Digimon Season #3
American version
(Except for an occasional
Yamato and Tachi. I absentmindedly type
their Japanese names some times.)
Love and Friendship
Ch12.-'When Strength is
Tested'
Disclaimer: 12 chapters
written and I still don't own Digimon. Or Webster.. (the dictionary.)
Thanks: To all who reviewed!
Just so you know: There is
Sorato!! AND……….
This is the definition of
what I mean when I use the word intimacy/intimate in this chapter.
"Intimate- adj. 1.) very close or familiar
in friendship.
Our
intimate friends are people we know so well we
seem
to understand what is going on inside there minds."
Sorry but I don't write
Hentai! Enjoy!
-In a house in the middle
of a lake-
Gennai watched the children through his laptop
tracker. (A/n: crystal balls are
overrated) "This is not good" He shook his head. I wish there was some way I could help them. Mimi and Izzy's connecters are near by. So are Tai and Joe's… Sora is wearing her's.
Hmmm… I can't interfere, but making the
connecter's glow isn't interference.... is it? Then Matt will be able to see Sora, and Izzy, Mimi, Joe, and Tai will
feel more confident. The old
professor leaned over the computer, typing furiously. Calling the connectors to shine, helping their owner's to remember
their cause, and to find their strength with in.
-In a Forest on
Mountmon's Mountain-
The two teenagers sat on the ground, practically
frozen in panic. They could hear the
two Digimon that wanted them dead coming closer. Then a light shown above them and when they looked up two of
the digi-connecters Gennai had told them about appeared and floated down
towards them landing around their necks. Mimi's had her marking of sincerity and Izzy's had his emblem of
knowledge. Finally the two Digimon stepped
out of the bushed, revealing themselves to the two frightened teenagers. The Digimon that stood before them appeared
to be crosses between a Gotsumon and a Vegimon. They both had rock like bodies, a little more built and larger
then Gotsumon but they're feet where all vines like an octopus. The smaller of the two appeared to be the
one who was holding them.
"NO!!" Mimi screamed, "Don't kill us!!"
"Ah so the creature talks," The owner of the voice
was the larger one and his voice sounded the same as the one which had order
them to death. "Do you speak too?" He
turned his gaze on Izzy.
"Y-yes" Izzy stuttered.
"And why shouldn't we kill you, Mountmon Spies? That's what you are isn't it?" He turned
back to Mimi.
"No." she answered "We most definitely are not. We
are on our way now to free some friends from his dungeon." She responded sounding a little haughty, she
was tired off being tied up, and didn't particularly care for the false
interpretations. "Or at least we were."
'How do we know she isn't lying?" The smaller one
asked the larger, who was obviously the leader. Then they noticed her digi-connector. The older Digimon turned to the younger one and backhanded him upside
his head.
"Baka!
(Fool!) You've captured the Princess of
Purity!!! Release her
immediately!" The vines disentangled
themselves, and fell away from Mimi. Mimi smiled.
"Princess?" She asked
"Well
that's what your necklace says.. Can't you read Digimon?"
"Not
really I don't come from around here, I live on earth. I can ready English and Japanese
though." Mimi smiled again. I always knew I was a princess. Izzy coughed, rather loudly, still tied
up. The two Digimon turned to him and
saw his digi-connector. The taller
Digimon looked at the smaller one.
"You've
captured the King of Knowledge?!?!?" The smaller Digimon looked at the ground and Izzy felt the vines that
were holding him fall away. Both
Digimon bowed to the two children.
"Please
accept our apologies. We are but two
Peakmon. We use two live on the top on
the mountain. But one day the leader of
the Mountmon decided it would be better for them to sit on the top instead span
through out the whole mountain. We, a
more peaceful type of Digimon, weren't prepared for their attacks. They won a series of battles and we were
banished from the mountain, sent to live with the lowly Valleymon. Our clans have grown stronger and less
peaceful through out the years. And
finally we are ready to take back are home. We are sorry for the trouble we have caused you two, in order to make up
with it; would you like to join us for a meal? We eat fruit and fish," The leader asked. Izzy looked at Mimi eagerly, she nodded.
