Dreams In Digital
A Parody of William's Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Disclaimer: See 'Dreams In Digital: Read Me' for a full disclaimer. ^^; Yes, I know that I am incredibly lazy but…actually that's it. I am incredibly lazy. Period.
Prologue
"Now arriving in Gate 28 L, Japan Air, New York to Tokyo…" The monotonous masculine voice announced, listing of several other flights that were arriving at the same time.
A fifteen-year-old girl stepped out of the boarding area of Gate 28 with a natural grace, her sugary pink hair and cream dress' skirt swaying behind her in a slight breeze. She looked around the airport expectantly, as if hoping to see someone there, but after a few minutes she could obviously not find them. Her lip-gloss tinted lips pursed in a pout-like scowl, several years ago she probably would have whined, but even if she wanted to now there was no one to complain to anyways. Finally she turned on the heel of her sandals, and strode off to the baggage claim, muttered curses about her friends forgetting her flapping behind her as her hair and dress had done only moments before.
"Oh, Man, I can't believe were late! You know she's like seriously going to kill us for making her wait around alone for a half-an-hour!" A tanned boy around the age of sixteen with fairly…large brown hair exclaimed, fidgeting in the car seat and with his sunglasses that covered his normally warm chocolate colored eyes.
To his left, another young man looking about a year older with fairer skin and smoothed back golden hair, grimaced but kept his eyes on the road and on looking for a possible parking spot at the overly crowded airport.
A pretty young girl, about the age of twelve sitting in first back seat, giggled. "Don't sound so innocent Tai! You completely forgot that Mimi was coming today until I told you!" She said teasingly, her cinnamon eyes dancing with mirth as several other pre-teens near her age and one older girl laughed at the discomfort of her older brother who had now sunk low into his seat.
"When did you become so cruel, Kari?" Tai moaned, only making her and the rest hoot with laughter even harder. Matt, the oldest and driver of the car only chuckled slightly as he pulled into an open parking space.
"Alright, we're here, everybody out!" He called as the group of 5 pre-teens and two older teenagers piled out of his father's van and out onto the pavement of the parking lot, he stepped out himself after taking the keys.
Sora, the ginger haired past-tomboy newly feminine teenage girl of sixteen, straightened her shifted shorts from the hour of sitting in the van and popped a few of the strained muscles in her shoulders before turning to the group. "Well, poor Mimi-chan already was waiting for over a half-an-hour now, lets not make her wait longer." She declared, receiving all affirmative nods from the rest, as they made their way to the airport's terminal.
Mimi sat, tapping her foot impatiently and drumming her manicured nails on the coffee shop table, her assortment of bags and suitcases on the ground to her side and a half finished sparkling water on the table.
Despite her age, and courses on self-defense that she took (a only natural thing to learn when living in a city like New York), being alone always made her a bit jumpy and overly paranoid. She started to bite her lip but stopped, letting out the briefest of laughs, "I am starting to act like good ole' Jyou…" She muttered to herself, shaking her head in self-pointed annoyance and amusement.
"Oh but you're much prettier than him, Mimi…but not by much!" a snickering and unforgettably familiar voice announced behind her making her eyes go wide.
"Tai?" She questioned, though she already knew who it was, she turned around quickly standing up as she did so. Standing before her were the heart-warming and ever welcoming faces of some of her closest and dearest friends, the past and current digidestined.
"One and the same, Mimi-chan!" the big-haired boy exclaimed, winking. "I'd hope you wouldn't forget so soon."
Mimi giggled light-heartedly, tears of joy coming to her auburn eyes. "Oh! I missed you guys so much!" She cried flinging herself in the general direction of the group, getting caught in an immediate group hug by Sora, Miyako and Kari who had been rushing forward as well. Tai, Matt and TK just shook their heads, murmuring the word "Girls" under their breath at the emotional display before them, but even they couldn't keep the looks of joy of their faces. The ever-calm Iori smiled a side-lopped grin and Daisuke just looked confused on what to do but a smirk was still plastered across him as well. Mimi embraced each of the girls, before all four pulled back away from each other, the pink haired girl wiping her eyes, letting light, happy sounds of content and laughter emerge every once in awhile.
