You can see that I made this chapter's title like that so that you can see it as a unfinished sentence. Get it, no? Oh well, moving on.
Last Time:
"Wow, why did you wake me up so early?" asked Tai "I just wanted to. It might be nice to have breakfast with you." answer Yamato as he smiles at Tai. "Yeah it would be nice. Ok lest go eat." said Tai as he smiles and got out of bed and Yamato follows Tai out of the room.
Chapter 14: From Nightmare...
It has been a week since Yamato came to stay at the Kamiya's after running from his father. The two boys enjoyed being together and walked to school together. Thanks to Yamato, Tai managed to get to school on time without it being a punishment from his parents. But every morning, something always troubles Yamato. Every night he kept on having nightmare about his father and Tai. He would wake up in cold sweats in the middle of the night or when he wakes up in the morning. He hasn't told anyone about it and kept it to himself, he figure the nightmares would go away on their own if he hasn't say anything. It takes at least 5 to 10 minutes for Yamato to make an untroubled face and not let anyone worry. Yamato was lying on the couch sleeping. He started to twist and turn under the blanket as he struggles in his dream. He could hear screams of pain and agony. He could see Tai on a metal bed with his wrists and ankles are strapped on from metal cuffs. Yamato also see a figure with a hooded black coat. The hood was on the figure's head so that no one could see his face. The hooded person laughed as he press some buttons on a control panel, which looks like it's attached to the bed. The metal bed shot out electricity onto Tai and made him scream in pain. Yamato rush to help Tai but the dark person interfered and gave Yamato a few punches. Yamato swing a right hook to the figure and it made the flip up to reveal the person's face. That's when Yamato looked very shocked, the person who was torturing Tai was his Father.
"Why are you doing this!" shouted Yamato.
"To make you suffer. You will suffer for loving a fagot like him." coldly said Mr. Ishida with a psychotic look on his face.
"You monster." said Yamato as he gives him another punch and then rush to the control panel to shut down the machine.
"You can never stop machine in time." said Mr. Ishida as he grab Yamato by the arm.
"Let me go!" shout Yamato as he struggles to help Tai
The two could still hear Tai scream in pain and then Mr. Ishida laughed about what is happening. All Yamato could do is struggle to break free and shout "Taichi, don't die on me." Then finally the scream end and then Yamato burst into tears as he could see that Tai no longer have life in his body. Mr. Ishida let go of Yamato and walked to the control panel, he turn off the electricity and then unlock the cuffs. The body of Tai fell on the floor and Yamato rush to him. He held him and then said "Taichi, no...No...NOOOOOOOO!"
After shouting no, Yamato woke up breathing heavily. He had some sweats on his face and tears in his eyes. Yamato moved his knees to his chest and place his arms around the top of his knees. He placed his head under his arm and barry his face under his arms. Yamato let himself cry but it wasn't loud enough to wake anyone. There was a sound of a door opening up and sounds of bare feet walking. Yamato ignored it and kept on cry. The foot steps went to where Yamato was cry, the sound stop once they got to where they want to be. Yamato felt a hand rubbing on his back as if trying to calm him.
"Yamato, what's wrong?" asked a familiar voice.
Yamato slowly moves his face up to see who it was and then placed it back into place. "Hikari, why are you awake?" mufflely asked Yamato as he countines shedding someone more tears.
"I heard you shouting. Unlike Tai, I could easily wake up from a sound like that." replied Hikari.
"I thought no one heard." said Yamato as he tries to calm down.
"Did you have a bad dream?" asked Hikari.
"No, it was a nightmare." said Yamato as his body shook by remember at the visions he saw.
"Do you want to talk about?" asked Hikari.
Yamato moved his head up from his arm and looked at Hikari. "I don't know if I should." said Yamato.
"Come on. It can't be that bad." said Hikari as she tries to cheer Yamato up.
Yamato move himself around so that he was sitting properly on the couch. Hikari then sat down by him and looked Yamato. "I'll tell but promise me that you won't tell Tai about this." said Yamato as he looks at Hikari with a serious look on his face.
