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In walked Mrs. Kamiya, home from her weekly cooking with fungus class.
"Mommy, Mommy!" Kari ran up to her Mom, while the rest of us just stared.
"Kari, don't!" Matt cries. He tenses, ready to bolt at any second. Tai stands in front of him blocking his way. If Kari tells, and Tai doesn't move, he's gonna get hurt…
Mrs. Kamiya leaned over while Kari whispered something in her ear. When her expression changed from happy to shocked, Matt springs up, punches Tai, and since Tai's mother's in the doorway, runs up the stairs to Tai's room and locks the door.
"Tai!" I kneel down next to him. "Are you ok?" His nose is bleeding, but that was thankfully it.
"I'm fine, run." Said Tai. I ran up the stairs to Matt. Tai, T.K., Kari and Mrs. Kamiya eventually followed me.
"Matt, open up!" Tai says when he gets up here. "Come on, open the door!" Tai yells while pounding on the door. I can hear Matt crying inside the room. I knew Tai wasn't gonna get anywhere.
"Here, Tai, let me try." Tai steps back from the door and I knock on it gently. "Matt? It's me…can I come in?" I say quietly. I can hear him sniffling then I hear his footsteps approaching the door.
Before he opens it he says, "Only you, tell everyone else to go away."
I turn to everybody, "You guys…" Tai sees the pleading look in my eyes. He took over.
"Come on everybody, let's go." Any protesting was silenced by a look from the Leader of the Digidestined. No one argued with him, not even his mother.
"Everyone's gone Matt, can I come in now?" He unlocks the door, then I hear his footsteps retreating back to the room. I open the door, enter, and then close it behind me. He's sitting on the bed, crying into his hands. I walk over and silently put my arms around him. Poor baby. He hides his face in my shirt and I hold him tight, letting him cry it all out. Gabumon's most important lesson to him was, "If you need to cry, cry," or something along those lines. I'm glad that, at least, he learned show emotion, instead of burying it all inside of him.
"It's ok, Matt, everything'll be ok." I try to comfort him, but he still sobs. "Nothing bad'll happen to you, you're safe. Come on Matt, don't cry. Life'll get better, trust me. Besides, you got all your friends backing you up and if anything happens, they'll support you. And Matt, I'm here for you." If anyone even *tries* to hurt you, they'll regret it. I'll protect you Matt, don't worry. Matt's cries get softer and softer until they stop all together. He looks up at me with tears still running down his face. Aww…
I gently wiped them away.
"It's ok Matt. Kari didn't understand that it was a bad thing to tell her Mom, she thought it would help you. And Mrs. Kamiya will understand and she'll help you." I say.
"They wouldn't help me, they don't care." Matt says unhappily.
"Are you saying that your *best friend* doesn't care about you? Or your own *brother* doesn't care?" I ask.
"Ok so they would help me. But what if something happens to them while they're helping me? Or what if they fail and I get sent back to live with my Dad?" Matt says pessimistically.
"Have a little hope Matt and have a bit of faith. Things could turn out good. You were never a pessimist before, that was Joe's job." I smile at all our memories. I even got Matt to give me shadow of his famous mischievous grin.
"Now, let's go downstairs to the others." I say.
"Do we have to tell them everything?" Matt asks.
"Well, you don't have to tell them everything, just what you want. But if they ask you something and it's true, don't lie, k?"
"K," Matt agrees.
Mrs. Kamiya's POV
I was shocked by what Kari told me. At first I wouldn't have believed it, but when Matt locked himself in Tai's room, I knew it was true. The poor child, so much pain for one so young. I don't think that T.K. knows about this yet, he keeps asking Tai and Kari what's wrong with his big brother.
"Tai?" I ask uncertainly. He seemed to know what was going on.
"Yeah?" He looks up from his conversation with Kari. He looked really upset about this whole thing. I didn't want to question him, but I needed answers.
"How long did you know about all this? When did Matt tell you?" I asked my son.
"I just found out today. He wouldn't even have told me anything if it weren't for Jackie. She knows more than all of us, except for maybe Matt himself. That's probably why he only let her in." Tai answered.
