Boku-tachi/Atashi-tachi
Hello everyone! Many thanks to those who read this fic, and reviewed it (doing either will make me, unconsciously, label you as my supporters. Bwahaha)! I hope that you will continuing reading and enjoying this fic. I'm try to cut my rant/blabber short this time. ^_~
Story system recap/new additions:
This story utilises the original Japanese names of Digimon Adventure 02.
Japanese original name - English dub name + Age within story
Yagami Taichi - Tai Kamiya (16 years old)
Ishida Yamato - Matt Ishida (16 years old)
Takenouchi Sora - Sora Takenouchi (16 years old)
Tachikawa Mimi - Mimi Tachikawa (15 years old)
Takaishi Takeru - T.K. Takaishi (13 years old)
Yagami Hikari - Kari Kamiya (13 years old)
Izumi Koushiro - Izzy Izumi (15 years old)
Ichijouji Ken - Ken Ichijouji (13 years old)
Inoue Miyako - Yolie Inoue (14 years old)
Kido Jyou - Joe Kido (17 years old)
Motomiya Daisuke - Davis Motomiya (13 years old)
Hida Iori - Cody Hida (11 years old)
Well, that's that. The ages are based on the official age differences between characters, then they are done upon correspondence to the story, so that it would still make sense while the ages are somewhat correct, since this is an alternate universe, as long as the age differences are correct, I'd say pretty much so.
Those who actually know something about Japanese and romanizing would notice my inconsistency in spelling character names. Well. Only one. I spelt Jou as Jyou, which would technically be correct, except that if I do things that was, Ken's last name would be Ichijyouji. I'm not ready to spell Ichijouji as Ichijyouji, but I'm too used to Jyou to keep reminding myself to spell it otherwise, so please forgive me inconsistency. ^^ Those who don't know what I'm talking about can skip this part and forget I said anything.
Thought system:
//[character name] put thought here.
Note that the [] bracket will only be there if it's not obvious who was thinking it, or if I don't intend to make it known if it's not obvious.
Radio transmission system:
[(character name talking - character name listening) put message here.]
If you read my previous eight chapters (hell, it would work even if you just read the last one), you would understand what this means. Again, the () would only be inserted if I wanted to state the names in a situation where it's not obvious.
Music system:
BGM/Vocal: Song name
This is something new. To semi-fulfill my dream of making an anime, I'd like to write scenes, then sometimes add that tag on to there, and play a song within that scene. I sometimes might add a line or two like a song fic, but I'm not going to add the entire song. Yeah, you're better off looking in some lyrics archive than that. If you don't feel like playing the music on your computer, if you don't have the song, or if you're playing another song if you don't want to change, just ignore me. I won't force you to do it then threaten to kill you if you won't, I think it's just a great little additive to mood. Be warned, though, please imagine the scene, take lots of close ups, and panning as if it's an anime and imagine that scene as long as possible, because I can't write a scene that lasts for an entire song. =p
Answering two questions that popped up in my review box:
TheAngelOfLove: "...How are u gonna base it? One chapter 4 every month? ??"
The chaptering will be done...quite randomly. I'll categorize chapters into seasons, and basically write everything I can that could occur in that season as separate chapters until I run out and go to the next one. I hope that answers your question. Which it probably has not.
wisegirl: "...Hey, what the heck actually happened to the toilet seat?"
It's an all-girl's school, not to mention it's inside a girl's living quarters, it's not likely that the girls will ever need to lift up the toilet seat, so they glued it down when they installed it. =)
Mention to my new reviewers: mysticalkidz, Becky, Snoopy6458, BMAngelz, blue eyes.
Thank you for your reviews, as well as everyone else that reviewed. If you've never been mentioned, remember to smack me on the head through e- mail or through the review box to let me know!
Also, the boys will mostly be referred to their true nature, with their real names and 'he', outside of dialogue.
Oh boy. I really typed up a lot. It's like I'm taking up a thousand words with these here. Anyway. Enjoy!
Just before I forget. School starts in April for Japan, and it ends around March/April-ish. I believe most holidays stay intact.
Random: I updated my bio, please go read it and give your impressions of my upcoming projects along with your review.
Also, the actual story now would be more of plot and interaction than of randomness and jokes. Truthfully, I might do a lot of chapters, and I can't guarantee that I would be able to come up with at least one or two jokes that crack you up for every chapter. Sorry. But I'll try, though.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon Adventures, nor its sequels, nor its nonexistent prequels. Except the first movie, that kind of counts as a prequel. Ah, cut that. Also, anything of Sony's, whose name I mention in this story, doesn't belong to me as well.
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Episode 1: One Year, Today
Bo-ku-ta-chi: we (masc.), the group with me (masc.)
A-ta-shi-ta-chi: we (fem.), the group with me (fem.)
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April 4, 2002
Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring.
Takeru watched in horror as the reaction started from here and ended up *there* across the hall.
"Put it down! Put the phone down!" Takeru screamed, although careful enough not to raise his voice.
Ken quickly slammed the phone down, and the ringing across the hall promptly stopped simultaneously.
Koushiro blinked. "You..." He pointed at the phone. "And...?" He pointed at the door, meaning to point past it.
"Er...pretty much." Ken gulped, sweat dropping down his face.
"Damn...that's..." Koushiro ran out of words. "Yeah."
"I didn't know...god, how could I be so stupid?!" Ken groaned as he slammed his hand on the table. "It's written right on the card, in bold print!"
Sounds of footsteps.
Koushiro looked at Takeru.
Takeru looked at Ken.
Ken looked at Koushiro.
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"Yeah, I'm sure it's this room." Miyako knocked on the door twice. "Excuse me, is anyone there?"
