Bright Hope
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'Thoughts'"Speaking"
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Chapter 2He makes it to where Chaos is; he then waits for his cousin. Zoe had left with some of her girl friends. He sits down, patting his cousin's dog. He always liked Chaos, for he was his favorite color, red. The black collar around Chaos's neck had his tags. Chaos was on his back and he was scratching Chaos's ribs. Chaos just sighs happily as he continues, Chaos's tail wags slowly.
Soon his cousin appears and Chaos gets back onto his paws. Chaos walks up to Shade and Shade scratches Chaos behind the ears. "Well?" He asks. Shade raises his left eyebrow. "Well, what?" Shade asks. He knows that his cousin was teasing him. "Do you need a partner for your art project?" He says. Shade stops and gets up. Then he answers, "Well, seeing that you thought ahead for once, sure." He then races forward to give his blond cousin a great hug. "Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! You are a life saver!" Then he realizes what he was doing, he lets go and Shade breaths. He feels his face go red and then changes the subject, "How's Dayus? I think bro didn't want to give him back." They begin to walk as Shade thinks about it. "Dayus is fine. So, what gifts did Shinya get?" His cousin asks.
Soon he talks about everything that happened on the day of Shinya party, not about him going to the Digital World though. Sadly they split up and Chaos walks with Shade. He turns to watch them leave. He then turns around and walks home. He wonders what it was like to go to New York, New York. He'll have to ask Shade about it. And he'll have to keep digging to get has much details as he could out of his cousin.
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He leaves his fiery cousin as he walks home with Chaos. There weren't that many people around. So Chaos asks, "What dream did you dream last night?" He knew that Chaos was going to ask this question. Chaos always asks this question when ever he dreams. Some of his dreams were about normal stuff and sometimes he had nightmares about going to school naked. Then there are the kinds that are just faint. He didn't like the faint ones, though. They hint at things that he feels will just cause him headaches and maybe a heart ach. "It was a faint one." Was his answer. He could hear Chaos sigh; he never really wants to talk about the faint ones. Even though Chaos thinks that they were important. He just wish that they'd just leave him be.
"A new one?" Chaos asks carefully. He thinks about the person that he almost saw. "No, just the one with that guy first, then the others appearing behind him." He tells Chaos. It was a common one, so Chaos didn't press matters. Chaos just sighs and then says, "I visited that train station today. What might have been there is long gone." He doesn't really ask just what Chaos was looking for. He knows that Chaos doesn't even know himself.
It was odd how life works. Here he was having this faint dreams and doesn't want them and Chaos who wants them, but doesn't get them. He doesn't see the point of chasing after shadow. They just flee when light gets to close, taking their secrets with them. At least that's how he sees it. He knows that many say the light reveals all, but as he sees it. Darkness can keep a lot more secrets then what the light ever uncovers.
He stops off at the pet store to get more frozen rats to feed Dayus. The cashier gives Chaos a biscuit and he finish buying the frozen rats. Then they make it home. He puts the rats into the freezer. Then he goes to his room. He takes Dayus out of his tank and puts his backpack on his bed.
He's had Dayus since he was 8 years old. Dayus was smaller then. He walks to the couch and watches TV. He remembers why he wanted Dayus. He grins as he remembers that day.
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He finishes reading about different kinds of snakes for this project for school. He didn't know that snakes could go so long without needing to eat. He decides to ask his parents if he could get a snake for a pet. He even knows what kind; a rat snake won't grow as big a python. It would then be safer if it also escaped too.
He puts his idea to Chaos. "Just why do you need a pet snake? You got me!" Was Chaos's answer. "But you're not really a dog. I wouldn't mind something easy to look after and a snake seems to be a really good pet. You think mom and dad will hear me out?" He tells Chaos. He could see that Chaos was thinking it over. "They might. But if they don't, promise me that you'll just let it go, k?" Chaos says. He nods his head.
So when his parents got home with supper that day. He asks them. He even tells them everything that he read on the Internet about how to take care of a pet snake. He even says this without getting a whining tone. His parents promise to take him to a pet shop later that night to check it out.
Feeling like he's won half the battle, he sits and eats supper. Then he doesn't hurry them throughout the next hour. They finally leave to visit the pet shop.
He then tells the person at the store just what kind of snake he's looking for. He impresses the guy working and then the guy turns to his parents and then says, "He really knows his stuff. He's also right about the kind of snake, too. A rat snake wouldn't grow to be that large. Just wait here, I think I got a picture of the kind we have in the back."
The man then reappears and shows his parents the picture. His dad looks at his mom and says, "He really knows what he wants. Might as well let him get a snake. He'll smarter then average. He'll look after the snake real well." His mom just sighs and looks into his hopeful face. She then messes up his blond hair and says, "Alright, if you have the kind he wants, we'll take one." He just beams at his parents and at the man.
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He sighs as he remembers that day. He never stopped looking after Dayus. He also remembers the first time Dayus 'bit' Takuya. He really didn't see how Takuya thought that Dayus was dangerous. But then Takuya always had an active mind when you come right down to it.
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He's had Dayus for about four days. His cousin Takuya was over. He leaves Takuya in his room. He goes to get some thing to drink. When he gets back his cousin was holding Dayus and turns to him, saying, "He bit me!" He just blinks at his cousin and then looks at Chaos. Chaos was giggling silently, so he takes it that Takuya thought that Dayus 'bit' him. He just sighs and says, "How can he bit you? He's tiny!" Takuya blinks and then puts Dayus away. Then he tries to pout, but Chaos chooses that time to jump his cousin.
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He then sighs and looking at the TV, it was a commercial. He then head back to his room to put Dayus back into his tank. He comes back and then looks around the kitchen for something to snack on.