"Sora, you look GREAT! And Miyako and Kari! Oh, you all look simply gorgeous!" She said excitedly, making the three blush under the glowing compliments that were being delivered. "No, I mean it. But…" she started looking down at their clothing, "We're going to do some shopping, beautiful girls like you should be flaunting!" She cried out throwing her arms into the air dramatically and also showing off her developed curves.
Mimi then turned her attentions to the boys standing off to the side watching them. "Now don't just stand there, you five!" she laughed, walking over to greet them as well. She held out her arms to Tai ready to give him a hug, Tai returning the gesture…before Mimi smacked him playfully upside the head.
"'EY! What'd I do?" Tai yelled towards the agitated, but grinning girl before him, who merely crossed her arms.
" 'Oh but you're much prettier than him, Mimi…but not by much!' " Mimi replied, doing a pretty good imitation of Tai's voice, making the group who had been looking at the display with confused eyes started smirking and chortling. Tai stuttered stupidly trying to think of something to appease the teenager and also mulling over the over-reactions of these girls, all this hugging and smacking… guys would never act like that. But Mimi's eyes softened with sisterly affection and she gave him a tight single-armed hug.
She pulled back and looked to TK, who stood next to Tai. "Hi Mimi-chan!" He greeted cheerfully, "I got you something!" Bringing out a translucent bag of sweets and candy tied with pink and yellow ribbons, beaming at the happiness that radiated off the older girl at seeing the simple gift.
"Thank-you!" Mimi squealed pulling the younger boy into a friendly embrace, memories of their earlier days in the digital world washing over her. She retreated back, kissing his cheek "Why, I think you are growing up to be one smooth talking charmer, Takeru." She said slyly, "In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if the girls are already throwing themselves at you, like you're big brother." TK looked towards Kari, bashfully, who merely giggled. Mimi studied this interaction with a raised eyebrow, before turning to the next two boys, which she had only met two years ago, who had moved in blushing ever so slightly at the sight of Mimi giving TK a kiss. "Daisuke, Iori! How have you been?" She said ruffling the taller, goggled boy's hair and short, green-eyed boy's. Daisuke's face fell at the child-like way she greeted them, making him look even more like a child sulking. Mimi noticed this and let out a high-noted chuckle, before stooping to kiss them both on the cheek as well. The two young boys both went pink across the cheeks and mumbled almost incoherent greetings to the young woman.
Lastly, Mimi twirled around to the last member of the group and only one not to say anything yet. "Hi, Matt." She said her voice becoming soft as if she was trying not to scare the tall azure-eyed young man and her face down and her body seemingly tensed up. "Mimi." He acknowledged his voice also low and gentle. Mimi's seemed to lighten at that and something akin to a sigh of relief passed her lips, she looked at him almost timidly unsure of how to greet him and if he'd mind. His face was friendly and empathetic, a look she'd rarely seen on him years before unless it was directed toward Takeru. Mimi in turn gave a smile that anyone, who knew her, knew she saved it for special people at special moments, and today she was giving it to Yamato. The other eight people in attendance remained silent, as anyone could see the exchange between the flaxen-haired guitarist and the pink fashion diva was something that seemed sacred and extremely private, and that if one dared make a sound the moment would shatter like shards of broken glass. There were a few moments of silence by the two, before Mimi seemingly took some incentive and quickly leapt forward, wrapping her arms around his neck in an embrace. Matt staggered back a bit like he would fall over, his eyes wide at the sudden action. But then his icy eyes seemed to thaw, and his expression returned to that was there one before. Soon his arms were around her as well, one across her back the other around her waist. His face ducked into the crook of her neck, hidden by the thick locks of rose-colored hair. To anyone passing by, the two would have looked like a pair of lovers, the embrace so desperate and loving that it would seem that one was leaving. The digidestined that were watching just looked shell-shocked; Davis and Iori just blinked their thoughts along the lines of 'Hey, why didn't anybody tell us they were going out' but one look at any of the other people told them they didn't know anything either. Miyako and Kari stared, their eyes wide, stifling swooning sighs at the display, as the sight was like something they had seen only in movies between a heroine and hero. Tai and TK mouths hung open and their eyes were widened to saucers, but soon their mouths twisted into knowing smirks. Tai nudged the younger brother of the young man in the 'passionate' embrace, and TK merely looked at him, their expressions a prefect match and thoughts seemingly shared as they knew they were diffenetly going to enjoy teasing Yamato Ishida about getting 'emotional' with his 'girlfriend'. There was only one person who didn't seem happy or just simply shocked. She stood to the side; her eyes vast and filled with an all-knowing hurt, longing and in the far depths of her golden-brown eyes, anger.
