So here I am with another Digimon fanfiction lol! I had this idea of writing a fic about them in the adulthood so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm using their original names so in case you don't know:
Taichi - Tai
Yamato - Matt
Koushiro - Izzy
Jyou - Joe
Takeru - TK
Hikari - Kari I tried to stay as faithful to the ending as I could but this is an AU fic. I'm also pairing Mimi with Koushiro, something that didn't happen in the anime though. I was really tempted to make it Mimi/Taichi but putting her with Koushiro would look better to me. I'm not sure if I'll put Takeru and Hikari together yet.
Anyway, as you can probably tell, this is a Sora/Yamato centered fic.
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Back To Your Heart
Chapter 1: Coming Home
Yamato made his way up to his apartment. He had been away for almost a year with another trip to the space. It felt good to be home after so long. He couldn't help but sigh. He knew what was about to happen soon. His wife was getting tired of his long trips, as she was constantly complaining about him not spending time with spending time with his family and that the kids were growing up and he was missing all of it. He understood where she was coming from, he really did. But he just wished she was a little bit more understanding as well, like she always was when they were just friends. He tried to shake this thought of his head but it didn't take him much effort because, as soon as he walked into the hall that led to his apartment and saw the 'The Ishidas' sign with their digimons on it, hanging on the door, a smile formed on his face. He then knew everything would be okay. The blonde reached for the door knob and twisted it open. He walked in and closed the door behind him carefully.
Aiko, his eight year old girl, was lying in the couch as she flipped through the channels. Without getting up, she said. "Mom?"
"No." Yamato said calmly.
The girl stood still in her position as she tried to take the big surprise in. Then she turned the TV off and walked to the kitchen. Her eyes widened and she screamed as loud as she could.
"Daddy!" She jumped on Yamato's arms and he almost fell back. "I've missed you so much!"
"I missed you too."
"How was your trip?"
"It was quite good, thanks."
"You know, a couple of days ago we saw a report on the TV about you coming back. That's when mom found out."
Yamato frowned. He knew his wife didn't really like when he didn't tell her he was coming home. He tried to push that away.
"Where's your brother?"
Aiko seemed to think for some minutes and then side stepped to look towards the hall.
"He's right behind you now."
Yamato turned around to see his youngest kid, Kouji, looking intently at him. He was holding his sleep blanket, a habit – Yamato thought to himself – his wife didn't really mind. He knelt down in front of Kouji and stretched his arms out. The kid didn't move at first but then he ran into his father's arms.
"How are you, kid? Dad missed you!"
The child didn't say anything. Yamato picked him up and turned to his daughter.
"Aiko, where's your mother?"
The girl shrugged. "She should have been here by now. She told me she was going to the supermarket only. She must have met uncle Taichi on the way. You know how much he loves to talk."
Aiko rolled her eyes. Yamato had a serious look on his face. He would have to have a long conversation with his wife. He sighed. That was so not the reception he was expecting. But then again, when was it ever? The woman he married to turned into someone completely different than the girl he fell in love with when he was fourteen.
"Dad, are you okay?"
"Yes. Yes, I'm fine, Aiko." He put Kouji down. "I'm just tired. I'm going to take a shower."
"Alright. I'll just tell mom you're here when she gets back."
Yamato looked at his daughter. She was exactly like his wife, except she had inherited his blonde hair. She also had a Gabumon as her digimon, since all the Digidestined's kids got a digimon too. The astronaut smiled and then headed to his bedroom.
Taichi was taking Sora to her apartment. They bumped into each other while she was buying some stuff to cook for dinner. Since she was with her newborn twins, he decided to help her.
"Isn't Akiko gonna be angry at you?" Sora inquired one more time.
Taichi sighed. "Well, yeah. But you needed my help, so…"
"Don't be so high on yourself."
The two of them did their usual friendly bickering and became serious again. Taichi wanted to ask her the question that was eager to come out but he wasn't sure if it would be appropriate. He decided to ask it anyway.
"So Sora, is Yamato coming back soon?"
The woman sighed. "Yeah. He is. I don't know how soon that will be though."
She paused. Taichi looked at her and for a moment he thought she would burst into tears. She took a deep breath before continuing.
"I know you think that I should be more understanding about this situation but I don't know what to do, Taichi. I feel powerless. It's like everything I say goes into one ear and out in the other."
"Well, Sora, you need to know this isn't easy for Yamato. He's doing the best he can. He could easily be away for years like some astronauts do. But he doesn't, because he knows his family is just as important as his job. He's doing something he loves. You know he's the kind of guy who loves to explore. And since he knew almost all countries, he felt like it was time to take a higher step." He sighed. "You know, I don't really know which side I should be on, since both of you are my best friends. I just really, really hate to see you going through this because I feel powerless. You guys love each other! It shouldn't be this hard, right?"
Sora looked down. "Right."
