Time Lost (.And Life Goes On) pt.2
-By Yo-yo
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Digimon, but since I don't, I'll just sit here in the dark room and cry with shame!
Time Lost (.And Life Goes On) pt.2
"Aki! Jimmu! Get down here if you want me to drop you off at the mall!" Tai called from the kitchen. Kobe entered the room, his uniform on and a gym bag slung over his shoulder. "Ya' ready?" he asked. Kobe nodded, his short black spikes standing motionless. "I just need to fill up my water bottle and then I'm good." "Well hurry, those boys are coming." "Yeah." Eleven-year-old Kobe replied heading for the fridge. Well he'd certainly followed in his father's footsteps. He was the athletic one of the family, Akira giving up that title when he was twelve, after finally discovering girls. Even when he was younger, Sora named him the next Tai Kamiya, but he didn't believe it until he saw Kobe's first game. The way the natural talent burst forth from him, intricately weaving between the players, scoring the goal with pure fluency. All the Kamiya's had grown quite tall, except for Kobe who seemed to not have had his growth spurt yet, but as Tai was reminded, he hadn't even hit puberty yet. Kobe was handsome and rugged. His large dark brown eyes were his most beautiful feature. They were so intense showing every emotion he'd ever had, making it impossible for him to lie. His hair had been cut and styled making him look dark and mysterious. Although not as many girls fell over him as they did Aki, he was still known to get a couple of calls at night. "Tai, I think you need to get a repairman in here, that sound is driving me crazy!" A young woman entered the kitchen. She was petite and slightly on the pudgy side. Her short black curls cradled her face giving her a warm appeal. Her round face was slightly pink and blotted with what looked like hives, but were only signs of excursion. Her golden brown skin glistened with sweat from her morning exercise routine. She was wearing a ratty sweatshirt and matching pants. On her feet were scuffed running shoes. "Well Mika can you do it, I'm a little swamped right now." "When would you like to have them?" she asked grabbing a rice cake from one of the storage containers. "Whenever. You're going to be the one here with them, I'm going to be at work, you know that." "Ok." She sighed munching on the pale piece of cardboard and marching upstairs. Bounding down the stairs came Akira followed by Jimmu. Aki had definitely grown in the past four years. As his body matured, his face grew more handsome. He played the bad-boy card, becoming one of those James Dean, rebel-without-a-cause, popular types. Soon he and Jimmu were being swamped with phone calls from girls and love notes from secret admirers. "We're here Dad." Aki sighed pushing his dirty blonde, corkscrew curls away from his forehead. Tai looked at Aki, he understood why the girls fell over him. He was what girls liked. He was tall for fourteen, his body long and lean, with the suggestion of those rock star lean muscles lying beneath his lightly tanned skin. His dusty grayish blue eyes always seemed to twinkle with mischief, even when he was totally innocent. He definitely played the part of bad-boy really well, and looked it to. He was wearing a black Metallica t-shirt, baggy navy jeans with a silver chain running from one of the pockets, a black puffy vest, and on his feet heavy black boots. "Akira, you know it's May, right? Aren't you a little hot?" "Dad, stop hating on my style." Kobe, with a chocolate chip cookie in his mouth began to choke. Then after a few hard taps on the back from Tai, he began chuckling at his older brother. "Ha ha! Your style, Dad's hating on it!" he couldn't hold back the new wave of laughter that bubbled up, "That's so funny!" "Shut up man!" Kobe sneered. "Anyway." Tai smiled knowingly to Kobe. "Guys, I'm gunna' be late for work if you don't hurry." "You always say that." Akira mumbled under his breath. Just then T.J. came into the kitchen, trailing behind him was Pepper on a leash. "Thanks for walking Pepper, T.J." Tai sighed shaking his keys to warn the boys. "Wasn't Mika supposed to walk him?" "Yeah, but yesterday she started that whole, 'I gotta' diet before I go to my sister's wedding' thingy. So she couldn't do it." He sighed. "Dad, can I use the car?" T.J. asked bending down to remove the leash from the dog's matching collar. "Whatever." Tai sighed throwing the keys to him. T.J. had turned into another Izzy (or Iggy as his wife used to call him). At sixteen he was