Yikes, it's been three weeks since my last update. {Avoids the evil glares
of angry reviewers}. Heh, sorry about that, but give me a break, I'm
writing a different fic too, plus school keeps me really busy! I know, I
know, you don't care. Alright, a word to my faithful reviewers:
Crystal Ketchum Darklight- Oh, I didn't know it was "chido". Languages aren't my better area...it's gonna take a lot more than luck to get through school, but thanks anyways!!!!
kellyQ- I'm glad you giggled! That's a good sign.
dragi- I'll try to update sooner next time! Sorry!
crystal-chan- Mush and gush are good!
Splash-Yaoiluv- I know, the fluff was higher in that chapter than normally...fun!
Hyper Pegesus- I! Ok, guess it's just you and me, then. Attack!
wOOt- Er, okay. Uh, stop the glomping please! Thanks for reviewing, and I'm sure I'll make it a lemony ending.
Kohaku- I'm just curious: what does sigue asi mean? Thanks!
silvertail- That was the most interesting review I've ever gotten. Your review is probably why I'm finally updating today. It was a little scary. Good mix of threats, insults, and flattery! And wonderful descriptions of my behind! I'm glad you feel so strongly about this fic!!! I'm still cracking up! I think I'll save that review for a while.....that'll make sure I update more often. Thanks for the incentive!
"speaking" /thinking/
Digimon does not belong to me.
Takuya's POV
Taming the Wild
Wicchick
The last thing Takuya wanted to do was get up. He was so utterly relaxed and at ease where he was, lying down on the bed with Koji right beside him, breathing deeply. With a small sigh, he propped himself up on his elbows and turned his head to look down at the still sleeping Koji. He frowned slightly: Koji's eyebrows were drawn together as if in concern and concentration. Koji then suddenly woke with a gasp, which in turn startled Takuya and made him gasp.
"Whoa! What's wrong?" Takuya asked.
Koji looked around and, seeing Takuya, visibly relaxed. "Nothing. Bad dream." He shook himself awake, and then smiled at Takuya. "No need to worry, Mom," he said sarcastically.
"Ugh! Please don't say the word 'mom' when we're lying in bed together!" Takuya groaned with a pained expression on his face.
Koji laughed loudly, then leaned closer to Takuya and placed a light kiss on his lips. Takuya went in for tongue, but Koji pulled away. "Not until we brush our teeth, love."
Takuya whined. "If I really am your 'love', you wouldn't care!" he argued, but Koji just grinned and gave him a hug.
"You're so cute when you whine. Damn it, I just said cute. Er-I'm still tired."
"Sure," responded Takuya with a sly grin. "I'm sure it has nothing to do with my sinfully good looks."
"I thought we already agreed that I was the hot one?"
"Hah! I just wanted to get in your pants!"
"And you still haven't managed that."
They both blushed at this innuendo and looked away. Takuya heard faint noises, and groaned. "Oh great, the others are up."
"Think they'll come in here?"
But before Takuya could reply, the door to their bedroom swung open. Zoë's mouth was opened as though about to say something, and it remained hanging open as she took in the scene before her.
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Koji and Takuya were too shocked to move. Instead, they tensed up, not moving a muscle, and hoping against hope that maybe if they remained still and quiet enough, she wouldn't even see them. But she did. And she screamed.
/Oh shit!/
Her scream made both boys jump up and attempt to get off the bed. However, in their panic they only succeeded in getting tangled up in the bed sheets, and then it was no use to try and get out: J.P. and Tommy had both already hurried over.
"Zoë what's wrong?! Are you-" J.P. stopped as he, too, took in the situation. Tommy merely stared.
"What's going on? Why's everyone so quiet?" he asked innocently. He looked confused at the sight of Koji and Takuya being so close together, but obviously didn't have a clue as to what was going on. The five of them just stared at each other in a tense silence. Finally, J.P. shook himself out of his thoughts, pulled Zoë and Tommy out of the bedroom with him and shut the door firmly, leaving Takuya and Koji alone once again.
They immediately turned to one another, and then jumped out from the beds. Takuya hastily started pulling the beds apart to their original spots while Koji paced back and forth anxiously.
"What's the point, Takuya? They've already seen us!" he yelled angrily.
Takuya looked up with a start. "Well, what else am I suppose to do?" he yelled just as angrily back.
"Nothing! They know, our cover's blown, it's too late to try and cover it up!"
