Disclaimer: Yes, I own digimon. And I am J K Rowling, so I own Harry Potter. And I am Hironobu Sakaguchi, so I own the final fantasy series. Also, if you believe one word of this crap, you need mental help.
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Takato looked forward. He was at a dance, in the gym of his school. The lights had been turned off and there was a fog machine in the corner, spewing out fake grey smoke. A mirror ball was at the top of the gym, shining small circles of light onto the floor that danced around.
Jeri was in the center of the floor. There was a group of kids, perhaps forty or fifty, that made a circle. Every minute or so, somebody would jump into the middle of the circle after the first person left and take their place, starting a dance of their own. Everyone watched and cheered them on.
Kids danced randomly around the gym, but the main focus was in the center. The song 'All my best friends are metal heads' was playing. Jeri was in the center twirling around in different directions and moving to the beat as best she could. The crowd cheered her on. After the first minute, another kid jumped in and she left, cheering the person on as they performed another dance.
Surprisingly, Kazu was the best dancer. He stepped in after the next kid and threw his arms out, then began moving his shoulders to the beat of the music. He must have known how to dance to this song. The girls cheered him on. Kazu stepped out of the circle, and another kid took his place.
Takato lay down on the ground, then began spinning his legs around in a circle. It was the only sort of dance he knew how to do, besides swing dancing. Kazu stepped next to him, followed by Lee, who was watching Takato's style with particular interest. "That's cool" he said.
"Hey, that's pretty good!" complimented Kazu. Takato stopped swinging around and stood up, embarrassed. It was obvious that he was unused to praise.
"Yeah, you should go into the center!" said Lee, standing next to him as Takato got up. The song switched over to the final fantasy soundtrack song 'Jecht', a heavy metal song that Takato was surprised had come from Squaresoft.
"No way. Everybody an do it" Takato said sheepishly.
"Takato, news flash. Nobody can do it. Not even me" said Kazu with a hint of jealousy in his voice. "Go in there" Kazu said.
Takato stood up, then began to walk over towards it. Jeri was the closest to him. She turned around and beckoned him to come. "C'mon Takato!" she said happily. She leaned forward and grabbed his hand, gently tugging him into the floor. Pink began to spread on Takato's cheeks. "You're a good dancer, you'll be fine! I'll give you a kiss if you go in!"
Takato's blush spread across his face now, as Jeri had offered to kiss him, and she was holding his hand. He was far too embarrassed to go in though, and he pulled away. Jeri's smile began to droop. "Please...!" she begged.
"I can't" he protested, backing away.
Lee came up and whispered something into Jeri's ear. "Don't worry, we'll take care of it"
Jeri beamed. "Thanks!"
Lee and Kazu grabbed both of Takato's arms and began to tug him towards the circle. Takato resisted this opportunity, and made his distress more then apparent.
Takato tugged backwards with such force that Kazu and Lee were nearly thrown off. Jeri almost laughed at the site. Then they both pulled Takato forward. He went stumbling across the floor. Lee pushed Takato forward and he went flying towards the sides of the circle. Takato began to back away as soon as he got there.
Kazu stepped behind Takato, grabbed his shoulder, and grinned. "Don't you worry, motivation is on the way" he said mischievously.
Kazu grabbed Takato's neck, then slammed his fist into the middle of Takato's back, which sent him flying forward into the middle of the circle. He landed awkwardly on his stomach. The crowd parted around him .He looked at them weakly and grinned nervously.
Well, there was no backing out now.
He dropped to his knees, got himself in a comfortable position, then began to swing his legs around himself on the floor, picking up speed. Now that Takato was actually doing it, he felt pretty cool about the situation. He began to spin faster and faster, until at last he simply let his whole body spin around so fast that he got onto his stomach and his legs went flying into the air, zigzagging around.
People all around cheered him on, whooping and yelling, saying how cool Takato was. Takato stopped and stood up, smiling weakly. He only had fifteen minutes of fame, he might as well enjoy it while it lasts.
The song switched to a slow, romantic one. Takato recognized it as 'Never Had a Dream Come True' by S Club 7.
What shocked him was when Jeri came flying out of the crowd, leaping on top of him, giggling, Takato just barely caught her, and he was nearly thrown onto the floor, as she had caught him unprepared.
"C'mon Takato, dance with me!" she giggled.
