The Crest of Love and Courage
PART ONE
Right after Birdramon digivolved into Garudamon, Tai mentioned he had felt something when Sora's crest
glowed. Joe thought he felt something, but as Mimi pointed out it was just some seashells in his back pocket.
Tai hadn't mentioned it to anyone, but he really felt something for Sora, and it was more than just the protective
feeling he had been having. Tai sat thinking. It all began during our adventure in the digi-world, he thought. He
admired her for her strength and calm approach to things. Soon before he realized it, these feelings became
more than just admiration, but he kept thinking he was just over protective. Now he knew the crest made his
true feelings show. Now what do I do, thought Tai. Should I tell her or not.
"Hey Tai, what's wrong?" Tai looked up to see Sora looking at him with a puzzled look on her face. Well here
goes nothing, thought Tai.
"Sora, can you come with me. We need to talk." With that Tai got up and walked away from the group into the
jungle. Sora watched him get up and head off.
What's this about, she wondered. She really didn't want to go off but curiosity got the best of her.
Tai was so lost in his thoughts he didn't see Agumon coming up behind him until he almost ran him over.
"Hey watch it," yelled Tai, who was trying to keep his balance.
"Sorry Tai," Agumon said sheepishly.
"Tai, what are you doing out here?"
Tai looked at his small friend. Should I tell him or not, thought Tai. Why not, if I can't trust my own digimon than
who can I trust? "Well Agumon, I'm here to meet Sora. I need to talk to her," admitted Tai.
"Why do you need to talk to her out here?" asked Agumon.
"Well, it's kinda hard to explain, but I really like her." Tai blushed as he spoke.
"The way I like food?" asked Agumon. Tai looked at his friend and laughed.
"No Agumon," said Tai, "I like her more than that, and it was her crest that made me fully realize my feelings
and if it wasn't for my crest, I probably wouldn't have the courage to tell her." Tai smiled.
"So, you're going to tell her now and that's why you called her?" Agumon looked at Tai.
"Yes, that's why," Tai answered.
"Well good luck Tai" Agumon finally spoke.
"Thanks Agumon," replied Tai.
Tai watched as Agumon walked off back towards camp. He then turned back to the lake and watched the calm
water and the reflection of the moon. What's taking her so long, wondered Tai.
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Sora sat in the bushes on her way to meet Tai. She had overheard some voices and stopped to listen. To her
amazement she discovered that it was Tai and Agumon. She couldn't believe what she had heard. "Tai likes
me..." she whispered in disbelief. Sora thought back to when her crest glowed. She had felt it reach out and
touch someone, then she had felt a surge of courage. It was Tai my crest reached out to and his crest reached
back. Thoughts were racing through Sora's mind. She did care for Tai and did feel something for him, but had
figured it was just a passing crush. But with this realization she wasn't sure now. Am I ready for this, Sora
asked silently. Well there's one way to find out. Sora stepped out of the bushes startling Tai.
Tai turned around when he saw her, he had to smile. She looked angelic to him and he knew nothing could
ever change his mind.
"Glad you came" Tai said. Sora walked up to him but didn't look up to face him.
"Sora, what's wrong?" Tai asked when she didn't say anything. Why is she being so quiet? Then it dawned on
him. Either she heard Agumon and I talking or she already knew that I liked her...Wonderful, he thought. Now
what am I going to do? She won't talk to me or even look at me! Tai felt rotten. He hung his head down and
turned away. Tai looked out towards the lake, but his vision got blurry. Suddenly he sat down an didn't move.
Sora watched Tai. She wanted to say something, but nothing sounded right. She felt so shy suddenly and
found it difficult to talk to him, but she knew she had to say something or else Tai would be heartbroken. She
really did like him, but what could she say? What a dilemma, thought Sora. She walked up behind him and put
her hand on his shoulder.
"Tai" she started, but couldn't go on. She tried again but no words came out.
Tai heard Sora say his name but nothing else. He turned to look at her and found her looking at him, her hand
on his shoulder. She looked as if she was going to say something but stopped. She looks so shy, thought Tai.
He stood up and stepped closer to her. Sora looked down as he stood up and Tai slowly put his hand out
offering it to her. Sora looked up at him, and then put her hand in his. Tai had a small smile on his face and
Sora couldn't help but smile back. Now holding hands, Tai pulled her closer causing Sora to tilt her head down
again. They were so close that Tai could feel her hat just inches from his face.
