Fordina: Hey peeps! This is a little, well maybe not little story that my friend and me have decided to write. So for once I can't take all the credit! Oh well, we make a good team. What was it she said? With her imagination and my weird twist on things we can make a great fic! Well I think she was right! Just the first chap so far and it may take a while for the next one to come up too. Sending it back and forth is hard work. =P Well hope you like and don't forget to Review! PLEASE!!!
ENJOY!!

Soccer Chicka: Fordina! You talk too much! Let the other people talk!!! (Namely me) Anyways, Me and Fordina came up with some pretty crazy parts so far!!! I love the parts where we had to strain our brains to think of words...ok maybe the comput did all the work with that thesaurus thingy, but hey we did the rest!!!

Tai: Hey!!! We did all lot of it too! We're the muses!!!

Ken: Yea! What's up with this! It was my brain that came up with the words! Not the computer! Not comput, computer! Learn how to spell!

Fordina: Okay guys calm down... yes you helped us out. (A little) And we appreciate it.

Soccer Chicka: Nothing with Tai in it is little.

Tai: Hey!

Soccer Chicka: It was a compliment Tai!

Tai: Oh.

Soccer Chicka: *shakes her head* Tai Tai what are we gonna do with you...Ok enough! Let's get on with the story!

Fordina: Very well. Ken will you do the honors?

Ken: Fordina and Soccer Chicka do not own Digimon or Card Captor Sakura. But they do own James, Jen, and Traci. Also any other characters that may come along.

Desperate Days

By: Fordina and Soccer_Chicka

Chapter 1

Izzy sat at home waiting for the mail to arrive, nervously drumming his fingers on the kitchen counter.

"When's it gonna get here?" Izzy mumbled.

"Izzy, will you stop that, I'm getting a headache," Mrs. Izumi scolded.

"Sorry mom,"

The phone rings.

"Hello?" Izzy asked.

"Izzy, did you get the mail yet?" Ken asked excitedly.

"No! For the last time, it won't be here for like another half an hour!" Izzy yelled into the phone.

"Sorry Izzy, I'm just really nervous ya know?"

"Ya I know. I'm getting one too ya know?" Izzy said mocking him.

"Okay, last time I promise! Bye," He said as he hung up.

"Bye," at this moment the mail slipped into the slot in the door. Izzy ran to the door and snatched it right out his father's hands.

"Hey!" He father yelled.

"Sorry dad, but I need the mail," Izzy said looking through all of the letters. Throwing all the ones not wanted on the floor.

"Fine, then you can keep the bills," Replied his father. Ignoring him, Izzy finally found the one her was looking for. Opening it quickly, he read it over a few times.

"I got it, I got in!" Izzy yelled as he jumped up and down. In the corner Mrs. Izumi had tears in her eyes.

"My Izzy so grown up," She said as she wiped her eyes.

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"No Ken! You can't phone Izzy again!" Wormmon cried as he covered the receiver with his body. "Izzy will kill you!"

"But Wormmon…" Ken whined.

"No buts!!!" Wormmon said sternly.

Ken leaned back in the kitchen chair and sighed. Why was it when you are waiting for something exciting to happen….it never seems to come?

There was a knock at the door and Ken sprang out of his chair with speed that Tai would be proud of. He opened the door quickly. The mailman was standing there with a smile on his face.

"Special delivery for Mr. Ken Ichijou-…ji…" The mailman was cut off by Ken grabbing the letter out of his hands. The mailman smiled again. "Youngsters these days…" He said as he walked away. "Have a good one!"

"Yeah-yeah you too…." Ken said waving him off. He closed the door and sat at the kitchen table with the letter in his hands.

"Aren't you gonna open it? Or are you gonna stare at it all day?" Wormmon asked.

Ken looked at the letter and was surprised to see that his hands were shaking. "I guess I should…" Ken said as he slit open the envelope slowly…and took out the letter. Wormmon was jumping all around him.

"Did you get in???!!!" Wormmon pried.

"I did it…without the Dark Spore…." Ken stammered slowly. "I made it…"

"Of course you did Ken!" Wormmon cried gleefully. "Now you can phone Izzy!"

"All right…" Ken picked up the phone still shaking with shock. "Hello? Izzy?"

"It came!!!" Sang Izzy into the receiver.

"Mine too…" Ken said quietly.

"You did make it didn't you?" Izzy asked unsure of Ken's tone of voice.

"Yes…I did…"

"Great!!! So did I!!"

"I surmised as much…" Ken smirked.

"That's right!" Izzy said, a little too smug.

"Let's tell the others at the meeting tonight…not now though…" Ken said.

"Yeah let's keep them in suspense!!" Izzy said…dancing…(Hmm…does Izzy dance? I think he would in this situation…)

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Li stood in position ready for battle sword in hand. He was training, also trying to pass the time waiting for the mail to come. Sakura sat across from him.

