Who is He?
Disclaimer!!: I don't own Digimon Frontier… I am only a fan who writes fanfics! Yes that was my disclaimer…pretty lousy but hey!
WARNING: DON'T READ THIS IF YOU LIKE JUNPEI! I MAKE HIM SOUND STUPID IN THE STORY. DON'T READ IT IF YOU LIKE JUNPEI!
Author's note and brief summary of chapter 2.
Izumi feels anger towards Kouji for embarrassing her. She tells him that she'll get him back. Junpei gets angry at Kouji for being rude to Izumi and tries to attack Kouji but trips over Izumi's foot. Junpei believes that Izumi is his girlfriend. Izumi finds out that Kouji has a problem with frying pan out doesn't know what it is. Kouji, Izumi and Junpei are assigned as partners to work together on a project. Kouji refuses to help. Izumi calls him frying pan boy and Kouji gets angry and almost crushes her hand. He tells her not to talk about things she doesn't understand.
Yup that was my summary! Oh and since most ppl were asking about the frying pan thing I'll be happy to tell yah. In my story everyone in Izumi's school carries a frying pan, hammer, stick (any old stick but students usually prefer the wood from bamboos because they're so sturdy.) or paper fan. Yea that how it goes! ^^The story continues from there.
He was about to leave when she muttered, "Stupid frying pan boy."
She turned around but he caught her hand.
"Don't talk about things you don't understand!", Kouji shouted.
She looked at him startled and realized that he was crushing her hand.
"Stop it!", she yelled. "You're hurting me."
Kouji finally let go and then walked off.
Izumi watched him go and looked at her hand.
"Who are you?", she whispered as he turned the corner.
Izumi heard something behind her and turned around to see Junpei smiling at her.
"Junpei!", Izumi yelled. "You scared me!"
"I did? I'm sorry Izumi.", Junpei said.
"Well what did you want?", Izumi asked.
"Umm…I forgot hold on…", Junpei replied.
Izumi waited for Junpei to figure out what he wanted to say to her for five minutes then walked home. Junpei still stood there trying to figure out what he was going to say.
Izumi got home.
"I'm home!", she said.
Her mother came out of the kitchen.
"Oh Izumi! How was your day at school today?", her mother asked.
"Horrible! Everyone was picking on me! They kept saying that Junpei liked me."
"Well isn't it true that he does? I remember him coming to our house everyday last year asking me if you were home. He kept saying that he'd wait for you to get home on our porch even when I told him you were at summer camp and weren't going to be home for 2 weeks. What a strange boy…"
"Don't remind me! He even snuck into camp. When the counselors finally caught him his excuse was that he got lost and ended up 5 kilometers from his house.", she sighed. "Oh I haven't finished telling you what happened next! Well we got a new student, Kouji and he was so mean to me. He even crushed my hand today!"
"Why?", her mother asked shocked.
"Be-Because I called him frying pan boy…I mean it's like he has a problem with frying pans."
"Well maybe it's because his mother tried to cook him with a frying pan!!", her mother said laughing! "Oh I'm so hilarious!!"
Izumi stared at her mother. "Mother! That's ridiculous and you were not funny."
"Oh Izumi your no fun at all!", her mother laughed. She stopped when Izumi started walking up the stairs. "What? Wasn't it a little funny?"
"No."
"Not even just a tiny bit?"
"No."
Izumi walked to the top of the stairs and went to her room.
"Hmph! Kids these days don't have any sense of humor." , her mother said and went to the kitchen.
Izumi took a bath and wondered what she'd do for the project. Kouji wasn't going to help and Junpei…well how could he help?
"Oh well better help than no help.", she said as she looked through her phone book for Junpei's number. She didn't know how she could ever have Junpei's number but found it scrawled at the bottom of the page in Junpei handwriting. She noticed a heart replaced the dot on the 'I' in Junpei.
"Ew!", she said to herself.
She reached for the phone but before she could pick it up it rang. She picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hello. Is this Izumi?", a woman asked.
"Yes."
"I'm Junpei's mom. Is Junpei with you?", the lady asked.
"No."
"Well he didn't come home today…and I was wondering if maybe you might know…"
"Oh no I'm sorry I don't. Maybe you should try Kazu's number. I'll give it to you."
Izumi gave Junpei's mom Kazu's number and hung up.
Where could Junpei be? , she thought then she remembered!
"Could he still be at the school trying to figure out what he wanted to tell me?", she asked herself. Knowing Junpei he was probably still there.
"That moron!!!!", Izumi said.
