(Hey, sadly this is the last chapter of Infection and I hope you all like it. As was before, it's PG-13 because I said so. No Digimon doesn't belong to me...*plots on how to get it in her name* yet and lets face it, I'm a worthless individual who spends her life writing instead of getting an actual life, so hounding me is pointless.)
"Why did you name the mission Osamu?" Tai asked quietly.
"Would you have rather called it rub 'a' dub, dub, three men in a...Daisuke get out?" Izzy poked Tai with a small smile. "Sam was Ken's brother who died under the care of Kaizer enterprises. I'm not sure what it has to do with THE Kaizer but I know there is a connection."
"Well, this is where we part. Good luck." Tai gave him a wink before walking into a local coffee and donut shop. Daisuke gave Ken's hand a squeeze before following his 'big brother' into the shop.
Ken and Izzy opted to not eat, both feeling kind of nauseous thinking about the danger they were going to put themselves in. "It will be ok, they can't do much to us if they do catch us and they wont." Izzy tried to reassure Ken as they approached the building.
"I know." He sighed, scraping up his courage. "Let's do this."
"Here goes everything." Izzy led them across the lobby and up to a receptionist. "Hello, I am looking for someone who can answer some questions I have about the tests of Digital Equipment designed by your company eight years ago."
"I'm sorry that information is classified." He looked up from his computer and eyed them.
"It was used on my brother. I can prove kinship to him..." Ken was cut off.
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"All I want is to understand..." Ken began to cry.
Izzy put a hand on his shoulder and sighed. "I told you they wouldn't give us any information...Sorry to have bothered you." He spoke curtly to the man before wrapping an arm around Ken and leading him out of the building. He took him a few buildings down to a very busy restaurant and into the bathroom. "Ok, calm down and change." He locked the door and started changing while Ken splashed his face with cold water a few times.
When he had on his suit he removed his soft leather brief case from the book bag and put the backpack in to it. He also put in his regular clothes. Ken finished doing the same as Izzy adjusted his wig and darkened his eyebrows. He put on tented glasses and straitened his tie. He pinned on his badge and turned to help Ken finish his transformation.
"How did you learn to do this?"
"Drama." He adjusted his collar. "Ok, put in the contacts and let's go."
Izzy was now a brown head with perfectly smoothed hair. Ken's black ponytail and deep brown eyes made him look more exotic then usual. Together they walked out and back through the Kaizer doors. It was the busiest time of day and they moved unnoticed through the halls in single file.
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Daisuke and Tai began bickering in the lobby, noticing Ken and Izzy moving off to the side. "I'm bored! Why did I have to come to your stupid interview? I don't care if you get a job."
"Mom made me so shut up and behave. It won't take long."
"I won't sit and wait for an hour while you jack off with some secretary who doesn't give a shit if you get the job."
Tai went red; bright, shocking, look at me I'm embarrassed red. "I hate you...get out of my life!" He turned around and stomped across the lobby and up to the receptionist. "Cancel my appointment and give my regrets to Hayashi-sama."
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They evaded the cameras and walked to the elevator. Izzy used his knuckle to press the button. They were lucky and two others got on the elevator. They all got off on the fifth floor and Ken had to fight the urge to panic. Izzy walked over and purchased a drink from a vending machine and handed it to him. "Natural."
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A lady ran after Tai as he manhandled Daisuke out the door. "Taichi!?!" He turned around and looked at her as she continued. "Please give me a few minutes. I'm Hayashi. I'm very interested in you."
"I'm sorry, I don't think this is the best day..."
"I have some games that need testing. Would you like to be the first kid to touch them?" She asked Daisuke. Man did she say the magic word. It was supposed to be no, but what game enthusiast would say no to that?
"Really? YES! I really want to! Oh man Tai, did you hear what she just asked me? Ahh!" He hopped up and down excitedly.
"There has got to be a medication you should be taking." He sighed as Hayashi had Daisuke ushered away by some techie.
"There, he should be entertained for several hours. We can take our time getting to know each other." She smiled warmly as she hooked her arm in his and pulled him across the room towards the elevators.
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Ken took the drink and swallowed some, feeling slightly better. "Think of it as going to the library." They reached a top security area and he calmly punched in the proper codes. It beeped and he caught his breath. The door clicked and admitted them. He pounced on the nearest computer and began typing madly. Ken sat next to him and tried to follow his progress but was helplessly lost.
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"We only deal with a few such as yourself, who are still in school and work from home. We will supply your equipment, any material you need, as well as train passes and pay at regular intervals." Hayashi handed him a sheet of perks, privileges, and terms. "You of coarse will be expected to come in every other weekend and report to your assigned manager and show a tech monitor your progress on the project you are working on."
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Izzy copied things onto a CD and tucked it in his bag. "Ok, let's move it." He pulled Ken to the door and they went through it. They walked to the elevator and went down. "Don't run. Leave through the doors we came in. I'll meet you down at the donut shop."
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"I understand. What are we talking about, money wise?" He liked everything he heard so far."
"Well, the game you brought today will obviously make your sign on rate higher then normal, plus we purchase it as with every one you make...Twenty four an hour, plus expenses, and finish bonuses."
