Batteries 6 == Happy Tanjobe? (Birthday)
By: mirai_no_hikari
A/N: Hi~! Long time no see!!! Sorry I took so long! I was very busy settling down in Singapore again. (I was posting in China) This fic should end Madison once and for all… But… I like writing for Madison!!! -_-* So it means I did not give away the plot! ^^* I think that the start of this fic seems like a whole new fic… But I'm still myself!!! ^^* Lots of angst… To me, angst is a neccesity in romance fics…
IMPORTANT NOTE: As I have mentioned in my previous chapter, I got Kuru's name wrong. Mixed it up with his species' name. Therefore, he is not Keru anymore, he is now known as Kuru. Sorry for the inconvienience caused.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon nor do I own Devil Children. The only things I own are the story plot, Madison and her two cats.
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'Why? Why? Why?' These were the only words in Setsuna Kai's head. He had shut himself in his room, skipping his dinner.
'Why can't I be a little braver?'
'Why can't I be like Taichi and be pure and innocent?'
'Why can't I just TELL Mirai?'
'Why don't I know what's love?'
'Why did I go with Madison on a date?'
Questions. Questions. Questions. Floating round and round in the poor silver-haired boy's head. An irritated sigh left his lips. "Mou…"
"What's worng, Setsuna?" Kuru asked, waking up from his light nap. The guardian dog Keruberos was worried about his master.
"Iie, nandemo…nai desu…" Setsuna replied. [ No… nothing…]
"Well, telling me that doesn't help, you are troubled. That's it. I am your friend. And my duty is to help you," Kuru said firmly.
"It's something you'd probably not understand…" Setsuna sighed.
"Mou…" Kuru growled and jumped onto his master's bed and tackled him. Setsuna giving him a pat on the head absentmindedly.
'Ashita wa Mirai no tanjobe des…' Setsuna thought. [ Tommorow is Mirai's birthday…]
-=**=-
"Ashita wa atashi no tanjobe ne? Beru?" Mirai asked, staring at the ceiling in her room listlessly. [Tommorow is my birthday right? Beru?]
"E, sou desu ne…" Beru looked at her mistress worriedly. [Eh… yes…]
"What's wrong, Beru?" Mirai sat up, confused about her partner's attitude.
"It's just that… it is weird for Mirai to be asking me about her Birthday…" Beru sighed, "Are you… troubled about something?"
"E-…" Mirai was caught by surprise, "Well… kinda…" She replied.
"What's wrong?" Beru asked, concerned.
"It's just…"
"Setsuna-kun and Madison-chan, ne?" Beru cut in.
"Eh, you know me very well, ne? Beru," Mirai replied.
"You're… jealous?"
"JEALOUS?!" Mirai sat up, rigid. "Why should I be jealous of someone I admire? Someone better than me? Someone who can take away a friend who knew me for two years in two days?"
"You are jealous, right?" Beru noted.
"Yes, I am. THEY KISSED! BERU! KISSED!!! 2 DAYS!!! KISSED!!!" Mirai admitted, loudly, for a change.
"I…" Beru hesitated, "I think it is up to you to… just tell him."
"But he likes Madison!"
"How can you be sure of that?" Beru retorted.
"I am just sure," Mirai said, upset and angry at the same time, "Because Setsuna is stupid, that's why."
-=**=-
"Today's moon is so beautiful," Sora exclaimed, looking out of her window.
"Yeah," Taichi replied, "About Madison, Sora…"
Sora glared at Taichi, "You know how to spoil a mood, don't you, Taichi Yagami?"
"E-, gomen," Taichi apologized, slightly shocked at Sora's sudden outburst.
"Gomen," Sora softened, "I just…" [Gomen :: sorry]
"It's alright, Sora," Taichi shook his head at her.
"It's just that, it's all so weird, why did we come here anyway? What is happening back in school now? During that time, everyone didn't notice that the bell has not rang as all the clocks just stopped. What has happened now? Has time been left frozen since we left? Or is everyone searching for us?" Sora blurted out tons of questions. Taichi was surprised.
"I, I, I don't know as well," Taichi shrugged, "Maybe Mirai or Setsuna know. But time is precious and since we've got nothing else to do, let's just look for the batteries and wait for a solution to come to us."
Sora shook her head, "You're still the same old person with the same old ways of thinking, Taichi-kun…"
"Is it bad?"
"Huh? What do you mean by 'bad'?" Sora asked.
"My attitude. My ways of thinking. Are they bad? Yamato-kun said I was too rash and all that, I know that sometimes I go really too fast, but, is it bad? Is it bad to let time fly? Or do you have to waste a minute to think whether it is right or wrong to do so?" Taichi replied.
"Iie," Sora smiled, "You are you, you do things your way. It doesn't matter what people think about it." [ Iie :: No]
"But," Taichi stuttered, "To me it matters… What Sora thinks, matters to me…"He looked away from her.
"E-…" Sora turned pink. No, she told herself, Taichi doesn't know about love yet… He can't take lovey dovey stuff. He can't mean it in that way… "Hontoni… desu ka?" [Really?]
He nodded, his actions rather rigid and stiff.
'Should I tell her now? Is it the correct time to do so?'
"Eto-, Sora," Taichi started stiffly. [ Eto :: like 'um' in jap]
"Nani?" [nani :: what]
"Boku wa… ore ni… to, to, to…" [ I… you… and… (I don't know how boys are supposed to say I love you in jap, please pardon my weak jap)]
"Taichi!"
"Agumon!" Taichi went totally rigid. 'No! I'm not allowing you, buddy, to spoil my moment again!' He picked Agumon up, opened the door, and tossed poor Agumon out. "Sorry, buddy, but it is important!" With that, he went back to where Sora was standing, looking totally confused.
Of course, as the bearer of Love, she knew what was going to happen, but she was confused as it was TAICHI who was doing this 'thing'…
"Sora… boku… ore ni…" He started again. [Sora, I, you…]
"Sora!"
"Biyomon!" Taichi went rigid again. 'Please, no more…' Taichi grabbed the pink bird and tossed her out of the door. "Gomenasai…" [Gomenasai :: Same as Gomen, meaning sorry, but a little bit more polite]
'I can't take this anymore! I'm going to shout is out!' Taichi thought desperately. "SORA-!" And before he could say anything else…
… The church clock struck 12. It was Mirai's birthday.
"TAICHI!"
"SORA!"
The two Digimon burst into the room.
"Taichi, I know that this is your life we're ruining, but there's an emergency! Madison, she's gonna kill Mirai tonight!" Agumon cried.
"NANI?!" Taichi and Sora screeched. [Nani :: what. Hope you guys and gals don't forget]
"Biyomon and Agumon heard her talking to her cats in her room about how Devils can only die on their birthday…" Biyomon started.
"…And she said something about world destruction by the angels…" Agumon continued.
"…And that time has been stopped, frozen completely by the angels!" Biyomon finished. "On earth," She added.
"This is getting impossible…" Sora sat down on her bed in shock.
"She said that she is going to stop you and Taichi from finding the batteries, Sora," Biyomon said.
