Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, it belongs to it's original creators. This is just FANficition, only written for fun.
"Daisuke and the others are awake,"
Those were the words that registered in one Takaishi Takeru's head as he was rushing past his brother and friends to race to the hospital where the missing Digidestined were.
After the whole ordeal of rescuing Tailmon and restoring the world that Yggdrasil tried destroy, things were settling down some and everyone was relaxing a bit. Especially given time to comfort Mochizuki Meiko of her loss of Meicoomon. She was indeed broken down of have her Digimon partner gone for good, and decided that she wanted to move back to her hometown of Tottori to recuperate. Of course, everyone understood that, and wanted to have some sort of goodbye party.
And then, Koushiro made his announcement.
And Takeru just needed to see them.
No, that wasn't quite right.
He just wanted to see one person.
You see, Takeru only realized for a while that he did not have feelings for a certain Holder of Light than he thought he did. Maybe because he didn't see that maybe his heart belonged to another goggled headed person that went missing for almost a year.
Daisuke hummed as he was adjusting his green blazer and looked at the mirror, then grinned, "Heh, not bad. Man can't believe we're in middle school now,"
Takeru grinned as he stood next to the other with his own uniform and nodded, "At least it was nice of Onii-san and Taichi-san giving us their old uniforms rather than buying new ones,"
"Although, I never knew that Taichi-senpai is a bit bigger than me...even though that Yamato-senpai is taller," Daisuke pouted as he turned around some, noticing that the pants needed adjustment.
"I'm sure Sora-san can fix that up for you," The blond hummed as he was fixing his tie, then softened, "Just think...we're gonna be starting school tomorrow...it only seemed like yesterday we were travelling around the world and saving it with our Digimons. I...kinda miss them. Especially Patamon,"
"Hey, hat boy, don't sweat it," The burgundy haired male turned to his friend, then grinned, "We'll see them again soon. Koushiro is figuring out how to open the port to the Digital World once more and then BOOM! We both get to see our Partners,"
Takeru blinked, but then smiled, and grinned back, "Yeah, you're right!"
Takeru breathed out as he finally reached the Odaiba hospital and stepped inside, heading to the front desk. Once he got the location of where Daisuke and them were, he then made his way to the room...but contemplated if he should actually see Daisuke first. As much as he wants to, maybe he should see the others and leave the Child of Miracle for last. Nodding his head, he then went for Iori's room first.
And to his surprise, Iori wasn't alone in his room.
"Takeru?"
A purple long haired female blinked as she stared at the blonde at the door, sitting on the bed with a young man with dark brown hair and green eyes.
"M-Miyako...Iori..."
He walked over to them and soon was wrapping his arms around the both of them, letting out a slight sob of happiness and relief as the other two were embracing him back.
"I'm so glad to see you guys,"
"We're glad to see you too," Miyako pulled back then poked at Takeru's cheek, "You guys sure took your time rescuing us~"
"That was all Taichi-san. We...I'm sorry," Takeru bowed his head as the two looked confused, "I..maybe not just me, but...we could've done more to rescue you. We didn't even KNOW you guys were in danger and kept hostage by Yggdrasil and whatever is possessing Gennai, we just thought you wanted to stay in the Digital World for some mission from Gennai..."
"Hey, the mission was a very top secret one, that even Koushiro didn't know," Miyako waved her hands up and looked sheepish.
Iori sighed, "Leomon knew though, he thought that there was something weird with the Digital World and we decided to check it out without informing you and Hikari-san. We didn't even know Gennai wasn't really Gennai..." He explained, then softened, "It should be us apologizing for keeping you all in the dark,"
"Leomon..." Takeru breathed out and both Miyako and Iori froze.
"We heard about that from Taichi-san," Iori said with sad eyes, "I am so sorry,"
Takeru nodded but then something...bothered him.
"Did Ken act weird before you vanished?"
The Crest Holders of Love and Sincerity looked puzzled, "What do you mean?"
"While you were gone...a-and when we were dealing with Meicoomon and everything, we saw...er, we saw Ken in his Kaizer attire," The blond breathed out, "At first we thought that it was Ken going back to his old ways but—"
"That wasn't Ken," Miyako suddenly exclaimed in anger, "That was—"
"I know, I know, some fake borrowing his face and body," Takeru assured her that he saw what she was about to say next and sighed, "But...was he acting strange?"
The purple haired girl shook her head, "No, he wasn't,"
"Although when we saw that fake Kaizer before we vanished, Ken did look a little freaked out," Iori hummed, tapping his chin.
Takeru nodded, "So...are Ken and Daisuke awake?"