"Hundred?" He sounded slightly suspicious. (In yen... It's like $24.00 US)
She nodded. He tried not to drop his teeth on the table or sound like an eager child. "I need to think about it."
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The four rode back to the hotel in silence, Izzy and Ken jittery, Daisuke and Tai wiggling with joy.
Tai snatched Izzy up in a kiss when the door closed and they were alone. "God Izzy, I could make like 150,000 with out even trying. If I worked hard...Oh man, I'm getting a stiffy."
"Good...I'm a little tense myself...I thought I was a dead man more then once."
"Oh and you're getting off on the danger? How very knotty of you." He grinned before delving his tongue into Izzy's mouth. He in turn wrapped his arms around his neck and his legs around his waist. Tai grabbed his butt with one hand and the back of his head with the other. He kissed him deeper, loosing his breath in the ferociously passionate moment.
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Ken sat in the floor of the shower and let the warm water stream over him. He was scared. What would happen if they got caught? What was the Kaizer? Was it really connected with the Kaizer corperation? What did it have to do with Osamu? Did he have to die? Did Kaizer kill Sam? What did his possession have to do with the Digital world being threatened? "None of this makes any sense! It's all a bunch of crap!"
He rested his head on his knees, wrapped his arms around himself, and sobbed. "Ken?" Daisuke's soft voice asked from the other side of the door. He had wanted to be alone and told Daisuke to not bother him. He had been extremely amerous and he couldn't deal.
He didn't answer. He didn't care. He let himself continue to release his emotions in hystarics. Daisuke opened the door and walked across the wet floor, his bare feet making soggy splast on the damp tiles. "Ken..." He knelt down next to him and embraced his small body. He convulsed with gut renched howls. "Ken, what's wrong? Are you hurting?"
He shook his head and leaned into him, a hand tangling in his soaking shirt. Daisuke sat down and pulled Ken into his lap, holding him tightly he began to rock him. "Calm down. Everything is gonna be ok."
Ken pulled away and looked at him with haunted red rimmed eyes. Tears continued to roll down his face. He choked out an angery reply. "You don't know that!"
"Why? We are here together. Nothing can happen to you because you are only thirteen. Izzy's the only one that should worry. He is twenty one. Either the disk has the information we need or it doesn't. It's just another obstical. We can work through it." Daisuke brushed Ken's bangs aside and kissed his forehead. "I love you. Now calm down before you throw up."
He lapsed into a fit of the sniffles. He nodded and rested his head back on Daisuke's shoulder.
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When Izzy woke up, he used the bathroom, found some clean boxers, and then went strait to the computer and put in the CD. He began hacking it.
Ken came knocking to see if he could help and he covered Tai up and let him in. They tried everything either of them had ever heard of. After several hours he slammed the laptop and kicked back from the table. "We can't do this alone. Let's go home, take a day to chill and then I'll get my friends together and we can try this together."
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Song Title: MY WAY
Video Title: Tai/Dai Wars
Artist: LIMP BIZKIT
Writer: Deedlit Magic
Fan Fic: Digimon
*a billion check out the melody* Tai and Daisuke walk down the street. Izzy and Ken follow, talking to each other. They laugh together.
Special, you think your special
Daisuke rolls his eyes at Tai. He says something with a smirk.
You do, I can see it in your eyes
Tai jerks him up by the front of his shirt and glairs at him, then he drops him on his butt.
I can see it when you laugh at me
He laughs and continues to walk.
Look down on me and, you walk around on me
Ken tries to help him up, but he shakes him off and gets up himself.
Just one more fight about your leadership
Izzy grabs Tai by the arm and says something, frowning.
And I will straight up leave your shit
He looks back at Daisuke and receives the finger before Daisuke spilt
Cause I`ve had enough of this
He stomps down a near by alley
And now I'm pissed (yeah)
He hauls off and kicks a trash-can, sending it crashing into the wall.
This time I'm a let it all come out
He picks up a lid and throws it at Ken as he tries to follow him.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
He yells before turning and walking.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
He goes to a bus stop and hops on a bus.
My way or the highway
He walks to the back and glares at Ken standing on the sidewalk.
This time I'm a let it all come out
As the bus pulls away Ken turns away, hiding his tears from Daisuke.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
Izzy hugs him, turning around to yell at Tai.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
He points at the bus and yells some more.
My way or the highway
He takes Ken's arm and leads him towards a cab.
*check out* He pulls out a twenty and throws it at Tai before they get in and leave.
Tai watches them leave before picking up the money and heads for another cab.
Just one more fight about a lotta things
Mimi and Kari are yelling at each other in front of Kari's house.
And I will give up everything
Kari pulls off her bracelet and throws it at Mimi.
To be on my own again,
She goes inside and slams the door.
Free again (YEAH!)
She leans against the door and sighs. Then runs towards her room.
This time I'm a let it all come out
She reaches it and throws open the door.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
She grabs the gay pride poster and rips it off her wall.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
She crumples it up.
My way or the highway
She tosses it in the trash.
This time I'm a let it all come out
She opens the door to Matt's room in the hospital.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
She goes over and takes his hands.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
He pulls back from her a bit.
