I LOVE YOU, MIMI TACHIKAWA- PART 1
By Venus163
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Warning, this is for Mimato fans only! This part is rated PG. Anyway, it focuses mainly on Matt and Mimi, though T.K./Kari and Tai/Sora romance comes up a bit. Izzy fans- he has a cyber girlfriend! ^_^ All you Joe fans out there...sorry, but I needed someone to be noble in my story...
Please E-Mail me and tell me if there are any mistakes in this. This was originally a Word document, but not a lot of places accept .doc stories, so I was forced to retype this into .txt format. Also, this was split into two parts; originally it was just one.
Oh well, let's get started.
I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS AND I NEVER WILL. THEY BELONG TO AKIYOSHI HONGO, TOEI ANIMATION, TM, BANDAI, AND ANY OTHERS THAT I HAVE NEGLECTED TO MENTION. I HAVE WRITTEN THIS FOR PURE ENJOYMENT, NOT FOR MONEY!
The two songs, 'For All Eternity' and 'Afraid' on the other hand, is written completely by ME. So is the Story Line. (COPYRIGHT 2000) Now, if you want to use it, I suggest asking me for permission before I get so mad I decide to sic Metalgarurumon on you! Heh heh...well, anyhow, the plot and the two songs of Mimi's are mine. MINE!!
Now that I've gotten that disclaimer point across, on with the story!
I Love You, Mimi Tachikawa- Part 1
By Venus163
PART 1:
Matt looked around him. Tokyo was still the same. Twelve years had not changed it at all. He stood at the old summer camp site, where they had all met.
He had kept in touch with them all for a year or two, then they had suddenly stopped communicating. That second year, he and his father had moved to America, because of his work.
Now he was back, thanks to a promise made those twelve years ago and with a lot of cash from a movie he had made a year ago in the States.
Matt still wore khakis, but wore a dark green shirt on top. His hair was still in those crazy spikes.
'Tai, Sora, Izzy, Joe, T.K., Kari, Mimi...' His eyes misted, remembering their adventures.
"Matt?" an uncertain voice asked.
He turned. "Izzy!"
The two guys shook hands.
"How long has it been?" asked Matt.
"Twelve years since you left and we lost track of you," laughed Izzy. "Of course, after the movie you made, we heard your name again." He had grown older, obviously. He was 22 now. His auburn hair was cut slightly shorter, and he had changed into khakis and a long white shirt half tucked in.
"Well, an actor I am. Not a good one..."
"Nonsense! That scene where you died tragically...it had me in tears!"
"Sure, Izzy!" Matt said sarcastically. "And you are..."
"A computer technician."
"Well, duh! Even I could have told you that!" Matt laughed. Then he pointed out, "I see you still have your laptop, Izzy,"
"Of course he does!" rang a familiar voice.
Matt looked up. "Joe!"
Joe had gotten rid of his glasses, probably for contacts. He now wore blue jeans and a beige shirt. Joe was 23 years old, and the nerdy look was gone. "Yeah, it's me. A doctor now, but still me. But you...I can see it now, you being mobbed by a crowd of your female admirers!"
They shook hands, smiling.
Matt grinned. "I can't believe you finally ditched the glasses!"
He shrugged, blushing. "Well,..."
"It was his girlfriend that did it!" laughed a younger voice.
"T.K.!"
Matt ran and hugged his little brother, now 20 and not so little. "How are you?"
T.K. smiled. "Great! I'm doing great, though shorter on cash than you are!" T.K. was now wearing khakis and a gray shirt.
"What are you doing now?"
T.K. grinned. "I'm studying to be a vet!"
"Vet?" choked Matt.
"I liked caring for Digimon, so what difference is there between them and animals?"
Matt nodded, then suddenly smirked. "What's this I hear about a girlfriend, Joe?"
Joe blushed more. "Well, she's really nice, and she's really pretty..."
Matt stared. "So it's true?"
"Of course!" T.K. announced. "Joe is like, SO in love with her..."
"Well, yeah...T.K.! You shouldn't be talking! You have a girlfriend too!" Joe shrieked, embarrassed.
"T.K.?" gaped Matt. "A girlfriend?"
"That's right!" This time, a feminine voice rang out.
"Kari!" Matt cried out.
Kari gave T.K. a quick kiss on the cheek. "I'm his girlfriend!"
Matt gave her a brief hug, more due to the jealous glint in his brother's eyes. Kari, also 20 like T.K., wore a light green skirt with a yellow top. Her hair reached her shoulders, now.
"I've seen your movie," she announced. "I loved it! It was so touching!"
"Thanks! And how are you doing, Kari?" Matt asked her.
"Fine! I'm studying to be a teacher!"
"You? A teacher?"
"I want to help children," she said seriously. Then, she smiled, changing the subject. "T.K.'s really sweet, Matt. You had a very big influence on him."
Matt flushed slightly. "Whatever," he tried, his old attitude surfacing.
T.K. nudged him. "Come on, admit it! You were soft back then!"
"Yeah, Matt!" A male voice mocked.
"Long time no see!" A feminine one softly rang out.
"Tai! Sora!" Matt shook Tai's hand furiously and hugged Sora.
Tai had cut his hair. The goggles were gone. He wore gray jeans and an orange shirt.
Sora's hair was done up in a ponytail. She wore blue jeans with a white shirt. Both she and Tai were 23.
"Great to see you, Matt!" Sora greeted. "I was afraid you wouldn't come."
"I keep my promises," Matt said arrogantly.
"Hey, Matt! What have you been doing, other than making movies and having your face shown everywhere?" Tai said, smirking. "No one would recognize you with that hat on; the color clashes with your clothes."
Matt shrugged, ignoring the last part of Tai's speech. "Nothing much."
"Found a girlfriend? Or did your attitude scare them away?"