"Sora," whispered Tai. "What's wrong?" Sora was still looking down.
"Nothing...nothings wrong." Sora seemed content just to stare at the ground.
Tai moved his one hand and placed it under Sora's chin. Slowly he lifted her face to look at him. When their
eyes met, Tai felt something. It was his crest lighting up and Sora's started to glow too. They both looked at the
crests and then back at each other. Finally inches apart, Tai leaned forward and Sora did the same. Their eyes
closed when their lips met in a light kiss. They pulled away slowly and opened their eyes. Sora's arms were
wrapped around Tai's neck and Tai's arms were wrapped around Sora's waist.
Tai looked at Sora and spoke softly. "Sora, I really like and care about you and nothing will ever change that."
Sora looked at him and kissed him again, a quicker kiss than before but just as nice.
"I like you too," Sora said as she rested her head on Tai's shoulder. "I could stay like this forever," whispered
Sora.
"So could I," answered Tai.
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Agumon walked back into camp and headed for the fire and food. Biyomon was wondering where Sora was.
When she spotted Agumon coming out of the jungle she decided to find out where Sora had gone to.
"Agumon do you know where Sora is?" Biyomon asked inquisitively.
"She was going to meet Tai in the jungle." Agumon answered. Agumon sat down infront of the fire and began to
eat. TK who usually sat with the digimon, was listening to Agumon and Biyomon and was very curious.
"Agumon why was Sora going to meet Tai?" asked TK
"Well, he said he wanted to talk with her," answered Agumon in between bites of food.
"What were they going to talk about?" TK asked.
"He wanted to tell her that he liked her," said Agumon.
"Tai likes Sora!" TK exclaimed.
"Yeah, and he likes her more than I like food," Agumon said scratching his head. "I didn't think you could like
anything more than food."
"Wow," said TK. "I got to go tell the others," and with that TK got up and walked off. Biyomon who had been
listening to the conversation, decided to go find Sora.
Biyomon walked for a while before she stumbled upon them. They were hugging and they both looked like they
were sleeping.
"Sora are you awake?" shouted Biyomon. Sora and Tai both jumped and quickly pulled away from each other.
"Hey Biyomon, what's up?" asked Sora smiling nervously.
"Why were you two hugging?" asked Biyomon.
"Ah...Sora tripped and I caught her," answered Tai.
"Well Agumon told me you like Sora," said Biyomon.
"Oh, boy," whispered Tai. "Um...well of course I like Sora, she is my best friend," answered Tai, laughing
nervously.
"Well then you'd better tell TK." said Biyomon.
"Why?" asked Sora.
"Because he's telling everyone at camp." Biyomon finished looking up at Tai and Sora. Biyomon watched Tai
groan and hit his forehead. Sora looked nervously from Biyomon to Tai.
"Tai, maybe we should at least tell Biyomon. She is my digimon after all." said Sora.
"You're right. You tell her and I'll try to stop TK." with that Tai gave Sora a smile and quickly took off in the
direction of the camp.
"What was that about?" asked Biyomon.
"Well, what Agumon said is true...Tai does like me." answered Sora. "And I like him too, but you have to keep it
a secret."
"What's a secret?" inquired Biyomon.
"It's when you know something but can't tell anyone else." replied Sora.
"Oh, I get it!" exclaimed Biyomon.
"Well then we'd better get to camp and see what's happening," with that Sora and Biyomon headed back for
camp.
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When Sora and Biyomon arrived at camp Tai was standing off to the side with TK. Sora decided to join them.
As she walked closer she could her Tai talking.
"TK now you must remember, you can't tell anyone else, okay?" said Tai.
"OK" replied TK.
"Uh oh, who did he tell?" asked Sora, startling both TK and Tai.
"Hey Sora, he couldn't find everyone, but Matt and Mimi now know, but they promised not to tell anyone." Tai
answered.
"That's a bit of a relief," replied Sora.
"I'm sorry I told them, but when Agumon told me I thought it was okay to tell cuz he never told me it was a
secret," TK explained sheepishly.
"So that's who started it. Well now I'm going to have to talk to Agumon," said Tai messing up TK's hair and hat.
"Don't worry little guy," Tai told him. "You're still my number one buddy."
"Thanks Tai," said TK. Tai went off with Sora to find Agumon while TK went to go sit with Matt and Mimi.
"Hey Matt," said TK.