My way or the highway
He looks at her wide-eyed and shakes his head.
Someday you'll see things my way
She puts a hand on his cheek and says something.
Cause you never know, no ya never know
He looks at Sora's picture on his bedside.
When your gonna go
Kari turns it face down.
Someday you'll see things my way
She wraps her arms around him.
Cause you never know, no ya never know
FLASHBACK Kari and him in the river.
When your gonna go
FB con. Kari goes under. *check out the melody* Matt dives after her.
Daisuke sits on a bench in the park, looking at his hands.
Just one more fight and I'll be history
Ken runs up and hugs Daisuke ferociously.
Yes I will straight up leave your shit
He looks him in the eyes and says "Don't leave me."
And you'll be the one who's left
Tai stands under a tree across the park looking sadly at them.
Missing me (yeah)
He turns and walks away. He stops seeing Izzy.
This time I'm a let it all come out
He runs towards Izzy who is talking to Joe on the edge of the cemetery.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
He throws his arms around Izzy. "I'm sorry."
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
Izzy looks at him with tear filled eyes, then turns back to Joe.
My way or the highway
Joe holds two roses, he hands one to Izzy.
This time I'm a let it all come out
A tear rolls down his cheek.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
"Matt..." He turns towards the stone.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
Tai looks at first Joe then Izzy in confusion.
My way or the highway
He looks at the flower, then at the stone.
Someday you'll see things my way
He sees Sora's name written on it.
Cause you never know, when ya never know
He reaches out and touches the letters, dropping to his knees.
When your gonna go.
He shakes his head slowly.
Someday you'll see things my way
Izzy sits down by him and wraps an arm around him.
Cause you never know, when ya never know
Joe places a rose on top of the stone and turns and walks away.
*check out* He walks into the sunset. Kari and Matt watch it from the hospital window. Daisuke and Ken watch it from the bench. The color shines off the stone where Izzy and Tai kneel...
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Kari looked around at the room. It looked like the inside of an Egyptian temple. Chalk, marker, and pencil covered the room. It made no sense to her. "Look, I'm sorry about what happened and you can't keep hurting yourself over it! Yamato, please, work on getting better...I...I love you Matt."
She waited for a reaction. He had paused briefly in his tracing things outside the window on the glass with his finger and listened to her. She felt words spill out of her mouth as fast as they could get out. She didn't care who she was talking to. Matt and Kaizer both could listen and act on it. It didn't matter as long as it was acted upon. "All I want is to hold you in my arms until time sweeps over us and the world passes us by. I want to take you into me and surround my self with you. I want to drown in your eyes and have my ears filled with the pounding of your heart. All I'm asking is for..."
"For the impossible. I can't go back with you. Not while there is so much to be done." He shook his head. He smiled at her before looking away. She didn't sense the rejection she expected, just lonely guy. She couldn't help herself. She edged closer.
"Matt, what is there to do?" Her voice was soft and curious as she watched for a sign that she was too close or something.
"The time when he will learn the truth is nearing. I am not Kaizer, he just speaks to me. I'm sorry Kari, but this is very complicated. I will give you what I can." He held out his hand to her. She took it trustingly. He wrapped her in his arms and brought his mouth to hers. "When his body is restored I can go home."
"Why does the Kaizer need you here?"
"I don't have to pay anything else attention. It's not his idea, it's mine. When I came here I needed to be here. I tried to kill myself. I don't want to die anymore. I want to live...for you."
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Miyako looked at Kody for a minute before sitting on his lap. "You are annoying me. I will find some hormones in you if it takes all night!" She unfastened his funky top and started kissing his neck.
"Miyako, what are you doing?" TK flailed in the background. "Kody is mine um.. I mean that is to say *begins coughing*."
Kody was frozen. He just sat there with large eyes. Miyako waved him over.
The phone rang and he fumbled on the table side to answer it. "Hello? Izzy! Oh yah...All right...An hour? Ok...Bye." He hung up the phone. "Ok, make this good, I've got to go soon."
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"Welcome fellow hackers. Today I've called you all together to help hack something from Kaizer. I personally downloaded it and know what I want is on it. It's an archive record concerning a fellow hacker's brother who died or perhaps was killed. This could be something more then I can let you know about. That is a risk you take if you log on for the job. Who's game?"
"Izzy, how the hell did you get Kaizer stuff?" Shitami eyed the disk with suspicion.
"Walked in and took it. I broke, entered, lied, cheated, and stole. Anything else?"
"Damn, this has got to be good to make you go to actual physical lengths to get it." He grinned at Izzy. "Count me in!"
"Good."
"I'm in..." Kody nodded.
"Me too!" Mouse gave him her most naughty look. "I've got a new program I've been itching to try out."
Joe sighed. "I need a distraction. This will work."
"Thanks Joe." Ken smiled at him.
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"Oh man, Izzy, look at this!" Joe's voice was excited. After two weeks it was a very welcomed excitement. Izzy, Ken, and Kody mobbed him. "It's the..."
A hand was clapped over his mouth by Ken. "You opened it. Congratulations, you win." He said it trying to sound cheery. "Well everyone, game over."