He picks an apple and then walks back to the couch. Chaos joins him when InuYasha starts. Chaos sits by his legs and he puts his hand on Chaos's back. He always does his homework after dinner. It also didn't take him very long to finish it. School was just boring and he still doesn't get why he has to get up to go.
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He sighs as he tries to finish his homework. He was knows that Shade doesn't have this problem. In fact, Shade finds school boring because his cousin seems to know this stuff already. His cousin was a genius, but his parents want him to go to school with kids his own age. It was on Fridays that Shade has advance classes. He wonders what it's like not to worry about homework.
He shakes his head and tries to focus on doing his homework. He really wants to get it done. He wants to phone the other Digidestine. And the only way that'll he'll get to use the phone was if he finishes his homework. He kind of wishes that he when home with Shade. Then he can ask his loner of a relative for help. He doesn't really get why Shade doesn't want attention. But then, his cousin did attract the girls like a magnet. He's lost count on how many girls have asked him about Shade.
He thinks about how before the Digital World, that outside of his teammates, his cousin was his friend. He just seems to be too much for some people to handle. Now he had a better handle on his enthusiasm. He thinks that's why Shade likes to disappear at school. But then, Shade had liked his space. He also knows that tomorrow, he'll be dealing with a grumpy cousin. 'Shade's just not a morning person. Maybe when he was younger, but then people change. I really have changed. I wonder what would happen if Kouji and Shade were in the same room together…' His thoughts drift of in that direction.
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It's now the end of the week. He finishes his homework for the advanced classes that he had today. He had notice a change in Takuya. He didn't know what to think of that change, though. For Takuya has been coming over to get help with his homework. As in, not trying to copy his stuff. It also seems that like he thought, Takuya has some new friends. From what he can tell, that girl Zoe was the only girl that Takuya calls friend. He hasn't heard anything more about these other one, but it seems that Takuya was meeting up with them last Wednesday night. For Takuya promised to be here early to pick up his stuff. And this shocked him to no end, but Takuya was here the next morning. His cousin even had breakfast with him and his parents.
He sighs and looks around for Chaos. Chaos was never late before, so today was the first time that he was. He was beginning to get worried. He then takes out his cell phone and phones his cousin, Takuya. Takuya was using his dad's cell phone.
"Hello?" He hears Takuya's voice on the other end. "Hey, Takuya. Have you seen Chaos?" He asks. Trying to keep the worry out of his voice. "No, I haven't. Isn't he with you?" Takuya asks. "Would I be calling if he was?" He tells his cousin. "Mmmmm, good point. I'll get Shinya to help me look around. Maybe his just sleeping some where." Takuya says. He sighs and tells his cousin, "Ok, you look around the school. I'll look around over here. I'll phone you in an hour, ok?" Takuya says, "Right." They hang up and he begins to look around. He was really worried; Chaos has never been late before.
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He was having the worst day of his life. First he almost got ran over by a truck skipping a stop sign. Then some stupid kid thought that if he was wondering around without somebody with him. It made him fair game. The kid stole his collar and he was busy running away to notice until it was too late.
He just stares into these new eyes. He had tackled into someone and he was now on that someone's chest. He was so late that he knew that Shade will be looking for him. And here he was, not moving off. There was something about this kid that reminded him of someone. "Who?" He whispers. The when the kid says, "What did you say?" He knew that he spoke out loud. He then leaps off and tries to run away. But he then finds himself caught by another kid. "Kouji, are you ok?" The one that has him says. The kid that he tackled was getting up. "I'm fine. Thanks for catching him. We need to get somewhere more quiet." The one named Kouji says. 'This is really not my day.' Was all he can think of as he's carried away.
They soon find an alley. "Ok, you're not a dog, so what is a Digimon doing in the real world?" Kouji asks. He looks surprised that this kid knew what a Digimon was. He never told Shade about that, just that he was a ChaosPupmon. "I'm with someone." Was his answer. The one that catch him sounds surprised. Then Kouji asks, "Who?" He thinks about it and then sits and answers, "My partner. I've been here as long as I can remember." He looks into Kouji's eyes. Kouji just sighs at this.
"And just how long is that?" Kouji asks. Thinking of the answer, then the says, "Roughly, nine years. My partner's 12 years old and had been 3 years old when we meet." That got Kouji looking stunned at that. "Nine years?" The other one says. "Yip. I'm a ChaosPupmon. But I'm mostly called Chaos. He's going to worry about me." He simply states. Then the other one asks, "Who's your partner?" "Shade Kanbara." He says. "Great! Any relation to a Takuya Kanbara?" Kouji asks. "Yip. Takuya is Shade's cousin. They go to the same school." He tells them. "So, Takuya know you then?" Kouji asks. He snorts. "He know's that I'm Shade's 'pet' dog." He tells them.
Then Kouji takes out a cell phone and dials a number. After a few minutes, "Hey, Takuya? I got to ask you something." There's a pause. "It's about this … dog Kouichi and I found. I think Chaos is his name." Then he hears, "You have Chaos! Where are you! My cousin is looking for his dog!" When Takuya stops yelling, Kouji then says, "Chaos is a Digimon." Then there's a huge pause. Then Takuya says, "Are you sure? I grew up with that dog!" Kouji holds the cell phone to him and he says, "Hey Takuya. Is Shade worried?" Takuya takes a few minutes to recover then says, "Great! You mean that all thoughs times that Shade claimed you can talk, and you really can! I'll phone Shade about this. Meet at the Ishial Park in like thirty minute." Then Takuya hangs up. They all just sigh, one who knows Takuya too well, and two that were still learning.
To Be Continued …
