Not an insanely long chapter but a chapter none the less.

Bad for me: My plans for today were cancelled last minute. Good for you: My plans for today were cancelled, so I was stuck at home with nothing to do but write.

By the way, I have no idea what video game the guys are playing. In my head I imagined something like Super Smash Brothers (which I don't own).

And for anyone who doesn't play video games because I was a little afraid you wouldn't get this: when they're talking about teams, and it refers to a computer they mean a character who's participating in the fight/match/battle but isn't played by a human; they're controlled by the computer.

Saturday

'It has to be Joe. His questioning was so quick, and he wanted to leave so bad that he must've told the investigator something. He was a traitor at the questioning and a traitor by not taking the pill!... But I guess by that logic, it could be Matt too. All he wanted to do yesterday was leave. Or it could be anyone because no one wanted to be there. Hell, it could even be me! Oh no, what if it's me? How could I do that! I'm their leader; I can't betray them like that!... Oh wait, I know I didn't do it. Hehe…'

"Tai, what the hell are you staring at?"

"Huh?"

"I've been in here for about ten minutes now, and you've been staring at the ceiling the whole time. Is peeling plaster really that interesting?"

Tai grunted in response before finally rolling over onto his stomach. He noticed his room for the first time and Matt sitting at the computer.

"You cleaned… kind of," Tai commented surveying the floor. The previous paths to the beds and desk had widened, and the majority of the junk was shoved under said beds.

Matt shrugged while thumbing the computer mouse. "Yeah because you think we'll all be able to enjoy ourselves crammed in here."

"It's not about the place; it's about the people," Tai lectured.

Matt narrowed his eyes grumbling, "It's kind of about the place."

Just then, a few loud thuds coming from the outside of the door caught their attention. Matt got up to answer it to be met by a person hidden behind the several large computer-related objects he was holding.

Tai blinked not fully believing what he was seeing before simply asking, "Why?"

"I had to bring my computer and the necessary accessories." Izzy carefully placed the pile on the edge of the desk and then proceeded to fiddle with it.

"Izzy, we already have a computer."

"You call that a computer? Please, how fast's the processor? 1.0 GHz?"

Matt muttered while shaking his head,"You just couldn't make it one night without it…"

On the other side of the still open door, appeared TK carrying one bag contrasting Izzy's large mass of stuff.

"Hey," he greeted before walking in and throwing his bag on the floor.

"I just cleaned that," remarked Matt.

"Cleaned?" TK asked disbelievingly noticing the piles of junk and conspicuous smell.

"I organized to some degree… Don't put your junk on the floor."

"Izzy did," TK defended earning an offended look from said redhead.

"This is not junk! This is highly delicate equipment that should be treated with the utmost care. By the way, Tai, weren't you looking for your Home Ec. book? It was on the floor over here."

"Oh awesome!" Tai exclaimed taking the textbook from Izzy and lobbing it into the corner by his backpack. "Now I might actually pass that class."

Izzy tilted his head slightly. "How are you failing? It's a class about food."

"That's why I'm failing. According to my teacher, my 'pallet is not colorful enough to appreciate the fine cuisine that is offered', and it's not appropriate to describe anything as 'just ew' in a review. Man, I wish I hadn't taken that class!"

"At least you get to choose your classes," TK pointed out, "I still have to sit through the great wonder that is Health."

"Aren't you supposed to take Health in freshman year?" Izzy asked.

"I did, but I missed one too many videos to pass the final."

"Well why were you always missing class?" Tai questioned obliviously. TK simply raised his eyebrows and gave Tai a look that suggested he figure it out himself. After realizing it had been because of the Digital World he let out a simple, "Oh…"

"I'm here, I'm here, I'm here!" cried Joe as he came bursting into the dorm. He leaned over, bag loosely hanging on one shoulder and hands on his knees, panting.

"This isn't school, Joe. You can be late," Matt said only half-joking.

"I know, I know." He stood up straighter and pushed his slipping glasses farther back on his nose. "Sorry I was helping my roommate with his bags; he's heading back home for a few days."

"Wait so there's no one in your dorm…?" Matt asked incredulously looking a bit unnerved.

"Hmm? No, there isn't," Joe said matter-of-factly.

"But-but why are we trying to cram everyone in here when your dorm is bigger?"

"…Good question," Joe mused bringing a hand to his chin.

Tai chuckled, "Just let it go, Matt. You already cleaned the place."

"HA! That's twelve to nada, zip, zero, zilch, a big slice of nothing, a-"

"We get it, Tai. Your team won again."

A little disheartened by being stopped mid-victory boast, Tai slumped back down onto his bed. Around the room, everyone else also sat centered around Izzy's computer that they were playing a video game on.

Matt slouched in the computer chair with his feet propped up on the desk. TK sat, legs crossed, on the edge of Matt's bed. Joe lay on the floor on his back having fallen backwards in exasperation after his team's latest defeat. Izzy sat on the floor leaning on the end of Tai's bed.

"Let's switch teams," the redhead suggested, "I'll take TK, and you can have Joe."

