Part Ten –B-
"OK, Mini-Me! How exactly are we going to find him?" I asked, confused. "I know that
we're going to have to go to the past… that's what the clue meant. But when, exactly?"
"Seek and ye shall find,
How strong your love be,
Poor little Tai's in a bind,
And only you can set him free.
To the time when you were free,
To the time when love abounded,
To set him free,
You'll have to kill me." Mini-Me recited, reading the back of the paper. "Damn, that's really freaky."
"You're telling me." I said, coming up behind Mini-Me and taking away the paper and
his juice box. "No more apple
juice. I don't know why I didn't just
throw that away."
"So, it effects you just like it does me?"
"We're the same person, right?"
"No."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah. You're old."
"Thanks. Still… no more juice for you." I
said, placing the paper in my jeans pocket. "Let's figure out when to go…"
"OK." Mini-Me said, putting the diskette that he got from Kou-kun into my
computer. A nice little notebook. Tai gave it to me for my birthday.
As soon as my drive read the diskette, a window
popped up. It was a .txt document.
If you're reading this, then something
must have happened to me. I'm sorry if
I've made you sad. But again, if you're
reading this, then you still need my help. I've realized something, the problem isn't now, in our future,
Yamato. Tentomon was completely
correct. The problem, at least, with
our Taichi, is in the past. So, in
order to save him… and maybe even me (I can't really say, since I don't know
what happened to me), is to go to the past and stop the problem before it gets
a chance to start.
I don't really know where your Tai is,
Matt, but my conjecture is that he is in the past, where our problem
originated. I don't know who abducted
him, but I can say that he or she is someone close to us. Otherwise, why take him right in that moment
in time? This morning is a very crucial
time, since we are about to embark on our first detective chase. Take him now, when we're distracted. Perfect timing. This person is very intelligent, obviously, to target Taichi not
only in his past but his "present" as well. The only way to beat this person is to get them when THEY'RE least
suspecting it. So, since I can't take
you, I'll guide you through it. Just
open the .exe program titled "Hades' Gateway". You'll be able to get through the rest yourselves.
Good luck. And one more thing… I don't really quite know how to say this,
and I'm not known for tact. So, I guess I'll just blurt it out. Matt, Yamato… I've really enjoyed the time
that I've spent with you. I've even
come to love you. Yes, that's what I
really mean. I love you. And tell Tentomon, whenever you see him next
that I love him too. Tell him that he's
my best friend. Please.
Anyway, I rambled off topic. Good luck to you. You'll need it. Make sure
that Taichi and Tai are safe… and even though I love you, I just want you to
know that I'm happy if you're happy. If
you're with Taichi and that makes you happy, then I'm all for it. Well… this is good bye, Yamato, Matt. Enjoy your lives and live each day as if it
were your last.
Your friend,
Koushiro.
Mini-Me and I looked at each other, and tears welled up. So, he knew that something was going to happen…and he got ready for it. Amazing kid. "Well… do we know what we're going to do?"
"What else can we do? We have to go to the past." Mini-Me said, "I mean, that's the only logical thing, right?"
"I guess, I mean, we've already used this computer program to determine that Tai's not anywhere here, in this time."
"So, when exactly are we going back to?" Mini-Me asked, putting his hands on his
legs, sitting down.
"Whenever this thing takes us to, I guess. I don't know how exactly to control
it." I said, shrugging. "I just feel badly about burying Kou-kun's
body on the beach like that."
"We had to do it, I mean, he liked the beach. It always reminded him of the first time we
went to the Digital World."
"I know." I said,
double clicking the icon for "Hades' Gateway". "Here we go. Goodbye, Kou-kun,
we'll see you alive again."
Mini-Me grabbed my hand.
And like that, everything went white.
AN- Well… that's the last part for a little while. I have to actually finish the next part… and it's going to be a bit confusing. Here we go!