Yet another 'fic' written under the heavy influence of a caffinated beverage. Yes, you are all doomed: I have seen the future! And I mean the future relative to my time, not this one... And the events of 2020 are quite fun indeed... my young cousin finally gets the concept of liking someone, I (sort of) learn to dance, yet another boy in the Ishida/Takaishi family has his midlife crisis at the age of eleven, This completely *random* kid shows up from nowhere, and... well, I've said too much already.
Note: this has been expanded from its original intentions… It now contains the events from roughly 3 weeks… Enjoy. Also, it has been updated, minus spelling/grammar mistakes, and there is now a character explanation tagged on as chapter 7.
Disclaimer: I don't own the original digimon characters. However, Doki, Niru, etc. *are* copyrighted by us, and you must get our permission before using them. The events of this story are to take place 4 years after much of our story, in what could be defined as round or season 3... thus the characters are older, and seem out of character when compared to the younger selves. Nor do we own Matt… the blonde demon as many may call him (I can't write the more severe things here without changing it past PG-13… and also sorry Matt fans… we're all just really mad at him right now.) Oh, and I don't own Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide series that I refer to so often throughout this story... but I am addicted to them. This will, when my whole story is together, be our third movie.
Contents Copyright © 2001 Neo! Anime, USA.
By Lyra Kamiya
Chapter 1
New Beginnings
Sure, he'd met her before... he knew enough to know her name; one of his uncles was the leader of the band to which her dad belonged, and his own mom was a backup singer for the group. One of his best friends was her cousin. But other than her name and those of her parents, he didn't know much about her.
Except that she was beautiful.
Actually, they had been on the same team before, digidestined team in fact, but that had been so long ago, and she had changed so much...
Besides, he couldn't appreciate her, back when he was only nine.
He was talking about, *of course*, Niru, or "Niri", Ichijouji. Her father was a genius, so she was in all the advanced classes. His own father was a major league basketball player who wasn't famous yet, so he was just another B student on the junior high co-ed basketball team.
Such was the life of Doki Takaishi. #A.N.: It's pronounced Doe-key #
His friends called him Dani, short for his middle name Daniel, saying it sounded "more American", since he came from a family of rock stars, roadies, a soccer star, a pro basketball player, and... a flower shop owner... He winced... he had nothing against his favorite aunt, but owning a flower shop isn't exactly a cool job... oh well.
What only a few of his friends knew of was his adventures in the digiworld, which had started over four years earlier, when he was still afraid of the dark. And so many other things.
He stopped to laugh at the thought. Looking back on it, 7 was no age to be afraid of anything, save death, especially for a digidestined. And it wasn't death you needed to fear, just what might come next... Being a digidestined means risking rotten choices, even for a 7 year old with the crest of honesty. His parents had made plenty of them...
Right now, he felt like he was one of them. He was too insane to exist.
He *had* been an accident, as his parents had so kindly not told him and left him to find out from his cousins. His parents had gotten married because he was going to be born... they were planning on marrying anyway, but his mother had wanted to shake Davis off her trail first... This plan failed miserably.
He shook his head trying to regain his thoughts. What had he been thinking about? Oh, yes...
Niru...
He had to be crazy. Or maybe someone spiked his slurpee. But he was actually going to the dance. And she was going to be there. And he was going to ask her to dance.
Not to *the* dance. That, he had already decided, would be suicide. and 11 and a half was not a good age to die. Nor was 7th grade a good time to do so. He was *only* in his second month of Jr. High... he still had at least 3 years left to live before high school. He knew he wouldn't survive through that... only crazy people like Aaron, Lyra, Chad, and his own parents could do that.
Suddenly he remembered he had just been complaining about his own insanity. This further verified his craziness.
Doki continued walking through the nearly deserted school. He had to find something before lunch period ended. You see, he was trying to decide what room he had left his brain in. Or maybe it was in one of his 200 pockets. At this point, he decided he had left it at home with his Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy books. Which might help explain his current dilemma involving a girl with blue hair.
He sighed. At least he still had his physical health, even if he had gone thoroughly mad.
