Demon King Piccolo: Don't worry, all the character roles will come to light in this chapter, especially T.K.'s! If you want a heads up, T.K. is trying his best to clear things up without getting on Davis' bad side, thus passing the notes. I'll give more time to the next chapters (this one is suppose to be weird), thanks for telling me! I'll try harder to not make it so confusing. Thanks for reviewing, I hope you love this chapter.
Vampire-Child-Of-The-Ligh: Yay! You came back! I'm so happy you love the story, here's your update, hope you like it!
FF Fanatic: Yes, poor Ken! This chapter's worse so hug that doll some more. Glad you liked Onizuka's punishment, it's just like him to pull something like that in GTO, he's a great character, I love him so much. Here's the update!
Takuya: Sorry Takuya, have some more cookies! These next few are going to be sadder so bear with me till the fated chapter okay? Hope you like this update!
Ryuko (Times 2!): shhhhhh don't give away the plot! Yes, you're right, that's what happens for the most part but there's a lot of stuff still involved, like Onizuka, but yeah…..guess I hinted at it a little too much! You'll see a little bit of what's going on through Davis' head in this chapter, not everything but a little bit! Sorry if it confuses you, it will make sense at the end, but I'll work harder on it being less confusing if that statement wasn't confusing….ack, I confused myself! Thanks for bookmarking my story, it makes me feel so special. And spicy chicken ramen….well, it makes me feel better if I eat it when I'm sad, any day is a good day with Spicy Chicken Ramen! Hope you love this chapter, but it's probably the last one before I go to France so please don't kill me!
LoveSovereign: Glad you're hooked! Well, the "good but stupid reason" is repeated a lot because in my miserable life right now, FOUR MONTHS without my "Davis"….my "T.K.", "Kari", and my "Willis" keep telling me that my "Davis" says it's a good but stupid reason and it's driving me nuts! I was stupid and went to his house like the note told me to, I'll tell you, worse mistake of my life! You'll see in this chapter….but after I left his house he hasn't even looked at me. Oh well, I know now that I won't have a happy ending, so Ken should have one. Hope you love the chapter!
Lugga: Yay! My favorite! You're a band geek too? My older sister plays flute, but I still think the clarinet is better, it's the best! This year in Marching Band, we're playing a show about Joan of Arc! Anyway, stopping with the band stuff; I hope you do get to go to Italy someday! France is going to be great, I'll write as I go so the chapters will go up fast after that! (BTW Stars Wars is sooooooo cool! Hayden is sooo hot!) Have fun in the South Pardre Island!
Feral-Halliwell: Glad you love the story! Sorry about the Terriermon thing, however, when I saw Digimon, The Movie, it was Kokomon, Willis has two Digimon, Terriermon and Kokomon, Kokomon was the one who was infected with the virus and turned into that monster, but it was happy again at the end. Anyway, hope you love this chapter and read it five times again!
Ficmaster: I'm sorry about Davis! Hopefully you'll love him again by the end. In this chapter I want to ring his neck, but yeah…he'll feel the pain soon. Here's the next chapter for you, enjoy.
amber blood (Times 2!): Yeah, Davis likes Ken but he's going about it the wrong way! I'll give you a heads up, the only thing Ken did was be himself, the Child of Kindness, you'll see what I mean soon! Hope you love this chapter and keep reading!
AN: ATTENTION! This will probably be the last chapter until at least June 17 when I get back from France, please don't freak out or anything, I'm going to finish this story if it kills me. Now that that is out of the way, I'm so glad you are all reading my story! But I warn you, if I find out that any of you are acting like Davis in these chapters I'm going to kill you. In this chapter, you'll finally find out Davis' reason, this is not my "Davis'" reason (I wish it was, but alas I'll never know), so you'll finally know the answer you've all been waiting so patiently for! And this chapter would have been posted earlier but I couldn't log into my account…"Sever Overload". Also, I apologize in advance for how rushed the school day is, when this happened to me it didn't really feel like I was in school, the day was just blah; so please don't be angry about the quick rushiyness (I know, not a real word!) of the school day. Hope you all love this chapter and I'll be thinking of you while I'm in France!
