AN It's been a long time since I've updated and I've changed and grown and really haven't had much inspiration for a while. But reading some other fan fiction's the last few days I realised I really wanted to make a new project and came up with this little idea. I'm really keen to hear what you think.
Warnings: This is a Taito fluff, shounen-ai or whatever you want to call it. That means it has MALE/MALE pairings. If you have a problem with homosexual fiction then I suggest that you do not read this.
There is also violence and angst contained in this story right from the beginning so I would prefer it if you prepared yourself for what is to come from the beginning. If you feel you cannot read stories that contain these issues please do not continue.
This story is an Alternative Universe story. "Digimon" In this fiction, is a trading card and video console game.
There may be a little OOC-ness, and I apologise if you feel that way, however I am writing this story the way I believe they would react in the series. Of course, considering the fact that these characters are gay may be apart of the OCC-ness.
Disclaimer: I do not/never will own any of the characters, series or anything to do with Digimon. If I did, I wouldn't spend my evenings in writing about them, would I?
Plot Outline: Taito/Yamachi. Taichi's life is a rollercoaster after the mysterious death of his parents. Is there anyone that can help him overcome his fears? Will he ever find out the truth?
Takari/Hikaru. Hikari is still young at heart, but she's a child of light and serenity. Is there anyone she can look to for hope? Will anyone prevent her from entering the darkness?
The Miracle of a Courageous Light
It Began on the 19th
The numbers were as clear and as bright as day. It was amazing. For a long time in his life a real miracle had happened to Yagami Iziko.
"I won! I won! I can't believe it! Maeaki, Tachi, Hikari, come see!" He shouted out of the family room door after checking the numbers from the screen to the small piece of paper firmly gripped in his hands
"What Iziko? What's happened?" His wife rushed into the room and was greeted my firm hands picking her up from the waist and spinning her around. She giggled.
"Put me down!"
"I, We, we won Mae! We won! Finally, something good has started to become of the Yagami's!"
"What's happened Chichi?" A young girl's head popped through the family door, a curious smile planted on her face.
'Ah, my dear Hikari, sometimes I think even your eyes can smile.'
"Something amazing has happened, Hika. You see, Chichi's just managed to win a whole 'lotta money and it's going to be used to do what your mother and I have always wanted too."
"You really mean it?" Maeaki gasped, holding her hands up to her mouth. "Really?"
"Of course I do sweetheart, I know you've always wanted too, and now we've finally got the chance! Where's your brother Hika?"
"He-"
"Is here" Finished the younger male of the family. He was almost a spitting image of his mother. They had the same features, the same deep brown eyes and the same knack for always burning a meal. "What's this about winning?" He asked.
"Well, you see, this small piece of paper. Iziko held the paper up above his head for all to see. "Is about the make our life a lot better of than it has been in a while. First, we're off, we're going out to dinner, on me."
"We won! When do you get the chance to get the money Chichi?" Hikari asked. The smile on her face appeared to be more of a beam now. She was the Yagami's little shining light. She was their miracle.
"Well, I'm sure it won't be too long. It tells me what to do on the back, so I'll phone the number first thing in the morning. Now, who's hungry?" Everyone laughed as they walked out of the family room and into the hallway. "Okay, you've got fifteen minutes to get yourself washed up and ready to go. We're going somewhere special." Iziko grabbed his wife and kissed her happily on the cheek.
"I think we ought to go and change what it says in the box, don't you? This is the first step of the prophecy Iziko. The children..." Her smile faded as she opened their bedroom door.
Maeaki walked over to the small bedside cabinet next to her side of the bed. She opened the draw and slid out the key from the back. With the key she opened the second compartment within the cabinet. Inside was a small box which she pulled out and opened up. She pulled out a long, thick red envelope and put it in between them on the bed. They both looked down on it grimly, then looked at each other and smiled. Iziko picked it up, opened it and slid the winning lottery ticket inside. He then handed the envelope to Maeaki and she sealed it, put it back down and turned to her closet, looking for something stunning to wear.
"Don't worry about the children Mae."
"How can you say that? You know." She said quietly, flicking through her best dresses.
"Mae, it was our choice, you know that, no matter what there was no way to stop this from happening." Iziko put his arm around his wife's shoulders. She pulled out a sleek halter neck top and a pencil skirt to match. She sighed as she bent down to pick out her shoes.
"You didn't have to buy that ticket." She said quietly.
"I didn't buy it Mae. You were there. You were there when Misharo gave it to me." Maeaki turned to face her husband, tears welling up in her deep, dark eyes. "Oh, what am I saying Iz? You're right, it was inevitable." She sighed.
