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ashxketchum · 4 months

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MY DEPRESSION HAS BEEN CURED MY SKIN IS CLEAR MY CROPS ARE FLOURISHING ALL BECAUSE OF THIS ONE IMAGE THIS IS THE YEAR OF ADVENTURE PANDERING LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Let's break this down one by one ~

This is such a good Sora fit I don't even know how to explain how very much OG Sora this is, the pink tones of the overall sporty outfit perfectly capture all levels of her personality. To top it off she's sharing flower themed cream sandwiches with Piyomon AAAHHH the subtle reference okay merch team you can take a w. Not to mention Sora is perfectly matching with Taichi and the fruit in her sandwich is orange stoooopppp itttt!!!!!

TAICHI OMG who is dressing this boy because that's the most he's ever jocked as a 11 year old. The sweatshirt, cargo pants, matching wristband and the sense to put his goggles down, he is winning the sporty casual fashion show for sure. And of course him and Agumon are enjoying some chicken popcorn, love how they weren't even subtle with the packaging art we all know Japan's favourite fried chicken brand anyway 🤣

Yamato. YAMATO. Y A M A T O. You're 11 can you tone down the cool guy heartthrob behaviour for a minute because I am losing my mind THE DOGTAG CHAIN IM GONNA SCREEAAAMMM ACTUALLY I AM SCREAAAMING AAAAHHHHHHH. He looks so good, there is absolutely no wrong element in his entire outfit, everything is perfectly paired up, a fashionista is among us. The little thumbs up over the onigiri that Gabumon is offering him?? Is he telling Gabumon that he's okay with having one and Gabumon can have the rest because that's the sweet, protective, kind, caring baby he is at heart???🥹🥹🥹The blue and green gradient in the background tho?? Mimato math is mathing bestiesss 🤣

Takeru is just a lil guy, but such a perfect lil guy!!! I like how his outfit has the similar green shade as his anime outfit but they still chose to gave him a new beanie instead which doesn't really match the colour tone of the rest of the fit but it's Takeru so we know that he can pull any hat off and that's what he does!!! Him and Patamon sharing burgers, okay mood, but why is he looking so surprised? I need to know what happened, did he spill some sauce on his overalls? Was the burger too hot to bite? WHAT HAPPENED TAKERU????? 😢

Jou, I see you paired up the plaid pants with a nice long, muted, warm toned jacket BUT I SEE THAT PURPLE SHIRT POKING IN FROM INSIDE and excuse me sir but why that purple with the plaid 😭 I need to see a version where Jou isn't wearing the jacket so I can make an informed rating on this outfit but may I add that in the full merch pic he has paired this look with green and white sneakers...I cannot defend you I am sorry Jou, please try brown loafers next time 😭 But outfit aside, Jou eating a taiyaki with Gomamon is lowkey funny I just know that Gomamon cracked a Marching Fishes joke at least once.

Koushiro...I will not go into detail but I will say it's cute that you have a sweater with a little K on it, it's also very cute that there is a splash of orange in your outfit, who's attention are you vying for it isn't subtle at all bby boy and I am grateful you matched your shoes to your sweater even if the socks are definitely a choice and that blue with orange is also definitely another choice. Good to see your are making choices. I like that him and Tentomon are sharing dango, it's always nice to see Koushiro's fondness towards Japanese traditional snacks hinted at in some way.

MIMI. QUEEN. SLAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!! YOU NEVER EVER MISS MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL. The pastel tones matched with the grey stockings for contrast, that beret and the fuzzy hem boots, you just know she shops at Takashimaya and Isetan and anything below it will just not do 👏🏻 Plus Sora and Mimi are wearing the same tones, which probably means that they pre-planned the outfits together, cuties!!! Also Crepe is such a Mimi™️ choice of dessert but I always get teary eyes when I see Palmon mimic Mimi's gestures, there is just so much love and admiration between them for each other, pure childish wonder 💚 And the crepe even has a cutesy character face on it, which kinda looks like Monzaemon, though I can't be sure but if it is then another win for a subtle reference. Not to mention both Yamato and Mimi look like they've dressed in a more cool and elegant style than the rest like they might be on their way to a date THE MIMAT MATH IS MATHING YALLL!!!

Hikari looks super cute, I think there isn't much official art of her in casual clothing for OG stuff so it's nice to see her in a more cutesy fit suited to her age. The hairband matching the cardigan is such a nice touch!! I can't recall any other casual outfit for OG design Hikari except the War Game and Memorial Party dress, so I think this would be the first time we see Hikari with a hairband and it just looks adorable. Of course she is sharing an ice cream with Tailmon, it's kinda their brand now but like Takeru she's making a surprised expression, perhaps she wasn't expecting Tailmon to offer her a bite of her ice cream?

To conclude, this is probably the best OG artwork we've gotten since Idk maybe the Rainy Day stationery series. This will be sold in advance at the Kamio Store booth at Anime Japan 2024. No other details were mentioned, but the event booth sale feels like a pre-sale before the goods become available more widely at other outlets, hopefully, at some stores that international fans have access too as well.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

Ayushi out.

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redthreadoffate · 3 months

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endgame

header by @/earlgreymon

for @ashxketchum!! requested some time ago and finally got to finish it (there's a part that just won't write itself!). i know you asked for takari but your takari for me, my mimato for you (even though it's a little unfair since i love mimato, too). i still do hope you like it! i had a lot of fun writing this and it kinda went on and on as i typed once the part finally wrote itself. anyways! enjoy (i hope)!!

endgame | main characters ; yamato ishida, mimi tachikawa, some taichi yagami and sora takenouchi, can't forget gabumon, palmon, agumon, and piyomon | universe ; au / can be placed anywhere after 02 | ships ; yamato x mimi, taichi x sora, takeru x hikari | genre ; fluff, humor | word count ; 2,235 | rating ; 13+ | edited ; three times - forgive me for any mistakes

Yamato was never in the mood for flirting. He knew people fawned over him, he knew his band was worshiped by those his age, and sure, he did “have a feeling” that flirting was going to be part of his life. But he never even tried to flirt back. Well, maybe he did, but it was usually against his will.

The band was not together anymore, having to go their separate ways, but he still loved them. The flirting, however, did not stop. He knew he was a good-looking guy but now that he was living a life that did not involve anything that required him to “go out there and fly”, maybe a life without people flirting with him 24/7 would be nice.

He and Taichi were having a meal in a small diner with Gabumon and Agumon hidden beside them. The digimons were enjoying their food while their partners talked about school.

Although they took up different courses, they still had some minor classes together, which, despite Yamato not admitting it, was a relief from all the other students they swarmed with. He had made some friends, but no one at the same level he had with Taichi. Everyone came from different backgrounds, and if they were to be honest, it was a little overwhelming, especially since it was their first year in university.

“Are you going to Shinichi’s party on Friday?” Taichi asked.

“Who’s Shinichi?” Yamato questioned, not bothering to look up from his food.

“He’s in one of our minor classes,” Taichi responded, “cool guy. But this party is a little too early, don’t you think? It could be a way to make some friends, I guess. Wanna go together?”

“Can we go?” Agumon asked.

“A party’s always fun,” Gabumon said.

Taichi smiled at them and then looked at Yamato. “What do you say?”

Yamato looked over at the smiling Gabumon and Agumon and sighed. “Okay, let’s go.”

“Great!” Taichi exclaimed.

“But you’re driving,” Yamato said.

“Sora will.”

“Sora?”

“Yeah. She wants to go. But she wants to bring her car so that she can leave anytime she wants.” Taichi shrugged. “Her mom’s car. And she said walking would be a pain, Shinichi’s venue is a little far.”

“We can always ask Birdramon to fly us away,” Agumon jested.

Taichi chuckled, Gabumon laughed, and even Yamato gave a smile.

“So what time do we meet her?” Yamato asked.

“Not sure yet. But we’ll ask her, or message if we don’t see each other anytime soon.”

Yamato smirked. “Right. Anytime soon.”

When Friday arrived, Sora, Taichi, and Yamato, along with their digimon partners, were packed inside Sora’s mom’s car. It was just a four-seater after all, it would only be Mrs. Takenouchi, Sora, whenever Mr. Takenouchi would come home, and Piyomon. And of course, Piyomon rode shotgun, while the men were cramped at the back.

“I think we’re here,” Sora said, looking out the window.

“Finally,” Yamato sighed in relief.

“The place is packed and in full swing!” Taichi said.

“Let’s just find a place to park. Doesn’t look like there’s a lot of cars.”

As they drove around, Gabumon pointed at a spot and Sora immediately swirled to get to it. Both Taichi and Yamato looked at each other, surprised by the speed and sudden jerk of the ride.

They got out of the car and Taichi whispered how his soul nearly left his body after that short ride. Yamato rolled his eyes and stated that he was overreacting.

“His place isn’t that big up-close,” Taichi observed. “It’s just the garden.”

“You think there’ll be beer?” Yamato wondered.

“You three find a spot,” Sora ordered. “Somewhere we can see each other.”

“I don’t think there is a place where we can see each other,” Yamato said.

That could be true. The house was packed. So far, the three have not found anyone they knew. But they were just outside and there were not many people around, perhaps they would find more people inside.

“Think you three can go around without being seen?” Taichi asked.

“Of course!” All three digimons grinned.

The group dispersed, the digimons to the right and the Chosen Children straight ahead.

When they reached inside, they looked around for anyone familiar. After a minute of standing by the door, Sora was called by another young lady and she excused herself from the boys.

“We’ll leave at midnight on the dot,” she told them as she walked away.

“Yes, ma’am,” they both murmured.

After some time of just being together, people-watching, someone came up to them. Taichi straightened up while Yamato raised an eyebrow.

“Hey, glad you two can make it!”

“Thanks for the invite, Shinichi,” Taichi said, smiling.

“Yeah, the party’s great,” Yamato said, although he actually did not find the party that great.

“I’m glad you think so, Yamato. I really wanted your approval.” Shinichi grinned. “I heard you were pretty popular back then, I know you are right now. I wanted the approval of someone who knows how to party.”

“I don’t know how to party,” he replied. “I was in a band, but that didn’t mean we were always partying.”

“I see.” Shinichi pursed his lips. “I’m sorry for assuming. But anyway, enjoy the party.” And he waved goodbye as he disappeared into the crowd.

“I think he likes you,” Taichi joked.

Yamato sighed. “I don’t regret the band.”

“I know you don’t, we all do.” Taichi placed his hand on his friend’s shoulder. “But come on, enough of this. Time to have fun before the old lady tells us to go home.” He snickered.

Yamato scoffed. “I’m going to tell her you said that, I’m sure she won’t like it. At all.”

They both laughed.

The two did enjoy the party. They made new acquaintances and even stuck with a group. They invited Sora in and the three were glad they had new people by their side.

At some point, as the group was talking, Sora paused mid-sentence and everyone waited for her to continue.

“So—?”

“Mimi!”

Both Taichi and Yamato immediately looked to where Sora saw Mimi, followed by the rest of the group.

“What’s she doing here?” Sora wondered, her voice filled with worry.

“Why?” One of the members asked. “What’s wrong?”

Sora shook her head and headed straight for the young girl. Taichi and Yamato followed suit.

“Mimi,” Sora called her.

Mimi looked back and grinned. “Sora!” She stepped forward and gave her a hug, which Sora returned. When they let go, Mimi hugged both Taichi and Yamato as well. “I’m sure Palmon has found the others already.”

“Mimi,” Sora said softly. “What are you doing here?”

“I was invited,” she smiled. “They said there was going to be a party here and I thought it might be fun, you know. And Palmon’s with me.”

“Mimi,” Taichi started. “Who invited you?”

“Shinichi Ozawa did,” she replied. “Why? Is something wrong?”

“Well, no…” Sora said, tilting her head a little. “But, this is a college party. Does Shinichi know that you’re not a college student yet?”

Mimi began to think. “I went to your campus one time, and that’s when he invited me.”

“What were you doing on our campus?” Yamato asked.

“I wanted to surprise you all,” she answered, grinning at him. “But then I asked if you three were coming to the party. He said he wasn’t sure but I wanted to take my chances and surprise you here instead! Isn’t this fun?” Though she sounded unsure when she said the last part.

Yamato sighed. “I don’t think asking you to leave is an option, especially since you’ll be alone—even with Palmon.”

“So what do we do?” Taichi asked.

Sora licked her upper lip. “Babysit.”

Mimi’s eyes widened. “No!”

“Mimi, we don’t know these people. We don’t know these people. Please, stick with at least one of us. We’ll make it up to you, we promise. Just please, Mimi?” Sora pouted.

Mimi looked at all three of them but focused on Sora last. After a few seconds, Mimi sighed. “Okay. I don’t want to admit it but I am a little nervous about this.” She frowned. “Especially since I wasn’t even sure if you guys would be here.”

The three older Chosen Children sighed in relief.

Just then, the group that group the three were talking to appeared and asked what was happening.

“This is Mimi,” Sora introduced. “She’s one of our closest friends.”

“Really?” One of the guys asked. “I’ve never seen you around campus. What course are you in?”

“She’s from another university,” Yamato said quickly.

“May I visit you there?” the same guy asked, his voice a little flirty.

Yamato was suddenly feeling very protective of the younger girl. He did not like the thought of an older stranger visiting her. “Not at the moment,” he said.

“Why don’t you let her answer for herself?” the guy snapped.

Mimi smiled. “Yamato’s just always been protective of us. I don’t mind him answering for me…sometimes.” She giggled.

