Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Foreign Windows ❯ Part 2 ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Disclaimer: Digimon belongs to Toei Animations, Bandai of America, and Disney. I am not one of them.

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Foreign Windows
Part 2

by: Gennai's Apprentice

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"Davis" looked at the apartment's address. He had been to Davis' apartment several times before, but due to the unusual circumstances, Davis had been just a tad bit too nervous. The duration of the walk from the station to the apartments had been spent making up stories and excuses to explain away any un-Davis like actions. It wasn't something he was accustomed to doing, but according to his brother, what she lacked in brain power she made up in insight.

He stared at the door in front of him. Gathering his wits, he raised a fist to knock on the door. Right as he was about to make contact, the door suddenly opened...

"What are you doing, just standing out there like an idiot?"

Davis stuttered a bit, then hardened his face like he thought the real Davis would. "I don't know, Geez! Don't you have better things to do than pester me?"

Jun smiled, "For a second, I thought you weren't my brother."

Davis managed a small smile as well, "Well, I'm just full of surprises."

Jun went back to the couch, watching the TV. Davis, on the other hand, went straight for the fridge. There were some leftovers from what he guessed was dinner. How long ago that dinner was was anyone's guess.

"Oh Davis," Jun called from the couch, "your teacher called and said that you left without ever going back to class. Did you go to the Digiworld again?"

He thought of explaining what happened, but then decided that wouldn't be very Davis like so he came up with the next best thing, "Why're you asking me? It's none of your business."

"Fine, then I'll just tell Dad that you ditched class today."

He froze. He hadn't talked much to Davis' dad back when he was TK, but he knew that Davis respected his parents far more than he respected his sister.

"Fine, what do you want from me, Jun?"

"Nothing, just get me some snacks, do my laundry for the next week, and oh... clean my room tomorrow."

"Is that all?" Davis asked sarcastically.

"Do you want more things to do, Davis?"

"No, I'm fine."

Hopefully he'd be back in his body before he had to go through Jun's dirty clothes...

~@~

TK digged into his pockets a little and found a set of keys. He turned the key slowly, unlocking the door. He then quietly opened the door, hoping that he wouldn't have to deal with his "Mom" too much. Unfortunately, Ms. Takaishi was one smart cookie. Of course, she was a news reporter.

"Young man, why did you ditch school today?" she asked, glaring daggers into him.

TK stopped in his tracks and looked into her eyes. His first instinct was to make up a story like he normally did. First rule when in trouble... "Deny, deny, deny..." But this time, deep inside, something told him to step up and tell the truth.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Takai... I mean Mom. There was some trouble in the Digiworld, and I had to go."

"Well, you could've at least told your teachers."

"Sorry, Mrs... erm, Mom."

Nancy Takaishi took a long hard look at her son. He stood there with his hands behind his back, twiddling his fingers nervously. It was so hard to stay mad at him for too long, besides, she trusted her son. If he said there was trouble, and he had to leave without telling anyone, she was sure that he had his reasons. She smiled at TK and the young boy relaxed considerably. She gave him a big hug.

"It's alright, just make sure you tell someone next time." She got up and pulled some food out of the microwave. "Here's some dinner, I've got to finish my article on the importance of gym socks. Apparently there was a lot of positive feedback on my article "The Importance of Toilet Paper." TK gave a short chuckle. He remembered when his Dad was explaining to Jun the very same thing, using her newspaper column as evidence.

After she left, TK sat down and began eating. Life wasn't so bad here after all. No crazed sister was probably the best part, but he had his own reservations against Matt. <Oh well, might as well enjoy it while I still can. Next thing I know, TK's probably been tricked into doing Jun's laundry...>

~@~

Davis was standing next to his custom made Noodle Cart selling his patented Noodle Bowls so fast it was making his head spin. "Hey Davis, hurry it up, we're getting hungry!" a man yelled. It was none other than Tai himself, dressed in a sharp three-piece suit. Next to him, Veemon was just as busy, shifting pots and pans over the fires, doing the best he could. Then, out of nowhere, the crowd parted for a young woman dressed in a pink shirt and pants. She smiled the most beautiful smile he had ever seen. Davis stood there, his mouth hanging.

Then she turned around to another young man dressed in a light green shirt and khakis, "TK," she said, "TK..."

Davis immediately face-faulted into the cart. The world spun away as darkness overcame his vision.

Then he opened his eyes to see TK's Mom standing over him.

