Chapter 5: A Spirit's Voice
As we walked straight into my room we all made sure we wouldn't land in a pile again. After all we didn't want Kouji to feel more pain from his injury.
I grabbed bottles of potions from my medicine cabinet concealed behind the wall and place them next to the bed stand beside Kouji.
I sat on the bed and began to tell him that he had a choice of which potion he wanted to have because there were different types, "You have a choice of which one to drink. The silver potion works the best but tastes the worst. The yellow potion works not as well as all the others but it tastes the best. Red is the best working potion after silver and it doesn't taste half as bad as it. Blue-"
"Which ever"
"I suggest blue. The wound will heal in an hour and we've got plenty of time before you have to go home. We could watch a movie or something."
"Sure"
I handed him the blue potion and he chugged it down while having a disgusted look on his face. He handed the empty bottle back to me.
"What was blue?"
"The third worst tasting, I know how it tastes. But it'll heal in an hour or so. Here."
I handed him another bottle.
"What is it?"
"Oh it just gets the taste out of your mouth. But your breath is going to smell really strongly of mint for the rest of the day to be honest."
"Well it's better than having this taste in my mouth."
He drank that too this time without hesitation.
I placed the jars in the bathroom and sat at the end of the bed staring at the carpet. I felt myself turn ice cold.
How could I have destroyed my own friend? Why did you even cut her leg? I should have thought before I acted. Two wrongs don't make a right. When she was mean to me I was mean right back. If I wasn't so mean this would have never happened. She would have never joined the dark side and she wouldn't be dead right now. It was all my fault. And worst of all I can't do anything about it.
I felt warmth growing through me. Someone was holding me. They had placed me head on their shoulder and their head was on top of mine. They were holding me close, trying to comfort me.
"It's not your fault," he whispered. I knew that voice belonged to Kouji.
"It's not your fault," he whispered into my ear again.
Four simple words.
Those words meant everything to me.
I started to feel tired and ended up falling asleep on Kouji's shoulder.
*Asia's Dream*
I was alone in the dark. Why are my dreams always soo depressing?
The darkness faded away to revel a pink room. Bleah! Did I ever tell you how much I hate pink?! I'd rather be stuck back in the dark.
Then the room turned purple and a figure faded in slowly. Then I realized, that figure was Kim.
"Kim?"
"Yeah"
"I thought you were dead."
"I am"
"I want to apologize for-"
"Asia there's no need to apologize. I should thank you actually."
"I don't understand."
"In the dark forest I met a digimon."
"What's soo weird about that? You were in the digital world after all."
"Let me finish. It was a weak digimon. It lives only by living in another digimon's body. It doesn't have its own body. So it killed me and took my body. It wanted to destroy you."
"But why?"
"You know, you do have enemies."
"Well duh."
"So when you killed it-"
"I killed it?"
"Yeah, when you cut my leg the sword's power destroyed it. See the sword was on carved in the flames of a volcano and than it was dipped in the healing-"
"In short, the sword could be a good thing or a bad thing."
"Yeah, see you didn't kill me. You just avenged me without knowing you did so."
"Oh"
"I'm just here to tell you it's not your fault I died. I was just-"
"But it is my fault. You wouldn't be dead if I were nicer. It's my fault you walked into a trap. I-"
"No. I was being followed every minute of everyday. I would have been trapped sooner or later."
I sighed.
"Well I'm glad you and I depart in peace as friends."
I stuck out my hand. She placed her's in my hand.
"So am I," she responded.
And with her last words she disappeared.
I woke up my head on Kouji's chest, his arms wrapped around me.
He and the others were watching 'A Walk to Remember.' Zoeie had tears in her eyes. I snuggled closer to Kouji. He looked at me and our eyes locked. His eyes were soo soft and comforting.
When the movie ended I couldn't help but notice what everyone's reaction was. Zoeie was crying. Takuya was complaining about something being in his eye. J.P. looked like he was about to cry. Kouichi had tears welled up in his eyes and had a weak smile on his face. But Kouji and were perfectly fine. We just leaned closer to each other toward the end for comfort.
"So how long was I asleep?" I asked.
"About an hour and a half," Kouichi replied.
"So the leg fully healed?" I asked Kouji.
"Yeah"
We were all quiet for the next few minutes. To break the silence I told the others about my dream.
When I finished I heard Kouichi mumble, "A demon."