"Maybe no one's there." Hikari pictured.
"Yeah, that room was always vacant, Sora-chan. We've lived here for years, how could it be that someone suddenly moved in without us knowing?"
"Well, it's not like people take weeks to move in. If they move in, they just move in like in an hour, whether we were here or not before doesn't matter, Mimi-chan." Sora retorted.
"Fine." Mimi bit the inside of her cheek in dissatisfaction.
"Let's go in." Miyako suggested.
Hikari frowned. "Wait, Miyako-chan, if there's someone in there, then-"
Tweak.
"There's no one in there." Sora observed. "Maybe there really is no one here."
Mimi stepped into the room, scanning around for any possible people, although any would've been obvious. "Whose stupid idea was it that there were people here?"
Miyako held her hand at her waist. "It was *my* idea."
"Why do you think there were people here, Miyako-chan?" Hikari asked doubtfully.
"Well, the caller ID displayed a number that was just adjacent to our phone number, so it had to be this room, all the rooms' telephone numbers are put into numerical order according to room number." Miyako explained, her hands still on her hips.
//[Koushiro] Oh my god, they give you a place to live in that's next to the school that's this nice, and then, to top it off, you have caller ID installed onto your telephone. This is some spoiled school.
"Well, I think Miyako-chan is right." Hikari agreed, lightly tapping the bag on the ground with her feet.
//[Takeru] Damn it! We forgot to take in Taichi's bags. We're screwed now.
"Do you think maybe they just left the stuff here and went out for a bit?" Sora presumed.
//[Taichi] Yes we did! Yes we did! We're not here! Go outside! Look for us outside! Do whatever!
"Of course not, they phoned our room only like one minute ago, and that was including the time we used to get here." Miyako defended.
//[Taichi] Damn you, damn you to hellllllll!
//[Yamato] Stop whispering your curses in my ear, Taichi.
Rattle.
Blink.
//[Ken] Oops. Sorry.
Miyako quickly opened the closet, to find Takeru and Ken stuffed in there.
"Uh...hello." Ken greeted.
"Umm...I told you that the washroom wasn't here, Ken...ko! Yeah, Kenko!" Takeru lightly laughed as he exited the closet, closely followed by Ken.
"You're...going to live here, right?" Sora asked. "I'm Takenouchi Sora, nice to meet you."
"Oh...umm, I'm...Shiikata Take...ko, and he's..."
Stomp.
"I mean she is..."
"I'm Jiujochii Kenko." Ken said as he shook Sora's hand.
Miyako held her hand at her chin. "You know, you two really look familiar."
"No, we don't." Takeru firmly denied.
"Yes. That's right. You look like Ichijouji Ken!" Miyako accusingly pointed.
"Uh..." Ken stepped back. "I...do?"
"Yes! You do!"
Silence.
Ken slowly brought both his hands up to his eyes. "I knew it...*sniff*. People in my...*gulp* old school keep saying that I look like Ichijouji Ken, a guy...*sniff*, and...they bullied me because of it, *sniff*, I couldn't stand it, that's why I decided to come here, *sniff*, and now...it's no different!" Ken weakly uttered.
Takeru blinked, and started to pet Ken's back.
"That was mean of you, Miyako-chan!" Hikari scolded.
"Bu...but I was just saying that-" Miyako stammered. "And you!" Miyako pointed. "I've seen you somewhere."
"It's déjà vu!" Takeru stated.
"What?"
"Déjà vu! Déjà vu!" Takeru frantically repeated. "I'm sure we've never seen each other before, okay, bye now." Takeru pulled Ken and reached for the door.
And was stopped.
Mimi grabbed Takeru's arm. "I'm sorry. Miyako-chan can be a bit...stubborn and self-righteous sometimes..."
A few remarks which Mimi ignored.
"Please forgive us."
Takeru dumbly nodded.
Creak.
Koushiro casually walked out. "See! I told you that the washroom was big enough to hold three people!"
Taichi and Yamato blinked.
Pinch.
"Yeah, totally, the washroom is so..." Yamato corresponded with Koushiro.
"Fascinating." Taichi ended.
"Yes, that."
Blink.
"These really are weird people, going to the bathroom three at a time." Mimi whispered to Sora.
"Oh, umm...hello. And you guys are..."
"Oh, let me introduce." Hikari stood out. "This is Takenouchi Sora, Tachikawa Mimi, Inoue Miyako, and I myself, Yagami Hikari."
Each respective person bowed when her name was mentioned.
"Oh, umm." Koushiro pointed at Taichi. "That's Migaya Taiko, Daishii Yamako, Jiujochii Kenko, Shiikata Takeko, and I'm Mizui Koushiko."
Each of them simply nodded.
"Why do you have 'ko' at the end of all your names? It's kind of weird for all of you to have it." Sora brought out.
"It's...that our...umm, mothers, they made a pact that when they have a baby, they'll name them ending in 'ko'!" Koushiro stuttered. Secretly, Koushiro was impressed with himself for his improvisation ability.
"Ah. That's interesting, Kou-chan." Mimi nodded.
Blink.
"...Kou-chan?"
"Oh yeah." Sora reached into her pocket, and took out a piece of folded paper, which she handed to Koushiro.
Takeru and Ken quickly walked over to see the sheet.
( Sakura school rules:
1) Except for formal occasions, everyone must call each other's first name with the suffix -chan, truncating names is recommended.
2) Everyone must wear skirts during school hours.
3) No boys are allowed within the entire area without proper permission.
4) No boys are to dress up as girls. )
Exchange of glances.
"It's pretty strange, since the fourth rule was just added lately, and..." Hikari mentioned. "It's not like anyone would do that to get in here, right?"
