A Lost Hope
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any character you recognise.
I only own the Bijtmemon and the Digidestined of Faith.
Warnings:
This story contains slash/yaoi, this means two boys in love. Don't like it then don't read it. I will not accept flaming over the choice of pairing.
Mentioning of torture in later chapters and character deaths.
Taishiro.
Enjoy
A/N: June 2015, I am finally rewriting this story, I've decided to leave the contents mostly the same, only updating the grammar and removing as much mistakes as I can. A Lost Hope was my first baby and although I've gained some experience in writing more proper stories, this one will always hold a special place because it was the first thing I dared to post.
The story:
A Lost Hope, Chapter 1:
It was a bright and shiny morning in Odaiba.
The Digidestined all had a free day from school and had decided to spend the day together in the Digital world with their Digimon companions.
After some arguing, a picnic had been decided upon and they had all collected food from their houses.
The group of children met up in the computer classroom of the Odaiba High School and Izzy opened the gate for them.
"All right everyone, have fun and do try to stay out of trouble for once."
Yolei turned to look at him questioningly. "Are you not coming with us?"
Izzy smiled faintly. "Someone has to watch the gate."
He took a seat at the chair and looked up when a hand was placed on his shoulder.
"I could stay with you if you'd like me to," Tai softly smiled.
"I'll be fine, go and have some fun."
Squeezing Tai's hand he smiled gently at the older boy.
Tai nodded as David activated the gate eagerly and the group left to the Digiworld with barely a goodbye.
Tai turned to send Izzy one last apologetic smile before leaving too.
Sighing Izzy leaned back in his chair, opening a few programs on the laptop he'd brought with him, knowing he'd be there all afternoon...
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Entering the Digital world the Digidestined saw their Digimon already waiting for them and happily hugged them.
"How did you know we'd be here today?" Ken laughed as he held Wormmon close.
"Izzy asked Gennai to warn us so we could surprise you!" Wormmon happily exclaimed.
Accepting the kind gesture they chatted comfortable while they searched for a nice picnic spot and once found they make quick word of readying everything.
Soon conversations were started and they were all laughing and having joy.
"Too bad that Izzy and Tentomon are not with us today, they are missing all the fun," T.K. stated.
Tai's smile dimmed and he looked at his feet. "Maybe he did want to join but wasn't able to."
Matt looked at him confused. "What do you mean? Why wouldn't he be able to come with us?"
Tai turned to look at him and Matt could detect the sad expression his friend was trying to hide.
The others all noticed the change of moods within Tai and fell quiet as they joined the conversation.
"Why didn't he come?" Sora asked softly.
"Come to think of it, I don't think Izzy has join us at all lately," Cody stated thoughtful.
Tai's gaze hardened. "That is something between Izzy and Gennai."
His warning glare was enough to make the others drop it and return to their own conversations with a shrug, but Matt and Joe shared a glance, knowing Tai knew more than he was telling.
But they didn't open their mouth, if Tai thought it wasn't his place to say then they wouldn't force him.
Soon the happy and light mood returned and they forgot all about Izzy again. They took a swim and played around.
It was late in the afternoon when they were finally getting ready to leave but three balls of lightning flying over made them look up.
With a blinding light the balls crashed on four different locations.
"What was that!" Mimi shrieked.
"No idea, but there were more than one," Davis stated unnecessary.
"Let's check it out," Tai suggested and the others quickly rose as well.
"It would be smarter to split up if we want to check them all," Matt said logically.
Tai nodded. "Right, Mimi, Sora, you two check out the one by the woods. Kari, T.K., Cody and Yolei, the four of you check the one that crashed by the river. Davis, Ken the mountain one's yours. You two are with me, we'll check the village. Make sure you check in with the rest of us regularly," he ordered with a nod to Matt and Joe.
They split up without another word as Tai send a message to Izzy to inform him what was going on.
'All right, be careful and watch your back. Izzy.
Closing the other programs he'd been working on Izzy typed rapidly into his computer to track the crash sites so that he could easily tell where everyone went in case they needed help.
Sitting back he sighed as once more all he could do was wait...
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Smiling Tai put his communicator away. He and the other two older Digidestined hurried to the little village, only to find the small Bukamon town was completely destroyed.
"Do you think..." Gomamon whispered scared.
"I don't think so, we didn't see any Bukamon on the way here," Joe looked at the crater in the middle of the village. "They wouldn't have stood a chance."
