This takes place approximately two years after the defeat of Malomyotismon. I have chosen ages for the Digi-destined so that it fits in with my story. Joe is in medical college and is 19. Tai, Sora, and Matt are all 18. They are starting normal college in Japan. Izzy and Mimi are both 17. Izzy is in college with Tai and the others. You will find out more about Mimi as the story progresses. TK, Kari, Davis, Ken, and Yolei are all 14. Ken still goes to a different school. Cody has just turned 13 and is a year behind them in school.
This starts of general but will lead to Sorato, Michi, Takari, and Kenlei coupling. There will also be some other surprise coupling along the way.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of its characters.
AN: I revamped the story format a bit. As theladyknight, my mentor and idol, pointed out with helpful constructive criticism it was confusing jumping from speaker to speaker like it was before.
Ballet Kitty: Yea, my first reviewer, I think I will allow you a prize. Pick anything you would like to see in this story except for a romance or villain. It will be written in. BTW, you are correct about Cody's age but I made him really smart and morphed his age scale for this story.
theladyknight: my mentor and idol. Thanks so much for reviewing. I hope to see many more reviews from you soon. I don't want to spill any secrets so I will tell you that you have a perceptive eye and are right in some of your assumptions.
Many thanks to Ai Ishida and JyouraKoumi
Darkness, beautiful darkness.
I must let it spread. It wants to spread. It wants to consume and corrupt. So much power resides in it, so much power. It must be mine, it will be mine. But first I must let it go. I must let grow and become more. Then, then it will allow me to be reborn! And once I am reborn, I will seek out and destroy those meddling creatures that thought they could bring about my doom.
Those meddling creatures and their pitiful digimon. Then I will destroy the digital world and all other worlds!
The symbols were glowing again. They were the only light in the dim room that he was in. So Gennai walked up to them and started to interpret them. There was a familiar feel that he experienced while reading them.
"New darkness… evil reborn… hmmm…and the chosen children." He gasped. "The Chosen Children! That's the Digi-destined! Oh my, I will have work to do. Maybe this has something to do with Azulongmon's recent disappearance?"
And with this thought he walked off to do some more research. The symbols continued to glow in his absence.
"TAI! Wake up!" a voice screamed in the eighteen year olds ear. His eyes slowly opened up as his hand reached up to cover his yawn. He proceeded to rub the sleep from his eyes and blinked a couple of times before staring up at his younger sister.
"Kari, why are you waking me up so early in the morning?" He yawned. "Oh come on Tai, it's only eight o'clock. And you need to get up now or else we're going to be late." Kari pulled the duvets aside and yanked her elder brother out of bed. She pointed to the door and then started to push him out.
Still in a sleepy state Tai just yawned once more and asked, "What are we going to be late for anyways?"
Kari, still pushing him towards the bathroom, decided to remind him. "Today's the day that Mimi and her parents are returning to Odaiba and you promised her that you would bring the car so that we could help carry some of her luggage. And with Mimi, you know there is going to be a lot of luggage." Kari giggled the last part.
Tai finally awoke at this statement and remembered the discussion that the whole gang had yesterday.
---Flashback---
The gang had gathered up at the schools computer room at the request of Sora. All the younger Digi-destined as well as Tai and Izzy, were already there waiting for the rest to show up.
"What's taking Matt and Sora so long?" Davis complained. "And what is this meeting about anyway?"
"We don't know Davis, but Sora did say that it had to be done today." Izzy answered.
At this point Kari, who was sitting in between TK and Yolei, stood up. "I think it has something to do with Mimi."
TK asked "Why do you think that Kari?"
"Well, Mimi arrives from America tomorrow and Sora has been talking about it ever since Mimi found out that her father got transferred back here." Yolei nodded along, remembering Sora talking non-stop about their friend. "I think," Kari continued "that she wants to plan some sort of party for Mimi."
