Everything I used in the last part is from the original ep where Koushirou and Mimi were trapped in that temple, minus the "Computer Geek Pipsqueak" thing since that's from the English dubbed version. The "Koushirou-baka" and everything is from the original. It's one of my fav eps, along with the one with Bakemon terrorizing Jou and Sora, and no people, Jou doesn't say "Bakemon lose your power," in the original version. He's actually using a shinto chant.
Anyway, I like the original version of that ep much better than the dubbed version. I like it better mainly because Koushirou seemed a bit more concerned about Tentomon and Mimi when comparing him to here. Also, when Tentomon was saying that something was wrong after Koushirou just stopped talking abruptly here, in the original, Koushirou was talking to them and warning them that something was in the maze with them and to get away. Tentomon didn't speak at all for that entire scene because Koushirou was doing all of the talking. I guess it's easy to give lines to a character whose mouth never moves n e way. :-p I really disliked that, though. Here, it seemed as if Izzy didn't care to much whether they got out safely or not, whereas there, he was throwing out suggestions and stuff. Another reason I liked the ep was because of how they ended up with each other's partner. Koushirou with Mimi's Palmon, and Mimi with Koushirou's Tentomon.
Another thing, the Centauramon (sp?) that was in the maze, didn't talk
until after the Black Gear was taken from out of him. He didn't
speak until he explained about the Digivices to Koushirou and Mimi.
That was pretty much how it was with most of the Black Gear Digimon they
encountered. As a matter of fact, Unimon never spoke at all in the
ep where Gomamon evolved to Ikkakumon for the first time to save Jou.
They just removed the gear and he just flew off, not uttering one single
line and when he returns as one of their allies that Mimi found at the
end of 01, he didn't speak. Never mind all of that though.
How is this fic so far? Don't forget to leave those comments and
reviews. They are highly appreciated. ^_^ Now, as always, I do not
own any of the characters or places associated with the game, manga, or
show.
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The walk lasted a pretty good while, Mimi still following Koushirou,
who was following the signs that led up to the mall. The walk would've
continued, but
Koushirou stopped in front of a big, plain looking building with a
playground and a bunch of children playing outside.
"Why did he stop here?" Mimi wondered to herself.
She got a little closer, but remained unseen.
"The mall is just a few more blocks away from here..."
"I found it!" Koushirou gasped.
"He found it? What did he find?"
The girl looked at the building, reading the big sign.
"Hikarigaoka Adoption Agency & Orphanage?" she read. "Why would he want to go in there?"
"All of the answers I have been searching for is right here in this building."
Mimi watched Koushirou stand there, staring at the building. To her, it looked as if he were debating with himself over something.
"But what about Mimi-san? I should really go and find her...but I am right here.."
The boy shook his head.
"No, I need to know! I'm going in! Mimi-san will just have to wait!"
The boy sighed.
"I am sorry, Mimi-san, but this is more important than your shopping obsession," he said to himself.
With that, the boy walked up the pathway and entered the building.
"He went in? I wonder why..."
The girl shrugged.
"Maybe he does community service."
The girl decided to follow him in, but decided to keep a low profile and to remain unseen. Her curiosity was getting the best of her now.
"I wonder where I go," Koushirou muttered out aloud.
The boy looked around and saw a lot of young children playing. The place resembled an orphanage more so than an Adoption Agency. Koushirou just assumed that over the years, it had been changed to one. A little ways behind, Mimi was snooping. She was trying to figure out why Koushirou would be in such a place, not even assuming the obvious.
One of the children who was sitting by themselves, saw Koushirou and ran up to him. It was a young girl and she looked to be about four years in age.
"Are you going to be my new brother?" the girl asked.
"Um, excuse me?"
"Are you going to be my new brother?"
"Your new brother?"
The girl nodded.
"Can you be my new brother?"
The girl lowered her head.
"I don't have my real big brother anymore," the girl said with a frown. "The orphan people told me that he is never going to come back and neither is my mommy & daddy and that I am going to get a new mommy and daddy and maybe a new big brother too!"
"I can not be your brother, I am afraid..."
The girl looked as if she were about to cry. Koushirou noticed and continued on.
"...but I can be your friend. My name is Koushirou."
The girl smiled and hugged Koushirou. Koushirou didn't really know how to react to the girl's sudden show of affection. He really wasn't the affectionate or emotional type. He just hugged the girl awkwardly back. Mimi, who had ducked her head out a bit more from behind the tall potted plant she was hiding behind, saw this and smiled a bit. The sight of Koushirou with a young child was cute to her and his expression was pretty funny, which caused her to giggle a bit. She couldn't wait to get back and tell Miyako about all that she was seeing.
