What A Picture Holds
Disclaimer: Same as always…Dana and the plot are mine. That's it, that's all.
Jan 27/01-A/N: Hehe! I'm giddy! I got so hyper when I studied for exams. My poor friend Susan. Pity her, I had a caffeine rush. One exam down…..two to go. * looks tough * Anyway enough about my school life….now moving on…..I only got two reviews for the last part! WHAAAAAAAH! * sniff * I guess most of you guys were busy with your finals, so it's okay. Anyway I hope your enjoying this! Please R and R! Oh and read Digiberry's sequel to The Crest of Miracles! It's absolutely heart moving!
Part 3
Dana's POV
I woke up the next morning. I couldn't wait to get out of this place. I hate hospitals! Only another day or two until school started. Why did this have to happen! I swear I'm cursed or something. I hate having to always be the one that everyone worries about. That department is courtesy of my aunt, uncle and especially Willis. He can be very aggravating.
I looked around for a few seconds trying to find a clock. I was still laying down and could only see some of the wall and the ceiling. When I did find one the time on it read 11 o'clock AM. Only eleven. I was so doped up last night that I thought I would sleep until at least 2 o'clock. Oh well.
I tried to look around the room. No use. I couldn't see anything except for a dresser which was taller than my bed. "Stupid hospital beds." I murmured to myself. I immediately got fed up and sat myself up in bed. I cringed a couple of times because of the pain. I thought these stupid pain killers were supposed to be working?!
I looked around and spotted Matt. He was on a couch beside my bed. He looked so small. Well what do you want me to say. He looked so adorable curled up in a ball. Poor Matt. He must have been so uncomfortable and yet he never left. I smiled and then proceeded to lay back down. Hehe. I was an idiot and laid down to fast. I didn't even slide back down and guess what…. "OWWWWW!" Yep, my head made contact with the head board.
I sat back up and rubbed my head. I didn't even notice Matt wake up and get off the couch. I was to busy rubbing my pounding head. Suddenly I felt a hand on my arm. Poor, poor Matt.
Matt's POV
I woke up with a start when I heard someone yell. I had forgotten where I was. I sat straight up and noticed Dana rubbing her head. I got off the couch and walked over to her. I don't think she noticed me wake up. When I reached her I put a hand on her shoulder and then….."OWWWW!" I yelled when she punched me in the face. I stumbled back and put my hands to my nose. Man…that really hurt. Now I know who not to make angry. When I sensed that my nose wasn't miraculously broken and wasn't bleeding, I looked back up.
"Oh Matt I'm so sorry! You know you shouldn't do that." She said as she hugged me.
"Why did you do that for?" I asked still rubbing my face. By now Mr. And Mrs. Izumi were both in the room with questioning looks on their faces.
"What happened in here?" Mrs. Izumi asked.
"I accidentally punched Matt in the face."
"Why?" Mr. Izumi asked as he crossed his arms.
"Because I scared her." I said in a shaky voice.
Mrs. Izumi went to the other side of Dana's bed and helped her lay back down. Dana looked up at her. "Have you been able to contact my aunt and uncle?" She asked.
"Thankfully yes dear. Your aunt seemed especially worried and said they should be here tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest." She said in a low voice. "She also said that the adoption took a more short amount of time than expected and the doctor said that you could be released tomorrow." She said smiling a little then she turned to me. "Matt, could you leave the room for a moment please. My husband and I need to speak with Dana."
"Yes Mrs. Izumi." I said as I backed out of the room. I wondered what was going to happen, I hope it wasn't anything bad.
Dana's POV
Mr. Izumi pulled a chair to the side of my bed while Mrs. Izumi remained standing. They both had worried looks on their faces. It was really scaring me. Finally Izzy's mom said something.
"Dana I spoke with your aunt about what you said about the picture of Izzy's parents."
I just looked at her blankly. I don't see why she was so worried. After all, it was only a picture but boy was I wrong. She hesitated for a moment.
"Oh Dana. I told her everything and she knew about Izzy's parents!" She said as she started to sob.
"What? How could she have known that those people in the picture could be Izzy's parents?" I said exciting myself. Just then Izzy walked through the door. He looked tired and who could blame him.
