Last Week: Rika and Jeri tried to learn about Kari's love life through an intense interrogation, but it somehow ended up getting turned around on Jeri. Tai's still feeling uncomfortable about aging and despite Sora trying to comfort him, he walked out to take a walk…even though he didn't get too far. Cody dropped by with a friend named Rosa…who just happens to be the same Rosa that Ken met seven years ago, leaving Yolei a little more than curious. In fact, she's looking a little jealous! Rosa revealed what's happened in her life these past seven years while TK met up with Catherine again…and accepted a date with her! But while the DigiDestined were out to lunch, Terriermon went out to commit his first college prank. Unfortunately, he met unexpected resistance from the tandem of Veemon, Patamon, and Wormmon. Terriermon managed to escape and immediately went back to tell Guilmon. Veemon, Patamon, and Wormmon also reported what went down and that got Davis, TK, and Ken (along with Patamon) asking around…starting with Henry and Takato. While they got their questions asked, Patamon saw Terriermon on the windowsill. Craving immediate revenge, Patamon blasted him with a Boom Bubble attack and was nearly attacked by Guilmon as a result. As the boys discovered each others' secret, Tai just happened to walk by…and see the chaotic scene. Anything else happen? Why, yes! Impmon and Calumon are still on their way!
Digimon: The College Years
Episode 7- Precious Memories
Tai couldn't believe what he was seeing. He was looking into a room with five guys and Patamon, yet that wasn't all. That Henry guy had a fainted Digimon in his arms and that Takato guy was holding down a big red lizard. To say this was shocking would be an understatement.
"Does anybody want to say anything?" Tai asked the whole group.
"Um…this isn't what it looks like?" Davis grinned.
TK just shook his head and kept his mouth shut. Patamon calmly flew over into his arms.
Tai closed his eyes and tried to think of a way to deal with this unexpected situation. There was so much he wanted to know about these kids…yet he couldn't just come out and ask. Not without some of the others present.
"Ok, you guys sit tight," Tai said. "I'll be right back. DON'T go anywhere…and don't let those Digimon go anywhere."
Tai shut the door and headed back to his room. Wait 'til Matt heard about this!
After the initial shock wore off, TK was ready to ask the big question.
"You guys have Digimon?"
But TK and Henry both asked that question at the same time, so there was a moment of silence. They didn't know what to say. So it was Takato who asked the next question.
"That Digimon in your arms…then it's true! Does that mean you guys are…Tamers?"
Davis blinked. "Tamers? What's a Tamer?"
"If you have a Digimon, then you HAVE to be a Tamer."
"Not unless we're DigiDestined," Davis replied. "Are YOU GUYS DigiDestined?"
"DigiDestined?" both Takato and Henry repeated.
Takato looked over at Henry. "I've heard of DigiDestined!"
"But I didn't think they were real," Henry responded. "I thought those were just stories. Does this mean…DigiDestined are real?"
"Maybe you guys can answer some of our questions," Ken cut in. "What's a Tamer?"
Takato looked over at Henry again. "How are we going to explain all this?"
The red lizard suddenly spoke up. "I'm sure you'll think of something, Takato. But as long as I'm not hiding anymore, I'm hungry."
The Terriermon suddenly started moaning. He opened his eyes. "Henry? I feel like I got hit by a truck. What happened?" He then looked around to see TK, Davis, Ken, and Patamon. "Uh oh!"
"That's for throwing me into the wall!" Patamon cried. "Payback's a…"
"PATAMON!" TK snapped before Patamon even finished. "What have I told you about that word?"
"Sorry, TK."
The Terriermon didn't look happy. "Payback?! You hit me from behind, you little pig! You want to come down here and try that to my face?!"
"I'd be glad to!" Patamon huffed.
The Terriermon leaped onto his feet and Patamon flew down. Both Digimon were in each other's face, snarling as they tried to stare each other down. The tension was so thick, it could be cut with a knife. TK knew he had to stop this, so he went over to pick up Patamon. Henry picked up his Terriermon as well.
"Let me go, Henry!" the Terriermon growled. "I can take him!"
"Let me at him, TK!" Patamon cried. "I'll show him who the pig is!"
TK held onto Patamon as tightly as he could. Then he and Henry exchanged a troubled and confused glance.
TK summed it all up. "I guess there are some things we DON'T know about each other."
Tai rushed back to his room. He opened the door and noticed the only one there was Matt, who was scowling on his bed.
"Well if it isn't the senior citizen," Matt muttered bitingly. "I hope you know that Sora left because of you, Tai. What do you want now? You want to check for wrinkles?"
"Hmm…good point. I'll do that later," Tai answered. "Matt…we have a situation. Call Izzy and Joe. We need them here."
"What for? What happened?"
"Matt, maybe you should sit down for this one."
