Last Week: We got to hear one of Odaiba University's old urban legends, courtesy of the older DigiDestined. While the freshmen scoffed at the Legend of the OU Phantasm, that doesn't take away from the fact that there IS something haunting The Den. Takato and Jeri went out on a short date, wheeling Guilmon in a shopping cart, that was cut short when Jeri's pager went off. Meanwhile, Davis and Kari were having a date of their own, which was also cut short when The Digimon Empress brought Tuskmon into the real world. Veemon, who followed Davis and Kari, Digivolved into ExVeemon but was quickly joined by Takato and Guilmon. Guilmon Digivolved into Growlmon and, along with ExVeemon, sent Tuskmon back into the Digital World. Pretty eventful Friday night, no?


Digimon: The College Years

Episode 10- The Mystery of the OU Phantasm


Saturday was just getting started and Joe Kido was up bright and early to make his eight o'clock meeting. Going out for a Master's degree was never easy. Joe knew that, but he was willing to try anyway. He knew he had what it takes. Of course, time was running short and he was about to be late. And on this day, Joe was off and running, trying to get through the crowd of college students that were leisurely taking their time.

Joe turned the corner to get into the building he needed to get to, but he unexpectedly crashed into someone. Both of them dropped their books and belongings on the ground. What made things even worse was that Joe's bag fell open. Joe bent down to pick his things up and accidentally bumped heads with the other person.

Joe rubbed his head. "I'm sorry. I'm pretty clumsy. Let me help you with your stuff."

Joe scrambled to pick the woman's stuff up and when he stood up, he saw that the woman had a little something of Joe's in her hand.

"Is this your stuffed animal?" the woman asked.

Joe hesitated when he saw that the woman had picked up Gomamon. Especially since she seemed to staring right at him.

"Strange little thing," the woman noted. Then she put Gomamon down and grabbed her stuff. "Thank you so much, young man. You know, I feel like I've seen you before. Were you in the freshman residence hall the other night?"

"Oh…yeah, I was there. Do I know you?"

"Your friends might know me. I'm the hall's Resident Director, Layla Mackenzie."

Joe accepted the woman's handshake. "I'm Joe Kido. It's nice to meet you. And I'd love to talk, but I just remembered that I forgot to remember I'm late. Maybe I'll see you around."

Ms. Mackenzie smiled. "Maybe you will. Don't forget your stuffed animal, Joe."

Joe noticed that he nearly left Gomamon behind. So he quickly picked up and got on his way. Gomamon was getting heavier by the day, but he insisted on coming along every single day. He couldn't go on like this.

Maybe he'd talk with him when he got back.

Saturday morning was here and it couldn't come fast enough for Kazu. He was up bright and early (10 AM), knowing what he was going to do on this day. He was up and ready to go, but there was a simple matter of waking his roommate.

Kazu grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and splashed it on Kenta.

"AAAHHH!! KAZU!!"

"Time to get up!" Kazu grinned.

Kazu pulled the wet blankets off of Kenta and tossed them to the ground. He then walked over to Kenta's dresser drawer and opened it up.

"And that goes for you, too!"

MarineAngemon opened his eyes and shot Kazu a cold stare before turning around and lying down again. He was obviously as fast asleep as Kenta was.

Kazu picked up the sleeping MarineAngemon. "Come on! This might take us all day. So we've got to get an early start. Get up!"

"I'm up, I'm up!" Kenta growled. "Relax, Kazu. Guardromon isn't going anywhere. We have plenty of time."

"But I want to get back early. It's Saturday and I want to see what the night life here has to offer."

"Good point," Kenta agreed. "But do you really think we can get Guardromon in here? It'll take a lot of effort to get him out of your room, into the van, and into this dorm. It'll take…manpower."

As if on cue, someone knocked on the door. "Kazu? Kenta? It's Henry. Are you guys awake?"

Seeing what kind of opportunity this presented, Kazu eagerly opened the door. And there was Henry, with Terriermon on his shoulder.

"I wanted to ask if you guys had any extra forks. I can't believe Takato and I forgot to bring forks."

Kazu grinned. "Hey Henry…we're glad you're here. What are you doing today?"

Henry sweatdropped. "I know that tone. What do you guys want?"

"We need an extra pair of hands," Kazu answered. "Kenta and I are about to head off to get Guardromon. We could use some help and you and Terriermon would be perfect."

"What would we have to do?" Henry asked cautiously.

"Just help us carry Guardromon…how ever many pieces of him there are, anyway."

"That's it?"

"That's it. Nothing else."

Henry looked around to make sure the coast was clear. "What do you think, Terriermon?"