"Hey TK," replied Matt. Matt had been lost in his thoughts before TK had showed up. He had been thinking
about Tai and Sora. He had known that Sora had a bit of a crush on Tai but never thought she would ever tell
him. But now it had happened. Wow, thought Matt. Matt started to think of a way of helping them out. He might
not always like Tai, but Sora was a good friend.
Mimi sitting beside Matt was thinking the same thing only with a few exceptions. Maybe we should make them
a romantic dinner, she thought. We could put it in a place so they'd be alone, Mimi continued to brainstorm.
Just then TK showed up and stayed for a while before going to find Patamon. Mimi decided to ask Matt about
her idea since he was the only other person besides TK. who knew.
"Matt?" asked Mimi.
"Yeah?" replied Matt.
"Well about the Sora-Tai thing, do ya think that we should give them a romantic dinner, just the two of them?"
Mimi asked.
"That's a bad idea. First of all they're embarrassed enough about us knowing, and if we gave them a romantic
dinner, then what would we tell the others, and lastly what would we make the dinner with?" Matt replied coldly.
"Well, you don't have to be so mean about it!" Mimi said, getting up and walking away in a huff. Mimi walked
over to where Palmon was sitting with the other digimon.
"Hey Mimi, what's up? Is anything wrong?" asked Palmon.
"Yeah, Matt is what's wrong. He's so mean to me," replied Mimi sitting down beside Palmon.
"Well why don't you tell him?" asked Palmon.
"I did tell him," answered Mimi, "but he doesn't care."
"It's Ok Mimi, I'll never be mean to you." Palmon told her.
"Thanks Palmon," replied Mimi.
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She sat with the digimon a bit longer, until she became so bored that she decided to get some water from the
lake. As she walked there, she heard someone laughing. When she got closer to the lake she saw Tai and
Sora there. Tai had his arm around Sora's shoulders and Sora was resting her head on Tai's shoulder. How
cute, thought Mimi, wish I had someone. Mimi watched them for a couple more minutes, fantasizing about
herself and some handsome prince. When she was about to turn and leave, she saw Tai and Sora kiss.
"Awwww," Mimi whispered with a goofy grin, "how sweet." Mimi slowly walked back to camp. As she reached
the edge of camp she saw Matt who was looking a bit mad. Mimi, still upset from before, decided to ignore him.
As she walked by she noticed him heading to the trail leading to the lake.
"Where do you think you're going?" Mimi demanded.
"I'm going to the lake for some water. We're almost out, and Tai, our so-called leader, said he would get some,
but I haven't seen him since." answered Matt, angrily stomping away.
"I really wouldn't go there if I were you," replied Mimi.
"And why not?" asked Matt.
"Because Tai is getting the water, he's just getting a little help from Sora." Mimi replied with a mischievous grin.
"Why would he need Sora to..." Matt started, then realized what she meant. "Oh!" was all Matt could say, then
looking down the trail. "I guess I could give them a couple more minutes." Matt said trying to hide a grin. "But
then we really should go get them." Matt said putting on a serious face. Mimi could barely contain her laughter.
Matt was still trying to maintain a straight face, but was slowly losing. "Ah, I better go check on TK." with that Matt
left as Mimi stood there at the edge of the jungle.
He's kinda cute like that, thought Mimi. I can't believe I just thought that. I definitely need some sleep,
especially after that long walk and all the bad digimon we had to fight. Mimi walked back to camp thinking about
all she's been through. I'm going to need a long vacation after this, thought Mimi as she found a spot to go to
sleep.
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By the time Tai and Sora got back to camp, everyone was already fast asleep, all except Matt who was taking
first watch.
"Took you two long enough," Matt said as they walked into camp. Tai started to say something but stopped, and
Sora started to blush and looked down at the ground.
"Well, did you at least bring back some water?" asked Matt, trying to hide a grin.
"Well...uh....no," replied Tai sheepishly.
"Fine I'll get some tomorrow," said Matt, showing no emotion at all.
"Thanks," replied Tai.
"Oh, by the way Tai, you have next watch," Matt said.
"You don't sound to happy Matt, something wrong?" asked Tai.
"Well if you and Sora take next watch, which will most likely happen, I'm not sure if any of us will still be here
tomorrow morning." said Matt, matter-of-factly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Tai, starting to lose his cool.
"I thought I made myself perfectly clear." replied Matt, looking calm and cool as if this entire conversation didn't
really affect him.
