Author's Note: I only have a couple more chapters left in here. I'll be finished soon. I'm working on my other fic too. As I said before, no Mary Sue, all of the original characters. It's about the powers of their crests. (Please don't take my idea. I'm working really hard on it.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.

Jackie's POV

I was so happy that he felt the same way. Both of us leaned slowed forward and then our lips touched gently in soft kiss. My first kiss. *Our* first kiss. It was sweet and perfect.

"Kids! Dinner's ready!" Mom shouted from downstairs. We quickly parted and blushed. We walked down the stairs, hand in hand. At dinner, T.K. asked us why we kept laughing and Mom kept looking at us suspiciously. We just smiled at both of them. After dinner we went to shower and get ready for bed. We tucked T.K. in and went to my room.

"Matt?" I ask gently.

"Yeah?" He replies.

"Let's promise to never to keep secrets from one another again, k?" I say tentatively.

He looks at me, unsure of what to say. Then he makes up his mind.

"That's a good idea." He says slowly as if still uncertain.

"Matt, I know how important privacy is to you, so you don't have to agree if you don't want to…" I say.

"No, it's ok, I don't mind. It's just that, well, can you promise me something too?" Matt says.

"Ok, what?" I ask, ready to promise him anything.

"Can you not tell anyone what happens to me?" Matt asks.

I was surprised at first, because I thought it would be good to get someone to help him, then it dawned on me. Matt didn't want anyone to think he was weak and couldn't fight back and stand up for himself. I could understand that.

"Ok, I promise never to tell." I pledged to him. "But it's getting kind of late, we should probably be going to sleep."

"Yeah, I guess. G'night Jackie." Matt said quietly.

"'Night Matt." I reply. We both fall asleep…

I woke up an hour later to check on Matt. He was sleeping, but tossing and turning.

Aww…poor Matt. I *really* wish I could've been there to help him.

He stopped turning for a bit, and started shaking instead. I started to rub his back and hum softly. Eventually, he calmed down and slept deeply with a little smile on his face.

I wonder what he's dreaming about?

I climb back into my own bed and drift off into the realms of sleep.

I woke up a couple hours later to Matt's muttering. I walk over to his bed. There beads of sweat all over his forehead, and he was saying no over and over again.

"Matt? Matt, wake up." I say gently shaking him. He bolts straight up in bed, breathing hard. He looks wildly around the room for a second, then his eyes settle on me. He seems to calm down a bit, then he starts shaking again.

I climb onto the bed and wrap my arms around him. "What's wrong?" I ask concerned.

"I-I was having a dream, a-and I was back with…with *him* again. He was…he was…" Matt shudders at the memory.

"It's ok, it was just a dream." More like a nightmare but… "He can't hurt you anymore, you're here, you're safe." I say soothingly.

He can't hurt you, but *I* would like to hurt him. That-that sick bastard! I normally don't like fighting and don't use profanity, but dammit! He makes you so frightened of him that you can't even sleep properly! God, I can only imagine what he does to you, poor thing.

Matt's POV

I was clinging onto Jackie and shaking so bad…I never felt like such a little kid before. I know I'm older than her but still…

"Jackie?" I say cautiously.

"Yeah?" She answers back.

"Will you-will you watch over me…until…like…um…" I stutter unsure of how to say it.

She smiles. "Of course I will." She says, understanding exactly what I meant. "Now lay down and try to go back to sleep, k?" I lay back down and she pulls the blanket over me. She sits on the edge of my bed and hums softly.

My Guardian Angel…

Jackie's POV

I watch as Matt drifts off to sleep. I'm glad you feel safe with me. I wasn't gonna get anymore sleep tonight. I watch as his chest goes up and down. I don't care what happens to me, as long as you're safe.

In the morning…

Matt's POV

My eyes slowly opened. Huh? What happened? Oh yeah, I'm here now.

"Jackie! You sat there all night?" I asked amazed that someone would do that for me.

She grins tiredly. "Yup. Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah, but you didn't get any sleep at all! You didn't have to do that for me…um…thanks." I act the same way I did when Gabumon took of his fur for me.

"You're welcome. Now how bout we get something to eat?" Jackie suggests.