"Tai, I AM sitting down."
"Ok good. Matt…RA…we have Digimon here."
"Of course we have Digimon here. Didn't TK, Davis, and Ken bring theirs?"
Tai shook his head. "No, Matt. I mean…we have DIGIMON here."
Silence.
Matt suddenly realized what Tai was saying. "WHAT?!"
Tai reached over and handed the phone to Matt. "Call…Izzy and Joe! I have an idea. Wait here while I go get Sora and Mimi."
While Matt just held the phone up with a puzzled look on his face, Tai ran out of the room and headed for the stairs. The girls needed to know about this too.
After about an hour of conversation, Kari felt like she and Jeri were really beginning to connect. And Kari liked hearing about Jeri and Rika's friends. In particular, the whole past Jeri and Takato seemed to have shared was really intriguing. Kari felt like she could relate.
"So do you think you'll tell him how you feel?" Kari asked.
"I think you're right, Kari," Jeri sighed. "Maybe it's better if I don't ruin the friendship right now. I should probably take it slow."
"That's usually the best thing," Kari smiled. "You have all year, Jeri. And take it from someone with personal experience, the best things come to those who wait."
"Ahem…" Rika cut in. "Speaking of personal experience…Jeri, I believe somewhere along the way, you completely lost the point of this whole interrogation. We were supposed to be grilling KARI, not YOU!"
Jeri thought about that. "You know, I believe you're right. Kari, we meant to ask about YOUR love life."
Kari blinked. "Well…what do you want to know?"
"Just how far along are you and Davis?" Jeri asked.
"He's not my boyfriend or anything. We're just going out on a date tomorrow night."
"So I'm guessing you don't like him in that way?" Jeri guessed.
Kari briefly hesitated. "I'm…not sure. He's a very sweet guy and he's just got this…certain charm. I'm not really sure WHAT my feelings for him are. I'm hoping things will be a little clearer after tomorrow night."
"Has he always been a total klutz?" Rika asked.
Kari sweatdropped. "I wouldn't say TOTAL klutz. He may not be the smartest guy in the world, not by a long shot. But he's a great guy. He just…tends to be a little clumsy."
"Takato tells me Davis has had about five or six accidents with him," Jeri pointed out.
Kari sweatdropped again. "Ok, he can be VERY clumsy. But that's just his way. He doesn't mean anything by it. I've known him for most of my life and I can tell you that he has a good heart."
"Oh, I get it," Rika said. "You and Davis have the same thing Jeri and Takato have. I'm guessing you two only have eyes for each other?"
Kari frowned. "Actually…no. There's…someone else. Well…there WAS someone else."
"Who's that?" Jeri asked curiously.
"One of my dearest friends," Kari replied. "His name's TK."
Jeri gasped. "I just met TK today. He seems like such a nice guy."
Kari nodded. "He really is. You know, the funny thing is that Davis and TK are really good friends right now…but it didn't ALWAYS used to be that way. Back when I was 12, they would both compete for my affections. They both wanted to have my heart. And although they were friends back then, whenever it came to me…it was war. And they would…and often DID just about ANYTHING…no matter how insane."
Rika inched her chair closer. "Ok, NOW things are getting interesting. Tell us everything."
"Yeah, we're curious, Kari," Jeri added.
Kari sweatdropped a third time. Never in her life did she ever think she would be telling anybody those crazy stories of Davis and TK competing for her heart. But Rika and Jeri seemed legitimately intrigued.
Kari sighed. "Well…"
I remember what happened around Christmastime when I was 12*. I've got to admit, I wasn't into Davis that much. In fact, I used to think he was pretty obnoxious. But I'll say this much. He was persistent…and creative. I remember what happened when I walked into the coffee shop that day…
Kari walked into the coffee shop, but found the one person she hoped she wouldn't find. There was Davis and he still had that mistletoe hanging over his head. Davis started coming her way while Kari could only try to escape. She turned and tried to open the door, but she was stumbling over herself. She couldn't get the door open. And soon, it was too late. Davis was right behind her with a big grin on his face.
"Hey, Kari!"
Kari turned to face him. "Oh…hi Davis."
"So…I know the holidays are coming up. Notice anything…on my head?"
Kari looked up…and smiled "What? A bent coat hanger?"
Davis looked up…and frowned. "My mistletoe! Where is it? It's GOOOOOOOONE!!!"
Kari giggled. "Davis, you weren't actually crazy enough to walk around town with a mistletoe hanging over your head, were you?"
Davis blinked. "Maybe. But now it's LOST! NOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Kari grinned. "Better luck next time."
