Chapter 16! Tada, Done. Lwf is happyI am sooooo sorry, I wasn't able to work on the chapter cause of exams. And when I did have it done I can't sign online... For more then a few weeks. I am soooooooooo sorry, But I promise the next chapter will be posted as soon as I can and it won't be in a few months....At least I hope not..... Well Enjoy and Review, At least I hope you do, because I using my best friend's computer to update. The least you can do is Review!!
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And with no farther delay..... the 16th chapter!
Chapter 16-last day of school
Wednesday
"Thanks for babysitting on such short notice" Miyako said
"Um... 7 hours times 5 dollars is 35 times the 5 of you is..... 175" Ken said doing the math out loud. He took a hundred and seventy five dollars out of his wallet. "I hope 5 dollars the hours is okay" He handed each one of them 35 dollars.
"Oh, um... it's okay" Takuya said handing the money back
"Yeah, it wasn't really a problem" Izumi said also handing her 35 dollars back
"Yeah, they're right, it's enough that you took us in" Tomiko said setting her money on the table in front of Ken "Thanks though"
Kouji and Kouichi also put their money on the table.
Ken said "And keep the money"
"We won't need it" Kouichi said "When we get back we won't need money and in Japan it's yens not dollars"
"At least take it to buy the things you'll need to take, and if you need more just tell me" Ken said "I am not taking the money back"
"Fine" Takuya and the others said taking the money back
The doorbell rang. Miyako answered it
"Hello" Miyako said
"Morning, are Takuya, Tomiko and the others here?" A teenage boy asked
"Yeah, you must be Gary" Miyako said
"Yeah, they need to hurry or we'll be late to school" Gary said in his hyper but hurry tone of voice.
"Sorry" Tomiko said. She finished her cup of milk and ran after her friends who had a head start. "Arigato, Ja ne!"
Takuya, Kouichi, and Izumi left to school. Gary and Kouji waited for Tomiko by the front door. The 6 of them ran the quickest way they could find.
"You want to know what I just noticed" Tomiko asked Gary and Kouji, who were running on either side of her, to catch up with the others.
"What" Gary asked
"I didn't do my homework" Tomiko replied
"Oh yeah" Kouji said remembering about it too "No did theirs"
"Why?" Gary asked
"What what?" Izumi asked since they were in a group once again
"Babysitting" Tomiko replied to Gary and told Izumi "Nothing important"
"Andrea!" Takuya yelled when they got closer to Andrea's house. She was standing bye the
"Late again" Andrea said. They all ran by her except for Takuya who stopped to give her a kiss on the lips. It's was really more like a peck on the lips. Before anyone noticed, Takuya was far ahead of them. Andrea quickly caught up with Gary, Tomiko, Kouichi and Izumi but none of them could catch up with Takuya.
After class
"Where Takuya?" Gary asked in his hyper normal tone. He stole a soccer ball from the school's gym. Gary kicked the ball against the school's wall.
"I don't know" Kouichi said "He did mention something about Andrea this morning"
"Where is she?" Izumi asked noticing her wasn't there either.
"She said she was going home ahead of us" Tomiko said
"Why?" Gary asked
"Hm... Dunno" Tomiko shrugged
"That's strange, Do you think she meet up with her other friends?" Izumi asked
"Probably" Kouji said taking the soccer ball away from Gary and running away.
"Hey I had the ball!" Gary exclaimed running after Kouji
"It's that him over there?" Izumi asked pointing at the entrance to the school property
"Yea" Kouichi said "Lets go"
"Kouji! Gary! Lets go home!" Tomiko yelled slowly walking behind Izumi and Kouichi who had ran ahead to catch up with Takuya.
"Why didn't you meet up with us?" Kouichi asked
"Where's Andrea?" Takuya asked
"We think she probably left with some other friends" Izumi responded
"Oh...okay" Takuya said sounding relieved that he wasn't going to see her for the rest of the day. He looked at the ground while he walked with Izumi and Kouichi on either side of him.
"Come on Takuya!" Gary said running past him
"Where?" Takuya asked looking up. Kouji ran by with Tomiko close behind.
"To Andrea's" Tomiko said running by to.
"Lets go" Izumi told Kouichi
" 'kay" Kouichi replied "3,2,1,GO!"
Kouichi and Izumi ran.
"Come on Taky!" Izumi said " 'drea will be happy to see you!"
"Coming" Takuya said picking up his pace. "She's going to get mad because of the kiss I gave her this morning"
Andrea's house
Gary knocked on the door. Kouji and Tomiko reached the door about the same time. Kouichi arrive a few seconds before Izumi, who was have dragging Takuya. A lady with short dark hair answered the door
"Hello?" She said "Gary! Tomiko, hi"
"Hello, is Andrea here?" Tomiko asked kindly
"Yes, she just got home with Theresa and Priscilla" Andrea's mother replied "Andrea, your friends are here"
"Oh hi" Andrea said coming out of her room that was down the hall.
"Tomiko!" A taller blond girl ran up to Tomiko "Long time!" Another girl with long dark hair followed Andrea and the blond out of the room.
"Hi Theresa" Tomiko replied
"Hi Tomi-chan" the other girl said "Hi Gary
"Hi Priscilla" Tomiko and Gary said together
"Hi Gary" Theresa said. "Aren't you going to introduce your friends"
"Hi and nope" Gary replied
"Yeah, come in" Andrea said "That's Izumi, and her boyfriend Kouichi"
"And this is Kouichi's brother Kouji" Tomiko added "And tha-"
"No duh, I can tell they're brothers, who can't?" Theresa asked
"And that's Takuya" Tomiko finished her previous sentence. They all entered Andrea's living room. It had a big television, and statues around it. On the walls, there were pictures of Andrea, her parents and a younger boy.
"He's the one you-" Theresa started pointing at Takuya when Andrea clapped her hands over Theresa's mouth.
"Andrea take your friends to your room, I wanna play my games" the younger boy from the picture came in "Are one of these your boyfriend? Mom! Andrea brought her boyfriend and his friends over!"
"No Dennis" Andrea said "Ignore him, Mom!"
"Dennis leave you sister alone" Andrea's mom came in with drinks
"Do they have girlfriends?" Priscilla asked
"Yes" Izumi said holding on to Kouichi's arm. She put her head on his shoulder. Kouichi looked at her looking up at him. He kissed her on her forehead.
"Both twins?" Theresa asked
"Yes" Tomiko said holding hands with Kouji
"Look Theresa, our little Tomiko has her first boyfriend" Priscilla said
"Uh.. hai" Tomiko replied blushing "These two are my two best friends after Andrea"
"Hm.. We' to get to go" Takuya said
"Why?" Theresa asked "So you can plan when you're going to ki-"
Andrea covered Theresa's mouth again.
"Kiss Andrea?" Priscilla finished Theresa's sentence
"What?" They all exclaimed looking from Priscilla to Theresa and Andrea to Takuya.
"No" Takuya replied completely red. "To plan our.... Plans" Takuya was looking at Andrea, nodding his head out the door. Andrea looked confused. Then Takuya turned to Gary and also nodded his head toward the door
"What?" Gary looked puzzled as well as everyone else. "Oh, oh.........Yeah, those plans, Andrea? You know, those plans we CAN NOT cancel no matter what"
Andrea gasped "Oh yeah, that's tomorrow!"
