Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.

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Let's Meet Again

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Mimi sighed as she laid in her bed that her parents had gotten her before her arrival to Japan. Her son was currently with her parents having some bonding time alone. It was just like them to bond with their grandson. Mimi's lips formed into a smile, she really loved her parents. They were just so supporting and caring. She was actually glad that they had understood her divorce with Micheal long ago. It was all to protect Maiku from that man. They, of course, gave full support on her decision.

Mimi grabbed the small remote to turn on her stereo that was on her bedroom. She sighed as she began to hear Japanese music playing on the radio. It was weird, usually she would hear English songs back home in America. Now that she was in her Japanese home she had to adapt once again with the music and culture.

'Home.'

Slightly biting her bottom lip, she wondered if any of her old friends remembered her. Were they still thinking she had her pink hair? Still fashionable as ever? Did the old digidestines even care if she was back?

Sure she had talk to them, but after her divorce she had stopped making any contact with any of the digidestine. Sora, Yamato, and Daisuke were a special case because they had lived in America for sometime. Miyako was another case because the girl was always talkative around her.

Sighing, Mimi crossed her arms, and laid them on top of her forehead. She began to hear the a guitar playing on the radio, followed by the drums, then by a female artist. Hearing the rock melody, she began to listen to the lyrics.

She had to conclude that the lyrics were pretty deep involving life. Usually she would hear romantic songs, but this song was pretty good. Arms still crossed, and resting on her forehead. The only verse of the song that she clearly remembered was:

Natsukashiku Naru Konna Itami mo Kangei Jan

(Why can't I get used to this pain and accept it?)

Hearing that verse, she lip-synced it unconsciously as the verse was played again.

"Mimi!"

Turning off the radio, she got out of her bed, and walked towards the door. There she saw her mother, hands clasped together. Mimi blinked her eyes, not expecting to see her mother so soon. Her parents had paid more attention to Maiku than herself this morning. They had literally forgotten about her the past two hours when trying to bond with their grandson. She didn't mind though, her baby boy was adorable.

"Yes Mama?"

"Can you be a dear and buy some ingredients from the store? I was planning to make Maiku a cake, but I forgot to buy the cake mix and eggs! Would … it be alright?" asked her mother in a pleading manner.

Smirking, Mimi nodded. "Okay Mama."

Teary-eyed, Mimi's mom hugged her. "Thank you so much! Oh I just have to talk to Maiku again! He's so cute!"

Mimi giggled as she saw her mom sprint herself to the living room. A smile plastered in her face, she closed the door and leaned on it. "It's good to be back."

Going to her closet, Mimi had stripped off from her jeans and plain green shirt. She now wore a white sleeved dress with yellow flower petals here and there. She took off the small hair-tie that was carrying her honey hair up in a ponytail, now it was let loose her hair being a bit curly than her usual normal hair. Out of her room, Mimi skipped towards the door. She noticed her son Maiku playing with her father at a card game. It seemed that Maiku was winning because of his grinning face expression.

"I'm going now!" said Mimi as she was putting on her white flats.

Maiku stood up from where he was sitting. "Can I come too?"

Mimi stared at her father, who nodded in approval. Mimi patted her son.

"Sure, let's go. But you have to let your grandpa win sometime."

Maiku nodded. "Okay!"

Her father just laughed at his grandson's quick response. The two Tachikawa's left the apartment and walked toward the grocery store. It was seven blocks away from Mimi's apartment, so they'll get there in less than ten minutes. Along the way Maiku was just staring at the cars passing by. Everything in Japan seemed so foreign to his little brown eyes.

"I like it here," stated Maiku as he watched cars pass by.

"I knew you would~" chided Mimi, hands behind her back, and clasped together. "Isn't Mama always right?"

Maiku grinned at her. "Yeah! I want to go to a park too!"

Index finger on her lips, she began to think of a plan. "Why don't we go to a park once we get what Grandma wants from the store?"

"It's a deal!"

Mother and son soon entered the grocery store. Maiku ran to where the plastic carrying baskets were, and gave it to her mother. Mimi had asked him to go get some eggs while she checked for the cake mix. Maiku obediently went to where his mother had pointed to a certain direction.

