Last Week: Terriermon recruited Veemon, Patamon, and Wormmon for a rescue mission. Taking Davis's car, they went off to Shibuya University to get Guilmon back. While the three DigiDestined Digimon ran into trouble, Terriermon found his friend…in a dorm room getting waited on by cheerleaders. Once he was finally alone, Terriermon went in for the rescue, but met up with Nicho's Digimon, Muchomon. After quickly taking him out of the equation, Terriermon and Guilmon headed out the window and found their means of escape: a bicycle. Agumon, Gabumon, Hawkmon, and Armadillomon continued through the deserts of Server and finally found a huge breakthrough. The Digimon Empress stepped out of the shadows to confront them and unleashed ChaosGallantmon. Despite Gennai's box giving Agumon and Gabumon the power to Warp Digivolve without their partners, ChaosGallantmon still got the upper hand and left our heroic friends buried. Davis and Ken went to The Den for lunch but met up with an irate Yolei who had a little surprise for Ken. They were flowers for him…FROM ROSA! Davis vowed to help Ken through this (despite Ken's protests), but then found Kari having lunch with Ryo! Now Davis is getting ready to spy on them.
Digimon: The College Years
Episode 19- Serenade
Davis crawled through the outside of The Den, making sure not to be seen, until he made it to the bush next to the table Kari and Ryo were sitting at. Now he was in a perfect position to hear what they were saying.
He didn't want to believe that he didn't trust Kari. He did. But she wasn't quite his girlfriend and there was the possibility that maybe this guy had some interest in her. And if he was as amazing a guy as Ken said he was, then Davis had a lot to worry about. Maybe there WAS something brewing between Ryo and Kari. After all, why else would they be having lunch together?
Davis wanted to find out. But he couldn't just come out, or Kari might think he was spying on her. He just intended to stay in the shrubs and listen to every word.
It was nice getting to know Ryo. And she couldn't believe some of the things she had already learned about him. In fact, she had learned some VERY interesting things about him.
"Uh…you won't say anything to anybody, will you?" Ryo asked. If he hadn't had such a confident façade, she could have sworn he was nervous.
"I can keep a secret," Kari smiled. "You don't have to worry about me telling anybody."
Ryo raised an eyebrow. "Not even…?"
"Of course not," Kari smirked. "Nobody will know."
"Oh, that's great," Ryo sighed in relief. "You don't know how tough it was to get that off my chest."
"Don't worry about a thing. Nobody has to find out. Not until you give the word, anyway."
"Thanks, Kari. You don't know how much that means to me."
Ryo leaned over and was about to kiss Kari on the cheek. But before he did…
"OW!"
Ryo suddenly got beaned in the head with a bagel that seemingly flew out of nowhere. Ryo grabbed the bagel and rubbed his temple.
"Where did this come from?" he asked.
"I have no idea," Kari replied.
Ryo just shrugged and tossed it towards the nearest trash can. Unfortunately, as perfect as Rika made him out to be, he wasn't exactly a perfect shot. He overshot the trash can and the bagel fell into the bush right beside it. Seeing a free meal, a flock of pigeons made a beeline for the bagel.
"HEY! SHOO!"
Kari gasped when she saw someone jump out of the bush, waving around a pair of goggles to try and shoo away the pigeons.
"Davis?!"
Davis chuckled nervously. "Hi Kari!"
"What are you doing behind that bush?!" Kari demanded.
Davis hesitated before steering around the question. "What are you doing having lunch with another guy?"
"Oh…uh…I can answer that," Ryo began. "We were just…"
Kari cut him off. "Wait a minute, Ryo! You don't have to tell him anything! Davis, were you spying on me?!"
Davis sweatdropped. "Spying? Uh…no…I was just…listening…from the bush."
Kari gasped. "You WERE spying on me! Davis, how could you?! Don't you trust me?!"
Davis did the best he could to defend himself. "Of course I trust you, Kari! But…"
"But what? You still felt you had to follow me to make sure I was behaving myself? I thought you knew me better than that!"
"I do! But…but…but…"
Kari waited patiently, but Davis honestly didn't have anymore argument left. She didn't need to hear anymore. She turned around and started walking out.
"I can't believe you, Davis!"
Davis tried to follow, but Ryo held him back and shook his head.
"Trust me. I've been here."
Kari didn't even look back. She had already broken up with TK because of a lack of trust. She didn't want to think her budding relationship with Davis would end the same way.
It was sad. He had changed so much, but this was an act worthy of the OLD Davis Motomiya.
