Hey everyone! This was one of my first fics here-a Mimato sort of, which is really unusual for me since Mimi and Matt aren't even on my fave list! I got tired of reading so many junkie fics out here! It's difficult to find a well written piece with humor and a touch of romance, so I decided to create one that shows G-PG fics aren't boring! And guess what?! Surprise, surprise, this fic has no lemoning, liming, making out, or Frenching---! ::crickets chirp:: Well, at least I hope this one isn't boring! Someday I hope to be on some readers' favorite author's lists, but I don't know if I'm good enough for that yet! Anyways, the response I get for this one will determine whether or not I continue this series, so please write a review and let me know what you think! Okay, I'll stop my yap and shut my trap! On with the story!
Mimi Tachikawa cupped her hands around her warm cappuccino mug and sighed as she watched fluffy snowflakes fall softly to the ground. She shivered; just the thought of being outside made her feel chilly. The girl stopped watching the city streets and turned her attention to the cozy scene inside to take her mind off the cold. Mimi had passed by this little café many times before the move to America, but she had never been inside of it. Sometimes she used to look through the windows-just for fun-but this place held no memories of the past for the young Tachikawa.
Mimi didn't feel like talking with anyone at the moment. She just wanted to be alone, for no reason in particular, really. Late last night her family arrived at their new apartment, which was already furnished since their things had arrived before them. Mimi had some mixed feelings on moving back to Japan. On one hand, she would really miss living in New York, where things were always exciting and moving-kind of like Tokyo in a way-and the new friends that she made, especially her good friend Michael, who turned out to be a DigiDestened as well, quite to Mimi's surprise and delight. Then there were the kids at her school, and all the familiar places she used to visit....
But a move can't be helped, she sighed again. So many moves....
Then again, now that she was back, she could see everything she knew and loved as a little kid, and her dear friends she knew so well. The thought of seeing them now all the time brought a smile to her face and made her feel warm inside. She hadn't been able to see them for quite a while because of conflicting schedules, although she and the other Chosen Children e-mailed. Besides, there was a part of her that would always stay in Japan no matter where she went. After all, was it not here that she was sucked into a digital dimension and helped to save the world? Yes, she was glad to be back.
Glancing around the little coffee shop, she saw that she was the only one there. Still, it was fairly early for Saturday. She had just gotten up before her usual time, tossed on some clothes and made sure her hair and makeup were perfect, wrote a note to her parents, and wandered aimlessly down the street until she came to this place. She liked it immediately. The soft light and relaxing music helped her to mellow out some. Fifteen could be so stressful sometimes. Mimi took off her scarf and unbuttoned her coat a little, glad not to be rushing around for once. She breathed in the warm, exotic smells of the café, and took a sip from her steaming Styrofoam cup. Mmmmm.....heavenly.....
Thoughts of the beach, Hawaii, came flooding back to her as she imagined herself stretched on the white sands getting a perfect tan....
Suddenly a great gust of wind from an open door turned Mimi's tropical paradise into snowy Siberia. She popped her eyes wide open, angry at whoever had the nerve to rush in and ruin her private dream. With a huff, she decided it was about time to leave anyways, and quickly gathered her things as she headed out the door. As she was working her way into her coat, the person who rushed in the shop, was rushing out, and bumped into her, spilling four cups of scalding hot coffee all over the girl. Mimi gasped and screamed instinctively, but realized not too much physical harm had been done since most of the coffee was splashed onto her thick jacket. The young man muttered something harshly under his breath, and started sopping up the brown liquidy mess on the floor with some paper napkins he grabbed out of a napkin dispenser.
"Oh! My brand new Ralph Lauren coat! It's ruined!" Mimi sobbed as she too began desperately wiping at herself.
"Sorry lady," the man mumbled, and then swore for being late for a practice or something. Mimi stopped.
"Excuse me, what did you just say?"
"I said 'sorry'," he said, not looking up.
"No, I mean right after that," Mimi said in an annoyed tone of voice.
"Forget about it," he mumbled, cheeks reddening. "Look girl, I don't know who you are, but will you just get offa my case already?!" He said, looking up at her angrily. Mimi gasped.
"Yamato Ishida!" she shouted. "I-It's-you!"
"Mimi?!" he squeaked. "You're here-in Japan?!" She was the last person besides his brother and mom that he wanted to be caught swearing by.
"Of course I'm in Japan! Didn't you get the e-mail I sent everyone?!" she said quite irritated. " I cannot believe this! What's gotten into you?! How can you say such awful things, to me or anyone else for that matter?!"
Matt gulped and desperately began searching for a place to hide. "Ah, sorry Mimi, I just-um, see I--"
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, MATT!" she yelled. "YOU'RE BEING SUCH A JERK!"
Matt started getting mad. "GET OVER IT MIMI! IT'S JUST A WORD!"
"JUST A WORD, MATT-JUST A WORD?! WELL THEN THIS IS JUST ICEWATER!" Mimi yelled as she threw the rest of her fairly hot coffee on him. Stunned by her sudden action, Matt just stood there for a moment, and Mimi threw her cup in his face before angrily stomping out.
Sora blew softly on her bedroom window, and her breath melted a circle of frost away so she could see outside. A gray fluffy day-and today Mimi will be here! She thought excitedly. She wanted to see her friend as soon as she could. Running to the phone in jeans and a pastel wool sweater, the girl excitedly called Mimi's own line. RING, RING....
