Ch.29 "PAST LIVES."
(*In Ange's head, ran the following flashbacks/images:*)
A fourteen year old teenage girl or so, with long auburn hair watching Digimon season two, the episode when Ken tries to find his heart, on the sofa. Suddenly, this young girl tuned to a different channel. But, every channel was showing Digimon, and the same episode of Digimon. It was bizarre. She then, dialed the number of a friend on her phone, asking her friend about the strangeness. Her friend was called Francine; on the other line, Francine, told her that there was only one channel showing Digimon. They bid goodbye to each other on the phone. Then, the girl with the auburn hair switched off the televison and went into another room, a room with a computer. She logged into her e-mail account and found a peculiar message addressed to her. Hastily, the teen opened it and began reading the message. The message was from someone known as Destiny104. This Destiny104 requested her help and told her to use the name: Annye Chang.
[A/N: Destiny104 was revealed to be Willis in Part1. This young girl with auburn hair is not Ange or Uraina...but Ange and Uraina are however, each a part of this girl...don't worry if you're a bit confused now, just read on and you'll see what I mean, hopefully.]
The young girl pondered for a while, printed the message and logged off the net. She hurried downstairs and saw the time being 9:45am. She packed up some stuff into a backpack in which she strapped on around her shoulders. She also had a handbag hanging from her right shoulder and wrapping across her chest and back. She turned the television back on, and touched the screen. Then, she shouted her first name--Faith. In a matter of seconds, Faith was sliding down a vortex of time and space.
Suddenly, the place setting changed to an area of a hospital in which there were cradles of crying and sleeping babies. A woman, holding and smiling at a baby, muttered the name, "Dawna.... Dawna Chang. Born 12 November, in Canada."
Someone, standing besides her and the baby, replied happily, "Honey, I'm a father now. Can you believe it? I'm a daddy now."
[A/N: This is when and where Ange (Dawna) was born. Alright, let's skip to the more important parts. Please note that these are intended to be just various images of the past to Ange's knowledge.]
Exactly four years after the birth of Dawna, Uraina was born.
When her parents died, and Dawna was sent on board a private plane to Japan, where she lived with her aunt in a mansion until her aunt died also. Dawna remained to live in the mansion.
Dawna began to travel back and forth to the Digital World, with a Gatomon-looking Digimon called Wishmon.
Dawna met Sora and Matt, who she began to spend time with until the breakup. At the same time, Dawna had also met Uraina and Kamari, and recalled that she and the two of them were part of one person called Faith.
Some time later, Dawna and Gennai began talking. She discovered that there was someone else for the mission--Uraina, and so she left Wishmon in the Digital World. She handed Gennai her grey D-3 and D-terminal, implying that she is handing the mission over to the new girl that Gennai was told to be the new taker of the mission.
Several years went by when Dawna truly became involved with the Digital World again.
[A/N: This is when Uraina or at the time was known as Annye, the second taker of the mission comes in.]
Uraina, approaching the age of fourteen, had long intense dark green hair and eyes. She was the second person to accept the mission and Wishmon as her Digimon partner. She was trapped in a force field in the Digital World, which was set by Arukenimon somehow. Ange was informed of Uraina's distress by Wishmon.
Ange penetrated into the force field and merged with Uraina, who was at that time known as Annye.
United as one, Ange and Annye saved Cody, taking Mojyamon's Boomerang Attack instead. Ange and Annye were both hit on their forehead. It was a serious and fatal wound.
Then, Annye and Ange separated. Ange healed, but Annye died and soon faded away in the Digital World, leaving Ange with the mission again. However, Ange temporarily forgot about all the Digital World stuff. Fortunately, it was only temporary.
Ange, Annye and Kamaria all have a special bond towards each other. Because of this bond, Annye, who was now a spirit, was able to 'inform' Ange of the newest girl of the mission--Kamari.
[A/N: Okay...I'm noticing I'm repeating what was there in Part 1...Let me skip to the part where Kamari becomes involved.]