She rushed down stairs, put her sneakers on, grabbed her coat and yelled, "I'll be right back mom. I'm going out for awhile!"
She shut the door behind her.
"Izumi?", her mom said. "Where could she be off to? Frying pan boy!!" she said and laughed.
Izumi raced to the school and sure enough Junpei was standing there still trying to figure out what he was going to say to her.
"Izumi!", he cried when she reached him. "I figured out what I was going to say! I was going to say hi!!!"
Izumi smacked him on the head with a hammer and dragged him to his house since he was unconscious.
"Junpei!!!", his mother said. "Where have you been boy!?!"
"Mummy…? At school…", he answered.
"At school!!", she cried. "You were supposed to come home by 3:30 because school ends at 3:15! But look at the time! It's 6:00!!!"
"Oh…Oops!", Junpei laughed stupidly.
"Get in here!", his mother yelled. "Thank you for finding him.", she said sweetly to Izumi.
"Umm…that's okay.", Izumi replied. She wasn't sure herself why she went out looking for Junpei. 2 weeks ago if you told her that Junpei was missing she would have laughed but now she actually went out to try and find him! "I have to go now. Bye."
"Bye Izumi.", Junpei said softly, smiling. "Thank you for finding me."
"Ummm…no problem.", she said and ran off.
"Is that the girl you said was madly in love with you?", Junpei's mother asked Junpei.
"Yes.", Junpei said.
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Izumi started walking home when she heard something behind her.
"Junpei w-?", she began when she turned around but noticed no one was there.
"Huh…I'm getting delusional…", she muttered to herself.
She continued walking and turned around again. No one. She was getting pretty scared now since it was dark and only a few cars were driving on the road with hardly any pedestrians.
She walked a bit faster and heard something again. She saw a shortcut in a little alley to get home. She took it but saw to figures waiting for her up ahead. She turned around to go the other way but saw someone else blocking her exit.
"oh no!", she mumbled to herself.
The figures walked slowly toward her.
What will I do? What if they're armed? What they want my money? What if they want to rape me? Ew!!! Okay remain calm. Just go for the guy who's walking to me by himself. He'll be easier than two punks. It's perfect! Beat the guy up!
Izumi ran head on and tackled one of the guys to the ground and then punched him twice.
"Izumi!", yelled the guy she attacked. "Get off me!"
"Huh?", Izumi said. "She noticed it was Kazu. She got up and kicked him again.
"Kazu!!!!!!", Izumi cried. "What's your problem sneaking up on me?"
"Huh? You attacked me!! And I was only going to ask you if you had seen Junpei around.", Kazu said with a worried look on his face.
"Oh! I found him don't worry! He's back with his mom.", she said.
She noticed that the two other people were Sakura and Amari.
"Sakura! Amari!", Izumi said. "What are you guys doing with him?"
"Oh hey Izumi! Well we all decided to work on the project tonight at Kazu's house since we had no other homework." Sakura explained. "And then Junpei's mom called Kazu and asked if she'd seem him. So then we went out looking for Junpei."
"Ohhhhh! Hmph! I have to do my project by myself because Kouji refused to help and what can I do with Junpei?" Izumi said.
"That's rude! You should tell Ms. Akito." Amari said.
"Umh…umh…" Izumi shock her head. "I think Ms. Akito gets personal enjoyment out of this."
Izumi pictured Ms. Akito eating popcorn and slurping coke while watching Izumi, Kouji and Junpei fight.
"Err…! What'll I do?" Izumi asked.
"Just do it by yourself and get the credit!" Amari suggested.
"Fine! I'll do it alone! Err! Kouji will pay!!", Izumi said.
Izumi went home and decided to do the project tomorrow after school.
"Stupid Kouji…", she mumbled as she fell asleep.
~~~**~~~
"Izumi? Izumi."
"Huh?", Izumi looked up to see her mother standing over her.
"Don't you have school today?", her mother asked.
"What?" she stared at her clock. 9:00!!
"I'm late! Mom you were supposed to wake me!!!", she yelled.
Her mother started laughing. "Oh Izumi! It's not really 9:00! I just set your time at 9 o'clock to scare you!" Her mother continued laughing.
Izumi looked up at her mother and thought, Why? Why me? Why is my mother so different from everyone else's?
Izumi sighed and got up as her mother continued to laugh.
She walked to school by herself and saw Sakura, Mana, Amari and her other friends running up to her.
"Hey Izumi!", they cried.
"Hi guys!" Izumi said.