Takuya couldn't think of anything else to say. Koji was right: their secret was out. They were being brutally forced out of the closet. Sighing resignedly, Takuya abandoned his attempt to move the beds apart, and slumped down onto the foot of one of the beds. Koji joined him, and said quietly, "Sorry I yelled. I just- I can't believe it. I can't believe it happened like that, with them just walking in on us."
"I know. I thought about how we'd tell them, if we did, and this was not how I was expecting it." They sat in silent thought for a minute. "What now? Do we just go out there and admit it? We can't stay in here forever."
Koji closed his eyes wearily. "This has got to be another bad dream," he muttered to himself. Opening his eyes, he turned to Takuya and replied, "I guess so. There's no hiding it now, and there's nothing left for us to do. We can't get out of this one."
For once in his life, Takuya accepted defeat.
"You're right," he said, and stood up. Koji stood, too, and the both of them awkwardly pulled on their shoes, Takuya also putting on his hat, goggles, and gloves. They gave each other one last, reassuring look, and slowly opened the door, ready to face their friends.
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"Where are they?" Takuya asked, ten seconds later. He had expected for the others to be waiting just on the other side of the bedroom door, but when he and Koji had emerged from the room, they found no one there.
"I think I hear them downstairs," Koji answered in a voice of determined calmness. Together, they walked downstairs and the voices grew louder. From the clattering noises, it sounded as though Mamomon and the others were setting the table for breakfast. The two boys entered the kitchen, looking as if they had been caught red-handed in a small crime. Sure enough, the other four kids and three digimon were just sitting down to eat.
"Oh, at last you two are up! Late sleepers, aren't we?" Mamomon said kindly, ushering them to the table. "Sit down and eat, dears, the others have just informed me that they plan to find Destructomon today."
Takuya looked at the table to where the others were seated. Not one of them was looking at him or Koji. Koji seemed to have noticed this too, and raised an eyebrow at Takuya, who shrugged and took one of the seats between the digimon. Koji joined him, and they sat quietly, though neither of them felt much like eating. Takuya bit into an apple just to have something to do with his mouth while he tried to sort out his thoughts.
/We can't talk to the others here, not in front of Bokomon, Neemon, and Mamomon. Then again, it doesn't seem like the others want to talk. I thought they'd be jumping down our backs! This is so unlike them, especially Zoë. Usually, she'd be bombarding me with questions right now./
The tenseness between the children was very apparent, even to the digimon. Bokomon looked up from his orange juice, and stared incredulously at the humans. "What's wrong with you? Why aren't you talking? You should be going through your plans to defeat Destructomon!"
After a moments silence, J.P. quietly spoke up. "We.....we're just worried about Destructomon, that's all."
Takuya made a mental note to thank him later-if they ever talked again, that is.
"Well, sitting around worrying about it won't help! I- uh-" Bokomon looked around hopefully for one of the kids to start talking, and took an extra long look at Takuya, obviously confused as to why their leader was being so quiet. "Oh, all right! If none of you have the sense enough to make a plan, I will!" he finished.
"Oh, let me help, let me help!" Neemon said excitedly.
"Shut up, nincompoop! All right," he started as he extracted his book of the Digital World and flipped to the back, where there were a few extra blank pages, and ripped one of them out, "Mamomon, could I trouble you for a pen?"
"No trouble at all," she said, getting up to retrieve one for him. When she handed him the pen and sat down again, Bokomon began scribbling. Takuya unconcernedly looked at what was supposedly a plan, but looked more to him like a mess. Bokomon brandished the plan for all to see, and the other kids mumbled their consent, though Takuya was sure that none of them knew what it meant, either.
"See? See? You simply Digivolve to your Beast Spirits and then perform a combined attack! I'm guessing that attacking one at a time won't work. And if that doesn't work, Koji and Takuya will use their Fusion Evolution, though I don't think they'll have to even go that far. From what we've been told, Destructomon has been meeting opposition all day and night yesterday, so he will be quite worn out. This may actually be an easy victory!" He smiled happily, but didn't receive any smiles in return. "Uh, yes, and then you can go back to restoring this world! And then go home! Well, do you even care anymore? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" He was very agitated that no one showed any signs of happiness, not even at the thought of going home.
Once again, however, J.P. came to their rescue. "That's great, Bokomon! Nothings wrong, we're just tired. We'll feel better soon," he said in a would-be casual voice.
Looking unconvinced, yet still quite agitated, Bokomon rose from the table. "Well, then, I suppose we ought to go now." The group hastily stood up and walked out of the kitchen. When they reached the door, Bokomon turned to Mamomon. "Mamomon, we can't thank you enough for your generosity!"
