Hi! LizzyLucky here! I had an idea that grew on me so quickly, I decided to make it into a story. I hope you like it! I really and truly honestly think that this story is going to be 100% completely and totally AWESOME. Um, well… maybe… nevermind. I guess that's more up to you guys. I'm not the best writer, but I think this idea will end successfully.

Real quick, just wanted to let you know that I will be including a summary for each chapter. It will spoil the chapter, though.

Sorry, I guess I had more than that. Also thought I'd let you know that this is a CLEAN story. That means that there is no swearing, sexual themes, nothing inappropriate, or anything like that. There will, however, be scenes that may not make sense to people under the age of twelve years, due to more advanced vocabulary and such. I know I'm rambling, but this should be the most out-of-story text for all the chapters, besides, perhaps, the last chapter, and not counting the summaries. Here's the summary!

Summary: Tk wakes up in the morning with just enough time to pick up Kari and the two of them run to school. After a short conversation, it is revealed that skinny, spindly Tk is a large target of bullies.

-LizzyLucky

(P.S. You're awesome if you read all of that!)

Tk sat up in bed, bright sunlight flooding his bedroom. Feeling well rested, he got out of bed and squinted at his alarm clock.

"Dang it!" The alarm clock had not gone off and school was starting in 14 minutes.

"Something wrong, Tk?" Patamon said sleepily, followed by a yawn.

"My alarm clock must be broken again!" Tk said hurriedly as he tossed on a t-shirt.

"Then you'd better hurry! School starts soon!" Patamon said, jumping up off the bed and across the room to his partner's backpack.

Tk grabbed his backpack and ran to the kitchen. "Uh… No apples left… No time for oatmeal… Argh! No breakfast bars either! A piece of toast'll have to do." He said, frantically tossing a piece of bread in the toaster and running to find his shoes and jacket.

"Toast is up!" Patamon shouted to Tk.

"Just a sec!" Tk shouted back, his fingers tangled in shoe laces.

"What's going on?" Tk's mom, Nancy, stepped out from behind a bedroom door, still in pj's, and was clearly not expecting such a wakeup call.

"Um… Sorry, Mom. Just… Getting ready for school." Tk said, swallowing half his toast in a single bite.

"Do you need a ride to school?" She asked.

"No, no. I said I would walk Kari to school. I need to meet her in…" He paused to look at his watch. "Right now! Gotta go!" He said, grabbing his usual blue and yellow jacket before sprinting out the door.

Nancy chuckled. "What a goofball. Can't believe how big he's gotten." She sighed and walked back to her room.

"Uh huh…. Yeah….. Ok….. I get it!... Yes. What's your point?... Alright, alright….. Ok, I love you too, Mom." Tai hung up the phone just as someone knocked on the front door. "Oh now what?" He bounded to the front door and peered through the peep hole. "Oh! Kari!" He opened the door to an exhausted Tk leaning against the wall.

"Is….Kari….There?" He said between large gasps of air.

"Yeah, I'm here. Where've you been?" Kari walked out with Gatomon in her arms.

"Um… Let's just say I need a new alarm clock." he replied.

Kari chuckled. "Come on. Let's go."

"Oh. Yeah. Let's go!"

"You better hurry. You've only got 8 minutes left! Do you want me to just drive you?" Tai offered.

"No thanks." Tk and Kari said together.

Kari blushed and Tk chuckled. "We'll be alright." he said. "Let's go, Kari!"

The two took off running at top speed with Gatomon and Patamon right behind them.

"So, what class have we got first?" Kari asked.

"Um… I don't know. I was going to ask you the same thing. It's Tuesday, right? I think we have English first." Tk replied.

"Oh yeah. Wait, Tuesday? No no no. We have Math first." Kari said.

"Math? Dang it! I didn't do the homework!" Tk said, half to himself, and looking up as they approached the school.

"Why not?" Kari asked simply.

Tk suddenly slowed to a complete stop, causing poor Patamon to crash into him.

"I said, 'Why not?' Tk?" Kari stopped running and turned around. "Tk, is something wrong?" She said, suddenly very serious.

"N-nothing's wrong. I just… I…." He paused for a moment, as though he were thinking. "I… I forgot the- the book. Yeah, that's all." He began to walk, slowly, towards the school.

"Tk, is this about those bullies again?"

Tk stopped again, closed his eyes, and sighed. The whole world seemed to stop right at that moment. The air was crisper and cooler and everything seemed suddenly invisible, as though he were in another world. He slowly opened his mouth to answer when the bell rang. "Phew! Saved by the bell!" He said to himself. "Let's go! We're late!" And he took off running.

"I'm coming." Kari started off towards the school, walking quickly, but not running. She sighed and looked at Tk sadly. "Why won't you let me help you?" She sighed once more and added, "That was only the warning bell."

Kay, so, that's the first chapter. I'm sorry it's short, but I hope it's started ok. I can promise you that it gets better. There will be plenty of time spent in the Digital world. Lots of action, lots of surprises and such. Things will get more interesting! Quick side note, if you're going to leave reviews, I would appreciate if you left them clean. No swearing or sexual references or anything. One more thing. I have a goal to get 100 reviews on at least 1 of my stories. My other story is well on it's way to that, but still… The day I have 100 reviews on a story will be an awesome one. Please read the next chapter! (And review!)

-LizzyLucky