Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story but the idea.
A/N: Well anyways I'm quite sure this story is going to be a long one, but like I said before I'm spliting the story into two-maybe three. Now I just need a title for the next story. If you have a good idea for one please leave a review for me and I'll give you some of the details for the next part and you can come up with one.
xXx Koh xXx
The next few days passed without really much of anything happening, and everything was more or less normal. Well, at least as normal as it could get with: Sayo being without her memories, me having to make sure that she was as safe as possible, and both cities going crazy with the news about Sayo because apparently Kakumi made good on her part of spreading news like wild fire.
I finished showing Sayo every part of the digital world and she seems to be getting back some of her memories and could navigate the ares with ease. But the memories were only about quests she went on in the past couple of years. She doesn't remember anything about the Chrono Core inccident from a couple years ago.
I sighed and looked over to my clock it, was just past 10:30 at night. Getting up from my desk I went to go check on Sayo. After what happened a few days ago, I can't be too careful. And I have a feeling that if I don't do these checks she might just up and disappear.
And it's been a sort of habit as of late.
She was sound asleep, thankfully, her chest was raising up and down slowly she seemed so relaxed and peaceful. I left the room and closed the door silently, satisfied that she would stay put and went back to mine.
Closing the door I turned off the lights, and crawled in to my own bed. Ready for some sleep.
xXx Sayo xXx
I jearked up from my sleep and from what I could tell it was still far too early to be up. My heart was pounding heavily and I was panting. My face wet with tears, I flung the blanket off of me and quickly got out of bed and went straight towards Koh's room.
Please be there.
Please be there.
Please.
The dream-no nightmare had seemed beyond real, it was so tangable. I just had to check if Koh was still here. Awake or not, I needed to make sure. I opened his door and walked over to his bed and leaned over. He was asleep and still very much here, thank goodness. I wanted to touch to make sure but I didn't want to wake him. At least he was here, that was all I needed to be sure of. The fear ebbed a little and I let out a loud sigh of relief.
Big mistake.
He stired slightly and turned over before waking up. He blinked a few times letting his eyes adjust before sitting up.
"Sayo? What are you doing here?" he questioned sleep lacing his voice as he yawned.
"N-nothing." my voice came out as something in between a wimper and a sqeak. This was not good, the last thing he needed to was to hear about my silly little nightmare. He's already so tired from helping me all the time, he didn't need to add this to his plate too.
"What's wrong? I know you Sayo, even when you still had your memories nothing was never nothing."
"I just, had a nightmare thats all."
"A-huh. And what was the nightmare about? You just don't come in here if it was just a little nightmare. C'mon Sayo, talk to me." I didn't reply but rather adverted my eyes from his red ones. Even in the dark, they were sharp and I really wished he was too tired to push the matter. They really were piercing when he wanted them to be, it was kind of unnerving. "Sayo? What was it about about?"
"..."
"Sayo, talk to me."
"It was about Chief Glare, Chief Julia, Litton, and...you." I choked at the end and tears began to fall despite my attempts at control.
"Sayo, it couldn't have been that bad. It was just a nightmare."
"But it was!" I buried my face in my hands. I heard Koh get off the bed but I didn't care. Two arms wrapped themselves around me and I let out a soft gasp as he rested his head on top of mine. I felt safe, secure, and it was warm and comfortable.
"Shhhh. It's alright. You can tell me whenever you want to. Whever you're ready." I nodded. We waited in silence as he rubbed my back until I calmed down enough to breath correctly and evenly. "Are you okay now?" I nodded. "Can you tell me what it was about?"
"I saw that woman-Lilithmon-sh-she killed everyone! I-I-I was all alone. Everyone was gone. There was so much blood, and bodies everywhere. I was too stunned and helpless to save any of you guys. No matter how much I fought nothing worked. I, I couldn't get to you all in time. I was, all alone..." I felt his grip tighten around me as the tears came again, but this time I buried my head in his chest, refusing to let go.
"Sayo listen to me. Chief Glare and Chief Julia won't let anything happen to you, and I'm pretty sure that Lilithmon wont be able to kill them all alone. They aren't our Chiefs for nothing. And as for me and Litton...we're not that easy to get rid of either so you don't have anything to worry about."
"B-b-but my dream! I have a terrible feeling about it. Intuition never lies, especially if the feeling is this strong."
"Shhh. It's okay. Nothing is going to happen. I'm right here, hmm?" he placed his hand on my head and pushed me into his chest. Close to his heart, and I could even hear the beat through my labored and ragged breathing. "See? Right here, and I will always be right here. I'm not going anywhere. Ever." I calmed down and the tears stopped, although I was still shaking I slowly looked up at Koh.
"Better?" I nodded a bit. "Good." he let out a wide yawn but didn't let go.
"It's still really early in the morning and you're tired. I interrupted your sleep and the longer I stay the longer you are going to stay up. I should leave. I'm sorry for bothering you, but thank you." I turned around but he grabbed my wrist before I could get anywhere near the door.