"We can't change teams. They're divided fairly based on skill level," Tai reminded. In all honesty, he just didn't want Joe on his team. He didn't know why, but the longer he was around Joe, the more convinced he was it was him who left the pill in the potted plant. It was driving Tai crazy just looking at the traitor let alone if he had to tag team with him.

"We'll keep it fair! I'll take Matt!"

Realizing compared to Tai and TK he was the Joe of their team, Matt defended, "Hey I'm better than Joe! I just don't spend all my time on videogames like some people."

A resonating "Hey!" came from Izzy, Tai, and TK.

"Fine," Izzy continued, "then I'll take Matt and the computer, and you can keep TK."

"No, Joe's staying on your team!"

"Come on, Tai, what's your problem?"

"He's my problem!" he spat glaring at Joe.

"What'd I do?" Joe questioned in disbelief.

"Why were you in such a hurry to leave, huh?" Tai was a bit surprised with himself for being so straight forward about his suspicions, but there was no stopping now.

"What are you talking about?"

"You're investigation was awful quick yesterday! What'd you tell him?"

"Nothing," Joe assured.

"Liar," Tai grumbled causing Joe's jaw to hang open in shock.

The elder snarled, "What gives you the right to call me a liar? What did I ever do?"

"You didn't take the pill!"

Everyone stared at Tai in shock. How dare he accuse anyone of betraying them like that!

There was a silence that was too tense to be awkward. They all stopped for a moment either being unable to comprehend what just happened or not wanting to.

Eventually TK broke the silence. Wide-eyed he asked, "Do you really think one of us would do that?"

Tai stayed still a few more seconds. If he told them he found a pill would they believe him? Would they all turn against each other? He couldn't tell them that someone had to be a traitor until he knew who it was. "Well… No but maybe I don't know this team as well as I thought."

Izzy reasoned, "Tai, we're the same team we were eight years ago. If anything, we're closer. What makes you so sure someone wouldn't take the pill?"

On the other hand, until he told them why he was so suspicious no one would side with him. "Because I found a pill someone hid in my mom's plant."

Another pause then TK suggested, "Maybe it was an extra."

"There were no extras," Tai reminded looking to Izzy for a confirmation. He nodded solemnly.

Eyes found their way to the previously accused Joe who now had a pleading look on his face. "I took the pill, I swear! Don't you remember I was one of the ones who actually wanted to take it?"

Tai scratched the side of his head. He had forgotten that. Joe did openly admit to wanting to leave the Digital World behind, so unless that was some ploy so that no one would suspect him, it couldn't be him. "I guess you're right…" Tai trailed off a little embarrassed now for his hasty accusation.

Another tense silence came in, this time bordering on awkward, until Matt dared to say, "I think it was Mimi."

"I'm certain it wasn't," Izzy said harshly.

"Think about it," Matt pushed, "She said she didn't want to take it. Plus how much do you want to bet her questioning session was this close from her blurting out everything?"

The redhead scoffed. "So she's not the best liar. That doesn't mean she would do that to everyone, and since she is so bad at lying, how could she look us all in the eye and act like she took the pill?"

Matt grunted in response having no real counter argument. "Fine then, Braniac, who do you think it was?"

"Me? Uh…" His eyes met everyone around the room before finally settling on his game controller. "Sora."

"You're just saying that to make me mad!"

"I am not!" he protested, "Have you seen her and Biyomon? While the rest of us aren't as dependent on our digimon anymore, they're as close as ever! She wouldn't give that up."

"Oh I'm sure that's why. You just said my girlfriend because I said yours!"

"She is not my girlfriend!" Izzy shouted automatically earning him an eye roll from Matt.

"Please, you'd already be together if she didn't live so far."

Izzy's face was beginning to match the color of his hair. "Well we are not together, and you have no right to accuse her of not taking the pill!"

Tai leaned over from the edge of the bed to place his hand on Izzy's shoulder. "Just relax, Izzy, okay? I'm sure we all have guesses. Joe, who do you think?"

"Oh! Well…" He glanced at the youngest blonde with a guilty expression before revealing, "I think it was TK or Kari."

All eyes went to TK who stared disbelievingly at Joe. "You think I would do that, Joe?"

The elder looked guilty as he shrugged helplessly. "I'm just being honest. You two were the youngest and most connected to the Digital World and you spent the most time in it and one of you probably didn't want to turn out like the 02 team so…"

TK defiantly crossed his arms and glared back at the older boy. "It wasn't me, and it wasn't Kari either!"

"Yeah but how can you be so sure?" Matt mused.

Tai narrowed his eyes. "What are you saying about my sister, Ishida?"

He shrugged unfazed by Tai's threatening gaze. "Nothing just that she was against this whole pill business."

"Everyone was!"

"Which is why," Izzy cut in talking louder than usual to be heard over the bickering friends, "it could be anyone, and we should just stop arguing."

Joe nodded. "Izzy's right. I'm sure whoever it is will step forward when they're ready."

"Yeah right," Tai grumbled, "or they'll keep playing along until we can't be mad because we don't even remember them."

Well there seems to be a little tension...

As usual, a huge thanks for reading!