"What? I wanna know what's wrong with my onii-chan!" Screamed little Takeru Takaishi. The others seemed unwilling to tell him, but he does have a right to know since it's his big brother we're discussing. Right then Matt and Jackie walked into the kitchen.
T.K. runs up to Matt, "Onii-chan, what's wrong?"
"Umm…" Matt stammers. He seems unable or unwilling to tell his little brother what was happening to him.
"Come here T.K., I'll tell you what's wrong." Jackie lifts T.K. out of Matt's arms and carries him away. Matt looks gratefully at her and she smiles back. Those two do know a lot more than we do. Jackie such a sweet young girl, no wonder Matt trusts her with his secrets and his brother. I'm sure she'll explain it in a less harsh way to T.K., but you can't really sugar-coat this incident without lying about it.
When they walked back into the kitchen, T.K. climbs into his brother's lap.
"Are you ok, Matt?" He asks concerned.
"I'm fine, T.K., now that I'm with you guys." He says to T.K. "Hey, listen, I'm really sorry about lying about this and keeping it a secret for so long, but I just couldn't bring myself to tell anyone. It was too embarrassing. Forgive me?"
"Of course we do, buddy! Now let's think of a way to fix things. Me and Kari were talking before and we think that we should find a way to let you live with you're Mom and T.K. and Jackie. Your Dad should be put in jail or have counciling or something." Tai says, always full of ideas.
"That's a good idea Matt. What do you think?" Jackie asked the blonde teen.
"Ok, if we can pull it off." Matt says doubtfully.
"Have hope Matt, remember my crest?" T.K. says. Jackie and Matt share a look. They smiled.
"I told you." Mouthed Jackie. I wonder what they talked about upstairs?
"Well the first thing to do is go to the police and tell them what happened." I said. Tai, Kari, and T.K. nodded their agreement. Jackie was looked at Matt.
"What do you think? Are you ok with that?" She asks. I smiled privately. They're so cute together. I can tell they'll do anything to make sure the other is ok.
"But remember, Dad said that the police wouldn't listen." Matt says with a troubled expression on his face.
"Of course the police will listen. They're supposed to listen to every case fairly and make the best decision for everyone. There's nothing your Dad can do to change that." I say.
Matt looks to Jackie, who nods, then he says, "Ok, I agree."
"Good, then we'll go to the police station tomorrow morning." I say.
"We as in who?" Questioned Matt.
"As in you and me of course. You need to tell the police what happened and I have to be the adult." I state.
Matt looked at Jackie with eyes full of fear and worry. She turned to me.
"I think I should come too. Is that alright with you?" Jackie asked.
"It's fine, I'll come and pick you up around ten tomorrow." I say. We all agree and Jackie, Matt, and T.K. walk home.
"Tai, what do you know about this that I don't?" I questioned my eldest child.
"Nothing! I don't know shit, and this is my best friend we're dealing with! I can't believe he didn't tell me. I can't believe Jackie didn't tell me." Tai fumes. "I hope he'll be ok."
"Watch your language, young man!" I scold. "He'll be ok for the time being, I just wanted to know if you knew anything that could help us."
"I don't." With that Tai stalked up to his room. I could tell he was really upset, but he's worried too, so he won't do anything stupid. I don't understand why Matt didn't tell anyone. I mean, it would've saved him a lot of suffering. I wonder if his Mom knows?
T.K.'s POV
Poor onii-chan. Why do these things have to happen to you? You look so happy every time we meet. You cover it up so well that no one can tell something's wrong. But then no one can help you. I hope everything works out and you can come live with us.
I squeeze Matt's hand as we crossed the street. He looks down and smiles at me. When we reach home we saw that Mom left a note saying that she had to go to a meeting at the office, and wouldn't be back till after dinner. When we read the word dinner, we realized how hungry we were and that we hadn't eaten lunch, and it was…
"Three o' clock in the afternoon!" Matt exclaims.
"I'm hungry Matt. What's for lunch?" I say.
"I'll go see what's in the refrigerator and put something together." Matt replies.
"Listen I'm gonna go back to Tai's house. I have to…talk." Jackie says. Matt looks at her and she nods.
"Ok, come back soon." Matt says.