Davis looked disappointed that he didn't get to kiss Kari under the mistletoe. Kari was just relieved and was still surprised at his brashness. Suddenly, it looked like Davis had an idea. In the blink of an eye, he ran out of the coffee shop. Kari giggled, knowing that the gears in his twisted head were probably turning again. But now that she dodged this bullet, she walked over to TK, who was waiting for her by one of the tables.
"Are you telling me he came in here not knowing he lost his mistletoe?" Kari asked.
"Not exactly," TK answered. "He had it when he came in. But he just lost it."
"How could he just lose it?" Kari wondered.
She pondered that while TK got behind her.
"Maybe someone just picked it off his head."
Kari suddenly realized something. She looked above her…and saw a mistletoe. It was Davis's mistletoe…and TK was holding it above them. Kari turned around and saw TK smiling warmly.
TK blushed nervously. "Sometimes I LOVE Christmas tradition."
Kari blushed a crimson red…before giving TK a kiss on the lips. "Me, too."
TK looked like he just melted. He blushed a rosy red and a huge smile spread on his face. Kari smiled, too. If there was anyone she was willing to give that kiss to, it was TK.
Jeri squealed. "So was that your first kiss, Kari?"
"Well, not really," Kari replied. "I don't consider it to be. It was just a quick peck. But I'll get to my first kiss later. There was a lot more that happened that year…and a lot of it involved both Davis and TK competing for me. You see, around that Christmas, TK just saw and treated me like a friend. But sometime after he and I came back from a vacation**, TK began to want something more than friendship. And that's when it started."
"What?" Rika asked.
Kari sighed. "The war…for me."
A few days after TK and I came back from that vacation, that's when the whole war started…but I was completely oblivious to it. It all started with Christmas Eve***. And Davis wanted to get a step ahead of TK by pulling a crazy stunt. Boy, I'll never forget THAT night.
Kari was lying in bed, trying to get some sleep. Christmas Eve was going by so slowly and she was just trying to get some sleep. She did feel pretty tired and she couldn't wait for the best day of the year to come. But suddenly…the family's security system went off. Kari sat up in an instant. A bunch of thoughts ran through her head. Was her family being robbed on Christmas Eve?
Kari saw her mom rush out of her room and head for the control panel. Obviously there was no one out there, because Kari's mom was able to turn the security system without incident. Still feeling a little worried, Kari got to her feet and decided to go investigate along with her mother and older brother.
"What was that?" Kari's older brother, Tai, asked.
"Something must have set the alarm off," their mom answered. "That's the second time that alarm's gone off this week. It must be defective or something. I'll have to call the company in the morning."
"Um…is it open on Christmas morning?"
"Oh, that's right. I'll call them AFTER Christmas, then. Let's just go to sleep."
After that false alarm, Kari's mom and Tai began to head off to bed. But Kari suddenly heard a rustling come from outside. She stood still.
"Hey, Kari? Aren't you going to sleep?"
"Um…I'll be right there," Kari answered. "Just go on without me, Tai."
Tai went off to bed. Kari didn't know why she didn't say anything, because she sensed someone WAS outside. So she grabbed a nearby flashlight and walked towards her front door. Still in her pajamas, Kari opened the door and turned on the flashlight, directing it towards the bushes.
"I know someone's out there! Who's out there?"
Suddenly, a kid in a Santa suit was pushed out of the bushes and into the light. Kari didn't recognize him at first. But the goggles on his head immediately gave him away. It was painfully obvious who this was.
"Davis?"
Davis looked like a deer caught in the headlights. "Um…Ho Ho Ho?"
"WHAT…are you WEARING?!"
Davis grinned sheepishly. "I wanted to give you your Christmas present in a special way. So I decided to be your Santa Claus."
Kari couldn't believe it. "……………Unbelievable. Only YOU, Davis. I can't believe you went this far!"
"That wasn't all," Davis continued. "I went all out this year. I even had my own little elf. And he's right in those bushes."
That made Kari a little curious. So she pointed her flashlight at the bushes. There was a boy in an elf costume. Then Kari gasped when she started to recognize him. At first, she didn't believe it, because she could never picture him doing such a thing.
"Oh my……CODY?! Is that…? Oh…"
Indeed, it was nine-year-old Cody Hida…wearing an elf's costume. This sight brought a smile to Kari's face and she started giggling. The giggling soon turned to all-out laughter and, seconds later, Kari was rolling on the floor in laughter.
Cody wasn't taking this with such good humor. "WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!"
Kari couldn't even give him an answer because she was laughing so much. But pretty soon, there was someone joining her. She looked over…and saw that TK had just arrived with a gift in his hand. And he was also laughing out loud.
Davis spotted TK. "Hey! What are YOU doing here?!"
"BESIDES laughing at me?" Cody added.
TK dried a tear from his eye and held his laughter. "I'm sorry, Cody. I came to deliver this to Kari."
Davis went ballistic. "WHAT?! At THIS hour?!"
