Also, this is now designated as AU-ish b/c of the difference in ending of the second season and how this story will eventually end up. The Digimon partner's will come into play, LATER. So that's where they have hidden. Note that Yamato and Taichi are married and gay, you have been warned. No one else is gay, I believe.
Chapter 2 - A Different View
Today just wasn't his day.
Takeru shook his head as he walked down the street, ignoring the looks the teenaged to married women were giving him. He didn't care, really, he didn't. Not after what had happened five years ago.
No, he wouldn't think about that.
He always thought that, but it never really worked. Somehow, someway, his thoughts would go back to her.
After the incident, he had gone to college over in Kyoto to get away from the memories, it hadn't worked. In the end, he ended up moving to Tokyo, after college, to do pursue his career as a computer programmer. It wasn't what he had dreamed of as a kid, but it worked and present puzzles. Puzzles kept his mind off her.
Not as much as he liked, though.
Everyone had been amazed that he had become top in his class, and make his way successfully through the world. He currently was working on a new line of programs that would help doctors around the world, with the help of Jou. Koushiro had been quite helpful, also. Though, he worked in the government services with intelligence, and he had found a lovely fiancée.
She was suppose to be his fiancée, he was going to ask her-
He sighed, yet again. Only she could have affected him this way, and she still did, even though he wasn't with her anymore. There should have been a 'them', until the end of time. It should have never ended.
"Us. That's what's wrong..."
He wouldn't lose his cool, even after all these years; he wouldn't lose it.
Where are you now Hikari? Are you happy now? Have you found someone to love you?
His thoughts plagued him the rest of the day.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
When Yumi stepped on the plane, she knew she was in for it. It wasn't because of the frowns that Andrew and her partner in the music world and best friend wore or the tense air. It was the fact that Kayla, her best friend and singing partner, was glaring down at her AND frowning at Andrew.
"Hello Andrew, Kayla," Yumi began, hoping to skip the lecture.
"Yumi Hotaru Kanzaki, you will explain and you will explain now," Kayla stated as she maneuvered her to a seat, black leather, on the plane.
"Your middle name is Firefly? Er... means Firefly? " Andrew asked, with his eyebrows near his hairline.
"And you call you her agent/manager. We're doomed, I tell you." Kayla dramatically called out.
That began a glaring contest between the two of Yumi's friends. That ended shortly thereafter. Kayla won, as usual; she was, indeed, scarier than Andrew.
Kayla Cambridge was someone that you didn't want to anger. She was a singer and model, also. They often did concerts together and were the best of friends. She had expressive greens eyes and raven hair that reached her back. She stood at 5'7''. She was quick to anger and slow to ask questions. There were many people who believed she should have red hair to match her fiery temper. They had all been put in ICU by the martial artist master, Kayla, because of those comments.
Yumi, though, had dyed her brunette mane blonde and had grown it to her mid back. She had gotten blue contacts and wore those to cover her chocolate eyes and had hit a late growth spurt. At 5' 8'' she was taller than Kayla and took every chance to rub it in. She was no longer the kind girl that she used to be. Kayla had once commented that she had a mythical sense around her.
Yumi had laughed and then later thought about it. She had been called 'Queen Hikari' once. Sadly, she recalled what happened that day, though with a dry eye. (She had been quite proud of it. She had finally grown up.) It was strange, to have a mythical air around her, but then, she dealt with weird. She had been a Digidestin for two groups, though…he had too.
"And I will explain just what my dear?" Yumi questioned as she brought out a few things from her carry on bag.
"Your past. Before we go back to your 'homeland', I need to know more than just, 'You had some bad experiences and teen age years.' Explain, now," Kayla demanded, with her frown in firm place.
Twisting the stone encrusted gold band on her right ring finger, a sapphire, Yumi gave Kayla a soft smile, "This isn't an easy story for me to tell, and I wish Ryan was here, but it is well time I tell you." With that, the story of her life, excluding her adventures in the Digital World and fibbing that part of the story.
At the end, she had one quite long tale told and a load off her chest. Kayla looked at her with a slightly awed look, "Woah. That's long and quite…interesting. You're strong, I always knew that, but you're really strong, 'Mi."
Andrew looked on with a sort of bored look, "Took you long enough to finish that. What I put up with…" he muttered.
Kayla got this sort of infuriated look on her face, "You knew her story and you made her come back to that bastard ridden country [1]! I can't believe you!"
"I..I didn't mean any harm. I just couldn't back out of such a great deal. That's all!"
"Uh huh and make Hikari..er Yumi come back there?!"
"She's strong!"
"I should rip out your innards and make you eat them…"
"You wouldn't!"
"You so sure?"
"Eep!"
Needless to say, this was going to be a long trip.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Taichi closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose. The latest talk with the United States had gone well, but he still had a developing headache coming on. It was probably his sinuses acting up again.
