Chapter 3; Karen Okitaku

Takuya walked back and forth on the floor in the middle of the Trailmon they were on. As he walked back and forth, Karen sat in front of him, letting her head follow his movements. Finally he came to a stop right in front of Karen.

"So let me get this straight," Takuya said, "You're Ophanimon?" He looked straight into Karen's blue eyes. She nodded.

"Why? Is that a problem?" she asked him, with quite an attitude. Takuya was taken aback by her sudden burst of anger.

"N-no…its just that---"

"Its just that you were expecting the great Ophanimon to be a sophisticated saint, right? Absolutely perfect? Something I'm not. Isn't that what you were gonna say?" Karen interrupted Takuya.

"No! No, no not at all! I was gonna say…I never expected Ophanimon to be a human girl. Especially not one as cute as you." he said, blushing almost. Karen looked at him and rolled her eyes.

"Oh great. Another one." she thought. Then she heard a rather loud 'ahem' coming from the girl next to her. She looked at the blonde and found her looking at Takuya, her fists at her sides, very tight with anger.

"Hmm…must be his girlfriend." she thought. Then she stood up and walked towards the door to the next trailer on the Trailmon.

"Where are you going?" Karen heard Takuya behind her. She opened the door and said, "I don't need this right now." She entered the door, her long hair swaying behind her, and closed it, leaving everyone staring at the peach-cream colored door, in confusion.

"What just happened?" Tommy asked Takuya.

"I don't know." was all he answered. "I think I should go talk to her," he said.

"No, Takuya," Koji said to him, "I'll go talk to her. I think she'll listen to me."

"What's that supposed to mean!" Takuya yelled slightly, already letting his temper get the better of him.

"Nothing, I'm just saying maybe she should try to have someone talking to her that's not just trying to flirt with her!" Koji screamed back. Takuya was about to jump on him but J.P held him back.

"Why don't you say that to my face, Koji!" he yelled.

"Glad to!" Koji screamed back, being held back from punching him in the face by Kouichi. Zoe got in between them.

"Stop it, both of you! Its stupid to be fighting each other! Takuya just let Koji go talk to her. You already had your turn." she said. Takuya pulled himself away from J.P angrily and Kouichi let Koji go.

"Fine." he simply said and sat down on one of the benches in the trailer they were in with his arms crossed pouting. Koji just walked past him and the rest of the group, towards the door Karen had walked out in, and opened the door.

As he walked in, he saw Karen sitting on the train seat looking out the window.

"Hey…" he said gently, and sat next to her. She didn't say anything. He heard her sniffle.

"Are…you ok?" he asked her and put his hand on her shoulder. She turned around and looked at him. Her eyes were red, meaning she had been crying, and tears were streaming down her cheeks.

"What's wrong?" He asked looking at her with concerned eyes. She looked straight into his eyes.

"Whoa…she really is cute." he thought. And cute she was. She had beautiful, deep blue eyes, long black hair and a tiny, fit body. Her long eyelashes were naturally curled and she had a bit of freckles above here nose and on her cheeks. Koji looked at her and then looked down, catching a glimpse of her bare legs, since she was wearing a skirt. He blushed.

"I hate it here, I just wanna go home," Koji heard Karen say through sobs. Koji looked up at her.

"Why? What's so hateful about this world?" Koji asked her. Karen looked away and shook her head no.

"You wouldn't understand…" she answered him. Koji kept looking at her but she wouldn't make eye contact with him. Koji grabbed her chin and made her look at him.

"I don't care just tell me. I don't want to start off like this. I wanna be your friend." he said gently to her. She slightly smiled. She pulled away from him and wiped her tears.

"Okay. Well, you see. I'm not really supposed to be here…" she started, "But I don't know how I got here. All I remember is falling down and elevator shaft, and hearing a soft gentle woman's voice saying something like, 'I cannot sustain myself anymore. You have to sustain my body now.' or something like that." she finished and held her head with her other hand. Koji looked at her.

"Hey…none of us are supposed to be here…this is the Digital World, made for Digimon, not humans…" he looked into her, deep, blue, eyes. She smiled at him, gently.

"I guess you're right Koji." she said, smiling warmly with her eyes closed. He smiled then asked, "You…know my name?" Karen laughed as if he had said something funny.

"Of course I do, silly. Wasn't I the one giving you instructions on how to get here and all that junk?" she answered giggling which made Koji blush. Then he held out his hand to her.

"Well, Karen, its very nice to meet you." he said to her as she grabbed his hand and shook it.

"Its nice to meet you too, Koji." she said giggling, her tears vanished. Koji blushed once more, not letting go of Karen's hand. Surprisingly Karen didn't let go of Koji's hand either.