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Lord Pata –Your right, TK should have told her the truth but the only reason he said that was because he's still pretty young and when she asked him that he got nervous. Not because he liked Jun but because he's going to deny liking anyone to Jun since he's not very close to her. The whole Jun liking him was because in the first episode we see Jun in Digimon 02, she asked TK to sign her shirt too because she says she lets all cute guys sign it. I just needed her for a plot device really. Haha. I'm also sorry I didn't mention Patamon. He was there but the only reason I didn't mention him was because I was showing the girl's Digimon while they were crying. I'm really sorry I confused you and anyone else who was confused by those things.

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Digimon: Almost

Chapter 6: Mimi's Return

Mimi got off the plane and went to get her bags. She had been in Japan not too long ago to help out the others. She was glad to be back but she sighed anyway. The fact that she was so close to Izzy made her sad. She wished she could stop by his house but she couldn't. It'd be too strange.

She watched the limo driver pick up all five of her bags and put them in the trunk. Her father had hired him though she didn't really think it was necessary. Then again, she wasn't complaining. She jumped in the back and before she knew it she was at Yolei's house. She was going to be spending her time in Japan here because Yolei was the reason she was there. She took the smallest bags in while the driver struggled with the other three. She giggled. "I'm sorry about all the bags."

"It's ok." He huffed as he made it to the door. She told him the leave them there by the door. "My friends will help me." He nodded, grateful and left with his limo. She knocked on the door and one of Yolei's siblings answered it.

"She's in her room." She said giggling. Mimi looked at her strangely, wondering what was so funny. She shrugged it off and went on ahead. The girl pointed to Yolei's room and then left her. She now wished that the limo driver had stayed as she lugged the rest of her bags to Yolei's room. She didn't bother knocking because she had no hands. She just pushed the door open with her foot.

She wished she had knocked. She dropped all her bags and looked in the room with wide eyes.

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Ken had gone over Yolei's house early so that he'd get there before Mimi would. Yolei had answered the door extremely happy to see him. He couldn't help but smile when he saw her. She always made him smile. As odd as it sounds, he had realized his feelings for her the day that she had slapped him in the Digital World. He had really needed the slap that day.

They had gone into Yolei's room after she had taken Minomon into the backyard with Palmon and Poromon. He wasn't really sure what to say. He was pretty shy around people, especially Yolei. She had been the first to start talking. She just told him a bunch of things about herself. He listened and nodded and laughed at the things she said to him. Then she started asking him questions and he'd answer them all, until one question stopped him.

"So, do you like any girls?" she asked. He looked at her with wide eyes, unsure of what to say. He didn't want to lie to her but he didn't know if he should tell her the truth. She didn't wait for him to answer though.

"I like someone. Guess who." She told him. He took a deep breath. He had had a suspicion as to who she had liked so he thought he might as well find out if he was right. "Davis?" he asked. Yolei burst out into laughter at that. She was rolling around on the floor laughing as hard as she could. Ken looked at her strangely until she stopped laughing.

"Sorry about that. It's just, how could you think that? I thought I was clear…hmmm I guess I'm not that good at flirting." She mused. Ken continued to look at her strangely. She looked back at him and chuckled. "I don't like Davis." She shook her head. "He annoys the crap out of me." She told him.

"Then who…" he mumbled. She began to blush and look away. "Well, he's really smart and-" Ken cut her off. "Izzy?" he asked. She shook her head again. "Let me finish!" she told him. He nodded and kept his mouth shut.

"As I was saying," she continued. "He's smart, a little shy, and" she paused and blushed. "kind." She finished. "Oh and he's sitting in this room." Now it was Ken's turn to blush. He looked at her and smiled though. "Well I'm relieved." He told her. She looked over at him in surprise. "Well you never told me who you liked." She reminded him with a smile on.

"Hmmm, well she sitting in this room." He said quickly before he'd lose the nerve. She laughed and then hugged him. Then she looked up slowly and kissed him…and continued to kiss him…for awhile.

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Yolei flushed bright red when she saw Mimi in the doorway. She pulled away from Ken quickly who was just as red. Then Mimi started laughing. Before they knew it, Mimi was rolling on the floor a lot similar to the way Yolei had been not too long ago.

When Mimi finally stopped laughing she stood up and looked at the two in front of her. "Hmmm, you guys make a cute couple." She told them which made them both blush more. Mimi walked into the room, leaving her bags on the floor. Yolei stood up and brought them into the room, knowing that was what Mimi wanted.

"Hey, why don't we all go into the backyard?" she suggested. She had kept all the Digimon out there since it was a nice day. Ken nodded and they both looked at Mimi. "We have a surprise for you." She told her. Mimi laughed. "I hope it's better than that last surprise." She teased and they both blushed again. They all stood up and went into the backyard. Yolei looked around but didn't see Poromon, Minomon, or Palmon anywhere. Then out of nowhere she felt something on her head. She laughed and picked little Poromon off her head. "Hi! You got me!" Minomon ran out from behind a tree and tackled Ken. He fell to the ground laughing. It was nice to see him so happy. Yolei had always worried that he didn't smile enough.

