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Author's Note: Well, I had to rewrite this one too, since the first attempt really sucked. It's not really a good chapter. Just kinda filler to lead up to the next one. It's pretty funny though. At least I think so. Hope it tides you over till I can get the next one finished. That one's gonna be another epic. Well, this chapter probably needs this more than the others, so the Final Law of Storytelling: "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story."

Review and enjoy. Thanx.

Subliminal Warnings

Davis casually stabbed his fork into a french fry and brought it up to his mouth. Chewing, he looked over the group, all of them crammed together in two little booths. After he and Rika had left his house, he had headed toward the park, since Kari had said they would be there. Thankfully, he'd had plenty of time while walking to push his boiling emotions back inside. At the park, they had met up with the other eight and started a game of soccer. A while later Yolei had showed up, back from her two day stay in the digital world with Ken. They had taken turns sitting out so she could play, until the four kids from Rika's world had collapsed with exhaustion. By then it was five, one in the morning in their world, and the sun was starting to go down. Matt suggested that they all get something to eat.

Davis stabbed another french fry and ate it. Across the table, Yolei gave him a strange look, so he speared three more ate them, obviously just to annoy her. She rolled her eyes and jabbed her own fork into her salad. Matt took a bite of his hamburger and looked over at him.

"Why do you eat your fries with a fork, Davis?" He asked around his mouthful of food, which Sora smacked him for.

"I don't always eat them with a fork."

"I've always seen you eat them that way." The older boy replied, pausing to swallow first.

Davis rolled his eyes and changed the subject. "So, Miya, what'd you guys do in the digital world for two days?"

"Well, um, we spent some time together, since we never get to see each other. Then we went and saw Wormon and then we went poking around some of the control spires."

Davis shook his head.

"I know you don't like it, Davis, but he doesn't remember a lot from when he was the Kaiser. As awful as it all was, he still wants to know what happened, to make sure he never comes back."

Davis leaned back and pushed his plate away. "I guess. It just seems creepy to me."

"I don't know." Jeri said. "I don't think it's bad to try to learn what you became when you let your emotions go too far."

Takato looked at her, startled, and tried to say something but she shook her head to quiet him. Davis blinked, remembering hearing something about what the girl had gone through after the death of her digimon, and the consequences it had caused for the others.

"You know," Sora spoke up, "we might be able to find your digimon at Primary Village."

Jeri's eyes lit up. "Do you think so? I was hoping, but..."

"He should be there." Yolei said. "When Wormon died, Ken found him there."

"When can we go?" Takato asked, sitting forward on his seat.

"Well," Sora bit the tines of her fork. "We should probably go tomorrow. It'll be easier to find him if you're rested up."

Jeri's hands gripped the edge of the table. "I'll never sleep now." She whispered.

They all smiled and started talking about something else. Davis chewed his lip and spaced out for a while, thinking, for some reason, about his soul. Well, not really his own. He wondered what had happened to Ken and Jeri's souls when they had gone overboard. Would that happen to him if he got too sad or angry for too long? If Veemon died, would he go crazy and become some obscure portion of himself? And what if something happened to Jun.

He pushed the thought aside, and then came back to reality as he saw Matt steal a fry off his unguarded plate.

"Hey!"

"What? You pushed it away."

"Doesn't mean you can help yourself." Davis reached over and tried to grab one of the older boy's fries.

"Nope." Matt said, intercepting his arm.

Takato yawned widely and leaned his head against the back of the seat, eyes closed. Sora smiled and set her fork down.

"You guys should probably go back to your world soon, and get some sleep." She said.

He nodded. She turned around and tapped Tai and Izzy on the shoulder. They talked for a while, and then Tai stood up and stretched.

"Okay guys," he said, "the four of you should get home soon, since you're all half asleep anyway." They moaned, not in complaint, but in unenthusiastic agreement. "So, everybody's food is on Matt."

"What?!" The other boy cried, looking over the large size of the group.

