Rekindled
Hey ok so this is my first fan fic...I wanted to create a kind of 'realistic' relationship between the characters so sorry if it progresses slowly!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon nor any other recognizable things in this story! I wish I was that inventive...!
Chapter 1
University. Sora didn't know quite where to put herself. She knew that she was moving away from home for a long time. She knew she would miss her old life more than she could imagine, but she also knew she would be reunited with some old and very dear friends.
It had been several years since the digidestined had returned from their journey, and since, they had all travelled to separate high schools and kept in touch mostly via the internet. But now, a new era was dawning, "the era of responsibility" Sora's father had put it whilst packing three huge suitcases into the trunk of the old family Honda.
Upon realising that each of them: Taichi "Tai" Kamiya, Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi, Yamato "Matt" Ishida, Mimi Tachikawa and Jyo Kido were embarking to the same University (being the only ones old enough) they had made deliberate plans to share dorm space and applied early at the University to secure their places.
And now, finally, that time had come and they would be reunited in person as the same bunch of 'world saving heroes' they had been only seven years before.
The thought was nerve-wracking to say the least. Sora for one, whom had always been considered somewhat of a tom-boy, was beginning to embrace a more feminine side, growing out her auburn hair and wearing subtle make-up, she wanted to create a good first impression (though she was well aware this was not their first meeting).
She tapped a pearl blue fingernail restlessly against the car window as she began to notice signs to the University draw nearer.
"Anxious?" Croaked her father, an empathetic note held through his voice
Sora was still for a while. She nodded her head slowly as the car did a finally swerve about the road bend and onto the campus, alight with the diminishing sun and breezy with the chatter of fresh students flying the nest. The car came to a halt and immediately she looked up at the ornately finished building ahead of her.
"Newson House...Flat 2" She uttered, a sense of marred confidence resonating through her tone.
After a brief pause her father opened the car door and began removing Sora's neatly packaged life from the boot. Sora remained still in her seat, attempting to repress the rising tickling feeling of nervousness making its way from her stomach to her collar bones and jaw. 'What did they all look like? What if they have really changed?' she pondered, edging her way from the car seat onto the dew-ridden grass.
It was only when she looked at her father's uneasy expression, which seemed etched into his face by his slight wrinkles, did she realise what she was also leaving behind.
"You'll be alright" He smiled somewhat, placing the final bag on the ground.
Sora nodded "I hope."
After a moment of contemplation in the gathering twilight, father and daughter embraced awkwardly, yet emotionally and bid farewell to one another. For the next few moments Sora began contemplating how she would carry all three suitcases up the stairs when a voice interrupted her:
"Hey...S-Sora?"
She looked up and saw a tall slim framed young man standing in the doorway of her 'flat'. He had blue shoulder-length hair and thinly framed glasses which partially obscured the spirited look he was giving her.
She stared in disbelief for a second eyes widening.
"..."
"Jyo...Jyo Kido? You must remem-!"
"-Jyo! Jyo!" She dropped a bag quickly as he walked towards her with a warming smile. Split-seconds later she was pulled into another breath displacing embrace, throwing limbs into disarray.
"Are you sure you should be doing that?" She muttered grinning "I haven't been de-contaminated yet."
Jyo sniggered and released her softly, hands still gripping her shoulders
"Nice to see old habits die hard." He smiled and picked up two suitcases "My lady...?" He gestured indoors and chuckled upon her courtsey.
"Why of course." She replied with mock received pronunciation, and picking up the final bag, followed him up the small wound-metal spiral staircase to the second floor.
"I take it you're flat two too? Such a coincidence!" She laughed
"Huh? Oh, yeah..." He replied twisting the key in the lock, and then smirking at his slow reaction.
The flat was situated across a long corridor with a communal kitchen room halfway down and dorm rooms either side. It was painted slightly orange with a light carpet already being dirtied by the array of suitcases and muddy shoes dragged through it. She could already hear the sounds of excited chattering voices from the kitchen and immediately her and Jyo shut the door and dropped the bags on the ground.
"How have you been? You must be the last here." Jyo said happily gesturing her to follow him to the kitchen. "I can't believe we're back together again as a group after all this time! Well, I say group but TK and Hikari are missing...its such a shame they aren't quite old enou-"
Sora cut him off with a light laugh an clasped her hand to her smile "Rambling again Jyo?"
He gave her a naïve look and pulled her into the kitchen.
I know this is kind of short and slow-moving, but I just wanted to introduce the situation here... :) hope it's satisfactory...I hope it will get better hah..
Demerara Sugar :)
