Disclaimer: Digimon not mine. Toei Animation, Saban...whoever, owns them. I'm getting tired of writing this legal mumbojumbo.
Author's Note: ....even I don't know how this chapter will turn out....Oh, in Japan, if a name ends with "ko" then it's usually a girls name. Sorry for taking so long to put this chapter up, tests all week _ Well, better late then never right?
WARNING: (Hinting of? then blown out) Shounen ai (boyXboy love). You've been forewarned. Also there's use of swear words (like two...), angst...you know, all the good stuff ^^
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"Revelation 3: Hidden Emotions"
By Cloud Ishida
"I hear it...and I see it....but I still can't believe it......" Koushiro was at a loss of words. Of all the evil that could manipulate, torture or abuse a person, he never expected a gender bender. "This is really puzzling..."
"But you can fix it right?" Yamato hopefully asked. Koushiro avoided direct eye contact. "Oh..."
"I do have something to report though." Koushiro changed the topic, hoping to get Yamato's mind off his situation for at least a moment, "I just got off talking with Gennai. He's contacted Pixiemon and Centarumon. They're on that island with..." He hesitated to say her name in front of Yamato.
"Midori? I know about her Izzy." He spoke absently.
Koushiro had felt sorry for condemning her for past mistakes. After another talk with the human Gennai, he understood why he didn't want revenge for his daughter. "Gennai said they're forming a resistance against the Kaiser but most of the digimon there won't help. The resistance could be why he's attacking the island."
"That's not all..." Yamato reported his discovery, "That island is like a gold mine for Digi-eggs. Apparently, there are eight more Digimentals. The Darkdestined's." He remembered the ones he just saw from Scythemon, "She found five."
"And the Kaiser has one... We gotta plan this out right." Taichi gripped his chin in thought. Tai thinking ahead?...He has grown. thought Yamato.
"Excuse me but," Iori stepped up between the older kids, "my Grandpa must be worried about me by now. I should get going." Koushiro nodded in agreement and offered to take him home. "And we should discuss this with the others."
"Except about this!" Yamato blurted out, pointing at himself. Iori smiled and nodded to keep his secret, then left with Koushiro.
"I'll work on the 'problem' Matt." The genius waved good-bye.
"What am I gonna do?...I can't go home like this..." Yamato whispered.
Taichi patted him (Cloud: or is it 'her'?...) on the back, "Hey, you can sleep over at my house." He said with an extra big grin.
"But Kari will..."
"Don't worry. She's over at Miyako's for the night for some science project." He started to walk off into the hall. Yamato contemplated the idea. He can't go over to his band friends, his father will flip and Takeru...well he didn't want his little brother to know he had a new sister and a new daughter for his mother. I guess I have no choice... he thought with slight reluctance.
Taichi popped his head though the door, "Hey! You coming? A cute girl can't go out at night alone Yamako!" He chuckled at his own joke and Yamato made an "I'll kill you" face. But in the back of his mind, he knew Taichi was trying to make him feel better. As he walked out the computer room, another thought highlighted in his head, He thinks I'm cute?!... Yamako?!
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The last modifications on his armlet were complete. The power of that giant computer was now in his hand. "As long as the crest is with me and with this," he lifted his armlet, "he's as good as my slave." The Kaiser laughed loud enough to fill his throne room. "Sometimes I even amaze myself." he commented on his genius.
"But Ken, do you really have to do this?" Wormmon shyly asked from the corner of the throne. "I mean, I protected you and..."
"SILENCE!" the Kaiser roared. Wormmon winced in fear and disappointment. "You couldn't even touch Scythemon and you expect me to rely on you?!" The Kaiser had forgotten how Wormmon digivolved to protect him from WarGreymon. He forgot how Wormmon nuzzled against him for comfort. He forgot he how he felt calm by him from his show of affection. The cracked Crest of Friendship around his neck was pitch black.
But Wormmon never forgot those moments and never will.
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"Come on in...that is if you can maneuver through the mine field." Taichi explained as he picked up clothes along the way in his room.
"You still have bunk beds?" The blonde remembered for his past visits to the wild-haired boy's house. "I'm surprised you can still fit in it."
Taichi smirked, replacing the last of the strayed clothes into the hamper. "You can be on top."
"What?!" The words Taichi said made Yamato's cheeks burn red again.
"The top bunk. Unless you want the bottom one." Taichi casually answered back. He didn't quite get Yamato's sudden outburst, but the thought did sink in...eventually.
"Oh...uh.." Yamato was embarrassed for thinking such things from Taichi, I'm going crazy with this... "Wh, whatever. The couch would be fine anyways."
Taichi shrugged, "Alright, but my mom usually wakes up early and will probably wonder why a girl looking like Matt is in our apartment."
Yamato thought about that situation and reconsidered rather quickly, "Top bunk it is." He took off his green jacket and neatly folded it to on Taichi's desk. When he turned towards the ladder, his arms were pelted with a t-shirt and pants. "What are these for?"
