Author's Note: I'm a lazy donkey turd, I know… forgive me…

Chapter 8: The Disappearance

Both Elizabeth and Esse were staring up at the new arrival. He had short cut black hair and aqua green eyes. He was wearing a tuxedo, a black one. His smiling gaze rested on Esse for a moment, then over to Elizabeth. An Agumon was at his side, wearing a bow tie. Brad looked at Elizabeth, who was staring at the arrival.

"He-lo? Liz? Lizzy? Honey? Cupcake? Muffin? He-lo?"

He waved a hand in front of her face, then frowned when he found it was to no avail.

"Lizzy? Elizabeth? Earth to Liz?"

A Cajunmon jumped onto Elizabeth's head.

"YO LIZZY! YOU'RE BOYFRIEND WANTS TO SPEAK WITH YA!"

Elizabeth blinked, then shook her head. She smiled up at Brad.

"Sorry bud…"

"Who is that?"

Elizabeth looked over at the arrival for a moment, then back to Brad.

"That is Koji Makuyo… he's supposed to be dead… but… obviously someone else had different plans…"

"… And… he's making you all starry eyed…why?"

"Hmm? Oh, the only reason I'm going out with you is because he was dead…"

"You mean… He's like an x boyfriend or something?"

Elizabeth thought for a moment, then smiled.

"Yup."

Brad sighed with relief, then held onto Elizabeth as Koji was making his way over, just to tell him that Elizabeth was now his territory. Koji only sighed, then tapped her on the shoulder. Elizabeth smiled, turning around to look at him.

"Hi!" she said happily. Koji gave her a small smile.

"Hey… what's been goin' down while I was dead?"

"Nope… not much… Just everyone growin' up."

Koji smiled.

"Cool… I didn't miss nutin'… but you…"

Brad found it quite unbelievable that there was a boy standing in front of them had a connection to his girlfriend. Elizabeth on the other hand seemed to find it quite enchanting. She smiled at Koji, blushing wildly.

"… Well… I…"

"I see you're quite taken though…"

Brad growled.

"You bet dude…"

He held onto Elizabeth tightly, giving Koji and angered look. Koji shrugged.

"Okay… that's fine…"

Brad blinked, astonished that he didn't have to fight over Elizabeth. Besides, she was his girlfriend. Elizabeth winced, looking up at him.

"Can I have my waist back now?"

Brad looked down.

"Huh? OH! Sure…"

He loosened his grip, letting his hands rest on her waist. Elizabeth smiled, then turned to Koji.

"So… what's up dude?"

Koji smiled, handing Elizabeth a small package. It didn't seem like much, wrapped in what looked like brown paper, but Elizabeth found it a beautiful possession to have.

"Don't open it until you need it the most…" he said, then, walked off, as if nothing ever happened, leaving Brad in confusion and Elizabeth in enchantment.

~***~

"Hey Foxer…"

"Yo Bub…"

Foxermon came over and sat down next to Bubomon, who was staring over at Elizabeth and Brad.

"Your tamer find someone he can love?"

"How 'bout yours?"

Foxermon frowned, looking over at his tamer, who was dancing with some boy.

"… That's stupid, huh?"

Bubomon yawned.

"Nah… what's stupid is that the girl Brad's dancin' with is actually his girlfriend…"

"So he did find someone to love?"

Bubomon glared at Foxermon, who seemed quite happy with his statement.

"I'm gonna murder yo-"

A loud scream was heard.

~***~

The source of this scream was Elizabeth, but… why? Let's start from when Elizabeth and Brad started dancing together. It was a slow dance, and Brad was breathing down Liz's neck.

"…Dude… you okay?" she asked. Brad smiled nervously.

"Yeah… fine… why ya ask?"

Elizabeth sighed, then looked over to Esse and Koji, who seemed to also be dancing. She knew all along they had crushes on each other, but how could she have told them both… back then… when she was with Koji, loving him as much as she loved Brad. They seemed pretty happy, so Elizabeth let them be.

"What about that present, huh?" Brad asked. Elizabeth looked up at him.

"But he said only to open it when… I needed it…"

"Yeah… but… when is when you need it?"

Elizabeth thought for a moment, then stopped.

"Huh?"

"When is this time of when you need it?"

Elizabeth blinked.

"I dunno…"

"Exactly…"

"But… I'm sure this is not what Koji meant…"

"C'mon…"

Brad began to kiss her neck to lighten her up. He needed to know what was in there.

"What's with the ring on your finger?" Brad asked. Elizabeth looked down at it. They were in Elizabeth's large mansion, which seemed to be huge.

