AQUAMARINE6996: Hello there! Miss me?
TOMMY: I did!
AQUAMARINE6996: Aww **hugs Tommy** Thanks! Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to present the sequel to 'The Descendant'!
EVERYONE: YAY!
TAKUYA: So what you've been up to, Aqua?
AQUAMARINE6996: No much actually. Started school on August 24th and up to now, I'm doing good. Um...oh! My little angel, my love, my new reason to live was born on September, Mia Marie Aldava!
KOUJI: So, your sister?
AQUAMARINE6996: No, she's not actually. I have this really really really close friend of mine and she's older so I consider her my second mother. And she's Mia's mom, so I consider Mia my new 'lil sis.
AMY: And is that all you've been through?
AQUAMARINE6996: My grandma died on September. So, that was pretty sad :(
KOUICHI: Aw, I'm sorry to hear that.
AQUAMARINE6996: Yeah, she was amazing...but anyways, I'l stop talking for now and just let our readers get to reading the chapter. JP? Want to be the first to do the disclaimer?
JP: Yeah! Aquamarine6996 does not own Digimon Frontier or Adventure 02 or any of it's characters. She only owns Amy Takashino, Stephanie Palimato and Lili Sayuki. Oh and Maya Watanabe ugh.
LILI: Don't worry, Jp. Aqua says she won't come out much.
JP: Whew!
STEPHANIE: Enjoy! Oh! And if you haven't read 'The Descendant', I suggest you do because most likely, you guys will be confused. But you're welcome to try to understand this chapter.
Shabuya Prep. ~Friday, March 12th. 4:10 p.m.~
"And so, we plug in the equation in our calculators and the answer is...Klein?"
"x=3/8?"
"That's right. Now you can choose to simply or just..."
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
That's all fifteen year old Takuya Kanbara heard during math.
To him, math was the worst class to be invented. It wasn't only that, but there were some topics that just confused him and made the brunette's head hurt.
Takuya placed down his pencil and sighed. It was almost time for school to be over. 20 minutes to be exact. But it lagged so much! His eyes wandered around his classroom. Twenty-four desks were neatly arranged into even rows and Takuya got stuck sitting in the smack middle of it.
In the front of the room, the teacher continued his lesson and the nerds in the front desks answered his questions and furiously took notes. Behind them, dozens of souls waiting impatiently for the salvation the bell would bring.
Takuya placed his hand on his desk and began to tap as he stole another glance at the bell.
Fifteen more minutes.
Takuya wore his traditional clothing: khaki Capri, a red shirt, orange sneakers and who could forget about his hat and famous goggles that hung behind his chair?
Behind him, sat his best friend, fifteen year old Kouji Minamoto.
Kouji Minamoto didn't really change much over the years. He currently wore some plain black jeans and a plain white shirt. He wore a midnight blue blazer and his ever-so-present bandanna was on his head. His hair grew a tad bit longer, but he never let it grow longer than usual.
As Takuya suffered from boredom, he had spent most of math doodling on his journal. He was just finishing up drawing a yin-yang symbol when suddenly a folded up paper bounced on his page. Slightly annoyed, he opened it up.
Hi Kouji :)
Whatcha doin?
Kouji chuckled.
Nothing. You?
Kouji folded up the paper and tossed it above Takuya, watching as it landed on his desk. Takuya read the note, picked up his pencil and began writing.
Nothing. Just waiting to get out of here.
Takuya waited until the teacher turned to pass the note back and as Kouji read it, they both heard two boys to their left begin to whisper.
"Hey, today's the competition, right?" A blond asked his friend.
His friend nodded. "Yep! Gonna go?"
"Well, duh. They're gonna choose who's gonna go to Tokyo to represent Shabuya."
"Only five girls, right?"
"Yeah. And I bet Amy Takashino's gonna be one of those five."
Takuya turned around and met Kouji's smirk with one of his own.
Amy Takashino was one of their best friends and she was the girlfriend of Kouji's twin brother, Kouichi.
The blond's friend sighed. "Man, I've never seen a girl prettier than her."
"I know, right?! Too bad she's taken..."