Walking on a certain isle, Mimi stopped her tracks once she saw the cake mix. Her eyes carefully scanned each cake mix individually. Mimi wanted her mom to get the best cake mix, so that she could make the best Japanese soft cake that Maiku would ever taste. Being to preoccupied she had not noticed a small little boy running towards her. She did however, felt someone had tried to bump her to the ground, but failed the process. She glanced down at a little boy, who sat on the floor.

Her eyes widen as the little boy reminded her of someone long ago. She bent down and helped the little kid up. Of course the child accepted her help.

"Taichi-san…?"

The messy haired brunette looked up at the older woman. "My name is Tetsou!"

Biting a side of her cheek, she replied. "Ah, I'm really sorry Tetsou-kun. You look a lot like someone I used to know."

"Must be my dad!"

Blinking her eyes, she raised an eyebrow. "Your…dad?"

"Yeah! Everyone says I look like him when he was small too!" said the cheeky child, grinning madly. "I don't mind it though because I wanna be just like dad!"

Mimi was astounded by the child's behavior. Was Yagami Taichi like this when he was a child? Also, Yagami Taichi had a child? When was the last time she had heard from the ex-leader?

Oh right, that certain meeting a long time ago. Squatting down, and patting his pants to dust away the dirt, Mimi smiled at him. The boy smiled back, and thanked the older woman in front of him.

"Thanks! You're nice!"

Mimi giggled. "You're cute!"

Tetsou blinked his brown eyes, and soon his cheeks turned light pink. "T-Thank you…"

"You're welcome sweety."

"Mom!"

"Tetsou!"

Mimi stood up, and glanced at her baby boy who was holding a small box of eggs. Tetsou turned the other side to see his father carry a carton of milk. The brunette boy squealed in delight and ran to his father's legs. Mimi's son also did the same, but did not hug his mothers legs. Maiku just stared at the two brunette males in front of him. They looked almost identical, but the hair was pretty much the difference between the two. Maiku looked up at his mother, questioning her daydreaming expression.

"Mom, who's that?"

His mother stood silent, and just watched the older brunette with a smile on her face. "A friend."

The brunette male bent down to his son's height. "Tetsou, I told you before not to play like that again. Playing hide and seek at the super market isn't fun for your old man."

Tetsou frowned. "You're not old!"

"Ha! I know!" laughed the older brunette, patting his son's head.

"Taichi-san, it's nice seeing you again," spoke up Mimi, holding her sons hand.

Yagami Taichi stood up, and stared at the woman in front of her. He hesitantly rubbed the back of his neck. "Uhm…Hi."

Mimi frowned, putting her hands on her hips. "Taichi-san it's me!"

"Me…?"

"Mimi!"

He had a blank emotionless face for a second, finally his brain registered. "Mimi!?"

Nodding the honey haired brunette crossed her arms. "Yes, Tachikawa Mimi."

Taichi smiled, "Wow, I didn't know you were back in Odaiba."

"Mom?"

"Dad?"

The two adults looked back to their children.

"Ah. Tetsou, this is a friend of mine back in elementary school."

"Taichi-san used to be my sempai, back in my elementary school days."

The two boys nodded, and stood quiet. They were exchanging glances at each other, of course Taichi's son walked towards Maiku and smiled. Maiku gave a hesitant smile. He found the Japanese kid who was in front of him odd.

"Hi, I'm Tetsou! What's your name? You look just like your mom too!"

Maiku stood quiet, trying to understand what the boy in front of him was saying. He spoke too fast for Maiku's liking. Tetsou just smiled, waiting for an answer from the boy in front of him.

"I'm sorry Tetsou-kun, would it be alright if you spoke a little slower than usual?" said Mimi, putting her hand on her son's shoulder.

"He can't speak Japanese?" questioned Taichi, carefully watching Maiku.

"He's still adjusting to the language."

"Okay!" said a happy Tetsou as he repeated the same questions over, but in a slower pace. Maiku replied as best as he could to Tetsou. Mimi smiled at the kind gesture that Tetsou was showing, while Taichi just stared at the two boys approving of their perhaps new friendship. He grinned as his son jumped up and down, telling Maiku about Japanese schools.

