Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Collide ❯ Chapter 4 (V2) ( Chapter 4 )

(Version 2)

Chapter Four

 

“Okay, now, there's the bathroom, in the drawer is an unused toothbrush and you're good in those clothes as night-clothes, so that's it.” He pointed to a door next to his bed.

 

“Why do you have an extra toothbrush?” Ruki asked, looking at him strangely.

 

“Well, my mom just bought it, but I like the one I have now.”

 

“Whatever.” She opened the door and walked in. Daisuke cocked his head to the side and leaned back on the wall. As he watched her, a serious look on his face, he crossed his arms and legs. She spit the toothpaste out and rinsed her mouth, then she saw him staring, she turned around.

 

“What in the hell are you looking at.”

 

Quickly he remarked, “You.” That kind of threw her off.

 

“You seem to know so much about me and the other and your story is crazy, yet, for some reason I believe you. And...I don't know why.”

 

“Because it's the truth maybe?”

 

“Heh, we'll see about that, get some sleep, I'll be on the couch if you need me.”

 

“Stay.” She said looking down.

 

“Huh?” Daisuke turned back, confused.

 

“I just, I mean, for a little while, to talk. I don't know what's going on, or whether I'll wake up again...It's just-”

 

“I'll stay; I'll also leave the door open if Jun gets suspicious.”

 

“Thanks.” She sat down on the bed, crossing her legs.

 

“........” Daisuke grabbed a pillow and laid down on the floor beside her.

 

“But let me get this straight, make a move and I'll kill you, chosen child or not.”

 

“What makes you think I'm even inter-” Daisuke didn't even finish before he had a pillow in his face.

 

“OW!” She smiled, barely and unnoticed by Daisuke, but the smile was there. He flicked the lights off and the two lay down, morning would come soon, as would the questions.

 

 

Daisuke opened one eye and looked around, he then yawned. Groaning he picked himself up off the floor, but he immediately hit the floor again. He forgot Ruki was there and that he had a........

 

“What was the point of that?” Ruki asked, he jumped, not realizing she was already up.

 

“What, oh, um, n-n-nothing, I just, um. Well, you know, I wanted to stretch. Ehehehe.” He laughed sheepishly.

 

“Liar....It doesn't matter to me anyway, I'm going to get a shower.” She stood and walked past him, once she was out he sighed in relief.

 

He stood up and quickly made his way to the closet, inside he closed the door and changed, the space was cramped, but he really didn't want to change in his room, thinking Ruki might walk out, see him, and kill him. Once he was done, he opened the door and tossed the clothes he slept in, in a hamper. The hamper, of which, had clothes piling two feet from the top of it.

 

Daisuke walked over to a phone on the wall, contemplating weather or not to call the other or let them call him. Finally he decided he was hungry and left the room to the kitchen. Jun was already awake, he smelled food, but then he remembered, Jun doesn't cook...... He went pale.

 

“Dai you're awake now?” His mom peeked around the corner. Two words passed his mind. `Oh' and `shit'.

 

“Hey mom, um, what are you cooking, it smells good.” He smiled.

 

“Don't worry about that, we'll talk about her later.” He gulped, that meant he'd really get it after Ruki left.

 

“Yes ma'am. Um, I'll be right back.” He turned and left for his room, the door was shut. Completely not thinking he opened it. Purple met brown. Daisuke's face went pure red as he slammed the door shut. He blinked.

 

`She's going to kill me.....' Daisuke thought as he leaned back on the door, trying desperately to disperse the blush on his face from seeing........ He left his thoughts to drift as he heard Ruki moving around. Then, all too quickly for him she opened the door and down he went. Once on the floor he saw her walk up wearing one of his t-shirts and a loose old pair of jeans, her hair still wet. She put her foot on his chest and leaned on it.

 

“Haven't you ever heard of knocking?” She was pissed.

 

“I, um, er, uh-I'm sorry?” He managed to choke out.

 

“Ever walk in while I'm changing again and you'll regret it, understand?”