"To that Kimura guy, right? The artist?"
"Yeah, wonder what she sees in him?"
Takuya huffed annoyed as Kouji rolled his eyes. "Just ignore them Takuya. Kouichi and Amy are together. That's what matters."
~x~x~x~
Meanwhile, in biology, Amy and her friends, Zoe Orimoto and Stephanie Palimato listened to their teacher explain the project about cells they were suppose to do.
"...this is due in two weeks okay?"
"Yes, Ms. Lui!"
The biology teacher stretched out her arms. "Well, we have a few minutes left, so you guys take it easy and keep the noise down okay?"
"Okay!"
Amy, Stephanie and Zoe turned towards each other and Zoe smiled.
"Are you nervous, Ames?"
Zoe grew up to be a lovely girl, fifteen years old. Recently, she cut her hair so now, her blond hair barely reached her elbows. She wore a lavender skirt, similar to the one she was used to and her wore a pretty shirt to match.
Amy shook her head as she released her long black hair from a bun. Amy wore some dark blue jean khakis and she wore a purple blouse. On her neck, was a golden necklace Kouichi gave her on her birthday last year and as always, her golden bracelet on her left hand.
"Nope, not at all. Me and the other girls have been practicing everyday this week, so we'll be fine." she said.
Their blue-haired friend placed her head on her hands and began to dangle her legs.
"Win this one and you'll be seeing yourself in the state!" Stephanie gushed, her dark blue eyes lighting up. "Oo, girl! That'll be awesome!"
Stephanie Palimato was naturally blue-haired, one of the few, her curly hair was held back by a headband across her forehead. She wore a cute aqua blue dress, reaching her knees and wore matching boots.
Amy looked at the clock. "Well, we got five minutes left. My parents are suppose to pick me up right after."
Zoe placed her hand on her shoulder. "We'll be cheering for you, Amy. You got this."
Stephanie nodded. "Yeah! And when it's over, we can over to The Lovely Ai and eat!"
The Lovely Ai was Lili's cafe/home, owned by Lili's parents and was probably served the most delicious food in Shabuya.
Amy licked her lips. "Some of Lili's fudge cake sounds good right now..."
Zoe giggled. "Well, make that your motivation to win."
"And don't forget about Kouichi being your motivation too." chimed Stephanie and gave Amy the Stink Eye.
Zoe puckered her lips and looked at Stephanie with her big emerald green eyes. "Oh, Kouichi-kins! I love you SO MUCH!"
Amy face palmed as Stephanie did the same.
"Oh, my beautiful Angel! You make me the happiest guy in the world! I WUB YOU!"
Zoe and Stephanie continued to make kiddy face as Amy laughed.
"Very mature, you guys." she chuckled.
A group of three classmates walked up to them. One of them being Asuna, a cute nerdy girl with huge glasses. Her face was filled with freckles and her orange hair in pigtails completed the look. She wore a green plaid shirt and a dull yellow skirt. It was obvious to the girls that the clothes were bought from a thrift store.
The Popular Crowd would have commented horrible things to Asuna if they were there. Amy used to belong to the Popular Crowd, and she was considered the head of them. People was mostly afraid of Amy, even if she was never snobby or awful like the others. But, they were afraid of not doing what she said, for fear of her ex-'best' friend, Maya Watanabe.
Maya Watanabe was the definition of snobby. She expected everyone to adore her and expected everything to go her way. In the Digital World, Amy found out that Maya only made her her friend just because of the amazing gymnastics skills she had and how much attention it gathered.
When Amy and her friends returned from the Digital World, Maya practically sobbed out a story of how she was wrong and for Amy to forgive her. Amy saw past her story and knew she was lying. So she refused to be part of the Popular Crowd and remained within Takuya and the others. Amy was still kind to them, but Maya ignored her as much as she could, expecting Amy's popularity to go down. But when everyone saw how nice Amy was, she was considered a friend to everyone.
"Hi Amy!" said a girl behind Asuna.
Amy smiled. "Hi!"
"We just want to wish you good luck today on your tournament." Asuna replied.
"Thanks!"
