Joe still rubbed his throat but was searching the campsite. T.K still laid passed out and silent from the blast from his own Digimon.
Just what is going on with T.K?
Joe was searching through boxes carefully and Gomamon help making a huge mess.
"Gomamon! I said neatly! Not make a mess, someone's going to know we were here." He said sighing scared, and disappointed.
Gomamon smiled, "Oops sorry Joe. But it doesn't matter! We're going to leave after we're done here." He giggled, and Joe sighed face palming.
Patamon watched Joe as he was looking for signs if Mimi was there or if she is there. Patamon looked at T.K who grunted and slowly opened his eyes a touch.
"T.K, are you feeling okay now?" Patamon asked in a fighting pose, but still concerned.
T.K rubbed his head and saw that he had bandages around his head and arms. "What happened to me?"
Patamon smiled and flew over embracing himself inside T.K's arms. "T.K! Oh I thought you would be like that forever!"
T.K was confused and rubbed his Digimon, "What do you mean?"
Patamon shivered, "Oh it was horrible T.K, you started choking Joe and you wen't evil for a second. I had to blast you with my bubble black or you would have killed Joe!"
T.K gasped and felt his head, "I-I did all that?"
Patamon frowned, "Did I blast you so hard you forget everything?"
T.K shook his head chuckling, "No.. Just I was somewhere else.." He squinted his eyes trying to remember. "I remember coughing and feeling like I couldn't breath. Than it's like someone pushed me out of my own body and took over it."
Patamon gasped and another gasp came from Joe. "T.K?"
T.K looked up and smiled, "Hey Joe, sorry about choking you."
Joe's face wen't all red and he balled up his fists, "You did that on purpose I could have died!" He jumped at T.K and started slapping his arms and hands. He stood up and was yelling nonsense.
"I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE EVIL! GET AWAY FROM US!" "JOE CALM DOWN!" Gomamon shouted and Joe stopped yelling with his face a bright red.
He sighed and looked at T.K eyeing him.
"He said it wasn't him Joe, honest. He can't remember anything, he doesn't remember doing any of that." Patamon said worried.
Joe frowned and fixed his glass and brushed off his clothes. "T.K, what is going on? What aren't you telling me? That's what i'm here for. I'm your friend not your enemy."
T.K's eyes widened and he frowned, "I-I can't.."
"Why not?" Joe asked sitting down beside him and removed his glasses cleaning them.
T.K looked at Joe, "Because I don't know what's wrong with me.. First i'm hearing voice, than i'm hearing death, and lastly i'm seeing old memories with me and my brother. And... I think... Matt's thoughts. What could it mean?"
Joe's mouth opened wide, "Wait, Matt't thoughts?"
T.K shrugged "At-least I think they are."
Gomamon and T.K both looked at one another scared, "T.K, that's not good if you can hear that kinda stuff in the digital world."
T.K and Joe both looked up shocked, "What?" They said together.
Patamon frowned and looked down eyes watering, "Your exposed T.K."
T.K's eyes were glossy "E-exposed? What do you mean?"
Joe frowned and stood up getting angry. "If you guys think this is a joke it's not!" Gomamon shook his head frantically. "No! Not at all Joe! Were just as worried and concerned as you are."
Patamon looked at Gomamon who sighed, "We don't know much about it. But it's from being exposed to something dark, or a connection to something." Patamon and Gomamon said together.
Joe sighed and T.K's mouth was wide open, "This is a lot to handle. And we even haven't found Mimi."
T.K looked at Joe and nodded, "Your right, it's probably just a bunch of nonsense. Maybe a myth."
Patamon gasped and tears rolled down his eyes and he watched Joe and T.K walk away searching for Mimi. "T.K..."
Gomamon looked at Patamon, "He's going to be okay, maybe something just happened? Like he got sick for a second."
(T.K's voice narrating)
'I didn't know if I should have believed Patamon or not, but he seemed like he was acting all crazy. Who says stuff like that? But, even still Patamon knew more about the new digitalworld than I did. And I had to learn to accept that.'
Not to far Izzy and Kari with their digimon were running to the campsite where T.K and Joe with their digimon are.
