I don't own Digimon. Not now. Not ever. This is the only disclaimer for this story, so make sure you remember that what I'm writing is entirely for non-profit…just reviews.

What is this? I realized, last night, that Miko doesn't have a story…if you wrote one, I would love to see it! So I created one for her…it's she in my story! Like my teacher says, 'It's good to be king, huh?' Or author, as the case may be.

Oh, and for those who don't know, Susumu Kamiya is Tai's dad, and Yuuko Kamiya is Tai's Mom. I'm one of those weird people that use English names, though I like to think that Kari is still the nickname for Hikari…and so on.

This will be in about eight parts, written during lunch…I hope you like it!

"Honey, we already have one wild animal to deal with. We don't need another."

"Susumu, what do you mean? We don't have any pets. Yet."

"Oh, you wouldn't count Tai and his table manners as worthy of a zoo?"

Yuuko laughed, strapping a yellow apron on around her blouse. "I'll give you that one, but still—she's turning four, while Tai is already eight. They need something to reconcile that age gap."

"Dear, you do realize that four years is not a lot?"

"I know, but still—maybe it would help Tai?"

"How? By giving him someone to blame for the messes he creates?"

"No," Yuuko said, and began pulling out flour, eggs, sugar, and milk. "It would help teach him responsibility."

And a four year old little sister wouldn't?"

Yuuko cracked an egg into the bowl she had filled with flour. "Susumu—," she said, making a sad face. Facing towards him, now, she cracked the other egg.

"Maybe," Susumu said, and laughed. He went for a towel to clean up the egg off the counter. "Just don't get egg shells in the cake!"

The next morning…

"Now make a wish, Kari!"

A little girl with short brown hair, a yellow dress with a pink bow, and, oddly enough, a whistle in her mouth, leaned forward. The whistle fell out of her mouth to hang around her neck as she tried to blow out the four mink candles lying on a vanilla-frosted cake. Only one fluttered then grew still once more. The little girl began to cry. That was when a young boy leaned forward, his dark brown hair sticking upright.

"Here, I'll help you!" And with that, he sucked in a mouthful of air, his cheeks puffed out.

A shrill whistle blew in his ear.*1

The boy slowly let go of his breath, taking care to not hit the candles. When he was devoid of air, he looked toward his sister. "Okay, okay. You want your own wish. But you can't blow out the candles!"

The little girl blew her whistle again, this time its tone changing to a higher pitch, almost like a question.*2 The boy smiled. "Sure, I don't think the wish would mind that way."

And with that, the whistle fell from the girl's mouth once again as she stood next to her brother. Together, they leaned forward.

"One…," the boy said. The girl began holding her breath.

"Two…" The boy grabbed his sister's hand in his.

"Three!" Together, the sibling blew out the candles. They all went out.

Susumu and Yuuko Kamiya smiled at the two children from the corner of the living room. Their two kids got along, despite the fact that their daughter rarely talked. Ever since Tai had given her that whistle from his soccer camp, she had created a system of communication with her brother that only the two of them could understand.

Susumu walked forward. "Now, who wants a piece?" There were cheers from Tai and Yuuko and a shrill whistling from Kari.*3

The family of four settled down around the table and began eating. Tai was the first to break the silence. "Can we do presents next?"

Yuuko laughed. "Tai, it isn't even your birthday!"

Tai pouted, and, after shoving half of his piece of cake in his mouth, and swallowing it whole, said, "I know, but Kari wants presents too!"

Susumu put down his fork and crossed his arms. "Is that right, Kari?"

The little girl picked at her food, not liking being put on the spot. Slowly, her eyes locked on her barley touched piece of cake, she nodded.

A few minutes later, the cake was put away to be exchanged for three small gifts. Tai flung an orange box with a blue bow at his sister. "That one's mine! You can open it first!"

Tai was then forced to endure the painstaking process of watching his sister carefully unwrap the box. Needless to say, it wasn't long before he jumped in. "Here, let me do it," he shouted, and, grabbing the partially unwrapped box, tore the rest of the paper off. The ripped the box open and handed it back to his little sister.

Kari dropped the package, tears forming in her reddish-brown eyes. Tai suddenly grew somber; he had made his sister cry! That wasn't supposed to happen! It was her birthday, for goodness' sake! Who cries on their birthday?

Luckily, Yuuko came to the rescue. She knelt by her daughter. "Kari, Tai wasn't trying to be mean. He just wanted to help you. Right, Tai?" She shot a glance at her young son. He just nodded, looking ashamed. Mrs. Kamiya took both her children in her arms for a hug. When she let them go, Tai was smiling ruefully and Kari looked consoled.

Susumu came forward, and took the dropped present off the floor. "I believe this belongs to you, my dear," he said, bowing slightly while handing Kari the box. She took it and smiled, pulling out a small pink scarf, more like a bandana.