"I don't see any harm in it," the long-eared Digimon replied. "Let's do it."

Henry smiled. "You heard him. I guess we're in."

"All right!" Kazu exclaimed victoriously. "Then let's all get in the van!"

"Kazu…" Kenta cut in. "I need to change."

Kazu looked over to see that Kenta, who had just woken up, was still in his white t-shirt and sweatpants.

Kazu sweatdropped. "Oh…then…you change…THEN let's all get in the van!"

Kenta scowled. "A little privacy, please?"

Kazu nodded knowingly. "Oh…ok." He slammed the door in Henry's face. "Go ahead."

Of course, that wasn't the only thing Kenta had in mind. He shot Kazu a cold glare.

Kazu grinned sheepishly. "Oh…sorry."

He turned around while Kenta changed. Kazu just tapped his foot impatiently. The faster Kenta changed, the faster they could go get Guardromon.

The morning went by rather slowly. Everyone was up early, but they didn't go anywhere. Instead, this was the morning for Davis to tell TK and Ken what happened. Not only did he share what happened with Kari last night, but he also told them about what happened with the sudden appearance of Tuskmon.

"How did a Tuskmon get in the real world?" TK asked.

"I have no idea," Davis answered. "I was in the middle of my date and I suddenly see Tuskmon running through the streets. If Veemon hadn't snuck out to follow us, I don't know what I would have done."

"So Veemon Digivolved and took care of Tuskmon?" Ken asked.

"He Digivolved into ExVeemon, but…it wasn't just him. Takato showed up with Guilmon. And you should have seen Takato! His style's totally different than ours. He was swiping some of his cards through his Digivice to battle. He used a card slash to get Guilmon to Digivolve into Growlmon. I've never seen anything like it. And that other card he used to give Guilmon hyper speed…it's like nothing any of us have ever seen before."

"But Growlmon and I made a good team," Veemon chimed in. "They both held off Tuskmon long enough for Davis, Kari, and Takato to send him back into the Digital World."

"So you, Kari, and Takato fought with a Tuskmon downtown?" TK thought. "I can't even begin to think how a Tuskmon could have gotten into our world. Something's definitely wrong."

"Maybe we should talk about this over breakfast," Davis suggested. "I'm pretty hungry."

"Can't do that," TK sighed. "I ran into Tai on my way back from the bathroom. The Den's still closed."

"You mean there's still something running around down there?" Davis asked.

"Knowing Matt and the others, they probably think it's that OU Phantasm," TK scoffed. "But that's just silly."

Ken got to his feet. "But there definitely IS something running around down there. And I think someone should go down there to investigate. That someone…should be me."

TK blinked. "You?"

Ken smirked. "I was almost hoping something like this would happen. This gives me a great chance to do some detective work! I can see it now. We can call it my first case. My first mystery, even. And every great detective starts off with a case like this. Think about it, guys! Detective Ken Ichijouji! I could be like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Nancy Drew, or the Hardy Boys!"

"Hey, I think I heard of them," Davis cut in. "One of them has a really hot girlfriend and the other one uses rainbow-colored hair dye, right?"

Ken sweatdropped. "Not…THOSE Hardy Boyz."

"Ken, do you really think you can find out what's haunting The Den?" TK asked.

Ken reached into his drawer for a magnifying glass. "Of course. It'll just take a little digging, investigating, and ingenuity. But I'll find out what's haunting The Den."

"Ooh, can I come, Ken?" Wormmon piped up.

"Of course! I'll need a partner and who better than you to help?"

Wormmon looked excited. "Oh boy!" He reached into Ken's drawer and pulled out a mini-sized detective's hat to put on his head.

"Very chic," Veemon grinned.

Davis looked over at TK. "Well…looks like Ken's got his plans set. What are you doing today?"

"I've got a date tonight," TK answered coolly. "I'm going out with Catherine."

"Did you ever tell Kari?" Patamon asked.

"Why do I have to tell Kari ANYTHING?" TK demanded. "She and I broke up! We aren't together anymore! I wish everyone would get that through their heads! I can go ahead and do whatever I want and NOT have to answer to her!"

"So you haven't told her," Ken smirked.

"NO!" TK snapped. "And why should I?"

"Because Kari told you about her date with Davis," Patamon pointed out.

"How could she not?" Davis shot back. "He was there when I asked her out."

Patamon shook his head. "I think you're missing my point. The point is, I don't know how Kari would react if she knew you were dating and didn't tell her."

"I don't have to tell her," TK insisted. "There's no reason for me to tell her."

