#digital world researcher koushiro

[izzyizumi]

Meanwhile with Digimon Adventures' Taishiro/KouTai {Taichi x Koushiro}

ME, LOUDLY, INTO MY VOID: ANYWAY, as soon as Koushiro is more fully in charge of the spaces/buildings Koushiro works in/heads, Koushiro Izumi One Hundred Percent works to make those spaces as accessible to Disabled people and visting Chosen as POSSIBLE (and Koushiro also hates those fluorescent and other too-bright lights) At other times they have "quiet hours" and the Digis can visit more easily in between. There is Wheelchair accessibility, and Iori's acquaintance from that hospital also visits in between, among other such instances, and the Chosen drop by absolutely appreciating all of this. Koushiro, meanwhile, is Finding Out A Lot About Koushiro's Own Self in regards tO Such things----

Taichi probably to Koushiro at some point: You mean the reason you were so ...before at times was because of-?

Koushiro groaning as Koushiro is trying to rebound from yet another energy draining Experience, while almost all the LIGHTS are off: It's a long story

Taichi genuinely sympathetically: You know you have time to bounce back until you're ready, right?

Koushiro: (Taichi-san, YOU should be the one hearing that Too...)

Taichi: ???????

Koushiro: (But I suppose 'this' also isn't 'unexpected'...)

[ahiddenpath]

Hidden's Digimon Fanfics

Happy Odaiba Day! I'm so happy to celebrate with Chosen around the world!

I've listed my Digimon fanfics beneath the cut!  If you’re looking for some digifics to read on this beautiful Odaiba Day, oh boy, have I got you! :D  I’m ahiddenpath on both AO3 and FFN. Please log into AO3 to see all of my works, and please note that some of my older works are only on FFN.

Canon Setting Stories

After August

Status: complete, Ships: none/general, Rating: general

Summary:  “A few days ago, they were the Chosen. Now they were just a bunch of bereft, displaced kids.” When the Chosen return to earth, they have difficulty resuming their old lives. The story dips into everyone’s perspectives as they struggle to overcome the trauma they faced in the Digital World and their longing for their digimon so they can rally around Taichi once more.

Infinite Possibilities

Status: in progress, Ships: none/general, Rating: teen

Art commissioned from kbondoxxxxav.

Summary: As more people meet their digimon partners, the challenges of digimon and humans coexisting on earth cannot be ignored. College student Anami Eimi begins her career in digimon research, hoping to help digimon and humans understand one another. When she discovers caged digimon in her new lab, she contacts the Japanese Chosen, setting off a chain of events that force the Chosen and their digimon to reevaluate the dynamics of their partnership.

This fic is set pre and post Kizuna, and is a mostly canon compliant expansion. It's a three phase story, the first starring OC Anami Eimi, then Izumi Koushiro, then Yagami Hikari. It explores the realities, challenges, and politics of digimon living on earth, and the nature of the Chosen/digimon partnership.

Can the Chosen and their digimon find the infinite possibilities that will sustain their partnerships into adulthood?

Ladybug House

Status: complete, Ships: general/Taishiro-ish, Rating: general

Summary:  After his seniors graduated and Mimi moved away, Koushiro is the last of the older Chosen attending his high school. Although Koushiro doesn’t let it show, Tentomon senses that he’s lonely and joins him on his commute to school. When the harsh cold of winter makes Tentomon shut down, Koushiro asks him to stay home instead of braving the elements. Tentomon refuses, citing Koushiro’s loneliness. This pushes Koushiro to reconnect with his friends, and he starts with the one he misses most…Focuses on the relationships between Koushiro and Tentomon and Koushiro and Taichi. Taishiro written in such a way that it can be interpreted as platonic or romantic. Explores what it means to be an adult and forge an adult life. Post Tri, pre Kizuna, canon setting. Complete oneshot.Minor characters: Kae Izumi, Daisuke, Miyako, Takeru, Hikari

Masks

Status: Complete,  Ships:  None/general, Rating: general

Summary:  Following the events of Kizuna, the Chosen slowly lose their digimon partners, all while struggling to launch their adult lives. Takeru has been smiling through it all, but Yamato is beginning to sense that he needs more help than he lets on… A story exploring grief, seeking, giving, and accepting emotional support, and navigating the line between expressing what you’re comfortable expressing and knowing when to seek help. Complete oneshot.

Sans San

Status: Complete,  Ships:  None/general, Rating: general

Summary: It’s New Year’s Day, and Koushiro and his parents are observing Hatsumode, the first shrine visit of the year. There, he runs into Taichi, who helps him achieve last year’s resolution. A short story about support and being loved as you are while still committing yourself to growth <3 Cover art gifted by a dear friend.

Mostly Canon Setting Stories (ie, canon setting with some differences, like OCs, non-canon couples, etc)

Growing Up with You

Art commissioned from Mitty (Tumblr deleted).

Status: complete, Ships: Koushiro x OC in the later half, Rating: general to teen

Summary:  A slow, simple story about relationships over time. The story focuses on Koushiro and OC Anami Eimi, following them through their childhood through the events of 01, 02, some of the movies, and beyond. This story is great for you if you love Koushiro and stories that are mostly canon.

Tri: Integrity Lens

Status: In progress, Ships: Koushiro x OC, Rating: teen

Summary:  Sequel to Growing Up with You. Follows Digimon Adventure Tri primarily through the eyes of OC Anami Eimi and Izumi Koushiro. This story is fantastic for you if you love Koushiro, or if you’d enjoy a retelling of Tri that emphasizes Chosen proactiveness.

A Gentleman’s Wager

Status: Complete, Ships: Koushiro x OC, Daiken, Taichi x OC Rating: teen

Summary:   When Taichi notices Koushiro’s stubble, things somehow snowball into a facial hair growing contest between most of the male Chosen Children. Humor/romance/drama. One shot.

Public Eye

Status: Complete, Ships: Daiken, Rating: teen

Summary:  Despite their best efforts, the Chosen couldn’t escape fame following their digimon adventures. When Daisuke and Ken’s relationship is exposed in a local tabloid, the backlash threatens their tenuous romance.

Exploration

Status: In progress, Ships: OC x Daisuke, Daiken, OC x Koushiro

Summary: An AU story where Motomiya Daisuke, Anami Eimi, Ichijouji Ken, and Izumi Koushiro are undergraduate students in 2024. This four chapter explicit story follows their exploration of sexuality and relationships in a consensual, queer-friendly way.

See You Soon

Status: Complete, Ships: Jyoumi, Rating: general

Summary:  Two independent Jyoumi short stories themed on long distance relationships.

AU Fics

So You Were Alive

Status: Complete, Ships: none/general, Rating: general

Summary:  Greymon meets Garurumon in the network and is glad to see that his friend is alive. Explores the possible (if unlikely) connection between the Agumon in the Digimon Adventure Reboot (Digimon Adventure:/Digimon Psi) and the Digimon Adventure Agumon. Oneshot. Contains spoilers for the Kizuna novelization and the first two episodes of Digimon Adventure:/Digimon Adventure Reboot/Digimon Psi.

Puits d’Amour

Art gifted by a dear friend.​

Status: In progress, Ships: Sorato (main), Jyoumi, others to come, Rating: general audiences

Summary:  Yamato and his brother, Takeru, were born to royal parents from different countries, who wed to seal the peace between their warring nations. The brothers were sent to live in Autun, their mother’s country, until coming of age- and now, Yamato is old enough to return to Hakone, his father’s country, where he will one day rule. Displaced and missing his home and his brother, Yamato wanders into a café selling pastries he often ate in Autun… And meets Sora, a woman who exudes welcome and comfort. A bakery/royalty AU about finding your home and your path.Main characters: Yamato, Sora, Jyou, Takeru, Mimi, but the entire Adventure/02 cast is included

Four Years

art by beeps (Tumblr deleted)

Status: In progress, Ships: Izzy x OC, Sorato, Jyoumi, others to come, Rating: mature

Summary:  An AU story where the older Adventure kids go to an American college. English dub names and personalities. Izzy/OC, Sorato, Jyoumi, Tai/?, some Takari. A story full of romance, laughs, drama, and fun things like partying and classes. The kids still have a lot of growing up to do, and they need each other to heal old hurts and go forward.  English dub names and personalities.

An added note for this one- I’m slowly editing and reposting.  There are a lot more chapters on FFN than AO3, so if you want to read everything available, go to FFN.

The Ouija Board

Status: Complete, Ships: Izzy x OC, Sorato, Jyoumi, Tai x OC, implied Daiken, Takari, Rating: teen

Summry:  Companion piece to Four Years, set in the future of the story.  English dub names and personalities.  Tai and Davis drag the boys to a local cemetery to invoke the spirits on Halloween night. Strange things start happening afterwards, especially to Izzy. When the boys finally own up to their seance, Amy is aghast to learn that they broke all of the rules a Ouija board puts in place to keep spirits in their own world… A four chapter humor/horror story.

