Okay! Now this is THE longest chapter up to date, so I won't bother you with long previews. This chapter deals with Kensuke, Hiken, Daimi (slight), Taiora (slight), Jyoushiro (slight), Taito. Don't kill me for Taiora! I like Sora - Taichi doesn't! And Mimi's bashing is Ken's fault. Hikari, Mimi, I hope I made it up for you. Sorry.
Disclaimer: sobdon'towndigimonsob. *cringe*


Series 05: Tricks and Diaries

by Wormmonsoul

Koushiro and Ken entered the cafe and their puzzled glances fell on Taichi, who was finishing his third cup of coffee behind a table in the dark corner.

"I frenched Takeru," Taichi said at once. His eyes were glazed.

"You son of a bitch!" Ken exclaimed. Two geniuses flopped hard on the chairs.

"But the plan, Taichi!" Koushiro shook his head and opening his laptop he began to type quickly between the sips of his coffee.

"I know!" the brunet slammed his fist. "The little bastard took Yamato's clothes and it was dark and I was frustrated enough to kiss the door handle passionately... I can't bear it without Yamato. My dreams about him became strictly NC-17 rated."

Ken curled his lip. "They aren't worse than mine."

Koushiro nodded.

"Worse!" Taichi argued. "If police somehow got a hold of them, I'd be spending next 200 years in jail! So many nights spent killing Sora is bound to be illegal!"

"And if mine were somehow taped, I'd be a millionaire porno king by now!" Ken put in. "Bondages, seduction, crossdressing, you name it."

"Well, as for me, I'd be a world-famous soapy film director," said another genius. "Exchanging kisses in a dark alley after Jyou suddenly realises he loves me."

"What are you typing, Koushiro?" Taichi asked suspiciously.

"I keep track of everything concerning our plan in my database."

"Right," Taichi said slowly. "What if someone hacks your laptop, you idiot?"

"Like who?" Koushiro parried. "Ken?"

"Miyako," Ken prompted.

"She's too busy running Takeru's shrine on her computer."

"Iori," said Taichi.

"Iori would shirk school just to avoid Mimi. I haven't seen him near computers, because Mimi spends hours reading her American friends' e-mails."

"Erm..." said the keepers of Courage and Kindness. "Jyou?" ventured Ken.

The gleam in Koushiro's eyes went out. "Oh Jyou.." he sighed in a lovesick tone. "He wouldn't even look at me..."

"Uhm," said Ken after sharing a glance on his watch. "Let's get down to the point. I have homework you know..."

"That brings us on Takeru's subject once again," Koushiro sighed. "What do you think happens next, Taichi?"

The intrepid leader shuddered. "He tells Yamato and my days on this earth are over."

"A little optimism?"

"He trips on the stairs, hits his head, forgets who I am and everyone's happy!"

Ken shook his head. He propped his chin on his hand. "As far as I know Takeru," he said, "he won't tell anyone. But most likely he won't give up hope to have you. I'm sure he needs a psychologist to persuade him that giving up is necessary."

"Right. Let's discuss our next step," the redhead said. "First, report on your progress on breaking Sora and Yamato apart, Taichi. You realise, that you've fallen behind your schedule."

"Roger! Sora's been on my soccer match. She definitely has something for me! Yamato keeps being friendly. And in my dreams..." Koushiro and Ken cocked their eyebrows simultaneously.

"Dream on. Keep out of details. Watch out for Takeru. Okay, Ken, how about Hikari?"

"Tomorrow."

"Bad!" the redhead frowned. He slammed his laptop shut. "As for me, I left some chocolate in Mimi's locker but I have to consult some of my Internet friends on the subject of love letters."

Taichi rolled his eyes. "Just insert the word 'love' in every sentence! And make sure it's written in pink."

*******

Wednesday.

Dear Diary,

Today was a very unusual day, as you will later understand.

