Italics mean thoughts
Darkness and Light cont...
Takeru, overtaken by sadness, stared down at the ground. The two digimon didn't come any closer to their human partners, because they didnt want to disturb them. Hikari still had her head resting on Takeru's back, not wanting to look up.
I...don't want Hikari-chan to feel bad about any of this. I knew she didn't mean anything bad about not wanting to hurt that girl, but she does, thinking that it's her fault. "Hikari-chan, this isn't your fault. It's mine, charging without taking any other consideration of any other way to stop her. I'm glad you stopped us, it wouldn't have been good if another person ended up getting hurt," said Takeru with a forced smile.
Hikari finally managed to let go of Takeru's shirt and stand herself. Her knees felt weak, she was still afraid of what Sakura had told her. Takeru felt her remove herself from him, then stood himself up. Hikari looked up at him so their eyes could meet.
Takeru-kun...
Hikari-chan...
"Oi, you guys need to snap out of your trance get going back to the real world now," spat Tailmon. The two chosen children snapped out of their daze and turned away from each other, thinking how embarrassing it was for them at the moment.
"Digital gate, reopen," yelled Takeru as he and Hikari pointed their digivices toward the computer. They were zapped in and came out through the other side of the portal.
"Good thing I got your email, Takeru-kun. If I hadn't you'd probably get in trouble," exclaimed Koushiro. The other two just sweatdropped.
"Sorry Koushiro-kun," said Hikari as she put on a forced smile.
"Yeah, we had a smile dire situation," continued Takeru, obviously lying to Koushiro. Koushiro figured that their was much more to it than that, but didnt want to bring it up.
"Sure, but make sure that you guys don't do anything reckless again," Koushiro warned while nodding his head.
"Hai, Koushiro-kun" both said in unison. The three decided to walk home together, then at a corner, split up and head to their own houses.
"I'll be going now," Koushiro said as he turned to run off in the east diretion. The other two smiled and waved goodbye to him. After he left, Hikari frowned,lowered her hand and started down at the sidewalk. Takeru noticed this and frowned as well.
"Uh...Hikari-chan, I'll walk you home if you would like," suggested Takeru. Hikari didnt want to say no because she was still afraid of the fact she might let evil take over her, but she didnt want to say yes either because she didn't want to be a burden to him. In reply, all she did was nod. "Those two havent never been so distant," Patamon wispered to Tailmon. Tailmon frowned after realizing this too. The two and their digimon walked towards Hikari's apartment and stood at the door of the elevator.
"Hikari-chan, just so you know, I don't want you to worry about what Azunlongmon and Sakura told us. I really won't let it happen. I'll protect you from this evil," repeated Takeru again. He really want Hikari to believe that he would, but he could tell that most of his previous attempts didn't sink into her.
"Arigato, Takeru-kun," thanked Hikari with a kind smile. Takeru was filled with joy, for it was her first smile directed at him at what seemed like hours. The elevator opened and Hikari and Tailmon exited, leaving Takeru and Patamon inside. They waved to them as the doors started closing. As they went down, Takeru sighed.
"Takeru, daijoubu-ka?" asked Patamon. Takeru shooked his head.
"Nanda mo nai," answered Takeru. The two left the elevator and went home to sleep.
As Hikari walked in the door, Taichi gave her all of his attention.
"Hikari-chan, what happened!? I heard from Koushiro that you and Takeru went to the digital world!" explained Taichi. "Oh, not much. Just taking care of a small issue," answered Hikari. Taichi shook his head in a worried manner. "Well, next time something like that happens, be sure to inform all of us chosen children," warned Taichi.
"Hai, onii-san, but we didnt want to drag you out of class," finished Hikari. Taichi shrugged and walked to the kitchen to eat dinner. Hikari followed him and got her some dinner too, then went to bed when she was finished.
Hikari crawed into he bed and layed down, while Tailmon jumped up to sleep by her side. The two drifted off to sleep. While asleep, Hikari started to squirm and sweat.
In Hikari's dream.
"Huh? The Dark Ocean again? Why am I here?!" Hikari screamed to herself and broke down on her knees. She looked up and noticed a womanly figure walking up to her. "It's you!" she yelled at the woman. It was Sakura.
"Heh, more and more you come to your senses. I don't know why you hang around those pitiful excuses of Chosen Children," spat Sakura.
"What are you doing here?!" asked Hikari.
"Rather, the question is... Why are YOU doing here? You come here to this ocean a lot don't you? You've been here before. First with Takeru, and then with that girl Miyako. There has to be a good reason for why you decide to come here," Sakura continued. "What are you talking about?! I don't CHOOSE to come here," answered Hikari.
"Or do you. Your mind says you don't want to come, but your heart says you belong here..." explained Sakura as she walked behind Hikari and wrapped her arms around her. Hikari started to go into a trance. "Let me be the one to show you what you are capable of... let's go to the digital world, and make all of your dreams and fantasies come true...but first, I'll get rid of the person who stands in your way!" Sakura wispered in her ear. Suddenly, Hikari fainted in the dream. Sakura was able to take control of Hikari for a brief moment.
Outside of the dream, Hikari's body, with the possession of Sakura, got up from the bed without waking Tailmon or Taichi. She walked over to Hikari's cell phone and dialed a number that she had saved. Sakura smiled a devilish grin.
Meanwhile in Takeru's room...
Ring..ring...ring.
Takeru's eyes started to slowely open as he heard his cell phone ringing. He arose, disturbing Patamon at the same time from his slumber.
"Who could be calling at this time at night," he asked himself as he rubbed his eyes and walked over to his phone. He checked the caller ID to see who the caller was.
Hikari-chan? Why is she calling this late?
He answered the cell phone expecting to hear something important. "Moshi moshi," greeted Takeru.
Sakura, who was still in Hikari's body, started to talk through the phone.
"Oh, Takeru-kun! You need to come to the digital world! I need your help!" faked Sakura. Since was using Hikari's voice, Takeru easily believed her.
"I'll come! Don't worry Hikari-chan!" he shouted as he hung up the phone and ran to get ready. After he cleaned himself off, he grabbed Patamon and started up his computer, looking for a way to enter the digital world.
While back in Hikari's room, Sakura grinned once again and hung up the phone. Without waking up Tailmon and Taichi, Sakura casted a spell that transported Hikari's body into the digital world.
This will all begin here... Sakura thought. When her spell wore off, she left Hikari's body making Hikari fall to the ground, still asleep. Sakura smiled at the sleepy body, then dissapeared.
Back in Takeru's room, Takeru finally managed to get the digital gate pulled up on his moniter.
"Lets go Patamon! Ditigal Portal! Let me find Hikari!" he said as he held Patamon and allowed himself to be pulled into the gate.
To Be Continued...
Dun dun dun! Takeru and Hikari are in quite a perdicament! What will happen now? I'll tell you when I put up the next chapter! XD