"This is going a little too far! I'm going to see Madison and beat the breath out of her if I need to!" Taichi stood up and went for the door.
To be pushed back. By something. What. He did not know.
-=**=-
"Hm?" Mirai woke up. The clock had just struck twelve. Her birthday. Weird. She should feel happy, not sad. But, instead of feeling happy she was over-whelmed with sadness over seeing her crush kiss another girl. "It's your fault you didn't tell him. He's free to choose who to kiss," She told herself. A lonely tear slid down her cheek. She brushed it away hurriedly. Beru, luckily, had not seen that lone tear. She was asleep peacefully, like a log. Why couldn't she sleep like that? Why couldn't she spend just a night without thinking about him? Another tear slid down her cheek. She wiped it away unwillingly. How she wished to just bawl and cry out loud. To let everyone know that she was upset. She couldn't bring herself to do that though. Just like the way she couldn't bring her self to tell him that one word… "…Suki…" [Means like/love. But it doesn't need to be acompannied by I and you in japanese] "…Setsuna-kun…"
The door creaked open. Ever so slightly. Ever so softly. Mirai sat up. Who would come into her room at this hour. She turned to look. Two pairs of eyes, bright red, that glowed in the dark, stared back at her. "…Nekomata…?" Mirai asked. [Nekomata is the cat devil in DeviChil.] When the shape came into view, closer to Mirai, she could make out the features of the face.
"MADISON?!"
"Sou, atashi Nekomata ja nai, demo, atashi Nekomata dazo…" Madison smiled coldly, showing her fangs. [Yes, I am not Nekomata, but I am Nekomata…]
"Crossbreed… accident?" Mirai asked. Two monsters could be merged to form a new monster or a stronger monster of the same species. However, sometimes, the system would go bonkers and wha was known as a crossbreed accident would occur, changing the monsters into something… abnormal.
"I tripped and fell into the merging ring two Nekomatas were merging in when I was young…" Madison explained, "But now, I have gained power! Night vision! Attacks! Agility! And I could still change back into my own self. What marvelous power!" Maniacal laughter echoed throuout the house.
"So, you're a crossbreed of two Nekomatas and a human? That's a weird format," Mirai noted.
Cold laughter, "You still don't understand? I work for the angels. My job is to destroy both Devil Children!"
"Tenshi?" Mirai repeated. [tenshi :: angels] "Nakabisha-kun, desu ka?" [Nakabisha :: Setsuna's brother's name]
"Sou, two brothers, one, a child of the angel, the other, a child of the devil. And the world's fate depends on them two. One has to die!" Madison's eyes hardened. "But I like them both… so much… So YOU have to die first. One less of the Devil Children will be enough!"
"Setsuna-kun is a Devil Child?!"
Madison extended her claws towards Mirai. "Let the blood stain my paws red!"
"Wind Slash!"
"Beru!" Mirai cried happily as Madison was thrown towards the door. "I don't see why either Setsuna-kun or Nakabisha-kun has to die, this destroy the world thing has brought enough disaster! It's enough! No one has to die! All the angels have to do is stop trying to destroy the world! No matter how imperfect it is!" Mirai stood up and reached for her gun.
"Slash!" Madison's claws came in contact with Mirai's hand, drawing blood, the gun dropped to the floor. Madison picked the gun up, "One on One battle, me and Beru, I win, you die, I lose, I'll leave," Madison smiled evily.
Mirai winced and grabbed her hand, blood flowing freely from the wound, it didn't hurt, not much. "Beru!"
"Wakatta!" [Got it!] Beru replied.
And thus the battle started.
-=**=-
"Taichi-kun! Daijoubu?" [Are you OK? Taichi?] Sora asked and rushed over to Taichi who was still trying to pummel the door down and as a result, got thrown backwards. The door had a black aura surrounding it and no matter how hard Agumon and Biyomon attacked, it didn't show any signs of letting them through.
"Daijoubu," [Daijoubu :: can mean are you alright and I'm alright as well] Taichi shook his head and adjusted his goggles, "Mou, this door sure angers me." [mou :: an expression in japanese. Kinda like 'oh man'... -_-*]
"There's some kind of magic on it that I can't breack through," Agumon said.
"Maybe, if we evolve, we will be able to go through," Biyomon suggested.
"Alright then! Digivolve!" Taichi exclaimed.
"Agumon digivolves… to Greymon!"
"Biyomon digivolves… to Birdramon!"
"Yoshi! Let's get the door!" Sora called. [yoshi :: alright]
"Meteor Wing!" Meteors flew toward the door and burnt a hole through it.
"It's not good enough! Greymon!" Taichi ordered.
"Nova Blast!"
Now that attack took the door down completely.
"Mew! No one is to stop Mistress while she is doing her job! Mew!" The white cat of Madison stood behing the broken, burnt down door.
"The cat… it talked…" Taichi pointed at the cat, he was not able to believe anything.
"Snowball fury!" The cat called out it's attack and snowballs came pelting down, injuring Birdramon's wings, and thus changing it back to Biyomon.
"Biyomon! Daijoubu?" Sora caught Biyomon before she hit the ground. [Daijoubu :: please don't forget, it means are you alright?]
"Sorry, Sora," Biyomon apologized. Sora just shook her head.
"Looks like it's up to me, then," Taichi challenged the white cat. "Greymon isn't here to build snowmen!"
"Nova Blast!"
The cat jumped and avoided the blast gracefully.
"Darn!" Taichi cursed, "Let's try it one more time, Greymon!"
"Nova Blast!"
This time, the blast hit the cat's tail. It got charred and burnt, reducing the white cat into a pile of black ashes.
"We WON!" Taichi grinned and punched the air.
Greymon changed back to Agumon. Taichi ran and hugged his partner.
"Yokatta! Taichi!" Sora ran over with Biyomon still in her arms.
"Eh, wonder how Mirai's doing…" Taichi thought aloud.
-=**=-
"AH~!" Beru crashed onto Mirai's bed.
"Beru!" Mirai rushed over, concerned.
"Daijoubu," Beru assured and stood up, "Heal!" It's wounds disappeared.
"I see that you've got a few tricks up your sleeve, huh, Beru, but my level is higher than yours, I have got the upper wing!" Madison exclaimed.
"Oh yeah?" Beru asked, "Wing flutter!" The attack hit Madison and nearly sent her flying out of the window.
"Beru! That's a new attack! Never seen you use it before!" Mirai exclaimed happily.
"Humph!" Madison pouted, "I have a type advantage as well, Beru, Lightning Ball!" A ball of golden light appeared in her hands, Madison threw the ball of electricity at Beru.
"YAH~!" Beru crashed landed out of the window.
"Beru?!" Mirai called. " It wasn't fair! You took advantage of Beru's weakness!" Mirai complained
"Yes, yes, now anything else to say? I think that battle was my win…" Madison smiled.
-=**=-
"Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Slepp. Slap... huh?" Setsuna sighed. He just couldn't sleep. Not after that stupid clock chimed for twelve midnight. It was Mirai's Birthday. And he did not get a present for her. He felt pathetic. Real pathetic. Even Madison dared to give him a kiss for a present. Why couldn't he dare to give Mirai...? His thoughts trailed off.