After a LONG spin cycle, Veemon managed to get out of the dryer in one piece. Unfortunately, he only came out of there a little fluffier than before. He didn't find Guilmon and the two hours were up. And that's why he had come back to the rendezvous point, waiting for his friends who, hopefully had better luck than he did.
A couple of minutes later, a groggy Wormmon joined up with him, rubbing his head as he arrived.
"What's wrong with you?" Veemon asked curiously.
"Let's just say I hit the books harder than I ever intended," Wormmon answered. "How'd it go?"
Before Veemon could answer, Patamon slowly flew over and joined them. He was noticeably shivering.
"What happened to you?" Wormmon asked.
"I accidentally got locked in a freezer," Patamon muttered as his teeth chattered. "It was a good thing they came back for the meat. And the worst part is that I didn't even get to eat anything!"
"Did you find out anything about Guilmon?" Veemon asked.
Patamon shook his head. "I couldn't find a thing. Did you guys have better luck?"
Wormmon chimed in with his info. "I found out that Guilmon is being kept in one of the dorms. I found it out just before I got knocked unconscious."
Veemon nodded. "Then we've got a new place to look. Should we go or should we wait for Terriermon?"
"Where IS Terriermon?" Patamon pointed out.
Veemon gasped and pointed towards the distance. "INCOMING!!"
The three Digimon saw a bicycle coming towards them, through a crowd of students, at an extremely fast speed. It was almost as if the rider was out of control. Then he saw that the one riding the bike was Guilmon with Terriermon sitting on the bike's handlebar. Guilmon rode towards the end of the concrete walkway and was launched into the air.
The landing was a smooth one, but unfortunately, he couldn't make a stop…and he was about to hit the Digimon.
"SCATTER!" Veemon shouted.
Everyone dove in different directions as Guilmon rode past them.
"Hit the brake!!" Terriermon cried.
"Which one's the brake?" Guilmon asked.
Guilmon didn't get enough time to find the brake. The bike kept going until it crashed into a car parked in the handicapped spot. Guilmon and Terriermon both went airborne and landed hard…right by Davis's car.
It wasn't the most graceful arrival, but it was good enough for what it was. Veemon, Patamon, and Wormmon ran out to the parking lot to join their friends.
"You ok, Guilmon?" Wormmon asked. "We were starting to think something bad happened."
"Uh…that fall looked like it hurt," Patamon mused.
"It's ok," Guilmon grinned. "Nothing a little snack won't fix."
"Nothing a little snack won't fix," Terriermon parroted angrily. "You big red goofball! You've seen Takato ride these things for years! You mean to tell me you never paid attention to where the brake was?!"
Veemon pointed out at the path of destruction. "Uh…we'd better go!"
Everyone looked over to see that Guilmon's wild ride had left a lot of students panicked and knocked down. And that was drawing curiosity. If they delayed anymore, they would get discovered.
Now wanting anyone to find them, Veemon quickly opened the car door. Everyone filed in and took their positions with Guilmon in the passenger's seat. Terriermon stood on Veemon's back and turned the key. The car quickly started and Terriermon was ready to drive away.
"Gas!"
Patamon pounded on the gas pedal…and the car promptly slammed into the car in front of them. Terriermon sweatdropped and put the car in reverse.
"Uh…gas!"
Patamon pounded on the gas again…and this time hit another car with the rear fender. Terriermon sweatdropped again. He put the car in drive.
"Uh…gas! But don't put so much oomph in it!"
Patamon slowly pressed on the gas as the car began to drive away. It looked like they had come out of this rescue mission successful. Guilmon had been recovered safely and they were now on their way back to Odaiba U.
The only casualty seemed to be Davis's car. And Veemon didn't have much time to think of an excuse.
Izzy had given Talley and Yamaki his word that he wouldn't say anything about them both being undercover agents. And he intended to keep his word. Today he found himself in Sora and Mimi's room. Sora was still trying to dress up Biyomon and Palmon, hoping to get that children's line of clothing out sooner than later while Mimi was mixing up some kind of concoction inside a bowl. Joe, who had been with Mimi for a couple of years, was right there with Izzy…along with Gomamon. Like Izzy, Joe couldn't seem to keep his Digimon in the Digital World.
Mimi finished mixing up her batter. "Ok, Sora, I finally finished!"
Sora turned around and sweatdropped. "Mimi, you didn't really go through with that, did you?"
Mimi nodded. "You bet I did! It's my own homemade shampoo! Years of treating my hair with the most advanced in haircare technology has encouraged me to make something myself. And today, I finally finished! And lucky for you, you get to be the first to try it!"
Sora gulped. "Mimi…are you sure that's safe?"