"TAI!" Sora elbowed him, hard, in the stomach.
He doubled over. "Oh...the pain..."
"Oh Tai! Did I hurt you?" asked Sora worridly. "Here, let me see..." she started, leaning over towards him.
"Got you!" Tai jumped up and grabbed Sora's face in his hands. He planted a kiss on her lips.
Matt stared. "Huh?" He looked around and noticed everyone tapping their feet, as if they were used to it.
"Sora and Tai started going out a year ago," explained Izzy.
Matt nodded. "Oh. About time! Well, if you two lovebirds are done making out..."
Sora and Tai stepped away from each other, blushing.
T.K. sighed in exasperation. "Is your brother always like that, Kari?"
She nodded. "Unfortunately. I didn't know until he and Sora started dating that he was a hopeless romantic."
"Hey!" Tai broke in.
"What are your jobs, guys?" asked Matt, trying to catch up.
"I'm a lawyer," Tai answered.
"YOU? A LAWYER?"
"Hey! I work for one of the largest law firms in Japan!"
Matt shook his head. "Unbelievable. Sora, don't tell me that you became a monster-truck driver or something?"
Sora laughed. "No, but I am a biologist."
"What happened to everybody?" Matt demanded. "I can understand Izzy being a computer technician and Joe a doctor, but...I mean, I can't picture Tai in a suit and working in a court! Or T.K. in a white coat helping sick animals. Kari standing in front of a blackboard and lecturing is hard to imagine, too! And Sora! Sitting in front of a microscope is not what I had in mind when I wondered about her career!"
"People do change, you know," said Sora, eyes twinkling. "Like you. Twelve years ago I would have laughed at the thought of you being an actor, but..."
Joe interrupted. "Sora, is Mimi going to make it?" Matt realized that Mimi was the only one who wasn't there.
"She said that Rocky gave her a day off, but if he forgets, she's going to give him the slip," Sora answered.
Joe looked at his watch. "She's ten minutes late, now."
"Then she should be here about..." said Sora, "...now."
At that moment a panting figure ran up the hill, leaving a cloud of dust behind. "Wait for me!" A soft, beautiful voice rang out. She stopped, gasping, before them.
Matt felt his jaw drop open. It was Mimi. At 23 years old, she was dressed in blue jeans with a tank top with different shades of pink striped across with a white blazer on top. Her hairstyle was exactly the same, yet it seemed more mature. She looked beautiful. She's a goddess! was the only thought that would go through his mind.
"Sorry!" she said, after catching her breath. "I overslept after all my dance practice yesterday. Rocky started talking to me about this new music video, and I just got away..."
"It's okay, Mimi," Tai assured her. "We're not mad."
"And then I had to run halfway around town with male fans drooling at my feet!" she shrieked. "It was awful!" She froze, her eyes on Matt. "Matt! It's been a while! Oh, I loved your movie!"
"Enough about my movie, already!" Matt said loudly.
"Well then," said Mimi, "as I was saying, those fans..."
"Wait," Matt said. They all stopped and looked at him. "What is this about, Mimi? Dance practice, music video, fans...and who's Rocky? Just what is her job?"
Tai snickered. "You've obviously been out of the country for way too long."
"What, Tai?" snapped Matt.
"He has a point," T.K. said gingerly.
"I'm surprised you don't know," Kari nodded.
"What?"
Izzy searched through his backpack and took out a CD. "This."
Matt looked at the cover. Mimi was on the cover dressed in a golden spaghetti-strap dress. She was kneeling on the ground, winking and holding up a V for Victory sign. It said, 'Mimi Tachikawa- Eternal Love'.
"Mimi?" he said disbelievingly.
"Izzy!" She smiled. "I didn't know you were a fan of mine!"
Izzy blushed. "Well, I...um..."
Joe had his arms crossed, a displeased look on his face. "Mimi..."
She smiled. "I'm sorry, Joe." She leaned over and kissed him on the lips. In a few moments Joe had his arms around her waist and Mimi had her arms around his neck.
Matt felt as if a thousand daggers had pierced his chest. He stared at them kissing, oblivious to the others.
T.K. sighed. "Not again."
"Is Mimi...Is she..." Matt's voice trailed off.
"Yeah, she's Joe's girlfriend," Kari answered.
Tai cleared his throat. "Ahem." When Mimi and Joe showed no signs of having heard him, he cleared his throat again, louder. "Ahem." When they kept kissing, he went, "AHEM!!"
The two broke apart, and seeing everyone staring at them, stepped away from each other while blushing.
"Sorry," Joe murmured.
"Right," Tai muttered. Louder, he said, "Well, are you guys ready? The beach is the first stop, right?"
Mimi nodded. "Uh-huh! Although I'm having second thoughts about going..."
Tai looked at her. "Aw, come on, Mimi! You can't have that many fans stalking you, looking for an autograph!"
Sora glared at her boyfriend before turning to Mimi. "Why don't you tell them your schedule, Mimi?"
Mimi looked skeptical. "Should I?"
Sora shrugged. "Go ahead."
"Let's see, I wake up at four in the morning, hoping to sneak to work. I spend an hour winding through town, trying to lose early rising stalkers. Then, I spend six hours at work, recording, performing, making music videos, or dancing. I have one hour to eat lunch, hopefully without any crazed fans, than I go back to work after going through an hour's worth of traffic. I work for four more hours, than I eat dinner, and after that driving through traffic again, I work for five more hours before going through a half hour's worth of traffic. Then I get home and hopefully get four hours of sleep."
Tai, Izzy, Joe, T.K., and Matt had their mouths open.
Mimi shrugged. "They weren't ready for it."
Sora nodded. "You're right."
Kari sneakily smiled at Mimi. "And how many cute bodyguards do you have?"