"This? Oh, Koji gave it to me…"

"Koji?"

"… An old friend…"

"And old friend?"

Elizabeth stopped for a moment, trying to find the words.

"…He's a dead friend of mine…"

"You mean he was a boyfri-… dead?"

Elizabeth looked down.

"Yeah… his name was Koji…"

"C'mon Liz… open it up…"

Elizabeth nodded, her eyes closed. She began to rip the wrapping it was in. Brad smiled, watching along. Elizabeth revealed a bracelet. It didn't seem like much, made of leather, and it seemed quite shabby. Brad sighed with relief.

"…So… why don't you put it on?"

~***~

Mistake there. Koji was watching along, making sure Elizabeth was listening, but at the same time dancing with Esse.

"… Ow…"

"Sorry Esse…"

"… Ow…"

"Sorry…"

"OW!"

Koji smiled weakly at her.

"Sorry again…"

Esse sighed.

"You watchin' Liz, huh?"

Koji's smile faded to a frown.

"Errr… kinda…"

Esse sighed again.

"You still like her, don't you?"

Koji blinked.

"Errr… it's not entirely like that Esse… I'm watching her to make sure she listens to me… I can see that brother of yours is just trouble…"

"Nah… he's just wicked carel- What's my brother got to do with this… Don't change the subject… OW!"

"Eh? Oh! Sorry!"

"KOJI!"

Koji smiled weakly.

"Look… I gave her another spirit… so she could… ya know… make up for the one she lost… an- Ow Esse…"

"Huh? Sorry… I was listening to you too much."

"Hah hah, very funny…"

Koji sighed.

"Anyways… I kinda found this one that… seemed like one she could handle… one that had a personality that was different from Caelumon's…"

"Did it work?"

"I don't know… shit…"

"What?"

"She's putting it on…"

"What?!"

"I'll tell ya later…"

Koji broke away from their embrace and ran off to stop Elizabeth, but it was too late…

~***~

The source of that scream was Elizabeth, as was stated before, but only after she put it on. Koji arrived at that time, breaking her apart from Brad to see what was going on.

"What is she, a magnet?" Brad asked angrily. Tears were streaming down Elizabeth's face because of the unbearable pain. There were splotches of metallic blue all over her body.

"…The metals created from the hottest of lava…" Koji muttered. Brad stared at him weirdly.

"What?"

"She's being equipped with metals from the ho-"

"What are you talking about?!"

Koji sighed angrily.

"Look, she just needs to sit down and… re-"

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT SHE NEEDS! YOU LEFT HER! WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!"

"I DIED! YEAH, SO WHAT?! I DIED!"

Elizabeth looked over at them, sighing. The spots all around her body began to grow, making her shriek out in total pain. Koji and Brad looked over at her from their bickering. Sy walked past them, grasping Elizabeth's shoulders gently.

"…Here's the source of it all… it's this stupid bracelet thingy…"

He went to take it off, but Koji stopped him.

"If you take it off, she dies…"

"…K-koji?"

Koji turned around to face Elizabeth, who was holding up her right arm. The splotches on her arm changed to a bright green.

"Uh-oh… Guys, it's gonna get a little gruesome…"

"WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO HER!?"

Koji growled angrily, whirling around and punching Brad.

"Shut. Up. You aren't helping…"

Another scream from Elizabeth caused him to turn around again. He watched as the arm began to bleed profusely, and the green metallic substance burst out from her arm.

"What's happening to me Koji?" she asked through sobs. Koji sighed.

"It's your new spirit… the only thing you can do is bare through it…"

Elizabeth smiled weakly.

"Ironic… it's ironic…"

Koji smiled, stroking her hair.

"You're right… it's ironic… and you know I'll be there…"

Brad growled, shoving Koji out of the way.

"Look, who's girlfriend is she?"

"Yours… but she needs a friend, not someone who'll give her false hope because he doesn't know what happens…"

"What the fu-"

Sy grabbed Brad's shoulder and dragged him away for a moment.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

Sy gave Brad a strange look.

"Hey… I'm gonna side with Koji on this one dude… he's right…"

"How is he right?!" Brad asked.

"He's just got… more experience… I can see it… He's been to the Digital World…"

"Yeah? SO?"

"You haven't been to the Digital World…"

"AND? YOUR POINT?"

Sy let out a huge growl, then punched him angrily. Brad stumbled back.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"
Sy let out a swear under his breath, then was startled as Brad punched him back. Elizabeth looked over, then growled as she held out her new gun arm at them.