At this point the door opened up and Matt and Sora walked in, holding each other's hands. They had been dating for almost two years but were still taking it slow. "That's exactly what this meeting is for Kari." Sora said referring to the earlier conversation. "I wanted to see what you guys thought about my idea."
Matt walked up and pulled up a chair for Sora. She smiled at him and sat down. He returned the smile and sat next to her while asking, "What exactly is your idea?" Sora looked at everyone and was about to reply when the doors to the computer room flew open once again and a blue haired young man with glasses rushed in with a disheveled look. He was carrying a bag that was flooding with papers.
"Wait, I'm here, I'm here. Don't start the meeting without me." he yelled. He then proceeded to trip over his feet and fall flat on his face. Sniggers and chuckles were heard from the boys as the girls went over to help him up.
Davis then asked aloud "Hey, if Joe is here then it must be a pretty big party."
"What party?" Joe wondered, looking at Tai and Matt. Sora answered for them.
"I was just about to tell the others my idea for a party for Mimi." She wasn't looking where she was going and as a result, bumped into Ken while on her way back to her seat. "Oh, sorry Ken."
"That's ok Sora" Ken replied back.
Sora smiled lightly at the younger boy and thanked him. "By the way, thank you for coming all the way over here on such short notice."
"No problem Sora, I was more then happy too. I've also got to pick up a few groceries later on, so I would have been passing by anyway."
Sora then sat down and explained her idea. "Mimi arrives at the airport at nine fifteen tomorrow morning. I thought that it would be nice if we all went there to meet her there and help her parents with the luggage and drive them home. I also thought that the girls and I could take Mimi shopping while you boys go and help decorate Mimi's home for the surprise party."
Davis then stood up and pouted. "Hey, why do we have to do the work while you go and shop?"
"I don't have a problem with decorating duty" Cody said, "I kinda like it."
"Don't worry Davis; we'll all be there to help out." Izzy said.
"Absolutely, I'm in."
"So am I."
"Me too." Everyone unanimously agreed that it would be a good idea.
--- End Flashback---
Tai's eyes widened immediately and jumped to attention. He rushed to the bathroom and began to quickly apply toothpaste to his toothbrush. "Kari, you should have woken me up earlier. It's a forty five minute drive to the airport and we have no idea what traffic is like."
Kari giggled at her brother's statement. Tai was never organized in the morning; it was a surprise when he even knew what day it was. She wondered if all older siblings were like that. She would have to ask TK later, maybe Yolei as well.
Suddenly Tai burst out of the bathroom and ran past Kari and towards the front door muttering something about his car needing gas. There was a shriek heard before he came back into the house apologizing to their mother about running out in his PJs. Through out this whole time his toothbrush was hanging unceremoniously from his mouth. Kari smiled and continued getting ready. "Looks like it's going to be another one of those days."
Matt looked around the large white building, turning a full 360 degrees before arriving at his original position. 'I can't believe how big this place has gotten,' he thought 'the last time I was here there wasn't an ice cream stand.' 'Who would put up and ice cream stand in the airport.' He turned to his companion and asked her "Did you know that they had put up an ice cream stand here?"
The pretty redhead turned to him and smiled. Her eyes seemed to shimmer as she replied "Thinking of food already Matt. You're starting to act like Tai more and more."
Matt blushed lightly and said "Don't blame me Sor, I haven't had breakfast yet."
"Speaking of Tai, what is taking him so long?" a third voice asked. Both Matt and Sora turned to the second redhead of the group. Izzy continued "I know that he is always late, but you would think that he would arrive on time today."
"We won't be able to carry the entire luggage without another car. What happens if we overload the cars and they break down?" The three of them turned to the last person in the group. The tallest one of them, ol' reliable Joe with blue hair and eyeglasses, stood worrying as always. "Jim will kill me if the car breaks down."
"Aw, quit worrying Joe. I'm sure Tai will be here in time." For the third time in less than two minutes Matt turned to a new speaker. His younger brother, arriving along side Ken, Yolei, and Cody, had jumped into the conversation.