Mimi winked. "Let's see...there's Steve. He's incredibly cute. Rob's cute too, but then, so is Gary..."
Sora and Kari squealed. "Gary!"
Mimi smiled. "Yeah, Gary!"
Sora sighed happily. "He said I was cute."
"He kissed me on the cheek," shot back Kari.
"He's around me seventeen hours a day!" Mimi cried triumphantly.
Kari and Sora stopped looking starstruck and then started to squeal again.
"He told me that he thought you were beautiful!" Kari cried out.
"He likes you! He told me that!" Sora announced. "Lucky!"
"Ahem."
All three girls turned and Sora and Kari started to sweatdrop as Joe, Tai, and T.K. glared at them.
Mimi, however, did not flinch. "Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but Gary likes me as a little sister. He has a girlfriend, named Leah. She is so nice, always cheerful and bubbly..."
She found her gaze being drawn to Matt repeatedly. 'What is with you, Mimi?'
"Is she the Leah that we met at the mall?" asked Sora, interrupting her thoughts.
"Yeah, I played matchmaker and set them up!"
"I want to see them again. They must have hit it off!" cried Kari.
Tai sighed. "No use talking to girls."
Joe looked at his watch. "I've got to go."
"Aren't you coming?" asked Izzy.
"No, I have an out of town trip that I need to go on." Joe waved before walking over to Mimi.
"Hey, Mimi. I have to go. That trip I was talking about."
Mimi kissed him. "Well, bye."
Joe dazedly waved at her before leaving.
Mimi met Matt's gaze. She turned away first, shaken. She used to have a major crush on Matt twelve years ago, when they were in the Digiworld. She had gotten over it, though...or so she thought...
She cleared her throat. "Come on, guys! Let's go!"
Matt snickered. "Is Sora a good kisser, Tai?"
Tai flushed. "She...she's fine."
"Just fine?"
"She's great!" Tai burst out. "Don't tell her though, Matt, or I will kill you slowly!"
Matt backed off, knowing that Tai would go through with his threat if he slipped up.
They were at the beach, having picked out an isolated spot due to Mimi's insistance. Matt, Tai, Izzy, and T.K. lay on towels under umbrellas, enjoying the sun. The girls had gone to change and had been gone for a half hour.
Izzy grunted, typing furiously on his computer.
"What are you doing?" asked Matt curiously.
"I'm in an Internet chatroom with my girlfriend."
"Girlfriend??"
"We communicate through the chatrooms. We haven't met yet, though."
"Where are they?" asked T.K. impatiently, referring to the girls. "They've been gone over half an hour!"
"Probably ditching Mimi's fans," Izzy murmured. He was concentrating on his computer.
As if on cue, laughing, feminine voices rang through the air. They all turned.
T.K.'s mouth dropped open. Kari was wearing a yellow one piece swimsuit with holes on the side.
Tai's mouth dropped open. Sora was wearing a mint green bikini.
Matt's mouth dropped open. Mimi was wearing a soft pink bikini. The top was tied around her neck with a ribbon. The bottom had extra cloth, so it looked like a dress.
"Where were you guys?" asked Izzy, not looking up.
Sora giggled. "Ditching Mimi's fans!"
Kari laughed. "It was funny!"
Mimi frowned. "It was not!"
Sora cracked up. "You should have seen your face when that one guy came up to you and asked if you'd go out with him!"
Mimi groaned. "Don't remind me!"
Kari grinned. "And what about that guy who was following you around for about twenty minutes, asking you for your autograph?"
"Stop it!" Mimi shrieked. "I was scared that I couldn't lose him! I mean, he kept tailing me for a long time!"
Izzy looked up. "We get the point, girls. But did you lose him?"
"Finally! After a long time of running!" Mimi answered.
Tai had gotten his mouth shut and walked up to Sora. "Do you want to go swimming?" he asked dreamily.
Sora blushed. "Sure." Tai put his arm around her and they disappeared from sight.
T.K. wordlessly got up and held Kari's hand. She blushed as he lead her to the water.
Mimi looked down at Izzy. "Hey, Izzy! Are you going to sit there chatting to your cyber girlfriend the whole time?"
Izzy nodded absently. "Yeah, whatever, Mimi."
Mimi turned to Matt. "What about you?"
Suddenly his throat was dry and parched. "Um...well...I..."
"Aw, come on!" Mimi grabbed Matt's hand and lead him to the water. She pulled him in until the water was up to the middle of her thighs and to his knees. "It's not that bad, is it, Matt?"
He managed to swallow. "No..." 'Mimi was so beautiful!'
She let go of his hand and waded in a little farther. "It's so beautiful here!"
He followed her. "Sure is."
She turned towards him and smiled. "Well, this is one of my favorite spots...oof!" Mimi got dunked as a wave of water crashed against her.
Matt tottered, than got back on his feet.
With a sudden splash, Mimi popped back up on to her feet. Her hair was soaking wet, and water glistened all over her body.
"That was fun!" she laughed. She tossed her hair over her shoulder, the light reflecting off of it.
Matt caught his breath. "Beautiful..."
Mimi froze. "What?"
Matt flushed. "Um, nothing."
They gazed into each other's eyes. Matt moved closer to her. He reached his hand out to touch her cheek...
"I better get dry," Mimi murmured, moving past him towards the shore. "I have a performance in an hour." 'I love Joe..' She told herself.
Matt mentally slapped himself. 'Are you crazy? She's taken! She's Joe's girlfriend!'
He followed Mimi onto the shore, where she was drying her hair with a towel.
Izzy asked, his eyes still glued onto the computer, "You performing in an hour?"
Mimi nodded. "Yeah."
"Rocky insisted on just one today?"
"Uh-huh."
"MIMI!!" They all jumped.
A tall, handsome man was barreling towards them.
Mimi sweatdropped. "Um, hi, Rocky..."
