Disclaimer: -eye twitches- Dudes, I don't own digimon! Or like anything! Why the heck would I write a fanfic if I owned digimon?
Chapter Eleven: Pure Chaos!
The sun was shining the grass was green. Aw what a peaceful day! And for once it seemed like nothing would go wrong for once! Okay, that's a lie, for the children were about to face the craziest day ever at the craziest place ever! Tony's house! Heh yes Tony's house, and for all that have been there before know that it is beyond crazy! Kouji grumbled as Cat led the way up the street towards the house. Takuya walked next to him in equal dismay. You see, just from being with Tony in Tomato Patch had taught the two that they were going to have one crazy night. Hex was walking next to Tails though he wasn't looking forward to this, though he was at least happy that he wouldn't be the only guy. He could play 'Magic' with Takuya if they got bored. Yes that would be fun! Tails was talking to Kira as the two followed Cat. The group however fell silent as they passed by an old abandoned house. Kouji stopped staring at it as he felt a shiver run down his spine. Cat gulped quickly walking away from the house the others following her. Kouji took a step but stopped looking back at the house thinking that he saw something.
"Yo Kouji ya coming?" Takuya called as Kouji turned his head.
"Uh, yea," Kouji was hesitant as he glanced back at the house before running to catch up with his friend. Takuya gave him a slightly worried look as Kouji's face seemed to have paled slightly though he wasn't sure why. Something about that house had unnerved him greatly.
"Hey you guys!" Takuya and Kouji both jumped as Tony appeared behind them. When'd she get behind them? Kouji blinked as Tony grinned slinging her arms around the two pulling them to her house where the others were waiting. "Welcome to my house!"
She shouted in her hyperactive way as she led them inside. Kouji blinked looking around curiously before yelping as something tackled him from behind. Kira laughed as she watched Tony's tiny white dog lick Kouji's face its tail wagging extremely fast. Kouji blinked trying to get the tiny dog off of him laughing slightly though he noticed something strange. Cat, Tails and Hex were hiding behind a baby gate thing that blocked the dog from entering the living room. Takuya yelped as Cat and Tails pulled him and Kira behind the gate while Tony rescued the Loner.
"Bad Sata- I mean Duffy! Don't lick Kouji to death!" She sighed picking the squirming dog up as Kouji got back to his feet wiping his face with his sleeve. Cat couldn't help but laugh as she grabbed Kouji's arm pulling him behind the gate. Once everyone was safely inside Tony set down her dog hoping over the gate. She looked over at Kouji laughing nervously. "Sorry 'bout Duffy, he's a little devil sometimes."
Kouji stared at her but decided not to ask as he turned his head seeing what the others were doing. Cat was sitting down on the couch next to Tails thought, the strange thing was the two end parts of the couch were like recliners. He stared at them as they leaned back talking about, something. Hex and Takuya were talking about something while Kira jumped on top of her cousin and her friend forcing the two to yelp in a mixture of shock, annoyance and pain. While Kouji and Tony were sweat dropping. Tony sighed shaking her head as she looked around clearing her throat. No one paid attention. She glared slightly clearing her throat slightly louder. Kouji stared at her while the others merely continued to bicker/talk. Tony's eye twitched slightly as she tried one more time to get everyone's attention. Once that attempt had failed she took a big, big, BIG breathe before shouting. "SHUT UP EVERYONE AND LISTEN UP!"
Everyone froze in their positions, which was somewhat comical for Kira, Tails and Cat. Seeing as Cat was strangling Kira and Tails was trying to pry the younger cousin off her. Tony couldn't help but laugh at this especially when Cat, Tails and Kira toppled off of the couch seeing as none of them had good balance. The guys all sweat-dropped more as Tony laughed, the three girls grumbling as they got up. Tony grinned clearing her throat as she spoke. "Why don't I give Takky, Kouji and Kira the grand tour?"
"Sounds like a good idea…. You go do that, will stay here away from the demon-dog," Tails stated smiling. Tony looked at the three giving an evil smile.
"Well, who said Duffy would be out there?" She grinned evilly picking Duffy up. The children all understood what she was doing rushing over the gate as Tony set the dog down in the living room. So the tour began, and after teasing Tony to death about 'The Wall of Tony' which was covered with photos of her (eh, ain't being an only child fun?). Takuya couldn't help but blink as Tony showed them rooms that were good for hiding in, places that were off limits and then her room. They all stared at the closed door as Tony stood before it. "And this, is my room!"
With those words she opened the door grinning. Takuya stared in shock as Cat pulled out her cell phone making the 'Halleluiah' ring tone play. For you see, thousands upon thousands of mangas lined Tony's wall. Kouji raised an eyebrow staring at Takuya, who had dived into a pile of mangas forcing everyone, but Cat, to sweat-drop. Cat was merely smuggling mangas out of the room under her shirt, however Tony caught her. Kira whistled lightly looking into the room. Along Tony's walls were anime wall scrolls along with various pictures of animes. Kouji's eye however began to twitch as he spotted a few pictures of his twin by Tony's bed. Tony laughed nervously as she pushed everyone out of the room though sweat-dropped seeing Takuya was not going to move. He was in a trance-like state reading manga after manga as Tony sighed saying they would be back for him later. And so the group walked back downstairs. After a quick tangle with Duffy they were all safely behind the gate. Tony sighed sitting down in a recliner chair while Kira sat on the couch with Tails. Cat, Hex and Kouji took chairs from the table sitting down.
"You sure we should leave Takuya up there?" Kira asked glancing upwards as Tony shrugged.
"Eh, will get him later." Tony stated smiling as she picked up the remote and flicked through channels. After watching a movie, and three animes, and then actually finding an episode of Digimon Frontier, it had begun to fall dark. Tony sighed as she tried to think of something else to do before grinning.
"I know what we can do!" She exclaimed sorting through a bag for a moment or two. Everyone stared at her as she grinned pulling out a DVD of some sorts. At first no one could see the name but then they saw it and it caused Cat, Hex and Tails to gasp.
"Tony! How'd you get a copy of the Tomato Patch DVD so quickly?" The three shouted looking at their friend in shock. Tony just gave them an evil smile as she spoke.
"Oh, I have my ways." The three inched away as Tony began to snicker evilly. Kouji raised an eyebrow at the crazy child in front of him while Kira stared blinking slightly. Tony cackled lightly as she popped the DVD into the DVD Player turning it on. A screen of a curtain appeared with the picture that had been on their shirts in the background. All the acts were written there along with a new feature called 'Bonus'. Cat blinked looking at it as the children crowded around the TV Kira somehow obtaining popcorn for everyone.
"Hey, should we get Takuya?" Tails asked. Tony thought for a moment before giving a small shrug.
"I suppose we should… So, who wants to go?" Tony looked at the children seeing no volunteers. She thought for a moment before grinning. "Okay, let's do this the old fashion way. 1, 2, 3-"
"Not it."
"Heh you gotta go get him!"
"What? But it thought-"
"No, the old fashion way is whoever said 'not it' first loses!"
Kouji glared at everyone as he stood up. Yes, everyone but Kouji knew how to do the old fashion way for 'not it'. He gulped slightly as Duffy seemed to wait for him at the gate. Yes, this tiny dog scared Kouji, more then Cat's gay dog. The five children watched him as he thought for a moment not wanting to get tackled by the puppy again. Kira sighed pitying the poor boy walking over to him to help him out.
"I'll distract the devil-dog, you get Takky." Kira stated smiling brightly as Kouji gave a slight nod. With this plan decided Kira and Kouji crossed over out of the safety zone and into the dangerous area where Duffy roamed free. Kira yelped getting the dog to follow her instead while Kouji ran up the stairs, past the 'Wall of Tony' and into Tony's room grabbing his goggle wearing friend dragging the boy out of what he has entitled 'Manga Heaven'. Takuya cried as he dug his nails into the ground trying to stay but, unfortunately, Kouji was stronger and managed to pull Takuya out of the room. Takuya cried anime style as Kouji dragged him downstairs. Where Duffy greeted the two. They yelped as Takuya, Kira and Kouji scrambled back into the safety zone. Once they were all safe Tony grinned and clicked on the 'Bonus' feature. The children all watched, Takuya was still pouting though.
