Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.

Yuki sat up on her bed and rubbed her eyes hard, with a frown on her face. The phone had woken her up again the third time that week. Pulling out the covers from her body, she shivered and stepped down into her fuzzy slippers. Sighing, she made a rush to reach the phone before it stopped ringing.

"Hello?" she said groggily into the speaker box, already knowing who it was.

"Yuki? You were supposed to call me an hour ago!" her mom's voice rang out.

"Geez, mom, it's the summer...why do I have to keep waking up at 6?" she replied dully.

"Yuki! We've already been through this...you've already gotten 8 hours of sleep. Anything more than that is not good for your health! And I don't care if your other friends sleep until 12, you don't have to be like your other friends!" her mother scolded, then said in a nicer tone, "Don't forget to eat your cereal, and tea is on the kitchen table. And don't forget to finish your packing."

Yuki just nodded in response, forgetting that her mom couldn't see her and put down the phone .

She opened the pantry and made herself breakfast. Just as she sat down, the phone rang yet again. Getting annoyed, she decided not to answer the phone and let it continue ringing, but whoever was calling wouldn't hang up.

"What?!" she said roughly on the phone.

She then recognized Iris's bubbly voice on the other line. "Yuki! Is that you? Lemme in!" she shouted.

'Okay, so maybe I'm not the only one who wakes up this early..' Yuki thought to herself. "Alright! One sec!" she replied to Iris. Pressing the number 34, she beep-ed her friend in.

Two minutes later, there was a loud knock and Yuki opened the door, not only to Iris, but to 5 other people. "Surprise!" they all yelled.

Taken aback, Yuki stared for a moment before asking "What are you all doing here?"

"Aw shucks Yuki, you know we couldn't let you leave before having a goodbye party first!" said Paul, giving her an enormous hug followed by the rest of her friends.

MEANWHILE..

Tai shut the door behind him and began walking with Kari to the bus stop. He and the digi-destined agreed three days ago to meet at the Jupiter Jazz café. Upon arriving, Tai and Kari were greeted by the rest of the gang.

"Heeeey, Kari, lookin' good.." said Davis with a big grin on his face.

"Davis, this is the same thing I wear everyday." Kari said indifferently, taking a seat next to T.K.

"Where's Sora?" asked Tai, trying to sound casual.

"Sora called me an hour ago and said that she and Matt have to cancel. She didn't say why , but I think there's something going on between those two!" laughed Izzy.

Tai turned away from the group sharply, not wanting them to see his reaction. "I..I uh just remembered, I have an overdue school library book, and...and mom's going to kill me this time if she finds out I got fined for it again. See you all later!" he yelled and ran in the opposite direction, his face burning.

"Since when did Tai even know the school had a library?" Davis joked, but the rest of them had a feeling on what this was about.

Tai headed directly back home, relieved to find the house all to himself. He stayed home and watched a movie on Sunday, and made sure to avoid Sora and Matt as much as he could the following Monday.

(Back to Yuki)

Back on the airplane, Yuki was staring out at the clouds below her She had boarded the plane with her parents 7 hours ago, and soon she'd be in Japan. The food wasn't that bad, and the movie selection was great, but she couldn't wait to get off and stretch her legs. Her mind wandered to Tai, and she thought about what he might look like after 8 years.

It was about 4 in the afternoon on Tuesday, and Tai's parents were waiting on the couch for the Suzaku's to show up. With all the commotion, Tai had nearly forgotten about Yuki, and he didn't have a chance to get her a welcoming present. He decided he would bring her someplace nice in Japan to make up for it.

About ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Tai, who at the time was closest to the door, answered.

The girl was around 5 feet 3 inches tall, with wavy pink hair that fell gracefully about halfway down her back. She wore fitting light blue jeans, and a red sleeveless shirt that matched her eyes perfectly and came up about 3 inches from her jeans. Around her jeans she had secured a black glazed jacket.

"Uhm...hi, c-can I help you?" he asked her, staring at her beautiful face, trying to keep his eyes from wandering....elsewhere.

She stood still with her mouth slightly open in surprise , not sure what to say. 'He doesn't recognize me!' she thought. Thankfully, his mom came just in time. "Ah! Yuki! How wonderful to see you after so much time!"

"And you look so gorgeous!" Mr. Kamiya added, recieving a small glare from Mrs. Kamiya that was only visible to him.

'This girl is..Yu..Yuki?' he thought not realizing the light blush that fell across his face. 'She kinda smells like strawberries.'

( A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long! I went on vacation, and became kinda lazy when I got back. I'll make an effort to bring out the next chapter a lot sooner. I've already started it anyway )