I can honestly say this, everyone...I have no idea what I was thinking when I wrote this part. This part is definitely PG-13 material, even though it isn't too graphic. I just started typing and this is what I came up with. Surprisingly, I wrote and finished this part before the last part. I guess my subconscious mind just wanted some more conflict, only this time instead of it dealing with Koushirou, it'll have something to do with Mimi. I guess you could say that this part is explaining what Koushirou was so uptight about in the last part. I hope that this part doesn't discourage you from reading any more of this fic. Never mind all of that though. Just read and I hope you enjoy it anyway and remember anything with an "*" means I wrote some kind of a note about it that can be found at the end of this part. It's your choice if you want to read it or not. As always, I do not own the characters or places associated with the game, manga, anime, etc
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Part 13: Mimi's Close Call!

Koushirou and Mimi were now deciding on how to get to Odaiba University. They both decided that they would go to Odaiba University first since Tokyo U was a bit far away from where they were.

"We should probably take the bus."

"But a cab would probably be faster," Mimi pointed out.

"True, but a cap will be a bit more expensive..."

"But it will be faster for us!" Mimi said, wanting to hurry and get the trip over with. "I'll chip in some money if you promise to."

"All right, all right. We'll take a taxi."

"It'll be eaiser than hitching a ride," Mimi laughed.

*Koushirou smiled and laughed, remembering how they, along with the others, were trying to hitch a ride back to Odaiba from Hikarigaoka years ago. Taichi couldn't catch a ride, when Yamato tried, a pretty young woman stopped for him but he was too shy to get in with her, Jou and Koushirou tried, but was almost hit in the process and when they did stop someone, it was a taxi driver and them with no money, caused the driver to continue on. When Sora and Mimi tried, by putting up signs, a young man stopped for them only because he thought the two of them were cute.

Koushirou put out his arm, trying to wave down a taxi, but he was just ignored pretty much.

"That's not the way you get a taxi to stop for you," Mimi giggled playfully.

"Okay, what do you suggest then?"

"Just watch me," she said with a wink.

The girl walked a little ways into the street and put up her arm with her other hand on her hip, making herself look as graceful and beautiful as possible.

"Oh taxi, I need a ride," she said in a babyish tone.

Koushirou rubbed his eyes in disbelief as he saw all of these taxi cabs trying to stop for Mimi. All of the men driving the taxis had lovestruck looks on their faces and spoke in a lovestruck manner.

"I'll be happy to take you some place!" the first driver said.

"You don't want to go off with that guy, come with me," the second driver said.

"I'll drive you around for free and then we can go out sometime!" the fourth driver offered.

"I'm the fastest driver around!" the third one said. "I'll drive all the way to China for you!"

"I'll drive you all the way to England if you would like, and I don't think that's even possible!" the fifth driver said. "But I would find a way!"

Koushirou shook his head at how stupid the taxi drivers were acting.

"These guys are pathetic! It's just Mimi-san, no big deal," he said to himself. "Mimi-san, choose one, they are starting to cause a traffic jam," Koushirou told her.

Sure enough, there were cars piled behind them since they had taken up the street to stop for Mimi. Each taxi driver kept giving reasons as to why Mimi should choose them. She just chose a driver at random and ended up with Taxi #4, the one who had offered to drive them around for free.

The other drivers just grumbled in annoyance and drove off. The taxi pulled closer to the curb so that Mimi could get in. He actually got out and opened the door for her and let her in, totally ignoring Koushirou. After he let Mimi in, he closed the door and ran back to the driver's seat.

"Where to, gorgeous?"

"Um, you shut the door on my friend."

"Friend, what friend?"

"That friend," Mimi said, pointing to Koushirou.

"Oh..."

Mimi opened the door for Koushirou from the inside and he hopped in the back seat of the cab with her. He had a look of annoyance on his face since he was ignored.

"Where to, gorgeous," the man asked, as if he had been struck by cupid's arrow.

"Odaiba University," Mimi smiled.

"Sure thing, beautiful!"

"Uh, hehehe," Mimi laughed nervously.

Koushirou just rolled his eyes at the way the man was acting.

