Hello there, this is EZS. Before I say anything, I do not own Digimon franchise itself.

I am so, so sorry for a really late chapter post. One of the reasons was that I keep changing it, I wasn't satisfied with it. Second, I had bad internet so publishing it was hard.

I also want to say thank you for all first reviews I got, even those who have read the hard copy. One stated that it was funny that I refer Hikari as the Devil but actually I was referring to my OC but yeah it is funny xD.

Nonetheless, please enjoy this chapter and I hope you rate and review.

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Well… that was just an interesting chain of events, Takeru thought. Not only was he surprised with the apology came from Haru but he was perplexed with Hikari's response. From his observations, he noticed that Hikari wasn't trying to mend the situation by offering a reassurance to Haru, but it was as if she was trying to cover up something…

'Question is,' he asked himself. 'What is she trying cover up?'

"Hello, Earth to Takeru!" The boy was jolted in the sudden appearance of a hand waving in front of him. Hikari's eyebrow was raised due of curiosity on why he hadn't respond to her call 5 times before. Oh god, he must have lost awareness to his surrounding due of him thinking about what is going on with Hikari. Good job Takeru thought…

"Oh sorry about that, I was just thinking about the project." Ok the excuse could have been better but Takeru was slightly proud of himself of thinking that so quickly.

"Oh its fine, I was trying to ask you that are we going the right way because I think we may have taken the wrong route to the park." Wait what. He looked up to see a sign that said 'Odaiba avenue street' and saw stores and shops he was familiar with but not on the route that they was supposed to take.

Great…

Just, great. God damn it…

Takeru really wanted to kick himself for being so careless right now as he let out a frustrated groan that was fairy loud for onlookers to watch the boy in confusion and slight annoyance. Hikari giggled at the sight of her friend being so annoyed at his inattention towards his surroundings. "It's all right, Takeru. I think we could take this road to the park. It will take slightly longer time but I am sure the others would understand if we tell them we took an unexpected detour." Hikari winked at Takeru in slight amusement of him groaned even more as she said the last word.

"All right, let's just go anyway." Takeru grumbled, not wanting to let Hikari indulge in his carelessness further more. "I bet you are having fun"

"Me? Why I don't know what you talking about." Hikari jokingly said

"Oh you and your 'humor', I swear it feels like as if I'm spending time with Daisuke rather than Hikari herself."

'WHA-?!" Geez, talk about an ear killing sound that would put millions of crows into shame as Hikari shrieked in such a high pitch voice that Takeru had to cover his ear because of that. The boy looked at his friend in an astounded fashion as how the hell she could make that kind of a sound. "Uh I mean, what do you mean by that, Takeru?"

"Well, I don't know exactly but the way I see it, you seem to be more easygoing and tend to joke more. Heck, now you even find my absolutely astounding sense of humor actually being funny. Hmm, I wonder if you have spending time with Daisuke lately."

"Do-Don't be ridiculous, Takeru. I haven't been spending time Daisuke. You know how high school days are; we get really busy with our studies or whatever. Plus, he's not even in the same class with us anymore even though I wanted otherwise…" Hikari was flustered at mere suggestion of her spending time with the mentioned person.

"Yeah you are right, him not being in the same class really cut down his time with us and these days it's so hard because exams and active – wait, repeat what you said at the end?"

"Said what, Takeru? All I said he's not even in the same as us anymore that's all hahahah…" Hikari quickly fumbled trying to cover up as she really didn't want anyone to find out. Takeru was curious on why Hikari was acting so weird of all sudden ever since he mentioned Daisuke.

Wait…

Could it be?

"Takeru, look at the time! We have to be there in 5-10 minutes!"

Wait…

5-10 Minutes? That means they are late?!

Crap, crap crap. Takeru panicked and was about to tell Hikari to let's go but was abruptly interrupted by the suspicious grinning expression that is slowly appearing on her face as if she got possessed by the Cheshire cat.

"Race you there? Loser have to treat the others dinner tonight~''

The blonde boy wasn't even given a chance to reply as Hikari just dashed off with such speed that he could sword it broke the speed limit…

"Now, she acts like Daisuke too…."

xXx

It was dusk and getting dark at the park. Lampposts were lit up, families and kids have now left to their homes and enjoy their dinner. All that remains are just sounds of chirps from nature, occasional couples strolling through due of the serene atmosphere, perfect for romantic dates. It was peace and quiet…

"WHERE THE HELL IN THE WORLD ARE THEY?!'

