You thought I was done. No I finally saw a season 4 EP and I'm ready and rearing for more. So here's part nine of FIARD dedicated to Melissa Ford and everyone who ever read my fics.
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Fate Isn't A River Daisuke
by: Yamato Magna
Chapter Nine: Ripples Of Time, Heart Of Hearts
You and me
We used to be together
Every day together always
Daisuke stared up at Ken in his throne. Darkness and evil, love and light. What to do. He looked to Ken. He loved his friends though obviously not in the same way that he loved the one before him. He had shared experiences with them both good and bad. Though they had treated him unfairly sometimes, he was being to hard on them. Or was he… What was he thinking. If only he understood.
And what about Jun . She loved him. I think. I'm so confused. Lets start with the facts. The sky is blue, 1+1=2. You have red hair. You love your sister, your friends and Ken and you can't betray either one of them.
Ken glanced down at him almost whimsically causing Daisuke to have that butterfly feeling in his stomach once more. Ken… he loved him in a way none else could ever. That was simple unalterable truth.
Takeru. Takeru taunted him teased him, touched him, fought with him. They had a different kind of relationship.
I really feel
I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
Iori. That kid doesn't have a disrespectful bone in his whole body he's never said one bad thing about anybody ever. Not even Ken or those kids.
Daisuke remembered fondly the first time he had met Iori. It was a few days before he met Takeru.
"Shrimp give it up you don't stand a chance against us with that stick." An older boy with his hair dyed a puke green said. Laughing he began to nudge his partner on the left while the other on his right merely took a step back. Iori lowered his center of gravity as the boys rushed at him. Daisuke, who had only seen the little guy in the halls of his school and never even gave this kid a second thought, immediately jumped in to help. Taking the first blow in the jaw he stopped and delivered a well placed kick to the other boys knee cap sending him doubling over. Meanwhile the other boy recovered from the initial shock of the red heads immunity to his fist. He then charged at him from the other side of the alley. Daisuke summed up the situation in his head and simply dogged to the left of the slightly larger boy allowing him to make full contact with the wall behind him. Iori stood unwavering in his kendo stance as the two boys slowly got up and ran out of the alley leaving only raven hared boy in the alley with Iori and Daisuke.
The last punk was a lot bigger then the others and obviously a lot smarter. He had waited until Daisuke got tired and then went after him. With a small smirk on his face he checked Daisuke into the wall and then kicked him square in the ribs sending him skidding across the alley. Iori still hadn't moved. "You should have just given in." Said the boy, "Now we will have to beat the crap out of you to." The boy swung his fist and that's when he made his move. With a loud yell and a swift movement of wood the boy who was more than twice Iori's size fell clutching his stomach. Iori shrugged and walked away, feeling strangely calm considering he had to resort to violence.
He stopped when he came to Daisuke. He was struggling to get up. "How did you beat him he was like twice your size." He said as he accepted the offer of Ioris shoulder to get up.
"If you only look at people on the outside you'll never know true strength". He paused as Daisuke had now gotten up. "That's what my grandfather says" the young brunette paused "May I ask you two questions?" He said as politely as ever. Daisuke nodded , he could hardly refuse his request after what he had just seen him do. It was obvious that his grandfather was quite a sage man. "What is your name? And.." He paused "Why did you help me?"
The red head shrugged as he began to start out of the alley. "It's wrong to pick on people because their a little different. I know. I've been the one in the corner. It's also just plain wrong to beat on people!" He said sternly staring the other boy directly in the face with a look that shocked him to the core.
He walked down the street leaving the younger boy alone in the alley he had made in a few feet away when he stopped and turned around. Suddenly he burst into radiant smile." By the way my name is Daisuke" He called and the ran laughing down the street in a joyful way seen only in the youngest of hearts.
"Daisuke.." he said to himself. What a strange fellow, yet. He got out of the alley and emerged into the sunlit sidewalk. There is definitely something about him.
He walked off into the future with this encounter completely forgotten by the time he arrived home.