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"Hello children who are watching this. Now you campers probably noticed that I was walking around camp with a camcorder this year, and I bet you wondered why right? Well this is your answer; I was going around to create these bonus features to the DVD! I hope you enjoy!" It was Bert sitting in an armchair in a red bathrobe and a fake pipe that blew bubbles. Pat shook his head coming on stage waking Bert over the head as he signaled for them to role the clips.
The scene switched to the crazy theatre where, from what they could tell, Cat was chasing Katrina around the room screaming 'Return my Mokona'. Oh yea, that was normal. Tony grinned skipping up to the camera.
"What are you doing Bert?"
"I'm filming, what does it look like I'm doing? Eating ice cream?"
"Oh you bad child we aren't allowed to have food in the theatre! Even if its dentist recommended gum!"
"Tony, if you want to say something then say it and stop bugging me!" Bert's eye had to be twitching by then. Tony grinned thinking for a moment before speaking.
"Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you. HOWEVER...the roses are dead, the violets are wilting, the sugar bowl is empty and so is your head."
"You are a disturbed child, you know this right?" Tony grinned forcing Bert to groan as she skipped off to spread the news that Bert was filming. The scene switched again to Improv class. They were doing roll call.
"Okay, today when I call your name, go into the center of the circle and sing a random song." Kay instructed everyone nodded. Now of course half the kids had been edited but Bert left in Tony. Tony grinned hopping into the center of the circle, cleared her throat and sang.
"Frosty, the Hit man!
Was an angry, disturbed soul!
With a switchblade knife
And a broken nose!
And two dead guys on his SHOOOOOOUUUUUL-
DERS!
FROSTY, the Hit man!
Was an urban myth they say!
He was made of snow
But the children know
It's 'cause he took that crack that day
There must've been some anthrax
In that old silk hat they found
YAY!
'Cause when he put it on his head
He fell onto the cold ground
Down to the village!
With a large gun in his hand!
Runnin' here and there all around the square
Screaming, "(CENSORED) ya'll (CENSORED), man!"
FROSTY, the Hit man
Had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye
Screamin' profanities - but why?
HE'LL BE BACK AGAIN SOMEDAY!
THUMPIDEE THUMP, THUMP"
Yes, this caused the children watching the tape to scoot FAR away from Tony… Though they had to scoot away from Cat next as she went up.
"Deck the halls with gasoline,
Fa la la la la la la la la
Light a match and blow it clean.
Fa la la la la la la la la
Watch the school burn down to ashes,
Fa la la la la la la la la
Aren't you glad you played with matches?
Fa la la la la, Fa la la la la, Fa la la la la la la la la"
The next child they showed was Hex, and he song 'Ring around the Rosie' in a very demented voice:
"Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down! Ehehehehe!"
Oh yes, by the end of this segment everyone was terrified of Hex, Cat and Tony. There were other wacky songs. And then it switched over to random children walking up to the camera. Hex walked up to the camera looking around somewhat paranoid.
"Warn the Daily Planet! Warn the Daily Planet!" Bert laughed behind the camera lens as Hex ran off as if he was being chased by something. A few more kids walked upstage before Bert focused on Cat who happened to be sitting behind the break with Tails. Tails was doodling while Cat used the break as a footrest.
"Man I'm bored… I WANNA WATCH THE INSANE NUN SHOOT PEOPLE!"
Everyone sweat-dropped at this. You see, the crazy nun Cat was referring to was Rosette from 'Chrono Crusade'. Bert shook his head following a few campers and counselors around. After that, they cut to a scene that forced Kouji's eye to twitch. When had Bert taped this? Cat and the others pointed and laughed as Kouji looked about ready to kill. Takuya snickered as they continued to watch. The scene switched yet again this time, it switched to the outside world. Where lunch was taking place. He looked around before gesturing towards where Cat was chasing Katrina around screaming, you guessed it, 'Return my Mokona!' But, that wasn't what Bert was filming. No, that was too normal. No he was focusing on Hex and Nick, who were being chased by a large yellow moth. Yes, this actually apparently happened in real life however the authoress missed that day of camp so she only knows about it thanks to her friends. Hex groaned as the children laughed at him. Bert sighed from behind the scene before turning the lens focusing on where Kira was running away from Annemarie. Kira had stolen her stuffed animal. So now there were two sets of girls chasing each other and two boys getting chased by a large yellow moth... Yea, that was normal too. He sighed again looking for something else that was abnormal, though that was hard in this camp. Very hard.
Once again the scene switched. It switched to a clip of the food fight, where it appeared to be filmed in the middle of the chaos. "Its crazy, we are losing ground, so many have perished! And the bake goods! Oh the humanity of it all!"
Bert shouted dramatically before yelping as a cupcake collided with his face. He fell over so the camera focused on his face as he pretended to be dying. "Run away! Save yourselves!"
The transmission went fuzzy as everyone laughed hearing one line before the sound was cut off. 'Sorry Takky!' Yea, it was Tony; Takuya couldn't help but shoot her a death glare remembering that as Tony laughed nervously. The scene switched again to random kids walking up to the camera. Takuya couldn't help but groan. For you see, Kira had made him go up on the last day of camp, and from the chaotic scene, it was the last day. Yes and if on cue, Kira came up to the camera dragging poor Takuya behind her.
"Hey Bert!" She shouted happily.
"You wanna say something Kira, Takuya?"
"Yep!"
"Okay then go ahead and talk!" Kira nodded happily as she cleared her throat before speaking.
"Okay, this is a quote from YuYuHakisho… Ahem 'Yusuke Urameshi. Age: 14. Survived by his mom and everybody. After going through a big ordeal to get his life back, Yusuke had a brief second chance. UNTIL HE WAS EATEN BY A FISH! That's right no heroic death! No fighting evil villains! FISH FOOD!'" Bert cracked up from behind the camera as he looked at Takuya who sighed. Cleared his throat. And spoke though he really didn't want too.
"Okay um here is an answering message: 'You are dazed, bewildered, trapped in a world with no time, where color collides with sound, and shadows explode. You see a sign up ahead. This is no ordinary answering device; this is "The Twilight Phone "This call may be recorded or monitored for quality and training purposes. If you don't wish this call to be monitored or recorded, then please let the answering machine know when you leave your message.'" Bert cracked up again as Takuya and Kira walked away. A few other kids walked up to the camera, said lines, then left. Yes it surely was the last day as Bert scanned the lens around the theatre though stopped at where Takuya, Kouji and the others were sitting. Tails and Cat were pretending to fist fight; Hex was trying to keep his head phones while Kira tried to steal them, Tony was cackling madly for some odd reason. Kouji was currently banging his head against the side desk. Takuya looked at his friend, then Bert, scribbled something down on a piece of paper, and held it up. 'Save Us!' was what the paper read as Bert sweat-dropped as Kouji wrote something else down holding it up. 'These children are crazy, you're heartless if you don't help us!' Yea, these notes caused the children to pummel the two-digimon characters with pillows. Bert shook his head from behind the lens as he continued to film other things. On stage Melissa, Hillary and Jordan were doing a jazz dance to 'All that Jazz'. It was really good. The boys also did a very creepy dance/lip sink routine to… 'Toxic' –shudders- yea, it was disturbing and the authoress will NOT traumatize you people by detailing it, lets just say the counselors kept shouting 'Keep it PG!' After that happened Bert seemed to put the camera down, because the next thing anyone knew, Steve was filming. Steve grinned as he followed Dan, who walked up to Cat and the others.
"Hey, Cat you said you took karate right?" Dan asked curiously as Cat blinked nodding. "Great, you think you can do me a favor and beat Bert in a karate match?"
"Depends, what belts Bert?"
"I believe he's nearly a black belt."
"Then I can't take him, I'm only a purple belt, I'll get my butt kicked." Dan sighed. You see he had made a bet with Sean that he could find somebody who could defeat Bert in a karate match. Yes, see Bert was really good at karate; he could fight with one hand. The campers often saw him and Pat sparring on stage and, Bert never even tried. Dan frowned looking at each child.
"Any of you take karate?"
"I use to, key word use too." Hex stated as the rest of the children shook their heads.