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Niru splashed her face again. She *couldn't* of heard Karyn right. That kid in the hall couldn't have been him. Last time she had seen him, he was short, and adorable like a baby, and scared of half of the evil they faced, and...
Nine.
She slapped her forehead hard, and, satisfied that it did, in fact, hurt, and was, truly, wet, she realized why he didn't look the same.
It had been two years or more since she had previously seen the kid. And now he was tall, strong, brave, a good basketball player, and...
Cute.
Not the little kid "oh would you just look at him he's so adorable" type of cute like he used to be, but he wasn't exactly a drool over him for hours hunk either. Just... cute. And her best friends cousin. and going to the beginning-of-winter dance on the 20 somethingth or otherth that she had decided to go to just to laugh at her cousin and her best friend's older sister. Karyn is never going to forgive me for those four hours... she giggled.
Niru, it seemed, had also left her mind with her Hitchhiker's Guide books. Because the girl whose blue hair bore a striking resemblance to that of her father in his youth except that it actually was befitting to her gender now had an ulterior motive for going to the dance.
She started laughing at her insanity harder than she knew she would be laughing at Lyra, Aaron, Jared, shoot -- all her friends, trying to dance, and walked out of the bathroom.
And into Doki Takaishi.
"Oh...." she said trying to regain her senses. "I'm sorry..."
"No... I should be," Doki commented, then held his hand out. "here... let me help you..." he paused as he spotted the deep blue hair and style that he knew all to well, "..up."
"Thanks..." she took his hand and pulled herself up. She looked up to see who she had run into. She stared shocked at the amber eyes that were unmistakable to anyone but him...
Doki was almost as shocked... he thought it might be her, but he wasn't sure until he saw her face. The eyes were of an even deeper blue than her hair... it was her. "Niri!" he said in shock upon seeing her face.
Niru hadn't fully re-collected before he said that. But the name Niri... what he had called her instead of Niru... he had given her that nickname when they were younger because he had found the "ru" on the end of her name to be difficult to say... he had had a speech disability at the time, but no more. "D-Dani!" she stuttered. Then, acting as if she had just now heard him call her Niri, she began laughing. "Still calling me that, huh? At least someone remembers my old nickname."
"Yeah, well... long time no see, anyway. Where've you been?"
"Oh... we moved back to Tamashi for a while... but dad got sick of it there and so now we're back in good old Odaiba."
"That's good," Doki smiled, trying to avoid blushing. It has been a long time... she's not panicky anymore..., he thought, remembering her old personality. He looked back at her face and instantly was caught by her eyes. They were the same color as they had always been, but now they sparkled like the sun on water, but held the same mystery of the depths of the sea... where before they had been dull and lifeless. He was about to say something, but suddenly the end-of lunch bell caught him off guard. "Yo, we're still all digidestined," he quickly commented as she began to walk away. "Meet me outside the gym after school... maybe you can re-join us."
"Maybe... Thanks though.... Later," she smiled and hurried towards the stairs.
She sure *has* changed... she was always so quiet and reserved... and those eyes... they used to be nothing but color... now they look like the ocean... she was named well... he thought with a laugh. Her full name was Niru Umi, meaning "resembling the ocean". However, it had often been joked that it was because she *resembled* her father. "Hey Hanemon... you still okay in there?" he asked looking into a side pouch of his backpack as he walked out the door. His next class was in another building.
"Yeah... was that Niru you were talking to? Are we gonna get to see her again?" the baby digimon asked. Niru's digimon, Mayumon at her rookie level, had been good friends with Hanemon, and he wanted to get to talk to her again. he figured he might wanna be back to being Guinamon, his own rookie level, first.
"It was her. OK, hang on tight... it's gonna be a bumpy ride..." Doki laughed, eyeing the pole of the staircase that traveled half the way to the door of his next class.
"Oh no... Dani, you didn't wear your Soaping shoes, did you? And there are people everywhere! No, Dani!" Hanemon complained. The shoes that could act as rollerblades for grinding had become one of Doki's favorite things... but that couldn't stop Hanemon from dreading it.
"Here... we.... GO!!!!" Doki yelled, running for the bar and jumping onto the front edge.