Tai looked upon her gift proudly. "I spent my very own money on it at the store!" Kari smiled and whistled quietly.

Putting that present carefully aside, the birthday girl reached for the next present, a flatter rectangular box with silver wrapping. Kari looked at it, then at her brother, and then back at the gift. She handed it to Tai.

"Huh? I don't want…oh. Okay!" With a smile, Tai pulled apart the ribbon and ripped the wrapping off. He handed the plain white box back to Kari when he finished. "Here you go!"

Again, Kari looked inside, pulling out a beige pajama costume. Mrs. Kamiya smiled. "From Grandma. With tons of love and kisses, hoping you get all your birthday wishes," she read from the card that Tai had discarded.

Susumu spoke up, a smile on his face. "Speaking of wishes, what did you wish for, Kari?"

Before Tai could stop her, she was whistling away.*4 Tai started screaming. "No! If you say your wish, it won't come true! That's the rule!"

Kari looked down; to her, she had just said the wish. Now she wouldn't get it…

Yuuko smiled at the innocence of the young. "Tai, what did she say she wanted?"

Tai gulped, realizing that since the wish was void, anyway, he might as well say it. "She said she wanted a friend."

"Well, open the next present, then."

Tai, without waiting for Kari, grabbed the small square box and ripped it open. He pulled out a small dish. "What's this, then?"

Yuuko smiled widely. "Kari, you get your wish. Today, we're adopting a pet!"

A rare thing happened: Kari spoke. Only four words, but still, more than normal. "My wish came true," she said, her voice small and disbelieving.

A few hours later, the family was at a small pet store. All along the subway, Tai had been grumbling. "You aren't supposed to say what you wished for," he said. "Then it won't come true. That's what the teacher said. I didn't tell anyone I wanted a million dollars, but I never got it! Instead, I got a stupid pair of goggles and a blue headband! That are too big for my head! And Kari goes and whistles her wish out, and it comes true, just like that. No fair!" Yuuko and Susumu smiled inwardly.

At the pet store, Tai steered Kari along, taking her to the back of the store. "Now, Kari, you want a snake, don't you?"

Kari whistled slightly, inclining her head.*5 Suddenly a loud amount of noise came from the front. "That's it! You want a dog, right?" And he dragged his sister to see the barking animals.

"That one, there? No, that one? Get that one, it looks fun to run with…maybe I could teach it soccer! Just don't get a poodle. Poodles are too girly." Kari whistled again, which set the dogs barking again. *6

"What? You don't want a dog? Well, what do you want? Not a hamster. Or a parakeet. Though parrots are cool…"

The next hour was spent with the two youngsters exploring the store. Tai tried to convince his sister that a python or a tarantula would make a great friend, while Kari kept on shuddering and going to see the mice. Finally, they made their way to the last section of animals…

"Oh, nothing to see here! You don't want a cat! They're boring!" Tai made to go back to the dogs, but Kari stayed, looking at a new litter of kittens.

The sales manager came up to her. "Those are pretty new. Any you like?"

Kari whistled slightly, and pointed to the cat she liked.*7 It wasn't one of the kittens, though. It was a small orange-and-white tabby in a small cage, one year old, by itself.

The employee nodded. "Her. She's our cat we're trying to get adopted from the Humane Society. Was born in a litter of kittens, then left on the street. She's a sweetie if I ever saw one."

Susumu came toward her daughter. "Is this the one you like, sweetie?"

Kari whistled slightly, and, pulling the whistle slightly out of her mouth, said, "Yep."

Despite the disappointment of a certain brother with hopes for a snake, the tabby was soon paid for, along with necessary supplies and a list of contacts and appointments to be made.

As her parents made to hail a taxi to take them back to Heighten View Terrace, Tai grumbled. "Well, then, if you had to get a cat, what are you going to call it? You can't call it Rover, or Spot, or even Spider-Man. It's a cat. It's no fun at all."

Kari whistled slightly, again, and, then dropping the whistle completely out of her mouth, bent down to look at the cat in her carrier case.*8 She appraised the cat; the cat appraised her. Finally, with a nod, Kari said, "Miko. Her name is Miko."

The family of four was now a family of four plus one.

I labeled the whistling, so you can know the translations. They are:

*1: Please don't! I want to do it!

*2: Can we blow together, and I still get the wish? Would that work?

*3: Yes, please!

*4: I wished for a new friend.

*5: Are you kidding?

*6: Tai, I don't want a dog.

*7: That one, please.

*8: Her name needs to be truthful to her…(in Japanese, Miko means real truth…!)

You don't really need the translations, but in later chapters, when Kari 'talks' a lot more, this might be useful to understanding the conversation…then again, Tai always repeats what Kari says, so we'll see!

So, what do you think? Should I continue with Miko's story? Since Miko didn't get mentioned until the very end? Don't worry, the rest will be Miko/Tai/Kari centric…Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading!