You and My Ranch Tooth
Chapter Two
A/N: After several weeks of trying to come up with a totally new story, I have returned for a second chapter of You and My Ranch Tooth!
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or Wendy's (If I owned the former, I would torture JP just for kicks).
Takuya pulled on his shirt and looked at himself in the mirror. He was feeling grand as of late, he had finally told Izumi how he felt about her and he had disposed of that meddlesome ranch tooth.
Looking good, Kanbara, said Takuya to himself as he combed his hair. That ranch tooth was totally holding me back, but now that it's gone I feel that I'm moving on.
The boy grabbed his coat, which was hanging off a hook on the back of his door and removed a case of mints from one of the pockets. He grimaced as he ate one of the mints. "These aren't mints!" said Takuya; "It's bat guano!" He threw the mints to the ground and ran into the bathroom for mouthwash. "Got ya!" shouted Shinya, who was in the living room playing a video game. "Just you wait until I come back from my date with Izumi!" shouted Takuya. "Takuya and Izumi sitting in a tree," mocked Shinya as his older brother came down the stairs. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes---" Takuya hit Shinya over the head with a pillow. "When I come home, I going to tell Mom and Dad that you watched Invasion!"
"So?"
"You said it gives you nightmares."
"Does not!"
"Does too!"
"What about that one time you stood up all night and watched that weird movie?" asked Shinya.
FLASHBACK:
Takuya sat up on his bed with his eyes glued to the TV. "I can't believe you talked me into this." said a woman in the movie. "Ew, what a mess!" remarked a man. "Promise me you aren't going to go tell your college chums about this," Said the woman.
A man and woman sat in a dormitory carving pumpkins. "Aw!" groaned Takuya. "I stood up all night just to watch these two carve pumpkins!"
END OF FLASHBACK:
"What did that even have to do with the story?" asked Takuya. "I was just distracting you long enough so I could draw this picture." Shinya held up a drawing of Takuya and Izumi kissing. In the drawing Cupid was firing an arrow into Takuya's back and blood was all over the ground. "Gee, that's so nice of you," said Takuya sarcastically as he crushed the paper and threw it at his brother.
"There, are you happy now?" demanded JP as he hurled the wrapper that once contained a ranch burger to the ground.
"Ranch!" barked the Ranch Tooth.
"Come on! That was my third burger!"
"Ranch!"
"But I'm so full!" cried JP.
"Ranch!"
"Have you heard of a little something called cholesterol?" asked JP. "Because if I eat another one of those, mine is going to be very high!"
They were sitting on a bench that was, much to Junpei's chagrin, in front of a karate dojo. For the last two weeks, JP had suffered at the roots of the vile Ranch Tooth; being beat upon and forced to eat ranch burgers all the time. And whose fault is this? Asked JP to himself. Who is the one who caused me to end up like this? Takuya was the one who did this to him, the one that turned his life into a living hell and Takuya was the one who would pay for what he had done to JP. Before he could begin plotting his vengeance, the Ranch Tooth began sniffing the air. "Ranch!" it announced, sniffing the air again. "Ranch!" The tooth hopped off the seat and ran away. "Yes!" Cried JP, "The Ranch Tooth is leaving me!" "Ranch!" it shouted back at him. "Only until you pester Takky?" asked JP, "Oh man!"
Takuya sat in the restaurant, waiting for Izumi to show up. The restaurant was dimly lit, adding a romantic yet spooky setting to the surroundings. Jazz played from overhead speakers as the boy drummed his fingers on the table. Where is she? Thought Takuya. I've had this table reserved for a week. I hope she won't make me look dumb. This reminds me of the time I waited for Metroid Prime 2 and got screwed in the end.
FLASHBACK:
Takuya was playing Metroid Prime 2 on his Gamecube and was complaining the whole time. "This sucks!" he shouted. "The original was much better than this piece of garbage!" Shinya jumped on his head and declared, "I am the Emperor Ing! I vant to zuck your blood!"
"Get off me, Shinya!" cried Takuya. "And I prefer Metroid Prime over the Emperor Ing and Dark Samus any day!"
"Thanks," said Metroid Prime as he floated down out of nowhere. He created a shockwave that knocked Takuya and Shinya to the floor. Meta Ridley and Dark Samus were playing chess in the dining room and Dark Samus inquired, "Should we help kill them?" "Nah," said Meta Ridley. "Not at the $3.50 an hour we're getting paid."
