Houston, we have… a longer chapter!

Hi! I have been forced to expand the story yet again! Ya-ha! Okay… ^_^' enough with my insanity, that's Eric's job… but anywhosamajig, this is probably the cheapest sounding chapter so far, but it really demonstrates our personalities! (can someone say to much caffine?) Oh well. I hope you guys like it, ignoring the cheesyness. And oh dear I left you with a cliff hanger last time, didn't I? Well then you're probably not even reading this authors note. Oh well. And also oh well that this ended up being the longest chapter… I might have gone over-board, but then again… length isn't always a bad thing. And sorry if this gets confusing… but it does. Complain if you must, and maybe I'll try to get it less confusing.

Disclaimer: original digimon schtuff? Not mine. This schtuff? Mine! Copyright junk is in the first and last chapters. Oh, and I said it last chapter, but I don't own BSB or their songs. Although one of my friends wants to… (Raye… cool it girl…)

Reflection Reflected

By Lyra Kamiya

Chapter 5

Never Lost but Still Found

"Washimon…"

"Thundermon…"

"DNA digivolve to…"

the other pair began…

"Aereomon…"

"Chochomon…"

"DNA digivolve to…"

"Sensuimon!!" the first completed.

"Nijimon!!" Aereomon and Chochomon called as one.

Instantly all of the humans' senses were overloaded. This is what Lyra had been afraid of… This was a huge battle, and Niru and Doki were not used to the partnership that the DNA digivolution brought between the humans, unlike she and Aaron. But it was even overwhelming to her… she saw Aaron take a step back too. It had hit her with a jolt… mentally speaking, she was now as tied with Aaron and his digimon as she had always been with her own, though here the it was magnified, but the effects were mostly temporary and would fade after the battle. Nearly instantaneously she felt her heartbeat and breathing synchronize with his… she looked over to Niru and Doki, who were already fully aware again and attacking… surprising, since the effects were disorienting, but understandable for the two of them… both of them had had special parents… Doki's mother was one of the strongest digidestined ever, and his dad was fairly strong as well, and Niru's father had been bearer of the dark digivice… she had the strength to be evil, but not the heart. Suddenly a new sensation hit Lyra… not just her heartbeat and breathing, but now also her thoughts were synchronized with Aaron's… It wasn't like this when Houmon digivolved with Equimon, she thought, then felt an answer from Aaron…

'I know what you mean… I was expecting the heart rate thing… but I could never here your brother's thoughts'

Well, Aaron, she returned, this could be either a good thing *or* a bad thing. For now, let's make it good.

'Good plan.' This was gonna get confusing… she couldn't tell which thoughts were hers and which were his. "Sensuimon! Attack, now!" They yelled simultaneously.

This isn't at all like with KM… Lyra kept thinking. We took turns attacking. It's like Aaron and I were connected anyway, and this just made us even closer… they're both my best friends, so why is this so different? Maybe it's just because they're at Ultimate… so they're sort of like a mega…Aaron grinned at her and she sweatdropped realizing that he had heard everything she had just thought.

'I think you're right… on the us having a bond anyway thing' he responded. An involuntary blush went on Lyra's face at the tone of his 'voice'… Normally this wouldn't be hard for her to hide, but the same thing happened to him… they were connected completely right now…

"Dodge, Sensuimon! Niru, Dani! Look out! Have Nijimon attack from behind!" they continued to speak in sync with one another. This is majorly weird…

'Yeah… cool, huh?' she sighed, forcing him to too from their synchronized breathing. 'OK, *now* I agree it's weird… I'm starting to see myself as slightly annoying.' She sighed again, again making him do the same. 'Quit that, will you?' she grinned evilly at him then motioned back towards the battle.

Niru and Doki were having there own problems. Though they weren't *completely* connected like the others were currently, because it was partially because of the level thing, they weren't used to it since it was the first DNA for both of them. Doki was getting slightly nervous about it… feeling your best friend's heart beating next to yours can be fairly odd no matter what… and he was also catching clips of what Niru was thinking. He wondered if she could hear him. Niri-ko… can you hear me?

