Well, it's been a while. But finally finished!
Sora Takenouchi Reborn
Chapter 9
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
"Mom?" Said Sarah flying by my side, her face so sad yet so soft ever since I came for her. She seemed most happy when I had finally found from those evil ones that had taken her from me.
"Yes, Sarah?"
"I was scared. I woke up in the dark, and I couldn't move." She looked as if she was about to cry. I smiled at her meekly and took her hand as I felt her cold smooth skin. She was frightened. The poor girl. She was really scared.
"I'm sorry. I won't leave you again." I replied. A tear ran down my eye and I couldn't hold back my sorrow. I was her 'mother'. And I had to take care of her. No matter what would happen.
"Where are we going?"
"South."
Elsehwhere……..
"What?" Myotismon rose from his chair as his two nitwits gave long faces as they told about Sarah's escape. "How could you let that girl get away from you?"
"Well, Mummymon and I heard something in the back of our truck. At first we thought it was just the wind or something blowing on our vehicle." Said Arukenimon trying to control her shaking legs.
"Oh, he's not going to believe this, Arukenimon!" Squirmed Mummymon.
"Shut up, Mummymon!" Said Arukenimon shaking her fist at the bandaged Digimon.
"The noises continued and so I asked Mummymon to go outside and check what's happening."
"Arukenimon, please….." The spider woman just ignored Mummymon's endless pleas.
"When Mummymon came back he said that Sora was gone and then said that he saw two of them flying away in the sky. The other one looked much older than the one we kidnapped. And this was all Mummymon could find in the truck." Arukenimon presented a purple orchid from her hand and placed it on top of the vampire's desk.
Myotismon looked down poorly upon the bright little plant. His finger nail tapped the petal of the flower as great thoughts began to surface upon his head. The things he saw back in the lab. The strange sighting Mummymon had captured hours back. Perhaps there was something more to Sora Takenouchi than he could possibly imagine. Maybe there was something about her that could prove useful to him and the others.
"Boss, I know you're mad about what happened and….." Arukenimon jumped when Myotismon slammed his desk with great force.
"QUIET! I want those girls. Do you understand? I want them here alive."
Mummymon and Arukenimon were speechless from the words of the vampire.
"You heard me. Find me these purple flower Soras. One or both. And get them to my labs for examinations and tests."
"But we can't do this alone." Said Mummymon.
"I know." Myotismon grinned when he sat back down onto his chair. "That's why I've asked another friend to accompany you."
From the shadows behind Myotismon's back, flew in a small familiar looking bowling ball shaped Digimon. It was DemiDevimon.
Elsewhere……
Amazon…….
Yes. This is the place. This is life. This is home.
"Sarah?" I caught sight of Sarah talking to one of the forest creatures that lived in this paradise of wonders and fantasy.
"Shhhh! I'm talking to my friend." Sarah replied looking at the small bird that sat on her finger. I just watched as she listened to the sweet squeaks of her feathery friend and I couldn't help but laugh at the two figures. They looked funny together, yet….
"Cute!" I chuckled.
Sarah looked back at me with an annoyed look. My smile dimmed and I sighed.
"I'm sorry." I left Sarah alone for a few minutes, taking my time to explore the endless city of this heavenly place. So peaceful……so nice……so gorgeous…. I'd never want to leave this place. My dreams had become a reality. I smelt in the pure air of friendship from this giant garden. It welcomed me with great pleasure and seemed to respect me and Sarah very much. I could feel it all. I could hear the voices of the trees echoing through my ears. They liked me. They liked me more than anyone else they had encountered.
"Where's your friend?" I asked Sarah when I returned.
"She had to go back to her house." Sarah gave a sad face again.
"Hey, look!" I pointed out to the shallow lake nearby. The rainbow fish beneath the surface of the water glittered in the sun's rays. Sarah's smile formed again as she ran towards the lake and set herself down onto the lake, while numerous number of other kinds of fish gathered round her soft purple body. "Sarah. Don't splash!"
…
"I'm tired, Mom. We've been looking for so long now. Can't we rest? Please?"
"Yes, all right." We settled down to the floor after our long flight through the Amazon. The sun was beginning to set. The wind was starting to blow as the cold air rushed into our direction. "I know the place must be here somewhere….somewhere safe….somewhere we can be alone. But I just don't know where…..EEEEK!"
From out of the tress they came. The tribal humans didn't seem as if they were going to attack us. They glared at us blankly and mumbled to each other while Sarah hid behind my back, peeking her curious among the strangers that we had stumbled upon. It didn't take them long to realize for them that they thought Sarah and I were some kind of goddess, for they all turned to me and knelt down on one knee bowing their heads low onto the ground.
