Even If We're Miles Apart

Chapter 10: Now, I Know

It was a new day, and Zoe was off to see her new friend.

'Hold on!' a voice in Zoe's head said.

'Oh what now?' Zoe replied to the voice in her head.

'You don't even know this guy's name.' The voice replied smugly.

'Well, that wasn't very smart.' Zoe chuckled nervously to herself lightly.

'Why don't' you ask him?' the voice asked.

'But what if I DO know him, I'll make a total fool of myself, I better keep my mouth shut.' Zoe finally decided.

'Psh, whatever floats your boat.' The voice said.

Zoe knocked on his door and a few seconds later he opened it.

"Hi!" Zoe greeted him cheerfully.

'Hi." He greeted glumly.

"Why are you so glum?" Zoe asked.

"Glum?" he asked confusingly.

"Ya, you know, upset?" Zoe said.

"Don't you remember we're leaving today?" he said motioning his hand for her to see that he and his band mates all had their suitcases by their sides.

"Oh right." Zoe just remembered; she spent the whole week with them and now it's all over. She must have tried so hard to ignore the fact he was going to have to leave sooner or later. She felt herself start to tear up, she held it back as much as she could, but somehow he saw right through her. He knows her better than she thought he would.

"Hey, don't get upset, we have to go home, you know how important the concert is, we can't let our fans down." At least he tried to make her feel better.

"Do you think I'll see you again?" She asked hopefully.

"I don't know. That's probably something totally up to you." He replied.

"Um, what's that even supposed to mean?" She asked very confused.

He shrugged and went back inside. Zoe trudged back over to her apartment. She was experiencing all these emotions; hurt, sadness, boredom, regret; all at the same time, it wasn't even funny, to say the least.


It was near the end of the day, Zoe followed the guys to the airport to say goodbye.

'Why does saying goodbye to them seem so familiar?'

Why is everything I do with them so familiar?

'Chiz! Whatever it is, it is driving me crazy!'

Zoe said goodbye once more and drove back home.

On the drive back to her apartment, she was getting madder and madder at herself with each passing second.

'Why am I so mad at myself?' Zoe thought.

'Maybe because… I never knew his name, he was one of the very few I opened my heart to and I let him go.' Zoe concluded in her mind sadly.


When she got back to her apartment, she stormed in even madder at herself than when she was in the car.

Zoe started kick the walls, not caring if she would break right through them. She kicked a bookshelf, where her father's old bowling ball was on top of it and it rolled off and landed on the edge of a low wall shelf, which catapulted a very heavy but fist-sized box into the air, which hit one of the notches that held up a high self, which caused a big old box to fall off it, and all of the things inside it to spill everywhere.

"Great… just great." Zoe mumbled to herself sarcastically as she started picking them up.

She realized the stuff in the box were stuff she hasn't seen in years, in fact she hasn't seen these since she packed them in this box five years ago.

Zoe sat down Indian style and started rummaging through the box's contents; which included pictures, different gifts from her friends back in Japan, and what struck her most of all, her digivice.

She let a tear fall down as she remembered her adventures in the Digital World.

She held her digivice close to her heart, remembering all of the things they went through, what made them close, what made her realize that being alone to prevent from being hurt wasn't a good idea. She realized it was better to have people close to you, so that if you do get hurt, they'll be there for you. And if they're the ones who hurt you, then at least you would know better and not make the same mistake, like what happened to her on that camping trip with her friend.

She shuddered at that horrible memory and thought back to the happy memories she had with the guys.

She stood up and looked at the picture frame that was on top of the coffee table.

It was the very same picture she had in her locker, although this copy is framed and the positions are different. From left to right it was in this order:

Kouichi, Me, Takuya, Koji, Tommy, JP

Zoe noticed all of their arms were wrapped around the other's shoulders, showing off how close they've gotten, this was a very touching picture for her.

Zoe studied all their faces, realizing that she could recognize them in the photo, but if she saw them today, there's a good chance she wouldn't recognize them.

Zoe found herself starring at the young Takuya in the picture, and for some reason, started comparing him to the stranger. First clothing, they seemed to be wearing similar outfits, but something like that wouldn't matter, everyone changes their style, this could have just been an ironic thing that just happened to take place. Then his hair, it was brown,' many people are brunettes'. Then, his eyes, no one had eyes like Takuya's, she would usually get lost in his eyes, that's why she would seem distracted whenever she was with him. Then she started to think about the stranger's eyes and realized she got lost in them too, like how she did with Takuya.

Meaning, that…

"OMG! Takuya's the stranger!" Zoe practically screamed.

"And his band mates are the guys!" she continued.

'No duh Sherlock.' The voice inside her head said flatly.

"Wait you knew?" Zoe screamed at her mind.

'Uh ya… It was so freaking obvious from the start.' The voice said.

"Then why didn't you tell me?" Zoe questioned.

'I wanted you to find out for yourself.' The voice said.

"Wait who are you anyway? Your voice sounds familiar." Zoe said.

'You still haven't figured it out huh?' the voice asked.

"At least give me a hint." Zoe said.

'Let's just say I'm an old friend of yours.' The voice said.

Zoe though for awhile and a look of shocked and happiness appeared on her face.

"Kazemon?" She asked.

'Yes Zoe, it's me.' Kazemon replied in her head.

"Awwww… I've missed you so much! I wish I could hug you!" Zoe said cheerfully.

'Zo, you've got bigger things to do, remember?" Kazemon said.

"Oh ya! I have to go back to Japan!" Zoe said hurriedly.

She ran to her room and quickly packed some clothes, her toothbrush, her hairbrush, about 3 pairs of shoes and cologne into her suitcase.

She climbed into her car, put her suitcase at the back seat and sped off. She got to the airport in record time. She got her suitcase and ran in to find the plane had already taken off. She hurried to the lady at the counter.

"Excuse me." Zoe said politely.

The lady looked up at Zoe, "Yes, miss, what may I do for you?"

"When's the next plane to Shibuya, Japan?" Zoe asked her very sternly.


A/N: Yay! Zoe finally figured out who the strangers were and is now on her way back to Japan! :D Ok I'm thinking there will be at least 2 more chapters after this so please stay tuned! :)

Please review! :D I'd really appreciate it! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon Frontier.