Princess Viv: THANK YOU!! Thanks for the reviews. I'm so glad! I thought I'd never get any! Anyway, the reviewers:

Anonymous: hey, you didn't leave your name…oh well. Sorry if you don't like the plot. I guess we all think alike. I didn't know it would be similar. And I think, and I'm not trying to be rude or anything, that you should respect the writer's story if he/she has decided to bash J.P. Personally, I'm not even trying to not respect him. He always sucks up to Izumi. Ask the producers to give him more respect, not me! Anyway, thanks for the review.

yUmMyCoWs891: Thank you, thank you, thank you! I thought I would be getting flames forever! Well, Kouji's mind is, let's just say, on a particular girl and her boyfriend. He is very disturbed about this fact! I'm so happy you like my story! Thank you for the review.

Sakura2387: Thank you for the review. I'm glad at least two people enjoyed my story. Are you a Card captor Sakura fan? I love watching it! I have the full set!

Chikomon: You're getting a little over excited now.

Leafmon: Agreed. eyes Princess Viv will dread as she bounces round the room

Princess Viv: But I'm so happy! Wheeee!!

Disclaimer: I don't own it! God, even not owning Digimon won't put me down today! Wheeee!!!

Digimon: Return To Me

Chapter 2: Izumi and Takuya's hard times

Izumi wandered away from school quietly. She was still worried about her relationship with Takuya and her feelings for Kouji.

She roamed into the local park, unaware someone was following her. Izumi's mind was occupied.

Izumi reached the river, stopped, and sighed. "Love is such a fickle thing." She thought. At last, she felt the presence of her follower. She whipped round, and standing there was…Kouji.

"Hi Kouji." Izumi was surprised. Her heart seemed to beat faster. She couldn't help but look at his face. "He's changed so much." Izumi thought. "Well, he has in my eyes. Why do I feel so attracted to him now? Or have I always felt this way?" she thought in horror as she recalled their adventures in the Digital World.

"Izumi?" Kouji frowned and walked closer. Izumi stepped backwards.

"Don't…don't…"

"Izumi?" Kouji repeated. She seemed in a trance, her eyes glazed over as he tried to approach her.

Izumi backed away even more. She reached the river's edge, but didn't notice. However, Kouji's sharp eyes did. "Don't, you'll fa---"

Too late. Izumi screamed and snapped out of it as she started to fall into the river. Kouji ran forward, grabbed her outstretched hand, and pulled. She breathed a sigh of relief as she was slowly dragged up again.

"Thanks." She panted. Izumi noticed her hand in Kouji's and quickly pulled away. A tingling of energy passed between them.

Kouji shrugged, but inside, he was confused. "That strange feeling." He looked at his hand. "What was it?"

"So," Izumi stopped herself from blushing. "What are you doing here?"

"I was following you."

"Why?" Izumi was curious.

"Because…because…"

"Just damn tell her!" a voice said from inside of Kouji. He sighed.

"I was worried about you." He finally surrendered.

Izumi's face broke into a large smile. "Really?"

"Yeah." Kouji turned away. He was not to be seen looking embarrassed in front of Izumi. Oh no. Not a chance.

"Well, thanks." Izumi kept smiling. "I appreciate it."

"Are you sure you're…alright?" Kouji asked. "You didn't seem…normal today."

"Yeah, I'm fine…I will be, don't worry. I'd better get home now."

"I'll walk you." Kouji said before he could stop himself.

Izumi tried not to look surprised. "Okay."

"So…where do you live now?" Izumi asked Kouji as they walked.

"On Yutaka Street (1)." Kouji replied.

"Hey, I live there!" Izumi grinned. "So you're the new neighbour Mum was talking about earlier."

Kouji was surprised. He didn't know Izumi was rich enough to have a house in Yutaka Street. It was where all the overly rich people lived.

They walked on in companionable silence towards their homes for the next fifteen minutes. Kouji walked Izumi to her house. "So...I'll see you tomorrow then." Kouji felt awkward.

Izumi couldn't help but grin. "Yeah. See you tomorrow." She went into her house.

"Izumi? Is that you?" her mother called.

"Yeah, I'm back mum." Izumi called.

In Izumi's bedroom later…

Izumi was deep in thought. "Well…I can't help these feelings I keep getting from Kouji. Was I like this in the Digital World?" she thought. Her mind wandered back to three years ago…

"He seemed cold and horrible at first. But he was a really nice guy deep down." She thought. "He was always there to protect me. When I couldn't beat Woodmon, he stopped him from hurting me anymore and saved the Floramon's village. He jumped in front of me when Tommy became…deranged. Later, I saved him from falling to his death as he battled Grottomon. And once, when he saw I was shivering, he lent me his jacket. It was also Kouji's idea of how to save me when our group tried to get me back from the evil grasps of Calamaramon. And then there was the time when we went into the Dark Area, and I was so scared; I remembered that I ran to Kouji immediately. Oh god, that was embarrassing." (2)

"Oh my god." Izumi sighed out loud. "What am I going to do?"

Meanwhile…

At the local supermarket, Takuya was busy buying food for his mum. He was looking at the top shelves, searching for tinned chicken soup, when he bumped into someone. The person shrieked and fell to the floor.

"Oh, I am so sorry, I---" Takuya dropped his basket and turned to see his rival, Keira. "Oh, you." He said, blushing slightly.

"That's all you can say?" she yelled, also a bit red in the face. "You just knocked me down! Come and help me up!"

"Fine." Takuya grabbed her hand and helped Keira off the floor.

"Humph." Keira turned her back on him.

"Just keep turning away, I don't wanna talk to you anyway." Takuya retorted.

"And neither do I." The two left, feeling embarrassed, annoyed, and strangely happy. Takuya forgot about the chicken soup.

(1) Yutaka = rich in Japanese. Got it off a translator website.

(2) I got this evidence from An Izumi shrine.

Princess Viv: So…what do you think? This story isn't improving by much. But hopefully, it will improve by checks storyline the next chapter! There will be about seven chapters in this story. Please review!

Princess Viv

Chapter 3: Stuck on a mountain