Broken Idols
PART THREE (3)
A Digimon story
Written by Trey Tackett
mlepew@hotmail.com
Visit the Broken Idols Web Page at http://members.tripod.com/~scrappydappydoo/bidols.htm Special thanks to Steven Savage, Alicia Ashby, and everyone else who freely contributed assistance in the making of this story. You all helped me with descriptions, plot points, and the over all theme of this. Without your assistance, none of this would have been possible. Thank you. All characters are property of their creators and no copyright infringement is intended. Please don't sue.
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Piedmon backed up slowly in fear. "No, impossible..... I can't be beaten by a mere Ultimate form!"
Magna-Angemon walked towards Piedmon, his sword readied for attack. "Nothing is impossible, Piedmon. Your failure to realize that was your biggest mistake."
Piedmon glared in anger at his enemy. One by one, the Digidestined's Digimon had achieved their Mega form, all except Angemon.
He had underestimated Angemon's powers, and now he was paying for it. "You will never leave here alive!" He lunged forward to attack.
"Your fate has been sealed by your own actions," Magna-Angemon stated as he began to glow. "HEAVEN'S GATE!"
Piedmon stared in horror as beams of energy rained down from the sky, bombarding his body. He screamed in pain as he disintegrated into nothing.
"Two weeks after first appearing, the mysterious land formations in the sky have seemingly vanished," the news reporter stated. "Appearing shortly after the devastating battle downtown, the land formations have baffled researchers across the world."
Ryosuko looked up from the TV as he heard a knock at the door. He hit the mute button and went to answer it. "Hello?" he asked as he opened the door.
"Yo, dad!" Tai said, grinning. "We're Baaaaaaaaaack!"
"TAI!" Ryosuko exclaimed. "You're safe!" He hugged his son. "Where's Kari, is she OK?"
"Right here," Gatomon said as she entered the living room.
Umi looked out of the kitchen, "KARI!"
The small cat-girl ran over and hugged her mom. "We did it, mom! We beat the Dark Masters!"
"The who?" Umi asked. "Nevermind, you can explain later. Thank goodness you're safe!"
"Now this is going to pose a problem," Izzy stated as he looked at the others.
"You're telling me," Tai said, his Koromon ears twitching with annoyance. "There's no way we can go out in public like this."
"Tai's right, I mean, how am I supposed to explain having a horn on my head?" Matt asked. "Or TK having bat wing-like ears?"
"I dunno," Mimi began. She messed with Matt's hair some. "With a little styling you could probably hide it."
"My main concern would be Kari," Izzy said. "She's more Digimon than human."
Gatomon smirked, "You have no idea. Why not just tell people the truth?"
"Because there'd be an endless run of reporters and scientists trying to get at you and the others," Izzy replied. Trust me, you don't want that to happen."
"Unfortunately, it may be our only option," Joe said bluntly.
"Well, we could always return to the Digiworld," Biyomon suggested.
"I'm up for that idea," Gomamon stated. "Besides, the water is a lot better there."
"It's not that easy," Tai chimed in. "We have lives and families, we just can't abandon all that."
"Look's like Kari's idea may be the only viable option," Palmon said.
"There may be one other option," Izzy spoke up. He typed at his laptop. "Remember the program Gennai gave us that hid my parents, Tentomon, and myself from Myotismon's henchmen?"
Tentomon nodded, "Yes, it was very handy. Izzy, are you thinking what I think you are?"
"Exactly, Tentomon!" Izzy replied. "If I can adjust the coding so that it works on humans instead of Digimon, our problems might be solved."
"But how could we run it? Didn't the program have to be used on a computer?" Joe asked.
"It will be," Izzy replied. "The Digimon are like computers, remember?"
"And how do you plan for us to get the program?" Tai asked.
"Same way I made Tentomon digivolve that first time," Izzy stated. He brought up a small menu on his screen and scrolled down to a group of four entries. "Now to see if this'll work...."
