Simple Consequences
Part VI-
Ino aw Otos
Disclaimer- Digimon and all its characters
are not copyright me, but copyright Toei Animation/Bandai (there probably are
others, but I can't remember offhand). I wish they were, but sadly, not all wishes
come true. The only thing that's copyright me is this fanfic, so no stealing,
kiddies.
Author's
Notes- NOTE:
Follow the astericks in the story if you want to know what 'Ino aw Otos' means. FINALLY! The next part of this
tale. I was extremely tired when I was writing this…and oh, Taken/Kenkeru
(Takeru [TK] x Ken) hints! Yay. The first time I've ever
done anything with that coupling, so I decided to do just that. If this seems a
bit er…bad, I'm sorry. -_-; I really should have slept earlier last night…oh,
and I've figured out who Jun is going to get by your votes. Thanks everyone! It
was a real help. Now for the story- go on, read! And review if you want to make
me an even happier Amai. :)
As he grew more adept at his
renewed skills, Daisuke noticed that his life took a distinct schedule as each
day passed. As he was growing nocturnal, much like an owl, at midnight hours,
he would grow tired during the late afternoon…much like one going to bed at
night. Fortunately, he had the perfect place to go to sleep when slumber over
came him.
Yamato's arms.
Daisuke smiled absently as he
thought of his blonde savior. He's so warm…maybe I shouldn't be so doubtful
of this, its been going fine so far anyway. And he doesn't seem to mind a
little bite here and there…Unfortunately, whilst in his daydream, he
effectively forgot the being sitting right next to him. Sighing, Ichijouji Ken
waved a pale hand in front of his best friend's face. "Daisuke? Are you
listening to me?"
"Eh?" The mahogany haired boys
eyes opened up widely as he sheepishly glanced at an obviously not amused Ken,
arms crossed, looking rather annoyed at him. Daisuke waved his hands, "Yeah,
yeah, I heard you." Okay, so I lie. But how could I pay attention to
–anything- when Yamato's on my mind? And he was right…what had started off
as yet another infatuation had blossomed into much, much more for both Yamato
and Daisuke.
Ken rolled his eyes, a gesture
rarely used from him for others, but used frequently for Daisuke. After all, if
you knew some of the things that Motomiya Daisuke did like Ken did,
wouldn't you roll your eyes too? Of course…Ken had no idea what he actually
did, and was merely deriving that thought from what he believed Daisuke
was like. He thought he knew him well, and perhaps, he would have.
If Daisuke was a normal boy,
that is.
He seemed so much like one,
though, so much that even Ken, the genius of the group, didn't know how utterly
abnormal Daisuke actually was. Although…he had to admit, the bright boy
that he knew was acting awfully distracted as of lately. I wonder what he's
thinking about…Ken though, watching as Daisuke blundered to find the right
words to indicate that he actually was listening.
"If you were listening, what did
I just say, Daisuke?" Ken prodded the shorter child with mild amusement. He
couldn't help but be amused; Daisuke was just funny in all of his actions.
Maybe because Daisuke acted much like a child….because he was one. It was funny
because Daisuke was not even the youngest, yet held the youngest spirit within
him. Even Iori, who was a few years behind them, was not as childish as Daisuke
could be.
It was refreshing.
But annoying was still annoying,
nevertheless. Ken found himself wishing that Daisuke could be a bit more mature
as he tried to grab the scraps of what he had heard Ken say to form it into a
reasonable sentence to make Ken believe that he had listened. Only Daisuke was
bad at lying. He always had, and Ken knew that. He waved his hand, sounding
more agitated than he intended. "Spare me the details, Daisuke."
"Sorry Ken…I dunno, I was just
thinking, that's all. What did you say?" Daisuke tried his sincerest to show how
sorry he was; Ken usually didn't get that annoyed with him. The ex-Emperor's
face softened as he ran a hand through his hair. "It's fine, Daisuke. I'm
sorry…it's just that, well…I've been having a bit of problems and it wasn't
helping that you weren't listening."
"Hmm? What problems are these,
Ken?" They couldn't be half as bad as mine.
