I hate to admit it, but I actually like Kenhika (Ken x Hikari), but only if it's one-sided in Kari's favor, meaning only if she's the one with the thing for Ken and not vice versa. Same with Mimato, I'm starting to like it, partially, but only if it's one-sided in Matt's favor. Does that make any sense at all? I like so many Digi couplings it's not funny. I can never stick with just one. I'm still surprised that I hinted at Mimato. I never really liked that coupling too much.
Oh and no people, I am not going to use the same old boring Titanic type of thing. How about Blue Lagoon? ::Miyako and Koushirou shudders:: No, I'm not serious.
Oh yeah, I better say this and make this clear. I hope none of you thought that Ken wanted Kari to drown in the last, pretty much, rushed part since she was bugging him to share his life jacket with her and you could tell that he didn't really want to. He just wanted Kari to go away, not drown, people. There's a difference. Well, I hope you enjoy this part and as always, I do not own the characters and stuff. Toei does.
Part 9: After the Wreck!
"Don't worry, Miss Tachikawa, we will find your friends," Rescue Member 1 (RM1) assured the young girl.
"Please do," Mimi sobbed while wrapped in a thick blanket.
"Come on guys," RM1 ordered, let's move out!"
"Do you think they actually survived?" RM2 whispered to RM1.
"I doubt it," RM3 chimed, overhearing the conversation. "There was nothing left when we got there."
"They're probably dead," RM4 said.
"Don't talk like that!" RM1 hissed. "There's no evidence showing that they're dead!"
"There's no evidence showing that they're alive either, Chief," RM3 argued.
Mimi, who had overheard the conversation, faced the group of rescuers.
"Stop talking like that!" she shouted to them. "My friends could be seriously injured! Go and find them!"
"Miss Tachikawa," RM4 began, "you have to understand, when we got to you all, there was nothing left of your ship. Unless the two drifted off someplace, the chances of their being alive are pretty grim. It was also very dark when we found you all, what do you expect us to think?"
The girl, who was now being held by Yamato, didn't want to hear such things.
"You're not supposed to think, you are supposed to find them and bring them back safe and sound!"
"It would make sense if we halt and commence our search in the morning when we have the sunlight to use," RM3 suggested.
"No," Mimi protested. "You will go now! Their lives are at stake! I don't care how you do it, just find them! I don't want any of you to rest until Koushirou and Miyako are safe!"
"But Miss Tachikawa," RM 4 started to protest.
"GO!" Mimi ordered in a threatening voice.
"Let's go, men!" RM1 ordered. He then turned and tipped his hat to Mimi. "We won't stop searching until we find them, ma'am."
"I just hope they're still alive and that we aren't wasting our time," RM2 muttered under his breath.
With that, the Rescue team left the group of depressed teens.
"Oh, Matt!" Mimi cried onto Matt's shoulder. "How could this have happened! I should've listened to TK!"
The group was now back at Michael's Beach House. The Rescue Team got there pretty fast and got them home by helicopter.
"Don't cry, Mimi," Yamato told the girl while hugging on her. "They'll find them and it's not your fault. There was just a lot of commotion going on."
"Oh Izzy, why! I don't know what I'd do knowing that I may never see Izzy again," Mimi cried to herself. "Just please be okay, Izzy, Miyako too! If you're together, take care of each other."
Everyone else was pretty much quiet. Ken was the most upset out of the group, though. Sure he was upset that Izzy hadn't made it, but he was even more upset that Miyako was missing. He could never admit it to anyone, himself included, but he had a terrible crush on Miyako. Daisuke knew it, even though Ken had never come right out and told him. When it came to Miyako, Ken was a totally different person, and since Ken felt so close to Daisuke, he talked about Miyako to him almost every chance that he got.
"Izumi, take good care of Miyako-san, wherever you may be," Ken said in thought.
"Ichijouji-kun!" a voice called.
Ken turned to see who it was walking towards him and frowned slightly.
"Go away!" Ken shouted out in his mind. "Because of her, Miyako is missing! I would know where she is if Kari hadn't been bugging me!"
"Ichijouji-kun," the girl called again.
"Yeah?"
"Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Ken unintentionally snapped at her, his voice filled with sarcasm. "Sure, two of my good friends could be dead, but yeah, I'm fine!"
"I'm sorry," Hikari apologized, her head lowered some. "I didn't mean to say something so dumb."
"Nah, I'm the one who should be apologizing. I'm sorry for getting edgy just now. I'm just worried about them and hoping that everything is okay."
"I was just wondering if you wanted to talk or anything."
"No, I'm fine."
He really didn't feel like talking to Kari. He was afraid that he would say something that he would regret to her since he was pretty much blaming her for Miyako's being missing, even though, deep down, he knew that it wasn't her fault.
"Are you sure you're okay?" she asked, knowing that Ken could really use someone to talk to. "I mean, if you really need to talk, I could---"
"No, I'm fine," Ken interrupted, his temper rising slightly.
"I really feel that you should---"
"Just leave me alone, will you!" Ken shouted at Hikari, his temper finally reaching its peak and blowing. "Can you not take a hint! I don't want to talk to you! I don't even want you near me!"
The boy then ran out the door and onto the beach, leaving Kari with tears starting to well up in her eyes and everyone else surprised. Daisuke, Taichi, and Takeru walked up to Kari who started to cry on the person that was currently closest to her, the person being Daisuke.
"What's with him?" Taichi asked. "He didn't have to yell at her like that!"
"I just wanted to know if he wanted to talk," the girl sobbed a little. "Now he hates me."
"Don't worry, Hikari-chan, evertyhing will be better and Ken doesn't hate you," Daisuke assured her. "He's just upset."
"I'll teach him to upset my sister," Taichi growled.