Seeking Resonance

Status: Complete, Ships: Koushiro x OC, Takari, Sorato, Mimi x OC, (Included couples that are not end game: Koumi, Jyou x OC) Rating: teen

Summary:   An AU story that follows Koushiro as his long distance relationship with Mimi begins to falter, then branches out to include the friends who touch his life.  This is an emotionally complex story about the Adventure gang in their late 20s/early 30s trying to figure out what they need and how to be happy.

Voices

Status: Complete, Ships: Sorato, Jyoumi, Koushiro x OC, Taichi x OC, Takari mentions Rating: teen

Summary:   An AU fic set in Odaiba, featuring the older Chosen (Taichi, Yamato, Sora, Koushiro, Jyou, Mimi, and OC Eimi). The story follows them through their first year of high school in real time using journal entries, focusing on portraying character, and on delivering an authentic Japanese high school experience. Read on for teenage hijinks and school life :)

Crackfics

A Debtor’s Hell

Status: Complete, Ships: general/Taishiro-ish, Rating: teen

Summary:  Koushiro is in danger of failing his gym practical, and Taichi spends hours coaching him to pass. Suddenly, Koushiro finds himself in debt to his best friend, and when Taichi calls in the favor, our favorite nerd has no way out… Part actual content, part silly humor. Oneshot. Cross-dressing and some OOC moments.

[genork-the-fandork]

Thesis

Word Count: 585 Prompt: & Takeru A/N: I stopped fighting my clear need to write about Kizuna era. Perhaps that will make the rest of these easier. In any case, I've always adored the dynamic between Taichi and Takeru, almost more than the dynamic with their biological siblings. Found siblings are always so much fun to me, I don't know why! (Maybe because I have so many.) @taichiyagamiweek

"I never would have taken Patamon for a caffeine addict," Taichi mused, watching Patamon slurp down the frappuccino Takeru had ordered for him.

"Honestly, me neither. I think he really likes the whipped cream." Takeru was typing furiously on his laptop, reminding Taichi of the days when Koushiro had been furiously typing on his in the Digital World. But unlike Koushiro, Taichi knew that Takeru was writing instead of researching. Well, he was researching, too, in his own way, he supposed.

"Thanks for meeting me," Taichi began, nodding to Patamon. "I just… I had to see for myself that you all were fine."

Takeru nodded, giving the older boy the understanding smile that he'd always had. Even when he was eight years old, he'd had a strange wisdom about him. It was nothing like Yamato, but everything like Hikari. No wonder they got along so well. "I get it. Really, it's weird that we weren't affected." He frowned. "Well, weird that I wasn't affected. I met Patamon the same time you met Agumon."

Taichi shrugged. "The rules have always been different for you, special kid that you are." Takeru rolled his eyes, and Taichi chuckled before turning serious again. "I'd wager a guess that you're not done yet."

"Why did I have a feeling you'd say that?" Takeru sighed, reaching out to scratch between Patamon's wings. "Am I the Jou of my generation of Chosen?"

"Now that's a comparison I never thought I'd hear." Taichi let out a hearty laugh, drawing the attention of other café patrons. "But I know you can handle it. You've always been more mature than you've realized."

"It's a blessing and a curse." Takeru dramatically fanned himself, and the boys grinned at each other. The blond's eyes returned to his laptop, and he smiled. "Maybe it's something about my Crest or whatever, but I'm sure we'll all see each other again. It wouldn't make sense for them to just take them away with no hope of seeing them again."

"Always filled with hope, I get it." Leaning back in his chair, Taichi folded his arms behind his head as he'd been prone to do as a kid. "You and I are on the same page, then." But then, it was rare when they had not been on the same page, even when they were younger.

"There's another reason you asked me here, I suppose?" Takeru said, eyeing the bag on the table between them.

Taichi grinned. "I was hoping you'd ask." He dug through his bag and whipped out a sheaf of paper, presenting it to his friend. "I wanted your opinion on this."

Takeru took the papers and scanned the first page, his eyes lighting up as he took in the contents. "Your thesis? Taichi, this is—" He bit his lip and kept reading. After a few minutes, he set down the draft and smiled over at Taichi. "It already sounds fantastic."

"I'm glad you think so. Would you mind terribly taking a look through it and giving me some feedback? I don't want to turn in something half-assed. I owe Agumon that much." Taichi cupped his hands around his drink, smiling down at it. "It's because of him that I could even figure out what to do."

"I'd be happy to help out, Taichi." Takeru smiled at him, and Taichi returned the expression. Patamon slurped loudly on the remains on his drink, and the two of them laughed.

With Takeru's help, Taichi knew his thesis would be perfect.

[dutchforstrangers]

Taishiro x Stars

For @taikouvember 2023 - Day 3: Habits & Change + Day 5: Visible & Invisible Signs of Affection

A/N: I had a really hard time with the prompts, and I think I put all four of them in there in one way or another. How you interpretate it is up to you. Dedicated to my Taishiro-president @seventeenlovesthree, exactly two months after your big double three; happy very belated birthday! Cheers to us and our first and forever conversations about everything stars, dynamics, Astrology and interpretations ;) Hope you like it! (Their Star signs are based on these personal headcanons [1] [2]) Excerpt: He admired that in Koushiro, the focus, but also how the redhead wasn’t easily convinced of things until thoroughly researched by himself. It was Taichi’s personal mission to convince Koushiro of something he wasn’t actually convinced of yet.

Taishiro one-shot | Genre: Blooming romance through Astrology? | Characters: Taichi Yagami (POV) x Koushiro Izumi, Yamato Ishida | Wordcount: 1.320

Written in the stars

“I’m going to get something to eat. You two want any?” Yamato asked. The two other boys shook their heads no before watching Yamato disappear into the cabin.

It had been a draining day, keeping watch over the younger ones over there in the Digital World. Taichi rolled his shoulders then tilted his head to both sides to crack his neck. He sighed followed by a deep breath in making him relax right away. It was at least nice they were outside, the city miles away and between the trees underneath a starry sky.

Taichi turned his gaze upward. With his eyes he scanned the sky for everything and nothing at the same time.

“You think there will be life there as well? Like we found in the Digital World?” Taichi asked to no one in particular, but fully aware of there being only one person who could hear and answer him.

“There are possibilities and although there is proof, I’m not convinced. Except for the Digital World, I like my information profound and scientifically proven.” Koushiro answered, eyes fixated on the laptop screen placed on the picnic table.

He admired that in Koushiro, the focus, but also how the redhead wasn’t easily convinced of things until thoroughly researched by himself. It was Taichi’s personal mission to convince Koushiro of something he wasn’t actually convinced of yet.

He looked up to the sky once more.

“How about the stars?”

“Stars in itself is a science.”

“Okay,” Taichi muffled a tad annoyed, not satisfied with that answer and its shortness. Sure, Koushiro was busy with things, but he liked him better rambling. “Then what about… star alignment?”

Koushiro looked up, his curiosity sparked, one eyebrow raised. “Star alignment? Perhaps you mean Astrology?”

“Isn’t that a form of science too?”

“Assumably,” Koushiro started off carefully, a form of hesitation seeping through in his soft voice, “in certain cases, maybe. However, it is not what I define as science. I acknowledge it intrigues a lot of people, it can truly be fascinating, but I’d interpret it more like a vague concept using difficult words and sentences in a fairly superficial, sometimes even sketchy way to manipulate people in believing they possess certain personality traits or to describe compatibility between themselves and others that is only based on either personal or shared sentiment.”

Taichi shook his head rapidly, perplexed by the amount of words Koushiro was using in one sentence. It actually didn’t surprise him anymore, still, it was a passion on an for his friend odd topic he hadn’t witnessed in a long time. He watched Koushiro turning back to his task on his laptop.

“I think it’s kinda… romantic.”

He waited for a response, but nothing came.

“I mean, doesn’t it seem pretty common to use horoscopes to describe, you know, attraction between people? I can see the romance in that.”

Koushiro’s eyes travelled away from his screen, his head still lowered. He mumbled. “Romance huh?”

“Yeah.” Taichi internally smirked, thinking he was close to a breakthrough, but acting innocent. “Something about how your Star sign tells you something about yourself and how you might be attracted to others with a compatible Star sign. I know that’s not your kind of soup and yes, it’s rather shady at times, but I don’t know… To me it seems romantic.”

The fingers that had been glued to his laptop’s keyboard left the keys, any form of tapping sound disappearing. Koushiro placed his right hand in front of his mouth, his right elbow resting on his left arm he held in front of his chest. His eyebrows furrowed, showing Taichi his thinking face.

“So I’m not that much into Astrology, but isn’t it more than just your Star sign? Actually, the proper way to put it is Sun sign. Most people only know about that sign the sun was in during the time they were born, but there are more placements to look at to figure out what the stars actually tell you about yourself. You see, everyone is born on a specific time and in a specific place. Depending on that time and place, everyone’s born underneath a slightly different sky exactly above you. And as days, hours and sometimes even minutes or seconds pass, the planets travel through the twelve known Star signs. This means you should not only look into your Sun sign, that’s said to only explain things about your identity and ego, but also your Moon sign, that interprets your emotional state and how you make decisions in times of stress. And then there’s your Rising sign that’s often said to tell you more about yourself than your actual Sun sign. The Rising sign is the sign on the most East of the horizon during your birth. It covers how you prefer to act and how others perceive you, which can differ a lot from your Sun sign. Hence why lots of people don’t see resemblance when reading horoscopes only looking at their Sun sign, because it’s not the way the prefer to act or are perceived by others and often even themselves. Aside from that, there are also the other planets that could explain parts of your personality or life, but I haven’t really read into that yet. You can find a lot on the internet regarding birth charts, if you’re interested, I can see what I can find for you.”

