Alright, here's the LAST chapter in the Dark Mist Saga. . .but don't worry there is an epilogue! Thanks for reading this! Sorry it took a long time to post this!
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Eriya: Here's the next chapter, so I'm continuing it...but this is the last chapter! But there's an epilogue!
Kodachrome: Hehehe, here's the next chapter. . .did I make you squirm just waiting for this?
Sapphire Goddess: Me evil? Never! *laughs evilly* Muhahahaha! *coughs* Opps my secrets out. . .
ThatGirl: Don't cry! It's not that sad! Matt's going to come back!
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"Oh, Matt!" Mimi sobbed, falling to her knees as he collapsed down next to him. "Matt, no!"
"Mimi!" Tai said, worriedly, grabbing her by the shoulders and gently shaking her. "It'll be okay, we'll be bring him back! He's going to come back!"
"But-- but--" Mimi stammered, blinking her eyes. "What if. . .what if we can't do it, Tai?" She whispered.
"I believe you can," Gabumon cut in. He looked at Tai, then back at Mimi. "You both love him very much. . .as do I. . .as do the rest of us. You guys will bring him back."
Tk was frozen. He had heard what Gabumon had said, and wanted to believe him, but his heart was heavy. It was not every day that you saw your own brother, your own flesh and blood, who was closer to you than anyone else, die in front of your very own eyes.
He blinked, and muttered, "We. . .we have to bring him back."
That one sentence brought everyone's eyes onto the young blonde. He continued, not realizing that everyone was watching him, and listening to him.
"We have to bring back Matt." Tk said, his voice becoming steady. "He's one of the original digidestined. He is the carrier of the Crest of Friendship. He's my brother. My friend. I have to have him in my life; I don't know what I'd do if he wasn't in my life."
Patamon could hear the love in the boy's voice. He looked at the other digimon and gave a wink. He knew that in order for the Carrier of the Crest of Friendship to come alive, each and every one of the digidestined would have to say something about him.
"I love him, he's my brother." Tk finally said. "I still need him, he's apart of my life. He always will be. He's Matt. He's my brother and I love him!" Tk repeated.
Tai took a shaky breath. "He's my best friend. We understand each other fairly well. . .he knows me best, besides Kari. I think. . .I need him. . . as well. We're always hanging and joking around, and he knew how to calm me and what to say to me with out really saying it at the time Agumon was kidnapped."
Ken blushed. "Sorry about that. . ." He said softly. He paused. "Matt is Matt, he is like. . .this person that is a closed book, but when you need a good friend, he is there for you."
"I love him." Mimi whispered softly. "It's just as simple as that. I love him. More than a friend. He knows it too, I think. I love him a lot."
Sora gave her friend a hug, knowing it was hard for her to say it out loud to everyone else. She rested her head on her friends shoulder, as if she was thinking of what to say about the blonde and blue eyed friend of hers.
"Matt Ishida. . .the boy who seem cold as ice, only he was really warm and caring. He just didn't know how to show it." Sora said quietly. "Until he met us. Until our adventures in the digiworld." She paused. "When he realized that we needed him just as we need him."
"Quite so." Izzy agreed. "He even taught me a few things as well. I was always so stuck on my laptop. . .and I wasn't a good friend either. But I have the Crest of Knowledge. But knowledge isn't everything. . .we all need friends."
"He didn't give up on me when we were stuck in that stupid restaurant," Joe added. "Back in the old digiworld days. . ."He sighed. "I know I probably made him mad, but he realized how important friendship was."
Kari smiled. "He wasn't very good at comforting those back then. But yet he was still there. He is the keeper of friendship, and despite all that obstacles he has gone through, look where he's at." She said. "It's because, we're his friends, believe in him. And he trusted us."
"He's a digidestined." Yolie said.
"We need him." Cody finished.
"He's apart of the team, and our friend too," Yolie added.
Everyone stared at Davis, and he stared at the limp form of Matt. His brows were drawn down in a frown and he seemed to be thinking about something. He didn't realize that everyone has already spoken and it was his turn to say something.
