In Need

>Intro: PG-13 / Digimon / Romance - Fantasy / Chapter one

>note: People, thanks for the reviews! I never thought about having even one for that crappy prologue... I think they're a lot, and I mean that... So, this chapter is dedicated to my first reviewers who were great, thank you all! *sob* (New readers: do not feel like less! You'll also have a special place in my heart)

>Disclaimer I don't own Digimon but I do own Serial Experiments Lain (get punched by SEL creators)

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Her black canvas shoes echoed with each step she made as she climbed higher up the stairs. Her face had a shiny color for the sweating, even if she had only walked a few blocks to arrive there. She was sure: the potion was doing something strange inside her and she wasn't feeling good at all.

Her vision was blurred and each step seemed to be higher than the one before. Her breathing was irregular and her lungs hurt with each breath she took. She was experiencing a major headache and her eyes were half way to get completely closed as her eyelids felt heavy. She could barely stay holded to the handrail since her sweaty hands slipped off it.

Nobody helped her since she was half an hour late and the stairs were completely empty, as well as the halls. She had 'accidentally' forgotten to set her alarm clock but, unlucky her, her mother had to work early and waked her up.

Her whole body shivered when she finally arrived with one last effort to the top of the stairs of Odaiba high school, where her class-room was.

She suddenly fell to her knees as she didn't feel her legs anymore. Her eyes finally wide-opened with fear as she tried to move but only got an obnoxious hard pain from her back and with a groan she had no options but lay on it before the kneeled position killed her with pain.

Her face had its features harsh as rock, it almost seemed contracted. She felt as if her whole body was traveled up and down by a painful cramp, her dessesperated rubbing-the-pain actions were useless and only brought more agony.

"Wh--what the fuck--?..." she barely said the first words that came to her mind between cringed teeth before everything went black.

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The bell rang for at last five seconds before every boy and girl got out of the class room, out of the first period. The crowds of talking and footsteps could be heard for at last the next neighborhood.

The deafening noises slowly faded away as at last sixty pairs of eyes were settled on a girl with short red hair lying on the floor. Her school bag was some stairs down and her head was laying on the last step of them. Her body position was strange and it hurt just to look at it as her legs were folded under her back. Her arms were like rubbing the top of her hips but since she didn't move at all it was hard to tell.

"Get out of the way!" The math professor, Mr. Yamuki said, trying to make his away past the students that were surrounding the girl. He checked her pulse trembling and screamed "quickly, take her with the nurse now!"

Some guys from the soccer team stepped forward and volunteered to help, but they were only pushed away by another group of guys who wanted to carry her, as well.

"You will not take her you asshole! I can hold her much better than you" a boy with brown hair and green eyes told another one who was already picking her up and kicked his ass as he kneeled.

Fist flew. Yells and punches could be heard all around the halls and the story below.

A new bunch of professors came running towards the fighting area and tried to stop the out of their mind boys, but they were savager than they seemed. The punches full of angriness and some kind of over-protective attitude towards the girl that still laid unconscious were the cause of a considerable number of teeth on the floor, bleeding noises and purple eyes.

Wha-- What is all that noise? Where am I? Why I feel like I've been... stabbed in every part of my body? Her eyes slowly opened, revealing two amber orbs. They winced with pain as she unsuccessfully tried to lift her head.

The only things she could move were her eyes, which turned desperately at every point searching for some kind of help, or a familiar face. Soon, her eyes started hurting and she had to close them too, as the screaming yells and fighting sounds keep pouring into her ears.

"Here, let me help you." She could make out a voice between all the noise. She made her best to look who was talking but the pain increased even more Is he talking to me? Did someone realize of my presence? and her whole body went limp again.

The boy smiled pitifully as he stared at her. The savage fighting wasn't yet under control so he took advantage of the distraction and grabbed the bag she dropped, put it on her shoulder and then lifted the girl, one hand holding her neck and the other under her knees.

Her head feel as if she was dead, but she was breathing so the guy knew she just fainted. Her back was harsh and her body was shaking as he carried her along the stairs towards the nurse.

The boy was surprised. He hadn't notice before but her hair color was beautiful and her eyes had the strangest color he'd ever seen. He blushed a crimsom red as he kept looking at her but lucky fully realized that he was going to trip if he kept doing so.

Stop looking! C'mon, you have to take her to the nursery... Or else... He pulled those thoughts away and walked even faster, sincerely wishing the best for the unconscious goddess.

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"Moshi-moshi, Takenouchi residence" a feminine voice answered. Drops feel from her wet hair towards a flower arrangement on the table, next to the phone, as she had just finished her bath.

"Hello, I assume I'm talking with Sora Takenouchi's mother, aren't I?" The voice on the other line responded.

"You assume well. Who I'm speaking to?" She said, taking the flowers in her hand, fixing a lily that wasn't in the right place.

"I'm Yasuka Motarma, the school's director."