I woke up at 6 in the morning; I had a shower, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, said good morning to mother, changed into my school uniform and had two toasts with orange jam for my breakfast. Mother coaxed me into eating scrambled eggs and ham. I eat too much. I've come to conclusion that my weight (30 kg!) needs improving, and Minomon's suggestion seems very alluring after all. (a/n remember that Minomon said that jumping on the bed makes you thinner? it was in one of the episodes. ^^)

I was at Tamachi Junior High at eight 20 and had 10 minutes to talk to Tanaka-sensei about my high school prospects, then I had 5 classes and a PE as the last one. On Wednesday we always have less classes and I had previously planned to spend my afternoon in Odaiba. Of course, I wanted to see *him* in the first place, but I also promised to check on Hikari.

I was at Tamachi station at 14 and a half and soon I arrived at Odaiba kaihinkoen station. I was just in time for the end of classes at Odaiba Junior High. And now something really weird starts.

First, Tachikawa Mimi came into my sight. My head began to spin and I lost control over my actions for an awful moment. You see, a stray football happened to roll up to my foot and I sort of kicked it in Mimi's direction and it sort of hit her square on the chin. And after she unleashed an agonised cry I dashed to her and knelt in front of her (hiding my gloating smile under the mask of concern) and wiped the dirt and blood off her face. I did it with utmost kindness... Shame, shame! I should've smothered her with my handkerchief... (I don't believe it was really me!) It happened again - I'm losing my mind! In the end I insisted that Mimi had to go see the nurse. One minute after that bitch - I mean, Mimi, disappeared, my Daisuke stormed out through the school doors.

"Hi, Ken!" he said distractedly. "Where's Mimi-sama?" He whipped his head around enthusiastically. I don't believe the first thing he asked me was about that girl! My answer can only be justified by my blind jealousy.

"She's just left with somebody who happened to be blond, green-eyed, American male," I said. "Daisuke, what'd you say if I treat you to a sundae? You look upset." I told you it was a strange day.

Naturally, Daisuke was happy in a gloomy sort of way to get a free ice-cream. Then Hikari moved in my view. She was smiling widely as if she had a pack of Veloceraptors pulling back the corners of her mouth to see if a human head can snap in two while performing a smile. You know, she grasped a look of that mutant Sukamon, the one who tried to kiss Mimi... Hm, very very interesting. I created an evil backup plan (in case of Kaiser's return) to make sure he does. Oh yes, I long to become Kaiser just to see that put in action!... Never mind.

Hikari looked horrible standing next to my Daisuke, but I screwed up my courage and smiled in return. You wouldn't believe what she did - she smiled *wider*. It was a nightmare; her teeth were flashing and the breath was escaping her mouth in gargling sounds - bbarghhh barrrghh - like a horse, you know. I'll probably burn this page rather than live in constant fear that Taichi could read it.

"Hello, Hikari," I said.

"Oh hi, Ken!" she said.

"I want my sundae, Ken," Daisuke pouted. My sweet, my lovely, my sunshine...

"Hikari, can I talk to you in private for a moment?" I said hurriedly. I grabbed her elbow and dragged her in the corner keeping a sharp lookout for Daisuke who could be setting off with somebody else any moment... "Would you do something for me?" I asked her. I had no problems with my speech as I had memorised and acted it the previous night.

"...Yes..." came a quiet breathing reply.

"It's awfully rude. I'm sorry for embarrassing you like that. I need some books on mammals, felines to be exact and I know you have just the one I need..."

"OHHH! You can come to my place any time!" Hikari said. It was just what I expected.

"Thank you. You don't imagine how much this means to me. You are a super girl, Hikari." I don' t know. I said it in a tone that implied - no, screamed, of another feeling, e.g. 'Lay off you little slut, I've got to catch my Daisuke!' Daisuke began to drift in the general direction of the gates.

"Oh, thank you, Ken!"