*The bell rang and they all ran inside.*
"All right class. Turn to page 560 of your Ecology textbook.", Ms. Akito said. "I'll be taking attendance as you read the page."
Izumi started reading the textbook. Suddenly she heard someone behind her whisper, "Izumi! Izumi!"
"What do you want Junpei?" Izumi asked still reading the book.
"What are we going to do for the project?" Junpei asked.
"I dunno…"
"But it's due on Friday. We only have two more days."
"Yes I know that."
"So what are we doing?"
"Why don't you just sit in your seat and brainstorm ideas for the project and let me read in peace!"
"Bu-but what about Kouji? Is helping?"
"No."
"He isn't?!!" Junpei said gleefully.
"No."
"That-that's just perfect…" Junpei mumbled loudly.
"Why?" Izumi asked already knowing the answer to her question.
"Umm…no reason at all…Can we meet at the Cappuccino Park after school…for the project?"
Izumi sighed. She knew that Junpei just wanted to be alone with her at Cappuccino Park, the park all couples went. He was so easy to read. She suddenly remembered how Kouji had told her that she was so easy to read. She looked back to see that Kouji was no here today. Then as if suddenly on cue he shows up.
"Mr. Minamoto! So good of you to finally show up!" Ms. Akito said. "Where is your late slip?"
Kouji looks at her straight in the eye. Ms. Akito freezes and just stares back at him, with a look of wonderment.
"I have no late slip. I'm not even late." He answers and then takes his seat.
"Alright…but just this once…" Ms. Akito said nervously.
"Yes you are!" Izumi said rising up. "You're late so go get a slip! Everyone else who was late had to get one! You're no different!"
Kouji looked at her the same way he looked at Ms. Akito and Izumi almost found herself saying, Never mind you don't have to get a slip. But caught herself in time. "You're late. Get a slip.", she said in an icy tone.
"As I said, I'm not late." Kouji argued in a calm tone.
"Yes you are. Class starts at 8:30. It's 8:40." She retorted.
"For you it starts at 8:30 but for me it starts when I come in through that door." He said nodding to the door.
"YOU LITTLE PUNK!!!" Izumi screamed. She walked right up to him and leaned down so they were face to face. "Don't give me your 'I'm so cool I can do anything I want' attitude! Cuz I'll just shove straight back in your face!"
Kouji stared at her unnerved. This made Izumi angrier. He was just so calm!!!!!
"You-you you…BOY!" she yelled.
"Izumi you're turning red…" Junpei said.
"Umm…Izumi…just calm down." Amari said laughing nervously.
Izumi turned her head and looked at the rest of the class, they all backed away slowly.
"Iz-Iz-Izumi? Would you like to lay down?" Ms. Akito asked. Izumi turned her glare at Ms. Akito. "Umm…I guess not…well that's okay…"
Izumi looked back at Kouji. "Err!!!!" She reached her hand out and flicked his head but his head didn't even move a tiny bit. "What? Are you made of steel or something????"
He just looked at her. Izumi turned around and walked to her seat. She knew when she had been defeated even if her enemy didn't even make one strike. He was a tricky one that was for sure. She laughed to herself.
The whole class watched her so they didn't have enough time to see Kouji rubbing at the spot she flicked him at.
**RING RING RING**
"Lunch time!!" Kazu yelled.
"Thank goodness…I need to go meditate after this little act." Ms. Akito said to herself.
~~~***~~~
Izumi walked outside with her friends who walked a little far from her because she kept mumbling to herself and laughing.
"That's it!" Izumi said.
"What's it?" Mana asked nervously.
"I've got the answer to all our Kouji problems! It's so simple! I can't believe I didn't think of it before. I'll kill him!!!!" Izumi said and then started laughing manically.
"Heh heh…Izumi lets eat some lunch…okay?" Amari said.
"Yes…yes…eat first…and then kill! After all, young aspiring murderers have to have their nourishment." She said as she sat down. She suddenly burst out laughing again.
Sakura knelt down and slapped Izumi.
"Izumi stop!" she yelled.
Izumi gasped and stopped. "Thank you Sakura. I needed that."
"Hmmm…" Kouji said as he walked by. Izumi noticed that he glanced at her.
She stood up. " 'Hmmm' What is that supposed to mean?" She ran off after him.
Her friends watched her off and shock their heads.
"What did you mean by Hmmm? Huh Kouji? I saw you looking at me when you said Hmmm!" Izumi said blocking him from getting past her but somehow after she blinked he was on the other side of her barrier walking away from her.
