Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
A/N: I started one more series, sorry to all those who are waiting for Broken, Savior and A Little Longer. I have had SO many ideas lately, but I haven't been letting myself start any new series. But this idea was too good, in my opinion at least. I really had to work on this, so here we go.
Oh yeah, this is taking a look into Izzy's past. My first Izzy centered fic.
Searching
"I have to go," the little girl announced as she awkwardly pushed her dark red hair out of her face. "I'll miss you."
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"Happy birthday Sora!" Her friends shouted as the red haired girl stepped into the room.
She gave a small gasp as she gazed around the room. "Oh my gosh! You guys threw me a surprise party?" Her home was decorated with streamers and a happy birthday sign. Boxes of pizza sat on the table beside bottles of soda and cups. Her friends, the DigiDestined, stood in the center, grinning from ear to ear. She hugged each one of them. "Thank you so much you guys!"
"Don't thank us. Thank Izzy," Tai replied.
"Yeah, he planned the entire thing," Matt added.
Kari nodded. "We just helped put up decorations."
Sora turned to her boyfriend who still stood by the door, grinning smugly. "You doofus," she laughed as she kissed him. "You dragged me all over town so they could set this up?" She hugged him tightly. "I love you so much."
"Hey, if I can get some of that then I planned the entire thing!" Tai yelled as he held out his arms. Yolie jumped into his arms and kissed him on the cheek. He groaned. "Thanks Yolie."
"No problem," she laughed.
"Well let's get this party started!" Matt announced as he cracked up the stereo. Everyone headed for the living room where all the furniture had been pushed back for a make shift dance floor. No one really bothered to dance, but the twelve teens stood around, talking and munching on pizza. Somehow Kari did manage to convince Ken to dance with her, which ended with Kari more trying to teach Ken how to dance as her brother watched suspiciously from where he stood with Matt and TK. Yolie laughed as Davis tried to do the robot.
Sora walked up behind Izzy and put her hands over his eyes. "Hmmm, I wonder who that could be." He whipped around and grabbed her waist, pulling her into a hug.
"You're a very sarcastic little computer nerd, you know that?" She laughed. She leaned in close to him. "You know, this does make me officially older then you," she taunted.
"By four months," he rolled his eyes. "Like I care." He kissed her. "Happy eighteenth birthday Sora."
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"I have to go," the little girl announced as she awkwardly pushed her dark red hair out of her face. "I'll miss you."
"No," he begged. "We gotta stick together."
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Izzy sat up in bed. What a weird dream. What was with that girl? It was going on a month of weird dreams now. He put his head in his hands and closed his eyes. What did it all mean?
He pushed himself out of bed and shivered as the cold night air attacked him. He rubbed his bare arms as he made his way out of his room and into the kitchen to get a drink of water. He took a sip of the water as he tried to sort through the weird dreams in his head. This was all too odd, and illogical. How could he be dreaming and interacting with a girl that he had never met?
He finished his drink and started to walk about to his room. He paused upon seeing light coming out of his room. Light? He didn't turn on any lights. He hurried into his room and stopped in the doorway. His computer had turned on and the DigiPort was up on the screen.
'Never a dull moment for the DigiDestined,' he thought. "No! There's no way in hell I'm going to the Digital World at three in the morning!" He walked over to the computer to shut off the monitor only to get sucked in anyway.
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"Good morning Koushiro."
Izzy forced himself off the wet grass and looked up at the jedi-like man standing a few feet away. "Hi Gennai," he replied irritated. "Nice to see you at three in the morning."
Gennai laughed. "You weren't asleep anyway."
"That didn't mean I wanted to come to the DigiWorld. Look at me I'm dressed in my boxers…" He looked down only to find himself dressed in baggy kaki shorts and a blue tee shirt.
"Better?" Gennai asked.
"Not really. I'M STILL HERE AT THREE IN THE MORNING!" He yelled.
"Yes, you said that already," Gennai laughed.
"Okay Gennai. This better not be a social call," Izzy continued to grumble. "There better be an evil demon on the loose for you to pull me here!"
"Well, its not quite that bad, but its not a social call," Gennai replied with a shake of his head. "And honest I had no idea it was three in the morning."
"Gennai, you have a watch."
