"Later mom," Tai said, sticking his head through the passenger side window his mother's SUV, "I'll catch the bus home or something; I have some things I got to do first."

Tai's mother said her goodbyes and drove off. Tai was left standing in front of his college. He wouldn't return until next year and since his mother just took his entire belongings home for the summer, he had the rest of the day to try to find Izzy. Izzy was at a university about an hour's walk away studying software development. Sora attended the same university, studying to get her BA. The thought of accidentally running into Sora caused Tai to hesitate for a moment. His relationship with Sora over the years hadn't been the most stable. To be honest, it was just really complicated. Tai couldn't have gotten a ride with his mother because she had some urgent errands to run and wouldn't have had the time. So he began to walk.

After thirty minutes had passed, Tai decided to take a rest on a bench along the sidewalk and take another look at his digivice. It hadn't changed. The colour of it was still black and the screen still displayed incoherent images. Tai gave it a couple of good whacks. No change. Man, I really hope Izzy can help. He stood heaved a large sigh and continued walking to Izzy's school. He started to jog. Then he just ran. Tai didn't know why he was doing this, he just knew the faster he got there, the better it would be.

Tai made it to the university in good time. He passed a large statue while rounding corner at front courtyard of the school. A poster attached to it caught his eye. It was large and flashy with 'Teenage Werewolves' plastered along it. Ma-? Tai's thought was cut short by a collision with another body. Tai can run really fast, it's just the whole stopping motion that he has a problem with. Tai landed face-up on his back. He accepted the hand held out to help him up. The sun glared harshly, impairing his vision so he couldn't see who it was. When Tai finally got on his feet he saw a familiar head of blonde hair.

Matt looked closely at Tai's face, making sure he hadn't hurt himself too much, patted him on the back, then spoke; his voice full of relief that Tai was ok and that his guitar he had slung over his back wasn't damaged. "You ok there buddy?"

Tai was baffled. Matt went to a college on the other end of town.

"What are you doing here?" Tai asked

"What, no hello?" He responded. "Some way to greet an old friend."

"Sorry. Hey Matt. You just caught me off guard. I assume your bands playing here."

Matt replied with a smug tone in his voice. "Ya, my band's really famous now. We're getting gigs all over the place."

Tai raised an eyebrow. "You're playing the day everyone's leaving?"

"The concert was last night and it was kind of a farewell; we decided to quit while we we're on top."

Tai laughed to himself. "The other members decided to get summer jobs, didn't they?"

"Yes," he replied quietly.

Tai grabbed Matt's arm. "Well good. Since you've got nothing to do today, you can help."

Tai dragged Matt back into the school. Matt, stumbling to keep up with Tai, staggered out a "Help with what!?"

Tai responded. "No time to explain now. I'll tell you when we find Izzy."

Matt planted his feet, halting himself and almost causing Tai to fall forward. He had an inquisitive look on his face. "Seriously, Izzy goes here? I didn't know that."

Tai shook his head in disbelief. "Geez Matt, you'd think you would know where your friends are going to school. And it's not just Izzy, Sora goes here too."

Matt's head notched back a bit after hearing Sora's name. Tai and Matt both looked at each other, neither one of them wanting to make any additional comment on the subject. Finally Matt spoke up, cutting the tension. "So you say Izzy goes here. Let's go to student services and see if they can tell us his room."

Tai agreed.