"BAMM!"
"Huh? What's that?" Setsuna and Kuru sat up alert. Neither one of them had felt like sleeping and that "BAMM" had surely put off their spirits for sleeping.
"We'd better go out and check," Kuru went for the door.
"Got it," Setsuna grabbed his jacket, put it on, and went out.
-=**=-
"Kiyaaaaaa~!" Sora screamed. [Kiyaaaaa :: Like a scream in japanese mangas]
Who wouldn't, if a white cat you just reduced to ashes turned white and gooey all over, and got back it's original form in 30 seconds or less. Other than being at least 10 times its usual size.
"Wha... wha...wha..." Taichi wasn't able to speak.
"We've got to digivolve again! Or else that... cat giant abomidable snowman is going to use its size as an advantage!" Sora exclaimed.
"Heart of Ice!" The cat giant abomidable snowman (as Sora called it) cast its attack, which was actually a large snowball. (ten times the size of a normal one)
"Abunai!" Taichi shouted as the gigantic snowball hit the spot that Sora was standing on. [abunai :: danger]
Things really happened in slow motion for Sora.
She thought the snowball was about to hit her...
... then she felt someone push her...
... and they both rolled toward the wall.
"Taichi!" Sora turned red.
It wasn't really natural to have a boy's arms around your waist with him on top of you.
"G, Gomen!" Taichi turned maroon and got up immediately. To flinch and kneel on the floor. [gomen :: don't forget... sorry]
"Taichi?" Sora asked, concerned.
"It's OK, I think my leg got scratched by the snowball," Taichi replied, wincing.
The snowball, it appeared, was rather sharp, and a gaping wound was shown on Taichi's calf.
Sora's eyes teared up. "You got hurt... for me?"
"It's... nothing really, no pain at all," Taichi tried to say that without showing his pain. Failing.
Biyomon and Agumon had already Digivolved during that blast, neatly evading the blows.
And the crest of Love glowed. (A/N: I must cut in here. Hey! I really couldn't wait for this to happen ^-^)
"Birdramon digivolves to... Garudamon!" Birdramon digivolved and attacked. "Wing Blade!"
"BAMM!" And our 'dear', 'cute' putty tat, disappeared.
Setsuna ran in at this moment, Kuru at his heels. (The door was gone, remember?) "Daijoubu?"
"E-" Sora started. "I am, Taichi isn't..."
"What happened?" Setsuna asked.
"Madison is trying to kill Mirai," Agumon, who had done nothing in the last battle, told Setsuna.
"So she sent a white kitten to stop Taichi and Sora from going there!" Yokomon said.
"Um... Who's this?" Setsuna went blur.
"This is what used to be Biyomon," Sora introduced. "Yokomon."
"What happened to Biyomon?" Kuru asked, worried.
"I un-evolved," Yokomon explained.
Setsuna and Kuru looked at each other, "Any idea what that means?"
"Forget what that means, Mirai may be dead now! Hello?" Taichi said sarcastically, wincing.
"Oh, yeah, Mirai! I nearly forgot!" Setsuna ran off toward Mirai's room.
"Wait for meeee~!" Kuru chased.
"I'm going as well," Taichi said.
"But, Taichi..." Sora heisitated.
"I want to go! Mirai's also my friend, remember?" Taichi pressed, "And besides, you all may not be able to defeat Madison without me..."
"Since he can joke, he can go!" Agumon said enthusiastically.
Yokomon nodded in agreement.
"Alright then," Sora sighed in defeat. She offered Taichi her hand.
"Wha?" Taichi said, confused.
"How are you going to walk there, Mister?" Sora grinned.
"Oh..." Taichi grinned back and took her hand.
-=**=-
Mirai flinched and got up from being slammed on the wall by Madison.
"Still not dead yet? Wow, am I going to have fun killing you," Madison smiled evily.
"Mirai!" The door slammed open.
"Setsu-koi!" Madison frowned, "This is not a good time for you to enter you know." [koi :: a little like dear in jap]
"Kuru!" Setsuna commanded.
"Yagi!" Kuru launched his attack with flaring flames. [Yagi :: Kuru's magic attack]
Madison frowned, burnt from Kuru's attack, "It's not nice to attack me, you know, knowing that your bestfriend's life is in my hands..." She paused for the look on Setsuna's face. " Thunderbolt!" She cast her magic not on Setsuna, but on Mirai.
"YAH~!" Mirai screamed. Sharing the same element as Beru, Wind, she had a natural weakness to lightning attacks.
"Mirai!" Setsuna shouted, worried.
"Dai...joubu...da," Mirai said weakly. [I'm ok]
"But this time you can DIE!!!" Setsuna screamed, frustrated.
"Do you care?"
"DUMMY!" Setsuna screamed again.
"Thunderbolt!" Madison cast her spell again.
"YAH~~!" More screams of pain from Mirai.
"Setsuna..." Kuru looked at his master for instructions.
"Go find Beru, she should be somewhere outside, use your max revive on her, then bring her back here, get it?" Setsuna ordered.
"Then... how about you?" Kuru asked, worried.
"You know I like Mirai, Kuru," Setsuna bent down and patted Kuru on his head, " So I'm going to protect her."
"But..." Kuru trailed off.
"My element follows yours, fire, I don't have a weakness to lightning attacks. Now, go!" Setsuna gave his partner a shove.
"Becareful, Setsuna."
"You too, Kuru."
The guardian dog ran out, lightfooted.
Mirai was breathing rather heavily now. If she took another blast... this would be her last birthday.
"One last attack," Madison laughed, "And I would have defeated one Devil Child, and no one is there to stop the angels!"
"We will." A voice coming from the door made everyone's head turn.
(A/N: Whee! The room's getting crowded!!! *sing song voice* )
"We've saved the Digital World and our world before, and we can save it again, if we want to," Taichi said confidently.
"Even though our enemies will be the angels, we will fight to protect our world," Sora added firmly.
"Love and Courage, I forgot," Madison hissed under her breath, "But one less is one trouble less. THUNDERBOLT!" The golden rays of lightning blasted toward Mirai.
"Mirai~!" Taichi and Sora called out.
Mirai closed her eyes. This was it, she told herself, this was her last birthday, bye bye, Beru, Kuru, Taichi and Sora, and... Setsuna...
...
...
Weird. No pain, even though she was equally tired as before. Was this death?
"Setsuna!" Taichi and Sora's worried voices shouted anxiously from the other side of the room. (A/N: How big is this room, anyway?)
'What? Setsuna? Setsuna what?' Mirai thought and opened both eyes. "Setsuna-kun!"
Setsuna had blocked the blast. (A/N: Geeze lotsa protecting huh?)
"Don't think that one small kiss can break my friendship with Mirai!" Setsuna told Madison, "And don't think that one kiss will make me forget you, Mirai."
"E-" Mirai turned rather pink at those words.
"NOVA BLAST!" Greymon called out its attack, hitting Madison in the back when her attention was on Setsuna and Mirai.