Taichi’s mouth was wide open -if not fully dropped to the ground- in absolute awe of his friend and the knowledge he was spilling like rain pouring down in the depths of Autumn. He blinked his eyes a few times, trying to digest the fast stream of information.

“Wow.”

“What?” Koushiro said, finally relaxing his arms and looking up after deeply thinking with his eyes stuck into an unseeable distance during his rambles. His usually pitch black orbs showed signs of twinkling stars while his cheeks slowly painted themselves with a soft pinkish blush. “Did I say something wrong?”

“I have no clue, really,” Taichi shrugged his shoulders and laughed, taking a seat beside Koushiro. He gently placed one hand on his shoulder, earning him a brighter blush from the readhead. “But for someone who says to not be into Astrology, you know an awful lot about it.”

Taichi was well aware of the softness in his voice, knowing that was what Koushiro could do to him. And he absolutely loved all of that about Koushiro, surprising him with his use of words and how they affected him in the most soft ways.

A blush mirroring Koushiro’s warmed Taichi’s face. A small smile appearing on the corner of his lips.

“Maybe more of the ‘romantic’ type you think you are. Heh, I think that’s rather cute.”

At that, they smiled together through the silence, the only sound visible for Taichi to feel his own heart beating in his chest. He looked up to the sky for one last time, smiling brighter before closing his eyes to take in the fresh air underneath the stars.

“According to your birthday, you’re a Libra, am I right?”

Taichi opened his eyes and looked at Koushiro. “Yes…?”

“No wonder you talk so much about romance,” Koushiro replied with a nod while breaking the newly found eye contact.

A sharp inhale escaped Taichi as he felt the sudden urge to show his affection towards Koushiro in a more physical way. But before he could act, Yamato had returned to the table with some snacks. And so, instead, he cleared his throat.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Nothing.” Was Koushiro’s response, a soft and knowing smile only he could give shaping itself for only Taichi to understand. “We should get back to our work.”

“Right.”

“Christ, Taichi,” came Yamato’s whispering voice next to him. The blonde rolled his eyes. “If you’re not taking that step yourself soon, I’ll be doing it for you.”

[detectiveichijouji]

Case 3 - A Suitable Opponent

[AO3 version]

‘‘Back in time, in the ancient days of the Digital World, Vulcanusmon forged special armors for the digimon unable to evolve naturally and get more chances to survive in the wild. There were many Digimentals made with the data of fallen strong digimon associated with certain traits. Those mystical objects were used until they got obsolete and some got forgotten.,,

‘‘Except one was thought to have been destroyed -- The most powerful and dangerous Digimental. Its power was beyond the bonds of reality and there was a high cost for its use.,, 

“What are you doing…”

“...”

‘‘During my research, I discovered that humans had found the pieces and had sold them in their own world. I can’t sit and wait… So I… I found a special power which… Allowed me to reach my greatest form ever.,,

“Really, what are you doing now?”

“...”

‘‘My mission has been to gather the stolen pieces of this powerful Digimental, and seal it away from anyone who dares to use it.,,

“Ugh, you’re monologuing all over again, right?? Stop doing it and tell me what we should do now!!!”

“...”

“Miyako-san” Ken approached Miyako before they met in front of the door of their usual karaoke booth “I’ve been thinking… What if we set up a website for this little activity?”

“Huh…? You mean, the detective stuff?” Miyako asked and Ken nodded in silence “Oh that’s something I was about to suggest today! Besides, Hikari-chan asked to meet us urgently and maybe we should let them wait for much longer…”

The booth door opened and Daisuke pulled both of them, while V-mon pulled Wormmon and Hawkmon, into the room.

“Y’ALL! ARE! HELLA! LATE!” Daisuke growled, and tossed them to the seats.

“H-hey, what’s wrong with you, Daisuke!?” Miyako complained, but then she noticed Hikari was trying to talk about something.

They all sat on the seats and looked at the short haired girl, and she was hiding something in her hands. A cloth…?

“E-everyone, look at this” she said a little hesitantly, and placed the cloth on the table, revealing a strange broken piece of a… red gem?

“Ooh…!” Miyako and everyone exclaimed, and then V-mon added, “That’s pretty!”

“Where did you find that?” Ken asked her, something felt off…

“Taichi found it inside their mailbox this mornin’,” Daisuke said, “I saw it because I went to catch Hikari-chan so we could meet Takeru at the train station for class.”

“So… Who sent it?” Iori raised an eyebrow, “Could it be someone trying to incriminate Taichi-san?”

“No clue…” Tailmon shrugged, “Agumon and I checked it out and it doesn’t seem to be nocive or poisoned. It’s just… a broken gem.”

“Ken-chan?” Wormmon turned to the boy.

“I feel like I have seen this gem before… But where…?”

“Ok, the main goal now is to catch whoever sent this to Taichi-senpai!” Daisuke said with a serious voice, “We can’t let a jewel like this be seen with him or with us. Hikari-chan thought about leaving at the police office but…”

“But?” Miyako frowned.

“It seemed to react to Tailmon, somehow” Hikari said, wrapping the gem again, “It’s a gem from the Digital World.

“W-what!?” Miyako and Iori exclaimed.

“Yeah, I feel it attracts me…” V-mon commented, “Might be something from the Digital World.”

“Oddly, it didn’t react to Agumon…” Tailmon added, “It could be… related to the Ancient species.”

“But we’re not an ancient species” Patamon clarified, only to have Ken correct him next:

“You and Tailmon has ancient digimon data in your code, this is why you can Armor evolve”

“Oh…!?”

“I see you were studying us when we were enemies, huh” Daisuke chuckled, and Ken blushed awkwardly.

“Leave it to Koushiro-san’s hands, he can discover what this thing is,” Takeru suggested.

“Is that all?” Miyako asked.

“Yeah, for now” Daisuke replied with a shrug, “Or do you have something to share too?”

“Oh, we do have one!” Hawkmon replied for Miyako, and then glanced at the girl, “Miyako-san? Ken-san?”

“Wait, is that…--”

“We thought about opening a website for our group,” Ken and Miyako said together, and blushed once they realized that.

“Oh…” Hikari giggled.

“That’s a good idea, dagya!”

“I like it!” V-mon and Patamon exclaimed, “So we can get requests, right?”

“Exactly!” Hawkmon nodded.

“We open a website listing our specialties,” Ken explained “and then leave a form of contact for their inquiries. We can analyze every case and decide which ones we should investigate.”

“Good,” Daisuke nodded.

‘‘Searching for those pieces led me into the hard task of how to retrieve them. I’m a digimon, not a human. I’m also not partnered with anyone… But I’ve been in another world before… A parallel world, only the magic program is the law. I’ve studied nights and nights there, in order to find the forbidden treasure that I heard a long time ago.

Now… I’m here in the land of the human beings, looking for my grand prize.,,

“Boss, you shouldn’t be monologuing all of this.”

“...”

‘‘I’ve mastered the laws of magic programming, I can do anything now. Now, take a seat and wait for the show.,,

“BOSS!” a digimon in the shadows snapped, “ENOUGH! Are we going in? Do you want me to knock those people out!?”

“...No, not yet” the other digimon, watching the crowded streets and buildings in Tokyo, spoke calmly, “We still have no proof that those humans have it.”

“Umm… Ain’t they the famous Chosen Children though?”

“W-what…”

‘‘… I did not realize the group I was eyeing before was… THE most famous and respected by the entire Digital World. Oh my…,,

“I think we can talk to them, they are nice peeps.”

“Well, let’s talk to them later. Espimon, had found another piece right?”

“Uh… I think so! Lemme see…” the digimon eyes flashed as they scanned the area, then “Ah! I see it! It’s far from this spot, but I can sense the piece is inside… A… bank?”

“A bank huh… I don’t care about the contents inside a human world’s bank besides that piece.”

‘‘Might wait till it’s darker…,,

On the next day…

“Kenchan!!”

“Good Morning… Wormmon…” Ken had already left his room, walking to the kitchen while Wormmon and the Ichijouji parents were watching the news on TV.

“An usual robbery happened today at the bank--”

“Usual robbery?” Ken frowned, pouring coffee inside his mug, “Those kind of things happen from time to tim--”

“-- But the thief only stole one item inside. A broken Topaz-like jewel found by a group of researchers next to a digital portal, which was stored under the name of--.”

“A broken gem? Found next to what again!?”

