Chapter 3 – Intermissions in Life
When Andrew had contacted the band, Wolf's Rain, manager, he had never expected a mess as large as this one. He had never thought that the band's leader would be married to Yumi's older brother or than his younger brother was her ex. The looks Kayla was giving him scared him more than ever. All he could do was hope he didn't die that day.
Yumi sighed and placed her head in her hands, "It's ok. I was going to run into one of them sometime soon, I knew that as soon as I agreed to this."
Kayla nodded and turned to her dear and close friend. She spared Andrew one last glare, though, but she moved to get he CD that Yumi had put on the table and glanced at the label, "I'm seeing a reoccurring theme, 'Mi."
Yumi chuckled, "Don't you always. All they are are songs that I found looking through old files a few years back. Don't worry, I'm fine. I have Ryan, remember, my fiancé."
"Ah, yes, the man you are to marry in what? Four months?" Kayla smiled as the subject changed, "I better still be a bridesmaid!"
Yumi rolled her eyes and saw out of the corner of her eyes that Andrew was retreating into leaving the plane, which had landed quite a while ago, "Always, my dear. Now, let's see where we are to go to get a rest because of jetlag, which I am sure you will have."
Kayla just grinned as she allowed her friend to led her out the doors as they chatted about the upcoming wedding.
Hordes of people stood out there yelling and screaming their names as they exited. Fan girls, lovely.
When she caught sight of the guys, she just rolled her eyes. They had all the luck, fan girls and guys. At moments like this, she wished she was attached to someone, like Yumi was, and then they would stop screaming her name.
That's when she heard the reporter talking to some man, or at least trying to, coming from a terminal near hers.
"Yamagi-san, please tell us how the relations with the United States is going! Do you have any comment about he controversy going on about your partner?" the loud reporter yelled out.
Yumi blanched and stopped talking about the last preparations that needed to take place over her wedding dress. She turned her head, trying to get a glimpse at the man in question.
"I will not be answering any questions today, thank you very much, but I must leave," a brunette haired man stated, firmly as he pushed by the horde of reporters.
"Kayla," Yumi whispered in a low voice, "That was my brother."
Kayla paled to match Yumi with wide eyes, "Really?"
"Hai, that was he. I just want to run into his arms, please help me. I don't think I can do this," Yumi desperately said, eyes wide.
Kayla kept walking to the limo that was a mere fifteen feet away and held onto Yumi's arm, "You can, Yumi. You can do this. You have been doing this for the last five years. Keep it up, you can do it."
Yumi nodded and regained some of her color just in time to catch Taichi's eyes. They locked their chocolate eyes, though hers where covered by contacts. She could have sworn he knew her secret right there and then, but he broke the gaze and unlocked a burnt orange car and drove away with a small frown playing in his face.
Kayla and Yumi both got in the limo and relaxed as the black limo drove away from the airport. Yumi watched as her homeland passed by in a blur.
This is going to be hard.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Ryan grumbled as he and the rest of the band got off his own private plane. They had been sent on a different plane to watch over the gear and make sure nothing broke. He knew that his place was with Yumi and he didn't like this.
Not one bit.
He and the other guys had a bad feeling about the whole thing. They had all agreed on it and had agreed that as soon as this little charity tour was over they were jumping on the plane back to the US and not coming back.
His cell phone rang; bring him out of his thoughts.
"'Lo" he said as he directed the guys taking the instruments out of the plane on where to take them.
"Hello to you too, Mr. Wordy," a cheerful voice greeted him on the other end.
His mood brightened considerably, "How are you, love?"
Her voice dampened a bit, worrying him, "I'm fine, really. I just ran into someone, more or less."
Ryan's eyes darkened, "Who?"
"Taichi-nii-chan," was the dim reply.
"Your brother?" Ryan exclaimed, this put a dent in the plan.
"Yeah, and guess what else. Andrew messed up big time," Yumi stated in a bored tone.
"He told the others who you are and there is a big welcoming party you need to go to," Ryan joked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Close enough. We're touring with Ishida-Yamagi Yamato, my ex's older brother and my brother-in-law."
Your brother is GAY?!"
"Hai and the problem is?"
"Eh, I'm just amazed."
"Uh huh. You know, that was Kayla's reaction too. Hmm…"
"Anyway, I'll be at the hotel soon. We're almost done here. We're suppose to meet our 'partner' tomorrow at noon, I believe at a restaurant Home at Heart."
