Yay! Chapter 2 is out! I wan't sure if I'd be able to publish this next chapter so soon after the last one, but i did it! I hope you all enjoy this next chapter! I'm still experimenting, but all the flash back stuff is in italics unless they are thoughts. and thoughts in the flashbacks will be non-italicized. Please read and review!
I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON ADVENTURE 02, FRONTIER OR THEIR CHARACTERS!
Chapter 2: Anger Management
Davis sighed as he got out of bed the next morning. He'd been plagued by old memories of Takuya's all night long. He was glad that DemiVeemon had stayed the night at Ken's because he was sure to have woken up his Digimon partner with all the thrashing he'd been doing in his sleep. Most of the memories had been about the actual collapse of Shibuya station, but some of them had been his own. Of course those memories were the stuff of nightmares. Of a little frightened four year old whose imagination had been kicked into overdrive by adrenaline. Now that he was awake, he couldn't remember what he'd been so afraid of about his own memories other than the usual fears that arose whenever he dreamed of the accident.
He managed to shake the thoughts away for a moment and remembered sitting down at the breakfast table, but the routine actions his body went through barely registered in his mind. Halfway to school he wondered if he remembered to wish his mom "good morning" or to tell Jun off at least once about something stupid like he always did.
"You worry too much Davis," the voice of Takuya laughed at him. "Of course you wished your mom good morning. And you argued with Jun for a good five minutes about hogging the bathroom."
As if to prove 'Takuya' right, Davis suddenly did remember doing those things. He groaned and ran a hand through his auburn hair, dislodging his goggles.
"I think I'm going nuts," Davis muttered out loud to the empty street.
"Why do you think that?" the voice asked.
"I'm talking to you, aren't I?" Davis sighed. "The voice of my deceased cousin. What are you doing in my head to begin with?"
"Now that is a very good question," 'Takuya' sighed back.
"Than answer already," Davis grumbled.
"Can't," came the annoyingly happy reply.
"Why not?" Davis asked angrily, scaring a cat he was passing.
"Because I don't know either," the voice laughed. "I'm just a part of your subconscious."
"Well then Subconscious, stay submerged!" Davis yelled before breaking into a run, but of course that did not make Takuya's voice go away.
"Oh wow," the voice whistled. "I really upset you didn't I?"
Davis didn't answer and just kept on running until he reached the school gates.
"Hey, what do you know? You're on time for once," 'Takuya' laughed.
"Just shut up," Davis huffed as he leaned against the gate wall while he caught his breath.
"…Sorry," the voice sighed. "Does me talking to you bother you that much?"
"…No," Davis thought, continuing the conversation in his head now that people might actually over hear him talking to himself. "Just tell me one thing… Are you a ghost?"
"Why?" 'Takuya' laughed. "Do you think I'm haunting you or something?"
"Maybe," Davis internally sighed. "Especially since you always become incredibly chatty after an anniversary. …You seem chattier than usual today though. Why is that?"
"Who knows?" the voice sighed, actually sounding lost and sad, making Davis feel the same way. "Maybe it's because you saw Zoe, Koji and the others yesterday."
"Huh," Davis frowned. "Does that mean you really are Takuya?"
"You'd think so, wouldn't you?" came the cryptic answer.
Before Davis nearly lost himself in the internal argument he was about to have with the voice of his subconscious, he head another voice call out his name, only this one resided outside of his head.
"Davis!"
He glanced over in the direction he'd thought he heard the person call out to him and quickly spotted Ken near the school building's entrance.
"Hey!" he called back, a grin spreading across his face as he pushed himself off the wall.
"Fine," Takuya's voice scoffed at him teasingly. "Go ahead and converse with the living. I'll be right here in your head if you need me."
"Just shut up already," Davis thought as he joined Ken and his overstuffed backpack. "Hey Ken."
"Can we come out yet?" came a muffled voice from the bag.
"Hold on," Ken hissed as he and Davis raced into the school and up the staircase to the computer lab. Once they were they, Ken unlatched his bag and DemiVeemon popped out with a green caterpillar looking Digimon, Wormmon, Ken's Digimon partner.
"Sorry you two," Ken laughed weakly. "I tried making room by leaving my dictionary at home, but it looks like there still wasn't enough space."
