Takato was riding the bus back home, his knees pressed up against the seat infront of him, his notebook in his lap and a pencil in his hand. He was sketching a picture of Emiko when the busdriver hit a pothole, making Takato put a line right across her face.
"Oh no." He said under his breath and tried his best to erase the line before it was his stop.
When it was his turn to get off, he jumped off the last step then started walking up his gravel drive-way. He was looking up towards the sky, listening and watching the birds fly above when he got a wiff of something.
"Mmm!" He said with a grin then ran the rest of the way up to the door and burst inside. "Hi mom! What are you making?"
Max turned to her son, licking some chocolate off her finger. "I'm making chocolate chip cake for our dessert tonight. Sushi is for dinner."
"It smells great, mom. I could smell it coming up the drive-way. Well, I'm gonna go do my homework.." Takato was making his way through the kitchen, passing through the living room when he stopped.
Max's head was tilted and she went to ask something but Takato spoke first. "Where's dad?"
"He had to go into the office today. He won't be back til late." His mother answered, watching her boy.
He nodded then went into his room. He threw his backpack by his desk then sat down on the edge of his bed. He didn't have any homework, he had just wanted to talk with his father about the Digital World some more. He was taking his goggles off his head when his mother came into the room. She always knocked when the door was completely shut but when he left it ajar it meant anyone could come in, whenever. Max sat down next to him, running her hand over his soft hair.
"Are you alright, dear?" She asked him.
He gave her a slight smile. "Yeah, just tired is all."
"That's understandable, you're a growing boy."
Takato then perked up a bit. "I met a new girl at school today. Her name is Emiko, she came from a private school and she loves art, just like me!"
Max chuckled softly at seeing how excited her son was over a girl for the first time. "That's great, honey. I'm glad you made a friend."
Takato said, "Me too!"
"Well, how about we eat soon so you can get some sleep?" Max stood up and walked over to the door.
"Okay mom." Takato nodded.
Max looked at him before leaving. "Takato...you said you could smell the cake from the drive-way?"
He nodded again. "Yep. Can't wait to eat some!" He rubbed his belly.
Max smiled with a nod then left the room.
Right after dinner, Takato had went to bed. It was as if as soon as his head hit the pillow he was out.
Takato opened his eyes. "That noise...it's the same from school." He looked over at his window. Slowly he got out of bed then went over to the window. The sound was getting louder and it kind of hurt his ears.
"What is that?" He whispered to himself, his eyes scanning the outside.
Red eyes then popped up infront of him. Takato screamed and fell backwards. The eyes went away.
"Wait!" Takato ran out of his room and ran outside, checking over by his window first. Nothing. But then a twig snapping in the woods made him yell, "Hey! Wait!" He darted into the woods in the direction of the breaking twigs, ignoring the pain of his feet getting scratched up by twigs and thorns.
Finally he stopped running when he realized he wasn't making any progress finding whatever the red eyed creature was, which he was hoping was a Digimon. His Digimon.
"Hello?" He shouted, looking all around him.
A howl came from the distance, then Takato screamed as that buzzing, static noise came back. This time it was louder than ever, making Takato cover his ears and fall to his knees. He thought his ears were about to start bleeding, he felt hot, sweat was forming on his forehead, and his gut felt like it was twisting into a pretzel.
"Takato?!"
The noise stopped, and Takato slowly removed his hands from his ears. He looked over to see his father running up to him. His head was spinning as Izzy wrapped his arms around his son. Takato went completely limp in his arms.
"Dad.." Takato sounded breathless. "I don't feel so good."
Izzy felt his head. "It feels like you were burning up. What were you doing out here, Takato? We thought we heard you in your room then we heard you screaming out here."
Takato lied. "I don't know."
Izzy looked down at his son with great concern then carried him inside, laying him gently on his bed. Max came in with a glass of water and helped Takato sit up and take a few sips.
"Here honey. Take this pill. It will help with any pain you have and help bring down your fever more." Max made sure he swallowed the pill without a problem then kissed his forehead.
Takato's eyes closed slowly and he drifted back to sleep. Max and Izzy left his room, leaving the door opened a crack.
"Maybe he was sleep walking?" Izzy suggested, following behind his wife.
"Maybe.." Max said, opening the front door then looked back at Izzy. "But I'm going to double check."
Her digivice then started to glow.
