Disclaimer: I don’t own Digimon, I wish I did, but unfortunately, no. I have no legal rights to any of the characters in the story and I don’t collect any profit. Authors Note: This story takes place one year later after my previous story, Three Prophecies. So basically the ages’ of the Digidestined are seven years after the first season. The ages are: Joe - 18 Tai - 17 Matt - 17 Sora - 17 Mimi - 17 Izzy - 16 Kari - 15 Kari - 15 Again, as in my previous fic, the story is Adventure/Romance. If a sentence has these * surrounding it, it means a direct thought to the head. If a sentence has these ~ around it, it means someone else is saying something directly to the characters head. If you want to contact me, my e-mail address is [email protected] On with the fic....
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Sincere Friendship Part 1 - Vacation Time "Miss, may I help you?" Mimi let go of my hand and walked up to the counter to the clerk. "Cindy, you haven’t changed a bit!" "Mimi Tachikawa, is that you?" Mimi ran behind the desk to give her old friend a hug, "Yeah, it’s me." "My, my, I haven’t seen you since the summer those nuclear missiles were shot off for no apparent reason." I looked over to Tai, Izzy, and T.K. as we all blushed from the remembrance of the virus digimon on the internet, Deoborimon. "Yes, I remember, that was before I dyed my hair pink!" "Wow, your hair looks great. I was thinking of dying my hair purple. Do you think I should?" "Oh that would look so awesome, Cindy!" Mimi suddenly remembered the rest of us were standing here waiting, but none of us really cared. We were all to excited to be in Hawaii to care if she babbled on about appearance. "Are the rooms ready?" "Of coarse," Cindy replied, heading over to the computer while Mimi came back to us on the other side of the counter, "You have three couple rooms and two singles." "Thanks so much!" "You’re lucky you asked your uncle to book you at the time you did," Cindy mentioned as she handed Mimi five keys, "the place has been packed from the moment summer vacation started." "Yeah, well Hawaii seemed like the perfect place to go." Cindy smiled and then looked over at the other seven of us, "Who are these guys?" Mimi introduced, "That is Joe, Izzy, Sora, Tai, Kari, T.K., and this is my boyfriend, Matt." "You’re really cute, you know that?" Cindy said smiling as she pointed to me. A frown suddenly appeared on her face, "You look oddly familiar." Mimi blushed and then Cindy’s face went solemn, "I know you four! When I was visiting this hotel seven years ago, I saw your two faces on the screen and you two in the internet." Ah Cindy," Mimi said, taking the girls shaking hand, "remember I told you about those monsters and said I knew how to defeat them?" Cindy nodded and then responded, "Yeah, but I thought you were kidding around as a child." "Well that is sort of not true. I belong to this team called the Digidestined. These are the other seven members. We have special duties in the Digital World. Do you remember seven years ago when those monsters were appearing all over the world?" Cindy nodded, becoming more shakier by the moment, "I was in Japan at the time, held at the Convention Center." "Remember how eight kids flew into the light, well that was the eight of us." Cindy was shocked, but maintained sanity by saying, "I remember you telling me when we were younger, but I didn’t believe you or just didn’t want to believe you." Mimi smiled at her and then grabbed my hand and said goodbye to the disturbed face of Cindy. "So, what is the sleeping arrangement," I asked Mimi. "Well I thought that Joe and Izzy could have the single rooms, but beware guys, the bathrooms are linked so make sure you knock before entering," Mimi cautioned as she handed Izzy and Joe a key each. "That leaves the three couple rooms, and it’s obvious Tai and Sora, Kari and T.K., and you and I can share a room." She threw T.K. a key and another to Sora. "Wait," I said, "I don’t think it’s very appropriate that T.K. and Kari share a room." "Oh Matt," T.K. whined, "I’m not going to make any dumb mistakes that you did last year." I made a face that made T.K. say, "I know what to do and not to, okay? Don’t worry, there will be pajamas on both of us!" My face was surprised as T.K. and Kari unlocked their room and closed the door behind them. "There is only one bed in each room?" "Yeah!" Mimi said laughing, "It is called the couple room." "Don’t worry Matt, T.K.’s a lot more mature than the both of us. Don’t be so protective, okay?" Tai said smiling. Tai’s words hit my hard. My heart hurt at the thought of myself being so protective. I managed to pull a smile on, "Yeah, you’re right Tai. I’m not sure what came over me." "Now that everything settled, we can go unpack and start enjoying our month stay here! We’ll meet you in the lobby around four o’clock?" Sora said excitedly, pulling Tai’s hand along. She didn’t even wait for us to reply. Mimi pulled my hand to the door that was across the hall from Tai’s and Sora’s. She unlocked it and pulled me inside. I found myself looking at a large room with a king side bed in the middle of it. There was a screen door that led to the balcony to the bed’s right and a bathroom to its right. To our right, there was a wardrobe to hand up our stuff and next to the bed a small, wooden night table. "Wow." "Yeah I agree with you," Mimi said taking the duffel bag from my hand and setting her two suitcases on the bed, and my duffel bag on the floor. After we had a relaxing dinner and swim in the hotel pool, all of us headed over to our rooms. "Goodnight," Everyone said to each other. I unlocked our room and turned on the light. "Hey Matt," Mimi said catching my attention, "which night gown do you think I should wear?" Mimi held up in front of me a long, green silk night gown and a short, pink one. "I think the green one would be nice." "Okay," Mimi said pulling off her short, pink sundress she was wearing. She unclipped her bra and through it in front of me. She pulled the night gown over her head. "Mimi, I’ll be back in a minute. I want talk to T.K." "You mean apologize." "Yeah whatever." I walked down the hall, a door passed ours and knocked, getting no reply. I knocked again, a bit louder this time, but with the same effect. I opened the door slightly, and turned on the light. "T.K.," I cried out in surprise as I saw Kari lying on T.K.’s chest naked. T.K. jumped up quickly and got out of bed, revealing himself in boxer shorts. Kari did the same thing, she was dressed in a strapless shirt and light pinks shirts. Mimi came in, following Matt’s commotion. "Sorry T.K., Kari," Mimi said as she pulled me out of the door and closed it behind them. After we got back to our room and shut the door Mimi began to stare at me. "You know what Matt?" Mimi said a little worried, "You have been acting funny all day. What’s wrong?" I pulled off my white t-shirt and through it on a chair. "Nothing is wrong." I pulled on the second fake smile of the day as I pulled off my jeans and crawled into bed. Mimi came over and turned on the night light that was on the night table. She then walked over to the light switch and flicked it off. Mimi came over and scooted me over a bit and stared at me. "Is there any particular reason why you’re staring at me like that?" "Well, that fake smile of yours, T.K. and I can both see right through it. If you don’t tell me what is wrong I’ll get mad. I know it has something to do with T.K., so tell me, what’s wrong?" I stared at Mimi, long and hard. I looked away and stared off lost into space with my thoughts. "You’re right, it does have something to do with T.K." Mimi lay her hand on lay shoulder, "Matt, you can tell me anything." I smiled, a true smile, and tuned it to a frown and said, "Tai’s right. All I want to do is protect T.K. from the world. I am so over protective of him, I can’t help it. I feel the need to protect him, even if there is no need to. I always have felt like I need to keep T.K. safe and keep him close by my side. Plus from the incident last year, I don’t want him to do the exact same thing." Images in my head appeared of Mimi and I keeping our relationship a secret and then her finding out she was pregnant. I remember how long T.K. was upset and about my actions. "Matt, I know the incident last year changed us both. I know you feel like you have to make sure T.K. won’t do the same thing we did, but I know for a fact that T.K. doesn’t want the same situation happen to him. I’m not sure if you have realized yet, but T.K. truly learned from what happen to us. Also, T.K.’s a lot more mature than you think. He and Kari are wise beyond years. If he was older, I would probably be dating him rather then you." I could feel my face go blank. "I’m kidding Matt!" "I know that T.K. and Kari are very special kids, actually more special then the rest of us, they bare the Crest of Hope and Light, the two most powerful crests, even though they haven’t Digivolved to Mega yet. A part of me says he’ll be strong and can take care of himself, but another part of me wants to make sure he’s okay day and night. You know, I don’t know that if I lived with him, I would be more protective or less. It might be better if we live apart because it teaches me how to not feel as protective." "Matt, just try to give T.K. a break. I am afraid T.K. will start to resent you soon because you won’t let him grow up and make childish mistakes. Try for him... and me too?" I smiled at her, "I will try. I love you so much." "I love you too Matt." I rolled over and began to fall asleep. *Matt, just try your hardest to let T.K. grow up. Mimi’s right, he will start to resent me. T.K. doesn’t just need a brother, but a friend to talk to as well. If I don’t start being kinder to him, he’ll won’t want to ever tell me anything.* I glanced over to Mimi. Her eyes were fluttering a bit as she tried to fall asleep. *She’s the best girlfriend I have ever had. Also, one of the best friends I have ever had. Along with Izzy, Joe, Tai, Sora, T.K., and Kari.* ~Sincere Friendship~ *What was that voice?* ~Sincere Friendship. It will die and everything will plunge into darkness. Destroy Sincere Friendship, or else.~ "Matt," Mimi whispered in a shaky voice, "I’m scared." "Mimi, please hold me. I feel scared too. I feel like I am going to die without you." She took hold of my hand. ~Sincere Friendship~ The voice was a whisper at first, but then got louder. ~Sincere Friendship. Sincere Friendship. Sincere Friendship!~ "Matt, I can’t take these voices any more!" Mimi sobbed. She let go of my hand and put her hands on her head in pain. "Mimi, don’t let go!" I took hold of her hand and leaned forward and kissed her softly, but passionately. I felt that if I didn’t kiss her, I would die from the voices in my head. I know she feels the same thing. The more we got into it, the quieter the voices were. I kissed her frantically, fearing the voices would return. "Matt, please don’t stop," Mimi said as I pulled away. "I looked at her face, innocent, but in pain. I kissed her again, reaching my hand up her night gown. I took my hand out and pushed her night gown up and she pulled down my boxers. I kissed her as we became one. ***********************************************
*What is that beeping sound?* I sat up as the noise increased. The girl next to me stirred. "Do you hear that?" I asked her. The orange hair girl nodded in agreement. She hopped out of bed revealing a short red night gown and a surprised face. "What do you think it is?" "Tai, it is our Digivices!" We frantically ran to the wardrobe, where sure enough, at the bottom of the bag, two Digivices were beeping. Sora reached down to pick it up. "Sora, don’t. Let’s get dressed first and see if the others are awake." I hurriedly pulled on a pair of blue jean shorts and an orange t-shirt. Sora quickly pulled on a red tank top and blue jeans. We ran out the door leaving the Digivices beeping loudly. "Kari, T.K.!" I cried out running into the room. They were already gone, the room silent. I turned back and went to try Matt and Mimi’s. "Tai," Sora said pulling him, "let’s go to the Digital World. Maybe Kari and T.K. are already there and so are the others."
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I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I looked to see a flashing light not too far away. I grabbed my computer and stuffed into a knapsack I brought along. "Izzy," called a voice from the opposite side of the door, leading to the washroom, "are you up?" "Yeah," I called out the door, "See you in the Digital World." With my black shorts on and a purple t-shirt, I took my Digivice and vanished.
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"Matt," came a voice from beside me, "wake up." I opened my eyes and looked over seeing two large brown eyes staring back at me. *What is that noise?* "Matt, it’s our Digivices!" I looked up at her surprised at jumped out of bed. I pulled on my boxers, blue jeans, and what I think was my white t-shirt. I glanced over at Mimi who was trying to see how to put on her green halter top on and pink shorts. "Matt, can you please turn on the light?" "Yeah, sure," I replied walking over to the lamp and flicking it on. "You ready?" Mimi asked looking at me. I nodded and she smiled, picking up her Digivice and left. I lifted it next.
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Part 2 - Unforgiving Voices "I think he’s coming around," a voice came out. I fluttered my eyes open and saw two brown eyes staring at me. "My head hurts," I mentioned, sitting up. "It must, considering you’re the only one who landed on a rock. Are you okay?" T.K. asked. "Just my luck," I said accepting a hand from Tai, "I’m fine." "Okay, well let’s go towards Gennai’s house," Izzy inquired. I looked around and noticed there was only six of us walking, "Where are Mimi and Sora?" Kari looked up and smiled, "They’re down by the lake over there fetching you some cold water. You’re lucky that you woke up when you did or you would have had a cold shower." T.K. laughed in agreement as he placed his hands into Kari’s. "Kari," Tai yelled back to Kari, "can you come over here so I can see your jacket?" "Why do you want to see my jacket?" Kari yelled running up to Tai. T.K. was going to follow her, but I placed a hand on his shoulder, a sign that meant for him to stay back. T.K. looked up at me and smiled, "What’s up?" I shuffled my feet and stared at the ground as we walked. I finally looked up to him and said, "I’m really sorry T.K., about last night. I shouldn’t have barged in on you." "It’s okay Matt. I know you just want to protect me." "No T.K., it is not all right. I should have more faith in you. I’ll try harder next time." "Matt, I don’t want you to change your attitude because you feel like I’ll get angry at you. I understand you Matt." "Matt!" Mimi said running up to me excitedly. She dropped the bucket she was holding, letting it fall to the ground and the water spill out, and gave me a huge hug. "I’m glad you were up. Sora and I were going to dump this bucket on you if you didn’t wake up." "Where did you get the bucket?" I asked confused. "I’m not sure, we found it in the clearing when we landed here." "Let’s start going guys," Tai announced standing up from the rock he was sitting on. "We want to find Gennai as soon as possible to give us the heads up on our reason for being here." "Tai, it is five o’clock in the morning and I am freezing. Can’t we at least get a few more hours of sleep and a fire going?" Mimi asked as she rubbed her arms for warmth. I placed my hands over hers and helped her warm up her arms. "I agree Tai." Tai rolled his eyes, but then smiled. "Okay, but let’s get a bit closer to that lake Sora and Mimi went to." I nodded. Everyone began to walk, Tai in the lead with Izzy next to him, looking up information and then trying to explain it to Tai in easiest form possible, and Joe on the other side of him, nodding to whatever they were talking about. T.K., Kari were walking hand in hand talking quietly between themselves. Sora walked a bit ahead of us, alone in her thoughts. As the group walked faster, Mimi and I slowed down a bit. "Matt, does your head hurt? You seem to be in pain," Mimi asked, anxiety creeping up onto her face. "No, my head doesn’t hurt at all," I replied, staring off into the distance. "What is it then?" Mimi asked. I looked over to her and struggled to reply, "It’s just that you and I talked about not sleeping together until we were older and could appreciate it more. It’s also that I couldn’t help it. There were these voices..." "Matt, I heard them to. I also felt the urge and felt like I would die if I didn’t make love to you then and there. Do you think we should tell the others?" "Yeah I do because I don’t want to go through that whole lie thing again. I never want to cause pain to both worlds again or let down our friends. We’ll tell them when we set up camp, okay?" "Sure. Let’s catch up with the others." Not letting go of her hand since I saw her after I woke up, I still held it, fearing I would lose her. We ran for thirty seconds to catch up. They all looked at us funny when they saw us running to catch up. "Matt, you okay?" Tai asked, worrying. I put on my famous fake smile, "Yeah I’m fine. "Do you want to come over here for a second? I have something to ask you." I let go of Mimi’s tight grip with a struggle and could hear Sora beginning to talk to Mimi about the nice bedrooms in the hotel. Tai met me half way, just behind T.K. and Kari, but still in front of Mimi and Sora. "Do you think we should stay in that cave over there or on the sandy beach?" Tai asked. "I think the cave for warmth," I looked at Tai’s face suspiciously. Something is wrong. "What’s wrong Tai? Don’t tell me something’s not up because I can see it in your face." "Actually Matt, I think you should tell me what’s wrong with you." I stared at Tai, my heart beginning to ache the familiar ache and my head hurt. Suddenly the voices began, quiet at first. ~Sincere Friendship will be lost. All worlds will be plunged into darkness. Sincere Friendship!~ *I can’t take this any more!* I fell to my knees and put my hand to my head, "Make the voices stop!" I opened my eyes and briefly looked at Mimi, who was also on her knees crying in pain. "Matt, please make the voices go away!" I crawled over to her and stood up, taking Mimi by the arms and hoisting her up. I pushed her against a tree and began to kiss her frantically, trying to make the voices run away again. ~Sincere Friendship! Sincere Friendship. Sincere Friendship....~ We fell to our knees and Mimi sobbed louder then ever, but suddenly stopped. "They’re gone Matt." She wiped the tears off my already tear streaken face. I sat down beside her and leaned my head against the tree. I closed my eyes and thanked God they were gone, not letting Mimi’s hand go the entire time. I opened my eyes and looked ahead to find six wide eyed pairs of eyes staring at me. "Matt, Mimi are you okay?" T.K. asked a little shakily. "Besides needing an aspirin I’m fine." I looked up at T.K. and then over to Tai. "Does that answer your question?" "I don’t understand," Tai asked frustrated, "when were you planning to tell us that your heads are hurting so much that you can’t stand it? Remember, no lies?" "Well Tai, considering these voices in our heads just began a few hours ago, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you yet. If it counts, Mimi and I were going to tell you guys when we set up camp." "What do these voices say?" Izzy asked, logging back onto his laptop. "Why do you want to know?" I asked. "Well, if I can find out from Gennai why, it would help to know what they say and when these voices started." "These voices keep yelling into Matt and mine’s heads about Sincere Friendship. They keep saying to destroy it and both worlds will collapse," Mimi replied. "And when did these voices start?" "They started while Matt and I were falling asleep and then we couldn’t seem to help but m-" "We just couldn’t let go of each other," I finished, glaring at Mimi. "Did they say anything else?" "They also said both worlds will be plunged into darkness, but that’s about it. They also scream out Sincere Friendship a million times until Matt kisses me or holds me." "That’s it!" Izzy cried out excitedly, "It must have something to do with your crests. Sincerity, Friendship, but what does it mean? Sincere Friendship. How can we make the voices stop, and more importantly, who’s the voice?" Everyone stared at Izzy and then at Mimi and me. "I think I know how the voices stop," Joe inquired, "they stop when Matt and Mimi are together. Mimi just mentioned that they stop when Matt holds her or is with her. We also witnessed it now." "I think you’re right," Sora agreed, taking a step closer to Mimi. "Do you think you two can walk a bit farther to the lake?" Mimi smiled and nodded. I started to stand up, but felt the sudden urge to just sit against the tree still. "Want some aspirin?" Joe asked, beginning to rummage through his bag. "Yeah Joe, that would be great," I replied taking four pills from Joe and handing two of them to Mimi. Joe also passed us a water bottle to share. "Good old reliable Joe," Mimi replied after passing the water bottle to me. I just nodded and took the pills. "Maybe we should start walking to the lake. Do you think you two can walk?" Tai asked, taking Sora’s hand firmly. "Yeah, I’m ready. I just want to get a nice warm fire built and go to sleep," Mimi answered, standing up. Mimi helped me up and we began to walk again, but this time there was no talking. Tai and Sora were in the lead with Izzy and Joe not too far behind. We walked behind them, but T.K. insisted we walk in front of him and Kari. I looked up and met with T.K.’s frightened eyes. "I’m fine T.K." "I know Matt, but with what happened back there, I’m not so sure." "Don’t worry T.K., your brother and Mimi will be fine. We’ll figure this entire mess out," Kari said confidently. "Yeah, I guess you’re right. Well, at least I know how much Matt worries about me at sometimes."
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"Too bad the digimon aren’t here. That way we could have saved a lot of time if Agumon was here to make one in two seconds," Joe said bitterly. "Joe, we have more things to worry about then a fire," I said looking over to the sleeping couple of Matt and Mimi. "I agree with Tai," T.K. stated. "Actually, Joe brings up a good point." Izzy said, "We should have our digimon with us. We might not survive if the same thing happens to the rest of us like it is to Mimi and Matt." "Well, what could the Digimon do?" Kari asked. "They can’t go into Matt and Mimi’s minds and fight whoever is torturing them." "Izzy, did you contact Gennai yet?" Sora asked. "No, his computer seems to be crashed or something. I have tried three times, and still no luck. It’s strange, normally I always get an e-mail from Gennai when we go into the Digital World right away." "Hey I have an idea," I said. Everyone rolled their eyes. "No I’m serious. Why don’t we hold out our Digivices like we did when we were here last year." "Actually, there is no need to," Izzy said shutting his laptop. "See that lake, not the ones you girls went to earlier, but that one way over there in the valley?" Everyone who was awake nodded. "That’s the lake we access to get to Gennai’s house. I cannot believe how close we landed near it." "Do you think we should go there now?" Joe asked. I shook his head. "No, lets get some shut eye and let Matt and Mimi sleep a little longer. Plus, Gennai might get mad at us for getting him up so early. Remember, it’s only six o’clock in the morning." "I agree. It’s weird how they took us to the Digital World at five o’clock in the morning." T.K. piped up. "Good night everyone," Sora said, but then shook her head in confusion, "I mean good morning. Oh whatever." *******************************************