Yolei looked over at Mimi who looked at Poromon and Minomon a little sadly. Yolei ran over to her and smiled. "Now it's time for your surprise." She told her. "Palmon!" she called. Mimi's face lit up the moment she heard Yolei call that name and soon Palmon ran out from behind a few bushes and hugged Mimi. Mimi was crying as she hugged Palmon. "Oh Palmon! I've missed you!"

"Merry Christmas!" Yolei shouted. Mimi was still hugging Palmon but she began mumbling "Thank you!" over and over again to Yolei. Yolei just continued laughing at Mimi and Palmon as they both cried together. They sure were close. She wondered how Poromon would react after not seeing her for a long time and then being reunited. She knew she'd most likely react the same way Mimi was.

Finally the two stopped crying and began laughing. They sure were a pair. "I'm so glad you're here! How long are you staying?" Mimi asked. Palmon thought for a moment. "I don't know. I guess as long as you're here. Right Yolei?" she asked and Yolei nodded. "As long as you want I guess. I don't think you all have to go back at a certain time." She told them and they smiled. "Great!" they said at the same time.

Ken looked at Mimi and then began to talk. "You're staying for a week right?" he asked. She nodded and then Ken went on. "Maybe we'll have the whole gang of DigiDestined together, new and old. You haven't seen Tai right? And aren't you guys dating?" Mimi nodded but the smile had faded from her lips. 'It looks like Tai is the problem.' Ken thought to himself.

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Mimi had stopped smiling the moment they had mentioned a big DigiDestined meeting. It wasn't that she didn't want to see Tai. She was just scared to face Izzy again. She felt like a coward. The last time they had been together, Mimi had been a blubbering mess. He had held her while she cried but she had felt a little silly. Although he had been understanding and sensitive, there was nothing she wanted more than for him to hold her longer.

She looked up at Ken and Yolei who were watching her. Palmon was standing next to her looking at her too. She had been there the day she had kissed Izzy in the Digital World. She probably knew what was up but she hadn't told anyone. She loved Palmon so much! She was so glad that she had kept the secret like a true friend. She hugged Palmon again and whispered in her ear. "You kept my secret didn't you?" Palmon smiled. "Of course Mimi." Then Mimi laughed and looked back at Ken and Yolei. "I've missed you so much Palmon! I still can't believe you're here!" she yelled so that they wouldn't be confused about how she just randomly hugged Palmon again.

"Hey! Yolei, didn't you tell me you needed my help shopping? We should go right now! Nothing like shopping at the mall on such a beautiful day!" she exclaimed. Shopping would cheer her up that was for sure. "So when is this Christmas party? And who has a Christmas party after Christmas?" she asked. Today was Christmas and if the party wasn't tonight, then it had to be another time.

Yolei looked a little guilty. "Well, there wasn't a party." She admitted. "I needed to tell you something so you'd come. How else would you get Palmon?" she asked. Mimi smiled. "That's true. And it's ok, I'm not mad or anything. I'm grateful for your present." She said smiling and looking down at Palmon. Palmon smiled back.

Yolei smiled. "Alright, then let's go shopping!" she yelled excitedly. Ken sighed and followed them out the door. Mimi ran back in and grabbed a rain coat out of her bag. She put it on Palmon and put the hood up. "There. No one will think about it too much. I hope." She said with a giggle. Yolei and Ken held Poromon and Minomon because they could pass for dolls easily.

They walked to the mall because it wasn't far away. They shopped around for a bit before coming to a dress store that Mimi and Yolei ran into quickly. They had no idea when they would use these dresses but they figured it couldn't hurt to buy one anyway. Mimi looked around and found a dress that matched her pink hair and when she found Yolei she was holding a purple dress that matched her hair. They both laughed and ran into the changing room. They both came out and showed Ken, Palmon, Minomon and Poromon.

"What do you think?" Yolei asked them and giggled. Palmon walked over to Mimi and smiled. "Wow Mimi. It looks a little like that dress we had in the Digital World when we were princesses." She said and laughed. Mimi laughed too remembering how fun it had been being a princess, until she had become a bit of a brat.

Ken looked at Yolei without words. Poromon and Minomon jumped up and down. "You both look great!" they said happily. Yolei looked at Ken waiting for an answer and when she didn't hear anything she frowned. "What? You don't like it?" she asked angrily.

"No no! You look great." He told her and Mimi started laughing at the two. They changed back and ended up buying the dresses since they liked them so much. They started walking through the mall again and Mimi looked at all the stores until she saw a computer store and she stopped walking and just looked inside. It was a silly thought. What were the chances he'd be in there? It was silly. Stupid. But as she started walking again she had to stop and go back. She stood in front of the store fighting with herself.

"Mimi. Do you really want to go in there?" Palmon asked with a worried expression on. Palmon must have known exactly why Mimi wanted to go in there. Mimi looked down at her, unsure. "I don't know…" Yolei and Ken had noticed that Mimi had stopped and walked up to her. "What are you doing Mimi? Why'd you stop?" Yolei asked.

"I want to stop in this store." She said, making up her mind.

Yolei looked at her questioningly. "This one?" she asked.