"That's the way, Greymon! You show that... kitty cat thingy that is supposed to be Madison what you think about her!" Taichi cheered, sitting on a chair. (A/N: What's this? A control monster while sitting down show???)
"Is it alright, Taichi? I mean, with me standing here doing nothing and all that..." Sora said, looking at Taichi worriedly.
"I could do a Bubble Blow on that kitty cat thingy!" Yokomon said, bursting with confidence.
"Um..." Taichi sweatdropped.
Madison growled, speechless, angry to be 'outwitted' by a kid's Dino while the kid himself was sitting down and making himself confortable, she turned to Greymon, preparing her attack, when...
"Fire Ball!"
"Wing Flutter!"
Those two attacks came from the window, hitting Madison square in the back and thus stopping her from hurting Greymon.
"Beru! Kuru!" Setsuna exclaimed happily.
"We're back, Setsuna," Kuru grinned a doggy grin.
"Count on me, Mirai, I'm not going to let you down anymore!" Beru smiled as well.
"Three to one, this is not fair!" Madison complained.
"It's the angels who aren't fair! Destroying the world of all sorts..." Greymon growled.
"Attack! All three of you attack at the same time!!!" Yokomon jumped up and down on the ground. (A/N: Whew! Don't need to get soooo excited!)
"Nova Blast!"
"Wind Slash!"
"Yagi!" [Kuru's fire attack]
"Noooooooooooo! I am not to be defeated so easily! Why did Love and Courage turn up anyway! I thought that Love hated Setsuna!!! Kai-sama!!!" Another agonized scream and nothing was left of Madison.
"Answer to your last question, because friendship lasts!" Taichi gave Setsuna a pat. Setsuna let out a sigh.
"I thought that you'd never talk to me again," Setsuna said, relieved, "Because Madison just... kissed me, I didn't want it!"
"We know that, Setsuna," Sora nodded her head assuringly, "Or else we wouldn't have helped you..."
"BUT," They both glared at him, "Mirai..."
"I... don't have the courage to tell her..." Setsuna said, seemingly desperate.
"I can understand..." Taichi patted Setsuna on his shoulder. Leaving a completely bewildered Sora, Yokomon and Agumon with sweatdrops.
"Huh?" Three of them said simutaneosly.
"Taichi wants to tell someone?" Yokomon asked.
"No, no... Just forget that I said that," Taichi blushed.
"Mirai!" Beru nudged her mistress, who was not responding to the nudging.
Kuru gave Mirai a few licks before walking over to Setsuna, "I think she may need CPR..."
"E-!!!" Setsuna turned red, "She's tired! She does not need CPR!!!"
"Hm..." Taichi appeared to be in deep thought.
"What's wrong, Taichi?" Sora asked.
"Mirai's room does not seem to be the correct place for her to sleep..." Everyone turned to look at their surroundings as Taichi said these few words. Chairs were upturned, the bed was ripped into shreds, the window was broken...
"I get the picture," Kuru sweatdropped.
"So the problem is..." Taichi paused for relish, "Where is Mirai going to sleep?"
"And I," Sora continued for Taichi, "Know the perfect place!"
-=**=-
Setsuna frowned, lying on his stomach on the floor, what did Taichi and Sora expect him to do? Sleep in the same bed as her? The floor was rather hard and uncomfortable for him and he tossed and turned for a while to find the ideal position.
Kuru snickered, beside the window, taking a moonbath. (Sun bathe and moon bathe. Get it?)
Mirai stirred in her sleep.
Setsuna sat up immediately. Did she need anything? Was she in pain? What? What? What?
Mirai opened her eyes. Perfect brownish red. Eyes of a Devil, but seemingly so perfect to Setsuna.
"A-re?" Mirai sat up. "This isn't my room!"
"Yeah, it's mine," Setsuna grinned, crossing his legs on the floor.
"Setsuna-kun!" Mirai was shocked, but reality came back to her and she realized, for once, that her hand hurt. (The one Madison Slashed)
"Are you alright?" Setsuna asked, concerned. So concerned that he did not notice Kuru and Beru sneaking out of the room, neither did he see a periscope outside his window.
"It's alright, I mean, this is better than death," Mirai said, avoiding eye contact.
"..." Setsuna asked, "Are you still mad at me?"
"Mad? Yes, probably, possible, no, impossible and how do I know!" Mirai kidded as she poked him on his cheek.
Setsuna laughed and grabbed the hand which was poking his left cheek. "You really aren't angry with me anymore?"
"Um, after you took that blast for me when we were fighting Madison and after what you said, probably not," Mirai giggled.
"I need a definate answer," Setsuna looked at his best friend desperately.
"Welllll," Mirai considered, "Today is my birthday afterall... and I don't think I have received my present from you yet..." She answered him slyly.
'OK, this is it.' Setsuna told himself.
Shyly, he put his hands on her shoulders leant in, and pressed his lips against hers.
"Mmm...?" Mirai was rather surprised at this turn of events. Of course she didn't mean this as the present. But, come to think about it again, how long had she been waiting for this moment?
How long had they both waited for something like this to happen?
Setsuna pulled away and took a deep breath. His almond eyes searching for a look on Mirai's face. Before he could though, Mirai gave him a hug.
"Suki... Setsuna-kun," [Suki :: I love/like you... not sure] She lay her head on his shoulder, turning Setsuna's face into something redder than a beet root.
"Boku mo, Mirai to suki," Setsuna wrapped his arms around her waist. He himself kneeling on his own bed. [I love Mirai. A/N: That's what it means directly translated, but it's supposed to mean I love you. 'Cus he is saying it to Mirai!]
Meanwhile... outside the window...
"Awwww... isn't that too cute?!" Sora squealed as she peered through the periscope. Hugging on to Taichi's arm.
"Eh, souka," Taichi replied, slightly pink in the face at the contact. [souka :: yeah... I see...] But inside his mind, he was telling himself, 'Setsuna can. He has the courage to do that. I am the bearer of Courage. I will tell Sora,' he looked at Sora's smiling face, 'One day...'
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END!!!
Whee! This is an over 4000 word story!!! Took quite long to write it. And this time, I've really reverted to my old writing style, hope it is not too much of a surprise to everyone. I now utterly apologize. I actually put in alot of japanese! But at least I wrote a translation for every single jap sentece I wrote. I honestly think of the last bit as: Over mushy. Not of my style. JE-chan will probably love this. Now, many of you will be thinking: Who is this JE-chan??? Let's just say she is one of my closest friends. Are the Taiora bits enough now?
Next chapter, Taichi and co. go to Marble Land where a tournament is being held... by the Primary 2.1 battery. And the prize? A girl without a boyfriend! When Sora gets caught, Taichi decides to take part in the tournament...
Oh, and please review for me!!! If it was good, tell me so! If it was bad, tell me so! If it was so-so, acceptable...etcetc, tell me so as well! Please? Pretty please for my improvement? I know I am not exactly what you would call a good writer, but with your reviews, I can improve!!! So pretty please?
Bye bye! See you all next chapter!!!
SORATO STINKS!
