Kouji woke to the sound of a door closing. He looked up and saw the other
kids standing next to the bed he slept in.
" What happened?" he managed to say through his throbbing head.
He glanced at the worried faces and frowned.
"I lost."
They nodded in acknowledgement. Kouji sat up and grimaced but quickly hid
his pain.
"Can you all leave now? So many people in this small room is making it
all uptight," He said with another frown. He sat up and looked around the
room. The bed was next to a small window. A dirty brown desk creaked as
some of the kids started to walk out. A broken down shelf stood next to the
desk with a book or two on it.
When all but Izumi left Kouji's room, he slid off the bed. His legs weakened and failed to keep him up making him fall to the ground. Kouji stood up again, breathing harder then before, grabbing at some of his bandages that seemed to have dried blood. He ripped them off and started to tie them tightly around his legs. "Need help?" Kouji glanced up at Izumi. "No. Where's Ikito?" he said firmly. "Ikito?" She said looking puzzled. "Yea. The pretty boy." She looked at him as if he was insane. She quickly told him that they found him lying on the ground bleeding and unconscious. "There was nobody else there," she said as she finished her short story. The bandages around his legs supported him enough to stand. Excluding the bandages he wore only his pants. They were ripped near the top, easily concealed by his shirt, but would not tighten around his waist. He hardly noticed.
Izumi stared at Kouji as he groped around to find his other clothing. He turned ask what she was staring at as he threw a box across the room. His pants slip a little more revealing more of his boxers then he expected. He blushed, tugged at his pants, and quickly grabbed his newly found clothes and threw them on. "W-What are you doing??" He half yelled half stuttered as he used a strip of bandage as a belt. Izumi giggled and quickly walked out of the room. "My word." he grumbled as he grabbed his jacket and walked downstairs ten minutes later.
The kids sat around the table, Takuya and Junpei stuffing food down their throats, as he walked down. "Morning," Izumi said followed quickly by Tomoki. "Moomin," The two guys said barely looking up. Kouji sighed as he sat down in the only empty seat next to Tomoki and Takuya. "By the way," Izumi said, looking at Kouji and blindly forking some food onto her plate. " What's your name? You never told any of us." " Kouji Minamoto." Takuya looked up for the first time. " You got beaten rather badly back there." Everybody looked at him. " So? It's not like its unusual getting hurt in a fight," Kouji said before taking a sip of some sort of liquid. After a moment of silence Junpei broke the silence. " How'd you get beaten so bad?"
Kouji glared at him and stalked off without any food. As he walked outside to get away from the persistent companions he pulled out his digivice. Tomoki thought up the name while the others talked when they first met. The picture of the wolf reappeared, shone, and then faded away. He fumbled with it and threw it back into his pocket. " It seems that without this device, I can't change into Lobomon," he thought to himself. As he climbed up small hill he thought about Ikito. " Why'd he just leave me there?" The air grew thin as he thought and climbed. His breathing grew harder and steadier. When he finally reached the top he looked out into the sunrise.
"Pretty isn't it?" Kouji spun too quickly to see who had spoken to him, loosening one of the bandages on his legs. He fell to the ground again panting in pain. " I hurt you to much. But I couldn't tell when you were worn out. You have when heck of a fighting spirit in you," Ikito said through an apology.
Kouji glared at him as he tightened the bandages. " Why'd you run off? You should've just finished me." Kouji sighed as he felt that the Minamoto name was put to shame. " I'm here to change you, not kill you," Ikito said as he threw a rock off the edge of the hill. Kouji's eyes widened. " Change me into what? I'm fine the way I am." Ikito laughed as he stood up. His blonde hair blown out of his face by the wind as it shone in the sun. " Your to antisocial. Loners wont keep you alive in this world. You have to help each other out." The loner frowned. " Just leave me alone." He headed back down the hill towards the small house-like thing was. " You'll see a lot more of me," Ikito said to himself while smiling.
Kouji went straight up to his room when he got back. He pulled off his torn shirt and started changing his bandages when he heard a knock. Looking up mildly surprised he said, " Come in." Ikito walked inside as Kouji grimaced when a wound had reopened. He quickly rebandaged the wound and looked up at the visitor calmly. " What do you want now? Are you trying to haunt me for my lifetime in this world?" He went back to his bandaging as Ikito smiled.
