Faith
New Year, new resolutions. I promise this year to keep at my writings, at the very least publishing a new chapter every 2 weeks. (hopefully less). So this time around my story happens the March after the events of His Return. This time around I want to mix it up a little bit, so at the beginning of the chapters there will be a "Character Corner" where characters from the fic will introduce the chapter.
Chapter 1 Return
Davis's Corner: Well, hi everyone, let me introduce myself. My name is Daisuke Motomiya though everyone calls me Davis, and why shouldn't they not? If you don't know our story by now you should check out this neat documentary called "Digmon Adventure" and its sequel "Digimon Adventure 02" which is totally better cause I'm the star of. Also you should check out our last made for FanFic biographical book: His Return which was written by fairiehearts. It's pretty well writtten. (rustle).
Okay fine BJ, I'll get to the point. Well anyway long story short there was this really evil being called Chaos who almost destroyed the universe but was eventually stopped by these really cool warriors and the Four Beings known as Light, Darkness, Hope, and Faith. Flashforward a long time to last fall where Chaos returns in the form of this new girl named Kia who we all thought was good and her twin sister Mia was bad until we found out it was actually the opposite. And did I mention Mia is the prettiest, most gorgeous of the two?
(background noise) Alright. Jeez. So anyway, TK became evil during this time. (A shout in the background) Okay the being evil wasn't really his fault. He couldn't help it considering Devimon had brainwashed him. Yaddie yaddie yada Mia turns out to be the vessel of Darkness, which isn't actually darkness as in evil but a good darkness. And TK and Kari turn out to be the vessels of Hope and Light, which totally make sense because those are their crests! And then Hope comes around and possess TK which turned his voice really really deep and manly. Blah blah blah. With Hope's help we kick Chaos' butt and we live happily ever after
Yolei's Corner: I'm taking over, jeez Davis. Sorry about him. Anyway, to get to the point, we don't live happily ever after for long. We begin this tale with the start of a new school year, though school isn't really on Davis' mind at the present. No, you see his mind is filled to the brim with soccer and Mia. Yeah, Davis and she are getting pretty tight, even though Mia is upset that Davis forgot to give her a White Day Present (Davis: I said I'm sorry already!) Yeah yeah Davis. Anyway let's just start the story.
"And he scores!" Cried the announcer, "Odaiba wins! Motomiya has just secured Odaiba a place at the all-Kanto championship!" The players were celebrating lifting Davis up on their shoulders. When he came down, Ken congratulated him with a high-five.
Their friends Cody, Kari, Mia, TK, and Yolei all met the two soccer stars at the edge of the field.
"Great job guys!" Yolei said.
"That was an awesome game!" Cody agreed.
Davis grinned from ear to ear. Ken nodded
"That was the perfect way to start the end of high school," Ken said.
"It's certainly a senior moment," Yolei said smiling, She checked her watch and jumped, "Oh no I'm going to be late!" She waved good bye to everyone as she rushed home to start her shift at the store. Unlike Ken, Mia, TK, Kari, and Cody, Yolei had just finished high school and was juggling college with full time shifts at her family's store. She needed the money.
"So anyone up for celebrating?" Davis asked.
"I'd love too," Cody began, "but Gramps is making me go to kendo practice."
"I've got to get home for dinner, it's getting late and you know how my mom is sometimes," Ken said, shouldering his duffel bag.
"We've got plans already," Kari said. TK nodded.
Davis frowned, then turned to Mia hopefully.
Mia smirked, "Sure, I've got nothing else to do."
Davis' face lightened up. He wrapped his arm around Mia, "Alright!"
Kari giggled, "Well have fun you two." They all parted on their separate ways, Davis had to get his gear so Mia and him were left.
"So..." Mia began, twiddling her finger in her long black hair, "Want to head to the burger joint down the street? I'm craving some fries."
Davis shouldered his bag, "Sure. That's perfect." They began walking together in silence. Okay, Davis, man up. This isn't the first time you've been alone with her. Say something!
"So uh.." they said at the same time. Davis froze, but Mia laughed.
"What's so funny?" Davis asked her.
"Oh nothing," Mia said, "I needed that. After all..." she sighed.
Davis stopped and looked at her, concerned. "What's wrong?"
Mia exhaled and put on a smile, "It's nothing to worry your pretty little head about." She said softly hitting his head then running off down the street.
"Pretty huh..." he said momentarily distracted. He shook it off and ran to catch her. He grabbed her arm not allowing her to move. He looked at her seriously, "Really, Mia, what's wrong?"
She turned away. "I...I'll tell you after we eat okay?" she told him.
He let her go. "Okay." He was still concerned however as they entered the restaurant. Many of his teammates were there celebrating, however they chose a booth away from the ruckus.
Mia offered to pay as Davis ordered a triple cheese burger with an extra large fries and a large root beer. Mia settled for fries and a milkshake. They began to eat, Davis rather fast and filling every crevice of his mouth before swallowing. Mia lifted the lid of her chocomoo milkshake and began dipping her fries in the creamy mixture. (a/n: mmm... that really sounds good)
Once finished Davis wasted no time asking questions.
Mia sighed, fiddling with the straw in her cup. "You might think this is crazy."
"Trust me, I've probably heard crazier."
"Well, yeah... it's just I've been seeing her lately."
"Who?"
"You know..." She choked up a little. "In my dreams, I could see her dying, and that time so many months ago... when TK... and lately even when I'm awake... I see her."
"Who?" Davis asked, not understanding.
Mia bit her lip... "K-kia. I see her when I walk down the street, or when I'm in class. Everywhere. She just stares at me with her big blue eyes."
