This is my second story, my other one being DigiUnity.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, or Ryoko. Ryoko belongs to Broken Angel01, who has allowed me to use her character. If you want to see the original Ryoko, read her story: Following the Footsteps of Destiny.
Okay, enough talking. Here is the first chapter of 25 Years Later!
25 Years Later
Chapter 1: Reunion, Sort Of
"Ryoko, let's go! Your mother and your sister are ready to leave!"
"Coming, Dad!"
Ryoko Ishida came down the stairs in a green, sleeveless turtleneck and blue jeans. He was carrying his light brown gloves. His golden-blonde hair was gelled into a style a lot like his father's when he was in elementary school, but not as big. Ryoko's deep, ocean blue eyes made almost any girl, who saw them, melt.
"Finally, Sarah and your mom are waiting," Yamato Ishida said teasingly to his eldest child, and only son, who reminded him of himself when he was eleven.
"Sorry, but I couldn't find my gloves," Ryoko replied, as he put them on.
"That's okay. Do you have everything you want to take?"
"Yeah," Ryoko answered, patting his front pocket with his right hand.
Yamato chuckled as he picked up his guitar, in its case, and slung it over his jacket clad shoulder. Ryoko walked to the door and put on his brown boots. Then he opened the door and walked out of the house, grabbing his cell phone off the door-side cabinet at he went.
Yamato chuckled again, and walked out the still open door, closing and locking it behind him.
He walked out to his SUV, where Ryoko was getting in next to his sister, Sarah Ishida. Sarah was in the second row, behind and between the driver's seat, and her mother, Sora Ishida, who was sitting in the passenger's seat. Yamato got in the driver's seat and started the vehicle. Then he backed out of the driveway, and headed to the park in Odaiba.
"So, Ryoko, what toke so long?" his mother, Sora, asked as they got on the freeway.
"I couldn't find my gloves," he replied as he grabbed Sarah's soccer ball out of the air.
"Hey!" Sarah exclaimed. "I was practicing!"
"In the car," Ryoko retorted, "Which is a bad place to practice soccer. You do that on an open field where you can't accidentally hit the driver and cause a car crash." He put the ball in the seat behind him.
"Humph," Sarah crossed her arms over her red, number nine, soccer jersey, and looked away from Ryoko, her brunette ponytail swinging.
"Your brother's right, Sarah," Sora said with a smile.
"Yeah, I know. But he didn't have to put my soccer ball in the back seat!" Sarah replied, turning back around to glare at Ryoko with her red eyes.
"Yes, I did. I know you, Sarah. If I hadn't, you would have gone back to practicing." Ryoko stated to Sarah with a smirk.
"Your lucky Uncle T.K. writes fiction, Ryoko. Otherwise you would get it for that."
"Which book are you talking about, Sarah?" Yamato asked, curious.
"His Digimon one."
Yamato and Sora both paled slightly at this, and, unfortunately for them, Ryoko noticed.
"Mom, dad," Ryoko asked with concern. "Are you okay? Your really pale all of the sudden."
"We're fine, Ryoko," Sora said with a weak smile. She looked back at him and saw the concern still written on his face. "Really, we are." Sora's smile got a little stronger as color started to return to her face.
"If you say so," He answered, still not convinced, as Yamato got them off the freeway at the Odaiba exit.
Sarah was staring at Ryoko, having not seen her parents pale, and wondering why he was so concerned. She decided that she would talk to him once they got to the park.
In Odaiba Park, twenty-six people were awaiting their arrival.
"Where are they? They should have been here by now," Takeru Takashi muttered under his breath while staring at the street.
"Stop worrying, T.K.," Taichi Kamiya said. "They'll get here when they get here. There's no real hurry."
"Tai's actually right, T.K.," Koushiro Izumi stated, looking up from his laptop.
"Very funny, Izzy."
"I thought it was," Mimi Izumi said while hugging her husband from behind.