"What?" Takuya asked.
"The digimon was a demon," he said a bit louder.
"So Demons can be killed?" J.P. asked.
"Appears so," Zoeie said.
I nodded silently in agreement.
Well the conversation took a turn. So we were all talking about the new mall that was opening.
"I heard the food court's going to be twice as big as-"
"Takuya, do you ever think of anything except food?" Kouji asked.
"Yeah"
"Such as-"
"They're having a martial arts competition during opening day. Ha! I thought of something else."
"Asia you should join," Zoeie said.
"I have some applications here for all of us to join," Takuya said taking out some crinkled papers.
I looked at the paper with Kouji.
I read:
MARTIAL ARTS EXPO Please fill in the correct information.
Name__________________________________ Date_____________ Date of Birth_________________ Address___________________________________________ City________________________ State_____________________ Zip________________ Telephone number_____________________________ Applicant's signature_______________________________ Parent/guardian signature__________________________________
O Kung Fu O Tai quan do (Please excuse my spelling) O Karate O Kendo O fencing O archery O etc.________________________________________
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* We filled out our submissions and gave them to Takuya.
Kouji and I sat out on the porch with the others looking up at the stars.
"Aren't they beautiful," I whispered.
"Yeah, but none of they are as stunning as you."
"Hey look it's a shooting star! Takuya exclaimed.
"Not exactly Takuya. That's a satellite," I said laughing.
"How do you know?"
"Well shooting stars fly down wards, that one is flying higher and higher."
"Oh good point. But what if we're up side down?"
Soon millions of stars were falling from the sky like raindrops.
"Now I know that's a shooting star!" Takuya exclaimed.
I just smiled up at the sky. I was with some friends and the man I love in a place that was flawless. How could the night get any better?
Then Kouji relaxed his hold around me and stood up.
"Sup?" I asked.
He didn't answer.
All he did was reach his hand up toward the sky. He grasped onto something and walked back to me.
"I got you this," he whispered into my ear.
He took his finger off the thing he was holding. I gasped.
In his hand was a shining crystal. It was a star.
I took it from him.
"This is the greatest gift and one has ever given me."
And to thank him I kissed him on the cheek.
As we walked straight into my room we all made sure we wouldn't land in a pile again. After all we didn't want Kouji to feel more pain from his injury.
I grabbed bottles of potions from my medicine cabinet concealed behind the wall and place them next to the bed stand beside Kouji.
I sat on the bed and began to tell him that he had a choice of which potion he wanted to have because there were different types, "You have a choice of which one to drink. The silver potion works the best but tastes the worst. The yellow potion works not as well as all the others but it tastes the best. Red is the best working potion after silver and it doesn't taste half as bad as it. Blue-"
"Which ever"
"I suggest blue. The wound will heal in an hour and we've got plenty of time before you have to go home. We could watch a movie or something."
"Sure"
I handed him the blue potion and he chugged it down while having a disgusted look on his face. He handed the empty bottle back to me.
"What was blue?"
"The third worst tasting, I know how it tastes. But it'll heal in an hour or so. Here."
I handed him another bottle.
"What is it?"
"Oh it just gets the taste out of your mouth. But your breath is going to smell really strongly of mint for the rest of the day to be honest."
"Well it's better than having this taste in my mouth."
He drank that too this time without hesitation.
I placed the jars in the bathroom and sat at the end of the bed staring at the carpet. I felt myself turn ice cold.
How could I have destroyed my own friend? Why did you even cut her leg? I should have thought before I acted. Two wrongs don't make a right. When she was mean to me I was mean right back. If I wasn't so mean this would have never happened. She would have never joined the dark side and she wouldn't be dead right now. It was all my fault. And worst of all I can't do anything about it.
I felt warmth growing through me. Someone was holding me. They had placed me head on their shoulder and their head was on top of mine. They were holding me close, trying to comfort me.
"It's not your fault," he whispered. I knew that voice belonged to Kouji.
"It's not your fault," he whispered into my ear again.
Four simple words.
Those words meant everything to me.
I started to feel tired and ended up falling asleep on Kouji's shoulder.
*Asia's Dream*
I was alone in the dark. Why are my dreams always soo depressing?
The darkness faded away to revel a pink room. Bleah! Did I ever tell you how much I hate pink?! I'd rather be stuck back in the dark.
