Chapter 12: As Two Roads Separate We all met at the airport the day Asia was going to leave.

On Christmas she gave us all gifts. I got a mini gold chest. It could expand and if you walk down it you land in my own personal room. Zoeie got an opal necklace and bracelet and a sapphire ring. J.P. got a silver and gold dragon pendent. Kouichi got a blue sweater and jeans. Asia even got something for Kouichi's mom. It was some hospital card thing that was supposes to help her mom.

Takuya got a trophy of him as Agunimon stepping on top of a Devimon. He obviously liked it. He wouldn't stop talking about it all night. I though he would never shut up. I don't know when he stopped because I fell asleep listening to him jabber on and on about it.

~Asia's POV~ Before I boarded the plane I wanted to talk to my friends one last time. I hated good-byes. I talked to them and asked if I could have a private word with Kouji. I watched the others walk away.

"Kouji, I'm going to miss you soo much. Pressure between my eyes were building.

"Not as much as I'll miss you. You were the only person who truly understood me." It felt as though my heart was crumbling into pieces. Water filled my eyes, but I wouldn't let them come out as tears.

"I wish we could be close together."

"There are always wishes that come true." I felt his arms wrap themselves tightly around my waist. My head was on his shoulders and I buried my eyes on top of his jacket. A single tear fell, followed closely by another.

"It's alright; I'll meet you in the digital world. We'll be there together. And no one can separate us there," he told me. Those words, only words, brought me through the dreaded pain I felt.

As I boarded the plane my eyes didn't leave Kouji until the plane was above the clouds and the airport was a black dot as small as a beetle. I sighed. My life, my dream, felt as though they were trickling out of me like the sands in an hour glass. Slowly but surely it would be empty soon enough.