CHAPTER 9!!!!
*********Ok Peoples! I have finished some FanArt for this fic so if any of you are interested in it please either email me at animegate@aol.com or tell me in a review (If you tell me in a review remember to give me your email or make sure your signed on so I can get your email from your login thingy. . . magigi. ^_^) I'll try to get the FanArt to you as soon as possible. ***********
(Oh yes and please forgive the part where Izzy and Ken are figuring out a way to * contact * Tai and Matt. Their explanations may seem a bit far fetched. Lol But I have to have them get in contact with Tai and Matt sometime er other and that's the best reasoning I could think of. ^_^)
Okie Dokie Hope you like the chapter. . .
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Faces I should know. . .
But I don't. . .
Tai floated in a sea of images. They seemed to trickle over him. Tai closed his eyes. What was happening?
A girl. Red hair. A hat. A blue hat.
Her name. . .
Another girl, short brown hair. Tai had seen her before. She was very important. . . why? He didn't know. What was her name?
K. . .
Kar. . .
Kari. . .
Then, like flood gates bursting open, memories began to surge over him.
Augumon, Sora, Kari, Matt-
A searing lightning bolt was shooting threw his head.
To much! To fast! It hurt!
But the images would not stop.
Camp, Izzy, Digivices, Mimi, Joe, Digiworld, Dark Masters, Peidmon, Fight, Gedi-
STOOOOOP!
Trickle.
Taichi. . . Taichi Yagami. . .That was his name. . .He was Taichi Yagami.
(am I spelling his last name right? Correct me if I'm wrong . . .)
The storm subsided to a low mist.
With a weak but relieved smile, Taichi Yagami closed his eyes and let himself fall into a deep sleep. He knew who he was now. He was Tai, the leader of the digidestined, and the holder of the Crest of Courage.
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Matt and Tonai stood at the exit. Just a few more steps and they'd be out of the caves. . . But they just stood.
Tonai's eyes shimmered with memories. Her mother. . . her mother had died. The Dark Lord. . . the suffering. Was she so crazy that she would freely go back into all that pain?
. . .yes.
She had been hiding in the caves. . . she couldn't hide any longer.
She took a step forward and a bead of sunlight hit her shoe. She took another step, and the sunlight covered her waist. Than one last step, and she felt the heat of the sun on her face. She soaked it in. Mmmm It had been so long. . .
Matt came from behind her carrying Tai. "We're out." He said stating the obvious.
"Yes. . . we are." Tonai answered back.
Matt looked around. They were in a forest, much like the forest in the Tashon village, but this forest was more over grown. A thin path could be seen threw the under brush-but just barely.
It was clear that no one had used the path for quite some time.
Matt took a deep breath. "What do we do now?"
Tonai looked up, as if from a dream. "There-there is a village. . . there was at least-to the north. We should go there."
Matt nodded and they began to slowly walk down the over grown path.
Several miles ahead, in a sad city, twenty black beasts lay in wait. . .
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"Contact them?"
Izzy nodded while furiously typing.
"How?"
Izzy was silent for a moment gathering his thoughts than he began. "When Matt and Tai went into the Internet they mixed with the data right-"
"Yes we already know that."
"Ok well listen for just a sec. A 'marker' was left on them, and that's what enabled them to be transported to this new world when the digiworld and Kanac merged."
"Right. . ."
"Ok so all we have to do is match that frequency-that marker and than we should be able to transport a message to them."
"Why cant we just go there ourselves?" Joe asked.
"Well in theory we could, but we have no way of knowing how our bodies would react-Tai and Matt's bodies were already adjusted to the transfer. But if we were to transfer ourselves we might end up doing more damage than good. I mean if we end up being seriously hurt by the transfer that's one more danger for Matt and Tai."
"And anyways, we don't know enough about this 'transfer' to be sure it would even work. What if the merge between the two worlds was a factor in the transfer. If the merge is already complete and we try to transfer ourselves we could end up scattered across the universe-it would just be way to dangerous. We just don't know enough."
"We never know enough." T.K said sullenly.
"So what makes you so sure we can contact them?" Ken asked.
Izzy turned towards Ken. "If we tried to transfer ourselves we would have to be in a stable form threw out the transfer. But a communication doesn't have to be in a stable form so there'd be more likelihood that it would make it threw."