It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real,
Well I don't want to know
That Iori. Such a dignified kid. Sage beyond years. Not like the others they're all so… I was going to say rude but now I'm not sure what I should say. Different, unique, special. Boy I sound like someone from one of those after special schools and yet, it's all true, that's how they are. In a less special sort of way.
Miyako she's so, outgoing and yet shy it's quite strange. Smart and yet so stupid… she'd definitely hit me if she heard me say that. That's what she did the first time we met. That's how we met actually. I still have the bruise to prove it.
Run, run, gotta run, run faster damn it. Gotta run. Why did I stop to smell the roses? I'm so stupid who actually does that. Daisuke was running down the street to his elementary school. He was late again having decided to actually stop and sniff the roses, the result had not been the desired spiritual uplift instead it had resulted in several thorns and one big angry dog. And now thanks to his natural curiosity not to mention that other boys advice he was going to be late for school again.
Daisuke ran blindly down the street, not caring where or when he was going as long as he got there before the bell. Daisuke was running with his head down on the street not looking where he was going until…Crash!!!
"Hey watch it ! My glasses!"
Daisuke's brakes, as far as he was concerned, was anything in his way. Unfortunately the lavender headed girl in front of him did not agree with this particular method. Looking up he could clearly se the girl bending over to pick up her glasses. "Um I'm sorry." Daisuke tried to apologize and run at the same time.
"Hey wait a minute."
Daisuke stopped in his tracks which was not more the a foot away from where she was.
"You think you can just hit and run!" She placed her hands on her hips Daisuke tried to take a step back only to find himself paralyzed by the girls glare. "That's a crime, I could have you thrown in jail for something like this." Tilting her head she said, "Come here.", as the suns rays reflected off of her glasses.
Hesitantly taking one step forward Daisuke winced as the girl delivered a cutting blow to his left shoulder blade. "Oww! What was that for?" He asked instantly regretting it.
"What do you think it's for! For running into me! Did you forget already, are you slow or something." The girl droned on as Daisuke began to zone out. "Hey are you listening to me." Daisuke received another blow on his other shoulder blade. "Geez the least you can do is pay attention not only are you stupid you're also rude." Sighing she turned around and muttered something but before Daisuke could creep away she turned around and extended he hand.
Daisuke shuddered back expecting another blow. "My name is Miyako Inoue."
Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Daisuke was confused. What was she doing, first she's trying to punch my arms off and now? "What is this some kind of trick I said was sorry."
Steeping forward Miyako grabbed Daisuke's hand and shook it firmly. "You hit me and I hit you." She smiled "Now were even."
"Even but you, and, hey…"Daisuke sighed "My name is Daisuke Motomiya. Pleased to meet you."
"Well enough pleasantries, I'm late for school. Maybe I'll see you around again Daisuke Motomiya." The girl took off down the street tearing down the pavement in the direction of Daisuke elementary school. Hey wait a minute. Does she go to my school.
Daisuke walked along the path to his school completely forgetting whatever rush he was in , by the time he arrived at the school the gate had been closed and locked. Looking up at the clock Daisuke saw it was 9:15. He was forty five minutes late. Sighing he crouched down in front of the gates. It was going to be a very long day.
Our memories
They can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening
Daisuke had opened and read the letter. He had read the words written and those not written. It was time to make a decision. It was either Ken or everything else. Was he willing to make such a sacrifice for Ken. For someone like Ken, no for someone like the Kaizer. To be with him was to lose everything else. Jun, Iori, Hikari, Miyako, Takeru. Takeru. Ha Now there was a weird one. Daisuke had just turned the corner when he bumped into another person. He had decided to fake sick rather then come late to school today. One more tardy would result in a parent teacher meeting. He would much rather have to forge a truancy report than that.
This time the blond he bumped into didn't go flying into the pavement. "Hey watch it buddy." Daisuke said to the yellow and blue shirt in front of him.
"0h sorry." The blond scratched his hair underneath an odd hat. "It was my fault, I should of been paying closer attention to where I was going."
