Holy Cow!!!! I didn't except so many reviews for this. I thought that I
would at lest get about 2, 3 at the most. Any way, this will be the last
one until next week so I hope that you aren't disappointed.
Shadow_of_Havoc- Thank you so much for letting me E-mail you for help, which I will do, I just have to get around doing it. Hehe. Anyway, thank you so much for your support for my first fic. You're da' mon, er, bomb!
Riskomon- Please believe me that I am going to continue this story, I even have chapter 12 already written so I hope that I don't disappoint you! Thanks for your review!!
Silver Angel- Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. But I will tell you this, Ken will be in here a lot, I almost put him in as one of the main characters. Do you think I should? Great hearing from you again, at lest I know that a few like my story!!!!
Chapter: 3
At lest one of Takeru's friends were in each of his classes. First period was history with Yolie, second was computer class with Ken, third was science with Davis, fourth was language arts with Kari, then lunch outside behind the gym. Takeru was the last to arrive sense Hikari was allowed to leave early with her row. Everyone was talking about something or another with the Digimon no where to be seen. It seemed as though Yolie and Davis had gotten in another fight again.
Cody was the first to notice Takeru's presence. "The Digimon are sleeping and Davis got a C- on the history test Yolie was forced to tutor him for," Cody said answering Takeru's questioning look. Takeru just lowered his head sighing and thought, 'That figures,' as he sat down between Cody and Ken. He looked over at Hikari, who was across from him, who looked like she was watching one of Sora's tennis matches.
Even after everyone had eaten, the two continued to fight. The subject had gone from tests to glasses verses goggles, to who was the better Destined, all the way down to name-calling. Takeru leaned back against the tree trunk they were gathered under and found a more comfortable spot to watch the fight. He didn't expect for himself to doze off, which he did.
It was his dream again, but it left off where it stooped with the pain in his head. He grabbed his head and gave a pained scream as the pain increased even more. In no time at all, he was soon on one knee with his head bent down, his mink reeling. 'This is a dream, I shouldn't be feeling this. This isn't real.' But the man spoke as he still had a firm hold on Takeru's left shoulder, "But it is real Hope." Takeru's head snapped back, 'He can read minds?' as if he really had, the man answered, "Only when I'm in physical contact with someone. Hold on Hope, it is almost over," he said as another wave of pain swept over Takeru, causing his head to go down again with a yell.
This went on for a good five minuets and after it was all over, all Takeru felt was a dull numbness covering his body. He couldn't move and his breathing and heartbeat were erratic. The man then laid Takeru's forehead gently on his shoulder to calm him down.
After Takeru had calmed down enough, he lifted his head from the man's shoulder and saw for the first time the man's face. "Gen.Gennai?" the shaken boy stuttered. All the young looking guardian did was smile and nod. "What's going on?"
"Relax, Hope. You've had a busy day."
Takeru then said the one thing that was on his mind at the moment, "Why are you calling me 'Hope'?"
"Because you are 'Hope'. If you prefer, I will still call you 'TK' for the time being." Takeru just nodded. He was about to ask his next question when Gennai answered it, "You will know in time. Now, your friends are worried about you, you must wake up now." With that, Takeru returned to reality with a weeping Hikari trying to wake him up.
Soon after Takeru had dozed off, his crest had formed once again on his forehead and had started to glow. Hikari had moved closer to the boys because the fight was soon becoming physical, so everyone's backs were turned toward Takeru. It was in the middle of his dream sequence when the fighting duo turned around so that Yolie's back faced the group while Davis' front faced them. Davis saw out of the corner of his eye a dim, golden light over Yolie's shoulder. When he looked to find the source, he saw Takeru leaning against the tree, his chin resting against his chest with arms crossed. He was confused at first until he saw the light coming from Takeru. His eyes widened as he stood in shock. Yolie saw this and asked, "Umm, hellooo? Davis are you alright or have those goggles finally cut off your blood circulation to you brain?" all she got for an answer was a stuttered, "T.T.TK." Only Yolie could hear though as she turned around to see why Davis had gotten Takeru's name right. What she saw gave her the same expression as Davis.
