( Okay, since so many people read this one the first night, although not a lot of them reviewed, I decided to do a sequel. Here it is, but make sure you read the warning: This is a yaoi story, which means there are guys liking guys, people! There are adult situations, bad language, and the suggestion of rape. Actually, there is rape, but I cut that part out cause I refused to write it. If you don't like that, turn back now, I won't hold it against you. If you are okay with this, please enjoy and review! )
Prologue:
The bus dropped him off right on the corner of HeightonVeiw Terrace, possibly five miles from his quarry. His scowl scanned over the dozens of people passing by, and none of them would look at him. A strange smile came over his face for he was one of them once more. Free, free to do whatever he wanted. And he knew what he wanted to do. He had somewhere to be, but he would take his time.
Hands in his jacket pockets he walked across the street when the colors changed for him. Bunches of people were all around him, and they didn't seem to see him as a threat. His mind laughed saying that they should. But no one knew his past that wee present right now, and that was the way it should be for the next day or two. Just until he had enough time to find his prey, then people would know.
Odiba was just a few miles away………..
Unwanted (sequel to USED)
I hadn't been to a party this big since my band's first concert. It had been right after the show, with almost everyone who came to the performance showing up. Now I was surrounded by people, laughing at jokes people tossed out and trying to throw in a few of my own. A lot had changed over the past few months. Joe was dating Sora, Mimi had asked Izzy out even though she still lived in America, and TK had gotten involved with Kari. Ken was just now dating Yolei, but poor Davis and me were kinda left out. We'd both come without dates, so we were hanging out. I gotta tell you, I missed talking to someone like that, I mean I used to talk to Tai like that. Oh, you don't know what happened? I can fix that.
A couple months ago, I had a big concert and Tai had asked me to come to a rave with him nearby. What I didn't know is he had a guy there slip something in my drink so that I would be so high for the next few hours, and guess what? I still don't know exactly what happened. Turns out that I slipped away from Tai's line of sight, met a girl, and when I came off my cloud I was lying naked in bed with her. She was still high, thank God, and all of a sudden, before I could do anything, Tai found me in there. I went home that night praying he wouldn't tell anybody and the next day he showed up unexpectedly and made me a deal. He told me he had like me for a long time, and that he would keep his mouth shut if I would be his secret boyfriend when we were alone. I spent weeks letting him hold me, and kiss me, and pretty much cut me down so much I was terrified of him. Then after my next concert, he caught me just before I was about to ask a girl out and ended up beating on me until my Dad threw him out of our apartment and filed criminal charges. He was taken to a detention hall for teenagers, and I had to move on.
" Hey, Matt, having fun? ", TK asked me as he and Kari walked up to where Davis and I were hanging out. They were both smiling, holding each other's hands. Sometimes I hated it when they were so cute together, but I didn't right then.
" Yeah, this rocks. Too bad I couldn't get a date for it. ", I remarked trying not to sound as bitter as the words did. I looked around, listening to the loud speakers blare some music someone had brought with them. It wasn't that bad, but someone had to teach their members to play the keyboard right, it was way off beat! Maybe I was getting to critical of music, I don't know, but it sounded bad, okay?
" Whatever happened to Trisha? ", Davis questioned.
Oh, forgot to tell you more about her. Uh, yeah, she was the girl Tai caught me about to ask out. I bumped into her a few weeks after he was shipped out of town, and we had a good thing for a while. " Oh, um, she and I got in a big huge fight. Seems she thinks it's okay to be serious about more than one guy as long as the other four or five don't know about it. Nice, huh? "
" I'm sorry, Matt. We all knew you liked her a lot. ", Kari told me with a look of sympathy. After a moment I had to laugh at her and she looked confused.
" Look, you guys, it's a party, I intend to do everything in my power to have fun tonight, okay? Now, you, TK, go dance with your date before she starts saying you never do anything with her. Davis and I don't mind. ", I explained with a smile shoving them both towards the crowds of other teens dancing. Davis gave me a hand and once they were gone I leaned back against the wall taking a big sip of the pop Izzy had given me. These days I was careful of who I took anything from at parties. Davis got kind of quiet for a minute, and he seemed nervous about something, so I finally decided to get him to say something. " Dude, you okay? "
" I wanted to ask you something, but I didn't think that I should. ", he replied after a moment of thought. He then looked up at me with a shrug. " I mean, you and I have gotten really close over the past few weeks and I don't want to make you uncomfortable or anything. It's just, I watch you act like everything's normal, but ever since you and Trisha split up, you've been avoiding dating. Is it because-"
" It's not because of Tai. ", I stated before he could finish.
" But you haven't danced all night, and there's been over a dozen girls asking you, Matt. You just said that you want to have fun, but you're not. You're standing here, talking to me instead. It's like you're avoiding trying to like someone and I thought that maybe it was because of what he did to you. ", the bearer of Courage/Friendship remarked defensively clenching his fists. " I'm worried about you. You've never really talked about what he did to you, Matt, not since that night when it finally ended. If there's something going on you can always- "
" Davis, like I said, I'm fine. ", I insisted firmly, trying hard not to get mad. The last thing I wanted was to think about Tai. " This isn't about him, I just think I need some space. Look, I'm gonna head out into the back yard to get some air, I'll be back in a little bit, okay? I'm not mad, Davis, I just need to think stuff out. "
I left him standing there, worming my way through the crowd to get to the back door of the huge house. People said hi to me, at least the people I knew, but I just kept going until I made it out into the night air, out under the stars. I hadn't been outside in the longest time, just sitting outside and gazing up at the twinkling lights that covered the heavens. I sat down on the grass since there was really no one else out there with me, and after a moment, I was about to say something as I turned my head to the side, but there was no one there. I still wasn't used to not having Gabumon around, even after all of this time. Times like this were those heartbreaking reminders that he was in another world. As I lay down on my back, my eyes still locked on the stars, I had to wonder what Gabumon would've said about what Tai had done to me all those weeks ago. God, why was it that once someone mentioned his name it never went away? I just wanted to forget.
" Need some company? ", a voice asked me as someone sat down next to me. It was a guy I was sure I didn't know with spiky dark red hair, laughing green eyes, and a pierced left ear. I was sure he was at least a year older than I was, and he was well built, my guess was an athlete. " You looked a little lonely. "
His voice sounded familiar, and I was sure I'd seen his face before. I looked him over again, not really seeing anything threatening, but for some reason my instincts told me to get out of there. " No, actually, I just felt kinda crowded in there with all of those people. Do I know you from somewhere? I swear I've seen you somewhere before, but I just can't place it, ya know? I'm Matt Ishida. "
" From the band? I've heard you play, you're awesome! Man, you should really look into recording an album or something! ", he retorted with a big grin. He then held out his hand to me as I sat up. " I'm Jason Counter. I don't think we've met before, but I always did seem to have one of those faces. But, Matt, I bet there's a bunch of girls waiting in there for you to come back, how can you settle for being out here? I mean, if it were me I'd be back in there- "
" I'd prefer to stay away and not be mobbed anytime soon. ", I laughed shaking his hand. He had this lopsided smile when I said that, and this twinkle in his eyes. I didn't like it but like I'd say that. I mean, come on, this gut was going out of his way to be nice to me and he barely knew me! " But what are you doing out here? What did you do, follow me for the heck of it? Or were you just bored? "
He smiled. " Yeah, Matt, I'm stalking you, okay, I admit it. "
I couldn't help but laugh. " Okay, sorry, I'm a little blunt at times, don't let it fend you off. I would head back inside if I felt like it. My friends keep thinking I'm gonna have a mental breakdown or something and I just need some space from the concern, ya know? I bet you don't have that problem, you look like you can take care of yourself pretty well. You in sports at your school or something? "
" Wrestling actually, yeah. I'm a junior. You're a freshman, or at least, you look like one. ", Jason retorted with that weird smile of his.
" Um, actually, I'm a sophomore. I've always had a problem looking my age for some reason or another. Man, we've gotta be the lamest guys at this party! We're not even in there! ", I commented, turning and looking back over the hill at where the huge house stood. I could still faintly hear the music, they'd finally switched it to something good, or at least that's what I could make out. " You're right though, Jason. Maybe we should head back. My friends might worry. "
I was standing with my back to him, waiting for him to reply, when I felt him standing right behind me. I could feel his hot breath on the back of my neck, and suddenly, he was holding me around the waist with my arms pinned to my sides. With a hiss in his voice, he whispered in my ear as I struggled wildly, trying to get free. " Tai was right, you do have a luscious a$$, little Yamako. "
" What did you-mmmphh! " He covered my mouth with one of his hands, cutting me off. I kicked and thrashed and tried to scream, but he had me there. I guess being on the wrestling team pays off, huh? He laughed as he let his tongue graze my cheek and lick behind my ear. He then reached into his pocket, having to remove his hand from my mouth for just a minute. " How do you know Tai? "
" You'll see. ", he rasped, sticking a needle in my neck suddenly. The world began to swirl before my eyes, all the colors and shapes beginning to meld together to make one big swirl. He let me go and I dropped to my knees, trying not to surrender to whatever he'd drugged me with. As my eyes slowly closed, I fell to my side and Jason hissed in my ear. " He told you, you were his, Yamako. "
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( A/N: I'm switching to third person for the time being, because that's where the story needs to go. Um, I'll make sure that you can tell wether it's Matt talking or not. )
" Has anybody seen Matt? ", TK asked the group for maybe the fifth time. It was about time to leave the party because the host was ready to close up, but no one had seen Matt since he'd left Davis earlier. " He and I were supposed get a ride home from Dad, but I can't find him anywhere, and no one else has seen him. "
" That's funny, now that you mention it it's like he disappeared. I haven't seen him since he shoved you and Kari onto the dance floor, and that was a few hours ago. ", Joe retorted after a moment, looking around. " It's not like him just to go off and not tell people where he's going. Maybe something came up. Or maybe he called your Dad for an earlier ride? Is your Dad waiting outside yet? "
The younger boy went to go check and Davis shook his head. " Man, I knew I shouldn't have let Matt walk out like that. I knew he had to be upset about something, but when I tried to get him to talk about it he said he needed some air. I shouldn't have let him walk off, Joe. I hope he's okay, wherever he went. "
( A/N: Back to Yama! Yes, I know it was short, but this is more important. And if you think about it, they don't know to be worried yet. Only we do! )
My head was in a whirl, that's how I knew I was awake. I let my eyes open and focused on the light that was streaming down onto my face from somewhere I couldn't see yet. I tried to move, only to find that my arms wouldn't, they were being held back like they were on short leashes. Actually it was handcuffs, but I couldn't see that until after I shook my head, and my gaze focused on the room around me. I was sitting up with my back pressed firmly to the posts at the head of the bed where my hands were chained, and I soon felt a piece of tape over my mouth. The last thing I remembered was Jason grabbing me and saying something about…Tai! Why…how did he know Tai? Why was I so sure I'd seen Jason before?
I tried to jerk free, but all that did was dig the metal into my wrists and press my back further into the head of the bed. I grunted trying to possibly get up, to no avail, and to maybe get the tape off my mouth, but nothing worked. Suddenly, the lights went out, making me blind in the dark. I felt someone suddenly on the bed with me, crawling towards me, and I let out a muffled protest as I felt hands go up my neck to where the tape was placed. They pulled it off slowly, nibbling my lower lip as I tried to protest, even as their tongue slipped into my mouth. I was panicking, and the way they were probing the inside of my mouth felt familiar, that I couldn't think of anything else to do but bite their lip. They pulled away suddenly.
" Still as fiery as ever. ", a familiar voice rasped in my ear as I felt a hand caress my cheek. This was getting bad. " Did you miss me, my Yamako? "
" My name is Yamato, Tai. What are you doing out so soon? I figured they'd leave in there until you were an adult and then let you rot in jail. " Now this was all starting to make sense, why else would Jason grab me? But how had he gotten out? They wouldn't have just let him loose would they, not without telling me, right? I did deserve some fair warning after what he had done to me! All my old fears seemed to be coming back as he came closer to me, that same old sneer on his face as he inched closer. I shivered. " Get away from me. You have no right to do this! "
" Computer errors are so nice though. Some other boy was supposed to be released, and someone screwed up with our files, so instead I got the boot with none of you being notified. I thought it was rather nice of them. ", Tai said in this low voice that he used to use when he had me alone in his apartment back when he was blackmailing me. " I set everything up so I could see you again, with Jason's help, of course. I was so worried that you would recognize him, but then again, the last time you saw him you were taking big gulps from the drink he'd given you. "
' That's how I knew him! He was the guy who gave me that drugged drink for Tai at the night of the rave! I should've known, God, I should've known! ', I thought to myself, making it so a barely noticed that he was straddling my waist with his legs until he was so close I could feel his breath on my neck. " Why are you doing this? "
" Because I want you. ", he whispered softly, leaning in to kiss my neck. I tried to pull away, but found his hand was holding the back of my head, and his other arm was around my waist. I couldn't move as his lips began to savagely caress my skin, and when he sank his teeth in once I yelped in pain. That made him giggle and lick the spot on the nape of my neck that he had bit seconds ago. I felt like screaming, but for some reason I couldn't. My heart was beating so fast, I felt like I couldn't move, couldn't breathe, and that's when I realized I was still terrified of him. And the worst thing about that is I think he already knew.