Everyone laughed.
Half of them laughed in fear.
"Umm...so, what is the matter?" Takeru carefully asked.
"Oh, Miyako-chan said that she saw on the caller ID that someone phoned from this room, then quickly hung up, we were just seeing who it was, and what was the matter."
Stares at Ken.
"Oh, I was just testing...the...um, phone. I thought that if...I subtracted...one from our number, it would...reach...your number." Ken mumbled.
"Oh. I see."
Miyako clearly didn't buy it.
"Miyako-chan, stop being so paranoid." Sora scolded. "You're scaring the new girls."
"Well, I-"
Mimi pushed Miyako out of the door.
"I'm really sorry." Hikari apologized as she followed Mimi out as well.
Sora walked out the door, then turned around.
"Why don't you join us for lunch later?"
Taichi quickly rushed up and closed the door.
Panting.
"That was...dangerous." Yamato sat down.
"So much for you to say, you didn't even mumble a word." Koushiro protested.
"Those two older girls were looking at me funny." Yamato sighed. "I think they recognize me."
"Or maybe it's just that you look funny." Taichi added.
Crack.
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12:30 post meridiem
Knock knock.
"Yes, coming!"
Taichi opened the door, and was faced with Sora.
"We're going to lunch right now. Do you want to come with us?" Sora politely asked.
"Umm. Sure. Let me get the rest of them." Taichi replied.
Squint.
"Is that blood dripping from your forehead?"
Taichi laughed sheepishly. "I got into a small accident."
"Oh my, are you okay?" Sora reached out a hand towards Taichi's forehead, but Taichi instinctively took a step back.
"I'm better off than the other end of the accident."
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"The school cafeteria isn't open yet since school hasn't started, so let's go somewhere else." Miyako said.
"Ugh, it's not like we want to go to that crappy place to eat anyway." Mimi made a sick face.
"How about...we go to that restaurant down the street?" Hikari suggested.
Sora shrugged. "Fine by me."
"I'm good too."
"What about you guys?" Sora turned around.
To see a bunch of blank faces.
"I guess they agree."
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And so, they were walking down the streets, in an obvious two-group formation. The cause of this formation was due to the four girls walking at normal speed, and the other five 'girls' walking like a snail. Of course, some attempted to walk backwards, but quickly reverted as the girls in front noticed.
"Isn't this a bit dangerous?" Ken whispered. "You know. Hanging out with them."
"It's not like we have a choice, Taichi said yes." Yamato complained, and kicking Taichi in his mind. Kicking Taichi to a bloody pulp.
"Hey, she asked, I can't just go and...reject her offer." Taichi defended.
Koushiro scratched his head. "Why not?"
"Because...! If a girl asks you out, you don't reject her..." Taichi crossed his arms.
"Well, aren't we going to have a bloody great time." Yamato remarked.
"If we stay with them for too long, our cover will get blown." Takeru considered.
Sighs.
Silence.
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They arrived in front of a fairly modern looking restaurant, modern because it looks clean.
"I heard the things here aren't great, but they're okay." Hikari opened the door, immediately followed by Ken and Takeru.
Thump.
Thump thump.
"I also heard that they have this big step that people fall for after the door." Mimi giggled.
Takeru stood up painfully, then reached for Hikari, helping her up.
Miyako looked down from behind the door. "Ken-chan, aren't you going to get up? We might step on you if you keep lying there."
"Uh...I think I twisted my ankle or something. Try to avoid me. I'll be okay, I'll come in a bit."
The rest jumped down from the step and proceeded inside, and Hikari and Takeru followed them.
"Take!" Ken waved at Takeru. "Take-*chan*!"
Takeru turned around, feeling somewhat sensitive to that ending. He walked towards Ken, and crouched beside his lying body.
"Come closer."
Takeru sighed, and moved his head closer to Ken's.
"Mmm bmmm hmmm hmph." Ken hummed.
"What?"
"Mmm bmmm hmmm hmph." Ken repeated.
"I have no idea what you're saying."
"My boob fell off!" Ken said again, his lips shut.
"Oh." Takeru laughed, his hand clamping on his mouth to prevent him exploding.
"It's under me." Ken shook his head downwards.
"Get it yourself." Takeru jeered.
"Who was the one that twisted my ankle, then both my arms by crushing both my arms with his pressure by having me as his big landing cushion?" Ken returned in anger.
Takeru gasped. "Your arms can't move?"
"They could, but...just a bit hard to move. I can't twist it, especially my elbow joint." Ken attempted to bend his arm, but it resulted in a pained look. "Just get it. It's under my back."
Takeru shook his head in defeat, and pushed his arm under Ken, in which he immediately retrieved a beige coloured piece of...thing.
"Help me put it back on." Ken ordered.
"What? Put it on yourself!" Takeru responded, disgusted.
"My arms can't bend."
"But there are people here, are you crazy?" Takeru cried out in disbelief.
"There's none here now."
"Oi. Fine." Takeru took the bottom of Ken's shirt and lifted it up a bit.
"Wait."
"What is it?"
"Is it on the right side?" Ken raised one of his brows.
"Right side? What are you talking about? How is there a right side? It's not like I'm going to put it so that your breast will look like one big out facing jelly cup." Takeru answered, confused.
"No! I mean...like...see if the tip is facing correctly."
"The tip?" Takeru stared at the piece of spongy plastic.
"Yes, the tip. That's the...thing. You know." Ken stuttered, unable to find words appropriate enough to say.
Takeru blinked. "Oooh." Takeru said as if something stuck him. "Yeah, I think it's on the right side."
Takeru lifted Ken's shirt up a little, and stuffed his hand, along with the articial breast, in it, searching for the right area.