"There's no reason for you NOT to tell her," Patamon shot back. "Unless you're scared of what she'll say."

"Ok, now you're being ridiculous," TK growled. "I am NOT scared of Kari."

"Sure you aren't," Patamon said nonchalantly.

"I'm NOT!" TK scowled. He turned to Davis and Ken. "I'm not!"

"Oh…we believe you, TK," Ken said with Patamon's tone of nonchalance.

When TK looked at Davis, the goggle boy just stayed silent. He knew there was no need for him to say anything, since it was likely that he'd say something wrong anyway.

But Davis could tell that TK didn't want Kari to know about his date tonight.

After a few hours of driving, Kazu found himself back in West Shinjuku. And he saw the familiar sight of his own house. He knew that Guardromon was in his room, diligently guarding it, as per his instructions. The first thing Kazu noticed was that the driveway was empty, meaning his family wasn't home.

Kazu pulled up to the driveway and stopped the van. "Ok, it looks like we're on our own here. So let's go in and get Guardromon. Uh…"

Kazu searched through his pockets and quickly sweatdropped when he realized there was nothing there. Kenta, who was riding shotgun, shot Kazu a cold stare.

"What's wrong?"

Kazu grinned sheepishly. "I don't have my key."

Henry shook his head. "How could you forget your key?"

"Nice to hear we're all prepared," Terriermon sarcastically quipped.

"Ok, this isn't a problem," Kazu said. "This just means we'll have to go in through the window. Terriermon, there's a tiny little window you can fit through underneath my kitchen. Can you go in through there, run into my room and open up the window?"

"Why can't MarineAngemon go?" Terriermon whined. "He's smaller than I am."

Kenta opened up his coat. "I guess that's not such a bad idea."

MarineAngemon was napping inside the coat. He stuck his head out and just shrugged. He realized that he had just been drafted. He tried hugging Kenta's face, but it was to no avail. Kenta just pulled him off and pointed him outside.

Terriermon waved. "Have a good time."

"You go with him, Terriermon," Henry told the little long-eared Digimon.

"Huh? Why?"

"Just do it. Would it kill you to go along with him?"

Terriermon huffed. "Ok fine! Let's go."

Henry opened the van door, leaving room for Terriermon and MarineAngemon to get out. They headed over to the little window on the ground that led to the basement. Kazu then got out of the car, followed by his friends. They would have to meet the Digimon by his room's window.

Kazu got to his room's window and just stood there waiting. Five minutes passed and nothing happened.

"You think they stopped for a snack?" Kenta pointed out dryly.

"Hope not," Kazu answered. "Everything in my fridge is probably expired."

Finally, there were some sounds coming from inside Kazu's room. Unfortunately, it wasn't what any of them were hoping for.

"INTRUDER! Grenade Destroyer!"

**BOOM**

Before any of them could even react, the wall of Kazu's room was blown out. The dusty debris showered Kazu, Kenta, and Henry all over and the three of them were covered in dust. When the dust cleared, Kazu saw Guardromon chasing Terriermon and MarineAngemon around.

"Guardromon, STOP!!" Kazu shouted.

Guardromon stopped in his tracks and turned his head to face Kazu. Kazu stomped over to the champion android, obviously annoyed that his wall had just been blown to bits.

"WHAT…are you DOING?!"

"You told me to guard your room against intruders, except your parents," Guardromon explained.

That was Guardromon in a nutshell. He would do whatever Kazu asked of him. Unfortunately, more often than not, he would take Kazu's orders far too literally.

Kazu slapped his forehead. "I can't believe we're still having this problem after all these years. When are you going to do what I mean and not what I say?!"

"I am confused," Guardromon said.

"Never mind," Kazu groaned. "Let's just get you in the van. We don't have any luggage, so we can fit you in now. Let's go."

Kazu and Guardromon started walking off, but they stopped when they noticed that Henry and Kenta, both covered in soot, weren't going anywhere.

Henry looked over at Kazu's room. "Terriermon, are you ok?"

Terriermon walked over and climbed up on Henry's shoulder. "That bucket of bolts! He takes his job WAY too seriously!"

"MarineAngemon, are you ok?" Kenta asked.

Having been in the midst of a harrowing experience, MarineAngemon rushed over and clutched himself on Kenta's arm. Kenta turned his head slowly towards Kazu and so did Henry and Terriermon. Neither one of them looked very happy.

Kazu shrugged. "What? You think I'M happy about this? What am I gonna do about my wall?"

Henry looked over at the missing wall and sweatdropped. "Good point. You think we should do something to fix it?"

