Authors Notes: I guess you could say that this is part two of the previous chapter. Again I am so sorry that the main plot hasn't gone into action yet and it's already chapter 3, but I absolutely love character development. And if you haven't noticed, I am also a hopeless romantic so all of my stories will have romance (and similar details). Hopefully the Frontier gang will finally make their appearance! This is where I'll start changing names (of the parents). And maybe some details from the anime (of 01 and 02. Not Frontier). Like OOCness (parents and possibly Gennai). Hope that you guys don't mind! Thanks to fanakatsuki for giving me my first review!

This chapter has been revised! 8/25/14

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon (or anything else that I mention). If I did Takari would be made very clear in the epilogue.

In the name of the moon, enjoy this FanFiction!

Hikari felt bad about lying to them. They were her friends after all. They had been with her through everything. From Myotismon to MaloMytismon (and yes she saw the irony). But she couldn't very well tell them the truth. Okay, she could have told Iori or Ken, but she couldn't trust Miyako and Daisuke as far as she could throw them. One way or another they both would have ratted her out to Taichi. Neither of them (especially Miyako) could keep a secret. Hell, she would tell Daisuke before she would tell Miyako. Best friend or not. There was a reason they called her Mini Mimi. She loved to gossip as much as Mimi does.

So she had to lie right? It was her only option if she didn't want to get ratted out. It wasn't the first time she had had to do this. She had done it at least a couple hundred times within the past four years. If she didn't lie, he would get hurt. She didn't want that. So she either needed to hire a body guard for him or keep it a secret until Taichi was less protective. Four years later and it's still a secret.

'Damn you Taichi.' Hikari thought as her boyfriend slipped his hand into hers. She hated having to keep it a secret, but that added something kind of special to it. She wished that she could tell her friends and her brother. But now wasn't the right time. There never seemed to be one. She had never doubted her relationship or her feelings for him. They had been present since they were younger, and grew into something more around age thirteen. But being with him, and keeping it a secret, was getting increasingly difficult. They are almost done with high school. They started dating in middle school. Her eighteenth birthday was only a few days away. His, only two months away. School ended in three months. Only another three months and…she wanted to think about it, talk about it, but it was so hard to make plans for the future when people in the present didn't even know – much less accept it. They had tried talking about it once. They had discussed everything. They had talked about the future, their future. It was one of the best discussions they ever had. They had even looked at apartments and rings.

She knew her friends would be all for it. It was her brother that she was worried about. She still remembered the whole argument that they had had so vividly that it could have happened that morning. She had been so mad at him. She even threw her things. She almost charged him. Luckily she had great self-control. It's times like those that make Hikari glad that she was horrible at expressing herself. At least she wasn't the only one like that. Ken was too. Although he had excuses. Anyone with that much press wouldn't want to express themselves (gossip magazines can ruin someone's life). He was so good at it that he and Miyako have been dating almost as long as Hikari and her boyfriend and the press still didn't know about it. Even more impressive when you add into account how they were big fans of PDA.

Hikari's boyfriend wasn't particularly good at expressing himself either. Never had been. He wasn't quiet like Hikari and Ken, but he hid his true feelings. Always pretending that things were alright when they really weren't. Being strong for others when all he wanted to do was break down and cry or be alone. It frustrated her often. She would see him zoning out – looking at something that you couldn't see. She would ask him what was wrong. He would come back to reality and say "Oh nothing. Just kinda tired." She didn't know what to do, so she would always just drop the topic.

She didn't know where they were walking. She was just getting lost in her thoughts as her boyfriend led the way.

Until he spoke up.

"Any specific place you want to go?" he asked her.

"Not any I had in mind. Let's just go to my apartment." She thought up on the spot.

"What about Tai?" he asked her worriedly. He was frightened of what the over protective big brother would do to him. Taichi had always treated the blonde like a little brother, but knowing Taichi for years, did NOT want to set him off. When angered enough – especially when it has to do with Hikari – Taichi can be almost as bad as Miyako.

"He's off at college." She told matter–of–factly.

"What about your parents. You know that your mom can't keep a secret and your dad would kill me." He told her.

"Both out of town. I've been holding my own for over a month now." She told him, smirking. "Impressed?" she stood up on her tippy toes to whisper that one word in his ear. This made the blonde boy smirk as well.

"Slightly."

"Slightly?" she questioned, the smirk never leaving her face.

"You're a very impressive person, Hikari Yagami." He said to her, addressing her by her full name.

"You're not too bad yourself, Takeru Takaishi." She told him, also addressing him by his full name. She put her hands on her hips as she said it. Takeru leaned down placed a kiss on her forehead. They both smiled and continued on to Hikari's apartment – hand in hand. When they got there, Hikari took out a house key and unlocked the apartment.

"What's it been like? Having your own room I mean." Takeru asked her.

