( Dude, the characters may get a little cruel to Yama, and I do not condone what they are gonna do. This is the spin off I promised for I think I love you so I hope you have read it, if not, I suggest you do, but all will probably be explained. Enjoy! )
Bent
Matt stepped off the plain, holding his carrying on bag and reattaching his digivice to his belt. His father had arranged a ride for him, and for his bags to be picked up for him, so all he had to do was get a taxi to the boarding school. The blonde boy was surprised to see a girl with pink hair in the crowds.
" Mimi? What are you doing here? ", he said as he approached her with a smile. The way his father had set up his flight, he was sure all his friends would still be in school both when he took off and when he landed. She gave him a small hug and laughed at his surprised face. " Come on, Mimi, what are you doing here? "
" There's trouble in the digital world, Matt. We need you there right away! The others are waiting there already and we need to hurry. ", she exclaimed as she dragged him down the crowded corridor to an empty office. Matt was completely confused as she shut the door behind them and locked it. She then took a seat at the desk and started playing around with the computer until the screen with the digiport came up. She then turned to give him a grin and held up her own digivice.
" Are you sure they need the both of us? ", the former bearer of Friendship asked in concern. He was sure that if his father found out he was late getting to the boarding school he'd probably be in worse trouble than he was now.
" Matt, they need us. ", the pink haired young woman replied.
Yamato let out a sigh. " Then let's do this. "
* * *
They landed in the digital world a little shakily, and as soon as Matt made it to his feet someone hit him from behind, and pinned him to the ground on his stomach. He struggled wildly, but there were two people holding his arms, and another was going into his jacket pocket taking his mini computer, and then they ripped his digivice from his hands. Matt cried out but it was no use.
" Mimi, help me! ", he yelled at the pink haired girl who was just standing there, watching these events with sad eyes. " Mimi, stop them! "
" We can't do that, Matt. ", a solemn voice that was all too familiar remarked from behind him. Suddenly the hands holding him down let go giving him the chance to whirl around and gasp in shock at who he saw.
" Izzy? Tai? TK? ", Yamato said, just barely above a whisper. He shook his head in disbelief unable to understand what was going on around him. Sora stood off to the side of them with Yolei, Joe, and Kari, all of them wearing sad faces. " I-I-I don't understand, what's going on? Why'd you guys jump me? Why'd you….. "
" Read this. ", Izzy tossed him a print out of the prophecy they had copied the day before. His blue eyes going wide, Matt stood, looking at them in disbelief. He was shaking his head, not wanting to be looking at something that sounded so horrible. Someone had written that he had to stay lonely? But why? And why did they attack him when he'd arrived? Mimi must've lied about the emergency.
" What does this have to do with anything? ", Matt snapped angrily.
" It has to do with everything, Matt. We can't let you and Cass be together, at all. If we do then both worlds will be in danger! I'm sorry, we all are. ", Tai spoke up after a moment, unable to look the blonde young man in he eyes. " None of us want to do this, but we're gonna keep you here until we can figure out a better way to handle this, Matt. Please, try to understand that we're just doing what's best. "
" You can't be serious! You can't keep me here! What about my family? What about the new school I'm supposed to be attending? ", the former Guardian of Friendship shouted hotly. " You're supposed to be my friends, you can't trap me here without a good reason! You don't even know if this is a real prophecy! "
" That's why this is only gonna be temporary. ", Joe implied.
" I should've listen to the note Cody gave me at the airport. He said that I shouldn't have trusted you when I got to America, " Yamato shot back, his voice low, and furious. " and know I see he was right. Lucky me. "
" Matt, I'm sorry, but we have no choice. If it were one of us that was in your spot, don't you think that you would have to agree with the group too? ", TK whispered his blue eyes focused on the ground. " We're the Digidestined and we have a responsibility to both worlds, we can't ignore that. "
" So you're just going to ignore how unfair it is and ditch me here? ", the older brother screamed trying his hardest to hold back his conflicting emotions. Tai's fist hit him in the face while tears were going down the brunette boy's cheeks.
