Love is Eternity
Hi all! This is my first Digimon fanfiction. The idea came to me during the summer of 2010. I already have three stories (Gundam SEED) out - but only 1 completed- so I wanted to wait until I'd completely written this story to post it.
Background of this story: it takes place in the future, only has the season 1 and 2 digidestined. All of the chosen children's are in their late 20s, some early 30s (But I don't mention ages). This story focuses mainly on Ken and Yolei. The future is AU compared to the anime; the past is what happened in the show. Only difference is in this story all Digimons were sent back to the Digital world after the final battle, with there was no way of them connecting with the human world. In addition, everyone knows about Digimons.
I haven't watched Digimon in a while, so some of the minor details may be incorrect. In addition, characters will be OOC and there are a few OCs.
Well that's all and I hope you enjoy the story. Love the couple and needed to write it! Please enjoy.
Sorry for my grammar/spelling, and please no flames.
WARNING: This story contains strong language. Rated M for language, violence, and mature content. You've been warned!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.
Chapter 1
"Sir, we can only proceed if Miss. Inoue signs the contract. Otherwise we will be back to phase one. She's being stubborn and won't even look over the papers," a man's voice reported.
The room became quiet; the room was filled with businessmen and women, however none of them spoke. No, they waited for the one voice that would make an impact on the situation, the one voice that would get the job done; the voice of their boss.
It wasn't that they were scared of his respond; the boss was actually a kindhearted person. The problem was that the man didn't like to take no for an answer; and this project meant a lot to him. If this project was lost or postponed that would result in a major loss for the company; as well as many jobs being lost for the people of Tokyo.
The boss believed tearing up one tiny shop to build a factory was a beneficial plan. Of course he would make sure Miss. Inoue was well taken care of and supported. However, right now all he needed was for her to hear him out, and sign the papers so they could get this project underway.
In the beginning when this location had been chosen he hadn't been happy. The boss had done everything in his power to get their business partners to change the location. However after long arguments and discussions they all agreed that the Inoue shop was the best location for this project.
The man who'd spoken looked up at his boss and was surprised to see the man smiling. What was he planning?
"Don't worry Mr. Thomson. I will personally talk to Miss. Inoue. She's an old friend. I'm sure I can get her to at least look over the contract," said Ken Ichijouji; CEO of Kuse Manufacturing Ltd.
Ken smiled at Mr. Thomson then continued the meeting. After discussing other final changes to the partner contracts Ken called the meeting to an end. As the last person exited his office, Ken turned towards the big window located behind his desk. Ken smiled as he thought about his childhood. He was finally going to see them... his old friends. It had been years since he last seen or talked to Yolei and the others…well since high school. After high school a lot had changed, people went their separate ways and little by little it got harder to stay in touch. The only two Ken still talked to frequently was with T.K. and Davis.
Ken sometimes missed the old days when they'd save the two worlds, spent time with old friends, and spending time with Wormmon. How he missed the little bug. However, no matter what he did he couldn't get those days back.
He couldn't change what happened as they all grew up; he regretted not keeping in touch with the others, however that was all going to change. Some of the elder Chosen Childs had organized a reunion for tonight. When Davis shared the news with him, Ken been excited. He was excited to see his old friends, see how much they have changed, what they were doing now. And after this time he wanted to make sure he would stay in touch with the others. He was not going to lose his old friends again.
Ken couldn't wait until tonight. He loved what his life had become, how much he had changed, and he wanted his old friends to be apart of his life moving forward.
"Y-Y- YOU BASTARD! GET THE HELL OUT! IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN I SWEAR… I'LL KILL YOU," yelled a purple haired woman as she pushed a black haired man out the front door.
"Yolei wait! Let me explain," the man yelled, only to have a book thrown at his face.
"No Lee! Don't say another word! What the hell were you thinking? That I wasn't going to find out?! Well I found out and now I want you out! I don't want to hear your bullshit! Get the hell out of my house!" Yolei screamed. She had every right to be mad at him. How dare he cheat on her?! They'd been dating for almost a year now and Yolei found the bastard been sleeping around with other women! How could she be so stupid? How could she not see it?!
Lee stepped back into the house, closer to Yolei. He needed her to listen to him; he needed to explain. He just needed her to calm down so he could reason with her. He was not ready to lose her.
To focus on her next item to throw at the piece of shit, Yolei hadn't notice Lee walking into the apartment closing the front door behind him. When she finally did Yolei froze noticing he was inches away from her.
Yolei still couldn't believe this was happening to her! She gave her heart to this man after everything that she'd been though. She thought she could finally open up and trust someone again, even love again. But she was wrong. She couldn't believe she trusted this man. That she once thought he was the one for her. How wrong she'd been. She still couldn't believe he had been cheating on her these past months; that he had other woman on the side, and he never really loved her.
Yolei could still remember the first time she met Lee. Her brother; Mantarou had introduced the two. Lee was a close friend of Mantarou. Her brother and Lee met in college and quickly became best friends. They spent most of their time together. The first time her brother had brought Lee to the house and introduced him to her, Yolei's heart skipped a beat. Lee was gorgeous, he was a good two feet taller than her, had beautiful long black hair tied in a low ponytail, a well-built body, and he had these sparkling green eyes that drew her in. He made her become a fool every time he was near. She thought he been a model! Yolei could still remember the times Lee would come over to study with Mantarou, and every time Lee came over Yolei tried her best to get a look at him and not blush. She'd have the biggest crush on him since day one, but couldn't act on it; he was her brother's best friend.
Well that was until Mantarou and Lee graduated from college. One day Mantarou received a call from overseas for a job offer from some big company. They had an opening for an IT position and it was a chance of a lifetime. Yolei been heartbroken when Mantarou told her he was going to take it; that this job would change their family and his life forever. Before Mantarou left he had told Lee to look after Yolei.