Now Iori and Miyako looked a little nervous, and Takeru observed that the glass eyed girl was playing with her hair with her eyes darting anywhere but Takeru's face and Iori was looking sadly at his hands. Before the blond could ask what was going on, the door opened once more and one Ichijouji Ken was stepping inside. The dark haired male blinked his dark blue eyes in confusion at the scene before him then softened.
"I'm assuming you're here for Daisuke,"
Takeru stood up and felt for the worse, his heart felt like a hand was gripping it tightly.
"Is...is something wrong with Daisuke?"
Ken stared at him then looked to the other two, "Haven't told him yet huh?"
"We were just about to get to it," Miyako stood up and walked over to her boyfriend and took his hand, "How is Daisuke this evening?"
"Well—"
"Is Daisuke hurt?!" Takeru shouted all of a sudden as the couple jumped and looked to him, as the blond had fear in his eyes, "He's not—?!"
"Daisuke's alive and fine. Well, physically at least," Ken spoke firmly, as Takeru calmed down a little, but looked confused, which made Ken continue, "However, he's...when he woke up, he was a little different,"
"Different? Different how?"
Ken sighed and gestured for Takeru to follow him, taking Miyako's hand as they walked out of the door. Takeru frowned as he then looked back at Iori, who was getting out of bed already to follow. The blond decided to help the other out and soon were out the door together to follow where Ken and Miyako went. Which wasn't far and were knocking at a door and stepping in. Feeling nervous, Takeru was almost afraid of stepping inside. But with the pap on his back from his young Jogress partner, Takeru braced himself and stepped inside.
"Ken! You're back!"
Takeru's eyes widened as he saw a happy looking Daisuke sitting up on his hospital bed, greeting Ken with a chirp as the Holder of Kindness had a fond smile and Miyako was laughing a little and ruffling Daisuke's hair.
"Daisuke," Takeru breathed out, and was smiling.
Maroon colored eyes shifted from the couple to the blond and...the smile dropped, and now was replaced with a confused look.
"Er, hello," The boy not wearing his goggle over his head replied, looking unsure, "Are you a friend too?"
And Takeru felt his heart stop.
"W-what...?"
Daisuke frowned and scratched his head, "Sorry I...I'm still trying to figure things out. What's your name again?"
He stared at Daisuke a bit more, before Iori sighed and was tugging Takeru by the sleeve down to his level and whispered, "Takeru-kun, Daisuke has amnesia,"
Takeru watched with a worried frown as he saw Daisuke packing a bag filled with clothes and food, arms folded and eyes narrowed.
"So...Gennai asked you, Miyako-chan, Iori-kun and Ken to go to the Digital World? What for?"
"Relax yourself hat boy, it's only a visit. No big deal," Daisuke hummed as he was adjusting his goggles over his head and then looked back at him, "Besides, he said it was something important to tell us about, well...I guess more about ourselves as still new Digidestined. Maybe a new prophecy or something? Oh! Or maybe training to be stronger and better Digidestined? Even though we kicked butt and everything,"
"But what about school? Surely Gennai can't just KEEP you guys in the Digital World for that long," Takeru argued, as he then huffed, "Me and Hikari should come too! We're just as much involved as you guys are! Aren't we a team?"
"No, you know what Taichi-senpai said, we can't ALL go. Besides, time is different than the real world, dummy," Daisuke was closing his bag then sat on his bed, looking at Takeru, grinning a little, "Aaaand I'm done packing~"
Takeru frowned even more. Why would Gennai want the four of them going to the Digital World all of a sudden, and when they were JUST starting school? And why exclude Takeru and Hikari? If it is a prophecy, shouldn't they be included? They were the Hope and Light and all that right?
"Stop looking worried," Daisuke spoke seriously and then stood up, walking over to the blue eyed Child of Hope and flicked his forehead.
"Ow!" Takeru placed a hand over his forehead and frowned, "W-what was that for?!"
"For spacing out like that, giving that ugly frown," Daisuke teased with a wink, and then stuck his tongue out, "Don't you worry. We'll be back before you know it. Until then..."
Takeru blinked as Daisuke was poking his chest and had his eyes squinted.
"You better not steal Hikari-chan away from me while I'm away,"
It was silent for a minute, but soon Takeru was laughing out loud to that, and Daisuke was pouting. Of course who wouldn't laugh at that? Takeru felt like it was so ridiculous, and yet...it was kinda cute.
'Honestly, how is it you're so cute Daisuke?' Takeru thought to himself as he then slowed his laughing, and softened, staring at the huffy Daisuke, looking away and folding his arms murmuring how it wasn't that funny.
"F-fine, fine, I won't," The blond promised with a wave of his hand and then smiled, "Ah, you know Daisuke..."
"Hm?" The goggle headed Digidestined looked at him curiously, and Takeru sighed, shaking his head.