Ken’s memories were foggy, but… why this broken jewel and the one Taichi’s found were causing him some trouble? Forget the coffee, Ken thought. He drank it in one shot without making with his usual dose of sugar and grabbed Wormmon from the chair.

“Huh? Are you leaving already?” Mrs. Ichijouji blinked.

“Yeah I… I have to go. Pardon mom, dad.”

As expected, everyone from the 02 Team contacted each other and they went immediately to the crime scene. The police suspiciously let them get in and check everything (Daisuke: What? Are we really famous now?) -- but Iori’s sharp eyes noticed one peculiar detail in the safe the gem was stored.

“A… paper?” Ken looked at the black card with a golden paw stamp on the back which was in Iori’s hand.

“It’s… It’s not a regular paper…” Iori corrected him, “It’s a calling card.”

“Calling card?” the digimon exclaimed.

“Oh yeah, like in the movies and TV shows--” Daisuke exclaimed, but then he squinted his eyes at Iori, “Wait a sec, HOW do you know what this thing is!?”

“... I like to watch criminal shows to study their behavior,” he said, with a facepan. But he replied that quite quickly, and Ken felt this might be legit, but also there could be more.

“And HOW don’t YOU know about what a calling card is, Ken!?”

“...” Ken blinked, rolled his eyes and then cleared his throat, “Anyway, what does the calling card say?”

“It’s ‘I’m going to retrieve all of the stolen pieces of the Grand Treasure.’ and it was assigned as ‘Arsenemon’.”

“Arsene…mon?” Miyako frowned.

“So it’s a digimon… Maybe this is why the cops let us in” Takeru mused.

“So, should we catch him?” V-mon asked the group, “he’s a bad guy right?”

“I dunno…” 

“Ah you’re the famous Chosen Children?” a police inspector came in, she showed them her badge to them, “I’m Inspector Fujieda, and since you kids are usually involved with escorting lost digimon back to their home world…”

“You want our expertise to catch this ‘Arsenemon’, am I correct?” Ken spoke for the rest of the group this time.

“Correct,” Inspector Fujieda said, “We need to catch that thief, but since it’s a digimon…”

“How do you know it’s a digimon?” Daisuke squinted his eyes, “I mean, there’s a lot of things and people’s names ending with ‘-mon’ and are not digimon.”

“It was a digimon,” Tailmon said, “I smell the scent of a digimon from this black card.”

“O-oh…”

“I hope we can help to catch this Arsenemon and ask why he only took that jewel” Miyako commented.

Ah… Someone was watching the six and that woman. He quietly leaves and vanishes in the crowd. Iori was sure he had seen someone suspicious enough to hear their talk. But wouldn’t it be anticlimactic? Was he seeing hallucinations?? Who knows!!

It all meant that they had finally got involved into something… bigger.

“The show has begun, but I don’t think those human teenagers know what they’re dealing with…”

“Hey boss! I found another piece!” Espimon said, interrupting Arsenemon.

“Oh? Where is it…?”

‘‘I didn’t want to mess with the legendary Chosen Children. I’m not a villain, mind you, just a humble modest digimon trying to prevent a forbidden power from falling into the wrong hands.

I need to find the culprit for finding it and shattering it into pieces and spreading them among the human kind.,,

[tomorrows2top]

(Kizuna Daisuke Ask)

What are your favorite places to visit internationally with the digital gates (that don’t have to do with food)? Do you like to use them a lot or do you travel w/ them in moderation?

Daisuke: Uh... I use the Digital Gate only for my research... (Or else Taichi-san and Koushiro-san would beat the sheet out of me...)

Daisuke: Have you tried askin' Miyako for some suggestions...?

V-mon: That's right, Miyako is a good option if you wanna travel around the world!

Daisuke: ... That's not wrong tho. Miyako's the one who invented this fast worldwide travel method. And we had traveled to many other places for research.

V-mon: Yeah!

Daisuke: But I was seekin' for inspiration for new ingredients for my own ramen menu. So I quite skipped some touristic points... Well, maybe next time.

Just because he's too busy with his research doesn't mean he cannot enjoy a good trip. However, Daisuke seems to not care much about things he's not interested in at all, making him skip some activities...

[aph-japan]

{Digimon Adventure}/{02}/{tri.}/{Pre Epilogue-verses} {Index} IzzyIzumi / KoushirouIzumi’s Fanfics for Koushiro Izumi, Taichi Yagami, & Koushiro x Taichi {KouTai}/{Taishiro}/{Etc. (+Friend)Ship[s]}

I know there’s been a lot of Digimon Adventure-relevant fandom/fan-events going on lately. I usually can’t participate in events for varying reasons, but I’m glad to share my past works in the form of this index. ALL were created out of Positivity and respect for this series. Please feel free to reblog anything relevant if you have a fan-event going on and I've made a relevant work, as long as you follow my general Interaction rules! (Looking over my F.A.Q first would be beneficial to you too!!)

{This post is initially marked as 'no reblog', so I can go back and change later; but feel free to 'Like' if wanted!}

[I'm trying to keep this out of less commonly-used tags; but I do use {many of} these for organizing on my blog, and I hope they can reach more fans of these pairs this way!] As usual, many of my works can be found via my AO3! {Anything else will be linked here, then likely to AO3 in the future!}

Title: REPEAT?_ Ship{s}: KouTai {Koushiro x Taichi} (Main Focus) YamaSora {Yamato x Sora} is implied for a few very fleeting, brief moments {along with a single ambiguous timeline one-shot} Summary: Taichi wasn't sure what he was expecting. …He just knew it wasn't… this…

(Please see inside for all Notes!)

Title: The Past World Rating: PG Notes: Implications about self-loathing (both Taichi & Koushiro) & Koushiro's previous self-depreciation {Novels-implied} in general - Royalty!A.U.; however things may not be as they appear... + Dark!Chosen Children A.U. appears in some parts (mainly in flash-back form, until...). Characters: Taichi, Koushiro, Adventure Chosen team, 02 Chosen Ship{s}: (Same as "Infalliable" listed below can be read in) + KouTai {Koushiro x Taichi} focus. Ken x Miyako has a scene where they're both present, but not completely in a relationship yet; as friendly. Yamato x Sora is implied for a few very fleeting, brief moments Ken x Daisuke is implied for a total of one (flash-back) A.U. scene, but will come to have a heavy presence in future sequels to this A.U.

"-- About that, you'd be better off asking your new advisor," "H-huh?--" When suddenly -- -- as if out of nowhere -- -- from a short distance -- a shy gaze peers up at him

… pure black eyes.

Title: Possession Rating: PG-13 / R (Violence implied) Notes: Epilogue era / Taichi and Koushiro are adults, 30-35+ - can be conidered a spin-off timeline / part of REPEAT?_ - partly based on general head-canons, partly based on my old as heck Digi-O.C. fic and the head-canons I / Young me had for its own future / epilogue era - Leans more post-02, {no Tri} canon compliant overall (thus many things happen differently between these two things) - (still) partly based on new ideas gained from Tri - KouTai + Government Corruption A.U.??? + Ambassador!Taichi (Koushiro hasn't quite reached the "Digital World" Researcher position Yet) Summary:

"We’re… being targeted," "but not just by---"

"One, a certain one, among them" "had the power to open the gate" "–and immediately close it again" Title: Ten Rating: PG-13 Characters: Koushiro Izumi & Daisuke Motomiya {Friendship} Ship{s} KouTai {Koushiro x Taichi} heavily Implied Summary:

“…Can you turn around and— - it’s April 2004. (..Or is it April 2003? Spring 2003?) - at the end of Spring 2003, something else astonishing occurred: Daisuke’s sister Jun, the Inoue sisters, & Shuu Kido all became Chosen at once. - an incident, (occured, and then) —

“I’ll help, so we, you, can get out of here !!—”

“They {Won’t come}”

…TAICHI-SENPAI’s GOGGLES ( … Are probably absolutely unfitting for Koushiro Izumi, but…. ) Title: Candles Rating: r18 Implied ? (Pre?-Fade-to-Black) or Mature / technically Work-safe Notes: some Specific Headcanons are heavily implied technically part of REPEAT?_Verse, ( ficverse version here ); - it can be read as a standalone fic - it can be read as an AU and/or spinoff of the main REPEATVerse; - or as its own standalone AU/spinoff Verses: Post-Advs (can also be post-Tri/Kizuna); pre-Epilogue [+Kids]; Taichi has graduated a while ago by now. Taichi has been involved with his Ambassador career for a while, but it’s still getting off the ground too. (And it’s . Stressful) +Taichi and Koushiro are heavily implied to be living together already here. Summary: Taichi is having ... a hard time. Featured Head-canon: Jewish!Taichi (+Koushiro) Implied

Title: Dreams Rating: r18 Implied ? (Pre?-Fade-to-Black) {It's a bit Ambiguous. You Might Get An Idea} Summary:

Sometimes, Koushiro dreams. (Of Brown hair, Brown eyes.)

This can serve as a prequel spinoff to my other Koushiro-centric series, "REPEAT?"_-verse or be read as a standalone.

Title: (Dirty) Computer Summary:

"Do you like computers?" Tentomon had asked Koushiro, once.

