By: Crystal Clear
Matt paused at the bathroom door and heard the shower water running. He tried the
doorknob and slipped inside.
Kari showered off the mud from where she'd slipped with TK earlier. She heard the door
open and she peeked around the curtain, "Tai?"
"No...it's me." a voice said.
"Matt!" Kari exclaimed and saw his figure smile slyly at her.
She screamed.
Tai bounded down the hall at Kari's scream and burst through the bathroom door. He saw
Kari cowering in the corner, "Are you okay?"
She shivered and jumped into her brother's arms, "It was Matt! He had a knife and tried
to kill me!"
"You've had to much chocolate. I'm getting mom."
Minutes later, Mrs. Kamiya walked in, "Kari, scaring Tai like that and blaming Matt is
not going to get his attention."
"I guess you're right..." Kari sighed.
June answered the door to see Matt standing there, "Matt!" she screeched, "Um...I guess
you're here to see Davis..."
Matt hugged her and whispered in her ear, "No, I'm here for you."
Her face lit up with happiness. She grabbed his hand and dragged him to her room, "This
is where I always dream of you and I," she smiled pointing to her bed and lying down.
Matt held back his laugh and laid down beside her.
June got even more excited and thought *Oh wow...the real Matt Ishida on my bed...oh my
gosh...I'm going to die*
Matt looked around for something to do. He walked over to her drawers and went through
them. He held up a pair of green silk boxers, "June..." he growled, "I've been looking for
these...how did you get these?"
She blushed, "...um...I...us...TK gave them to me...yeah..."
Matt laughed and pulled her to him. He kissed her sweetly enough to make her melt.
June pulled him closer to her and let her mind drift off.
Davis and his dad pulled in. His dad had been out teaching Davis how to drive on the
back roads. Davis walked in the door and heard June giggle. He opened her door and saw Matt
entertaining June, "Eh, er, Matt?"
Matt stopped and his eyes opened widely, "You didn't see me here!" he exclaimed as he
raced out the door.
"I hate you, Davis!" June yelled and smacked her brother out the door.
"Matt...Look I'm sorry. I didn't mean to react the way I did. Please forgive me. Bye."
Tai pleaded into Matt's answering machine.
Matt listened to the machine and sighed to himself *boy I've really over done it this
time* he thought.
He turned up his amplifier and tuned his bass guitar. He sang a song he'd written about
his life at the moment.
He sang:
I know these times are hard
and they kill my heart
So if they stab it deep,
why can't there soul I keep?
A month later:
Tai sat on Matt's bed watching Matt play his video game, "You're really good."
"I know." Matt replied as if Tai wasn't a real person.
"Look, I am serious this time, Matt. It has been so long since you and I confessed our
love for each other...I think we should tell everyone."
Matt paused his game, "Why should we?"
"Well, you love me and I love you. Plus haven't you noticed that every month this year,
someone has died? In January it was Sora. In February it was Mimi. In March it was Yolei. And
last month it was TK and June...I'm afraid I am going to lose you. Someone is out their and
don't you think it's a little coincidental that they all were found in their bed with their
wrists cut?"
Matt looked around nervously, "No...some things just happen that way..." he gulped and
held back the tears forming in his eyes from thinking of his younger brother who was found on the
same day as June.
"Oh Matt...I'm sorry I didn't think..." Tai put his arms around Matt and comforted him
as he cried.
"Why me Tai?"
"Why you what?"
Matt spoke in small sentences, "Everyone I get close to gets killed and you are the only
one who hasn't been and I feel so bad because..." Matt broke off his sentence and looked into
Tai's eyes, "I'm scared and...you won't hate me if I tell you something will you?"
Tai held his breath, "Not if you don't get made if I tell you my secret."
"Kay..." Matt paused, "I never loved you. You are my best friend and I love you like that
but I'm not gay...I was using you to get to Kari. I know that it was a harsh thing to do but...
it's so hard to get her attention..."
Tai brushed Matt away, "After all this...Matt...you really are the charmer aren't you?
That was why you were in the bathroom with her wasn't it! You were after my sister!"
"How did you know?"
"She said you held a knife to her..." Tai said.
Matt raised an eyebrow, "I don't own a knife..."
"Oh really? Well let me share my secret..." Tai smiled wickedly, "I did it. I killed them
all."
"You did not." Matt defended his best friends against himself.
"Oh but I did," Tai smiled and pulled out a knife from his sock drawer.
"Oh my gosh...Tai...why?"
"It's simple. You were the one I wanted. There is nothing more than I wanted to get rid
of the competition. I heard about you sleeping with Sora. I knew about your dates with Mimi. I
knew about your plans with Yolei. I even knew about you and June."
Matt let the tears flow, "Why did you kill TK?"
"Because...he was closest to you. I was selfish. I wanted you all to myself and didn't
want anyone closer than me.:
"You were closer than TK, Tai!" Matt interrupted, "you knew everything. I don't know
how you found about me cheating but I am sorry that I hurt you...TK was my little brother.
I wish you would've killed me instead of him." Matt fell to his knees.
"Matt..." Tai dropped the knife to the floor and bent down beside his friend, "I have
caused you much pain...and I am sorry..." Tai turned Matt's face to his and kissed his lips
briefly. He picked up his knife and held it to his wrists, "I love you Matt and I forgive you. I
hope you can forgive me. I didn't want it to end this way."
"NO!" Matt cried out as Tai slashed his wrists and his blood poured out.
It's Izzy again, I'm sitting in the car. Matt's over at Tai's grave. It looks like he's
crying. He has red roses in hand and is placing them on the grave. It's funny, he never did that
for anyone else. Mrs. Kamiya was shocked when she heard of what her son had said to Matt. Matt
hasn't been the same. He wasn't quite himself when TK died but now he's worse than ever. He
told me that Tai was one of the only people who loved him. I hugged him and helped him ride to
the grave yard. He didn't want to watch him being buried. He couldn't bare it. He said that he
didn't want to see his best friends being laid into the floor. Now, Matt's walking off. I guess
he's going to get a drink of water.
I'm walking over to the grave now and opening the envelope he laid on the ground by the
gravestone.
It says:
Tai,
You are the best friend I have ever had. I hated to see you go. I'll never
forget the sight of you slashing yourself and falling to your knees like that. The eyes in your
head rolled back until all I could see where the whites. Your face paled and I knew you were
gone for good. We'll all miss you, Tai. Your mom cried. Is that what you wanted? To hurt
everyone and break their hearts? What were you thinking? To go and leave me in this state? Now
I have lost BOTH of my brothers and I have nothing to live for. No, Tai, I'm not going to kill
myself. I'm not as stupid as you. I'll miss you so much and think of you everyday. I just
wanted you to know that. Please wait for me at the gates...if you're there.
Love Always,
Matt
Digi Murders Part Two