A note to all who read this:
WOW!!! It's been one heck of a long time since I've been back here on FF. With college applications done and senior year being a breeze, I've found too much free time I'm on my hands and decided to restart with on this story. It's been two years since I've written the last chapter and I'm still trying hard to remember where I was going with this so bear with me.
Enough talk, on with the story!
r2k121
Disclaimer (for Digimon): This story is based on the television show Digimon. I do not own any of the characters mentioned here.
Disclaimer (for FanFiction): This story written here is mine and is not intended to copy any others.
Finding You
Chapter 4 – Time to Fly!
WOOHOO!!! Only one more night separates us from Hawaii. Also, everyone managed to get a 'yes' answer from their parents so that's another big plus. Wow, I can't believe I'm gonna go see America before Jun does! I know it's not exactly the real American soil, but hey, I'm not complaining here. I woke up early this morning to go pack my bags. I know, I know...it was REALLY early to get packed already, but I wanted to do it before the sleepover at Joe's place. Yes that's correct...JOE! The lucky guy had the whole apartment to himself since his parents left on a business trip to England a few days ago. And his brothers? Well, they moved out since they went to colleges far away from home (still in Japan but pretty far off). Anyway, all of us decided that we should all be together so we could actually catch the shuttle going to the airport tomorrow. And since Joe's quite an early riser, the odds of that happening are pretty good. He didn't like the idea (of us breaking anything in the house) but we managed to change his mind somehow.
Right now; the 11 of us are gathered around the TV. None of us were really watching, as we were all too busy thinking of what Hawaii would be like.
"Wow, I can't wait to go." said Tai.
"Yeah, know whatcha mean." Matt replied daydreaming of the place.
"A tropical paradise...that's what I hear it's supposed to be."
"It actually is, Yolei." Kari replied.
"Yeah; I hear the beaches are great." said Ken
"And the food down there is not bad." I chimed in.
"Hey you guys, I think we should start making tracks for the beds right now." Joe said looking at the time on his watch.
"I agree...we do have quite a long day ahead of us tomorrow." said Cody.
"According to the itinerary, we leave tomorrow at about 10:00 A.M." Izzy said.
"Yeah, but we have to be there a little bit earlier so that we could pass the baggage inspections and that other crazy security stuff without worrying." Sora said.
I stood up now. "Not without a shower though..."
"Not if I beat you to it first, Davis" Tai said.
That was it. I raced to my large suitcase to get my bathing essentials and made a mad dash for the bathroom. It was too late though. The door closed on me as I was making my way to it. Damnit! O well. I might as well get my sleeping bag ready in the living room while waiting.
15 minutes later...
What the hell is taking Tai so long? I'd expect this from a girl but not from Tai. Urg...I made my way to the bathroom door and, without thinking, opened it up.
"Tai, what's the matter with..."
I tried to look away but...the temptation was too much. I gawked at the naked female (I think it was female) figure behind the fairly clear shower curtain. I could've sworn my mouth hit the floor. Then the curtain opened up. O crap...
"DAVIS!!!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry...I thought you were Tai and I just wanted to..."
"GET OUT OF HERE!!!" as the last thing I saw closing the door was a shampoo bottle being hurled at my head.
"Davis? What happened?" asked Tai who ran in from Joe's room.
"I...I...sssaaw..." I couldn't help but stutter.
"SPIT IT OUT MAN! What happened?"
"Yeah, like did you break something?" said Joe who came out of his room.
I backed up against the nearest wall, still speechless. Then the bathroom door opened.
"WHERE IS THAT LITTLE PERVERT?"
O crap...again.
"Take it easy now, Yolei!" said Tai holding her back. "What happened?"
"I caught this Peeping Tom in action, that's what!"
I looked down at the floor as I answered.
"Listen, I was wondering what was taking Tai so long in the shower, so I opened the door to ask him."
"YOU LIAR!" screamed Yolei. "Then why were you still there if you knew I was in there?"
"That's the thing...I DIDN'T know. And it's not my fault that the door was unlocked."
"Are you blaming me now? You could've opened the door a little bit and asked without coming in the whole way!"
"Fine, It was my fault, okay? I'm sorry, Yolei. Are you happy now?"
She just growled at me and stormed back to the room that she, Kari, and Sora were sleeping in.
"Just stay away from me, you hear?" BANG went the door.
"Davis, honestly...what did you do?" asked Joe.
"Like I said before, that's all."
"I don't know...but for some reason I believe you."
"Hey guys what's going on?" asked Ken now.
"What'd you do this time, Davis?" questioned T.K.
I just clenched my fists and stormed into the bathroom, praying that a shower would cool me off.
Later that night...
I couldn't sleep at all. Yes that's right, I was thinking about what happened about an hour ago. Well, I shouldn't have just opened the door without knocking...hell, I shouldn't have opened the door at all. I ran that thought over, and over in my mind until...