"Hey Mimi! This is-"
"IF YOUR NAME'S YAMATO ISHIDA, SHUT UP!" An upset voice on the other line yelled before slamming the phone down. Uh oh. Mimi's not too happy.
Gee, Matt sees her before me? I had no idea he was so into Mimi-I wonder what happened. Well, there's only one way to find out....
So she grabbed her jacket and gloves, and headed out the door.
Sora hurried through the fast falling snow to Mimi's new apartment building, but on her way she heard shouts of laughter as she rounded the corner. On the lawn of the park, Taichi, Hikari, and Takeru were having a massive snowball fight. They were laughing so hard, they couldn't aim straight. Sora started laughing too when she saw the difficulty they were having.
"Come on Sora, join the fun!" T.K. and Kari screamed.
"Aw thanks, that looks awesome, but I gotta get going!" she reluctantly said.
"The only reason why Sora won't join is because she can't throw a snowball!" Tai teased.
SPLAT.
A snowball landed right in the middle of his face. He wiped it off with a gloved hand and grinned at a smug looking Sora. Before she knew what was happening, Tai was hurling a huge ball of snow at her. Sora shrieked and tackled Kari to avoid it. She was laughing so hard she couldn't stand up. Now the girl was thoroughly involved in the fight, and she and Tai teamed up against T.K. and Kari as they pelted the opposing side with snowballs, and for a time, she forgot where she had been headed to in the first place.
In a while, the whole group lay exhausted on the snow with uncontrollable laughter. Sora remembered that she needed to go see Mimi though, and with much effort, stood up in the snow.
"Wait Sora, don't go yet," Tai begged as he grabbed her hand.
"I have to Tai, it's been really fun, but now I really gotta leave-Mimi's here you know, and I was on my way to see her," Sora smiled as she told him.
"Well be a pal and help me up at least," Tai said.
"Sure Tai, anything for you," she grinned with mock sincerity. After she helped Tai to his feet and T.K. and Kari were up, the younger pair waved good-bye.
"See ya later Sora-don't get frostbitten!" Tai warned.
"Me? It's you all that'll be bitten!" she laughed as she hugged her best friend good-bye. "'Later Tai!" she yelled as she ran down the street.
Hurrying back through the crowded streets, Sora glanced at the buildings and the piece of paper she held in her hand. She knew the whereabouts of Mimi's apartment, she just didn't know the exact address. She found the place, a rather nice apartment complex, and ran up the stairs. Sora checked the apartment number, and stood outside of the door, stomping her feet to remove the snow and mud. Then she rang the door bell as she waited, her breath forming cloud puffs in the air. The girl thought she heard a muffled 'come in', so Sora opened the door and stepped inside the warm house.
"Hey Mimi! It's me, Sora!" she didn't hear a reply. "Mimi? Mimi....?" A bedroom door was open and she heard sniffles. Sora slipped in and found a dejected Mimi sitting on her bed, holding a picture frame and sniffing. She didn't see Sora right away, but when she did notice her, she bit her lip and slammed the picture face down on her desk covered with 13 other similar frames. Sora smiled. They were the pictures of every DigiDestend, from Tai to Michael that Mimi had brought to America to remember everyone by. But why was Mimi crying?
"Hey girlfriend," Sora whispered as she put an arm around Mimi. "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing really Sora...I'm just over reacting to things-that's all,"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah," sniff.
"Okay...by the way, what happened between you and Matt?" Mimi looked startled and blushed slightly.
"H-how'd you know?"
"I have psychic vibrations," Sora joked. Mimi rolled her eyes and giggled.
"No seriously, I called you to tell you I was coming over, and got the cold shoulder. A case of mistaken
identity," she said. "Besides, you're sitting on the bed crying and holding his picture-" the color in Mimi's cheeks deepened. "--I could tell because it was the only one missing!" Sora smiled.
"Okay, okay, I give up," the pink-haired girl sighed.
"So what's goin' on with you two?" Mimi took a deep breath and told everything from the beginning of that morning, ending with,
"Sora what's the matter with him?" Sora thought for a moment.
"Wow Mimi-I don't know what to say...I can't believe Matt would ever do such a thing...I mean, you hear kids say rude things and cuss every day in school, but you never really expect to hear it come from a close friend. Especially the way he's treating people that he thinks he doesn't know...I wish I had an answer, but I don't. Matt has a rock band and all-maybe he's picking up some bad habits from the people he hangs out with-I've never heard him swear before, either..."
"I mean, I guess Matt is right in a sense-it is just a word-but it's the meaning behind the word and the way he was..." the two sat in silence for a moment or two before Sora asked,
"Mimi, did you have a crush on him?" Mimi flopped face down on her bed and pulled a pillow over her head.
"How do you know all this stuff?!" came the muffled reply.
"Like I said, I'm psychic," Sora grinned, tapping her head. "Well for one thing, a girl usually wouldn't get so shaken up about a thing like this-unless she like the guy," Sora winked. Mimi bolted up and threw her pillow at Sora.
"Alright, I admit, I had a slight crush on him. I just think he looks really cute. Like really cute," Mimi sighed.
"Well, he doesn't look too bad," Sora admitted, "But he's not the hottest guy around," she said primly, flipping her hair back.
"Yeah, I know who you like," giggled Mimi. Sora looked startled. "No you don't-because I don't even have a crush on anybody!" Sora said as she stuck her tongue out.