Don't agree with that? Try to find me. Let's do a debate then. ^^*
-mirai_no_hikari
By: mirai_no_hikari
A/N: Hi~! Long time no see!!! Sorry I took so long! I was very busy settling down in Singapore again. (I was posting in China) This fic should end Madison once and for all… But… I like writing for Madison!!! -_-* So it means I did not give away the plot! ^^* I think that the start of this fic seems like a whole new fic… But I'm still myself!!! ^^* Lots of angst… To me, angst is a neccesity in romance fics…
IMPORTANT NOTE: As I have mentioned in my previous chapter, I got Kuru's name wrong. Mixed it up with his species' name. Therefore, he is not Keru anymore, he is now known as Kuru. Sorry for the inconvienience caused.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon nor do I own Devil Children. The only things I own are the story plot, Madison and her two cats.
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'Why? Why? Why?' These were the only words in Setsuna Kai's head. He had shut himself in his room, skipping his dinner.
'Why can't I be a little braver?'
'Why can't I be like Taichi and be pure and innocent?'
'Why can't I just TELL Mirai?'
'Why don't I know what's love?'
'Why did I go with Madison on a date?'
Questions. Questions. Questions. Floating round and round in the poor silver-haired boy's head. An irritated sigh left his lips. "Mou…"
"What's worng, Setsuna?" Kuru asked, waking up from his light nap. The guardian dog Keruberos was worried about his master.
"Iie, nandemo…nai desu…" Setsuna replied. [ No… nothing…]
"Well, telling me that doesn't help, you are troubled. That's it. I am your friend. And my duty is to help you," Kuru said firmly.
"It's something you'd probably not understand…" Setsuna sighed.
"Mou…" Kuru growled and jumped onto his master's bed and tackled him. Setsuna giving him a pat on the head absentmindedly.
'Ashita wa Mirai no tanjobe des…' Setsuna thought. [ Tommorow is Mirai's birthday…]
-=**=-
"Ashita wa atashi no tanjobe ne? Beru?" Mirai asked, staring at the ceiling in her room listlessly. [Tommorow is my birthday right? Beru?]
"E, sou desu ne…" Beru looked at her mistress worriedly. [Eh… yes…]
"What's wrong, Beru?" Mirai sat up, confused about her partner's attitude.
"It's just that… it is weird for Mirai to be asking me about her Birthday…" Beru sighed, "Are you… troubled about something?"
"E-…" Mirai was caught by surprise, "Well… kinda…" She replied.
"What's wrong?" Beru asked, concerned.
"It's just…"
"Setsuna-kun and Madison-chan, ne?" Beru cut in.
"Eh, you know me very well, ne? Beru," Mirai replied.
"You're… jealous?"
"JEALOUS?!" Mirai sat up, rigid. "Why should I be jealous of someone I admire? Someone better than me? Someone who can take away a friend who knew me for two years in two days?"
"You are jealous, right?" Beru noted.
"Yes, I am. THEY KISSED! BERU! KISSED!!! 2 DAYS!!! KISSED!!!" Mirai admitted, loudly, for a change.
"I…" Beru hesitated, "I think it is up to you to… just tell him."
"But he likes Madison!"
"How can you be sure of that?" Beru retorted.
"I am just sure," Mirai said, upset and angry at the same time, "Because Setsuna is stupid, that's why."
-=**=-
"Today's moon is so beautiful," Sora exclaimed, looking out of her window.
"Yeah," Taichi replied, "About Madison, Sora…"
Sora glared at Taichi, "You know how to spoil a mood, don't you, Taichi Yagami?"
"E-, gomen," Taichi apologized, slightly shocked at Sora's sudden outburst.
"Gomen," Sora softened, "I just…" [Gomen :: sorry]
"It's alright, Sora," Taichi shook his head at her.
"It's just that, it's all so weird, why did we come here anyway? What is happening back in school now? During that time, everyone didn't notice that the bell has not rang as all the clocks just stopped. What has happened now? Has time been left frozen since we left? Or is everyone searching for us?" Sora blurted out tons of questions. Taichi was surprised.
"I, I, I don't know as well," Taichi shrugged, "Maybe Mirai or Setsuna know. But time is precious and since we've got nothing else to do, let's just look for the batteries and wait for a solution to come to us."
Sora shook her head, "You're still the same old person with the same old ways of thinking, Taichi-kun…"
"Is it bad?"
"Huh? What do you mean by 'bad'?" Sora asked.
"My attitude. My ways of thinking. Are they bad? Yamato-kun said I was too rash and all that, I know that sometimes I go really too fast, but, is it bad? Is it bad to let time fly? Or do you have to waste a minute to think whether it is right or wrong to do so?" Taichi replied.
"Iie," Sora smiled, "You are you, you do things your way. It doesn't matter what people think about it." [ Iie :: No]
"But," Taichi stuttered, "To me it matters… What Sora thinks, matters to me…"He looked away from her.
"E-…" Sora turned pink. No, she told herself, Taichi doesn't know about love yet… He can't take lovey dovey stuff. He can't mean it in that way… "Hontoni… desu ka?" [Really?]
He nodded, his actions rather rigid and stiff.
'Should I tell her now? Is it the correct time to do so?'
"Eto-, Sora," Taichi started stiffly. [ Eto :: like 'um' in jap]
"Nani?" [nani :: what]
"Boku wa… ore ni… to, to, to…" [ I… you… and… (I don't know how boys are supposed to say I love you in jap, please pardon my weak jap)]
"Taichi!"
"Agumon!" Taichi went totally rigid. 'No! I'm not allowing you, buddy, to spoil my moment again!' He picked Agumon up, opened the door, and tossed poor Agumon out. "Sorry, buddy, but it is important!" With that, he went back to where Sora was standing, looking totally confused.
Of course, as the bearer of Love, she knew what was going to happen, but she was confused as it was TAICHI who was doing this 'thing'…
"Sora… boku… ore ni…" He started again. [Sora, I, you…]
"Sora!"
"Biyomon!" Taichi went rigid again. 'Please, no more…' Taichi grabbed the pink bird and tossed her out of the door. "Gomenasai…" [Gomenasai :: Same as Gomen, meaning sorry, but a little bit more polite]
'I can't take this anymore! I'm going to shout is out!' Taichi thought desperately. "SORA-!" And before he could say anything else…
… The church clock struck 12. It was Mirai's birthday.
"TAICHI!"
"SORA!"
The two Digimon burst into the room.
"Taichi, I know that this is your life we're ruining, but there's an emergency! Madison, she's gonna kill Mirai tonight!" Agumon cried.
"NANI?!" Taichi and Sora screeched. [Nani :: what. Hope you guys and gals don't forget]
"Biyomon and Agumon heard her talking to her cats in her room about how Devils can only die on their birthday…" Biyomon started.
"…And she said something about world destruction by the angels…" Agumon continued.
"…And that time has been stopped, frozen completely by the angels!" Biyomon finished. "On earth," She added.
"This is getting impossible…" Sora sat down on her bed in shock.
"She said that she is going to stop you and Taichi from finding the batteries, Sora," Biyomon said.
