Memories Out of Reach

Chapter 2: What Did I do Wrong?

Hey everybody! I'm Hope10032 and I'm here to bring you my very first fan fiction! This is more of an experiment than anything, but if you like it, please tell me! This is a crossover of 02, 03 and 04. There will be hints of TakuyaXKari, because I think that pairing is AWESOMENESS! Anyway, basically the majority of digidestined from those three seasons are all in high school.

We're already at the second chapter! I am so sorry for the wait but I had things I needed to do before being able to write this. I send out special thanks to everyone who read the intro, followed/favorited my story, and especially to emperorgreymon and MysteryAsia for reviewing! I hope I can live up to your expectations!

"..talking.."

'..thinking..'

- Flashbacks will be labeled as such

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of the Digimon Franchise, no matter how much I wish I did.

Chapter 2: What Did I do Wrong?

Kari's POV

Flashback

A little girl around the age of 4 was having fun in the sand box at the local park. She was trying to build a really large sandcastle, when suddenly three kids about one year older came up to her. She proceeded to ignore them for as long as she could, until the leader yanked on her hair to get her attention.

"You think you're funny Kamiya? Well is this funny too?" he asked as he continued to hold her hair hostage.

"Leggo of me!" she cried, but to no avail. The bully kept yanking harder and harder on the girl's poor brunette locks until someone grabbed his arm from behind.

"It's not nice to pick on someone who was just trying to mind their own business. Maybe you should start minding your own business as well," the voice attached to the strong arm said. When the bully turned around slowly, he saw a boy about a year younger than himself.

"Y-yes sir Mr. Kanbara sir," the bully managed to stammer. This kid may look to be younger, but you wouldn't be able to tell because of the look in his eyes. He looked normal but was far from it. His presence just radiated power. The bully then turned tail with his lackeys in tow and quickly stumbled off.

The mysterious newcomer then turned to the girl and offered her his hand. She cautiously took it and he helped her up.

"Are you alright? Don't mind those buffoons, they have about as much courage as noodle," the boy said.

"Yes I'm fine. Thank you very much...um..."

"Takuya Kanbara."

"Kari Kamiya."

Flashback End

Takuya's POV

As he took his seat next to the kid he assumed was Takato, he saw a brunette girl that was sitting behind him throwing odd looks at him every so often. It creeped him out. Like, really creeped him out.

Not wanting to embarrass her by calling her out on it, he decided to let it slide and act ignorant. Maybe he could ask her what she wants later. It was weird to discover that at the new school he was now attending, the old team was back together again. All his friends that he met during his adventure in the Digital World were in his class now.

"Hi, I'm Takato Matsuki, but I'm sure you already know that from the teacher," the boy next to him greeted. Takuya smiled his trademark grin and took a look at his classmate.

This Takato kid didn't seem like a bad kid. He was wearing the Odaiba High uniform like everyone else, but something definitely stood out about him that Takuya noticed immediately.

"Hi, I'm Takuya Kanbara. Whoa! You're wearing some pretty cool goggles!" Takuya exclaimed. They were yellow unlike his own, but goggles all the same.

Takuya and Takato talked about a bit more about some other things like the move, soccer, and how he was liking Odaiba so far.

"To be honest, I moved here over the summer, as did a lot of these kids," Takato admitted. "In fact, the only kids that aren't new to Odaiba are the four people behind us."

Takuya turned around to look at the people whom Takato was talking about. One was the girl that was creepily watching him, while there was a blonde boy sitting next to her with a fisherman's hat on. Behind them were two boys, one with blue hair and violet eyes, while the other was…

"Davis?!" Takuya gaped. His cousin had changed from the last time he had seen the maroon haired goggle-head. He had definitely grown up, seen as how the last time he had seen the boy was when they were both eight.

"Hey cuz! I see you're still rockin' the hat and goggles huh? I guess I kinda borrowed your style!" Davis laughed and pointed to his own pair of goggles. "So, do you still play soccer? I swear I haven't heard from you for five years!"

