Chapter 2: A Journey Underestimated

Chapter 2: A Journey Underestimated

This is Chpt. 2, and um…… I honestly thought the first part sucked and I didn't exactly want to even write this chapter, let alone finish the whole thing. But Gatomon_1, AKA Kara, totally "LOVED IT!" and you can tell by reading her review on this. SO I decided too write this anyway, too make her happy ^_^ enjoy.

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Matt picked Mimi up and swung her swiftly onto his back as he kind of gave her a piggyback ride, while trying his hardest too run back too his jet without falling.

'How ironic is this?!' Matt thought, dodging all the meteors that crash-landed.

Then spontaneously a HUGE meteor, about ¼ of a mile in diameter, came crashing down in front of them making a crater. Matt had absolutely no time too stop so he fell in.

"HOLY SH……!!!" But he was cut off as at the last moment as he grabbed onto the ledge of the hot steamy crater.

'Oh god… I'm too young too die…… I'm only 16!! Damn it… I knew I should of written my Will before I left. Now Shawn's gonna steal all my crap! *sigh* I can never win with this stuff' Matt complained mentally, when he saw it. There was a notch big enough for his foot too fit in just a lil', and it was right above his ankle!

' THERE IS A GOD!!'

Matt stepped into the notch and pulled himself up. When he got up all hell had broken loose, debris and big chunks of land were flying about as the storm became worse. Then Matt could barely make out a twirling black line out on the horizon. Matt's eyes widened with fear as he knew that line was one of Neptune's well-known "black holes" as Humans called them, it was a long lasting Hurricane, and they would both die if he doesn't hurry up his pace and get himself out of there. He started too run and run and run… but his running was nothing compared to the speed the hurricane was at. After what seemed like a long treacherous run, he made it too his Unit.

" Let's just hope we can get our asses home safe and sound." Matt said totally out of breath to a still unconscious Mimi.

Matt got into the Unit and then pulled the lever, pushed a few buttons, the Unit levitated and blasted off.

"Come on…Come on…………We gotta get outta this planet before the storm gets even worst or the Hurricane gets…………HERE!!!!!" Matt screamed the last word as there it was; the "black hole" was right in front of them. It was twirling at about 10,000-20,000 miles per hour.

"NOOO!!! COME ON!! WHY WON'T YOU GO ANY FASTER!!" he screamed as the Hurricane came closer… And closer till…………

"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

…it swallowed them whole.

They spun around and around, but now it was almost impossible to get out of now. Matt, hoping that this'll work, put the speed too turbo and the Unit successfully flew upward lil' by lil'.

"YES!!" Matt said through clenched teeth.

A couple hours later, as the tank was only half full, they barely reached to the top of the hurricane. The storm was much worse now and bigger chunks of debris and bigger meteors flew around now, basically destroying everything in sight. Matt was tired and cold, it was –160F degrees, but thankfully the Unit kept the temperature too 12 degrees Fahrenheit. What Matt didn't know is that a huge meteor came flying toward the Unit and hit them hard…… Matt was knocked out, but his jet was hit hard enough too push it out of the hurricane and Neptune, into space.(A/N talk about lucky^_~)

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"hm……muh……eh……hegh…" said a mumbling Mimi as she woke up,.

"Ow… my head hurts" she complained

"That makes both of us," said a male voice

"huh?" Mimi said confused

Then she peaked over the Pilot-seat finding a young blond guy with a space helmet on, his eyes clenched shut, rubbing his head.

"AHHHHHH!!!!" she shrieked as she kind of jumped back in fear.

"OW!! NOT SO LOUD!! SOME PEOPLE'S HEAD HURTS RITE NOW!" Matt yelped back in pain, still rubbing his head.

"Who…who……are you?!! Where am I?" she asked

"oh…" Matt took off his helmet, "I'm Yamato Ishida, but you can call me Matt. And as for the second question, I'm not even sure myself."