"Davis?" Tai asked quietly.
"Without friendship, we wouldn't have relationships." Davis replied. "Relationships of any kind. They all start on friendships and go to many different levels." He paused. "He is Friendship. We need him; we all do. Each of us need someone like Matt in our lives. We're lucky to know him and to have him as a friend and a fellow digidestined. He is Matt. Lead singer of the Teenage Wolves. He cooks. He watches over us and especially Tk. . .which he has a soft spot for. He couldn't live with out Tk, I've heard him say that. I know he feels that. You can see it in his eyes."
He paused again, his eyes still lingering on the still blonde boy. "Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our fee when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. That is how important friendship. . .and Matt is."
"That's beautiful, Davis." Ken whispered. "And you know what, its true."
Davis looked up and smiled. "So it is, Ken, so it is."
The digimon were all huddled together in a circle, knowing what was about to happen; they could feel it. It was odd that they seemed to know what was going to happen and what the digidestined had to do in order to save Matt. They had their ways of knowing, but it wasn't their place to tell. They sat and waited patiently.
Tai closed his eyes. "Nothing's happening. . .maybe we were wrong. Maybe we couldn't----" He started to say but then an orange glow came from his chest.
"Tai!" Kari breathed, her eyes wide. He opened his eyes to see, and gasped slightly. Just then a light shade of pink came from Kari.
A darker pink from Mimi, blue from Joe, yellow from Izzy, white from Tk, red from Sora, gray from Davis, brown from Cody, purple from Yolie and finally violet from Ken. The light from their chests. . .or rather the tags of crests, shone up into the air and slowly intertwined with one another. It formed one single strand of mixed colors and danced around all the digidestined, before it shot into Matt's body.
A flash of light blinded everyone and lasted for a minute. Then it slowly faded and Tai's eyes adjusted back fairly fast. He kneeled next to his friend, searching for any signs of life. To his dismay, there was none. Then, he gasped when he saw his friend's chest rise and fall only to rise and fall again. He was breathing!
Matt's eyes fluttered opened and he found himself staring into the brown, watery orbs of his friend Tai. He smiled and whispered, "So. . .I'm a live I take it?"
Tai grasped his friend in a tight hug and whispered back, "You got that right, buddy! I almost lost hope; you don't know how glad I am to see you back!"
Matt squeezed his eyes shut. "Actually, I think I can." He replied softly. "I think I'm ready to go home, Tai."
"Then let's go home."
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"Should we go and thank them, sister?" Fortuenmon asked quietly, as she and Chancemon stood on a hill over looking the valley. They stared down at the group of digidestined, who were all hugging the Keeper of Friendship.
"Not just yet, dear sister," Chancemon answered quietly. "Let them go home and then when Gennai calls them back into the Digiworld to speak of their job well done, we'll talk to them then."
"They need their rest anyways." Fortuenmon agreed. "Non stop action for them, and they've been through a lot in the past couple of hours. . . or so."
"Yes, I do agree on that note." Chancemon smiled. "Come, sister, we have plans to make and gifts to make."
"Gifts?" Fortuenmon asked curiously.
"Yes, the digidestined helped save our world yet again and they have proved yet again that they are smart. They deserve some sort of a reward." She looked at her sister. "Don't you agree?"
Fortuenmon smiled. "Of course. What do you have in mind. . .?" She asked as they began to walk away.
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"Glad to be back in the real world?" Izzy asked as he and other digidestined were all gathered in the computer room and were all crowded around the young redhead.
There was a chorus of "yeses" and nods from everyone, as they all agreed.
That was when Davis blinked. "Hey, Tai nor Matt are here!" He pointed out to everyone else. "Didn't they come back?" He asked.
Sora, Izzy and Tk all exchanged glances. It was Sora who figured it out first and she exclaimed, "They went in the digiworld through the dream world! They're back at Matt's place!"
"That's right!" Izzy agreed. Before anyone could blink he, Sora and Tk were out the door and running down the hallway.
"I'm thinking we ought to follow them," Davis finally said into the silence.