Kenta shook his head. "No time. We'd probably get caught if Kazu's parents come home. I think we should just leave."

Kazu nodded. "I agree. Maybe my family will just think it was an errant cherry bomb that went horribly, horribly wrong or something. But still, we should go."

With that, Kazu walked Guardromon over to the van. The big android's weight would likely be a factor. The drive back would be a slow one, but Kazu wasn't in any rush. Besides, he needed time to think, because the hardest part wasn't over yet.

There was still the matter of actually moving Guardromon INTO the dorm!

There was no one guarding the doors to The Den and there was no one inside. Perhaps OU Public Safety was having a lunch break. Perhaps they were somewhere else, thinking of a game plan. Perhaps they were conducting an investigation with whatever facts they collected somewhere else. Or perhaps it was because OU Public Safety feared whatever was lurking inside.

But Detective Ken Ichijouji was not afraid of whatever was lurking inside The Den. He would face whatever it was that awaited him inside, along with his faithful sidekick, Wormmon, on his shoulder.

"It looks empty, Ken," Wormmon said.

"Then that'll just make things easier for us," Ken smirked. "We can go in on our own. And once we're in there, we can go ahead and solve…The Mystery of the OU Phantasm!"

Wormmon pondered that. "All that's missing is the dramatic music for whenever you say…The Mystery of the OU Phantasm!"

Ken thought about that. "Good point. We'll work on that. If we're gonna be famous detectives someday, we'll need some dramatic chords."

"Maybe even our own theme song. We should think about that after we crack this case."

"And to crack this case, we'll have to infiltrate The Den. Wormmon, can you go in through that little hole in the wall?"

Ken pointed down at a small hole in the wall that led into The Den. It wasn't large enough for any human to fit through, but it would be big enough for Wormmon.

"I'd have to watch my hat, but I'm sure I can fit."

"Ok, crawl in through the hole and unlock the side entrance. I'll wait for you there."

Wormmon jumped off Ken's shoulder and headed for the small hole in the wall (while holding his little hat in place, of course). Once Wormmon started to make his way in, Ken made his way to the side entrance.

Ken was all set to get to the bottom of this mystery.

A few days had passed since they arrived at Odaiba University. Of course, no one knew of their arrival. In fact, Impmon was beginning to think that maybe it was better that way. For one thing, it was nice not to have any humans bothering him. And second, Impmon had never eaten so much in his life. This place called 'The Den' was full of food and Impmon couldn't stop feasting. And he also enjoyed scaring off any of the humans that tried to come in.

"Hey Calumon, pass me another pack of Twinkies," Impmon requested.

Little Calumon stuck his head inside the basket where the Twinkies were kept. He pulled out another pack and passed them to Impmon. It didn't get any better than this. Impmon had it nice and peaceful in The Den's kitchen, just indulging himself.

Suddenly, though, he stopped moving and so did Calumon. They both heard a noise coming the dining area. It sounded like one of the doors was being opened.

"Thanks," a voice said. "Now let's go see what's haunting this place."

"Ok, but if it's that OU Phantasm, I'll just hide under one of the tables," another voice replied.

Impmon got to his feet and ceased his eating. Humans had been coming in and out since yesterday and each time, Impmon tossed out tiny fireballs towards them. They didn't set anything on fire, but they were enough to spook the nosy people. But something caught Impmon's attention. He heard the term 'OU Phantasm'. He wondered what that meant. Did that mean these humans thought he was some kind of ghost? He never DID come out into the open whenever he scared the humans here, so it was a very real possibility. And that left the possibility for some REAL fun wide open.

"What is it, Impmon?" Calumon asked curiously.

"I think we got humans out there."

Calumon took a bite out of a muffin. "What are you gonna do?"

Impmon smirked and lit a fireball on his fingertip. "I'm gonna have a little fun."

Calumon liked the idea of the word 'fun'. "Ooh, can I come?"

"Uh…you can watch."

"Yippee!"

Impmon walked through the kitchen cautiously with Calumon skipping along contentedly behind him. It was time for mischief. There was nothing Impmon enjoyed more than messing around with humans.

Ken slowly treaded around the abandoned Den, looking for any signs of clues as to what could be haunting it. He wasn't finding much until he reached a straw basket that was tipped over. Inside that basket was an empty wrapper of potato chips.

"Wormmon, hand me my magnifying glass."

Wormmon reached into Ken's pocket and pulled it out. "Here you go, Ken."

Ken inched closer to the wrapper of potato chips with the magnifying glass. That's when he made his first breakthrough.

"Fingerprints," Ken noted. "Do you realize what this means?"

