Quarter Quelled

by reminiscent-afterthought

[Frontier, AT] They were blown right out of the fight and then it froze - or so they thought. All the spirits were on their side of the world, or so they thought. Which means Duskmon, the only undefeated warrior of Cherubimon, is on their side as well. Which he is. Kind of.

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Quarter Quelled
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'I was sure I'd have nightmares.'

Takuya is rarely confused like that. Usually, he does the confusing. But Kouji's greeting throws him for a bit of a loop. 'Because of the digital world?'

'No.' Kouji sounds tired, and frustrated, and confused - which is another oddity. Kouji is usually the one with the answers, the one who's sure about things, who's got the plan all sorted out. 'I dreamt about the digital world. And I have no idea why, after everything that happened last night.'

'Night?' That explained it. Sort of. Evening and night were spent at their respective homes, getting back to their usual lives. And it sounded like Kouji's had come with a few wrenches.

'Yeah. Turns out my mother's alive, and I've got a brother who got into some sort of accident and is in the hospital, and -'

'What?' Takuya blinked. Kouji had mentioned his mother, or lack thereof. And lack of siblings too. And now both spring out of the ground? '...wait, there's an "and" in there too?"