I panicked again, knowing that all that I wanted was him away from my neck, to get completely away from me and never come back. I did the only thing I could think of, I kicked out, nailing him in the groin as hard as I could. His face twisted in pain as he got up off of me, and after letting out a moan, off the bed as well. The glare he gave me was furious, but then he smiled as he stood up straight, eyeing me with that fiery glare as if I were some treat and he was starving. Before I could do anything about it, he grabbed my ankles, yanking me down so I was no longer sitting, but lying with my arms handcuffed to the head of the bed, and he took handcuffs out of his pocket and chained my ankles to the corners of the bed.
" Should've known you wouldn't want to play right away. ", he whispered as he got down into what could've been a push up position. He let his hand trace the button line on the black shirt I was wearing before leaning down closer to me. " I tried to tell you, you belonged to me, but you didn't want to listen. This time you will, Yamako. This time, you won't get a choice, because you're mine. "
" I'm not your property, you can't keep me here! How can you think that people are your toys? When I get pout of here- " He cut me off with his lips kissing me harshly, making me feel more like he was biting me than actually kissing me. I struggled with all my might but that just made him pull me closer, his hands greedily feeling my body as I tried to bite him again. It wasn't working; he had me tight, in a position that I couldn't have gotten out of without my hands or my feet. Finally, he pulled away, a sneer on his face as he put another piece of duct tape over my mouth and caressed my cheek with his hand for a moment.
" Next time, Yamako, " he whispered as he walked away, into the shadows where I could no longer see him, and I was sure he opened a door. " we will play. "
A shiver ran down my spine as I closed my eyes, praying this was some sick twisted nightmare. I was terrified to even move, but he was no longer in the room, right? How long did he plan on keeping me here, wherever here was? And how long had I been out before I woke up here? Was anyone even looking for me? Did anyone even know what happened? Man, with my luck everyone thought that I had just walked off in a bad mood, I had done it a number of times in the past month. And what exactly did Tai have planned for me here? I wasn't sure I wanted to know…
( A/N: Okay, back to Third person, sorry again! Enjoy though! )
" TK, was there something wrong with Matt at the party you two went to last night? ", the bearer of Hope's mother asked as went about trying to clean up the breakfast dishes. She was beginning to wish her youngest son had never told her about the small Patamon that he had kept a secret for the past few months that way she wouldn't have to feed it as much as it wanted. She'd just gotten off the phone, and the blonde boy could see she appeared a little upset as she worked.
" Um, Davis said he got a little edgy and went to get some air. I didn't see him after that though. Why, Mom? ", he asked as he let his digimon into his backpack, heading for the front door. " Is something wrong? "
" That was your father I was just talking to. ", Nancy (If you watch the show Mr. Ishida calls her Nancy!) replied, holding her head in her hands, and scaring the boy with how worried she now looked. " He said Matt didn't come home last night. He said that he went back to the place that party was at and the host said they never saw Matt leave, and when he called everyone he could find in Matt's address book, no one could tell him where he was either. I'm just scared that he's done something-but I'm sure it's just me over reacting. But he's never left for a whole night before. "
" What? ", TK gasped, his eyes wide and horrified. His brother had been known to go places and not tell people before hand, but never over night. Then he at least had the sense to tell people where he would be, and ever since Tai had blackmailed him Matt had all but stopped his disappearing acts. This didn't make sense, where would he have gone? None of the others would have taken his brother in without calling him and letting him know the former bearer of Friendship was there, so where on earth could he be? " Are we gonna go look for him? "
" You need to go to school. What if your brother is just out with one of his friends? ", his mother replied firmly, hands on her hips. " I won't have you missing school because he is just off somewhere fooling around. You're going to school while your father and I look for him, okay? There's nothing you could do anyway. "
On he drive to school, the blonde young man was silent, staring down passively at the Patamon in his arms. Davis had said that he had brought up Tai last night, because he was trying to figure out why Matt was being somewhat anti-social, that wouldn't have made him feel he needed to run off, would it? Kari caught up to him on his way inside the school's huge doors, but he barely noticed her, and when she asked what was wrong all he could do was sigh. " Matt didn't go home last night. Dad called this morning said he never came home, and they're out looking. "
" Do you think something could have happened to him? ", she asked as they made their way to their lockers passing by people who were for some reason stopped in the middle of the hallway making it an obstacle course.
