1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

series: flaming ivy||story: pure confusioncharacters: miyako, momoe, hikarichapters: 1-1||words: 1,500genre: friendship, family||rated: gchallenges: diversity writing, digimon firestarter/healer aus, c14, k ratednotes: firestarter/healer au. same time frame as to begin somewhere, but on miyako's side of things.summary: miyako's never met a firestarter she was interested in – until she met hikari. good thing she has someone she can ask for advice.

miyako knew of hikari even before they properly officially met. she didn't often notice firestarters, but something about the younger girl's flames called to her from the first moment they

ushed near each other. she wasn't sure if hikari even remembered that first meeting. if one could call it a meeting. did it count when she'd been stocking shelves at ai mart and hikari came in once over a weekend to get some snacks

probably not. miyako hadn't even known the strange firestarter's name at that point. but feeling those flames so close to her – it made her want to find whoever it was and talk to them, get to know them better. her parents had always said when she met her proper firestarter, then she'd know about it.

and i didn't believe them. she still wasn't absolutely certain. what sort of healer could she make someone, anyway? sure, she had a way with plants. but that was standard healer issue. every healer could do that, and heal as well. nothing out of the ordinary at all.

her fingers tingled the first time that they

ushed against hikari's, when she handed over the message from the elder yagami. that was just the beginning. feeling hikari press up against her made her tingle all over, and she'd done her best to separate, even though every instinct told her to cuddle under those fires and stay there forever.

at least she'd kept something of a leash on her tongue, when the first question she wanted to ask then was "what is the digital world?", followed quickly by "would you like to court, please?"

that night she slammed her fists repeatedly into a pillow before throwing herself down on her futon and staring at the ceiling.

i met a firestarter. i met someone who i might like for my firestarter.

there was that whole digital world thing too. but they would definitely find out more about that tomorrow. the weight of that device in her pocket told her that. she tugged it out to look at it. she'd seen strange creatures on the other side of that screen – she'd heard daisuke babbling about someone called "v-mon" and she wondered if she would meet a friend like that too.

did hikari have one? she had to. what would her partner be like? perhaps she'd meet them tomorrow.

her thoughts flicked back to hikari, the firestarter. was hikari even looking for a healer? most healers and firestarters did look for a partner at some point in their lives. miyako had even attended one mixer that was supposed to help unbonded ones finding their partners. she'd been so bored she'd almost fallen asleep on her feet there.

noise came from outside the room – momoe's voice, raised in glee as she bounced into the apartment. miyako could only hear bits and pieces, but since she heard "jun" very clearly, she could guess that momoe's courting was going very well.

motomiya jun? miyako frowned. she'd heard mentions of jun's

other during some of the times when jun visited, but she'd never paid much attention. but now she wondered -

she poked her head out of the door. momoe lounged on the couch, grinning in satisfaction. she glanced over as soon as miyako looked at her.

"hey! how was the first day of school?"

miyako waved one hand. "ok. i have a question, though.

momoe blinked, extending one hand to one of her indoor plants, caressing the side of it. "what? got a problem with your homework already?"

"that's not it. i met someone – not like that!" miyako waved her hands quickly to make sure that momoe didn't get any ideas. "i met two someones, really. but the one i wanted to ask about – jun has a

other, right?"

momoe tilted her head. "daisuke. she asked if you wanted to meet him, remember?"

miyako scrunched her nose. "i remember." she'd turned down the prospect. she wasn't interested then in bonding to him, not even meeting him. "but i think i've met him now." well, that answered her first question, at least. daisuke was jun's

other. which did mean he was going to be a pretty powerful firestarter. she thought hikari might be a fraction stronger. but stronger or weaker, hikari's flames were far more to her tastes than daisuke's were.

her sister started to look a little more interested, but miyako didn't want her getting any ideas like that. "i also met yagami hikari." she hoped she didn't sound half as dreamy as she did to her own ears. "she's a firestarter."