Her brother had feared leaving Yolei alone in Tokyo, even when Yolei assured him she was okay. Once Mantarou was gone, Lee came over a lot; he would come to check on her; sometimes he'd bring food so they could have lunch and/or dinner together, walk her to and from work, and soon one thing led to another until finally Lee asked her out.
Lee had been Yolei's first real boyfriend. Sure, she had many crushes and small dates throughout her life but never a serious relationship. Lee had been her first real serious relationship, however now she found out it was one sided. That she was the only one truly committed to this relationship; that all this time he been seeing other women behind her back.
"The only reason I ran into the arms of another woman was because you won't give me what I wanted! I waited and waited, hoping you would be ready… but you never were. So I thought maybe if I say some sweet words, do some sweets things, than you'd change your mind and sleep with me but nope. Every time I tried you pushed me away saying you weren't ready! That's bullshit Yolei! You just want to be a bloodily virgin your whole life! I'm a man and I have needs… needs you weren't willing to fulfill, " Lee screamed as he got closer.
Yolei stayed frozen watching him. Was that all he wanted from her? All this time all he wanted was her in his bed? How could this bastard be so low! How could she ever have loved him!
Yolei was glad she never slept with Lee. She was glad that there had always been a small part of her that would tell her Lee wasn't the right person. That told her to stop every time she thought she was ready to go all the way with him. That he wasn't right, and her first time shouldn't be with him.
"Well I'm glad I didn't sleep with you! Looks like you're not my prince charming. Now get the hell out of my house!" Yolei screamed, picking up a vase. She walked closer to him, while raising the vase and was glad when he started to back away towards the door again. She was about to open the door for him to get out however, was stopped as she felt a hand grabbing the vase out of her hands. Once the vase hit the floor she felt his other hand grabbing one of her wrists. Looking up at him she gave him her biggest death glare and screamed "Let me go you disgusting pig!"
"Now Yolei, I don't think you're looking for your prince charming. I think you don't care who fucks you as long as they have a pretty face. Come on the only reason you haven't given yourselves to me is because you want me to take it by force, treat you roughly... right Yolei? Is that what gets your panties wet," questioned Lee as he bent down to overpower her.
Yolei felt sick. What the hell was he talking about?! Like she wanted a guy like him to be near her ever again. She pulled her arm out of his grip and was about to turn away when Lee pushed her with so much force knocking her to the ground.
Startled she looked up and watched as he walked deeper into the apartment. He…he couldn't be serious...was he really going to take her by force?
Yolei started to panic as she watched him coming closer. This wasn't how her first time was going to happen. No she would fight him if she needed to but there was no way Yolei was going to let Lee get what he wanted. She deserved better, she deserved to be happy, and be with someone that loved her just as much as she loved them. She was not going to be with some cheating bastard.
"W...wh…what the hell do you think you're doing?" Yolei said as she crawled away, putting space between them. She didn't like the look on his face. For all the months they had been together Lee never once looked at her like this. Like a wolf getting ready to attack its' prey, it scared Yolei.
"I'm going to make you mines," he said smiling, as he bent down. He grabbed her legs stopping her from moving farther and sat on top of her, straddling her. She struggled from underneath but was no good; she couldn't push him off.
"Stop Lee… don't do this," Yolei screamed as she looked up into his green eyes. However, he smiled down on her, following that by smacking his lips to hers in a painful kiss.
Lee never kissed her like this before. This kiss was rough, hard, not like the ones he gave her before. This kiss scared her! She wanted him to stop, needed him to stop. She struggled again and lucky this time got one of her hands free. She used it to slap him hard across the face, making his stop.
Half in shock and half from the pain Lee fell off of her. Yolei took the chance and got up to run. She ran towards the door only to have him recover faster then she hoped and grab her feet causing her to fall. He turned her onto her back and again was on her. This time hate filled his eyes; hate that scared Yolei.
He looked down at her and delivered a painful slap across her face. Yolei screamed from the impact; she never felt this helpless before. She held her breath as she felt him starting to undo her blouse. He grabbed her shirt in both hands and yanked it open, causing the buttons on the shirt to give out. He followed by leaning forward to kiss down her neck. "No! STOP," Yolei screamed, struggling the entire time.
This resulted in another slap from him. This time she didn't scream… instead her tears flowed down her face. She'd never felt this scared and lonely before and she didn't know what to do next.
However, the next moment all Yolei knew was the front door opened, Lee was pushed off her, and she was wrapped in a tight embrace.
Yolei didn't know who saved her and didn't really care. She was just happy Lee was away.
Mimi started her day with a call to Yolei. She needed to make sure they were still meeting before the reunion today, maybe get some shopping done, and a makeover!
Mimi and Yolei had grown closer than ever over the years. Once Mimi was old enough to move back to Tokyo, she did. She had gone to Tokyo College and one day she seen Yolei there meeting her brother. They'd talk for hours and from that day onwards the two spent almost every day together. They were practically sisters.
Mimi had stopped by the Inoue shop looking for Yolei, but Mako; one of the employees had told her Yolei hadn't come in today. So with that Mimi started her way to Yolei's apartment.
However, on her way to Yolei's, Mimi literally crashed into an old face. Pulling back Mimi was surprised to see Tai. Mimi hadn't seen him in a while; she couldn't remember the last time she talked to him. She rarely talked to the others. She tried to stay in touch with a few of them once she had moved back however, found out that many of them were oversea or lived far away.
Anyways, Mimi and Tai started chatted and the next thing Mimi knew she asked Tai if he'd like to have coffee with her. She was excited when he said yes. Yolei would just have to wait a little longer.
As Mimi talked to Tai she learned that Tai been very busy over the past years. She found he had an interesting career, and was doing quite well for himself.
So lost in her conversation with Tai, she'd lost track of time and forgotten about Yolei, until Tai asked her if she wanted to come with him to the reunion. Remembering her friend, Mimi told Tai she'd be back and went to call Yolei.
