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Hazy, dark-chobits, Anime-Master7: Big thanks to the reviews you guys! I hope this chapter pleases you all…
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THE MIXUP
Chapter Six
By Flipstahhz
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"Earth to Takeru? Earth to Takeru? Takeru do you copy? Connection failure…"
"Quit it," TK responded gruffly at the lame way his best friend was trying to communicate with him. Sometimes Daisuke could be a complete airhead and didn't know when to stop..
"Come on TJ, you've been zoning off to another dimension, leaving me nowhere, for the past day…waddup? After all, you should be happy that it wasn't you that got kicked out of the basketball team, and for once you're not complaining about that chick- Hikari! It seems like I've been doing the complaining for you," blurted out Daisuke without taking a breath and repeated. "Seriously man, what's up?"
"It's nothing," he shrugged casually, but was evidently false with a artificial smile. " Fine, I'll say the cliched... The sky is up!"
It had bothered him throughout the whole night and only managed to get an hour sleepsince he had to get up early to pack his clothing up. It still hadn't sunk into him that he would be actually staying with the Takaishi's - his real family. And to think it was 'Kari' he had to trade places with. He hoped that Kari hadn't told anyone yet, because he didn't want the whole school to have spreaded rumors about the two…the school probably still thought they were rivals. Strange enough, Kari was the only person in the whole entire world who knew what he was feeling and going through. And the question that had always repeated in his mind for quite a time was 'How would it be like to take Kari's spot?'
Takeru didn't like this. He didn't like this at all... just 24 hours ago he was probably prancing around (well, not literally) the school with not the slightest worry in his mind besides his aching arm. And all of a sudden..he belonged to someone elses family! That was just crazy...he'd probably tell Daisuke when the time was right...
"I'm not a fool, TK!" Daisuke exclaimed as he interrupted Takeru's thoughts, " I'm not that stupid to see that there is something bothering you! And what's with the suitcase, TK? This is the first time in my life that I've seen you bringing a suitcase to school, or are you just bringing it to look like a dork?If I do say so myself!"
"A lot of homework," Takeru murmured as he heaved the suitcase along the footpath as he felt students, going home, giving him weird glances.
"Yet another lie! If I do remember…you HARDLY or to state.. NEVER do your homework! And homework, doesn't weigh like rocks…here let me help you," Daisuke finally offered as he clung onto the other side of the load," By the way…aren't we supposed to be going that way? We've got basketball practice you know!"
"More like…I've got basketball practice," TK bluntly replied, " Thanks for reminding me, I kinda forgot."
"Wow, TK Kamiya! That's a first! You forgot basketball training?" Daisuke went on sarcastically, " Isn't that your life? How could you forget about such a thing?!"
You don't know anything about my real life anymore Daisuke. The life that I also thought I had…you even got my identity wrong.
"…Oh, and thanks for the support of reminding me of how I got kicked out!"
"Davis, can you for once shutup? You're giving me a headache, Dai!" said TK in annoyance then spoke harshly finally letting his irritation and stress get the best of him, " Since you're not in the Basketball Team anymore, why can't you just go home and annoy your sister instead of doing your work on me!"
"I was only helping you…TK, you're such an idiot," spat Daisuke as he punched him in the jaw," That's for being the best friend I could ever ask for."
Daisuke stormed away, leaving TK to drag the heavy luggage along by himself.
"I guess I deserved that. Another mess, caused by me,"TK said to no one in particular as he shook his head ignoring the yelping pain in his jaw as blood oozed out of his mouth; " I have to remember to think before I act. Letting my temper take over my mind..well, that always causes trouble."
"Damn right you should," a new voice spoke out.
"Thanks for the comfort, Kari," Takeru responded without turning around.
"Here," Hikari handed the boy a tissue from her pocket, " That looks nasty."
"Why, thank you," heoverexaggerated, but it came out of hisbleeding mouth as agrumble. He started towipe the blood from his mouth with the clean tissue. "Why are you here?"
"Think of Daisuke."
"Ohh…I know. You got Basketball training, right!?"
"Yeah," she said shortly then began then got straight to the point that she had also been thinking aboutfor previous night, " Takeru. It sucks doesn't it?"
