Once Upon A Velvet Moon:Chapter 2
"A Fresh Start, A New Life"
Author's Note: Okay this chapter takes place right after the last one.This story is NOT yuri, I repeat NOT yuri. I didn't think that it was going to seem that way in the beggining, so I'm just making sure everyone understands that. Not much else to tell, do r&r. Thanx!
~Mimi~
I was so tired from running when I got in, I went straight to bed. I just stripped off my clothes and laid down on my bed and fell asleep. I woke up the next moring with the sun shining on my face. I felt like the whole world had been lifted off my shoulders. I felt great! I got up and walked over to the closet and peeked in. When I went shopping, I usually brought some of the clothes here, so if I ever left I would have clean and stylish close to wear. At first I thought it was childish, but am I sure glad I did it now.
I grabbed a pair of black cargo pants and a blue shirt and tossed them on. I walked in the kitchen and looked in the refrigerator. Not much, so I defrosted some bread and and made some eggs. I made some jasmine and green tea and sat down to eat breakfast.
"I wonder what the others are doing right now." I asked myself. I mentally scolded myself for thinking about them.
'No one cares for you. They only think your a crybaby that thinks too much about herself and not enough about others. They think you are unfit to hold the crest of Sincerity. They are probably thinking of someone better right now. They were only acting that way because they had no way of getting a replacement at that point in time.'
Getting up I put my dishes in the sink. I got out a map and looked at the closest high school. 'Sukuashi High School. Hmmm, doesn't sound that bad.' Closing the book I got up and put some shoes on, I walked outside. The trees were full of fruit and the vegetables need some picking and tending too.
"I guess I know what I'll be doing today." I smiled and looked around. I was in heaven. "A fresh start and a new life. Mimi Tachikawa is no more. Hanami Tsukamoto, stands in her place." I smiled one more time and then began to work in the garden.
~Sora~
I was extremely miserable. No one could find Mimi. It was like she just walked off the face of the Earth. We stopped looking at 10 last night. I volunteered to tell the Tachikawas that we hadn't found her. When I told Mimi's mother what happened, I heard her break down. I felt like doing the same thing, but I decided that I would wait until after I got off the phone with her. She said thank you and hung up the phone.
I felt so bad. Not just because Mimi's mother was crying over the phone, but that I was the one that caused her all this pain. And on top of that I caused the rest of us pain. It really was all my fault. If I hadn't hit her or yelled at her maybe, just maybe Mimi would still be here and she wouldn't be gone.
I walked into my room, the moment I shut my door, I broke down again. I slid down my door and covered my eyes with my hands. This wasn't suppose to happen. We were always going to be together, always. We made a promise. We all did.
~*Flashback*~
"Let's make a promise." Tai said.
Everyone looked up at him. Tai was standing on a little mound of dirt. We were all on a trip in the Digiworld.
"What kinda promise Tai?" Davis asked. he really did look up to Tai. Sometimes it was sickening.
"A promise that we'll all stay together. Through thick and thin. Got it?" He asked everyone. Looking at us. He stared at me a longer than everyone else.
"I'm in." I said, soon everyone had said something along those lines except for Mimi and Matt. Matt was staring at the ground and Mimi was just staring off into space. She was off in her own world.
"Matt?" T.K. said.
"Yeah, I'm in." He finally said, as he looked up.
"Well that's everyone except Mimi. So what do you say?" Izzy said. It must have gotten her out of her world, because she turned to us and smiled. She stood up and walked toward us.
"You all know that it really won't be possible." She said looking at us all. It didn't sound like her but she was still smiling.
"As long as we're the digidestined, we can do anything!" Tai yelled. Putting her hands on her hips, she smiled and just looked at Tai funny.
"As long as you say so Tai. I guess I'm in too." She smiled. Tai, Davis, and T.K. all started shouting and dancing all around. Everyone laughed, except for Matt and Mimi who just shook their heads.
"Have they gone crazy or what?" Mimi asked.
~*End of Flashback*~
We were all so happy then. What happened? Why did things take a turn for the worse. She broke our promise. But like she said, it was impossible. Something was bound to happen, and she knew it. She always knows. We just take her for granted and then we usually are the ones that are hurt. We'll always need her. Just like, I hope, she'll always need us.