For just few minutes…

Well it was nice while it lasted.

Any onlookers and bystanders would have been shocked by that sudden outburst from someone and look for the source. What they see was a group of young people, teenagers at the playground area. One particular figure stood out for stomping the ground, paced back worth and was exuding pure anger. The other 2 figures were unfortunate to be near to their companion's outburst.

"Calm down, Miyako. I am sure the others have to do something important first." One of the figures,a young boy with a grey sweater and a short, neat hair tried to reason the raging older friend of his.

"Calm down?! I'll calm down when i have their heads and force them to apologize for the same time we have been waiting! We all promised to hangout 2 weeks ago but we kept postponing it. This time, however, NO EXCUSES! Ohohohoh!"

the younger boy sighed and pleadingly looked at the third figure, an older boy with a dark shirt and jacket. He had long navy hair, that reached down to the nape of his neck and had dark blue eyes. The older boy just sighed in resignation.

'' Well, Miyako has a point, Iori." The older boy addressed to his young friend " We have been waiting for nearly 2 hours for them." Iori couldn't disagree with that point.

"Besides" Ken said before he gave a sideway glance, afraid of his girlfriend might hear them, then whispered " It's that time of the month anyway...i can't do anything if that is the case.."

Iori definately couldn't agree with that. The last time he saw his friend on the painful times was at her family shop where basically ranted the whole day, causing the customers to leave for a while and nearly all the chocolates from the shop just vanished into the black hole that resided in her stomach.

Even so, Iori felt he was in the same boat with Miyako, they have been waiting for hours for the others. For too long, they had to postpone their get together due of school and stuff so really he felt there's no excuse this time. Plus, his patience is starting to wear thin. He pray that they would come at any moment now.

" Sorry for being late, everyone!"

Oh, never expected God would respond so early, he must have been blessed Iori thought. The 3 figures turned around to see another 2, a boy and a girl coming towards them. He knew them both. The boy, same age as Ken was fairly tall and slim. He had short tussled blonde hair and light blue eyes that would have made any girl swoon. The girl, was small like him and petite, yet was mesmerizing. he felt that she exude this aura of pure and light, like an angel. Like with Ken and Miyako, he had adventures with the approaching newcomers together when they were younger and share deep bonds with each other. He would never trade them for anything else and would never wish any harm upon them, but still...

"Welcome, Hikari and Takeru. At least you guys came anyway but don't think Miyako would let you off the hook" He had to admit, he find it amusing to see both the newcomers winced at Miyako being mentioned as they too would not want to deal with the overbearing anger from the girl.

"It isn't bad, is it?" Takeru asked.

"HIKARI YAGAMI AND TAKERU ISHIDA!"

That would answer your question, dear Takeru. Both newcomers hesitantly turned to face the inevitable and were about to greet their 'friend' until Miyako jumped at them with a massive bear hug.

"WHERE WERE YOU GUYS?! I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WOULDN'T COME. DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?! DID SOMEONE DIE?! DO YOU HATE ME?!" Everyone was overwhelmed with surprise with this unexpected waling from Miyako as she had big watery eyes and her mouth quivered as if it could fall off at any moment.

''Don't know if this is good or bad compare to angry Miyako'' Takeru whispered to Hikari while they are being bombarded with questions and death hugs. Hikari looked at Ken inquisitively and the boy just mouthed the words 'it's that time of the month'

Ahh... OK.

"Well, Miyako. We were caught up with school work but we would never skip this. We made a promise" Hikari reassured her friend while being amused by the instant happy expression Miyako had.

Everyone else nodded in agreement. "Well, here we are. Finally, everyone is finally together." Takeru stated.

"YEAH! EVERYONE IS FINALLY HERE!' Miyako exclaimed in excitement. Finally, after weeks of postponing their promise for school, actviities, family etc. everyone was finally together...

'Wait, everyone?" Ken asked

Huh? "What is it, Ken?" Miyako asked. Hikari suddenly realized everyone was here except for one.

Oh...

No...

" OH! Daisuke isn't he-" Iori was suddenly interrupted by Takeru's hand but he was just a second too late. As soon as Iori said that, everything went silent...

They all hesitantly looked at Miyako. She just stood there stiffly until...

"That...that..."

