Notes in the end, my friend
PART 6: SILLY DAISUKE
"So you baked a cake for oiniichan and Yamato-san?" - Hikari asked Daisuke, a smile appeared when he nodded his head - "That's too cute, Daisuke-kun! Did they like it?"
"Well, they thought I was trying to poison them at the first, but then Sora-san glared at them and they decided to eat! Also, we were eating too, if there were poison, we would be poisoned first!"
"Ah… Don't tell me you–"
"So I teased them. I told them I wasn't sure about the apples, but it was a Chocolate cake, Hikari-chan. They glanced at the cake in awe! It was hilarious!"
"Daisuke-kun, you shouldn't do that anymore! If you want to be Yamato-san's friend, you must–"
"I know, and I apologized later" - he pouted - "Because it was my cake, man! I baked that, I wouldn't try to ruin my own food! I'd be angry at myself for doing something evil like that!"
"I know you wouldn't hurt anyone…"
"And also I would be angry because I couldn't eat that! And you know, Hikari-chan, I like food!"
"Right, Daisuke-kun, but…"
"And if I want to make the world's best Ramen, I must make delicious food to make everyone happy and bring them smiles! So it would be a waste of time to put poison in the food! I risk losing customers?! Get a bad name for poisoning someone?! Be responsible for an innocent's death?!"
"DAISUKE-KUN!"
Daisuke shut up when Taichi appeared in her room. He went to check if they were OK, and by Hikari's scream had had him jump from the couch.
"Is everything okay here?" - he asked.
"I was telling Hikari-chan what happened yesterday" - Daisuke innocently smiled, while Hikari just slapped her forehead.
"We're studying, Daisuke-kun…" - she corrected him - "I know you like to chat, but can we please go back to the homework we are doing?"
"Ah? Sure!"
"It made me remember when I studied with Sora" - Taichi chuckled - "You two… Don't yell, please? I am busy with school stuff too."
"Sure~"
"Daisuke-kun" - Hikari called him - "Here, if you want to solve this equation, you must…"
Taichi closed the door and moved to the couch again, taking the book he was reading. He didn't understand why he should study for a simple English test, but honestly… He was bad at it. Very bad.
Maybe he couldn't get a good grade again.
Taichi felt someone poking his hand and then he realized that he had fallen asleep from hours ago.
He looked at the person in front of him, holding his English book. Daisuke? What was he doing there? Did he and Hikari finish their homework?
"You put 'Are' when it's supposed to be 'Is'…" - he was reading the exercises - "The English word for the number three is 'Three' not 'Tree'!"
"What are you doing?!" - growled Taichi.
"See, if someone ask you 'What time is it?' you should say 'Its three o'clock.' and not 'Tree o'clock'. 'Three' and 'Tree' have different pronunciations tho, you should know that!"
"I didn't ask you to– Wait a minute!"
"Senpai, you should pay attention at classes. Your answers are full of mistakes! They're incorrect!"
"WHEN DID YOU…"
"What?" - Daisuke stopped reading the book - "Don't you know? I like English classes, I took my sister's books to learn more. I can talk with the American Digidestined, and I also translated everything I could do when Miyako, Iori and I were in New York!"
"So y-you're good at English?!"
"Yep."
"Really good at it?!"
"Well, not too good, but maybe I can talk with native speakers without any problem."
"Really?!" - Taichi gasped in surprise.
"I even decided to adopt 'Davis' as my nickname so I could talk to native speakers that can't pronounce my name…" - he scratched his neck - "Do you need some help?"
"Uh… yeah?"
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Yamato didn't expect Taichi to be so surprised about Daisuke being good at English. Well, he had heard from Daisuke that he (Daisuke) liked to learn languages and to cook. But Taichi's reaction wasn't expected.
The English test was surprisingly easy to him, but he heard Taichi muttering during the class.
"Un… So the answer is… N-no… I don't think so…! M-man, how can Daisuke be good at this?!"
Taichi failing English test?
"He shouldn't talk during the test" - thought Yamato, but some seconds later he heard the pencil or pen (whatever which one Taichi had been using) drop on the table. Taichi's sigh sounded like if he were facing a horde of Tyranomons. Yamato back to his test and finished it some seconds later.
Some hours after the end of the classes, Taichi found Yamato and Sora going home. He sighed very loudly, calling the other two.
"Man that test!" - he started - "I hope I get a good grade! Or I will be forced to study for months!"
"If you didn't sleep during the classes" - Yamato glanced at him - "I'm sure you wouldn't be bad at English."
"I'm sure you did it well, Taichi!" - Sora smiled - "It wasn't hard, most the class were talking about how easy it was. Maybe the teacher wanted everyone to get a chance."
"How can it be so easy to you two… I mean, even Daisuke is good at English!" - Taichi shrugged - "I can talk to the worldwide Chosen, but… with a dictionary and Google Translator!"
"Daisuke is good at English because he likes it" - Ishida rolled his eyes - "At least we know your kouhai likes to study."
"C-Come on! I'm not good at languages, they're… Hard!"
"Taichi-senpai!"
Daisuke was leaving the Elementary School at the time the trio were passing by the building. Hikari, Miyako, Takeru and Iori were with him.
"How was the test, Taichi-senpai?" - the goggle boy smiled.
"Let's say Taichi can possibly get 35%" - Yamato chuckled, Taichi stared and Sora crossed her arms - "I'm just joking, you two."
"So my help wasn't enough to get a 100%?" - Daisuke gasped, dramatically covering his mouth - "I'm so sorry, Taichi-senpai! I… I thought I could help you get a good grade, I'm so sorry!"
"It's not your fault" - Sora put her hand on Daisuke's shoulder - "I'm glad you tried to help Taichi, but it depends on the others. But the test was easy, so I believe Taichi got a good grade. Don't worry, Daisuke-kun."