"Yeah that's right you should be more…" Daisuke looked up to face the stranger. It was the boy. The boy from Hikari's photo. Takeru.
"Hey you okay?" Takeru asked when Daisuke stopped in mid-sentence. Maybe he had hit him harder then he thought.
"Yeah I'm fine." The other boy replied. Deciding to play dumb he pretended not to know the would-be stranger.
"Say do I know you?" Takeru asked. "You seem really familiar." In fact he reminded him a lot of Taichi. Taichi, what was he supposed to do again. Oh yeah he was on his way to see Hikari. He had just moved into the neighborhood and would be attending school the following Monday. Seeing as today was Friday he had plenty of free time to his name.
"No that's impossible we've never met before." Daisuke lied slapping a cheery mask on. At least you don't know me.
"Well I'm due to meet someone so sorry I can't stay and," Takeru looked down at his watch. It was only 10:30 Hikari would still be in school at this time. Why had he gotten up so early then. "On second thought my name's Takashi Takeru, what's yours?" The blond stretched out his hand.
Daisuke was getting a feeling of De Ja Vous. How many people had he met in the past week. About five. The brunette, the girl from this morning, Hikari, that other boy, and now Takeru. This is really…weird.
"My name is Motomiya Daisuke. Pleased to meet you."
"Well Daisuke I'm not gong to be doing anything for the next couple of hours sooo." Takeru left the invitation incomplete hoping that the red-head would pick it up.
Was this an invitation, why didn't he just come out and say it. "Sure," He agreed "I know all the best places in town. Did you just move here. Where are you from? Do you have any brothers?" Daisuke continued to ask a bunch of questions he already knew the answers to. "A girlfriend?" Takeru blushed at that particular question "What, a boyfriend maybe?" Daisuke laughed along with Takeru.
He didn't know how close he was to the truth. His and Hikari's brother were practically married so they might as well be boyfriend and girlfriend, even if they hadn't said anything about it yet. Laughing he put his arm around Daisuke's shoulder.
The day flew by quickly. First the arcade then the mall, then the libraries- at Daisuke's insistence- and finally at a juice bar where the two were racing to gulp down milkshakes.
"I win URRPPPP!" Daisuke burped.
"You sure do Daisuke." Takeru laughed. He had had more fun then he had ever had with any one else ever. It wasn't that he didn't like the others. It was just the age barrier. At his old school he always felt as though he couldn't share with the other kids but Daisuke was different. It was just like him and Hikari, except of course without the attraction.
Hikari Oh shit. He had completely forgotten. It was 5:10 p.m. "Daisuke I have to go." He said leaving a twenty -more then enough to cover both halves of the bill- "If you're ever in the area feel free to drop by. By the way Daisuke I had a great time today." Dashing out of the door he caught a glimpse of a genuine smile. It would probably be the only one he would ever see.
As Takeru ran to the Yagami residence to see Hikari one thing grasped at his mind Hikari's supposed to be in school today. Why wasn't Daisuke in school? Sighing he brushed the encounter off as a fluke. It was too bad though. He really liked that kid.
As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I sit and cry
Daisuke looked up at Ken and wished that he hadn't left V-mon at home with Jun. It was just then he realized something. Something everyone has to ask themselves "What does my heart say?"
He closed his eyes and he could see Chibimon standing there in a green grassy field in the digi-world. "Daisuke I'm so glad you came." The blue ball of fluff giggled. Wait a minute if this is the digital world why wasn't he V-mon.
Suddenly the world became sandy, he could hear the birds above him and the waves beneath him, when he blinked his eyes he was on a beach and there standing in front of him was the rookie V-mon. He snapped his fingers and Daisuke's D-Terminal and D-3 appeared. The digimentals shot out of them and both hit him at once. A blinding flash of light forced him to close his eyes. When he opened them he was in his room. Chibimon on the floor. This was from before. He saw himself, this was his memory.