Izzy chased Mouse, Shitami, and Kijou out of the apartment and sat down with the Digi-Destined hackers. "This is a status report of the digital world. It was formed in the data pool left by the digital technology used improperly. People monetary it that created and discovered it..." Joe read and summarized it.
Izzy looked over his shoulder. "Here is what we wanted to know about. 'When series XL1397Q-01 was unloaded into the system the Digital World was contaminated with a parasite.'
"Parasite? Look up what XLwhatever-1 was." Kody leaned in to look closer.
"Accident victim's end of life records. Name Osamu..." Joe trailed off.
"Then that makes..." Kody turned and looked at Ken.
"Kaizer is my brother..." Ken whispered hoarsely. "How could he..."
"Your brother died when he was seven. Not having any guidance since he was seven..no body... and no memory...Is it that hard to understand?" Izzy asked quietly. He looked back at the screen, sighing. "There are the answers." Then he shook his head violently. "These aren't answers! How did it happen? WHY! Why didn't they let me die? I can't even remember being me..." He placed a hand on the screen of the lap-top. "Tell me..." He begged.
"O-o-osamu?" Ken looked at him.
"Ke-chi...Don't be mad at Izzy, he was trying to help me..." K/O/I (Kaizer/ Osamu/ Izzy) smiled sadly at Ken. "At least I know who and what I am now..."
Ken looked at him. His brother...His big brother was really there! "Sam..." He hugged him tightly. "It's ok. We'll figure out how to help you."
"Matt is all ready working on that part. I should let Izzy come back...He's panicking. He really hates this." He kissed Ken on the cheek before Izzy's features relaxed. A moment later he was back. He shook slightly. "That feels so bad."
"I know...Thank you Izzy. You did so much more then anyone else did. I'm sorry it hurts you." Ken sniffled.
Izzy sat down in a nearby chair and pulled Ken into his lap. "No need to be so dramatic. We need to find out what in the world Matt is up to and then we can work on helping him with it..." He patted his shoulder. "Osamu will stay with me until we have a solution. Smile Ke-chi."
"Izzy, Matt's in the mental hospital. He tried to kill himself after he killed Sora." Kody told him.
"I know. I just hope he isn't as insane as everyone else thinks he is." Izzy frowned.
"I'm out of here." Joe stood up, grabbed his jacket, and walked away.
"Sorry, but I can't blame him. It was an accident." Izzy sighed.
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Matt hopped up when Izzy and Ken came into the room. "Kaizer. I've done as you ordered."
"Matt you look like shit." Izzy said bluntly.
"Yah, I know. You are still Kaizer, aren't you?" He looked him over before grabbing a stack of papers. "They finally gave me paper after I drew all over the walls. It's in the code I put in your e-mail. Take it." He handed it to Izzy.
"Yah...Ok..." He took them. "Matt, straiten yourself out."
"I have to or we can't finish this now can we?" He sat on the edge of the bed. "Ask Kari to bring me some clothes and shower stuff. She's coming in the evening."
"All right." He nodded. The place was giving him the creeps.
"Matt, are you ok for real?" Ken looked at him solemnly. "I know it's hard so just try and be truthful with yourself."
"Thanks kid-o. If you see TK, maybe you could tell I love him? He won't see me." He leaned forward and took Ken's hand. "I'm sorry I was hard on you before."
"It's all right. It was different before we knew what Kaizer was."
"And what is Kaizer?"
"My brother...He died and was digitized and with out memory he became Kaizer...You were helping him without knowing what he was?" Ken looked at Matt curiously.
"Pretty crazy, right? It just kept coming to me and I wrote it down. I don't think it has much to do with me." He smiled back. "Well, you should go before they try to take that stuff away from you or they think you belong her too." He ruffled Ken's hair and looked at Izzy pointedly. "Don't mess up."
"I got you."
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The Digi-Destined stood in a circle with their Digi-Vices. Sora's was placed in the middle, Kaizer in side it. Izzy had reprogrammed it according to his DNA and the files from Kaizer. They all had their D3s reprogrammed a bit to do the rewriting of history.
They stood in the center of the castle, the point of creation in the Digital World. "Pray this works." Tai nodded to everyone. "Digi body assemble!" Everyone echoed his words and their D3s shot beams into Sora's...
A light explosion blinded them and knocked them back a few feet. They all floundered to catch hold of each other and make sure everyone was all right. Nobody could see and it was a struggle to move. Finally the light faded. Ken looked up from the floor.
A thin frail boy a little older then Ken but almost looking exactly like him sat in the middle next to the Digi-Vice. He was naked except for his blue hair, which hung down and covered most of his body and puddled on the floor around his butt. "Osamu!" Ken struggled to his feet and stumbled over to his brother. "Sam..." He dropped in front of his and hugged him tightly.
Izzy reached in his backpack and pulled a blanket out. He went over and wrapped it around Sam the best he could without prying Ken off of his neck. "And just how are we going to explain this to Mom and Dad?" Sam asked suddenly.
"Kaizer was holding you against your will and you didn't really die in the car wreck. They hid you away and studied you. You escaped..."
