A/N: I kinda left you hanging at the end of Part Three, huh? Well, here's Part Four. I don't have a whole lot to say except WATCH OUT!!!! Richard's on the warpath!!!!
I'm going to quote one reviewer who reviewed my last fic: "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! *yells at her screen* NO! DON'T YOU TOUCH HIM, YOU MONSTER!! DON'T YOU SEE HE'S GONNA BE A FATHER REAL SOON??!! YOU FAMILY DESTROYER!!!!
*wipes her tears away* Geez, Matt, you're nineteen, defend yourself!! Who cares is he's big and strong, just knock him unconscious and call the police! Man!......" That was cali-chan. The reason I quoted her was I took her words into consideration and I thought, " Yes, Matt is a nineteen year old and he can't be pushed around my his dad so easily." So Cali-Chan, this is for you; Matt fights back.
And Scott9D said, " Richard, here boy! Time for your beating!" I also took his words and worked the theme of them into the fic.
DEDICATIONS: Cali-Chan and Scott9D
The baby hasn't been born yet, don't worry. I'll wait for more votes before that happens!^_^
STONE SPIRIT/Part Four
OMNISCIENT
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" What baby?" Richard Ishida demanded of his son.
Matt couldn't breathe. He couldn't answer.
" Answer me! What baby?" His father leaned close
MATT'S POV
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I glared him straight in the eye, my own blue eyes ice, his brown eyes flames. But my ice wasn't going to melt. Oh no, it was going to freeze around him and make him pay.
OMNISCIENT
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Matt drew his fist back and let it hit Richard's face.....hard. Richard stumbled back and Matt stood, gasping at what air he could get.
While his son was leaning on his knees, Richard swung his foot, which Matt caught at the last second and threw up in the air, causing Richard to fall on his back. Then with his heel, Matt stepped into Richard's stomach, just like he had done.
" My baby," the younger Ishida panted.
Richard glared back at him and slowly reached into his pocket. He pulled out a pocket knife and opened it, showing a sharp, glistening blade. He looked at it, then at Matt, and smiled.
" No son of mine is going to make me a grandfather," he hissed and threw the knife, catching Matt's left shoulder. It stuck in Matt's flesh and the nineteen year old stumbled back, grasping at the knife's edge. He made an attempt to pull it out. As he did, though, Richard's fist hit his working hand, forcing the blade to snap.
MATT'S POV
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The snap of the blade froze me. I was in deep shit, I knew that. I held the broken knife in front of my face and stared at it, dripping with blood.
My blood.
The other half of the knife was stuck in my shoulder.
OMNISCIENT
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Matt slowly brought his hand up to his shoulder and held it there tightly, hoping to stop the beating. He threw hatred at Richard, who stood smirking, proud that he had injured the father-to-be.
Matt suddenly raged and tackled his father, shoving him to the ground, then rolling off and standing up, putting his foot on the older Ishida's face before the man had a chance to rise.
" You aren't worth a grandfather to me, much less a father," he said.
And for the first time, he saw fear spread across Richard's face.
" Matt......you're....you're not going to....." he stammered.
Matt glared at his father, then at the stub of a knife in his hand, then back at his father. The terrified look the man was giving him reminded him of how he must have looked when his father took to beating him.
He slowly brought out another knife. His own pockete knife. He flipped the blade out.
Richard began to shake. He trembled beneath Matt's foot.
Matt raised his arm, ready to throw the knife into his father's chest.
Tears slipped out of Richard's eyes.
MATT'S POV ~~~~~~~~~~~
I had never, ever seen my father cry. It hurt me, tore me up, made me rethink what I was planning to do.
I slowly lowered the knife and threw it aside.
I couldn't kill someone who looked so much like me when I took a beating.
Even if it was Richard Ishida
OMNISCIENT
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" Thank you, Matt," Richard whispered, breathing again.
" I said I wouldn't kill you; that doesn't mean I don't hate you," Matt hissed and stepped hard on his father's face. " See if you can find me when you come to."
Richard's eyes widened as Matt raised his foot and brought it down, hard, on the man's face. The older Ishida was out cold in an instant.
MATT'S POV
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I glared at the limp body that lay at my feet. I kicked it twice, then I yelled in anger and agony and kicked it twice more.
A sudden need to leave nagged at me. I ran to the door, grabbed my old brown coat, and ran out the door.
I ran down the stairs of our apartment building, shoving past a young couple just moving in. The young man ran into the wall when I passed. I didn't stop to say sorry.
