Last Time: Tai discovered a few secrets, namely Terriermon and Guilmon, and rushed to tell Matt that he's calling a meeting on the 4th floor. Meanwhile, Kari was still getting the third degree, so she recalled some incidents of days past. While she and Jeri went to the bathroom, Renamon came out and headed for the closet, where she discovered Gatomon. The two enemy Digimon went at it again, but this time in front of Rika! When Kari and Jeri came back, Kari tended to Gatomon while Rika saw the whole thing…giving her ANOTHER reason not to like her. Before anything more can happen, Sora and Mimi discovered the scene…and so did Tai. Now there's a meeting on the 4th floor with the DigiDestined and the Tamers. Meanwhile in the Digital World, the villains decided on sending the fierce Tuskmon to the real world and The Digimon Empress suggested sending him…on a busy Friday night.


Digimon: The College Years

Episode 8- Floor Meeting!


Davis couldn't help but notice that the 4th floor's lounge, which was usually empty, was getting awfully crowded, but not just with humans. He saw seven Digimon lined up against the wall. And they weren't all from the first floor. Davis looked over to see that the guys weren't the only ones in the room. Three girls were in there also…and among those…

"Kari?"

Davis and Kari walked over to each other and then looked around to note the surroundings.

"Kari…can you tell me what happened?"

Kari sighed. "I think we've been caught."

A red-haired girl in a ponytail that stood up walked up to them. "You aren't the only ones who've been exposed. You think I MEANT for this to happen?"

Kari sighed again. "Davis, meet my other roommate, Rika."

Davis grinned and extended the hand of friendship. "Nice to meet you!"

Rika smirked and accepted the handshake. "Oh, so YOU'RE the Davis Motomiya that Kari's told me so much about. Nice to finally meet you."

"Oh, you heard about me?" Davis asked cheerfully. "Well, I can't really be surprised. I mean, I AM such a great guy and everything."

Rika chuckled and turned to Kari. "I can see he's quite the modest one." She turned back to Davis. "And I take it you met Takato?"

Davis nodded. "Uh…yeah. I've…run into him a few times."

"No kidding."

Davis turned around to see Takato. "Takato, you talk about that like it happened yesterday or something."

"It DID happen yesterday! REPEATEDLY!"

"Oh…"

"Just what are we waiting for?" Takato asked curiously.

"That's a good question," Kari noted. She looked over to the front of the room. "Tai! What are we waiting for?"

At the front of the room were the building's Resident Advisors: Tai, Matt, Sora, and Mimi. Notably absent was the RD, Ms. Mackenzie, and Davis knew exactly the reason why. This meeting was apparently for those with Digimon only. The RA's weren't there as RA's. They were there as DigiDestined.

"We're waiting for two more guests," Tai answered.

Of course, as if on cue, someone knocked on the lounge door. Matt walked over to answer it and Davis saw that two more familiar guests had just arrived. It was Izzy and Joe…and they were both carrying their respective Digimon, Tentomon and Gomamon.

"Sorry we took so long," Joe said casually. "We had a little trouble with our…uh…stuffed animals. Right, Izzy?"

"Oh…uh…YEAH! We had to take a while to…dust them off. They attract quite a bit of dust, you know. And we wouldn't want them to get grimy."

Matt sweatdropped. "You guys can go ahead and drop the stuffed animal act now."

"Um…what stuffed animal act?" Joe stammered. "Why, this is no act, Matt. You know that they're really…"

Tai stopped Joe in his tracks and pointed to the wall, where the seven exposed Digimon were all standing side-by-side. Lined up from left to right were Gatomon, Patamon, Veemon, Wormmon, and the three other Digimon that were discovered. Veemon and Guilmon both waved cheerfully.

Joe blinked. "Oh…"

Izzy's eyes widened. "What is this, Tai?"

Tai sighed. "Let's find out. I now call this floor meeting to order. I'd like to think there are some things that RA's could overlook and pretend never happened. Frankly, I'd prefer it. Makes less work for me to do. But some things just can't be ignored. And…that's one of them."

The Digimon all scratched the back of their heads nervously. The college freshmen all sweatdropped.