"Those potato chips are really greasy?"

"Not only that, but with this, I have deduced that our culprit is a living thing. For as you probably know, phantasms and ghosts…don't have fingerprints."

"That makes a lot of sense."

Ken suddenly noticed another wrapper on the ground. It was from a discarded box of red vines. He looked over the wrapper and made another discovery.

"These are a different set of prints. And that means we have more than one culprit here."

"But Ken, how could a human haunt this place?" Wormmon asked. "Wouldn't that be difficult? Well…unless they were midgets?"

"Wormmon, they prefer to be called 'little people'. And anyway, it HAS to be humans. If it was some kind of wild animal, then it would have attacked public safety or something. It has to be human."

Just then, a small fireball fell between Ken and Wormmon. Both of them jumped back as the fireball quickly fizzled out. It came from inside the cafeteria's kitchen, which was pitch black. Ken reached into his pocket for his flashlight.

"Who's there?" Ken demanded.

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I AM THE OU PHANTASM!! AND YA BETTER GET OUT OF THIS PLACE IF YA KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YA!! OOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Ken lit the flashlight and pointed it out towards the kitchen. "What do you want with this place? If you really ARE the OU Phantasm, then why haunt this place? Doesn't fast food sound a lot more appealing?"

"HEY, WHO'S THE GHOST AROUND HERE?! YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!! I'M THE ONE MAKING ORDERS HERE AND I WANT YA TO SCRAM!! BADA BOOM!!"

Ken leaped out of the way of another fireball. Then he pointed at the wrapper on the ground. "I know you're not really a ghost! Your fingerprints give you away! Now come on out before you force me to do this the hard way!"

Another fireball flew out. "BEAT IT!!"

Ken dodged the fireball again. "Well, you asked for it. That was your last warning. Now I'll have to play rough!"

"YEAH, AND WHAT'S ROUGH?!"

Ken sweatdropped. "Uh…I haven't thought that far ahead yet. Give me about a minute."

That response was met with another fireball. Whoever this person was appeared to be very hostile and didn't want to give up the charade. Ken wondered how that guy could make fireballs like that. But he also wondered how he would go about flushing the fake phantasm out.

Wormmon watched the whole exchange from behind one of the counters, the one closest to the frozen yogurt machine. Ken looked to be in over his head, but Wormmon didn't want to come out and expose himself unless it was absolutely necessary. Besides that, he had faith in Ken. He knew he would flush out this would-be ghost.

"What's going on?" someone asked.

Wormmon turned around to see a small little white Digimon with a big round head and big ears, who was casually eating a banana.

"Oh that's just Detective Ken Ichijouji trying to solve the Mystery of the OU Phantasm," Wormmon answered calmly. "He may be having a little trouble right now, but you just wait and see him flush out whoever's back there. Watch and be amazed!" Then something hit Wormmon like a ton of bricks. "Hey, wait a minute! Who are you?!"

The little Digimon's ears shrunk. "Uh…me?"

"Are you supposed to be here?"

"Um…uh…IMPMON!!"

The Digimon started running. Wormmon knew he wouldn't be able to keep pace with this speedy little one. So he did things the easy way.

"Silk Thread!"

Wormmon shot out his Silk Thread like a lasso and rustled up the little Digimon with pinpoint accuracy. Seeing he was stuck, the little one cried out for help.

"Impmon! Help me!"

The so-called 'OU Phantasm' boomed. "I THOUGHT I TOLD YA TO JUST STAY OUT OF THE WAY AND WATCH!! BADA BOOM!!"

A fireball came flying out of the kitchen and headed straight for Wormmon. It landed on the Silk Thread, however, burning it off and setting the little Digimon free. The little one started running again.

"Don't let him get away, Ken!" Wormmon cried.

"I got him, Wormmon!"

Ken was quick to give chase. The little Digimon ran towards the dark kitchen and Ken followed with Wormmon lagging behind. Unfortunately, they all ran straight into the darkness. And that proved to be a recipe for disaster.

"HEY!! WATCH OUT!!"

**CRASH**

**CLANG**

**CRASH**

Wormmon didn't even know what hit him. All he knew was that there was a kettle on his head. Finally, someone managed to reach for a nearby light switch. It was Ken. And once the lights were on, Wormmon took the kettle off his head to see the little white Digimon and the alleged 'OU Phantasm'. It was another Digimon. A purple little devil that wasn't much bigger than Wormmon.

"I told you to watch," the little purple one said groggily.

The white Digimon cleared a banana peel from atop his forehead. "Sorry, Impmon."

