11: Jounouchi
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Summary: Taichi and Hikari go and pick up Yamato and Takeru up from their Grandma's. Set before 02. Last chapter. (Taichi and Kari's pov). Sorry if this seems a bit rushed. I was really tried when I wrote this. I want your opinions on this last chapter. No flames. Sorry for any spelled words or names.




Taichi: 15
Yamato: 15
Sora: 15
Izzy: 14
Mimi: 14
Joe: 16
Daisuke: 11
Hikari: 11
Takeru: 11


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July 20, 2001: Saturday, 6:00am
















When Hikari returned from her little trip with Joe, Mimi, and Izzy she gave me a scolding for feeding Miko human food and warned me if I ever fed her cat another scrap of food not meant for Feline consumption she made sure I ended up in HFIL (Home for infinite losers) otherwise known as hell. Despite her being younger than I, she had my Okassan's temper and tenancy not to utter a bluff from her mouth she meant what she said . . . most of the time.







My Kassan didn't get me for knocking her Bonzai tree over the balcony because I got the exact same one. I agreed to her terms and vowed never to feed Miko human food again. The poor cat had a withdrawal problem for four weeks but Miko gradually got used too not eating FNMFFC (Food not meant for feline consumption).








Soon afterwards everything started to change. Mimi began to grow tried of Japan, she wanted to get off this 'puny' island as she called it. I didn't understand her sudden restlessness when Joe always mentioned travel. Her restlessness came crashing down on us so quickly that it shocked half of all of us, including Sora, who afterwards was a bit upset and didn't hang out with us for a good while.







Joe began to study even more leaving him with less and less time to hang out with us.













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The end of July had come, which meant Yamato and Takeru were coming back. I believe Mimi's sudden needing to leave Tokyo was set off by the blonde duo's leave for Grandma's house. That woman was annoying.






The only problem was, Malcolm and Nancy Ishida were still doing the project of theirs, they asked our parents to fill in for them and bring them home. Luckily for us they were just outside of Tokyo. Yamato was gonna be upset.
















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July 21, 2001. Sunday, 8:34am.









My Mom owned a really nice Honda civic. It was blue, bigger than most cars in Japan. . . and had comfy chairs, complete with a CD player, air conditioner and retractable chairs. I sat in the front with my mother, while Kari sat in the back behind our Okassan. Dad couldn't make it because he was up to his eyeballs in paper work.








I watched the trees pass us by while I tried to ignore my mother's bad taste in music, this American singer Shania Twain had to be the worst female performer in my option in the world. Why didn't she keep with the Japanese female singers, a majority of them sounded like they had helium in their bodies to sound like little squeaky girls? I groaned, sliding down in the passenger's seat praying that the torture would stop causing the CD to skip a thousand times over when I remembered I had my CD carrier inside my mail bag, knowing Matt would want to hear something other than my mother's bad music!








I grabbed my bag from off the back seat and began to searching for a good compact disk to listen to. Ha-ha! I thought pulling the CD out of the carrier. My Mom stared at me curiously before noticing the disk, she gave me a heated glare while I counteracted my nervousness with a cocky smile. I pressed the button on the player watching the platform that held the CD's pop out revealing my mom's CD, I grabbed it placing it on my Okassan's lap while I used my other hand to place my compact disk onto the holder.







I pressed the button and the platform slide back into the player making all these funny noises indicating it was scanning the data on the CD. I heard a funny noise which could have been the music I couldn't tell at the time because I was trying to avert my attention away from my mother's heated glare. "Taich Yagami!" She hissed through clenched teeth. "What have I told you about taking out my CDs?!" I shrank back into my chair with a cheesy grin on my face trying to calm by mother down.






"Aw, c'mon Okassan!" I sputtered nervously scratching the side of my face. "We need a change in music, and besides, we always listen to your music when we're in the car--- so I figured you'd at least be fair and let me listen to my music for a change." By that time my trembling voice had gone from shaky to irritated and my mother was starting to look like and evil Digimon. Okassan 'humped' and returned her attention back to driving.






