, I jumped down and landed into his arms. We both blush, bright red. Suddenly, from nowhere, Miku appeared and punched me hard in the eye. (Kate: Go Miku go! Get your hands off him Takuya!)
"What you do that for," I moaned.
"Oh, nothing." I glared at her, but she simply waved it away, attaching herself onto Kouichi who groaned.
~Tomoki's P.o.V.~
I looked at first Takuya, Miku and Kouichi and then at Kouij, Izumi and Junpei. 'What was wrong with them?' I wondered. I looked up, 'Well at least the rain stopped.'
"Hey Takuya," I called.
"Yeah?" He walked over clutching his eye.
"Do you mind telling me what's going on?" I asked.
"Nah... you probably won't understand it. And even if you did, you probably shouldn't know" I looked at him sadly. He grumbled.
"Well you see I was planning to push Izumi into the lake, but Kouji got in the way so I pushed him in instead." I nodded, understandingly. "So Kouji got mad at me and ..."
~Izumi's P.o.V.~
I felt guilty for wearing his jacket now, seeing him shivering slightly. I walked slowly over to Kouji who was sitting underneath the tree and draped his jacket back over his shoulders. He twisted around and seemed to relax when he saw me.
"Better dry yourself before you catch a cold," I told him. I sat down on the opposite side of the tree and lay my back down on the trunk.
I gazed up at the sky and exclaimed "What a beautiful rainbow!"
"Yeah."
"Kouji..."
"Yeah?"
"Thanks... for helping me."
"No prob." I sighed. He was the most isolated person I knew, and yet, he surprised me all the time. I knew I probably wasn't going to get a conversation out of him so I just sat down beside him. I couldn't help but notice him shifting uncomfortably for a bit, but he didn't argue.
"Hey guys, where are you?" I turned saw Junpei. He frowned unhappily when he saw me sitting next to him. I glared at him warningly, as if threatening him not to talk. I guess he got the message because he just pouted, but stayed quiet. I guess I couldn't ask Kouji about his life right then in front of him so I just sat there, admiring the rainbow.
* A few minutes later *
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
I couldn't help but notice how disappointed Izumi was when Junpei appeared. I didn't complain because I had a feeling she was going to ask me something personal. I never tell anyone about my feelings... well... except occasionally Kouichi. He says I'm too held back, and mysterious. Speaking of him, where was he? I looked around...
"Giddy up" Miku cried riding the sweatdropping Kouichi as he walked slowly towards us, followed by Takuya and Tomoki who were watching them in amusement.
~Kouichi's P.o.V.~
God was this embarrassing. Doesn't she know how weird it is to have to be carrying someone on your back for the last half hour? Forget having Takuya land in your arms and having someone witness it? I shuddered.
"You cold?" Miku asked sweetly. I shook my head. I looked over and saw Izumi sitting beside my brother in silence. I smiled.
"Hey guys," Takuya spoke up, "let's say we do this every Saturday." All of us, except Tomoki and Miku glared at him.
"Well, I guess we could reconsider."
"Hey Miku!" Izumi said cheerfully. "When did you get here?"
"Oh... just a few minutes ago when I saw..." Takuya tackled her, as if advising her not to tell while I blushed. Izumi gave us a confused look.
"Oh... it's nothing." I replied.
"If you say so..." she muttered.
Suddenly, I sensed it. That dark aura. I still hadn't been able to figure out what it is, or who was creating it, but I had a feeling that it wasn't for the good. My D-tector beeped like crazy. I lifted Miku off my shoulders and settled her down, then ran off.
"Kouichi!" I heard the others call.
I looked at my spirits of Lowemon and Jagerlowemon. They were just as confused as I was. Suddenly, the ground became uneven and it swallowed me up. That was all I saw.
Authors' Note: Kat: omg! Kouichi's disappeared! *celebrates in secret* ...I guess this chapter was a bit too long but at least it was packed with stuff ^-^ Kate: Yeh.. Kouichi got sucked into my world! Muhaha... sorry about the promised Kozumi. I guessed we didn't do much so I decided to add some. Most of the Kozumi is done by me -.-' and I'm not even the Kouiji fan. *glares at Kat* KOUICHI ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Authors' notes: This is our first fic so we really hope you will enjoy it!
Pairing(s): Kozumi, Koukou (brotherly), and a bit of Taikumi
Please do not read this fic if you are a Junpei (JP) fan. (contains Junpei bashing)
This fanfic takes place after three years after the defeat of Lucemon. Takuya, Izumi, Kouichi, and Kouji are all 14 and Junpei is 15. (Tomoki appears but he is only a minor character...he is 11)
This fic will only contain the Japanese character names.