Kamari, exactly two years younger than Uraina (Annye), and her father arrived back in Japan. Ange and Wishmon went to the airport to pick them up. Ange discovered that Kamari was going to live in Japan again. Ange offered them to stay with her in her mansion. After some thought, Mr. Chaikary accepted, for the time being. That night, Ange revealed to Kamari that she, Kamari, was a Digidestined, and that Wishmon was her Digimon. Kamari was also informed that she was the last person of the mission, that she must succeed or else everything Ange and Uraina worked for were all a waste of time and magic powers. Ange also explained to Kamari that she, Uraina, and herself were a part of someone named Faith from a different world. Ange told her that only she can take on the mission, and must succeed before the 12 of August of the year in which she would become fourteen years old; Kamari must accomplish the mission before the the 12 of August, just three months from her fourteenth birthday or else all three of them cannot reunite to being Faith again and return to their reunited form's true home.
[A/N: Alright now, this is when Ange gets interrupted from her flashbacks.]
"Dawna? Dawna? Would you like something to eat? Dawna?" a deep voice repeated until Ange snapped out of the past and finally turned to face him.
"Oh, Aurora," Ange said in a sad voice, and burst into tears. Aurora hugged her, lending her a shoulder to cry on. Accepting it, she cried faster. Still weeping, Ange muffled, "Ahhhh.... I should.... have known [crying a bit louder]... today's the 12th of August..."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, several figures arrived at the scene. "What's the matter, Matt?" a feminine voice asked. Ange, realizing that she knew who that voice belonged to lifted her head from Aurora's shoulder and began to scan her surroundings instead of continuing to weep.
"Sora?" Matt turned around and said out loud while Ange just thought about her name. "What are you and others [referring to Davis, Yolei, Ken, Cody, T.K., Kari, and Tai.] doing here?"
"After we got off from the phone, I decided to come and see how you and Aurora was doing," Sora answered.
"Who's she?" Davis questioned Matt, referring to Ange. Davis and his friends stared at her stained face.
"That's my friend, Ange," Aurora answered instead, looking at Ange.
"Who's that inside, lying on the bed?" Yolei asked.
"Another friend, Kamari. But most of us call her Mariana," Aurora replied as Ange stared into the glass again. Ignoring them, Ange, continued to watch as Mr. Chaikary began to fall asleep while waiting for his younger daughter to wake up. No matter how strong Ange's desire for Kamari to regain full consciousness, fate did not allow Kamari to be aroused, for Kamari was destined to learn the truth of her past through her subconscious. She was regaining her memories as well as the feelings of her past life with Ange [Dawna] and Uraina as Faith. She was also, however, beginning to remember something else, more precisely, someone in particular.
[A/N: The memories of Kamari's past life are the same as what was mentioned for Dawna. However, it's after her past life that's different, and so I will mention in writing about them now. Please read on.]
(*Mariana's dreaming of the past as Kamari after she recalled her past life*)
'Where am I?' Mariana asked herself as she glanced around, studying, her new surroundings. 'Who are all these young chattering kids? [a school bell began ringing, and the kids started scattering] I'm at some kind of school? It looks familiar. Why?' Mariana told herself. "Why am I here?"
"HEY! MARIA!!! WAIT UP!" yelled a young boy with bluish hair who came dashing from around a corner and went straight into her as though she or he was a ghost. [A/N: this is a younger and cuter version of Davis, without the goggles that is.]
"Ahhhhhhh!" a puzzled Mariana shrieked when his body passed through hers. For some reason, no one heard her. "Who are you?" Mariana asked as she examined the boy who nicknamed her Maria. Mariana watched as he panted and spoke to a little girl, with short dark brown hair, of his age. Mariana wasn't able to see her face, but she was able to make out the face of the little boy's. "Davis? Is that you?" she asked as she approached the little girl and boy. Davis appeared as though he was about nine years old.
"No one calls me Maria but you, Davis," the little girl, with dark brown hair commented. Mariana walked closer to examine the little girl who had the same nickname as hers.
"Is that me? From grade three or four?" Mariana questioned out loud.
"YUP, MARIA! And there's NOTHING you can do or say to stop me from calling you Maria, Maria," the adorable-looking mini version of Davis answered mischievously and chuckled at the little girl.
Maria [the little girl] shot Davis an annoyed look. "Gosh, Davis, is it too hard to call me Mariana?"
"No, not really. I just think I should get to call you Maria. I don't want to be like the rest. I want to have the special privilege of calling you Maria, Maria," the little Davis answered, smirking.
Both Marianas sighed and shook their heads in unison, slightly amused and slightly annoyed by Davis.