I exited the building and kept running. I ran and ran. One foot in front of the other. Repeat. Again and again.
I could feel my lungs begging to stop. I could feel the throbbing of my shoulder. But I couldn't stop. Not yet.
I would run until I died.
OMNISCIENT
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Tai booted the soccer ball up to his teammate in hope that he would take the free shot and score. He didn't.
Instead, he shot too late. And the ball went out of bounds and kept rolling.
" I got it!" Tai yelled, and ran out to grab the checkered soccer ball. He had bent down to pick up the ball when a blonde teen ran by, nearly knocking Tai off his feet.
Tai straighted to yell at the kid, then instantly recognized the retreating figure as Matt. He dropped the ball and ran after him, leaving his shouting teammates behind.
Matt was fast.
Tai was faster. In no time he had caught up to the blonde and grabbed his shoulders. He spun the teen around so he was facing him.
" Matt!" the brown haired boy exclaimed. " What are you doing?"
Matt glared at Tai with the same hatred he had glared at his father with. His eyes frightened Tai.
" Matt?" Tai asked again.
Matt swallowed hard and looked away, glaring at everything he saw. His chest was heaving, the blood gushing, the pain immense.
He looked back to Tai. " What?"
" What happened, man?" Tai asked, pointing to Matt's bloody shoulder.
Matt didn't answer. He only swallowed again and looked down.
" He did it, didn't he?" Tai whispered.
Matt nodded slowly.
" Why?"
" I-I don't......." Matt looked up at Tai, his blue eyes no longer holding hatred but pain and a hint of grief.
TAI'S POV
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I had never, ever seen the look I was looking at right then in Matt's eyes. Yamato Ishida, the "too cool" "don't touch the hair" dude was......I can't explain it. He was in pain, I'd known that, but this pain seemed unbearable, judging by the look in his eyes.
In his azure, amazingly blue eyes.
OMNISCIENT
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Tai put his arm around Matt's shoulders and began walking towards his apartment he shared with his mom and Kari.
" Come on. You can stay at my place until he's cooled down," he said soothingly.
Matt jerked away from him. " He won't cool down," he said, hatred returning in his eyes.
" Matt, of course he's gonna cool down. Everyone does," Tai said.
" Not Richard Ishida. He won't cool down after what I did," Matt said.
" After what you did?? What did you do?" Tai demanded.
Matt took in a shuddering breath. " You haven't been home, have you?" he asked.
" No. Why?"
" Then Kari hasn't told you."
" Told me what?"
" I'm....." Matt looked away from Tai. " I got Sora pregnant."
Tai gasped.
" She's pregnant now, with my baby," Matt finished, his voice a whisper now.
" Matt...." Tai said.
" I don't know what to do now," Matt sighed. " Kari brought up a good point. Sora and me, we're not married. We've only been dating for four years and now she's pregnant!
" When she told me she was pregnant, I figured I was ready. But then.....then Kari..." He took in another shuddering breath. " She didn't say it right out, but she meant we weren't ready. We weren't ready to raise a child." He looked to Tai, his eyes lost. " We don't have the money to care for a baby, we don't have the knowledge. God, Tai! I haven't even gone to college! What kind of father am I going to be? Not a good one."
" Matt...." Tai repeated.
" Shut up the fuck up, Tai!" Matt raged suddenly. He pulled back his fist and hit Tai in the cheekbone.
Tai stumbled back, clutching his cheek. " Matt......?"
Matt glared at the teenager facing him with hate, then his eyes widened and he realized what he had done. He dropped to his knees, tears pouring out of his eyes. " Look! I'm going to grow up to be like my father! I'm going to become him; I'm going to beat my own child!" he cried.
" Matt, no you aren't. You're smarter than that," Tai said, rubbing his cheek.
" Idiot! I just punched you, and you didn't do a thing!" Matt slouched and buried his face in his hands. " I didn't want it to happen, I didn't think it would," he sobbed.
" What?" Tai put a hand on his shoulder reassuringly.
Matt didn't flinch. " I'm turning into Richard Ishida."
A/N: Cruel ending, I know. DON'T! KILL! ME! *dodges flying knives and pitchforks* Geez! Okay, I'll have to make this quick! I'm sorry I left a cliffhanger like that, even if it's not too suspensful. I'm sorry for abusing Matt, toying with his feelings, but it's fun to write about! Also, I'd like to thank all who have reviewed this series for their support. Whatever they say influences the writing greatly! Love you all!!! LOVE, PEACE, and DIGIMON FOREVER!!!!!!!