Gennai looked down at his wrist and quickly tore off his silver watch. "Hehe, never mind…Okay, anyway, Koushiro, I brought you here to warn you and ask you a question."
"Well, warn away," Izzy shrugged.
"I'm going to ask the question first," Gennai replied. Izzy rolled his eyes. "Why'd you stop looking?"
"I cannot answer that question without more information."
Gennai shook his head. "You think too logically my boy. Why did you stop looking for information on your real parents?"
Izzy opened his mouth, but shut it again. Where the hell was this coming from? "Because I didn't need to. I have my parents and I that's all I need."
Gennai started walking and Izzy followed curious. "I always figured that you'd start questioning your heritage, so I never interfered with your life. But you never did and that is now a problem for the Digital World."
"How is there a problem for the Digital World just because I never inquired about my real parents?"
"Koushiro, this actually has nothing to do with your parents," Gennai said as he stopped and looked at Izzy. "You are the first born of a set of twins."
"I'm what?!"
"You have a twin sister."
"A twin? A twin sister?" He opened his mouth and shut it again. Once more he was speechless, the second time that day. He shook his head to clear his thoughts. "I still don't understand why this has anything to do with the Digital World."
"Your sister is the thirteenth DigiDestined," Gennai answered.
"Oh."
"Your eighteenth birthday is coming up. You both will be turning eighteen. In the world your coming of age and you are officially an adult. That means it is imperative that you find her before you turn eighteen."
"Why? Why is it so important that I find her before I err…we turn eighteen?" Izzy inquired.
"In the Digital World you can only become a DigiDestined when you're innocent and pure of heart. When your child. Eighteen is an adult. If your birthday passes and she doesn't become a DigiDestined, it'll be to late. One of the crests will not be fulfilled and one prophecy will not be completed."
"I understand. So why don't you just pull her into the Digital World? It'll be easy then sending me."
"This has to be your quest. This is a quest of the heart. You're her brother. I think you would be more apt for this."
"But she doesn't know who I am. Why would I be more qualified?" He rubbed his temples as he tried to think. He looked up at Gennai, onyx eyes burning with suspicion. "What are you not telling me?"
"This undertaking is entirely your task. You may have your friends help, but I cannot."
"There's more. That's not it." Gennai didn't answer. "Well, where is she? What's her name? What does she look like?"
"Her name is Cassandra Mizuhara. She lives in the United States. She looks like this." He held up a photograph. Izzy took it and studied it. It was a girl with dark red hair that hung around her shoulders. Her onyx colored eyes darkened her pale face.
"There are a lot of cities in the US. Wanna narrow it down?"
"Like I said, this is a quest. Here, I'd go to this place first." He handed a piece of paper to Izzy who quickly read over it.
"This is an apartment receipt from 1994. That's thirteen years ago."
"Sorry my boy. That's the best I can do. Here." He held up a digivice and tag and crest. Izzy took them. "Good luck." Izzy watched as the older man walked off and disappeared.
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"What?!" Tai shouted. "There's a thirteenth DigiDestined?"
"You have a twin sister?" Sora asked.
Izzy sighed, "Yep." He pulled the picture of his "sister" from his wallet and showed it to the group.
Tai took it and laughed. "You are not related to this girl! She's kinda hot, and well, your not."
"Thank you Tai. Its always reassuring to know that you don't think I'm hot," Izzy replied sarcastically.
He yawned and Sora leaned against him. "Poor baby didn't get enough sleep. Your kinda cranky." She giggled, "But if it makes you feel any better I think you're hot." She tickled his nose with a piece of grass.
"Lemme see!" Matt snatched the photo out of Tai's hand. "I guess she's hot," he shrugged before passing the picture to Kari who sat beside him.
"So you have to find this girl," Joe recapped. "This Cassandra Mizuhara by your eighteenth birthday in two months and the only clue you have is an old apartment lease that's thirteen years old. Did I get it all in there?"
"Yeah," Izzy confirmed as he stretched out in the grass. The park was incredibly full to day, but they had found a great spot to talk away from all the people.
"Well when you say it that way, you make it sound so easy," Davis said cynically as he played with Yolie's hair. Yolie had her head rested in his lap as she studied the picture of Cassandra.
"She certainly looks like you, Izzy," she commented.
"So," Tai rubbed his hands together as a mischievous smile spread across his face. "Who's up for a little road trip in the USA?"