"Are you going?" asked Zoe.
Asuna shook her head. "No, I cannot. I have to study for tomorrow's history test."
"Well, that's all okay," said Amy. "but thanks for wishing me luck!"
Asuna and her friends smiled. "Of course."
RRRRIIINNNNGG!
The students quickly gathered their things and their teacher waved them out the door.
"Have a good day, kids!"
~x~x~x~
Kouichi Kimura leaned on the wall as his girlfriend fixed her things in her locker next to him.
Amy placed her binder in her purple backpack and shut the locker door, then faced him. "Okay done." she gasped and smiled.
Kouichi sighed as if tired. "Well, finally. I thought I was gonna have to leave you."
Amy frowned. "As if you would." she grinned and punched him on his shoulder.
Kouichi gave her a teasing smile and stepped close to her, lowering his face to give her a peck on the lips. "Yes, yes I would."
"Hey, good luck Takashino!"
Amy turned her head and smiled as a dozen other 'good luck's' filled the hallway filled with students. "Thanks to all of you!"
Amy slithered her arm around Kouichi's and both began to walk outside.
~x~x~x~
Lili Sayuki, Tommy Himi and Jp Shibayana waited outside the front building, scanning the student faces for their friends.
Lili was homeschooling, a choice made by her in order to help out as much as she could in her family's cafe, The Lovely Ai, a cafe named after her deceased sister and the cafe also served as her house, which was located on the second floor.
Fifteen year old Lili was one of those girls who was naturally pretty, but just didn't know it. She was a shy, kind girl always remaining silent when she felt like it. Her medium-long brunette hair was tied by into a ponytail and she wore a lime green tank top with matching shorts and white shoes. She also had to sit 24/7 on a wheelchair, ever since she was four years old. Sadly, it was a result of a drunk driver, who was running from the police.
Lili not only lost her ability to walk, but her best friend, her twin, Ai Sayuki.
Jp Shibayana was a sixteen year old teenager, tall and built. A few years ago, he realized he need to change his way of being so instead of gaining weight in fat, he gained weight in muscle. His hair was pretty much the same as usual, except now, he wore a nice yellow button-down shirt with black capris and sneakers.
Tommy Himi was a twelve year old boy and looked pretty much the same. He never let go of his famous large mushroom-like orange hat and told his friends he never would.
Lili waved her arms as soon as she saw Stephanie and Takuya walking in the crowd. "Hey, I see them! Steph! Taki!" and smiled when she was seen.
Takuya waved his hand back. "Hey Lil!"
Takuya and Stephanie joined their friends and not long after, Zoe, Amy and Kouichi walked up.
"Hey, guys." said Tommy.
Amy placed her hand on his head and smiled. "Hey, T-boy."
"Where's Kouji?" asked Stephanie. She turned her head and sighed heavily when she spotted Kouji walking casually towards them in the crowd of students. "Oh come on..." she mumbled.
Zoe rolled her eyes. "Don't embarrass the Great Kouji, now Stephanie."
Stephanie frowned. She then smirked evilly. "Oh I won't." She placed her hands around her mouth and took a deep breath. "YOU CAN DO IT KOUJI! JUST A FEW MORE STEPS OVER HERE! COME ON! YOU CAN DO IT!"
Takuya snickered and the others laughed as Kouji stood mortified a few feet away. Stephanie continued to scream. "COME ON!"
Kouji felt eyes staring at him and he blushed, annoyed, at the attention. He stuck his head in like a turtle hiding into his shell and walked away.
Stephanie gasped angrily. "MINAMOTO!" she hollered and stomped after him as the rest of the gang behind her rolled in laughter.
Giggling, Amy wiped away a tear and saw her father's car waiting for her. Her mother rolled down the passenger window and waved at her.
"Hey, guys, I gotta go!" she announced.
Jp quickly gave her a side hug. "I would wish you good luck girl, but you don't need it. Besides," he smirked. "you ARE a freakin ninja."
"Thanks Jeep. My parents made sure that all of you guys get good seats okay? So just call them when you guys get at the stadium."
Tommy gave her a thumbs up. "Got it."
