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!
Brief SummaryIzumi's friends turn their back on her. Well at least Amari, Sakura and Mana do.
The classroom arrangement changes and Izumi is placed right beside Kouji. At the end of the day her former friends, Amari, Mana and Sakura who have every intention to beat her up, surround Izumi.
Story continues from there.
Izumi left too. She was walking home when Amari, Mana and Sakura surrounded her.
"Huh?" Izumi said.
"We hope you got the picture that we don't want to have anything to do with you anymore!" Amari said.
"Yeah I think I got that impression." Izumi said flatly.
"Don't be smart!" Sakura said.
"Why don't you guys just get out of my way so I don't have to look at your repulsive faces anymore?"
Izumi brushed past them but Mana caught her arm.
"You can't do that to us!"
"Don't be stupid guys! This is such a pointless fight! Why can't we just say sorry and forget about this? I mean this is sooo childish!"
"Shut up!" Amari said pushing Izumi.
Izumi dropped her bag and Sakura kicked it before Izumi could reach for it again and the three girls started giggling.
"You guys look so gay when you giggle." Izumi said.
The girls stopped and then looked at each other. They surround Izumi and smiled wickedly.
Izumi stared at Amari. Amari used to be so sensible but if they wanted to fight her then so be it.
"You guys this is ridiculous! Why are you doing this? Because I didn't listen to one of your presentation?", Izumi asked.
"Not only that. It's because you always acted like you were better than everyone else…and now that we've got the chance to retaliate and we're gonna take that chance!", Mana replied.
"WHAT????? You guys have gone totally crazy!!" Izumi said angrily.
Suddenly Izumi noticed that the three girls weren't staring at her anymore but something behind her.
She turned around to see Junpei.
"Junpei what are you doing here?!" Izumi yelled.
"No Izumi! I want to protect you!" Junpei said
"Junpei!" Izumi said.
"Junpei get outta here!" Sakura said, annoyed.
"NO! I'll protect Izumiiiiiiiiiii!!!!", Junpei said charging at Sakura with a bamboo. Junpei wasn't able to get even 30 cm in front of Sakura because Amari knocked him over the head and he fell flat on the ground.
"Owwwww…that hurt!" he cried. Junpei jumped up and then ran off crying.
Izumi stared at him at he ran off. "Some protector…" she thought to herself.
Izumi turned around again to find the three girls looking back at her again.
"I guess you're boyfriend couldn't save you.", Sakura said as the other two snickered.
"Err…" Izumi said. "I have to get outta here! Before they all get a chance to swing at me." She thought to herself.
Izumi inched towards where her bag laid but Amari got there first and stood in front of Izumi. Izumi gasped as Amari struck her face.
Amari started to laugh. "That felt so good!"
Izumi's face burned red with humiliation but she soon regained her pose and pushed Amari. Amari stumbled but then caught herself and threw herself at Izumi. Both girls were on the ground boxing each other up.
Izumi punched Amari right in the nose and pulled away from Amari's grip. She heard Amari shout, "Damn her!!"
Izumi jumped up and saw the other two girls helping Amari up. Why are they doing this???, Izumi thought as she wiped some off some of the blood that was dripping from her lips. But then again people like them never have a reason for anything.
Izumi picked up her bag and swung it around her shoulders and turned to walk in the other direction. She suddenly felt something pull at her bag and she was thrown back onto the ground. She looked up to see Mana staring back down at her.
"What reason do you have to be doing this to me?" Izumi said coldly to Mana.
"Because you're such a snob!" she said just as coldly.
Izumi snickered a bit before replying. "Just as I thought. You're such a follower."
"SHUT UP!" Mana said then kicked Izumi.
Izumi grabbed Mana's right foot and Mana fell hard on the ground. She moaned as she lay there.
Izumi got back up again but just as she did Amari and Sakura each grabbed one of her arms and restrained her while Mana got up. Mana stared at Izumi then smiled. She turned around and picked up the bamboo stick Junpei had left behind.
"I want to enjoy this." Mana said.
They had all gone completely mad! Izumi thought to herself. This wasn't how civilized people behaved!