"K, let's go." I agree. "What do you want for breakfast?"

"Anything'll be fine." She says.

"Then French toast it is." I say remembering T.K.'s favorite thing to eat in the morning, just as he walks into the room.

"Onii-chan! Good morning!" He hugs me then goes to sit on Jackie's lap. After we finished eating, Tai called and asked if we could go and play soccer with him and Kari. We said yes and walked over to his house.

Jackie rings the doorbell, and when Tai answered we all chorused, "Hey Tai!"

"Hi everybody! Let's play soccer!" He grins happily. Tai hasn't changed a bit. I smile.

We were playing Me, Jackie, and T.K. against Tai and Kari. We were winning, when Tai does some fancy move and kicks the ball, hard, at Jackie and she collapses right on the field.

"Taichi, you baka!" I swore as I ran over to her limp form. T.K. also ran over followed by Tai and Kari.

"Matt, what happened? Will she be ok?" T.K. asked confused.

"I don't know squirt." I answer. I pick her up and bring her into Tai's house and set her on the sofa.

"Jackie, Jackie wake up. Come on, please?" I shake her gently. Her brilliant blue eyes opened wide.

"Matt? What happened?" She asked.

"You fainted or collapsed or something when Tai kicked the ball at you. I swear that little!"

"Matt don't blame him, it's not his fault. I think I was just tired from not sleeping last night. Don't get mad at Tai, k?" She asked. Always looking out for everyone else, well, except for maybe herself.

"I won't. But stay here and rest a bit ok?" I say.

"Ok, but you don't have to stay. Go outside and play with the others. Tell them I'll be fine and that it wasn't Tai's fault, k?" She said.

"K, but go to sleep." I say as I leave. I know she said not to blame Tai, but I still feel that it's his fault. I mean he didn't have to kick it that hard.

I go back outside and T.K. asks immediately, "Is Jackie ok?"

I smile and ruffle his hair. "Yeah T.K., she's gonna be fine." Tai comes up to me and I glare at him coldly. I know I wasn't supposed to *say* anything, but I can glare can't I?

Tai's POV

God I feel so bad about this. I go up to Matt and he glares daggers at me. If looks could kill I wouldn't be standing here anymore. Now I feel even worse. All she ever did was be my friend and look what I did to her. I really hope I didn't hurt her too badly. Wait a second… She was never a weak person; in fact she had as much energy as I did, which is a whole lot. And I did that same exact move in our game a couple of days ago. She blocked it perfectly before, so what's up? I don't wanna accuse anyone of lying, but there's something here that I don't know about…

"Um, Matt? Can I go talk to her?" I ask tentatively.

"Whatever." He says coldly as ever. I walk into to living room and sit next to her. She had one hand on the bottom of her shirt and the other on her chest. She opened her eyes sleepily as I sat down.

"Hey Tai. I bet Matt's not being too nice huh?" She says smiling.

"Listen, I'm really, really sorry. I didn't mean to kick the ball that hard and hurt you and…" I bite my lip. "Forgive me?"

"Tai, I didn't blame you in the first place. It's not your fault, don't feel bad. I told Matt to tell you guys that but I guess he blames you. I was just tired." Jackie says gently.

"Oh, ok. Um, Jackie, I was wondering, didn't I do that same exact move in our previous game? You blocked it didn't you?" I ask knowing the answer was yes. I wanted to know what she would say.

"Well, um…" She seemed really uncomfortable. "It was probably because I didn't sleep well last night."

"Why not?" I ask curious and concerned.

"It was just…bad dreams. That's all Tai." I can tell she's lying. I know she can lie to others, but she's no good at lying to her friends.

"I know you're keeping something from me, what is it?" I watch as she shifts uneasily.

"It's nothing Tai." She tries to smile but it came out more as a grimace. She keeps pulling one side of her shirt down like there's something there that she wants to hide.

"Tell me! You trust me don't you?" I was hurt that she wouldn't tell me. After all we've been friends for a long time, even before the Digital World.

"I trust you, it's that I can't…" She clamps her hand over her mouth.

"Now I *know* something's going on. What is it? And why are you pulling your shirt?" I wanted an answer.

"No reason, no reason at all." She lies.

