Have You Ever...
The Tamer of Courage and Innocence
Disclaimer: If i owned digimon i wouldn't be here writing these stories. They'd've actually happened.
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Ms. Isaji, aka Hikari Isaji (Kamiya) looked out of the window of her small home in West Shinjuku.
Nothing amusing had happened in years, or exciting, or overly sad. Except… She couldn't even think about it. But… the day her brother died. Both days her brother died, in fact.
And… those Tamers going to the Digital World. The minute she had read their journals, she had rushed out to stop them. Not like that did any good. They went anyway.
One of her pupils, Takato Matsuki, she felt overly protective of. Why? Because. In every way shape and form, he was exactly like her friend and brother. There was almost no difference between Taichi Kamiya, Daisuke Motomiya, and Takato Matsuki. Other than looks. But, all three wore goggles. All three happened to be the leaders of their group. All three…
Kari closed her eyes as she thought about her brother. Who had come back to protect her, but that was the only reason.
It had been 12 years since the second death of her brother and the death of her friend.
She was certainly an accomplished teacher. She had only spent a few years in the job, but already most other teachers, even veterans in the work, came up to her every once in a while for advise. And all of this had happened because she felt the pain of losing her brother, not once… but twice. She was accustomed to the pain that some students may feel.
"Now, the giant red monster has taken over the school building. It still seems to be avoiding the park, though reasons are unknown. We will be searching for the answers as the military continues to fight it. You are advised to stay inside and as far away from this creature as possible." She heard the radio say.
Kari sighed and shook her head.
'No military will be able to take it. Don't they realize that? The kids are doing more than them…'
Kari looked out at the monster and sighed again, watching the students beat it back as hard as they could.
'Just stay safe kids. There's nothing I can do this time.' She thought.
"Holy crap! One of the kids is down! The knight just got blasted out of the red monster and glowed, separating into a dinosaur and a kid! This kid has gone unidentified, but that will change once they find the body."
Kari gripped her windowsill as she watched the event previously described.
'They won't find no body, he'll be okay. He ain't gonna be dead. He'll just get up and walk right off… wow, that's good grammar.' She thought, sighing.
But, she could see no one get up.
Her Crest hanging loosely at her neck, she slipped on her jacket, and her tennis shoes; she wasn't going to go running in her high heels, where would that get her? Then she opened the door and slipped out, swiftly closing it behind her and dashing off. She dashed through the streets of the city she had grown up in since Tai and Davis had died. She knew the streets like she knew her own name, and fled to the park, where she had seen the boy fall.
She slowed down slightly, and put her hand to her chest, panting.
'I haven't ran like that since school.' She thought. She checked around, but found no boy. She started to walk around, praying that the child she had seen falling was okay. She wasn't paying attention as much as she should have been and bumped into a large red raptor.
She fell back, as did the raptor.
"Oh! Pardon me, I didn't know anyone else was out here." She said.
She looked up and gasped.
The red raptor, she recalled its name was Guilmon, stared at her.
"Hey. Have you seen Takatomon?" it asked her.
Kari chuckled at the nickname. 'Cute.' She thought.
"Um, no. I'm trying to find the boy that fell. Did you see him?" she asked.
"No. Are you Ms. Isaji-san? Takatomon said that you always gave him weird looks. Don't try anything with him, Ms. Isaji-san!"
'Cute.' "Of course not! I don't know why you'd think that I would. He's just a lot like someone I miss." She replied, surprised that the dinosur may have been thinking that she would hurt the young child, or worse: sexually molest him.
"Oh. Are you sure that you didn't see him?"
"Absolutely. Wanna help me?" she asked.
Guilmon looked like it had to think for a minute, but nodded. "Yeah. We'll help each other! That way we can find him quicker-er-er." It agreed.
Kari stood and brushed herself off, before pulling Guilmon to its feet.
They had to walk for a good half-an-hour before they found anything related to the fallen child.
Him.
He was sprawled out on the ground, in the middle of a grove. He had a few cuts, obviously from falling against the trees.
Guilmon nudged the boy. "Takatomon?" it asked.
Kari knelt by the boy, who had landed on his stomach. She could hear light breathing coming from him, telling her that he was alive. She flipped him over and pulled him into her lap, like a mother.
