[Digimon DA] Parallel Lines

"Thousand flowers..."

"Thousand flowers!"

Haneda Chika opened her eyes dimly, and soon woke up, her headache also relieved a lot.She found herself on Yagami Taichi's back, and got off immediately.She looked at him, then at the surrounding environment, deliberately ignoring the little pink sphere creature, and confirmed that they had returned to the front of the house.

After she landed on the ground, she guessed that the other party had landed and carried her back all the way.In this short time, the heat from his back made her fall asleep peacefully.Thinking of this, her face flushed slightly, and she said to him in a weak voice, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

To her, Yagami Tai is indeed a sun-like existence that warms people's hearts.

Yagami Taichi saw that her face was much better, and he didn't mind, but felt comforted.He feigned displeasure, complaining that he was tired.

"Qianhua just labors me every time."

"I'm sorry." Chika Haneda, who relieved her fatigue, was much more honest, without the previous resentment, she quickly apologized plainly. "Thank you, Taichi."

She understood how kind he was to her, so it would be good to apologize and thank him frankly at this time.

Her reaction changed too quickly, Yagami Taichi felt embarrassed, and couldn't pretend anymore, scratched his cheek, and couldn't help laughing.

"Hmm... don't be so polite."

Haneda Chika thinks that Yagami Taichi is actually pretty easy to coax.

She hid this thought in her heart, maintaining a calm expression on her face.

"Then I'm going back, I'll go over to see Xiaoguang in a while."

Haneda Chika quickly returned to her home, turned on the light, and saw the empty room, and the whole environment was unusually quiet.She looked plain on the surface, but she didn't notice that when she opened the door, her brows subconsciously frowned.

She only paused for a moment, then put her backpack on the dining table in the living room, and took out Daifuku's box.She didn't expect to be able to get home until night, so she hurriedly checked the interior. Fortunately, Dafu was only out of shape and not out of shape.After washing her hands and drying them, she carefully removed the Dafu, keeping her and her father's share in the refrigerator, and then wiped the carton clean.

A series of movements were also very neat, and then she locked the door holding the cardboard box and went to visit Iori's house.

Mingming returned to his home, but couldn't stand the silence for a minute longer.

***

Not long ago, the parents of the Yagami family returned home one step earlier than their son.

Hikari Yagami caught a cold, so he couldn't go to the summer camp or visit his grandmother, so he could only ask about the situation after his parents came back.Fortunately, grandma was only sprained, and the doctor said it was fine, but she was hospitalized for safety reasons.

"I am back."

Mom immediately went to the entrance to have a look, and after seeing Taichi Yagami, she asked strangely, "Taichi, didn't you say you were going to summer camp?"

"Ah... because it's snowing, the summer camp has been temporarily canceled."

"Snowing? Really...why is the weather so strange recently." She saw the Roller Beast in Yagami Taiichi's hand and asked, "What is that?"

The Rolling Ball Beast has also become more and more proficient at pretending to be a puppet. Its eyes are wide open and it remains motionless.After Taichi Yagami explained that this was a gift for Hikari Yagami, his mother also praised him for being kind to his sister.

Returning to this familiar dialogue and atmosphere, he finally couldn't hold back, put down the rolling ball beast, threw himself into his mother's arms, and called out to his mother with tears in his eyes.He has traveled with his companions in the digital world for a long time, and he has matured a lot physically and mentally, but he cannot deny the fact that he is only a fifth grader.Last time, he had the chance to go home by luck and didn't see his parents.This time, he really came back, so he couldn't help but act like a baby to his parents.

Chika Haneda, who just came out holding the box, saw that the door was not closed, and wanted to visit Yagami's house directly, but after glancing at the situation inside, she quickly looked away, walked away and hid in the middle of the two houses for a while. Wait a moment.

It's rare for him to act like a spoiled child, so it's better not to bother him yet.

Unlike her, Yagami Taichi is really just a fifth grader.

She sighed.

And, not quite a child, she actually wanted to do the same.