Yolei then spoke up, arms flailing about, "What I want to know is why Davis is taking so long in there. We all promised that we would be here to meet Mimi."
"Don't worry Yolei, I'm sure that he will be here on time just like Kari and Tai." Said Cody.
At this point Izzy turned to Ken. "Where did you guys go off to?"
"We went to check what time the flight come in.," replied the younger boy. "It seems that all is in order and they will arrive on time. There was a head wind earlier that would have delayed them if not for the tail wind that they caught as they neared Japan."
"That's strange." Izzy replied. "It's very rare to get both a tail and a head wind."
The eight of them stood in silence for a second before Sora noticed something. "Hey where's Davis?" TK merely jerked his thumb to the large sign that said restrooms.
Matt smirked as he asked his sibling, "He didn't get them mixed up, did he?" TK, Izzy and Yolei burst out laughing while Joe, Ken and Cody smiled or chuckled.
Sora, however, slapped Matt's shoulder and frowned. "That's not a nice thing to say Matt. Plus I think even Davis might know the difference between the male and female bathrooms."
"Actually Sora, there have been some occasions in Davis' younger days…" Joe said stopping as he saw the reactions of the others.
"How do you know what Davis was like in his younger days?" Matt asked with an eyebrow raised.
"I… um… I've heard stories." Joe stuttered back.
"Who from?" TK now joined in the playful interrogation.
Joe decided to change the topic "Look," he said pointing behind them "Tai and Kari have finally arrived."
Surly enough there were two teenagers strolling towards the group. Tai waved to them and jogged up ahead, "Hey guys, sorry we're so late but Kari took too long eating breakfast."
"Not all of us can swallow food whole Tai." Kari said as she caught up to her big brother. "And if I remember correctly, you were the one who forgot to fill the car's tank." Tai was about to reply but was interrupted by the intercom.
"BING… Attention, Flight JL 20045 is arriving at Gate twelve. Repeat. Flight JL 20045 is arriving at Gate twelve. Thank you… BING"
"That's Mimi's flight!" Sora exclaimed. She was getting excited at the fact that she would be able to see her best friend again. It had been so long since they had seen her. It was two years ago, since the issue with Malomyotismon. Now her best friend was coming back permanently. "Lets go!"
"What about Davis?" TK asked, "Should one of us wait for him."
"No need to. Look." Joe said pointing towards the boy that was running towards them.
The younger version of Tai stopped short of them and said "Hey, I just heard the message over the intercom. Is that Mimi's flight?"
The anger on Yolei's face was evident "What took you so long Davis. Mimi's flight has already arrived and we don't want her to think we abandoned her!"
Ken rushed forward to save his cowering best friend. "It's alright Yolei, he's here now. Come on, we should probably go and wait by the gate."
"Right, let's go everyone." Tai exclaimed pointing towards the other side of the terminal.
"He seems oddly excited" Izzy noted to Joe. Joe merely nodded and followed their leader.
The whole group set off in that direction when Cory suddenly looked up and asked, "Hey Davis, what happened to the flowers."
"What flowers?"
"The flowers for Mimi that you were carrying." The whole group had pitched in to buy flowers for Mimi as a welcome present. Sora had picked the finest and pinkest flowers that her mother's shop sold. Now, it seemed that Davis had misplaced them.
"Um…I.. ah…left them back at the information desk." Davis said sweat dropping. The other younger Digi-destined immediately tried to hold back a raging and furious Yolei from attacking as Davis ran across the building leaving Joe coughing at the dust he left behind and Matt and Tai laughing on the floor.
The gang, minus Davis who was still looking for the flowers, arrived at the gate a few minutes later to see most of the passengers were already there greeting family. They looked around for familiar pink hair but came up empty. "There's no sign of pink in this area. Unless you count that little girls toy pony." Izzy pointed out.
