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Digimon Season #3
American version (hence the American names)
Love and Friendship
Ch4.-'The First Arrivals'
When Matt finally opened his eye's he was surprised to find he was looking at his feet. He felt a warm breeze coming from his right. Then he realized he was lying on his back, on the ground, with a stick digging into his spine, and his legs were against a tree. He looked to his left to see that he was still holding Sora's hand, but he didn't see Sora anywhere. Then the stick under him moved and he heard a groan from his right.
"Sora?" He whispered and turned his head to the right to find Sora's face right next to his. Sora was sprawled out on the ground her body facing the opposite direction of Matt's. She slowly opened her eyes.
"They have got to fix those landings." She groaned, and they began to untangle themselves in order to stand.
-Meanwhile- (Back on Earth)
Izzy sat down on the couch with his little brother in his
lap. "See Mikey, this is why you never
should volunteer for anything. Even if
your Mom and Dad really look like they need a break. Cause as soon as you volunteer to do something nice for someone.
Bam! Another world goes into chaos and you can't go and rescue it cause you get
stuck at home. And what are you stuck
at home doing?!?! Babysitting. While
the digital world is in danger your sitting on a couch at home babysitting!" Mikey laughed at Izzy's rants and pulled on
his hair. Hmm. Izzy thought, not paying attention as
his hair was being yanked out. Maybe
I got some more e-mails.
He took a seat at the computer with his little baby brother in his lap. He looked over the baby's dark brown hair to see the screen.
"Mikey, look at the prodigious computer screen." Izzy told the little boy as he typed. Mikey cooed his appreciation and wiped a wet hand across the screen.
"No Mikey, look. Not touch." Izzy said using his sleeve to wipe the screen. He checked his e-mail and received one from Gennai telling him that Sora and Matt had arrived safely and that they were on the way to his house. It also mentioned that the times of both worlds were different and that every time a portal opened the times got changed again.
"Oh..." Izzy said out loud. "That means Sora and Matt could have been there a week already even though it was five minutes ago that they entered a portal." Mikey turned around and looked at Izzy. He cooed showing that he approved of Izzy statement. "Or they could have been there one minute, even though it's five here. Or it could be the same at this moment in time and change at the next portal opening. This is perplexing." Izzy continued to read Gennai's e-mail. Mikey rubbed his forehead and began to climb off Izzy's lap.
"The portal opening will move in the digital world every time it is opened… This could work out to be an advantage or disadvantage. When you get to the digital world please come to my house immediately. Signed Gennai." Izzy read out loud. He checked the airports to find that Mimi was coming in at 7:00 the next morning. Then he checked his other e-mails.
Tai wrote saying that Kari had some freak case of amnesia and misspelled photograph after he had told her about Gennai's letter. She felt much better after she got off stage and she, Tk, and Tai were heading back to Odaiba. The new kids were all staying to watch Ken. Tai, Tk and Kari didn't tell them about the digiworld because they didn't want anyone to worry about their digimon. They would be back home in two day's. Joe's e-mail said that he was making good recovery and that he'd probably be well enough to go by the time Tai got there.
"Well, that's a relief." Izzy said sitting back in his chair. Then the computer went black. "Huh?"
Izzy looked at the computer then felt a cord tug against his feet. He turned to find Mikey drooling over the now unplugged computer cord. "MIKEY!" He yelled grabbing the wire from his hand and dropping it on the floor. "You can't play with electric!" He picked the baby up and carried him into another room.
-Back in the Digiworld-
After walking towards Gennai's house for a long time, Matt noticed the tree shadows getting larger. He looked up and noticed that the light is starting to fade.
"Yo, Sora!" Matt yelled in front of him to get Sora's attention. She twirled around to face him, her hair and skirt moving gracefully with her. "Um.." Matt started recollecting his thoughts. Why was he letting himself get like this, he wondered. "Maybe we should find a place to set up camp, I don't think we'll reach Gennai's tonight."
"Good idea Matt, I think I see a lake up ahead. Maybe we'll be able to catch some fish." Sora answered back, then turned, leading him towards the spot. I had forgotten how sensible Matt was. She thought to herself. It's sort of refreshing. At least he doesn't push himself as hard as Tai. And he doesn't normally make reckless decisions. He knows enough of them happen without his help.
The two stop at the small clearing by the lake. There was just enough of a space to fit the two sleeping bags and make a fire. There was one large rock near the lake, which would be perfect to sit on and catch some fish. Matt and Sora began collecting firewood and clearing the sleeping area of sticks. They made a large pile right where Sora suggested they build the fire.
"Hey Matt, do you want to start fishing while I get some rocks to put around the fireplace and set up the sleeping bags? I only could catch fish when I had Biyomon to help me."
"Okay no problem."
Sora finished setting up camp, and even collected a few fruits to have with dinner. She went down to the lake to help Matt bring back the fish.