Mimi rang Yolei a few times however no one answered. She tried both Yolei's house number and cell. That's when Mimi started to worry. It wasn't like Yolei not to answer her phone. Yolei always made sure she answered her cell, no matter what.
Mimi returned to Tai and asked if he won't mind stopping by Yolei's place just to make sure Yolei was okay. She needed to make sure Yolei was well, and Tai happily agreed.
When they got to Yolei's apartment Mimi froze. She could hear yelling, crying and other noises coming from inside of the apartment. Panic raced through Mimi's body. Yolei was in trouble. Oh God what if she was hurt!
Both Mimi and Tai knew something was wrong. They heard Yolei scream for help and without thinking Tai tried the door to find it unlocked. Mimi and Tai froze at what they saw before them.
Yolei was crying on the ground as Lee was in the process of removing her shirt. Without thinking Tai ran into the apartment and knocked the man off Yolei.
As Tai got Lee off Yolei, Mimi ran over to the younger girl and wrapped her arms around Yolei, telling Yolei everything was going to be okay.
"I see your friends are here to save you," spat Lee as he looked at the trio from his position on the floor. He was so close! He almost had her! Lee knew Yolei didn't have many friends and that she spent most of her time alone, however he'd forgotten about Mimi. How could he forget her, Mimi and Yolei spent as much time as possible together.
He met Mimi many times before. She looked like a great person, plus she was gorgeous and hot, he'd love to screw her but he wanted and still did, Yolei.
Looking at the pink haired girl and the crying purple haired girl he smirked. He'd done that to her.
"You get the hell out of here!" Tai yelled. He couldn't believe what the hell was going on. What if Mimi and he decided not to come by and just gone straight to the reunion?! Then what would have happened to Yolei? Tai couldn't bare the thought.
"I'm not leaving until I get what I want," Lee said as he stared Yolei down.
Yolei looked so beautiful when she was helpless. Lee could imagine her under him as he did things to her, things to make her scream. Why hadn't he thought of it before?! He could have been enjoying Yolei for months now.
Tai looked at this man in disgust! Seriously this man needed to leave before Tai did something stupid. Tai looked at Lee and said, "You're not getting anything! Now get the hell out before I break that pretty face of yours."
Lee turned his attention to Tai and frowned. Fine, they wanted him to leave then that was what he would do. But he wasn't done with Yolei yet. He would come back to finish what he started. With that Lee started his way towards the door. However, before he left he turned towards the crying purple-headed girl and said, "You won't be lucky next time." With that Lee was gone.
Tai was about to go after Lee however was stopped as he felt someone grab the leg of his pant. Looking down he noticed Mimi with anger in her eyes holding Yolei. He bent down to get a better look at the younger girl.
"Yolei are you okay?" Tai asked as he helped Mimi move Yolei to the couch.
Yolei said nothing. She couldn't! All she could do was cry. She was shaking and couldn't believe what just happened. How could she have ever loved Lee? How could she be do stupid and trusted him?!
Mimi sat next to Yolei on the couch. They sat there for a while, Tai sat down and tried to get Yolei to report Lee to the cop but she just kept shaking her head no. It was starting to piss Tai off… why wouldn't Yolei send the bastard to jail! He gave up when Mimi turned to him and asked if he could leave them alone and that she would see him later at the reunion.
Tai shock his head yes. He understood that Mimi was Yolei's closest friend and after everything Yolei been through, she would only open up to Mimi. He walked out of the room, stopping once more to see if Yolei was really okay.
When Tai left he closed the door behind him. Once he was gone, Mimi turned towards Yolei and said, "Yolei. What happened?"
The younger woman didn't reply she couldn't tell Mimi how weak she was. How she let Lee do that to her!
"YOLEI! Tell me what the hell happened!" Mimi yelled, grabbing the sobbing girl by the shoulders and turning Yolei to face her. "Why was Lee… what did he do," Mimi finished.
Yolei stared at her for a minute trying to stop the tears. Finally, Yolei started talking, "Mimi I was so scared. I told him to leave but he wouldn't and…and the next thing I knew he was trying to-" fresh tears leaked from Yolei's eyes. She didn't want to remember what Lee had almost done!
Mimi frowned, she didn't know how all this could have happened! What could have happened between the two for Lee to try to rape Yolei?!
"Yolei… what happened- I mean why did he…"
"Try to rape me?!... B…be…cause... I found the bastard sleeping around with that b…blonde that works at the bakery n…next to the shop. W-When I asked him why... he said because I wasn't giving him what he needed! He said I was playing hard to get…"
"The bastard! I never knew Lee could be such an…"
"Asshole?"
"Yes," came Mimi's reply. She sat there and watched as Yolei started to calm down. "Yolei…I think you should skip the reunion… I mean after what you've gone through, I think it's-" Mimi started only to have Yolei stop her.
"NO! I mean no…I want to go! It's the only way to get me to stop thinking about what happened. It'll help me forget," Yolei said, trying to smile. She wiped her tears showing Mimi she was okay, that she was good to go.
She really did want to go to the reunion. She wanted to see the faces of her friends again. Yolei had talked to Cody and Kari occasional, but she wanted to see the rest. Plus she knew HE would be there. She followed the tabloids, gossip news, and media to get as much information and update on HIM as she could. She knew HE was doing great over the years. HE even owned his own company and the story of how he got it was amazing. Also, HE was known as Tokyo's number one sexiest bachelor. How could she miss the change to meet her Ken?
She just needed sometime to get herself ready. She needed a nice long shower to get Lee's touch off her and then she would be okay.
Yolei smiled at Mimi and went for a shower. She washed herself three times until she finally decided she couldn't get any cleaner. Plus she needed to get out before Mimi broke down the door. Finally dressing into something comfortable, a white blouse and a long purple skirt Yolei was ready to go.