Michael Izumi, their son, looked up from his laptop and asked, "Has he ever been right before this?"
"On occasion," Tai's wife, Catherine Kamiya, said while winking at Tai.
Almost everyone started laughing. Only T.K., Hikari Takashi, Yolei Ichijouji, Chase Ichijouji, Ryan Motomiya, Amy Izumi, Rosalinda Hida, and Kevin Takashi were not. T.K. was worrying about his brother, Hikari was worrying about her husband, Yolei was trying to get Chase to sleep, Ryan was to busy practicing soccer to pay attention to the conversation, while Amy, Rosalinda, and Kevin were all to young to really get the joke.
T.K. was about to look away from the street, when the truck he was looking for pulled up. "Finally!" he said, as Yamato stopped his truck and got out. "What toke you so long, Matt?"
"Ryoko couldn't find his gloves," Sarah answered for her dad as she, Ryoko, and Sora got out of the truck.
"Since when did you become Matt, Sarah?" Ryoko stated as all sixteen adults started laughing while the four younger kids had confused looks on their faces. The nine older children had smirks or smiles on, depending on their personalities.
"Did I say I was Matt? NO!" Sarah retorted, getting her soccer ball out of the back, backseat.
"No, you didn't say it," Ryoko replied. "You implied it."
"How?"
"Uncle T.K. was asking his brother, not his niece."
"So?" Sarah said, confused.
Ryoko gave an exasperated sigh. "You don't get it." Sarah was still confused, and wanted to know what her brother meant.
Ryan called out, "Hey, Sarah! Let's play some soccer!"
Sarah immediately forgot about it as she answered, "We need at least two more people, Ry!"
"I know that! Ty and Meig already said they would play! We were just waiting for you to get here!"
As soon as he said their names, Tyler Kamiya and Meigan Takashi joined Ryan on the field. Tyler had his orange, number 5, soccer jersey on, while Meigan had on denim shorts and a white T-shirt that said, "Forever Light on it in bright pink letters.
Ryan had his blue, number 7, soccer jersey on with his goggles that were old, and very familiar to the sixteen adults, especially eight of them. Those eight were: Tai, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Mimi, Joe Kido, T.K., and Hikari. While Sarah, Ryan, Tyler, and Meigan were playing soccer, these eight adults were remembering when the original owner of those goggles wore them.
Tai was their original owner, and they have a legacy that Ryan knows very little about. All he knows is that Tai gave them to his dad, Daisuke Motomiya, about twenty-five years ago. Apparently Daisuke broke his first pair, and Tai gave him his. Daisuke had worn them ever since, until Ryan's 5th birthday, when he passed them on to his only son.
Daisuke, especially, was remembering that moment, about 4 years ago, when Ry got to open the present from his father. He was ecstatic because he had heard that the goggles had a legacy. What that legacy was he did not know. He did know that his father priced those goggles, and was honored that Daisuke passed them down to him.
Ryan's mother, Noriko Motomiya, was also remembering that moment. Ryan had already opened the soccer ball from his mother, and was about to open the present from Daisuke. All of the parents who were there knew Ryan was getting the goggles. Ryan's older sister, Junith Motomiya, was handing him his presents. She picked up her father's gift, and handed it to Ryan.
When he opened it, he went crazy! He immediately put them on, and then he went around hugging everyone! He hugged Daisuke over and over again, until Noriko could finally get him to calm down enough to continue opening his presents.
While the parents were watching the past, and Ry, Ty, Meig, and Sarah were playing soccer, Ryoko was leaning against a tree. He was thinking about the conversation in the truck, and his parent's reaction to Sarah's answer.
Why would they pale just because Sarah said the word Digimon? He thought. Sarah and I have both said it before, and I have both said it before, and they never reacted like that. Why now, after 3 years?
Okay, that was the first chapter. Please review! This is a replacement chapter because I found a very small mistake in the original. It was about Hikari's last name. Anyway, please review!