Then the room turned purple and a figure faded in slowly. Then I realized, that figure was Kim.
"Kim?"
"Yeah"
"I thought you were dead."
"I am"
"I want to apologize for-"
"Asia there's no need to apologize. I should thank you actually."
"I don't understand."
"In the dark forest I met a digimon."
"What's soo weird about that? You were in the digital world after all."
"Let me finish. It was a weak digimon. It lives only by living in another digimon's body. It doesn't have its own body. So it killed me and took my body. It wanted to destroy you."
"But why?"
"You know, you do have enemies."
"Well duh."
"So when you killed it-"
"I killed it?"
"Yeah, when you cut my leg the sword's power destroyed it. See the sword was on carved in the flames of a volcano and than it was dipped in the healing-"
"In short, the sword could be a good thing or a bad thing."
"Yeah, see you didn't kill me. You just avenged me without knowing you did so."
"Oh"
"I'm just here to tell you it's not your fault I died. I was just-"
"But it is my fault. You wouldn't be dead if I were nicer. It's my fault you walked into a trap. I-"
"No. I was being followed every minute of everyday. I would have been trapped sooner or later."
I sighed.
"Well I'm glad you and I depart in peace as friends."
I stuck out my hand. She placed her's in my hand.
"So am I," she responded.
And with her last words she disappeared.
I woke up my head on Kouji's chest, his arms wrapped around me.
He and the others were watching 'A Walk to Remember.' Zoeie had tears in her eyes. I snuggled closer to Kouji. He looked at me and our eyes locked. His eyes were soo soft and comforting.
When the movie ended I couldn't help but notice what everyone's reaction was. Zoeie was crying. Takuya was complaining about something being in his eye. J.P. looked like he was about to cry. Kouichi had tears welled up in his eyes and had a weak smile on his face. But Kouji and were perfectly fine. We just leaned closer to each other toward the end for comfort.
"So how long was I asleep?" I asked.
"About an hour and a half," Kouichi replied.
"So the leg fully healed?" I asked Kouji.
"Yeah"
We were all quiet for the next few minutes. To break the silence I told the others about my dream.
When I finished I heard Kouichi mumble, "A demon."
"What?" Takuya asked.
"The digimon was a demon," he said a bit louder.
"So Demons can be killed?" J.P. asked.
"Appears so," Zoeie said.
I nodded silently in agreement.
Well the conversation took a turn. So we were all talking about the new mall that was opening.
"I heard the food court's going to be twice as big as-"
"Takuya, do you ever think of anything except food?" Kouji asked.
"Yeah"
"Such as-"
"They're having a martial arts competition during opening day. Ha! I thought of something else."
"Asia you should join," Zoeie said.
"I have some applications here for all of us to join," Takuya said taking out some crinkled papers.
I looked at the paper with Kouji.
I read:
MARTIAL ARTS EXPO Please fill in the correct information.
Name__________________________________ Date_____________ Date of Birth_________________ Address___________________________________________ City________________________ State_____________________ Zip________________ Telephone number_____________________________ Applicant's signature_______________________________ Parent/guardian signature__________________________________
O Kung Fu O Tai quan do (Please excuse my spelling) O Karate O Kendo O fencing O archery O etc.________________________________________
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* We filled out our submissions and gave them to Takuya.
Kouji and I sat out on the porch with the others looking up at the stars.
"Aren't they beautiful," I whispered.
"Yeah, but none of they are as stunning as you."
"Hey look it's a shooting star! Takuya exclaimed.
"Not exactly Takuya. That's a satellite," I said laughing.
"How do you know?"
"Well shooting stars fly down wards, that one is flying higher and higher."
"Oh good point. But what if we're up side down?"
Soon millions of stars were falling from the sky like raindrops.
"Now I know that's a shooting star!" Takuya exclaimed.
I just smiled up at the sky. I was with some friends and the man I love in a place that was flawless. How could the night get any better?
Then Kouji relaxed his hold around me and stood up.
"Sup?" I asked.
He didn't answer.
All he did was reach his hand up toward the sky. He grasped onto something and walked back to me.
"I got you this," he whispered into my ear.
He took his finger off the thing he was holding. I gasped.
In his hand was a shining crystal. It was a star.
I took it from him.
"This is the greatest gift and one has ever given me."
And to thank him I kissed him on the cheek.
