The girl walked slowly towards the soccer field, she didn't really know how much things had changed since she had returned from Canada, not that she cared much. Her aunt and uncle in Canada had wanted her to visit after her, supposed, terrible encounter with the monsters three years ago. But she knew differently about the so-called monsters, she just refused to say anything. Over the three years in Canada she had lost contact with many of her friends, but remained in close connection with her family. Now she was home, and she wished that she could find her friends and apologize for never writing or calling any of them. There was one in particular. Shaking her head at her own stupid thoughts she stopped at the top of the field, none of her old friends would welcome her back, she was sure of it. She only had one true friend, but she would never be able to see her again. She had come to find her brother, who was always playing soccer, and just as she remembered, his team was winning.
"Yeah! Go Daisuke!" a young girl's voice yelled. She looked over and paled at what she saw. Digimon, in the real world, that meant that the rift was open again. Maybe she could visit her friend after all.
"Come on Daisuke you can do it!" another girl's voice called, this one the older girl recognized. Slowly she made her way over to the children with the digimon, a slight tingling sensation in her body told her that she still was able to sense the digimon and the power that came with their presence.
"Hello Hikari, Takeru" she said slowly. Two of the children looked at her and smiled instantly, this was something that she had not suspected from them, but they were always kind at heart.
"Alyssa-chan!" Hikari yelled as she hugged her. Alyssa blinked and hugged Hikari back then looked at Takeru.
"It's been a long time" he said. Alyssa merely nodded to him.
"Hello Gatomon, Patamon," she said as she pet Patamon's fur.
"Um...someone want to tell us what's going on around here?" she heard the smaller boy ask.
"Oh...I'm sorry...this is our friend Alyssa" Hikari said.
"Alyssa!" she heard a familiar voice yell as a boy with odd brown hair ran over to them.
"Taichi...it's good to see you again," she said politely.
"Hello...I'm Iori," the small boy said and bowed to her. Alyssa bowed back to him.
"And I'm Miyako," the girl said.
"You remind me of Mimi," Alyssa said as she looked at the girl, then turned her attention back to the game.
"Does Yamato know you're here?" Taichi asked her.
"No...no one knew that I was coming home...not even my own brother. But it looks like I'll be home to stay now," she said, a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Sorry...I got to go find my brother, I will see you guys around...oh, and if you see Koushirou, tell him I really need to talk to him about something," she said as she ran down to the field. Taichi nodded then smiled as he saw Daisuke coming back up to where they were with his soccer bag.
"Good game Daisuke" Taichi said.
"Thanks...uh who was that cute girl?" Daisuke asked as his gaze followed Alyssa.
"That's our friend, Alyssa Ichijouji," Hikari told him.
"Ichijouji! She's Ken's sister!?" Miyako yelled then covered her mouth. Hikari and Takeru only shrugged, they had never really asked about her brother.
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"I'm so glad that you've come home Alyssa...it's been rather quiet at the house lately," Ken said as he walked with her. He always felt that he could talk to his sister, about almost anything...almost.
"Well...I missed home. I figured it was time to come back, I can't run forever," she said. She looked at him, she could tell that he was hiding something from her, he never did. She frowned a bit then looked up at the sky, she truly had missed home in Japan. Now if only she could find a way back to the digital world so she could find her friend and her partner. If some of her other friends could forgive her...maybe Cagnottemon could too.