The Cursed Stone

Chapter 1 Nightmare or Reality

"Takato are you ok?" Guilmon asks with a concerned face

"I'm fine, why do you ask boy?" Takato asks back

"Have a look in this" Guilmon pulls out a mirror out of Takato's bag and put in Takato's face

"What... what... happened to me? I'm... you" Takato freaks out and then wakes up in bed "AHH" Takato sits up and look down at himself "What a nightmare" Takato gets out of bed and looks out the window

"Morning son, did you sleep well?" Mr. Matsuki calls up from outside

"Morning dad, I just had a nightmare, but I'm good" Takato replies

"I have the bread in the bags ready for you to take to Guilmon, son" Mr. Matsuki tells Takato

"Thanks dad" Takato close the window and get dressed, after he got dress he saw the time '11:03am Thursday' "Oh damn I over slept" Takato grabs his bag and runs down stairs

"Takato what's the rush?" Mrs. Matsuki asks

"I'm late for school" Takato puts his shoes on and about to leave

"There is no school today, it shut down for the day, because the boiler in the school has broken down" Mrs. Matsuki tells her son and had him the letter

"That means I got the day off" Takato puts his bag down and sit on the stairs

"Of cause what that means Takato" she says back to Takato "You better go and see Guilmon before he comes here and eats all the bread" Mrs. Matsuki walks back into the shop floor

This is odd... that dream before the mirror and waking up, I remember seeing the letter saying that the school is closed... Takato thinks as he leaves his parents bakery and heads for the park I wonder... Takato's thoughts are broken when he sees a odd stone sitting on the floor "That's odd, I never seen a stone like this before" Takato picks the stone up and looks at it

"I wonder who lost this" Takato puts the stone in his backpack and walks on to the park

Meanwhile at Rika's home

"Rika what's wrong you seem uptight" Renamon looks at Rika

"Nothing Renamon only this nightmare I had" Rika dismiss the nightmare and walks on to the park "But the odd this that bugs me, is that two schools shut down because of a boiler" Rika enters the park with Renamon close behind

"Is that why you're not in uniform?" Renamon asks

"Of cause" Rika replies, "Lets go to Guilmon's house and see if Goggle head is there"

"What ever you say Rika" Renamon walks beside her in shadow form

At Guilmon's house

I wonder what taking Takato? Guilmon thinks as he sits and wait

"I hope he hasn't forgot" Guilmon gets and goes outside to see Takato walking up

"Hey boy, I got the day off, so I will be here till dinner time" Takato hands Guilmon the bags

"That's good to hear and thanks for bring the Bread Takato" Guilmon walks back in and eats 3 leafs of bread

"You never change when it comes to bread" Takato gives a small chuckle

"What can I say, I love bread" Guilmon admits

"Guilmon... did you have a nightmare any chance?" Takato asks Guilmon and hope he will say no

"How did you know?" Guilmon looks at Takato

"Well I had this nightmare that I became a Digimon" Takato tells Guilmon what he dreamed

"I dreamed the same" Guilmon starts to worry a bit

"You had a nightmare of seeing me as a Digimon?" Takato nervously says to Guilmon

"Yes..." Guilmon only said and went silent

"Now..." Takato remembers when Growlmon got hurt by Mihiromon and felt Growlmon's pain "I think I know why" Takato puts his hand on his chin and thinks

"Takato are you talking about that connection we have" Guilmon asks and catch Takato by surprise

"Yes... you knew all the time and kept quite didn't you boy" Takato cross his arms

"Yes Takato, I didn't want to worry you" Guilmon admits

"That's ok boy at least we have a kid of bond" Takato put his backpack down and the mirror in it catch his eyes "The mirror..." Takato pulls it out

"That's from the dream" Guilmon grabs the mirror and looks at it closer

"I found this odd stone as well" Takato pulls it out and show it to Guilmon

"It looks pretty" Guilmon looks at it and then sniffs it "This..." Guilmon grabs the stone and throws it out the stone hut

"What's wrong Guilmon?" Takato walks up to Guilmon

"That stone is a curse stone from the Digital world" Guilmon looks at Takato

"What type of curse stone?" Takato nervously asks Guilmon

"Renamon told me that these curse stones turn..." Guilmon froze in shock

"Guilmon..." Takato grabs Guilmon's shoulder "Guilmon what is..." Takato stops when a bright flash comes from the direction of the stone landed, Takato went to the area that it landed and there was no stone, only a burn mark with a outline of a stone "Why did the stone go?" Takato goes back in the hut