Amy quickly kissed her boyfriend goodbye and left.
Shabuya Stadium 5:00 p.m.
Outside in the audience, Takuya had been recently dropped off by his mother and little brother.
Zoey, who was already seated, spotted him on the other side of the stadium, looking lost. The blonde giggled. "Look, Kouji."
Kouji, who was also there, laughed at Takuya's face expression. "Oh Taki. Looking lost as usual."
Taking out her phone, Zoe began to dial Takuya's phone.
Ring! Ring!
The hot head stopped wandering around and took out his ringing phone from his pocket.
"Hello? Zoey?"
"You lost?"
Takuya looked around him. "No...but where are you?"
He heard Zoe chuckle. "On the other side of the stadium."
Takuya's eyes took him to the other side and he saw Zoe and Kouji, along with Amy's parents wave their arms as they stood near some seats that looked closest to the platform.
"Aw mann..."
Zoe saw Takuya face palm and sighed.
Oh Takuya...never change. thought Zoe as she watched Takuya start to walk. No one. NO ONE knew about her crush on Takuya.
Okay, that's a lie. Amy knew. Heck, she's the one who found out right when Zoe found out herself!
But man, something about him made her heart race and she tried REALLY hard not to show it.
After Takuya had arrived at his seat, the others started to arrive, Stephanie arrived with Jp in a bus and Kouichi, Lili and Tommy were dropped off by Lili's father.
As Mr. Takashino and Kouji arranged Lili's wheelchair on the handicapped section next to them, Tommy's eyes widened as he observed the platform. "Wow! This place is huge!"
Jp leaned over the railing and he watched several gymnasts and their coaches speaking to each other on the benches below. "Wow, Mrs.T! You got us seats so close, I could poke someone from here!"
Zoe rolled her eyes. "Oh Jp..."
"Thanks again for saving us seats, Mrs. Takashino." Lili said shyly.
Mrs. Takashino smiled. "Anything for my little girl's friends."
As they chatted, the audience heard a crackle in the sound system. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! FIVE MINUTES TILL SHOWTIME!"
~x~x~x~
In a dressing room, on the ground, Amy leaned forward and stretched her arms towards the front, her legs in a split position. She then moved her hands to the side and touched her right foot, then left.
She wore a long sleeved dark blue leotard, dark and light purple curved lines on front and on the back, it read in big white letters, TAKASHINO. Her black hair was tied up in a tight bun, not a single strand of hair misplaced.
A few feet away, another girl, wearing the same team leotard, was busy tying her pink hair into a bun. Her name was Kazumi Hiroshimi.
Kazumi sighed as she looked in the mirror. "I hear the Okinawa school has a pretty good team. Maybe one or two of them might get picked."
Amy stood up and reached backwards, stretching her muscles. "Maybe. Or maybe not." she groaned and rose up her legs, standing on her hands.
Jane Mori, another teammate, stepped in the room. "Guys! It's time!"
Behind her, the girls' coach, Coach Minami appeared. "Ready?" the thirty year old asked, smiling.
The girls nodded. "Ready."
Coach Minami closed the door with her foot as she scanned over the clipboard she had in hand. "Okay, first off is the vault. Next is the uneven bars and balance beam follows. Last, is the floor exercise." The coach's brown eyes look up. "Got it?"
Jane raised up her hand. "Um, there's only four events. Why do they need five girls?"
"Just in case something happens to one." Kazumi explained.
"Oh okay."
"Remember, all of you." said Coach. "The judges are very delicate. Mess up more than once, and it's over. So try your best. Out of fifteen schools, I want at least one of you to be chosen."
"Got it." Amy looked towards her teammates. "May the best girl win."
Kazumi smirked. "I plan to."
"Oh please." sighed Jane. "We know I'M going to be chosen."
Amy smiled. "Keep on dreaming, you two." She placed her hand on the middle and her teammates stacked their hands on top.
"Let's do this!"
In the audience, 5:10 p.m.
(I would include everything that happens, but I don't want to bore you guys so...I'm just going to include only Amy's part. Okay? Okay.)
Tommy clapped as a girl from another school walked away from the vault section.