Her jaw dropped. "How did he do that?"
She ran after him again. "Tell me Kouji!!"
He looked at her. "I just said Hmmm."
"Why?"
"I just did."
"LIAR! Why did you say it?"
"You're a very paranoid person." He said calmly and started to walk off but she grabbed his lunch.
"HA! What are you going to do now?" she said waving his lunch around. "You can't crush my hand now since there are so many people around." She whispered.
"Take it. I wasn't hungry." He said.
She stared at him blankly.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT????? HOW CAN I PERNITRATE THAT THICK WALL OF YOURS????" she said more to herself than to Kouji. Then she suddenly smiled. I know! She thought. "FRYING PAN BOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY" she yelled. Everyone outside stopped and watched her.
"YES THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE! FRYING PAN BOY!"
Kouji stared at her and she saw something in his eyes that made her quiet down and feel bad. The look in his eyes was hurt.
He put his hands in his pocket and walked off.
"Whoa…your so cold Izumi!" Kazu said walking up to her. "You're so much of a coward that you attacked him in his weak spot. I mean we all know that Kouji has a thing about frying pans…just not what it is."
Izumi took out a hammer and hit him on the head 3 times and walked off. As she was walking she realized that Kazu was right. She was a coward to attack him like that. She had won this battle but she felt so crummy about it.
*Ring, Ring, Ring!*
**~~**
Izumi sat in her seat feeling horrible. Kouji was a human being too. He had feeling just like her friends, her classmates, her mom, her teacher, Junpei…scratch that…did.
Ms. Akito came into the room.
"Class!! Guess what?" she said.
"We're all getting A's in school?"
"No."
"You're not giving us homework anymore?"
"No."
"We're allowed to eat in class?"
"No."
"We can skip school if we want and not get in trouble about it?"
"No."
"We can't get in trouble at all?"
"No."
"You're getting fired????"
"No. I hope that was sarcasm I heard in your voice Kazu!"
"You've decided to come to my wedding with Izumi??"
"Shut up Junpei!" Ms. Akito said. "You're going to be presenting our projects tomorrow instead of on Friday!! I know how much you all are excited about presenting your project."
"Whaaaaaa???" everyone groaned.
"I bet you she did this just because she loves making people miserable!" Amari whispered to Mana.
"Yeah…I know." Mana whispered back.
Izumi was in shock. She turned around to Junpei.
"We've got to finish it today!" she whispered.
"Don't you mean we've got to start it today? Since we haven't even started."
"JUNPEI! Sush for just a second! I'll get the info on this half of the project." She said pointing to a page in her textbook. "And…you…get this one! Okay?"
"Alright." Junpei said. Izumi noticed Kouji by the pencil sharpener. He walked back to his seat and started writing something down.
"Uhmmm……we'll meet at Cappuccino Park at around 5:30 okay?"
"5:30! CAPPUCCINO PARK IT IS!" Junpei said loudly.
~~~**~~~
Izumi found info on the part of the project she was doing and ran to the park. She saw Junpei waiting for her.
"Junpei! I found the info. Where's your part?"
"What?" Junpei asked stupidly.
"The part on the project you were supposed to do." She said nervously.
"Which part?"
"Oh Junpei! Don't tell me you don't have it done!"
"What done?"
"Junpei!!!!!!!! Then why did you even come out here?"
"Because I usually come here to feed the geese my left over cheese sandwiches that I never finish."
Izumi sat on the grass and pouted. What am I going to do? I knew I shouldn't have relied on him!
Suddenly a notebook dropped in front of her. She looked up to see Kouji staring back down at her.
"That's my part and Junpei's part. I knew he wouldn't do it so I did it for him." He started walking away. "You can type it all up."
"Kouji!" Izumi said.
He stopped walking.
"I'm sorry for embarrassing you at the school yard at lunch time." She said quietly.
What happened next surprised her. He started to laugh.
"You embarrassed me? More like you embarrassed yourself. Your pathetic." He said and walked off.
She stared after him.
Junpei looked at both of them and turned red. "Kouji stop flirting with my girlfriend!!" he yelled.
"JUNPEI!!! SHUTUP!" Izumi said turning red. She was blushing but couldn't understand why.
She hit Junpei over the head with a hammer and ran home to finish the project.
When she was done she picked up the notebook Kouji had given her and blushed again. This was way weird.
She put it down and dropped on her bed and fell asleep.
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Hmmmm?? Why was Izumi blushing? You'll find out next time!
BTW! Thank you all the people who reviewed my story! I appreciate it!