Hi there! Well, this is my attempt to write Digimon FanFiction. I hope you like it.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own digimon characters. The only elements of my property are Original Characters and plot.

Chapter I : Calling

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The loud tingling of the alarm clock almost made the girl fell of her bed. She lazily pulled away the comforter and stretched her hand to silence the noisy alarm. She raised from her bed and stared at the immutable bulge sleeping in the lower bed.

"Niii-saaan…" she said with a soft yawn. "Wake up, niii-san. We'll be late for school."

The bulge trembled a little.

"Just 5 more minutes…."

"No, Nii-san." The girl replied a little firmer " You can't be late again on the first day. Get up!"

The thin girl shook him until a bush of thick brown hair appeared between the covers. The boy got up lazily. His eyes were still lightly shut.

" I'm awake now…" he mumbled " No need to be so stern, Hikari"

"Oh, no you're not yet." the younger girl giggled. " I'll go get ready and prepare breakfast, so you better be up and going, nii-san" she picked up her school uniform and headed outside the room.

It was a pretty day of spring. The sun shone brightly and the breeze was fresh; it was, to say, the perfect day to start school.

Hikari began to prepare breakfast enthusiastically. Their father was gone in a work trip, and their mother had left for a couple days to visit some familiars in other city. That left her and her brother alone in the house, and she knew that it was up to her to keep the routine steady. Her brother was never much into the house chores.

Her mobile phone began ringing as she served the table announcing a new message. She picked it up and a smile was drawn on her lips.

Good morning!

Sorry I didn't reply last night. I had no signal in the way back to Odaiba.

-T-

Hikari shook her head. It was usual in Takeru to feel guilty whenever he replied her messages late. It'd been like that since they were younger, and even now, he remained the same.

Good morning silly!

It's okay. I kind of figured it was like that. How was the trip?

-H-

She left the phone on the table and turned on the news. 8Taichi came out from the room fully dresses and with a evident lazy look in his face. He left his bag by the entrance and sat at the table.

"Nice, it almost looks as mom's cooking."

"You can't tell unless you eat it though "she replied checking her phone once more.

"Oi, isn't it too early to be texting around?"

"Mmm…not really" She replied typing in her phone.

"Let me guess who it is… starts with a T and ends with -akeru" Taichi said biting a piece of toast.

"Yeah, he came back from his family trip last night. He was just apologizing for not replying me yesterday… isn't he cute?"

"Yeah …cute. You two really grew to be friends. Who would have thought of it…"

"Well, you're one to say. Must be a family thing."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, isn't Yamato-kun, your best friend?"

"Who said that guy is my best…"

His last comment was interrupted by the news reporter voice.

"…the accident took place at 7 pm last night. According to the victim's family, Ueda Sachiko was heading home from cram school when she was hit by a car. The driver assured that he did as he could to stp the car, but it was too late and the impact was unavoidable. According to witnesses, Ueda stopped in the middle of the street just as the car was passing by. The medics have claimed that she is in critical condition…"

"Another one…?" Taichi muttered "It's the third in two days."Taichi said staring at the T.V worried " Hikari, be careful when you come back from school today. "

"You don't actually think I'll get hit by a car, do you?" the girl chuckled. It was somehow amusing that her brother would always think she could get hurt by anything.

"Well, one never knows…." Taichi replied looking at his sister seriously "Just promise me you'll be careful"

"I will…"

"May be I should ask Takeru to take care of you though." Taichi said in a teasing voice earning and elbow from his sister.

"Hurry up and finish eating, would you?" Hikari replied pouting while she washed her plate.

"Hit the nail, didn't I? "

"Brother…"

Taichi burst into a laugh.

"All right, all right…."

"I´ll head out first. See you later, brother"

Before Taichi could say anything to her, Hikari had already walked out the door and headed to school. She'd get her payback on her brother later. Contrary to her brother, she wasn't very fond of getting late on her very first day.

The morning breeze felt good as she rode her bike to school. It was spring time and the flower buds in the cherry trees were yet to bloom, but judging by the number, when they did it'd be a beautiful picture. Hikari stopped her bike at the road side and looked up trying to remember how it'd been in other years…

…Hikari….

Hikari's snapped out of her thoughts and looked around. She was sure she'd heard someone calling out for her, but she found no one around her. A sudden shudder ran down her spine and she rubbed her arms feeling suddenly cold.