“You just like working with machines more THAN PEOPLE, don’t you?!” … But why does it MATTER if Koushiro – DID —

A character study and analysis on Koushiro Izumi's Canon personality, (with a touch of heavily implied headcanons), with brief references to Koushiro's notable relationships, Family, and those Interests. "It's OK for you to be obsessed with computers!" - Mr. Masami Izumi, Adventure Episode #38 (There are some light references to the novel's given backstory details for Koushiro, including Koushiro's mindset there.)

Title: Koushiro Izumi Is Touched By Death Rating: PG Notes: Implications about Death & Grief (for passed loved ones), + the mourning/grieving process in general Characters: Koushiro Izumi & Daisuke Motomiya Ship{s}: (Implied) KouTai {Koushiro x Taichi} can be read into the background, but is not actively discussed / mentioned Summary:

In which Koushiro Izumi Is Traumatized, Has Always BEEN Traumatized, And Daisuke Motomiya {NOTICES}.

Takes place shortly before "the summer of" a somewhere between 2003~2005. (02 takes place in April~December 2002, Tri takes place in 2005 June~December.) {Tri knowledge is not required to read, but may be helpful to understand continuity.}

Title: Infalliable Rating: PG Notes: Implications about self-loathing & Koushiro's previous self-depreciation {Novels-implied} in general Characters: Koushiro Izumi & Daisuke Motomiya Ship{s}: (Implied) KouTai {Koushiro x Taichi} can be read into the background, but is not actively discussed / mentioned; Daisuke x (Girl)!O.C. ("Hikaru"); in background; (My O.C. does not appear much within the context of the fic, but the dialogue refers to an event she was involved in immediately previously, with a Koushiro-focus and Daisuke-relevant aftermath.) Daisuke x O.C. aren't "together" yet; it is developing relationship. Ken x Daisuke x O.C. may be Implied in spin-off fic{s}; Ken x Miyako may be implied in canon-compliant 'verses, with former Ken x Daisuke heavily implied / mutually requited-yet-unrequited (as purssuing a direct relationship) / hinted. Poly-ships may be included in any future spin-off, but none are referenced in this specific one (yet). Summary:

Daisuke stares moodily ahead. Koushiro does the same, except Daisuke genuinely doesn't know - cannot even tell - if Koushiro's doing it "moodily" or not, because Koushiro's blank staring is that unreadable. They sit, Daisuke next to Koushiro, for a few long, long moments. And then -- Koushiro... opens his mouth -- "I'm not infalliable." Daisuke's eyebrows furrow, even if he can't look at Koushiro in this exact moment --

"Unshakeable? Indestructible--" Daisuke's head hurts. "I admit there was a time when I thought, ..." "NO!! That's not true!!"

"When you asked me, 'What about YOU, Daisuke-kun' -- the one who gave me that push -- that was you."

A "missing scene" of Daisuke & Koushiro friendship from my other Adventures & 02 Chosen fic; "The Past World" You do not have to read that one to appreciate this "missing" moment, as its mainly friendship. There is a slight hint of Daisuke/Original ("Girl") Character OC, but its more lightly implied; (Epilogue semi-canon compliant) There are also background relationships like Taichi/Koushiro, the slightest hint of background Ken/Daisuke, others hinted.

Title: Words Rating: PG Notes: Implications about self-loathing & Koushiro's previous self-depreciation {Novels-implied} in general; with a focus on self-acceptance + Koushiro's heavy use of formal speech and communication in the J.P.N version is referenced frequently. Tri is referenced / implied-as-AUs or for semi-canon compliancy (light spoilers for Kokuhaku; but not majorly referenced; just a quote) {plus a gif of a small moment involving Taichi + Koushiro} [also one more small conversation moment between Taichi and Meiko] (a scene from the first episode of the 2020 Reboot is referenced) - it can be read as a standalone fic - it can be read as an AU and/or spinoff of the main REPEATVerse; - or as its own standalone AU/spinoff (i.e. this can be read on its own) Characters/Groups: Taichi & Koushiro; Koushiro Izumi & Tentomon; Koushiro Izumi & Mimi Tachikawa; Koushiro & Izumis Ship{s}: KouTai {Koushiro x Taichi} focus Summary:

– To be honest,

Taichi and Koushiro don’t need words.

( They have a lot more than Just )

( words )

[grimcatician]

Who worries more when the other pulls consecutive all nighters and downs those scary 5hr energy drinks???

Koushiro is basically tasked with discovering the secrets of the digital world and taichi is a grad (i think?) student lik e pls they don’t ever sleep

[taichi-x-koushiro]

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{DigiAdv 2020 Ep. 02} (J.P.N) ~ Koushiro[u] Izumi & Taichi Yagami {KOUTAI}/{Taishiro} / MOMENTS + 2020!Koushiros Character Traits + 2020!Koushiro Supporting 2020!Taichi

{Screaming, LOUDLY} “TAICHI-SAN!!!!!”

(After a pause of long silence): {Literally crYING/sobbing voice} “TAICHI-san.....”

“--...What is this?” {“Nanda kore??”}

My Commentary:

If anyone tries to tell you “I just really don’t think Koushiro even cares about Taichi, I mean, even in DigiAdv 2020, do you think they’re even frIENDS??!!?”...

Show them this clip.

{Clipped by Me} {DO NOT re-post} {DO NOT remove caption} (Please ASK to Use) [Disclaimer: I Do Not own DigiAdvs / DigiAdv ( C ) T0ei @nimation]

[love-for-yamato-and-sora]

A diplomat who connects the real and digital worlds

Taichi: Then, Agumon, go to the Digital World with all your energy today!

Agumon: Hey Taichi~, what's the plan for today?

Taichi: So~ what, in the morning, I was discussing the maintenance of the terrifying ancient realm with the Centalmon. In the afternoon, I returned to the official residence here to attend the meeting on the addition of the digital gate...

Agumon: Hey, hey~ Today is so terrible.

Taichi: That~, and after that...

Agumon: Eh~ Taichi, you forgot something important!

Taichi: Hmm, what, Agumon! ?

Agumon: Eat ~ rice!

Taichi: Ahh~! Yes indeed! ! It's really important. (laughs) Then, Agumon, come back from the Digital World, let's eat anything delicious! ?

Agumon: Agree~! Well, I think the burgers are good! !

The highest authority in digital world research! !

 Tentomon: Koushiro, people in this world have already fixed their understanding of the digital world....

Koushiro: Yes. This is also because Tentomon helped out with everyone. thank you very much.

Tentomon: Speaking of which, Koushiro.... I would be shy....

Koushiro: what do you say. If I hadn't met you Tentomons, I would never have noticed that there was such a big world in my life, and I don't think I would have known what I should do.

Tentomon: ...ko,Koushiro! (moved to cry)

Koushiro: Then I would do more research with Professor Takenouchi and Shuusan to make an encyclopedia of the digital world.

Tentomon: Mmmm, I heard (waterfall tears). By the way, Koushiro, the cover of that encyclopedia must be me, right?

Koushiro: ...ah, yes, yes. (wry smile)

Popular and cute cooking researcher! ?

Mimi: Come to Palmon, and cheer up today!

Palmon: OK, wrap it on me! !

Mimi:  First add granulated sugar to the whipped cream and keep beating until the horns appear.

Palmon: I see!

Mimi:  When it's bubbly, I put it on the freshly grilled burger ♪

Palmon: I, I got it!

Mimi:  Then the last step is... um~. By the way, marinate in the juice of canned oranges and decorate it! Palmon, decoration will affect the result of cooking, so be very careful! !

Palmon: I...I get it. Even so, Mimi's cuisine is always fresh. Very famous among Digimon! Especially the Numemon, Scumon, and Tyumon.

Mimi:  I really don't know why human evaluations are always a little bit worse. ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ

Palmon: ...I've gotten used to the smell lately.

The world is the first! A specialist in the digital world! !

Joe: He has been a specialist in the digital world for more than ten years. I've gotten used to work lately.

Gomamon: Hey~, Joe! Orgemon seems to have fallen off a cliff after being drunk!

Joe: What, hurry up! ! Let's go, Gomamon.

Gomamon: Alright, I know!

Joe: Orgemon, are you alright? ? Hmm~, you are drinking too much....

Gomamon: It seems that the right arm was injured when it fell. The bleeding is serious.

Joe: let me see. ...... Well, the blood is gushing out. This is unusual.

Gomamon: What's wrong! ?

Joe: What, nothing, nothing.

Gomamon: Really! ? Joe, your face is very bad, huh?

Joe: really not.... (loss of consciousness)

Gomamon: Hello, Joe. You're a doctor... come on! ?

Orgemon: ……Then what should I do! ?

[izzyizumi]

#Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning Spoilers #The Beginning Spoilers re: Koushiro

Me, prETENDING TO BE SHOCKED TM when the DigiFes trailer for "The Beginning" reveals Koushiro's now advanced to / become a "leading researcher" on "everything to do with" the Digital World, gaining /world recognition/ in the process, as if the 02 Epilogue and post-production materials didn't confirm this /exact fact/ multiple times over 20~+ years ago: w O W!!! I love how Koushiro Izumi Keeps On WINNING!!! YOU GO Koushiro you sHOW THEM ALL

[koushirouizumi]

On the 02 careers...

