Chapter 2 Enjoy!
"Well I better let Shinya know he's tagging with us today" Takuya said to himself.
As he began walking toward Shinya's room he remembered how meet all his current friends.
"I hope to return there one day, I'll never forget how it changed me for the better." He said
"Shinya you are with me today, I'm meeting the gang at the park at 2:00". Takuya he said as he opened Shinya's door.
"Are Zoe and Tommy coming"? Shinya asks
"Yes, why does it matter if Zoe is coming?" Takuya asks with a raised eyebrow.
"Because she is going to be my girlfriend" he states in a matter of fact tone.
"As if he she would go for a squirt like you" he says while trying to stifle a laugh.
"As if she would date a bonehead like YOU" Shinya retorts back.
"I think she would" Takuya says
"So you do like her!" Shinya exclaims
"Uhh what are you getting at we're just fiends ok" Takuya states trying not be flustered
"Any way I'm going to take a nap wake me in a half an hour." Takuya says before returning to his room.
With Koji
"Hi Mom" he says while walking into his home.
"Hi Koji do you have any plans today?" she asks him
"Well the gang and I are heading to the park at 2:00 to celebrate summer break" he states before placing his foot on the bottom step.
"Have fun okay and try not to hurt that boy Takuya again." She said while reading a book.
"Ok mom, and one more thing" he says
"Yes?" she asks
"Thank you for loving me even though I didn't treat you as my mom, I really do appreciate it." He says before going into his room.
"He sure has come a long way since those years ago those friends must really mean something to him." She mused to herself.
"Let's see if Koichi is there yet" he says while dialing the number.
"Hello?" he heard a woman answer the phone.
"Hi mom is Koichi home yet?" he asks
"Why yes he is would you like to me put him on the phone?" she asks
"No, that would be ok I'll be over within ten minutes could you tell him?" he asks while walking toward the door.
"Sure thing Koji." She says before ending the call.
"Mom I'm going over to Koichi until we meet at the park." He says while walking out the door.
"Ok tell your mother I said hi" she says while glancing from her book.
"Will do." He says.
"Oh and Koji please be safe" she says with worry in her voice.
"I will mom and I love, you see you later." He says while leaving.
With Koichi
"Koichi your brother will be here in about ten minutes ok!" he hears her yell to him from downstairs.
"Ok thanks mom!." He yelled back.
Over the years he Koichi managed to become closer to the gang and with his brother. Often times he wondered how lucky he was to meet people like them.
"I'm glad to have meet these guys without them I doubt I would be the person who I am now." He mused to himself.
"I hope I can go back to the digiworld to undo some of things I did while I was duskmon". He said
"With my purified spirits of darkness I can show them the true power and how it can be used for goodness."
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a knock on the door downstairs.
"Mom I'll get it!" he yelled while going the downstairs.
"Thanks honey" She said halfway rising off the couch.
"Hey bro" Koichi says while opening the door.
"Hey Koichi, hey mom" Koji says while walking inside.
Koji walks to his mom and gives her a big hug.
"Koji you act like you haven't seen me in years" she says when he lets go.
"I know it's still hard for me to believe you are really here even after these years, I want to cherish all the time I haven't had with you". He said while standing next to Koichi.
"Aww that's so sweet Koji I never knew you had that in you" Koichi teased him.
"Koichi don't tease him like that." their mother said half-scolding him
"oh all right" he says in a slightly defeated tone.
"So what brings you here Koji?" he asked out of curiosity
"The gang are heading to the park at 2:00 are you in?" Koji asks his twin
"Sure sounds like fun, try not to hurt Takuya again." Koichi says
"It was an accident jeez!." Koji retorts
"Speaking of Takuya you think he's going to be late?" he asked
"Is the sky blue?" he responds with a question.
"Well not all the time for instance when it storms it becomes a sort of gray." He responds with deep in thought tone.
Koji shot him a glare
"hehe just kidding you should lighten up" Koichi says while laughing.
'Brothers who needs em' Koji wondered to himself.
"Apparently you do" Koichi says as if he read his mind.
"Whatever" Koji says as he scoffs
With Zoe and Luna
"So what did he say?" Luna asks
"Yes, you can come a long if you would like" Zoe said answering the question
"You know Zoe of all the time I hung out with those guys you never told me how you all met each other." She says with curiosity in her voice
"We met at the Shibuya train station we sort of bumped into each other that's all." Zoe says while still figuring out what to wear.
"So are you dating anyone of them?" she asks hoping to get something out of her.
"No they are like my brothers" she said quickly almost too quickly
"Sure they are" Luna says in a unbelieving tone.
"They are" Zoe says almost yelling
"I think you like that guy Takuya the way you guys interact with one another people would think you were a couple." Luna says trying to provoke some action out of Zoe
Zoe didn't want to admit but she did like Takuya but he was a bit dense sometimes to notice. They still didn't go out on the proposed date because she wanted him to ask her.
"We are not!" She yelled while turning red.
"If you were anymore red you could be a fire truck you know." Luna says while still teasing her friend.
