A/N: Thechaosmaster: Welcome to the new chapter of DigiHearts Hazards Fate. Here we go! This is all of Destiny Islands. Now then. I don't have Final Mix but, I will right the story as normal KH, then when have time, I will watch on YouTube. Also, should I have everyone of the Tamers, besides Henry and Rika appear in Traverse Town? And, I may or may not write two other stories for this one. I want to make Rika and Henry Keybladers. Now then, I may have made Takato obtaining his Keyblade strange but. Deal with it!
Chapter 1: Destiny Islands
Takato slowly started to open his eyes and saw that he was on a beach and he was holding his sketch pad with a drawing of the setting sun and the waves when he noticed that a brown haired girl was waking up a brown haired boy, who woke with a start. Takato couldn't help but laugh at the two. He looked around his location, it was a big tropical island, that was called "Destiny Islands" it was fairly large, and had a HUGE tree that was as big as the island itself. Takato ended up here less then a month ago, but for some reason, he couldn't remember how he got there. The last thing he remembers was that he was hanging out with his friends in Shinjuku, Japan then the next, he winds up here and meeting three new friends.
The girl, who had moved to the island a few years prior to himself, was named Kairi, she seemed to be the nicest girl that he had met, besides Selphie, another girl on the island, that is. The silver haired boy, Riku, who seemed to be like the unannounced leader of the group, he also seemed to be the more, mature one as well, he helped keep the gang together. And finally, the spiky haired boy, whose name is Sora, he was a bit of an air head, he was always competing with either him or Riku, he seemed nice, but he acted so lazy at times.
Takato couldn't help but feel a bit over protective of Kairi. Why? He really couldn't explain it but, for some reason, he just felt like he should protect her. As Takato was thinking about all of this, he failed to notice that his three new friends, Sora, Riku, and Kairi were walking up to him, then Sora said with a laugh, "Alright Goggle-Head, what's your excuse this time?"
Takato jumped out of his spot and glared at his new friends who were all laughing, then he said, "I should never have told you guys about that nickname. And sorry, I must've fallen asleep while I was drawing."
Riku shook his head and sighed then said, "Honestly, between Sora being a lazy bonehead, you and your drawings, and Kairi goofing around, it's gonna take us another month before we finish the raft!"
Takato rolled his eyes then said, "Well excuse me, but I did only show up here about a month ago with no memory of what happened or how I got here, just like Kairi."
Sora then smirked and said, "Well, aren't you worried about your friends, Takato? What about your friend, Rika?"
Takato noticed the smirk on Sora's face when he said that, but he replied with, "Sora, I've told you before, I don't have to worry about Rika, in fact, she could probably beat up, all four of us, as well as Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie, without even breaking a sweat!"
Sora just smiled and said, "Yeah yeah, you've told us all this before. But, want to know what I think? I think that you're just scared that girlfriend could kick your butt."
Takato glared at Sora the 'girlfriend' remark and said, "I've told you, Rika is a scary person when she's mad, Sora!"
Sora then rolled his eyes and said, "Sure, I'll believe that, just as soon as you admit that you have been cheating in all of our spars!"
Takato laughed and said, "I've told you, before, I don't cheat!"
Sora then said, "Yeah, you've just been lucky so far. But this time, it will end with me as the winner!"
Takato smirked then asked, "Oh, is that so? Perhaps we need a reminder about who is stronger out of the two of us?"
Sora then asked, "Is that a challenge I hear?"
Takato smirked, then went into his pocket and pulled out a pair of red and black fingerless gloves with plastic brass knuckles and puts them on smirked and then said, "You know it!"
Kairi then placed her hands on her sides, then frowned and asked, "Are you two always going to do this when one of you get into an argument with each other? "
Riku laughed and shook his head then said, "Aren't we supposed to be working on the raft together?"
Takato smiled then simply said, "To answer your question, Kairi, Sora started this when I got here one month ago, just to see who's stronger. Then after my first defeat from using swords, I found these in my pockets, I don't even remember why I have them, just, that I feel like I promised someone I would wear them one day, then we fought again, this time with me fighting in hand-to-hand combat, and I won. Then he decided to challenge me every chance he gets, and he only wins about half of them, and he says that's not good enough, and won't be enough until he beats me all the time. Besides," Everyone looks at him as he says, "Fighting him, is easy compared to what I had to fight at home!"
Riku nodded then smirked and said, "Yeah, those "Data monsters" of yours."
Takato shook his head and said, "They're called "Digital Monsters" or Digimon, for short. And yes, they are stronger then you guys. So Sora, are you ready to lose again?"
Sora just smiled and said, "I was just about to ask you the same thing!"
Riku laughed then said, "Alright you two. One round, then we will work on the raft. Got it?"
Both Sora and Takato nodded then said, "Got it!"
Takato and Sora both went to different sides of the same area, Sora was holding a wooden sword that he had hidden away in one of the bushes nearby, while Takato was making sure his gloves were on tight. Then they stared at each other, both taking a battle stance.
At first, neither Sora nor Takato moved, they just stood there, watching each other, there was no sounds except for the sound of the waves crashing against the beach. Then, as if an unspoken message was announced, the two ran off at each other. Sora slammed down his sword onto Takato, who ducked and rolled out of the way just in time to avoid getting hit in the head, then he went for some fast jabs to Sora, who tried to dodge the assault as best as he could but, he couldn't dodge all of the punches and got hit in the stomach a few times.
Then Sora backed off of Takato to catch his breath, but the young Tamer wasn't about to let the beach boy catch his breath, and ran after him and launched another punch, but just before Takato's fist landed, Sora once again dodged the punch and retaliated with his wooden sword, by swinging it at Takato's gut, sending him backwards a few feet. But before Sora can proceed to attack Takato, the Tamer charged at Sora and proceeded to punch the young boy in the gut, knocking him backwards and onto his butt.
Then Riku said, "Match! Winner, Takato!"
Takato smiled then walked over to Sora and held out his hand. Sora looked at him with disappointment, then he smiled and excepted it and Takato pulled the kid up.
Sora rubbed his arm then said, "Man Takato, me and Riku used to be the strongest ones on the island, then you come along and soon enough, it's like we're trying to keep up with you!"
Takato lightly chuckled and said, "Well, I still have trouble fighting Riku at times, you know?"
Sora looked at him in disbelief and said, "You, have trouble? Come on Takato, right now, you're the only person on the beach that could be at a standstill with Riku. Not only that but, you were able to beat Wakka on your first try! And that guy's like the best when it comes to soccer! And that guy wasn't going easy on you. You know?"
Kairi laughed a little then said, "He's right, Takato. Wakka isn't an easy guy to beat. Heck, he's even the best soccer player we've got on the islands. How were you able to beat him?"
Takato sheepishly smiled while rubbing the back of his head and said, "Well, I've told you guys, back home, I was a soccer player, and I was pretty good at it. Hey, I even became the captain of the soccer team! Now then, shall we get on the raft?"
Sora, Riku and Kairi nodded then Kairi said, "Alright then, how about we race?"
The three boys looked at each other and Takato asked, "Ugh, do we have to?"
Sora laughed and said, "What? Tired already?"
Riku then said proudly, "I could ask you the same thing, Sora. I mean, after all, Takato did just beat you once again. So, you going to quit?"
Sora and Takato looked at one another, smiled then nodded, then the two of them dashed off towards the groups hangout, all the way, everyone was laughing then Takato stopped and looked towards the horizon.
Then he thought, 'How did I end up here, on this island? On this world? And, what happened to my world, to my friends? Rika, Henry? Guilmon? Heck, I'm even beginning to miss Kauz's and Terriermon's annoying jokes right now. I just hope that they're all okay!'
The threw islanders noticed that Takato had stopped went to check up on him. Riku then approached him and asked, "Still thinking about them, Takato?"
Takato only nodded. Then Sora said, "I'm sure that you will see them again, Takato."
Takato nodded again and said, "I hope so, guys. I hope so." Takato slowly started to space out, remembering all the times he had with his friends, both the good, and the bad. And the most recent dream he's had.
Kairi smiled then asked, "The sunrise is amazing right, Takato? Takato?"
Takato snapped back to reality and said, "Oh, sorry guys. I must've spaced out again."
Riku said, "You've been doing that a lot recently, Takato. Got something on your mind?"
Takato sighed and said, "It's just, I had this weird dream."
Kairi groaned and said, "Ugh, not you too! Lazybones here, said he had a weird dream as well!"
Takato looked at Sora and asked, "You have a dream where you're falling through darkness, then take a single step and suddenly you're surrounded by doves then you notice that you're standing on a glass platform with four strange weapons, then have to do a whole lot of crazy things, then end up fighting these strange shadows, then having to fight your own shadow?"
Sora nodded his head and said, "Yeah, except, I didn't have four weapons to choose from, only three, a sword, a shield, and a wand. What was the fourth weapon you had to choose from, Takato?"
