[Opening Song provided by Prima]
(To the tune of "Pokemon: The Johto Journeys" dub opening)
It's a whole new world to explore!
DigiCross series.
(do do do do do do,
do do do do do do)
Everyone wants to destroy more Spires
Everybody wants to show their skills.
Everybody wants to stick with fliers
Fly or climb to the top of that hill.
Each time You duel!
Your fighting knack gets a little bit better.
With each Battle!
You're one more step up the ladder!
It's a whole new world to explore
(do do do, do do do)
It's a whole new place to see
(do do do, do do do)
It's a new locale, with a different outlook
But Kyle's still gotta catch 'em all
And do the best that he can do.
(do do do, do do do)
DigiCross series,
(do do do, do do do)
Everybody wants to voice their feelings
Everybody wants to do their part
Everybody wants to finish these dealings
Take their place when the battle starts.
Give it all You've got!
You might beat one of the smartest ever.
Take your Best shot!
All you've learnt will come together!
It's a whole new world to explore
(do do do, do do do)
It's a whole new place to see
(do do do, do do do)
It's a new locale,
with a different outlook
But Kyle's still gotta
catch 'em all
And do the best that
he can do.
(do do do, do do do)
DigiCross series,
(do do do, do do do)
It's a whole new world
to explore... (Explore, explore, explore, explore...)
It's a whole new place
to see... (To see, to see, to see..)
It's a new locale, with
a different outlook... (Outlook, outlook, outlook...)
But Kyle's still gotta catch 'em all
And do the best that he can do.
(do do do, do do do)
DigiCross series,
(do do do, do do do)
DIGICROSS SERIES!
Digimon: DigiCross TV series episode 09
"Listen, I just wanted to say..."
The portal glowed for a few seconds, allowing Davis, June, Cody, Kari, and Yolei to enter the Digital World. With all the chaos from the battle with the Emperor, there had been little time to repair the damaged areas, particularly Primary Village.
"So, once we fix this village, all the Digimon that were destroyed will come back?" June asked.
"Yeah. At least, that's how it was when we fought the Dark Masters" Kari replied. As she spoke, the partner Digimon approached the group.
"Davis!" Veemon yelled. "How've you been?" The other Digimon greeted their friends similarly.
"You seem pretty happy," Cody said.
"Hey, the Emperor's gone" Armadillomon said. "The Digimon can relax a bit now."
"Yeah" Cody answered. "It's just..." Images of Stingmon's
sacrifice played in Cody's mind. Kari put a hand on Cody's shoulder.
"Don't worry" Kari said. "Once Primary Village is rebuilt,
I'm sure Wormmon will come back."
The digidestined went to the site of the town, and were surprised to hear the sound of building taking place. Entering the village, they saw Kyle and his pokemon at work.
"Kyle! June called. "You're here early!"
"Hi all!" Kyle called back. "Well, I didn't have a lot to do at home, so I decided to start here a bit early." Windy, Kyle's ghost pokemon, appeared beside him. "All clear, Windy?"
"Gastly! Gas Gas!" The ghost pokemon nodded.
"All right. Onix, do it!" A loud crack was heard, as Onix broke through the surface, underneath one of the more damaged houses, and collapsed the structure in seconds. "OK, let's clear it out, guys!" Several other creatures approached, and started working.
"I'll help!" Elecmon said. "June?" June took out her digivice, and held it up. "Elecmon, digivolve to...Leomon!" Leomon went over to the rubble and started moving. AS he worked, a part of the rubble shifted, and diminished a bit. Carrying a large piece of wall, a small bluish creature stepped out.
"Who's that pokemon?" Yolei asked. (Hey, it HAD to show up sometime -ed)
Kyle looked up. "Oh, that's Machop. She looks small, but she's super strong."
Davis looked skeptical. "I don't know. She looks a bit scrawny if-GURK!" Davis was cut off as Machop reached up, pulled him down to her eye level (neat trick, as this Machop only measures a little over two and a half feet). Machop's displeasure at Davis' crack was made evident by several things, the most notable being the piece of wall Machop was carrying, and how Machop was considering shoving it...someplace rather unpleasant to Davis.
