Odaiba: Sleep Again

[AnT]

@sorata@ "That's because the tyrant version of you...that world wasn't truly based off your world and past. This is."

@butenmon@ Moving his hands around, a large book suddenly appeared on them.

@sorata@ "I managed to scan Wisemon's data, and he was fiddling with that records place. Got the data right here."

A small smoky orb hovered above the pages of the book.

@sorata@ "The world I been to was pretty much close to your own world. However..."

Images of the Tamers, Warriors, and even Neo's group appeared.

@sorata@ "Those other people you met, minus the Poke-dorks, exist in that world with you, as if they always had been."

[Ninetalesuk]

"Wow... talk about a merging of all Digimon worlds!"



"No kidding..." He muttered, crossing his arms. "Although, DATS and Xros Heart aren't part of them... maybe they come in later..."

@patamon@

"So, that means, there's more than one Digital World in that world you're showing us?" He asked.

[AnT]

@butenmon@ Butenmon showed an image of little Yoshino battling with Sunflowmon against the Digimon raid outside the Metropotian buildings.

@sorata@ "Probably didn't happen yet, if you can tell how old she is. Anywho, in this world, you and your friends are a little older, but the Warriors happened to be the FIRST DigiDestined ever. Some....time travel thing. You guys met up with them, and got to know them. But you...."




@takuya@

"Fire, Light, Wind, Thunder, Ice, Darkness, Wood, Earth, Water and Metal. Back in the Digital World that we use to know, they were famous for protecting the world from a corrupt Digimon and sealing him away before they passed on and left their Spirits behind..."

@matt@

He frowned. "Light AND Darkness? You mean to say that a Digimon used darkness to protect the Digital World?!"

@takuya@

"Y..Yeah..."


@tk@

Takeru grid his teeth at the mention that there was a person who represented Darkness 'on their side'. He was now hesitant to trust these people. Who knew how the darkness that they thought was on their side had corrupted them. Still, he had to tell this to the others privately, and not let the new guys know.


@koji@

"If you guys are heading to the Digital World, let us come along too. We still have to retrieve our Beast Spirits."


@tk@

Takeru did not answer Patamon's question, but rather, he objected Koji's suggestion. "No, why should we let you get these... Beast Spirits anyway? Why should we let you into the Digital World period?!" Takeru asked fiercely.

@tai@

"TK!" Taichi scolded, causing the boy to glare at him, surprising him so much that he lost his trail of thought, unable to continue with the scolding he had intended to execute.




@sorata@ ".....yeah. You defiantly weren't the trusting type."

[Ninetalesuk]

@patamon@

"Uh...."

@tk@

"That's... what might happen to me... if I don't let go of these demons, right...?"

[AnT]

@sorata@ "It hasn't even begun," she scoffed, annoyed that this guy was making quick assumptions already when she hasn't even finished.

[Ninetalesuk]

@tk@

"Hasn't begun...?" He asked, not liking the sound of that.

[AnT]

@sorata@ "Yeah, so shut up." glancing back at the orb. "Now you're probably thinking...Oh but I get along with that Koichi kid. Why can't he? Well, it's called old age. Let's use this as an example."

An image of TK and Kari appeared, as the age they are now. TK would see familiar events of been through not too long ago, like the Digimon Emperor, battling BlackWarGreymon, and all that. "You two are best friends, right? Inseparable guys that are buddy-buddy. Right?"

[Ninetalesuk]

@tk@

"That's right..."

@patamon@

"Usually followed by Davis being jealous and getting TK's name wrong, for some reason..."

@tk@

"He does it on purpose, but enough of that..." He muttered, looking at the image.

[AnT]

@sorata@ A small, mischievous smirk played. "Well...the longer you sometimes be with that person, the more you start to realize something you never noticed when you were a brat."

[Ninetalesuk]

@tk@

"Uh.... what's that...?" He nervously asked, but somehow knew what that is gonna be...

[AnT]

"I'm not gonna be your freakin dad, and talk about all that....birds and bees stuff, but I'm gonna show you....which is NOT birds and bees."

