A Different Reality Part 11
by Cybra
A/N: I'm back! a few people clapping Thank you! Thank you! I know you're probably going to be disappointed in me, Kyra, Kelly Moon, and fellow Izzy-fans, but I could not get that side story done! The reason is because…it's too long!!! I'm only on the part when Koushiro meets Motimon!!! D'oh!
Disclaimer: Ah, yes. The disclaimer. What can I say? I don't own Digimon.
Hey there! Matt here!
Been a while, hasn't it?
We left Piximon's camp after staying there for almost 2 weeks. We were ready for anything.
Well…almost anything.
I looked back at Koushiro as he walked along slightly behind the group.
You're probably wondering who Koushiro is.
Koushiro is the guy we used to know as Light Child. He was the one who saved us with his partner Tentomon all those times.
He also gives me the absolute creeps.
Those dark eyes of his don't look at you, they look through you. You can never tell what he's thinking or feeling at any given moment, and he doesn't say much about himself.
Out of all the kids I've ever met, Koushiro intimidates me the most.
Even if he is younger than I am.
Koushiro focused those dark eyes of his on me, noticing my stare. I turned back around and watched as our clueless leader (in my opinion) lead the way forward.
Tai was not happy about something.
Gabumon gazed up at me. "Matt, there's something weird about Koushiro and Tentomon."
"What do you mean?"
"Tentomon told me that Koushiro was hiding something. Something important, but he didn't know what it was."
"Which is why I think he's trouble," I heard Tai grumble.
Kari slowed down so she could walk beside Koushiro. I watched in amazement as she easily fell into step…and Koushiro didn't say one word about it. Normally, he would've asked if one of us wanted something, but Kari didn't get the same treatment.
Weird.
I was getting a little bored, so I pulled out my harmonica. TK smiled as I blew into it, playing the melody I always play.
I accidentally glanced back at Koushiro and Kari to see Koushiro's eyebrows lift slightly as I played. Then, his face returned to normal. Tentomon buzzed beside his partner, not saying a word. Just like he had before, Tentomon was listening to the music.
There wasn't any talking while I played. I guess everybody just wanted to listen, but I was getting kind of embarrassed. I'd just wanted to play for myself. That didn't mean that everybody had to stop talking and listen.
A sudden crash caught everyone's attention. Tai gave a yelp as he leaped out of the way of a…
…a large woolly elephant?!
"That's Mammothmon," Tentomon calmly explained, like it was no big deal. "He's a fully-digivolved Digimon with a destructive attitude. It's always a good idea to avoid his 'Tusk Crusher' and 'Cold Breath'."
That's when Mammothmon decided to show us why it was a good idea to avoid his attacks.
"Tusk Crusher!"
The tips of his tusks flew towards us. We all rushed to get out of the way. TK ran towards the left, in the opposite direction of me, and ended up in Mammothmon's sights.
"TK! Look out!" I yelled to my little brother.
I saw a slight flash and heard a "beep-beep-beep". Mammothmon turned his attention towards the source…
Koushiro stuffed something into his backpack.
The redhead just looked at Tentomon for a second, and Tentomon nodded. He flew up high as Koushiro dodged Mammothmon's "Cold Breath".
"Blue Blaster!"
"Boom Bubble! Puff!"
"Pepper Breath! Poi!"
Mammothmon turned to face the new threat, but not one of those three attacks seemed to faze him. I ran over to TK.
"Are you all right?" I asked.
TK nodded, eyes still wide. I sighed with relief.
I watched as Tentomon digivolved into Kabuterimon and swooped down towards Mammothmon.
"Electro Shocker!"
"Cold Breath!"
The two attacks took out one another. I gripped my Digivice tightly. Gabumon quickly digivolved into Garurumon as TK and I ran for cover.
"Howling Blaster!"
"Tusk Crusher!"
Garurumon was faster than that walking carpet, but Mammothmon was stronger. Koushiro crouched nearby TK and I.
He hissed under his breath, "Shimatta!"
I prayed that TK hadn't heard that.
Guess what?
He had.
TK turned to me and asked me, total innocence in his voice, "Matt, what does 'shimatta' mean?"
I glared at Koushiro. He just shrugged.
He told me simply, "It slipped."
"TK, don't you ever repeat that word again. Do you understand?" I asked him sternly.
TK meekly nodded.
I turned my attention back to the battle. Kabuterimon and Garurumon had been joined by Gatomon and Greymon. The others were hanging back in reserve. Koushiro was muttering something about using too many Digimon, but I wasn't listening.
"Tusk Crusher!"
"Nova Blast!"
The two attacks barely missed each other, but Mammothmon's attack hit where Tai, Sora, and Kari were hiding. Joe and Mimi had to get out of the way of Greymon's attack.
I heard Tai's shout of "Kari!"
Kari had accidentally run out into the middle of the battle. The smoke created from when the attack had hit the ground must've caused her to lose her sense of direction for a moment. That was understandable, but she was right in the danger zone. Sora barely held Tai back from going out there himself.
"Tai, don't go out there!" Sora yelled.
"I have to, Sora! Kari'll get hurt!" Tai shouted, struggling to get free.
"No, she won't," Koushiro's voice told him. That cold voice held such confidence.
