Disclaimer: I still don't own Digimon, but I do like episode 46…a lot…
Look! Taki said he likes Izu! (takes out remote, presses rewind, then play) And again! And again and again! Hahaha…I'm having so much fun! Hahaha, look, he did it again! Hahaha…this is so much fun! Okay, I'll stop now…
Apparently, I must do this, to remind you all.
Takuya bit his lip, looking down at her. Why did this feel so familiar? This never happened before.
"And the horse said to the donkey…" Takuya said randomly.
Izumi's eyes shot up, then looked at him. "What?"
Izumi wiped her eye, looking back at Takuya who was trying so hard to avoid her eyes again, "What did you say?"
"Nothing." Takuya muttered, looking behind her to see if there was anything that he could use to change the subject.
"No, what did you say?" she demanded, glaring up at him.
Takuya huffed quietly, then finally looked down at her. Why'd she get so mad? "Okay, that car…on the…course is …um, honking." He made up, looking over at a car revving his engine.
Izumi turned around, seeing the car, "Oh…but it's revving, not honking."
He shrugged his shoulders, "It was honking a few seconds ago; you just didn't hear it."
Izumi raised a brow at him in confusion, "O…kay, then."
"Wanna go home now…or ya just wanna stand out here all day?" Takuya offered as she got off him. He started walking off, but turned his head back, seeing Izumi lingering behind, her hands clasped in front of her, "Uh, Izu?" He just stared at her; he needed to get her home quickly. He needed to think…alone.
Izumi bit her lip, looking away from him with something crying in her eyes, although she looked fine, "You're not gonna…?"
Takuya tilted his head to the side in confusion, staring at her for a while before closing his eyes lightly, smiling. His eyes opened, happy, like they always were, as he shook his head, "I'm not gonna tell anyone, I promise."
Izumi nodded, signifying her thanks as she ran over, taking his arm again.
"Okay, there's your house, bye Izu!" Takuya said rapidly. Izumi blinked at him, like he was crazy.
"O…kay, Takuya, see ya…" Izumi said nervously, "Um…thanks for everything."
Takuya was practically shoving the girl into her house, "Okay, you're welcome, just go! Good night, Izu, sleep tight, um…what else? Don't lose the bracelet and…stay happy!" he said like a kid on too much coffee. (A/N: Or like Max from Beyblade on sugar!)
Izumi gave him another confused look, "Okay, Takuya, thanks…you okay?" she asked calmly.
"I'm fine!" he said loudly, "Bye!" he ran off quickly without another word.
Izumi blinked after him. What in the world made him act like that all of a sudden? Did she do something wrong? Maybe it was the ramen… What kind of person gets high off ramen? She smiled, shaking her head, "Only Takuya…" she muttered with a sigh, closing the door.
Takuya slammed the door closed after him when he went in, then raced to his room.
"Takuya, is that you?" his mother called from the kitchen. She halted when she heard the door of his room slam shut, "Yeah, it's him…" she concluded.
The brunet threw his bag to the ground beside his door, and flopped face down onto his bed. Why did his head hurt so much suddenly? Was it that kid Izumi was talking about? What kind of person forgets her best friend's name? That was just cruel.
Takuya sat up, bringing a hand to rub his temples until the knocking on his door stole his attention.
"Takuya-onii-san?" a small voice squeaked out.
"What?" Takuya spat as the door pried open, revealing the face of his younger brother who blinked at him, confused. Takuya merely raised a brow, asking what he wanted with that look while Shinya opened the door wider, revealing his little form with his hands clasped behind his back shyly, the ball on his right foot moving in circles against the ground, "What, Shinya?" he asked again, annoyed at his brother's disturbance and silence.
"Did you…get the…?" Shinya asked, afraid of his brother's penetrating eyes that hoped to crack the young boy in two.
Without a word, Takuya jerked a finger over to his bag near the door. Shinya nodded in thanks, rushing over to the bag, unzipping it and rummaging through Takuya's stuff until he found his objective. He pulled it out, grinned, and then grimaced at Takuya's glaring eyes still haunting over him.
Shinya managed an uneasy chuckle at his brother before Takuya's eyes flashed anger, causing the young Kanbara to dart out of the room without looking back. Takuya stood up, groaning, going over to the door. He held the side of the door and shouted.
"You could at least close the door next time you do that, Shinya!"
Takuya grunted, and slammed the door lazily, flopping back on his bed. His head hurt so much.
The brunet sat across the blonde girl who opened the book in her lap, as she tilted her head down to view the book, making it harder for him to see her face, "Ahem. 'One day there was a…(horse and a donkey on a farm. The donkey asked the horse for food, and the horse said to the donkey)… ' (A/N: My book was about a duck…meh)
He had blocked out what…ever she was talking about. He brushed some strands from her eyes, "I like you."
Her head shot up at him, "B-But this is about a donkey."
"Mommy, Takuya's dying!" Shinya shouted.
Takuya looked up, seeing his door open wide, with his younger brother looking at him in shock from the doorway. Takuya was still lying face down on his bed, just like he remembered. How was he dying? What the…? Takuya heard his mother's footsteps racing up the stairs until she reached her eldest son's room.
"Where, Shinya?" she asked. Shinya pointed to his brother, while Mrs. Kanbara went over to Takuya's side. She observed her son, who gave her a hard glare, showing that he was fine. The woman then looked at Shinya, "He's not dying…what made you think he was dying?"
The young boy was pressing his index fingers against each other nervously, "Well, he was banging his head on the pillow over and over again…"
Takuya raised a brow. He didn't remember doing that… His mother put the back of her hand to his forehead. Takuya attempted at pushing her hand away, "I'm fine, mom."
"You're heating up…" she stated.
"No, your hand is just cold…" Takuya said back.
