Hey everyone! I'm here with another fic. I thought it would be cool to see a Sorato fic about the Dark Ocean. I came up with this idea because I was curious to know how would Yamato handle it. They aren't a couple on it, though. Neither is Takari, who's also included in the fic. I hope you all enjoy. It was supposed to be a one-shot, but I think it got too big to be just one chapter. I'll post the 2nd chapter tomorrow. Please review!

The Dark Ocean

Sora stood by my locker and looked at it for several minutes. She heard the school bell ringing, but she was so lost in my own thoughts that she didn't care. It was when Koushiro approached her that she came back to earth.
"Sora, are you okay?" He asked as he waved his hand in front of her.
She took a step back, scared to see my friend's hand. Then she looked at him.
"Hi, Koushiro. I didn't see you there."
"I can see that." He had an eyebrow raised. "Too much on your mind?"
"Yeah, I guess you can say that." The red haired girl sighed and opened my locker. "I've been stressing out with tennis. There's a national competition coming up and I need to do great at it. Add that to the fact my mother is on my case because she wants me to learn how to do flower arranges and I don't want to do it. Plus, there's school, which is harder than ever. I can't keep up."
"Wow, seems like you have a lot going on."
"Tell me about it. Sometimes I wanna scream to ease everything." She shrugged. "But I guess we've all been busy lately. I haven't seen you for a while."
The computer geek scratched his head. "Well, the computer club is pretty much taking all my time. But I'm kind of left behind in physical education and I was wondering if you could get me to the soccer team again."
"Isn't Taichi in the team?"
"He is, but I can't exactly talk to him because of Naru."
"Who?"
"His fling… didn't you know?"
"I'm such a horrible friend. I didn't even know Taichi was having an affair."
"So… she won't let him breathe. Everytime I try to talk to him about the team, she shows up out of nowhere and takes him away. You are my last chance."
"Okay, I see what I can do." Sora noticed the book on his hands. "So I see you have math now. Looks like we have the same class now."
"You are holding your chemistry book." Koushiro pointed to the book she was holding.
"Great. I can't even get the right book." She said ironically. "You can go ahead; you'll be late for class. I'll be right there."
"Alright."
Sora went back to her locker and found herself staring at it while getting lost in her own thoughts once more. It was like all her energy was being drained from her. She started to wonder if joining the national tennis competition was a good idea, only the best players in Japan sign up for this tournament. She shook her head and grabbed her math book. After closing her locker, she leaned my back against it and sighed. It felt so good to just clear up her mind for some minutes. Instead of heading to math class, the girl walked outside the building and sat by a cherry tree. She couldn't help but notice how beautiful fruit trees are during spring. She smiled and turned her attention to her surroundings. Of course no one was around; they were all locked up in their classes. She felt somewhat uncomfortable because she was supposed to be there as well. Suddenly she heard someone call her, but couldn't find who it was. She turned her attention back to the book on her hands as the negative thoughts took over her mind. Tennis, flower school, classes… it was a lot to handle for her. She was exhausted. She wished she could go somewhere that'd allow her to relax and take some time out from everything. Sora was slowly fading away and didn't even notice it.

Hikari was making her way to school by herself. Since Taichi went to high school she has no one to go with her because they study in different buildings. That day, however, she got a surprise.
"Hikari!"
She turned around and saw Takeru coming to her direction. She gave him a sweet smile.
"Good morning, Takeru."
"I've been calling you a few times." He said when he caught up with her. "Is everything alright?"
"Yes, I'm sorry I didn't hear you. I feel lonely coming to school now, since Taichi moved to another building. Besides, he usually goes with Koushiro and Yamato. So it's just me now."
Something in her tone made Takeru worry. He raised an eyebrow at her but quickly shook it off.
"Why didn't you tell me? I would love to keep you company."
"I wouldn't give you such trouble. We live in different buildings; it would be too much to ask."
"You know you can never ask for too much. I enjoy your company, Hikari. I'm on my own sometimes too."
"I thought you came with Miyako and Iori."
"I do, but sometimes they are too involved in a conversation and I don't want to bother them. So it's good to have someone else to talk."
"I know what you mean." She sighed. "As much as I love my brother, all he does is talk about soccer. It gets boring after a while."
"So are you saying we can come to school together?" Takeru asked a little excitedly.
"Maybe." She smiled. "But don't get your hopes high."
"You're mean." He playfully stuck his tongue at her.
"Only when I want to." She returned his gesture.
The two friends walked down the hall to their classroom. Hikari usually sat in a chair before Takeru. They were taking out their books and everything else when she noticed she missed something.
"Oh no, I forgot my pencil case."
"I can lend you a pencil and a pen."
"No, it's okay. I will get some downstairs. But thank you."
The blonde observed his friend leave the room and right after he heard a strange noise in the hall. He ran outside and found Hikari lying on the floor. He rushed to her and knelt down.
"Hikari, are you okay? What happened?" Takeru asked as he lifted her a little.
"I don't know. It all blacked out and then I lost my senses."
"You fainted." He stood up and helped her. "I'm gonna take you to the nursing."
"I'm fine, Takeru."
"You passed out, Hikari. It's not normal and you need to know what happened." He had a worried look on his face. "Come on. You haven't felt it since the Numemon incident."
"My blood pressure decreased, that's all." She smiled at him, trying to show everything was alright. "You don't need to worry, everything's under control." She let go of his arms. "I'm just gonna drink some water and I'll be right there. We have a test today, and I can't miss that."
Takeru's eyes fall on Hikari's silhouette as she walked away. He didn't believe a word she said, despite her effort to do so. He would have to talk to Taichi about this.