"Mom….dad what's going on?" He asked as he approached my bed.
"Maybe you should sit down son." Izzy's dad said as he got up off of the chair. Izzy sat down with no questions asked. What happened next I will never forget.
"Ok now where do I start. Well, your aunt and I had a long talk on the phone and she said that it was okay that I tell you this. Now Dana, do you know what happened to Izzy's parents?" She asked. I nodded. "Ok um….well you see….oh….Izzy's parents are your parents!"
"What!?" Both me and Izzy yelled.
His father nodded. "Dana you were adopted by your aunt and uncle when you were a year old."
"That's impossible! I'm completely American!" I yelled.
"We know. Your father was married to your mother when she died giving birth to you. After that he moved here and met Izzy's mother. Both of them were married and she adopted you. That same year Izzy was born and that same year you had gone to visit your aunt and uncle in the United States." Izzy's mom said to me. I was crying now. Izzy stared blankly at a wall.
"While you were there your parents were in a car accident, luckily Izzy was being baby-sat that night. Your uncle said that you're a lot like your real mother, he said that she was a signer just like Izzy is just like your father." His dad said. I really needed time to process this. I think Izzy did too. It's not everyday you find out that you were adopted twice, let alone that you had a younger brother. Oh and I was still crying.
Izzy's mom looked at both off us. "I think we should give them sometime alone." She said as she took Mr. Izumi's hand and led him out of the room.
Izzy's POV
I was completely speechless. I had so many questions running through my head and I didn't say anything. I just stared at the wall. I didn't know what to say. I had a sister! This is just total and utter bewilderment that's what this is. But I thought about it as I stared at the wall. "I have a sister." I whispered to myself. Dana choked on one of her sobs and stopped crying.
"What did you say?" She asked.
"I have a sister." I said blankly. And then thought about it some more. "I have a sister…..I have a sister!" I said as I finally looked up at her. She still had tears streaming down her face. She looked almost like me. Same red hair not counting the blue streaks that had remained since the last battle, same jaw line, same nose. I soon found myself crying.
She looked at me. I guess she was processing it to. In just a matter of moments we were hugging each other, still crying. As one would say it was a Kodak moment. She had a very sweet smell, the same one as my mother, my real mother had. I have no idea how I could've remembered that but I do.
"Izzy…." She said as we separated. I just looked at her and she smiled. "I have a little brother."
"And I have a big sister." I said. I didn't know what else to say, may I remind you that I was speechless. Suddenly the door creaked open and Willis' and Matt's heads popped in. They just stared at me and Dana who had tears in our eyes.
"Okay….What happened?" Willis asked. My parents hadn't told them anything.
"And why are you two crying?" Matt asked.
Dana and I proceeded to tell Matt and Willis the whole story. Both of them sat in complete silence the whole time with their mouths open in awe. I guess it was a shock to them too. Well wouldn't you be?
"So what you're telling me is that I've been talking to my cousin for the past few years and I didn't even know it?" Willis asked. I nodded. "This is so cool!" Willis said.
"You better watch it Dana. Little brother's can be a hand full." Matt said and then started to laugh. Everyone soon joined in. I noticed my mom and dad pop their heads into the room. They were smiling. I was glad.
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Dana's POV
I had just woken up the next morning when I heard footsteps coming down the hall. Matt and Willis had stayed but outside of my room while Izzy and I talked for almost the whole night. He had asked me if I remembered our real parents at all. I was actually very surprised when I remembered a picnic.
I told him that he was only a baby and had just started crawling. I also said to him that our mom and dad were watching as I played with him. Our mother was very beautiful and our father equally handsome. It was a beautiful day until it started to rain. Our father picked up all the picnic stuff and our mother took care of us. We hid in a band stand. He was crying because of the thunder so I asked if I could hold him. Our mom handed him to me and he immediately stopped crying. Our mom and dad smiled and she said I had a magic touch. After that, well I didn't remember anything.
Suddenly my door burst open and in ran my uncle, my aunt and….and Maki! Izzy who had his head rested on the side of my bed woke up when they entered. They were followed by Matt, Willis and Izzy's parents.