"But she's..." He couldn't say it, after all Kia was her sister. Her twin.
"I know she's... dead." She paused, "That's why I said you'd think I'm crazy. Seeing my dead sister in the streets must be absurd."
He moved to her side of the table, placing his arm around her as he tried to sort through it. "There must be a reason for it..."
"So you think that her ghost is haunting me now?"
He shrugged unsure of what to believe. "There's got to be something to it. Have you talked to anyone else about it?"
She shook her head. She leaned against his shoulder.
"It's okay, Mia. If its really her ghost or even some evil presence trying to mess with you, I'll protect you," he said proudly.
Mia smiled, "My hero."
When they left, it was already dark. Davis was telling Mia a joke about soccer when she froze solid.
"...Kia" she exhaled.
Davis tried to follow her gaze and found what she was looking at. A girl the same age as the two stood in the middle of the road. Her blonde hair tied in pigtails, her clothing was torn. Her face was filled with sadness.
"What do you want?" Davis tried to ask her.
She didn't reply. A car passed through the road and erased the visage.
Mia stood shuddering.
"Yolei, can you get the merchandise from the back?" Her mother asked her. "We're running out of those Pretz snacks." Though the store was about to close, Yolei's parents always wanted the shelves filled as soon as possible.
"Yes mom!" She told her heading to the back. She returned with a new box of them. She put them in their proper shelf then started to sweep the floor.
"Sweetie, I have to go upstairs a bit, you don't mind closing up shop when you're done right? I have to run to your brother's place and give him his clothes that he left in his closet."
"He has legs why couldn't he have come here?" Her mother gave her a look. "Yeah, no problem mom there's only 10 more minutes till we close anyway."
"Thanks sweetie." Her mom said picking up the old box of clothes from behind the counter, and exiting through the front door.
Yolei threw the dust she had collected in the bin. She finished tidying the shop and went to lock the doors. She reached down to lock the floor bolt. When she straightened herself up she nearly screamed her head off. Standing in front of her was someone she new quite well to be dead, unless of course Mia had put on a blonde wig. But that would be just cruel.
There Kia stood, outside of the glass door, just staring at Yolei. A chill when up Yolei's spine, as Kia's image disappeared just as fast as it appeared.
Ken was on his computer. He was working on some extracurricular assignment. He finished by about 10pm.
Ring Ring. Ken's cell phone began to buzz.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Ken, it's me." said the voice from the other line.
"Yolei, what's up?"
"Something just freaky happened. And I mean really freaky."
"What happened?"
"I think I just saw Kia."
Ken's mouth dropped "What. How? She died! We saw it happen!"
Yolei began sobbing on the other line. "I know... but it was her... I'd recognize her face... I think it was a ghost."
"A ghost?"
"We've seen worse, Ken! I've seen ghosts before too."
"When?"
"Years ago... it was before you..." The line dropped.
"Hey... Yolei? Yolei?" He slammed the phone shut "Damn it." He looked outside his window. The lights were flickering outside. A storm perhaps? Down in the streets, he saw something beneath the light. A blonde girl flickering in and out the same as the flickering lights above her.
"Well done Cody" his grandfather told him. "Alright take a shower. The championships for the Japan-wide Kendo High-School division is next week. Do you feel you're prepared?"
Cody rubbed the sweat off his face with a towel. "Thanks Gramps."
The two closed down the dojo and headed home.
"Oh wait I forgot something inside." Cody just realized. "I'll be quick," he told his grandfather as he headed back inside. As soon as he slid opened the door he jumped. "This is impossible." Kia stood in front off him looking just as she did when they first met. She glided past him and vanished without a trace.
"Kari..." TK said hesitantly. They were all alone at his apartment. His mother had gone to a conference for the weekend.
"Yeah TK?" Kari replied
"I'm going to whoop you." He said slamming his car into hers and driving off. He went from fifth to first in a second.
"TK!" she cried slamming her 'A' button hard as she tried to catch up.
After about thirty second TK jumped in the air in victory. "Yes!" He watched as his Luigi received gold on the Mushroom Cup.
Kari frowned. "I would've won if you didn't slam into me that time."
"Sure, sure..." TK said.
They turned off the Wii and TV and headed to the kitchen.
"Want anything to eat?" TK asked.
"No it's okay. Actually I should probably be heading home soon. My folks are going to start calling me soon." Kari explained.
"Why not sleep over?" He suggested jokingly. He could only imagine what Tai would do to him if he knew Kari had slept over. "Okay, I'll take you home then." He said grabbing their coats and his house keys.
Kari's house was a few blocks away. The weather was fairly cold for a spring night. "So have you thought of where you're applying to for after high school?" TK asked her.
"Hmm... I'm thinking maybe Tokyo University, and enter their teaching program. What about you?"
"Not sure yet." He replied.
"Why not?"
"Not sure what I want to be entirely. I'd like to do some writing. I've been working on memoirs of our adventures in the Digiworld actually."
"Really?" Kari exclaimed.
"Yeah... Right now I'm at the very beginning though. Back to when we first entered the digital world."
"Before I did you mean."
"Yeah... But I'm stuck. I don't really know how to start this next part..." TK sounded frustrated.
"You mean Devimon don't you?"
TK nodded silently. A chill ran down both their spines as the temperature dropped even more. They stopped. TK's hand tightened around the brunette's.
"Kari... do you see what I see?"
Kari nodded. Afraid, she saw Kia standing in front of the two. The dead girls lips began to move.
"They're coming," The ghost said in a raspy voice. Her messaged delivered she disappeared from sight.