Rating: PG-13
Chapter 3: United We Stand
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Matt thought for a moment then started to talk. "The best way to put this is to first make sure everyone knows about the prophecy, the wall of fire, and the Dark Masters." They all nodded. "Thank you, that makes this much easier. That also means you also know that before the generation of Digidestined that contained Tai, Sora, Izzy, and Mimi, there was another group of Digidestined. Five of them." He stepped back into the line. "Us."
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Tai remembered what had happened yesterday at Ms. Fumia's house. It was starting to make sense. There was still way too many questions. He would have to pay close attention but maybe he could figure out what was going on here.
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Everyone looked amazed. The other girl stepped forward. She had dark brunette hair, dark skin, and dark eyes. "My name is Enchende Kido or Enny. You probably want to know why Matt and Joe never said anything and I bet they put on a pretty good show covering it up, too." Everyone nodded in Tai's generation, thinking of Joe running from Bukamon. "The reason is Gennai asked them to stay quiet. We defeated the first six Dark Masters, but by then we were exhausted and in desperate need of recovery. Most of us had sustained actual injuries. For example Katt had four broken ribs and I couldn't walk. When the Digiworld seemed stable we left in order to have time to recover, but it wasn't as stable as we thought."
"That's where you guys come in." The attention shifted to Joe. "We needed help and thanks to the second generation, the Dark Masters and even Apocalymon were defeated. We couldn't say anything because at first the Dark Masters were really mad and would do anything to kill us. We had destroyed their friends and partners in war. When it was all over there just didn't seem any point in bringing it up."
"We need your help again." This time it was Jim. "We have an all-new mission and Gennai has asked that all fourteen of us join forces. It has to do with another prophecy called the Glass Stone Prophecy."
"The Glass Stone Prophecy leads to the eventual sealing off of the Digiworld. It also speaks of a gold and a silver digivice that can be used to access the Digiworld in case of an emergency." This was another of those rare occasions were Joe actually knew what he was talking about.
They had not said a word about what Tai really wanted to know. "That still doesn't tell us what the generational thing is." Instantly every person there was looking at Tai with a look of suspicion or curiosity on there face. there is another, one of the second generation, that is pregnant."
Matt started to talk now, while at the same time staring accusingly at Tai. "These two children will become the Generational Guardians to the Digiworld passing from generation to generation the responsibility of guarding the portal. This will be given to them when they are old enough to understand. Provided we succeed in our mission."
"This is probably the most dangerous mission yet and not because of any certain enemy. Because we only have until the babies are born to complete it and because we will be trapped in the digital world until it is complete. If someone gets hurt we can't go for help. If we don't succeed we will be destroyed along with the digital world." The serious look on Enny's face when she said this is what scared them all.
"Do you understand?" This was from Joe. Everyone nodded blankly. "Good we leave in two days." They were all astonished. Nothing could have prepared them for this. Slowly everyone started to get up and break off into little groups and talk.
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Joe couldn't believe it. He suddenly knew exactly what was going on with Matt and Sora. It all made since. He looked at Sora and smiled mischievously. She blushed, smiling. Then she yawned. He walked over to Matt who was standing off to the side trying not to get sucked into the wild conversations behind him. "You should probably take Sora home and put her to bed. She looks really tired and it's getting late."
Matt turned and could tell right away by the smile on Joe's face he was figured out. He blushed and smiled, "Got us figured out already, huh? Didn't take *you* long at all."
"Katt's speech was a dead giveaway. Thank her."
Matt glanced at Tai and noticed he was coming towards them, a most peculiar look on his face. "I bet he figured it out too." He said nodding at Tai.
As Tai reached them a huge smile spread across his face. "Congratulations, Matt." Tai KNEW it was Matt and Sora that were having a baby.
Matt smiled, "How'd you figure it out."
Tai's smile faded. "I heard your meeting with Katt yesterday."
Matt frowned, disappointed by Tai's admission. "I gotta get Sora home now." He turned and walked towards Sora.
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Mimi walked up to Sora and smiled. Sora was still sitting in the same spot she'd been in the whole time with the same sleepy look on her face she'd had for ten minutes. "What?" Sora fanned innocence at Mimi's accusing smile.
"It's you isn't it?"
Sora nodded. "How'd you know?" Kari heard and turned around joining the conversation silently.
"Well, I know it's not me and I was pretty sure Kari and Izzy weren't *that* serious." Mimi remembered how she had figured it out rather cleverly she thought. "Then when Katt said it was in our group I figured it had to be you.
Sora only smiled. Matt walked towards her. He helped her to her feet and she put her head on his shoulder. Holding hands they left the same way they had come.
