King of Games
Chapter 2
TK trudged home in despair. He had never felt so guilty in his life. 'Kari, it was my fault,' he thought. Just then, he accidentally bumped into a pretty brunette girl, who fell down in front of him.
"Oh, sorry," he apologized quickly and helped her up.
"Sakura, are you okay?" asked a black haired girl running up behind her.
"Yeah, fine," Sakura smiled. "It was an..."
"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" a chinese guy yelled at TK.
"Li, calm down, it was an accident," Sakura assured him. She turned to the blond. "Sorry about my boyfriend's behavior, but he's just a bit overprotective of me."
"Yeah, I know someone like that," TK cracked a smile. "Sorry about that, I've just had a lot on my mind."
"Hey, maybe you could give us directions!" Madison piped up. "Do you know where the Odaiba Hotel is?"
"The hotel? That's only a block away from my place, I can show you there."
"Great!" Sakura laughed. "It was a stroke of luck that we bumped into you, Mr..."
"Takaishi. My name is TK Takaishi."
"I'm Sakura Avalon and this is my best friend, Madison. Over there's my boyfriend, Li."
"Well, come on, I'll show you to the hotel," TK told them, and lead them to their destination.
'I sense something about him,' Li thought to himself. 'He is not a normal child...'
TK walked past the Kamiya's apartment and stopped to look at it.
"TK?" Sakura asked, worried. "Is something the matter?"
"No," TK choked, a single tear escaping his eye. "Nothing at all. Listen, the hotel would be only a couple of blocks that way. Make a right turn over there and you'll be right in front of it."
"TK? Are you feeling alright?" Madison asked him.
"Yeah," he whispered. "Just fine."
"Okay then," Li sighed. "Well, thanks for the directions, TK."
"I guess we'll see you around," smiled Sakura.
"Yeah, see ya..."
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"Where is he?" Nancy Takaishi paced around the room angrily awaiting the arrival of her son.
"Calm down, miss," Tristan told her. "We can wait for him."
"Besides," smirked Joey. "I can always beat him up for not showin' up on time."
"Joey, you are such a pain," Tea muttered.
"I'm home!" a voice came from the door.
"TK! You're here!" Nancy cried happily.
"Yeah, sorry, but I got a little side..." TK walked in and saw the group. "...tracked."
"So, you're Takeru Takaishi, I presume," Yugi smiled at him.
"Y-Yugi Moto?!" TK gasped. "You're our guest?"
"Hey, what about me?" Joey demanded. "Everyone knows about Yugi, but no one bothers to hear about me! Sheesh, life is cruel."
"And you're Joey Wheeler! You placed second in the Duel Monsters tournament at Duelist Kingdom!"
"Finally, someone who knows me! Another adoring fan!" laughed Joey. Tea and Tristan sweatdropped.
"Idiot," muttered Tristan.
"Oh, TK, this is Tea Gardner and Tristan Taylor," Yugi introduced them. "We always travel as a group, so I hope you don't mind some extra company."
"Not at all," Nancy answered for him. "TK, these people will be staying with us for the next week."
"Them?! Stay here?! In our place?!"
"Is it so hard to believe?" asked Joey.
"He's still in shock," Nancy told them. "He plays Duel Monsters as well."
"Maybe we can give him a few pointers," suggested Yugi.
"Pointers?! From the King of Games?!"
"TK, why don't you go to your room and change?" Nancy told her son. "I'm sure that this can wait."
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"What do you mean 'not normal'?!" Sakura asked Li. It was 9 P.M. in the Odaiba Hotel room, where the three friends were talking.
"That Takaishi kid is not normal," Li repeated for her. "Is it so hard to believe?"
"But he was so nice, and kinda cute too," Madison sighed. "Not normal? Is it possible?"
"There was just something about him," Li sighed. "I don't think he's evil or anything like that. It's just that, well, I sensed something about him. It was like he had just come from another world or something like that."
"He was depressed! Don't you remember?" asked Madison.
"Yeah. Sometimes that makes people seem out of place," Sakura told him.
"I suppose you're right," sighed Li. 'But that's not what I meant...'
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TK lay on his bed, staring into space. Patamon lay asleep next to him, but TK couldn't bring himself to it. He kept thinking about the events that happened that day. He had bumped into three strange people, met the actual King of Games and his friends, and...