"Jackie…!" I say warningly. I reach over and pull up her shirt halfway. I gasp. There was a huge bruise on her side. "What happened?" I asked worriedly.

"Tai, just leave me alone!" She cries, pulling down her shirt. Matt comes running into the room.

"Jackie, what's wrong?" He asks seeing the distress written on her pretty features.

"Matt, do you know something I don't? Do you know why she has a bruise on her side?" I question him as well. He looks over at and they seem to be having a conversation with their eyes. Matt seems to get the message, then turns back to me.

"No I don't, now I think you should let her rest." He says.

"You're lying to me." How stupid does he think I am? He's exchanging signals with her, then says that there's nothing going on? Yeah right, and I'm the Queen of England.

"I am not!" Matt says defensively. I look at him skeptically.

Suddenly Jackie stands up and says, "I have to talk with Matt about something." Then she motions me to wait here and goes off with Matt following. What's up, dammit!

Jackie's POV

After we walked to Tai's bedroom, I turn to Matt. "I think we should tell him. I didn't say anything, but he knows that something's going on and you know he won't stop bothering us until he finds out what."

"But…" He seems to consider it for a while then says, "Ok we'll tell him. He is my best friend after all. But what is saying about some bruise or something?"

"Uh…it's nothing…" I say uncomfortably.

"Jackie, please don't lie to me…" He says hurt.

"I'm sorry, see, it's… Remember that night we were at the spa place? Well, your Dad, he…" I stammer.

"I remember! He said to me that you wouldn't come when I called you. Oh god, what did he do to you?" Matt cries.

"When I just went in the changing stall, I turned around and he was standing there. He said he was gonna teach me to mess in his business, then he kicked me on my side. I flew back and hit my head against the wall. I guess I fell unconscious after that." I said looking at the floor.

I felt him wrap his arms around me. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have…"

"Not this again, Matt. We went over this, nothing's your fault, remember?" I say. I looked into his eyes and saw that they were full of unshed tears. "Oh Matt." I pulled him close again, and we stood that way for a couple of minutes.

"Even if it isn't my fault, I'm still sorry." Matt says. I smile.

"Ok, but let's go before Tai comes looking for us. We walk back out and go up to Tai. I look at Matt, he doesn't seem to wanna to talk, so I took a deep breath and began.

"We're really sorry for lying to you, Tai. The truth is that Matt's father…abuses him." Tai's mouth hung open, and then from outside of the door we heard a little gasp. We turn to see little Hikari Kamiya standing with her hand over her mouth.

Matt runs over, grabs her by her shoulders and shakes her hard. "What are you doing here?"

"T-T.K. had to go to the bathroom and I didn't want to stay outside by myself, so I came to see what you guys were doing and I opened the door a little bit, and you seemed to be talking about something important, and I didn't want to interrupt, so I waited for you guys to be done, and then I heard…" Kari says nervously.

"Matt, let go of my little sister." Tai says.

"You can't *cannot* tell anyone, you hear me?" Matt orders as if he didn't hear Tai's request. Kari didn't say anything, I think she was too scared to speak.

"Yamato Ishida, let go of my little sister!" This time, it's a demand.

"Matt, you're scaring her, please let her go." I say. He seems to hear us and lets his arms fall to his sides. I pick Kari up.

"You ok Kari?" I ask. She just buries her face into my shirt and cries. "It's ok, Matt didn't mean to hurt you. He's just worried, that's all." I say while stroking her hair.

"Look what you did you jerk! You made *my* sister cry!" Tai's really pissed off now.

"I didn't mean to hurt her, I just wanted her to promise me!" Matt defends.

"I don't care!" Tai tackles Matt and they go flying through the air and land beside the sofa. Matt kicks Tai off and they both stand ready to fight again. Kari cries harder.

"Stoppit!!! You making her cry harder Tai. If you wanna help your sister, stop fighting! And Matt, you didn't have to shake her like that. Apologize!" I'm in charge now.

"I'm sorry Tai, I didn't mean to hurt your sister. I'm sorry Kari, are you ok?" Matt apologizes.

"It's alright Matt, I know you didn't mean to hurt her." Tai forgives and puts down his fists. I put Kari down because she stopped crying, and then the front door opens…