Summary: Yamato is sent to his grandma's country house as a punishment for fights with Taichi who is madly in love with him. Odaiba High helds summer exams but the Chosen children's minds are concerned with love affaires, as any teenager's mind should be. Some Daimi, Ioriyako, Jyoushirou, Kensuke (keep in mind that Ken's in love with Daisuke), Mimori, Miyakeru, Taito (no Yamato!), Takeichi, WormmonxKen, (ahrg, it's not THAT!), maybe I forgot something. ^_^
Search and First Kiss
by Wormmonsoul
The school was quieter than usual now that the junior high students were having their summer vacation.
Basically, Taichi reflected, chewing a grass twig, they had been out since Friday and must be very happy now. The highschool students, like himself, were scattered all over the school grounds, and unlike himself, were pathetically cramming for their final tests in Advanced Physics.
Koushirou's head was buried in Taichi's textbook. He had already passed his exam this morning and the only reason for him to be near school was to help Taichi out with his exams.
"Taichi, give me the definition of electricity," the redhead said.
Taichi mournfully spat out his twig, "Piece of shit."
He stared at the sky through the vast roof of the trees. The sky today was as blue as Yamato's eyes. Very funny and very unappropriate shiver picked up in the nether regions of his stomach.
"Taichi?" Koushiro raised a brow. "Anything's bothering you?"
The brown-haired didn't hear him; he sighed dreamily to the soft gusts of wind.
"Taichi?"
"Yamato's gone," he said.
The redhead aimed the book at the famous leader. "He'll come back. You have to study though." The book landed on Taichi's chest and he brushed it off annoyed. He briefly considered to tell him that he COULDN'T study due to his little adventure in Ishida's household yesterday, and especially about the way he was.. satisfied by the mentioned Yamato, but he kept silent. He didn't have to boast yet.
"Miyako's missing," the computer boy said suddenly.
"Duh..." the highschooler said. "She has damned vacations... she's free to go wherever."
"No," the boy shook his head. "She ran away. Her parents are mad. I think," he hesitated, "somebody told her Takeru was gay and she being emotional and all, ran away."
Taichi rose on his elbows. "Who could've told her? No one outside our secret love's club and Yamato knows about me and Takeru... Wonder, how did YAMATO know?... Takeru wouldn't tell him..." A nasty shiver shook his stomach. "Damn, I forgot Miyako's in love with my little stalker... But who could have told..."
The book was suddenly hurled back at the redhead who started to quickly crawl away.
"You BASTARD!!!"
Taichi jumped on him and nailed him to the ground with his butt. Koushirou squeaked.
"I'll be damned! YOU told him!" The older boy grabbed his shoulders and shook him. "It was you!"
"Mercy... Tai... Sto.. It was... Stop... KEN!" Koushirou lied, fighting for his life.
"You think I'm THAT stupid?! Ken's too busy taming Daisuke! Besides, it's not his style." He continued to shout at him, knocking the breath out of the redhead. Eventually, he let go of him. Koushirou coughed in some air.
"We must find her," the leader said. Koushirou swallowed hard still feeling a little dizzy. He nodded.
The bell ringing announced the start of examination. Taichi muttered a curse and scrambling his textbooks up in his hands, gallopped towards the school. Koushirou considered wishing him good luck but shook his head. It was hopeless...
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The Chosen Children minus Sora, who was still in depression after Yamato and Taichi's fight,minus Yamato and minus Miyako, who was about to be rescued, gathered in the park. The gossip had already spread around and everyone knew that Miyako left home because of her desperate love for Takeru who was in love with someone else.
Taichi sent a dirty look to the Child Spreading the Knowledge Around and heavily slumped on the grass. Daisuke, having failed his Math, Japanese, English and after burning his Chemistry paper to crisps had been released from school and his teachers could finally have their vacations. He was dancing around Ken and bragging that he would save Miyako. As it was widely known, he did it for the sole purpose of impressing Mimi.