"Basketball never sucks. Even though I'm not in the mood of it…how could you say it sucks?" glared Takeru as they both began walking towards the school gymnasium, with Kari helping him in carrying the massive load.
"No, not about that. About moving out…trust me, you won't like living at my place. It's not as warm and friendly as you'd probably put it, since you live in a happy family and your parents aren't divorced. But hold on…that's really your family now," Kari said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, you could say that…but then you'll have annoying Tai to piss you off," mocked Takeru, " He's loads of fun to be around though, I'll miss his idioticness.Anyway, where is your luggage?"
"I was smart," Kari winked as she glanced at his luggage he was dragging along, " My dad..hmm…ah Mr. Takaishi?! just dropped it off at umm..my house?"
"You're confusing me even more…let's just put it this way. Talk normally and talk like you're real parents are my parents so that we don't confuse each other."
"Kay."
"Trust me, you won't survive in my family…"
"It's probably not as worse as mine," replied Kari. " Matt usually visits, so you'll see him come around occasionally.."
Takeru was about to answer back but when…
"WILL YOU TWO GET IN, YOU'RE HOLDING UP THE WHOLE TEAM!" roared Mr. Bradley with his foot stamping on the ground with impatience surging within his troubled body, " How can Odaiba expect to win when we can't even get through a training session without people being late!"
Hikari and Takeru exchanged swift glances and hurried (well tried, how can you go fast with carrying something heavy?) to the gym, which were currentlywas afew paces away.
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The training was tough because it was Kari's first time in training. And she did pretty well for a starters and alsosinceshe was the first girl to ever be in the Odaiba Basketball Team. Her teammates found out that her strongest ability in the game was her speed. She was very swift and many times, during the practice, had stolen the ball of already five people. And her dribbles were amazingly fast and many of the boys found it impossible to steal it off her…only Takeru was the best opponent in this matter. Even though Kari was the best at dribbling and stealing, Takeru was the best at scoring. They made a good team.
"Done," called Mr. Bradley as he blew the whistle for everybody to stop, " The showers everybody!"
"Hey TK! Ain't you gunna go?" a black headed boy called Johnson questioned.
"No…just head to the showers without me!" the blond called back as he made his way next to Kari, whom was waiting patiently to speak to the couch.
"How can I help you Mrs. Takaishi," he gave a toothy grin, " You played well out there, if you train harder you may even become better than Takeru."
TK and Kari rolled their eyes in unison, but for different reasons.
"I was just wondering…since I'm kind of new to this school, are there any girl showers that are capable of use?" she asked sweetly.
"Uhh…no! Sorry, Hikari there aren't any girl showers here."
"That's racism!"
" You mean sexist," corrected Takeru for her.
"Yeah, whatever same thing…why ain't there any girl changing rooms, anyway?" Kari said. "That's simply discrimination!"
"Because…we've never had a girl in any of our teams that have ever got in."
A boy with brown spiky hair entered the gym with his school bag carried over his shoulder while he kicked a soccer ball with his feet, interrupting their conversation.
"Why…Taichi Kamiya, I haven't heard from you in ages. The best soccer player the school has ever witnessed as far as I can remember," gushed the coach with a smile, "You've come to pick up your star Basketballer?"
Tai avoided the question," I just got back from soccer practice, as usual, to pick up my sibling. So…have you guys finished training yet?"
Seeing his note to leave, the couch walked away from the three and called back at them to get out the back way because he was going to lock the door.
"Okay, let's go home," Taichi informed as he headed to the back door with both Hikari and Takeru following. He paused. " TK…umm, I'm meant to be bringing only Hikari back to our house…isn't Yamato going to bring you?"
"No," Kari frowned as he answered Taichi's question for Takeru filling them both in, " Matt's probably still got a gig with his band and besides, he doesn't pick me up…he rarely comes. And anyway, our parents areseparated, meaning I don't live with him."
"Damn," Taichi cursed and rummaged through his pocket to ring up his mother, " Hey Ma, TK's got no ride home and he's got his luggage still with him…what do I do?"