Kouji = Kouji Kouichi = Kouichi Takuya = Takuya Zoe = Izumi JP = Junpei Tommy = Tomoki
Last time:
~Takuya's P.o.V.~
"Takuya?" Shinya asked weakly.
"Yeah, its me bro," I whispered. "You're in the hospital now so don't you worry."
I hesitated, and then asked, "Why did you try to poison us, Shinya?" Shinya thought for a moment, and looked rather miserable.
"I couldn't control myself, Takuya. It was almost as if someone was inside of me." He looked as if he were going to cry. I comforted him, as he fell back asleep and walked off to inform Dad and Mom of what had happened.
+++++++++++++++++++++ Chapter Six - A Disturbed Heart
~Miku's P.o.V.~
I hated doing this to them, I really did, but it wasn't like I had a choice. Shinya's description was very accurate. All you could do was watch horrified, as you did stuff you really didn't want to do. I watched Takuya as he left Shinya. I know Kouichi had told me to go home but I couldn't. Not after all that I caused. I guess you could say I was a loyal servant of the darkness that controlled me, unlike Shinya, who was only used temporarily. 'If only I could tell them,' I thought sadly, 'if only..."
~Takuya's P.o.V.~
I heard some sounds outside Shinya's window. Silently, I walked outside to see what it was. I found Miku staring through the window at my brother and Junpei, as if mourning, sadly.
"Hey Miku," I whispered. She looked at me, surprised.
"Hey Takuya"
"What are you doing out here?" I asked. She shrugged and walked away. I looked after her, bewildered, but did not call her. What was up with her? Why was she here?
~Kouichi's P.o.V.~
I couldn't help but feel as if though I had something to do with today's dilemma. I laid bitterly on my bed, staring at nothing in particular. It wasn't if I had a lot to do, or if I was really stressed out, but for some reason, I always seemed tired. It was as if someone wanted me to do something, but what? 'Maybe I should tell someone about this,' I thought, 'maybe Kouji. But would he believe me?'
I sighed, and heard my mother waking up for her nightshift job. I listened as she tried her best not to wake me up, and head out the door. The house was empty. Well except me of course. 'Poor mother,' I thought to myself, my heart once again, filled with darkness.
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
I didn't understand why I couldn't sleep. I was worried about what had happened today... and Kouichi. He doesn't seem to be getting much sleep lately, like me. 'Why would Shinya want to poison us...was he really possessed as I suspected?' I shifted my position in bed, trying to get comfortable. It didn't work. I heard my step-mom knock on my door.
"Kouji?" I laid still, pretending to be asleep. Perhaps it really worked because she left me alone after that, but I don't really care. I heard my cell phone go off. 'What?' I thought. 'Who would be calling me at this time of night?'
I got up and dug through my jacket and found it. Miraculously, a bright light shot out of it, blinding me. As the light faded, I saw it being replaced by a D-tector. I clicked it and saw the spirits of Lobomon and KentoGarurumon. I smiled, boy did I miss them. I wondered if the others got their D-tectors back too. I laid back in bed, and suddenly overcome by exhaustion and satisfaction, I fell asleep.
~Izumi's P.o.V.~
It was the start of another day. I yawned. The sun was as bright as ever, and today, the old-Digidenstined group were going to spend the day together, even Tomoki. I got up and found my cell-phone being replaced by my D-tector. 'When did this happen?' I thought happily as I found Kazemon's and Shutumon's spirit within. 'Welcome back,' I smiled and quickly phoned Takuya.
"Is Takuya there?"
"Izumi? Yes he's here, let me wake him up for you," Mrs. Kanbara replied.
I heard distantly, "Takuya, wake up. Your friend is on the phone and wants to talk to you"
"...that doughnut's mine...that is pizza too..."
"TAKUYA KANBARA!"
"Alright, alright." I giggled. He picked up the phone.
"Hey Takuya," I greeted.
"Hmm..." he responded sleepily.
"Hey, sorry to wake you up but did you forget that we had a big day ahead of us today?" I asked.
"We're on a date?" I could've pounded him with a mallet if he were beside me.
"NO!" I said annoyed. "We're planning to have a picnic today remember? With Kouji, Kouichi, Tomoki and Junpei?"
"Oh yeah, I remember now. Meet you down in 10 minutes ok?" I sighed. Suddenly...
"Hey! My D-tector, what is this doing here?"