"For once, Davis, you make sense!" Kari teased and she was out the door as well, but everyone else hot on her trail, as they ran to Matt's apartment.
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"Matt?" Tai whispered, as he turned onto his side, as he glanced at his sleeping friend's face. He forgot that he was at the blonde's apartment and was sharing the same bed. "Matt, you with me?"
Matt groaned softly when Tai shook his shoulder. Soon the other boy's eyes fluttered open for the second time, and yet again found himself staring into the concern brown orbs of his friend's. He smiled and said, softly, "Hey, there, Tai."
Tai hugged his friend, and whispered, "God, Matt, you keep scaring me! Don't do that ever again, you hear? You mean far too much to me!"
Matt shut his eyes and let his friend hug him, holding him. He felt tears prickling his eyes and whispered, "I'm so sorry, Tai, for making you and the others worry about me. I didn't mean too, I guess I just got to stressed out."
Tai pulled back and gave his friend a small grin. "You get stressed to easily, Matt. You need to relax some more!" He told the blonde. "Besides you know that you can talk to me or anyone else if you're stressing! You're very important to me and the others, you know."
Matt smiled, and said, softly, "Yeah, I know. . ." Then he grinned and shoved Tai off his bed, and laughed, when he heard the loud 'thump' that Tai made as he landed on the floor.
Tai's head poked up from below and peered up into Matt's laughing face, scowling. "What did you do that for?" He asked.
"Because I felt like it, Tai!" Matt laughed, and sat up, deciding to help his friend back up. "Thanks."
Tai smiled. "No, thank you, Matt. . .realizing how important you are in my life. . .was something I needed to see." He replied quietly.
Matt nodded. He stuck his hands in his pockets, and felt nothing. "Hmm, I wonder where it went?" He mumbled. "Tai, did either any of us, or the others, see my harmonica?" He asked, feeling Tai's questioning eyes on him.
Tai frowned. "I know I didn't pick it up . . .You don't have it?" He asked.
"No. . ." Matt said slowly.
No more was spoken of the missing harmonica for Tk, Sora and Izzy all flew into the room. Tk pounced his older brother in a long and hard hug, and was resisting not to cry. His brother meant a lot to him.
"Matt, so glad to see you awake now," Sora said warmly, from Izzy's side. "I'm glad you're back!"
"As am I," Izzy agreed. "And the others shall be arriving soon, so I suggest that we move into the living room so we are not cramped."
Matt nodded, and gently pushed Tk off of him, giving him a smile. "C'mon, Tk, I'm here, I'm not gone!" He told him gently. "I will never leave you or anyone else!"
Tk smiled and gave his brother another hug. " I know that, Matt, I know that now." He whispered.
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"So all is well, now?" Mr. Ishida asked, eyeing all the digidestined in his living room. "Whatever's gone awry, it's all better?"
"I believe so, Mr. Ishida." Izzy answered, looking up from his laptop. He had brought it with him, and had it plugged it into the nearest phone jack. He had to check something out, wanting to make sure that everything was back to normal.
Mr. Ishida's eyes traveled to Matt, who was sitting between Tk and Tai, and it appeared to him that his son was truly happy. He frowned, having the feeling that he had missed something. He shrugged; it did not matter really. As long as Matt was happy and himself, and was alright, that was all that mattered.
He smiled. "Alright, I'll let you all alone to discuss whatever it is that you need to discuss." He told them. He looked at his son. "I will be late from work, Matt. . .I'm sorry. . ."
Waiting for his son to say something bitter or sarcastic, he braced himself. But instead, as he gazed into his son's sapphire eyes, he got understanding and love and warmth that he was surprised.
"Dad, it's okay, I understand," Matt said gently. "I'll make something for you and leave it in the microwave so you could just warm it up when you get home later."
"Ah, that would be nice, thank you, Matt." Mr. Ishida replied, as he grabbed his jacket. "Talk to you later."
"Bye dad."
