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Chapter: 2
Takeru ignored his partner as he picked out a pair of below knee length blue jeans and a white shirt. While he put his socks on he asked Patamon, who had gotten tired of being ignored when he was asking if something was wrong, "Patamon? Do you believe in dreams that become real or that are real and what happens in them happens to you in the real world?"
Patamon was more or less taken back by the sudden interest in what he thought about realistic dreams. "I've never really thought about it. Why? Did you have a bad dream again?" asked Patamon, now concerned.
"No. It's nothing really. Just asking."
"Okay. In that case, last one in the kitchen is a rotten Digiegg!" exclaimed the flying Digimon.
"You're on!" replied Takeru while he grabbed his famous white hat with as much as enthusiasm as possible so as to hide his worry. Patamon, however, saw through his friend's mask and knew better than to ask.
As they raced down the hall to the kitchen they almost ran, or in Patamon's case, flew, into Miss Takaishi. "Alright you two. What did I say about racing early in the morning and in the house?"
*Sigh* To not do it," they both chimed.
"And what do you say?"
"We won't do it again." *Sigh*
"Good. Now hurry up with breakfast, and Takeru, no hats at the table, sweetheart."
"Ya, TK. No hats at the table," teased Patamon.
"And Patamon, no flying during meals, dear."
"Ya, Patamon, no flying during meals," said TK as he teased his friend right back. Patamon's comment to that was sticking his tong out. Takeru had won this round.
As the two partners ate their waffles and jibed at each other, with as good of comebacks as ever, Miss Takaishi couldn't help but smile and think how the duo were so alike. She then thought of Yamato and Gabumon and how alike they were and still are. 'Are all the Digidestined like that with their partners?' she wondered.
She was knocked out of her state of thought when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it," offered Takeru. As he did this, Patamon flew over and asked Miss Takaishi if she could try to get Takeru out of the room at least for a minuet and said it was important. She happily agreed to.
Takeru looked through the peephole to see who it was, smiled, and opened the do saying, "I was wondering when you would get here. Come on in!" Ken Ichijoji and Wormon walked through the thresh hold.
"Sorry we couldn't get here sooner, the elevators aren't working for some reason," answered Wormon to Takeru's unsaid question.
"Aw, don't worry about it. Waffles are fresh if you want any."
"Yummy," was all Wormon said before disappearing around the corner. Both Destined couldn't help but chuckle.
"No matter what, he still thinks of his stomach," said an amused Ken.
"That's a Rookie for ya. A bottomless pit."
Ken smiled and asked how Takeru had been. Not wanting to bring up that morning's unnerving events, Takeru put on his mask again and said he has been doing fine and returned the gesture. Ken, however, didn't buy it, but knew Takeru well enough to know that he could be as stubborn as a mule, so he didn't venture too much into that subject. Ken, of course, had been fine.
"Are we still on for tonight?" inquired Ken as they walked to the kitchen.
"Yep. I'm sleeping at your place tonight at six, right?"
"Right. Hello Miss Takaishi," greeted Ken.
"Hi, Ken. How was your walk over?"
"Extremely hot, and it's still early morning," answered Ken. His clothes helped back that up. He wore knee length, blue jean shorts with a light purple T-shirt. The thing about his T-shirt was his crest of Kindness that was on his back, a present from the girls.
"Speaking of weather, newspaper. TK, could you help me find my article I wrote last night? You know, about the new weather tracking system?"
"Sure thing Mom. Be right back. Enjoy the food," was all Takeru said as he followed his mom to find the missing article.
"That was weird. Miss Takaishi is usually very organized," observed Ken. Wormon nodded his head in agreement. Patamon told the duo that he had asked her to do and his reason for doing so.
"TK must have had another nightmare or something. He hasn't been acting himself lately at all. I'm starting to get kind of worried. Something happened this morning but he wouldn't tell me anything. I was wondering if either of you knew what to do."
"Sorry, no," replied Wormon.