"I missed you." The soft words laced with compassion reached her ears from the lips of the one she favored, whispered into the ear of her best friend, who was enclosed in his arms. A muffled reply could be vaguely heard from the girl, before they parted almost reluctantly. Mimi standing before Matt, looking up at him with her syrupy eyes and Matt looking down on her face, smiling radiantly. Her mouth and heart wrenched at the scene.
"Sora?" the words brought the lean, tall girl out of the dazed trance of emotion she was in. She looked to source of the words seeing, Iori looking at her with curiosity and worry. "Are you alright?"
She smiled a fake smile, to the young boy and nodded. "Yah, I'm fine, Iori-kun. I'm just a little hungry…we haven't eaten yet." It was the truth, but a feeling in the pit of her stomach made it feel like a lie. She looked towards Mimi and Matt who stood near each other looking over at her in first concern and then friendship.
Tai smirked. "Yah, man, I'm starved! Let's get going and then we can pick up some burgers or something on the way home, ne?" The group mumbled their acceptance with that nomination and started walking before the sound of an annoyed clearing of the throat came from behind them. Mimi stood with her hands on her hips and one leg pushed to the side so her right hip tilted that way, the way she had often done when she was waiting for something.
"Uhm…My Luggage…?" She stated, with a flip of the wrist directed to where a large pile of bags sat next to the table she had been sitting in before. Everyone looked at the sheer size of the pile in shock and exasperation.
"Mimi…" Tai groaned, with a hand placed behind his neck. "How'd did you ever manage to get all this here in the first place!" He walked over and picked up a single bag, while the other guys begrudgingly did so also.
"I managed to charm some flight attendant-guy into helping me carry it down here since my FRIENDS abandoned me." She stated innocently, with a slight strain put on the word 'friends'. She noticed Daisuke hauling up a flowered bag and turned her attention to him. "OH! Be careful with that, it's got all my make-up and stuff in it!" Daisuke simply did a double take.
"But it weighs like 30 pounds!" He stated in shock.
"I know," Mimi said musingly. "I packed light."
Everyone laughed and groaned at the comment as they started to make their way out to the van. TK and Kari walking together, chatting, with Daisuke glaring at TK's back the whole way there. Iori and Miyako walked to one side of Mimi, Miyako probing Mimi for details about the trip and about how Michael was doing and if he missed her. And Iori walking to Miyako's side listening casually to the conversation. Matt walked to the other side of Mimi, quietly, with Mimi looking at him every now and then and touching his arm several times by 'accident'. Tai walked with Sora, talking to her happily, not even noticing that Sora was not even paying attention to him. Instead, watching the interaction between Mimi and Matt, her normally sweet, light filled eyes, hardened into almost a glare directed at the person whom was her closest friend. Halfway to the van, he stopped talking waiting for her reaction to something, but when he got none, he looked to the girl to his right. Her eyes seemed odd, and were directed towards the group of Iori, Miyako, Mimi and Matt… or rather just Mimi and Matt. He gasped almost inaudibly, he knew that for awhile a couple of years ago, Sora had seemed to have a crush on Matt. Of course he had thought he was imagining it. But now seeing the look she gave Mimi, after the whole scene in the airport… could it be true? His stomach twisted into a knot, and an ache spread throughout him. 'Sora liked Matt…Sora liked Matt… ' The phrase went through his head like a mantra. "Sora…" he whispered, his voice crackling with hurt and heartache. "Don't you know…?"
Author's Note: This barely goes with the series 'Dreams In Digital' but I really needed to write something about Mimi coming back and introduce some future dilemmas some characters will face. And I got some fluffy moments in with slight foreshadowing ^_~ …Well atleast I hope they were fluffy instead of just being lame. Anyways, the next chapter will be the official start of the series. I hope you give me some feedback so I know if you all will actually feel like reading my fanfics.