Takuya and Izumi walked to their rooms on the far side of the loner's room. As they walked they heard voices coming from the usually silent room. They looked at each other in wonder. " Kouji talks to himself?" they bothed thought silently. Takuya silently walked up to the door followed closely by Izumi. " Oi Kouji! What are you doing in there?" " Dieing."
When all but Izumi left Kouji's room, he slid off the bed. His legs weakened and failed to keep him up making him fall to the ground. Kouji stood up again, breathing harder then before, grabbing at some of his bandages that seemed to have dried blood. He ripped them off and started to tie them tightly around his legs. "Need help?" Kouji glanced up at Izumi. "No. Where's Ikito?" he said firmly. "Ikito?" She said looking puzzled. "Yea. The pretty boy." She looked at him as if he was insane. She quickly told him that they found him lying on the ground bleeding and unconscious. "There was nobody else there," she said as she finished her short story. The bandages around his legs supported him enough to stand. Excluding the bandages he wore only his pants. They were ripped near the top, easily concealed by his shirt, but would not tighten around his waist. He hardly noticed.
Izumi stared at Kouji as he groped around to find his other clothing. He turned ask what she was staring at as he threw a box across the room. His pants slip a little more revealing more of his boxers then he expected. He blushed, tugged at his pants, and quickly grabbed his newly found clothes and threw them on. "W-What are you doing??" He half yelled half stuttered as he used a strip of bandage as a belt. Izumi giggled and quickly walked out of the room. "My word." he grumbled as he grabbed his jacket and walked downstairs ten minutes later.
The kids sat around the table, Takuya and Junpei stuffing food down their throats, as he walked down. "Morning," Izumi said followed quickly by Tomoki. "Moomin," The two guys said barely looking up. Kouji sighed as he sat down in the only empty seat next to Tomoki and Takuya. "By the way," Izumi said, looking at Kouji and blindly forking some food onto her plate. " What's your name? You never told any of us." " Kouji Minamoto." Takuya looked up for the first time. " You got beaten rather badly back there." Everybody looked at him. " So? It's not like its unusual getting hurt in a fight," Kouji said before taking a sip of some sort of liquid. After a moment of silence Junpei broke the silence. " How'd you get beaten so bad?"
Kouji glared at him and stalked off without any food. As he walked outside to get away from the persistent companions he pulled out his digivice. Tomoki thought up the name while the others talked when they first met. The picture of the wolf reappeared, shone, and then faded away. He fumbled with it and threw it back into his pocket. " It seems that without this device, I can't change into Lobomon," he thought to himself. As he climbed up small hill he thought about Ikito. " Why'd he just leave me there?" The air grew thin as he thought and climbed. His breathing grew harder and steadier. When he finally reached the top he looked out into the sunrise.
"Pretty isn't it?" Kouji spun too quickly to see who had spoken to him, loosening one of the bandages on his legs. He fell to the ground again panting in pain. " I hurt you to much. But I couldn't tell when you were worn out. You have when heck of a fighting spirit in you," Ikito said through an apology.
Kouji glared at him as he tightened the bandages. " Why'd you run off? You should've just finished me." Kouji sighed as he felt that the Minamoto name was put to shame. " I'm here to change you, not kill you," Ikito said as he threw a rock off the edge of the hill. Kouji's eyes widened. " Change me into what? I'm fine the way I am." Ikito laughed as he stood up. His blonde hair blown out of his face by the wind as it shone in the sun. " Your to antisocial. Loners wont keep you alive in this world. You have to help each other out." The loner frowned. " Just leave me alone." He headed back down the hill towards the small house-like thing was. " You'll see a lot more of me," Ikito said to himself while smiling.
Kouji went straight up to his room when he got back. He pulled off his torn shirt and started changing his bandages when he heard a knock. Looking up mildly surprised he said, " Come in." Ikito walked inside as Kouji grimaced when a wound had reopened. He quickly rebandaged the wound and looked up at the visitor calmly. " What do you want now? Are you trying to haunt me for my lifetime in this world?" He went back to his bandaging as Ikito smiled.
Takuya and Izumi walked to their rooms on the far side of the loner's room. As they walked they heard voices coming from the usually silent room. They looked at each other in wonder. " Kouji talks to himself?" they bothed thought silently. Takuya silently walked up to the door followed closely by Izumi. " Oi Kouji! What are you doing in there?" " Dieing."