"Ugh whatever" Zoe says in her normal tone while searching her wardrobe once more.
"Listen Zoe if you like him tell him with us entering high school he might get snatched up quickly, he is really cute with his brown eyes and messy hair. She says
"So you like him now?" Zoe asks
"No he's cute but Koichi is my type of guy witty, brave and cute." She said in a dreamy voice.
"So why don't you tell him that" Zoe asks
"I will if you tell Takuya how you feel about him" Luna says determined to make Zoe admit something.
"No deal because I don't feel anything for him" she says while finding what she likes to wear.
"If that's how you want to play things then ok Zoe" Luna says while giving up
'Takuya why can't you pick up hints you blockhead' Zoe thought to herself while looking in the bathroom mirror examining herself.
With Tommy
"Mom is it ok that I go the park with Takuya and the others?" he asks his mom while she walks in.
"Sure thing honey just be safe ok." She says
"I will mom, do you need any help?" he asks
"That would be nice dear." She says to her youngest born
After helping his mom Tommy began to think on how he has come a long from being a push over to a brave young man.
Now that he was going to entering middle school he knew bigger kids would try to bully him but his courage he would not let them or anyone bully him around.
Then he remembered how he met Takuya's kid brother some older boys were trying to take money from him but he stood up for him and they became like brothers. What Shinya didn't know was Tommy already knew his older brother.
"Thanks to Takuya and the digiworld I am no longer a whiny brat who has to get his way." Tommy said to himself.
With J.P.
"This year will be different "he said to himself while looking in the mirror.
J.P. was the oldest of the group sometimes he wondered how he became to know his younger peers.
"Never in my life would I thought I would went somewhere like the digiworld" J.P. said to himself
"Without those guys I would probably still be the guy who uses chocolate to bribe people into being his friend." He says
When J.P. returned from the digiworld he was able to make friends easier because he took time to know them and not use them.
He was grateful for all the friends he made and school and in the digiworld.
At Shibuya Station
As the train stopped two teens emerged from the crowd of people.
"Well sis it looks like we'll be spending the rest of our school years here." The older of two said.
"Yeah it looks that way big bro I hope can meet some new people here." She says
"I hope you're right, well we have to figure out how to find our way home first." He says to his sibling.
"Well let's get going!" she exclaims
At the Park
Tommy was the first to arrive since his mom drove him there, followed by the twins, followed by Zoe and Luna, followed by J.P., and lastly followed by Takuya and Shinya.
"You're late" everyone seemed to say at the same time.
Then everyone looked at each other and began to laugh. Everyone was about the same face wise but the guys began to grow taller. Takuya and the twins all stood at 6'1, while J.P. stood at 6'2 being the tallest as well as the oldest. Although they girls didn't get much taller they began to fill out the shapes more turning into young women. Zoe was about 5'9, with her curves and Luna was about 5'8 with not as much curves as her friend.
"Oh remind to laugh later" Takuya said while crossing his arm over his chest.
"Oh lighten up Takuya" J.P. said while patting his younger peer on the back.
"I would have been on time if someone woke me up like I asked" Takuya says while shooting a glare toward his little brother.
"I tried everything but you only got up when I said something about Z-"Shinya said before being cut off by Takuya's hand.
"Zucchini yea I love my zucchini!" he said while laughing sheepishly.
"If you tell you're dead" he whispers with venom in his voice.
"So what do you guys what to do?" he ask while trying to change the subject.
"How about a game of soccer?" Tommy suggested
"Ok" everyone agreed.
"So what are the teams?" Zoe asked
"I'm with her!" Shinya and J.P. both exclaimed while rushing over to her.
"Well I'm with them also" Koichi says before walking over.
"Try not to be so competitive Takuya" Koji warned him
"Relax Koji I'm always in control" Takuya said while waving his hand in a dismissive motion.
{Teams: Koji,Takuya,Tommy, and Luna vs Zoe,Shinya, J.P. and Koichi}
"Don't worry my turtledove we'll beat Takuya into a pulp." Shinya says to Zoe.
"Aww you are so sweet." Zoe says to Shinya while pinching is his cheek.
'Hey who does this kid think he is flirting with my girl!' J.P. raged in his mind
"Game on!." Takuya yelled.
With Two Teens Walking
"Bro we having been wondering around for at least an hour we should ask someone for directions." She complains to her sibling.
"Men don't ask for directions we merely travel with our guts." He says to her while he pounds his stomach.
"That would be find if you were a man little boy!." She exclaims irritated.
"Whatever little girl." He responds
"I'm fifteen thank you very much". She lashes back
"I'm sixteen and you are still little." He says in a cool demeanor while looking at the park.
"Hey look over there." he points so she can follow
"They look like they are having a good time" she says
"Yeah I hope we can meet some people like that." he says
Just before he took a step he heard his cell phone making sounds he never heard before. He reaches into his pocket to look at.
"Hey look out!" he heard someone shout out in a panic filled voice
Back to the game
'Time to unleash my secret weapon and win this game' Takuya thought to himself as he managed to dribble past his younger sibling.
