Digimon Adventure Tri: Past 01
Takaishi Takeru mentioned in a letter to Mochizuki that Daisuke and the others were healing. What Takeru neglected to mention to the bereaved Chosen Child were the circumstances on "why" they were healing in the first place.
FFN I AO3
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I wanted to continue the supposed things that were left out of Tri. Tri was just half a season of Digimon when it should've have had more than 50 episodes, whereas Tri only had 26 episodes over the course of the Movie series.
I will use the Japanese terms used rather than the English ones, apart from a few exceptions.
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Taichi, Sora and Yamato decided to visit the chosen children that Nishijima-sensei saved alongside Taichi.
They knew Takeru and Hikari had already visited a few times, Koushiro and Mimi had visited before the latter's flight to America.
The only chosen child the four got to see on a daily basis was Jyou, but even that was limited to visiting and checking on them.
"Really senpai there's nothing to apologize." Daisuke dismissed Taichi's apology as if nothing happened. "We lied to you about everything, it's no wonder why you didn't notice that we were missing." He sheepishly scratched the back of his head.
"S-still Daisuke-kun…" Sora trailed off, looking away.
"Don't worry Sora-san." Miyako chimed in. "No hard feelings."
"If you're sure…" Yamato trailed off.
"Takeru-san and Hikari-san already came together a few times." Iori spoke up. "Like we told them, there's nothing to forgive." He shook his head.
"We walked into that fight on our own." Miyako supplied.
"Not necessarily." Ken shook his head. "Himekawa-san was the one who gave us that tip."
"She's not here, is she?" Daisuke's looked around the room.
The Motomiya's words got the other resting children in the hospital to look around for the woman named Himekawa.
The older chosen children looked at each other before staring at their bedridden friends in both worry and pity. They remembered how antsy they got after their first adventure in the Digital World. It was almost sad to see them this antsy when their first adventure, or at least Daisuke's Miyako's and Iori's first adventures were safe, being able to return home at the end of the day.
Another thing the elder chosen children couldn't help but notice that among the four children, Daisuke was the one who was the most vigilant. They wondered what Daisuke and the others experienced when they were trapped in the Digital World.
"No, she's not here." Yamato shook his head. "She's missing for months now."
"She's most likely dead according to Nishijima-sensei." Taichi supplied.
"You know Nishijima-a-ow." Miyako yelled but was cut off from the pain on her abdomen.
"Easy Miyako." Sora was immediately on the younger girl's side. "You're still recovering from whatever injured all of you."
"Question still stands Taichi-senpai." Daisuke voiced out. "Don't trust Nishijima-san." He warned. "He's working for Himekawa-san."
The older chosen children narrowed their eyes at the warning. They knew Nishijima reported to Himekawa.
They also knew of his sacrifice to save Taichi and the kids in front of them.
"Nishijima-sensei is dead Daisuke." Taichi told the younger children somberly.
"Taichi…" Yamato trailed off.
"H-he's dead?" Iori narrowed his eyes at the revelation.
"Both Himekawa-san and Nishijima-san are dead?" Ken questioned the three chosen children in the room.
"Jury is still out for Himekawa-san." Taichi answered the question. "She went to the digital world after it was rebooted."
"H-how?" Miyako voiced out. "She…"
"They were also fellow Chosen Children." Taichi sighed. "Himekawa-san and Nishijima-sensei were the chosen children before our group was sent to the Digital World."
"A fellow chosen child…" Daisuke trailed off.
"They lost their partners didn't they?" Ken questioned.
"Only Himekawa-san lost her'." Taichi responded. "At least that's what Nishijima-sensei told me."
"How did Nishijima-san die?" Miyako asked.
"He died saving you guys." Yamato looked at Taichi.
Taichi was clenching his fists remembering Nishijima-sensei's sacrifice to save him and the children bedridden before him.
He was willing to find ways to save the both of them while saving Daisuke and the others.
In the end, Nishijima-sensei chose to sacrifice his life for the sake of the children, Taichi included.
"In any case how did you meet Nishijima-sensei in the first place?" Sora asked. "We weren't able to meet them until the infected Digimon started appearing here."
Ken and Daisuke looked at each other. They really weren't sure how they met Himekawa-san in the first place.
"We don't know." Daisuke admitted. "All I know was that Himekawa-san approached Ken and I."
"She immediately told us that the Digital World was in danger and we needed to save it." Ken supplied.
"That was when Iori and I were told of the dangers." Miyako added.
"We thought it was suspicious that she insisted on not contacting you guys, they even stressed out not telling Takeru-san and Hikari-san."
"Our task was merely to gather information." Ken continued. "We reported everything back either to Himekawa-san or Nishijima-san."
"Himekawa-san was also the one who suggested that we lie to you guys." Daisuke supplied. "We were transferred to different schools across Japan." He added. "Those papers are legit, we were exchange students into four different public schools."
"We attended for a while, before Himekawa-san got us that tip."
"If you were transfer students, how come no one was at Ichijouji-kun's residence?" Sora asked. "Someone used Ichijouji-kun's Digimon Emperor persona to fight against us."
"That Dark Gennai is really twisted." Daisuke hissed.