" Don't make this harder than it has to be. ", the former bearer of Courage rasped, standing over his friend's fallen form. " None of us want to do this, but we have to! We can't let you and Cass endanger millions of lives! "
With that, he stepped away, giving Kari the signal to open the gate. Matt tried o get up and go after them, but Tai blocked his path. Soon it was just the two of them, glaring at each other. Yamato narrowed his eyes in rage.
" People will notice I'm gone. ", the blonde hissed.
Tai stepped over to the gate, avoiding his gaze now. " No, they won't. Ken is going to keep your father fooled, and Mimi is going to bring some of your luggage so you have supplies. I'm sorry, Matt, but if that inscription's true, we can't risk it. "
* * *
" You did it, didn't you? ", Cody demanded of the group when they returned to the computer room of the junior high. He looked up at Izzy, his green eyes pleading, and his stomach twisting in disgust. " He's trapped now? "
Koushiro looked away from him as he handed Matt's small computer and the blonde's digivice to Ken. Davis, Ken, and Cody had been waiting for them the whole time. And with each passing minute the bearers of Courage/Friendship and Knowledge/Reliability had wished that this wasn't happening. Izzy couldn't even look at the small boy once the former Digimon emperor had a grip on Matt's things. The youngest Digidestined felt what they were doing to Matt was unfair and that they should've found another alternative. Tears stung his eyes.
" Here's the deal, Mat will be fine there if we don't interfere with what he's doing. No one is to go to the Digital world now without my say so, got it? I want an older Digidestined with you new guys on every mission you go on now, you're not to go alone, or near Matt's area without permission, got that? ", the former bearer of the Crest of Courage remarked his voice filled with authority. " If that prophecy is real, then we can't risk any mistakes, okay? And we'll only go to the digital world if we absolutely need to, with the exception of TK. He can visit Matt. "
" Matt's your friend, how can you hold him prisoner! ", Davis yelled suddenly, startling everyone as he ran out of the room with his digimon on his heels.
Biting his lower lip, Cody went after him, and Upamon was on his trail in seconds. All of the remaining chosen children's gazes met after a moment and each of them felt like a traitor to one of their best friends. TK was sure he felt the worst out of all of them. He was his brother, his only sibling, and now he had to trap him in a dangerous unpredictable world keeping him away from his true love and everything he knew. Tai then turned to Joe and Izzy with a solemn look.
" Matt said something about Cody warning him at the airport and I'm worried that he and Davis may get too emotional over this. ", the former Guardian of Courage told them quietly. " I want you two to keep an eye on them. "
" We'll do our best, Tai, but I hope you know that none of us like this. ", Izzy retorted after a moment. " Matt doesn't deserve this, and it'll break Cass's heart. "
" We don't have a choice. ", Kari whispered sadly.
* * *
( Two days later… )
The rising sun's beams of yellow and orange flickered through the canopy of trees above him and finally shined through strong enough to make the young man stir. He moaned, pulling himself onto his elbows. He'd been having a nice dream, it would have been nice not to wake up. He caught sight of the suitcase, lying open next to him, and decided it was time to get up and get dressed. After a bath in a nearby river, and combing his hair once he was dressed, Yamato was ready for another day. Time had crawled since he'd been trapped in the Digiworld.
The blonde teen pulled out a notebook and pen and began to write in a letter he had been working on for the past few says. It was to Cass, even if he doubted that he would ever be able to get it to her. There were so many things he wanted to tell her and writing it down was a major help even if it wasn't a solution. Besides, the quiet scribble of the pen on the paper somehow relaxed him, and it made him feel as if he had someone to talk to. Matt was sure that Tai had ordered the protector digimon to stay away from him, even if he couldn't be sure why, which meant Gabumon would not be coming to find him. He'd be alone for a while.
After a while, Matt couldn't seem to sit there any longer, and he decided to go for a walk. He packed up his things, stashing them in the small cave he'd been staying near for the past few days. None of the others had come to see him, except for TK, and even though they were brothers, Matt had not forgiven him. The bearer of Hope knew how much Cass meant to Matt, yet he was helping the people the former Guardian of Friendship had once called companions keep him prisoner in another world. It wasn't right, and it wasn't fair, and it was all the young man could think about as he made his way along a small stream.
