Chapter 1 : The Meeting
We know that we are late, but first
after the arrival, which was about three hours too late, we had to bring our
luggage to our new house, get our digimon off the DW and rent a car. But we are
about half an hour too late for the meeting (the party shall be tomorrow evening,
but with information by my sis-in-law, we know about this meeting today and we
are too anxious to wait longer…) at Koushiro's. He now lives in his own
apartment with his girlfriend, whose name we don't know, but thanks to Yamato
we knew the address. After ringing the bell Koushiro opens the door (he hasn't
really changed much, still with his spiky red hair and dressed formal), looking
confused.
"Hello, what Do
You want ?" he asked very direct.
"Hello Koushiro,
we're invited for a meeting here…"
"And who are You
? You look familiar, but I cannot remember why…"
"I'm very
disappointed, we saved together two worlds and You forgot us… Meems, we leave"
I said with a wink in my eyes…
She understood
and "tried" to walk away…
"Takeru ??? Mimi
??? That's You ???"
"Prodigious… he
got it…" she answered with a fake disappointed face (I know when she uses false
faces, but she also knows me as well…)
"Next time we
use name-tags and announce our visit by television and radio… Koushiro, can we
get in ?"
He is no longer
confused only shocked… This is the best moment for a small group-hug…
"Oops, come in,
we have a DD-meeting in my living room, You have very good timing to visit at
this time…"
"We would be
here earlier, but our flight was too late, and that's no coincidence, we know
about the meeting… That's the reason why we got here ASAP after our arrival…"
At this time we
walk to his living room, his whole house is designed in modern style with light
colors, I like it although I prefer a bit more conservative and Meems a bit
more pink (it's still her favorite color).
"Koushiro, where
is Your toilet ? I've to go there very fast…" (The third toilet-break since we
arrived… But no surprise…)
"The next door
left is a toilet and when You get out the next door right is the living room…"
and then she was running…
"Takeru, is
something wrong with her, she was never so much in hurry to get the toilet…"
"Not really,
she'll tell You later, if I did she'd kill me, You know her don't You ?"
"Yes, I know her
and probably she would really kill You…"
"Or not…" I
whispered…
Koushiro was the
first who enters the living-room, I follow a little bit behind after letting
our digimon out and telling them to hide until they think it'd be the best
moment to enter too.
"Sorry, it took
so long, but there arrived other guests I didn't expect. Perhaps You know
them…"
That was the
best moment to enter the room, seeing several persons sitting on a couch and
several chairs. There are my sister-in-law Sora who has put on an emotionless
poker-face, Taichi with Catherine on his lap, Jyou, my ex-rival Daisuke, "my
little brother" Iori, Miyako and Ken. There was also a young woman, looking
like a scientist (I cannot say why but she has such an aura). All of them had
except Sora look confused, I think they realize that I am familiar but they
don't know why…
"Koushiro, I
think the next time I really wear a name-tag, that are only six years I was
away and everybody forgets me and that after we saved both worlds… I think it's
time for a HINT…" I focused my thoughts on Patamon and was rewarded with a
whispered common sentence "… digivolve …"
I expected to
see Angemon entering the room, but "only" Mimi entered the room, but I think
this will be better if she also sees the confused and surprised faces.
"Not again,
first Koushiro and now the rest… We should really wear name-tags and announce
the visit of the best-seller-author in television… Ooops, I said again too
much…"
Their faces are
now much more confused while Koushiro was rolling on the floor laughing and
Sora failing holding back a smile.
"Don't worry,
Meems, I just wanted to use my "hint" standing outside, but I think You got a
better method to give hints…"
"Meems ??? Mimi
????" Miyako asks surprised.
"Perfecto !!!!"
acting like a perfect Miyako-double.
That was too
much for poor Sora, she bursts our laughing while Koushiro is still rolling on
the floor… Still no one recognizes me except perhaps Iori, his face changed
also in a emotion-less mask. I think he wants to laugh about the reaction if
the others get who I am… I think it's really time for our "hints"…
"You two, You
can now enter, perhaps the others will then recognize me…"
Then our two
digimon enter the room, Angemon with Palmon sitting on his shoulder. This is a
moment for a picture, I wished that I got my camera with me but I didn't expect
such long lines. You can really hear jaws hitting the ground while Koushiro,
Sora, Iori and Mimi laughing. It nearly takes 15 minutes to calm down Sora and
Koushiro, before we are able to talk a bit about our lives.
"Taichi, where's
Your sister ? Somehow I miss her here…"
"Oh, You don't
know, her fiancée died two months ago and she's still depressed, I left her
with Tailmon at mom's while the meeting. About the rest I think she's to tell
You, perhaps You can visit later ? I think a visit by old friends should help
her a bit…"
"Best give me
the address and we'll come for supper, but don't tell her who will come, it
shall be a surprise."
