She's gone, Matt
thought. He had been and staring at the direction where she had walked off to
for a period of time. He began to head back to camp.
Tai sat up groggily stretching his
arms. He yawned and looked around the cave, he blinked and noticed that Mimi,
Gabumon, or Matt was there. He nudged Agumon and Sora beside him. "Hey, you
guys wake up…!" Being the loud mouth that he is, he woke up everyone else.
Takeru sat up, causing Patamon to fall off his head, he looked around for his
brother, "Matt, where are you?"
"Mimi's gone!" Palmon practically
shrieked, completely waking everyone from their trance. They all ran out and
found Gabumon who was busy cooking something by the fire.
"Morning!" greeting them all with
a handful of fruits. "Breakfast anyone?"
"Mmm…Food!" Agumon commented, "*completely
stuffing himself* 'Ey Tai, try this!"
Tai looked at Gabumon, "Gabumon,
where's Matt and Mimi?"
"I don't know, I thought Mimi was
still sleeping and knowing Matt, he's probably just taking a walk," Gabumon
replied.
"Well, knowing Mimi, she's
probably off frolicking around and picking dandelions," Commented Joe while
cleaning his glasses. He squinted and put them back on and saw Matt walking
back. Tai looked at Matt as Joe asked, "Matt, where've you been? Is Mimi with
you?"
Matt just shook his head and
looked away to a direction, "Mimi…she's gone."
Palmon went up to him, "Gone? What
do you mean? Why didn't she say anything to me?" she said with a panic tone in
her voice.
Matt put his finger on his lips
and just replied, "She's gone."
Mimi found herself walking around
a Dark Forest. Even though it was morning the forest gave no sign of light. Her
dress was torn and her arms and legs were covered with cuts. "I wonder if
Palmon's awake yet…" She said to herself. She kept on walking and tripped on a
stump, falling on her face. "Arrgh…"
As she got up something fell from
her bag, it was her digivice. Mimi picked it up and stared at it, how she'll
miss her friends: Palmon, Sora, Takeru, Matt. At the thought of him, a smile
crept on her face and she put her finger on her rosy lips. That kiss was all
that she had needed. But did it really mean something? She thought to
herself. Mimi decided to go on when her digivice started to go off, it usually
meant that there was something nearby, a Digimon. Mimi suddenly heard heavy
breathing behind her and gravely looked back. It was Dokugomon.
"What do ya mean you let her go?!"
Tai yelled at Matt after he finished explaining where Mimi went. Palmon was
almost crying in the back, finding out that her best friend had left without
her.
Matt just stared at the ground, "I
had to let her go."
"What do you mean you had to?! She
could get hurt out there—worse, get killed!"
Matt clenched his fists, "It
wasn't my decision Tai, Gennai said she had to leave what else was I suppose to
do!" Tai and Matt were just about to go for each other's throats when Sora
stepped in.
"You guys, quit it!" she scolded,
"Fighting won't do anything!"
Matt just shook her hand off and
glared at Tai. Izzy, who had been busy working on his computer, finally spoke,
"I think I might have a way to track down Mimi's location."
"See?" Sora said.
Tai crossed his arms. "Well?"
"You see, our Digivice sets off a
signal when a Digimon or another Digidestined is near, but it can only locate
the object at a certain capacity of the area where we are in the Digiworld.
But, using my laptop, we can enlarge the map to make it so that we can find her
anywhere in the Digiworld," Izzy explained and typed furiously.
"Well, what are you waiting for?
Let's find Mimi," Said Biyomon flying over to Izzy.
"Hmm…that's strange."
"What is it, Izzy?" Asked
Tentomon.
"It can't find Mimi anywhere in
the whole Digiworld, it's like she's—vanished."
"Vanished?!"
Suddenly, there was a small flash
of light by a rock and a hologram appeared, it was Gennai. Instead of his usual
smile when seeing the kids, his face looked grave and troubled. "Hello Gennai,"
Everyone said as they approached him.
