Part 11: Welcome Home!
That next day, they were both found. The Rescue Team looked in that area and saw Izzy and Miyako.
"Hey, glad the two of you are alright," Daisuke told them when they were found. He then teased, asking Miyako, "How much of pervert was Koushirou since you guys were trapped on the island alone."
He got a bonk in the back of the head from Ken, who responded by saying, "Shut up Motomiya," for that statement - something he had never done before - and odd looks from everyone else, not only from Daisuke's inane statement, but also from Ken's actually hitting him.
RM2 got fired though since he didn't mention that he thought he saw something when they looked in that area last night. When Mimi heard that, she got furious with the guy and looked like she could literally strangle the man. Michael showed up as well at the island and they told him what had happened, so he ordered the head RM to fire RM2.
When Mimi saw them, she practically squeezed them to death with hugs, especially Izzy. Everyone had pretty much figured that Mimi had a thing for Izzy, except for Izzy. He was oblivious to the entire thing and just thought that she was just happy to see him safe. Yamato was a bit heartbroken over Mimi's affection towards Izzy.
A lot happened during the remainder of their trip. For one, Miyako and Koushirou spent a lot more time together. This upset Ken tremendously, but he never let it show. Only Daisuke could see how hurt he was. Ken still had feelings for Miyako; feelings that Miyako was obviously oblivious to. She always saw Ken as a good friend, with the exception of their first meeting one another. Ken had a feeling that she had a thing for "Izumi" even before the two got together, but he could never admit it to himself. Even though the two were hooked up, he still supported Miyako in every way possible. She may not be his girlfriend, but he still cared about her and to him, Miyako was his best "female" friend.
Mimi was a bit more obvious about how she felt about the two being together, when alone or with Sora anyway. She was sad, yet happy. She was happy that two of her friends were happy, but she was sad because she cared about Izzy. She always blamed herself for not trying to get with him, but it didn't last too long. After a while, she started to think of another boy. A boy she missed terribly...Jou. For some odd reason, she just couldn't get him off of her mind, even if it had been a good while since she had seen him last. She started to think of the old days when they were in the Digital World together.
Yamato tried his best to hook up with Mimi, but he failed. He did get a date out of her, but she still treated him like a friend. He figured that she probably still liked Koushirou, but Taichi urged him to keep trying to get with her. Yamato sorta frowned at Tai when he tried to urge him to keep going after Mimi. It was easy for Tai to say. He had finally hit it off with Sora and they were both now hooked up. It was Tai's plan all along to get together with Sora for this trip. He just used that, "I'm going to look forward to girls wearing bikinis," thing to make her jealous, which worked. Sora spent all of her time with Tai even before they officially hooked up--their third week into their vacation, to be exact. Yamato did give up though. He knew that Mimi wasn't interested in him in that way.
Sora found out that Mimi wasn't swooning over Izzy anymore, like Yamato had thought, like Tai had mentioned to her. She found out that Mimi was really hung up over Jou. This surprised Sora quite a bit. Mimi confided in her and told her that she was starting to fall for Jou and wished that he had come along. Even though she hadn't seen him in such a long while, she just couldn't get her mind from off of him.
Hikari knew that Ken would never be interested in her and stopped innocently flirting with him. Instead, she stuck to hanging around Takeru and Daisuke. They were very nice to her and she was starting to get attracted to one of them. ~_^
Every time one of them competed to do something for her, Daisuke would lose, and speaking of losing, Daisuke lost that bet he had going with Takeru. He went diving and used his goggles. Kari started to feel sorry for Daisuke. She realized that Daisuke seemed to always try his hardest to do things for her, even before Takeru got a thing for her. She started to find Daisuke's attempts cute. Right before they went home, she asked Daisuke if he wanted to go out some time and he agreed to it, but he figured that she meant as friends, with the others around. He had no idea that she meant just the two of them.
Takeru was in shock when he heard that, but he took the loss like a good sport. He was a bit jealous, but not enough so that he'd go around beating up Daisuke or hating Kari or anything.
Overall, everyone had enjoyed his or her vacation.
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Odaiba Airport...
"I wonder where they are," Jou said while tapping his foot.
"Maybe their flight is late."
"I bet they missed their flight with Daisuke-kun and Taichi around," Jou muttered. "They both like to sleep in!"
"Wow, I can't believe it's been four weeks already," Iori said. "The time just flew by!"
"Yeah, and I'm glad they all were safe when that wreck occurred a few weeks back," Jou added. "They mentioned it on the World News. I didn't catch who it was that was included in the wreck. I just know it was where they were. I'm surprised they never sent us a postcard or antyhing telling us about it."
"Hey, there they go!"
The group exited the terminal. Jou and Iori ran up to them and greeted them.
"Welcome back, guys!" Jou greeted cheerfully.
Iori noticed Miyako hanging on Izzy's arm.
"Miyako-san, what are you doing to Koushirou-san?"
The girl just smiled at Iori's question as she held Koushirou's arm tighter. Sora whispered to Jou what was up and that the two of them had gotten together. Iori didn't get what the fascination was, but he was stil 11 years old and hadn't become interested in romance just yet.
