Author: Here's Chapter 6! Enjoy!

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I'm not really gay, first off. I think I'm bi, because I've been attracted to my fair share of girls as well. But nobody could compare to Ichijouji Osamu. He had gorgeous blunette hair and dark blue eyes. He wore a green hooded t-shirt with a blue long-sleeve shirt underneath and jeans. He also had glasses, but that only added to his attractiveness. It would have been difficult to not be attracted to Osamu. I stood up quickly, fighting the urge to blush. He was also just slightly shorter than me. I said, "Sorry for appearing so suddenly. My name is Akiyama Ryo."

The boy raised one eyebrow at me and said, "I'm Ichijouji Osamu…did you just come out of my computer?"

I said, "I guess so, yeah. Oh, and this is V-mon," I pointed to V-mon, who waved, "We kept an eye out for Ken while he was in the digital world."

"Fascinating," Osamu said, not really sounding interested. Nobody said anything, and it was quiet for some time. I decided to break the quiet and said, "So, you're Ken's brother?"

Osamu nodded. "Three years his senior, to be exact."

He's the same age as me, I thought, what luck!

Then, Ken said, "Nii-chan?"

Osamu looked to ken and said, "Yeah?"

"Can Ryo stay the night?"

"…I'll ask Mom. Just wait a moment."

Osamu walked off, glancing back at me for a moment before he closed the door. I stared at the door, willing Osamu to come back quickly. That way, he'd be close again. Ken got my attention by tugging on my sleeve. He said, "Ryo, are you sick?"

I shook my head and said, "No, why would I be?"

"Well," Ken said, "Your face is all red."

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I ended up spending the night at Ken's house. It was bliss, I tell you. Just being near him was enough to make me feel good. I didn't know then if Osamu felt the same way, but I didn't care. Not at that moment, anyways.

We played video games for a while. I kept losing, which was a surprise for me. Then again, it had been about four and a half years since I'd played a video game. That might have been why I sucked. Mrs. Ichijouji made some snacks for us at one point, too.

Now there was a big problem we had. Mrs. Ichijouji didn't know about the Digital world, and Osamu had a lot of storytelling to cover up my appearance. Mrs. Ichijouji had been in the living room, and she would have seen me come in the front door. So, Osamu said that I came in through the sliding glass door in his and Ken's room. Luckily, she believed him.

I slept in a sleeping bag on the floor of Ken and Osamu's room. The two Ichijouji boys had bunk beds; Ken slept on the top, and Osamu slept on the bottom. Ken fell asleep right away. I felt kinda giddy. I was sleeping only a few feet away from my crush. I know, I had just met him, but it was "love" at first sight. Osamu didn't seem to notice my affections, though. Or, if he did, he didn't show that he did.

The next day, Osamu and Ken agreed to take me home. V-mon and Wormmon came too, of course. They knew something was up, and they wanted to be near us in case anything happened.

Osamu seemed a little tense. He kept glancing at me and the digimon. It was almost as if he didn't want us to be here. Once, I even caught his eye when he glanced at me. I smiled a little, but he didn't say anything. He just turned away from me. I sighed and stared out the train window.

After what seemed like an eternity, we arrived at my house. Not my Mom's house, mind you. I'd never go back there even if my life depended on it. We went to my Dad's house. It was early afternoon by then. Of course, we had slept in until noon, and we stopped at the park while walking to my house. The initial trip was only about an hour. My Dad was home. At first I wondered what he would say to me. Then I remembered that I had only been gone for two days in this world.

Dad was glad to see me, though. He thought that I had been kidnapped or something. This surprised me, since he hadn't cared in the past if I disappeared for any length of time. Then, I found the source of the problem. As it turns out, there was a bombing at a club near our house. My Dad thought I might have been there and gotten hurt. Never mind the fact that I dislike clubs. And I guess that Mom and her boyfriend never told him about the knife incident, because he didn't mention anything about it.

Osamu and Ken hung out for the afternoon. Ken had begged to stick around, and Osamu said that he "didn't have anything better to do." And, Tamachi was quite a distance away from Odaiba, too. It wouldn't be worth the traveling time to just stick around a few minutes. So, they stayed for dinner. This was after they received permission from their parents, though.

We played around outside until dark. Well, Ken, V-mon, Wormmon, and I did, and Osamu watched, for the most part. We played tag and hide-and-seek (Ken liked those games). We also played a little soccer, too. After a while, I decided that letting him sit all alone was not a nice thing, so I told Ken, V-mon, and Wormmon to keep playing, and I went and sat down by Osamu. He was sitting underneath a tree. I said, "Osamu, why don't you play with us?"

Osamu looked at his shoes and said, "I don't want to intervene. You seem to be having plenty of fun without me."