"It's only midnight," TK pointed out. "I wanted to give this to Kari the minute the clock struck Christmas, so she could open it."
Kari beamed. "TK…that is SO sweet of you."
Davis's jaw dropped open. "HUH?! What about ME?!"
Kari ignored Davis's whining and opened the present. "Oh, TK…a new camera. It's the one I was looking at the other day at the mall. Thank you so much!"
Kari leaned over and gave TK a kiss on the cheek…much to Davis's chagrin. Kari couldn't believe how wonderful this night turned out. She had a smile that would need to be surgically removed.
"Thank you all so much. But I'd better get some sleep. I think Tai's wondering why I haven't gone to bed yet. So…I'll see you all tomorrow. Merry Christmas!"
Kari turned around and walked back into her house, closing the door behind her. She examined her new digital camera, wondering how it worked. More than anything in the world, she wanted to test it out and see if it worked. Then she got an idea. She turned around and opened her door again. Luckily, Davis and Cody were still out there. So she aimed her camera…and took a picture. The two boys were caught off-guard by the sudden flash.
"Wow! The camera works!" Kari grinned. "Merry Christmas, guys!"
Kari turned back around and closed her door. She was about to head off to bed, but stopped when she heard an interesting exchange outside.
"I may not have my kendo stick…but this'll have to do! COME HERE, DAVIS!!"
"C-C-Cody? W-What are you going to do?"
"COME HERE, DAVIS!!"
"Cody! AAH! Stop, Cody! I'm sorry!"
"Come back here, Davis! I'll chase you all night if I have to!!"
Kari giggled and wondered if Cody would catch up to Davis. But in the meantime, she'd head off to bed.
Rika sweatdropped. "I don't even think Kazu and Kenta would be capable of something like THAT."
"That's Davis in a nutshell," Kari giggled. "He's totally one of a kind."
"It certainly sounds like he tries very hard," Jeri said. "Are you saying that didn't have any effect on you whatsoever?"
"Well…maybe he grew on me a little," Kari admitted. "Even though I didn't want a boyfriend, I will admit I found Davis's perseverance kinda cute. Unfortunately, I think TK picked up on that. And slowly but surely…he started to change…"
It started around the time my friends were holding a fashion show for a clothing label they just started****. They wanted me to be a model for them and TK and Davis were more than happy to volunteer. Unfortunately, it turned into a strutting contest…for my affections.
The fashion show was going pretty well once it started. But Kari noticed that it quickly started to go downhill. Because TK and Davis were walking out one too many times. Kari had to give Mimi credit for being able to improvise, making this all sound like it WASN'T totally unscheduled.
As Davis was going out one more time, TK rushed to catch up. He came over in a pair of brown cargo pants and a red turtleneck sweater. But in the rush to get out on the catwalk, TK lost his footing and stumbled forward. Unfortunately, he crashed right into Davis, sending him stumbling off the stage…
**CRASH**
…and onto the food table. Kari lowered her head, unable to even look. And Davis wasn't exactly taking this very well.
"You did that on purpose, TP!!"
"I did not!" TK said defensively. "It was an accident!"
"Yeah?! And so is THIS!!"
Davis reached over for one of the cakes and chucked it at TK, hitting him right in the face. TK cleared his face of the cake and looked down to see Davis laughing. Uncharacteristically, TK lost his composure. He jumped down off the stage and grabbed a cherry pie that was on the ground. He threw it at Davis with pinpoint accuracy, nailing him right in the face.
Davis cleared his face and growled. "That's it, TD! You want a piece of me?!"
"Bring it on, Mini-Me!!" TK shot back.
"DON'T call me that!!" Davis shouted.
Kari knew that nothing annoyed Davis more than being referred to as Tai's Mini-Me. Davis reached over for the punch that remained in the punch bowl and splashed it on TK.
"We haven't tested them for stains yet!" Mimi shrieked from the distance.
"Shut up, Mimi!" Sora snapped. "The people don't know that!"
TK was ready to retaliate with a bowl of dip. But when he tossed it, Davis ducked. The bowl of dip flew into the audience…and hit a hapless girl in the face.
TK gasped. "I'm so sorry!"
"Oh shut up, TE!" Davis growled. "You sound so CHEESY!"
With that pun being said, Davis poured cheese dip all over TK. Kari watched as this whole thing completely degenerated. Davis was running around as TK hurled pies all over the place trying to hit him. Unfortunately, TK started hitting audience member after audience member.
"STAND STILL, MINI-ME!!" TK shouted.
Kari felt like turning away. Her two friends had completely lost their minds and she couldn't believe that they could get in a food fight. She was beyond embarrassed and felt so bad for Mimi and Sora. Yet she couldn't look away…which turned out to be a huge mistake, because TK threw one final pie at Davis…which flew over his head…
"OHHH!! TK!!!"