"No. You're staying here. I don't want you to have another nightmare." with that he pulled me down to the bed with him and pulled the blanket over us. My cheeks were red. "If you have another nightmare I'll be right here. It'll save you the trip and me from being woken up. Win-win."
"B-b-but-" I started but got cut off.
"No buts you're staying here tonight. Now sleep." I sighed and closed my eyes, rolling over and away from him, and soon I fell into a dreamless sleep.
Thankfully.
xXx Koh xXx
I watched and made sure that Sayo was asleep before I could settle down and relax. Smiling to myself I watched her sleep for a few more moments before I leaned over her and pressed my lips as lightly as I could to her temple. Pulling back I laid down, still facing her back, and watched her shoulders rise and fall.
Way to go Koh, how did you manage to fall this hard for a girl like that? And now of all times to actually figure it out. Life was not fair at all.
I sighed heavily before I closed my eyes and slept as well.
-8:00 AM-
I woke up quite a bit earlier than Sayo. It was a little strange. She laid curled up in my chest with her hair tossed everywhere-goodness she need to cut that thing, I don't care how nice it looks. It is way too long-and some of the shorter strands clung to her face. I brushed some of her bangs and extra strands out of her face, she was breathing evenly and seemed content-almost happy. I wonder if Sayo was like this before she lost all of her memories. I wonder if she had always been like this.
I shifted a little and she started to stir. Her eyes slowly fluttered open, they were still slightly hazy with sleep. She gave me a soft smile and sat up, stretched, and yawned.
"What time is it?" I sat up and looked over to my clock.
"A little past 8:00AM."
"It's still early then." she stretched again and I nodded. Then we heard a yell from the hallway.
"Koh!" it was Gatomon. "Sayo is gone again!" I looked over at Sayo and she giggled. Gatomon burst through my door. She seemed to have stopped mid-yell after she saw that Sayo was still here. That is before shock crossed her face. "Koh? Why is Sayo in your room and not her's?"
"Because she had a nightmare and came over here in the middle of the night, and we talked about it. She ended up falling asleep and I didn't have the heart to wake her so I let her spend the night." okay so maybe Sayo didn't fall alseep here, rather because I made her, but I wasn't going to say that. That was the last thing Gatomon needed to know. And a little white lie never hurt anyone.
I glanced at Sayo she gave me a look, obviously just a little displeased. I gave her smile in return and she shook her head and looked back at Gatomon.
"Well I'm going to go take a shower." Sayo got off the bed and walked back to her room. Gatomon left soon after that and I went about my morning routine.
I dressed in a red button up shirt and a pair of black jeans. I put on my socks and shoes and walked out of my room. Sayo was sitting at the table eating apple slices smeared with peanut butter and a plate with a muffin and jam laid in front of her. She was currently chatting away with her digimon. She wore a strapless black top with a white rose design on it along with some jeans and black leather boots. Some of her hair was pulled back an clipped back with a hairpin.
She looked over gave me a small wave since she couldn't really talk. I waved back and walked into the kitchen. I made myself some eggs and grabbed a piece of toast and a muffin. I sat down at the table across from Sayo was just eating her muffin and staring out into space.
"Sayo?" she snapped out of it as soon as I said her name. She blinked a couple times before looking at me.
"Huh? Did you say something Koh?"
"Are you alright, because you were staring out into space. Again. Were you having another one of those episodes?"
"Yeah, well sort of." I didn't ask any further questions, it had gotten rather routine for this to happen and as long as she didn't react too badly we just let it pass. Normally if she was sitting it worked well in our favor since she tended to be more stable. I finished my breakfast and put the plates in the sink. "We need to go see Chief Julia and Glare." Chief Julia and Glare wanted doing another scan like the one we did when I brought Sayo back from Access Glacier. She got up from her where she was sitting and I could see that she seemed to have stumbled just a little bit.
I concluded that she was regaining even more memories from another life, she no longer doubled over in pain while standing but she did get just a little wobbly if she got them back while standing. Sayo ran to her room, and then came back out with her digivice in hand.
"Okay I'm ready."
"Alright then." we headed off to Dark Moon City after informing Gatomon. When we reached the Union Room we warped straight into went into lab like room to find that Chief Glare was at the coumputer again and that Chief Julia was what looked like sorting through some more papers. The two noticed that we had arrived Chief Julia got up and guided Sayo towards the bed and laid her down. Chief Glare started up the system and began the scan. At this point this was almost routine as well.
I waited for a while in one of the seats and soon enough the scan ended. Sayo got off the bed and stood next to the two Chiefs as they recived and pulled up the information. I soon joined them in viewing the screen
"So anything new with Sayo's condition?" I asked Chief Glare who was tapping away at the keys.
"Well, there have been some improvements to her memories. It also seems like staying with you is helping her get some memories back about the Chrono Core incident and ExoGrimmon."