Tai held his head and tried to steady himself against a chair. Matt, TK, and Gatomon also tried to brace themselves against something.
"It feels like something just jabbed into my skull," TK said, somewhat in pain.
"Sorry about that, but it should pass in a few moments," Izzy replied. "OK, the four of you now have the coding for the program in you. All you have to do is run it. Keep in mind though it'll only work for the smaller forms, and you'll have to deactivate it to Digivolve."
Sora looked out at the night sky and smiled. It had been two years since they defeated the Dark Masters, and everything had been peaceful since. Izzy's program had worked, and no one could tell that Tai, Matt, Kari, and TK had ever changed.
"Hey, Sora," Tai said as he walked up the steps to Sora's apartment. He leaned back against the railing.
"Hi, Tai, what bring you here?" Sora asked.
"Just dropping off those history notes I borrowed," Tai replied. "What about you?"
"Just wondering if the Digiworld's OK," Sora said.
"Ah," Tai said. He looked up at the stars.
"I just hope that whatever has happened there since we left, it was for the better," Sora stated. She sighed, "We don't need another group of Dark Masters."
"That's for sure..." Tai replied.
Across the street, a lone figure stood atop a building, looking down at the two. She grinned to herself and then vanished in flash of light.
"OK, class, we've got a new student today," the teacher began. "Its her first day, so try not to heckle her to much," she added jokingly.
Matt looked up from his reading at the new student. She was about average height, and looked about the same age as he was. What caught his attention was her navy blue colored hair. He had seen people with odd hair coloring before, but those people had gotten their hair dyed. The new girl's hair looked oddly natural. Her eyes also caught his attention. They were purple, but with an overall yellow tint to them.
"Allow me to introduce Kasagi Corosu, and before you ask, yes her hair is naturally that color."
"And I thought people only had odd colored hair in animations," Tai whispered from behind Matt.
Matt smirked at Tai's comment. He looked back at Kasagi. There was something about her, something he couldn't quite place. He didn't notice the barely visible glow his crest had began to give off.
Mimi sighed as she sat down at the lunch table. "You know, history class is boring."
"Oh, come on, Mimi," Sora began. "It isn't that bad."
"Maybe if those ancient rulers had a better fashion sense, I might find it more interesting," Mimi stated.
Sora chuckled at the thought. She looked up as a loud scream came from outside. Both her and Mimi looked toward the door heading outside to see people running in terror.
"What's going on?" Mimi asked.
"Dunno," Sora replied. "But my crest has started glowing."
Mimi and Sora got up and ran toward the exit. The gasped in shock at what was causing all the commotion.
"Leomon?!" Sora exclaimed.
"I don't think that's Leomon, Sora," Mimi said. "I don't remember Leomon being dark blue, or being female!"
The both backed up some as the Digimon turned toward them.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Digidestined," the Digimon said. "We meet at last."
"Who are you and why are you attacking these people?" Sora demanded.
"You may call me Leowomon, and I did it to draw you out into the open," the creature replied. Leowomon smiled, revealing her fangs. "Your deaths will be a great victory for myself!"
"I don't like the look of this," Mimi said, getting worried.
"Why attack us when we're defenseless? Don't got the guts to do it when we can fight back?!" Sora shouted, hoping to buy some time in case the others had heard the commotion as well.
"Now why waste my time fighting, when I can kill you easily like this?" Leowomon replied. She withdrew her sword.
"Super Shocker!"
Leowomon stumbled forward from the attack. She turned around to see Tentomon and Izzy arrive on the scene. "Koushiro......" she said softly, her voice a mixture of joy and surprise.
"I highly advise you to leave my friends alone," Izzy ordered. His crest and Digivice glowed, awaiting activation.
"Koushiro, this is not your fight. Leave before you get hurt," Leowomon stated.
"Sorry, don't take requests from evil Digimon," Izzy replied. "If you're going to hurt my friends, you're gonna have to go through Tentomon and myself first."