…and hit Kari right in the face. TK saw what he had done and immediately ceased the fight. He ran over to check on Kari.
"Kari, I'm so sorry! Let me clean you up."
"Out of the way, TC! I'LL clean her up!"
"No, I will!"
"I will!"
"I WILL!!"
"No, I WILL!!"
"ME!"
"No, ME!"
"ME!!"
"No, ME!!"
Kari couldn't take it anymore. "STOP IT!!!!!"
TK and Davis immediately stopped upon hearing Kari scream at the top of her lungs. Kari rarely ever did that, so they knew this was really serious. But Kari didn't want to just explode. She wasn't that kind of person.
So instead, Kari walked over to the water cooler, which was half-empty. She walked over to Davis…and poured the water over his head. TK smiled…until Kari picked up a misfired pie from the ground…and smothered it in his face.
Kari grinned. "There…I feel much better."
Kari's anger had gone down and she was ready to go. Not even giving TK or Davis another glance, Kari started to walk away from the remnants of the fashion show.
Rika shook her head. "Now THAT sounds like Kazu and Kenta."
"They actually started a food fight?" Jeri asked in disbelief.
Kari sighed. "Unfortunately. And things didn't end there."
"You're making it sound like such a big deal," Rika scoffed. "So two guys liked you and weren't afraid to show it. Maybe they were a little clumsy and immature, but it didn't sound like it was THAT bad. Did it bother you THAT much?"
Kari raised an eyebrow. "If that's what you think, then let me skip ahead right to the main event. Let me tell you the WORST thing those two ever did."
Rika inched closer. "Go on."
"Yeah, tell us, Kari," Jeri added. "What happened?"
Kari sighed. "I can't believe I'm about to tell ANYBODY this story…"
About a few weeks after the fashion show disaster, Davis and TK kept trying to get on my good side. And one day, they both showed up at my house…with their own magic kit*****. I'll admit, it was pretty fun at first and I was enjoying it. But it got really bad, really FAST…
Kari was definitely impressed with TK's last trick. And she couldn't begin to guess how he pulled it off. But she wasn't the only one. The other wannabe magician present also wanted to know his secret.
"There's no way you could have pulled that trick off!" Davis exclaimed. "How'd you do it, TE?"
"Get my name right and I MIGHT tell you," TK grinned.
"I don't need you to tell me! I can top that any day of the week!"
"You're just jealous, goggle boy! You cannot top that!"
"I…could. It just might…take me time."
"Is the great Davis FINALLY out of ideas?"
"I NEVER run out of ideas!"
Kari knew it couldn't last. The two boys were fighting again. She couldn't take much more of it, so she buried her face in her hands. She didn't need to see this. And there was nothing worse for Kari than seeing her two friends fight.
**CLICK**
Kari felt something snap. She turned her head to see…her left wrist had been handcuffed. And at the other end of the handcuffs…was Davis, who had a wide grin on his face.
"For my next trick, I'll undo these magic handcuffs," Davis said.
"Magic handcuffs, huh?" TK muttered. "Two can play at that game!"
TK reached into his box to reveal he had his own set of magic handcuffs. And he put them at Kari's RIGHT wrist. Kari felt trapped between a rock and a hard place and all she could do was sweatdrop.
First, Davis attempted to undo the handcuffs. He took his plastic magic wand and he tapped the cuffs three times in a pattern. The cuffs didn't come loose.
"Um…maybe it's like this."
Davis tapped the cuffs three times again, this time in a different pattern. Again, the cuffs didn't come loose. Kari was starting to lose her patience and she saw from the look on Davis's face that he knew it, too. So he tapped the cuffs again three times in a different pattern. But the cuffs would not come loose.
"That's weird," Davis mused. "It always USED to work."
"What do you mean USED TO?!" Kari shouted indignantly.
"Why don't you let me show you how it's done, Davis?" TK added.
TK tapped his set of handcuffs three times in a different pattern than what Davis tried before. But it didn't work. The cuffs were still attached. TK sweatdropped and he tried again, this time tapping the cuffs three times in another pattern. Again, the cuffs stayed on. Kari was now giving TK a menacing look and TK knew he was short on time, so he tried tapping the cuffs again in a new pattern. It still wouldn't work.
"So much for the two great magicians," Kari groaned. "Look, you obviously can't do it, so why don't you just get the key already?"
Davis blinked. "There's a key to this?"
"That's NOT funny, Davis!" Kari growled.
"I'm not laughing," Davis gulped. "I didn't think there WAS a key to this. So I might have thrown it away with the box."
Through that revelation, Kari managed to keep her cool. "That's not a problem. I'll just undo those cuffs with TK's key. Where's your key, TK?"
