Tym-Sry for the MAJOR delay, you can blame SS for that. She just HAD to finish her story AND put out a sequel while I haven't even put up the 2nd ch.!
SS-Hey, I got my own story to work on you know, and it is MY account.
Tym-Fine, jus say it already.
SS-Bossy bossy, DISCLAIMER: Neither of us authors own Digimon...that means no lawsuits, suing, copying...uh...
Tym-That'll be enough, here goes.
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The Way it's Supposed to be for Me
Chapter 2
Brothers at Heart
****Kouji's bed, around 7:45am****
*RING RING RING RING RING RI-NK* Kouji put his pillow over his head, then reached out and slammed his clock/radio. Takuya wasn't fazed by this, and kept on sleeping.
****In the hospital hallway****
"Ok Tommy, here're the files, now we just have to find Kouji's."
"Ok, but let's make it quick...I don't want anyone to find out."
"Don't worry, no one will, just hurry and start looking." Tommy wasn't tall enough to look at the files on the high shelves, so he looked on the computer.
"They should have the files here too. *click click* Hm...this shouldn't be very hard. *click* Not there. *click click* Ahh ha! I got it! JP, over here, I found the files!" JP hurried over, then looked at the file Tommy had pulled up. "There's Takuya's...hm...that's weird."
"What?"
"Well, they order this by last name, Kouji's file should be right above Takuya's." He scanned the list one more time.
"Hey, there! *points to Kouji's name* You must have missed it." Tommy double clicked it and Kouji's birth certificate popped up. JP read it.
"This certifies that Kouji Kimura...was born to Lena Kimura and Daniel Minamoto...at The Children's Hospital...(Fictional info...sry, don't know his parents' real names)" JP stopped reading and looked at Tommy.
"Wow JP, you were right, Kouji was adopted."
"Yea, but, I didn't want to be right." After reading it again, to see if there were any mistakes (no mistakes), Tommy closed the file, and they both left for the field, after all, the game started in a lil more than 30 min. And they wanted to get there early to talk to Kouji about this.
****Back in Kouji's bed, 8:25am****
The sunlight slowly poured in through the blinds as Takuya turned to his side. The bright light seemed to disturb his slumber so he turned again, and...*thump*...he fell off of the bed. "Ow!" He got back on the bed and rubbed the side of his head. "Thank goodness we have a soft carpet." He looked over to Kouji who, despite having a pillow covering his face, seemed to be sleeping well. His attention turned to the clock by him...8:25am. "Wh-what!!! When did it become 8:25??!" He quickly crawled over to his brother and shook him. "Kouji! Kouji wake up!" When he didn't get an answer, Takuya took the pillow and hit him with it.
"H-hey! Takuya stop it!" When the brunette put the cushion down, he continued. "What is it?!" Takuya grabbed the clock and placed it in the others' hand, he looked at it. "8:26?!?!! When did it become 8:26?!!?"
"I don't know, but we gotta get down to the hospital right now!" Kouji tossed the clock aside and then they both scrambled out of bed and threw on their clothes.
"Come on, we hafta get in, out, and back to the field in 34 minutes!" He ran out with his jacket over his shoulder while the other boy quickly tied his bandana on his head. As they dashed through the kitchen, they ran into their mom.
"Well good morning you two." Takuya grabbed some toast and Kouji
gave their mom a quick kiss before replying.
"Sorry mom, but we gotta go." They sprinted to the door, put on their shoes and in a few seconds, they were out the door.
"Uh...uh ok. See you boys at the game!" The two boys stuffed the toast in their mouths as they headed for the hospital.
"Do you...really think...that...we can make it?!"
"A'course! Have I...ever steered ya...wrong?" Kouji thought about that, but was brought back into reality when Takuya smacked him. "Just...just trust me, all right?"
"Fine." They reached the hospital and were in the halls around 8:34, they were both out of breath, but they were there in good time. "Now where do we go?"
"The main office. *looks down the hallway...points to the right* Thata way." Both of them started slowly but broke into a jog when no one came. They stopped in front of the desk and saw that nobody was there either, so they skipped the crawling in and just walked through.