Great...everyone was prepared to cover their ears for another episode of Miyako's mood swing...

"NO GOOD GOGGLE SOCCER HEAD EXCUSE OF A LEADER! WHERE ARE YOU DAISUKE MOTOMIYA, I WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD!" Miyako shrieked in pure rage that could pretty sure have been heard by a lot of people blocks away.

Well, it was nice while it lasted, Hikari thought. Where was Daisuke? she knew that he would not miss this for anything else. Heck, it was his idea for this get together plus she really wanted to see him. She was about to give him a phone call when she heard a bell ring.

" Guys, I'm here! I'm sorry I'm late!"

Thank god when she heard that voice. She turned around to see someone coming towards them with a bicycle and was wearing goggles. Goggles that she knew so well. After all, it was passed down from her brother. She was about to greet him when at the corner her eye, a shadow wooshed with blinding speed, towards to their newcomer.

"MOTOMIYA!"

Daisuke panicked at the sight of an incoming bullet train in the form of his female 'friend' and swerved to dodge her which caused her to crash into a trash can but Miyako was able to hit the bicycle, which caused the poor boy to be separated from his bike and flew in to the air so high like a bird until he landed on the ground, leaving a a crater on where he landed.

"Ow~" The boy sat up while rubbing his head in pain from his uhh... stylish fall. He turned around to see Miyako also getting up and was trying to find him until she spotted him. Her eyes flared up, her nose blew steam. He felt like a matador facing a bull but not just any bull, the bull that would guarantee his death.

He tried to find something to show her something as a means of surrender so he picked a fabric from his pocket and waved it to Miyako

"I come in peace!"

Silence. Daisuke was baffled with the lack of response from Miyako and turned around to see his friends' mouth hanging in shock as they all thought that Daisuke actually had balls to do that.

"Daisuke..." Hikari said. " Please tell me you didn't do that on purpose..."

Did what?! Daisuke was even more baffled when he heard the unholy roar from Miyako.

"YOU WERE LATE COMING HERE AND NOW YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO WAVE THAT ON THE AIR AS IF YOU ARE A MATADOR?!"

What the hell?! Did she read his mind or something until the boy realized what fabric he was holding and more specifically, what color...

A fairly large handkerchief.

A fairly large RED handkerchief...

Oh...

Crap..

''Eh~"

"Toro,toro?" Daisuke couldn't help himself saying that

Miyako screamed and dashed towards him like a jet and Daisuke was prepared to go to heaven at that moment until Hikari stepped in front of him with her arms crossed. Miyako abruptly stopped in front of her and was bewildered.

"Miyako Inoue! you are overreacting. Yes, he is late but he must have an excuse anyway like me and Takeru. Besides, he came at least, right?" Hikari looked at him while chided her friend. Daisuke looked at her with gratefulness in his eyes, to show his profound thanks towards his 'savior'

'Ca-Calm yourself, Hikari! Don't loose focus to his eyes. His deep,dark, beautiful eyes...' Hikari internally sighed at the sight of those eyes.

"Grr, fine. Only for you,Hikari." Miyako grumbled then suddenly remembered an important fact about Hikari and gave a knowing smirk at her and felt glee when Hikari blushed, knowing what that smirk meant. " You got yourself lucky, Daisuke. If you do it again next time, i will personally bury you.'

"Duly noted,Dear Miyako!" Daisuke gave a big thumbs up to her and the girl couldn't help herself not being angry at him anymore, even if he was dreadfully annoying. They are all close friends anyway.

" Well, I'm glad everything is resolved" Ken suddenly said while everyone looked at him. '' Now to celebrate our 3 year anniversary as a team of digidestined, i brought a basket full of food and drinks. Let's have a night picnic, OK?"

Everyone was jumping and cheering at the sight of Ken holding a fairly big basket. " You the best, Ken! I'm glad you are my best friend!" Daisuke proudly exclaimed

"Hey, what about me Daisuke? Aren't i your best friend?" Takeru jokingly asked while giving him a fake sad expression

"Hahaha, that was a good one Takepon!" Daisuke laughed then he lit up as if he had realized something. "Wait, Takepon! haha that's a good name!"

Takeru twitched in annoyance as this was the 2nd time he got called by that...name.

And at the same day too!