"This shall prove to be interesting."
"Indeed, take care love."
"See you soon. Love you."
"Ditto. Bye."
Ryan turned to Evan, who had walked over during his conversation with Yumi, "She's in the limo and she's fine, just a bit stressed. She ran into her brother."
"That's good. She's probably going to be real jumpy during this trip and I don't blame her," Evan said as he ran a hand through his hair, "We better make sure that she's ok, though. You know how she is and not telling us how she really feels about stuff." At the look he was receiving from Ryan, "I don't like her like that! She's my little sister, kinda."
Ryan sighed, "I know, I'm just really overprotective, sadly."
"Don't we know it!" laughed Daniel, Dan, as he and Andrew, Drew, (pianist, not manager) walked up to the duo.
"Yeah," Drew laughed too as memories came back to him, "After you two got engaged, you almost punched me for giving Yumi a kiss on the cheek for good luck."
Ryan blushed while the others laughed, "It's not my fault that I thought you were putting the moves on my fiancée!"
They laughed and chatted as they reached their separate cars waiting for them in the parking lot of the airport. Time to visit the hotel and a certain bed.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
Taichi drove away from the blonde woman and her brunette friend with quite a bit on his mind. The blonde girl acted like Hikari, but it couldn't be Hikari. She had blonde hair and blue eyes.
But her roots looked brown and there are color contacts. Hikari wore low prescription contacts in High School after all that time in the dark room at school.
Flipping open his cell phone, Taichi pressed the speed dial button and selected a number. He then pressed it to his ear as he waited for the other person to pick up the phone.
"Ishida Yamato speaking."
"Koshii, it's me."
"Taichi! It's good to hear from you."
"And I'm home, driving home, actually."
"You're home early."
"Yeah, the delegates didn't really want to be there, and we made it quick. So, I'm here now. I have a question, have you heard anything recently?"
"Iie."
Then, it might be Hikari. No, it can't be. It's probably some delegate's daughter I've seen before.
"Oh. Why don't get everyone back together here in Kyoto? We need to get together again, I miss them," Taichi sighed as he drove up to the gates of his and Yamato's mansion and nodded to the guards who let him through the massive gates that kept many people out of their mansion.
"I've been thinking about that too. We can invite them to our home. Jou was going to take some time off soon, and we need to get Takeru away from the computers," Yamato replied.
"Hai, then. It's set. I'll call them and see if we can get them over to the house, soon."
"I have a meeting tomorrow at lunch, will you come with me? It's with the group that is going to work with me for the charity tour."
"Sure, though, I thought you couldn't find anyone?"
"Well, in Japan, we couldn't, but this American singer who is a native born Japanese citizen, wanted to do it. Or that's what her manger said to mine."
"What's his name?"
"Her name is Kanzaki Yumi. A tall blonde with blue eyes, she made her name known about five years ago."
Taichi drove into his garage and parked, "I saw her and some brunette girl with her. Who is she?"
"Cambride Kayla, a singer and model who sings with Kanzaki-san, she's dating a band member, Watergate Daniel, I think."
"What about Kanzaki-san?"
"She's engaged to another band member Entz Ryan. They're going to get married in a few months. What's with all the questions?"
"Kanzaki-san reminded me of Hikari."
"Oh."
"Are Gatomon and Patamon still missing?"
"Hai. No one can find them. It's like they disappeared off the face of the world. They disappeared shortly after Takeru and Hikari split."
They talked some more and hung up with the promise of meeting at the house in an hour. Taichi was still reeling from his meeting with Yumi and he didn't know why. Mystery surrounded her and he was going to figure out what connected him to her.
O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o
A shadowy figure stood in front of a pool of water and watched as the scenes played out below it. Feathery wings shown as did the figure of a woman. She stood and watched every once and while she stirred the water to show a different scene.
A tall male figure walked in, with feathery white wings as well and watched the woman as she did what she did. "Playing watcher again?" he asked quietly.
"Yes, fate was altered and I must make sure it stays on course this time. We can not afford anymore mess ups, not now," the woman replied not moving from her position.
"But you do not need to watch their every move." He stated as he walked to her side and gazed as the scene between Taichi and Yamato take place.
"The Digital World is falling apart, I will not sit aside this time. I cannot allow it to fall apart. It is my home!" she angrily retorted.