Izumi shut her eyes as Mana raised the bamboo stick over her head. Izumi waited for the blow but nothing happened except that Sakura and Amari had released her. She opened her eyes to see a girl standing in front of Amari. Mana was lying on the ground rubbing her head and Sakura was crying nearby.
The girl shoved past Amari and then walked up to Izumi. She helped her up and then picked up Izumi's bag for her.
"Here you go!" the girl said cheerfully. "If they ever bother you again just tell me. I go to the same school as you...judging from the uniform…or will be going to the same school as you. Well here I am just yapping away and I haven't even asked you what your name is or told you who I am! How rude of me!" The girl spoke very quickly and confidently.
Izumi stared at the girl and burst out laughing.
"Oh? Did I say something wrong?" the girl asked.
"No...no! It's just I've never met anyone with so much energy before! My name is Orimoto Izumi." Izumi put her hand out.
"Well Izumi it's nice to meet you." The girl said cheerfully. "My name is Kenryoki Rei." She clasped Izumi hand firmly and shook it. Izumi smiled even though Rei's grip was pretty hard.
The next day Izumi walked to school by herself. She saw Kouji again. She jumped behind a parked car and spied on him. Kouji was walking towards Cappuccino Park. She noticed him limping a bit. He was attempting to walk as naturally as he could. She saw him sit on one of the benches and put the injured foot on the bench. He then pulled up the pant leg to reveal two red marks. They looked like they were cut into his skin. Izumi gasped and hid behind the car again before he could see her. "What the hell!" Izumi said to herself. She laid back on the car. "What's wrong with this boy?…I have to find out! I wonder what his parents think about this?", Izumi thought. "I wonder if he even has any parents…maybe he's an orphan or something!", she burst out.
"Hey! You kid! Get away from my car!" said a man walking towards her.
"Shhhh!! Please sir be quiet!" Izumi said whispering and peeping from behind the car to see if Kouji was watching.
"I said get away from my car! And don't shush me! I'm 30 years older than you are! Don't you know you're supposed to respect your elders?!"
"Sir please! Sir!" Izumi said backing away from the car.
"I said get away from my car!"
"I AM AWAY FROM YOU CAR!!!"
"I said get away from my car!"
"AHHHHH!! SHUT UP!! I AM AWAY FROM IT!"
"Oh..okay…Ummm well then carry on…"
"Orimoto! What are you doing?"
Izumi turned around to see Kouji standing in front of her.
"Ko-Ko-ko…" Izumi stammered
"Kouji." Kouji finished for her. "Why are you bothering this old man?"
"Hey! HEY! I'm not old!" the man said.
"I'm not bothering him!" Izumi said.
"Yes you are! You wouldn't get away from my car!"
"What are you talking about?" Izumi said nervously, her right eyebrow twitching.
"You know what I'm talking about! You were behind my car…you seemed like you were watching something…or whatever. Just get away from my car you crazy kids!"
"Errrr!!" Izumi said. "You're a crazy old man!"
The man got into his car and stuck his tongue out at her then drove off.
Izumi shouted some things to him while he was driving off and he shouted some things back at her.
"Izumi." Kouji said.
"Huh?" Izumi turned around.
"Why were you watching me?" he asked
"I wasn't watching you!"
"Then what were you doing?"
"I was just…just admiring that guys car!"
"Liar. How could you be admiring it when it only has three wheel and the windows are painted yellow?"
"Umm…well…"
"Did-did you see anything?" Kouji asked hesitantly.
"See what? What was I supposed to see?" Izumi lied. She knew what he was talking about. He was talking about the marks on his leg.
"Never mind…" Kouji looked at her for a while before turning away and walking off.
Izumi watched Kouji leave. She then heard something behind her. She turned around to see Junpei.
"Junpei! What do you want now?" Izumi asked.
"Just you…just you." Junpei replied.
"Izumi smacked him over the head and ran off to school.
~*~
"Alright class! Guess what?" Ms. Akito asked.
"What" the whole class asked glumly.
"We're getting a new student!" she said.
Everyone straightened out and sat up when they heard her say that.
"Boy or girl?" Kazu asked,
"Girl!" Ms. Akito replied and then muttered, "Thank goodness it's a girl."