The driver pulled away from the curb and headed towards Odaiba University. He kept smiling and looking back at Mimi, who didn't even seem to notice.

"I see you are a college student. I always found young girls quite arousing."

"Now this is getting weird," Koushirou said to himself.

"Why not ditch your kid brother and go out to dinner with me?"

"Um, no thank you and Koushirou is not my younger brother," Mimi said, growing a bit nervous due to the way this man was acting. "He is the same age as me and we are not college students--we are both in Junior High!"

"How about a little music?" the man asked her, ignoring all that was said by her about Koushirou and her age.

"No thank you."

"Excuse me, sir, but it would be quicker if you were to make a right at the next light," Koushirou instructed, wanting to cut this ride as short as possible. He was growing terribly annoyed with this man and his attempts. "According to my calculations and the distance on this map, it will cut your time by almost ten minutes."

"I know what I'm doing, kid!" the driver snapped at him.

"Hey, if he says that you should turn at the next light, then you should turn at the next light!"

"Yes ma'am!" the driver said, making the turn like Koushirou had instructed.

"I hope we get there soon. I never liked riding too much."

"It shouldn't take us too much longer," Koushirou said while looking at the map of Odaiba. While looking at the map, he started to do some calculations. "According to the distance we have to go, we should only have about another ten minutes to sit here since he made that turn back there."

"I hate that kind of math."

Koushirou just shrugged. Solving distance problems was a breeze for him. He really did enjoy math since it was one of his best subjects. Another reason he had gotten into math was because of his computer. You have to know a bit of math to know the computer the way Koushirou does.

"Hey, Koushirou, did you really mean what you said back at the orphanage?"

"What did I say?"

"About visiting every weekend acting as that little girl's brother."

"You were around for that too!?!"

"I was also there when you temporarily became a father."

Koushirou turned red while Mimi laughed at his expression.

"I'll quit teasing," she said, containing her laughter. "Now, did you really mean what you said to her?"

"I suppose so," Koushirou said while calming down himself, getting rid of his blush. "That was the only thing I could think of to cheer the kid up so I guess I will go. A promise is a promise and it would be very dissappointing to that poor girl if I broke a promise like that." He then got quiet. "I would hate having to be in a place like that, never having a real home...like my mother..."

The girl frowned, thinking about how lonesome Koushirou's biological mother's life was before meeting Koushirou's biological father, as the cab pulled up to a curb. He kept staring at Mimi, as if she were some kind of an object and wanted to buy her, but Mimi, as well as Koushirou, were oblivious to this.

"Here you are, Odaiba University."

Koushirou handed Mimi his share of the fare so she could pay the man and got out of the car, leaving her in it. Koushirou walked a little ways away from the taxi cab and stared at the big building in awe. He had never been to a University before.

"Good, he got out first," the smiled to himself as he saw Mimi counting up the money.

After Mimi finished counting up the money, she handed it to the man.

"Here you go, sir, and thanks a lot for the ride."

"You know, you don't have to pay."

"I don't?"

"No, of course not," he winked. "Why not stay back there while I join you? I have the rest of the day off."

"No thank you."

"How's about giving me a little kiss?"

"Gross! This old geezer can't be serious! He has to be at least 40 or something!" Mimi said to herself, shuddering at the thought. She was starting to get a bit scared at the way this man was acting. "Aren't you married or something?"

"So, what is your point? Even if I did have a wife, I would still go out and find something better. Besides, I prefer nice young school-aged pretty girls."

"Get away from me!"

"If you want, we could find something for us to do so that you can keep that money."

The man turned around, giving Mimi a look which was somewhat scaring her. Koushirou was still a ways off so he didn't know what was going on. The driver smiled as he saw Mimi trying to get out on her side. The door wouldn't budge. That side had a childproof lock on the door. Koushirou's side didn't have the child proof lock on it, which is why it was easy for him to get out. That was also the other reason why the driver had let her in first.

The man saw Mimi about to try to get out of the other door, but he used his free arm to push her back into the seat.