Tai turned to Takato, Henry, Rika, and Jeri. "That says it all. I think you all know what this is leading to. I think the question now is pretty obvious. YOU all know what I want to know. And don't try to deny it, either! The best thing to do is come clean and tell me what I want to know."

"Are you all DigiDestined, or what?" Mimi cut in.

Tai groaned. "Mimi! *I* wanted to ask them that!"

"Well you were taking so long, Tai."

"It's called 'dramatic tension'! You know, leading up to the big question, that sort of thing."

"Well, SORRRRRRYYYYYY!!"

Rika looked over at Takato and Henry. "What's she talking about? I thought DigiDestined weren't real."

Henry nodded. "I think they ARE real. And…"

"That's us!" Davis chimed in. "We're the DigiDestined!"

Silence. There was some tension in the air. Everyone was a little nervous about what was happening.

"Davis, we know who you guys are," Tai said. He looked over at Takato, Henry, Rika, and Jeri again. "But you four…are you four DigiDestined?"

"We didn't even know DigiDestined existed," Jeri answered. "We thought they were just legends."

"But if you aren't DigiDestined, then what are you?" Sora asked. "What else could you be? You have Digimon."

"We're Digimon Tamers," Takato answered. "We thought they were Tamers, too."

Tai blinked. "What's a Tamer?"

The four exchanged glances before they all faced Tai again.

"Um…you don't know what a Tamer is?" Henry asked. "Yet you have Digimon?"

"Tamers each have a Digimon partner and they both look out for each other," Takato tried explaining.

"Kinda like a DigiDestined?" Matt asked.

"Yeah, but I heard DigiDestined go a step further and were actually chosen to save the Digital World," Takato pointed out. "And I've heard they've already saved it ten times over."

"He's got a point," Sora concurred. "So…does this mean you guys have never been to the Digital World?"

Takato looked back for some encouragement. Henry, Rika, and Jeri just shrugged. Neither one knew what else could be said.

"We've…been there once," Takato answered. "But that took a lot of effort and we haven't been back ever since. The story of the DigiDestined says that they can go in and out of the Digital World at will."

Tai turned to the older DigiDestined. "Anybody want to take that one, or should I?"

Of course, Izzy was the first one to step in. "I'll field that one, Tai. It's true that with our Digivices, we can open a gate to the Digital World, but only if there's a PC or laptop present."

"Digivices?" Henry repeated. "Like this?"

Henry pulled out…a Digivice. Rika and Takato reached into their pockets and also pulled out a Digivice. But these looked different. It was still a Digivice, but it was a different shape than Davis's or any of those held by the old or new DigiDestined. The ten DigiDestined present were all amazed to see it, but none more than Izzy.

"Prodigious! That IS a Digivice! If I may ask, how did you guys get one?"

There was a brief moment of silence. It was apparent that the last thing these Tamers expected was an inquiry on this night.

"Our stories are all different," Henry began. "I remember the day I got my Digivice. It was the day I was playing a computer game and I saw this Terriermon on the screen about to meet his end. A Blue Card suddenly appeared to me and I swiped it through one of my card readers. The card reader turned into a Digivice. Since then, Terriermon has been my partner."

Rika went next. "I remember when I got my Digivice. I had just won another tournament and when I came home, my card reader began to glow. I saw three windows, each full of Digimon who wanted me to make them stronger. But I said I just wanted ONE strong Digimon. And that's where I met Renamon. I saw a Blue Card on the ground and I swiped it through my card reader. It transformed into a Digivice. Since that day, Renamon and I have been partners."

"What about you, goggle boy?" Tai, of all people, asked. "How did you get your Digivice?"

"Oh, it's the weirdest story. I actually made Guilmon out of one of my drawings. One day before heading off to school, I noticed a Blue Card in my stack of Digimon cards. I had never seen it there before, but my curiosity got the better of me and I swiped it through my card reader. It started sparkling and going crazy…but I didn't want to risk a tardy, so I left for school. When I came back, there was a Digivice. I wondered if it was real and I swiped one of my drawings of Guilmon through it. And…that's when Guilmon came alive. And he's been my best friend ever since."

Everyone's jaw was wide-open. Especially Tai's. "Uh…Izzy?"