TK blinked. "Um…I think Matt might have lost his key."
Kari gave TK an intimidating glare. "That's NOT funny, TK! Where's the key?"
TK scratched the back of his head with his right hand. "Well…I never PLANNED to use these. I just used them because Davis did it first. And I thought I could get them loose…"
"What are you saying, TK?" Kari demanded.
"I don't have a key, either. I think we're stuck."
Kari immediately turned red. It wasn't the red that neither TK nor Davis was used to seeing. Kari was turning a very ANGRY shade of red. She looked like she was about to blow.
Kari tried to sum it up. "So…you're saying I'm stuck like this? Attached at the wrist to BOTH OF YOU?!"
Davis smiled. "You know, if I could be attached at the wrist to anybody in the world, I'm glad it's…"
"SHUT UP, DAVIS!!" Kari shouted. She then focused her anger on TK. She grabbed him by the shirt with both hands, even though that meant dragging Davis over. "What do you plan to do about this?!"
"Yeah, TH! She obviously doesn't want to be attached to you! This is your fault!"
"My fault?!" TK snapped. "You're the one who attached yourself to her in the first place! This is all your fault!"
"No one told you to attach yourself to her other wrist! It's yours!"
"Yours!"
"Yours!"
"YOURS!"
"STOP IT!!" Kari shrieked. "I don't care WHOSE fault it is! I just want these handcuffs off me! So what do you two plan to do about this?!"
Silence.
TK spoke up first. "Well…we could always try to BREAK the handcuffs."
"But wouldn't it be kinda weird to try and break them here?" Davis thought.
"That's the smartest thing you've said all day," TK responded. "Maybe we should try breaking these somewhere else so we won't be seen. Imagine if Kari's mom comes in and sees us like this. What if TAI sees us like this?"
Kari gulped. "Good point. A change of scenery would be nice."
"But where would we go?" Davis asked.
TK grinned. "I think we all know the answer to that."
Kari sweatdropped. That obviously meant it was time to drag her other friends into this. And the last thing she really wanted was to be seen attached at the right wrist to TK and at the left wrist to Davis.
This was going to be a VERY LONG DAY.
Kari sighed. "Those were the longest two days of my life. You have no idea what it's like to be attached at BOTH wrists! And I can't even begin to tell you about all the trouble everything caused. It's something I DON'T want to go through ever again."
Jeri had a look of shock on her face. "I can't believe it. I've never heard of being handcuffed at BOTH wrists."
"And you actually CHOSE one of them?" Rika asked. "I would have dumped them both."
"Actually, that thought did cross my mind for a while," Kari admitted. "But then things started to get better. And eventually…I made a choice. I chose TK."
"If you chose TK, then what's up with you and Davis?" Rika pointed out.
Kari sighed deeply. "Well…one day during my senior year, TK and I broke up. I…really can't say why. It's…complicated and I really don't want to bring up those bad memories. But the one who was there for me when we broke up…was Davis. And I can't begin to describe what a sweetheart he's been over these past few months." Kari suddenly started twitching. "You know…I really need to go to the bathroom right now. But I hope I answered everything."
Rika thought about that. "For now. We'll let you know if we think of something else. Right, Jeri?"
Jeri nodded. "We have all year to get to know each other. But in the meantime, I might as well head off to the bathroom, too. You coming, Rika?"
Rika sweatdropped. "I don't know what it is with girls that they have to go to the bathroom together. I never understood that. You guys go on. I'll stay here."
"Ok, we'll be right back," Jeri grinned. "Let's go, Kari."
Kari walked over towards the door with Jeri catching up. She looked over to see that Jeri was looking very satisfied with herself. Kari shook her head. It looked like Jeri was the type who'd want to know EVERYTHING about Kari's past relationships.
But she seemed like a nice enough girl. Kari wouldn't mind occasional girl talk.
Rika watched as Jeri and Kari walked out to go to the bathroom. She couldn't believe how willing Kari was to spill her guts like that. But there was quite a bit she couldn't believe about that girl.
"Can you believe her, Renamon?" Rika asked. "She had TWO guys pursuing her incessantly. Not giving her any breathing room whatsoever and even going as far as to handcuff themselves to her! If that was me, I'd have knocked their blocks off. But she actually chose one of those two. Pretty pathetic of her, if you ask me."
Rika turned around as Renamon came out and made herself visible. But it didn't look like she was paying attention. Instead, she was heading for the closet.
"Renamon, what is it?" Rika asked curiously.
"She's here," Renamon muttered. "I can sense her. I can practically SMELL her."
"Who?"
Renamon sneered. "Gatomon."
Rika couldn't help but feel a little skeptical. If there was another Digimon in her room, she would have noticed. But this also concerned her a bit. If there was a Digimon in her room, then she had unwittingly been invaded. She may have unknowingly put herself in harm's way.
