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Forgive me, forgive me not? (Yamato/Taichi's pov)
(Yamato's pov):
Which is worse? Eating your grandmother's horrible burnt food when she stands behind you waiting for you to put the black object into your mouth or watch your Digimon get pummeled to near death unable to help him, as he slows down due to all E-mails from children that believe in you are sending? At the time, I didn't know which was better, because I had gone completely numb in the arms and hands.
I tried flexing them to see if I could get the feeling back into them, but I could still feel nothing. I think it had something to do with bond I had with Metalgarurumon, did he feel numb as well? Was that the reason for the numbness in my body? My mind was full of questions that I couldn't answer.
Takeru pulled on my shirt to get my attention, I looked down at my little brother who was holding up my digivice, it was vibrating in his hand and it had turned a darker shade of blue. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion, why exactly was it doing what it was doing? I gently removed it from his small grasp staring with curiosity.
"What's it doin'?" Takeru asked, still holding the end of my shirt in his right hand. I shrugged my mind still dwelling on Metalgrurumon and the numb feeling that suddenly began to spread through my body. I did my best to ignore it as I turned slowly back to the computer, I stared at the timer, it was far from the end of it's countdown. I hated being on the sidelines, I wanted to help my digimon, for all I knew Diaboromon was waiting for the perfect moment to destroy him and Wargreymon.
I've got to help......
I clenched my digivice as tears that brimmed in my eyes fell freely down my cheeks. "There must be a way," I thought, shoving my digivice into my pocket. "Somehow." I noticed a light began to form in the center of the computer like it the screen was cracking or something.
My eyes widened no sooner than the light became stronger. Behind it's radiance I gazed upon Metalgarurumon, who seemed closer than he appeared to be, I looked around me; everyone was frozen, no one was moving, it was like time had stopped and I was the only one unaffected by it.
Yamato......
I gasped, taking a step back. "Met-Metalgarurumon?" I stammered slightly, swallowing hard. I slowly came forward as the light seemed to dim, I raised a hand toward the screen, my eyes squinted automatically as I neared the computer, as if hypnotized I closed my eyes and the light swallowed me whole.
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Whrrrrrrrrrr
Wrrrrrrrrrrr.............
My ears twitched as the odd sound that filled them, for some odd reason my eyes wouldn't open, I couldn't feel my body, I felt detached form it, until I could feel myself going through a portal of some kind that reminded me of my hair gel when my fingers when through it. I got the impression that I had died and had gone to a mythical resting place of the dead, I couldn't remember the name, but it was far better than Taurus, that I much I was certain of.
I sudden felt my eyes snapped open, I looked around the area I happened to be floating around in; it was dark, the only light that was around was the light around me, when I noticed a figure slightly different from mine resting atop of something. I shifted my gaze over to the supposed person or creature. The breath in my in lungs stopped, and my mouth opened in shock suprise; Taichi was on the back of a beaten and possibly bloody Wargreymon, which meant he was in the net and so was I!
"Metalgarurumon," I gasped, hoping he would hear me. The beaten digimon did not answer, he didn't move, he hovered in the same place with his mouth slightly agape. I moved my arms forward hoping it would get me closer to my friend, it seemed to have worked but not as fast I wanted it to, I slowly floated down to Metalgarurumon landing on his side, I was amazed at how huge he was.
He the was biggest thing I've seen since I went a parade once when I was little and got scared of the life out of me when I looked at the floating balloons. My Mom said there was nothing to be afraid of, but I remained hidden behind her legs, Takeru was only a baby then and probably wouldn't remember, which for me it as good thing, because I didn't need him teasing me about how I was scared of giant balloons.
I looked at him with tears clouding my vision as I touched his shoulders. "Wake up," I said to him, as my heart was clenched with fear once more. "Don't quit now!" Metalgatrurumon didn't answer me, he his expression remained the same; hurt and too still for my tastes. "Why won't he answer me Tai!" I cried keeping my eyes on my digimon.