"Sora, I included only the finest ingredients. And besides, I had Joe here to help me out. Isn't that right, Joe?"
"I had a couple of original additions to add to the batter myself."
"Like what?" Sora asked curiously.
"Well, most of the best shampoos get their best ingredients from animals. I decided to try something a little different. I got my ingredients from Digimon."
That intrigued Izzy. "Digimon? How did you pull that off?"
"I managed to pick some fur off Gabumon's coat during my last trip to the Digital World. And it's as stable as any horsehair…at least I think it is. It IS untested, but…we all know how neat and clean Gabumon keeps his coat, so you should be just fine."
Sora thought about it. "Is this really worth being a guinea pig?"
"Sora, I'm your best friend and I wouldn't do anything that would harm you in any way," Mimi smiled. "You can trust me, so what do you say?"
Sora nodded. "Ok, you talked me into it."
Mimi didn't need to be told twice. She whipped out a towel and started mixing the batter into Sora's hair.
As much as Izzy wanted to say something to his friends about that meeting with Yamaki, he knew he couldn't tell them everything. But Izzy realized that he had only promised to keep their secret about being undercover. He never said anything about not trying to help if he could. And maybe he and the DigiDestined could lend a hand.
"Guys, there's something you all should know," Izzy began.
"What is it, Izzy?" Joe asked curiously.
"I may have stumbled onto some information about the recent Digimon attacks. These aren't just a coincidence. Somebody's been bringing the Digimon to our world."
"I kinda figured that, Izzy," Mimi sighed. "I mean, even *I* may be slow sometimes, but it doesn't take a computer genius to figure out that Digimon can't come here on their own."
"But there's more to this," Izzy continued. "I found out that whomever's bringing the Digimon here…is from this school!"
Mimi stopped her lathering. "You mean a student?"
"It could very well be a student," Izzy answered. "But we don't even have a vague description to work with. For all we know, it could be a student or a professor or even the janitor. The only piece of information we have is that somebody on this campus is a mole. Whoever that mole is, is somehow connected with the Digimon that have been attacking. And they could be bringing in more soon."
"But who could it be?" Sora asked. "Do you have any suspects, Izzy?"
"I haven't got a single idea where to start mole hunting," Izzy admitted. "I was hoping one of you might have noticed anything suspicious."
Just then, someone knocked on the door. The door slowly opened. "Ladies, can I come in?"
The Digimon all froze when they saw Resident Director, Ms. Mackenzie, stick her head in the door.
"Sure thing, Ms. Mackenzie," Mimi said as she kept lathering Sora's hair.
Ms. Mackenzie walked in and looked around, surveying the area. "I just wanted to give you all a heads up on this rivalry week. It looks like tensions are getting very high as you may have noticed with what happened at the gym. If you notice anything suspicious in this hall, feel free to exercise your power as an RA or alert me."
"We will, Ms. Mackenzie," Sora replied.
Ms. Mackenzie suddenly noticed Tentomon beside the bed and picked him up. She gave him a long stare, as if she noticed something suspicious about him.
"I really must admit that these are very strange stuffed animals you all have. They're so lifelike."
"That's the way they're made these days," Izzy chuckled nervously.
"Well, I'd better head out to alert the RA's downstairs. Have a good day, ladies."
Ms. Mackenzie walked out and Tentomon breathed a sigh of relief. Izzy hadn't noticed, but Joe never took his eyes off her.
"That's MY suspect," he finally said.
"You suspect our RD?" Mimi asked skeptically.
"There's something weird about her," Joe explained. "When I first bumped into her, I couldn't help but notice that weird stare she gave Gomamon. It was the same stare she just gave to Tentomon. And when I went to get my Digivice from her the other day, it was as if she knew something about it. It's like there's some weird aura about her."
"So what do you think we should do?" Mimi asked.
"That's easy enough," Joe replied. "We get the Digimon to inspect her room and see if they find anything on her."
Sora's eyes widened. "You want them to spy on her?"
"I'm sure Gomamon is more than up to it," Joe said assuredly.
"No, Gomamon is NOT up to it," Gomamon cut in. "Joe, I've seen the way she looks at me. It's like she knows what I am or something. I don't want to risk her catching me in her room."
Mimi finished lathering Sora's hair. "Ok, all done. Now put this on your head and leave it there until tomorrow. In the morning, you'll have the most BEAUTIFUL hair!"
Sora took a towel and wrapped it around her head. Meanwhile, Izzy decided to get another target to spy on Ms. Mackenzie.
"What about you, Tentomon?"
