Author's note: Trying to piece the plot together.
Digimon is not mine.
Side: Mimi
"What do you mean by visitor is not allowed?" Tachikawa Mimi demanded. Mimi and Palmon had arrived at the headquarters of the Incorporated Administrative Agency which had taken Koushirou custody to see him but they were denied entry.
"Koushirou is not a criminal. He's definitely innocent! I want to see your Boss!" She slammed on the counter startling the poor guard, but there was nothing he could do. He merely followed orders. Mimi noticed a black-haired girl in glasses, Mochizuki Meiko in office wear walking towards their direction.
"Meimei, long time no see." Mimi tip-toed at the counter waving at her excitedly. "Tell him, I want to see Koushirou!" Meiko gave a small smile and shook her head.
"Let me handle this. " Meiko turned to the middle-aged security guard.
"Yes, ma'am!" The guard nodded. Agent Mochizuki had a professor as a father, and he was a prominent figure well-known within the agency. Of course, the staff had some respect to her despite her not even a high-level agent.
"Let's go somewhere and talk, Mimi-san." Meiko said guiding her out of the reception area being wary of the eyes from the above. Someone was watching them obviously. Meiko glared at the camera nearby sternly as she led Mimi out.
"What did Koushirou do to warrant lock-up?" Mimi inquired. Palmon glanced at Mimi worriedly.
"I'm afraid it's confidential and I don't know the details. All I know is the Agency noted Izumi-san's talent and wanted to recruit him but he's unwilling…" Meiko shared with Mimi in a shelter in a nearby park.
"NO WAY! Koushirou is too smart to work for the Agency! He is better off as a CEO." Mimi exclaimed grabbing Meiko's shoulder upon hearing Meiko's words. After learning what the Agency did to Tentomon and how they handled things in the past with Daisuke and the rest, she literally had no doubt they were not trustworthy. In fact, Mimi had voiced out her displeasure to Meiko when she joined them.
"Izumi-san proved himself to be better than Professor Belucci by defeating her." Meiko said quietly. The Agency had their eyes on the 'Strongest Team' all these years and Koushirou happened to be the brain. Meiko having been with them for a short time during her High School days was aware what Koushirou could do. He would be a double-edged knife. Either he was on the Agency's side or he would become their enemy.
"If this continues, things do not bode well for Izumi-san." Meiko warned. Mimi's eyes widened. Her gaze focused fully on Meiko releasing her grasp on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry." Meiko apologized looking down. There was nothing she could do to help. Not even she was allowed to see him like Iori could. Meiko covered her mouth realising she had spoken of Iori out loud unintentionally.
"Iori-kun can see him?" Mimi asked seemingly felt hopeful. Palmon clapped her hands in excitement.
"He failed in getting him to join us. Izumi-san hoped that he could at least get Tentomon out of predicament." Meiko decided to tell Mimi what she knew.
Mimi knew Koushirou was certainly stubborn as though he could care less about the rest of them shying away from people. But the truth was he cared for them too much. Koushirou made gadgets for the Chosen Children so that they would not be as helpless as they did before. Without his help, Mimi would not have embarked on her own business online that quickly. There was nothing Koushirou could not do.
For some reason, all he wanted was to grow up quickly. That was what Mimi realized after the incident with Ordinemon five years ago.
"We're helpless when we were younger, and we were naïve. Hence, we were being lied to and made used of like pawns by the Agency. Because of these, all the more, he wouldn't join the Agency." Mimi said closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. She believed in him. If it was Koushirou, he would find a way out of this indeed. Then she felt better.
As Mimi and Palmon was about to leave, Meiko's phone rang.
"This is Mochizuki." Mimi noticed she sounded professional in contrast to how she interacted with them. Meiko nodded and hung up.
"There's a Digimon incident in Roppongi." Meiko informed Mimi. "They asked if you can deal with it. If you can successfully resolve this, they will grant you audience with Izumi-san."
Mimi clenched her fist. She was annoyed. She hated fighting. She did it once with Meimei and it did not turn out well. Their partners ended up being criticized. Come to think of it, did she leave the country often just to avoid fighting? Surely her friends nearby could do something to save the day. She even encouraged Sora about this when she felt guilty for not participating in Digimon-related incidents.