I smiled mentally in triumph turning up the volume. I loved listening to Drowning pool. Heavy metal was my favorite thing to listen to when my Mom annoyed me in the car because I knew it annoyed her. The perfect revenge! I glanced behind me noticing that Hikari had clamped her hands over her ears with her eyes shut tight. I snickered sitting back in my seat grinning. I couldn't wait to see Matt.













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When we got there, I was in a deep slumber and my CD had already stopped or Okassan stopped it the second I fell asleep. I wasn't worried though, because at the time I was too busy thinking about Agumon, wondering what the orange dinosaur Digimon was doing in the Digiworld since our battle with Diaboromon. He was probably playing around with the other Digimon.







A smile crept to my face as I my senses began to wake and my ears picked up two very close voices that sounded like they were right beside me. I snorted unconsciously lifting my chin from between my collar bone recollecting everything that happened before I went to sleep, I shifted my gaze toward the window and spotted TK beside Yama, who was trying to break away from his Grandma, who came at him with an onslaught of kisses. It was really amusing to watch to be honest.









"Aw, Gran'ma quit kissing me already!" Yamato groaned, trying to pull away from the elderly woman. I could tell Yamato was trying his best not to snap at her. Takeru continuously tugged on his brother's pant leg trying to lead him toward the door to the back seat, his gaze shifted toward me with a pleading look written all over his face.






I rolled down the window and poked my head out of it with arched eyebrows, placing my finger on my chin I stared upward the afternoon sky with a sly smile on my face pretending to decide over helping or not helping Yamato. TK came over to me and tugged my hair, I yelped halfheartedly knowing the little guy wasn't playing. I sighed and prepared to make a statement.






It surprised the life out everybody when I opened my mouth. "Hey Yama-sama!" I cried with arms out the window and wide open. "How ya' been buddy?" Yamato's grandma stopped kissing him for a moment to get a good look at me, the blonde took this time to pick up his suitcase. Kari opened the door for them and the duo jumped inside with a relieved sigh.







Okassan pulled me back into the car with a nervous expression on her face as she apologized to the lady, saying she didn't expect to open my big mouth. I glared at her slumping in my seat as Granny waved it off, she turned to Takeru and Yamato giving them a smile, her wrinkled lips made me sick. I turned to away so I wouldn't look at them. "See you again dearies," She said backing away from the car as Okassan pulled off. "Tell you parents I said hi."







Yamato and Takeru waved to the old woman with weary looks, Kari laughed opening her window, I had to admit there was a foul smell hanging in the Honda. Yamato leaned forward to press the play button on the CD player, Okassan looked as if she was gonna be sick if she had to listen to Drowning pool again. Little did she know I put in another band's CD: Breaking point. Something Ma' could tolerate, the music began to play and Okassan was relieved it wasn't Drowning pool.








Yamato sighed with a small smile on his face, it was something you rarely saw nowadays I watched him slump back into his place on the back seat with a tried look. Takeru had pretty much the same expression on his face as well. I figured they were worn out by the old lady, or they were upset because their parent's didn't come and pick them up much like I predicted. The rest of the car ride was silent, the only noises you could hear were the other cars zooming passed us on the side of the beltway, or in the direction we were heading in. Kari and Takeru spoke a few times but that's about it.












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I watched Yamato and Takeru climb out of the car from the mirror above my head, they looked more than happy; then again they could have been just tried! My imagination was getting the better of me thinking Matt or TK were upset about something.






I waved to them for a brief moment before Okassan pulled off at an alarming rate, I grabbed the handle on the car door and the arm rest in fear as the car turned the corner. I glanced at my mother through the brown stands of hair that had fallen out of place on my head with an inquiring look. "I just needed to release some frustration is all Tai," Kassan responded sheepishly.






I huffed relaxing my muscles, I slumped back into my seat. "Hai-hai, I'm sure," I mumbled yawning. I needed some shut badly. The nap I took only felt like I had just gone to sleep for a second. I felt Kari's small hand place itself on my arm (nearest to the elbow) tugging on my sleeve. I turned my head toward her while brushing my renegade hair out my eyes.





