Title: Beside You
Author: Celivia
Summary: A ranger met the guardian of the forest and was saved by him. Why did he do so? What will be their adventures in searching for their true destiny? AU Takouji, Koukou , Izumi X Twins and maybe a bit Junzumi
Warning: Shonen ai / Yaoi in story. You have been warned.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
Prolog---------When We First Met
"Die, you little Beast!"
"Yea! You'll bring back luck to our village!"
The loud cries of the village boys caught Takuya's attention. He looked up from the place where he sat under the tree, trying to find the origin of the noises.
Takuya was a brown haired boy around the age of ten. He always wore a pair of huge goggles on his head, which eventually earned him the name of "Goggles Boy". Takuya was a cheerful and active boy, but though he lives with many children in the village, for some reasons he'd never be friend with any one of them.
He finally found out where the clamor came from, and he walked towards it. A group of boys were gathering nearing the well. There seemed to be something in the middle of the crowd.
"Hey! What are you guys doing!"
"It's you, GOOGLES-BOY!" One of the boys turned around and glared at Takuya.
Over his shoulder, Takuya saw something lying on the ground and he gasped.
A puppy.
A terribly injured dark blue puppy.
"LEAVE IT ALONE!" Takuya walked up and pushed the boys aside. Slowly and tenderly, he lifted up the limp little body. "Do you realize what you are doing? You nearly kill a life!"
"We are only saving the village from bad luck! And you, Googles Boy, is ruining our good work!" said the first boy angrily.
" If you wanna fight, go ahead." Takuya speak with an emotionless voice. His eyes were fixing on the boys.
The boys backed off. They hate Takuya so much for getting into their way, but they all know none of them can win him in a fight.
"You'll be cursed, Takuya."
Takuya walked pass them and ran back to his home.
Takuya quietly slipped past his mother and go up to his room. He couldn't let his family see the puppy. Dogs should not be dark blue, neither did all other animals. And to his village, everything unusual is considered ominous and should be got rid of.
Not that Takuya wasn't loyal to his village, he just think it's too cruel to end a life just because it was born "ominous".
He laid the puppy on his bed and carefully tendered its wounds. Just then did he realize that it looked a little bit different from a dog. It has more pointy ears, and sharper claws.
It was a wolf.
The little fellow's finally awaken from the coma. It whined and struggled in Takuya's arms. Then it slashed him on his arms.
"Ouch! Easy man, I won't harm you." Takuya still did not let go.
The little fellow soon calmed down. Trust could be seen in its navy blue eyes.
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The little wolf had stayed with Takuya for a week before its wounds were healed. Takuya kept it secret and the village boys said nothing about it. Friendship was built between them and this was the first time Takuya had a true friend. A friend that will listen to you. A friend that you can share your feelings with.
However, though Takuya was reluctant to say goodbye to his friend, he knew he had to sent it home. Wolves belong to the forest, belong to the nature. He couldn't be selfish and kept it from seeing its family. Moreover, he feared that his friend might get hurt when he was not around. He, as a child, couldn't protect it from all oppositions.
And so in the early morning of the eighth day since they met, Takuya brought his friend outside the village, to the Mysterious Forest. Many hunters had gone into this forest before, and yet none of them came back. However, if you just have a walk in the forest without any intention, it will be just like other woods, nothing will happen. Takuya has tried before. This is why the forest is so called The Mysterious Forest.
There are no other forests near the village, so Takuya thought this must be his friend's home.
Takuya carried the wolf to the opening of the forest, and put it down.
" Come on, you're home."
He searched his pocket and took out a nice blue bandanna. He tied it on the pup's head. The little fellow sat quietly one the ground, its big blue eyes looking curiously at the boy.
"Here's a gift for you. Goodbye, my dear friend." He turned back and began to walk away.
"Woo…" The wolf whined. Takuya looked back and saw it following him.
"No, you cannot come with me. You have to stay."
He knelt down before the wolf.
"I know it's hard to say goodbye…I don't want to leave you but I must do so. I promise we'll meet again, and before then, I'm always beside you in your heart, as you are in mine. " He gently give the pup a pat.
The wolf, as if knew what Takuya said, jumped into Takuya's arm for a while, then back to the ground and walked away.
"I'll never forget you, my friend. We'll meet again."
Takuya said as he watched the wolf disappeared from his views.
He didn't know that several years later, his words will come true.
And this is where our story begins……
End of Prolog
This' my first digimon story. Hope you enjoy reading it.