"Bye Mr. Ishida!" Everyone else called as he closed the door behind him, thinking that whatever had happened, he was glad that it did. His son seemed to be a different person yet. . .still the same. He was rather confused by it all, but was just glad that Matt was alright and nothing was wrong with him.
He's got great friends, that's what, Mr. Ishida told himself as he walked away from the apartment. That understand him. . .For once, he is happy. And that is all that counts.
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"So, Izzy, what is it that you're checking out exactly?" Davis asked, as he leaned over the boy's shoulder, peering at the computer screen. "The digiworld is all back to normal, isn't it?"
Izzy nodded. "It most certainly is." He answered. "That stats are excellent and digimon are starting to reappear. . ."
Matt heard but he toned it out, thinking about his harmonica. He wondered what had happened to it. Sure, he had dropped it when he 'died' but, he would remember grabbing it. But it was no where to be found. The only person who know of this, was Tai, after the two came back and Mr. Ishida and the other's interrupted their talk.
"Matt, what's wrong?" Tai whispered, noticing his friend's frown.
"I don't understand how my harmonica could just disappear like that," Matt answered thoughtfully. "Like someone took it from me!"
Tai frowned as well. "Why would anyone want to take your harmonica?" He asked, confused.
"I'm not sure. . ." Matt replied slowly.
Meanwhile, Davis had noticed something on the screen and he narrowed his eyes to get a closer look. "Hey, Izzy, what is that?" He asked pointing to a small picture of a wing.
Izzy frowned, and answered, "I'm not sure. . ." He moved the mouse over it and clicked on it. It enlarged on the screen and before he could say anything, the room flashed with a bright light. The light slowly faded away, and once again showed the room.
Only there was no body in the room.
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"Hello, Digidestined," Came a familiar voice in which Joe, Izzy, Yolie, Cody and Mimi all recognized.
"Fortuenmon!" The group cried and Fortuenmon smiled.
"Yes, it is me. This is my sister, Chancemon." She answered, introducing her sister to the rest of the digidestined. "We have given you hints and clues as to how you should destroy the evil that was in our world."
"And you have done beautifully, Chosen." Chancemon said softly. "You succeed in one of the hardest tasks there was." She turned to Matt. "And you, Carrier of the Crest of Friendship, I do believe that this is yours."
She held out a hand and in the palm of it was Matt's harmonica. He blinked and exchanged a quick glance with Tai before he carefully took the harmonica into his hands. He held it out and stared at it for a few silent minutes.
"Thank you." He said softly. "I thought I had lost this." He slid it into his pocket and added, "It means a lot to me. . .so thank you for bringing it back."
Chancemon smiled. "You are welcome, Matt. I know it does. I took the liberty to . . .shall we say, disarm it. So the Mist cannot come back nor can you bring it back." She explained it.
Matt tilted his head. "I know I helped. . .but how?" He asked.
"By the harmonica."
"But I've not played it in a while. . ." He said slowly. Then his eyes widened and he grinned sheepishly.
"That one time you did." Chancemon grinned, giving him a wink. "I see now that you are remembering."
Matt nodded. Tai had a feeling it had something to do with him asking Sora out. But, everything is fine now. He had Mimi. And Tai knew that Matt had always had a soft spot for the bubbly girl.
"Yes, but everything is fine now," Matt told her, confirming Tai's earlier thoughts. He smiled at his friends, and giving Mimi a special look. "I've got my friends and family that I know that love me."
"Of course, silly," Mimi replied, coming up beside him. "How can one not love you?'
"When he takes my hat and hides it on me, I don't love him then." Joked Tk, who smiled.
"But, Tk," Matt protested, "that hat of yours is ugly!"
"He's right, you know," Davis chimed in. He snickered. "But it is Tk for you."
Fortuenmon looked at her sister, who nodded. "Digidestined, we have a gift for you. From us and the rest of the digiworld."
Yolie stared. "A gift? What kind of a gift?" She asked, curiously.
"A gift that you'll all love, and enjoy," Agumon told them. The digidestined all looked over to where he and the other digimon were standing in a group. "We decided. . .well, help in the discussion that you and the others deserve a gift."