"Umm.... Sorry?" Davis gasped.
"Machop?" the pokemon snarled.
"Machop," Kyle called, "he can't apologize if you throttle him. He's learned his lesson, now let him go!" The pokemon relented, let Davis go, then one-armed the masonry into the rubble pile.
"Umm...yeah..." Yolei stammered unsure how to respond. The crew returned to work.
After a few minutes, Cody asked a question. "Hey, where are TK and Gatomon?"
Kari answered. "They said they had things to do, but didn't say what. And Patamon was resting, last I saw him." She fought down the concern in her voice. It wasn't like either of them to keep secrets from her.
==Tokyo, near the Ichijouji residence==
Ken had stepped out onto the roof of the apartment he and his family lived in. As far as the media was concerned, Ken Ichijouji, the boy genius that had mysteriously disappeared, was taking time off school for psychological help. As far as his parents were concerned, they were glad to have their one remaining son home. And as far as Ken was concerned...well, he wasn't sure what to think anymore. Except that it was a long way down...
As he looked over the ledge, Ken remembered that last battle. The fight the digidestined had put up against him, the shocking revelation that Digimon were living beings, Wormmon's digivolution and sacrifice...
That ledge was looking awfully good right now...
"So that's it?" a voice behind Ken asked. "One step, and it's all over?"
Turning, Ken saw a familiar cat-like Digimon. Gatomon, that was its...her name? "Come to gloat?" Ken asked sourly. "Or just to finish the job?"
"It's already finished. It's over, isn't it?" Gatomon replied.
"What's over? I'm still here."
"You're a real idiot." Gatomon said, flatly. At Ken's surprised look, she went on. "Do you really think you're the only one who ever made a mistake like this? That you're the only one who ever suffered the way you are now? Are you really such a tragic figure that no one person could ever understand what you went through, much less forgive it? And that ending it all is the Perfectly Noble Thing To Do?"
Ken, enraged by Gatomon's words, screamed back "WELL NAME ME ONE PERSON WHO COULD UNDERSTAND!"
"Me, for starters."
That stopped Ken in his tracks. "Wha...what do you mean?"
Gatomon was silent for a moment, remembering one of the less pleasant episodes of her life. "You remember when Myotismon appeared? Tall guy, fangs, cape, played with bats?" Ken nodded. "I worked for him."
"I wasn't found by a human, Myotismon found me first. And he turned me into his perfect little assassin. I went on raid after raid against any Digimon that would resist him, and made sure they stopped resisting." Gatomon pulled off one of her gloves, revealing an X shaped scar on one paw. "This is how Myotismon marked all his servants. The ones he liked, anyway. Don't ask about the ones he didn't like."
"And then..."
"And then we went to Earth, and I met this girl named Kari that I couldn't bring myself to harm. It turned out that we were partners, although neither of us knew it at the time. I tried to deny it, but it took the sacrifice of my best friend to make me see it." Gatomon looked right at Ken, and asked "can you say that I at least have some idea of what you're going through?"
Ken nodded. "How did you deal with it?"
"After the Dark Masters were beaten, it wasn't easy. A lot of the older Digimon remembered my former employer, and they remembered that a lot more easily than my later work. My friends helped though."
"And if you don't have any?" Ken asked sharply. "Maybe you haven't noticed, but I've managed to drive anyone who might even remotely like me away. There's probably a lynch mob in the Digital World waiting for me to show up!"
Gatomon sighed loudly. "Me, me, me. It's never too late to make new friends. All you have to do is try. Here" Gatomon threw a small rectangular object to Ken. He caught it, and looked at it. As he did, it glowed with a soft radiance.
"It's the crest of kindness" Gatomon explained. "It won't glow for anyone else, so it must be yours."
"But I'm not-"
"Then learn from it." Gatomon cut Ken off. "Look, I gotta go now. Wait about 10 to 12 days, then go to Primary Village. You'll know what to do." Gatomon turned to leave.