The others caught on easily and nodded. Andrea told her mother that she was going to Tomiko's place to hang out. She told Theresa and Pricilla that she was busy planning a secret birthday party for her mother. That was the only excuse she could come up with because they didn't know that her mother's birthday was another 7 months away.
Thursday- In Takuya's and Kouichi's science class
The class had the period free because their teacher was absent and didn't leave them any work. Everyone except for Maria was talking. She apparently didn't have anything to talk about or anyone to talk to.
"Takuya, So is everything ready for tomorrow night?" Kouichi asked
"Yeah, Gary said he and Andrea are ready" Takuya replied
"Are they coming to our place first?" Kouichi asked
"No, we're meeting at the train station at 1pm tomorrow" Takuya said "Gary, Tomiko, and Andrea know where to get off, in the city"
"Ok" Kouichi said stopping the conversation because Maria looked like she was listening. He would've continued in Japanese but he didn't want the other students to ask questions on how to say this or that.
After School
The court yard was shaped like a square. The entire school was built around it, So the only way to get in it was by entering the school. It had two entrances, they were on opposite sides of the court yard. On one side of the court yard there was a pond with fish. In the middle of the court yard, there was a picnic table with an umbrella over it. There were only 3 small trees, which also gave some shade. One was by the pond, Another was by the table and the last one was by a bed of flowers.
Kouji walked into the court yard with textbooks in his hand and headed for a table. The table had the book bags of the other teenagers that arrived before Kouji. Kouji set his stuff there an looked up to see the others. Izumi and Tomiko were standing in the shade around the school's pond looking at the fish swim around. Takuya was playing with a soccer ball again. Kouichi, Gary, and Andrea weren't around yet.
"Careful!" A teacher said from the window of a classroom. "Don't hit the plants with your ball"
"Sorry" Takuya replied. A moment later the teacher was outside too.
"Aren't you kids going home?" She asked
"Yeah, were waiting for a couple of friends" Takuya replied
"Don't hit the plants!" She yelled a second after the soccer ball landed on a bed of white flowers.
"Sorry!" Takuya yelled running to the ball
"I am going to come back in a moment" Kouji said. Since they were the only ones, he didn't need to speak loudly. Everyone there easily heard him. Kouji headed for the door back into the school, walking by the pond on his way there.
"Hey, I am going to return these books to some teachers" Kouji said "It slipped my mind earlier and I left them in my locker"
"Okay" Tomiko replied
Kouichi ran into the court yard. "Hey, sorry, returning books, you know how teachers can be. checking the number thing inside, making sure it's the right book"
"Yeah" Izumi replied and pecked him on the cheek.
"Hey Kouichi!" Maria walked into the courtyard a moment later "Can I uh.. ask you something?"
"You just did" Kouichi smiled "But sure go ahead"
"You have a twin?" Maria asked surprised, seeing at Kouji holding some books. "You two look so alike!"
"Yeah" Kouichi laughed at the expression on Maria's face "Guys this is Maria, Maria this my brother Kouji, his girlfriend Tomiko, My girlfriend Izumi, over there getting yelled at is Takuya, the one in our science class"
"Hi "Maria said quietly
Kouji glared at Maria, remembering that it was her fault that Takuya and Kouichi had detention on their first day. He didn't understand how Kouichi could just forgive and forget. Maria ignored the glare. Instead, she glared at Izumi. Izumi also ignored her. "Tomiko, I didn't know you were back"
"Yeah, well it's also my last day here" Tomiko said "Our Last day"
"Why?" Maria asked "Where are you going?"
"Away" Izumi replied walking away to pulling Kouichi away too. "Kouichi come put your things on the table, Who knows how long Andrea and Gary are going to take"
"Oh" Maria replied slowly walking behind Kouichi and Izumi "Um.. well enjoy your trip, hopefully I'll see you soon"
"We're not coming back" Kouji said heading back into the building with Tomiko.
"Can I uh... ask you something alone?" Maria asked Kouichi
"Uh.. sure" Kouichi replied putting his things next to Kouji's
"Alone" Maria said nodding toward Izumi
"You can ask him anything in front of me too" Izumi said "I don't see any reason for me not to hear"
"..." Maria looked at the ground muttering insults at Izumi under her breath
"I'll tell you later" Kouichi whisper in Izumi's ear
"Fine" Izumi walked away
Maria grabbed Kouichi by his arm and pulled him back into the school. Izumi stood still with her mouth open, seeing how easily Maria took Kouichi away. She saw Maria say something and Kouichi laughed.
Inside the school, Both Maria and Kouichi were leaning on the wall. Kouichi facing the Maria and the door behind her. Maria was facing the Kouichi and the hall behind him. Maria asked "Why do you like that Izumi?"
"Huh?" Kouichi looked surprised "Izumi, because she my girlfriend"
"I wish I could be your girlfriend" Maria said looking away "Don't you like me?"
"Yeah, you're cute too" Kouichi replied
"Would you go out with me?" Maria asked
"Yeah, sure, if I didn't have a girlfriend" Kouichi said "Um.. could you change the topic"
"Sure, Where are you really going?" Maria asked "You're friends don't seem to want to really tell me"
"We can't" Kouichi said "We can't tell anyone"
"Oh come on, Yes you can, it's not like you're on some top secret mission to save the world or anything like that" Maria said Kouichi blinked and thought 'it kind of is like that, but I can't tell her that'
Kouji and Tomiko heard Maria and Kouichi talking and stood at the corner of the hall listening.
"I wish I could come" Maria said
"I wish you could, too" Kouichi said trying not to sound rude. "We're going to Japan"
"By train?" Maria asked "I heard you and Takuya earlier, don't lie to me Kouichi"
"We're only going to the city in train" Kouichi said
"You're lying!!!" Maria said.
"Kouichi, we have to go" Kouji said coming out.
"Yeah, I think Andrea and Gary are in the court yard already" Tomiko said
"Maria I am sorry " Kouichi said "I have to go"
"Fine, Kouichi" Maria said "I'll see you soon"
"Uh.. yea" Kouichi said
Maria began to walk away. Instead of going around Kouichi she walked between Kouichi and the wall. Izumi walked into the building to see what was taking Kouichi so long. Maria walked away, and acted like she was going to fall on Kouichi. Kouichi caught her and she kissed him on the lips. She was about to break the kiss but saw Izumi walk in. Maria hit Kouichi's foot while kissing him causing Kouichi to lose his balance. Kouichi accidentally fell on Maria, pushing her against the wall, making it seem like he was deepening the kiss. Izumi, Kouji, and Tomiko stood mouth open looking at Kouichi and Maria. Kouichi got away from Maria and muttered an apology while blushing.
"Don't worry about it, you're a good kisser, No wonder Izumi likes ya so much" Maria said "Thanks for the kiss, see ya later!"
Kouji looked at his older twin "What was that about?"
"Nothing" Kouichi replied "It was an accident!"
"Kouichi!" Izumi yelled before going back outside. Kouichi turned around. He got pale when he saw Izumi.
"I am going to go see her" Tomiko said and headed out behind Izumi.
"Kouichi?" Kouji said looking at his brother with a look demanding an explanation.
"What!?" Kouichi looked at Kouji right back "You saw I didn't mean to kiss her!"
"All I know is I said Kouichi lets go and the next moment you two are kissing!" Kouji said
"I didn't mean to!" Kouichi said "Didn't you see she fell on me, am I suppose to move out of the way and let her fall on the floor?"
"Do you like her?" Kouji asked
"She's cute, but I don't think she's my type" Kouichi said
"So you do like her" Kouji said "You liked the kiss?"
