Disclaimer: Don't own Digimon!
A/N: Thank you readers for your lovely reviews! Well, I'm sorry for being so cruel by adding a cliffhanger in the second chapter, but it adds so much more intrigue, doesn't it? XD Okay, seeing as I have read *many* fanfictions, I hate cliffhangers, especially when the storyline is so good...but every good writer needs a cliffhanger, and this is mine! Anyway, I'm sure many of you want me to stop typing now...or maybe many of you aren't even reading this and skipped right to the story. o.0 Either way, thank you again reviewers, and I hope you enjoy this next chapter!
It's my birthday today! ^-^ October 6!
Chapter 3
Izumi looked up, suddenly self-conscious. Wiping away her tears quickly, she tried to cover the fact that her nose was red from crying and her eyes were puffy. It didn't help that her cheeks were a little pink from embarrassment now.
A boy looked at her, and she found herself looking right back. Her hands dropped from her cheeks to her lap, and then hovered indecisively.
"What's your name? Mine is Ryo," the boy introduced himself. Izumi glanced at him, her eyes taking in his emerald eyes, which stared steadily back. His light brown hair seemed to have these golden streaks in it that seemed to shine when the sun hit them. He smiled gently at her, his complexion tanned lightly. And he was taller than her, at least by an inch and a half. Not shorter, not the same height except for a little bit, but taller. That was always a plus.
Izumi blushed slightly. A plus? What was she talking about? Finally, she was able to get the words out. "I'm Izumi," she said, "hi."
Ryo smiled again, this time his smile was more open, more genuine. "Hi Izumi, nice to meet you." Izumi smiled back, though a little bit shyly.
"Yeah."
* * *
"No way! You really go to the same school as me? How come I've never seen you in the halls?" Izumi asked, laughingly. They'd been walking aimlessly for maybe two hours now, just talking. It seemed they had so much in common...
"Well, actually I'm starting tomorrow. I just moved here a couple days ago, and I needed some time to get used to everything. You see, my parents are divorced.my sister lives here with my mom, and I used to live with my dad, until my mom got sole custody of us both," Ryo explained. Izumi nodded contemplatively.
"Who's your sister? Do I know her?"
"Well...I don't really know. I think she's really popular, though...already," Ryo rolled his eyes before continuing, "do you know a girl named Seira Avramei?"
"What? SEIRA Avramei? The thief who stole my boyfriend? Wait...ex...boyfriend...oh...I'm sorry," Izumi blushed, as did Ryo, but then he started talking again. "That's okay...she can be...you know...one thing we have in common though...we always get what we want."
Izumi glanced at him, her expression amused. "Is that so?"
Ryo nodded lightly. He came a little closer, just by a centimeter, his face even closer, but just a little bit...Izumi's lashes seemed to flutter ever so slightly as her eyes closed and she waited.
Ryo paused, and Izumi's eyes opened. Flustered, she stepped back, as did he. "Ryo?" she said quietly, after a moment or so.
"Yes?" he asked, not looking directly into her eyes.
"We just passed by my house." Her statement was abrupt and quick, as she glanced awkwardly around.
"Yeah, yeah..." he turned and glanced back at the trim white house of Izumi, "um...so I'll see you around?"
Izumi nodded and smiled softly. "See you at school." With a quick wave, she made her way back to her house. Ryo watched, and then turned away. Dammit, he cursed in his mind, I didn't get her number.
* * *
"Hey Kouji," Junpei called to his friend. "I've got bad news."
Kouji and his twin Kouichi turned. "What?" Kouji asked, his voice quiet as he straightened his dark blue bandana in his black hair.
"I saw Izumi and...someone else...you know, who's not Takuya..." Junpei groaned, "...and now I feel like I'm some sort of spy."
"You know, I always thought Takuya and Izumi would be sort of meant-to-be. Makes you think, doesn't it? Takuya and Seira, Izumi and...that guy maybe you saw her with. After what is it, almost three years..." Kouichi remarked.
"Well, we'll just get them back together," Junpei said, confidently.
Kouji examined them closely, and then shook his head. "Hey, I'm done playing matchmaker. I finished in seventh grade. If Takuya and Izumi want to see other people, then just let them. I need to concentrate on other things..."
"Like Taya?" Kouichi questioned, an eyebrow raised. Taya Liouisi was a pretty girl who was their age. With her smooth waves of light brown hair and piercing dark eyes, she was liked by mostly everyone. She was just so pretty and so sweet and nice to everyone that it was impossible not to like her, even if it was in a platonic way. Kouichi was sure that his twin liked her though, really liked her. A loner like Kouji and a friendly, bubbly girl like Taya. Right. Sometimes it was hard to understand him.
