Tuesday, September 7, 1993

Hi, I'm Hikari Kamiya, known mainly as Kari. Well, today I'm starting preschool, and it's pretty exciting. I'm glad that I'll be getting to meet other people my age, but starting preschool is going to be like going to a whole new world! Of course, I wouldn't mind going to the Digital World to see Greymon again, and I don't think I'll have any problems here, either. Not with TK there, anyway...

"Morning there, Kari," my brother said to me.

"Morning, Tai." I responded. He paused, and I knew he was thinking, Did she actually talk to me? To me? To me And the answer is yes, yes I did.

"You excited about starting preschool today?" he asked. I nodded. He stopped, probably debating whether or not to make a wisecrack like "You going to spend more time with your new boyfriend today?" I knew my brother all too well by now. He decided not to, probably thinking that I didn't even realize that he knew. Of course, thinking has never been something he was good at. I started to giggle at this, and I could tell Tai was thinking that I was thinking about TK Like I said, Tai's not exactly high on brains.

Flash forward to the start of school: Miss Kanatio (kah-NAH-tee-oh) introduced me and a couple of other students that obviously hadn't been in the school the previous year to the rest of the class. We were then to sit down in any open spot. I tried to find one next to or at least near TK, but there were none open. I saw TK looking almost guilty that he couldn't do anything about that. There was one other boy begging me to sit next to him, so eventually I agreed. Besides, he looked lonely; there were at least two empty spots on either side of him. I sat down in the spot directly to his left, it was slightly closer to TK than if I'd sat to his right. His name was Davis Motomiya.

Most of the day was rather uneventful—same old, same old, only with more people. It was at recess, however, that things became interesting.

I was just interested in playing on the playground equipment, and TK decided to come over and play with me. Good thing, too, as I probably would have forgotten all about him. That's how caught up in the entire preschool experience I was. Much to my surprise, Davis went up to TK and started a fight with him.

"Back off, Takeru, she's mine!"

"Is not, I saw her first!"

"You did not!"

"Did so! You just met her this morning, Daisuke!"

"Did not!"

"Actually, Davis, this morning was the first time I met you," I interrupted.

"And you mean to tell me you'd already met him!" he said, glaring at TK. Horrified, I could only nod.

"We've known each other for a very long time!" TK said. Actually, we had just met on Sunday, and even then we didn't actually meet up with each other, not until yesterday, but it would have made sense that we would've met before, with Tai and Matt being the best of friends that they are.

"He's lying, isn't he?" Davis shouted. Then he got quiet, and seemed to beg, "Please tell me he's lying."

"'Fraid not."

Davis was fuming. He turned bright red. Then he was on top of TK. I rushed towards TK, worried about him, but then Miss Kanatio called everyone back in. And I thought I wasn't going to have boys fighting over me until at least the 5th grade!

At the end of the day, TK and Davis were asked to stay after. I stayed, too, since I didn't want TK to be wrongfully punished. I told Miss Kanatio what happened, well, I kinda lied about exactly why the fight broke out, but other than that I was totally truthful. Of course, being that it was the first offense of the year, neither could get punished, but I didn't know that. TK realized that I had stayed after to try to help him, and when he was sure no one else was watching, he gave me a big hug. It was a strange feeling really. Kinda warm and...and nice. Yeah, just plain all-around nice. I started to blush, and I think he did too, because it suddenly got even warmer, like maybe I should have waited a little longer to put my coat on.

When Mom asked why I was so late leaving the classroom, I told her that I was telling the teacher what had actually happened in a fight that some kids got into at recess, nothing more. Tai asked how my first day of preschool went, but I was very vague, not wanting to reveal anything. He was much less secretive about his first day in 2nd grade, even though that was no big deal compared to starting preschool. One thing's for sure, though—I'm never sitting next to Davis again!