"Davis!" DemiVeemon cried, happily jumping into his human partner's arms.
"Hey buddy," Davis smiled, patting his Digimon on the head.
"Well would you look at that? Davis is on time for once."
The two boys spun around to see Yolei enter with Poromon tucked under her arm. As usual, TK and Cody were behind her with their Digimon partners too. The three of them usually came to school together because they lived in the same apartment complex. Davis became a little irritated by Yolei's choice of words because 'Takuya' had said something similar not even five minutes ago. He didn't really know why, but that made him mad. Now that the thought of Takuya had been brought back to the forefront of him mind, he suddenly remembered that the new comers were three of the four that had continued to try following him yesterday. He was pretty sure that Yolei was the one who suggested spying on him in the first place. It sounded like something she'd do. With that in mind, he was instantly angry with the three of them; especially Yolei.
"Shut up," Davis growled a little more severely than he had intended, but he was not in the best of moods at the moment.
Yolei was shocked but she quickly hurried out of his way as he stalked off down the hallway. Ken cast her a worried glance before grabbing his backpack and followed his best friend. The others were also quick to follow as soon as they let their Digimon loose in the computer lab.
"Davis?" Ken called, but the goggle head only sighed. He'd finally stopped in front of his locker, banging his head and right fist into it.
"Davis, what's wrong?" Ken asked as the others filed in behind him.
Davis only sighed again before pushing himself off his locker and opening it to retrieve his books. He glanced at his friends, but his gaze stopped at Yolei.
"Sorry," he muttered grudgingly before looking away and shoving his math text in his backpack.
"Davis what's wrong?" Ken repeated softly just as Kari made her appearance. Her cat Digimon partner, Gatomon, wasn't with her, but that was because the feline Digimon was able to sneak into the computer lab without Kari needing to let her in.
"Hey guys," she smiled brightly before noticing their worried glances and Davis's tense posture. "What's going on?"
Davis glanced up at her for a moment before slamming his locker shut and stalking off to class. Yolei and Cody traded worried glances before wordlessly heading off on their own as the first bell rang. Kari gave Ken and TK a confused and questioning look, but the two boys shrugged before the three of them followed Davis to class. Davis was already in his seat when they caught up to him, but he didn't bother to raise his head when they sat down around him. He remained like that all day, even during lunch, but when it was time to go home, TK had decided that enough was enough. He planed on cornering Davis when everyone met up in the computer lab for their trip to the Digital World. The older DigiDestined were already there for some reason, and so were Yolei and Cody, but that didn't deter TK.
"Davis, what's your problem?" he demanded as he shut the door to the room behind the two of them, Kari, and Ken.
Davis looked up at him but didn't reply. Takuya's voice had been speaking to him at random intervals all day so it had been hard for him to concentrate in class and he'd developed a killer headache. He wasn't in any mood to answer questions, especially TK's.
"I don't know TP," Davis growled, "Why do you always wear that stupid hat?"
TK frowned. "Why do you wear goggles? Look, just tell us what's been bothering you since this morning?"
"Oh, wouldn't you like to know," Davis laughed without humor.
"Why do you think I'm asking?" TK retorted with a sigh.
"You should just tell them," Takuya's voice suggested. "Tell them that you're pissed about them following you yesterday."
"Shut up," Davis growled, both at the voice and TK as he headed for the door.
TK got a little mad at that and grabbed Davis's arm to stop him from leaving.
"I'm talking to you Davis," TK growled back as the other eight DigiDestined watched helplessly as the two boys teetered on the edge of a fight. "You're being childish!"
"Childish?" Davis barked, whirling around in TK's grasp. "I'm the one being childish?"
"Heeeere we go," 'Takuya' sighed.
"All of you are the childish ones!" Davis bellowed. "You all decided it would be fun to follow me around yesterday! So how was it? Was the trip to the Shibuya station graveyard fun?"
TK let go of Davis's arm, stunned. Davis was shaking angrily now, but he reigned in his temper, closing his eyes for a moment before letting out a deep breath.
"Sorry, TK, but I'm just not… feeling too well," he finished lamely.
"How did you know we were following?" TK whispered.
Davis glared at him.