"Li, don't you think you've done enough training?"

"No," Li mumbled. she walked up to him and grabbed his sword. "Hey! Give that back!"

"Come and get it!" She taunted running out of the room.

"Don't you know you shouldn't run with sharp objects?" Li yelled running after her.

"You do it all the time!"

"I'm trained to! I know how NOT to hurt myself," He finally got a hold of her waist and grabbed his sword back.

"Your no fun," She pouted. Just then there was a knock on the door. Li walked over and opened it.

"Delivery for Mr. Li Syaoran," The woman told him smiling.

"Right here," Li said as she passed him the letter. "Thank you," He said as he closed the door. He stepped back into the living where he found Sakura sitting on the couch.

"Did you get in?" She asked as she turned to face him.

"I don't know," He replied sitting.

"Well then open it!" She said excitedly.

"Hold on all ready," Li said as he opened the envelope. Taking the letter out, he read it then put it on the table.

"Well?" Sakura persisted.

"I got in," Li said as if it were nothing at all.

"Li! That's great!" She said as she hugs him. Li hugged back and smiled. Slowly the realization of it all seeped into him.

"I got in!" He yelled.

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Eriol sat in his study reading a book.

"Master!" Nakuru yelled as she ran into to the study.

"What is it?!" Eriol snapped as he closed his book and looked at his guardian.

"The mails here!" Nakuru chimed as she walked in. Eroil got up and met her half way.

"Thank you Ruby, you can leave now," He said walking back to his overly large chair.

"But I want to see if you got in or not Master," Ruby whined.

"Get Out!" Eriol ordered. Nakuru left without another word. Grabbing his letter opener, he ripped open the envelope and read it, after reading it, he smirked and got back up, placing the letter on his desk. As he suspected Nakuru was waiting by the door for him to come out.

"So! Did you get in?!" She asked excitedly.

"Yes, I did," He answered.

"That's great Master!" Ruby chimed hugging him. Spinel, at that moment flew by to see what all the yelling was about.

"What's going on?" He asked landing on Eriol shoulder.

"Eriol got in!" Nakuru yelled again.

"That's wonderful," Spinel congratulated him.

"Thank you."

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That night, everyone gather at the Kamiya household for an official "Digi Meeting". Kari walked around setting out snacks which Tai kept on eating them.

"Tai! Stop eating the snacks! That's the third bowl I put out!!" Kari cried, seeing her brother down another bowl of chips. "Don't blame me if one day they have to pump your stomach!"

"Aww…Kari…I'm hungry…" Tai said through a mouthful of chips.

"So Izzy, What did you want to talk to us about?" Matt asked the red head.

"Yeah Iz, spit it out!" Davis cried.

"Well…you know the contest they were holding at school?" Izzy asked.

"Huh?" Cody asked. "You mean your school had a contest and ours didn't?!"

"Yeah, a IQ test. You know, to see how smart you are." Tai added, as if he only knew what an IQ test was.

"No kidding Tai." Matt said sarcastically. "We didn't know that…" Matt shook his head.

"Well aren't you glad you have me then?" Tai said missing the point.

"You don't know how much…" Matt said sarcastically again.

"Anyways!" Izzy cried. "Ken and I took it."

"Hey I never got to take no IQ test!" Davis yelled.

"It's for people who have an average higher than zero Davis." Laughed T.K.

"Haha TS very funny, I guess you never took it either!"

"Actually Kari and I both took it….in the same booth…in the library…where we were alone…" T.K. said joking, just to piss Davis off.

"Getting back to my story!" Izzy yelled. "Ken and I both took the test and made the finals!"

"That's great you guys! Way to go!" Joe cried.

"Two teams of two from Japan are going to the finals in Toronto, Ontario." Ken explained. "I heard a rumor that the other team is from some little town called Reedington."

"You guys can win it!" Kari smiled. "No ones smarted than are two resident geniuses!"

Ken and Izzy blushed. "Thanks Kari." Izzy replied.

"Yeah we're behind you all the way!" Tai yelled. "Literally."

"What's that supposed to mean Tai?" Joe asked warily.

"We'll just all have to come to Canada with you!" Tai said jumping up.

"But where will we stay?" Cody asked. (ever the voice of reason)

"I've got an uncle who owns a hotel in Toronto!" Yolei stated.

"NO MORE UNCLES!!!" Davis cried. (For reference, watch the Digimon Movie. The English one)

"Don't be silly Davis, this is my FAVOURITE uncle! He's so nice! Wait, you'll see!" Yolei winked.

"Tai, I've thought you were nuts before but this proves it!" Matt said. (ever the voice of arguing.) "Where are we going to school? What will we do for food? What about my band? And most importantly…HOW exactly…will we get there?"

