Disclaimer- This is Izumi...

.:Takuya:. And Takuya! YOU CAN'T FORGET ME, I'M IMPORTANT!

.:Izumi:. Put a sock in it, Takuya. You're so pathetic sometimes. Remember? Say and Scram?

.:Takuya:. Fine, Fine. Kaea doesn't own Digimon.

.:Izumi:. But she should!

.:Takuya:. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!

There's No Such Thing As Cupid, Only Kouji

Please don't let him have used the money...PLEASE! Kouichi's mind screamed as he bolted through the automatic doors and tackled his twin, grabbing him in a headlock from behind. "Where's my wallet?" panicked Kouichi.

"I told you, Kouji!" Kako snapped, tossing Kouichi his wallet. "Here ya go."

"But-" Kouji protested. MY MASTER PLAN!

Kouichi silenced him with a glare, releasing the younger twin. "NEVER. TOUCH. MY. THINGS," he thundered. Then, as an afterthought, the older twin added, "Or else."

Kouji rolled his eyes. "I only wanted to show Kako and everyone else that picture you always hide behind all of your school I.D.'s! I showed Takuya last week."

The older twin paled considerably. "Wh-wh...y...y-y...you mean you showed..."

"Yep! The baby picture of you that you have! It's funny!"

Much to Kouji's confusion, Kouichi covered his mouth and turned around, stifling his laughter and banging his head against a nearby pinball machine.

"What did I miss?" Izumi asked, walking into the arcade uneasily as soon as she spotted Takuya.

"Nothing much..." Kako replied. "You missed about as much as I did. What the hell is so funny, Kouichi?"

Bursting out in fits of laughter, Kouichi managed to say, "That's a picture exclaimed, cracking up. "That's amazing! Embarrassing yourself without knowing! I thought only Takuya could do that!"

Takuya, who had been laughing, stopped and glared at Kako. "HEY!"

Izumi smiled and walked over to her cousin. "You mean that picture of Kouji as a baby sucking his thumb and glaring at the camera?" she asked.

Kouichi nodded and tried to control his laughter. "Y-yeah...that's the one..." he affirmed, taking deep breaths and hoping he didn't burst out laughing again. Honestly, the stupidity of it all...then again, we ARE twins...

I'll never give up! I'll show him! Kouji thought grumpily. "Why do you have a baby picture of me, anyway?" he snapped.

"Well, since Tomoki and Junpei are too busy gaming to hear the story, I might as well tell you. Now, Grandma told me about you, right? So then, I asked Mom about you, and she gave me that picture. Apparently, Dad has a baby picture of me...and Mom complained it was cuter," Kouichi explained, grinning.

"HEY! I LOOK CUTE IN MY PICTURE TOO!" Kouji barked, glaring daggers at his brother.

Kako snickered. "Define cute."

"Shaddup."

"CONTINUE, PLEASE!" Takuya said loudly, trying to act interested.

"Ooh, someone's edgy," Kako teased with a grin. "What? Were you playing poker at school?"

Kouichi rolled his eyes. "Yeah, and so that's how I got it. About a week or so later, I actually saw you. It was a bit weird at first. I mean...it's kind of scary finding out you have a twin after living eleven years without one."

"Yeah, but...when I came back from the digital world after you knocked out Kouji and not me, I saw you glaring at Kouji in the train. What was up with that?" Takuya asked, remembering the incident in which he had turned into some random Digimon after he had tried coming back to the real world, but eventually had gone back to help Kouji and the rest fight Duskmon.

The boy shrugged. "Well, you know. Mom never remarried, but Dad did. I guess I felt...jealous that Kouji had a complete family. But you know, he's got a wacky family. His step mom scares me," Kouichi said, shivering.

"Just wait till you meet Shinya," Takuya muttered.

"We did, if you don't remember. He pounced on you yesterday," Izumi informed him.

Takuya paled and gulped. "Err...I j-just remembered! I better go beat Junpei, now!" he said quickly, running to where Junpei and Tomoki were both gaming ferociously.

Izumi sighed. "I'm hopeless."

"HE'S hopeless," Kako corrected. "What a scaredy cat."

"Who wouldn't be, knowing you," Kouji muttered under his breath.

"You better not have been talking to Izumi."

"YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO HEAR! AND I WAS TALKING TO YOU!"

His twin just sighed. "Look, Izumi, do you want us to knock some sense into him? And anyway, today's our daily park day."

"Who came up with the name park day? I forget," Kako wondered aloud.

Kouji snorted. "Me. We go to the park and talk. Park day's a good name!"

"It's so stupid," Kako retorted.

"NO IT ISN'T! IT MAKES SENSE! OOH! I have an idea!" he said suddenly, excitedly bouncing over to Izumi. "Alright, so this is what we'll do..."

"BUT I DID BEAT YOU! DON'T DENY IT, JUNPEI!" Takuya yelled, glaring at the older boy.

Junpei stuck up his nose and turned away in response.

"I think he's trying to say, 'You have a big head, no brain, and need to listen more in Math class,'" Tomoki said, reading off a paper Junpei had handed him.