"But who's she going to talk to? Why did she nod when you looked at her? Can we go too?" I ask all in one breath. Jackie smiles and walks out the door.
Jackie's POV
T.K., I'm going to talk to Tai and Matt asked me not to say too much, and no, you guys can't come. Sorry T.K.
I knocked on the Kamiya's front door. Kari answered.
"Hey Kari. I need to speak with your brother. Ok?" I asked.
"He's upstairs in his room, with the door locked. He won't let us in, but you can try." Kari said inviting me in. I walk in and go directly up to Tai's room.
"Tai? It's me. We have to talk." I say.
"Really now." He says sarcastically.
"C'mon Tai, open up. I'm serious. I'm really sorry about not telling you. I couldn't becsuse…can I come in and talk about this?" I ask, feeling uncomfortable with Kari staring at me.
"Fine. Come in." Tai answers, somewhat reluctantly. The door unlocks and opens. I walk into Tai's room and sit on the bed, with him facing me in the chair.
"Why didn't you tell me?!" Tai exploded.
"I only found out a couple days ago. I didn't know anything either. I knew something was up, but that was it. I wasn't gonna tell you my suspicions when I had no proof, now was I?" I said reasonably.
"Oh. I guess you didn't know either. Sorry for-for being a jerk and all." Said Tai in a small voice.
"It's ok. Listen I came over cause I needed to talk to you. You remember when Matt said the police wouldn't listen to him? I was thinking what if the police don't listen to him? Or what if they think he's lying or something? What do we do then? They'll make him go back to live with his "so-called" father…" I said those words with so much hate that Tai stared at me amazed.
"I never heard you so angry before." Tai said shocked. I blushed.
"Well, I was worried about Matt." I replied.
"What is it between you two anyway? You guys always seem to know something we don't and you seem awfully close all of a sudden. What's up?" Tai questions suspiciously.
"Well…" I hesitate, unsure if Matt wanted anyone to know that we liked each other.
"Come on, we've known each other for so long. It's not right to keep secrets. Besides it think I already know what it is…!" Taunted Tai.
"Alright, you win. I wasn't sure if Matt wanted me to tell or not but we are best friends and all. See, it was when I found out that Matt's Dad hurt him. He knocked me out and then tried to drown Matt or something. Matt called me and I woke up. I stopped his Dad and he got him out of the water before anything happened. I realized then how deep my feelings were for him. I could've lost him and that scared me, so I told him how I felt. He said he felt the same way, but was too afraid to tell me." I was studying Tai's bedsheets the whole time I was talking.
"Hold on, back up a sec. You said Matt's Dad tried to drown him?" Tai questioned, unbelievingly.
"Yeah." I replied sadly.
Tai's POV
I can't believe it. That his own father would try to kill him. I mean, I knew it was true, I guess I just didn't grasp the reality of the whole situation. Poor Matt.
"So you were thinking that the police might not listen and that we need a plan, just in case. Right?" I say.
"I knew you would understand." Jackie says.
"Ok, let's see. He's not of legal age so that kinda kills any options we might've had. I pretty sure the police'll listen, so why don't we wait till tomorrow, and then see if we need a plan." I reasoned.
"I guess you're right, but I have a bad feeling about this whole thing." Jackie said.
She pretty much trusts and follows any decisions I make, even if she doesn't think they're right. I guess she still sees me as the Leader. I kinda feel that way too. I wanna watch out for everyone and make sure they all come out ok out of any situation. That includes this one. Matt *will* be ok.
"Don't worry everything will be ok." I walk over and sit next to Jackie. She still looks troubled. I put my arm around her shoulders.
"Hey, I've never let you guys down and I don't plan on ever doing so. Everything will turn out ok, you'll see." I smile at my childhood friend.
"Thanks Tai. You always know what to do." Jackie smiles back. She stood up. "I guess I better be going. Matt and T.K. are waiting for me." She walks up to the door and when she opened it, Kari and my Mom fell into my room.
"What are you doing!" I exclaim. "I can't believe you listened to our entire conversation!" I was so pissed off.
"Ooh! Jackie and Matt, sitting in a tree…" Kari sings.
"Stop!" Jackie cries, upset.