"Save all of that energy for later," he snarled, giving her an evil smirk. He then took out a knife, which caused Mimi to gasp. "You don't want to get yourself hurt now, do you? If you try to get away to your friend out there, I will definitely use this!"

The girl didn't know what to do, and was too frightened to try to scream out. The driver then pulled off with Mimi in the back and drove a few blocks and turned round the corner. Koushirou heard the car taking off and turned to see what the deal was. He saw the cab go around the corner.

"I wonder where he's going...that's a dead end." He then looked to his side to see that he was once again talking to himself. "Mimi-san?"

He asked a couple of people nearby if they had seen a girl that fit Mimi's description, but they shook their heads. Koushirou was semi worried. He was positive that he hadn't done anything to piss her off this time and he couldn't figure out where she was or where she would go. He then decided to run and see where the taxi went. According to his map, the way the cab was speeding towards was a dead end.

"I wonder if she stayed in the car..."

The boy shook his head.

"If she did stay in the car, why?"

He didn't know why, but he had the feeling that something wasn't quite right. He then decided to take out his cell phone to call the cops. He explained his situation to them and they said they would come right over. He was surprised that they had agreed to, but that didn't matter too much to him right now. He continued on to where he saw the car speed off to...
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The annoying cab driver was now in the back with Mimi, but he left the knife in the front seat. He had taken out something else, but he had dropped that when he jumped into the back with Mimi. It made a loud clanking sound, which only something metal would make.

The man had gotten in on Koushirou's side, leaving it slightly ajar, and he had put up the window that separated the front seat from the back so Mimi wouldn't try to get away. The windows were also powered and the man had turned off the engine. The girl was now trying her hardest to get away from the dark-haired man, but he just wouldn't let her and she had no way out.

"Aww, don't act like this," the man said in a loving manner while holding her arm. "All I want is a little kiss out of you," the man said while going towards his belt buckle.

"Let me go!" she screamed as she kicked at the man. "Leave me alone!"

The man kissed Mimi, which angered her terribly. She got her other hand free and punched him in the face, but he just smiled at her.

"I like fiesty girls! That makes you even more attractive," he smirked. "The other girls never complained, they just went along with it, so why don't you? It'll all be over with in just a bit." The man's smile grew even wider as he started to rip the buttons from off of her blouse. "You can scream all you want. I use this alley quite often. This is the best place to come during the day. Besides, even if someone did hear you, I could always say that you agreed to it!"

The man kissed her again, muffling Mimi's cries. He was just about to try something a bit more daring, when he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, which caused him to slump down right on top of Mimi. The sharp pain to the head caused the man to pass out. Mimi felt a bit awkward with the older man on top of her, especially with what he was about to do and it was quite obvious that this man was ready. That's what made her feel the most awkward, not to mention scared.

Mimi pushed the heavy man from off of her while she felt that someone was pulling the man as well from off of her. She saw a certain redheaded boy that she knew quite well.

"Koushirou-kun!"

"Mimi-san, daijoubu ka!"

*Note: Daijoubu ka pretty much means, "Are you okay."*

He gave the girl a hand, helping her up, but he turned his head away from her abruptly, turning a bit red in the face from what he was seeing.

"Um, Mimi-san, your shirt," he said nervously.

The girl looked down and realized that her pretty blouse was ripped in the front. She tried her best to cover herself by holding the blouse closed. She then just stared down at the man in fear somewhat. She didn't know how to react to the situation she was almost in. What surprised her even more was that it was broad daylight. This "jerk" was about to try something in broad daylight and he really didn't care. The end of the alley was pretty dark though, even for a bright, sunny day.

Koushirou really wanted to say something to her, but he really didn't know what to say to her for this particular situation. He didn't know how he should react to her either. Should he tell her everything will be okay? Should he try to act like nothing happened? Should he hug her? He just didn't know. They stood there in silence, until that silence was broken by the sound of sirens.

"Good, the police are here," Koushirou said, still feeling a bit nervous over what had almost happened.

"The police?"

The cops ran down the alley towards Mimi and Koushirou.

"Are you the ones who called in?" the first officer asked the two.

