Italics mean thoughts
Darkness and Light
Why does hate make me feel happier than love?...
Hikari woke up from a strange nightmare that she couldnt comprehend with. She was sweating, panting horrificly, trying to bear with her dream. She looked around the room to assure herself that her surroundings where safe. She saw Tailmon sleepy peacefully in her bunk, and heard Taichi snorring slightly on his bunk.
"What was that. I think I saw the Dark Ocean again," she whispered to herself. She smiled and shook her head. Nah, Tailmon, Takeru-kun, and Miyako-san promised me that it would never happen again, so why should I be so concerned?
Hikari layed back on her pillow, forcing herself to go to sleep. She still had trouble falling into slumber, then looked and stared at her cat partner, Tailmon. She heard Tailmon purring in her sleep, making her smile.
"Angemon...fight..that...evil...digimon..." Tailmon whispered in her sleep. Hikari chuckled a little. She remembered Tailmon often telling her about the dreams she was having about her glory days as Angewomon fighting the forces of evil. Hikari missed those days too. She was only in the second grade when she first met Tailmon and defeated Myotismon.
"I wonder if I'll need that power again," she said to herself. She cuddled closer to Tailmon and drifted onto slumber. Fortunatly for her, she didnt have another Dark Ocean dream, but as she slept, the real Dark Ocean was becoming much more than a dream.
The next day, she put on her new school uniform that looked similar to her brother's. Since she had started Junior High that week, she regarded the need to wear her new green, girl uniform. Tailmon slipped into her backpack so she could watch over Hikari from outside. Hikari walked past the front gate of her new school. Walking up behind her was a familiar young boy that she had known since she first went to the digital world.
"Hikari-chan!" yelled the boy as he ran up to her. Hikari looked behind herself to see the boy who had the voice she was so familiar with.
"Ohayo, Takeru-kun!" she greeted with a smile. Takeru smiled back at his best friend. She looked over at him and was still adjusting herself to the idea of seeing Takeru in a uniform. Takeru wore the same green uniform as Taichi, but instead, had a freshman patch on the arm. "Um...how is your morning so far? Need help with any homework?" asked Takeru, trying to make conversation with Hikari. "Well, my morning is okay, and no, homework is going along great," answered Hikari. Daisuki ran up behind them by surpise. "Hikari-chan!! Ohayo!!!" shouted Daisuki in gleem. Hikari smiled at him. She noticed a slight difference in Daisuki's attitude towards her. She remembered Daisuki telling her about his vacation in America. She recalled Daisuki saying something about a girl named Natsu-chan.
Author's note: If you are familiar with the CD drama "Natsu e no Tobira", you'll know the story of Daisuki's summer when he goes to America and is reunited with Mimi and Wallace and meeting a digimon in a human girl form who waited for Daisuki. If you want to know more about this story, I reccomend buying the Digimon CD drama from Japan. Back to the fanfiction!
"Lovely morning!" he said as he past Hikari and Takeru.
"He's in a good mood today," Takeru said smiling with a sweatdrop at the side of his head. Hikari nodded with a small smile.
"Well, we should be getting to class," said Takeru as he walked with Hikari to their homeroom.
After class was over, Takeru decided to walk Hikari to her next period. Unfortunatly for Takeru, since junior high was different from his previous school, the class schedules were different. Thus, he didn't have his second class with Hikari. As he approached the girl in the hallway, he managed to notice something weird about her form...it looked like static.
Oh no, not again!
"Hikari-chan!" he yelled running up to her staticy form. She turned around with a confused expression on her face.
"Nani? Dijoubu Takeru-kun?"she asked with a smile on her face.
What? She didnt notice? It was happening to her, so how did she not know she was dissapearing? She noticed last time it happened. "Well, what is it?" she asked him again, still wanting an answer for his strange behavior. "You...were dissapearing. Like the last time...when you went to the Dark Ocean..." whispered Takeru with a worried face.
"What? What are you talking about?!" she asked with the same expression. Is my dream coming true?
"Remember when those creepy things wanted you to become their wife and swore they would come and take you back? This doesn't have anything to do with this does it?" asked a devistated Takeru. Hikaru shook her head.
"Maybe its something worse..." Hikari started to weep. Takeru felt shocked and guilty for reminding Hikari.
Great going Takeru, now you made her cry you idiot.
"No, no way. Don't worry Hikari. I won't let anything happen to you," assured Takeru. Hikari looked up at him with a greatful face.
"Arigato, Takeru-kun," she said to him with a smile that was still somewhat scared. "Why is it that I didnt feel myself dissapearing? I didn't even vision the Dark Ocean," she finished.
"Hikari-chan...let's go...to the digital world," replied Takeru. "I know it sounds random, but maybe if we go to the digital world, we'll find out the reason why your body was starting to dissapear," finished Takeru. Feeling that she had no other choice, she just nodded. Sure she was going to miss a day of school, but this was more important to her than her school record at the moment.
The two ran to Odaiba Elementary, sneaking in through an open window into the computer lab. They did consider asking the other chosen children to help them, but they didnt want to drag them out of class. Along the way, their digimon joined them on their way to the school. "Takeru-kun...I'm worried. What is happening to me?" she asked, about to break out in more tears. Takeru look at her after opening the portal gate on one of the computers. "Hikari-chan...remember, I told you long ago that I'll protect you, no matte what happens," he assured her again. She looked up at him and smiled. Tailmon and Patamon edged the two to hurry and get to the digital world.
"Digital portal! Open a pathway to the digital world!" shouted Takeru as the raised his digivice to the computer. Hikari did the same and they were both sucked into it.
When they arrived to the digital world, Takeru pulled out his d-terminal to email Koushiro. His email explained how they went to the digital world for a specific reason, and that Koushiro should go and keep an eye on the computer they went through when he was finished with school.
"There, Koushiro-san will take care of us when he finishes," Takeru told Hikari. She nodded as a sign of approval. Since all that was out of the way, the two started to walk in a random direction. "We should find Azulongmon and talk to him about your constant dissapearance," said Hikari. She looked down at the ground as she walked, which sparked the idea in Takeru's mind that something was worrying her.
"Uh...Hikari-chan, is something wrong? Is there something you're not telling me?" asked Takeru, making Hikari look up.
"Well, lately I have been having strange dreams about my tag and crest turning black, but I didn't want it to bother anybody," she said. Instead of Takeru being angry with Hikari for keeping such a dire secret, he just sighed.
"Sou ka... well, I'll just have to make sure that these dreams don't come true then," Takeru said as he smiled at her. She smiled back, feeling safe this time.
To be continued...
Okay, first chapter didnt have much, but I'll try to make the story more interesting in the future chapters. Just for those who have never seen the japanese version of the anime, Gatomon's real name is Tailmon. I base all of my fanfics off of the originals and try to avoid dubs.