At first, he didn't really know what people did on the vault or why it mattered so much. But after asking Mrs. Takashino, he had learned that a gymnast runs full speed to a table perched at the end of a runway, then springs off the apparatus set up in a graceful, yet powerful combination of flips and twists, before landing (hopefully upright) on the mat.
Tommy practically bounced in his seat when his friend was called up next.
"And next up, from Shabuya Prep, Amy Takashino!"
Everyone in the row stood up and began to clap loudly.
Amy looked up slightly from the end of the runway and smiled when she saw Kouichi, Zoe and Stephanie raise up a giant sign that read, 'Amy is #1!'. Takuya, Jp, and Kouji stood up on their chairs and all of them hooted loudly, Lili's piercing whistle accompanying them. And her parents called out her name.
But she had to block them out for now. No distractions.
Amy wiped the smile off her face and looked straight ahead, where a blue table was located for her to launch off. She waited for the announcer to finish talking about her accomplishments and it was then when she could start.
She took a deep breath and began to run full speed.
The raven-haired twin watched excitingly as his girlfriend cartwheeled four times in a row, back-flipped four more times, launched herself off the table and apparatus, flipped backwards, then forwards three times in the air with incredible speed and landed perfectly on her feet with a small step backwards.
"YEAH!" Kouichi yelled as Takuya and Jp hugged each other, screaming as if it were a soccer game and a goal was made.
Amy lifted up her arms and let them fall. She cringed slightly when the giant television replayed her landing.
Wasn't suppose to take that small step. She thought. Hopefully, the judges liked it though.
~x~x~x~
Takuya tapped on Mrs. Takashino's arm. "What's next?"
"Next is the uneven bars."
"And what's that?" asked Jp.
"Well, there's two bars parallel to each other and they're set at different heights, with the low bar at about 5 and 1/2 ft., and the high bar usually over 8 ft. But the height can adjustable." Mrs. Takashino said.
"Junior Olympic gymnasts and collegiate gymnasts often use the bars at different heights. For elite gymnasts, however, these measurements are standardized." Mr. Takashino interrupted. "The width between the bars is approximately 6 ft., and this is also adjustable in Junior Olympic and collegiate gymnastics, but not in international elite competitions."
Mrs. Takashino nodded. "Right, The most recognizable skills on uneven bars are release moves, pirouettes, and circles. In a release move, a gymnast lets go of the bar and then regrasps it. She can perform a release move from the high bar to the low bar, from the low bar to the high bar, or within the same bar. Understand so far?"
The teenagers nodded.
Mrs. Takashino smiled. "Alright. A pirouette is when a gymnast turns on her hands while in the handstand position. She may use a variety of different hand positions during the turn. Circles are exactly as they sound: the gymnast circles the bar, either stretched out in a handstand or with her hips close to the bar." She looked towards her husband. "Wanna explain the rest?"
He nodded. "Sure. Okay, majority of gymnasts simply hop onto the low bar or high bar to get started. Sometimes, though, a gymnast will do a more interesting mount, such as jumping over the low bar or even doing a flip to catch the bar. A bar routine consists of about 15-20 skills and should flow from one move to the next and use both bars. There shouldn't be any pauses or extra swings. There is no time limit on bars, but routines usually last about 30-45 seconds. Combining two or more skills together earns the gymnast a higher difficulty score, and you'll see many gymnasts attempt pirouettes immediately into release moves, or even pair multiple release moves. Good form is important throughout - the judges are looking for straight legs, pointed toes, and an extended body in handstand positions."
"And that's it?" asked Kouji.
"Well, the dismount counts too. The gymnast lets go of the bar, performs one or more flips and/or twists, and lands on the mat below. Both height and distance from the bar are judged. The goal of every gymnast is to stick the landing on her dismount - to land without moving her feet." said Mr. Takashino and smiled. "And that's it."
"That sounds really complicated." commented Kouichi.
Tommy bit his lip. "Think Ames can do it?"
Jp smacked his lips. "Really Tommy? Did you already forget about those tricks Amy did in the Digital World? If she could do that, she can do anything."