Sora stepped in reminding them, "Mimi doesn't have pink hair anymore remember. She changed it back to her natural color."
"Oh ya!" the rest of the group replied. Yolei and Sora stepped away to get a better look.
As some of the crowd cleared up Yolei noticed a girl her age with straight blond hair and fancy clothes talking to someone with honey colored hair. "Sora, look" Yolei screamed as she grabbed the elder girl and pointed to the older honey-colored-hair girl she saw "that's Mimi."
Sora and Yolei both took off at lightning speed towards their long-time friend "Mimi, MIMI." Sora cried trying to be heard over Yolei's zealous screams.
Yolei ran waving out to her friend shrieking out "HEY MIMI, MIMI OVER HERE!" Mimi smiled brightly when she heard the screams and waved to her friends. The three friends joyfully hugged each other as the boys and Kari jogged up to say hi.
Mimi squealed as she saw that all her friends were here and launched herself in their arms. She enthusiastically hugged every one before turning to introduce the blonde girl she was speaking with before. "Guys I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine who sat with me on the plane trip here. This is…"
She was interrupted by Tai and TK who recognized her and exclaimed "CATHERINE."
The girl looked up with wide eyes as she realized whom the two boys were. "TAI! TK! It is so good to see the both of you." she said in a strong French accent as she hugged them both. She failed to see the scowl on Kari's face as she hugged TK.
The rest of the Digi-destined looked from the two boys to Catherine as Ken asked, "How do you know each other?"
Tai and TK looked at each other and took turns in explaining. "It was during the time we went to Paris,"
"She was one of the Digi-destined of France."
"Ya, and she and her digimon were captured by the Mamemon brothers,"
"and then we saved her"
"Actually it was more like Grandpa saved her and we helped,"
"Right, but we helped a lot." The other got the jist of it.
Mimi turned to her new friend and asked "Catherine, how come you never told me you were a Digi-destined?"
"I am sorry Mimi, but you never asked." Mimi sweat dropped as she realized that the girl was a lot like herself when she was a young Digi-destined.
Sora turned to Catherine. "Um…so Catherine what brings you to Odaiba?"
Catherine turned to the older girl and smiled. "My father is the new ambassador of France to Japan. He was promoted at the embassy and they sent us here. We were in transit in New York. That was where Mimi and I met."
Mimi took over from there. "Catherine came with her father and mother. They plan on enrolling her in your high school." She said pointing towards the younger Digi-destined.
"Cool!" TK and Cory replied as they smiled at the pretty girl. Kari glared more as Yolei joined her.
Ken kept to himself realizing that Yolei was glaring at him. 'We need an ice-breaker to relieve the tension.' He thought 'I wonder where…' His thoughts were interrupted by a loud yell. "HEY GUYS! I found the flowers." Davis ran up to the group waving a bouquet. 'Speak of the devil.' Ken thought with a smirk.
Davis ran up to the group who had turned to him. After finally finding the flowers abandoned near the information desk, he quickly made sure that they were in good condition before rushing back. He knew that Sora would have a fit if her perfectly arranged bouquet was damaged in any way. As he made his way up to the rest of the group he recognized Mimi.
As he came to say hello his eye caught a hold of someone new in the group. He skidded to a halt as he took in the new girl. She had soft blond hair that fell down to her back. Her eyes glimmered and sparkled as she smiled at him. He vaguely heard Mimi say hi to him as floated over to this new beauty. For some reason he stretched out his hand and presented the flowers to her. "These are for you" he said with an odd look on his face as the new girl giggled.
Suddenly the flowers were taken from his grasp and used to smack his head. "You moron! These are from all of us to Mimi." She presented Mimi with the flowers and smiled before turning back to yell at Davis. Yolei chased Davis round in circles as Ken tried to calm them both down. The rest of the girl laughed and giggled and talked about the trip as the guys went to grab Mimi's luggage. Kari took in the group moment and suddenly wished she had her camera with her.