Yolei's taste in dressing up had changed over the years. She use to love going shopping and getting the latest fashion ins with Mimi, but that all changed after the incident. Now she didn't care what she wore.
Yolei walked into the living room and didn't like the frown on Mimi's face.
"What?"
Mimi frowned. "Yolei your left cheek…it's red." Yolei put her hand on her cheek and felt a sharp pain. "Don't worry we'll just cover it up with make-up… if you want," Mimi finished.
Yolei was glad Mimi would do that for her. The last thing Yolei wanted was for people to ask her what happened. She just wanted to forget everything.
Mimi led Yolei back into the bathroom to apply the make-up.
Ken had just finished an important meeting with his business partners. He needed to get all the paperwork done before they could start. Ken's company was making a lot of process. He already had three new projects in the works and once Yolei signed her shop over to his company he would be starting the fourth.
He'd cancelled all other meeting for today. He needed to start heading over to the reunion or he'd be late or some other work would come in the way to stop him from leaving. The last thing he wanted was to have to cancel on his friends.
It didn't take long for Ken to reach the restaurant, as he stood in front he took a deep breath. Ken hoped there weren't too many people in the restaurant, the last thing he wanted were random people coming up to him to talk about business or what they heard from the local media. He kind of wished they had met somewhere more private…with less people around. He never got use to his celebrity status; which was mostly the attention from the ladies. When he was a kid he had a group of fan girls throwing themselves at him but he's been too shy and hadn't cared much. Now there were more women and some men. Lucky Ken wasn't the same shy boy he once was. He enjoyed the attention from the ladies.
Sure he loved the attention sometime… he was a man after all. Having that many females throwing themselves at him, he loved it. He couldn't reject them all. But sometimes he wished he had a normal life, where he could be alone or go places without people throwing themselves at him.
Sure over the years Ken had become somewhat of a playboy. He was more then glad to have one-night stands. However, from all of the flings he had, he still hadn't found his one true love. He once thought he had found her, but then she walked out on him. She'd broken his heart and after that Ken stopped doing relationships and preferred one-nights. Ken learned he wouldn't love anyone else like he had loved her… he was happy being a bachelor for the rest of his life. Who needed love!
He could still remember when he first met her. He was only 25 at the time when he met the love of his life. They'd dated for two years and when Ken thought he was ready to have her in his life forever, she walked out on him saying she couldn't marry him. Now that he was 29 he wasn't sure if he ever wanted to marry anyone. Ken wasn't really sure what he wanted, all he knew was right now he just wanted to have fun.
Bringing himself back to the present, Ken was starting to think he should have worn something less 'Ken-like.' Ken's wardrobe consisted of dark coloured dress shirts and dress pants over the years. He couldn't remember the last time he wore jeans and a causal t-shirt. Pushing the thought out of his mind, he took another deep breath and entered.
He was greeted with the faces of his old friends.
"Look who finally showed up? Mister big shot," said Davis' voice, as he came over towards Ken. Once Davis stood in front, Ken gave him a big brotherly hug. Davis would always be a brother to him.
"It's been long," came Ken's short reply.
Sora and Matt came up next. Sora smiled and teased, "I didn't think you were going to make it. Now that you're a busy man we thought you'd forgot about us."
Ken smiled. He could never forget them, they meant too much to him. "I could never." Ken flashed them one of his famous smiles and was awarded by a long sigh from one of the waitress. All of them starting laughing, Ken always had that affect on women.
Sora and Matt led Ken and Davis to their table. Once there the others greeted him.
"I see Mimi and Yolei aren't here yet," stated T.K as he took a seat next to Izzy.
"They'll be here soon. I met up with them. Mimi was having one of her shopping trips with Yolei," Tai said. He felt bad for lying but he couldn't tell them the truth.
Sora laughed, "Mimi will never change."
"What?! Of course I've changed. I don't know what Tai's telling you all but it's a lie," came a voice from in front. All heads turned towards the two new members standing in front of their table.
"Mimi! Yolei!" Kari greeted as she stood and welcomed her friends with a hug. It was great seeing them… but something looked off. She couldn't point it out but Kari knew something was wrong.
"Davis, T.K wow! I haven't seen you in awhile. Last I remember T.K you went to the States to learn English and become an author. Davis… whatever happened to your moving ramen shop idea?" Mimi asked grabbing Yolei's hand and taking a seat beside Kari.
"Well Mimi…if you must know I'm still planning my moving ramen shop but right now I'm in school trying to get my degree in business. Now we all can't be smart like Ken here and fast-track our degrees." Davis said, smiling as he stared Ken down. "Speaking of… Yolei you're very quiet today? Did Ken make you speechless." Davis teased. They all knew Yolei had a major crush on Ken since they were younger, well everyone expect Ken. It had become a thing they all did… tease Yolei whenever Ken was around to see who could make her blush first.
Yolei was startled when she heard her name. She hadn't been paying attention; her thoughts had taken her to Lee again, to what he had done hours ago. She couldn't breath… she was starting to panic. This had been a bad idea… she shouldn't have come here. Maybe she could leave… tell them she was sick… or pretend to have some kind of attack?
She felt Mimi squeeze her hand and Yolei knew she has to stop thinking about Lee. If she didn't everyone would know something was wrong. They wouldn't stop until she told them. No she couldn't' ruin everyone's fun. She needed to stop thinking she needed to focus on her friends, on what they were saying.
"Yolei you okay?" someone questioned.
Yolei took a deep breath… she needed to calm down. Shaking her head she looked at her friends and noticed all eyes on her. Yolei looked at their worried faces and smiled at all of them; she needed to show them she was fine. She turned to the person that asked if she was okay and froze again.