Rolling his eyes, Kouji turned to Izumi and asked, "What do you see in him?"

"Sometimes, I wonder that myself," she replied with a sigh.

"Hey, Kouji, did Dad say when he's coming back from Hawaii?" Kouichi asked, looking at the ground below him, hands stuffed in his pockets.

Kouji muttered something under his breath, stuffing his hands in his pockets and looking down, kicking the ground.

"What?"

"HE'LL BE GONE FOR A FREAKING YEAR!"

Kako blinked. "Wow, Kouji, you're going to go insane, huh?"

"WHAT DO YOU THINK!"

"Great," Kouichi said, his voice heavy with sarcasm. "Just great."

"Well," Kako murmured, sitting down on a swing once she reached it. "Think of it this way-more brotherly bonding."

"We've had enough for a lifetime," Kouichi answered dryly.

"You could always bug Hideki," she suggested hopefully.

Kouji made a face. "No thanks. He might insult me by calling me Kouichi."

Sighing, Izumi sat in the swing beside her cousin's. "When are we going to start the plan?" She thought it was a complete waste of time. What would Takuya see in her now?

"Three, two, one," Kouji muttered before yanking Kako out of the swing and yelling, "WHO WANTS ICE CREAM!"

"WE DO!" Junpei and Tomoki yelled, excited. They both ran over to Kouji, who marched off to find the nearest ice cream store.

"WHAT ABOUT ME!" Takuya yelled, about to run after them before Kako tripped him, causing him to nearly fall face-flat on the ground. "KAKO!" he growled as he caught himself.

Kako just grinned. "Sorry. It's the twins' treat. What flavor?"

"Chocolate, then."

"Great! Izumi?"

"I'm not hungry, thanks," she answered, swinging slowly, ignoring the creaks that the chains made.

"Okay. I'll get you something extra special, then!" Kako cheered, yanking Kouichi's hand. "Come on, slowpoke! Kouji's beating us!"

Kouichi groaned and followed her, turning his head and nodding at Izumi.

Izumi nodded and sighed, still swinging. It's not going to work. What does it matter?

"Uh...Izumi?" Takuya asked, sitting in the swing beside her. "You...are you okay?" he asked finally, looking at her.

She stayed quiet for about a second. "I...guess..."

"Is it because...I...well...keep avoiding you?"

Izumi said nothing.

Takuya sighed and pushed off from the ground, swinging back and forth. "You know, I don't really mean it...I guess...Izumi, I don't hate you," he told her desperately. "Do you hate me?"

"What...? I...I thought you hated me!" Izumi exclaimed, suddenly confused.

"But-"

"You-"

"And-"

"What-"

"Who-"

"We-"

"What?" they chorused, both suddenly confused. The two stared at each other, forgetting they were both on swings.

Izumi broke into a smile and laughed. "I thought you hated me..."

Smiling, Takuya shook his head and murmured, "It's funny how misunderstandings are made..."

"Yeah!"

"AHA! I TOLD YOU IT WOULD WORK, KAKO!" Kouji yelled, jumping out with an ice cream cone in hand. "YOU CAN CALL ME THE NEXT CUPID!"

"I'd rather puke," Kako retorted angrily. "If you become Cupid, everyone's going to suffer."

"Oh yeah!"

"YEAH!"

"BUT I GOT TAKUYA AND IZUMI BACK TOGETHER!"

"ANYONE COULD HAVE COME UP WITH AN IDEA LIKE THAT!"

"WOULD YOU TWO BE QUIET?" Kouichi yelled, whacking Kouji over the head and glaring at Kako. "I'd cover your mouth, but I have ice cream in one hand."

"I'll take the ice cream!"

"NO WAY!"

"Aww, so cute!" Kouji exclaimed. "Now to get those two together!"

Izumi and Takuya exchanged glances.

"Wanna go for a walk?" Takuya asked, hopping off the swing.

Izumi shrugged. "Sure, why not?"

As the two walked away, Tomoki and Junpei began arguing over who had more ice cream, Kouji began thinking up more devious plans for his Master Plan, and Kouichi began to eat his ice cream so Kako couldn't.

"I JUST FORGOT TO GIVE TAKUYA AND IZUMI THEIR ICE CREAMS!" Kako screamed in realization.

"Great going, Kako. More ice cream for you, right?" Kouichi replied sarcastically.

"Good point," Kako replied with a grin. He'll regret he said that, she thought, throwing one cone at Kouji, then another at Kouichi. "Care to eat it for me?"

SHE'S GOING TO REGRET THAT! both twins thought, glaring at her. One of these days...

A/N-

.:Izumi:. That was pathetic, don't you think, Takuya?

.:Takuya:. REALLY pathetic. Almost as pathetic as Jason Toy.

.:Izumi:. Boys are so pathetic...

.:Kaea:. No kidding?

.:Takuya:. I'M STILL HERE, YOU KNOW!

.:Izumi:. Kaea, did you hear anything?

.:Kaea:. Nope. Anyway, the next chapter is going to be a week before winter break! FUN! Review, please! Arigatou! Thank you. Merci...er...Gracias!