Deja Vu Chapter 4

A Secret Amongst Family

Hospital...

Yamato and Mimi stayed behind so they could talk to Anna. When they were in the room, Mimi sat next to her bed with a solemn-looking Yamato behind her. Mimi turned around to look at him, "Yamato, sit down."

Yamato only nodded and did as he was told. The truth was, he had never said goodbye to someone that close to him. Even though it was Taichi's mother, he felt an attachment to her like she was his mother as well.

Mimi took Anna's hands in hers. "Oh Anna ... I know how much of a struggle it was for you during the past three years. You fought so hard to beat it. Yamato and I are proud of you. We also want to say thanks. You've helped us a lot, especially when Brittany was around," she said. She had to stop for a moment as she began to lose control of her emotions. "We are really grateful," she said tears had begun to roll down her cheeks.

Yamato saw her tears and took a tissue from the box. "Here," he whispered, handing it to her.

She smiled at Yamato through her tears and took the tissue from him.

Yamato then took the opportunity to finish for his wife, "You are a really good person and we will miss you and your talks." The two then sat there in silence with Anna.

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Taichi and Sora's House

Li's Bedroom...

Li laughed at his sister, "You're hearing things … she didn't say digital world...she said digital words." He put his hands behind his head.

The others embarrassedly watched him make up something kind of corny.

Saria narrowed her eye at him, "Do you think I'm really going to believe that?" she questioned.

Li frowned, "No, but you can't just waltz in here like you did! This is my room," he emphasized the words "my room".

"You guys are causing trouble so I have to look after all of you. You know that the digital world is dangerous!" she cried. Remembering the time she, Davis, Li and Michael went there to get Maiko.

Michael and Li both sighed at her. "Seriously you were just as excited as us when we went there," Michael said.

Saria frowned at him, "That was then, and this is now. I'm more mature now and I realize where danger is."

"You're too late," Li said.

"No, it's not too late for anything. I will let Mom and Dad know and same goes for you and you," she said as she pointed at Michael and Lillie.

"Come Saria, that's not fair!" Lillie cried as she stood up from where she was sitting.

"Yeah, come on ... We heard about how reckless you were when you were our age," Reena said putting her hands on her hips.

Li went into the closet and took out the box that contained the digieggs, "See. Look," he said pointing to the box.

Saria walked toward the box and saw eggs of various colors. "What are they?" she questioned.

"Digieggs," Li said, " They were given to us by Gennai. Remember him?"

How could she not remember who Gennai was. After all he helped bring Maiko back to all of them. "I remember," she said.

"We are in charge of saving the digital world!" Michael exclaimed.

"Saving the digital world?" Davis's voice said as he came into the room with Ren in his arms. "What's going on?" he questioned.

"What's going on is that they went to the digital world and got digieggs from Gennai," Saria stated.

"What is supposed to hatch from them?" Davis questioned as he peered into the box.

"Ohh toys!" Ren cried.

"No, not toys Ren," Lillie said.

"Oh," the little boy replied.

"Anyhow...they are Digimon!" Li said.

"Digimon," Saria and Davis said.

"Yeah, our partners I guess," Michael added.

"So all six of you are going?" Saria questioned.

"Well...nine actually," Reena corrected her. "Hope and to other boys are going with us as well."

Saria sighed then they all heard the front door open, "Hey kids! Come on next door we are going to have dinner over there," Taichi voice rang through the house.

"Okay!" they shouted back at him then heard the door close again.

"Okay seriously Saria, Davis you can't tell our parents anything. Please! Or else they won't let us go," Li begged.

Michael got on his hands and knees begging them as well, "We will do anything you want us too. If you just don't tell them."

While Li watched on in horror of what he said to her. Maiko, Lillie, Hanako and Reena all looked at him in shock.

Saria thought for a moment then, "Well if you put it that way. I won't tell them then. As long as you guys are careful!" she said.

"They will be. I will make sure," Lillie said.

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The Mansion...

Taichi and Sora were seated at the table with Kevin and Karen. They were waiting for Hikari and Takeru to come back from his parents' house, as Hope and Yukki were both there.

"Taichi, you know, in the next coming days you should look after you sister," Kevin said to him.

Sora got up from her seat and took a teapot from the cupboard and filled it with water. She turned on the stove and then came to sit down in the chair next to Taichi.