Blushing a little at the young Mariana, the adorable Davis placed his right hand into his pocket and took out something resembling an envelope. "Ah... Maria... Um... Argh! Here," the young Davis stammered until he shoved the envelope into the little Mariana's hand.
"This, for me, Davis?" the young Mariana asked, glancing at him.
The older Mariana observed the situation. 'I remember this,' she thought as the younger version of her ripped an opening in the envelope and found an invitation card. 'This was when Davis invited me to his birthday party,' the older Mariana recalled as the younger one read the card.
Davis [still the younger one] scanned his friend's [the young Mariana's] face, hoping for her answer in her facial expressions. He didn't get it though. Instead he saw an emotionless face. "Well? Will you be coming?"
The young Mariana's face slowly lit up with a smile, "I won't miss it for the world!"
"YIPPEEE! YAY!!!" Davis shouted jovially while the young Mariana giggled.
Then, suddenly, out of the blues, everything around the older Mariana started to get sucked into a black hole. It was as though they were being vacuumed. "What's happening now?" she asked as darkness embodied her. Slowly, a new setting materialized.
Examining her new environment, Mariana saw that she was in the centre of a soccer field, one that she remembered as being the same as the one from her elementary school. On the soccer field were also two opposing teams giving their all to win the game. Encircling the field were spectators cheering excitedly from their seats. "GO DAVIS!" a young girl with dark brown hair, sitting on the game bench, bellowed to Davis, who was running on the game field with the soccer ball. It was the younger Mariana.
'That's me, when I was at my last game before--' the older Mariana began to recall when the young Davis shouted and waved back to his supportive teammate. He ran towards the opposing team's net, and kicked the soccer ball to a member of his team who then made an attempt to score, but missed when the ball hit the rim of the net and bounced back.
"TIME OUT!" a coach, standing besides the young Mariana, called out. He also gave a time-out gesture towards the referee. The referee whistled and then made a hand gesture to the coach, informing that a time out of two minutes was allowed. Players from both teams returned to their sides. Davis and other players ran towards the coach, ready to hear his game plan. "Mariana. Come on. You're in," the coached informed as he turned to face her.
"Yes, Sir," the young Mariana replied as the older one continued to watch from the middle of the soccer field. The older Mariana watched as the younger version of her replaced an existing player from the last round. She watched as she [younger one] joined the coach in discussion of a strategy.
Almost two minutes went by when Davis's team and the competition ran back onto the game field for the next round. The referee whistled, suggesting the beginning of the next round.
Several minutes later, the young Mariana 'stole' the soccer ball from her opponent and started kicking it in the direction of the defending team. The crowd of spectators sitting behind Davis' team cheered louder. When she got close enough to make a shot, she skillfully kicked it at an angle. An anxious crowd watched as the ball hit the rim of the net at an angle which allowed it to bounce into the net, scoring a goal for her team just before the referee whistled, marking the end of the game. "And the young Mariana scores beautifully for her team, making the scoreboard 6-5! Her team wins! I repeat, her team wins! [the crowd cheered louder.] That means that the Water Dragons takes the gold and remains undefeated! And they are headed for the semi-finals!"
[A/N: note I made up the team... I have no idea on what team Davis was on when he was still in grade four... I don't even know if he played soccer on a soccer team at that age.]
The young Mariana's teammates rushed happily to her. "WE WON, MARIA! WE WON!!!" the young Davis yelled excitedly to the younger Mariana, who was distracted. "Huh? Maria?" Davis looked at her. He noticed her gazing at a figure.
"DADDY!" the young Mariana happily shouted as she ran to embrace the figure. Davis watched as his young Maria ran away from him and towards the figure. It was really her father, but there was something about him. On his face was a frown. The young Mariana stopped running when she and her father were just a metre or so away. "What's the matter, Daddy?"
"Oh, Sweetheart, I have some bad news," her father answered when Davis joined them, breathing heavily.
"Davis? Take it easy," the young Mariana advised.
"Hello, Mr. Chaikary, Sir."
"Hello, Davis."
"Did you see us win?"
"Yes, and I'm very proud," Mr. Chaikary, Mariana's [both of them] dad, commented with a weak smile.
"What is it, Daddy? What's the bad news?"
"Oh, Sweetheart. I'm afraid we'll be leaving in a few days."