Ken bit his lip. It was
easier when he wasn't listening…well, Daisuke would understand…wouldn't he? Taking
a deep breath, he started, "Well…I'm sure you know Takeru better than I, seeing
that you knew him longer than I have. Uhm…how can I say this…"
As Ken fumbled over his words
much like his younger friend had earlier, Daisuke got exactly what he was
trying to say. I should have known! So Ken has a crush, eh? It has to be,
he's blushing! As Daisuke noted the
blood making its way to Ken's pale face he got a faint reminder that he was due
for lunch very soon. …But a few minutes couldn't hurt, could it? As he
averted his attention back to the blundering Ken, he smiled and raised a
finger. "I think you should tell him!" He proclaimed cheerfully catching his
friend off guard. Well if Takeru's own brother let's me –bite- him, who's to
say he won't take Ken's feelings towards him badly…? At least, I hope. Hikari
might get there before him…
"Wh-what? I didn't say anything
though!" Ken tried in vain to cover up what he was already going to say.
Indeed, it was easier when Daisuke wasn't listening.
The mahogany haired boy gave him
a confident grin. "Believe me Ken. I know what I'm talking about, and I think
you should tell him. It's the least you could do, and I don't think that
Takeru's the type of person who would hate you for such a…shallow reason."
Ken's eyes narrowed
suspiciously. "And how do you know so much about..er..this topic?"
"Well, what do you think?"
"So you like…ah, a boy too?
Really? When?" Ken blinked, very surprised as he figured this out. It wasn't
every day that you found out that both you and your friend were attracted to
the opposite sex.
Daisuke laughed, albeit
nervously, putting a hand behind his neck. "Let's just say that it took a lot
of… 'Lunch Dates' with someone to get this figured out, ne?"
—
"Um, excuse me librarian." Jun smiled brightly to the
elderly lady hunched over her desk busily typing away. To her dismay, the woman
paid her no heed and continued to type away. What in the world could she be
doing that could occupy her so much? Oh well…let me try again. "Hello? I
need a bit of help here." She kept her smile in tact as she called out again to
the lady, who yet again ignored her.
Feeling a surge of rage that had never really flowed
through her soul, Jun slammed her fist down, making an almost unearthly clap
against the shiny wood mostly because the library was such a quiet place by
default.
That didn't stop people from glancing over to where the
reddish-brown haired girl resided. The woman stopped typing, looking a bit
shaken up. "Oh. I didn't notice you were here. What do you want, dear?" She
tried her best to keep up a good cheer, as to not anger the teenager standing
in front of her yet again.
Sure you didn't notice…Jun
thought bitterly, but pushed away that trivial mind spark, smiling yet again at
the woman. "I was wondering where you held all your information on mystical
creatures…you know, witches, ogres, vampires?" She stressed the last
word with a small grin, much out of her normal character. Of course, when you
had what power…what energy she could feel coursing through her very soul, you
might be a bit different as well. This was mostly sparked up by her sudden
growing sense of vengeance for her brother. Yes Daisuke…Arukenimon has shown
me what a monster you truly are. But I'm not going to let you pull Yamato into
your trap!
The librarian blinked a bit, feeling
a surge of suspicion for this girls reason of wanting the books for some
reason. However, she pushed it off. That's silly, She remarked to
herself, she's probably doing a project for school…And with that train
of thought in motion, she quickly showed Jun the area where her books could be
found.
But she continued to stare as
the girl left for that section of books, as if something terrible was going to
happen if she did otherwise. Realizing how stupid she was acting, she tore her
vision away from the retreating Jun and went back to her work. It was just a
feeling, anyway…
…even if it was a completely
accurate feeling.
"V…v….ah, there's one." Jun
commented as she pulled out a rather big and old looking book entitled The
Art of Vampirism. Clutching the book to herself as if her life depended on
it, she hastily moved from the bookshelf to find a place to sit down and read.
Quickly plopping down in an
unused seat, Jun began to work her way through the book, not noticing the
familiar figure that was now making its way into the library.
None other than her brother's
ex-crush, Yagami Hikari.