"Hai? Hikari-san?" I yawned unwillingly. Kari gave me a sorry look before she spoke. "I Just wanted to know If I could go over to Daisuke-chan's house tomorrow," Hikari asked looking the other way instead of right at me. I nodded fighting the urge to close my eyes and sleep. "Hai," I grumbled sitting back into my seat. I couldn't wait to get home.
















When we did get home, I didn't go to bed right away. Okassan wouldn't let me. 1: I had to set the table for dinner, 2: I had to make lemonade, 3: I had to feed Miko his cat food, and 4: I got another scolding from Dad when he got home. Kair is such a tattletale! We all sat at the table silent as the dead that laid beneath the ground this apartment complex stood on, I chewed the same carrot fifty times before swallowing it.






I knew Kari was completely uncomfortable with the silence hanging over our heads, but I had nothing to say to anybody. I happened to be in a bad mood at that particular moment. Of course leave it to Okassan to break the ice. "So, how was your day honey?" She asked, twirling her spaghetti onto her fork. I glanced up with an expectant look on my face as a smirk began to form.







Dad fumbled with his fork after finally realizing what Okassan had said to him, Kari giggled clamping her hand over her mouth to keep the spaghetti from escaping her. He blinked a few times before saying anything. "I... I finished all the paper work my boss gave me in one afternoon and he gave me a raise...." Dad trailed off placing his spaghetti engrossed fork into his mouth and began chewing.







I finished off the rest of my carrots and headed for my plain spaghetti, Kari handed me the ketchup, I popped the top off and poured a semi-mountain of tomato paste onto my noodles. I placed the bottle down onto the table and began to mix the ketchup into the spaghetti until it was completely red. I gulped half of my dinner down in a second but not without almost choking in the process.







I managed to hide my look of distress by swallowing another round of spaghetti.... only this time I choked on it, I began to feel a burning pain in my chest as if I couldn't get whatever was stuck there down I continued to choke begging for air to the extent that I fell out of my chair and started making gagging noises, I swear for a minute I thought I was gonna die when Kari intervened with Shinigami's plan.






I felt her arms wrap themselves around my waist and lift me to my feet, while at the same time she began to squeeze my stomach. After squeezing my stomach several friggin' times I vomited my spaghetti and carrots. It fell all over me, and the hardwood floor, I could tell Okassan was not happy by the outburst she made the second I vomited, Otousan gasped in horror at the sight of my chewed food Kari looked away as she dragged me away from my parents toward the bathroom. Miko followed behind us with much haste. I had a crummy night afterward with no friends to cheer me up.


























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"Kari vamoose or were gonna be late for school!" I cried over my shoulder fixing up my blue sweat band to keep my hair out of my face. I leaned up against the door way fixing my plaid T-shirt, before fixing up my carpenter pants wondering when my sister would come out of our bedroom.







It was my last year of middle-school and I was gonna spend it with Yamato and Sora, while we still had the chance to see each other before our lives got really hectic with highschool, our personal life, and other things. I was now 15, and Kari was 11 years old studying for her last year in Elementary school.







I had asked Mimi to join the three of us but she said she had to start packing so she could move to NYC so she couldn't, good old Joe said he spend time with us if he could last I time I saw him. Izzy on the other hand was at a computer camp learning more about computers at the moment. A smile appeared on my face before I was rudely brought from my thoughts by Kari bumping me as she sped out the door laughing and taunting me. "Ha-ha! Niisan, I gonna win this race!" She cried rounding the corner.








I growled in mock fury shutting the door behind me as I went after my sister who a sprouted but I had skyrocketed and was still taller than she. I rushed toward the stairs sliding down the railing until I came to an open window and beside it was a pipe that extended from the top of the building down to the ground, I grined placing my backpack straps over my shoulders before grabbing hold of the pipe.







I slid down knowing how a fireman felt when they slid down this thing; squeezy and excited. I just hope my food stayed down this time remembering the last time I had thrown up my spaghetti. I hit the ground feet first and rushed down the street looking behind me. Kari had a look of shock on her face, I got her good! I rushed across the street jumping onto the curb right at the bus stop.








