Road To Recovery

My apologies for not updating this fic. I know it's been more than a few months but after getting a review, I'll be continuing this fic so that I can put a closure to this drama, and this is where the romance between Daisuke and Mimi commences..

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Mimi, Miyako and Ken saw the birds flying in a frightened way, and the trio wondered if this is a good sign or not, fearing for Daisuke's welfare, though they had to stay strong and believe in him, though it won't be that easy given his mental condition, so they kept on going until they encountered someone, which is Bengal-Taigamon, fleeing from the north and is terrified, so Mimi had to calm the Digimon down and asked him what was wrong.

"A…human boy…brown hair…eating wild berries and then he came across Taigamon and he attacked him for no reason…he's thinking like a wild animal…even though Taigamon…had the size advantage…that boy…took a vine and strangled him…he wouldn't relent…he stopped only until Taigamon's dead…you…you'd better leave if you want to live and return to your human world…I'm running for my life!"

With that Bengal Taigamon left and never looked back, and Mimi was starting to feel worried about Daisuke and told Miyako and ken to get their Digimons ready…anticipating that this won't be an easy task to calm Daisuke down. Wormmon and Hawkmon glanced at each other, wondering what has led Daiske to act like this, and they had to be prepared as this would be a very difficult mission.

"Ken…has Daisuke really lost his mind? It's not about him turning crazy, but…"

"Can't say for sure, Wormmon…given the events that happened recently, I guess that the mental stress may have played a part here…but knowing Daisuke, I find it impossible that he'd be acting like a rabid animal…"

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Nearby, Daisuke wandered off and came across a pair of Turkeymons, and the two chose a bad time to mess around with the mentally-unstable Motomiya, as the two approached him and started taunting him, not knowing the consequences that would soon follow.

"Hey…look…a human…"

"Him? The one who got possessed by D-Mon? What a weakling…look…wearing tattered pajamas…he's a wuss…"

"Hey…you got served? Looks like you got no clothes underneath…wanna trade your birdie with mine? HA-HA-HA-HA-HA…I forgot…I'm a bird…too bad yours can't fly…"

But Daisuke began to grit his teeth and grabbed the first Turlkeymon and bit his neck continuously, which flowed by non-stop bleeding, and Motomoiya held him in place until the Digimon died from bleeding, and he started to chomp off his feathers and began tearing off its skin and started to eat his insides, shocking and spooking the remaining Turkeymon.

"Whhaaa???!!! A human eating Digimon alive??!!! You're crazy!!!!"

After some five minutes a "blood-stained" Daisuke stopped his "feast" and eyed at the remaining Turkeymon, looking ready to make another kill, and the Digimon was terrified as hell, and began pleading for mercy but the mentally-unstable Chosen Child heard nothing and is ready to lunge at his prey when someone tackled him from behind. It was Taichi, and he began to lock Daisuke in a full nelson lock, while sora and Hikari were shocked and terrified at the remains of the first Turkeymon, and saw the Digimon's blood and organs remained at Daisuke's mouth.

"That kid's lost his mind! He ate away my partner! He's thinking like an animal! I'm out of here!!!"

As Turkeymon ran off, Daisuke growled like an animal and tries to break free but Taichi won't let go, and then he glances at Sora with serious eyes and gives her a strict instructions as the situation is getting worse by the minute.

"Sora! Call the others…Dsisuke is out of his mind! He'll get into trouble if he stays in this world like this! Hikari…stay back…we don't know what he can do to us fellow humans!"

As Sora contacts the rest, Daisuke twists and turns his body trying to break free from Taichi's grip but the lead 1st generation Chosen Child held firmly and made sure he won't lose his grip, screaming like a wild animal trying to escape from a cage. Seeing Daisuke like this terrified her but she seem to misjudge her calculation in coming up a way to calm Motomiya so she approached a restrained Daisuke and slapped him hard, hoping this would wake him up.

SLAP!!!!

"Daisuke! Stop this! You are not like this!!!"

"Hikari…"

Taichi wondered what his younger sister is up to and it seemingly calmed Daisuke, but her next words seem to re-trigger the rabid-ness in Motomiya, much to his surprise and dismay.

"You should know better than this! Getting depress over the fact that I chose Takeru over you…look at you…you're degrading yourself…stop acting like a baby and grow up…"

"RRRAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!!!"

With a sudden rush of adrenaline, Daisuke broke free from Taichi's hold and grabbed him and threw him against a tree, disabling him and he went after Hikari and started to slap her hard several times, and this time Agumon and Tailmon went towards the scene to try and subdue Daisuke, but he grabbed the two Digimons and slammed their heads against each other which knocked them out, and then slowly went after her, her face swelled on both sides while her left side of her lips is dripping with blood.

"RRRRRRR...RRRRR…RRRRAAAGGGHHHHRRR…"

By this time MIyako and ken arrived and were shocked by what they saw, and Ken told Wormmon to stay back as changing to Stingmon might bring more harm to Daisuke that stopping him, and Hawkmon urged Miyako to have him evolved, but Mimi told the two younger teens not to do anything, seeing that violence will only worsen the situation, and she decided to try her way to calm him down. Tension builds up as she slowly approached the growling Daisuke, with Mimi trying to sooth him into calming down.