I suddenly remembered. "You have yours too?" I guess he must've nodded.
"Agunimon and BurningGreymon are in there too!" He said happily. I laughed slightly.
"Well gotta go prepare, bye Izumi," He shut the phone before I could reply. I sighed. Boys.
~Junpei's P.o.V.~
I had to prepare for the big day today. Everyone was supposed to bring something to share with each other and I realized this was my chance to show how much better I was compared to that Kouji. I grinned. Pulling out a professional chef hat and apron and turned on the stove. 'Lets see now...' I thought. I then noticed my apron on fire.
"AHHHHHHH" I screamed. Unfortunately, no one was home. 'Ok, Junpei,' I thought to myself, 'you can do this. Now first, what are you suppose to do when you are on fire. Um... SCREAM AND RUN FOR HELP! Calm down now... what did you learn to do in Grade Two. Oh yeah, stop, drop, and roll. So what was I suppose to stop doing? '...Cooking! I must stop cooking,' I thought quickly and turned off the stove. 'Now what? Drop.' I dropped to the ground, flat on my face and rolled expertly. 'I stopped, dropped and rolled...' I thought, as I continued rolling. 'What's after that?'
Seeing that the fire was out, I sighed in relief. Perhaps setting the pan on fire wasn't a good idea after all. Perhaps I should make a cake. Yeah, a cake. Not just any cake, Izumi and my wedding cake. I grinned happily as a prepared the ingredients listed in the cookbook. (Kate: please do not trying making this, because it won't taste very good and might make you sick) 4 cups of flour, 2 cups of white sugar, 3 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup of baking powder, 300 mL of milk and 4 eggs.
I couldn't find the baking powder, but I found baking soda that was supposed to clean the fridge. I used that instead. I threw in all the ingredients (Egg=shell + all) and turned on the electronic mixer.
"Wwhirrrrrrrrrrr...crack...whirrrrr...crack....crack," it sounded. I watched enjoyably as foams became to erupt from the baking powder and the egg shells where shattered into smaller and smaller pieces. After stopping it I inspected it. 'Not bad, it's just a bit foamy, and the egg shells were only pea-size,' I thought to myself, 'but hey, I'm not really professional.'
With that, I dumped it into pan and waited for it to bake.
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
I sighed. Why did Takuya have to tell us to make something to share? I looked through some cookbooks for some ideas. 'Lets see, cookies...nah, egg tarts...nah, dung-looking-jelly...definitely no...' I thought. I flipped to the back of the book. 'Hm...a cheese cake...doesn't look that hard but it takes up a lot of time.' I looked at the clock. 6:30 am. I had tons of time.
~Izumi's P.o.V.~
I opened my apartment door to a delicious aroma of pizza.
"Is that what I think it is?" I asked, my mouth watering.
"Its pizza." He said with a grin.
"How'd you manage to do that without burning down the apartment?" I asked amazed.
"Are you saying I can't do anything right?!" he demanded, annoyed. "...well I had a little help from my mother and Shinya."
I arched a brow. "Shinya?"
"Yeah... but all he did was tell me not to put this or not to do that." Takuya replied with a shrug. "Wanna go now?" We headed towards the elevator.
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
I phoned my brother to see if he was heading out already but there was no one to receive the call. I sighed.
"I guess he already went." I quickly hurried off to catch up. As I arrived, I saw only Junpei.
"Kouji," He greeted me happily, "I was beginning to think it wasn't today."
I just nodded in respond, then asked, "Where are the others?"
"Oh...I'm not sure...but I'm sure all you guys will loooove what I made for you," he beamed. I stared at him, suspiciously.
~Kouichi's P.o.V.~
I groaned as I fell out of bed. 'Stupid dream,' I thought. I looked at the time: 11:50 pm. I quickly scurried out. There was absolutely no way to make it there in time. I guess my mother didn't wake me up because she was worried about me and my thoughts. 'Just great,' I thought bitterly. Luckily, I had prepared had a fruit punch the night before. I suspected that the others would not think of bringing drinks.
"Kouichi, your awake." I looked over and saw my mother holding my cap. (Kate: stupid dopey hat; that's probably the only thing I don't like about him... maybe I should burn it later *grins*)
"Thanks mom," I said. I waved and ran off, calling back, "Take it easy at work alright?" (Kate: Kouichi's so considerate of his mother. Isn't that sweet? ^.^)
I stumbled down towards the park where the others were waiting. They had chosen a nice shady spot next to a tree and there was a crystal, clear blue pond near by.