Kari came up beside me still wondering how I had gotten ahead of her so quickly, I wore a smug look holding my backpack straps. Kari didn't say a word and the two buses came up the curb almost hitting us. The door opened, I jumped into the one in front and Kari ventured down to the bus behind the one I boarded. I wasn't greeted my Yama or Sora which meant they must have walked there or Matt's parents gave them a ride to school. "Bummer," I muttered sadly.







I narrowed my eyes in suspicion but dropped the mental subject and sat down next to some geeky girl with glasses. I shifted my gaze toward her, the smiled at me showing her braces to him before looking down shyly. At least I knew I had some kind of effect on girls I just wasn't sure if it was the one I was looking for. I smiled back at her and enjoyed the bus ride to school.










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When I got there, I roamed the school yard expecting to find Yamato and Sora at the swings the school had yet to take down. I hadn't seen them in a while I wondered if they had changed as much as I had. I noticed my voice was deeper and I looked more manly, I had my mom to thank for my good looks. I got my personality from my dad sad to say. I gave up looking for them in the yard the second the school bell rang, I rushed up the stairs to the school crowded by many other middle school teenagers I didn't know.







In no time the empty hallways were bombarded by teenagers and semi teenagers, I managed to get out of mob crowd and headed for my locker that was next to Yamato's. As I approached it I noticed a rather tall blonde in front of Matt's locker and a light-brown haired girl beside him obviously talking to each other about something.







I came up to them slowly before clearing my throat about to ask them what they were doing near my pal's locker when they turned to meet me face-to-face. I almost had an ulcer when I realized whom it was. "Hi, Tai," Sora greeted giving me her famous smile, her hair was longer but still in kept the same way she had it when she was younger. My eyes shifted toward Yamato, he had gotten rid of his young punk hair style and changed it into a more semi-neat hair style only the ends of his hair were spiked like mine, his hair still hung over his left eye though that was a reminder that he hadn't completely grown out of that look.







"Wow, you guys changed a lot," I managed to get out scratching my neck sheepishly. Yamato rolled his eyes, he had bought a bigger size shirt of his smaller 'Wild' T-shirt, new boots and a worn pair of jeans. He didn't change that much. Sora on the other hand changed a lot, she was wearing a poka-dot shirt with a khaki skirt and sandals to complement her clean toes; She had changed a lot. I would have asked her something but the school bell's ringing cut me off, the students began to scurry toward the classrooms no longer talking the sound that could be heard was their footstep departing.








Yamato, turned his back to us without saying another word and followed a bunch of students into the Biology classroom. Sora gave me a apologetic look. "Don't mind him, he got into a fight with his dad again for the third time this week, over his guitar practice in his bedroom," She explained quickly before running off. "Ja ne!" I waved to her and watched her figure disappear into the ocean of students, I breathed a sigh of relief before heading off to Algebra class, but not before hearing a group of girls giggling over how cute Yamato was since he got older. I wanted to barf but decided not make a scene.




















(Kari's pov):








I met up with Takeru once I had gotten to my locker, he changed a lot he was taller his facial expression was still the same old happy one, he still wore the hat his brother had given to him and unfortunately his wardrobe hadn't changed. He wore a dull aqua pair of short pants, a hunter green T-shirt over a long-sleeved blue shirt, worn out shoes and last but not least his fisherman's hat.






I really couldn't understand his love for hats but I never said a word to him about it. "Hey Kari-chan, what's up?" He asked. I blinked for a moment before shutting my locker door and shrugged. "Nothing much TK," I replied hugging my books close, when I remembered something. I slapped my palm against my forehead groaning.







Takeru stared at him in question. I looked up at him embarrassed before speaking. "I'm only staying in school for first and second period, then I have to go to Shimbashi Elementary school. A friend of Tai's is expecting me there for 3d period," I explained walking with him to class. TK. had surprised expression on his face, he was probably wondering who this friend of Tai's was.