"Yeah right!" Mimi rolled her eyes again. "You like Tai, it's written all over your face!" Sora grabbed Mimi's pillow and threw it at her. "I do not-he's just one of my best friends (the other being you)-just because we like to do stuff together doesn't mean I like him that way!"
"Uh, huh!" Mimi said mischievously as she twirled her hair around her finger. "You're doing a great job of convincing me!"
Sora sighed and smiled. It was great to have Mimi back.
Miyako was busy helping her mother in the kitchen baking cookies. She loved this time of year. Family and friends got together, school would be out in a few weeks....she liked that idea! Maybe they should have a Christmas celebration or something this year-after all, Christmas was a holiday they celebrated in America, right? Mimi would know all about that, no doubt. Mimi was here! Miyako almost dropped her bowl. Well, maybe I should call her a little later-she glanced at the clock. She's probably eating lunch right now, Miyako figured. She and her mother whipped up a few more batches of triple-chocolate-fudge-crème-delights, and popped them in the oven. Then she washed her hands, wiped them on her apron, and got ready to take out the next batch of cookies. Just then, the door bell rang.
"I'LL GET IT!" She called. Miyako ran to the door and opened it. To her surprise, Koushiro stood out there, shivering with a container in his arms, and apron over his jacket.
"Izumi senpai*!" The girl said with extreme delight.
"H-hi M-m-miyako-m-m-ind-d if I c-c-ome in a m-m-oment?" he politely asked through chattering teeth.
"Of course! Come right inside!" Izzy stepped in. "Ah, thanks..." he breathed. "Here-I brought something for you-and your family too," Miyako lifted the lid of the container Izzy offered.
"Brownies!" she exclaimed. "Oh Izzy, how thoughtful! Did you make them?"
"Uh, yeah, actually I did," he confessed as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"I wish I had something to give you too-wait a minute-I'll be right back!" Miyako's long purple hair flowed as she ran to the oven and took out a dozen freshly baked triple-chocolate-fudge-crème-delights, and put them in a paper sack with a red ribbon. Perfect-o! Then she ran back over to Koushiro. "Here Izzy," she said in a pleased tone as she presented him with her gift. "Happy Christmas!" A questioning look came over the boy's face, but he then understood her gesture.
"A Christmas gift-like in America?" the girl nodded. "Ah, arigato Miyako-chan! But I think the expression is 'Merry Christmas'," her friend corrected.
"Merry Christmas...." Miyako slowly said. "I like that! Alright then-Merry Christmas it is. Merry Christmas, Izumi senpai!" she called as he left the apartment.
"Miyako-it's not Christmas season quite yet,"
"It's not?"
"No,"
"Um...okay then-will 'have a nice day' work?"
Izzy smiled. "Sure."
Miyako closed the door and called Mimi.
* senpai is how you address an older school mate in Japanese-especially if you are in a club with them, ie; Miyako and Koushiro in the computer club together. Miyako really does call Izzy this in the Japanese translations, and, she is the only DigiDestened that calls him this term of respect. ^.~
Daisuke groaned and stretched after pausing his video game. He was flat out bored. What good was a great snowy day like this when there was no one to play outside with?
"Davis!" ...no one that is except for Jun. "Davis-did you eat my extra giant cookie?!" his sister demanded to know. Davis burped and smacked his lips extra loud.
"Maybe," he said coolly, waiting for her reaction. Silence. Then some muttering from the kitchen.
"Davis!"
"What!"
"Did you eat my Fudgy Mallow Yam-Yums?!" Davis glanced at the wrappers on the floor.
"Maybe," he started up his video game again.
"DAVIS MOTOMIYA!"
"WHAT!"
"Did you eat my slice of pie?!"
"Maybe,"
"My caramel apple bar?!"
"Maybe,"
"MY TRIPLE DECKER BANANA SPLIT?!"
"Maybe," Jun marched into the living room, hands on hips, hair wilder than ever.
"WILL YOU JUST GIVE ME A 'YES' OR 'NO' ANSWER?!"
"Maybe,"
"ARRRRGH! YOU'RE SUCH AN ANNOYING LITTLE BROTHER! I GO TO COLLEGE ALL YEAR, COME HOME FOR WINTER BREAK, AND HOW DO YOU TREAT ME?!" Daisuke looked at her solemnly and let out a large belch. "Now I have nothing to eat since YOU ate everything!" she pointed an accusing finger at him.
"Aw, stop being such a bag of hot air. I never said I had eaten them!"
"Then how do you explain this-" she held up a sticky dish and fork. "And the chocolate around your mouth?!"
"Oh that-well the pie was awfully good. Don't worry though, there's still plenty of food-I saved you the vegetables," Jun glared at him for a moment, then went whining.
"MU-THER! *~sob~* MU-THER! DAVIS IS GETTING ON MY NERVES!"
"Hey-I left you the best part!-it'll give you your vitaminnies and mineralies so you can get pretty and get a date with MATT!" he shouted down the hall as he made loud kissing noises. "Don't tell me you were actually going to eat all that at once! I saved you at least ten pounds!"
Now if only I could get a date with Kari...hey, if vitamins and minerals could work for her, it could work for me too-
"NEVER MIND, JUN! I CLAIM THE VEGETABLES ALSO!" and he started crunching away on a couple of carrots from the refrigerator. Now I gotta find a way to work off these ten pounds, he muttered to himself as he patted his belly.
"Oh heck, I'm going outside to play in the snow anyways-even if it is by myself!" And with that, he got fully dressed in his snow gear, and headed to the park-the only suitable place to play in the snow.