"Dani!" and "Watch out, will ya?!" came from various people as he charged through the crowd on his way to the bar. it was nearly 60 feet long... a gold mine to any extreme sports lover.
"Hey, squirt... wait up!" Doki nearly lost his balance as he turned to see Aaron on the opposite bar, also grinding his way down it. Doki looked absolutely shocked as he saw that Aaron was wearing actual blades, not Soapers. "Life's short; live dangerously," Aaron recited while posing with a peace sign.
"Dude we are gonna get so busted. If the teachers ever stop doing this too," Doki smiled, then hopped off as he approached the bottom. Aaron's landing was less graceful. he attempted to jump off but instead fell forward, colliding with none other than Lyra and Kealdra Kamiya.
"Why you... get offa me," Lyra complained. "There are better ways of saying good afternoon to your best friend.
Keli, on the other hand, was appalled entirely at his behavior. "Rollerblades?! During school hours?! You are gonna be in so much trouble, ya Goma," she said, using the nickname so commonly given to class clowns. And… she was right.
"Kido-san!"
"Told ya."
"Come with me. You are headed for the principal's office, young man," Aaron gulped in response. Doki tried to sneak off, but the teacher had seen him. "And Mr. Takaishi... This is your last warning. Now get to class you three," he motioned to the twins and Doki, who quickly obliged.
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"Late, late, LATE!!!!" a girl with strawberry blond hair, a pink shirt, and khaki capris went racing through the hall in a panic. Her sunglasses fell from their place on her head to in front of her eyes, obstructing the vision of her eye that wasn't already covered by her bangs. "Crud! Wait, what the…" she came screeching to a halt on the overpass, and looked out toward the gym. "OK… there's Dani-kun. If he's not late… neither am I," she said before *calmly* continuing on her way. Suddenly, something, or rather someone, else near him caught her eye. A girl with hair that, to Erika, could only be described as "navy indigo" stood talking with him. And only one person in all of Tokyo had a family heritage weird enough to have that hair and in *that* style… some kind of "mix of a hind tapered cut, with a longer ponytail done in a half bun before left to hang in back," as her mom would put it. Erika went charging on towards the gym. She arrived in a huff, then set her sunglasses back on top her head and shook her bangs back into their rightful spot over her right eye before yelling frantically. "Niru-ko's back!! Niru-ko's back!!"
Everyone sweatdropped from watching her make sure she looked 'perfect' before giving them the good news. Then the information sunk in. "Where is she?" half the group asked.
"Oh… you mean I forgot to tell her she was back?" Aaron said sarcastically. Half the group glared at him.
"Outside, with Dani," Erika answered while staring Aaron down. Lyra set her basketball down and walked over and sat down on the bench by Aaron.
"Oh, Aaron-'chan'…" she said in the sweetest, most musical voice she could, as she put her hand on his shoulder and leaned towards him. Everyone else groaned, knowing what was in store for Aaron. And especially because she'd used the more affectionate "-chan"
"Yeah?" he replied with the world's dumbest grin.
"From… now… on… you tell us when a member of our group who had been gone for more than a month suddenly reappears. As her genetic cousin it is your duty to inform us of her whereabouts. GOT… IT…?" Lyra threatened, causing Kori and Re'i's eyes to go wide before they decided to scoot further away in their respective directions.
"Yes-um," he replied way to calmly for his own good. Everyone else had learned to recognize that voice as the one she used right before she was going to attempt to hurt someone. Aaron still didn't notice when his best friend was getting ready for a strangulation attempt on him. Either he was incredibly dense or he liked playing stupid. He was the local Goma… so the second option was fairly likely. Especially around Lyra, since they had been best friends for over nine years and had managed to live through practically everything together. Everyone had a sinking sensation for the last two or three years that Lyra would be Mrs. Kido within five years, though since she might as well have been the world record holder for most stubborn tomboy and Aaron just wasn't that kind of guy, neither one had even remotely hinted at that possibility. It had only been assumed because it seemed to be a common occurrence in Lyra's family… first her parents, then her aunt… if they were, a boy, a girl, and best friends, they were destined for each other… that was the Kamiya way. ( ^_^ wrath of the Kamiyas… lol)
Just as everyone, save Chad and his CD player, was breaking into laugh riots watching Aaron run circles around the gym with Lyra's hat in hand, Doki walked in… Niru in tow. "Hi, everyone…" Niru smiled.
