And it continues! Here's part 3!
Dedication: To Crystal Yumi…I hope you like!
~*Fateful Destinies*~
"Name: Mimi Tachi…" Mimi's mother could get no further. Breaking down, she began to weep. No one blamed her. They all knew how it felt.
Her husband gently put one hand on her back, and reached for the manuscript, not without a few tears of his own. He knew that it must be read. And since his wife could not, he would.
Taking a deep breath, he began to read.
~*Chapter 3*~
~*The corruption of Sincerity*~
Name: Mimi Tachikawa
Crest: Sincerity
Digimon: Palmon
Birth Date: August 3
Death Date: March 5, 2015
Age when killed: 28
Cause of death: Assassination
Unlike most of the other Digidestined, I did not get to know Mimi Tachikawa until later on, as she lived in America. And yet, from the moment I met her, I could tell just how sincere she was.
Engaged to Matt Ishida, with a progressing career in singing, Mimi's life looked as if it could not get any better.
Which was completely true. It couldn't…and wouldn't get better. Her life would end shortly after her engagement.
Considered one of the most beautiful girls in the city, she was much sought after. But it was Matt, the holder of Friendship, that she loved.
I guess that many men were obviously jealous of him.
One in particular.
The name of Boris Walton would forever sear with anger within me.
A jealous young man, obsessed with Mimi Tachikawa. Who would soon became an assassin.
Following is, from my memory, one of my last conversations with Mimi.
~*A conversation with Mimi Tachikawa, on the 4th of March, 2015*~
"Ken?" the voice was spoken softly, with fear. Turning, I saw that I was facing Mimi.
"What is it?" I replied. "Is something wrong?"
She nodded in response. My eyes searched her face for an answer.
"Just a feeling…actually…" she began to explain. "I've seen a man following me around…once, I heard him talking to someone. He was talking about me, Ken!"
"What did he say?" I asked, curious. Worried.
"That if he couldn't have me, no one could! Especially not Matt"
Her eyes were filled with fright. "He looked so sinister…"
I felt a chill go through me. But I shook my head. "I'm sure that it was nothing, Mimi," I tried to assure her. "Just a couple of fans talking about you!"
~*End of conversation*~
What a fool I was. After what had happened with TK and Kari; both anticipating their deaths before it happened, I should have known that something was going to happen.
I guess, however, that the pain of losing two of my closest friends had affected my brain, somehow. Everyone had been affected, but possibly me the most. I still felt that it was my fault, for not seeing what was to happen.
And still, I didn't pay attention to what she said.
Her body was found the next day. The fifth of March. She had been strangled, and then shot, according to the police.
I still remember how Matt fell to the ground, enfolding her in his arms, crying as if he would like to die at that very moment.
Which I'm sure was absolutely true.
By then, I was sure that it was fate. How else would you explain it? 3 of the Digidestined, all dead on the 5th of three consecutive months? Each death anticipated by the victim? It couldn't be anything else. Could it? Was it just a coincidence? Surely not. Fate alone could do what had been done.
But how many more of us would die before fate had mercy upon the Digidestined? None? One? All but one? All of us?
I was afraid to know the answer. Because I had a feeling that I already knew the answer. And the answer was not one that I wanted to think about.
And Sincerity was corrupted, leaving us alone with dishonesty.
So that was just as short as the last part. But I really hope that you guys liked it!
Gatomon_1