"Okay, and
thanks for reminding me, I've to go… Catherine will update me later about You…
CU" (too bad that we won't see his face if we tell him our news…) Before Taichi
leaves in a hurry he hands me the address…, he really hasn't changed.
Noticing Mimi's
engagement-ring Sora asks
"Congratulations,
when did he propose ?"
"About six weeks
ago, hasn't Yamato told You about ? He knows nearly as long… although I'm not
really surprised…"
"I think he has
forgot to tell me, (Memo: Torture my husband), when's the marriage ?"
"In about two
months we planned, that's also a reason for participating at the reunion. We
want to invite all Odaiba-Digidestinies and their families."
"First:
Congratulations, Second: Who are You marrying ? You say every time 'we' but where's
Your fiancée ? I'd be nice to meet him." Jyou exclaims with a hint of jealousy
in his voice. (I still know that he was in love with Mimi like Koushiro, but
she was never really interested in one of them, she lost her heart nearly at
the same time as me while our first adventure in the DW, although we both
called it "puppy-love")
"Guess, a hint:
You all know him…"
"Michael" was
Jyou's first try.
"No, Michael is
too much like his dad, we are both not really interested in each other, btw. He
is married to another US-Digidestined with their little daughter Jenny."
- Silence -
"Sora, I think
while they try to get the answer we could talk outside ?"
"Okay… I know
Mimi too much so that she will hold them back since we get back…"
We both left the
living room and walked a little bit away…
"You are the
first except our parents who will know this and You'll know this before Yamato:
You'll become aunt…"
First she looks
surprised and then she got a big smile as if she also has such news… (Has she
?)
"Good timing, You'll
know first even before my husband but he deserves this for not telling me about
Your engagement: You'll become uncle…"
This was really
a surprise, I never expected this after them trying for two years to become
pregnant. (Mimi and I only needed one try, the night after our engagement). We
both smiled to each other and hugged.
"May I tell Mimi
later or do You want to tell her?"
"You can tell
her, but please don't tell anyone else before I am able to tell Yamato, and I
won't tell the others about Mimi's pregnancy."
"I think the
others have waited long enough for solving the riddle about 'Mimi's fiancée',
best we get back."
So we get back
to the meeting.
"So Meems, have
they found out ?"
"No, they still
have no clue… It cannot be this hard, they tried nearly every guy I introduced
them, nearly every US-Digidestinied. It's really hopeless…"
"Perhaps they
will find out to who I'm engaged… My hint: Everyone here knows her…"
"I'd say Hikari
if I didn't know that she is still over her fiancée. I have no clue…" And this
comes by our genius Koushiro… Has he really changed this much ?
"Koushiro, even
I got the hint, they entered at the same time here, they sit besides each
other, they are at the same time engaged, and then Sora's behaviour towards
them and they said that everyone here knows them, I don't know how many
of our friends Catherine knows, but I think she doesn't know everyone we all
guessed before. Don't You get it? They are engaged to each other…" Daisuke
exclaimed.
"I don't get it,
it's Daisuke who we all thought he was thick-headed who found out first. We
thought it would be Koushiro or Miyako, but no it's Daisuke… I cannot believe
this… Meems, we both guessed wrong. I think we'll tell them the other rest
tomorrow. I think they need time to get used to the fact of our engagement."
Looking around I
saw only shocked faces except Sora's, Mimi's, Daisuke's and mine. After several
minutes everyone recovers from the shock and then we talk about the last years
and how the lives went on.
First there's
Daisuke, he really got good at school, and now he studies economics, he still
wants to open a restaurant for Japanese-food in America; I offers him to help
there. First he doesn't want our help, but then he promises to visit us before
he starts his business.
Ken studies to
become a police-officer and is steady with Miyako, who cannot decide if she
study chemistry or informatics.
Iori still goes
to school but tries to study law, he wants to become a lawyer. (I think this is
his way to follow his father's fate.)
Koushiro studies
now informatics and physics at the same time. He got high grades and works
part-time for a software-company.
Jyou still tries
to become a doctor and he's doing very well, part-time he works for
Odaiba-General.
Catherine is now
studying international law and economics with Taichi here. I cannot believe
that Taichi canceled his soccer-career in Europe for studying law and
economics, that's so un-Taichi-like.
The hours passes
very fast and it's about 06.30pm local-time, our time to leave for supper at
Yagami's. We ask Catherine if she wants to come with us since Taichi forgot
that he used their car while leaving (some thing really never change…). She
accepts especially because she has the same way…
After saying
everyone good-bye Catherine, Mimi, Patamon (who de-digivolved after the
"surprise"), Palmon and I leave.
Reunion - Takimi Style
By: TomokiG