This, my friends, is finally a preview for the sequel to Digimon Frontier Refreshed. It's a Kouji and Takuya friendship bit, with a bit of Kouichi and Keiko being encouraging. How fun.

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. But I own Keiko, so don't use her without my permission, then it would be fine.


Kouji POV:

"I think it should be you." Kouichi said softly as we stood outside of the hospital.

"Me? Why me?" I asked.

"Well, if Takuya wants to talk to anybody, I think it'd be you." Keiko said, softly.

"I don't know. I think it should be Kouichi." I insisted.

"Kouji, you're the only one who can bring him out of this." Kouichi said.

"If anybody can do it, it's you." Keiko added.

"Fine." I hissed, walking through the sliding doors into the hospital lobby, which was connected to the waiting room. The only person in there was Takuya, which was good, we needed to be alone for this. I took a seat next to him, and he didn't move a muscle. He was sitting there dejectedly, hunched over in his seat, his elbows on his knees and his nose and below in his hands.

"Hey." I said.

He looked over at me, "Hey." he replied, moving his hands from his face.

"How're you doing?" I asked. I didn't really know what to say to him.

He shook his head, "I think the part that really gets me, is that I couldn't do anything to stop this all from happening. I'm his big brother, I'm supposed to protect him from shit like this."

"You're his big brother, yes. You're not his guardian, Takuya. You couldn't control that car if you wanted to. Things happen that we can't control, and that was one of the things." I replied.

Takuya nodded, "I just… I can't help but feel like this is my fault. Like my parents are ashamed and the doctors are ashamed and… I just…" he stopped and buried his face in his hands.

I didn't know what to do again, but then I thought back to the time that Keiko comforted Izumi during one of her break-ups. I was Takuya's best friend. I had to be a best friend. I put a hand on his back and rubbed a comforting circle on it. "Hey, don't think about that. You couldn't do anything, it's not your fault. Shinya will be fine."

"But what if he's not fine next time?" he almost yelled, pulling from my touch, "What if he's hurt or worse and I can't do anything about it? I'm supposed to protect him and I can't Kouji!" he cried.

I felt pity for him, more than I had felt for anyone. I felt I could only do one thing. I opened my arms. He hesitated for a moment then he fell into them, crying onto my shoulder. And thinking only about Takuya, I held onto him, whispered things in his ear and rubbed his back. I guess that being a best friend has a lot of downs, too.


How sweet! Sniff sniff. Well, there'll be more drama and angst (TRUST ME) in this, but also we'll be getting a deeper look at the characters. This wasn't terribly dramatic, but you'll see some serious things happening, and you'll be like "Natalie!" Well, my ankle hurts, so I'm going to beddd. Night. Oh! Review, how could I forget to nag you all?