Alright, it's time for chapter 11! It's been another couple of busy weeks, but anyway enjoy the story!
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"Haha, That was the funniest thing ever." Tk laughed again sitting at the lunch table.
"I'm surprised Davis did that." Kari said looking at Davis with a grin.
"I have to admit that is pretty funny." Yolei laughed along with Tk.
"That was bold of you and Tk to do. I know it felt good at the time, but what if you guys get in trouble?" Cody asked.
"Well if we get in trouble I'll be Davis witness, Mr. Kakito tempted him into an argument." Tk said smiling.
"I'm not worried about that man. He just is to damn sentimental with everyone's personal struggle stories. He got pissed off because I was taking a nap during it. My bad man, I was sleepy." Davis said shrugging his shoulders.
"Well, you probably shouldn't have went to sleep during that man's story. Mr. Kakito on the other hand had no right to try and make you look stupid in front of everyone either." Kari told Davis.
"Yeah, he does a good job making himself look stupid on his own!" Yolei laughed.
"I'd shut up if I were you Yolei, you wouldn't want that hair of yours to somehow get chopped off." Davis said.
"Is that a threat!" Yolei raised her eyebrows clenching a fist.
"No, It's a promise." Davis smirked.
"Chill out Yolei, he's just messing with you." Cody said calming his friend down.
"We need to go work on my project now, it was nice seeing you." Cody said as he dragged Yolei off.
"Ding dong the bitch is gone!" Davis sung laughing.
"That's mean Davis!" Kari said although she was still smiling.
"I should be off to, I'll see you guys later."
"Bye Kari." They both said.
"So, it just you and me now." Tk said.
"Yes, darling, it's our alone time!" Davis said tackling Tk.
They both fell out of there seats onto the floor making it look as if they were wrestling. A lunch patrolling teacher just so happened to be passing by and called for them to break up the fight.
"Get off you idiot!" Tk pushed Davis off of him looking towards the voice coming near him.
"Look what you did!" Tk pointed to the screaming lady.
"Well, we have one of to options, stay here and get in trouble or run and hide." Davis said quickly.
"Run and hide!" Tk said as he grabbed Davis arm and the fled the fight scene. There had been a wall of kids surrounding them so the teacher couldn't tell who was fighting. They made their escape and hide in the men's bathroom again.
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"Davis, I've been meaning to ask you this. How did things go last night?" Tk asked looking at his friend. There was no one in the bathroom besides the two of them.
"Um...well," Davis didn't know really what to say.
"You don't have to tell me, I don't want to force you or anything, I'm just worried is all." Tk said leaning back against the wall while Davis looked in the mirror.
"I'll tell you, I'm just not use to saying this kind of stuff out loud, I guess you could call it paranoid." Davis laughed a bit.
"Well, when I got home nobody was there like usual and I figured that nothing would happen that night. I guess I hadn't looked close enough. Anyway, he was upset that I left without telling him and bringing some one over without asking I guess. It wasn't the worst punishment though so don't worry. He may have hit me a few time, but after I went unconscious this time he was nice enough to stop." Davis smiled sadly facing away from the mirror.
"Don't worry, I wrap up all my wounds and stuff see." Davis said as he raised his shirt a bit. There was wrapping around his arm where he must have been stabbed by but he didn't know the difference. It's not like he remember what exactly happened anyway.
"Damn Dai." Tk said lightly touching the bandage.
"It looks like it needs to be re-wrapped." Tk said.
"Yeah, I know." Davis said poking it then reached in his bag. "Will you do the honors." Davis passed him the medical supplies.
Tk nodded and begin removing his friends bandages. It was a pretty nasty cut Davis had on his upper arm. He put medicine on it the proceeded to wrap it again.
"Thanks." Davis said watching him wrap his arm.
"No problem. I just wish you would let me tell someone so we can get help for you." Tk said shaking his head.
"I..I am ready to get help. It's not like it's really a big deal though. What if nothing happens and no one cares. I'll be stuck with him and he will probably hit me until the point that I almost die or something."
"Davis, this is a huge deal. I don't see how you can think it's not, your well being is important even if you don't think so. Anyway, how can he not be guilty. If he does try to get you again I'm sure by then your mother may try to get you." Tk said to his friend.