When Yagami Taichi returned to the house, Yagami Hikaru helped to close the door and saw Chika Haneda standing by the door.She smiled happily and called out, "Sister Qian!"

Yuko Yagami (Mother Yagami) was about to go in from the entrance, when she heard her daughter's words, she turned around and looked at the girl, and said with a smile when she saw the girl, "Qianhua, you are here, come in, come in, don't stand outside the door .”

"Well, I'm sorry." She handed the Daifuku box to Yuko Yagami and said, "This... If you don't mind, let's eat together."

"Ah, ah, ah." The other party smiled gratifiedly, recalling a similar scene in the past: the little girl bought snacks with her little pocket money, and everyone sat in the living room to taste the taste.

"You, Chika, bought sweets from this shop when you lived in Konoka."

After receiving the slippers handed over by Hikaru Yagami and saying thank you, Chika Haneda also remembered what Yuko Yagami said.At that time, she often went to Yagami's house and felt embarrassed. For the first time, she saved her pocket money and followed others to buy gifts to visit.

Since then, she has been inseparable from the warmth of Yagami's family.

Shin Yagami (Father Yagami) saw Haneda Chika coming after him, and waved his hand to greet her.

"It's Chika! I heard from Taichi that the summer camp has been cancelled! Will Yukai come back early?"

A few days ago, Haneda Yukai explained to the Yagami couple before leaving, so he also knew that Haneda Yukai was not at home.

"Dad, he will come back as expected."

Haneda Chika smiled and told the truth: "He originally wanted to go early, but I told him to concentrate on work."

"Uh...haha..." Seeing her smile, the Yagami couple probably understood what was going on.

The Iori and his wife are also one of the witnesses of Chika Haneda since she grew up, and they have an intimacy with her second only to her two biological children.

In fact, the close relationship between the two families can be traced back to the previous generation, because the fathers of the two families were also best friends who spent happy childhood together when they were young.Later, in junior high school, Iori Yagami met his current wife. The shy Iori Yagami pursued a girl for the first time. As a good friend, Haneda Yumi acted as a powerful "God Assist".

Later, Yumi Haneda was promoted to a different school, and the three separated for a long time.

After the reunion, they became friends in various ways, and once again became friends who talked about everything.Since separating from his wife, Haneda Yumi has been overly nervous about his daughter, and has been drinking and chatting with Yagami several times.

This time, the summer camp was cancelled, and Haneda Chika will be alone at home for about a week.Yagami thought that Haneda Yumi would go home quickly, but after hearing Haneda Chika's statement, he also understood what was going on.

In fact, working in a technology company is admired by subordinates and the team leader, who is popular among female colleagues, can't beat his daughter's instructions.Yagami snickered, and after telling his wife what he thought, she reacted in the same way.

Sometimes, the couple really wanted to tell Haneda Chika some "black history" about her father, because Haneda Yukai's expression would be really funny.

"Qianhua, have you eaten yet?"

Yuko Yagami quickly realized that Chika Haneda was the only one in the Haneda family, and the father and daughter who were preparing for the summer camp and going out to work would definitely empty the refrigerator to prevent the food from going bad.

"I'm planning to cook dinner for Taichi, you want to come too?"

The other party really knows the habits of the Haneda family very well, Haneda Chika is planning to buy a special bento at a nearby convenience store and forget it.

After thinking about it, she agreed.

"Then I will trouble you."

Yuko Yagami went to the kitchen to prepare ingredients while saying "You are too polite, Chika".

Chika Haneda walked up to Hikari Yagami, and took her temperature by touching her forehead to make sure that she didn't have a fever.

"Xiaoguang, are you feeling better?"

Hikaru Yagami nodded and said, "Well, it's ready."

She remembered that her brother came back at noon, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Sister Qian... did you go with me too?"

Haneda Chika naturally understood what the other party meant, and remembered what happened in the digital world, her heart sank, and she became depressed.

She doesn't want to admit that she "went together".After returning to the real world, she always resists topics about the digital world and digimon.

She looked at the girl who was a little shorter than herself, and those eyes seemed to tell her that it was normal for the owner of the eyes to think so.