"Okay I promise." said Hikari.
Yamato looks down on the floor and placed his hands near his knees. "I've been having nightmares almost every night. They were always about Tai and my father." said Yamato as he wince his eyes and made his hands into fists.
"So what about them, what happens in the nightmares?" asked Hikari as she sounds concern.
"They always have my father hurting Taichi and then tonight's nightmare..." Yamato stopped and tries to hold back his tear from coming out.
"What is it, what happened in the dream?" asked Hikari.
"My father torcher and killed Taichi while holding me back." finally finished Yamato as tears finally broke out of his eyes.
Hikari was shocked about what the nightmare was but then she calmly gave Yamato a hug. "It's alright, it's just a dream. Nothing like that will never happen." said Hikari as she tries confers Yamato.
"Maybe I should leave so that my father won't come and hurt Taichi." said Yamato as he starts to calm down again.
"If you do that, Taichi will end up crying like last time." said Hikari. "He'll think he droved you away some how. Instead of your father hurt him, you'll be the one doing that."
"Then what am I suppose to do huh let my dad hurt the one I love?" questioned Yamato as he sounded frustrated.
"It was just a dream, he won't come to hurt him." said Hikari as she tries to calm Yamato down.
"I was beaten up because of our love. If Taichi would have stayed with me when my father came home that night hen he would have end up with more marks than I did." said Yamato as he now sounded depressed.
"Yamato, don't let your father's action control your actions. Remember that Taichi will love you and will protect you no matter who gets in his way." said Hikari as she gives Yamato a smile.
Yamato smiles back and said "Thank you Hikari. I really need to hear that."
"No problem. You know you should talk to Taichi about your nightmares. He might help." said Hikari as she gets up from the couch.
"I can't he'll take it very seriously and might do something foolish," said Yamato as he frowns and looks down.
"I can't force you but it'll help you a lot if you told him." said Hikari.
"I'll tell him when I am ready." said Yamato. "Hikari, you should go back to bed. It's really late and we have school in the morning."
"Ok, night Yamato." said Hikari as she walks away.
"Night Hikari and thanks." said Yamato as he smiles again.
The school day felt long for Yamato since he didn't get enough sleep. Every class he goes to, he feels like falling asleep. He yawns and tries to keep awake. It was hard for Yamato to concentrate on what the teacher said and what the assignment was. Soon enough, it was lunch time and both Tai and Yamato head there together. Yamato heads to a table where their four friends waited for them. Tai head to a line to grab some lunch as for Yamato, he sat down and placed his head down and started to drift to sleep.
"Um is something wrong Yamato?" asked Jyou.
"Yeah, you've been falling asleep in first period." said Sora.
"I'm just tired that's all." responded Yamato.
"Didn't you get enough sleep last night?" asked Mimi.
"If I did I wouldn't be so tired now would I?" snapped Yamato as he pick his head.
"Sorry, you did have to be rude about it." said Mimi as she gives attitude to Yamato.
"I'm sorry Mimi, I'm just a little cranky right now." apologized Yamato.
"Hmmm, it's not like you for staying up late." observed Koushiro.
"Eh, don't worry about it." said Yamato as he put his hand under his head trying to keep it up.
"Is something troubling you at night?" asked Sora.
"*Yawn* Eh just a little bad dream that's all." said Yamato.
"What kind of bad dream?" asked Mimi.
"I don't want to...talk...about it." responded Yamato as he drifts to sleep.
"Maybe we should let him sleep for a little while." suggested Jyou.
"Yeah, he might fall asleep in class if he doesn't get at less a little rest." said Sora looking a little worry. Just as Yamato slumbered, he was woken up by Tai when he gives him a pat on the back.
"Hey Yama-kun, why are you sleeping right now." cheerfully asked Tai as he sat down with his lunch.
"*Groan* not now Taichi, I'm tired. Let me just sleep." groaned Yamato as he looks at Tai.