"Where do you think everyone is?"
"I don't know, let's just get the files before they come back." Takuya found the files arranged on the shelves across from the desk and started there, while something on the computer screen caught Kouji's eye. He took a seat and grabbed the mouse, then double clicked the file on the desktop named 'Male births: '88-'90'. After it opened, he found dozens of names listed in alphabetical order, so he scrolled down until the 'K's' and searched for his name. He found Takuya's, but he couldn't find his own...doubled checked, nothing.
"Hey Kouji, mind giving me a hand?" When he didn't get an answer he turned around, saw his brother sitting at the computer, and walked over to him. "Whatcha find?"
"All the birth records of boys from the yr. 88-90."
"Hey, then you should be right *points to screen*...hey, you should be above me."
"But I'm not. Where am I?" Takuya took control of the mouse and scrolled through the list again, then he found his name. "Here it is, 'K., Kouji' you musta missed it."
"Hm..." Kouji wasn't sure about that...his name should have been right above Takuya's, not half a scroll above. *click click* Takuya opened the file and, upon finding his birth certificate, stopped to read it aloud.
"(on top) Birth Certificate. (Bottom) This certifies that Kouji Ki-Kimura..." Takuya paused, but continued. "...was born to Lena Kimura
and Daniel Minamoto...in The Children's Hospital, at 9:40 pm (fictional info.)..." He drifted off obviously not needing to go any further, then stared at Kouji. His face was expressionless, but his eyes said everything. They weren't blank, but oddly dark, they held shock, sadness, and confusion. He blinked after a minute and looked down, so Takuya took this opportunity to close the window and cleared the desktop. Then he shook him gently, until he spoke up.
"Well, I guess we can go now." He was about to get up until Takuya pushed him back down.
"Wait a min. don't you wanna talk about this?" Kouji pushed pass him, stuffed his hands into his pockets, and started walking.
"No, not really." Takuya quickly followed.
"Why not? You've been antsy about his for two days, and when you finally learn the truth, you shove it off like it was nothing."
"..." Takuya grabbed his shoulder, which stopped him in his tracks.
"Remember that it doesn't matter-" Kouji broke his silence.
"It does matter! I...we just found out that mom isn't my mom, dad isn't my dad, Shinya's just another lil boy, and that you're...you're just a friend. I-I can't handle this ok!" Takuya was a little hurt about the 'just friends' part, but kept his grip.
"You-you have to confront this, or at the very least, accept it."
*sigh* "I don't want to. It's just hard to say it's true, hard accepting that the people you grew up with...aren't who you really think they are." He said it slowly, trying to get the point across.
"Kouji, I'm still the same person...so's mom, dad and Shinya. We're not any different just because we're not blood related. I thought you would understand that writing on a piece of paper...er, screen...uh, you know what I mean, doesn't change anything."
"..."
"Listen, you, for some unknown reason, didn't grow up with Mr. & Mrs. Minamoto. You grew up with me, mom, dad, and unfortunatly, Shinya. You grew up in our house, you don't know any other house...and you don't know any other family. (Tym-How corny is this? SS-Keep going, you have to finish. Tym-hmph...your fic was never THIS sad. SS-That's cuz I got skills...now keep goin!) So even if you go to them, it won't be the same, buddy. Your whole lifestyle will change...nothing would seem right. And you wouldn't have a brother like me around anymore." Kouji shook his head, then sighed...a happy sigh. Then he turned around and started walking again.
"I am losing my touch, and apparently my common sense." He turned back to look at his brother. "Thanks, but now we really got to get going."
"Ok, what time is it anyway?" Both of them looked at the clock...then back at each other.
"8:57!?!?!?!" They bolted out of the hospital and headed straight for the field.
"That took a lot longer than you said it would!"
"Yea well, I didn't think we'd actually find it." Kouji stared at him.
"WHAT!?"
"Just kidding! I thought things woulda worked out faster that's all." They ran across the street, ignoring the lights (Thankfully there weren't many cars...look both ways!) like they weren't even there.
"I'm glad I found out about all this, but can you imagine if I stayed with them?"