Leowomon hesitated, and then put her sword away. She looked down at Sora and Mimi. "We shall continue this later." There was a flash of light as she teleported away.
"You two okay?" Izzy asked as he ran over to his friends. "I heard the screaming and came as fast I could. Lucky thing Tentomon hangs around at the school while we're here."
"Perfect timing, Izzy," Sora said.
"I'm surprised it was that easy," Tentomon said. "I thought she would have at least put up a fight."
"I think she might have been afraid of you and Izzy," Sora said.
"Actually," Mimi interrupted. "She seemed, I don't know, happy to see them."
"And she knew my real name," Izzy stated. "Hmm, interesting."
"Why's that so interesting?" Tentomon asked.
Izzy looked down at the Digimon. "Simple, no one ever calls me by it. Not even my parents."
"So what do we know about this Leowomon?" Tai asked.
Izzy plugged his Digivice into the adapter on his laptop. The information from the Digivice transferred to the screen seconds later.
"No information found?" Gomamon asked, reading the screen.
"That's strange," Izzy commented. He plugged in Sora's Digivice, and then Mimi's, getting the same error message for each of them.
"This definately isn't a good sign," TK stated.
"Apparently, we're dealing with a brand new type of Digimon," Matt said.
"Izzy's someone's here to see you!" Kana called from the other room.
"Be there in a sec, mom," Izzy replied. He set his computer down and went to the front door. "Yes?"
"Hi! I'm Kasagi Corosu," the visitor started. "I just moved in next door. I thought I'd come over and introduce myself."
"Uh, hi," Izzy replied.
"Well, nice meeting you!" Kasagi said. She then headed back towards her home next door.
Izzy blinked, "Well that was odd...." He closed the door and headed back toward his room.
"So, was she cute?" Matt asked jokingly.
Izzy blushed, "Well... I.. um..."
The shade was very relaxing. Izzy looked at his Digivice's clock to make sure he had time. "Just a few minutes before school starts, plenty of time."
"Hey!" Kasagi shouted as she ran towards Izzy.
Izzy looked up from his laptop, "Oh, hello Kasagi."
Kasagi sat down next to Izzy. "Hi, watcha working on?" She looked over at the screen.
Izzy tried to cover the laptop's screen. "Erm, nothing important. Just something I'm working on." He knew he shouldn't have tried to find any information on Leowomon before school started.
"Oh come on, Izzy," Kasagi said. "Its not like its anything bad is it?"
Izzy hesitated, trying to think of an answer, when suddenly the school bell rang. "I've gotta get to class." He closed his computer and ran towards the school building.
Kasagi smiled as she watched him run off. She then looked up at the sky, "I've got some work to do myself...."
Tai struggled to stay awake during the teacher's lesson for the day. He looked over at Izzy, who was on his laptop.
"Mr. Kamiya, are you paying attention?" the teacher asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah! Er.. I mean, yes sir, I'm listening," Tai replied.
"Then why don't you come to the board and solve this problem?" the teacher asked.
Tai groaned and got up to walk to the board in front of the class. This was one of the reasons he hated math class. As soon as he reached for the dry-erase marker, there was a loud explosion.
The fire alarms blared seconds later. Then there was a second explosion, and a third, and then two more after that.
"Everyone remain calm!" the teacher shouted as he tried to keep things under control.
Izzy and Tai ran to the window to take a look outside. Leowomon was unleashing her energy fist attacks at the school, taken out whatever it connected with.
"Oh man... She's back," Tai said.
"And Tentomon stayed back at my place today," Izzy stated. "Looks like you'll have to try and stop her."
"Right," Tai replied. He ran out of the room, much to the protest of the panicked teacher. Dropping the illusion program of Izzy's, he Digivolved into his Agumon/Human fusion stage and raced outside. "Leowomon!"
Leowomon turned around to face him, and stared in shock. "Another... no, it can't be!"
"Another? Another what?" Tai asked. He clenched his clawed hands, anticipating an attack.