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(Well that's it. What do you think? Let me know! THANKS for reading! Deedlit Magic lodoss_elf@yahoo.com)
"Why did you name the mission Osamu?" Tai asked quietly.
"Would you have rather called it rub 'a' dub, dub, three men in a...Daisuke get out?" Izzy poked Tai with a small smile. "Sam was Ken's brother who died under the care of Kaizer enterprises. I'm not sure what it has to do with THE Kaizer but I know there is a connection."
"Well, this is where we part. Good luck." Tai gave him a wink before walking into a local coffee and donut shop. Daisuke gave Ken's hand a squeeze before following his 'big brother' into the shop.
Ken and Izzy opted to not eat, both feeling kind of nauseous thinking about the danger they were going to put themselves in. "It will be ok, they can't do much to us if they do catch us and they wont." Izzy tried to reassure Ken as they approached the building.
"I know." He sighed, scraping up his courage. "Let's do this."
"Here goes everything." Izzy led them across the lobby and up to a receptionist. "Hello, I am looking for someone who can answer some questions I have about the tests of Digital Equipment designed by your company eight years ago."
"I'm sorry that information is classified." He looked up from his computer and eyed them.
"It was used on my brother. I can prove kinship to him..." Ken was cut off.
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"All I want is to understand..." Ken began to cry.
Izzy put a hand on his shoulder and sighed. "I told you they wouldn't give us any information...Sorry to have bothered you." He spoke curtly to the man before wrapping an arm around Ken and leading him out of the building. He took him a few buildings down to a very busy restaurant and into the bathroom. "Ok, calm down and change." He locked the door and started changing while Ken splashed his face with cold water a few times.
When he had on his suit he removed his soft leather brief case from the book bag and put the backpack in to it. He also put in his regular clothes. Ken finished doing the same as Izzy adjusted his wig and darkened his eyebrows. He put on tented glasses and straitened his tie. He pinned on his badge and turned to help Ken finish his transformation.
"How did you learn to do this?"
"Drama." He adjusted his collar. "Ok, put in the contacts and let's go."
Izzy was now a brown head with perfectly smoothed hair. Ken's black ponytail and deep brown eyes made him look more exotic then usual. Together they walked out and back through the Kaizer doors. It was the busiest time of day and they moved unnoticed through the halls in single file.
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Daisuke and Tai began bickering in the lobby, noticing Ken and Izzy moving off to the side. "I'm bored! Why did I have to come to your stupid interview? I don't care if you get a job."
"Mom made me so shut up and behave. It won't take long."
"I won't sit and wait for an hour while you jack off with some secretary who doesn't give a shit if you get the job."
Tai went red; bright, shocking, look at me I'm embarrassed red. "I hate you...get out of my life!" He turned around and stomped across the lobby and up to the receptionist. "Cancel my appointment and give my regrets to Hayashi-sama."
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They evaded the cameras and walked to the elevator. Izzy used his knuckle to press the button. They were lucky and two others got on the elevator. They all got off on the fifth floor and Ken had to fight the urge to panic. Izzy walked over and purchased a drink from a vending machine and handed it to him. "Natural."
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A lady ran after Tai as he manhandled Daisuke out the door. "Taichi!?!" He turned around and looked at her as she continued. "Please give me a few minutes. I'm Hayashi. I'm very interested in you."
"I'm sorry, I don't think this is the best day..."
"I have some games that need testing. Would you like to be the first kid to touch them?" She asked Daisuke. Man did she say the magic word. It was supposed to be no, but what game enthusiast would say no to that?
"Really? YES! I really want to! Oh man Tai, did you hear what she just asked me? Ahh!" He hopped up and down excitedly.
"There has got to be a medication you should be taking." He sighed as Hayashi had Daisuke ushered away by some techie.
"There, he should be entertained for several hours. We can take our time getting to know each other." She smiled warmly as she hooked her arm in his and pulled him across the room towards the elevators.
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Ken took the drink and swallowed some, feeling slightly better. "Think of it as going to the library." They reached a top security area and he calmly punched in the proper codes. It beeped and he caught his breath. The door clicked and admitted them. He pounced on the nearest computer and began typing madly. Ken sat next to him and tried to follow his progress but was helplessly lost.
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"We only deal with a few such as yourself, who are still in school and work from home. We will supply your equipment, any material you need, as well as train passes and pay at regular intervals." Hayashi handed him a sheet of perks, privileges, and terms. "You of coarse will be expected to come in every other weekend and report to your assigned manager and show a tech monitor your progress on the project you are working on."
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Izzy copied things onto a CD and tucked it in his bag. "Ok, let's move it." He pulled Ken to the door and they went through it. They walked to the elevator and went down. "Don't run. Leave through the doors we came in. I'll meet you down at the donut shop."
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"I understand. What are we talking about, money wise?" He liked everything he heard so far."
"Well, the game you brought today will obviously make your sign on rate higher then normal, plus we purchase it as with every one you make...Twenty four an hour, plus expenses, and finish bonuses."
"Hundred?" He sounded slightly suspicious. (In yen... It's like $24.00 US)
She nodded. He tried not to drop his teeth on the table or sound like an eager child. "I need to think about it."