I stood up and made my way over to my window.
"Please come back soon Mimi. We need you."
~Mimi~
"The end of summer. I wish, I had more time." I sighed as I walked down the isle of the grocery store. It had been 2 months since I'd left and I was finding myself, fitting in quite nicely. I hardley ever thought of them.
Sighing, I picked up my paper and other school suplies and made my way to the cash register. I accidentely bumped into someone, which caused me to spill all my things on the floor.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. Please let me help you." A masculine voice said. I looked up to be greeted with a pair of the most amazing green-blue eyes I've ever seen.
"Thank you." I said queitly said, as we picked up my things. As we stood up, he held his hand out.
"I'm Motoki Shibata, and you are?" He asked me. He had midnight black hair, that made it his eyes stand out even more.
"My name is Hanami Tsukamoto. It's a pleasure meeting you Motoki. If would please excuse me" I said as I walked away from him and towards the cash register.
"Wait! Maybe we could see each other another time, maybe around town or something. You seem to be new and well, maybe I could show you around town." He said walking up to me. He really was sweet, maybe I should give him a chance.
Turning to him, I smiled and nodded my head. Paying the cashier, I picked up my things and said, "Yes, I would really like that Motoki. By any chance are you going to be going to Sukuashi High School?" I asked looking at him.
"Yeah, I'm going to be a senior. Are you going too?" He asked me.
"Yes, I'm going to be a senior also." They bumped me up a grade because I passed their entrance exam with flying colors.
"Alright, how about we meet in front of the school, when school starts and I'll show you to your class?" He was obviously excited. Boys are so easy to please.
"Thank you, I'll see you on Monday. I can't wait. Bye Motoki." I smiled and waved, before I turned and walked away. I was making friends my own way. No interference. No one sucking me into a totally different world forcing me to become friends with complete strangers. It felt good to finally meet someone normal that didn't know about my past, or people I know.
"This is so great. Finally someone normal." I said softley to myself.
~Motoki~
I couldn't believe what was happening. I'm a pretty handsome guy and all but, I never thought that, a girl I just met would and could be so friendly. First I'm getting a raise in my allowence and then a beautiful girl is talking to me. Well actually it was more like me talking to her, but still this kinda thing doesn't happen everyday.
"Hey Motoki!" I turn around and see my best friend Tsunami. Could this day get any better?
"Hey Tsumi! How are you? I haven't seen you since summer began." I hugged her and she smiled at me, and we began to walk toward her house.
"Well I've been at my mother's house all summer and you know how far away Kyoto is from here so there really wasn't anytime to come out here. So enough about me, what about you? What have you been doing with yourself?" I was just dying to tell her about my encounter with Hanami Tsukamoto.
"My summer has been just like every summer, but today I met the most amazing girl. Her name is Hanami Tsukamoto, and she has honey brown hair and the exact same color eyes. She was beautiful, but I doubt if there is a relationship in our future, but I definetly see a friendship in our future. At least there's hope of that." I listened to myself ramble on and just had to smile at it. When I finished I looked at her and noticed she was deep in thought. We walked a little further before she actually started saying something.
"You know, the way you describe her, you make it seem like she looks exactly like me." Tsumi finally said.
I looked up and looked at her. She was right! She did look exactly like Hanami. The only thing different was that Hanami had long hair that reached the middle of her back.
"You know you are right. You do look like her, or should I say that she looks like you." We were at her house by this time and she invited me in. I accepted and we went in. No one was home so we just sat in the living room and started talking about Hanami.
"Motoki, there's something I want to tell you." She suddenly said. She had this look in her eyes it was so serious. So unlike the Tsumi I knew.
"What is it Tsumi. You can tell me anything you want." I softly said to her.
"When I was at my mother's house, she told me that I wasn't her's. I wasn't my father's. I wasn't their child. She told me that my name wasn't Tsunami Arisawa. It was actuall Tsunami Tachikawa. She said I had another family, my real family, somewhere in Japan. She said that she'd help me find them. I refused her. I'm adopted Motoki, and I don't know how to handle it. When you said that girl had the same color hair and eyes as me, I began to think that maybe she could be my sister, but then again it might be wishful thinking or depression." Tsumi said this.