( If you have time, please read {you can machine translate} Hiroyuki Kakudou's full blog post regarding the concept behind the world of '25 Years Later' post-02. )

{Preview}:

"Shortly before all humankind had partner {Digital monsters} and all sorts of troubles actually subsided, research was being conducted to find out what caused this. Of course, Koushiro is one of them*. As we learn more about evolution, the existence of forces that try to obstruct evolution also becomes clear." *Assuming Kakudou meant "Digital World Researcher" Koushiro {as seen in the epilogue, Koushiro researches alongside Shuu Kido and Haruhiko Takenouchi; it could be presumed there's more} "25 years later, Taichi's occupation as an adult was listed as a diplomat, but I {Kakudou} couldn't find the right words to describe someone who is not tied to one country and tries to bring about peace and friendship from a free position. That's because. Because Taichi was busy with so many different activities, he ended up {'getting married'} and {'having children'} later than his junior Daisuke, and in the final scene, Taichi's child is almost the youngest. The picture should show that the scene was created with such things in mind."

[noctisfishing]

Before the Reboot

In which I re-worked a scene in tri. Part 3: Confession. This is set after Agumon tells Taichi about the reboot and before Meicrackmon shows up. I extended the time period by a day. For Taiora purposes.

I also wanted to challenge myself with some prompts. Credits to @creativepromptsforwriting for the Kisses prompts <3

This one in particular gave me the challenge to write a bit of a slow burn. >)

Summary: Sora senses that Taichi is hiding something from her, and Taichi can only admit in the end that he is. Even then, Sora discovers the feelings that they both have yet to admit to each other. [tri.Write]

Ship: Taiora

Sora pressed the button to buzz the Yagami residence. She had noticed the odd behavior of Piyomon asking about her future aspirations, pressing her with questions and wanting to know everything. It reminded her of back when they first met. She had been confused about Piyomon's behavior back then, but as she had matured with Piyomon by her side as her partner and as her best friend, she found the oddity to be endearing.

It had been a day since she and the other Chosen Children decided to bring their partners home with them. Out of everyone Sora checked in on, Taichi was the only one who hadn't answered his phone. She felt the need to check on everyone, sure - luckily, when she called Jou, he was about to take a light nap before studying again, and she trusted Koushiro to have at least some type of snack and bottle of oolong tea in hand while he did his complex research on what was happening between the Digital World and the Real World.

But during these strange times, she needed to check on Taichi. Especially Taichi.

The moment Taichi opened the door to his apartment, Sora wasted no time cutting to the chase. "You haven't answered any of my messages or my calls," Sora said.

"I'm fine," Taichi replied with a shrug. "I was about to play soccer with Agumon. Wanna join? It'll be like old times."

Then, Taichi grinned at her, Sora caught sight of the change of his expression, if only for a fleeting moment. He let out a chuckle, but Sora had known him for far too long to know that he was hiding something.

"Taichi?"

"Yeah?" He looked up and met her eyes, and he was back to normal. He wore that face of childlike curiosity that he always had since he and Sora first became friends. At the time, she had been slightly taller than he was before his growth spurt in middle school. From then on, aside from the bruises and a few concerning broken bones, soccer had been kind to Taichi, Sora thought, and she watched him grow taller and into his lean, muscular build.

"What are you gonna do, Sora-san?" Mimi's voice taunted in her head, causing her to feel the heat rising in her cheeks.

"Sora?"

"W-what?" Sora shook her head and imagined herself swatting Mimi's voice away from her thoughts and remembered what he had called Taichi's name about. "I mean, nothing, Taichi. I'm glad you're okay. I was worried about you.

Taichi laughed. "You're always looking out for everyone. I like that about you."

"You do?" Sora furrowed her brows and stared at him.

"Yeah!" But the longer she stared at him, the more he became flustered himself. "You know, because that's who you are- you know.."

"See?" Piyomon said at Sora's side. "Even Taichi knows how special you are."

That made Taichi and Sora both flush.

The two of them and their partners sat in the living room together and Sora filled Taichi in on what lessons he missed from school that day. Taichi leaned back against the couch cushion while Sora sat with her back straightened. From the topic of school they delved into other topics, and Sora found herself relaxing her shoulders while Piyomon and Agumon joined in. Sora smiled as she watched Taichi chatting with the Digimon and laughing with them. It was something that she related to, that spending time with their Digimon partners was something to cherish, especially in the moment that they were able to do it.

But there reached a moment - while Agumon and Piyomon chatted amongst themselves, leaving Sora and Taichi to watch them - a moment in which Sora noticed Taichi quietly get up from his seat and walk away. It was then that confirmed for her that something had been bothering him, after all.

Sora followed him to his room and watched as he stood at the front of his desk, placing his hand on the digivice next to his goggles.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"It's nothing to worry about," he said softly. The tone in his voice told her otherwise.

"Taichi, if you wanna talk-"

"I said, it's nothing to worry about."

The sudden shift in his tone, and the fact that he raised his voice caught Sora off-guard. In past situations like this one, Sora would walk away and give him time to calm down until he was ready to talk. This time, however, was just one more concern that tested her patience, which had been wearing thin more than she had let herself realize. She had already been worried about Koushiro who probably would be starving if she missed one phone call to check on him. She saw the stress in her friends ever since the Digimon started appearing along with the power outages and damages this whole situation had caused. She worried about Jou who was worried about his exams, about Yamato who just refused to even talk. And now Taichi, whose emotions had been all over the place since his reunion with Agumon.

"Of course it is!" Sora said, raising her voice louder than he did. "There's something that you aren't telling me. I know it has something to do with the Digimon. You've been on edge this whole time - I know everyone else has been, too. Even me. Don't you know that any one of us will understand whatever is on your mind? Any one of us, including me?"

"And what if I just don't want to? What if none of it matters in the end?"

The words were abrupt, and it hit Sora like a stab through the chest. She bit her lip as though she meant for it to hold the tears that fought to leak out from her eyes. She had always found it hard to express her own emotions. But to let it out for once, and to Taichi who was her closest friend only to hear his biting reply.

She felt rejected by him.

Taichi's expression softened. "Look, Sora… I'm sorry. I'm an idiot. I…"

Sora crossed her arms across her chest, at a loss of what to say next. Maybe she could let Taichi ramble. Or, she could leave him in his room to give him space. She could cool her own head with him out of sight. Maybe it would hurt less, the idea that he didn't want to be close her, when her thoughts at that moment were of her knowing how much she wanted to be near him.

But when she turned to leave, she heard a shuffle and hurried steps behind her, and then, a hand taking her wrist. She turned to see his eyes, sorrowful, yet pleading.

"There's something I shouldn't tell you," he said. "About Meicoomon. And the Digital World. I promised Agumon that I wouldn't tell anyone."

Sora saw this troubled expression on his face far too often these days. With that, she leaned closer to him and softened her voice. "But it hurts you knowing this. I can see it. Why not just tell me?"

His voice quivered. "Because I know how much it will hurt you, too. That's why I don't want to tell you."

She took his hand that he loosened his grip from her wrist, and she held it in her own, squeezing it. To think that he considered her feelings to try to lessen her worries, but whether he revealed his troubles or not would worry her regardless.

"How bad is it?" she asked.

"It's bad. Really bad."

She massaged his hand with her thumb, not knowing what else she could do, or what words to say.

"And, you know, Koushiro's working hard to try to find a fix. But there's only so much he can do. I wish I knew what I could do."

"You are already doing enough, Taichi."

"It doesn't feel like I am."

Then, Taichi leaned forward until his forehead rested on the top of Sora's shoulder. He heaved a sigh, and Sora placed her free hand on his back, rubbing it gently.

"But you are. Trust me on that. You're keeping everyone in high spirits and you choose to fight, even when it's hard. Even when there are people who think the Digimon are bad. You motivate Agumon and everyone and their partners. You motivate me, too."

Taichi remained silent for a few moments, and Sora continued to rub his back. She thought about how this was just like her to console a friend in need, for she was the mother hen of the group, anyway. She wondered if her words gave Taichi any comfort.

Then, she felt his arms wrap around her waist and he pulled her close to him, which caught her off guard once again.

"I needed to hear that," he told her quietly. "Thank you. For being here."

"Of course, Taichi."

She put her arms around him, and they held each other in an embrace. She felt her heart flutter and a fuzzy sensation, but it took her a few seconds to admit to herself that being held by Taichi comforted her just as much as she did for him. It also took the same amount of time for Sora to realize that he wasn't letting go.

"I mean it, Sora," he said, holding her a little tighter. "Thank you."

The way he held her made her wonder if there was more that he wanted to tell her. Maybe it was about how he felt about their friendship. Maybe he wasn't ready to say it.

But it made her heart skip a beat.