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Matt helped Sora up the stairs. Her room was on the third floor and he didn't want her to trip on the way there. He heard the front door open and close downstairs. He briefly wondered if it was his dad, his mom, or TK. He would find out after Sora was no longer wandering half-awake up three flights of stairs.
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TK saw his brother coming down the stairs. They needed to talk. "Matt, hey, come here."
"Just a minute, let me get a drink." Matt said before turning into the kitchen. "Want one?"
"Yes, Please." Matt emerged from the kitchen with two sodas and handed one to TK. "Matt, we need to talk." Matt looked at the stairway and then back to TK. "I know Sora is the other one that is pregnant."
"How'd you figure it out? Mimi was just as likely as a candidate what with Joe and all."
TK couldn't believe he was right. He had just been guessing. "I didn't know, I just guessed and apparently I got it right." They talked more as they ascended up the stairs towards bed.
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Matt smiled as he slipped into bed next to Sora. Without even waking up she spooned her body up against his. He wrapped his arms around her and they slept just like that, happy, in each other's arms.
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Joe and Mimi walked slowly, hand in hand, down the sidewalk leading to Mimi's dormitory. It wasn't as nice as Joe's apartment but she didn't mind. It was home. At the door she gave him a kiss goodnight and as she went in he stopped her.
"Wait, don't forget we leave Saturday. That's two days to prepare and you only get one bag." She nodded and disappeared into the building. It had been a long day. Joe smiled. He felt so lucky.
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"Leave for where?" Jun, Mimi's roommate, queried.
"Jun, what are you doing here? Aren't you usually in bed by now?" Mimi tried to avoid the question.
"I've been waiting for you. I locked my key in the room and I can't get in without yours. So where is Joe taking you? Is it someplace *romantic*? Don't try to change the subject again!" Jun spat this all out in 20 seconds. You wouldn't believe there is someone out there that talks faster than Mimi but there is.
'Uh Oh! I'm not supposed to tell about the digiworld.' Mimi thought. 'Ah ha!' "It's actually a research expedition. We're going with some friends. We don't know how long we'll be gone."
"Hmmmmm. *You* on a research expedition. Hmmmmm. O-K."
'Whew that was almost too easy but I guess you shouldn't mess with a good thing.' Mimi thanked her lucky stars there was someone out there denser than Davis.
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Ok...that time it wasn't a really bad cliffhanger it was just not the end of the story. Hang in, there are 7 more chapters to go.
Chapter 3: United We Stand
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Matt thought for a moment then started to talk. "The best way to put this is to first make sure everyone knows about the prophecy, the wall of fire, and the Dark Masters." They all nodded. "Thank you, that makes this much easier. That also means you also know that before the generation of Digidestined that contained Tai, Sora, Izzy, and Mimi, there was another group of Digidestined. Five of them." He stepped back into the line. "Us."
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Tai remembered what had happened yesterday at Ms. Fumia's house. It was starting to make sense. There was still way too many questions. He would have to pay close attention but maybe he could figure out what was going on here.
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Everyone looked amazed. The other girl stepped forward. She had dark brunette hair, dark skin, and dark eyes. "My name is Enchende Kido or Enny. You probably want to know why Matt and Joe never said anything and I bet they put on a pretty good show covering it up, too." Everyone nodded in Tai's generation, thinking of Joe running from Bukamon. "The reason is Gennai asked them to stay quiet. We defeated the first six Dark Masters, but by then we were exhausted and in desperate need of recovery. Most of us had sustained actual injuries. For example Katt had four broken ribs and I couldn't walk. When the Digiworld seemed stable we left in order to have time to recover, but it wasn't as stable as we thought."
"That's where you guys come in." The attention shifted to Joe. "We needed help and thanks to the second generation, the Dark Masters and even Apocalymon were defeated. We couldn't say anything because at first the Dark Masters were really mad and would do anything to kill us. We had destroyed their friends and partners in war. When it was all over there just didn't seem any point in bringing it up."
"We need your help again." This time it was Jim. "We have an all-new mission and Gennai has asked that all fourteen of us join forces. It has to do with another prophecy called the Glass Stone Prophecy."
"The Glass Stone Prophecy leads to the eventual sealing off of the Digiworld. It also speaks of a gold and a silver digivice that can be used to access the Digiworld in case of an emergency." This was another of those rare occasions were Joe actually knew what he was talking about.
They had not said a word about what Tai really wanted to know. "That still doesn't tell us what the generational thing is." Instantly every person there was looking at Tai with a look of suspicion or curiosity on there face. there is another, one of the second generation, that is pregnant."
Matt started to talk now, while at the same time staring accusingly at Tai. "These two children will become the Generational Guardians to the Digiworld passing from generation to generation the responsibility of guarding the portal. This will be given to them when they are old enough to understand. Provided we succeed in our mission."