"Uhm…that's weird." She muttered.

"Uhm? What is weird?" someone whispered in her ear causing her to give a small jump.

A tall blond boy stood behind her. He was wearing the same green uniform from her school and he was grinning amused.

"Takeru! Don't do that, you scared me" she said trying to sound annoyed.

The boy tilted his head and a smile curved in his lips.

"Sorry. Thought I'll give you a surprise. You looked so focused that I just couldn't help it. What were you watching?"

"I…the flower buds" she replied pushing away that weird feeling from her mind. " We'll have a beautiful bloom this year…"

"Oh…" Takeru replied looking up at the trees. "Yeah…there are a lot of buds this year, aren't there? How about we come to watch the flowers with everyone when they bloom?"

"Yeah…."

The blond looked at his friend, a sudden hint of worry was shown in his eyes.

"Hikari ?".

"Oh! We should hurry. We'll be late…" Hikari said coming out from her thoughts "How was your family trip by the way?"

"Uhm? It wasn't bad, how about you? Did you do anything fun while I wasn't here?"

"Uhmmm…." she said mysteriously "I might have gone in a couple dates, you know?"

"Eh? Dates?" Takeru replied puzzled "With whom?"

Hikari left out a small chuckle.

"I'm just teasing you. I didn't do anything besides making sure my brother didn't get into trouble with our parents out"

"Seems like you were busy."

"May be a little…"

They walked together into the school fields and, after checking the class lists, theywere glad to find that they'd been put in the same class.

"Seems like we'll be classmates again. " Takeru smiled as the headed to the classroom.

"Uhm…so it seems. Can't say I'm not happy about it." Hikari smiled.

The rest of the day went off in a blur. There were a couple of times in which Hikari felt odd; it was a feeling she couldn't explain nor understand. However, she quickly dismissed the thought. It was probably just her imagination after all.

As the day passed, she was getting more and more drowsy. She wasn't supposed to fall sleep in class on her very first day, but she couldn't help it. Her eyelids felt heavy. I was strange since she had sleep enough the night before.

Hikari…

Who is this? Who's calling me?

Hikari…h…l…e….

"Hikari…"

"Uh?"

Someone was shaking her shoulder. She opened her eyes and found a very troubled Takeru staring down at her.

"Hikari…class ended a while ago. It's time to go home." He said. She could see the concern reflecting in his blue orbs.

"Oh….yeah. Sorry, it seems I fell asleep."

"Are you…are you okay? I mean…you're not feeling ill or anything….are you?

"Uh?" Hikari shook her head and smiled at him "I think I just got a little sleepy, that's all. Don't worry. I guess I am my brother's sister after all "

Takeru chuckled.

"Sleeping in class does sound like something Taichi would do. C'mon, want to go for ice cream before heading home?"

"Ice cream sounds good"

They both walked down the stairs together. Takeru kept looking at her with concern. Even if she said she was ok, he could tell something wasn't right with Hikari. He knew her well enough to see through her facade.

"Are you sure you're okay?" he asked softly.

"You almost sound like my brother. I'm alright" she smiled, but he didn't buy it.

There was something not quite right behind that smile, but he couldn't get it. The icec ream shop was quite crowded with students, so he offered to go buy the ice creams while Hikari waited outside. She didn't complain and stood down waiting for him outside.

Takeru was worried about her. She knew it, and she felt bad for making him worry like that, but she wasn't lying when she said was fine. She wasn't sick, she just felt odd.

Hikaru left out a soft sigh and then it happened. A thick fog began to surround her. It was strange, fog wasn't a usual thing in spring, or at least that was what she thought, but this was definitely fog. Was she imagining all again? Could it be that her mind was playing tricks on her?

Hikari!

She turned around automatically. She knew that voice. She'd heard it many times before.

"Tailmon!" she whispered as she turned around.

There she was, her digimon partner stood some steps away from her. Her tiny body and lively eyes were looking at her with a pained look.

"Tailmon…h-how?"

"Hikari, help me!"

Hikari saw how the body of her dear Tailmon began to fade into the fog, and panic flickered in her heart instantly. She dropped her bag and ran to the small digimon in a desperate attempt and then, she simply lost it. Everything turned black and she felt herself fall into darkness.