"Um, hello. Can you help us, we're lost." I said softly.
The next morning……..
"Why do we have to go through here, DemiDevimon?" Said Mummymon trying to swing away the giant leaves of the tress in the face as he walked through the rainforest of the Amazon.
"Look, how many times do I have to tell you?" Said DemiDevimon, "You calimed that you saw them flying south? Right?"
"Yes."
"So, suppose you were one of those flower things. And if you were heading south? Where do you think you'd wanna be?" Mummymon didn't reply.
"…….."
"HERE, YOU FOOL! THE AMAZON!"
"Come on, Mummymon, even I could have thought of that idea!" Said Arukenimon following the black flying ball.
"Let's keep moving, guys, we may be getting close to something. This place is gigantic. We could get lost. We have stay together." DemiDevimon continued to lead his group through the Amazon.
Elsewhere……
"Yes, this is the place." I smiled as I looked upon the open space of land that showed itself in the light of the sun through the leaves of the rainforest. The soil so timid upon my presence. Everything so calm. It was the perfect place for my children. My precious little ones. "I think perhaps I dreamed of this valley….when I was someone else….a long time ago. I'm scared, Sarah." I said mournfully, "We came here to make Sean's and Will's dream come true, and that we're here…."
"I know. I feel it too." She replied.
There's a feeling of anticlimax. As if a quest I never knew has come to an end….I am more alive than anywhere, and I hold in my hands a mystery, a miracle…of life…. Each seed is potential. Each is, unimaginably, possibly alive in sunlight and dreams….children of dust, waiting for release. Yes. Will….? This is for you. Be fruitful.
…
Yes. They have grown their leaves. My children are beginning to grow. One by one, they show themselves to the light from the sky. I look after them through my unbreakable care for them. I looked down upon every one of them and felt the scent of new life surfacing the atmosphere around me. The sun was beginning to rise. I gathered my hands onto the ground of soil, just before the light hit my babies. And then as it came I pressed down hard as I transferred my sources of energy into my children. And within seconds they began to grow faster. Their leaves grew even greener and spread the land of soil with their shadows. I stood up from my offspring and stared at their expressionless faces.
Rest. And dream. For I am very proud of all of you…….my young ones.
…
"Sarah?"
"Yeah! Over here. In the water. I'm applying with the turtle. He's neat. He says I'd make a good turtle." I found Sarah sitting comfortably at the side of the lake.
"Sarah…uh, do you really talk to the turtle. Or do you, um…."
"Silly!" She began to giggle. "I talk to you! Don't I?"
"Well…." My mind suddenly snapped when Sarah slapped on the arm with bursts of laughter coming out of her as she dived down into the depths of the deep blue lake.
"Tag, you're it! Catch me if you can!"
Drifting through the cool underwater twilight, following a child…..who sings forever of yes of living things of green in the sunlight in the young…..so glad and quiet and still diving through the heart of the world…..far from cruelty……far from violence…and from sudden, pointless, death.
…
"I need something to do. This is paradise. But. Perhaps our kind need death, Sarah. Sora Takenouchi gave us her life, just as Pamela Isley gave her life to that spoiled thing in Arkham. I've been doing a lot of thinking." I looked back and saw Sarah playing with the butterflies that flew around her aimlessly, admiring her colourful look.
"I know. I wish I could find something sensible to do instead. Why don't you play with the butterflies?" She answered.
"Sarah."
"Yes."
"I don't want to play with the butterflies." I replied.
"Well what do you want to do then?" She said while observing one of the butterflies that landed onto the tips of her fingers.
"I don't know. I'm sorry. We're living in paradise. And I've got everything I ever wanted. And I don't know what I want."
Elsewhere……
"You really sure he's taking us the right way, Arukenimon?" Said Mummymon whispering into Arukenimon's ear.
"Mummymon, for the fifth time, PLEASE! YES! I'm sure. Now come on!" She replied.
"We've been going since last night. I'm tired. I need to rest." Mummymon continued to complain in his whiny attitude.
"Shut up, Mummymon." Said Arukenimon again.
"I'm not going to stick around and be a sitting target for anyone. We stick together. Awake. Moving. We get the girls. And we take them back home. Anyone who gets in our way…….uh…..anyone?" DemiDevimon almost jumped when a flying bat crossed his path and swooped swiftly into the shadows of the tress.
"Did you see that?" Said Arukenimon.
"What?" Said Mummymon.
