Author's Note: This will be my first multi-chapter story under this account. Hopefully, I will actually finish this one and people will actually like it. :) There is going to be definite Kouji/Izumi so all Kouzumi fans are welcome here but please note that this story will take more involvement in the action/adventure/drama category instead of romance.

Disclaimer: I don't own most characters in this story nor do I own the show this story is based on. The characters I DO own though are:

Miako Moriyama

(I will add more characters as the story goes on)

All characters' names will be in Japanese form. The spirit evolutions bit will have their dubbed names though since I don't know much of their real names. This story takes place AFTER the Digital World...and everyone except for Tomoki and Junpei is 16. Tomoki is 11. Junpei is 17.

There is also no bashing in this story since I don't approve of bashing so all those Junpei (who is usually the one in season 4 getting bashed) haters hoping for a good bashing in this story, don't hold your breath waiting.

~*Wanna Know Why? *~

It was raining.

The occasional rumble would be heard from the gloomy gray sky overhead and those unfortunate enough to be caught in the horrible weather would hurry quickly to their respective destinations in an attempt to stay out of the storm which would soon predicted to come.

It was a day for the fish.

Or rather, it was a day for goldfish.

That was what they were currently playing at the moment, cooped up within the house and left with nothing to do except play cards and stare out the window. Needless to say, they had chosen the first option and it was with cards that the two 16 year old girls had spent the last 2 and ½ hours away.

One of the girls flipped her long golden hair which had been continually growing longer and longer since 11 and stared passively at the cards spread out in her hand, which consisted of a three, a seven, and a king. In all she had three cards total which contrasted sharply against the other's cards which consisted of thirteen cards.

Her lips opened slightly as she silently selected one of the cards in her hand.

"Got any threes?"

A groan erupted from the other and she flopped dismally on the floor from the cross legged position that she had currently been in and her short brown hair rustled softly along with the motion. "I dunno why I bother to play against you in anything. You ALWAYS beat me!!" The last few words came as a wail as she submitted or rather flipped a card which landed neatly on the floor beside her.

"C'mon Miako...I don't ALWAYS beat you in everything. You beat me sometimes. We're even."

She smiled vaguely at Miako who always seemed to over exaggerate things and reached out, grabbing the card. She paired the black three promptly with the red three and placed them face down on the floor in front of her. Now she had...eleven pairs against her friend's seven.

An annoyed sigh came from the girl and she sat up slightly, blowing a stray lock of hair out of her face.

"Yeah...but Izumi, everyone seems likes you better than me even though we're 'even' and it seems like you always get the good luck in the entire world! It isn't as if I resent that but sometimes..."

Zoe looked sympathetically at her friend; her aquamarine eyes no longer twinkling with amusement.

"Your parents are fighting again, aren't they?"

Another sigh, this one heavy.

"How'd you know?"

"I'm your best friend idiot!! I'm supposed to know these things!!"

She perked up slightly.

"Besides, you're always in a bad mood every time your parents fight. I know your self esteem gets even lower when they fight. I mean, I know I'm perfect but you never recognize it whenever you're not in a bad mood."

A teasing tone clung to that remark and Miako grabbed a couch pillow, her dark brown eyes gleaming brightly with mischief.

"Oh no..you WILL NO-!"

A pillow hit her squarely in the face and her sentence was left uncompleted, hanging in the air.

"I know one thing that I'm WAY better at than you Orimoto!!"

Laughter was heard from the room.

"Pillow fights!!"

Author's Note: I realize that this may be slightly shorter than what you people are accustomed to or rather than I would like but it is only the first chapter. I hope you like it. The plot hasn't started yet because I want it to go at a slow pace rather than a fast pace which I dislike reading even though sometimes I tend to write that way.

Review Please!! :)