"What took you so long?" Takuya grinned.
"Sorry," I said, sheepishly. After many greetings we all sat down and introduced our makings.
"Meaty-meat meat PIZZA," Takuya beamed. We all sweatdropped.
"My delicious strawberry-tarts," Izumi smiled.
"Ice cream sundaes for all," Tomoki exclaimed.
"Cheesecake," Kouji said simply. Junpei suddenly looked at him outraged.
"YOU COPY-CAT! I MADE CAKE FIRST, SO GO FIND SOME OTHER TREAT TO MAKE!" With that, he uncovered a three layered Angel-cake. We all multiple sweatdropped. Junpei's Angel-cake was green and revealed chips of white in it.
"What's that?" I asked politely.
"Izumi and my pre-Wedding cake." He beamed. WHAM! A mallet swept down, and Junpei rubbed his head vigorously, trying his best not to cry.
"I think Kouichi meant all the red and white things," Kouji restated.
"Oh... I thought white-brown Angel-cakes were to normal," he said, "so I decided to add lots of food coloring, but I couldn't come up with the combination of purple, my Izumi's favorite color. I had added drops of blue with yellow... Oh...and the white things are just parts of the egg." (Kat: xD! Mwahaha!)
"You didn't remove the egg shells?" We all asked in unison.
"No, why would I?" We all fell over (except Junpei).
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
All of a sudden, it began to rain. Since there were no buildings around, we all tried to take shelter under a tree, but it didn't work that well.
"Great, now we can't continue our picnic," Izumi muttered.
"Why not?" Takuya asked. "Don't tell me a little rain is going to stop a little fun." She sighed.
"I can't believe you boys," she murmured. I watched as she wrapped herself with her arms. Without looking at her, I handed my jacket to her.
"Kouji," she said uncertain. I just nodded and dropped it into her arms. She blushed.
"Thanks." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Junpei glaring at me. I glared back, causing him to hide behind the tree. I sighed.
"Hey, I'm cold too," Takuya teased as Kouichi looked at me, innocently. I blushed, and glared at them both. Tomoki just wore a confused look while Junpei was still behind the tree.
"You can come out now," Tomoki encouraged, as Junpei came out from behind the tree.
We all sat down to start to eat the slightly soaked food.
"Well, good thing we have the tarts in the box," Izumi smiled brightly, "they're dry!"
~Izumi's P.o.V.~
We began with Takuya's delicious smelling pizza.
After I finished half of the pizza, my teeth ached for some salad.
Next, Junpei's 'lovely' creation. Junpei cut his unique cake with a huge butcher knife. I began to wonder if to cut the cake was the only reason he had brought it. (Kat: uh oh...*looks in Kouji's direction*)
"Here my precious Izumi." He handed me a plate. I stared down at the blob and noticed it was curiously larger than the others' slices. Kouji was staring at his slice with satisfaction. It was less than half the size as mine.
"Hey bro, if you don't want your pizza, I can exchange it for this delicious, 'pre-wedding' cake," Kouichi told him with a grin. Kouji shook his head and simply gave his brother his untouched pizza. I guess he didn't really like meat that much.
When Junpei wasn't looking, Takuya, Kouji, Kouichi, Tomoki and I quickly dumped it into the ditch near the river. I prayed that the slabs wouldn't attract ants or roll into the river and contaminate it...well the ants probably would get sick... (Kat: poor ants...) (Kate: Die ants DIE!!! Muhahahaha...o.o sorry ant-luvers)
~Takuya's P.o.V.~
"Brr..." Tomoki shivered, "it's getting awfully cold out here."
"Yeah" the others chorused. I glanced into the water of which Izumi was sitting next to and came up with a brilliant scheme. I sniggered to myself. Tomoki looked at me in confusion.
"I guess the only person not cold here is Izumi," I commented. She blushed and looked away. I took this opportunity to push her into the lake. However, Kouji came out of nowhere and pushed her aside, just in time. Taken by surprise, we both landed into the depths of the cold waters. I felt myself being pushed under by Kouji, but managed to escape his wrath, scampering out and climbing up the willow tree, drenched.
Kouji just got out of the lake calmly, not even bothering to dry himself as he and walked over to my tree. I shivered. The rain amongst the trees was pounding on me intensely. I regretted pushing him into the lake.
"Um...Kouji," I said, "we could talk this over right?"
"Yeah... just come down from the tree," he replied, sarcastically.
"Aw... come on bro, it was an accident," Kouichi said.
