Loving Your Enemy

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Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from Digimon, but I do own my story
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Previously:
After school...
"Ishida! You got nerves to do that to ME!" Mimi said as she slammed her locker shut.
"Hey! If I hadn't done that, we would probably fail Literature because of YOU!"
"No, we won't!"
"Yes, we do!"
"Fine! Now what? I have to act with a scum-bag!" Mimi shouted sticking her tongue out at him.
"Wow! What a coincidence! I have to act with a bitch!"
"You! Urgh!" Mimi was too angry to continue. She grabbed her back and stomped off, leaving Matt to snicker at his victory.

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Chapter 3: Misery Over A Split Second

Two whole weeks had past, and today was the worst of all in Mimi's life...
"Mimi... Please don't feel bad any more... It's all over," Hikari said, trying to comfort her sister as they reached their house. "I-I'm fine, Kari... Don't worry too much about me. I mean, you're right... It's over..." Mimi sighed dejectedly. Her eyes were downcast and her head wasn't facing up either. Mimi blinked away her tears and ran all the way upstairs to her bedroom.

Hikari was very worried for her elder sister. She knew it wasn't her fault, but she too was pretty much disappointed. Hikari decided she should give Mimi time to think through it herself, and so she made herself comfortable on the couch and dialed a certain number...

"Hello? May I speak to Takeru, please?"
"Oh, hi there Hikari! What's up?"
"Well, Takeru... my sister's very upset, you see..."
"Upset? But how come?"
"Oh, it's not good... she practiced very, very hard for the National Cross-Country Championships and..."
"Yeah, I heard about it, Hikari. But I didn't know your sis is an athlete. What happened?"
"S-She didn't make it to first..."
"But many people didn't make it too."
"No, it's much worst... she was second in place and she lost by a split second."
"Oh man... that's way, way worst! I'd rather be third! So now what?"
"I'm not sure Takeru. Erm... do you still wanna come to my house for dinner?"
"You mean I still can?"
"Of course, Takeru! Although I'm not celebrating anything..."
"You expected your sis to win, did you? *Sigh* I really sympathise with her,"
"Thanks Takeru. Are you bringing your brother along?"
"I think so... you mind?"
"Nope. The more the merrier!"
"Okay, sayonara!"

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At Takeru's house...
"Aniki! Aniki! Can we go over to my friend's house for dinner? Please..." Takeru asked as he showed his infamous puppy dog eyes. "Friend?" Matt asked skeptically. "Hai! Her name's Hikari. She invited us," he said. "What's the occasion?" Matt asked again. "No occasion, aniki. Just to get to know each other. So can we? Please?" Takeru said tugging on his brother's sleeve. "Okay, okay! Stop pulling my sleeve!"

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Back at Mimi's house...
"Come on, sis! You must be hungry by now..." Hikari pleaded as she knocked at her door. Just then, the door swung opened. Mimi wiped her teary eyes and nodded, putting on a sad smile. "My friend is coming too..." Hikari added. Mimi just nodded simply and headed to the bathroom to wash up. Mimi loved to take baths, especially since she's seriously in need of relaxing. She filled the tub with warm water and bubbles. After about 20 minutes, she remembered about the dinner. 'Oh dear, if I don't get up now, the food's gonna be cold,' she thought as she wiped herself dry and put on a white silk spaghetti nightgown.

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"Your house is large and beautiful, Hikari!" Takeru commented as he stepped into it. It was very well furnished and the place was mainly painted cream. "Arigatou Takeru," Hikari said, as she blushed a little.

After a while...
"What's taking your sister, so long?" asked Takeru. "What? You mean your friend has a sister?" Matt accidentally blurted out the question. "Yup. Oh, don't mind her, let's start eating," Hikari said as she started first. Just then, Mimi slowly descended the stairs. She had her hair cascading down her shoulders and back, instead of her usual ponytail as it was still very wet.

"I'm sorry, did I keep you all waiting? Gomen ne," she said politely. She hadn't noticed intense blue eyes staring at her. "So Hikari, who's your friend?" Mimi asked as she averted her eyes to the young boy, around Hikari's age, sitting beside her sister. 'Hm... He looks a little familiar...' Mimi thought for a while.

"Oh, he's name is Takeru," Hikari replied. "T-Takeru?" Mimi said. "Huh? Mimi? Is that you?" Takeru stated as his face clearly lit up. "What a coincidence," Mimi commented rather monotonously, but she had on a polite smile. Takeru nodded in reply. "Hn! Can we start eating now or what?" a voice sounded annoyingly beside Mimi. "Huh? What the-" Mimi turned her head, only to realised the soul sitting beside her was a arch-enemy of all times- Matt Ishida. "Who invited YOU?" Mimi asked rudely, pointing a finger at him. "If Takeru had told me YOU'D be here, I wouldn't wanna come!" he retorted.

Matt ignored her curses as he fed himself up. Takeru followed his brother, and Hikari followed Takeru. Mimi was left gaping in disbelief. At first she was shooting death glares at the pig next to her, now her eyebrow couldn't stop twitching angrily. But Mimi's face softened rather quickly... 'Haha! H-He looks cute when he pigs out! Haha! Wait! Cute? What am I thinking?' she smacked herself inwardly. Then, she tore her eyes away from him when Matt gave her an I-don't-like-people-staring-at-me-when-I'm-eating look.

Mimi gave a loud, "Hmph!" before taking her seat. She looked down at her bowl of rice. And as she stared at it, she had thought it changed into a crystal ball reflecting on the scene she experienced at the National Cross-Country Championships.

-Flashback-

Mimi was running with all the speed she could muster. At this game, time and speed are the essence to victory. 'My trainings would be paid off now!' Mimi thought as a smile crept onto her face. 'Just one more step,' she thought again. But she caught sight of someone from the corner of her eye. 'No!' The ribbon broke.

"What a fantastic finish! But who would be the winner? Is it a draw?" said the commentator. Lost by a split second. That was the result. 'I-I l-lost?' Mimi had questioned herself. Was it just a nightmare? No. The impact was just too great for her. Mimi had remembered all the months of pain, toil and sweat just for the gold title had vanished from her grasp. Vanished.

-End of flashback-

She could now see the stupid boy who had beaten her smiling away with the trophy in his hand. How much she wanted that, but it was all over. Should she wait for another chance? She didn't care. What she was just concentrating was the miserable split second.

"Mimi, why aren't you eating? The food's getting cold," Hikari asked in concern. One drop, two drop, and then another. Mimi started counting the number of tears dripping onto her rice. "Erm- sis?" Hikari asked again, but whatever she had said was oblivious to Mimi.

"Please excuse me," Mimi said as she got off her chair and ran back up the stairs. "Mimi..." Hikari said as she realised what her sister had been thinking. "Oh no, Takeru. She's thinking about it again!" Hikari said as she grabbed the boy's shoulder and wept onto his t-shirt. Takeru's face flushed red, but he managed to put a comforting hand onto her shoulder.

"Iie... She'll be alright, Hikari," Takeru said, "everything will be alright..." He looked up at his brother. Matt still had his rice bowl in one hand and a pair of chopsticks in the other. But he wasn't eating. Just staring... staring at the stairs...

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To be continued...

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A/N: I apologise for taking quite long 2 update, but just to let ya know, this chap would be the start of something more interesting to come! r&r!