A Parody of William's Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Disclaimer: See 'Dreams In Digital: Read Me' for a full disclaimer. ^^; Yes, I know that I am incredibly lazy but…actually that's it. I am incredibly lazy. Period.
Prologue
"Now arriving in Gate 28 L, Japan Air, New York to Tokyo…" The monotonous masculine voice announced, listing of several other flights that were arriving at the same time.
A fifteen-year-old girl stepped out of the boarding area of Gate 28 with a natural grace, her sugary pink hair and cream dress' skirt swaying behind her in a slight breeze. She looked around the airport expectantly, as if hoping to see someone there, but after a few minutes she could obviously not find them. Her lip-gloss tinted lips pursed in a pout-like scowl, several years ago she probably would have whined, but even if she wanted to now there was no one to complain to anyways. Finally she turned on the heel of her sandals, and strode off to the baggage claim, muttered curses about her friends forgetting her flapping behind her as her hair and dress had done only moments before.
"Oh, Man, I can't believe were late! You know she's like seriously going to kill us for making her wait around alone for a half-an-hour!" A tanned boy around the age of sixteen with fairly…large brown hair exclaimed, fidgeting in the car seat and with his sunglasses that covered his normally warm chocolate colored eyes.
To his left, another young man looking about a year older with fairer skin and smoothed back golden hair, grimaced but kept his eyes on the road and on looking for a possible parking spot at the overly crowded airport.
A pretty young girl, about the age of twelve sitting in first back seat, giggled. "Don't sound so innocent Tai! You completely forgot that Mimi was coming today until I told you!" She said teasingly, her cinnamon eyes dancing with mirth as several other pre-teens near her age and one older girl laughed at the discomfort of her older brother who had now sunk low into his seat.
"When did you become so cruel, Kari?" Tai moaned, only making her and the rest hoot with laughter even harder. Matt, the oldest and driver of the car only chuckled slightly as he pulled into an open parking space.
"Alright, we're here, everybody out!" He called as the group of 5 pre-teens and two older teenagers piled out of his father's van and out onto the pavement of the parking lot, he stepped out himself after taking the keys.
Sora, the ginger haired past-tomboy newly feminine teenage girl of sixteen, straightened her shifted shorts from the hour of sitting in the van and popped a few of the strained muscles in her shoulders before turning to the group. "Well, poor Mimi-chan already was waiting for over a half-an-hour now, lets not make her wait longer." She declared, receiving all affirmative nods from the rest, as they made their way to the airport's terminal.
Mimi sat, tapping her foot impatiently and drumming her manicured nails on the coffee shop table, her assortment of bags and suitcases on the ground to her side and a half finished sparkling water on the table.
Despite her age, and courses on self-defense that she took (a only natural thing to learn when living in a city like New York), being alone always made her a bit jumpy and overly paranoid. She started to bite her lip but stopped, letting out the briefest of laughs, "I am starting to act like good ole' Jyou…" She muttered to herself, shaking her head in self-pointed annoyance and amusement.
"Oh but you're much prettier than him, Mimi…but not by much!" a snickering and unforgettably familiar voice announced behind her making her eyes go wide.
"Tai?" She questioned, though she already knew who it was, she turned around quickly standing up as she did so. Standing before her were the heart-warming and ever welcoming faces of some of her closest and dearest friends, the past and current digidestined.
"One and the same, Mimi-chan!" the big-haired boy exclaimed, winking. "I'd hope you wouldn't forget so soon."
Mimi giggled light-heartedly, tears of joy coming to her auburn eyes. "Oh! I missed you guys so much!" She cried flinging herself in the general direction of the group, getting caught in an immediate group hug by Sora, Miyako and Kari who had been rushing forward as well. Tai, Matt and TK just shook their heads, murmuring the word "Girls" under their breath at the emotional display before them, but even they couldn't keep the looks of joy of their faces. The ever-calm Iori smiled a side-lopped grin and Daisuke just looked confused on what to do but a smirk was still plastered across him as well. Mimi embraced each of the girls, before all four pulled back away from each other, the pink haired girl wiping her eyes, letting light, happy sounds of content and laughter emerge every once in awhile.