"Yay!" the girl cheered. "My name is Kimiko! Are you going to take me home with you? It would be so nice to have a big brother and a mommy and a daddy again!"
"I-I would, but I can't," Koushirou told her, feeling a bit sorry for the girl.
"Oh..."
The girl, once again, looked like she was about to cry, which caused Koushirou to panic again, just like he had earlier.
"No, wait! Don't get sad. I, um, promise that I will visit you and the other children every Sunday until you can find a family of your own. I can act as your big brother until you get a real one again," Koushirou said on the spur of the moment.
"I would really like that!" the girl smiled. She then cheered.
"I finally have a big brother again! I loved my big brother.
He used to play with me all the time when mommy and daddy was away.
When I came home from daycare with Aunty Yoko, our whole home was gone.
Koto-niichan was there too," the girl explained, her head lowered.
****
"That poor girl," Mimi said to herself, still in her hiding spot.
"Her entire family must was killed. I wonder if their place caught
fire."
****
Before Koushirou could respond to Kimiko's sad story, another small
child ran up to Kimiko. It was a boy who looked to be about six or
seven years in age.
"Kimiko-chan, we want to play Hide & Seek, but we need another player."
"Ooh! I love Hide & Seek! I'd love to play, Motoki." The girl then turned her attention towards Koushirou. "Do you want to play too, oniichan?"
"No thank you. You should go on and play with your friend."
"Okay, oniichan!" the girl said, running off with her friend.
"Bye Bye!"
****
"That was really sweet and kind of Koushirou to promise to come here
to see that girl every week. I'm sure that made her day. Being
all alone like that, a friend would be most helpful to have."
****
"Who's that guy?" Motoki asked Kimiko as the two headed out towards
the playground.
"My new big brother! Isn't that great!"
"Cool! Maybe one day I can find a family too."
While the two were running, Kimiko noticed Mimi standing behind the potted plant.
"I wonder what that girl is doing."
"Who knows," Motoki shrugged. "Let's just go play!"
****
Koushirou found his way to the front desk. There were three people
sitting there...two women, and one man. The oldest looking one of
the group looked to be the least busy, so Koushirou went to her.
"Konnichiwa," the woman responded cheerfully. "Watashi wa Mitsuishi Kiyoko desu."
"Um, hi, Mitsuishi-san..."
"How may I help you?" She then gave Koushirou a look. "You
look a bit young to be adopting or fostering a child."
****
"I'll say..."
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"No, no, it is nothing like that," Koushirou assured her. "I
just need a little information," he said slowly.
"Information? What kind of information?"
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"I was just wondering the same thing..." Mimi muttered to herself.
****
"Well, I..."
"Oh no!" Mrs. Mitsuishi interrupted before Koushirou could finish. "I hope you are not here for what I think you are here for!"
"Huh?"
"Young people your age come here all the time now-a-days, hoping that their parents never find out...afraid of bringing shame to their family."
"They do?"
She nodded.
"I should have these right up here since you children don't know how to control yourselves now-a-days so often, which is really a shame when you get right down to it," the woman said while looking for some papers. "Back in my day, we waited. At least you are being responsible, though, and are willing to take responsiblity. It's not often we see stuff like that."
A moment later, she found the paper she was looking for.
"Here is the paper work that you will need for your situation and it should explain everything you need to know," she said, handing the paper to Koushirou. "Now, where is the girl?"
While waiting for Koushirou to respond, Mrs. Mitsuishi noticed a person standing a little ways behind Koushirou.
"I wonder if it is that tanned hair girl that is standing in the back," she said to herself. "She looks about his age. I wonder why she is back there anyway. She looks as if she is waiting to be invited up here."
"Girl?" Koushirou asked.
"Yes, the girl whose baby you fathered that you now have to put up for adoption since you can not afford to keep it."
"What!?!" both Koushirou and Mimi said at the same time, only Mimi said it to herself and Koushirou's face had gone completely red.
"That wasn't the response I was expecting. Where is the child
and the girl? If your parents didn't notice the child then she must
be a really stout girl who didn't look as if she weren't pregnant at all,
or either she's the very small type who only looked like she gained a small
amount of weight. How old is the child and how long ago did the girl
have it? We must have this information." The woman was quiet
for a short moment. "Hmm, I guess she hasn't had the child yet and
you are just here to make the arrangements early..."
****
"Oh my gosh! Koushirou is a father!" Mimi said to herself, still
pretty shocked over what she had just heard. "Is that why he is here?