"It was me," Koushirou said, speaking up. "I was the one who called in, sir. I sensed that something was wrong and by the looks of things, I was right. I noticed that the cab that my friend and I had taken just took off and went to a deserted area and I noticed that my friend was missing as well, so I decided to call just in case something had happened."

While Koushirou was telling his story to the first officer, the other three police officers were investegating the scene.

"Hey, it's him!" the second cop exclaimed.

"My god, you're right!" the sargeant said.

"It is Doppo Fumio!" the third cop said in surprise. "We have been trying to catch him for a while!"

"Wow!" the second cop said while handcuffing the man. "Can you believe that they caught him!"

"You're looking at a reward, son," Sargeant Manabu said to Koushirou.

"A reward?" he asked in surprise.

The sargeant nodded.

"We have been after this guy for months! He is wanted all over this country. He just always seems to get away, though. Everytime we get a good lead on this guy, he dissapears before we can catch him. With what you told me on the phone, I found it very suspicious, which is why we took your call so seriously."

"He always abducts young girls and attacks them in the most unpleasant of ways," the first officer explained. "His posing as a cab driver just to abduct unsuspecting girls sounds like something that he would actually do."

"It's quite sickening if you ask me," Sargeant Manabu said angrily. "Thank goodness he didn't get the chance to kill this girl. He always kills his victims after he is done with them," he said to himself in relief.

"Was this man attacking you, young lady?" the second officer asked.

Mimi nodded slowly and muttered out a barely audible "Yes."

"We better take you in, check you over," Sargeant Manabu said uneasily.

"No, no, I'm fine. He didn't do anything to me." She looked over at Koushirou. "He got here just in time."

"Young man, you should consider yourself a hero!" the sargeant said proudly. "What you did showed that you are indeed a great citizen and a great asset to our city!"

"Um, yeah," Koushirou responded, not really knowing how to respond to such a comment.

Since Koushirou had hit him in the head, Doppo Fumio's speech was a bit slurred.

"I don't know what you all are talking about! I didn't do anything and you can't say that I did because she agreed to it!" the man said. "She didn't want to pay the fare so she offered her services!"

Hearing this angered Koushirou tremendously. He literally wanted to knock the guy out for saying such a thing. Mimi just stood there, staring out into space, tuning everything out.

"Anyway, you should arrest that boy for battery and assault!" Doppo said while giving Koushirou a hateful look. "He hit me with something!" He looked down to see a metal object by the car. It was a big wrench that had fallen out when he opened the car door earlier.

"I'm glad I got here in time and I'm glad that I did hit him! I would definitely do it again if ever given the chance. I don't normally resort to violence, but it was extremely necessary and what he was about to do was unforgivable!" Koushirou said to himself.

"Quiet, you!" the sargeant said while giving Doppo a hateful look. "Take a look in the trunk of that cab for weapons of any sort. Search the entire vehicle if you have to!" he instructed his officers.

"Yes sir!" they all said, going off to perform the task.

"I am going to make sure that you never see the light of day ever again!" Sargeant Manabu threatened Doppo.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever," he scoffed as he was being put into the squad car.

The sargeant rolled his eyes in annoyance at the way their prisoner was acting. After being put into the car, he kept shouting out obscene things about Mimi and how she had agreed to sleep with him to get out of paying the fare. The sargeant then turned to the second officer.

"Lieutenant Tsuya, I want you to take care of that young girl over there. It would make sense for a female officer to deal with such a situation."

"Yes sir!"

Lieutenant Tsuya took Mimi aside, who told her that she didn't agree to any of what Doppo had accused her of, while Sargeant Manabu talked with Koushirou. After everything had been discussed, Lieutenant Tsuya offered to take both Mimi and Koushirou home. Koushirou figured that under the circumstances, home was the best idea suggested, but before they left, the press showed up and, of course, asked a bunch of questions.

A lot of nearby people and Odaiba University students gathered around, curious what had happened, but they were forced to leave since this was a "crime scene." Mimi was still pretty quiet over the entire situation and didn't give any kind of a statement. Koushirou, on the other hand, gave statements when asked any questions, but made it clear that he wanted to remain anonymous and that it would be a pretty good idea if they were to keep Mimi anonymous as well.

