Shadowofshippo: I know it's been a LONG time since I updated this fic, but here I am putting up this. I'll try to post more frequently, but I can't make any promises. Plus, my comp keeps crashing. This verson isn't a good as the one I first typed out, but I hope you like it.

Chapter Three: Side Effects Part 1

"Mimi-chan…"

"I'm sorry," a young girl's voice came from his cell phone. "You've got the wrong number."

Koushiro hung up, and then threw his phone at the door, inches away from hitting his digimon partner Tentomon. He had nearly dropped the tray of food he was carrying as he entered the room. "Kou-san, is there something wrong?" He hesitantly asked, as he placed it by the other tray of food on the table.

"No." Koushiro said sarcastically. "Everything is the way it should be, the nerd never gets the girl."

"Kou-san?" Tentomon tilted his head, looking at him confused. He didn't know what Koushiro was referring to.

"It's nothing." He said quickly. "I'm okay, really."

Tentomon nodded, not willing to go any further. He looked to the digimental with awe. "Have you learned anything about it?"

Koushiro shook his head. He was glad Tentomon wasn't budding into his troubles, and that he was there for him always. "It's the digimental of darkness, and seems to be pulsating of energy, bad energy." He said vaguely, finally taking a glance at his computer screen. "The digimental of darkness is different than all the other ones we have, even the digimental of Miracles. The digimon that came with the digimental knows more of Kurai's dead father than of her, and actually hates her, it think." He added.

"Kurai-san?" Tentomon asked. His large bug eyes shined in confusion.

"She's the new digidestined." Koushiro shrugged. "Her digivice is just as strange and it's different than ours."

"How so?" He asked once again.

"It has some kind of scanner on the top of it, and its shape is sort of similar to a D-3's."

"Oh…" Tentomon couldn't think of anything to say anymore so he changed the subject again. "It sounds like you've done a lot. Why don't you take a break and eat?" He said gesturing to his untouched breakfast, lunch, and now dinner trays; then he picked up several empty bottles next to his desk. "I'll take these."

"Tentomon, I'm not that hungry today." He said, but Tentomon had already left.

Koushiro sighed, and turned back to his computer. He stiffened at he glanced at the screensaver. It was a picture of Mimi and him on their first date at an Amusement Park. He had been screaming his wits out on one of the roller coasters. Damnit. He thought, quickly shaking the thing away. It had vanished from the screen, but not from his mind. He went up and picked gently picked up his cell phone. It wasn't broken yet, as he dialed Mimi's number. There was only an answering machine, so he had left a message. His voice cracked as he began to speak, but he continued until he got out all the words. Then, he hung up, halfway satisfied he had at least left her a message.

"Koushiro…"

He quickly turned to the sound of the voice. His eyes were wide in shock. It was the pulsating digimental. "W-What are you?" He asked.

Mimi's Place

The teen sighed. Her cooking, which was usually fantastic, was turning out to be as repulsive as sludge. Even her partner looked at her food with disgust, maybe even gagging from its smell. Her best friend didn't even come near the kitchen. It was her haven, and at times it calmed her. But right now, she had meant for it to distract her from real life. She was cooking without the passion she used to have. This is what made her food taste so bad. Her mind focused on the things around her rather than her cooking.

"Mimi?" The teen's partner said, her leafy claw was over where her nose was supposed to be. In her other hand there seems to be something lifted. An egg shell. "Are there supposed to be shells in a cake?" She asked; then she looked over the stove the pot the teen was currently cooking. "And pineapples in curry?"

"Oops…" Mimi quickly took the egg shells from the cake batter. She looked down to her pot and notice that the pineapple she had put in was an entire fruit! She hadn't even bothered to peel it! "Oh my!"

The ruckus in the kitchen had worried Mimi's friend, another digidestine like her. She poked her head inside, and watched Mimi with a gleeful smirk. Mimi noticed and stopped in her tracks. Everything in her hands fell. "Sora!" She yelled in frustration.

Sora got out from behind the door, her hands raised in a mock defeat. "You caught me. Well… Not really. I was just watching. You did that all on your own Mimi." The tomboyish girl said. Her grin grew even wider. She had been known for sabotaging Mimi's cooking before, but not this time. "You know you look so cute running around panicking like that. Sadly, it also means that something's troubling you." She led Mimi to a table and the sat side by side. "What's wrong?"

"I…" Mimi gave a deep sigh and explained everything to her.

FlashBack Yesterday

It was lunch time, and every lunch time Mimi and Koushiro would have lunch together. Of course it would be too expensive if it was by plane, so they met through the digital world. Their partners would have their own, alone and away from the two. So Mimi, being the true romantic, had picked a picnic spot for them both and Koushiro fixed it up for them. Everything seemed perfect, and it was. The cherry blossoms, there, were in full bloom, making the spot even more delightful for the two.

The red haired digidestine began talking about his outing with Taichi. He spoke about how strange the girl he met was. As usual, Mimi would tease that he might be cheating on her. "Never." Koushiro would say; his cheeks would be red with embarrassment. He would never cheat on her and she knew it. She was his, and he was hers. Still, something was bothering Mimi. She hadn't talked about her day.

Then, Koushiro began to talk about the day he finally got the courage to ask Mimi out. The day he had asked to be her boyfriend. She froze, hoping that this really wasn't what he was talking about. 'No.' She thought.

"Mi-chan?" Koushiro gave a worried look. He felt her forehead. "Are you alright?"

"I…" The blonde haired teen gulped, trying to keep down the words. "You know I love you right?" She asked, her voice trembling.