"A fruit bat. A big one."
"Yes….wow……." Mummymon said sarcastically rolling his eyes.
"Shut up, you two. I'm tired. Let's keep moving."
The three journeyed on along the rainforest. It wasn't before they seemed to discover purple orchids growing on the sides of several trees. The orchids on the trees began to increase in number as they walked onwards.
"Um, DemiDevimon….." Said Mummymon looking over a thin log of a tree.
"Yes? What is it Mummymon?" DemiDevimon sighed, ready to hear another one of Mummymon's stupid moans about what they were doing.
"I think I've found them."
There lied the girls, within the largest tree in the Amazon. Asleep and cuddled up in rest. The purple color of their skin emitting in rays into Mummymon's eyes. The three of them approached the girls quietly. They tip toed silently towards them, but somehow their expectations were broken when the bumbling Mummymon accidentally snapped onto a twig. Releasing out waves of sound that woke the girls up.
"Hey! Lady! C'mon down!" DemiDevimon snapped.
…
"You shouldn't have come here!" I said descending carefully to the ground.
"Sure we should. We did….and it was easy!" Grinned DemiDevimon.
"Go away. This is my place. Our place. I will have no killing here." I shouted.
"So. Are you going to come quietly?"
"No hate." I replied.
"I honestly don't think you follow my drift. Myoti…uh, I mean, my boss wants you or the little one. Maybe both. You're going to come back with us now. Now! If you're thinking about causing any trouble. ANY trouble. Think again. Uh…let's talk defoliant, flower girl." The flying ball made way for a bandaged covered man that looked armed. "Mummymon has a nice big machine gun with him. And if you girls don't want to come. Well, all your pretty little flowers get it. And you get it. And we take the little one back to our boss anyway. Don't try anything dumb. And don't expect the cavalry to come over the hill. Cause there isn't any cavalry."
"SORAAA!"
I looked behind me and saw a young man….the same young man of whom I had seen back in Odaiba…..it was him…..and yet…..there stood two other small figures. A reptilian creature, along with……a feathered bird….a pink small bird that made my mind feel the same excruciating pain that I felt when I saw the other young man.
"SORAAA!"
He came the hill ignoring the cuts and bruises he received during his fall, dashing past all the tress and flowers that got in his way. He ran to me……for me……all because of me……..the pain began to grow again in my mind……stinging me…..hurting me……mixed memories began to swirl into my eyes….voices of the same person…soothing me and comforting me…..his eyes glowed in the light of day and the stars at night……it all came together….and exploded like lightning…..until……..
"T-Tai?" I said.
The pain was gone. But by the time I shouted his name, a single bullet had already struck down my love and only love. I turned round to see the flying ball holding the machine gun that the other creature had before. Red blood began to squirt to the ground from the leaking hole that had been inflicted at Tai's heart.
"TAIII!"
The two other small creatures screamed from the hill. It was too late. Tai had collapsed to the ground, blood spewing out of his mouth, his hand clutching his heart that made his fingers turn red. His voice cracked with his lungs. I ran to him quickly, turning him round, to see the wound that he had received. Too severe. He wouldn't survive. Tears ran down my eyes and my soft warm hand holding onto the cold pale hand of Tai's. He looked at me with a simple smile. He was still breathing and he still had the ability to say a few last words before departing from this paradise he was in.
"Sora……I……I finally found you………."
"Tai……"
"Your…..your parents told me everything about you…….after I saw you….they told me……they told me about all this……." Tai looked upon the land that now seemed to be covered in his own pool of blood. "I did everything to look for you…..the others didn't believe me about you……they thought I was just dreaming……only Agumon and Biyomon would listen…..because they could understand me…..ow……"
"Tai….please…….just relax……let the light take you to wherever it wishes you to be…sniff………"
"Wait…..there's more I have to say………..Sora……I know you aren't truly her…..I know……….I know I've been running through this jungle……after a crazy dream…..but……..but that doesn't mean I have to hate you…….because I still love you……"
"I…….I love you…I love you Tai…….I love you more than anyone else in the world……." I slowly crawl up to the dying man, brushing my lips with his. The same passion of pure melancholy when I had passed away within his very arms. It was a long kiss of separation……before……
"…….Goodbye………"
"Mom…..?" Said Sarah behind me, approaching me slowly step by step gazing into my tearful eyes of pain and depression.
"Sarah……."
"Sora….." I turned to my other side, seeing the bird and the reptile looking at me, both with faces mixed with amazement yet deep sorrowfulness.
"Biyomon…..Agumon……."
