Last Time: Sakura's dream came true and, much to her dismay, Li WAS put in harm's way. Sakura and Tori were taken by three evil Digimon and Li was left for dead. But he was discovered by DigiDestined Kari Kamiya and she and Gatomon decided to get him to a hospital. Meanwhile, Davis Motomiya arrives at Penguin Park and wonders where Kari is while Madison searches everywhere for Sakura and Li. What happens next?


Keeping Secrets: Part 4


"Finally, we're here!"

Kari couldn't get to the hospital fast enough. The young man in the back seat had fainted and he looked to be getting worse. He needed help and Kari wanted to get him the help he needed. As soon as Kari stopped the car in the hospital's parking lot, she looked towards the back seat and gasped.

"Gatomon, is he breathing?!" she asked desperately.

Gatomon put a finger on the guy's neck. "He's still got a pulse, so he's definitely alive. But I don't think he can last much longer. He got blood all over your back seat."

Kari frowned. "And I just got those seats upholstered. AAH! What am I saying?! This is serious! Oh…Gatomon, help me get him out of the car!"

"Kari…"

"Oh, that's right. Someone will see you. I guess…I'll have to take him myself. Just stay here and make sure no one sees you."

"Can I at least have the radio on?"

"GATOMON!!"

"Sorry. Never mind."

Kari was sweating profusely from the sudden panic. She was never put in the middle of such a situation before. Despite being a DigiDestined, her friends never had to be taken to the hospital…not in THIS condition. This guy's life lay in Kari's hands and that scared her. She didn't want to be responsible if he died because she couldn't get him to the hospital in time. She didn't want to think how his family and friends would react to hearing he died because a simple girl like her couldn't get him the help he needed.

Kari opened the backdoor and dragged the boy out. He fell limp and Kari struggled to lift him onto his feet. He was alive, yet he felt so lifeless. Kari put one of his arms over her shoulder she slowly carried him towards the entrance. She got a lot of stares from the people around her, but none of them bothered to help.

The automatic doors slid open and Kari dragged the boy in towards the front desk.

"What is this?!" the clerk asked.

"He needs help!" Kari shouted.

"Um…what's his name?"

"I don't know!"

"What's wrong with him?"

"Um…deep wound in his torso."

"How did this happen?"

"I don't know!"

"Is he insured?"

"How should I know?!"

"Well, don't you know this person?"

"No! I just found him on the ground! I don't know who he is!"

"Does he have any ID on him?"

"I…I don't know!"

"So you just happened to find him? With a wound that deep? Sounds a little preposterous."

"This isn't about me!" Kari snapped. "Get him some help! HE'S GONNA DIE!!"

The clerk calmly shrugged and pressed a button on her intercom. "We've got a young Chinese male bleeding from the torso. Looks to be serious. We need a stretcher and we'd better get him up to ER."

Quickly, a stretcher came down and two paramedics loaded the boy onto it. They wheeled the boy into the ER, leaving a very concerned Kari by herself.

"Will he be ok?" Kari asked.

"We'll do whatever we can," the clerk answered.

At that point, Kari should have left. The doctors could have easily done their job and the guy should be fine. Yet Kari couldn't bring herself to leave. Instead, she walked towards the waiting room.


"Yue, where are you taking us?"

Kero, still in his false form, flew right behind his good friend, but was shaking his head. They hadn't found Sakura yet, but Kero noticed Yue was taking a detour. He was heading in a completely different direction.

"Penguin Park's THAT way!" Kero added.

"And I'm going this way," Yue said calmly. "Maybe someone else can help us find Sakura."

Kero sweatdropped. "Um…are you thinking of…?"

Yue nodded. "Let us go and ask Eriol.* Perhaps he knows of the mistress's whereabouts."

Finally, Kero could see where they were going. He knew the familiar sight of Eriol's apartment. He was skeptical, but maybe Yue was right. Maybe Eriol would know where Sakura was.

Yue flew towards Eriol's window and tapped on the glass. "Anybody home?"