"I'm not that stupid," he grunted, pulling out his D3. "This thing let out a loud beep when I was waiting outside the flower shop for Jun. I counted nine digivice signals and oh! Look! There are nine of you here with Digivices; Five D3s and four normal ones. It beeped again while Jun and I were leaving the graveyard too. Only that time there were four D3 signals. So thank you Ken, Tai, Matt, Sora and Izzi for leaving things alone!"
"How did you know I was the D3 carrier that had left?" Ken asked.
"Because I know you wouldn't purposefully invade my privacy Ken," Davis smiled tightly. "You're my best friend. You also had two Digimon to take care of last night. Thanks again for taking care of DemiVeemon for me by the way."
"No problem," Ken smiled.
"…But you saw the graves," Davis said sadly, looking out the window. "All of you did, didn't you?"
"Yes," Tai admitted for the older kids. "We're sorry Davis. We shouldn't have followed you yesterday."
"Could you at least tell us who's buried there?" Sora asked gently.
"…Family," Davis whispered, but didn't elaborate any further on who they were. "…Jun and I make that trip every year. I was only four when it happened, so I don't remember any of them clearly. But Jun does. It means a lot to her when I join her so I go. Sometimes I remember, sometimes I don't. Others do most of the remembering for me."
"Were you in the station when it collapsed?" Kari asked softly.
Davis closed his eyes and tried to shut out the images that now flooded his aching head. Suddenly his cell phone went off making them all jump. He checked the caller ID before answering, making a face when he saw who it was.
"Yeah Jun, what is it?" he snapped into the receiver.
"Geez, way to bite my head off," Jun pouted on the other end. "Mom wants you home."
"What?" Davis blinked. "Why?"
"How should I know?" Jun huffed. "Now just come home!"
"Fine!" Davis snapped, stabbing the end button with his thumb. "Sorry guys, but I have to go. My mom wants me home. I don't know why through, so could you take care of DemiVeemon again for me tonight Ken?"
"Ah, sure," Ken nodded.
"Davis," Kari said, resting a hand on his shoulder but he shrugged it off.
"Be good buddy," Davis sighed, patting his Digimon on the head before heading for the door, but he paused before leaving.
"…Yes… I was there," Davis sighed in answer to Kari's question without facing them. Then he was gone.
Davis made sure to hurry home so that his mom and Jun didn't have an excuse to harp on him. They were both waiting in the living room on the couch when he got there.
"So what's up?" he sighed, plopping into a chair.
"Oh good, your home," his mother smiled distractedly. "Your father an I are leaving for Okinawa in a few hours. Your Grandpa Saka had a heart attack and he's asking for your father. I'd stay home, but the situation sounds really bad so I'm going to support your father. He's coming back from work real soon and then we'll be leaving. The two of you are old enough to take care of yourselves for a few days so please listen to Jun, Davis. She's in charge. I'm writing up a list of emergency contacts that I will place next to the phone."
Davis tried to take in all that he'd just learned. It irritated him that Jun was going to be in charge for the next few days, but he'd live with it. The bad thing that resulted in this predicament was that he couldn't guarantee that his sister would respect his privacy, so that meant that DemiVeemon would have to stay with Ken a lot longer than one more night. That way there was no risk that Jun would discover his digital friend. As DemiVeemon, his partner was cute enough to suffer at his sister's hands.
Later that night after their parents had left and after dinner, Jun took control of the TV so Davis made his way to his room to call Ken about letting DemiVeemon sleep over while his parents were in Okinawa.
"Sure," Ken agreed. "It's no trouble. I hope your grandfather is all right, Davis."
"So do I," Davis sighed. "I don't know how long I can survive alone with Jun, so the better he is, the sooner my parents can come home."
Ken laughed on the other end of the line.
"So what did you guys do the Digital World?" Davis asked.
"Oh!" Ken gasped excitedly. "I almost forgot to tell you! We found some buried ruins in the desert! We were mapping out the desert region for Izzi in the middle of nowhere when Ankylomon suddenly sank into the sand and fell into an underground ruin. We haven't explored it yet, but that's what we plan to do tomorrow. Are you going to join us or is Jun going to-!"
Speaking of Jun, the older sister chose that moment to barge into Davis's room.
"Hey, Davis," she barked. "Maggie and I are gonna go shopping together tomorrow after school! You have that computer club thing right? So call me when you get home. I'll bring back some take out. Just don't forget your key because I am not coming back early just to let you in. You have been warned little bro."
"Looks like I have no reason not to join you," Davis growled as he watched Jun slam his door shut.
Ken laughed sympathetically.
"Great! …About this afternoon," Ken started, but Davis cut him off.
"Look, I'm not angry about that anymore," he sighed. "I'm not even sure why I was mad about it in the first place, because I would have followed if I were in your shoes. I guess it's still so easy for me to get mad at TK and Yolei. Sorry, Ken. I know that you and Yolei are going out now and all but… she just says things that annoy me sometimes."
"I know, Davis, but she means well," Ken sighed.
"Yeah," Davis sighed back. "I'll see you tomorrow okay? And thanks again for looking after DemiVeemon for me. I really appreciate it, Ken."
"Sure thing Davis," Ken replied. "See you later."
Davis hung up his phone and buried his face in his pillow before falling into a fitful sleep…
Takuya was seated at the table bored. His mom was in the kitchen on the phone talking to his dad and Shinya was on the floor playing with a deck of cards.
"But honey you can't be late tonight!" his mother wailed. "It's Shinya's birthday!
"And tell Dad I want something big!" Shinya called up from the floor. "A fork lift!"
'What the hell are you going to do with a fork lift?' Takuya wondered as he sighed out loud. He reached out a finger to pick a strawberry off Shinya's birthday cake that was sitting in the middle of the table.
"Mind your manners Shinya," their mother scolded lightly. And don't even think of eating that cake Takuya," she continued on the same breath as her last statement.
Takuya pushed the strawberry back into place, but got some of the frosting on his finger.
"Now honey I know that you're busy," his mom sighed, "but how would you feel…"
Takuya chose to tune her out as he began to complain.
"Man, I'm bored. My whole life is boring," he groaned, licking the frosting off his finger. "Bored. Boring."
He suddenly heard his cell phone beeping.
"Huh? Incoming message?"
He glanced at the display screen and found that there was no caller ID.
"No name," he muttered.
The message itself said, "Do you want to start? Yes/No"
"Weird. Well… It's bound to be better than being bored."
He pushed the button that selected the 'yes' option.
"Takuya Kanbara…" a woman's voice mused out of the phone's earpiece.
"Wha?" Takuya blinked.
"It's time to decide your future Takuya," the voice told him as he looked around to see if anyone was seeing what he was doing, but Shinya was still playing with his cards and his mom was talking on the phone.
"Hey," Takuya gasped, picking up his phone. "Wait a minute. Who is this? What do you mean 'my future?'"
"Your destiny is calling," the woman told him. "Take the 5:45 out bound train."
"This is way better than being bored," Takuya mused as he looked at the new message displayed instructions on which train to take. "My Destiny? That's down right cool."
He looked up at the clock and saw that the time was 5:38.
"Huh? Oh… I'll never make it," he thought, staring at his phone but then grinned. "But that's never stopped me before!"
He grabbed his hat and goggles hanging off the back of his chair as he proceeded to hop over his brother who was now reading a book.
"Look out squirt!" Takuya gasped, getting a grunt in reply.
"…And Takuya be careful out there!" his mom called after him. "And no playing in the street! It's dangerous!"
Davis was awoken by something, but he didn't bother to figure out what it was. Instead he rolled over and fell back to sleep.
The scene had changed and now Takuya was standing inside of a departing train, panting.
"I can't… believe… I made it," he huffed. He found a seat nearby and sat down. Just as he was catching his breath, his phone went off again as well as the cell phones of many other children around him and a few adults. The one person that caught his eye was the boy standing in front of him with raven hair pulled back into a ponytail under a striped bandana. The boy flipped out his phone, glanced at it and looked over his shoulder at Takuya.
"Huh?" Takuya blinked. 'Wait a minute. Did he get a message too?'
He glanced at the new message on his phone.
"Uwha!" he gasped.
"Transfer to the 6 o'clock west bound train," the woman's voice told him.
Takuya glanced around and spotted a man wearing a digital watch. The time read 17:54.
"Ahh!" Takuya cried out loud. "Come on! Gimme a break! I'm doing the best I can!"
He didn't care that everyone was now starting at him, including the boy with the bandana. Finally a few minutes later the train stopped and Takuya disembarked.