Taichi started to undress, "Well, you don't want to sleep in your school uniform do you?" Yamato was about to oppose Taichi's removable of clothing when he counter-acted before his mouth opened, "And we've changed in front of each other in gym classes so don't even go there." He stuffed his hair through the all too small collar of his pyjamas.
"..." Taichi was starting to know Yamato better with each passing day, and the blonde noticed.
"And it's not like there's anything between us."
Yamato flinched by the statement. The way he said it, it seemed almost...regretful? "I'll just go change in the bathroom."
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Why doesn't he like me?... I did everything he commanded......command.... He never asks...
Wormmon crawled up to his master's lap. Ken slept in sound, chest rising and falling in a smooth rhythm on his throne. The tag around Ken's neck shifted in the sudden movement of Wormmon and landed on the digimon's head. Every night, while his human master slept, the green digimon took shelter on his limp legs. Head on the boy's chest, he listened to the heartbeat, a lullaby to his ears, and felt sleep consume him.
You see? You do have a heart; beating for life like mine... Don't you know if you just ask, I would lift the sky for you?
In the blanket of night, the Crest of Friendship illuminated the worm in holy light.
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Night had taken over and the boys lay in their respective beds. The moon was in the centre of a mass of clouds, nothing obstructing its shine through the glass balcony door. Taichi on his bottom bunk bed, stared at the pale, ivory pearl in the sky, "You know, some say if you sleep in the light of the moon, you'll become crazy..."
"I think I already am..." Yamato yawned out. The clothes were a bit big for him, but he was glad to be out of his dirty uniform. Worries of his situation flooded his head. One was Midori. She seemed so...dead... Her eyes were empty and cold. He had those eyes before; those days of feeling alone and useless. The time he deflected away from the Digidestined. I gotta go back tomorrow...I can't let her down again...
"...Matt?" The blonde grunted in response. "Do you ever think about, I don't know...us?"
Yamato blinked from Taichi's question. "Wh..what do you mean?..."
"Never mind Matt. It's nothing." Silence made an interlude in their thoughts until, "You really do make a pretty girl Matt."
WHAT?! Is he drunk?! That was the other thought in particular gripping his mind. Taichi had been acting very different around him today. At first, he thought Taichi was just trying to adjust to his situation but the words that left his mouth...*And it's not like there's anything between us.* They sounded so sad and hurt. And what's wrong with me?...I'm taking everything out of context... Of course he meant the top bunk... He felt his cheeks become a bit warm and wished for the thought to go away. But instead, he turned it into words, "Tai, if...in another lifetime, and I was a girl...would you and me...ever be more than..." He didn't finish and Yamato felt a pang of regret asking but he needed the answer. "Tai?" Oh no, he probably thinks I'm a total whacko for asking such a stupid question... "Tai?" He bent looked over he edge of the bunk and took a peek at the bottom. All he saw was the mass of brown hair and its owner's back staring right back at him. He's asleep... A mixture of relief and disappointment flooded his face. "How typical, I talk serious and he falls asleep on me..." Yamato returned to his tired state and let the sleep close his eyes. But the extra attention he was getting from his best friend was a very welcomed feeling.
Taichi faced the blank, white wall; his eyes awake with introspection. With the smallest voice he could make, he whispered into the night, "...without a doubt...Yamato..."
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"You're on the right track."
Yamato was back in the darkness. "What are you talking about?" His hand reached his throat. His voice was back to normal. He looked down on his body with wide eyes, "I'm back to normal!"
"Well, in here anyways." The voice answered. "You're on the right track Yamato. The ordeals to come is the right path. It's time to take Courage and declare Friendships you refuse to see."
Those were the same words he heard almost every time Yamato was in the dark world. "I don't understand what you mean..."
The figure stepped into Yamato's light to reveal an eleven year-old version of himself. "You will. And I'll come to see you soon."
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"Are you sure you want to go back?" Taichi asked on a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Yamato nodded again to Taichi for what seemed like the hundredth time. Daisuke and the others were in the computer room as well. Koushiro joined up to report his latest news. He had told Yamato in private that he was still working on the gender problem.
Takeru hadn't seen his brother for a while and noticed something "different" about him. On the way to school and through most of the meeting, he had been behind Taichi and never said one word. It was as if he was hiding something. To get to the heart of the problem, Takeru approached his brother and noticed an unusual change, "Matt? Have you...shrunk?" He was at eye level with his older brother; usually he had to look up.
Yamato hesitated to answer anything, knowing his new voice would only fuel the suspicion, when Daisuke butted in in time, "Hey you two, we're ready to leave!" For once, the older blonde was thankful for the new destined's big mouth. But Takeru didn't forget about his brother and told him he would ask later.
Taichi walked up beside Yamato and gave him a questioning look, "You haven't told him yet?"
