^^ Hello you out there. I thought if I have to sit at home and I'm sick, I can at least write a one-short. I think that this pairing is unfortunately too rare. I just love it!!! And this is my contribution to it, that there is one more time in the long list of Digimon FF's.

Mail to: namida_hime@web.de

Story by: Katako

Pairing: Koji x Izumi

Disclaimer: I am not making any money with this !! And unfortunately the Charas also belong to me
not * sniff *.

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"Hey Koji!", Izumi's smile made me shudder inside. "Ha..Hello!" I stuttered to myself before I turned around again. "What are you looking at! Koji, I talked to you. You could almost believe you're mad at me.", I glanced at her and saw that she pouted. I knew that look, those lips, that irresistible smell. "I'm armed against this look!" I looked at her and stuck my tongue out at her.When I retracted my tongue and opened my eyes to see their reaction, our faces were so close that I could feel their hot breath. It smelled of vanilla and I drew its smell deep into my nose with relish.

Let me always be your side.
You are my life, my death, my rebirth and my only destiny.
You are the one I love.
You are the woman who makes me happy!
I love you, thats the reason I don't can say it.

"Hey guys what are you doing ?!", this voice belonged to Takuya. "Nothing!", Izumi replied quickly and turned to him with a smile. "Well then.", He laughed and gave Izumi a kiss. "Well then I'll go. See you tomorrow!" With these words I said goodbye and walked away. "But Koji!" "Let him Izumi, I'm there.", Yes exactly he was there and he was better for her than me. I sighed and went home with my head bowed.

[i]The darkness is on the ground.
My heart is frightened when you are not by my side.I love you and I love you to be by your side.
Don't go in the light of hope and let me be alone in the darkness of shadows.

"I'm back." Silence followed my words, which were followed in the house. "Mhh....", I made one of my notorious growls and took off my shoes. My way led me to the kitchen where I found Koichi. But why didn't he answer me? "Ko ... Koichi!", He slowly raised his head. "Koji...", Thank God he spoke to me and so I hoped that I would now find out why he was sitting in our kitchen and hadn't answered my call. "Koji... Mom is....", He paused and looked at me with tearful eyes. "WHAT ?? !!!!" I almost yelled and ran towards him. When he still didn't answer I grabbed him by the collar of his school uniform and pulled him up. Now the tears came to me too and I expected Koichi to explain to me immediately what was happening with mother. "She died....", His breathless voice had been nothing more than a whisper and I now wished I hadn't understood any of his suffocating words.I let go of it and dropped to my knees. Why mother ?! Why her? I just had had so little of her! I didn't even know her well enough to know what her favorite flowers were. I cried and cried and at some point I must have fell asleep.

[i]The darkness is in my heart.
I feel alone.
I am alone in this darkness of shadows. . .

"Koji get up!", I opened my eyes slowly. I had to blink a few times before I saw my stepmother clearly in front of me. "What about mom !!" I almost yelled at my stepmother and sat up. "Koji, your mother is fine. You just had a bad dream.", Her worried face looked at me. And then she smiled and stroked my hair. "Just a dream...." Was it only a dream that Takuya and Izumi were a couple? No that was the reality. And with that final thought, I got up and got ready for school. "Good morning Koji.", my father's deep voice tore me from my thoughts." Morning. ", I mumbled and sat down at the table. My stepmother pushed a plate of toast and jam over to me and I spread one of the toasts.
My breakfast passed slowly and thoughts plagued me. When the doorbell finally rang I was relieved to finally be able to leave. "I'll go then!" I said quickly, took my bag and ran to the door. "Good morning Koji!", To my surprise, I didn't find Koichi in front of the door, as usual, but Izumi. "Mo morning!" I stuttered to myself again. Only now did I notice that the sky was covered with dark clouds. "You should take an umbrella with you Koji, otherwise you might get wet!", And she said that not a moment too early because a moment later it started to rain. Izumi opened her umbrella and we walked side by side.
"Koji... Can I ask you something?", Her tender voice was almost drowned in the noise of the rain pounding on our screens."Yes, what?", I looked at her expectantly because I had expected that she would now ask me whether her pink or blue would look better, but she asked me a question that should be taken seriously. "Koji... Did you know that Takuya....", She paused and I got hot and cold at the same time. "Did you know that Takuya cheated on me?", She looked at me now and hot tears ran down her cheeks. First I looked at the floor to avoid an answer but then I realized that Izumi didn't want to hear from me that I knew and had just never told her. "No Izumi, I didn't know.", Neither did she want to hear that I would say like one of her friends: "Oh god Izumi you poor! Takuya that asshole! No, I didn't know anything about it1 But I guarantee you when I see him if he gets hit by me! ", she smiled at me. "Koji, there is something else I have to tell you.", Another pause and silence. I didn't say anything and waited for what she would tell me now."Koji, actually I wanted to be with you. But I had the feeling that you didn't love me. Your cool, reserved manner offended me. Maybe that's why Takuya cheated on me. Because he knew I loved you. "Her face is streaked with tears and resembles a stone in the rain. "Izumi...", I can't finish my sentence because she drops her umbrella and kisses me. I hesitate, wait and see if I wake up but this time everything is real. And I return her kiss.

Thanks for your love.
Thanks for your hope.
Thanks for all that you make for me.
Ich liebe dich,
You are my life, my death, my rebirth and my only destiny.

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^^ Naaaaa, see you again! You did it. * Höhö * Now I would only be happy about a picking from you. COME HERE !!! Nyuuuuu * chibikulleraugengrig *
mata ne

Katako =)