A/N: This is chapter twelve. R'R! R'R! R'R! And enjoy!!!






"C'mon, Matt!" Gabumon murmured, but his digi partner didn't respond.

"Shit...! Sora hissed. Her eyes were watering. All she could do was watch while her love suffered. She knew how much it had hurted him the last time, and she was sure that this seizure was worse. Sora cupped her hands around his head when his coughs became sharper. A tear fell down in his soft golden hair.

"Shhh... shhh..." she whispered soothingly. All of a sudden Matt's coughs ended. But he didn't breathe like he should either. It was like if he was trying to inhale but there was no air.

"What...?" Joe said slowly, feeling Matt's pulse. "I don't kno-" he began, but Matt's coughs cut him off. They were more violent this time, and a deeply red liquid came up with them.

"Maaatt!" Tk screamed, running towards his older sibling, but Mimi stopped him.

"Lemme go!" The small kid sobbed.

"Shhh... I think he needs some space..." Mimi calmed him down.

Matt's coughs decreased once again, but the blood kept flowing out of his mouth.

"We have to get him up to a sitting position! Maybe he'll be able to breathe then!" Joe shouted, not really knowing why he shouted. But at least no one disagreed. They helped each other with putting Matt's limp body against the wall, and to every ones relief he could breathe.

The DD's sighed, finally relaxing a bit. The rookie-Digimon were looking worriedly first at their digi-companions, and then at the limp form of Matt, leaning motionless against the cool stony wall.

"He doesn't have that much time left." Trasdomon said quietly and broke the silence harshly, while watching the others from the little corner that he was sitting in.

"What do you mean?" Tai asked, eyes wide.

"C'mon, Tai. Even Tk's realized it!" Joe hissed, but then looked down on his shoes. He hadn't meant to sound so cruel. But it was the truth.

Tai glanced at Tk, who was sitting by his onii-san, cheeks striped by tears. Tai *had* understood what Trasdomon said before and Joe's statement had made him realize it even more. He just didn't want it to happen.

"Sorry, I didn't mean-" Joe started.

"No. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have denied it." Tai said, feeling tears welling up in his chocolate eyes and turned away. As he did, he found himself looking directly at Matt. He unwillingly let a whimper escape his throat, closing his eyes hard. But it didn't stop the tears from flowing.

"Tai..." Mimi said in a sympathetic tone, resting a comforting hand on Tai's shoulder. That was too much for him. He jerked away from Mimi and ran out of the dark cave with its gloomy, depressing light.

Tai didn't stop running for a long time. It felt better to run there, feeling the wind blowing in his hair, instead of sitting in a dark cave and watch his best friend die.

But he couldn't run forever and he gradually slowed down until he was standing still. Those stubborn tears pricked his sight and he couldn't see where he was any longer. Honestly, he didn't care.

Tai felt a sudden wave of anger wash over him and clenched his fists.

"Aaargh!" he screamed, furiously banging them into a big, old tree. The tree didn't seem to notice him though. He hit it again and again until he felt his knuckles sting and throb violently. He held them up before his eyes and saw that they were bleeding. He narrowed his eyes and broke down in hysterical sobs.

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"I'll go get him." Joe said, climbing to his feats.

"No, I'll get him. You're the only one who knows a thing about medicine." Sora objected. She needed to get out of the cave for a while as well.

Joe opened his mouth to speak but she cut him off.

"What if something happens when you're gone? You are the one who's the best at medical things and stuff."

"Okay, okay... I see your point." The blue haired boy finally gave in.

Sora walked out through the aperture, thankful for the shining sun. She hoped that the fresh air would help to get that awful headache away, though she knew that as long as she kept thinking about Matt, it would stay put. But Sora didn't want to stop thinking about him. Her head felt like an odd thumping overstuffed rucksack, while her throat felt strangely dry and soar, yet all juicy in some way.

Sora decided to yell for Tai. It would take to long for her to search for him in any other way. She opened her mouth, but all she got out was a weird croak.

Clearing her throat, she started walking off in the direction she thought Tai had gone.

"Tai!" She cried, looking around for anything that could be him. All she saw was the high and leafy digital trees and the flowering shrugs. "TAI!"

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"Tai!"

Tai stiffened as he heard his name being called. It sounded distant though. Sora wasn't even near him yet. That was good. He didn't feel like talking to anyone. Maybe except Matt. But that was impossible, wasn't it?

"TAI!" He heard Sora's voice again. This time it sounded closer to him. He curled up like a ball, drawing closer to the tree he'd abused slightly before and made himself as small as possible. Wrapping his arms around his knees he sat there pressing himself to the hard, embossed stem. The skin on his cheeks felt kind of stiff from the dried salty tears.