"Uh...hmm. More...umm...to the left. Up a bit. Yes. Right there, that's the place..."
"What a bold lesbian couple." A teenager mumbled to his friend while they passed by.
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"Here they are." Sora watched as Takeru and Ken, whose actions seem fairly unnatural, walked to their table.
Miyako handed them a menu as they sat down, on the one of two sides which Taichi, Yamato, and Koushiro sat. "Are you alright? You look a bit weird."
"Yeah, I'm alright, .Miyako-chan. It's that I think I twisted my arms a little. I can't believe they have such a big step there without warning. It's so dangerous there."
Taichi tossed Ken another menu. "Shut up and order already."
"...H-she seems a little pissed." Ken whispered to Takeru.
"Kei forced Taichi to order a non-meat meal." Koushiro said, spreading his voice by moving his head behind Takeru's.
"Kei?" Takeru moved his lips minimally, and spoke so softly that even he himself could barely hear it.
"The earpiece thing. He said that Taichi would get fat if he keeps it up."
Mimi blinked. "They sure whisper to each other an awful lot." She whispered to Sora.
//[Sora] And so do you.
Thirty minutes later...
"So, I dumped him." Koushiro finished casually, finding thrill by improvising his lies then making others believe him.
//[Yamato] That idiot.
//[Takeru] That idiot.
//[Ken] That idiot.
//[Taichi] That...idiot.
"Oh my." Sora covered her mouth. "I can't believe you did that, the poor guy."
Mimi scoffed. "What are you talking about? He was cheating on Kou-chan!"
//Idiotically cunning.
"So, how about you, Tai-chan?" Sora moved on. "Something interesting to talk about?"
"Ugh. Tai-chan." Taichi wrinkled his brows. "Call me Taichi."
//[Yamato] That idiot!
//[Takeru] That idiot!
//[Ken] That idiot!
//[Koushiro] That...
"But Taichi is a guy's name..." Sora stared at Taichi.
Red shirt.
Blue jeans.
"Hehe, you're such a tomboy."
//[Koushiro] Holy shit, that's genius.
//[Takeru] I wish I thought that up.
//[Yamato] I can't copy him now, he'll mock me, at least, and it's hard that the girls will buy it, with how I'm like now...
//[Ken] Not only did he avoid all name mistakes that he might possibly make due to unfamiliarity, but he also doesn't have to act girly, with just that one excuse!
"I'll call you Taichi-chan, then." Sora happily said.
"Ugh."
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"I have to go to work now." Hikari declared as she left, just as the group exited the restaurant. "Bye, everyone.
"I have something to do as well." Miyako ran up to Hikari, then slowed down as she caught up.
"Let's go shopping!" Mimi shook Sora's shoulders.
"Alright, alright." Sora nodded. "Sorry, why don't you go back to the house first? Maybe you would want to explore around? I'm sorry for leaving you here."
"The house?" Yamato asked. "That's what you call it?"
"Pretty much."
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"Well, that was fun." Takeru stretched as he entered the room.
And tripped.
"Okay. I'm never going inside a room first again." Takeru moaned, his face flat against the ground.
"What's this?" Yamato picked up the small, but heavy box, which, apparently, wasn't there before.
"Open it." Taichi reached a hand towards the box, but Yamato pulled the box away.
Carefully, Yamato pulled along the rim of the glued flaps of the box, then sneaked his hand further inside to fully disconnect the flaps.
"Wow." Koushiro looked inside the box, and reached his hand inside, only to pull out a platinum coloured cell phone.
"These cell phones are the newest model from Sony, they can be used normally. We modified them, though. How you use it, I'll come by and teach you another day. You can try fiddling with it if you want to learn how to use the extra functions beforehand, the modification is bug-free, and it won't break if you run it over with a tank, so have fun. Makimura Kei." Yamato recited the sheet stapled to the inside of the flaps.
"Cell phones?" Taichi grabbed the box and ran.
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"Tomorrow's opening ceremonies are at 9:00a.m." Koushiro announced. "Try not to be late, there are two rooms, which will be divided to Takeru and Ken, and Taichi, Yamato, and me. Argue for top bunk if you wish, just keep the voice level inside your room. Set your alarm clocks, try to wake up on your own, since if your roommate gets up, they should be noisy enough to wake you up as well, if you don't get up, we won't wake you up in time for the ceremony. From what I heard, the auditorium will be reached when you follow the large row of Sakura trees on your left, which means you're heading north."
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April 5, 2002 (8:45 a.m.)
Koushiro stared in horror as he looked at the alarm clock.
"Oi! Late, late, late, late!" He screamed to himself as he brushed his teeth while putting on his skirt, which was giving him hell.
Practically sprinting, he ran out of the house, slamming its door on the way, then running his way downstairs to the field.
Stare.
Dot eyes.
//Okay, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to not get a compass, because the Sakura trees being the same everywhere doesn't help.
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8:58 a.m.
"Oh...god...!" Koushiro coughed as he arrived into the auditorium, then practically leaning on Yamato.
"So much for the big speech."
"Shh, the ceremony is starting." Ken placed an index finger in front of his lips.
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Tuduku.
Next episode:
Taichi: Next time on Boku/Ata, I get through my first day of school. Ugh, the teachers are bitches! Total bitches, I tell you! But that's okay, I'm starting to adjust even on my first day. The most rewarding thing on a school day has to be when you go home, in which case, they call them 'house', ah....? What's that thing?! What's that doing here?
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Oi. That took quite long, didn't it? At least for me to write up. It wasn't very funny. But I think it had some funny bits, ...right? Anyway, remember to review! Review! Review!