Takato said, "A pair of gauntlets, that seemed like a pair of dragon claws."
Sora then said, "Wow. Makes the sword I chose seem, less important!"
Riku then said, "Alright you two, enough discussing dreams. Let's get to building the raft!"
Everyone nodded and said, "Right!"
They reached their workplace and Kairi took out two sets of paper to Sora and Takato that had a list of things that they needed for the raft. Then she said, "Alright then, today both Sora and Takato will need to collect different items that we will need for the raft. Sora, you will need to collect items that will help with the raft. Riku, you will help me tie together the peices of wood we have collected so far. And Takato, your job, is to collect items we will need once we set sail, such as canteens for our water, a couple of fruit from the trees, maybe even a few coconuts for emergency drinks. After that, we will finish up tomorrow, and then, the day after that, we will set sail!"
The three boys nodded and went to work, Takato collected the four empty canteens and his backpack, which was red and black, with the digital hazard's symbol on the front, to store the rest of the stuff he collects. His first stop was the waterfall near the Secret Place, which was the gangs little hiding spot. On his way to the waterfall, Takato bumps into a boy that was about as tall as he was, with tall orange hair with a blue bandanna tied around it, a yellow open vest, blue wristbands and orange sweatpants that stop past his knees with two big x's at the ends, amd light green sandels ,then Takato said, "Hey, Wakka, what's up?"
The boy, now known as Wakka said in a Jamaican accent, "Huh, oh Takato, what's up mon? You an ya little group still tryin' ta sail away to anotha world, mon?"
Takato smiled and said, "You know it! So, what you've been up to?"
Wakka smiled and said, "Oh, nothin' much mon, just hanging out with Selphie and Tidus. We've been tryn' ta think of a way ta beatchya mon, an we think that together, we can beachya mon!"
Takato laughed and asked, "So, I'm guessing that you all want one last chance to beat me before you guys try to fight me, all at once then?"
The Jamaican soccer player nodded and said, "You betchya mon! So, you up for it?"
Takato frowned as he thought, 'The only reason why I'm able to beat these guys is because I have more experience then them, but even if I fight with all I've got, three against one won't be in my favor. So, I will have to even the odds.' Then Takato had an devilish grin sneak its way to his face. Then he had another thought, 'But, if we do that then, it would be dishonorable, and it won't feel right with me at all. Curse me and my knights honor! *sigh* I guess I will have to tell him that.' said, "Wakka, if we do that, then, would that be fair for everyone else?"
Wakka then asked, "Oh, and what are you talking about, my goggle headed friend?"
Takato ignored the Goggle-Head joke and said, "I mean that, we have fought each other one on one, and only one on one. And besides, it would go against my honor."
Wakka then said, "Mon, you really are a knight. Living by a code of honor, that is respectable! So, we will just do the usual and fight you one on one before you leave, kind of like a special goodbye for you guys!"
Takato smiled at this and said, "Thanks, Wakka."
Wakka smiled and said, "Don't mention it, pal. Now then, you wanna see whose stronger, mon?"
Takato smiled then nodded then pulled out his combat gloves then he said, "First to hit the ground loses. Fair enough for you, Wakka?"
Wakka nodded and held out his soccer ball and said, "Ya know it, mon!"
Takato and Wakka got into their from fighting positions and then Takato said, "Let's go!"
Wakka nodded then kicked his soccer ball at Takato, who returned it with a kick then charged at him. Wakka caught his ball just in time for Takato to appear in front of his face and punched him in the gut. Wakka was hurt, but he wasn't beaten. He regained his footing and charged behind Takato and launched his soccer ball at his back, it hit him but before he could land on his face, he extended his arms out and used his momentum to launch himself back onto his feet, then he turned towards Wakka and cracked his knuckles.
Then he charged forward again and gave Wakka a double layered knuckled sandwich to the gut. It pushed him back and made him feel dizzy, but it didn't defeat him. Wakka then launched a high speed soccer ball at Takato, who used his feet to capture it and returned it to sender's gut which stopped him in his tracks, and then Takato finished him with a final blow to his stomach.
Wakka fell onto his butt and said, "Ai mon, that hurt!" Wakka rubbed his stomach then looked up to Takato, who was heading in his direction and said, "Ai mon, still can't believe that you're able to beat me, mon. I used to be the best when it came to soccer, and then, when you came here one month ago, I started to learn a few tricks! Hahahaha!"
Takato lightly chuckled then held out his hand, Wakka looked at him and then he grabbed it. Then Takato said, "I told you Wakka, back home, I was pretty into soccer, and to tell you the truth, you're like, the best person here that could give me a run for my munny when it comes to soccer. Maybe, if we ever come back here, we could put together a soccer team and travel different worlds and become the best soccer team of them all! Wouldn't that be awesome?"
Wakka smiled and said, "Yeah mon, it would! Now then, why did ya come here, Goggle-Head? "
Takato's smile left him and he asked, "Why dose everyone call me that now?"
Wakka just laughed and said, "Well, I call ya "Goggle-Head" because you wear the goggles. I think everyone else calls you that because of the stories of Rika and everyone else."
Takato sighed then remembered the first question and said, "Shoot! I almost forgot to fill up our canteens!"
Takato then took out the four canteens and went to the waterfall and started filling them up, while he was doing that he said, "I must say Wakka, this island, it's so, peaceful and quite, it's what one can call, paradise. Right? Wakka?"
Takato looked behind him and saw that Wakka had left him and sighed then thought, 'Man, just when I start talking about this place, Wakka leaves, oh well, now then, let's see here, fill up canteens? Check! Now then, the next thing on the list is, some fruit, and some coconuts. Alright then, huh?" Takato turns around and notices a girl with light brown hair that goes out, almost like a wave on both sides, and two small peices of hair in the back, green eyes, and wearing a small yellow outfit, a blue bead bracelet on her left arm, and brown sandals, sitting on one of the docks.
Takato walks up to the girl and says, "Hey Selphie, how you've been doing, lately?"
The girl, now known as Selphie looked behind her and said in a sweet and gentle voice, "Oh, Takato! How have you been doing?"
Takato smiled and said, "Oh, not much. Wakka got beaten again."
Selphie then asked, "So, I guess he told you his plan then?"
Takato nodded then said, "As much as I would like to be able to fight you all at once, I can't. It would just go against my honor."
Selphie nodded and said with a smile, "I know."
Takato asked, "Wait! You, you know?"
Selphie nodded and said, "Me and Tidus both know that you are the only person on this island that actually has anything close to honor. And when Wakka suggested that we team up to defeat you, both me and Tidus tried to explain that doing such a thing, would be dishonorable, and wouldn't sit well with you."
Takato felt touched at this then said, "Thanks Selphie."
Selphie nodded then asked, "So, I guess this is it huh?" Takato looked at her while she continued, "You guys will be leaving soon, and then I will miss you guys. Kairi's like a sister to me. Sora, well, he's kind of like the annoying little brother that I can't get rid of. Riku is like the mature older brother that keeps everyone together."
Takato then asks, "And what am I?"
Selphie smiles and says, "You, are the kid that everyone tries to defeat but never succeeds. You're the kid that brings us together as a team."
Takato smiles then said, "Don't worry, Selphie," Selphie looks up at the goggle wearing teen who says, "no matter how far apart we may be, even if it is worlds apart, we will never forget each other. No matter how hard I try to forget about Sora!"
Selphie starts laughing at that remark then asks, "That's a nice saying you got there, Takato. Was that something that you're friends used to say back home?"
Takato nodded then said, "Yeah, something like that."
Selphie then got on her feet and asks, "So, you want to have another go?"
Takato then says, "You know I don't like hurting girls, right Selphie?"
Selphie chuckles and says, "Is that mostly because of Rika, Takato?"
The Goggle-Headed Tamer then sighed and said, "Alright, fine! And after you, I might as well as challenge Tidus as well!"
Selphie nodded then, both she and Takato took their places and Selphie took out a jump rope and got into a fighting stance.
Takato, seeing Selphie was ready, Took out and put on his battle gloves and said, "Well then, be ready Selphie, I'm coming!"
Selphie nodded and asked, "Same rule as always, Takato?"
Takato said, "First to hit the ground loses? Yes."
Selphie nodded then both she and Takato took a fighting stance and waited. Then, the wind changed direction and Takato charged at Selphie with a fist ready to be delivered, but Selphie used her jump rope and tied Takato's fists up and then launched him away, Takato recovered just before he hit the ground then he waited and watched at Selphie stopped to catch her breath, that is when Takato charged at the young girl. Before Selphie could react, Takato charged at her and delivered a punch to her stomach. But, before she hit the ground she used her jump rope as a lasso and threw it at a nearby tree and pulled herself up.