" You want revenge don't you, Yamato? "
The voice startled him so much that he froze. He didn't recognize it's female tone, so who could be speaking to him? How did they know his name? Matt whirled around, only to find an empty forest behind him. There was no one there.
" I can help you, and you can help me, Yamato. They have no right to keep you here, do they? ", the voice remarked, making him freeze again. His blue eyes searched the woods, trying to spot who was talking to him. " They should pay. "
" Who-who are you? ", the blonde stammered forcefully.
" I will be your ally if you let me. My servants have been watching you, Yamato, and I want to help you. ", she replied, still not showing her true form. " They are watching you right now, and will take you to me. I can help you find a way to be together with your true love, I can help you, Yamato. Just go with them to me. "
Two Dokugumon crawled out of the bushes, their hairy spider bodies making Yamato shudder. He bit his lower lip. What this mysterious woman was promising was sure tempting, but what if it was a trick? Mimi had once mentioned to him that there was a woman in the digital world that was turning the control spheres into evil digimon, could this voice belong to her? The problem was, Matt couldn't turn away.
" Take me to her. ", he told the two spider like digimon. As soon as those words left his lips one of the Dokugumon shot out a strand of web and didn't stop shooting until Matt was in a complete cocoon. He cried out as his head was covered, but it was too late. His screams were muffled by the suffocating web as he felt one of the creatures lifting him up and carrying him away. Struggling wildly, Yamato couldn't calm the part of his mind that was panicking, telling him he'd been tricked.
" Unff! " The Dokugumon wasn't gentle when it dropped him onto the floor, and it was another minute before he heard a rip in the sticky threads binding him. In the next moment he was staring up at a strange woman wearing a magenta dress and a scarf that hid most of her face. Startled, he leaped to his feet, clenching his fists as if to ward her off. He took a few steps back from her, glaring harshly.
" Who are you? ", Matt demanded. " Are you the one who was calling me? "
" I am Archnemon and yes, I was the one who was calling to you in the forest. I want to help you. ", the white haired woman implied, her tone soothing. She gave him a small smile. " I'm sorry if my servants were rough when they brought you here, but I mean you no harm. I only want to see that you get all you deserve. "
" How can you help me? ", the boy shot back, his blue eyes burning with a fire that she had not anticipated. He tried to relax his body, and keep his gaze fierce. " And tell me this, Archnemon, why should I trust you? "
" Because I can give you this. ", she retorted holding up a device he recognized easily. It was a D-3, a digivice like the ones the newer Digidestined had. But the coloring was wrong, where it was supposed to be the color of a crest it was black, and where it should have been white it was a deep blue. " With this you can go back to the real world and see your true love whenever you wish. "
He took it in his hands, looking it over with the utmost care. It was a D-3, that was for sure. But would it work? He wouldn't know until he tested it. Looking back up at her revealed his confused expression. " But what if they catch me? They'll just take this from me, and I'll be alone again. "
" Not if you use this. ", Archnemon said as she held out a strange looking digiegg. It was shaped like that of the digiegg of Courage, and had a similar blade sticking out of the top, but the coloring was different, and the symbol was alien to him, looking like the blade of a dagger. He took it, admiring the red flames on the shimmering back shell of the egg. " It is yours now. I know your own digimon will not be willing to fight this battle, but with this egg, you will not need him. "
" Then what digimon am I supposed to use? ", he asked. " You? "
" Just try it out. ", she encouraged softly, grinning.
" Fine, whatever. Digi-armor energize! ", Yamato said, without any emotion other than sarcasm. But suddenly, when the egg began to glow, and he began to glow as well, his smart aleck antics left him. The small object floated out of his hand, and began to meld with his clothes. He was soon gasping at the armor he was wearing. It was black, and seemed thin and lightweight, but he was sure that it was very strong despite how flimsy it seemed. The red flames that decorated the suit of armor that reminded Yamato of a bodysuit were mainly on the tips of the connecting gloved fingers and sleeves, and the mask like helmet he wore. He was pretty sure it was a helmet, letting his now spiked hair out trough the open top, but it still went around the back of his head and covered his eyes. " Whah… "
" These are gifts, Yamato, but they do come with a price. ", the woman with stark white hair remarked from behind him as the armor then disappeared into the D-3 and he was returned to normal. " When the time comes, you will owe me. "
" You have yourself a deal. ", the blonde boy grinned. He then turned and let himself out of her fortress, holding his new digivice protectively in his hands.
