Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, so don't sue me. Enjoy part II! Oh, sorry if I got Gatomon's attack wrong; I'm pretty sure that it's Lightning Claw.
Note: When I say Tai or Matt I am talking about the real one.
Hope and Light Burning Bright-Part II: Dilemmas
Joe darted a nervous glance around the forest. That was the seventh time he thought he'd heard a noise.
To make matters worse, it was getting dark. What if I'm attacked? I don't have a chance! He thought, casting another nervous surveillance of the forest around.
Just appearing in the middle of the forest alone the way he had reminded him of the time Puppetmon had used his voodoo dolls to "play" with them. He shuddered at that memory and instantly wished he'd never thought about it.
Instantly another thought popped into his head. Being split up the way they were reminded him of the time Devimon had scattered them all. Again, he instantly wished he hadn't thought about it.
A twig snapped and he jumped, looking around for who was following him. It was just me, Joe reassured himself upon looking at the twig he had stepped on.
He continued to walk until he noticed something strange ahead of him. Something was coming at him; he could hear it.
The something was so quiet it was difficult to hear, but it was undoubtedly approaching him. A pair of yellow eyes suddenly glinted directly ahead of him.
He barely had time to notice them before something enormous leapt from the bushes and soared through the air directly at him...
~*~
Gatomon woke and noticed she was still in a cage. Then Sheranamon is still after them, she miserably thought.
She looked around the place they were. It was strange. Darkness, almost as though a pure black fog had closed in thickly surrounded them. She could see Sheranamon looking into her crystal ball and laughing at something on it.
Her curiosity was abruptly driven away when she saw a familiar form floating in the air unconscious.
"Kari!" she gasped.
It wasn't long before she noticed that not only was Kari in this odd place, TK was as well.
Sheranamon happened to notice Gatomon was awake.
"Oh, I see you're awake," Sheranamon announced. "Congratulations, you're the second one awake.
"Why do you have Kari here?" Gatomon questioned.
"I'm surprised you of all Digimon do not know the answer to that, seeing as you once were evil yourself," Sheranamon mocked.
Gatomon made no reply to the reminder of her past and continued to glare at Sheranamon right in the eye.
"Well, if you really must know, there are two reasons. The first and most important is to get their brothers here. The second is to eliminate the chances of any angels fighting me," Sheranamon explained.
Gatomon was shocked. "Why can't you take me?" she wondered.
"Oh, but I like it much better this way," Sheranamon lightly replied.
"I don't care what you do with me, just don't hurt Kari!" Gatomon cried.
"So that's the way you feel?" Sheranamon muttered. "Very well."
Sheranamon floated over to Kari and raised her hand high above her head.
"You have determined the fate of this one," Sheranamon declared as her hand began glowing.
Gatomon couldn't stand it. "Lightning claw!" she cried, hoping against hope the attack would protect her best friend.
Sheranamon deflected the attack easily, but backed away from Kari and stated: "she is safe. For now."
Gatomon cringed as Sheranamon placed a clawed hand on her forehead.
"Nighty-night, Gatomon," Sheranamon mocked as Gatomon slipped into a deep sleep.
~*~
"So you mean you switched bodies?" Mimi quarried, looking from Tai to Matt in confusion.
"Why else would I be him?" Tai exasperatedly replied. "How are we going to fix this?"
"It's no picnic for me, either, being you and all," Matt argued, pulling the goggles from his head angrily.
"Now what do we do?" Sora wondered aloud.
"I say we find Sheranamon and make her switch us back!" Tai shouted. "And put the goggles back, Matt."
Matt grudgingly replaced the goggles.
"I think it would be a good idea to find Joe and Izzy," Mimi stated.
"Well what about TK and Kari?" Matt questioned.
"If we're not all together, we'll never have a chance against Sheranamon," Sora explained, picking up on Mimi's idea easily.
"Well then lets go," Tai agreed.
"I didn't mean now," Mimi moaned. "Can't we just stay here for the night?"
"I am a little tired," Sora admitted.
After a silent fifteen minutes, Matt finally said: "Tai, give me my harmonica."
"Huh? Oh, yeah," Tai muttered, reaching into his pocket and grabbing the harmonica.
I'm never going to get used to this, Tai thought. I don't want to be stuck like this forever. I don't want to be Matt.
~*~
I should try and find the others, Izzy thought. He looked around the prairie. It seemed to go on forever. Well, maybe I can use their Digivices to track them on my laptop.
He flipped the top of his pineapple laptop up and was soon looking at a map of the Digital world.
That's strange; why do I only see three others? Izzy thought for a while and finally decided to let it go. Two of them are together. I'd better head toward whoever's alone.
Quickly, he shut the power off of his laptop and headed in the direction of the lone Digidestined.
Something about the miles of rolling hills seemed foreboding.
"Stop it," he said aloud, more to hear his own voice than to reassure himself.
The feeling would not leave him. Something was out there in the tall grass waiting for him.