Renamon reached over and suddenly threw the door open. "I know you're in there, cat! Come out of there!"
Rika felt curious. She got up and walked behind Renamon and looked in the closet. But the closet looked empty. Suddenly, Rika looked up and gasped. There was something hanging above the closet on the ceiling. It was a cat wearing yellow gloves. It was a Digimon. That was the Gatomon that Renamon was talking about.
"Hey Foxy! Up here! BANZAI!!"
The Gatomon jumped down and knocked Renamon on her back. Before Rika could even react, the two Digimon were rolling all around the room, swiping at each other. They kept rolling until they hit the wall, knocking down the picture frames that Rika just put back up. The Gatomon tried to swipe with her sharp claw, but Renamon shielded herself with one of Rika's pillows. Unfortunately, that resulted in the pillow exploding in an eruption of feathers.
"Oh, so you want a pillow fight, huh?" the Gatomon snarled.
The Gatomon reached over for another of Rika's pillows. She swung it with all her might, knocking Renamon aside. She came running again and got ready to swing a second time. But by the time the Gatomon swung, Renamon punched it fiercely, creating another explosion of feathers. In the blink of an eye, Renamon rolled over and grabbed a bottle of water. She took a huge sip, but didn't swallow. When the Gatomon ran towards her again, with paws outstretched and ready to strike, Renamon met her with a spray of water that temporarily blinded the feline.
Renamon used that brief distraction to lunge forward and tackle that Gatomon, knocking her against the wall. More picture frames fell, to Rika's dismay. Renamon then picked the Gatomon up by one of her legs.
"You're going for a spin, kitty!"
Renamon started spinning around, increasing her momentum with every rotation, until she let go, sending the Gatomon flying into the other wall. The Gatomon got up and started staggering around. Renamon looked like she was about to go in for the kill. But Rika realized that if she went for her Diamond Storm attack, she could cause a lot of damage to the room.
"Renamon! Not in here!"
Renamon turned to Rika, but the Gatomon responded quickly to that brief distraction. With catlike speed, she dove forward and delivered a stiff kick, knocking Renamon down. The Gatomon jumped on top of Renamon and put her hands on her throat. Renamon responded in kind by getting in a chokehold of her own. Both Digimon had their hands around the other's neck.
Suddenly, the door opened. Rika turned around to see Jeri and…
…Kari.
The Gatomon suddenly gasped. "Kari?"
Renamon took that opportunity to give the Gatomon one stiff punch, knocking her down and sending her sliding towards the door. Renamon fell to a knee, obviously fatigued.
Rika ran over to Renamon. "Renamon!"
But likewise…Kari ran over to the Gatomon. "Gatomon!"
Rika suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned around. She suddenly saw that Kari…was checking on the Gatomon.
"Are you ok, Gatomon?"
"I'm fine, Kari. But…I think I might have blown my cover."
Kari slowly turned around and saw Renamon. "Gatomon? Is that…"
The Gatomon looked fiercely at Renamon. "That's her. THAT'S Renamon."
Rika noticed that she wasn't even being acknowledged. But she had to state the obvious. She angrily stepped between the Gatomon and Renamon and stared coldly at Kari.
"That's…YOUR Gatomon?!"
Kari nodded timidly. "Y-Yes. Wait a minute! Is that…YOUR Renamon?"
Rika didn't answer. She continued glaring a hole right into Kari as Renamon stood by her side. The Gatomon suddenly leaped up and stood in front of Kari. This was tense to say the least…but the tension was soon broken…by an unexpected visitor.
"You know, some of us are trying to do some homework out here…"
Rika turned to see that one of the RA's was standing at the door. Now she was panicked. The Digimon had been seen. But to Rika's surprise, the RA didn't panic at all. She just turned to her right.
"Sora! We've got a problem!"
Sora walked over to the door. "Mimi, what is…………what the…?"
Sora and Mimi stood at the doorway, switching gazes from Gatomon to Renamon. Jeri could only stand by the corner sheepishly. Kari just waved shyly and Rika just looked lost. She didn't know what to make of any of this.
That's when a guy came to the door. It was one of the male RA's. "Sora! Mimi! We've got a…problem…downstairs."
The guy looked inside and also noticed Gatomon and Renamon. Everything stayed eerily silent. Kari sweatdropped and waved coyly again.
"Hey Tai!"
The guy sweatdropped. "I really AM getting too old for this." Then he shook it off. "Ok, so we've got Digimon up here AND down there…"
Sora cut him off. "Huh? What do you mean 'down there'?"
Tai shook his head. "Doesn't matter. Save all your questions for right now. I'll explain it…as soon as we have a meeting!"
Mimi blinked. "Meeting?"
