Sorry it took me longer than usual to even start this chapter, but I have a good (ish) excuse. My reviews weren't working. Like, it would keep on telling me that there were more reviews, but I couldn't get to them! It was the most frustrating thing in the world! I fixed it, but it took a while, and I draw so much of my motivation from you guys, I found it hard to write. Sorry about that *sweat drops*
Buuuuuut I fixed it, so I got to see all of your lovely reviews (except for one, but we won't talk about that one)! I won't do my whole reviewers thing, but all of you that have an account should get a happy PM from me, and you guest reviewers… I just love you guys to death! MacDreamy and Ayelet, thank you so much! And Mac Dreamy, if I could PM you, I would totally tell you, sorry! Fanfic lover, he's not really amnesiac, he's pretending he is.
Oh yeah, one last thing! I was getting a lovely reviewer(s) who mention that I have a lot of typos. *dramatic sigh* 'tis true, I do. SO, if any of you guys want to Beta my stuff before I put it out into the world, please PM me or include it in your review!
The next day found me at a river in the park, Kazu, Kenta, and Jeri were playing in it with Guilmon, who was using his powerful tail to splash them and get them soaked. In the shade of the tree I sat with my back up against a tree, my legs criss-cross-apple-sauce so that they could perfectly hold the egg.
"Doesn't it seem like the Deva's are coming after us specifically?" I looked up at Henry, who had Terriermon on his shoulder. This was supposed be a meeting of the Tamers, that's why Rika and Takato were here too, and Takato had told me I should come too since I was a Tamer now.
"Do they have such boring lives that the only thing they can do is fight us?" Terriermon asked.
"Well, they're also attacking the public, so it's our duty as Tamers to defeat them, right?" Takato butted in.
"I don't see why." Rika commented.
"If they want to fight us we can't just ignore them." Renamon inputted, appeared a little ways away from Rika.
"I don't know, the real question is why they're here in the first place. Like are they looking for something?" I questioned aloud. Henry turned to look at me, puzzling over the question in his head.
"You're right, they have to want something." He agreed, nodding his head a little.
"Hey, are you losers going to talk all day?!" Kazu yelled from the river. "We're gonna get Guilmon all pruney!" Takato's head shot towards Kazu.
"You kidding, I'd pay to see that!" He turned to us. "Any of you guys coming?" Henry shook his head.
"I can't, I have martial arts practice in a little bit." Rika started to walk away.
"I'm allergic to stupid." She said. Takato turned towards me hopefully, I just gave an apologetic smile, holding up my egg.
"Sorry, I don't want to take any chances." Takato nodded in understanding.
"I'll catch you guys later then!" He exclaimed as he ran off to the river. "I'm gonna get you Guilmon. Up above, in the trees, Impmon sat.
"Look at him, being a pet to the humans! It makes me sick!" He said in anger.
"Vacation?" I asked questioningly, looking from Takato, to his dad, to his mom, and then back to Takato.
"Yeah, I'm going to go and see my cousin in Okinawa, and Henry is coming along too." Takato explained. Again.
"We we're talking it over and we decided you should go." I looked up at Mrs. Matsuki said, smiling at me.
"Plus, who knows, the beach might help you with your memory." Mr. Matsuki added, a serious expression crossing his features. Right, I'm supposed to have amnesia.
"I don't know, I don't want to impose myself on you. You're already giving me a place to eat and sleep, I don't want you guys to have to buy a plane ticket and everything."
"Too late." Mr. Matsuki said, holding up two plane tickets. "We already did." I small smile appeared on my face.
"Fine, I guess I can force myself to go on vacation." I replied. Takato's smile reached from ear to ear.
"We leave later tonight, we should go pack!" He said eagerly as he led me up to the room.
"You," The word is echoed through a void, which a surreal quality to it. It's like to people speaking in sync, but in comes from one being. "…you are all that is left of Apoclymon's data. My duty is to finish what my partners started." Omnimon continued, staring coldly at the strange, grotesque Digimon.
"Ahhh, you've finally found me. But you can't catch me, and you know you can't. Those partners you speak so highly of, they abandoned you, abandoned you at exactly the wrong time, and now you're stuck here." He taunted.
"I know what you plan to do, and I will stop you." He said determinedly.