"How can their be another fusion?!" Leowomon shouted. "HOW?!"
Tai pondered, what did she mean by another fusion? Did that mean she was one as well? There would be time for answers later, he had to stop her from doing any more damage.
"Pepper Breath!" he shouted as he launched a fireball out of his mouth.
Leowomon deflected the attack with her sword, and charged forward. She roared in anger as she slashed at Tai.
Tai leaped out of the way, dodging the attack. He ducked another swing, and hit Leowomon in the gut with a punch. He was caught off guard as she quickly recovered and knocked him down with one swift kick.
Leowomon followed up by ramming her knee into Tai's gut repeatedly. The humanoid T-rex Digimon yelled in pain with each strike. He reared forward and drove his fangs into the evil Digimon's leg. Leowomon roared and tried to knock Tai away.
Tai held on tightly. He knew he had bitten in deep as he tasted the blood seeping through the wound. He yelped as Leowomon succeeded in knocking him away. She held the would glaring at him.
"Pathetic child, your attempts at destroying me are in vain," Leowomon boasted. "No Rookie form can ever hope to defeat a Champion form by itself."
Tai grinned, "You're right about one thing, and I can easily fix that." He began to glow. "DIGIVOLVE!" With that, the human-like qualities of the Tai/Agumon fusion vanished, replaced by the monstrous reptile the was Greymon.
Leowomon stepped back, staring at the Digimon dinosaur. She then lunged forward and drove her sword into Greymon's side the second he stopped transforming. Greymon roared in pain and staggered, clutching the wound. Before he knew it, Leowomon moved toward him in a blur.
At a speed faster than Greymon could track, Leowomon began slashing furiously at him from all sides. Greymon bellowed in pain, unable to fight back. He fell face first to the ground, his body covered in wounds, and his own blood.
The pain was unbearable. Greymon's body had literally been cut open all over by Leowomon's attacks. His arms had been rendered completely useless, his legs the same way, his tail only hanging on by a few undamaged tendons, his helmet shattered, and a pool of blood beginning to form around him. This was it, Greymon knew this would be the end.....
"A pity, I thought you Digidestined would be stronger," Leowomon stated. She was then sent sprawling by a powerful kick. She got back to her feet and turned to see who attacked her.
Weregarurumon took a defensive stance. "I suggest you back off."
"A dying champion, and a soon to be former Ultimate, is this all there is to offer?" Leowomon replied. Her body began to glow. "Leowomon, digivolve to...." Her fur turned a golden color and blood red stripes appears along her body, her muscles became larger, and her height increased by three feet. "TIGREMON!" She held out her sword and cackled.
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Weregarurumon took up position in front of Greymon. He dodged out of the way of Tigremon's sword and hit her in the face with his Wolf Claw attack. He followed up with a Garuru Kick to the chest, sending Tigremon stumbling backwards.
Tigremon looked up to see Angemon and Angewomon arriving on the scene and cursed softly.
"You may have won this round, but the battle is far from over," she stated. There was a flash of light as she teleported away.
Angewomon knelt down besides Greymon as the others looked on. His breathing was becoming ragged and weak, mostly due to the heavy loss of blood.
"How is he?" Weregarurumon asked.
Angewomon shook her head, "Not good, I'm afraid. His wounds are deep and he's lost a lot of blood."
Angemon frowned, "Is there anything you can do?"
"I can try to heal him possibly," Angewomon replied. She held out her hands just above Greymon's body. Focusing on the dinosaur Digimon, her hands began to glow. Slowly, Greymon's wounds began to close and heal. Her hands stopped glowing and she stood up. "I healed the wounds, but he's still weak from the blood loss."
Greymon glowed and reverted back to his Koromon/Tai fusion form. Blood still caked his body, as well as the area around him.
Angemon reached down and carefully picked Tai up. "I'll take him back to his place to rest. You two make sure everyone's OK."