I tried to grab him as he ran past, but I wasn't fast enough. His sudden run towards the battle field had caught me off guard. He ran out into the middle of the fight.
"Kabuterimon, give me some cover!" he ordered.
"Can it wait?"
"Never mind! I'll improvise!"
During the brief conversation, our Digimon continued to attack Mammothmon.
"Howling Blaster!"
"Lightning Claw!"
"Nova Blast!"
That's when a sound that had no business being in the Digiworld reached my ears.
The distinctive sound of a gun being fired.
I turned my attention back to Koushiro and Kari to see Kari running just in front of Koushiro as they ran to safety.
I shook my head slightly.
I had to have been wrong.
I thought that I saw Koushiro holding some sort of handgun in his hand.
I watched as Tai's Crest of Courage glowed, allowing Greymon to digivolve to Metal Greymon.
"Giga Blaster!"
Mammothmon had already been worn down by all the other Digimon's attacks so he had no chance against Metal Greymon. Within seconds, there was nothing left of that Digimon, but a few stray bits of data.
I sighed. We'd all decided back at Piximon's training camp that we'd bring in one of our Ultimates if we got into a fight with another Digimon only if it was absolutely necessary. I briefly wondered how this would affect the battle ahead.
~@~
That night, we were gathered around a campfire. All of us were pretty beat from the day's excitement.
Even though from looking at Tentomon and Koushiro, you'd think it was no big deal.
Of course, they must've had more practice than we had.
As the fire began to die down, I felt the chill of the wind at my back. TK shivered slightly beside me so I put an arm around him to keep him warm. Koushiro stood up with Tentomon and began to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Tai demanded.
Kari sighed at the way her brother was acting.
"To get some more firewood."
With that, Koushiro and Tentomon disappeared into the woods.
Tai just frowned and poked at what was left of the fire. None of us said a word. The group was all lost in their thoughts.
'Maybe Tai's right. Maybe we are being too quick to trust this guy,' half of my mind said.
'He's most likely being overprotective about Kari. Like I was before with TK. Of course, I still do it. More often than I like,' the other half of my mind pointed out.
I just shivered a bit and prepared to settle myself down to sleep. That's when I saw Koushiro and Tentomon walking back to our camp, a bunch of sticks in their arms. Koushiro didn't say a word as he set them down beside Tai to feed into the flames. Tai just nodded, but at the same time gave Koushiro a wary look.
I watched as Koushiro walked over and sat against a tree, pulling out his laptop. His fingers flew across the keyboard, making this cool clicking noise that reminded me of those flamenco dancers I saw on TV. Tentomon flew over and landed beside him.
Tai scowled as his sister and Gatomon went over to join Koushiro and his partner. I watched, interested.
"Koushiro?" Kari asked.
"Yes?" Koushiro answered, not looking up.
"Why don't you come closer to the fire? It's warmer."
"I'm fine. Thanks for the offer."
Kari just smiled at him. I glanced over towards Tai.
'Tai is not a happy camper,' I noted silently.
I looked back over at the two of them, noticing that Kari's eyelids were drooping as Koushiro continued to work on something. She sat down against Koushiro's side and closed her eyes.
I watched as Koushiro stiffened and looked to see what was against him. He raised both of his eyebrows when he saw Kari leaning against him. I guess he was a little surprised to see her there. She was probably already asleep, though. Tentomon and Gatomon were standing nearby, silently watching.
Koushiro looked over at his partner, locking the bug's green eyes with his own dark ones. After a moment, Koushiro rolled his eyes, and shut off the computer so he could return it to its normal spot in his backpack.
I fell asleep before I saw what happened next, but this is what I heard from Gabumon.
Gabumon told me later that Koushiro had kind of stayed awake for a little bit afterwards, just looking at the stars. Then, he'd fallen asleep himself. It must've been a nice picture…
…one that Tai would've destroyed Koushiro for.
~@~
The next morning, we were walking again. No surprise there. If we walked fast enough, we might be able to reach Puppetmon's mansion by sundown.
Everybody was doing pretty much what they always did. However, I decided to have a talk with Tai.
"Hey, Matt," Tai kind of grunted.
"Hey, Tai. What's your problem lately?"
Tai nodded towards the back of the group. I didn't have to look back to see what was bothering him.
I had a pretty good idea.
"C'mon, Tai. Relax. You're getting worked up over nothing. Besides, once we defeat Puppetmon, you'll be kicking yourself for acting so stupid."
That got the desired result.
"Are you saying I'm stupid?"
"Don't have to. You just did."
"Why I outta – !"
"What? Shoot me death glares?"
We continued to fight as we walked like that. Joe looked like he wanted to stop us, but I gave him a quick glance to tell him not to interfere.
A good fight with me always seems to loosen Tai up.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: Well, here's the next part!!! Gomen for it taking so long!!! Don't expect Part 12 to be any quicker. School starts next Tuesday (UGH!), but I'll do my best, my faithful readers! By the way, you remember in my story "The Truth" when you caught a few glimpses of Kojiro and Ami Izumi, Izzy's parents? Well, I made up those names (plus those of Osamu and Junsa Izumi) for the purposes of that story. I just wanted you guys to know if you guys were planning on using those names. Just wanted a little credit. Is that too much to ask? J
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