-Lumi
Hello everyone! Many thanks to those who read this fic, and reviewed it (doing either will make me, unconsciously, label you as my supporters. Bwahaha)! I hope that you will continuing reading and enjoying this fic. I'm try to cut my rant/blabber short this time. ^_~
Story system recap/new additions:
This story utilises the original Japanese names of Digimon Adventure 02.
Japanese original name - English dub name + Age within story
Yagami Taichi - Tai Kamiya (16 years old)
Ishida Yamato - Matt Ishida (16 years old)
Takenouchi Sora - Sora Takenouchi (16 years old)
Tachikawa Mimi - Mimi Tachikawa (15 years old)
Takaishi Takeru - T.K. Takaishi (13 years old)
Yagami Hikari - Kari Kamiya (13 years old)
Izumi Koushiro - Izzy Izumi (15 years old)
Ichijouji Ken - Ken Ichijouji (13 years old)
Inoue Miyako - Yolie Inoue (14 years old)
Kido Jyou - Joe Kido (17 years old)
Motomiya Daisuke - Davis Motomiya (13 years old)
Hida Iori - Cody Hida (11 years old)
Well, that's that. The ages are based on the official age differences between characters, then they are done upon correspondence to the story, so that it would still make sense while the ages are somewhat correct, since this is an alternate universe, as long as the age differences are correct, I'd say pretty much so.
Those who actually know something about Japanese and romanizing would notice my inconsistency in spelling character names. Well. Only one. I spelt Jou as Jyou, which would technically be correct, except that if I do things that was, Ken's last name would be Ichijyouji. I'm not ready to spell Ichijouji as Ichijyouji, but I'm too used to Jyou to keep reminding myself to spell it otherwise, so please forgive me inconsistency. ^^ Those who don't know what I'm talking about can skip this part and forget I said anything.
Thought system:
//[character name] put thought here.
Note that the [] bracket will only be there if it's not obvious who was thinking it, or if I don't intend to make it known if it's not obvious.
Radio transmission system:
[(character name talking - character name listening) put message here.]
If you read my previous eight chapters (hell, it would work even if you just read the last one), you would understand what this means. Again, the () would only be inserted if I wanted to state the names in a situation where it's not obvious.
Music system:
BGM/Vocal: Song name
This is something new. To semi-fulfill my dream of making an anime, I'd like to write scenes, then sometimes add that tag on to there, and play a song within that scene. I sometimes might add a line or two like a song fic, but I'm not going to add the entire song. Yeah, you're better off looking in some lyrics archive than that. If you don't feel like playing the music on your computer, if you don't have the song, or if you're playing another song if you don't want to change, just ignore me. I won't force you to do it then threaten to kill you if you won't, I think it's just a great little additive to mood. Be warned, though, please imagine the scene, take lots of close ups, and panning as if it's an anime and imagine that scene as long as possible, because I can't write a scene that lasts for an entire song. =p
Answering two questions that popped up in my review box:
TheAngelOfLove: "...How are u gonna base it? One chapter 4 every month? ??"
The chaptering will be done...quite randomly. I'll categorize chapters into seasons, and basically write everything I can that could occur in that season as separate chapters until I run out and go to the next one. I hope that answers your question. Which it probably has not.
wisegirl: "...Hey, what the heck actually happened to the toilet seat?"
It's an all-girl's school, not to mention it's inside a girl's living quarters, it's not likely that the girls will ever need to lift up the toilet seat, so they glued it down when they installed it. =)
Mention to my new reviewers: mysticalkidz, Becky, Snoopy6458, BMAngelz, blue eyes.
Thank you for your reviews, as well as everyone else that reviewed. If you've never been mentioned, remember to smack me on the head through e- mail or through the review box to let me know!
Also, the boys will mostly be referred to their true nature, with their real names and 'he', outside of dialogue.
Oh boy. I really typed up a lot. It's like I'm taking up a thousand words with these here. Anyway. Enjoy!
Just before I forget. School starts in April for Japan, and it ends around March/April-ish. I believe most holidays stay intact.
Random: I updated my bio, please go read it and give your impressions of my upcoming projects along with your review.
Also, the actual story now would be more of plot and interaction than of randomness and jokes. Truthfully, I might do a lot of chapters, and I can't guarantee that I would be able to come up with at least one or two jokes that crack you up for every chapter. Sorry. But I'll try, though.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon Adventures, nor its sequels, nor its nonexistent prequels. Except the first movie, that kind of counts as a prequel. Ah, cut that. Also, anything of Sony's, whose name I mention in this story, doesn't belong to me as well.
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Episode 1: One Year, Today
Bo-ku-ta-chi: we (masc.), the group with me (masc.)
A-ta-shi-ta-chi: we (fem.), the group with me (fem.)
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April 4, 2002
Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring.
Takeru watched in horror as the reaction started from here and ended up *there* across the hall.
"Put it down! Put the phone down!" Takeru screamed, although careful enough not to raise his voice.
Ken quickly slammed the phone down, and the ringing across the hall promptly stopped simultaneously.
Koushiro blinked. "You..." He pointed at the phone. "And...?" He pointed at the door, meaning to point past it.
"Er...pretty much." Ken gulped, sweat dropping down his face.
"Damn...that's..." Koushiro ran out of words. "Yeah."
"I didn't know...god, how could I be so stupid?!" Ken groaned as he slammed his hand on the table. "It's written right on the card, in bold print!"
Sounds of footsteps.
Koushiro looked at Takeru.
Takeru looked at Ken.
Ken looked at Koushiro.
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"Yeah, I'm sure it's this room." Miyako knocked on the door twice. "Excuse me, is anyone there?"