"Yeah, well their will be many more 'accidents' happening in the future," Kouji replied coldly, and walked away. I watched him as Kouichi coaxed me out of the tree. I could tell he wasn't really mad at me, just simply stating that he would be, if I ever did that again.
"Takuya," Kouichi called, "I just hope you know ants and termites love to dwell in trees like these." Horror-struck, I jumped down and landed into his arms. We both blush, bright red. Suddenly, from nowhere, Miku appeared and punched me hard in the eye. (Kate: Go Miku go! Get your hands off him Takuya!)
"What you do that for," I moaned.
"Oh, nothing." I glared at her, but she simply waved it away, attaching herself onto Kouichi who groaned.
~Tomoki's P.o.V.~
I looked at first Takuya, Miku and Kouichi and then at Kouij, Izumi and Junpei. 'What was wrong with them?' I wondered. I looked up, 'Well at least the rain stopped.'
"Hey Takuya," I called.
"Yeah?" He walked over clutching his eye.
"Do you mind telling me what's going on?" I asked.
"Nah... you probably won't understand it. And even if you did, you probably shouldn't know" I looked at him sadly. He grumbled.
"Well you see I was planning to push Izumi into the lake, but Kouji got in the way so I pushed him in instead." I nodded, understandingly. "So Kouji got mad at me and ..."
~Izumi's P.o.V.~
I felt guilty for wearing his jacket now, seeing him shivering slightly. I walked slowly over to Kouji who was sitting underneath the tree and draped his jacket back over his shoulders. He twisted around and seemed to relax when he saw me.
"Better dry yourself before you catch a cold," I told him. I sat down on the opposite side of the tree and lay my back down on the trunk.
I gazed up at the sky and exclaimed "What a beautiful rainbow!"
"Yeah."
"Kouji..."
"Yeah?"
"Thanks... for helping me."
"No prob." I sighed. He was the most isolated person I knew, and yet, he surprised me all the time. I knew I probably wasn't going to get a conversation out of him so I just sat down beside him. I couldn't help but notice him shifting uncomfortably for a bit, but he didn't argue.
"Hey guys, where are you?" I turned saw Junpei. He frowned unhappily when he saw me sitting next to him. I glared at him warningly, as if threatening him not to talk. I guess he got the message because he just pouted, but stayed quiet. I guess I couldn't ask Kouji about his life right then in front of him so I just sat there, admiring the rainbow.
* A few minutes later *
~Kouji's P.o.V.~
I couldn't help but notice how disappointed Izumi was when Junpei appeared. I didn't complain because I had a feeling she was going to ask me something personal. I never tell anyone about my feelings... well... except occasionally Kouichi. He says I'm too held back, and mysterious. Speaking of him, where was he? I looked around...
"Giddy up" Miku cried riding the sweatdropping Kouichi as he walked slowly towards us, followed by Takuya and Tomoki who were watching them in amusement.
~Kouichi's P.o.V.~
God was this embarrassing. Doesn't she know how weird it is to have to be carrying someone on your back for the last half hour? Forget having Takuya land in your arms and having someone witness it? I shuddered.
"You cold?" Miku asked sweetly. I shook my head. I looked over and saw Izumi sitting beside my brother in silence. I smiled.
"Hey guys," Takuya spoke up, "let's say we do this every Saturday." All of us, except Tomoki and Miku glared at him.
"Well, I guess we could reconsider."
"Hey Miku!" Izumi said cheerfully. "When did you get here?"
"Oh... just a few minutes ago when I saw..." Takuya tackled her, as if advising her not to tell while I blushed. Izumi gave us a confused look.
"Oh... it's nothing." I replied.
"If you say so..." she muttered.
Suddenly, I sensed it. That dark aura. I still hadn't been able to figure out what it is, or who was creating it, but I had a feeling that it wasn't for the good. My D-tector beeped like crazy. I lifted Miku off my shoulders and settled her down, then ran off.
"Kouichi!" I heard the others call.
I looked at my spirits of Lowemon and Jagerlowemon. They were just as confused as I was. Suddenly, the ground became uneven and it swallowed me up. That was all I saw.
Authors' Note: Kat: omg! Kouichi's disappeared! *celebrates in secret* ...I guess this chapter was a bit too long but at least it was packed with stuff ^-^ Kate: Yeh.. Kouichi got sucked into my world! Muhaha... sorry about the promised Kozumi. I guessed we didn't do much so I decided to add some. Most of the Kozumi is done by me -.-' and I'm not even the Kouiji fan. *glares at Kat* KOUICHI ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!