"What was I supposed to say? 'Hey T.K., guess what? You have a brand new sister to look out for.'" Yamato sarcastically responded. "Besides, I'm stressed out enough of avoiding my band and my dad." His high, girl's voice made Taichi smile from trying to hold back giggles. Yamato eyed him while Taichi just continued to smile. "And stop smiling at me like that!"
"Hey, I was just wondering that would make the most beautiful singing voice...Yamako." Taichi walked off towards the screen and passed through the gate with Hikari, Daisuke, Miyako and their digimon. Iori waited for Yamato to take his place with him. Koushiro looked with a small smirk on his face at the speechless blonde, Are they still beating around the bush? They just can't seem to say it... Everyone knew the two were the best of friends, but it only seemed as if Koushiro, Sora, Jyou, Mimi and even Hikari and Takeru were the only ones who saw more than just friendship keeping them together. They'll find out on their own terms I guess...
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An alarm sounded and the screens filled with the images of the Digidestined. The Kaiser woke in calm and stared at his blonde specimen, "He's here..." He felt something heavy burrowing in his lap and looked down to see Wormmon sleeping through the screeching noise of the alarms. "When did he get on me?..." The digimon felt warm against his body, and a part of him felt relaxed by the feeling. But a glimmer caught his stiff blue eyes. The crest was glowing very faintly but enough for him to notice. Is it reacting to Yamato?... Looking up to the screens, his amibition revived from the images and forgot about the warmth of his digimon. "Get off!" He swiped his hand across Wormmon's face and he flew almost halfway across the room. Wormmon slowly moved to his feet in half sleep and half shock. The Kaiser looked down at the crest and the light had faded. It returned to black nothingness.
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"Well, this is the place." Miyako announced. They arrived at the battle site where they first saw Scythemon. "Now all we have to do is make a big explosion right?" Iori nodded and V-mon armour digivolved to RaiDramon and pulverized a pile of boulders.
"If we keep this up there's gonna be a shortage of rocks on the island." joked Daisuke as RaiDramon returned to V-mon. "So, why are we calling her again?"
"Izzy thought it best if we could get Scythemon to ally with us and contact Pixiemon and Centarumon." Iori explained almost exactly like Koushiro.
Twenty minutes passed and Daisuke stood cross-armed, "Well she's taking her sweet time. Last time, she came in five minutes."
Takeru made another attempt of finding out Yamato's problem but he refused to answer straight, "It's just a cold T.K. My voice will be better soon." Yamato got up and left leaving Takeru to ponder with Hikari by his side. Out of no where, Daisuke burst in between the two as usual.
Yamato's mind was preoccupied with something else. And that something was Taichi and joined him at his sitting area. Agumon had shown up upon hearing Hawkmon's message and left with the eagle digimon in search of Gabumon. Something was bothering the blonde about Taichi's behaviour. He was almost being...flirtatious. All morning Taichi had a goofy smile whenever he saw the blonde and talked in a very "un-Tai-like" expression towards him. He seemed to enjoy it more and more. "Tai, I need to talk to you." He wanted to find out why he was acting the way the brown-haired boy was acting.
Taichi looked up to see the blonde in the clear sunlight. Yamato's situation had made him see his best friend in a whole different light. "Yeah?" He walked up to the girl and looked down at the deep blue eyes.
"You're doing that again." Yamato said with a little irritation.
"Doing what?" he said with the goofy smile still there.
"Why do you keep looking at me like that? And you're acting really weird around me..."
Taichi's smile faded, "Well I'm not really used to my friends changing their gender on me."
"That's not what I mean. You keep gawking at me and...well, flirting with me! You never did that when I was a guy." His cheeks turned a slight pink, either from his anger rising or from the thought of the flirtations.
The dark-skinned boy made a face in shock and anger, "What are you talking about? I was just being nice...what are you getting at?..."
"Tai, if you've got something to say then say it! Don't lead me around on a leash and expect me to play along!" Yamato lost his patience and anger seeped into his words.
"I'm not the one who's twisting every word I say into some hormone-induced crap! Who was the one who though wanting the top meant fucking you?!" The last sentence was heard by all the Digidestined and digimon present.
"....?!..." Yamato was caught speechless by Taichi's loud outburst. Maybe he really doesn't...
"Hey what's going on?" Takeru was the first to arrive on the scene and looked to his brother, "Matt?" Hikari question her brother and Daisuke and the others watched the drama play out.
Taichi held his fists but made no move to use them, "The question should be what are you thinking of Matt?! Why are you angry at me for something you're thinking on your own?!" Taichi clenched his teeth to hold in his need to express his anger physically. "You're accusing me of something you want! You're taking everything I say too seriously!"
