Never Meant to Be
By Anime Queen
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Sorry I'm late with this... it took me a while! By the time I've gotten over the start of the holidays and the late-night parties (really late night) I kind of forgotten what I wanted to say in this chapter... hehe ^^U but last night I've finished it, and... let's just say I need help with this one - if I get good suggestions I'll do a re-write, cuz I don't think this chapter's at its best.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon! (why do I have to put up with this? Oh, that's right, cuz I want to write ^^U)
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Chapter 9
Mimi's POV:
I walked up the stairs to my apartment, almost missing a step in my hurry. I would have never believed that Sora would be capable of shooting an innocent person. Maybe she really was part of Damon Li's underground organization, and now she's gotten me into it too. What was I supposed to tell my mom?
I rang the doorbell, and as soon as the door opened, and my mother's grave face appeared, I seemed to forget all about the current problem.
"Mom!" I threw my arms around her neck. "I've missed you so much!"
"Mimi! Oh my God, I was so worried about you! Where were you? What happened?"
"It doesn't really matter now," I pulled away. "I have to call Sora."
"She was gone too."
I nodded. "I'd better call to make sure she's ok."
I dialed up her apartment, and it was a while before Mrs. Takenouchi picked up the phone.
"Hello, Takenouchi residence," she said. She didn't sound too happy. What if Sora didn't come back?
"Mrs. Takenouchi, hello. This is Mimi. I was wondering about Sora."
"Oh, hello, Mimi. Sora's here, only she's still resting in her room."
"I understand. But can you please tell her it's me? I really have to talk to her."
"I'll tell her now. Please hold on for a minute."
"Thank you."
She was gone for a while, and then Sora came on the line.
"Hiya Mimi," she didn't sound too good either.
"Sora - what's happening?" and when she didn't reply, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah," she answered. "How about you?"
"I'm fine."
We were both silent, thinking about what question to ask next.
"So what are you doing?" I asked her, and then mentally slapped myself. Same thing as I was - she obviously just gotten home."
"Matt's here... he's trying to find out what happened."
"Is he listening?"
"No, I'm in the hallway."
"What are you going to tell everyone? Did your mom ask you?"
"Of course she asked me. I don't know yet. I told her I was tired."
"What did you tell Yamato?"
"Nothing. What did you say?"
"Nothing. What should we do? Tell Chief?"
"Are you crazy? Meems, he'll fire us."
"At least we'll be away from that crazy perverted weirdo," I mumbled, but she heard me. She laughed sadly. "Who do we tell?"
"No one, for now. Keep it to yourself. Tell you mom you got lost or something. You're good at that sort of thing."
I laughed ruefully. "And you're sure they'll buy that?" I could almost hear Sora roll her eyes.
"Meems... I was kidding about the getting lost thing. Just make something up. Tell her... tell her that we took the wrong train and ended up on the other side of town." I nodded. "In a way, it's kind of true."
"Yes," she agreed, "But I have no idea where exactly Damon Li's hideout has been."
My mother came up behind me in the kitchen, watching me worriedly.
"Um... Sora, I'm glad you're ok and everything. I've got to go."
She hung up after mumbling a goodbye.
"Has Sora returned too? Is she ok?" my mother asked me, coming closer.
"Yeah, mom, she's fine," I sighed. From the tone of her voice, something was surely wrong.
"So what happened? Where were you all these days?"
"That was really kind of stupid of us, really," I laughed lightly, "You see, Sora and me took the wrong train by accident, and we kind of got lost," I laughed a little more, and then stopping abruptly when my mother rushed to me and threw my arms around me.
"You baka... I was really worried about you!" she sobbed lightly into my hair.
"It's ok now, mom, we're both here, and we're ok," I hugged her back. "Everything's fine."
After I calmed her down, I went up to my room. I was pretty tired, but I didn't want to sleep yet. The initial fright and anger at Sora's actions faded, and I was able to think about the whole situation.