Izzy pulled out his laptop and used it to identify each Digimon. "Hmm…Renamon, rookie level, animal data type. Her main attack is Diamond Storm. Terriermon, rookie level, animal vaccine type. His main attacks are Bunny Blast and Terrier Tornado."

Patamon rubbed the back of his head painfully. "No kidding."

Izzy then tried to examine Guilmon, but encountered a surprise. "Amazing! This one isn't even listed!"

Takato nodded. "I told you. I made Guilmon out of a drawing."

Izzy looked like a kid in a candy store. "This is all so remarkable! After these past ten years, I thought I knew everything there was to know about Digimon and the Digital World. But now I find this! You guys have got to let me study you!"

Guilmon blinked. "Study? Like what Takato does with his books? Does that mean you want to throw me against the wall?"

Izzy sweatdropped. "Um…not quite what I had in mind." Then he thought of something else. "Actually, hold that thought for a few weeks. There's something else I'd like to study first." He looked over at Takato. "Do you still have that Blue Card with you?"

Takato reached into his pocket and pulled out the Blue Card. "It's right here."

Izzy took the Blue Card and examined it. "It appears to be an ordinary card. But from what I'm hearing, this Blue Card has some mysterious power. I see a bunch of secrets just WAITING to be uncovered. Now do any of you have a Digivice I could use?"

Henry took out his Digivice and handed it to Izzy. Izzy gladly took it in his hand and started looking it over.

"Hey Izzy, let me take a look at that Blue Card," Tentomon chimed in…much to Takato's shock.

"It's alive?" Takato asked.

"Pay attention, goggle boy!" Rika snapped. "The RA just said that the stuffed animal thing was an act!"

Gomamon flopped over to Takato. "Yeah, we're definitely real. But don't go running away screaming on me like Joe did the first time I met him."

"I thought you'd forgotten about that," Joe muttered.

"So you've only been to the Digital World once?" Sora asked.

Takato nodded. "There was a huge outbreak of Digital Fields in our hometown of West Shinjuku. We were invaded by the twelve Devas, all ultimate-level Digimon who were looking for a friend of ours. Once our friend was taken, we took advantage of the open Digital Field to go into the Digital World. While we were there, a lot happened to us. We faced off with the rest of the Devas and we met up with the four Digimon Sovereigns: Azulongmon, Baihumon, Ebonwumon, and Zhuqiaomon.

"We found out that there was a greater threat out there known as the D-Reaper, a program made to balance out the Digital World that had mutated out of control. Thanks to Henry's dad, we were able to leave the Digital World on an ark made through a program. But it still wasn't over. The D-Reaper reached as far as West Shinjuku and wreaked all kinds of havoc before we were able to stop it for good."

There was another brief silence. Davis's jaw was still wide open. He couldn't believe he never knew about any of this until now.

"Matt, does this feel like it'll be a long year to you?" Tai asked.

"I kinda get that vibe," Matt replied. "But look at it this way, Tai. It's just these three."

"But aren't there four of them?" Sora pointed out.

"Hey, that's right!" Tai agreed. He then looked at the fourth one present…Jeri. "What about you?"

Jeri hung her head down sadly. "I…used to be a Tamer."

"Used to be?" Kari asked. "What happened?"

"Takato mentioned that a lot happened to us in the Digital World. And I don't think anyone was more affected than I was. It's…a long story…and it's not one that I'd care to relive anytime soon. I hope you understand."

Kari was about to pry a little further, but Ken put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head. Davis realized that if anyone could relate to past strife, it was Ken.

Izzy looked over the Blue Card. "If I may, I'd like to study this Blue Card. And later on, some of your Digimon. Is that ok?"

Takato nodded. "I don't see why not."

"Great! Thanks a lot! This meeting is adjourned!"

"HEY! Who's the leader here?" Tai snapped. He hesitated for a moment. "Ok, I guess I have a few last words to say. You guys are really lucky that I'M the one who caught you and your Digimon. If it had been anyone else, like…I don't know…"

"Ms. Mackenzie?" Sora suggested.

"Thanks, Sora. If anyone else like Ms. Mackenzie had caught your Digimon, then who knows what would happen? You guys have to be more careful!"

TK looked over at Patamon and shook his head. "I knew it was a bad idea bringing you along, Patamon. Maybe it's better if you just go home."