"Yeah right." Davis said looking down. "If she didn't want me all those years ago, why would she want me now?"
"Davis, your mother wouldn't want you in danger. If your ready to tell we can go to the police or to my brother and my dad first to. They should know more than I do." Tk suggested.
"If this doesn't work Tk, thanks for trying." Davis smiled sincerely.
"Trust me it will work. That bastard will be locked up for good." Tk said to his friend putting the finishing touches on his arm.
Just then a boy walked into the bathroom. Tk and Davis had never really planned on anyone coming into the bathroom and were shocked when this boy did. Black hair and green eyes, go figure it was Hotu Mr. Kakito's cousin who told his story before break about being abused. Davis quickly pulled down his sleeve.
"Hi Tk, Davis." Hotu greeted pleasantly.
"Hey Hotu!" Tk said smiling as he slipped the stuff into Davis bag.
"Hi Hotu." Davis greeted too.
"What where you guys doing?" Hotu said suspiciously eyeing the neosporin still lying out.
"Nothing really." Davis said grabbing the neosporin and dropping it into his bag.
"Right." Hotu said looking at their suspicious faces.
"So, what happened to your arm?" Hotu asked having seen Davis pull down his sleeve.
"Oh, I got in a figh-" "He ran into a pole-" Both Tk and Davis answered at the same time.
"What I meant was." Davis said as he glanced at Tk.
"I got into a fight then ran into a pole?" Davis said a bit unconvincingly.
Tk laughed. "That's just like him huh? Haha running into a pole."
"Yeah, I'm sure." Hotu said raising an eyebrow.
"You know when I was being abused at first I made up stupid excuses. I was relieved when I finally got help." Hotu told them.
"That's great!" Davis answered, "But I got in a fight then had dumb luck. Trust me it was no more no less, I.I'm not being abused." Davis had a hard time saying that aloud for some reason.
"The hardest part was admitting I had been hurt." Hotu continued not really listening to Davis.
Tk and Davis gave each other a look, this dude sounded like he knew something he wasn't suppose to. Davis was a little nervous, but he would make it.
"Hotu we are really glad you got help. Now you never saw this ok." Tk said sternly.
"Of course not, I would never put someone just like me in danger." Hotu winked.
"Dude, I'm not in any danger, It's normal for me to get in fights you know that." Davis said to the stubborn boy.
"Yeah, not everyone with a wound is being abused." Tk added. He felt rather guilty. In this case it was true.
"I know, I just learned how to detect it by now. Davis that's why I didn't want my cousin to go to hard on you. If anyone else paid attention and knew behavior mannerisms they would pick up something slightly off too. It wasn't really until I saw Tk taping your arm and those pathetic lie attempts that I put two and two together. It's not like I'm going to tell anybody or anything." Hotu told him seriously.
Davis looked at him and sighed. What was one more person, it seemed as if the boy already knew. He had spoken to Hotu a couple of times over the year and was nearly considered a friend. The boy from what he knew was honest. It couldn't hurt.
"Fine, I'll tell, but you have to promise not to tell anyone." Davis gave him a serious look.
"You have my word." Hotu said locking the bathroom door and walking closer to the boys.
"Davis are you sure you should do this?" Tk asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, he practically knows everything anyway, why not." Davis said sitting on the floor they all took a seat.
"Well it all started when my parent got divorced, my sister went to live with my mom and I stayed with my dad. He developed a bit of a habit. Not a really good one, but anyway, he started hitting me saying the whole thing was my fault and if I wasn't so stupid he wouldn't have to punish me. I've been dealing with it since I was nine or so. It's not like it's so bad, people have it way worse than I do, who would I be to complain. I've only been to the hospital like three times and that was only for fractured ribs and stuff like that. Now I don't even need to got to the hospital anymore, I practically know how to heal myself." Davis laughed slightly.
Davis leaned back against the wall staring at the floor tiles. "I really don't know how I'm telling you all this after all these years. I don't think my fathers too bad of a person, but drugs and alcohol don't help his personality."
Hotu looked at him his eyes glossy.
"That's a long time to go through that, not even I had to deal with it that long. No wonder you got so angry." Hotu sniffed rubbing his eyes.
"Hey," Davis said looking up at Hotu.
"Don't feel sorry for me ok. I'll be fine." Davis assured him.
Hotu nodded again looking down.
