{{I don't own Digimon, and never will; yes it is the sad truth of life}}

So thanks for the reviews, and I will try to update sooner from now on, since school is almost over (does happy dance) It's so sad, its officially been a year since I've been on fan fiction, and I still haven't completed one story…but don't worry I will finish this story, I'm not just going to leave it. So anyways since that's all I have to say, on with the story!

Chapter 6 After-effects of the shock

"Um…Takuya, did something happen?" Zoe asked, with a worrisome expression on her face.

"M-My parents..." Takuya started in a serious tone, avoiding Zoe's gaze. "Their…their plane crashed…"

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"Takuya and Zoe are taking a long time aren't they?" J.P. wondered out loud.

"Maybe they're making out right at this second!" Kouichi gasped.

"Why do you always assume that people are making out if they're gone somewhere for a long time?" Koji sighed.

"No I don't." Kouichi replied, and propped his feet up on the table, and lay back. "My brother, you are clearly overreacting, this is what comes from drinking too much coffee in the morning." Kouichi explained nonchalantly.

"What're you talking about? I didn't drink any coffee this morning; you were the one who drank 4 cups!" Koji stated. "Anyways like I was saying remember that time when me and Takuya got detention so we had to help the janitor clean stuff up?"

"Of course I remember! Ok I lied, I don't remember, but continue my little cream puff." Kouichi joked, making Koji roll his eyes.

"So anyways…" Koji continued. "Me and Takuya were supposed to get some cleaning supplies for the janitor in the supply closet right? And when we went inside, Takuya, being the idiot that he is, got us locked in, and we ended up being locked in all night. The next day, before they found us you told everyone that we were making out in the closet and should 'come out of the closet' and they believed it!" Koji pointed at Kouichi.

"So what's the big deal?" Kouichi sighed. "Who cares what people think?

"I don't care about what other people think, but the fan girls kept harassing us after that!" Koji said.

"Is it because they didn't want you to be gay?" Tommy asked.

"No, because they wanted a picture of me and Takuya kissing or something to put on their blogs!" Koji exclaimed in horror, as if he was retelling a traumatic incident.

"Hmm fan girls have blogs?" Shinya mused.

"Well where else are they supposed to, well you know, be all fangirly." Nago replied.

"Well what about fan fiction? There's a lot of fangirls there isn't there?" Kouichi pointed out.

"Oh that's true…" They all agreed, while Koji just stared at them in disgust from the corner, where he was stacking up little pink lollipops into the form of a castle with a scary aura surrounding him.

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Zoe was rendered speechless at the news she had just heard. Takuya's parent's plane crashed. She couldn't, and didn't know what to say to Takuya, who was just sitting on the floor looking blankly ahead, as if someone had taken his soul and left his body behind. Zoe didn't know what to say, the chance that Takuya's parents survived the plane crash was little to none. She didn't want to tell him that obviously, she also didn't want to tell him she understood how he felt, because, well, she didn't. Zoe had never lost a family member, aside from her hamster that died when she was 9 years old. Her hamster died from natural causes, though, not like this…She knew she had to say something, so she started to speak, when Takuya interrupted her.

"It's ok…I mean maybe they made it out alive!" Takuya exclaimed enthusiastically, almost as if he was forcing himself to say it. Zoe just stared at him, surprised at his reaction. "I mean it's not like they could just…go away forever…" He said, while looking down.

"Takuya…" Zoe said as she bent down next to him, and put a hand on his shoulder. Takuya just avoided her gaze, and stared at the floor, with his head down.

"T-they're not g-gone. My p-parents are s-still alive." Takuya said shakily." Zoe had never seen Takuya in this state before; she had never seen him so…defeated. Her heart hurt even more because she didn't know what to do to take away his sadness. She felt helpless. "It's like my mind… can't register it…damn it!" Takuya muttered loudly, as he punched his fist to the ground, loudly. Loud enough for everyone in the living room to hear, and they quickly rushed in.

"What was that noise?!" J.P. asked. They all noticed Takuya looking depressed. Then everyone got serious looks on their faces.

"T-Takuya…what's wrong?" Tommy asked, with a look of worry.

"Uh…s-sorry guys, I gotta' get home…" Takuya said, without showing his face to any of them and ran out of the house.

"Wait Takuya!" Zoe shouted, and started to run after him, but was stopped when Koji grabbed her arm.

"Zoe, what happened to Takuya?" He asked, with a serious look in his face.

"Umm..." Zoe hesitated, and then glanced at Shinya. She didn't want to just blurt out the big news, Shinya would be devastated. He had to be told in a proper way at a proper time, and this was neither the time nor the place. "I'm sorry…I'll tell you later!" Zoe finally managed to say, then ran out the door after Takuya.

"I wonder what happened…I don't think I've ever seen Takuya like that before…" Koji wondered out loud with a serious expression as he looked towards the direction Takuya and Zoe had run off to.