 

“Yes.” He said, turning blue from the lack of oxygen, due to the pressure on his chest.

 

“Good.” She told him as she removed her foot from his chest.

 

“Oh, and my mom kind of came home early, sooo, you're...... well...... I don't know, but don't say anything about us in the same room okay?”

 

“Um, I thought you said she wouldn't be home.”

 

“She came home earlier then I expected.” Daisuke picked himself, trying not to let his mind drift as he walked behind Ruki. They walked into the kitchen, his mom and Jun looked up to see Ruki.

 

“Hi, I'm Naomi, Daisuke's mom, you are?”

 

“Ruki Nonaka.”

 

“Well, sit down and have some breakfast.”

 

“No thanks mom, we've got to meet some friends.” Daisuke said quickly pulling Ruki to the door.

 

“And who said you could lea-” She started.

 

“Thanks, love ya, bye.” He shut the door and quickly ran to his car, jumping in.

 

“Let's get the hell out of here quickly, before she comes outside.” Ruki didn't talk; she was still fuming from the “encounter.” Daisuke turned back forward and started the car, then pulled out and headed towards Koushiro's.

 

 

After a long drive of silence Daisuke got tired of it and flicked the radio on. As the first song began to play he relaxed back and pushed the gas down. Every little while he'd join in the song, but Ruki just watched and listened.

 

They pulled into Koushiro's driveway about 10 minutes later and saw Taichi's car, Yamato's Lancer, and Takeru's truck, so he had to park in the yard. He figured Hikari and Sora were there, too.

 

“Okay, this is it.”

 

“Ya think?” Ruki said sarcastically, Daisuke shook his head and shut his door. He walked up to the door and knocked, Hikari answered.

 

“Hey Daisuke..... Ruki?”

 

“Yeah, there's a slight problem, did ya'll tell Koushiro about what happened?”

 

“Yeah, that's why we're here, but come on; he'll tell you more about it.”

 

“Alright.” Daisuke and Ruki followed Hikari after they shut the door, in Koushiro's room, Sora and Yamato sat on the bed. Hikari joined Takeru on the floor, Koushiro was at his desk, busy typing on his computer, and Taichi was sitting backwards in a chair, they all looked up to see the two.

 

“Is this Ruki?” Koushiro asked.

 

“Yeah.”

 

The attention turned to Hikari when she started to speak. “Daisuke said there was a slight problem.” Koushiro turned to Daisuke.

 

“What happened?” He asked.

 

“Well, I don't know if they told you, but last night, I was supposed to take Ruki back home. Well it was all fine, but when we got there, her house was kind of........not there.”

 

“Huh, what do you mean?” Taichi asked.

 

“What he means is there was a twenty story office building where my house was supposed to be!” Ruki said angrily. The anger was more to the fact it wasn't there then to Taichi. “Sorry,” she said.

 

“That's what I was afraid of.” Koushiro scratched his face, then breathed in. “If what I came up with is correct, Ruki isn't from around here.”

 

“We know Koushiro, she lives in-”

 

“No, what I meant was, she's not from this dimension.”

 

“What?”

 

“You said yourself that she just appeared in front of you and her house is gone. This just supports it. Also, that gate scanner Gennai gave me, to scan our area if a portal to the Digital world opens.”

 

“What about it?”

 

“It was fried, I mean extra crispy, the last log showed a massive power readout, right where you found Ruki, I'm damn surprised I didn't see it until today.”

 

“This is insane, so you're saying that I came from another universe? HOW?! I mean, I watched you guys on TV and most of the places I saw were not that different.”

 

“Well, it wouldn't, usually not that much will change from dimension. Well. I think. As far as seeing us on TV, I'm completely stumped, the fact that you know so much about us shows you're not lying, so…” Koushiro let the sentence hang.

 

“Well, how do I get back then?” Ruki asked.

 

“........” Koushiro kept.

 

“There is a way, isn't there?”

 

“Yes...........Most likely.”

 

“Great, so you're telling me I have to wait it out here until you figure something out?”

 

“Well, pretty much, yes.”