Archnemon sneered as soon as he was gone. " What a fool. His heart will be the key to my destroying the Digidestined once and for all. Have fun with you love while it lasts, Yamato. It's too bad your friends didn't warn you about me. "
* * *
" I don't know how but I got a letter from him, Davis. I came home from school today and there was this letter taped to my front door and it was signed by his hand! ", Cass told the new bearer of Friendship/Courage over the phone. She'd read the letter telling her about his whole situation with the other Digidestined, but there wasn't much detail. And she didn't know about the D-3 or the digiegg. The letter had explained the prophecy though, and she was heartbroken. " How did it get here then if one of you guys didn't bring it here? "
" Okay then. I'll talk to you later, Davis. Bye. ", the blonde girl said with a sigh, hanging up the phone. She then ran an anxious hand through her hair and sat down in front of her computer s she turned it on. Davis had called to tell her that Izzy had been pinpointing natural disasters to the exact time she and Matt had been together and they were now taking the prophecy seriously. And then she had told Davis about the letter she had found on her door. Everything seemed to be spinning into something she was sure she'd never understand. And then her computer started to glow in front of her, making her scream and jump back in fright.
He was sitting on the edge of her desk, right in front of her when the light went away. A grin was on his face, his blue eyes shinning brightly. Her heart skipped a beat when he said, " Hey, babe, did you miss me? "
Her lips were over his in a second and he held her close. She held his face to hers, tears streaming down her cheeks as she kissed him over and over again, thinking that she must be dreaming. Finally they had to pull away for air and he was still grinning at her, those eyes twinkling like stars. He ran a hand through her hair, realizing now that he had missed the feeling of her silky blonde locks. He then ran his fingers over her cheeks, wiping away her tears.
" God, I missed you so much. And in your letter, it made it sound that I'd never see you again! ", Cass exclaimed, throwing her arms around Yamato Ishida's neck, wanting only to be in his embrace, not caring if some prophecy said it was wrong. He held her close, stroking her hair. " Oh, Matt, how did you get here? "
" This digimon gave me a d-3 of my own. ", he explained happily, showing her the device. She was startled by the coloring but she trusted Matt's judgement, and was overjoyed that he held the strange digivice. " And with this, Cass, we can be together. We can go anywhere in the world, just you and me, and all we have to do is travel through a computer. None of the others will know because we'll go when they won't be able to catch us, and I'll make sure of it. No one's keeping us apart. "
" Were you the one who put the letter on my door? ", Cass asked.
" Yeah, I wasn't sure when you'd be home, so I used someone next door's computer to get here the first time, and then I just waited until you turned on your own computer. ", Yamato told her pulling her closer, if possible. " I knew that you would turn it on sooner or later, either that I could try somewhere else. "
" Cody was right. I saw him after school yesterday, and he told me that he was sure that if we were meant to be you'd find a way back to me. ", the blonde girl in his arms whispered. " And you did, Matt. You came back to me. "
" I'm never gonna leave you again, Cass. It hurt so much to be away from you, and then I was trapped in the digital world to keep me from you, but I don't care if both world crumble. ", he remarked still grinning. " I want to be with you. "
" Izzy found out that we are causing bad things to happen, Matt. 'Natural' disasters occur when we're together. ", she whispered, burying her face in the black of his button down T-shirt. " I bet they're happening now too. It's not fair! Why is it that our love is making things fall apart? Why can't we be together? "
" We can, and we will, Cass. I don't care what my destiny is, or if the sky starts falling on our heads, I'm gonna love you for the rest of my life. ", Matt insisted firmly, cupping her chin with his fingers and bringing her green eyes to meet his soft, gentle gaze. " Fate can say what it wants, but I belong with you. "
A sudden knock came from the door, and it made them both jump. They then heard a voice from the front entry way calling, " Cass, it's me, TK. "
" I'll be right there! ", she yelled so he would be able to hear from the hallway of the apartment building. She then turned back to Matt. " He must be coming to check up on me, you have to go! He can't see you here, can he? "
" No, he'll turn me in. ", he said sadly, looking away.