Matt and Sora walked back to their campsite, both carrying a fish. "Here, Sora you set up the fish and the fruit and I'll try to get this fire started." Sora nodded taking the backpack from Matt's hand. Sora began to set the fish up on the cooking pan Matt brought. Then she divvied up the fruit into the two plates. Matt went to start the fire. Since the digimon weren't around he had to make it the old fashion way. Matt began the long process of rubbing the two sticks together. Then thinking better of it, he grabbed a knife and hit it against a rock; sparks flew. Matt pulled off his sweatshirt, so the fire's sparks wouldn't catch his sleeves. He caught Sora looking at him. He blushed. "I don't want the sparks to catch on to my clothes." He explained as he struck the knife against the rock again.
"Oh." She said looking down at the plate she was fixing, hoping he didn't see her red face. Matt turned back to the fireplace smiling. I wonder if she likes me… She was blushing, right? In no time Matt had a roaring fire going. Sora handed him the pan of fish and he fried them. Then they both sat down to eat.
"Mmm… Matt this is good!" Sora said eating up the food.
"Thanks, the fruit's good too. Where did you find it?" Matt asked.
"See those trees over there" Sora pointed to some trees behind Matt. "The fruit grows at the top. Biyomon showed me." Sora said smiling. After they finished eating, Matt and Sora got into their sleeping bags to go to sleep. At first the argued about whether or not they should keep watch. Finally they decided to both go to sleep. If something attacked them in the night they didn't really have much of a way to defend themselves anyway. They might as well go to sleep and have more energy the next day. Matt tried to go to sleep, but for some reason he just wasn't tired. He rolled over to look at Sora, who was starring at the sky.
"Sora…" he whispered
"Hm?"
"Can you sleep?"
"No. The sky is to pretty out tonight." Matt looked up at the sky and nodded in agreement.
"And it feels like there's a rock under my head. I'm not use to sleeping on the ground with out my helmet." Sora answered.
"Why did you always wear that helmet?" Matt asked peacefully, still staring at the sky.
"Well I always told everybody it was for good luck, but if you want I'll tell you the long story behind it."
"Please, I've always wondered about it."
"Okay here it goes. I got it as a birthday gift from one of my mom's friends when I was little. I thought it was pretty cool, and really nice of my mom's friend to give me a present so I wore it the next day when my mom took me to a family party. My dad couldn't come of course; he was too busy working, like always. When I was there this lady came up to me and gave me a big hug and said 'My you must be your daddy's little girl'. It was a silly thing to say, really, but I loved the lady for it. She made me feel like my daddy really loved me, even though he was never around like everyone else's father. From then on I wore it everyday to remind everyone, including myself, that my daddy loved me." Sora paused for a moment. "I guess it was kind of silly though. I mean having to wear a helmet to remind myself that I was loved. When I realized this I became angry with my parents, myself, the world." Tears formed in Sora's eyes.
"Sora?" Matt said sitting up. "Sora, your crying." Sora sat up in her sleeping bag wiping her eyes. Matt climbed out of his sleeping bag and went over to her and wrapped his arms around her. "It's okay Sora. It was okay to be angry, you didn't know any better."
"Matt, I hated them. I hated them! How could a child get a crest of love when she had so much hate in her heart?" Sora sobbed into Matt's collar.
"It's not what you were then, it was what you were capable of. Look at me. I was a lone wolf. I'm the bearer of friendship now."
"You are a wonderful friend you deserve the title." Sora said from within Matt's collar.
"As are you Sora, I see it in you. Everything you do, you put your heart in. Remember when I left and you watched Tk? Sometimes I'd sneak back and watch you with Tk. All you ever did was give him and Kari love. You let the evil digimon turn you into a doll before you'd let him have Tk or Kari. Here in this world we were able to become the people we were suppose to become."
"When I came here I realized that my mother loved me, and that she always has. When I got home I realized that even though my father loves his job, he loves me too, and that I love them." She said her tears coming down a little slower.
"You see Sora. Everything turned out okay. Everyone has something they regret, but you can't dwell on it. You can't blame yourself for your past. You have to let it go. I've done some horrible stuff myself. But I've changed and I believe I'm a better person now, and you are too Sora, you are too." Matt held Sora as he felt her shaky breath calm down, and as she fell asleep.
Hey I got back early! Yay!! ^_^ Thanks for all those reviews! I promised two chapters when I got back. Typing the next chapter is taking too long, so I upload another story to make up for it. It's a humor Sorato and Takari called "Babysitting Nightmare".
Just to let you know: if I was making this story Japanese I would call Izzy's little
brother Makoto, but since
I'm doing this using English names I just calling him Mikey. I'm wasn't really planning on making a
Mimi/Izzy romance; it's probably going to be more of a really great
friendship. I like Mimi with everybody
(except Yamato, he's Sora's ^_^). When you review tell me which coupling you
like best. Then I'll know whether to
try and write an Izzy/Mimi, Joe/Mimi or a Michi with the future fics. If I get enough Mimi/Izzy's I might
change this one to be a romance one at the end. Hope you enjoyed! Please Review!!
-Climbing Rose