Then she threw her jump rope like a lasso again, this time at Takato, then she pulled him towards her, and kicked him in the gut, sending him backwards. Takato was dizzy for a moment, but then he recovered his bearings, then he dashed at Selphie and caught the jump rope lasso that was heading his way, and reversed it onto her, tying her up in it, then punched her in the gut, knocking her backwards, and onto the ground. Thus, making this fight, go to Takato.
Then Takato went up to her and held out his hand and said, "Sorry about that, Selphie."
Selphie took his hand and got back on her feet, then said, "It's alright, you've shown me that I need to improve my skills a bit more, until then, don't go losing to anyone but us, got that?"
Takato nodded then said, "Can do. Just don't count on me winning against all of you guys, just to lose to Sora! If I did that, I would never hear the end of it!"
Selphie and Takato shared a laugh together then Selphie frowned then asked, "So, you really sure about leaving us, huh?"
Takato frowned and said, "I'm sorry, Selphie. But, it's just something that we need to do. I need to know if there are other worlds out there, and try to find my friends. It's something that I need to do!"
Selphie nodded and said, "Well, once you do find them, and you do find new worlds, promise me that you will return here after a while, alright?"
Takato nodded and said, "I give you my word, Selphie, you guys have become like family to me, and I won't forget about you guys. So, don't worry, we will return one day, I promise!"
Selphie nodded then she smiled and said, "Well then, you better get on it, you know how Riku is, and I could only imagine what Sora would say if he was the first one done with his tasks."
Takato nodded and said, "Yeah, he's gonna say that's another win for him or something like that, then I'll never hear the end of it!"
Both Selphie and Takato laughed at that then Takato said, "Well, thanks Selphie, see ya!" Takato then headed out to take care of one final thing before he grabbed the last items on his list.
Takato then approached the top of the treehouse were a young boy who could possibly be a clone of Sora, wearing an opened white and yellow vest, and blue shorts, with one leg longer then the other, light green sandals and holding a long pole was standing there practicing his form, then Takato said, "Hey Tidus."
The boy, now known as Tidus turned around and said with a smile, "Well, if it isn't the knight of Destiny Islands. Have you already beaten the other's, Takato?"
Takato couldn't help but to chuckle and say, "I told you to stop calling me that, Tidus!"
Tidus just laughed and said, "Well, what else am I supposed to call the knight that beat everyone on the island?"
Takato smirked and said, "Well, what if I were to start calling you, the clone of Sora then? Hm? You wouldn't like it very much now would you?"
Tidus just laughed and said, "Go ahead, practically everyone here thinks we're brothers already, and besides, you know what I say is true, Sir Gallantmon of Shinjuku!" Tidus said the last part with a bow.
Takato laughed and said, "Alright, alright Tidus. I didn't come here to start our usual challenge of insults, I came here to let you know that we will be leaving the island soon, and, well, I've already beaten Sora, Wakka, and Selphie, while collecting items on a list that Kairi made. So, yeah, I'm pretty sure that you know what is happening now, right?"
Tidus smiled and asked, "You want to have a fight against me now, don't you?"
Takato nodded his head and said, "Yeah, I do, Sora almost gave me a hard time, Wakka have me a decent challenge with his soccer skills, and Selphie almost had me with her jump rope lasso. And if you give me a good challenge, I might have to test Riku out then, see if I could finally be able to beat him, without having to be almost beaten myself."
Tidus laughed and said, "Alright then, but don't forget to collect the last of the items you need, or Kairi is going to have your head!"
Takato laughed and said, "Oh yeah, then I'll tell her that it was your fault!"
Tidus laughed and said, "So, shall we get started?"
Takato nodded and got his gloves on and took a ready stance and said, "Let's do this!"
Then Tidus charged forwards and swung his sword in a spiral motion trying to hit Takato in the side but he dodged at the last moment and delivered a punch to Tidus's face. Who retaliated by swinging his sword in an upwards motion and hit Takato in the stomach, Takato gripped his stomach and glanced at Tidus, who had a smirk on his face, then Takato ran past Tidus, scaring him and then used a trick Rika taught him and started running up the treehouse wall and then jumped in front of Tidus and punched him in the gut.
Tidus quickly regained his bearings and swung his sword in a spiral motion trying to hit Takato in his sides again, the sword connected and Takato flinched, but he jumped backwards and punched Tidus in the gut once again, and this time he fell on the floor and Takato was the victor.
Tidus then said, "Man! Wakka was right! It seems like the only way we could beat was if we were to team up against you!"
Takato looked at Tidus and said, "Wakka, you know how I feel about that, right?"
Tidus looked up and asked, "Huh? Oh! Oh, yeah, sorry, it's just, well I always had Sora to practice with, and I think that Wakka and Riku used to train together, and even though Kairi doesn't really fight with us, she's always hanging out with Selphie discussing different subjects, and I bet one of them is about how to defend yourself better. That's why I think she is able to use her jump rope the way she can, because Kairi has taught her how to!"
Takato smiled and said, "Yeah, Kairi is like that, she's like a little sister to all of us. And sometimes she acts like our mother, being overprotective and scolding us when she feels like she needs to."
Tidus nodded then said, "That's true and all but, you seem to be the protective older brother to Kairi, you know?"
Takato crosses his arms and then asks, "What do you mean by that, Tidus?"
Tidus smiles and says, "We all know that Sora has a crush on Kairi, and I bet that Kairi has a crush on Sora as well. Riku is like their father at times, then he acts like their brother at other times. But you, you Takato act like an overprotective older brother to Kairi only, and act like a scolding father to Sora, and a worthy rival to Riku. But only to Kairi are you overprotective, in fact, you almost look alike, if she had red eyes just like you, then we could say that you were siblings!"
Takato laughed then said, "Yeah, sure. If that were true, then you and Sora would have to admit that you guys are related. You look just like him so much that you either have to be brothers, or one of you is a clone!"
Takato and Tidus stated laughing then Takato said, "Alright then, later Tidus, I'd better get the rest on the supplies, else Kairi is going to be mad!"
Takato then left the higher area of the treehouse and went to the location that he called, "his room" it was filled with different drawings, some of them were of Sora and the other islanders, some of them were of the island itself, and the rest were of his friends, family, and the adventures he's had, both the good, and the bad, he even has a drawing of Megidramon fighting Belezemon on his wall to remember the day that, he saw evil. Takato shook his head getting the memory out of his head and he gripped his necklace. His hazards necklace, the last thing Rika Nonaka gave him, before he ended up on Destiny Islands. And the last thing in the small room besides a bed, was his white and gold D-Ark, which remained inactive, ever since he woke up on the island. As Takato picked it up he began to think of the questions he had.
"Why?" Was the question Takato has asked himself since that day one month ago. "Why did I end up here? What happened to my home, my friends, Henry, Rika, Kazu, Kenta, Suzie, Jeri, Ryo, Terriermon, Renamon, Machinedramon, MarineAngemon, Lopmon, Cyberdramon, Calamon, and Guilmon. Where are you guys, what happened that I can't remember? And, Rika, why did you give me this, one day before the anniversary of our first date? Did you know something was gonna happen to me?"
Takato shook his head and placed his Digivice back on the table it was on, then he went back outside and towards some of the palm trees that were on the island. Takato put his fingerless gloves back on and proceeded to climb up the trees and picked the freshest coconuts. The one good thing of a month on a tropical island will teach you, is that you can tell when the fruits are ripe, and when their not. Then after he found four of the ripest coconuts, he picked them off and placed them into his backpack.
Then he went to the tool shed that was on the beach and went inside it. The inside was nothing special, it was usually used the adults that live on the other islands, to help the kids keep their island all nice and well up to date. You see, of all the islanders, Takato is the only one who actually lives on this particular island, everyone else lives on a different part of the island where their parents work and where their school is. Takato was already done with middle school before he ended up on the islands, and summer vacation only just started so Takato had no real reason to sign up for Destiny High. Not only that but, he was fifteen years old.
Now for some, that may be a bit to young to be living on an island all by yourself. But when you had to save the world from evil Digital Monsters, you kind of grow up quick. And besides, Takato was able to handle himself just fine on his own. Sure he misses his friends and family, but he's not going to wallow in pity because of it. He knows that they can handle themselves with out their "Goggle-Headed" leader with them.
Takato then decided that there was nothing he could use in the tool shed and left. Then he went towards the island that was connected to the area where the tool shed was by a bridge. On the island was Riku who noticed him and asked, "Hey, Takato. Almost done with collecting the supplies yet?"
Takato nodded and said, "Almost, just need to gather some fruit and I'll be all set!"
Riku nodded then smirked and said, "Well, I suppose I could lend you the fruit I collected, if you beat me, that is?"
Takato looked at him and said, "I've been doing a lot of fighting today!"
Riku asked, "Let me guess, you fought Tidus, Selphie and Wakka today, haven't you?"