At this point, Yamato's eyes started to feel warm from the heat of tears. 'Too seriously'?... So all this time when I thought you were...all a lie? His hands formed fists of rage and released that power on Taichi's face. His head was whipped to the side, but wasn't knocked down as he would usually be by Yamato's punches. Taichi slowly turned to face the small blonde, and winced in seeing the pain in the blue eyes and was held absolutely still by them. Yamato charged him and gripped his collar but wasn't strong enough to lift him an inch. "Why aren't you hitting me back?!" Am I too insignificant for you to even beat me up now?!
"Hey what's going on?" The voice of Agumon echoed from the background. Gabumon and Hawkmon followed closely by the yellow dinosaur on their return from the search. The scene they saw was tense but Agumon and Gabumon knew better than to step in a fight between Taichi and Yamato.
Silence filled the air from all participating and watching. Finally, Taichi responded, "I don't hit girls."
Yamato finally let his tears run freely across his face, "Damn it Tai!! I'm a boy! Why are you playing with me like this?! Do you think this is funny?! Your the most selfish, jackass of a jerk I've ever wanted to be with.....?!?!" He clasped his mouth but the message was already sent to the other boy's ears. His blue eyes turned to see witnesses to his confession. Their wide eyes of shock and disbelief fuelled his tears. "...I.." They were like scientists analyzing his very soul, that is, all but Hikari and Takeru. They had grieving eyes staring back at him and Taichi. Slowly, Yamato turned to face the boy he had confessed to.
Taichi stood in shock like the others. His mind was blank from the overload of emotions brought by those words. Is he really...he's just confused...it's the gender thing; it's been too stressful for him......right?... His lips moved in slow motion to Yamato's eyes, "You're just confused... You don't mean that."
That was the knife through the heart.
With no words, no sound except the steps of his shoes, Yamato ran from the constricting eyes and the one he confessed to.
"Matt! Wait!!" Gabumon shouted after him before he even knew he was running to his partner.
The others followed Yamato's retreat with their eyes, then Gabumon's, then Takeru ran for his brother after a silent nod from Hikari. He would deal with his brother, while she knocked some sense into hers. "Tai! Why did you do that for?!"
Taichi turned in surprise to his sister, "What are you talking about?"
"What am I talking about?! Tai, he just confessed his feelings and you brush them off like that?"
Why did I?... "He's just in a tough situation right now..."
Hikari gripped Taichi's shoulders and made his looked straight in her eyes, "Tai, I know you like him...a lot. Izzy, Mimi, Sora, Jyou...me and T.K., we all know you two like each other. So, don't deny it anymore."
"I don't mean to butt into anyone's business but..." Taichi and Hikari turned to the giant goggle-sporting boy who had made rash decisions before but, this time, spoke with confidence and meaning, "...I may not have all the facts but, even I can see something more than friendship between you two guys." Daisuke gave a short chuckle, "And that means a lot coming from me."
"Daisuke...th...?!?!" Taichi didn't finish. An earthquake swallowed his words.
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Idiot! Why did you have to say that?! Yamato cursed himself silently in his mind. The tears flowed freely as he continued to run wherever the road would take him. He didn't notice the rock sticking out of the road and fell in a loud thud. Rising to his knees, he let more tears drop. Stupid Tai....more like stupid me....
"Ma--tt!" Gabumon and Takeru shouted from behind.
Yamato didn't bother to turn but their constant shouts irritated him to snap back, "What?!"
When he turned to see their faces he didn't see an expression of sadness or anger. They were the faces of fear. A single vine grew unnoticed by Yamato's eyes.
The ground beneath Yamato gave way and twisting red vines grappled the blonde's legs, arms and neck. Struggling to break free, the vines tightened with every move. The source of the vines, a group of RedVeggiemon, emerged from their hiding in the cracked ground. "Ahhh...!! L, let go!" Yamato choked out the words, as he was barely able to breathe with the vine gripping harder around his neck.
"Matt! Hold on!!" Gabumon shouted and readied himself for battle, "GABUMON, WARP DIGIVOLVE TO...METALGARURUMON!"
"Not so fast!"
"Who's there?!" Takeru demanded. Another earthquake crumbled the ground and tore an opening between the keeper of Hope and his brother. From the opening, another all too familiar digimon and its rider appeared. "Ken?!"
AirDramon, with the Kaiser on his back, hovered over Yamato and the gang of RedVeggiemon, "That's Digimon Kaiser to you. And any sudden moves and your brother will be in a very tight squeeze." The Kaiser cackled at the sight of MetalGarurumon watching his partner helplessly. "Now there's a good dog." he smirked.
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This chapter's suppose to be longer but my computer is too dumb to let me write anymore. _ I hate it when that happens!!! Anywayz, how did this chapter go? It didn't turn out as good as I hoped it could have been. Mainly because there was more to this chapter but noooOOOOoooo, my cheap computer...@#%$@!! *a-hem* Now that I've got that out of the way, I'm putting up Revelation 4 too. I could've put it as 3(b) but ppl don't seem to like that. Any comments? Questions? Ask away^_^
Author's Note: ....even I don't know how this chapter will turn out....Oh, in Japan, if a name ends with "ko" then it's usually a girls name. Sorry for taking so long to put this chapter up, tests all week _ Well, better late then never right?