"I'm good at soccer, not karate." Takuya stated though, after all the fights in the Digital World, he had a feeling that he would be pretty good at karate now. Kouji merely shrugged as he looked at Dan.
"I'm a black belt in karate and I'm pretty good at kendo and jujitsu," everyone stared at Kouji as he blinked. He didn't see the big deal; he had been taking karate since he was a kid, only for self-defense though seeing as bullies picked him on frequently. Dan stared at him before grabbing his arm as Kouji yelped getting dragged onstage. Everyone cracked up as Kouji stared though knew that Dan wanted him to fight Bert and Kouji couldn't help but sigh knowing one way or another he'd end up doing this.
"Hey Bert! I finally found someone who could beat you!" Dan shouted as Bert blinked walking onstage with his hands behind his head. At first Bert didn't notice Kouji and looked around for his opponent. Then he looked down and raised an eyebrow.
"You want me to fight Kouji? But he's kinda a camper Dan, I can't hurt him! I'd get sued!"
"If Kouji agrees to do this, then I would guess its okay." Dan stated simply. The two looked at Kouji, as did the rest of the camp. Kouji sighed before muttering that he would do it. Dan grinned slightly as Bert gave a small shrug.
"Okay, if Kouji's okay with this." Everyone watched as Dan went off stage and walked over to Sean the two seeing who would win this bet. Nick hoped on stage and began to act as a referee. And with a quick sign both Kouji and Bert got into fighting stances and the match began. Cat watched greatly interested as Kouji tried doing a front kick, which Bert easily blocked with his hand. Cat couldn't help but frown as she watched; Kouji had a bored expression on his face easily avoiding Bert. It was almost as if Kouji was testing how strong Bert was. Takuya noticed this as well as they watched. There was a communal 'ouch' when Bert hit Kouji in the face though Bert immediately was about to apologize but stopped as he watched Kouji. He moved a hand to brace against the ground as he did a one handed back off handspring landing neatly on his feet. Cat gave a soft whistle as she watched this while everyone else stared wide-eyed. Bert couldn't help but grinned. He had underestimated Kouji. And so the match continued though Kouji still acted as though he was merely testing Bert. The match continued for a few minutes, and to the untrained eye it seemed that Bert and Kouji were evenly matched. However Cat, Hex (seeing as he used to take karate) and Takuya all noticed that Kouji was hardly even trying. Bert went to punch Kouji again but Kouji dodged easily, squatted down, and did a leg sweep knocking Bert to the ground. Everyone stared in shock, as Kouji stood over Bert still in his fighting stance. Nick called the match, announcing Kouji the winner. The tape went fuzzy after that as Bert was shown again in the same scene as earlier. In his red bathrobe and bubble-blowing pipe.
"Steve why did you tape that?" He shouted enraged as Steve laughed.
"Cause it was funny watching you get your butt kicked by a kid half your size." Bert's eye twitched as Pat snickered telling them to continuing rolling clips. And so the scene switched again. And Takuya fell to the ground laughing.
"I love pink leather! I love pink leather! I love pink leather!" Yea, it was a clip of Takuya running around the theatre shouting 'I love pink leather'. Everyone cracked up as the scene switched again though the next scene forced Takuya and Tails both to scream. Yes, it was an image of the two kissing, the pretty little lovey dovey music playing in the background. Takuya's eye twitched as Tails grabbed a bat and screamed she was going to kill Bert. This caused everyone to restrain Tails as they continued to watch clips of the truth or dares. Then the scene cut to backstage where… Takuya was getting chased around by the girls who threatened to put makeup on him. Also he managed to get a shot at Kouji getting his hair braided and a few other crazy scenes. After that was all done the scene switched again back to where it started. Bert looked at them blowing bubbles through his pipe.
"I hope you have enjoyed this little bonus feature and Kouji if you're watching this I want a rematch! You better come back to Tomato Patch next year!"
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Everyone laughed as they watched a few of the acts though, Kouji's eye twitched frequently seeing as they watched him singing. After they were through watching the DVD they laid around talking. Well, Takuya ran back upstairs to read mangas, and Cat joined him. Tony and Kira watched Tails as she tried to hack into some computer system while Kouji and Hex talked about 'Ragnarok' and played 'Magic'. After an hour or two someone came into the room. Everyone looked up seeing Tony's father come inside carrying pizza (and Chinese food for Kouji, though both Tony and Takuya would steal some). Kouji couldn't help but stare as Tony began to speak to her father, and eventually made him run out of the room screaming. Yes, Tony was a truly odd child. Kira stared at Tony before grabbing a slice of pizza with Hex and Tails. Tony smiled sitting down at the table taking a box of Chinese food as her and Kouji ate.
"Takky, Cat foods here! Come down before we eat it all!" Kira shouted to the children above them. There was silence. Tony sighed mumbling how the two were probably in zombified states reading manga. However they all had to blink as a crash was heard then the tumbling about people falling down the stairs. Everyone sweat-dropped as Cat and Takuya came running in the room shouting 'food'. Yea the one thing that could pull the two from their zombified state of reading manga in 'Manga Heaven' was food. Everyone laughed as they ate chatting about different things. Tony munched on a piece of rice as Takuya stole an spring roll from Kouji, which forced the two to get into an argument. Cat was eating her pizza as she chatted with Tails and Hex. Kira watched everyone before holding her chin in thought.
"Hey let's play truth or dare again!" She announced. Everyone looked at her before shrugging in agreement. She smiled softly as they decided who would go first. Takuya grinned looking around thinking of which victim to torture.
"Hmm, Tony Truth or Dare!"
"Um… Dare!"
"Okay, I dare you to lock yourself in a room for one whole minute with Duffy!" Tony stared at him before gulping as she got up. Everyone watched with mild amusement as Tony picked up Duffy and walked into a nearby room. She locked the door silently and set the dog down taking a deep breathe. Crash! The children blinked as they heard barking, yelping and the occasional crash/scream come from the small room. Takuya grinned as Tony walked out of the room after the minute was over her hair frazzled. Yes, revenge was sweet. Now Tony finally got tortured instead of Kouji and him! Tony sat down shakily recovering slowly. Everyone waited for a few minutes before Tony calmed down. She looked around silently picking her victim.
"Cat Truth or Dare!"
"Dare!"
"Okay, hmm…" Tony got into a thinking position. She pondered for a moment or two before grinning. "Okay, Cat I dare you to put on my football jersey and helmet and run around the neighborhood screaming 'I love football!'"
Cat's eye twitched for you see she hated football. Considering the fact that that was all her brother talked about, she had become to hate it with a fiery passion. However this was a dare, and she had to do it. Tony grinned tossing Cat the jersey and helmet as Cat glared at all her laughing friends. She readjusted the helmet on her head as Tony led her out the door. She took a deep breath before running down the street screaming 'I love football!' Of course, this caused for the neighbors to yell at her while her friends laughed. Cat glared at everyone as she returned her eye twitching dangerously. And so, it was decided at the moment it would not be a good idea to tease Cat. They all sat down again as Cat looked around determining who to torture.
"Hmm, okay, Hex Truth or Dare!"
"Dare."
"Alright, I dare you to… Run around the room singing 'Man I feel like a Women'!" Everyone burst into laughter, even Hex, as he got up trying to calm down. Everyone watched as he began to run around the room singing 'Man I feel like a Women'. Everyone cracked up watching as he began to prance about, frolic, danced around. Everyone laughed as Tails and Cat got up and danced around with Hex. By the end of the dare everyone was laughing hard as they sat back down. He scanned the are determining on who to pick.
"Alright, Tails Truth or Dare!"
"Um, I guess I'll pick Truth."
"Okay, how and when did you become a professional hacker?" Cat and Hex both looked at their friend curiously. This had been a question both had been wanting to ask for some time now. Tails laughed lightly looking at her friends.
"I'm not a professional hacker yet, I'm just very, very, very, very good at hacking and if you guys ever tell my parents I will have to hurt you."
"Okay, but you gotta teach us how to hack!" Cat grinned as Tails sighed nodding her head. She turned her head quickly looking among the two remaining children that hadn't been asked. "Um, Kira Truth or Dare!"