 

“I don't have any clothes, or a place to stay.” Ruki said, annoyed that she couldn't go home.

 

“Wait a minute, whose clothes are you wearing and where did you stay last night?” Takeru asked Daisuke had hoped that question wouldn't come up, it wouldn't seem too promising.

 

“Daisuke's and with Daisuke, it was the only place I could and since he offered.” Ruki said casually. Everyone looked to Daisuke.

 

“So you slept wi-” Hikari began.

 

“WHAT, NO, NO, NO! She took the bed, I slept on the floor and she just borrowed some clothes from the laundry basket in my room.” Daisuke said in defense

 

“You never give up your bed to anyone, not even Ken.” Takeru said.

 

“Not to a guy, I wasn't going to make her sleep on the floor.” Daisuke told them.

 

“Moving on, it doesn't matter, can she still stay?” Yamato asked.

 

“Well,” he cleared his throat, “my mom kind of didn't know so when she came home early she was kind of pissed. So I don't know.”

 

“Well that's, somewhat, taken care of. As for clothes, uhhhhh, you're probably Hikari's size.” Koushiro said, thinking that was done.

 

“I don't wear pink.” Ruki said immediately.

 

“Hey, pink isn't all I wear.” Hikari retaliated, everyone in the room looked to her. She rolled her eyes.

 

“Well, then what are we going to do about clothes?” Taichi asked. The room kept silent, Daisuke sighed.

 

“Fine! I'll do it,” he looked to Ruki, “all I got is 20000 yen and I'm saving some of it, so just get what you need.” He told her. (Roughly $200)

 

“Where in the hell did you get 20000 yen from?!” Takeru asked.

 

“I got a job.” He told them plainly, not single one believed him.

 

“What? Is that so hard to believe?” He asked annoyed.

 

“Anyways, alright, Daisuke has got most of it covered; now, I'm going to get to work on finding her a way home. So, get out of here, oh, also, I'll call Ken get him to help some, too. So hopefully we'll have you home by the weekend.” Koushiro said.

 

“Wait, I didn't even think to ask, what's today?” Ruki said realizing she didn't even know.

 

“Tuesday, why, what day was it when you were last there?” Koushiro asked.

 

“Friday.”

 

“Hmm, well this does help some. Don't worry we will get you home.”

 

“Yea, hopefully.” Ruki said unenthusiastically. Daisuke followed the others as they walked out, Ruki in the front. Daisuke stopped on the front porch, he watched the rain fall.

 

“Fuck.” He looked down at his car in the yard, and the mud it was in. “I JUST CLEANED IT!!!” The others looked at him like he was crazy.

 

“What are you talking about?” Yamato asked.

 

“My car, it's in the mud and it's going to get dirty, I just cleaned it.” The others laughed; Ruki opened the car door and sat down not even giving it a second thought.

 

“Yeah, go ahead and laugh, see I help you next time you're stuck in mud.” He said pulling out his keys and getting in the car.

 

He started up the engine and slowly pushed the gas, it didn't move. His head dropped on the steering wheel and he cursed. He shifted into reverse and turned around. The car moved slightly, he press more, it steadily began moving. Finally the tires hit the driveway, squealed a bit and he waited for the others to back out. They all went their separate ways and Daisuke started heading for home.

 

“So, do you want to go get your stuff now or tomorrow?” He asked Ruki.

 

“Uh, now, I hate borrowing other people's clothes.” She said looking down at the clothes she was wearing.

 

“Yeah, I do too. Like I said, I can't spend a lot, but get all you need. I have faith in Koushiro, but just in case, you know what I mean?”

 

“I know. But are you really sure your mom will let me stay?” She asked

 

“Well, if I explain what's going on, possibly do some begging, and sleep on the couch maybe.”

 

“You beg, I've got to see that.”

 

“Yeah, yeah.”

 

TBC

 

Sorry about the late release, and this still kind of seems like a filler chapter to me. Nothing too important, I don't know, but HOPEFULLY I'll release the next chapter sooner.