"Are you two ready?" Taichi knocked on his parent's bedroom door.
"Just a second Taichi. We'll be out in a moment." Iziko looked at his wife; he stared deep into her eyes as he moved his hand up to her chin and tenderly kissed her lips. "I'll always love you Maeaki. Always. Nothing in life or death will ever stop me from being in love with you. You've made me the happiest man and you've provided me with the most amazing children." She
looked at him, longing, fear and love was evident in her eyes.
"I love you too" Maeaki whispered, wrapping her arms tightly around her husband's waist.
After a few seconds of their intimate hug the two pulled away from each other and dressed in silence. They were going to make the night perfect and full of happiness.
Just before she left the room, Maeaki picked up the thick, sealed red envelope and put it inside a small purse. It was all
she needed for tonight. It was all she needed.
"Let's go kids, you got everything Taichi?" Iziko said as he walked out of his bedroom door. Maeaki was nervously fiddling
with her purse strap.
"You look really pretty, Haha." Hikari said smiling, looking at her mother.
'Oh Hika, your eyes, your beautiful, sparkling eyes. Full of light and adoration for everything. My sweet daughter' Maeaki smiled.
"And so do you sweetie, shall we leave?" She took her daughters small hand in her own and guided her out of the apartment.
Before they left she looked back and took a long hard glance at the place she called home. 'Come on Mae. Keep it together. For the children.' She smiled and closed the door behind her.
"So, where are we off to Chichi?" Hikari asked as they began walking down the street towards the town. She ran up behind him, Taichi close to her.
"Be careful Kari!" He called to her. "You almost splashed me when you ran through that muddy puddle!"
"Hehe, sorry Taichi!" She laughed.
"We're going to your mother's favourite restaurant Hika." He looked down at his precious daughter, smiled and scooped her up in his arms. She giggled gleefully as he did.
"Taichi, are you looking forward to the meal this evening?" Maeaki turned to her son.
"I am. But I can't help feeling something. I guess, I don't know, it feels like I'm nervous or something."
"Oh? I'm sure its nothing." Maeaki replied, smiling. "Let us make tonight as good as it can get, yes?"
"Sure, I'd like that. We haven't been out as a family in so long." Taichi nodded and gave his mother a kiss on the cheek.
"I love you Taichi. I always will." She hugged him, slipping the thick, red envelope into his back pocket. He smiled at her.
"I love you too, and Hika and Chichi does. You really are the best a kid could ask for."
"Well, this is it!" Iziko said, standing outside a large building. It was an authentic Japanese restaurant. The building was shaped just like a pagoda and through the windows you could see large groups of people gathered around long dining tables.
The Yagami family walked inside. Hikari gasped at the authentic beauty of the place. The walls were cream and there were stems of bamboo gathered in every corner of the room. There was a lively bubble of family chit chat echoing throughout the restaurant.
"I like it here Chichi." Hikari giggled as a petite waitress came to the podium.
"Yagami-san, I haven't seen you in a long time! And your family? Please to meet you. I'm Aiko. I'll be your waitress this evening." The lady smiled and looked at the faces of Iziko's family.
"It's tonight." Iziko said, smiling. Aiko couldn't help but pity the family. She knew the routine and she knew that today was the 19th.
"Please, follow me." She smiled and led them to a corner table, away from the rest of the families. "Can I get you some drinks?"
"The usual please Ai. Same for my wife, Maeaki." Iziko nodded and took his hands wife underneath the table. He looked at his children sitting opposite him. Perfect, innocent and still so young. They didn't need this day in there lives. Not yet. Not now. "Two creams for the children."
"Coming right up" Aiko smiled and turned towards the bar.
"Taichi, Hikari, I have something important to say to you." Maeaki looked at her children, a stern expression exposed within her eyes. For once you could see the woman's age in her face. Her laughter lines around her eyes and the corners of her mouth.
No longer sat a young mother of two but a wise woman about to face her destiny. "You're both very special and I want to make a promise with you. Both of you."
"Your mother and I, for sometime now, you see.." Iziko began.
"Let me handle this Iz. I need to." Maeaki looked down at her hands. They were shaking. Both children exchanged glances.
"Haha? What's wrong?" Hikari said, but with no smile, just fear.
"Hikari, nothing is wrong. I'm just very happy to have you as my daughter. You are my little ray of light, you always have been. Taichi, so brave, so courageous, one day you'll make someone very happy. I'm so proud of you. I'm proud of you both, and I am proud to be your mother, never forget that." Maeaki's eyes started to sparkle as she said her last few words.