Tears were coming from her eyes. I gently wipped them away and smiled at her. I cupped her chin and brought her head up so that we stared straight into each other's eyes.
"Tsunami Arisawa or Tsunami Tachikawa. It doesn't matter who you are as long as you are what you are. That's what I love about you." I saw the disbelif closely followed by trust and love in her eyes. She hugged me and I hugged her back. I don't know where those feelings or words came from, but I know they were from my heart and I meant them.
"I love you too, Motoki." She whispered in my ear. I pulled back and looked her in her eyes. Suddenly realizing how close our face had become, I whispered softly,
"I love you, Tsunami, always and forever. Never forget that." I then closed the space between our lips. I was truly in heaven.
~Mimi~
'It is Monday and I'm not sure if I want to wait in front of the school looking like an idiot. But I really don't have a choice, so I guess I'm going to stay here.'
I look at my watch and see it's 8:05. I still have 25 minutes before school starts. 'Why doesn't he get here already? I'm sick of waiting and I've only been here for 3 minutes!'
I tried to calm down. I took a deep breath, and then I heard a familar voice in front of me.
"Hey! Hanami! Over here!" I saw Motoki waving like a fool, I wasn't sure if I should go over, but my kind side won out and I walked over.
"Hello, Motoki." I politley said. He was sitting with some friends, who were looking at me funny.
"Hey Motoki. why are you calling Tsunami, Hanami? is that a nickname or something?" I looked at him funny, then I looked back at Motoki.
"No, that isn't Tsunami, that's Hanami, she's someone that just moved here, and I'm just trying to be friendly and show her around school." He explained. I had a weird feeling that this day was going to get pretty strange, really quick.
"Motoki!" I saw his eyes move and then he started smiling. He must see his girlfriend or something. At least I don't have to worry about a boyfriend.
Turning around I come face to face with myself. What I mean is the girl that was calling Motoki looked exactly like me. Well except for the fact that my hair was longer and shinnier that hers. She was wearing the same thing I was. A pink shirt with white pants and white platforms. This day just got freaky.
"Hanami, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend Tsunami. Tsunami, I'd like you to meet my friend Hanami." I decided to be polite instead of freaking out which was the first thing that popped into my head.
"Hello Tsunami. How are you?"
"Oh just fine thank you, and yourself?" I felt sick at first. No one, had ever tried to answer back like she had. I was about to scream, when I did the only thing I could do. I dropped my things on the ground.
"Oh, excuse me. I'm so clumsy today. I don't know what happened." I picked up my things, and pulled out my schedule.
"Motoki, I have to go to class. Maybe I'll see you another time." I turned to Tsunami and smiled.
"It was a pleasure meeting you. Goodbye." I walked away, only to here Motoki's footsteps right behind mine, closely followed by Tsunami's.
"Hey wait up. I said I'd walk you to your class, right?" I only nodded.
"My first period class is Mr. Tanaka." I said, hoping that it would be close so that I could leave.
"Really that's my first class too." Tsunami and Motoki said at the same time. Just great, just when I was hoping to get away from them.
"That's great!" I said cheerfully. I really didn't like this Mimi look alike, near me, but I had no other choice.
"Maybe we can all sit together." Tsunami said. I just looked at her. I really didn't want to draw more attention then I needed.
"Whatever." I was sounding like Matt. I mentally yelled at myself for thinking of him. Thinking of him would only make me think of them. I didn't need to add another headache upon the major one I already had.
'It's gonna be a long day.'
~Tsunami~
Half way through science class, I heard Mr. Tanaka say that there is a science project we had to do. The whole class groaned. All except for Hanami and Motoki. Motoki always loved science and Hanami, well she just wasn't in class right now. She was looking off into space. I wonder what she is thinking about.
"Okay, everyone get into groups of three. They will be your science project partners." I watched everyone start to get in groups.
"Hey Hanami, Tsunami. Why don't we become a group?" Motoki asked. He is so cute. How did I ever wind up with him as my boyfriend? The world may never know. That reminds me of a tootsie pop commercial. (A.N. I have the need for a tootsie pop now.)
We got in our group and decided to do something with plants.
