Title: Digimon Adventure 2
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Adventure.
Rated: T (for languages, action and violence) you have been warned. Forbidden words will be used.
Summary: It have been five years since their last adventure and now, the chosen children are needed once again in the digital world. New evil forces, new evolution level for all the chosen digimons.
Pairings:Taiora, Mimato and Takari. (don't like the pairings, press the back button now!)
Notes:
So, here's the other half from the previous chapter and this is a short chapter too. I named it chapter 5 anyways.
This chapter may be boring for some of you, since there's no really development in the adventure part just yet.
I want to thank Saiyan X for pointing out my obvious mistakes that I did with Taichi characteristics. Sorry, my mind was doing weird things and I've gone too far with it. My plan is actually to have Taichi ignorant about complicated things (like Koushirou's wide knowledge and romance), not make him an idiot. So! I did some changes on that part in the previous chapter!
However, on Taichi's respect for girls. If you get my idea wrong, I apologize, but from previous chapter as you know I write Taichi as a virgin. His knowledge about girls is quite dense (you can say, girls are his weakness) and he thinks that if a girl offer something to him, it's like a ticket for him, so he accepts it. So, he's not doing it by force. He's not some jerk who forces himself to girls, and that Mayumi/Megumi, she's the one who shove herself to Taichi, since he's a hunky soccer star. Plus, he's still don't believe in his feelings for Sora and also, on the part where Taichi mention he will look the beyotch (mind my words, ehem) up when he return, he's being his usual stubborn self; wanting to prove his point, but he's not very good at it, since he's too blunt and direct. Also, remember that I never take the original digimon adventure 02 in consideration. hehe. so this is purely after adventure 1.
As for Jou's part, it is my plan to make him cowardly at first. If you don't notice, I start making him more cowardly in the chapter when Gennai told him about the whole situation. Jou is not scarde for himself. He's scared that he couldn't protect all his friends and since he's the oldest from all, he felt responsible (since responsibility is Jou's crest) and also, since I give people the wrong picture on this, I apologize once more. On this mistake, I added this facts on Joe to Taichi's POV in previous chapter. Jou is one of my favorite character and his sense of responsibility is what makes him special, plus, he's one of the funniest character in digimon adventure 1 for being clumsy and easily scared at the beginning of the series.
Anyway, thanks again for pointing that mistake. It really helps me a lot and I think I've just improved this story because of it.
Now that's settled, let's read the story shall we?
(You could go back and re-read the changes I made for last chapter if you wish so)
Chapter 5
/Mimi
This motel is oficially the filthiest place I've ever stepped into in my entire -sixteen years of- life. It's excessively mountained with dust, filled with poor quality furnitures, and oh! the putrid smell. Believe me, It's even worse in the lobby!
My legs are cramping from hours of walking and running, but I couldn't let myself sit or even touch a single thing in this room.
Thick dusts are visible at every corner and I could actually see them fleeting in forms of tiny white particles in the air and the worse thing is, I'm breathing them in. I could feel them forcing their way into my nostrils, down to throat and to my lungs.
I cringe at the thought and I could feel myself scowling in disgust.
"Mimi, are you alright?" Palmon asks, tugging my left arm with her rooty fingers.
Too overwhelmed by all the unsanitary-ness of this room, I couldn't catch my own voice to reply her with the most obvious answer of the day. No!
"Oh, the dust-" Sora utters, wringkling her nose, while with the help from Hikari, they starts removing the dusty quilt from the bed, prosecuting the increase of more baneful flakes in the air and eventually causing me to sneeze uncontrolably.
"Are you okay Mimi?" Palmon asks me for the second time, her voice filled with concern.
"No - sneeze- I'm -sneeze- not okay!"
How could I be okay? I'm hungry, exhausted, scared, my legs are killing me, I think I smell almost as bad as this motel and now I'm stuck in this dustville, sneezing my heart out.
"Unless you define okay as in massive agony." I add the moment my lungs stops emitting sudden air uncontrolably, "Then yes!"
As though Hikari completely understands what I'm complaining about, she smiles at me."Well, at least it's not so dusty underneath the bedspread." she assures me, right after she and Sora effortlessly dicarded the quilt.
Sora, being the eldest of us all, tries to sit on the bed before everyone does. "Hmm, it's actually very comfy." she tells us.
"You are right!" Piyomon agrees out loud the moment she joins Sora. "Oh, Sora, I miss snuggling you."
"Come on Mimi." Palmon begs me, wholeheartedly. "I want to snuggle as well."
Snuggle? In this condition? On that bed? I would love to, but I'm just not in the mood right now.
Despite that, how could I deny her when she's giving me that look?
"Palmon-"
"It's okay Mimi." Sora tries to convince me, "You can't just stand there all night. Aren't you tired?"
Yes I am. I can't even describe with words just how much tired I am right now. My tireness has gone through the 'extreme' line.
