AN~ Hey minna! Wow this is my third posted story! I cant
believe it! Thank you out there to all those who read
The Ultimate Sacrifice, my second story. Anyway here is
a piece that the original idea for it had been kicking
around in my head ever since Prophecy/Battle for Earth
and I just got around to actually writing it.
This takes place five years before the start of
the Digimon series, and Matt is 8 and T.k. is 4. It
deals with the divorce of their parents and how it
affects Matt and T.k. In The Battle For Earth, I think
it was, we see that Matt has a lot of pent up anger or
something towards his mom and I wondered what had
happened that would make him like that towards her. So
here is what my brainn came up with as an answer to that
question.
Enjoy!
Susan Takanouski sat alone on her couch. She was
curled in a fetal position with a huge aftgan covering
her 5' 3'' body. Susan's eyes were brimming with unshed
tears and the darkness of the living room didn't help her
mood much. T.k. her beloved son was asleep in his room,
thankfully too young to really understand any of the
turmoil that was happening around him.
Almost 20 years ago, Susan's parents were
divorced, leaving her scarred for life. She hoped and
prayed that the same thing wouldn't happen to her two
sons. Inside, the 34 year old was silently berating
herself. Her broken heart screaming at her mind,
asking why is had made that horrid decision.
*Why, why, why...* Susan's hands moved to cover
her ears, in hopes that they would provide relief from
the raging inside. It didn't help, but then she never
thought it would.
*M*T*M*T*M*T*
Earlier that week
The table was pure energy, unfortunately that
energy was all tension. Matt and T.k. sat next to each
other, looking at their parents who sat opposite them.
Something was about to go down, Matt could feel it so
he grabbed onto his younger brothers hand and held it
tight.
Susan glanced briefly at her ex-husband, wondering how
to explain to a 9 and 6 year old what was about to
happen to their family. Ken gave her no help, just was
waiting patiently for her to start.
"Matt. T.k." Susan began and faltered. What the
hell was she supposed to say?! " Do you know how your
daddy and I have been getting into little fights lately?"
she asked tentatively. T.k. nodded, his mouth twitched
into an expression of confusion. Matt didn't say or do
anything, just stared at his mom.
"Your dad and I just haven't been getting along
real good lately so he's gonna go live in another house.
This way we wont have to fight any more." Susan searched
her kids' face for a sign of understanding. She found it
in Matts eyes along with blind rage.
"WHAT?!" he stood up violently, his chair being
carelessly knocked to the floor in the process. Ken
also stood and slowly walked over to Matt, trying to
calm him, but he wouldn't have it.
"NO YOU CAN'T! WHAT'LL, WILL WE EVEN SEE DAD ANY
MORE?!" Matt was screaming, tears flowing forgotten down
his face. Ken tried to grab his shoulders, but Matt
raised his fists and started to punch his father in the
chest.
"Matt calm down." Ken said, glancing behind him
at the cowering T.k. "You'll still be able to see me,
and you know why? Because either you or T.k. is gonna
come and live with me." Matt's wailing stopped and his
head jerked up.
"Live with you?" he said, his lower lip
quivering.
"Yeah." Ken smiled slightly, imagining a
possible future with just him and Matt.
"But, then I wont get to see T.k. every day and,
and one of us will have to leave our house," the lip was
still shaking. Susan got up from the table and went to
stand beside Matt, still held firmly in his dad's hands.
"But that will be okay, because T.k. or you can
come back and visit me on the weekends and stuff," she
said gently, soothingly. "It'll be all right." Matt said
nothing for a long while, apprehensively looking from
his father to mother. Then something clicked.
Something Matt knew had to be answered.
"Who will go live with Dad?" he asked.
Susan staggered back and Ken let go of Matts
shoulders watching her. She collapsed on the couch,
shock written ever so clearly on her pale features.
"Oh my god." She kept repeating over and over
again. Then her senses seemed to come back and Susan
looked up at Ken, staring worriedly down at her.
"I'll have to give up one of my baby boys." She
sobbed and began to cry, the heart breaking kind of cry
as the knowledge she would have to make a choice dawned
on her.
*T*M*T*M*T*M*T*
An hour later, Susan and Ken stood facing one
another in the kitchen. Matt and T.k. were out in the
living room watching TV, trying not to think about the
scene at the dinner table.