"Why am I here, in your Unit that is?" Mimi asked

"Oh General Tachi…… I mean your father asked me to come and get you home safely," Matt said proudly, 'but the truth is, I failed to even do that simple task' he thought, ashamed.

'Wow… he/she has such pretty eyes.' They thought in unison as the both of them sat in silence.

"um…… Why did you run off Miss Tachikawa?" Matt asked finally, breaking the silence.

"Frankly, that's non of your business Matt." She replied

"Oh come on, I may not be the best with words but I am a good listener." he said truthfully

"You wouldn't understand how……" Mimi started

"Try me" he interrupted

She told him about her dad, and how he wouldn't let her fight, and why she ran off.

"…told you, you wouldn't understand." She finished

"Damn right I don't understand, why would you risk yourself out here in this………this……war than stay home, watch TV, and enjoy life?!" Matt asked harshly, blown away by her story.

"Enjoy life? ENJOY LIFE?!!! HOW CAN I ENJOY LIFE WHEN I KNOW THAT MY HOME COUNTRY JAPAN WAS DETROYED, AND THAT' I HAVE TOO LIFE IN A SPACE-BASE, AND THAT ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMLY ARE GOING TO BE ENSLAVED BY ALIENS FROM PLUTO?!!!" Mimi cried.

"Your from Japan?" He asked

"YA!! Is there something wrong being Japanese too?!!" she asked

"No…no…no… It's just I'm Japanese too." He said a lil' sadly as he looked down at his feet.

They sat in silence, that was a lil' too quiet for Matt… soo he broke it. Even if it was back too their arguement.

"well…well…WELL I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE AT HOME, SAFE AND SOUND, AND HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS THAN BEING OUT IN THIS……THIS BIG PIECE OF CRAP OF A GALAXY!!" he said, then wishing he had thought of a better way of breaking the silence.

"WELL THAT'S ONLY YOUR OPINION MISTER BIG-SHOT! AND WHAT ABOUT YOU? I'M GONNA SAVE THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS SO I CAN BE THE HERO!!!" she yelled back, but then calmed down and continued with, "It isn't the things we get; It isn't how much we know; It's the will to serve; It's the hand we lend; It's the light our lanterns throw." She finished with that, brought her legs up to her chest, rested her head on the knees, and hugged them tightly.

Those words, harsh yet inspiring, shut-up Matt till he thought of a quote he once heard. '…We take granted the things that we should be giving thanks for.'

"Well, um………I'm sorry Miss Tachika……" Mimi interrupted him,

"Mimi, please call me Mimi." She said smiling

"Okay Miss Tachi……I mean Mimi." He said causing a bit of laughing from Mimi.

"Yeah… Mr. Ishi………I mean Matt." She continued laughing after she mocked Matt.

"DUDE!! Don't mock me, I'm very sensitive." He said rolling his eyes, but of course she couldn't see that with her sitting behind him and all.

"oh sorry," she guiltily

"huh, ooh… I was just teasing Meems!"

"what? Oh thanx for THAT in put!!" she said a lil' annoyed.

They both laughed.

'Hmmm…… Meems? Heh heh, he has a nickname for me…… how cute, CUTE? Hmm…well he is pretty cute.' Mimi thought as they rode the rest of the time in silence.

He saw a comet and landed on it for the night.

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It was 2 AM Earth time, and Matt was exhausted. As he was about too go to bed when he looked behind him too find a peacefully sleeping Mimi looking a bit cold. He got up and took his Emergency Solar-Weather Resistant blanket and covered Mimi with it. She snuggled into the blanket. He smiled at her, and leaned back in his Pilot-seat as he drifted off too slumber-land awaiting for the next day in the journey he underestimated.

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That Chapter wasn't that bad was it? Hopefully not^_^ Sorry for not putting it up sooner, the writers-block syndrome is very hard too get rid of!! T.T.F.N, TA TA FOR NOW!! *~Karin_Aoi_007~*