"Sora, you look GREAT! And Miyako and Kari! Oh, you all look simply gorgeous!" She said excitedly, making the three blush under the glowing compliments that were being delivered. "No, I mean it. But…" she started looking down at their clothing, "We're going to do some shopping, beautiful girls like you should be flaunting!" She cried out throwing her arms into the air dramatically and also showing off her developed curves.
Mimi then turned her attentions to the boys standing off to the side watching them. "Now don't just stand there, you five!" she laughed, walking over to greet them as well. She held out her arms to Tai ready to give him a hug, Tai returning the gesture…before Mimi smacked him playfully upside the head.
"'EY! What'd I do?" Tai yelled towards the agitated, but grinning girl before him, who merely crossed her arms.
" 'Oh but you're much prettier than him, Mimi…but not by much!' " Mimi replied, doing a pretty good imitation of Tai's voice, making the group who had been looking at the display with confused eyes started smirking and chortling. Tai stuttered stupidly trying to think of something to appease the teenager and also mulling over the over-reactions of these girls, all this hugging and smacking… guys would never act like that. But Mimi's eyes softened with sisterly affection and she gave him a tight single-armed hug.
She pulled back and looked to TK, who stood next to Tai. "Hi Mimi-chan!" He greeted cheerfully, "I got you something!" Bringing out a translucent bag of sweets and candy tied with pink and yellow ribbons, beaming at the happiness that radiated off the older girl at seeing the simple gift.
"Thank-you!" Mimi squealed pulling the younger boy into a friendly embrace, memories of their earlier days in the digital world washing over her. She retreated back, kissing his cheek "Why, I think you are growing up to be one smooth talking charmer, Takeru." She said slyly, "In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if the girls are already throwing themselves at you, like you're big brother." TK looked towards Kari, bashfully, who merely giggled. Mimi studied this interaction with a raised eyebrow, before turning to the next two boys, which she had only met two years ago, who had moved in blushing ever so slightly at the sight of Mimi giving TK a kiss. "Daisuke, Iori! How have you been?" She said ruffling the taller, goggled boy's hair and short, green-eyed boy's. Daisuke's face fell at the child-like way she greeted them, making him look even more like a child sulking. Mimi noticed this and let out a high-noted chuckle, before stooping to kiss them both on the cheek as well. The two young boys both went pink across the cheeks and mumbled almost incoherent greetings to the young woman.
Lastly, Mimi twirled around to the last member of the group and only one not to say anything yet. "Hi, Matt." She said her voice becoming soft as if she was trying not to scare the tall azure-eyed young man and her face down and her body seemingly tensed up. "Mimi." He acknowledged his voice also low and gentle. Mimi's seemed to lighten at that and something akin to a sigh of relief passed her lips, she looked at him almost timidly unsure of how to greet him and if he'd mind. His face was friendly and empathetic, a look she'd rarely seen on him years before unless it was directed toward Takeru. Mimi in turn gave a smile that anyone, who knew her, knew she saved it for special people at special moments, and today she was giving it to Yamato. The other eight people in attendance remained silent, as anyone could see the exchange between the flaxen-haired guitarist and the pink fashion diva was something that seemed sacred and extremely private, and that if one dared make a sound the moment would shatter like shards of broken glass. There were a few moments of silence by the two, before Mimi seemingly took some incentive and quickly leapt forward, wrapping her arms around his neck in an embrace. Matt staggered back a bit like he would fall over, his eyes wide at the sudden action. But then his icy eyes seemed to thaw, and his expression returned to that was there one before. Soon his arms were around her as well, one across her back the other around her waist. His face ducked into the crook of her neck, hidden by the thick locks of rose-colored hair. To anyone passing by, the two would have looked like a pair of lovers, the embrace so desperate and loving that it would seem that one was leaving. The digidestined that were watching just looked shell-shocked; Davis and Iori just blinked their thoughts along the lines of 'Hey, why didn't anybody tell us they were going out' but one look at any of the other people told them they didn't know anything either. Miyako and Kari stared, their eyes wide, stifling swooning sighs at the display, as the sight was like something they had seen only in movies between a heroine and hero. Tai and TK mouths hung open and their eyes were widened to saucers, but soon their mouths twisted into knowing smirks. Tai nudged the younger brother of the young man in the 'passionate' embrace, and TK merely looked at him, their expressions a prefect match and thoughts seemingly shared as they knew they were diffenetly going to enjoy teasing Yamato Ishida about getting 'emotional' with his 'girlfriend'. There was only one person who didn't seem happy or just simply shocked. She stood to the side; her eyes vast and filled with an all-knowing hurt, longing and in the far depths of her golden-brown eyes, anger.
