楽しい事や悲しみ事など。。。

By: Jaha Canon

Disclaimer- once again, I claim disowner-ship (if that's even a word.)

Hey! I'm home sick today from class and work, but I guess that's a good thing for this story, hmm?

Chapter 12: 学校ライフ～！1

School Life! 1

"I'm definitely worried now." Ryou said.

"What's wrong?" Koushirou asked.

Ryou gave a long, tired sigh. He pulled out his special digivice and looked at it. "I…. can't open any portals to the digital world anymore."

a few months later

Koushirou looked at himself in the mirror. He'd always wonder what it would feel like to wear a middle school uniform. He'd seen Taichi and the others walk around with them for a year, but he hadn't quite brought himself to imagine himself in one.

He buttoned up his green uniform coat. Taichi and Yamato never seemed to have their coats buttoned, but Koushirou wanted to be taken seriously in his first year of Middle school. He had heard through rumors that he was going to jump right into the position of president of the computer club and with his track record and the fact he knew a lot of people there, he had no doubt the rumor was true.

How often do first year students get to be president of their club? How many first day students get to be president of their club?

Koushirou chuckled nervously and decided to put on the uniforms tie. He'd never actually seen anyone wear the tie before, so he didn't even know about it until it came with his uniform.

Short, redhead, and wearing a tie- he certainly looked like a nerd.

"For me…" Koushirou mumbled to himself, "It'll do." He smiled at his adoptive parents beaming proudly standing beside him.

"Oh! Breakfast!" Mrs. Izumi exclaimed, breaking out of her prideful stupor. She turned on her heel and left the room.

"I know it's strange for you, son" Mr. Izumi said solemnly "you were originally planning to go to that private middle school in Tamachi with Ichijouji Osamu-kun."

Koushirou smiled a little "Yes, but this is good too. I already know a lot of students in the computer club and many of my other friends go there. …I'll be fine."

"I know you will." his father replied. He turned and left the room.

It would've been convenient to go to school in Tamachi even now. Last he heard regarding Ken was that the blue haired boy began to excel dramatically in school and transferred to the private elementary school that is connected to the middle school that he and Osamu were talking about going to.

Koushirou hadn't seen Ryou in a while. Having lost the ability to make a portal to the digital world was stressful for him and he went off to see a few, as he stated it, "important people" to discuss he can do about it.

Even if the redhead decided to go to school in Tamachi, there wouldn't be much he could do now. Contacting Ryou through worlds was possible, but difficult. And even if he could easily contact his friend, a portal to the digital world and Tentomon's assistance was currently out of the question.

Still, even with anxiety about the Digital World and Ken, Koushirou stayed cheerful during breakfast thinking about starting at his new school and headed out.

"Good morning, Koushirou-kun!" a voice greeted him warmly.

He turned and saw someone he wasn't expecting to see- Ryou.

"Ryou-kun! Hey! What did you find out? ….and why are you wearing that uniform?"

"Well," Ryou replied, looking serious, "it turns out that one time I brought Ken-kun through the portal after he was struck with that dark… thing…." he trailed off.

"So that one occurrence was enough to allow whatever is manipulating Ken to manipulate your portals." Koushirou concluded.

"Right." Ryou said, smiling bitterly, "So that power, somehow connected to that man who was at Osamu-kun funeral, is blocking my passages to the digital world."

Pause.

"…there's something else…" Koushirou said slowly, "….isn't there?"

"Yeah, there is a portal to the Digital world of a similar nature of one of mine connected to Ken-kun's computer in Tamachi."

Koushirou cringed. "So he can come and go as he pleases…."

"Yes. And we can't go there now."

"Hm."

Silence.

"But anyways, about the uniform question-" Ryou started again, smiling.

"It looks remarkably familiar, Ryou-kun." Koushirou stated.

"Yes, well… I figured that if any portal opens to the digital world, it's going to be here where you and the rest of your team are." Ryou answered. "So I figured it makes the most sense for me to go to your school for a while."

"…but where are you living? And how did you explain that your past school records all come from a different world? And your lack of parents in this world?"

"My real school records are scattered in all kind of different dimensions. I can't even keep track of them all. Some duplicates, some parallels. You must know by now, Koushirou-kun, that part of getting my job as the Chosen Child of Portals, I had to know how to get away with almost anything." Ryou explained.

"…I see." Koushirou replied shortly. He'll never learn exactly how Ryou is able to manipulate things so well. "Anyways, I hope we're in the same class."

"We are." Ryou stated cheerfully.

"…another thing you 'arranged?'" Koushirou asked.

"Yep."

Koushirou and Ryou reached the school and found that Ryou was right- they were in the same class.

Koushirou was abducted 5 minutes after he reached the school by students asking him to become computer club president.

Ryou let Koushirou disappear into the crowed and easily blended himself and no one seemed to even notice that he had never attended school anywhere in Odaiba (or this dimension) before.

Ryou's three abilities-

to travel worlds

to get away with anything

to, despite the other two, have the ability to look and act like Japan's most average student.

End- Chapter 12

I'm getting back into the lighter chapters!