k2: Okay, I know this is gonna sound harsh, well, once you finish reading it of course, but this is the last meanwhile chapter. You won't have to 'suffer' through anymore of them, though you may be a little peeved at how I ended it. Sorry.
MK: No she's not.
k2: (has already hidden from angry mob of fans)
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What Now!
Meanwhile pt5
PG-13
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"I would like to thank you and Yuuko, Susumu." Steve stated as he gulped down the last of his coffee. "I don't know how Nancy would have survived last night if your wife hadn't promised to stay. I'm not…very much help."
After the meeting broke apart the previous night both Kamiya's decided not to leave right away, proffering instead to stay and chat with Steve and Nancy. Toshiko Takanouchi, Sora's mother, had used his phone before she left to call Mimi's parents and see what was going on with them. She had managed to get them on the phone, but it was quite obvious that they had just had the dream themselves which sounded pretty accurate considering the time difference on each side of the hemisphere. Mr. Tachikawa was already on his cell, ordering tickets for the fastest jet he could get while Mrs. Tachikawa listened to Toshiko explain what they had already discussed, with Susumu adding his own input now and then by taking the receiver away. Steve even had to break up a little squabble when the two of them began a small tug-o-war over it.
In the end, however, after everyone was finally gone and the two couples conversations began to wind down Yuuko and Nancy retired to the bedroom. Nancy was far to tired and Yuuko decided to play mother hen to the already stressed woman, and when the two men checked on them later that evening they found Yuuko crashed out in a chair by the bed. They had propped her feet up, placed a blanket over her and returned to the kitchen until they too were to tired to continue conversing about what they were planning to do. Steve gave Susumu the couch, accepted no argument and took the recliner for himself. Now, however, it was morning and the ladies were still asleep.
"You're more help then you think Steve." Susumu stated with a laugh. "You were there for her when she needed you the most." He winked "An anchor. If you hadn't been here how do you think she would have taken the loss? How do you think she would have been after the dream? Woman are fickle, my friend, and none come more fickle then my wife, so trust me when I say these things."
Steve grinned as he caught the wink Susumu had given him and shook his head. "I never could understand Nancy, maybe that was why we never got along."
"Say, how long were you two together before you had children anyway?"
"Excuse me?"
"No, hear me out." Susumu's hands went up defensively and he gave his head a quick nod. "I was wondering because you and Nancy seem to really care about each other. And you have a lot in common too."
"Well, we did produce two very good children together-."
"No." Susumu interrupted him. "It's not that. Both of you are in similar fields of work. And you once told me that you had the same interests when it came to books and movies. In fact-."
"Okay, okay!" Steve raised his hand to halt the rest of the mans' argument and shook his head in bewildered exasperation. "I kind of wonder exactly when it was that our son's relationship leaked onto us."
Susumu laughed, stood, and got the fresh pot of coffee off the burner. "Who knows? Maybe it was all the times I had to go over to your place to pick up Tai when he didn't return home from school right away that first year after the first incident, eh?"
"Hmm. Maybe." Steve replied as he accepted a fresh refill.
The first incident is what they had began calling the disappearance of their children into the digital world; when TK and Kari were still just children. Their last and final battle with Malomyotismon a few years ago had become the second incident since after that, and no one ever talked about it.
"So Steve." Susumu looked at his friend, his expression had become very serious all of a sudden and Steve felt a rift beginning to form in the pleasantries. "You never answered a question of mine from last night."
"Which one?" Steve asked coolly as he took a drink of his hot coffee, though he had a feeling he already knew. It had come up right before Steve had called it a night and was actually what had prompted the decision to sleep.
"What will you do?"
Steve's hand began to squeeze the handle of his coffee cup as the question came out. 'What will you do' was in reference to only one thing. What was he and Nancy going to do if Matt came back empty handed? Or worse. Didn't come back at all.
Unable to evade the question forever Steve managed to force his hand from the death grip he had on his cup, managed to set it on the table and looked evenly at Susumu.
"What would you do?" was all he said.
"STEVE!"
Steve was out of his chair and through the kitchen door before Susumu even had a chance to think twice about the frantic cry and he found himself alone in the kitchen, not fully registering what just happened. When it finally did register, he was out of his own chair and through the door almost as fast as Steve had been. When he reached Nancy's bedroom he saw both Steve and Yuuko trying to calm the woman down.
"Nancy, what is it! What's wrong?"
Nancy didn't answer her ex-husband; she was too frightened to hear him, her hands grasping tightly to her head as if she were being attacked.
"Nancy, snap out of it!" Yuuko tried, but it was useless as Nancy continued to cry, tears streaming down her pale face.
"Nancy, please!" Steve gasped, "Get a hold of yourself! Everything is gong to be okay, you were dreaming again, that's all!"
Nancy froze. His words seemed to penetrate on some level and she managed to look up at him, pain mingling with grief.
"The last one wasn't just a dream." She murmured to Steve who only shook his head.
"I didn't have a dream myself though, so it's-.'
"No!" Nancy interrupted, "No! I saw them Steve! I saw them both! TK was…TK was…."
"What?" Steve shook Nancy by the shoulders, trying to prompt her into making sense. "What was TK trying to do?"
"Not try!" Nancy cried, "He was! He was…killing…"
Steve released her, his eyes wide in disbelief at the words she was trying to convey to him. He was speechless, unsure if he should believe her or…or assure her it was fine. Unfortunately before he even knew what he was doing Susumu accidentally intervened, wanting to hear what she was trying to say through her tears.
"Who?"
Steve looked at Susumu quickly, irritation mounting, but he froze at his ex-wife's next words.
"Matt."
"No!" Steve hissed turning back to Nancy and grabbing her emphatically. "No, Nancy, it was a dream! You were dreaming Nancy believe me! TK would never, not in a million years! Not our TK, not our son!"
"Steve, I know." Nancy lowered her head, "I just know that it wasn't a dream. I saw…it was like…it was like I was watching everything from Matt's eyes Steve. TK looked…" she shook her head, "...he wasn't himself." She rubbed her head "Something's happened Steve, something Matt might not be able to change." she looked up, her eyes meeting his. " Steve…I don't want to loose both my boys!"
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MK: See what I mean? She did that. And you won't get any more info regarding this spot either. Kind of irks me, personally, I wanna know more! Newayz, I think she is gonna put something about this in her sequel, add it in to what she already has when she revamps it that is. (shrugs) I dunno. Welp, guess I'm gonna go try and find her. Ja for now!