Daisuke rounded the corner, and like Sora, he too heard laughter coming from the park and was just in time to see Kari reach for T.K.'s hand as he pulled her up out of the snow. RRRRRRRRRRRRGH! So they're playing here without me?! I bet this was all 3-D's idea! Someone needs to chaperone these two! You never know what kind of trouble they could get in! he muttered silently to himself. He stomped over to them and opened his mouth real wide to give them a piece of his mind-
SPLAT
A huge snowball whammed him in the face, causing him to fall over backwards. Kari rushed over to his side.
"Oh Davis are you hurt much? I'm sorry I hit you so hard," she said sweetly. The fallen boy waved his arms and legs in the air, and Kari laughed. "You're making a snow angel!"
"What?" he said, spitting out the snow. "Oh, I already knew you looked like an angel," he said brushing himself off. Kari made a face.
"Davis, don't be such a dimwit," T.K. strode over to Daisuke and put out his hand.
"Yo Davis, we didn't think you'd ever make it!"
"What?"
"Yeah, Kari and I tried calling you several times this morning, but the line was always busy,"
"Hmph! Jun was gabbing non-stop this morning with some girl-" he pretended to gag. "and she went in the bathroom to do her hair and talk at the same time, but she forgot I was waiting to go really bad for about 45 minutes, so I went outside, rang the doorbell, and yelled, 'Jun! Matt's here to see you!' She fell for it, luckily!" he snickered. T.K. didn't look too pleased. "Hey look, it was all I could think of, okay? I can't help the fact that my older sister has a crush on your brother! Besides, what would you do if you had to go pee for 45 minutes?"
"I'd go in the bushes," Daisuke glared at the blond boy. "Gimme a break, I was just kidding! I guess you have a point though....I'd probably do the same thing if I were in your shoes-but enough chit-chat! We have snow to play in!" Everyone was having lots of fun until Kari and T.K. started ganging up against Davis. They didn't really plan it-not exactly, anyways.
"Hey guys, cut it out!"
"What's the matter Davis-you don't like having snowball fights with us?" Kari taunted as she threw another ball in his face.
"Yeah Motomiya, are you chickening out?" T.K. jeered as he and Kari closed in on the boy.
"No...I just-hey! Quit with the big talk C.K.! You're asking for it!" And Davis ran full speed ahead to tackle the oncoming bully.
POOF.
Takeru simply stepped aside, and Daisuke flew headlong into a pile of fluffy snow. T.K. and Kari hooted enthusiastically. Deep inside the downy bank, a silent tear ran down Davis' face, stinging his cheek as he heard the two laughing outside. Why do things like this always happen to me? The boy sadly asked himself...
"T.K., do you think we were a little hard on him?" Kari put her hand on T.K.'s shoulder.
"No-it was just a joke-right?" the girl looked at the two feet sticking out of the snow.
"Yeah...but I don't think Davis knew that," Takeru looked in Kari's direction.
"Well...maybe you're right. Come on, let's go pull him out and apologize," the tall boy decided at last. They walked over to the legs and grabbed one a piece, and together they dragged him out. Before Daisuke could move, Kari sat on top of him.
"Hey Davis...T.K. and I just wanted to say that..."
"We're sorry,"
"Yeah, we only meant for it to be a joke, but I guess it didn't turn out so funny after all..."
"...so...could you please forgive us?" T.K. and Kari asking for his forgiveness? My, my, my, Daisuke was feeling pretty special...
"Hmph...I dunno...that was a pretty mean thing you guys did..."
"Please Davis?" Kari asked as she rumpled the snow out of his hair. An electric shock went through Daisuke when Kari did that, making his numb, cold body warm and tingly.
"Of course I forgive you Kari," he said smiling up at her. "Oh, and I forgive you too T.K.," T.K. grinned.
"Friends again?" he asked as he gave Daisuke a helping hand up.
"Yeah, friends," Davis said as he shook it.
Beginning of Chapter 5
Sora, Mimi and Tai sat in his kitchen drinking hot cocoa and visiting.
"Glad to see those three getting along better," Sora smiled, jacking her thumb to the scene outside.
"Yeah...that Davis..." Tai chuckled. "He really seems to have a thing for my sister,"
"Well what can we say-the Yagami's are really good looking, right Sora?" Mimi nudged the girl next to her. Sora's face flushed and she managed to stammer out,
"W-why Mimi, I have n-no idea what you're talking about," she chuckled nervously. Tai caught her eye, but she fumbled with her cup and proclaimed a little louder than needed,
"Um, alright, what dishes shall we make for our Digi-reunion?"
"Sora. We're going out to dinner," Tai reminded her with a grin.
"Oh-yeah, I knew that-just trying to make 'pleasant conversation', heh, heh," Tai and Mimi raised their eyebrows at each other over Sora's head.
"And it's at Hoppy's Diner, so you don't forget," Mimi reminded her.
"Everyone's been called about it, right?"
"Yep. It's all set for next Saturday unless too many people can't make it," the other girl replied. Just then the phone rang.
"I'll get it!" Sora volunteered, eager to get away from the kitchen for a moment "Yagami residence, whom would you like to speak with?" Mimi silently snickered at what Sora just said, but suddenly became very somber and quiet at her best friend's next words. "Hey Matt! Yeah, he's here-no? Okay-yeah-well this was just supposed to be for all of us-I-I see....hmmm. *sigh* I suppose so...alright. Okay. Bye," Sora got off the phone and stood in the hallway for a moment with a hand on her mouth, thinking. Then she walked back to the kitchen.