"Maybe no one's there." Hikari pictured.
"Yeah, that room was always vacant, Sora-chan. We've lived here for years, how could it be that someone suddenly moved in without us knowing?"
"Well, it's not like people take weeks to move in. If they move in, they just move in like in an hour, whether we were here or not before doesn't matter, Mimi-chan." Sora retorted.
"Fine." Mimi bit the inside of her cheek in dissatisfaction.
"Let's go in." Miyako suggested.
Hikari frowned. "Wait, Miyako-chan, if there's someone in there, then-"
Tweak.
"There's no one in there." Sora observed. "Maybe there really is no one here."
Mimi stepped into the room, scanning around for any possible people, although any would've been obvious. "Whose stupid idea was it that there were people here?"
Miyako held her hand at her waist. "It was *my* idea."
"Why do you think there were people here, Miyako-chan?" Hikari asked doubtfully.
"Well, the caller ID displayed a number that was just adjacent to our phone number, so it had to be this room, all the rooms' telephone numbers are put into numerical order according to room number." Miyako explained, her hands still on her hips.
//[Koushiro] Oh my god, they give you a place to live in that's next to the school that's this nice, and then, to top it off, you have caller ID installed onto your telephone. This is some spoiled school.
"Well, I think Miyako-chan is right." Hikari agreed, lightly tapping the bag on the ground with her feet.
//[Takeru] Damn it! We forgot to take in Taichi's bags. We're screwed now.
"Do you think maybe they just left the stuff here and went out for a bit?" Sora presumed.
//[Taichi] Yes we did! Yes we did! We're not here! Go outside! Look for us outside! Do whatever!
"Of course not, they phoned our room only like one minute ago, and that was including the time we used to get here." Miyako defended.
//[Taichi] Damn you, damn you to hellllllll!
//[Yamato] Stop whispering your curses in my ear, Taichi.
Rattle.
Blink.
//[Ken] Oops. Sorry.
Miyako quickly opened the closet, to find Takeru and Ken stuffed in there.
"Uh...hello." Ken greeted.
"Umm...I told you that the washroom wasn't here, Ken...ko! Yeah, Kenko!" Takeru lightly laughed as he exited the closet, closely followed by Ken.
"You're...going to live here, right?" Sora asked. "I'm Takenouchi Sora, nice to meet you."
"Oh...umm, I'm...Shiikata Take...ko, and he's..."
Stomp.
"I mean she is..."
"I'm Jiujochii Kenko." Ken said as he shook Sora's hand.
Miyako held her hand at her chin. "You know, you two really look familiar."
"No, we don't." Takeru firmly denied.
"Yes. That's right. You look like Ichijouji Ken!" Miyako accusingly pointed.
"Uh..." Ken stepped back. "I...do?"
"Yes! You do!"
Silence.
Ken slowly brought both his hands up to his eyes. "I knew it...*sniff*. People in my...*gulp* old school keep saying that I look like Ichijouji Ken, a guy...*sniff*, and...they bullied me because of it, *sniff*, I couldn't stand it, that's why I decided to come here, *sniff*, and now...it's no different!" Ken weakly uttered.
Takeru blinked, and started to pet Ken's back.
"That was mean of you, Miyako-chan!" Hikari scolded.
"Bu...but I was just saying that-" Miyako stammered. "And you!" Miyako pointed. "I've seen you somewhere."
"It's déjà vu!" Takeru stated.
"What?"
"Déjà vu! Déjà vu!" Takeru frantically repeated. "I'm sure we've never seen each other before, okay, bye now." Takeru pulled Ken and reached for the door.
And was stopped.
Mimi grabbed Takeru's arm. "I'm sorry. Miyako-chan can be a bit...stubborn and self-righteous sometimes..."
A few remarks which Mimi ignored.
"Please forgive us."
Takeru dumbly nodded.
Creak.
Koushiro casually walked out. "See! I told you that the washroom was big enough to hold three people!"
Taichi and Yamato blinked.
Pinch.
"Yeah, totally, the washroom is so..." Yamato corresponded with Koushiro.
"Fascinating." Taichi ended.
"Yes, that."
Blink.
"These really are weird people, going to the bathroom three at a time." Mimi whispered to Sora.
"Oh, umm...hello. And you guys are..."
"Oh, let me introduce." Hikari stood out. "This is Takenouchi Sora, Tachikawa Mimi, Inoue Miyako, and I myself, Yagami Hikari."
Each respective person bowed when her name was mentioned.
"Oh, umm." Koushiro pointed at Taichi. "That's Migaya Taiko, Daishii Yamako, Jiujochii Kenko, Shiikata Takeko, and I'm Mizui Koushiko."
Each of them simply nodded.
"Why do you have 'ko' at the end of all your names? It's kind of weird for all of you to have it." Sora brought out.
"It's...that our...umm, mothers, they made a pact that when they have a baby, they'll name them ending in 'ko'!" Koushiro stuttered. Secretly, Koushiro was impressed with himself for his improvisation ability.
"Ah. That's interesting, Kou-chan." Mimi nodded.
Blink.
"...Kou-chan?"
"Oh yeah." Sora reached into her pocket, and took out a piece of folded paper, which she handed to Koushiro.
Takeru and Ken quickly walked over to see the sheet.
( Sakura school rules:
1) Except for formal occasions, everyone must call each other's first name with the suffix -chan, truncating names is recommended.
2) Everyone must wear skirts during school hours.
3) No boys are allowed within the entire area without proper permission.
4) No boys are to dress up as girls. )
Exchange of glances.
"It's pretty strange, since the fourth rule was just added lately, and..." Hikari mentioned. "It's not like anyone would do that to get in here, right?"