To get the papers to get the child put up for adoption?"
The girl got out of her shocked mode temporarily, thinking over the situation.
"Whoa, I never knew Koushirou had it in him to actually do that. He's more experienced than I thought when it comes to girls. Wow, he has himself a secret lover, whom of which he's never told us about."
The girl then mentally slapped herself.
"What in the world am I saying! Koushirou got someone pregnant!
Mr. I only like to sit in front of the computer and ignore girls, got somebody
pregnant!" She then shuddered a bit. "Why does that sound so
wrong and disturbing to me..."
****
It took him a while, but he finally came back to reality to defend
himself, his face still incredibly red...
"No, I am not a father! I don't even date! I do not
have any children! I don't even have a girlfriend!" He then
thought, "That's common?!"
****
Hearing this, Mimi sighed out in relief.
"Whew, that's a relief. Koushirou getting someone pregnant literally
disturbs me, but then again, I would feel that way about Taichi-san, Jou-senpai,
and Yamato-san too. I would get incredibly disturbed if Takeru-kun,
Ichijouji-kun, or Daisuke-kun did and even more disturbed if Iori-kun
did! They would probably have to lock me up since I would pass out
from the shock!"
****
"Oops, my mistake," the woman said with a nervous sweat drop.
She took the papers and put them away. "I am really sorry about that.
It's just I get so many children coming in here now-a-days with children
that they can't afford to take care of."
"That's okay," Koushirou said, still a bit flabbergasted over the accusation. He literally couldn't imagine himself in the situation.
"Now, what type of information did you say you needed?"
"I need information about one's adoption. I am trying to find
out about someone's adoption."
****
"Why?" Mimi wondered. "I wonder if one of his parents are adopted
and hates to talk about it, which is why Koushirou came all the way here.
Maybe one of them was adopted from here. I wouldn't be surprised
if his entire family was from here."
****
"Young man, I can not give out such confidential information unless
those involved with the adoption itself is present!"
"I am more involved than you know," Koushirou muttered under his breath.
"I have been here for almost 20 years and this is the first time a child has come in requesting such a thing."
"Gomen..."
"Cheer up, you look like a good kid," the woman smiled at him. "I am sure I could explain the procedures of how one is adopted," she said to herself, coming to that particular decision.
"I don't mean to cause any trouble," Koushirou told her.
"I figured that. Anyway, I may be able to tell you something based on my own knowledge. I remember some adoption cases more so than others."
"I guess that will work. I am curious about the Izumis. Do you know anything about them?"
"I was not expecting him to give me a name. I wonder if I should really tell him anything about them," the woman debated with herself. She then said to Koushirou, "The name is familiar, but there are probably a lot of Izumis around here. The name is quite common."
"You don't remember any case dealing with the Izumis?"
"Well, now that you mention it, I do remember this one case dealing with this couple who wanted to adopt a child badly and luckily, they found one. I remember their case because I dealt with it personally and some cases are more memorable than others. Their particular case was, especially with what the child they had adopted had been through as well as themselves. They were Izumis," she told him.
"Interesting," Koushirou said, growing more curious about the Izumis.
"I remember them fairly well," the woman said to herself. "I always wondered what happened to them and how they are getting along now with that child they adopted. Now, what were their names? I don't remember the child's name, I probably would know it if I heard it though. Their names were Masami and...oh yeah, Yoshie! I also remember that case because I semi knew the child's real parents..."
"Why were they so anxious to adopt a child?"
"Pretty sad story, but I feel that it is not my place to say. You are a stranger afterall. I am saying more than what I should right now." The woman then gave Koushirou a suspicious look. "Who are you and why are you concerned about the Izumis?"
"Izumi Koushirou..."
"Koushirou?!?" The woman then said to herself, "That was the name of the child they adopted, I remember that now..."
"Yes, that is my name."
"Are you the son of Izumi Masami and Izumi Yoshie?"
"Yes."
"Do you mind if I see some identification?"
"No problem. I don't mind."
Koushirou took out his identification card and showed it to the lady. Koushirou was, indeed, who he said he was.
"So, you really are who you say you are," the woman said as she looked over the ID.
The boy nodded.
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"I wonder what's going on..."
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"So, you are curious about the adoption," she said, handing Koushirou
back his ID. "What have they told you?"
Koushirou lowered his head and said, "Nothing. They do not know that I know."
"Oh."
"I want to find my real parents. I feel that it is time that I
meet them face to face..."
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"Real parents!?! Koushirou is adopted?!?"