"What?" Koushiro gave as bewildered look. "Yes, of course!"

"Then… I want you to know that… on our first date… it was a dare… from Sora and Hikari… I didn't know then… What I know now." Mimi stuttered.

Koushiro moved back horrified. "You mean… This was all just a lie?" He squeaked, backing away slightly, his hands covering his face.

The digicherry blossoms fells in a sort of wind storm. Mimi looked just as horrified. "No…" Her arm was out stretched, towards Koushiro, trying to grab him. Koushiro moved back, and turned running off. He was a kind hearted spirit at heart. Too easily broken. To easily hurt. "It wasn't a lie." She said, her hand back to her chest, feeling her heart beat faster. "My feelings for you were real…" She said quietly to herself. The perfect picnic was gone. Mimi's digimon partner comes back, saying how upset Koushiro was and that he had even left Tentomon there. She was stunned.

Mimi's Place

"He hasn't spoken to me since… I've tried to call him but I forgot that he moved into a new apartment recently and I couldn't find his number…" Mimi said finally. Sora handed her a box of tissues, seeing the tears the swelled up on Mimi's face. She seemed to be suppressing a laugh. Mimi gave her a serious look, though it was hard to while crying. "What?"

"He's been trying to talk to you all day!" Sora said finally. Her friend was, once again, shocked. She got up and walked to the nearest phone. It was blinking, a message was left. "Listen." She pressed the button and Koushiro's voice began to fill the room. His voice sounded shaky, and hasty.

"I… Mimi if you get this message… I just want to tell you that… I didn't mean to run off yesterday… I… I just needed some time to think… That's all… It's just so hard to swallow… So… Please meet me where we last met…"

Mimi stopped the answering machine and began to dial Koushiro's phone number. Only the answering machine picked up. She swore and walked off, leaving Palmon and Sora to fix up the mess she left in the kitchen. Palmon bowed and apologized to Sora before chasing after her partner.

Yagami Residence

Oukami knocked on the door. It was still morning then and she didn't want to leave the menacing lion with Hikari. It would be mean. But the thing was… She was still half asleep. Bubbly Hikari quickly answered the door with a smile as she spotted the new digidestined. "Ohayo Gozaimasu, Kurai-sempai." She said formally.

"Yeah, ohayo." Oukami replied automaticly as she walked in.

"Oukami." The older Yagami greeted in a somewhat civil manner. He still didn't trust her for two reasons. 1. She belonged to a gang. 2. She has the digimental of darkness.

"Yagami." Oukami gave him a glare, before turning back to Hikari. "The lion hasn't been causing any trouble, has he?" She asked, almost sincerely.

"Of course not." Hikari replied, leading the girl to her room. "He's still asleep."

Oukami looked into her room with a sigh. She knew it. There were lots of pink, cute things all around. They were everywhere except for the dark figure that slept at the foot of her bed. Oukami's partner leaned against the wall, sleeping on the floor. He actually looked awake, as if watching his post. She couldn't help but to give a smirk as she began to kick her partner awake.

"Oi! Lion! Wake up!" She said. "Time to go!"

"I wasn't sleeping." He said in a cold voice as he caught Oukami's leg. From the corner of the room Hikari's partner, Tailmon, snuck away to a quieter place. He let her go; then stood. Her partner was the tallest in the room, a fact that annoyed her for some reason. "Where are we going?" He asked her.

"I was thinking we should check up on Koushiro and see what he found out about the digimental." Oukami replied. She looked at him with disgust. "I really don't want to be seen by you. Can't you remove that armor or something?"

Lowemon looked down at his dark armor. "I could but…"

"Ew… I didn't mean it that way…" She turned to Hikari; then began to walk out the door. "Honestly…"

Hikari looked to Lowemon. "This is a perfect chance for you both to bond! We'll all go shoping!" She said cheerfully.

"I'm not going." The three of them, Taichi included, said.

"He can have some of my clothes, but he has to get his own underwear." Taichi said tossing some clothes at Lowemon. "Here."

"Um… Thank you…" Lowemon said, a little embarrassed. Hikari left the room also for him to change. When he was finished, he walked over to the living room where the others were. They all looked at him surprised. He looked like a normal person. He rubbed the back of his leg with the other nervously. "Is this alright?" He asked them.

"Alright? You look almost human." The older Yagami was the first to speak. "If I didn't know it was you Lowemon, I would think you were human." Hikari nodded in agreement.

"I guess that would be better." Oukami shrugged, although she too was stunned. "I guess we'll go now."

"I'll lead you there." Tai said gruffly. Hikari had elbowed him to get him to speak. "I know where Koushiro lives."

"Good idea. He might send me to the digital world or try to test if I'm human if I went with only him –she pointed to Lowemon-. That," She frowned. "Wouldn't be fun."

"Right." Tai nodded, as he got up. The three of them left without a fuss, leaving Hikari with a smile.

Digital World

The blonde digidestine stood there waiting for Koushiro to arrive. Soon, a dark figure stood in front of her. She shivered from the aura that it radiated, then soon realized that it was Koushiro. The red haired looked down at her blankly. In his hand was the digimental of darkness.

"Is this the one you want?" The Digimental seemed to say in a teasing voice.

"Mimi, we have to get away from him." Palmon grabbed her arm and pulled her into a run. Mimi could only follow her partner. Her mind seemed lost. Koushiro wasn't himself… And that voice… How can a digimental talk?

SS: Well, that's all for now. More to go later.