top of his class and a computer freak. Sometimes Tai had to ground him from using the computer even when he hadn't done anything wrong. He'd grown tall and handsome, the epitome of Tai, with his mother's eyes. His father's wild hair had been slightly tamed and hung down his back, curling over his collar. He was smart and silent, never too social which was why he was comfortable in his relationship with his long-time girlfriend, Keiko. "Daddy, I'm ready!" Lily grinned bouncing down the stairs. Tai looked at her, his face surprised. ".You've got practice today?" He asked, but his question came out as a statement. "Obviously." She grinned, using one of the words T.J. had taught her. Seven-year-old Lily stood before him wearing a dusk rose leotard. Her long honey brown curls bounced down her back as she grabbed the black bag with her name monogrammed over a pair of ballet shoes. "I'm going to be really late now!" Tai growled pushing his hair back. "I can't believe I forgot!" "You said that last week Mr. K." Jimmu smiled. ".And the week before that." Kobe offered. ".And the week before that." She smiled. "Take the hint Dad, you always forget. You're old, maybe you're getting that old timer's disease?" Akira grinned innocently. "Shut up Aki." Tai groaned. "Dad don't worry, I'll take her to practice." T.J. offered. "Thanks T.J., I gotta' repay you for that." "No you don't," Lily protested, "The only reason why he's taking me is because Keiko likes me, and he's trying to impress her! You're so selfish!" she smiled smugly. "I am not!" he cried, "Keiko and I have been together far too long for me to try to impress her, plus I'm just too damn charming for her to resist." "T.J. watch your language." Tai laughed. "Are you guys finally ready?" "Yeah." Kobe smiled taking a swig of his ice-cold water bottle. "Dad, make her change!" Aki cried looking at his little sister. "Lily, you know the rule, we don't accept pink in the Kamiya house." Tai sighed enforcing one of the golden rules. "But Dad, I got the lead part in the summer program, this is a part of my costume." "You did!" Mika gasped running up to the little girl. Lily hugged her tightly, "Yeah, that girl, Jenna, she gots to understudy me!" "She has." T.J. corrected. "I bet she's jealous!" Mika grinned ignoring T.J. "Yeah, she gave me a mean stare when the parts were posted. But I just stuck out my tongue at her and said, 'I guess you lost.'" "You're evil!" Mika laughed giving her another hug. "Can you braid my hair please?" she asked raising her green eyes to meet Mika's. "Sure sweetie." "Dad, she's hypnotizing Mika, she's evil, even Mika admits it!" Aki accused, "We gotta' give her back." "Shut up Aki, you know you love me!" she sneered. "I love you like I love a canker sore." He smiled. "So he loves you lots." Kobe interpreted. "I thought so!" she laughed. "Uhhgg, girls." He sneered. "Aren't they what you're so worried about being late to meet?" "Squirt, you really don't wanna' get on my bad side right now." He warned. "Don't do that tough guy stuff on me, Akira!" "Then who should I do it to?" "Your girlfriend, Mai Lynn." She laughed. His face grew red as she laughed at him. "Shut up, Squirt! Mai Lynn is not my girlfriend!" Jimmu laughed as his best friend turned the color of a beet. "Shut up Jim!" he glowered. As Mika began to French braid the little girls hair, she looked up at Tai. "Tai, I called the repairman, he's coming tomorrow-" "No!" everyone shouted simultaneously. "What?" she gasped, looking at everyone wildly, even Jimmu, who wasn't part of the family shouted at her. "No, not tomorrow." Tai replied calmly, "Nothing tomorrow." Then her eyes opened wide, "Sorry, I forgot. I gotta' call him back after I finish this." There was a tense silence in the room as they all thought of the next day. Finally breaking the silence, Tai turned to Mika, "Well, since we're on the subject anyway, would you like to come with us?" If it were possible, her eyes opened even wider. "Really? But I'm not one of the family? Wouldn't that just be awkward?" "No," Lily whispered turning to look at her, "Can you come? You are one of the family." "Well yeah." She smiled looking into those eyes. "And Jimmu, same question goes to you?" Tai smiled. "Y-yeah." He grinned back. "Ok, well c'mon guys, we're gunna' be late." "Bye Daddy." Lily smiled. "Bye Lily Billy." He grinned.
TBC.
A/N: hope you liked this one; I just have one more part to this one, and then it's done. And if it isn't obvious enough, Mika is the nanny. And she and Tai are not like that. They are simply friends.
