One-Winged Angel

Pairing: Takari

Chapter Two: Half of Each Other

Takari-san: Must finish this soon… I don't own Digimon and I hope you like this one as much as the first chapter… I don't own Digimon as much as I wish for it, it's impossible. Let's begin… I hope this will please you as much as I pleased me… Enjoy…

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Brushing of the strands of hair that grew astray from his normal hairstyle, Takeru shielded his eyes from the blinding rays of the sun which still affected him even if he slept under the perfectly cool shade of a tree. He rubbed his eyes and finally regained his normal vision…

"Finally awake, eh… Takeru?" a voice from behind him said.

"Eh? Hikari, what are you doing here?" Takeru exclaimed when he turned around to find Hikari giggling softly.

"I was just passing by a while ago when I found you sleeping… you looked so cute so I've decided to watch you." Hikari smiled at him, making him blush lightly.

Cute, they always called each other that way… a term of endearment they used, as best friends of course they say it to each other, but there was something odd felt by Takeru. He scratched his cheek embarrassed 'What am I thinking… she always calls me cute, we're best friends it's logical. You're out of your mind if you actually think she umm… you know...' he thought blushing, its hue getting into a deeper shade.

"What wrong Takeru? Are you sick, I never knew you had rashes…?" Hikari commented.

"I-Iie… It's nothing…" He shook his head until the blushing was finally calmed down.

"Are you sure?" she eyed him suspiciously.

"H-Hai…" he stuttered.

"Well… okay… Honestly, I don't why you sound so nervous…" she giggled.

'Ah… her laugh is wonderful, music to my ears…' Takeru thought in a sort of daze.

"Takeru, are you in there? Yu-huh, Takeru are you still alive?" Hikari waved her hands in front of the dazed young man.

"H-Huh, what's wrong?" Takeru said blinking, coming out of his trance.

"You were in some sort of daze… you sure there's nothing wrong?" Hikari asked giggling.

"Y-Yeah… sorry 'bout that…" he blushed lightly.

"You know it's funny how our lives changed… how we used to be 8 year old kids kicking butts of evil Digimon, then 12 year old pre-teens still doing the same but much more mature… then now of 16 years just living life, lazily, all the excitement when we were kids gone down the drain…" Hikari commented as she observed the digidestined from above, all of them doing the things they do…

"We can still go to the Digiworld… and honestly, are you wishing for all the enemies we've encountered to come back to haunt us?" Takeru replied, watching her.

"Well, of course not! It just seems nice to relive those experiences since they were interesting, and yes we can still go to the Digiworld but it sometimes doesn't feel the same as the time when we were kids… I don't know if I'm just thinking like this because I'm growing up or being immature but I remember those times we've been there with I don't know, ignorance… The fact that we could learn a lot there then now we might want to but it's already hard to do so. I don't know, I'm sounding crazy and everything but I really miss those times, not necessarily those that involve us almost dying but learning what friendship is about and making new friends in each step of the way… It was bliss, I guess. I know you can't understand since I'm already beginning to say rubbish…" she was soon interrupted…

"No… I don't think it's rubbish but I think even if we don't learn much about friendship anymore, lot's of things are still mysteries and there are still a lot of things to discover… look at Yamato for example, he's 22 but he still learns a lot about his life each and everyday. He learned the meaning of it, he now knows he's not alone… see look at him, he was totally different from before, remember?" Takeru said watching his brother cheerfully smile with his closest friends namely Taichi, Sora and of course Mimi.

"I guess you're right… but then again look at Joe, he was a worry-wart when we were young and now look at him; he can take things under control unlike before… and well…" Hikari said.

"Isn't that a good thing that he finally gained confidence? Anyway all the things that happened and stopped in our lives happened for a reason… and that is still unsure if it affected us in a good or bad way but it is how life is… it continues on and we have to change for the better…" Takeru said running his hand through his golden-blonde hair.

"You're right!" she smiled brightly.

"You finally see the light…" Takeru snickered.

"Of course I can see the light, I'm not blind you know?" she replied sarcastically.

"Yeah well… I guess I'm definitely not blind since I can see her right here…" Takeru smiled.

"Humph…" Hikari pouted as Takeru managed to slip away from her sarcastic remark.

"I'm right aren't I? You are the light…" Takeru grinned lopsidedly.

"I guess…" she blushed lightly.