"Gatomon?"
Gatomon looked at Ken. "What?"
Ken looked at the ground for a second, unsure what to say for a second. Then, "Thanks." Gatomon nodded, and left the roof, and Ken, who had a lot more thinking to do.
==
"Well?" TK asked as Gatomon jumped up into his arms.
"I don't know. He's still an emotional wreck. You sure about this?"
"You heard what Wormmon said. If we run into whoever was pulling Ken's strings, we're going to need all the help we can get." TK paused for a second. "Gatomon, I'm sorry for making you remember-"
"Forget it. Like Kari told me once, it helps to talk about it. Anyway, it's your turn now."
"Right. Next stop, Maison Izuma."
Gatomon missed the reference, and just settled down. "What is it with geniuses and emotional problems, TK?"
==Digital world
Work had proceeded well at Primary village. Between Onix and Leomon, much of the rubble and buildings too damaged to be used were cleared out, and new buildings were being prepared.
As the day progressed, the kids took a break. "Hey, Kyle" Cody asked. "When did you get here?"
"About an hour before you did" he replied. "My day was clear, so I figured, what the heck?"
"Doesn't that cut into school or anything?" Davis asked. "I had a pile of homework to do last night!" For some reason, June started chuckling, and Kyle started sweating.
"I've been wondering about that," Yolei said. "Didn't that first week or so you were stuck here mess up your school schedule?"
"Well..." Kyle started. "Actually, I'm not in school right now."
"Oh" Davis said. "Summer vacation?"
"No."
"You weren't expelled, were you?" Yolei asked, horrified.
"Actually...Pokemon trainers get a year off school when they get their license." June fell over laughing at that; whether it was Kyle's expression or Davis' and Yolei's was anyone's guess.
"ONE YEAR?????" Davis all but shouted. Kyle nodded meekly. "I was born on the wrong world..."
"But you make that up next year, right?" Kari asked.
"Oh yeah, of course. Grade 10, then finals, and I'm done."
"GRADE 10??" This time, Yolei shouted.
Kyle blinked. "Umm...yeah?"
Deciding he had suffered enough, June let Kyle off the hook. "His dad explained it to me. He's going to a tech school; it's kindergarten to grade 10, but you only get a month off for summer, two weeks for Christmas, and the school days run a bit longer. Plus the gear they have is really neat!"
"Really?" Cody asked.
"Yeah!" June replied, and began describing some of the technological advances she had been told about.
As she rambled, Davis could only think of one thing to say. "My sister's a techno-geek."
June overheard this, and grabbed Davis' ear, pulling him towards her. "WHAT was that?" Everyone laughed at the exchange.
==Izuma residence.==
"Oh hello TK" Izzy's mom greeted the young boy.
"Hello ma'am. Is Izzy in?"
"Yes, he's in his room. Did you want me to get him?"
"Well, it's kind of personal and all..."
Ms. Izuma smiled knowingly. "Kari, right?" At TK's expression, she went on. "He's been as nervous as anything ever since he asked her out." She stifled a laugh, then continued. "I may be old, but I'm not completely blind."
TK grinned. "You're not old at all!"
"Nice try, but I'm already married. His room is down the hall, last door on the left."
TK thanked her, and went down the hall to Izzy's room. He knocked twice. "Come in, door's open." TK opened the door, and walked in. Inside the room, Izzy was there, as was Tentomon (TK shushed him before he could tell Izzy). "I'll be done in a minute mom, I just have to finish this program." he said, not noticing who had entered.
TK smiled, trying not to laugh. "Take as long as you want, as long as you finish your vegetables" he said in a high falsetto voice.
Izzy spun around in his chair. "TK! What are you doing
here?"
TK sat on the bed. "Oh, just stopped by. Remember,
I wanted to talk with you about something?"
Izzy went pale. It's about Kari, he thought to himself. I'm gonna die.... "yeah?" he said weakly.