"No, well, hold on a sec..." Kouji protested, then stated clearly, "I don't want anything to do with this matchmaking thing again. If they're really meant to be together, then they should be able to find each other themselves." With that small speech said, he quickly made up some excuse and started walking in the direction of where his house was.
Kouichi smiled lightly at Junpei. "I'll convince him to help." He started running after his twin after he said this, waving good-bye quickly to his friend.
Junpei sighed, and rolled his eyes slightly as he ran a hand through his reddish-brown hair. He was quite a bit thinner from when he was in seventh grade - all thanks to track and other sports, plus the two miles he always ran in the morning.
So, did he remember? Yes, he remembered quite well, when he would have been more than glad if Izumi had started showing interest in him instead of Takuya or if Takuya hadn't asked her out in seventh grade. It would have been heaven for him if Izumi and him had become best friends, and then eventually be dating now. It would have been wonderful if Izumi was his, and he was hers.
Would have been, hadn't. Those were the keywords now. It wasn't hard to see the sparks shooting between them in the Digital World, between their arguments. It wasn't hard to see that they had started to like each other, and with each day, that like grew stronger. It wasn't hard to see that they loved each other, and would go on loving each other (even if so secretly that even their minds were convinced they didn't). Even Neemon would be able to see it, if the yellow Digimon with his red elastic-waist pants was here.
Junpei...Junpei was glad though. If it wasn't for Izumi and Takuya, he would never have gotten over his infatuation until it was too late. Then he would never have met Rei, his girlfriend for a month now. He loved her, or ay least he liked her so much that he thought it was love. He loved her red hair, with its strawberry-blonde streaks. The way her serious blue-gray eyes seemed to dance whenever he saw her. The way she smiled, the way she laughed, the way she could always speak her mind and sound so serious...
Yes, Junpei loved Rei. He sort of knew how someone would act like when they were in love, or at least he might be able to tell. Like Takuya and Izumi, they used to be in love, or at least, it looked like it. And he was sure, he was positive, that they were still in love but just believed that maybe they weren't.
Uncertain thoughts. That was what they kept on having, and if they didn't get back together soon, they might just be miserable for a long time. That was what Junpei thought, and he certainly didn't want two of his best friends to be miserable - after all, their bad mood might spread. So he would get them back together.
Junpei seemed confident, but a gloomy thought echoed in his mind. How are you going to get them back together?
* * *
"Takuyya...where are you?" a voice called. Takuya looked around wildly, but all he saw was forest, forest, and forest. Trees towered over him, casting deep shadows on the ground. It was like the sun didn't exist in this place, the ground reflected no bright light, just shades of darkness.
"Who is it?" he called out, but received no response to the question, only a "Takkkuuuya...where are you? Help me, Takuya, please..." The sweet, sad voice was soft, yet echoed through the forest.
His hand reached instinctively for where his digivice would be, but when it went through air, Takuya glanced down in alarm. "Takuuyya...?" he heard, and he started to run towards the direction of the voice. With his digivice or not, he was going to try to help as much as he could.
"Takuya! Help me...please! Takuya!" Takuya looked up as he sprinted past the trees, dodging the thin, pointy branches. Why did it seem like the trees were moving, deliberately trying to block his way?
"Goodbye Takuya..." the voice whispered as Takuya stumbled into a small clearing. Lying on the ground was a girl. Her blonde hair seemed to drape around her shoulders, as a pink hat sat dejectedly on the ground near her head. Her eyes were closed.
"Izumi!" he yelled, as he ran over to her. Stopping right by her, he kneeled down and moved his hand near hers, as if to feel for a pulse.
The girl, Izumi, became transparent as she vanished a little at a time. Takuya, shocked, paused for a moment before trying to grab for her. His hand only felt air...
~
Takuya sat up in his bed, eyes wide as a little bit of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Wiping it off quickly with his arm, he sighed. Just a dream, he thought to himself. "Just a dream," he said out loud, as though to reassure himself further, "just a silly little dream."
He lay back down, and as his eyes closed, he fell deep into another sleep. This time it was dreamless, and when he woke up the next morning, he only remembered one thing about his nightmare - a soft, sad echoing voice that called out two simple words, "Goodbye Takuya..."
A/N: Like the chapter? Review please! By the way, Ryo, Seira, Taya, and Rei are all my characters that I just randomly made up and I liked the names. They're not from any other anime.
