Disclaimer: As much as I'd love to own it, no. Still don't own Digimon. Oh, and this is in Takuya's POV because I needed a short change of pace. ^_^'

I cracked my eyes open slightly, only to see the others lying sprawled on the ground except Mister Junpei, who was poking a fire. 'When did he build a fire?' I wondered, and tried to get up, only to fall back down again.

"You all right?" Mister Junpei asked me. I opened one eye and looked at him for a moment. 'Why is he asking me this? It shouldn't matter…' These people confused me. A lot. Especially Master Kouji, at times he made my head hurt with confusion. But that didn't matter, he seemed nice enough and had very beautiful features. Not just that, but there's something about him that makes me want to always stay by his side. Speaking of Master Kouji, where is he? Unlike the others, he wasn't lying on the ground unconcious, nor was he helping Mister Junpei. Did he leave? I closed my eyes lightly trying to figure this out before I heard Mister Junpei's voice again. "Hey, Takuya you okay?" Oh, oops I was supposed to answer right away. I hope he's not mad at me like Old Master Jack used to… I shuddered slightly remembering then. At least Master Kouji wasn't that cruel.

"Yah, I'm fine. May I ask you something?" I asked, unsure of Mister Junpei's reply.

"You just did." Mister Junpei replied smiling. I turned a light shade of red and got up to a sitting position. "Yes, you may. What is it?" He asked. Yes, they confused me a lot.

"Huh? Oh… Where's Master Kouji?" I ask, still confused by Mister Junpei. So far the only person who's rarely confused me was Tomoki, a really great kid. He's the same age as my little brother, which I found surprising because from what I understand he's a prince. A very nice one though. Mister Junpei chuckled and tossed some small twigs on the fire and turned back to me.

"Now why would you want to know that?" Mister Junpei asked with an arched brow. I sigh and shake my head.

"I'm curious, that's all." I reply, twiddling my thumbs and watching them with little fascination.

"Don't worry about him, ever since his brother got kidnapped by that accursed dark lord he's been pretty distant with us. And after fighting his own brother, it's not surprising to have him walk off alone. By the way, from what I can tell you could have taught ol' Jack way back in that village a lesson or two if you wanted. Why not?" Mister Junpei asked. I was really confused now, why would he wonder such a thing? Is it not obvious enough a slave isn't suppose to fight back against their owner? And if they do they did a very bad thing. Plus… they get a rEaLlY bad beating that hurts a lot…. I hold back a shudder from my first and only experience when I attempted to rebel.

"I'm not suppose to or allowed to." I explain. I feel a pit deep inside my stomach, which told me it was dread that Mister Junpei would state something that will lead me to explaining I've done something bad, and then he'll think I'm not trustworthy. By the end, they'll be very unhappy with me being stuck with them and who knows what will happen then.

"Takuya, you're the Warrior of Fire, come on you could easily have did just that! Why didn't you?" Mister Junpei asks. Oh, just what I feared. But, I'm even more puzzled. He's asked me why I didn't rebel… Perhaps it's just his way of finding out if I ever done something wrong and either doesn't know or prefers not to ask me directly. Or, he does not trust me. Remaining silent for a moment, I try and figure a way to explain.

"I did… once…When I was eight years old, about two weeks after my mother died. I didn't want to take her place, and I was still trying to control my urges to weep over her death. Add to the fact my little brother needed me to watch him, I just didn't want to follow Jack's requests. I didn't want anything to do with him, or anyone else, just me and my brother by ourselves. My control was still inexperienced and immature, just like my actions. I attempted to rebel, and with the punishment afterwards I learned better than try that in the future." Sighing after explaining all, that, I noticed Mister Junpei looked quite startled. Not quite the reaction I was expecting, but it's much better than anger and/or hatred.

"Your mom…she died when you were eight?" Mister Junpei asked, didn't he know? I guess Master Kouji never got a chance to tell them. Or he assumed (Maybe knew) that they wouldn't care.

"Hai." I reply simply, not having any other answer.

"I didn't know that… What was she like?" Mister Junpei asked. Taking a deep breath, I tilted my head in thought. I had barely any memories of her, as it often hurt too much to think of her. Now I'm starting to regret not reminding myself constantly of her when I was younger. I can't believe I was even more foolish than I am right now.