Patamon gasped and immediately rushed to clutch TK's leg. "No, TK! Please don't send me home! I'll be good! I promise! That was just an accident! I won't do it again! I promise, TK! Please!"

"TK…maybe you should just be more careful," Matt cut in. "Patamon's not the type to get into trouble on purpose."

"I think if there's anybody we should worry about, it's Gatomon and Renamon," Kari pointed out. "They have an old grudge from the past and I'm not sure if they'll be able to get along."

"I agree with you completely, Kari," Gatomon nodded. "I don't think Renamon and I CAN get along."

"First time I've agreed with you on anything, Gatomon," Renamon concurred.

"Uh huh. So you can go ahead and leave."

Renamon nodded…until she realized what she just said. "What?! Why should *I* leave?! If anyone should leave, it's YOU!"

"No way!" Gatomon protested. "I was here first! You leave!"

"You were NOT! I was! You leave!"

"No, you!"

"You!"

"YOU!"

"No, YOU!"

"STOP IT!" Kari and Rika shouted.

Sora decided to play peacemaker. "Ok, I see only one way to settle this."

"You do?" Mimi asked.

"Come on, Mimi. The answer's right in front of us." She walked over between Gatomon and Renamon. "I think you should both get to stay here…but ONLY if you two can get along. I think that the first one of you to show any act of physical hostility or aggression towards the other should be the one to leave."

"Sounds fair," Gatomon mumbled.

"I agree," Renamon muttered.

"Now show me that you two are ok with this," Sora said.

Gatomon spit in her glove and extended the hand of friendship. "Here."

"What's that?" Renamon asked.

"I saw it in a movie once," Gatomon answered. "It's how two people make an agreement. Just do it."

Renamon shrugged. "Whatever you say."

With that, Renamon naïvely spit in Gatomon's glove. Gatomon groaned in disgust and looked over at Kari.

"Come on, Gatomon. You remember the movie. You HAD to see that one coming."

"I guess so," Gatomon muttered dryly. "Maybe I should be a little more careful next time."

Tai cleared his throat. "So…I'll just wrap this up by saying, PLEASE be more careful with your Digimon. You can keep them here. The RA's and I are willing to look the other way…mostly because we can relate, since some of us have Digimon on our own." He made sure to focus his gaze on Joe and Izzy. "But you have to make sure that the other students and the other university staff don't see them. Are we all clear?"

The freshmen all nodded.

"Ok then. RA's? Any more words for the freshmen?"

The RA's shook their heads.

"Ok then. Meeting adjourned. Now if you'll excuse me…I need to check for wrinkles."

With that, Tai Kamiya walked out. The ground rules were now set. But Davis couldn't help but notice something.

"Did he say 'check for wrinkles'?"

"DON'T…ask!" Matt groaned.

Matt and the older DigiDestined then followed Tai's lead and started walking out, but Izzy stopped and looked back, holding up Takato's Blue Card.

"I'll have this back to you next week. Or better yet, I'll give you a call. Maybe we can talk sometime, DigiDestined to Tamer."

"I'm looking forward to it," Tentomon added.

The 4th floor lounged was then cleared of any old DigiDestined. The only ones remaining were the new DigiDestined and the Tamers.

"So…I guess things will be different now?" Davis guessed.

"Yeah. There's a lot I'm curious about. Well…there's some stuff I WOULD ask, except…"

Silence.

"What?" Davis, TK, and Ken asked.

Takato sweatdropped. "I've got homework."

So did Henry. "Me, too. I have a feeling we'll pick this up as we go along. We'll see you around. Come on, Terriermon."

Terriermon was about to walk over to Henry, but he turned to shoot Patamon a stare. From what Davis could tell, this little Digimon was liable to hold a grudge. But surprisingly, he walked over to Patamon and just extended the hand of friendship.

"Let's just call this whole thing even," Terriermon muttered. "Truce?"

Patamon reluctantly accepted. "Fine. Truce. I'm sorry I hit you in the back."

"And I'm sorry I threw you into the wall."

Kari saw this gentle exchange and turned to Gatomon. "See that, Gatomon? Why can't you and Renamon do that?"