"That's good. That's probably one of the more important memories, if I may say so." Chief Julia and Glare nodded in unision. I looked around the room and I found Sayo looking at a display of what I think were gemstones. Maybe relics too.
xXx Sayo xXx
While Koh talked to the two Chiefs I noticed a large display case that had some gemstones in it. I walked over to it and took a look. My eyes scaned over the case, all of them were beautiful, but already set. The jewlery looked old, some looked well worn as well. Something else caught my eyes. It was a pure white stone, all by itself apparently waiting for a setting and it gave off a kind of glow.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" I jumped slightly and turned to see Chief Julia looking intently at me.
"Oh! Chief Julia you scared me." she gave me a small smile. Pulling out a long chain and a beautiful decorative key, she opened the case and took the gem out gently and placed it in an already premade setting, with a little force it fitted perfectly and was hooked onto the chain. She walked behind me and placed the now necklace around my neck.
"Me and Glare were hoping to find you on your 13th birthday, but as you can recall me and Glare didn't find you until recently. These gems are from your past lives, each and everyone of them hold your memories from those lives. People use to believe that gemstones now, matter how insignificant, held magical properties. Some were use for healing, some for witchcraft, some for glacing into the future, and some to bring balance to one's life. As time went on the old ways died out and many forgot about these magical stones and their properties. Nowadays things like these are nothing more than decorative pieces accessories. Very few still believe in their use as magical items, or even know how to use them. But you know what?"
"What?" something about the way she spoke captivated me.
"It just takes a special touch, to unleash that magic." she brought her hand over a large red gem and lightly touched it, the started to glow and I felt the need to touch it. She guided my hand to it and flashes went past my eyes. "When you touch one it either gives you your memories or allows you relive parts of it. If you pick up the white one, it's a blank and will begin save all of your memories from this life." she placed a small key in my hand and smiled. "This case is yours to explore, come around and see what you can uncover about yourself at a deeper level. And if we can find the time, I'll show you how magical these little stones really are."
"Thank you, Chief Julia." I has no idea what to say and settled for playing with the gem around my neck. It wasn't as light as it looked, but I think that it's a good type of weight. She smiled slightly before turning around and walking back to where Chief Glare and Koh were. I turned back to the display case and looked at it for a while before I heard someone call my name.
"Are you coming or not Sayo?" Koh was at the entrance waiting. I ran up to him and we left the room together. "What were you and Chief Julia talking about?"
"Huh?" I stopped starring at the stone and looked at Koh. "Oh! We just talked about the beautiful gemstones, and magical things." I couldn't help but let a small laugh slide past my lips. "Sounds silly right?"
"Just a little." we walked around for a while before Koh spoke up again. "Hey! I have an Idea why don't we go do a couple of quests!"
"Uhh, sure." whatever that was. I was please with doing whatever he had planned if it would help me. He grabbed my wrist and led me to a place called Shine Center. He walked up to a big bird like digimon. It was red and had a mask over it's face.
"Hey Garudamon!"
"Why, good morning Koh." the bird digimon then looked over at me. "Good morning Sayo." the digimon seemed to be very friendly.
"Good morning." I replied to the bird.
"Is there anything you need Koh?"
"Yep! I want to take on a quest."
"Alright then. I have one right here that you might like. It's a 5 star quest and it's from Deramon in Shine Square."
"Alright then, I'll take it."
"Very well then, good luck Koh." Koh nodded at the digimon and we exited the Shine Center. He led me to Shine Square, there we met a digimon named Deramon.
"Ah, Koh I'm so glad that you could take my quest." Koh nodded at the digimon.
"So what is it that you need me to do for you Deramon?"
"Well you see my favorite food are Gorgeous Nuts. They're really hard to get and a Vermilimon took all of mine! So will you get them back for me Koh? I also want you to share some with my friend Tortomon." Koh nodded as a signal that he understood the quest.
"Alright then, is there anything else you need before we go?" Deramon shook his head and then before I could blink I was once again being dragged by my wrist somewhere. We went to Shine Terminal and he took us to Proxy Island. We walked around for a while before we saw a digimon and Koh pointed it out to be a Vermilimon. The Vermilimon had some nuts so we figured that it was the Gorgeous Nuts we were seeking. Koh quickly walked up to the digimon and I followed slowly behind him.
"Oi, Vermilimon where did you get those nuts?" he was now standing in front of the digimon and the digimon was almost twice as tall as he was. I had a bad feeling.
"What does it matter to you Tamer?" the digimon had a deep and booming voice.
"Well, its just that a digimon said that a Vermilimon took their Gorgeous Nuts, and you have been the only Vermilimon I have seen with them, and because they say that those are hard to get." oh, boy I could see that Koh was quickly angering the Vermilimon.
And I was right.
Vermilimon let out an angered cry and attacked.
A/N: I have some mixed feelings about other possible couples in the story. Some people that I've talked to think that adding one or two more couples wouldn't hurt the story. But I really don't know about it. So I'll let the people that review my story decide for me. Some people have already suggested something with Chief Glare and Chief Julia. If anyone else thinks that another couple should be added please tell me because I might be able to work it into the story. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Love,
Dragon