"You're welcome." Then I remembered Taichi's words, Make yourself sound disgusting. "You know," I said. "The shorts you wear out of school really make your butt obscure the entire back view. Thought I might add."

Her face went white. "You... think?" she whispered. Hell, yeah!

"Hikari, this is out of date. Get a skirt."

"Oh. Okay."

I ran off to catch my Daisuke wandering absently out of the gates.

Later we were sitting in the most expensive ice-cream parlour I could afford and he was wolfing down the most expensive sundae in the whole Tokyo I suspect. My sunshine, my plushie, my lollypop... And he was constantly talking. About Mimi. He started with the subtle:

"Do you have a girlfriend, Ken? Why not? I'd like to date, say, Mimi?"

I don't know why I cared to put question marks here, because it was said during one exhale between spoons of ice-cream. He sucked on the marshmallow loudly and raised his dreamy eyes to the sky. Odaiba's Palette Town's lights flickered on with the impending golden light of sundown.

"Where do you want to go to, Daisuke?" I asked, politely evading Mimi-ised talk.

"I bet she's beautiful in pink. I hate that Odaiba green as much as she does!" Daisuke lowered his eyes on my frustrated face. "See this?" He raised the front of his school shirt to his chest secretly and showed his new tank in gentle pink. My spoon stuck in my throat. "D'you think she'll like that?" he asked with a blush. By God almighty!

"By all means," I breathed out. I took a mental note to dress Daisuke in something pink in my next dream. (Explain later. See the entry to May 1, 9, 13, 25, June 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 15, 19 for more information on dreams.) I secretly hoped Mimi would be repulsed by a guy in pink.

"She has a nice body, ne? That's the first thing everyone notices about her. Bastards! They don't wanna know what she's like inside - gentle, and caring, and optimistic! Yeah, she's cool, she's not for me, I know. Oi, Ken, why don't you eat your ice-cream?"

"I'm listening to you."

"Can't you eat and listen at the same time?"

"Well, I have to look at you as well." And fantasize what I can do to you and this ice-cream...

Daisuke snorted. "Are you sure you want this sundae?"

I smiled. "You can have your way with it." But you will have it my way, I thought slyly. "Open up."

Daisuke opened his mouth. It is a wonder how obedient he can come to be... in the Digiworld too. It still echoes in my head:

Tano, tasukete kure.

Tano?! Tanomimasu darou!

Tanomimasu... Tasukete kudasai! (a/n the scene from the episode, when the Kaiser makes Daisuke beg. ^_- So delicious.)

I licked my lips. Taking a spoonful of chocolate icy mass I pushed it into his mouth. He swallowed it and opened up for more. My lips parted with hot breathing and excitement washed over. I fed him my entire sundae in less than 5 minutes, and in the end I felt distinctly hot and slicky between my thighs. There was something breathtaking in the way his chin rose and his mouth opened to take a chunk of ice-cream in his mouth; and the way his eyelids got heavy and fluttered when he savoured it; and the way his Adam's apple moved when he swallowed the sweet icy mess.

I am deviant. I am abusive. I am disturbing. I love Daisuke.

When he finished my sundae, he gave me a mischievous look. "Let's go to Tokyo Joypolis... or... rather..." his eyes squinted at something behind me. "At Ferris Wheel..."

"Okay," I breathed in ecstasy. I'm so easy to satisfy. The ride takes about fifteen minutes and 1000 yen out of your pocket. Still, whole fifteen minutes with Daisuke! I paid of course. My plushie, my strawberry, my lovely bastard.

You don't believe what we talked about throughout the ride. Girls. Mimi. I hate her. I imagined all the things I can do to her as the Kaiser and as Ken. Throwing her face down from sixteen hundred storey building wouldn't be enough. Pushing her skirt up to her ears when she walks out of school doors couldn't be considered remotely satisfactory. Making her drown in her own bottle of Nina Ricci with Sukamon licking her Victoria Secret adorned body wouldn't even cause a smile on my face... F*** that addition to Taichi's plan! I'ma kill her.