"Forget it!" both Gatomon and Renamon snapped, before turning their backs to each other.

Seeing Kari was getting nowhere with those two Digimon, she focused on Rika. "Well…we have all year to make sure they get along. I'm sure they can be good friends, just like you and me."

Unfortunately, Rika didn't share in Kari's cheerful demeanor. She slowly turned her head and looked sourly at her.

"I have some homework of my own. Let's go, Renamon."

"I'm right behind you, Rika."

Rika started heading out with Renamon following behind. As they reached the door, Renamon went invisible and disappeared.

"Whoa! Neat trick!" Davis exclaimed. "You don't see that everyday."

TK just shrugged. "This has been a weird day and I'm just glad it's coming to an end. Let's just go back."

Davis couldn't argue with that. He was about to go back to his room with TK and Ken, but Kari grabbed his hand and stopped him. He turned around to see a warm smile on her face.

"So…are we still going out tomorrow night?"

Davis scratched the back of his head bashfully. "Of course! I can't wait! It'll be a Friday night you'll never forget!"

Kari leaned over and kissed Davis on the cheek. "I'm sure it will be."

Davis stood frozen, once again blushing a bright yet. Kari giggled and started leading him out by the hand. He may not have been Kari's boyfriend yet, but Davis could feel that he was well on his way.

Sora found that whole meeting to be very revealing. Before this day, she didn't know that there were such things as Digimon Tamers. And it looked like the year would get much more interesting with more Digimon roaming around the dorms. Hopefully no one would notice.

But before Sora and Mimi could reach their room, they saw someone waiting for them. It was the Resident Director.

"Oh hello, Ms. Mackenzie," Mimi grinned nervously.

"Good evening, ladies," Ms. Mackenzie smiled. "I couldn't help but notice that you were and some of the freshmen were heading to the 4th floor lounge…carrying around some stuffed animals. Very odd, to say the least. There isn't a problem, is there?"

"Oh, no problem," Sora replied hastily. "Nothing wrong at all. It's just that……we wanted to go over the……stuffed animal policy with them!"

"Strange. I don't think we HAVE a stuffed animal policy."

"Really? I thought they were adding one this year. Weren't they, Mimi?"

"It must have gotten cancelled at the last second. I wish they'd let us RA's know that sort of vital information ahead of time."

"So there aren't any problems?" Ms. Mackenzie asked.

Sora fumbled with her key. "Oh, no problem. No problem at all."

She struggled to get the key in and when she got it in, she finally turned it. The door opened, but Sora heard the door smash against two skulls, followed by two yelps. Sora looked inside and saw Biyomon and Palmon, still in their dresses, get knocked back. They were obviously eavesdropping.

Ms. Mackenzie walked into the room and picked up Biyomon. She looked the little bird straight in the eye. To Biyomon's credit, she didn't even flinch, despite the impromptu starting contest. She was used to playing this little game with Sora's other visitors.

"I'm seeing the strangest stuffed animals this year," Ms. Mackenzie noted. "And I've seen my share of strange toys before. Did this one come with the dress?"

"Oh no, that's our unique design!" Mimi exclaimed proudly. "You like it? We want to go into children's apparel someday."

"It looks lovely, ladies. Well if there aren't any problems, then I'd better take my leave. I have some assignments of my own that I need to wrap up. Have a good night, RA's."

"Good night," Sora and Mimi said in unison.

Ms. Mackenzie finally placed Biyomon gently on the ground and started walking out, but not before she briefly turned her head to give Palmon a quick glance. She walked out and closed the door behind her. Sora and Mimi breathed big sighs of relief.

Biyomon shook her head frantically. "There's something weird about her."

Palmon rubbed her head painfully. "That really hurt! Do you have to open that door so hard?"

"You two can't be eavesdropping like that," Mimi chided. "We got lucky this time, but what if you get seen next time? Do you two HAVE to be so nosy?"

"We're girls, what can we say?" Palmon grinned.

Biyomon nodded. "Just because we aren't human, doesn't mean we don't like to hear juicy tidbits just like any other girl. So what happened?"

Sora sat on her bed. Biyomon took that as a hint and rushed over to sit on her lap. Mimi stayed with Palmon and struggled to get the dress off the little plant.