"This is going a little too far! I'm going to see Madison and beat the breath out of her if I need to!" Taichi stood up and went for the door.
To be pushed back. By something. What. He did not know.
-=**=-
"Hm?" Mirai woke up. The clock had just struck twelve. Her birthday. Weird. She should feel happy, not sad. But, instead of feeling happy she was over-whelmed with sadness over seeing her crush kiss another girl. "It's your fault you didn't tell him. He's free to choose who to kiss," She told herself. A lonely tear slid down her cheek. She brushed it away hurriedly. Beru, luckily, had not seen that lone tear. She was asleep peacefully, like a log. Why couldn't she sleep like that? Why couldn't she spend just a night without thinking about him? Another tear slid down her cheek. She wiped it away unwillingly. How she wished to just bawl and cry out loud. To let everyone know that she was upset. She couldn't bring herself to do that though. Just like the way she couldn't bring her self to tell him that one word… "…Suki…" [Means like/love. But it doesn't need to be acompannied by I and you in japanese] "…Setsuna-kun…"
The door creaked open. Ever so slightly. Ever so softly. Mirai sat up. Who would come into her room at this hour. She turned to look. Two pairs of eyes, bright red, that glowed in the dark, stared back at her. "…Nekomata…?" Mirai asked. [Nekomata is the cat devil in DeviChil.] When the shape came into view, closer to Mirai, she could make out the features of the face.
"MADISON?!"
"Sou, atashi Nekomata ja nai, demo, atashi Nekomata dazo…" Madison smiled coldly, showing her fangs. [Yes, I am not Nekomata, but I am Nekomata…]
"Crossbreed… accident?" Mirai asked. Two monsters could be merged to form a new monster or a stronger monster of the same species. However, sometimes, the system would go bonkers and wha was known as a crossbreed accident would occur, changing the monsters into something… abnormal.
"I tripped and fell into the merging ring two Nekomatas were merging in when I was young…" Madison explained, "But now, I have gained power! Night vision! Attacks! Agility! And I could still change back into my own self. What marvelous power!" Maniacal laughter echoed throuout the house.
"So, you're a crossbreed of two Nekomatas and a human? That's a weird format," Mirai noted.
Cold laughter, "You still don't understand? I work for the angels. My job is to destroy both Devil Children!"
"Tenshi?" Mirai repeated. [tenshi :: angels] "Nakabisha-kun, desu ka?" [Nakabisha :: Setsuna's brother's name]
"Sou, two brothers, one, a child of the angel, the other, a child of the devil. And the world's fate depends on them two. One has to die!" Madison's eyes hardened. "But I like them both… so much… So YOU have to die first. One less of the Devil Children will be enough!"
"Setsuna-kun is a Devil Child?!"
Madison extended her claws towards Mirai. "Let the blood stain my paws red!"
"Wind Slash!"
"Beru!" Mirai cried happily as Madison was thrown towards the door. "I don't see why either Setsuna-kun or Nakabisha-kun has to die, this destroy the world thing has brought enough disaster! It's enough! No one has to die! All the angels have to do is stop trying to destroy the world! No matter how imperfect it is!" Mirai stood up and reached for her gun.
"Slash!" Madison's claws came in contact with Mirai's hand, drawing blood, the gun dropped to the floor. Madison picked the gun up, "One on One battle, me and Beru, I win, you die, I lose, I'll leave," Madison smiled evily.
Mirai winced and grabbed her hand, blood flowing freely from the wound, it didn't hurt, not much. "Beru!"
"Wakatta!" [Got it!] Beru replied.
And thus the battle started.
-=**=-
"Taichi-kun! Daijoubu?" [Are you OK? Taichi?] Sora asked and rushed over to Taichi who was still trying to pummel the door down and as a result, got thrown backwards. The door had a black aura surrounding it and no matter how hard Agumon and Biyomon attacked, it didn't show any signs of letting them through.
"Daijoubu," [Daijoubu :: can mean are you alright and I'm alright as well] Taichi shook his head and adjusted his goggles, "Mou, this door sure angers me." [mou :: an expression in japanese. Kinda like 'oh man'... -_-*]
"There's some kind of magic on it that I can't breack through," Agumon said.
"Maybe, if we evolve, we will be able to go through," Biyomon suggested.
"Alright then! Digivolve!" Taichi exclaimed.
"Agumon digivolves… to Greymon!"
"Biyomon digivolves… to Birdramon!"
"Yoshi! Let's get the door!" Sora called. [yoshi :: alright]
"Meteor Wing!" Meteors flew toward the door and burnt a hole through it.
"It's not good enough! Greymon!" Taichi ordered.
"Nova Blast!"
Now that attack took the door down completely.
"Mew! No one is to stop Mistress while she is doing her job! Mew!" The white cat of Madison stood behing the broken, burnt down door.
"The cat… it talked…" Taichi pointed at the cat, he was not able to believe anything.
"Snowball fury!" The cat called out it's attack and snowballs came pelting down, injuring Birdramon's wings, and thus changing it back to Biyomon.
"Biyomon! Daijoubu?" Sora caught Biyomon before she hit the ground. [Daijoubu :: please don't forget, it means are you alright?]
"Sorry, Sora," Biyomon apologized. Sora just shook her head.
"Looks like it's up to me, then," Taichi challenged the white cat. "Greymon isn't here to build snowmen!"
"Nova Blast!"
The cat jumped and avoided the blast gracefully.
"Darn!" Taichi cursed, "Let's try it one more time, Greymon!"
"Nova Blast!"
This time, the blast hit the cat's tail. It got charred and burnt, reducing the white cat into a pile of black ashes.
"We WON!" Taichi grinned and punched the air.
Greymon changed back to Agumon. Taichi ran and hugged his partner.
"Yokatta! Taichi!" Sora ran over with Biyomon still in her arms.
"Eh, wonder how Mirai's doing…" Taichi thought aloud.
-=**=-
"AH~!" Beru crashed onto Mirai's bed.
"Beru!" Mirai rushed over, concerned.
"Daijoubu," Beru assured and stood up, "Heal!" It's wounds disappeared.
"I see that you've got a few tricks up your sleeve, huh, Beru, but my level is higher than yours, I have got the upper wing!" Madison exclaimed.
"Oh yeah?" Beru asked, "Wing flutter!" The attack hit Madison and nearly sent her flying out of the window.
"Beru! That's a new attack! Never seen you use it before!" Mirai exclaimed happily.
"Humph!" Madison pouted, "I have a type advantage as well, Beru, Lightning Ball!" A ball of golden light appeared in her hands, Madison threw the ball of electricity at Beru.
"YAH~!" Beru crashed landed out of the window.
"Beru?!" Mirai called. " It wasn't fair! You took advantage of Beru's weakness!" Mirai complained
"Yes, yes, now anything else to say? I think that battle was my win…" Madison smiled.
-=**=-
"Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Slepp. Slap... huh?" Setsuna sighed. He just couldn't sleep. Not after that stupid clock chimed for twelve midnight. It was Mirai's Birthday. And he did not get a present for her. He felt pathetic. Real pathetic. Even Madison dared to give him a kiss for a present. Why couldn't he dare to give Mirai...? His thoughts trailed off.