WARNING: You may want some tissues….maybe you won't need them, but you never know!
Walking in the Dark
Chapter 6: Nothing's Going To Be Alright
Davis looked out the window at the rain. The power flickered on and off while the auburn haired teen reminisced the time when he and Ken played soccer in the rain. He lightly laughed when he recalled Ken's mother fussing over him and Ken nearly died of embarrassment. Davis bit his lip and stared at the phone; his heart was burning, telling him over and over what a grave mistake he made. He kept waiting for T.K. or Kari to call, waiting for one of them to tell him everything was going to be alright.
Davis,
I don't care if I'm not your "best friend", that doesn't mean anything, you are still my best friend and I wouldn't think of you ever less than that. I miss you sorely Davis; however, you didn't answer my question….if I go, will you treat me decently? Please tell me, I don't want to go if you're not going to treat me like a human being, I don't want to cry myself to sleep Davis. Please write back ASAP.
-Ken
Ken handed the note to Kari when he arrived at school, she nodded and handed it to Davis two minutes later; the goggle boy stared at it for a brief second, stuck it in his back pocket and walked off toward the library. T.K. sat down next to Ken and hugged his shoulders, "Feeling better Ken?"
"Not really, I'm nervous about this afternoon."
"Don't worry, me and Kari will be there. So do you have a ride?"
"Yes," Ken replied, "I called Mr. Onizuka yesterday and filled him in, he's giving me a ride. Also…if I need to be picked up right away…"
"He'll be there?"
"Yeah."
T.K. gave a low whistle, "Man, you and Onizuka seem really close."
Ken rolled his eyes, "To tell you the truth T.K., I view Mr. Onizuka more like an uncle or big brother. He's kind of like Sam in a way."
Kari laughed, "He's more like Tai if you ask me!"
Ken shrugged, "well, you know what I mean."
Willis walked up, his head hung low, Yolei was no where in sight. He sat next to Kari and sighed heavily, "I broke up with Yolei."
Kari shot up alarmed, "But why?"
Willis scratched the back of his head, "It's just that she was way too annoying…and clingy! I couldn't have one second to myself! And she just kept talking and talking, then when I tried to say something she'd act all board. So I broke up with her….she took it well though."
Kari patted his shoulder, "It's alright Willis, you did tell her the reasons right?"
"Yeah…that part she didn't take well."
Ken stood up, "I'm going to go talk to Yolei, see if she's alright. Willis, you did the right though, thanks for not hiding and telling her." With that, Ken picked up his school case and walked toward the library, when Yolei felt sulky she usually hid there. Sure enough, there she was at the back table reading A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He pulled up a chair next to her and waited till she looked up.
"What do you want Ken?"
"I wanted to see if you were alright."
She sniffed a little, "Willis dumped me."
"I know," Ken answered gently, "he told us. But he did feel bad about it Yolei, he didn't want to hurt your feelings."
Yolei closed the book, "I know…I guess a girl like me can't have a cute boyfriend like Willis…why would anyone want to go out with me?"
Ken frowned slightly, "Oh Yolei don't say that! Why wouldn't anyone want to go out with you? You're pretty, funny, intelligent….you're one of the most compassionate girls I know. Don't ever feel that way, you just haven't found the right person that's all."
She sniffed again and straightened her glasses, "so you think I'm nice and pretty?"
"Yes!"
Yolei looked at him with pleading eyes, "So you wouldn't mind going out with me?"
Ken gave a little gasp and then pulled himself together, "Ummm Yolei, you wouldn't want me going out with you."
"Why not?"
Ken patted her hand, "Yolei…you're the first person I'm actually telling this to besides my parents without them just assuming…."