" When will I see you again? ", Cass hissed, still holding his hand, stopping him from using his new D-3 to return to the Digital world.
" Soon. ", he assured her quietly, with a kiss. He then pressed his digivice up against the screen and vanished in a flash of light. Cass then hurried to the front door of her apartment, and opened it wide with a fake smile.
" Hi, TK, sorry it took so long. I just had to shut down my computer so it wouldn't over heat. ", the blonde girl lied through her teeth, trying to act casual, as if nothing had happened. " If I had known you were coming I wold have done my homework later. This is really a surprise! What's up, TK? "
" I was just coming to see how you were doing, ya know, since Matt is in America and everything. ", the bearer of Hope implied with a dazzling smile. What he said made Cass want to scream at him for lying to her, for keeping Matt from her, but she couldn't or it would expose the fact that Matt was now mobile.
" Oh, I'm making it, TK. ", she told him. " I'm fine. "
" That's great. Hey, if we get word from him in America I'll be sure to let you know, okay? ", the young man said as he gave her a wave and started to walk away, giving her a smile over his shoulder. " Bye. "
" I'm sure you will, TK. ", she murmured softly, her eyes narrowing.
* * *
" Soon, my pets, the former bearer of Friendship will need to use his new armor, and soon, he will be my obedient slave. ", the white haired woman cooed, stroking the purring Dokugumon at the side of her throne. " Yes, the digiegg I have given him will make him quite powerful, and he will be my servant, not theirs. "
A laugh escaped her throat as the creature at her side opened its mouth and a trickle of drool dripped out. The spider like monsters always did seem like mindless dogs to the Mistress of insects. " Yes, my pet. And then we'll have fun. "
* * *
" It's really great of you to come shopping with me, Michael. I've been meaning to do some killer shopping for the past week. ", Mimi commented as she and the blonde haired young man walked down the crowded streets of New York against the waves of people going the other way. " I wish Joe could be here too. "
" I'm sure Joe would have just as much fun with you as I am, Mimi, if he could be here. ", Michael implied with a small grin. "So where to next? "
" I don't know, I'm really hungry. I wish I could have lunch with Joe, but I'm not supposed to use the Digital world to visit him anymore. ", the pink haired girl sighed as they rounded the next corner. " Izzy did tell you what was going on in his last e-mail right? It's so sad, and I hate it, but Tai says it's the right thing. "
" It's really a terrible thing, keeping Matt from the one he loves. I wonder why he needs to be kept lonely to fulfill his destiny. ", Michael told her shaking his head. She began to lead the way to a nearby café so they could eat before she detected the next sale. " If you ask me it makes no sense whatsoever. "
" Oh my God! " She froze suddenly, stopping in her tracks making him bump into her from behind. The blonde boy was instantly confused, and tried to see what she was seeing through the window of the small restaurant, but his eyes didn't catch anything out of the ordinary. She started shaking, unable to control the panic cursing through her as she pointed to a couple in a booth. Michael saw it was just a teenage couple, both the boy and girl were blonde, and they were kissing.
" What is it, Mimi? ", he demanded after a moment of wracking his brains. He couldn't figure out why a normal couple making out was scaring her.
" That's them! That's Matt and Cass! But that's impossible! ", the former bearer of Sincerity stammered, still pointing at them through the glass. " He-he should be in the Digital world with no way out, and she should think that he's at some all boys boarding school! Michael, they can't be together, bad things happen when they are! We have to tell the others right away! Someone must've let Matt out and took Cass with them, that's the only explanation. But who? Tai's gonna… "
" Come on, let's go tell them now. ", Michael insisted, pulling her away.