"Yea, definitely! I mean, you'd be Kouji Kimura. *smirks* Heh, that sounds so weird!" Kouji nodded as he ran.
"Uh huh! Wait, wouldn't I be Kouji Minamoto?"
"Oh yea! Hahahahaha! That sounds even funnier!"
"I know! Glad I'm not related." He realized what he just said and mentally slapped himself. "Oh man! I am Kouji Minamoto!"
"Hehe. Don't worry, there are ways to change that, after the game." They turned the corner and spotted the field, then sprinted the rest of the way.
"Right. Hope you're not too tired Takuya, you have a whole game to get through you know."
"No big whoop, I'm just full of energy." They finally came to a stop when they reached the gates, then saw their friends, family, and his coach coming towards them.
"Where were you Kanbara?! We need you out there, now!" The coach blew his whistle and pushed him out into the field.
"Ok, ok, I'm goin, I'm goin!" We tossed his red jacket to Kouji and jogged out to the middle of the field. In no time, the game started, and Kouji went over to JP, Tommy, and Zoe.
"Where were you guys? Don't tell me you forgot about the game."
"Of course not Zoe, we...had some things to take care of."
"Oh, that reminds me, *drags Kouji over* we got something important to tell you." Tommy ran up to JP.
"Are you sure we should tell him now?"
"Yes, it's better if Takuya wasn't there." Zoe peeked in, not wanting to miss whatever it was they were talking about.
"Ok guys, what's up?" JP took a deep breath and put his hand on the dark haired boy's shoulder.
"Kouji, this maybe hard to accept, but..."
"Well, what JP is saying is, um...we went to the hospital earlier, to check some records when we found yours..."
"Yea, and we opened it to look and...well, you're...you're adopted." He braced himself, thinking that Kouji was going to lash out or freak out, but when nothing happened, he stared at him. "Did...did you hear me?"
"I heard you loud and clear JP...oh! That's why the file was open when we got there."
"What? You went to the hospital too?"
"Uh huh. Takuya and I went there and checked my files...that's why we were late." Zoe decided to step in.
"Oh, that's why-wait...you're adopted?"
"Yea, my real mom is Mrs. Kimura. I have no idea who she is though."
"Hm...Kimura...hey isn't there a kid in our class with that last name?"
"The new transfer student? I think so."
"Come to think of it, he does look like you, same hair color, eye color, lone wolf...hm...what was his name?"
"Kevin?"
"No...Cole?"
"Uh uh, oh! I remember now, it's Kouichi." Kouji raised an eyebrow at her.
"You sure?"
"Yea, Kouichi Kimura." Kouji thought about it, and realized that Zoe was right. The new student looked just like him, and has the same last name as his birth mom. But there was a chance that they weren't related...right? He broke from his thoughts when Tommy cut in.
"Um...Kouji? Are you still going to...to live with Takuya?" He looked out to the field, then back to the threesome.
"Yes, yes I am."
"But why? You know who your real parents are, you know someone that should be your real brother, why don't you go to them?"
"Because JP...because I already live with my real parents, and he *points to Takuya* is my brother, so I really see no reason to go live with people I don't know instead of with a family...my family that I grew up with."
Zoe smiled, Tommy grinned, but JP wasn't on the same level.
"You do know that this isn't the way it's supposed to be right? That you should get to know your real family."
" I never said I wouldn't get to know them...I probably will. And I know that this isn't how it's supposed to be, but *looks over to parents in the bleachers, then to Takuya scoring a goal* it's the way it's supposed to be for me."
****Kouji's Journal****
"I don't know where to start, so many weird things happened today...hm, well, Takuya's team won, that was surprising. Anyway, when we got back, Takuya and I confronted our mom.
*flashback*
"Hey mom, can we talk to you?" Their mother smiled, and took a seat while her two sons stood in front of her.
"Of course, what is it?" They looked at each other, and Kouji decided that he should start.
"Well, you know this morning, when we raced out of the house?"
"Yes, yes I remember that."
"You should know that, that we didn't go to the field to practice...we went to the hospital."
"Why would you go to the hospital? Especially when Takuya's game was in 30 min?"