Sora sighed. "Where should I start? Well…you guys might be surprised to learn that you aren't the only Digimon here…"

"So what happens now?"

Matt was the first one to pose that question to Izzy and Joe as soon as they got into Matt and Tai's room. Tai might have done the same thing, but he had rushed to the bathroom as soon as they got back. It was just Matt alone with Izzy, Joe, Tentomon, and Gomamon.

"There's something that's still bothering me about this," Izzy replied.

"What's that?" Joe asked.

"It started out that WE were the ones destined to save the Digital World," Izzy explained. "A few years later, things changed and the new Digivices were created for the NEW DigiDestined. It was even discovered that DigiDestined were all around the world.

"But Gennai never told us about Tamers. And if this so-called 'D-Reaper' was as big a threat as Takato said it was, then why didn't Gennai ever come to us or any of the other international DigiDestined? Why take a chance with a whole new breed?"

"I guess that's something we'll have to ask him," Matt guessed.

"You talk like it's as easy as a phone call," Joe pointed out. "This is Gennai we're talking about. We don't see him unless he wants us to see him. If he chooses to keep in touch with anyone, it's Izzy. And even HE hasn't seen Gennai in years."

"I'm very curious about all this," Izzy mused. "I have some questions I'd like to ask Gennai. But we'll have to wait until he comes to us again."

"So what do we do in the meantime?" Matt asked.

"I'm going to take a look at this new Digivice and this Blue Card," Izzy answered. "Who knows what fascinating information I can find."

"Won't that cut into your TA time?" Tentomon thought.

"I think it works the other way around," Izzy replied. "My TA time will cut into this. But I can get a lot more done if I have some help…from a certain friend."

Joe blinked. "Izzy, why are you looking at me like that?"

"You're the only one with that kind of time on your hands, Joe."

"You think I have time on my hands? I'm a fifth-year senior trying to get my Master's! I hardly have any time! I have to balance schoolwork and…watching Gomamon."

"Joe, I don't think watching over me is a 24-hour-a-day task," Gomamon protested. "Maybe we can help Izzy study this stuff. I know I'VE never seen anything like that Digivice or that Blue Card."

"Let's look over it during the weekend, Joe," Izzy persisted. "I'll call Cody! We can all look them over together, just the three of us."

"Ahem…"

"Ok, the five of us. Maybe six if Cody brings Upamon."

Joe sighed. "You aren't about to stop bugging me about this, are you?"

"Nope."

"Ok, fine! I'll be at your apartment on Sunday."

Matt sweatdropped. "Sounds like you guys have a fun weekend ahead of you."

"You bet," Izzy grinned, unable to see past Matt's sarcasm.

Suddenly, Tai walked back into the room. He looked to be hiding something behind his back, but Matt quickly cut him off.

"Tai, what do you have behind your back?"

"Uh…nothing…"

"Tai, what is it?"

"Nothing. It's none of your business."

Now Matt was curious. He reached over behind Tai's back to try and grab whatever he had. Tai struggled to try and keep it away and he ended up dropping it. Before Tai could bend down and pick it up, Matt shoved him out of the way and got it first. Matt looked at the bottle and sweatdropped.

"Just For Men?" Matt muttered dryly. "Tai, you got HAIR COLORING?!"

"I noticed some gray hairs," Tai said sheepishly. "It took me a while to find them, but they're there."

Matt sighed deeply. "Tai, I hate to do this, but…what am I saying? No I don't."

Matt reared back and punched Tai in the face, just like in the good old days. Tai fell and landed on his bed. But to Matt's surprise, that didn't solve anything.

"Matt, my face can't take as much punishment as it used to. It's getting on in years."

Matt shook his head, threw his hands up in frustration, and looked over at Izzy and Joe. "A little help?"

"Well, we'd better be going," Izzy said quickly.

"Yeah, we've got a lot of homework, you know," Joe added. "But we'll let you know what we find about the Digivices and the Blue Card. Later, guys."

Izzy and Joe took Tentomon and Gomamon and rushed out, leaving the two RA's all by themselves. Tai was looking in the mirror, checking for bruises, which he never did after any of the other previous times that Matt punched him. Matt didn't know what else to do.

"Tai, I don't know what to do with you. What do I have to do to show you that you're still a young man?"