Mr. and Mrs. Takashino didn't even appear affected at the mention of the Digtal World. They actually knew all about it and who Amy truly was.
Amy was actually a human/Digimon hybrid and the daughter of a powerful Celestial Digimon, Lady Ophanimon. Not only that, she was a very powerful Digimon named AzaSahshamon, the Angel of Life Itself.
A few years ago, Takuya, Kouji, Jp, Zoe, Tommy and Amy were sent to the Digital world, a place where Digital monsters, called Digimon, lived. They were put in charge of not only finding their elemental spirits, but also freeing evil from the other Warriors Kouichi, and another Celestial Digimon, they were in charge of saving the world from an evil Digimon, called Lucemon.
Takuya was the Warrior of Flame, Agunimon. Kouji was the Warrior of Light, Lobomon. Jp, the Warrior of Thunder, Beetlemon. Zoe, Warrior of Wind, Kazemon. Tommy, Warrior of Ice, Kumamon. Kouichi, Warrior of Darkness, Loweemon and Amy was the Warrior of Sound, Sirenmon. (Not only Sound she held, but Spirit as well)
When Amy was born, Lucemon had kidnapped her and ten Legendary Warriors, along with two Great Spirits (Sound and Spirit) rose up to fight against him and rescue Amy, or Lapumon, her Digimon name. Not soon after her returning home, the Warrior of Darkness suggested Lady Ophanimon to send her child into the Human World, which she reluctantly did. Lucemon was imprisoned soon after.
Amy was raised by Alice and Joseph her entire life, without even knowing her past. But she found out when she entered her home world once again.
And now, Amy stood below of the high bar and a man lifted her up by her hips and she started her routine. She swung her legs until her legs were straight up in the air. She swung herself down and let go once she was near the low bar, twirling her body in the air. She did a few more tricks on the low bar and threw herself to the high bar, high enough to go pass it and to catch the bar backwards, causing the crowd to gasp in excitement.
Amy smirked. She'd been working on that move since last week and she barely mastered it yesterday. She was thankful she did it right. She was now done with her routine, the only thing left was Amy's landing.
Swinging herself as hard as she could, Amy let herself go in the air and twirled three times in the air while turning her body frontwards. She landed on both feet and rose up her arms to the roar of the crowd.
"Unbelievable!" yelled the announcer.
Amy smiled as she walked off stage.
"Amy! Amy! Amy! Amy! Amy!"
She didn't like to admit it, but her favorite part was when the crowd chanted her name. She loved it! But Amy tried her hardest not to look stuck up. Okay, to be honest, she admits having the mistake of doing that a bit in past, with the Popular Crowd.
But she was half-Human, so it was normal to have some bad qualities. Amy tried her hardest to not abuse it.
~x~x~x~
About an hour passed by, and Amy had already completed the balance beam, which was just a plain wooden beam five meters long and raised four feet from the floor.
Amy simply began the exercise by mounting the beam by a jump and executed movements that included steps, running, jumps, turns, sitting positions, and some held, or posed, positions, lasting a bit more than a minute.
But now she just needed the last performance, her most favorite, the floor exercise.
On the floor exercise, female gymnasts perform both tumbling and dance skills on floor, dance skills often similar to the ones on beam, and included leaps, jumps, and turns. There are also combination passes, in which a gymnast performed one or more skills right in a row.
In a floor routine, gymnasts must use the entire floor mat during their routine, but cannot step off the floor mat at any time, or a deduction is taken. A floor routine lasted up to ninety seconds, performing to music of their choice.
And on this occasion, Amy chose to perform with music from Linkin Park, one of Stephanie's favorite American bands.
Amy stood on the mat in the middle of the platform, body in position, as the announcer called her.
"And now, Amy Takashino will be performing her routine to 'Drawbar' by Linkin Park!"
A squeal filled the air, causing everyone looking confused .
In the audience, Kouji sweat-dropped as Stephanie jumped up and down in her seat.
Amy smiled, but let it fall as soon as the music started. She took a deep breath and began her routine.