"Tai, I must object. This is my "quest" and I won't make you guys do this."
"Look at it this way, how about you, me, Sora, Matt and Mimi go? We just graduated, one last major trip before we go off to college. We can sight see and search for this girl at the same time."
"I'm game," Matt replied, excited.
"I'll definitely go," Sora smiled. Izzy shook his head and opened his mouth to speak. She cut him off, "No! If you go, I go."
"I can't," Mimi announced. "I have summer session at NYU."
"Well, I guess were not invited," TK spoke up for the younger kids.
"Nope!" Matt laughed. "Can't have a bunch of little kids ruining our fun!" He ruffled TK's hair playfully.
Out of the corner of his eyes Tai caught Kari whisper something to Ken. "We're taking Ken," he suggested suddenly. Everyone turned to look at him. "No telling what he and Kari might do when I'm there to supervise." Kari crossed her arms looking mad while Ken turned a dark shade of crimson. The others laughed at him.
"So we leave next week?" Matt asked.
"My uncle can get you a discount on plan tickets. And my cousin can get you a really good, cheap rental car," Yolie offered.
"Wait!" Izzy yelled. "Your getting a little ahead of yourselves. I never agreed to this trop. It will be strictly business."
"Such a spoil sport," Tai grumbled.
"Come on Izzy. It'll be great," Sora smiled as she kissed him on the cheek. "We'll find Cassandra, don't worry. But let's have some fun. Don't let Gennai ruin your summer." She glanced at the group. They were all busy listening to Yolie go on about her entire family being in some form of transportation as their career. "Beside, you never know what could happen in a hotel room far, far away from our parents." She nibbled on his ear playfully.
He gulped. "I-I suppose we could do this." His voice cracked slightly. Sora laughed.
"Alright!" Tai cheered.
"I'll call my uncle for you," Yolie offered.
"Thanks," Izzy nodded.
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Izzy walked into the apartment he shared with his mom and dad. "I'm home," he called as he kicked off his shoes. He walked into the kitchen where his mother was making dinner happily. "Hi mom."
She looked up. "Welcome home," she smiled. "I didn't hear you come in."
He lifted the lid to a pot on the stove and a cloud of steam hit his face. "Smells good," he smiled. "Is dad home?"
"Yeah, he's in the study," she replied as she pushed passed him to stir the pot.
"Alright. I'll go get him. I have to talk to you guys."
She looked at him, her soft features set in a worried expression. He turned away and walked down the hall, into his father's study. He saw the older man hunched over the computer. "Dad."
His father looked up. "Hey son, when did you get home?"
"A minute ago. Can I talk to you, dad?"
"Yeah, shoot."
"No, out in the kitchen with mom," he corrected. His father stood up and followed his son into the kitchen. His wife was waiting there looking uneasy.
"What do you want to talk about?" His aging father asked.
"I need you to just listen." This comment didn't alleviate their concern, but they nodded. "On Monday I'm going on a trip with Sora, Matt, and Tai. I'm not sure how long we'll be gone and I'm not sure where exactly we'll be, but it'll be in the United States. We're going to look for my…for my twin sister."
His mother's eyes widened and his father's jaw clenched. "So you know?" He asked calmly. His brown eyes gave away the distress he felt.
"Yeah, Gennai told me."
"Gennai?"
"Yes. I have to find her before my eighteenth birthday. It has something to do with DigiDestined and the Digital World."
"You don't know how long you'll be gone?" His mother asked.
"Until I find her," Izzy shrugged. His father opened his mouth, but Izzy cut him off. "I just want to say this. This is just for the Digital World. I have no interest in looking up information on my real parents. I don't want anything to do with that life. You are my parents for all I care. Please don't think I'm abandoning you."
"Koushiro!" His mother hugged him. "I love you so much! Its all right you want to know about your parents, we understood. And we know your not abandoning us."
"Take as long as you need," his father added.
"Thank you." Overcome with relief he hugged his parents, his mom and dad who raised him, tightly.
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"All set?" He looked up from his ticket to see Sora with her carryon hanging off her shoulder.
He nodded. "I was wondering when you'd show up. Did you check in?"
"Of course I checked in. And not everyone got here two hours early," she laughed.
"Not two," he corrected. "One."