Izzy was looking at his PiBook and saw the two dots in the same spot at the camp. "Almost there!" He said out of breath and running.
Kari nodded with Gatomon at her side and she could see it, the fire burning. Izzy and Kari both entered the camp to see it empty and quiet.
Izzy was out of breath gasping he looked at his PiBook to see all dots gone from the map and disappeared. "W-what?! But they were on here a second ago.."
Kari's lip quivered and she felt her heart breathing and legs shaking. "You don't think Joe.."
Izzy looked up eyes wide and mouth wide. "No.." Tentomon frowned, "Lets look! Joe?"
Gatomon was running and looking around, "JOE? T.K?"
Izzy saw the tent house and ran over to it with the other's looking everywhere around the camp.
He beckoned Kari over who was watching Izzy. "Yeah?"
He pointed to the door, and Kari bit on the bottom of her lip and nodded. "Okay."
Izzy slowly opened to door to two boys searching through the log house and two digimon helping them look for something.
Kari gasped to see a bandaged T.K and a Joe with scars on his neck. Izzy was lost for words and he couldn't project a word.
Joe looked up and saw the two, "Izzy! Kari!"
T.K looked up fast as he heard Kari's name, he smiled brightly "Kari!"
He ran over to hug her but Kari backed away with Izzy protecting her, he was standing in front of her and had a weird look on his face.
T.K stopped and Joe was confused, "You two okay?" he asked.
T.K frowned and Izzy was staring him deeply into his eyes, "Are you really T.K?"
T.K's eyes widened and he gasped, looking at Joe thinking he called for them on the D-3's.
Joe raised an eye brow and felt awkward. Gomamon looked at Joe also thinking the same thing as T.K and Patamon.
T.K sighed, "Of course, Joe? Did you?" Joe shook his head hesitantly.
T.K gasped eyes watering, "What? Don't you trust me? I told you I don't know what happened!" He pushed passed Izzy and Kari with Patamon flying out after him.
"T.K!" Patamon could be heard shouting.
Izzy looked at Kari, "You were right. But I think were missing a little bit of information.." He looked up at Joe who bit on the bottom of his lip.
"Alright i'll tell you!" Joe said waving his arms animatedly.
Tentomon came flying in beside Izzy and Kari silently left the place running after T.K.
Gomamon sighed, "Basically T.K attacked Joe."
Joe sighed sitting on a box "Yes! But he wen't total evil on us."
Izzy's eyes widened and he sat beside Joe with Tentomon. "Evil? What happened?"
Joe cleaned his glasses on his shirt and placed them on his head. "Well T.K's eyes wen't black he had Matt's voice for his. And he was snobby."
Izzy opened up his PiBook quickly typing. "Uh huh. What else?"
Joe pointed to his neck where scar's were, "And he choked me, and gave me these. I thought I was going to die lets just say. And I never would have seen myself get my med's degree!"
Izzy chuckled and shook his head, "And how about T.K? Is he just fine all of a sudden?"
Joe shrugged, "He couldn't remember a thing, and said he was somewhere else. Someone took over his body."
Izzy's eyes widened gasping, "Matt.."
"Matt?" Joe asked confused.
"Oh right! I forgot you didn't know." Izzy chuckled sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.
Gomamon looked at Izzy, "Tell me what's wrong with Matt?"
Izzy had a serious face now, "A virus, remember Windigomon?"
"Yeah.."
"The virus was still left in the DigitalWorld and Ken touched it making himself evil, on an accident. And Matt found his crest. But it was infected by the last of the virus to become Betrayel. Now Matt's evil. By force. I wonder if he got hold of T.K's body.."
Joe gasped shocked, "Wow! Why didn't anyone tell us this?"
"Because we just found it out." Izzy replied calmly while typing frantically on his PiBook.
Tentomon decided to finish it for Izzy, "And Matt's probably infected even more! Wizardmon told us everything, but he also told us to get a hold of Matt before HE gets a hold of him. I think he was talking about Ken.."
Izzy nodded, "He was exactly talking about Ken."
Gomamon looked at Joe who was still shocked by all this, "So T.K probably isn't exposed to anything right?"
