Time Warp Ch.7 Kouji's Suspicion
The next morning Kouji was rudely awakened by Kathy shouting, in a perfect New Jersey accent no less, "ELASTIC ARMS!"
Kouji jumped out of his skin and snatched at his jacket for his d-tector. Kathy rolled back on the ground with laughter. "HAHAHA! YOU SHOULDA SEEN DA LOOK ON YO FACE WHEN I MIMICKED AHBOMON!"
"THAT'S IT!" Zoe exclaimed in delight. "THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SOUNDS LIKE!"
Kouji growled at her. "Kathy you scared me out of my wits!"
"Serves ya right fo sleepin' late!" Kathy smirked. "Get up. Bokumon's almost finished cooking breakfast. We went fishing early this morning."
"Kathy volunteered to be my body guard." Bokumon said, flushing. "Its really quite nice of her, seeing that I can't spirit evolve or digivolve myself."
"Well we can't lose our best Guidemon to a rampaging evil digimon under Cherubimon's control now can we?" Kathy asked, giving Bokumon an impudent grin and a noogie. "Somebody's got to take charge, after all Takuya might get us killed the way he charges around."
"HEY!" Takuya protested.
"I'm kidding Takuya." Kathy chuckled. "Chill out! You too Kouji! You're always so tense."
"Right, how could I not be tense." Kouji looked at her suspiciously. /is that what she's going to do? Go after Bokumon? Why him? Or is she just trying to gain our trust?/
Though Kouji followed Kathy for quite awhile over the next few days as they began the final ascent to Forest Terminal, he was unable to determine any type of plot or ploy. She was very active, and made every effort to become one of the team. Although Kathy showed an increasing interest in Zoe, which seemed to be shared, she didn't show any sign of treachery, none. "Still suspicious Kouji?" Takuya asked, as they sat under a tree a little way back from the fire that night, just out of sight and earshot.
"I think she's got something to hide." Kouji said calmly. "I'm just not sure what."
Takuya smirked, then pulled Kouji in for a kiss. The two of them slipped away almost every night now. They were both 13, so Kouji didn't see any problem with his nightly make out sessions with Takuya, and he had been awfully lonely. Even now that he had his beast spirit, Kouji felt there was some kind of void inside of him that, at least for the night, would be filled.
They parted. Kouji moaned softly as they pulled away. His body felt amazingly still, and hot. Kouji slipped off his bandana and jacket. Takuya pulled him in for another kiss, sliding his hands up under Kouji's shirt. The brunette would have protested, but then Takuya began to caress the inside of his thigh, gently, sensually, and he didn't think anything more about the conversation.
After that night, Kouji finally felt complete. None of the other humans noticed that he limped the next morning. Just one problem, the digimon did.
"Kouji are you alright?" Bokumon asked.
"Sure, fine. What do you mean?" Kouji asked.
"You've been limping most of the climb." Bokumon fell back so that he and Kouji were alone.
"I'm fine Bokumon." Kouji insisted, more pointedly.
"Would you and Takuya happen to be involved with each other when you sneak away at night?" Bokumon asked, still being nosey.
"How on two worlds would you possibly know about that? I didn't think digimon even had a gender!" Kouji snapped.
"Well." Bokumon said, arms akimbo. "Of course we would. We are sentient creatures after all!"
"You don't think there's anything wrong with it?" Kouji asked, eyes wide.
"Of course not. Think about it. There are so few female digimon, if we didn't pair off same sexes then there would be no digimon left!" Bokumon exclaimed, waving his arms dramatically.
Kouji almost choked on the pear he'd plucked from one of the nearby orchards. "You mean that male digimon reproduce??"
"Yes, of course we would, did you think that all digimon grow on trees like the little ones at the Village of New Beginnings?"
"Um... Never heard of that place." Kouji sweatdropped.
"It's like this." Bokumon sketched a chart in the air as they walked. "Digimon are born for the first time in one of two ways, either live born to digimon parents or their egg forms at the Village of New Beginnings. When a digimon dies and reaches the end of their lifespan, they're reconfigured and sent to Primary Village, where they begin life again as babies."
"Oh." Kouji stated, feeling rather foolish. Then he noticed that the others were staring at him. "Bokumon, could you keep it down? I'm not really interested in having the whole party staring at us."
Bokumon winced, then said, in a much quieter tone. "You mean that's not the way it is for humans?"
Kouji snorted cynically. He realized just how true the statement, "Everything's relative," was. "Of course not. Not only do humans have to pair off opposite sexes to reproduce, but same sex pairing is considered a taboo!"
"A taboo! That's horrible." Bokumon's eyebrows shot up. "How could something as simple as falling in love be considered a Taboo?"
"Ask the people who thought it up." Kouji said grumpily. "Okay, there's something else bothering me too. I think that Kathy might be working for Cherubimon." And Kouji launched into a repetition of his suspicions.
"I don't think that she's working for Cherubimon." Bokumon said softly. "But I do get the strangest feeling near her, like I've met her before, but I can't place it. I'm hoping that with some encouragement, she might volunteer information. She does have a secret, and I think that keeping it in is making her awfully lonely."
"Lonely my foot. When she steals your fractal code, don't come crying to me."
Just then Takuya gave a shout. "HEY YOU GUYS! WE'RE HERE!" Standing before them were the steps of Forest Terminal.
