First of all, something I forgot to add last chapter… sorry that I took so long getting these up, I've had them finished (except this one) for a week… I just was too busy reading Genesis (go Logan!) and trying to save my spanish grade at the same time… very difficult, especially when you like reading stories and hate spanish classes. Spanigh itself I don't mind, but… *sigh* …
I feel that I must warn you all that this is more of a romance chapter… its fairly deep with family ties as well… and it also is another song adaption (Aaron and his singing obsession… lol) I'm hoping I can get more people to read this… It's also a slight bit longer than the last 3… well, here's chapter 4. (Actually it's the longest chapter in the whole freakin' series. So far…)
Disclaimer: I think you get the point by now that I don't own digimon and do own Digidestiny… whatever… © is in chapters 1 and 6. Oh… and I don't own BSB or their songs.
Reflection Reflected
By Lyra Kamiya
Chapter 4
We'll Find the Answer
That evening…
Niru had climbed up onto a branch and was now sitting there, crying. Mayumon and long since decided that right now there was no way to cheer her up. Doki tried to get her attention; this too failed.
Meanwhile, Aaron had realized that Lyra was also quite upset. She continued to mope around in a depressed sort of way. Finally she leaned back against a tree and sighed.
All of us are sad at the capture of their companions, but the girls just seemed to be taking it harder, he thought. To him this was especially surprising about Lyra. Niru used to be fairly easily upsettable, but he had known Lyra since they were 7, and she had only cried three times; once because she was happy, once because she thought Naka was going to die, and once shortly after he had met her when Keiji had knocked her off a jungle gym into a pole, making her unconscious. He stopped at that thought… That's really when we became friends… Before that they were friends, but at the moment he had helped her up, stopped the others from laughing, and managed to get Keiji of all people to get the nurse, they truly became best friends. He sat against a tree nearby and waited for Doki to return. "So, you find her?" he asked
"Yeah…" Doki replied. "She's right over there, in a tree, being really upset."
"So… Look at Lyra. Nothing even seemed to phase her 'till now…."
"I have a feeling that if anyone but the three of us had remained, she wouldn't be acting like that. I've seen her like this before, but she normally doesn't like people, especially not her brother, seeing her like this. I can see why it's upsetting them though… the digimon just digivolved and then they were attacked… nothing could of even seen them."
"They probably had some kind of digivolution detector." Aaron sighed. "What are we gonna do about them?" he motioned towards where the girls were sulking.
"I dunno… know any good songs? I know Lyra likes it when you sing. Always cheered her up when she was younger. I don't know what to do about Niru though."
"Actually… I bet I know what to do…. And it might work on Niru too… you need to join the band, by the way." Doki blinked. "You may be 6 years younger than us, but with the famous Yamato Ishida for an uncle, you should be fairly good."
Doki gave him a puzzled look. "And what about the girls?"
Aaron blinked twice. "Oh, yeah…" Doki nearly face-faulted. "I've got an idea… com'ere."
Before long the guys had a plan that would hopefully get the girls in a good enough mood to convince them that they needed to 'go back in there, and attack!'. Aaron wandered over to the area where Lyra was leaning against a tree. "Hey, Lyra, I…"
"What are you all happy about?" she snarled.
"Oh…kay…" he trailed off.
"Just go away… the others are gone, and I want to be alone."
"Do you? Somehow I think you'd be rather upset if I had been captured."
"Not really…" she replied shakily. He smirked. "Oh, just leave me alone!"
Lyra walked up to a spot near an old fire ring. She took off her coat, wadded it up, and threw it to the ground before collapsing and using it for a pillow.
"We're gonna have to attack, you know…"
"Shut up, Mr. Smiles…"
Aaron sighed and began to carry out the plan. He sat down by the tree nearest her, and began singing…
"You see me sitting here, this smile upon my face," he grinned as Lyra gave him a dirty look. "The time has come - but you know that it's not to late," she pushed her head under her jacket to cover her ears. "There's been too many things, and together we have seen, it's not that hard if we start to believe," she pulls her head back out from under the "pillow" and looks over at Aaron before burring her face in her arms on top of the coat. "And we're not gonna take anymore!" he said, standing up. Suddenly he realized that she was crying, "Can we try to erase all the pain..." he sang more quietly. "So please..." he whispered, then walked over to where she was laying, and sat beside her.
~~Show me a reason, give me a sign~~ "Listen... Lyra... are you okay?" he said. (music playing in background is actually what he is thinking)
~~Tell me the way we fall outta line~~ "What the heck did I do wrong? You're only this upset when I screw up."
~~Is it today...~~ "Aaron... this is worse than anything we've ever been through. At least all the other times we've had everybody here to do battle. Now..." She sighed.
~~Or is it tonight?~~ "It's just us...." she trailed off. "Well, and Niru and Doki... but they're still so young..."