"Since when did Taichi make friends with Elementary students?" He wondered, before jabbed him in the ribs. "Uh, TK. hello, we're elementary students too remember?" I pointed out the obvious. Takeru nodded not really listening to me, I sighed. We went our separate ways, I headed for chemistry class which I always passed with flying colors all the time. I was teachers' pet in my class. Everybody hated me for that of course.









I stayed for the two peroids, and joined Takeru in an early lunch since he wouldn't see me until the end of the day. I didn't know him that well not as well as I knew my brother Taichi but I would soon rectify that mistake. I would get to know him better by hanging out with him on the weekends instead of staying cooped up in the house doing chores for Okassan and Otousan all the time, while Taichi got off the hook easily by saying it was last few days of spending time with his friends and he wanted to do right by them by keeping his word and meeting them.







Otousan gave into Taichi's pleads and gave him permission to go out this weekend while I stayed him. It was not gonna happen this time, I'll be up bright an early so Mom and dad can't stop me when I leave the house. It was the perfect plan. After lunch I left the school in a hurry with my coat halfway on and my backpack against my chest running down the street like a mad man. I needed to get to the school before the third period! ARG! Note to self; exercise more.







I rushed across the street just as the light turned green, a car missed the back of leg by a mile, I felt the wind rush passed the back of my leg and the vibration of the engine inside the car zoom passed me. I breathed a sigh of relief before resuming my running. I looked up at the street sign that read Shimbashi ave. I smirked in triumph before being knocked down onto the cold hard sidewalk feeling as if I had been tackled by football player. I groaned once I realized I was on the ground and started to get up.







"Ouch," I muttered rising to my feet, my knees were scraped.... perfect. I heard laughter from behind, I turned around in surprise and met the faces of three scruffy teenagers who should have been school, but instead they were probably getting stoned. Their clothes were looking the worst looking thing on them and I had no idea what they wanted.






"Look, I've got to go," I started to turn away from them when one of them grabbed me by the wrist and yanked me back. I cried out and crashed into the other two boys. They quickly grabbed both my arms, I struggled to break free but they had me in a death grip. I wanted so badly to get away. "What do you want from me??!" I demanded. One of the boys chuckled, and the one in front of me answered. "We want whatever you think is valuable.... like that nice camera around your neck," The first one answered while the other two laughed in agreement.






"Yeah, that would fetch us a lot of cash," The second one on the right spoke up. The third one on the left nodded. The first I considered the leader, grabbed my digital camera and ripped it right from my neck. I left a painful aftereffect on the back of my neck. I glared at the teenager in front of me much like my brother would when the odds were against him. "Got anything else?" The third one asked.






I didn't answer, instead the ringleader wanted to teach me a lesson in manners he knew nothing about. He brought his hand back ready to strike me in the face with his fist, I shut my eyes awaiting the painful blow and I heard a yelp of surprise from my attacker, the leader. I opened my eyes in surprise and gazed up my savior I thought was my brother but it wasn't.





I gazed upon a tall blonde with brown eyes, spiked wrist bands & wallet chains for, a shirt that read 'Hi-Way a-66 new Mexico' and a longer shirt underneath it, the sleeves were rolled up. He had a plastic quartz tied to a piece of rope that hung around his neck, pants that had so many wrinkles in them, expensive looking sneakers and the wildest hairstyle I had ever seen! "What's the big idea, picking on some girl?" He demanded.






I could feel the two teens holding me shaking in their place like they had just seen a ghost, they let go of me and ran down the street shouting the boy's name in fear, I sweat dropped embarrassed I had ever been held down by these goons when its clear they were scared of this guy. The leader however wasn't about to back down, he charged the blonde with his fist ready to punch his lights out, but instead his plan went vice-versa on him; the blonde punched him in the nose, sending one of my attackers down onto the ground.






The leader held his bleeding nose hollowing in pain. "Get outa 'ere ya mooches!" The blonde ordered pointing behind me. The former leader growled in vengeance before running passed me whimpering. I shook my head, before rubbing my neck. The blonde had a annoyed look on his face, he bent over and picked my camera off the ground, I took it from him grateful for his help. "Thanks--," I trailed off realizing I didn't know his name.