"We...we went to go check my records. My birth records..." His mom wasn't ready for that one, but she acted as if nothing was wrong.
"I see, but why would you want to?"
"I was...curious. Anyway, we found my birth certificate...and it said that...that..." Takuya decided to take over, seeing how Kouji was still uneasy about it.
"We found out that Ms. Kimura is Kouji's real mom...uh, birth mom I mean." She still didn't react. "So, that means that you adopted him...right?" It felt like an eternity before their mom finally answered.
"I don't know what you boys are talking about, you know that you're brothers-" Their dad cut in, apparently tired of listening from the kitchen.
"Now now honey, I think they should know." She looked at him.
"No, it's not time yet."
"I think it's all right. *looks to Takuya and Kouji* Yes, you boys are very good sleuths, and you're both right." He took a seat next to his wife and continued. "Kouji's birth mom is Lena Kimura, and she was married to Daniel Minamoto, one of my closest friends."
"That still doesn't explain how I grew up here when you both knew my real parents."
"Well, Daniel and Lena soon divorced after she gave birth to you and your twin Kouichi-" Takuya was surprised with that last bit of information.
"Wait a minute! Kouichi, the new kid? He's your real brother?! Your real twin brother?!?!"
"Yea, didn't-oh that's right."
"What's right?"
"I talked to Zoe, JP, and Tommy while you were playing, and we kinda figured that out."
"Anyway," Their father continued. "Your birth mom kept Kouichi and your father kept you. Since we were good friends, he came over often to talk to us about the divorce, and when he talked to us, he left you with Takuya." Their mom finally cut in, deciding to tell some of the story.
"It's no wonder you two get along so well, you played together every time your father brought you over. *smiles* You two became fast friends."
"It was like that for about 2 years, of course the visits slowed down after he got all the paper work in order. Still, he came by once and awhile, sent over pictures, we kept in touch."
"Then one day he came by and told us he had to go away on business, that he had to fly to America and stay there for a week or so. He thought that it would be better for the both of you if he left you here, with us until he came back. We accepted of course, and he left. It wasn't unusual anyway, you two were used to sleepovers, so we just told you that Kouji was staying with us for awhile." She looked over to them, they hadn't phased that much, they just wanted to hear the rest. She continued.
"We fixed up your room so that you could stay together, and that was how it went for the next couple of days. Both of you were fine with this, even though your father and I were busy, you kept each other company. Then, after the week went by, we called your house to see if your father had returned, but he hadn't. I assumed that his plane was delayed, or he had to stay there for a few more days, we didn't worry, and it wasn't like you were a burden, Takuya was happy that you stayed longer. A week turned into two, then three, and we had no idea what had happened to him. On the 4th day of the 3rd week we got a call saying that the flight returning from America had..."
"..had run into trouble, and never made it back." Kouji's eyes slowly sunk down, and a blank look crossed his face.
"The social security services called and said that we had two options, we could wait for them to come and get you, or we could keep you, since your father did leave you in our care."
"We tried to reach your mother but apparently she moved, and we couldn't find her to tell her about what had happened. And since we weren't about to let social security take you, we decided to keep you."
"So that's why there aren't any pictures of you before you were 2."
"Yea, I guess." His voice was dull, and Takuya put his arm around him. Their father finished the story.
"We still tried to contact your mother, but we just couldn't reach her. So we adopted you, and put in another twin bed across from Takuya's. We brought over your things, and since then, you were part of the family. We told everyone you two were brothers, and that was that."
"Yes, and we were glad to have another son...of course then Shinya came and...well, that's another story. However, I don't understand something."
"What mom?"
"Ever since I could remember, you two always got along, and you never questioned the fact that you're brothers...why now?"
"Oh, well, it just came up and-"
"I just wanted to see if things were really the way they were supposed to be. I'm sorry, I just wanted to know that truth."
"It's all right, we should have told you sooner, but I thought you were too young-"
"Young? Honey they boys are 14 not 4. Although you were questioning when you were that young too."
"Really?"
"Man Kouji, you've been hooked on this thing for a long time."