I guess it wasn't totally Sora I was angry at. That madman, Damon Li, set everything up. He had ordered us to shoot into the crowd, and Sora volunteered. Maybe she did the right thing. If we would have refused, he may have thought we were impostors, and maybe even killed us. Now I was thinking like Sora.
But were we impostors? As far as I knew, yes. Sora seemed to think so too. Then where are the real "new arrivals" to his plan? Why haven't they come to claim their places instead of us? But I guess if the real ones showed up, we would be in trouble.
After thinking a while more, I've decided to let Sora handle the politics. After all, she hasn't let us down thus far, and she clearly seemed to understand more than I did. That brought back my earlier suspicions about Sora being a real part of Damon Li's secret organization.
The phone rang, jolting me out of my trail of thought. In a way I was grateful, because I didn't like where this trail was leading me. My mother answered the phone, so I saw no need to get up from my comfortable position on the bed. I guess it wasn't for me, since mom didn't call me.
I closed my eyes, and tried to fall asleep. I guess I succeeded, because the next thing I knew, it was considerably darker outside. Then I became faintly aware of voices floating in from the living room, and they became clearer as I listened. Who was my mother talking to? I listened harder, and then I understood.
"Taichi!"
The voices stopped - they heard my sudden outburst. I jumped from the bed, not caring about the fact that my clothes were rumpled and my hair was tousled, and made for the door. I ran down the hall.
"Tai!" I flew into his arms, clasping hi around the waist, and burying my face into his chest. He jumped slightly out of surprise, before grasping me by my shoulders, and sinking down onto his knees, pulling me with him.
"Mimi-chan... thank goodness you're all right," he whispered in a shaking voice. "I missed you."
"Me too, Tai," I told him, not loosening my grip on him. I held on to Tai as if he was the last thread of my slipping reality. Damon Li can go to hell, everything can go to hell, I didn't care anymore. Tai was here, solid and reliable, for me to hold on to. Even if my thoughts were spinning, he was there in the stable center of it all. He was the center of my world, the one thing that would never change, no matter how crazy everything else got.
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So... comments? Suggestions for improvement? I love reviews, and I love you guys! Thanx for reading!!! ^_^
By Anime Queen
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Sorry I'm late with this... it took me a while! By the time I've gotten over the start of the holidays and the late-night parties (really late night) I kind of forgotten what I wanted to say in this chapter... hehe ^^U but last night I've finished it, and... let's just say I need help with this one - if I get good suggestions I'll do a re-write, cuz I don't think this chapter's at its best.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon! (why do I have to put up with this? Oh, that's right, cuz I want to write ^^U)
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Chapter 9
Mimi's POV:
I walked up the stairs to my apartment, almost missing a step in my hurry. I would have never believed that Sora would be capable of shooting an innocent person. Maybe she really was part of Damon Li's underground organization, and now she's gotten me into it too. What was I supposed to tell my mom?
I rang the doorbell, and as soon as the door opened, and my mother's grave face appeared, I seemed to forget all about the current problem.
"Mom!" I threw my arms around her neck. "I've missed you so much!"
"Mimi! Oh my God, I was so worried about you! Where were you? What happened?"
"It doesn't really matter now," I pulled away. "I have to call Sora."
"She was gone too."
I nodded. "I'd better call to make sure she's ok."
I dialed up her apartment, and it was a while before Mrs. Takenouchi picked up the phone.
"Hello, Takenouchi residence," she said. She didn't sound too happy. What if Sora didn't come back?
"Mrs. Takenouchi, hello. This is Mimi. I was wondering about Sora."
"Oh, hello, Mimi. Sora's here, only she's still resting in her room."
"I understand. But can you please tell her it's me? I really have to talk to her."
"I'll tell her now. Please hold on for a minute."
"Thank you."
She was gone for a while, and then Sora came on the line.
"Hiya Mimi," she didn't sound too good either.
"Sora - what's happening?" and when she didn't reply, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah," she answered. "How about you?"
"I'm fine."
We were both silent, thinking about what question to ask next.
"So what are you doing?" I asked her, and then mentally slapped myself. Same thing as I was - she obviously just gotten home."