Daisuke got Kari from off of him and gave her to Takeru, who looked surprised since Daisuke didn't act like "Mr. Wonderful" to try to impress her.
"No, wait," Daisuke told Taichi. "Let me go and talk with him. You're too steamed to talk to him."
"Go ahead, I don't care," Taichi muttered.
While Sora tried to calm Taichi down and Takeru with Hikari, Daisuke ran out of the door to go find his pal and see why he had blown up at Kari the way that he did.
"He hates me," Hikari muttered, getting out of Takeru's arms, wiping her tears.
"No he doesn't," Takeru told her. "Like Daisuke said, he's just upset."
"Well, I hope he gets unupset," Hikari muttered quietly.
****
"Please be okay, Miyako-san," Ken cried, tears in his eyes, running
down the sandy beach. "Please be okay."
"Ken, hey Ken!!"
The boy stopped running and turned around to see who it was calling him. It was pretty dark out, but he recognized the person running towards him.
"Motomiya?"
"Yo, wait a minute, Ken!" Daisuke said, finally catching up to his taller friend.
"I'm not in the mood to talk," Ken said before Daisuke could say anything.
"You need to. Why did you get mad at Kari?"
Ken could only shrug.
"I know you're upset about Izzy and Miyako, but yelling at your friends isn't going to get them found any faster."
"I know," Ken sighed. "I just didn't feel like talking and Kari just kept bugging me!"
"Are you sure that's it?"
"No! If it weren't for her, Miyako would be here right now!"
"Kari's fault?" Daisuke asked in surprise. "You don't really believe that, do you?"
Ken "hmmphed" and crossed his arms. Daisuke couldn't believe how illogical Ken was being.
"How is this her fault?"
"Every time I tried to get near Miyako, she would show up and ruin it and beg me to hang out with her or something, just like tonight. She asked to hang out with me even though she knew I wanted to hang out with Miyako! Even at dinner, when we all danced, she cut in the way and ended up dancing with me! I was so glad when Takaishi showed up and started dancing with her."
"You sound as if you have a thing for Miyako," Daisuke grinned slyly.
"What? I do not!" Ken blushed from embarassment. "She's my friend! I want her safe!"
"It's not Kari's fault that Miyako is missing and you know it, Ken!" Daisuke argued. "It was just a coincidence. When you think about it, Miyako brought this on herself. She was probably depressed because of Izzy and if it she wouldn't have started up the argument in the first place, the two wouldn't have been mad."
"So you're saying this is Miyako's fault?" Ken asked, surprised at his friend. "That's the dumbest thing I ever heard of! That logic is, well, illogical! That's totally unreasonable!"
"So is your blaming Kari."
The boy stood there and realized that Daisuke was right.
"It was probably going to happen anyway and blaming Miyako is just as stupid as your blaming Hikari-chan for something that was out of both their hands."
"I guess, but...what if we never see her or Izumi again?" He then thought, "I would lose another person that I really care about! First Osamu-niisan and now, maybe Miyako!"
"I wouldn't worry," Daisuke smiled confidently.
Ken gave Daisuke a look like he was crazy.
"How can you remain so calm knowing Miyako and Izumi are out there!"
"Because I have the feeling that everything is going to turn out just fine and I have a strong feeling that both Koushirou and Miyako are alive and well. I always look on the bright side of things."
"I wish I had as much optimism as you," Ken muttered.
Daisuke smiled at his friend.
"I guess I should go and apologize to Kari now."
"Yeah, before Tai pounds you for upsetting her." He then laughed, "You're lucky I got to you before he did! "
The boy nodded and went back to the beach house where Tai gave him a threatening look, meaning, "You better not upset my sister again, or else!" He apologized for the way he acted to both of the Yagami siblings. Kari forgave him, but she kept her distance from him after he apologized.
Everyone was a bit distraught, and there was still no word on Koushirou and Miyako and Mimi was now going frantic.
The group was up most of the night, but went to sleep eventually, though it wasn't easy, but Mimi refused to. Ken as well. They both sat at the table awaiting some news, but both fell asleep right there.
It was now the next morning, and the team had returned, but the news wasn't good. The only thing the group had found was a familiar pair of glasses...
"Oh no, Miyako-san," Ken gasped.
"I'm going with you!" Mimi told the head RM.
"Miss Tachikawa, you've got to be kidding!" RM1 said.
"I can assure that I'm not kidding! I'm going with you!"
"You don't need a translator for what Mimi just said," Taichi whisperred.
"Yeah," Sora nodded, whispering back. "We aren't all that good with English, but I have an idea as to what's being said too."
"I want you to find Miyako-san!" Ken demanded in Japanese. "I want to go too!"
"What?" RM4 asked in confusion, trying to comprehend what Ken had said. "I don't understand him. He's not speaking Spanish, I know that."
"He says that he wants to go with you too," Mimi translated. "We both want to go!"
"Yeah!" Ken added.
"But---" RM2 protested.
"We're going," both Mimi and Ken said together.
"Mimi, you haven't slept all night," Yamato said while hugging her slightly. "Maybe you should get some rest first, and then---"
"No!" Mimi said, pushing him away. "I'm going to find Koushirou and Miyako! I would never forgive myself if something happened to them!"
"I understand, but you and Ichijouji shouldn't go alone. We all should go and look. They're our friends too!"
Mimi looked up at Matt and smiled and nodded.
"Are you guys with us?" Yamato asked, turning to the others.
"Yeah!" they all nodded.
"We are all going with you and we are not returning unless Koushirou and Miyako are with us," Mimi told the head RM.
The man was skeptical, but Mimi was a stubborn girl who wouldn't take no for an answer when it came to the well being of her friends. He then finally agreed to take the group on the search and left immediately...