Tai looked inside the room. "You three, I want you up on the 4th floor in ten minutes!"
After leaving that instruction, Tai walked out, leaving three confused roommates and two bewildered RA's.
"Uh…you…heard him," Sora said slowly.
"Yeah…" Mimi added. "That's what he said. We'll see you up there."
Kari looked over at Rika…and smiled sheepishly. "I guess there's still a little bit you don't know about me."
Rika sneered. "That's obvious." She walked over to the door and turned back to give her a cold stare. "You coming?"
Kari nodded and followed with Jeri right behind her. Rika couldn't believe this. Renamon had already been discovered…but Kari's little secret had also been exposed. This was too much for Rika right now and she didn't know what to expect from the RA's now.
But she was about to find out…as she headed up to the 4th floor.
Puppetmon looked over the whole row of Digimon that were lined up in the Server base's hangar. The quantity of Digimon down there was pretty pathetic. But the ones that WERE there were pretty vicious, either under the influence of the Black Gears or there out of the badness of their hearts.
"There are so many," Datamon murmured. "Puppetmon, who do you think should be sent to trash a city?"
"Hey! You weren't about to choose without me, were you?" another voice called out.
Puppetmon looked over at the hangar door to see that the third partner in crime had finally arrived. It was the Digimon Empress.
"It's about time you showed up," Datamon said. "Please be more prompt in the future."
The Digimon Empress walked over and looked over the whole row of Digimon. "They all look so perfectly nasty. I wish we could send them all. Such a shame we can only send one because of that imperfect machine. So how do we decide who goes?"
"Ooh, I know how to find out!" Puppetmon piped up. He stepped forward. "All of you guys, come over here!"
All the Digimon stepped forward…with the exception of one.
"Ah-ah-ah, Simon didn't say!" Puppetmon pointed out. He looked over to the one that didn't move. "Hey, you're pretty smart. I like that. Well…it might have been that you just weren't listening, but anyway…you just volunteered, big guy. Who are you?"
Puppetmon was looking right at the enthusiastic volunteer. He was a gray dinosaur with horns on his nose and a line of them on his back. There was a black and red striped tusk protruding from each shoulder. What Puppetmon liked most about this one was that he wasn't even wearing a Black Gear. This one was here on his own.
"This is Tuskmon," The Digimon Empress answered. "Not only does he look intimidating, but he's also got a vicious temper. He's perfect."
Puppetmon laughed maniacally. "Goodie! Let's send him NOW, Datamon!"
"NO!" The Digimon Empress snapped. "Now is not the time."
"What do you mean?" Puppetmon demanded. "Now looks like the perfect time! What are we waiting for?"
"Now Puppetmon, the one thing you need to learn is patience," Datamon cut in. "We COULD send him now, but our Digimon Empress has a point."
"What are you talking about?"
"If you want to terrorize the town, you have to wait until everybody's out!" The Digimon Empress clarified. "And there's nothing humans like me enjoy more…than a Friday night. So we'll go ahead and ruin their Friday by sending our little friend into the busy streets."
"Alright! Can't wait!" Tuskmon snarled.
"Isn't she just the cruelest?" Datamon said proudly. "Cut from the same mold we were."
"Hey, I may be mean and nasty, but don't compare me to YOU!" The Digimon Empress growled. "I'm not a walking dome or a termite buffet."
Puppetmon took offense to that. "TERMITE BUFFET?!"
The Digimon Empress nonchalantly started walking out. "I'll tell you what. I still have that communicator you gave me, Datamon. I'll tell you when the right time is. But if you want to cause some REAL damage and terror, then I suggest you WAIT until I give you that signal."
"We'll make sure to do that," Datamon replied. "Right, Puppetmon?"
"Yeah, yeah, but I'm not real good at waiting."
Puppetmon watched the cocky Digimon Empress walk out. He couldn't believe her ego. He sensed that she soon needed to be reminded that someone was pulling her strings. He would give her that harsh reminder soon enough.
Next Time: Our characters are having a floor meeting! But this isn't like college floor meetings. The topic on this one is…the Digimon. The DigiDestined of past and present and the Tamers are about to learn all about each other and their secret lives. Our DigiDestined and Tamers are about to REALLY learn about each other. Then we hit Friday night as Davis and Kari are ready to go out on their first date. Unfortunately…that's the same night the villains are sending out Tuskmon. This isn't Davis's ideal college Friday. Come see it next time on Digimon: The College Years!
*- See "Mistletoe"
**- See "Break A Leg", where TK and Davis confess their true feelings for Kari. Well…to each other.
***- See "Davis Claus and the Reluctant Elf"
****- See "The Fashion Show"
*****- And OF COURSE, my readers remember the whole handcuff fiasco. See "Three's Always A Crowd"
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