"I knew it. If only Takeru would open up about stuff like this." Ken trailed off as Miss Takaishi and Takeru came back with the missing report. ".Where was it?'
"My briefcase."
"Where it usually is," commented a confused Takeru.
"Well, you boys need to get to school and I need to get to work. Have a nice day!"
"You too Miss Takaishi," chimed Patamon, Wormon, and Ken. "Bye, Mom. See ya tomorrow."
As soon ad Miss Takaishi's car was gone, the clock on the microwave went off. "I'm beginning to dislike clocks," Takeru said through clenched teeth.
"Why's that?" asked Ken who was watching the Digimon having a Mini food fight with a bunch of blue berries as ammo.
"Don't want them to go off."
"Heh. I know what you mean."
You see, Sunday was the last day of spring break and no one, not even Izzy, Yolie, Cody or Ken wanted it to end. About a year has passed sense MaloMyotismon and everyone has become much closer, almost like an extended family.
The thing that amazed everyone though was how Takeru had changed over that year. Joe said puberty, Davis said that he has lost his sense of adventure, but no matter what they thought, Takeru still had the Hope in his eyes, but it seemed as though he had lost the spirit of Hope. He had become quiet and withdrawn. It was now a rare occasion anyone sow the old him. He still played basketball, stayed with all his other hobbies, picked up new ones, and enjoyed them, but it was as if he were hiding something. When anyone asked, they would get the same answer, "I don't know." It was because of this new attitude change that not many were surprised to see Ken and Takeru become the closest of all. The way they acted and treated each other anything like that were so similar now, that those that didn't know them would think that they were brothers.
And like a brother, Ken worried about Takeru. He had known for a long time that something was bothering Takeru, but when ever he asked, Takeru would put on an unnoticeably fake smile, now called the mask, and said nothing was wrong. Only Ken and Wormon seemed to be able to see through Takeru's mask. If only Takeru could tell them without them thinking he was crazy.
"Well, if we want to walk with Yolie and Cody to school we better leave now." Takeru informed the others. He noticed Ken had gone a Bit red and smiled a mischievous look that didn't go unnoticed by Ken. "Oh, Yolieee!" he said in a sing songy voice as he grabbed his backpack and partner and dashed out the door.
"You are so dead!" Ken yelled through clenched teeth as he too grabbed his bag and partner. He found Takeru leaning against the railing who simply said, "Please don't forget to close the door." Before making a beeline for the stares wit Ken hot on his heels. He hated it when Takeru got that look sometimes.
Takeru knew that he couldn't out run the 'Rocket' for long. 'Come on Yolie! Where are you?' After three more floors both of his friends came into view.
Yolie and Cody heard thudding and knew who it was immediately. Ever sense Ken moved closer to their apartment complex, he had been over at their places a lot but at Takeru's the most. Every now and then they would come down at a run meaning that the runner had teased the chaser, last time Ken was the runner. They always stopped when they got to them and the runner was always laughing, one of the only times Takeru laughed.
"Hey you guys! How ya doing?" asked and out of breath Takeru.
"Fine, thanks. Hey, Ken? Why is your face so red?" Yolie asked.
"Well, you see, he is red beca." Takeru started to say until a hand clamped his mouth shut.
"Heh, I'm just red from the four floor run. Isn't that right TK!?" Takeru quickly nodded his head and Ken let go. Yolie just laughed as she walked off with Poromon in her bag while Cody just looked on in confusion. "You do that one more time, TK, and I'll have a Dark Ring on you faster than you can say Digimon Emperor," Ken threatened through clenched teeth. Takeru just looked on in a bored way as the ticked off and embarrassed Destined stalked off. Cody looked up at Takeru with a question in his eyes. All Takeru did was smile and wink as Cody broke out laughing. It wasn't a secret among the group that Ken had developed a thing for Yolie, except for Yolie.
Once the DNA Digivolving duo caught up with the other two, they were half way to school. At the gate they saw Hikari and Davis talking. Davis was the first to notice them. "Hey you guys! Where have you been? Kari and I have been waiting for hours!" he yelled as he waved his arms over his head.