Angewomon and Weregarurumon nodded in reply, and then went off to find the other Digidestined. Angemon took to the air, heading toward Tai's home.
"I can't believe she was able to Digivolve right in front of me," Matt said, reverting back to his Gabumon/Human fusion form.
"Believe it," Izzy replied. They were back at his house, the others were there as well.
"Poor Tai..." Sora said. "How long is he going to be out?"
Izzy shook his head, "Don't know, definitely for a while though."
Mimi sighed, "She took out Greymon in under a minute. I don't like that thought...."
"True, but we do have something on her," Izzy stated. "She doesn't like to fight when she's outnumbered."
"Plus, she didn't seem to want to fight you," Joe stated.
Izzy was about to respond when Tigremon appeared on his laptop screen. "What the?"
"To the Digidestined, you have already witnessed some of my power and your leader is out of commission," Tigremon began. "None of you are safe, I know where you all reside. This is not a threat, but merely a warning. I do, however, wish to meet with one of you on... peaceful... terms. Have Koushiro meet me at the park within two hours alone. No Digimon, no fusions, just him. If you do not comply, I'll do to you what I did to Greymon." The image then disappeared.
Everyone looked at Izzy. "You don't plan to do this, do you?" Gatomon asked.
"Actually," Izzy began. "I have an idea." He looked toward Tentomon and then at his Digivice.
Izzy adjusted his backpack and looked around. The park was surprisingly empty, which was good.
"Koushiro Izumi!" a familiar voice shouted.
"Kasagi?" Izzy asked. "What are you doing here?"
"You came alone, perfect!" Kasagi stated.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Izzy asked. He paused, she had called him Koushiro. Yet he had never told her his real name. Wait, Kasagi had first shown up around the same time as....
"Leowomon...." Izzy said as realization dawned on him.
Kasagi smiled, "Wow, you figured it out that quickly. I'm impressed!"
"But how? There were only Digivices made for my friends and myself," Izzy stated. "How did you get a Digimon, let alone fuse with it?"
"Myotismon created me as his Plan B," Kasagi replied.
"That's highly unlikely. Myotismon didn't..." Izzy stopped. "His castle was built around the labs were our Digivices and Digimon were created...."
"Exactly," Kasagi said. "He simply moved in and took the technology for himself! Of course, he needed a chosen child for the Digimon's personality, and he didn't get that till he invaded Earth. Then all he had to do was force a Fusion to occur, and you see the results."
"But why focus on me specifically?" Izzy asked.
"Because I've been watching you, Koushiro. You're smart, quick thinking, and cute. How could I resist?" Kasagi replied, walking towards Izzy. Before he could react, she placed her arms around him in a hug.
'Well... this was unexpected...' Izzy thought. He pushed Kasagi away.
"Don't you feel the same about me?" Kasagi asked, hopeful.
"The same way? I don't even know you!" Izzy replied. "You've tried to kill my friends and you expect me to fall for you?"
Kasagi frowned, "I only did it so there'd be no one to come between us." She clenched her fists together. "I thought you'd realize your feelings for me, Koushiro..... But I see that you've been brainwashed to believe otherwise."
"You're nuts!" Izzy exclaimed.
"Those other Digidestined have forced me to do this.... How dare they trick my Koushiro like this!" Her eyes began glowing and an aura of energy surrounded her. "They've made you repress your feelings of love for me.... I MUST bring those feelings back to the surface!"
Izzy began to back away from Kasagi. "This wasn't the reaction I was hoping for."
Kasagi let out a feral growl as she began to transform. In a blaze of energy, she changed once more into Leowomon.
Motimon poked his head out of Izzy's backpack. "Well, that could have gone better!" He hopped out to the ground and transformed into Tentomon, and then into Champion form.
"I'm sorry, Koushiro! But I have to do this!" Leowomon shouted as she unleashed a fist of energy at the two heroes.
Kabuterimon blocked the attack before it hit Izzy and returned fire with his Electro Shocker.