She jumped and looked at him. 'What? Can you hear me? Why am I thinking instead of talking?' Doki heard only about three-quarters of what she had thought, but at least he knew that she could hear him too.

Niri… we need to have Nijimon attack from behind while Sensuimon creates a distraction… he concentrated. "Nijimon! Go left and attack!" he yelled, and she joined in halfway through.

'Dani-chan? Is that you? Of course… only you call me Niri… I can't hear everything… attack? Is that what? Or distraction… I'm so confused…'

He bit his lip nervously as he heard her thought. Again, he didn't catch everything, but he definitely heard the confused part. And when she added chan to his name. He started tasting blood from his lip and decided he should stop, then he decided to simplify the message.. *They* will distract. *We* will attack. From behind. The last part wasn't as important, so it didn't matter if she had heard it or not.

'I get it…' she replied as he saw her face light up in recognition.

NOW, they all thought at once. Sensuimon called out its attack, hitting the opponent correctly to blind it. Nijimon came up from behind. "Rainbow light!" it called, striking their enemy, who yelled in pain before disintegrating.

"Go for the power unit!" Aaron and Lyra yelled after the digimon.

"It'll knock out the forcefield!" Doki and Niru quickly added.

"Where's it at?" both (or all four) digimon asked.

"No clue… guys, take Nijimon and find the others. Get them out of here. Then we'll just destroy the whole place." Though the comment came from both Lyra and Aaron, it was clear that at least the last bit was Lyra's doing. Or maybe not… Aaron had been acting differently lately anyway.

"Got it!" the younger kids responded, then they and their digimon went off through a passageway.

"Niru-ko! Dani!"

"Kylie Marie?" the two asked in unison when the heard a voice from one of the walls.

"We're all here," Re'i's voice answered.

"Our digimon are on the other side of the hall," Erika explained.

"Dani? Niru? Where are Guinamon and Mayumon?" Foximon's voice came from the other wall.

"We're both here," Nijimon replied.

"Wow…" Samuimon near-whispered. "You guys are *one* digimon now?"

"Yeah, they are," the kids said, slightly annoyed. "We gotta get you outta there… Lyra and Aaron are lookin' to have Sensuimon blow the place up.

"They got DNA too? Whadda bout me?" Jared whined, annoyed. (and annoyingly)

"Who cares what happens to you. Whadda 'bout me?" KM asked.

"That's later!" Jennifer yelled. "Now we gotta get out!"

"Beats us how," Niru and Doki said.

Minashigo's voice floated from the back of the hall. "They had better not just blow the whole place up. They have to destroy the forcefield generator before our 'cages' will open."

"You know where it is?"

"Um…" he said in a way very unlike himself. "Yeah… there's a hidden door at the end of this hall… go up the stairs, go left then right… it should be there…"

"You know sumthin' that we should know?"

"Just that Niru's father can explain it better than me."

"My… dad…?" she managed to stutter without Doki joining in for once. "So, you're…"

"I was one of the children of darkness."

"You're almost a brother to me then…" her breathing quickened, making Doki more nervous as his followed suit.

"Family reunions later!" Lutramon hollered, sensing the nervousness. "Right now you gotta save our be-hinds."

"Yes, now go!" Minashigo called after them.

You know who he reminds me of? Doki asked.

'Sadly enough, since I haven't even met Piximon.'

Man… we have been wired together, haven't we?

'Turn left. And I guess so…I just hope its not permanent.'

What would be wrong with that?

'I guess it would be fairly handy for math tests… but I dunno… it'd just be weird.'

Gotcha. Right turn! Their 'conversation' ended at this point. "Whoa… *that's* the generator?" they both said.

"Somehow…" Doki stuttered, "I can't help but think that I saw this in a video game."

"You probably did… well, we gotta get rid of it. Nijimon?"

"Got it. Rainbow Light!"

"Somehow… it's not working," Niru and Doki observed. Their digimon continued its (or their? I dunno…) attack, but the generator wouldn't budge.

"Dani… if we can't get rid of the generator… our friends will still be trapped. And the forcefield…" she said, nearly in tears. "Why couldn't Lyra and Aaron have come back here to save them? They're stronger.

"I know Niri-ko… we'll find a way…" he whispered then took her hand. "I promise we'll get them out."

