Unconditional Love

by Cyberchao X

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or characters relating to Digimon, though I wish I did. It would peel a disclaimer off of many of my fanfics.

Chapter 1—The Question

A/N: Please bear with the fact that I have a need to put dates on these things. It's a good measure of timeframe, I think.

Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:00 PM

The buzzer sounded, concealing the swish of the net as Daisuke Motomiya pulled off an amazing buzzer shot. Pity that they still lost their first game of the season, 68-66.

"Good game, folks," the coach said. "You're getting better, Daisuke. You'll be an asset to the team in time."

One of the juniors came up to him. "Hey, Motomiya. Nice shot. Now then, as a member of the varsity basketball team, you should really probably have a date for the Snow Ball this Saturday."

"Oh, right. That's this Saturday?"

"Yes, dipstick, it is." The older kids on the team teased him a lot. "If you wait too long, all of the cheerleaders will be taken."

"We don't have to go out with cheerleaders," another junior said in broken Japanese—he was a foreign exchange student from America—but Daisuke replied, "It's fine, Harrison. There's only one person I'd ever want, and she does just happen to be a cheerleader."

"Get over it," the first one told him, "She's bound to be taken by now. And if she isn't, then there's someone else here that I need to talk to about finding a date."

"I'm going to get her to go out with me, just you wait and see, Wakamatsu!" Davis said confidently, walking away.

"I still wonder how that screw-up managed to make varsity in sophomore year," Wakamatsu said.

"The only two sophomores on the team and they're both in love with the same cheerleader," Harrison replied.

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Daisuke approached the girl in question, Hikari Yagami, also a sophomore. "Hey, Hikari," he said smoothly, "Wanna go to the dance with me on Saturday? If you're not already going with someone," he added quickly, noticing the nervous look on the cheerleaders' faces. The whole group of them conferred on this matter—why did girls always have to make decisions as a group? Finally Hikari answered. "Sure, Daisuke, I'll go with you," she said, though she seemed a bit nervous about it. Daisuke noticed this, but intended to hold her to her word.

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"Miyako? What are you doing here this late? I thought your practice ended at 5:30."

"It did. One of the computers broke down, though, so I stayed afterwards to work on it." Miyako was a junior, and a star member of most of the various academic teams. Like most of the members, she was constantly annoyed by the fact that the athletic teams get all of the attention from the other students, even though the academic teams won many more awards. She and Hikari had been friends for a long time, though, despite the many differences between them. "Did the basketball team win?

"No. It was fairly close though," Hikari replied, "Daisuke got off a nice three-pointer at the final buzzer. Unfortunately, they were down by five at the time." She smiled. "Did you ask yet?"

"Yeah, it's okay, I can still bring him as my date." Miyako had been going out with Koushiro Izumi, a freshman in college, for two years now. While it was common knowledge that you could invite a graduate to homecoming or prom, it was not as clear if this option was available for the other dances of the year. "Do you have a date yet, Hikari? No, that's a silly question to ask, of course you do. Who are you going with?"

Just then, Takeru Takaishi, the aforementioned other sophomore on the varsity basketball team, came up to them. "Hey, I'm sorry I couldn't talk to you earlier. I suppose I should officially ask you, will you come to the Snow Ball with me on Saturday?"

"Here we go again," Hikari thought. She looked incredibly nervous and hesitant. "I'd love to..." she began, causing the boy to smile, but this quickly turned into a frown when she continued, "...but I've already promised Daisuke I'd go with him."

"It's okay, I'll find someone else," he said, but it clearly didn't look as though it was okay.

Hikari sensed this, and put her arms around him. "Don't worry, nothing will change between us," she said sweetly, kissing him.

"Yeah, I know," Takeru replied, returning the kiss with a bit of tongue. It was common knowledge around the school that the two of them were an item, which is why it would be so shocking to everyone that they weren't going together. He started thinking about who else he could ask.