"I'm tired," Emily whispered to Joe, "Do we have to do this everyday?"
The group was hiking through the woods, looking for Emily's crest and for some sign of Gary, the mysterious new bad guy.
"Yes," groaned Joe, "And if they hear you complaining, they'll only tell you to shut up. If you want to rest, your best bet is to wait until TK or Kari starts to complain. Tai and Matt would stop the world for them if they had to."
"Great," Emily muttered, "How often do they do that?"
"About every two and a half hours. Kari and TK try to be as tough as Tai and Matt, so they don't complain easily."
"Just my luck to have the Wannabe Cool club in front of me." Emily moved her guitar case from her left hand to her right.
"Do you take that thing everywhere with you?" Joe eyed Emily's guitar.
"Well, not everywhere, but I like to be ready for a spur of the moment jam session," Emily shook her guitar case a little bit, "I had this thing when I found my digivice. I was on my way to meet the girls for a jam session at Heighten View Terrace and-" Emily bumped into Joe who had abruptly stopped with everyone else at the mention of Emily's original destination.
"Did you just say Heighten View Terrace?" Joe asked slowly.
"Yeah. That's where the girls and me live. We were off on tour for a month, and when we came back, everything was a mess! People kept saying that there had been monsters and stuff, and a bunch of people kept saying that it was all connected to that terrorist bombing along time ago. Why do you ask?"
"We all used to live there," Sora looked around as everyone else nodded.
"I still do. I've lived there since I was two. Then I quit school to be a rock star. I still take some classes when I have time, but other than that, I'm all about music."
"I can remember you playing you guitar for me," All eyes turned to TK.
"Yeah, I do too. Do you still remember the words to that song you helped me write?"
"Yeah! I sing it all the time!"
"Wait a second!" Matt interrupted. He looked at TK, "When did you help her write a song? And when did she play her guitar for you?"
"I used to baby-sit for TK," Emily pushed a strand of hair out of her face, "And I used to play my guitar for him so that' he'd take his nap."
"And then there was that one time you came over and I couldn't sleep because the next day was Matt's birthday and I couldn't think of a present for him. So you said I could help you write a song about him and then I could sing it for him!" TK was getting excited.
"But TK, I don't remember you singing to me for my birthday, ever!" Matt was puzzled.
"That's because I never sang it for you. I was too afraid." TK looked nervously at Emily; "I'm sorry Emily."
"Why?" Emily knelt down and looked at TK
"Because I told you that I sang it, and that Matt loved it, and I was lying."
"Oh TK! I knew you didn't' sing it! I asked your mom and she said you didn't even mention it."
"She did?"
"Uh huh."
"Y'know TK," Matt said slowly, "One of these days, I'd like to hear what you wrote for me." He took TK's hand.
"Gee Matt. I don't know if you'd like it!"
"I think we should let Matt be the judge of that," Emily opened up her guitar case and pulled out a smooth, chess nut brown guitar and a blue pick. Then she sat down on her guitar case. "Ok TK, you got the words in your head?"
"You want me to sing it now? Right here?" TK's ears turned red.
"Don't worry TK. After you sing, then Joe's going to sing for us."
"What?" Joe's eyes practically bugged out of his head. "I can't sing! And even if I could, what would I sing?"
"How about that song you sang for the gekomon? Or should I say, fragment of a song?"
"But- but!"
"No butts! They'll give you lung cancer! Ready TK?"
"I guess so. I hope you like this Matt. I wrote it, or helped write it-"
"Let's just say you wrote it."
"Ok. I wrote it just for you." He cleared his throat and Emily began to strum the familiar notes. TK listened to the rhythm for a couple of seconds, then caught on and started singing:
What I wouldn't give to see you smile
Brother
What I would do to make you laugh
I'd walk a thousand miles
I'll always remember all the times you've helped me
You're my brother, the only one I need
I wouldn't trade you for gold or silver
I wouldn't trade you for diamonds
You don't know what I'd sacrifice, just to make you smile.
Brother
I'd walk a thousand miles
You're always there to help me.
You're my brother, the only one I need.
Emily finished up his song with a quick rift, playing the last stroke slowly so that all the notes could be heard. There was silence for a second and eyes jumped from Matt to TK. Matt had tears in his eyes and TK looked like he was going to burst out in tears himself.
Matt broke the silence by kneeling down and holding out his arms, "TK, that was the most beautiful song any one's ever wrote for me. Thank you." TK ran to Matt and hugged him.
"I love you Matt," he cried.
"I know. And I love you too." He held TK for a minute, then stood up and faced Emily. "Thank you for helping my brother with his present."
"Hey, no problem," They shook hands. "And just a reminder to you all," She turned to the sniffling Tai, Sora, Mimi, Joe, Izzy, Kari, Agumon, Biyomon, Palmon, Gomamon, Tentamon, Gatomon, Patomon, Gabumon, and Candymon. "I'm also available for weddings and Barmitzvahs."
Everyone giggled as Emily put her guitar back in its case. Joe gave a sigh of relief as he helped Gomamon get back on his shoulder. "Hold on a second Joe! I promised TK you'd sing for us. No Buts!"
"Aw! Do I have to?" Gomamon giggled as Joe threw his arms up in dismay.
"Gomamon will help you with the words if you get stuck. After all, he taught Candymon and I how to do the Taxi Dance, didn't he?" Izzy turned red as everyone else who had been present for the Taxi Dance tittered.
"You had to tell her about that didn't you Gomamon?" growled Joe.
"You'd better get singing Joe. You don't want her to get mad. YOU saw what she did to the nuemomon!"
Joe winced at the thought of his arm being twisted behind his back and then cleared his throat.
"One! Two! Three!" yelled Agumon, as he and Gomamon began to do background music.
Joe sighed and prayed that his face wasn't turning the color of a fire engine.
"I'm attempting to sing a song! A song that will awaken you and aid all the Gekomon that are loyal to your world view and the idea of you being in charge!" He stopped and took a deep breath, "I'm attempting to sing a song! A song that will awaken you and aid all the gekomon!"
Agumon shoved him out of the way and took over, " I dreamt a song to you! A tune from now until June! When you hear us sing you'll call us singing buffoons!"
Tai and Gomamon joined in; " We just wanna wake ya! So don't close your ears! Or you can sleep for years!"
Everyone cheered. "Hey! Can I try?" Mimi stepped forward.
"Sorry Mimi, but you weren't part of the bargain."
"Oh. Darn it! And I felt like singing too!"