She rolled her eyes. "So are Matt and Tai here?"
"Yeah. Tai went to go get candy for the trip and Matt went to use the bathroom," Izzy answered.
"That's all we need, Tai sugared up." Izzy laughed.
"Now boarding flight 265 to New York, New York," the intercom announced.
"That's us," Izzy said to her.
Tai ran up holding a plastic bag in his hand. "I got some for everyone," he grinned.
"Oh my god, its Yamato Ishida!" Someone yelled.
The group looked up to see Matt running towards them. "Board the plane! Board the plane!" He yelled. He ran passed them and to the counter where he thrust his ticket at the attendant. Tai, Izzy and Sora looked to see a group of girls running towards Matt who slipped onto the plane. The three broke into a fit of hysterics.
They got onto the plane and found Matt in his seat, hiding. He looked up at them and smiled sheepishly. "Did those girls board?"
"Nah," Tai shook his head as he tried to control his laughter. "They were headed towards Palm Springs."
"How do you know?" Izzy asked as he stuck his and Sora's bags in the overhead.
"I got one of their numbers," he chuckled.
Sora looked at Izzy. "You want window?" He shook his head. She sat down in the row behind Tai and Matt and he took a seat and fidgeted uncomfortably. "Izzy, what's wrong?" He shook his head. "Ooo, sweetie, you've never flown huh?"
He shook his head again. "First time. Can't say I can relax much."
"I can fix that!" Tai announced as he poked his head over the seat. He handed Izzy a little bottle. "That'll relax you," he laughed.
"A mini bottle of liquor?" Sora asked with a shake of her head. She took the bottle from Izzy and a playful smile crept up her face. "I can do better then that for free." She leaned over and began to kiss Izzy.
"Please fasten your seat belts, the plane will be taking off."
Sora sat back down. "Don't even think about it Tai! I might charge you."
The plane took off and she put her hand into his. "Ready for this adventure?"
"No," he answered. "Let's just find her."
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Okay, I admit the last scene was week, but this will get better. I really really like this idea. And this isn't just about Izzy's sister; I'm going to bring stuff in about his folks too.
Please review, thank you…
A/N: I started one more series, sorry to all those who are waiting for Broken, Savior and A Little Longer. I have had SO many ideas lately, but I haven't been letting myself start any new series. But this idea was too good, in my opinion at least. I really had to work on this, so here we go.
Oh yeah, this is taking a look into Izzy's past. My first Izzy centered fic.
Searching
"I have to go," the little girl announced as she awkwardly pushed her dark red hair out of her face. "I'll miss you."
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"Happy birthday Sora!" Her friends shouted as the red haired girl stepped into the room.
She gave a small gasp as she gazed around the room. "Oh my gosh! You guys threw me a surprise party?" Her home was decorated with streamers and a happy birthday sign. Boxes of pizza sat on the table beside bottles of soda and cups. Her friends, the DigiDestined, stood in the center, grinning from ear to ear. She hugged each one of them. "Thank you so much you guys!"
"Don't thank us. Thank Izzy," Tai replied.
"Yeah, he planned the entire thing," Matt added.
Kari nodded. "We just helped put up decorations."
Sora turned to her boyfriend who still stood by the door, grinning smugly. "You doofus," she laughed as she kissed him. "You dragged me all over town so they could set this up?" She hugged him tightly. "I love you so much."
"Hey, if I can get some of that then I planned the entire thing!" Tai yelled as he held out his arms. Yolie jumped into his arms and kissed him on the cheek. He groaned. "Thanks Yolie."
"No problem," she laughed.
"Well let's get this party started!" Matt announced as he cracked up the stereo. Everyone headed for the living room where all the furniture had been pushed back for a make shift dance floor. No one really bothered to dance, but the twelve teens stood around, talking and munching on pizza. Somehow Kari did manage to convince Ken to dance with her, which ended with Kari more trying to teach Ken how to dance as her brother watched suspiciously from where he stood with Matt and TK. Yolie laughed as Davis tried to do the robot.
Sora walked up behind Izzy and put her hands over his eyes. "Hmmm, I wonder who that could be." He whipped around and grabbed her waist, pulling her into a hug.
"You're a very sarcastic little computer nerd, you know that?" She laughed. She leaned in close to him. "You know, this does make me officially older then you," she taunted.