I said, "But you aren't."

"That doesn't matter."

"Yes it does."

"No it doesn't."

"Aww, come on. You don't really expect me to believe that, do you?"

"…"

"Thought so." Then, I stood up and grabbed Osamu's arm. He looked at me in surprise, and I smiled at him. A forcibly dragged him towards where Ken and the two digimon were, and said, "You're gonna play soccer with us now."

Osamu started to protest, but it did no good. I said, "Nope, no protesting. You are going to play soccer with us, and that's that."

Osamu smiled slightly and said, "Alright, if you insist."

We had fun playing soccer all afternoon. When it started to get dark, we went inside to eat dinner. The two digimon hid under the table, and we fed them food whenever my Dad wasn't looking. As we were eating dinner, we were watching TV on the small TV that was in the dining room. Though, I wasn't paying attention to the TV. I was looking out the window. I noticed that fog was beginning to settle. I said, "Hey, Osamu."

Osamu looked at me and said, "What is it?"

I said, "It's getting foggy. Will you be alright going home in fog?"

"I don't see why not," Osamu said, "We're taking the train. If you're so worried, I'll check the weather."

Osamu changed the channel to the news. The news guy was wrapping up a report about something. After he finished his report, it switched to the weather. The weather guy said, "A thick fog has rolled in and is causing a lot of problems for residents in the Odaiba area. Due to the fog, all trains, planes, and boats have been postponed or directed to another area of Tokyo. This will cause inconvenience for many people, but there is nothing else that can be done."

I stared at the TV for a moment, then said, "Well, it looks like you won't be going home tonight."

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My Dad let them stay the night. What else could he do? They were stranded here with no way to get home. Of course, we thought that it wasn't a big deal. Just a little fog that would go away before we knew it.

We were so wrong about that.

I was the first person awake the next morning. After so many years in the digital world, I quickly learned to be an early riser. Good thing, too. As I looked out the window, I saw some explosions in the distance, followed by a bunch of Bakemon flying around. I stared out the window for a moment, then ran to wake up the others. I told them to get dressed quickly, but I didn't tell them what was going on. They hurried, though, and that was a good thing. We snuck out of the house just minutes before the Bakemon raided it. It wasn't until then that I realized that I had forgotten to warn my Dad. I mentally slapped myself, but I couldn't go back for him. I had to worry about Ken and Osamu.

We made our way down the street, heading towards the more populated parts of town. We had to be careful, though, because there were lots of Bakemon flying around and causing trouble.

Eventually, We made it to downtown Odaiba. The sight was quite shocking. There was nobody on the streets besides us. Not a single person. We kept looking around, trying to find somebody who hadn't been taken away by the Bakemon. But, we found nobody. We had quite a few close calls, though. The Bakemon were patrolling some of the streets, and they almost found us a few times. Osamu suggested that we head for the warehouses in Odaiba, because that is the most likely place that people would be hiding. Lots of hiding places were there.

As we rounded the last corner, We saw an explosion. Three digimon, one of which was a Phantommon, were attacking two kids about my age. One, a red-headed girl, was fending off one of the other two digimon with a stick, and the other, a blonde boy, was being choked by the Phantommon. We began to run faster, Ken and I anticipating a fight. But, just as we got closer, another kid walked out of a nearby warehouse. The fighting stopped, and everyone stared at the kid. The kid looked to be about the same age as Ken, and I'm guessing that it was a girl. She was wearing pink shorts, after all. Osamu, Ken, and I stayed back as we watched the events. The girl said something, and the Phantommon looked pleased. Then, a bubble formed around the girl, and she was taken away by the Phantommon and the other two digimon.

The other two kids looked like they wanted to fight, but the two digimon near them, which I assumed were their digimon, didn't look like they were ready to fight. I started to run to them, but I stopped as the blonde one said something. I couldn't hear all of what he said, but I did hear one thing clearly. The blonde one said the name Taichi.

Now, I'm not proud of what I did next. But you have to understand, I was very protective of Ken. He was like a little brother to me. These two kids obviously had something to do with the Taichi that Gennai had mentioned. How many chosen children could there be in Odaiba? I turned and ran in another direction, Ken and Osamu not far behind. I stopped after we were several blocks away, I stopped to catch my breath. The others caught up, and Osamu said, "Why did you run away?"

"Those kids," I said, "They weren't good news. We had to get away from them."

"But what if they were the chosen children that Gennai spoke of," Ken said, "If they are, then I am supposed to be with them."

I hesitated for a moment, then shook my head. "No, you are not a chosen child. You are a tag tamer, and never forget it."

"But Gennai said-"

"Forget what Gennai said. He doesn't know what he is talking about."

For future reference, that was point one against me in my sedition trial.