"No" Kouichi replied
"You're lying" Kouji said
"Maybe a little, but I am not cheating on Izumi" Kouichi said "It was an accident"
The two boys went outside . Everyone, including Andrea and Gary, were at the table. Izumi started to cry. She looked up at Kouichi, got up and slapped him hard.
"Ouch" Andrea said closing her eyes a second after Izumi slapped Kouichi "That's got to hurt"
"What did I do?" Kouichi asked. He had his hand on his left cheek with was pink.
"Why did she kiss you?" Izumi asked tears falling down her cheeks.
"I don't know" Kouichi replied
"You're lying" Izumi yelled
"No!" Kouichi said loudly "No, I am not!"
"He's not" Kouji said looking at Kouichi over Izumi's shoulder "I was there, it was an accident"
"Huh?" Izumi turned around "What do you mean?"
"Like I said, it was an accident" Kouji said "
"I saw it and it did not look like an accident!" Izumi yelled "I saw Kouichi kissing Maria and I saw him push her against the wall to kiss her more!"
"I don't know how I pushed her to the wall" Kouichi said "It just happened, why won't you believe me?"
"I believe you buddy" Takuya said
"Hai!" Tomiko said "Me too, I was there"
"I can't take sides" Gary said "I don't know this Maria, and I don't know what happened"
"I can't either" Andrea said "I don't know what happened either, I don't think I can help when I walk in after Gary and I see Izumi crying with Takuya next to her, But I'll say one thing, if it's Maria we're talking about it can't be good news"
"Exactly" Kouichi said
"Believe me if you want, I am telling you the truth if you want to believe it, good, if not, what can I say?" Kouji said, picked up his backpack and walked away.
"All I can really say is that I saw what Kouji says, he saw" Tomiko said grabbed her things and walked away with Kouji Andrea and Takuya also followed with Gary not to far behind.
"Sorry we can't really help" Andrea said before leaving
"..." Izumi just stood there facing Kouichi. "Fine I'll believe that, only because everyone seems to be taking your side"
"Good" Kouichi smiled "I am glad, but why don't you believe me?"
"Because I know saw what I saw!" Izumi said and leaving too
"..." Kouichi was left alone in the middle of the courtyard
Next day
Friday finally arrived and they had to go back to the Digital World. Ken told Takuya and the others to use the book bags they were using for school, so they could carry anything they needed to bring along. They each brought what they thought was necessary. Takuya was wearing a red shirt and black jacket and had his goggles on as usual. Kouji was standing next to him. Kouji was wearing a dark blue shirt with a dragon and a blue jacket over it. As Usual he had his hair tied back, his bandana on. He had his arm around Tomiko. She was wearing a blue shirt and a light blue jacket. She had her brown hair in a ponytail. She also kept her bangs down on either side of her face, which was only an inch or two away from her shoulder. On the other side of Takuya was Izumi. She had her blond hair down and was dressed in pink-ish -purple-ish shirt and jeans. Her head was on Kouichi's shoulder. Kouichi was wearing a white shirt and a black jacket over it.
"Guess it's time to go back" Takuya said
"So it is" Ken replied
"I am going to miss you" Miyako said
"Same" Izumi replied
"bye" Miyako said "I am sure Sayuri would have liked to say bye right now, if she wasn't in school"
"Yeah bye" Tomiko replied "Thanks for having us"
"No problem" Miyako said
"Bye-bye" Kenji waved with his little hand
"Bye Kenji" Kouichi said bending down "Gimme five" Kouichi raised his hand and Kenji copied hitting Kouichi's hand as hard as he could "Whoa Kenji you're getting stronger everyday" Kenji smiled and said "Yeah" Kouichi laughed
"The train leaves in 20 minutes" Kouji said
"Where are the other two meeting you?" Ken asked
"At the train station" Takuya replied
"Lets go then" Ken said
Train station
Ken handed Takuya the train tickets for all seven teenager. Andrea and Gary were talking when they arrived. Andrea had a pair of jeans on with an white sweater. Gary had loose pants and a big navy blue shirt. He also had a jacket over that.
"Thanks for everything" Takuya said as the others went to meet up with Andrea and Gary
"No problem Takuya" Ken replied "If you ever come back, visit"
"Sure" Takuya said and the train arrived
"Thanks again!" Takuya said running to the train
"Come on Takuya!" Andrea yelled "You're going to miss the train!"
"I am coming" Takuya entered the train, and a moment later the doors closed
Takuya looked down the aisle and noticed the cart was empty except for them. On his left Kouji and Tomiko sat next to each other. Kouji was by the window. Gary was sitting across from Kouji. Kouji and Tomiko put the book bags on the seat next to Gary. On Takuya's right, Kouichi and Izumi were sitting next to each other too. Izumi was sitting by the window. Andrea took the seat across from Izumi.
"I was afraid we weren't going to have the tickets" Andrea told him as he approached. She obviously forgot what had happened the morning before.
"Yeah, well I have them" Takuya said slightly blushing and waving the tickets and taking a seat next to Andrea.
"You I think I am going to do the same thing Kouichi did yesterday" Kouji said thinking out loud
"What?" Tomiko asked not remembering
"The whole Kouichi kissed Maria thing" Kouji replied. They all looked At Kouji surprised.
"Kouji!" Tomiko said "Then I am breaking up with you!"
"I was only kidding"
"That's mean" Andrea said
"You better only be kidding" Tomiko said
"I am" Kouji reassured her. "I would never do that, on purpose..."
"Kouji!" Tomiko yelled "You're evil!"
"No" Kouji replied "I was then I'd do it all the time, I was only pulling your leg
"You better be" Gary said
"...." Kouji looked at him with an emotionless expression "I am just worry for her, she too serious sometimes"
"Look who's talking" Tomiko said "Too serious, please, me? You're the same way"
"That's true" Kouichi laughed "That is until you met Tomiko, here, then you're all cheery"
"Only because I care too much about her" Kouji replied
"Thank you" Andrea yelled suddenly "See Tomiko, there are people who worry about you, and a lot!"
"I know" Tomiko smiled looking at each of her friends "And I am thankful too"
"You better be" Izumi said
"And what if I wasn't" Tomiko asked
"We wouldn't be your friends" Andrea said
"Aww... But I like being your friends" Tomiko replied
"We know, now sleep" Kouji said pulling Tomiko's head on his shoulder
"Okay" Tomiko replied "But you're my teddy bear"
"Okay" Kouji said closing his blue eyes "But rest"
"I will" Tomiko mumbled before drifting off to sleep
Gary sat there thinking about what had happened in the last few days.
"Kouichi" Izumi said "what are you thinking about?"
"Nothing" Kouichi looked down the empty aisle
"You sure?" Izumi asked
"Yeah" Kouichi looked into his girlfriend's green eyes "I am sure"
"Okay" Izumi said and closed her eyes as Kouichi got closer to kiss her.
Andrea and Takuya cleared their throats.
"There are others present" Andréa said
"Yeah, we don't want to see you two making out" Takuya added
"Then go sit somewhere else" Izumi said
"What if we don't want to?" Andrea asked
"That's a good idea" Takuya said getting up and grabbed Andrea's hand making her stand too. "Lets sit some where else, Andrea"
"Um... okay" Andrea blushed feeling Takuya's hand on hers made her feel butterflies in her stomach. they both sat a few seats away.