A/N: Thank you readers for your lovely reviews! Well, I'm sorry for being so cruel by adding a cliffhanger in the second chapter, but it adds so much more intrigue, doesn't it? XD Okay, seeing as I have read *many* fanfictions, I hate cliffhangers, especially when the storyline is so good...but every good writer needs a cliffhanger, and this is mine! Anyway, I'm sure many of you want me to stop typing now...or maybe many of you aren't even reading this and skipped right to the story. o.0 Either way, thank you again reviewers, and I hope you enjoy this next chapter!
It's my birthday today! ^-^ October 6!
Chapter 3
Izumi looked up, suddenly self-conscious. Wiping away her tears quickly, she tried to cover the fact that her nose was red from crying and her eyes were puffy. It didn't help that her cheeks were a little pink from embarrassment now.
A boy looked at her, and she found herself looking right back. Her hands dropped from her cheeks to her lap, and then hovered indecisively.
"What's your name? Mine is Ryo," the boy introduced himself. Izumi glanced at him, her eyes taking in his emerald eyes, which stared steadily back. His light brown hair seemed to have these golden streaks in it that seemed to shine when the sun hit them. He smiled gently at her, his complexion tanned lightly. And he was taller than her, at least by an inch and a half. Not shorter, not the same height except for a little bit, but taller. That was always a plus.
Izumi blushed slightly. A plus? What was she talking about? Finally, she was able to get the words out. "I'm Izumi," she said, "hi."
Ryo smiled again, this time his smile was more open, more genuine. "Hi Izumi, nice to meet you." Izumi smiled back, though a little bit shyly.
"Yeah."
* * *
"No way! You really go to the same school as me? How come I've never seen you in the halls?" Izumi asked, laughingly. They'd been walking aimlessly for maybe two hours now, just talking. It seemed they had so much in common...
"Well, actually I'm starting tomorrow. I just moved here a couple days ago, and I needed some time to get used to everything. You see, my parents are divorced.my sister lives here with my mom, and I used to live with my dad, until my mom got sole custody of us both," Ryo explained. Izumi nodded contemplatively.
"Who's your sister? Do I know her?"
"Well...I don't really know. I think she's really popular, though...already," Ryo rolled his eyes before continuing, "do you know a girl named Seira Avramei?"
"What? SEIRA Avramei? The thief who stole my boyfriend? Wait...ex...boyfriend...oh...I'm sorry," Izumi blushed, as did Ryo, but then he started talking again. "That's okay...she can be...you know...one thing we have in common though...we always get what we want."
Izumi glanced at him, her expression amused. "Is that so?"
Ryo nodded lightly. He came a little closer, just by a centimeter, his face even closer, but just a little bit...Izumi's lashes seemed to flutter ever so slightly as her eyes closed and she waited.
Ryo paused, and Izumi's eyes opened. Flustered, she stepped back, as did he. "Ryo?" she said quietly, after a moment or so.
"Yes?" he asked, not looking directly into her eyes.
"We just passed by my house." Her statement was abrupt and quick, as she glanced awkwardly around.
"Yeah, yeah..." he turned and glanced back at the trim white house of Izumi, "um...so I'll see you around?"
Izumi nodded and smiled softly. "See you at school." With a quick wave, she made her way back to her house. Ryo watched, and then turned away. Dammit, he cursed in his mind, I didn't get her number.
* * *
"Hey Kouji," Junpei called to his friend. "I've got bad news."
Kouji and his twin Kouichi turned. "What?" Kouji asked, his voice quiet as he straightened his dark blue bandana in his black hair.
"I saw Izumi and...someone else...you know, who's not Takuya..." Junpei groaned, "...and now I feel like I'm some sort of spy."
"You know, I always thought Takuya and Izumi would be sort of meant-to-be. Makes you think, doesn't it? Takuya and Seira, Izumi and...that guy maybe you saw her with. After what is it, almost three years..." Kouichi remarked.
"Well, we'll just get them back together," Junpei said, confidently.
Kouji examined them closely, and then shook his head. "Hey, I'm done playing matchmaker. I finished in seventh grade. If Takuya and Izumi want to see other people, then just let them. I need to concentrate on other things..."
"Like Taya?" Kouichi questioned, an eyebrow raised. Taya Liouisi was a pretty girl who was their age. With her smooth waves of light brown hair and piercing dark eyes, she was liked by mostly everyone. She was just so pretty and so sweet and nice to everyone that it was impossible not to like her, even if it was in a platonic way. Kouichi was sure that his twin liked her though, really liked her. A loner like Kouji and a friendly, bubbly girl like Taya. Right. Sometimes it was hard to understand him.