"I have an uncle who's a pilot!" Yolei laughed.

Davis sighed. He wasn't going to win this one. That was a very hard feeling for him.

"That's sounds fun…but will our parents be all right with it?" Kari asked looking around.

"Sure it will! We'll tell her it's educational!" Tai stated.

"Well, I have been planning to visit Mimi." Joe said thoughtfully. "It could work."

"I have nothing that ties me down." Sora said agreeing.

"I don't know…what about kendo?" Cody asked. "My Grandpa might not like that."

"You can bring him too!" Yolei said.

"Do they play soccer in Canada?" Davis asked.

"Of course they do!" Tai yelled. "What do you think they are? Savages?"

"Ok. I'm for it then." Davis said.

"Well, if you guys are all going, I'm coming too." T.K. shrugged.

"WHAT ABOUT MY BAND??" Matt yelled.

"What about it?" Tai asked with annoyance.

"Well what am I gonna do about it? How will we practice?"

"Simple. You won't!" Davis said. (Ever the voice of stupid reason)

"We can't just not practice…although I could check out Canadian music while I'm there…"

"Like I said, educational. Now that that's settled…" Tai stated. "Let's EAT!"

Everyone groaned. "Tai do you ever not stop thinking about your stomach?" Joe asked.

"Yeah, when I'm sleeping!" Tai replied.

"Then he's only dreaming of it," Kari laughed.

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Later that night, every body met up at Madison's house.

"So, anything exciting happen to you guys today?" Madison asked sipping her tea.

"Yes. I was accepted into the finals of that IQ test we took," Eriol replied calmly.

"You did!" Madison squealed as she whipped out her camcorder. (Ever the reason of photography) "That's great!" She said as she hugged him. "Now! Tell me everything! I want to know all the questions!"

"I don't remember them Madison, just be a good girl and put the camcorder away," Madison regretfully put the taping device down.

"You're no fun," Madison pouted.

"Li tell them!" Sakura elbowed him.

"Ow! Okay, I got in too," Li told them.

"Li! That's great!" Madison yelled as she hugged him too.

"Thanks Madison, but…. Can you let go of me? I can't breath!" Li choked out.

"Oops, sorry Li," She said as she let go.

At this moment they all heard something yell from up stairs.

"What was that?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know, let's go see," Madison told them leading them up the stairway. As they entered Madison's room they found Kero and Spinel trying to stuff treats down each other's throats.

"Kero!" Sakura yelled.

"Spinel!" Eriol yelled.

"What do you think you are doing?!" They both yelled. Kero and Spinel both looked at their masters and gave an innocent look.

"We weren't doing anything!" The both cried.

"Kero! How many times do I have to tell you NOT to give Spinel treats?!" Sakura yelled.

"I don't know! Maybe a few!" Kero wailed. "Come on Sakura! I had to! he beat me at Zylon Warriors!" Kero whined. Spinel smirked.

"Told you I could beat you!" Spinel gave a raspberry to the guardian beast of the seal.

"Spinel! I thought I told you not to play video games?!" Eriol cried.

"Not that I know of," Spinel told him. "I don't remember you telling me anything of the sort."

"Don't you be smart with me," Eriol scolded. "And Kero, I've told you before and I'll again, DON'T FEED SPINEL TREATS!" Eriol yelled.

"Okay, okay, don't have to get all testy about it," Kero grumbled.

"I think we should go," Eriol said as he picked Spinel up. He walked over to Madison and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "See you later," He said softly.

"Yea, later."

"Bye Eriol!" Sakura yelled waving her hand.

Eriol smiled and waved back.

"I guess I should go home too then, I'll see you to-morrow Madison," Sakura said picking Kero up.

"No! Don't make me go! Madison's got the new PS2! I want to play! I want to play!" Kero whined.

"Only if it's okay with Madison, so can he stay?" Sakura asked giving her friend a pleading look.

"Of course he can," Madison said.

"YEAH!" Kero yelled.

"I'll walk you home," Li offered.

"Thanks Li. Bye Madison, Kero!" Sakura said as she and Li walked out of the house… er mansion.

They got to Sakura's house and were on the porch.

"I'm really happy that you made the final's Li. I knew you could do it!" Sakura chimed.

"Thanks.. it wasn't all that hard, especially the math part," Li smirked. Sakura hit his arm playfully.

"Geez, Syaoran! It's not my fault I'm not that good in math. And besides, this way I get you to torture me," Sakura told him. She leaned up and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I better get inside. If Tori finds me out here with you, you're dead," Sakura told him.

"You got that right," Said a voice from behind. Sakura turns around to find her brother standing in the doorway, "What are you doing here brat?"

"Dropping your sister off, what do you think?" Li asked glaring at him.