Sora's mother eyes opened with surprise and for a second a flash of angriness could be seen across her face.

"What happened? Did Sora do something bad?"

"No, no, do not change my words. Sora needs to be picked up, I'm afraid she's not feeling well and she's not looking good, either."

"What? But she was perfect this morning! What happened?" Preoccupation replaced the angriness as her eyes opened in surprise. She dropped the flowers on the table, couldn't care less about them in that moment.

"Well, we found her lying unconscious this morning. She's felling a bit better now but she can barely move and she says that her head is hurting, as well as the rest of her body."

"Oh my... I'm going right away" she said in a concerned tone and hanged the phone.

She got dressed quickly, almost without looking what she was wearing. Her socks were wised and her hair a complete mess.

"Kitty, I'm leaving now. Sora fainted in school and she's not feeling good. I'll be back shortly." Kitty nodded and got back to her reading of 'Potions and Ingredients, were to get them?' magazine.

She mentally slapped herself I knew Sora wouldn't handle it, she's too weak and this is her first potion... Oh I'm such a stupid bastard, I should have warned her about this and convince her mother to let her skip school... She's certainly going to kill me when she gets better

Kitty shivered at the thought and then got back to her reading.

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"How's she feeling?"

"A bit better than in the morning, but she isn't feeling good yet"

"Oh... Do you think that the cause of this sudden sickness is the notice you gave her?"

"..."

"You did tell her, didn't you?"

Two shadows were standing into the darkness of the Takenouchi's kitchen. One of them was taller than the other one and better built. Short hair on both heads could be seen by the slight moonlight rays that barely could made their way inside the room dodging the closed courtains.

"No, I still didn't... I'm afraid of the way she may react..." The shorter one said, little audible in the darkness that surrounded the house as it talked in a soft whisper.

"But you have to. I thought we had an agreement and that I would be moving here next week, didn't I?"

"Of course you are... Look I'll tell her tomorrow and hope for the best"

The taller nodded and then leaned forward to the shorter. They embraced each other in what seemed a passionate kiss, then let go and walked outside the kitchen.

"Bye, I'll call you tomorrow and tell you how it went" the shorter said as it opened the front door.

"I'll be waiting. I love you" the other said. And with a last kiss, it disappeared into the darkness of the cold night.

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"So, Sora, how do you feel?" Kitty asked the red haired that was looking awfully and pallid. She had bags under her eyes, obviously caused by a bad night sleep and a hot water bag on the back.

She just clenched her teeth. Her jaw hurt as well so she didn't waste her still alive mode to respond some dirty words to the responsible of her pain.

"Look, I'm sorry. I should have warned you about the secondary effects. But don't worry; the pain will pass in a few hours. Strange though, most of the time they're only headaches but in your case there were cramps, faints, pain, sweat and swearing. I just hope the ones to come are lighter than these ones."

Sora wide-eyed in pain, surprise, agony and murdering instincts. She barely turned her head and winced when her neck suffered the consequences. "W-- Wha-t?"

"Uppss, I already gave the plot away! I'm sorry; I don't want to tell you the ones to come and ruin the party. But I assure you, you're going to like them, my femme fatal" Kitty said and winked. She then stood up and walked out of the room with a mischievous grin.

Sora felt loneliness. Loneliness and pain, much pain. A soft wind flew across the opened window and she shivered. If her eyes weren't so smart, she would just cry now and there. The potion wasn't doing its job... No that she was complaining that much, but she was afraid that Kitty might have done something wrong or just wanted to revenge of that time when Sora dropped all her magic ingredients, taking them to a sad ending.

Lucky fully, her mother entered and closed the window, then covered her with the sheets.

"Sora, Sora... I don't know how did you manage to put yourself in such a situation..." Her mother told her, sighing. "I wanna tell you something, but I don't know if it's the right moment."

Sora nodded a bit, or at last it seemed like she did anyway.

Her mother took a deep breath and then looked carefully at her daughter, as if wanting to find out what would her reaction be.

"Ok... But please, don't hate me for not telling you earlier..."

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Voilá! This chapter finally done. I'm happy happy.

Well, kind of a cliffhanger! I love cliffhangers! Who was the mysterious guy that took her to the nurse? What does Sora's mother wanted to tell her? Who was the strange shadow? Which are the effects to come? All this will be answered in the next chapter! Sorry, too hyper at the moment and it's very late. Sorry again if it's short and if it seems rushed, cause it is, in a way.

Ok *deep breath* I, from the deepest side of my soul, hope you found this, the first chapter, likeable. I, also, hope you to review and then, post your vote: who is Sora staying with, is it Yamato? Or is it Taichi? You tell me and also, accompany it with your sincere and pure comment about this sincere and pure fic. Btw (people sighs) I'll try my best to make this fic kawaii. I mean, not a melodrama with lots of pain and suffering and that kind of borring stuff ya know... I hate those

Thnx a lot, my dear readers, and excuse me if this fic really sucks

>nUMb