There HE was sitting next to Joe, on the other side of the table. How could she have missed HIM? God HE looked so beautiful! No wonder HE was called the sexiest man alive! The pictures and videos she saw of HIM didn't do Ken justice. He looked 10 times more beautiful in person, than he did anywhere else. Just looking at Ken made Yolei's heart beat faster.
"I'm sorry… I was just thinking," Yolei said blushing. He flashed her a small smile, which made Yolei shiver.
"Yolei getting distracted when there's so many cute boys around? Wow… what happened to the boy-crazy Yolei we all use to know and love," Izzy teased, causing everyone to laugh.
"Well if you must know she has become a serious, hard working woman," said Yolei smiling, she needed to show everyone that she was fine. That she was happy, even though she was anything but.
"This coming from the girl that thought I would always be an immature brat," came Davis' comment; under his breathe.
"I still think you are an immature brat," Yolei countered.
"What! How could you say that? You don't know… I could have changed!"
"I doubt that… plus I have every right to say what I think. Davis you will never change."
With that the two started arguing causing the others to laugh. These two were still going at it like children.
Cody turned his attention toward the two. "You guys everyone's watching us. Will you keep it down," he half hissed with embarrassment.
Davis and Yolei stopped. Looking around they noticed many people were watching them.
"I think they are watching Mr. Ichijouji here," Yolei teased, smiling as Ken looked up at her. It could be true everyone that was looking at them were the female population.
"Well Miss. Inoue, I can't disagree with you there," said Ken.
Yolei was shocked. When did Ken start saying bold comments like that? What happened to that shy little boy she knew and loved?
"I'm just joking Yolei. You should see the look on your face." Ken said laughing.
Ken Ichijouji had a beautiful laugh. Yolei could feel her heart beating fast again and was scared the others could hear too. Blushing Yolei turned away quickly.
"Aww… look you made her blush," Sora laughed.
Oh Gosh, Yolei wanted them to stop teasing her already; she'd never blushed this hard before. Yolei sent Sora a death glare, and was glad when Mimi saved her and changed the subject. With that they all started talking about other things as they waited for their food. They caught up on each other's lives and talked about the old days. Once they were all done dinner, Izzy and Joe had announced they had a special surprise for all back at their lab.
Once everyone was done dinner they headed to Joe and Izzy's lab. The two had become researchers at a well-known computer software company and shared a lab all to themselves.
Once they reached their destination, Izzy and Joy let them in and all headed towards the lab. Every one stood in shook as they stood in front of multiply computers and TV screens lined up against one wall. Wow this place was amazing!
Yoiel couldn't believe it… this looked like the places she had always wanted to work! This was amazing… to focused looking around she hadn't noticed when Izzy started talking, until Kari tapped her on the arm.
"We have been working on this for a while now and we finally got it working. It took months… we didn't know if it was the right thing to do or not, but then finally we decided to just go for it." Izzy said, as he stood behind Joe.
"What is this all about?" came Mimi's impatience reply. She never liked the whole waiting thing.
"Just wait," came Joe's voice. "Okay done." With that he pushed a button and a bright light came from the screens, blinding them all.
BANG
"OW! That hurts…Patamon get off of me!"
"Stop complaining Hawkmon. If Palmon moves her hand I think I'll be able to move."
"Umm… somebody better move their hand right now!"
"Stop with all the yelling Agumon."
The human's froze. Did they hear right or were they imagining things? It couldn't be true. Izzy and Joe had brought their Digimons back?!
"Hey guys. We've missed you," Tai said, he was the first to recover from the shock. He watched as the Digimons trying to untangle themselves.
"TAIII!" Agumon screamed, recognizing his partner's voice. He ran towards Tai.
With that everyone met with their partners. This was a great surprise. Everyone couldn't be happier to have their partners back! It had been a really long time since they truly felt complete.
Everyone spent hours talking and enjoying themselves with their partners, but knew it wasn't going to last forever.
Finally Yolei asked the one question no one else wanted to, "When do they have to go back?" As much as she was happy to have Hawkmon back, she didn't want to be disappointed if he couldn't stay long.
"We are trying to see how long our connection with the Digiworld will last and-" Joe started, going into a scientific answer. However Izzy cut in, "For a while they can stay, at least for a month. If that's okay with everyone," Izzy finished.
"I'd love that!" Biyomon said, as she hugged Sora.
After a while it was time to call it a night; it was getting late and people and digmon were getting tired. With that many slowly started leaving with their partners.
Tai was getting ready to leave however, he needed to do one thing before he could leave; he needed to talk to Yolei, needed to make sure she would be okay. The last thing he wanted was for her to go home and find that man there again. Going over to Yolei, he told her he needed to talk to her alone. He would have called Mimi, however she was busy talking to Davis and Ken.
"Yolei, how are you holding up? I mean… look I'm just going to get to the catch, I don't think it's a good idea for you to go back to your apartment alone." Tai said.
Yolei smiled at Tai happy he cared about her. But she needed to let him know she was okay and he didn't need to worry, and was glad he cared. "Tai don't worry. I'll be fine. Lee wouldn't come back… he's not that stupid to come back. Plus I have Hawkmon with me now. So if anything happens he's here to protect me. Thank you for caring thou."
Tai wasn't sure about this. Sure he felt a little better about her having Hawkmon, but he still couldn't help but fear for the worst. After what he'd seen he didn't think it was a good idea to leave her alone.
"Don't worry. I'll call you if anything happens," Yolei said smiling.
Just as Tai was about to say something Agumon called out to him. He wanted to go home and was hungry!
With that Tai gave Yolei a brotherly hug and told her to call him if she ever needed him, Yolei smiled and promised him she would. With that Tai and Mimi said his goodbyes and soon left the room. Yolei looked around and noticed Sora was heading out with Matt, Joe and Izzy were to focused on their programming to notice anyone else, and Davis, T.K, Kari, and Cody were on their way out. She better leave too.