"It was my pleasure! If you see my sons out there, tell them who you are- I've spoken of you to them many times. Good luck, warriors!"
The kids half-heartedly smiled and thanked her, and with Bokomon and Neemon, left the house in pursuit of Destructomon.
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The silence that had carried on for half an hour as the kids walked around was finally shattered. Takuya looked up abruptly. He could hear screaming Digimon.
/ Stay focused. Stop thinking about the others and start concentrating on the task ahead- defeating Destructomon is the prime priority tight now/
He had been mulling over the present situation involving him, Koji, and the other humans, and decided that if they weren't going to talk about it yet, he could just put it aside for the time being and deal with their other problems. Of course, he'd have to come back to this later.
"OK, guys," he said unsurely, the first words among them to be spoken for the past two hours, "we can all hear the screaming now. Let's-let's, uh, go follow the sounds. It should lead us right to the enemy." The rest of them quietly acquiesced.
/Well, at least they're still taking orders from me. This could be worse: instead of ignoring us, they could be biting our heads off./
As they walked on, following the screaming sounds, an odd feeling rose in the pit of Takuya's stomach. In fact, this feeling was running through his veins now. Takuya instantly recognized this as the feeling of being connected to this world, and through this feeling, he could feel that even more damage was being done.
He had been so absorbed in this feeling that he failed to recognize the sudden quietness.
"Uh, um, Takuya," Zoë started weakly, "it-it's quiet now. The screaming- it's gone."
After she mentioned this, Takuya realized that it was true. The screaming should have gotten louder as they traveled closer to the source, yet instead, it had died out completely, leaving an eerie silence in its wake.
"Er-do you think that maybe we're going the wrong way?" It was easy to tell that Zoë was trying to keep a calm voice, but her erratic stuttering prevented that from happening.
"No," Takuya said confidently. "I can feel it: we're going the right way. Something's wrong. You're right, it shouldn't be this quiet. Let's just keep going."
They continued on for another ten minutes, the silence becoming deafening. They were passing by broken down buildings and crushed homes, and oddly enough still didn't see any digimon. As they came up to what appeared to be the heart of the city, a cloud of gray dust and smoke partially blinded them. Takuya first squinted his eyes, then pulled his goggles on to be able to see through all the debris. The others had their arms around their faces, covering their eyes to protect them.
Takuya was the first to see it. At first, he could only make out a big dark shadow, but as they came nearer to it, he realized with a feeling of great trepidation that it was two creatures, not just one. One of them was about to have their data scanned.
The other one was Destructomon.
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"NOOO!"
The others looked up abruptly at Takuya's yell. They all gasped. Right before them, the evil digimon Destructomon was about to steal the data of another victim. Takuya suddenly realized why all the screaming had died out- the digimon screaming had all been scanned.
Bokomon stepped forwards. "Oh no, it's one of Mamomon's children! That means the rest of them must be......" he trailed off.
"Destructomon! Leave that digimon before we attack your sorry ass!" Takuya yelled.
Destructomon had only just noticed the children standing there. He slowly turned to them, a sadistic smile playing on his lips, and laughed. "Children? HUMAN CHILDREN! This is who Ophanimon sends to save the Digital World? Ha!"
"I'm warning you, leave that digimon alone!"
But Destructomon turned right back to his victim, and took his data, leaving nothing but a digi-egg behind.
"NO!" Bokomon cried. "No, not......it can't be......oh, Mamomon's poor children!"
Takuya's heart sank. Mamomon had done so much for them, and she had been so sure that her children were still alive, fighting Destructomon.......
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?" he yelled at the others. "START ATTACKING!"
Instantly, the others Digivolved according to Bokomon's plan. Takuya and Koji, who had decided to Fusion Evolve right away, led the attack. The others fought alongside them, and in that moment, the five kids once again became a team.
"It's not working!" Tommy cried. "He's too strong! He should be weaker!"
Destructomon threw a powerful attack his way, and J.P. barely saved Tommy in time. "WEAKER?" Destructomon roared. "Why would I be weaker? After all the data I've stolen from those damn digimon who thought they could defeat me-"
"That's why he seems so powerful!" Koji exclaimed. "He took their data! I can't believe it! They didn't even put a dent in him, he-he's-"
"Nearly invincible!" Destructomon finished happily. "And after I steal your data, there will be nothing to stop me! I will be the supreme ruler of the Digital World!"
Takuya's anger flared, and he attacked Destructomon head on. "You'll never win!" he said between punches. "Evil cannot rule!"