"Kari..." She kept coming back to him. He couldn't stop thinking about her. Kidnapped by that Dark Magician while he stood by idly and watched her be taken from him. "I lost her," Tears made their way out of TK's cerulean eyes. He longed to see her again. He wanted her to be in his arms, to laugh with him, to be there with him. TK realized now that he had been living a lie this whole time. Even though crushes he went through have come and gone, he truly cared only about Kari. He loved her.
TK decided that he was too awake to sleep. He picked up Patamon and walked out of his apartment for some fresh air. Meanwhile, he didn't realize that he wasn't the only one awake in the house.
::He is distressed:: Yami told Yugi.
:I know that: Yugi replied.
::I also sense a glowing light within the boy. He is obviously not a normal boy::
:Are you saying he's alien or something?:
::Nothing of the sort. He is human, no doubt, but it is rare to find one so full of light in this cruel world of ours. He has the innocence of a young child. I suggest we talk to him::
:WE?:
::You and I, aibou. He needs someone to talk to. If we tell him our secret, he may tell us his::
:His? What do you mean, Yami?:
::You will see soon enough. Follow him and clear things up. It may all turn out for the best::
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"TK? What are we doing out here?" asked Patamon, who had woken up. They were sitting on a bench outside his apartment.
"I couldn't sleep," TK told his partner. "I was thinking too much about Kari."
"I miss her too, TK," Patamon told him.
"So, that thing can talk," a voice behind them made them jump. The voice revealed itself to be...
"Sakura! What are you doing here?!" TK gasped.
"I came out of the hotel for a walk," she smiled. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about your friend. What's his name?"
"I'm Patamon!" the digimon greeted her warmly. Sakura giggled at the digimon's childish antics.
"Li told me he sensed something that wasn't normal about you," Sakura told him. "I finally see that he's right. Don't worry about it, though. I myself am not a normal girl."
"Looks like we all have secrets to talk about," another voice came so suddenly it made TK and Sakura jump. They turned to see Yugi smiling at them. "Come on," Yugi suggested. "Let's go somewhere more private." Sakura looked at TK and Patamon. They nodded. All of them seemed intent to find out what destiny has done for them now...
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To be continued...
Now that TK, Yugi, and Sakura have all met, how will things turn out for the three? And what about Kari? The Game Card? And the Mysterious Dark Magician? Find out in Chapter 3!
Now that school's out, I can write again! Hooray! I sorta rushed into the meetings, but the story must go on. Review!
Chapter 2
TK trudged home in despair. He had never felt so guilty in his life. 'Kari, it was my fault,' he thought. Just then, he accidentally bumped into a pretty brunette girl, who fell down in front of him.
"Oh, sorry," he apologized quickly and helped her up.
"Sakura, are you okay?" asked a black haired girl running up behind her.
"Yeah, fine," Sakura smiled. "It was an..."
"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" a chinese guy yelled at TK.
"Li, calm down, it was an accident," Sakura assured him. She turned to the blond. "Sorry about my boyfriend's behavior, but he's just a bit overprotective of me."
"Yeah, I know someone like that," TK cracked a smile. "Sorry about that, I've just had a lot on my mind."
"Hey, maybe you could give us directions!" Madison piped up. "Do you know where the Odaiba Hotel is?"
"The hotel? That's only a block away from my place, I can show you there."
"Great!" Sakura laughed. "It was a stroke of luck that we bumped into you, Mr..."
"Takaishi. My name is TK Takaishi."
"I'm Sakura Avalon and this is my best friend, Madison. Over there's my boyfriend, Li."
"Well, come on, I'll show you to the hotel," TK told them, and lead them to their destination.
'I sense something about him,' Li thought to himself. 'He is not a normal child...'
TK walked past the Kamiya's apartment and stopped to look at it.
"TK?" Sakura asked, worried. "Is something the matter?"
"No," TK choked, a single tear escaping his eye. "Nothing at all. Listen, the hotel would be only a couple of blocks that way. Make a right turn over there and you'll be right in front of it."
"TK? Are you feeling alright?" Madison asked him.
"Yeah," he whispered. "Just fine."
"Okay then," Li sighed. "Well, thanks for the directions, TK."
"I guess we'll see you around," smiled Sakura.
"Yeah, see ya..."
************
"Where is he?" Nancy Takaishi paced around the room angrily awaiting the arrival of her son.
"Calm down, miss," Tristan told her. "We can wait for him."
"Besides," smirked Joey. "I can always beat him up for not showin' up on time."
"Joey, you are such a pain," Tea muttered.
"I'm home!" a voice came from the door.
"TK! You're here!" Nancy cried happily.
"Yeah, sorry, but I got a little side..." TK walked in and saw the group. "...tracked."
