Chapter 4! I'm so proud of myself. Been in a bit of a slump since school's been piling up work. Oh well. Already have the next chapter started…but it will take a while. Enjoy the chapter and please be kind and review!

Disclaimer: Don't own, can't sue.

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~ Very Interesting ~

Opening the door, a nurse peered into the now empty room. Heels clicking behind her, she walked into the room and shut the door. After looking at the blinking screens and examining the charts, she turned towards the boy lying on the bed. Brushing golden strands of hair out of his face, she looked closer. Gently she stroked her hand against his cheek. "Soon…" Her nose was barely an inch away from his when his eyes started fluttering. Jumping back she put on a fake smile and began to look busy. She stopped when his ocean eyes peered at her. "Ah, Mr. Yamato Ishida. Finally awake. We were beginning to think you'd left us." Her smile widened as he looked about him. "Where…where is everyone?" Immediately her face frowned. Not good. "I'm sorry Mr. Ishida, but who do you mean?" He tried and failed miserably at sitting up. "My family, friends. I felt them here. I know they were here." Inside her head the nurse tried to think of a cover up and suddenly an idea struck.

"Mr. Ishida, I'm sorry but no one has come to visit you since you were first checked in. We informed your parents, but they only came to sign some papers, then left." She moved closer to his side as his eyes became confused and clouded. "Don't worry. Everyone is alone sometime. Maybe your friends aren't what you think they are?" He turned his head to fight with her, but she pulled out a needle. "I think you should rest. The doctors said you might need this when you wake up." She slipped the needle into the IV and watched as the black liquid mingled with the clear then became transparent. "Goodnight Yama." His eyes slid closed and she quickly exited the room.

Gennai looked up at images imprinted in the bark of a large tree. "Interesting…" Eight symbols surrounded a figure in the middle. Words streamed from each symbol and formed a circle around the mysterious center. "What do you think, my friend?" A small orb of light appeared by his side. "Gennai, this could get messy. You have to tell the destined what they have to do and quickly. Already Courage is giving in to the dark's attempt to weaken them." Gennai sighed, "Taichi's strong, he'll hold on. I have faith in all of them. They'll be able to light the beacons in time. Have faith, Lightmon." Lightmon floated about the symbols, taking close examination of each. "You know, whoever wrote this, really has bad handwriting." Gennai sweatdropped. "Hey! I wrote that. Some of my best work too." Lightmon giggled. "Silly Gennai, just as you always were. See you later!" With that she disappeared, leaving a very angered Gennai. Bad handwriting. Hmph.

"Humans are so interesting, wouldn't you say so Kira?" The figure in the throne slipped off and walked to a girl standing beside the door. "I think you're being to cocky, Coal. The destined are already in the Digital World. All they have to do is light the beacons, one of which is already lit because you underestimated them." Fire rose up from the ground and surrounded them. "YOU THINK THEY CAN BEAT ME!?" The flames licked at her short black hair and her icy blue eyes stared blankly ahead. "Maybe, maybe not. Their strength really depends upon their unity." The flames died away, but flickered enough to sustain light. Sitting back on the throne Coal smiled, "True, that's why I broke them up."

Kira looked at her master with interest. Long white hair and coal black eyes, she never truly understood why he wanted to destroy the digidestined so much, in this way anyway. She wanted them to be at their strongest when she sent them to the afterlife, Coal was just making it easier for himself. He was weak.

Lost in her own thoughts she didn't notice that Coal was gone from his seat until he whispered in her ear, "Penny for your thoughts." Pushing him away she stormed out of the room, aggravated with herself for letting him get close without her knowing. Coal smiled at her retreating form. Hopefully she would be able to take out a digidestined or two before he had to kill her. Laughing he picked up the nearest servant. "Go get me Seermon." Bowing and begging for his life the poor digimon ran off. "Let's see how our lost digidestined is doing."

It was cold. Hugging himself he began to walk. The darkness suffocated him, but he kept walking. His head became fuzzy. It was too hard. Looking around himself, he didn't see anything. Off in a distance he heard whispers echoing. Following the soft sound, he became conscious of the faces around him. Crowds walking, running, shoving against him. Their ghost-like forms stood out against the ink blackness. They swept by him and the whispering became louder. "He's always alone, do you think something's wrong with him?" Looking around for the source he noticed a familiar face. "Mimi!" Running up to his friend, he reached out for her. His hand passed through her. "He always was angry, never really fit in. You know?" He watched as Mimi's friend nodded to her comment. "Mimi?" She disappeared into the crowd. Someone bumped into him, almost knocking him to the ground. "Tai! Sora!" He scrambled to keep up with them. "Please tell me this is a joke. Can't you guys see me?" "He should really lay off. Doesn't he get the message yet? Still trying to be best friends." Yamato stopped and watched them retreat. Weren't they friends? "If I hear another complaint about fangirls, I'm gonna crack. I think he's just trying to get attention." More faces stood out. "It's a lot better now. Yamato's usually never around to bother me now that he has the band. Best thing that's ever happened." The cold started to chill his heart. "It's not like we actually liked him, we just felt bad."

Wrapping his arms around himself, Yamato sunk to the ground. "Gotta be a cruel joke. It's just my imagination." More people crowded past. The whispering turned into a roar. He put his head on his knees, hands over ears. "Please…" All sound stopped. Looking up he saw a lone figure in front of him. "Yamato." He stood up and stepped towards the dark figure. "How do you know me?"

The person advanced towards him, black eyes digging into Yamato's soul. "I know you because we share loneliness. You feel it. Your friends abandoned you." Yamato shook his head. "No! They wouldn't…they couldn't…" His voice became a murmur as doubt entered his heart. "I know. It's hard to accept. But I am here. All I need is something you have to make your so called friends pay." Yamato took a step back. "Yamato…I'm your friend…don't you want me to stay?" A feeling of deep loneliness washed over Yamato, choking him. He didn't want to be alone.

The shape reached towards Yamato's neck and pulled at a thin chain. On the end hung a bright silver tear. The figure moved closer, inches from Yamato. "Give me this, and you will stay with me, and we will never be lonely again." His dark eyes pierced into Yamato's. "Give me the pendant…" Eyes clouded Yamato nodded numbly and started to give it to him. "YAMATO!" A light shot from the corner of the darkness and hit the shape in the chest. Shaking his head, the pendant quickly disappeared and Yamato ran towards the depleting light.

Coal slammed his fist against the wall. "Dammit! She interfered! I almost had him!" Sweat dripped down his pale skin and his eyes glanced at the crinkled digimon sitting in the center of a ring of candles. "Well? Did he escape?" The digimon stood and shook it's white robes. "She ripped a path back to his body. He has returned." The candles' fire flared up as a loud roar passed through the palace's walls. Kira swiftly stepped into the room, a smile on her lips. Mockingly she wrapped her arms around Coal's shoulders. Putting her mouth close to his ear she whispered, "Humans are very interesting."

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So fun! I love Coal's character, and Kira. Their gonna be so awesome! Coal was definitely inspired by Folken from the Escaflowne movie, but he's just so wonderful! Oh well, don't kill me. Now I'm hyper, gotta go run around. R&R!