In the corner of my eye, I saw Taichi turn toward me with the same fearful expression as mine. "Keep trying, Matt," He said, with a gasp following the sentence. I sucked in a gulp of breath, though I wasn't sure the Internet had air, and I laid myself against Metalgarurumon, as I listened to the Erie sounds of Daiboromon around me, when I heard my mind repeating the same exact thing Taichi was saying. "I want you to know that your not a lone...... Okay? And the mail keeps coming, it won't stop. Kids all over the world are writing to you, your the only one who can do it, feel their hope, feel their strength!"
I felt Metalgarurumon shift underneath me, and begin to cough. I thought my heart had combusted into a million pieces when saw his eyes glowing brightly, and his head raise or so I thought. I felt my digivice vibrating like crazy, I gasped as my digimon began to grow.
Climbing off his back onto his head and I slid down my gaze shifted briefly over to Taichi who stood at the end of Wargreymon's nose as the manlike digimon's body began to shake and glow, it vanished leaving only his head and began to create an arm, I looked down at Metalgarurumon and his body had vanished as well, and created an arm.
They resembled vacuum-cleaner tubes to be honest, I wasn't complaining though, I looked around as the same light that had appeared on our digimon were coming out of the e-mails from the all over the world in the shape of those children. I could barely contain the sounds of confusion, shock, awe and surprise as the rest of the e-mails began to create a digi-egg around us, though I didn't know this at the time.
Taichi, looked at me with slight fear in his eyes, wondering what the hell was happening besides the obvious. I shook my head as I narrowed my eyes, the light was getting brighter and I didn't intend on going blind, I shielded my eyes with both arms to keep the light from getting to my eyes completely. "They combined!" I heard my little brother's voice echo outside the sphere shaped object Taichi-san and I were inside.
No sooner than Takeru had said that, there was a gasp possibly from Izzy and several growls from Diaboromon. "He sounds unhappy," I heard Taichi think the same thing I had. We turned to eachother dumbfounded, and confused; what was going on here? Were we linked mentally like we were with our digimon? Was our friendship so strong, that it forged a mental link between us, or did it have something to do with our digivoling digimon?
The sounds of Diaboromon's furious growls brought me back to what was happening at the moment, as the glowing e-mails began to vanish from around us and Taichi and I were not longer on our Digimon's heads anymore, instead we were kneeling on their shoulders. Wargreymon/Metalgarurumon's arms were crossed as if they were shielding themselves from something.
"Part Wargreymon," Izzy said, in awe.
"Part, Metalgarurumon," Takeru piped up.
"They digivoled together to become...." Izzy was abruptly by our Digimon.
"OMNIMON!" The digimon's arms came down no sooner than the light vanished from sight. We stood up in shock looking down at our merged digimon, I couldn't even figured out they got passed the warp-digivole level! The sounds of shots being fired above us got our attention.
"Ah!" Tai and I gasped looking up at the blast from Diaboromon's red-wrecker coming toward up like missiles. Omnimon raised his arm that was Wargreymon and with one swift move to the side a sword shot out from Wargreymon's head. "Transcended sword!" He brought his arm back once more, swinging it toward the blasts, Omnimon deflected them with his sword.
Diaboromon's attack hit all of his copies, and I was hoping they'd had hit him as well. Omnimon did not wait for the smoke to dissipate, he raised his right arm that was Metalgarurumon and a cannon emerged from the cyborg wolf's mouth, Taichi and I grabbed two metal spearlike horns on his head bracing ourselves for the blast soon to come.
"Supreme Cannon!" The area around the cannon seem to warp from the heat that was forming around it and a blast was fired, the wind from the blast was best thing I've ever felt since I was in the Tokyo tower. Omnimon continued firing until the fires of his attacks consumed all the Diaboromon around us. I shielded my eyes once more when the bright light from the explosion intensified, hopefully after this ordeal I won't come out of this blind.