Tai could see some bags under Yamato's blue eyes. "Um, are you ok Yamato because you look kinda tired." said Tai.
"I am so can you please leave me alone until lunch is over?" requested Yamato.
"Um ok." said Tai.
"Thank you Taichi." said Yamato as he place his head down and fell asleep.
"Do you guys know why he's so tired?" quietly asked Tai.
"All he said was he a bad dream. It might not be nothing." said Koushiro.
"I hope so." said Tai as he looks a little worry about Yamato.
Mean while Takeru, Daisuke, Miyako, and Hikari are enjoying there lunch at their school. While enjoying and talking to each other Hikari started to yawn.
"Um are you ok Hikari because you look a little tired." observed Takeru.
"I'm ok, just something woke me up in the middle of the night that's all." said Hikari as she smiles.
"Oh, what was it that woke you up Hikari?" asked Takeru.
"Um, it was your brother Takeru." said Hikari as she started to frown.
"My brother?" asked Takeru as he looks a little surprised.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you all sooner but Yamato's been stay with me and Taichi." said Hikari as she looks kind of sad.
"Um Hikari, why is Yamato staying with you?" asked Daisuke.
"Yeah and why haven't you told us sooner?" asked Miyako as she looked a little ticked off.
"Well, it's not something that you could bring up." said Hikari.
"Oh I see." said Miyako as she calms down.
"So how long has Yamato been staying with you?" asked Takeru as he looks concern about it.
"For about a week now." answered Yamato.
"WHAT!? A week?" said Daisuke as he looked shock about the answer.
"Yeah." sheepishly said Hikari.
"Why is Yamato staying with you? Did something happen?" asked Takeru as he starts to looks worry.
"Well, remember I told you on the phone on Friday that Taichi was going to sleep over at Yamato's?" asked Hikari.
"Yeah." replied Takeru.
"Well That night on Saturday, close to midnight Taichi came home with Yamato." said Hikari.
"But I thought you said that he was going to Yamato's didn't you?" asked Takeru.
"That was the plan at the time but something happened that changed that." replied Hikari.
"What was it?" asked Miyako.
"I don't know much on the detail, only Yamato and Takeru know the whole story." said Hikari.
"Can you at least tell us what you know." asked Daisuke as he looks concern.
"Well from what I heard from Taichi and Yamato, Mr. Ishida saw them kissing." said Hikari.
"Is that all, shoot you got me worry." said Daisuke not getting the whole idea.
"*sigh* Daisuke, does anyone ever tell you that you are so dense?" asked Miyako as she place her hand on top of her forehead.
"What's that suppose to mean?" asked Daisuke as he look a little pissed about what Miyako said.
"Daisuke, please." demanded Takeru as he looks a little more serious.
"Fine." said Daisuke as he huffed.
Hikari looked at her friends to see if she can continue. "Like I said Takeru's father saw them kiss and he got angry. He told Yamato to get Taichi out by the time he left. So they planned to leave once he left. Once Taichi was out of the apartment and hide, Mr. Ishida came home." said Hikari.
"Whoa, why did he get angry?" asked Daisuke.
Miyako was going to say something but Hikari just looked at her as if she want to say 'Don't say anything, I'll tell him.'
"Well what I heard, Takeru's father didn't like the idea of his son going out with guys." replied Hikari.
"Oh, then what happen when Takeru's dad came home?" asked Daisuke as he then looks worry about what else she will say.
"They talk a little then Mr. Ishida beat up Yamato." said Hikari.
The three digidestinies were shocked on what they hear. There was a moment that no one said a word. But then the silence was broken when Takeru finally said something.
"W-why would dad do such a thing. I never thought that he would hurt Yamato again." said Takeru as he then widen his eyes, gasped, and then covered his mouth to prevent himself from saying anything more. Everyone looked at Takeru with a little confusion on what he just said.
"Again, did he beat up Yamato before?" asked Daisuke.
Just then the bell rang and Takeru looked at them. He uncovered his mouth and then said "I'll tell you after school ok."