It was a wonderful evening.

"And then she told me - see, me?! - she likes hazel eyes... And now look in my eyes, Ken and say they're hazel! Fair and square, okay? Hazel?... I told you so!! She said it, she meant that!!! Yahoo! She likes me a bit, Ken, right? Please, pretty please and sugar on top, she likes me? Say it, Ken?... You think?!!! Wow! Cool! You noticed too! ...

Chocolate, I thought blissfully. Your eyes are chocolate, Daisuke. Palette town's lights played below us.

*******

I showed up at Yagami's at nine p.m., slightly dazed from my trip with Daisuke. Hikari brought me to reality in no time. I gathered, she'd been waiting for me since 4 p.m. She had every book on biology out and on the sofa.

"I'm late," I said. I was going to treat her in worst possible way. I intended to be mean, insulting and agressive, because that kind of a guy she would never love. Hikari smiled shyly. I noticed that she was wearing a short blue skirt. Come on! Hikari in blue... how alluring that could be?! "Hikari, I'm bursting for a drink. Fetch me some," I said. "And where's everyone?"

"Taichi's gone to Sora's place. He fancies her, I think. Parents are at grandma." Perfect. Hikari returned with a glass of lemonade.

"Uhm," I said. "Lemonade? I hate it. Don't you have a juice or something?"

"Okay," Hikari dashed in the kitchen and appeared with a glass of apple juice. I drank a bit and spat it out.

"It's tastes like shit!"

"I'm sorry!" Hikari bit her lip. "What do you want?"

"Orange juice, please. Squeeze several oranges and put three lumps of ice in my glass," I ordered lazily. The girl ran away. I mused silently over the possibilities of having Hikari as my slave in the Digiworld. I never had a chance to try her, being occupied with practising my whip on Takeru... Why not Daisuke? Why didn't he show up? WHY?!

I settled on the sofa. Hikari brought my juice. I took a sip and put it down. Come on, girl, I glared at her. Figure it out, I don't want you! You're a clever girl! But Hikari folded her hands on her lap and stared down so that to conceal her flushed cheeks. She picked up one of her books.

"What exactly do you wish to find, Ken?" she asked with consideration. I kept silent. It was long enough for her to realise something was missing in our conversation, and she raised her eyes at me. "You didn't come for the books," she stated and bit her lips.

"No."

"What for then?"

There is only one insulting thing I could invent instead of raping her (urgh!) and it was to force her to a kiss. I hoped that it would scare her away from me forever. I seized her chin roughly (I guess) and brought her face close to mine. She gasped and shut her eyes. I wasn't eager to kiss her though! My hand slipped up her leg and gripped her thigh. Hikari gave a startled sound. I expected her to come to her senses and fight me, but it didn't happen and I was left no choice. I flipped her on her back and threw myself on top of her. She winced and averted her face. Good! About time, I was running out of ideas! My next option was either to bite her or to rip her clothes off. Well, come on! What else should I do to help realize I was a bad guy!

"Hold still!" I ordered harshly. I ran my fingers over her shoulders, pulling the straps of her tank down. She made a sobbing sound. "Say that you like it," I told her. "Answer me!!"

She trembled. I changed my tactics. Do you really think I could harm her with Taichi being her brother?! Even I'm not that crazy.

"Hikari," I said softly. "Do you really like it? Why don't you fight me? Is that what you want me to do?"

She opened her eyes in surprise. For a minute her eyes wandered unsurely over my swaying locks of hair, my eyes, my face, and I noticed triumphantly a flicker of understanding there.

Never trust girls. Hikari threw her arms around my neck, bringing me, so totally confused and scared, down on her lips. Her kiss was soft and undemanding, nearly soothing. I shot out of her arms. I was so scared!