A strange sound cut through the night unexpectedly.
What was that? He thought. It seemed like he had heard that noise before, but where? It sounded like a rattle almost. A rattle? He thought.
Just as he made this realization, a gigantic snake-like Digimon suddenly shot out of the tall grass toward him.
THAT'S where I've heard that sound before! It's the sound of a rattlesnake! Izzy realized as the snake lunged for him...
~*~
Matt woke the next morning hoping it had all been just a bad dream. When he saw his white-gloved hand, he knew it was no such thing.
He noticed that Tai was already awake as well. He seemed to be thinking about something seriously.
"What are you thinking about, Tai?" Matt questioned.
Tai quickly snapped back to reality and replied: "just wondering how we're going to get out of this one. I just want to be myself again."
"Hey, like I said, it's not much fun for me, either," Matt responded.
"Well what's wrong with me?" Tai defensively answered.
"You're... You," Matt explained.
"I could say the same for you," Tai said.
"Well at least you got taller," Matt exclaimed.
"I'm not THAT much shorter than you," Tai argued.
"Yes you are!" Matt angrily shouted back.
"No, I'm NOT!" Tai defended.
"You are too," Matt answered. "But then again that doesn't mean I can't hurt you even if I am short."
"Oh really? Well either way I would win!" Tai shouted back.
"Sure," Matt mocked, taking a swing at Tai.
"That's it, Matt, I've had it with you!" Tai shouted, trying to punch Matt.
After that, Matt managed to land a punch to Tai's jaw making Tai mad enough to tackle Matt onto the ground.
Their next ten minutes were spent fighting each other viciously.
Finally, Sora woke and saw them.
"STOP IT!" she screamed. "Matt-I mean Tai, get off of him!"
Matt shoved Tai off of him and began furiously beating Tai's face.
"Tai-not again-I mean Matt, leave him alone!" Sora screamed.
They continued fighting oblivious to Sora's cries.
"That's it, STOOOOOP!!" Sora shrieked.
Still they continued fighting.
She sighed and walked over to them and screamed as loud as she could: "STOP!"
They both heard and finally stopped.
"Why did you do that?" Sora questioned, glaring angrily at them.
"He said I was short," Tai muttered, rubbing his black eye tenderly.
"Well you started it," Matt replied, wiping his bloody nose.
Sora exasperatedly slapped her forehead and replied: "do you know how badly you two could have been hurt? You look a lot worse than you probably feel right now. Once you get off you adrenaline highs, you're going to be in a lot of pain!" she scolded.
Matt and Tai looked at each other then quickly looked away...
Note: When I say Tai or Matt I am talking about the real one.
Hope and Light Burning Bright-Part II: Dilemmas
Joe darted a nervous glance around the forest. That was the seventh time he thought he'd heard a noise.
To make matters worse, it was getting dark. What if I'm attacked? I don't have a chance! He thought, casting another nervous surveillance of the forest around.
Just appearing in the middle of the forest alone the way he had reminded him of the time Puppetmon had used his voodoo dolls to "play" with them. He shuddered at that memory and instantly wished he'd never thought about it.
Instantly another thought popped into his head. Being split up the way they were reminded him of the time Devimon had scattered them all. Again, he instantly wished he hadn't thought about it.
A twig snapped and he jumped, looking around for who was following him. It was just me, Joe reassured himself upon looking at the twig he had stepped on.
He continued to walk until he noticed something strange ahead of him. Something was coming at him; he could hear it.
The something was so quiet it was difficult to hear, but it was undoubtedly approaching him. A pair of yellow eyes suddenly glinted directly ahead of him.
He barely had time to notice them before something enormous leapt from the bushes and soared through the air directly at him...
~*~
Gatomon woke and noticed she was still in a cage. Then Sheranamon is still after them, she miserably thought.
She looked around the place they were. It was strange. Darkness, almost as though a pure black fog had closed in thickly surrounded them. She could see Sheranamon looking into her crystal ball and laughing at something on it.
Her curiosity was abruptly driven away when she saw a familiar form floating in the air unconscious.
"Kari!" she gasped.
It wasn't long before she noticed that not only was Kari in this odd place, TK was as well.
Sheranamon happened to notice Gatomon was awake.
"Oh, I see you're awake," Sheranamon announced. "Congratulations, you're the second one awake.
"Why do you have Kari here?" Gatomon questioned.
"I'm surprised you of all Digimon do not know the answer to that, seeing as you once were evil yourself," Sheranamon mocked.
Gatomon made no reply to the reminder of her past and continued to glare at Sheranamon right in the eye.
"Well, if you really must know, there are two reasons. The first and most important is to get their brothers here. The second is to eliminate the chances of any angels fighting me," Sheranamon explained.
Gatomon was shocked. "Why can't you take me?" she wondered.
"Oh, but I like it much better this way," Sheranamon lightly replied.
"I don't care what you do with me, just don't hurt Kari!" Gatomon cried.