"We were so close . . .yet again. . .to losing our home," Palmon added.
"And you all came to save it. . . again! You keep coming and helping us, and our world, and saving it." Patamon said, fluttering over to Tk and sitting on his hat.
"And don't say its your duty," Gabumon said firmly, "because we know you'd save it whether or not it was not your duty. You'd all do it because you all are caring children."
"We know that you'd come and rescue us and our world even if you did not have the D3's and such." Gommamon added, grinning.
The digidestined all exchanged amused glances. Tai grinned and elbowed Matt, whispering, "Boy, do they have us figured out!"
"So, what's our gift?" Davis blurted out impatiently.
Yolie smacked him and Cody said, "It's rude to ask, Davis!"
"But I wanna know!" Davis replied, rolling his eyes. "I've a feeling its something really cool."
Matt leveled his gaze at the sister digimon. "Well, Fortuenmon, Chancemon, what is this gift that you wish to give us?" He asked. He jerked a thumb over at Davis, saying, "Please tell us before he completely loses it."
"Alright. . .Chancemon, you may have the honors. . ."Fortuenmon told her sister, smiling. She knew her sister wanted to be the one to give the gift to the digidestined.
Chancemon smiled. "Thank you, my sister," She said warmly. "The gift is something you'll have in your memory, in your hearts. It shall and should be carried with you throughout the rest of your life. You should always remember it." She held out her hands, and the digidestined all watched curious and memorized.
"You each all have a kind, warm, caring and compassionate heart. I see why you are the Chosen Children." She continued, and spread her hands out, and a rainbow shined in between. "Your gift is. . .a number of various things into one. Friendship, Courage, Reliability, Knowledge, Serenity, Love, Hope, Light, Kindness. . .Yes, the names of your crests. But you all carry it. But each of you has been giving a specific one.
"My gift to you. . .As well from the rest of the digimon and my sister, who all agreed on this, was to give you all that you need in case you have to save our world and yours as well, again. You will all have the Protection from the four guardians, from us, and from every digimon. We have combined what we could and wanted to give you the gift of these lovely necklaces, just like your previous crests. Only these," she waved a hand, and twelve necklaces, each with a different crest symbolized on it, floated into the air, and to their new owners.
"These necklaces should be worn at all times when you are in the digiworld. Even in your world. They have a protection spell inscribed in them. It will also help give your digimon energy during the battles. Heal them." Chancemon said, softly.
The necklaces still hung in the air, as the digidestined stared in awe and surprise at the silver chains with the symbols on them. Matt took a step forward and grabbed his silver chain with the friendship symbol emblazed on it and put it around his neck.
"Thank you." He said simply.
No one hesitated after that. They each grabbed theirs and put it around their necks, marveling at the beauty at it. The gift was special to Matt, as well to the others. He smiled and took Mimi's hand, squeezing it.
"No, thank you, Matt." Chancemon replied, giving her head a little bow.
"For you and your friends have saved our world. And we must thank you again." Fortuenmon said, stepping forward, next to her sister. "You like the gifts?"
"I think I speak for everyone when I say. . .Yes, we do." Tai said, grinning. "This is the most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done!"
"I agree." Sora said quietly.
The others nodded their head, and gave their thanks. But each was exhausted and the digimon could see that. Gabumon nodded his head at Chancemon, who caught his meaningful look.
"Now digidestined, we shall send you back to your home, for you are exhausted. Please come back to see me and my sister! We'll find you if you do!" Chancemon told them.
And without waiting for a reply, she nodded her head and the digidestined disappeared on Fortuenmon's sharp whistle. She turned and faced her sister.
"That went fairly well." She said.
"Indeed, dear sister, indeed." Chancemon replied, smiling. "I think the digidestined were touched by our gifts."
"Yes, they were. . ."
With that, they left and the other digimon had gone home with their digimon partners, wanting to be with them. The digiworld was once again safe and back to normal.
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okay, I think this was a sucky ending and it just...sucked! Hopefully the epilogue is much better!
Go read that now!
Review please!
~*Zara*~