WARNING: (Hinting of? then blown out) Shounen ai (boyXboy love). You've been forewarned. Also there's use of swear words (like two...), angst...you know, all the good stuff ^^
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"Revelation 3: Hidden Emotions"
By Cloud Ishida
"I hear it...and I see it....but I still can't believe it......" Koushiro was at a loss of words. Of all the evil that could manipulate, torture or abuse a person, he never expected a gender bender. "This is really puzzling..."
"But you can fix it right?" Yamato hopefully asked. Koushiro avoided direct eye contact. "Oh..."
"I do have something to report though." Koushiro changed the topic, hoping to get Yamato's mind off his situation for at least a moment, "I just got off talking with Gennai. He's contacted Pixiemon and Centarumon. They're on that island with..." He hesitated to say her name in front of Yamato.
"Midori? I know about her Izzy." He spoke absently.
Koushiro had felt sorry for condemning her for past mistakes. After another talk with the human Gennai, he understood why he didn't want revenge for his daughter. "Gennai said they're forming a resistance against the Kaiser but most of the digimon there won't help. The resistance could be why he's attacking the island."
"That's not all..." Yamato reported his discovery, "That island is like a gold mine for Digi-eggs. Apparently, there are eight more Digimentals. The Darkdestined's." He remembered the ones he just saw from Scythemon, "She found five."
"And the Kaiser has one... We gotta plan this out right." Taichi gripped his chin in thought. Tai thinking ahead?...He has grown. thought Yamato.
"Excuse me but," Iori stepped up between the older kids, "my Grandpa must be worried about me by now. I should get going." Koushiro nodded in agreement and offered to take him home. "And we should discuss this with the others."
"Except about this!" Yamato blurted out, pointing at himself. Iori smiled and nodded to keep his secret, then left with Koushiro.
"I'll work on the 'problem' Matt." The genius waved good-bye.
"What am I gonna do?...I can't go home like this..." Yamato whispered.
Taichi patted him (Cloud: or is it 'her'?...) on the back, "Hey, you can sleep over at my house." He said with an extra big grin.
"But Kari will..."
"Don't worry. She's over at Miyako's for the night for some science project." He started to walk off into the hall. Yamato contemplated the idea. He can't go over to his band friends, his father will flip and Takeru...well he didn't want his little brother to know he had a new sister and a new daughter for his mother. I guess I have no choice... he thought with slight reluctance.
Taichi popped his head though the door, "Hey! You coming? A cute girl can't go out at night alone Yamako!" He chuckled at his own joke and Yamato made an "I'll kill you" face. But in the back of his mind, he knew Taichi was trying to make him feel better. As he walked out the computer room, another thought highlighted in his head, He thinks I'm cute?!... Yamako?!
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The last modifications on his armlet were complete. The power of that giant computer was now in his hand. "As long as the crest is with me and with this," he lifted his armlet, "he's as good as my slave." The Kaiser laughed loud enough to fill his throne room. "Sometimes I even amaze myself." he commented on his genius.
"But Ken, do you really have to do this?" Wormmon shyly asked from the corner of the throne. "I mean, I protected you and..."
"SILENCE!" the Kaiser roared. Wormmon winced in fear and disappointment. "You couldn't even touch Scythemon and you expect me to rely on you?!" The Kaiser had forgotten how Wormmon digivolved to protect him from WarGreymon. He forgot how Wormmon nuzzled against him for comfort. He forgot he how he felt calm by him from his show of affection. The cracked Crest of Friendship around his neck was pitch black.
But Wormmon never forgot those moments and never will.
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"Come on in...that is if you can maneuver through the mine field." Taichi explained as he picked up clothes along the way in his room.
"You still have bunk beds?" The blonde remembered for his past visits to the wild-haired boy's house. "I'm surprised you can still fit in it."
Taichi smirked, replacing the last of the strayed clothes into the hamper. "You can be on top."
"What?!" The words Taichi said made Yamato's cheeks burn red again.
"The top bunk. Unless you want the bottom one." Taichi casually answered back. He didn't quite get Yamato's sudden outburst, but the thought did sink in...eventually.
"Oh...uh.." Yamato was embarrassed for thinking such things from Taichi, I'm going crazy with this... "Wh, whatever. The couch would be fine anyways."
Taichi shrugged, "Alright, but my mom usually wakes up early and will probably wonder why a girl looking like Matt is in our apartment."
Yamato thought about that situation and reconsidered rather quickly, "Top bunk it is." He took off his green jacket and neatly folded it to on Taichi's desk. When he turned towards the ladder, his arms were pelted with a t-shirt and pants. "What are these for?"
