Digimon: Death of Akume

Chapter 18: Life Lives Again

The Digidestined slowly, quietly forced themselves away from the ruins where Sokkia and Pupmon stood, dead and incased in ice.

"Let's go save the Digital World. For Sokkia." Kari said, trying her hardest not to cry anymore then she already had.

"Yeah, for Sokkia." Davis agreed.

"She would want us to. Even when she was evil, she was kind if you did not stand in her way. Now we must do as she would want us to, and save the Digimon." Ken said. The rest of them stayed quiet. Kari walked between T.K. and Davis. Davis walked closer to Kari, T.K. noticed and smiled at Davis. Davis put his arm around Kari, she put her arm around him.

"Thanks, Davis." She whispered to him.

"No problem, Kari." Davis whispered in return. Ken saw this as he walked up to Yolei and put a hand on her shoulder. She turned to look at him and smiled her thanks. He slipped his arm around her shoulder.

T.K. slowed his walking until he was walking beside Cody. T.K. noticed the younger boy was quietly crying.

"It's okay to cry, you know." T.K. quietly said to him.

"I know, it just seems so unnatural to me. I've never been one to cry." He replied in a near whisper.

"Well, I'm glad you trust us enough to let us see you cry. Thank you." T.K. said, then they all fell silent as they walked in search of Serena. They walked for a few hours and still did not find Serena. They decided to return to the real world and tell the others about what happened.

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"She's dead?" Tai asked in shock. Kari nodded her head solemnly as her brother broke out in tears. Matt held Tai in his arms as he began to cry also. All the rest of the original Digidestined were crying, even Mimi who they had called. Sora was on the phone with Mimi now, and Joe was holding Izzy in his arms.

"She died for us." Gatomon said sadly, even though she knew Sokkia would not be dead for long. After that meeting, they all checked the Digiworld for trouble occasionally. Never finding any, they eventually didn't check for days on end. Then one day, they all got an e-mail from Genni. It said that they needed to return for Sokkia, and go to the ruins where she was. They all met up in the computer lab and went to the Digiworld. Everyone except Mimi was there. When they got to the ruins, they all fell silent, remembering when they had found out about Sokkia's death. Izzy had his head hung low, starring at the ground when he noticed some symbols.

"Hey, what are these?" Izzy asked as he kneeled down to have a closer look. Gatomon stepped up to where he was and took a good look at the symbol.

"I know what that is. It's Felon hieroglyphs. Pupmon taught me to read them before he died. This symbol means Knowledge and Reliability." Gatomon said, then an idea flashed through her mind. "Cody, Armadillomon, come over here." She called out to the two. They walked over.

"What is it, Gatomon?" Cody asked the cat like Digimon.

"Both of you stand on here. I have an idea." Gatomon replied. She moved to the next symbol with Izzy and Kari following her. "This one says Love and Sincerity. Yolei, Hawkmon, you two stand on this one." She then moved on to the next one. "Courage and Friendship. Davis, Veemon, you're here." She stepped to the next one. "Hope. T.K., Patamon, this is your spot." She said as she walked on around the circle. "Honesty. Ken, Wormmon, stand here." They did as she said and she moved to the last spot. "Light. This is ours, Kari." Gatomon said. All the Digidestined not assigned to a symbol by Gatomon stood back a ways. Gatomon and Kari stepped onto the last symbol and seven beams of light appeared. One on each Digidestined in the ruins. The trenches filled with white liquid once again, this time going towards the center platform. When the white liquid reached the center, it turned to steam and the lights faded, then disappeared. When the steam cleared, Sokkia was still standing on the platform with Pupmon. Everyone starred at her and her Digimon as her eyes opened slowly. She blinked a few times, regaining her bearings. She slowly stepped down from the platform she had been standing on.

"S, Sokkia?" Tai asked.

"I'm okay, Tai." She replied quietly. She stepped out of the ruins with Pupmon by her side. Her outfit returned to the black one she had been wearing before she entered the circle. Tai came up to her and wrapped her in a hug. "I'm glad to see you again." She said to him.

"I thought I would never see you alive again!" He said in tears of happiness.

"I have only one more thing I must do to fulfill the prophecy. I must got to Felon and take the throne. It is what is expected of me." She said to him.

"You mean, you won't be coming back to the real world with us?" Tai asked.

"I'm afraid I can't. I have obligations in this world. I can not leave, this world needs me. I know you understand, though it hurts, you know it's the truth." Sokkia replied. "Don't worry, Tai, you'll find love again someday."

"You're right. If this world needs you, you should stay here." Tai replied solemnly.

"If you like you can come with us to Felon." Sokkia offered.

"How are you going to get there?" Tai asked her.

"Whaemon owes me a trip to Felon." Sokkia said with a laugh.

"How long will it take?" He asked her

"About ten days." She replied.

"Let's go then. We have a two week school vacation starting Monday, and Mimi is flying out tomorrow morning. If we leave then, Mimi can come, too." Tai said enthusiastically.

"Right. I guess I'm gonna spend one last night in the real world, then." She said with a smile. They all went back to the real world. Sokkia spent the night at Tai's place. Early the next morning, before she left for the Digiworld for the last time, she sent her father an e-mail that read as follows;

Don't bother looking for me, you'll never find me.
I've run away from home, and your fists.
I hope to never see you again.
I also hope you learn your lesson someday.
I wish I could say I love you and would miss you, but then I'd be lying.
So goodbye, father. I will not be yours to torment any longer.
Sokkia.


Then they left on their ten day journey to Felon.