"Koushiro and I were talking about it a few days ago."
The red haired girl lifted her head and looked at her friend, visibly surprised. "You were?"
"Yeah. We were talking about how it was unfair your marriage with Yamato became like this. You guys were so in love a few years ago. It's a shame this happened."
Sora couldn't help but smile. She, Yamato, Taichi and Koushiro have always been really close. Of course all the Digidestined were still close to this day but they had shared a really special bond since they met at the camp, nineteen years ago.
"Well, I appreciate you and Koushiro thought about me and Yamato and I'm sorry that you are somewhat affected by what's happening. You know I would stop it if I could. I hate seeing people around me upset."
"Well there's something you can do."
"What is it?"
"Talk to Yamato, Sora. If you don't, you won't be able to save your marriage. Is that what you want?"
The woman looked down at her twins. "No. That's not what I want."
"I'm sure Yamato doesn't want it either."
"But I don't think it's worth it at this point."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, I don't think love itself will be able to fix this marriage anymore."
"The bearer of Love is doubting its power? What happened?"
She shrugged. "I grew up, I guess."
"Sora, listen to me." Taichi placed a hand on her shoulder. "If anyone can do anything to fix any relationship, as messy as it could possible be, it's you. I know you can do it. Mimi and Koushiro know it as well. But you need to believe you can do it."
"Taichi."
"I just don't want my best friends feeling miserable, you know? Takeru is already worried about Yamato and I don't blame him. None of us can do anything to fix your marriage, only you and Yamato can."
"I didn't know… that my pain was affecting all of you."
"Sora, we love you. You're sweet, kind, honest, beautiful. But above all, you're strong. I believe you can do anything you want to. If you and Yamato decide it's useless to keep this marriage, we'll be here to support you, always. But all we ask – and I'm speaking on behalf of all the Digidestined – is that you don't give up before trying to save your relationship."
The woman was about to reply but Taichi's phone started ringing. He reached into his pocket and grabbed it.
"What do you want?"
Sora rolled her eyes and smiled. There was only one person Taichi would talk to like this. She could hear the woman's voice starting to get loud. Taichi moved the phone away from his ear a little.
"Stop yelling, Hikari! I'm not deaf. I was just talking to Sora."
"Oh." Hikari's voice lowered down. "How is she doing?"
"The same I guess."
"You guess?" She sighed. "Well, we're just waiting for you so we can go out. And don't take too long. We're already running late as it is."
Taichi took a deep breath. "Okay, I won't."
"Tell Sora I said hi."
"Will do. Bye."
"Hikari?" Sora asked, though she already knew the answer.
"Yeah. We are going out to celebrate our parents' fiftieth anniversary."
"Well, congratulate them for me."
"I will." He turned to face her. "Now promise me you and Yamato will talk."
"It's not like we have much of a choice, considering that you put a major pressure on me." She smiled.
"I'm serious, Sora. If the rest of us can make our marriages last, I sure as hell know you can do it either."
"Thanks, Taichi." The red haired girl took his hands into hers. "For having faith in me when all hope seemed to be gone."
"You don't need to thank me. That's what friends are for."
"Sometimes I wish we never grew up. Everything seems so much easier when we are just kids."
"You're right. But if we didn't grow up we wouldn't be where we are now." He slapped his forehead. "Oh my god! I didn't mean to…"
"It's okay, Taichi. I know what you meant. I'm really glad you and Akiko got married. You changed a lot since then."
"Yeah. I guess so. I'm really sorry, Sora. I have to go now. Hikari said they are all waiting for me so I need to hurry up."
"It's okay. I won't hold you up, Ambassador."
They smiled at each other and hugged goodbye. Sora watched as Taichi ran to his house.
"He's really changed, isn't he?" Biyomon asked.
Sora looked down at her digimon, surprised. "How long have you been here?"
"Since you guys stopped here."
"You left Aiko and Kouji alone, Biyomon?"
"They're not alone."
"What?"
"They have their digimons with them." Biyomon lied.
"Oh right." The woman opened the gate. "You made sure no one saw you flying off, didn't you?"
Sora looked down at Biyomon again and freaked out when she blushed. "Biyomon!"
"I'm sorry. But you are making people look at us."
Sora's eyes widened and she hurried inside.
After taking more than an hour to get ready, Taichi finally arrived at his parents' house. Hikari was beyond fed up with him.
"What the hell happened?" She asked, furious.
"It wasn't me, Hikari." He tried to come up with an excuse. "It was Takato who took a while to get ready."
"What?"
"Stop lying, Taichi." Akiko meddled in. "Don't blame our son when you were the responsible. We'd been ready for hours."
Taichi couldn't help but sigh. There was no way he could win this.
"Should we get going?"
"Yeah. Though I don't know if we'll get our reservation now." Hikari sighed.
"Hikari, is your husband not coming?"