~~We'll find... the answer to our lives.~~ "So were we once. We can do this... and they can help."
"I'm not sure Aaron..." she said then began to cry again.
*Meanwhile*
"Niri-ko...." Doki said. He had just climbed unto the branch beside her. "You know, you're right." He then began to sing the next verse of the song, which startled Niru because she hadn't heard him sing before... (Boy, can he sing now ^_^ whoo… cool little cousin.)
"This World is not at ease... We seem to hide the truth..." he admitted to her.
"But then..." she said, looking thoughtful, "there's only so much we can really do!" she snarled back at his seeming arrogance, and turned away. Why is he singing this… and why am I actually following along with it?
"It's up to you and me... to face our destiny..." Niru looked back towards him with a look of question on her face. "Know you'll resist, but lets take a stand."
"We're not gonna take anymore… Can we try to erase all the pain?" She finished as she motioned to Lyra crying not far away as Aaron sat trying to decide what to do to comfort her. "So please… Show me a reason, give me sign…." She pleaded.
"Tell me the way we fall out of line," Doki joined in. What did we all do to deserve this… she shouldn't be stuck suffering here… "Is it today, or is it tonight…"
"Don't worry," he smiled before completing the chorus, "We'll find… the answer to our lives."
*Back on the ground*
"So…" Lyra opened her eyes at word and turned to see Aaron beside her on the ground, mimicking her pose with a fake 'blubbering' look on his face. "…tell me why we have to cry," he smiled and wiped a tear from her cheek, "and not try…" She began to sit up, and so did he in response. "When there's so many things we can do to help this troubled world start anew…" Lyra slid her D-watch off her wrist and held it in her hand looking at it.
"Alright… we've gotta do something… Now lets figure out what!" she proclaimed. Ausimon responded with a cheer that was echoed by the remaining 'troops'. This was then followed by a round of laughter as Doki nearly tumbled by his perch in the tree.
"Dani-chan…" Niru laughed, then stopped and sat stunned for a moment before hopping off her branch to the ground. Did I…call him "chan"?… Why…? No, it's nothing…
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The next morning…
Everyone forgot about the song as they all rejoined and came up with a plan of attack. As they got to the gate, Lyra became unsure again and stopped… then remembered the song.
"I need a reason, I need a sign…" she whispered.
Doki responded with the next line as Guinamon fluttered over and landed on his head. "There's no turning back…"
"I'm here by your side," Aaron cut him off halfway through the line and gently took Lyra's hand.
Her eyes darted to her hand then back to the D-watch in her other hand. Chocamon stood silently studying the look of decision on her humans face.
Niru decided she'd join in the spirit of things. "Is it today, or is maybe tonight…" she glanced over at Lyra and Aaron, then Doki, and he reached to take her hand. He stopped though, not knowing whether he should or not… They're friendship was too precious for him to try to risk, so he did nothing. Aaron and Lyra glanced at them and then at each other, before deciding to both smirk and blush at once, then look away.
"We'll find, the answer to our lives!" Lyra called out, raising her D-watch high in the air as a sign of "attack" to the others.
~~Show me the way, give me a sign
~~Tell me the way we fall out of line
~~Is it today, is it tonight…
~~The answer to our lives~~
They charged through the gate and upon reaching the other side their digimon immediately digivolved. They all ran straight in to the awaiting battle…
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"Alright, we've gotta get in there, and the fastest way would be straight through that door. I'm only leaning towards going through it because they would expect us to come in through a different route," Lyra said, trying to come up with an idea. They had originally planned on going straight through the gate, but they got there and were stopped by the small problem of the door not opening.
"If we digivolve, they'll know were out here," Guinamon complained.
"That's how they got the others," Mayumon agreed. "We hadn't digivolved yet so they couldn't find us."
Niru sighed. "That still leaves the problem of the force field. If it isn't shut down soon, the other digimon will still keep appearing in our world."
"You've gotta wonder how chaotic things have gotten back on earth, with monsters suddenly appearing from nowhere," Aaron said sarcastically.
"Yeah," Doki commented, "But they're probably all used to it by now, even though it's been a few years since it's happened."
"A few?! Dani, 18 is not a few. Eighteen is enough years for there to be lots of people your age and older who have only heard about digimon, and never lived through one of the breakouts."
"Lyra's right. The force field has to go," Chocamon flapped her wings to emphasize her point.
"E… we might wanna get inside first…" Everyone sweatdropped as they realized the truth.
"Ausimon does have a point."
"Oh shut up, Aaron."
"Lyra, will you just chill out?"