"This is probably the most dangerous mission yet and not because of any certain enemy. Because we only have until the babies are born to complete it and because we will be trapped in the digital world until it is complete. If someone gets hurt we can't go for help. If we don't succeed we will be destroyed along with the digital world." The serious look on Enny's face when she said this is what scared them all.
"Do you understand?" This was from Joe. Everyone nodded blankly. "Good we leave in two days." They were all astonished. Nothing could have prepared them for this. Slowly everyone started to get up and break off into little groups and talk.
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Joe couldn't believe it. He suddenly knew exactly what was going on with Matt and Sora. It all made since. He looked at Sora and smiled mischievously. She blushed, smiling. Then she yawned. He walked over to Matt who was standing off to the side trying not to get sucked into the wild conversations behind him. "You should probably take Sora home and put her to bed. She looks really tired and it's getting late."
Matt turned and could tell right away by the smile on Joe's face he was figured out. He blushed and smiled, "Got us figured out already, huh? Didn't take *you* long at all."
"Katt's speech was a dead giveaway. Thank her."
Matt glanced at Tai and noticed he was coming towards them, a most peculiar look on his face. "I bet he figured it out too." He said nodding at Tai.
As Tai reached them a huge smile spread across his face. "Congratulations, Matt." Tai KNEW it was Matt and Sora that were having a baby.
Matt smiled, "How'd you figure it out."
Tai's smile faded. "I heard your meeting with Katt yesterday."
Matt frowned, disappointed by Tai's admission. "I gotta get Sora home now." He turned and walked towards Sora.
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Mimi walked up to Sora and smiled. Sora was still sitting in the same spot she'd been in the whole time with the same sleepy look on her face she'd had for ten minutes. "What?" Sora fanned innocence at Mimi's accusing smile.
"It's you isn't it?"
Sora nodded. "How'd you know?" Kari heard and turned around joining the conversation silently.
"Well, I know it's not me and I was pretty sure Kari and Izzy weren't *that* serious." Mimi remembered how she had figured it out rather cleverly she thought. "Then when Katt said it was in our group I figured it had to be you.
Sora only smiled. Matt walked towards her. He helped her to her feet and she put her head on his shoulder. Holding hands they left the same way they had come.
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Matt helped Sora up the stairs. Her room was on the third floor and he didn't want her to trip on the way there. He heard the front door open and close downstairs. He briefly wondered if it was his dad, his mom, or TK. He would find out after Sora was no longer wandering half-awake up three flights of stairs.
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TK saw his brother coming down the stairs. They needed to talk. "Matt, hey, come here."
"Just a minute, let me get a drink." Matt said before turning into the kitchen. "Want one?"
"Yes, Please." Matt emerged from the kitchen with two sodas and handed one to TK. "Matt, we need to talk." Matt looked at the stairway and then back to TK. "I know Sora is the other one that is pregnant."
"How'd you figure it out? Mimi was just as likely as a candidate what with Joe and all."
TK couldn't believe he was right. He had just been guessing. "I didn't know, I just guessed and apparently I got it right." They talked more as they ascended up the stairs towards bed.
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Matt smiled as he slipped into bed next to Sora. Without even waking up she spooned her body up against his. He wrapped his arms around her and they slept just like that, happy, in each other's arms.
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Joe and Mimi walked slowly, hand in hand, down the sidewalk leading to Mimi's dormitory. It wasn't as nice as Joe's apartment but she didn't mind. It was home. At the door she gave him a kiss goodnight and as she went in he stopped her.
"Wait, don't forget we leave Saturday. That's two days to prepare and you only get one bag." She nodded and disappeared into the building. It had been a long day. Joe smiled. He felt so lucky.
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"Leave for where?" Jun, Mimi's roommate, queried.
"Jun, what are you doing here? Aren't you usually in bed by now?" Mimi tried to avoid the question.
"I've been waiting for you. I locked my key in the room and I can't get in without yours. So where is Joe taking you? Is it someplace *romantic*? Don't try to change the subject again!" Jun spat this all out in 20 seconds. You wouldn't believe there is someone out there that talks faster than Mimi but there is.
'Uh Oh! I'm not supposed to tell about the digiworld.' Mimi thought. 'Ah ha!' "It's actually a research expedition. We're going with some friends. We don't know how long we'll be gone."
"Hmmmmm. *You* on a research expedition. Hmmmmm. O-K."
'Whew that was almost too easy but I guess you shouldn't mess with a good thing.' Mimi thanked her lucky stars there was someone out there denser than Davis.
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Ok...that time it wasn't a really bad cliffhanger it was just not the end of the story. Hang in, there are 7 more chapters to go.