Pure Essence: Hey guys! I'm back! I know it took forever for me to update and most of you probably know why especially if you guys go to school. There were many tests going on, a lot of homework now that I entered high school and etc. Due to this condition… I hardly have time to update so forgive me ) I love you ppl!

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, but I AM the # 1 fan of it!


Recently… in the last chapter…

He looked down to see a sleeping Izumi. Gently, he brushed his fingers across her cheeks and pushed some of her hair that covered her face behind her ears.

He let his lips curve into a real smile, something that he hardly ever show. Then slowly he picked her up and settled her down on the bed. He pulled the covers over her body securely.

"Good Night" he muttered and then he bent low and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Sweet Dreams"

He let out a tired yawn before walking over to the chair he was sitting on before. He sat there and crossed his arms until sleep took over him.

The Moonlight streamed through the window and into the room. It made the room look magical as the two people drifted off into a deep slumber.

10 P.M. At Takuya's place

Takuya, Junpei, and Tomoki sat in a small circle as Takuya told his story in shame. He looked fearful as the others gave him hateful glares while he told them what happen the other day that caused Izumi's disappearance.

"Well… uh…. then… uh… I turned around since I felt someone was watching us. I saw Izumi looking at me. I tried to explain to her what happened but she just ran away from me…. I don't know where she went. I tried calling her house and all her friends but all of them said they don't know where she is. That's why I got worried and called you guys so you could help me think of ideas to find her…." Takuya bowed his head down. Feeling very ashamed.

"I CANT BELIEVE YOU TAKUYA!" Junpei jumped up and grabbed Takuya's shirt. He turned red as he let his anger out. "I TRUSTED YOU WITH IZUMI AND LOOK WHAT YOU DID!" he took a deep breath before continuing, "IF I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN, I WOULD'VE ASKED HER OUT BEFORE YOU DID. I BET SHE'LL BE HAPPIER WITH ME THEN YOU! YOU JERK!" Junpei was breathing heavily now. His face was extremely red and his hands are clenched into a fist. He really really liked Izumi and had a hard time dealing with her disappearance.

"Calm down Junpei" The youngest of the group, Tomoki said quietly as he tried to pry Junpei's hand off of Takuya's shirt. "Don't worry Takuya.. We'll try our best to find her," Tomoki said as he finally managed to pull Junpei off of Takuya. Takuya was sweating profusely. For 5 seconds, he thought that he was going to die with the fist of wrath from Junpei. "Th-Thanks Tomoki" he breathed a sigh of relief as he saw little Tomoki pulling the bigger boy back.

"WAIT YOU JERK! I'M NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING DONE WITH YOU! Takuya flinched and started scrambling away from Junpei. "GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!" Takuya just huddled to the room's corner trying to stay as far as possible from the angry beast in front of him. 'I wish this never happened' he thought and started reminiscing the past events.

Flashback

"Takuya!" a boy of Takuya's age ran up to him. "Sup Bro?" he elbowed Takuya in the ribs. The boy was about the same height as Takuya but maybe around 1 inch shorter. He had light brown spiked hair and wore goggles too. Obviously, trying to copy the style Takuya has. "Nothing's up. What do you want Aslan? Spit it out and get it over with" was Takuya's reply. The boy frowned at his rude behavior but said nothing about it. Instead he changed the subject.

"Did you notice that new girl Akina Toriayama?" he asked enthusiastically.

"Yea. What about her?"

"Don't you think she's hot?" Aslan grinned mischievously. His eyes sparkled with a light green as if thinking really hard of a plan.

"Do you think I would say anyone else is hot especially when I already have a girlfriend?"

"Maybe…"

"No I don't you doofus. Use your brain for once. I already got a girlfriend and Akina isn't that hot. She's just cute and pretty that's all."

"Ooohh! So you admit it. You like her a little don't you?

Takuya turned red. He straightened himself up to look more tall and replied with a curt and simple answer, "No"

Aslan sighed. "Takuya, if you can't lie, then don't 'cuz your face just gave it all away"

Takuya turned a deeper shade of red.

"Ok. I Admit. I'm attracted to her a little but not a lot. I like my girlfriend. There's no way I'm going to ditch her for Akina."

"Ok fine then. How about we play a little game?" Aslan changed the subject again.

"What game?"

"Truth or Dare"

"Suit yourself"

"Ok. I'll start first. Takuya. Truth or dare?"

"Dare." He had always been the dare type of person. He had always done his dares and had never backed out of one before.

"I dare… I dare you to go to Akina and ask her out then flirt with her." Aslan's eyes seemed to glow as he said that.

"No way! Are you serious? I already have a girlfriend!"

"So? Not like she's gonna know anyways. It's between you and me k? And after you finish the dare. You could break up with her if you wish."

'I hope Izumi won't find out… who knows what she might do to me…'

"I accept your dare" Takuya had said it. There's no way of getting out of this one now.

That was when he walked up to Akina and asked her to be with him. She blushed a little and nodded. Takuya felt his stomach flip flopped. He smiled and blushed a little too. Then they started kidding around and poking each other.

Unknown to them, Izumi had been watching the whole time. That was also when he realized what he had done.

Flashback Ends

'Izumi, I'm sorry. But am I truly happy with you?' Why do I feel so much more free and happy with Akina…' He let out a deep growl. 'I can't believe this. I love Izumi and that's it. I don't have space for another girl to fit… or is there?'

His thinking was interrupted by an angry Junpei shouting angry words at him. He sweat dropped and huddled even closer to the wall.


(A/N) Pure Essence: I think I did a pretty good job on this. I'm sorry about the fact there wasn't any Kouzumi in this chapter because I'm still thinking about what would happen when they wake up so have some patience okie? Ok. I put this whole chapter on Takuya and what happening because I wanted you guys to get a sense of what really happened between the two. But don't worry! This is definitely a Kouzumi Fic. Bear with me until the next chapter. Hopefully there will be more Kouzumi there. ). And don't forget to REVIEW! 3