END OF FLASHBACK:
Finally, he saw her coming towards the table. She was dressed in the pink skirt, white and blue striped shirt and purple vest he had grown accustomed to, but still she was as gorgeous as ever. "Hi, Takuya," She said. Takuya just stood there, gazing at her. "I said 'Hi, Takuya'," repeated Izumi impatiently. "Wha---?" said Takuya, snapping back into reality. "I was just admiring how beautiful you are." "Oh, Takky!" said Izumi giggling. She took her seat and soon the waiter came. They both ordered steak and Izumi looked at Takuya longingly and sighed.
"I had the most wonderful dream last night, Takuya."
"Really? What happened?"
"Well," she said, her cheeks were turning red. "I dreamed we got married."
"Wow." Said the boy as his jaw hit the table.
"See, I think we're really meant for each other," she said, "I've been having these dreams about you and, well, I always see a happy future with the two of us married. I just can't stop thinking about you."
"Your dreams might just come true," said Takuya, motioning her to come by him. She walked over to him and he pulled her into a kiss. He didn't care if anyone saw them; he wanted the whole world to know that he was in love with Izumi. He could taste her cherry flavored lip balm, normally Takuya hated cherry-flavored things, but this flavor was a welcome sensation. Just when it seemed that time had stopped, a voice that was all-too-familiar to Takuya broke the pair's kiss. "Ranch!" it shouted. "Oh no," said Takuya, "Not you!"
Standing near the table was a big tooth wearing a cowboy hat and a pissed look on its face. "What do you want?" asked Takuya. "Ranch!" shouted the tooth. "Well sorry," said Izumi. "Takuya doesn't need you anymore, he's got me." "Ranch!" said the tooth as it threw shurikens at Takuya. The boy dodged and kicked the tooth in the head. "Where on Earth does a tooth get throwing stars from anyway?" asked someone in the restaurant.
The Ranch Tooth picked itself up and Takuya said, "All right, Ranchy! It's time to put up your, uh, roots?" at that, the tooth stabbed him in the stomach. Thankfully, Takuya's coat was thick enough to prevent the tooth's roots from puncturing any vital organs.
The waiter arrived with Takuya and Izumi's order, "I see your friend is having a busy evening," said the waiter to Izumi. "Tell me about," said the girl, her face in her hands. Takuya grabbed a plate off the cart and threw it at the Ranch Tooth, temporarily knocking it out. Things got weirder as the tooth regained consciousness and jumped in the air. Time froze in a cool Matrix-like way and then the tooth pinned Takuya down. The tooth stood rooted in the ground on three roots, it used the free fourth root to attempt to stab the boy. "Izumi!" shouted Takuya, "Use the for----" "The what?" she asked, "The Force?" "No! The forks! Use the forks!" "Oh right, the forks!" She grabbed two forks and caught the Ranch Tooth's free root as it was about to go through Takuya's head. She used all of her strength to pull the Ranch Tooth out of the ground and into the sky. "Raaaaaannnnnnch!" it cried as made a hole in the roof.
Izumi pulled Takuya off the floor. "Are you okay?" she asked him. "Yeah, I'm fine," he responded, "Other than being almost killed by that Ranch Tooth, I'm just fine." They shared a brief kiss and the boy looked at the hole in the ceiling. "If I know that Ranch Tooth," he said, "And unfortunately I do, he's not done yet. He wants me back and wants my arteries clogged more than anything in the whole world." "How do you know he's coming back?" asked Izumi. "Easy," said Takuya, "I looked at the script."
Takuya lay in his bed, trying to fall asleep. He got out of bed, walked up to his window and looked out at Shibuya. "You're out there somewhere, Ranch Tooth," he said, "And you're not going to triumph." "Ranch!" shouted the tooth in the distance. "No, you're not." "Ranch!" "I already told you you're not going to win!" "Ranch!" "I don't want a ranch burger with a side of fries and a garden salad!" "Ranch!" "I'm just going back to sleep." "RAAANNNCH!" "Shut up!" "Ranch!" "Lalalalala, not listening!" Takuya jumped into bed and fell asleep.