"I know it will be hard, but there is nothing I can do but be by her side... Besides it not only me, Dad. She has Takeru," Taichi explained.

"And I will help out in anyway I can," Karen said.

Kevin nodded and smiled at Karen, "Thanks."

"No problem," she returned the smile.

There was a knock at the door and Taichi got up to get it. Yamato and Mimi were at the door, so he opened it up to let them enter

"Come on in," Taichi ushered them.

"Where are the kids?" Yamato questioned.

"They are still at my house," Taichi explained.

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Saria had left the room and Davis was there with Ren still.

"That is something you're going to regret," Davis said, as he turned around and walked out of Li's room.

Li was beside himself in anger then turned to Michael, "LOOK WHAT YOU DID!" he shouted.

Michael looked angrily at his cousin then, "SOMEONE HAD TO DO SOMETHING!"

"NOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT! SHE IS GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US NOW!"

"OH PLEASE! LIKE YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING BETTER!"

Maiko got up and put herself between the two, "Come on we can't start fighting now."

"Yeahm especially since you two blundered it up even more," Reena added.

"What! I didn't do anything! If it's anyone's fault it's Michael's," Li said pointing at him.

"No, it's yours!" Michael said heatedly.

"Yours!"

"Yours!"

Maiko frowned, "Knock it off, the three of you!" she shouted.

Michael, Li and Reena glared at one another before turning to face opposite directions. Lillie and Hanako sighed slightly expecting this to happen.

"We should go or else dad will get suspicious of us," Hanako said standing up.

"She is right," Lillie agreed.

Downstairs...

Davis sighed disapprovingly at Saria, "What was wrong with just leaving them be?" he asked.

"Well, for one it's not fair that they get to go I didn't. Secondly, they will be my salves...for however long I feel it is necessary," she put in.

Davis laughed. "So an alternative motive then," he said.

"If you call it that."

"I will. Anyhow. we should go next door. Come on," Davis replied as he and Ren headed to the front door.

"Come on slaves, we've got to go!" Saria shouted up the stairs.

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Back at the Mansion...

Hikari and Takeru had arrived with Hope and Yukki. Sora helped Hikari out with Yukki by taking him from her arms.

"Hi, Yukki," Sora said with a smile as she held him. She walked into the kitchen where everyone was gathered around the small table.

Mimi greeted Yukki with a smile and took him away from Sora.

"Hey," Hikari said greeting everyone in the kitchen.

"Hi," Takeru greeted everyone as well.

"Little brother," Yamato said standing from his seat, "I want to talk to you for a minute."

Takeru raised his eyebrows at him, "Okay...But what for?" he questioned.

"Just family stuff."

Takeru sighed then nodded indicating he will.

"Great, then come on," Yamato motioned with his hand for him to follow him. The two men disappeared into the living room and then down the hallway.

"Hikari, it's nice to see you again," Karen said giving her a hug.

Hikari hugged her tightly, "Too bad it's under such sad circumstances."

The two pulled away. As they did the back kitchen door opened and Lillie followed by, Hanako, Reena, Michael, Li, Saria and Davis who was still holding Ren in his arms. By the time Ren was three years old, he followed Davis everywhere, whenever Yamato and Mimi were over at Taichi's house or his parents' house. However, whenever he saw Mommy he would run to her.

Hope had ran over and greeted Lillie and the others.

"Mommy!" he cried as he squirmed in Davis arms.

"Okay, okay Ren," Davis set the toddler down on the ground and he ran over to Mimi. Who was still holding Yukki. She then set down Yukki.

"Here you two can go and play in the living room," Mimi replied as she started to the living room. The boys followed her as quickly as they could.

"Mommy, Li has toys in his room," he said in his little voice.

"Honey, we are going to play with these," she took out a box of baby blocks and set them down. "Build a castle with Yukki," she told him.

Mean while in the kitchen...

"So what where you doing that was so important that you couldn't come when I called you?" Taichi questioned the six.

All of them shrugged their shoulders.

"We had to finish cleaning up Li's room," Maiko said.

"For what? What kind of mess did you make?"

"Oh...arts and crafts. You know how messy Li is," Maiko said winking at her father.

"As long it was cleaned up, it's fine," he finished.

"Yeah, and we did a good job too," Hanako added.

"That's good to know. That means I don't have to clean up after you guys anymore," Sora said sitting next to Taichi.

Kevin smiled at the kids, "Of course they're all grown up now."

