The Digital Gate:Thank you for reviewing(If you did) and I'm sorry I took so long with this chapter. Homework, projects...ugh...
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or Yu-Gi-Oh GX, only the characters I made up.
"COUSIN!"
Suzy involuntarily took a step back. "Yes, cousin," she said shortly.
"HE'S YOUR COUSIN!"
"What's all this talk about cousins?" a new voice cut in.
Startled, Chazz somehow managed to slip on the ground and topple over on an unsuspecting Suzy. Suprised by the increase of gravity, she only stayed upright due to her left hand gripping the table nearest her. However, her injured leg chose that moment to give way.
Suzy and Chazz both went crashing down the steps. Suzy, on the bottom and somewhat acting like a sled, smashed her head into the edge of a step. Chazz was left unharmed, with the exception of his left arm which had smacked into a table.
Alexis stood blinking in the doorway. She hadn't meant for that to happen. "Uh...are you guys alright?" she asked.
The only thing, or rather, sound, that responded was a grunt from Suzy. Chazz was too busy trying to catch his breath from both the fall, and the fact that Yazuki was Suzy's cousin.
"We're fine," Suzy called back up, her head facing towards the ceiling.
Alexis let out a sigh of relief. At this point, Chazz was about to get up, except something happened that made him freeze. Suzy had propped herself up with one hand, and was rubbing the sore spot on her head with the other. Since her eyes were squeezed shut, presumably from pain, she didn't see how close their faces got. Her forhead was less than an inch away from his.
Likewise, Chazz panicked. Kicking out with his feet by some unknown force, he managed to push off and propel them forward once again.
And again, Suzy knocked her head on the edge of a step, exactly the same spot. "Ow..."
Alexis, on the top, called down, "What just happened?"
"This clumsy freak pushed us down."
"I'm not clumsy!"
"Whatever. Just get off of me you overweighted twit," Suzy snapped.
"I am not overweight!" Chazz retorted.
"Then how come I can't move, elephant?"
Chazz glared at her, but his mind somehow chose to play back the memory when their heads almost touched. Instantly he went red and shook himself trying to get the memory out.
Suzy watched him with a confused look. "What are you? A wet dog who just finished taking a bath?"
Chazz rolled off, purposely not looking her in the eye.
Suzy shrugged and stood up, wincing at the pain in both her leg and her head.
She glanced at Alexis. "What brings you here?"
"Jaden wanted me to meet him somewhere, and I forgot where the somewhere was..." Alexis trailed off as she scanned the room.
"He's not here," Suzy told her, resting her right hand on a desk. Shifting her weight, she added, "Try the cafeteria, if not there, then...I don't know."
"Thanks."
Alexis was about to walk off when Chazz spoke up. "What's that slacker want to talk about?"
"Beats me."
Suzy raised an eyebrow skeptically. "You mean you haven't noticied anything yet?"
"Noticied...what?"
"Never mind," Suzy quickly answered.
Alexis shrugged and walked away. Chazz watched her, then turned back to Suzy. "How did Yazuki find out about Lopmon?" he asked.
Suzy made a face. "Still asking questions? I thought you would have stopped by now."
"Just answer it," Chazz snapped.
"Fine, fine. Just stay at least three feet away from me. I'm not going to whack my head again," Suzy replied, indicating towards the spot where he should sit at. Chazz plopped down and watched her expectantly. "We were 10 years old, and his family had come to dinner. Back then, Yazuki was...well...a big brat who got everything he wanted whenever he wanted. While my brother and I were busy with greeting our uncle and aunt, he charged into my room like he always did and found Lopmon.
"At first, Yazuki thought it was a chocolate rabbit and wanted to eat him, but Henry explained that it was a Digimon, he and I were Tamers, and that he couldn't eat Lopmon. After Yazuki learned about the Digital World, Tamers, Digivices, and everything else, he wanted a Digimon for himself. When he was told he couldn't just get one out of thin air, he immediately got stubborn. Although the fact that Terriermon laughed at him might have helped with him acting like that...
"A couple of months later, when the Ichisoto's came over for another dinner for something I can't remember, he had a smirk on his face. We didn't ask, he didn't tell. That is, until Terriermon came out. Being the kind of Digimon he was, Terriermon asked whether he had gotten a Digimon partner or not. Yazuki just continued to sneer. Finally, right before he left, he turned back and said, 'Just you wait.'
"We did. Henry pondered, Terriermon was boasting and bragging, Lopmon worried, and I did what I usually did without a care in the worl. A year passed, and Yazuki began his assault on Tokyo, along with his Digimon partner in Champion form, Meinumon. Henry and his friends managed to keep them at bay, but just barely. Yazuki and Meinumon got stronger, and got bored. Soon, they chose another target, both me and Lopmon," Suzy explained.
"Why?"
"How should I know?" Suzy snapped irratably. She got up and walked out. I wonder if he's going to tell her...
"There's definatly something else," Chazz grumbled. He got up and chased after her.
"Suzy!" Suzy bit back a sharp remark and turned around.
"What is it now?"
Chazz folded his arms across his chest. "You know what it is."
"No, I don't."
"Why does Yazuki only attack you? Your explanation doesn't make any sense," Chazz retorted.
"Then your brain isn't working," Suzy snapped. Chazz didn't reply. She sighed. "Fine. Lopmon and I know their weakness. Yazuki's and Meinumon's, I mean."
Chazz frowned. "Then why don't you use it against them and destroy them?"
Suzy glared at him before replying bitterly, "Yazuki's family."
"Family! He tried to kill y-"
He was broken off by Suzy slapping a hand over his mouth. "Zip it," she hissed. Glancing around her, she shoved him into the adjoining hallway and followed.
"What-" Chazz began before Suzy shushed him again. She gestured wildly at the other hallway. He followed Suzy's waving hand and saw Alexis walk by, into the cafeteria.
"Jaden!" The Slifer looked up from attacking a hamburger.
"Hey Alexis," he greeted after swallowing a chunk of food.
She sidled into the seat across from him. "What was it that you wanted to talk about?"
Jaden nearly choked. "Oh that... Um...well.." He shifted in his seat uncomfortably. "I...I like you," he began, "but more than a fr-friend.. I don't really know if it's love...but... The thing is I really like you."
Alexis just sat there, he mind too confused to answer. Jaden took it as a rejection, and rather harshly. "What? Is it Zane?" Jaden spat the last word out like it was poision.
"No, no, it's-"
"Don't worry about it." Jaden stood up and charged out. Alexis was left staring at a blank wall.
She whirled around. "Jaden! Wait!" It was too late. He was gone.
"You took too long in answering."
Alexis turned to face Suzy. "I know," she answered glumly.
TBC
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