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The four rode back to the hotel in silence, Izzy and Ken jittery, Daisuke and Tai wiggling with joy.
Tai snatched Izzy up in a kiss when the door closed and they were alone. "God Izzy, I could make like 150,000 with out even trying. If I worked hard...Oh man, I'm getting a stiffy."
"Good...I'm a little tense myself...I thought I was a dead man more then once."
"Oh and you're getting off on the danger? How very knotty of you." He grinned before delving his tongue into Izzy's mouth. He in turn wrapped his arms around his neck and his legs around his waist. Tai grabbed his butt with one hand and the back of his head with the other. He kissed him deeper, loosing his breath in the ferociously passionate moment.
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Ken sat in the floor of the shower and let the warm water stream over him. He was scared. What would happen if they got caught? What was the Kaizer? Was it really connected with the Kaizer corperation? What did it have to do with Osamu? Did he have to die? Did Kaizer kill Sam? What did his possession have to do with the Digital world being threatened? "None of this makes any sense! It's all a bunch of crap!"
He rested his head on his knees, wrapped his arms around himself, and sobbed. "Ken?" Daisuke's soft voice asked from the other side of the door. He had wanted to be alone and told Daisuke to not bother him. He had been extremely amerous and he couldn't deal.
He didn't answer. He didn't care. He let himself continue to release his emotions in hystarics. Daisuke opened the door and walked across the wet floor, his bare feet making soggy splast on the damp tiles. "Ken..." He knelt down next to him and embraced his small body. He convulsed with gut renched howls. "Ken, what's wrong? Are you hurting?"
He shook his head and leaned into him, a hand tangling in his soaking shirt. Daisuke sat down and pulled Ken into his lap, holding him tightly he began to rock him. "Calm down. Everything is gonna be ok."
Ken pulled away and looked at him with haunted red rimmed eyes. Tears continued to roll down his face. He choked out an angery reply. "You don't know that!"
"Why? We are here together. Nothing can happen to you because you are only thirteen. Izzy's the only one that should worry. He is twenty one. Either the disk has the information we need or it doesn't. It's just another obstical. We can work through it." Daisuke brushed Ken's bangs aside and kissed his forehead. "I love you. Now calm down before you throw up."
He lapsed into a fit of the sniffles. He nodded and rested his head back on Daisuke's shoulder.
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When Izzy woke up, he used the bathroom, found some clean boxers, and then went strait to the computer and put in the CD. He began hacking it.
Ken came knocking to see if he could help and he covered Tai up and let him in. They tried everything either of them had ever heard of. After several hours he slammed the laptop and kicked back from the table. "We can't do this alone. Let's go home, take a day to chill and then I'll get my friends together and we can try this together."
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Song Title: MY WAY
Video Title: Tai/Dai Wars
Artist: LIMP BIZKIT
Writer: Deedlit Magic
Fan Fic: Digimon
*a billion check out the melody* Tai and Daisuke walk down the street. Izzy and Ken follow, talking to each other. They laugh together.
Special, you think your special
Daisuke rolls his eyes at Tai. He says something with a smirk.
You do, I can see it in your eyes
Tai jerks him up by the front of his shirt and glairs at him, then he drops him on his butt.
I can see it when you laugh at me
He laughs and continues to walk.
Look down on me and, you walk around on me
Ken tries to help him up, but he shakes him off and gets up himself.
Just one more fight about your leadership
Izzy grabs Tai by the arm and says something, frowning.
And I will straight up leave your shit
He looks back at Daisuke and receives the finger before Daisuke spilt
Cause I`ve had enough of this
He stomps down a near by alley
And now I'm pissed (yeah)
He hauls off and kicks a trash-can, sending it crashing into the wall.
This time I'm a let it all come out
He picks up a lid and throws it at Ken as he tries to follow him.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
He yells before turning and walking.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
He goes to a bus stop and hops on a bus.
My way or the highway
He walks to the back and glares at Ken standing on the sidewalk.
This time I'm a let it all come out
As the bus pulls away Ken turns away, hiding his tears from Daisuke.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
Izzy hugs him, turning around to yell at Tai.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
He points at the bus and yells some more.
My way or the highway
He takes Ken's arm and leads him towards a cab.
*check out* He pulls out a twenty and throws it at Tai before they get in and leave.
Tai watches them leave before picking up the money and heads for another cab.
Just one more fight about a lotta things
Mimi and Kari are yelling at each other in front of Kari's house.
And I will give up everything
Kari pulls off her bracelet and throws it at Mimi.
To be on my own again,
She goes inside and slams the door.
Free again (YEAH!)
She leans against the door and sighs. Then runs towards her room.
This time I'm a let it all come out
She reaches it and throws open the door.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
She grabs the gay pride poster and rips it off her wall.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
She crumples it up.
My way or the highway
She tosses it in the trash.
This time I'm a let it all come out
She opens the door to Matt's room in the hospital.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
She goes over and takes his hands.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
He pulls back from her a bit.
My way or the highway
He looks at her wide-eyed and shakes his head.
Someday you'll see things my way
She puts a hand on his cheek and says something.
