Disclaimer: (still holding book of things I own) Digimon still isn't in here, ya know…
I'm not gonna do that 'what happened in the last chapter' thing…unless you guys want me to. Tell me if ya do.
Okay, the thing about the last chapter with Takuya, Junpei and their little dance...well, I thought I mentioned it in Junpei's side. It was an assignment. Yeah, I got the same assignment once...I got a 75 on it, but meh, what can ya do? And in the first chapter, I said that this was based on something that happened to me (but I'm changing some of it, of course) and...yeah, when I saw him, that's what my 'Akechi' was doing. (Though I already said that his name was Cody...)
Shutting up. You can read the story now...
Kouji looked down at his blonde friend, "C'mon, Izu, we gotta go to my soccer practice." He pressed, kicking at her shoe.
Izumi's head was buried in her hands. So Takuya can pretend to not be Akechi, then try flirting with her? Izumi lifted her head, "Can Hikari come?"
"She's already coming. Daisuke convinced her." Kouji shrugged, taking another kick at her shoe.
"Will you stop doing that?" Izumi asked, irritated.
Kouji smirked, "Then get up!"
Izumi grumbled some things under her breath, getting up and dusting off her olive green skirt. She noticed Hikari walking in the hallway, running over to her brunette friend. "Hika!" she exclaimed.
Hikari looked over at her, "Hey Izu." She greeted, smiling.
Kouji grunted. Tche…girls… he scoffed in his head, stowing his hands into his pockets.
"Y'know that guy Takuya's looking for you, right?" Hikari asked, jerking a thumb over her shoulder.
"What! What the hell for?" Izumi asked, annoyed as she put her hands on her hips.
Hikari shrugged, "I dunno, but he said he thought you were kinda cute."
Izumi folded her arms over her chest, "Jerk." She uttered out.
The brunette blinked, "That's not what Daisuke told me what happened in science."
Daisuke was in that class? Meh…must've missed him. Izumi said to herself, "Well, what did he say then?"
"He said you guys were talking to each other and staring at each other during class." Hikari said flatly.
The emerald-eyed girl sighed, "So? I talk to Kouji. Doesn't mean I like him like him."
Hikari flipped a hand down at Izumi, "Well, you know Daisuke; always stretching the truth."
"No, I don't know Daisuke as well as you do, Hika." Izumi smirked.
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that," Hikari replied. (A/N: Sorry for the Dakari… I can stop and never bring it up for the rest of the fic…don't hit me!)
Kouji grunted rudely again and strode over to the pair, "You guys coming or not?"
"We're coming, Kouji." Izumi sighed, throwing her head back in exasperation, "geez… First you bother me about my work, now you bother me about your sports!"
Kouji went behind Izumi, starting to push the blonde toward the soccer field outside. Quickly, Izumi grabbed Hikari's wrist, refusing to go without her brunette friend.
"Just sit in the stands until it's over, Izu. It's not gonna kill you. Chiaki saved some seats for ya." Kouji grunted, shoving the pair over to the smiling Chiaki. Izumi turned in time to see the navy-haired boy racing down to the benches.
Izumi and Hikari exchanged looks, then sat down beside Chiaki, with Izumi going in first. Izumi looked at Chiaki from time to time, noticing that she was intently watching one of the players below. (A/N: Okay, did Chiaki end up with Terou or Katsuharu? Because I thought she was with Terou, but my friend told me she was with Katsuharu…y'know, I just thought it was Terou because Ranamon and Mercuremon spent quite a lot of time together, which are supposedly Chiaki and Terou's spirits… I'll shut up now)
Izumi also noticed that Hikari was taking quick glances at Daisuke, but Takeru was the one looking at her. (A/N: The backwards-crazy universe of mine…) Yep, when Izumi's bored, she looks to see who's looking at who and whatnot. Then she noticed the person in front of her.
"Hey, Junpei, why aren't you playing?" Izumi asked after tapping on the boy's shoulder.
Junpei turned his head to see her. It's that girl Takuya's looking for... he thought to himself.
He shrugged. "I'm not into soccer like these guys. I prefer basketball."
Izumi nodded, "Ah, I see…that's cool, though."
"Thanks?" Junpei uttered out, unsure of how else to answer that. Of course, it was more of a question than a normal 'thank you'.
"Izu…Izu…Izu, it's over."
Izumi murmured something and tossed her head over.
Kouji rolled his eyes, blowing a dark strand of hair aside. Izumi's head was rested on Chiaki's shoulder, sleeping while Hikari's sleeping head was on Izumi's shoulder. Chiaki had an annoyed look on her face, her chin rested in her palm with her elbow on the hand rest.
Kouji sighed again, shaking the blonde's shoulder lightly.
"Can you get them up please?" Chiaki asked, irritated.
Kouji shot her a glare. "Why? So you could go talk to Terou? Or Katsuharu?"
"None of your business, Minamoto!" she retorted.
The navy-haired boy made a face at her, then pinched Izumi's nose in his two fingers. After a few seconds, Izumi's eyes shot open.
"What? What?" Izumi asked, suddenly alert. This also had an affect on Hikari, who sat up slowly.
"Ugh? What just happened?" Hikari asked, rubbing her eyes.
Kouji gave them both a dry look. "Takeru asked you out." He said unequivocally.
"He did?" Hikari asked confused.
"No, of course not." Kouji replied, a taunting hint in his voice, "Oh, and here." He gave a slip of paper to Izumi.
"What's this?" she began unfolding it.
Kouji shook his head. "You're not supposed to open it now."
"Who said?" Izumi shot back.
"The guy who gave it to me."
Izumi groaned. Chiaki smiled brightly.
"You have any notes for me?" she asked.
"What, do I look like a delivery boy?" Kouji grunted.
The three girls remained silent. Kouji took that as a yes.
"All right then…" he said uneasily, "Izu, I have to go visit Kouichi, give him his homework…so I can't walk ya back."
"That's okay," Izumi smiled, shrugging lightly, "I'll walk with these two."
Chiaki and Hikari looked at each other, then at her.
"No, you're not."
"See ya."
Chiaki headed in one direction, where Terou and Katsuharu were while Hikari headed in the other direction where Daisuke and Takeru were.
Izumi sighed, "Fine! You losers!" she yelled after them.
Hikari managed to shout back, "We're not the ones stuck all alone with no one to walk back with!"
"Be that way!"
"We will!" Chiaki answered.
Izumi groaned in annoyance again. Her friends were love-crazy and she wasn't. This so wasn't fair…
She opened the note.
Hey Izu.
Since you're walking home all alone, why don't you let me walk with ya? I promise I won't hurt you. And are you avoiding me?
Takuya.
Izumi growled. So this was Takuya's doing?
She looked up, seeing the Kanbara boy in front of her.
"Hey! You read the note!" Takuya grinned, "Better now than when ya get home and it's useless, huh?"
Izumi nodded, "I figured…"
"So," he began, still grinning, "let's get ya home." He held his arm out to her.
Izumi eyed it, then scoffed lightly. "Don't think so."
This was gonna be one long walk home…
So…if you know who Chiaki ends up with, please tell me. See how I didn't make it direct who she's after just yet, since I don't know. And Hikari? She can either be with Daisuke or Takeru; I don't mind. Though I like Daisuke better…
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