Izzy looked up curious, "Exposed?"
Joe frowned placing a hand on his face, "Gomamon not now!"
Gomamon frowned, "It's a real thing Joe! It can happen!"
Izzy stood up "What is it?!" He asked demanding now.
Gomamon gulped, "Well, it's this thing you can get, a connection to something when exposed."
Izzy's mouth formed into an 'O'.
"I have a theory." He said without wasting anytime.
Kari was racing trying to follow the blond haired kid, "T-T-T.K!" She gasped panting and out of breath.
T.K heard her but ignored the calls and he kept speeding with Patamon following him.
Gotamon was following Kari, "Just leave him Kari!"
"No!" Kari yelled closing her eyes with tears forming in her eyes. A branch was in front of her that she didn't see.
"Kari watch out!" Gatomon yelled.
Kari slammed into the branch flying backwards and hit the ground.
T.K stopped running and looked to see Kari, "Kari!"
He started to run towards her, as she laid there silently. T.K slid on his knees beside her and Gatomon.
"Kari.." T.K said warmly, but he also felt stupid for being a baby and ignoring her. Plus walking off.
Kari opened her eyes and sniffed feeling her nose that was bleeding. T.K frowned and placed a hand under her head, "This is all my fault.."
Kari sat up and shook her head wiping tears away. "No it's not. I'm sorry."
T.K shook her head, "Don't be like that. It wasn't your fault. It.. was.. me."
Kari looked at T.K, "I immediately believed you wen't evil.. And killed Joe."
T.K's eyes narrowed, "I did. I don't disagree with that."
He stood up and turned away as Kari sat on the ground bleeding.
The Digimon backed away but still was keeping an eye on them. To make sure T.K didn't go evil on her.
Kari stood up and placed a hand around his arm, "Here." She turned him facing her and she started to fix his bandages and started was re-patching his head bandage.
T.K was staring at her confused and he saw her nose that was dripping blood. He moved her arms away and ripped a bit of his shirt off and used it to stop Kari's bleeding.
Kari eyes narrowed and she looked down, T.K removed his hand and saw her nose wasn't bleeding anymore. "I'm sorry."
Kari's pupil's grew small and she looked up into his face that was staring at her sadly. Kari felt a tear drop and she nodded. "I forgive you."
She felt herself grow closer, and T.K moved closer. He felt his mouth go dry and Kari moved back gasping. T.K placed a hand over his mouth that was bleeding. He started to cough and he was choking out blood.
Kari placed her hands on either side of T.K's, "T.K! Are you okay?"
T.K looked up at her and his eyes were black, Kari gasped with a long inhale. "T...K...?"
"Nope.. Think again!" A loud voice from beside them shouted.
"OHHHHH! I'm tired. How long is the camp anyways?" She asked folding her arms and looking down.
"Were not even close Mimi." Sora said looking at her as she flung her head back grunting.
Tai raised an eye brow watching the two girls, "I don't get it Tai."
"Hm?" Tai asked his partner confused.
"Why do girls always have to get so tired?" Agumon asked politely.
"I don't know, I guess they just don't have enough energy." Tai said shrugging.
"Your one to talk." Sora and Mimi said together.
The two girl digimon nodded in agreement. "Yeah!"
Tai sweat dropped, "I hate being overpowered by women." He said lowering his head sighing.
"Well, you gotta get used to it Tai." Agumon said and Tai gasped.
"Hey!" He bonked him on the head infuriated, "Stop talking like that or you'll never get a girl digimon!"
"Same goes for you!" Agumon yelled back defensively.
The girls who watching the two bicker and had straight faces, "Uh, boys." Sora said rolling her eyes.
Mimi smiled and giggled, "I think it's pretty cute."
Sora's face blushed and she started to steam heat, her fists balling up tightly.
"Sora are you okay?" Biyomon asked worried.
"Just...fine." Sora replied angered.
Mimi walked passed her laughing, "Oh, don't get your hair clip all knotted in your hair." She said winking jokingly.
Sora gasped face back to normal and she looked down. Remembering the hair pin.
She stopped walking looking down smiling to herself.
"Sora?"
"Huh?"
