DARK ADDICTION PART 2: DRUGS AND
DREAMS
Author's Notes: I'm glad that everyone's enjoying the fic so far. Now,
Darknexismon and I do not own digimon. Everything introduced into this fic does belong
to us though. Remember that this fic uses Japanese names. Now enjoy the fic!
Everyone seated in the crowd jumped to the sound of a gun being shot. The
Chosen Children looked at Taichi, who fell from the podium right after the gun was shot.
"Oh God, Taichi!" Sora screamed. She and the rest of the Chosen Children
immediately rose from their seats and ran to the left, where stairs laid, which led to the
stage. They ran up the stairs and took a quick right, towards Taichi, who was laid on the
cold wooden floor of the stage. Koushirou, the announcer, and a few others were already
crowded around the ambassador of the Digital World, worried if he was okay. The
Chosen Children butted their way through the small crowd, and stopped by Taichi's side.
Sora kneeled to the side of Taichi and gently cradled his head in her arms. She
slowly rocked back and forth, with her head pressed against his. Taichi was motionless,
unconscious. Sora started to feel tears run down her cheeks quickly, as if the tears were
marathon runners, running down her face. The tears splashed against Taichi's head, and
she started to feel him coming to. Sora drew her head from Taichi's, to see his face. It
was then she noticed the hole put right between his eyes.
"Oh God." Sora and Jou whispered.
Jou examined Taichi's wound from his distance. "That's a pretty big bullet hole...
whoever shot him had expert marksmanship. The bullet went right between his eyes, and
looks like it hit his brain. I'm afraid he won't make it."
Hearing the news, all the girls started to feel tears fall down their cheeks, each
mourning for him: Mimi, who had come back to Japan for a brief visit to hear Taichi's
speech; Hikari, Taichi's sister and his best friend; Miyako, another of Taichi's friends;
and finally, Sora, Taichi's other best friend and his lover, all mourned for their fallen
comrade.
Taichi slowly forced his eyes open, looking right into the face of his lover, Sora.
He slowly moved his eyes, to scan the faces of his other friends. Each had a look of
concern, especially Jou. Trying to reassure them, Taichi opened his mouth slightly to
speak.
"It's going to be all right..." Sora tried to reassure him. "We'll get married, and
live a long time."
"S...sora..." Taichi managed to squeeze out. Sora weakly smiled at him, despite
that she had red rings around her eyes from crying. "Don't worry about me... I'll always
love you..." Taichi almost whispered, before his eyes closed and his muscles relaxed.
Sora felt Taichi's body become dead weight in her arms. "No... no!" Sora
whispered.
Even the boy's eyes started to water, from the horrible death of their friend.
Suddenly, movement on the balcony caught the corner of Daisuke's eye. He looked up at
the balcony, and saw what looked like a man run down the balcony, but the man was
mostly covered up by darkness on the balcony. It looked as if the man was carrying a
sniper rifle.
"Ah! There he is!" Daisuke abruptly said aloud.
"W...what?" The other Chosen Children asked.
"The man who killed Taichi's up there!" Daisuke yelled excitedly. Then he ran off
to the side, and out of the conference room.
Everyone else looked at each other. "Somebody better go with him....we don't
want Daisuke dead too," Mimi said.
"I'll go," Ken volunteered. "I'm used to chasing down criminals, being a detective
and all."
"Okay, please be careful," Miyako told him.
"Don't worry about me," Ken said before he gave Miyako a peck on the cheek.
The others watched as Ken also took off, following Daisuke out of the conference room.
Daisuke ran up to the shady balcony, and looked around. He didn't see any man
there, he must have ran out the other door, which was straight ahead from Daisuke, at the
other end of the balcony. Daisuke was ready to bolt to the next door, when he heard other
footsteps behind the door Daisuke just ran out of. Daisuke turned around to face the door,
ready to attack if it was the man he saw.
When the door flew open, Daisuke immediately jumped at the man who emerged
from behind the door, and wrapped his hands around his neck. Daisuke looked up to see
him choking his best friend, Ken. Daisuke immediately let go of Ken's neck and sighed in
relief.
"Sorry about that," Daisuke said sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. "I
thought you were that man."
"Well, I'm not." Ken said, forgiving Daisuke for his mistake. "We should go find
him. He might have already gotten away."
"Right," Daisuke said, bolting for the door at the other end of the balcony. Ken
followed right behind him.