"Takato... you... have... be... cursed..." Guilmon said slowly in totally shock

"What curse?" Takato gives a confused look

"Cursed to... become a..." Guilmon paused again

"To become what Guilmon, tell me, this is not like you" Takato gets worried about how Guilmon acting

"Digimon for life" Guilmon turns to Takato who now was in shock

"That impossible, humans can not become Digimon" Takato would not admit to becoming a Digimon

"That want Renamon told me. She don't lie about stuff like this" Guilmon tells Takato

"I will not accept it" Takato starts to cry and falls on his knees

"Takato..." Guilmon hugs Takato

"My life will have no meaning if I become..." Takato breaks down and burst out crying

"What's wrong with goggle head?" Rika walks into Guilmon's home with Renamon

Guilmon looks at Renamon with sadness in his yellow eyes "He touched the cursed stone" Guilmon tells Renamon

"Oh no..." Renamon sees the reason why Takato is crying

"What... is it?" Rika looks at Guilmon then Renamon

"Rika, then is a stone called The Curse Stone, if a human touch the stone, they become Digimon, but once the stone is touched it blows up" Renamon explains to Rika

Rika looks at Takato and feels sorry for him "Takato..." Rika runs out the stone hut with tears coming from her eyes as she ran out

"Takato... please stop crying I am here for you, what ever happens" Guilmon tries to cheer Takato up

"Thanks boy..." Takato hugs Guilmon and stops crying "You are always there for me and I am always there for you"

"I have no idea when you will change?" Renamon try to give Takato some hope

"Just keep this between the four of us for the time" Takato asks Renamon and Guilmon, they both nod

"Rika" Renamon calls and Rika walks in

"Yes Renamon" Rika says softly

"Takato has asked not to tell Henry yet," Renamon tells Rika

"Ok I will not tell him, but I wonder how long goggle head has left" Rika looks at Takato, which his eyes was a bit red from crying

"I think I got till 5pm and I will change" Takato tells them

"Till 5pm... *looks at her watch* ...that's 5 hours Takato" Rika walks out of the stone hut and Takato follows her out

"Rika..." Takato walks beside her

"Yes goggle head" Rika turns to Takato

"Why does things always happen to me?" Takato asks

"How should I know, I only know that you get into trouble with dino-boy all the time" Rika gives a anger look as she said it

"That was a stupid question wasn't it" Takato turn to Rika

"Yes it was Takato and you need to think before you ask" Rika harshly says it and walks to a tree and sits under it

"You never change Rika" Takato smiles

"Not much Takato, even it been 8 months we took out the D-reaper and 2 months since we got our partners back, thanks to you" Rika pulls out a card and hands it to Takato "Here have this"

"That's your best card" Takato looks at it and look at Rika

"So, I gave you it, did I surprise you?" Rika looks at him with a serious face

"Yeah it did in a way and thanks Rika" Takato says to Rika and then a sharp pain hits Takato and he falls on his knees

"Takato!" Rika gets up and runs to him "are you ok?"

"I am now, but I had this sharp pain hit me for a second" Takato gets up with Rika's help

"I think you are going to become a Digimon sooner then we think" Rika helps him into Guilmon's hut

"What happen to Takato?" Guilmon asks Rika

"His..." Rika helps Takato down and turn to Guilmon "listen I am going to my home if he change press this *shows Guilmon how to use the cell phone* and this one and it will contact my home number" Rika explains to Guilmon how to use it

"Ok Rika I will" Guilmon grab the phone and sits beside Takato who is now asleep

"See you later" Rika whispers and walks out

"Guilmon I will be just outside" Renamon tells Guilmon and disappears into shadow form and Guilmon falls asleep

Sometime later

"Huh?" Guilmon wakes up hearing heavy breathing and Guilmon turns to see another Guilmon in turn clothes "Takato... is that you?" Guilmon wakes him up

He yawns and looks at Guilmon "What's wrong Guilmon..." Takato froze when he saw that he had a snout and his vision had widen a bit "I've changed haven't I?" Takato asks Guilmon

"Yes you have, but your voice is still yours" Guilmon gets up and looks at Takato, who was trying to figure out how to use his three clawed paws

"I had no idea how had it was to use these" Takato looks at his paws and look at Guilmon trying keep himself from laughing

"Why don't you stand" Guilmon steps back from Takato.

