Sweet Possession

Part 5
by Marduk

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People, you know the drill by now. A number of corporations own Digimon, and Pete Abrams owns Sluggy Freelance. I am not trying to sell this, so please don't sue. And if you've gotten this far without realizing that yaoi and yuri are prevelant here, well, I pity you.

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**HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!** R'K'M snatched the book from Yamato, still laughing. **OF COURSE YOU CAN'T READ IT; THIS BOOK IS NOT MADE FOR BUGS LIKE YOU! I'LL JUST DESTROY IT NOW, MAKE SURE NO ONE CAN...** There was a long pause, and when she looked up, her face was panicked. **MY EYES!!!!!** The scream was deafening, bone-chilling. **NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!** Blue light engulfed the spiderlike creature, whose body began to shatter apart. **NO NO NO NO!! THIS CAN'T HAPPEN!** When the light cleared, she had shrunk into a tiny spider. Yamato walked over and stepped on her.
"I couldn't read it because there were no words, only pictures," he explained. Daisuke looked over his shoulder, and smiled at the pictures. They instilled in him a sense of pure contentment, much like that he had felt when he was dating-no! He shook off that train of thought.
"So. Now what are we going to do?"
"Get back home."

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"Sora. Why do you love me?" Taichi glanced at her sadly. "I...why did you let Koushiro force you into this?"
"I've never really known who I was. He told us; I met him wandering on the street. I had amnesia, and he was the only person who cared about me. And he...he told me what he expected me to be. And when I did that, I had an identity. I...that's all it is. He gives me something to know about myself, so...so that's what I do. But it doesn't change the fact that I love you. I'd do anything for you, Taichi." Taichi gulped.
"Even...even let me go?" Her eyes narrowed.
"I love you, Taichi. I won't let you go." Taichi groaned, running a hand through his brown hair.
"Sora...I don't love you."
"It's the blond...ne?"
"Hai...Sora, why can't you-?"
"I love you." Taichi sighed and stood up from the chair in one of the many conference rooms in the castle.
"Sora..."
"Tai-kun! What the hell do you think you're doing up here with that hussy?" Taichi whirled to face the purple-haired psycho that *was* Miyako.
"Miya...you might want to lay off the insults. Anyway, I'm trying to get her to stop being in love with me."
"*snrk*! Tai-kun, she's brainwashed. As Koushiro-san said, she has to know herself before she can make her own decisions. Therefore...I brought our resident know-it-all."
"Koushiro? He said he couldn't help!"
"Baka! No, the 'Sciens Liber'. Hikari's prophet book." She walked into the room and dropped the tome onto the table. "Let's see...P for 'person', name...Sora...what's your last name, honey?"
"I don't know!" Sora snapped, tearing up. "I told you, I have amnesia!"
"Ah...well, why don't you take a look in the book, see if it has any answers." Sora approached it nervously. When her hand brushed the cover, it shuddered, and flipped to the front. It was a dozen pages prefacing the book. Miyako leaned over to read it.
"As a result of the disturbances that released several dangerous tomes into the world, Takenouchi Sora, head librarian, has been banished from our realm. As a result of her iterference in human affairs, Kamiya Hikari has been banished from our realm. For his-this is some sort of record of offenses! And they all seem to talk about the same type of people...Sora, I think you're an Angel." Sora's eyes flickeredd warningly at the words.
"I...that *sounds* familiar. I-" She froze. "Oh, no...it's all my fault. Everything, the death, the destruction, all my fault! I..." She fell against the table, eyes watering. Suddenly, she glanced at the book again. "It's changing..."
"Based upon new information we have received, it has been shown that Takenouchi Sora and Kamiya Hikari have fought to rectify the error made on the part of Takenouchi Sora. As a result, both of their crimes will be pardoned. However, it has been deemed that Kamiya Hikari would fair better as a guardian angel in the univrse in which she has been residing. Takenouchi Sora will return to her post-Congratulations, Sora." Sora shook her head vaguely.
"I...this is so sudden. For so long, I couldn't remember, and now...I remember everything, and they're giving me my job back, and-" She swooned, and Taichi jumped to catch her. Her eyes opened suddenly, and she smiled at Taichi. "Arigato, Taichi. I...wish you happiness." She pushed herself up, and handed the book to Miyako. "I think you should leave...we're very private about these sort of things. Remember to tell Hikari..." Taichi nodded, and ushered Miyako out the door.

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"Thank you all, very much," Jyou murmured, tightening his grip around Koushiro's shoulders. "And now, as payment for your help in ridding our world of two hideous demons, as you have requested, you will be sent home. Kou-chan?" Koushiro raised one hand, and the group of travelers faded from view. Koushiro's eyes narrowed slightly after they were gone. "Is something the matter?"
"I...it felt as if I sent a bit more mass than there should have been...it's probably nothing." He leaned over and gave Jyou a kiss.

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Osamu hurried from the lab in which they had appeared, looking for a phone. A few minutes her returned, smiling.
"Guys! He's awake again, and they've released him from the hospital. Let's get back to his apartment, and we can all welcome him." Daisuke followed along with them, his mind on another subject. Takeru, that cute blond, had died...because of him. He felt an ache in his chest at the other man's death. It had been so sudden, so unfair...why couldn't he do anything about it? And why did he miss him so much?

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After everything had settled, Ken was getting rid of many of the items he had used in the service of the Liber.
"I'm glad you're getting rid of that stuff, Ken-chan. It had me really worried. Anyway, we can get back to normal now, right?" As Osamu continued talking, Ken found his attention drawn to a coffee cup he was holding. He drew his hands away from it, and it hovered in the air unstably. As Osamu's voice droned, cracks spread across the cup, and it suddenly shattered.
"Ken?"
"Nothing! Nothing happened!" He quickly shoved the shards into the garbage, feeling his heart rate soaring. It was nothing. It was absolutely nothing. Nothing. **NOTHING**

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Well, that's it for "Sweet Possession". Yes, I really have finished the story. However, the tale is not complete. It will be continued in two more stories, "The Same Boat", and "Lost Hearts". Until then-