Kage continued running down the lobby, trying to find the nearest exit. Ripples in
the air showed a man running, but Kage didn't care if he was spotted or not. He fulfilled
his mission: kill Taichi Yagami. Just remembering this, Kage slowed down to a steady
walk. If he slowly moved, then there wouldn't be as much ripples as he had when he was
running. Kage casually walked down the many carpeted hallways of the lobby, as if he
was visible.
"Ken! There he is!"
Kage quickly turned around to see a burgundy haired man and an indigo haired
man running. Kage violently swivelled his head around, looking to see if the two men
were after him, or someone else in the hallway. Unfortunately for Kage, there was no one
but him and the two men currently in the hallway.
"Shit!" Kage cursed loudly as he bolted down the hallway, feet slamming into the
carpeted floor. Even though Kage was camouflaged, the two men could see the footprints
his clopping feet made and the ripples in the air, revealing a man running down the
hallway.
Kage led the two men around corners, down more hallways and long corridors.
Yet Kage or the two men didn't stop, despite the massive amount of running they did.
Kage finally saw an elevator straight ahead from a turn he just made, into yet another
carpeted hallway. Kage smiled to himself and stopped right in front of the control
console. He pressed the button for the elevator to reach him, and simply waited. Just then,
the two men, Ken and Daisuke, rounded the corner. All they saw was two elevators right
next to each other. Other than that, it was an empty hallway.
One good thing about Kage's camouflage was that he was 'invisible' if he wasn't
moving. However, once the elevator would come down, his cover would be blown. Just
then, a beeping sound filled the three men's ears and the elevator on the left side
'magically' opened.
"Ah! There he is! He's trying to get up by the elevator," Ken told Daisuke. The
two raced towards the open elevator.
"Hahaha! See you on the roof, fools!" Kage laughed as he stepped in and waited
patiently as the elevator door closed in front of him.
Daisuke and Ken ran to the elevator, hoping to get in on time and catch the
assassin. However, when they were a few feet away from the door, it closed on them.
"Crap!" Daisuke yelled before he slammed into the closed door of the elevator,
bringing him to the ground. Daisuke rubbed his head in pain and looked up at Ken, who
had stopped before he would crash into the door, like Daisuke did. Ken put out his hand,
and Daisuke took it. Ken rose his hand, hauling Daisuke off the ground and back to his
feet. "I haven't done something like that in ages," Daisuke commented.
"C'mon, maybe we can take the other elevator up to the roof," Ken told his friend.
Before Daisuke could respond, Ken already had pushed the button on the control panel
mounted on the wall next to the elevator for the elevator doors to open. Surprisingly, the
elevator doors instantly opened, with no wait. Ken rushed in, followed by Daisuke.
"Where was he going again?" Ken asked himself aloud.
"It was the roof," Daisuke reminded him.
"Oh yeah!" Ken said. Ken looked at the control panel inside the elevator, looking
for the 'roof' button. Seeing Ken couldn't find the roof button, Daisuke reached over and
pushed the button marked 'Roof'. The two felt a vibration at their feet, before the elevator
pushed itself upwards.
Kage waited patiently for the elevator to stop its journey to the roof. He knew the
two men chasing him had used the other elevator, but he still had the lead over them. Just
then, the doors slid outwards, revealing the top of the Capitol building. Kage ran out
immediately, and drew his hand into his pocket. He grabbed the walkie-talkie and stopped
running. He pressed the button on the walkie-talkie, turning it on and drew it to his ear.
He began to speak into it.
"Mashou, do you have a chopper waiting for me?" Kage asked frantically into the
receiver.
The voice on the other line came on once again. "Yes we do, on the other side of
the building."
"Good. I'll be there in just a minute," Kage suddenly heard a beeping sound
behind him and furiously turned his head around. "Crap, it's those freakin' kids again!
Mashou, I can't talk now!"
"What's the mat-" The voice was cut off as Kage turned off the walkie-talkie and
he immediately pocketed it. Just then, Daisuke and Ken squeezed themselves through the
opening elevator doors and ran out to the roof.
Kage turned to face the two, who stopped and stared daggers at him. "Hello
kiddies, it has been fun, but I have to go now. But I do have a surprise prepared for you!"
With that said, Kage turned around and ran. Ken and Daisuke ran after him, resuming to
chasing him.