"I think it was destiny that we became Chosen Children but I don't think it's fate. I'm going to be myself and do things freely." Tears of frustration welled up her eyes. It was not supposed to be an obligation. She realized how much she relied on Koushirou and the rest so that she could be free from such obligation. They were not obliged to do it but they were the only ones who could do it.
"What will Mimi-san do?" Meiko asked in serious tone. Meiko, Yamato and Sora were out of question, Koushirou was out of commission, Daisuke and the rest were not in town. Mimi clenched her fist tighter and made her decision.
"I'll do it. Location?" Mimi asked Meiko who dropped her a message.
"Palmon, let's go!" Mimi took off running.
"Alright, Mimi." Palmon hopped after her.
A car stopped before her by the road. The window winded down revealing Meiko and Meicoomon on the passenger seat in front.
"Meimei?" Mimi exclaimed in surprise.
"Hop on. I'll drive you there." Mimi hopped on along with Palmon. Meiko grabbed on the driving wheel and drove off. Mimi was surprised that Meiko who did not look like it had her driving license.
"Long time no see." A feline Digimon who sat at the back called out to them.
"Ahh… Meicoomon?!" Palmon covered her mouth really surprised to see her. Meicoomon was supposed to be destroyed.
"I found her at my apartment one morning. To be honest, I'm really glad." Mimi noticed tears at the corner of Meiko's eyes when she shared with her on her feeling on the way to the location.
"I don't like fighting either but we'll help you out just like five years ago." Meiko turned to Mimi with a smile. Mimi broke into a huge smile and pulled Meiko into a hug.
"Meimei is awesome!" Meiko's body stiffened by Mimi's sudden hug and she struggled to hold the driving wheel to prevent her car going out of control.
"Ahh… " Meiko screamed suddenly when she jammed her brake on time before a red light.
"Takeru, Hikari!" Mimi should have known better. When comes to Digimon incidents, the two of them were rather active. Angemon and Tailmon had Blossomon cornered in a park.
"Mimi-san!" The two of them looked surprised to see Mimi which pretty much annoyed her.
"Yeah I know." It was always Yamato and Koushirou, never Mimi. Mimi placed her hands on her waist and pouted. Even Daisuke and the rest didn't participate much but they were much more active overseas.
"Palmon evolves… to Togemon!" Togemon went off to punch Blossomon who released tiny flowers like Shuriken. Togemon dodged on time only to see the attack hit the nearby tree which collapsed in the opposite direction.
"Mei?" Meicoomon landed on Meiko's arms. Meiko just had a scare for her life when they rushed to the scene. She managed to regain her control of the car when Mimi finally noticed what she was doing. Meiko heaved a sigh of relief.
"Are we going, Mei?" Holding Meicoomon on her arms was very much her dream for the last five years. Meiko could not help but to hug her tight. She too hesitated if she wanted to send Meicoomon out to deal with the incident.
"Meiko-san? Is that…?" Hikari asked pointing at Meicoomon on Meiko's arms. Meiko nodded. Hikari just could not believe it. Meicoomon jumped into the battle. It did not take very long for the four of them to subdue Blossomon. Without Koushirou's facilitation, they had to revert to the old ways of opening the Digital Gate. Unlike Daisuke and the rest who had been utilising the gate to travel around the world frequently, it had been a long while since Takeru last attempted this.
"Digital Gate Open!" Takeru opened the gate from the laptop using his D-3 and together they sent Blossomon back to the Digital World.
"The obnoxious data within Mei-chan is gone." Meiko shared with Mimi, Takeru and Hikari what she knew. The Digimon were catching up with one another in the park while the human partners sat in a shelter. Meicoomon was especially enjoying herself playing with the rest. Meiko was reassuring them Meicoomon would be alright now.
"I'm so glad!" Mimi said grabbing Meiko's hands excitedly. Back then it was chaotic trying to hold Ordinemon down when Meicoomon lost control. If it was not for the time travelers who assisted them, they might have ended up with a reboot to the Real World. Mimi could not imagine what would happen if that happened. Meiko shook her head.