"By four months," he rolled his eyes. "Like I care." He kissed her. "Happy eighteenth birthday Sora."
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"I have to go," the little girl announced as she awkwardly pushed her dark red hair out of her face. "I'll miss you."
"No," he begged. "We gotta stick together."
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Izzy sat up in bed. What a weird dream. What was with that girl? It was going on a month of weird dreams now. He put his head in his hands and closed his eyes. What did it all mean?
He pushed himself out of bed and shivered as the cold night air attacked him. He rubbed his bare arms as he made his way out of his room and into the kitchen to get a drink of water. He took a sip of the water as he tried to sort through the weird dreams in his head. This was all too odd, and illogical. How could he be dreaming and interacting with a girl that he had never met?
He finished his drink and started to walk about to his room. He paused upon seeing light coming out of his room. Light? He didn't turn on any lights. He hurried into his room and stopped in the doorway. His computer had turned on and the DigiPort was up on the screen.
'Never a dull moment for the DigiDestined,' he thought. "No! There's no way in hell I'm going to the Digital World at three in the morning!" He walked over to the computer to shut off the monitor only to get sucked in anyway.
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"Good morning Koushiro."
Izzy forced himself off the wet grass and looked up at the jedi-like man standing a few feet away. "Hi Gennai," he replied irritated. "Nice to see you at three in the morning."
Gennai laughed. "You weren't asleep anyway."
"That didn't mean I wanted to come to the DigiWorld. Look at me I'm dressed in my boxers…" He looked down only to find himself dressed in baggy kaki shorts and a blue tee shirt.
"Better?" Gennai asked.
"Not really. I'M STILL HERE AT THREE IN THE MORNING!" He yelled.
"Yes, you said that already," Gennai laughed.
"Okay Gennai. This better not be a social call," Izzy continued to grumble. "There better be an evil demon on the loose for you to pull me here!"
"Well, its not quite that bad, but its not a social call," Gennai replied with a shake of his head. "And honest I had no idea it was three in the morning."
"Gennai, you have a watch."
Gennai looked down at his wrist and quickly tore off his silver watch. "Hehe, never mind…Okay, anyway, Koushiro, I brought you here to warn you and ask you a question."
"Well, warn away," Izzy shrugged.
"I'm going to ask the question first," Gennai replied. Izzy rolled his eyes. "Why'd you stop looking?"
"I cannot answer that question without more information."
Gennai shook his head. "You think too logically my boy. Why did you stop looking for information on your real parents?"
Izzy opened his mouth, but shut it again. Where the hell was this coming from? "Because I didn't need to. I have my parents and I that's all I need."
Gennai started walking and Izzy followed curious. "I always figured that you'd start questioning your heritage, so I never interfered with your life. But you never did and that is now a problem for the Digital World."
"How is there a problem for the Digital World just because I never inquired about my real parents?"
"Koushiro, this actually has nothing to do with your parents," Gennai said as he stopped and looked at Izzy. "You are the first born of a set of twins."
"I'm what?!"
"You have a twin sister."
"A twin? A twin sister?" He opened his mouth and shut it again. Once more he was speechless, the second time that day. He shook his head to clear his thoughts. "I still don't understand why this has anything to do with the Digital World."
"Your sister is the thirteenth DigiDestined," Gennai answered.
"Oh."
"Your eighteenth birthday is coming up. You both will be turning eighteen. In the world your coming of age and you are officially an adult. That means it is imperative that you find her before you turn eighteen."
"Why? Why is it so important that I find her before I err…we turn eighteen?" Izzy inquired.
"In the Digital World you can only become a DigiDestined when you're innocent and pure of heart. When your child. Eighteen is an adult. If your birthday passes and she doesn't become a DigiDestined, it'll be to late. One of the crests will not be fulfilled and one prophecy will not be completed."
"I understand. So why don't you just pull her into the Digital World? It'll be easy then sending me."
"This has to be your quest. This is a quest of the heart. You're her brother. I think you would be more apt for this."
"But she doesn't know who I am. Why would I be more qualified?" He rubbed his temples as he tried to think. He looked up at Gennai, onyx eyes burning with suspicion. "What are you not telling me?"
"This undertaking is entirely your task. You may have your friends help, but I cannot."