"Alright Rei. You can come in." Ms. Akito called.
Izumi gasped. Could it be? Kenryoki Rei?
Kenryoki Rei entered the classroom. She smiled when she spotted Izumi.
"You can sit right over there beside Mana." Ms. Akito said.
Izumi frowned at this and noticed that Rei and Mana weren't too happy about it either.
"Well class turn to page 780 in your Accelerated Math text books. We are going to mark all 2000 questions I gave you for homework yesterday." Ms. Akito said.
Everyone did so.
Izumi felt very happy because now that Rei was here…she just had a really good feeling that her problems with her friends would go away. Izumi looked up at Rei. Rei turned around the same time Izumi looked up and they both smiled at each other. Then Rei gasped and turned red. She then quickly turned away. Izumi raised an eyebrow.
"Huh?" Izumi muttered.
She then looked up at Kouji who was sitting back on his chair sleeping. She looked down at his homework. Kouji had put checkmarks beside every answer in the book.
"You're so arrogant." Izumi whispered not intending for Kouji to hear her.
"Just because I'm smarter than you doesn't mean you have to be jealous." Kouji said opening an eye then smirking at her
and going back to sleep again.
Izumi blushed and smiled to herself. She then felt someone breathing over her shoulder.
"Junpei." Izumi said flatly.
"Izumi…I'm sorry about what I said this morning…I think I was just too tired…I didn't realize what I was saying…"Junpei whispered in her ear.
Izumi grabbed Junpei's left ear and twisted it. "Don't you dare ever breathe in my ear ever again! Got that?!"
"Ye-yes!" Junpei squeaked.
"So what did Junpei say to you this morning?" Kazu asked.
"Nothing Kazu." Izumi said.
"Come on you can tell me!"
"No Kazu!"
"Come on!"
"No!"
"Please?"
"If you ask one more time I'll twist both your ears!"
"Okay, okay!" Kazu said laughing.
"KAZU PAY ATTENTION!" Ms. Akito snapped.
"Yes Ms…" Kazu said.
"Alright everyone please take out the environmental studies questions I gave you for homework yesterday…and yes we will be marking all 220 questions today!" Ms. Akito said.
**RING, RING, RING**
"Recess already! Well you kids who didn't finish the questions got lucky today…but be prepared for tomorrow." Ms. Akito said looking at Kazu. She then burst out laughing maniacally.
*~*
"IZUMI!" Rei said as she shook Izumi by the shoulders.
"What?" Izumi asked nervously.
"Who is he?"
"Who's who?"
"That boy!"
"What boy?"
"The boy you're sitting beside!"
"…Kouji?"
"Koooujiii!" Rei said dreamily. "What a wonderful name…it sounds just like an angel!"
"WHA-Wha-WHAT!!!???!!!!" Izumi said half laughing half choking.
"What?" Rei said nervously. "Does he…does he already have a girlfriend? Oh Izumi this is horrible!!" Rei hugged Izumi then pulled back and stared at Izumi straight in the eye.
"Are YOU his girlfriend? Are you IZUMI?" Rei asked.
"NO! Of course not!" Izumi said blushing. "That's-That's ridiculous!"
Rei brightened and then hugged Izumi again. "Oh I knew you'd never do anything to hurt me! Oh Izumi will you ever forgive me for being so rude?"
"Yeah…sure…" Izumi said. "You like Kouji?"
"Like Kouji?? Like Kouji?? How could I like Kouji…when I'm in LOVE with him??!!" Rei said jumping around. "As soon as I saw him I knew that we were destined! You see it's just love at first sight!"
"Rei! You're 12!" Izumi said.
"Almost 13 actually!" Rei put in.
"REI! That's crazy! You can't be in love with him!"
"Why not?"
"Because…because you're too young!"
"When it comes to love…one can never be too young or old!" Rei said in a wise tone.
"But...but…"
"What is it Izumi? Are you in love with him too!!!??!! How could you do this to me?"
"I am NOT!…and I'll never be!"
"That's a relief!" someone said from behind them.
The two girls turned around to see Junpei smiling at them.