"I've already been in enough trouble this year," Tentomon piped up. "Don't ask me to go on any espionage missions."
"Then who else can we get?" Izzy wondered.
A light bulb appeared over Joe's head. He peered over towards the mirror. Everyone turned their heads to see what Joe was seeing. They all started to stare at the two who were trying on clothes in front of the mirror.
"Does this dress make me look fat?" Biyomon asked.
"Oh, no. It's SO you," Palmon assured her.
Suddenly, they both froze in their tracks. They both turned around and noticed that all eyes were on them. They both sweatdropped.
Biyomon gulped. "Uh…why are you looking at us like that?"
Sora smiled. "We have a job for you two…"
Takato squeezed a stress ball as hard as he could. A long time had passed and there was still nothing that indicated that Guilmon would be coming back. Kazu and Kenta had really messed up this time. If Takato never saw Guilmon again, he would never forgive them.
Usually at this point, Henry would cut in and try to calm him down. But Henry had worries of his own. Terriermon was nowhere in sight. And after the events of the last few days, it was likely that Terriermon was off causing mischief somewhere. Takato was frankly surprised that Henry didn't have a full head of gray hair by now with the way Terriermon had been keeping himself busy. Maybe Guilmon was out a lot, but he hardly ever created problems for Takato.
Then Takato came to his senses. This was a HUGE problem. Guilmon was stuck on a strange campus and since Takato was relatively new in town, he didn't know where to find it.
"Where is he?" Henry muttered.
"He's stuck somewhere, Henry," Takato said sadly. "Poor Guilmon. He must be so scared right now…and hungry…"
"I'm talking about Terriermon!" Henry growled. "If I find out he's trying to commit another prank…"
"I think Terriermon's learned his lesson with pranks…for now, anyway," Takato thought. "But that IS pretty weird. Where would he run off to?" Just then, he heard someone knock on the door. Takato couldn't help but chuckle. "Maybe that's him."
Takato walked over to answer the door, but before he made it, the door opened and smashed his nose.
"Silly me," the voice behind the door said. "I almost forgot you guys always keep the door unlocked."
Takato rubbed his nose painfully. "Yeah, I'm not surprised, Davis."
"Any word about Guilmon?" Davis asked.
"Nothing yet," Henry answered. "But I've got a bad feeling about this. I haven't seen Terriermon all day and I think something might have happened."
"HI!"
"AAH!"
Terriermon popped up out of nowhere by the window, sending Henry tumbling back. Terriermon had an awfully big grin on his face in light of the situation.
"And where have YOU been?" Henry asked curtly.
"Making things right again," Terriermon replied cheerfully.
"What do you mean?" Takato asked.
Takato didn't need to wait long for his answer. Terriermon climbed in the window and someone came in right behind him. Seeing that someone come in took a huge weight off Takato's shoulders.
"Guilmon!"
Takato started running over to his partner, but Guilmon leapt over first and knocked Takato over. Much like Dino and Fred Flintstone, Guilmon tackled Takato and started licking his face uncontrollably.
Takato finally composed himself. "Guilmon, are you ok?"
"I'm fine, Takatomon. It wasn't so bad there, but it's nice to be back. And I wouldn't be back if it wasn't for Terriermon. He came all the way to Shibuya University to pick me up."
"I owe you one, Terriermon," Takato smiled. "How'd you do it? How did you get all the way over there?"
Terriermon sweatdropped. "Uh…so did we miss anything while we were gone? How's the weather out there, you guys?"
It didn't take much more than that to get Henry suspicious. "Terriermon…how did you get to Shibuya University?"
Terriermon gulped. "Uh…um…so how's Guilmon's cheerleader friend? She doing ok?"
"Terriermon!" Henry nagged. "How did you get there?"
Terriermon was sweating bullets now. "We…drove. But not your car, Henry! I wouldn't do anything like that."
Henry blinked. "I didn't think you took MY car. I still have my car keys."
"I have my car keys, too," Takato added.
"And I have my keys right here," Davis piped up.
"Uh…you sure that's the only key you've got, buddy?" Terriermon chuckled nervously.
Davis's eyes widened. "You took MY car?!"
"It was Veemon's idea!" Terriermon cried. "He got your other key and we all drove to Shibuya University!"
"I can't believe you guys took my car!" Davis shouted.
"Calm down, Davis," Takato said gently. "They all made it back safely and I'm sure nothing bad happened to your car. It's got to be in one piece. Right, Terriermon?"
Terriermon sweatdropped again. "Well………not exactly……"
Davis's voice was noticeably quivering. "What do you mean 'not exactly'?"