Yamato knew she was lying so he wondered why she was playing along.

The party was in even fuller swing about forty-five minutes later. Although the three knew Mimi was not too happy with the situation, they also saw that she was having a good time.

At the stroke of twelve, Sora ordered everyone out of the house after thanking Shinichi for the invite. As they headed for the car, the four digimons arrived by their side.

“Yamato, would you take the car and bring Mimi home?” Sora asked.

“Sure,” Yamato answered. “But what about you guys?”

Taichi intertwined his and Sora’s fingers and smiled.

“Got it.”

Mimi squealed. “You two have fun!”

“Agumon, Piyomon?” Palmon looked at them.

“We’ll protect them,” Piyomon said. “But we won’t ruin their moment.”

When everything was set, Yamato, Mimi, Gabumon, and Palmon entered the car. They were quiet for a while until Palmon asked Gabumon how Takeru and Hikari were.

“They’re still very shy,” Gabumon replied. “But that’s expected, right, Yamato?”

“Either very shy or very guarded,” he said with a laugh. “Taichi is still all over them.”

“And you’re not?” Mimi asked, smiling.

Yamato smirked. “Takeru can handle himself. Even if this is his first relationship.”

“Everyone knows Takeru and Hikari would be endgame,” Mimi said with a giggle.

“And Taichi and Sora, too,” Gabumon added.

“Yamato, didn’t Sora have a crush on you before? Mimi said that she gave you something special for Christmas one time. What happened?”

“Palmon!” Mimi chided.

Yamato sighed. “I’ve only told Taichi what happened.”

“I’m sorry,” Palmon said, bowing her head. “I was just very curious now that the topic came up.”

“I knew that Taichi had feelings for her, and I couldn’t do that to him, especially since I only ever felt feelings of friendship for Sora.”

“And Sora gradually had feelings for Taichi, too. And he didn’t even have to try too hard despite having strong feelings, correct?” Mimi grinned as Yamato nodded. “It just means they’re meant to be!”

The four talked more about their friend’s love lives. Mimi’s home was a little on the farther side so they had a lot of time to gossip.

Finally, Mimi had a mischievous look on her face. “What about you, Yamato?”

Yamato smirked. “What about you, Mimi?”

“Don’t turn this in my direction. I asked first.”

“If there’s nothing to say then it only makes sense the question goes back to you.”

“Oh please, someone like you is bound to have someone in mind.”

“There’s no one, Mimi. And again, what about you? If I remember correctly, you’ve always been a hopeless romantic.”

“I still am,” she admitted. “But my goal is different now. I want to play Cupid.”

“Don’t force it though.”

“I know the limits. Now c’mon, Yamato. Answer me.”

“There’s no one, Mimi.”

“Do I have to play Cupid?”

“If it’s with you then I don’t mind.” A smirk on his face.

“I’m serious!”

“Oh look, we’re here.”

Mimi looked up and sighed when she saw the building she lived in. “Okay, fine. But you owe me an answer, Ishida.”

“Yeah, yeah.” He rolled his eyes, but a smirk appeared on his face. “It’s time to go, Tachikawa. It’s getting late. Too late.”

“Will you bring the car back to Sora’s?”

“Yes. And then Gabumon and I will walk home.”

Mimi smiled. “Okay. Thanks for the ride.” She turned to the back seat as Palmon went down. “Goodnight, Gabumon.”

Yamato raised an eyebrow.

“I’ll say goodnight to you if you give me an answer.”

“The gas is running,” Yamato said, looking at the meter. “Goodnight, Mimi. Goodnight, Palmon.”

“Goodnight, Yamato,” Palmon said with a wave.

Mimi chuckled. “Okay. Goodnight, Yamato. Goodnight again, Gabumon.”

“Goodnight, Mimi. Goodnight, Palmon,” Gabumon said.

Yamato looked at her and smiled. “G’night.”

Mimi smiled once again and closed the door.

Once Yamato saw that the two had gone inside the building safely, he drove away.

“Yamato,” Gabumon said.

“Yeah?”

“You were flirting with Mimi, weren’t you?”

Yamato choked. “Flirting? Me? I wouldn’t say so.”

“You were.”

“I was not.”

“You even said—.”

“Gabumon,” Yamato said in a warning tone. This only made his digimon laugh. “Gabumon!”

“You won’t admit it, but you were!”

Yamato sighed. “You’re not letting this go, are you?” Gabumon shook his head. “Just don’t mention it to anyone. And no, I was not flirting.”

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froggie-bolt · 7 months

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Day 3: Habits and change

Super late for todays entry, but it’s been a day tbh.

I went through some drafts of mine and just picked something I thought might fit the prompt! I’m so sorry if it sounds rough :,)

So this is based off that one drama CD where Koushiro wrote a love letter and everyone was trying to figure out who it was for. I know at the end he did name someone, but it was bleeped. So for the purpose of this oneshot, pretend he never named anyone. I do nooot like this, maybe I’ll go back and do a re-entry for this day after the week is over…

“So, your love letter.” Taichi began.

Koushiro shrank in on himself. Again with this? Why was it so important?

“Taichi-san can’t we just drop—“

“I won’t tell anyone! We’re alone now right..? You can trust me, I just want to know!” He begged.

Koushiro kept his back to the boy but stopped typing as he considered.

Why did he want to know so bad!? Normally if Koushiro wanted Taichi to stop poking his nose in his business, all he had to do was say so.

But that wasn’t working this time.

“Cmon, if..if it’s Hikari I won’t actually mind. I was just saying that, y’know? Or Mimi or Sora too! But Sora’s into Yamato, so I don’t think that would work–“

“That hypothesis of yours is very heteronormative, Taichi-San.”

Taichi looked up at the boy curiously. He’d never heard that word before.

“Heteronorma-what?”

Koushiro spun around in his chair.

“Heteronormative. Denoting or relating to a world view that promotes heterosexuality as the normal or preferred sexual orientation.” he spoke slowly.

Taichi tilted his head and frowned. He still didn’t understand.

“But how is what I’m saying ‘heteronormative’?”

“You’re limiting your guesses to the girls.”

“Well of course I—“

Then the brunette paused as Koushiro turned his attention back to his computer.

The gears slowly began to turn in his head as he considered what his friend just said.

The room stayed quiet for what felt like a long while.

Was Koushiro saying he liked boys? Was that why he didn’t want to tell them?

“Koushiro, I didn’t know you were into guys.”

He heard the boy sigh.

“I’m into both. But the love letter you’re so insistent about is in fact, addressed to another boy.”

Taichi smiled widley. This was progress! Before, Koushiro refused to give them any hint as to who it was, but now they were getting somewhere.

#taikouvember 2023 #digimon #digimon adventure #taishiro #taichi x koushiro #taikou #koutai #koushiro izumi #taichi yagami

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kankuroplease · 5 months

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OCs and Who they’d give Valentine’s Day gifts to (not all of it is shippy. Friends can get valentines too~)

Chiha (TSAU)

Sakura - buys her Strawberries dipped in Chocolate

Sasuke - force of habit as it felt weird giving Sakura a gift and not her bf. Usually a random pack of trading cards she picked up while getting Sakura’s strawberries.

Naruto - the other pack of trading cards

MinaKushina - a foot long sandwich and sodas from her workplace

Michi - Uchiha bestie! She knows she can’t afford anything Michi would buy for herself but she also knows Michi is a sucker for homemade things. So, homemade chocolate

Michi (TSAU)

HashiMadaMito - pays for their Valentine’s brunch

Tsunade - buys her a spa day

Obito - buys him a watch

Shisui - buys him cuff links

Elder sister - buys her chocolates and flowers

Middle sister - buys her preferred brand of sunglasses

Neji - buys him a tie and opera tickets

Tenten - custom dress she ordered for her (it has pockets!)

Lee - box of roses and chocolates

Chiha - Gift Card and a pair of sneakers

Ryu (TSAU)

Rin - finger painting of the family and bead bracelet that matches Daddy’s (Kakashi)

Kakashi - bead bracelet and a card heart

Obito - finger painting of him winning a fight + a card heart

Aori (Main Timeline)

Shizune, Kurenai, Gai, Yamato, and Iruka - A Bouquet

All the pals are getting flowers

Katsura- her favorite meal

Katsura (Main Timeline)

Shino - chakra infused jelly for his kidaichū and wife cakes

Okami - stickers and castella

Yuuta - warabi mochi or a rock. Depends

Okami (Main Timeline)

Kiba - doggy treats

Katsura - crushed and dried lily of the valley shrub leaves

Yuuta - Kunai

Naruto - candy

Yuuta (Main Timeline)

Everyone - brochures for his families restaurant

It’s him being lazy and efficient

If with Hanabi - flower room + home cooked 5 course meal

If with Tenten - breakfast in bed + Scavenger hunt for the weapon he made her

Gou (Main Timeline)

Kankuro - wood + attempted homemade chocolate

Temari - nail stains 💅

Gaara - a cactus + homemade fulgurite

Haiiro (Main Timeline)

Shizune - chocolates + nail polish (iykyk)

Founders Au bonus

~~For those that have ships~~

Katsura for Madara - inarizushi + sparring date

Aori for Tobirama - fishing date + dinner with their catches

Okami for Kawarama - gives him the new robe she’s been working on

Miu for Kagami - dresses up and acts like a lady for a change

Sora for Rei - sensual massage + a free use pass for the day

Rei for Sora - flowers, dinner, and a new robe

Kōmori for Sakumo - a new haori she thinks feels good

Suzaku for Erika - a LOT of streamed barbecue pork buns, makeup, hair pin, and robes

Suzaku for Aja - Gulab Jamun (he had to write her mother to find out how to make these), jewelry, and silk fabrics

Tora for Orochimaru - salamander skull

Manda for Nisshoku - wild flowers, chocolate, and any snake jewelry he’s come across

Nisshoku for Manda - nail polish, matching tattoos, and a copy of Icha icha because she heard it’s a good story

Megumi for Suigetsu - switchblade

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sloanerisette · 5 months

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Digimon Secret Santa 2023 Gift!

So I was @bacomon-art-blog's Secret Santa! I know how much you love Iori and Jou, so I wanted to write something with them for you! I hope you have a merry Christmas, and I hope you enjoy! I had a lot of fun writing this and a ton of fun coming up with this fic!

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For some reason, Iori felt a bit out of his depth for this celebration. According to Takeru and Hikari, August 1st was a big day for the original eight Chosen Children, being the day that they went to the Digital World and came back. As a result, the eight Chosen Children were joined by him, Miyako, and Daisuke to celebrate. They were Chosen Children now, so they had been welcomed wholeheartedly in the group. But while Miyako was quick to find friendship with Sora and Mimi thanks to her exuberant nature, and Daisuke had already been close with Taichi and had recently become closer with Yamato after a he received the Digimental of Friendship, Iori felt… well, a bit out of place.

It wasn’t that he felt unwelcome by any means, but it was a bit different. Everyone was so much older than him, and compared to the other new Chosen Children, he felt he hadn’t gotten nearly that close to any of his seniors. His own Digimentals were Knowledge and Reliability, and while he greatly respected both Koushiro and Jou, his relationship with them wasn’t nearly as close as Miyako was with Mimi or Daisuke was with Taichi.

Still, he was grateful to come along. The heat wasn’t too bad, they had a picnic together, and he had been enthralled by all the stories of that first trip the others took into the Digital World. He couldn’t imagine the idea of being stuck there for so long… it merely made his respect for them all grow so much more. Every so often that day he looked down at Upamon, each time with a fond, if small smile. He and his Digimon partner had already become incredibly close friends, and Upamon had done plenty to get him to lighten up just a bit more than usual. All he could hope was that their bond would continue to grow and grow.

By the mid-afternoon, the humidity had grown quite a bit, and Iori found himself needing to fan himself a bit more.

“Water?”

He snapped from yet another bout of thoughts about what being a Chosen Child meant and he looked up to see Jou offering him a bottle of water. He blinked.

“Ah, thank you, Jou-san,” he said with a bow of his head before taking it.

“I’m surprised the summer hasn’t been rougher,” Jou said as he cracked open his own bottle and took a long drink. Iori opened his bottle and offered some to Upamon before taking a sip himself.

The group of Chosen Children had split up a bit, with all of them splitting up into their own small groups. Miyako had dragged Hikari over to Mimi and Sora, while Daisuke was listening to Taichi and Koushiro, and Yamato and Takeru were standing next to each other, laughing about something one of them said.

“Don’t worry, I made sure to pass water out to everyone else. You just seemed to be in such thought I didn’t want to interrupt you, but considering everyone else got their own by now, I hope you don’t mind,” Jou said lightly. Iori shook his head.

“No, I appreciate it, thank you.”

Things stayed quiet between the two as they sat down on a bench, watching their friends socialize. It was nice to spend some quiet time, but with the oldest of their group there, Iori couldn’t help himself.

“Jou-san, do you mind if I ask a question?” he asked, voice serious as ever. Jou’s eyebrows raised and he let out a gentle chuckle.

“Of course, fire away.”

Compared to the few times he had seen Jou in the Digital World, he seemed a lot more easygoing now. Well, not necessarily easygoing, considering this was the guy who had made sure everyone was staying hydrated on a warm summer day, but he definitely wasn’t as stressed as he was making sure their friends didn’t die or in helping temporarily stop the Digimon Kaiser.