Taichi started to undress, "Well, you don't want to sleep in your school uniform do you?" Yamato was about to oppose Taichi's removable of clothing when he counter-acted before his mouth opened, "And we've changed in front of each other in gym classes so don't even go there." He stuffed his hair through the all too small collar of his pyjamas.
"..." Taichi was starting to know Yamato better with each passing day, and the blonde noticed.
"And it's not like there's anything between us."
Yamato flinched by the statement. The way he said it, it seemed almost...regretful? "I'll just go change in the bathroom."
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Why doesn't he like me?... I did everything he commanded......command.... He never asks...
Wormmon crawled up to his master's lap. Ken slept in sound, chest rising and falling in a smooth rhythm on his throne. The tag around Ken's neck shifted in the sudden movement of Wormmon and landed on the digimon's head. Every night, while his human master slept, the green digimon took shelter on his limp legs. Head on the boy's chest, he listened to the heartbeat, a lullaby to his ears, and felt sleep consume him.
You see? You do have a heart; beating for life like mine... Don't you know if you just ask, I would lift the sky for you?
In the blanket of night, the Crest of Friendship illuminated the worm in holy light.
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Night had taken over and the boys lay in their respective beds. The moon was in the centre of a mass of clouds, nothing obstructing its shine through the glass balcony door. Taichi on his bottom bunk bed, stared at the pale, ivory pearl in the sky, "You know, some say if you sleep in the light of the moon, you'll become crazy..."
"I think I already am..." Yamato yawned out. The clothes were a bit big for him, but he was glad to be out of his dirty uniform. Worries of his situation flooded his head. One was Midori. She seemed so...dead... Her eyes were empty and cold. He had those eyes before; those days of feeling alone and useless. The time he deflected away from the Digidestined. I gotta go back tomorrow...I can't let her down again...
"...Matt?" The blonde grunted in response. "Do you ever think about, I don't know...us?"
Yamato blinked from Taichi's question. "Wh..what do you mean?..."
"Never mind Matt. It's nothing." Silence made an interlude in their thoughts until, "You really do make a pretty girl Matt."
WHAT?! Is he drunk?! That was the other thought in particular gripping his mind. Taichi had been acting very different around him today. At first, he thought Taichi was just trying to adjust to his situation but the words that left his mouth...*And it's not like there's anything between us.* They sounded so sad and hurt. And what's wrong with me?...I'm taking everything out of context... Of course he meant the top bunk... He felt his cheeks become a bit warm and wished for the thought to go away. But instead, he turned it into words, "Tai, if...in another lifetime, and I was a girl...would you and me...ever be more than..." He didn't finish and Yamato felt a pang of regret asking but he needed the answer. "Tai?" Oh no, he probably thinks I'm a total whacko for asking such a stupid question... "Tai?" He bent looked over he edge of the bunk and took a peek at the bottom. All he saw was the mass of brown hair and its owner's back staring right back at him. He's asleep... A mixture of relief and disappointment flooded his face. "How typical, I talk serious and he falls asleep on me..." Yamato returned to his tired state and let the sleep close his eyes. But the extra attention he was getting from his best friend was a very welcomed feeling.
Taichi faced the blank, white wall; his eyes awake with introspection. With the smallest voice he could make, he whispered into the night, "...without a doubt...Yamato..."
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"You're on the right track."
Yamato was back in the darkness. "What are you talking about?" His hand reached his throat. His voice was back to normal. He looked down on his body with wide eyes, "I'm back to normal!"
"Well, in here anyways." The voice answered. "You're on the right track Yamato. The ordeals to come is the right path. It's time to take Courage and declare Friendships you refuse to see."
Those were the same words he heard almost every time Yamato was in the dark world. "I don't understand what you mean..."
The figure stepped into Yamato's light to reveal an eleven year-old version of himself. "You will. And I'll come to see you soon."
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"Are you sure you want to go back?" Taichi asked on a beautiful, sunny afternoon. Yamato nodded again to Taichi for what seemed like the hundredth time. Daisuke and the others were in the computer room as well. Koushiro joined up to report his latest news. He had told Yamato in private that he was still working on the gender problem.
Takeru hadn't seen his brother for a while and noticed something "different" about him. On the way to school and through most of the meeting, he had been behind Taichi and never said one word. It was as if he was hiding something. To get to the heart of the problem, Takeru approached his brother and noticed an unusual change, "Matt? Have you...shrunk?" He was at eye level with his older brother; usually he had to look up.
Yamato hesitated to answer anything, knowing his new voice would only fuel the suspicion, when Daisuke butted in in time, "Hey you two, we're ready to leave!" For once, the older blonde was thankful for the new destined's big mouth. But Takeru didn't forget about his brother and told him he would ask later.
Taichi walked up beside Yamato and gave him a questioning look, "You haven't told him yet?"