Takato nodded and said, "Sure did. Selphie really almost had me with her jump rope. I'm telling you, she's almost scary with that thing!"
Riku nodded and said, "I think that it's because of you Takato, that she's changed a bit."
Takato asked, '"What did I do?'"
The silver haired boy smiled then answered, "The way you talked about Rika, I think that you made Selphie realize that she could be more then she is, if she just pushes herself more. You see, she used to just uses her jump rope as defense and hope to wear you out. But after hearing the stories you told us about your friends, I think that she wants to become stronger then she is."
Takato then asks, "Why would she want to do that?"
Riku answers, "Because Takato, she may not want to leave the island with us, but she wants to be able to keep up with us, so she's pushing herself to be stronger. And if you ask me, I think that everyone has changed a bit since you have arrived here Takato. You've changed us all for the better, Takato."
Takato looked at him questionably and asked, "I couldn't have changed everyone that much, could I?"
Riku looked at him and said, "Takato, before you arrived here, me and Sora always competed with each other, and Kairi used to watch us compete then proceed to scold us when we took things to far. Tidus, Wakka and Selphie used to help me and Sora out in our training, and even Kairi used to chat with Selphie for days on end, talking about school and even battle strategies on rare occasions, then you show up and everyone seems to have become more serious. When you first fought Sora and lost, we just thought that you had no experience in fighting, and you were just making an excuse when you said that you had more experience using a real sword.
Then when you found those gloves in your back pocket, you showed us just how strong you really were. And showed us that you actually had some real experience when it came to fighting, so we all decided to test your strength, you managed to beat us all and when we asked you what your world was like, and you explained it to us, we realized why you were stronger then us. So, we decided to step up our training regime and soon enough, we were able to keep up with you, and soon we were able to beat you at times, not always, but sometimes. That is what I mean Takato."
Takato was shocked at what his silver haired friend had just told him, then he asked, "So, do you want to have another go at me, Riku?"
Riku shook his head then said, "Not really, I would never admit it in front of Sora but, you are the strongest one of us on the island, no matter how hard we train, you have something that we don't."
Takato then asked, "And what may that be?"
Riku smiled lightly and said, "You have experience, Takato."
Takato thought about it then said, "I guess that's true, I mean, I guess that seeing death, destruction and being in the middle of a war between a digital counter part of your world, would give you a lot of experience after all."
Riku nodded then said, "It's true, and you are also a lot more mature then the rest of us."
Takato nodded and said, "Well, what can I say? I had to grow up quick when Digimon started to invade my home. When it all began, I was carefree and happy, that I had my own Digimon, but then, I started to realize just what being a Tamer was all about! Having to protect, not only my world, but the Digiworld as well! So yeah, I guess that I'm more mature then others my age, but so what? I mean, sure I guess that I did ask to be a Tamer but, I only thought that it was just a kids show, I had no idea that they really existed!"
Riku nodded then said, "You know," Takato looked up as Riku spoke, "ever since you got here I started to wonder," Riku shook his head then said, "never mind, just doubting my wish at the moment."
Takato saw that Riku wanted to say something but, he knew that Riku had a reason to be doubtful at the moment, then he said, "I know what you mean."
Riku looked at him sceptically and asked, "Oh, really?"
Takato nodded then said, "You have good reasons to be doubtful, Riku. I'm just a bit, worried is all, you're doubtful because we could just end up sailing to a different part of Destiny Islands and not go anywhere."
Riku nodded and said, "You're right, that is why I'm doubtful, but why are you worried, Takato?"
The Tamer replied with, "Because, I fear that something could go wrong and the raft could end up falling apart while we're sailing, and we could end up separated and washed ashore somewhere, or possibly worse!"
Riku looked at Takato and said, "I think that you're worrying to much, Takato, don't you think?"
Takato shook his head then said, "Possibly, I mean, I don't know why but, for some reason, I just have a bad feeling is all."
Riku nodded and said, "Yeah, after a year living the way you did, I would feel a bit worried as well. But I know one thing's for sure."
Takato looked up at him and asked, "Oh, and what's that?"
Riku smirked and threw Takato some fruit and said, "Kairi's going to be upset if we make her wait any longer."
Takato asks, "Wait! Wasn't I going to have to fight you to get this?"
Riku smirked and said, "You can fight me tomorrow, but today, we should head on over to Kairi, I just hope that Sora isn't done before us."
Takato then asked, "Weren't you supposed to help Kairi tie up some more logs to the raft, Riku?"
The silver haired boy smiles and said, "I did that while you and Sora were out searching for the items on your lists."
Takato smirked at him then said, "I see, well then, in that case, thanks Riku!" Takato then dashes away from Riku who smirks then runs after him.
Riku then says, "Not bad Takato. Not bad."
The two of them laughed all the way back to their meeting place, where they saw Kairi and surprisingly, Sora was there as well.
Kairi had her hands on her hips and a frown on her face then asked, "What took you two so long?"
Takato said, "Sorry, Kairi. I ended up having to fight Wakka, Selphie and Tidus, while I was collecting the supplies. But don't worry, I've got everything."
Takato put down his backpack and took out, four filled canteens, four fresh coconuts, and a basket of assorted tropical fruits.
Sora then asked, "Whoa, how did you collect all these? I mean, these coconuts are really fresh, to get these, you needed to be able to climb all the way to the top of the trees to reach them! I mean, I usually hit the trees with my sword to knock down the coconuts, but these? How?"
Takato smirked and said, "You know how I am when it comes to climbing, Sora. And besides, I want to know something important."
Sora frowned and asked, "What's that?"
Takato smirked and pointed to Sora and asked, "How did you get here before us? Did you suddenly gained the ability to fly or something?"
Everyone but Sora started laughing, then Sora asked, "What's that supposed to mean?"
Riku then said, "I think that he's just a bit surprise that you managed to beat us here Sora."
Kairi then said, "Alright everyone, we've been working a lot today, so it's time to retire for the evening. Tomorrow we will gather up the rest of supplies, and then the day after, we will set sail!"
Takato then asked, "Shall we head out to our usual spot, before we head home?"
Everyone nodded and headed to the small island with three palm trees with one of them growing sideways. Then everyone took a seat and watched the sunset.
Sora then said, "So, Kairi's home is out there somewhere, right?"
Riku said, "Could be. We'll never know by staying here."
Riku nodded then Takato asked, "But, just how far would a raft take us?"
Riku shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows? If we have to, we'll think of something else."
Kairi then said, "So, suppose you get to another world. What would you do there?"
Riku hummed and said, "Well, I haven't really thought about it. It's just, I've always wondered why we're here on this island. If there are other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one? And suppose there are other worlds... Then ours is just a little piece of something much greater. So we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right?"
Sora shrugged and said, "I don't know."
Takato said, "It could have had been by chance or luck that we ended up here, right?"
Riku said, "Exactly. That's why we need to go out there and find out. Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go."
Kairi said, "You've been think a lot lately, haven't you?"
Riku nodded and said, "Well, I have you and Takato to thank for that. If you two hadn't come here, I would never have thought about any of this! So, Takato, Kairi, thanks."
Kairi said, "You're welcome."
Takato said, "Sure, don't mention it, but if the inter worldly police force found out about us jumping worlds, don't tell 'em that I told you!"
Everyone started laughing at this then Takato asked, "How many worlds do you think there are out there?"
Sora shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know but, if we do get off this island, I want to see them all!"
Sora asked Takato, "Hey Takato, what was your world, like?"
Takato smiled at Sora and saw that everyone was looking at him and he said, "Well, as I told you guys before, it was huge! A giant city in Japan, called Shinjuku. It is populated, and very noisy, compared to this place, and growing up, was very boring, well you know, at first. But then about a year ago, after playing a card game with my friends, Kazu and Kenta, I found this strange blue card in my collection. And me, wanting to know what it was, swiped it through my card reader, but when I did, it caused it to spark with electricity, and I thought that I busted it, but then it changed into a red and white device, and I knew that I had some kind of "Digivice" of my very own.
But I didn't have a partner at the time, but before I could really think about it, I had to dash off towards my school. And my teacher made me wait out in the hall way, which allowed me to do some drawing and that was when I created Guilmon, he was only a drawing at the time but, I made him. Anyways, I'll skip my explanation of my day at school, and get to when I was at home investigating my Digivice. It was weird, and after examining it, I noticed that it had a slot to swipe a card through. And I had this crazy idea to swipe my drawing of Guilmon through it.
At first it got stuck and I thought that I broke it, but then after I placed it down on my desk and went to leave to go eat, the Digivice started to scan each piece of note that I had for Guilmon, and when it was done, I noticed that I had an egg inside the device. I was so excited! I actually had my own Digimon! It was like a dream come true.
