The good thing about these fics: I don't have to sit with and pick the petals off a flower saying "They like it, they hate it, they like it, they hate it…" to figure out if you guys enjoy it or not. Thank you, FF.Net…
I'm sorry, but I've never said this out loud: I KNOW that it's really Odaiba, not Odiva, but the former makes my head spin every time I read it so I really prefer my way. Besides, you know what I mean.
This chapter takes a very strange twist down the road…Trust me, you'll see…
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, but this story is mine and mine alone! Bleh!
Lost
Chapter 7: Lost Enemy
BOING BOING BOING! Plop…
T.K. and Kari laughed together, tickled pink by the pillow-like streets of Primary Village. The bouncing deposited them in the grassy town square, a white fountain pouring crystal-clear water over it.
"This place is great!" T.K. laughed.
"I knew you'd like it." Kari giggled. "It's one of your favorite places!"
Patamon grabbed Gatomon in mid-bounce and took flight, her momentum sending them flying into one of the squishy, soft buildings.
Kari laughed again, then glanced at T.K. with a sigh. Matt had reported everything about his mother, and everyone had gotten their hopes up…At least until he told them that right after he'd woken up, he hadn't recognized her in the slightest.
"Well, this proves one thing." Ken had come up with a theory to check with Izzy later on. "His memories are still in there, in his subconscious. When he was asleep they took over for a while. So we've just got to bring that subconscious out."
So what had Matt done? He'd come to her. He'd remembered T.K.'s letter to her, and figured she'd know exactly how to help. So there she was with him, at Primary Village, having the time of her life. And she really had to admit: She was falling in love with him all over again. But without his memories, did T.K. feel the same way?
Involuntarily, she yawned. T.K. looked over, smiling gently. "Tired?" he asked.
"A little…" she admitted, rubbing her eyes. For some reason she was sleepy more than anything else.
T.K. stood, helping her up, and pointed to the tree off to one side. "Why don't we take a little rest?" he asked calmly, but Kari could see his ears turning red with blush. "A break can't hurt."
"I'd like that." Kari whispered as he lead her over.
She sat down next to him, nervous. T.K. glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and gulped. "You know, Kari…" he said slowly, looking out into the blue sky. "It's strange…You keep telling me I should know all these people…all these things… but…" he glanced at her. "You're the only one I know anything about…"
Kari looked up, surprised. "You mean…do you remember me?!"
"Well, not I exactly…" T.K. muttered again, this time looking down at the grass. "But…I have had…dreams…"
"Dreams?!" Kari sat up straight. For a moment she remembered what she'd heard him muttering in his sleep, calling for her before fading into a nightmare. "What kind of dreams?"
"…Strange ones…" he muttered, looking down. He was tracing something in the grass out of nervousness or anxiety. It took Kari a few minutes of watching to realize the shape was the Crest of Hope. "But it…really doesn't matter…"
"Sure it does!" Kari insisted. "Please, tell me…what were they about?"
T.K. was quiet for a moment, then he looked up with a sigh. "Well…Foggy, for one thing. And I can never see…a thing…But there's a voice…"
"Voice?" Kari asked slowly. "What kind of voice?"
"Yours." he said shortly. "It's your voice."
Kari had the expected reaction, mouthing "My…voice?" silently to herself. Then T.K. shook the idea out of his head and looked up again.
"Yeah…" he whispered, trying to pull the dream back. "And…a scream…and a laugh…dark and evil…cold…I hate it so badly…and then…" he shrugged. "I wake up."
"Just wake up?" Kari gasped. "That's all?!" T.K. just nodded. Kari sighed, looking down. "That's…all…"
"Well…yeah." T.K. shrugged. "What were you hoping for?"
"Oh…nothing…" Kari sighed. "I just hoped that…well, maybe you had a memory of me in there somewhere…something…"
T.K. looked at her a moment, then reached forward suddenly and took her hands in both of his. "Kari…" he whispered, locking eyes with her. "I don't need to remember you." He leaned forward, still not taking his eyes off of her, and she couldn't look away from him. "I've never…forgotten you…"
Kari's mind raced to what that might mean, but she didn't have too long to think about it. His intent was obvious, and she closed her eyes to accept a long-awaited, long-dreamed about kiss…
A dark laugh suddenly filled the air. T.K. froze, looking up wildly in alarm. "What is it?" Kari asked, a little upset at being interrupted before they could touch. "What's the matter?"
"That…laugh…" T.K. whispered in shock. "It's…from my dream…"
Kari stopped too, then scrambled to her feet. "Gatomon!" she called. "Patamon!"