Terriermon grinned sheepishly. "Driving is a lot harder than I thought."
Davis stormed out of the room, obviously concerned about his car. Takato wanted to follow, but right now he was just glad to have Guilmon back. He wasn't in any rush to leave his buddy anytime soon.
Henry just lied back on his bed and put his hand over his forehead. "What am I going to do with you, Terriermon?"
"Whatever you have to do, Henry," Terriermon grinned. "Just as long as it doesn't involve me going home with Lopmon."
Henry looked like a frustrated parent desperately searching for a way to discipline his child. This year was certainly making the relationship between Henry and Terriermon a rocky one.
But Henry was a resourceful guy. Takato knew he would find a way to deal with Terriermon. And hopefully it would be something more creative than grounding him.
"What do you mean I'm grounded?!"
Everyone sweatdropped when they heard that from Henry. Everyone except Davis, who was lamenting over his car. There were dents all over the place and the front door had fallen off. The fender and bumper were hanging by a thread. His insurance rates were sure to go through the roof.
"You're grounded," Henry reiterated. "Terriermon, look what you did to Davis's car! I don't want to send you home, but I can't just let you do something like this and get off scot-free."
"But I saved Guilmon! Doesn't that count for anything?"
"And we all appreciate it. But you're still grounded!"
Davis just pounded the pavement. "It's not fair! She was so young!"
Somebody whistled from the distance. "Wow! Look at that car wreck."
Davis turned around. "Look at her, Ken! My poor car!"
TK, who was walking behind Ken, just shook his head. "And I thought MY car had it the worst. Welcome to the club, Davis."
Davis sighed. "This is the worst thing that could happen. I wanted to take Kari out tonight to make up for being a bonehead." Then he got an idea. He put an arm around Ken's shoulder. "Hey Ken! I almost forgot! I didn't forget that I planned to help make things between you and Yolei all better. And no need to thank me. But if you REALLY want to thank me, you can let me borrow your car tomorrow night."
Ken sweatdropped. "Uh……ok…I guess." Then he shrugged it off. "Wait a minute! What exactly are you planning to do for me and Yolei, Davis?"
"Nothing that I can't handle with some help from my friends."
TK immediately saw where this was going and was quick to toss his hat out of the ring. "Count me out, Davis! As much as I LOVE being a part of your crazy ideas, I've got work tonight. A pizza delivery boy's work is never done."
"Especially when that pizza boy's using MY car," Ken cut in.
Davis wasn't about to let that little setback stop him. "Then I'll get a couple of friends who CAN help." He put his arms around Takato and Henry's shoulders. "So what do you guys say?"
Takato shrugged. "Us? I don't see why not."
"What's the worst that could happen?" Henry added.
TK suddenly burst into laughter. Davis sweatdropped as TK began to clutch his stomach from his sudden laugh attack. Ken tried to hold it in, but even he was snickering. Then he clutched his stomach and burst into all-out laughter. TK leaned on Ken's shoulder to keep from falling over.
Henry gulped. "Why I do I get the feeling we're going to regret this?"
"It…can't be that bad," Takato chuckled nervously. "Can it?"
Ken and TK stopped for a second to absorb that last question. Then they both burst into laughter again. This time, they were laughing even harder. Takato and Henry were getting noticeably tense. It was obvious that they didn't recognize Davis's track record.
Davis was looking at the bright side of this, however. This was his chance to show his new friends that he knew how to get things done. It was like a new beginning. Davis could show that he was crafty.
And it would all happen…tonight.
That night, Davis was feeling lucky. He could see all the pieces falling into place. He knew just what to do and this would get Ken and Yolei back on the same page for sure.
Davis was outside the freshman dorm building by the bluff overlooking Odaiba. It was a romantic setting and the perfect place to pull this off. And he had the perfect helpers right behind the big tree.
"Ok guys, let me see how they look."
"Davis, I can't believe you talked us into this!" Takato growled.
"We look ridiculous!" Henry added.
"It's too late for you guys to back out now!" Davis pointed out. "You already agreed to help. Now let me see what you look like."
Takato and Henry begrudgingly walked out from behind the tree. They were dressed in red vests, white shirts, and slacks with fake handlebar mustaches on their upper lip. They looked like guys from a barbershop quartet.
"Isn't there one of you missing?" Davis thought.
Henry looked behind the tree. "Come on! You're part of this, too!"
"No way!" the voice shouted back. "I won't do it!"
Henry shot him a cold stare and he soon came out. Indeed, it was Terriermon, also dressed up in a barber shop ensemble.
"So you guys know what to do, right?" Davis asked.