"We
accept!" He answered. The two Digimon
helped them to their feet and lead them to their camp.
-In another part of the
Digiworld-
"Joe!!!!" Kari screamed, frightened, as she watched
his eye's start to roll back. As if
they responded to her scream, Joe's eyes came back to the position they
belonged in and his lids shut. Tk wrapped his arms around Kari, holding her,
trying to make her feel reassured.
"Tai what's happening to him?" She asked her voice a
little shaky. She let go of Tk to take
a step closer to look at joy.
"I don't know." Tai looked over his friend with a
worried expression on his face. Damn
it Joe, why did you have to be the one to get hurt. You're the one who's going to med school. I don't know anything about this stuff. He thought to himself, frustrated. Tk interrupted his thoughts with a
reasonable conclusion.
"I
bet he has a concussion."
"Tk
your right!" Well I know about
concussions, I've had a few of those in soccer. Tai stared at the blood
trying to think back to what every one had told him to do.
"Oh
no! We can't let him fall asleep!" He shouted remembering how his mom had told
him about how you could go into a coma. He was about to shake him a wake when he remembered another thing. What if Joe hurt his back or neck or
something when he hit the tree? Then I really shouldn't move him.
"Joe
wake up!!!" The three yelled. Then all of a sudden a glowing came from a bunch
of rocks next to the tree Joe crashed into. One part of it was orange and the other was whitish. Two of the rock, that weren't rocks at all,
rose and floated to them, the orange one landing around Tai's neck and the
other around Joes. Tai looked at them
for a moment, seeing their emblems on the rock-like eggs, he decided they we're
safe and he returned his attention back to the blue haired boy.
"Come
on Joe, we need you to tell us how to help you." Tai whispered and the word's
reached Joe in his unconscious state pulling him back to reality
They
need me, they're relying on me to wake up… I am the digidestined of
reliability. I have to be strong for
them. Joe
opened his eyes a little to see three concerned faces. So this is what it must have felt like on
Gomamon's side. His egg glowed a
grayish white and cracked, the necklace falling away reveling a watch-like
bracelet. The watch floated to his arm
and when it wrapped around his hand he flew far away in his mind. He found his partner Gomamon, looking
healthy, sitting next to Agumon in a cage of ice crystals. Agumon couldn't see him though.
"Joe!"
Gomamon shouted "Your hurt." Joe nodded "I'll heal you" Gomamon said
starting to give Joe some of his energy.
"No
Gomamon you need your strength." Joe yelled in his mind but mumbled it out loud
as well.
"Are
you kidding?" Gomamon asked. "If you are that's a bad joke. Me and Agumon have been sitting on are
butt's day after day waiting for you to come save us. We get fed two meals a day; if you don't heal fast we'll be stuck
here forever. So stop complaining and
take some of my strength already!" Gomamon argued with his partner.
"But
how will you keep your hopes up with little strength?" Joe asked as he felt
Gomamon's strength pouring into him and healing his wound.
"Digimon
heal fast when they eat. I'll feel
better once you come and get me Joe. Now get back to your friends, they're
counting on you to wake up." And then
the connection faded and Joe returned, staring level with the grass, feeling
better then ever. Tai had watched as
Joe's egg had cracked and now he was lost in his own mind trying to figure out
what it meant. He was too lost in thought to notice that Joe's cut was gone.
I
wish I could switch places with Joe... That was kind of a cowardly thing to
think though.. I can handle this, right? I'm not scared…. I'm terrified,
what if he dies, what if I kill him? Courage man, what would Agumon say if he saw you now.. He certainly
couldn't have digivolved with the way I'm acting now. I wish I could feel his courage now. His egg began to glow orange again and suddenly he found himself
with Agumon, in the same place Joe had just been in.