As she looked up from the table she could see Aiko walking back over, tray in hand.
"So, we're having the family feast tonight kids! That's rice balls, sushi, noodles and everything you could ever want. I hope you're hungry." Iziko said, taking his wives hand in his and smiling. Both Hikari and Taichi looked confused, yet they smiled back.
"Here are your drinks." Aiko put the tray down and gave everyone there drinks. "The meals on its way Iziko."
"Thanks Ai. Much appreciated."
"Of course." She nodded. "Woah, Hikari, you look a little down? Everything okay?" Hikari nodded in response. "And you Tai,
it's been a long time since I've seen you. You must be nearly sixteen by now. You know, that means that you're pretty much a
man now!" Taichi blushed and nodded his thanks. Aiko rose from her seat and looked at Iziko and Maeaki. "Forty minutes." She walked away.
Not a moment later the food arrived and the family dag in, forgetting their fears and worries and laughing and joking. It all seemed so perfect.
Maeaki was the first to see him enter the restaurant. He was tall, blonde and official. His black pinstripe suit made him fit right into a place like this. She nudged her husband silently as she saw the bubbly waitress approach the table.
"Aiko?" Iziko asked as she neared. Taichi and Hikari both noted her appearance but turned away and carried on eating. Aiko nodded at the parents. They both rose and kissed and hugged their children then silently followed Aiko outside the
restaurant.
Hikari and Taichi thought nothing of it until the heard the two hard shots silence the restaurant. For them, it felt like those two shots had silenced the world.
The children looked at each other and stared blankly. Suddenly they had lost there appetite and both felt sick to the bone. They knew. They both knew.
They looked towards the door as they heard it slam open. It was Aiko. Her right arm was covered thickly in a red, dripping substance that looked strangely like blood. She ran towards the children.
"Taichi. Go home, take Hikari and open the red envelope. Do not read it until you get home. I'll be over as soon as I finish with the police and get cleaned up. You know what's happened, but I need you to be strong okay? Be strong for your mother, father and for little Hikari here. Now go, dinner has been covered." Aiko said. Taichi stared at her for a short while then nodded.
He grabbed his jacket and took Hikari's hand and led her out the restaurant. He was to numb to talk and the short walk home was covered in a thick silence that even he could handle.
'They couldn't have known, could they? Is it possible'
"Ah, what just happened Hika? Why?" He whispered, tears suddenly openly throwing themselves down the tanned boys face. His deep eyes once full of courage, now full of despair. They both carried on walking together, hand in hand. Not really sure what the next step was.
Taichi unlocked the door to the apartment. Something had compelled him to take his keys from the hook that evening and now he understood why. 'We would be stuck if I hadn't...but...why?' He thought to himself.
"Aiko said there was a red envelope." Hikari whispered. The two made there way into the family room together. Taichi reached into his back pocket and felt something there. Paper. He pulled out and to his surprise was a thick, red paper envelope.
"This is it Hikari. Shall I open it?" Hikari nodded, her face was wet with tears but she looked up at Taichi, and he could see hope in her. She really was a little shine for the family.
Taichi ripped open the seal and emptied the contents onto the table. Inside there was a two letters, one for Taichi, one for Hikari, the winning lottery ticket, a letter for Aiko and a document which stated everything the Yagami's owned now belonged to Taichi and Hikari. It also contained the details of a new bank account being opened just a few days ago. It was in the name of Taichi and Hikari Yagami.
Taichi looked up at his sister and pushed her letter towards her. She sat there, stared and eventually picked it up.
"Would you like me to go first?" She asked, looking at her brother. Her dear, sweet brother.
"Please." Taichi said, still staring at the rest of the contents, trying to see if it was all some kind of map.
"Dear Hikari." She began. "For a long time your father and I have been trying to have a baby. A little girl. Years before we had Taichi we saw a 'specialist'. He showed us what our destinies were and we saw you. We knew we were going to have a baby girl. But then we saw something we didn't need to see, and you've seen it too. I know this, because you are reading this letter. Aiko will be home soon, she has a key, so you can get some rest. I know this is a confusing, scary and hard time for you, but we love you, we love you both. You'll be starting a new school after the summer. I believe the money you now have is enough to cover the fee's for you both until you are both at least twenty five, however I doubt thinking Taichi will stay on in education that long! We're both proud of you, and we will always be watching over you. Love Maeaki and Iziko. Your parents." At that last word Hikari cuddled up to her brother and cried.
Taichi leaned his head on hers and scanned his own letter which said virtually the same thing. He held his sister close and waited for Aiko to come.