"Where were we?" Kouichi asked Izumi
"At this part" Izumi said gently brushing her lips over Kouichi's
"Oh yea" Kouichi answered and kissed Izumi on her lips.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Takuya asked
"No" Andrea replied "Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Andrea?" Takuya looked at Andrea thinking
"Yeah?" Andrea shook her head a little and a bit of her hair went to her face "Hey Takuya, who is it you like?"
"..." Takuya didn't answer. Instead he took the bit of hair out of Andrea's face. "You really don't know?"
"Takuya likes A--" Izumi said suddenly really loudly
"Izumi, I told you not to tell" Kouichi said more loud so no one would here.
"But you didn't give me a ki---" Izumi was obviously interrupted by Kouichi.
"Do you mind, making out on a train in not a very good idea" Kouji said waking up
"Weren't you asleep?" Kouichi asked
"Who can sleep, with all the noise you're doing" Gary asked "Save it for when you're in a room"
"She can sleep" Izumi said pointing at Tomiko
"Not really, I am just comfy here" Tomiko replied "Kouji makes a wonderful pillow, I only have to make sure that I don't lose it, then again it's gunna be hard to lose it because I am never letting go of him"
"What?" Gary asked
"Like I said, He makes a good pillow, my pillow" Tomiko said smiling, it amused her when her cousin reacted like that."And I am not letting go of Kouji because I am going to sleep now, good night"
"...." Kouji blushed a little. "Good night" he kissed her forehead
"Isn't that sweet" Izumi said
"Yup" Andrea said she was looked at her friends from above Gary's head. She was leaning against his seat."I wish I had a cute boyfriend like that, to cuddle against"
"why don't you use Takuya?" Kouichi asked
"..." Takuya and Andrea didn't reply. Instead they looked away and blushed.
"..." Gary looked up "Don't you think you're too young to be thinking of dating"
"No" Izumi said
"You'd do well to follow Kouichi's advice" Tomiko said with her eyes closed "Especially since both of you are clueless about the other's feelings toward you"
Andrea and Takuya looked at her surprised, then at each other.
"Whatever" Gary picked up his book bag and took out a laptop
"Hey, where did you get that?" Andrea asked changing the topic. She obviously didn't know he had one.
"At the store" Gary said "Last I knew that was were you buy things like this"
"Of course" Andrea said "When?"
"Over the summer" Gary replied "My uncle e-mailed me?"
"My dad?" Tomiko asked suddenly acting like she was sleepy. Gary nodded "Lemme see it"
Gary opened the e-mail read it and handed the laptop to Tomiko. She read it out loud "Hello Gary, blah blah blah, Tell your father that I won't be able to return. Your cousins Tomiko and Toshiko seems to have disappeared. Don't worry though, I think I know where they are. I'll write to you once they are found. Say hi to your mom when you see her too. Bye, blah blah"
"Toshiko?" Andrea asked when Tomiko stopped reading "She's not here"
"So, I guess Toshiko is in the digital world?" Tomiko asked "I hope so"
"Can you imagine if she wasn't?" Andrea said "I hope she's alright"
"Are you going to reply?" Kouichi asked
"I guess so" Gary said taking the laptop away from Tomiko "I should write to one of my brothers too"
"Write to Brian" Andrea suggested "He sees both your parents everyday"
"Yeah" Gary replied and began to type up a reply for his uncle and an e-mail for his older brother.
"What do you mean, both his parents?" Kouichi asked
"My parents are seperated" Gary replied
"Oh" Kouichi decided not to ask any more and change the topic.
An hour later
The seven teenagers stood in the subway in New York city.
"We came early to go sight seeing we have about 10 hours since it's 2pm" Andrea said
"You guys won't be able to get to the statue of liberty" Gary said "We need a boat to get there, how bout we go to the empire state building?"
"What's that?" Takuya asked
"The tallest building in the city" Tomiko said "Lets see how high we can go"
"After that lets go to the eat..." Andrea said "Then we can wander around until we get lost"
"We can't get lost, we have a trailmon to catch tonight" Kouichi said
"We can go to time square?" Gary suggested
"And that's?" Takuya said moving his hands motioning Gary to finish his sentence
"In the middle of the city" Gary said "The heart of the city, lots of famous people go there"
"That's were the New Years count down takes place too" Andrea said
"Sure, anywhere that isn't standing here is fine" Kouji said
"Lets go then" Gary said. "We need to be in the subway at midnight, that's kinda dangerous, isn't it?"
"Yeah. But its the perfect time to get a small amount of people there" Izumi said
"Hm... " Gary said nodding.
"I can't wait to take pictures" Izumi said holding up a camera she took out of her back pack
"We'll waste the whole film" Kouichi said
"It's Gary's" Izumi said "He has more film right?"
"yeah" Gary said "I'd thought I'd let you borrow it since you'll be going to Japan after this whole thing. A few pictures would be nice to have, right?"
"I'll need to have a copy after you developed the film" Andrea told Izumi
"Alright" Izumi replied
"Can we go?" Kouji asked
"Yeah, lets go" Tomiko said
Later that night
"What time are we leaving again?" Tomiko asked
"At midnight" Andréa replied
"And it is?" Kouichi asked
"11:20" Kouji replied
"Okay, what are we going to do for half an hour?" Takuya asked
"Well we could go up to the city" Gary suggested "Get something to eat?"
"Okay!" Takuya said "Lets eat"
"Didn't you eat a little while ago?" Andrea asked him
"Yeah, but that was an hour ago" Takuya replied
20 minutes later
Izumi was in line with Kouichi, Takuya and Tomiko in a small store.
"I want a chocolate" Izumi said holding up a chocolate bar.
"Okay" Kouichi replied "Get some for the others too, and what about to drink?"
"An Ice tea will do" Izumi said "I'll go get it, what do you want?"
"A soda, any kind" Kouichi said
"Next" the man at the register said. Kouichi and Takuya put down the things they were buying. Since they were in a hurry they decided to pay together and worry about who pays what later. Izumi ran up to Kouichi with a couple of bottles. They paid and left. "Thanks for showing us where the store was" Takuya said to Tomiko
"No problem there, but uh... which was it to the subway again?"
"Um.. left?" Izumi said
"no Right" Takuya said
"..." Kouichi didn't say a thing because he didn't really pay attention to how they got there.
"Um... I think it was left" Tomiko said. When they reached the corner, Tomiko figured it was right. The 4 teenagers ran the opposite direction. After a little bit they saw Andrea looking around standing on the top steps of the entrance of the subway.
"What took you?" Andrea asked
"I forgot how to get back" Tomiko said.
"Andrea!" Kouji yelled running up the stairs "We have to go, the trailmon is going to leave in a minute, it says it can't wait lets go"
The 6 teenagers ran down the stairs, dodging all the people in the way. They barely got on before the trailmon began to move. They each sat down, catching their breaths. Then, they began to enjoy the food that Kouichi and Takuya brought. Gary was mad that they took so long.
"I was worried sick that something had happened" Gary said
"We're fine" Tomiko said
"You know it can get dangerous at night" Gary said
"I know, I know" Tomiko said and took a bite out of her sandwich.
"Oh shut up Gary and be happy we made it on time" Izumi said
In the next car, another teenage girl sat down. She played with her short black hair. She picked up her black backpack and took out a bag of chips and a bottle of soda.
"There's nothing wrong with following a boy" she mumbled to herself "Wherever he goes I go, there's nothing wrong with that"
End of chapter 16
hehehe... what do you think? I'll try to update soon, I just don't promise it'll be too soon. Like I said before, My computer is broke ;; Not my fault. I think you can guess who's the girl that snuck into the trailmon is, right? To find out who it is, you'll have to wait for my next update!