"Hey Davis?"
"What, Ken?"
"What really happened?"
"T.K., Cody...you guys awake?" I really didn't want to get bothered by this again in the morning.
"I am." responded T.K.
"Yeah, me too." came Cody.
"Good...here's what happened..."
I told them what all the yelling and screaming was about in the shortest detail possible.
"That's it?" Ken asked surprised.
"What do you mean 'that's it'? You forget this is Yolei we're talking about here Ken."
"Well, it does seem somewhat irrational for Yolei to get all upset like that. She should've locked the door." T.K. said
"I agree, but what probably ticked her off was the fact that Davis was STILL there watching her. By the way, how long did you stay there, Davis?" asked Cody.
"Long enough to almost get decapitated by a bottle of shampoo."
"So tell us...did you like what you saw?" Ken said jokingly.
I couldn't help but smile. I'll admit, Yolei has one hell of a hot figure. I mean, it's not like Mimi's (she'd kick everyone's ass in a swimsuit competition for sure), but it is nice to look at.
"Shut up and go to sleep you guys. I'm out..."
Author's Note: Switching to 3rd person POV now!
Joe, as expected, was the first to rise. Tip-toeing past Izzy, Tai, and Matt who were sleeping on the floor in his room, he made his way to his glasses, which were on the desk near his computer. Putting them on, he looked at the digital clock in his room.
"Good, 5 A.M., right on the button..."
He then went to the bathroom, fixed himself, and then went to check on the other guys in the living room. He was met by snores.
"Should I, or should I not..." was the question that rang through his mind. "Yeah, maybe I should.
He made his way back to his room and turned on the lights. He then bent down to the sleeping trio and nudged them one by one.
"Where are you, Sora?" mumbled Tai.
"Stay away, Jun." Matt moaned.
"Must upgrade laptop..." Izzy said in between snores.
Joe tried to stifle his laughter. "Now I know what these three dream about."
"Hey, what's all this laughing about?" said a now awakened Tai.
"O nothing..." Joe said still giggling. "Just get up though."
"What time is it?"
"About 5:30."
"Goodnight, Joe." yawned Tai as he crashed back onto his pillow.
"O boy...good thing I was prepared for this though."
Joe went over to his desk and plucked the speakers from his computer. Opening up his carry-on pack (for the flight), he searched it's pockets for his CD player. He connected the speakers to it and turned it on full blast at their feet. Pushing 'play' he hurried outside and closed the door.
"3...2...1..."
BRANG came the first chord from an electric guitar. This was followed by a few yelps, the crashing of skulls, and an 'ow' coming from someone.
Joe snickered as opened the door and turned off the CD player. He stood triumphantly at the three bodies piled high in the middle of his room
"Joe?"
"Yeah, Tai?"
"Come here...we wanna have a little talk..." Tai said with evil eyes. Matt and Izzy picked themselves up and began to surround Joe.
"And just how did you expect me to wake the three of you up when you sleep like rocks?" Joe said putting his hands up.
"You could've killed someone, Joe!" said Izzy rubbing the top of his forehead.
"Not quite Izzy. You forget, I am trained in medical care and first aid."
"All right, that's it...GET HIM!!!" Matt said pointing at Joe.
The three made a simultaneous lunge at the blue-haired med wiz, but Joe made it to the open door and sprinted into the living room. He didn't get very far though...
Author's Note: Switching back to Davis's 1st person POV!
Talk about a rude awakening! There I am sleeping peacefully until clumsy Joe decides to kick me in the gut! He's got some explaining to do...
"JOE! What the hell do you think you're..."
He tripped over my body and landed on top of Ken who was sleeping next to me. It didn't stop there though. Tai, Matt, and Izzy soon standing over poor Joe laughing.
"Haha...How's that for a taste of your own medicine!" Matt said laughing at his own wit. (Author's Note: If you didn't get this, then why are you still reading?)
"That wasn't funny, Matt!" Joe said slowly getting up.
"And you think that prank you pulled was?" Izzy said also cracking up.
"He still deserves to get jumped you guys." Tai looked at Matt, who looked at Izzy, who looked at the now confused Ken.
"Okay, what the heck is..." But before Ken could finish...
"DOGPILE!!!" Tai screamed as he tackled Joe back to the floor. Izzy and Matt followed suit and also jumped on top of accumulating heap. I decided to join the fun for the hell of it and topped off the pile with my own weight. After a few seconds I heard Joe pleading and gasping for air.
"Get...off...me..." Joe said in between gasps.
"Will you do that again?" challenged Izzy.
"NO!!! Now get off!"
"Let him up, guys" Matt said.
We removed ourselves one by one and pulled Joe to his feet.
"Ugh...medic!"
We all turned to the source of the muffled request and found Ken on his stomach apparently flattened from our weight.
"Oops, sorry Ken! Didn't see you down there." Tai said kneeling down and turning Ken on his back.