"There's nothing you CAN do, Matt. I've aged. The only thing I can do is accept it."

"You can accept it. But you are NOT an old man, Tai Kamiya! And I'll find a way to prove it to you!"

Matt stormed out of his room, leaving Tai alone to think. He didn't know how, but he would make Tai feel young again.

There was a silence back in the dorm of the younger male DigiDestined. They didn't know what else to say about what happened and what's been discovered. And for Davis, the silence was bordering eeriness.

"Well? Isn't anybody going to say something?"

"I think it's still sinking in to some of us," Ken replied.

"I don't know about that Terriermon," Veemon began. "What if he tries to get in here again?"

"We'll be ready for him," Patamon grinned.

"Oh no! No more fighting between you!" TK snapped. "We were lucky none of the other people in this hall noticed four Digimon battling in a dorm room."

"That Ms. Mackenzie lady heard something," Veemon pointed out. "She came in here and got in a staring contest with Patamon."

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Davis demanded.

"You didn't ask," Veemon answered casually.

"If she's not on to us now, she probably will be by the end of the year," Ken said. "We can't go on like this, can we? Maybe you're right, TK. Maybe it's best if they go back to the Digital World."

"Now wait a second, guys!" Davis cut in. "I'll admit that these first few days haven't been what we'd hope they'd be. But we can't just let the Digimon go back. They deserve to be here with us. And I don't know about you guys, but I have confidence in them. I'm sure they can keep from being seen by anyone else. I'm letting Veemon stay."

"You're sure about this?" TK asked skeptically.

"Have I ever been wrong before?" Davis asked.

"Do you really want me to answer that?" TK grinned.

Davis frowned. "No."

"Maybe you have a point, Davis," Ken admitted. "And I think Matt's right. We just have to be a little more careful. As long as the Digimon don't leave the room, everything should be fine…hopefully."

"Well you can guys can keep talking about this, but I'm going to bed," Davis yawned.

"Why so early?" TK asked. "It's only 11 o'clock."

"I think I speak for everyone when I say that this has been a really long day," Davis answered. "And I know tomorrow will go a lot better, because tomorrow night's my date with Kari."

TK sighed deeply. "Can't forget that now, can we?"

"I don't know what you're complaining about," Ken smirked. "Didn't you just make a date of your own for Saturday night?"

"Huh? Now hold on, Ken. I wouldn't call that a date."

"You're both going out to dinner alone," Davis pointed out. "I don't know what YOU call that, but I'd call it a date."

"It's NOT a date!" TK snapped.

Ken and Davis just smirked.

TK sighed deeply. "Ok, maybe it IS a date." Then he shook it off. "And so what if it's a date? I need to start dating again, anyway. I can't keep thinking about Kari forever. Besides, if she's moving on, why can't I?"

"That's the spirit, TK!" Ken grinned. "Move on with your life. Make the best of your night with Catherine. And don't even t think about Kari. You'll probably have it a lot better than she does."

Davis cleared his throat. "Ahem…"

Ken sweatdropped. "Oh…I mean…you'll both have it…EQUALLY as good. Uh…yeah."

Davis shrugged and started getting ready for bed. The Digimon were also getting tired, just from seeing Davis yawn, and started getting ready to sleep. Veemon went over to the closet, Wormmon went over to his dresser drawer, and Patamon sat by the foot of TK's bed.

Tomorrow would be a new day. One Davis was looking more than forward to.

Takato and Henry sat side-by-side on the floor and looked over at Terriermon and Guilmon, who were hanging their heads down shamefully. Takato couldn't take his eyes off of them after the near- disaster that took place.

"You never DID answer my question, Terriermon," Henry said.

Terriermon blinked. "You asked me a question?"

"Before TK, Ken, and Davis came in," Henry continued. "I asked you why you were in their room in the first place. Why WERE you in their room?"

Terriermon frowned. "Aw Henry, I really don't want to say…"

"Yeah, Terriermon," Guilmon cut in. "Tell us why you were in their room."

"Oh shut up!" Terriermon snapped. "You're a BIG help!"

"Terriermon, why were you in their room?" Henry asked again.

"Uh…well…um…I…might have gone in there to…pull a prank."