Cause you never know, no ya never know
He looks at Sora's picture on his bedside.
When your gonna go
Kari turns it face down.
Someday you'll see things my way
She wraps her arms around him.
Cause you never know, no ya never know
FLASHBACK Kari and him in the river.
When your gonna go
FB con. Kari goes under. *check out the melody* Matt dives after her.
Daisuke sits on a bench in the park, looking at his hands.
Just one more fight and I'll be history
Ken runs up and hugs Daisuke ferociously.
Yes I will straight up leave your shit
He looks him in the eyes and says "Don't leave me."
And you'll be the one who's left
Tai stands under a tree across the park looking sadly at them.
Missing me (yeah)
He turns and walks away. He stops seeing Izzy.
This time I'm a let it all come out
He runs towards Izzy who is talking to Joe on the edge of the cemetery.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
He throws his arms around Izzy. "I'm sorry."
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
Izzy looks at him with tear filled eyes, then turns back to Joe.
My way or the highway
Joe holds two roses, he hands one to Izzy.
This time I'm a let it all come out
A tear rolls down his cheek.
This time I'm a stand up and shout
"Matt..." He turns towards the stone.
I'm a do things my way, it's my way,
Tai looks at first Joe then Izzy in confusion.
My way or the highway
He looks at the flower, then at the stone.
Someday you'll see things my way
He sees Sora's name written on it.
Cause you never know, when ya never know
He reaches out and touches the letters, dropping to his knees.
When your gonna go.
He shakes his head slowly.
Someday you'll see things my way
Izzy sits down by him and wraps an arm around him.
Cause you never know, when ya never know
Joe places a rose on top of the stone and turns and walks away.
*check out* He walks into the sunset. Kari and Matt watch it from the hospital window. Daisuke and Ken watch it from the bench. The color shines off the stone where Izzy and Tai kneel...
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Kari looked around at the room. It looked like the inside of an Egyptian temple. Chalk, marker, and pencil covered the room. It made no sense to her. "Look, I'm sorry about what happened and you can't keep hurting yourself over it! Yamato, please, work on getting better...I...I love you Matt."
She waited for a reaction. He had paused briefly in his tracing things outside the window on the glass with his finger and listened to her. She felt words spill out of her mouth as fast as they could get out. She didn't care who she was talking to. Matt and Kaizer both could listen and act on it. It didn't matter as long as it was acted upon. "All I want is to hold you in my arms until time sweeps over us and the world passes us by. I want to take you into me and surround my self with you. I want to drown in your eyes and have my ears filled with the pounding of your heart. All I'm asking is for..."
"For the impossible. I can't go back with you. Not while there is so much to be done." He shook his head. He smiled at her before looking away. She didn't sense the rejection she expected, just lonely guy. She couldn't help herself. She edged closer.
"Matt, what is there to do?" Her voice was soft and curious as she watched for a sign that she was too close or something.
"The time when he will learn the truth is nearing. I am not Kaizer, he just speaks to me. I'm sorry Kari, but this is very complicated. I will give you what I can." He held out his hand to her. She took it trustingly. He wrapped her in his arms and brought his mouth to hers. "When his body is restored I can go home."
"Why does the Kaizer need you here?"
"I don't have to pay anything else attention. It's not his idea, it's mine. When I came here I needed to be here. I tried to kill myself. I don't want to die anymore. I want to live...for you."
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Miyako looked at Kody for a minute before sitting on his lap. "You are annoying me. I will find some hormones in you if it takes all night!" She unfastened his funky top and started kissing his neck.
"Miyako, what are you doing?" TK flailed in the background. "Kody is mine um.. I mean that is to say *begins coughing*."
Kody was frozen. He just sat there with large eyes. Miyako waved him over.
The phone rang and he fumbled on the table side to answer it. "Hello? Izzy! Oh yah...All right...An hour? Ok...Bye." He hung up the phone. "Ok, make this good, I've got to go soon."
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"Welcome fellow hackers. Today I've called you all together to help hack something from Kaizer. I personally downloaded it and know what I want is on it. It's an archive record concerning a fellow hacker's brother who died or perhaps was killed. This could be something more then I can let you know about. That is a risk you take if you log on for the job. Who's game?"
"Izzy, how the hell did you get Kaizer stuff?" Shitami eyed the disk with suspicion.
"Walked in and took it. I broke, entered, lied, cheated, and stole. Anything else?"
"Damn, this has got to be good to make you go to actual physical lengths to get it." He grinned at Izzy. "Count me in!"
"Good."
"I'm in..." Kody nodded.
"Me too!" Mouse gave him her most naughty look. "I've got a new program I've been itching to try out."
Joe sighed. "I need a distraction. This will work."
"Thanks Joe." Ken smiled at him.
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"Oh man, Izzy, look at this!" Joe's voice was excited. After two weeks it was a very welcomed excitement. Izzy, Ken, and Kody mobbed him. "It's the..."
A hand was clapped over his mouth by Ken. "You opened it. Congratulations, you win." He said it trying to sound cheery. "Well everyone, game over."