"So that's the way you feel?" Sheranamon muttered. "Very well."
Sheranamon floated over to Kari and raised her hand high above her head.
"You have determined the fate of this one," Sheranamon declared as her hand began glowing.
Gatomon couldn't stand it. "Lightning claw!" she cried, hoping against hope the attack would protect her best friend.
Sheranamon deflected the attack easily, but backed away from Kari and stated: "she is safe. For now."
Gatomon cringed as Sheranamon placed a clawed hand on her forehead.
"Nighty-night, Gatomon," Sheranamon mocked as Gatomon slipped into a deep sleep.
~*~
"So you mean you switched bodies?" Mimi quarried, looking from Tai to Matt in confusion.
"Why else would I be him?" Tai exasperatedly replied. "How are we going to fix this?"
"It's no picnic for me, either, being you and all," Matt argued, pulling the goggles from his head angrily.
"Now what do we do?" Sora wondered aloud.
"I say we find Sheranamon and make her switch us back!" Tai shouted. "And put the goggles back, Matt."
Matt grudgingly replaced the goggles.
"I think it would be a good idea to find Joe and Izzy," Mimi stated.
"Well what about TK and Kari?" Matt questioned.
"If we're not all together, we'll never have a chance against Sheranamon," Sora explained, picking up on Mimi's idea easily.
"Well then lets go," Tai agreed.
"I didn't mean now," Mimi moaned. "Can't we just stay here for the night?"
"I am a little tired," Sora admitted.
After a silent fifteen minutes, Matt finally said: "Tai, give me my harmonica."
"Huh? Oh, yeah," Tai muttered, reaching into his pocket and grabbing the harmonica.
I'm never going to get used to this, Tai thought. I don't want to be stuck like this forever. I don't want to be Matt.
~*~
I should try and find the others, Izzy thought. He looked around the prairie. It seemed to go on forever. Well, maybe I can use their Digivices to track them on my laptop.
He flipped the top of his pineapple laptop up and was soon looking at a map of the Digital world.
That's strange; why do I only see three others? Izzy thought for a while and finally decided to let it go. Two of them are together. I'd better head toward whoever's alone.
Quickly, he shut the power off of his laptop and headed in the direction of the lone Digidestined.
Something about the miles of rolling hills seemed foreboding.
"Stop it," he said aloud, more to hear his own voice than to reassure himself.
The feeling would not leave him. Something was out there in the tall grass waiting for him.
A strange sound cut through the night unexpectedly.
What was that? He thought. It seemed like he had heard that noise before, but where? It sounded like a rattle almost. A rattle? He thought.
Just as he made this realization, a gigantic snake-like Digimon suddenly shot out of the tall grass toward him.
THAT'S where I've heard that sound before! It's the sound of a rattlesnake! Izzy realized as the snake lunged for him...
~*~
Matt woke the next morning hoping it had all been just a bad dream. When he saw his white-gloved hand, he knew it was no such thing.
He noticed that Tai was already awake as well. He seemed to be thinking about something seriously.
"What are you thinking about, Tai?" Matt questioned.
Tai quickly snapped back to reality and replied: "just wondering how we're going to get out of this one. I just want to be myself again."
"Hey, like I said, it's not much fun for me, either," Matt responded.
"Well what's wrong with me?" Tai defensively answered.
"You're... You," Matt explained.
"I could say the same for you," Tai said.
"Well at least you got taller," Matt exclaimed.
"I'm not THAT much shorter than you," Tai argued.
"Yes you are!" Matt angrily shouted back.
"No, I'm NOT!" Tai defended.
"You are too," Matt answered. "But then again that doesn't mean I can't hurt you even if I am short."
"Oh really? Well either way I would win!" Tai shouted back.
"Sure," Matt mocked, taking a swing at Tai.
"That's it, Matt, I've had it with you!" Tai shouted, trying to punch Matt.
After that, Matt managed to land a punch to Tai's jaw making Tai mad enough to tackle Matt onto the ground.
Their next ten minutes were spent fighting each other viciously.
Finally, Sora woke and saw them.
"STOP IT!" she screamed. "Matt-I mean Tai, get off of him!"
Matt shoved Tai off of him and began furiously beating Tai's face.
"Tai-not again-I mean Matt, leave him alone!" Sora screamed.
They continued fighting oblivious to Sora's cries.
"That's it, STOOOOOP!!" Sora shrieked.
Still they continued fighting.
She sighed and walked over to them and screamed as loud as she could: "STOP!"
They both heard and finally stopped.
"Why did you do that?" Sora questioned, glaring angrily at them.
"He said I was short," Tai muttered, rubbing his black eye tenderly.
"Well you started it," Matt replied, wiping his bloody nose.
Sora exasperatedly slapped her forehead and replied: "do you know how badly you two could have been hurt? You look a lot worse than you probably feel right now. Once you get off you adrenaline highs, you're going to be in a lot of pain!" she scolded.
Matt and Tai looked at each other then quickly looked away...