"WHAT?!"

"I didn't know I'd get caught. It's not my fault."

"WHY were you going to pull a prank on them? I thought I said NO PRANKS!"

"No, you told KAZU AND KENTA 'no pranks'," Terriermon pointed out. "You didn't say anything about me." He flinched when he saw that Henry wasn't amused. "Uh…I guess you meant no pranks from anyone, right?"

"Right!" Henry growled.

"But why pull a prank, Terriermon?" Takato asked curiously.

"We did it for you, Takato," Terriermon answered.

"We?" Guilmon repeated.

"It was Kazu and Kenta who came up with the prank. They were as much a part of this as I was."

"Really? What were they planning to do?" Takato asked.

Terriermon walked over and whispered the whole twisted plan into Takato's ear. And just the sheer twisted nature of it got Takato snickering.

"That's pretty good," Takato admitted. "That sounds kinda funny, actually."

"What is it?" Henry asked.

Takato leaned over and whispered the whole thing in Henry's ear. Even Henry was starting to laugh at the sound of this prank.

"That IS pretty good," Henry smiled. Then he grew serious again. "But you can't be doing this sort of thing, Terriermon. I told you that I don't want us making enemies this early in the year."

"Ok, I'm sorry, Henry."

"You've got to give credit to Kazu and Kenta," Takato said cheerfully. "That's pretty creative. But what I don't understand is, why do it to them?"

"Because we wanted to get back at Davis for hitting you so many times," Terriermon answered. "Those couldn't have ALL been accidents."

"Believe or not, they were," Takato replied. "Trust me, I've gotten to know Davis and…he's kinda clumsy."

"KINDA?!"

"Well…ok, he's a klutz. But he doesn't do these things on purpose. I'm not mad at him and neither should you, Terriermon."

Terriermon huffed. "Ok, fine! But only because you and Henry both seem to like this guy."

Suddenly, the phone rang. The conversation was cut a little short as Takato got up to answer the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi Takato!"

"Hi Jeri! Your room still in one piece?"

"For the most part. Rika and Kari have spent the whole time since we got back laying down ground rules for Renamon and Gatomon. You'd be surprised how much those two seem to hate each other."

"I'm sure that's their business. I wouldn't want to get in the middle of that."

"Me neither. In fact, I don't want to be playing peacekeeper here with Rika tomorrow night."

"What do you mean?"

"Kari and Davis are going out on a date. And…it's not that I want to abandon Rika, but…I WOULD like to get out of this dorm Friday night."

Takato knew Jeri was subtly hinting that she wanted to go out tomorrow night. He could sense that she was just stringing him along through this phone call.

"Did you want to do something tomorrow night, Jeri?"

"Well…I did have an idea. But…it might not be what you think it is."

"What is it?"

"I was hoping you and I could wheel Guilmon around in a shopping cart, like we used to do when we were younger. I'm sure Guilmon would love the chance to get some fresh air, too."

Takato liked that suggestion. "That's not a bad idea. I guess it'd be just like old times. Besides, I'm sure Rika can keep order on her own. Or if not, maybe Henry could help her out."

"Huh?" Henry asked, unaware of what unenviable task he was being volunteered for.

"Then we'll go out tomorrow, Takato? Walking Guilmon along under the stars?"

"Uh…whatever you say, Jeri."

"Great! I'll see you tomorrow night! Bye Takato!"

Jeri sounded so excited as she hung up. It took a while for Takato to absorb what just happened. But apparently, he had a date tomorrow night. It was an ODD sort of date, since no normal person would consider walking a Digimon in a shopping cart a date, but it was a date, nonetheless.

"What happened?" Henry asked.

Takato blushed. "I…have a date."


Next Week: We skip ahead to Friday night. Davis and Kari are ready to go out on their first date together. Takato and Jeri are about to have a date of their own. But there's a huge fly in ointment. Will the night go as hoped, or will disaster strike? Meanwhile at the university, something mysterious is running around in The Den. The older DigiDestined begin to think it's one of the school's urban legends coming to life and they decide to share with the freshmen…the Legend of the OU Phantasm! The undercover Hypnos crew, however, get other ideas. But what IS running around The Den? Find out on the next Digimon: The College Years!


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