"Change the reservations for one more Tai. Matt's got a new girlfriend,"
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~Cliffhanger huh? ^_^ Okay, maybe a cliffhanger? Like I said, tell me what you think, I love opinions. Oh poor Dai-Dai! *sniff* :PWell thanks so much for reading!~Taigurl~
Mimi Tachikawa cupped her hands around her warm cappuccino mug and sighed as she watched fluffy snowflakes fall softly to the ground. She shivered; just the thought of being outside made her feel chilly. The girl stopped watching the city streets and turned her attention to the cozy scene inside to take her mind off the cold. Mimi had passed by this little café many times before the move to America, but she had never been inside of it. Sometimes she used to look through the windows-just for fun-but this place held no memories of the past for the young Tachikawa.
Mimi didn't feel like talking with anyone at the moment. She just wanted to be alone, for no reason in particular, really. Late last night her family arrived at their new apartment, which was already furnished since their things had arrived before them. Mimi had some mixed feelings on moving back to Japan. On one hand, she would really miss living in New York, where things were always exciting and moving-kind of like Tokyo in a way-and the new friends that she made, especially her good friend Michael, who turned out to be a DigiDestened as well, quite to Mimi's surprise and delight. Then there were the kids at her school, and all the familiar places she used to visit....
But a move can't be helped, she sighed again. So many moves....
Then again, now that she was back, she could see everything she knew and loved as a little kid, and her dear friends she knew so well. The thought of seeing them now all the time brought a smile to her face and made her feel warm inside. She hadn't been able to see them for quite a while because of conflicting schedules, although she and the other Chosen Children e-mailed. Besides, there was a part of her that would always stay in Japan no matter where she went. After all, was it not here that she was sucked into a digital dimension and helped to save the world? Yes, she was glad to be back.
Glancing around the little coffee shop, she saw that she was the only one there. Still, it was fairly early for Saturday. She had just gotten up before her usual time, tossed on some clothes and made sure her hair and makeup were perfect, wrote a note to her parents, and wandered aimlessly down the street until she came to this place. She liked it immediately. The soft light and relaxing music helped her to mellow out some. Fifteen could be so stressful sometimes. Mimi took off her scarf and unbuttoned her coat a little, glad not to be rushing around for once. She breathed in the warm, exotic smells of the café, and took a sip from her steaming Styrofoam cup. Mmmmm.....heavenly.....
Thoughts of the beach, Hawaii, came flooding back to her as she imagined herself stretched on the white sands getting a perfect tan....
Suddenly a great gust of wind from an open door turned Mimi's tropical paradise into snowy Siberia. She popped her eyes wide open, angry at whoever had the nerve to rush in and ruin her private dream. With a huff, she decided it was about time to leave anyways, and quickly gathered her things as she headed out the door. As she was working her way into her coat, the person who rushed in the shop, was rushing out, and bumped into her, spilling four cups of scalding hot coffee all over the girl. Mimi gasped and screamed instinctively, but realized not too much physical harm had been done since most of the coffee was splashed onto her thick jacket. The young man muttered something harshly under his breath, and started sopping up the brown liquidy mess on the floor with some paper napkins he grabbed out of a napkin dispenser.
"Oh! My brand new Ralph Lauren coat! It's ruined!" Mimi sobbed as she too began desperately wiping at herself.
"Sorry lady," the man mumbled, and then swore for being late for a practice or something. Mimi stopped.
"Excuse me, what did you just say?"
"I said 'sorry'," he said, not looking up.
"No, I mean right after that," Mimi said in an annoyed tone of voice.
"Forget about it," he mumbled, cheeks reddening. "Look girl, I don't know who you are, but will you just get offa my case already?!" He said, looking up at her angrily. Mimi gasped.
"Yamato Ishida!" she shouted. "I-It's-you!"
"Mimi?!" he squeaked. "You're here-in Japan?!" She was the last person besides his brother and mom that he wanted to be caught swearing by.
"Of course I'm in Japan! Didn't you get the e-mail I sent everyone?!" she said quite irritated. " I cannot believe this! What's gotten into you?! How can you say such awful things, to me or anyone else for that matter?!"
Matt gulped and desperately began searching for a place to hide. "Ah, sorry Mimi, I just-um, see I--"
"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, MATT!" she yelled. "YOU'RE BEING SUCH A JERK!"
Matt started getting mad. "GET OVER IT MIMI! IT'S JUST A WORD!"
"JUST A WORD, MATT-JUST A WORD?! WELL THEN THIS IS JUST ICEWATER!" Mimi yelled as she threw the rest of her fairly hot coffee on him. Stunned by her sudden action, Matt just stood there for a moment, and Mimi threw her cup in his face before angrily stomping out.
Sora blew softly on her bedroom window, and her breath melted a circle of frost away so she could see outside. A gray fluffy day-and today Mimi will be here! She thought excitedly. She wanted to see her friend as soon as she could. Running to the phone in jeans and a pastel wool sweater, the girl excitedly called Mimi's own line. RING, RING....
"Hey Mimi! This is-"
"IF YOUR NAME'S YAMATO ISHIDA, SHUT UP!" An upset voice on the other line yelled before slamming the phone down. Uh oh. Mimi's not too happy.
Gee, Matt sees her before me? I had no idea he was so into Mimi-I wonder what happened. Well, there's only one way to find out....
So she grabbed her jacket and gloves, and headed out the door.