"Fiancé, mom. And he's working late tonight. It's just me and Yamazaki."
"Your fiancé is always working late, isn't he, little sister?"
"Well, I guess that's what being a doctor means. And stop calling me little. I'm twenty-six."
"Whatever."
"Anyway, he became really close to Jyou. Well, his father is a friend of Jyou's father so he's known Jyou since his childhood but they were never that close."
"Oh. That's really cool, Hikari."
"Yeah, it is. Because of that, Jyou and I also became close. I mean, not that we never were, but you get me. Anyway, how is Sora, Taichi?"
"She's hanging in there. I bumped into her while she was food shopping with Ayumi and Masanori."
"Aww, they must be so cute!"
"How old are they?" Mrs. Kamiya asked.
"I think around three months or so. Yamato is gonna be so surprised when he finds out, I'm sure."
"He doesn't know?"
"Well, no. Sora found out she was pregnant when he had already left for another mission."
"That must have been so hard for her. Going through a pregnancy without him around."
"Yeah, I guess so. But she's used to it, I think."
"I'm sure she did great though. She was raised really well. Though she and her mother didn't always get along, Sora looked up to her a lot."
"Yeah, she became an amazing woman. I'm sure Aiko looks up to her as well."
"When is Yamato coming home, brother?"
"Eh… I have no idea. Even Sora doesn't know. Apparently he comes back without telling her."
"Really? I didn't know their marriage was like that." Mrs. Kamiya said.
"Well, it wasn't. The truth is, none of us know exactly what happened, mom. I mean, she did tell us what happened but it seemed to me that she was hiding something."
Hikari nodded in agreement. Mrs. Kamiya looked visibly surprised.
"Really? Well I hope they work things out."
"That's what we all hope, mom." Hikari finally said. Then she looked at her watch. "Well, the reservation is pretty much gone. I worked so hard to get it."
"I'm sorry, Hikari."
A huge grin rose on Taichi's face. "Who wants pizza?"
Mimi was making her way home. She had a busy day as usual. Being an assistant to a cooker wasn't exactly her dream job but she knew really well that she'd have to work hard if she wanted to achieve her dreams.
"What are you smiling at?" Palmon asked her curiously.
"I was just thinking we could stop by the research institute and see Koushiro. What do you think?"
"I think it's a great idea, Mimi! We haven't seen Koushiro and Tentomon for a long time."
"Yeah. You're right."
"Doesn't Sora's dad work with him?"
"He does. And Jyou's brother too. I haven't talked to Sora for a while. I feel like such a bad friend. Remind me to call her later, Palmon."
"Sure."
The two of them made their way inside the institute, hoping that Izzy hadn't gone home.
"Koushiro!" Mimi called excitedly as she walked into his office.
His heart stopped beating for a moment. "Mimi… what are you doing here?"
"I came here to see you. We haven't seen each other for quite a while so I thought I'd stop by since I was on my way home and this is the shortest way."
Izzy gave a warm smile to his friend and collected his stuff. He stood up from his chair and grabbed his briefcase.
"Do you want to go eat or drink something?"
"Sure, I'd love to." She happily agreed.
Sora was waiting for the elevator to come. The happiness that was shown on her face moments before was replaced by sadness.
"Sora?" Biyomon tried to get her partner's attention. "What's going on?"
"What?" She shook her head. "Nothing."
"You are thinking about Yamato, aren't you?"
Sora went a little red. "Yeah. I'm just thinking about what to do when he comes back."
"Sora."
"Biyomon, do you think I'm a bad person? Do you think I'm overreacting?"
"You're not a bad person, Sora. But I do think you overreacted a little. It's a complicated situation but I think both of you are doing the best you can."
Sora sighed. "It's so frustrating, you know? Like, I do see where he's coming from but being away for so long was the last thing I expected him to do. I guess I'm just upset because my father was always away and I didn't want my children to experience such pain."
"Sora, you'll have to tell Yamato how you feel. He deserves to know."
"Yeah, I think you're right." She wiped the tears from her eyes. "I don't know what I'd do without you, Biyomon."
"I love you too, Sora."
The digimon and her partner walked out of elevator and headed towards their apartment. Sora opened the door and walked in.
"Aiko, Kouji, mom is home."
The girl was watching TV because of the loud laugh she gave and the noise coming from it. Biyomon quickly went to check on Kouji to see if he was sleeping again. Sora placed the twin's trolley in the living room and went to open the fridge and started to put the food away. She quickly glanced at the door but the not so usual pair of shoes went unnoticeable to her. She turned her attention to what she was doing and walked over to the sink to put the bags on a drawer. It was when the red haired woman stood up on her feet that she felt someone behind her and a hand being placed around her waist. Her legs lost their balance and her heart stopped beating as the realization of who it was hit her. She slowly turned around and her cinnamon eyes met his baby blue ones.
"Yamato."
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