"Yeah…but don't worry bro, he's not alone. Zoe's with him." Kouichi put a hand on his brother's shoulder, and gave his twin a reassuring look.

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"Takuya!" Zoe shouted as she tried to catch up to him. Takuya just ignored her and kept running. "Takuya, slow down!" Zoe yelled after the brunette boy, who didn't listen to her and continued. Takuya was much faster than Zoe due to him being the ace of his soccer team, and him being generally more of an active person than Zoe, so he easily escaped her. It had to be at least 20 minutes that Takuya had been running until he finally stopped, and realized where he was…a bridge that stood over the town creek. There was forestation all around, the path leading to the bridge. The sun was now setting leaving streaks of pink, orange, and purple across the sky. Takuya just stared at the sky, not knowing what to do with himself at this point. He had a lump in his throat, that wouldn't go away, as if it was connected to the pain his heart felt. He felt disgusted looking at the sun setting, hearing birds chirping, it all made him sick. It was like the whole world just continued…like nobody cared…after they died…

"Mom…Dad…"Takuya said, as he clenched his fists. "This can't be happening…this…it just can't!" He said, louder this time, and then he heard some footsteps and panting, and turned to see Zoe standing there.

"F-Finally…found you!" Zoe said between heavy gasps for air. "God I need to get in shape!" She complained, and then wiped some sweat from her fore head. Then she looked to Takuya who just looked away with a distant look in his eyes.

"…Why'd you follow me?" He asked, stiffly.

"Why are you even asking that? I couldn't just leave you alone!" Zoe exclaimed.

"Che, what do you think I'm going to do commit suicide or something?" Takuya replied sarcastically and rolled his eyes, then was met with a slap to his face.

"H-how can you say that so easily?!" Zoe had tears in her eyes now, her face red with anger. Takuya looked at her with surprise. He hadn't seen Zoe cry since her hamster died when she was nine. "I didn't know what you were going to do! I was scared and worried; I know how reckless you are Takuya! I just wanted to…to help you…" Zoe said, while tears streamed down her face.

"Well how are you supposed to help me?! Can you bring them back?!" Takuya yelled angrily, his voice cracking, tears now streaming down his face too. "Can you bring my parents back?! Can you tell Shinya that his parents died on a plane crash and that he's an orphan now?!" Takuya shouted, falling to his knees. Zoe couldn't say anything, she didn't want to be this useless…not being able to say or do anything.

"I'm sorry…I know I can't do anything for you…or for Shinya…but I just…I care about you, and I…I hate seeing you hurt like this." Zoe said, and then reached out her hand for Takuya to stand up. Takuya looked up at her, and then slowly reached for her hand. When he stood up, Zoe let go of his hand, but then suddenly Takuya grabbed Zoe into a tight hug. Zoe was surprised, but wrapped her arms around him as well, and closed her eyes, as she felt Takuya's tears dampen her t-shirt.

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"Kanbara are you there?" A man's voice said through a cell phone.

"Yes, I'm here La'ville, what is it?" The other voice, which was also that of a man, answered.

"We have just sent out the public cover message." The man, known as La'ville explained.

"I see I'll be at the rendezvous point for further details." The other man, Kanbara said, and then hung up the phone. Mr. Kanbara then looked to the woman who was sitting next to him, his wife.

"Oh dear, I wonder if the kids will be alright, the message has probably gotten over to them by now." The women said a look of worry present on her face.

"Oh honey, you know we can't tell them the truth…at least for now, besides Takuya is a strong boy and you know he'll support Shinya." Mr. Kanbara explained, patting his wife's shoulder. "Plus Takuya has good friends to support him."

"Yes, you're right…I just hope they'll forgive us…" Mrs. Kanbara said. Mr. Kanbara didn't say anything after that, and the two made their way to the rendezvous point in silence.

A/N

Well I'm just going to end it there for now, and yes I know this chapter didn't have much, if any, comedy, but well I mean c'mon Takuya thought his parents died, how can that have any funniness in it? But what's this they're actually alive! (gasp). So anyways, if you couldn't tell I had a lot of trouble writing this chapter, I had to watch tragic movies, where main characters died and listen to sad music for a week just to get inspiration for what I was going to write. I've never had anyone close die, well except for my cat, and yes I did cry, but no humans died, so I hope Takuya's reaction wasn't completely unbelievable.

Kouichi: (sniffle) my cat died as well…his name was Koji

Koji: you never had a cat Kouichi…besides why would you name it after me?!

Kouichi: Yeah I did! It was before we met though.

Koji: Why'd you name it Koji then if you didn't know about me?

Kouichi: God didn't you watch the freaking anime? And you call yourself a Digimon Frontier…person-thing

Koji: Yeah I've never called myself that…

Kouichi: Are you denying my beloved Koji's existence?! Well guess what you fail Koji!

Koji: …At what?

Kouichi: At…at…umm…well you failed that math test last week.

Koji: No I didn't…I got a 100 percent.

Kouichi: …I hate you