Sora hurried through the fast falling snow to Mimi's new apartment building, but on her way she heard shouts of laughter as she rounded the corner. On the lawn of the park, Taichi, Hikari, and Takeru were having a massive snowball fight. They were laughing so hard, they couldn't aim straight. Sora started laughing too when she saw the difficulty they were having.
"Come on Sora, join the fun!" T.K. and Kari screamed.
"Aw thanks, that looks awesome, but I gotta get going!" she reluctantly said.
"The only reason why Sora won't join is because she can't throw a snowball!" Tai teased.
SPLAT.
A snowball landed right in the middle of his face. He wiped it off with a gloved hand and grinned at a smug looking Sora. Before she knew what was happening, Tai was hurling a huge ball of snow at her. Sora shrieked and tackled Kari to avoid it. She was laughing so hard she couldn't stand up. Now the girl was thoroughly involved in the fight, and she and Tai teamed up against T.K. and Kari as they pelted the opposing side with snowballs, and for a time, she forgot where she had been headed to in the first place.
In a while, the whole group lay exhausted on the snow with uncontrollable laughter. Sora remembered that she needed to go see Mimi though, and with much effort, stood up in the snow.
"Wait Sora, don't go yet," Tai begged as he grabbed her hand.
"I have to Tai, it's been really fun, but now I really gotta leave-Mimi's here you know, and I was on my way to see her," Sora smiled as she told him.
"Well be a pal and help me up at least," Tai said.
"Sure Tai, anything for you," she grinned with mock sincerity. After she helped Tai to his feet and T.K. and Kari were up, the younger pair waved good-bye.
"See ya later Sora-don't get frostbitten!" Tai warned.
"Me? It's you all that'll be bitten!" she laughed as she hugged her best friend good-bye. "'Later Tai!" she yelled as she ran down the street.
Hurrying back through the crowded streets, Sora glanced at the buildings and the piece of paper she held in her hand. She knew the whereabouts of Mimi's apartment, she just didn't know the exact address. She found the place, a rather nice apartment complex, and ran up the stairs. Sora checked the apartment number, and stood outside of the door, stomping her feet to remove the snow and mud. Then she rang the door bell as she waited, her breath forming cloud puffs in the air. The girl thought she heard a muffled 'come in', so Sora opened the door and stepped inside the warm house.
"Hey Mimi! It's me, Sora!" she didn't hear a reply. "Mimi? Mimi....?" A bedroom door was open and she heard sniffles. Sora slipped in and found a dejected Mimi sitting on her bed, holding a picture frame and sniffing. She didn't see Sora right away, but when she did notice her, she bit her lip and slammed the picture face down on her desk covered with 13 other similar frames. Sora smiled. They were the pictures of every DigiDestend, from Tai to Michael that Mimi had brought to America to remember everyone by. But why was Mimi crying?
"Hey girlfriend," Sora whispered as she put an arm around Mimi. "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing really Sora...I'm just over reacting to things-that's all,"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah," sniff.
"Okay...by the way, what happened between you and Matt?" Mimi looked startled and blushed slightly.
"H-how'd you know?"
"I have psychic vibrations," Sora joked. Mimi rolled her eyes and giggled.
"No seriously, I called you to tell you I was coming over, and got the cold shoulder. A case of mistaken
identity," she said. "Besides, you're sitting on the bed crying and holding his picture-" the color in Mimi's cheeks deepened. "--I could tell because it was the only one missing!" Sora smiled.
"Okay, okay, I give up," the pink-haired girl sighed.
"So what's goin' on with you two?" Mimi took a deep breath and told everything from the beginning of that morning, ending with,
"Sora what's the matter with him?" Sora thought for a moment.
"Wow Mimi-I don't know what to say...I can't believe Matt would ever do such a thing...I mean, you hear kids say rude things and cuss every day in school, but you never really expect to hear it come from a close friend. Especially the way he's treating people that he thinks he doesn't know...I wish I had an answer, but I don't. Matt has a rock band and all-maybe he's picking up some bad habits from the people he hangs out with-I've never heard him swear before, either..."
"I mean, I guess Matt is right in a sense-it is just a word-but it's the meaning behind the word and the way he was..." the two sat in silence for a moment or two before Sora asked,
"Mimi, did you have a crush on him?" Mimi flopped face down on her bed and pulled a pillow over her head.
"How do you know all this stuff?!" came the muffled reply.
"Like I said, I'm psychic," Sora grinned, tapping her head. "Well for one thing, a girl usually wouldn't get so shaken up about a thing like this-unless she like the guy," Sora winked. Mimi bolted up and threw her pillow at Sora.
"Alright, I admit, I had a slight crush on him. I just think he looks really cute. Like really cute," Mimi sighed.
"Well, he doesn't look too bad," Sora admitted, "But he's not the hottest guy around," she said primly, flipping her hair back.
"Yeah, I know who you like," giggled Mimi. Sora looked startled. "No you don't-because I don't even have a crush on anybody!" Sora said as she stuck her tongue out.
"Yeah right!" Mimi rolled her eyes again. "You like Tai, it's written all over your face!" Sora grabbed Mimi's pillow and threw it at her. "I do not-he's just one of my best friends (the other being you)-just because we like to do stuff together doesn't mean I like him that way!"
"Uh, huh!" Mimi said mischievously as she twirled her hair around her finger. "You're doing a great job of convincing me!"
Sora sighed and smiled. It was great to have Mimi back.