"Jeez, lighten up! You think I was going to put you in the hospital or something."
Izzy stammered, unsure of what to say. 'Well...I ...you wanted to talk about..."
"Kari" TK said. He forced himself to frown, scaring Izzy further. "I'm truly disappointed."
"I'm sorry!" OK, mom gets my computer...Dad can have the laptop...
"You should be" his frown gave out, being replaced by a grin. "Thanks to you, I owe Matt half my allowance."
"huh?" Izzy went from scared silly to utterly confused.
"I bet him Kari'd ask you first. Look, the only member of the original digidestined that doesn't know about that huge crush you have on Kari is, well, Kari. And I think Yolei, Cody, and Kyle know something's up, too. It's none of my business, but I am curious to know how it started, and why you haven't said anything." Izzy seemed to freeze up. "It might help, you know. It's been eating at you for a year now, it might help to get it out of your system."
"Actually, it's closer to three" Izzy said. He slumped a bit, then told. "You remember when we were fighting Machinedramon, right? And how Kari got really sick"
TK nodded. "That was the scariest part of the whole battle, I think."
"Yeah. And you know Tai and I went to find some medicine for Kari. Well, during the...I...It's my fault Machinedramon bombed the city. I almost got her killed!"
TK's eyes widened. Tai had never told him THAT.
"I was so sure that I could draw off Machinedramon. I could have just masked our signatures whenever I signed in, or just sent a false signal to a different area. But no, I had to get cute." Izzy's voice took on a self loathing tone that worried TK a bit. "I had to show off my great skill by lighting up every access port on Machinedramon's screen like a Christmas tree." TK was about to break in, when Izzy continued. "And you know what the kicker was?" Izzy shook his head. "The fever she had broke on its own. We didn't even have to leave our hiding place. All I did by going with Tai was signing her death warrant."
TK was quiet for a moment. "Cody told me what happened in Ken's base. Same thing?"
"Yeah. If it wasn't for Cody, I don't think-"
"And that's what you're doing now!" TK cut Izzy off. Izzy, surprised by TK's forceful reply, stopped. "Look, Izzy, you're one of the smartest people I know, so THINK!" He paused for a second, calming himself down. "Sorry. I don't like going off like that."
"No, it's all right."
"Thanks, but I am serious. You had no way of knowing how Machinedramon would react. None of us knew what we were doing in the Digital World. Heck, we still don't."
"But that doesn't-"
"You made a mistake. That's no reason to beat yourself up over it."
Izzy calmed down a bit. "I guess."
"And then?" TK pressed. He didn't like prying, but if he could get Izzy to open up...
"And then, Kari grew up, and I kind of fell for her...I must sound like an idiot..."
"For what?"
Izzy sat uncomfortably, wrestling with something. TK waited.
"TK, you're OK with me asking Kari out, right?"
"Huh? Sure, why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, I thought you and her...well.."
"Oh, THAT! Look, Izzy, we're friends, we like each other a lot, but Kari's as much a sister to me as anything else." At Izzy's surprised look, he went on. "Hey, one minute, I'm the youngest kid in the group, the next, there's someone my age to talk to. You don't know how relieved I was to have someone I could relate to. Plus it was nice to have a sister; Matt's OK, but he can get a little too intense at times." Izzy seemed unable to speak. "Geniuses" he sighed. "Look, it's OK to take Kari out. Do you want me to chaperone you?" He said that last with a smile, which finally calmed Izzy down.
"That won't be necessary" he said with a weak smile. Izzy thought for a second, then asked "Everyone knew?"
"Yes" came another voice from Izzy's room door. Ms. Izuma walked into the room. "Everyone. Now I want you to go out and show Kari a good time, all right?"
"Yes mom."
"And be back by 7:30."
"MOM!!"
"Relax, Izzy, I'm kidding." Izzy sighed, defeated. TK got up to leave. He said his thank-yous and good-byes to Izzy and his mother, and left.