Disclaimer- I don't own Digimon.
And with no farther delay..... the 16th chapter!
Chapter 16-last day of school
Wednesday
"Thanks for babysitting on such short notice" Miyako said
"Um... 7 hours times 5 dollars is 35 times the 5 of you is..... 175" Ken said doing the math out loud. He took a hundred and seventy five dollars out of his wallet. "I hope 5 dollars the hours is okay" He handed each one of them 35 dollars.
"Oh, um... it's okay" Takuya said handing the money back
"Yeah, it wasn't really a problem" Izumi said also handing her 35 dollars back
"Yeah, they're right, it's enough that you took us in" Tomiko said setting her money on the table in front of Ken "Thanks though"
Kouji and Kouichi also put their money on the table.
Ken said "And keep the money"
"We won't need it" Kouichi said "When we get back we won't need money and in Japan it's yens not dollars"
"At least take it to buy the things you'll need to take, and if you need more just tell me" Ken said "I am not taking the money back"
"Fine" Takuya and the others said taking the money back
The doorbell rang. Miyako answered it
"Hello" Miyako said
"Morning, are Takuya, Tomiko and the others here?" A teenage boy asked
"Yeah, you must be Gary" Miyako said
"Yeah, they need to hurry or we'll be late to school" Gary said in his hyper but hurry tone of voice.
"Sorry" Tomiko said. She finished her cup of milk and ran after her friends who had a head start. "Arigato, Ja ne!"
Takuya, Kouichi, and Izumi left to school. Gary and Kouji waited for Tomiko by the front door. The 6 of them ran the quickest way they could find.
"You want to know what I just noticed" Tomiko asked Gary and Kouji, who were running on either side of her, to catch up with the others.
"What" Gary asked
"I didn't do my homework" Tomiko replied
"Oh yeah" Kouji said remembering about it too "No did theirs"
"Why?" Gary asked
"What what?" Izumi asked since they were in a group once again
"Babysitting" Tomiko replied to Gary and told Izumi "Nothing important"
"Andrea!" Takuya yelled when they got closer to Andrea's house. She was standing bye the
"Late again" Andrea said. They all ran by her except for Takuya who stopped to give her a kiss on the lips. It's was really more like a peck on the lips. Before anyone noticed, Takuya was far ahead of them. Andrea quickly caught up with Gary, Tomiko, Kouichi and Izumi but none of them could catch up with Takuya.
After class
"Where Takuya?" Gary asked in his hyper normal tone. He stole a soccer ball from the school's gym. Gary kicked the ball against the school's wall.
"I don't know" Kouichi said "He did mention something about Andrea this morning"
"Where is she?" Izumi asked noticing her wasn't there either.
"She said she was going home ahead of us" Tomiko said
"Why?" Gary asked
"Hm... Dunno" Tomiko shrugged
"That's strange, Do you think she meet up with her other friends?" Izumi asked
"Probably" Kouji said taking the soccer ball away from Gary and running away.
"Hey I had the ball!" Gary exclaimed running after Kouji
"It's that him over there?" Izumi asked pointing at the entrance to the school property
"Yea" Kouichi said "Lets go"
"Kouji! Gary! Lets go home!" Tomiko yelled slowly walking behind Izumi and Kouichi who had ran ahead to catch up with Takuya.
"Why didn't you meet up with us?" Kouichi asked
"Where's Andrea?" Takuya asked
"We think she probably left with some other friends" Izumi responded
"Oh...okay" Takuya said sounding relieved that he wasn't going to see her for the rest of the day. He looked at the ground while he walked with Izumi and Kouichi on either side of him.
"Come on Takuya!" Gary said running past him
"Where?" Takuya asked looking up. Kouji ran by with Tomiko close behind.
"To Andrea's" Tomiko said running by to.
"Lets go" Izumi told Kouichi
" 'kay" Kouichi replied "3,2,1,GO!"
Kouichi and Izumi ran.
"Come on Taky!" Izumi said " 'drea will be happy to see you!"
"Coming" Takuya said picking up his pace. "She's going to get mad because of the kiss I gave her this morning"
Andrea's house
Gary knocked on the door. Kouji and Tomiko reached the door about the same time. Kouichi arrive a few seconds before Izumi, who was have dragging Takuya. A lady with short dark hair answered the door
"Hello?" She said "Gary! Tomiko, hi"
"Hello, is Andrea here?" Tomiko asked kindly
"Yes, she just got home with Theresa and Priscilla" Andrea's mother replied "Andrea, your friends are here"
"Oh hi" Andrea said coming out of her room that was down the hall.
"Tomiko!" A taller blond girl ran up to Tomiko "Long time!" Another girl with long dark hair followed Andrea and the blond out of the room.
"Hi Theresa" Tomiko replied
"Hi Tomi-chan" the other girl said "Hi Gary
"Hi Priscilla" Tomiko and Gary said together
"Hi Gary" Theresa said. "Aren't you going to introduce your friends"
"Hi and nope" Gary replied
"Yeah, come in" Andrea said "That's Izumi, and her boyfriend Kouichi"
"And this is Kouichi's brother Kouji" Tomiko added "And tha-"
"No duh, I can tell they're brothers, who can't?" Theresa asked
"And that's Takuya" Tomiko finished her previous sentence. They all entered Andrea's living room. It had a big television, and statues around it. On the walls, there were pictures of Andrea, her parents and a younger boy.
"He's the one you-" Theresa started pointing at Takuya when Andrea clapped her hands over Theresa's mouth.
"Andrea take your friends to your room, I wanna play my games" the younger boy from the picture came in "Are one of these your boyfriend? Mom! Andrea brought her boyfriend and his friends over!"
"No Dennis" Andrea said "Ignore him, Mom!"
"Dennis leave you sister alone" Andrea's mom came in with drinks
"Do they have girlfriends?" Priscilla asked
"Yes" Izumi said holding on to Kouichi's arm. She put her head on his shoulder. Kouichi looked at her looking up at him. He kissed her on her forehead.
"Both twins?" Theresa asked
"Yes" Tomiko said holding hands with Kouji
"Look Theresa, our little Tomiko has her first boyfriend" Priscilla said
"Uh.. hai" Tomiko replied blushing "These two are my two best friends after Andrea"
"Hm.. We' to get to go" Takuya said
"Why?" Theresa asked "So you can plan when you're going to ki-"
Andrea covered Theresa's mouth again.
"Kiss Andrea?" Priscilla finished Theresa's sentence
"What?" They all exclaimed looking from Priscilla to Theresa and Andrea to Takuya.
"No" Takuya replied completely red. "To plan our.... Plans" Takuya was looking at Andrea, nodding his head out the door. Andrea looked confused. Then Takuya turned to Gary and also nodded his head toward the door
"What?" Gary looked puzzled as well as everyone else. "Oh, oh.........Yeah, those plans, Andrea? You know, those plans we CAN NOT cancel no matter what"
Andrea gasped "Oh yeah, that's tomorrow!"
The others caught on easily and nodded. Andrea told her mother that she was going to Tomiko's place to hang out. She told Theresa and Pricilla that she was busy planning a secret birthday party for her mother. That was the only excuse she could come up with because they didn't know that her mother's birthday was another 7 months away.