"Which one Susan?'" Ken asked forcefully, the
third time having to ask it.
"I can't make this choice Ken." She whispered
and a hand went to her face to wipe back the tears
threatening to fall again.
"Well, I don't have a preference so you get to
pick. Which son is your favorite?"
"I, I don't have a favorite." She turned her
head away from his glare.
"Well, just pick one and get it over with."
"How can you be like that Ken? Not caring which
of your sons will come to live with you 24-7. Do you
even care that you wont see one of them except for
every other weekend?"
"No I don't." Ken's sentence was clipped and
Susan was horrified to find truth in his statement.
He really didn't care. "Which one are you willing to
sacrifice Susan?" Ken growled, only two inches from her
face. Susan shrank back, and remained silent. They
stood that way for about 5 minutes, no one saying
anything. Then Susan dropped her head and the tears
cascaded over her eyes. Ken smiled smugly, knowing that
she had chosen.
"T.k." she whispered. "I want T.k." then she
stormed out of the kitchen and practically ran to her
bed room, slamming the door. What she didn't know was
that Matt hadn't been in the living room watching TV,
no he had been standing right outside the kitchen door.
Matt had heard everything his parents had said and stood
there now with complete shock and betrayal written
across his 8 year old features.
"No." he whispered, his fist clenching
and unclenching. He would have to move away from his
school, away from his friends and most importantly, away
from T.k. and all because of his mom. Tears threatened
to fall, but Matt violently reached up to wipe them off.
He refused to cry. He refused. And because of this,
Matt's sadness turned to anger.
*M*T*M*T*M*T*
The next morning
9:43 am
"Hey T.k." Matt said calmly as he opened his
little brothers door and stepped into his brightly
colored room. T.k. sat on his bed looking at a picture
but immediately flew into Matt's arms.
"Hey Matt!" he cried gleefully. Matt smiled and
wrapped his arms tighter around the 6 year olds body.
"Hey T.k. Listen can we talk?" T.k. let his
brother go and stepped back.
"Sure Matt, wuz up?" Matt sighed and sat on the
bed. T.k. did the same.
"You know what Mom and Dad said last night?" he
started. T.k. nodded.
"Yeah, Dad's gotta move away."
"That's right. See Mom and Dad don't love each
other any more."
"How come Matt?" he paused and when T.k. didn't
get an answer he went on. "I don't want Dad to move
away."
"Me neither. But its something that is gonna
happen if we want it to or not." Matt ran a shaking hand
through his blonde hair.
"Why don't Mom and Dad love each other anymore?"
T.k. asked and suddenly found his feet to be very very
interesting. "Did I do anything?" A silence followed
but then Matt grabbed his brothers shoulders and forced
him to look at him.
"You did nothing" Matt stressed, almost panicky.
"Do you understand me T.k.? You did nothing. Mom and
Dad caused this, not you." T.k. went back to staring at
his hands when Matt released him.
"Are you sure oni-chan?" T.k.'s voice was
quivering.
"Absolutely." Matt could see the silent tears
falling down his brothers face and pulled him into a hug.
"T.k.," The boy in question kept crying but
looked up at Matt. "I'm going to go live with Dad."
"NOOOOOO!!!!!!!" T.k. was clutching Matt to him
like a life line and sobs were racking his small body.
Soon Matt joined him in his misery.
*M*T*M*T*M*T*M*
Back to present
Susan could still hear T.k.'s cries of anguish,
even curled here on the sofa three days later. Today,
her son and ex-husband had moved out after two days of
horrendous packing. Ken had already found a place, long
before they told Matt and T.k.
Susan had been standing in the kitchen doorway
as she said her final good-byes. Ken just looked at her
and walked out the door, which Susan let him do, not
really caring what he did. But then Matt had come out
of his old room, a pillow tucked under his arm, and
walked up to her. Then he gave his mom that nastiest
look she had ever been witness to and said one little
sentence before following his father out the door.
"I'll never forgive you for this."
THE END
AN~ Please go read my best friends fan fics, Fallen
Angel, Anime Goes Nuts and Always little Brother
Always (in the Monster Rancher section)! She has some
of the best fan fics on the net, really she does.
Thank-you to those who read this and you know what?
I think I would feel better if you flamed me for this
fic cuz I don't think its that good. Oh and Heero,
Mamo-chan and Yama-kun are really really hot!
Manda