"It's been really cool." Hikari told him as they sat down on the couch. Her whole life she has had to share a room with Taichi. They would bunk. She would get the bottom and he would get the top. Although when Taichi went off to college she convinced her parents to move the bunks out of there and get her, her own bed. She snuggled up next to Takeru, pulling her knees up to her chest. Takeru then put his arm around her. "It's weird not having Tai here though. The house is so empty without him. Even when my parents are here." She said, trying to keep it from sounding like she was desperate for company (which she was but didn't want it to seem that way).

"You get used to it." Takeru told her. He was referring to his experience with only having two people living in his house for several years. Although she knows that he misses living with Yamato.

"You sure?" Hikari asked him?

"Positive."

"You really sure?" she asked again.

"Yes Kar. I am positive."

"You really, really sure?" She says, this time with a smirk and teasing in her voice.

"Now you're just saying it to be cute aren't you?" Takeru stated, smiling.

"Maybe. Did it work?" Hikari asked.

"Totally." Takeru said, his laughing smile turning into more of a smirk. Takeru leaned down into a kiss with Hikari. Hikari removed her arms from around her knees to placing her hands on Takeru's chest gently. Hikari was glad that Taichi was at college or he would pummel Takeru. He didn't even let her look at boys, much less kiss one. He would freak if he saw her kissing Takeru.

'Take this Tai!' She thought as she deepened the kiss with Takeru, allowing them to explore each other's mouths. 'If only Tai could see me now!' she continued her train of thought. Takeru put one of his hands on the back of her head and one on her lower back. He ran his hands through her hair. It smelled of strawberry's. He placed a couple of kisses down her neck and along her collarbone before moving back to her lips. Hikari moved her hands from his chest to around his neck. Takeru started to slip his hands under her shirt. They were too caught up in the intimacy of the moment to notice the door handle being shaking. They also didn't notice the door open.

"HIKARI YAGAMI!" a male voice shouted. Both teenagers turned their heads towards the door. Takeru's face went white. Hikari could feel him shaking slightly.

'Shit shit shit shit shit!' Hikari thought. 'Way to go Hikari! Go to the apartment! Great idea!'

"Welcome home Tai! I missed you so much!" Hikari said putting a big smile on her face. She sprung up from the couch and ran over to Taichi for a hug. He only put one arm around her and quickly put it back at his side.

"Hikari," he said through gritted teeth, "what is the meaning of this?"

"Tai, I can explain. Just don't kill TK!" She said quickly; worriedly. Tai ignored her and walked slowly over to Takeru, his hands clenched into fists. Takeru just sat there, face white and eyes wide. He seemed too scared to move.

When Tai made it over to Takeru he grabbed him by the neck of his shirt and held him in the air against the wall.

"Tai I–" Takeru started, but got interrupted.

"That would be Taichi to you, you…you…jackass!" he said angrily.

"Tai calm down!" Hikari yelled at him. "Please don't hurt him! Onegai…" her voice trailed off as she continued to beg.

"Do you think that this is funny, Takeru?" Taichi said trying not to kill the blond teen on the spot.

'He must be really angry! Tai always calls Takeru by his nickname! He's even started doing what Daisuke does!' Hikari thought.

"ANSWER ME, TAKAISHI!" Taichi said, taking Takeru off the wall – still in midair though – only to bang him against the wall and hold him there again.

"Taichi, I…um…well…" Takeru started, but Tai's glare intimidated him.

"Tai, please!" Hikari begged with tears in her eyes.

'Maybe I should have just told him…' she thought.

"Stay out of it, Kari." Taichi said quietly.

"Listen to him, Kar. He's really pissed at me." Takeru told her.

"Don't call her anything other than Hikari!" he said slamming Takeru against the wall again. It was obvious Takeru had gotten the wind knocked out of him.

"It's not about you, Ka – err – Hikari. It's about me." Takeru told her…which resulted in Taichi punching him in the face.

"THIS IS ABOUT HIKARI! IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH HER!" Taichi screamed, after giving Takeru a black eye.

"Taichi! Just 5 minutes! Onegai!" Hikari pleaded. She needed to save her boyfriend, her love. Taichi looked straight at his sister. To her relief, he let go of Takeru who dropped to the floor. He landed funny on his ankle because he wasn't prepared for the drop. Hikari ran over to him and helped him up. Then Hikari walked right up to Tai. Got right up in his face. Her tears that wear once tears of fright for Takeru have turned to tears of anger towards Taichi.

"Taichi! I am seventeen! If I want a boyfriend then I am more than capable of it! And you've always liked Takeru! I know you, Taichi! You have told me that Takeru is like a little brother to you! Not to mention that he's Yamato's brother! Your best friends little brother! Now give me one good reason why I can't date him!"

"Because he's a boy!" Taichi told her.