And he sighed in relief, afraid it was gonna be something like that.






"I guess... maybe." Takeru continued. "Oh, yeah, I sent Taichi an email to tell him about me and Akira staying here for the night...." He stopped there, despite wanting to add something. ... though I did not promise anything... unexpected... He mentally slapped himself after that thought. GET YOUR MIND STRAIGHT TAKERU!!!

The older Kari nodded....nervously... "Oh...um...good..." great, back they were to the awkwardness. It so wasn't fair. Ever since she started noticing her feelings for Takeru, it became so hard to hang around with him. She's been so afraid she'll accidentally stare dreamily at him, and then he'll notice and get scared and run off, and he'll never speak to her again.

Oh why couldn't things stay simple when we were just friends? When they would laugh, play, and battle Digimon together? When they would easily work together to battle all problems that comes in their way? Or when they make Davis jealous for kicks? Not like now when Kari get goosebumps and her heart beats the closer she is to TK.

Actually, she's not proud of that now. Kari been thinking of apologizing to Davis for all that in some form. Maybe hook him up with some other girl...

Oh shoot, since when did things get quiet now? Kari twiddled her fingers, trying to think of something to say, quick. Anything before...well, maybe before TK leaves or something.

"Uh...nice hat?" Oh god! She mentally slapped herself. Did all the stupid left Tai and went into ME?

[Ninetalesuk]

@tk@

"..........."

@patamon@

"....ummmm... TK....?"

@tk@

"S-S-Somehow... I-I kinda saw that coming..." He stuttered with wide eyes. He and Kari are trying to get some alone time during the free reign... without Davis knowing... but, what if this is...?

[AnT]

"Umm... yeah.... it is nice." He said softly. The discomfort was now at the back of his mind. He began to lean toward Hikari.

She stiffened a bit, as she felt TK leaning closer to her. She almost felt the need to push him away, for her heart was racing like a racecar engine. She just couldn't take the pressure. All her senses so wanted to...well, maybe hug him, and... Kari shuddered at the thought. No she didn't shudder because she was disgusted. She's afraid those thoughts will weaken her control over herself.

She just has to say something to get her mind off of these...feelings, and the fact that TK seems to be a little too close.

"Uh...yeah...*giggle* uh..." But why 'nice hat' she wondered. Oh who cares? Anything is fine! "I remember...that little green hat you used to wear. It...*giggle*...it look like something the pope ...um..."

Okay, now she was getting a close encounter with Takeru's eyes.

She gasped as she leaned away a little.

Huh? W-Why did I do that?? Her mind asked before she even wondered why she asked that.

The moment Hikari leaned away, Takeru quickly drew back. That is the stupidest thing you have ever done, TAKERU TAKAISHI! Takeru then took a step away from her, averting his gaze to the sight of the night, his face heating up and at a loss of words.

Takeru closed his eyes, to prevent the tears from falling as his heart ripped itself out. I guess I... was wrong about her after all.... "I'm sorry, Hikari. I'll... see you later." He said hastily and walked out of the balcony.

"W-wait!" she tried to reach out to her, but it felt like something was pulling her away from him. She felt the only chance to tell him was right now, but she just couldn't pull it off. And now that chance was starting to go away...maybe forever.

Why can't I say it? Was it this hard for Tai to-

Then something came up; thoughts about Taichi...and Sora; how Tai waited for so long to tell Sora how he felt, and now looked what happened. But Kari couldn't hold the faults on Tai, because to her, it was Sora's fault just as much as Tai's...maybe more. That girl didn't even wait till Christmas, and now she broke his big heart, going out with Matt. Maybe Tai didn't tell her on time, but Sora should've done something too. What? She gave out all these stupid hints, but didn't she once thought of the direct approach? Just three simple words?

Yeah, Kari knew why Tai transferred; because he didn't want to ruin his friendship with Sora. Well tough, because it's ruined anyways, and if Tai didn't hang with Sora, then so didn't Kari.