" He wouldn't have just walked off, Kari! He promised me he wouldn't do that anymore! First after Puppetmon tore us apart, " He cried slamming his locker shut as if to emphasize his point. " then after Tai blackmailed him. He told me he always wanted to be honest with me, and he didn't want me to worry about him anymore! If he doesn't want me to worry than why would he disappear? "
" Calm down, TK. I'm sure Matt's fine. ", Kari insisted soothingly, placing a hand on his shoulder, then running it down his arm to hold his hand. " I'm sure that your parents will find him and leave you a message at the office when they do. "
But a call never came. He spent the entire day worrying, along with the other Digidestined. Davis felt horrible for letting Matt walk off alone. He could still remember a few days after Tai had beat Yamato so badly and then got locked up. He'd gone to visit him in the hospital because TK had asked him to.
(Flashback from Davis's POV)
I felt strange going to see Matt. We weren't as close as Tai and I were, and even I'm not sure how close Tai were. But TK did ask me to come and see him, said he needs all the support we can give him right now, so I'll do it. Matt had the Crest of Friendship, and in a way, so do I. It's like I owe him. Walking into his hospital room, I saw something that I never expected to see anyone doing…he had a knife on his wrist, his hands shaking as he moved to cut himself. To kill himself!
" Yamato, NO! ", I screamed, snatching the pocketknife, his pocketknife, I recognized it, out of his hands. He looked startled and ashamed to see me, but I could only see the pain in his eyes. That didn't stop me from yelling. " What do you think you're doing, Matt? Why on earth would you try and …and…end everything? "
" Because that's what I want! You don't understand, Davis, no one ever did something like this to you! ", he cried, sounding almost angry. The whole time I was holding that knife, which I had placed the blade back in it's slot just incase, wondering how he had gotten a hold of it. " I thought Tai was my best friend, but he used me! He made me do things that I don't want to even think of anymore, but the memories don't go away! They'll be with me forever, Davis, and I don't think I can live with them. Everyday for so long he would kiss me, and touch me, and I had to be his submissive b*tch or he would try and ruin my life even more. I don't want to remember that. "
" But, Matt, what about your family? What about TK? Do you think he could go on any better after this knowing that Tai drove you to kill yourself? And what about Gabumon? How do think he would feel knowing that you couldn't survive the one time he couldn't protect you? And what about your friends, huh? Could you do that to the rest of us? ", I demanded, tears stinging my eyes. " We all hate ourselves and blame ourselves for not knowing what was going on Matt. Kari is the worst, Tai was her brother, and she's so broke down cause she thinks she was never a good friend to you. Do you really want to give up? Give up on everything you have just because of this? Aren't you stronger than that, Yamato? And even if you aren't, Matt, we'll all be here for you, we won't do to you what Tai did. We want to help you. "
He burst into tears, and for a moment I wasn't sure what to do. But I couldn't jus let him cry like that, no one deserved to cry and not be comforted, so I wrapped my arms around him in a loose hug. I'd been worried he wouldn't accept it, but he did, hugging me like he did TK. He kept whispering how sorry he was, but after a minute I firmly told him he shouldn't be sorry. None of this was his fault, none of it.
" Davis, I know we were never that close, but… ", he'd started, looking off in another direction. " if I need someone to talk to, can I count on you? "
" Day and night, Matt. ", I retorted instantly, smiling at him, and getting him to smile back at me. It was a lopsided, and a halfhearted grin, but it must've made him feel a bit better, ya know, to know that he could still smile. " What else are fellow bearers of Friendship for? You call, and I'll be there, Matt, I promise. "
" And, Davis, swear to me that you won't tell TK. ", he replied.
" I won't tell him, but I think he should know, Matt. ", I'd promised.
( end of flashback, back to third person point of view! )
" I was suppose to be there for you, Matt, and now I know you're in trouble! I won't let you down again! We're gonna find out where you went and what's going on. ", Davis whispered to himself. He then caught TK looking at him funny so he made up some excuse so he wouldn't spill what he'd really been thinking about trying not to be too obvious about it. " Do you think Matt might have gone to the Digiworld to se Gabumon or something? He might have wanted to see him. "
" But how would he have gotten there? One of us would have had to be there to open the gate for him, and I already talked to Yolei and Cody, they haven't seen him since they went to his concert last week. ", Kari remarked as she sat down in the computer room with them. " Maybe we should talk to Ken. "
" Talk to me about what? ", Ken implied as he walked in, standing next to Davis with his arms crossed over his chest, looking at each of us questionably. Ken, next to Matt, had become his best friend after what had happened with the digital world. Matt and Ken were okay together, but Davis couldn't really see the blonde asking the younger boy for a trip to the Digiworld. " Is something wrong? "
" Remember the party you couldn't make it to last night? Well, Matt and I were talking and when I brought up Tai it was like he got upset, and when he walked off to get some air he never came back. ", Davis explained slowly, lifting DemiVeemon into his arms. " And then this morning TK found out he never came home, and his Dad doesn't know where he went. We were kind of hoping that you let Matt into the Digital world or something so this whole mess would be over. "
" I'm worried about him. Ken, have you seen him? ", TK asked.