When I opened my eyes the area was completely empty, though the remains of Diaboromon's copies floated around us and Omnimon. Then my mind had begun to wonder, where was original Diaboromon? "Tai, there's the original!" Izzy's voice brought me out of my thoughts, when a window of his image appeared beside Taichi, his finger was pointing somewhere below us. I gazed below us, spotting a surprised Diaboromon on all fours staring up at us, or Omnimon's cannon. "Get him, we're running out of time!"
Taichi nodded as Omnimon's head bowed and his gaze shifted from Izzy to Diaboromon. "Omnimon!" I cried balling my hand into a fist, my other still grasping his pointed horn. "Quick attack!" Taichi shouted, pointing at the evil-digimon. Diaboromon did not wait for us to move an inch he leaped from his space, Omnimon turned swiftly toward the new spot the digimon was at, when he moved again, this time I didn't see him. Taichi almost slipped off Omnimon's shoulders when he didn't spot Diaboromon. "Where is he?" He growled, breathing heavily, when he looked up at the timer. "One minute to go!"
I felt the pit of my stomach jump, I swallowed hard as Omnimon turned in any direction as Diaboromon's laughter echoed around us, My eyes were beginning to hurt just moving them as we continued to search for him. "He keep's moving! Everytime we get him in our sites, he moves someplace else!" Taichi growled, his cheeks getting red. "He's too fast for us!"
I nodded in agreement, we were going to need a miracle if we were going to destroy this virus-infected digimon, his laugher was beginning to grind my nerves, I thought I was going to go insane, when Diaboromon's figured appeared behind us. A chill went up my spine, Taichi and I turned in the direction of the strangled noise.
Omnimon turned as well spotting Diaboromon struggling to move, his head turned toward us, his beady yellow eyes were becoming wider and his pupils were becoming more and more dilated by the minute. "Ten seconds left!" Tai cried as our merged digimon race forward toward Diaboromon.
Taichi's countdown caused my heart to beat at a rapid pace as we neared out destination. "Nine, eight, seven, six, five four, three, two, ONE!" Omnimon's sword appeared, brining his arm back, he thrust the sword forward and plunged forward into Diaboromon's face spotting the timer at exactly one, blinking back to two continuously. "Connection..... Terminated," Diaboromon combusted into digi-dust. Japan was safe from the Missile, we had disarmed it.
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(Taichi's pov):
Matt and I had returned to the real world, I returned to the computer room, I found Izzy chewing on my mother's fungus cookies. He began to ask me all these question of how It was to be in the net and returning before I had the urge to head outside onto the balcony for a breather, feeling the breeze sweep around me I sighed feeling beyond tried, my limbs were aching, my head was hurting and I needed Miko to comfort me.
Izzy came up beside me throwing his arms over the railing of the balcony like I did looking as if he were going to hurl. "I'm.... about..... to..... throw up!" He said between gasps. I groaned, as the sweat from my forehead rolled down the side of my head. "Shall we try the cake?" I asked. Izzy turned green and vomited over the railing, I turned away watching a wave of water crash back into the harbor, where the missile had crashed.
I began to wonder when the end of July was coming and if Sora got my E-mail. Even if she did, would she forgive me? I was brought out of my thoughts when Izzy leaped from his place, and rushed back into the apartment, I watched him leave the room puzzled. "What was his hurry?" I wondered entering the room. I glanced at the computer and noticed a message had appeared, with a small version of me jumping up and down with envelope in it's hand. I kneeled in front of the computer and pressed the enter button, opening the E-mail.
Dear Taichi:
I got your E-mail. Meet me down at the park tomorrow at 1:00pm, could you please? I have something important to tell you.
Sora Takenouchi.
"Sh-she, sent me!" I smiled, jumping up from my place. I began to dance around happily. "Sora, E-mailed me! WOOHOO!" I would have continued my dance succession until I paused, remembered the last part of the letter, staring down at the screen my spirits sank lower and lower. Something important to tell me. Was she breaking our friendship?
