The Digital Gate: I'm really sorry about updating so late. And I'm not really sure on what Dimitri's personality is, so I made his up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX or Digimon, just the characters I made.
Waves crashed against the rocks. Above, on a cliff, the wind flowed over the grass; the blades bending and swaying, tree branches dipping and twirling. A chocolate bunny with pink bands on his floppy ears was quietly snoozing. Behind him, a tree's trunk had a gigantic hole in it, as if it had been drilled.
"FOCUS!"
Thwack.
Suzy toppled forward. "That hurt..." she snapped, her face still flat against the ground. Pushing herself up, she gave the person who had smacked her a glare.
Dimitri stood above her. "It was supposed to," he told her. "You weren't paying attention."
"Why do I have to?" Suzy whined. "All you guys are making me doing is swiping a card over and over and over and over-"
"Can it, loser."
"Why don't you?" Suzy retorted. "All you're doing is sitting there and talking."
"If you haven't noticied, my mouth hasn't been moving until you had the nerve to speak up," Chazz shot back.
Suzy turned her back. "Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. That's all you ever say. Yak yak yak yak yak. Don't you ever stop talking?" Not waiting for an answer, she continued, "Talk talk talk. Snore snore snore. Every minute has to have a word or sound in it, courtesy of Mr. Chazz Dorky-Doofus Princeton."
"Shut up, you!" Chazz roared.
Suzy kept talking. Chazz kept shouting for her to "Shut up!". Dimitri kept bopping Suzy's head saying, "Focus. Focus. Focus," over and over again. Lopmon kept sleeping.
Jaden shrugged. "Oh well. At least she swiped more cards than yesterday."
"Which were only two," Alexis reminded him. "When do you think they'll stop?"
"Until Suzy drops asleep again," Jaden guessed.
Alexis glanced back at Suzy, who was still blabbing about Chazz talking; then at Dimitri, who's eyes were closed as he repeatedly slapped his friend's head. "Why did we tell Dimitri again?"
"Because only he could get Suzy to work."
"So far it isn't working."
Jaden grinned. "Yeah, but it got her to swipe three cards today."
"Good point."
"I still can't believe that I have to help set up for the Christmas dance," Suzy grumbled. Reaching into the box, she pulled out something that was large, brown, and sleepy. "Professor Banner, I think I found Pharoah...and he's been eating tinsel."
As Professor Banner hurried over, Dimitri held up what looked like a piece of chewed up tinsel. He made a face. "Ugh. I think you're right. At least you don't have to swipe any more cards," he added.
"Found an undamaged one," Suzy muttered, yanking it out. "Good point."
Dimitri took out a crushed ball. "It's going to be damaged if you yank it out like that," he told her. "And Pharoah seems to have trampled on these too..."
"Here, take some of ours," Jaden offered, dropping the box he was carrying down. "It'll give us less work."
"Lazy," Suzy grumbled. She was about to pull the rest of the tinsel out when Chazz appeared at her side. He gave her an urgent look. "What? Your mouth's there for a reason, you know," she snapped.
"Yazuki," he muttered. Chazz jerked his head to the corner of the room.
A look of doubt crossed Suzy's face, but she dropped what she was holding and followed. "What do you mean by 'Yazuki'?"
"I saw him."
"And...?"
"You said he wouldn't come back after his promise, and he is! What more do I have to say to get it through that thick skull of yours?" Chazz hissed.
Suzy asked, "How do I know you're telling the truth?"
"What?"
"You heard me. Mo--just take it easy," Suzy told him, very nearly telling him to "Moumantai".
Chazz watched her walk away and join Dimitri in a tug-a-war fight with Pharoah for the possesion of a string of lights. She doesn't trust me?
Outside, two figures watched.
"What should we do?"
The taller, skinner one shifted from one foot to the other. "We'll have to get rid of him."
"Why?" the other asked uncertaintly.
"Because," Yazuki replied, "it'll send Suzy running like the wind. With Lopmon."
Meinumon eyed him warily. "I don't get it. Why don't we just explain?"
"She'd never listen," Yazuki answered simply. "She hates me, and you know it."
"How do you know that she'll come?"
"Trust me."
On the afternoon of the dance, Suzy caused a ruckus simply because she didn't want to wear a dress.
Half of the other girls were shouting at her to wear one, since it was mandatory, but Suzy's response was to cover her ears and shout, "I don't wanna! I don't wanna! I don't wanna!"
The result was Suzy running around the island being chased by everyone else. All the persuers had a dress in their hands.
Lopmon had covered his face. "I don't know her," he had muttered.
Dimitri, watching Suzy shriek like a panther, had commented, "Honestly. It's just a dress. Why is she acting like that?"
Now he was itching himself. "Why do I have to wear a suit? It's scratchy," Dimitri mumbled.