"BAMM!"
"Huh? What's that?" Setsuna and Kuru sat up alert. Neither one of them had felt like sleeping and that "BAMM" had surely put off their spirits for sleeping.
"We'd better go out and check," Kuru went for the door.
"Got it," Setsuna grabbed his jacket, put it on, and went out.
-=**=-
"Kiyaaaaaa~!" Sora screamed. [Kiyaaaaa :: Like a scream in japanese mangas]
Who wouldn't, if a white cat you just reduced to ashes turned white and gooey all over, and got back it's original form in 30 seconds or less. Other than being at least 10 times its usual size.
"Wha... wha...wha..." Taichi wasn't able to speak.
"We've got to digivolve again! Or else that... cat giant abomidable snowman is going to use its size as an advantage!" Sora exclaimed.
"Heart of Ice!" The cat giant abomidable snowman (as Sora called it) cast its attack, which was actually a large snowball. (ten times the size of a normal one)
"Abunai!" Taichi shouted as the gigantic snowball hit the spot that Sora was standing on. [abunai :: danger]
Things really happened in slow motion for Sora.
She thought the snowball was about to hit her...
... then she felt someone push her...
... and they both rolled toward the wall.
"Taichi!" Sora turned red.
It wasn't really natural to have a boy's arms around your waist with him on top of you.
"G, Gomen!" Taichi turned maroon and got up immediately. To flinch and kneel on the floor. [gomen :: don't forget... sorry]
"Taichi?" Sora asked, concerned.
"It's OK, I think my leg got scratched by the snowball," Taichi replied, wincing.
The snowball, it appeared, was rather sharp, and a gaping wound was shown on Taichi's calf.
Sora's eyes teared up. "You got hurt... for me?"
"It's... nothing really, no pain at all," Taichi tried to say that without showing his pain. Failing.
Biyomon and Agumon had already Digivolved during that blast, neatly evading the blows.
And the crest of Love glowed. (A/N: I must cut in here. Hey! I really couldn't wait for this to happen ^-^)
"Birdramon digivolves to... Garudamon!" Birdramon digivolved and attacked. "Wing Blade!"
"BAMM!" And our 'dear', 'cute' putty tat, disappeared.
Setsuna ran in at this moment, Kuru at his heels. (The door was gone, remember?) "Daijoubu?"
"E-" Sora started. "I am, Taichi isn't..."
"What happened?" Setsuna asked.
"Madison is trying to kill Mirai," Agumon, who had done nothing in the last battle, told Setsuna.
"So she sent a white kitten to stop Taichi and Sora from going there!" Yokomon said.
"Um... Who's this?" Setsuna went blur.
"This is what used to be Biyomon," Sora introduced. "Yokomon."
"What happened to Biyomon?" Kuru asked, worried.
"I un-evolved," Yokomon explained.
Setsuna and Kuru looked at each other, "Any idea what that means?"
"Forget what that means, Mirai may be dead now! Hello?" Taichi said sarcastically, wincing.
"Oh, yeah, Mirai! I nearly forgot!" Setsuna ran off toward Mirai's room.
"Wait for meeee~!" Kuru chased.
"I'm going as well," Taichi said.
"But, Taichi..." Sora heisitated.
"I want to go! Mirai's also my friend, remember?" Taichi pressed, "And besides, you all may not be able to defeat Madison without me..."
"Since he can joke, he can go!" Agumon said enthusiastically.
Yokomon nodded in agreement.
"Alright then," Sora sighed in defeat. She offered Taichi her hand.
"Wha?" Taichi said, confused.
"How are you going to walk there, Mister?" Sora grinned.
"Oh..." Taichi grinned back and took her hand.
-=**=-
Mirai flinched and got up from being slammed on the wall by Madison.
"Still not dead yet? Wow, am I going to have fun killing you," Madison smiled evily.
"Mirai!" The door slammed open.
"Setsu-koi!" Madison frowned, "This is not a good time for you to enter you know." [koi :: a little like dear in jap]
"Kuru!" Setsuna commanded.
"Yagi!" Kuru launched his attack with flaring flames. [Yagi :: Kuru's magic attack]
Madison frowned, burnt from Kuru's attack, "It's not nice to attack me, you know, knowing that your bestfriend's life is in my hands..." She paused for the look on Setsuna's face. " Thunderbolt!" She cast her magic not on Setsuna, but on Mirai.
"YAH~!" Mirai screamed. Sharing the same element as Beru, Wind, she had a natural weakness to lightning attacks.
"Mirai!" Setsuna shouted, worried.
"Dai...joubu...da," Mirai said weakly. [I'm ok]
"But this time you can DIE!!!" Setsuna screamed, frustrated.
"Do you care?"
"DUMMY!" Setsuna screamed again.
"Thunderbolt!" Madison cast her spell again.
"YAH~~!" More screams of pain from Mirai.
"Setsuna..." Kuru looked at his master for instructions.
"Go find Beru, she should be somewhere outside, use your max revive on her, then bring her back here, get it?" Setsuna ordered.
"Then... how about you?" Kuru asked, worried.
"You know I like Mirai, Kuru," Setsuna bent down and patted Kuru on his head, " So I'm going to protect her."
"But..." Kuru trailed off.
"My element follows yours, fire, I don't have a weakness to lightning attacks. Now, go!" Setsuna gave his partner a shove.
"Becareful, Setsuna."
"You too, Kuru."
The guardian dog ran out, lightfooted.
Mirai was breathing rather heavily now. If she took another blast... this would be her last birthday.
"One last attack," Madison laughed, "And I would have defeated one Devil Child, and no one is there to stop the angels!"
"We will." A voice coming from the door made everyone's head turn.
(A/N: Whee! The room's getting crowded!!! *sing song voice* )
"We've saved the Digital World and our world before, and we can save it again, if we want to," Taichi said confidently.
"Even though our enemies will be the angels, we will fight to protect our world," Sora added firmly.
"Love and Courage, I forgot," Madison hissed under her breath, "But one less is one trouble less. THUNDERBOLT!" The golden rays of lightning blasted toward Mirai.
"Mirai~!" Taichi and Sora called out.
Mirai closed her eyes. This was it, she told herself, this was her last birthday, bye bye, Beru, Kuru, Taichi and Sora, and... Setsuna...
...
...
Weird. No pain, even though she was equally tired as before. Was this death?
"Setsuna!" Taichi and Sora's worried voices shouted anxiously from the other side of the room. (A/N: How big is this room, anyway?)
'What? Setsuna? Setsuna what?' Mirai thought and opened both eyes. "Setsuna-kun!"
Setsuna had blocked the blast. (A/N: Geeze lotsa protecting huh?)
"Don't think that one small kiss can break my friendship with Mirai!" Setsuna told Madison, "And don't think that one kiss will make me forget you, Mirai."
"E-" Mirai turned rather pink at those words.
"NOVA BLAST!" Greymon called out its attack, hitting Madison in the back when her attention was on Setsuna and Mirai.