And, really, there were some questions that Iori floated in his mind. Even if Taichi had been the leader in Jou’s group and Daiuske was the leader in theirs, he still wanted to do his best to help out. Frankly, out of all the people to ask, from what he knew and the stories he was told, Jou was the only person to really ask.

“How did you do it?” he asked. Jou blinked and tilted his head.

“Do what?” he asked as Iori gave Upamon another drink of water.

“Keep them all under control,” Iori said simply, before taking another gulp for himself. Jou scratched his cheek and grimaced.

“Ah, well… that was more Taichi’s job than mind…” he trailed off.

“I understand that, but you were the oldest one. Your crest is Reliability, and I share that too through my Digimental. Mimi talking about how you stayed with her to make sure she stayed safe when you went back to the Digital World a second time, the story about making sure Taichi didn’t get in over his head while trying to rescue Sora, making sure Takeru didn’t get hurt… even if you didn’t lead the group, you still did everything you could to keep everyone safe.”

Jou placed his hand to his chin and hummed quietly, in deep thought. Iori focused his attention on him, waiting for what he had to say. He wanted to do his best to keep everyone safe with how dangerous the Digimon Kaiser was dangerous. Ever since they had to fight Metalgreymon, it felt like the stakes were being raised more and more. It wouldn’t be easy, and they needed to do all they could. Iori had to keep an eye out and make sure they all stayed safe. He wouldn’t let anything happen to any of his friends.

“Well, to be honest with you, Iori… I think a lot of it happened by accident,” he said with an awkward laugh. Iori’s jaw dropped.

“Huh?”

At his bewildered expression, Jou waved his hands and shook his head.

“No no no, don’t get me wrong! I worked as hard as I could to keep everyone safe, even if Taichi took the lead of the group,” he said. He paused again and pursed his lips, trying to best figure out how to better word what he meant to say.

“A lot of our group is pretty impulsive. Sora-kun and Koushiro are probably the only others who could keep as much of a level head, and there were plenty of times where I still needed to do what I could to help them out, too. Working with a lot of people isn’t always easy, especially when a lot of them are so headstrong.”

Iori glanced over at Daisuke and then to Miyako. He could definitely understand that pretty well.

“In a way, you sort of have to be an anchor for your group.”

The anchor for the group…

Iori had a hard time thinking of himself that way. While he had been raised with a good head on his shoulders thanks to his family, being the “anchor” felt like something else entirely.

Jou set a gentle hand on Iori’s shoulder, his own gaze having followed towards Iori’s friends.

“Daisuke and Miyako-kun are both pretty energetic, aren’t they,” he mused with a soft chuckle, “They really are like Taichi and Mimi-kun.”

“Jou-san, you really think I could be the anchor to our group?” he asked. He always appreciated the advice, help, and knowledge he received from Koushiro-san, and the few times Jou-san had offered it had been a boon, too. He still thought about what he had said when he needed to call on him in order to help save the group.

“I wouldn’t say think, I would say I’m sure you could be,” Jou said, offering Iori a smile. To Jou, it was almost funny how different the two were. Here Iori had taken helping out the Digital World in stride, doing everything he could in order to help fight against the Digimon Kaiser, while Jou had been so anxious and hesitant during his first trip there. Granted, they were in completely different situations, but he was always impressed by the boy’s convictions and strength.

“Takeru and Hikari-kun may have the experience from being in the Digital World with the rest of us, but you have an incredibly level head. You know when to take action and you focus on the right thing to do.”

Hearing Jou-san say that… really did mean a lot. It wasn’t always easy being the youngest, but…

“Thank you, Jou-san. Going against the Digimon Kaiser hasn’t been easy. Sometimes I wonder if it’s a battle we can entirely win,” Iori frowned. He wrung his hands together as he watched the others. He didn’t want to see them get hurt. He still thought about how his friends had nearly died, had a few nightmares about it. If it wasn’t for him being able to get Jou-san, then…

“I know we can’t help you all out too much, but we’ll always do what we can. You’ll always have our support.”

Upamon looked up at Iori, with that same adorable smile that he always held. It brought warmth to his chest, and enough relief to cause the knot that had slowly been forming in his stomach to unwind.

“Iori,” Upamon squeaked, “If I get what Jou is saying, then I know you do that for me, too!”

“Upamon?”

Jou smiled in silence as he watched the the pair.

“You always help me out! And if it wasn’t for you, there’s plenty of times I would’ve had way more of your mom’s food than I should!” Upamon said as he wiggled in his place.

And there were a lot of times that he had gotten seconds (and thirds) to give to his partner after a long day in the Digital World.

“Sounds a lot like a seal I know,” Jou said, before pausing for a beat, “Well… a lot less sarcastically than said seal, at least,” he said before adjusting his glasses.

“Thanks. Both of you,” Iori nodded as he held Upamon a little closer. “I hope one day I can be as close with Upamon as you are with Gomamon.”

Jou set a reassuring hand on Iori’s shoulder, patting it a few times before he reached for his bottle of water and took another drink.

“I don’t think you’ll have anything to worry about on that front. You two are just as much anchors for each other as Gomamon and I are for each other.”

“Hey, Iori!” Miyako shouted out with an exaggerated wave, “Get over here! Daisuke is buying us ice cream!”

“What!? I didn’t say I was gonna do that!” he shouted, his voice booming through the park.

“Sounds like you have to now!” Takeru said, his laughter mingling with Daisuke’s continued cries of refusal.

“B-But I was talking to—” Iori started, but was stopped by another hand on his shoulder again.

“Don’t worry about me, I’m sure I can find someone to talk to,” Jou said, mirth clear in his voice as he nodded towards his group.

“And I want to get ice cream, too!” Upamon said.

“Hey, wait! If I start buying ice cream for all you guys I’m gonna be broke!” Daisuke shouted.

“Oh! I want ice cream, too!” Chibimon squeaked out happily as he danced around his partner’s feet.

“Me, too!” Patamon said as he flew in circles.

The two stood up and started to walk forward. “Thanks for all of your advice today, Jou-san. It’s really helped me out.” Iori stopped in place and offered his senior a half bow.

Jou smiled, “I’m happy to help.”

“Hey! If you don’t hurry up then you and Upamon aren’t getting any ice cream!” Daisuke shouted over to them.

“Iori come on!” Upamon said, nearly flying from the boy’s arms to secure his frozen treat.

“Oh, and Iori? I think you’re already on the right track to being the anchor for your group,” Jou said, shooting the younger boy a thumbs up before heading over to talk to Mimi and Koushiro.

“Fiiiiiiiinally,” Daisuke said, putting his hands behind his head as Iori approached, Upamon practically buzzing in Iori’s arms as his little eyes darted around to try and find ice cream.

“I thought we were gonna have to leave ya behind,” Daisuke grinned. Miyako flicked his ear, leading to him shouting “Ow!” and rubbing his ear with a grumble.

“He wasn’t going to leave, I wouldn’t let him,” she said as she folded her arms. It caused Hikari to laugh, putting a hand in front of her mouth to cover it.

“Iori, Iori, how many ice creams can I get?” Upamon asked as he finally popped out of his partner’s arms, bouncing on the ground with Chibimon.

“Just one!” Daisuke said with a huff, pouting out his lower lip, “I’m not made of money.” Despite his grumbling, he couldn’t help the way the edge of his mouth turned upwards into a half grin before he led the charge towards a small convenience store, the rest of the group following close behind.

Despite the fact that Upamon ended up having an extra half a popsicle after begging Iori for some more, the tiny Digimon still ended up scarfing down a whole plate of food he had taken to his room after dinner. Iori watched with a mix of wonder and terror as the Digimon chowed down face first on a large pile of rice.

“You know, I still can’t help but wonder how many stomachs you have.”

“I dunno but not enough! I’m still hungry!” Upamon said between bites.

Iori smiled to himself as he leaned back in his chair. His partner was certainly something else. Not that he would ever complain.

“Hey, Upamon?” Iori asked after a few minutes. Upamon looked over at him, chewing on a piece of fish. Iori reached forward and wiped away a few grains of rice that were on his cheek.

“Yeah?” Upamon asked, finally swallowing the massive mouthful of food he had.

“We make a pretty good team, don’t we?”

“Of course we do! We make the best team ever! Ever ever!” Upamon cheered as he bounced in place. Iori chuckled gently.

“I think so, too. I’m glad and I’m grateful to be your partner.”

Upamon couldn’t stop himself from continuing to munch as he watched Iori with wide eyes and rapt attention.

“I won’t lie, I’m a little nervous about taking on the Digimon Kaiser… it won’t be an easy fight. But I want you to know I’ll always stand by you. As long as you’re able to fight, then so will I.”

Upamon suddenly launched himself into Iori’s arms, the force of which caused his chair to nearly fall backwards. Iori barely managed to get his feet planted on the floor in time while Upamon nuzzled into him. Iori grimaced as some soy sauce started to stain his shirt.

“I’ll be your anchor if you’ll be mine, Iori!”

Iori smiled, closed his eyes, held his partner tight, and gently set his forehead against the top of Upamon’s head.

“I will.”

#digimonsecretsanta2023 #digimon #iori hida #jou kido #upamon/armadimon

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otakween · 10 months

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Digimon Adventure Drama CD 1 (Character Song + Mini Drama 1)

I almost forgot about drama CDs! Digimon has a whole bunch of them, it turns out. Looks like I get to cling onto the Adventure cast for a little bit longer. This CD is a combination of very short drama bits and character image songs, as the name suggests. It feels a bit on the short side but I guess that's because it's only part one ;)

Download link

SOS! Grade 5 Class A

Translation here

A very silly story about Taichi and Sora fighting a potato digimon (Jagamon) during home ec class. Very esoteric references to 1970s anime are made.

I liked that this was just Taichi and Sora. I know that was probably more of a budgeting thing, but one-on-one moments (even dumb ones like this) are important to me.

There's something icky about Taichi commanding Agumon to digivolve just for his amusement...poor little guy

Favorite part of this was all of the meta jokes about this being an audio drama. For example, when they introduce Jagamon the narrator's like "well...we can't show you what he looks like, but he looks like a potato just trust me bro"

I had to look up who Ikkyuu-san was. At least the one Japanese commenter on the YouTube video understood the reference lol.

Image Song 1 - Turn Courage Into Wings (Yagami Taichi)

Translation here

A somewhat generic, but very Taichi song. (When it comes down to it, Taichi is a pretty generic shounen guy). Of course it focuses on courage because that's Taichi's thing.

At first the "you" mentioned in song was supposed to be a romantic interest and then I realized he could be singing platonically to Agumon or Yamato. I like the Agumon option best, that's really cute.

Takeuchi Sora's Fluttering Yellow Card

This was less of a drama and more of a little radio DJ-like snippet featuring Sora and Piyomon. Sora's VA is apparently a DJ IRL so this was an in-joke.

Mimi asks Sora where her hat came from and she just say "I don't know!" lolwut. I'm not sure if this segment is supposed to be in character or in some sort of weird "behind-the-scenes" world where the characters are aware they're in an anime. Seems like the latter.

Image Song 2 - Tomorrow I'll Be...(Takeuchi Sora)

Translation here

Damn, Sora's song was pretty dark. It did have a tinge of hopefulness, but mostly it sounded like she was singing about depression/existentialism being temporary. Kind of like a "this too shall pass" song. :(

She sings about how she feels like she has no one to fight for and has lost sight of her dreams. This fits in with that one arc where she despaired over "love" being her crest because it didn't suit her. I think we all know that feeling of being lonely in a crowd, even a crowd of friends. This song helped me appreciate Sora's character a little more.

Joe's Singer Debut!? (Parts 1 & 2)

I like how these skits introduce the character image songs, that's a really cute idea. These characters aren't singers in-universe (except for Mimi), so I guess they wanted to give context for why they're singing haha.

Part 1 is Gomamon suggesting songs for Joe to sing and performing little samples. Very cute. (Of course, he can't really sing well lol, but that adds to the charm).

Part 2 is the studio rep explaining that the next drama CD will be about a love triangle between Mimi, Koushiro, and Hikari. That sounds like a terrible idea. No chemistry between either pair if you ask me...Maybe that's the joke though.

Image Song 3 - There's Another Me (Kido Jou)

Translation here

This song was all about Joe facing and overcoming his insecurities and fear of risks. He talks about how you'll never grow if you completely avoid pain of any kind. Honestly, a pretty inspirational song for kids out there. I can definitely relate to Joe's timidity. I'm always avoiding getting out of my comfort zone which has held me back in some ways.

#digimon #digimon adventure #drama cd #drama cds #image song #character song

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love-for-yamato-and-sora · 1 year

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happy sorato day and merry christmas

the first part: https://at.tumblr.com/love-for-yamato-and-sora/in-fact-according-to-the-booklet-of-the-unsigned/81qlm4djfnre

the second part: https://at.tumblr.com/love-for-yamato-and-sora/digimon-adventure-official-novel/i5ctg94gtlny

the third part: https://at.tumblr.com/love-for-yamato-and-sora/i-will-then-post-the-official-novel-section-sora/su4ut9ay9hca

the forth part:https://at.tumblr.com/love-for-yamato-and-sora/there-are-too-many-parts-of-yamato-and-sora-in-the/y19o5zfx550w

Mimi-chan.” Sora held out her hand to help her up. But Mimi didn’t bother grabbing it. Instead, she said, “I’m not going.” The way that she said it wasn’t in her usual pleading whine, but in a gloomy, oppressed tone. It threw Sora off.