But, that was until I had to find him, you see, the next day, I woke up to find out that the egg had hatched and I missed it. I was sad that I couldn't see him, but I just didn't have time to investigate it. So, I just grabbed my D-Ark and placed it in my pocket and headed for school, after I was done with school, I decided to take another look at my D-Ark, and then it had a three dimensional arrow appear, and it started to make me go through all of Shinjuku, and in the end, it lead me to an abandoned sewer system, and then I saw it.
The area was lit up by a bright light, and then, he showed up." As Takato was telling his tale, his friends watched and listened with great interest. "When he first came through, *chuckles* he blasted a mouse for no reason, and that scared me, then he looked at me, almost, like he was curious about me. Then he started talking to me in a childish voice, and after I introduced myself, he started calling me, "Takatomon."
I guess that when I was writing the information about him, I forgot to add what to make his personality like. *chuckles* I found him funny, but I ran into a problem, like how I was going to hide him? Anyways, fast forward to the next day. I found him a hiding place, a terrible one but, it was a hiding place nonetheless. I gave him some day old bread from my parents bakery, and told him to stay hidden until I got back. Hehehe, he was like a little kid, you tell him to stay hidden and what does he do? He puts a cardboard box over himself and followed me to school! I tell you, the look on the principles face would've been priceless, if I wasn't so worried about Guilmon.
Anyways, while I was looking for Guilmon, I ran into another Tamer named, Henry and his partner, a weird dog rabbit mix, known as Terriermon. Terriermon was, and still is, really rude and highly annoying, and wasn't helping me with my situation, then I ended up finding Guilmon on top of the schools roof. Then I decided that I was going to find a new hiding place for Guilmon. And that was what I did. Well, what I was doing. I brought him to the park where I would find him a good hiding place until I met another Tamer, Rika Nonaka, who was, at the time, the notorious "Digimon Ice Queen" she was vicious and had a heart so cold, when she walked into a room, the temperature would suddenly drop.
Anyways, she, along with her partner, a tall kung fu fox named, Renamon, attacked us, and when I asked why, she said that that was what Digimon were meant to do. Let's just say that me and her, had a disagreement, and when Henry, who was, at the time a pacifist, added his two cents, she just stormed off. But, over time she ended up seeing that Digimon were just as real as we were, and soon we ended up being a team, then over the months, our little club of Tamers began to grow, of course we had our own fair share of people who disagreed with us, like Yamaki, and our little trouble maker, Impmon, we always had people who didn't like us.
But over the months, we made some very big changes in people, of course, as much as I would like to say that Rika's change in personality was because me and Henry, I believe that it was actually Calamon who changed Rika. I tell ya, the little guy's cheerfulness is contagious, you could be down in the dumps and so depressed that you literally make the mood in the room change, and Calamon could just show up, and in a few seconds, everyone would be so cheerful, you would think that you'd just found gold at the end of a rainbow.
But anyways, months have passed and our group of Tamers has grown exponentially. We also found out that Yamaki who was the head of a company called Hypnos, was trying to find a way to destroy all Digimon. All because he thought that they were all dangerous. Boy was he wrong. After his company was shut down after a failed use of his project "Juggernaut" which would send all of the Digimon back to the Digiworld and seal all of the possible portals that connect our world, he saw just how efficient the Tamers were.
And when we had to head into the Digiworld to save Calamon, it was Yamaki who sent us a com link to help us out when we need it. Anyways, while we were there, we got separated, and we each had our own crazy adventure. And soon, we reunited with each other, but we had to fight Belezemon, who was the lone wolf Impmon, who was given power if he promised to destroy us tamers, we tried to defeat him, but he was in a whole other league then us!
In the end, it was Leomon, Jeri's partner, who tried to make Belezemon understand that he was on the wrong side. But, he ended up being deleted, this caused a lot of reactions, from all of us. Jeri became depressed, the others became scared, but me and WarGrowlmon? We became angry, and all we ended up seeing, was red. We got extremely angry. And, I forced Guilmon to dark Digivolve, and turned Guilmon, into a vicious monster called, Megidramon. And with his birth, made my original Digivice, shattered. He almost deleted Belezemon, but I was snapped out of my rage by Rika, and Belezemon defeated Megidramon, but he wasn't deleted, he ended turning back into Guilmon, then I asked, no, more like begged to have another shot at being a Tamer.
And that is what I got. Both me and Guilmon's hearts started to synch with each other, started to call out to each other, then we combined together to create Gallantmon. And together, we were able to beat Belezemon. But before we were able to avenge Leomon's death, Jeri stopped us, saying that deleting him wouldn't bring Leomon back. So, we spared him, only because Jeri asked us to. Then shortly afterwards, we found out that the reason why Calamon was brought to the Digital World, was because he was the light of Digivolution, the Catalyst.
And that the guardian sovereign of the south, Zuquilamon, believed that they should use his power, to be able to give other Digimon the ability to Digivolve to beat an even bigger threat, the D-Reaper.
What that was, was part of the original program created when the monster makers made the Digiworld, it was designed to prevent the program from evolving past it's original design. But, it became corrupted and started deleting everything in the Digital World. Then the sovereigns gave us a mission, help stop the D-Reaper, who was believed to be preparing to invade the human world because it thought that humans have evolved past their original program. And so with us tamers, and Impmon, who had gone through a little soul searching, we headed home, with a new tamer, Ryo Akiyama.
And once we got back home, we returned to our relatively normal life style, then, it happened. The D-Reaper began to appear in our world, and me, Henry and Rika appeared on the scene, ready to Biomerge with our partners, but we soon realized that we were only able to Biomerge when we were in the Digiworld, was because our DNA was turned into data, and because we were back on Earth, we were once again flesh and blood. But the sovereigns saw this as a potential problem, and sent us help, Alice McCoy and her friend Dobermon, whose sacrifice allowed us to merge with our partners, and fight against the D-Reaper.
Afterwards, we found out that Jeri was trapped in the core of the D-Reaper called, "The Kernel" and while she was in there, her depression was used to power the D-Reaper, feeding on her negative emotions. And soon, with the help of a newly "reborn" Belezemon, we were able to get inside the Kernel and free Jeri. And then we were able to send the D-Reaper back to the Digital World, and use the Juggernaut that was uploaded into Terriermon, and finally defeated our true enemy. But our victory didn't come without a price, for you see, the price we had to pay for the victory, was to say goodbye to our partners for a while, but I found a portal underneath the shed we used to hide Guilmon in, and I was able to bring our partners back.
And soon, life became normal, well, normal as normal can get when we have digital monsters running through the streets of Japan, that is. And shortly after the return of our partners, me and Rika started to date, and well, it was definitely a change, that's for sure. And that was how life was for about a year, until I woke up here one month ago, with no memory of how I got here. But I'll tell you, it has been nice to hang out with you guys, and at least act like a normal kid again, it was fun, but now, now we will start a new journey!"
Sora, Riku and Kairi nodded at statement and Sora said, "You betchya! And don't worry Takato, we'll find your world one day, that's a promise!"
Riku and Kairi nodded and Riku said, "Yeah, that's for sure!"
Everyone nodded at that and Takato yawned then said, "*Yaaaaaawn* Well then, goodnight everyone. See you tomorrow."
As everyone was heading back, Riku called for Sora, "Sora."
Takato and Sora turned around just in time to see Riku toss Sora a star shaped fruit. Riku then asked, "You wanted one, didn't you?"
Sora asked, "A Paopu fruit?"
Riku then said as he walked by, "If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives no matter what. C'mon, I know you want to try it."
Sora asked, "What are you talking-"
Riku didn't answer but instead just laughed, Takato chuckled at the misery of his friend then chased after Riku and Sora.
Kairi then said, "Hey! You guys coming or what! And Takato, tomorrow you better be on time, or if we ever find her, I'm going to tell Rika!"
Takato shuddered at that then said, "Don't worry, I won't! And don't you even joke about that! She was scary enough before I started dating her! Now she's a whole new kind of scary now that I AM dating her!"
Everyone laughed at that then Takato went up to his little room on the island and got ready to sleep while Sora, Riku, and Kairi got on their small boats and headed back to the mainlands, then Sora asked, "Remind me again, why are we building a raft, when we have three working boats that we can use to head for a new world?"
Riku sighed and said, "For one, these things won't handle the rough waters of the ocean waves."
Kairi then said, "For two, Takato doesn't have one, and it wouldn't be fare if we were to leave him all alone on the island."
Riku then said, "For three, we could end up getting separated and end up losing each other during our travels."
Then both Riku and Kairi said as if they had recited this a million times, "And finally, it took us almost two months to build that raft, there is no way that we are going to use our boats after we had spent months to build the raft!"
Sora then said, "Alright, alright already, I get it I get it! Yeash!"
And so, the trio headed back to their homes, Takato was already asleep. And soon, the quartet were all in their beds, sleeping off the days exhaustion, to be able to finish the raft the next day.
