A/N: Hello everyone Jacky Mao here(Some fans probably know me as EE-sama from Team Secret but whatever), this is my first fic so pls r&r kindly ^^, btw since English is not my first language, sorry for the mistakes in grammar and me EternaLEnVy1991
The story is set in an AU where Taiki never goes to the Digital World and the original DD never went too.
Prologue
"Time never waits, it delivers all equally to the same end.
Tuesday, 11-4-2011
11:30 PM Daiba Train Station, Odaiba, Japan
Taiki Kudou, 16 Years old, walks out from the train and stared at his surroundings, letting out a small sigh after he saw his watch that showed the time.
"It's late…better get going so that auntie wouldn't be so worried,"he thought while walking out from the train station,carrying his suitcase at his left hand while texting his aunt with his phone with his other hand.
"On…my…way…from the station, will get there in 25-30 min…"Taiki said to himself when suddenly, all the street lamps died at the same time, which gained his attention.
"What the…"Taiki said in shock before all the lamps suddenly returned to then shrugged it off, thinking that it's probably just some technical issues and decided to keep walking.
After walking for a while, Taiki found something strange in this city, a place where his mother grew up as a child. Taiki was born in Tokyo, but he moved a lot because of his parents this time he has to move to his Aunt house for a year or two because his parents got a job is…somehow pretty quiet, not like how his mother always described.
Of course, it's midnight already so probably everyone are already at home sleeping, but there is something really bugging him and he doesn't know then decided to just keep walking and finally arrived at his new home.
After he knocked on the door, a middle-aged woman with brown hair opened the door and smiled at him."Taiki!Oh, how much you have grown!Come inside it's already late." The woman, who is Taiki's Aunt picked his bag and locked the door after he got inside of the house.
"Hello, Aunt Yukio, nice to meet you!"Taiki smiled at her as he sit with her in the living room.
"So welcome to Odaiba, as always your dad and sis are workaholics, it must be hard for you sweetie…"Yukio frowned."Not really though, I'm already used to it" he replied.
"Well, in our house there is only me and my husband Ryouji who is at work, you know the usual cops business…always busy all the can think of us as one big family, so don't be shy okay?" she explained.
"Yeah sure, please take care of me well!"Taiki nodded with a , he felt a massive headache but he tries to hide it from his aunt."I must be too tired because of the long trip…" he thought to himself.
"Yukio-san, do you mind if I sleep early today?I got school tomorrow and…I'm pretty tired" asked Taiki."Oh sure, your room is the last one to the left from the stairs, go ahead and sleep, I will unpack you stuff." she answered.
After saying good night, Taiki went to his room and lay down on his bed."Yes, I'm already used to it…what I always keep in mind in all my moving is…to live well, while making space from the old friends I made every time I move to a new that I will not leave too many scars behind every time I move…" he thought to himself while staring at the ceiling of his room.
He then slowly closed his eyes and dozed off.
Taiki woke up and found himself in a bridge, surrounded by a mysterious thick black fog.
"Taiki Kudou, I have been waiting for you…" a male voice called him
"Who's there?"Taiki called out to the voice.
"You want to know the truth?If so…then try to catch me…" the voice spoke again.
Taiki slowly walked through the thick black fog to the center of the voice, until he saw a big silhouette inside the black fog.
"Fufufu…well done…" the silhouette clapped his hands.
"Hey, who are you really?What is this place?How did u know my name?" asked Taiki.
"No no no…the right question is, who are you Taiki Kudou?" the silhouette smirked at him.
Suddenly, Taiki slowly loses consciousness.
"Until the time we meet again Taiki Kudou, in another place, somewhere else…"
Wednesday,13-4-2011
Taiki wakes up in his room, trying to make sense of the dream he had last , he decided to shrug it off and get ready for his first day at school.
"I'm going to school!"Taiki shouted as he leaves the house."Take care!"Yukio replied.
Taiki then walked to school for around 15 the way there, he saw some kids wearing the same uniform as he afraid of getting lost, he followed them without making contact with the group of he arrived there, he rushes to his class.