Destructomon flung Takuya away, and Takuya landed hard on the cold, dusty ground. He looked up, ready to fight more, and saw that his friends were lying all around him, devolved.
/Oh no! He's too strong!/
"Guys, get up!" he yelled. "You've got to get up! You've got to keep fighting!"
But the others could barely open their eyes. Takuya suddenly realized that he, too, had devolved back to his human form. Destructomon laughed sinisterly.
"I was right! I am invincible! Not even the Five Legendary Warriors can defeat me now!"
Takuya feared that he was right. He and Koji had used their most powerful attacks, and Destructomon wasn't even panting.
"Well, look at that," Destructomon continued, "your data. Hmmm, whose to steal first......."
Takuya looked around once again and noticed that the data of his friends and even his own data had appeared.
/But, if our data gets scanned in this world, we really die!/
Destructomon made for the body closest to him: Koji's.
"NO!" Takuya cried. Koji was lying helplessly on the ground, his data glimmering around him. Behind him, Takuya could hear the others stirring. "KOJI!"
Destructomon came even closer to Koji, reaching out his hand to take the data. Everything went silent in Takuya's mind, despite the noise around him. Gathering up the last of his strength, he made a dash for Koji. He ran at the speed of lightning, but to him, it took days. Destructomon's hand was just in front of Koji's data.
Takuya leaped in front of his hand and threw himself before Koji, wanting nothing more but to protect the person he loved the most in two worlds. Inside of him, a burning sensation swelled with all his hatred and anger for the evil digimon standing before him. Suddenly, he was roaring.
He was no longer in human form. Some new power had arisen in him, something so strong that Takuya could barely control it. The natural powers of the Digital World were rising in him once again.
Flame engulfed Destructomon, followed by ice, wind, lightning, and light. The attacks didn't stop there, however. Powers Takuya could have never imagined were suddenly being used to defeat this foe. Swirls of red and black light encircled Destructomon, who had suddenly halted and had an odd, dazed look about him. Takuya's mind was still silent and he heard nothing, not even his own roaring. All he could see, all he could feel, was the power being used against Destructomon to defeat him, to save the Digital World, to save his friends, to save Koji.........
Colorful lights danced in front of Takuya. It was Destructomon's data. Takuya raised his D-Tector. "FRACTAL CODE DIGITIZE!" he yelled, and with one long, sweeping motion, he absorbed all of Destructomon's data in his D- Tector. Not even a digi-egg was left behind. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
Takuya turned around hastily, and bent over Koji. "Koji! Koji, wake up!" he cried desperately. He became aware that the others had fully woken up and were now surrounding him and Koji, but he didn't care. He didn't care what they thought about him and Koji anymore; all he wanted was for Koji to be OK..........
"Takuya?" Koji's eyes were slowly opening.
"Koji! You're all right!" Takuya said, relieved.
"Of course I am," Koji said softly in an attempt to sound casual, though it was apparent that he was in pain. "I could never leave you, you know that. You need me way too much."
Takuya didn't even bother to make a combat to that. He just embraced Koji and held him down as Koji struggled against him to get up.
"Get off! Get off! I'm fine!" But Takuya refused to let go. Koji weakly submitted, saying, "Sheesh, you really could be my mother."
Takuya grinned and looked up, again noticing that all his friends' eyes (including those of Bokomon and Neemon) were upon the two of them. But Takuya now saw that there was no disgust in their eyes: instead, their eyes reflected happiness. Takuya knew that his friends had accepted him and Koji being together. This only made him grin more.
As he helped Koji to his feet, his D-Tector flew off of the ground where it had fallen, and floated in the air in front of him. The others' D-Tectors did the same. Ophanimon's voice rang out:
"The struggle is over, Legendary Warriors. Your mission has been accomplished."
As she said this, all the data that the kids had accumulated from evil digimon flew out of their D-Tectors. The data whirled around them, and then flew all over the city, restoring it as it did so.
Ophanimon's voice was heard again. "All the data from your D-Tectors will go around this world, restoring it to how it was before the many evil digimon came. Thank you, children. You have restored and brought peace to this world at last."
The sound of her voice diminished and a brilliant light engulfed the area surrounding the kids, who hid their faces in their arms to keep from being blinded as the world went white. ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
Wow, that was long! Don't worry, there's still one last chapter to come. I can't believe this story is almost over! I think I'll cry....but I'll wait till the last chapter to do that. Oh, and give me two weeks to write the last chapter before you start sending me death threats- I want to finish it off right! Hope you enjoyed it! Oh yeah, almost forgot, I have another note: I won't be posting a Koji POV chapter. Sorry! I really just didn't think it fit in too well, since the rest of this fic is in Takuya's POV. Don't be mad!!!