"Actually, we don't," Takato replied. "What do we do?"
Davis sighed. "Ok, I'll explain it again. You guys just stay behind the tree and wait for me to say the word. As soon as I say the word 'serenade', you guys press 'play' on the stereo back there and get ready to start backing up Terriermon. And Terriermon, you jump out and start singing. Do it just like we practiced."
"As soon as you say the word 'serenade'?" Terriermon repeated.
"Yeah! As soon as you hear that word, don't even hesitate! Just come out and do your thing! Now get behind the tree and wait for your cue."
Takato, Henry, and Terriermon sighed and went back to their post behind the tree. Davis felt very good about himself. There was nothing that could possibly go wrong.
"Davis?"
Davis gulped. He turned around and saw an unexpected interruption.
"Oh…hi Kari."
Davis didn't expect to run into Kari out here. He was there waiting for Ken to bring Yolei out there.
"I was hoping to find you," Kari said. "Tai said he saw you coming out this way. I want to talk about what happened earlier."
"Kari, you don't even have to say it," Davis cut her off. "I feel terrible about what happened and I'm really sorry."
Kari sighed. "Davis, you know that I broke up with TK over something like this. There's nothing I hate more than not being trusted."
"And I realize that, Kari. It's not that I don't trust you. It's just that…I don't really know Ryo and after some of the things Ken told me about him, I got scared."
"You should know I wouldn't let anything happen. You have to trust me. If I'm with you, then there's no reason for me to be with anyone else."
"But the thing is…you AREN'T with me. We aren't an official couple yet, remember?"
Kari stayed silent. That was true. Davis and Kari had gone out a few times, but they weren't officially boyfriend and girlfriend. At any time, Kari could fall for someone else and it would all be over.
"You…want to make it official?" Davis smiled.
Kari shook her head. "Davis…if anything, today has shown me that maybe we aren't ready to take that next step yet. Maybe we should slow down a bit. You understand, don't you?"
"Of course, Kari. And I have no problem with slowing down. I mean, it's not like there's any other guy out there who would be willing to do what I do. I'd walk a thousand miles for you! I'd give everything I have for you! And I'm always willing to go out of my way to do something special for you like take you on a romantic night out, go on a romantic trip with you, or surprise you with a serenade."
Unfortunately, Davis didn't know when to quit. He had uttered the magic word at the wrong time and the music had suddenly started. As the music played, Terriermon moonwalked out from behind the tree with the microphone in his hand and started singing.
"My life…will never be the same.
'Cause girl you came and changed
The way I walk
The way I talk
I cannot explain…the things I feel for you
But girl, you know it's true
Stay with me
Fulfill your dreams
And I'll be all you'll need."
Takato and Henry, behind the tree, started background singing. "Oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh…it feels so right. I've searched for the perfect love all my life. Oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh…it feels like I…have finally found the perfect love that's mine."
Terriermon went into the chorus. "You rocked my world, you know you did. And everything I own I give. The rarest love who'd think I'd find…someone like you to call mine. You rocked my world, you know you did. And everything I own I give. The rarest love who'd think I'd find…someone like you to call mine."
Davis knew he should have cut this off immediately. This was supposed to be for Yolei. But when he looked into Kari's eyes, he saw a joy he had never seen in her before. She was truly touched. Davis didn't have the heart to stop it. And even if he did, he was no fool. If Davis tried to tell her that this serenade wasn't meant for her, he would suffer dire consequences.
Maybe this wouldn't turn out so bad. Maybe no one else would notice and Davis could ask Terriermon to do an encore for Yolei later on.
"Ken, I don't understand why we're going out here."
Yolei was in a grouchy mood since catching Rosa's flowers at Ken's doorstep. And the last person she wanted to see today…was Ken. But Ken had stopped at her door earlier and insisted that they make things right again. So here they were. Ken was leading Yolei out by the hand. She didn't know exactly what he had planned, but this path was starting to look familiar. It looked like the path towards the bluff.
The bluff was a popular romantic hotspot. Yolei was hardly in a romantic mood, however. Ken wasn't exactly endearing himself to her. If he truly cared about her, he'd do something special to reassure her. Rosa was proving to be a huge thorn in their relationship and it didn't look like Ken was making any effort to push her out of the picture and that left Yolei worried…and threatened.
"I wanted to make up for earlier," Ken said. "I never meant to get those roses and I want to show you that…"
Yolei stopped and took her hand from Ken's grip. "What is that?!"
Yolei couldn't believe what she was seeing. It looked like…Terriermon…and he was singing…for Davis and Kari.