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Digimon, but since I don't, I'll just sit here in the dark room and cry with shame!
Time Lost (.And Life Goes On) pt.2
"Aki! Jimmu! Get down here if you want me to drop you off at the mall!" Tai called from the kitchen. Kobe entered the room, his uniform on and a gym bag slung over his shoulder. "Ya' ready?" he asked. Kobe nodded, his short black spikes standing motionless. "I just need to fill up my water bottle and then I'm good." "Well hurry, those boys are coming." "Yeah." Eleven-year-old Kobe replied heading for the fridge. Well he'd certainly followed in his father's footsteps. He was the athletic one of the family, Akira giving up that title when he was twelve, after finally discovering girls. Even when he was younger, Sora named him the next Tai Kamiya, but he didn't believe it until he saw Kobe's first game. The way the natural talent burst forth from him, intricately weaving between the players, scoring the goal with pure fluency. All the Kamiya's had grown quite tall, except for Kobe who seemed to not have had his growth spurt yet, but as Tai was reminded, he hadn't even hit puberty yet. Kobe was handsome and rugged. His large dark brown eyes were his most beautiful feature. They were so intense showing every emotion he'd ever had, making it impossible for him to lie. His hair had been cut and styled making him look dark and mysterious. Although not as many girls fell over him as they did Aki, he was still known to get a couple of calls at night. "Tai, I think you need to get a repairman in here, that sound is driving me crazy!" A young woman entered the kitchen. She was petite and slightly on the pudgy side. Her short black curls cradled her face giving her a warm appeal. Her round face was slightly pink and blotted with what looked like hives, but were only signs of excursion. Her golden brown skin glistened with sweat from her morning exercise routine. She was wearing a ratty sweatshirt and matching pants. On her feet were scuffed running shoes. "Well Mika can you do it, I'm a little swamped right now." "When would you like to have them?" she asked grabbing a rice cake from one of the storage containers. "Whenever. You're going to be the one here with them, I'm going to be at work, you know that." "Ok." She sighed munching on the pale piece of cardboard and marching upstairs. Bounding down the stairs came Akira followed by Jimmu. Aki had definitely grown in the past four years. As his body matured, his face grew more handsome. He played the bad-boy card, becoming one of those James Dean, rebel-without-a-cause, popular types. Soon he and Jimmu were being swamped with phone calls from girls and love notes from secret admirers. "We're here Dad." Aki sighed pushing his dirty blonde, corkscrew curls away from his forehead. Tai looked at Aki, he understood why the girls fell over him. He was what girls liked. He was tall for fourteen, his body long and lean, with the suggestion of those rock star lean muscles lying beneath his lightly tanned skin. His dusty grayish blue eyes always seemed to twinkle with mischief, even when he was totally innocent. He definitely played the part of bad-boy really well, and looked it to. He was wearing a black Metallica t-shirt, baggy navy jeans with a silver chain running from one of the pockets, a black puffy vest, and on his feet heavy black boots. "Akira, you know it's May, right? Aren't you a little hot?" "Dad, stop hating on my style." Kobe, with a chocolate chip cookie in his mouth began to choke. Then after a few hard taps on the back from Tai, he began chuckling at his older brother. "Ha ha! Your style, Dad's hating on it!" he couldn't hold back the new wave of laughter that bubbled up, "That's so funny!" "Shut up man!" Kobe sneered. "Anyway." Tai smiled knowingly to Kobe. "Guys, I'm gunna' be late for work if you don't hurry." "You always say that." Akira mumbled under his breath. Just then T.J. came into the kitchen, trailing behind him was Pepper on a leash. "Thanks for walking Pepper, T.J." Tai sighed shaking his keys to warn the boys. "Wasn't Mika supposed to walk him?" "Yeah, but yesterday she started that whole, 'I gotta' diet before I go to my sister's wedding' thingy. So she couldn't do it." He sighed. "Dad, can I use the car?" T.J. asked bending down to remove the leash from the dog's matching collar. "Whatever." Tai sighed throwing the keys to him. T.J. had turned into another Izzy (or Iggy as his wife used to call him). At sixteen he was top of his class and a