Although the younger girl had
entered to return a book that she had borrowed a week earlier, once setting
eyes on the sister of Daisuke, she absently threw her book on the returning
table and quickly made her way to where Jun was sitting, looking quite absorbed
in her book. Isn't that Daisuke's sister? Maybe I can ask her…if Daisuke's
angry at me or not…Hikari sighed. Ever since that incident before, Daisuke
hadn't talked to her. He had just…run away before. She was tempted to follow
him, but she knew it would had made it worse.
"I never wanted to break his
heart.." She murmured absently to herself as she began to walk towards Jun's
area. "But I had to be honest with him…I didn't want to lie or anything. I just
hope he's not upset at me."
As she got closer to Jun, the
older girl seemed to notice her presence as she lifted the book from her dark
eyes and glanced at Hikari. Isn't that that girl that Daisuke had a crush on
earlier…hmm…She glanced back down into her book. Just this simple saying
of 'Ino aw Otos'* is supposed to banish and/or weaken a demon..I wonder if I
can make Hikari do the dirty work for me…Jun smiled in anticipation of
this, glancing upward yet again as Hikari finally walked up to her.
"Um…are you related to Motomiya
Daisuke?" She asked, albeit shyly, but friendly nevertheless.
Nodding vigorously, Jun smiled
back at the girl, brushing some of her wild hair out of her eyes. "Hai! I'm his
sister, Motomiya Jun. Are you that girl he's been talking about so much?"
Hikari blushed at that. "Yagami…Hikaru, is that it?" Of course I know you.
You're going to be a great tool in getting my Yamato back from –his- hands and
getting rid of him once and for all!
"Yagami Hikari." She smiled. "I'm glad you know me
a bit…er, I know this might seem a bit rude, but I wanted to ask you a question
about your brother."
"Hmm? Ask away!"
"Well, you see…a few days ago I
told Daisuke something I don't think he wanted to know. And…I think I may have
upset him in the process. Well, I just wanted to know if Daisuke was angry at
me or anything?" With the amount of dark energy embedded within her, Jun would
have ignored the sincerity that flowed through Hikari's eyes…only, when she
looked through the reflection of those wide, innocent eyes she couldn't. She
just couldn't.
Coughing, she said, "I don't
think Daisuke's angry at you…just give him some time. He'll get over it." What
am I saying? Jun cursed herself. I'm encouraging him? No…I can't do
that…For the thoughts that writhed through her mind couldn't let her get
away with such a thing. With power comes a price, and that price was simple.
Her sense of judgment was now clouded by the flowing evil that Arukenimon and
emplanted in her soul.
Hmm…I know just what to do! Glancing
at Hikari yet again, Jun smiled. "Here's a way to get his attention." Taking a
pencil out of her pocket, she tore a piece of paper from the book and wrote three
words. Ino aw Otos. Handing it to Hikari, she suddenly stood up, "Well,
I have to get going, but…if you just say those three words to Daisuke, he
should cheer up."
"Ino aw Otos? What's that
supposed to mean?" Hikari blinked, looking at the words presented to her.
Jun winked. "It's a secret
between Daisuke and I. But don't worry, it'll be more help than you realize!"…To
all of us.
—
"Hello? Is anyone there…?" Daisuke gulped as he continued
to tap on Yamato's door. He'd better be here…I'm getting hungry after each
second! And I'm a bit tired too…
A couple of knocks later Daisuke sighed in frustration as
he began to walk down the steps leading to the main door. "I can't believe he's
not there…"
"Then don't." Daisuke's head flipped up to see none other
than Yamato smiling down at his tired form. The younger boy, however wasn't
amused. "Where were you? I could have gone downtown terrorizing random people
if that's what you wanted me to do!"
The blonde haired Digi-Destined pulled his beloved into a
warm embrace, playing softly with his untidy mahogany hair. Daisuke sighed in
suppressed bliss as he melted into the hug, latching himself onto Yamato's
waist. "I was at band practice…and we went a bit late. I'm sorry though, if
that makes anything better. You have me all to yourself now, so you don't have
to go one a worldwide rampage for blood." Yamato smiled at the younger holder
of Courage and Friendship as his hold became tighter on his waist.