"But you said digi-world. You can't go alone there lot's of evil digimon and the KAIZER'S SALVES." He paused and then started again "You can't go alone Daisuke, where are the others, answer me ."
"The others aren't coming. He only wants me, it'll be just the two of us no slaves, spires or emperors."
A familiar voice echoed through his head.
Will it really be like that?
"Why do Digimon Digivolve."
"To protect others, why else? That's why I digivolve."
"What if there were no humans then why." Chibimon stared at his partner dumbfounded.
Why do humans grow old?
"Fate Isn't a river Daisuke, It's more like this. Fate is an empty piece of paper. You are the crayon the pen the pencil. You can do whatever you want on that page. You can draw write paint whatever. You can try to erase but you can never really do that. The people you meet are the colours you draw in along the way. Just think how boring life would be without colour. Dai." He looked up at me. "It time to colour with the golden crayon." He paused for a moment. "The golden crayon of happiness."
Isn't it time for you to stop tracing?
Daisuke screamed out loud. "Who are you what do you want?" Daisuke took a step forward only to have the other take an equal step back. "Come here!" Daisuke yelled "Stop playing games with me!"
"But that's what I do best. It's all I know how to do as long as you keep lying to yourself." Daisuke stepped forward, the lights revealing the shadowed figure.
Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
It was himself. The voice that was so familiar was his own. No wait, it was his hearts. It was his heart. The light intensified until he could no longer see anything at all. "Wait!" Daisuke yelled to his own Eros counterpart. "I only want you to tell me the truth from now on." Daisuke whispered.
He was back in his room. Across from him was his digi-mon. All four of them. Raidramon, Flamedramon, V-mon and Chibimon. "I," Daisuke paused then held his hand out to Raidramon. The storm of friendship. "What should I do?"
"He convinced you that Agumon was just another Digi-mon. You're pleas had no effect on him. Your friends were heartbroken by their loss. They thought they had lost you and Agumon forever. They cared enough to try and help you through it whatever way they knew how. That is true friendship." Raidramon growled as Daisuke drew his hand away and took a step back.
Going to the left he placed a hand on top of V-mon's head.
"That day you said that there was no we just you. That really hurt ya'know. But I didn't say anything because I'm your friend Daisuke and I'm more then you're Digimon. I'm a part of you and I love you. Please don't let anyone separate us ever." V-mon gazed up at him as he removed his hand and took a step back.
It was Flamedramons turn. He placed a hand on his hard bicep.
Daisuke. You know you can't fight it. But you have to try anyway because it is who you are. It is your destiny to fight and defeat the Kaizer. I know that the need to do so burns deep within your soul, but I also know your love for him burns brightly as well. Remember courage without strength is just rash judgment.
The words struck a deep cord with him as he faltered back. Only Chibimon was left. He bent down and placed a finger on his head.
"Daisuke no matter what always listen to your heart and remember who really loves and who you're real friends are." Chibimon giggled as he jumped into Daisuke's open arms. "Remember I'll love you no matter what!"
It's all ending
I gotta stop pretending who we are...
You and me
I can see us dying ... are we?
Daisuke was back in the throne room. He was standing in front of the Kaizer in his leather outfit. He remained quiet. Though only seconds had passed, for him it was an eternity. In the silence of his mind he could hear his heart clearly. It only spoke the truth. The other part of his soul agreed with him even though he was nowhere in sight anymore.
Opening his mouth he knew that after he spoke these words anything could happen. He could be killed or tortured in thousands of ways or…
"Well Dai-chan?" The Kaizer was lying in his chair a come and get me look on his face. He already knew what Daisuke would say. There was no way anyone could ever say no to him.
"Kaizer." Daisuke said quietly pushing a button on his D-3 causing the leather out fit to defragment leaving only his usual digital world outfit behind. "I will not let you hurt my friends or my love anymore." He took a step up his open palms turning into fists. "I'll stop you so me and Ken can be together." He took another step. "This is for you Ken.", he whispered to himself as he ran up the stairs towards him, taking only breaths leaving only ripples.
Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts