Voices in my Head

Shadow- "Hello again, readers! Another new chapter. And... sorry if it sounds a little sarcastic."

Renamon- "More than just a little... Shadow does not own digimon."

Shadow- "And please, for the love of all things digital, remember to R&R!"

real world

Davis was sleeping. The rest of his family wasn't.

Not that they didn't want to. It's just that Davis's snoring had, if anything, gotten worse over the years. His parents had begun to seriously consider either surgery or putting him up for adoption. His sister's sentiments were less kind.

Fortunately, Davis's digivice chose that moment to begin beeping. Unfortunately, Davis didn't wake up. Davis's sister came in the room, saw the digivice beeping, assumed it must be a cell-phone, and yelled "Davis! Wake up! Your phone's ringing!"

Still, Davis did not wake up. When she punched him in the head several times, he didn't wake up. When she held his nose shut, he didn't wake up. Eventually, she resorted to her secret weapon: "Davis, Kari is here to see you." she whispered.

Davis immediately jumped out of bed. "Where!"

His sister laughed. "You're phone's ringing."

Davis looked at his desk. He saw the clock reading 12:01 AM, but more importaintly, his digivice beeping. He ran over and started pressing buttons. His sister walked out, her mission accomplished.

Davis finally got the message on the digivice open. Well, one of the messages. It said that something in the digital world was wrong, and to meet the others in the park immediately. The other thing was some sound file he couldn't open. He accidently deleted it. Oh well, he thought, Couldn't have been important.

He hurried out the door, taking only enough time to say "Gottagomombyeillbehomelater!". His family breathed a sigh of relief.

They might finally be able to sleep.

real world, tamers

Takato, though able to sleep, did not want to.

He lay in bed, still unable to come to grips with what had happened, though his last dream, which hadn't involved Rika dying, had cheered him up somewhat. He still tried to stay awake, though, because he feared that he might have another death dream if he fell asleep again.

However, Takato quickly realized the futility of ignoring one's own body, and was soon asleep.

takato's dream. again.

Takato found himself in (A/N: where else?) Shinjuku Park. He immediately relaxed, thinking this was going to be another dream with him and Rika.

How wrong he was.

Instead, he saw all of his friends there, including several others from the other worlds, and a few kids he didn't recognize.

What annoyed him the most, however, was that Justin and Rika were sitting off by themselves, and Justin had his arm around her.

Understandably, Takato got pissed off. Really pissed off.

takato

He ran up to Justin, and demanded to know what the hell was he doing.

calm down

Justin asked what he was talking about, and Takato tried to fight him.

you're not gonna win

Takato didn't win.

see?

Takato growled at the voice.

look, we need to talk

"Shut up!" he yelled.

this is your dream, right? make me.

Takato tried to hit the voice. Since you can't hit sound, he failed miserably.

okay, you're not helping. let me talk to him.

that's not going to help! we should just talk to someone else. i'm sure henry would listen.

yeah, but no one would believe braniac. he probably wouldn't believe it himself. as much as i hate to admit it, it has to be goggle-head.

why not kari? she'd be believed, and she probably would understand faster than this idiot here...

are you obsessed with her or something? god, you're worse than davis sometimes.

don't compare me to that idiot!

don't act like him, then!

Takato, completely bewildered, heard the sounds of two people fighting. It really didn't sound like either of them was winning. Then, while the sound of the fight continued, he heard a third voice.

is that what love looks like?

apparently.

i'm glad we don't have to deal with that.

agreed.

The voices seemed to notice Takato for the first time.

long time no see, takato. give guilmon a piece of bread for me.

...better make it a lot of pieces.

The other voice seemed to nod. (A/N: how does something that doesn't have a body nod, anyways?)

yeah... oh, damn it.

what?

those two idiots over there are still fighting, and he's starting to wake up.

what should we tell him?

hmm... how about: tell the others about this, and come and res-

The rest of what the voice said was lost as Takato was wrapped in a blinding mist.

real world, tamers

Takato woke up.

What the hell was that? he wondered.

real world

Davis ran into the park, and found everyone else already there. He also found that he was the only one in his PJ's still. (A/N: thank god he doesn't sleep in just boxers, or worse... (shudders))

Izzy sighed when he saw Davis. "Well, that's everybody. I've called you all here because my computer has been picking up some very strange readings from the digital world. Portals have been opening up everywhere, though only one or two digimon have come through them."

"Do they lead to the dark world?" Ken asked.

Izzy shook his head. "No. And they don't lead to that 'wishing' world you went to, either."

"So... where do they lead?" asked Lazar.

"I have no idea." said Izzy. "But I intend to go there and find out."

unknown world

"Damn it! He woke up before we could tell him!"

"That's not my fault!"

"Oh, isn't it?"

"No, it's not. You didn't have to bite when we were fighting, you know."

"Like I care. Just be glad I just bit your arm."

The other voice winced. "...you wouldn't actually do that, would you?"

"What do you think!"

"I... think I'm gonna stand a little bit farther away from you."

The voice laughed. "That's what I like about you: you make smart choices."

"...unlike you."

"I make good choices!"

"Like staying behind to get killed for no reason?"

"... oh, shut up..."