"Finally, you're awake, TK"

Davis was about to correct her and tell her that she was NOT TK, but Davis, then his brain caught up, reminding him that on the outside, he WAS TK.

"Are you alright, TK?"

"Uh, yeah, I'm alright."

"You almost never sleep this late into the day."

Davis was thinking of a reply, but his "Mom" didn't seem like she was waiting for one.

"By the way, where's Patamon?" she continued, "I was going to interview him today, remember?"

"Uh, um... He's still in the Digiworld. He... had some things to take care of. Yeah, that's it, he had some things to take care of."

"Hmm, I see, I'll have to reschedule that then." She looked thoughtful for a second, trying to remember something. Davis hoped that she didn't have anymore questions, because he wasn't sure he could keep answering them. Finally, his "Mom" brightened up, remembering whatever she was trying to remember.

"Kari called, said she wanted to see you," she said with a smile. "Something about not having some time alone with you lately..." With that, she left the room leaving him to get ready for the day's events.

"Hey Veemon, didjya hear that? Kari wants to spend some 'alone time' with me!" TK frowned at the silence, finally remembering the rest of yesterday's events. He had never really spent long periods of time without his little blue buddy, but when he did, he knew that Veemon was always a short e-mail away. That wasn't the case this time. Veemon was probably still a Digiegg, and until he hatched, TK found himself strangely lonely.

TK got out of bed and looked in the mirror. His blonde hair was a little scraggly, sticking up all over the place. But it wasn't the hair he was looking at, but at the young man he now was. He frowned. A lot of people called him slow, he called it taking his time, but when he looked in the mirror, he realized that going to see Kari wasn't all it was cut out to be. She wanted to see TK, and he wasn't TK. He was Davis. Well, maybe he'll finally know whether she and TK are just friends or more than that.

He moved over to the closet and looked through the clothes. He pulled out a red t-shirt and some blue jeans. Might as well look good in his new body.

~@~

Davis blinked his eyes several times. It less than a second, he realized that the room he wasn't in, wasn't his room. He shot up into a sitting position on his bed, "Patamon?" he asked hopefully. No one answered. It wasn't a dream. He, TK, is stuck in Davis' body, Patamon is a little baby Digimon, and he's stuck with doing Jun's dirty laundry and who knows what else she was going to blackmail him with. He felt like screaming. He had never been so frustrated in his life in such a short amount of time.

"Deep breaths, TK. Deep breaths..."

His door opened, allowing more light into his room, causing him to squint a little. Jun appeared in the doorway, "Hey, Mom wants me to tell you to clean your room, and after your done with that, you can clean my room too." She closed the door with a wide devilish grin on her face. Davis scowled, but said nothing. The room really was a mess. He thought back to when VenomMyotismon had rampaged through the city and saw the resemblance between the battered residential district and the floor of his room. He immediately set to work.

Ten minutes later, Davis walked out of the room, fully awake. Part of it due to the energy exerted and the other part due to Davis' lucky gym socks that he never really washed...

"Davis, did you finish cleaning your room?" his "Mom" asked him while stirring a pot on the stove.

"Yes, Mrs. Moto... Erm, I mean Mom."

"How come I have a feeling that you just threw everything into your closet?"

She was sort of right, but he had arranged it as best as he could. In reality, Davis just had too much stuff to really organize in an orderly manner like his real Mom had taught him to. Mrs. Motomiya just sighed and shook her head, "Well come on, let's have some breakfast."

The three of them sat at the table, but one chair was empty.

"Where's Dad?" Jun asked.

"He's got overtime, honey," Mrs. Motomiya replied.

They soon got to eating. It wasn't his Mom's cooking, but it was just as good. Jun was the first one to start a conversation. She went blabbing on and on all the cute guys she met and how one of them had actually asked out on a date for tonight. Mrs. Motomiya just kept nodding her head as her daughter talked, but it didn't seem like she was paying any attention though. As soon as Jun stopped, his "Mom" immediately started a new conversation with him so that would hopefully not start talking again.

"So, Davis, how was school yesterday?"

"Um, it went alright," he replied rather nervously. To be frank, he didn't really remember much of what happened yesterday except that one moment he was TK and the next he was Davis. That and a couple other things like the fact that Patamon was now Poyomon and that Kari is probably feeling worse because he and Davis didn't show up fast enough... In his mind he decided that he was going to the Kamiya's to apologize to Kari and explain what happened the other day. He also thought of cooking up a chicken soup recipe his brother taught him. Kari tried it once and said she loved it, maybe some will help cheer her up.