"As it is mine, but we must allow some things to take their course. Calm down, my lady. We do not need another parallel dimension to worry about from your meddling," he calmly replied.
"Don't call me that," she whispered as she stirred the water yet again to see Takeru working. Tears fell from her eyes, "Please don't call me that."
"I must and you know that," he replied and shook his head. "I love you and you know that, but until the time comes we can not really be together. I can not touch you."
He laid his hand above the water and it glowed a gold color around Takeru, "Hope, believe yet again. Love is still there. Look for your Light."
"You shouldn't have," she murmured, "You shouldn't toy with him yet. We are to not mess with what is happening there, yet."
"Yet I must," he replied and stirred the water to see Yumi laying on her bed with tears running down her cheeks as she regretted leaving her brother and the broken look in his eyes and remembering all her friends. "You must as well."
She nodded and laid her hand just above the water, "Little Light look within yourself and release your doubts. Become what you once where, the reincarnate if the Goddess of Light." Her hand glowed a light pink.
The two angels stood above the pool and watched as the rest of fate played out to fulfill the destiny that should have taken place years ago and mend too hearts that hurt too much to describe.
The female angel let tears silently fall down her cheeks and watched as Yumi looked out her window. The male angel watched Takeru as he looked out his office window, also.
And it began to rain.
- End Chapter
Authors Note - Hey, I updated quickly! I'm just giving something back to you guys. I'm sorry that this isn't as long as the other chapter, but it's filler, yet again. Yamato and Taichi actually meet Yumi in the next chapter, I hope. In a car ride to San Anotinio and back is where the last part came in. It was a little bunny that said, "Hey use me. This is an anime." Also, what to do with the Digital World? All right there. Sorry about everything with the rain, but it has to go with the title and just how the story flows. Thanks for the reviews! It makes me feel so much better.
RougeSummersLovers – Yeah, Teeks still loves Hikari. I really can't see it any other way. But then, that's just me. Yumi is going to marry Ryan. Andrew is like a brother. I wrote the chapter, just before you sent in your review, suprising me, considering Andrew 'kisses' Yumi. :) Yes, she is defiantly going to play with Yamato. I just can't wait to write that part, which I'll probally start as soon as I post this. Izzy is engaged to some chick that I have yet to make up the name of. Not someone really important, but now that you brought that up, I might. Hmm… that would explain some lose ends, thanks! Did I update soon enough? ::snickers::
Dragons star – That was a cliffy? I thought it wasn't. Man, I have like cliffhanger must write illness going on or something. Shucks… I just updated because I could this time, and also because I would rather finish it now that I am supposedly grounded. More like half grounded. --;; You know. I really an starting to love reviewers with advice like this. You guys are great. Life is weird lately, I'll agree, with school starting up soon, agh…
Yakari Taito – I'm glad your not mad at me. I was really worriedly for a bit. Yamoto, really, where did I come up with that? Thanks for the encouragement.
Christy – I know you want to know what will happen between Hikari and Takeru, but I can't have them meet too soon. I'm really sorry, but too soon would mess the whole story up. There will be a ton of almost's though. Thanks for the encouragement though.
Tsunami-chaos – I'm going to be added to your favorite list?! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I feel so so loves. - Takari the whole way. Takeru and Rini, please forgive me if I gag. I hate that character. With much reason too.
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Anime Ambreen and Poke' Manic – You know, you have the longest name to type but don't change, I'm always looking forward to your review. AGH! It was a cliffy?! I have a problem with those. Is this one? I need to work on that. ::scribbles on a piece of paper:: Favorite List? Oh my gosh, thank you so much. You make me feel so important. I have it mostly covered, but if you find any and want to send them in, I'll use them. I need to change a couple of mine. You start later than me, lucky. I start on the 11th. Only 9 more days of freedom.
Notes – Ok, finishing notes. Thanks again for reviewing and supporting me. I'll try to start working on the next chapter, but then, I need to work on SPCF, too. You know, my ex has an account on , and he updated the other day. If he finds this, dear lord spare me. He's a Takari fan too. Oh I'm so dead. I used names also. Yeah, can't you see that I'm freaking out. Breath in, breath out and hope like hell that he doesn't find this. Fuck, I'm so dead. Well, I'll update soon, hopefully. And still be alive
-Lady Selenity