"We have a performance in ten minutes, Mimi..."
"TEN MINUTES??" Mimi freaked.
"The TV station came early, so they had to pull the time forward."
Mimi fumbled, putting on her pink sandals. "Right." She leaped up and grabbed her things.
"What's going on?" asked Tai. He, Sora, T.K., and Kari had walked over.
"I have a performance in ten minutes!" shrieked Mimi.
Without a word, Sora and Kari grabbed their things and Mimi's. They followed her down the beach.
Mimi paused and looked back. "Come on, guys! I saved you guys seats in the front, places where some of my fans would kill to get into!"
At those words, Matt, Tai, T.K., and Izzy grabbed their things and hurriedly ran after Mimi.
"She's really talented," Izzy told Matt.
"Popular, too," Tai muttered.
Matt looked behind him. The crowd stretched way back, pushing each other for a better view.
T.K. elbowed him. "See what she meant by our seats being some the crowd would kill to sit in?"
He nodded. "I..."
At that moment Rocky walked onto the stage. "Hello, Japan! This is Mimi Tachikawa's summer performance of her hit single, 'For All Eternity'!"
As the crowd cheered, Rocky swept off the wooden stage. Elevated slightly off the ground, sand covered the surface.
Mimi stepped onto the stage, followed closely by several backdancers, as the crowd started to cheer and roar. She had changed into a flowered bikini of the same style as before, with pink flowers.
Matt stared, jealousy coursing through his veins as he noticed all the male fans in the crowd cheering the loudest.
The music started playing, and Mimi's beautiful voice started to ring through the air as she sang...
"You are my only and my all
The one person that I can love with all my heart
In your eyes
I see it, bright,
Embracing me in their soft glow
Alone in the darkness of my own mind
I blundered along blindly until you came along
You helped by
Showing me
What true love is all about
You give me will to carry on
You give me strength to win and finish the battle
Without you there
By my side
I'd be lost for all time
I want to be, in your arms, forever
Where nothing and nobody can ever hurt me
Where I am engulfed, in your love
And we are together, for all eternity
When you smile my heart skips a beat
I feel as if my legs have gone from under me
Kind and warm
Loving me
I know you're the only one for me
You give me will to carry on
You give me strength to win and finish the battle
Without you there
By my side
I'd be lost for all time
I want to be, in your arms, forever
Where nothing and nobody can ever hurt me
Where I am engulfed, in your love
And we are together, for all eterni...
I want to be, in your arms, forever
Where nothing and nobody can ever hurt me
Where I am engulfed, in your love
And we are together, for all eterni...
I want to be, in your arms, forever
Where nothing and nobody can ever hurt me
Where I am engulfed, in your love
And we are together, for all eter...nity..."
The crowd cheered as Mimi stopped dancing and waved. "Thank you!" she yelled into the microphone. "Thanks to all you fans out there! Love ya!"
Dinner that night was at Mimi's house. All the ex-Digi-Destined, excepting Joe, sat in her living room, looking around them in awe. None of them had been inside Mimi's new apartment. It was tastefully decorated in... pink, of course.
"It's pretty," complimented Kari.
"Yeah, it's really cool," T.K. assured her.
Mimi ordered pizza for them all.
Tai dug into his pocket. "How much do I owe you, Mimi?"
She laughed. "My treat!"
"But isn't it expensive?" asked Sora pensively.
"No," she said, smiling.
At that moment, the door rang. A pizza delivery boy stood, looking nervous.
"Hi!" said Mimi, grinning at him.
The pizza guy stood, staring. "You're...you're...her!"
"Her?" Mimi arched an eyebrow.
"Mimi Tachikawa!"
She nodded slyly. "Last time I heard, that was still my name..."
The guy stuttered, "I thought it couldn't be you, but it is!"
Mimi shrugged. "It's me." Then she took out her pink purse. "How much do I owe you...Carl?" she asked, reading his name pin.
"Uh, the manager says it's free as long as you give him your autograph." Carl held out the pamphlet from Mimi's album.
"Sure!" Mimi laughed. She took out her pink pen from her purse and opened the pamphlet. "Where?"
Carl gingerly pointed on the inside cover. "He said there."
"To..."
"Peter's Pizza..." Carl added.
"To Peter's Pizza: Thanks for the great food! Yours truly, Mimi Tachikawa." With a flourish, Mimi signed her name and handed it back to Carl.
Tai took the pizzas that Carl handed over. He headed back inside.
"Thanks, Carl!" Mimi smiled.
"Um, can I ask you..."
"Of course!"
Carl reached into his pocket and brought out another pamphlet. "Will you sign mine too?" He looked nervous, as if he thought she would refuse.
"I'd be happy to!" Mimi took it and asked, "Same place?"
He nodded furiously, as if she would not sign if he wasted too much time. "Yeah!"
Mimi read as she wrote. "To Carl, my favorite delivery guy. Thanks a lot! Mimi Tachikawa." She handed it back to him.
Carl handled the pamphlet gingerly. "Thanks!"
"Anytime!" Mimi grinned. Carl walked away, turning back once. Mimi waved to him before closing the door.
"Do you pay for anything at all?" asked Izzy.
Mimi shrugged. "Mostly discounted prices."
At that moment the door was flung open. Joe flew in. "Mimi!"
Mimi stared. "Joe! What are you doing here? I thought you would be gone for the weekend!"
Joe took her hand and knelt at her feet. "Mimi, will you marry me?"
~TO BE CONTINUED...~
Ooh! What's going to happen next? Will Mimi accept Joe's offer? How is Matt going to take it?
E-Mail me at crescent87@hotmail.com and tell me what you think.
PLEASE READ THE SECOND PART! THAT'S THE BEST PART IN MY OPINION!
