"You're not going to find thousands of people dying in our hospitals. You are going to find thousands suffering." Ramon Diaz Vallina

"Ta-care-roo, Takeru Takaishi, Matt's little brother. Now is he okay?" TK demanded after what seemed to be the thousandth time. The nurses just couldn't seem to get their heads wrapped around the idea that the great 'Yamato (Matt) Ishida' had a younger brother, let alone with a different last name. It had been over forty five minutes since he had managed to get to the hospital.

Unfortunately for the two digimon, they had to lay completely lifeless the whole time, and that included not yelling at the nurses or baking up TK with his impossible claim to be Matt's brother. Patamon and Gabumon were laying doll-like at his feat as TK slammed his hands down on the desk in frustration.

"Why can't you just tell me if my brother is alright?" He asked for the umpteenth time that night.

"We can't tell anyone besides family members at this time." The nurse replied annoyed.

"But I am his family. I'm his little brother! Why can't you just believe me?!" He ran his hands through his hair in frustration. If he didn't get results soon he was just going to have to find out himself, and that might get him thrown out of the hospital…

"We are not Mr. Ishida's normal hospital, and we don't have his records nor his insurance. How can we be sure that you're his sibling? He's a famous musician, you could be working for the press to find out information, and we cannot give it to you! You're not even trying to be subtle, you don't even have the same last names!"

"My parents are divorced god damn it! He lives with my dad, and I live with our mom!" He slammed his hand into his jacket pocket. It had been raining furiously outside and he was drenched head to toe. The run to the hospital had been breath taking but at least the jacket provided some use in keeping his wallet from drenching to badly.

Opening up the leather pouch he removed a picture from the photograph section, turning it over and thrusting it in their faces. It was a photograph taken at their last Christmas party. Matt had one arm around his shoulder and another around Tai. Tai had one of his arms around Kari who's head was on TK's shoulder. Both were sporting peace signs and there were big smiles on everyone's faces, except for Davis who was in the back fuming. However his beat red face was covered by TK's thumb as he shoved it at the nurse in anger.

"Right here. Would you agree that this is Matt?!" The nurse moved her glasses up her nose and inspected the picture thoroughly. Then looking up at the boy, she double checked her findings and frowned at him.

"This is no proof at all, now if you are who you say you are, than you'll have to show accurate proof or wait until your parents get here. If not than leave immediately and wait until the official statement is released to the public." TK kicked the station's wall, eyes flaring in intense anger.

"I have four other pictures in here, as well as my parents' cell phones and friends who would swear it. For god's sake if you still won't take that then look on line at his fan sites! They state he has a brother, and that his name is TK!" The woman glared at him and he glared right back. There was no way he was backing down until he had information on his brother.

At that exact moment his cell phone rang. He angrily grabbed it from his pocket and opened it.

"What!?" He yelled into the object, taking all his anger out on the machine. The nurse across from him glared and opened up a web browser before searching for Matt's website.

"TK is that you?" Damn it. He let out a harsh breath. He seriously didn't want to deal with his mother right now, he wanted to deal with this nurse, and he wanted to see his brother!

"Yeah mom it's me." He said softer with less conviction.

"Oh thank God. We thought that if you were with Matt they wouldn't have announced it on TV and we were worried you were hurt badly also. Are you okay? Were you in the accident?"

"I'm fine mom, I wasn't with him. Mom-"

"Thank God….do you know anything?"

"Mom-"

"Is he in surgery?"

"Mom-"

"Is it bad? Is it terrible?"

"Mom!" He shouted calling attention to him in the waiting room. "I don't know anything, right now I'm trying to prove to the nurse at the desk I'm his brother!"

"You're what? They cant tell you you're not his brother! Hold on, your father wants to speak to them. Give them the phone."

"What? Dad? But-"

"Son?"

"Hi dad…" TK mumbled as the new voice came on the phone.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine dad."

"The nurse wont let you know anything?"

"I'm not his brother apparently."

"Put them on the phone."

"Yes sir…" He said in mock discipline, imagining the eye roll he was getting because of it. "Dad wants to speak with you." He handed the phone to the nurse who answered it quite rudely.

"Who is this?" Though TK couldn't hear what was happening on the other end, the look of pure horror that came across the woman's face clearly told him that Mr. Ishida was definitely not taking any prisoners. She quickly started typing on her computer inputting information and insurance card numbers. When she dared to ask what Matt and his 'supposed' brother were doing in Kyoto without their parents they were she physically jumped as the screamed voice told her about the road trip they had taken and that she had no right to tell TK that he was a liar.

Within moments the phone was handed back to him and TK heard his father's voice telling him that he had taken care of everything. He also said that while they were rushing to get on the train to Kyoto they had run into TK and Matt's friends, and they were sitting next to them. They wanted to know if they could talk to him, but at that particular moment a doctor came out of the 'Staff Only' doors and called for any family member of Yamato Ishida. He instantly told him about the doctor and then hung up, running to the man and saying that he was Matt's younger brother.