"I missed you." The soft words laced with compassion reached her ears from the lips of the one she favored, whispered into the ear of her best friend, who was enclosed in his arms. A muffled reply could be vaguely heard from the girl, before they parted almost reluctantly. Mimi standing before Matt, looking up at him with her syrupy eyes and Matt looking down on her face, smiling radiantly. Her mouth and heart wrenched at the scene.
"Sora?" the words brought the lean, tall girl out of the dazed trance of emotion she was in. She looked to source of the words seeing, Iori looking at her with curiosity and worry. "Are you alright?"
She smiled a fake smile, to the young boy and nodded. "Yah, I'm fine, Iori-kun. I'm just a little hungry…we haven't eaten yet." It was the truth, but a feeling in the pit of her stomach made it feel like a lie. She looked towards Mimi and Matt who stood near each other looking over at her in first concern and then friendship.
Tai smirked. "Yah, man, I'm starved! Let's get going and then we can pick up some burgers or something on the way home, ne?" The group mumbled their acceptance with that nomination and started walking before the sound of an annoyed clearing of the throat came from behind them. Mimi stood with her hands on her hips and one leg pushed to the side so her right hip tilted that way, the way she had often done when she was waiting for something.
"Uhm…My Luggage…?" She stated, with a flip of the wrist directed to where a large pile of bags sat next to the table she had been sitting in before. Everyone looked at the sheer size of the pile in shock and exasperation.
"Mimi…" Tai groaned, with a hand placed behind his neck. "How'd did you ever manage to get all this here in the first place!" He walked over and picked up a single bag, while the other guys begrudgingly did so also.
"I managed to charm some flight attendant-guy into helping me carry it down here since my FRIENDS abandoned me." She stated innocently, with a slight strain put on the word 'friends'. She noticed Daisuke hauling up a flowered bag and turned her attention to him. "OH! Be careful with that, it's got all my make-up and stuff in it!" Daisuke simply did a double take.
"But it weighs like 30 pounds!" He stated in shock.
"I know," Mimi said musingly. "I packed light."
Everyone laughed and groaned at the comment as they started to make their way out to the van. TK and Kari walking together, chatting, with Daisuke glaring at TK's back the whole way there. Iori and Miyako walked to one side of Mimi, Miyako probing Mimi for details about the trip and about how Michael was doing and if he missed her. And Iori walking to Miyako's side listening casually to the conversation. Matt walked to the other side of Mimi, quietly, with Mimi looking at him every now and then and touching his arm several times by 'accident'. Tai walked with Sora, talking to her happily, not even noticing that Sora was not even paying attention to him. Instead, watching the interaction between Mimi and Matt, her normally sweet, light filled eyes, hardened into almost a glare directed at the person whom was her closest friend. Halfway to the van, he stopped talking waiting for her reaction to something, but when he got none, he looked to the girl to his right. Her eyes seemed odd, and were directed towards the group of Iori, Miyako, Mimi and Matt… or rather just Mimi and Matt. He gasped almost inaudibly, he knew that for awhile a couple of years ago, Sora had seemed to have a crush on Matt. Of course he had thought he was imagining it. But now seeing the look she gave Mimi, after the whole scene in the airport… could it be true? His stomach twisted into a knot, and an ache spread throughout him. 'Sora liked Matt…Sora liked Matt… ' The phrase went through his head like a mantra. "Sora…" he whispered, his voice crackling with hurt and heartache. "Don't you know…?"
Author's Note: This barely goes with the series 'Dreams In Digital' but I really needed to write something about Mimi coming back and introduce some future dilemmas some characters will face. And I got some fluffy moments in with slight foreshadowing ^_~ …Well atleast I hope they were fluffy instead of just being lame. Anyways, the next chapter will be the official start of the series. I hope you give me some feedback so I know if you all will actually feel like reading my fanfics.