After everyone got their luggage, everyone headed over to Jou's to talk about their trip. School was starting up soon and this was next to their last day off. Miyako talked about how they had that crash. Jou got mad when they didn't tell him about it. They told Jou that they didn't want to worry him and Iori, not to mention their families.
Tai got a sly look and told Jou that Mimi really missed him, which caused the boy to semi blush. He had really missed her too, more than he ever let anyone know. Sora told Tai about how Mimi had a thing for Jou, but he promised not to say anything.
The group all told them about the sightseeing and all that stuff and how Mimi wanted to have another get together real soon and to make sure Jou can come this time.
Jou promised and the others laughed. Everyone then headed back
to their homes to get ready for school. They needed the entire day
just to rest up.
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A few weeks later...
"Man, what a trip!" Taichi exclaimed.
"Definitely one I'll never forget," Sora smiled at him.
"Same here," he smiled back. "It took me forever, but I've finally hooked you."
"So I'm a fish now?"
"No, I'm just saying that I've liked you for a long time and I've finally gotten the chance to be with you," he said bashfully.
"Don't sweat it. I know what what you mean."
They were sitting in their chemistry class again. They were breaking since they only had about five minutes of class left.
"Man, what does Mimi see in Koushirou," Yamato muttered while seeing Taichi and Sora flirt with each other.
Both Tai and Sora smiled nervously. They knew of Mimi's secret and promised not to tell how she now has a thing for Jou.
"He just has something that you don't, my friend," Taichi told him.
"Tell me something I don't know," Yamato muttered. "I wish I knew what that something was."
"I'm sorry," Taichi apologized, realizing that he had said the wrong thing.
"Nah, that's okay. At least Izzy's not as edgy as he was before."
"Yeah," Taichi nodded. "It's great that he's with Miyako now. He's the happiest guy alive."
"So his edginess towards everyone was his way of covering up that he had a thing for Miyako-chan!" Sora smiled.
"Yep," Taichi nodded.
"Those two go someplace almost every day after school, according to Kari," Yamato said.
"Speaking of Kari, can you believe she's dating?" Sora asked in surprise. "I still see her as a kid!"
"I know, and with Daisuke for that matter! I was so shocked when she came up to me and said that she had a date and to answer the door for her when her date comes to pick her up. I just knew she gave in to Takeru, but when I opened the door, it was Daisuke.
"I figured she was doing it just to be nice, but she said that this trip had really opened her eyes. Since Daisuke kept losing to Takeru, it attracted her to him. That's what I call weird."
"Takeru's a wreck over their dating, kind of. He really likes Hikari, but he still likes having her as a friend," Yamato told his two friends.
"Just like Ichijouji-kun with Miyako-chan," Sora added. "I can tell that he has a thing for her, but values her friendship too much to ruin it with his jealously."
"They sure are mature," Yamato complimented.
The bell rang and class let out.
"So, what do you want to do today," Taichi asked while holding Sora's hand.
"We're going to meet up with Koushirou-kun and Miyako-chan at the pizza parlor, remember?"
"Oh yeah!" Taichi laughed a bit, feeling a bit foolish for forgetting. "Sort of like a double date."
"Bye then, guys. I have a rehearsal to get to."
The two waved him off as they headed out of school to meet up with Miyako and Koushirou. It didn't take them too long to get there. Both Miyako and Koushirou were already there. Koushirou had obviously jetted out of school when the bell had rung to go home.
"Hey guys," Miyako greeted.
"Yo," Taichi greeted back.
The two sat down and ordered something to eat and talked. Izzy wasn't into hanging out in social settings such as this, but with Miyako around, it didn't matter. He just loved spending time with her. After the small get together, they all left and went their separate ways. Miyako and Koushirou went to the park and were sitting down on a bench staring at the sun as it started to set.
"I really had fun today," Miyako told Izzy as she held his hand.
"I did too." He then noticed her head. "Hey, you're wearing that hat I bought for you."
"You just noticed?" she asked with a laugh. "I'll always wear this hat. I'll always cherish it because it came from the guy I admire most." She kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you for bringing me back to my senses, and I hope we never have another pointless argument again."
"I'm all for that!"
"Ever think about taking another vacation?"
"Nah, not really."
"Well, I would love to go on another vacation. The last one was a vacation in paradise for me because I hooked up with a wonderful guy."
The boy smiled and nodded.
"You know what...you're right."
The two kissed as the sun set...
The End
Well, that's it. Hope you all liked it. I really had fun writing it. It wasn't too unrealistic, was it? This ending wasn't too incomplete, or sappy, was it?
I have another fic for you all. It's called Koushirou's Search. You can read it if you find it interesting. It's about Izzy, no kidding, right? He's in search of his real parents, but will he find them? I know what you're saying, "RP they died in a car crash." Well, we may know that, his adoptive parents may know it, but he doesn't. It's like the conversation he had with his parents in 01 never occurred, so they're still keeping it secret from him.
Okay, I'll stop self-promoting now. Well, I better be heading on and you probably won't see another part for a fic from me in a while. Catch you all later.