"Tai, where are you?" he heard Sora yell. She was really close now, maybe even just behind the tree he was sitting by.

Tai held his breath, sitting perfectly still.

"Tai!" she cried, her voice cracking a bit.

'No! I don't wanna talk to you. No! I want Matt to be here and tell me he's cured!' Tai thought, clenching his fists, making the scratches throb again. His lower lip shivered and he felt the tears forming in his eyes.

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"I'm worried about Tai." Agumon said.

"And I'm worried about Sora. Shouldn't they be back by now?" Biyomon wondered.

"They'll be back soon." Kari sighed, looking over at Tk. He hadn't moved from his brother's side since Tai had left. Gabumon hadn't moved from him either. But all the crying and worrying had made the young girl drowsy and she was longing for sleep.

Izzy sat typing on his laptop like usual, but had dark bags under his eyes. Mimi was crying, with Palmon beside her trying to comfort her. Joe was sitting by Izzy wondering if he should act strong or cry himself. Even Gomamon who was sitting in Joe's lap, was looking down.

Trasdomon was gazing longingly on the caves opening. "Please... Please try to dig up Knimon's razors..." he pleaded. "I will be able to cure Friendship if I can get out of here."

"There's no point to." Tk said. He hadn't said anything in a very long time and his voice was monotonous and numb. "They're probably buried like five metres under ground." he continued.

"H-Hope? What are you saying?" Trasdomon asked staring at the blond kid's almost hollow-looking face.

"That there isn't any hope for Matt left."

The white skinned Digimon's face went even paler, if that's possible. "No, you mustn't say that!"

"Why?" Tk said turning back to his brother again.

"Light? Please make him see that there's still hope left..." Trasdomon whimpered. There was no answer. "Light? Light!"

Kari slowly got her eyes open.

"What is it?" she yawned.

"You have to make Hope feel better!"

Kari leaned back to the ground again and sighed. "I'm too tired." She said, closing her eyes.

"So the prophecy comes true, after all." Trasdomon said (his green big eyes shuddering in that typical anime way, when the character is close to tears).

"What prophecy?" Izzy asked, looking up from the laptop.

"You want to know?" Trasdomon asked with new hope in his voice. Izzy simply nodded.

"Okay!" The doll looking Digimon said merrily. "You see, ever since I was a digi-baby in the primary village, I've hears all kinds of stories and prophecies about the legendary DigiDestineds. Many of them were too scary for a little digi-baby, but I used to eavesdrop when the older Digimon told each other the tales. The stories were telling about the eight human children who would save our world when evil was in it." Trasdomon said with enthusiasm, making the story more interesting by doing all kinds of gestures with his hands. "They were Courage, Light, Hope, Friendship, Love, Reliability, Sincerity and Knowledge. And of course their Digimon. Do you want me to tell you about the prophecy I am fearing will come true?"

"Yes, please." Izzy said. He felt how some of the depressed feelings almost magically were lifted of his back.

"Okay. This was for some reason my favourite. So I've memorized it. This is how it goes." Trasdomon made a quick pause, clearing his throat. "Courage will lead the way. Light and Hope will ease the other's burdens. Trust will form Reliability and the Sincerity among them will grow. Love shall bliss them, and Friendship will bond them all together.' So now when Friendship is ill... dieing, I fear that you and your friends will loose their characteristic crest qualities. And if that happens, the whole DigiWorld will be doomed! I can't let that happen! *We* can't let that happen! Please, Knowledge, you and Tentomon must get those Razors away from the ground under the aperture!"

"We can try, but I don't think that me and Tentomon will make it in time if we're alone." Izzy said.

"Don't think in those terms. Nothing is impossible!" Trasdomon said, trying to lighten Izzy's spirit.

"I-I don't know..." Izzy hesitated, gazing at the hole they had started to dig before. "It looks pretty impossible... Maybe Tk was right after all." He felt the same melancholy feeling wash over him again, making him just want to lie down and sleep or simply sit still and stare at something no one else saw. It felt so much stronger now. Too strong. Izzy felt his eyelids get heavier and heavier until he just couldn't keep them open.

"Knowledge? Wake up... I need you." He heard a distant voice say.












A/N: This chapter was a little bit longer that the others... Please tell me what you think about this story, and please tell me what you think about Trasdomon. I don't really know why I made him up (or I do actually... :-o ), so if you like him write that in your reviews. If you don't like him, tell me in your reviews too. I can always kill/destroy him otherwise *grins evilly * Mwahahahaha! *Clears my throat* Hrm... Maybe I won't update this story in maybe a week (again) cuz' I'm going away to my grandparents for the weekend. But then I'll write more! Promise!