"Okay, all we have to do is get a large variety of plants, for our project." Motoki stated, after we came up with a some what decient science project.
"Okay, so who is going to get what type of plants, and how much of them." I asked.
"Oh yeah, well um..." Motoki just sat there with this dumb look on his face.
"You don't have to worry about the plants. I'll take care of them. All you guys need to do is get the material." Hanami said. She was so calm and beautiful. It's hard to believe I look exactly like her. Maybe I could come over to her house and ask her some questions one day. We look so much alike, maybe she could be my sister. But then why was her last name, wait what was her last name?
"You sure it won't be too much?" I asked her. She shook her head and smiled.
"No it's alright. I have a large garden at home. I have more than enough fruits and vegetables to go around, so don't worry about it." She's really nice. I guess things could work out.
"Is it alright if you guys come after school to my house tomorrow?" Hanami asked. I some how had this feeling that she was hiding something from me.
"Alright." We got up and started to leave, since the bell rang.
"See you guys later then!" Motoki said. Smiling I walked away feeling rather happy. I felt so light. Maybe, this year won't be so bad after all.
~Hanami~
They grew on me. I can't believe I let it happen. But then again I can. No matter how much I try to push it away, I can't push myself away from how I am. No matter what.
"Hey Hanami! Ready to go?" Tsunami walked up to me.
"Yeah, but where is Motoki?" I asked seeing that he was late.
"Oh, well he has some sort of meeting to go to after school and so well he couldn't come." I know she was lying, but I can't prove it.
While walking towards my house there was a silence between us both. I really don't mind, but then again I don't mind a lot of things now. I just miss Palmon. She in a way made me mind things. Without her, I don't know what I would of become.
"Well we're here." I said. I saw her looking around with amazement. I must say so myself. During the summer I did a lot work to the place. At the end of the summer I was finally satisfied with how it looked. We walked inside and we sat our books down.
"I'm sorry the place is a mess. I haven't had time to clean up." I said while removing a plate from the table. I really didn't have time to clean up today. I was nearly late to school. I had to run the whole way there. I nearly collapsed when I got to my seat.
"Oh, it's okay. So you live here by yourself?" She asked. She was the first person to see my house.
"Yeah." I amswered while washing dishes.
"Why? If you don't mind me asking." She said looking at me. I stopped washing dishes and looked out the window. Thinking of the past. When I had friends, but then it all came to a tragic hault. Just like a car into a wall, and just as painful. When my friends betrayed me and damaged my spirit.
"Oh, well um.. I thought I was independent enough." I said hoping that she didn't think I was a runaway.
"Oh, I wish I could do the same thing. But, I just wish that I could be by everyone I love and know. I guess I'm not that independent huh?" She looked up smiling.
"No, I used to be the same way. But then something happened." I said looking back at her.
"May I ask you something Hanami?" She asked me. I just nodded and walked toward the table and sat down.
"My mother told me I was adopted, and well I was just kinda hoping that well maybe you could be my sister. She told me I had a twin sister somewhere. You look just like me and all. But the thing is my real name Tsunami Tachikawa, and your name is Hanami Tsukamoto. I'm sorry for being so forward but since i saw you, its like I've seen you bedore. I feel this connection or something." She said as she finished. She had tears in her eyes.
My parents did tell me I had a twin sister somewhere, but I thought it was a story. I never actually thought I had a sister. I started crying and hugged her. She hugged me back. I pulled back and smiled.
"I have something to tell you. I lied to you. My name isn't Hanami Tsukamoto. My name is Mimi Tachikawa. I used to live in the Odaiba district of Tokyo. But I ran away after something tragic happened. I guess we are sisters after all." I said hugging her again. She cried and smiled at the same time.
"Hanami, I mean Mimi. You don't know how happy I am about finding you. I don't think you know how it is to all of a sudden feel different from everyone else." She said looking in to my tear streaked face.
"If you only knew Tsumi-chan. If you only knew." I said smiling again.
Author's Note: Yeah!! Chapter 2 is done!! On to Chapter 3! I garantee you'll see a lot more digidestined action in the next chapter. Or at least everyone will meet up. I'll try my hardest to get out around the same time I did this one, but with no sleep and no inspiration, it's gonna be hard. Well Ciao!
~Katsuhiko