~Venus163~
By Venus163
Yay! You've come to read my fanfic! Send all constructive criticism to crescent87@hotmail.com
Warning, this is for Mimato fans only! This part is rated PG. Anyway, it focuses mainly on Matt and Mimi, though T.K./Kari and Tai/Sora romance comes up a bit. Izzy fans- he has a cyber girlfriend! ^_^ All you Joe fans out there...sorry, but I needed someone to be noble in my story...
Please E-Mail me and tell me if there are any mistakes in this. This was originally a Word document, but not a lot of places accept .doc stories, so I was forced to retype this into .txt format. Also, this was split into two parts; originally it was just one.
Oh well, let's get started.
I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS AND I NEVER WILL. THEY BELONG TO AKIYOSHI HONGO, TOEI ANIMATION, TM, BANDAI, AND ANY OTHERS THAT I HAVE NEGLECTED TO MENTION. I HAVE WRITTEN THIS FOR PURE ENJOYMENT, NOT FOR MONEY!
The two songs, 'For All Eternity' and 'Afraid' on the other hand, is written completely by ME. So is the Story Line. (COPYRIGHT 2000) Now, if you want to use it, I suggest asking me for permission before I get so mad I decide to sic Metalgarurumon on you! Heh heh...well, anyhow, the plot and the two songs of Mimi's are mine. MINE!!
Now that I've gotten that disclaimer point across, on with the story!
I Love You, Mimi Tachikawa- Part 1
By Venus163
PART 1:
Matt looked around him. Tokyo was still the same. Twelve years had not changed it at all. He stood at the old summer camp site, where they had all met.
He had kept in touch with them all for a year or two, then they had suddenly stopped communicating. That second year, he and his father had moved to America, because of his work.
Now he was back, thanks to a promise made those twelve years ago and with a lot of cash from a movie he had made a year ago in the States.
Matt still wore khakis, but wore a dark green shirt on top. His hair was still in those crazy spikes.
'Tai, Sora, Izzy, Joe, T.K., Kari, Mimi...' His eyes misted, remembering their adventures.
"Matt?" an uncertain voice asked.
He turned. "Izzy!"
The two guys shook hands.
"How long has it been?" asked Matt.
"Twelve years since you left and we lost track of you," laughed Izzy. "Of course, after the movie you made, we heard your name again." He had grown older, obviously. He was 22 now. His auburn hair was cut slightly shorter, and he had changed into khakis and a long white shirt half tucked in.
"Well, an actor I am. Not a good one..."
"Nonsense! That scene where you died tragically...it had me in tears!"
"Sure, Izzy!" Matt said sarcastically. "And you are..."
"A computer technician."
"Well, duh! Even I could have told you that!" Matt laughed. Then he pointed out, "I see you still have your laptop, Izzy,"
"Of course he does!" rang a familiar voice.
Matt looked up. "Joe!"
Joe had gotten rid of his glasses, probably for contacts. He now wore blue jeans and a beige shirt. Joe was 23 years old, and the nerdy look was gone. "Yeah, it's me. A doctor now, but still me. But you...I can see it now, you being mobbed by a crowd of your female admirers!"
They shook hands, smiling.
Matt grinned. "I can't believe you finally ditched the glasses!"
He shrugged, blushing. "Well,..."
"It was his girlfriend that did it!" laughed a younger voice.
"T.K.!"
Matt ran and hugged his little brother, now 20 and not so little. "How are you?"
T.K. smiled. "Great! I'm doing great, though shorter on cash than you are!" T.K. was now wearing khakis and a gray shirt.
"What are you doing now?"
T.K. grinned. "I'm studying to be a vet!"
"Vet?" choked Matt.
"I liked caring for Digimon, so what difference is there between them and animals?"
Matt nodded, then suddenly smirked. "What's this I hear about a girlfriend, Joe?"
Joe blushed more. "Well, she's really nice, and she's really pretty..."
Matt stared. "So it's true?"
"Of course!" T.K. announced. "Joe is like, SO in love with her..."
"Well, yeah...T.K.! You shouldn't be talking! You have a girlfriend too!" Joe shrieked, embarrassed.
"T.K.?" gaped Matt. "A girlfriend?"
"That's right!" This time, a feminine voice rang out.
"Kari!" Matt cried out.
Kari gave T.K. a quick kiss on the cheek. "I'm his girlfriend!"
Matt gave her a brief hug, more due to the jealous glint in his brother's eyes. Kari, also 20 like T.K., wore a light green skirt with a yellow top. Her hair reached her shoulders, now.
"I've seen your movie," she announced. "I loved it! It was so touching!"
"Thanks! And how are you doing, Kari?" Matt asked her.
"Fine! I'm studying to be a teacher!"
"You? A teacher?"
"I want to help children," she said seriously. Then, she smiled, changing the subject. "T.K.'s really sweet, Matt. You had a very big influence on him."
Matt flushed slightly. "Whatever," he tried, his old attitude surfacing.
T.K. nudged him. "Come on, admit it! You were soft back then!"
"Yeah, Matt!" A male voice mocked.
"Long time no see!" A feminine one softly rang out.
"Tai! Sora!" Matt shook Tai's hand furiously and hugged Sora.
Tai had cut his hair. The goggles were gone. He wore gray jeans and an orange shirt.
Sora's hair was done up in a ponytail. She wore blue jeans with a white shirt. Both she and Tai were 23.
"Great to see you, Matt!" Sora greeted. "I was afraid you wouldn't come."
"I keep my promises," Matt said arrogantly.
"Hey, Matt! What have you been doing, other than making movies and having your face shown everywhere?" Tai said, smirking. "No one would recognize you with that hat on; the color clashes with your clothes."
Matt shrugged, ignoring the last part of Tai's speech. "Nothing much."
"Found a girlfriend? Or did your attitude scare them away?"