The shocked girl pointed toward Takeru, trying to tell the others. All they did was blink. When she saw that she wasn't getting through to them, she strained to say Takeru's name loud enough for them to hear. It seemed to work, as they looked from side to side and then behind. Their mouths hung open in shock.
Ken was the first to act as he went over to Takeru. "Takeru! Takeru! Takeru, wake up!" is all he said as he shook him to wake him up. Nothing worked.
Curiosity got the better of Davis as he ran over to help. He lifted his rival's head gently to see where the light was coming from. Everyone saw the crest of Hope blazing on their friend's head.
By this time, the Digimon had woken to the confusion. They just stood there next to their partners in shock. Patamon was near tears, "TK is a light sssleeper! He should be awake by now!"
Hikari came over and knelt down beside Takeru to try to wake him up. "TK, please. Wake up. Please, TK," was all she said in a timid voice, tears streaming down her face.
Everyone, Digimon and human, were unnerved to see Takeru's neutral face when something was wrong with him. Suddenly, Takeru frowned as the light faded. He gave a small yelp as it left, his right hand went to his left shoulder which gleew a dim gold. Ken tried prying his friend's hand to see but Takeru was stronger than he looked. Cody and Yolie tried to help, but stopped when Takeru moaned and his eyes snapped open. Takeru took a quick breath of air as he tried to calm himself down again.
Ken took his pulse after hearing Takeru's breathing. It was faster than he thought it would be. He took a sigh of relief as he felt it become regular again. Takeru was shaking as he looked around. "Takeru. Care to explain what's going on?" Ken asked, trying to choose his words wisely.
"I w-wish I could, Ken. But even I d-don't know," stuttered a still shaking Takeru.
"Why didn't you tell us something was wrong?" asked Davis. All he was met was Takeru lowering his eyes to the ground. Davis then remembered the talk Ken and Kari had earlier that morning. He then understood the down cast look. He had tried to tell them, but they didn't listen.
Takeru didn't feel like explaining anything jus now. All he said was, "I'm not crazy, Davis."
"TK, I think you should go home or go see the nurse and rest," suggested Cody who was holding Upamon tightly.
"No. It's all right. I just need to catch my breath. I'm always fine afterwards."
"Are you saying that this has happened before?" inquired Yolie. If it was even possible, Takeru lowered his head even lower and nodded.
Ken listened to everyone and yelled at himself for not doing anything sooner. He then remembered Takeru's shoulder. "Takeru, why are you holding your shoulder?" all Takeru did was tighten his grip.
Off in the distance, the bell rang for classes to start. After petting Patamon to let him know that he was fine, Takeru gathered his bad and trash then made a beeline for his next class.
His next class was math with Ken and Yolie. They usually started a three- way conversation with their eyes, but Takeru made sure not to make eye contact.
Takeru's last period was PE with all of his friends minus Cody. Today's activity was basketball.
So as to keep his below shoulder length hair from getting in the way, Takeru put it up with a white headband that went across his forehead and tied under his hair. To give it a flashy look, he put the tie close to his left ear. At one point his coach refused the band. When Takeru's hair got in his eyes, the coach wanted it cut but Takeru said no. He then threatened to throw him off the team. Takeru said fine and walked off smiling 'cause the coach came running back saying that he was only joking.
Ken and Davis watched him the whole time. It was them against Takeru's team and the last basket till school was out. They and their team had decided their game plan and were waiting for their opponents. They all got nervous when the other team cheered and went into play. Takeru was acting like nothing had happened during lunch.