computer freak. Sometimes Tai had to ground him from using the computer even when he hadn't done anything wrong. He'd grown tall and handsome, the epitome of Tai, with his mother's eyes. His father's wild hair had been slightly tamed and hung down his back, curling over his collar. He was smart and silent, never too social which was why he was comfortable in his relationship with his long-time girlfriend, Keiko. "Daddy, I'm ready!" Lily grinned bouncing down the stairs. Tai looked at her, his face surprised. ".You've got practice today?" He asked, but his question came out as a statement. "Obviously." She grinned, using one of the words T.J. had taught her. Seven-year-old Lily stood before him wearing a dusk rose leotard. Her long honey brown curls bounced down her back as she grabbed the black bag with her name monogrammed over a pair of ballet shoes. "I'm going to be really late now!" Tai growled pushing his hair back. "I can't believe I forgot!" "You said that last week Mr. K." Jimmu smiled. ".And the week before that." Kobe offered. ".And the week before that." She smiled. "Take the hint Dad, you always forget. You're old, maybe you're getting that old timer's disease?" Akira grinned innocently. "Shut up Aki." Tai groaned. "Dad don't worry, I'll take her to practice." T.J. offered. "Thanks T.J., I gotta' repay you for that." "No you don't," Lily protested, "The only reason why he's taking me is because Keiko likes me, and he's trying to impress her! You're so selfish!" she smiled smugly. "I am not!" he cried, "Keiko and I have been together far too long for me to try to impress her, plus I'm just too damn charming for her to resist." "T.J. watch your language." Tai laughed. "Are you guys finally ready?" "Yeah." Kobe smiled taking a swig of his ice-cold water bottle. "Dad, make her change!" Aki cried looking at his little sister. "Lily, you know the rule, we don't accept pink in the Kamiya house." Tai sighed enforcing one of the golden rules. "But Dad, I got the lead part in the summer program, this is a part of my costume." "You did!" Mika gasped running up to the little girl. Lily hugged her tightly, "Yeah, that girl, Jenna, she gots to understudy me!" "She has." T.J. corrected. "I bet she's jealous!" Mika grinned ignoring T.J. "Yeah, she gave me a mean stare when the parts were posted. But I just stuck out my tongue at her and said, 'I guess you lost.'" "You're evil!" Mika laughed giving her another hug. "Can you braid my hair please?" she asked raising her green eyes to meet Mika's. "Sure sweetie." "Dad, she's hypnotizing Mika, she's evil, even Mika admits it!" Aki accused, "We gotta' give her back." "Shut up Aki, you know you love me!" she sneered. "I love you like I love a canker sore." He smiled. "So he loves you lots." Kobe interpreted. "I thought so!" she laughed. "Uhhgg, girls." He sneered. "Aren't they what you're so worried about being late to meet?" "Squirt, you really don't wanna' get on my bad side right now." He warned. "Don't do that tough guy stuff on me, Akira!" "Then who should I do it to?" "Your girlfriend, Mai Lynn." She laughed. His face grew red as she laughed at him. "Shut up, Squirt! Mai Lynn is not my girlfriend!" Jimmu laughed as his best friend turned the color of a beet. "Shut up Jim!" he glowered. As Mika began to French braid the little girls hair, she looked up at Tai. "Tai, I called the repairman, he's coming tomorrow-" "No!" everyone shouted simultaneously. "What?" she gasped, looking at everyone wildly, even Jimmu, who wasn't part of the family shouted at her. "No, not tomorrow." Tai replied calmly, "Nothing tomorrow." Then her eyes opened wide, "Sorry, I forgot. I gotta' call him back after I finish this." There was a tense silence in the room as they all thought of the next day. Finally breaking the silence, Tai turned to Mika, "Well, since we're on the subject anyway, would you like to come with us?" If it were possible, her eyes opened even wider. "Really? But I'm not one of the family? Wouldn't that just be awkward?" "No," Lily whispered turning to look at her, "Can you come? You are one of the family." "Well yeah." She smiled looking into those eyes. "And Jimmu, same question goes to you?" Tai smiled. "Y-yeah." He grinned back. "Ok, well c'mon guys, we're gunna' be late." "Bye Daddy." Lily smiled. "Bye Lily Billy." He grinned.
TBC.
A/N: hope you liked this one; I just have one more part to this one, and then it's done. And if it isn't obvious enough, Mika is the nanny. And she and Tai are not like that. They are simply friends.