Izzy chased Mouse, Shitami, and Kijou out of the apartment and sat down with the Digi-Destined hackers. "This is a status report of the digital world. It was formed in the data pool left by the digital technology used improperly. People monetary it that created and discovered it..." Joe read and summarized it.
Izzy looked over his shoulder. "Here is what we wanted to know about. 'When series XL1397Q-01 was unloaded into the system the Digital World was contaminated with a parasite.'
"Parasite? Look up what XLwhatever-1 was." Kody leaned in to look closer.
"Accident victim's end of life records. Name Osamu..." Joe trailed off.
"Then that makes..." Kody turned and looked at Ken.
"Kaizer is my brother..." Ken whispered hoarsely. "How could he..."
"Your brother died when he was seven. Not having any guidance since he was seven..no body... and no memory...Is it that hard to understand?" Izzy asked quietly. He looked back at the screen, sighing. "There are the answers." Then he shook his head violently. "These aren't answers! How did it happen? WHY! Why didn't they let me die? I can't even remember being me..." He placed a hand on the screen of the lap-top. "Tell me..." He begged.
"O-o-osamu?" Ken looked at him.
"Ke-chi...Don't be mad at Izzy, he was trying to help me..." K/O/I (Kaizer/ Osamu/ Izzy) smiled sadly at Ken. "At least I know who and what I am now..."
Ken looked at him. His brother...His big brother was really there! "Sam..." He hugged him tightly. "It's ok. We'll figure out how to help you."
"Matt is all ready working on that part. I should let Izzy come back...He's panicking. He really hates this." He kissed Ken on the cheek before Izzy's features relaxed. A moment later he was back. He shook slightly. "That feels so bad."
"I know...Thank you Izzy. You did so much more then anyone else did. I'm sorry it hurts you." Ken sniffled.
Izzy sat down in a nearby chair and pulled Ken into his lap. "No need to be so dramatic. We need to find out what in the world Matt is up to and then we can work on helping him with it..." He patted his shoulder. "Osamu will stay with me until we have a solution. Smile Ke-chi."
"Izzy, Matt's in the mental hospital. He tried to kill himself after he killed Sora." Kody told him.
"I know. I just hope he isn't as insane as everyone else thinks he is." Izzy frowned.
"I'm out of here." Joe stood up, grabbed his jacket, and walked away.
"Sorry, but I can't blame him. It was an accident." Izzy sighed.
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Matt hopped up when Izzy and Ken came into the room. "Kaizer. I've done as you ordered."
"Matt you look like shit." Izzy said bluntly.
"Yah, I know. You are still Kaizer, aren't you?" He looked him over before grabbing a stack of papers. "They finally gave me paper after I drew all over the walls. It's in the code I put in your e-mail. Take it." He handed it to Izzy.
"Yah...Ok..." He took them. "Matt, straiten yourself out."
"I have to or we can't finish this now can we?" He sat on the edge of the bed. "Ask Kari to bring me some clothes and shower stuff. She's coming in the evening."
"All right." He nodded. The place was giving him the creeps.
"Matt, are you ok for real?" Ken looked at him solemnly. "I know it's hard so just try and be truthful with yourself."
"Thanks kid-o. If you see TK, maybe you could tell I love him? He won't see me." He leaned forward and took Ken's hand. "I'm sorry I was hard on you before."
"It's all right. It was different before we knew what Kaizer was."
"And what is Kaizer?"
"My brother...He died and was digitized and with out memory he became Kaizer...You were helping him without knowing what he was?" Ken looked at Matt curiously.
"Pretty crazy, right? It just kept coming to me and I wrote it down. I don't think it has much to do with me." He smiled back. "Well, you should go before they try to take that stuff away from you or they think you belong her too." He ruffled Ken's hair and looked at Izzy pointedly. "Don't mess up."
"I got you."
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The Digi-Destined stood in a circle with their Digi-Vices. Sora's was placed in the middle, Kaizer in side it. Izzy had reprogrammed it according to his DNA and the files from Kaizer. They all had their D3s reprogrammed a bit to do the rewriting of history.
They stood in the center of the castle, the point of creation in the Digital World. "Pray this works." Tai nodded to everyone. "Digi body assemble!" Everyone echoed his words and their D3s shot beams into Sora's...
A light explosion blinded them and knocked them back a few feet. They all floundered to catch hold of each other and make sure everyone was all right. Nobody could see and it was a struggle to move. Finally the light faded. Ken looked up from the floor.
A thin frail boy a little older then Ken but almost looking exactly like him sat in the middle next to the Digi-Vice. He was naked except for his blue hair, which hung down and covered most of his body and puddled on the floor around his butt. "Osamu!" Ken struggled to his feet and stumbled over to his brother. "Sam..." He dropped in front of his and hugged him tightly.
Izzy reached in his backpack and pulled a blanket out. He went over and wrapped it around Sam the best he could without prying Ken off of his neck. "And just how are we going to explain this to Mom and Dad?" Sam asked suddenly.
"Kaizer was holding you against your will and you didn't really die in the car wreck. They hid you away and studied you. You escaped..."
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(Well that's it. What do you think? Let me know! THANKS for reading! Deedlit Magic lodoss_elf@yahoo.com)