"TAI!" Sora elbowed him, hard, in the stomach.
He doubled over. "Oh...the pain..."
"Oh Tai! Did I hurt you?" asked Sora worridly. "Here, let me see..." she started, leaning over towards him.
"Got you!" Tai jumped up and grabbed Sora's face in his hands. He planted a kiss on her lips.
Matt stared. "Huh?" He looked around and noticed everyone tapping their feet, as if they were used to it.
"Sora and Tai started going out a year ago," explained Izzy.
Matt nodded. "Oh. About time! Well, if you two lovebirds are done making out..."
Sora and Tai stepped away from each other, blushing.
T.K. sighed in exasperation. "Is your brother always like that, Kari?"
She nodded. "Unfortunately. I didn't know until he and Sora started dating that he was a hopeless romantic."
"Hey!" Tai broke in.
"What are your jobs, guys?" asked Matt, trying to catch up.
"I'm a lawyer," Tai answered.
"YOU? A LAWYER?"
"Hey! I work for one of the largest law firms in Japan!"
Matt shook his head. "Unbelievable. Sora, don't tell me that you became a monster-truck driver or something?"
Sora laughed. "No, but I am a biologist."
"What happened to everybody?" Matt demanded. "I can understand Izzy being a computer technician and Joe a doctor, but...I mean, I can't picture Tai in a suit and working in a court! Or T.K. in a white coat helping sick animals. Kari standing in front of a blackboard and lecturing is hard to imagine, too! And Sora! Sitting in front of a microscope is not what I had in mind when I wondered about her career!"
"People do change, you know," said Sora, eyes twinkling. "Like you. Twelve years ago I would have laughed at the thought of you being an actor, but..."
Joe interrupted. "Sora, is Mimi going to make it?" Matt realized that Mimi was the only one who wasn't there.
"She said that Rocky gave her a day off, but if he forgets, she's going to give him the slip," Sora answered.
Joe looked at his watch. "She's ten minutes late, now."
"Then she should be here about..." said Sora, "...now."
At that moment a panting figure ran up the hill, leaving a cloud of dust behind. "Wait for me!" A soft, beautiful voice rang out. She stopped, gasping, before them.
Matt felt his jaw drop open. It was Mimi. At 23 years old, she was dressed in blue jeans with a tank top with different shades of pink striped across with a white blazer on top. Her hairstyle was exactly the same, yet it seemed more mature. She looked beautiful. She's a goddess! was the only thought that would go through his mind.
"Sorry!" she said, after catching her breath. "I overslept after all my dance practice yesterday. Rocky started talking to me about this new music video, and I just got away..."
"It's okay, Mimi," Tai assured her. "We're not mad."
"And then I had to run halfway around town with male fans drooling at my feet!" she shrieked. "It was awful!" She froze, her eyes on Matt. "Matt! It's been a while! Oh, I loved your movie!"
"Enough about my movie, already!" Matt said loudly.
"Well then," said Mimi, "as I was saying, those fans..."
"Wait," Matt said. They all stopped and looked at him. "What is this about, Mimi? Dance practice, music video, fans...and who's Rocky? Just what is her job?"
Tai snickered. "You've obviously been out of the country for way too long."
"What, Tai?" snapped Matt.
"He has a point," T.K. said gingerly.
"I'm surprised you don't know," Kari nodded.
"What?"
Izzy searched through his backpack and took out a CD. "This."
Matt looked at the cover. Mimi was on the cover dressed in a golden spaghetti-strap dress. She was kneeling on the ground, winking and holding up a V for Victory sign. It said, 'Mimi Tachikawa- Eternal Love'.
"Mimi?" he said disbelievingly.
"Izzy!" She smiled. "I didn't know you were a fan of mine!"
Izzy blushed. "Well, I...um..."
Joe had his arms crossed, a displeased look on his face. "Mimi..."
She smiled. "I'm sorry, Joe." She leaned over and kissed him on the lips. In a few moments Joe had his arms around her waist and Mimi had her arms around his neck.
Matt felt as if a thousand daggers had pierced his chest. He stared at them kissing, oblivious to the others.
T.K. sighed. "Not again."
"Is Mimi...Is she..." Matt's voice trailed off.
"Yeah, she's Joe's girlfriend," Kari answered.
Tai cleared his throat. "Ahem." When Mimi and Joe showed no signs of having heard him, he cleared his throat again, louder. "Ahem." When they kept kissing, he went, "AHEM!!"
The two broke apart, and seeing everyone staring at them, stepped away from each other while blushing.
"Sorry," Joe murmured.
"Right," Tai muttered. Louder, he said, "Well, are you guys ready? The beach is the first stop, right?"
Mimi nodded. "Uh-huh! Although I'm having second thoughts about going..."
Tai looked at her. "Aw, come on, Mimi! You can't have that many fans stalking you, looking for an autograph!"
Sora glared at her boyfriend before turning to Mimi. "Why don't you tell them your schedule, Mimi?"
Mimi looked skeptical. "Should I?"
Sora shrugged. "Go ahead."
"Let's see, I wake up at four in the morning, hoping to sneak to work. I spend an hour winding through town, trying to lose early rising stalkers. Then, I spend six hours at work, recording, performing, making music videos, or dancing. I have one hour to eat lunch, hopefully without any crazed fans, than I go back to work after going through an hour's worth of traffic. I work for four more hours, than I eat dinner, and after that driving through traffic again, I work for five more hours before going through a half hour's worth of traffic. Then I get home and hopefully get four hours of sleep."
Tai, Izzy, Joe, T.K., and Matt had their mouths open.
Mimi shrugged. "They weren't ready for it."
Sora nodded. "You're right."
Kari sneakily smiled at Mimi. "And how many cute bodyguards do you have?"