As Daisuke and Ken resumed to chasing him, a sound was heard that sounded like
snapping of fingers. The two assumed Kage did it, but they didn't know why. Their
question was answered a moment later when a ghost like silhouette appeared in front of
Daisuke and Ken. The two men skidded to a halt, watching as the silhouette took shape.
The 'ghost' resembled a ghost, but it was covered in a red cloak. Under the red cloak,
was a gray shirt. The ghost appeared to have no arms, just empty sleeves which held a
golden scythe. The red cloak went over the ghost's head, and the face was dark except for
two blue, beady eyes.
"That's my partner you're going after," the ghost said.
"Is that a digimon? I haven't seen it before," Daisuke told Ken.
"That digimon's Phantomon," Ken told Daisuke without taking his eyes off the
ghost.
"Right you are, Chosen Children." Phantomon sneered. "Soul Chopper!" The
ghost-like digimon yelled before he brought his scythe over his head and charged the two.
Ken and Daisuke quickly ducked their heads right before Phantomon swung the
scythe right above their heads. The two felt the air fly away from Phantomon's scythe
when he swung it, showing the speed of the blow.
"Phantomon! It's time we go!" Kage yelled to his partner. Phantomon turned his
head in Kage's direction and flew away. Ken and Daisuke picked their heads up to watch
helplessly as Phantomon flew to the opposite side of the Capitol building and disappeared
from view.
Just then, they heard the sound of a helicopter's blade. A moment later, a
helicopter rose up from the coverage of the Capitol building, above the railing opposite of
Ken and Daisuke. They could hear Kage laughing as the helicopter turned to the left and
flew away, the back of the helicopter facing the two.
Daisuke fell onto the hard concrete with his knees, punching the solid ground.
"Damn it! I knew I should have brought V-mon!" Daisuke cursed.
Ken put his hand on Daisuke's shoulder, trying to comfort his friend. "I should
have brought Wormmon too, but we make mistakes."
Daisuke turned around and looked at Ken. "But this mistake cost Taichi his life!"
"Daisuke, you know it wasn't our fault Taichi was killed."
"I know, but I wish we could have prevented it from happening." Daisuke said.
"Don't worry, that guy is sure to have a criminal record, we can track him down
and nail him. Then Taichi will have some justice."
Daisuke stood up and looked at his friend. "You're right, let's go back to the
others." Ken nodded and the two walked to join the rest of the Chosen Children.
* * * * *
When Ken went to work the next day, he looked for a criminal record of a man
named 'Kage'. Surprisingly, there was no man named Kage in the police database. When
Ken told Daisuke and the others, they were real surprised, and sad because they couldn't
catch the man that had assassinated Taichi.
A day later, a private funeral available for the family and all the Chosen Children
was held for Taichi. Almost everyone was acting how you know people act at funerals;
the girls cry, and the men just look on in sadness or comfort the girls. This is what
happened, except for Sora. She stared at Taichi's grave for the whole ceremony, and took
repeated puffs on a cigarette. When asked why she was smoking, she said 'it eases the
pain'.
When Yamato was giving a speech about Taichi during the funeral, Sora
announced she had to go to the bathroom. She immediately got up and instead of going to
the bathroom, she went outside to the parking lot and shoved her hand into her pocket,
pulling out a handful of cocaine. She put it up to her face and sniffed it in until the
handful was gone.
Unbeknownst to her, Jou also had to go to the bathroom, but instead of going, he
went to comfort Sora. He followed her, but stopped when she went outside. Jou peered
through the window mounted on the door and watched in horror as she sniffed in all the
cocaine in her hand. Feeling sick, Jou went to the bathroom and lost his breakfast. After
that, Jou walked out of the bathroom and walked back to the room where the funeral as
held, making sure Sora wasn't behind him. He didn't want Sora to know that he was
watching her.
After Yamato finished his speech, Sora returned, to find out the funeral was over.
She walked back to the parking lot with the rest of the guests, looking depressed. No one
said anything as they walked to their respective cars and drove home.
* * * * *
When Sora returned to her apartment from the funeral, she walked past her kids
and went into the bedroom, closing the door behind her. She dropped onto the bed lazily,
disrupting Piyomon's sleep. Piyomon jumped into the air from fright and fell softly back
on the bed. She looked around to see who made her jump, and sighed in relief as her eyes
laid on Sora. Sora was laying there, staring at the ceiling. Piyomon's relieved mood
immediately turned to concern when she saw Sora.
"Sora, what's the matter?" Piyomon asked, very concerned for her partner.