"So, you're Takeru Takaishi, I presume," Yugi smiled at him.
"Y-Yugi Moto?!" TK gasped. "You're our guest?"
"Hey, what about me?" Joey demanded. "Everyone knows about Yugi, but no one bothers to hear about me! Sheesh, life is cruel."
"And you're Joey Wheeler! You placed second in the Duel Monsters tournament at Duelist Kingdom!"
"Finally, someone who knows me! Another adoring fan!" laughed Joey. Tea and Tristan sweatdropped.
"Idiot," muttered Tristan.
"Oh, TK, this is Tea Gardner and Tristan Taylor," Yugi introduced them. "We always travel as a group, so I hope you don't mind some extra company."
"Not at all," Nancy answered for him. "TK, these people will be staying with us for the next week."
"Them?! Stay here?! In our place?!"
"Is it so hard to believe?" asked Joey.
"He's still in shock," Nancy told them. "He plays Duel Monsters as well."
"Maybe we can give him a few pointers," suggested Yugi.
"Pointers?! From the King of Games?!"
"TK, why don't you go to your room and change?" Nancy told her son. "I'm sure that this can wait."
***************
"What do you mean 'not normal'?!" Sakura asked Li. It was 9 P.M. in the Odaiba Hotel room, where the three friends were talking.
"That Takaishi kid is not normal," Li repeated for her. "Is it so hard to believe?"
"But he was so nice, and kinda cute too," Madison sighed. "Not normal? Is it possible?"
"There was just something about him," Li sighed. "I don't think he's evil or anything like that. It's just that, well, I sensed something about him. It was like he had just come from another world or something like that."
"He was depressed! Don't you remember?" asked Madison.
"Yeah. Sometimes that makes people seem out of place," Sakura told him.
"I suppose you're right," sighed Li. 'But that's not what I meant...'
***************
TK lay on his bed, staring into space. Patamon lay asleep next to him, but TK couldn't bring himself to it. He kept thinking about the events that happened that day. He had bumped into three strange people, met the actual King of Games and his friends, and...
"Kari..." She kept coming back to him. He couldn't stop thinking about her. Kidnapped by that Dark Magician while he stood by idly and watched her be taken from him. "I lost her," Tears made their way out of TK's cerulean eyes. He longed to see her again. He wanted her to be in his arms, to laugh with him, to be there with him. TK realized now that he had been living a lie this whole time. Even though crushes he went through have come and gone, he truly cared only about Kari. He loved her.
TK decided that he was too awake to sleep. He picked up Patamon and walked out of his apartment for some fresh air. Meanwhile, he didn't realize that he wasn't the only one awake in the house.
::He is distressed:: Yami told Yugi.
:I know that: Yugi replied.
::I also sense a glowing light within the boy. He is obviously not a normal boy::
:Are you saying he's alien or something?:
::Nothing of the sort. He is human, no doubt, but it is rare to find one so full of light in this cruel world of ours. He has the innocence of a young child. I suggest we talk to him::
:WE?:
::You and I, aibou. He needs someone to talk to. If we tell him our secret, he may tell us his::
:His? What do you mean, Yami?:
::You will see soon enough. Follow him and clear things up. It may all turn out for the best::
****************
"TK? What are we doing out here?" asked Patamon, who had woken up. They were sitting on a bench outside his apartment.
"I couldn't sleep," TK told his partner. "I was thinking too much about Kari."
"I miss her too, TK," Patamon told him.
"So, that thing can talk," a voice behind them made them jump. The voice revealed itself to be...
"Sakura! What are you doing here?!" TK gasped.
"I came out of the hotel for a walk," she smiled. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about your friend. What's his name?"
"I'm Patamon!" the digimon greeted her warmly. Sakura giggled at the digimon's childish antics.
"Li told me he sensed something that wasn't normal about you," Sakura told him. "I finally see that he's right. Don't worry about it, though. I myself am not a normal girl."
"Looks like we all have secrets to talk about," another voice came so suddenly it made TK and Sakura jump. They turned to see Yugi smiling at them. "Come on," Yugi suggested. "Let's go somewhere more private." Sakura looked at TK and Patamon. They nodded. All of them seemed intent to find out what destiny has done for them now...
***************
To be continued...
Now that TK, Yugi, and Sakura have all met, how will things turn out for the three? And what about Kari? The Game Card? And the Mysterious Dark Magician? Find out in Chapter 3!
Now that school's out, I can write again! Hooray! I sorta rushed into the meetings, but the story must go on. Review!