Nothing to Gain

Author's Notes: You're probably wondering why I don't have a disclaimer. Well that's because all of you know very well that I don't own Digimon, Bandai, or whoever owns the show does. As for the story, well I don't really have anything to say…I only got one review, well to my knowledge anyway. Oh, just read it before my evil side comes out and says something…

This story will also be told from the person's point of view at some points…so if you get confused tell me. If there is any change between point of views or scenes it will be noted with a *.

Chapter 1: All Good Things Come to an End

My soccer career had been going great. Everything was perfect. I had a loving family, a wonderful girlfriend and great friends who would stick by me no matter what. But now, now it wasn't so great. Everything was going so wrong for me. I ask myself why did this have to happen to me? Someone could have gotten badly injured, or even have died. But no, it had to be me who was the one who got hurt. The one with the bright future as a professional soccer player! Not some drunkard who had no future at all!

 It happened two years after Dana's departure on a weekend in June. I had just turned seventeen and had just gotten my license and was on my way to pick up Sora for our date. Kari had asked me if I could drive her over to TK's so that they could "study". I know what you're thinking and yes I'm exaggerating the "study" part, but I am her big brother and I have a right to do that.

After dropping her off I made my to Sora's, obeying the speed limit. I never even saw the other guy swerving, all that while heading straight for me.

You're probably wondering if I remember anything. Well, I do which is a surprise considering that I had a concussion. I tried to swerve out of the guy's way, but didn't succeed in doing so before he rammed me. Everything seemed to go into slow motion just them. My life flashed before my eyes. My life growing up, my life with my friends, both human and Digimon, and the battles that we had fought and won. And now here I was, about to die because of someone who had one too many. Life is so ironic sometimes, isn't it?

Too my so-called luck, I had remained conscious the whole time. I could tell just from the inside of the car, that it had been totaled. I clenched my teeth when I noticed my leg. It had to have been broken in more than one place because it hurt like Hell. Not to mention the fact that one of my shoulders, which I later found out, had been dislocated. I mentioned before that I had a concussion…well I didn't notice! If you have a leg that looked like it was stuck in a blender (I am exaggerating again, but that was still my first impression), would you've noticed?!

After about, twenty painstaking minutes I was freed from the wreckage and rushed to Tokyo General where I was rushed into the emergency room, still fully awake I might add. I was starting to know what Dana felt like when she was hit by a car. But I have to admit I was amazed at how much blood that I had in me. Yeah, I know it sounds gross, but by that time I was so doped up the doctor looked like one of Kari's stuffed animals…don't ask.

I later found out that my leg had been broken in three places and that some of the tendons and muscles in my leg were either severed or ripped. I didn't think much about it at first that is, until the doctor told my parents and I that I would never again play another soccer game. My arm and head were suddenly put out of my mind. I was given the pros and cons, but none of it mattered to me then. I can still walk normally, just not play and what really bugged me afterwards is that Kari could have been in the car with me. She would have been killed too. The passenger side was crushed.

Right now I'm thankful that I'm alive. In fact I've taken up interest in something else, politics and that's why I'm headed over to Izzy's house, to snag a book off of him.

*

"You're what!?" Mr. Izumi barked.

Dana cringed. She had never heard him raise his voice like that. She knew this was a bad idea, to come back here, and that she should have went somewhere else. But then again, they were her family and had a right to know that she was okay. But right now, that thought was far from Dana's mind.

"You heard very well what she said Jake." Mrs. Izumi said, a hint of rage in her voice. Suddenly she stood up and began pacing around the room, a distraught look coming across her features. Dana didn't want to know what her overall reaction would be after the initial had sunk in. But then she spoke, "How could you have been so careless and selfish!" She said rather harshly.

In all of his life with his parents Izzy had never once heard his mother sound so cold hearted. He knew she had reason and could hardly get over the shock of Dana's secret either, yet he made no move whatsoever to enter in on the argument.

Dana sat still for a moment and then looked up defiantly. "It's not like I planned this! I never meant to get drunk that night!" She said and then continued. "I never even knew that Steve would turn out to be such a jerk as to do that!" She said and then rose from the couch and was about to walk out of the room when Izzy stopped her.