"In my memories in the various dimensions, Real World reboot never happened. It was all thanks to Izumi-san, Ishida-san, all of you who never give up and he who saved us as well…" Mimi noticed Meiko biting her lips. She said something she should not.
"If it's about the other dimension, don't mind us." Takeru caught her words and he was understanding about it.
"Daisuke-kun and the rest never shared with about their adventure travelling in time and dimension. We tried probing but failed badly." Hikari added smiling awkwardly. Daisuke often stared at them with the eyes of guilt. Mimi realized. She wanted to get Meimei to share more but was interrupted by Tailmon who overheard their conversation.
"How do you get the memories?" Tailmon asked walking towards them. "I have some weird memories which I can't comprehend either. Can you help me interpret them?" Tailmon asked Meiko. Mimi was listening to Tailmon attentively.
"Eosmon. She showed me things I don't remember seeing. Gabumon felt the same way." Instinctively, Eosmon attacked only Hikari and Yamato in their initial encounter in the street. Tailmon did not dwell too much until she overheard Meiko's words.
"Hikari looked proud turning over to me as I was able to restrain an unknown Digimon with Takeru and Angemon. I saw Yamato next to me and a white knight Digimon I couldn't make out of appeared. No, it's not me." Tailmon muttered. She tried to think harder pinching her chin. Hikari was calling for someone.
"Eosmon lost control attacking us and we were disconnected." Tailmon finished and shook her head.
"Hikari, are you able to think of anything?" Mimi tried to probe frowning. Tailmon must be dreaming.
"Jogress evolution... no they fused..." Tailmon said suddenly. Since when Yamato's Gabumon could go through jogress evolution or fusion? Tailmon could not recall.
"Jogress?" Takeru became alert at the word sitting up straight on the stone chair with Patamon trying to reach for his hat on his head.
Meiko looked very serious after hearing her words which somehow scared Mimi. She never seen her with a scary expression on her face.
"I'm sure that is not your memory. It'll be better off if you forget about it. I'm sorry I have to go." It seemed that Meiko did not want to talk about it.
"Mei-chan!" Meicoomon hopped on to her arms. They waved goodbye to Meicoomon who sat obediently on Meiko's arms as she walked off quickly.
"Meimei is definitely keeping something from us." Mimi said folding her arms turning to Hikari and Tailmon. Mimi noticed that she froze at Tailmon's words.
"Nevertheless, leave it to me! I'll check with Koushirou when I see him." Mimi was suddenly motivated. Hikari smiled. She appreciated Mimi for her energy. That was the first time Hikari heard Tailmon shared about some weird memories about Yamato and Hikari from another person's point of view.
"Mimi-san, you can see him?" Takeru asked excitedly. Visitors was not allowed and Takeru was very worried about him.
"Let's just say I done a transaction with the Meimei's employer." Mimi said with a sad smile picking up Palmon on her arms.. It was an agency they were aware they should not mess with. The more they see, the more they realized how much they did not know.
Mimi was checking out the Digimon Community Koushirou had built and a post caught her attention. It was definitely by Daisuke judging by the nickname. He had posted something in the Community helping a sick Chosen Child to raise funds by writing "posts".
"There are dreams I know I can fulfill if I work towards it and believe in it but there are some dreams beyond my control. He is someone I know yet I don't know him well in this world but I know I need to help him. His existence had given me hope to fulfill a far-fetched dream of mine. I might be able to get her to smile wholeheartedly one day…" Mimi was moved by his words. Daisuke was able to motivate people if need be and they were being discreet about this.
"100 yens per Chosen Child to raise 3,000,000 yens? Daisuke is really full of antics." Mimi laughed out loud catching Palmon's attention.
"Shall we show this to Yamato-san?" Mimi turned to Palmon trying to control her laughter. After all, he succeeded Yamato's Crest of Friendship. She was curious how Yamato would deal with him, locking Daisuke with his arm and drilling his head with his fist for writing such bashful paragraphs.
"What?" Palmon wanted to read Daisuke's 'touching' post too.