I had to know. Whipping the sweat off my face, I straightened my clothes out and headed out of the computer only to be greeted by my sister's smiling face, with her hands behind her back. I narrowed my eyes in suspicion wondering what she was up to. "Hi, Tai," She said bringing her hands behind her revealing a blue box wrapped in a black ribbon.
My eyebrow's arched. "Kari it's not my birthday," I said flatly pushing her aside, so I could get through the door. Hikari followed me with the box still in her, I as headed for the door Kari jumped into my path holding the box in my face. I sighed angrily, when Kari gave me her cute eyes again. "Pluzzz, onii-chan, It's just a present from me to you," She said pleadingly. I sighed, taking the box from her with my right hand about to open it, when she grabbed my left hand leading to our bedroom, I followed her not that I had a choice in the matter of course. Hikari pushed the door open pulling me inside.
I glanced at her oddly, she let go of my hand and went to shut the door. I pouted mentally, I didn't wanna wait until tomorrow to find out what Sora wanted to tell me, it was eating at my mind too much to wait! Nevertheless I had to, Kari grabbed my left hand again and lead me over to her bed. I sat down suspecting she was up to something, I didn't say a word when she came and sat down beside me. "Okay, now you can open your present," She said cheerfully.
I nodded, and began to undo the black ribbon nervously, I glanced at Kari who waited anxiously for me to tear the blue wrapping off the box, I began to do so but slowly to prolong my prank if this was indeed a prank. "Taichi would you just open it please?" She said impenitently, the suspense was killing her as I expected.
I nodded and pulled the blue wrapped completely off, I moved the top from box, I peered inside wide eyed. "Kari... you shouldn't have," I said breathlessly, while Kari smiled. She had bought me a new orangestar-t-shirt, with a yellow hood attached to it, the same blue shirt like the one I happened to be wearing but with yellow short sleeves and long black sleeves inside of it, underneath the shirt were a pair of new goggles and smaller blue head band.
"Kari, this is... I don't know what to say," I muttered. Kari giggled, I hadn't noticed that she changed her clothes; she was wearing pink leggings, a long sleeved skirt the top was a tangy-orange and the bottom was piglet pink. "Put it on, I wanna know how you look in it," Kari exclaimed, hopping up and down in her place.
I nodded and pulled off my shirt, I swear there was steam rising from my skin, Kari pitched her nose with her index finger and thumb making a funny face. "You stink Taichi," She said, sounding nasal. I shrugged pulling on the new shirt that was soft against my skin, I stood up showing off, spinning around like I was a male-model.
Kari laughed happily clapping her hands. "You look nice Niisan," She cheered, as I rejoined her on the bed. I sighed letting a sad expression show through, Kari cocked her head to the side wondering why I looked so upset. "Taichi, what's wrong?" She asked resting her head on my shoulders.
I sighed shaking my head, I wasn't sure how to tell her about the E-mail Sora sent me but I decided to tell her anyway without coloring out the lines. I sighed bowing my head. "Sora sent me a E-mail," I whispered. Kari's worried look turned into a happy, she clasped her hands together with a smile. "That's great Tai!" Kari cheered, before noticing my expression didn't change. "Isn't it?" She finished worriedly. I shrugged, as I felt tears forming but I rubbed my eyes, Kari rested her hands on my arm giving it a squeeze.
"What did it say?" I looked at her with my "fearless-leader" gaze with a forced smile, before I told her. "She said she wanted to come to the park tomorrow, she had something important to tell me," I gulped turning away from my sister, my balled my hands in a fist to keep from crying. "And I'm not sure, whether or not that she doesn't want to be friends anymore. Oh, Kari this is all my fault, If only I didn't give that stupid hair-pen, she wouldn't be mad, and would be still be friends an---" At that point my voice was cracked and I could tears fall down my face. I felt Kari embrace me around the waist.