"Well, you didn't do anything drastic like going down to check your records, but you did wonder why that man didn't take you away anymore. (Kouji was about 2 when his father went away) We just told you that he was your uncle who like spending time with you, and that he went away. I had a feeling you didn't buy it, but you didn't mind so long as Takuya was still with you." Takuya grinned, as Kouji looked away, a slight blush on his face from that last sentence. Then he got up and hugged his mom, as thanks for telling him.
"Oh, my son, I'm glad you're happy." Takuya got up after him.
"Hey! What about your other son!"
*end flashback*
Man was that embarrassing, but at least things are getting back to normal. I'm going to see my birth mom and Kouichi tomorrow, I bet that'll be interesting. Takuya offered to come with me, to make things a lil easier, but I said it was ok. I have to confront this on my own, *shakes his head as he writes* that's just like him to care too much. *looks to the 1st things he wrote (the 1st bit in the prologue) Yea, I learned my lesson, and I hope that this is the 1st and last time I have to go through something like this. I mean, why can't Takuya go through one of these 'discover yourself' phases? It's because he's too optimistic and happy.
Like I said, some good came out of this...but if I had a chance to do it again, I wouldn't have let what JP and Tommy said get to me. After all, isn't that what started this in the 1st place? *hears footsteps* Takuya's coming, if he already thinks I've lost my touch, then he'll think I've fallen off my rocker if he sees me keeping a journal. -1/10/03 (Tym-no offense to anyone who keeps journals...cuz I do)
****End journal, in Takuya & Kouji's room, 11:30pm****
Kouji closed his journal as Takuya approached him. "What were you writing?"
"Uh...*pushes journal into the open drawer*...nothing, just checking something."
"Oh, ok." They both went to their beds, and Takuya slumped into his as Kouji sat up. "Well, g'night Kouji." He waited for his brother's response, but when nothing came, he slowly sat up. "Kouji? Hey, Kouji?" He got up and walked over. 'This seems oddly familiar.' He hopped onto his bed, which finally got the dark haired boy's attention.
"What? Um, good night." Takuya got hold of his arm before he could retreat to his covers.
"Hold up! I remember what happened the last time this happened. Are you still thinking about it?"
"No...well, not in the same way. I was just thinking how glad I am that it's all over." Takuya smiled, and fell onto his pillow.
"Good, I'm glad it's all over too. You sure you don't want me to come with you tomorrow?" Kouji fell next to him.
"Yes I'm sure, besides, you should talk to the others...you know, get everything straightened out." Takuya lifted the covers and got in.
"Ok, if that's what you really want." When he saw that his brown haired brother wasn't leaving, he sighed and got in, obviously not bothered by it.
"How many times...or how many nights are you going to sleep in my bed?" Takuya turned around to face him.
"Why? Do you want me to go back to my own bed?" The puppy eyes got him, but he didn't mind if he stayed anyway...just curious.
"No, you can stay, I was just wondering."
"Oh, mmm...I don't know. This'll be the last time if you say good night when you're supposed to."
"Does it really matter? You know I'm going to sleep."
"Well...we've always said it, at least...I think we've always said it."
*flashback (Last one, promise!)*
Their mom had just tucked them in (This is after they adopted Kouji, and he's sleeping in his own twin bed across from Takuya.) and left, leaving a small crack in the door. There she watched them for a minute, and was surprised when she heard them talking...1st was Takuya.
"This is weird, we're so far apart *sits up* I can't even see you, it's too dark." Kouji sat up too.
"I know. How come mom moved me here instead of next to you like last night?"
"I don't know...to give you space I guess."
"I have my own bed, I think that's enough space. It's just harder to talk to you when I can't even see you."
"Yea, but we're s'posed to be asleep anyway...so I guess it's ok."
"Uh huh...*falls back to his pillow*...guess it's ok." Little Takuya fell back to his bed as well, feeling sleep come to him.
"But...it's still weird...being so far away from you."
"I know, but you can come over if you want...you know, when you can't sleep. It's not like we're in separate rooms."
"Really?"
"Sure."
"Thanks Kouji...not like I will or anything..."
"Yea."
"G'night Kouji."
"Night Takuya." Their mom smiled, then turned and walked away.