"Oh, what the hell! I'm already crummy anyways." hastily, I crawl into the king sized bed with everyone welcoming me with small giggles."A little dust wont do any different on me." I add with a small smile.
We all gathered around in circle, with our digimons on our laps. Even though my brain is begging me to go to sleep, I can't let myself to. Since this is our rare chance to finally have some decent girls to girls conversation. And just when will we ever get this chance again? I'm sure we will not be getting another one in the near future. I know, this isn't exactly a sleepover, but for now I'll take what we can get. As long as we get the entire night for ourselves, having girls talk without the boys meddling in. I'm on board.
Soon, Sora starts talking about her tennis club. Boring! I know, but she has always been a very good listener to me and I determine to be one for her too. Then not long, the talk about tennis slowly averts to Hikari talking about the time when Taichi provoked her cat and earned himself several scratches across his face, which have us laughing for a while.
But hey! Speaking of Taichi, that reminds me.
"So, Sora-chan." I decide to ask the moment Sora stopped laughing, and I could feel myself grinning with curiosity, "What do you really think of Taichi?"
Sora's face instantly went red as I've expected, "W-what?" she stammers, "W-what kind of question is that? Taichi is Taichi. You know him. A soccer freak, a dude, the usual."
I could swear I just hear her snorts right after she stopped prattling.
"Oh, drop the pretense! You have feelings for Taichi. Admit it!" I restlessly prod on, narrowing my eyes as I drew my face closer to hers.
"Sora is that true?" Piyomon asks, her huge ocean-coloured eyes growing like round saucers filled with curiosity.
"It's okay Sora-san." Hikari assures Sora at the attemps to calm her before she could explode from getting too red and heated in embarassment. "Your secret will be safe with us."
The moment Sora let out her customary sigh of defeat, I knew right away that we have finally convinced her.
"Yes." she eventually blurts out breathlessly, "Yes, I have feelings for Taichi."
And all of a sudden, I realize, the tireness I felt earlier has been replaced by sudden vigor.
"I knew it!" I exclaim with a wide grin that reaches my eyes while on my left, Hikari is already clapping her hands gracefully, leaving our digimons gasping in surprise. "So? I take it, you haven't confess yet, have you?" I continue to prod.
"No!" she shakes her head furiously, almost jump from where she's sitting. "I can't." she adds rather softly.
From all the years I have known Sora, this is one of the few times she gets so...agitated. So scared of something so trivia, like confessing to a guy, when most of time, she had always been the bravest girl I've known.
Okay, I may not... be an expert in conffesing either, but personally, if I like someone, I usually just say it outright.
"Why not?" Palmon who's sitting on my lap suddenly asks the question everyone has in mind.
"What if he doesn't feel the same way about me? What if he hates me afterwards? I would ruin our friendship and I don't want that." she explains rather sadly, "He always treats me like a guy and the fact that earlier today, he-"
Hikari quickly plants a comforting hand on Sora's back, "I'm sure he's just confused."
"Well, I think he likes you too." I say, taking Sora's hands into mine in a soothing manner.
"You think so?" her face brightened up a little.
"We all think so." I inform her, nodding my head abruptly before I glance around for the others' approval, "Right girls?"
"Un!" they all assure Sora, each with a brief nod.
"If Taichi ever hurt you, just say the word!" Piyomon declares, "I'll burn him with my magical fire!"
The entire room suddenly enhances brighter atmosphere with laughters from everyone and Piyomon attains herself a tight hug from Sora.
"What about you Mimi?" Sora asks with the look I previously had on when I interogated her and the question triggers every pair of eyes in the room to land on me, "Do you have a crush on someone?" she eyed me voraciously, "or a boyfriend?"
So now it's my turn?
As expected from Sora. Once I get something out of her, she always get the opportunity to get back at me. Well, there's no harm in telling them anyways. My life in America had been too exciting to not to tell.
"Hmm... Let me think, " I trail off, trying to recall and decide on how to start. "I did went on several dates, but..."
"What's a crush?" Tailmon cuts in before I could finish as she glances up at Hikari.
"And what's a boyfriend?" Piyomon follows Tailmon's gesture but to Sora.
"Tell us, tell us!" Palmon urges us impatiently, "Are they types of food?"
The three of us humans couldn't help but giggle at our digimons curiosity and guileless.
"A crush, is a person or in our case, a guy that we like." Sora explains, "And a boyfriend is..." she trails off, "Um..." I could tell she is trying to find the right explanation but failed as she's then signaling me and Hikari for back ups.
"Someone... we go on several dates with." I explain, not entirely sure."I think."
"A lover." Hikari adds, almost immediately after me. "Someone who loves you as much as you love him."
Love?
Truth be told, I think I've never actually love the boys I've dated. They are merely crushes, people who asked me out and I just happen to just like them. Not love, I think... From what I read in romance novels or manga, not to mention all the romantic fairytale stories my mama used to read me before bed, love is... something else, something deeper than crushes, something more... passionate and I've never felt that way towards anyone before. Have I?