"Shh…it's okay…it's okay…"

But Daisuke began to grab her by her neck and started to strangle her down, but before the others are about to intervene, she raised her hand to stop them and then she placed her hand on his cheeks, caressing it in a maternal way, and it slowly worked, as inside his mind, the image and memories of his time with the Chosen Children slowly returned, and soon Daisuke was brought back to reality, and was mortified by what he has done, and he slowly fainted and fell to her arms, and Mimi hugged him in a gentle way, holding him down.

"It's okay, Daisuke…it's okay…we're here…huh? Why is your cheek swelling…?"

Turning around, she got her answer as Taichi berated Hikaru for her actions and there she was dismayed at how she treated the situation, and all went back to the real world to have Daisuke treated, hoping that things will turn out fine.

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Later that night, Mimi volunteered to stay beside a still-sleeping Daisuke, believing that she might help calm him down should he lost grip of reality again, while Chibimon had to stay at the living room so that he won't indirectly evolved to a darker version should Daisuke accidentally gets hold of the Digi-Egg.

Meanwhile, Hikari got a mouthful of sermon from Taichi and Sora for her action and she realized that she is just human and not as perfect as she thought, while Tailmon remained silent, not wanting to take sides, even though the cat-Digimon knows that Hikari made a grave error in her actions but being Hikari's partner, she decided to be neutral on this manner.

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The time now is 2:30 am, and Daisuke woke up, having recalled everything and was mortified by his recollections, but then Mimi also woke up, and saw him awake so she talked to him.

"Feeling okay…?"

"I'm the lowliest…"

"You weren't yourself back then…you were plagued by personal problems…and being possessed by D-Mon…that caused a lot of mental strain in you…so don't blame yourself…"

"But…I almost got you killed…and…I was told that I killed a few wild Digimons…I even ended up feasting on that Turkeymon…"

"But you're back to your old self…that's all that matters now. You need to recover…and move on…I'm sure you'll find someone who'll touch your heart…"

"Mimi…thank you…"

"It's okay, Daisuke…"

"Can you…stay with me…?"

"Of course…you might go off drifting again and I'm the only one who can talk some sense into you…"

A smile formed at Mimi's witty comment, which further cemented the 14-year old boy's resolve to move on, but seeing her face glowing under the moonlight seem to have an effect on him, seeing her as beautiful and he slowly got attracted, and drawn him to her. Mimi smiled but then was a bit surprised as he gently cup her cheek, and she instinctively held his hand, feeling his skin smooth though there were a few bruises which is still healing.

Then he slowly went towards her, slowly kissing her cheek, and she was slightly taken aback, but she did not move, and then he gently pecked her lips, and the two glanced at each other. She was a bit surprised by this, her first kiss was taken, by Daisuke, yet there was no malice on his part, and the kiss was gentle and innocent.

"Daisuke…"

He went for her lips again, covering it with his, and slowly kissed her again in a slow and gentle manner. As his lips moved, Mimi was wondering what she should do…but after seeing his serene look and the way he handled her, her lips seemingly moved to its own and slowly kissed him in return, and within minutes the romantic kiss turned into a semi-passionate one. Her mind was awhirl as she wondered what she should do, but his kisses seem to keep her on hold as he gently lay her back on bed, his tongue gently invading hers, and her body started to heat up.

She wondered why she did not resist or shout at him to stop, and her mind started to give her an insight: she was slowly falling for him, though she wasn't sure yet about this, and tried to think of a logical theory, but her thoughts was interrupted again as she felt his lips gently kissing her neck, and her skin tingled by this, yet her body seem to be receptive of this.

"Mimi…"

Daisuke murmured as his lips started to travel slowly from her neck, down to her chest and cleavage and back to her neck, his hands traveled to certain intimate parts of her body, and Mimi wasn't sure on whether to tell him to stop or not, as he slowly took off his shorts, leaving him only in his briefs. Mimi saw this and was getting nervous, as she feared that she might hurt him emotionally if she berated him to stop, but she got a jolt as she felt his arousal rubbed hers but he stopped at the last moment, looking mortified and covered her with the blanket while he took and put his shorts back on.

"I…I'm sorry, Mimi…I don't know what got into me…I'm very sorry…please…"

Mimi gently touched her neckline where Daisuke's lips touched, and then glanced at him, seeing how genuinely sorry he was, and knew he wasn't himself but he was very caring of him when he petted her, and then a thought hit her. The way she let Daisuke kissed and petted her, she wwas feeling something, something that seem to made her drawn to him, but she couldn't bring this subject just yet, as she have to know for sure if she is falling for him or not.

"It's okay…I'm thankful you didn't took advantage over me…"

"I don't know why…why I did this without thinking…"

"Let's rest…we'll discuss this tomorrow…okay…?"

"Um…okay…"

And so the two went back to bed and fell asleep, peace restored for him and the rest, and this is perhaps a signal of what seem to be a start of a blossoming romance.

To Be Continued…

Looks like Daisuke's back to normal, and it's all thanks to Mimi…

Sorry for the mild love scene, but there's nothing offensive here and this will act as a start of a romance between the two, but will this work after what has happened?

Preview:

The gang goes to a beach to help ease the stress they got and to help Daisuke recover, but will this also help decide on whether he developed feelings for Mimi or not?

A few chapters remain and will end sooner than you think…