'She's blushing! It's a light blush but that's a start!' Takeru thought excitedly then gotten confused again, 'why am I so excited? She's just my best friend, right? Why am I acting like a love-sick puppy around her these days? What's wrong with me?' he thought sighing.

'Is this feeling the same as what my brother has been feeling with Mimi? Am I in love with Hikari? Is this feeling I feel called love?' Takeru thought, a brainstorm of thoughts shook his mind but his heart took the opportunity to reply… and finally Takeru understood… 'I see so that's what it was all along.' He grinned when he noticed a hand in front of his face.

"Daydreaming again, Takeru? Honestly… are you sure you're getting enough sleep?" Hikari said looking at him worriedly.

"Yeah of course I am!" he exclaimed.

"Does daydreaming give you a sugar rush or something? You seem so energetic." Hikari commented.

"No… but after thinking there for a while I finally solved a problem I've been stuck in for a very long time." He said; his trademark angelic smile on his face.

"That's good… was it about Math? I could've helped you with it…" Hikari smiled and started barraging him with Math questions he didn't care to understand.

'If you only knew…' he grinned, 'I guess I've already found my soul mate, my other half, the other one-winged angel who holds my other wing' he thought and then said four words that could change their lives forever…

"I love you Hikari"

"What did you say?" she gaped at him as he simply replied…

"I love you Hikari" he repeated simply.

After a few moments, he was seating there still, in a sort of daze, touching his cheek which was swollen… as he recalled the moments of a while ago, a tear drop finally made its way down his pale skin…

He was there hoping she would reply with another I love you but instead a harsh slap landed on his face…

He gaped at her and she finally spoke, her face in tears…

"Don't you dare play with my feelings, I hate you Takeru" she cried and ran away, farther away from Takeru.

"Brother… is that you?" a figure who approaching said in a worried tone of voice.

"Yamato?" he turned around to find the spiky-blonde haired rock star brother of his and Mimi, his 'big sister' a.k.a his brother's girl friend.

"What happened?" They both rushed to his side…

He narrated the story to them and Mimi's eyes grew wide while Yamato's stayed its normal size…

"Whoever told you it was going to be that easy to say to a girl 'I love you'?" she glared at him, demanding an answer.

"Yamato, who else could?" Takeru shrugged as he watched Mimi's eyes narrow towards his brother's menacingly.

"Yamato, you might have forgotten how we got together, did you?" Mimi said trying to control her anger.

"Iie… of course not… why would I?" he sweatdropped, trying to run when a pair of hands caught him.

"Don't try and run Yamato and try to fix this with me, because if we don't Taichi won't be too happy and there would be graves for the three of us… me, you and Takeru…" Mimi said pointing at the three of them, counting her of course as Takeru just sweatdropped in the background.

"Well yeah… you're right…" Yamato said as they began discussing plans…

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"That's so sweet Yamato!" Mimi exclaimed as she hugged her boyfriend and kissed him softly on the lips.

"The problem is if I can pull this all of…" Takeru looked doubtfully at a letter that he tightly gripped.

"You can do it… and please don't say it as if you didn't care like last time…" Matt remarked.

"Show her how much you love her!" Mimi exclaimed excitedly.

"H-hai…" Takeru sweatdropped

"Just don't lose confidence in yourself and don't think she doesn't love you because she wouldn't have acted like that if she didn't" the two said in unison.

"H-hai…" Takeru sweatdropped once more

"Well… good luck…" the two grinned walking away to go back to Taichi and Sora.

"Hai… thanks…" he murmured.

'Yeah… thanks because I'll need all the luck I can get…' he thought and looked at the letter again…

'No, I must do it for the sake of my soul mate… the bearer of my other wing…'

*to be continued*

Takari-san: Busted… yup, Takeru my friends was busted… so rare for me to do since I simply love that overly cute bishounen but it is cute ne? Aren't you thinking of what is their plan? No? {Sweatdrops} Oh well you can't win them all… {Sigh}

Next Chapter: Together Until the End of Time

Takeru pushes through his plan but he is still afraid of rejection, since he got rejected by Hikari once already… Can he finally get his love and part of his wing… or is his attempt still in vain? All this in the last installment of the one-winged angel series…

Takari-san: The plot is quite cliché but it's another 'Takeru has a plan' sort of thing like in Friendship bracelets but this time it's different, no cute little treasure hunt for our leading bishoujo this time… Anyway, wait for the next installment and find out… R/R