"I see. . ."Ken said.
"Ok so what if it * does * make it threw," Joe said, "How can we be sure that we get * it * to them? I mean how do we make sure we aren't talking to this evil person their supposed to be fighting?"
Izzy was dumb founded. "I hadn't thought of that. . ."
The group was silent for a moment. Then Ken spoke.
"Their digivices."
Izzy's head perked in hope. "Of course! We can match the signal to their digivices."
"Right." Ken confirmed.
"That's assuming they * have * their digivices with them." Kari said.
The group began searching the two boys rooms. After ten minutes of searching, Kari came out of Tai's room carrying his digivices.
"It would figure he'd forget it." She said sarcastically.
"What about Matt's?"
No one had found it.
"Well, should we * assume * that Matt has his then?" Joe asked.
"Not assume * hope *." Izzy said glumly.
Ken spoke up, "We should try anyways. Even if he doesn't have it, the transmission will most likely be transferred into the general area that they landed. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll hear it."
The group nodded as a whole. "Good thinking." Izzy said.
"One problem," Sora said, "How are we going to find the 'frequency' of the marker?"
Izzy was already logging into the Internet. "Simple. The frequency of the Internet." He said with a big grin splashed across his face. Now they were finally getting somewhere!
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Matt splashed water across his face from the stream. It felt so good. He looked over at Tai again. He was still unconscious. Slowly Matt became aware of a pressure around his neck. He felt around curiously to discover his tie.
He was amazed it was still on.
Well, as long as he had it might as well put it to good use. He thought, taking it off and dunking it into the cool stream. He than laid the tie across Tai's forehead. 'Hopefully, that will cool him down.' Matt thought.
He heard Tonai's footsteps from behind him. She had gone on ahead while he had taken a rest to see how far it was until they would reach the city.
"It is just over that ridge." She said, pointing to a * very * far off hill.
"Just over my ass. . ." Matt mumbled under his breath. He lugged Tai on to his back again with a grunt. His muscles had begun to feel the strain of Tai's weight long ago.
Ten minutes later they were at the top of the ridge looking at. . . a crater. A black crater.
Tonai stared. "My. . .my village. . ."
Where once magnificent buildings stood, mere stumps of ruble covered with ash and specks of green plants remained. Shimmering stones laid out as roads now lay cracked and disarrayed. The gardens once cared for so affectionately by their owners, now lay over grown, like raving jungles, tiny specks of black showing testimony to the fires they had survived.
Matt silently followed Tonai threw the charred streets, not knowing what else to do. What was he supposed to say to her? She was walking threw her own * home * and it was 'dead'. What could he * ever * say that would make this better?
Tonai stopped in front of a crumbling stone cross. It was the only thing that remained of the city that was semi-intact. She slowly knelt before it after a long period of silence.
Matt stood for a second, not knowing quite what to do, but eventually decided to do the obvious choice. He silently laid Tai down on the ground and knelt as well, if not a bit awkwardly.
After almost five minutes of silence, a soft sobbing could be heard. It seemed to ripple threw the empty streets of ruble.
Matt lowered his head slightly. He could never make this better. No one could.
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A sad ending to this chapter I know. But now you understand what I meant, when I said I wanted to have a clear break between the Tashon village and the 'outside'. For some of you this might have come as a bit of a shock er maybe it didn't. . . Well if it did, than I guess I've done my job. Heh. Stay tuned for the next * exciting * chapter of Merge.
PREVEIW OF NEXT CHAPTER:
The Dark Lord finds them. . . BAH BAH BAH!!!!
Sit Ubu Sit
Reion
07/28/03
*********Ok Peoples! I have finished some FanArt for this fic so if any of you are interested in it please either email me at animegate@aol.com or tell me in a review (If you tell me in a review remember to give me your email or make sure your signed on so I can get your email from your login thingy. . . magigi. ^_^) I'll try to get the FanArt to you as soon as possible. ***********
(Oh yes and please forgive the part where Izzy and Ken are figuring out a way to * contact * Tai and Matt. Their explanations may seem a bit far fetched. Lol But I have to have them get in contact with Tai and Matt sometime er other and that's the best reasoning I could think of. ^_^)
Okie Dokie Hope you like the chapter. . .