Yolei looked at him puzzled, "What?"
"Yolei, I'm…gay. Really, really gay," Ken looked at the table, "I'm sorry I can't go out with you."
Yolei didn't say anything for a minute, she thought about it and looked at Ken. She gave a small smile and hugged him, "Well, at least I have someone to talk about cute boys with…."
"Exactly!" Ken smiled, "Now, let's go join the others and you can show Willis what a strong girl you are by talking to him."
"Okay, I guess we can still be friends."
Ken nodded and walked off with Yolei. Davis stepped out from behind one of the bookshelves and watched Ken; he rubbed him chin and muttered, "So Ken's gay….hmmm….this might work out after all."
Ken,
Look, I can't make any promises about today. It's your choice if you decide to come or not. Do whatever you want today but it's your loss if you don't come, that's all I have to say for now.
Davis
Goggle Boy II looked at the new note and felt the urge to print "I LOVE YOU" in big bold letters; but for some reason, Davis couldn't seem to tell anyone how he felt. Sure, it was easy for stupid T.P. to ask Kari out, but this was different, it was Ken. Davis couldn't randomly tell him he loved him and ask him out, it would feel to weird because of their friendship. Davis sighed, their old friendship, he didn't really consider Ken his "friend" anymore. It hurt to stand near him, Davis would feel that damn urge to run his fingers through Ken's hair or pin him against the wall and stare deeply into those deep pools of violet, or finally take his chance and kiss Ken passionately; Davis just couldn't do it, he didn't want to molest Ken or anything but then again he did. However, he didn't feel bad about ignoring Ken either, it wasn't like the other was feeling the same way, and Ken wouldn't be too hurt by it despite what everyone was saying. Ken was still a dude, and dudes don't care if they're being ignored, at least that's what Davis thought. A dude like Ken likes to be left alone so…he shouldn't be hurt at all.
Davis shrugged and dropped the note on Ken's stand in Band. He sighed and stared at the silky, soft, violet hair, wishing he could run his fingers through it and hold Ken till the end of time. The violet haired beauty turned back and looked at Davis for a brief second, his eyes were narrowed in pain and disbelief, the open note laid in his hands. Davis looked back at him, titled his head and shrugged. He kicked himself on the inside, maybe T.K. was right, maybe he was acting like an ass.
Onizuka walked around the French classroom without his shirt and shoes on, "You see class, in France it's the same way: no shirt, no shoes, no service…."
Hakura rolled her eyes, "Mr. Onizuka, you just thought it was hot in here and wanted to strip."
He laughed, "Well, you caught me Hakura, but still, IT'S REALLY WARM IN HERE!"
Davis gave an agitated sigh, "Seriously, we don't want to see your ugly old body!"
Onizuka hummed and frowned, "Ugly and old? You've got to be kidding kid! Look at me! 24 years old and a six pack! I hardly call that old and ugly!"
Hakura rubbed her forehead, "We all know you're good looking Mr. Onizuka, but teachers have to follow the dress code too."
The bleached haired teacher grumbled and put his shirt back on, "Okay, so today we're having a Pop quiz over the Conditionnel since all of you failed the last one, all of you but Ken and Ryo."
Everyone stared at Ryo, Ryo stared at Ryo (if that's even possible) and gasped! Ryo pointed at himself, "Me? Not fail? Is that humanly possible?"
Onizuka nodded, "It is, you and Ken don't have to take this quiz so sit back and relax. For the rest of you, regular test rules apply, no talking, no looking at others papers, and begin when you get it." He passed out the tests and pulled Ken off next to the door, he whispered so no one else heard, "So you really want to do this thing? Go over there, to the lion's den, at 3:30?"
"Yes….I have to if I ever want Davis to talk to me again."
Onizuka sighed, "God I need a smoke…anyway, if you feel like you need to go, you just call me and I'll be over pronto okay?"