" I'm sorry, I haven't seen your brother since I went to his concert with the rest of you. If I had let him into the Digital world I would have at least gone with him to be safe considering the Digiworld can be dangerous. ", the indigo haired young man stated sadly, shaking his head. " But if it helps, TK, Wormmon and I will help you look for him. It's the least we can do, after all. "
" That gives me an idea. Why don't we call the others and see if every one of us can form a search party? Then we can split up into pairs or something and look for Matt? ", Davis suggested with a grin. " We can look in all the spots that TK and Matt's parents wouldn't think of going to? I mean, at least half of us know him well enough to have a guess of where he would disappear to when he's upset. "
" What makes you think he was upset? ", DemiVeemon questioned, looking up at his goggle-headed partner with his reddish-brown eyes.
" Just the look in his eyes last night. And the way he said Tai's name when I brought him up. Maybe I'm being an idiot, but what if I'm right? ", the brunette replied with a sigh, shaking his head. " What if he went off and plans on hurting- "
TK looked at him in shock, not sure how Davis would have finished that sentence. The bearer of Courage/Friendship's eyes went wide in horror of what he had almost said. TK still didn't know. Yamato still hadn't told him about what would have happened hadn't Davis come to visit him in the hospital. The blonde got up from the chair he'd been sitting in and stood right in front of him, his blue eyes full of pain, and determination. " What are you talking about? What do you mean if he went off somewhere and was planning to hurt-to hurt what? Davis, tell me! "
" I can't, he made me promise not to. ", he whispered.
" Did Matt try to hurt himself before? Was he suicidal? Did he ever act like it around you? ", the Guardian of Hope asked him firmly. " Please, I have to know. "
" When you asked me to visit him, I walked in on him…trying to slit his wrists. He said he didn't want to remember what Tai did to him, said all of the memories were too much. ", Davis informed him somberly, unable to look him in the eye for a second more. " I talked him out of it, telling him that he couldn't give up, that we all needed him and we'd help him. I talked him out of it, told him I'd be there for him, but I had to promise not to tell you. I talked him out of it, TK. "
" I'm going to call my brother, and then the others. Ken, why don't you take Davis and get the search started. ", Kari ordered Moving to comfort her boyfriend, who stood with his head in his hands, still taking in what Davis had told him.
" We're on it. ", Ken nodded, leading the way out of the computer room and into the hallway. He was a few steps ahead of him until he turned to see what was the hold up. With observant and confused eyes he sized his companion up, then finally voicing his concern. " You okay? I heard all of this was pretty rough on you too, considering you looked up to Tai, and now that you and Matt are close. "
" I just don't want to think that I made Matt go over the edge, that he's out there trying to find a way to end everything. ", he said softly. " He's one of the best friends I've ever had, like you, and if he was gone…I just don't know. "
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" You know, I'm beginning to wonder why Matt would have just disappeared. Do you think something else is at play here? Like some digimon came and kidnapped him, Davis? ", the bearer of Kindness asked as they walked down the street. The streetlights had just came on because the sun was slowly setting, casting a rainbow of colors across the horizon. " Has anything like that ever happened before? It might just be possible? I guess I'm running out of ideas. "
" Me too. ", Davis remarked sadly. " I just wish I knew why he would have wanted to vanish and leave us all worrying, if that's what even happened. "
" Have the others found anything? ", DemiVeemon questioned.
" No, they would have e-mailed us on the D-terminals. Maybe we should check this way. Isn't this where they hold those raves Tai used to go to? ", Ken implied shaking his head and stopping at the corner. " Kari told me that this was where it started. I was the last one to find out. Guess you never really know people until you see both of their personalities, the good and the evil. "
Ken wished he didn't have to bring any of what Kari and TK told him, but it seemed that he had no choice. Even if Tai had been Davis's mentor, the bearer of Kindness couldn't help but wonder if Tai had been worse than he had been as the Digimon Emperor. He'd seen how depressed the brunette had been the first day that he'd been told of the whole incident, even if he hadn't known the cause until later. And then when he and Matt started hanging out, the pain seemed to go away.