"Davis," his mother asked looking concerned, "is there something wrong? You normally talk just as much as your sister."

"No, nothing's wrong, Mom. I'm just feeling a weird today, I'm sure it will pass soon."

"Alright, whatever you say."

No one said anything for the rest of the meal. "Jun, could you wash the dishes?" Mrs. Motomiya asked her daughter after they finished.

"Well... I'm sure Davis would just love to wash dishes for us. Wouldn't you Davis?"

Davis looked at "his" sister, but instead of the usual growl, scowl, and/or witty comment that she was used to, he just slumped a little lower and looked resigned to his fate. "Sure," he said simply.

Jun would've glowered at the quick victory, but there was something wrong with her brother that she couldn't place her finger on. "What happened, you got dumped by a girl?"

Davis looked at his sister and smiled. "Heh, at least I had someone..."

Jun scowled in return and continued eating.

Mrs. Motomiya helped him clear the table. When all the dishes were in the sink, she turned to Davis, "I'm going to go shopping for a while. Make sure the house is clean before you go out, alright Davis."

"Yes, Mom," he replied and got to washing. After his Mom had left and he had finished washing and putting away the dishes, he pulled out a pot and put it on the stove. He then went to the fridge to see what ingredients he had. Fortunately enough, everything he needed was there. He took some out, just enough to make a soup for two, Kari and Gatomon. While the water boiled, he went to cleaning the house up.

Jun stepped out of the her room, dressed to go somewhere. "Hey, short stuff, I'm going out." Jun looked over and saw that the stove was on and that he was pulling out the vacuum cleaner, "And make sure you don't burn the house down."

"Sure, I'll see you later then."

Jun did a double-take. If she didn't know better, she could've sworn that he was trying to get rid of her. She shrugged her shoulders and left.

A couple hours later, he had finished cleaning and was just finishing up the soup. He raised the ladle to his lips and took a sip.

"Ahhh, just like Matt taught me. Probably even better," Davis said smiling at his accomplishment. He put the soup into a container, put some clothes on and left the apartment.

~@~

He had never been so nervous in his life. He raised his hand to ring the door bell, then put it back down. He brought his hand into view and could see it shaking. Even the other hand which held the bouquet of flowers he had gotten from Sora's shop only fifteen minutes ago was shaking.

Only four or five times before had he been to the Kamiya's apartment, and every time it was for important Digidestined business. Now he was here because Kari wanted to see him. But not just him... She wanted to see TK, and now HE was in TK's shoes. And now, if he played his cards right, he would know whether Kari LIKED TK, or if he really does have a chance with her. Either way, he might be able to get a kiss. Maybe...

TK finally raised his shaking hand and pushed the doorbell button. He heard some shuffling of feet, then the door opened. He looked inside, but saw that nobody opened the door.

"Hey buddy, down here," Gatomon said, slightly irritated.

TK, startled by Gatomon, jumped a couple inches off the ground. Gatomon was going to say something when she heard Kari from her room, "Gatomon? Is TK here yet?"

TK looked down to Gatomon who still wore a grimace on her furry face. "After she's done talking to you, I've got a couple things to say to you as well, Mister."

"Uh, sure Gatomon," TK said, putting up a forced smile but inside anxious to get out of Gatomon's way. He tiptoed lightly around the kitty Digimon, who watched him intently, and nearly sprinted into Kari's room.

"Hey TK, how're you doing?" Kari asked from the bottom bunk. The room was actually Tai's too, but he was out meeting with some important government officials along with Izzy somewhere in another country. Of course, he wasn't important enough to bring along, but he got over that quickly.

"Er, Hi Kari?"

"What's wrong with you, TK?" she asked right before she fired off a couple more coughs.

TK tugged at his collar, "Um, so how are you doing?"

"What does it look like to you?" she said in a playfully sarcastic voice. She sat up in her bed and saw the flowers that TK was holding. "Are those for me?"

TK began blushing a bright red. He walked over to her bed and gave her the bouquet. She brought up to her nose and smelled them. "Oh TK, they smell wonderful, thank you very much."

"Errm... It's no problem?"

"Come closer, I want to whisper something in your ear," Kari said with a wistful smile on her lips. If TK could blush any harder, he would've been a tomato. He leaned in closer and closer. Quickly, Kari gave him a little peck on the cheek... Then coughed twice into his ear before she turned away.