"You think we can?"

"I know *we* can. But you crying isn't going to help us. You've gotta be strong. The stronger we are, the stronger our digimon will be," he squeezed her hand reassuringly, acting as any friend would to their scared companion. She looked up then grinned.

"Right. Nijimon! Try it again!" she yelled.

"Rainbow… Light!" the generator shattered, spreading shrapnel throughout the room..

"Get down! Hanemon! Momitsumon!" Doki pushed Niru into the corner then shouted in alarm when he saw their digimon reduced to their baby forms cowering in the center of the room. "Gotcha!" he snatched them up and shoved them into Niru's arms. "I said get down!" The generator's shards had ceased their rain of terror, but now the building was collapsing around them.

"Dani… the others are still trapped out there… You get down here too… you'll be killed if the building hits you!"

"I've gotta protect you guys though… what would your dad do without you?" he smiled, knowing since her mom had left years earlier Niru's dad depended on her for many things.

"Dani-chan…" she started, huddling the baby digimon to herself. "Do you think I care about that? He'll manage. But I couldn't live with myself if one of my friends died because of me!" she shouted over the growing roar of the falling rubble. She was confused… Nijimon had de-digivolved, so she could no longer here Doki's thoughts. She didn't know what his motives are. From the corner of her eye she saw something glowing with a lilac shade… her D-watch. Her crest had been fulfilled… the crest of Kindness that she had inherited from her father. This just made her cry further… then Doki responded to her plea.

"Niri-ko… neither could I… so I gotta do this," she saw his watch now glowing to, a brilliant silver sphere of light from his left wrist. Honesty… his crest had been one of the first to be fulfilled for this group of digidestined… his had not been inherited… and she knew he wasn't lying because of it. Suddenly she jumped up and grabbed his hand and pulled him into the corner with her.

"If you're gonna die, you're not gonna do it alone…" she cradled the two baby digimon up to her stomach, trying to keep them between herself and Doki for protection.

"Niru! I won't let you die!" he yelled frantically, holding back tears. Why won't she listen to me? She could die, and she doesn't even care?!

"And I won't let you!" she screamed crying. Suddenly both their watches shone brighter.

"Wait… I've got an idea… grab my hand."

"What?"

"Just do it!" he grabbed her by the wrist and pushed his watch up to hers. The two spheres of light brightened and combined, then continued to grow, engulfing them both and their digimon in the lilac tinted silver light. "Hang on tight, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!" he huddled them both into the corner… moments later, the building had finished collapsing… the light faded away.

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"Dani… it's all… in ruins… there's no way any of the others survived that…" they each took their own digimon and began to wander out of the wreckage and settling dust. As they reached the edge of the destruction area, and stepped out into the mid-afternoon light, they heard a group of gasps from their left.

"Guys! You're alright!" Erika yelled and ran over to them, hugging Niru and squealing happily.

"Yeah!" A hyper voice called from behind them.

"Conamon, no!" (too late…) Doki was tackled by the overly-happy digimon, Hanemon jumping out of the way barely in time.

"Alright little cous!" even without the benefit of the DNA digivolution, Lyra and Aaron's brains appeared to be connected as they both congratulated their respective cousins. All the friends ran to each other, overjoyed with the reunion. And the song returned to the minds of the four who had saved the others… (Oye… time for cheapness… ^_^' but this did happen… -_-' ')

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~~Show me the way, give me a sign~~

Here is my reason, I've been given a sign… They all raced around, happy to be reunited. It seemed that everyone but Keiji was getting hugged… He stood there watching the others race to their family, or over to Kori or Re'i just to pick them up and spin them, since the two 7 and 8 year olds were the only ones of anywhere suitable size for such. Well… Minashigo wasn't getting much attention either, but he didn't seem to care.

~~Tell me the way we fall outta line~~

Finally Jennifer walked over to Keiji and put her elbow on his shoulder as she decided to annoy him. "What, you depressed 'cause guys don't hug, your only sibling is 3 hours old, and your 'girlfriend' is ignoring you??"

"Whatever, five hours, and shut up," he growled

That's how, Lyra thought with a laugh as she set little Kori down before running to Erika and hugging her.