Tk glanced at Davis looking worried. Davis just shook his head.
Hotu looked at them, "Should I tell my cousin?"
"No-" "Hell no" Davis and Tk said at the same time again.
"Ok I won't, but if you guys need any help, please come to me. Don't wait too long Davis." Hotu warned him standing up.
"I got this under control." Davis answered as he and Tk also stood up.
"Lunch should be over right about now." Tk said. Right after he said that the bell rung.
"Let's go." Davis said.
"If you accidentally tell anybody, you better tell me." Davis told Hotu threateningly.
Hotu nodded and said good-bye to them.
"I hope I didn't just screw myself over by telling him." Davis groaned as they walked out the bathroom heading for their next class.
"Well, if he does tell anyone it will be his favorite cousin?" Tk asked grinning.
"I'll kill him." Davis said seriously. "Or hurt him really bad, you know I don't like pity!"
"Trust me I know!" Tk grinned.
"Davis if he does tell, you know it's for your own good right?"
"Yeah, that's why I couldn't bring myself to killing him since I know he is doing it for my benefit." Davis said as they continued down the hall.
"So, should we start off with my family first then work it over to your mom." Tk suggested.
"I guess I'm comfortable with telling Matt first." Davis told him. Matt already knows about my wrist so I don't think it will be too much of a shock to him. Davis thought to himself.
"Ok then we'll tell him after band practice. I'm glad we changed the songs though." Tk said changing the subject.
"Why?" Davis asked looking at him.
"Well I rather back up sing then rap." Tk stated.
"You're still rapping genius!" Davis hit him on the back of his head.
"Well yeah, I guess I just like 'Lying From You' better than In The End. That ones kind of old."
"It is, but it's still one of my favorites. What were the other songs, 'Welcome to My Life' by Simple Plan and 'You Know You're Right' by Nirvana." Davis said.
"Yeah those are it. That's the last time we change the songs though, ok Davis."
"Fine, I know I'm indecisive, I like all those songs though!" Davis exclaimed happily as the entered the classroom.
It seemed everyone had arrived except for them. It didn't matter though, they took their seats and talked until the bell rung.
"Takeru and Daisuke, I have a pass here telling both of you to report to the principles office." Their science teacher said handing them each a pink pass. They looked at each other quickly and gathered the things walking out of the room.
"I knew we wouldn't get away with it." Tk said as they walked down the hall to the principles office.
"I'm not scared of seeing some principle, plus the teacher was wrong anyways." Davis stated running a hand though his burgundy hair, he forgot it was kind of gelled.
They got to the principals office and the secretary told them to go in. They went in and the principal told them to take a seat on the couch. Mr. Kakito sat in an arm chair near the principals desk.
"Now, I from what Mr. Kakito has told me the both of you raised your voices at him and the left the classroom." The principle said eying both of them.
"I'd like to hear you side of the story first Daisuke." Principle Onoshi looked to Davis and sat behind his desk.
"Now then." He waved Davis on.
Once he and Tk finished their side of the story the principal said that they should be suspended for back talking to a teacher. He agreed that they were tempted into and gave them two days of d-hall/ detention instead. Well it could have been worse they agreed mentally to themselves. Mr. Kakito apologized to them later outside of the principals office for getting so worked up over it to the point that he yelled at them. They kindly accepted his apology and went back to science class.
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"I don't know if I want to do this." Davis said having time to think over what they were about to do. They had just walked from Chris house and were going to Tk's home.
"You know I'm not going to force you. I just strongly suggest that we at least tell Matt tonight." Tk said as he kicked one of the many stones on the ground.
"I..I don't know, I don't want him to think less of me." Davis looked down some.
"Davis, Matt's not like that. He would never do anything like that. You know he had problems in the past too. If anything he will be glad you had enough trust to come to him. Plus you already told Hotu, I think you'll feel better once you tell Matt."
Davis sighed placing his a hand behind his head for a second then turned to Tk.
"I guess your right, What do I have to lose anyway right?" Davis said.
They continued their way to Tk's house. This time he left a message at home saying he would be spending the night at a friends. It's a good thing my dad doesn't know where Tk lives. Davis thought to himself as they got on the elevator.
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Matt was home and so was Tai, what a surprise.
"Do you want to tell Tai to?" Tk whispered to him.
