Prologue
I'm called TK,
although my name is Takaishi Takeru, just turned 15, born in Japan, but live
now in New York with my mom and Patamon for over half a year. I still remember
our move and what happened next.
It was Saturday
morning, actually the morning after my first and last date with my best friend.
I never found out, why we didn't end as a couple. But we both realized that
there is only friendship not romantically love between us. We also shared a
kiss, but to be honest, I felt as if I kissed 'my sister'. That's perhaps the
reason why we cannot work out, we ever acted like siblings after our first
adventure and we now love each other like this… I also haven't the feeling that
it would ever work out. After this evening we both know that we'll ever end as
good, perhaps best, friends but nothing more.
Mom was somehow
depressed and I don't think that has anything to do with my bad date and she
avoided every try to ask what happened. Either it was too personal or really
bad so that she didn't want to concern me; and somehow I had the feeling that
it was the second option. But it nearly took a week until mom spoiled her bad
news, and they were really bad: She lost her job due to financial problems of
the newspaper. But we were given about two months for her finding a new job
until our savings were used up. We only told Yamato about this news but no one
else even Hikari.
After nearly two
weeks of searching for options mom and I had three to chose. First two job
offers: One in France and one in the US. Both jobs are good paid; in France we
would live with my grandparents near Paris, in the US we'd live in New York
without any known person near. The third option was not really an option, we'd
ask dad for help. At the end it should be my decision, my mom insisted in this.
She knows that this decision would affect my life like every move before; every
time I lost my friends and I had to fit into the new condition. It nearly took
a week to decide if we should go to the US or France, my dad was never a real
option. I made a pro- and contra-list for each option and try to figure out
which pros would beat which contras. Finally New York was chosen. The following
two weeks we used every minute to prepare for the big move with all DDs helping
us. The last day in Odaiba they throw for me a fair-well-party at the Yagami's.
It was a blast, I also got a present by them, my own laptop with the newest
DD-Software prepared by Koushiro and Miyako, in hope of keeping up contact. I
cannot believe that they really bought me my own, although my dad and Matt also
helped. At the airport the whole gang gave me a last goodbye, before the
lift-off. Everyone was in tears, even Daisuke,
finally we got really good along and ended as friends. (It helped that
he and Hikari found out that they would never end as more than friends…
Daisuke was too much like Taichi, Hikari ever had the feeling of dating her
brother…)
After arriving
in NY we got a cab to our new apartment and were surprised of it. It is bigger
than ours in Odaiba, we also have two guest-rooms. But this was only our first
surprise. The next was mom's job, she now hasn't to work as much than before
and can spent more time with Pata and me although she now earns more than with
her old. I was allowed to stay the next week at my new home for unpacking and
preparing for the new school.
It was Monday
morning, my first day at the new school, the best is that I no longer have a
school-uniform, only a simple dress-code. My first appointment was with the
principal, a really nice guy who also was a 'moving child', born in Germany,
moved first to Japan and last to the US. He knew how I felt, so he ordered
someone for tutoring me, he called for Mimi Tachikawa. I nearly fainted as I
heard her name, after noticing my surprised look he asked about it and I told
him that we were really good friends until she moved. He told me to
surprise her, he really has a fine sense of humor, and so I waited in front of
his office to do so. It wasn't really difficult. As she arrived (she still had
her pink hair at this time) I surprised her with a "Hello Meems…" (I know that
only two persons are allowed to call her this, Yamato and I). She put on a mad
face and said "There are only two persons who are allowed to call me
this, and after my last information they both live in Japan." Now I got her :
"I don't think so… The last time I checked I live here…" These few sencences
changed my whole life.
Mimi Tachikawa,
16 (one year and five months older than me), now lives here in NY about two blocks
away, she's only one grade higher than me due to problems with the English
language at the beginning so that the teachers had to hold her back one grade.
About this she wasn't really angry, now she's awesome at school and has learnt
the English language nearly perfect. Since then we're nearly inseparable, at
the beginning it was only her job to help me as much as possible but after
about two weeks we both realized that we fell for each other and are official a
couple. About three weeks after my arrival at the new school the teachers
ordered me to several tests for checking my knowledge and skills. After this I
was raised a grade, now Mimi and I are in the same classes. Coincidence ?
The next weeks
passed really fast, my school and love life blossomed during this time. I also
found new friends:
Paul Johnasson,
just turned 16, first called "PJ" but now JP (an invention by me mentioning the
Japanese grammar for names), he's somehow a mixture between Koushiro and Ken,
he's a real genius at computers and math, but a little bit more social than
Koushiro. He likes RPG either table or online. He's also a child of divorced
parents, he now lives with his dad here in the US, while his brother JJ lives
with his mom somewhere in Japan and shall be somehow like me. Both were born in
Germany.
Mary Dorothy
Peterson, 15, called "Mayday Peterson" or "Mayday", is a real tomboy, but an
awesome basketball-player. She's also skilled in music and art; she really
likes to make fun about everyone and everything. Never cross her if You can't
endure her revenge. She reminds me of an eleven-years-old Sora Takenouchi,
perhaps the reason why she's such a good friend to Mimi. She has a personal war
with Claude.
Claude Reynolds,
15, not related to any famous actor, is our weird guy, very often he acts
unexpected, but You can ever count on him. His strength are physics and
chemistry. He also good at math and biology, but looses at languages, music and
arts. He and Mayday behave most times like enemies at World War III. But I
think that there's something more…
Cynthia Dowell,
16, called "Sly D", also a good friend of Mimi, is a mixture of Miyako,
Koushiro and Iori, she's shy, open-minded and sincere, a person to look up to;
there are rumors that she's the hots for JP. She's good in general at all
classes, but doesn't ace one in special; she likes computers, but not as much
as JP or Koushiro.
About a week ago
Mimi and I got a mysterious e-mail by unknown :
"Hope and
Sincerity,
You cannot run
away from fate,
Fate is faster…"
The only thing
we know, it has to do with the DW, no one else would call us by our crests. We
both decide to induct JP due to his computer knowledge. Perhaps he can
investigate who sent these e-mails. And perhaps he can get my address-book
back. Short after my arrival here in US, I noticed that all my address-books
disappeared or were erased. I usually used my address-book of my d-terminal,
but even this got formatted… I wished Koushiro was here… BTW. We also lost
contact to Yamato, he's on tour all over Japan with his band since short after
my departure; this was his last notification.
JP didn't found
out who sent these mails, but he found something else hidden in the mail, a
weird URL with a linked file. After downloading the file I notice that it's a
new version of our digiport. Weird, especially since our last only accessed our
digimon to transfer to the DW and back. Koushiro and Gennai said two years ago
it has to do with the rebuilding of the DW. We'll gain new access after this
procedure. And now I think this time is up. But I cannot say if I'm happy or
not. Starting the program we only got a count-down which ends in about one
hour. We even invited JP for monitoring us, he gladly accepted, a little bit
jealous for not being a DD. (But I think he'll be one faster than he knows…
It's just a feeling, but most times I can trust them, although I'm not as good
as Hikari.)
It's only one
hour until our big moment, Mimi, Patamon, Palmon and I cannot wait until this
moment… (I hope mom won't freak out if she hears about it…)
Crystal Guardians
By: TomokiG