"Tai...Tai?"
We all turned to see Kari, Sora, and Yolei standing in the opening of the girl's room.
"Tai, is someone hurt?" Kari asked with worried looks.
"No, not really." Matt said with a chuckle.
Sora turned her attention to Ken "O my God, what happened to him?"
T.K. finally woke up on the couch, oblivious to our early morning activity. "Hey guys, why are you all up so early and why does Ken look like he's been run over by a steam roller?"
We all looked at each other, looked at Ken, and then turned to see Cody in an upright position on the other side of the couch rubbing his eyes.
"Good morning, everyone!"
Surprisingly, no one responded to Cody's greeting; we all just looked at each other again.
"Um...is something wrong?" Cody asked.
I don't know who started it but all I knew was that I found myself laughing along with the others at the unusual scene.
Poor Cody was lost. "Did I miss something?"
An hour later...
"Sora!" Tai called from the living room.
"Yeah, Tai?"
"When is that shuttle van getting over here?" said Tai looking at the wall clock.
"It'll be here any minute now."
"Nice. Okay, is there any last minute things anyone would like to do before we leave?"
I looked up from TV. "I think we've done everything we need to, Tai. All we can do is wait now."
"Yeah, we've all said our goodbyes to our parents." Matt said
"Especially June..." Joe mumbled with a smile.
Kari came into the room holding a packet of tickets "And Sora and I have the itinerary with us all set up."
BEEP!!! BEEP!!!
"And from the sounds of that horn, it would be safe to assume that our ride is here." Izzy said looking out the window.
"What are we waiting for then? Everyone out the door!" Tai said picking up his bags.
I stood up from the couch and slung my backpack over my shoulder and picked up my single suitcase. I made a mad dash out the door and beat Tai to it.
"Davis, do a head count please." Tai said to me
"What for? We're going to know who's coming anyway"
"Davis, just look to see if anyone else needs help with their stuff. You have the least amount of bags to carry and you could give a hand to someone. Besides, that's your punishment for almost trampling over me."
"Arg...fine."
And I , Izzy, Ken, Joe, and Matt had one suitcase and a carry-on each (Izzy of course with that Pineapple laptop of his), T.K. was helping Kari out with her bags, and Sora already had her stuff brought down the elevator via Tai. Hehe...I knew he couldn't get away from carrying stuff that easily. He always turns soft when Sora's around. Anyway, Yolei was left and she had quite a few bags to carry.
"Yolei! That's three suitcases and carry-on!" Sora exclaimed pulling on Yolei's overstuffed luggage bags.
"Yeah, did you bring your whole house." Kari said laughing.
I approached Yolei and offered her some help.
"Go away you pervert! I don't need your help!" she snapped at me.
"Are you sure?"
"What wasn't clear, goggle-head? Now out of my way!"
She pushed past me with her two luggage bags and her carry-on. I was amused as she struggled to keep the door open while dragging that stuff with her. I leaned against the wall and watched until finally...
"Davis..."
I made my way to her, opened the door, and quickly shoved both luggage bags out the door. I smirked triumphantly as she stomped out. Joe came running down the corridor from the elevators to do a final inspection and lock the door.
"Yolei, do you need some help with that?" Joe said after coming out the door to the apartment after the check.
"Sure, Joe. This one is really killing me."
She glared daggers back at me, but I just turned around and rolled my eyes as I wheeled my luggage bag towards the elevators. Yes, that's right, I did something smart for once and brought luggage with wheels. O the laziness...
At the airport...
"ALL PASSENGERS BOARDING FLIGHT NUMBER 321: TOKYO, JAPAN TO HAWAII, UNITED STATES PLEASE REPORT TO TERMINAL 3D AT THIS MOMENT!!!"
"Hey, guys that's us!" I exclaimed standing up from my seat.
"Wait, where's Ken?" Tai said looking around.
"I think he went to the bathroom. I'll go get him."
"Go Davis, but hurry back as soon as possible or we'll be enjoying our pina coladas without you two."
I darted in the direction of the restrooms. Luckily, Ken was just coming out of there.
"Ken! They called our flight! Let's go!"
"What? Let's run then!"
We made out way back to the terminal booth and were in time for the final boarding passengers. We handed the attendant our tickets and made our way inside the plane.
"J...K...L...Ah, here's my seat" Ken said looking at his ticket to confirm his row.
"I'm right behind you buddy...uh-oh..."
Great, just what I needed. There was Yolei and Kari.
"Hey, Davis. Are you sitting with us?" Kari asked with a smile. Yolei looked up at me.
"O great...the pervert is here...Kari, switch seats please?"
Kari looked at me and I nodded my head; she understood. "Sure." They traded their seats so that Yolei had the window and Kari was in the middle. I took my seat next to Kari, buckled my belt, and put my headphones on waiting for the plane to take off.
I hope that my two-year hiatus didn't break the continuity of this story. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and come back for the next!