“What do you mean you’re not going, Mimi-chan…?” “We fight, and fight, and then what do we gain from it? Nothing is born out of it. All that comes out of it is sadness and hate. I don’t want to deal with that anymore. I’m not going!” Sora looked at Taichi’s face, troubled. Taichi also searched for the right words to speak to her when, “You can’t just not go,” Yamato spat harshly at Mimi. “You’re shocked by Whamon and Leomon’s deaths. I get it. But we need to fight, or someone else will get killed just like them. Do you want that blood on your hands?!” “Of course not! But I just can’t see fighting as the only answer to our problem!”

https://digitalscratch.pmsinfirm.org/8130

This episode is different from the plot of the TV series. After they defeated the Iron metalseadramon, Mimi didn’t want to fight anymore. At this time, Yamato said something “You can’t just not go,” Yamato spat harshly at Mimi.

Yamato and Mimi continued to glare at each other. Thinking that he was inadequate after all,

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It was easy for them to quarrel in the front, and this passage can be said to hate each other.

He couldn’t trust Taichi with this at all! Making his own decision, Yamato said to Mimi, “If you don’t want to fight, then leave!” And he cast her out. Mimi smiled at him coldly and, without any protest, turned her back on them and walked off

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After that, Yamato drove away Mimi directly. Seeing this part, isn't Sorato fans a little refreshed!

She left Mimi in Jou’s care and returned to the others. There, Taichi told her what had taken place with Yamato. “I should have been more levelheaded…” Taichi cursed his own timidness. “You’re wrong. Yamato needs time to be by himself. It’ll be okay. I’m sure that he’ll come back.” Sora felt that she understood what Yamato was going through. When she had been on her own at Temp Lake, she had felt the same way.

https://digitalscratch.pmsinfirm.org/8130#:~:text=She%20left%20Mimi,the%20same%20way.

At that time Yamato left the team, Sora couldn’t comfort Mimi, Joe decided to go with Mimi and comforted Mimi, Sora came back, Taichi told Sora, Yamato’s matter, now everyone can’t understand Yamato, but Sora alone Understand him, and know he'll come back, because Sora feels the same as him.

In any case — Sora thought — Compared to the Numemon, who had banded together for a common cause, what were they doing? They were scattered. Had Yamato figured himself out by now? Was Jou still working on persuading Mimi?

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This is after defeating mugun dramon, Sora had time to think about Yamato again.

There would be nothing better than if Yamato and Mimi came up with their answers on their own and returned, but if they were already on their way, then maybe she should go and get them. Just as she was about to suggest that, “Taichi-san. I want to go get my brother.” Takeru was the first to say it. “Yeah,” Taichi said, nodding. Not only did Taichi nod, but Koushiro and Hikari did as well. All of us were thinking the same thing, Sora thought. It made her a little happy.

https://digitalscratch.pmsinfirm.org/8146#:~:text=There%20would%20be,a%20little%20happy.

Sora felt very happy to see that everyone had the same thoughts as her.

Taichi looked around at their faces and then said, “Sora and Andromon, could you go with Takeru? Koushiro, Hikari, and I will go look for Mimi-chan and Jou.” “Okay,” Sora nodded. Even she agreed with this choice. When considering who would be the most suitable at persuading Yamato to return, both Taichi and Koushiro were out since they had been Yamato’s reason for leaving. Hikari wouldn’t work either. The only suitable choices would be Yamato’s own brother, Takeru, and Sora, who had an experience similar to Yamato’s at Temp Lake and understood how he felt. The reason he told Andromon to accompany them must be to even up the power gap. “Guys, let’s stay alive and meet up again! It’s a promise!” They all formed a circle and Taichi stuck his fist out in the middle. Everyone laid their hands over it. “Yeah!”

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Sora heard that she could find Yamato with Takeru, she felt very happy, except Takeru is Yamato's younger brother, besides Takeru, only she can understand Yamato, because it is the same feeling, the same mother's problem, so only she can persuade Yamato.

Next is the point.

“Black gas?” Sora cocked her head in puzzlement at Andromon’s words. “Yes. I haven’t seen it for myself, but Leomon has told me about it. This must be that black gas. It is where Yamato is kept prisoner.” Sora, Takeru, and Andromon had arrived in this spot using the locator on Sora’s digivice. But black gas hung over where the blinking point was, and when Sora and Takeru tried to step into it, Andromon hurriedly stopped them. “What happens when you go inside it?” Takeru asked, looking worried. “According to Leomon, once that gas surrounded the Digimon, they began to kill one another. Perhaps it has the ability to control those with darkness in their hearts and drive them mad to their deaths.” “Then… Did that happen to my brother too?” “I do not know. Fortunately, since I’m a machine, the black gas will not be able to take control of my heart. I will go check it out, so the rest of you, stay here.” “No, I wanna go too!” Takeru cried out, but Sora stopped him. “Let’s leave this to Andromon.” Sora really wanted to go save Yamato as well. But she knew that no matter how emotionally stable a person was, there was still a danger that they would be seized by darkness. All humans were like that. But would Andromon’s words be enough to break Yamato’s heart free from the darkness—? Not even Sora was sure about that. Piyomon piped up. “It’ll be okay, Takeru. Yamato will have figured things out on his own, and he’ll be back,” she said, consoling Takeru. “After all, he has Gabumon with him.” Hearing that, Sora nodded vigorously. That’s right. When she had been stealthily avoiding everyone at Temp Lake, it had been Piyomon who had stirred Sora’s heart. That’s what partners are for. Sora’s certainty was reinvigorated. Yamato will come back. He had Gabumon with him. So, she would have faith in him and wait. After all, that’s what friends did… Sora looked up at the sky above her. She could see the land and seas of the real world. You feel the same way too, Mom, right? I’m far from your reach right now, but you’re waiting there having faith in me too, right…?

https://digitalscratch.pmsinfirm.org/8146#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBlack%20gas%3F%E2%80%9D,me%20too%2C%20right%E2%80%A6%3F

This place is different from tv version, they went to the dark cave, because the smoke can control people's emotions, so Sora didn't go in, only the androidmon went in, during this time, Sora kept thinking, is Yamato thinking about his mother, I'm leaving you now It's far away, but you're waiting for me there too, right...?

That was all Andromon said before he promptly made an about-face and walked back to where he came from. Andromon’s mechanical heart didn’t know how to express tenderness, but Yamato was exceedingly grateful for it. Behind Andromon, Yamato walked side by side with Gabumon. As the gas thinned out around them, Yamato saw the shadows of other people ahead. It was Takeru and Sora, but to Yamato, Sora looked like someone else. Mom…

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That's it. This part can be combined with the previous foreshadowing, that is, the things about the mothers of both parties. Yamato has never felt the love of his mother, but after that, his thoughts disappeared, but people's hearts are empty. At this time, Yamato Seeing the shadows of Sora and his mother overlapping, it has already hinted that Yamato started to pay attention to Sora at this time. Of course, he was not when Sora was his mother, but because of his mother's problem, the two were tied together like a red line. I believe that at this time Yamato began to pay attention Sora, and then the two were together in digimon adventure 02, I was so happy to see this moment!

That's about it, there are some easter eggs, and it will be updated.

#digimon adventure #yamato ishida #sora takenouchi #sorato

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imscaredrightnow · 1 year

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I know this is kinda late but can I have DRA Teruya otori, Nikei yomiuri, and Yamato Kisaragi under the mistletoe with their crush?

Of course! I love this request sm- Anyway, I hope you like this!

•❀.•❤•.¸ 𝓝𝓘𝓚𝓔𝓘❀𝓨𝓞𝓜𝓘𝓤𝓡𝓘,❀𝓓𝓡𝓐!❀𝓣𝓔𝓡𝓤𝓨𝓐❀𝓞𝓣𝓞𝓡𝓘❀𝓐𝓝𝓓❀𝓨𝓐𝓜𝓐𝓣𝓞❀𝓚𝓘𝓢𝓐𝓡𝓐𝓖𝓘❀𝓦𝓘𝓣𝓗❀𝓢/𝓞❀𝓤𝓝𝓓𝓔𝓡❀𝓣𝓗𝓔❀𝓜𝓘𝓢𝓣𝓛𝓔𝓣𝓞𝓔 ¸.•❤•.❀•

✦☆✭ 𝒩𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒾✧𝒴𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓊𝓇𝒾 ✭☆✦

It was Christmas, and because Mikado wanted to push everybody together like classmates and friends (and he just wants to be included), he decides to host a Christmas party! Everybody was hesitant, because the first time they did something like this, it didn't turn out well… plus they all hated Mikado. But with enough persuasion, everybody became font of the idea and agreed to do it.

As you were talking with Sora at the food table, enjoying yourself on some delicious snacks, your eyes glanced at a certain someone. Sora looked over, following your eyes to the same male. "Go." "What?" "Go to him and ask him to dance, I mean its pretty obvious that you have a crush on him." "I mean…was it really that obvious?" You kinda felt embarrassed that Sora said it like that. "Yeah, plus I'm pretty sure he likes you back, he was talking about you a lot when we hanged out." "Wow. Way to say it like it is, but.. yeah, I'll ask him!" You felt a pang of confidence as you started walking. "Good luck!" Sora whisper-yelled. "Not helping!" You whisper-yelled back.

Walking up to the man, you tapped him on the shoulder. "hmm? Ah! S/O!" He said excitedly as he turned around. Your confidence died down, making you stand there nervously looking like a fool. "…..did you need something?.." Regaining your composure, you quickly answered with "O-Oh! Yeah, sorry about that. What I really wanted to ask was, I like-" Just as you were about to confess, Monocrow yelled "Get ready for our next track! Get with a partner and get ready to sway your hips!!". Then he played a soothing, romantic slow dance song that changed the mood of the whole conversation. "Um! I- can I dance with you?" You said accidentally. I guess it was just your initial reaction after seeing most of your other classmates getting together and slow dancing, of course having the occasional wall flowers, but mostly, everyone had a partner and was dancing. "Oh- um…. I mean s-sure?" Nikei said bashfully, probably because it was so sudden, maybe because he wanted the same thing? we'll never know. He takes you hands in his and his in yours. As you start swaying to the music, going in different directions, the proximity between you two gets closer, making both of you blush "Hey S/O I-..I have something to tell you." Nikei stammered "Y-yeah, me too." you stammered, silently cursing at yourself. "Lets say it at the same time." "Ok-!"

"1-"

"2-"

"3-"

"I like you- what- wait- huh??" You both simultaneously said. "Wait, really?? I'm not dreaming?" Nikei replied, genuinely surprised at the fact that you liked him back, you were the same, thinking you never had a chance. "Gladly not!" You giggled Nikei smiled, albeit bashfully. You spotted something red and green above you, looking up and realizing it was a mistletoe conveniently placed above you, guess you danced a little bit to far. Nikei followed you gaze, blushing and stammering "W-was that a-always there..!?" He said stunned and unbelievably flustered. "Yeah, it was but you guys were too busy talking to realize." Startled, you abruptly turn around, seeing sora with a smirk on her face "S-sora!! Leave!-" You said, embarrassed. "Ok ok, see you late, lovebirds." Sora said as she left, grin widening. "Uhm.. sorry about that." You said a bit agitated. "No worries!…um…" Nikei said, looking up at the mistletoe. "Oh! Um!…..do you wanna…..um..yeah?" You said awkwardly. "Ahh…….um sure." Nikei said nervously. You got sad because you though he was uncomfortable "You know, if you don't want to you can- mphh-!?" Your voice got muffled as you felt a pair of soft lips against yours. You closed your eyes. The feeling relaxed you, it relaxed you so much that you leaned in, desperate for more of this warmth. Sadly, before you could lean in more, those soft lips had been pulled away from your grasp. "T-that was nice." You said, rosy cheeks tinted a bright/ dark red. "Yeah, you know S/O.." "mm?"

"I love you."

I love you to, silly."

✦☆✭ 𝒯𝑒𝓇𝓊𝓎𝒶✧𝒪𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾 ✭☆✦

(In this the dance is more like a Christmas party.)

Akane helped you choose an outfit, a very pretty one in fact.

"This one would look really pretty on you!" "You really think so?" "yeah of course! You know you look very pretty in anything anyway!" Akane said "Stop, you're making me blush!" You said sarcastically. Akane and you got done getting ready and made your way to were the party was at, it was beautiful, lots of people were dressed up and slow music was playing, tables were loaded with food, it was like a dream.

"Oh wow! Look at all the decorations!" Akane said pulling you over to look at more things "Yeah! And everyone is dressed up too!" You said in awe, looking around, you noticed Teruya having small talk with Mikako and Akane noticed Yuki standing near a wall, I guess. "Well, I guess I'm gonna go now.." Akane said. "Go ahead! I was going somewhere myself too actually! And if he says he doesn't want to dance, I'll break his kne-" You said, trying to hype Akane up, but got cut off. "I'm fine! Don't do anything drastic!" Akane said, alarmed. "Okay, okay fine." you said, indicating that you were joking. As Akane left you waved her goodbye.

"Bye! Good luck!"

"Bye!"

