Never Meant to Be

By Anime Queen

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Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, or anything associated with it... so just enjoy the fic!! ^_^ oh, as an afterthought, I do own Chief Hiram... ^_^ hehe I'm not so hopeless!

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Chapter 7

Sora's POV:

I haven't slept all night. In fact, I was still in my black outfit from yesterday. The packet of papers I printed out lay scattered all over the bed, and I was in the middle of it. There was just no limit to the various cases against Damon Li.

I heard the door opening, and I jumped up and out of my bedroom to see who it was. At first I thought it might me Mimi, but it turned out to be the boss.

"There you are," he smiled, but it was very composed, and he only smiled with his mouth. "You should really change into something more comfortable," he said, after looking over me from top to bottom.

"It's five am, sir, I see no reason in changing now."

He didn't say anything while he walked around, and I watched him. In the poor lighting of his office he seemed to blend into the darkness, and now he stood out in the light. I thought it was my imagination the first times, but he really did have black eyes.

"Miss Faye, it's time to initiate the first order of business," he finally said, looking at me hard.

"May I ask what it is?"

"Your first assignment, to prove your loyalty to the New Order."

He reached down at the foot of the couch, and held up a black suitcase. He must have carried it in with him.

"This is for you, I expect you to make full use of it today."

I took the suitcase, but waited until he had gone to open it. He turned, as if to go, but then suddenly grabbed me by my upper arm. He ran his thumb up and down my skin, smiling slightly.

"You work out," he observed.

I nodded. "Every day."

"Good."

And then he left.

I went into the bathroom and washed my hands.

"What a pervert," I mumbled under my breath.

Then I occupied myself with the suitcase. It took me a minute to figure out how to open it, but whne I did, I gasped in surprise. I beheld sniper rifle parts, all neatly arranged in their Styrofoam indentations. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised about it - the guy's a mass murderer - but holding actual weapon parts wasn't something I did everyday. Even my little pistol was safe at home in my bedside drawer. I rarely carried weapons on me.

But either way, I got excited, and it wasn't until I've assembled the thing that I realized what he'd really said. 'Prove my loyalty' - he meant I will have to kill someone today. I guess I didn't have any choice.

I put the rifle down on the couch, so I wouldn't have to feel the cold metal. My feelings didn't matter, I only had two choices. Either go through with it, follow the madman's commands, and infiltrate his mission, or chicken out at the last second and get myself, and probably Mimi too, killed. Well, I guess since I started this whole thing, so it was really my responsibility to keep Mimi safe. And if it meant having to kill someone, then so be it.

Mimi came to check up on me later. Apparently, she also had a visit from Damon Li.

"Sora, what are we going to do?" she asked me. I could see she was worried, so I looked at her reassuringly.

"Don't worry. We'll think of something."

"Really?"

"Really."

She smiled, and, for a while, I almost believed in the possibility of a choice. However, there wasn't any. Should I just tell her? But then she looked so scared. Why didn she become an FBI agent, anyway? She knew what it would involve. I thought she was up to taking risks.

I couldn't pass up this opportunity to show Chief Hiram that we learned a lot, and this was a perfect way to do it! When we infiltrate this mission and expose Damon Li for the power-hungry psycho that he is, we were bound to get promoted!

Yamato's POV:

"Odaiba sure seems quiet without Mimi and Sora," I remarked aloud to Tai as we walked home from school. He didn't say anything. In fact, he hasn't said a thing since they've disappeared. He was taking it harder than I was. But then again, he's been going out with Mimi for quite some time, so they were pretty close.

And Sora and me were just friends. We never talked about anything not school-related. I wished that would have been different. I wished that would have been different. I wished I had more courage and told her how I felt before she disappeared. Was she even alive? Will she ever come back? God, if she ever came back, I swore that I would tell her everything. I swore that I would be a better friend. If only she'd come back safely.

I leaned on a light pole, and wiped at my face. I hadn't realized I was crying, and kind of felt ashamed. But Tai didn't say anything, and I was glad. I was also glad that he didn't patronize me with his 'I told you so's'. But I knew it. He told me so. He told me many times that one day I would loose my one chance to get together with her. Looks like he was right.

"Come on, Matt, let's go," Tai said without any real feeling. I guess he was trying to control his feelings. He grabbed me by the shoulders, and made me let go of the pole. The alley-way ended, and we entered into a busy quarter of the town. Cars seemed to come out of nowhere, and there were people everywhere. But none of that excitement got through to us. We were just trying to get home.

The shot rang out of nowhere. The commotion started almost the instant the sound was heard. The crowd gathered around the body, while the police were trying to determine who has fired the gun. The man got hit in the shoulder, and, apart from the blood in his clothes and on the sidewalk where he lay, he looked all right - he was still alive. The ambulance soon came and dispersed the crowd. Me and Tai watched as he got loaded up, and sped off towards the hospital.

We started walking again, this time cautious, in case the sniper decided to strike again. We turned off into the alley that led to our houses, not saying a word, and walking faster than usual. We reached the intersection that sent us our separate ways. I hurried home, but I couldn't help but spot a huge black limousine parked at the corner. Then, three figures ran into the open doors of the car. I thought I would die when I recognized them.

One of the three looked like Sora. She wore a full black body suit, but I could catch a glimpse of her flaming red hair. The other girl I guessed to be Mimi, although I couldn't be sure. The person accompanying them looked at me with his dark eyes, and my blood froze, much like that first time, when I witnessed him murder my mother.

FLASHBACK

"Mommy, who is this man?" I asked her. We were in the alley behind the supermarket when he confronted us.

"Don't worry, he's... a business man."

He smirked, and came closer.

"Yeah, and the business man wants his pay."

"Yamato, why don't you go wait for me at home?" my mother told me, and gave me a push in the direction.

"But mommy..."

I was about eight years old, but walking home alone wasn't something you did in Tokyo. (A/N: for the purpose of the fic, I had to choose a somewhat dangerous place, where there's crime, so just pretend that Matt used to live with his family in Tokyo for a while.) However, I didn't argue when she turned around, and started talking to him. I rounded the corner, but then watched them from the distance. I watched as my mother pleaded with him, and then as he took out the gun and put it to her head. I heard the shot, and watched as my mother's body fell to the ground, and how three guys dragged her away. And then he looked at me with such malice, that I thought he would kill me. So I ran.

END FLASHBACK

And now Damon Li was back. He saw me, I was sure of it. He recognized me, and knew that I recognized him too. I was pretty sure he would come after me, but he didn't. I ran all the way home, and shut the door.

I think I've finally met my mortal enemy. Everyone is said to meet their own, someday. But the thought that kept running through my mind, was, why was Sora with him? Maybe that wasn't really Sora. She would never mix up with a guy like Li. Maybe I just over-reacted. She wasn't really there, was she?

The phone rang, and I answered on the first ring.

"Hello?"

"Yamato, I'm so glad you're home."

"Hello, Mrs. Takenouchi. How are you?"

"You'll not believe this, but Sora has returned!"

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Ta da!!! Well, that was the longest chapter ever! But, surprisingly, it hasn't taken me but one evening to write it all!! I guess I'm back into the inspiration for this one! Lol that's a good thing, or at least I'm happy ^_^ Newayz, I loved your comments so far, yall are doing such a great job!!! But don't stop with the reviews please!!!