" Place looks deserted, Ken, they hold raves once a month around here. Let's keep going. ", the bearer of Courage/Friendship stated as he pressed on, ignoring the shiver that went down his spine. " Maybe we should try the park or something. "
" Ken, isn't it getting late? What about your parents? ", Wormmon questioned from in his human's arms. " They'll worry. "
" He's right. Ever since I came home and stopped being the Emperor my parents worry about everything. Where I am, who I hang out with, ya know, the works. I hate to say it, but I should head home. ", Ken sighed, looking back down they way they had come. " Maybe we can come back out after dinner, Davis. "
" Yeah, I'll e-mail the others that we're heading home. ", the brunette reluctantly agreed, pulling out his D-terminal. " See ya, Ken. "
" Bye, Davis. ", the other boy smiled and waved as he headed off.
Angry with himself, the young man headed home after sending the e-mail to Izzy, who was pretty much coordinating the search with Cody from his apartment. He wished he could have found Matt, but he didn't seem to have any clues to his sudden disappearance. DemiVeemon could sense his friend's bad mood but when he was about to say something about it, they reached the boy's apartment, and he had to act like a stuffed toy so no one would freak. He went straight to his room, setting his digimon on the bed and then sitting on the die of it on the floor, his arms wrapped around his knees in a small attempt at comforting himself.
" Davis, I'm sure Matt's okay. ", the little digital monster insisted, trying to sound reassuring. He'd seen the friendship between the two boys grow in the past month or so, and was glad that they were close. " We'll find him, I promise. "
" Hey, Davis, the phone's for you! ", Jun, in her annoying voice, shouted as she opened his door without knocking, slamming the receiver down in his hand.
This was strange for him, not many people called. Matt did, so did ken, and the other Digidestined usually called in emergencies, but still it was kinda weird. He put the phone to his ear giving DemiVeemon a shrug. " Hello? "
" Hi, Davis, it's me, Izzy. Wasn't sure who else to call, but I think we have a real problem on our hands. ", the older boy's voice sounded frightened over the line, and it made him sit up and give him all of his attention. " Cody is over here with me and he suggested that we check the police files and the internet for anything that could've been linked to Matt's vanishing, and for a while we didn't find anything, and we had to get off the computer to eat dinner, but when we got back on… "
" Make a long story short, Izzy. ", Davis cut in impatiently.
" Tai was released, Davis. Two days ago. There was some mix up with the computer; his picture was on someone else's file. They didn't say in the report how it happened, all I know is that they let him out when he still had a long time to be there. ", the computer whiz explained, his voice grave and unreadable. " He's been out for Two days, and Matt disappeared yesterday. I don't think it was coincidence, and neither does Cody. I still have to call TK, but I thought you might want to get back out there and look for him before it gets too dark. "
" Oh God… " The phone fell out of his hands.
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Jason pulled the needle out of the blonde boy's bare thigh, watching his face twist in pain. Tai was too busy savoring the sight of Yamato without his clothes on to care that his friend was drugging him like he would have the night of the rave.
" I've waited so long. ", he rasped in Matt's ear. The blonde was too weak now to fight back and they had over an hour ago unchained him after Tai had beaten him into submission. He licked behind Yamato's ear feeling him try to squirm beneath him, but nothing worked, for the drug was running its course through his veins. " I tried to have you before this too, at my place, remember? "
As his eyes rolled back, Matt could feel his mind drift back…
( Flashback is from Yamato's POV, also conveniently making it so that I can cut this…inappropriate scene from this story. It only needs to be rated R. )
I was with Tai at his apartment, we'd been watching a movie on the couch. This was getting to be routine now, going over to his place where he would do what he wanted to me. Today was no different, he'd called me over to be his toy. He was making me hold him on the couch, even when the movie was over. I squirmed a bit, finally noticing the clock, seeing that I only had an hour before my dad would be home, and I had been here for three hours already. " Tai, I think I should go. It's late. "
" Hmm? ", he hadn't been listening, just running his fingers through my hair and pressing me closer to him. " You don't have to, not yet, my parents are going out for dinner and won't be back till late, and Kari is out with TK. "
" But my dad… ", I started, but he was leaning down to kiss me.