"Tai!" Agumon said giving him a hug.
"Agumon!
That really you, are you okay?" Tai hugged him back. In their real bodies they
hugged air.
"I'm
fine, but you look like you need a little courage buddy." Agumon replied, and
he began to pour some of his energy into him.
"Agumon,
stop you'll need the courage for yourself."
"Seeing
you again was enough to keep my courage going forever. I'll be fine. Now go back and be that leader I know you can be."
"Alright
later Agumon." The connection faded out and Tai looked down at the unhurt Joe,
feeling more courageous then before.
-In a raging river-
Terror raced through Sora as they hit the next set of
rapids. I'm going to die. She thought as the current pulled her under
again. She knew she was crying even
though she was in the water. I can't
die this way; I still have to help Biyomon… and Matt. I can't leave him! She pushed up and took a breath as a rapid threw her out of the
water for a second. I have to get
out of here!! The last rapid pushed Sora into the side of the raft and held
her against it just long enough for her to grip onto the string on the side
with her good hand. The current held
her under and she prayed Matt would spot her before her strength or her air
supply wore out. She could hear him
scream her name through the water. There
must be some way… An idea came to
her and she began kicking her feet violently above her, hoping Matt would see
the splash. Her crest glowed brightly,
and she hoped Matt would notice the light as well. Matt did and looked down to see her hanging off the edge of the
boat. She stopped kicking when she
felt Matt's hands on hers. Strong arms
pulled her out of the water. Sora took
a gasping breath as Matt held her. She
was so relieved to be back in the boat with Matt's arms around her that more
tears fell, this time in happiness. "It's okay, I got you now, I got you." Matt said gently rubbing her back to sooth
her.
"I
was so scared" She whispered holding onto him with one arm. He lifted her up in
his arms and sat down in the boat, leaning his back against the side of the
boat. Matt held Sora against him, as
the boat went over another rapid. After
that the water calmed down and they drifted at a gentle pace.
"I almost lost you today, angel of my
dreams." He told her softly.
"You
saved me, I should call you angel." Sora whispered back at him.
"Should
you?" She nodded.
"Guardian
Angel." Matt watched her as she smiled and gazed off at the setting sun, filled
with contentment. He is my guardian
angel… she thought to herself. A
small wet strand of hair fell into her face and Matt moved his hand to brush it
away, out of her eyes. Sora gazed up at
him; her eye's sparkling with admiration and love. Matt pushed the strand behind her ear, but his hand stayed on her
face. He stroked her check softly with
his knuckles as he lost himself in her eyes. He turned his hand over, putting his palm against her check. Gently, he
brought her face closer to his. And
then they kissed.
As
their lips danced, both of their crests began to glow, surrounding them in a
purplish light. Slowly the Golden Heart
of love rose up off Sora's chest and into the air. The Silver Key of friendship rose at the same time to the same
height. Little by little the connecters
moved towards each other and the key slide into the keyhole of the locket. The light grew brighter as the key turned
and the locket clicked. Sora and Matt
felt a rush of energy and all of a sudden they were flying through a dark
tunnel. What happened next was sort of
hard to explain. Where am I?
Sora and Matt thought in unison. They
both were standing, or so they thought. They couldn't exactly see themselves or each other, but they could feel
each other's presence. The light at the
end of the cave began to become nearer to them. Finally it reached them, flooding it's light so brightly, it
blinded them for a moment. Experience
the memories of each other as one! A
strange voice in their heads, or head commanded.
When
they could see again they found themselves in one of Sora's old memories. Matt and Sora watched the memory as if it
was a flashback, reliving all the feelings. Matt felt Sora's happiness when her dad came home from a long trip with
presents for her and her mother. It
felt like the joy was his own as he watched Sora hug her dad. But at the same time Sora's memory of her
family triggered off his memory of the good time with his.