Miyako was busy helping her mother in the kitchen baking cookies. She loved this time of year. Family and friends got together, school would be out in a few weeks....she liked that idea! Maybe they should have a Christmas celebration or something this year-after all, Christmas was a holiday they celebrated in America, right? Mimi would know all about that, no doubt. Mimi was here! Miyako almost dropped her bowl. Well, maybe I should call her a little later-she glanced at the clock. She's probably eating lunch right now, Miyako figured. She and her mother whipped up a few more batches of triple-chocolate-fudge-crème-delights, and popped them in the oven. Then she washed her hands, wiped them on her apron, and got ready to take out the next batch of cookies. Just then, the door bell rang.
"I'LL GET IT!" She called. Miyako ran to the door and opened it. To her surprise, Koushiro stood out there, shivering with a container in his arms, and apron over his jacket.
"Izumi senpai*!" The girl said with extreme delight.
"H-hi M-m-miyako-m-m-ind-d if I c-c-ome in a m-m-oment?" he politely asked through chattering teeth.
"Of course! Come right inside!" Izzy stepped in. "Ah, thanks..." he breathed. "Here-I brought something for you-and your family too," Miyako lifted the lid of the container Izzy offered.
"Brownies!" she exclaimed. "Oh Izzy, how thoughtful! Did you make them?"
"Uh, yeah, actually I did," he confessed as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"I wish I had something to give you too-wait a minute-I'll be right back!" Miyako's long purple hair flowed as she ran to the oven and took out a dozen freshly baked triple-chocolate-fudge-crème-delights, and put them in a paper sack with a red ribbon. Perfect-o! Then she ran back over to Koushiro. "Here Izzy," she said in a pleased tone as she presented him with her gift. "Happy Christmas!" A questioning look came over the boy's face, but he then understood her gesture.
"A Christmas gift-like in America?" the girl nodded. "Ah, arigato Miyako-chan! But I think the expression is 'Merry Christmas'," her friend corrected.
"Merry Christmas...." Miyako slowly said. "I like that! Alright then-Merry Christmas it is. Merry Christmas, Izumi senpai!" she called as he left the apartment.
"Miyako-it's not Christmas season quite yet,"
"It's not?"
"No,"
"Um...okay then-will 'have a nice day' work?"
Izzy smiled. "Sure."
Miyako closed the door and called Mimi.
* senpai is how you address an older school mate in Japanese-especially if you are in a club with them, ie; Miyako and Koushiro in the computer club together. Miyako really does call Izzy this in the Japanese translations, and, she is the only DigiDestened that calls him this term of respect. ^.~
Daisuke groaned and stretched after pausing his video game. He was flat out bored. What good was a great snowy day like this when there was no one to play outside with?
"Davis!" ...no one that is except for Jun. "Davis-did you eat my extra giant cookie?!" his sister demanded to know. Davis burped and smacked his lips extra loud.
"Maybe," he said coolly, waiting for her reaction. Silence. Then some muttering from the kitchen.
"Davis!"
"What!"
"Did you eat my Fudgy Mallow Yam-Yums?!" Davis glanced at the wrappers on the floor.
"Maybe," he started up his video game again.
"DAVIS MOTOMIYA!"
"WHAT!"
"Did you eat my slice of pie?!"
"Maybe,"
"My caramel apple bar?!"
"Maybe,"
"MY TRIPLE DECKER BANANA SPLIT?!"
"Maybe," Jun marched into the living room, hands on hips, hair wilder than ever.
"WILL YOU JUST GIVE ME A 'YES' OR 'NO' ANSWER?!"
"Maybe,"
"ARRRRGH! YOU'RE SUCH AN ANNOYING LITTLE BROTHER! I GO TO COLLEGE ALL YEAR, COME HOME FOR WINTER BREAK, AND HOW DO YOU TREAT ME?!" Daisuke looked at her solemnly and let out a large belch. "Now I have nothing to eat since YOU ate everything!" she pointed an accusing finger at him.
"Aw, stop being such a bag of hot air. I never said I had eaten them!"
"Then how do you explain this-" she held up a sticky dish and fork. "And the chocolate around your mouth?!"
"Oh that-well the pie was awfully good. Don't worry though, there's still plenty of food-I saved you the vegetables," Jun glared at him for a moment, then went whining.
"MU-THER! *~sob~* MU-THER! DAVIS IS GETTING ON MY NERVES!"
"Hey-I left you the best part!-it'll give you your vitaminnies and mineralies so you can get pretty and get a date with MATT!" he shouted down the hall as he made loud kissing noises. "Don't tell me you were actually going to eat all that at once! I saved you at least ten pounds!"
Now if only I could get a date with Kari...hey, if vitamins and minerals could work for her, it could work for me too-
"NEVER MIND, JUN! I CLAIM THE VEGETABLES ALSO!" and he started crunching away on a couple of carrots from the refrigerator. Now I gotta find a way to work off these ten pounds, he muttered to himself as he patted his belly.
"Oh heck, I'm going outside to play in the snow anyways-even if it is by myself!" And with that, he got fully dressed in his snow gear, and headed to the park-the only suitable place to play in the snow.
Daisuke rounded the corner, and like Sora, he too heard laughter coming from the park and was just in time to see Kari reach for T.K.'s hand as he pulled her up out of the snow. RRRRRRRRRRRRGH! So they're playing here without me?! I bet this was all 3-D's idea! Someone needs to chaperone these two! You never know what kind of trouble they could get in! he muttered silently to himself. He stomped over to them and opened his mouth real wide to give them a piece of his mind-
SPLAT
A huge snowball whammed him in the face, causing him to fall over backwards. Kari rushed over to his side.