"Now what?" he wondered.
The boy with the bandana came out from behind him and took off to his left into the crowd. For some reason Takuya felt like he should follow the boy.
"Maybe he knows," he muttered as he took off after him.
Takuya found himself running again through the crowded train station before he finally spotted the boy getting into an elevator.
"Hey!" Takuya cried, taking off again. "Wait!"
He somehow managed to throw himself into the elevator, but ended up bumping his head into the wall.
"Aww," he groaned, rubbing his face before looking up. The boy was staring at him now instead of his phone.
"Hey," Takuya chuckled nervously. "Did you get a message too?
The boy shut his phone and turned his back on him.
"You could answer me at least!" Takuya said, irritated.
Suddenly the elevator's decent accelerated and according to the floor lights, they were going underground and off the usual scale. Takuya looked behind him and realized that his wall was made of glass. He could now see that he and the boy were traveling miles underground in a dark tunnel.
"Aww," Takuya groaned again. "My destiny is really starting to bite!"
Suddenly the elevator suddenly stopped its descent and Takuya found that he'd bumped his head against the railing again in the landing.
"Uh!" he cried. "Man, I really gotta stop landing on my head!"
He looked out the newly opened doors and got his first look of a grand train station.
"Whoa," he sighed. "So weird."
"It's up to you now," his phone suddenly chirped. "Which one will you choose?"
Takuya could only assume that she'd meant choose a train. He looked over to the boy he'd ridden down with just as he took off.
"Hey!" Takuya called after him. "Which one are you choosing? …Geez. My phone talks more than that guy."
Suddenly the clock struck six and all the trains began closing their doors and pulling away from the station.
"Destiny sure involves a lot of running," Takuya panted as he chased after the nearest train, just barely managing to grab hold of the railing on the last car and pull himself aboard. He tried to catch his breath, and as he looked up he spotted the boy with the bandana standing calmly on the small platform of the caboose of his train. Takuya shot him a glare just before a dividing wall came between them…
Davis awoke the next morning to the sound of Jun yelling at him.
"Honestly!" she cried from his doorway. "I don't know why we bothered to get you an alarm clock! You never wake up to it!"
Davis groaned as he pulled himself out of bed and stumbled over to his dresser.
"Yeah, yeah," he muttered. "Now just shut up and get out."
"Fine," Jun sniffed before heading to the kitchen.
Davis dressed as quickly as possible but that's rather difficult when you're trying to put you pants on over your head and pull your shirt up your legs. After finally shaking the traces of sleep off, he managed to get dressed properly and hurried to eat the now cold breakfast Jun had left out for him.
"Now remember," she said for the hundredth time that morning, "I'm going shopping after school so you better have your key with you! I'll see you tonight. Now hurry up or you'll be late for school again. And don't forget to lock the door!"
Davis nodded and waved to her as she bounded out the door. He was quick to follow her but not before he made sure for the tenth time that he had his keys and locked the door behind him. Then he hurried to school, just barely making it in time for first period, homeroom.
"Late again," Ken chuckled under his breath as the teacher scolded Davis about his repeated close calls.
"Shut it," Davis yawned as he rested his head on his crossed arms.
"How are you feeling today?" he heard Kari ask him.
"Tired," he grumbled, but flashed her his usual crooked smile so that she knew that he wasn't sore about the day before. "But ready for a little adventure. This world is getting a little too boring and depressing for my liking lately."
Kari smiled back.
After classes were finished Davis followed TK, Kari and Ken to the computer lab where he was nearly ambushed by DemiVeemon.
"Davis!" the little guy had cried. "You're here!"
"Looks like everyone is here," Yolei said tentatively by the computer.
"Yeah," Davis grinned, reassuring her that he wasn't mad anymore. "Sorry about yesterday Yolei. I didn't mean to snap at you."
Ken gave him an approving nod, but Davis ignored it.
"Glad to see you feeling better Davis," Tai grinned.
"Yeah," Davis sighed. "Hey, how come you guys are here already? You were early yesterday too."
"We've had early releases," Sora explained.
"Ah," he nodded. "Great! So then lets get going! I wanna see these ruins that Ken said you guys found."
"You got it!" Yolei cheered, holding out her D3 to the computer. "Digi-Port open!"