"Hey stop it you two!" said Sora, walking up to the two boys. "Matt, stop it" Sora continued feeling a bit frustrated.
"It's Ok Sora," Tai started.
"Let's just get some sleep," Sora said yawning.
"You're right," agreed Tai.
"Goodnight Matt," said Sora walking over to Tai.
"Yeah, goodnight." replied Matt.
Tai and Sora walked to the fire and found a place to sleep. As they were falling asleep, Tai reached out and
grabbed Sora's hand.
"Goodnight Sora," said Tai.
"Goodnight Tai, sweet dreams," replied Sora snuggling closer to Tai.
"Always..." said Tai, drifting off to sleep.
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Matt watched as Tai and Sora got closer and then fell asleep. In a way he was happy for Tai, it was very rare to
find someone so early in life, but he was also angry that Tai seemed to be forgetting about the things that there
group needed. Getting upset over water did seem silly, but it was something that need to be done. There was
something else that seemed to be bothering Matt, but he couldn't seem to figure out what. He sighed and
looked around the group. He took out his harmonica and started to play quietly so that he wouldn't wake
anyone up.
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Mimi had been having a great dream. She was at the beach with a cool drink and a soft breeze and the tunes
from a harmonica. Usually Mimi would be upset by the music, but now it just seemed comforting. Then in her
dream she realized that it was Matt's harmonica she was hearing. It was the same blues song he always
played. I wonder where Matt is, thought Mimi walking across the beach. Then Mimi opened her eyes and there
was Matt, sitting away from the group leaning against a tree. Mimi watched him for a couple of minutes before
becoming uncomfortable. She sat up and noticed Tai and Sora sleeping side by side.
"Awww..." Mimi whispered as she looked at them. They are so cute together, she thought. It was then that she
noticed that Matt had stopped playing his harmonica. Mimi turned around and found him looking over at them
too. "What's wrong Matt?" Mimi asked, surprising Matt.
"Nothing," he snapped after regaining his composure.
"Matt what is up with you?" Mimi asked. "You're more grumpy than your usual self."
"Nothing's wrong," Matt said, quickly getting up at the same time. He started to walk over to where Tai and Sora
were sleeping.
"What are you doing?" asked Mimi, noticing where he was headed.
"It's Tai's turn to take watch," replied Matt coolly.
Mimi looked at him, something is really bugging him but what? thought Mimi. "Don't wake them up," Mimi finally
spoke.
"And why not, it's his turn," Matt said grumpily.
"Why are you mad at Tai?" Mimi asked him.
"I'm not mad, it's just....it's nothing." Matt replied looking at the ground.
Mimi watched as Matt glanced over at Tai and Sora and watched his expression go from mad to sad, and then
it hit her. "You're jealous, aren't you?" said Mimi matter-of-factly.
"Leave me alone!" Matt snapped raising his voice.
Mimi just stared at Matt. What a grouch, she thought as she tried to get comfortable again. Mimi tossed and
turned. Why can't I fall asleep? thought Mimi beginning to get frustrated. When Mimi sat back up again she
noticed Tai had taken the watch. He was sitting up but was still beside Sora, holding her hand as she slept on.
I wonder where Matt went off to, thought Mimi as she scanned the group and realized that he wasn't there. Mimi
looked over at Tai.
"Where did Matt go?" Mimi asked.
Tai looked at her and replied, "When he woke me up he seemed upset and took off towards the lake." Tai
pointed in the direction of a nearby trail.
"Thanks Tai." said Mimi, as she got up and headed towards the trail.
Tai watched her go with a small grin on his face. He looked down and smiled at the sight of Sora sleeping. "My
angel," whispered Tai, removing a strand of hair from her face. Then he looked back up at the trail Mimi had
just disappeared down.
PART TWO
Matt was sitting beside the lake thinking back to the scene at the camp. "You're jealous aren't you?" Mimi's
words stayed in his head. "Wonderful, now Mimi thinks I'm jealous of Tai and Sora." Matt said aloud, staring at
the night sky. Am I jealous, thought Matt. I don't know anymore. Matt tried to clear the thoughts out of his head,
but he couldn't seem to shake them. I am jealous of Tai and Sora, Matt thought after reasoning with himself.
But why? he wondered. Suddenly the bushes behind him started to rustle. Great, he thought, out in the middle
of nowhere without my digimon, and probably with some evil digimon who most likely wants to make a
bedtime snack out of me. This can't get any worse. Matt jumped up ready to fight whatever came through the
bushes. Then he saw a giant pink hat coming through and finally Mimi stepped out.