Takato got up on his feet and felt odd the way was he standing and the extra limb he had on his back side "I never felt this way before" Takato looks down at his two clawed feet witch still had some remains of his shoes and socks

"At least we can't get mixed up" Guilmon looks at Takato, who looked the same but with small remains of his shirt and trouser on his body, his goggles was on the floor broken

"Oh man, my goggles there broken" Takato picks them up with his paws as he picked them up the remains of his shirt tore off and fell on the floor. Takato's virus symbol on his white-scaled chest was in complete showing to Guilmon now

"The rags you got on is those on your legs" Guilmon points to the remains that was only left

"They unconformable rubbing next to my new scarily body" Takato reach for the remains and Guilmon stops him

"Takato please keep them on till you can put your goggles back on," Guilmon asks

"Ok Guilmon" Takato sits down and works on his goggles

"Takato... do you feel any different?" Guilmon nervously asks Takato

"I do smell more then I used too. I never knew how powerful your sense on smell was" Takato looks at Guilmon with his new yellow eyes

"What else?"

"Well I feel that I have nothing to hide, in appearance" Takato thinks how to describe the other changes in his body "I also feel like eating, having some fun and I can't describe the rest"

"Can you do pryo sphere?" Guilmon asks Takato with wonder

"I can try" Takato gets up and walks outside with Guilmon "Here it goes PRYO SPHERE" Takato opens his mouths and a fireball a bit smaller to Guilmon's goes into the air

"It was kind of small Takato" Guilmon walks back and Takato comes back in too and go back to work on his goggles

"Done" Takato puts the goggles around his neck "How do I look?"

"A Guilmon with goggles around his neck" Guilmon jokes

"Very funny Guilmon" Takato frowns and take the final remains off him and place them in the hole with the other remains of his clothes

"I got a idea, how about we confuse Henry and Terriermon for a joke" Guilmon suggests to Takato

"That sounds fun lets do it... I hear them coming" Takato takes his goggles of and place them with the rest and stands beside Guilmon and waits

"Hi Guilllllllllll" Henry says in shock seeing two Guilmons and he rubs his eyes "Terriermon are you seeing what I am seeing"

"Yes I see two Guilmon's" Terriermon jumps off Henry and look at them "Which is the Guilmon I know?"

"Me" Both said at the same time

"One voice was Takato's, but that's impossible, I think" Henry looks at them trying to clear his thinking

"You say Hello" Terriermon points to the left one "Hello Terriermon, I see you still got a big mouth" Terriermon looks at him and says "Takato..."

"Yep it's me" Takato goes to the hole and put the goggles around his neck

"What did this to you?" Henry asks Takato and before Takato can answer, Guilmon tells Henry "He touched The Cursed Stone, if a human touch it they become Digimon"

"That explains it" Terriermon hopes on Takato's back "at least I can tell who's the goggle brain is"

"Terriermon!"

"Moemintai" Terriermon only replies back

"Can you get off my back please" Takato asks Terriermon and he hops off and look at him

"Even you look like Guilmon you don't sound or behave as him," Terriermon tells Takato the defence between Guilmon and him

"Oh cause I would, I have my memoirs and Guilmon has his" Takato walks up to Henry

"But something are the same, the way you walk, sleep, eat and you like me to continue?" Henry says to Takato

"I get the picture Henry, you don't need to go into deep detail" Takato looks at Henry in the eyes

"I don't know why but those eyes of yours suit you Takato"

"Do you really think so or are you just saying it Henry?"

"A bit off both... *Henry sees Mrs. Matsuki come in* ...Hi Mrs. Matsuki" Henry steps to the side

"Takato... so Rika was telling me the truth" Mrs. Matsuki looks at her son turned Digimon

"I have became a Digimon" Takato looks down

"Look at me Takato" she tells Takato

Takato looks at her "Mum looks like I will not be able to go to school tomorrow"

"I can see that, but for tonight you stay with Guilmon, here is two bags full of bread for you two" Mrs. Matsuki place them down and walks to her son "see you in the morning Takato" she kiss him on his snout and left

"I better get going and Guilmon can you hand me Rika's phone" Henry gets the phone of Guilmon and leaves with Terriermon on his shoulder

"Looks like it's going to be a long day tomorrow Guilmon"

"I guess Takato"

"What's wrong?" Takato tilts his head a bit and looks at Guilmon

"I just hope you don't become to much like me" Guilmon looks at the sky from inside

"I will not Guilmon that a promise" Takato smiles and lays down "Lets get some rest boy"

"Ok Takato" Guilmon smiles and lay beside Takato and goes asleep

End of Chapter 1