"Okay Taichi, Sora, Yamato visiting hours are over." Jyou announced his arrival as he went inside the room.
"It's that late already?" Sora questioned as she looked at her phone.
"But…" Taichi trailed off.
"Don't worry about us senpai." Daisuke grinned. "We'll be fine." He assured his senior. "Jyou-san's here to take care of us."
"They're in good hands Taichi." Jyou nodded.
"Tell us if something comes up alright." Yamato ordered.
"Will do." Miyako nodded.
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Days has passed before the four chosen children were given clearance to be released. During those days, their respective families arrived back to Odaiba aborting their search for their children.
The tearful reunion between families really warms the heart of the people who witnessed the event.
Apparently Daisuke's parents were told that he was missing in the prefecture of the school he was transferred to. The Motomiyas decided to search for him once they haven't heard of police who were investigating his disappearance.
The same thing happened with the Hidas, Inoues and Ichijoujis. In fact the Ichijoujis were the first group to search for their missing child.
The Younger Chosen Children were having their meeting inside the middle school Daisuke, Miyako, Takeru and Hikari were attending. It was the only venue were the most of the younger chosen children frequent, with Ken still living in Tamachi and Iori still attending Elementary school.
The only reason Ken was able to attend any and all Chosen Children meetings was through the assurances of Hikari and Daisuke.
"That's everything they told us." Daisuke sighed.
"I thought it was weird how Ichijouji-kun's parents weren't at their residence especially when their son was missing again." Hikari nodded.
"I've never seen my siblings cry for me before." Miyako admitted. "It was nice, but I wished it didn't have to be in that context."
"Same here." Daisuke nodded. "I didn't think they would worry so much about me."
"Of course they would!" Takeru exclaimed. "They're your family."
Daisuke simply shrugged the exclamation while Miyako nodded.
Daisuke, Ken and Miyako were re-enrolled back into their respective middle schools. They were given placement exams to see if they were to repeat their year for the number of days they were absent or will be eligible for promotion once the current academic year concluded.
Iori was also given the same treatment at his school for the same reasons.
Daisuke and Ken were in their 2nd year of Middle School, alongside Takeru and Hikari while Miyako was in her last year of Middle School. Iori on the other hand was in his last year of Elementary School.
Part of the reason for this treatment was the cover story the government cooked up for their absences: Being kidnapped and held for several weeks before being able to escape from their kidnappers clutches.
"Sora-san and Piyomon can reach Ultimate level." Takeru broke the news. "Every one of us actually"
"We get to see Seraphimon and Magnadramon again!" Miyako grinned. "Always wondered why they didn't appear in that wish realm when we were fighting BelialVamdemon."
"That's great!" Daisuke's face lit up. "When Alphamon attacks again, we may actually have a fighting chance."
"You think he'll attack again?" Iori questioned.
"Remember Yggdrasil's plans?" Daisuke responded. "He and Dark Gennai will stop at nothing to find a way to put Yggdrasil's plans in motion." He looked at the window. "Alphamon is one of Yggdrasil's most loyal subjects."
"Alphamon's attack in the real world caused a lot of damage." Hikari offered sadly. "Is there no way to appeal to him?"
"Yggdrasil wants to destroy the human world." Ken offered. "To destroy all humans."
"Their plan to use Meicoomon failed." Takeru objected.
"Demon." Ken held unto Daisuke tightly. "Dagomon."
Hikari held unto Takeru's arms as tight as she could upon hearing the latter's name.
"Dark Gennai and Yggdrasil had many plans in place in case other plans failed." Daisuke offered somberly.
"Using Meicoomon was merely one of them." Miyako interjected.
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On the same day, after the meeting between the younger chosen children concluded, Hikari found herself in her brother's bedroom.
Taichi laid on the floor as he read one of his manga books.
"Daisuke won't join us tomorrow." Hikari reported as she sat on her brother's bed.
"Why?" Taichi asked, curious, he closed the book and went on a sitting position.
Daisuke never missed a meeting between the twelve of them. The one time he voluntarily missed a meeting was when he went to Tamachi and assist Ken years ago.
"He didn't say." Hikari answered honestly.
Over the course of a few days, Hikari noticed a lot of things different from her friends. They were all very different. She could understand to some extent given their experience, she was still skittish around beaches.
She just can't place if this was a good different or a bad one.
"Do you think something's wrong nii-chan?" She questioned her older brother.
"Give them time Hikari." Taichi sat beside her sister. "They went through a lot." He held his sister. "An experience where we weren't there to support them."
"Why didn't we notice that they were missing nii-chan?" Hikari returned her brother's gesture.
"We've all been asking the same questions." Taichi admitted. "I can't imagine what Daisuke's and Miyakos older siblings were feeling when the two of them were missing." He sighed. "I don't what I'd do if you end up missing."
"Probably start fight with Yamato-san." Hikari giggled.
"Are we really that bad Hikari?"
"No." Hikari giggled once more.
"To be honest, I don't think Yamato does either." Taichi hummed.
Taichi really didn't know what he'd do if something were to happen to his younger sister. Had he known that Hikari was once again possessed by Homeostasis for the first time since their first adventure, he would've panicked until either Sora or Yamato would snap him out of it.