The next morning Kouji was rudely awakened by Kathy shouting, in a perfect New Jersey accent no less, "ELASTIC ARMS!"
Kouji jumped out of his skin and snatched at his jacket for his d-tector. Kathy rolled back on the ground with laughter. "HAHAHA! YOU SHOULDA SEEN DA LOOK ON YO FACE WHEN I MIMICKED AHBOMON!"
"THAT'S IT!" Zoe exclaimed in delight. "THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE SOUNDS LIKE!"
Kouji growled at her. "Kathy you scared me out of my wits!"
"Serves ya right fo sleepin' late!" Kathy smirked. "Get up. Bokumon's almost finished cooking breakfast. We went fishing early this morning."
"Kathy volunteered to be my body guard." Bokumon said, flushing. "Its really quite nice of her, seeing that I can't spirit evolve or digivolve myself."
"Well we can't lose our best Guidemon to a rampaging evil digimon under Cherubimon's control now can we?" Kathy asked, giving Bokumon an impudent grin and a noogie. "Somebody's got to take charge, after all Takuya might get us killed the way he charges around."
"HEY!" Takuya protested.
"I'm kidding Takuya." Kathy chuckled. "Chill out! You too Kouji! You're always so tense."
"Right, how could I not be tense." Kouji looked at her suspiciously. /is that what she's going to do? Go after Bokumon? Why him? Or is she just trying to gain our trust?/
Though Kouji followed Kathy for quite awhile over the next few days as they began the final ascent to Forest Terminal, he was unable to determine any type of plot or ploy. She was very active, and made every effort to become one of the team. Although Kathy showed an increasing interest in Zoe, which seemed to be shared, she didn't show any sign of treachery, none. "Still suspicious Kouji?" Takuya asked, as they sat under a tree a little way back from the fire that night, just out of sight and earshot.
"I think she's got something to hide." Kouji said calmly. "I'm just not sure what."
Takuya smirked, then pulled Kouji in for a kiss. The two of them slipped away almost every night now. They were both 13, so Kouji didn't see any problem with his nightly make out sessions with Takuya, and he had been awfully lonely. Even now that he had his beast spirit, Kouji felt there was some kind of void inside of him that, at least for the night, would be filled.
They parted. Kouji moaned softly as they pulled away. His body felt amazingly still, and hot. Kouji slipped off his bandana and jacket. Takuya pulled him in for another kiss, sliding his hands up under Kouji's shirt. The brunette would have protested, but then Takuya began to caress the inside of his thigh, gently, sensually, and he didn't think anything more about the conversation.
After that night, Kouji finally felt complete. None of the other humans noticed that he limped the next morning. Just one problem, the digimon did.
"Kouji are you alright?" Bokumon asked.
"Sure, fine. What do you mean?" Kouji asked.
"You've been limping most of the climb." Bokumon fell back so that he and Kouji were alone.
"I'm fine Bokumon." Kouji insisted, more pointedly.
"Would you and Takuya happen to be involved with each other when you sneak away at night?" Bokumon asked, still being nosey.
"How on two worlds would you possibly know about that? I didn't think digimon even had a gender!" Kouji snapped.
"Well." Bokumon said, arms akimbo. "Of course we would. We are sentient creatures after all!"
"You don't think there's anything wrong with it?" Kouji asked, eyes wide.
"Of course not. Think about it. There are so few female digimon, if we didn't pair off same sexes then there would be no digimon left!" Bokumon exclaimed, waving his arms dramatically.
Kouji almost choked on the pear he'd plucked from one of the nearby orchards. "You mean that male digimon reproduce??"
"Yes, of course we would, did you think that all digimon grow on trees like the little ones at the Village of New Beginnings?"
"Um... Never heard of that place." Kouji sweatdropped.
"It's like this." Bokumon sketched a chart in the air as they walked. "Digimon are born for the first time in one of two ways, either live born to digimon parents or their egg forms at the Village of New Beginnings. When a digimon dies and reaches the end of their lifespan, they're reconfigured and sent to Primary Village, where they begin life again as babies."
"Oh." Kouji stated, feeling rather foolish. Then he noticed that the others were staring at him. "Bokumon, could you keep it down? I'm not really interested in having the whole party staring at us."
Bokumon winced, then said, in a much quieter tone. "You mean that's not the way it is for humans?"
Kouji snorted cynically. He realized just how true the statement, "Everything's relative," was. "Of course not. Not only do humans have to pair off opposite sexes to reproduce, but same sex pairing is considered a taboo!"
"A taboo! That's horrible." Bokumon's eyebrows shot up. "How could something as simple as falling in love be considered a Taboo?"
"Ask the people who thought it up." Kouji said grumpily. "Okay, there's something else bothering me too. I think that Kathy might be working for Cherubimon." And Kouji launched into a repetition of his suspicions.
"I don't think that she's working for Cherubimon." Bokumon said softly. "But I do get the strangest feeling near her, like I've met her before, but I can't place it. I'm hoping that with some encouragement, she might volunteer information. She does have a secret, and I think that keeping it in is making her awfully lonely."
"Lonely my foot. When she steals your fractal code, don't come crying to me."
Just then Takuya gave a shout. "HEY YOU GUYS! WE'RE HERE!" Standing before them were the steps of Forest Terminal.