"Stupid Yamato…", Came his voice, stubborn sounding, but
almost sleepy with awoken euphoria. "You know that I couldn't even bite anyone
but you anyway."
"Yeah, I know…but-" He was cut off as Daisuke made his way
to his usual spot around his neck, piercing it every so slightly yet again and
letting the warm blood flow into his equally warm mouth. He kissed along
Yamato's neck, leaving him in just as much euphoria as Daisuke was earlier just
being in his arms.
"You taste even better when I'm hungry.." Came Daisuke's
voice, almost feral in his attempts to acquire the blood he had been waiting
for so patiently since his last feeding. Weakly, Yamato began to pull Daisuke
inside from the doorstep. "Come in…we can't let people…see us.." His usage of
speech always became slurred when feeling a sense of such utter pleasure.
Daisuke complied, not moving from Yamato's neck, but
following him soundlessly into the house.
Only to be stopped when the two of them heard a voice
sound from a little while away. "Daisuke? Is that you?"
Turning a bit pale, Daisuke unlatched himself from the
Keeper of Friendship's hold, and quickly with wiped his lips with a hand. Hikari?
I hope she did –not- see us…
Fortunately,
she didn't.
Smiling a bit nervously as she
saw Yamato with him, she waved. "Oh, I didn't see you there, Yamato! Hi!"
Looking a bit irritated from
being cut off from Daisuke so quickly, he waved back, forcing a smile on his
face. "Hey Hikari. What are you here for?"
"Yeah, you called for me so I
guess you wanna speak to me?" Daisuke nodded, looking back at Hikari. The Holder
of Light nodded, noting how indifferent Daisuke looked now towards her. I
guess he wasn't too upset…but just incase. "I just wanted to apologize for
upsetting you earlier, Daisuke. I didn't mean to…but I think I have something
that might cheer you up." She smiled faintly at Daisuke as she began to pull
out the sheet that Jun had given her.
"Oh? What's that?" Daisuke
asked, pointing at the sheet Hikari now held.
Smiling, Hikari brought it up to
her face. "Ino…"
As she began to read the old
chant, Daisuke's eyes became wide as a sick feeling began to make its way
through his stomach. She…she knows…! Oh god…His head was already
beginning to hurt.
"Aw…"
Daisuke felt himself start to sweat, as the effects
of the words were weaving through him. He suddenly grabbed on to Yamato's hand
tightly for support as his legs began to give out on him.
"Ot-! Daisuke?!" Hikari
dropped her sheet as she stared at Daisuke, he had more or less collapsed to
the ground, nearly taking a just as worried Yamato with him. He looked wasted,
as he clutched the ground coughing violently. Hikari put a hand to her mouth as
she saw exactly what he was coughing: blood.
And for some reason, she knew that it was all her
fault.
Oh…my god…what have I done?
—
"Perfect."
Jun watched with dark glee as her brother fell.
"I see you've already started." A figure appeared
next to her, long ivory hair flowing as she took a lock of it in her glove-clad
hand. "Quite impressive…but how come he's not dead yet?"
"That Hikari girl didn't finish the
charm! What? No fair!" A growl made its way out of Jun's mouth, as she stomped,
pouting. A small action kept from her former, non-corrupted self.
Arukenimon smirked. Hikari,
eh? Isn't that one of his Digi-Disillusioned friends? The one of…oh, I see. Light.
This is working out better than I thought. "Well, Necromancer. Keep your
eye out for that girl. We're going to need her to destroy your former brother…"
"What? Why do we need her?"
Jun commented, her eyes still on the scene.
The spider woman simply
chuckled, snapping a finger. "Because one's of darkness are inevitably weakened
to death by light, that's why." Without elaborating what she meant to Jun, who
still had no idea who or what the Digi-Destined or the Digital World were, she
disappeared into the darkness of which she came from.
The game had only begun.
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* 'Ino aw Otos' is a flip-flopped version of 'Oni wa
Soto' which, in Japanese means 'Demon, Be Gone'.