It was true. They had seen each other when they were eight years old, but hadn't spoken face to face for five long years. Sure they had talked on the phone, but that only lasted a couple years.

Takuya couldn't remember why they hadn't communicated with each other for that long while. It was odd, because for some reason a lot of his memories were jumbled and he couldn't place them in the right order, while others were just completely blank.

'Oh well, I'll figure that out later. Right now I've more important things to worry about, like how the heck am I supposed to do all this homework!' Takuya mentally cried in break he met up with all his old friends.

"Hey guys! I can't believe we're all together again! What are you guys doing here?" Takuya asked. It seemed almost more than a coincidence, almost like fate.

"Yeah, we were just talking about it earlier. It seems that all our parents were told that they were to move here for work. Kind of crazy, huh?"

"Weird… that's the same reason we moved here. My dad said he got promoted and that his boss made him move here. Not that I'm complaining or anything! I mean, seriously! It's great to see you guys after how long since we had that, you know, 'adventure'!"

Takuya discreetly said the last part seeing how there were others in the room. He and the others knew that even if they were to spill the secret of Digimon, nobody would believe them. Little did they know that their entire class minus the teacher has had experience with Digimon.

Then the girl that had been giving him odd looks during class came up to him. He guessed that she was going to spill about what was on her mind, or at least tell him why she was staring.

Normal POV

"Um… excuse me?" Kari hesitantly tapped on Takuya's shoulder. She had been talking to her friends Rika and Jeri, and had decided to just come out and ask him. What was the worst that could happen, right?

Takuya turned around from the conversation he was having with his friends and gave her a questioning look. He knew something was odd about her, almost… familiar. Again he just brushed off these thoughts like one would dirt. He had enough on his mind, and didn't need more distractions.

"Um… well… y-you see… I… uh…" Kari stuttered nervously. She didn't know how to put it. Should she just go all out and shout in his face whether he remembers her or not, or should she take this time to run?

Takuya's POV

'Was it something I said?' Takuya asked himself as he watched as the girl fled the scene. 'No, it couldn't have been me, I didn't say anything for Pete's sake! I wonder what that was about.'

He saw that two girls started chasing after the girl, so he decided to just ignore the incident. 'Man, I've been deciding to ignore a lot lately. I hope this doesn't come back to bite me on the butt. Oh well, knowing my luck, it most certainly will.'

He shrugged it off and turned back around to his friends. They were all staring at him as though he had grown a second head.

"What?" he asked dumbly. Sometimes it was amazing at how he well could read people, and surprisingly could be extremely observant. This was not one of those times.

"YOU IDIOT! WHAT DID YOU DO TO KARI?!" Izumi literally screamed at him. She then stormed off after her friend, leaving a very confused Takuya.

"Um… what did I do exactly?" he asked the others. Kouji face-palmed and Kouichi just grinned.

Takato's POV

" …" he stared in silent fascination. 'Man, I kinda feel bad for Takuya. It's not his fault that he's so oblivious and thick-headed… is it?'

He walked over to where Takuya, Kouji, and Kouichi were gathered. Kouichi wouldn't stop laughing now, Kouji had his head in his hands, shaking his head from side to side in disbelief, while poor Takuya was as confused as ever.

"Sheesh dude, I haven't seen Izumi that angry, like, ever," Takato stated. "Then again, I only met her last week…"

"I honestly have no idea what just happened," Takuya hung his head down in defeat.

And we're done with the second chapter! I hope this turned out well, but even if it didn't, that's what learning is for! If you have comments/questions/feedback/etc. please tell me! I'd love to hear what you think of this story so far. PLEASE R&R! I literally jumped for joy when I got my first reviews and saw how many people actually read this in such short time! Again, sorry for the delay, but I had issues that needed to be attended to. Thank you so much for reading!