"Takato." she whispered. For the boy was, in fact, her student. The boy didn't respond.
"Takato, it's time to wake up." she whispered to him.
"Takatomon?" Guilmon asked.
Kari expectantly waited for Takato to open his eyes, but he didn't. She watched his chest rise and fall gently, shallowly.
She must have waited for fifteen minutes before anything happened.
It surprised Kari, but she saw two figures standing next to her. She jumped back, taking Takato in her arms.
But she recognized the two figures. And she hadn't missed anything more.
"Kari, you've got to wake him! He has to get up, biomerge with Guilmon, merge with Grani, and save the world! You've got to wake him!" one of the figures exclaimed.
"I know! But he won't wake! Come on Takato! Wake up! You see? He's not waking!" Kari exclaimed. Standing beside her, one on each side, was Tai and Davis, or their spirits, at least.
"He's really weak. If he doesn't wake up, then it could plunge the whole world into darkness." Tai said. "I know Tai i know!" she exclaimed. She held her head in frustration.
"Well, Davis and i could use our spirits to revive him-" "-Though it may not work-" "-And if it doesn't, we'll be lost-" "-Until we can find someone else to take over their body. But we'll help, considering-" "-He is our body."
The two spirits glowed and moved towards Takato. They entered his body, and the boy glowed.
Kari held her breath, hoping that her brother would be able to save the child.
"Please Tai, please." she whispered.
And the body dimmed, and the sky grew dark.
And the boys chest stopped heaving.
And with that, Kari knew that the child was lost, as were the spirits.
Takato's chest glowed with a mysterious light. And glowed in a certain shape. The Crest of Courage.
'You really were them.' she thought.
Guilmon looked up at her. "Isn't he going to be waking up, Ms. Isaji-san?" it asked.
Kari shook her head and gently pet its muzzle.
"Well, why not? He's all better-er-er, isn't he?" it asked innocently.
"I'm afraid not. That's why the sky's so dark." she told it.
Guilmon looked at the ground. "Oh... when will he wake up?"
Kari was starting to get impatient with the dino, but obviously his species are supposed to be child-like. "He won't wake up, Guilmon. I'm sorry."
Guilmon was still confused. "Why not?" it asked.
"He's... dead. That's why." Kari whispered.
She knew that Guilmon had heard of death as it lowered its head and said, "oh."
Kari lifted Takato into her arms.
"Come on, Guilmon. Let's go... tell his parents." she said. She bit back tears and looked away. 'Why does everyone always die?' she wondered.
She brought the child to his bakery. She knew where it was because she had had to talk to his parents before. She went into the bakery's front door. Guilmon followed close behind. "Excuse me? Is Mr. or Mrs. Matsuki here?" she called.
She brought him further back, and found his prents covered in flour, worrying. "Oh, did you say something? We didn't hear you... why is Takato with you?" Mrs. Matsuki asked.
Kari sighed, walked up to her, and Handed her child to her.
Mie took Takato into her arms and almost dropped him. But she quicly clutched him closer.
"He's cold. Why?" she asked.
"I have to talk to you. PLease sit down." Kari said.
They sit down at the dining room table after Takehiro switched the sign to closed.
"Tell me, why isn't my son responding to me? Why won't he wake?" Mie asked.
Kari explained to them everything that happened.
And they cried.
And she cried.
But in her head. She had to stay strong for the parents.
"Thank you for telling us, Ms. Isaji. Can we... be alone?" Mie asked.
Kari bowed to them, giving them her respects, and left. She walked all of the way home. By herself.
Once she got home she called her mother. The second her mother pcked up, Kari cried to her over the phone.
She couldn't take all of these deaths by digimon.
'And this was how i'm supposed to protect them? Good going, Isaji.' she thought.
And once the D-Reaper, teh big red monster, was defeated, she cheered because no one else had died.
Except for the Tamer of Courage and Innocence.
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There it is. Did you like it? I hope so. Kari's now an Isaji because she made up the last name because being a Kamiya reminded her too much of Tai. Please review? Ja ne! Oh, and meriikurisumasu! (Merry Christmas) :-)
