(Mar. 11, 2010)
Sorry for the wait on this chapter, hopefully you like it! PLEASE REVIEW!

Disclamier: I still don't own Digimon or any of its characters.

THE DOMINO EFFECT

FunkyMonkey713

Chapter 3: Warnings

~TPOV~

As they walked down the hall, Ken and Miko held hands as they talked to Hikari;

"So have you heard from Willis or Daisuke lately?" Hikari nodded, "yeah I got a text this morning saying that they'd be back by Wednesday if all goes well."

"How long have they been gone for?" Iori asked, "Since last week, they had a pre-season tournament in Nagoya." Takeru, who was walking between Iori and Hikari piped up, turned towards Iori as he spoke.

"Is the basketball team any good?"

"Any good?! We ranked second in Japan last year!"

"Second? Who's first then?"

"The team in Hiroshima, we beat them five years ago, but since then they've been the top team."

They kept talking basketball until Takeru and Hikari reached the gym;

"So I have photography right now, you think you'll be ok in gym all by your lonesome?" Hikari joked as she pointed to the gym door and looked up into the blonde's face. His face light up as he laughed, small dimples formed at the sides of his mouth,

"I think so, I mean, I believe I can manage the one hour of hurling dodge balls at other guys." Hikari giggled as she strode down the hall towards the dark room, she waved her hand and called back, "I'll meet you back here after class. Try not to get lost!" He sighed as he watched her fade away around a corner and pushed through the door to the change rooms.

During that one hour Takeru met another twenty boys, some of which he had seen in his previous classes that morning. Iori and Ken were there, which made him feel better knowing that he knew somebody instead if being pegged as 'the new kid'. Fujiama-sensei blew the whistle at the end of class shouting for Iori to put the balls away.

In the change rooms Takeru pulled off his gym uniform and stepped into a shower stall, Ken was in the next stall over, steam filled the room, his voice floated over the sound of the running water.

"I hope you realize Hikari already has a boyfriend?" Takeru kept scrubbing.

"And why would you assume I would care about that?"

"Because of the way you look at her, you've been here less than a day and you're already smitten." He rinsed his hair and turned off the tap, grabbing a towel.

"I don't know what you're talking about" Takeru avoided Ken's eyes; he stretched his blouse over his arms and did up the buttons looking at the floor.

"I'm going to tell you right now, he'll kick your ass if he even sees you thinking about looking at her. And he'd break all your limbs and not think twice about it. He's freakishly over-protective, and he'll have the entire basketball on your back too." Takeru was fixated on trying his shoes; Ken snapped his fingers in his face.

"Hey! Takeru! I'm not joking about this! If you know what's good for you, you'll stay away from her" Takeru swivelled his head upwards where Ken's face was filled with concern and anguish.

"You have to listen to me, I can see you're a good guy but I've seen him do it before and he won't hesitate to do it again." Ken grabbed his navy blazer, clapped Takeru on the shoulder and left the room, leaving him to think about Ken's words by himself.

~KPOV~

She stood by the double doors looking at her most recent photos on her SLR digital screen. She flipped through the pictures and her fingers manoeuvred over the buttons, making small clicking taps. She was completely engrossed and didn't hear the approaching footsteps coming from behind. A finger tapped her on the shoulder causing her to jump up in shock and fumble with her camera. Takeru reached over and steadied her hand with his,

"Hey be careful, that thing looks expensive" He grinned and grabbed her camera. Her heart fluttered at his touch, she coloured and glanced up at him.

His blonde hair was dripping with water droplets, his white shirt was slightly damp and his muscles seemed to bulge from them. His tie hung from his collar un-done and his buttons were only done up half way, showing pec-muscles that Miko would call "to-die-for" if she saw them. Hikari knew was ogling but she just couldn't drag her eyes away from him, he was sculpted like a Greek-god. Her eyes started to travel downwards until his voice broke through her daze.

"So are we going to European History or what?" She nodded her head and took the camera from him.

"We should, but you can't go like that. Gamajyu-Sensei would kick you out before you even step through the door" She placed the camera strap on her shoulder and reached up to his shirt to do up the buttons. She yanked on his loose tie and his head came down closer to her so she could do it up.

His face was so close to hers she could smell the shampoo he used; pine infused with citrus, his breath warmed her cheeks and all the sudden she was very aware of their proximity to each other.

"There" she patted his tie and took a step back, letting the clean air clear her head of any restricted thoughts she had a moment ago. "Come on, let's get going." She set off at a smart pace walking ahead of him into the classroom.

You have to stop this, you have a boyfirend she told herself, and you're acting as if you've got a crush.

I do NOT have a crush; she argued back, He's just a nice guy. He'll settle in and then he'll forget all about you. And life can go back to normal.

Then why did the thought of him forgetting about her hurt? God! You've only known the guy for a day. Chill out.

"Ms. Yagami! For the fourth time, would you please answer the question?" Gamajyu-sensei and the entire class were facing her waiting for some answer.

"I don't…. he isn't…. We haven't…. I'm sorry, what was the question?" She stuttered, embarrassed she looked at her textbook and turned scarlet. The teacher repeated the question and she dutifully answered then spent the rest of the class staring at the desk avoiding all eye contact with Takeru, too consumed with her own thoughts.

The bell rang and within 10 seconds she jumped up gathering her books and rushed out of the classroom. She moved down the hallway, head down until she bumped head first into Miko as she entered her calc class.

"Hey Kari, want to sit next to me today? Or are you going with the blonde beauty today?" she giggled at her own joke covering her mouth.

"Yeah…. Sure" Hikari followed Miko to her seat and looked up as Takeru walked through the doorframe with a confused look covering his face as he glanced at her. He continued to look at trying to get a message to her; she diverted her gaze to Miko where she absorbed herself in conversation.

Hikari shook her head to clear it and took three deep breaths. Everything is fine, just be normal. Treat him like you would Iori or Ken and everything will be fine. She smiled to herself and felt a thousand times better. She looked over to Takeru and beamed, he relaxed his tight pose and smiled back. Calculus was un-eventful; Takeru and Hikari exchanged blissful glances across the room, not unnoticed by Miko though. She observed the two of them and their silent conversations, finally by the end of class putting two and two together and not liking the results.

Author's Note:

That's what I have for now! PLEASE REVIEW. I love to hear feedback to improve. Any suggestions or also welcome for a storyline!! I'll update as soon as I can with the next chapter!