This earned him a dry look, "My hand is not cold, Takuya Kanbara," she said flatly, "You've got yourself a fever."
"For what? What did I do?" Takuya asked, watching his mother leave the room.
"Don't ask me."
Takuya grumbled and flopped on his bed again, this time on his back. Then he remembered… "Shinya, go away."
Shinya ran off, without need for a second warning.
Shinya lay on his stomach on the floor, near his books, crayons and whatever else. Takuya wasn't usually like that… It scared Shinya. How was he supposed to react to something he's never seen before? And how was he supposed to know that Takuya wasn't dying? He looked downright possessed, slamming his head in that pillow over and over!
He hummed a little song, trying to draw a picture of 'angry' Takuya with 'scared' Shinya in the book Takuya got him. Although he was scared, Shinya was smiling as he drew.
Sure, he had seen 'mean' Takuya, but not 'angry' Takuya…maybe even 'annoyed with Shinya' Takuya.
Shinya had named all of the emotions Takuya showed him from time to time, drawing a picture of it, along with Shinya's own reaction to it. It was in the other books… And for some reason, his father gave Shinya a checklist of the emotions Takuya had when he was younger.
Almost all of them were checked off, but there were some at the bottom with blank boxes; anger, love, happiness, sadness and a scratched out 'killer instinct'." Why would his father think that Takuya had killer instinct?
And Takuya never really was happy…he just pretended so that everyone'd think that he was. And whenever Shinya asked why he would always get the same answer; "There's nothing to be happy about…something's missing."
But that didn't mean he was sad…he was just…neutral to everything around him.
"Shinya, call your brother down for his medicine, then dinner." His mother instructed.
He nodded, running to the bottom of the staircase to call to his brother, "Takuya-onii-san! Food!"
No response.
But…Takuya liked food. Shinya became worried; this wasn't normal. If food couldn't get his brother down, Shinya didn't know what could. This was bad. Cautiously, he went up the stairs, peering into Takuya's room where he was sitting on the edge of his bed, three fingers pressed up against his forehead.
"Takuya-onii-san?" Shinya asked again, softly, for he feared if he said it any louder, Takuya would run away like an animal from a curious girl. (A/N: Or like Chuumon from Hikari in the first season…)
"Shinya…please…" Takuya began, his voice begging slightly on the end of each word. The young boy was aware of the slight cracking he heard. Silence followed for many moments, until Shinya saw Takuya shaking his head, in what looked like sorrow.
Shinya could check off 'sadness' and 'anger' from that checklist now…
"…just…get out of my room," Takuya sighed, turning his head away. His voice clearly projected much sadness, and the longing for something lost. Shinya felt a lump in his throat when he tried to reply to Takuya, finding himself unable to speak. What happened?
"Takuya…" Shinya said gently. He had rarely called his brother by his name without the 'onii-san' attached to it. Why was Takuya changing his attitudes so quickly? What was wrong with him?
"No…Shinya, just…" Takuya was struggling with what he wanted to say and what he needed to say. He wanted to tell him that he was fine, and that everything would be all right. He needed to tell him about his headache, why it was hurting and what Izumi made him feel. He wanted to tell him to just leave him alone and that he wasn't dying. He needed to tell him about everything that hurt him, the headache and he could remember.
Shinya just stared at Takuya, although he was facing away from him. Shinya felt his own eyes stinging, like they were begging Shinya for a reason to cry, any reason at all, he just felt like he needed to cry, but he had no reason to. His heart was screaming at him, telling him to do something. But Shinya wasn't a mind-reader. His brother was hurting…and he wouldn't say why. He knew that Takuya was acting weird for a reason. He glared at his older brother for the longest while, thinking that if Takuya felt like shit, then Shinya could too.
"Just what?" Shinya replied, suddenly demanding an answer.
Takuya turned to face him again. His eyes were…smoldering…with…something, "I don't know, okay? I don't know!" he grabbed the side of his head. (A/N: Now if we all remember all those times Takuya lashed out in anger...especially at Kouji... He likes swearing to Kouji in the Jap...a lot...wow...)
Shinya tilted aback, letting out a slight gasp. Now Shinya found reason to cry. Takuya's eyes were screaming at him, Takuya's heart was screaming at him, Takuya's words were screaming at him. Maybe Shinya was right the first time; Takuya was downright possessed….
Without thinking, Takuya began talking, "She…she told me about this little kid from when she was small. It was driving her crazy… I wanted to help her, to find the kid for her…for no apparent reason. Then…something flashed in my head…a girl saying 'and the horse said to the donkey…', so I accidentally said it aloud. For a second, I think she thought I had something to do with the kid."
Shinya was glaring hard at his brother, through narrowed eyes. "You're possessed…" he began, "aren't you?"
Um…Well, then… Sorry for the weird chappie end...
I dunno, I was high (on cookies and Taki saying that he likes Izu…I'm gonna watch that again) when I started writing that, and when near the end, I had just finished reading this kind of dark romance thing… but when I wrote the end, I was thinking of Tyson and Brooklyn from Beyblade…(Yah! Didn't anyone see when Brooklyn went crazy and dark? He seemed so cutely innocent, but he's evil! Haha, I find that cool...for some reason) Also my head hurt... I'll get back to the Takumi soon, as soon as Taki's done being crazy.
And Takuya's not insane… at least I hope not… Izumi's not in here a lot…'cause I wanted to get into Taki's side. Takuya only remembers that bit so far. But um…the memories are trying to get back into his head, but something's stopping them…that's why his head hurts.
I just realized that this is more about Shinya trying to get to Takuya than Takuya himself...oops. But...Shinya's cool! But basically, Takuya was the Brooklyn and Shinya's the Tyson.
All right, now please review!