"That sounds fine to me." Sora said, looking over at her boyfriend.

"Me too." Yolei added.

Tai laughed.

"You owe me, Tai." He finally said.

"Next time I borrow your bike, I'll fill her up."

"Yeah, with sixty bucks worth of gas." He replied, digging through his wallet as he looked over everyone's receipts.

After they left the diner, they headed back toward the school. Takato and Henry looked like they could have fallen asleep standing up, but Jeri was bright eyed, excited about the chance for the return of her digimon. Davis walked in the middle of the group, to make up for hanging back earlier in the day. Currently, he was talking to Matt, who had stopped complaining about being cheated out of sixty dollars, and was asking him about TK.

"So he really ducked out at three in the morning? Did he tell you why?"

"No. He just said that he was going out." Davis returned. "I was half asleep anyway. I'm not even sure it was three, but I think it was."

Matt smiled evilly. "He probably went to see his girlfriend."

"What? He was only gone for an hour and a half. I didn't know he even had a girlfriend."

"Yeah. You haven't heard the whole story. He's been chatting with this chick on the Internet, and I think I heard something about her coming into town for a while."

"He's online dating? Well, that explains why his mom threw his computer in the garbage. But, that's so, um, weird."

The older boy laughed. "You think so too. I don't have a problem with it, but my mom thinks it's creepy. Add that to the fact that he ducked out, and I bet he'll never hear the end of it."

Davis smiled, imagining TK sitting in his room, gutted down to a bed and a dresser, bored out of his mind and kicking himself for getting caught. Matt grinned at him, most likely thinking of a similar picture.

"Hey, Davis."

He turned as Yolei called him and headed back to walk beside her. "Yeah?"

"Ken has a favor to ask you."

"Yeah?"

"He wants to run away."

"What?!" His mouth fell open.

"He wants to run away, at least for a while, so that maybe he can prove to his dad that studying and doing homework 24/7 isn't the best thing for his grades."

"So, what, he wants to stay at my house?"

"Yeah, for a while. It shouldn't be a problem. Your parents are away a lot anyway."

Davis swallowed, feeling a strange type of panic rise in his throat. "Um, I don't know. They never want anyone to come over when they're gone." And the fact that Jun throws me out every time they leave comes into play.

"Oh, come on, Davis. It won't be for too long. We'll make up a good lie to tell them. Where else is he gonna stay? My house? Like my brother would ever let that happen."

"I didn't say he couldn't stay. There's just gonna be some nights that he can't stay at my house." He put his hands in his pockets to stop them from fidgeting.

She shrugged. "I guess that's okay. I can't wait till he does it. Then we'll see a lot more of him." A smile touched her lips.

They chatted for a while more, until the group came to the school. Izzy slid one of his copied keys into the door and let them all inside. They all headed to the computer lab again, and the digimon inside rushed out to greet their partners. Renamon appeared and talked to Rika for a while, setting down Demiveemon, who walked over to Davis. He picked the little cynodont up and hugged him, glad to see him again after they'd lost each other at the alley.

"Sorry I ditched you like that." He whispered.

"It's okay. What'd Jun want you to do?"

Davis licked his lips. "Um, think about it."

The little digimon nodded. Obviously he already had. "Fill me in later."

They went into the lab and Izzy opened a portal for the four tired Tamers. Rika discreetly waved good bye to him before she stepped into it. When they were gone, he felt a strange empty feeling, like some of their own were missing. But they were some of their own. Everyone said good bye to each other and they all left the building, Davis catching a bus to the arcade, since he still had about six hours to kill before he could go home.

Post Script: Well, now they can finally get some sleep. This chapter was a pain to write. I had to draw out the time tables in 24 hour time so I could figure out how it would work. I hope it was good. Next chapter Davis gets to meet his soul.

Thanx to ApricotKisses for writing me the best review ever. I was so ecstatic to read that. And thanx to Blue Tajiri for your good review too. I wish some other people would read my story though.