"Yes Mr. Onizuka, thanks for doing this for me."
"No sweat kid, I'm just worried about you, you're like the little nephew I never had, who knows what will happen there, you know?"
"I have to take that chance."
"Okay," Onizuka then said a little louder so some people could hear, "Good work on that quiz, just make sure you review it a little okay?"
Ken nodded and sat down while Onizuka pulled Ryo off into the same place to converse with him about his quiz. Ken leaned back and looked at Davis' head wondering how someone could be so mean and so sexy at the same time. He felt the pain in his heart, wishing that when he went over to Davis' this afternoon that the other boy would jump out, hug him, and say it was just a bad joke or something. Ken wished with all of his being that everything would be alright; everything would be alright.
Onizuka lead Ken to his motorcycle after school, "Well, here it is, my baby!"
Ken gawked at the shiny black metal, polished surface, and leather seats; the motorcycle was beautiful. Ken decided right then and there that he was definitely going to get on someday. Onizuka handed him a black helmet and swung onto the bike, Ken put it on and seated himself behind Onizuka. The teacher looked back, "Make sure you hold on tight all right? I don't want you to fall off or anything."
The indigo haired genius nodded and hugged Onizuka tightly, the teacher started the engine and took off slowly. When they were on the road he sped up and Ken was glad Onizuka told him to hang on. Ken clung to his teacher and wondered why he didn't have a girlfriend; Onizuka was funny, nice, and freakishly hot….the teen shrugged on the inside and felt all his organs lurch forward as the motorcycle came to a screeching halt. Onizuka put it in park and took his helmet off, "Feeling okay?"
Ken slowly released Onizuka and took the helmet off, "Okay, not great, but okay. Man, motorcycles are so cool!"
Onizuka nodded, "Yep, now let's catch your parental units before they leave."
They took the elevator up to the fifth floor and burst through the door to Ken's apartment, Mr. And Mrs. Ichijouji stepped out of the kitchen and embraced their son. Ken's Mother smiled and looked at Onizuka, "Thank you so much for watching him this weekend, it means a lot to us."
Mr. Ichijouji handed him a business card, "There's my cell phone number so if anything's wrong just give us a call. But no parties, drugs, alcohol, or R-rated Movies….anything else should be fine. You can smoke out on the balcony if you need to."
"Thanks Mr. Ichijouji, don't worry about Ken, he's in good hands."
Mrs. Ichijouji picked up her bag, "Good luck with Davis Ken, I hope it's worth it."
"If you need to go Ken, just call Eikichi for a ride all right?"
"Yes Dad, have a fun time!"
Mr. And Mrs. Ichijouji left and Ken giggled slightly. Onizuka gave him a weird look, "What's so funny?"
"Ohh, it's just I'm so use to calling you Onizuka that I forgot your first name was Eikichi."
Onizuka shrugged, "Yeah…sometimes I forget it too 'cause I'm so used to Onizuka too…well, go take a shower and get in some sexy clothes for that jackass."
Ken nodded and headed for the bathroom, he then paused, "Sexy clothes…? For Davis….?"
"Yeah, maybe then he'll look at you or something, well go on, you're running out of time."
Ken ran off and started up the hot water, Onizuka stepped out onto the balcony and took a nice long smoke. About thirty minutes later Ken walked out fully dressed and ready; he wore a tight white button up shirt and dark blue jeans, "Sexy enough?"
Onizuka nodded, "That Davis kid won't know what hit him!"
They locked the door behind them and walked back to the motorcycle. Onizuka drove to Davis' apartment based on the directions Ken gave him and parked the motorcycle, "If you need a ride, I'll be right down here a couple of minutes after you call okay?"