After they left the crime scene, Lieutenant Tsuya came to the Nishimura home first. Lieutenant Tsuya wanted to talk with Mimi's aunt and uncle about what had happened, but Mimi really didn't feel like bringing it up. Besides, her folks weren't home anyway. Since Mimi was going to be gone all day, her folks decided to go visit her uncle's parents in the country.

"Thank you, Lieutenant Tsuya. I will be fine by myself."

"Are you sure?" the woman asked.

The girl forced on a smile and nodded.

"I will be fine."

Lieutenant Tsuya handed Mimi her calling card.

"If you ever need to talk or anything, feel free to call, okay?"

Mimi nodded as she accepted the card.

"Now, let's get you home, Mr. Izumi."

"I can get out here, ma'am," Koushirou told her. "I can walk home since I don't live too far away from here."

"Are you sure?"

Koushirou nodded.

"Okay, if you insist," she finally said, Koushirou stepping from out of the squad car. "Now, remember, the sargeant will need to see you later on today or either sometime tomorrow, Mr. Izumi about that reward."

Koushirou noticed Mimi's distant look and thought for a moment. He was wondering if it was really worth it.

"Um, you know, I don't really need any reward."

"Nonesense, you helped to catch a major criminal! Young women can now walk the streets feeling a little bit safer since our main attacker has been caught and taken into custody!"

"Okay, okay," Koushirou said, trying to hurry and get off the subject altogether. "I will come in to talk with the sargeant."

"Never mind that, we'll just come to your home."

"My home?"

"Is there anything wrong with that?"

"No ma'am," Koushirou said while shaking his head, unable to come up with a reason for her not to come by.

"Great, we will see you later on this evening, then."

With that, the lady pulled off, leaving Mimi and Koushirou in front of the Nishimura home.

"Thank you for sticking around," Mimi said quietly. "You can go home now."

Koushirou didn't argue with her. He couldn't understand what she was feeling or what she was going through. He wanted to give her some advice, but he didn't know what kind to possibly give her. She was normally the one to give out the advice. He then came up with an idea.

"How about I take you out for a late lunch or maybe we can catch the rest of the party," he suggested. "Hmm, I wonder why Sora-san threw it today anyway if we have our Spring Break coming up next week. Oh, I know. I bet she's throwing it now since she's going to be extra busy with Senior related stuff to have it any later," Koushirou said to himself.

"No thank you," the girl sullenly responded. "I would just rather sit around here for right now, if you don't mind."

"Okay, if you say so."

Koushirou reluctantly walked away as he saw Mimi enter the big, empty house. He really hated to leave her in that state, but that was her wish and he decided to grant that one for her. Koushirou was wondering as to how Mimi would've acted if the guy had actually gone a lot further with her.

"She probably wouldn't be talking at all..."

Koushirou, eventually, made it home. His folks were out as well. Since he wasn't going to be around due to "studying," they decided to go out on a romantic outing together. Koushirou, of course, didn't know that they had decided to make it a romantic outing since he wasn't around. Koushirou sat down on the couch in deep thought, thinking of all that had happened that day...
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Notes

Note 1: This is one long and detailed author's note here. Lucky for y'all, it's the only one. ^^

I described the hitch hiking scene exactly the way it is seen in the original, give or take the order. I don't think I got the order right. A pretty, young woman in a convertible did stop for Yama, but he was too shy to get in the car with the woman. When Tai was dogging Matt for not being able to get a ride here, Matt said, "At least my cat isn't stuck in a tree." There, he said, "There wasn't enough room in the car!" when Tai asked why he didn't accept the ride. He just blushed when the woman stopped who just gestured for him to get in. I have this strange feeling that she wasn't planning on inviting the others along. ^^

When Jou and Koushirou tried, they were almost hit, it was just cut here because I don't remember seeing it. I could be wrong though and I think I am. They weren't almost hit. Tai was. The order was different too. After Tai tried, Jou made a comment, then he pointed over at Jou, Koushirou, and Yamato telling them to try. Jou and Koushirou went next, not Yamato. Then Yamato tried and about a milisecond after he put his arm up, that woman stopped for him. That's how it was set up. ^^

Sora and Mimi actually stopping "Duane" was cut too. They had up signs which pretty much meant that they needed to get to Odaiba. The pedophile only stopped for them because he thought that both Mimi and Sora were cute. And no, people, Duane isn't Sora's cousin in the original and his name wasn't Duane. He didn't have one.