~~Is it today, is it tonight…~~

Chimon and Meomon sat happily reunited on a low tree branch. Most of the other digimon were the same way… but Nazomon stood silently by Minashigo, showing no clue to the existence of the fierce Wanimon he had been earlier… Conamon also showed no sign of the existence of Kanshumon, but because she was once more happily running around the field. The sun began to set on the whole happy scene (sorry I had to say that) and Lutramon sat with Erika as they watched Squirmamon (I have no clue why he de-evolved… probably hit the force field) hiding behind Keiji, in an attempt to avoid Jared.

~~The answer to our lives~~

Minashigo stood watching the others reunite formally… Jennifer now walked over to him, done tormenting Keiji for the moment. "You okay? I don't truly know you yet, but I know what your name means."

"Yeah, and thanks for being concerned… I'm fine. I don't have any family obviously… I don't even know who I am really… just that I'm a digidestined. You guys can be my family," he smiled with a sigh. "Maybe I'll get an answer here…"

~~Show me a reason, give me sign~~

"Yeah, well, if you ever need help, call me… or just come over," she said, handing him a piece of paper containing her phone number and address. "Just ask for Jennifer. Oop.. gotta go!" she said upon seeing Lyra torturing Jared again. Minashigo silently went to put the slip in his pocket, but something caught his eye… a note, reading 'See ya round, Minashi-chan' and a smiley face… "Thanks, Jen-ko…" he whispered and put the paper away.

~~Tell me the way we fall outta line~~

"Hey, KM…"

"What is it now, Koushiro?!" she always preferred to refer to him by his first name when he was bugging her. "If this is about a date, the answer is no."

"No… actually, you dropped this…" he said, holding up a necklace charm.

"Oh my god… my ruby. Thanks. Now get outta here," she said more indifferently than necessary. He handed her the charm, shrugged, and walked off with a sigh. As she held the stone in her hand, she realized that she should have been more polite… this was from her favorite necklace… "sorry, Keiji-kun," she whispered.

~~Is it today, or is it tonight?~~

It was today…Aaron thought as he laughed at Lyra walking past Jared and hitting him on the head. He then wandered over to his cousins, Erika and Kori. Or was it…? He wondered as he watched Erika run over to fight with Jen over Jared yet again.

~~We'll find… the answer to our lives~~

Found it… Niru thought as she re-greeted her other best friends. It may have been only a few hours that they had been separated, but that had seemed like forever when there was an air of the possibility of never seeing each other again. She grew tired of talking with Kori and stood up, then looked around to see who she hadn't hugged yet…

~~Show me a reason, give me a sign~~

Doki stopped in his tracks… he'd been looking to see who he hadn't said hi to yet… and there was Niru, right in front of him, framed by the sunset. Less than a foot, in fact, because they had been nearly back to back before turning. They stared straight at each other, not knowing what to say now that fate had dealt them yet another 'maybe' hand.

~~Tell me the way we fall out of line~~

Lyra let go of her sister then looked around. Upon seeing Aaron, she ran over, and held out her arms. Why not, they both figured. They had always hugged when they were younger, especially at celebrations… and they were still best friends, so why should now be any different? Lyra threw her arms around him.

~~Is it today, or is it tonight?~~

Neither Doki nor Niru knew what to say… After all they'd just been through… they just didn't know… Finally, Niru made a decision she thought she might regret later, and stepped forward, gently kissing him on the cheek. "Thank you… for saving us both." Doki just stared at her and blushed as a response.

~~We'll find… the answer…~~

Aaron's eyes suddenly shot open as he realized where he was. In the arms of the girl who had been his best friend for nine years… but was that it… he slowly pulled away, stunned at what he had just thought… Out of the corner of her eye, Lyra saw Doki and Niru… How cute… she thought at the two eleven year olds, but it still made her sad… Why am I upset about it? I know I'm not over-protective… Aaron was about to pull away from her… but then she heard the song's last words in the back of her mind and pulled him back. "Thank you Aaron… I found it…" she whispered.

"Found wha-" he was too surprised to finish when she kissed his cheek…

~~…to our lives.~~

"The answer…" she smiled and her eyes met his.