'WHAT? OF COURSE I'M GOING TO DATE A BOY!' Hikari thought. Deja vu from their fight four years ago came back. It was the exact same fight.

No, no it wasn't.

Unlike when they had this fight last time she actually had something to keep – not just something that she wanted. Unlike last time she didn't just WANT to date Takeru…she wanted to KEEP Takeru. Unlike last time where she threw her bags and ran into another room, she charged at Taichi. He put out his hands to stop her charge. As soon as she touched his hands she collapsed. She felt so weak.

"No worries, Hikari." She heard Takeru's voice from behind her. "I didn't mean to cause you this much trouble. I'll just go." Takeru said as he started towards the door.

"TK…don't…" Hikari said inbetween sobs.

"We just need time apart. I'm not good for you Hikari. There are others that won't be so harmful to you." Takeru said as he exited the apartment.

"TK!...please don't go..."

Why didn't they just go to Mimi's party like everyone else?

Taichi looked over at Hikari. "I got these for you…before I knew that you lied to me." He said tossing the iPhone 5 and case on the couch. "I'm going to Mimi's party. I'll be back later." He said as he left. Hikari picked up the case. She looked at the back of it.

'He got it customized.' She thought, wiping the tears from her face. She couldn't believe what he had put on it. It took a lot of thought. On the back of the case was her symbol. The crest of light. Kari crawled up onto the couch and covered up with a blanket. She recounted the events of the day.

'So I hung out with everyone, we went out for pizza, then they went to the party while I decided to hang out with Takeru. I suggested that we go to my apartment. I was the one who flirted with him. Then Taichi came home from college. How could I forget that it was Winter Break? Then Tai started beating up Takeru. I yelled at him for it. Then Takeru….' she couldn't bring herself to finish that thought. She couldn't admit it. Admitting it only makes it more real.

Then she heard the door open.

'Is Tai back already? Maybe he forgot something?' Hikari lied very still underneath the blanket – the whole of her under it – pretending to be pillows.

"Doesn't look like anyone is home." her dad said.

'My parents are back! I cannot get out from under here like this! With my face all red ad my eyes puffy from crying!' Hikari thought. 'Might as well just listen to their conversation.'

"Good. Because you're going crazy." Hikari's mother said.

"No, I'm not. I know what I heard." her dad stood his ground.

'What did my dad hear?' Hikari thought.

"I don't believe it." Her mother said.

"No, you just refuse to believe it. I know it's weird, but I heard it."

"It didn't beep!" her mom argued.

"Are you sure yours didn't?" her dad asked.

"Yes…no…maybe...I thought I heard something actually." Her mother confessed. "I just thought that I was hearing things. Lack of sleep or something."

"It's not lack of sleep, Zoe. For some reason or another we are needed." Her dad said.

"But…what about the kids? Why can't they do it? They were called after us…" Zoey trailed off. "Face it Koji! We are hearing things! We aren't needed anymore!" she said, tears welling in her eyes.

'Are they talking about…no they can't be. But if not, then what do they mean by we were "called"?' Hikari thought, not letting the truth sink in.

But it did anyways.

'They can't be. I gotta get to Mimi's party! But I can't when my parents are still here!' Hikari thought. As if reading her mind, Gatomon came into the room. Ever since the first Myotismon incident, Gatomon had been able to talk to her parents. Thankfully. Good thing Gatomon was still in the Real World.

"Hey, I'm hungry." Gatomon told them, trying to ignore the fact that Hikari's mom was crying.

"Let me take a look." Koji said. He looked around the cupboards. "Looks like we're out of cat food."

"I'm a Digimon you jerk! Now give me real food!" Gatomon demanded. She grabbed a handful of stuff from the grocery bags Hikari's parents had and ran with it.

"Hey come back with that!" Zoey said, fully recovered. They chased Gatomon into Hikari's bedroom, giving Hikari the chance that she needed to get out of the house. She quickly got out from under the blanket, quickly put her shoes on, grabbed a jacket and ran out the door.

Authors Notes: I decided to end the chapter here. I got a couple of the Frontier characters in here. Surprised? I know I already mentioned this but certain characters will be OOC from the 01 and 02 anime so they fit the Frontier anime. I also know that I said that I would use the Japanese names, but I don't know the Frontier Japanese names. I have also not quite finished Frontier. I have gotten to where Koichi turns good, but have not seen the defeat of Cherubimon, so I will make up the details of that battle (I don't want spoilers!). It was so hard for me to write the Takari break up. I love Takari! Also, I apologize if anyone was offended by my use of language (or that I made Hikari use language). I wanted to show how she felt and exaggerate the point that she isn't that little 8 years old girl who was always sick and in need of help anymore. More Frontier characters will come in the next chapter. FYI Onegai means Please in Japanese. (One of several ways that is). Until next time…Sailor Moon says "See ya!"

~animegirl336