Thursday- In Takuya's and Kouichi's science class
The class had the period free because their teacher was absent and didn't leave them any work. Everyone except for Maria was talking. She apparently didn't have anything to talk about or anyone to talk to.
"Takuya, So is everything ready for tomorrow night?" Kouichi asked
"Yeah, Gary said he and Andrea are ready" Takuya replied
"Are they coming to our place first?" Kouichi asked
"No, we're meeting at the train station at 1pm tomorrow" Takuya said "Gary, Tomiko, and Andrea know where to get off, in the city"
"Ok" Kouichi said stopping the conversation because Maria looked like she was listening. He would've continued in Japanese but he didn't want the other students to ask questions on how to say this or that.
After School
The court yard was shaped like a square. The entire school was built around it, So the only way to get in it was by entering the school. It had two entrances, they were on opposite sides of the court yard. On one side of the court yard there was a pond with fish. In the middle of the court yard, there was a picnic table with an umbrella over it. There were only 3 small trees, which also gave some shade. One was by the pond, Another was by the table and the last one was by a bed of flowers.
Kouji walked into the court yard with textbooks in his hand and headed for a table. The table had the book bags of the other teenagers that arrived before Kouji. Kouji set his stuff there an looked up to see the others. Izumi and Tomiko were standing in the shade around the school's pond looking at the fish swim around. Takuya was playing with a soccer ball again. Kouichi, Gary, and Andrea weren't around yet.
"Careful!" A teacher said from the window of a classroom. "Don't hit the plants with your ball"
"Sorry" Takuya replied. A moment later the teacher was outside too.
"Aren't you kids going home?" She asked
"Yeah, were waiting for a couple of friends" Takuya replied
"Don't hit the plants!" She yelled a second after the soccer ball landed on a bed of white flowers.
"Sorry!" Takuya yelled running to the ball
"I am going to come back in a moment" Kouji said. Since they were the only ones, he didn't need to speak loudly. Everyone there easily heard him. Kouji headed for the door back into the school, walking by the pond on his way there.
"Hey, I am going to return these books to some teachers" Kouji said "It slipped my mind earlier and I left them in my locker"
"Okay" Tomiko replied
Kouichi ran into the court yard. "Hey, sorry, returning books, you know how teachers can be. checking the number thing inside, making sure it's the right book"
"Yeah" Izumi replied and pecked him on the cheek.
"Hey Kouichi!" Maria walked into the courtyard a moment later "Can I uh.. ask you something?"
"You just did" Kouichi smiled "But sure go ahead"
"You have a twin?" Maria asked surprised, seeing at Kouji holding some books. "You two look so alike!"
"Yeah" Kouichi laughed at the expression on Maria's face "Guys this is Maria, Maria this my brother Kouji, his girlfriend Tomiko, My girlfriend Izumi, over there getting yelled at is Takuya, the one in our science class"
"Hi "Maria said quietly
Kouji glared at Maria, remembering that it was her fault that Takuya and Kouichi had detention on their first day. He didn't understand how Kouichi could just forgive and forget. Maria ignored the glare. Instead, she glared at Izumi. Izumi also ignored her. "Tomiko, I didn't know you were back"
"Yeah, well it's also my last day here" Tomiko said "Our Last day"
"Why?" Maria asked "Where are you going?"
"Away" Izumi replied walking away to pulling Kouichi away too. "Kouichi come put your things on the table, Who knows how long Andrea and Gary are going to take"
"Oh" Maria replied slowly walking behind Kouichi and Izumi "Um.. well enjoy your trip, hopefully I'll see you soon"
"We're not coming back" Kouji said heading back into the building with Tomiko.
"Can I uh... ask you something alone?" Maria asked Kouichi
"Uh.. sure" Kouichi replied putting his things next to Kouji's
"Alone" Maria said nodding toward Izumi
"You can ask him anything in front of me too" Izumi said "I don't see any reason for me not to hear"
"..." Maria looked at the ground muttering insults at Izumi under her breath
"I'll tell you later" Kouichi whisper in Izumi's ear
"Fine" Izumi walked away
Maria grabbed Kouichi by his arm and pulled him back into the school. Izumi stood still with her mouth open, seeing how easily Maria took Kouichi away. She saw Maria say something and Kouichi laughed.
Inside the school, Both Maria and Kouichi were leaning on the wall. Kouichi facing the Maria and the door behind her. Maria was facing the Kouichi and the hall behind him. Maria asked "Why do you like that Izumi?"
"Huh?" Kouichi looked surprised "Izumi, because she my girlfriend"
"I wish I could be your girlfriend" Maria said looking away "Don't you like me?"
"Yeah, you're cute too" Kouichi replied
"Would you go out with me?" Maria asked
"Yeah, sure, if I didn't have a girlfriend" Kouichi said "Um.. could you change the topic"
"Sure, Where are you really going?" Maria asked "You're friends don't seem to want to really tell me"
"We can't" Kouichi said "We can't tell anyone"
"Oh come on, Yes you can, it's not like you're on some top secret mission to save the world or anything like that" Maria said Kouichi blinked and thought 'it kind of is like that, but I can't tell her that'
Kouji and Tomiko heard Maria and Kouichi talking and stood at the corner of the hall listening.
"I wish I could come" Maria said
"I wish you could, too" Kouichi said trying not to sound rude. "We're going to Japan"
"By train?" Maria asked "I heard you and Takuya earlier, don't lie to me Kouichi"
"We're only going to the city in train" Kouichi said
"You're lying!!!" Maria said.
"Kouichi, we have to go" Kouji said coming out.
"Yeah, I think Andrea and Gary are in the court yard already" Tomiko said
"Maria I am sorry " Kouichi said "I have to go"
"Fine, Kouichi" Maria said "I'll see you soon"
"Uh.. yea" Kouichi said
Maria began to walk away. Instead of going around Kouichi she walked between Kouichi and the wall. Izumi walked into the building to see what was taking Kouichi so long. Maria walked away, and acted like she was going to fall on Kouichi. Kouichi caught her and she kissed him on the lips. She was about to break the kiss but saw Izumi walk in. Maria hit Kouichi's foot while kissing him causing Kouichi to lose his balance. Kouichi accidentally fell on Maria, pushing her against the wall, making it seem like he was deepening the kiss. Izumi, Kouji, and Tomiko stood mouth open looking at Kouichi and Maria. Kouichi got away from Maria and muttered an apology while blushing.
"Don't worry about it, you're a good kisser, No wonder Izumi likes ya so much" Maria said "Thanks for the kiss, see ya later!"
Kouji looked at his older twin "What was that about?"
"Nothing" Kouichi replied "It was an accident!"
"Kouichi!" Izumi yelled before going back outside. Kouichi turned around. He got pale when he saw Izumi.
"I am going to go see her" Tomiko said and headed out behind Izumi.
"Kouichi?" Kouji said looking at his brother with a look demanding an explanation.
"What!?" Kouichi looked at Kouji right back "You saw I didn't mean to kiss her!"
"All I know is I said Kouichi lets go and the next moment you two are kissing!" Kouji said
"I didn't mean to!" Kouichi said "Didn't you see she fell on me, am I suppose to move out of the way and let her fall on the floor?"
"Do you like her?" Kouji asked
"She's cute, but I don't think she's my type" Kouichi said
"So you do like her" Kouji said "You liked the kiss?"
"No" Kouichi replied
"You're lying" Kouji said
"Maybe a little, but I am not cheating on Izumi" Kouichi said "It was an accident"
The two boys went outside . Everyone, including Andrea and Gary, were at the table. Izumi started to cry. She looked up at Kouichi, got up and slapped him hard.