"Where are you going?" He asked, in his normal tone of voice, trying not to berate her anymore than she already had been.

"She's not going anywhere." Mr. Izumi said. "We need to have a serious discussion Dana."

"Then have one!" She said, her voice rose a little higher then she intended it too and was met with, at first a look of shock from her parents and then looks of defiance. She looked at them for a moment and then proceeded towards the front door. "I'm outta hear."

"Oh no. You aren't going anywhere in your condition." Mrs. Izumi said.

"A condition! Well that's one I haven't heard yet." Dana stated sarcastically.

"Don't talk to you're mother in that tone young lady!" Mr. Izumi stated.

Suddenly the doorbell rang and Izzy was quick to answer it so that Dana or their parents wouldn't bite the person's head off. He opened the door and Tai stood there with a "hey how's it goin'" look on his face. He noticed Izzy's expression and became concerned.

"Is everything alright Izzy?" Tai asked as Izzy let him in. Tai noticed the suitcases near the door. "Is one of your relatives visiting 'cause I can come back."

Izzy sighed.

"I will not stand here and be treated like a child!" Dana yelled and then barreled down the hall, ignoring both Tai and Izzy. She quickly put her shoes on and picked up her suitcases and like a flash was out the door.

Mrs. Izumi called after her to stop, but Dana didn't listen. Tai stood completely awestruck.

"Was that who I think it was?" He asked Izzy.

Izzy nodded. "Yeah, she just got home too."

"Really?" Tai said. "I almost didn't recognize her. Why was she yelling at your parents?"

"They were having an argument…" Izzy said, not finishing his sentence.

"About…"

"Dana." He replied.

"Okay…wait a minute!" Tai said. "I thought you hadn't talked to her for three years! So why are they at each other's throats?"

Izzy looked at Tai and decided to change the subject. "So what did you come here for?"

"That book on politics you said you were gonna lend me." Tai replied rather cheerily.

Izzy nodded and he soon disappeared down the hall and then quickly reappeared holding a thick book with a hard cover that was red in color. "Here." He said.

"Well I'll catch ya later, k?" Tai questioned.

"Yeah, see ya." Izzy replied as Tai exited.

*

Okay so I had no idea what was going on between Dana and her parents, but by the look on Mrs. Izumi's face it had to be something bad. But what? I knew Dana was busy when she went to America and all the interviews, records, concerts and music videos were just a validation of that fact. I just assumed that she was too busy and had tried to find the time to contact us and tell us how she was doing.

When I heard that Izzy's mom was sending her letters and not receiving any reply, we started to wonder about Dana's true intentions of leaving. We all knew that the breakup with Matt had hurt her tremendously, but we never thought that she would cease all contact with us, for three years. That is until now. I thought that after three years of not seeing their daughter the Izumi's would be more than happy to see her. But something obviously didn't put their reunion off to a good start.

I was driving down Kokoro Street when I spotted Dana, sitting on a bench and as pathetic as it was, in the rain, which had just started to pour. She sat there, face hidden in her hands. She was obviously crying. I quickly shut the car off and exited. She obviously hadn't noticed. I walked over to her and knelt down.

"Hey, long time no see." I said.

She hesitated a moment before looking up at me. When she did her face was tear stained. Her hair was shorter than it used to be, just a bit longer than Sora had hers and it was layered. Her face didn't look as childish anymore.

"Tai?" She said. "What are you doing here?"

"Well," I started and suddenly felt the wind picking up. The rain didn't help either. "Um, why don't we catch up inside. Common," I said offering my hand to her. "We can go to my place."

She nodded and took my hand. As soon as her bags were in the trunk of my car we were off, to do some catching up.

*

 Dana sat silently as Tai rustled around in the kitchen. It was nice of Tai to pick her up. She must have looked so pitiful sitting on that bench in the rain. Pathetic. Why did she have to go and get pregnant. She cringed at the thought. She was totally disgusted by what she had become. Single, jealous and lonely.

"Is coffee okay?" Tai asked from the kitchen.

Dana remained in her state of mind. A thousand thoughts running through her mind at once. She didn't even here Tai call out her name. Tai peered around the corner and saw Dana sitting on the couch with what looked to be a look of either hatred or disgust on her face.