Like I just mentioned, he was just some pedophile who found the two cute. That's also another reason why he treated the boys of the group like crap, he just wanted Mimi and Sora along. Here's another tidbit of information on that particular ep. The song that "Duane" was listening to in the original was the karaoke version of Shinka de Guts, the Digimon's theme for season 1. It's a pretty cool song and it is each Digimon singing about their partner pretty much, minus Tailmon since she wasn't a "good guy" yet. Each Digimon then gives some words of wisdom or encouragement to their partner and evolves to the Adult (Champion) level. That shows how old the song is.

For the second season, the Digimon's theme is called Zettai All Right~Digimental Up!~ All of the second season Digimon, minus Wormmon since he wasn't "good" yet, sing their part and stuff and then give off their main attacks for their child (rookie) level, then they armor evolve--first armor form--and give off their main attack for that level. When I first heard it, the only Digimon I just couldn't understand too well was Holsmon. I finally got it after all of this time. He was using "Mach Impulse."

The second time when Mimi was complaining about the music of Duane's being too loud was playing the song Love Serenade~Etemon no theme~. It's the background music (bgm) that always played whenever Etemon would show up. I wonder how they would've reacted if they played the vocal version of it. lol Surprisingly, I like Etemon's vocal theme, which is ironically called Love Serenade. I still can't take him seriously no matter which version of the show I see him in, but the song was still cool, but that is just me. You know, I doubt that the vocal version of the song was even out yet when that ep aired. Also on that album are songs by Devimon, Ogremon, Chuumon & Sukamon, Gotsumon & Pumpmon, and Pinnochimon (Puppetmon). Probably came out after season 1 was over there. I wouldn't be surprised. Too bad the dubbers don't believe in keeping original music. It would've been nice to hear Love Serenade for the English version and all of the other bgm that sounds cooler for the original...like the kids' instrumental themes.

Oh, another tidbit of info in reference to the hitch-hiking stuff. When Koushirou and Jou were flagging down the cab, the bgm playing was Achiki, Etemon! It's like a little guitar riff that Etemon would always play, which went with the scene pretty good since it's so silly sounding. When they did stop the cab, there was no dialogue in the original. It's just implied that they were talking to the driver. I like how it was done here better, ironically. ^^

I notice the dubbers love to cut hitch hiking scenes or edit 'em, probably to keep kids from going out and trying it themselves; although, I don't think many children are going to literally go out, hop a plane, and go to another country where they don't know much of the language, like the kids did in movie 3. The movie is a grand example of hitch hiking edits. If it weren't for Iori, they would have never gotten those two rides. The one with that crazy driver that was supposedly some relative of Yolei's and the one where they stopped that truck and got in. As a matter of fact, any time where Miyako (Yolei) for the dub mentions something about a relative getting them the transportation, isn't true for the original. These were literally strangers picking them up.

The first time, with the crazy driver, Iori wrote out a sign in English saying "With Monster" hoping to get a ride. Daisuke was pretty much saying that it wouldn't work, but surprisingly they did, and the guy driving just kept saying "Monsters are great" and stuff like that in English.

With the second ride, Iori wrote out a sign that said, "Summer Memory" in English and while Daisuke (Davis), Wallace (Willis), and Miyako (Yolei) were talking, the truck stopped for Iori and they had another ride. I don't remember if that was in the dub movie or not. I've only seen the dubbed version once, but I have seen the original movie 3 at least two or three times. The second one I've seen even more since I liked it so much. The fourth movie, Diablomon no Gyakushuu (Diablomon Strikes Back), about three times. Man, Diablomon sure was desperate to find Yamato (Matt) and Taichi. He was literally stalking them over the net for what they did to him from movie 2. lol ^^