Mimi winked. "Let's see...there's Steve. He's incredibly cute. Rob's cute too, but then, so is Gary..."
Sora and Kari squealed. "Gary!"
Mimi smiled. "Yeah, Gary!"
Sora sighed happily. "He said I was cute."
"He kissed me on the cheek," shot back Kari.
"He's around me seventeen hours a day!" Mimi cried triumphantly.
Kari and Sora stopped looking starstruck and then started to squeal again.
"He told me that he thought you were beautiful!" Kari cried out.
"He likes you! He told me that!" Sora announced. "Lucky!"
"Ahem."
All three girls turned and Sora and Kari started to sweatdrop as Joe, Tai, and T.K. glared at them.
Mimi, however, did not flinch. "Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but Gary likes me as a little sister. He has a girlfriend, named Leah. She is so nice, always cheerful and bubbly..."
She found her gaze being drawn to Matt repeatedly. 'What is with you, Mimi?'
"Is she the Leah that we met at the mall?" asked Sora, interrupting her thoughts.
"Yeah, I played matchmaker and set them up!"
"I want to see them again. They must have hit it off!" cried Kari.
Tai sighed. "No use talking to girls."
Joe looked at his watch. "I've got to go."
"Aren't you coming?" asked Izzy.
"No, I have an out of town trip that I need to go on." Joe waved before walking over to Mimi.
"Hey, Mimi. I have to go. That trip I was talking about."
Mimi kissed him. "Well, bye."
Joe dazedly waved at her before leaving.
Mimi met Matt's gaze. She turned away first, shaken. She used to have a major crush on Matt twelve years ago, when they were in the Digiworld. She had gotten over it, though...or so she thought...
She cleared her throat. "Come on, guys! Let's go!"
Matt snickered. "Is Sora a good kisser, Tai?"
Tai flushed. "She...she's fine."
"Just fine?"
"She's great!" Tai burst out. "Don't tell her though, Matt, or I will kill you slowly!"
Matt backed off, knowing that Tai would go through with his threat if he slipped up.
They were at the beach, having picked out an isolated spot due to Mimi's insistance. Matt, Tai, Izzy, and T.K. lay on towels under umbrellas, enjoying the sun. The girls had gone to change and had been gone for a half hour.
Izzy grunted, typing furiously on his computer.
"What are you doing?" asked Matt curiously.
"I'm in an Internet chatroom with my girlfriend."
"Girlfriend??"
"We communicate through the chatrooms. We haven't met yet, though."
"Where are they?" asked T.K. impatiently, referring to the girls. "They've been gone over half an hour!"
"Probably ditching Mimi's fans," Izzy murmured. He was concentrating on his computer.
As if on cue, laughing, feminine voices rang through the air. They all turned.
T.K.'s mouth dropped open. Kari was wearing a yellow one piece swimsuit with holes on the side.
Tai's mouth dropped open. Sora was wearing a mint green bikini.
Matt's mouth dropped open. Mimi was wearing a soft pink bikini. The top was tied around her neck with a ribbon. The bottom had extra cloth, so it looked like a dress.
"Where were you guys?" asked Izzy, not looking up.
Sora giggled. "Ditching Mimi's fans!"
Kari laughed. "It was funny!"
Mimi frowned. "It was not!"
Sora cracked up. "You should have seen your face when that one guy came up to you and asked if you'd go out with him!"
Mimi groaned. "Don't remind me!"
Kari grinned. "And what about that guy who was following you around for about twenty minutes, asking you for your autograph?"
"Stop it!" Mimi shrieked. "I was scared that I couldn't lose him! I mean, he kept tailing me for a long time!"
Izzy looked up. "We get the point, girls. But did you lose him?"
"Finally! After a long time of running!" Mimi answered.
Tai had gotten his mouth shut and walked up to Sora. "Do you want to go swimming?" he asked dreamily.
Sora blushed. "Sure." Tai put his arm around her and they disappeared from sight.
T.K. wordlessly got up and held Kari's hand. She blushed as he lead her to the water.
Mimi looked down at Izzy. "Hey, Izzy! Are you going to sit there chatting to your cyber girlfriend the whole time?"
Izzy nodded absently. "Yeah, whatever, Mimi."
Mimi turned to Matt. "What about you?"
Suddenly his throat was dry and parched. "Um...well...I..."
"Aw, come on!" Mimi grabbed Matt's hand and lead him to the water. She pulled him in until the water was up to the middle of her thighs and to his knees. "It's not that bad, is it, Matt?"
He managed to swallow. "No..." 'Mimi was so beautiful!'
She let go of his hand and waded in a little farther. "It's so beautiful here!"
He followed her. "Sure is."
She turned towards him and smiled. "Well, this is one of my favorite spots...oof!" Mimi got dunked as a wave of water crashed against her.
Matt tottered, than got back on his feet.
With a sudden splash, Mimi popped back up on to her feet. Her hair was soaking wet, and water glistened all over her body.
"That was fun!" she laughed. She tossed her hair over her shoulder, the light reflecting off of it.
Matt caught his breath. "Beautiful..."
Mimi froze. "What?"
Matt flushed. "Um, nothing."
They gazed into each other's eyes. Matt moved closer to her. He reached his hand out to touch her cheek...
"I better get dry," Mimi murmured, moving past him towards the shore. "I have a performance in an hour." 'I love Joe..' She told herself.
Matt mentally slapped himself. 'Are you crazy? She's taken! She's Joe's girlfriend!'
He followed Mimi onto the shore, where she was drying her hair with a towel.
Izzy asked, his eyes still glued onto the computer, "You performing in an hour?"
Mimi nodded. "Yeah."
"Rocky insisted on just one today?"
"Uh-huh."
"MIMI!!" They all jumped.
A tall, handsome man was barreling towards them.