"Don't cry Niisan, it'll be all right, Sora will forgive you, I promise," Kari reassured me. I nodded sucking on my sobs, I wanted so badly to believe her, but my mind wouldn't let me. Hikari looked up at me with tears in her eyes, they didn't fall she whipped them away before they could and whipped my wet cheeks, then dried my red eyes.
I sniffled falling backward on the bed, Kari joined me snuggling up against me, her small hang grabbed a part of the new shirt she bought me in her hand closing her eyes. I stared at the bottom of my bed thoughtfully. "Sora will forgive me, Kari promised me," I thought before falling asleep. Before I closed my senses from the world around me, I felt small little paws walk across my chest. "Miko," I mumbled, feeling him curl up beside my head.
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The next day, I awoke feeling reenergized and refreshed like once before when I was upset over Sora. I sat up scaring the shit out of Miko and Kair, they screamed in horror, Miko scratched me on the cheek twice like before and Kari kicked me off the bed with both feet, with a yelp I tumbled off the bed and crashed onto the floor next to the ladder, that was worse than getting whacked by my little sister's slipper. I heard Kari gasp, and Miko meow in satisfaction, Kari jumped off the bed and moved beside me with an amused-apologetic look on her face. "I'm so sorry, Tai," She giggled with a hand over her mouth to add to her cute face. "You scared me when sat up."
I nodded without causing myself anymore pain as Kari helped me up onto my feet, when I heard the phone ring, I climbed up onto my feet quickly as if nothing ever happened and raced out of the bedroom. I caught sight of my mother drying her hands possibly to stop me from getting to the phone, I picked up my feet and grabbed the phone, diving for the couch, I landed hard onto it. My mother reached out to snatch it from me, but I had already pressed the "Talk button" to her dismay. "Hello, this is Tai," I said into the phone. "Hi Taichi-san, It's Joe," The voice said cheerfully. "Oh, Hiya Joe, what's up?" I chirped with a smirk.
"Nothing, really, but hmmm.... Mr. Fujiyama wanted me to tell you, that you'll be in computer class with Izzy this school semester," Joe said simply. I almost choked.
"Your kidding!" I cried.
Jyou laughed. "Yeah, Taichi-san I am. Sora wanted me to tell you to check your mail that comes in through the mail-slot of your door. Don't ask why, but that's what she told me."
My eyes narrowed. "Joe-san, is this some excuse to call me?" I asked.
"Nuh-un. Though it is nice to talk to you once in a while. I'm just so busy now with summer school and everything--- ummm..... have you talked to Mimi lately. I sent her a valentine present, but she didn't call me or anything, saying she got it." Joe's voice sounded worried when, I realized what he had just said.
"V-valentine present?" I stuttered. "You have a crush on Mimi Tachikawa!"
Silence.
"Joe!" I shouted.
"Yes, Are you happy now! I have a crush on Mimi Tachikawa! I've going out with her for six weeks!" Joe shouted. I pulled the phone away from my ear.
"Okay, okay, no need to get your knickers in a twist!" I grumbled.
"*Sigh*, Your right, Sorry about that. I just don't like to be pushed to tell what I've been hiding. Mimi's gonna freak."
"When doesn't she freak?" I mumbled.
"What was that?" Joe snapped.
"N-nothing!" I stuttered. "I said Mimi's in Hawaii. She sent me a post card saying so."
"Okay, well I guess I'll see you later then. Audios Tai."
"Later Joe," I said hanging up. I dropped the phone on the couch and went to see if there was any mail. Kari stood in our bedroom door with a curious look on her face arching her eyebrow. I looked at her and shrugged, it was becoming a habit since yesterday. "Who was that, Onii-chan?" Kari asked following me to the front door. "Joe Kido, why Kari?" I wondered, kneeling down in front of the door picking three pieces of mail.