Five Years Earlier

"Matt you need to lay down, you need to rest!" Sora said going to his side as he was shoving his sleeping bag and belongings into his backpack. He hadn't stopped moving or spoken to anyone since he heard that TK had been taken. She places his hands on his, dragging them from zipping his pack. He avoided her gaze, glaring down at the ground and biting his tongue. This wasn't Sora's fault. He wasn't going to yell at her. He wasn't. "We'll find TK but right now you need to rest. You're still hurt! You're not good to anyone hurt!"

"Hurt?! Hurt?! His chest was torn open, and you think I'm hurt?!" Okay so not yelling wasn't working. "You think that I'm just going to sit here and take a nap, while I know my little brother is out there bleeding to death? Are you insane?" His eyes looked accusingly at everyone else. They were staring at him looking like deer in headlights. "You all were doing just that when this happened – napping, sleeping! If you'd have been awake then TK would still be here! No one would be hurt!"

Tai moved over to him and he glared menacingly at him, but then something happened that was completely different from anything that had ever happened before in times like this. Tai bent down and began packing up TK's belongings.

"You're right." He said, still looking at the sleeping bag that he was rolling up. "We should have been there. You noticed that something was wrong, and you followed your gut, but we didn't." He looked up and met Matt's gaze. "But we can't change that right now. We can't just sit here, but we can't work ourselves to complete exhaustion. We need to pace ourselves. We don't have much time, but we're gonna find TK Matt, I promise."

For a moment everyone was still, no one dared speak for fear of breaking the fragile peace that had formed. However Matt just nodded, pulling his pack on and helping Tai and Sora to their feat.

"When we find this son of a bitch…" He started looking both of them in their eyes. "I'm going to kill him and anyone who helped him."

On the peak of Infinity, Patamon sniffled again. To his right a man who was bound and gagged vowed to help Matt on his quest for vengeance. The tall creature before them growled in annoyance. Things had not gone completely his way that night. He had intended for a plane and easy collection of boy Hope. That had gone messy. Furthermore, Friendship had seen her secret weapon. Things had gone bad. Very. Very. Bad.

The door to the room opened and he turned and glared as the two beasts dragged the unconscious and dying boy into the room. Blood from his intense gashes had drenched his body; and he would not last another minute if one more ounce of blood bled out.

"You fools! I told you all to collect him, not kill him!" He slapped them both hard, the boy falling to the floor in a mess. His eyes had opened but he was sure they were unseeing and he was clearly at the end of his rope.

The orange digimon behind them cried out when he saw the child, blank eyes staring straight at him. Fat tears were slipping from the winged rookie's eyes as he struggled to get out of his bonds.

"TK…TK…I'm here…I'll protect you…" He cried trying to get closer to the boy, but the boy lay still and lifeless.

The tall form of their captor grabbed the child and turned him belly side up. His hands aimed at him he opened his mouth to use his digimon power.

"No, please! Don't hurt him anymore!" The sobbing rookie cried trying still harder to get to them. He glared at him before looking at the child.

"Silk Wrap!" He called out, and instantly the boy's chest was wrapped tightly in what appeared to be silk scarves. The blood sufficiently clotted and denied anyway out, he'd be forced to heal. He glanced at his gagged captive and smirked.

"Did you really think I'd let the boy just die when I went through all the trouble to corrupt him and his pitiful friends?" The captive struggled against his bonds trying to say something but being forced to silence. "It's a shame though. I really would have liked to reap havoc on him. I suppose my little experiment will have to do for now though." He tossed something into the air and looking back down at the boy he kneeled. Placing the object on his upper shoulder blade He slid it into the skin as though it were a coin entering a slot. "Besides…I still needed the guinea pig."

Standing he turned and glared at the beasts that had brought TK to him. He yelled for them to come to him and they did. Their figures grotesque for they had none of their own. Only parts of others. Disfigured monsters in everyone else's eyes until the onlookers were fooled, that's what they were.

"Make sure he doesn't try to escape. Don't you dare harm him though. Got that, Miragemon? Change into something that wont make him want to destroy you." The two nodded changing their shape into people that the boy would trust. The images of Matt and Tai filled the room and the gagged man started screaming behind his bindings. The two fake teens just smirked at him as they leaned against opposite walls.

The tall figure moved towards the screaming old man and pulled the gag from his mouth. The man glared at him with all his might, but the digimon didn't budge, in fact – he smirked.

"You'll never get away with this Abyssmon. Even without my help, the digidestined will defeat you." He said angrily.

"But Gennai…you've seen what I've done already. They won't check the mountains because you'll be telling them that there's no reason to, that you've got it covered. Patamon will go back and tell them that you said goodbye to little TK and left – that he was attacked while Patamon was gone. And the boy? Within days he'll be under my control, and how long do you think his brother is going to last without blaming the others? They'll be fighting in no time, and when I arrive bringing Hope back to them…they'll see that he's sufficiently…hopeless. Count on it Gennai. No bright lights, no overpowering force. No, these little brats will be destroyed, and this time - for good." With a snap of his fingers, Patamon and Gennai both fell though the floor and into a separate room – far away from their digidestined friend. Abyssmon looked at the screens before them that showed the digidestined hiking across File Island, then with a glance down at TK he turned them off and walked from the room – locking it behind him.