"How was your Physics?" the redhead asked Taichi.
"I sucked." Taichi laid back and stared at the sky. The leader had spoken and that meant everybody could too.
"I failed Japanese History!" Takeru sighed. "I forgot the names of the two generals."
"Which ones?"
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.."
Iori's jaw dropped. "Takeru-san!.." he gasped with reproach. "General Hideyoshi was one of the greatest generals in Japanese history, he helped the clan of Tokugawa to become shoguns and the Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the goverment to Edo, which is Tokyo now!"
"Oh, Iori-chan knows everything!!! How cute!!!" Mimi squealed and reached out to hug Iori, who evaded her and hid behind a tree.
"I did bad in Physics too," said Hikari sadly.
"That's okay," Jyou tried to cheer her up. "My PE teacher said he'd kill me if he saw me again. I wish school were over already!!"
"Hmph," said Ken darkly. "I have a test in Spanish and Renaissance Literature today. And I have already passed Physics and Chemistry. The Chemistry teacher didn't even ask me anything. She took my paper, put down 100% and wished me a nice day."
Daisuke sweatdropped. The other uncomfortably glanced at Ken. They always had a bit of prejustice against private schools and students of private schools, especially those who were former Digimon Kaisers. Wormmon stuck his head out of the bag and sent Ken a glance full of adoration.
"Have you seen Sora?" Koushirou asked the moody leader.
"No, she was in another group."
"Oh."
"Does anybody have a plan how to save Miyako?" Mimi asked.
Koushirou drummed his forehead. "She couldn't go far. Yesterday morning several of my classmates saw her sitting in the cafe near the Ferris Wheel."
"Let's split and search Odaiba," Taichi said, rising on his feet. "Go in the groups of two: one must have a D-terminal. I'll take..." he lingered. Takeru's eyes lit up like Jack o' Lantern's eyes. "Hikari," Taichi finished and gloom descended on the poor blonde. I'm keeping my promise to you, Yamato, the brunette smiled to himself.
Mimi, giggling, took Iori's hand and pulled him towards the deepest layers of the park. Daisuke stared at her with eyes full of desperate pleas. He was still in love with her. Iori, aghast, was wriggling his hand out but couldn't get away.
"Hmm," Jyou mumbled thoughtfully, and joined Ken. His sudden decision crushed all Koushirou's expectations. He wanted to have some private moments with Jyou during their search for Miyako. Taichi drew the conclusion.
"Me and Hikari are Group one. We're going to search near the Ferris Wheel. Mimi and Iori are Group two," he stared where they had disappeared to. "They're searching the Park. Daisuke goes with Ken and Jyou. Ken, you decide where to go. Takeru goes with Koushirou to Miyako's parents. Try to get news and report immediately. Everybody's good? Okay."
He dismissed a chorus of denies with a wave of his hand. Ken pulled Daisuke towards the Rainbow Bridge and Jyou loitered at some distance behind them.
"Ken-chan, where are we going?" Wormmon asked.
"Rainbow Bridge is a good enough place for hiding. There are some islands I want to check. If I didn't want to be found I'd go there."
"Because you are intelligent," the digimon said reasonably. Ken arched an eyebrow in surprise.
"I didn't take her err ... simple-mindness in consideration. You're right, Wormmon. Nevertheless, we are going there. I don't want to leave Daisuke in the same park with Mimi," the genius looked over to his friend.
"I can't believe she did it to me," muttered the broken-hearted redhead.
Jyou caught up with them and asked where they were going. After Ken vaguely pointed to the embankment, Jyou's eyes widened behind his glasses and he hastily volunteered to search cafes near the Bridge. Ken shrugged indifferently and said it was okay.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Wormmon frowned and nuzzled the side of the bag. His digimon sense went off and he alarmingly stared at the green spot amidst the blue waves of the bay. He didn't know that it used to be Vamdemon's hiding place, but he was disturbed for some reason. Those islands in Tokyo Bay... they were creeping him out.