"Actually, Davis. It's only been ten minuets," corrected Hikari.
"Oh. I knew that. I was just."
"Testing ya," finished Yolie.
"Stay out of this Yolie! Who asked you anyway?"
"Why I ot'a." and a fight started immediately. Everyone broke out smiling and laughing, except Takeru. He was rubbing his left shoulder and thinking about his dream. Why did he have his crest of Hope on his shoulder? 'Who is that guy? What does he mean? I'm ready for what? Why did he call me Hope? What did he do to me? Am I just hallucinating? Have I gone crazy?' these and many other questions remained swimming around in his head. No one seemed to notice Takeru's absence of mind but Hikari.
"Hey, Ken. What's wrong with TK?"
"That's the thing, I don't know. Patamon said he had another nightmare or something of the sort."
"He's been having those a lot. When was his first one? After MaloMyotismon?"
"Ya. I remember him telling Izzy about it but he said it was just a reoccurring dream. Something about the Digital World, a cliff, and a man."
"You're his best friend and you don't know?"
"Believe me, I tried asking, but after what Izzy and everyone else said, he seemed scared to talk about it."
"I think he's gone nuts or something," commented Davis who was listening in.
"Why do you think that, Davis?" asked Kari.
"You guys are the dreamers of the group, not TP. He has never been the one to see stuff like that in his dreams."
"But remember Davis, Kari and I seemed to have lost that ability after MaloMyotismon."
"I know, but I never saw TO having crazy dreams like that."
Unfortunately for the trio, Takeru heard it all and ran inside the school. 'They do think I'm crazy. I shouldn't have said anything then and I shouldn't say anything now.'
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Well, what do you think? I'm trying to use the Japanese names so please be patient and I'll try to do better with any misspelling. Please review!!!! It makes me so giddy when you do!!!!
WardenMistress- Thank you so much for your support and for being my first reviewer! You're awesome!!!
Shadow_of_Havoc- It's so cool of you to offer your help! Let me think about it and I'll send you and E-mail when I decide. You're the best!
Silver Angel- You don't need to worry about me not updating, at lest not until chapter 12. Takeru is my fav too so I hope that you like my chapter. =-D
Chapter: 2
Takeru ignored his partner as he picked out a pair of below knee length blue jeans and a white shirt. While he put his socks on he asked Patamon, who had gotten tired of being ignored when he was asking if something was wrong, "Patamon? Do you believe in dreams that become real or that are real and what happens in them happens to you in the real world?"
Patamon was more or less taken back by the sudden interest in what he thought about realistic dreams. "I've never really thought about it. Why? Did you have a bad dream again?" asked Patamon, now concerned.
"No. It's nothing really. Just asking."
"Okay. In that case, last one in the kitchen is a rotten Digiegg!" exclaimed the flying Digimon.
"You're on!" replied Takeru while he grabbed his famous white hat with as much as enthusiasm as possible so as to hide his worry. Patamon, however, saw through his friend's mask and knew better than to ask.
As they raced down the hall to the kitchen they almost ran, or in Patamon's case, flew, into Miss Takaishi. "Alright you two. What did I say about racing early in the morning and in the house?"
*Sigh* To not do it," they both chimed.
"And what do you say?"
"We won't do it again." *Sigh*
"Good. Now hurry up with breakfast, and Takeru, no hats at the table, sweetheart."
"Ya, TK. No hats at the table," teased Patamon.
"And Patamon, no flying during meals, dear."
"Ya, Patamon, no flying during meals," said TK as he teased his friend right back. Patamon's comment to that was sticking his tong out. Takeru had won this round.
As the two partners ate their waffles and jibed at each other, with as good of comebacks as ever, Miss Takaishi couldn't help but smile and think how the duo were so alike. She then thought of Yamato and Gabumon and how alike they were and still are. 'Are all the Digidestined like that with their partners?' she wondered.
She was knocked out of her state of thought when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it," offered Takeru. As he did this, Patamon flew over and asked Miss Takaishi if she could try to get Takeru out of the room at least for a minuet and said it was important. She happily agreed to.