Crystal Ketchum Darklight- Oh, I didn't know it was "chido". Languages aren't my better area...it's gonna take a lot more than luck to get through school, but thanks anyways!!!!
kellyQ- I'm glad you giggled! That's a good sign.
dragi- I'll try to update sooner next time! Sorry!
crystal-chan- Mush and gush are good!
Splash-Yaoiluv- I know, the fluff was higher in that chapter than normally...fun!
Hyper Pegesus- I! Ok, guess it's just you and me, then. Attack!
wOOt- Er, okay. Uh, stop the glomping please! Thanks for reviewing, and I'm sure I'll make it a lemony ending.
Kohaku- I'm just curious: what does sigue asi mean? Thanks!
silvertail- That was the most interesting review I've ever gotten. Your review is probably why I'm finally updating today. It was a little scary. Good mix of threats, insults, and flattery! And wonderful descriptions of my behind! I'm glad you feel so strongly about this fic!!! I'm still cracking up! I think I'll save that review for a while.....that'll make sure I update more often. Thanks for the incentive!
"speaking" /thinking/
Digimon does not belong to me.
Takuya's POV
Taming the Wild
Wicchick
The last thing Takuya wanted to do was get up. He was so utterly relaxed and at ease where he was, lying down on the bed with Koji right beside him, breathing deeply. With a small sigh, he propped himself up on his elbows and turned his head to look down at the still sleeping Koji. He frowned slightly: Koji's eyebrows were drawn together as if in concern and concentration. Koji then suddenly woke with a gasp, which in turn startled Takuya and made him gasp.
"Whoa! What's wrong?" Takuya asked.
Koji looked around and, seeing Takuya, visibly relaxed. "Nothing. Bad dream." He shook himself awake, and then smiled at Takuya. "No need to worry, Mom," he said sarcastically.
"Ugh! Please don't say the word 'mom' when we're lying in bed together!" Takuya groaned with a pained expression on his face.
Koji laughed loudly, then leaned closer to Takuya and placed a light kiss on his lips. Takuya went in for tongue, but Koji pulled away. "Not until we brush our teeth, love."
Takuya whined. "If I really am your 'love', you wouldn't care!" he argued, but Koji just grinned and gave him a hug.
"You're so cute when you whine. Damn it, I just said cute. Er-I'm still tired."
"Sure," responded Takuya with a sly grin. "I'm sure it has nothing to do with my sinfully good looks."
"I thought we already agreed that I was the hot one?"
"Hah! I just wanted to get in your pants!"
"And you still haven't managed that."
They both blushed at this innuendo and looked away. Takuya heard faint noises, and groaned. "Oh great, the others are up."
"Think they'll come in here?"
But before Takuya could reply, the door to their bedroom swung open. Zoë's mouth was opened as though about to say something, and it remained hanging open as she took in the scene before her.
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Koji and Takuya were too shocked to move. Instead, they tensed up, not moving a muscle, and hoping against hope that maybe if they remained still and quiet enough, she wouldn't even see them. But she did. And she screamed.
/Oh shit!/
Her scream made both boys jump up and attempt to get off the bed. However, in their panic they only succeeded in getting tangled up in the bed sheets, and then it was no use to try and get out: J.P. and Tommy had both already hurried over.
"Zoë what's wrong?! Are you-" J.P. stopped as he, too, took in the situation. Tommy merely stared.
"What's going on? Why's everyone so quiet?" he asked innocently. He looked confused at the sight of Koji and Takuya being so close together, but obviously didn't have a clue as to what was going on. The five of them just stared at each other in a tense silence. Finally, J.P. shook himself out of his thoughts, pulled Zoë and Tommy out of the bedroom with him and shut the door firmly, leaving Takuya and Koji alone once again.
They immediately turned to one another, and then jumped out from the beds. Takuya hastily started pulling the beds apart to their original spots while Koji paced back and forth anxiously.
"What's the point, Takuya? They've already seen us!" he yelled angrily.
Takuya looked up with a start. "Well, what else am I suppose to do?" he yelled just as angrily back.
"Nothing! They know, our cover's blown, it's too late to try and cover it up!"
Takuya couldn't think of anything else to say. Koji was right: their secret was out. They were being brutally forced out of the closet. Sighing resignedly, Takuya abandoned his attempt to move the beds apart, and slumped down onto the foot of one of the beds. Koji joined him, and said quietly, "Sorry I yelled. I just- I can't believe it. I can't believe it happened like that, with them just walking in on us."