Piyomon waited patiently for a response, but didn't get one. "Sora, please talk to me." No
response. Piyomon blinked and waddled over to her partner. She looked at Sora's face,
very concerned. Yet Sora's eyes were still glued to the spot on the ceiling.
"Taichi..." Sora whispered softly.
"What?" Piyomon asked. She heard Sora say something, but it was very soft. She
knew Sora had said something because her mouth moved. Piyomon put her wing so it
hovered above Sora's face. She waved her wing up and down, hoping for a reply from her
partner. The only reply she got was that Sora started to blink repeatedly. Piyomon smiled
weakly and quickly removed her wing, hoping Sora would say something. Instead, Sora
turned to her side and put her hands to her face. Piyomon moved her head to the side
quizzically. 'What is Sora doing? Why is she acting like this?' These questions raced
through Piyomon's head as she watched Sora.
Sora started to sob and cry, with tears running down her face and dropping onto
the sheets of the bed. Piyomon watched on sadly as her partner cried into her hands. She
put her wing on Sora's side, trying to comfort her. That's the only thing Piyomon could
do, since Sora would not tell her what's wrong.
"Sora..." A voice said.
Piyomon and Sora looked up to the source of the voice, to find Jou standing in the
open doorway. He closed the door behind him and sat on the bed next to Sora.
"Sora, I want to know what's wrong," Jou said softly.
"The only way you'll find out is if you bring Taichi back," Sora declared.
Piyomon looked at Sora in shock. Sora would not talk to her, but she'd talk to Jou.
Jou's eyes widened. "Taichi?! Is that who it's about? Listen Sora, it's time you
forget loving Taichi and move on with your life," Jou said, raising his voice.
Sora sat up and shook her head quickly. "NO! I'll never forget Taichi, he wouldn't
want me to."
"Sora, Jou's right," Piyomon piped up. "There are a lot of people out there, and
Taichi would want you to go on with your life."
Sora stood up and faced the two. "You're both wrong! Taichi would want me to
never forget him!" She took a cigarette from her pocket and started puffing on it.
"Sora, stop that," Jou said, coughing, "using cocaine is not going to ease your pain,
or bring Taichi back!"
Sora gasped at Jou's remark. "How do you know about that?"
Jou lowered his eyes to the ground. "I saw you do it in the parking lot..."
"What?!" Sora roared. "Spying on me? I want you out, now!" Sora yelled at Jou.
"No, not until I help you." Jou said to her. Right after he said that, Sora forced Jou
up and she pushed him out of the bedroom while he protested. She ignored his protests
and pushed him out of the house. Before Jou could run back in, she slammed the door
behind him and locked it. Jou pounded his fist on the door. "Sora, all I want to do is help
you." Jou said before he dejectedly walked back to his car and drove off.
Sora watched him leave through the bedroom window while she puffed on her
cigarette.
Piyomon looked at Sora sadly. "Why did you do that? Jou's supposed to be your
friend." Piyomon said.
Sora looked down on the ground. "I have my reasons."
* * * * *
That night, Sora went to bed very late, hours after the kids went to bed. It took her
an hour to get to sleep, replaying images of her forcing Jou out of the house.
"Jou, I'm sorry, but you can't help me." Sora mumbled before she went to sleep.
Sora opened her eyes, to find herself in a misty, gray clearing. She looked at her
surroundings. What she could make out beyond the thick fog was that she was
surrounded by trees. She also found that everything was gray, like the Dark Ocean.
Suddenly, she felt a pang in her head. She yelled out in surprise and clutched her
head. She started to feel herself having a massive headache. She screamed in pain, still
clutching her head for dear life. She was forced to the ground from the pain. She felt
something pulling on her head, and she was blind for a moment.
She let go of her head and reared her head back, eyes covered in gray energy. She
yelled as the gray energy left her head and splashed to the ground in front of her. She
opened her eyes to watch the energy take shape. She panted heavily as she watched the
energy stop making a shape and dissipate, revealing a figure to her.
The figure was gray like everything else. The figure was covered in thick scales.
Its whole body was skinny, like a stick figure. The creature's face was a mix of a reptile's
and a human's. Smoke seemed to emanate from the creature's body, filling up the whole
area quickly.
The creature extended a hand to Sora. "Come to me, Sora..."
More Author's Notes: Yet another cliffhanger! Who is this creature? What's its
purpose? Find out in Dark Addiction Part 3- DA: Reiyakumon