"Well, here's to us! May we all be friends forever no matter what!" Daisuke stood up and hold up his drink that he got from the basket in the air

The others also got a drink and held up in agreement. They will be together. Nothing will change.

xXx

The young digidestined all sat there, admiring the lake at the park. The moon shone in the sky and reflected on the surface of the river. Twas a beautiful moment.

''BUUUURPPP"

Till that happened.

Everyone laughed at the obscene sound from Daisuke's belch. " Man, that was good! Ken, tell your mom that i think her food is one of the greatest i have ever had."

"I'll pass it along to her'' Ken chuckled. Everyone was feeling full from the night picnic and were resting and enjoying the nature around them. Iori then decide to ask them something and coughed to get their attention

"It's the weekend tomorrow and i was wondering..." Iori fidgeted while everyone was listening to him.

"Go on, Iori. What were you gonna say?" Takeru asked towards his jogress partner.

" I was wondering if we could all hangout again tomorrow?"

Everyone was tempted to agree with that but...

"I wish we could, Iori but we got a project on the first day next week." Hikari stated as she and Takeru cannot forget to prepare for it.

"Oh OK..." Iori was dejected. He was the youngest of the group yet even though he had friends his age, he feels more comfortable around them and he dearly misses them.

"Wait, project? you mean the cooking project?" Daisuke asked.

'Yeah, why?" Takeru replied. " Wait how did you know it was a cooking project?"

Daisuke just gave a big toothy grin and stood up. Everyone was curious on why Daisuke seem excited

"As the leader of the group, i declare we hang out tomorrow!!"

"But that is gonna be hassle, Daisuke. You heard what Hikari said. they have a project and have to be prepare for it." Miyako stated while Ken nodded in agreement

"Exactly!"

Huh? Everyone was confused.

"We should hang out tomorrow because of the project! i have the same project too and i was planning to go to the supermarket to get ingredients and stuff so why not we all do that? I mean come on! hanging out at the supermarket with friend is gonna be great!"

That.

Was.

Brilliant!

Everyone finally understood and actually thought it would be good idea.

"I guess we could do that" Takeru happily agreed, knowing they could hang out again

"I think it's gonna be a great experience' Iori was beaming with happiness and looked at his leader to tell him a silent thank you.

"I don't see the problem with that" Ken agreed, knowing that Daisuke saw Iori's dejected look and came up with a good solution. He inherited the crest of Friendship, anyway.

'While the guys are on the board with the plan, the girls haven't said anything. Miyako looked at Hikari and gave a look that said 'Girl, that could your be chance to tell him'

Hikari responded with an incredulous look that said ' No way! It's too embarrassing, we're not ready yet!'

Miyako giggled at that look and responded to it with another one. 'Oh, 'we' huh? didn't know you guys are an item already'

Hikari just went red at that suggestion. She was about to say something to her friend when an arm draped around her and she got pulled close to something... or someone.

' What do you say, Hikari? Wanna hangout at the supermarket tomorrow?" Daisuke asked

The girl couldn't respond. She was held close to him, like literally next to him. He had his arm around her, she felt like as if she was his girlfriend.

His...girlfriend.

Hikari went full red and stammered. "Hikari? you OK?''

Miyako butted in and said "She is A- OK, Daisuke and she said she would like come too"

"Great! Everyone is going then, this is gonna be fun." Daisuke gave a squeeze on Hikari and she felt even more nervous than before. " Well, everyone. See you all tomorrow!"

Everyone gave their good byes and Daisuke,Iori and Ken departed to their respective homes while Hikari, Miyako and Takeru stayed behind for a little while.

Hikari was rooted at the spot, daydreaming about how close he was. Miyako just laughed while Takeru was confused about the girls behavior.

"Um, Hikari? we should go now." Takeru snapped his finger in front of her face

"Huh? oh yeah, we should go, let's go. " Hikari snapped back into reality while Miyako just laughed and said " Tomorrow's a good chance, Hikari!"

While Takeru didn't understand what she meant, Hikari fully understood as she was blushing.

Oh man... should she decide to tell him? what would happen? will things workout? She hope it would..

" Alright, I'll do it." Hikari said. Miyako grinned at her friend as she was finally gonna do it tomorrow. Takeru was confused as what she meant by that

"Do what?" Takeru asked.

"Nothing, Takeru. Just gonna do some preparation tomorrow." Hikari answered back meekly.

Oh let's just hope nothing would go wrong tomorrow.