Walking near Hawkmon, Yolei asked him if he was ready to leave. Hawkmon seemed to be in a very intelligent conversation with Wormmon. However, it seemed poor Wormmon had no idea what Hawkmon was talking about.
"Come on Hawkmon… I think we should leave poor Wormmon alone." Yolei said, coming to Wormmon's rescue.
"I think it's fine. It seems like the two are having fun," came a voice from behind Yolei. She froze… she hadn't spoken to him since the restaurant. She was starting to get nervous. She had avoided talking to him all night, and every time he was near her, Yolei always had someone else with her. She didn't know if she could talk to him… just him and her.
Slowly turning around Yolei looked up at Ken. He sure had grown. He was a good three feet taller than her. Yolei felt small, even thought she was older by age.
"So Ken… I see you've been busy," she said, smiling as she bent down to pick up Hawkmon.
Ken smiled back. It was really great seeing her again. "Yes I have been. But that doesn't mean I've forgotten about you." He teased.
Yolei's heart started beating fast again. She hoped he couldn't hear it. She needed to say something… without thinking she starting talking, "Of course not, how could you forget about a friend like me! That just not Ken," she smiled back. "You know I read about all the good you are doing for the people of Tokyo it's amazing! You are always in the paper...So I read a lot. Plus all that charity work you do WOW! Thank goodness you became a kindhearted CEO and not one of those bastards that don't care about anything or anyone else but getting their companies on the top…" she trailed off. Oh God she wanted to slap herself. What the fuck was she talking about?! Why couldn't she control herself around him?!
"Yep that's Ken! The bearer of the Crest of Kindness," Wormmon said. Ken bent down to pick Wormmon up. Even though Wormmon had no idea what they were talking about he knew one thing... no matter what happened Ken would always be a kindhearted person.
"Thanks Wormmon," said Ken. He flashed Wormmon a smile. It was nice having someone stand up for him again. All his life he hadn't found a better friend then Wormmon. Ken turned his attention back to Yolei and finished by asking, "Is everything okay?"
"Yea, sorry don't mind me... I'm just mumbling! You know me!"
"Yes we all know you. I thought by now you would have learned to talk less," Hawkmon said, as he covered his ears from Yolei's high pitch voice. He was worried about her, all night she had been acting different… like she was hiding something, and that been bothering him all evening. Even Ken could tell. After spending these past few hours with her, Hawkmon had noticed how she was being... distinct. Sure she talked and laughed with all her friends but he knew she was acting. There was something wrong with her and he was going to find out... when they were alone.
"That's so rude," yelled Yolei. She pouted to get her point across and Ken laughed. She turned her attention back to him and started again, "well at least you don't try getting people to sign over there hard worked businesses so you can break them down and do whatever you want with that land… " Yoiel said, thinking of Mr. Thomson. He would have to think twice if he thought she would ever sign her shop over to his company! She loved that shop and it was all she had left! She was not going to give it away to watch her families hard work burn to the ground.
Once she said that out loud she put her hands over her mouth! She had no idea why she would say that! Sure it made her feel a bit better telling someone, but she didn't mean to tell Ken!
Ken frowned. He knew what she was referring to; he didn't think she felt this strongly about her shop. Shit he needed her to sell it! Maybe she just didn't know how much it could help everyone else. She was just thinking of herself right now, he needed her to see the bigger picture.
Sure as a kid he had come to her families' shop many times and loved the place. But this had to be done. Plus it wasn't like the store was making any profit anyway. Ken knew getting rid of the shop would benefit a lot of people, including Yolei.
He smiled at her thou; he wasn't going to bring this up yet. No, knowing her she would get mad and fight him, then call him up again to yell some more. No he was going to handle this the right way. He would invite her to dinner tomorrow night and then talk to her. It would be nice spending more time with her; she was after all a good friend.
Ken then felt something wiggle in his arms and he looked down at Wormmon. He looked tried so Ken had to make this quick.
"Umm... Yolei I was wondering. If you're not busy tomorrow how about I take you out for dinner?"
Wormmon looked up at his partner in surprise. Did Ken ask Yolei out? Well that was great! It was great seeing how bold Ken had gotten over the years.
Hawkmon and Yolei froze. Did Ken... the most famous, sexiest man on this planet just asked her - the nobody - on a date? Yolei could feel her face burning up but she didn't know what to say.
Luckily for her Hawkmon knew what to say, "Sure, pick her up around 8pm. I'll make sure she's ready."
Ken smiled at the little bird, "I'm counting on you Hawkmon. Well I better be going... Would you like a ride home?"
Ken was a gentleman and always would be. He couldn't let a woman walk home by herself. It wasn't safe, plus it was dark out. He looked up at Yolei to see that she was in her own world. He turned to look at Hawkmon.
Hawkmon smiled... umm should he embarrass Yolei and accept the ride, or make it up to her and tell Ken no thanks. Just as he was about to say something Yolei decided to talk.
"It's okay! I'll just go with the others," Yolei said. However, looking around she noticed that the others had all left, leaving just Ken and her. Well Izzy and Joe were still here but they didn't look like they were leaving anytime soon. Crap!
"Umm…I live close by. I think I can make it on my own," Yolei smiled. She didn't want to be in the same car as Ken. She could hardly look at him. And after he'd asked her on a date she didn't know what to say. She looked up at him and noticed he was still smiling at her. Damn him for making her heartbeat fast. Why couldn't she get over her dumb crush on him and move on!
Smiling back she was ready to leave however was stopped by his words, "Yolei, really it's late and I don't think it would be safe for you." He was worried about her, Yolei couldn't stop smiling at that... he cared. "Plus it would make me feel better to know you are safely home."
"I agree with Ken. Come on Yolei it would be no trouble," Wormmon started as he stared from the blushing purple head girl to Ken. It was nice to see Ken was still the same old caring friend.