Takato slowly started to open his eyes to the welcoming light of the morning sun, Takato sat up and stretched his arms, then he stood up and stretched his legs, then he grabbed his goggles, and he headed outside. When he looked around, he saw that it was still early, and none of his friends would be on the island until later today, so Takato headed for the groups Secret Place. It's a secret cavern hidden behind the bushes and the branches of the tree. And the only entrance was a small hole near the waterfall.
Takato crawled through the entrance of the Secret Place, it looked like an ordinary cave, with rocks just laying around, some small gaps in between the rocks that gave it light, and a strange surfboard shaped door, that had no handle, no lock, and no way of opening it. Takato then looked around at all the drawings that filled the walls of the place. They were drawings of Sora, Riku and Kairi, drawings Paopu Fruits, of the trees on the island, of rocket ships, castles, of different things, like Sora and Riku fighting monsters, and other crazy things kids drew ,there were all made by Sora, Riku and Kairi.
Although, there were a few made by Takato, like the drawings of himself with Guilmon, the tamers and their partners, and of him giving a Paopu fruit to Rika. The reason why is because Sora, Riku and Kairi told him that a Paopu fruit, if shared with someone, their destines would become intertwined. After he looked at all the drawings, he did what he usually did while he was there, investigated the mysterious door that can never be opened.
He looked at it several times before, ever since he was brought here the first week of him being on the island. He was even going try to break down the door once before, but before he could, he heard something in the back of his mind say that it would be a bad idea, so he just left it alone. But even if decided not to try to open it, he decided to investigate it when ever he had the time.
Takato then thought, 'Why would someone make a door with no handle, no knob, and not even any hinges on an island like this? Did the adults do it to teach their kids about how something's are just better left alone?' Takato shook his head then thought, 'No, this place is called "The Secret Place" so I doubt that the adults even know about it. Heck, the guys said that when their parents were young, they used to come here to have fun, and now that their kids are old enough, they have stopped coming to the island about three years ago, saying that it was now "their" island and was now "their" responsibility. And Sora told me that he asked his mother about the Secret Place.
When she asked, "What Secret Place?" And Sora told her about the hidden grotto near the waterfall, the one that had a strange door inside. Sora's mother told him that she knew not of such place when she was growing up, so Sora thought that he and his friends were the first ones to discover their secret place. Man, this thing just seems to give more questions then answers.'
Takato then decided to leave the Secret Place and head out to the other side of the island. It was fairly large and had something of an obstacles course with large Palm Trees, an observation tower with a zip line and a large star shaped tree at the very end of it. And at the end of the beach, was the raft that the gang was working on.
Just then Takato heard the sound of a door being opened and he turned around and saw the island trio of Sora, Riku, and Kairi. Takato waved and said, "Morning guys."
They all waved and Sora said, "You ready to finish the raft today, Takato?"
The Goggle-Headed Tamer nodded and said, "You betchya!"
Riku nodded then said, "Well then, lets head out!"
Sora, Kairi and Takato nodded then headed out to the raft, there Kairi took out three lists for the group. Then she said, "Alright then, today Sora, you will be collecting four mushrooms that grow on both sides of the island, you will also have to catch four fish on the other side of island, and also, we will need the tarp from Takato's little space, and the rope there as well. Riku, go with Sora and help him if he needs it." Sora gave Riku an angry glare while the silver haired boy just nodded. Then Kairi turned towards Takato and said, "And lastly, Takato. Your job, is to gather up everyone's packs, then bring them here, then you can wonder around for a little bit, but come back here when you're done, alright?"
Takato nodded, as did everyone else, then they all headed out. Takato headed to his room where he already saw Sora taking down the tarp he had over the window to keep the light out, and then grab the rope he had placed in the corner then Sora saw Takato and said, "Oh, hi Takato. Sorry, can't stay and chat, I gotta go!"
Before Takato could say anything, Sora was already out the door. Then Takato decided to take down all of his drawings carefully and placed them in his backpack. 'This way I will be able to have my drawings on me, and I could show them to my friends when I find them again.'
Then, after Takato finished placing his drawings in his backpack, he left his little home and headed out to get everyone else's pack's, but he saw Sora crawl into the secret place and decided to follow him. Once he was in the Secret Place, he saw Sora drawing a picture of himself giving Kairi a Paopu fruit. Then Takato said, almost scaring Sora out of his shoes, "Nice to know how much you care about her, Sora."
Sora looked up and saw, "Oh, it's only you, Takato. Why did you do that?"
Takato smiled then said, "I saw you come here and I decided to follow you to see what you were up to. Now then, does Kairi know that you like her?"
Sora blushed and with a stutter said, "Shut, shut up!"
Takato laughed and then Takato picked up a nearby rock and drew a picture of himself standing next to Rika. Then Takato felt that something was, off in the cave, he then turned around and saw, someone standing in the cave's mouth wearing a brown robe, then he asked, "Hey! Who are you?"
Sora looked to where Takato was looking and saw the same guy and asked, "Yeah, who are you?"
The figure then said in a deep man's voice, "I've come to see the door of this world."
Takato and Sora looked at each other and asked, "Door?"
The mysterious figure simply said, "This world has been connected."
Sora asked, "What are you talking about?"
The figure said, "Tied to darkness, soon to be completely eclipsed."
Sora then said, "Well, whoever you are, stop freaking me out like this. Huh? Wait a minute, where did you come from?"
The figure said, "You do not yet know what lies beyond the door."
Takato looked at Sora and said, "This guy's weird."
Sora then asked, "Door? This world? Wait! Does that mean that you're from another world then?"
Takato looked at the figure and try to see who was underneath the hood, but the cave made it to dark to tell.
Then the figure said, "There is so very much to learn. You understand so little."
Sora then replied with, "Oh yeah? Well, you'll see! I'm going get out and learn what's out there! Then we'll see!"
Takato nodded and said, "That's right! You can bet that we will learn what's out there!"
The figure then said, " A meaningless effort. One who know nothing, can understand nothing."
Then the figure said nothing, simply stared at the wall behind them, Sora and Takato looked behind them and simply saw the same door, and nothing else, then they turned back to see that the mysterious robed figure was gone.
Sora then asked, "What was that all about?"
Takato shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know. Well, I'm going to the toolshed to get your packs, I'll see you when you're done, Sora."
Sora nodded then said, "Yeah, you two! I just got a few more things to look for then I'll be done!"
Takato nodded then smirked and asked, "Where's Riku? Wasn't he supposed to look after you?"
Sora stuck his tongue out and said, "That was just a joke! Kairi only said that as a joke, to make sure that I don't goof off! Riku is still working with Kairi on the raft!"
Takato laughed then he said, "Alright then, I'll see you later, Sora!"
Sora waved and said, "Later, Takato!"
Takato left the Secret Place and headed into the toolshed, where he saw two different packs, a small white one with a symbol of a Paopu fruit on it, obviously Kairi's, and a medium sized light brown one, obviously belonging to Sora, but he didn't see Riku's bag. "Typical, Riku decided that he didn't want anyone touching his bag, so he grabbed it himself!"
Takato just ignored the feeling of disbelief and just grabbed Kairi and Sora's bags then headed back to the cove to deliver the bags. When he got to the cove, he saw that Sora and Riku were in a runners mark, and he asked, "You guys at it again?"
Kairi nodded then Sora said, "If I win, I'm captain, and if you win..."
Riku said, "I get to share a Paopu with Kairi."
Sora said, "What?"
Takato asked, "What are you two racing for now?"
Riku said, "We're racing to see whose captain, and to see who will share a Paopu fruit with Kairi!"
Sora glared at Riku when he said the Paopu Fruit part and Takato just shook his head then said, "Whatever, just keep me out of it!"
The two got ready as Kairi counted down, then at the sound of "go" the two were off. Sora took the zip line and Riku took the long way around but was still catching up to Sora fast. The two were neck and neck, then Riku touched the tree first, and was now on his way back. Sora was soon behind him, even if had taken the lead early on, Riku was now in first place. But then Sora managed to catch up to Riku, and the two were reaching the finish line, and then, Sora reached the end first.
Sora then cheered and said, "Yes! Now the scores 2-1!"
Riku rolled his eyes and said, "Whatever. It's just a boat."
Sora glared at him, because of that remark, it made Sora's victory, seem like a loss then a win.
Takato laughed and asked, "Does everyone have everything we need now?"
Everyone nodded then they headed out. While Takato was heading to bed, he noticed Sora and Kairi were sitting on the docks. He heard Kairi say, "You know, Riku has changed."
Sora asked, "What do you mean?"
Kairi said, "Well..." Kairi then got deep into thought.
Sora looked up at her and asked, "You okay?"
Kairi suddenly said, "Sora, let's take the raft and go- just the two of us!"