"Hi Matt" Mimi said cheerfully.
Wonderful, thought Matt, it just got worse.
"Hey Matt, you feeling ok?" Mimi asked when she saw the far off look on his face. Matt looked down at Mimi who
looked back at him, her eyes wide with concern.
"I'm fine Mimi. Why don't you go back to camp?" Matt replied, turning his back to her and looking out towards the
lake again.
Mimi just watched him. He wasn't as mad as before, but there was still something wrong. She could feel it, but
when he told her to leave and then turning his back on her, she had just about had it. "Look Matt," Mimi started
to yell. "I came all the way out her to see if you were Ok, and you treat me like one of Joe's allergic reactions.
You are being rude and self-centered and if you wanted me to go back to camp, you could at least have offered
to walk me there to make sure I got there safely." Mimi stood looking at him on the verge of tears. She waited
for him to say something.
Matt turned around to look at Mimi. "Look who's talking about being rude and self-centered." he replied coldly.
Mimi just looked at him, her jaw dropped. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. She felt the tears
running down her face. She turned and ran. How could he be so cruel to me? thought Mimi as she raced blindly
through the forest. When she finally stopped to catch a breather, she noticed that she must have run off the trail,
because the camp was no where nearby. "Great, now I'm lost." Mimi said out loud. After checking her
surroundings, she finally decided it would be better if she just stayed there for the night. Mimi sat down next to a
big tree. Finally she lied down slowly and drifted into sleep. "Matt," Mimi whispered sleepily. "Why do you hate
me when I like you so much?" Mimi cried a bit more before sleep overtook her, and she slept a dreamless
sleep.
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Matt watched Mimi run off crying. He tried to call out to her, but she was already gone. "I could just kick myself."
Matt said aloud. She was just trying to help, he thought. I'd better go apologize, I didn't mean to hurt her. Matt
started to walk down the trails. He knew he was jealous of Tai and Sora, it was because they had each other.
Matt never really felt like he had anyone in his life, with the exception of TK, his parents split up and he always
felt that he was responsible for TK. He was always trying to make TK feel better, even though he felt terrible.
There was no one to help Matt deal with the divorce, and he just grew more and more distant from everyone. It
was his way of keeping himself from getting hurt, by not letting anyone get close to him. Now it was all coming
back to haunt him. He wanted to have someone that he could care about, and would care about him too, just
like the way Sora and Tai had each other.
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Matt finally approached the camp site. Tai was standing guard, actually it was more like sitting guard next to a
sleeping Sora. He looked up when Matt walked closer to them and gave him a kind of questioning look. Matt
ignored him and scanned the sleeping bodies, but Mimi wasn't there. He checked again, but still no Mimi.
"Tai, didn't Mimi come back to camp yet?" asked Matt, looking a bit worried.
"No, last time I saw her she was looking for you." Tai replied.
Oh no, Matt thought. She didn't come back, maybe I was too mean to her. I shouldn't have said those things.
Now she's gone and I didn't even get a chance to say sorry. Matt rammed his fist into a nearby tree in
frustration.
"Take it easy, Matt." said Tai. "She's probably just wandered off the trail."
Matt looked down at Tai. "You think so?" asked Matt.
"Definitely," replied Tai. "We all know that Mimi's sense of direction isn't always there."
Matt looked at Tai again, then over to the trail. "I guess we'd better go find her then." replied Matt.
"OK fine but you'll have to go Matt," Tai said. "I've got to keep watch and everyone else is asleep." Matt turned
and looked at Tai, who was wearing a goofy grin.
"Fine." Matt replied. He looked out to the trail. I'm really sorry Mimi. I'll make it up to you. With that Matt headed
back down the trail.
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Matt retraced his steps back to the lake, then walked back down the trail looking down at the ground the entire
time. Finally after a couple of minutes, Matt noticed a break in the trail. Broken branches and leaves scattered
everywhere marked the place. The trial was easy enough to follow so Matt decided to go on. I hope this was
Mimi's doing and not some mean tempered digimon, thought Matt, making his way carefully through the small
bushes and trees. He had been walking for about five minutes when he came across a clearing with a large
tree in the middle. Then he spotted something pink at the base of the tree. Mimi, thought Matt as he rushed
forward.