"Chill?! Chill?!! My twin sister, best friends, and little brother are all trapped inside there, and you expect me to act normal? I can't deal with this kind of stress! I know, it used to be, I'd be *fine* with it, but you know what? I'm sick of being little miss 'lets go charge into battle now!'. Why? Maybe because I've been having to hide behind a shield this whole time. Every time one of you got injured or we had a close call but it turned out ok, I couldn't help but think that maybe next time we wouldn't be so lucky," Lyra bit her lip as the tears welled up in her eyes. "And every time one of you got captured, I just wanted to cry because I thought I might never see them again. But I couldn't cry… I had to be the strong, dependable leader whether I could handle it or not. I had to stay strong so everyone had someone to turn to. But who could I turn to? With my parents, mom was the heart of the destined and dad was the soul. I have to be both… and I have no one whose shoulder I can cry on. And the whole time… you just sit there making jokes." She scowled through blurry eyes at Aaron who stared shocked at her speech, then collapsed to the ground. Aaron dropped to his knees beside her.
"Yo, guys, back up a little bit… she needs air…" he motioned for Doki and Niru to move. "Lyra-ko? Are you gonna be alright?"
"I've… never seen her like this…" Doki stared in awe at his older cousin who was in the midst of an emotional breakdown.
"She's trapped inside there… Keli… she can survive on her own… I know that… but we've never been separated for this long unless we wanted to be…"
"So is my sister…" Chocamon sympathized. Rajamon was nearly her sister, and their bond was similar to that of the twins.
"You can cry on my shoulder," Aaron said with a laugh. "Come on… we went through this last night… I'll be here… so will Chocamon… and once we get Keli back, she will be too."
"I'm sorry to interrupt…" a voice called from the bushes. Aaron and Lyra both stood up, Lyra quickly putting her hat back on exactly as she standardly placed it. Niru and Doki also turned towards the source of the voice. Their digimon all stood or hovered ready to fight, expecting a battle. "Whoa… what in the digiworld do you think you're doing? I'm not going to attack!" a boy who appeared to be about 14 stepped out from the shade. "I'm Minashigo Mitsudono," he said in a digimon type accent, "I take it you are the other humans that have been around here. I thought there may be more of you… but any other humans is good enough, I suppose."
"But that means… 'Orphan' Minashigo means orphan," Niru puzzled. "Why would anyone name their kid orphan? And Mitsudo is destiny, so…"
"You're Orphan of Destiny?" Guinamon finished.
"Yes, that is what my name means. Do you like it? I chose it myself… I had hoped that it would be considered a proper name, but I was not sure, because I have had no contact with other humans, at least not that I can remember."
"Um… dude, you might wanna start over, 'cause I dunno about them, but I didn't catch *any* of that because frankly, ya sound like our grammar teacher," Aaron complained, to which he received an elbow in the side courtesy of Niru.
"What my friend means, is we're in the middle of a social and actual emergency, so could you please help us?" she corrected Aaron.
"Of course we will, won't we Minashigo?" the digimon who was standing beside him commented. He looked a little like a crocodile, just from his snout, but it was shorter and his skin transitioned into a fur, making him look like some kind of a Gabumon. "Oh, I'm sorry," he said when he saw the stares he was getting. His voice sounded slightly muffled, but they guessed it might be in part from the bandana he had around his neck. Maybe it was too tight. "I'm Nazomon," he explained. "I'm Minashigo's digimon. You'll have to excuse his perfect grammar, but I'm about the only thing he's been around for the last 6 years or so."
"Alright," Ausimon responded. "Um… you know anything about force fields? Or perhaps about what's in that cave?
"I'm not entirely sure… but maybe I can help you…"
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"So we can get in through there? But they'll see us…"
"Ahh… you always over-estimate our enemies, Niru. They don't know that we realized they had a digivolution detector. So we technically have the advantage."
"Yes, that is correct Aaron. We may be able to get in without notice. However, first we shall need a distraction. One of you need to go to the other side and digivolve to draw their attention away from this location." Everyone sweatdropped at Minashigo's again *perfect* grammar.
"I'll volunteer," Doki raised his hand. "Guinamon is the fastest of our digimon once he's digivolved. And once you're all inside you can digivolve without detection."
"No, you can't go. What if something happened to you," Niru pleaded.
"Niri… something could happen to any of us. But they'll all agree that I'm most capable of this."
"Well," Chocamon sulked, "Rajamon would be better, but… she's not here. *sigh*"
"Duck?"
"Aaron, say that one more time and I swear I'll feed you to the Gesomon," Lyra scowled.
"Soko-dokey," he responded with what she normally used to say okay. Mayumon sweatdropped as she watched Lyra continue to glare at Aaron.
"Guys! If we're gonna do this, lets do this!" she complained.
"Alright. Doki…"
"Call me Dani, please."
"Dani, you take Guinamon and have him digivolve. Lead them away from here, but do not let them come over here. We will go inside and digivolve once we are there. Everyone have their instructions?"