Takato had to hold back a laugh when he heard this, then he heard Sora ask, "Huh?"
Kairi then started laughing then she said, "Just kidding."
Sora then asked, "What's gotten into you? You're the one that's changed Kairi."
Then she said, "Maybe… You know, I was a little afraid at first, but now I'm ready. No matter where I go or what I see, I know I can always come back here. Right?"
Sora looked at her and said, "Yeah, of course!"
Kairi smiled and said, "That's good. Sora, don't ever change."
The brown haired beach boy asked, "Huh?"
Kairi then stood up and said, "I just can't wait. Once we set sail, it'll be great."
Sora said nothing and just watched the sunset with Kairi. Takato decided not to bother the two of them and headed to bed, while he was walking he thought, 'Those two,' He shook his head and laughed, 'they're going to be tough to watch over. Riku is the oldest, while Sora and Kairi are the same age, and I know that they have feelings for each other, that is why, I want to protect them, I know that I haven't known them for very long but, I just feel like I have to protect them.' Soon though, Takato saw Riku sitting at the usual spot. So Takato went to speak with him.
Once Takato reached the small island, Riku said, "You excited for tomorrow, Takato?"
The Goggle-Headed Tamer nodded then said, "You bet!" Takato noticed that Riku was watching Sora and Kairi, then he asked, "So Riku, do you have feelings for Kairi?"
Riku looked at him and smirked, then he said, "No, I only act like I do so that Sora would step up and be there for her. You know, challenging him to see if he has what it takes to be there for her."
Takato nodded and said, "I know what you mean, I may not have been a part of your little group for very long but, I feel like I have to protect Kairi. I mean, it could just be my knights side kicking in but, I don't think so, I feel like, like it's something else. I don't know what yet, but, I will protect her, and Sora too. You know that if he gets left alone for too long while in charge he'll get himself into trouble!"
Riku laughed and said, "I know what you mean, I mean, just yesterday he got challenged to a fight, by Tidus, and he challenged to fight, him, Selphie and Wakka, it was an interesting fight to say the least but, did Sora really have to accept the fight in the first place?"
Takato laughed and said, "Oh man! You know, Wakka tried to have me fight all three of them at once, but I declined and said that it wouldn't sit so well with my honor."
Riku smirked and asked, "Honor, or your pride? Would you fighting three people cause you to over think and lose, causing you your title?"
Takato smirked and said, "I could ask you why don't you just tell Sora that you actually respect him for being able to keep up with up to this point, so far, Riku?"
Riku looked at him sceptically and said, "I have no idea what you're talking about, Takato!"
The Goggle-Head just laughed and said, "I see the way you two act, Riku. You are better then Sora at, just everything, and you know it. And I bet Sora knows it too but if he admitted it, it would be like hurting his pride." Takato then proceeded to leave then he turned back to Riku and said, "I'm not asking you to tell Sora that you respect him right now but, I'm asking you to instead, look at the world, the way Sora see's it. He may be a bit dense, well a lot dense, but he always chooses to see the light instead of the darkness, the good before the bad. And he just thinks that you're just being a bit, mean then you're supposed to be."
Riku then asked, "I'm supposed to be?"
Takato smirked and said, "You guys act like you're rivals instead of friends. Look, I get it, you are all, technically, still kids. Maybe this journey is just what you guys need to mature a bit."
Riku looked at him and asked, "Like you did?"
Takato nodded and said, "Yes, adventures changes people. And while I hope that this journey won't be like my last one, I hope that in the end, you guys will always friends." After that, Takato left, leaving Riku with a lot to think about.
Takato then got to his little home and then, laid down and thought, "This is it, tomorrow, we set sail. But I wonder, what will the future hold?" Takato then fell asleep until tomorrow where he and his friends will be sailing off into unknown territory.
Takato was laying down in his room when he heard the sound of thunder, he looked up and saw that there a storm blowing over Destiny Islands. Then as he laid back down, he quickly shot back up and remembered the raft. Then he said, "Oh no, the raft!"
Takato got down to the beach just in time to run into Sora and said, "Sora!"
The beach boy nodded and said, "We need to get to the raft, quick!"
Sora looked down and saw two small boats and said, "These belong to Riku and Kairi!"
Takato then said, "That's not good, if they are here then, they could get hurt!" Takato then looked up at the dark sky and saw a strange dark ball hovering in the sky, and asked, "What in the world?"
Sora looked up to where Takato was looking and asked, "What is that?'"
Takato shook his head and said, "I don't know." Takato looked down on the beach and saw something and said, "No way! It's those same things from my dream!"
Sora looked and saw a small, dark, imp like creature, with two antennas, two bright yellow eyes, and was about the size of a small child. Sora then said, "Yeah, mine too!"
Takato then took out his gloves and said, "We need to find Riku and Kairi and fast!"
Sora nodded and tried to hit the creatures with his wooden sword, but it just phased right through them. He turned to Takato and said, "Takato, my sword doesn't seem to have any effect on them! Are you getting anywhere!?"
Takato dodged a side attack from one of the strange creatures and tried to punch them, the plastic on his gloves, seemed to knocked them back, but doesn't seem to do anything else. Then he said, "No! I can only knock them back, but even then, it's not for very far! We need to get away from these things and find the others, and fast!"
Sora nodded then looked over to the small island and saw someone standing there. Then he said, "Over there, at our usual hangout! I think I see someone! It looks like, Riku!"
Takato turned around and put down his goggles and saw that someone was indeed standing on the small island. Then he said, "We need to get there, now!"
Sora nodded then he and Takato started running in the direction of the figure when Takato noticed a door where the entrance of the Secret Place and Takato said, "Where did this door come from?!"
Sora then said, "Let's go find Riku first!"
Takato nodded and said, "Right!"
The two teens ran towards the figure avoiding the strange shadow creatures and when they got across the bridge Sora and Takato saw Riku and Sora asked, "Where's Kairi? We thought she was with you!"
Riku then said, "The door has opened…"
Sora asked, "What?"
Takato then said, "Not you two!"
Riku turned around and said, "The door has opened, guys! Now we can go to the outside world!"
Sora then said, "What are you talking about? We've gotta find Kairi!"
Takato nodded then said, "And what is it with everyone talking about doors? First this stranger in a brown cloak in the Secret Place was going on about a door, now you two! Riku, have you not noticed the strange creatures coming out of the shadows? Or maybe you have missed the floating dark ball in the sky!? Or maybe the fact that our world is being invaded by strange dark creatures, Kairi is missing, a door has appeared in front of the entrance of the Secret Place, and you're just sitting here talking about all this crazy stuff! We need to find Kairi and find shelter before we get swept away!"
Riku then said, "Kairi's coming with is!"
The two were taken back by this and Takato asked, "How can you be so sure, when you're just standing here doing nothing!?"
Riku then said, "Takato, Sora, once we step through, we might not be able to come back. We may never see our parents again. There's no turning back. But this may be our only chance. We can't let fear stop us! I'm not afraid of the darkness!"
Takato then said, "You should be! I know I am! I have seen what will come of darkness! I know what happens when you let dark thoughts plague your mind! Because, if you do, then, there's no turning back! You will become a different person! Do you want that, Riku!?"
Riku then said, "I know the risks, but I'm not aftraid." Riku then held out his hand.
Sora then said, "Riku." Riku then had a portal of darkness open up underneath him, and out of it, one of those strange shadow creatures appeared, and tried to jump onto Sora. Takato saw this and pushed him out of the way, and took the hit, then he started to be engulfed in a dark mist. Sora then said, "Takato!"
Sora headed for Takato when the brown haired Tamer said, "Stop! It's to late for me! Get Riku, find Kairi, and get out of here!"
Sora asked, "But, but why?"
Takato sadly said, "Because their your friends."
Sora then said, "But, but you're my friend too!"
Takato nodded and said, "I know, and it's because I'm your friend that I did this. I don't know what is going on here but, I don't want to see you get hurt."
Sora was trying to plea with Takato by saying, '"But, but, what about finding your friends? Going back home? Doesn't mean anything to you, Takato?"
Takato nodded and said, "I still want to see my friends again, but, I made it my mission to protect you and Kairi."
Sora then asked teary eyed , "Well, how can you protect us, if you give up?"
Takato sadly smiled and said, "I know, but I promise you, I will still protect you, both you, and Kairi. That I will be there to protect you guys. You are like my annoying little brother, and Kairi is like my little sister, but, I need you to get Riku and get out of here! That's an order!"
Sora looked behind him and saw that Riku was being surrounded by darkness, then he looked back to Takato and nodded then gave him a small smile then said, "And I promise you, that I will find your friends and tell them how brave you were!"
Takato smiled and said, "And I'll tell them, how annoying you were. Now go!"
