The story is about what happened to them 5 years later in Digimon 02, after the Digidestines defeated Malo Myotismon before the canon ending. (The ending that totally sucked!)

Pairings: Mimato/Taiora/Kouyako/Takari

I've posted this a long time ago and I'm posting it again and this time, it's completely edited. I'm not confident with the editing so please bear with me.

Oh, and I don't own Digimon nor the characters.

Characters:

Takeru/ Hikari/ Daisuke/ Ken/ Wallace - 16 yrs. old

Taichi/ Sora/ Yamato - 19 yrs. old

Mimi/ Michael/ Koushiro - 18 yrs. old

Jyou - 20 yrs. old

Miyako - 17 yrs. old

Iori - 14 yrs. old

Extras:

Jun - Daisuke's big sis

Mantarou, Momoe, Chizuru - Miyako's older sisters and brother

Shuu, Shin - Jyou's older brothers

Masahiro Ishida - Yamato's dad

Natsuko Takaishi - Takeru's mom


Pleased, Puzzled, then Loved ~ Chapter 1: "Taichi is missing!"

It was midnight and Mimi have finally arrived at the airport...

"Hello everyone! Mimi's back!...huh?"

She looks around and notices that the airport was completely empty.

"W...where are THEY? I can't believe nobody came to see me! ooooh! How can they do this to me?"

She continued rambling to herself and was walking around like it's the end of the world. Mimi's dad gets off the plane while carrying their bags. He sees Mimi and asks his wife.

"Uhh...is she okay?"

"But of course, dear! Look at her, running around so happy!"

He looks at Mimi and she continues rambling to herself. Then out of nowhere, she cries then glares at his direction.

"Sh...She's h..happy alright...hehehe..." *sigh*

He quickly avoids Mimi's gaze and talks to his wife again.

"Umm...After we arrive at Odaiba park, why don't we let her visit her friends and ask-"

"Don't worry dad! I will make sure to pay them a visit! Right after we arrive at Odaiba!"

Mimi quickly interrupted him and had this strange grin on her face.

"I am so gonna make them remember! Once they see me themselves!

Her mom & dad says in unison: "She's taking it too hard again!"

30 mins. later...Somewhere in Odaiba...

A dark brown haired boy named Taichi Yagami was in a small bar...he's been thinking a lot lately...he was hurt and he was tired...tired of waiting for the girl he loved...and now he was terribly hurt...she chose his best friend over him-Taichi shouts in exasperation.

"OF ALL THE PEOPLE! WHY HIM? WHY COULDN'T IT BE SOMEONE ELSE?"

He suddenly throws all the bottle of beers in front of him and covers his face crying. The bartender tries to talk to him.

'Err.. excuse me...it's closing time, sir...I-"

Taichi quickly stands up to have him face to face with the bartender.

"SHUT UP! AND DON'T TALK TO ME!"

"Y-yes ss-sir!"

The bartender scurried away as if trying to stay away from a plague.

Outside the bar...Mimi was still upset and was planning to do a surprise visit to some friends until she notices a nearby bar. She wonders why the open sign is still on, conflicting their business hours...

"What's with this place? Isn't it closing time?"

She leans on the window and noticed that Taichi was on the counter lying down his head and crying.

"Huh? Isn't that...No way! That can't be him!"

Back to Taichi...

"Sora...why?...it really hurts...Man, I'm... so...tired..."

With that, he falls asleep. Taichi is in a dream and he sees all that had happened between him and Sora when they were still in the Digimon World. He suddenly sees the scene he never thought would ever happen or even possible. It was Christmas and they're attending Yamato's concert...

Sora is waiting outside Yamato's dressing room with cookies together with Biyomon. Taichi together with Agumon tried catching up to her…

"Sora, Wait up!"

"Oh Tai!"

She looks at the gift on her hands, stutters, and tried to hiding it from them but Agumon notices it.

"…err…"

"Something smells good!"

While they were talking to each other, Gabumon comes out of the door from Yamato's dressing room.

"Yamato's busy getting ready, but I'll take those to him…Mmm…"

"I bet you will…no way! You'll eat the whole thing yourself!" Biyomon quickly remarked.

"Why, I resent that…I'm on a diet…"

Taichi starts a conversation with her again but this time, with hopeful eyes.

"So umm…Sora, are you going to the concert with anybody? I mean…not that it matters to me…just wondering…"

"…No, I wanna be available in case Yamato is free afterwards…" Sora said nervously.

He started to have a hurtful face but tried not to show it.

"Oh, I see…Yamato huh…"

Sora didn't answer, as she was busy blushing and being nervous the moment Taichi mentioned his best friend's name. He tried to put his best face on, goes to her, puts his hand on her shoulders and pushes her to the door which surprises Sora.

"It's okay…"

"You're not mad at me, Tai?"

"No, o-of course not…now get in there and say hi to Yamato for me…"

She looks back at him with thankful eyes.

"Thanks Tai…"

Agumon, sadly, kills the moment between them.

"The least you can do is leave us the cookies!"

She laughs a little by the oblivious Digimon in front of her.

"Tell you what…I'll make some special ones for you…"

After that, she walks in the door, leaving them. Taichi had a dismay smile on his face.

"I'll be waiting…Thanks…"

Suddenly...the dream was cut short by a voice of a girl. Taichi woke up, startled by the annoying voice.

"Taichi?...Taichi...TAICHIIIIIIIIIII!"

"SORA!...wait a second...I'm in a bar!...Hey! DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO STOP TALKING TO ME?"