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"Was she really in love with me?" Takeru asked quietly. It was his first words since they left the park. He and Koushirou were standing in front of Inoue's shop.
"Sort of," Koushirou said. "You were her idol. She even made a site for you."
Takeru reddened in the face, even his hair seemed to blush. "She did?" he whimpered.
"She had your photos there. She even asked your mother to give her some of your childhood pictures. You know, the one with your naked butt in the air when you fell down trying to walk."
Takeru squeaked. He rubbed his butt protectively, shooting furious glances at the passersby.
"And the one with you covered in chocolate. There was a funny story with the picture. Yamato left a chocolate bar on the table and you stole it and ate it. Your mother nearly killed him because you ran high temperature every time you ate chocolate."
"I was three years old!" Takeru whined.
"Hmm," Koushirou said finally. "Maybe we should go in?"
The door of the shop opened in invitation.
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Iori knew that there could be no Miyako hiding in the park. Mimi didn't listen to him. She tucked him into the bushes and smiled down at him. The boy shuddered. There was no one to help him out.
"Iori-chan," the girl purred. Her hand got into his thick brown hair and she loomed over him. The boy squeaked and crawled back on his elbows until his back met the tree.
"Mimi-san?"
The girl crawled up to him, batting her eyelashes.
"You have such big green eyes, Iori-chan. And you're so strong," she placed her hands on his shoulder. Iori pulled his knees to his chest, wishing he could curl up in a ball. "Will you protect Mimi if big mean guys say bad things to her?"
"Err... I don't think so... I'm too sm..."
"Oh yes, you will. Iori-chan will save his Mimi-chan, ne?"
Iori darted his eyes everywhere looking for the emergency exit sign. "Weren't we supposed to search for Miyako?" he said weakly.
"Oh, Miyako?! You like her more than me, my little angel?" she asked tearfully.
"No, but.. but.. but..." he wriggled out of her arms, "we have to find her. She may be in trouble!!"
"Yes, I know you like her. You're evil!" Mimi burst into tears cuddling Iori to her breast as if he was a pillow. "Bad Iori-chan!..."
"Mimi-san," he protested. He didn't know what to do. He was a man and he was supposed to reassure her and make her stop crying. He also wanted to run away. He dreaded Mimi.
The girl raised her face which didn't have any streaks of tears. She locked her eyes with the eyes of the little boy, then she placed her lips firmly atop of his.
Iori's eyes widened. Needless to say, it was his first kiss. He was twelve years old!
The girl angled her head and pressed her mouth to his. She slid the tip of her tongue through his lips. Iori went through a panic. He was defenseless against the kiss and he had no idea how to stop it. But the girl would not stop it by herself, in fact, she deepened the kiss, bringing Iori's irresponsive mouth closer. The boy whimpered. He didn't like Mimi and he didn't like what she was doing to him. He was very much in love with Miyako and now it seemed that he betrayed his pure and demure love for the wild girl.
"No! NO! I love Miyako!" Iori cried and pushed the astounded Mimi away. She landed on her back too shocked to notice how her muscles screamed at the fall.
Iori wiped his lips with the back of his hand. His eyes were round and bright with fear. "I'm sorry," he whispered to the stunned girl on the ground. "Mimi-san, I'm sorry." Iori backed from the small clearing until a wall of green branches stopped him. Somebody behind that bush gasped. Iori turned. Miyako was there. His face and ears reddened when he remembered what he declared a minute ago.
"Mi-Miyako-san," he stuttered.
"I didn't mean to interrupt!" she said hurriedly and blushed.
"Miyako..." Mimi slowly got up and brushed her hair from her face. She was blushing as well, but tried to revert to the usual Mimi self. "I'm so glad to see you! Look, Takeru is looking for you, everyone is. Miya-chan, Takeru isn't worth you, okay? Okay, sunshine?"