"Okay," Ken took the helmet off and put it in the little trunk like area underneath the seat. He took a deep breath and walked into the apartment complex, took the elevator to the third floor and stood in front of door 316 for a few minutes. The genius nervously raised his hand and gave three short knocks on the door. He heard some voices inside and people moving, the door knob turned, Ken held his breath hoping it was Davis; however, it was T.K., he grinned, "Oh hey Ken, come on in."
Ken felt his heart pound as he resumed breathing again; he untied his black converse shoes, set them next to Kari's sandals and sat down on the couch next to the Child of Light, she was busy signing Davis' yearbook and trying to pay attention to Cody explaining the importance of bottled water. Kari looked up, "Hey Ken, how are you?"
"Scared senseless," he muttered, "like I walked into a lion's den."
She frowned slightly, "Sorry Ken…..just so you know, I don't want you to leave, but if you have to….just go okay?"
He nodded and sat with his back straight and his head bent, he tried to keep a smile on his face and appear happy but it wasn't working to well. His hands were shaking slightly and he felt so stupid because he was scared of Davis, it was just Davis! If Davis didn't want him here then he wouldn't have invited him. Ken took deep breaths and started quietly talking to Cody about certain kinds of bottled water, which kinds were suppose to make you feel better or just taste funny; Ken was surprised that he and Cody kept up the conversation for a good twenty minutes. Thunder cracked and rain started pounding on the window. Cody finally shrugged and took a swig of lemonade, Ken relaxed back on the couch and looked around, "Where's Davis?"
"Oh, he's making Dinner in the kitchen with Willis," Kari hummed a little bit while giving T.K. a massage, the blond almost purred with content.
Lightning flashed and thunder cracked five seconds later. They all jumped for a minute, Kari looked out the window, "Look's pretty bad out there."
T.K. agreed and leaned on Kari's legs, "At least we're inside!"
Willis came out of the kitchen for a brief second, "Hey Ken!"
"Hi Willis."
The American looked like he wanted to say something but decided against it and went back into the kitchen. It had been thirty minutes and Davis hadn't even said hello or wave….Ken felt his paranoia grow slightly. He felt the dire need to leave right then but he sat and waited. They others then began to talk about Inuyasha, Ken sighed and joined in, "Inuyasha and Kagome really need to admit their feelings for one other, it's annoying how they dance around the subject like it didn't matter."
T.K. reached back and patted Ken's knee, "Everything will be okay Ken."
Ken looked at the clock, one hour since he arrived and he hadn't even heard Davis yet let alone seen him. T.K. got up and excused himself to the bathroom; Kari leaned back into the couch and smiled, "Man, I love T.K.!"
Ken smiled softly, "Yeah, you two are really cute together."
Kari's smile grew and she was about to say something until Davis came in carrying a tray of apple slices. Ken looked at the table and softly said, "Hello Davis.."
Davis just looked at the tray of apples and stood up, Kari frowned and asked, "Aren't you going to say hello to Ken?"
Davis looked at Ken and shook his head, Kari's eyes narrowed slightly, "Are you going to treat him decently, like a human being….like he was your guest that you invited?"
Davis turned around and walked back into the kitchen, T.K. came back and squealed, "Oooohhh Apples!"
Ken felt himself go completely numb, he didn't even feel his heart beat, he didn't even feel Kari as she hugged him tightly or T.K. when he petted Ken's head. Ken couldn't hear, he couldn't hear Yolei talking to Cody or the music coming for the kitchen, couldn't hear Davis' frustrated whispers to Willis.
Kari let go of Ken and stalked off to the kitchen, everything came crashing back. Ken felt his heart explode, he shook slightly and he felt himself wanting to cry. The room was nosy, there was yelling in the kitchen; Ken couldn't take it anymore. He slowly stood up and went over to the door, he sat down and started pulling on his shoes; lacing them tightly and slowly, wanting to believe that it wasn't happening. T.K.'s eyes widened and he crawled on his knees to Ken, "What are you doing?"
Tears formed at the corners of Ken's eyes as the words stumbled out of his mouth, "I'm….I'm…I'm going…..going to go…..home now…."
