Hi there! Daisy's back with another story. For those who have read Arcade Armageddon, enjoy this new fic from yours truly! Updates may be a tad slow, though because RL will get in the way a bit. Just letting you know up front. Also, before reading this one, I would recommend reading "Takeru Magica" first.
Disclaimer: I don't own Madoka Magica or Digimon.
Digi Magi Yamato Magica
Chapter 1
"I'm home," Matt called, dropping his bag by the doorway when he entered the apartment he and his dad shared. He had just returned from school, most of which had been a drag. He found himself spacing out in class for the majority of the day. All of the original DigiDestined had. T.K. brought the news about the death of the other new DigiDestined last week. Davis, Kari, Yolei, Cody, and Ken died along with their Digimon at the hands of MaloMyotismon. Patamon was included in the casualties. Unlike their partners, the Digimon would be reconfigured.
The fact that four of the five Digimon would no longer be able to digivolve made the losses even more heartbreaking. Matt realized how much he would miss Davis. They had argued in the first stages of their adventure but the Child of Friendship accepted him as a friend over time. Suddenly losing the young leader made everything for nothing. He didn't get to know the others well enough, especially Ken – the time helping the Spanish DigiDestined Rosa notwithstanding.
The Child of Friendship knew everyone was taking it hard. Harder than anticipated. It would take more than a few weeks or even months to move past the deaths of their friends. He sure as hell was and so would Tai, making high school the least of their problems.
The original children, along with their families and those of the new team, held a funeral for the new kids last week. Matt found himself having to comfort Jun, who had bawled on his shoulder over her brother. He still had no romantic feelings for her, but he knew she cared deeply for Davis. The Inoue family perhaps suffered the most. Although there were many Inoue sisters left, they were not familiar with the loss like the other families. Then there were Ken's parents, who already lost one son and now lost their remaining one, while the Hida family lost its only child. That was frustrating for any parent to go through. Tai had stayed behind even after the services and burial were done, kneeling in front of Kari's grave with Agumon by his side. The Child of Courage had blamed himself for not being there, and it took Matt, Gabumon, and Sora to convince him otherwise. But the Child of Friendship knew his best friend would never forgive himself. Kari was Tai'ssister, after all.
Matt knew T.K. suffered from it the most, not only because the Child of Hope lived the nightmare and was bearing scars but also because T.K.'s allies fell at the hands of an agent of darkness, and the Child of Friendship knew how his younger brother reacted to darkness all too well. It was as if the scars from their first adventure hadn't been enough for T.K. Matt couldn't bear to imagine what his brother was going through, though he had appeared content through the whole service. Would T.K. start relapsing to his vengeful self again?
"Matt," came Gabumon's voice, snapping the Child of Friendship out of his musings. "How did it go?"
Matt flopped in a chair at the kitchen table as he saw his blue-furred partner coming out of his room. Gabumon usually wandered the house – especially when no humans roamed the place – to raid the cabinets and refrigerator for snacks.
"Slow," Matt replied, lying his head on the table as Gabumon joined him. The Digimon of Friendship had to use a stack of books to climb in the chair. "How can we think about school when we just buried some of our friends? You can relate because you lost some dear friends, too."
"And they'll get reconfigured without partners...except Patamon," added Gabumon.
"I couldn't focus on anything today. Well, that's the norm because half of the teachers do sound like sleeping pills in skirts and suits, but I can usually get bits and pieces of their lectures. Not today, though. All I could think about were the friends we lost and I'm still thinking about them. I'm going to miss them, Gabumon." A tear threatened to run down Matt's cheek, but the teen fought it off. "Just when I was starting to get along with Davis. You remember our rocky start, right?"
Gabumon nodded. "You told me all about it." He remembered Matt's misunderstanding early in their adventure where Davis had thought his sister was badmouthing him to Matt. That had resulted in a little scuffle between the young DigiDestined leader and the blond.
"But at least we started to respect each other after that, especially during the whole fight against MetalGreymon that time."
"I thought we promised not to mention that. Besides, that too was a dark time, and I don't think you can handle one on top of another right now. We almost lost Agumon that day."
"I'm glad we didn't. That would've hurt Tai even more than what we're going through now," said Matt, lifting his head a little to regard his partner. "I don't think he would survive going through two losses. It still doesn't seem fair, though."
"What doesn't?" Gabumon asked.
"Saving two worlds and losing friends in the process. It just..." Matt sighed, then continued, "...doesn't feel like a winning score to me."
"I see." Gabumon patted his partner's shoulder to comfort him. "And I understand it's difficult to celebrate MaloMyotismon's defeat when friends were lost in the fight. Why don't you just take a break from school for a while?"
"I can't just take off from school," Matt said, sitting up and reclining in his chair.
A sudden beep came from inside Matt's green coat.
"Your coat's beeping," Gabumon pointed out.
"We just came out of a fight, so what is it this time?" Matt pulled his D-Terminal out of his coat. "Please tell me it's not a new threat." He opened his D-Terminal. Only a week had passed since the DigiDestined weren't needed in the Digital World. "Looks like we're needed in the Digital World." Matt groaned. "I'm scared now."
"What is it this time?" the Digimon of Friendship wondered.
"Don't know. I just hope we don't have to fight again so soon."
Matt and Gabumon went into the blond's room to enter the Digital World through the teen's computer.
But what they weren't aware of was a dark, cat-shaped figure sitting on the windowsill of the Ishidas' apartment, red gaze following the pair. Another, taller figure sat next to the smaller one.
"Only you can answer that question, Yamato Ishida," the smaller figure said. "In the end, it's up to you. Of course, your decision may affect your friends' fates and that of the city you live in."