As you turned you noticed Mikako was no longer with Teruya and instead heading towards you. "H-hey (name)!" "Hi Teruya!" His face was slightly red, making his face look cuter. "Would you like to dance with me..?" He said, face getting redder "I would love to!" As you guys started dancing together to the music, you two got closer and closer, and even though there was (most likely) a height difference, you guys were blushing like mad at the feeling. "Um…S/O….I have somethin' to tell you." "Yeah?.." "I-I…um-" You felt something hit your head softly, and as you turn you head to face it you realize it was a mistletoe. You were probably to caught up in the music to realize that though. Teruya looked up to see what you were looking at and blushed. "A-a mistlet-toe?!" He said somehow blushing even harder. "Yeah…c-can I?" You asked bashfully, wanting to consent first. "Yea, just let me-!" Teruya said as he struggled to reach your face, you sighed leaning down to just kiss him already. Teruya looked stunned but eventually relaxed, leaning into the kiss. As you pulled away, Teruya said "Also I, uh, love you!", finally finishing his sentence. "I love you to!" You giggled.

✦☆✭ 𝒴𝒶𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑜✧𝒦𝒾𝓈𝒶𝓇𝒶𝑔𝒾 ✭☆✦

"Oh, S/O!~" Yamato yelled in a sing-songy voice, practically skipping over to you. "Hm? What is it, Yamato?" You said, curious as to what he was doing "I made you a Christmas gift!" he said, eye practically sparkling as he handed you the gift. "Aww! Thank you!" You said, touched by this surprise. Yamato only nodded, shoving the gift more into as if he was handing you a bomb. As you tore off the wrapping paper, you realized it was a robot, there was a power button on his back, turning it on, it powered to life with a adorable digital face. "Hello S/O! My name is L2-N1! How may I assist you?" You were practically bursting with adoration as you heard its sorta vocaloid-ish voice. "I love this so much! Thank you so much Yamato!" You said, engulfing him in a hug. "No problem, I just really wanted to give you this because…" Yamato said but trailed off, looking up. As you followed his gaze you noticed a mistletoe connecting to a wire, as you followed to wire you realized that the wire connected to his hat. Blushing slightly, Yamato finished his sentence. "..love you." He said, blush getting even worse as he slowly leaned into you. You lean into him, feeling his warm embrace and soon, also his soft lips. You could've sworn you were in heaven, or at least a dream. Unfortunately, that dream didn't last long as he soon pulled away.

"I love love, and you to!"

"I love both and love, but you more!"

"I love being a robot!"

I guess you forgot that you still held the robot in your arms, though it wasn't much of a problem.

Sorry I ended up posting this at such a late hour! (atleast on my part) but I hoped you enjoyed and sorry some of them* were short! I'll try to do my best if you decide to request again next time!

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danganronpasurvivoraskblog · 1 year

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The Girl Who Looked in the Evil Abyss: Part 1.

So...This is where we were headed?

...

*Kaede, Sora and Monodam stand in the holding cell room they discovered earlier. Despite the controversial and weird feelings about it, they all go in and look up towards Hibiki.

I said I would be getting all of us out of here.

I meant that.

RIGHT...IT-WOULD-NOT-BE-FAIR-TO-LEAVE-HIBIKI-OTONOKOJI-BEHIND-FOR-ZETSUBOU-TO-USE-AS-A-TOOL-FOR-THEIR-OWN-ENDS.

Hehehehe...I’m down. The good of it all aside, I can’t wait to see the look on Kanade’s face when we nab her sister before she does.

The more you talk about Kanade Otonokoji, the more confused I get.

Forget about it for now. The real question is...how are we gonna get Hibiki out of the pod?

WELL, TO-BE-HONEST, THERE-ARE-TWO-WAYS-WE-MAY-REMOVE-HER.

ONE...WE-COULD-SMASH-THE-POD-WIDE-OPEN-AND-LET-HER-FALL-OUT. HOWEVER-THAT-WILL-END-UP-BEING-A-VERY-RUDE-AWAKENING.

PLUS-IT-IS-NOT-GUARANTEED-THAT-SHE-WILL-HOLD-TOGETHER-IN-ONE-PIECE. SHE-MAY-TUMBLE-OUT-OF-THE-POD-AND-GO-SPLAT-ON-THE-GROUND.

WELL-FROM-THIS-HEIGHT, SHE’S-LIKELY-TO-GO-SPLAT-ANYWAY.

R-Right...

THE-OTHER-IS-THAT-I-MANUALLY-BRING-THE-POD-DOWN, AND-THEN-DRAIN-IT-OF-IT’S-LIQUID-CONTENTS. THEN-I-WILL-OPEN-THE-DOOR-AND-WE-WILL-CARRY-HER-OUT.

THE-PROBLEM-THERE-IS-THAT-IT-WILL-TAKE-A-LONG-TIME. I-ESTIMATE-UP-TO-ABOUT-20-MINUTES.

20 minutes!?

YES. IS-THAT-BAD?

Are you trying to bore me? We’re about to get out of this lab, and now you tell me we need to wait here for another 20 minutes!?

Sora, that’s SECONDS compared to how long we’ve spent down here. In fact, I don’t even know how long we’ve been stuck; it’s been so long.

I know I’m just...I miss my wife, ok? And I bet she’s worried about me too...

Oh...By the way...Neither of you had better say a word of what I did to Yoruko...

What? You mean removing your-

Yes! That...Don’t say a word.

I won’t, I promise. To be honest, I’ve got bigger concerns right now.

SUCH-AS-WHAT?

N-Nothing...Just...Go for it Monodam.

With luck, once Yamato opens the door, Future Foundation soldiers will come in to give support. We can explain the situation to them once they get inside.

*Monodam nods and goes over to the same panel as earlier. He presses a few buttons and Hibiki’s pod begins to descend.

I-ASSUME-THESE-BIGGER-CONCERNS-ARE-TO-DO-WITH-ME?

...!

...?

*sigh* Nothing gets by you, does it?

YOU-PROMISED-ME-YOU-WOULD-HELP-ME-ONCE-WE-GOT-OUT-OF-HERE. THAT-YOU-WOULD-HELP-ME-MAKE-IT-IN-THE-HUMAN-WORLD.

I did say that. And I meant it too...It’s just...

...

I’m going to be honest with you Monodam...

I-WOULD-PREFER-YOU-WERE.

Right, well...I said that...but the truth is, I don’t really have a plan, or know how to.

Again, I think it’s up to you what you decide to do once you get out of here, but...I just want you to know that...

It’s going to be difficult.

I-AM-AWARE.

...If AI’s like Chiaki and I can exist alongside humans at the Future Foundation, why can’t he?

Because he’s a Monokub Sora...A product of Organization Zetsubou; our enemies.

I promise, I will do whatever it takes to make sure you can live a free and happy life; one that you deserve! But I just want you to know that our troubles aren’t going to end if we get out of this lab.

In fact...They might increase...

ARE-YOU-IMPLYING-YOU-WOULD-RATHER-ME-STAY-IN-THIS-LAB?

What!? No! Of course not! Especially not by yourself!

THEN-YOU-MEAN-TO-IMPLY-YOU-WILL-STAY-IN-THE-LAB-WITH-ME?

No! Not that either! We’re getting out of here!

I just need you to know that I can’t do this alone. And even if we did this together, it’s gonna be tough.

...

But...I want you to know...That you...are important to me.

I wasn’t expecting to get attached to you, but I did, and that’s that. And deep down in my heart, I know that if I can accept you, the rest of my friends can accept you to. We have that going for us at least.

BUT-THE-FOUNDATION-AT-LARGE-IS-A-DIFFERENT-STORY?

Not just the Foundation. The world. I-I guess all I wanted to say was...

I’m glad to have you around...And I want it to stay that way.

Me too! I...

...I like this little band of weirdo’s we’ve got here. I want to keep it.

...I...DID-NOT-REALIZE-YOU-WERE-SO-WORRIED.

I-FIGURED-THIS-WOULD-BE-CHILD’S-PLAY-TO-SOMEONE-LIKE-YOU.

Surely you should have realized by now that I’m not the perfect girl everyone thinks I am. FAR from it.

It’s become way too apparent that my optimism is my biggest weakness. I focus so much on the bright side of things, and the hope and the positives...that I tend to ignore the problem at hand, and my solutions...barely qualify as such...

I’ve...never ever been able to live with myself after what the Killing Game put me through...And...I guess what I’m saying is that I don’t hold your past against you, so...

Don’t hold it against yourself either. It’s not fun.

I-DON’T-IMAGINE-IT-WOULD-BE.

*THUD!*

...!?

Wh-What was that?

That...sounded like the door opening. Did someone just come in?

...

You think it’s the Foundation? Yamato did say he was going to open the door.

...!

I dunno...I figured there’d be a lot more yelling orders in that case...

*WHOOOOSHH...!*

Huh? What’s that...

KAEDE! MOVE!

Wha-!?

*WHAM!* *SHWOOOSH!*

GAAAGH!

!!!???

*SLAASSSH!*

GRRRR!

MONODAM!

*CRAACK!*

...!

*Monodam pushes forward with his rocket boosters, and bashes Kaede out of the way, just in time to avoid a large metal axe/hatchet fly out from the staircase towards them! Unfortunately, Monodam isn’t so lucky, and the hatchet slices his back open! The hatchet flies to the other side of the room, and lodges into the databoard in front of Hibiki’s pod. Hibiki appears to stir inside the machine a little upon impact.

SHIT! Who the fuck was-!?

???: Hehehehehehe!

!!?

*The group turns towards the staircase, as a menacing cackle sounds from it...However, this isn’t the only sound they hear...

*CRUMBLE...SHHHH...!*

What was-

Crap! KAEDE! BEHIND YOU!

HUH!?

*SLASH!*

GAHAGH!

NO!

*Kaede is caught off guard by Sora’s shout, and doesn’t react in time! The hatchet that lodged in the databoard suddenly FLIES BACKWARDS towards the stairs, and gashes Kaede’s back! Fortunately, the hit is not severe, but the group watches as the hatchet spins and flies back...

*CATCH!*

*into the hands of the villain who threw it...!

Hello Soorraaa~!

KANADE!?

Been a while, huh? Sorry, I really should have wrote, but...my new job makes my circumstances a little tricky.

YOU!? You’re-!

KANADE-OTONOKOJI! THE-VILLAINOUS-SISTER-OF-HIBIKI!

“Villainous?” Hah! Any other day of the week, I’d take that as a compliment, but that’s rich coming from you, BEAR! You think just because you switched sides, that immediately makes you a hero!?

AND-THAT-HATCHET! IT-HAS-THE-SAME-PROPERTIES-AS-KAEDE’S-SPEAR! SHE-CAN-CALL-IT-BACK-TO-HER-TOO!

Sneaky bitch! You stole her thing!

I stole-!? PAHAHAHAHA!

I stole HER thing!? Why don’t you ask your blonde bimbo friend WHERE that weapon came from originally!?

No, in fact, I’ll tell you. That weapon was invented by Emilia Feng and her corporation Fang Inc. Who, might I add, were the biggest sellers for Organization Zetsubou’s weaponry!

All things considered, that spear is property of Organization Zetsubou, and if I get lucky, I might have to get it back!

I’ll have you know that I was given this weapon by Maya Canzanilla of the Freedom Foundation, then two of the world’s greatest inventors made it better! You really think I’m afraid of that measly kitchen knife of yours!?

Lucky is right! No way in hell am letting you take me out!

Hoho! Perfect! Seems you already know the deal.

I’ve been fighting for my life every hour I’ve been in this lab, and I’ve destroyed EVERYTHING you guys have thrown at me. I should’ve known Tsumugi would have gotten desperate and sent you.

Desperate is right...That woman HATES you, and I cannot fathom why! It just seems to be an innate detest with no rhyme or reason behind it.

...

So not even YOU know why Tsumugi Shirogane wants Kaede dead?

Nope. No clue. Still, I guess I SOMEWHAT get it. People can hate people simply for being who they are. One could argue it’s not right, but that’s just how the world works.

AND-THAT-IS-WHY-IT-FALLS-TO-US-TO-CHANGE-IT.

Tch...Typical robot...Thinking he knows more about humanity than humans do. Still, it’s not like I’m totally satisfied with the status quo either.

Yeah...You’ve never been one to shy away from standing out.

But Kaede’s right Kanade. We’ve been battling for our lives for what feels like forever. We’ve consecutively taken down Mech after Mech. What makes you think you can take us by yourself?

Hehehehe...Honestly? I’m really not fussed.

Huh?

All I want...is THAT pod...Let me pass, and I might even take my leave without any more bloodshed.

What do you mean...!?

What do you mean “what do I mean?” I MEAN exactly what I say!

You wanna know something that might surprise you, Kaede Akamatsu? I’m NOT as insane as everyone has told you I am! I am willing to listen to reason!

My sister and I will retreat into the night. Just the two of us, together forever! We’ll abandon this conflict! We’ll leave the lives of both the Future Foundation AND Organization Zetsubou, and you will NEVER hear from us again!

All you have to do...is give...me...my...HIBIKI...

...

...Hey...Kanade...?

Remind me again how many people you’ve killed, tortured, crippled, buried or resigned to a horrible, terrible fate, just for the sake of keeping your “darling sister” all to yourself?

Honestly, by this point I’ve lost count, but...Over 60 people, last I checked.

Right...And if we do this, that number’s gonna keep rising...!

Now hold on a second...!

No! With Hibiki, or WITHOUT Hibiki, you’re a THREAT! To everyone else, and to HER! Why the hell should I EVER believe that!? All it takes is for someone to strike up a friendly conversation with your sister, and their life is FORFEIT!

Come on Sora, you never cared before, why start now!?

I only found the truth about you when you were about to die...And back then...I had nothing to lose...Now I DO. I have a LOT to lose...!