==Digital World
The day was long, but most of the village was looking better than when they started. Leomon, in what he called his 'last act as caretaker' pronounced the place safe to use, and opened up the vault where the infant Digimon were kept safe. The Infant and In-Training Digimon swarmed out of the place, while the digidestined had to carry the eggs. Carefully, of course.
As the last egg was placed (Unique one; green with a single black stripe around the top), the baby Digimon began cheering.
"Well, job done!" Yolei cheered.
"Not quite" Kari said. "There's still a lot of damage to other parts of the digital world; they'll have to be fixed too. But don't worry, the Digimon there should be more than willing to help with repairs."
"Who's gonna take care of Primary Village?" Cody asked. "You said that opening the vault was your last act as the caretaker."
"I don't know" Elecmon said. "Gennai told me that he'd picked the perfect 'mon for the job." The humans and partner Digimon left for home.
==20 minutes later
Ogremon wandered into Primary Village. "Finally, Leomon's back! Now we can continue our battle and settle things once and for all!" As he spoke, a Punimon hopped up to him.
"Excuse me, are you Ogremon?"
"Yeah, shorty, what's it to ya?"
Punimon produced a letter, giving it to Leomon. "Gennai said I was to give you this as soon as you arrived" Ogremon began reading:
'Dear Ogremon
As you've heard, Leomon is back, but as he's got a
digidestined partner now, he can no longer continue as the
caretaker for this place. Therefore, it is with great pleasure
that I confer this responsibility to you.
-Gennai
PS: Don't forget to change the Infant Digimon diapers.'
Ogremon looked at all the Digimon crowding around their new caretaker, and groaned.
"AWWW MAN!!"
==Human World
As the digidestined made their ways home, Kari caught up with June. "Hey, June! Wait up!"
"Kari? What's up?"
"Oh, just wanted to check up on you. So, what do you think of the Digital World?"
June thought for a minute. "Weird place, but at least I know what's going on now."
"I felt the same way when I first got there. It's a really neat place, when you're not being chased by giant monsters intent on taking over the world." Kari paused for a second. "Umm, can I ask a question? It's kind of personal."
"Sure, what?"
"What REALLY happened on that first date you had with Kyle?"
June held back a giggle. "Well, it happened like this..."
Next Episode:
As the digidestined separate and try to repair the damaged sections
of the digital world, Lynxmon attacks Cody. Unable to call for help,
Armadillomon must fight as he has never fought before to save his partner.
Next on Digimon: DigiCross:
"Invulnerable Juggernaut Ankylomon"
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DigiCross Side Stories: "Kyle's first date!"
**
Digimon: DigiCross Special Feature
This takes place during the events of "Get Along, Little Cody!"
==Motomiya residence, 1:30pm. Saturday, if you must know.==
'Dear Diary,
Well, today's the day. I'm not really sure why I asked
that kid out. I mean, he's pretty cute. Not nearly as cute
as Matt (who is?), but he seems nice. I hope he's not as tense as
Matt was; I'd swear he was scared of me or something, that night at the
restaurant.
I think it's because I'm a bit worried about Davis. He's
been sneaking around a lot lately, and it's my job as his big sister to
find out what he's up to. I think Kyle might know something.
Plus he's new, and someone should show him around. And Eevee is so
kawaii! It's an odd name for a pet though.'
Closing her diary, June got ready for her big day. She heard the door open, and a familiar voice introduce himself. That must be him, she thought to herself. Time to go!
==Motomiya living room==
"So, you're Kyle" Davis' father said in The Voice. Yes, that Voice. The 'I want to know what you have in mind for my daughter, and lay so much as one hand on her and I'll make the Inquisition look like a kid's TV show' Voice. Every father has one for times such as this. Kyle, Eevee beside him, squirmed a bit, resisting the urge to see if there was someone with a mop and bucket nearby, or he was standing on a plastic sheet.
"Umm...yes, sir" Kyle replied, unnerved. He was spared further humiliation by June entering the room.
"DADDY!! You do this every time one of my friends come over!"
June's father looked back at her. "Only the male ones, sweetheart."