"Well… She was an excellent warrior, and when she died in a match I had to take her place, it was hard. She was the only one who bothered to teach me about the Legendary Warriors. Although she didn't know everything, she taught me what she knew." I began, recalling her sweet smile and gentle voice explaining the Warrior of Light and how nice he was suppose to be. Master Kouji is nice, but not the kind of nice my mother was referring to. The kind where one accepts things, doesn't mind sharing, and refrains from killing or causing harm if it can be helped. It's easier to say when I found out Kouji was the Warrior of Light he wasn't quite what I expected, but that happens. Ready to continue, Mister Junpei and me heard a groan from nearby.

"Sight, stop licking my face…" Miss Izumi murmured as she pushed the wolf away lightly. She was very nice, and once when Sight let me talk to him mentally before I showed Kouji how to use another ability, he let me in on the little secret Miss Izumi like Mister Junpei. I wonder if the affections are returned?

"Glad to see you're awake." Mister Junpei says smiling. He looked at me with a smile still on his face. "Hey, since Izumi's beginning to wake up, how about you go find Kouji. We might want to set out before another of those henchmen come after us." He said and got up and I smirked when hearing him mumble, "Why can't bad people send us normal goons…"

Walking cautiously to a small clearing in the forest, I see Kouji lying on the ground gazing blankly at the stars above. I look up and see the skies in all its glory. The moon was silver and had an angelic glow around it, and the night sky was black and had the mirage of also looking blue without black, and then it looked neither. The clouds were swirled in dark colors, with enough light texture to be visible and worth gawking at. It's colors being that of blue, purple, black, gray, and so many others without neither name nor recognition. The stars shown brilliantly and made this one place seem like some sort of perfect portrait showing true beauty. Standing there with a glazed expression, when I finally snapped out of it to return my attention to Master Kouji I saw him quickly turn his head. What? Did he just now notice me, then hear something and tried to find it?

"What are you doing here?" Kouji calls out, looking back at me. I jump; being more surprised to hear a voice in this majestic place than anything else. Then again, it might be perhaps because his voice fit so well with the surroundings. Beautiful, yet mysterious and well hidden. And a pain to find.

"Oh, Mister Junpei said I could go look for you because the others are getting up." I explain, feeling a familiar light pink tinge on my cheeks. I hope I don't like my master, things will be disastrous if I am.

"Hn." Master Kouji replied. Then with a deep intake of breath, he looked into my eyes from where he lay. "Takuya, you don't have to call Junpei mister, Izumi miss, or any of that, okay?" My surprise must have been obvious, because he chuckled at my amazed reaction.

"But-" I began but Master Kouji held his hand up to signal me to be silenced.

"No buts, Takuya it's way to formal, and we're more like a group of friends. Nothing you say can make it otherwise, we're all the same here." He explains. I felt my head spin with confusion, why did my master have to be so puzzling and impossible to get? "Besides, I think it makes them uncomfortable seeing as your, if I'm right, the same age as Izumi, making you a year younger than me, and two years younger than Junpei. Oh, and a few years older than Tomoki. Our age is just too close, so none of us see any point in such silly formalities, got that?" Master Kouji continues. My head spinning even faster I shake my head slowly and hang it in shame.

"Not really…" I say quietly. Master Kouji sighs heavily and gets up before walking over.

"Never mind. Just remember, we're all here for each other and we don't care about any social status out here, it's just us watching each other's back and caring for one another. Remember at least that all right?" Master Kouji says, and begins to walk toward the site. I remain silent, as I now realize what he meant. When in situations like this, in a way we were exactly the same. We had the same goals, although different reasons, but that never mattered. But having the same goal, and being in such a small group all we cared about was whether the other was going to catch them if they fall. Smiling knowing that I finally understood something Master Kouji said, I walk back towards the camp, hoping things will be less confusing seeing as I understand Master Kouji more, and know what's important as of the present.

Though there is that one pressing matter… If Master Kouji is the Warrior of Light, and he doesn't understand why, how can we continue to advance towards our enemy when he has the Warrior of Darkness on his side? It is said the Warrior of Light, and ONLY the Warrior of Light could banish the false darkness…

A/N: Uhm… yah Takuya's POV is wEiRd… heheh. Quick explanation here on what's going on:

More of less, I must tell you the horrid, and dreadful news-this, is the final chapter. *Ducks from random sharp objects thrown* O_O At least I didn't leave it as a cliffhanger, ne? Oh, domo arigatou for bothering to read and review! *Bows to the almighty reviewers* You guys are awesome! See you when the sequel is done!