"Yo," was the general response from the group, except for Kori, who only smiled, Chad, who did nothing, and Erika, who did her mom's classic freaky smile and said "WhyhelloNiruUmiKoIhaven'tseenyouinforever," in less than half a breath. Everyone gave Erika this blank look, sweatdropped ^_^ ' and ran over to Doki and Niru.
After a short while of conversation from everyone but Chad (yes, Kori did come over and talk) the conversation somehow got pointed back at Doki. "So," Jennifer smiled, "You guys are probably gonna go back to being best friends again, huh?"
"Um…" recalling what they had been thinking before running into each other they each blushed lightly and coughed. Kylie Marie responded with a light cough, more of an attempt to suppress a laugh than anything else. Doki was also half Kamiya… Jennifer had practically suggested that Doki and Niru were about to turn into Romeo and Juliet or Tony and Maria, or Bonnie and Clyde (no, wait, that's something else…) but anyway, she had been accusing the two of a lot without even realizing it. "Yeah, I guess so," Niru finally said cheerfully after a long, uncomfortable silence. "We can, just, sort of, pick up where we left off." Suddenly she noticed everyone, even (world record!!!) Chad and Kori staring at her. "Um, I mean, all of us can is what I mean I mean geesh why does everything have to be about me and Dani-chan -- I mean -kun -- I mean not that that's a bad thing or a good thing I mean or well you know what I mean yeah, tell 'em Dani…" she put her hand behind her head in the classic 'I have no idea what the heck I just did' way and blushed =^_^=' because this was all rather embarrassing, having no idea what the heck you just did and such. Everyone again stared at her again in disbelief that she could get more out without breathing than Erika. Then they turned to Doki for a response.
"Um, yeah!" Doki sweatdropped and mirrored her pose. Everyone sat there dumbfounded.
"Alright…" Keiji mumbled. "Niru just proved for the first time in her life that she is my mom's niece, Dani proved that he is related to TK yet again, making him the only one still who is obviously 100% with the genetics he's supposed to have. And two other things: one, please Niru, don't give him some kinda dumb nickname like 'Oki-Doki' or something, and two, I'm outta here cause speaking of my mom, she called and she needs help with the groceries," he smiled. Everyone, except perhaps Niru, knew why his mom would need help with the groceries currently, since she was Yolei, who *never* needed help from anyone.
"Oh, you mean because she's going to have the baby?" Niru inquired. (did I seriously just use that word? And spell it right? I need to stop saying stuff about the Izumis then…)
Well, that blew the theory of her not knowing. "Um, yeah… it is… well, gotta go," Keiji sighed and wandered out of the gym.
Keli collapsed against the side of the bench, in between her sister and Re'i. She sighed quite loudly. The only problem is, Lyra and Keli had inherited another Kamiya curse… they sighed, and it sounded like "sigh". Therefore, Aaron always the an opportunity to make a joke. "Duck?" he replied. (do you get it? Yeah… it is dumb… and no duh, I don't own pokémon or any thing like that.) This was one of the few jokes that no one ever laughed at. Lyra reached over and 'claw' gripped Aaron's head. "Ok, ok, shutting up," he said, swatting her hand away. "There… happy Lyra-ko?" Lyra grinned in response.
Re'i finally spoke. "Where's the meeting this weekend? You know? The cover meeting so they don't know we're in the digiworld?" a cover up such as a study group was the only way some of them, like Jennifer, had of being able to go to the digital world. Everyone shrugged.
Niru looked around, and, satisfied that they weren't gonna volunteer this century, raised her hand. "I haven't *ever*, and besides maybe we can throw a party while we're at it!" No one objected to her idea. But how far from a party it'd be…
Next Chapter: Saturday Insanity—Takaishi Style
Tell me what you guys think! ^_^ Can you tell things got more hectic as we got older already? Yeah… well, the last chapter will scare you then… I know these are short chapters, but there will be 6 of them, and the whole thing was too long for one story (except by Logan's standards), and this was the only way to split it up… Review please!