Sora nodded then dashed off to Riku, the last thing Takato saw, was Sora grabbing Riku's hand, then, nothing.
Darkness, that was all that was around him, Takato looked around and saw that the world was nothing, but darkness. Then he sadly thought, 'So, this is how it ends for me, huh? I'd always thought that it would have been Rika who would've ended me. Not like this."
Takato just sadly sighed and awaited his demise while thinking, 'Well, I guess this is it. There are so many things that I wanted to do, I actually wanted to watch Suzie, Ai and Mako grow up to become strong people, and great tamers. I wanted to see Jeri take on the world in a new stride, and one day, find a way to heal that broken heart of hers, I wanted to see Henry accept that invitation to work with his father at Hypnos with the rest of the monster makers. In wanted to start to teach Guilmon about how to speak normally. I wanted to see all the crazy stunts that Impmon had in store for the city. I wanted to continue to play the Digimon card game with Kazu, Kenta, and Ryo. And maybe even enter the next card tournament. I wanted to be there for everyone, and be there for Rika whenever her mother took her to a fashion show for support.
But, I guess, that will never happen. Because now, I am being consumed by darkness once again. *sigh* If Rika would see me now, she would probably end up kicking my but all the way into the Dark Ocean for giving up.'
As Takato was thinking, a memory began to play from the back of his mind. He was back at home, and he was with Rika who gave him a small black box. Takato asked, "What is this for, Rika?"
Rika simply said, "I know that tomorrow is the anniversary of our first date but, I just wanted to give this to you today, Goggle-Head."
Takato didn't ask why she was being so weird today, for fear of being pounded by the girl, so he just opened up the box and saw a small necklace with the symbol of the Digital Hazard on it. Takato asked, "Rika, why did you give me this?"
Rika smirked and said, "Takato, you can try all you want to, but you will never be able to escape who you are. Even the sovereigns have told you that you hold the power of the Digital Hazard inside of you. But just because you are the Tamer of Hazard now, doesn't mean that you need to hide it. Because, you attract a lot of crazy and dangerous things and people. And there will be people who will always be more dangerous then the ones before "
Takato smiled and said, "People more dangerous, then the most feared female Tamer in all of Shinjuku Japan, the infamous, Rika Nonaka?"
Rika smirked and said, "If you can find someone more dangerous then me, then most likely, yes."
Takato smiled and took out the necklace and placed around his neck then turned to Rika and said, "Thank you, Rika."
Rika nodded and said, "Just remember this, Goggle-Head, no matter what happens, even if you feel like you're about to give up, just remember that that necklace ain't just from me, but it is connected to all of our friends! So remember, as long as you have your D-Ark and that necklace, you will never be truly alone."
Takato smiled and nodded. Then the memory slowly started to fade away, then Takato opened his eyes and said, "Rika's right, I have never been alone, I have had my friends with me all the time, and now, now that they need me, I am just giving up. Well, no more! Alright then, if the Digital Hazard gave me power when I was angry, maybe this time, when I need it the most, and determined, I will be able to save my friends!"
Takato then started to dig deep inside his heart looking for the power that he called upon more then a year ago. 'Come on, come on I don't care if I unleash Megidramon right now! Heck, he could be what I really need right now! Come on you stupid Hazard! You came to me when I was angry. Well now I am getting very angry, and I could use your power right now! Come on. Come on. COME ON!"
On the outside world, Sora grabbed Riku's hand just as he was being surrounded by darkness, then, in a moment, two bright lights erupted through the darkness, of a pure white, and the other, a vicious and malevolent red! Then when the light died down, standing there were Sora and Takato, except, Sora was now holding a strange Key shaped sword, with a silver center rod and crown shaped "teeth" and a golden arm guard, and a small silver mouse head Keychain.
While Takato wasn't holding any weapons, his gloves had changed to a pair of giant set of red armor attached to his arms, with a golden ring around the hand, and golden zigzag lines going up to the shoulders where they had two bat wings. The hands had five sharp claws with black tips at the end with the symbol of Hazard on the center of the hand, and as a keychain on the shoulders.
Takato opened his eyes and saw that he was standing right where he was before, but his arms felt heavier then before and he looked and saw his arms were now claws and he asked, "Woah! What in the world are these?"
Sora heard Takato's voice and turned around and saw him and said, "Takato!"
Takato looked up and saw that Sora was there, except he didn't see Riku, but he saw Sora holding a strange Key shaped sword and asked, "What happened to Riku?"
Sora shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know. I tried to grab his hand but I was swallowed by the darkness, and then, I was holding this." Sora held his strange sword and asked, "What about you? What kind of weapons are those?"
Takato shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have no idea."
Then a mysterious voice spoke to the two and said, "Keyblades." That's what was echoed in their minds.
Sora then asked, "Did you just hear a voice speak to you?"
Takato nodded and asked, "Yeah, did you hear the word, "Keyblade" as well?" Sora nodded then Takato said, "Well, at least I'm not losing my mind at the moment."
Sora laughed at that for a moment before he noticed that more of those strange shadows started appearing again then he said, "If they look like weapons, then maybe they act like weapons as well, right?"
Takato shrugged and said, "Only one way to find out!" Takato then pulled down his goggles and felt his new claws, they felt like they were made out of metal, but he was able to flex his arms like they were just a sleeve. Then he charged at one of the stange shadows and took a swipe at them, causing them to be destroyed!
Sora then said, "Alright!" Sora then realized that there were still some of those shadows nearby and repeated, "If it looks like a sword then, maybe it will act like one!" Sora then brought down his Key sword onto the shadow's head and destroyed it.
Takato then said, "Sora!" The beach boy looked towards the Goggle-Head who said, "We need to look for Kairi!"
Sora nodded then said, "The Secret Place! That's the one place that Kairi would hide in a time like this!"
Takato nodded then said, "Let's go! You lead and fight these things from the front, and I'll follow and swipe at the ones in the back, alright?"
Sora nodded then headed for the Secret Place, while fighting off the strange shadows in front of him, while Takato was clawing away at the ones behind him, and soon the duo made it to the Secret Place, then when Sora opened the Door and walked through with Takato, it felt, calm.
Then Takato said, "Be on your guard, we have no idea if any more of those things will be here."
Sora nodded then the duo ran towards the deeper part of the cave, in hope of finding Kairi!
Once they reached the end of the cave, they saw Kairi, standing at the front of the surfboard shaped door, and Sora and Takato said, "Kairi!"
Kairi turned around to look at them, but she had a strange look in her eyes. She simply said, "Sora." She held her arm out, but then, the strange door opened up, and a wave of dark energy came rushing out, almost blowing the two boys away. But they held strong. Kairi was then blown forwards, and Sora went to catch her, and Takato was standing behind him, ready to catch Sora. But when Kairi touched Sora, she faded from exsitince and both Sora and Takato were blown out of the Secret Place!
When the two landed outside, they found that the island was destroyed being sucked into the swirling ball of darkness in the sky!
The ground that the two were standing on started to shake, then they looked behind them. There they saw a giant shadow creature with long black hair, two bright yellow eyes. And a giant hole in it's body in the shape of a heart.
Sora and Takato looked at one another and nodded, Takato dashed off, taking his claws and slashing at the things left arm while Sora attacked it's right. Then the creature bent over, and crossed both of it's arms and started to gather dark energy into the heart shaped hole, then released it, into a ball of darkness, and it came after Sora and Takato, who used this time to attack the creature, while it was, somewhat defenseless. Then the creature got back up, and brought its right arm towards the ground, and started to gather more dark energy, then it raised it's arm up, and slammed it into the ground, summoning more of those smaller shadows which Takato and Sora attacked while attacking the giants hand. Then, after one final strike from both boys, the creature started to be sucked into the ball of darkness, along with everything else.
Then the two boys tried to hold on to what ever was left of the island. But soon the boys lost their grip and was sucked into the ball as well.
A/N: Thechaosmaster: Hello everybody, now then, first things first. I only have KH 1 original, what that means is this, when I write out this story, it will by from events of the original version, then when I have the time and internet, like right now, I will make it the FM version. secondly, I have decided that Sora will be able to use more then just the Kingdom Key, in fact, I decided to give him lady luck first. do you all remember in the very beginning of the game when Donald zapped Goofy? Well, that is how I did that. Secondly, and this idea has been floating around my head for a while, maybe, MAYBE near the end of the story, Takato can wield both the Bonds of Hazard and Zero's Vaccine Reverse, I have not decided on it completely, but I could do it sometime after Sora become a Heartless. Oh! And, I wanted to have Takato to have a Nobody called Xakatto, pronounced (Zackato and sometimes Zack) but, I can't decide how I want to have Zack's birth happen, like could the creation of Megidramon do it? Should I turn him into a Heartless near the end of the story? Or sometime years before? There ain't really a good time to do it. So please, help an author out.
CHAOS CONTROL!
