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Tai and First Generation Digidestined: 19

Takeru, Hikari and Second Generation Digidestined: 15

Cody: 14

Chapter I

Hikari Yagami sat in the shade of a tree on a bright, clear day. Gatomon purred peacefully in her lap, taking her afternoon catnap. A soft breeze gently blew by them, ruffling Gatomon's fur just a bit. Her crimson eyes gazed into the azure sky. Without thinking, her mind wandered off to her best friend, Takeru Takaishi. His eyes matched up with the intensity of the sky perfectly, she thought. It had been a while since anybody had seen him. No one missed him more than she did. It pained her every time to think about him because she caused him to leave.

Flashback

Hikari heard her phone ring late at night. It was Takeru.

'What could he possibly want at this hour?' Hikari thought.

She picked it up and heard Takeru sound a little desperate.

"Could you meet me in the park in about fifteen minutes?" he asked.

"Keru, do you have any idea what time it is?" Hikari couldn't help but sound a little concerned.

"I just need to talk to you, please."

Hikari sighed. 'I give into my friends too easily.' She thought.

"Alright, fine."

(At the park)

Hikari felt the night wind blow around her ankles. Maybe I should have worn shoes instead of flip flops, she figured. She had lived only a couple blocks from the park, so she hadn't bothered to put on shoes, only a jacket. The lone crescent moon shone brightly, without a cloud to accompany it. Though it was late, the city of Odaiba still sparkled like a jewel. The darkness was so calm, peaceful, and serene.

Hikari was taking in all the wonderful sensations of the night when she felt a warm hand touch her shoulder. She turned with a gasp and stared into the two azure orbs of her blond haired best friend, Takeru Takaishi. Though she had never admitted this to anyone before, Hikari harbored feelings from him. It wasn't just the attractive physical qualities which he and his brother shared, but it was something else. His wonderful and charismatic smile always lit up her day and helped lift heavy spirits. He was helpful and kind, even almost as smart as Izzy or Ken. He was also quite a sight, too. His tall lean, muscular body from basketball, accompanied by a cute face and messy blond hair made Takeru Takaishi the bachelor of Odaiba High School.

"Hey Kari, sorry to drag you outta bed, but I just had kno-", He started.

"Couldn't it wait till tomorrow, keru!" She was irritated, but she was just playing around.

"Well, you see Kari…I've known you for a long time and the only reason why I'm saying this now is because I wasn't sure how you would react."

Hikari felt it in her heart, it was pounding a bruise in her chest. She finally would hear it….

"I love you, Hikari. I can't live on without you." Fireworks exploded in the back of Hikari Yagami's head. She was about to reply when…

Her throat tightened up, left her speechless. A portion of her brain said 'You can't! He's your best friend. It could never happen…' Hikari was trying to scream it, but nothing came out

Instead, what came out of her mouth was, "Sorry, Keru, I wish I felt the same, but my heart is with….Daisuke Motomiya."

Takeru's once sparkling sapphires now sat dull and empty. To say the least, he looked crestfallen. In fact, to Hikari, it no longer looked like the sky, but they were reminiscent of the color of the Dark Ocean……

"I-I-I gotta go, I'm sorry" stammered Hikari. She couldn't even look back at her probably former best friend. It would hurt too much; her best friend of 8 years was now left with a broken heart.

end flashback

Hikari thought to herself, 'O Takeru, I'm sorry about what happened between us, but where are you? I miss you…..' A single teardrop fell before she heard Daisuke coming.

Hikari hastily wiped away the tear and turned to face her boyfriend, Daisuke. Over the past 2 weeks, while they were pretending to be a couple, Hikari had actually started to enjoy the company of Daisuke and accepted him as her boyfriend, much to everybody's amazement.

"Hey Dai, what's up?" Kari greeted.

"I'm just about kiss this wonderful girl in front of me." Daisuke said seductively.

"O really, well I better leave you to that." returned Hikari.

Their lips joined and their tongues were engaged in an erotic wrestling match. However, as they were doing this, Hikari couldn't help but to feel guilty because it didn't feel right. She felt like she was betraying Takeru and lying to Daisuke at the same time. There was now an empty pit which she was trying to fill. It was all but she could do from screaming for escape from the complications between her and Takeru's relationship, as well as her's with Daisuke. She then quickly broke the kiss in a response to this.

Luckily, for Hikari, Taichi, her older brother came yelling for Hikari.

"HIKARI! HIKARI! Where are you!" he yelled.

This woke Gatomon, and she immediately replied, "What are you screaming about, Tai?"

"Come quick! Yamato apparently has some sort of important news he wants you all to hear," Tai said.

Hikari asked, "What sort of news?"

"It's Takeru, Kari, he's gone."