Author's Notes: Okay, again, Darknexismon and I do not own digimon. All new humans/digimon that appear in the fic do belong to us. Remember, we are using Japanese names.
Sora backed away from the creature's extended hand slowly. "Who... what are you?" Sora asked shakily.
The creature withdrew its hand, keeping it to his side. "Why, I'm Reiyakumon, a mega digimon. Due to your obsession of the Chosen Child Taichi, you began to use drugs to relieve your pain of his death. Your addiction to drugs and feelings toward Taichi has created me." The creature explained.
"But why? Why did I create you?" Sora asked, dumbfounded.
"I do not know the answer to your question. I do not yet know my purpose for this world, or why I was created. You know the answers deep in your heart."
"My heart is broken and cannot be healed. You're speaking nonsense to me." Sora replied to Reiyakumon.
"No, Sora, your heart is perfectly fine. You are just kidding yourself."
Sora shook her head madly. "No, no, no! Taichi will always live forever in my heart. The only way I choose to go on is because of the other Chosen Children."
"Why do you live for them if you won't let them help you?"
"Because only Taichi will help me."
"Taichi is gone, and it is impossible to bring him back." Reiyakumon replied calmly.
Sora collapsed to her knees, finally realizing the horrible truth. She fell to her side and started to hold her head and her body started to shake uncontrollably. "Oh, God it's true! Taichi will never come back and soothe my pain!" Sora screamed for all to hear.
"Do you see now, Sora? Taichi is dead and gone, and you need your friends. Your friends and pull you through this, and stop your addiction to drugs."
Sora stopped shaking and let go of her head. Realizing Reiyakumon was right, she got to her feet and faced Reiyakumon. "I hope you're right Reiyakumon. But quitting drugs is so hard and I can't get Taichi off my mind. I don't know how to do it."
"Have faith in yourself, and confidence and you shall come to your goal." Right after Reiyakumon uttered those words, his form flickered.
"What's happening to you?" Sora asked, concerned.
"Do not worry, Sora, you are just about to wake up." Reiyakumon replied calmly.
"What's going to you?" Sora asked.
"I will appear in the Real World... sometime..." It was then that the whole landscape turned brilliant white. Sora had to shield her eyes from the unbearable light. When she took her arm away from her eyes, she was looking up at the ceiling of her bedroom. She quickly sat up in her bed, the covers covering her flying forward. Sora turned her head to look at the time. The digital clock read 6:46 AM in bright red numbers. Sora reached over to her clock and pressed a few buttons, canceling the alarm which was supposed to go off at seven o'clock for work.
"Mine as well get up," Sora mumbled to herself as she climbed out of bed. She took the covers away from her body and rolled off the bed, landing solidly on her feet. She rubbed her eyes and turned back to the bed, to tuck in the sheets once again. As she tucked in the sheets, she wondered if Reiyakumon would really appear in the Real World. She wondered if that dream was even real, maybe it was her imagination. Though the pain did seem real right before she 'created' Reiyakumon. Once she finished the sheets, she walked out of her bedroom to the bathroom, where she took a shower. Once that was done, she got dressed and walked into the kitchen, where she was surprised to see the kids there, eating breakfast.
"Hi kids," Sora greeted as she sat at the breakfast table.
The kids looked up from their breakfasts to look at their mother. "Hello, mom," they said in unison. As soon as they said that, they went back to paying attention to their meal.
Sora smiled and got up from the table to get her breakfast. Once she was done preparing her breakfast, she sat down to eat it. "When did you two get up?" Sora asked her kids.
"A half hour ago," her daughter answered.
Sora nodded and went back to her breakfast. She suddenly felt people staring at her, so she looked up, to find her kids watching her. She dropped what was doing. "What's wrong?"
"We're worried about you, mommy," Sora's son said.
Sora looked quizzically at the two. "Why?"
"You seem real sad. We want to know what's the matter and why you forced Jou out yesterday." Her daughter told her.
Sora looked down at the ground. "Oh. Well, I guess you deserve to know. Bring in Piyomon, Pyocomon and Tsunomon in here and I'll explain."
Her kids did what they were told and got up from the table, to their rooms. The kids came back a second later, each carrying a digimon. One was orange and tan, with a horn on top; Tsunomon. The other one was pink and had a flower protruding from its top; Pyocomon. Piyomon was following the children closely as they sat at the table.
"Okay, I know all of you are worried about me, especially you, Piyomon," Sora began, looking at Piyomon. Piyomon nodded at her partner. "Now, I'm going to explain what's going on with me, so you don't have to be worried about me." After that was said, Sora began to explain to her children and digimon what was happening.
"...and so I'm going to try to go into therapy to help my drug problem. Then I can stop my addiction and we can be a happy family again," Sora smiled weakly. She'd been explaining the recent events to her children and digimon for a good five minutes. Right after that, she pulled out a cigarette from her pocket and lighted it. The kids and digimon watched as Sora puffed on the cigarette. Sora looked very sad as she puffed on the cigarette. She couldn't help it; her addiction was too great.
* * * * *
Wakehiko Tanabana, a worker at the local zoo, near Sora's apartment, walked around the zoo, cleaning the sidewalks and throwing away littered items, while guests to the zoo had fun looking at all the animals they had. Now that everyone in the world had a digimon partner, Wakehiko's digimon partner also helped him clean around the zoo. His partner was Pidmon, a digimon that looked like Angemon but instead of a blue robe, Pidmon had a red one. Pidmon flew around, carrying a broom instead of his regular staff, brushing the sidewalks faster than Wakehiko could. The only reason the zoo manager didn't get rid of Wakehiko was because if Wakehiko went, so did Pidmon. They were very good companions, and Pidmon was a phenomenal worker.