"You guys! Stop this now! I've had it up to here! Tori what Li did to me when he first came here is over with! He would never hurt me! Never!" Sakura yelled.

"Sakura, calm down, I have to go any ways, I'll talk to you to-morrow," Li said kissing her one last time before turning and leaving.

"Don't expect a call from him to-morrow Sakura, it won't get through," Tori said as he walked back into the house.

"Far as he knows, he doesn't know that Li and I have our own cell phones," Sakura said quietly.

"What was that?" Tori asked.

"Nothing," Sakura said quickly.

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A boy in Toronto was tossing and turning as he slept. His dream was so real, that he was breaking out in a cold sweat.

"What the **** did you do to the house you little monster?!" A voice rang out as the little boy crouched on the floor. "I just cleaned it this morning! Your mother and I go out for two minutes and you destory the house!"

"Daddy, I didn't mean to…I…I was just playing and something happened…." The little boy said pitifully.

"That's the last time you do anything of this sort! I'll make sure of it!" The father raised his fist against the little boy a dealt a hard blow to his head. The boy wailed. "What's that? Not hard enough for you? I'll give you another!" This time the father slapped the boy.

"Dad…Daddy…please…no more…." The boy whimpered.

"Leave him alone Jack!" The mother cried. "He's only a child! He can't control it!"

"Shut up!" The father slapped the mother, which sent her sprawling to the floor. She rubbed her cheek.

"I won't allow you to put another hand on my child!" The mother screamed as she kicked the father with all her might. The father yelled in pain.

"How can protect this freak?" The father pushed the mother down again. Then he pinned her down and started to beat her.

"Get…out…James…Go…quickly!" The mother stammered as the father's hand dealt her another blow.

"But Mama!" James protested.

"Don't worry about…me…go!"

James got up and ran through the open door. His father saw him go and started to run after him. Seeing her chance, the mother picked up the lamp and brought it crashing down on the father's head.

"Go James! Run to the police! They'll take care of you!" The mother called as she stumbled to phone them herself.

James ran and ran, for how long, he didn't know. Then he saw a park bench and quietly curled up and fell asleep…"

The boy woke up, with sweat poring down his face. "Why…?" He asked as he bent over with pain, trying not to cry. "Mama…" He whispered as the familiar numbness washed over him. His face turned angry. "I promise you, no one will hurt me again…"

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"Hey James! Did you hear about the IQ contest that's being held here in Toronto?" Traci asked. "Yeah, why?" James asked.

"Well… I thought we could take the test to enter and see if we make it in? What do you say?"

"I don't know, I think they already have a team for Canada. And besides, I would never make it in. I'm not smart enough…" James trailed off.

"Oh come on! Sure you are!" Traci persisted. Traci was the only person who James would talk to. Nicely any ways. They are best friends and have known each other for almost their entire lives. "You just have to believe in your self James."

"Alright! I'll take the stupid test if it'll get you off my back," James gave in.

"Great! Oh there's Jen! I have to go. Meet me at lunch by my locker and we'll go down to the office and see if we can still enter, okay?" Traci asked.

"Yeah sure."

"Okay, I'll see you later!" And she ran off.

'I can't believe I'm going though with this!' James thought incredulously. 'This is a mistake.'

"Hey Jen!" Traci called.

"Oh hey," She said as she turned away from her locker.

"So what are you doing tonight?" Traci asked.

"Babysitting my sister," Jen sighed. "I mean she is eleven you would think she would be able to take care of herself. But my parents just say no, she's too young."

"Hey, your parents are just looking after her," Traci told her.

"Yeah I guess, well she can be a little…"

"A little bit like you?" Traci cut in.

"Hey! Who side are you on?"

"Yours. But you have to think she does look and act like you."

"Maybe. Listen I'm going to be late. I'll see you later okay?" Jen asked.

"Yeah sure. At lunch I'm going down to the office to see if you can still enter the IQ contest with James, so I'll see you in English," Traci told her.

"Alright see ya," Jen said as she walked away.

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Fordina: Well that was the first Chap!

Ken: And a very good one I might add.

Soccer Chicka: Of course it was! We wrote it!

Tai: Damn straight!

Fordina: You didn't write it Tai! Stay out of this!

Tai: Who's gonna make me? Certainly not Matt.

Ken: Why did you bring Matt into this?

Tai: Because he's a weakling. Simple as that.

Soccer Chicka: Damn Straight!

Fordina: But Soccer Chicka, he's your second favorite in the whole thing! How can you say that?!

Soccer Chicka: I just can. Tai is more important.

Tai: Damn Straight!

Ken: Will you two stop swearing!

Fordina: No kidding! Anyway we should end this! Till next chap! REVIEW!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!

Ken: At least she said please.