The window flew open and a familiar woman answered. "Yue? We don't see you around much anymore. How's it going?"

"We need to speak with your master, Ruby," Yue replied. "Is he in?"

"Sure!" Ruby smiled. "Come on in!"

Yue and Kero flew in and landed on the ground. Ruby led them into the living where Eriol was sitting on his couch and Spinner was calmly floating in the air reading a book.

"This is an unexpected pleasure," Eriol said. "What brings you here, Yue?"

"Sakura is missing and we need to find her quickly," Yue answered. "I'm sure you know of the entire situation."

Eriol nodded. "I heard about the dream Sakura's been having. I can't blame you for wanting to find her. I wish I could help you, Yue, but I have no idea where she is."

Something rang in Kero's head. "Wait…YOU know about the dream?"

Eriol smirked. "You didn't REALLY think Madison could keep a secret from ME, did you?"

Kero sweatdropped. "Good point."

Eriol got to his feet. "We'd better find her."

Ruby blinked. "That was sudden. Something wrong, master?"

"I sense something's wrong," Eriol said in his deep voice. "Something terrible has happened. We have to find Sakura NOW. I feel as if she's in danger."

Yue turned towards Kero. "You see?"

"It does us no good to blame each other, Yue," Eriol said. "What we need to do is find Sakura. Let's go." He looked at his two guardians. "Maybe you two could help. Ruby, cover the air with Yue. Spinner, you and Kero can come with me."

Spinner sighed as he put his book down. "This is gonna be one of THOSE nights, isn't it?"

Ruby grinned. "It IS a nice night for flying." Then she transformed into her true form, Ruby Moon.

Both Yue and Ruby Moon flew out the window. Spinner flew into Eriol's pocket. Taking a cue, Kero flew into Eriol's other pocket. Eriol walked towards the closet and searched through his things.

"I'll only be a few seconds," Eriol said. "But as soon as I have everything I need, we'll go out and look for Sakura. I just hope we get to her first before something bad happens."

Kero felt distressed. If Eriol's sense was accurate, and it almost always was, then Kero had failed Sakura. Yue was right. He should have been by her side through this whole thing.

Now Kero could only hope Sakura was ok.


"She's not coming, is she?"

Davis hung his head down and sighed deeply. It had been a few hours and there was no sign of Kari anywhere. It didn't look like she was coming.

"Davis, I'm sure she didn't stand you up," DemiVeemon said comfortingly from Davis' backpack.

"You really think so?"

"Of course I do. If anything, she probably left because you left her waiting too long."

Davis fell over anime-style. "That doesn't make me feel better, DemiVeemon!"

"Sorry," DemiVeemon said sheepishly.

Davis wanted to get up to leave. He had given up. This hadn't gone the way he hoped. It was all supposed to go so perfectly, but without Kari there, it didn't work at all. But before Davis picked up his backpack, a familiar voice rang out.

"Sakura! Li! Where are you?!"

It was her again. It was that same girl in the trench coat and purple blouse. She was STILL looking for her friends. Davis suddenly had a thought.

~* Well…I don't want to think I came all the way out here for nothing. I might as well help. Besides…if I could help someone in need…it might impress Kari! *~

Davis stepped in front of the girl again. "No luck?"

The girl shook her head. "I can't find them anywhere. I have to find them! But they aren't here! I…"

"Hey, calm down. Maybe…I can help you?"

The girl blinked. "That's so nice of you…but I couldn't ask you to do that."

"It's no problem," Davis smiled. "You look like you could use a second set of eyes and I'd be more than happy to help."

"Oh…thank you," the girl smiled.

Davis reached out for a handshake. "It's my pleasure. My name's Davis."

The girl accepted it. "I'm Madison. Thank you so much, Davis."

"It's no trouble at all," Davis said confidently. "So are you sure your friends are here?"

Madison winced. "Well…to be honest…I'm really not sure. But I had a hunch that they'd both be here."