Odaiba High School
2F-Class 1-C
"Hello everyone, welcome to Class 1-C, my name is Reiji Tanaka, just call me Mr. Tanaka, I will be your homeroom and math teacher for this year.I wish you all the very best for this new school year."The homeroom teacher, a 40-year-old man with glasses introduced himself.
As Mr. Tanaka is lecturing about students, responsibilities, and a few other things,Taiki stared at the school's soccer field,visible from the window next to him,having no interest in what the teacher is mind then goes back to his weird dream last as he trying to remember the dream, his headache comes he decided to go to the bathroom after asking for permission from Mr. Tanaka.
2F-Bathroom
"I wonder…"Taiki said to himself while washing his face with cold water to stop his as he wiped his face and looked into the mirror, he saw something there.
A tall, black human-like figure stared at him, it's glowing red eyes locked into Taiki's shock, Taiki took a step back and run out from the bathroom in fear.
1F-Corridor
"Shit…what was that thing in the mirror?I must be hallucinating…"Taiki tried to catch his then shook his head and took a deep breath after running as far as possible.
"Probably it's because I was sleepy, yeah that must be the case!"He thought to himself and begin walking to back to his when he just arrived at the second floor, someone bumped him hard from behind, which makes him fall to the floor face first, while the person who bumped him fall backward.
"Shit…watch it!" said Taiki while rubbing his face in pain.
"Uhm…sorry, that was so careless of me…are you ok?" a gentle, feminine voice came from behind Taiki.
As he stand up and turned at the voice, he froze when he saw a beautiful girl with long wavy light-brown hair and brown eyes is staring at him with a guilty expression.
"Wha-I mean…I was being careless too haha…I'm fine!"Taiki answered nervously while putting his hands behind his head.
The girl then giggled at him and after a moment of awkward silence, Taiki decided he should introduce himself.
"The name is Taiki Kudou, I'm from 1-C.I just moved here from Osaka."Taiki introduced himself while making sure he didn't leave a bad impression in front of a beautiful girl.
"My name is Mimi Tachikawa, I'm actually from 1-C too, but I just arrived here because I woke up late this to meet you Taiki-kun." The girl smiled at him.
"Well it's nice to meet you too…shall we go to our classroom?"Taiki asked her while trying not to blush at her smile."Yes, that would be a good 's go together, I'm a little nervous If I have to walk in alone." she they walked to the classroom with Mimi leading the way, Taiki felt like something is following them from behind and is preying on the feeling is gone after they had entered the classroom.
Meanwhile, somewhere else in Odaiba.
A group of cops and some people are gathering in front of a convenience store.
"Ryouji-san, what the heck is this…how in the world did this happened?" asked one of the cops to a middle-aged, scary looking man."Calm down, we're cops, seeing dead bodies are a part of our job."Ryouji, Yukio's husband replied.
"But this is…no gunshots, no stab wounds, no drugs, no poisons, no signs of fighting back…and there he is, hanged on a TV antenna…this is such a weird case…"he added as he points to a man who is hanged on a TV antenna above a convenience store, dead and soulless with black ink writings on his chest "Try to catch me."
Odaiba High School, After School
After the bell rings, Taiki prepared to go straight home but when he was at the gate, a familiar voice called his name."Taiki-kun!"Mimi waved and approached him."Hello, Mimi-san, is there something wrong?" he asked.
"There's nothing wrong silly, I just want to treat you for bumping you earlier this morning, I heard there is this amazing café that just opened around here," she explained."Eh…I don't know, I mean it's not much of a problem to me-"Taiki gave a weary smile.
"I insist!Come on, let's go!"Mimi grabbed his arm and dragged that is futile to rest, Taiki played along and followed her.
Marugame Café
Taiki spent the next few hours with Mimi, talking about his past life before he moves to Odaiba while Mimi eats her cake and paying full attention to every word he said."Really?You're stuck for 4 hours in a trash can because you think it's a good idea to hide in it?"Mimi laughed as Taiki told her about the time he played hide-and-seek with his friends from Osaka.
Suddenly, her phone rings and she answered the call.
"Oh…yes, I'll go home now…" she hanged up the phone with a disappointed expression."What is it?"Taiki asked.
"It's my parents, they want me to come home right now because they are worried that something might happen to me if I go home late." she answered with a sad smile.