"What was I supposed to say? 'Hey T.K., guess what? You have a brand new sister to look out for.'" Yamato sarcastically responded. "Besides, I'm stressed out enough of avoiding my band and my dad." His high, girl's voice made Taichi smile from trying to hold back giggles. Yamato eyed him while Taichi just continued to smile. "And stop smiling at me like that!"
"Hey, I was just wondering that would make the most beautiful singing voice...Yamako." Taichi walked off towards the screen and passed through the gate with Hikari, Daisuke, Miyako and their digimon. Iori waited for Yamato to take his place with him. Koushiro looked with a small smirk on his face at the speechless blonde, Are they still beating around the bush? They just can't seem to say it... Everyone knew the two were the best of friends, but it only seemed as if Koushiro, Sora, Jyou, Mimi and even Hikari and Takeru were the only ones who saw more than just friendship keeping them together. They'll find out on their own terms I guess...
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An alarm sounded and the screens filled with the images of the Digidestined. The Kaiser woke in calm and stared at his blonde specimen, "He's here..." He felt something heavy burrowing in his lap and looked down to see Wormmon sleeping through the screeching noise of the alarms. "When did he get on me?..." The digimon felt warm against his body, and a part of him felt relaxed by the feeling. But a glimmer caught his stiff blue eyes. The crest was glowing very faintly but enough for him to notice. Is it reacting to Yamato?... Looking up to the screens, his amibition revived from the images and forgot about the warmth of his digimon. "Get off!" He swiped his hand across Wormmon's face and he flew almost halfway across the room. Wormmon slowly moved to his feet in half sleep and half shock. The Kaiser looked down at the crest and the light had faded. It returned to black nothingness.
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"Well, this is the place." Miyako announced. They arrived at the battle site where they first saw Scythemon. "Now all we have to do is make a big explosion right?" Iori nodded and V-mon armour digivolved to RaiDramon and pulverized a pile of boulders.
"If we keep this up there's gonna be a shortage of rocks on the island." joked Daisuke as RaiDramon returned to V-mon. "So, why are we calling her again?"
"Izzy thought it best if we could get Scythemon to ally with us and contact Pixiemon and Centarumon." Iori explained almost exactly like Koushiro.
Twenty minutes passed and Daisuke stood cross-armed, "Well she's taking her sweet time. Last time, she came in five minutes."
Takeru made another attempt of finding out Yamato's problem but he refused to answer straight, "It's just a cold T.K. My voice will be better soon." Yamato got up and left leaving Takeru to ponder with Hikari by his side. Out of no where, Daisuke burst in between the two as usual.
Yamato's mind was preoccupied with something else. And that something was Taichi and joined him at his sitting area. Agumon had shown up upon hearing Hawkmon's message and left with the eagle digimon in search of Gabumon. Something was bothering the blonde about Taichi's behaviour. He was almost being...flirtatious. All morning Taichi had a goofy smile whenever he saw the blonde and talked in a very "un-Tai-like" expression towards him. He seemed to enjoy it more and more. "Tai, I need to talk to you." He wanted to find out why he was acting the way the brown-haired boy was acting.
Taichi looked up to see the blonde in the clear sunlight. Yamato's situation had made him see his best friend in a whole different light. "Yeah?" He walked up to the girl and looked down at the deep blue eyes.
"You're doing that again." Yamato said with a little irritation.
"Doing what?" he said with the goofy smile still there.
"Why do you keep looking at me like that? And you're acting really weird around me..."
Taichi's smile faded, "Well I'm not really used to my friends changing their gender on me."
"That's not what I mean. You keep gawking at me and...well, flirting with me! You never did that when I was a guy." His cheeks turned a slight pink, either from his anger rising or from the thought of the flirtations.
The dark-skinned boy made a face in shock and anger, "What are you talking about? I was just being nice...what are you getting at?..."
"Tai, if you've got something to say then say it! Don't lead me around on a leash and expect me to play along!" Yamato lost his patience and anger seeped into his words.
"I'm not the one who's twisting every word I say into some hormone-induced crap! Who was the one who though wanting the top meant fucking you?!" The last sentence was heard by all the Digidestined and digimon present.
"....?!..." Yamato was caught speechless by Taichi's loud outburst. Maybe he really doesn't...
"Hey what's going on?" Takeru was the first to arrive on the scene and looked to his brother, "Matt?" Hikari question her brother and Daisuke and the others watched the drama play out.
Taichi held his fists but made no move to use them, "The question should be what are you thinking of Matt?! Why are you angry at me for something you're thinking on your own?!" Taichi clenched his teeth to hold in his need to express his anger physically. "You're accusing me of something you want! You're taking everything I say too seriously!"