"We are going to go to Uncle Taichi's old room," Lillie said.

The adults watched at the kids disappeared into the living room then headed up the stairs. Practically running as they made their way up there.

"Hi Karen," Davis said greeting her and gave her a hug.

"Davis, how are you? How is school coming along?"

"I'm doing all right, could have been better though. School is good I'm just finishing up the exams now."

Karen smiled and turned to Saria. "Hi honey," she gave her a hug.

"Hi Grandma," she said as she hugged her back.

"How is your schooling going?"

"It's good," she smiled at her.

While they talked to one another, Taichi, Sora, Hikari and Kevin were seated at the other end of the table when Mimi had rejoined them.

"Taichi, Thanks," she said as she sat down across from the three.

"Thanks for what?" he questioned confused.

"For letting me and Yamato say goodbye to Anna."

"You don't have to thank us," Hikari said.

"I know but I feel that I do. I'm not anyway close to her by blood and neither is Yamato," she explained.

"Don't worry Mimi. She would have liked to see you both. There would be no reason to feel that that you had to say thanks to us," Kevin said.

Mimi nodded and lowered her head she looked at her hands, "Okay...I won't," she said taking a moment to looked up at him.

"That's good."

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Upstairs...

"What!?" Hope questioned in shock at the six of them.

"It is as I said," Maiko replied meekly.

"It wouldn't have happened if it weren't for Michael and Li's big mouths," Reena added.

Li and Michael glared at her as she said that, turning away from each other.

"That wasn't my fault, it was Michael. He was the one that told her that we would do anything she wanted."

"It helped her keep our secret right?"

"You went about it all wrong," Li said he turned to look at the door to make sure no one else was going to walk in on their meeting.

Hope then went to go sit on the spare bed next to Lillie.

"Never mind, the point is that the problem is not there anymore. We don't have to worry that she will tell our parents. As long as we comply with what she asks of course, " Maiko spoke.

"Right," Hanako nodded.

The others let out a groan of annoyance.

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Digital World...

Gennai watched on his monitor in his secret computer room under the lake.

On the monitor, the Dark Castle covered the screen. In the background there were various other digimon pulling trees out from around the castle grounds.

Behind him, the original Chosen Children's digimon where watching the television as well.

"We have to call them," Tailmon said.

"We can't yet...Ravemon is only doing this to show us that he is getting prepared," Gennai explained.

Agumon watched with sadness in his eyes, at the destruction Ravemon was causing, he wanted to do something and quick. "If only Taichi could be here," he said.

"Yes, however Taichi is and adult now. All the original Chosen Children are adults. Therefore, there is no possible entry into the Digital World for them."

"Gennai, there has to be some kind of compromise," Gabumon said.

"There isn't, unfortunately."

"But, they do believe in the Digital World," Palmon added.

"They do; however, as I said, they are adults. Adults cannot enter into the digital world. It would do no good if they were to come. It has to be their children ... they will have the power to stop the dark power of Ravemon."

The digimon all looked downward sadly.

"So we watch in the background?" Gomamon asked.

"Ravemon hasn't made his move yet. He is only preparing his grounds so he can build an impenetrable base. He knows who the Chosen Children are and he is preparing to deal with them. Particularly one of them."

The digimon looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?" Piyomon questioned.

"You will see," Gennai said.

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Another part of the Yagami Mansion...

"I know this isn't the best time to bring this up, but I was wondering what we are going to do for Dad's birthday" Yamato asked him.

"Why couldn't you ask me this in the kitchen?" Takeru wondered, a little irritated with his brother.

Yamato shook his head. "I can't ask that in-front of them. You know what's going on. I'm trying to be considerate."

Takeru sighed. "I'm sorry, I'm just a little edgy."

"It's okay, but listen, what do you think?"

Takeru thought for a moment. His mom was going to turn sixty this year. "We could do a surprise party."

"That is what I was thinking. But how are we going to do it?"

"What do you mean 'How'? It's easy. She won't suspect anything if we do it at either yours house or mine," Takeru said.

"Well, yours because it is a bit bigger then mine," Yamato pointed out to him.

"Very well. We can discuss the rest with our wives. I'm pretty sure Mimi will be very excited to do the decorating."

Yamato gave a sigh. "Yeah ... she does get excited about that doesn't she."

Takeru smiled and patted him on the back, "Come on, big brother."

To Be Continued...