"Omigod Dana!" My aunt said running to the other side of my bed. She hugged me tight. "When Mr. Izumi got a hold of us and told us what happened…." She said as we separated. She was crying. She looked at me for a second then hugged me again. Suddenly my uncle spoke up.
"So has Izzy's parents told you?"
My aunt and I separated. Both Izzy and I nodded.
My uncle spoke up again. "Mr. and Mrs. Izumi may we speak to both of you outside?" The Izumi's nodded and along with my aunt followed my uncle out of the room. I wondered what they were going to talk about. For the first time after that I heard Maki speak up. "Dana!" She yelled happily as she ran over to my bed and hopped up on it. We hugged each other. That's when I noticed that her crest was broken.
"Maki what happened?" I asked. Everyone was crowded around my bed now.
"Ummm….." She hesitated. "I accidentally stepped on it." I could tell that she wasn't telling me the truth but I decided to leave it where it was.
"So…Aren't you forgetting about someone?" I said smiling.
"Oh yeah! Willis!" She said turning around and giving him a hug.
"It's nice to see you again Maki. So how have you been?"
"So so, but now I have a family! I'm so happy I could burst!"
"Well make sure you don't burst around us." Matt said.
"Matt!" She said and then gave him a hug.
"Nice to see ya again Squirt." He said smiling.
"Oh sure, just forget about me!" Izzy said with arms folded.
"I'm sorry! Hi Izzy!" She said and then gave him a hug. She then turned to me. "Your aunt told me what happened on the plane. I'm really glad you're okay."
"Thanks. I'm so glad that I'll be released today, then everything can go back to normal and I can see the rest of my friends but excluding the fact that I can't perform, can't play soccer or volleyball or I can't dance." I said. A few seconds after I had said that the Izumis and my aunt and uncle re-entered the room. They had serious looks on their faces.
"Dana…" My uncle started. "Your aunt and I have just spoken with the Izumis and we all have decide that you go and live with them."
"What!?" I said. "Oh, I didn't mean to be rude, sorry, but why?"
- "We think that you and Izzy should get to know each other better." Mr. Izumi said.
- "And with your aunt and I at work all the time you won't get the care you need while your healing."
- "How long will she stay for?" Izzy asked.
- "For as long as she wants." Mrs. Izumi said and then turned to me. "You can see your aunt, uncle, Willis and Maki anytime you want."
- I nodded. "Are you okay with this?" I asked my aunt and uncle, I didn't want to leave them all, they gave me a home.
"We are fine with it." My aunt said.
"Okay, but who's going to pack my things?"
- "We can do that." Willis said as he put a hand on Maki shoulder.
- "Yeah, don't worry about a thing." Maki said winking.
- "Okay." I said.
- Maki's POV
- I was so happy that Dana was alright. I wondered if any of the other Digi-Destined from around the world knew about her accident? I made a note of that. I would send emails or phone calls to them if they didn't, along with Willis' help of course. I wonder how he felt about having a younger sister?
Well, after Dana had agreed to live with the Izumis for a while Willis, our parents and I went to go and collect her things as well as drop mine off. On the way to my brand new home I had my face plastered to the window of the car. I drunk the streets of Odaiba in with my eyes. The park was beautiful.
We stopped in front of a large apartment building and soon I found myself entering my new home. I was beautiful inside. There were shades of yellow and white all through the house. I soon found myself standing in Dana's room, which was now going to be mine only until she came back or even if she did. It was blue and quite large for an apartment bedroom. The walls were blue and had border wall paper with blue flowers on it. Everything matched. It was a dream room with a view of the park through the window and it had a terrace. I soon felt someone's hand on my shoulder. I turned around to see Willis.
"Are you gonna stand there all day?" He asked smiling.
"No. It's just a very beautiful room." I said as I placed my bags on the bed.
"Yep, definitely a lot more cleaner than my room." He said looking around. "C'mon, we should pack her things." He said and then walked over and grabbed two suitcases from underneath the bed. "Here." He said giving me one. "You fill this one and I'll fill this one."
"Okay." I said and then headed towards her dresser.