Takeru looked through the peephole to see who it was, smiled, and opened the do saying, "I was wondering when you would get here. Come on in!" Ken Ichijoji and Wormon walked through the thresh hold.
"Sorry we couldn't get here sooner, the elevators aren't working for some reason," answered Wormon to Takeru's unsaid question.
"Aw, don't worry about it. Waffles are fresh if you want any."
"Yummy," was all Wormon said before disappearing around the corner. Both Destined couldn't help but chuckle.
"No matter what, he still thinks of his stomach," said an amused Ken.
"That's a Rookie for ya. A bottomless pit."
Ken smiled and asked how Takeru had been. Not wanting to bring up that morning's unnerving events, Takeru put on his mask again and said he has been doing fine and returned the gesture. Ken, however, didn't buy it, but knew Takeru well enough to know that he could be as stubborn as a mule, so he didn't venture too much into that subject. Ken, of course, had been fine.
"Are we still on for tonight?" inquired Ken as they walked to the kitchen.
"Yep. I'm sleeping at your place tonight at six, right?"
"Right. Hello Miss Takaishi," greeted Ken.
"Hi, Ken. How was your walk over?"
"Extremely hot, and it's still early morning," answered Ken. His clothes helped back that up. He wore knee length, blue jean shorts with a light purple T-shirt. The thing about his T-shirt was his crest of Kindness that was on his back, a present from the girls.
"Speaking of weather, newspaper. TK, could you help me find my article I wrote last night? You know, about the new weather tracking system?"
"Sure thing Mom. Be right back. Enjoy the food," was all Takeru said as he followed his mom to find the missing article.
"That was weird. Miss Takaishi is usually very organized," observed Ken. Wormon nodded his head in agreement. Patamon told the duo that he had asked her to do and his reason for doing so.
"TK must have had another nightmare or something. He hasn't been acting himself lately at all. I'm starting to get kind of worried. Something happened this morning but he wouldn't tell me anything. I was wondering if either of you knew what to do."
"Sorry, no," replied Wormon.
"I knew it. If only Takeru would open up about stuff like this." Ken trailed off as Miss Takaishi and Takeru came back with the missing report. ".Where was it?'
"My briefcase."
"Where it usually is," commented a confused Takeru.
"Well, you boys need to get to school and I need to get to work. Have a nice day!"
"You too Miss Takaishi," chimed Patamon, Wormon, and Ken. "Bye, Mom. See ya tomorrow."
As soon ad Miss Takaishi's car was gone, the clock on the microwave went off. "I'm beginning to dislike clocks," Takeru said through clenched teeth.
"Why's that?" asked Ken who was watching the Digimon having a Mini food fight with a bunch of blue berries as ammo.
"Don't want them to go off."
"Heh. I know what you mean."
You see, Sunday was the last day of spring break and no one, not even Izzy, Yolie, Cody or Ken wanted it to end. About a year has passed sense MaloMyotismon and everyone has become much closer, almost like an extended family.
The thing that amazed everyone though was how Takeru had changed over that year. Joe said puberty, Davis said that he has lost his sense of adventure, but no matter what they thought, Takeru still had the Hope in his eyes, but it seemed as though he had lost the spirit of Hope. He had become quiet and withdrawn. It was now a rare occasion anyone sow the old him. He still played basketball, stayed with all his other hobbies, picked up new ones, and enjoyed them, but it was as if he were hiding something. When anyone asked, they would get the same answer, "I don't know." It was because of this new attitude change that not many were surprised to see Ken and Takeru become the closest of all. The way they acted and treated each other anything like that were so similar now, that those that didn't know them would think that they were brothers.
And like a brother, Ken worried about Takeru. He had known for a long time that something was bothering Takeru, but when ever he asked, Takeru would put on an unnoticeably fake smile, now called the mask, and said nothing was wrong. Only Ken and Wormon seemed to be able to see through Takeru's mask. If only Takeru could tell them without them thinking he was crazy.