Wormmon looked up at Ken. "I think we have our 'OU Phantasm', Ken. Two Digimon. Can we call this case closed?"

"Not just yet," Ken replied. He picked up the purple Impmon by his collar. "Alright, you're caught. How did you get in here?"

Wormmon was distracted with watching Ken try to pump this Impmon for a motive. So he obviously wasn't paying attention when the little white Digimon came up behind Ken with a pitchfork and…

"YEOW!!"

…poked Ken in the backside with it. Ken dropped the Impmon and they both started running off. But the Impmon quickly stopped and looked back one more time.

"Here's a little going-away present. Bada Boom!"

The Impmon tossed another fireball at Ken, giving him a hotfoot. Then he and the other Digimon dashed off and out of The Den.

"Are you ok, Ken?" Wormmon asked.

"Just a little sore," Ken responded coolly. Then he looked out towards the back exit. "They're gone. You know what this means?"

"Um…they've escaped?"

"Besides that," Ken groaned. "Those two might run with the same crowd as that Tuskmon that Davis saw last night. We've got to find them. They might cause more trouble. Let's go!"

Wormmon climbed up on Ken's shoulder. "Our first dramatic chase. I always imagined it would be this exciting."

"Just stay still, because we're about to head out into the open. Now let's get 'em!"

Ken was off and running again, heading for the back exit. That Impmon and his accomplice couldn't have gone far.

As soon as Impmon ran out the back door, he made a beeline for the nearby shrubbery. Calumon was following along, but he didn't see Impmon jump in the shrubs. When little Calumon stopped and looked around, Impmon reached out and yanked him in the shrubs.

"We'll hide in here," Impmon whispered.

Impmon and Calumon peeked through the shrubs and saw that human running around with a Digimon on his shoulder. He looked around before he continued running.

Impmon scowled. "Stupid human. I was actually having some fun, too. Come on, Calumon, let's see what else we can find around here."

Making sure to keep himself and Calumon hidden, Impmon led the way out of the cafeteria and towards another part of this enormous campus. There were young humans walking around everywhere. Impmon could only imagine the fun he could have messing with these humans. And if he kept himself hidden, they wouldn't know what hit them.

Impmon lit a fireball on his fingertip. "This should be fun. You think I can nail one of them?"

Calumon looked the other way and gasped. "Jeri!"

Impmon's attention was now diverted. "Jeri?"

Impmon looked the same direction as Calumon and, indeed, notice that amongst the crowd that was walking…was Jeri, who was heading for one of the campus's buildings.

"Come on," Impmon muttered. "Let's see if we can follow her."

Impmon dragged Calumon by the hand towards the building. From the looks of it, it looked like one of the apartment complexes from back in West Shinjuku. All he had to do now was infiltrate the place. But if he went in through the door, he would be spotted.

Then he found an open window in the distance. That would be his big chance to sneak inside. So he grabbed Calumon by the hand again and led him to the open window.

Kari couldn't help but notice the tension inside her room. And it had been that way ever since the Digimon had been discovered. Of course, the animosity wasn't between the roommates. It was between the two Digimon. Gatomon was on Kari's bed and Renamon was on Rika's bed. Both were staring holes into each other and it had been that way the whole day.

Yolei, who came to visit Kari, couldn't help but notice. "Uh…is there something between those two that I don't know about?"

"They met a long time ago and they have some issues," Kari answered calmly. "But from what I can tell, the main issue is that they just hate each other."

Gatomon heard that. "I wouldn't say I hate. I'd just like her a lot more if she was gone."

"Well, that's too bad," Renamon replied sourly. "Because I'm not going anywhere."

"Neither am I!" Gatomon huffed.

Once again, both Digimon crossed their arms and turned their backs on each other. Kari didn't know whether or not she could interpret this as progress, because this is the first time they had taken their eyes off each other.

"So…got plans tonight?" Kari asked casually, diverting from the tense scene.

"I think we're getting together to watch a movie in my room," Yolei answered. "There's no better time since my room will be empty."

"Catherine won't be there? Where's she going?"

Silence.

Yolei sweatdropped. "Uh…out!"

"You sound awfully nervous when you say that," Kari noted. "Is there something wrong?"

Yolei giggled nervously. "Wrong? What could be wrong? It's just…well…I shouldn't say anything! Forget I said anything!"

"Ok, this is making me curious," Kari replied. "What is it, Yolei?"

There was another moment of silence. Even Rika, who was sitting calmly at her desk with her head buried in her work, was now looking up with a hint of curiosity. Yolei was looking completely flustered.

"Kari…I really shouldn't say anything. You promise not to overreact?"