Exasperated, June sighed, then turned to face Kyle. "I'm really glad you came, I've got the whole day planned out." Looking down, she saw Eevee. "Ooh, you brought Eevee too." Eevee yipped affectionately. "I'm sorry, but a lot of the places we're going to don't allow pets, even ones as cute as you."
"Huh? Why not?" This was unusual to Kyle; on his world, pokemon were welcome almost anywhere.
"Don't worry, I'm sure Davis won't mind watching him. Will you?" June asked sweetly.
"Alright, all right" Davis grumbled. As he bent down to pick up Eevee, he whispered to Kyle "You owe me for this."
"Umm...right" Kyle said. In a louder voice, Kyle said "Eevee, you listen to Davis, all right?" Eevee gave a small "vee?" and tilted his head to the side. "Within limits, of course." Kyle added. Eevee nodded, relieved expression on his face. Davis, his parents being in the same room, refrained from saying what he thought of that little exchange.
That little creature understood him, and he just spoke to him as if he were a human, June thought to herself. This is getting weirder and weirder. "Come on Kyle, we're leaving!" Grabbing Kyle's hand, June led him to the door. "We'll be back before dinner! Bye!!!"
=Two hours later=
So far, Kyle's 'date' had gone pretty smoothly. June had led him on a walking tour of Tokyo, showing him places like the local shrine (and one of the priestesses in training there, one of June's friends from some years back), the monorail (and going all over town on it), Tokyo Tower (and it had just reopened *again*; something about a blinding flash of light and three schoolgirls disappearing for a second, then reappearing, crying their eyes out). Now they were coming up on what June had said was 'one of the best' restaurants in the area.
"Here we are!" June said, leading Kyle into a small restaurant. It was a western style place, and the menu posted at the door made Kyle turn a little white.
That much for a hamburger? he thought to himself, I've been spoiled by the Pokemon Centers. The two went inside, selected a seat, and waited to be served.
"So, tell me about yourself."
June's question caught Kyle a bit off guard. "Huh?"
"Come on!" June said, a bit exasperated. "I mean, where are you from? How'd you meet my brother?"
"Ah...I'm from Stone Town in Kan...I mean, Canada" Kyle quickly dredged the cover story Izzy had thought up for him if such a situation came up. "It's a small town, just below the Stonies."
"You mean Rockies, right?"
"Yeah, that's it!! Sorry..."
June eyed Kyle a bit suspiciously. He wasn't lying outright, but he was covering something up. "So, how'd you meet Davis?"
"I dropped in on a friend of his..." Kyle went on to relate
a highly abbreviated recap of his adventures to date, leaving out any mention
of the fact that he was
a)from another dimension,
b)regularly traveling between his world and this world through
a computer screen in a school lab,
c)and that he, June's brother, and several other kids were engaged
in a running battle with that genius boy who disappeared a few weeks ago,
who was really quite determined to take over a place called the digital
world. To say it left out a bit would be too kind.
Yeah, she'd believe the truth, Kyle thought sourly. 'Hi, I'm from an alternate Earth where little creatures with fantastic powers live. You free Saturday?' I'd be locked up in two seconds.
==
Unknown to the two, they were being followed. Not by mind controlled Digimon, sinister forces of darkness, or immigration officials (hey, there might BE laws about transdimensional travelers), but by Davis and Yolei. While the other digidestined were in the Digital World, Davis and Yolei decided to spend the time spying...that is, making sure things went well between Kyle and June (Who Davis was NOT worried about. Not at all. Not one bit. Nope. Not him. Just along for the ride...).
"What are they doing?" Davis asked for the tenth time in four minutes. Not that he was worried...
"They're kissing" Yolei said flatly.
"I'LL TEAR HIM APART WITH MY BARE HANDS!!"
"Quiet willya? I was kidding!" As the two watched, Kyle and June sat, talked, and waited for their meal to arrive. June seemed pretty happy, while Kyle was still a little nervous. "Why are you following them around anyway?" Yolei asked.