*end flashback*
"Come to think of it, you said I could come over anytime."
"Yea, and you said that you wouldn't anyway."
"Uh...oh well, let's just get some sleep."
"Now that's a good idea." Takuya smiled, then said his last words.
"G'night Kouji." Kouji smiled too, though it wasn't as visible.
"Night Takuya." Again he was pulled into a hug, and after all that has happened today, he returned the gesture, causing Takuya to make Kouji's chest a pillow, and Takuya's soft brown hair brushed against Kouji's chin. From outside, their mother was watching them drift to sleep, she smiled at her two boys. Her husband came up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, she put her hand on his as he spoke.
"Just like when they were 5."
"5? That's not when we adopted Kouji."
"I know, but that's the 1st time Takuya snuck over to Kouji's bed and slept with him."
"I don't remember that."
"Um...must have been one of the nights I watched them instead of you, I think he had a bad dream. At first, Kouji wouldn't wake up, but he got in anyway and soon he fell asleep. I think just being near him calms him down, you know, makes him feel safe. I'm glad Takuya has him...that they have each other."
"Yea, it's great. I hope Kouji will be all right seeing his birth mom and twin brother tomorrow."
"Don't worry about him, he'll be fine. Now let's go to bed before we wake them."
"Ok." As they both walked away, Takuya opened his eyes half way and looked up.
"Do they really think that we didn't hear them?" Kouji kept his eyes closed, but answered anyway.
"Uh huh, they think we're fast sleepers." Takuya closed his eyes again and smiled.
"Like we'd fall asleep that fast." After the minute of silence Kouji knew what was coming, and was prepared for it. He reached for another pillow, ready to smack him if he made his move. But it wasn't what he had expected.
"G'nite...for the last time tonight." Kouji was surprised, he could have sworn Takuya was going to tickle, tackle, or turn him over and off the bed.
"Uh...yea, night Taku-*smack*" His crafty brother had lured him into a false sense of security, and then got him from behind. "I should have, known! *smack*"
"Ok. *escapes his brother's hug and sits up* I wasn't going to hit you again, but since you started it...*picks up pillow* let's finish it." Kouji sat up too, getting his pillow in the process.
"1st of all, you started it, 2nd of all *smack* you'd better get defensive." As the two battled it out their mom heard something, so she got her husband and returned to their spot in front of the door. At that time, Takuya had straddled Kouji, and was smacking the pillow covering his face. She was going to step in and settle them down, until he stopped her.
"If we go in now, they'll settle down, but start again once we leave. It's best to let them get it out of their systems...they'll be exhausted soon enough." By now Kouji had pushed his brother off of him and was letting him have it, while their mom shook her head.
"Oh, all right. And here I thought they were already fast asleep." They started walking back to their room as she took one last look.
"Nope, those bundles of energy would never get to dreamland that quickly." As they got to their room they turned off the lights, and the smacking sounds seem to have ceased. "See, I told you they would wear themselves out sooner or later." No sooner had he finished his sentence did the noises start up again. *sigh* "Or maybe not. Well, let's just go to sleep, after all, they won't be able to get up in the morning." Back in the boys' room, after about 5 minutes of war, they were exhausted, and were lying on his bed. Kouji was on his back, pillow under his head and knees up in the air (feet still on the bed). Takuya's head was also on his pillow, but the pillow was on Kouji's stomach, neither one knew who had won, all they knew was that neither could make another move.
"Please tell me that this will be the last good night."
"Um...ok. Until tomorrow, g'night Kouji."
"Yea, tomorrow's another night. Night Takuya." Sleep welcomed the weary brothers as the clock struck 12am, but neither heard it. That was ok though, they could hear it later, for as Kouji had said, tomorrow's another night.
End, fini, finished, done.
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Tym-Man that took forever...night'e'night. *falls asleep*
SS-Tym! Argh...he needs to work on being an author. Oh well I guess he does deserve a good rest, after all he worked really hard on this 2-shot fic. It's not exactly how I would have written it, but hey, I'm not a Digimon authoress. Sweet Dweams Tym, and Sweet Dweams minna-san! plz r/r for my lil friend.