"Kari, be quiet!" I say sharply. She looks up at me, shocked.
"You just listened to something you weren't supposed to. You're not to say a word about it. Understand?" I say.
"Yes Tai." She says meekly. "Sorry Jackie." Kari walks out of my room.
"That goes for you too Mom. I still can't believe you did that. You're an adult for crying out loud." Tai looks at her with that Leader in charge look that he gave us in the Digital World.
Mrs. Kamiya's POV
When he looks at people that way, I don't think anybody would disagree with him. He has some kind of…I don't know…aura or something. Now I know why he's the Leader of the Chosen Children.
"Of course Tai. I won't say anything." It feels funny saying that to your own child.
"Listen, Jackie, I'm really sorry. I didn't know they were there." Tai apologizes to Jackie.
"It's not your fault. It's ok. I'd better be going, Matt's probably wondering where I went." Jackie says.
"Ok." Tai walks her to the door and she leaves.
Jackie's POV
"Hey you guys, I'm back!" I called coming in the front door.
"Hi!" Chorused Matt and T.K. from the kitchen. I walk in and see Matt in an apron washing dishes. I hid a smile.
"We just finished eating. Your food's on the table." Matt said. I eat, wash up my dishes, and sat down with Matt and T.K. to watch television. The rest of the day passed uneventfully.
Tomorrow morning…
Ding-dong!
"I got it!" I ran down the stairs and opened the door. "Good morning Mrs. Kamiya!"
"Good morning, dear. Are you two ready too go?" She asked.
"I think so. I'll go see what's taking Matt so long. Please come in." I invited Mrs. Kamiya to sit on the sofa, and went up to my room.
"Matt?" I said. "You ok?" He was sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at his hands. I walk over and sit next to him.
"I'm scared Jackie. I don't want them to know what he's doing to me. That I'm too weak to fight for myself." Matt whispers.
"Don't be scared. The police can't help you if you don't tell them what's going on. And we know that you're not weak. There just some things that can't be fought alone. Come on, Tai's Mom's downstairs waiting for us." I say.
"Ok." Matt follows me down the stairs. I smile at Mrs. Kamiya. We get on the car and off we went to the police station. I still have a bad feeling about this, but I don't know why! We arrive in about ten minutes. Mrs. Kamiya walks up to the receptionist.
"Good morning, miss. I made an appointment yesterday, for Yamato Ishida?" She says.
"Yes, I remember you. Straight up the hallway, three doors down." The lady replies. We walk into a gray, windowless room. There's one side door, in which a fat, balding man enters the room. He looked to be in his early fifties. He gestures for us to sit in the uncomfortable chairs that look nice, but really aren't.
"Yamato Ishida?" Questioned the man. Matt nods his head. "I'm Mr. Simmons. You say that you've been abused by your biological father, Malcolm Ishida?"
"Yes sir." Matt says.
"We have checked over your file, and it seems that you get into a lot of fights, is that correct?" Asked Mr. Simmons.
"I used to fight a lot, but now I hardly ever fight." Answered Matt, wondering where this conversation was going.
"Yes. I think that those fights explain the marks on your body." Matt starts to interrupt, but Mr. Simmon quickly continues. "I have talked with someone who allows me to understand your case very well."
"Who?" I asked.
He motions to someone from the side door. In walks Malcolm Ishida…
"Dad!" Gasps Matt. I jump up and stand beside Matt. Mr. Ishida smiles evilly.
"See, Yamato, I've been talking to your father. He says that you and him have never got along very well, and if you could put him in jail for something, anything, you could go live with your mother and brother. He thinks that since you fought a lot, you could use those marks as evidence against him. He's stunned and upset that you would do something like that." Matt's Dad nods sadly.
Liar!
"And quite frankly, I am too. Yamato, this your own father that you want to send to jail. That's just not right. How could you be so unfeeling?" Scolds Mr. Simmons. Matt's eyes widen and fill with tears. He bolts. I can't say I blame him.
"Matt wait!" I shout after him. I race out of the room, only pausing in the doorway. I turn to face Mr. Ishida. Only one word passes my lips.
"Bastard."
I turn on my heel and run after Matt.