Leowomon yelped in pain and staggered back some. Withdrawing her sword, she roared and charged toward them. She tackled Kabuterimon and slashed at him. His exoskeleton proved to be durable under the attack, as he simply reached up with his second set of arms and threw the feline Digimon off. Leowomon rolled to a stop and got up to a crouched position.
Kabuterimon charged forward, only to have his attack miss as Leowomon teleported behind him. As he turned, she teleported away once more. She reappeared, her sword glowing with energy, and drive into his side.
"Kabuterimon!!" Izzy shouted in fear.
Leowomon continued her attack, driving the powered up sword into Kabuterimon once more. By focusing her power into the weapon, she had managed to make t strong enough to pierce the bug Digimon's exoskeleton. She drove the sword into him once more and then used as a lever to lift him into the air.
Leowomon delivered a powerful kick, knocking the bug Digimon off the sword and onto the ground a short distance away. She then turned toward Izzy and smiled.
Izzy began to panic as Leowomon advanced toward him. She picked him up by the shirt and brought him up to eye level. Leowomon then unceremoniously threw him to the ground.
"They say love hurts, Koushiro..... I just hope when I undo the brainwashing done to you, that you'll realize I did this to help you," Leowomon stated as she delivered a power kick into Izzy's gut. The kick sent him tumbling across the grass.
"HEY! Pick on someone your own size!" Lilymon shouted as she held up her flower cannon.
Leowomon turned to see the other Digidestined arrive, with out Tai. She smirked, "I see the calvary's arrived." She glowed and Digivolved into Tigremon. "Now I'll make you pay for brainwashing my Koushiro!!"
Birdramon and Ekakumon charged forward. Tigremon teleported at the last second, and reappeared behind Gatomon and TK. She picked them both up and teleported away once more.
"TK!" Weregarurumon exclaimed, trying to grab his brother, but missing at the last second.
Sora and Joe yelped as TK and Gatomon were literally thrown out of thin air and into them. Tigremon reappeared long enough to nail all four of them with a energy fist attack, which slammed them all into a near by tree. They slumped to the ground, unconscious.
Tigremon reappeared a short distance away and cackled evilly. Lilymon and Weregarurumon surrounded her on one side, while Birdramon and Ekakumon surrounded her on the other. Mimi ran over to check on her unconscious fiends.
Tigremon put away her sword and made a motion to signal the Digimon to attack her. She ducked under Weregarurumon's Garuru Kick, grabbed him, and slammed him back first onto her knee. The sounds of bones cracking was accompanied by a painful yell from the Were-Digimon.
Tigremon extended her claws and leaped up at Birdramon. Before Birdramon could react, Tigremon drove her claws into the flying Digimon's chest and slashed to one side, leaving a painful gash. Birdramon fell to the ground in pain.
Ekakumon dodger Tigremon's attack and rammed her with his horn. He aimed upward and launched the Harpoon Torpedo with her on it. Tigremon recovered in time to angle the torpedo back at it's source as it plummeted back downward. The explosion sent Ekakumon sprawling.
Tigremon stumbled forward as Lilymon blasted her in the back with her Flower Cannon. Lilymon then opened fire, bombarding the evil Digimon.
Tigremon staggered backwards under the assault. She roared and teleported away. Lilymon yelled in surprise as Tigremon reappeared, sword in hand, and cut the Flower Cannon in two. Tigremon then delivered a fierce uppercut to Lilymon's face. Lilymon staggered back, receiving multiple clawed slashes to her face seconds later. Not even getting a chance to retaliate, Lilymon slumped to the ground in pain.
Weregarurumon grabbed Tigremon from behind and spun her around. He then unleashed a flurry of punches and kicks.
Tigremon caught one of the kicks and spun him around. Then with a swift and forceful kick, she knocked the Were-Digimon's leg out of socket.