The two Rookies scrambled over. Gatomon leapt in front of Kari, and Patamon hovered over T.K.'s head. Both of them were tense and ready for a fight. "There's something evil coming this way…" Gatomon growled.
Patamon was worse than her, shaking a bit with either rage or fear maybe both. "It's…It's him…" he whispered.
Kari looked up. "W-Who?" she asked, though afraid of the answer.
"Devimon."
The laugh grew so loud it was painful. Kari and T.K. both tried to cover their ears without avail as it ricocheted off the walls of their brain and played a symphony on their ear drums.
"It's…awful…" Kari groaned. "What a terrible laugh…"
Then, all of a sudden, it stopped. But standing in front of them was a tall, humanoid Digimon. He was almost completely covered in pure black armor, trimmed with pale silver all over. The only place exposed was his head,, which was none to pleas tent to look at itself.
"Well well well…" he laughed deeply. "So we meet again, young Takaishai."
T.K. uncovered his ears, then glanced over at Kari. "Who is this guy?" he asked. "Am I…supposed to know him?"
Kari didn't want to answer him. After BlackWarGreymon, she'd gone to Tai and made him explain everything to her about what had happened before she came. She knew that Devimon was T.K.'s worst enemy, and now he was probably coming after him for revenge…
"Even if it kills me…" she thought desperately. "I'll never let him hurt T.K.…"
"As you can see, I've changed quite a bit since we've last met." the fallen angel laughed. "The Dark Whirlpool's energy has greatly increased my strength. I am no longer Devimon, but…you can call me MagnaDevimon."
"MagnaDevimon, huh?" Patamon growled. "I don't care what you call yourself, you'll never beat me!"
"Oh no, little rodent?" MagnaDevimon laughed. "You seam to have forgotten, but you were hardly a match for me eight years ago. You really think you can handle me now?"
"You bet I can!" Patamon snapped, turning back to his partner. "T.K., let me Digivolve and fight this creep!"
"Digi…what?" T.K. asked, confused once again.
His three friends let out a depressed sigh. Kari recomposed herself in a moment. "Alright then, we'll handle this!" she exclaimed. "Digi-Armor…ENERGIZE!!"
Gatomon, Armor Digivolve to…Nefertimon!
"Rosetta Stone!"
But Nefertimon's attack just grazed off MagnaDevimon like it was nothing, the shattered stones clambering to the ground before they disappeared. "Ah…No!" Patamon exclaimed.
"Out of my way!" MagnaDevimon slashed one suddenly giant hand forward and sent both of the Digimon flying. Gatomon and Patamon hit the ground, wounded.
Kari cried after her partner, then spun around to face the evil Digimon. He was laughing evilly at them, cracking his knuckles in anticipation. "Now for you, my young opponent." he laughed, turning for T.K.
"Hurry, come on!" Kari snatched up T.K.'s hand and pulled him along behind her.
"What about those two?!" T.K. called, pointing to Gatomon and Patamon.
"He'll leave them alone now, it's you he's after!" Kari gasped, diving into the trees.
"Why's he want me?" T.K. still shouted as the dodged trees and rocks. "What'd I do?"
"T.K.…" Kari gasped. "I don't have time to explain right now, but as soon as you're…"
Before she could finish her sentence MagnaDevimon's voice rang out behind them. "Hell's Fire!" he cried, and next thing they knew they were flying through the air in the blast of an attack.
Kari dropped to the ground, and T.K. disappeared behind a hill twenty meters away. Kari was stunned, she could hardly move, but she heard MagnaDevimon's cruel voice chanting in a strange tongue, she suspected it was Digicode, and a wave of dark energy. The last thing she heard before passing out was: "Ah…That should be enough for now. But I'll be back sooner than you think…"
Kari burst awake. The first thing that rocked her brain was: How long have I been out? And the second was: What happened to T.K.?
"Kari!" Gatomon whispered, leaning over her partner. "You're okay!"
"T.K.!" Kari gasped, taking no heed of her partner and leaping to her feet. "T.K., where are you?"
"He's over here!" Patamon called. He was hovering over the location on the other side of the hill. "T.K.'s over here but…oh gosh…"
"What is it?" Kari gasped, scrambling up the hill. "Please tell me he's not dead!"
"No…" Gatomon agreed. "He's not dead, but…"
Kari clambered to her feet at the top of the hill and looked down, then covered her mouth. "Oh my gosh…" she whispered. "T.K.…"
Lying below her, wrapped in clothes that were way to big for him, was a little blonde-haired boy of about eight years old, fast asleep.