"Ouch" Andrea said closing her eyes a second after Izumi slapped Kouichi "That's got to hurt"
"What did I do?" Kouichi asked. He had his hand on his left cheek with was pink.
"Why did she kiss you?" Izumi asked tears falling down her cheeks.
"I don't know" Kouichi replied
"You're lying" Izumi yelled
"No!" Kouichi said loudly "No, I am not!"
"He's not" Kouji said looking at Kouichi over Izumi's shoulder "I was there, it was an accident"
"Huh?" Izumi turned around "What do you mean?"
"Like I said, it was an accident" Kouji said "
"I saw it and it did not look like an accident!" Izumi yelled "I saw Kouichi kissing Maria and I saw him push her against the wall to kiss her more!"
"I don't know how I pushed her to the wall" Kouichi said "It just happened, why won't you believe me?"
"I believe you buddy" Takuya said
"Hai!" Tomiko said "Me too, I was there"
"I can't take sides" Gary said "I don't know this Maria, and I don't know what happened"
"I can't either" Andrea said "I don't know what happened either, I don't think I can help when I walk in after Gary and I see Izumi crying with Takuya next to her, But I'll say one thing, if it's Maria we're talking about it can't be good news"
"Exactly" Kouichi said
"Believe me if you want, I am telling you the truth if you want to believe it, good, if not, what can I say?" Kouji said, picked up his backpack and walked away.
"All I can really say is that I saw what Kouji says, he saw" Tomiko said grabbed her things and walked away with Kouji Andrea and Takuya also followed with Gary not to far behind.
"Sorry we can't really help" Andrea said before leaving
"..." Izumi just stood there facing Kouichi. "Fine I'll believe that, only because everyone seems to be taking your side"
"Good" Kouichi smiled "I am glad, but why don't you believe me?"
"Because I know saw what I saw!" Izumi said and leaving too
"..." Kouichi was left alone in the middle of the courtyard
Next day
Friday finally arrived and they had to go back to the Digital World. Ken told Takuya and the others to use the book bags they were using for school, so they could carry anything they needed to bring along. They each brought what they thought was necessary. Takuya was wearing a red shirt and black jacket and had his goggles on as usual. Kouji was standing next to him. Kouji was wearing a dark blue shirt with a dragon and a blue jacket over it. As Usual he had his hair tied back, his bandana on. He had his arm around Tomiko. She was wearing a blue shirt and a light blue jacket. She had her brown hair in a ponytail. She also kept her bangs down on either side of her face, which was only an inch or two away from her shoulder. On the other side of Takuya was Izumi. She had her blond hair down and was dressed in pink-ish -purple-ish shirt and jeans. Her head was on Kouichi's shoulder. Kouichi was wearing a white shirt and a black jacket over it.
"Guess it's time to go back" Takuya said
"So it is" Ken replied
"I am going to miss you" Miyako said
"Same" Izumi replied
"bye" Miyako said "I am sure Sayuri would have liked to say bye right now, if she wasn't in school"
"Yeah bye" Tomiko replied "Thanks for having us"
"No problem" Miyako said
"Bye-bye" Kenji waved with his little hand
"Bye Kenji" Kouichi said bending down "Gimme five" Kouichi raised his hand and Kenji copied hitting Kouichi's hand as hard as he could "Whoa Kenji you're getting stronger everyday" Kenji smiled and said "Yeah" Kouichi laughed
"The train leaves in 20 minutes" Kouji said
"Where are the other two meeting you?" Ken asked
"At the train station" Takuya replied
"Lets go then" Ken said
Train station
Ken handed Takuya the train tickets for all seven teenager. Andrea and Gary were talking when they arrived. Andrea had a pair of jeans on with an white sweater. Gary had loose pants and a big navy blue shirt. He also had a jacket over that.
"Thanks for everything" Takuya said as the others went to meet up with Andrea and Gary
"No problem Takuya" Ken replied "If you ever come back, visit"
"Sure" Takuya said and the train arrived
"Thanks again!" Takuya said running to the train
"Come on Takuya!" Andrea yelled "You're going to miss the train!"
"I am coming" Takuya entered the train, and a moment later the doors closed
Takuya looked down the aisle and noticed the cart was empty except for them. On his left Kouji and Tomiko sat next to each other. Kouji was by the window. Gary was sitting across from Kouji. Kouji and Tomiko put the book bags on the seat next to Gary. On Takuya's right, Kouichi and Izumi were sitting next to each other too. Izumi was sitting by the window. Andrea took the seat across from Izumi.
"I was afraid we weren't going to have the tickets" Andrea told him as he approached. She obviously forgot what had happened the morning before.
"Yeah, well I have them" Takuya said slightly blushing and waving the tickets and taking a seat next to Andrea.
"You I think I am going to do the same thing Kouichi did yesterday" Kouji said thinking out loud
"What?" Tomiko asked not remembering
"The whole Kouichi kissed Maria thing" Kouji replied. They all looked At Kouji surprised.
"Kouji!" Tomiko said "Then I am breaking up with you!"
"I was only kidding"
"That's mean" Andrea said
"You better only be kidding" Tomiko said
"I am" Kouji reassured her. "I would never do that, on purpose..."
"Kouji!" Tomiko yelled "You're evil!"
"No" Kouji replied "I was then I'd do it all the time, I was only pulling your leg
"You better be" Gary said
"...." Kouji looked at him with an emotionless expression "I am just worry for her, she too serious sometimes"
"Look who's talking" Tomiko said "Too serious, please, me? You're the same way"
"That's true" Kouichi laughed "That is until you met Tomiko, here, then you're all cheery"
"Only because I care too much about her" Kouji replied
"Thank you" Andrea yelled suddenly "See Tomiko, there are people who worry about you, and a lot!"
"I know" Tomiko smiled looking at each of her friends "And I am thankful too"
"You better be" Izumi said
"And what if I wasn't" Tomiko asked
"We wouldn't be your friends" Andrea said
"Aww... But I like being your friends" Tomiko replied
"We know, now sleep" Kouji said pulling Tomiko's head on his shoulder
"Okay" Tomiko replied "But you're my teddy bear"
"Okay" Kouji said closing his blue eyes "But rest"
"I will" Tomiko mumbled before drifting off to sleep
Gary sat there thinking about what had happened in the last few days.
"Kouichi" Izumi said "what are you thinking about?"
"Nothing" Kouichi looked down the empty aisle
"You sure?" Izumi asked
"Yeah" Kouichi looked into his girlfriend's green eyes "I am sure"
"Okay" Izumi said and closed her eyes as Kouichi got closer to kiss her.
Andrea and Takuya cleared their throats.
"There are others present" Andréa said
"Yeah, we don't want to see you two making out" Takuya added
"Then go sit somewhere else" Izumi said
"What if we don't want to?" Andrea asked
"That's a good idea" Takuya said getting up and grabbed Andrea's hand making her stand too. "Lets sit some where else, Andrea"
"Um... okay" Andrea blushed feeling Takuya's hand on hers made her feel butterflies in her stomach. they both sat a few seats away.
"Where were we?" Kouichi asked Izumi
"At this part" Izumi said gently brushing her lips over Kouichi's
"Oh yea" Kouichi answered and kissed Izumi on her lips.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Takuya asked
"No" Andrea replied "Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Andrea?" Takuya looked at Andrea thinking
"Yeah?" Andrea shook her head a little and a bit of her hair went to her face "Hey Takuya, who is it you like?"