Everyone laughed.
Half of them laughed in fear.
"Umm...so, what is the matter?" Takeru carefully asked.
"Oh, Miyako-chan said that she saw on the caller ID that someone phoned from this room, then quickly hung up, we were just seeing who it was, and what was the matter."
Stares at Ken.
"Oh, I was just testing...the...um, phone. I thought that if...I subtracted...one from our number, it would...reach...your number." Ken mumbled.
"Oh. I see."
Miyako clearly didn't buy it.
"Miyako-chan, stop being so paranoid." Sora scolded. "You're scaring the new girls."
"Well, I-"
Mimi pushed Miyako out of the door.
"I'm really sorry." Hikari apologized as she followed Mimi out as well.
Sora walked out the door, then turned around.
"Why don't you join us for lunch later?"
Taichi quickly rushed up and closed the door.
Panting.
"That was...dangerous." Yamato sat down.
"So much for you to say, you didn't even mumble a word." Koushiro protested.
"Those two older girls were looking at me funny." Yamato sighed. "I think they recognize me."
"Or maybe it's just that you look funny." Taichi added.
Crack.
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12:30 post meridiem
Knock knock.
"Yes, coming!"
Taichi opened the door, and was faced with Sora.
"We're going to lunch right now. Do you want to come with us?" Sora politely asked.
"Umm. Sure. Let me get the rest of them." Taichi replied.
Squint.
"Is that blood dripping from your forehead?"
Taichi laughed sheepishly. "I got into a small accident."
"Oh my, are you okay?" Sora reached out a hand towards Taichi's forehead, but Taichi instinctively took a step back.
"I'm better off than the other end of the accident."
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"The school cafeteria isn't open yet since school hasn't started, so let's go somewhere else." Miyako said.
"Ugh, it's not like we want to go to that crappy place to eat anyway." Mimi made a sick face.
"How about...we go to that restaurant down the street?" Hikari suggested.
Sora shrugged. "Fine by me."
"I'm good too."
"What about you guys?" Sora turned around.
To see a bunch of blank faces.
"I guess they agree."
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And so, they were walking down the streets, in an obvious two-group formation. The cause of this formation was due to the four girls walking at normal speed, and the other five 'girls' walking like a snail. Of course, some attempted to walk backwards, but quickly reverted as the girls in front noticed.
"Isn't this a bit dangerous?" Ken whispered. "You know. Hanging out with them."
"It's not like we have a choice, Taichi said yes." Yamato complained, and kicking Taichi in his mind. Kicking Taichi to a bloody pulp.
"Hey, she asked, I can't just go and...reject her offer." Taichi defended.
Koushiro scratched his head. "Why not?"
"Because...! If a girl asks you out, you don't reject her..." Taichi crossed his arms.
"Well, aren't we going to have a bloody great time." Yamato remarked.
"If we stay with them for too long, our cover will get blown." Takeru considered.
Sighs.
Silence.
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They arrived in front of a fairly modern looking restaurant, modern because it looks clean.
"I heard the things here aren't great, but they're okay." Hikari opened the door, immediately followed by Ken and Takeru.
Thump.
Thump thump.
"I also heard that they have this big step that people fall for after the door." Mimi giggled.
Takeru stood up painfully, then reached for Hikari, helping her up.
Miyako looked down from behind the door. "Ken-chan, aren't you going to get up? We might step on you if you keep lying there."
"Uh...I think I twisted my ankle or something. Try to avoid me. I'll be okay, I'll come in a bit."
The rest jumped down from the step and proceeded inside, and Hikari and Takeru followed them.
"Take!" Ken waved at Takeru. "Take-*chan*!"
Takeru turned around, feeling somewhat sensitive to that ending. He walked towards Ken, and crouched beside his lying body.
"Come closer."
Takeru sighed, and moved his head closer to Ken's.
"Mmm bmmm hmmm hmph." Ken hummed.
"What?"
"Mmm bmmm hmmm hmph." Ken repeated.
"I have no idea what you're saying."
"My boob fell off!" Ken said again, his lips shut.
"Oh." Takeru laughed, his hand clamping on his mouth to prevent him exploding.
"It's under me." Ken shook his head downwards.
"Get it yourself." Takeru jeered.
"Who was the one that twisted my ankle, then both my arms by crushing both my arms with his pressure by having me as his big landing cushion?" Ken returned in anger.
Takeru gasped. "Your arms can't move?"
"They could, but...just a bit hard to move. I can't twist it, especially my elbow joint." Ken attempted to bend his arm, but it resulted in a pained look. "Just get it. It's under my back."
Takeru shook his head in defeat, and pushed his arm under Ken, in which he immediately retrieved a beige coloured piece of...thing.
"Help me put it back on." Ken ordered.
"What? Put it on yourself!" Takeru responded, disgusted.
"My arms can't bend."
"But there are people here, are you crazy?" Takeru cried out in disbelief.
"There's none here now."
"Oi. Fine." Takeru took the bottom of Ken's shirt and lifted it up a bit.
"Wait."
"What is it?"
"Is it on the right side?" Ken raised one of his brows.
"Right side? What are you talking about? How is there a right side? It's not like I'm going to put it so that your breast will look like one big out facing jelly cup." Takeru answered, confused.
"No! I mean...like...see if the tip is facing correctly."
"The tip?" Takeru stared at the piece of spongy plastic.
"Yes, the tip. That's the...thing. You know." Ken stuttered, unable to find words appropriate enough to say.
Takeru blinked. "Oooh." Takeru said as if something stuck him. "Yeah, I think it's on the right side."
Takeru lifted Ken's shirt up a little, and stuffed his hand, along with the articial breast, in it, searching for the right area.
