Lunarian : I might rewrite some scenes of previous chapters... I think i messed up characterizations, such as Rika being a gossip, or Tk's mother cooking a breakfast since a bland oatmeal would be more regular, at least not without giving a reason... Also, for the longest time I wasn't sure to write more or not, but I was inspired.
Chapter 3
T.K. encountered no trouble at all in his getting to class. He had been shown on a previous day around the school so he knew the way to the head office. After a short discussion with the secretary inside, he made his way towards his classroom with his schedule and note in hand.
Unlike that day when he had first started school at Odaiba, Takeru didn't run into any new kids on the way to school or experience feeling's of deja vu. No, this day was leaving him with an entire alien sensation of joining a completely different school with no familar contact. With no Kari around or even Davis he was worried he might have no one to talk to. He did however decide to not let that worry impede him any and to put out his regular friendly self in the hope of meeting some new friends, maybe some friends not in the know of the digital world would be a welcome change of pace from the monotonous pace everyone was enduring in their hunt for dark spires. At least he had Patamon to keep him company if worse came to worse. Speaking of Patamon, I wonder where he is right now?
Patamon, having been let out of his human partner's pack just outside of the school grounds, was hanging around the outside of the school. On the open rooftop he could feel the cool breeze as it swept through his fur creating a relaxing feeling. For the strangest reason he was getting the feeling that there was something strange somewhere in the school. I'll hang around out here until T.K. is free. He might notice something in his class.
Back inside the school T.K. had reached his goal. Spotting an adult standing outside the classroom door to his assigned class 5-2, T.K. approached him. He was a tall man with short brown hair. "Excuse me sir." He said, grabbing his attention as he called out to him. "Are you the teacher for this class?"
The man tuned around and answered him with a kind disposition. "Yes, I am Terada-sensei, are you the new student Mr.?"
"My name is Takahashi Takeru, Terada-sensei, nice to meet you." T.K. said to him, greeting the teacher politely. It would seem that luck was with him today, class had yet to start so he wouldn't interrupt anything by being introduced.
"Nice to meet you as well Mr. Takahashi. Class is starting now, so please wait here while I announce you." The teacher told him as he walked through the door and over to his desk at the front of the room.
T.K. watched from the hallway as the teacher called roll after getting everyones attention's with a few well placed "Quiet now"'s. From his vantage point through the window he could only see the front row desks, not even the children sitting in them as the wall was in the way. One minute later and the teacher was done calling roll.
The teacher then told the students. "Due to some districtorial rearranging policies we are receiving a new student today from Odaiba elementary. Here he is now, please be courteous and welcoming." Walking over to the door he opened it up allowing T.K. to enter.
Walking behind the teacher as he returned to his seat after letting him in, Takeru stood in front of everyone and looked out among them. All of the students had their full attention on him, but no one seemed surprised, more that they were expecting him. He figured word had leaked out about his transfer, not that it mattered. The only thing he noticed as strange, was this one kid in the far back was glaring at him almost as if in challenge. What's with that kid, is he this class's Davis? He thought to himself in silent amusement.
Shaking those thoughts away he smiled brightly at his new fellow classmates. "Hello everyone my name is Takahashi Takeru, but please call me TK. I look foward, to getting to know you all." He said in introduction with the customary bow.
"You may take a seat at..." The teacher said, looking over the class. "In the corner there in front of Kinomoto-san." Indicating a girl who raised her hand when mentioned.
Following the teacher's directions T.K. saw the girl in question and all thoughts of the kid glaring at him left his mind, she was a cheerful looking girl with seagreen eyes that were currently looking at him with a cute expression. Whoa Keeping his smile on his face, easily in response to the girl's own, he walked over to the desk in front of her and after greeting her sat down.
This girl, kinomoto-san as the teacher called her, she was really very pretty. This just may be good afterall. I hope I can make friends with them during lunch.
Syaoran Li was having a fairly good day so far, in as far as an uneventful day could be fun. He woke up early as usual, performed some morning martial-arts exercises together with his cousin/fiancé eiling Li whom was so much more bearable now that she stopped being so forcefully clinging, had breakfast and then enjoyed a light jog to school with Meiling. Meeting Kinomoto-san along with her friends at the gate they only had to endure a few moments of Sakura going nuts over the smallest thing before order was restored.
His morning did have a little bit of flavor to it however. When that stupid guardian beast showed up and resulted in the card mistress getting all teary from a misunderstanding, although he could have done without having the little monster biting him again. With the mention of her having another one of her prophetic dreams though, there might just be some action around the corner, which was perfect in his opinion.
Then Yamazaki-san started to tell him about a watermelon and magic seeds, but Mihara-san interrupted him quickly proclaiming he was telling lies. Syaoran couldn't help but believe the things Yamazaki-san told him, for knowing magic exists, his stories make a sort of sense. He always told himself next time he would not believe him, but it just keeps happening.