" You're not going anywhere, Yamako. ", he whispered, shifting me so that he was laying me down on the couch, him on top of me, as he kissed me firmly. I was startled, figuring he just wanted to make out with me. It wasn't that strange, although I hated every minute of it. But suddenly, his lips started heading down for my neck, and his hands were starting to unbutton my shirt collar. He tore it open as if the buttons were made of a thin thread, running his tongue down my now bare chest. I yelped as his teeth grazed my skin, but more becase of the fact that he slowly ran a hand between my legs. I knew then exactly what he wanted from me, this whole time, he'd planned it this way, I was sure. He moved for my pants as I felt tears well up in my eyes. He had me pinned so well, his ankles wrapped around mine, there was no escape.
Suddenly, I heard the phone ring. He groaned even as his tongue slipped into my mouth and he savored the way I tried to fight it. It rang several times before he murmured through my trembling lips, " Let the… damn machine get it…. "
He had my jeans unbuttoned and was feeling my hips hungrily as the Kamiya's message ran, and then the person calling left their message: " Hello, this is Yamato's father, Mr. Ishida (sorry I don't know his first name!) I was looking for my son, and I thought he might be here with Tai. I need him home, so if you know where he is, call me back as soon as you can. Thank you and I guess I'll try somewhere else. "
I had never loved my father more than right at that second. But within the next second Tai had growled angrily and thrown me off the couch onto the floor like a rag doll. It was times like these that showed me how much Tai hated not getting his way, and it was a miracle that I never really saw that before. I struggled to get dressed and walked over to get my shoes. Just as I was about to leave, he turned me by the shoulder, and hissed me harshly, pressing my back to the nearby wall. Again he ran his hand between my legs as if wishing his chance to rape me farewell before throwing me out.
( Okay, now to third person. Sorry about this, does t make it confusing? )
" You're not serious? Ow could he have been released? The police and the psychiatrist he had to see said they wouldn't even consider it unless Tai truly felt sorry for what he did to our son. ", TK's father exclaimed, horror written all over his face. First his eldest son doesn't come home, now he finds out that the one person he doesn't want his boy to be near ever again has been on the loose for two days already. " How could this have happened? Why didn't the inform us? "
" Perhaps they didn't want to let word out of their computer malfunction. But that's what got Tai released, someone must've tampered with their criminal profiling system, either that all those computer viruses that have been going around did one heck of a number on their mainframe. ", Izzy explained, trying to remain calm even though his face read of worry. " I have a feeling that Tai is the cause of Matt's disappearance, and we should inform the police right away. "
" But that might not help us find Matt. What if Tai has him? He's been missing for nearly an entire day now! That's too long with that… ", Davis didn't even know what to call Tai anymore. He'd once been his role model, the Digidestined he'd looked up to the most out of all of the others. But ever since he'd been told of what Tai had secretly done to Yamato, he'd been wondering if he shouldn't have seen it before. But he knew that now wasn't the time for old regrets, now was the time for action, action that would hopefully find Matt before Tai could. Or maybe save him from Tai. " Maybe we should check Tai's old hang outs. "
" It might be logical to do so, but, maybe we should leave that to the police now, Davis. Tai's dangerous. ", Kari implied sadly. " I don't want anyone hurt. "
" Yeah, well Matt might get hurt while we sit back and let some cops do everything in between their breaks and shifts! We need to find Matt and we need to do it now! ", the bearer of Courage/Friendship yelled frustrated. " He did horrible things to Matt, you guys, we can't waist time letting the police file a report and then finally go looking for him, we need to look for him ourselves! "
" Davis, we don't even know where to start looking for Tai, or even if he's the reason for Matt's disappearing. ", TK shouted to get the boy's attention. Everything was tearing him up inside and it was taking all of his strength to keep from crying. He didn't know what to think and Davis's rash thinking was getting on his nerves at the moment making him very irritable and wanting to smack him. " If we're gonna do anything, can we please do it when we're in better shape. Izzy, did you call everybody already? Do they all know about Tai being out? "
" I'm not waiting. You guys can e-mail me if you need me but until then DemiVeemon and I are going to look for Matt. ", Davis remarked sharply as he walked out of the apartment, taking his reluctant digimon with him.
To be continued:
( Okay, I originally intended for this to be a one shot sequel, but it will have to go into the next part now won't it. I mean, come on with Matt in the hands of the sadistic Tai, and let's not forget Jason, I must continue. I dedicate this story to everyone who was nice enough to review the first part, all eleven of you! I hope you want the next part, but if I don't get more than eleven reviews, all you nice people are sunk, okay? Thanks! )