"Why?" Davis and the young Mariana asked as the older Mariana fell onto her knees in sadness.
"My ex-boss just called me. He just rehired me for the job with a raised salary."
"You're back to flying planes, Daddy? But that means, we'll-- we'll be...leaving."
"Yes, Mariana."
"Can't she stay?"
"I'm afraid not, Davis. I don't know if I'll return. I'm sorry, but I would like to take her with me," Mariana's dad answered.
"But I don't wanna leave, Daddy. Can't I stay with Dawna [Ange, which is pronounced Angie]?" the young Mariana begged.
"I don't want to bother Dawna, Mariana. She's not very well these days."
"Dawna?" Davis asked.
"She used to babysit me. She's very nice. We quickly became friends."
"I see," Davis said.
"Are you ready to go home, Mariana, so we can start packing?"
"Not yet, Daddy. Not just yet," the young Mariana answered as she noticed Davis' sad facial expression. "Oh, I'm going to miss life here. I'm going to miss this school. Swimming in the pool. Playing soccer. But most of all, I'm going to miss the people here. Oh, Davis, I'll miss you!" the young Mariana blurted out, crying, and rushed to hug Davis. She continued weeping on his shoulder.
Not knowing what else to say, Davis tried to comfort her, "Oh, Maria. I have hope that you'll return."
"Really?" the young Mariana asked, stopping her tears. She looked at his face, trying to see if he was blinking, lying.
"Absolutely, Maria. Besides we can always talk on the telephone or write letters or something. We'll always stay in touch. Always. I promise that one day, we'll meet again, even if I have to search the whole world for you, Maria. We'll be together again."
"Oh, Davis. You're a good friend," both Marianas said in unison.
'Oh, how I miss being with you,' thought the older Mariana with a sigh. 'But I'm afraid I can't be with you like that again until you and your friends pass the final test.'
Instantaneously, everything around the older Mariana started to get sucked into a black hole again. "Not again." Once again, darkness embodied her. Slowly, a new setting materialized.
The older Mariana now, found herself in a new environment. She was now back in the hallways of her elementary school. She saw no one else but the same young Davis with the younger version of her. The younger Mariana was handing a wrapped present to him. "Don't forget me, Davis," the young Mariana said.
"I won't. Not ever," he replied as she unwrapped her gift and found a pair of goggles, "Not as long as I wear these." [A/N: the goggles here refers to the ones Davis wore in the show before Tai gave him his.]
"Alright. I have to leave today. My dad's waiting for me outside. Goodbye, Davis. I'll miss you but I won't forget you," the younger Mariana vowed and she ran around a corner to the nearest exit.
"Neither will I. No matter what, somewhere inside me, I'll always remember you, Maria, my friend," Davis pledged as a few drops of tears from his eyes rolled down his cheeks.
Suddenly, everything around the older Mariana started to get pulled into a black hole. "Huh? Not again. Ahhhhhh!" And once again, darkness embodied her. But this time, something else happened. Instead of a new setting being materialized, Mariana's flashbacks of the past ended, transporting her back to the present, where she found herself lying on a hospital's bed with her father sitting besides her. "Daddy?"
Mr. Chaikary had fallen asleep, waiting for his daughter, Mariana, to regain full consciousness. Ange, noticing that Mariana had awaken from her deep slumber, rushed into the room with the others following her.
"Huh? Ange? What am I doing here?" Mariana asked.
To be continued...
Author's Notes: um....It was confusing, wasn't it? Tell me, and I'll try to explain again in case I left out some stuff from Part 1....But understand generally: when one girl, Faith, came to the Digidestine's Real World, she got reborn/reincarnated into three different girls each with different magical powers; none of them remembers anything in the beginning. And so, they all started new lives there. When they began to remember one by one, they take on the mission in order to complete it so that all three of them can reunite and get transported back to their united form's world--the world in which all of them came from. And that's one of the reason why the three part series is called 'Reunion'. There's also another reason behind the title, but that'll be revealed in Part 3...Anyway, I hope it wasn't too confusing..if it was, forget about it, 'cause it might be explained again later on by someone like Azulongmon himself, but more completely...By the way, was your guess on the new ruler wannabe confirmed to be correct? I did sort of hinted on it...I hope you did get the clues in this chapter....
Disclaimer: Sadly for me, I don't own Digimon....*cries at the thought*