"No, well, hold on a sec..." Kouji protested, then stated clearly, "I don't want anything to do with this matchmaking thing again. If they're really meant to be together, then they should be able to find each other themselves." With that small speech said, he quickly made up some excuse and started walking in the direction of where his house was.
Kouichi smiled lightly at Junpei. "I'll convince him to help." He started running after his twin after he said this, waving good-bye quickly to his friend.
Junpei sighed, and rolled his eyes slightly as he ran a hand through his reddish-brown hair. He was quite a bit thinner from when he was in seventh grade - all thanks to track and other sports, plus the two miles he always ran in the morning.
So, did he remember? Yes, he remembered quite well, when he would have been more than glad if Izumi had started showing interest in him instead of Takuya or if Takuya hadn't asked her out in seventh grade. It would have been heaven for him if Izumi and him had become best friends, and then eventually be dating now. It would have been wonderful if Izumi was his, and he was hers.
Would have been, hadn't. Those were the keywords now. It wasn't hard to see the sparks shooting between them in the Digital World, between their arguments. It wasn't hard to see that they had started to like each other, and with each day, that like grew stronger. It wasn't hard to see that they loved each other, and would go on loving each other (even if so secretly that even their minds were convinced they didn't). Even Neemon would be able to see it, if the yellow Digimon with his red elastic-waist pants was here.
Junpei...Junpei was glad though. If it wasn't for Izumi and Takuya, he would never have gotten over his infatuation until it was too late. Then he would never have met Rei, his girlfriend for a month now. He loved her, or ay least he liked her so much that he thought it was love. He loved her red hair, with its strawberry-blonde streaks. The way her serious blue-gray eyes seemed to dance whenever he saw her. The way she smiled, the way she laughed, the way she could always speak her mind and sound so serious...
Yes, Junpei loved Rei. He sort of knew how someone would act like when they were in love, or at least he might be able to tell. Like Takuya and Izumi, they used to be in love, or at least, it looked like it. And he was sure, he was positive, that they were still in love but just believed that maybe they weren't.
Uncertain thoughts. That was what they kept on having, and if they didn't get back together soon, they might just be miserable for a long time. That was what Junpei thought, and he certainly didn't want two of his best friends to be miserable - after all, their bad mood might spread. So he would get them back together.
Junpei seemed confident, but a gloomy thought echoed in his mind. How are you going to get them back together?
* * *
"Takuyya...where are you?" a voice called. Takuya looked around wildly, but all he saw was forest, forest, and forest. Trees towered over him, casting deep shadows on the ground. It was like the sun didn't exist in this place, the ground reflected no bright light, just shades of darkness.
"Who is it?" he called out, but received no response to the question, only a "Takkkuuuya...where are you? Help me, Takuya, please..." The sweet, sad voice was soft, yet echoed through the forest.
His hand reached instinctively for where his digivice would be, but when it went through air, Takuya glanced down in alarm. "Takuuyya...?" he heard, and he started to run towards the direction of the voice. With his digivice or not, he was going to try to help as much as he could.
"Takuya! Help me...please! Takuya!" Takuya looked up as he sprinted past the trees, dodging the thin, pointy branches. Why did it seem like the trees were moving, deliberately trying to block his way?
"Goodbye Takuya..." the voice whispered as Takuya stumbled into a small clearing. Lying on the ground was a girl. Her blonde hair seemed to drape around her shoulders, as a pink hat sat dejectedly on the ground near her head. Her eyes were closed.
"Izumi!" he yelled, as he ran over to her. Stopping right by her, he kneeled down and moved his hand near hers, as if to feel for a pulse.
The girl, Izumi, became transparent as she vanished a little at a time. Takuya, shocked, paused for a moment before trying to grab for her. His hand only felt air...
~
Takuya sat up in his bed, eyes wide as a little bit of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Wiping it off quickly with his arm, he sighed. Just a dream, he thought to himself. "Just a dream," he said out loud, as though to reassure himself further, "just a silly little dream."
He lay back down, and as his eyes closed, he fell deep into another sleep. This time it was dreamless, and when he woke up the next morning, he only remembered one thing about his nightmare - a soft, sad echoing voice that called out two simple words, "Goodbye Takuya..."
A/N: Like the chapter? Review please! By the way, Ryo, Seira, Taya, and Rei are all my characters that I just randomly made up and I liked the names. They're not from any other anime.