"Imagine he gave a speech like this live on stage? I'm sure all of us will be motivated." Mimi was reminded eight years ago how Daisuke ignite the fire within the Children with dark seeds on the power to make dreams come true. All of them, even Oikawa Yukio became one of them that day.
"If it wasn't that he inherited Digimental of Friendship, all of us would have thought that he would succeed Taichi-san." Mimi commented reminiscing on the past. She realized she had not spoken of that name for years.
"Taichi-san…" Mimi found tears to her eyes thinking about the eleven-year-old goggle boy with huge brown hair. It had been more than a decade since then. All of them managed to survive, growing up to adults walking down their own paths except him. Mimi did not even get to see him at his last moment.
"He'll grow up to be very handsome like Yamato-san if he's still around." Mimi could not help but to imagine how Taichi would look like as an adult.
On the day, Meiko had arranged for Mimi to meet Koushirou, Mimi found Takeru, Hikari and their partners were discussing about Miyako and Ken and how they could help Daisuke and Iori out in the playground near Hikari's place on the way.
Takeru and Hikari seemed to have drifted away from Daisuke and the rest for some reason. Mimi understood how awkward they felt. They were at fault for not keeping in touch. Friends should look out for one another and they failed in this aspect dealing with Daisuke.
"Daisuke is an easygoing person. Just speak your mind." Mimi interrupted them folding her arms. They would need to speak their mind if they wanted their voices heard.
"That's right." Palmon agreed with Mimi.
Takeru and Hikari looked a little startled.
"We thought we were over this. But, this did not feel right." Takeru shared their problem with Daisuke and the rest. "They kept things from us. I don't even know what are they up to lately? Aniki is worried about them."
"Yamato-san used to be the one Daisuke-kun is willing to talk to since five years ago." Hikari highlighted. "They were close to him. But now…" Hikari shook her head. Why would Daisuke bother Yamato with issues Yamato could no longer help.
"Hence, we decided to look for the Chosen Child who lent the place to them to find out more." Tailmon raised her paw up. Daisuke and the rest were hanging out in an apartment instead of the places such as Koushirou's office. Hikari noted that a person known as Kamiya stayed there. She felt that someone she was familiar with stayed there but she did not know anyone of that name.
"This Kamiya-san must be a Chosen Child like them and he lent the place to them. I can't find this name at all in Koushirou's database. Maybe he's new. It seems that Daisuke trusted him. "
"If this goes on, Yamato's place in Daisuke's heart will be replaced." Patamon added sitting on Takeru's head. Mimi sweat-dropped. What were they thinking? Mimi imagined Daisuke as a love child of the two Chosen Children playing tug-of-war using him.
"Mimi?" Palmon tapped on her hand to get her attention. "We're running late."'
"Ahh… I'm running late. " Mimi almost jumped realizing how late she was looking at the time on her phone. She was going to meet Koushirou. Takeru and Hikari looked at each other worriedly.
"Send our regards to Koushirou-san." Takeru waved at Mimi who took off running with Palmon on her arms.
Mimi brought a few bottles of Oolong Tea for him.
"He must be craving for it." Mimi said to Palmon sticking her tongue out. She was looking forward to see Koushirou.
Meiko waited for Mimi at the entrance with Meicoomon. She had bad news for her.
Meiko was told that Koushirou did not want to see Mimi.
"But why?" Mimi just could not comprehend why. Meiko shook her head. She did not get to see him either. She was merely passing on the message.
"I'm sorry." Meiko offered to pass the Oolong Tea to him even she had to go through other colleagues.
Mimi dragged her feet in the street. Passing by the hospital Jou was having his internship in. She decided to go see Jou-senpai. He would hear her out, right? With that thought in mind, Mimi messaged him.
She waited for Jou at the canteen in the hospital. It happened to be his breaktime. Jou sighed sitting down with his long-awaited dinner. Mimi observed he was drained from his internship.
"You know. I managed to do an injection on a patient. " Jou was still able to share his experience excitedly despite looking all drained. Mimi was really glad Jou could overcome his dilemma five years ago, continue to work towards his dream. She realized something. He was using the conversation as a distraction. Mimi was trying to be sensitive for not bringing Palmon along and it was unlike her.