Sighing, he closed his briefcase and glance around his hotel room to check if anything was missing from his bags. He caught the sight of a photo frame and picked it up, staring at the people in it.
He stood next to Yamato, with his left arm wrapped loosely around Yamato's shoulder and another on his sister's right shoulder. Takeru stood next to her, with his arm around her waist and blue eyes happy. They each stood there smiling.
Regret swept over him as he remembered his sister, days before she disappeared.
She stared out a window at the rainy weather, yet again. He tried to ignore the forlorn look on her face and tried to return to his college work. Soon after, he gave up and turned his attention to her.
"The rainy weather makes one feel sad, especially you, 'Kar. I remember when you were little you would always complain about the rainy gray weather," he tried to get her attention.
"It makes me feel better now," she replied.
"What do you mean?"
"The weather, my mood, my soul, they're in unison right now. It makes me feel better and more controlled."
He had ignored her odd words, being the fool that he was, thinking that she was just having a bad day. He always missed the signs. He had been such and idiot, until that day. The day his world crashed around him.
He had been visiting a friend for a project for their college international interaction classes. He had ended up sleeping over because of how extensive the project turned out to be.
That had been the finial mistake he made with his sister.
Ring
Ring
Taichi groaned and grabbed his cell phone. If this was a telemarketer, he or she was going to listen to his extensive vocabulary. "Hello?" he groggily said.
"Taichi? Is Hikari sleeping over at a friend's house?" his mother's frantic voice came over the small phone.
"Iie. She hasn't been talking to her close friends recently, finials and all. Why? What's wrong?" hic concerned voice replied.
"Kami-sama, this isn't a prank," his mother's cries filled the air.
"Okaa-san, what's wrong with Hikari?" he demanded from his mother.
"She's run away."
The phone dropped from his hand and he just watched it in shock. His little sister was gone, and never coming back. She had run away
Those four little words had shattered his world. It had shattered everyone's world that had known Hikari. All the Digidestin had been devastated, but Takeru had taken it the hardest. He kept blaming himself and ended up locking himself within himself. It had taken them months to get him back to normal.
Taichi stuffed the picture frame in his duffel style suitcase and left his hotel room and left the hotel, having checked out earlier. He told the cab driver the directions to the airport.
He arrived at the airport and made his way through it to his private delegate plane. He sat down in the less than comfy seat and waited.
Soon the plane took off from the United States. Glancing out the window at the scenery flying by, Taichi muttered a question, "Are you happy, 'Kar?"
There was no reply, but then, he would find out soon enough, even if he didn't really know.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Yamato grabbed his ringing cell phone from the stool next to him, where he had been practicing for the last ten minutes on the latest song he was toying with.
"Ishida Yamato talking," he snapped out, annoyed that he couldn't get the music to work with him.
"Sheesh, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," a cheerful voice called out, "But, I have good news, so no biting my head off."
"What is it?" Yamato replied curiosity peaked.
"That charity tour 'The Road to my Heart' that we're doing, remember?" the voice stated.
"Yeah, the one we can't find a partner for. What about it?" Yamato asked, strumming a string on his guitar.
"Well, we found a partner. That American singer, Kanzaki Yumi, I think her name is, is working with us. She is supposedly, originally from Japan, and this is the first time in five years that she's returned," his manager excitedly said.
Five years. That's right, Hikari's been gone five years…
The voice of his manager brought him back from memory lane. He described what was going on and who was accompanying Kanzaki-san to Japan. They discussed times to meet up and agreed on a few days later in Kyoto at the Home at Heart restaurant.
Yamato finally hung up a half an hour later and turned to look out the window and his eyes saw a picture of himself and Hikari smiling near a lake. He was flung into memory lane unexpectedly.
They both stood next to the lake watching people swimming, sailing, and just playing around. Neither saying a word, just enjoying the comfortable silence.
"Yami-nii-chan?" Hikari called out.
"Hai?" Yamato replied, turning to her as she gazed out at the lake. Her eyes held a look that was a mix between happiness and questioning.
"Have you ever questioned your love for my brother?"
"Iie."
"And you love him completely?"
"I wouldn't be so sure about that. I know that I love him, a lot, but my love keeps growing everyday. Why do ask? Are things with Take not working out?" Yamato asked, alarmed.
"Iie, it's prefect bliss. It's so great, I really wonder if I deserve this, at all," Yamato tried to cut in, "I know. I'm a 'great girl' and' deserve a loving partner'. It's just so perfect. I was wondering about the love, if I just could never love Takeru enough. I just don't know if I deserve him. Please don't say that I do. It's my own insecurities."
Yamato closed his eyes and added, "Takeru believes the same of you. He wonders if this bliss is real. He once asked me to pinch him, after you kissed him, I believe."
Hikari giggled, "Taichi had to do the same for me too." She leaned against Yamato, "I'm lucky to have brothers like you and Taichi."
"As we are lucky to have you. Our families belong together, you know."