And I won’t lose ANY of it to you...!

*sigh* I’m not as unreasonable or crazy as you THINK I am Sora! It doesn’t have to be this way!

...!

*Kaede recalls her spear.

You’re not the first person I’ve met who’s killed for the sake of a sibling that they adore, but you’re just as pathetic as all the others...!

You give older twin sisters a bad name!

Aw, boohoo...! What are YOU gonna do about it, diddums?

Tsumugi sent you here to kill me...

*Kaede brandishes her weapon and points it towards Kanade.

I INVITE you to TRY...!

Hmhmhm...

*Kanade raises her hatchet, and then grabs a knife from her pocket.

Monodam...Watch Hibiki. Don’t let her get close to the pod.

BUT-

No buts! You got injured! I am NOT gonna lose you!

...

*Monodam quietly nods as Kaede steps forward.

You ready Sora?

Am I ready? Heh...I’ve been waiting for this for 10 YEARS Kaede...!

*Both sides glare each other down for what feels like a long while...until...!

HYAGH!

HWAGH!

*CLASSH!*

RGH!

GRGH!

HAAH!

YAAAH!

*CLAAAASSH!*

*Kaede and Kanade simultaneously throw their weapons towards each other, causing them to collide into the air! They then both jump up in the air, call their weapons back, and clash while airborne!

LET’S DO THIS!

*The sound of the clash reverberating off the wall serves as a battle horn for Kaede and Sora, as they rush towards their opponent!

//KAEDE, SORA AND MONODAM VS KANADE OTONOKOJI!!//

#danganronpa survivor #danganronpa #danganronpa v3 #drv3 #danganronpa another 2 #sdra2 #kaede akamatsu #sora #monodam #kanade otonokoji #hibiki otonokoji #rise and shine arc

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rockthistowninsideout · 1 year

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Going through the Digimon tag on my blog, I came across the post for Mimato Year by @mimatoweek from last year. I had promised in the tags to participate but then totally forgot about it (oops!). Last year in February I had an idea for March/White Day, and reading the post, I once again had one for it (though it's probably not the same).

Anyway, here's my little ficlet for White Day, I hope you like it!

Clean and neat

Word Count: 607 Audience: General Additional tags: swearing

„You should wear white“, Mimi said off-hand while painting her nails a vibrant green colour.

Yamato, who’d been sitting on his bed strumming his bass, blinked. „I have no idea what you’re talking about.“ He looked up to see her still only paying attenttion to her nails and not even giving him so much as a glance.

„Duh! I mean for your video shoot of course! It would look so cool if you were all wearing white. I was thinking maybe tuxedos but that would be way too formal. You’re still a rock band after all. But white blazers and tee-shirts, white chino pants and white sneakers would be the way to go. I can see you performing in an otherwise all-black environment like in that new Halestorm video, The Church or The Steeple or something. You know, I’m not a big rock fan but Sora likes them and this song is absolute killer, as I guess you would say. – Or would all-white be better? With black you’d of course had a stark contrast but with white it would look all clean and neat…“

While Mimi was still rambling, creating the vision of Knife of Day’s next music video as she was talking, Yamato got up to put his bass away. He closed the clasps on the case before padding across the room to where Mimi was sitting on his desk, legs dangling in sync to her musings.

His initial reaction to her idea had been to snort. Knife of Day wearing white! How ridiculous! They were a bonafide rock band whose members wore nothing but black, a bit of leather, here and there some checkered slippers, and maybe a bit of blood red or deep dark blue. But white? No way!

But the longer Mimi’s ramble went the more the idea grew on him. He could see it before him, his bandmates and him in a bright white room, similar to The Hives in their Walk Idiot Walk video. Their style would be somewhere between formal and casual, like Mimi had described. Maybe there were accents with some red flower petals floating around but otherwise it would be just like she had said: clean and neat.

He reached her now, standing before her. Her dangling feet hitting his legs lightly finally made her look up. She tilted her head curiously, halting in painting her video vision in the brightest (or better say) whitest colours. But before she could ask why he had suddenly come over she was stopped short by a kiss from Yamato. It started out tenderly but grew more and more intense, Mimi entangling her legs so that Yamato could press his body against hers, reassuringly and needily.

Coming up for air, both faces flushed red to the hairline, Mimi still managed a cheeky grin. „What was that for, Casanova? Not that I don’t enjoy kissing you. On the contrary, I do very much indeed. But that seemed a little random.“

Yamato shook his head as an answer, the wisps of his fringe falling into his eyes. „It was not random at all. This was for your brilliant idea for our new music video. It’s perfect. I couldn’t have come up with a better concept.“

Mimi smiled, it swung somewhere between the expression of a cat that got the cream and genuine gratitude over his compliment. „You know you can trust me in all things fashion“ she said with a toothy grin before her face turned soft. „And I’d be more than happy to help you set it up.“

Yamato replied with a similarly soft smile. Then he said „I hadn’t expected anything less.“

#digimon adventure #yamato ishida #mimi tachikawa #mimato #yamato x mimi #post-kizuna #my stories #digimon

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seventeenlovesthree · 4 months

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Words cannot describe how much I ADORE this most recent piece of official art - and yet, I'll try regardless!

First of all, let's appreciate how consistently they are using all characters' associated colours; I've always appreciated how official art varied between signature (= Crest) colours, but still made sure to include colours the characters actually would canonically wear. (Jyou might be the biggest exception here, because while I'd say that dark blue is his associated colour, purple and all kinds of muted colours like beige are pretty typical for him.) It's just perfectly conducted: On one hand, all these outfits are layered, thus providing a sense of potential variety - just in case they would be used for an actual series (because a girl can dream); on the other hand, they are very fashionable pretty age appropriate for them!

While I would say that Mimi's prim and proper fashionista piece is my favourite among all of them, I am especially fascinated by Sora's outfit: not only did they give her a college jacket, which is a design choice I came up for her around two years ago and that I'm still very proud of; it's just the perfect mix of tomboyishly cute and it makes me cry: Soft colours, hairclips and thigh-highs contrast her shorts, sneakers and college jacket. Absolutely perfect.

Taichi's effortlessly chill jock ensemble gets a special mention due to the fact that his pants also look eerily similar to the design I gave him back then... Yamato looks incredibly comfy and cuddly and I adore it. Jyou's nerd aesthetic will never not be adorable. And can we appreciate Koushirou actually wearing a colour coordinated ensemble for once? Granted, we can assume that his mom picked the outfit, boyish, cuddly and dorky. Takeru's fashionista career is also starting early and Hikari always looks like she's on her way to another birthday party - adorable.

The food choices are of course remarkable too and together with the layered clothes approach, we can assume that it's all Spring/Hanami themed. Of course Sora gets a flower theme again, Mimi and Hikari are incredible sweet tooths; Gomamon's fish shaped taiyaki is just too perfect; Yamato making practical rice balls feels very canonical for him, as well as Takeru ordering a Happy Meal hamburger; giving Kou and Tentomon dango instead of mochi is a missed opportunity, but still adorable; and I do like to imagine that Taichi and Agumon are eating chicken nuggets to honour the dinosaur nugget meme. XD

In sum: 10/10 designs, I am in love.

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detectiveichijouji · 7 months

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Case 25 - A brother’s puzzle: The last shard!!

[AO3 version]

With the warnings given by the 02 Team and Koushiro, Yamato got a little way more concerned than usual. Takeru asked everyone to not tell Yamato that he was also a victim of those bad guys before, knowing very well who his brother is capable of doing.

Would someone spill the beans and tell Yamato? Not really, at least not from the younger kids or the rest of the older six.

He knew there’s two kinds of digimon running around and brainwashing people, giving them shards of a wicked and forbidden Digimental. He knew Sora, Taichi and Joe were victims, and that almost Mimi was the next. What would happen if someone else… Someone…

“... Takeru.”

“?”

Yamato had called Takeru for a drink at a coffee shop. Patamon was with Takeru, of course. But Gabumon… Was actually at Koushiro’s server, and talking with them via Yamato’s phone.

“...” Yamato wanted to ask him about something, but he faltered.

“What is it?”

“ ‘I want you to be careful.’ is what Yamato wants to say,” Gabumon spoke via the screen.

“Don’t worry, they can’t catch me or the others” Takeru smiled, “We don’t have strong negative feelings or desires at the moment.”

“But…!!”

“I’m with Takeru and I promise I won’t let anything bad happen to him!” Patamon said with a serious yet cutesy gaze on Yamato and Gabumon.

“I’m counting on you, Patamon” Yamato then gave the digimon a pat.

“Leave it to me~”

“Did you catch that digimon who forced Sora and Piyomon to fuse-evolve?” Then he asked Takeru and Patamon. Takeru could notice that he stopped the pats on Patamon and grabbed his latte. Took a sip, and then looked again to his brother.

“Uh, no?” Patamon replied with a frown.

“But you don’t need to worry about it,” Takeru added quickly, “We will find them and retrieve the last two shards before someone else turns into a victim.”

“... How about Arsenemon? He got 10 of those. There’s nothing saying he won’t use them on you or on others.”

“Um… Arsenemon is a weird case” Patamon explained, “He has gathered ten fragments of the Digimental, but he… Didn’t use them at all.”

“Yeah,” Takeru nodded, “He told Daisuke-kun we wouldn’t believe him if he told us his true intentions with those shards.”

“I understood,” Yamato said, thoughtful.

“... Daisuke-kun wants to ask him what he plans to do with them though,” he added, trying to keep the conversation going on, “Though he has been acting strange lately.”

“Daisuke?” Yamato raised an eyebrow; he took a sip of his latte again.

“Yeah, first he was fired up about catching Arsenemon, but since he met a new student called Noel Leblanc he’s… Not much interested in it anymore.”

“Hm??” Gabumon blinked.

“Ichijouji-kun suspects Noel-kun had created Arsenemon, but Daisuke-kun gets a little defensive when we check Noel-kun’s background…”

“A human-made digimon… Like Chimeramon, or Arukenimon and Mummymon…” Yamato took another sip.

“He said he knows Catherine, the French Chosen Child who I met six years ago… But… It sounded a little off too.”

“... Stay safe then, if you think this kid is suspicious.”

Yamato finished his latte and then got up from the table. He took his phone and put it in his pocket. Then, “I have to go now. I have classes now.”

“Oh ok, so please stay alert and don’t let those digimon come after you. And don’t do something reckless.”

“Same to you.”

“...”

Daisuke was a little… strange indeed. He just felt like he had done something bad but why?

“I caught you now, and you will give me those shards!!”

“My, why don’t you ask yourself if it is a good idea keeping me captive right now, mon ami?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!!”

“Your friends are in danger, monsieur Motomiya. And I’m the only one able to save them right now.”

“...”

“Daisuke…” Lilymon had called him, “Aren’t you…”

“Ack, I don’t know! Lilymon please let him go. I got a bad feeling…”

“But…”

“Just… Trust me, okay?”

“Alright…” she had snapped her fingers and the vines and flowers magically had turned into dust, freeing Arsenemon.

“Oh? Are you really letting me go?”

“Save them. Like, now. I don’t care about that stupid shard, just save Wallace and Gummymon. Stop them before they hurt someone.”

“Alright, mon ami. I will grant you that wish.”

Arsenemon had left in a blink of the eye.

“...” Now, Daisuke was full of regrets. But… Deep down, something said it was the right choice.

“You’re too quiet,” V-mon commented.

“... Sorry, I… I was thinkin’ about…”

“Is it about Arsenemon?” the digimon said, while they headed back home, “You think Ken is right about Noel?”

“... I don’t think Ken is right, he’s just accusing Noel without proof. Like, who cares if Noel is a distant relative of some famous writer??!”

“Said writer made a character called Arsene too, it’s… suspicious, don’t you think?”

“Noel wouldn’t make something like this, he’s not a guy like… The old Ken, ya know?”

“Maybe Arsenemon is not a bad guy,” he heard someone’s voice coming from the back. He and V-mon looked back, and saw… “Ah I’m sorry I heard you by accident...”

“Since when you were behind me, Noel?” Daisuke blinked.

“I just… I just came. Sorry, I wanted to talk about something with you.”

“Something huh…” V-mon blinked.

“... About Arsenemon.”

“?!”

“So, you made him, right!?” V-mon babbled, Daisuke immediately covered the digimon’s mouth.

“H-huh??”

“Don’t mind him, he ate too much sugar today!” Daisuke babbled, “T-then… What do ya want to talk about him…?”

“I think he’s not a bad guy…” Noel began, “I mean… It’s just a gut feeling.”

“Yeah, he kinda… helped us out before and before, and he said to have a reason for catching those, something he claimed we wouldn’t believe him…”

“And why would he think you guys wouldn’t understand his reasons?”

“Beats me” he uncovered V-mon’s mouth and shrugged, “I think he’s just a weirdo.”

“A… A weirdo…?” Noel gasped.

“What, don’t ya agree?”

“Or are you implying you know something we don’t?” V-mon squinted his eyes at the French boy.

“O-oh… No, I… I never thought of him that way…” He seemed sad???

“... If you…” Daisuke started, quite hesitant, “If you were to make a digimon, like, if you could make one… You wouldn’t make one to hurt others, or… us, right?”

Noel blinked, “Uh… No? Why would I do that…? Humans shouldn’t create digimon, they shouldn’t play a god role…”

“... Ah Alright. You’re right, this would be bad.”