"Matt's here... he's trying to find out what happened."
"Is he listening?"
"No, I'm in the hallway."
"What are you going to tell everyone? Did your mom ask you?"
"Of course she asked me. I don't know yet. I told her I was tired."
"What did you tell Yamato?"
"Nothing. What did you say?"
"Nothing. What should we do? Tell Chief?"
"Are you crazy? Meems, he'll fire us."
"At least we'll be away from that crazy perverted weirdo," I mumbled, but she heard me. She laughed sadly. "Who do we tell?"
"No one, for now. Keep it to yourself. Tell you mom you got lost or something. You're good at that sort of thing."
I laughed ruefully. "And you're sure they'll buy that?" I could almost hear Sora roll her eyes.
"Meems... I was kidding about the getting lost thing. Just make something up. Tell her... tell her that we took the wrong train and ended up on the other side of town." I nodded. "In a way, it's kind of true."
"Yes," she agreed, "But I have no idea where exactly Damon Li's hideout has been."
My mother came up behind me in the kitchen, watching me worriedly.
"Um... Sora, I'm glad you're ok and everything. I've got to go."
She hung up after mumbling a goodbye.
"Has Sora returned too? Is she ok?" my mother asked me, coming closer.
"Yeah, mom, she's fine," I sighed. From the tone of her voice, something was surely wrong.
"So what happened? Where were you all these days?"
"That was really kind of stupid of us, really," I laughed lightly, "You see, Sora and me took the wrong train by accident, and we kind of got lost," I laughed a little more, and then stopping abruptly when my mother rushed to me and threw my arms around me.
"You baka... I was really worried about you!" she sobbed lightly into my hair.
"It's ok now, mom, we're both here, and we're ok," I hugged her back. "Everything's fine."
After I calmed her down, I went up to my room. I was pretty tired, but I didn't want to sleep yet. The initial fright and anger at Sora's actions faded, and I was able to think about the whole situation.
I guess it wasn't totally Sora I was angry at. That madman, Damon Li, set everything up. He had ordered us to shoot into the crowd, and Sora volunteered. Maybe she did the right thing. If we would have refused, he may have thought we were impostors, and maybe even killed us. Now I was thinking like Sora.
But were we impostors? As far as I knew, yes. Sora seemed to think so too. Then where are the real "new arrivals" to his plan? Why haven't they come to claim their places instead of us? But I guess if the real ones showed up, we would be in trouble.
After thinking a while more, I've decided to let Sora handle the politics. After all, she hasn't let us down thus far, and she clearly seemed to understand more than I did. That brought back my earlier suspicions about Sora being a real part of Damon Li's secret organization.
The phone rang, jolting me out of my trail of thought. In a way I was grateful, because I didn't like where this trail was leading me. My mother answered the phone, so I saw no need to get up from my comfortable position on the bed. I guess it wasn't for me, since mom didn't call me.
I closed my eyes, and tried to fall asleep. I guess I succeeded, because the next thing I knew, it was considerably darker outside. Then I became faintly aware of voices floating in from the living room, and they became clearer as I listened. Who was my mother talking to? I listened harder, and then I understood.
"Taichi!"
The voices stopped - they heard my sudden outburst. I jumped from the bed, not caring about the fact that my clothes were rumpled and my hair was tousled, and made for the door. I ran down the hall.
"Tai!" I flew into his arms, clasping hi around the waist, and burying my face into his chest. He jumped slightly out of surprise, before grasping me by my shoulders, and sinking down onto his knees, pulling me with him.
"Mimi-chan... thank goodness you're all right," he whispered in a shaking voice. "I missed you."
"Me too, Tai," I told him, not loosening my grip on him. I held on to Tai as if he was the last thread of my slipping reality. Damon Li can go to hell, everything can go to hell, I didn't care anymore. Tai was here, solid and reliable, for me to hold on to. Even if my thoughts were spinning, he was there in the stable center of it all. He was the center of my world, the one thing that would never change, no matter how crazy everything else got.
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