Putting his unoccupied hand inside his jacket, he walked towards Mimi. "You sure like making surprises don't you?"

Mimi smiled. "I wanted it to be a surprise! That's just me, full of surprises!"

Taichi nodded. "Same old Princess Mimi."

Mimi gave him a scowl. "I told you don't call me that anymore."

"Sorry, couldn't help it really. Anyway…so this is your kid?" said Taichi analyzing the honey haired boy. He raised an eyebrow. "He looks a lot like you and Mi-"

"I know."

Taichi carefully watched Mimi silently. He took notice that Mimi didn't feel like talking about the blond American man she had married long ago. Not like he really cared though, he felt the same way as Mimi kind of. He really hated Americans. Those pig bastards just couldn't pronounce Japanese right. They say the language as if it were a joke. Taichi snorted. Damn those Americans!

"Taichi-san?" Mimi questioned looking over at the brunette man.

"Ah, nothing…"

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"And so we don't wear uniforms because we're not old yet!"

"Uniforms…?"

"Yeah! That's what my cousin told me, he said he'll start wearing a uniform later on!"

The two adults walked next to each other with a bag of ingredients, and carefully watched their children talk among themselves. They had decided to take the kids to the park, just to play with each other for a few minutes. The male brunette noticed the playground up ahead, so he tried to get his son's attention.

"Tetsou! The playground is to your left!" he cried out to his son, who looked the other way instead. "The other way!"

"Ah!" cried out miniature Taichi. "Let's go Maiku! Let's go!"

Tetsou grabbed the young Tachikawa by his sleeves, and literally dragged him to the swings. At this point Mimi giggled as she saw her son give her hesitant glances back at her. She waved him off, silently telling him to go play and have fun.

"Wow, who knew he could run that fast…" muttered the male brunette next to her.

"Well he did get his father's genes obviously."

Tachi glanced at her and raised an eyebrow. Mimi just smiled as she watched the two boys play. He looked back at the boys, and a smile played on his lips.

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"Hey mom."

"Yeah?"

"How was your day…today?"

Hikari looked back at her son, who had just finished up cleaning his room. Her brown eyes blinked as she notice her child taking a seat on one of the chairs in front of her. He stared back at her.

"Well it's going fine," she replied grading another kindergarten homework that needed to be done. A stack of homework was next to her, and she needed to get them graded by tonight. That actually meant Taichi had to cook dinner tonight.

Hikaru took a glance at the clock. "Ah, I see…"

Silence.

"Hey mom…"

"Hmm?" Hikari hummed out, finishing grading one piece of homework then going to another one from the stack.

"…Where's dad…?"

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"I see, so Tetsou-kun you're in the third grade?" asked Mimi as she licked her ice cream that her former senpai had bought her and the kids. She saw the little boy nod enthusiastically.

"Yeah! Maiku is also in third grade right?!"

Maiku gave a bashful nod. "Y-Yeah."

The two boys continued to talk, Tetsou was going at a slower pace for Maiku to understand. Maiku once again tried to answer his questions as best as he could. Mimi smiled at the two of them. Hopefully her son would get better at her mother tongue language. Checking out her watch she noticed that her mother had been waiting for about an hour. Biting her bottom lip, she looked around to search for a brunette male.

For the first time she wished he hadn't cut his hair. It would have been easier to spot.

"Daaaaaad!"

Snapping her attention to Tetsou, she finally saw the man she was waiting for. Her panted as he made a sudden stop in front of them.

"Sorry, I had to walk an old lady to the other crosswalk."

Mimi couldn't help, but giggle. Taichi gave her an annoyed look, while the kids just stared at their parents confused. Just what was so funny?

"Well anyway," she giggled. "I think Maiku and I should get going."

"Eh?! But Maiku and I haven't finished our ice creams!" protested Tetsou, looking at his father with pleading eyes. Of course his father's eyes twitched. What could Yagami Taichi do to change Tachikawa's mind?

"Er…"

"Hmm, Tetsou-kun…~" said Mimi patting the young Yagami. "How about you and Maiku make a play date?"

"Play date?" questioned Maiku carefully taking a good look at his mother.