So now here Syaoran was, sitting at his desk behind Kinomoto-san and next to Meiling-chan, waiting for Terada-sensei to finish roll. When the teacher said they were going to have a transfer student he sat up straight in his heat directing full attention to the front. It seems the rumors were true. It seemed that everytime there was a transfer student that trouble followed for this class, first him and then Meiling, so he was suspicious from the start now.
From the moment the new kid entered the room Syaoran knew there was something up. He couldn't pinpoint it, but there was definitely some otherworldly power around him. Directing his best glare at the kid he concentrated on figuring him out. It didn't register to him that he was reacting the same way he did when he met Sakura, but Tomoyo Daidouji noticed, although as with most things she kept it to herself. What Syaoran did notice, a large feat for him to notice such a thing, was that Kinomoto-san was giving the new kid Takahashi-san almost the same look she gave Tsukishiro-san. That's strange. He thought to himself. Doesn't she sense anything?
At one point he could have sworn that he felt the same weird aura near one of the windows, but when he looked there was nothing there.
Throughout the rest of the class he kept up a steady focused glare on the new blond haired kid, daring him to show ill intent.
Back outside the school on the rooftop, Patamon grew weary of sitting around idle. "I'm so bored, I wonder what T.K. is doing?" He said to himself. After a few more minutes of overlooking the empty schoolyard and growing tired of the panoramic view provided of the neighborhood he took to the air. Forgetting his earlier resolve to wait until later and asking T.K. what he thought about the school he decided to explore now instead. I'm sure T.K. won't mind.
Being sure to stay out of site from anyone whom might wonder just what he was, he flew to each window on the side of the building and looked inside them into the classroom within in hopes of finding T.K. He saw many standard classrooms, as well as a cooking class and a music one, but in addition to not finding him he also noticed that there didn't seem to be any big computer lab like in Tomoeda. Uh-oh, that can be a problem if we need to get to the digital world in a hurry. Finally after nearly being seen several times he found the room his partner was in. Resisting the urge to call out to him he discreetly watched.
After a few minutes it soon became apparent that watching someone sitting in a classroom from outside the window was incredibly dull. He couldn't hear what the teacher was saying since the windows were shut. The students were all sitting in a regular fashion, nothing of interest. Patamon was just about to write the whole thing off as a waste when he noticed a kid behind T.K. who was trying to burn a hole through the back of his head with a hard stare.
Patamon didn't know why this kid was looking at T.K. with such anger. He was however, sure that if he tried anything he would find himself on the wrong end of a boom bubble blast. Almost as if the kid heard his thoughts he turned his head towards the window sill he was sitting on. Luckily since he was paying such close attention, the moment the kid started turning his head Patamon was able to duck down out of sight before he was spotted. That was close. He thought in relief.
Not to further risk getting caught Patamon decided to return to the roof and take a nap while waiting for T.K. to get some free time. It wasn't a total loss however as that strange power he was feeling was coming out of that classroom. He planned to tell T.K. later on, for now he closed his eyes and relaxed on the highest point of the rooftop away from prying eyes.
It seemed to Sakura that the morning of classes were progressing very slowly. She was really anxious for their lunch time to began so she could find out more about the new kid. He seemed to her to be a nice kid and she is always eager to make new friends, being the optimistic girl she was. Finally the teacher concluded the day's morning lesson and everyone began to get out their bento's.
"Ano," Sakura began hesitantly, catching the people sitting around her's attention. "Why don't we all eat our lunch outside in the fresh sunny air. That way we have room for everyone to eat together and we can get to know more about Takahashi-san." Then looking to the new kid she quickly added quickly with insistence "That is if it is okay with you Takahashi-san?"
Her close friends that had gathered around, including Chiharu-chan, Yamazaki-kun, Rika-chan and Naoko-chan all agreed with the idea finding it great. The new kid told them all that he'd kindly like to just be called T.K. by everyone. The nine of them gathered up their lunches and headed outside with Sakura leading the way.
"I have a picnic blanket we can use." Rika-chan said, surprising Sakura. Why would Rika-chan carry around a picnic blanket? She didn't spend much time thinking about it however and just figured that it was part of how she is so kind and mature, to be prepared for such a situation. The rest of the students took it in stride as well.
"So T.K." Naoko began once everyone was seated and eating. "I heard that there was a lot of strange things that happen at that school Odaiba. Is it true the stories about children dissapearing and kids saying they saw weird creatures, maybe aliens?" She asked with in excitement.
"What?" T.K. said in reply, looking at Naoko with what looked to be a strange face to Sakura. She thought that maybe he wasn't very into things like that.
"I know." Sakura said brightly stopping that discussion seeing Naoka getting slightly down that Tk didn't have anything to help her search for the supernatural. "Let's all introduce ourselves to Tk." note 1
It was the end of a long first day of school and Takeru was walking home alone, no one else from his new class having lived in his direction. Patamon was stuffed in his bag again to avoid anyone seeing something they really shouldn't, such as the existence of a flying orange creature. There was no messages about any activity in the Dgital World, which while unusual being quiet, it was nothing to worry about. With nothing important to meet up with the other kids about he decided to go straight home, besides, Patamon told him he had something he wanted to discuss when they returned to his apartment. Some of the days highlights replayed themselves in his head as he gradually made his way home, remembering how he got to know them all and they him during their little picnic lunch.