Just before he unleashed his secret move he heard a familiar sound on his phone. Without realizing his foot connected with the ball. He quickly looked back to see the ball heading straight for a guy standing on the sidewalk looking at his cell phone.
"Hey look out!" He managed to say.
The young man looked up only to see a soccer ball only inches away from his face.
SMACK! Followed by a loud thud were only sound to be heard.
"Oh No!" Takuya said as he rushed over to the fallen young man.
"Ow, jeez that's using your head" the young man said as he sat up while hanging his head between his legs.
"Nice going Takuya how you completely miss the goal is beyond me." Shinya says teasing his brother.
"Not now Shinya" Takuya says hoping this stranger is ok.
"Hey are you okay-"he asked before interrupted
"Dante, my name is Dante and this is my sister Megan." He says while standing up.
Dante stood at 6'3 with waves in his hair and brown eyes, his sister Megan stood at 5'9 with long black hair with brown eyes also. She had slightly more curves than Zoe.
"Nice shot dude just make sure I'm not target next time." He said with a smirk on his face.
"Sorry about that my cell phone distracted me." Takuya said while rubbing the back of his neck.
"Your cell phone also made some eerie noise?" Dante asks
Everyone in the group except Shinya and Luna began to look questionably at each other.
"Yeah, oh where are my manners I'm Takuya nice to meet you and your sister." He said while extending his hand for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you Takuya" he says while shaking his hand.
"Meet my friends Koji, Koichi, Zoe, J.P. and Luna." He said whilst pointing to each said person.
"And this pest is here is my brother Shinya." He said while pointing toward the said trouble maker.
"Hi Dante, Hi Megan" everyone said in unison.
"So what brings you guys to Japan" asked Takuya
"Our father got a job here so we will be living here for a few years." Megan answered
"We're hoping to meet some new people here also, we've moved around a lot so we don't make many friends." Megan stated sadly
"Well you guys can hang with us!" J.P. exclaims
"You guys don't have to do that we don't want to intrude upon you all." Dante said
"Oh nonsense our group can always grow!" J.P. reassured him
"He's right we can always meet new people" Koichi said.
"Well if you guys insist, sure we'd love to hang out with you guys." Dante said
"Where are you guys staying" Tommy asked
"Actually we were hoping someone could point us in the right direction." Megan said while looking at Tommy.
"Do you know the address?" Koji asked
"Yeah it's right here" Dante said while pulling a piece of paper with an address written on it out of his pocket showing the group.
"Hey you guys live a couple of blocks away from me." Zoe said
"Could you show us we don't want our parents thinking we didn't make here or something." Megan said
"Sure thing!" Zoe exclaimed
"Why don't you all tag along?" Dante asked the group
They look at one another before saying okay and they headed off to show the two newcomers their home.
"Hey Takuya you don't think that incident with the phones was you know who do you?" Koji asked in a whisper
"Maybe, that is the only time our phones have done that." Takuya answered in a whisper
"I hope the digiworld isn't too much trouble again." Koji said
"So how do you all know each other" Dante asked to no one in particular
"We sort of bumped into each other at the Shibuya train station" Zoe said
"Really, I guess how the ball bumped into my head" Dante said sheepishly laughing.
"Yeah I guess you can say that" replied Takuya "Hey sorry for that earlier".
"It's ok it was an accident" Dante said in a reassuring tone
"We're here!" Megan exclaimed running to the door.
The group gasped in awe when saw how good the house looked.
"Well thanks for showing us the way guys, hope to see you guys tomorrow." Megan said before walking into the house.
"We really appreciate you guys taking out time to show us here, is there anything I can get you guys before you leave?"
Everyone declined his offer.
"It's no problem we're used to helping others it's what we excel at". Takuya said with his trademark grin.
"Well once again thank you all hope to see you around." Dante said while walking inside.
"Later." Everyone said in unison
"You know guys I think those two will fit in nicely with us." J.P. said
"For once you might be right J.P." Koji said.
"What do you mean for once?" J.P. asked
"Just like I said FOR ONCE meaning one time" Koji retorted.
"All right guys let's calm down here" Zoe said
"What do you guys want to do tomorrow?" Takuya asked
"Well if it gets too hot we could go hang out the pool" Tommy suggested
Everyone looked at one another and agreed.
"Since that is out of the way we have to get home come on Shinya" Takuya said
Everyone said their goodbyes and began to head home Zoe arrived her place first since it was only a couple blocks away.
Dante watched the group leave and thought to himself of how good of a team they seemed to make.
"Hey sis" he calls out
"Yeah?" she answers
"I have a good feeling about those guys, I can just feel it in my gut you know?" he says while looking out the window
"I get the same feeling also, it's like they are a part of something bigger than us." She says
"Definitely" he says before walking upstairs into his room.
Will Dante and Megan fit in with the group?
Is Ophanimon trying to contact them once more to save the digital world?
side note i'm still working out the kinks on how my story will appear.
expect chapter 3 later today or tomorrow