"I went to summer camp together."

Her expression didn't change at all, and she told this fact flatly.

Hikaru Yagami tilted his head, "Huh?"Haneda Chika thought the other party's actions were cute, but she didn't confess softly.She said "Digimon" out of sheer carelessness before, but now she will not repeat the same mistakes.

"Onee-san...you know about Rollermon...?"

"Is that the puppet's name?" Chika Haneda didn't look her in the eyes, and continued to lie to cover herself. "I don't know, why do you think I know you?"

"because……"

Because at that time, her "Sister Qian" also saw it together.Later, when she saw the shadow of the "monster", she was the only one who believed her and told her not to tell the story.Hikari Yagami kept these words to himself, looking very depressed.

She shook her head and said with a wry smile, "There's still nothing left." She felt that Chika Haneda might have deliberately avoided her question, or she might have really forgotten it, so she didn't continue to ask.

"Um."

Haneda Chika patted her head, not sure whether her decision was correct or not.

In fact, maybe it would be better for her to tell them everything frankly, whether they question her or believe her directly, at least it proves that she once existed in the digital world.But there was a stubborn voice in her heart that kept urging her. She finished the journey by herself and watched the scenery of their adventures alone.

She doesn't want to depend on anyone, and she doesn't want to share with anyone.

She regards the matter in the digital world as a secret, hiding it deep in her heart.

Because her companion is only herself.

Even if turned into a thousand petals, not one will reach their feet.

***

Yagami Taichi was so hungry that he ate voraciously, wishing he could pour all the food into his stomach.Haneda Chika sat across from him and slowly ate the food, which became a contrast.Of course she understands that the child in front of him has been traveling in the digital world for a long time, and his mother's meal is a long memory for him.

She was also very considerate, deliberately ignoring the scene where the other party fed the ball to the rolling ball beast when the mother didn't see it.

Back in the real world, she really wanted to go back to the home that belonged to her and her father and have dinner together.

Her father might ask her what she did at the summer camp, and she would look disappointed, saying that the summer camp was canceled too quickly and she hadn't experienced anything.

As long as she said a word, her father would come back for her.

So, in order not to let her loneliness cause trouble, she endured and waited patiently for her father's return.

At that time, she actually wanted to throw herself into her father's arms and cry a lot.

After dinner, Chika Haneda thanked Yuko Yagami. She wanted to help wash the dishes, but was pushed out of the kitchen by the other party, so she could just chat with the Yagami brothers and sisters.

In fact, Yagami's mother didn't want her to go back to her home with only one person, and she wanted her to stay longer.

Chika Haneda had no choice but to give up, and walked slowly to the room of the brothers and sisters Yagami, poked her head in from the door, and saw Taichi Yagami chatting with Hikari Yagami with a dignified expression.

"By the way, Xiaoguang, let me ask you, do you still remember the big event that happened in the Hill of Light four years ago?"

Hikaru Yagami nodded to his brother, and replied, "You mean the thing about Rollomon getting bigger and fighting a big bird?"

"Well, that's right."

"Brother, have you forgotten?"

Taichi Yagami couldn't answer his sister's question, so he could only say "uh" and fell silent.At this time, both brothers and sisters found Haneda Chika in front of the door, she walked into the room slowly with them, and closed the door smoothly.

Rolling Ball Beast did not notice the momentary silence of the Yagami brothers and sisters, and still questioned Yagami:

"By the way, Xiaoguang, do you have a digital badge?"

Yagami Taichi knocked on its head, telling him to keep quiet, for fear that Chika Haneda would find out.

Seeing this familiar scene, Hikaru Yagami tried hard to get the memories of that time out of her mind. She also clearly remembered the scene where the three of them witnessed the birth of the Black Ball Beast together in the room.She turned around and walked in front of Chika Haneda, and asked in a low voice, "Sister Qian...you really don't remember?"

"Well, what did you say, Xiaoguang?"

Haneda Chika skipped Yagami Taichi's question and directly answered Yagami Hikaru's question.

"Well, I don't remember."

"Really?"