"Oh Davis are you hurt much? I'm sorry I hit you so hard," she said sweetly. The fallen boy waved his arms and legs in the air, and Kari laughed. "You're making a snow angel!"
"What?" he said, spitting out the snow. "Oh, I already knew you looked like an angel," he said brushing himself off. Kari made a face.
"Davis, don't be such a dimwit," T.K. strode over to Daisuke and put out his hand.
"Yo Davis, we didn't think you'd ever make it!"
"What?"
"Yeah, Kari and I tried calling you several times this morning, but the line was always busy,"
"Hmph! Jun was gabbing non-stop this morning with some girl-" he pretended to gag. "and she went in the bathroom to do her hair and talk at the same time, but she forgot I was waiting to go really bad for about 45 minutes, so I went outside, rang the doorbell, and yelled, 'Jun! Matt's here to see you!' She fell for it, luckily!" he snickered. T.K. didn't look too pleased. "Hey look, it was all I could think of, okay? I can't help the fact that my older sister has a crush on your brother! Besides, what would you do if you had to go pee for 45 minutes?"
"I'd go in the bushes," Daisuke glared at the blond boy. "Gimme a break, I was just kidding! I guess you have a point though....I'd probably do the same thing if I were in your shoes-but enough chit-chat! We have snow to play in!" Everyone was having lots of fun until Kari and T.K. started ganging up against Davis. They didn't really plan it-not exactly, anyways.
"Hey guys, cut it out!"
"What's the matter Davis-you don't like having snowball fights with us?" Kari taunted as she threw another ball in his face.
"Yeah Motomiya, are you chickening out?" T.K. jeered as he and Kari closed in on the boy.
"No...I just-hey! Quit with the big talk C.K.! You're asking for it!" And Davis ran full speed ahead to tackle the oncoming bully.
POOF.
Takeru simply stepped aside, and Daisuke flew headlong into a pile of fluffy snow. T.K. and Kari hooted enthusiastically. Deep inside the downy bank, a silent tear ran down Davis' face, stinging his cheek as he heard the two laughing outside. Why do things like this always happen to me? The boy sadly asked himself...
"T.K., do you think we were a little hard on him?" Kari put her hand on T.K.'s shoulder.
"No-it was just a joke-right?" the girl looked at the two feet sticking out of the snow.
"Yeah...but I don't think Davis knew that," Takeru looked in Kari's direction.
"Well...maybe you're right. Come on, let's go pull him out and apologize," the tall boy decided at last. They walked over to the legs and grabbed one a piece, and together they dragged him out. Before Daisuke could move, Kari sat on top of him.
"Hey Davis...T.K. and I just wanted to say that..."
"We're sorry,"
"Yeah, we only meant for it to be a joke, but I guess it didn't turn out so funny after all..."
"...so...could you please forgive us?" T.K. and Kari asking for his forgiveness? My, my, my, Daisuke was feeling pretty special...
"Hmph...I dunno...that was a pretty mean thing you guys did..."
"Please Davis?" Kari asked as she rumpled the snow out of his hair. An electric shock went through Daisuke when Kari did that, making his numb, cold body warm and tingly.
"Of course I forgive you Kari," he said smiling up at her. "Oh, and I forgive you too T.K.," T.K. grinned.
"Friends again?" he asked as he gave Daisuke a helping hand up.
"Yeah, friends," Davis said as he shook it.
Beginning of Chapter 5
Sora, Mimi and Tai sat in his kitchen drinking hot cocoa and visiting.
"Glad to see those three getting along better," Sora smiled, jacking her thumb to the scene outside.
"Yeah...that Davis..." Tai chuckled. "He really seems to have a thing for my sister,"
"Well what can we say-the Yagami's are really good looking, right Sora?" Mimi nudged the girl next to her. Sora's face flushed and she managed to stammer out,
"W-why Mimi, I have n-no idea what you're talking about," she chuckled nervously. Tai caught her eye, but she fumbled with her cup and proclaimed a little louder than needed,
"Um, alright, what dishes shall we make for our Digi-reunion?"
"Sora. We're going out to dinner," Tai reminded her with a grin.
"Oh-yeah, I knew that-just trying to make 'pleasant conversation', heh, heh," Tai and Mimi raised their eyebrows at each other over Sora's head.
"And it's at Hoppy's Diner, so you don't forget," Mimi reminded her.
"Everyone's been called about it, right?"
"Yep. It's all set for next Saturday unless too many people can't make it," the other girl replied. Just then the phone rang.
"I'll get it!" Sora volunteered, eager to get away from the kitchen for a moment "Yagami residence, whom would you like to speak with?" Mimi silently snickered at what Sora just said, but suddenly became very somber and quiet at her best friend's next words. "Hey Matt! Yeah, he's here-no? Okay-yeah-well this was just supposed to be for all of us-I-I see....hmmm. *sigh* I suppose so...alright. Okay. Bye," Sora got off the phone and stood in the hallway for a moment with a hand on her mouth, thinking. Then she walked back to the kitchen.
"Change the reservations for one more Tai. Matt's got a new girlfriend,"
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~Cliffhanger huh? ^_^ Okay, maybe a cliffhanger? Like I said, tell me what you think, I love opinions. Oh poor Dai-Dai! *sniff* :PWell thanks so much for reading!~Taigurl~