"Umm... Okay," Yolei replied. She looking at the sleeping bird in her arms; she didn't notice when he had fallen asleep. She guessed Ken giving her a ride wouldn't be so bad.
Ken smiled as he led her towards his car. Yolei was speechless when she saw his car... it was so... so...wow! It was a red Lamborghini Veneno, two-seater. Yolei couldn't believe she would get to ride in this masterpiece! This was going to be so cool!
Ken walked over towards the passenger side and opened the door for Yolei to get in. Yolei again was surprised by Ken's action. He was so... cute. Whoever said chivalry was dead hadn't met Ken before.
Sitting in she waited as Ken closed her door and took the driver seat and then started the car. They were quiet on the ride to Yolei's place that was until Yolei started talking, "Thank you for the ride... So… how have you been?"
Yolei had no idea what she was saying, but she hated silence. She wanted to start a conversation and hopefully Ken would say more than just one word.
Thankfully he did, "Anytime, and everything's been great. What about you? How's life been treating you? I've notice you haven't been talking much about yourself today," Ken turned to give her a serious look. It wasn't like Yolei to not talk about herself. He thought that when he first saw her, she would be telling everyone about all the great things she'd done and no one would be able to shut her up. However, nothing like that happened, she was the quietest of all. He remembered Yolei had always said she wanted to become a computer engineer or software programmer. He wondered how that was going for her?
"Like I said I'm great. And for your information Ken I've grown up. I believe the world doesn't focus only on me. How are your parents? You know after having a rich son they must be busy avoiding your paparazzi," Yolei smiled, she didn't want to talk about herself.
"Actually they wanted to go on a world tour so I sent them. Who knew they would love Rome so much. I haven't heard anything about coming back from those two." Ken said; he paused before he started again, "so how's your family?"
"What about mines? All of my siblings have gone overseas to work. Guess I was the only one to stay behind. So I'm taking over the shop for my mother." Yolei quickly flashed a sad smile to him before looking away. It was true but she wasn't telling him the complete truth. She knew she should tell him but she didn't want his pity.
Ken looked like he was about to say something, however Yolei quickly changed the topic. "So… I heard you use to date that pretty model. What was her name again…oh yea Britney!"
Yolei wondered if all of Ken's girlfriends had been famous? Were those the only types of girls he dated? She remembered Britney and Ken had always been in the news, on magazines, and were the biggest entertainment gossip story for months. Everyone thought they would get married, as they were known as the perfect couple. Every time Yolei read about them she would be heartbroken, sure she lost touch with Ken but she always had hoped that one day he and her would be together. She had loved him growing up and never really forgot about him. She couldn't lie but when she had heard news of Britney leaving Ken, Yolei had been excited. She felt bad for felling that way cause Ken was probably heartbroken, and in pain. She wanted to call him and make sure he was okay, but she couldn't. She didn't have the guts to face him. So she did nothing just follow Ken through the media. Now thinking about it, Yolei had no idea why she brought Britney up. Who wanted to talk about an ex… and an ex they were deeply in love with and had seen a future with?! Shit... looking at Ken, Yolei knew she shouldn't have opened her big mouth. Ken looked sad, hurt and angry all together. She needed to change the topic, and apologize for being so dumb!
"I'm sorry Ken! I…I didn't mean to say that! I didn't mean to bring her up. Forget I said anything. I'm so sorry… god I'm so stupid! Please just forget I even brought this up… oh look we're here," Yolei said, noticing they were pulling up to her apartment building. Once the car stopped she nearly jumped out, holding onto Hawkmon. "Bye," she waved as she quickly disappeared into her place. God she couldn't believe she had brought up Britney.
Ken sat there for a while frozen. Yolei bring Britney up had brought back painful memories. No he couldn't think about her… he couldn't let her ruin his life again. He was over her. He was… wasn't he? He shouldn't be acting like this then. Sure he'd been serious about her, and if she hadn't left he would have married her. He had loved her with all his heart and couldn't think of anything better then spending the rest of his life with her. However, she loved her modeling career more than him. She'd picked her career over him, told him she wasn't ready to marry him and was taking a long-term job in the States. No… Ken needed to stop thinking about her. He couldn't think about her, not anymore. He'd spend too long forgetting her and getting his life back together. He had been doing fine all these years without her and he would continue just fine. This wasn't the time to get all depressed, again.
Pushing the thought out of his mind he started to pull his car away from Yolei's place. Hopefully tomorrow would go smoothly with her. Hopefully she'd hear him out and decide to sign the contract, finally letting the project begin. He quickly looked down on the passenger seat and noticed a sleeping Wormmon. Yolei must have moved him from her lap to the seat, as she exited. Smiling he looked back to the road and started his way home.
The next day was hell! Yolei had woken up late for work and now she couldn't find her keys. She really needed to find them so she could head to the shop.
Looking under the couch she was startled when Hawkmon started to talk to her, "Yolei take a seat. We need to talk."
Yolei didn't have time for this. She had to go, now were had she put those damn keys!
"Yolei I mean it. Sit down and I'll give you your keys." Hearing that, Yolei spun around so fast causing her to get lightheaded. She stood there for a second to steady herself before she looked over at Hawkmon, and there in Hawkmon's hands were her keys.
"Thank God! I thought I lost those," she said smiling. She made her way over only to watch as Hawkmon took flight. "Hey give me those!"
"Yolei I'll give you them but I need you to sit. We need to talk about…well you. Something is wrong and you're not telling me what!"
Yolei looked up at him. She didn't have time to have a heart to heart moment right now. Besides she was fine keeping her problems to herself. She had been doing it for three years now and she didn't need to start opening up to anyone now; she was fine dealing with them alone. "I'm not hiding anything! Can you give me those? I'm already late Hawkmon."
"Yolei why won't you tell me? I thought we were friends."