"I'm so glad you're not in love with Kouji…Izumi! I should have never doubted the fact that you'd stay true to your only love…me!" Junpei said inching towards Izumi.
Junpei leaned forward and kissed the wall. He backed away looking for Izumi and saw Izumi and Rei walking away in the other direction.
"I'll get you next time…my love…" Junpei whispered.
"Junpei you're so gay!" Kazu said walking passed him.
~*~
"I'm sorry for judging you again Izumi! I should have known that you wouldn't turn you're back on me!" Rei said clinging onto Izumi
"You're awfully confident that you can trust me and we only just met." Izumi said.
"Maybe it's because you have this vibe…this thing about you that makes me feel like I can trust you."
"Oh…you know what? That's exactly what Junpei once said."
"Really? Well speaking of Junpei…I didn't know you two were romantically involved!"
"We're not! He's just thinks we are! I don't know where he got that from though…maybe it all stared when I told him to throw out my cookie that dropped on the floor in kindergarten."
"Oh! Wow! He really likes you. Maybe you should give him a chance!"
Suddenly Junpei walked up to them and then stopped in front of them, took off his shoe and smelt his foot. He then walked away carrying his shoe.
"Forget what I said…" Rei said.
**Ring, Ring, Ring**
Izumi and Rei rushed into class.
~*~*~
"Psst…psst! Psssssssssssssssssssttttttt! Kouji!" Junpei said.
"What?" Kouji asked annoyed. (Wow! I thought Kouji never gets annoyed…but Junpei has obviously struck a nerve!)
"It's about Rei." Junpei whispered.
"If it's about the fact that she likes me…well I already know. Tell her I'm not interested." Kouji said yawning.
"Oh…Alright." Junpei said stupidly.
Izumi and Rei walked into class together then split up to take their seats.
"Psst…psst! Pssssssssssssssssssstttttttt! Izumi!" Junpei said.
"WHAT!" Izumi yelled.
"It's about Kouji." Junpei said.
Izumi looked up at Kouji. Could Junpei know about why Kouji was limping today? No! Of course not! Junpei was too stupid!
"What?" Izumi asked.
"Kouji doesn't like Rei even though she likes him…isn't that sad? I mean it's too bad they can't be like us. We both love one another."
"Stuff it Junpei." Izumi said. She then looked up at Kouji again.
"Kouji…umm…you don't…um…this is kinda hard…to say…umm…especially to you…ummm…you don't find Rei attractive…at all?" Izumi finished off by coughing.
"No."
"Oh." Rei is going to be really sad when she finds out, Izumi thought.
"How can I be interested in her when I don't even know her?" Kouji asked Izumi without looking at her.
"How can you be interested in anyone when you never take the chance to get to know anyone in this class." Izumi muttered. Kouji looked down at her sideways.
"You know…you know she's got a good point there!" Kazu said chewing on some popcorn.
"Hmmm…maybe I just don't want to get to know any of these people since not even one of them has failed the bore me.", Kouji retorted.
"Well you can't just like someone if they're boring Izumi." Kazu agreed while popping some more popcorn into is mouth.
"Well I'm sorry that no one here can measure up to your superior standards!" Izumi snapped.
"Yeah you are being kinda picky Kouji." Kazu agreed while he hit Junpei over the head for trying to steal some of his popcorn.
"Kazu…" Izumi began.
"Yeah, yeah! I know…shut up..right?", Kazu finished.
"Yes!…Kouji you know…"Izumi said.
"No I just don't like her." Kouji said.
"It's not that…it's just why are you so secretive? It's like you don't want anyone to be your friend…"
"What are you talking about? Kouji has plenty of friends! Like me! Right Kouji?" Kazu argued.
Kouji was silent.
"WHAT?" Kazu said. "Your silence tells me everything! You don't like me!" Kazu started sobbing.
Izumi watched Kazu cry and then hit him over the head.
"Thanks Izumi…I needed that…I was kinda getting outta hand there!" Kazu said appreciatively.
"No problem." Izumi said.
"Well anyways…I think Kouji has plenty of friends!" Kazu said.