All the girls completing were finally done and the judges were in a small group, choosing the winners. Meanwhile, the gymnasts were allowed to be with their families until the results were called.
Feet on Takuya's legs, Amy sat on Kouichi's chair as she drank from his water bottle, her mother fanning her with her program.
"You did a good job, sweetheart!" Mr. Takashino complimented.
Amy nodded her thanks as she continued to drink.
"Man, are you that tired?" Jp asked.
Amy gasped for breath as she sighed heavily. "You have no idea."
Kouichi sat down on the chair next to her and placed his hand on her forehead. "It's strange though, you've been getting tired lately. Like, really quickly." he said as he then put his arm on the back of her chair.
Lili frowned. "When did you start getting tired today, Ames?"
Amy let her head rest on Kouichi's arm. "Let's see...after the uneven bars?"
Her mother looked worried. "Maybe, you should take some time off. I mean, you push yourself to your limit!"
"Mom, my limits are far more past than full Humans. I'm a Celestial." Amy argued slightly.
"Yeah, but even Celestials get tired." Takuya blurted.
Tommy and Zoe nodded. "Yeah!"
Amy looked at her mom. "How about this? I visit the doctor and if he finds something wrong, then I'll take a break."
Her parents smiled. "Deal."
"Yeah, but just don't push yourself too much girl." smiled Stephanie. "Can't have you collapsing on us, now."
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE RESULTS ARE IN!"
Amy jumped up. "Aight, gotta go!"
As she ran off, Lili cupped her hands around her mouth. "Great job, by the way!"
Amy stood next to her teammates as all thirty six female gymnasts were arranged in neat rows in front of the three judges.
A judge in her late thirties, looked almost bored being there as she spoke into a microphone with the names of five lucky girls.
"Okay, let's keep this simple, shall we? Alright, by A-B-C order..." she peered at the sheet of paper. "These five will be representing Shabuya in the Annual Japanese Female Competition..."
Amy shut her eyes as she held hands with both Kazumi and Jane.
"Akiyama Lucy, Kato Aya, Matsumoto Gina, Oshiro Nicki, Takashino Amy." the judge said plainly and walked off stage
Screams exploded from both girls and audience as the five chosen girl were surrounded by hugs from teammates and coaches.
In the audience, Amy's friends/family were screaming their hearts out in utter glee. Takuya almost crushed Zoe in a bear hug while both Kouji and Stephanie, along with Kouichi whooped loudly. Tommy jumped in his chair, screamingly and Jp rose up Lili's arms up in the air, both laughing.
Amy was raised up on her teammates' shoulders and she saw them celebrating with her. Kouichi caught her eye and she blew him a kiss.
She smiled when he blew one back, throwing her arms up and smiling widely. "YEAH BOYEE!"
Shabuya Park ~Saturday, March 13th 12:00 a.m.~
Takuya frowned at Zoe. "No, no, no and NO!"
Zoe glared back. "Yes, yes, yes and YES DAMN IT!"
Jp placed his hand on her shoulder and pulled her back. "Calm down, Z."
"Yeah, it's just lunch." said Lili, dumbfounded.
The gang was in Shabuya Park, a beautiful, calm park just near their homes. A kids playground was located there, along with a large empty space to play soccer, tag, etc. And woods for those who liked going on trails within it.
Well, it wasn't calm now due to the fact of Takuya and Zoe screaming at each other.
"PIZZA!"
"BUFFET!"
"I SAID PIZZA!"
"THE MAN SAID BUFFET!"
"OH SO NOW YOU'RE A MAN?!"
"...Y-YEAH!"
Amy rolled her eyes and spotted Kouji and Stephanie sitting on a picnic table with a guitar. She pulled on Kouichi's sleeve, who stood silently watching the figure between Wind and Fire. "Let's go with your bro."
Kouichi shook his head. "Naw, I say the swings. More peaceful."
Amy looked towards the swing sets, where were located near the playground. "Okay."
Kouichi held her hand and the lovebirds walked towards the swings. Once there, Amy sat on one and began to slightly swing herself.