"I know. I thought about how we'd tell them, if we did, and this was not how I was expecting it." They sat in silent thought for a minute. "What now? Do we just go out there and admit it? We can't stay in here forever."
Koji closed his eyes wearily. "This has got to be another bad dream," he muttered to himself. Opening his eyes, he turned to Takuya and replied, "I guess so. There's no hiding it now, and there's nothing left for us to do. We can't get out of this one."
For once in his life, Takuya accepted defeat.
"You're right," he said, and stood up. Koji stood, too, and the both of them awkwardly pulled on their shoes, Takuya also putting on his hat, goggles, and gloves. They gave each other one last, reassuring look, and slowly opened the door, ready to face their friends.
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"Where are they?" Takuya asked, ten seconds later. He had expected for the others to be waiting just on the other side of the bedroom door, but when he and Koji had emerged from the room, they found no one there.
"I think I hear them downstairs," Koji answered in a voice of determined calmness. Together, they walked downstairs and the voices grew louder. From the clattering noises, it sounded as though Mamomon and the others were setting the table for breakfast. The two boys entered the kitchen, looking as if they had been caught red-handed in a small crime. Sure enough, the other four kids and three digimon were just sitting down to eat.
"Oh, at last you two are up! Late sleepers, aren't we?" Mamomon said kindly, ushering them to the table. "Sit down and eat, dears, the others have just informed me that they plan to find Destructomon today."
Takuya looked at the table to where the others were seated. Not one of them was looking at him or Koji. Koji seemed to have noticed this too, and raised an eyebrow at Takuya, who shrugged and took one of the seats between the digimon. Koji joined him, and they sat quietly, though neither of them felt much like eating. Takuya bit into an apple just to have something to do with his mouth while he tried to sort out his thoughts.
/We can't talk to the others here, not in front of Bokomon, Neemon, and Mamomon. Then again, it doesn't seem like the others want to talk. I thought they'd be jumping down our backs! This is so unlike them, especially Zoë. Usually, she'd be bombarding me with questions right now./
The tenseness between the children was very apparent, even to the digimon. Bokomon looked up from his orange juice, and stared incredulously at the humans. "What's wrong with you? Why aren't you talking? You should be going through your plans to defeat Destructomon!"
After a moments silence, J.P. quietly spoke up. "We.....we're just worried about Destructomon, that's all."
Takuya made a mental note to thank him later-if they ever talked again, that is.
"Well, sitting around worrying about it won't help! I- uh-" Bokomon looked around hopefully for one of the kids to start talking, and took an extra long look at Takuya, obviously confused as to why their leader was being so quiet. "Oh, all right! If none of you have the sense enough to make a plan, I will!" he finished.
"Oh, let me help, let me help!" Neemon said excitedly.
"Shut up, nincompoop! All right," he started as he extracted his book of the Digital World and flipped to the back, where there were a few extra blank pages, and ripped one of them out, "Mamomon, could I trouble you for a pen?"
"No trouble at all," she said, getting up to retrieve one for him. When she handed him the pen and sat down again, Bokomon began scribbling. Takuya unconcernedly looked at what was supposedly a plan, but looked more to him like a mess. Bokomon brandished the plan for all to see, and the other kids mumbled their consent, though Takuya was sure that none of them knew what it meant, either.
"See? See? You simply Digivolve to your Beast Spirits and then perform a combined attack! I'm guessing that attacking one at a time won't work. And if that doesn't work, Koji and Takuya will use their Fusion Evolution, though I don't think they'll have to even go that far. From what we've been told, Destructomon has been meeting opposition all day and night yesterday, so he will be quite worn out. This may actually be an easy victory!" He smiled happily, but didn't receive any smiles in return. "Uh, yes, and then you can go back to restoring this world! And then go home! Well, do you even care anymore? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" He was very agitated that no one showed any signs of happiness, not even at the thought of going home.
Once again, however, J.P. came to their rescue. "That's great, Bokomon! Nothings wrong, we're just tired. We'll feel better soon," he said in a would-be casual voice.
Looking unconvinced, yet still quite agitated, Bokomon rose from the table. "Well, then, I suppose we ought to go now." The group hastily stood up and walked out of the kitchen. When they reached the door, Bokomon turned to Mamomon. "Mamomon, we can't thank you enough for your generosity!"
"It was my pleasure! If you see my sons out there, tell them who you are- I've spoken of you to them many times. Good luck, warriors!"