"I don't believe it." Said the flying ball. "So where were we? Oh, yeah! So. Are you coming quietly? Or do we have to terminate your precious little ones?"
"You killed him. I didn't want any more killing!" I began to cry in anger, "And NO! I'm not coming with you! Sarah isn't coming either! Do what you have to do!"
"OOOOOkay. Mummymon, squirt the bitch." The flying ball said.
Silence.
"Come on. Kill her. We've got a long way to go…" The ball continued to say.
"No." Said Mummymon meekly.
"WHAT!"
"Look at her, DemiDevimon. She's………perfect……she's……beautiful. I….we've killed for you before. It's what we do. But not her. Not here." Said Mummymon.
Arukenimon behind him suddenly snatched the gun from Mummymon's hands, aiming the weapon at me. But though she had the will and strength to do what she had to do, she did not have the heart to do it. The heart is a very special thing. It cannot be abused or defied. And now it was telling the armed woman the true meaning of love. And she realized the same sort of feeling that her friend Mummymon had sensed in his own heart.
I walked up to the Arukenimon slowly, her arms shivering and slowly putting down the gun. She began to weaken and let loose of it when I clutched my hand softly onto the barrel, taking it slowly away from evil's hands. Mummymon and the woman looked at me and saw how I felt about them. And they saw how they felt about me.
"Can you bury Tai? Before you go?" I whispered in a somber voice.
"Yes, of course." Said Arukenimon.
"Yes, Ma'am." Said Mummymon.
"Are you guys crazy or what? Listen you gonzos……"
"Shut up, DemiDevimon!" Said Mummymon.
"Yeah, shut up!" Added Arukenimon.
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I sat upon Tai's grave, mourning for his loss, though he was gone, I could still feel his warmth in my heart. His voice still echoed in my dreams. And though he was no longer with me, I could still see his face in my eyes, smiling back at me, promising that we would meet again someday. And I think back to those unfaithful ones that I had met….
"Now go back your boss…Myotismon……and tell him something from me. Tell him this. The game is over. I'm tired of it. It's foolish and vile. Tell him that if he ever interferes again with me, or my sisters, we will retaliate. I will retaliate."
"Sure, you're the one who's so down on violence!"
"I didn't mention violence. But if he persists….I will find whatever it is he loves….and I'm sure there IS something……….and I will take it from him. Tell him that."
"He'll kill me!"
"TELL HIM…….goodbye………"
"Mom." I looked up to see Sarah joined with Agumon and Biyomon at her sides.
"Sarah……Biyomon……Agumon……"
"You aren't happy here, are you? Not any more." Said Biyomon.
"The sisters are growing fine. It'll be years before they're people." I said.
"I talked to the Indians." Said Sarah.
"You talked…?" I replied.
"It's easy. They say they could look after the valley. They say you didn't have to bury Tai though, they could have done that."
I felt like I was falling down from a high building, screaming for salvation. The wind blowing on me harder as I fell faster. It stopped when my head struck something hard from below. Glass shattering everywhere. A sound of technology sounding off. And it finally ended with a quiet land on the ground. And a man wrapping me into his arms.
"I couldn't leave him there. I could never have done that." I answered.
"You aren't happy here. You miss people, and everything. Don't you?" Said Agumon.
"Yes…..yes, I suppose I do. I have too many of Sora's memories to be truly happy here…..and it isn't paradise any longer. If it ever was."
"The animals and birds are nice. But you can't really play with them. They have their own games." Said Biyomon.
"I'd like to go back as well, I guess." Said Agumon.
"If we could return sometimes. I wouldn't mind leaving, if I knew I could come back." Said Sarah.
"……Yes." I said getting up from my position.
"Yes?" said Agumon.
"Yes?" said Biyomon.
"Now?" said Sarah grabbing onto Agumon.
"Yes!"
…
I am glad that this is over…the flight will be long, and tiring; but I can caress the updrafts of the wind with my form. I am alive in the colors of the leaves, and in the sunset, and in the moist tropical air. I have never been more alive. And together we soar, we climb, we ascend.
Together.
Into the sun.
'I thank you God for this most amazing
day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a true blue dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(I who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and love and wings. And of the gay
great happening illimitably earth).
E.E. Cummings
The End
YES! Finally finished! HOORAY!
I'm very sorry I took so long with the story. I've been doing a lot of other fics apart from this one. And it hasn't been easy to keep up with everything. I'd like to thank all of you for reading my fic. And thank you for waiting patiently throughout since I began this story. I'll try not to take so long next time with future fics. Review only if you'd like to. See you!
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