"Truth." She stated simply. Yes, Tails and Kira were smart. They knew that choosing dare would prove hazardous. So truth was the safest choice. Tails frowned thinking of a good question. Now of course, there was a rule with the 'truth' option. One could not ask something to private like 'were you adopted' stuff along the lines of that. Along with that there were questions that were incredibly stupid like 'who do you like?' Those questions never actually worked unless the person they liked were in the room. Therefore Tails decided to just say the most randomnest question in the world, but at the same time the funniest.
"Do you like cheese?"
"Do I like cheese? Of course I like cheese who doesn't like cheese?" Kira looked at her laughing lightly. It was true everybody liked cheese, at least everyone this authoress knows, even her lactose and tolerant friend likes cheese. Everybody laughed as Kira turned her head looking at the only person who hadn't been picked. "Kouji, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare," the Loner replied simply. Now before he had only chosen Truth but, eh, he really didn't care what they did to him today. Tony thought of something quickly leaning over whispering to Kira. She nodded as they silently conversed before Kira cleared her throat.
"Alright, I dare you to let um, Cat wear your bandana for the rest of the night." Kouji raised an eyebrow at Kira as did Cat. He then gave a small shrug timidly untying his precious bandana off his head handing over to Cat. The green haired girl blinked but simply tied the bandana around her head. Now of course, this was just the beginning, no, Kira and Tony had an evil idea for Kouji.
"Takuya, Truth or Dare."
"Dare!"
"Okay… I dare you to run around the room screaming 'I hate anime'." Oh how horrible, how terrible! How could Kouji make his friend do such a thing? Takuya stared at his friend in shock, as did everyone else, well except Tony, who had given Kouji the dare. The goggle wearing boy gulped as he stood up slowly beginning to run.
"I-I hate anime I hate anime!" Cat stared in shock. He was really doing it! Everyone stared as he finished the dare, and then fainted. Kira yelped catching her friend before he hit his head on something. It was quite amazing he seriously had fainted.
"Holy cheese!" Tony shouted realizing there friend had truly fainted. Kouji blinked kneeling down next to Kira slapping Takuya across the face. The brunette yelped and out of instinct went to punch whoever slapped him. Everyone couldn't help but laugh hard as Kouji fell backwards holding his nose glaring sharply at his friend. Meanwhile Takuya laughed sheepishly twiddling his thumbs as he laughed innocently.
"Whoops, did I do that?" The brunette asked in his innocent voice. Kouji glared sharply at his friend.
"I'm gonna kill you…"
"Ah you can't kill me!"
"Can too."
"Cannot!"
"Can too!"
"Cannot!"
"Can too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Not!"
The children all watched as Takuya and Kouji shouted at each other getting into an argument. This caused everyone to sweat-drop. The argument continued for a few minutes as the five children watching them somehow obtained popcorn. Kouji growled slightly getting frustrated with his friend as Takuya yelped getting put into a headlock. Now of course before any blood could be shed Kira stepped in and broke the two up. Ah why did she go and do that? The children pouted as Takuya and Kouji glared at each other.
"Takuya pick a person."
"Okay… Cat um, Truth or Dare."
"Truth," oh a change for Cat. Takuya frowned thinking for a moment before speaking.
"Okay, uh…" Takuya frowned trying to think of something. "Um, you said earlier Kouji was your favorite anime character, why him?"
"Well, cause Kouji doesn't care what people think of him, I find that cool. I wish I could be like that! He's good at karate, and he's a smart fighter, I mean he's pretty smart when he's trying to determine how to fight." Cat grinned somewhat forgetting again that Kouji was sitting right next to her. The Loner looked at her in minor shock and surprise before looking at the floor a light shade of red. Tony snickered as Cat blinked before blushing as she remembered the boy sitting right next to her. The group laughed at Cat and Kouji as the two stared intently at the ground.
"Heh your turn Cat," Takuya managed to choke out as Cat continued to blush lightly.
"Um, uh, Tony Truth or Dare…"
"Um Truth."
"Okay, did you seriously drive a therapist insane?"
"Yes I did as a matter of fact!" Tony stated this as though proud. Everyone stared at her a bit unnerved as Tony took this opportunity to seek revenge. "Takky Truth or Dare!"
"One, quite calling me that, two dare."
"Hehehe," Tony laughed evilly forcing Takuya to scout FAR away. "Takuya, I dare you too… Shove green Jello down your shirt and run around yelling 'Look at me I'm Jello-man!'"
Takuya stared at Tony as if she was crazy. And as we all know, she is crazy, but nonetheless. Everyone stared at Tony as she cackled. Tony grinned as she bounced over to the fridge and pulled out a bowl of green jello. Takuya stared at her before sighing slightly taking the bowl from her. Everyone watched as the goggle-boy poured the jello down his shirt making a small face at first. Man, what a waste of perfectly good jello. Everyone cracked up as Takuya began to run around the kitchen yelling 'Look at me I'm Jello-man!' Now, some jello slipped out of his shirt and fell to the floor. This proved hazardous when Takuya slipped on some and hit his head hard on the counter. Tony looked at him as everyone knelt down near him. Takuya blinked slightly dazed though, thank goodness, he had a thick head so no real damage had been done. Kouji sighed slightly helping his friend up. Takuya held his head blinking slightly before looking down at his shirt.
"Aw man! I'm gonna smell like jello now!" Everyone sweat-dropped as Tony sighed gesturing Takuya to follow her. Everyone watched him curiously as he followed Tony. A few minutes passed as Tony returned dragging Takuya behind her though, now Takuya wore a baggy Inuyasha t-shirt and baggy jeans his goggles around his neck. Tony sighed throwing Takuya's clothes into the washing machine as the two sat back down.
"Okay Takuya, choose your victim!" Tony stated as the game resumed. Takuya looked around before grinning as he looked at Kira.
"Kira Truth or Dare!"
"Guess I'll pick Dare," Kira smiled in a carefree way as Tony whispered something to Takuya. The goggle-head stared at her before grinning slightly administering his dare.
"Alright, Kira I dare you to put chocolate syrup in that vitamin stuff Tony's dad was drinking and drink it!" Kira stared at her friend before shrugging slightly. Tony gave her a salute as she moved to the fridge grabbing the gross vitamin drink and a bottle of chocolate syrup. Kira watched as Tony gagged pouring the vitamin drink into a cup before squeezing the chocolate syrup in. Everyone watched as the drink was handed to Kira before she slowly drunk it. It looked like she would through up at she choked on the drink. Everyone backed away seeing as each thought she was about to hurl. Kira gagged covering her mouth with her hand as she ran to the bathroom. Everyone stared as a few minutes ticked by when Kira emerged from the bathroom holding her stomach. She sat down on the couch still looking slightly green.
"I will kill you for making me drink that, after I feel better…"
"Okay," both Takuya and Tony shrugged knowing that would probably be fair. Kira sighed looking around determining her victim.
"… Kouji Truth or Dare!"
"Dare," Kira snickered suddenly remembering the evil idea Tony and her had for Kouji but that would have to wait. Right now she was having an evil idea, which of course would most likely result in all the yaoi-fans being happy.
"Okay I dare you and Takuya to kiss!" Takuya and Kouji stared at her as Hex, Tails and Cat all screamed 'ew!' Tony merely snickered as Kira smirked slightly. Everyone watched as Kira pulled a camera out of nowhere preparing to take a picture to sell on ebay and, to give to Tanya. Takuya and Kouji both stared at Kira before at each other trying to figure out whether she was serious or not. Kira smiled evilly as she watched the two boys Kouji's eye twitching again as Takuya made a face.
"Eeeeeew!" Cat, Hex and Tails shouted as the two did the dare aka, they kissed. Takuya gagged making a face as did Kouji. Their reaction couldn't help but remind Cat of when Naruto and Sasuke kissed by accident in volume one of Naruto. Takuya choked as both he and Kouji made a mental note to kill Kira later. No, they couldn't do it now… There were witnesses. Kira smiled innocently as she hid the camera behind her back whistling innocently. Kouji and Takuya shot her death glares before Kouji looked around picking his victim.
"Tails Truth or Dare."
"Um, Dare!"