"You rocked my world, you know you did. And everything I own I give. The rarest love who'd think I'd find…someone like you to call mine. You rocked my world, you know you did. And everything I own I give. The rarest love who'd think I'd find…someone like you to call mine. You rocked my world!"
Yolei was in disbelief. She knew Davis was always the type for crazy schemes, but this was really sweet. He had actually gone the extra mile to arrange a romantic serenade for Kari. She wished more than anything that Ken would do something like that for her.
Ken's eyes widened. "Davis! But…"
"That's so sweet of him!" Yolei cried. "And you wouldn't EVER think of doing something like that for me, would you, Ken Ichijouji?!"
"B-B-But Yolei…"
"Don't you 'B-B-But Yolei' me! I've had enough, Ken! I'm going back to my room!"
"Yolei!"
Yolei didn't even look back. She didn't need to see Ken's face right now, because it would infuriate her. But she couldn't help but envy Kari. She was lucky to have someone like Davis willing to arrange something like that for her.
After the song ended, Terriermon took a bow. "Thank you. I do requests. And I do a pretty good Elvis, to boot."
Kari threw her arms around Davis. "Davis, this is the sweetest thing anybody's ever done for me! How can I ever thank you?"
Davis had unwittingly gotten in Kari's good graces. He knew he couldn't pass this opportunity up. Then again, he didn't want to press his luck, so he would keep things on the safe side.
"Can we forget about the way I acted earlier?" Davis requested.
Kari nodded. "You got it! Consider it forgotten. Davis?"
"Yeah, Kari?"
"You want to have breakfast tomorrow before class?"
"Sounds good!"
"Great! I'll see you in the morning. Good night…"
Kari leaned over towards Davis and their lips met. As soon as they parted, Davis was in a euphoric trance.
"…and thank you. I'll never forget this."
Kari walked away as Davis just blushed and remained in his trance. He didn't notice Takato or Henry come out from behind the tree.
"I'm starting to wonder if there was even a point to wearing these ridiculous outfits," Henry noted.
Takato waved a hand over Davis's face and got no reaction. "Wow! He's totally gone!"
"But he owes me!" Terriermon growled as he climbed up on Henry's shoulder. "This act is worthy of Vegas! I can't just do that sort of thing for free."
"You aren't in any position to be asking for anything," Henry pointed out. "You're grounded, remember?"
"No fair, Henry! You don't see Suzie punishing Lopmon."
"Don't compare me to my little sister! That's hitting below the belt!"
"I could compare you to your dad. But then again, your dad wouldn't punish me either!"
"That's because you're not my dad's responsibility!"
"But I didn't even do anything wrong! Patamon was the one who hit the gas too hard!"
The argument ensued as Henry and Terriermon walked away. Takato waved an arm in front of Davis's face one more time, but still got no reaction. Then he quickly followed Henry. It didn't look like anything could take Davis out of his elation.
"DAVIS!"
That voice brought Davis back to reality. He turned his head to see Ken, who wasn't happy at all.
"Hey, Ken. Where's Yolei?"
"Gone! She went back to her room after seeing Terriermon singing to KARI!"
Davis gulped. "Uh…Ken…the funniest thing happened. And when you hear it, you'll laugh so hard…"
"I don't need to hear it, I saw it! And I'm NOT laughing! It's pretty obvious that Kari showed up and you couldn't resist making things between you and her better! But by doing that, your plan backfired, just like all your OTHER STUPID PLANS BACKFIRE!!"
Davis flinched. "Ken, I didn't think Kari would show up. This would have worked."
"Maybe, but now you've made things worse! Yolei's even madder than before and now I don't know what's going to happen between us!"
"This sounds bad. Maybe I can…"
"NO!! You've done enough!! No more help!! Just stay out of this, Davis!!"
Ken stormed off, leaving Davis alone at the bluff. A night of good intentions had turned disastrous. Davis had never seen Ken that angry with him before. He had really messed up this time.
But on the upside…at least things with Kari were all better.
Yolei was walking by the freshman dorms as she made her way back to her building. On the way back, she had run into her roommate, Catherine. Yolei needed someone like her to hear her out. After that awful fight with Ken, she needed a sympathetic ear. And Catherine was more than willing to listen.
"And that's why I'm so mad," Yolei finished. "Ken's never done anything like that for me. I feel like……like we don't connect anymore."
"This sounds very serious, Yolei," Catherine replied. "And you believe Ken may be showing interest in this high school girl?"
"I see chemistry between Ken and Rosa. And if it's not true, then why isn't he brushing her off?"