* * *
" They were both in a booth in New York kissing, Michael and I both saw them. ", Mimi told the group once more as they gathered in the Kamiya's living room with the in-training digimon in the laps of he newer Digidestined. " Someone broke their promise to keep those two separate! Now who? "
Tai shot a glare at Davis, and the new bearer of Courage/Friendship instantly stood up, clenching his fists in a defensive gesture. " Hey, it wasn't me! "
" It had to have been one of you newer kids, none of us can open the gate with our old digivices. ", Sora reasoned from her seat next to the former Guardian of Courage. " It had to have been one of you guys. We won't be angry if you just tell us the truth right now. We all feel bad for Matt and Cass being apart but it's for- "
" It's just as well, we have no right to keep them apart. ", Cody implied, cutting her off with a far way look in his large green eyes. Upamon looked up at him with a confused expression, but the little boy didn't see it. " Matt was determined to be with Cass when his father tried to keep him away, now he'll do the same with us. He wants to be with her, and he'll stop at nothing to- "
" That's it, why didn't I think of it before? It must've been Cody! ? ", Tai exclaimed, jumping up from his seat. He pointed an accusing finger at the youngest chosen child. " You're the one who warned Mat in the first place, and now you're trying to get us all killed by letting them se each other again! "
" Tai, Cody and I were hanging out with his grandfather all day, it couldn't have been him. ", Joe spoke up in the younger boy's defense, glaring at the brunette.
" Well then maybe it wasn't any of us. Maybe Matt found his own way in and out of the Digital world. ", Koushiro stated as he brought up the digiport on his labtop computer. " And if he has, we should find out now how he's doing it. With all the disasters that take place when he and Cass are together we can't let him continue using his new gate. I say we confront him, and soon. "
" Right now even. ", Kari added nodding in agreement.
" We don't have a choice. ", TK murmured softly from his seat.
" Then let's go talk to him! ", Tai cried as he shoved Davis toward Izzy's yellow labtop. " Go on already, and open the gate! We don't have time… "
" Digiport open! ", the younger boy said softly, not wanting to participate in this any further. He couldn't believe what was happening, and what it had come to. In a flash of blinding white light, all of the Digidestined had disappeared through the gate and into the Digiworld to the territory they'd left Matt in.
* * *
" Matt, we have to talk to you. ", a stern voice the blonde teen knew all too well implied as several figures approached the clearing he sat in. Yamato had just been playing his guitar, the only luxury he seemed to have in the Digiworld, when suddenly the whole group had come charging through the gate.
He sat up, glaring at him. " What now? Being your prisoner isn't enough for you anymore? What else can you people possibly want from me? "
" You know as well as we do that you're not helpless anymore. ", Ken shouted at him clenching his fists. Yolei was at his side, and as the blonde young man stood he noticed that all of them, with the exception of Cody and Davis, were giving him hard glares. He returned theirs with his fiery azure eyes. " How are you leaving the Digital world, Matt? Mimi saw you in America with Cass! "
" You have no right to keep me here! Of course I'd find a way to get free, did you think I would just stay here and mope for the rest of my life? You can't keep me here, and I refuse to tell you anything anymore! ", the former bearer of Friendship cried, rage and bottled up emotions cursing through his voice. " I'm not some animal that you can lock up until the problems are solved! "
" Then we'll just have to have someone stay here with you at all times. You won't use your escape gate then if you don't want us to see it. ", Tai shot back, up in his face. " Then you and Cass can't be together and no one will get hurt. "
" If you try to keep me here any longer, you're going to get hurt! ", Yamato screamed, shoving him to the ground. He then pulled his strange D-3 out of his pocket and held it up to the sky. He closed his eyes, hoping that this would work. He then opened his mouth and his voice seemed to echo. " Digi-armor energize! "
The Digidestined watched as Matt began to glow red. Soon he was wearing a heavy-duty black bodysuit and a strange helmet that exposed his now spiked blonde hair. On the black of the bodysuit were red flames, and on the chest was a strange, dagger like symbol that none of them knew. His blue eyes then pierced theirs.
" I'm not defenseless anymore. ", he hissed. " So try it, Tai. "
He just stared at him in horror, and what happened next was something none of the chosen children will ever forget…….
To be continued:
( Please review and tell me what you think. Should I continue? )