At this point, Yamato's eyes started to feel warm from the heat of tears. 'Too seriously'?... So all this time when I thought you were...all a lie? His hands formed fists of rage and released that power on Taichi's face. His head was whipped to the side, but wasn't knocked down as he would usually be by Yamato's punches. Taichi slowly turned to face the small blonde, and winced in seeing the pain in the blue eyes and was held absolutely still by them. Yamato charged him and gripped his collar but wasn't strong enough to lift him an inch. "Why aren't you hitting me back?!" Am I too insignificant for you to even beat me up now?!
"Hey what's going on?" The voice of Agumon echoed from the background. Gabumon and Hawkmon followed closely by the yellow dinosaur on their return from the search. The scene they saw was tense but Agumon and Gabumon knew better than to step in a fight between Taichi and Yamato.
Silence filled the air from all participating and watching. Finally, Taichi responded, "I don't hit girls."
Yamato finally let his tears run freely across his face, "Damn it Tai!! I'm a boy! Why are you playing with me like this?! Do you think this is funny?! Your the most selfish, jackass of a jerk I've ever wanted to be with.....?!?!" He clasped his mouth but the message was already sent to the other boy's ears. His blue eyes turned to see witnesses to his confession. Their wide eyes of shock and disbelief fuelled his tears. "...I.." They were like scientists analyzing his very soul, that is, all but Hikari and Takeru. They had grieving eyes staring back at him and Taichi. Slowly, Yamato turned to face the boy he had confessed to.
Taichi stood in shock like the others. His mind was blank from the overload of emotions brought by those words. Is he really...he's just confused...it's the gender thing; it's been too stressful for him......right?... His lips moved in slow motion to Yamato's eyes, "You're just confused... You don't mean that."
That was the knife through the heart.
With no words, no sound except the steps of his shoes, Yamato ran from the constricting eyes and the one he confessed to.
"Matt! Wait!!" Gabumon shouted after him before he even knew he was running to his partner.
The others followed Yamato's retreat with their eyes, then Gabumon's, then Takeru ran for his brother after a silent nod from Hikari. He would deal with his brother, while she knocked some sense into hers. "Tai! Why did you do that for?!"
Taichi turned in surprise to his sister, "What are you talking about?"
"What am I talking about?! Tai, he just confessed his feelings and you brush them off like that?"
Why did I?... "He's just in a tough situation right now..."
Hikari gripped Taichi's shoulders and made his looked straight in her eyes, "Tai, I know you like him...a lot. Izzy, Mimi, Sora, Jyou...me and T.K., we all know you two like each other. So, don't deny it anymore."
"I don't mean to butt into anyone's business but..." Taichi and Hikari turned to the giant goggle-sporting boy who had made rash decisions before but, this time, spoke with confidence and meaning, "...I may not have all the facts but, even I can see something more than friendship between you two guys." Daisuke gave a short chuckle, "And that means a lot coming from me."
"Daisuke...th...?!?!" Taichi didn't finish. An earthquake swallowed his words.
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Idiot! Why did you have to say that?! Yamato cursed himself silently in his mind. The tears flowed freely as he continued to run wherever the road would take him. He didn't notice the rock sticking out of the road and fell in a loud thud. Rising to his knees, he let more tears drop. Stupid Tai....more like stupid me....
"Ma--tt!" Gabumon and Takeru shouted from behind.
Yamato didn't bother to turn but their constant shouts irritated him to snap back, "What?!"
When he turned to see their faces he didn't see an expression of sadness or anger. They were the faces of fear. A single vine grew unnoticed by Yamato's eyes.
The ground beneath Yamato gave way and twisting red vines grappled the blonde's legs, arms and neck. Struggling to break free, the vines tightened with every move. The source of the vines, a group of RedVeggiemon, emerged from their hiding in the cracked ground. "Ahhh...!! L, let go!" Yamato choked out the words, as he was barely able to breathe with the vine gripping harder around his neck.
"Matt! Hold on!!" Gabumon shouted and readied himself for battle, "GABUMON, WARP DIGIVOLVE TO...METALGARURUMON!"
"Not so fast!"
"Who's there?!" Takeru demanded. Another earthquake crumbled the ground and tore an opening between the keeper of Hope and his brother. From the opening, another all too familiar digimon and its rider appeared. "Ken?!"
AirDramon, with the Kaiser on his back, hovered over Yamato and the gang of RedVeggiemon, "That's Digimon Kaiser to you. And any sudden moves and your brother will be in a very tight squeeze." The Kaiser cackled at the sight of MetalGarurumon watching his partner helplessly. "Now there's a good dog." he smirked.
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This chapter's suppose to be longer but my computer is too dumb to let me write anymore. _ I hate it when that happens!!! Anywayz, how did this chapter go? It didn't turn out as good as I hoped it could have been. Mainly because there was more to this chapter but noooOOOOoooo, my cheap computer...@#%$@!! *a-hem* Now that I've got that out of the way, I'm putting up Revelation 4 too. I could've put it as 3(b) but ppl don't seem to like that. Any comments? Questions? Ask away^_^