"Why... why did you run away?" Iori swallowed hard and added miserably. "Is it really because of Takeru?.."
Miyako looked down, sighed and nodded.
"Please, don't run away now. We were worried. All of us want you to come back," Mimi said. Iori found wide enough hole to get on the other side of the bush where he stood by Miyako's side. He didn't feel safe when Mimi was close.
"I'll inform the rest of Chosen that Miyako is here," he said evenly and typed the message into his D-terminal. His ears were bright red.
"I'm sorry..." the lavender-haired girl sniffed. "I couldn't really run away. My friends are here and I..."
Mimi threw her arms around the poor girl.
"Miya-chan, you should've come to me and talked about it! We'll kick Takeru's sorry ass, okay, sunshine?" she whispered to her.
"No, it's okay, I got over him."
Iori couldn't keep the smile away from his lips at those words. He knew he had no chances with Miyako but maybe if she didn't love Takeru, she wouldn't be suffering anymore. The girls parted.
"I think I fancy someone else," Miyako muttered. Iori's heart sank and he almost groaned aloud. "It's Taichi," the girl added. She tugged Mimi's sleeve as the older girl stared at her, eyebrow twitching. "Hey, Mimi-san, why were you kissing Iori-chan?"
Iori sighed. Mimi sweatdropped.
"Nothing... It was.. err..."
"A joke," the boy supplied. Miyako turned to him.
"Do you really like me, Iori-chan?"
The boy viciously nodded and blushed all over. (think Shaoran from CCS! ^_-)
"CUTE!"
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Warm night descended on Tokyo, making the huge city sparkle. In the dark it lost its metallic glitter, and there were places in Odaiba, where you could forget that thousands of buildings and millions of people surrounded you. You could almost feel lonely.
The troubles of the day were left behind. Miyako was found, the Chosen Children brought her home and apologised to her parents for her absence, and Miyako returned Takeru's photos, which the poor blonde wouldn't let anyone to look at. Tomorrow there was another exam, though nobody felt like studying.
The phone lay on his bed and Taichi paced around the room, throwing hesitant glances at it. He wanted to hear Yamato's voice. Hearing his voice was an essential part of his existance. Besides, nobody could blame Taichi that he wanted to hear Yamato say 'I love you' to him. How could Ishida-san be so cruel? How dared he to keep them apart!
Taichi strode to the bed and snatched the phone up. He punched in the number. And waited.
"Moshi moshi?" said a man's voice. No, rather a boy's voice. But it wasn't his boyfriend. Then who was it?
"Hello!" Taichi squealed in the receiver. "It's Takeru, can I speak to Yamato, please?"
"Yamato?... I'm afraid no. He's in the shower."
"Please?" Taichi begged. Why the hell would the blonde bishi have shower so late? And most importantly, who was that man?!
"No. But I have your phone number, I'll ask Ishida-san if Yamato is allowed to call you back."
The boy's eyes widened when he remember Ishida's words (If I ever find out that you called Yamato or visited him or as much as sent him an e-mail...), and he panicked.
"Wait! I'm at a friend's! I'll call later, bye!"
He pressed the off key and swore. In this infuriated state he went to the window and looked over the shining Odaiba. Who the hell was that man?! He didn't know about Takeru, and that meant he wasn't a family. Why the hell were strange men staying near his Yamato?!!! Taichi growled and threw the phone on the bed seeing red before his eyes as jealousy seized his guts.
"Hell!" he cried.
tsuzuku...
Ano, I'm still writing this fic... I remember saying that there wouldn't be any Yamato. Did you really believe it? ^^;;; Count how many times Yamato's name is mentioned, I'll award you with next chapter! ^,^
Next - Jyoushirou, Takeichi, probably Jyoumi, and Hikari's Love council!
Thanks, all lovely reviewers! You persuade me to write.