"You may have caught on, but you'll never win. I will reign supreme!" Omnimon sprung at the Digimon with his sword out, taking a swipe at him. "Sorry, Omnimon, but I really must go. Have fun in between!" The void seemed to suck in around him and then he was gone, leaving Omnimon alone, surrounded by darkness.
"So, this cousin of yours, what's he like?" Henry asked as the three of us sat on the plane.
"Oh, I actually have a picture!" Takato sifted through his bag for a second before pulling out a small rectangular paper. Henry, Terriermon, and I all leaned in to see the picture. A little Takato was playing with a little boy about the same age with black hair and tan skin.
"Awww, you look adorable." I teased before glancing at the egg in my lap as it moved a little. It had been doing that more and more often I knew it would hatch soon, though getting it through security was quite a hassle.
"I haven't seen him in years, I wonder what he's like now." Takato said, and Henry glanced over at me before his eyes dropped back down to the egg.
"It's moving again?" I really was more of a statement than a question. I nodded, and Terriermon leaned over and knocked on the shell.
"Hello? Any digi home?" Terriermon asked. A small knocking came from the egg in return. "I'll take that as a yes!" He said and then started to talk to the egg, even though I was sure that Poyomon couldn't hear him.
After we landed Henry grabbed his bags and left. He was going to an island not far from Okinawa and he and Takato had talked about meeting sometime later. I followed Takato and helped him lug around the giant bag that Guilmon was in while we tried to find his cousin, Kai. On a nearby TV the news was on.
"Tamashiro, tell us more about your new V-pet!" A female news reporter said with fake enthusiasm, holding a microphone up to a mans face.
"Of course. You see, the V pet is just like a real pet, except Virtual!" He exclaimed.
"He looks funny." I jumped and looked up to see Calumon resting on my head. Apparently I had gotten so used to him being there I didn't even notice him.
"Calumon, who is the world did you get here?!" I asked, taking him off my head and looking around to make sure no had seen him. Takato was a little ways away still looking for Kai, which is what I should be doing too.
"I went into your bag!" He happily chirped. I had to resist smacking my forehead. I adjusted my arms so that I could hold both Calumon and my egg.
"Just act like a stuffed animal." I said. Calumon turned to the egg.
"Hi there, do you wanna play?" He asked.
"Stuffed. Animal." I whispered.
"KAI?!" I heard Takato exclaim and I hurried over to him to investigate what he meant. He was staring at the TV, why would he...
"Yeah, he's my cousin, I was supposed to meet him around here." A kid that looked suspiciously like the kid from the picture on the plane was talking to the news reporter.
"Look kid, this is an interview-" The man in the green shirt began, and I never heard what else he was saying because Takato had run off and I was chasing him as we tried to find where the heck Kai was. We finally found the small group that surrounded the news camera. I hung back held onto the Guilmon bag (which was shifting its weight in a way that was very hard to hide) while Takato dove into the fray.
After a few moments he finally came back out accompanied by his cousin, and after a quick introduction we headed onto a ferry to the island.
"Pretty interesting egg you have there." Kai noted. I looked down at my arms, Calumon had left as soon as we had exited the airport.
"Yeah, it's a really long story." A really, really, really, long story.
"Hmmm, bet you don't remember half of it." He commented, and I looked up at him in confusion before he pointed to his temple. "You know, with your problem and all." I gave a nod, trying to give my best I'm-a-poor-amnesiac look. I think I was getting pretty good at it.
"Hey, TK, Kai, look!" Takato exclaimed and the two of us hurried to the front of the ship. There sat a quaint little island covered in lush trees and gorgeous beaches.
"We're here!" He then proceeded to jump in.
"Kai, I told you not to do that!" The Ferry man called, but Kai just laughed.
"Kai!" Takato yelled at his cousin.
"I'll meet you at the island!" He called back and started to swim to the beach.
"So, I hope you know where this place is, because we just lost our guide." I said, and Takato sent me an uneasy look.
Allow me to once again further explain why this took so long to write. I mean, it's only 1,400 something words, and isn't that great. This is the fifth draft of this chapter. I was suffering from severe writers block and couldn't decide what I wanted to do with this chapter. So instead I decided to do this after writing this chapter four other times and hating what I wrote.
Yeah. Sorry. You guys all probably hate me, but I's excited for this part of the story regardless, even though it took me a few days to realize that I wanted to do it now.
~the-east-hunter