"Children, I'm afraid that I bear
you bad news…"
Takeru kneeled down in front,
"What's wrong, Gennai?"
"As you all probably know already,
I had ordered Sincerity to leave the group," he looked down, "Now, it is also
my fault of the consequences…I am so sorry."
"W-what are you saying, Gennai?" A
Digivice appeared in front of them, followed by a torn up khaki purse and a
green crest. Matt, seeing this, almost fell back as his eyes widened, it felt
like a he just took a huge blow on the stomach, he couldn't believe it and didn't
want to hear it.
"Sincerity encountered a Dokugomon
that—she tried all she could…This was all that was found of Sincerity—Mimi—is
gone," Gennai said, "I am sorry, Digidestines…"and just like that, he was gone
within a blink. No one spoke after that. They were all too busy trying not to
believe what they had just heard and to wake up from this nightmare. Matt fell
down to his knees and Takeru ran to him and started crying, Matt too felt his
own tears presenting themselves. The Digimon comforted Palmon, who was
practically bawling
.
They all separated to their own
worlds, trying to recall the good times they shared with Mimi. Izzy still sat
by his laptop, remembering when him and Mimi were stuck on an island that was
circling Infinity Mountain and Izzy was trying to figure out how to reverse the
direction it was going. Mimi on the other hand, found out with sheer dumb luck.
"Mimi, you did it! You reversed
the direction of the island!" Izzy exclaimed.
"I did? You mean we can leave?"
Joe sat by a tree near a puddle of
water, throwing rocks at it. As the water cleared he saw Mimi's face and smiled
thinking of how she sometimes supports compliments and how they're on the same
side.
"Joe's right, it's getting pretty
dark and I'm really tired. Can't we rest now?"
"Really, Joe. Can't we just like,
no fight them and let someone else take care of it?"
Takeru cried quietly with Patamon,
they talked about how Mimi acted like she's their age when she complained, and
both laughed at this.
Sora was crying too. She thought
of how she can always talk to Mimi when she can't talk to Tai or Biyomon, and
she thought of how she'd miss her only friend that wasn't actually a guy.
Tai on the other hand, remembered
how he would always tell Mimi to shut up when she won't stop whining about how
tired she is and they would always have
to stop for her and her small predicaments. He thought of how much he'd miss
that.
"Tai, my feet hurt, can't we stop
now?"
"Mimi, it's not even dark yet!"
"But my feet are killing me!"
"You just said that ten minutes
ago!"
"Well they do!"
Matt was sitting at the
spot where he had let Mimi go. He was playing his harmonica. Tears were
streaming down his face as he slowly stopped and looked at the water. He
remembered her beautiful face, her silky laugh, her radiant smile- her loving
kiss. Even though she never said anything, Mimi loved it when he plays his
harmonica.
Matt was sitting by the fire
taking watch, playing his harmonica. Lost in his thoughts.
His little brother was sleeping
right beside him, blanketed with the warmth of Gabumon and Patamon. He stopped
short and heard a soft applause behind him. It was Mimi.
"That was great."
"How would you know?" Right
after he had said this he quickly regretted saying it.
Mimi was a bit taken back by this
but continued, "I guess I wouldn't…"
She sat down and quietly listened
as he played a short ballad. When he stopped a small voice came from beside
him, "That was cool, Matt…"whispered a tired Takeru.
"It's sad though," Mimi dared
added, "It's nice and beautiful in the beginning, but you know that it will
always come to an end…"
Why did it have to end now, he asked
himself. He touched his lips and tears of sorrow fell down from his eyes. He
remembered what Mimi had told him, "You'll never lose me, I'm yours to
keep."
Sudden rage took over him as he stood up and yelled to the sky, "I thought you said I'll never lose you! Why did you leave me?! It's not fair!" He started to cry and fell down on his knees, "It's not fair…! And it's all my fault…"