No...I'm not gonna be like her! with anger fueled in her, Kari reached in and grabbed TK's shoulders, span him towards her and quickly planted her lips on his before anything happened.

He was about to say something when Hikari spun him around, but was stopped by her mouth abruptly pressing to his.

At that moment, all thoughts came to a screeching halt. So many feelings ran through him that he did not know what was what. But his body reacted for him. He immediately pulled Hikari closer, and deepened the kiss.



Bashfully, Butenmon covered his eyes.

[Ninetalesuk]

@tk@

His face flushed brighter red...

@patamon@

"Suddenly, we're wondering into Davis' nightmare..."

[AnT]

@sorata@ Rolling her eyes, "Yeah yeah. Enjoy the wet dream, because from here, things go straight to hell."

[Ninetalesuk]

@tk@

"Huh...?" He looked at Sorata. "...what do you mean...? What went wrong for the other TK...?"

[AnT]

"Well let me point out that since he never had much closer, the older he got, the more he hated darkness, not just Devimon. I'd show you what's next, but...you're too PG. From what I can guess, the hell started when Yggdrasil unleashed the X-Virus, inflecting many Digimon, including the Warriors. Koji, of all things, gets killed by a gang. No no, not a Digimon gang...but a mere human gang....led by Etemon, when were having a gang war. Because of this, many of the warriors turned violent. Tommy went gung-ho on the gang, killing them on the spot, while his brother tried to revive Koji by changing fate with his connection with the Akashic Records. It left him in a vegetable state, while changing fate for the worse."

[Ninetalesuk]

@tk@

He stared at Sorata in horror, becoming silent.

[AnT]

"Clones of Alphamon emerged, including Dexmon, killing many of your friends. Of course this put you in eternal rage, but you blamed it on Koichi, who was infected by the virus, forcing him as Duskmon. You were so obsessed on destroying him, that you wouldn't listen to your remaining friends."






"Takeru, stop this is stupid..."

"To you it is! To me it is NOT!!!"

"Think this through-"

"I HAVE thought it through!!! Come on, Patamon," the blonde said to a flying pig who was hovering nearby with the rest of the Digimon, having some rest.



"Huh? Oh..." Patamon replied, seeing the expression on Takeru's face.



"Takeru, I said stop," Taichi Kamiya said sternly, pulling Takeru's shoulder towards him and spinning the boy around to face him. "This is stupid, Takeru. We can't afford for you or anyone to do any st-"



"SHUT UP, TAICHI!!!" Takeru shouted. "This insanity has gone on long enough. Might as well I take him out before he has a chance to do the same to us. With all that's happening, I'd rather not have to keep looking over my shoulder expecting him to show up anytime."




"Even for you know who."







"Don't try and stop me, Hikari," Takeru said as he scowled. "I wouldn't want to hurt you."



"You don't mean that..."




Even Kari cringed at TK's words...she was afraid to believe that. "T-T...Takeru...please don't go...I don't want you to do something that you'll..."



Takeru had never really heard Hikari beg before, and this shocked him more than anything in the world. He wanted to listen to her. He wanted to stop. He wanted to just...

No. This is something that must be done.

"I'm sorry, Hikari, but I can't do that. I will finish him off. One evil down increases our chances of surviving this... and the chances of whoever left out there..."



"You know as well as I do that he is NOT evil, Takeru Takaishi. Your brother may not be here, but I am, and I will NOT let you do this," Taichi turned to Neo. "You have free reign, buddy..."



"I dare you to try it," Takeru snarled.




"No, I dare you! HAHAHA!"

In the vision, Duskmon suddenly appeared near Tai and TK, firing towards them with his Deadly Gaze attack, causing beams of destruction to blast around the two digidestined...

[Ninetalesuk]

@tk@

He couldn't find his words, horrfied at what his counterpart's hatred had done to him...

@patamon@

"Duskmon...?" He uttered in shock and confusion. "...b-but, I thought Koichi turns into Lowemon unless..."