The zoo also took care of un-partnered digimon and put them on showcase. Even though the digimon were intelligent, they didn't mind the cages and being seen by many people a day. The zoo was starting to gain some fame throughout Tokyo, being the only zoo to have a Plesiomon in captivity. They'd acquired the Plesiomon a month ago, and profits were already rising, meaning Wakehiko's paycheck went up. Wakehiko smiled as he and Pidmon neared the humongous pool that housed Plesiomon. However, right now Plesiomon wasn't in the water, he beached himself onto a rock and was soaking up the sun's rays with satisfaction.
Just above the two workers, the air quivered in a circular motion, like a coin being dropped in water at a low elevation. At the center of the ripples, a yellow dot of energy appeared. Before long, the dot expanded to a circle, covering the whole area of the ripples. The circle was actually a doorway. Behind the circle was an area which was mostly gray, with decaying trees. The circle was in fact a portal from another world. The portal expanded as a form was getting pushed out. The creature was finally pushed out in one quick motion and the portal closed in on itself, and vanished shortly after that. The creature, however, fell through the air at an alarming speed. The creature could only watch in horror as it neared the ceiling of the Plesiomon cage.
Wakehiko took a short break from cleaning, to watch the basking Plesiomon. Though it was a mega digimon, no staff members were afraid of it. Though Plesiomon didn't talk much, it was already well-liked. Pidmon didn't notice his partner looking at Plesiomon, and kept on working. Wakehiko smiled looked down, resuming his work. A minute later, a loud crash was heard. Wakehiko and Pidmon immediately looked up to see a gray, stick figure-like creature fall through the sky and smash through the glass ceiling of the Plesiomon cage. Plesiomon jumped from his perch and quickly dove in the water, just avoiding the raining glass shards.
The creature continued falling, along with the glass shards, and splashed into the huge pool, sending gallons of water in the air. The creature sank beneath the waves, stunned.
Underwater, Plesiomon watched from below as he saw glass shards fall into the pool, slowly making their descent to the bottom. Plesiomon heard a booming sound and immediately turned its serpent-like neck to see a creature splash into the pool. Plesiomon turned his whole body around to face the creature, which was now descending to the bottom of the pool. Plesiomon, out of instinct, rocketed forward through the water and snatched the creature in his mouth. The creature was limp and had its eyes closed. The creature was unconscious. Plesiomon swam upward, trying to get the creature to the surface. He jetted his fins faster and faster, when he saw the reflection of the sun on the surface getting closer and closer. It was then that Plesiomon and the creature broke the surface. Plesiomon immediately righted himself in the water and dropped the creature onto the rock he was basking on before. As soon as the creature broke the surface, Plesiomon noticed that smoke was coming from its body, though it wasn't on fire.
Just then, Wakehiko and Pidmon arrived on the scene. Wakehiko checked to see if Plesiomon was all right, and Pidmon flew over to the creature. Once Plesiomon confirmed that he was all right, Wakehiko joined his partner to look at the creature.
"Geez, not even a scratch," Wakehiko said as he examined the creature. Wakehiko turned to his partner, who was right next to him. "Is that thing a digimon?"
Pidmon shrugged his shoulders, a motion most digimon had adapted from their partners. "I have no idea. I've never seen it before."
Just then, the creature's eyes shot open, sending Pidmon and Wakehiko back in surprise. The creature sat up and shook its head. Pidmon and Wakehiko stayed back, wondering if the creature would be hostile. The creature's head went back, eyes looking at the sky. "So this is the Real World..." The creature murmured.
"Um... ah... are you okay?" Wakehiko asked cautiously. The creature turned its head to look at Wakehiko. Pidmon looked at his partner, and noticed he was shaking.
"Are you a digimon?" Pidmon asked.
The creature nodded. "Yes. My name is Reiyakumon."
* * * * *
That afternoon, Sora had set up an appointment for therapy, and left her apartment immediately. Now, she was laying on a couch and talking to her therapist, Ms. Nagawa, who was sitting in a chair next to Sora.
"... and so when Taichi died, I just couldn't take it anymore." Sora explained.
"I see, and this is where you started using drugs?" Ms. Nagawa asked.
"That's right."
Suddenly, the radio that was on the table near them, went from soft music, to the news.
"Now it's time for news, with me, the double T, Terushi Takato! New headlines say that a strange, reptilian like digimon fell from the sky this afternoon, and landed in the Plesiomon cage. Luckily, no one was hurt. The digimon was found by a zoo worker, and the digimon claimed its name was Reiyakumon..."
"What?!" Sora yelled, sitting up from the couch.
"What's wrong?" Ms. Nagawa asked. Sora ignored her, to listen to the radio.
"...after being found, digimonologists at the zoo examined the mysterious digimon. What they found was that Reiyakumon are very rare in the Digital World, and they often exhibit large amounts of power. After a power reading, it showed that this Reiyakumon is very powerful, the most powerful digimon to date, in fact. Also, a little tidbit of information, Reiyakumon kept saying that he was going 'to find Sora'. No one knows what he's talking about, maybe about the girlfriend of deceased ambassador Taichi Yagami. More details to come soon, and now to our weatherman..."
Sora ran over and shut the radio off. Ms. Nagawa got up, wondering what was going on. "What's the matter?"
Sora looked at Ms. Nagawa. "I'll explain later. Look, I have to go. See you later." Right after that was said, Sora bolted out of the door, leaving Ms. Nagawa standing there.
More Author's Notes: What will happen when Sora goes to see Reiyakumon at the zoo? Will Ms. Nagawa succeed in curing Sora of her addiction? Who was Kage anyway? What organization's he a part of? All questions answered in the next epic part of Dark Addiction- DA: The Saga Ends; Ultimatum