"We are-"
"THEN WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT'S BOTHERING YOU?" Hawkmon yelled. He was hurt that Yolei was hiding something from him. He thought he was her best friend?! If so, then why wouldn't she tell him what was wrong?
"Okay, sit down," she finally said. She felt bad, Hawkmon had always been there for her: even back in her childhood, and she knew he would continue being there for her. She needed to trust him, needed to open up and tell him everything. Plus she would feel better if he knew.
Hawkmon came down to sit on the couch. He watched as Yolei sat beside him, and then turned to face him.
"Okay I'll tell you, but I don't want to hear 'oh poor Yolei' or any of that crap," she saw Hawkmon nod okay and continued.
"It happened three years ago... my parents had gone out for the day and put Chizuru and me in charge of the store. While we were working we got a call… from the police…they said…said our parents," Yolei stopped talking for a minute; then took a deep breath before she started again, " You see… My parents were involved in a car accident. When we got to the hospital we found out my father…he…he didn't make it." Yolei stopped. She started to wipe the tears that had started to fall from her eyes. She could still remember that dreadful day, remember how much it hurt to know she would never see or talk to her father again. She'd never got to tell him how much he meant to her… how much she loved him! She wanted to stop her story… she wasn't sure she could relive the memory of that awful day… but there was more and Hawkmon needed to hear it.
Looking back at Hawkmon she noticed a frown on his face but he didn't say anything. He was letting her continue.
"We found out…that my mother… she went into a coma. The doctors said they don't know when or if she'll ever come out of it. We didn't know what to do. Mantarou and Chizuru were ready to give up on her… to get the doctors to pull the plug and let her die. But Momoe and I won't let it happened… we believed there was hope; that somehow mom would come back to us. But we waited a year and no change, nothing happened.
But then one day the doctors told us of an experimental treatment that might bring her back… but it's really expensive. So we all agreed we would do whatever we could to get that money and give mom a chance. So I decided to I drop out of school and look after the shop, while my brother and sisters finished school. You see they were almost done so it was the right thing to do." Yolei stopped again, and looked over at Hawkmon. He still continued to watch her without saying anything.
So she started again, "So I took care of the shop and did other odd jobs to help support myself and save as much as I could… but it was never enough. Then one by one my brother and sisters got offered jobs oversea. They would be making a lot more and it was an opportunity that they couldn't turn down, I won't let them. So they left and send money back every month. I told them to go I'd be fine. But…But to tell you the truth Hawkmon, I've been so lonely. I've been alone for two years now and I miss my family. I just want everything back to normal. I want mom back Hawkmon! I want my family back!" Yolei finished, breaking down. She said she would never cry over this again… but she wasn't strong enough to keep that promise. She's been alone holding all this in for to long.
Hawkmon was shocked. He couldn't believe all that Yolei had been though, all that had happened to her these past years. And yet she was – is the bravest person Hawkmon knew. She'd given up her future, her happiness, and her own life to help her family. She was truly filled with love. He came towards her and placed a hand on her head.
"My dear, I'm sorry. But you're not by yourself anymore. I'm here for you and I'll always be," Hawkmon said; with that he placed his head against her, before Yolei wrapped her arms around her digimon and pulling him into a tight hug.
Ken had been busy with meetings all day. Sometimes life sucked. He had gotten Wormmon back last night and he couldn't even spend five minutes alone with the little guy, due to work. Sighing Ken started his way to his office. Finally he had sometime to rest. As he got to the front door, he was greeted by his secretary; Hina. Hina wasn't only his secretary; she was also one of his good friends.
Ken always treasured his friendships and she meant a lot to him, she was kind of like a sister. She had been so kind to him when he started business school and because of her, he had met Britney.
Looking at her he smiled. Ken was nervous and excited about today's dinner with Yolei. He was nervous at the fact that he was going to ask Yolei to sell her shop to him. After what he'd heard what she had to said last night he had no idea how this was going to turn out. He was hoping for the best… and that she wouldn't blow up at him.
Hina noticed how Ken's mood just turned from excited to worry. She followed as he entered his office. Once they were in the room, she closed the door and turned to him. So she asked him, "Ken are you alright?"
Ken looked up not noticing that Hina had followed him in. Smiling he shook his head yes.
Hina sighed. She knew something was bothering Ken. She had known him for years now and could read him like an open book. He never was good at hiding how he felt.
"Come on Ken you're like an open book. It's easy to tell that something is bothering you, so just tell me."
Ken sighed, damn was he really that easy to read? Looking up at her he smiled, she was good. Well she was a friend and he needed someone to talk to right now. So he started, "You see I'm meeting an old friend today and I have no idea what I'm going to tell her. I need her to sell her family shop to me…but she loves the place. I don't think I can get her to sell it to me. Plus I don't want her to hate me cause of this."
It was true Yolei had always been a stubborn person. She'd even told him she wasn't going to sign her shop away to Mr. Thomson. Ken knew how hard it was going to be to get her to agree, to get her to listen to him. He didn't want to lose his friendship over this deal. He was startled when Hina started talking breaking him out of his thoughts.
"Ken don't worry, just ask her and explain the benefits. I'm sure she'll be happy once she hears you out. Come on who can say no to you! Plus if she's a true friend she'll at least get where you're coming from."
Ken sighed. He had a feeling Yolei wasn't going to understand. Thanking Hina, he watched as she smiled back at him and exited his room. Once she was gone he needed to keep himself busy... or else he would drive himself crazy thinking of what Yolei would say tonight! So he sat at his desk and got back to work.
Hina smiled as she walked out of his office. She was not happy about Ken's little date this evening. She just hoped that Ken's friend wouldn't be happy about what Ken wanted her to do. The last thing Hina wanted was for another woman to get involved in Ken's life.
END!
Well that's all for the first chapter! Hope you liked it. Chapter 2 will be posted soon.
Take care for now!