It was five seconds till the bell and Takeru's team had the ball. Takeru was in the middle of the court with Davis and Ken blocking his way to the net. The ball was passed to Takeru who pivoted around and threw the ball on the ground forward with one hand between his friends. The ball bounced off the floor and onto the backboard with three seconds left. Takeru ran after the falling ball, jumped, caught it in mid air and did a slam-dunk, with one second to go, securing their win.
As the bell rang, Ken and Davis just stood there staring at where Taker once stood. The girls waved their hands in front of their faces but they didn't respond. By this time, Takeru was already in the locker room and halfway dressed. He slightly smirked as he pictured the looks he caught from his friends. 'That ought'a show them that I'm just fine.'
Cody was the first one in the computer room "Hey, Patamon? Has Takeru told you about what's wrong?"
"No, he hasn't. No matter what I do or ask, he won't tell me. All I can say it that every night he has been waking up from these nightmares. He told me about them in the beginning about the Digital World, him looking out over a cliff, and a man he can't make the face out saying a weird sentence."
"Can you remember that sentence?" asked Yolie as she approached the small group as Poromon flew into her arms.
"All I can remember is, 'The time draws near, blah blah blah, and you must be ready,' or something like that."
"I think it's all crazy talk," commented Davis as he walked in.
"But Davish. What if TK ish tell the truth?" inquired Demiveemon.
"Then we'll listen to him," Hikari answered for him.
"Hi, Kari. What took ya so long? I thought my whiskers would grow three time their size if you took any longer."
Kari giggled as Gatomon ran up and jumped into her arms. "Sorry, I was waiting for Ken and TK by the boy's locker room."
Ken had walked in half way through her sentence. "Speaking of Takeru, I haven't seen him sense the game. I hope he didn't go home."
"Ha! That is just like him. Running away from his problems. He should learn to stand up and face us like a man!" Davis exclaimed.
Outside the room, Takeru was listening in on their conversation. 'Davis is right, for once. I'm not the scared crybaby I used to be. Well, here goes nothing,' he though as he slid open the door.
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I just realized that I left it with a cliffy. I just want to warn you now that after I looked over my story again and found a lot of those to come. Please review!!
Shadow_of_Havoc- Thank you so much for letting me E-mail you for help, which I will do, I just have to get around doing it. Hehe. Anyway, thank you so much for your support for my first fic. You're da' mon, er, bomb!
Riskomon- Please believe me that I am going to continue this story, I even have chapter 12 already written so I hope that I don't disappoint you! Thanks for your review!!
Silver Angel- Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough. But I will tell you this, Ken will be in here a lot, I almost put him in as one of the main characters. Do you think I should? Great hearing from you again, at lest I know that a few like my story!!!!
Chapter: 3
At lest one of Takeru's friends were in each of his classes. First period was history with Yolie, second was computer class with Ken, third was science with Davis, fourth was language arts with Kari, then lunch outside behind the gym. Takeru was the last to arrive sense Hikari was allowed to leave early with her row. Everyone was talking about something or another with the Digimon no where to be seen. It seemed as though Yolie and Davis had gotten in another fight again.
Cody was the first to notice Takeru's presence. "The Digimon are sleeping and Davis got a C- on the history test Yolie was forced to tutor him for," Cody said answering Takeru's questioning look. Takeru just lowered his head sighing and thought, 'That figures,' as he sat down between Cody and Ken. He looked over at Hikari, who was across from him, who looked like she was watching one of Sora's tennis matches.
Even after everyone had eaten, the two continued to fight. The subject had gone from tests to glasses verses goggles, to who was the better Destined, all the way down to name-calling. Takeru leaned back against the tree trunk they were gathered under and found a more comfortable spot to watch the fight. He didn't expect for himself to doze off, which he did.