I searched through it, two of them were bills and one had my name in the center of envelope, I handed the bills to Hikari and ripped open the envelope; there was a small piece of paper inside it. I blinked curious of what had on it, so I pulled the folded paper out and opened it. [Open the door] It said, I dropped the paper and unlocked the door opening it almost hitting Kari if she hadn't cried out in surprise.
"Oh, gomen ne, Kari," I said sheepishly, before a finger tapped me on the shoulder. Kari turned her nose up at me, I whipped my head toward the who was standing in front of me, I blushed nervously; It was Sora Takenouchi and her mother Mrs. Takenouchi, I almost peed on myself at the stern look on the mother's face, but I don't think it was directed at me. "Umm...hello Mrs. Takenouchi," I stammered starching my head.
Mrs. Takenouchi bowed in response. "Hello Taichi," She said quickly. "I have to go to work now, but Sora has something to say to you, don't you Sora?" Sora flinched and nodded, Mrs. Takenouchi smiled at me before giving her daughter a kiss and leaving. Kari poked her head from around the door with a warm smile. "Hiya Sora," She said before running out the door, with her shoes. "Hey! Kari-san where are you going!?" I cried.
"To the store for some soymilk! I'll be back soon Taichi!" She said before turning the corner. I groaned slumping my shoulders shifting my gaze to the frozen Sora, she looked down blushing. "Do you wanna go to the park, S-Sora?" I asked weakly. She nodded quickly leading me out of the house, before I realized I didn't have my shoes on, I told her to wait so I could get my shoes. I ducked behind the door and grabbed my white/blue sneakers then followed her out the house, shutting the door behind me.
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We strolled through the park, watching the small children playing on the swings, in the sandbox much like we did when I met all my friends minus Joe, who I met in PRE-K on my first day, when his brother Jim brought him. Sora hadn't said much since we left the house I did most of the stammering-talking, on the subject on how we fought Diaboromon on the Internet and when Wargreymon and Metalgarurumon merged together into the totally cool Omnimon and destroyed Diaboromon. Sora just nodded while I told the story which was totally getting on my nerves, so I grabbed her hand stopping her from walking any further. "Sora what did you wanna tell me?" I asked calmly with a worried/frightened look on my face.
Sora turned to face me with a guilty expression. "I got your letter, and I wanted to tell you I'm sorry for yelling at you," Sora said quietly. "I thought you were insulting me about my hair, when I saw the hair-pen." My rose colored cheeks paled to their normal color, when my eyebrows raised in surprise and my eyes widened, why would she think I was trying to insult with a hair-pen? "I understand, if you don't want to be friends anymore...." I cut her off with small gasp; I noticed she was wearing the hair-pen above her ear to hold her hair back.
I raised my hand with a smile, I glided my hands across the hair-pen, Sora raised her hand and kinda moved my hand away, I chuckled. "I still want to be friends Sora Takenouchi, I'm sorry for yelling at you. Can we still be friends?" I said sheepishly putting my hands behind my back, looking the other way. Sora smiled with a giggle and nodded. "Friends," She said, raising her hand for hand shake. I smirked and grabbed her hand shaking roughly as if she were man.
Sora stepped on my foot getting me to let go her hand, I howled like a wounded dog and held my throbbing foot. "Taichi Yagami, I'm a girl," She said folding her arms across her chest. "I'm not a strong as you, and that hurt! Don't shake so hard!" I nodded, resting my hurting foot on the ground almost falling, I put my hands behind my head with a smirk looking up to the sky, I watched a jet flying through the sky with exhaustion being left behind, giving the appearance of a long cloud.
"Did you you and Matt, really go into the net?" Sora asked placing her hands on her hips. I stared at her as if she were crazy and nodded vigorously. "Yeah, ask Gennai, he'll tell you," I said. "If he we can that is." Sora giggled at my comment, while I tried to figure out what was so funny about what I had said.
tbc*
R/R! Pluzzz. I hoped you liked it! Kari's pov in the next chapter. Sakura123~ Question: do think Blink182 songs fits with Taichi Yagami's personality?