"Okay, um, I dare you to dress up like a boy for about two hours." Tails blinked at the lame dare (Kouji can't come up with good dares) but she nodded a bit as she stood up though had a questioning face. She then sighed turning to Cat who at this point was sorting through her knapsack. The green-hair-bandana-wearing-girl tossed her friend a pair of jeans and a baggy blue t-shirt, which of course was meant for boys. Tails took them silently walking to the bathroom, she emerged a few seconds later carrying her normal clothing as she sat down blinking for a moment.
"Man… Now I know why Cat likes to wear guys clothes…" Tails stated subconsciously looking down at the baggy top. She then looked up determining who to dare. "Okay, um, Hex Truth or Dare!"
"Truth."
"Why'd you dye your hair purple?"
"Donno seemed like a cool color to dye it." Hex shrugged slightly as everyone stared at him before shrugging. He then turned his head choosing his victim. "Takuya, Truth or Dare!"
"Dare me!" Takuya grinned as Hex held his chin in thought for a few moments before he grinned.
"Okay, um, I dare you too…" He thought for a moment as Tony whispered something into his ear. He grinned slightly before giving Takuya the dare. "I dare you too run around Tony's neighborhood shouting 'The monkeys are invading'… In just your boxers!"
Takuya stared at him as everyone cracked up. The goggle-head sighed mumbling how he was going to get arrested now as he stood up. Cat and Tails laughed hooting slightly as Takuya blushed pulling the Inuyasha shirt off. He grumbled slightly as everyone watched him as he pulled the jeans up so he was only in his boxers. Hex smirked slightly as Kouji snickered watching as Tony lead Takuya to the front door. The brunette gulped slightly before he ran down the street shouting 'The monkeys are invading'. A few neighbors shouted out the door at him angrily a few even shouting curses at Takuya. The boy yelped running inside before they would start throwing stuff at him. It was then decided that there would be no more running outside seeing as Tony's neighbors seemed very disgruntled. Takuya sighed pulling the borrowed clothes back on glaring slightly at Hex who merely smirked. Takuya made a mental note never to play truth or dare with these lunatics again as he looked around.
"Um, Kouji Truth or Dare."
"Dare."
Takuya opened his mouth to say something but stopped as Kira and Tony whispered their evil plot to him. He looked at them before snickering, which forced Kouji to raise an eyebrow. Takuya chuckled smiling in an evil way as he looked at Kouji. "Alright Kouji, I dare you to… Cut your hair and dye it electric blue!"
Kouji stared at his friend wide eye his mouth hanging opened. Takuya gave a small smirk as Tony got up grabbing a pair of scissors. Everyone watched as Kira took the scissors from Tony gently taking Kouji's ponytail in hand. Kouji shut his eyes tight as he heard and felt the scissors cut his ponytail off. Takuya stared at his friend as the remainder of Kouji's hair fell into his face. For a moment everyone thought it was Kouichi in front of them. Kouji opened one eye frowning slightly as Kira handed him the ponytail. Of course, the children were not done yet. Kouji gulped as Kira continued to snip at his hair until it was short. Then it was time to dye his hair. Cat sighed as she got up with Hex seeing as the two were the only ones with any experience dying a person's hair. They grabbed Kouji dragging him into the bathroom somehow obtaining electric blue hair dye. Everyone waited patiently as they watched TV until Cat and Hex returned. Everyone looked up as Cat pulled Kouji out of the bathroom his eye twitching more then before. It took Takuya awhile to realize the boy in front of him was actually Kouji. He looked so different without his ponytail. Kouji scratched the back of his head silently making a mental note on how he would kill Tony, Kira and the others. Man, everybody wants to kill each other today… Eh, ain't they such loving friends! Everyone couldn't help but stare at Kouji a it confused. They hardly recognized him now that his hair was cut and dyed! There was a small silence between everyone as they got use to Kouji's new look. Kouji at the moment on the other hand was working on an excuse to tell the others when/if Takuya and him ever got back.
"Well, pick somebody Kouji!" Takuya stated grinning slightly as Kouji sighed looking around.
"Um, Tony Truth or Dare."
"I believe I will pick Truth!" Tony grinned as Kouji sighed thinking for a moment before he asked her the dare.
"Why do you like my brother?"
"I will not answer that."
"Why?"
"Because I do not want you to start chasing me around tryin' to kill me!"
Kouji sweat-dropped shaking his head but let it go. Tony sighed before looking around grinning slightly as she thought of an evil idea.
"Cat Truth or Dare!"
"Dare!"
"Excellent…" Cat raised a eyebrow as Tony did a 'Mister Burns' hand gesture. Everyone stared at her as she cleared her throat speaking. "Alright Cat, you saw that old abandoned house near mine correct? Well I dare you to stay inside that place for an hour!"
Cat's face paled slightly as Kouji frowned slightly looking at her. Cat opened her mouth to protest but shut it quickly gulping slightly though her throat had become dry. Everyone looked at the girl as she managed to speak.
"Can we do this dare AFTER Full Metal Alchemist's is done?" Of course this was just to by time. Tony blinked before realizing the time. It was midnight, which meant one thing! Tails, Kouji, Takuya, Hex and Kira yelped as Cat and Tony jumped over the couch somehow obtaining Ed and Al plushies as well as snacks. Everyone sweat-dropped as the two turned on the TV the anime called 'Full Metal Alchemist' coming on. Now, if you knew Tony and Cat well (along with there authoress counterparts) loved the anime greatly. Nearly more then their love for Digimon! Of course for Cat at least, she still loved Digimon more then Full Metal Alchemist. Cat and Tony watched with great zeal and enjoyment as the others chatted. Tails was yet again trying to hack into a computer system of some sort while Hex spoke to her about html codes. Takuya and Kira were teasing Kouji about his new hairdo while the Loner's eye twitched more and more. Of course, they were making a lot of noise while doing this, and it annoyed Cat and Tony who were trying to concentrate on their anime.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Cat yelled at the top of her lungs looking as if she could breath fire glaring at the others. Tony on the other hand was grabbing hold of a tin.
"ATTACK MY ALL POWERFUL DIGIMON ARMY!" With this shout she dumped out the figurines of digimon at the children. They all yelped getting attacked by the tiny action figures. Kouji shook his head lightly resting his elbow against the table allowing his cheek to rest on his palm. He watched the anime with mild interest, the episode was about a boy named Ed and his younger brother Al who happened to be a suit of metal. It was actually greatly interesting as he watched silently. Takuya sighed having seen that episode already in Japan as he watched Tails and Hex mess around on the computer while Kira watched the anime though she had seen the episode already. Cat sighed happily as the episode ended but was greatly shocked seeing Kouji watching intently as well. Tony noticed this two blinking slightly.
"Oie, Kouji did you like the show?"
"Yea, it was cool." He shrugged lightly making a mental note to (once he somehow returned to the Digital World and then to the Real World) to look for the anime.
"I like the Japanese version better," Takuya stated seeing as he had a hard time with Ed and Al's voices being too use to hearing their Japanese one. Tony shot him a death glare as Cat shrugged muttering 'to each there own'. Now of course Tony remembered the evil dare smiling at Cat who gulped.
"Hey Cat, its time for your dare…"
"Oh… yea," Cat forced a weak smile as she looked at her nervously. Tony laughed somewhat evilly.
"Yes, but first I must tell you a story…"
"Oooh! Story time!" Tails spoke like a child as everyone crowded around Tony. Tony gave a small smile as she cleared her throat speaking in a creepy dead-like voice.
"There was a family of six in a house across the road from a field of apple trees. In this family were a father, mother, 2 daughters, a dog, and a son. One night the youngest daughter heard some music in the field. So she went to the field to go find out about the noise. The next day her family found but she was hung to a tree dead cold hollow empty eyes stared ahead. Now a few nights the son heard a women singing and wondered out. The next day the family found him stabbed. Then a few weeks after both deaths the mother heard a child crying. She went off in the fog to go find the child. The next
morning the father & the eldest daughter found her remains chopped neatly by
a knife in her blood it was written...
I'm watching you...
The daughter who was engaged went to go live with her fiancé but her father was to stubborn and stayed behind. That night or so I'm told the father saw his wife and followed his beloved out in the cold. The next day the daughter found her house empty and reached for her father but he was no where to be found. Then she looked in the orchard she loved so and found him and the bodies of her mother, brother, & younger sister. Same cold dead eyes same odd little smiles drawing her deeper and deeper and deeper till someone light the all on fire and then in ashes writing appeared...