Matt's POV
We were ready to go now. Dana was in a wheel chair, which she hated. She kept grumbling about…Well it went something like this; "Why would they give someone crutches when they're just gonna wheel them around!" Yep. I could tell that she couldn't wait to get out of there.
It seemed like forever while Mr. And Mrs. Izumi signed her release papers. I thought Izzy would be excited, but he was calm and collected as usual. After Dana's last comment about the useless wheel chair she had stayed quiet. I guess she was still sore and stiff. She new complaining to much could get on peoples nerves, actually it just gave me a chance to cuddle with her.
"Okay, let's go kids!" Mr. Izumi said as he picked up Dana's suitcases.
Soon we were in the car heading for Izzy's house. Dana didn't say a word. I wondered if they had given her more morphine before she left.
"Dana…."I started. "Are you okay."
"Yeah, just a little tired." She said as she looked up at me.
"Do you think you'll be able to go to school tomorrow?" Izzy asked.
"She can't go in her condition." His mom said.
"Why not? I don't want to miss the chance to go to a regular school on the first day." Dana said.
"Anyway Mrs. Izumi we'll be there, not to mention the rest of our friends." I said.
"And your only a phone call away." Izzy added.
"We'll talk about this more when we get home." His dad said.
We arrived at the Izumis house around one or two in the after noon. Izzy and I helped Dana out of the van. Mr. And Mrs. Izumi were taking care of the baggage. As soon as Dana was out of the van I guess her legs just gave out on her. Luckily she had her arms already around me and Izzy's necks.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Izzy asked.
"I said I was fine, just tired." She said. Usually she wasn't a cranky person, but I guess when anyone is that tired, anyone could get cranky. We helped her into the house. We were all crammed in the hall. Mrs. Izumi turned on the light and…..
"SURPRISE!!" Everyone yelled out. The house was completely decorated with balloons and streamers. I knew all of us were very surprised, especially Mr. Izumi.
"How did you kids get in here?"
"Remember I have a key." Willis said holding it up.
"I know we should have asked permission but we really wanted it to be a surprise." Mimi said.
"Are you surprised Dana?" Kari asked.
"Yes very."
"We're glad 'cause we thought that you would be to tired." Ken said.
"Oh I am but not tired enough to miss my own party."
"Good! Food!" Davis yelled. Everyone sweatdropped.
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Three months later…….
Izzy's POV
As you may know the next day after Dana's homecoming party we started school. Dana was allowed to attend after all which everyone was really happy about. Even in her condition she managed to make the first day of school pass by really fast for everyone around her and history class….let's just say she get extremely hyper.
Maki had emailed everyone and had told them what happened to Dana. I remember Dana turning on her laptop one morning….let's just say she was extremely surprised and fell off of her chair.
She's still living with my parents and I. Her and I have become very close, which is a good thing. Since her aunt and uncle weren't her legal guardians my parents decided to adopt her. They really didn't want to approach her aunt and uncle about it because they were afraid that they would forbid her from seeing us. When they did all of us were extremely surprised that they agreed to it. You know it's not everyday something like this happens. The only bad thing about having an older sister is having to put up with Matt calling all the time, but I can't really say that because I spend my nights talking to Seii.
Anyway, about two weeks ago Dana had gotten her cast taken off. She kinda freaked when she saw the mini saw they use to cut it off but she brightened up because now she was able to play soccer (she already played a game with Tai and steam rolled him at least once, which was pretty funny), volleyball and yes…..we went dancing. I will never do that again. By nine o'clock she had us dancing to that Rockefeller Skank song. I am never gonna forget the fun we had. She's also going to perform in one of Matt's concerts, which both of them are really exited for.
All of us hang out on a regular basis. I hate Matt, Dana, Sora and Tai being so lovey dovey around me. I hope I can see Seii soon. Actually it would be really nice to see everyone again, but that's hoping since the Digi-Portal hasn't been open for some time now. That is also a good thing because we haven't had any evil Digimon after us, but here's hoping again.
THE END
Can you say sequel! AHHHHHHHHH! Well I hoped you guys liked this. And for all you Digi-destined that were in the Crest of Miracles…….well you're gonna be in another one of my fics!!!!!!!
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