"..." Takuya didn't answer. Instead he took the bit of hair out of Andrea's face. "You really don't know?"
"Takuya likes A--" Izumi said suddenly really loudly
"Izumi, I told you not to tell" Kouichi said more loud so no one would here.
"But you didn't give me a ki---" Izumi was obviously interrupted by Kouichi.
"Do you mind, making out on a train in not a very good idea" Kouji said waking up
"Weren't you asleep?" Kouichi asked
"Who can sleep, with all the noise you're doing" Gary asked "Save it for when you're in a room"
"She can sleep" Izumi said pointing at Tomiko
"Not really, I am just comfy here" Tomiko replied "Kouji makes a wonderful pillow, I only have to make sure that I don't lose it, then again it's gunna be hard to lose it because I am never letting go of him"
"What?" Gary asked
"Like I said, He makes a good pillow, my pillow" Tomiko said smiling, it amused her when her cousin reacted like that."And I am not letting go of Kouji because I am going to sleep now, good night"
"...." Kouji blushed a little. "Good night" he kissed her forehead
"Isn't that sweet" Izumi said
"Yup" Andrea said she was looked at her friends from above Gary's head. She was leaning against his seat."I wish I had a cute boyfriend like that, to cuddle against"
"why don't you use Takuya?" Kouichi asked
"..." Takuya and Andrea didn't reply. Instead they looked away and blushed.
"..." Gary looked up "Don't you think you're too young to be thinking of dating"
"No" Izumi said
"You'd do well to follow Kouichi's advice" Tomiko said with her eyes closed "Especially since both of you are clueless about the other's feelings toward you"
Andrea and Takuya looked at her surprised, then at each other.
"Whatever" Gary picked up his book bag and took out a laptop
"Hey, where did you get that?" Andrea asked changing the topic. She obviously didn't know he had one.
"At the store" Gary said "Last I knew that was were you buy things like this"
"Of course" Andrea said "When?"
"Over the summer" Gary replied "My uncle e-mailed me?"
"My dad?" Tomiko asked suddenly acting like she was sleepy. Gary nodded "Lemme see it"
Gary opened the e-mail read it and handed the laptop to Tomiko. She read it out loud "Hello Gary, blah blah blah, Tell your father that I won't be able to return. Your cousins Tomiko and Toshiko seems to have disappeared. Don't worry though, I think I know where they are. I'll write to you once they are found. Say hi to your mom when you see her too. Bye, blah blah"
"Toshiko?" Andrea asked when Tomiko stopped reading "She's not here"
"So, I guess Toshiko is in the digital world?" Tomiko asked "I hope so"
"Can you imagine if she wasn't?" Andrea said "I hope she's alright"
"Are you going to reply?" Kouichi asked
"I guess so" Gary said taking the laptop away from Tomiko "I should write to one of my brothers too"
"Write to Brian" Andrea suggested "He sees both your parents everyday"
"Yeah" Gary replied and began to type up a reply for his uncle and an e-mail for his older brother.
"What do you mean, both his parents?" Kouichi asked
"My parents are seperated" Gary replied
"Oh" Kouichi decided not to ask any more and change the topic.
An hour later
The seven teenagers stood in the subway in New York city.
"We came early to go sight seeing we have about 10 hours since it's 2pm" Andrea said
"You guys won't be able to get to the statue of liberty" Gary said "We need a boat to get there, how bout we go to the empire state building?"
"What's that?" Takuya asked
"The tallest building in the city" Tomiko said "Lets see how high we can go"
"After that lets go to the eat..." Andrea said "Then we can wander around until we get lost"
"We can't get lost, we have a trailmon to catch tonight" Kouichi said
"We can go to time square?" Gary suggested
"And that's?" Takuya said moving his hands motioning Gary to finish his sentence
"In the middle of the city" Gary said "The heart of the city, lots of famous people go there"
"That's were the New Years count down takes place too" Andrea said
"Sure, anywhere that isn't standing here is fine" Kouji said
"Lets go then" Gary said. "We need to be in the subway at midnight, that's kinda dangerous, isn't it?"
"Yeah. But its the perfect time to get a small amount of people there" Izumi said
"Hm... " Gary said nodding.
"I can't wait to take pictures" Izumi said holding up a camera she took out of her back pack
"We'll waste the whole film" Kouichi said
"It's Gary's" Izumi said "He has more film right?"
"yeah" Gary said "I'd thought I'd let you borrow it since you'll be going to Japan after this whole thing. A few pictures would be nice to have, right?"
"I'll need to have a copy after you developed the film" Andrea told Izumi
"Alright" Izumi replied
"Can we go?" Kouji asked
"Yeah, lets go" Tomiko said
Later that night
"What time are we leaving again?" Tomiko asked
"At midnight" Andréa replied
"And it is?" Kouichi asked
"11:20" Kouji replied
"Okay, what are we going to do for half an hour?" Takuya asked
"Well we could go up to the city" Gary suggested "Get something to eat?"
"Okay!" Takuya said "Lets eat"
"Didn't you eat a little while ago?" Andrea asked him
"Yeah, but that was an hour ago" Takuya replied
20 minutes later
Izumi was in line with Kouichi, Takuya and Tomiko in a small store.
"I want a chocolate" Izumi said holding up a chocolate bar.
"Okay" Kouichi replied "Get some for the others too, and what about to drink?"
"An Ice tea will do" Izumi said "I'll go get it, what do you want?"
"A soda, any kind" Kouichi said
"Next" the man at the register said. Kouichi and Takuya put down the things they were buying. Since they were in a hurry they decided to pay together and worry about who pays what later. Izumi ran up to Kouichi with a couple of bottles. They paid and left. "Thanks for showing us where the store was" Takuya said to Tomiko
"No problem there, but uh... which was it to the subway again?"
"Um.. left?" Izumi said
"no Right" Takuya said
"..." Kouichi didn't say a thing because he didn't really pay attention to how they got there.
"Um... I think it was left" Tomiko said. When they reached the corner, Tomiko figured it was right. The 4 teenagers ran the opposite direction. After a little bit they saw Andrea looking around standing on the top steps of the entrance of the subway.
"What took you?" Andrea asked
"I forgot how to get back" Tomiko said.
"Andrea!" Kouji yelled running up the stairs "We have to go, the trailmon is going to leave in a minute, it says it can't wait lets go"
The 6 teenagers ran down the stairs, dodging all the people in the way. They barely got on before the trailmon began to move. They each sat down, catching their breaths. Then, they began to enjoy the food that Kouichi and Takuya brought. Gary was mad that they took so long.
"I was worried sick that something had happened" Gary said
"We're fine" Tomiko said
"You know it can get dangerous at night" Gary said
"I know, I know" Tomiko said and took a bite out of her sandwich.
"Oh shut up Gary and be happy we made it on time" Izumi said
In the next car, another teenage girl sat down. She played with her short black hair. She picked up her black backpack and took out a bag of chips and a bottle of soda.
"There's nothing wrong with following a boy" she mumbled to herself "Wherever he goes I go, there's nothing wrong with that"
End of chapter 16
hehehe... what do you think? I'll try to update soon, I just don't promise it'll be too soon. Like I said before, My computer is broke ;; Not my fault. I think you can guess who's the girl that snuck into the trailmon is, right? To find out who it is, you'll have to wait for my next update!