"It sounds like he's testing you," Catherine thought. "I've been through this sort of thing before…from both sides. I believe Ken is taking you for granted. Show him how lucky he is. Why don't you try having a night out…with someone else?"
That caught Yolei by surprise. "Another guy? I don't know…"
"Yolei…do you really believe Ken wouldn't go out with Rosa if he had the opportunity?"
Yolei scowled. "You're right. I have to show Ken that he's taking me for granted. In fact…I'll do it! I'll go out with another guy for one night!"
Catherine's face brightened. "You don't know how happy I am to hear that, Yolei! In fact, maybe you could help me by going out with…"
Yolei didn't give Catherine a chance to finish her proposal. She stopped the very first guy that came walking towards the freshman dorm. It just happened to be Henry Wong.
"Henry, what are you doing Saturday night?"
Henry blinked. "Uh…I don't think I'm doing anything…"
"Great! We'll go out! I'll call you! Can't wait to see you!"
Yolei kissed Henry on the cheek and skipped off merrily, leaving Catherine behind. Maybe this would get her mind off Ken. A part of her felt a little guilty, but she tried to push that feeling away by continually telling herself…
…technically, this wasn't cheating.
Henry blushed and tried to absorb what just happened. One moment, he was coming back to his room with Terriermon on his shoulder. The next moment…he suddenly had a date with Yolei. He couldn't understand how that happened.
"Yolei! That is not quite what I had in mind!" Catherine called out. "I meant…"
The building's main door suddenly opened. Catherine was cut off by one of her wannabe boyfriends.
"Hey, I was hoping to run into you tonight," Tai said cheerfully. "I thought you'd be studying."
Catherine sighed. "I'm taking a break. Tai…"
"I thought I heard a beautiful French lady," a second voice called out. It was TK, who had apparently just arrived from work. "How's your studying going?"
"I'm taking a break!" Catherine sighed again. "Gentlemen, as much fun as it is being with you…can I PLEASE have some space?! I already said I'd see you two on Saturday! Isn't that enough?!"
"I didn't think anybody could have enough of me," Tai grinned.
"I think some of Matt's hair spray went to your brain," TK scoffed. "She's obviously had enough of you and wants to be around me! She knows I can show her a good time."
"With what?" Tai scoffed. "Your junkmobile is still in the shop!"
"I don't need a car to show her a good time! She still has more fun with me than she does with you!"
"Gentlemen, STOP!" Catherine snapped. "Look, I've tried being nice, but now I see I'll have to be a little more…assertive.
"You two are smothering me! I need space! I need time to myself! LEAVE ME ALONE!!"
Catherine's face turned beet red and Tai and TK flinched. Even Henry flinched, and he was standing at a safe distance.
Catherine instantly did a 180 back to her sweet demeanor. "There…I feel better. I'll see you two on Saturday."
Catherine calmly walked off as if nothing happened. Tai and TK had composed themselves and were back to shooting each other death glares.
"Look what you did," Tai muttered.
"What *I* did?" TK shot back. "You're the one that got her mad! She doesn't like it when somebody talks bad about her sweetheart."
"The only one who thinks you're a sweetheart is your mother."
"Don't bring my mother into this!"
Tai and TK argued like that as they went back into the freshman dorms. Henry, having watched this whole scene unfold right after his own scene, just stood there and sweatdropped.
"Terriermon, you want to tell me what just happened?"
"I'll tell you what happened," Terriermon grinned. "Shinjuku High's Most Eligible Bachelor finally has himself a date! It's about time, Henry!"
Henry, who was deep in thought trying to absorb all that happened, slowly walked into the freshman dorms. He was trying to piece together something that was on the back of his mind, but he couldn't quite think of. There was something about that Yolei girl he knew he should have known, but he couldn't remember. Then he shrugged it off.
It probably wasn't anything important.
Next Week: Friday's here and we look at the big game between Odaiba University and Shibuya University. Do Kazu and Kenta have one last thing in store for rival SU? Ryo and Rika run into each other again, but what happens when Kari somehow gets brought into the conversation. If you think Rika hated her NOW…? Renamon's getting sick of cleaning Gatomon's litter box, but a deal's a deal. However, what little idea does Impmon have to help Renamon get even with her rival? Biyomon and Palmon go in to investigate Ms. Mackenzie's room, but will they find anything and, more importantly, will they get caught? What happened to the DigiDestined Digimon that got left for dead in Server after the battle with ChaosGallantmon? Are they all in one piece? And what happens…when Sora gets a new look after getting lathered with Mimi's experimental shampoo? Find out all these answers on the next Digimon: The College Years!
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