Everyone else pulled out their D3s and digivices and after being blinded by a flare of bright light from the computer screen, Davis felt the familiar sensation of being downloaded to the Digital World. When he opened his eyes he found himself in the middle of a never-ending expanse of dessert with only a TV set sitting on top of an outcropping of rocks for scenery.
"Whoa," he breathed as he brought down his goggles to keep the sand and sun out of his eyes. "You weren't kidding when you said that you found this thing in the middle of nowhere. So where is this ruin?"
"This way," Cody pointed, as he and his Digimon, Armadillomon, led the way.
"Lets go Davis!" cried Davis's Digimon partner, who was now a Veemon.
Everyone carefully followed Cody until they came to a wide opening in the sand. Tai and Matt pulled out some climbing equipment they'd prepared for their exploration and used it to help everyone scale down into the ruins below. Davis was one of the last one to descend, but when he finally found himself inside, he couldn't see much until flashlights were handed out and turned on. The moment the space around them lit up, he heard the voice in his head gasp.
'What is it," Davis wondered.
'Impossible,' 'Takuya breathed. 'It just isn't possible…'
Suddenly Davis's mind was overcome by a memory, but at the same time he wasn't. He still saw his friends, but the ruins were no longer ruins. He was now standing in the middle of a platform of a thriving train station. There was a brown train looking Digimon pulling in not even a couple of lanes down from him as he watched the scene unfold. Engine steam billowed out of the machine Digimon and it groaned. The doors suddenly opened and a bunch of Pagumon gathered around one in particular. Another puff of steam sent four kids around Davis's age flying out that door and onto the platform in front of the one Davis was currently standing on.
"Yeah, that first step's a doozie," the train Digimon laughed.
"Yeah," one of the kids groaned.
"Is it me or did the train just talk?" another kid asked.
Davis blinked, realizing that the one that had just spoken was Takuya. He looked to be the same age he had been in the dream Davis had had last night. He then recognized the other three as Zoe, JP, and Tommy. They looked a little younger then they did now. Something told him that this was a continuation of his dream and he was only making the realization now that the boy in the bandana was Koji. He was seeing how they all met! How cool!
"Hey," growled the train Digimon, "I'm not just any old train. I'm Trailmon. And I'm alive just like you. Although I am more handsome than you scrunched up little pugs, thank you very much. Any who, this here is Flame Terminal. You're in the heart of a Digimon village."
"Digimon Village?" Takuya repeated.
Then the Pagumon gathered closer to the four kids, saying something in low voices. Tommy suddenly started crying and that alarmed Davis. He'd hardly ever seen the boy cry even when they were younger.
"I didn't even wanna be on this train!" he cried.
"Sorry you feel bad kiddo," the Trailmon grunted as he began to pull out of the station, "but I can't stick around. If you wanna go home, you'll have to find a spirit or somethin."
"This kid should get a job as a fire alarm," JP stated as he watched the Trailmon leave.
Davis blinked with surprise. He'd never heard of JP being so cold towards Tommy. They were best friends!
"What's a spirit?" Zoe asked the Trailmon exasperatedly. "And where do we get one? Hello?"
"Where're you goin?" JP added. "Give us an answer! Hey!"
"Hey yourself! I have a schedule to keep!" Trailmon yelled back.
"So…guess that's it," Takuya stated, rising to his feet. "We're all alone."
"Wait!" JP called out. "Come back here!"
"Yeah!" Zoe cried. "Pretty Please?"
The scene suddenly faded and the train station was a heap of ruins again. Davis then realized that someone was calling his name.
"Huh?" he blinked.
"Hey Davis!" TK called. "You gonna just stand there all day or are you gonna join us?"
"Coming!" Davis cried, turning away from the empty tracks and platforms.
Whoa. Talk about deja vu! But does it count if it's not your memories? What does this place of history mean for Davis? Find out next time on Digimon Digital Monsters!
I hope this chapter wasn't too confusing for you all. I enjoyed writing davis and takuya's little internal conversations and i think i'll keep doing them in future chapters. I ended up referring to the first frontier episode a lot! because it was a living residual memory, the dialogue was in italics. Davis was the only one reliving that moment in time. I look forward to writing the next chapter! so you should look forward to reading it! please review!