"STOP," she ordered. Both boys stared at her a moment, then lowered their fists, eyes wide. Elizabeth lowered the blood soaked weapon.

"Do you two even know what's happening?"

"No…" was their reply. Elizabeth looked angry as the substance began to grow larger, covering her neck and moving downward. Brad was horrified, and Sy looked just as astonished. Sighing, Elizabeth smiled weakly at the both of them.

"I'll be fine," she said. The substance proved to give her great pain, but she tried to hide it. Brad stepped forward, unsure of what she could do.

"… You sure?" he asked shakily. Elizabeth's smile grew wider.

"Yup…"

Brad smiled, wrapping his arms around her lovingly.

"If you say so…"

Koji smiled, happy that Elizabeth wasn't screaming bloody murder, then looked around.

"… I don't hear any comments from you Agumon…"

There was a slight silence, as everyone's eyes were on Elizabeth's little scene. Koji's smile turned to a frown.

"Agumon, get out here!"

No response. A few of the other tamers looked around.

"Where's Foxermon?"

"I can't find Elshanimon!"

"Batmon? BATMON!?"

The voices got louder, and more and more of them joined them as everyone soon found out that the digimon were missing. Sy smiled.

"Good riddance too…"

Brad's eyes were transfixed on Elizabeth, who was feeling more pain as she began to digitize.

"What's… happening?" he asked in a low whisper. Koji cleared his throat, getting Brad's attention.

"… She's transfusing with her spirit and… spirits are digimon…"

"But… she's human, right?"

"… Last time I checked, she was a 15-year-old female human… but that was two years ago…"

"M-mommy? I can't find UncleBubomon…"

Elizabeth, in complete pain now, looked down at WhiteTigramon. He looked just fine. Brad stared down at the little guy too.

"I don't understand it… shouldn't he have disappeared too?" he asked. Elizabeth shook her head a no.

"… He's part human…"

Brad blinked.

"BUT YOU'RE FULLY HUMAN!"

Elizabeth sighed, looking down at her arm, which seemed to have disappeared.

"There's always… next time…"

Brad blinked.

"Next time?! What about this time!… Wait, what next time?!"

Elizabeth smiled up at him.

"You wouldn't understand…"

"… Of course not…"

"Mommy?"

Elizabeth looked down at WhiteTigramon.

"Yes hun?"

"… I'm scared…"

Elizabeth picked him up with her visible hand and gently hugged him.

"Don't be…"

A flash of light occurred, and Matro appeared.

"Why hello there my sweet…" he said, smiling at Esse. She blinked, then hid behind Koji.

"I don't take to kindly to girls who hate my guts," Matro said, anger in his voice. Koji smiled weakly.

"Look dude, you aren't comin' near this one…"

Matro smiled evily.

"What, she your playtoy?"

Koji and Esse both started to blush.

"NO!… I mean… I… errr…"

"A no is fine… I don't wanna think about it…" Esse reassured him, patting him on the shoulder. Koji smiled, but he was still blushing. Matro, however, looked around, ignoring Koji and Esse, and his gaze set itself onto Elizabeth. Brad's grip tightened on her waist as he stared at Matro, anger filling in his face.

"You aren't going to get to her…" he grumbled. Matro laughed.

"But it isn't her I want Brad…"

"Umm… hello?"

Jen appeared from the shadows of where she was hiding. Matro stared at her for a moment.

"Yeah?"

"You… is… th-"

"I'm his doppleganger… It's a curse… I have to look like him…"

Brad growled angrily, finding it not a curse to look the way he did. He held onto Elizabeth tighter. Matro wasn't paying attention. His gaze was on Jen.

"You're eyes are pretty," he said. Elizabeth rolled her eyes. Jen smiled, blushing.

"…Ummm… well… your cape's… nice…"

Matro blushed wildly.

"Errr… wanna go out sometime?"

Elizabeth cleared her throat, and Matro blinked.

"I errr…"

"What do you want?"

WhiteTigramon looked up at Jen.

"Miss Nice Person? Are you Auntie Zoramon's tamer?"

Jen looked down.

"Err… Zoramon? Auntie? I guess…"

Matro noticed this little conversation.

"UmBubmon!"

The red blob digimon grabbed WhiteTigramon and Jen.

"BE NICE!"

Umbubomon blinked, then loosened his hold. He was confused, but did what he was told.

"Let's go!"

Matro disappeared in a puff of smoke, and Elizabeth realized what UmBubomon was gonna do. She leapt forward, but landed where UmBubomon wasn't anymore. He had disappeared.

"… No… I let him… WhiteTigramon…"