"Uh…Earth to Dana. Come in Dana?" He said and when he didn't get a reply he continued, "Oh no, Houston we have a problem."

"Wha…" Dana said rather perplexed. "What did you say?"

Tai looked at Dana for a moment and the shrugged. "Would you…like… some…coffee." Tai said rather slowly, expecting Dana to cheer up. It worked. She smiled.

"You haven't changed one bit." She said as she pointed. "Well except for the hair…where did it all go?" She said standing up examining his shortened hair do. She was almost his height now, take a few inches, but the loss of hair did make a difference in height.

"I got it cut off." He said and then continued. "Where have you been for the…whoops, sorry." He said catching himself. He knew very well where she had been for the past three years.

Dana's expression saddened once again and she sat back down on the couch. Tai, having no clue what to do thought of the next best thing. "Would you like some coffee?" He said with a goofy look on his face.

Dana nodded 'no.'

Tai let out a sigh and plopped himself down onto the couch. "Okay I give up!" He said. "Do you want to tell me what is going on?" He asked. "Because you're not the Dana I knew. The Dana I knew was not a very depressive person and she didn't argue with her parents to the point where she would just get up and leave."

"How would you know?" She asked silently and then looked at Tai who had a look of surprise on his face. Dana sighed. "People change Tai, even me." She said and then continued. "The truth was that when I decided to come home that…." She said and then stopped suddenly, her had coming up to her mouth. "Not again!"

"Dana are you okay?" Tai questioned, but before he could get an answer Dana hopped up from her seat and ran towards the bathroom. Tai followed close behind and when he got to the bathroom the door was slightly ajar. He pushed it open and there was Dana, kneeling on the ground in front of the toilet tears streaming down her palled face.

"Are you okay?" He said knelling down beside her.

"Do I look okay?" She said between sobs. "I'm a wreck and as far as I'm concerned I've been disowned by my family." She said and then looked down at the floor.

Tai stared a moment trying to think of something to say and the only thing he could come up with was, "Are you sick or something?"

Thankfully Dana was in no mood to bite his head off. "You could say that." She said and then looked at him. The look that he was giving her right then suggested that she had an eating disorder because it smelled of vomit. "Do I look anorexic to you?" She questioned.

Tai nodded. "Truthfully, you look like you've gained a little weight but I really can't tell because you're wearing clothes that are what? Three sizes too big." He said as he pulled at one of her sleeves, which drooped.

"I did." She said as he helped her up and they walked back to the living room where they both sat down on the couch. "But not from eating." She said as she sat down.

"Well what other possible way could you gain weight?" Tai said exasperated. "The only way that I could think of a woman gaining weight was if she was…" He said and then looked at Dana who was nodding. "Pregnant." He said, not realizing what he was saying. It took him a moment to realize what he had said. "You're pregnant!" He said unbelievably.

"And prize number one goes to Tai Kamiya for guessing that Dana is pregnant!" Dana stated sarcastically as she held out her arm, her index finger pointed upward. "I guess you aren't so dense after all."

"But…but you can't be pregnant!" He said.

"Oh please, you're beginning to sound like my father." She retorted as she crossed her arms. "I just got home and my mother had to go and ruin everything with her I-can-sense-something-is-wrong-because-I'm-a-mother senses."

Tai, suddenly serious and ignoring her comment about him being dense replied, "They would have found out you know."

"Oh rub it in." She said. Her mood had definitely changed in the last few minutes because she was being really sarcastic. "Look," She said more seriously. "You can't tell anyone else. I want to keep this a secret for as long as I can." She said and then stood up. "Well thanks for inviting me over for coffee, although I can't have any. I gotta go now." She said and then began to leave.

"Wait a minute," Tai stated as she turned and looked at him. "Go where?"

"That is a very good question since I have no intention of going back home, not yet anyway." She said and then thought for a moment. "Probably to a hotel."

"Why don't you stay here?" He said. "It's only Kari and I right now because my parents are out of the country so there's plenty of room. It's better than staying in a hotel all by yourself."

"Where is Kari anyway?"

"At TK's." Tai replied with a tinge of force in his voice.