"There's more. That's not it." Gennai didn't answer. "Well, where is she? What's her name? What does she look like?"
"Her name is Cassandra Mizuhara. She lives in the United States. She looks like this." He held up a photograph. Izzy took it and studied it. It was a girl with dark red hair that hung around her shoulders. Her onyx colored eyes darkened her pale face.
"There are a lot of cities in the US. Wanna narrow it down?"
"Like I said, this is a quest. Here, I'd go to this place first." He handed a piece of paper to Izzy who quickly read over it.
"This is an apartment receipt from 1994. That's thirteen years ago."
"Sorry my boy. That's the best I can do. Here." He held up a digivice and tag and crest. Izzy took them. "Good luck." Izzy watched as the older man walked off and disappeared.
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"What?!" Tai shouted. "There's a thirteenth DigiDestined?"
"You have a twin sister?" Sora asked.
Izzy sighed, "Yep." He pulled the picture of his "sister" from his wallet and showed it to the group.
Tai took it and laughed. "You are not related to this girl! She's kinda hot, and well, your not."
"Thank you Tai. Its always reassuring to know that you don't think I'm hot," Izzy replied sarcastically.
He yawned and Sora leaned against him. "Poor baby didn't get enough sleep. Your kinda cranky." She giggled, "But if it makes you feel any better I think you're hot." She tickled his nose with a piece of grass.
"Lemme see!" Matt snatched the photo out of Tai's hand. "I guess she's hot," he shrugged before passing the picture to Kari who sat beside him.
"So you have to find this girl," Joe recapped. "This Cassandra Mizuhara by your eighteenth birthday in two months and the only clue you have is an old apartment lease that's thirteen years old. Did I get it all in there?"
"Yeah," Izzy confirmed as he stretched out in the grass. The park was incredibly full to day, but they had found a great spot to talk away from all the people.
"Well when you say it that way, you make it sound so easy," Davis said cynically as he played with Yolie's hair. Yolie had her head rested in his lap as she studied the picture of Cassandra.
"She certainly looks like you, Izzy," she commented.
"So," Tai rubbed his hands together as a mischievous smile spread across his face. "Who's up for a little road trip in the USA?"
"Tai, I must object. This is my "quest" and I won't make you guys do this."
"Look at it this way, how about you, me, Sora, Matt and Mimi go? We just graduated, one last major trip before we go off to college. We can sight see and search for this girl at the same time."
"I'm game," Matt replied, excited.
"I'll definitely go," Sora smiled. Izzy shook his head and opened his mouth to speak. She cut him off, "No! If you go, I go."
"I can't," Mimi announced. "I have summer session at NYU."
"Well, I guess were not invited," TK spoke up for the younger kids.
"Nope!" Matt laughed. "Can't have a bunch of little kids ruining our fun!" He ruffled TK's hair playfully.
Out of the corner of his eyes Tai caught Kari whisper something to Ken. "We're taking Ken," he suggested suddenly. Everyone turned to look at him. "No telling what he and Kari might do when I'm there to supervise." Kari crossed her arms looking mad while Ken turned a dark shade of crimson. The others laughed at him.
"So we leave next week?" Matt asked.
"My uncle can get you a discount on plan tickets. And my cousin can get you a really good, cheap rental car," Yolie offered.
"Wait!" Izzy yelled. "Your getting a little ahead of yourselves. I never agreed to this trop. It will be strictly business."
"Such a spoil sport," Tai grumbled.
"Come on Izzy. It'll be great," Sora smiled as she kissed him on the cheek. "We'll find Cassandra, don't worry. But let's have some fun. Don't let Gennai ruin your summer." She glanced at the group. They were all busy listening to Yolie go on about her entire family being in some form of transportation as their career. "Beside, you never know what could happen in a hotel room far, far away from our parents." She nibbled on his ear playfully.
He gulped. "I-I suppose we could do this." His voice cracked slightly. Sora laughed.
"Alright!" Tai cheered.
"I'll call my uncle for you," Yolie offered.
"Thanks," Izzy nodded.
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Izzy walked into the apartment he shared with his mom and dad. "I'm home," he called as he kicked off his shoes. He walked into the kitchen where his mother was making dinner happily. "Hi mom."
She looked up. "Welcome home," she smiled. "I didn't hear you come in."