Ken looked a little worried, but I assured him that everything would be ok. Osamu, on the other hand, looked miffed. I think he felt resentment because he was clueless as to what we were talking about. I said, "Long story. I'll explain later. Right now, we have to worry about not getting caught."

So, we hid. And hid. And attacked a few random Bakemon. But for the most part, we hid. It was degrading, I tell you.

After several hours, I was getting frustrated. I began pressing random buttons on my digivice as I said, "Come on you piece of junk! Make V-mon digivolve!"

V-mon sweat dropped and said, "I don't think that's how it works, Ryo…"

Osamu was lounging about lazily on a pile of wood. Ken and Wormmon were sitting on some cement bags. They all looked hungry. So, I volunteered to go get some food. V-mon came as well, of course. We raided a nearby bakery that had been left unattended. I wrote down the address, so that I could pay them back at a later time. As V-mon and I walked back to the warehouse, arms full of bread, I noticed something. There were no digimon on the streets. We should have passed a digimon by now. I glanced at my watch. It was 17:45. I mumbled, "They must be out eating or something…"

V-mon looked to me and said, "huh?"

"Nothing," I said as we reached the warehouse where Ken, Wormmon, and Osamu were. We passed out the food and began to eat it. A short while later, we felt the ground rumble. The whole building shook. At first I thought it was an earthquake. Then, I looked outside and saw that I was very wrong.

A giant digimon had appeared not too far away. I'm not afraid to admit it: That thing scared the shit out of me. It was quite big. If the buildings around it hadn't been leveled, I would have bet that they would have came up to that monster's waist. If that. And it looked very freakish. Kinda like a mutilated spider or something. And it had that feeling of evil, too.

I knew we couldn't do anything about it. That digimon was obviously of a high level, and V-mon and Wormmon had never digivolved beyond child level. So, we just watched the chosen children fight the big evil digimon. For a while, it seemed as if The chosen children would fail, but something miraculous happened. Something happened, and Two of the digimon were able to reach the ultimate level! I was so amazed.

After that, they seemed to do just fine in the fight. They emerged victorious. Ken, Wormmon, and V-mon all rejoiced. They thought that the fight was over. Osamu didn't jump for joy, but he did have a smile on his face. My face lit up as well when I saw his smile, too. It was a rare thing to see Ichijouji Osamu smile.

But, our happiness was short lived. As soon as the fog cleared, We saw something startling. The sky was ripped apart! Sure, parts of it looked like the normal evening sky, but other parts looked like land floating in the sky! And not just any land, either.

"It's the Digital world," Ken cried out in amazement. V-mon was looking up at the sky in disbelief. Osamu was studying it; after all, it was his first time seeing the digital world, even if it was just through a hole in the sky. Wormmon was trying to make sense of what was going on, while I was looking at something else.

I saw eight children and eight digimon standing not too far away. There were five boys and three girls. I saw the red headed girl and the blonde boy from earlier, as well as the little girl who had been taken away. I was glad that she was alright. There was also a boy with dark red hair, a girl with brown hair and a weird pink dress, a boy with blue hair and glasses, a smaller boy with blonde hair (He looked like he could be the other blonde's little brother), and a boy with brown hair and goggles.

I probably could have sent Ken along with them. I probably should have, too. But I didn't I was a bit selfish then, and I wanted to keep Ken to myself.

Then, a portal appeared around the eight children and their digimon. They all began to go up into the sky, presumably back to the Digital world. It was at this time Ken noticed them, and he said, "Ryo! They're leaving! Shouldn't we go with them?"

I shook my head. I said, "No, Ken. We shouldn't. We're not like them, remember? And besides, we wouldn't want to leave your brother here all alone, now would we?"

"I guess not," Ken said, sounding a little disappointed. So, the three of us decided to wait around and see what would happen. The holes in the sky provided a way for us to watch the chosen children. It was through those holes that I learned the names of the chosen children. Taichi was the one with the goggles, Hikari was the little girl, Sora was the red-headed girl, Koushiro was the red headed boy, Yamato was the older blonde, Takeru was the younger blonde (and they were brothers, too), Mimi was the girl with brown hair, and Jyou was the boy with blue hair and glasses.

The five of us watched their adventures. From the meeting with the dark masters to the defeat of the final evil digimon, we saw it all. It was a tad disturbing at times, but what could be expected?

After their fight, the holes in the sky began to disappear, and the sun began to rise. Everyone who had seen the events took it to mean that the danger was over and that everyone was safe. Even we five celebrated.

Of course, our celebrations were short lived. For it was at that moment that Gennai decided to appear, looking as peeved as ever.

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Author: Well, that's the end of chapter 6! Am I getting good at leaving cliffhangers?