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Chapter 10:
“Hey, Tai. Umm…just calling to see where you are. See you soon, bye!” Hanging up the phone, I sighed in annoyance, and shook my head. Either the people who thought up aliases were ten years old, or they had a weird sense of humor. We were Tai and Kari Kamiya, the same characters as from Digimon™.
“Urgh, they have really got to be more imaginative next time, I don’t even look vaguely Japanese!” I muttered to myself, walking around a small park which served as our meeting place. Realizing that Will would take forever getting here, I ran through all of the information I’d been given.
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“Michelle, your alias is Kari Kamiya…” at that, I tried not to laugh, and ended up snorting into my hand instead.
“Michelle…” My grandfather, Jack warned. Looking up at him, I instantly sobered, and explained.
“Sorry, it’s just…the name is from Digimon, Tai’s sister.” I said, looking around at the blank faces surrounding me. “Digimon, a Japanese anime?” Still not a flicker of recognition. “Anime?” I tried again, and gave up.
“Both you and Will, whose alias is Tai…” once again, I tried not to laugh, “were adopted by a childless Japanese couple, and your trip to Cape Town is part of a family vacation. We have set you up with accommodation at the local hotel, so you do not need to worry about that. They are under the name Kamiya.” Devlin finished. The unspoken word ‘obviously’ hung in the air, almost begging to be said.
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“You, know, there are only so many times you can wander around Cape Town looking like a tourist before someone starts getting suspicious.” I said, hearing my brother attempting to sneak up on me.
“I wasn’t even trying,” he replied, a foolish grin on his face. “If I didn’t want you to know I was creeping up on you, you wouldn’t hear a thing.”
I sighed. “Whatever, come on, we still need to find the last point where dad was seen.” I reminded, heading off towards the west.
“Hey, whoa, what’s the big rush all of a sudden?” Will asked, grabbing my arm and holding me back. “We’re in Cape Town, do you realize how much history this place has got?”
“Since when did you become interested in History?” I asked suspiciously, my eyes narrowing.
“Since I got a huge paper about Apartheid in South Africa.” Will replied, embarrassed.
“Hey, I’ll shout it from the rooftops, ‘Will is actually doing work!’” I teased, and then grew serious again. “I thought you worked full-time, I didn’t think you actually were still going to college.”
“Hey, what can I say? Even looking through moldy old textbooks is better that doing nothing on a job.” He countered carefully as I dropped a couple of coins into a cup.
“^Thank you, ^” he replied in Afrikaans, and I smiled at him.
“^Don’t worry about it, ^” I replied, walking off.
“^Blue Wolf has made a drop, ^” the man said in Latin into a comms. device. “^Nothing suspicious has been noted. ^”
We walked in comparative silence for a while, taking in all of the sights of Cape Town, or at least the areas we visited.
“Hey, Kari, are you alright?” Will asked, having not known me to be silent for so long.
“Hmm? Yeah, I’m fine.” I replied, waking up from my daydream.
Why am I still concentrating on that dream? I thought to myself, heading into the hotel.
“May I help you?” the man at the reception desk asked in English, and I replied.
“^Three rooms reserved for Kamiya. ^” I replied in Afrikaans, and he smiled, turning away from the desk to retrieve the keys.
“^Here you are Miss Kamiya, room numbers 45, 46 and 47. ^” He replied, handing them over. “^And what of your parents?” He asked innocently.
“^They will be coming shortly, they wanted to explore the sights of this wonderful city. ^” I replied, beaming at him.
“^Do you need any help with your bags? ^”
“^No, I’m sure we will be fine. ^” I replied, picking up my bag. “Hey, Tai?” I yelled.
“Yeah, wha…” Will was cut off in an attempt to avoid dropping the bag I’d thrown at him. Fumbling, he managed to drop it, the crash resonating throughout the hotel lobby.
Noticing that the receptionist was still looking at us, I rolled my eyes noticeably, and muttered “brothers!”
After scrabbling with the bag, and managing to pick it up, Will walked over to me, and I threw a door key at him.
“Keep this low-key, remember?” I reminded him. “No talk about anything, understand?”
“Of course I understand, what kind of person do you think I am?” He said, offering me a lop-sided grin.
“The kind of person who’s been acting strangely lately.” I muttered once he was out of earshot.