Digital Darkness
Ch. 3
"TK's visit"
Taichi "Tai" Yagami was standing in front of his mirror whilst he was trying to comb his wild chocolate-colored hair. His mind was drifting back to earlier in the day, when he was at school.
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June 5th, 2002, earlier that day, Odaiba, Japan
Tai was sitting at a lunch table with some of his two of his friends and fellow digidestined, Sora Takenouchi and Koushirou "Izzy" Izumi. The special of the day was spaghetti and meatballs, but you really couldn't tell the difference between it and the other foods served at the "Cafeteria of Doom", as Taichi called it.
"You know, they say they've spotted bigfoot in Canada again," Izzy told his companions.
"Izzy, I can't believe that you, of all people, would be reading one of those phony newspapers," Sora said with a tone of disbelief.
"Actually, Sora, it's Scientific International, you know, the magazine that's published in twenty different languages? Besides, they actually have pictures this time," Izzy said as he held up an article. Lo and behold, a clear photograph of bigfoot was right next to the text.
"Aw! He's so cute and fuzzy! Why would anybody be afraid of him?" Sora asked.
"I know," said Tai, "And it even says that he asked the photographer for some bananas!"
"Ooo! Where?" Sora asked.
"Right over here," Tai replied, pointing to a section of text. "You know, strange thing have been happening lately. People with mysterious cases of anemia, bigfoot sightings, men being 'attacked'..."
"Why'd you say 'attacked'? Why not ra..."
"Because I'm being polite." Tai replied to Sora's question.
"You think Myotismon is back?" Izzy questioned. Sora and Tai just stared at him. "Okay, maybe not..."
"But seriously, do you think that vampires, besides Myotismon, really exist?" Tai asked.
"Don't be silly, Tai," Sora said as she got up to put her tray away. "Everyone knows that there's no such things as werewolves and vampires, or anything else like that." Then she walked off, leaving Izzy to read his magazine, and leaving Tai disappointed.
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Tai suddenly arose from his pondering because of a sharp rap at the front door. He got up and went to investigate.
"TK?" Tai said in surprise as he opened the door. "What are you doing here?"
"Is Kari home?" TK asked.
"No, she's over at a friends house, and she's spending the night there. Say," Tai asked as TK walked in, "Weren't you with Matt at a party or something?"
"Yeah, but he got impatient when we were waiting for the bus and walked off. I called Dad, but he said Matt wasn't there yet, and I'm really beginning to worry." TK said sadly.
"Oh. Well, would you like a cup of tea?"
TK looked at Tai strangely, and then said, "Sure, okay."
Tai went into the kitchen to fix the tea, and TK plopped down in one of the armchairs. Soon, the fragrant smell of green tea was floating through the air.
"So, where are your parents?" TK asked.
"It's their anniversary, and they're out at a hotel celebrating it," Tai said as he poured the tea into two cups. "One lump or two?"
"Ahh, gimmie two," TK replied. "Say, what do you mean, they're at a ho-... er... never mind."
Tai walked in with the tea and set the cups down on the table. He went back into the kitchen and got the teapot. He brought it into the living room and set it down onto the table. Then he sat down and picked up his cup of tea. TK reached over for his.
"So," Tai said as he took a sip of tea, "What brings you here?"
"I was hoping Kari might give me some advice," TK replied.
"What kind of advice?"
"Is it okay to be superstitious?"
"Of course! Just not to the point that you're burning people at the stake because they've been accused of being witches," Tai said the last part with some humor. TK smiled.
"Yeah, that's a little too superstitious," TK laughed. "Well, I had better head back. I promised mom I'd be home by now. Thanks for the tea, Tai!"
Tai smiled. "You're welcome!" he said in reply. "Sayonara! Oh, and I'll see what I can find out about Matt."
TK's smile slightly faded. "Okay... Thanks. 'Bye," TK then walked off.
Tai went to go brush his teeth, and then he plopped down on his bed.
"Hmm... things are starting to get weird," Tai said to himself. "I know! I'll do some investigating tomorrow!" With this decision planted firmly into his psyche, Tai slowly drifted off into dreamland...
...And outside, something grinned evilly.
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Morri-Chan: So there you have it! Will TK ever find out what happened to Matt? Who is the mysterious shadow lurking outside of Tai's apartment? Will Sora ever believe in ghosts? And will the bigfoot ever get his bananas? Find out next time, on Digital Darkness!!! Please Review!