Story from Digimon Adventure Tri,
Mimi's cousin Rita moves back to Japan with her, joining the team as a Digidestined. Rita is a compassionate and inquisitive person, taking notice of Izzy's feelings for Mimi she decides to help him, however as she...
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As hard as it was to leave Mimi and Meiko, Rita knew that the best place for her to be was with Izzy back at his office. She knew he would pour himself into his computer and someone else besides Tentomon needed to look after him. Rita watched how focused Izzy was, although it was not only that. His expressive face was unable to hide his concerns and how stressed he was over this. Rita just sat on the couch with Mikumon on her lap. The room was quiet, although it was better for Izzy that way so he could concentrate. "Will Meiccomon come back?" Mikumon asked, her eyes filled with sadness and worry. Rita tried to smile, even if it wouldn't fool her partner in the slightest. "We will do all we can, for now just do your best to keep the other Digimon's hopes up okay?" Rita's gentle voice always managed to sooth Mikumon, even if she could tell that Rita was just as worried as she was. "Okay! But...Izzy hasn't looked up once since we came back here..." Mikumon observed, looking at Rita who also had noticed. "Don't worry, Izzy gets like this most of the time. Sometimes he won't talk for hours, so just relax and have a snack." Tentomon stated, bringing over some snacks for the Digimon. "Okay, thanks for all your support Tentomon." Rita smiled, patting Tentomon on his head. He really was fond of Rita.
The Digimon all returned to the monitor when Tai, Matt, Sora, and Joe came by. Rita took it upon herself to go out and gather some more snacks for everyone, considering they would likely be there for some time. The fresh air felt nice against Rita's skin. By the way things were going so far, Rita was going to end up having to force Izzy outside at some point. She sighed heavily, wondering how things could have ended up like this. Thinking about Leomon made her eyes sting with tears. Was he really gone forever now? Izzy had told her before that if a Digimon dies in the real world then they are unable to come back. That was too sad to even think of, and the part that scared her the most was, if something happened to Mikumon in their world, then would she never be able to see her again? Izzy was right about keeping Mikumon and the others in his server, better to keep them as safe as possible until Izzy figured out what was going on. Even if it was a little lonely having Mikumon inside the server instead of right beside her. It wasn't as though she couldn't talk to her or anything... so why was Rita feeling so lonely?
As Rita returned to the office, Mimi and Meiko were also heading up. "Oh you both are finished then?" Rita smiled, trying to not seem as down as she was feeling. "Yeah, sorry we are so late!" Mimi replied. "No, don't be... I'm sorry that I wasn't there to help..." Rita responded. "Oh don't worry about that, you weren't officially a part of the planning committee anyway." Mimi grinned. Rita turned to look at Meiko, she seemed so down and of course Rita could understand why. "How is Izzy doing?" Mimi asked as the three girls made their way up the elevator. "He's be so focused this whole time, barely said a word... I wish there was something more I could do for him..." Rita sighed. "Don't be silly, Izzy has always been like that. I think you just being at his side is doing more then you realize!" Mimi smiled, her hand gently placed on Rita's shoulder. "Thanks... I hope so..." Rita spoke, clutching the bag of treats in her arms. "Did you go out for snacks or something?" Mimi asked. "Yeah, we were getting low with all of the Digimon, plus with everyone coming over I figured it's better to be over prepared then under." Rita explained as they exited the elevator, heading to Izzy's office. "Good point." Mimi smiled as she rang the bell. Opening the door, she instantly called out. "Sorry! I was cleaning up" "Oh and I'm back as well!" Rita jumped in before Sora rushed up to a very sad looking Meiko. "Are you alright?" Tai asked. "Oh... yes, I'm sorry for making you worry." Meiko responded, clearly not okay. "Thanks for running errands for me," Izzy spoke after Rita had placed the bag on the table. "Don't worry, anything I can do to help." She smiled back, standing beside Izzy as he continued to type away. "Anyway, we need to quickly iron out a plan. There are a lot of things I want to ask Mochizuki." Izzy requested. "Okay..." Meiko responded, still down. "If Meicoomon is infected then I want to find out why. Were there any symptoms? When did the infection occur? Please remember! We need your information to pin down the cause of infection. Even small details will help!" Izzy was becoming frantic, Rita felt helpless, and when Meiko started to cry it became even worse. "Hold on Izzy, this isn't some police interrogation! Take Meimei's feelings into consideration a bit more!" Mimi argued back. "There's no time to go about this leisurely!" Izzy yelled as he stood up, surprising Rita. "I'm saying you're being too insensitive!" Mimi shot back. "The infection may be spreading at this rate, we don't have time to focus on trivial things!" Izzy defended in an aggressive tone. "Trivial! What?" Mimi cried out. "Stop it you two!" Both Rita and Sora yelled. Mimi and Izzy both looked away, Rita wasn't sure what to say. She understood both sides, and in a way they were both right.