"Don't worry about it. Everyone other guy had to wear one too," Jaden told him with a grin. "Here come the girls. Wonder if they got Suzy into a dress..."
They hadn't. She stuck out. Wearing a blue plaid jacket over a white shirt and jeans, Suzy looked relieve at having escaping her nightmare.
"She's stubborn," Syrus observed.
"Person-without-a-dress! Over here!" Dimitri bellowed. Suzy glared at him, but sulked over anyway, followed by Alexis. "Why aren't you wearing a dress? Did they change the rules?"
Suzy didn't answer. Instead, her eyes swept over the group. Jaden was trying not to stare at Alexis. Syrus was looking around, searching for his brother. Chumley was eyeing the stack of grilled cheese. And said two words. "Where's Chazz?"
Chazz kicked the ground, causing puffs of dirt to shroud around his foot. "Stupid Suzy," he muttered.
"Why are you talking to yourself?"
Startled, Chazz froze. He hadn't been expecting anyone. "What's it to you?" he asked.
"What do you think?" was the amused response.
Chazz whirled around, getting ready to tell the other person to bug off when he realized who he was facing.
Meinumon.
"Wh-what're you doing here?" Chazz stuttered.
Meinumon grinned. "Fetching the bait," he answered. Then pounced.
"Dammit! What was he thinking?" Suzy cursed, dashing through the forest. "He says Meinumon is here, so why is he wondering around?"
"Because you didn't believe him?" Lopmon guessed, holding onto his Tamer. A branch flew at his face. "Eep!" the Digimon squeaked, ducking down.
"I never said that! How long is it going to take me to find him?" Suzy was nearly roaring with frustration.
Lopmon, still hanging on, ventured to ask a question. "Why are you so worried?"
"Because...because I just am, okay?"
A scream was heard.
Suzy skid to a halt and changed her direction. "Dammit!"
"Ow..." Chazz grunted. He was lying face-down with Meinumon's paw on his back. "Get off of me.."
"No."
Yazuki stood next to his partner, his eyes scanning the surrounding trees. "Come on Suzy," he muttered, "we don't have much time."
As if on cue, Suzy staggered into view. She gave a groan and dropped to the ground. "I've...had..enough...excersize..for..one..night..."
Lopmon poked her. "Suzy, now's not the time."
"Now's not the time indeed," Yazuki agreed. "Stand up and get your digivice ready. Or this boy leaves us, and not in a good way."
Suzy managed to wrench herself up. "Ready Lopmon?"
"Always," he replied.
Yazuki reached back and took out a silver-black digivice. "Go!"
Meinumon bounded, shouting, "Meinumon digivolve to...Kyoufuakumon!" The Champion Digimon completed his evolution mid-air. His target hadn't changed.
"Suzy...hurry up," Lopmon whispered urgently.
"Trying to find the card," Suzy mumbled. "Oh, here it is.."
"Suzy!"
"Digi-Modify! Evolution Activate!"
Light swirled around Lopmon, completely covering him. When the light faded, a very tall and weird looking rabbit was in its place. "Turuiemon."
"Ick," Chazz muttered.
"One more time! Digi-Modify! Matrix Evolution Activate!" Suzy shouted, swiping an electric blue card. Once again the Digimon was emersed in light. This time, the result was, polietly put, better looking.
"Antylamon." And just in time. Suzy ducked as Kyoufuakumon sprung on Antylamon.
The battle enfused. First Antylamon was winning, then Kyoufuakumon. Then they were tied. As the Digimon fought, their Tamers were having a fight of their own. A vocal one.
"I don't get it! You said you wouldn't come back!" Suzy shouted.
"No, I said I would leave you two alone! And I have!" Yazuki roared back.
The two cousins were standing less than an inch apart and aparantly were keen on bawling their face out.
"What are you talking about?" Suzy yelled. "You're right here!"
"Of course I am! I left you alone! And now I've returned you dope!" Yazuki thundered. "You forgot the loopholes!
"Since when do you look for loopholes?"
"Since now!" Yazuki bawled.
Something stopped the fight. Both vocal and physical. A beep sounded through the clearing. It was Yazuki's watch.
"Why did your watch beep? Is it an alarm clock?" Suzy asked, her voice slightly hoarse from all her shouting.
"He's here," Yazuki replied, looking tense.
"Who's here?" Chazz demanded.
Kyoufuakumon leaped beside his partner. Yazuki gently place a hand on his back, next to a folded wing. "Akuonimon," he responded, his voice grim.
"Who?"
As if by answer, the ground split apart beneath them.
TBC
The Digital Gate: Suzy not wanting to wear a dress was just supposed to say that she was a tomboy-ish sort of person. Please review, thanks.