"Remember I ask you back then. How long must we be the Chosen Children? Why must it always be us taking care of things? Because we are the Chosen Children." Jou scoffed at his own words.
"Even now, although there are many of them, we're still taking care of things most of the time, while others had it easy having partners for company like having a pet." Jou continued talking. Mimi rested her chin on her palms listening attentively.
"I'm sorry about what happened to Gomamon." Mimi stirred her tea as her sad face was reflected on the drink.
"Ah.. I forgot to share with you." Jou showed Mimi his Digivice with a quarter of the clock ticking down.
"Gomamon is still with me." Jou said scratching his blushing cheek. He did not expect to be reunited with Gomamon so quickly even though his time was still running out with the clock ticking.
"WHAT?!" Mimi stood up exclaiming. She could not contain her excitement. The customers around turned their heads towards their direction. Jou nodded apologetically to them and they continued with what they were doing.
"Mochizuki-san mentioned about believing in possibilities." Jou highlighted to Mimi who was digesting his words. Meimei seemed to know things about other places here but yet not here.
"What kind of possibilities do you believe in?" Mimi asked out of curiosity.
"If you dream of it, it can come true." Joe spoke slowly. "I remembered that that nasty Gennai look-alike and his words about the reboot and I had seen the possibilities it could bring. This time round, it's our turn to help our friend and I'm more than willing to fight." Jou felt that Mimi could understand him. He wanted to tell her something but was unable to say it out loud. Mimi had to try to read under the lines. Mimi shrugged and frowned. Unlike Koushirou, she would not be able to figure out his words quickly.
"In any case, there is still a Chosen Child who had not woken up from Eosmon incident." Jou changed his approach. He whispered to Mimi that he needed help. Unlike them who was just unconscious during the incident, the young man around their age was very sick. He needed to keep his life support active in order to live on.
"I really don't want to give up. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO. Mimi-kun feel the same if it's you, right? Without the financial support, eventually we'll have to pull the plug. I really hope he can wake up." Jou shared his dilemma.
"Does he have family?" Mimi inquired to see how she could help. Jou stared at her seemingly in his own thought. That hit the spot. Jou was not able to answer this. It just so happened that his phone rang that he managed to evade her question.
Jou's phone rang and he answered it immediately.
"Again? Ok, I'll be on my way." Jou stood up and said looking serious.
"Mimi, I'm sorry, I'll meet you again." Jou took off running after hanging up and waving at Mimi.
"Wait!" Mimi found an access card on the chair Jou sat earlier and ran off after him. Jou met someone most likely was his father at the lift lobby and took the lift with him. Mimi followed suit taking the next lift using the access card Jou had dropped afterwards. Never did she expect to stumble into someone she would never expect to see again.
She found herself cupping her mouth when she saw Jou at work assisting his father. The patient was running a fever and was having a fit. Dr. Kido and his team were trying their best to stabilise him through the glass panel outside an ICU. She could never overlook that hairstyle of the unconscious patient.
"Come down, Princess! Give me your hand!" A young boy extended his hand to help Mimi to alight from the roof of a swan boat.
"Don't call me a Princess!" Mimi was annoyed by his words.
"I'm just kidding!" The boy with huge brown hair said with a gentle smile.
"He is someone I know yet I don't know him well in this world but I know I need to help him. His existence had given me hope to fulfill a far-fetched dream of mine. I might be able to get her to smile wholeheartedly one day…"
"I remembered that that nasty Gennai look-alike and his words about the reboot and I had seen the possibilities it could bring. This time round, it's our turn to help our friend and I'm more than willing to fight."
"No wonder Jou-senpai didn't want to give up and Daisuke-kun is trying to help to raise funds…" Mimi exclaimed covering her mouth with tears streaming heavily down her eyes.
"Taichi-san, hang in there…" Mimi prayed quietly clenching her fist tightly standing by the window outside the ICU. Taichi's condition finally stabilized and Mimi barely noticed his finger moved a little.
A familiar Dragon warrior-like Digimon appeared in the air nearby watching Taichi closely through the window in the rain as the lightning strikes. The light from the lightning flashed revealed the Crest of Darkness he was holding.
"Taichi, I finally found a world that can possibly do you justice."