"Daisuke good at English is something very weird" - Miyako commented - "But I wouldn't never expect Motomiya Daisuke to be good at something besides soccer!"
"It's not weird" - Daisuke hissed - "I'm good at English! I can be good at P.E too, but it doesn't mean I must be good at everything. I suck at Math, but one day I will be so freaking good that you will get impressed with my abilities!"
"But you're good at Math, Daisuke-kun" - Hikari interrupted - "But you don't pay attention at class. When we were doing the homework, you found three answers to those confusing equations!"
"Did he?!" - Everyone, expect Hikari and Daisuke, exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes." - the girl nodded.
"So even Daisuke is good at Math?!" - Taichi blinked - "But why can I be good at Math?!"
"Because you sleep during the classes" - Yamato growled, Sora sighed.
"Why are you all surprised?! It was simple equations, not like I'm a real mathematic."
"It's Mathematician, Daisuke-san" - Iori corrected him.
"Whatever!"
"We don't know, Daisuke could be a real genius" - Yamato chuckled - "Let's see what will be his next miracle!"
"O-oi, Yamato-san! I'm not a genius, I'm… I'm myself!"
"Ken-kun is a real genius!" - Miyako interrupted - "I don't think Daisuke would be one!"
"Wow, thank you for your sincerity" - Daisuke put his hands on his hips, staring at Miyako - "Now, excuse me, but the brainless goggle head is going home" - then he left.
"That was too far" - Iori commented. Takeru & Hikari agreed.
"A-ah, Daisuke I…" - Miyako left, trying to catch Daisuke.
"These two fight like a married couple" - Taichi sighed - "But I have homework to do, so I'm going home. Come, Hikari."
"See you guys tomorrow" - she waved her hand, then grabbed Taichi's arm and they left.
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"Did you and Miyako had a fight?" - Taichi asked Daisuke, watching the boy pass the ball to him - "But she said she was sorry about that, right?"
"I don't care! Miyako thinks I can't be a genius because of Ken!" - he pouted - "And I don't want to be a famous genius boy! I want to cook the best Ramen in this world, so yeah I need to learn English! How will I talk with my customers?! I must become really good at three things: Languages, Math and Culinary."
"Don't you think it's too much… I mean, you're just an Elementary Student!" - Taichi blinked - "Y-you talk like you were a business man!"
"I am a future business man; I think of what I should do to achieve my life's goal" - Daisuke stopped the ball from his feet - "What's wrong with thinking about my future, eh? Am I too young to have worries?"
"No, it's not… But I think we're not used to…" - Taichi scratched his chin - "I mean, it's really awesome that you care about your future, but we never thought you were good at those things because we had the idea you were more a soccer player…?"
"You quit the team, Taichi-senpai" - Daisuke started - "And I would quit if I weren't a regular player now. But I think I will quit when I start Middle School."
"Y-You're doing it again!"
"What?!"
"You're making plans for the future! We don't see you doing it, and when you do you make us really impressed!"
"Really?" - he blushed - "M-maybe it's because I'm always being a simpleton, so no one believes I am able to do amazing things like being good at English or being able to cook."
"Why don't you show us more of this side, Daisuke? Not like we don't like your usual yourself, but at least it would make them stop thinking that you're just a silly soccer player"
Taichi's words made Motomiya Daisuke glance at him and with that determined gaze. Oh no, Taichi was very sure it means he had said something he shouldn't and now Daisuke's brain is working at full speed. If there were someone that could make Daisuke change… This person is obviously Yagami Taichi.
"YOU'RE RIGHT, SENPAI!" - Daisuke screamed and tapped his cheeks - "They don't take me seriously because I'm always simple-minded! But that's who I am, I can't think about complicated stuff because my brain is unable to process a lot of information! I mean, sometimes I need to take a break or my brain will freeze!"
"Uh, what?"
"I said I can't think too much or I will get headaches," - he simplified his line - "That's all."
"So this means… You're not going to change yourself? That's a relief–"
"BUT I can show them that I can be good at stuff they don't expect me to be good at!"
"Daisuke, forget what I said I was just thinking aloud–"
"Because the 'silly Daisuke' must show them how the 'normal Daisuke' can be!"
"Oh god…"
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A writer's thoughts:
See... Daisuke is silly, but not at all. He can do amazing things when he wants. He can be brilliant when is needed. My pet peeve with 02 is that Daisuke was used more as comic relief and part of Ken's character growth that he had no time to show his abilities. The movies and Dramas at least try to explore his creativity, fears and even dark side (like, jealousy was the cause of Daisuke Kaiser's birth). I hope tri. at least try to explore those, because the fandom doesn't consider Movies and Dramas part of the canon. I'd recommend you to read "Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01" special chapter called "Double Tamer! The Great Super Dimension Battle!" which is a crossover chapter between V-Tamer manga and 02. I love this special chapter because it shows a Daisuke 02 never showed, and it's funny how VT!Taichi befriends him lol. Also, this manga chapter got a reference in Xros Wars episode 79, where Daisuke screams to Tagiru something like "Do you know what are those goggles stand for?! The meaning behind Taiki entrusting them to you!".
So As I said... The silly jokes ends here. Chapter 1 to 5 are all scumons and giggles, but now you'll see the drama part.
I admit, I didn't plan to go that far... To make something serious in a story that was supposed to be pure shenanigans with Taichi, Daisuke and Yamato. But it happened. It happens when you're full of ideas and your love-hate relationship with 02 attacks in the middle of the story.
Yes, I love 02. No, I don't ignore its mistakes and plot holes. Tbh I feel like I've been criticizing and talking about 02 that much that many people doesn't believe I love 02, Daisuke, etc.