"I'm not following them! Eevee needed a walk, and I decided to go along. It's just a coincidence!!" Eevee looked at Davis as if he were mad. Yolei was starting to agree with the little pokemon.
==
June listened to Kyle's narrative, asking a few questions every now and then. He's still hiding something, she thought to herself. "Well, that's a pretty interesting story."
"What I told you is true" Kyle said, feeling the moral high ground subduct underneath him.
"I don't doubt it. Still, you seem like too nice a guy to do anything mean to Davis."
"What kind of freak do you take me for?!?!?"
June tried to calm him down. "Relax, relax," she said, chuckling. Boy he's nervous, she thought to herself. "I didn't mean anything by it. And you are a pretty nice guy."
Kyle blushed crimson. June giggled. "You think you'd never gone out before."
"Actually, I...er...haven't. I've been busy with school and everything..."
"A cute guy like you? Now I know you're lying!" she said,
grinning.
Kyle didn't reply. He just blushed even more deeply. First
timer, June confirmed. "I think I'd like to see you again, but there's
still a lot you're not telling me."
Kyle looked up at June. "It's not my secret to tell. Believe me, if I could, I would, but I just can't. But you have to believe me, I'm not going to do anything to Davis. He's my friend!"
"I think I can accept that for now." June checked her watch. "Well, I'd better get you home. Say, where do you live?"
"Well...I commute to the Tosan region. I really can't remember the name of the place I stay at, just how to get there."
Far enough away to be hard to get to. Convenient. "Well, the stop to Tosan is near my place, I can walk you there?"
"Um...sure."
==
Outside, Davis and Yolei watched as the two got up from the table, settled the bill, and made to exit the place. "Hide, they're coming!" Davis said, leaping into the shrub by the door. Yolei grabbed a newspaper and started reading, sitting at one of the outdoor tables.
June picked out the purple haired girl as soon as she exited the restaurant. And if I know Davis... She pulled back a sleeve, and reached into the shrubbery near the door. "And your reason for being here is?" She asked Davis as she pulled him up.
"Err...Eevee needed a walk?" Eevee stuck his head up, mane a tangled mess.
"DAVIS!!" Kyle said, the trainer in him getting mad. "I can't believe you did this! I spent hours combing out his mane last night! Do you have any idea how hard it is to clean that properly?? GAHH!!" June was taken aback. Wow, she thought, file that in the 'Buttons not to push' column. "Come on Eevee, I'll take you home." Kyle held his arm down, and Eevee ran up and curled around Kyle's neck.
"He's a flexible little thing" June said.
"More like plain lazy. I think I've carried him like this more times in the last 7 months than he's actually walked." Eevee pointedly ignored Kyle, pretending to be asleep. June found herself laughing at the whole performance. The two walked back to June's place, Davis trailing behind them. Yolei, still reading the newspaper she picked up at the restaurant, followed Davis.
When they reached the door to the apartment June and Davis' parents lived in, June said "Well, I had a really nice time. So," she checked to see if Davis was listening, "is next Saturday all right?"
"...sure.." Kyle said. "Um, I think something's wrong with Davis..." Kyle pointed to Davis, who had just stopped dead, jaw hanging open.
"Oh, don't mind him" she said. "He just needs to do the dishes for a week so I don't tell Mom you were spying on me, right?" Davis nodded, not saying a word. "Of course, you could get your girlfriend to help." Yolei, still reading the newspaper, stiffened, but said nothing.
Did EVERYONE follow me? Kyle thought to himself. "Well, I'd better head to the bus stop. It was nice meeting you June."
"It was nice meeting you too. See you around!"
==
'Dear Diary,
Well, despite Davis following me (big surprise), and Kyle not
telling me everything, I think I'd like to see him again. He doesn't
seem to freak out as much as Matt does when I'm around. He gets all
shy and embarrassed, but that's different. And kinda cute.
At least he was able to tell me that something was going on,
I like honesty in a person. Now if I can just figure out what he
and Davis are up to...'
End.