He lifted the lid to a pot on the stove and a cloud of steam hit his face. "Smells good," he smiled. "Is dad home?"
"Yeah, he's in the study," she replied as she pushed passed him to stir the pot.
"Alright. I'll go get him. I have to talk to you guys."
She looked at him, her soft features set in a worried expression. He turned away and walked down the hall, into his father's study. He saw the older man hunched over the computer. "Dad."
His father looked up. "Hey son, when did you get home?"
"A minute ago. Can I talk to you, dad?"
"Yeah, shoot."
"No, out in the kitchen with mom," he corrected. His father stood up and followed his son into the kitchen. His wife was waiting there looking uneasy.
"What do you want to talk about?" His aging father asked.
"I need you to just listen." This comment didn't alleviate their concern, but they nodded. "On Monday I'm going on a trip with Sora, Matt, and Tai. I'm not sure how long we'll be gone and I'm not sure where exactly we'll be, but it'll be in the United States. We're going to look for my…for my twin sister."
His mother's eyes widened and his father's jaw clenched. "So you know?" He asked calmly. His brown eyes gave away the distress he felt.
"Yeah, Gennai told me."
"Gennai?"
"Yes. I have to find her before my eighteenth birthday. It has something to do with DigiDestined and the Digital World."
"You don't know how long you'll be gone?" His mother asked.
"Until I find her," Izzy shrugged. His father opened his mouth, but Izzy cut him off. "I just want to say this. This is just for the Digital World. I have no interest in looking up information on my real parents. I don't want anything to do with that life. You are my parents for all I care. Please don't think I'm abandoning you."
"Koushiro!" His mother hugged him. "I love you so much! Its all right you want to know about your parents, we understood. And we know your not abandoning us."
"Take as long as you need," his father added.
"Thank you." Overcome with relief he hugged his parents, his mom and dad who raised him, tightly.
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"All set?" He looked up from his ticket to see Sora with her carryon hanging off her shoulder.
He nodded. "I was wondering when you'd show up. Did you check in?"
"Of course I checked in. And not everyone got here two hours early," she laughed.
"Not two," he corrected. "One."
She rolled her eyes. "So are Matt and Tai here?"
"Yeah. Tai went to go get candy for the trip and Matt went to use the bathroom," Izzy answered.
"That's all we need, Tai sugared up." Izzy laughed.
"Now boarding flight 265 to New York, New York," the intercom announced.
"That's us," Izzy said to her.
Tai ran up holding a plastic bag in his hand. "I got some for everyone," he grinned.
"Oh my god, its Yamato Ishida!" Someone yelled.
The group looked up to see Matt running towards them. "Board the plane! Board the plane!" He yelled. He ran passed them and to the counter where he thrust his ticket at the attendant. Tai, Izzy and Sora looked to see a group of girls running towards Matt who slipped onto the plane. The three broke into a fit of hysterics.
They got onto the plane and found Matt in his seat, hiding. He looked up at them and smiled sheepishly. "Did those girls board?"
"Nah," Tai shook his head as he tried to control his laughter. "They were headed towards Palm Springs."
"How do you know?" Izzy asked as he stuck his and Sora's bags in the overhead.
"I got one of their numbers," he chuckled.
Sora looked at Izzy. "You want window?" He shook his head. She sat down in the row behind Tai and Matt and he took a seat and fidgeted uncomfortably. "Izzy, what's wrong?" He shook his head. "Ooo, sweetie, you've never flown huh?"
He shook his head again. "First time. Can't say I can relax much."
"I can fix that!" Tai announced as he poked his head over the seat. He handed Izzy a little bottle. "That'll relax you," he laughed.
"A mini bottle of liquor?" Sora asked with a shake of her head. She took the bottle from Izzy and a playful smile crept up her face. "I can do better then that for free." She leaned over and began to kiss Izzy.
"Please fasten your seat belts, the plane will be taking off."
Sora sat back down. "Don't even think about it Tai! I might charge you."
The plane took off and she put her hand into his. "Ready for this adventure?"
"No," he answered. "Let's just find her."
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Okay, I admit the last scene was week, but this will get better. I really really like this idea. And this isn't just about Izzy's sister; I'm going to bring stuff in about his folks too.
Please review, thank you…