Taichi listened carefully to what Mrs. Kamiya had to say then hung up the phone with a bye.
"So bro?" jeered Takeru, trying to relax a bit with a bit of a mocking tone, " So what did my mother…I mean Mrs. Kamiya have to say?"
"She said that she'll come and pick us up."
Minutes later, the three had hauled Takeru's luggage and had placed it in the boot of the Kamiya's car because their driver had already arrived and were now driving through the western side of Odaiba.
"Turn right here," Kari instructed.
"Thanks dear," her mother beamed.
It had been like this for the couple of minutes. The usual 'go here' as Kari would direct them to her house for Takeru to stay at. Kari sighed quietly to herself and leaned more into the seat. She felt a wave of insecurity. She was souncomfortable as thoughts filled her mind…so this is how it's going to be with my family… She didn't know why she had felt unsure about it when she knew that she safe in their hands. She wondered how Takeru would fit in her family, with only not true mother not there all the time because she was quite busy. It would most likely be harder for TK to fit in, than her. TK was moving from a cheery family, to an apartment that wasn't really one…a home that only carried two isolated beings…
"Which way now, honey?"
Kari shook her head at what her real mother had addressed her as and automaticallyreceived a bizarre glance from Takeru, " Umm…left, this is the street."
Her eyes focussed on the building, which was coming closer by the second. She turned to Takeru and dropped something in his hands, speaking quietly so only he could hear, "Here are the keys.Mum might not be home yet because she's a journalist and may be working overtime. Make yourself at home when you get there. It's apartment 16, 5th level to be precise."
"Sure," he nodded curtly and added, as some blood rushed to his cheeks, " Thanks."
"No problem, umm…Mrs. Kamiya, we're here now. You can stop the car," Kari spoke up.
"Hikari, please don't address me formally…address me mother if you want," she gave a friendly grin.
"Uhh…okay mother," she said as Takeru flinched a bit with an uncertain feeling.
"Bye Mom," he whispered, as pain became evident in his eyes, " I love you."
"I love you too."
"Bye bro."
"Sayonara Tai."
With that, Takeru stepped out of the car. How many times had he farewelled his family…yet this was the hardest goodbye yet. He pulled the luggage behind him and heard the car drive up. He looked back.
" Goodbye…"
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Takeru had finally found the number '16' with a satisfied weak smile, and hesitantly unlocked the door with his key. He slowly entered the apartment as he hauled the luggage. Everywhere was dark, unlike his home where it was always bright with light and flowers that him mother always gathered each morning. But here, he could hardly see where he was going or heading towards. He stumbled onto a object on the floor and swiftly got up with his hands searching the walls for the switches.
"Hello? Anybody home?" he spoke…but his voice only echoed throughout his new dark home.
Successfully, his hands found two switches and turned them both on…without knowing it, the lights turned on and he squinted his eyes, adjusting to the new atmosphere.
Everything was completely different in comparison with the home he had been staying at for his whole life. It was really neat too. He suddenly noticed a digital camera, which was supposedly the object he had stumbled upon.
Kari must have forgotten it…
He picked it up and placed it in his pocket. It was still and so quiet compared to the Kamiya's residence. An idea flashed into his mind. He dropped his suitcase and ran throughout the apartment, checking every room until he found the room, which he had been in search for. Palecream walls stood before him and he gave a relieved smile.
At least Kari's got a good taste in colours…I'm glad her walls aren't painted pink, I seriously would have vomitted at the sight!…
The atmosphere seemed warm and welcoming. A few stuffed animals lay on a shelf besides his double bed. He grinned awkwardly to himself and dropped onto the bed, tiredly. He suddenly realized how exhausted he was, he shut his eyes…but something repeated in his mind and continued to utterly bug him.
He felt alone…
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There you go! I know this chapter wasn't 'all that' but I guess I tried, which is why I'm kind of pleased to get it over and done with. Please review and also another thanks to the other people who have reviewed last time I truly wasn't expecting that much review - I hope you enjoyed this chapter and here I go blabbing on again…I best be off…later
flipstahhz (was here!)
NEXT CHAPTER: Kari settles in her new home. And Takeru finds someone's cough diary…till next time
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