The kids half-heartedly smiled and thanked her, and with Bokomon and Neemon, left the house in pursuit of Destructomon.
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The silence that had carried on for half an hour as the kids walked around was finally shattered. Takuya looked up abruptly. He could hear screaming Digimon.
/ Stay focused. Stop thinking about the others and start concentrating on the task ahead- defeating Destructomon is the prime priority tight now/
He had been mulling over the present situation involving him, Koji, and the other humans, and decided that if they weren't going to talk about it yet, he could just put it aside for the time being and deal with their other problems. Of course, he'd have to come back to this later.
"OK, guys," he said unsurely, the first words among them to be spoken for the past two hours, "we can all hear the screaming now. Let's-let's, uh, go follow the sounds. It should lead us right to the enemy." The rest of them quietly acquiesced.
/Well, at least they're still taking orders from me. This could be worse: instead of ignoring us, they could be biting our heads off./
As they walked on, following the screaming sounds, an odd feeling rose in the pit of Takuya's stomach. In fact, this feeling was running through his veins now. Takuya instantly recognized this as the feeling of being connected to this world, and through this feeling, he could feel that even more damage was being done.
He had been so absorbed in this feeling that he failed to recognize the sudden quietness.
"Uh, um, Takuya," Zoë started weakly, "it-it's quiet now. The screaming- it's gone."
After she mentioned this, Takuya realized that it was true. The screaming should have gotten louder as they traveled closer to the source, yet instead, it had died out completely, leaving an eerie silence in its wake.
"Er-do you think that maybe we're going the wrong way?" It was easy to tell that Zoë was trying to keep a calm voice, but her erratic stuttering prevented that from happening.
"No," Takuya said confidently. "I can feel it: we're going the right way. Something's wrong. You're right, it shouldn't be this quiet. Let's just keep going."
They continued on for another ten minutes, the silence becoming deafening. They were passing by broken down buildings and crushed homes, and oddly enough still didn't see any digimon. As they came up to what appeared to be the heart of the city, a cloud of gray dust and smoke partially blinded them. Takuya first squinted his eyes, then pulled his goggles on to be able to see through all the debris. The others had their arms around their faces, covering their eyes to protect them.
Takuya was the first to see it. At first, he could only make out a big dark shadow, but as they came nearer to it, he realized with a feeling of great trepidation that it was two creatures, not just one. One of them was about to have their data scanned.
The other one was Destructomon.
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"NOOO!"
The others looked up abruptly at Takuya's yell. They all gasped. Right before them, the evil digimon Destructomon was about to steal the data of another victim. Takuya suddenly realized why all the screaming had died out- the digimon screaming had all been scanned.
Bokomon stepped forwards. "Oh no, it's one of Mamomon's children! That means the rest of them must be......" he trailed off.
"Destructomon! Leave that digimon before we attack your sorry ass!" Takuya yelled.
Destructomon had only just noticed the children standing there. He slowly turned to them, a sadistic smile playing on his lips, and laughed. "Children? HUMAN CHILDREN! This is who Ophanimon sends to save the Digital World? Ha!"
"I'm warning you, leave that digimon alone!"
But Destructomon turned right back to his victim, and took his data, leaving nothing but a digi-egg behind.
"NO!" Bokomon cried. "No, not......it can't be......oh, Mamomon's poor children!"
Takuya's heart sank. Mamomon had done so much for them, and she had been so sure that her children were still alive, fighting Destructomon.......
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?" he yelled at the others. "START ATTACKING!"
Instantly, the others Digivolved according to Bokomon's plan. Takuya and Koji, who had decided to Fusion Evolve right away, led the attack. The others fought alongside them, and in that moment, the five kids once again became a team.
"It's not working!" Tommy cried. "He's too strong! He should be weaker!"
Destructomon threw a powerful attack his way, and J.P. barely saved Tommy in time. "WEAKER?" Destructomon roared. "Why would I be weaker? After all the data I've stolen from those damn digimon who thought they could defeat me-"
"That's why he seems so powerful!" Koji exclaimed. "He took their data! I can't believe it! They didn't even put a dent in him, he-he's-"
"Nearly invincible!" Destructomon finished happily. "And after I steal your data, there will be nothing to stop me! I will be the supreme ruler of the Digital World!"
Takuya's anger flared, and he attacked Destructomon head on. "You'll never win!" he said between punches. "Evil cannot rule!"
Destructomon flung Takuya away, and Takuya landed hard on the cold, dusty ground. He looked up, ready to fight more, and saw that his friends were lying all around him, devolved.