Sora woke up from her sleep and looked around. She definitely wasn't at school. Everything was dark. It was like she was in another world, but certainly not the Digital World. Piyomon would tell her if evil forces appeared there again, wouldn't she? She stood up and decided to explore the place. As she was walking, she felt cold rushes all over her body. Something just wasn't right. It was when she heard a voice.
"Finally you're here."
"Who's there?" Sora looked all around her to find the source of the voice, but couldn't find anyone.
"Your negativity brought you to this world."
"Who are you? And where am I?"
"You're asking too many questions." The voice said. "Follow the light and you shall find me."
A bright white light appeared in few inches away from her. She swallowed hard and walked towards it, though she was scared to find out what would be at the end of it.

Hikari didn't come back after telling Takeru she would just drink some water and missed the test. Takeru left the classroom in a rush as soon as the test ended. He headed to the nursing, but she never went there. He then started looking for her all over school, with no success.
Tailmon was waiting for her partner hidden on a tree. She had a feeling something was off with Hikari, so she followed her to make sure she would be okay. The Digimon decided to look the view for a while when she saw her friend crossing the street. She went down after the girl.
"Hikari!"
She moved forward to cross it too, but was stopped by a car. When she was able to do it, she saw her partner begin to fade away, like she was being taken to another world.
"Hikari!" Tailmon called her again, but she didn't seem to be listening.
Before she knew it, Hikari had disappeared. Her bag was the only thing left behind.
"Oh no!"

Yamato and Takeru agreed to meet for lunch that day. They were in the line when Tailmon approached them.
"Takeru!"
"Tailmon, what happened? I thought you would be hidden until school is over."
"Something is wrong with Hikari."
"What? Did you see her?"
"She vanished."
"What are you saying?" Takeru said alarmed and then it hit him. "She missed a test today. She fainted in the hall and I tried to take her to the nursing, but she said she was fine. She never missed a test."
"We need to find her."
"Hey guys." Koushiro said, joining the brothers. "You need to find who?"
"Hikari." Takeru said. "Tailmon saw her being transported to another world."
"What? Like the Digital World?"
"I don't think that was the Digital World, Koushiro."
"Speaking of it, Sora disappeared too."
"What?" Yamato asked.
The computer geek nodded. "We had math class together, but she got her chemistry book instead. She went to change it and didn't show up afterwards. I noticed she was more distracted than usual."
"Could they have gone to the same place?"
"It's possible."
"Come on." The rock star turned to Takeru. "We need to find them."
"I know why you want to find Sora, brother." Takeru said with a mischievous smile.
"Because she's our friend." Yamato said coolly, but gave his brother a death glare. "We can't let anything bad happen to her."
"Right."
"Hikari is missing as well. What do you have to say about that?"
Takeru swallowed hard. "Okay, I got it."
Yamato had a triumphant smile on his face. He knew his brother didn't have an argument for that.
"Anyway, where do we start looking for them?"
"The Digital World probably." Koushiro said. "It's the only place I can think of."
"Takeru said he think they're not there, Koushiro." Yamato said. "And I agree with him. Sora doesn't have a digivice that would allow a portal to open, unlike Hikari."
"You have a point there." The red haired boy lifted his chin with his hand, thinking of a solution. "I have no idea where they could be. I've never heard about this world before."
"This we know." The blonde said rather annoyed.
"Tailmon, you saw Hikari disappearing." Takeru turned to her friend's partner. "Can you take us there?"
"Yes, it was right across the street actually. She left her bag behind. I took it and hid it."
"Great, maybe the portal will open for us too."
"Let's go."
"You two go. I'll see what I can do from here."
"Okay." Takeru said.
"We'll bring them back."
The two brothers rushed outside, following Tailmon to where Hikari had vanished.

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