It was his dream again, but it left off where it stooped with the pain in his head. He grabbed his head and gave a pained scream as the pain increased even more. In no time at all, he was soon on one knee with his head bent down, his mink reeling. 'This is a dream, I shouldn't be feeling this. This isn't real.' But the man spoke as he still had a firm hold on Takeru's left shoulder, "But it is real Hope." Takeru's head snapped back, 'He can read minds?' as if he really had, the man answered, "Only when I'm in physical contact with someone. Hold on Hope, it is almost over," he said as another wave of pain swept over Takeru, causing his head to go down again with a yell.
This went on for a good five minuets and after it was all over, all Takeru felt was a dull numbness covering his body. He couldn't move and his breathing and heartbeat were erratic. The man then laid Takeru's forehead gently on his shoulder to calm him down.
After Takeru had calmed down enough, he lifted his head from the man's shoulder and saw for the first time the man's face. "Gen.Gennai?" the shaken boy stuttered. All the young looking guardian did was smile and nod. "What's going on?"
"Relax, Hope. You've had a busy day."
Takeru then said the one thing that was on his mind at the moment, "Why are you calling me 'Hope'?"
"Because you are 'Hope'. If you prefer, I will still call you 'TK' for the time being." Takeru just nodded. He was about to ask his next question when Gennai answered it, "You will know in time. Now, your friends are worried about you, you must wake up now." With that, Takeru returned to reality with a weeping Hikari trying to wake him up.
Soon after Takeru had dozed off, his crest had formed once again on his forehead and had started to glow. Hikari had moved closer to the boys because the fight was soon becoming physical, so everyone's backs were turned toward Takeru. It was in the middle of his dream sequence when the fighting duo turned around so that Yolie's back faced the group while Davis' front faced them. Davis saw out of the corner of his eye a dim, golden light over Yolie's shoulder. When he looked to find the source, he saw Takeru leaning against the tree, his chin resting against his chest with arms crossed. He was confused at first until he saw the light coming from Takeru. His eyes widened as he stood in shock. Yolie saw this and asked, "Umm, hellooo? Davis are you alright or have those goggles finally cut off your blood circulation to you brain?" all she got for an answer was a stuttered, "T.T.TK." Only Yolie could hear though as she turned around to see why Davis had gotten Takeru's name right. What she saw gave her the same expression as Davis.
The shocked girl pointed toward Takeru, trying to tell the others. All they did was blink. When she saw that she wasn't getting through to them, she strained to say Takeru's name loud enough for them to hear. It seemed to work, as they looked from side to side and then behind. Their mouths hung open in shock.
Ken was the first to act as he went over to Takeru. "Takeru! Takeru! Takeru, wake up!" is all he said as he shook him to wake him up. Nothing worked.
Curiosity got the better of Davis as he ran over to help. He lifted his rival's head gently to see where the light was coming from. Everyone saw the crest of Hope blazing on their friend's head.
By this time, the Digimon had woken to the confusion. They just stood there next to their partners in shock. Patamon was near tears, "TK is a light sssleeper! He should be awake by now!"
Hikari came over and knelt down beside Takeru to try to wake him up. "TK, please. Wake up. Please, TK," was all she said in a timid voice, tears streaming down her face.
Everyone, Digimon and human, were unnerved to see Takeru's neutral face when something was wrong with him. Suddenly, Takeru frowned as the light faded. He gave a small yelp as it left, his right hand went to his left shoulder which gleew a dim gold. Ken tried prying his friend's hand to see but Takeru was stronger than he looked. Cody and Yolie tried to help, but stopped when Takeru moaned and his eyes snapped open. Takeru took a quick breath of air as he tried to calm himself down again.
Ken took his pulse after hearing Takeru's breathing. It was faster than he thought it would be. He took a sigh of relief as he felt it become regular again. Takeru was shaking as he looked around. "Takeru. Care to explain what's going on?" Ken asked, trying to choose his words wisely.
"I w-wish I could, Ken. But even I d-don't know," stuttered a still shaking Takeru.
