Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon

Time: 2004, Spring break, March.

It was one of those scenes he remembered vividly.

They were walking along the road to the place where their next enemy, Mugendramon was. Although unknown to where he was exactly positioned, they kept walking in the burning heat.

Then there was a quiet thud behind them. First, nobody reacted, but after a few seconds, Taichi turned around and ran towards the limp, weak body of his little sister.

"Hikari!"

The scene switched, and he was looking over a little girl with a wet folded handkerchief on her head lying, on the bus bay bench that was surrounded by nine figures, including himself. Her cheeks were flushed with fever and she was holding on to the whistle she wore around her neck, even when breathing weakly.

A white creature as big as a cat, with pointed ears and a long tail which had a strangely designed ring on it, asked her if she was okay. She opened her eyes, nodded, smiling, but coughing took over her and her attempts of not worrying the others was in vain.

Suddenly, a brilliant light came out of nowhere, blinding him in warmness, and the light was coming from her as they were in the underground city of Mugendramon.

The scene switched again, to the land of Piemon, in the castle, with Sora telling him he was the only one that could protect Hikari now. He nodded.

The scene switched once more. They were climbing the rope heading to the sky. Piemon threw a sword at the rope, millimeters from missing her hand. Piemon then grabbed his foot and she grabbed his hand. He told her to let go or they will both fall, but she said she will never let go. Even when Piemon cut though the rope and they were flying through the cruel, empty air, she did not let go...

"Hikari-chan!"

Takaishi Takeru woke up, unsure of what was happening. He was not aware that he was not alone until he calmed down and glanced at the window, seeing a pair of big anxious blue eyes looking back at him.

"Patamon?"

"Takeru, are you okay?"

"Ah." He replied, and turned around to look at the clock. It was 5:30AM, a bit early to wake up, even on Monday, but he decided to do so anyway.

He had been trying to avoid this for a few months now, ever since last summer when Hikari rejected Daisuke. He had been unable to contain himself then as he finally realized it, but just. It was like she suddenly got cuter.

He was trying to avoid Hikari since the second semester of his last year at Odaiba Elementary, leaving her confused every time he made up an excuse to get out of her sight. Sometimes she would follow, likely worried about his behavior, but by then he would be safelty hidden somewhere that could not be found.

Of course, it didn't really help seeing her everyday. Since it has finally happened, he'll just have to endure it.

Endure it, not enjoy it. He groaned and muffled the sound by pressing his hat to his face.

In one of the many other buildings in Odaiba, Yagami Hikari woke up very suddenly, just having had a dream of her own, and shouted the first thing that came into her head.

"Takeru-kun!"