"Past Issues"
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Cody was the first one to notice that the others had arrived and gasped when he saw them alerting the Warriors, Tamers, digimon and Yolei as they all turned to see them.
Davis had his fists clenched as his head was bent while Dai just stared ahead blankly.
Willis was staring at the twins in shock that they had two disabilities but seemed to be going on with their lives normally as if they didn't have them and felt a wave of respect for them both.
"Dai…" Takuya said as she walked over.
"It's fine. This isn't even our dimension, so we don't have anything to worry about…for me that is." Dai said as she looked over to Davis.
The Boy of Miracles was shaking in anger as he forced back his tears of frustration of his team learning of his problems.
Veemon whined pitifully as he sensed his partner's emotions and wished he could do something to help him.
"Davis…" Cody said sadly as he walked over to him.
Yolei was still frozen in her spot with horror written clearly on her face of how cruel she had been treating the boy who was supposed to be her friend.
He had no control over his emotions or his school grades at all if he had ADHD and dyslexia.
Why had she never even noticed this before?
"I don't wanna hear it." Davis said.
As he looked up, his bangs were no longer in his face so everyone could see that he had went into Radiance Mode as the wind picked up around him.
"I never told anyone about my disabilities because I didn't wanna be seen as a freak! Do you have any idea what it's like to have to work harder than anyone else and still not be good enough?" he asked as tears started to fill his eyes.
Dai looked to the side as tears filled her own eyes as Takuya and Takato ran over to comfort her, hugging her.
"To have your parents talk down to you, pushing you even harder and stressing you out constantly that it actually makes you do worst. To have people call you stupid, pathetic, retarded and so many other cruel names, constantly reminding you of how you'll never be normal like everyone no matter how hard you try?" Davis demanded as the wind started to blow even harder as his grip on his emotions was being lost.
Koji and Ryo were at his side, each placing a hand on his shoulders as the Warrior of Light had his own mark glowing on his forehead to try and calm down the distressed boy.
Cody had tears in his own eyes as he realized that him laughing along with everyone else when they made fun of Davis was just as bad as him insulting the 13 year old outwards.
"I'm so sorry!" he cried as he ran over to Davis and clung to his waist.
At the contact, the winds went down to a peaceful breeze as Davis looked down at the young boy who was clinging to him and crying.
"Why are you sorry?" he asked.
"Because I laughed with everyone else. I shouldn't have done that. It was mean and I should have known better than to do it." the child of Reliability and Knowledge said.
Calming down completely, Davis went back to normal as he placed a hand on top of the boy's head making him look up to see the Boy of Miracles smiling.
"You're still a kid. You didn't know any better and have nothing to be sorry for." He said.
Ryo smiled at this while Koji glared over at Yolei as she just stood there and didn't seem to be making a move to come apologize for all of the terrible things she had said.
"Why don't we go inside and see if there's any pizza left?" Willis suggested since he wanted to lighten the mood.
Everyone nodded as they went inside of the summer house, the group going over to the leftover pizza and started to eat.
After a while, Willis looked over at Dai.
"Just a question, but what did you mean by that different dimension thing?" he asked.
"It's complicated." Koji said.
The blonde sat back as everything was explained to him, amazement filling his eyes as he heard the tale and felt a bit happy that in this other dimension, there was another him who had Dai fall in love with him.
After everything was done, Willis walked off into the woods at night to think over what had gone on that day and over the years with Wendigomon.
He was looking out over a cliff to the lake below him as the fresh breeze blew around him.
A warm feeling came next to him and he looked over to see golden lights forming into Davis.
"Hey, I was wondering where ya went to." He said.
"I just needed to think some stuff out." Willis said.
"You mean about the whole other dimension thing? Yeah, it was weird for me too when I first found out about it." Davis said as he looked up at the sky to see the stars.
He always did love being able to see the constellations in the night.
"Dai fessed up on what she was running away from. It's time you do that too. We are Digidestinds, after all. It means we'll be there to help each other out." Davis said.
Willis sighed as he cleared his head and then looked over to the shorter male making him look at the blonde.
"'Kay, eight years ago, a digi-egg came out of my computer and it hatched into twin digimon, Terriermon and Kokomon. I finally had someone to play with. My very own pets. And they talked too! It was the best. They depended on me. Sometimes they even did my chores for me. I thought it would be cool to have more of them, so I got this stupid idea of creating a digi egg on the computer. That's when it all went bad. Before my digi egg could hatch, it was attacked by a virus and it mutated into Deaboramon. When Tai and the others destroyed him, I thought my bad dream was finally over, but the real nightmare was just beginning. The virus somehow tracked me down and dragged Kokomon away from me. And I watched helplessly for four years as he became this terrible monster! And now he's obsessed with chasing me." Willis said.
"I remember during the battle he said to you, 'Go back to the beginning'. What did he mean?" Davis asked.
"I think he wanted me to come back here to where it all started. But every time he tries to tell me why, the virus stops him! He can't fight it! I know he won't stop until he's destroyed, but I can't do it! It's my fault, not his!" Willis said as he looked close to tears.
Davis had a sympathetic look on his face and placed his hand on Willis' shoulder, the two boys almost jumping at the warm feeling they both felt.
That must have been the Golden Radiance.
"You know what? We're gonna help you." Davis stated with a smile making Willis turn to him which a relieved and happy smile.
"You will?" Willis asked as he felt ecstatic.
"How are you gonna do that?"
"My friend, we're Digidestind. We'll find the answer together as a team!" Davis grinned.
"I've never been on a team. Anything I should know?" Willis asked curiously.
Davis leaned forward, one hand on his hip, the other giving a thumbs up, a playful smile curving his lips.
"Not much. Takuya and Takato are off limits though. And so is Dai." He said.
"Technically, Dai is dating another me from a different dimension, so she's my girl." Willis said making Davis laugh at how he played the logic.
"Good point, but I think the other you would be pretty jealous." He said.
"Too bad. She's in my dimension with me." Willis pointed out making the two males laugh
"Willis." Someone called.
The two boys turned to see Terriermon was walking over to them with a blanket over him.
"I don't mean to ease-drop, but I've got really big ears. I know you're going to face Kokomon tomorrow and I wanna be right there with you." he said.
No way! I couldn't live with myself if something were to happen to you! This is my mistake and I won't risk your safety to correct it!" Willis said as he shook his head.
Terriermon stepped forward as the blanket fell down around his shoulders to reveal his worried face.
"He's my brother." he insisted.
"I don't care." Willis said as he wasn't going to allow his partner to get hurt because of him.
The others were bad enough; he'd go insane if he lost Terriermon.
Briefly, he wondered if the other him was just as worried about Dai.
"Willis, I'm not your pet, I'm your friend. And friends are always there for each other." Terriemron said as he flapped his ears making the blanket fall off of him.
Willis gasped at this as his eyes widened in awe as he came to realize that Terriermon was right.
"All right, now that's teamwork!" Davis cheered as he pumped a fist.
Willis then smiled as he walked over to Terriermon and kneeled down to pull the blanket back up over him.
"Thanks pal." He said making the rabbit giggle.
The two boys then went back to the summer house with the digimon going back into the room that the boys were all sharing while all of the others were sleeping soundly as they awaited the battle the next day.
Ryo and Koji were sleeping in a blow up mattress while Monodramon and Guilmon were sleeping side by side on the floor in the corner while Terriermon ran over and joined them.
Davis and Willis both crawled under the covers of the bed, falling asleep as the blonde felt at peace for once in four years.
To be continued…