Road Trip: The Final Frontier
By ShinobiWolf
Chapter Ichi: Prelude to Disaster: Takuya is Driving a Large Vehicle!
Okay… I don't know the legal driving age for Japan. Or whether or not they're allowed to drive while they're in high school. But seeing as how I don't live in Japan, I'm not going to get every detail right. That's right. I live in Michigan. Not Japan. Now that that's over, I would like to say that I got the idea for this last night. And if anyone has any ideas as to what stops they should make, feel free to tell me. You will get credit. And if you haven't noticed already, this chapter has a very long title. I got that from Rurouni Kenshin, and every chapter title will be that long. And I'm using Japanese numbers for the chapters. Ichi means one.
Disclaimer- I don't own Digimon, or Rurouni Kenshin for that matter.
"Kou-kun! We're going to be late!"
"Hold your horses, I'm comin' I'm comin'!" A black-haired youth raced down a flight of stairs.
"Maybe if we hurry the others won't leave without us."
"I doubt they really would."
"You're right. They're probably just griping about us being half-an-hour late. Although driving off probably has crossed their minds…"
"Where are those two?" Junpei asked for about the fourth time.
"Right here!" Kouichi and Yuki called in unison.
"It's about time! Where have you been?" Takuya asked from the driver's seat of the RV.
"Well, Kouichi was supposed to give me a wake-up call."
"I wouldn't have had to if you hadn't mutilated your fifth alarm clock…"
"Children! Can we please get going?" Izumi was more than a little irritated. Kouichi and Yuki ceased their sibling-like bickering and boarded the RV the group had pooled together to rent. Yuki sat next to Kouji ( surprise surprise) and Kouichi joined them. Tomoki, Junpei, and Izumi sat on the couch opposite of them, and as mentioned before, Takuya was in the driver's seat.
Wait… Takuya in the driver's seat?!
"Uh, Takki? Have you ever driven anything this big before?" Kouji asked, slightly frightened.
"Nope."
"That wasn't the answer I was hoping for…"
"Don't sweat it! I'm sure I'll get the hang of it eventually."
"Eventually?!" Was the collective response. Yuki sighed.
Takuya's eyes glowed as he held up a brass key. "This will be the key to our hopes and dreams. We will have freedom!"
"Yeah!"
"We will have adventure!"
"Yeah!"
"And we will have total lack of a spacious bathroom!"
"Yeah! Er, eww!"
Actually, Takuya was quite the good driver. Except for the time he almost made a chipmunk pancake, which resulted in him getting chewed out by Izumi.
After about forty-five minutes everyone finally started to get bored. Izumi began to write in her diary, Tomoki and Junpei whipped out their Gameboy SPs (Junpei's is indigo and Tomoki's is shiny platinum!), and Yuki and Kouichi were trying to see how many times they could poke Kouji until one of them ended up bruised.
Then, Takuya slammed on the brakes. "Well guys, here's our first stop!"
Well, how was it so far? I'll give you a hint as to what their first stop is. It has lots of animals in enclosures…