I told you that I was watching and waiting for the correct time.
Then the ashes were blown in the wind...never looking back."
Kouji glanced at Cat who had paled more then before. Tails gulped hiding behind Hex while Kira gripped Takuya's arm. The goggle-head stared at Tony before glancing at Cat feeling bad for her. He had just heard the story, Cat would actually have to go into the house. Tony smiled looking at Cat before gesturing to follow. "C'mon, time to go to the house!"
Cat nodded weakly as Tony lead her outside and to the house. Cat stared up at the house as Tony handed her a watch saying it would go off in about an hour so she knew when to come out. Cat gave another sheepish nod as she slowly moved into the house. Tony smiled though deep down she felt bad for Cat as she watched her friend disappear into the house.
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Takuya looked at Tony as she returned though was panting as if she had run all the way from the haunted house to her own. Kira looked at her as Tails frowned.
"Are you really gonna let Cat stay inside that house?"
"A dares a dare…"
"I bet Cat's already freaking out, she gets scared really easily," Hex spoke with a small frown worrying for his friend. "But she always acts tough and tries to be brave. I guess cause we decided in the first season she'd be best for the crest of courage, she's probably terrified right now, you saw her face when you told her the dare."
"Stop making me feel guilty!" Tony shouted covering her ears though deep down she was worried about her friend. Takuya sighed gently as he got up mumbling that he was going back to 'Manga Heaven'. Kira watched her friend before looking out towards the haunted house hoping no harm would come to her cousin.
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(GG: Just a warning, they gulp A LOT during the parts to come, not sure why, they just kinda do…)
Cat gulped as she moved throughout the haunted house glancing around nervously. She would get scared, she couldn't. Nothing bad would happen, she was going to be alright. She gulped tensing up slightly before jumping as a mouse ran passed her. She gulped her hands in front of her as she looked around the dim room blankly. She then quickly released a small terrified scream as she felt something touch her shoulder. Out of instinct her hands grabbed whatever had touched her throwing the figure over her shoulder her eyes shut tight in fear. She heard a thud as whatever touched her hit the ground before she heard a soft groan.
"Man, this is the last time I come to check you in…" Cat opened her eyes looking at Kouji who was lying on the ground rubbing his back. Cat couldn't help but laugh nervously.
"You shouldn't have snuck up on me!"
"Yea, yea," the Loner sighed standing up as Cat frowned lightly.
"What are you doing here Kouji?"
"I saw how terrified you were and well, I figured you shouldn't go inside this place alone." He shrugged slightly brushing dust of his pants looking up at her. Cat stared at him though was slightly relived that she wouldn't be alone. Kouji sighed lightly as he looked around his hands in his pockets. "So… All we have to do is hang around in this place for about an hour? That doesn't sound too bad."
"I guess so…" Cat glanced at him though wasn't sure whether the stories about the house were true. Kouji looked at her seeing the green-haired girl was still scared. He sighed slightly giving her a small reassuring smile.
"Don't worry Cat, if anything bad happens while were in here I'll protect you, I promise. I mean I still have my spirits so if I need too I can spirit evolve." Cat couldn't help but nod feeling safer then before as he said this. That was right! Kouji could just spirit evolve if things got too bad! Kouji smiled seeing that Cat wasn't as nervous anymore. It appeared too the two that they would be alright while in this creepy house, it was just a house right? Nothing bad could happen. Cat yawned slightly as she and Kouji sat on the ground occasionally speaking to one another. Kouji glanced around every so often as if he had heard something, or felt something. He frowned lightly looking at Cat who was remotely relaxed, seeing as she had been terrified earlier. He then tensed up feeling a shiver run down his spine. His head turned sharply before gulping slightly. In front of them, was a small little girl wearing a white nightgown. She had brown hair that went to her shoulders with pale skin and two very haunted looking blue eyes. Cat looked at her but paled slightly as Kouji got to his feet quickly helping Cat up. She looked at him blankly as he raised a protective hand in front of her glaring sharply at the small girl. She smiled innocently vanishing from sight, which caused Cat to release a frightened cry. Kouji scanned the area before yelping stumbling back as the little girl appear in front of him.
"Hehe your funny!" She said smiling up at Kouji whose hand had moved to his D-Scan. She smiled looking at him before at Cat who trembled in fear. "You shouldn't be here…"
"What do you want?" Kouji spoke coldly staying near Cat as she hid behind him.
"I want you to play with me!" The girl giggled as she vanished again appearing in front of Cat this time. Cat yelped in surprise and fear as she backed up Kouji turned around sharply but paled shivering slightly as the girl walked through him. Cat looked at him as it almost appeared that Kouji could not breathe for a moment or two before he recovered looking at the girl. She smiled sweetly at the two but frowned. "You two are no fun!"
Cat looked at the small girl before yelping as Kouji grabbed hold of her hand sharply running away. He wasn't sure what he felt, but at the moment he knew, staying there with that little girl was dangerous. Cat stumbled trying to keep up with Kouji's swift pace as he pulled her into a room silently. She looked at him as he shut the door swiftly remaining silent for a moment or two. Cat sunk to the ground shaking slightly still as Kouji leaned against the shut door breathing heavily.
"Are you alright?" He spoke quietly looking at Cat. She nodded numbly as he sighed. There was silence between the two again as Kouji glanced occasionally around. He turned his head sharply as Cat gave a whimper of fear. His eyes widened as he saw a young boy standing in front of her. He was about Cat's height with sandy brown-blonde hair. He had tanner skin then his sister and instead of creepy blue eyes he had sea green eyes. He wore a vertical blue stripped pjs and slippers. She gulped backing away slightly as Kouji rushed in front of her pulling his D-Scan out of his pocket preparing to spirit evolve. The boy looked at the two curiously before giving a small smirk reaching forward his hand going through Kouji's chest. Cat looked as just like before, Kouji seemed to have trouble breathing. She stared at him as Kouji paled more in a mixture of fear and something like pain. She stared at him as the boy pulled his hand out of Kouji's chest the Loner coughing slightly. He stared at the boy before swiftly grabbing Cat's hand again as the two took off running away. Cat gripped his hand as they ran but everything seemed to freeze as Cat heard the floor crack. Kouji looked down silently cursing mentally as the floor beneath them broke. Cat released a scream of surprise and fear as Kouji instinctively hugged her close to him turning so that he would be the one to his the ground first. Cat hugged him tightly hiding her face in his chest as Kouji shut his eyes tightly gritting his teeth as he awaited the ground.
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"Hey… Where's Kouji?" Hex blinked looking around as did the others. It had been some time now since Cat had gone to the haunted house.
"I donno… you think he went with Cat to the house?"
"Donno, did he Tony?"
"I didn't see him, but he could've gone in after I left." Tony frowned sighing slightly as she looked at the TV. "If he did, I'm sure he's protecting Cat or something."
"Heh they make a cute couple don't they?" Kira laughed lightly as Hex rolled his eyes. Tails sighed slightly as she typed on her laptop shaking her head at Kira. The older girl sighed sitting on the couch next to Tony hanging upside down. "You think they'll be okay?"
"Yea, they'll be fine." Tony smiled slightly though deep down she was greatly worried herself. She knew better then any of the other that that house was haunted, she had even seen the little girl ghost. There was silence between everyone as Tony looked out the window thinking to herself. Kira glanced at Tony for a moment or two thinking that she had seen something though she quickly shook it off. Tony shut her eyes silently thinking to herself. 'Hey, Alex could you go check up on them?'
Everyone in the room glanced over at Tony thinking they had seen something though, just like Kira had, they shrugged it off. Silence seemed to reign over the children before Tony spoke up.
"Hey, let's watch a movie! Shrek Two good for everybody?" Everyone gave murmurs of agreement as Tony popped in the movie. Takuya meanwhile was up to his neck in volumes of mangas in a trance-like state. Though, mentally, each child wondered how Kouji and Cat were fairing in the haunted house. So, why don't we switch over to check in on the two?