"Lyra… I…" he said un-surely. "Did too…" he decided to complete, before leaning forward and kissing her lips. Her eyes went wide as he did such, but then she relaxed… Meanwhile, anyone else who was watching, which was everyone by now, started doing the traditionally pathetic "Whoop, whoop!!" thing. Both Lyra and Aaron turned to look at them and snarled, suddenly wondered why the heck they were getting mad when the others 'spoke' the truth, and let their attention go back to each other. This resulted in an utter laugh riot from the rest of the group, but no one really cared.

"Alright," Erika called, "if I may suggest it… lets go home!"

Chad (miraculously) spoke: "We might have to leave them here…" pointing to Doki and Niru in a tree, and even more so towards Lyra and Aaron sitting underneath a tree talking and singing.

Keli sweat dropped, "Girls… we may have to do something about this… com'ere…"

Minashigo shrugged and sat back watching the others go about their business… This is going to take a lot of getting used to…he had never really been a member of a group of digidestined before… He'd been alone for as long as he could remember… which was since he was about 9… pretty pathetic, since he was somewhere around 14 or 15.

Moments later Kylie Marie and Erika were marching over to knock Niru and Doki from the tree, and Jennifer and Keli were headed for Lyra and Aaron, with Kori and Re'i in tow as an excuse. Kori had objected of course, saying how everyone was always mad at her anyway, and that Lyra had the worst temper so she didn't want to be anywhere near her when she was forced to end the little mood she was in.

"All right, you two! Break it up!" Jennifer yelled before grabbing Aaron's shirt collar and pulling him away. Lyra sighed as she sensed an oncoming lecture…

"You two need to get some fresh air!" Keli complained as she pulled Lyra to her feet and shoved her in the general direction of the rest of the group. At this point Aaron proved that he didn't know Keli to well.

"Hey!!! What's the big idea?!" he yelled at his 'attackers'.

"Simple," Keli said, getting that look in her eye. "We've got two eight year olds here. They shouldn't be watching PG material without their parents unless they've seen it before. And you two… had to be stopped before you went PG-13…"

Lyra growled in response to her sister's actions. This caused Kori to run back to the others and Re'i to stop walking in front of them laughing. "Dang… she doesn't have to do much of anything to scare them, does she? Aaron, I hope you realize she's gonna instantly traumatize any kids you have," Jennifer joked.

"Jen-ko… you're getting on my nerves fast… so shut up…"

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Once the interesting little group reached the gate again, they finally headed home… well, to the Izumi's house anyway, since that's where the gate was hooked to once more. "Hmm… Mom and Dad must be home…" Keiji mumbled. "Which means…" he trailed off.

"Go meet her," Kylie Marie responded. He looked at her in shock, not knowing what was more surprising; no one was rushing ahead of him to see the new baby, as he expected at least Erika to be doing, or the fact that KM had actually been the first one to speak. To him.

"OK… hey, wait… you guys are just trying to ditch me, aren't you?"

"Yeah… pretty much…" Keli grinned.

Niru was the last one to speak as they exited the house. "Keiji-kun, we'll see you at school tomorrow!"

Keiji smiled and walked slowly upstairs into the nursery. "Mom? Dad? Are you here?" he asked quietly. His mother, Yolei, signaled for him to be silent. He smiled again as his father motioned for him to look in the crib. There, sleeping wrapped in a blanket, lay a very young infant with a thin layer of hair the same shade of deep red as her fathers. "Hello Meghan..." he whispered....

Next Chapter: Dance and Consequences

Next one's the last one! And one of the more humorous ones! Since this was so pathetic that my ratings shall now be lower than Etchi-san's IQ! Oh, and this ends the action stuff. Sorry this part was all fluffy, and if you're wondering why the fic is rated PG-13 if the girls were preventing that level of schtuff from the couples… you obviously missed my 'french' in part 4. The next one, as I said, is mostly humour with a little romance and a slightly sappy/angst A.N. on the end.

Yeah, I know it was all corny and such… my thoughts exactly but what the heck I had to much sugar/caffine and Aaron had been obsessing over that song all week… ^_^' till next time… Heiwa!

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