"That's the way, Greymon! You show that... kitty cat thingy that is supposed to be Madison what you think about her!" Taichi cheered, sitting on a chair. (A/N: What's this? A control monster while sitting down show???)
"Is it alright, Taichi? I mean, with me standing here doing nothing and all that..." Sora said, looking at Taichi worriedly.
"I could do a Bubble Blow on that kitty cat thingy!" Yokomon said, bursting with confidence.
"Um..." Taichi sweatdropped.
Madison growled, speechless, angry to be 'outwitted' by a kid's Dino while the kid himself was sitting down and making himself confortable, she turned to Greymon, preparing her attack, when...
"Fire Ball!"
"Wing Flutter!"
Those two attacks came from the window, hitting Madison square in the back and thus stopping her from hurting Greymon.
"Beru! Kuru!" Setsuna exclaimed happily.
"We're back, Setsuna," Kuru grinned a doggy grin.
"Count on me, Mirai, I'm not going to let you down anymore!" Beru smiled as well.
"Three to one, this is not fair!" Madison complained.
"It's the angels who aren't fair! Destroying the world of all sorts..." Greymon growled.
"Attack! All three of you attack at the same time!!!" Yokomon jumped up and down on the ground. (A/N: Whew! Don't need to get soooo excited!)
"Nova Blast!"
"Wind Slash!"
"Yagi!" [Kuru's fire attack]
"Noooooooooooo! I am not to be defeated so easily! Why did Love and Courage turn up anyway! I thought that Love hated Setsuna!!! Kai-sama!!!" Another agonized scream and nothing was left of Madison.
"Answer to your last question, because friendship lasts!" Taichi gave Setsuna a pat. Setsuna let out a sigh.
"I thought that you'd never talk to me again," Setsuna said, relieved, "Because Madison just... kissed me, I didn't want it!"
"We know that, Setsuna," Sora nodded her head assuringly, "Or else we wouldn't have helped you..."
"BUT," They both glared at him, "Mirai..."
"I... don't have the courage to tell her..." Setsuna said, seemingly desperate.
"I can understand..." Taichi patted Setsuna on his shoulder. Leaving a completely bewildered Sora, Yokomon and Agumon with sweatdrops.
"Huh?" Three of them said simutaneosly.
"Taichi wants to tell someone?" Yokomon asked.
"No, no... Just forget that I said that," Taichi blushed.
"Mirai!" Beru nudged her mistress, who was not responding to the nudging.
Kuru gave Mirai a few licks before walking over to Setsuna, "I think she may need CPR..."
"E-!!!" Setsuna turned red, "She's tired! She does not need CPR!!!"
"Hm..." Taichi appeared to be in deep thought.
"What's wrong, Taichi?" Sora asked.
"Mirai's room does not seem to be the correct place for her to sleep..." Everyone turned to look at their surroundings as Taichi said these few words. Chairs were upturned, the bed was ripped into shreds, the window was broken...
"I get the picture," Kuru sweatdropped.
"So the problem is..." Taichi paused for relish, "Where is Mirai going to sleep?"
"And I," Sora continued for Taichi, "Know the perfect place!"
-=**=-
Setsuna frowned, lying on his stomach on the floor, what did Taichi and Sora expect him to do? Sleep in the same bed as her? The floor was rather hard and uncomfortable for him and he tossed and turned for a while to find the ideal position.
Kuru snickered, beside the window, taking a moonbath. (Sun bathe and moon bathe. Get it?)
Mirai stirred in her sleep.
Setsuna sat up immediately. Did she need anything? Was she in pain? What? What? What?
Mirai opened her eyes. Perfect brownish red. Eyes of a Devil, but seemingly so perfect to Setsuna.
"A-re?" Mirai sat up. "This isn't my room!"
"Yeah, it's mine," Setsuna grinned, crossing his legs on the floor.
"Setsuna-kun!" Mirai was shocked, but reality came back to her and she realized, for once, that her hand hurt. (The one Madison Slashed)
"Are you alright?" Setsuna asked, concerned. So concerned that he did not notice Kuru and Beru sneaking out of the room, neither did he see a periscope outside his window.
"It's alright, I mean, this is better than death," Mirai said, avoiding eye contact.
"..." Setsuna asked, "Are you still mad at me?"
"Mad? Yes, probably, possible, no, impossible and how do I know!" Mirai kidded as she poked him on his cheek.
Setsuna laughed and grabbed the hand which was poking his left cheek. "You really aren't angry with me anymore?"
"Um, after you took that blast for me when we were fighting Madison and after what you said, probably not," Mirai giggled.
"I need a definate answer," Setsuna looked at his best friend desperately.
"Welllll," Mirai considered, "Today is my birthday afterall... and I don't think I have received my present from you yet..." She answered him slyly.
'OK, this is it.' Setsuna told himself.
Shyly, he put his hands on her shoulders leant in, and pressed his lips against hers.
"Mmm...?" Mirai was rather surprised at this turn of events. Of course she didn't mean this as the present. But, come to think about it again, how long had she been waiting for this moment?
How long had they both waited for something like this to happen?
Setsuna pulled away and took a deep breath. His almond eyes searching for a look on Mirai's face. Before he could though, Mirai gave him a hug.
"Suki... Setsuna-kun," [Suki :: I love/like you... not sure] She lay her head on his shoulder, turning Setsuna's face into something redder than a beet root.
"Boku mo, Mirai to suki," Setsuna wrapped his arms around her waist. He himself kneeling on his own bed. [I love Mirai. A/N: That's what it means directly translated, but it's supposed to mean I love you. 'Cus he is saying it to Mirai!]
Meanwhile... outside the window...
"Awwww... isn't that too cute?!" Sora squealed as she peered through the periscope. Hugging on to Taichi's arm.
"Eh, souka," Taichi replied, slightly pink in the face at the contact. [souka :: yeah... I see...] But inside his mind, he was telling himself, 'Setsuna can. He has the courage to do that. I am the bearer of Courage. I will tell Sora,' he looked at Sora's smiling face, 'One day...'
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END!!!
Whee! This is an over 4000 word story!!! Took quite long to write it. And this time, I've really reverted to my old writing style, hope it is not too much of a surprise to everyone. I now utterly apologize. I actually put in alot of japanese! But at least I wrote a translation for every single jap sentece I wrote. I honestly think of the last bit as: Over mushy. Not of my style. JE-chan will probably love this. Now, many of you will be thinking: Who is this JE-chan??? Let's just say she is one of my closest friends. Are the Taiora bits enough now?
Next chapter, Taichi and co. go to Marble Land where a tournament is being held... by the Primary 2.1 battery. And the prize? A girl without a boyfriend! When Sora gets caught, Taichi decides to take part in the tournament...
Oh, and please review for me!!! If it was good, tell me so! If it was bad, tell me so! If it was so-so, acceptable...etcetc, tell me so as well! Please? Pretty please for my improvement? I know I am not exactly what you would call a good writer, but with your reviews, I can improve!!! So pretty please?
Bye bye! See you all next chapter!!!
SORATO STINKS!
Don't agree with that? Try to find me. Let's do a debate then. ^^*
-mirai_no_hikari