Chapter 6: Ikuto and Chika

Couple- Keenan and Kristy from Digimon Data Squad/Savers

First, let me catch you guys up. I think the characters in Savers live in Hokkaido which is an island above the main island of Japan. After the Yggdrasil event, Keenan and the rest of his family moved to Odaiba in Tokyo. Kristy lives with them since she and Keenan wanted to go to the same high school. Now here they are.

"Ugh, you'll never pass your history exam like this" shouted Kristy furiously at the boy lying on the couch.

Keenan remained silent as he watched a boxing match on the television.

"Hey, Crier! Are you even listening to me!" said Kristy noticing him ignoring her.

Keenan gave her a lopsided grin before answering. "Of course I am, I'm just not a genius like you are"

"I'm no genius just because I make the top five, it's because I study"

They pretty much had the house to themselves at the moment. Keenan's parents were going out for dinner with his four (Almost five) year old sister, Yuka.

Keenan sat up so that he could look her in the eye. "Look, I just have trouble concentrating. The others are still in town, why can't we ask Thomas or Relena to help me study?"

Suddenly, it looked as if Kristy was just stabbed in the chest. She looked as if she was about to cry. "W-why do you…"

Keenan noticed this and immediately questioned her reaction. "Kristy?"

"You IDIOT!" shouted Kristy. Keenan flinched back and almost immediately, Kristy ran upstairs and locked herself into her room.

"Kristy!"

Keenan knocked on her door hoping to get a response. "Kristy, come out, please" "Go away, Keenan"

After several failed attempts to get her out, Keenan gave up and went into his room. Once Kristy was sure he was gone, she buried her face into her knees and began to cry. 'Why? It's not fair, it just isn't fair! Why must he always say Relena? I've known him longer, I met him first, so why?'

It just wasn't fair…

The next day…

"Hey Keenan, I forgot to thank you for Saturday" said Takato as he went over to the blue haired boy.

"No problem, what are friends for?" said Keenan with a fake smile.

Thanks to being around Henry and Rika, the masters at hiding their emotions, for almost five years, Takato was able to see that the smile was false. "Okay, so what's wrong?"

This time, Keenan gave an amused grin. "You can tell?"

"It's not that hard with the friends I have"

Keenan chuckled before answering. "Just some issues I need to work out with a friend of mine. She just got angry at me for no reason"

Takato nodded in understanding. If this friend was anything like Rika then obviously, Keenan said something stupid. "Okay, before she lashed out at you, did you say anything that could've offended her in any way possible?"

Keenan thought back to their conversation before her outburst.

"Look, I just have trouble concentrating. The others are still in town, why can't we ask Thomas or Relena to help me study?"

"Maybe it was because I said she was a bad teacher or something?"

"What exactly did you say?" asked Takato.

"Well, she was helping me study for our history exam and then I suggested having Thomas or Relena to help me study since I couldn't concentrate with her around"

"Two questions, first, who's Relena? Second, did you say you couldn't concentrate with her around or you couldn't concentrate?"

"Two answers, first, Relena's Thomas' sister and second, what's the difference?"

"Well, the first choice implies that your friend is distracting you from studying, the second implies that you have trouble concentrating in general"

"Well, then the second"

"Uh-huh, yeah…she's jealous of Relena"

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, if you can't concentrate in general then it doesn't matter who your teacher is. And if Relena looks anything like Thomas, then I wouldn't be surprised if she was jealous. Finally, I think she likes you and you suggesting to have Relena to help you obviously makes her feel neglected and as if you like Relena more than her"

Keenan stared at Takato for the longest time. Somehow, everything was starting to make sense to him.

"Oh Kami, she's right, I am an idiot, thanks Takato" said Keenan.

"I should be thanking you" said Takato as he pulled out his books.

"What for?"

"I forgot to study for the history exam"

Keenan couldn't help laughing. "Hey, what are friend's for?"

After school…

"I'm home mom!" called Keenan as he entered his house.

"Welcome back!" said a voice from the kitchen.

"Ikuto-onii-san!" said Yuka as she ran up to her older brother. "Look at the pwetty pwincess I dwew today at school" (She talks very similarly to Suzie in Tamers in the English dub)

"That's great Yuka, now let's put it up on the fridge with the others" said Keenan as he picked her up and brought her into the kitchen.

"Welcome back dear, Kristy's already home. Did something happen between the two of you?" asked his mother as she took Yuka out of his hands.

"Sort of, why do you ask?"

"She just seems so silent and distant since yesterday. I hope things are alright" said his mother.

"Chika-onee-chan was vewy upset" added Yuka.

"Don't worry, I'll go talk to her, and hopefully we'll have everything sorted out"

Keenan took off upstairs and made it to Kristy's room. He checked the door to find it unlocked. He opened it to find Kristy silently doing her homework on her computer desk.

"Hey…is it okay if I we talk?" asked Keenan letting his presence known although Kristy should've heard him come in.

"Why? Wouldn't you much rather talk to Relena?" said Kristy angrily.

Keenan tiredly sighed at Kristy's immature behavior. That was ironic since she was usually the mature one and he was usually the one being immature. 'Damn it, she's really pissed off. And it seems Takato was right about her being jealous. But that means she feels the same way…'

"That's not what I meant yesterday. I really did want to pass that test so that's why I suggested Thomas or Relena. I said I couldn't concentrate but that's only because when I'm around you, I can't think straight. Because…because I'm in love you Kristy Daimon!"

Kristy was certainly surprised at this sudden confession as she turned. "Y-you do?"

Keenan nodded. "And I know you feel the same. At least, I do now"

He walked up to her and pulled her close to him. Here they could look clear into each other's eyes before closing them and sharing their first kiss together.

It took them some time before figuring out that Yuka's pretty princess was Kristy and it went perfectly along with the handsome prince she drew the next. And the final portrait was of Keenan and Kristy, the king who found his queen.

So, what did you think of this chapter? Please, don't forget to review and lots of people have been telling me to post a Sorato chapter, so guess what. That'll be chapter seven! That's right the wait is over! And in case you haven't noticed, the chapters intertwine.