I'm going to quote one reviewer who reviewed my last fic: "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! *yells at her screen* NO! DON'T YOU TOUCH HIM, YOU MONSTER!! DON'T YOU SEE HE'S GONNA BE A FATHER REAL SOON??!! YOU FAMILY DESTROYER!!!!
*wipes her tears away* Geez, Matt, you're nineteen, defend yourself!! Who cares is he's big and strong, just knock him unconscious and call the police! Man!......" That was cali-chan. The reason I quoted her was I took her words into consideration and I thought, " Yes, Matt is a nineteen year old and he can't be pushed around my his dad so easily." So Cali-Chan, this is for you; Matt fights back.
And Scott9D said, " Richard, here boy! Time for your beating!" I also took his words and worked the theme of them into the fic.
DEDICATIONS: Cali-Chan and Scott9D
The baby hasn't been born yet, don't worry. I'll wait for more votes before that happens!^_^
STONE SPIRIT/Part Four
OMNISCIENT
~~~~~~~~~~~
" What baby?" Richard Ishida demanded of his son.
Matt couldn't breathe. He couldn't answer.
" Answer me! What baby?" His father leaned close
MATT'S POV
~~~~~~~~~~~
I glared him straight in the eye, my own blue eyes ice, his brown eyes flames. But my ice wasn't going to melt. Oh no, it was going to freeze around him and make him pay.
OMNISCIENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt drew his fist back and let it hit Richard's face.....hard. Richard stumbled back and Matt stood, gasping at what air he could get.
While his son was leaning on his knees, Richard swung his foot, which Matt caught at the last second and threw up in the air, causing Richard to fall on his back. Then with his heel, Matt stepped into Richard's stomach, just like he had done.
" My baby," the younger Ishida panted.
Richard glared back at him and slowly reached into his pocket. He pulled out a pocket knife and opened it, showing a sharp, glistening blade. He looked at it, then at Matt, and smiled.
" No son of mine is going to make me a grandfather," he hissed and threw the knife, catching Matt's left shoulder. It stuck in Matt's flesh and the nineteen year old stumbled back, grasping at the knife's edge. He made an attempt to pull it out. As he did, though, Richard's fist hit his working hand, forcing the blade to snap.
MATT'S POV
~~~~~~~~~~~
The snap of the blade froze me. I was in deep shit, I knew that. I held the broken knife in front of my face and stared at it, dripping with blood.
My blood.
The other half of the knife was stuck in my shoulder.
OMNISCIENT
~~~~~~~~~~~
Matt slowly brought his hand up to his shoulder and held it there tightly, hoping to stop the beating. He threw hatred at Richard, who stood smirking, proud that he had injured the father-to-be.
Matt suddenly raged and tackled his father, shoving him to the ground, then rolling off and standing up, putting his foot on the older Ishida's face before the man had a chance to rise.
" You aren't worth a grandfather to me, much less a father," he said.
And for the first time, he saw fear spread across Richard's face.
" Matt......you're....you're not going to....." he stammered.
Matt glared at his father, then at the stub of a knife in his hand, then back at his father. The terrified look the man was giving him reminded him of how he must have looked when his father took to beating him.
He slowly brought out another knife. His own pockete knife. He flipped the blade out.
Richard began to shake. He trembled beneath Matt's foot.
Matt raised his arm, ready to throw the knife into his father's chest.
Tears slipped out of Richard's eyes.
MATT'S POV ~~~~~~~~~~~
I had never, ever seen my father cry. It hurt me, tore me up, made me rethink what I was planning to do.
I slowly lowered the knife and threw it aside.
I couldn't kill someone who looked so much like me when I took a beating.
Even if it was Richard Ishida
OMNISCIENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~
" Thank you, Matt," Richard whispered, breathing again.
" I said I wouldn't kill you; that doesn't mean I don't hate you," Matt hissed and stepped hard on his father's face. " See if you can find me when you come to."
Richard's eyes widened as Matt raised his foot and brought it down, hard, on the man's face. The older Ishida was out cold in an instant.
MATT'S POV
~~~~~~~~~~~
I glared at the limp body that lay at my feet. I kicked it twice, then I yelled in anger and agony and kicked it twice more.
A sudden need to leave nagged at me. I ran to the door, grabbed my old brown coat, and ran out the door.
I ran down the stairs of our apartment building, shoving past a young couple just moving in. The young man ran into the wall when I passed. I didn't stop to say sorry.
I exited the building and kept running. I ran and ran. One foot in front of the other. Repeat. Again and again.