Sora looked up to see Tai standing in front of her and the other's up ahead. "Uh, oh!" She said gasping and looking around.
Tai chuckled, "Spaced out, huh?"
Sora felt herself blush and she placed her hand over her mouth embarrassed nodding.
Tai smiled "Happens to me all the time.. In class though." He said chuckling and beckoned Sora to walk with him.
Sora giggled and smiled, "I missed you Tai." She said feeling those words fly out of her mouth, she squealed clasping her mouth and sweat-dropped glancing at Tai.
Tai's face wen't bright red, "Oh.." Was all he said, and he placed his hands into his pockets.
Sora's eyes narrowed and she moved her hands from her mouth. 'I have something nice to say and all you say is Oh! UH!' She didn't say anything and Tai felt the anger balling up inside her.
Tai gulped tugging onto the collar of his neck, "Listen Sora.."
Sora's eyes widened and she didn't look at Tai. "Y-yeah?" She could feel her heart pummeling out of her chest. This is it, Tai also felt the same.
Tai rubbed the back of his neck and felt his face blush. "Uhh, well.."
Sora bit on the bottom of her lip, "Yeah..?"
Tai smiled, "I'm just glad you came with me to find Mimi." He said quickly. 'W-what?! Why did you say that you stupid dumb ass! You idiot!'
Sora frowned and nodded walking faster, "I'm glad. We should catch up with them."
Tai watched her speed walk to Mimi and sighed, "Now you've done it." He said to himself.
He ran to the other's and walked with them silently, he had his hands in his pockets and he could feel the awkwardness with him and Sora growing.
"You're all quiet." Mimi said angry. Palmon nodded, "Yeah, we should talk and embrace being friends!"
Tai's face fell and sighed, "I'm just tired. And worried, I need to find my sister."
Sora looked down at her pockets in the shorts and pulled out the hair clip. She smiled and held it tightly into her hands.
Biyomon watched Sora and smiled. "That's cute." She said in a whisper.
Sora smiled and nodded, "Yeah.. I think it is.."
Agumon looked around and looked at Tai. "Hey Tai.."
"Yeah?"
"Do you feel that?" Agumon asked curiously.
"Feel what?" Tai asked worried. "Are you feeling okay Agu-"
Tai gasped and placed a hand on his chest. "Woah.."
"Yeah that." Agumon said.
"What are we feeling?" Mimi asked a little sassy.
Sora was watching Tai closely, "What is it Tai? Are you okay?"
Tai smiled and gasped "I feel it." He said happily excited. "I feel it!"
"What?!" Mimi asked being pulled by Tai. He had Sora and Mimi's hands and was running with them.
"Tai!" Sora yelled.
The digimon followed happily knowing what he was feeling. Agumon cheered as they made it to the same place Matt was at for his crest. (Except no Digimon guarded it now.)
Sora let go of Tai's hand, "Tai Kimiya, tell me what is going on!" Mimi nodded with her and Tai smiled.
"My crest." Tai said happy he ran to the doors and entered the building.
"WHAT?!" The girls shouted together following Tai.
Tai stopped and was staring at it, his bright orange Courage.
Sora gasped and Mimi clasped a hand over her mouth. Palmon smiled, "Woah."
Tai reached out a hand "Am I dreaming right now? Or is that really my crest.."
Agumon followed Tai up all the stairs to the platform that held his familiar looking crest.
Tai looked at Agumon who nodded, "Go for it Tai!"
Tai nodded and sweat dropped on his forehead. He hand was right there about to touch it. "Almost there.." He said excited.
Matt came running after Kari and she screamed. T.K gasped eyes back to blue and he started coughing. "Kari!"
Matt smirked and held onto Kari's arm and she was trying to get away. BlackGabumon came running to Matt with the two digimon squirming in his hands.
"This is just too easy." Matt said laughing and T.K's eyes were wide.
"But Matt.."
"But Matt!" Matt mimicked T.K in a girly voice. "Shut up."
He was still holding onto Kari who was grunting. "Let go! Stop bullying T.K."
Matt looked at Kari and rolled his eyes, "Go ahead. Try to save my pussy of a brother."