"Overreact? What do you mean?"

"It's because……Catherine's going out on a date……with TK."

Silence.

"WHAT?!?!"

Yolei flinched. It wasn't often that Kari yelled like that and whenever it DID happen, it meant that she must have been REALLY angry. Rika maintained her position, watching the whole thing unfold.

"Kari, you promised not to overreact!" Yolei exclaimed.

"No, I didn't!" Kari pointed out. "I never said I wouldn't overreact! And why wouldn't I overreact?! I can't believe TK's going out with that French floozy!"

Gatomon knew what this was all leading. She immediately put her own personal issues aside and rushed to her partner.

"Kari, calm down," Gatomon tried saying. "You have no reason to be angry. You and TK broke up!"

"He…CAN'T go out with her!" Kari cried, not having heard Gatomon. "And he didn't even tell me, either! Well, I'm gonna go set him straight RIGHT NOW!"

Kari got up and stormed towards the door. But as she approached it, she was met up by Rika, who was calmly standing in her way.

"Excuse me, please," Kari muttered through gritted teeth. She was trying to keep her polite demeanor, but couldn't deny the anger she was feeling inside of her.

"And just what are you planning to do?" Rika asked, obviously not shaken by Kari's mood.

"I need to talk to TK!" Kari growled.

"And tell him what?" Rika pointed out. "That he can't go out with whomever he wants? I thought you said you two broke up!"

"We…did. But…you just don't understand! Now please get out of my way!"

Kari nudged Rika aside and stormed out the door. There was only path for her now and it led straight to TK's room downstairs.

"Hi Kari."

Kari didn't even noticed Jeri passing by her in the hall. In fact, she nearly bumped her. Kari was blinded now. And she wouldn't be able to see again until she cleared this whole thing up with TK.

Rika just shook her head and closed the door, but before she could close it, Jeri walked in.

"Is it me, or is Kari in a really bad mood?" Jeri asked.

Rika looked over at Yolei. "I thought she broke up with him!"

"She did," Yolei replied.

"I thought she didn't like him anymore!"

"She doesn't."

"Then what is her problem?" Rika demanded.

"It's just that…well…I don't think you two would understand."

"Try us," Jeri chimed in. "If we're going to be Kari's roommates and her friends, then she has to be able to confide in us. Maybe we can help."

"It's one of those things she'll have to tell you herself when she's ready," Yolei said. "But in the meantime…maybe we should let her deal with this herself."

Rika looked over at the solid door and scowled. She couldn't believe anyone could be so ridiculous. Kari was angry over nothing. Apparently, she didn't understand the whole concept of a 'breakup'.

And if it was that same TK she met the other day…then she felt rather sorry for him. He seemed like a nice enough guy. He didn't deserve the ordeal he was about to face.

TK was casually bouncing a foam ball off the wall while lying back on his bed. Davis was finishing up a paper with Veemon looking over his shoulder while Patamon was taking a nap. Ken and Wormmon were still out being detectives and trying to solve this case of the OU Phantasm.

The calmness of the room was broken when someone knocked. Davis put his paper aside and went to answer the door.

Davis smiled. "Hi Kari!"

Kari didn't return the smile. She didn't look happy. "Davis…can I speak to TK alone for a second. I'm sorry if you're busy, but I'll make it up to you…later."

Davis looked over at his desk. "Well…I was working on a paper…but for you, anything. I'll be right in the hall."

Davis stepped out into the hall and shut the door. Kari then shot a glance at Veemon. Veemon took the hint and walked into Davis's closet and shut the door. She then looked over at Patamon and concluded that the sleeping little Digimon wouldn't be nosing in this conversation.

Then she focused on TK…and she gave him an angry stare.

"Something wrong?" TK asked, having no idea what to expect.

"So when were planning to tell me?!" Kari demanded.

"Tell you what?" TK asked unknowingly.

"That you were going out on a date with Catherine?! How could you?! You're dating again so soon?!"

"Hey, wait a minute!" TK protested. "What do you mean 'Am *I* dating again so soon?'?! You just went out on a date last night, or did you forget that?!"

"T-T-That's different!" Kari stammered. "Davis is my friend! We're just friends!"

"Yeah, and Catherine's MY friend!" TK shot back. "WE'RE friends, too! Why are you so angry about this?!"

Patamon sleepily lifted his head. "What's going on?"

"NOW look what you did!" TK growled. "You woke him up! I hope you're happy!"

"I'm NOT happy!" Kari cried. "I can't believe you're already going out with some girl you hardly know! We've gone out for so many years, been everything to each other for so long! It's like I meant nothing to you! You didn't even bother to tell me you were going out! It didn't take you long to forget about me, did it, Takeru?!"