I could feel my lungs begging to stop. I could feel the throbbing of my shoulder. But I couldn't stop. Not yet.
I would run until I died.
OMNISCIENT
~~~~~~~~~~~
Tai booted the soccer ball up to his teammate in hope that he would take the free shot and score. He didn't.
Instead, he shot too late. And the ball went out of bounds and kept rolling.
" I got it!" Tai yelled, and ran out to grab the checkered soccer ball. He had bent down to pick up the ball when a blonde teen ran by, nearly knocking Tai off his feet.
Tai straighted to yell at the kid, then instantly recognized the retreating figure as Matt. He dropped the ball and ran after him, leaving his shouting teammates behind.
Matt was fast.
Tai was faster. In no time he had caught up to the blonde and grabbed his shoulders. He spun the teen around so he was facing him.
" Matt!" the brown haired boy exclaimed. " What are you doing?"
Matt glared at Tai with the same hatred he had glared at his father with. His eyes frightened Tai.
" Matt?" Tai asked again.
Matt swallowed hard and looked away, glaring at everything he saw. His chest was heaving, the blood gushing, the pain immense.
He looked back to Tai. " What?"
" What happened, man?" Tai asked, pointing to Matt's bloody shoulder.
Matt didn't answer. He only swallowed again and looked down.
" He did it, didn't he?" Tai whispered.
Matt nodded slowly.
" Why?"
" I-I don't......." Matt looked up at Tai, his blue eyes no longer holding hatred but pain and a hint of grief.
TAI'S POV
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I had never, ever seen the look I was looking at right then in Matt's eyes. Yamato Ishida, the "too cool" "don't touch the hair" dude was......I can't explain it. He was in pain, I'd known that, but this pain seemed unbearable, judging by the look in his eyes.
In his azure, amazingly blue eyes.
OMNISCIENT
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Tai put his arm around Matt's shoulders and began walking towards his apartment he shared with his mom and Kari.
" Come on. You can stay at my place until he's cooled down," he said soothingly.
Matt jerked away from him. " He won't cool down," he said, hatred returning in his eyes.
" Matt, of course he's gonna cool down. Everyone does," Tai said.
" Not Richard Ishida. He won't cool down after what I did," Matt said.
" After what you did?? What did you do?" Tai demanded.
Matt took in a shuddering breath. " You haven't been home, have you?" he asked.
" No. Why?"
" Then Kari hasn't told you."
" Told me what?"
" I'm....." Matt looked away from Tai. " I got Sora pregnant."
Tai gasped.
" She's pregnant now, with my baby," Matt finished, his voice a whisper now.
" Matt...." Tai said.
" I don't know what to do now," Matt sighed. " Kari brought up a good point. Sora and me, we're not married. We've only been dating for four years and now she's pregnant!
" When she told me she was pregnant, I figured I was ready. But then.....then Kari..." He took in another shuddering breath. " She didn't say it right out, but she meant we weren't ready. We weren't ready to raise a child." He looked to Tai, his eyes lost. " We don't have the money to care for a baby, we don't have the knowledge. God, Tai! I haven't even gone to college! What kind of father am I going to be? Not a good one."
" Matt...." Tai repeated.
" Shut up the fuck up, Tai!" Matt raged suddenly. He pulled back his fist and hit Tai in the cheekbone.
Tai stumbled back, clutching his cheek. " Matt......?"
Matt glared at the teenager facing him with hate, then his eyes widened and he realized what he had done. He dropped to his knees, tears pouring out of his eyes. " Look! I'm going to grow up to be like my father! I'm going to become him; I'm going to beat my own child!" he cried.
" Matt, no you aren't. You're smarter than that," Tai said, rubbing his cheek.
" Idiot! I just punched you, and you didn't do a thing!" Matt slouched and buried his face in his hands. " I didn't want it to happen, I didn't think it would," he sobbed.
" What?" Tai put a hand on his shoulder reassuringly.
Matt didn't flinch. " I'm turning into Richard Ishida."
A/N: Cruel ending, I know. DON'T! KILL! ME! *dodges flying knives and pitchforks* Geez! Okay, I'll have to make this quick! I'm sorry I left a cliffhanger like that, even if it's not too suspensful. I'm sorry for abusing Matt, toying with his feelings, but it's fun to write about! Also, I'd like to thank all who have reviewed this series for their support. Whatever they say influences the writing greatly! Love you all!!! LOVE, PEACE, and DIGIMON FOREVER!!!!!!!