"...Well, really."

Hikaru Yagami bowed his head in frustration and could only give up.Only then did she respond to Rolling Ball Beast's question, and asked back:

"What is a digital badge?"

Yagami Taichi didn't dare to let his partner speak, and was still worried about Chika Haneda.She waved her hands and said calmly, "Isn't it just a talking puppet...Are you still afraid that I will scare you?"

At this point, Haneda Chika, who has always been keen, still thinks that Rollermon is a puppet. She clearly remembered "Digimon" but didn't have any connection with "Monster". She thought it was a puppet series, which surprised Yagami Taichi .

He asked suspiciously, "Qianhua...do you really not know about Digimon?"

"Isn't it the Muppet series?" Haneda Chika said it smoothly, it seems that she repeated the lie to herself several times in her heart.

"Really, really don't you know?"

Relying on his childhood intuition, he speculated that she might be hiding something.

"Taichi, what do you think I should know after waiting for you in the snow for hours?"

Haneda Chika frowned, obviously dissatisfied.She brought up what happened this afternoon again, and Yagami Taichi couldn't ask any more, because no matter what, it was obviously his fault.

Haneda Chika didn't have any reason to lie to him, so he took it as being suspicious.

He thought again, if she was also a chosen child, she should have gone to the digital world with them.

This point, Chika Haneda also thought about it, so she felt endlessly disappointed.

Anyway, she just wasn't chosen.

Hikaru Yagami looked at Chika Haneda who stubbornly denied knowing Digimon, and then at his brother who looked puzzled.

In order to break the deadlock, she walked up to Yagami Taiichi and asked, "Brother... what exactly is a digital badge?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Iori Tai apologized to his neglected sister, and showed her the digital badge.

"How is it? Have you seen it?"

"No."

She shook her head, she had never seen this little machine before.

Chika Haneda found it strange that Hikari Yagami was the eighth child to be chosen, but she had never seen a digital badge. What went wrong?

She shook her head, this matter has nothing to do with her, so let her not worry about it.What's more, the Yagami brothers and sisters are a little suspicious of her, and Yagami Hikaru is a child with a particularly strong intuition. If she is not careful, it is easy for her to detect clues.

She thought about it, and left as soon as possible.

She still persisted in hiding the secret in her heart, and put a heavy lock on it to prevent anyone from opening it.

"By the way, I bought a Daifuku. I highly recommend the Strawberry Daifuku. Xiaoguang, remember to eat it. Don't let your brother snatch it."

"I won't fight with Hikari!" Yagami Taichi retorted angrily.

"You did snatch it when you were young." Chika Haneda smiled slightly and said, "Do you want me to ask Aunt Yuko for proof?"

Seeing his brother's embarrassment, Hikaru Yagami smiled happily, saying that she would grab Daifuku first tomorrow.

It was almost time for them to go to bed, Chika Haneda didn't bother them anymore and went home.

***

After taking a bath, Haneda Chika lay down on her bed, only then did she truly realize that she had returned to the real world, her home.

In the digital world, no matter what she does, they will never look back.

In the real world, they would greet her and call her by name whenever she stood in front of them.

The days of not being seen are over.

After closing her eyes for a long time, she only heard the "tick tock" of the alarm clock in the room, and slowly fell asleep.

She had a dream.

After returning to the real world, she finally "dragged" her stiff and exhausted body to the temple, took out her coat, and tried to make her body as warm as possible.

When she was almost going to sleep, the children appeared in front of her eyes, discussed for a long time, and finally remembered her.

So, she called out the name of "Yakami Taichi".

However, no one noticed her existence. The boy looked at the spot, and when he turned around, his eyes passed her.Later, he walked away with the other children, and no one saw her.

She wanted to shout, but the voice could not come out; she wanted to catch up with them, but her feet were caught by invisible hands, and she couldn't move.

She reached out her hand, but couldn't touch their backs at all.

──Don't...

──Don't... leave me behind.

She struggled for a long time, and finally woke up with a start.

Seeing the dark room, she calmed down after a long time and realized that it was just a dream, a real and terrifying dream.