"Am I the only one who has noticed that Kouji is very different from normal kids?" Izumi thought to herself. "Kazu doesn't seem to realize it and neither do any of the other boys he hangs out with…"
"Alright class! We're having an early dismissal because I need to go shopping today…I mean I have to go see my sick mother!!" Ms. Akito said laughing.
"Her mother must not be that sick because she's laughing." Junpei said to Kazu.
"Junpei you idiot! She's lying because she wants to go shopping!" Kazu said. "You're so stupid!"
"Alright get up and get out class!" Ms. Akito said leaving the room.
Everyone watched Ms. Akito leave and then packed up.
"Hey Izumi!" Rei said. "I'm going home now! See yah!"
"Huh?" Izumi said. "Why don't we walk home together?"
"Oh I can't. My mom always picks me up after school. Sorry!"
"That's okay!" Izumi said smiling.
"Bye!" Rei called as she ran over to her mothers' car.
"Bye!" Izumi yelled back.
Izumi watched Rei and her mom drive off.
"Hey Izumi do you wanna walk home together?" Junpei asked.
"Junpei you live no where near me. We don't even walk on the same sidewalk! How can we walk home together?" Izumi asked. "And why would I want to walk home with you…?" she added quietly.
"Oh okay then! Bye Izumi!" Junpei cried running off.
"JUNPEI YOU LIVE THE OTHER WAY!!" Izumi yelled.
"Oh!" Junpei said and then ran the other way.
"Bye Izumi!" Some of Izumi's friends called out.
"Bye guys." Izumi said as she headed home. She then spotted Kouji, Kazu and some of the other boys talking together and then Kouji leaving them.
"Hmmm…since we have an early dismissal…I can now take this opportunity to find up who Kouji Minamoto is!!" Izumi said to herself as she followed Kouji.
Izumi followed Kouji onto the bus and then sat near the front because Kouji sat at the back. She didn't want Kouji to see her! (No duh!)
After a few stops Kouji got off the bus and Izumi jumped off the bus after him.
She looked around the neighborhood. The houses were huge and the design of each house was very attractive.
"So mystery boy…is rich." Izumi said quietly as she followed him. Kouji walked up to one of the houses and opened the door and went inside.
"Oh great! How am I going to get in now?" Izumi said frustrated.
Izumi climbed over the fence that lead to the backyard (she stumbled a few times and cut herself.) and then scanned the house from the backyard. She then noticed two figures through a dark see-through curtain in a window. She watched them. One of them was Kouji but she couldn't make out the other one, though she did recognize the second figure to be that of a man. Kouji and the man were standing still and just looking at each other.
"They're probably talking…I wish I knew what they were saying though…" Izumi said straining to see better. She scrambled up a tree that was in front of the window and watched, camouflaged. Kouji then pulled his backpack off and took what looked like to be a piece of paper. He then handed it to the man and the man took it from him aggressively.
"Hmmmm…" Izumi said. "Maybe that's Koujis dad." The man stared at the paper for a long time and then pointed at something on the paper. Kouji looked at what the man was pointing at and then suddenly the man made a grab for Kouji but Kouji jumped back. The man strided toward Kouji and grabbed him by the ear.
Izumi gasped, shocked.
"Kouji was holding onto the man's arm with both hands trying to make the man let go. Then suddenly the man punched Kouji in the stomach and Izumi could actually hear Kouji yell a bit before dropping to the ground. Izumi couldn't see Kouji anymore since he was on the ground but she could see the man kicking at something, which was probably Kouji.
"What in the hell is going on!" Izumi yelled. She wanted to shout for the man to stop and leave Kouji alone. She pulled a small branch off the tree she was on and threw it at the window. It hit hard against the window and Izumi then suddenly realized that she might get caught for trespassing. The man stopped kicking Kouji and then walked towards the window.
She was so startled of being caught that she fell off the tree but she pulled herself up and sneaked away to the other side of the house.
Izumi caught the next bus home. She had a lot to think about. "Poor Kouji…" she said quietly to herself. "Oh shit."
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What's going on??? Was Kouji really being beat up by his dad??? What will Izumi do now???
Find out on the next chapter of Who Is He?
Note: I'm really sorry for taking so long with this chapter!!! I just had a lot of stuff to do!! Sorry!!!!
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