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"Kouji? C'mon Kouji please wake up," Kouji groaned slightly opening his eyes to look up at Cat, who was shaking him. He blinked slightly before remembering what had happened. Cat sighed in relief as Kouji slowly sat up moving a hand to hold his head. He froze however as he pulled his fingers away from his head. On his fingers was red blood. Oh great, he was bleeding. This couldn't get any worse. Wait, if he thought that, then something worse would happen. Cat looked at him before untying his bandana, which she had been wearing due to her dare. He looked at her before wincing slightly as Cat pressed the bandana against the gash on his head. He looked as Cat frowning lightly; it looked like she had been crying.
"Cat, are you okay?" He asked looking at her as he moved a hand to hold the bandana in place for her. Cat was quiet as she gave a small sniffle wiping her eyes.
"Guess I'm a big coward…" She finally said after a few minutes. Kouji raised an eyebrow staring at her before sighing lightly.
"You aren't a coward Cat."
"Yes I am, I mean I'll I did was sit there whenever those ghost came…"
"Yea but you still came in this house," Cat looked up at Kouji as he sighed slightly continuing. "If Tony had dared me to go into this house I would've declined it. I would've never come inside here; I would've been too scared. You're a lot braver then I am for coming in here."
Cat stared at him a bit confused. Had he just admitted that he was scared? The Loner was scared? It's the sign of the apocalypse! Cat stared at him she couldn't recall anytime throughout the whole season when Kouji had admitted he was scared. Kouji blinked looking at her wondering what was so shocking about what he had just said. Cat stared at him a moment or two before she spoke to confirm this thought.
"You're scared?" She stared at him as Kouji gave a small nod.
"Yea, I am. At least in the Digital World I can fight but, these things are ghosts. I doubt Lobomon would do any good against them." Cat stared at him more as he raised an eyebrow. "What's the big deal?"
"I just never thought you got scared, on the show you were always risking your neck for the others, I just thought you'd never get scared." Cat blinked looking at him as the Loner gave a small chuckle.
"Everybody gets scared," he stated simply looking at her. There was silence again as Kouji stood up slowly looking around. Cat watched him as he sighed slightly. "We have to get out of here…"
"No duh," Kouji shot Cat a small glare while the green-haired girl rolled her eyes at him. The two were silent again as Kouji glanced up though cringed slightly seeing how far they had fallen. He couldn't help but wonder how long he had been out. Cat looked at him as she walked over to him tensing slightly as the floor creaked. She only prayed that the floor wouldn't break again.
"… C'mon, let's go," Kouji said breaking the silence as he began to walk up the stairs. Cat nodded nervously following him glancing around nervously. She only prayed that they would meet no more ghosts, but of course you all know they will. Kouji glanced back at her as the young girl slowly held his hand slightly afraid to let go. He sighed shaking his head lightly looking ahead again staying on guard as they moved. They were silent as they moved carefully both hoping the floor wouldn't break again. Kouji glanced around every so often as they reached the first floor. Cat looked at him gripping his hand tightly as Kouji glanced back at her giving her hand a soft squeeze to let her know everything would be okay while his other hand gripped his D-Scan, which was still in his pocket. Cat glanced around before giving a small scream as the little girl appeared in front of them again. Kouji stumbled back slightly out of surprise as Cat gripped his hand tighter and tighter.
"Oh I found you!" The little girl giggled as she approached the two. Kouji pulled his D-Scan out quickly staying in front of cat as the little girl spoke. "Light and Destiny both together, your souls will taste so sweet!"
Light? Destiny? Cat stared at the little girl a bit confused. Sure, she could understand who she was referring to when she said Light. Obviously Kouji, he was the Legendary Warrior of Light after all but… Destiny? Was the girl talking to her? Kouji raised an eyebrow slightly looking at the small girl as she smiled in a creepily innocent way. Cat shivered gently hiding behind Kouji as he gulped lightly looking at the girl before jumping slightly as another ghost appeared before them. She wore a navy blue nightgown with a sky blue robe over it. Her hair was curly brown and her eyes a dark blue, just as haunting as the little girls. This ghost was not as pale as the little girl but not as tan as the young boy the two saw earlier, so she was in between. This was the Mother from the story, the little girl was her younger daughter. Kouji gulped a bar code appearing around one of his hands as he prepared to spirit evolve though he was sure what good it would do.
"Go away!" He shouted as the mother-ghost approached them Cat trembling behind him. Kouji gulped lightly as the mother-ghost stared into his eyes with her own haunting eyes. Cat looked up at Kouji for one of the first times seeing a look of pure fear in his eyes. She gulped (they gulp a lot don't they?) looking up as the mother-ghost smiled reaching forward pushing a hand through Kouji's chest, just as the young boy did earlier. Kouji felt as though every ounce of happiness had been sucked out of him. If you could refer the feelings he felt to anything else you could compare it to the dementors in 'Harry Potter'. Cat looked at him as his face paled more then it should and it almost appeared that he was breathing at all. The mother-ghost smiled sweetly as she pulled her hand from his chest flexing her fingers lightly.
"Your soul is sweet child of Light," she said her voice sending a chill down everyone's spine. She looked over at Kouji who was holding his chest as if in pain. She looked at him a bit confused and worried as she turned her head to look back at the ghosts. She shook lightly gulping slightly as the mother-ghost approached again. Kouji looked up at her before releasing a small cry of pain as the women ran her hand through his head. Cat looked at him panic going through her as Kouji fell to his knees never having experienced a feeling like this before in his life. He was cold inside and out as he felt every ounce of strength was being drained out of his body. Cat watched as the mother-ghost place her hands through Kouji again. The green-haired girl stared a bit confused as she tried to figure out what was happening. A small glow seemed to surround Kouji as the mother-ghost seemed to drink the light. From what Cat could guess, the glow around him was his life force aka his soul. Cat's mind raced as she tried to figure out what to do as adrenalin rushed through her. She had to figure something out; if she didn't act soon Kouji could die (Tony's feeling very bad now). Her eyes moved through the room as Cat gulped picking up a loose board as she shut her eyes swinging at the mother-ghost. This of course didn't do anything but it did surprise the ghost greatly as she pulled her hands away from Kouji the glow ceasing as he fell to his hands and knees breathing heavily. Cat gulped slightly as the mother-ghost turned to look at her slowly approaching her. Cat gripped the board tightly looking at the two ghosts as they approached her. Kouji looked up as Cat released a small scream the ghost placing a hand through her chest. Just like Kouji, Cat felt as though she would never feeling happiness again. She could hardly breath as she felt like the life was being sucked out of her. She couldn't figure out what to do as Kouji struggled to get back to his feet remembering his promise to protect her. Kouji moved quickly picking up the board Cat had used earlier swinging it through the ghosts (seriously, what damage do you think they can do?). They backed up slightly as Kouji moved in front of Cat again. Cat gulped breathing hard but froze as the mother-ghost reached forward to eat their souls. Kouji remained in front of Cat tensing up slightly as the mother-ghost reached forward to steal the rest of his soul again. But, before the mother-ghost could do any harm to him another ghost appeared. He was about Cat's age and tall He was very tan and had misty gray eyes. He had black hair that fell into his face at times. He wore a white peasant top shirt and black pants with no shoes. The new ghost glared at the mother-ghost and her daughter.
"Get lost!" He shouted though his voice wasn't as scary as the other ghosts. The mother-ghost gave a small glare before picking her daughter up vanishing. Cat stared in a mixture of shock and surprised as Kouji kept a tight grip on the board. The boy turned around looking at the two smiling. "Are you two alright?"
"Wh-who are you?" Cat stared a bit surprised to hear Kouji's voice shake. She stared at Kouji a bit surprised to see his hands shaking badly as was the rest of him. Cat stared at Kouji somewhat concerned as she reached forward touching Kouji's shoulder to let him no everything was all right, just like he had done for her earlier. The boy looked at them smiling slight as he answered the question.
"My name is Alexander, but you can call me Alex. Tony asked me to come and check on you too, and it looks like I came in the nick of time too." He smiled lightly as the two stared.
"Tony?"
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"No the mangas! Leave me alone!" Takuya whined as Tails and Kira dragged him out of 'Manga Heaven'. He pouted slightly as the girls pulled him down the steps and passed the 'Wall of Tony'. At the front door Hex and Tony were pulling on their shoes. Takuya blinked looking at all his friends. "Where are we going?"