"What's one more person." Davis sighed. By time they got finished the whole world would know his secret.
"Matt is dad home?" Tk asked walking towards his brother and Tai sitting on the couch.
"No, he's not coming home til' like one in the morning, why?" Matt asked glancing at Davis.
"Well Davis has a problem to talk with you guys about. We really don't know what to do about it." Tk said to his brother sitting in an arm chair while Davis walked over to them sitting on the floor by the arm chair.
"If it's about his cutting problem, Tai and I already know about that." Matt told him.
"No it's not about that," Tk said. "Although we need to talk about that too." He said looking at his friend who was gazing at the floor again.
"Anyway he needs to tell you guys so we can figure out what to do."
"Davis, were all ears." Tai said seriously.
"Umm...when I was..." Davis told them the whole story even in detail about some of his beatings. That part got to him. Having to describe them with a vivid description. By time he was done Davis had his knees up to his chest and his head hidden in his arms. Tk was the first to kneel by his friend giving him a comforting hug. Tk knew this was hard for Davis.
Tai had never see Davis cry so hard. Well he had never actually seen him cry. He was the kids mentor. He couldn't believe all of this had gone on with out him knowing. He got up from his seat on the couch and wrapped his arms around Davis and Tk.
Tk was taking it about as bad a Davis. Tk wasn't able to hold in his tears. He hugged Davis harder as they both sobbed. It was almost like the first night Davis told him. The pain was still there.
Matt saw Tai get up from the couch and soon followed him. His friend was going through more than he could ever image Davis going through. He wiped his own eyes as Tai held up an arm for him. Matt walked over and draping his arms around whatever he found. The four teens stayed like that until they all had calmed down.
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Davis never felt so loved. He raised his head and sniffed a bit. He knew his face was probably red from crying. Slowly the rest of the guys pulled away and sat beside each other in a circle on the floor.
"Davis, I really think we should tell dad." Matt said referring to Davis as if he were his brother.
Davis smiled sadly and nodded.
"Tk and I were thinking the same thing." Davis said wiping his eyes.
"You know they might try to send you to a therapist right?" Tai questioned.
"Yeah." Davis answered.
"You have to stop cutting." Matt said seriously.
Davis bowed his head. "I don't do it often." He almost whispered.
"We're just concerned, that's all Dai." Tk said hugging him again.
"We also need to go to the police and you know they will want proof." Tai said glancing at Matt from his spot on the floor.
"You're right, but Davis is known for getting in fights, if we just take pictures of his body they will think its from a fight." Matt told Tai.
"There's only one way to get it then, catch him red handed." Davis stated looking at them.
"No way! We don't want you to go through that anymore. Why can't I just be your witness, I was there and saw him in action." Tk said.
"You were there?" Matt questioned.
Tk nodded.
"I think Davis may be right, we need to catch the bastard red handed. The police don't give a shit unless you have concrete evidence." Tai told them agreeing with Davis.
"I guess and we have Tk to witness. There has to be a better way though." Matt said trying to think of something but was unsuccessful.
"Alright, it's settled. I go to my house tomorrow act like it's a normal Day and you guys tape and stuff. We can ask Koushiro for some of his wiring stuff so you guys can tape the whole conversation in the house. There is a tiny whole in the wall we can get to. Ask Kou if we can borrow one of his small cameras to put it in the wall." Davis told them
"Alright Davis, we'll get cameras to hopefully get pictures from outside. If that doesn't work the camera will get it. Tai patted him on the shoulder.
"I hope this works." Tk said looking to everyone. "I don't want Davis getting hurt like that for no reason tomorrow."
"Don't worry so much Tk." Davis smiled. "What's one more." He stated.
Matt started to get off the floor, it was around 8:30 now. He was sure everyone was hungary by now.
"Watch tv or something, I'll fix you all something to eat." Matt got up ad went to the kitchen.
The rest got off the floor and Tk sat in the arm chair while Tai and Davis sat on the couch. Tai popped on the TV.
Davis thumbed his wristbands absentmindedly. He was really going to try and stop this time. If only he didn't feel the need to do it.
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Well, that's the end of chapter 11. Hope you all liked it. Tell me what you think! chapter 12 should be out soon. Poor Dai has alot to get over, not to mention a band contest coming up! NE way laterz. R/R
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