"You don't love me, Ken," she said and smiled. I nodded and wiped my lips just in case - it wasn't proven for a fact that girls didn't carry something contagious... Which I didn't want to pass over to my Daisuke, my kitten, my secret infatuation...

"A pity," she sighed and folded her hands in her lap. "Okay. Still, you love somebody..."

"Yes."

"Daisuke?" I suppose it was women intuition speaking because when turned to me, her eyes were wide. "Daisuke?!" she repeated.

"Uhu." Suddenly I was blushing.

"Wow wow wow!" the girl jumped to her feet and paced the room excitedly. "What a fool I was! You... and Daisuke... But..."

"He likes Mimi."

"And my brother..." her insight carried her on. "Isn't in love with Sora... He's crazy about..."

"Yamato," I said. Why did I say it? I don't know. I said it.

"Oh my!" She rubbed her hands agitatedly. Her face was glowing warm but she was really really beautiful at that moment.

"Koushiro, Taichi and I had a plan," I started... And the plan and all our secrets poured out of me like a flood, and there was nothing I could block it with. Charming girl. Very very clever. I don't know what kind of power she used on me that turned me inside out, but I can't deny that it was a very skilled, subtle move, as thin as the edge of a knife. Sliced me apart. And after all our lives were at her mercy she said, "I'm going to help you."

I guess we have a new and priceless member to our secret society.

If you don't call this day strange and unexpected, I disagree.

I returned home late and my mother was at her wit's ends as it always seems to be if I disappear for more than 3 hours. I had my cold dinner and I did a lot of thinking during my homework. My physics tasks were boring so I did them as quickly as possible and did a few from six lessons ahead. I needn't do French because I'm already through with my textbook, so I simply had a peek to see where the rest of the class stopped at. Instead of French I practised Calligraphy, and read a passage from 'Le Petit Prince'. And then I went to sleep.

No. There is one more thing I absolutely have to confess to you. When my parents went to bed, I called Mimi and in a muffled voice told her how ugly, nauseating and foul she is. I hoped she cried.

Good night. Good night, Daisuke, my bunny, my honey, my fascinating love.

Ichijouji Ken, 20 of June.

*******

Hi, Diary!

Long time no see! Ha ha ha! My previous entry is dated 6 of April 1994 - my first day at school! Listen to it again (it's completely in hiragana and there is a hell of mistakes!):

Helo Diary! To days my first day at scool. Its cool! I meen so many pple! I dont like my teecher. I dont like Japaneez class becoz we had a test and I got 30 pacent (how to write this stuf any way???). I dont like Ishida Yamato. My dad sayz gyz mustbe gentle mans. Well his not a gentle man! He is so cold and he dont speek too any one! Ass hole! (cool word but my dad dont like it) Tei is a cool gy and liks socer too. He sed Ishida has a stik up his as. I dunno. Next day their gonna beet him up maybe I wud too...

Bwahahahahaha! Okay, I was six years old.

Ishida Yamato - I didn't remember that you were in my class at all! I love you, Ishida Yamato! I love you so much that my dreams about you keep me awake at night.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

I've been at Sora's place. No fun at all. We kissed. What kept me from strangling her was the fact that she had kissed my Yamato's lips. I guess our kiss means that she's being bloody unfair to Yamato. If she doesn't break up with him soon, I'll have someone point this thing out to him, maybe Ken or Koushiro. Actually, I'm writing it so that I could tell Koushiro and Ken about it, I might forget.

That's it for my today's entry. I wanted to describe a dream I had about Yamato but I don't know words. Got to check my father's porno sites. I'm starting a gay relationship and I've got to know the basics! Pity my Yamato isn't aware yet. By the way, he has a real nice backside in my dreams.

Holy shit! Yamato's birthday is drawing near! I wonder if my pocket money'd be enough to buy him a wedding ring?

Taichi, 20 of June. What the fuck is the year? It's 2 a.m. and my head hurts. See ya!

tsuzuku


a/n What pairings would you like to see in this story? Pray, tell?