That girl Sakura was really nice and happy. When she said she really enjoys sports and P.E. he thought maybe he could play a game of basketball or something with her someday. She really stood out to him, more so then any of the other new people he met this day.
Then the girl who was video taping everyone, but especially Sakura, introduced herself as Tomoyo. T.K. wasn't sure what to think of her, she was very soft spoken and reserved but then she also was so agressive with that camera and seemed to find everything Sakura did extremely cute. I don't know that much about her, but she seems friendy.
The girl who had brought a blanket to school, why he didn't know or really care, introduced herself as Rika. She didn't have much to say about herself, just saying she was pleased to meet him. One thing T.K. did notice about her though was she smiled sweetly almost the whole time.
After that he was introduced to the girl who had made him nervous by asking him about vanishing people and creatures. It seemed that the going on's of their digital adventures was not as secret as they all thought if there were rumors circulating. He was able to breathe a little easier however when Naoko told him that she was completely into all things supernatural, being fascinated by any gossip or rumors floating around about them.
Everything had seemed pretty normal and laid back at that time until the boy that somehow managed with his eyes shut all time introduced himself as Yamazaki. Then he told everyone a story about how the fishing hat was created to catch fish in, throwing in random facts like people used to catch them in their hands and some other strange things. T.K. was finding it hard to beleive what the guy was saying, but as he looked around he noticed that Naoko, Syaoran and Sakura were all paying rapt attention to his every word.
Suddenly the girl who was standing to Yamazaki's side smacked him on the back of the head yelling about him telling lies. Chiharu, as she gave her name, had apparently been listening to the boy spin a larger and larger lie till she couldn't take it anymore. T.K. was surprised to find out that Yamazaki was well known for being such a compulsive liar, but some of the kids still always believed him anyway.
Finally Takeru hadn't been able to put it off any longer and had to speak to the kid who had been glaring at him all throughout the day. He was apparently very taciturn as all he did was say his name as Li Syaoran and the other kids in the group didn't show any surprise over the short response.
The last girl then introduced herself as Meling Li, Syaoran's fiance and cousin. T.K. was surprised when he learnt that bit of information, but he did his best not to show it, having had practice acting like nothing happaned when questioned about strange things around him helped out.
In all he could say that he managed to encounter an intersting bunch of new friends. Walking through the doors to his apartment he called out to his mother. "I'm home." Opening up his bag he let Patamon out who then flew over to the kitchen table.
"T.K. I'm hungry, let's eat something." Patamon said to his partner. Then he remembered what he wanted to talk about with him. "Did you notice anything strange in your new classroom?" He asked him as he was taking out couple of bowls.
Digging through the fridge to take out some milk Takeru answered with a curious tone. "Strange? No, nothing seemed strange to me, unless you count some chinese kid I've never seen before glaring at me worse then Davis on his first day." Thinking for a moment he added. "Or that he's arranged to be married to his cousin."
"Wow." Patamon said to himself, thinking about it as T.K. pulled out a couple of boxes of cereal. Shaking it off for now he told T.K. "No, I mean a strange power. While you were in your class I was resting on the rooftop, but soon I began to sense something, and followed it to coming from the room you were in. Before I could try to locate it though that kid who was glaring at you looked in my direction and I almost was seen."
T.K. poured a bowl of cereal for Patamon and himself as he considered what he was just told. Could that kid Syaoran be a new enemy? "You mean like a digimon?" He asked his friend digimon.
"No T.k." Patamon said in between mouthfuls of cereal. "It didn't feel like another digimon, it was something different."
"Tomorrow we can go to class real early. Then you can hide and find out where you felt it." Takeru suggested after several minutes of thought. I wonder if I tried I could feel this power too.
To be Cont'd...
Reviews:
Rynx-Too-Genki: Thanks for reviewing even though my update took such a long time. I hope you see this as well. I wasn't sure I was going to continue the story back then, but I think I will now.
Amethyst Dragoness: Thnx, I could sure go for a cookie too.
Kei Ikari: I never much liked how she had to make them Sakura cards. Thats why they are staying Clow cards. Its my own story so Im taking artistic liscense here. The cards won't need to be transfomed to live off her magic and her magic to strengthen, it just happens naturally.
SomeoneWhitestar: TK is from digimon. I thought I gave an adequate description for him. Hmm. Anyway Sakura and Syaoran are way too common, and why not let Meiling have her love. No way could I see putting Tk with Meiling, that'd be like putting Tomoyo with Tk, taking a character already deeply in love with someone else and switching affections so quickly? No thanks, not for me. Sakura only has a crush on Yukito so she has room to develop affection for Tk and visa versa.