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Since we now I have this chaptering thing I don't have to warn you guys about reading the other chapters. I guess thats one of the good things about it. But doesnt anybody else find it kind of annoying? Oh well...
Since nobody reviewed saying which POV they liked better, I'm going to go "general" 'cause I like it better ^^; Any comments can be directed to me, AIM: sunshinebaba/xprincesskaraoke, ICQ: 71018292, MSN: joy_fishy@hotmail.com, and of course, good old email, jump4@joymail.com. I'm super sorry about making this chapter so junky by skipping from part to part without any transitions, but when the mood strikes, it strikes! mucho sorry! ~.~;
I'm going to dedicate this one to all the people who reviewed the first two. This story has the highest hit:review ratio any of my stories have ever had, and it's cause of you guys! Namely: AnimeCrazyDC, RisingPhoenix, moonchild, Emma, Fallen Angel from Heaven, Hotaru, WAtchful_falcon, The Moo, and MPF. LOVE YOU GUYS! ^^
Just to make things a little more interesting, first person to figure out what EBAS is/stands for, email me (jump4@joymail.com) and I'll draw you a picture/write you a fanfic! It's really easy ~.^
OH MY GOSH! TOEI AND SABAN STOLE DIGIMON FROM ME! it was my idea, y'know...
just kidding... ~.^
The song of the chapter is "Can't Fight the Moonlight", cause I read the songfic MPF did to it, downloaded it, and now I think it's really cool. I can't think of a better word...prodigious? hehe...
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It's like somebody's rolled the dice
And it's come out 13
But I'm still thinking "isn't this nice?"
Is it all a dream?
Maybe
Who gives?
After falling asleep, Gennai slept soundly until the morning, when a bird-like digimon twittered on a tree outside. Waterfalls, waterfalls. What could it possibly mean? He kneeled on the bed and looked out the window to catch a glimpse of the bird.
EBAS was surrounded by solid sheets of water, that transformed the rest of the digiworld into watery and sparkling shapes. It was beautiful, and Gennai couldn't help falling into a daze while the the water danced and twirled over the shapes. Stooped on his bed with his hands plastered on the window, he never wanted to move. The thought of never leaving didn't disturb him as much as it had before.
A beep interrupted him as Automon (A/N: RP and Hotaru, automaton! AHH ITS MILDRED!) opened the door.
"Good morning!" the cheerful digimon exclaimed.
Gennai responded with a nod and smile; he was a little peeved for being distracted. "Can I help you with something?"
"No, but Xor, Adelimon, and Myotismon requested your presence as soon as you were awake."
The bearer of Knowledge cringed a bit at the mention of the last name. The digimon's piercing icey glare had burned itself into his mind. Automon tilted his metallic head, trying to perceive what had bothered me, but of course, he wouldn't know. If Xor and Adelimon were oblivious to Myotismon's iniquitous side, then certainly Automon wouldn't understand. Gennai suddenly felt very sorry for everyone that lived without discerning where they stood in life. But there was no time to worry about that now. Gennai followed the digimon out of the door. And fell down a tube.
Man, I'm getting really tired of this... he thought as he felt his heart fall into his stomach again. He was scrubbed and reclothed, and fell into the chair facing the three screened walls. Adelimon, Xor, and Myotismon occupied their respective screens. Casting a furtive glance at Myotismon, he was surprised to see the digimon sincerely smiling at him.
Xor broke the silence.
"Have you made up your mind, Knowledge?"
Actually, Gennai hadn't. The waterfalls pushed themselves into his mind, and he smiled slightly at the memory.
"I'll stay."
He swore he saw a flicker cross Myotismon's face, but it was gone before he could make sure.
"Congratulations!" Adelimon smiled graciously down on him, although her eyes remained pained.
Xor had the smallest grin on his face, as if that was all that he could allow himself to do.
"Thank you, Gennai." he said, calling the boy his name for the first time.
"Yes, welcome." Myotismon smirked, his eyes dancing.
"Well, now that THAT's settled..." began Xor, and disappeared from the screen. Gennai watched in shock as he materialized right in front of him. Adelimon and Myotismon stayed inside their screens.
"We will continue working." Adelimon called before disappearing. Myotismon didn't say anything, but his screen too went blank.
This is when Gennai got his first good look at Xor. The greenish digimon was a little shorter than him, maybe around 4 1/2 feet tall. His ears were large and elfishly pointed at the ends. He wore a robe similar to the one Gennai had been given. Xor shuffled towards the door, and when he saw that Gennai had not moved, he gestured with one wrinkled hand.
"Come on, we don't have all eternity."
Funny, a few days ago I thought I had that long to live yesterday again... Gennai thought as he trailed Xor out of the room.
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"And, finally, this is the center of EBAS. Where everything begins." Gennai who was bored out of his mind after having been lead to bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens, dining room, etc, pricked up his ears. Xor pressed a button, and the metallic doors slid open. The boy was speechless. He had never seen anything like it. It was like the room was made of things like his laptop, covered in screens, buttons, boards, lights! It was amazing.
"What....is...it?" he managed to force out of his throat.
Xor rolled his bulbous eyes. "Like I said, it is the center of EBAS. If you read into the computer's history, I'm sure you will catch up nicely. Then you may begin to help us. Now, I have to get back to work!" With a snape of his fingers, Xor was gone, and Gennai was left alone, standing in the middle of the huge room. He cautiously approached the central computer, and sat down in the chair, and began to read.