"Right, well I couldn't agree more with them…besides it's already late," he said while looking at the time."17.00, I think I should go home too…"Taiki thought to himself.
"Well, thanks for the treat you tomorrow?" he smiled at her."Sure, goodbye Taiki-kun.I had fun today, thanks."Mimi smiled back.
After they gave each other their phone numbers, Mimi leaves the café first since Taiki want to wash his hands first."Mimi-san is a really nice person, I'm glad that the first person I befriended here isn't a total asshole like last , I guess I should not get too attached with her since I will leave in the end anyway…" he thought, frowning.
As he leaves the men's bathroom, he overheard some voices in the girl's bathroom."That Tachikawa slut!She's on the same class as me again!" a girl hearing this Taiki stopped walking and decided to eavesdrop the conversation between 3 girls with the same Odaiba High Uniform.
"That whore!I will never forget what she did to me last year!" the second girl replied.
"I swear that I will get her back this year and I will make her regret living on this world!" said the first girl.
"And did you see that she was eating with the new student in your class?Taiki Kudo isn't it?Even on the first day of school, she's already preying on boys!" the third girl asked the first girl.
"Poor boy, he didn't know that behind her kind, cheerful attitude and pretty face…she is nothing more than a rich, spoiled princess." the first girl pouted angrily.
"Not to mention a skanky whore!" the second girl added.
Feeling uncomfortable, Taiki leave the café as soon as possible and rushed back home as fast as possible.
Tanaka Residence ,Night
"What was all that about?"Taiki is deep on his though while laying on his bed."I mean , Mimi-san seems to be a really nice person…but why are those 3 girls are talking shit about her?What did she do to them last year?She doesn't look like the type of person who enjoy to hurt others…"
Because he was very bored ,Taiki decided to turn on the TV and saw something disturbing as he switched to a local news channel.
"A man is found dead, hanged on a TV Antenna,it is reported that this man has been acting weird a day before he dissapeared, and now the man is found dead only a day after he was reported missing by his wife." The reporter said while the camera is pointing at the dead body.
"The policemen who are investigating this case reported that there is a psychopath killer on the loose in Odaiba, so they asked for everyone to take an extra caution and not to leave home alone after 's all we got from the police, we will inform you when another update is given by them."
To see a man hanged in a TV Antenna shocked Taiki, but the one thing that disturbed him the most is the writings on the man's chest.
"Try to catch me."
Upon seeing these words, Taiki remembered his dream where the mysterious voice told him the same , the screen went into static and the lamp in his room died for 5 seconds before everything return to normal.
"Huh?Probably it's because of the rain..."Taiki looked out from his window and take a look at the heavy rain outside.
He then took out his phone and decided to text Mimi
"Hey"
"Yes?"
"What are you doing right now?"
"Just watching some american chick-flick in my tv, how about you?"
"Going to sort out my clothes and stuff, well have fun watching the movie!"
"Thanks!You too."
Mimi sent him a smile emoticon a few seconds later, and then Taiki stood up from his bed to start sorting out his clothes and other when he was half-way finished, his phone rings.
Private Number is calling
"Who could it be?Probably some of my old friends in Osaka playing pranks on me," he thought to himself before he answered the phone.
"Taiki Kudou, welcome to Odaiba…" a familiar voice is heard through the line.
"Who is this?"Taiki asked.
"You never learn from the past do you?The only question you should ask is…who is Taiki Kudou?"
"You!It can't be!How did you get my number again?" his eyes widened in realized that this voice is the one that haunts his dream last night.
"The details are not important, at least not now…I called you because I want to warn you Taiki Kudou."
"Warn me?About what?"Taiki asked
"Beware Taiki Kudou, for The Impure One, is preying upon The One With The Pure Heart, you must stop The Impure One from killing you fail, the end of everything will start."
"What are you even talking about?I don't even understand a thing!"Taiki shouted.
"Know that you are not alone, look into your own soul and find the power inside of you, the power of The next time, Taiki Kudou." The man hangs up.
Taiki then sits on his bed without saying a word, trying to slowly digest everything the mysterious voice told him.
"What…what should I do?"Taiki asked himself.