"Uh...hmm. More...umm...to the left. Up a bit. Yes. Right there, that's the place..."
"What a bold lesbian couple." A teenager mumbled to his friend while they passed by.
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"Here they are." Sora watched as Takeru and Ken, whose actions seem fairly unnatural, walked to their table.
Miyako handed them a menu as they sat down, on the one of two sides which Taichi, Yamato, and Koushiro sat. "Are you alright? You look a bit weird."
"Yeah, I'm alright, .Miyako-chan. It's that I think I twisted my arms a little. I can't believe they have such a big step there without warning. It's so dangerous there."
Taichi tossed Ken another menu. "Shut up and order already."
"...H-she seems a little pissed." Ken whispered to Takeru.
"Kei forced Taichi to order a non-meat meal." Koushiro said, spreading his voice by moving his head behind Takeru's.
"Kei?" Takeru moved his lips minimally, and spoke so softly that even he himself could barely hear it.
"The earpiece thing. He said that Taichi would get fat if he keeps it up."
Mimi blinked. "They sure whisper to each other an awful lot." She whispered to Sora.
//[Sora] And so do you.
Thirty minutes later...
"So, I dumped him." Koushiro finished casually, finding thrill by improvising his lies then making others believe him.
//[Yamato] That idiot.
//[Takeru] That idiot.
//[Ken] That idiot.
//[Taichi] That...idiot.
"Oh my." Sora covered her mouth. "I can't believe you did that, the poor guy."
Mimi scoffed. "What are you talking about? He was cheating on Kou-chan!"
//Idiotically cunning.
"So, how about you, Tai-chan?" Sora moved on. "Something interesting to talk about?"
"Ugh. Tai-chan." Taichi wrinkled his brows. "Call me Taichi."
//[Yamato] That idiot!
//[Takeru] That idiot!
//[Ken] That idiot!
//[Koushiro] That...
"But Taichi is a guy's name..." Sora stared at Taichi.
Red shirt.
Blue jeans.
"Hehe, you're such a tomboy."
//[Koushiro] Holy shit, that's genius.
//[Takeru] I wish I thought that up.
//[Yamato] I can't copy him now, he'll mock me, at least, and it's hard that the girls will buy it, with how I'm like now...
//[Ken] Not only did he avoid all name mistakes that he might possibly make due to unfamiliarity, but he also doesn't have to act girly, with just that one excuse!
"I'll call you Taichi-chan, then." Sora happily said.
"Ugh."
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"I have to go to work now." Hikari declared as she left, just as the group exited the restaurant. "Bye, everyone.
"I have something to do as well." Miyako ran up to Hikari, then slowed down as she caught up.
"Let's go shopping!" Mimi shook Sora's shoulders.
"Alright, alright." Sora nodded. "Sorry, why don't you go back to the house first? Maybe you would want to explore around? I'm sorry for leaving you here."
"The house?" Yamato asked. "That's what you call it?"
"Pretty much."
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"Well, that was fun." Takeru stretched as he entered the room.
And tripped.
"Okay. I'm never going inside a room first again." Takeru moaned, his face flat against the ground.
"What's this?" Yamato picked up the small, but heavy box, which, apparently, wasn't there before.
"Open it." Taichi reached a hand towards the box, but Yamato pulled the box away.
Carefully, Yamato pulled along the rim of the glued flaps of the box, then sneaked his hand further inside to fully disconnect the flaps.
"Wow." Koushiro looked inside the box, and reached his hand inside, only to pull out a platinum coloured cell phone.
"These cell phones are the newest model from Sony, they can be used normally. We modified them, though. How you use it, I'll come by and teach you another day. You can try fiddling with it if you want to learn how to use the extra functions beforehand, the modification is bug-free, and it won't break if you run it over with a tank, so have fun. Makimura Kei." Yamato recited the sheet stapled to the inside of the flaps.
"Cell phones?" Taichi grabbed the box and ran.
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"Tomorrow's opening ceremonies are at 9:00a.m." Koushiro announced. "Try not to be late, there are two rooms, which will be divided to Takeru and Ken, and Taichi, Yamato, and me. Argue for top bunk if you wish, just keep the voice level inside your room. Set your alarm clocks, try to wake up on your own, since if your roommate gets up, they should be noisy enough to wake you up as well, if you don't get up, we won't wake you up in time for the ceremony. From what I heard, the auditorium will be reached when you follow the large row of Sakura trees on your left, which means you're heading north."
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April 5, 2002 (8:45 a.m.)
Koushiro stared in horror as he looked at the alarm clock.
"Oi! Late, late, late, late!" He screamed to himself as he brushed his teeth while putting on his skirt, which was giving him hell.
Practically sprinting, he ran out of the house, slamming its door on the way, then running his way downstairs to the field.
Stare.
Dot eyes.
//Okay, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to not get a compass, because the Sakura trees being the same everywhere doesn't help.
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8:58 a.m.
"Oh...god...!" Koushiro coughed as he arrived into the auditorium, then practically leaning on Yamato.
"So much for the big speech."
"Shh, the ceremony is starting." Ken placed an index finger in front of his lips.
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Tuduku.
Next episode:
Taichi: Next time on Boku/Ata, I get through my first day of school. Ugh, the teachers are bitches! Total bitches, I tell you! But that's okay, I'm starting to adjust even on my first day. The most rewarding thing on a school day has to be when you go home, in which case, they call them 'house', ah....? What's that thing?! What's that doing here?
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Oi. That took quite long, didn't it? At least for me to write up. It wasn't very funny. But I think it had some funny bits, ...right? Anyway, remember to review! Review! Review!
-Lumi