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Answering to this certain review, yes, I do like Michi, and if
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Digimon Frontier: A Love Strong Enough To Last?
Chapter 2: A New Term, A New Student, and A New Start…
Izumi awoke that Monday morning at the sound of her loud alarm clock, and her first thought was what a hell of a day she knew she was going to have. She could feel it, and she knew what she predicted was going to happen. Izumi groaned, turned off the alarm clock, and tried to think clearly. "Maybe I should just fake an illness…"
After a short silence in the room, Izumi opened her mouth and yelled, "MUM!"
A pause. Izumi waited for a reply.
"Yeah?" it came muffled from downstairs. Next, Izumi heard the slow ascent of footsteps on the stairs, and then the creaks of the floorboards as someone made their way over to Izumi's bedroom. The door opened, and a tall, blonde haired woman with hazel brown eyes entered.
"Izumi? Good morning. Hey, are you all right, dear? You don't look too good." Kerry Orimoto looked worried.
"Mum…" Izumi groaned. "I don't feel well…"
"Yeah, you do look pale, however…" Izumi's mother walked over, bent down and looked her daughter straight in the eyes.
Izumi tried not to shift her eyes too much, but inside, she was terribly nervous and sweating with concentration. "Oh, please let this work!"
After a long pause, Kerry stood up and sighed. Izumi also sighed inside in relief, but her mother's reaction was not the one she had hoped for. "Izumi dear, I know you're lying to me."
"Oh, mum!!!" Izumi tried to look faint. "I feel so---"
"Don't even try it, Izumi Orimoto." Her mother smiled sternly. "You can't lie to me."
Izumi grumbled, "Mum, do you have to be exactly like Kouji?"
Izumi's mother grinned. "He has some sense, and he's not stupid. He can see right through you, that boy can."
Izumi rolled her turquoise-blue eyes, "Yeah, I know."
Her mother frowned, "Anyway, Izumi, why do you want to skip school today?"
Izumi laughed nervously, "Heh heh, um, nothing mum. Just didn't feel like it. I really don't like Mondays. Worse day of the week, in my opinion."
Kerry raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"KERRY!" Izumi's father bellowed from below.
"Coming, dear!" Mrs Orimoto rolled her eyes. "Anyway, Izumi, hurry up and get changed. Whatever the reason you don't want to go to school is, I'm sure it can't be too bad." Then she exited the room.
Izumi groaned and rolled onto her back. Her mum had no idea.
Kouji had his hands stuffed in his pockets as he waited for Izumi to come downstairs. "What's taking her?"
"Morning Kouji!" Izumi flew down the stairs, face flushed from rushing, grabbed her coat which was hanging on the stair banister, and hugged her boyfriend.
"Hi." Kouji smiled. "Come on, or we'll be late."
"Okay, sorry. Bye mum, bye dad!"
"Bye Mr and Mrs Orimoto." Kouji also yelled, closing the door behind him.
"Bye!" the two teenagers heard Izumi's parents call.
"Are you feeling okay?" Kouji spoke up after a short silence. Izumi was strangely quiet and reserved today, which unnerved him, and she did look rather pale…
"Huh? I'm fine!" Izumi smiled a fake smile as she looked up from the ground.
"Okay…" Kouji sighed as they entered the school. "Anyway, we made it."
As the two entered the school, bright blue eyes followed their every movement…
"Izumi, Kouji! Good morning! Haven't seen you guys since the end of last term." J.P. grinned as he passed his two friends in the corridor.
"Hi." The two smiled.
"Hey, have you guys seen Jennifer from my year?" J.P. asked casually. "I need to talk to her about something."
"Poor girl…" Izumi thought, and smiled.
"Nope." Kouji shook his head.
"Okay, thanks anyway. I'll see you guys later." J.P. turned and left, while the other two entered their classroom.
"I wonder why he was looking for Jennifer." Izumi winked at her boyfriend, who smirked. Her mind had completely forgotten to worry and agonise over her suspicions…
"Hey Izumi, Kouji! Over here!" Keira was waving at her friends, and the two approached her, Kouichi and Eva.
After they had exchanged greetings, Takuya burst into the room. "Hi!!"
"Wow, you're not late today, Takuya." Kouichi smirked.
"Yeah, I know!" Takuya beamed proudly. "Miracle, is it not?"
The bell rung and Miss Hida entered the classroom. All the students quickly sat down, and the noisy hubbub ceased. "Good morning class. I have something to announce this term. A new student has arrived from Italy!"
Izumi felt her heart sink. "Shit. I had forgotten about him… What am I going to do?"
Kouji, who was sitting beside her, narrowed his eyes. "Italy? Could it be…?"
Miss Hida continued, and said, "Please come in." the door opened, and in walked a tall boy with gelled blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes, carrying an air of arrogance and pride. The girls gasped, overcome by his good looks, while the boys regarded him suspiciously. However, two pairs of eyes in the room showed different reactions.
A pair of turquoise-blue eyes widened in horror, while a pair of navy blue eyes narrowed with recognition.
"That stupid bastard…" Kouji growled.
"No, I'm right! Why must I be right? Why must he come here?" Izumi was crying inside.
The boy turned to the class, and smiled, or rather, he smirked. "Hey all. The name's Tyler. Tyler Provenza."
Princess Viv: I think we all guessed it was him, lol… Anyway, that chapter was too short, and not much was in it… I'm sorry! But I want to leave it like this… Hehe… Please review!