When he looked back at where the annoying voice is coming from, all he saw was a pair of soft brown eyes. He squints his eyes and stares at her blankly.

"Hey! You're not that guy! Who the heck are you?"

"I don't know if you're really stupid or you're just drunk right now, Taichi. How could you ever forget the cutest girl in the world, Mimi Tachikawa?"

"Oh...yeah, hi Mimi..."

He ignores her and went back to sleep which made the cutest girl into a most furious girl. She wakes and shakes him up.

"WHAT? THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY TO ME? HOW COULD YOU! NOT ONE OF YOU CAME TO SEE ME AT THE AIRPORT! I WANT SOME EXPLANATION!"

"Shut up, Mimi! I don't have time to talk to you right now!...I...I have big problems of my own...

"Huh?...really?..."

He quickly went back to being depressed and cries to himself. Mimi saw the counter filled with empty bottles of beer and thought that it was really serious.

"Wait a minute, you drink?"

She then suddenly sits beside him.

"Well, I hate to say it but...do you mind telling me? You look horrible, you know..."

*sigh* "...fine, I know you won't leave unless I tell you, right?...oh well...Actually...it's about your best friend..."

"Sora? I knew it..."

"That Christmas at the concert...I...invited Sora to go with me but instead...she…

"She...what?"

He starts to cry.

"She dumped me...she wanted to be with my best friend, Yamato...and I felt so left out..."

"Huh? She chose Yamato over you? That's…no way! I don't believe this! I mean...everybody really thought that you and Sora would end up together...but I guess we were...wrong..."

"That's what I thought too. We were...always together...I gave my whole life to her ever since were in the Digimon world...we can't stand being away from each other...we were...inseparable..."

"Taichi..."

He looks down and drinks some more beer while Mimi looks at him with a sorry face.

"I told her I'll be waiting...but...I was a fool...I just kept waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting just like an idiot...and you know what?"

"Huh?"

He quickly smashes his hands on the counter and shouts at her very mad with tears flowing in his eyes.

"SHE NEVER CAME BACK! SHE NEVER THOUGHT OF ME AGAIN! YAMATO AND SORA ARE TOGETHER NOW! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!...it...should have...been...me..."

Taichi breaks down in tears even more. Mimi felt his feelings, his love, and devotion to Sora.

She thought to herself: "I...I've never seen Taichi cry like this before...except the last time when Sora was kidnapped by Datamon in the Digimon world..."

As his friend, she tried cheering him up hoping to lessen the pain he is currently feeling.

"Aww come on! This isn't like you! It would be best if you just forget about Sora and find somebody else...Sora's not the only girl in this world you know...Why don't you try to move on instead?"

"I've tried everything…but...she just keeps coming back in my memories and in my heart...It's hard, It's really hard...no matter what I do, I still love her in the end. There's nothing I can do...Sora and I…we've experienced so many things together…we've got a lot of memories that should forever be treasured…"

He drinks his beer again and puts his head down on the counter. Mimi just stares at the poor guy in front of her.

*sigh* "...Man, you're hopeless..."

"Why don't you just...go home and leave me alone?...I want to be alone..."

"Go home? what about you? you're drunk! How will you find your way back home if you're drunk? Come on Taichi, It's impossible for you to go by yourself! At least let me take you home!"

He is becoming annoyed and continues to push Mimi away.

"Go home Mimi...leave me alone..."

"Hey! Stop being so stubborn already! Your parents must be worried sick especially Hikari! Come on! let's go!"

She tries hard pulling him up but this only made him mad and he ended up pushing her.

"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE! "

"AAAH!..."

He quickly throws a bottle at her to which he misses and hit the window so hard it cracked. This got Mimi scared and ran outside to save herself from him.

"YOU'LL BE SO SORRY, TAICHI YAGAMI! SEE IF I CARE!"

After the whole scene, Mimi stomps her feet angrily while going home, leaving him by himself.

Few minutes later...after Mimi had left...Taichi left the bar, walking with a bottle of beer in his hand...He was not himself when he suddenly leaned his head on a Japanese door and became unconscious...then a woman in kimono inside the house opened the door as Taichi fell unconsciously on the woman's arms, she caught him and seems to know him and tries to wake him up.

"HUH?..Y...Yagami Taichi?...Taichi?...Taichi?...T...Taichi!...Wake up Taichi! Please!.. Oh my goodness...how did this happen?"

The next day, morning...at Takeru's house, the phone rings and Takeru quickly answers it.

"Hello? Takaishi residence?"

He hears the cracking voice of Hikari on the phone.

"T...Takeru...I want you to...meet me at Odaiba park right now...I have something really important to tell you..."

He was about to ask her what it is but she already hanged up the phone.

"Hmm...something's not right..."

Then...few minutes later, they finally meet up at Odaiba park...

"So...what is it you want to talk about, Hikari? You sounded nervous and weird on the phone...is something wrong?"

Hikari suddenly breaks down in tears and covers her face, which gave Takeru a very concerned look on his face.

"Hikari?...Why are you crying?"

She finally have the courage to look at him straight in the eyes.

"Taichi is missing..."

"What? T-Taichi is missing?"

Hikari nods at him and continued to cry even harder while Takeru tried comforting her. The news quickly shocked him. He couldn't believe it at first but after seeing her cry, he figured Hikari would never lie when it comes to her big brother.

"But...how?..." He thought to himself.


END OF CHAPTER 1!

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