"Yes." Mimi told her and walked in. As Mimi walked around slowly Yolei continued to look at her funny. "Since when have you been into this kind of stuff?" she asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Umm, since awhile." She lied. She looked around a bit but she wasn't really looking at the stuff. She was looking at the people. None of them were the red head she wanted to see though. She sighed. "Ok, we can leave." She told them. At that time Yolei was looking at things happily and huffed when Mimi said she wanted to go. Ken was also looking at things as Mimi told them she wanted to leave.

She looked down at the ground upset that she hadn't found what she had been looking for and headed for the door. Just then she hit into someone and fell to the ground. "Ouch." She said as she looked over at the other person she had knocked down. Her eyes widened as she looked at him. 'Of course.' She thought to herself at she looked at Izzy. She was so happy to see him until she realized what this meant. Seeing him just meant pain. Because seeing him reminded her of what she couldn't have.

He stood up while she sat on the floor dumbfounded. He held out his hand to her, just as speechless as she was. She took it and stood up. She smiled at him even though she wanted to cry again. "It's good to see you." She told him and his frown turned up into a little smile. "You too." She said. He looked at her hair and chuckled. "I like the pink." He told her. She laughed. "I'm glad." She told him.

Palmon walked up to Mimi and Izzy and smiled at them both before giving Mimi a worried look. Mimi just frowned at her and then looked at Yolei and Ken who had just walked up to them. "Hi Izzy! Hi Tentomon!" Yolei said to them. Mimi looked down and saw Tentomon in a rain coat just like Palmon. She hadn't even noticed him. "Oh, hi Tentomon. I didn't see you down there." She told him.

"How could you not? You were just down here yourself." He said to her and she chuckled. She had been distracted by Izzy, but she wasn't going to say that.

"Umm, where's Joe?" Ken asked. "He was looking in some medical store with Gomamon so I told him I was going to go ahead and come here." Izzy told them. He looked at Mimi and the store, confused for a moment. "Did Yolei and Ken have to drag you in here?" he asked, looking surprised that she'd be in that store. She looked down.

"No. She dragged us in here!" Yolei said. Izzy raised an eyebrow at her. "Are you sure?" he asked and Yolei nodded. "I still don't know why she wanted us to come in here. She came in here and then was dragging us out in about five seconds." She said confused.

"Uh, I had needed something for my…dad! Yeah, my dad's computer broke and he had been telling me he needed something but they don't have it here." She said quickly, hoping that would make everything make sense.

"Really? What is it? I probably have it at my house." Mimi's hope dropped. She didn't know computer parts and Izzy knew that. He was looking at her with an I-caught-you face on. She held her head high anyway though. "I don't remember what it's called. That's why I decided to stop looking for it. I figured if I saw the name I'd remember it but I didn't so I give up." She said proudly, glad she could make up such a good lie. She looked up at Izzy's face and noticed that he had been looking at her face. He looked away quickly when their eyes met.

She continued to stare at him, feeling tear threaten to spill over. She looked away from him and turned around to wipe away her tears. She tried to make it look like she was looking in the mirror behind her but she could see the reflection of Yolei who had seen the tears through the mirror. She cursed the stupid mirror and continued to fix her hair. She turned back around to see that Yolei and Ken were talking about computer parts that could possibly be what she was looking for and Izzy was silent. Yolei looked at her for a moment but continued with the conversation as if she hadn't seen Mimi's tears. She looked over at Izzy again, wondering why he was so silent. Her eyes met his once more and he looked away quickly.

She couldn't take it anymore. She wanted to scream. She wanted to say something, tell him how she felt and ask why he's looking at her that way. But her, being the coward she was just decided to run away…again.

"Yolei, Ken, we should go now. I really want to get home quickly and Izzy should probably meet up with Joe again. Nice to see you again!" she yelled as she pulled Ken, Yolei and Palmon away. She didn't need to pull Minomon or Poromon away since Ken and Yolei were holding them. It was a good thing because she had to more hands. She was already holding Palmon and Yolei with the same hand.

She ran out of the store and then let go of Yolei, Palmon and Ken and began running as fast as she could. Palmon ran with her, keeping up with her. "Mimi, you know you shouldn't have gone into that store. You only got what you wanted." She told her. Mimi stopped running and looked back at Yolei and Ken since they were running to catch up. Behind them, she saw Izzy standing outside the computer store staring after her. She ran around a corner with Palmon as soon as she saw him.

"I know Palmon but it was too much. I wanted it but I didn't. I don't know. I'm confused." She told her and then ran into a beauty salon. She could always feel at home in there. She sat in a chair to catch her breath. She didn't want to get her hair done or anything, she just felt safest in there. Yolei and Ken ran in a few moments later out of breath. "I think we found the problem." Ken said and Yolei nodded.

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Wow, that was a fun chapter. It was way different then the other ones. Oh and don't worry, in the next chapter we'll see Izzy's side of that day.

Izzy: Yay!

Be quiet! That's out of character! Izzy doesn't say yay!

Izzy: He does if he wants to.

I'm ignoring you. Anyways, review!!!!!!