A/N - Did I get any reviews? I dunno… I haven't checked… I hope I have!
Chapter Two: Reflection
Moving on!
Because there's an adventure
That will make smiles overflow
Look! Moving on!
Spontaneously from our hearts
Surely we won't be able to stop
The sun is always our friend
Everyone's an adventurer
~Translated from Moving On!
Takato stared at the mirror. "This…this must be my imagination… This isn't real… That's right…" He backed away from the mirror, as if in a dream.
Oh, but Takato. This isn't a dream. It's not your imagination. It's real. Takato's crimson eyes flashed with fear once more when…he?…appeared in the mirror. But no…it wasn't him… Yet…it was him. The he that was in the mirror had the same clothes, the same voice, the same looks, but… It was the eyes. They looked different…somehow… Do you know me? I'm you, Takato. I came out before. Don't you remember? You enjoyed my power, didn't you? You know you did.
Takato remembered. When he had forced Guilmon to evolve to the next level. He recalled, dully, when it had felt like a pleasure to watch someone suffer. It had seemed so natural at the moment… Ah, so you do remember. Would you like to do that again? It's so easy Takato… You just have to give into me… Can you do that? Close your eyes… Almost unwillingly, Takato's eyes began to shut, to allow the demon in…
No! Takato, don't listen to him! Takato looked up, and saw…another?…him in the mirror. But this one looked different too… Was this one the real him? No…it wasn't. He is evil, pure evil! Come to me Takato… I'm your good side. He shook his head. "You…none of you are me… Where is the real me?"
We are you, Takato. But moved aside, and Takato's reflection appeared into the mirror. A boy with unkempt brown hair, and a petite build stared back. His clothes were simple, his school uniform. Skin paler than many years ago accented the dark uniform. Red eyes, frightened and afraid, bore into his own. He stared at the two who stared back from the mirror. One looked like he did now, but only with those cruel eyes. One looked healthy, and happy… But he had bright, cheerful eyes, not like Takato's dark eyes which never looked happy.
Do you see now? You must choose between us… We are only trying to help… Pick me, I can help you… Wouldn't you want friends again? I am your good side, Takato.
No, don't listen to him… I can help you become powerful and strong again Takato… Don't listen to that stupid "angel…" Only I can truly help you. I am your dark side.
"I don't want to do this… I won't pick between you two… You're killing me, you know that. No one can get along without a good and a bad side, and you both know that… I must be insane, I'm talking to a mirror." He let out a hacking cough, and paused a few minutes. "You've both already ruined my life."
But… Takato…