Everyone nodded. Doki started walking towards the front of the cave/castle or whatever it was supposed to be. Moments later the rest of the group heard a distant call… "Guinamon, digivolve to… Aereomon!" moments later they heard the gate burst open, followed by much yelling and screaming.
"That's out cue…" Lyra smirked then began to push against the wall where Minashigo had shown them. Niru and Aaron quickly helped, then the digimon and finally Minashigo. All of them together managed to push through the wall.
"Lets go!" they raced in to the building and hid behind a wall. "You three know what to do?"
"Chocamon, digivolve to… Houmon!"
"Ausimon, digivolve to… Tobumon!"
"Mayumon digivolve to… Chochomon!"
"Lets get moving before they stop chasing Dani… c'mon!" they headed out towards the front part of the cave.
"Somehow… this reminds me of either a dungeon or my old school in the US…" Lyra sighed.
"All I know is… we better start moving faster."
"Why do you say that, Niru?"
"Dani's back!"
"You go on ahead," Minashigo motioned and spun around. "I will stay here and guard… or just fight," he corrected himself as he saw the approaching 'army'. "Nazomon!"
"Right! Nazomon… digivolve to… Wanimon!!"
The passageway was filled with both the 'army' of virus digimon and the huge alligator digimon that Nazomon had become.
"Let's run! Dani, I thought you were gonna lead them *away* from us?" Aaron complained.
"Yeah, well… the detector has better speed than we do."
"Aaaaah!"
"That was Minashigo!" Niru turned to look behind them.
"He'll probably get thrown in with the others. I think I know where they're at, but we'll have to get them later."
"Why? Oh…"
"Because now… we gotta fight," Lyra snarled as the gang of virus digimon surrounded them.
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Later…
"This is a fine mess we've got ourselves into," Aaron struggled to catch his breath as he watched his and the others' digimon battle. All but one digimon, who they couldn't identify, had been defeated. But this digimon was clearly an ultimate or even a mega…
"It's too strong… how the hell are we gonna beat 'em…" Lyra panted.
"I'd suggest DNA, but… those two haven't even found their partners yet, and our are both locked up."
Lyra nodded, thinking of Kylie Marie and Jared both locked away somewhere, far from their digimon let alone their friends who were now struggling to save them. "Death Thorn!" the attack rang out from another side of the clearing.
"LYRA!" Aaron yelled as he tackled her, shoving her from the path of the mis-aimed attack and narrowly being missed at the same time.
"Shit… excuse my language on this, but ARE YOU INSANE?! Why the hell did you do that?!"
Aaron grinned in response, his D-watch glowing from his wrist like the crests of old. "Just the honorable thing to do, I guess."
"That's it!"
"What?!" Doki and Niru raced over.
"Aaron, what if Jared's only your partner for champion level DNA digivolving? And the same with KM and me?" Lyra commented as she changed the mode of her D-watch to reveal her crest, which had activated during one of their earliest digital adventures. "And you said yourself that neither of them have found their *champion* level DNA partners," she motioned towards Doki and Niru.
"So what if," Doki continued Lyra's thoughts, "Niri and I are partners?"
"That could be," she agreed. "And maybe your digimon can DNA together from Ultimate," she looked at Aaron and Lyra.
"But can't digimon only DNA from one level? Just from champion?"
"My uncles' digimon DNA digivolved from Mega with each other, and you think they only can from Champion?!" Doki complained.
"It's worth a shot…" Lyra stood up with her D-watch glowing and thrust it into the air. "Houmon!" she called, "We're gonna try something! Digivolve!"
"You too, Tobumon!" Aaron echoed.
"Houmon, digivolve to…"
"Washimon!"
"Tobumon, digivolve to…"
"Thundermon!"
"Aereomon, we're gonna try something too!" Doki yelled to his partner.
"Try and digivolve *with* Aereomon, okay, Chochomon?" Niru yelled in unison.
The two pairs of digimon nodded to each other in response to the plan. Lyra stepped closer to Aaron, ready to fight alongside him if their digimon were successful in uniting. Niru stood just as intent on the battle. She blushed as she felt Doki take her hand. "For luck," he answered her questioning look. "Alright!" he yelled.
"Let's do this!" Aaron called into the evening air. (in some crazy accent he'd picked up from a movie the year before.)
The four digimon went spiraling in pairs through the sky. "It's working…" Lyra whispered hopefully.
"It has to," Aaron responded to the universe. "Or else nothing will…"
Next Chapter: Never Lost but Still Found
Ya-ha! I have succeeded in creating a cliff-hanger worthy of the original show! Not that that's saying much with the track record 01 and 02 have… you wanna know what happens next? Well… yer gonna have to wait until the next one. Lol. Have fun! Until then, heiwa! ^_~