/Oh no! He's too strong!/
"Guys, get up!" he yelled. "You've got to get up! You've got to keep fighting!"
But the others could barely open their eyes. Takuya suddenly realized that he, too, had devolved back to his human form. Destructomon laughed sinisterly.
"I was right! I am invincible! Not even the Five Legendary Warriors can defeat me now!"
Takuya feared that he was right. He and Koji had used their most powerful attacks, and Destructomon wasn't even panting.
"Well, look at that," Destructomon continued, "your data. Hmmm, whose to steal first......."
Takuya looked around once again and noticed that the data of his friends and even his own data had appeared.
/But, if our data gets scanned in this world, we really die!/
Destructomon made for the body closest to him: Koji's.
"NO!" Takuya cried. Koji was lying helplessly on the ground, his data glimmering around him. Behind him, Takuya could hear the others stirring. "KOJI!"
Destructomon came even closer to Koji, reaching out his hand to take the data. Everything went silent in Takuya's mind, despite the noise around him. Gathering up the last of his strength, he made a dash for Koji. He ran at the speed of lightning, but to him, it took days. Destructomon's hand was just in front of Koji's data.
Takuya leaped in front of his hand and threw himself before Koji, wanting nothing more but to protect the person he loved the most in two worlds. Inside of him, a burning sensation swelled with all his hatred and anger for the evil digimon standing before him. Suddenly, he was roaring.
He was no longer in human form. Some new power had arisen in him, something so strong that Takuya could barely control it. The natural powers of the Digital World were rising in him once again.
Flame engulfed Destructomon, followed by ice, wind, lightning, and light. The attacks didn't stop there, however. Powers Takuya could have never imagined were suddenly being used to defeat this foe. Swirls of red and black light encircled Destructomon, who had suddenly halted and had an odd, dazed look about him. Takuya's mind was still silent and he heard nothing, not even his own roaring. All he could see, all he could feel, was the power being used against Destructomon to defeat him, to save the Digital World, to save his friends, to save Koji.........
Colorful lights danced in front of Takuya. It was Destructomon's data. Takuya raised his D-Tector. "FRACTAL CODE DIGITIZE!" he yelled, and with one long, sweeping motion, he absorbed all of Destructomon's data in his D- Tector. Not even a digi-egg was left behind. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
Takuya turned around hastily, and bent over Koji. "Koji! Koji, wake up!" he cried desperately. He became aware that the others had fully woken up and were now surrounding him and Koji, but he didn't care. He didn't care what they thought about him and Koji anymore; all he wanted was for Koji to be OK..........
"Takuya?" Koji's eyes were slowly opening.
"Koji! You're all right!" Takuya said, relieved.
"Of course I am," Koji said softly in an attempt to sound casual, though it was apparent that he was in pain. "I could never leave you, you know that. You need me way too much."
Takuya didn't even bother to make a combat to that. He just embraced Koji and held him down as Koji struggled against him to get up.
"Get off! Get off! I'm fine!" But Takuya refused to let go. Koji weakly submitted, saying, "Sheesh, you really could be my mother."
Takuya grinned and looked up, again noticing that all his friends' eyes (including those of Bokomon and Neemon) were upon the two of them. But Takuya now saw that there was no disgust in their eyes: instead, their eyes reflected happiness. Takuya knew that his friends had accepted him and Koji being together. This only made him grin more.
As he helped Koji to his feet, his D-Tector flew off of the ground where it had fallen, and floated in the air in front of him. The others' D-Tectors did the same. Ophanimon's voice rang out:
"The struggle is over, Legendary Warriors. Your mission has been accomplished."
As she said this, all the data that the kids had accumulated from evil digimon flew out of their D-Tectors. The data whirled around them, and then flew all over the city, restoring it as it did so.
Ophanimon's voice was heard again. "All the data from your D-Tectors will go around this world, restoring it to how it was before the many evil digimon came. Thank you, children. You have restored and brought peace to this world at last."
The sound of her voice diminished and a brilliant light engulfed the area surrounding the kids, who hid their faces in their arms to keep from being blinded as the world went white. ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
Wow, that was long! Don't worry, there's still one last chapter to come. I can't believe this story is almost over! I think I'll cry....but I'll wait till the last chapter to do that. Oh, and give me two weeks to write the last chapter before you start sending me death threats- I want to finish it off right! Hope you enjoyed it! Oh yeah, almost forgot, I have another note: I won't be posting a Koji POV chapter. Sorry! I really just didn't think it fit in too well, since the rest of this fic is in Takuya's POV. Don't be mad!!!