Weregarurumon buckled in pain. Tigremon then drove her sword through his side, the sword protruding out his front. A loud howl of pain echoed across the park, before being abruptly silenced by a fierce blow to the head.
Izzy managed to get back to his feet. His friends were in pain, and Tigremon was still standing. There had to be something that could be done. He went over to Kabuterimon, who was beginning to get back up as well. "Come on, Kabuterimon.... We're the only ones left." His crest began to glow.
Tigremon turned around to see Kabuterimon Digivolving. She stepped back at the sight of the monstrous Ultimate form, Megakabuterimon. A smile came to her face as the Ultimate staggered down to one knee.
"You may have had enough energy to go to Ultimate, but you still won't be able to defeat me," she boasted. "Soon, you will be mine, Koushiro."
Izzy knew this was their last shot. Megakabuterimon was the only form Tentomon had enough energy to change into. If this didn't work, all was lost. His crest glowed brighter as he let Megakabuterimon take more of his energy.
Tigremon began to glow, "Prepare to meet your end!" She focused her energy into her palms, cupping her hands outward. "TIGRESS WRATH!" she unleashed the massive blast of energy, which took the form of a roaring tiger head.
Megakabuterimon cried out at the attack exploded against his chest. He staggered and fell forward. Tigremon barely avoided being crushed by mere inches.
She stood proudly, "IT IS OVER! Now nothing stands in the way of me and Koushiro being together!"
"Now Megakabuterimon!" Izzy shouted.
Megakabuterimon drove his horn into Tigremon. In a last ditch effort, he cried out, "HORN BUSTER!"
Tigremon could only scream in terror as she was hit point blank with the attack. Her body disintegrated under the massive surge of energy.
Izzy unshielded his eyes to see Motimon on the ground, the area around him scorched by the attack. He ran over to his fried, to find that he was thankfully still alive. He breathed a sigh of relief..... It was over.
Tai looked up from his bed to see his friends enter the room. "Hey guys," he said weakly.
"So how's the fearless leader?" Joe asked.
"Been better, but pretty good. Kari told me about the battle," Tai replied.
Matt sat down in a chair, setting his crutches on the floor. "Yeah, it was pretty intense. Glad it's over though."
"Let's just hope nothing else happens for a while," Mimi stated.
Izzy nodded, "Yes, some recovery time is a good plan." He sighed, "I felt sorry for Kasagi though.... If it hadn't been for Myotismon, she wouldn't have wound up like that." He turned and headed out of the room.
"Is he OK?" Tai asked.
"Dunno," Mimi replied. "I'll go check on him."
Izzy looked up at the sky and sat down on the steps.
"Izzy?" Mimi asked as she came outside. "You OK?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm all right. Just doing some thinking.," Izzy replied.
"Care to share?" Mimi asked, sitting down beside him.
"I know this may sound weird... but I was thinking about what Kasagi said. I mean, when she said she liked me... she sounded so sincere about it..." Izzy stated. "It bothers me that we had to destroy her....."
"Maybe she was being sincere, maybe she wasn't. You never know, but Izzy, you wouldn't have wanted some one like her. She sounded to bossy from what you told us," Mimi replied.
"Yeah, I know that. It's just, I dunno, no one has ever said anything like that to me. In the way she meant it at least," Izzy stated. "I must sound really ignorant obsessing over this...."
"Nah, you should me when there's two sells at the mall and I only got time to go to one,' Mimi said. "You know, I usually find that a shopping trip is good to take your mind off troublesome things at times. Why don't you come with me next time? It'll get your mind off your worries, and you'll be back to your cheerful self in no time!"
Izzy smirked, "Since when did you start giving out advice?"
Mimi smiled, "Hey, I may not know much, but I can tell when one of my friends needs cheering up. I've always been good at that, at least." She gave Izzy a short hug.
"Thanks, Mimi," Izzy replied.
"That's what friends are for right?" Mimi said as she stood back up and began to head inside.
"Hey, wait up," Izzy said as he got up to go in as well.
The End