"They were so young and peaceful...what could have done this?" Gomamon forced down a sob.
"I have a feeling it has something to do with that big white ball laying there," Joe said as he patted his friend's back softly in comfort.
Carefully they made their way to the strange ball, but when Tai moved to take a closer look an alarm suddenly wailed loudly and they immediately covered their ears to drown out the sound.
"What's happening!" Matt screamed over the noise as the ball started to break and the ground began to shake.
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In the meantime Sora and Mimi had reached the woods and saw a crater not unlike the one the others had found.
"Whatever hit the ground here was pretty strong, everything's destroyed," Sora said breathlessly as she looked around.
"Let's be careful on our way down," Mimi suggested as they moved closer to the ball to investigate it, stopping when a distant screeching alarm reached their ears.
"Where does that come from?" Sora asked surprised.
"I think it comes from the river," Mimi stated as she looked towards the water. "It seems to be echoing from there."
"Mimi...you hang around Izzy to much," Sora laughed before her eyes widened when the ground underneath them began to shake.
"What's going on!" she yelled, covering her ears as the same screeching noise now appeared to come out of the big ball before them.
Mimi turned towards her when she saw four figures running towards them.
"Mimi, Sora, get out of there!" Yolei screamed in panic.
"What?" Sora yelled back confused as the brown haired girl ran into the crater and pulled both confused girls with her.
"We found a big white ball, but as we moved closer to investigate it we heard the same noise. Out of it came Digimon, strong, enormous Digimon. They whipped the ground with our Digimon," Kari answered while they continued running.
"We need to warn the others!" T.K. yelled to be heard over the noise and they immediately ran towards the village to alert Tai, Matt and Joe, but before they could get anywhere several flying Digimon blocked their path.
"You are not going anywhere until we have what we want," one of the birdlike Digimon said with an evil smile.
The Digidestined let their Digimon Digivolve and the battle began...
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Davis and Ken were halfway to their assigned crater when they heard battle sounds.
"We need to turn around!" Davis alerted Ken, knowing the sounds could only mean that their friends were in danger.
Ken immediately agreed but suddenly seven large Digimon blocked their path and Davis backed away to stand beside Ken.
"Where is Faith," one of the Digimon growled.
"What do you want!" Ken asked through clenched teeth.
"We want the power of Faith. Where is Faith."
"Faith? Who's Faith?" Davis asked confused but the Digimon, not happy with his answer suddenly attacked.
"The Digidestined of Faith is with you, give us the power of Faith!"
A hail of sharp needles rained down on the two boy's as Wormmon was slammed into a tree with full force.
Arukenimon and Mummymon appeared on the scene, laughing as they saw the two Digidestined in trouble.
"Faith's power will be ours!" Veemon didn't have the time to throw an attack at them as he tried his hardest to keep their human partners from being hurt.
Ken grabbed a stick, slamming it into the softer underbelly of the insect like Digimon when one came near.
Glancing up he saw the other Digidestined in the distance and in the same trouble they were, their Digimon no match for the much stronger insects either.
They weren't in any position to help them and making a decision he grabbed his communicator, typing a message rapidly to call for help.
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Izzy clicked his tongue as he wondered why they had all stopped before he got a message. Pulling out his communicator again he frowned as he saw the message.
'Need help immediately! Ken'
Blankly Izzy stared at the communicator for a long moment while conversations from earlier flashed through his mind.
"Do not go to the Digital world no matter what Izzy, it is too dangerous."
"Why not? I don't understand Gennai."
"I can't tell you yet, just don't go to the Digiworld, no matter what."
"If he says you can't go then he probably has a good reason, even if he won't tell us. Please stay here."
"I will Tai, ...I promise."
Izzy sighed, shaking his head to pull himself out of the memory before grabbing the communicator and his Digivice.
"Digigate...open!" A sudden warm feeling reached him as he was pulled into the gate, like he was going home.
Ken heard his communicator beep and looked at it quickly in between swings.
'On my way, hold on. Izzy'
"Izzy's on his way! We need to keep standing until he can reach us."
Davis turned to him in disbelief. "What on earth can Izzy do for us?"
Ken shrugged. "He's the only one who answered and right now I don't care who's coming as long as someone is."
He called Wormmon's name when he saw Mega Kabuterimon flying towards them to alert him of the help.
He didn't know what Izzy could do for them, but at least someone was coming.
TBC