"Hai, they do."
Yamato sighed and looked out the window and worried, about the future, about the past, about Hikari.
Will I ever see you again?
Little did he know, it would be sooner than he thought.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Finally, Yumi thought as the plane announced the arrival in Japan. Kyoto, but they were in Japan. The land she had though she would never return. The land where her past lay and memories haunted her.
Suddenly, she felt an aching in her heart. She just couldn't get over him and it annoyed her quite a but at times and saddened her at other. Shaking off, she pulled out her CD and handed it to Kayla, "This tour is going to be called The Road to my Heart, a charity thing, Kay, meaning that we are going to do break up songs, heart ache songs, love songs, the works. So, I brought some heart broken songs and some others, their really random old songs that we can make remakes of." (A/N – This is the future-ish. Let's pretend these songs are 20, 30 years old, work with me here!)
Kayla nodded and grinned, "Well, this is going to be great for our duo work."
"OH! I almost forgot to tell you who we were working with for this charity thing." Andrew exclaimed.
"Dummy," Kayla sighed.
"Take that back!"
"No."
"I schedule your work!"
"I pay you."
"Well…um…I am the only person who could put up with you!"
"Yet again, I pay you."
"You know, you're right."
"Idiot…"
"Hey!"
Yumi groaned, "Someone save me from this insanity!" Both of her friends stopped fighting and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry Yumi," they chorused.
"You guys really got that down," Yumi grinned at the pair.
Andrew cleared his throat, "ANYWAY, you are working with a Mr. Yamato Ishida."
Yumi blanched, "Pardon me?"
"It's this Yamato guy, what's so wrong about that?" Kayla asked the questioned that was plaguing Andrew's mind.
"Have you looked up anything on him?" Yumi questioned her manager/agent.
Andrew frowned and replied, "No, is there something I should know?"
"His brother is Takeru."
And there was silence.
- End Chapter
[1] - Kayla's just mad, nothing against Japan.
Author Notes – Finally, the next installment in Rainfall is done! I'm sorry it took me so long, six different beginnings. Summer has been insane and the computers are crappy, along with my Dad's attitude. How do you guys like it? I'm so proud of the prelude to Rainfall, though. I finally gave the background that was annoying me to write. It's called Looking Back. Now, reviews and then I must run. Dad's about to barbecue me. --() Damn him.
And I love your Dad.
I named the voice in my head/muse, Kayla. She has an attitude like the Kayla from here. I named her that why, I have no clue… It means 'Wise One' and she isn't wise.
I feel so loved.
Onward, to the reviews!
Chapter One – (these were posted in Looking Back)
Anime Ambreen and Poke' Manic – I can't thank you enough for reviewing and saying that you can connect a song to my story. You have no clue how honored I am. They are OOC, eh, they need to be for this.
PHENIXHEART – Thanks for reviewing, and as for Takeru's situation, well, this is Hikari's point if view (kind of). He may or may not be cheating on her. We'll all see soon. J
Dragons star – Thanks for understanding. You guys are what keep me sane these days. Especially with Kayla around. ::ducks pans:: See! She's abusive, but then she's in my head. --;;
RougeSummersLover – I know, no one can see Takeru doing that to Hikari, but like I said before. This is from Hikari's point of view (more or less), we haven't seen Takeru's part in everything, really.
Yakari Taito – Thanks for your support and I promise we will see Taichi and Matt more. For the life of me I can't remember his Japanese name. Oh dear, better go look that up.
Calmer of the Storm – Heh, I'll be updating more when I stop reaching plot holes. Damn them.. J I'm beginning to love this story more the SPCF, really! Thanks for all the support. It's people like you that I love! Not that way..eww..
Redrose – And I have updated…er… more or less. Thanks that you like it so far!
Lil Gold Fishie – Heh, I'm working on a new trend, I hope. I love stories when the main female character runs away, and it translated to this. Oh, recognize her? Nope, she's changed her looks and attitude. I mean, Hikari (Yumi) has long brown hair and blue contacts. I'm thinking about giving her green eyes and she has an "I-don't-give-a-damn" attitude. Nope, nothing like little innocent Kari.
RougeSummersLover – I'm glad it cleared up a few things, it ended up making this SO much easier to write, the sixth time (--;;) Takeru's POV is kinda here. And see, he still loves her! As for the confusion, revealed in later chapters.
Anime Ambreen and Poke' Manic – Thanks for adding me to your Author Alert list! It makes me feel so important. I'm glad to have you as a reviewer, you're a great person. :) I'm really glad it cleared up some stuff.
Yakari Taito – I'm SORRY!! I was having a brain lapse and kept wanting to spell it Yamoto for some odd reason. Forgive me….please?
Notes - School starts up in less than two weeks fro me and volleyball season is starting too, so maybe I can get my updates to be slightly regulated. I'm saying about once a month? With school no one knows how long.
PLEASE R&R!!
-Lady Selenity