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3 hours later...
Normally, getting Gennai to STOP reading was a battle. Now, he couldn't stand looking at the screen a moment longer. All the information was floating around in his head, and if he tried to stuff one more piece in, he'd explode. It made sense, the formation of the digiworld through his, the explanation of the digivices, procedures and experiments being conducted. It was just like something was missing, that underneath all the fancy science schmazz-jazz, they were missing the most important thing. But he couldn't think of what.
Flopping out of his chair, he immediately felt his legs give way and he fell into a heap on the floor. Too tired to care, he just rolled over, and fell asleep.
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The next few days, weeks, and finally months, passed in a blur. Gennai assimilated into the routine at EBAS. After a few weeks, he had learned all there was to know about the digiworld, pertaining to their mission, at least. He had studied the prototypes for possible digivices, memorized the plans for crests, and knew the child selection criteria by heart. He still couldn't figure out what was missing. But it's not like a 12 year old boy can just challenge 3 of his superiors. The boy of Knowledge had changed his opinion of Myotismon; the digimon had became nice, and although he sometimes commanded Gennai around with a princely attitude, this was a welcome change. Xor was civil, but remained slightly aloof and distant. He reminded Gennai of Darien in the beginning. The bearer of Friendship had been isolated, but in a different way than Gennai. There was nothing subtle about it. But after while, he became the most loyal person in their group. Maybe in time Gennai would be able to get to know Xor better. Adelimon was somewhat of a mother figure, but Gennai always felt bad when he began to complain about something cause her sad eyes would wistfully state they had seen things much worse than he had ever. She, however, was actually the most knowledgeable of the 3 councilers, and he frequently met with her to discuss new plans. Whatever time he had to himself when he wasn't sleeping, he would kneel on his bed, and stare out his window. The dancing water always lifted his spirits, renewed him, and made him believe that someday, he would get home.
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"What do you think of this digivice?" prompted Xor.
"It looks alright to me. What are it's features?" questioned Gennai.
As Xor listed the prototype's features, Myotismon banged his fist on the table.
"Enough! This one sounds like garbage!" his temper surfaced quickly.
Xor raised an eyebrow. "What do you think, Adelimon?"
"Save it...I think it has hopes."
"I agree." Gennai wanted to have a word, even if it was agreeing with something. He didn't want to be the little baby who just sat there and didn't do anything.
Myotismon rolled his eyes, and walked out of the room.
"I think we've done enough for today. You two are free to go."
Gennai trailed Adelimon out of the room, and went one way, to his room, while she went another to hers. Xor remained in the room, staring at the prototype.
"Wasted..." he muttered.
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Gennai sat on the edge of his bed. Usually he would try to block out any memories of his "past life", so they couldn't hurt him. This time was no different. He blanked his mind, and fell asleep.
(A/N: He's seeing "another him", it's not like he's in the dream, he's watching it, OK?)
Highton View Terrance. Gennai's mother briskly moved around the kitchen, while Gennai sat on the couch watching TV. He got up, and exited the apartment, walking down to the community playground. Gennai sat on the swings, and vigorously began to pump himself up and down, like he was trying to touch the sky. All of a sudden, a soccer ball came out of nowhere, smacking Gennai on the head. A boy about his age ran over, wild hair held up by goggles, followed by a girl with a blue helmet.
"I'm so sorry! Are you okay, man?"
Gennai smiled and nodded, even though his head really did hurt. He tossed the boy the ball.
"What's your name?" he questioned.
"My name is Courage." the boy replied solemnly before fading away.
"I'm sorry, he has to learn some manners." the girl said. "My name is Love." she called before blurring into nothingness.
Gennai was inspecting a chemistry set, with a blue-haried boy a little older than him. Gennai dumped some hydrocloric acid into some bromthymol blue, and it began to fizzle. Suddenly Gennai's face warped into another, and his hair turned red. The potion compound exploded.
"It exploded, Knowledge."
"So observant, Reliability."
Gennai was now sitting on an innertube on the ocean. A blonde boy with spiky hair was playing with his brother in the water, teaching him to swim. The younger boy had just gotten the hang of it, when a wave swept him off his feet. He floundered a second and started to sink. His brother desperately tried to reach him, but the wave knocked him over too. The younger boy was now in danger of drowning. Gennai jumped off his innertube, and dragged him up to the surface, where he sputtered wildly. The brother by now had regained his balance, splashed over, and clutched his brother to his chest.
"Thank you so much...."
The recovered boy looked up at Gennai and his brother with clear blue eyes. "I knew everything would be alright!" he exclaimed cheerfully.
"What are your names?" inquired Gennai.
"Friendship." said the older boy.
"Hope!" shouted the younger.
And then they were gone.
Gennai was standing in a mall. Faceless people were milling all over, and a girl a little younger than him ran into him with a bunch of bags, dropping them onto the ground. He dropped to the floor, picked them up, and handed them to her.
She smiled at him. "Thanks!" she gave him a hug.
"Sincerity! Come along!" a lady, probably her mother, called.
"See ya!" the girl cheerfully said, and bounced away into the void.
Gennai's head snapped up.
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Okay, I know that majorly sucked. At least the beginning did, towards the middle I began to actually type without thinking, and that's how I write best ^^ Please review, I won't continue until I get a certain number of positive ones ^^; And I did write that strange thing in the beginning :D
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