"Why didn't you tell us something was wrong?" asked Davis. All he was met was Takeru lowering his eyes to the ground. Davis then remembered the talk Ken and Kari had earlier that morning. He then understood the down cast look. He had tried to tell them, but they didn't listen.
Takeru didn't feel like explaining anything jus now. All he said was, "I'm not crazy, Davis."
"TK, I think you should go home or go see the nurse and rest," suggested Cody who was holding Upamon tightly.
"No. It's all right. I just need to catch my breath. I'm always fine afterwards."
"Are you saying that this has happened before?" inquired Yolie. If it was even possible, Takeru lowered his head even lower and nodded.
Ken listened to everyone and yelled at himself for not doing anything sooner. He then remembered Takeru's shoulder. "Takeru, why are you holding your shoulder?" all Takeru did was tighten his grip.
Off in the distance, the bell rang for classes to start. After petting Patamon to let him know that he was fine, Takeru gathered his bad and trash then made a beeline for his next class.
His next class was math with Ken and Yolie. They usually started a three- way conversation with their eyes, but Takeru made sure not to make eye contact.
Takeru's last period was PE with all of his friends minus Cody. Today's activity was basketball.
So as to keep his below shoulder length hair from getting in the way, Takeru put it up with a white headband that went across his forehead and tied under his hair. To give it a flashy look, he put the tie close to his left ear. At one point his coach refused the band. When Takeru's hair got in his eyes, the coach wanted it cut but Takeru said no. He then threatened to throw him off the team. Takeru said fine and walked off smiling 'cause the coach came running back saying that he was only joking.
Ken and Davis watched him the whole time. It was them against Takeru's team and the last basket till school was out. They and their team had decided their game plan and were waiting for their opponents. They all got nervous when the other team cheered and went into play. Takeru was acting like nothing had happened during lunch.
It was five seconds till the bell and Takeru's team had the ball. Takeru was in the middle of the court with Davis and Ken blocking his way to the net. The ball was passed to Takeru who pivoted around and threw the ball on the ground forward with one hand between his friends. The ball bounced off the floor and onto the backboard with three seconds left. Takeru ran after the falling ball, jumped, caught it in mid air and did a slam-dunk, with one second to go, securing their win.
As the bell rang, Ken and Davis just stood there staring at where Taker once stood. The girls waved their hands in front of their faces but they didn't respond. By this time, Takeru was already in the locker room and halfway dressed. He slightly smirked as he pictured the looks he caught from his friends. 'That ought'a show them that I'm just fine.'
Cody was the first one in the computer room "Hey, Patamon? Has Takeru told you about what's wrong?"
"No, he hasn't. No matter what I do or ask, he won't tell me. All I can say it that every night he has been waking up from these nightmares. He told me about them in the beginning about the Digital World, him looking out over a cliff, and a man he can't make the face out saying a weird sentence."
"Can you remember that sentence?" asked Yolie as she approached the small group as Poromon flew into her arms.
"All I can remember is, 'The time draws near, blah blah blah, and you must be ready,' or something like that."
"I think it's all crazy talk," commented Davis as he walked in.
"But Davish. What if TK ish tell the truth?" inquired Demiveemon.
"Then we'll listen to him," Hikari answered for him.
"Hi, Kari. What took ya so long? I thought my whiskers would grow three time their size if you took any longer."
Kari giggled as Gatomon ran up and jumped into her arms. "Sorry, I was waiting for Ken and TK by the boy's locker room."
Ken had walked in half way through her sentence. "Speaking of Takeru, I haven't seen him sense the game. I hope he didn't go home."
"Ha! That is just like him. Running away from his problems. He should learn to stand up and face us like a man!" Davis exclaimed.
Outside the room, Takeru was listening in on their conversation. 'Davis is right, for once. I'm not the scared crybaby I used to be. Well, here goes nothing,' he though as he slid open the door.
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I just realized that I left it with a cliffy. I just want to warn you now that after I looked over my story again and found a lot of those to come. Please review!!