"Taichi…" she said, a little breathless from the mere thought. She wondered what words would come out of his mouth next as he finally loosened his grip, allowing them to pull apart to face each other.

"Sora… I…" he started, as though the words were caught behind his throat, hesitating to come out.

But his brown eyes that stared into hers explained it all. Sora looked into them, reading that friendship might not be the only thing on his mind for her. Did she want to feel the same? At that moment, what she felt so prominently was her heart beating loudly in her chest.

"Wh… What is it?" she said, barely letting a breath out from her nerves.

Her eyes took notice of Taichi's hand lifting up and moving towards her, his face drawing near. Taichi wiped a few strands of her hair away from her face, brushing her cheek in the process. Sora's breath caught in her throat, feeling the light tickle of his touch along her jaw, until his palm cupped that side of her face.

Sora let out a soft breath in an attempt to loosen her nerves. But as Taichi held her gaze, his expression now curious, almost as though he was convincing himself with his next move, Sora took notice of his lips.

She began to wonder what they might feel like if they fell onto her own.

She had noticed Taichi's lips more often than she would admit. They were sometimes dry and chapped, and she had scolded Taichi for licking them because that would make them worse.

Then, one day, he had asked her to help him make a "very important" decision when they walked into the convenience store together after school. When he led her to the display of lip balm varieties, she rolled her eyes. She knew he would give her a hard time until he finally made his purchase, and he wore the biggest grin as he surveyed every flavor. However, he fell silent after Sora insisted on knowing why he cared so much about what flavor she liked the most.

Sora hesitated to bring up the conversation since that time, but with Taichi inching closer to her now, his mouth partly opened and the smooth appearance of his lips inviting, she could hardly draw her attention away.

Taichi stopped suddenly and paused, and Sora furrowed her brows.

"I'm… not sure if you'll let me…" he began, his hand still on the side of her face.

Maybe it was her impulse, but she found both of her hands cupping either side of her cheeks.

Anticipation made her heart race, and she licked her lips, not being able to find the words to respond, but she hoped that nodding would give him the response he had hoped for.

So, Taichi leaned in. Sora watched him close his eyes as he drew closer, then she felt the warmth of his breath after closing her eyes. A jolt of electricity went up her spine the moment their lips barely touched.

But the buzzing sound of electricity gave her a start. Sora's eyes flew open and darted to the sparks flying out of Taichi's computer hard drive. With a gasp, she turned to Taichi who exchanged a look of shock, and they both seemed to share the same thought - that a Digimon was about to enter the atmosphere, and they knew it was the one they had been waiting to return.

"Taichi!" Agumon called as he ran into the room, while Taichi shot up and grabbed his goggles to survey the activity outside the window. Sora watched with everyone as the sky ripped into an opening, a digimon floating through.

"It's Meiko's Digimon, isn't it?" Piyomon asked.

"Let's go, Taichi!" Agumon said.

"We'll meet you there," Sora said, "While we round up the others."

"Right," Taichi replied.

When the four of them stood outside of the apartment complex, Taichi and Agumon were the first to run towards the infected Digimon. Sora watched them, and held her fingers to her lips, the taste of watermelon lingering.

"Sora?" Piyomon called, cocking her head to the side.

Sora looked down to Piyomon, then lowered her hand as she remembered Taichi's outburst.

"There's something you're not telling me, right, Piyomon?" she asked.

Immediately, Piyomon lowered her head, looking ashamed.

"I just didn't want to add to your worries, Sora," she replied somberly.

Sora took a deep breath, feeling a tug at her heart. But maybe now wasn't the time to dwell on the secret that the Digimon partners desperately wanted to keep, and the one that Taichi felt he needed to bear without telling her. So, Sora crouched to Piyomon's level and embraced her with a tight hug.

"Whatever it is, you and I will get through it. Together."

"Sora…"

Sora pulled away and gave her a smile. "Come, now, let's go find the others. We'll need everyone to help save Meicoomon in any way that we can."

[bacomon-art-blog]

I found your blog right now, and can I say how much I love your art??? Your expressions and designs are so fun and I can’t stop looking at them. Would you mind explaining more about your Camp Cretaceous and SCP AU? It’s totally fine if you don’t want to though!

I’m sorry, I’m overwhelmed with emotions since your art is so good.

Omg! Thank you so much! You can not believe how happy seeing this ask got me! As for the AUs? I would be more than happy to info dump about them, but be warned the SCP au doesn’t have as much development as the Camp Cretaceous AU.

SCP AU:

Originally, the digidestined were SCPs themselves, with their own unique abilities, and I will probably put more thought into that idea, but I decided to change it after I had issues thinking about what to do with the characters. Now, the AU has the SCP Foundation finding out about the digital world and decided to label it as SCP-9901, with the digimon and the digidestined labeled SCP-9901-02 and SCP-9901-03 respectively. This leads to digidestined across the world being kidnapped by the foundation and trying to escape. Some of the digidestined get ahold of some of SCPs to help them escape, some being ones that already exist or some that I thought up.

Camp Cretaceous Au:For this au, I will talk about each character separately, and will only mention stuff from the first two episodes.

Sora: She is 18 years old and one of the Camp Counselors at Camp Cretaceous.(Don’t worry, They had to take classes before this!) Her father got her and Tai the job. He works as a digsite researcher for Jurassic World. She and Tai were already friends before getting the job, and both taught children how to play soccer which is why her father thought they would be good for the job. Her mom didn’t think it was a good idea as she thought Sora could get her, and boy was she right! She and the other counselors will follow Roxie and Dave’s storyline where they try to find the kids. Things will go differently for them as they won’t end up on the boats like Roxie and Dave did.

Taichi: You already know that he only took the job because he had to make sure that Kari was safe. Most info for Taichi is already explained in Sora’s paragraph, but I do plan for him and Yamato to have several arguments throughout the storyline, though I plan for them to better get to know each other after they have to go search for the kids. For episode two, instead of two campers going to the Carnotaurus cage, I plan for Yamato and Taichi to go with Daisuke. Yeah, Sora wasn’t too happy about them endangering one of the campers, but hey, Daisuke had the time of his life and helped save Yamato.

Yamato: He is 18 like Taichi and Sora, which should have made working with him easier, but no. He decided to be difficult. He’s only here to make sure his brother is safe. (He had to beg a lot for his friend to get him the job.) He’s good with the kids at least. The kids also like to hear him play songs,which ends with Miyako always freaking out about how they have a famous rockstar as a counselor. He has issues getting the youngest kid to relax,but Sora seems to have got it covered.

Takeru: He is 15 and he got invited to come to Camp Cretaceous after winning a writing contest involving the Park. He met Hikari before any of the others as they arrived earlier with the Camp Counselors. He and Daisuke argue a bit, and sometimes Miyako will join in. The others usually don’t though Iori asked them to be quiet once, which led to Daisuke getting a bruise on the head, and all four parties involved apologising. Though now, they’ve all learned that Iori can kick their asses if he ever chose to. Takeru plans on writing a book about their times here with Hikari’s beautiful pictures to go along with it. Once they found out Iori drew, they dragged him into it too.

Hikari: She got invited to Camp Cretaceous after Ingen saw her photography blog. Her first day sadly didn’t lead to anything interesting, but she, Takeru, and Daisuke all snuck out to go see if she can get any cool photos of the velociraptors. They almost got killed if the counselors hadn’t shown up. The Counselors scolded them for a while, and Daisuke was barred from going to Wu’s lab, she and Takeru wouldn’t have been able to either, if their brothers weren’t their counselors. Poor Daisuke though. Atleast, she won’t have to deal with his flirting while they are at the lab.

Daisuke: Daisuke is 15 years old and his soccer team is sponsored by Ingen, and that led to him and the captain of the other soccer team sponsored by Ingen to be Invited to Camp Cretaceous. He was so happy to hear that he and Ken both got invited. After their teams got sponsored by ingen, they had to go against each other a lot. This led to a rivalry between them, and it sadly wasn’t a friendly one at first, but then Ken warmed up to him and they became quick friends. He and Ken get to play soccer with two of their counselors as they are also soccer players. Isn’t that the coolest! The other counselors and campers try to play too, sometimes. Hikari seems to know a bit about soccer from her brother, while Takeru and Iori have experience with sports, so they fared better than Miyako and Yagami. Once when Iori asked him to be quiet, he retaliated by calling him a pipsqueak and Iori threw a book at him, though he had already realized that it was uncalled for before the book was thrown.

Ken: He had never really been a fan of Ingen, his parents weren’t either, but he could never really remember why. He thinks it has something to do with Sam. So when he found out that ingen would be sponsoring his team, he was not pleased. He knew it would help his players though, so he allowed for the sponsorship. He found the captain of the other team rather annoying and overbearing, and chose to kick his ass in soccer. Though one day, he was accidentally injured by Daisuke, and Daisuke helped him get to the bench. They ended up talking some more, and became friends. When he and Davis were invited to the camp, he planned on declining, but Davis got him to agree. It took a lot of persuading for his parents to agree as well. The first day wasn’t that eventful for him, though he knew that was different for some of the others. Davis told him all about it when he woke up. Sadly, Davis wasn’t allowed to go with them to the lab, but they still had fun. One of the assistant doctors was very nice to them all, though he felt like he had seen the guy before. He couldn’t place where though.