Mimi sweatdropped. "Um, hi, Rocky..."
"We have a performance in ten minutes, Mimi..."
"TEN MINUTES??" Mimi freaked.
"The TV station came early, so they had to pull the time forward."
Mimi fumbled, putting on her pink sandals. "Right." She leaped up and grabbed her things.
"What's going on?" asked Tai. He, Sora, T.K., and Kari had walked over.
"I have a performance in ten minutes!" shrieked Mimi.
Without a word, Sora and Kari grabbed their things and Mimi's. They followed her down the beach.
Mimi paused and looked back. "Come on, guys! I saved you guys seats in the front, places where some of my fans would kill to get into!"
At those words, Matt, Tai, T.K., and Izzy grabbed their things and hurriedly ran after Mimi.
"She's really talented," Izzy told Matt.
"Popular, too," Tai muttered.
Matt looked behind him. The crowd stretched way back, pushing each other for a better view.
T.K. elbowed him. "See what she meant by our seats being some the crowd would kill to sit in?"
He nodded. "I..."
At that moment Rocky walked onto the stage. "Hello, Japan! This is Mimi Tachikawa's summer performance of her hit single, 'For All Eternity'!"
As the crowd cheered, Rocky swept off the wooden stage. Elevated slightly off the ground, sand covered the surface.
Mimi stepped onto the stage, followed closely by several backdancers, as the crowd started to cheer and roar. She had changed into a flowered bikini of the same style as before, with pink flowers.
Matt stared, jealousy coursing through his veins as he noticed all the male fans in the crowd cheering the loudest.
The music started playing, and Mimi's beautiful voice started to ring through the air as she sang...
"You are my only and my all
The one person that I can love with all my heart
In your eyes
I see it, bright,
Embracing me in their soft glow
Alone in the darkness of my own mind
I blundered along blindly until you came along
You helped by
Showing me
What true love is all about
You give me will to carry on
You give me strength to win and finish the battle
Without you there
By my side
I'd be lost for all time
I want to be, in your arms, forever
Where nothing and nobody can ever hurt me
Where I am engulfed, in your love
And we are together, for all eternity
When you smile my heart skips a beat
I feel as if my legs have gone from under me
Kind and warm
Loving me
I know you're the only one for me
You give me will to carry on
You give me strength to win and finish the battle
Without you there
By my side
I'd be lost for all time
I want to be, in your arms, forever
Where nothing and nobody can ever hurt me
Where I am engulfed, in your love
And we are together, for all eterni...
I want to be, in your arms, forever
Where nothing and nobody can ever hurt me
Where I am engulfed, in your love
And we are together, for all eterni...
I want to be, in your arms, forever
Where nothing and nobody can ever hurt me
Where I am engulfed, in your love
And we are together, for all eter...nity..."
The crowd cheered as Mimi stopped dancing and waved. "Thank you!" she yelled into the microphone. "Thanks to all you fans out there! Love ya!"
Dinner that night was at Mimi's house. All the ex-Digi-Destined, excepting Joe, sat in her living room, looking around them in awe. None of them had been inside Mimi's new apartment. It was tastefully decorated in... pink, of course.
"It's pretty," complimented Kari.
"Yeah, it's really cool," T.K. assured her.
Mimi ordered pizza for them all.
Tai dug into his pocket. "How much do I owe you, Mimi?"
She laughed. "My treat!"
"But isn't it expensive?" asked Sora pensively.
"No," she said, smiling.
At that moment, the door rang. A pizza delivery boy stood, looking nervous.
"Hi!" said Mimi, grinning at him.
The pizza guy stood, staring. "You're...you're...her!"
"Her?" Mimi arched an eyebrow.
"Mimi Tachikawa!"
She nodded slyly. "Last time I heard, that was still my name..."
The guy stuttered, "I thought it couldn't be you, but it is!"
Mimi shrugged. "It's me." Then she took out her pink purse. "How much do I owe you...Carl?" she asked, reading his name pin.
"Uh, the manager says it's free as long as you give him your autograph." Carl held out the pamphlet from Mimi's album.
"Sure!" Mimi laughed. She took out her pink pen from her purse and opened the pamphlet. "Where?"
Carl gingerly pointed on the inside cover. "He said there."
"To..."
"Peter's Pizza..." Carl added.
"To Peter's Pizza: Thanks for the great food! Yours truly, Mimi Tachikawa." With a flourish, Mimi signed her name and handed it back to Carl.
Tai took the pizzas that Carl handed over. He headed back inside.
"Thanks, Carl!" Mimi smiled.
"Um, can I ask you..."
"Of course!"
Carl reached into his pocket and brought out another pamphlet. "Will you sign mine too?" He looked nervous, as if he thought she would refuse.
"I'd be happy to!" Mimi took it and asked, "Same place?"
He nodded furiously, as if she would not sign if he wasted too much time. "Yeah!"
Mimi read as she wrote. "To Carl, my favorite delivery guy. Thanks a lot! Mimi Tachikawa." She handed it back to him.
Carl handled the pamphlet gingerly. "Thanks!"
"Anytime!" Mimi grinned. Carl walked away, turning back once. Mimi waved to him before closing the door.
"Do you pay for anything at all?" asked Izzy.
Mimi shrugged. "Mostly discounted prices."
At that moment the door was flung open. Joe flew in. "Mimi!"
Mimi stared. "Joe! What are you doing here? I thought you would be gone for the weekend!"
Joe took her hand and knelt at her feet. "Mimi, will you marry me?"
~TO BE CONTINUED...~
Ooh! What's going to happen next? Will Mimi accept Joe's offer? How is Matt going to take it?
E-Mail me at crescent87@hotmail.com and tell me what you think.
PLEASE READ THE SECOND PART! THAT'S THE BEST PART IN MY OPINION!
~Venus163~