TK immediately recoiled, falling on his rump onto the carpeted floor. He immediately began wiping his face with his sleeve.

"Oh TK, I'm so sorry! It just, I don't know, it just came out right when I was about to kiss you! It was an accident, really!"

TK looked over to Kari with a lopsided smile. Now it was Kari's turn to blush brightly. "I'll just clean up in the bathroom. I'll be back," TK said quickly as he left the room. He always wanted a wet kiss from Kari, but this was ridiculous. He was still wiping off the remaining spray on his cheek when he saw Gatomon, sitting perfectly still staring at him menacingly. "Your time is up. Outside on the balcony, Mister."

"Bu- Bu- But, I gotta..."

"Cat's Eye Hypnosis!" Gatomon said, using her hypnosis attack to freeze TK. He never really knew how strong Gatomon was until she effortlessly knocked him down and dragged him out onto the balcony. Fortunately, the hypnosis also numbed his nerve endings as he was dragged across the carpet and over the sliding glass track. She then propped him to lean on the balcony. It was then when he finally regained feeling.

"Wh- What did I do?!"

"You have a lot of nerve, TK!" Gatomon nearly yelled at the boy, "Back at Primary Village you left your friends out to dry! If you had just gotten there sooner, Kari wouldn't be sicker than she already is! You're lucky she's the caring person that she is, because if that were me, I would NEVER... Where's Patamon? I should be giving him this lecture too.

"Uhh..." TK stammered. <Think Davis, think!> he thought, <I gotta get this crazy cat out of here before she rips me apart! I know!>

"Actually, he's at the park... at your favorite spot... with some catnip..." TK began to sweat hard.

"Really?"

"Yeah, it was our idea to umm... To make it up to you! Yeah, that's it, to make it up to you, and now I'm going to make it up to Kari."

"And how do you plan to do that, Casanova?"

"Erm... Sing her a song?"

"Just don't do anything you'll regret, okay lover boy?"

"Uh, sure."

TK stayed where he was until Gatomon had trotted out of the apartment. Of course, it was a lucky guess on the favorite spot of Gatomon and Patamon. It must be a really lucky day for him. Too bad for Veemon, though. It looked like Gatomon and Patamon were closer than he thought. But for some reason, deep inside, he already knew that about those two... And yet he didn't.

TK shrugged his shoulders and headed to the bathroom, cleaning any spittle out of his ear. He was about to enter the room again when he paused. This was it. He was going to ask her if she LIKE liked TK, or if they were just really good friends. If it was the former, then he could get on with his life, maybe. If it was the latter, then... Who knows?

~@~

Davis was standing on the first floor of the Kamiya's apartment building. Hopefully he wasn't intruding on anything Kari was doing. He looked over to the stairwell, wondering if he should just climb the steps since the elevator was taking too long for him. Suddenly the door opened, and out shot Gatomon, flying through the apartment's revolving door. A minute later, he saw Mrs. Kamiya, slightly shaken up, apparently by Gatomon racing by. He immediately put down his soup and went to help Kari's mom.

"Davis! What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I just came by to check on Kari and see how she's doing." He turned around to check on the elevator, someone had just stepped in and the doors were closing behind them. Davis' shoulders sagged noticeably.

Mrs. Kamiya smiled, "Well thank you for helping me. Come on and I'll make some lunch for you."

"It's alright, I just ate Mrs. Kamiya. I also brought some soup I made for Kari and Gatomon," he said picking up the container and adjusting the grocery bag into a comfortable position.

Mrs. Kamiya pushed the up button and as soon as she did, the elevator doors opened for her. Davis sweatdropped.

"Well, that's very kind of you," she said as the two of them stepped inside, "but TK's here as well. He might be hungry too."

Davis' mouth fell at the revelation. "TK's here?"

~@~

He opened the door to find Kari asleep. "No wonder she didn't hear all of Gatomon's yelling," Davis muttered to himself. He kneeled at her bedside and thought of waking her up, but decided against it. Instead, he saw the sleeping beauty. Maybe, just maybe he could just give her a kiss on the cheek. <No one would ever know, right?> he thought to himself. Nearer and nearer his lips approached their destination. He was so focused that he didn't hear the front door open. He didn't even here the bedroom door open. It wasn't until his lips were already brushing her cheek when he heard his name... His real name, called out be his real voice.

"DAVIS?!"

Kari's eyes fluttered open and she turned her head, causing her lips to connect with his lips.

<Damn,> was all the TK imposter could think of.

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To Be Continued