Kouichi sat on the swing next to her and did the same. He chuckled when he spotted Tommy and Jp stand with Lili, all watching Takuya and Zoe's fight. "Oh wow. Why won't they just hug and make-up?"
The black-ette smirked. "Or make-out." She smiled at Kouichi's laughter.
Kouichi stopped laughing and got serious. "Are you better?"
"Well, I don't know. I got an appointment with Dr. Shimi on Monday. But we'll see."
Stopping himself, Kouichi nodded. "But it really is strange. I mean, you were perfectly fine last month. But you started getting weak just a few weeks ago."
Amy stopped swinging. "Do you think it has to do with my Digimon side?"
"Maybe..."
"That day, when we got back from the Digital World, and when you were in the hospital and..." Amy hesitated. "I had my Digimon abilities still because I sensed the Spirits in the room. I haven't been able to use any of my abilities since then. Do you think...I used the rest of my power on you and I just got weak without it?"
Kouichi nodded. "Yeah...come to think of it, it's like a battery. In the Digital World, you would use your powers and had to rest when you were low. Like a battery charging. And when you were rested well enough, you were fine."
"But it's been years since that day."
Kouichi frowned. "Yeah..."
"Maybe the Digital World was like my charger." said Amy. "Im from the Digital World but I'm here..."
Kouichi watched his girlfriend's face fill with worry. He reached towards her and held her hand. "Or maybe it's just something physical the doctor can fix. I mean, it's most likely."
Amy nodded her head. "Yeah..." she smiled teasingly. "Kouichi! Why did are you getting me worried over things like that?" She punched him on the shoulder. "You jerk!" She then ran off.
Kouichi narrowed his eyes. "Oh yeah?" he shouted and chased after her.
Laughing, Amy looked over her shoulder as Kouichi got near when all of a sudden...
Lili screamed as she fell of her wheelchair and Jp immediately covered her, pulling Tommy towards him.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" yelled JP.
"STAY DOWN!" Takuya dropped Zoe off her feet and covered her as well.
At the table, Kouji pushed Stephanie underneath as he struggled to stand.
Amy tried to stand as well, but the ground shook so much, she fell instantly. Kouichi crawled on top of her and the ground shook even more.
Lili screamed and cried, truly afraid, and Jp hugged her.
And just as sudden as it started, it was gone.
Stephanie peeked from underneath the picnic table. "Um...what just happened?"
Kouji helped her out. "I don't know Steph. But we should go with the others."
By the time both of them arrived where they left Takuya and Zoe, Lili was already on her chair with wet eyes. Amy and Kouichi stood concerned.
"Okay, what the HECK was that?!" asked Tommy.
"It couldn't be an earthquake..." Zoe said in disbelief.
"Well, it was." Kouji replied, a bit annoyed.
Amy hung her head. "It doesn't make sense..."
Takuya frowned. "Any ideas?"
"Well, it was an earthquake alright." said Jp. "And a strange one."
Stephanie nodded. "Yeah, but-"
Amy's head snapped up and to everyone's shock, her eyes were glowing.
"Amy, your eyes!" Lili cried out.
Tommy gasped. "They haven't glowed since..."
A silence filled the park.
"...since the Digital World." finished Zoe quietly.
Amy looked one by one at her friends, who all looked confused at her. She then got a sensation that she hadn't felt in a long time, three years to be exact. "The Digital World...it's in danger. I feel it."
Kouichi immediately wrapped his arms around her and she buried her face in his chest. He placed his head on top of her head.
The others were quiet.
"A-Are you sure?" asked Lili nervously.
Takuya looked gravely at them. "We should-"
CCCCRAAAAAAACK!
The ground suddenly crumbled beneath them and all nine of them fell in a pit of darkness, their screams of terror trailing behind them.
AQUAMARINE6996: And that's chappie one!
TAKUYA: Awesome! **holds up thumbs**
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AQUAMARINE6996: On my profile, there are hyperlinks to my inspirations for Lili Sayuki and Stephanie Palimato. Get them a glance if you want to see how they look like! And if anyone is an artist and wants to help me out (cause I'm a terrible one), I would like some help with the cover image, and some Digimon so...PM me or review if you are interested!