He felt T.K.'s strong arms wrap around him tightly from behind, the blond held him like it was the last time he could, "No Ken…don't go. Look, everyone wants you here Ken, don't go."
"I'm…I'm not going…to stay in someone's house if…if they don't want me here." Ken felt the tears quickly roll down his face, he shut his eyes and sobbed, "I'm not going to wait in a lion's den only to be killed, I can't do this I made a mistake it's all my fault all my fault….I'm such a terrible person all my fault I can't stay I Just Can't."
Yolei ran over and hugged Ken tightly from the side, "Ohhh Ken, don't cry."
He couldn't help it, Ken stiffly pulled out his cell phone and dialed Onizuka's number, it rang four times until the teacher answered, "Hello?"
"Mr. Onizuka…."
"Ken? Is that you! Are you okay!"
"Mr. Onizuka…can you come get me please…?"
"Yeah, see you in five minutes."
Ken hung up and clutched his phone as T.K. and Yolei clutched him. The indigo haired teen gently pushed them off of him and stood by the window, tears running down his face. T.K. bit his lip and stared at the floor, Yolei sat down next to Cody, everyone was quiet. Five minutes later, Ken saw Onizuka pull out outside the window, rain bouncing off his helmet; the teen walked over to the door and then turned back to look at everyone, "I'm sorry….goodbye all of you."
T.K. stood up and took off his black jacket, "Here Ken, take this, it's nasty out there…"
Ken nodded and put the coat on, he gave T.K. a quick hug and quickly opened and closed the door, ran to the elevator, and hopped on the motorcycle behind Onizuka. He put the helmet on and clung to Onizuka tightly as they took off.
Davis ran into the living room where everyone was sitting, he paused and looked around, "Where is he?"
T.K. looked at the floor, the was the sound of a motorcycle screeching and driving away, T.K. swallowed, "He left with Mr. Onizuka."
Kari picked at the carpet, "He couldn't take it anymore Davis, he left crying…."
Davis looked at them all in disbelief, then he nodded and curtly said, "Dinner's ready."
Onizuka and Ken ran into the apartment complex and shook the rain off of themselves. After they were safe in Ken's apartment Onizuka took Ken by the shoulder's and just looked at him, the teacher sighed and pulled Ken into a hug, "Don't worry about it Ken, it's not your fault."
"It is my fault….I'm not good enough for anyone…" Ken sobbed, "I'll never be good enough."
Onizuka steered Ken over to the couch and sat him down, "Ken, you're too good for that creep--" His cell phone went of, "Sorry!" Onizuka answered it and his face darkened, "Look, Taka, I can't leave right now, I got a depressed friend here…..what do you mean the police are going to arrest you! Look man….where are you! …..The other side of town?" He looked at Ken, "Will you be okay for about an hour while I handle this?"
"Yeah…I'll be fine, what's the problem?"
"The cops found some dead body in the dumpster of my friend's restaurant, killed two nights ago…since I was having a drink with him, he needs me as an alibi…and one of the cops is a buddy of mine so yeah," Onizuka turned back to his phone, "I'll be right over."
He picked up the keys to his motorbike, "I'll pick up some ramen while I'm out, what's your favorite kind?"
"..Spicy Chicken….it's always makes me feel better."
Onizuka flashed a smile, "Just relax and take a bath…I would take you with me but it's horrible out there and I don't want you catching a cold or anything."
"It's okay."
"See you later kid, just remember….. everything's going to be okay."
Ken hugged his knees to his chest as he heard Onizuka take off on his motorcycle, he couldn't stop from crying. The thunder crack and lightning flashed in the sky as Ken walked up and leaned his head against the window. He felt dead, he felt like there was no reason for anything anymore. Ken stared out at the rain and murmured, "Nothing's going to be alright."
Next Chapter: Walking in the Dark