"So where else do you think they might be?"

Madison gulped. "If they're here…they'll both be in danger. But if they're anywhere else, they'll be fine. It's…hard to explain. I really can't explain it."

"You don't have to tell me," Davis said coolly. "I'm just happy to help you find your friends, whatever the reason may be. And with me on your side, you can be sure that they'll be found."

Madison sighed. "I just can't believe you'd do all this out of the goodness of your heart."

"Oh are you kidding? I do this sort of thing all the time."

"Oh brother," Davis' backpack muttered. Davis gave it a soft kick.

Davis picked up his backpacked and lugged it on his back. "Well…let's go. I'm sure they can't be too far. Do they have a phone or anything."

Madison gasped. "I can't believe I didn't think of that before!" She pulled out her cell phone and dialed a number. She moaned impatiently and hung up. "No answer." Then she dialed another number. She waited for an answer. "He's not answering, either!"

"You must have been panicked if you didn't think of calling them," Davis blurted out.

"You haven't lived my life," Madison snapped. "You don't know what it's like to be REALLY panicked."

"You don't know me very well, do you?" Davis shot back. "But this isn't about me. We'd better find your friends. With me at your side, it shouldn't take too long. Now let's go THIS way!" Davis valiantly pointed forward, while Madison frowned and went the other way.

"You don't know this place well, do you? If you did, you'd know that going THAT way leads straight to the exit."

Davis sweatdropped. "I knew that."

Davis let Madison lead the way, especially since he didn't know Penguin Park like he led others to believe he did. Madison was obviously a native of Reedington and she must have known her way around the park. Any of his other friends would wonder why Davis would help this stranger find her friends, but Davis knew full well why he was doing it.

Because such an act of kindness was sure to impress Kari.


Sakura felt the truck moving. She couldn't keep her eyes off of the two creatures before her, though, so she hardly noticed. She still wasn't sure what these three wanted with her and Tori. This wasn't supposed to happen. Sakura and Tori had revealed their secrets, but now they were being taken. But for what reason?

"Where are you taking us?" Tori demanded.

"We are taking you two to our realm of the Digital World," the one called Savagemon answered. "And there you will use your powers to restore our master."

"But how did you know about us?" Sakura asked.

Psychomon cackled. "Because we've been watching you, Sakura Avalon. Shortly after our master was defeated, we knew our mission was to find a magic source to restore him. And then we witnessed the strange happenings in Reedington that occurred seven years ago. We watched you closely, but later on we also noticed your brother. Your combined magic should be more than enough to restore our master."

"I hate to disappoint you," Tori began. "But…"

Savagemon covered Tori's mouth with his huge hand. "We won't be the ones disappointed, because we'll be getting our master back. And once he comes back, he'll finished what he started."

"But who IS your master?" Sakura demanded.

Before Sakura could get an answer, the truck stopped. The back doors opened and Sakura once again looked into the hideous face of Sinestromon.

"We've arrived at the clock tower, our main destination," Sinestromon announced.

"Why the clock tower?" Tori asked boldly.

"Because it is here that the people will see the portal to the Digital World open," Sinestromon answered. "And they will know to prepare to meet the new ruler of the real AND Digital worlds."

Sakura and Tori were taken out of the truck and they were taken into the old clock tower. Most of the tower had been repaired from the damage done to it five years ago, but it was still rickety at best. Then they were taken to the top of the tower, overlooking the city of Reedington. Sinestromon reached out with a hand…

…and a portal began to open before Sakura's very eyes.


Next Time: How can anyone NOT notice this? The question is, where IS everybody? How's Li doing? Who is this master that the three evil Digimon are referring to (followers of the series should easily know the answer to that)? And will he be restored to create chaos? One more thing…is there one more DigiDestined that happens to be wandering in Reedington? (Readers of my Digimon stories KNOW who's coming next)

*- Readers of 'Want You Bad' KNOW my stance on Eriol's dub name. It's the ONE dub name I will NEVER use and I stick by that!


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