"I don't know Jeri, I...can't dance all that good..."
"You'll be fine, come on!" she urged. She took Takato's hand, put her hand on his shoulder, then let him put her hand on his waist. They began to slowly move with the music, walking in small steps.
"Ah, I got all high after that last song. Thanks for helping me cool down Takato" she said. Beside them was Lee and Rika, dancing in the same fashion as Takato and Juri were.
"Switch partners, you guys" said Lee.
"Okay" said Takato and Juri at the same time. "Jinx, you owe me a coke" they both said again, then giggled.
Rika took Jeri's hand and Lee took Juri's hand.
Riak talked to Takato. "So how are things with you and Jeri?" she asked.
"Please don't start with this. I've already taken it from Lee and Kazu" Takato whined.
"Oh, come on! She is the perfect match for you Takato!" Rika argued.
"Wear just friends, and it's going to stay that way" Takato replied.
They slowly danced for a moment, watching the other two dance in silence.
Rika smiled at him. Then she went up to his ear and whispered. "The best relationships usually start out as just friends"
Meanwhile, about five feet away, Lee and Jeri were having there own conversation.
"So what do you think of Takato?" Lee asked, trying to pry some information out of her.
"My best friend" she replied.
"Oh give me a break, you've been making eyes at him since fifth grade" he murmured playfully.
"I know where this conversation is leading, and I don't want to discuss it any more" Jeri responded. "What do you think of Rika?"
Lee smiled down at her. "I can't live with her, I can't live without her"
"Just as I suspected" Jeri said. "I have a hypothetical question for you"
"Shoot" Lee said, ready for it and already suspecting what it might be.
"Okay" she looked at his eyes. "Suppose that there was a girl who liked this boy. See, she's really likes the boy. I want to tell the boy my feelings, but I am afraid Takato will hate me after that" she hadn't noticed that she was changing her talk of third person into first person.
When she realized what she said, she immediately began to try and cover up. "I-I mean...! Oops" She hung her head. She wished that Leomon was here to help her out.
"Switch back" he heard Rika say.
"Don't run away from your true feelings" said Lee before letting her go.
Rika looked up and whispered something into Takato's ear. "Go get her, tiger" then she let go of him and went over to Lee, dancing with him instead.
The song finally ended. Takato was glad and sad at the same time. He wanted to dance with Jeri, but he would make a fool out of himself if he continued what he was doing.
He glanced over at Jeri. She was sitting against the wall a short distance away. Takato finally began to notice how beautiful she was. She had a long green dress on that sparkled when light touched it. Her hair came down to her shoulders and a black band kept it in perfect condition on her head. She looked so much more beautiful like this.
Takato plucked up what courage he had left, then walked over and sat down next to Jeri. Immediately, Jeri turned towards him and hugged him tightly, smiling with her eyes closed. "Thanks for cheering me up Takato"
"I didn't know you were sad" he replied. "Hey, um... Jeri?"
She looked up at him. "Yes, Takato?"
Takato was sure he was making one of the biggest mistakes in his life. "Would you come with me? It's a secret place. I've never shown it to anybody. I want to take you there" he stammered, trying to get the words out right.
She leaped up and smiled. "Of course I will Takato! Where is it?" she asked.
Takato grinned. "Like I said, it's a secret"
"Come on, follow me" Takato said, then exited the gym through the double doors. Only Lee and Rika noticed they were gone, and they both winked at each other, then continued dancing.
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Takato walked up the pathway and opened the gate to Guillmon's home. Takato opened the gate for Jeri, then closed it behind him.
"Why are we going here?" Jeri asked puzzled but still cheerful. They could not go to the digital world, and the only thing up here was the tunnel Guillmon hd built.
"Guillmon found this special place when he was digging through the area" Takato explained. He stepped into the cave. Jeri followed. She wondered how Takato knew where it was. It was almost pitch black in the cave.
"Come on, follow me" he said, then stepped into a hole in the wall. Jeri had never seen it before. She wondered how Takato could have seen it in the first place. She sighed, then followed him into the hole, crawling through after him.
"Why would Guillmon dig such a huge hole?" Jeri asked. Indeed, it was almost as tall as she was, and nearly twice as wide.
"The stress got to him?" Takato joked, finally stepping out and into the place he desired. Jeri followed him, then gasped.
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