Iori: He is the youngest of the Campers, at 13 years old, but he would say that he’s also one of the most mature out of the group. Especially since he didn’t try to get himself killed on the first night, unlike some of the other campers. He doesn’t understand why Miyako was jealous, sure they got to see velociraptors but they also almost died, yeah no thanks. Though, he’s pretty sure Miyako wasn’t as jealous once she found out Daisuke had to clean dino excrement. When he got to the lab, Miyako ran off, but he atleast got to talk to the nice doctor that was walking them around. He got to watch some ankylosaurus hatch, the doctor even let him hold and name one. He remembers the doctor mentioning it imprinted on him or something like that. Sad that he didn’t get to learn the doctor’s name.

Miyako: Miyako is 16 years old and she wasn’t even invited to the camp, but Cody wasn’t going to go unless she went, and Ingen was surprisingly easy to hack anyway. She was excited to see what Camp Cretaceous had to offer too! The first day was pretty boring, but then she found out that some campers snuck out without her! Though Daisuke ended up with a rather unfavorable job, instead of going to the lab, so that sucks for him. While she was there, she decided to snoop inside Dr.Wu’s office. She got caught though, and Dr.Wu forced them to leave. Cody was pretty unhappy with her afterwards, Hikari told her about what happened while she was snooping, and explained why he was upset. She and Cody talked though, and he wasn’t too mad anymore.

Jou: That assistant doctor that’s been mentioned, yeah that's him. He is 19 years old and he works for Dr.Wu. He thinks Dr.Wu is pretty pretentious. His parents and one of his brothers work for Ingen, too. When he’s not working at the lab, he is hanging out with his friends, Mimi and Izzy. He even got them access to check out the lab. While they were doing that, he was assisting in giving some kids a tour. They were all very nice, and the youngest one seemed to really like the baby ankylosauruses, one even imprinted on him. Jou decided to let the kid name that one. Sadly, the kids had to leave after one of them was caught in Dr.Wu’s lab. This meant his friends had to leave too.

Mimi: She is a famous 17 year old vlogger and singer. She wanted to get some good videos on the park, and it was a perfect excuse to see Jou! She dragged Izzy along for the ride too! They spent their first week there just checking things out and making silly videos, but for the second week they decided to do a deep dive, starting with the lab. They just looked around the lab in the beginning, but then they got bored and decided to check Wu’s office. They found out about some weird dinosaur before they heard someone coming and left the room.(It was only Miyako though,) What they found seemed to upset Izzy though, she doesn’t know why though.

Koushiro: He is a famous programmer that sometimes joins Mimi in her videos. He lost his parents in an accident involving the construction of Jurassic World, and he plans to find out more about what happened that day. He goes to the park with Mimi, using the excuse that he also wanted to see Jou. When Jou invited them to the lab, he knew that it would be the best chance of finding out more information. What he found was somehow worse though. Did they really think this dinosaur would be better than the last one they made? He needed to know if Jou knew about this, but he couldn’t do that if Mimi was with him. Maybe he could ask his friend Tai if he could get him in, since he’s working at the camp for the summer. (Sadly, he doesn’t get the chance though.)

God, that was so many words. If you have anything else to ask, feel free to!

[ahiddenpath]

Writing News: Ladybug House

Still working on the next FY update.  It’s too long, so it’s getting chopped into two.  Hopefully, I can have the 1st part up by the end of the long weekend.  The second half might have to wait until after Odaiba Day, because I want to post my Koushiro/Tentomon/Taichi oneshot, whiiich I have not started, lol!  Needs to be done by August 1st, so...

BTW, it’s called Ladybug House, you can read a bit more about it here and here.  The quick summary/idea is that the older Chosen are gone from Koushiro’s high school- they either graduated or moved away (Mimi).  Some of the younger kids attend (Miyako, Takeru, Daisuke, Hikari), but it’s not the same.  Sensing that he’s lonely, Tentomon starts walking to and from school with him,  but he starts shutting down in the cold winter weather.  Koushiro researches and realizes that real life ladybugs hibernate during cold weather, and that ladybug hibernation houses exist to help them survive winter.  This was never a problem in the Digital World, but maybe, as they spend more time on earth, the digimon are beginning to act more like their organic counterparts?

Koushiro asks Tentomon to stay home or go to the Digital World during the cold months for his safety, but he refuses.  He tells Koushiro that the only way he’ll stay home is if Koushiro reaches out to his older Chosen friends...  Or at least a specific one that he misses most.

It’s vaguely Taishiro, the kind of thing where you’re free to interpret it as platonic or the beginnings of romance.  

Please look forward to it!

[higuchimon]

[fanfic]  What’s Mine Is Mine:  Chapter 16

Taichi stared down at his lunch on the table, trying to make himself eat and not having a lot of success in doing so. Every time he thought about it, his thoughts drifted back to Daisuke and his horrible situation.

We have to stop it. He had faith that Koushiro would be able to figure out what to do. But they were on a time limit and no one knew what the Kaiser would do before the last few hours elapsed. It could be anything.

In point of fact, they didn’t even know for certain if that time limit were real or if it would stay where it was if it were real. The Kaiser lied. There was a lot they didn’t know and if they couldn’t figure it out – if Koushiro and Miyako couldn’t figure it out – then they were probably twelve different kinds of screwed.

A light hand thwacked the side of his head and he jerked up to see Yamato sitting down next to him. He didn’t have a lunch with him. Taichi blinked at that.

“Not hungry?” He knew why he wasn’t. But Yamato?

“Can’t stop thinking about Daisuke,” Yamato muttered. “I want to punch some sense into that jerk.”

Taichi knew that Yamato didn’t mean Daisuke by that. He couldn’t help a quick smile. “I thought that was my job. Punching things.”

“We can share it,” Yamato offered, a flicker of a grin touching to his lips. Then he leaned back. “But not until we get Daisuke fixed up.”

Taichi wasn’t going to argue that point. He traced a finger on the table. “Why would he do this anyway?” Neither of them wanted to use the Kaiser’s real name here in the human world. People might start questioning why they talked about the missing pre-teen genius.

“I’m going to go with he’s a jerk who can’t accept he’s not really as awesome as he thinks he is,” Yamato opined. “Not to mention being a stuck up ass.”

Taichi wasn’t going to argue that point at all. He drummed his fingers on the table. “So what do we do if we can’t stop it?” He didn’t like to think about that, but it was a possibility. Making long-term plans wasn’t his specialty but Yamato planned better than he did a lot of the time.

“We will,” Yamato reassured him. Then he leaned his head back and closed his eyes. “It just might take a lot of time.”

“That we don’t have.” Taichi pointed out.

“I know.” Yamato nodded, toying with a stray napkin. “If we can’t do it soon, then we can do it later.” He was silent for a few moments. “We’ll probably have to find the Kaiser’s base and infiltrate it to give him whatever antidote we can come up with.”

Taichi winced at what wasn’t said – that Yamato wasn’t sure if they could get the potential antidote to Daisuke before he was taken – or went – to the Kaiser. He would have been a lot angrier about it if the potential for it didn’t stare them all so bleakly in the face.

That didn’t mean his stomach didn’t churn and rage didn’t burn in the back of his mind. But they weren’t in the right place for him to start pounding on things, no matter how much he wanted to. He did foresee a few digital trees being punched later, though.

“Let’s go check on him after school,” he said instead. He fished up his D-Terminal and checked for any other messages before he started typing. “I’m going to check in with the others. See if there’s anything new.”

Yamato made an agreeing noise, pulling out his own D-Terminal. Normally Koushiro would be with them at lunch but he’d elected to keep working on researching the antidote. Sora had a different lunch as well, so today it was just the two of them. He suspected they would all be meeting up in the Digital World after classes. Normally they didn’t; without their partners being able to evolve it was too dangerous. But this was a very special situation.

Taichi typed quickly, checking in first with Hikari to see how things were going with Daisuke and then with Koushiro to get updated on the antidote. He didn’t like Hikari being there all by herself – well, not counting Tailmon and V-mon. Tailmon was a fierce defender, but V-mon wouldn’t be able to evolve while Daisuke was still out of it. The area they were in didn’t have one of the Kaiser’s Towers which meant they could be safe. He wanted to believe that.

Koushiro’s answer came first – he and Miyako were still hard at work. Figuring out exactly what the Kaiser’s serum would take even more time but they both had a strong hope that once they’d worked it out, they could quickly create a counter for it. Taichi wished that he understood more about whatever they were doing to be able to help them. He wasn’t even sure what he should know more about – computers or biology or some hybrid of the two. There was a lot of the hybrid kind of thinking when it came to the Digital World. Maybe Jou would be able to help them.

They were doing the best that they could, though, and Taichi believed they were going to succeed. Time, as always, was the real enemy.

Hikari didn’t answer.

To Be Continued

Notes: Four more chapters! What could happen? (I already know!)