"Nah, nevermind,"
'I'll tell you when you come back,' Takeru thought fondly with a smile, 'I'll tell you properly on what I really feel for you...'
Back in the present, Takeru felt like the wind was knocked out of him and almost fell on his knees if Iori wasn't holding him straight up. Amnesia? Meaning...Daisuke doesn't remember anything? Doesn't remember anything about them? About Digimons and the Digital World?
'About me?' Was a thought that crossed his mind.
Ken saw Daisuke looking worried now, almost to the point of looking teary eyed, and soon was grabbing Takeru's arm and dragging him outside as Miyako and Iori were trying to calm and frantic looking Daisuke down.
Once the two were outside, Ken growled.
"How about you stop looking like he just died or something and THINK for a second,"
Takeru snapped out of it and then frowned, "How did this even happen?! Why him, I mean...YOU guys didn't get amnesia,"
"Well I have a theory about that..." Ken backed off as he then leaned against the wall, arms folded, "I was thinking that maybe something happened to him as we are were taken down. Perhaps something that we didn't see. Something so traumatic that it caused him to suppress it, resulting into repressing everything,"
Takeru thought about. It made sense. And from what Taichi told the rest of them, it wasn't pretty the way the Crest of Courage found them with the late Nishijima-sensei.
"Okay. I get it," Takeru breathed out and nodded his head, "So...what now?"
"You're gonna go in there, apologize to freaking out Daisuke and we'll just see from there," Ken rubbed his temples, "When he woke up, he was alone and scared, and when I was the first to visit him, he declared he didn't know where he was, who he was and what happened. I kinda told him the jist of his basic information; such as his name but...the rest I'm gonna have to wait until the others get here, especially his family,"
"Wait, his family hasn't visited him yet?"
The Crest of Kindness shook his head, "I...no. I've only seen Iori's grandfather and mother, Miyako's siblings and parents and my own mother and father. But Daisuke's we're not sure. I've overheard the nurses say that they've tried calling but they were not picking up,"
Now Takeru looked even more worried, "...Did Daisuke...?"
"Have some sort of fall out with them? Gosh, I hope not," Ken ran his fingers through his hair, "Thinking back, when we met each other up near the port to the Digital World that day, he looked...drained? I asked him but he just gave this fake smile and told me not to worry. I'm starting to think I should've insisted,"
"And with Daisuke having no memories, we can't ask him," As bad as it sounded, Takeru was glad maybe Daisuke couldn't remember if anything bad happened to him and his family, "Alright let's go back in,"
The two walked back into the room as Daisuke looked up from the comforting arms of Miyako and Iori, and Takeru felt his heart break a bit.
"A-ah, um," Daisuke sniffled as he wiped the tears away, "I'm...r-really sorry if I don't seem to remember you. I want to remember, I really do, but—"
"Hey, it's okay," Takeru assured with his friendly smile, approaching the bed slowly and sat down as Miyako and Iori moved out of the way, "I mean, I was surprised, but...I'm sorry too, I didn't mean to freak you out like that,"
"Were we friends?" Daisuke smiled but then looked panicked, "I mean are! A-are we?"
Takeru didn't hesitate, despite his memories of them arguing at times, especially fighting over Hikari (on Daisuke part at least, Takeru couldn't care less).
"Yes, yes we are,"
Daisuke smiled at this and nodded, "G-good. You seem really nice,"
Takeru grinned and placed his hand out, feeling like they were in grade school again, "Takaishi, Takeru,"
Daisuke took the hand and shook it, "Daisuke,"
'I know,' Takeru thought with a fond smile, 'And this time, I'm gonna be there for you Daisuke. Maybe we can properly be friends now, well, besides trying to get your memories back. And also...maybe we could make new memories together too,'
"So um...tell me a bit about yourself," Daisuke chirped and Takeru then started telling him about his family, especially about his brother Yamato.
A/n: Hello hello, and thank you for reading the introduction chapter of this story. So I just wanna clarify a few things before you go and fave, follow and review this story. Yes, this is after Digimon Tri: Bokura no Mirai, and the story will follow until the three months later bit at the end (Ha! Which means you'll get a Christmas chapter this year yay you guys xD). Another thing is I'm gonna make this kinda AUish in a way, along with being a crossover. Meaning, that you'll see characters from Tamers, Frontier, Fusion, Appli Monsters and even in Cyber Sleuth and Re:Digitize, but they won't be prioritized, just cameo'd. Also, it's NOT SURE if Takesuke (yes, Takesuke, not Daikeru) would be end game. It's gonna be up in the air. Sort of an inspiration to the story of another Digimon fanfic, The Thing About Wishes, but different. That's pretty much it. If ya'll have any questions, don't be afraid to ask in the comments/reviews section. I hope to write more soon. Thank you for reading.
-RiriChanElric