"Well, if we want to walk with Yolie and Cody to school we better leave now." Takeru informed the others. He noticed Ken had gone a Bit red and smiled a mischievous look that didn't go unnoticed by Ken. "Oh, Yolieee!" he said in a sing songy voice as he grabbed his backpack and partner and dashed out the door.
"You are so dead!" Ken yelled through clenched teeth as he too grabbed his bag and partner. He found Takeru leaning against the railing who simply said, "Please don't forget to close the door." Before making a beeline for the stares wit Ken hot on his heels. He hated it when Takeru got that look sometimes.
Takeru knew that he couldn't out run the 'Rocket' for long. 'Come on Yolie! Where are you?' After three more floors both of his friends came into view.
Yolie and Cody heard thudding and knew who it was immediately. Ever sense Ken moved closer to their apartment complex, he had been over at their places a lot but at Takeru's the most. Every now and then they would come down at a run meaning that the runner had teased the chaser, last time Ken was the runner. They always stopped when they got to them and the runner was always laughing, one of the only times Takeru laughed.
"Hey you guys! How ya doing?" asked and out of breath Takeru.
"Fine, thanks. Hey, Ken? Why is your face so red?" Yolie asked.
"Well, you see, he is red beca." Takeru started to say until a hand clamped his mouth shut.
"Heh, I'm just red from the four floor run. Isn't that right TK!?" Takeru quickly nodded his head and Ken let go. Yolie just laughed as she walked off with Poromon in her bag while Cody just looked on in confusion. "You do that one more time, TK, and I'll have a Dark Ring on you faster than you can say Digimon Emperor," Ken threatened through clenched teeth. Takeru just looked on in a bored way as the ticked off and embarrassed Destined stalked off. Cody looked up at Takeru with a question in his eyes. All Takeru did was smile and wink as Cody broke out laughing. It wasn't a secret among the group that Ken had developed a thing for Yolie, except for Yolie.
Once the DNA Digivolving duo caught up with the other two, they were half way to school. At the gate they saw Hikari and Davis talking. Davis was the first to notice them. "Hey you guys! Where have you been? Kari and I have been waiting for hours!" he yelled as he waved his arms over his head.
"Actually, Davis. It's only been ten minuets," corrected Hikari.
"Oh. I knew that. I was just."
"Testing ya," finished Yolie.
"Stay out of this Yolie! Who asked you anyway?"
"Why I ot'a." and a fight started immediately. Everyone broke out smiling and laughing, except Takeru. He was rubbing his left shoulder and thinking about his dream. Why did he have his crest of Hope on his shoulder? 'Who is that guy? What does he mean? I'm ready for what? Why did he call me Hope? What did he do to me? Am I just hallucinating? Have I gone crazy?' these and many other questions remained swimming around in his head. No one seemed to notice Takeru's absence of mind but Hikari.
"Hey, Ken. What's wrong with TK?"
"That's the thing, I don't know. Patamon said he had another nightmare or something of the sort."
"He's been having those a lot. When was his first one? After MaloMyotismon?"
"Ya. I remember him telling Izzy about it but he said it was just a reoccurring dream. Something about the Digital World, a cliff, and a man."
"You're his best friend and you don't know?"
"Believe me, I tried asking, but after what Izzy and everyone else said, he seemed scared to talk about it."
"I think he's gone nuts or something," commented Davis who was listening in.
"Why do you think that, Davis?" asked Kari.
"You guys are the dreamers of the group, not TP. He has never been the one to see stuff like that in his dreams."
"But remember Davis, Kari and I seemed to have lost that ability after MaloMyotismon."
"I know, but I never saw TO having crazy dreams like that."
Unfortunately for the trio, Takeru heard it all and ran inside the school. 'They do think I'm crazy. I shouldn't have said anything then and I shouldn't say anything now.'
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Well, what do you think? I'm trying to use the Japanese names so please be patient and I'll try to do better with any misspelling. Please review!!!! It makes me so giddy when you do!!!!