Dana looked at him and began to laugh. "You know they've always liked each other."

"So…" Tai said pouting.

"So stop acting like a baby and help me with my things." She said pointing to his car.

*

Until Kari had gotten home Dana and I spent most of the time watching television and chatting about old times. The happier times when we were young teenagers, not adults about to go into the work force. She had asked me at one point if I was still playing soccer. I told her no and what had happened. Her face palled when she found out and was very apologetic when she could have come to visit me or at least have known what happened.

We talked for hours. She asked how Sora and I were doing and she wanted to know how everyone was doing and what they had been up too. I told her that Joe had just finished his first year of medical school and had been given the nickname "Doogie" because he was our very own Doogie Howser. Sora continued to work for her mother in the flower shop after school and our relationship was going great. Yolei, Kari, TK and Davis were in high school, doing "teenager" stuff. Maki and Cody were in junior high doing teenager stuff with the other four. Mimi had gotten into cooking everyone backed goods and other foods anytime she could, and Joe found the heart shaped ones very cute. Izzy was already in his first year of college, Willis in his second and I was now into politics. Then came the last person, Matt. I really opened up my big mouth on that one. I felt like I had stuck both feet in my mouth when I told her that the Teenage Wolves were no more and that Matt had had several girlfriends after she had left.

"Dana I am so sorry." I said when I noticed a look of shock on her face. Something told me that she wasn't over him yet.

"Oh it's okay!" She said cheerily. Her mood had changed very drastically but I could see in her eyes that she was putting on her best face. Leaders know these things, okay. "I asked to know what everyone was up too and when I said that I meant everyone." She said coolly. "So when is your sister supposed to be coming home?"

I looked at my watch. "In about a half hour, why?"

"Well I know I said I wasn't gonna tell anyone about you-know-what, but I could really need more of a female to talk to and well…Kari is the most nicest and non-judgmental female I know." She said and then giggled, which was nice since she did seem quite depressed before. "Besides, you were acting as if you were the one who was going to have a baby."

"Thanks a lot." I pouted. I guess the way I looked was goofy because she was laughing, not lightly. She was letting it all out. "Calm down!" I said. "I don't want you to go into labor." I said somewhat seriously.

She immediately stopped laughing and then looked straight at me. We looked at each other for a moment and then she broke into fits of uncontrollable laughter. "You idiot!" She said. "I'm not due for at least another six months."

I was about to say something when I heard door burst open. "Tai I'm home!" I heard Kari call.

"In here." I called back. Dana had since managed to control her laughter and sat in silence on the couch. Kari walked into the living room and upon seeing Dana she screamed.

"Uh…hi Kari!" Dana said enthusiastically as she stood up and gave Kari a hug, which Kari gladly returned.

"When did you get here!" Kari said as they made their way over to the couch and sat down.

"A few hours ago." Dana said.

"Dana is going to stay with us for a while." I said to Kari who automatically gave me a questioning glance.

"Why? Didn't you go home yet?" Kari turned to wards Dana as she asked her question. Dana looked down and Kari, who has a knack for noticing these things automatically clued in. "What happened?" She asked.

Dana, without shedding a tear, as I feared she would and began to explain the whole story to my sister who listened attentively. No gasps of surprise or berating came from her as she listened to Dana's story…The whole story.

*

"Don't worry. Everything will be fine." Kari said as she put a hand on Dana's shoulder. Dana smiled. "But first things first." Kari said as she stood up, tugging on Dana's sleeves so that she too stood up. "You have got to change out of those." She said pointing out Dana's oversized clothing.

Dana looked down and laughed. "I guess they are a bit much." She said following Kari down the hall towards her room. "But they did come in handy for getting rid of those pesky press people."

Kari laughed. "Is that why you cut your hair?"

Dana nodded. "Yeah…Anyway, I wanted something new." She said as they disappeared down the hall, leaving Tai alone on the couch to watch TV.

"Oh! Natural Disasters on the Discovery channel! Bring on the waves!" He said as he turned the channel and was greeted by a tsunami displayed on the TV. "Gotta love those."

*

Yay! Another chapter done! Just wait and see as this gets more dramatic! Oh! That tornado show is on! Gotta watch that! Bye! ~Ducky