Suddenly
they were both in a flash back of a hospital. Sora could feel Matt's
nervousness as he entered the big hospital bedroom. Relief flooded over her as she saw Matt's mom. The relief belonged to Matt. Matt's dad lifted him up so he could see his
Mom. He crawled up to her wanting to
give her a hug, but a bundle blocked his way. Sora watched in curiosity with Matt as his mom pulled back the
blanket. "Matt this is your little
brother Tk. You're the big boy now." She whispered to him. Sora smiled as she felt Matt's joy and big
brother pride when he was allowed to hold Tk in his arms. Matt's pride reminded her of another of her
memories.
The
next flashback was of Sora's first goal. Then Matt's first bicycle ride; his first fall triggered off a memory in
which Sora hurt her self in soccer. The
connection continued for along time until the two felt as if they knew
everything about each other. They even
watch each other's digi-connections. They
shared every important instruction, all their compliments, their struggles,
every tear, and every smile together through these memories. They now knew each other's reactions,
feelings, and perspective on everything. It was a type of intimacy unlike any others. Finally they really understood each other. If they had been able to switch bodies no
one could have ever known they had ever changed. The connection was complete. The bright light faded out and Sora and Matt returned to the way they
were before the key had turned, still kissing. The connecters pulled apart. Sora broke the kiss and they both watched the connecters settle back
against them. Did it really happen? Sora
thought to herself then directed her thought towards Matt. Did you see what I saw? She wondered.
Yes.. Matt's answer came from her head. They both stared at each other in shock.
You
can hear my thoughts? Sora looked at him suspiciously, even though she had just showed him
her past, she wasn't sure she wanted him to know her every emotion at every
moment.
I
think it's only when we direct them at each other.. Matt answered after a moment
of thinking just to himself, watching her, and seeing no reaction. Sora tried the same. Then she smiled.
Cool!
She thought
at him. And he smiled. I wonder if
that connection thing happens every time we kiss, Matt.
Only
one way to find out. Matt thought back at her as
he leaned in and kissed her again. They
didn't enter the tunnel again but their kiss was very different, very intimate.
You see, whenever there lips met they could read each other's minds with out
directing their thoughts at each other. Kissing opened their hearts up to each other. Every thought and feeling was shared. So Sora knew what Matt felt when he kissed her and Matt knew
exactly how his kisses made Sora feel. He smiled as he felt Sora get tingles all down her back. At first one would think that these feelings
would freak them out, but actually it had an opposite effect. It made them love each other more. Overwhelmed with all the emotions they both
broke the kiss. They sat, staring at
each other in astonishment as the connection faded away.
-In a house in the middle
of a lake-
Gennai smiled proudly at the out come of the
day. That went well… Joe and Tai
have reached the first connection stage. Izzy and Mimi made friends with some enemies, which will help them
later. And Matt and Sora.. Gennai thought of the progress the two had
made. They've reached the second
connection stage, becoming almost one with each other. There
connection was so great that Biyomon and Gabumon have each gained each others
partners as there own. Now it was possible
for Sora and Matt to not only Digi-humanize with their own Digimon, but with
each other's. Everyone is stronger than before. The prophecy is almost fulfilled.
::Smiles:: Don't know about
anybody else but I liked this chapter. I think that was the longest chapter yet. ::cousin walks and see's me smiling reading over the chapter::
"Proud of yourself aren't yah?" ::nods:: ::cousin leaves the room laughing and shaking his head:: Excuse
me just one moment while I go pummel someone. ::leaves room:: ::yells can be heard:: ::comes back in with a black eye
moment's later:: You should have seen the other guy!! ::cousin can be seen walking past the door way, not even looking ruffled:: Um.. yeah.. ::sighs:: Anyway.. I hope you liked the chapter!! The reviews
remind me to write more; so if you want that next chapter for this story out
sooner Please Review!!
-Climbing Rose