The brown-eyed boy's annoyed look changed into a goofy-self-indulgent one obviously proud of his name, he placed his firsts on his side. "You're welcome!" He exclaimed. "The name's Jounouchi (or) Joey Wheeler! Nice to meet ya--," This time he trailed off. I laughed unable to control the urge to do so. "Hikari Yagami," I replied. His goofy-self-indulgent expression vanished revealing a calm and controlled one, he extended his hand I shook his hand quickly before I bowed to him and hurried passed the blonde not wanting to be anymore later than I was when Jounouchi called out to me.








"Hey, wait a minute Kari!" I turned around in question wondering what he wanted; Jounouchi stared at me for a moment before speaking. "Do ya need an escort? Where ya headed?" He asked all at once. I thought for a moment, considering his offer. An escort would be nice, there's not telling who might jump me again for my camera.





I looked up to Jounouchi with a smile and nodded, he balled his hand into a first jogging right over to me, it was pretty obvious he loved saving a damsel in distress and let it go to his head. I linked my arm with his providing Joey with my sweetest smile, Jounouchi blushed rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "I'm headed over to Shimbashi Elementary, I've got a friend there I need to meet," I replied finally to his question.






"Hey, I know I kid that goes to that school!" Jou exclaimed.



"Hai?" I said.



"Hmm-hm, his name's Mokuba, a real nice kid, but his brothda's jerk." He replied.





I nodded and we continued down the street toward Daisuke Motomiya's school.












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Joey dropped me off at the front of the school, it was recess time. We said our good-byes and we parted going our separate ways. I paced across the school yard searching for the wild haired boy that admired my brother as much as I did. Of course I didn't expect him to be right in front of me when I turned around to see who was following me.






Dai wasn't at all happy; in fact he had his pouty face on, which meant he was disappointed in me for being so late. "Gomen ne Dai-san, I got held up by a bunch of jerks," I told him. Daisuke's expression changed into a worried one, I sighed in exasperation as he checked me over. I pulled him out of his inspection routine with a annoyed look. "Hey, I was just seeing if you were okay Kari," Davis said with a short-lived smile. "I can't have Tai worrying over you."






I rolled my eye taking him by the hand, I noticed he blushed as red as a tomato. Daisuke quickly explained to me that he needed a partner in chemistry class after recess, I agreed to help him.




"Hey Kari?" Daisuke said hesitantly. I shifted by gaze toward him completely giving him my full attention. "Yes, what is it Davis?" I asked politely. There was a moment of silence between us, Daisuke seemed to have trouble getting out what he had to say to me.






"I— uh– was wondering if you would— uh like to—," He trailed off with a suppressed groan. I bobbed my head to the side curiously wanting to know what he had to say, the suspense was getting to me. "Are you going out with Takeru, because I was really hoping you'd say 'yes' and go out with me!" Daisuke said in one breath. I fell over (anime style) at the mentioning of going out with somebody.











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Taichi flung himself over the edge of his bunk bed looking down at me in question, I stared back at him. Miko came over to the edge wondering what we were talking about. "You mean to tell me, Davis asked you out, without saying those exact words?" He blurted out in surprise.





I looked up at my brother and nodded, Taichi groaned with a gloomy look on his face. "That boy really has it bad for you, Kari," He grumbled. "Maybe you should go out with him." I snorted unconsciously, Taichi arched an eyebrow at me, Miko mimicked his movement.





"I think of him as my friend Tai, nothing more," I replied bluntly, looking upward at the ceiling. I needed to change the subject fast before he asked any more questions about Davis, when I came up with something. "Oi, Taichi, how was your talk with Sora?" I asked slyly. "The one you were so worried about." I knew that would shut him up.








Silence.







"G'NIGHT Kari," He said rolling back into his bed. I heard the sheets rustling for a moment before silence filled the room. I smiled drawing the covers over my body as well. I rolled onto my side placing my hand under my head awaiting sleep to claim me. "Good night Taichi," I yawned.










"Meow?"






"Shuddup Miko!"






























(End.)