“But Oikawa…” V-mon frowned, “Oikawa did that… And he wasn’t bad.”

“... You’re right… But Arukenimon and Mummymon said their only purpose was to destroy the Digital World… Though… I think it was because of Vamdemon’s influence, if they…”

“A human shouldn’t mess with the power of creating digimon life” Noel sighed.

“... I think Arukenimon and Mummymon would’ve been good digimon if they had the chance…”

“?!!” Noel gasped in silence.

“The Digimon Kaiser made a legit bad digimon without a single mind, so I don't think Chimeramon would be redeemed. However…”

“You think I made Arsenemon, right…?”

“No, I…”

“It’s okay… You don’t need to defend your thesis. Actually, I--”

Daisuke’s phone rang and he gently asked Noel to wait a moment, so he took it from his pocket and answered the call. It was Koushiro.

“I’ve detected one of those fragments. I sent the details via email, please check it.”

“Oh, right! I’ll check my inbox right now, thank you!” and then he hung up, opened his email inbox and then the most recent message on it.

Noel frowned, he didn’t want to be interrupted like this… Daisuke then smiled.

“It wasn’t activated yet!!” Daisuke cheered “It’s not that far from here…!! We can catch that Impmon before they use it on someone!”

“Um, Daisuke-san I…”

“Uh, sorry Noel. Can we talk later? This is important, we might get a fragment and stop those pranks!!”

“O-ok… See you later, I suppose…” And then he watched Daisuke and V-mon leave quickly.

“...”

Noel fixed his bangs, and he glanced in the direction Daisuke and V-mon went with his green eyes.

“... Maybe I should be going too…”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, Naito will murder me if I don’t find that fragment before those humans and their digimon--!! Where did I put it?! W-where-- HUH?!”

Impmon just found Ken with the said lost shard in hands.

“Oh, maybe I could--”

Stingmon appeared behind Impmon, and tried to catch him. Impmon screeched and left his hidden spot in panic “AAAAH W-WHAT HOW DID YOU--”

“I know you would be there,” Ken had the same Digimon Kaiser glare at the digimon.

“G-give it b-back!!”

“No, because I know you want to use it on someone else” he smiled, then he put the shard on his pocket from his coat, “Now you will show me where’s the last one, or…”

“Or what, you punk!?”

Ken snapped his fingers and Stingmon charged his spikes to execute a Spiking Finish attack.

“AAAAAAAAH!! I do-- I do tell you but please don’t hurt me!!” They replied in panic.

“Then… Where is it?”

“W-with Dracumon…!! I don’t know where he is though, don’t ask m--”

“Spiking…”

“AAAAH H-HE WENT AFTER O-ONE OF THE CH-CHOSEN CHILDREN!! PLEASE DON’T KILL MEEEE!!”

“One of us…?” Ken raised his eyebrows, this meant something was not right.

“Ken!!” Daisuke called him, meeting with the other. Just by doing this, the eyepatched Impmon managed to escape, “Huh, that Impmon--”

“Easy,” then Ken showed him the shard, “They lost the fragment and we found it first thanks to Koushiro-san’s tracker.”

“That’s Koushiro’s power for you!” V-mon grinned, “But they left…”

“Yeah, but there’s one more problem…” Stingmon said.

“What is it?”

“Dracumon has the last piece” Ken explained, “And is after one of us.”

“Man… Alright, it’s easier if we let this Dracumon spot one of us first than start looking for it.”

V-mon, Ken and Stingmon looked at Daisuke in awe.

“What? Did I say something wrong?”

“No, that’s… better than nothing,” Ken shrugged.

“H-Hey, I’m really trying to think how we can get that piece BEFORE that thief! And before someone gets hurt too.”

“He’s still upset with those meanies for using Takeru,” V-mon explained.

“Not just Takeru… I meant everyone so far!!”

“Alright, let’s gather the others, and try to track the last one.”

Arsenemon was there, hiding… And starting to not trust those kids to solve any major problem, so he used his magic to write on thin air the list of possible victims according to what he eavesdropped from the boys.

“Hmm… One of them… This means it can be either one of the young ones, or one of the older ones.”

“Would they use someone else again?”

“Hmm… They wouldn’t target the younger ones, because they’re attacking them indirectly…”

“And mademoiselle Tachikawa has returned to her current home overseas… Hmm…”

“Ah, could it be…!!”

Yamato was going home, still worried about Takeru, and also about Sora. He was well aware Taichi and Joe were also victims, and his blood was still boiling. He was almost going after that Impmon! Almost…

Suddenly, he stops in front of a hooded person. Still wary about the events, he brings Gabumon to the scene by opening his phone and accessing Koushiro’s server. Gabumon popped out from the screen and stood in front of that human.

“I’m not an enemy,” the hooded person said. Then they showed Yamato one of those forbidden shards, “I know you can use this for good. I can offer you… Protection against that Impmon.”

“Offering me one of those like them?” Yamato flipped, and this was what the little shard needed to be activated.

“That Impmon… Attacked your brother, didn’t you know?” Then, Yamato and Gabumon saw that smile under the hood. By the shock, Yamato couldn’t move, and then the hooded human put the Digimental piece in Yamato’s hands, muttering “Make them all pay for hiding this little secret from you, and get rid of that Impmon.”

“...”

But mysteriously, Noel managed to witness the scene. And he left in a hurry.

The group was all gathering at the usual karaoke booth, checking the network and the radar program Koushiro made… When suddenly… Someone knocked on the booth’s door.

Ken opened the door, but he realized no one was there… Until something almost hit him in the face. He dodged a card which was pinned on the door by one of its edges. Ken also managed to get to see someone hiding behind the wall of the corridor section -- Was it Noel? -- he thought.

The fine pretty black card with its back filled with a golden cat paw caught Ken’s attention. He took the card from the door and closed it. He showed the new Calling Card to the others.

“W-what!? Already!?” V-mon exclaimed.

“I think I saw Noel Leblanc too,” Ken explained.

“Maybe he was told to deliver it!” Daisuke quickly tried to defend Noel, enough to make the others wince, “It doesn’t matter. What does it say?”

“It says… He’s going to retrieve the fragment from… Yamato-senpai.”

“WHAT!?” They all exclaimed.

“But why Yamato?” Takeru babbled, “Oh no… It must be that Dracumon you mentioned before…!!”

“We should not waste time,” Tailmon said with a serious glare, “Miyako, have you caught anything on the radar?”

“Ummm… I think yes, there’s something near the area of the university Yamato-senpai attends.”

Then, they left the booth, but… For some reason, Daisuke caught something suspicious and went after it. Again, V-mon was left with Ken and the others… Was Daisuke just being reckless lately?

Yamato was not found. Instead, there was this dark armored digimon -- Plutomon. The 02 Team could sense this meant Yamato and Gabumon fused into that digimon, or Yamato used the fragment in himself or in Gabumon.

“When would you tell me… That that Impmon hurt Takeru?”

They definitely heard Yamato’s voice coming from that digimon.

“Isn’t that Plutomon?” Patamon asked, “This is no good…!”

“He definitely sounds like Yamato-senpai” Miyako frowned, then looked at the group while clutching her digivice, “What should we do?”

“YAMATO!” Takeru screamed, “Please stop! I’m fine now!”

“... You lied to me.”

“... Everyone, let Hikari-chan, Miyako-san and I deal with this.”

“But why Hikari and Miya--” V-mon was about to ask, but Takeru interrupted him:

“Trust me, I know what I’m doing.” Takeru looked at them with a smile, “I will save my brother from himself.”

“If you say so…” Armadimon shrugged.

After finishing evolving, all the digimon went to their positions -- Ankylomon and Stingmon were there to shield the kids, Silphymon and HolyAngemon were on the battlefield and ready to fight. It was when they realized… V-mon came all alone.

“EH!? Where’s Daisuke!?” V-mon looked around quite panicked, “D-did we get separated!?”

HolyAngemon knew what was Takeru’s plan, so he and Silphymon attacked Plutomon immediately. Plutomon shielded and even repelled Silphymon’s Top Gun and Dual Sonic attacks. They had to find a way to approach Yamato (?) immediately!!

“Daisuke’s not here…” Miyako frowned, “This means we can’t use Paildramon to hold Plutomon and let HolyAngemon get closer…”

“No, he can evolve without Daisuke,” Ken explained, “That’s how I evolved him before, remember?”

“That’s right…” Iori nodded, “Ichijouji-san was who evolved V-mon and Wormmon into Paildramon when we had to fight Wallace-san.”

“... Can you do that?” Takeru asked out of the blue.

“You don’t want us to use Imperialdramon, right?” V-mon spoke, “Well, we can use Paildramon instead, we won’t hurt Yamato or Gabumon!!”

“Thank you, V-mon.”

Once Paildramon was in the fight, they used their cables against Plutomon the moment the opponent was simultaneously attacked by Silphymon once again. Plutomon dodged Silphymon’s Dual Sonic again, but got trapped by Paildramon’s finger-cables.

“NOW, HOLYANGEMON!” Takeru screamed.

“HOLY DISINFECTION!!”

HolyAngemon approached very quickly and used his holy aura coming from his hands and touched Plutomon’s head, and then, he removed the shard on the chest of the armor, undoing the fusion between Yamato and Gabumon, but falling unconscious. HolyAngemon and Silphymon catched them before they hit the ground and gently put them on the floor.

The digimon devolved back to their usual standard forms. The kids approached Yamato. Ken put his hand on Yamato’s wrist to check the man’s pulse.

“He’s fine, just passed out.” he looked at Takeru, “He and Gabumon might just need to rest for a while.”

“...” Takeru looked at Yamato sleeping.

“Ah! You got it…!!”

They heard Daisuke’s voice from the distance, and glanced at the other:

“Where were you, Daisuke?!” Miyako and V-mon snapped.

“Oh… I… I was after Arsenemon, he was inside the karaoke building.”

“He was there!?” The others exclaimed. Daisuke just nodded his head.

“But why was he there, dagya?”

“Beats me” he replied with a shrug, “The moment I almost caught him, he vanished in thin air like magic.”

“Hmm…” Ken mused.

“Oh, you got our 10th shard!” Daisuke looked at Takeru’s hands, “Now all we have to do is take the other ten back from Arsenemon and we will finally… What do we plan to do with them though?”

“We will find a way to seal them away from everyone else,” Ken explained.

“Yeah, that sounds good.”

“I thought that was obvious,” V-mon blinked, “Like, what else would we do with them? If they’re cursed and the Digimental itself has a price to pay for its power…”

“O-oh… Yeah, that was a stupid question.”

“Are you okay?” Hikari frowned, “You seem strange…”

“Haha, I’m fine no worries!” Daisuke laughed, “Then, we should send this right to Koushiro-san while we’re plannin’ how to snatch the other ten from that sneaky thief!”

“Yeah, we’re about to do that,” Patamon replied.

“Daisuke…” Ken looked at his best friend for a moment.

“Huh? What is it, Ken?”

“Nothing… Let’s go.”

With 10 fragments for each side… The Chosen Children now are about to witness something unexpected…

Something Ichijouji Ken cannot stop in time.

#young prince detective ichijouji ken #02 team digimon case files

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dutchforstrangers · 2 years

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Digimon headcanon: Taichi, the king of braiding (and the others being impressed)

I'm working on a WIP that's been living in my head for way too long now and then this list of headcanons rolled out of me. Also thanks to Sanni @seventeenlovesthree.

When Taichi was younger, he always watched his mother braiding Hikari's (short, yes I'm aware it's short, but let her hair be braided) hair. Yuuko saw how much just watching calmed Taichi, so at one point she decided to teach him.

Ever since learning how to braid, Taichi became a pro. He watched little tutorials on television showing all different kinds of braids which he tried on Hikari and even his mother. He made them swear though they wouldn't talk about it to anyone!

But then there's Sora. Sora compliments Yuuko on one of her braids when she comes home with Taichi after soccer practice. Yuuko doesn't think and straight up tells it's done by her son. Sora doesn't believe it and makes Taichi proof himself. He makes her the greatest braid ever. Sora is in love with it, but doesn't admit it. Taichi is now in love with Sora's hair, but doesn't admit it either.

(Remember that one time Sora wore a braid in Tri? It's secretly Taichi's.)

Also remember that one time Taichi, Yamato and Koushiro took the 02 squad camping as a facade? Taichi totally braided Yamato's hair in his sleep and made Koushiro film it. Yamato is mad (but he's also quite impressed with Taichi's skills to make his rock-n-roll hair look so... soft)

Of course now everyone knows about Taichi's braiding powers and once Mimi takes notice... Like a true princess, she claims Taichi as her personal braider. Peak Mimi and Taichi bonding ensues.

Joe is also impressed and secretly asks whether Taichi can teach him, since he wants to bond with his secret girl crush bike girl.

Takeru also becomes one of Taichi's apprentices. He's really good at it. Taichi asks Takeru to braid his brother's hair whenever they have a sleepover. Takeru is all here for that.

Miyako would claim Takeru as her personal braider, because "Hikari-chan and Mimi-san already have Taichi as theirs. I need one too!"

Daisuke is really impressed by his senpai's skills and decides to surprise him by becoming an autodidact. He knows Jun will never let him touch her hair, so he goes to Ken, who gladly accepts.