"How about we talk about at you apartment Takeru?" suggested Hikari.
"Ok." said Takeru as all three of them split up to their classes.
It was Ten minutes until lunch was over. Tai just finished his lunch when he just admires Yamato on peaceful he looks when he's asleep. Tai just smiled and want to give him a kiss but he just didn't want Yamato to be in a bad mood if he woke up before lunch was over.
"He looks so calm and peaceful." said Tai.
"Hmm." was all Sora could say.
"Is something wrong Sora?" asked Tai.
"It's kind of weird for Yamato sleep during lunch and falling asleep in class." said Sora.
"Maybe it's been hard to sleep on a couch and could get back to sleep from a nightmare." said Tai.
Everyone looked at Tai with curious and confusing looks. What did Tai mean by "hard to sleep on a couch"? Tai noticed their looks and completely forgot that he and Yamato didn't tell them about what happened last Saturday. Tai looked a little nervous and wonder if he should tell them. If Yamato didn't want to tell them and Tai did, then Tai would be on Yamato's bad side. Tai had no other choice, he had to wake up Yamato and see what he should do. To Tai, one way or another Yamato would get mad for either waking him before lunch was over or for tell their friends without asking him if he should tell them. Tai started to shack Yamato to wake him up. Yamato slowly woke up and looked at Tai.
"Is lunch over already?" sleepily asked Yamato.
"No Yamato but I want to ask you something." nervously said Tai.
"What is it Taichi because I told you to leave me alone until lunch is over." said Yamato as he looked annoyed.
Tai whispered into Yamato's ear. After hearing what Tai said, Yamato was full awake and was now sitting up right on his chair. Yamato looked at Tai and begins to sigh.
"So asking you before telling them was a good thing right?" asked Tai looking a little more nervous.
"Let's put it this way, telling them when I'm asleep and make everyone worry would have pissed me off much more than waking me up for no good reason." answered Yamato.
"So what is it that you have been hiding?" asked Mimi as she looks a little restless on knowing what's going on.
"Have you two finally done it yet?" said Sora with a sly smile on his face.
Both Yamato and Tai looked bright red in the face. Then both shouted "NO!"
"So what is it?" asked Koushiro wanted to know what's up.
"*Sigh* Remember when you first saw my black eye?" asked Yamato.
"Let me guess, Taichi hit you didn't he?" asked Sora as if she knew the answer.
"Um, it wasn't me." said Tai as looked down at the table.
"Oh, then who did it?" asked Mimi.
"It was my dad." replied Yamato. Everyone looked shocked at Yamato on what he just said.
"He caught us making out and got angry. He yelled at us but he had to go to work so he didn't have enough time to say all he wanted to say. So I made a plan to get Yamato out after his dad talk to him without me being there with him." said Tai as he explained what happened.
"Then dad yelled at me some more and didn't like me being with Taichi. I refuse to leave him so that's when my father beat me up. I manage to run and to my luck Taichi's plan worked. So now I am staying with Taichi." said Yamato.
Everyone was shocked on what they heard. They don't know what to say the fact that Yamato's father got angry or the part where Yamato got beat up by him. Mostly on the beaten up part.
"How could he do such a thing?" asked Mimi.
"I could understand a father being mad at his son for doing something but to beat him up. How terrible." said Sora.
"I guess it was a total shock for him to find out about Yamato and Taichi." stated Koushiro.
"Please guys don't make this a big deal. We could handle it." said Yamato.
"We're your friends Yamato, we're just worry and shock that's all." said Jyou
Tai smiled and said "Thanks guys. Knowing that you care makes me happy."
After that little talk the bell rang and the six friends went to class. Yamato was still being bothered by that dream he had. He hopes to keep it from everyone so they won't worry about it.
"I just wanted to. It might be nice to have breakfast with you." answer Yamato as he smiles at Tai.
"Yeah it would be nice. Ok lest go eat." said Tai as he smiles and got out of bed and Yamato follows Tai out of the room.