"To go get Kouji and Cat, its already been a little over an hour," Hex stated simply.
"Why can't I stay in 'Manga Heaven'?"
"Because we need you! If we get attacked by ghosts you can spirit evolve and protect us!" Takuya grumbled slightly but sighed in defeat as he followed the children out the door. However they didn't have to walk very far seeing as Cat and Kouji were slowly walking up to the front door both looking as though they had been scared to death, which was a fairly strange look for Kouji. Behind the two floated a young boy wait… Floated? The children all stared at their friends before sweat-dropping a Tony hugged Kouji and Cat tightly.
"Oh my god! You guys are okay! I'm so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, sorry for making you go in there!" Tony exclaimed hugging the two the ghost sweat-dropping.
"Miss Tony, I don't think they can breath." Alex pointed out receiving a glare from Tony when he called her 'miss'. She then looked at Kouji and Cat who she was hugging so tightly the two could hardly breath. She smiled sheepishly letting go of them as Cat stared at her.
"Tony since when did you know a ghost?" The green-haired girl shouted as everyone stared at Tony and Alex in shock. Tony laughed nervously looking at everyone.
"Um, I'll explain inside, c'mon." With those words the group followed Tony inside the house. They all plopped down in chairs waiting somewhat patiently for her to explain. "Alright first off this is Alex, now when I was about three and at the moment I happened to be moving my mom took her to see my great grandmother's grave. I was looking around while my mom was praying when I saw this grave covered in vines. So like since I was three and kind and compassionate innocent child I cleared away the vines and uncovered a tombstone which was Alex's here. Now I felt really bad for him and I wished I could do something but well he was dead so what could I have done? Well, after that I felt this cold wind blow around me but the weird part was there was no wind in the cemetery. So yea, I got freaked out and ran back to my mom. Later that night I had this dream and in the dream I saw Alex here and he was really grateful because I was the first person to actually visit his grave. At the time I felt really bad for him and so as a token of his gratitude he said he'd protect me. So he's been protecting me ever since. Kinda like a guardian angel 'cept he's a ghost!"
Tony smiled as she finished the explanation while everyone stared at her. Alex floated behind her sitting Indian-cross style as he listened remembering the time where he had first met Tony. The other children however just stared shocked.
"Remind us to hurt you later Tony," Cat stated simply as she rested her head against the table. "That house is so freaking scary!"
"You see any ghosts?"
"Yea, and they tried to kill us," Kouji replied as Takuya blinked but frowned lightly seeing the blood trickling from the cut on Kouji's head (they just noticed that? Man, these children are oblivious).
"Hey, how'd you hurt your head?" The goggle-head asked. Everyone looked at him before drawing notice to the deep cut on the Loners head. Tony got up quickly going in search for a first aid kit. Kira frowned worriedly as Kouji answered Takuya's question.
"The floor broke when we were running away from one of those ghosts. I took the impact of the fall." He shrugged lightly as Cat shook her head continuing.
"Yea and you were out cold for ten minutes, it scared the crap outta me!" Kouji yelped as Cat tossed a pillow at him glaring slightly. Kouji couldn't help but laugh lightly but winced as Kira pressed a damp clothe to the cut cleaning it. There was silence as the children watched Kira clean the cut before she placed a band-aide over the cut.
"Well, at least you two are okay," she stated as the two nodded in response though they were shooting Tony death glares. She laughed nervously scratching the back of her head as she quickly decided to change the subject before she was killed. "Well, who wants to watch yet another movie?"
Of course this didn't stop Cat from glaring at Tony. Tony laughed nervously running up stairs saying she would get a movie. Now of course, it was then that everyone noticed something fairly odd. Something that was missing. There wasn't any barking going on, nor was there that pitter patter of tiny paws. Where had the devil-dog known as Duffy gone? Of course this question was quickly answer as Duffy sprung out of no where knocking Takuya over. He yelped slightly as he fell of the couch with a small 'off'.
"Where the hell did this demon come from?" He shouted though laughed slightly as Duffy began to lick him. Everyone sweat-dropped as Tony returned though quickly yelped jumping up onto the chair to protect her toes from Duffy. Yea, the dog eats peoples toes, he seriously is a demon. The scene was rather comical as the children ran around trying to avoid Duffy while Alex watched with interest floating in the air and if he could, he would be eating popcorn. The rest of the night continued as such Hex and Takuya kept themselves entertained by scaring Kouji and Cat, who after there experience in the haunted house, got scared easily. It rather funny too because the first time they tried scaring the two Cat jumped and pulled a 'Scooby-Doo' aka she jumped right into Kouji's arms like Scooby does in the cartoon. Kouji had tensed up badly and literally froze in one spot and it took the group awhile to snap him out of it. However, as 4 in the morning came by, the group was all getting drowsy. The girls were all laughing hard while crowding around Tails laptop. Takuya looked up rubbing his eyes as Kouji and Hex stopped their game of 'Magic' (seeing as Hex had already beaten the poor Loner 50 times).
"What are you guys reading?" Hex asked yawning widely as he got up walking over to the girls. Takuya and Kouji followed him staring down at the fic they were reading. They were reading the fanfiction called 'The Days of Daycare' which this authoress does not own for it is an actual fanfic written by Super Karoru. This is just a random idea the authoress and her friend came up with while reading the fanfic. (GG: Seriously, that fic is really funny, I recommend it to all of you!)
"Hmm, how'd she know they know I was a pyromaniac as a child…" Takuya mused to himself though received stares from everyone.
"You were a pyromaniac?" Tony asked staring at him as the brunette laughed nervously.
"Um, well yea… Kinda…" Kouji stared at his friend raising an eyebrow silently. No wonder Takuya had the spirits of flame the guy was a pyromaniac!
"Takuya, did you drive around in a little red sports car too?"
"Um… yea I think I had one of those…"
"Did you drive you daycare teacher insane?"
"…" Takuya grew quiet at this point fidgeting around slightly as he looked around in a shifty way. The children all stared at him as Cat returned her eyes to the fanfiction suddenly wondering something.
"Yo Kouji, when you were a kid did you have a lightsaber?"
"Yea."
"Did you hit people with it?"
"Sometimes." Kouji shrugged slightly. Takuya blinked looking at his friend before at the fanfic.
"How does this author know about our childhood?" He shouted. Tony grinned evilly as her, Kira and Cat answered the questions.
"Authoresses know all," everyone sweat-dropped as the three girls (who were also crazy authoresses, well, Kira probably saner that Cat and Tony but still!) cackled slightly. Kouji and Takuya inched away from the three nervously. And so the rest of the night continued as such. The children all enjoyed watching the sunrise and come 6 in the morning, each child had fallen asleep. Hex was lying on the ground his 'Magic' cards spread around him. Tails was asleep resting her head on her laptop hitting the 'z' button. Kira was lying on a chair one way while Cat was in the other direction both cousins' feet hanging off the chair. Tony was laying on the ground resting her head on Duffy slightly the demon dog sound asleep as well. Alex was floating a few feet in the air near Tony sleeping as well. Takuya yawned as he sat next to Kouji on the couch the two dowsing in and out of sleep.
"Hey Kouji," Takuya spoke though from the sound of his voice, he was nearly asleep. Kouji sighed slightly but it eventually turned into a large yawn as he managed to answer his friend.
"Yea Takuya?"
"You know how much therapy were gonna need after this whole adventures over?" Takuya's eyes drooped slowly shutting as he began to drift into sleep. Kouji glanced at his friend rubbing his eyes silently as he answered.
"A lot," with those final words Takuya drifted off too sleep using Kouji's shoulder as a pillow. Kouji looked at his friend but didn't move Takuya's head being too tiered to do it. The Loner yawned slightly again as he too fell asleep his head resting against Takuya's. Oh too bad all the children were asleep, cause this would've been very good blackmailing pictures!
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GG: Originally I had a long authoress note down here commenting on how damn long this chapter is but… Right now I don't feel like a long comment, my cat just died so I'm kinda depressed…. So, yea… -hugs Kyo plushie-
(I didn't re-read this really, cause one its too long and two I'm not feeling too good at the moment so if there are errors I'm sorry)