Chapter Two: Memories

"What do you mean 'We're not friends any more'?" Mimi asked, looking taken aback. "I'll find another place to live…"

"Not you and me! I mean the rest of us… after everything that happened with Oikawa, we sort of went our own ways. The Digital World was fine and it didn't need us protecting it anymore… so we, well abandoned the whole 'Digi-Destined' persona and went on with our own lives." Sora explained, weaving the car through traffic to get to next exit into the city of Odiba.

Mimi nodded, sighing. So much for things being the way they were back when they were younger, things were going to be different. Way different then what she had originally thought. "So, if you don't hang out with them anymore, how do you know that they're all going to Sakura Blossom?"

Sora grinned at this, getting off the highway turning into the city. "True, we're not friends but you still hear things around here and there. Koushiro and Mikayo are still pretty close with their love for computers and technology, they actually started their own computer business last summer… they're pretty popular now. Who would have guessed that, eh? As the rest of them…" Sora trailed off, thinking about the others she had long since lost contact with. "Taichi, Daisuke and Ken are still into sports… I see him every once and a while out on the fields. According to him, Hikari's big in the arts… hardly without her camera or her sketch book, she's pretty good at art as well. She hid it so well in the old days… and she's not as modest anymore. Takeru and Matt… are still in the 'Teenage Wolves' band, Takeru joined up about a year after the Oikawa incident when their drummer quit due to the destruction that seemed to follow them when the Digimon arrived here. Joe's a doctor now, always knew that he could do it… though she still hates blood. Go figure. Iori's starting his final year at High School, and that's about it." Sora said, pulling into a parking lot pulling into a vacant spot.

The two jumped out of the car, locking it behind them as they made their way towards the looming six story apartment building, Mimi's luggage in tow.

"What floors' your apartment on?" Mimi asked, peering through her sunglasses at the looming building.

"It's on the top floor," Sora called over her shoulder. "It has an awesome view though, you can see the whole city from up there. You'll like it, I know you will."

Mimi nodded, seeing the whole city… something she hadn't done for a long time. The two quickly made their way up the stairs and the elevator to the sixth floor before pushing a wooden door open when they reached the top.

"This is home." Sora said, setting the luggage down on the living room floor when she heard the door close behind Mimi.

Mimi looked around the room with an approving eye. Sora definitely had a taste for apartment and decorating as well. It was plain, but good-looking at the same time. The walls were painted white with pictures on the wall here and there, her living room and kitchen off to the right and to the left was another white hallway with pictures leading to a closed door at the end of the hallway. Setting her luggage down with the luggage Sora had brought in, she wandered over to the pictures littering the walls. The one that caught her attention the most was one with eleven people smiling at the camera, looking like they were having the time of their lives. She remembered it really well; just like it was yesterday.

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"Come on guys! The waters' great!" Yamato yelled, waving at the people still littering the sand, staring at those in the water like they were crazy.

"No way Matt! It will ruin my hair!" Mimi yelled back looking up from her spot on her beach blanket. "Besides, I need to work on my tan!"

Yamato laughed at Mimi, she could be so superficial like every once and a while. Sighing, it looked at the others that were still littering the beach line. Koushiro and Mikayo were there, but too wrapped up in the laptop between them to notice the goings on around them. Hikari and Sora were running around with water guns trying to escape the wrath of Daisuke and Taichi's water guns. The only other people in the water besides him were Takeru and Ken, as Joe has to be at summer school? Who ever willingly signed up to go to summer school? As if on cue, a smirk graced his features, he knew how to get Mimi. He called something to Takeru and Ken who nodded, getting the same smirk as Yamato had.

Mimi, who was busy in her own world, was content. The suns' rays on her back felt nice, something you couldn't feel a lot in the smoggy city. The sun soon vanished and thinking it was a cloud over the sun she sighed, it figures that the sun would have to go away. It felt so nice too… then she heard it. A small laugh before cold ice water came collapsing on her. She let out a small scream from the cold, jumping up to stare at who did it. In front of her, Yamato, Takeru and Ken stood, laughing at the expression on her face.

"Mimi… you should have seen your face!" Yamato said, in between his laughing spells.

Mimi smiled at what they had done, before picking up the bucket that they had dumped on her. While they were laughing at her reaction, she quickly ran to the water, dunking the bucket in before rushing back to the three and dumped its contents out on her.

The laughing soon stopped, and a quick yell of "MIMI!" was yelled out before the three took after the brunette, who shrieked and ran away. Within no time, and all out water gun fight began, the girls against the guys, much to the annoyance of Koushiro and Miyako who were worried about the water and their laptop. By the end of the beach day, Joe had gotten off work and the eight teens involved in the water fight were soaking wet from head to toe, however it was worth it. It was so much fun. Wanting to remember the moment, Joe – who conveniently had a camera – got the eleven together for the picture.

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"That sure was a fun day, wasn't it?" Sora asked, snapping Mimi out of her memories.

Mimi nodded, turning around. "It sure was. I didn't even want to get wet, but look at me there… I'm soaked from head to toe." She laughed, looking at the soaking brunette girl in the picture with Matt's arm draped around her shoulders, laughing like there was no tomorrow. "I just thought that things would be like this when I came back, but things aren't going to work out the way that I expected, eh?" She said, turning her back on Sora, staring back at the picture.

Sora grinned; she thought Mimi knew that this would happen one day that things couldn't go on like the way it was forever. "Hey, don't worry, you'll see them all within time. Besides, school starts tomorrow… just you wait till you see everyone. Anyways, do you want me to show you around here?" Sora asked, making her way down the hallway to the left.

Mimi nodded, following Sora down the other hallway leaving the memories of the past behind. Buried. 'Maybe that's where they should stay,' She thought. 'Too many painful memories, I guess. Anyways, for the meeting of tomorrow, I'll see you all once again.' Mimi thought, following Sora into a room she was saying would be hers while she was staying in Odiba.