Down wit the group Gabumon caught Matt for the third time in an hour. They had just rounded a bend, roughly twenty feet ahead of the others. They hadn't seen the fall (and were still around the corner), but the furry digimon had an armful of human to prove it did. The boy was breathing heavily into the digimon's coat, sweat dripping from his brow.

"Matt…are you okay?" The rookie asked as the boy struggled to stand.

"Need to keep moving…gotta find TK…" the blonde whispered as his legs fell out from under him again. Gabumon frowned as he looked at the red streak that had appeared on his fur. Then looking intently at Matt he growled in frustration, shaking the boy's shoulder to thoroughly get his attention.

"You're bleeding still Matt?" The boy put a hand on his head and forced himself back to his feet, stumbling forward a meter or two.

"It's just a scratch."

"It's been hours since the attack Matt! You could be bleeding to death!"

"I'm fine! It's just a scratch!" The blonde snapped walking normally as the others rounded the corner and had started to catch up with them.

"But-"

"Don't." Matt glared at the digimon, and Gabumon closed his mouth. However he went in front of the boy and looked at him closely. He snorted in annoyance. That was no scratch. It was a downright gash that used to be hidden by his hair; however the extensive bleeding had caused it to turn red, and was now bleeding down his neck.

"You're no good to anyone dead." Gabumon mumbled quietly before reaching up and holding the boy's hand, giving him more support to walk on without looking mildly suspicious.

The bleeding had stopped after a long period of time. The eldest Ishida boy had pulled his hood up when it had begun to get slightly obvious there was something wrong, and had hidden it until the very end. They came across a lake where Mimi had demanded a rest, and Gabumon helped wash the blood from Matt's face, neck, and hair.

Tai walked over to them and sat next to him for a moment, when the two had finished. Matt had his arms wrapped around his knees and his chin rested just behind them. The brunette sighed, leaning back on his palms and looking up at the pale dawn that was rising.

"If Kari was taken, I don't know what I'd do." He whispered into the light. When he wasn't answered he went on. "I probably would hunt down every last thing on this planet until I found her, and when everything was gone, I'd destroy everything on earth." Tai glanced at Matt who was peering at him from behind his long bangs. "But you know. It's not going to help anything. We both love our siblings Matt, that's why we're good at being older. You told me once that you're the one who chose to live with your dad, because you wanted TK to have a mother to raise him. Matt…if you're going to give up things in your life to make sure he's happy, that's fine, but you're life? You keep up, at this pace, and he's not going to have a brother to come back to."

Matt took a deep breath and sighed. Tai was right. He hated to admit it, but Tai was right. On that note, since when the hell did Tai become so mature? Gabumon put the thoughts into words when he spoke up.

"You've grown up a lot in the past year Tai." The brunette laughed shaking his head stupidly.

"Hey hey, I'm not making complete sense all the time just yet!" A giggle escaped Matt's lips before the boy turned to his friend at last.

"I'm glad to have you as a friend Tai." He spared Goggle-brain a smile, only to be returned with a goofy grin. "But I need to find TK." Tai met his gaze with a serious look.

"Matt what happened back there? We know TK got kidnapped, we know he was hurt, and we know you were knocked out, but what happened?"

Windstar: The reason I mention Matt as Yamato is basically because as seen in the first episode of digimon 'Matt' is a nickname as is 'Izzi' and 'TK' thus when talking to officials who don't know their real name and need to know their real names, I will be using their original names because that's what they really are. For cases like Davis (who's name is not considered a nickname in the dubbed version) that will be their official name. I hope that makes sense!

Further more, if anyone knows the names of TK and Matt's parents that'd be great. I keep looking but I can't find them! I don't want to make something up if I don't have to especially if people know their names and I use the wrong ones. I don't want to confuse anyone.

Also, This chapter took me through the doozy, I had it all finished on 3/18 but then I decided to add more to the flashbacks and cut it in half. So next chapter is completed, I was making this much to long anyway XD

On another note. This story is in no way a slash, and there is no incestual comments everything is said the way it is to show a strong feeling of compassion and brotherly love towards their siblings. Please do not take offense as such.

Furthermore, apologies if I sounded threatening in my last chapter, I was in no way saying "review or die!" More of a, "I get made when you don't review but you take the time to favorite me" type thing only, sorry if I made anyone uncomfortable.

I have a challenger for everyone: try spelling typewriter ONE time at your normal speed without looking at the keyboard. If you get it right, you're one of the select few people in the world who can do it. Typewriter is one of the hardest words in the world to type because it is all on one line – it's the longest word in a single row that can be typed!

This is slightly shorter then the last two chapters, apologies, but it was because I cut it in half!