Behind Closed Doors:
Chapter 1: Back Home
I do not own digimon nor do I own any of the characters in this story
Disclaimer: OK so I have tried writing a few stories but I have lost interest in them, so here I am writing yet another story, I would like to get reviews and suggestions from my readers this time because I feel that without input from the fans I am really only writing for myself.
So basically this story takes place around 8 years after second season ends, so the ages are: Tai, Sora, Matt are 22. Izzy and Mimi are 21. Joe is 23. Kari, TK, Ken, and Davis are 19. Yolei is 20 and Cody is 17
"He doesn't treat you right and you know it, I am telling you as a friend you need to find someone who will treat you the way you deserve to be treated."
Sora turned away from the disembodied voice "He does his best, besides he needs me. And even if I did leave, who else is ever going to love me?"
As she asked this question to the open air a bright golden light seemed to emanate from all around her, and it was as if some greater power was trying to give her the answer.
Sora sat upright in bed, she found herself breathless, heart beating rapidly and her palms were sweaty, but she could feel something spark deep inside of her, a hint of longing and lust. She turned to her left to see the motionless blonde figure that slept beside her every night and the feelings began to fade. She wanted to share the odd dream she had with her boyfriend but she knew he would tell her it was only a dream and that it didn't really matter (Right babe?) she thought to herself then gave a indignant huff at the thought of Matt barely listening the last few times she tried to recant the same dream she had been having for more than a month now.
Next to her the blonde began to rustle. Matt turned and looked up to see his girlfriend sitting on top of their bed. He reached out an arm and placed it on her shoulder "Hey babe, what's up? Can't sleep?"
Sora sighed she knew Matt tried as best as he could to be close to her, but sometimes he couldn't connect, right now he was legitimately concerned that she should go to sleep but he probably couldn't say why. He was romantic, sensitive, and always charming but he just came off as distant to her. She turned to Matt, "Hey honey sorry I woke you up, I was just having a weird dream"
"You mean that one you've been having the last few weeks?" He asked
This caught Sora a little off guard "Yeah I guess its nothing though"
"Oh, well try to get some sleep, we have to pick my brother up from the train station tomorrow and he's coming in early"
"Matt 11 AM isn't early" Sora giggled a little at her boyfriends lax nature, seeing as most people would be up before 6 AM just to get ready for work.
"Well it's early for me" He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist "Now come on lets get some rest"
She nodded as she took his hands in hers and the two of them laid back down to go to sleep (Maybe my dreams are wrong, maybe he is the guy I need after all) She thought, she decided her head was right but her heart didn't quite believe it.
The next morning TK Takaishi found himself riding on the B-train back to Odaiba for the first time in a long while. He was really excited he had finished his first entire year at the University of Tokyo, looking back it had been a very successful first year. He had gotten overall decent grades both semesters and even better he had managed to get some decent playing time on the school's basketball team near the end of the season. If only they had managed to make it to the playoffs. All in all though he had a very enjoyably time at Tokyo even though Ken was the only other Digidestined who had applied and got accepted to the University it hadn't kept him from keeping in touch with all of his other friends. Cody of course was still in high school he was part of the fencing, diving, track, kendo and even bowling squads at the high school and had just one more year to go. But he had visited with Ken and TK when he and his grandfather came to see the university. Kari Kamiya TK's long time best friend and previous girlfriend had decided to go to Hokkaido University for her first year of college, it was the furthest north island of Japan you could go, but Kari said she wanted to be in the cooler weather and the mountain air. TK really missed her, but knew he would be seeing her again soon. Davis Motomiya had stayed in Odaiba working with Yolei Inoue for Yolei's parents at their convenience store, he was still trying to fulfill his dream of running his own noodle cart. Yolei had also stayed behind but she often made the long trip to Tokyo to visit Ken since they had recently begun dating, and to see some of TK's basketball games earlier in the Spring even though he rarely played he enjoyed the cheers from his two friends.
"I'm not usually this anxious but I really wish the train would hurry up and get us home" Ken Ichijouji said beside him. TK jumped at the sound of his room mates voice, he had almost forgotten Ken was sitting right next to him. TK laughed a little and nodded in agreement, Ken was never impatient but he and Yolei had really begun forming a close bond and Ken had begun to act very expectantly every time he knew he would be seeing her again. TK stared out the window and admired the tree tops that flew by, and then he began thinking about all the older Digidestined and what they might be doing. His first thoughts drifted to his brother who was currently working at a music shop in downtown Odaiba and living with Sora Takenouchi who had finished her college education early and had acquired a job working for a small branch of a very large clothing design company. They did alright for themselves living mostly off of Sora's income. It had been a rocky start for the two of them and it had almost caused a huge rift in the relationship between Matt and their father. It eventually worked itself out and the two seemed to be doing very well together.
Shaking off the memories of those bad times he tried hard to think about Tai Kamiya, Kari's older brother, someone who had always been an important older figure in his life. He had even once asked Tai to be his new brother TK laughed again louder than he intended and shrugged to Ken who had given him a very confused look. Tai was working very hard at a out of town business firm but he still lived in Odaiba so he had to commute to his office every day, something he frequently complained about to TK whenever TK phoned his friend so the two of them could catch up. Thoughts of the older Digidestined then lead to Joe Kido who was starting Med School after taking a year off and spent his time back packing across the continent and beyond. He had spent a lot of time in China, Malaysia, India, Russia, and even traveled as far as Germany and France before returning to Japan to start his schooling. In that time he had loosened up a little bit, he now wore less formal clothes and his hair had grown even longer, so much so that it had to be tied back into a ponytail. But the most surprising thing was the ridiculous looking beard Joe had grown. The thought made TK laugh once more and again Ken had to give him an odd look "TK are you ok? You're not on something are you" his friend teased
TK calmed himself down "I just thought of that beard Joe grew last year, it made me laugh a bit"
Now Ken was laughing "It was a shock wasn't it? Even better was watching Davis try to pull it off because he thought it was fake."