What about the love I have for mama and papa? or for Palmon? Are they different? It does seems so.
Maybe, just maybe, what Sora felt for Taichi...is love?
Hm... I don't even know for sure.
Wait... How could Hikari know of love? She's like... what, fourteen? I don't mean that she shouldn't know, but, I don't understand the meaning of it myself and I'm older than her, so how did she?
"How do you know that for sure? I mean, love." I ask with curiosity.
"Actually, I'm not sure about it myself. I just quote it from a manga I read." she scratches her head a little, trying to recall something. "I can't remember which one, though."
Tailmon's forehead creases with confusion. "Manga?"
"It's a book with lots of pictures inside, you've seen it before in my room." Hikari explains.
"But Mimi, isn't there anyone you like?" Sora asks enthusiastically as I turn my attention to her. "Anyone you think is cute?"
"Yeah, maybe someone like... Takeru's brother." Hikari quips, nudging my arm with her elbow and winks at me.
Yamato-san? What does he have to do with this?
Well, for one thing, he is kind of cute.
Scratch that!
He is hot!
"Yeah, Yamato!" Sora chirps eagerly, "He's like the hotest guy in our school and oh, do you know that he's in a band?"
I gasp in both amazement and disbelief, "A band? Really?" The already awesome Ishida Yamato is actually in a band? I can't believe I'm just hearing this! "Since when? since when?" I prod them restlessly.
"It was a few months after you left." Sora explains. " He's the lead vocalist of the Teenage Wolves. Ever heard of them?"
I couldn't believe it! The Teenage Wolves? How could I have not know about this? Jessica talks about them a lot, but I've never even bothered to get to know the band and now... Oh my!
"They are so popular in Japan and-"
Before Hikari could finish, someone knocks on the door and startled everyone. "Sora, Sora." a whispery voice calls out from the other side of the door, which I assume, must be one of the boys.
Geez, what are they up to this time?
Sora immediately steps out from the bed, making her way towards the door.
"Who is it?" she questions as she turns the doorknob, revealing Taichi, Agumon, Jou-senpai and Gomamon.
"What are you guys doing out here?"
Ignoring Sora, the boys shove their way into our room before Jou senpai closes the door behind them, leaving Sora flabbergasted.
"Nii-san, what's so important that you have to break the rules to get in here?"
"You will get us all into trouble!" I point out the obvious.
"Don't you think I know that?" Taichi creases his brows in annoyance, "We need to get some food." he blurts out.
"Like, right now?"
"Yeah, right now." he tells us, enunciating each words with emphasis.
"You are kidding right? I'm not going out there before I get some rest." I say, "What if Crocomon is waiting for us out there?"
"But, we can't sleep with empty bellies." Agumon argues weakly, groping his round belly, while next to him, Gomamon nods in agreement.
Oh, poor things. I'm so tired, but I guess we don't have a choice. We can't just let them starve for the entire night.
"But where are you planning to get the food?" Sora wonders.
"Koushirou said, there's a convenience store right outside the motel across the street." Jou-senpai answers.
"I doubt the food there is edible." Hikari remarks.
"We wouldn't know unless we try them ourselves right?" Taichi snickers a little.
"Hm, good idea." Hikari replies with sarcasm, "Since you are our leader, you are welcome to try them first."
"Wha-"
"Then it's settled!" Sora cuts Taichi off before he could complain any further, "Mimi, Hikari, Palmon and Tailmon can stay here, I'll go with them."
"Are you sure Sora-chan?" I asks worrily. She's always like this. Putting herself into trouble for our sake and even though I'm tired, I can't just let her go alone like this."I could go with you, you know."
"Don't worry Mimi-chan, the place is just across the street." Sora infroms me, "Besides, you are all too exhausted, and I don't want you to exert yourself."
"But-"
"No buts." Sora cuts me off with a tone that reminds me of my mama's, "I'll be back soon." she winks at me before she pulls Taichi and Jou-senpai out of the door, with Agumon, Gomamon and Piyomon in tow.
Before they closes the door, Taichi's head pops back in. "Psst, you guys."
"What?" we choruses.
"If anything happen, just scream as loud as you can." he tells us with a whispery voice, "Yamato and the rest are in the other room, they will be your knights in shining armor in case I don't hear you."
"We can protect Hikari and Mimi ourselves, thank you." Tailmon narrows her eyes.
Taichi snorts and rolls his eyes. "Yea,yea, sure you can." he adds, before he closes the door behind him.
.to be continue.
I hope I didn't bore you with this short chapter.
But don't worry, I'm halfway done with the next chapter and it'll be longer and more exciting than this one.
I'll be more encourage and be able to post the next chapter sooner if I get more encouraging reviews from my dear readers, just saying. ;)
Well, have a nice weekend everyone. r&r