Chapter One
The Truthseer
MacKenzie's PoV~"Terry! C'mon! The bus won't wait forever!" I yell from the sidewalk in front of the Himoto Apartment complex.
"Hold your horses! I'm coming, I'm coming!" Terry replies, yelling, from the balcony of our third floor apartment.
"Finally!" I sigh as Terry runs out of the doors to the complex.
"Oh, give me a break, Zie! I forgot my sunscreen." Terry snaps, re-shouldering his bag.
"And your toothpaste. And your pillow. And your gameboy." I add, smirking playfully, "Honestly, Ter, I could go on and on. Didn't I tell you to pack last night? Didn't I tell you that you'd sleep until the very last possible moment?"
"Ah, shad'dap." Terry's traditional response for when I nagged on him, which was often.
"Oh, c'mon. We're late as it is." I say urgently and start running down the street only to crash into a boy about my age.
"I'm sorry! I wasn't looking! I'm just late…" I exclaim, picking up the brown-haired boy's bag.
The boy notices the bag at my own side and grins. "To catch the camp bus to the mountains?" he asks, finishing my sentence.
"You too?" I ask and hand him his bag. "Hey. You're that kid on the soccer team, aren't you?" I ask.
"Yeah. You two look like those 'Track Twins' that I hear about." Taichi Kamiya says, taking his bag and shouldering it.
"Glad to know our new nickname. Let's go, Zie!" Terry yells, speeding past me.
"C'mon!" I call to Taichi and what looked to be his little sister and dash off after Terry.
"Hey wait!" the little girl cries as she tries desperately to catch up with her faster brother.
"Terry, hold up!" I call ahead and stop. "C'mere kiddo. Seems like you can't keep up with us." I say and kneel on the hot pavement.
"Give me your bag." I say and she hands it to me. "Heads up, Ter!" I toss him the bag and hoist the girl on my back. I adjust her slightly so she wouldn't choke me while I ran.
"Hold on, kid." I warn then take off with both boys in close pursuit.
After about five minutes, I couldn't tell because I couldn't look at my watch, we get to the bus stop just at it was pulling away from the curb.
"WAIT!" I yell, skidding to a halt close to in front of the bus doors. Taichi's sister, still on my back, yells, "Open up!"
The councilor stands up, his clipboard in hand, and asks, "You are?"
"Hoshino, MacKenzie and Terry." Terry answers, panting for breath.
"And you?" the councilor asks the girl on my back and Taichi.
"Kamiya, Hikari." Taichi's sister answers then Taichi says, "Kamiya, Taichi."
"All right. Have a seat." the councilor says, sitting back down in his seat.
"Time to get down, Hikari." I say, letting her down.
"Kari, please. And my brother likes to be called Tai." Hi – Kari, I mean, replies and takes a seat towards the front of the bus.
"Thanks. We would've missed the bus. I owe you one." Tai says, getting on the bus behind me.
"No sweat." Terry replies over his shoulder. I, mock snidely, add, "Or the excess thereof."
Tai laughs and sits next to Kari and in front of a blonde boy that looked oddly familiar.
"Hello!" I greet cheerfully. He looks up from talking to, I assume, his little brother and stares at me.
"Hi." He answers at last. "I'm Matt. Matt Ishida."
My heart fell. "MacKenzie Hoshino. Nice to meet you. Have Tai tell you what happened on the way here." I say with a false grin that he seemed to see through.
I move to the back of the bus and sit with Terry, mentally berating myself.
"You idiot! You hopeful idiot!" I scream in my mind. "You actually thought that he might have been Meiya?"
What am I supposed to do? Give up all together? Forget that those six months ever happened? Forget that I got a flute on my ninth birthday?
"Wha'cha stewin' over, Zie?" Terry asks, tearing his gaze from the moving scenery outside to follow mine.
I was staring hard at Matt, who was now talking animatedly to Tai, occasionally laughing.
"Just don't worry about me." I answer, leaning back against the seat. Terry resumes his window gazing.
"If lies could tear us apart, then can't the truth get us together again?" I reason. "Only if you manage to find him. You've looked for Meiya for a little under three years now. In fact, it was around this time three years ago that you met him for the first time. Three years is long enough. Let him go with the summer." answers a voice in the back of my head.
Go with the summer, Meiya. I agree. I've waited around long enough. If he really wanted to find me, he would have by now… Friends forever nevermore. I add sadly. Meiya had been a friend that never let me down save once. That once had caused this separation. Of course, I had helped. If only I could do it over again. If I only I could tell him… If only…
"Hello! My name's Fiona and this is Katrina. What's your name?" asks a blonde-haired, green-eyed girl in the seat across the isle from me. She sat next to a brunette with penetrating blue eyes.
"MacKenzie. This is my brother Terry." I answer, turning in my seat. At least the two girls would offer me some distraction from the furtive glances that "Matt" kept throwing in my direction.
Disclaimer: The councilor dude (I forgot his name), Tai, Matt, T.K. and Kari belong to Toei Animation. No, I've not got this mixed up with Sailor Moon. Amazingly enough, Digimon is from the same peeps that make Sailor Moon. Anyways… MacKenzie and Terry Hoshino, Fiona and Katrina are mine. You'll find out more about those two when I get to Chapter Two and Three. ^_^ Look at it this way; I got this up after how long? Hehe… I roast marshmallows, my brother and hot dogs on flames so don't bother sending 'em. Tah-tah!
~Tes-sama