"Hm! The two of you will most likely see each other more often if you guys make a play date," responded Mimi patting her son's head.

"Tomorrow! Tomorrow!" chanted Tetsou jumping up and down like a young rabbit.

Taichi sighed.

His son was just so energetic. It really tired him out.

"Great! Then, we'll meet again! Right Taichi-san?"

The male adult couldn't help, but smile at the young mother. "Yeah, guess so."

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"Ami-chan."

The young little redhead turned around to face her grandmother. As the older woman took a seat on the couch, she motioned for the young girl to come over. Being Ami, of course she would obey her elders. She was brought up to be a polite young girl from the beginning.

Ami stood up from the ground, turned off the television, and walked towards her only grandmother. "Yes Obaa-san?"

"Deary, why don't we do something fun?" Yoshie suggested as she was playing with her granddaughters red hair. It was so soft, and well washed. Yoshie was so proud of her granddaughter.

"Something fun?" questioned the third grader tilting her head.

"Yes…why don't we make cookies for your dad and grandfather right now?"

Thinking for a little bit, the girl gave a nod. "Okay!"

The two Izumi's stood up from the couch, and headed out the living room. A sudden doorbell stopped their tracks as they were nearing the kitchen. A door opened, and out came Izumi Koushiro from the side. His onyx eyes stared at his mother and daughter who were holding hands.

"I'll get it."

Yoshie gave her son a smile before nodding. "Alright."

The two female Izumi's just stood still, watching Koushiro open the door. Yoshie waited for her son to step aside, so that she would be able to take a look at the guest.

"Hikaru…?" she heard her son say in surprise.

"Hikaru-san is here?" questioned Ami looking at her grandmother. Her grandmother only gave her a mute nod. Letting go of her hand, Ami ran up to where her father was. Hiding behind his leg, she indeed saw the brunette boy, who resembled his mother, stand at her doorway. She noticed that he was panting, perhaps from running up those horrible stairs she had trouble with. She really wasn't an outdoor person…

"Um…may I come in…?" Yagami Hikaru asked her father with a hesitant voice. Her father only nodded, stepping to the side so that the boy could enter.

"Yeah, erm, just follow me."

Koushiro lead the way to the kitchen, he was followed by his mother, daughter, and the young Yagami. Once in the kitchen, he told the child to take a seat, which the boy obeyed. His daughter had decided to help her grandmother with making cookies in the kitchen. Koushiro placed himself in front of the boy.

Adult males shouldn't be nervous around the hard cold stare from little fifth grader boys, but Koushiro couldn't help but be a bit uncomfortable around him. Coughing, causing him to clear his throat, he began, "So Hikaru…-san, uh…what brings you here?"

When the boy lowered his head, Koushiro frowned. The boy was to young to run away from home, he was only a fifth grader for crying out lout! The Yagami family wasn't a family that had a lot of family problems. Then again with Taichi's current situation he didn't really know anymore. An important question was bothering him to no end. Even if he was running away, why here, of all places?

"Hikaru…?" began Koushiro leaning in. "Is something wrong?"

Perhaps something was wrong with the two Yagami siblings? That thought paled the redhead adults face. They weren't in danger were they?!

"D-Do you know…"

Koushiro pushed back those disturbing thoughts, and once again leaned in to get a better hearing from the boy. He waited for Hikaru to finish his sentence.

"Do you know a man named Takaishi Takeru?"

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And it ends here. I apologize for the short chapter. I think from now on chapters will become shorter. XD; I feel horrible for not updating. I did say in my livejournal that this was supposed to be continued in September, but then I realized… I have effing 17 units for the upcoming semester. Gaah. I think I'll die if I write 11-12 pages of this this semester. So I guess my goal should be at least 4 pages from now on. Meh, anyway there was a little uhh "writers block", but it's cured. I know how to start this and end this. (:

Oh yeah children are so hard to keep track off so here it goes!

Yagami Hikari - Hikaru (5th grade) Boy

Yagami Taichi - Tetsou (3rd grade) Boy

Izumi Koushiro - Ami (3rd grade) Girl

Tachikawa Mimi - Maiku (3rd grade) Boy

Motomiya Daisuke - Daichi (5th grade) Boy

Enjoy~!