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Mimi was having a nice dream. She was at the beach again but Matt was there and they were sitting together
looking out towards the ocean. Matt was playing his harmonica, when he suddenly stopped. Mimi looked over
at him wondering why he had stopped, but when she turned, Matt had also turned and was staring at her. He
was smiling. Then he started leaning closer and closer...Then there was shaking and a voice calling her
name. Mimi sat up, still groggy from sleep and quite upset.
"Why'd you wake me up? I was having such a wonderful dream. I was about to kiss Ma...ahh!" Mimi suddenly
screamed when she realized who she was talking to. Mimi looked down and blushed about five different
shades of red. Great, I hope he didn't realize I was talking about him, thought Mimi, who couldn't resist talking
a peek at Matt.
He was still standing but was now looking in a different direction. After quite an awkward silence, Mimi spoke.
"Well Matt, did you wake me up for a reason, or do you just enjoy bugging me?" Mimi looked up at Matt, waiting
for him to say something.
Matt looked over at Mimi, who was still sitting by the tree. "Well I wouldn't have to wake you up if you hadn't
gotten lost." Matt replied, looking away from her again.
"What?!" said a very angry Mimi. "Well, I wouldn't have gotten lost if you hadn't made me so angry."
"That's not an excuse, Mimi. It's your own fault." replied Matt calmly. "Come on, we'd better get back to camp
before it gets any later." Matt started back to the broken branch trail that Mimi had made, but when he looked
back to check if she was following, he found that she was gone. "Mimi," Matt said starting to get annoyed. He
looked around for her but she was no where to be seen. Great, now where'd she go? thought Matt. I hope she's
okay. Matt scanned the clearing again, making sure to be very quiet. Then he heard it. It was a muffled sound,
but he knew where it was coming from. He walked back over to the large tree. He noticed that the base of it was
huge as he slowly started to walk around it.
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Mimi was really upset. She couldn't believe Matt. I'm not going back with him, thought Mimi, as she ran and hid
on the other side of the tree. She knew it wasn't a very good place, but she didn't care. All she could think about
was how bad Matt was treating her. Once on the other side, Mimi sat down and began to cry. She put her face
into her hands and tucked up her legs, trying not to make any noise. Mimi cried with a broken heart. The first
person she ever cared about didn't care about her.
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Matt found Mimi there crying. She didn't see him because she was still covering her face. Matt felt guilty. She's
so sad, and its all my fault, thought Matt. Idiot. Matt resisted the urge to hit himself in the head. Instead he
walked over and sat down beside Mimi.
"Mimi," Matt said. Mimi looked up from crying, her eyes red and filled with unshed tears. She knew who it was,
but she just couldn't resist looking up into his eyes. "Mimi..." Matt started. "I..I...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make
you cry." Matt started to fiddle with his hands. He wasn't very good at apologizing.
Mimi just looked up at him. She was confused, one minute he was mean to her and the next he was actually
apologizing. Matt's never apologized to anyone, thought Mimi.
"OK," stammered Mimi.
"Good," said Matt, "now we better get back to camp." Mimi just sat there unmoving, no longer looking at Matt.
"Mimi, come on. I said I was sorry." Matt said. Mimi was still looking away.
"You go back. I'm going to stay here tonight."
"But what if an evil digimon shows up. No one will be here to help you." Matt replied. Why doesn't that sound
right? Matt just pushed the thought out of his head, and decided to concentrate on trying to get Mimi back to
camp safely. Mimi still hadn't responded and showed no interest in his words or the situation she was in.
Matt was slowly losing his patience. "Fine," he said. "I'm going to go back then." Matt got up and began to
slowly walk away, all the time watching Mimi for any movement.
"Well see you then." Mimi said not looking up.
Great, so much for reverse psychology, thought Matt. Now what am I supposed to do? Matt thought about it
before coming up with the perfect plan. He walked back over to Mimi and sat down beside her.
"I thought you were leaving." said Mimi looking a little surprised.
"Well if you don't want to leave you're going to need someone to help you find your way back tomorrow morning
or the gang just might leave without you." Matt answered leaning back against the tree with his arms behind his
head. Mimi looked at him questioningly, but when he didn't continue she just shrugged.
"Fine, do whatever you want." With that Mimi turned around, her back facing Matt, and went to sleep.
Matt just watched her. Man, she must be really mad at me, thought Matt. He stared up into the starry sky, the
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