She sighed, put on her coat, walked to the terrace to take a look at the scenery, and changed her mood.She poked her head out on the terrace and saw two figures on the balcony next door. It turned out that the Yagami brothers and sisters were leaning against the terrace in depression, watching the night sky.

She looked back, walked to the wall separating the two balconies, and made a sound.

"what are you doing?"

"Qianhua!" Yagami Taichi heard the voice from the next door, and approached the wall in surprise. He didn't expect that she was still asleep. "Aren't you going to bed yet?"

"Aren't you two too?"

"Hmm... For me, Koshiro called me just now, and he was a little worried, so he couldn't sleep." Yagami Taichi scratched his cheek with his index finger, looking weird.He forgot that the other party could not see his movements and expressions.

She paused, and couldn't help asking: "Is there any special relationship between you two?"

"what?"

"Didn't you... miss him and can't fall asleep?"

Only then did Yagami Taichi understand, and strongly denied it.But since it was already late at night, he didn't make much noise.

"Not at all……!"

"You're thinking of Izumi-san... What about Hikari? You woke me up?"

"I said no..."

Ignoring Yagami Taichi's objection again, Haneda Chika changed the topic to Yagami Hikaru.The little girl's tone was worried, probably something happened.

"Miko...is gone."

It turned out to be about the cat, Chika Haneda told her not to worry, the cat would go back at dawn.

"Sister Qian said the same thing as my brother... I wish it was true."

Chika Haneda didn't see the little girl's expression, but she could also imagine that she should have smiled.

At this time, Yagami Taichi saw the digital badge and reacted, thinking that the eighth child was nearby, took off his slippers and ran into the house anxiously.Hikaru Yagami and Chika Haneda, who stayed on the balcony, looked at the endless sky in front of them, and there was a pink light streaking across the sky.

"Is it a shooting star?"

After Haneda Chika squinted her eyes to see clearly, she knew the answer to Hikaru Yagami's question.

From her position, she vaguely saw the outline of the digital badge under the light.She connected the information in her mind together, and she guessed the general idea.

Huamaozi lost Yagami Guang's digital badge, so he ran out.For some reason, the little machine ended up in the hands of the crow.

"Xiaoguang, I'm going to sleep, don't worry about it. If you still don't come back tomorrow, I'll go find it with you."

"Yeah." Iori Yagami was a little relieved, and after saying "see you tomorrow", she also returned to the house.

Chika Haneda wanted to avoid everything about the digital world, but because of the Yagami brothers and sisters, she inevitably "participated" in it again.

──No matter what, Xiaoguang must not be in danger.

She made up her mind that she must protect Hikaru Yagami, and she tried her best to achieve this firm goal.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, she couldn't escape, and no matter how many excuses she made up, it would be futile.

The author has something to say: The author’s mobile phone has been updated successfully, [Dash] There is no excuse not to update [Dash], so we can play happily together again!

The manuscript depositor is about to be overwhelmed. If there is no other way, I will change it to a weekly update... But the update is certain, and this pit will not be abandoned or delayed (probably).

The author will try his best to update it in the morning class tomorrow, so if it is a little bit late, everyone can ignore it [cover your face]

By the way, are you really not interested in Yumi Haneda (dad)... Didn't you think it was cute when he appeared in the phone conversation earlier...

In fact, I am very cute about the story of the Yagami family and the Haneda family in the previous generation, especially the story between Haneda’s father and the Yagami couple. [The DA animation didn’t explain the background, so I set it myself. If the animation of the 15-year-old Taichi from 17 hit me in the face, I wouldn’t be in pain! 】

In fact, when Haneda's father was complaining to Yagami's father, he really cried once when he was drunk...then...he lay on the table and cried, "Qianhua is too independent...from now on Don't rely on me... Do you think I'm unreliable... woohoo" or something...

So I went to bed after posting the article, and I have to get up early because of the many classes tomorrow... probably because I'm going to be exhausted [crying]

Come, come, Haneda, let's cry together...

*2016.2.18 Catch insects