This was serious. Kari never called him by his full first name unless it was something totally serious. She was really upset about this.

But TK was also looking at this from another perspective. Kari was out of control. She had no reason to be this upset at all. Kari had already begun the process of moving on and she wanted to deny TK that same opportunity. It wasn't fair.

"WE…BROKE…UP!" TK shouted, emphasizing each word. "And that means it's time for me to move on! I don't have to answer to you anymore! And if I want to go out with a beautiful girl like Catherine, then I WILL!" That's when he grinned smugly. "Don't tell me you're JEALOUS!"

Kari gasped. She gave him the meanest look she could possibly give him…

**SMACK**

…before slapping the grin off his face and the taste out of his mouth.

"FINE! Go out with her!" Kari shouted. "See if I care!"

Kari turned around to stomp away. When she opened the door, there was Davis, who had a look of concern on his face.

"Is everything ok?" he asked.

Kari hesitated for a moment. She had a look of uncertainty on her face. But that's when she made a bold move, one she didn't even appear to be sure of. She grabbed Davis's head and planted a deep kiss on his lips before walking out. TK was stunned. Davis was also stunned, but in a different way. It looked like a big dream had come true for him. Patamon waved a hand in front of Davis's face and got no reaction. The goggle boy was in a zombie-like state.

"Whoa…I think he's out of it," Patamon thought.

TK couldn't believe it. She boldly kissed Davis RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. It was the lowest thing a person could have done, which bothered him since it came from Kari. Never did he think she was capable of doing something like that. It was so unlike her. And from the look on her face after she had done it, it looked like she realized that as well. Did his upcoming date bother her that much?

Then he shrugged all that off. If it bothered her, he didn't care. It was HIS date and HIS life and he refused to let Kari Kamiya control him.

Impmon crept over to the open window. It was a simple matter of peering over the windowsill to see if anyone was in there. There were two guys in there, but they looked far too distracted to notice Impmon come in.

"Keep quiet so they don't see you," Impmon whispered.

With that in mind, he gave Calumon a boost inside. Then he climbed in himself. They crawled by the wall while the two humans started arguing.

"Did you enjoy that, Davis?!"

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh………huh? Wha?"

"I hope you know she did that just to spite me!"

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh………huh? Wha?"

They would never notice them. In fact, Impmon felt like taking advantage of the guy with the goggles by giving him a hotfoot. But he knew he had to get out of there and find Jeri. But that's when something unexpected happened.

"HEY! TK!"

Something else cried out. Impmon didn't even get to see what it was before he was spotted by the humans.

The goggled one shook off his trance and saw Impmon and Calumon. "Huh?! MORE Digimon?!"

Impmon went with his best line of defense. "Bada Boom!"

Impmon tossed a fireball on the ground, sending the goggle boy jumping out of the way. Before anyone else could get in his way, Impmon dragged Calumon out the open door and ran down the hall.

Unfortunately, he didn't watch where he was going, because he went on…

"HEY!"

…to bump into someone. It just happened to be a familiar face.

Calumon recognized him. "Takato!"

Impmon couldn't believe it, but it really was Takato Matsuki. Of all the people to bump into…

Takato gasped. "Calumon?! Impmon?!"

Suddenly, one of the other guys staying in the hall came out. Takato quickly ran in front of the two Digimon.

"What's going on?" the guy asked.

"Oh…I just had some more stuffed animals lying around," Takato said nervously.

Taking the hint, Impmon and Calumon froze and went into a stuffed animal act.

The guy went back into his room. "Ok, but you have a lot of stuffed animals."

Once the guy was in, Takato turned back around. "How did you guys…?!"

Before Takato could even finish asking his question, the other two guys caught up to them.

The guy with the blond hair panted. "Takato! Digimon!"

"Relax," Takato said calmly. "I know these two. Let's go to my room and I'll introduce you."

Impmon sweatdropped. It looked like he'd be getting better acquainted with more humans. This wasn't what he had in mind at all when he got here.


Next Week: Davis, TK, and Takato all gather around in Takato's room with Impmon and Calumon where the two Digimon tell their reasons for coming to Odaiba University. But soon, nighttime approaches and TK and Catherine go out on their date. Too bad that there's also a Digimon on the way. But there's also the little matter of Kazu, Kenta, and Henry who are all on their way back to Odaiba. Meanwhile, Kari's trying to cope with TK dating again. So who will try and help? Gatomon? Jeri? RIKA?! Come back for the next Digimon: The College Years!


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