No matter Taichi's life partner/spouse/wife/husband or whatsover: their kids will own the most beautiful braided hair in the world <3

#this taichi is braiding boy has been living in my head since so long #i actually saw art of it once #let the boy be soft #taichi yagami #digimon headcanon #digimon #taichi #tai kamiya #tai #+ all the others :D #digimon adventure #digimon adventure 02

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shihalyfie · 1 year

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Regarding Taichi and Sora relationship in Adventure, it is interesting how original version (Our War Game) and English dub version (Digimon The Movie) portray their relationship in different light. Via Taichi's apology e-mail to Sora. While Our War Game version is straight to the point (Taichi apologizing to Sora), Digimon The Movie version treats the said e-mail in poetic manner (putting an emphasis in Taichi/Sora as potential lovers, kinda).

American English dub writer Jeff Nimoy openly stated later on that he was a Tai/Sora and Joe/Mimi shipper, and I have no doubt that's why the subtext for both got played up. Now, that being said, while this isn't a particularly well-known fact for people who haven't seen the American English dub, said dub actually goes harder on Matt/Sora the moment they hook up in-series, so I think it's less so Nimoy wanting to force his shipping preferences into the narrative and more so that romance is a crowd-pleaser in general, and he and the rest of the dub team thought it would be fun to play that up. Adventure and 02 were dubbed while the Japanese series was still being produced, so I honestly would be willing to believe they weren't informed the actual endgame would be Yamato/Sora in advance, let alone there being an epilogue; more likely they weren't expecting an endgame at all and figured subtext would stay subtext.

The thing is that even in the Japanese fandom, there's agreement that the spat between Taichi and Sora was meant to have romantic implications. Of course, when you look at the events merely as events in-universe, none of it is sufficiently solid evidence of romantic feelings between them, but it's pretty much drenched in what you'd call "flags" (scenes and tropes that probably wouldn't be written unless they were deliberately intended to make you think of romance). For instance, Taichi hitting his elbow against the heart key, or the fight between Taichi and Sora being obviously written to resemble a lover's spat, and especially with Sora being portrayed as the "irrational woman" trope. (This is something that I honestly suspect is more Hosoda than the usual Digimon Adventure staff; he has an infamous problem with doing this kind of thing with female characters, and I have seen at least one Japanese fan criticize the storyline as "outdated", more literal wording "Showa-era style", on the grounds that it's obviously written under the old sitcom mentality that the man shouldn't be responsible for anything while the woman is obligated to forgive him for it.) So the whole controversy over the idea that Our War Game! allegedly hinted Taichi/Sora romance before the series actually went for Yamato/Sora instead exists in Japan too, and the only substantial difference in the American English dub is that everything is less subtle in every direction.

To be honest, if I do have any personal grievance with how the American English dub handled that, it's mainly that they chose to reinforce the "lovers" implication by using One Week by the Barenaked Ladies. Not because I have any grudge against the song itself, but because I'm really uncomfortable with the fact they used a song that alludes to an ongoing sexual relationship and physical violence in a scene about elementary school kids in a petty fight. I know the lyrics are vague enough to go over kids' heads, but it makes me really uncomfortable.

#uzukun #dubbing discourse #shiha's ask box

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polite-pandemonium · 2 years

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I’d marry you with paper rings - part 1

Prompt: Taichi and Mimi run a seemingly harmless con where they pretend to get engaged in restaurants so they can get free dessert, only to be caught in the act when her parents witness one of the fake proposals and 100% believe it. Pairing: Taichi/Mimi, others will show up I think Rating: T Notes: This is for @piedrpiper, who gave me this killer prompt, which I then ran away with and now who knows what I’ve gotten myself into!!! Also this is unbeta’ed and I wrote it all in the span of an hour so who even knows if it’s good!! WHO EVEN KNOWS!!!!!

Chosen Chat Thursday - 2:01pm

Daisuke: uMMMMM ╭( ๐_๐)╮ @taichi-san, @mimi-san, do you want to explain what the hell this is? https://www.tiktok.com/@minakolovesyou/video/87362956028361822

Yamato: …what the hell is this?

Sora: …I feel like we are missing A FEW chapters?

Koushiro: Um? Did I miss a memo? Or a several years long relationship?

Daisuke: You mean again? ( º﹃º )

Koushiro: No one asked you, @daisuke-san.

Miyako: WHAT IS THIS? HOW DID I NOT KNOW?

Takeru: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Miyako: WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME? ＼(｀0´)／

Hikari: Onii-chan, what is going on?

Miyako: Seriously, WHY? Why did no one tell ME?

Takeru: LOLLLLLLLLL

Miyako: STOP LAUGHING, TAKERU-SAN.

Yamato: Takeru, stop.

Hikari: Takeru-kun, this isn’t funny!

Taichi: Oh my GOD, stop blowing up my phone, seriously. It’s just this thing Mimi-chan and I have been doing.

Sora: I’m sorry, what??? A ‘thing’ you’ve been doing with Mimi? You call *getting engaged* a thing??

Miyako: SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL?? @mimi-san WHERE ARE YOU? HOW COULD YOU STAND FOR THIS?

Taichi: NOT FOR REAL! I found a list on Reddit of restaurants in Tokyo that will give you free dessert if you get engaged there. So Mimi-chan and I have been going around to them.

Yamato: …You’re getting fake engaged? So you can get a free dessert?

Takeru: LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Hikari: Oh my god, okaa-san is going to kill you.

Taichi: Stop, it’s all in good fun. Plus she’s never going to find out? Don’t understand why someone filmed it, though.

Miyako: This happens all of the time! This is TikTok!! People film beautiful, random moments and share them! They thought this was a beautiful, random moment! BUT IT’S NOT IT’S FAKE (ノ-_-)ノミ ┴┴

Koushiro: This is so unnecessarily deceptive. You guys are both doing fine financially. You don’t need to lie to get free dessert.

Yamato: Seriously, what the fuck? This isn’t cool. An engagement is an important moment.

Taichi: Oh, calm down lover boy @yamato Not all of us have been envisioning our engagement since we were fourteen.

Sora: Taichi!

Mimi: LOL I see our game has been exposed.

Taichi: It has, unfortunately. The jig is up.

Mimi: On TikTok, too? Ugh, I wasn’t even wearing my cutest outfit that day.

Taichi: I think you looked great.

Mimi: Aww, shucks, thanks hubby.

Taichi: Of course, wifey.

Daisuke: （●≧艸≦

Hikari: 乁༼☯‿☯✿༽ㄏ

Takeru: LOL?

Yamato: You’re both ridiculous.

Mimi: Oh, Yamato-kun, you don’t mean that!

Yamato: Given that you’re both running around getting fake engaged? For dessert? I do.

Taichi: OK, look, it isn’t just the dessert that we do it for.

Yamato: ?

Hikari: ????

Taichi: Sometimes they give us free drinks, too.

Mimi: One time, we got a whole bottle of Veuve Cliquot!

Taichi: The big one!

Mimi: The BIG one!!!!!

Koushiro: You guys, really?

Taichi: The big one, Kou!!!

Mimi: 100,000 views, huh?

Taichi: Is that a lot?

Mimi: I mean, it’s not not a lot But it’s not viral

Daisuke: Well, it’s only been up for a few hours And it’s popular enough that I ended up seeing it

Miyako: That’s cause you’re chronically online, Daisuke.

Daisuke: Takes one to know one, Miyako.

Hikari: Well, you both better hope it doesn’t accumulate any more views I doubt you want to explain this to people who aren’t us Like your employers

Taichi: Oh, GOD, no thank you

Mimi: Um do NOT put that out there But I don’t think we have to worry about it Even if it gets more views, the chances of someone who knows us seeing it are so slim You have to be addicted to TikTok Like Daisuke-kun

Daisuke: Look, this isn’t dump on Daisuke, hour I’m not the one going out getting fake engaged for dessert I go to Lawson like any other respectable adult

Miyako: Konbini betrayal!! (ง •̀_•́)ง

Mimi: My point is!! That we don’t have to worry about it going more viral. Viral is subjective now a-days. Everything’s viral. No one will likely see it.

7:23pm

Ken: Ah, man I miss everything

Friday - 1:47am

Jyou: Same But I’m glad I wasn’t here for this Seconding Yamato, you’re both ridiculous

The next morning, Mimi stood in her kitchen, eating natto over rice and running a facial roller over her cheeks. She had been out a little late last night with Sora and Miyako, drinking wine and chattering about their weeks into the wee hours, and it was showing on her face.

Where had she put her collagen powders? She thought to herself as she surveyed the small kitchen in her Aoyama apartment. There were only so many cupboards for her to tuck them away into and yet they were no where to be found. Maybe if she was able to blend them into her coffee, they could perk her up a bit. Or better yet, a green juice - they were special ones she had brought back from her last trip to America. Surely in green juice they would make her glow.

But she didn’t know where they were and Mimi didn’t like green juice anyway.

Sighing to herself, she unlocked her phone. Swiping away from the notifications in the Chosen group chat (Takeru and Hikari were asking the group to settle some sort of debate they had stayed up till 4 in the morning arguing about - the old marrieds), she opened up her calendar. She scanned her meetings for the day: 8 in total, 3 on-site, 5 remote.

Too many, she groaned, and closed the app.

Opening up TikTok, she swiped through a few videos. A couple of reviews of local cafes, three videos about the latest season of Stranger Things, and a handful of fashion videos. She paused on one, inspecting the blouse the girl was wearing, before favouriting it as a reminder for her to pick it up later.

Then, suddenly, Mimi was met with the sight of her own face, blushing and teary eyed as Taichi knelt down in front of her in the dining room at Narisawa.

She sat up a little straighter.

This had been restaurant number eight on their list and overall, it had been a pleasant experience. Mimi had worn a bright pink linen dress she picked up from Reformation in Toronto on a recent buying trip with simple gold hoops. Taichi wore a well tailored black suit and white dress shirt, no tie. He rested his hand on the small of her back when they walked in.

For over an hour, they laughed and talked together, recounting their days and weeks. The best part about this whole ruse was that they genuinely enjoyed each other’s company; it was easy to pretend you absolutely adored the person across from you romantically when you did adore them platonically. Taichi hammed it up, taking Mimi’s hand and pressing a kiss to her knuckles in between courses, and Mimi answered in kind by reaching over mid-conversation to brush a strand of hair off his forehead.

The food was delicious and the wine even better and near the end of dinner, Taichi had cleared his throat before getting down on one knee and launching into his (well rehearsed) speech about how much he loved her and how much he couldn’t live without her and could she do the greatest honour of his life by agreeing to marry him?

Mimi’s eyes welled up with tears (she had pinched her thigh hard under the table) before she nodded enthusiastically and said a choked-up ‘yes’. Taichi slipped the ring on her finger, they both rose, and embraced to the sound of both enthusiastic and uncomfortable applause. They kissed each other on the cheek (they were in public, after all), before sitting back down and beaming at each other.

Their server congratulated them and then offered them a bottle of one of their finest wines, on the house. They gratefully accepted.

From her kitchen counter, Mimi chuckled to herself. The whole thing had been so fun - it had been Taichi who had sent the list to her when bored at work one afternoon and jokingly said, ‘Want to pretend to agree to marry me for free dessert?’ But it had been MImi who answered, seriously, ‘Um, heck yes.’

Together they devised a plan to work their way through the entire crowd sourced list. They would go to one restaurant a month and they would make up a new backstory for how they met, how long they had been together, and other various details for each restaurant, just in case. They took a quick trip to Liquem in Hanakawado and selected a sparkly, slightly gaudy ring for under ¥3,000.

From there on, it was showtime.

Looking at the view count on the video, Mimi’s eyes widened. Since Daisuke had sent it the day before, the video had now amassed over 4 million views and over 10 thousand comments.

“Oh my god,” Mimi mumbled, opening up the comments section and scanning them.

“Holy shit the way he looks at her, I’m —”

“Her face!! She looks so in love!!”

“If my finance doesn’t look at me like that then I don’t want it!”

“Ew, people like this? It’s so public. No thanks.”

“Her dressssss? Mommy? Sorry. Mommy?”

“Crying in single over here.”

“Who gets engaged at NARISAWA are you SERIOUS? I would be mortified.”

“He’s so hot.”

Flustered, Mimi closed the comments and focused on the video. On screen, she watched as her hands flew to her face as Taichi looked up at her, nervously, beaming, a Harry Styles song playing over them. The Mimi on screen nodded excitedly and the face of the Taichi on screen split into a grin. Mimi suddenly felt like she had to look away.

They really did look happy.

Before she had a moment to think about it further, her phone began to buzz in her hand. A text from her parents.

Family Chat Friday - 8:34am

Mama: Oh, Mimi!!!! We just saw it!!! https://www.tiktok.com/@minakolovesyou/video/87362956028361822 We’re SO SO EXCITED FOR YOU ( ´•̥̥̥o•̥̥̥`)♡(˘̩̩̩̩̩̩ ⌂ ˘̩̩̩̩̩̩)

Mama: Why didn’t you tell us you and Yagami-san were dating? We would have been so happy!!

Papa: Mimi, darling, you have some explaining to do. But we are VERY VERY HAPPY!!!!! ( ‘́⌣’̀)/(˘̩̩ε˘̩ƪ) CALL US!!!!!!

Mama: CALL US VERY SOON!!! AS SOON AS YOU CAN!!!! CALL US!!! ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡

Papa: ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡

#digimon #fanfic #taichi x mimi #michi #taichi/mimi #otp: flew to japan for a soccer game #fic: mine #fic: I'd marry you with paper rings #part two coming this week or someday idk!!!!

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