Now they were both laughing, "Remember what Mimi said about it when she got back from America?" Ken asked him
TK cleared his throat and tried to make his voice high and squeaky "Ewww Joe! No self respecting girl would want to have a boyfriend that looked like he had a raccoon on his face"
Mimi Tachikawa hadn't changed much. Her hair had returned to its original color and she was living with Yolei's family paying rent to Yolei's father since most of the other siblings had moved out. She got a job as a chef in a very nice restaurant downtown and was very happy working there.
"Izzy didn't like that beard much either" Ken reminded TK, it as now Ken's turn to try to do an impression "I keep finding his gritty chin hairs in my sink and I find it to be very distasteful" now they were laughing so hard it hurt recalling how distraught Izzy Izumi was when he found out his new room mate was shedding all over their rented house. Izzy had as expected graduated from college early, very early in fact, and had taken a position creating computational mathematical algorithms for a local security company, a job he thoroughly enjoyed. Izzy and Joe had decided to live together in Highton View Terrace in a 5th story apartment overlooking the park where a two digimon had battled against each other almost 20 years ago.
TK felt a lot happier knowing he would soon be able to see all of his friends once again. Next stop 7th avenue called a voice over the intercom "That's my stop" Ken said lifting his bags off the rack above their head "Yolei is picking me up and taking me to her place, I'm supposed to stay there all day and have a "surprise" welcome back dinner with both of our parents and Mimi"
"Wow Ken that sounds like a lot of fun, say hi to Yolei, Mimi and your parents for me"
Ken nodded as an acknowledgement as he stepped off onto the gate. TK still had another two stops before it was time to get off, he wondered if his brother had planned anything for him like Ken's family had.
"Matt drive slower you're going to kill us both if you keep this up." Sora nearly screamed as she grabbed desperately onto the coat rack handle over her head, the way Matt was driving a seatbelt didn't seem sufficient enough to keep her safe.
"I can't believe we slept in!" Matt cried as he cut off yet another minivan on the highway
"What is this we you speak of? I was ready to go by 9, you're the one who kept insisting that you could get ready before 10:30.
"Ok ok I know, I just don't want TK to think I forgot about picking him up" Matt said as he blew through a red light
"Then call him Matt for God's sake don't drive like a madman and give me a heart attack.
Matt immediately began to slow down "oh yeah I never thought of that" He pulled out his cell phone and began dialing TK's number. After a few rings TK picked up "Hello? Matt? What is it?"
"TK I may be running a bit late, I accidently slept in"
"What's that Matt? I'm still on the train I can't really hear you"
"I'm trying to tell you that I might be late meeting you at the gate"
"Matt I'm sorry I can't hear you I'll see you when the train gets to the gate"
Matt tried to call for his brother but too late he had already hung up
Sora gave him a concerned look "Is everything ok?"
"Ugh he couldn't hear me because he was still on the train"
"Well are you going to call him back?"
"What good would that do Sora? If he couldn't hear me the first time calling him again isn't going to solve anything" Matt snapped
Sora turned to look out the window
Matt tried to put his arm on her shoulder but she pulled it away from him. "Don't touch me!" She said sharply
Matt sighed "Look I didn't mean to say that, I'm worried that TK will think that I'm letting him down and I took it out on you, I know you were just trying to help"
"Whatever Matt, let's just get there in one piece" Sora said still not looking at her boyfriend. He didn't remove his arm from her shoulder as he drove (now much more cautiously) to the train station he decided to call TK's machine this time instead of his brother directly and leave a message on the phone so his brother wouldn't be wondering where his ride was. Sora was still looking out of her window when her cell phone began to ring, surprised she looked to see who might be calling her. (Kari? What could she be calling about?) Sora picked up the phone and heard the familiar soft voice of her best friend's younger sister. "Sora! It's Kari! I just got into to town last night and I was wondering if you and I could get together and spend some time hanging out?" "Really? I would love to Kari but right now Matt and I are on our way to pick up TK from the train station."
"Well when you pick TK up ask if he would maybe like to go out to lunch, I would love to see you all again, You, Matt, TK. I'm with Tai right now and we would really like a friendly get together"
"Well sure I'll ask him as soon as we pick him up- oh first I should ask Matt" She put the phone to her shoulder "Matt? Would you like to go to lunch with Tai and Kari after we pick up TK?"
Matt thought about it for a second "I did want to spend some time with just me and TK but we have a whole summer for that, I'm sure TK would love to see Tai and Kari again, tell them we'll do it"
"Kari? Yeah Matt would love to, we'll just run it by TK and I will give you a call back"
"That sounds great Sora, I have a surprise for everyone. Where should we meet?"
"Well the diner by the old downtown mall is always pretty slow at this hour, I'm sure we could get a table and fast service if we make it before 1"
"That's a great idea, I'll tell Tai and we'll all meet you around 1?"
(Who is all?) Sora wondered (Isn't it just Tai and Kari?) She pushed the thought out of her head "OK Kari we'll see you then, Bye!"
So hopefully you all liked the first chapter, I already have a lot of ideas for chapter 2 so it should be up soon, like I said I would really like to hear your input, I know this chapter was kind of fluffy and nothing really happened but it's the first chapter, I'm trying to ease you into the story.