T.K frowned and felt angry, "Stop being a prick! What's wrong with you Matt!?" He asked angry.
Matt smirked, "Nothing, I'm being me. Getting revenge.." He said in a bitter tone.
T.K grunted running forward. "AHH!" He attacked Matt and started clawing at his face. Matt let go of Kari who moved away fast rubbing her wrist that were red with Matt's hand prints on them.
"BlackGabumon! Digivolve!" Matt shouted.
T.K was pushed aside by Matt and grunted to the floor as BlackGabumon digivolved. "W-what?"
BlackGabumon let go of the two digimon and digivolved. "BlackGabumon digivolve to... BlackGarurumon!"
Matt smirked as BlackGarurumon looked stronger and the Gatomon smirked. "Don't worry Kari and T.K! I'll take care of him." She said very confidentially.
Matt laughed, "Sure.. Go ahead."
BlackGarurumon laughed, "Bring it on!"
Gatomon ran after him "Lightening Claw!" She swiped and BlackGarurumon dodged it quickly.
T.K stood beside Kari and hugged onto her. "What? Their both Champions though!"
Kari shook her head, "Gatomon! Get out now while you can!"
Gatomon looked at Kari and frowned, "But Kari.." "Howling Blaster!" He shot at her and she was flung back gasping de-digivolved into her rookie.
"GATOMON!" Kari gasped in pain.
Matt smiled, "I knew you couldn't beat him." He patted BlackGarurumon.
T.K was angrier and his fists balled up. "Patamon!" He looked at Patamon who nodded. "Right T.K!"
"Patamon digivolve to... Angemon!"
Matt laughed, "I recommend you de-digivolve now little Takeru. You can't beat me. I was always better than you! At everything."
"NO!" T.K shouted angry, he ran at Matt fighting with him and rolling on the ground.
The two champion digimon started to go at it. "Howling Blaster!" "Angel Rod!" He blocked the attack with the staff.
Kari's eyes watered as she held Salamon. "Salamon we have to stop them.."
Salamon frowned and looked at everyone fighting. "I cant Kari. I'm not strong enough.."
"Tell me it Izzy! I love your theories." Joe said excited.
Izzy nodded and smiled, "Well I believe, with further analysis, but I think Matt and T.K are somehow connected."
"But how?" Tentomon asked shocked.
"What do you mean how? Isn't it obvious! T.K being Matt's brother Matt can easily access T.K's mind and brain into controlling him at any given moment, or circumstance.
And Matt being attacked by a virus he has no choice but to follow what it says.
And Joe you said T.K's having memories and hearing Matt's thought's plus voices. It would only make sense because Ken had a brother that died because of him. And Ken wen't evil emperor after his death. Wait!.. which means.."
Joe was trying keep up, "Which means what?!"
Izzy's forehead was all sweaty now. "It's silly. Never mind."
Joe stood up and the box knocked over making a loud noise that Izzy jumped out of being scared. "Tell me!"
Izzy stood up and folded his arms and squinted, "With T.K being hurt and after eating that muffing which by the way did nothing to him. But before he attacked you, you said he started to cough up blood and he started to at that point go evil right?"
Joe nodded, "Yeah.. Why?"
Izzy frowned "Just as I expected.. Matt is now connected with T.K. Both hearts beat as one, and Matt can control him. But the effect T.K's getting on this is the pain of the virus 'supposedly' attacking Matt. It's instead hurting and attacking T.K. Matt brought it to him when he went into T.K. Which could mean T.K was in Matt's brain. And Matt's actual body turns back into himself!"
Joe gasped, "That's a great theory Izzy! It's not silly."
Izzy shook his head, "That's not the silly part."
"Than what is?"
"Neither can live, while the other survives..." Izzy said calmly and worried at the same time.
Author's Last comments!
Wow! This is much better than chapter 9 definitely, it's starting to pick up the pace finally.
That only took awhile, anyways. I know I used a quote from Harry Potter it just fits their situation perfectly. I would probably have to say this is the most intense chapter as of right now. There will be more dramatic and sad chapters later!
But that's for you to discover. :P
I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I did!
Thanks for all who review and read this!