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Faces I should know. . .
But I don't. . .
Tai floated in a sea of images. They seemed to trickle over him. Tai closed his eyes. What was happening?
A girl. Red hair. A hat. A blue hat.
Her name. . .
Another girl, short brown hair. Tai had seen her before. She was very important. . . why? He didn't know. What was her name?
K. . .
Kar. . .
Kari. . .
Then, like flood gates bursting open, memories began to surge over him.
Augumon, Sora, Kari, Matt-
A searing lightning bolt was shooting threw his head.
To much! To fast! It hurt!
But the images would not stop.
Camp, Izzy, Digivices, Mimi, Joe, Digiworld, Dark Masters, Peidmon, Fight, Gedi-
STOOOOOP!
Trickle.
Taichi. . . Taichi Yagami. . .That was his name. . .He was Taichi Yagami.
(am I spelling his last name right? Correct me if I'm wrong . . .)
The storm subsided to a low mist.
With a weak but relieved smile, Taichi Yagami closed his eyes and let himself fall into a deep sleep. He knew who he was now. He was Tai, the leader of the digidestined, and the holder of the Crest of Courage.
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Matt and Tonai stood at the exit. Just a few more steps and they'd be out of the caves. . . But they just stood.
Tonai's eyes shimmered with memories. Her mother. . . her mother had died. The Dark Lord. . . the suffering. Was she so crazy that she would freely go back into all that pain?
. . .yes.
She had been hiding in the caves. . . she couldn't hide any longer.
She took a step forward and a bead of sunlight hit her shoe. She took another step, and the sunlight covered her waist. Than one last step, and she felt the heat of the sun on her face. She soaked it in. Mmmm It had been so long. . .
Matt came from behind her carrying Tai. "We're out." He said stating the obvious.
"Yes. . . we are." Tonai answered back.
Matt looked around. They were in a forest, much like the forest in the Tashon village, but this forest was more over grown. A thin path could be seen threw the under brush-but just barely.
It was clear that no one had used the path for quite some time.
Matt took a deep breath. "What do we do now?"
Tonai looked up, as if from a dream. "There-there is a village. . . there was at least-to the north. We should go there."
Matt nodded and they began to slowly walk down the over grown path.
Several miles ahead, in a sad city, twenty black beasts lay in wait. . .
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"Contact them?"
Izzy nodded while furiously typing.
"How?"
Izzy was silent for a moment gathering his thoughts than he began. "When Matt and Tai went into the Internet they mixed with the data right-"
"Yes we already know that."
"Ok well listen for just a sec. A 'marker' was left on them, and that's what enabled them to be transported to this new world when the digiworld and Kanac merged."
"Right. . ."
"Ok so all we have to do is match that frequency-that marker and than we should be able to transport a message to them."
"Why cant we just go there ourselves?" Joe asked.
"Well in theory we could, but we have no way of knowing how our bodies would react-Tai and Matt's bodies were already adjusted to the transfer. But if we were to transfer ourselves we might end up doing more damage than good. I mean if we end up being seriously hurt by the transfer that's one more danger for Matt and Tai."
"And anyways, we don't know enough about this 'transfer' to be sure it would even work. What if the merge between the two worlds was a factor in the transfer. If the merge is already complete and we try to transfer ourselves we could end up scattered across the universe-it would just be way to dangerous. We just don't know enough."
"We never know enough." T.K said sullenly.
"So what makes you so sure we can contact them?" Ken asked.
Izzy turned towards Ken. "If we tried to transfer ourselves we would have to be in a stable form threw out the transfer. But a communication doesn't have to be in a stable form so there'd be more likelihood that it would make it threw."
"I see. . ."Ken said.
"Ok so what if it * does * make it threw," Joe said, "How can we be sure that we get * it * to them? I mean how do we make sure we aren't talking to this evil person their supposed to be fighting?"
Izzy was dumb founded. "I hadn't thought of that. . ."
The group was silent for a moment. Then Ken spoke.
"Their digivices."
Izzy's head perked in hope. "Of course! We can match the signal to their digivices."
"Right." Ken confirmed.
"That's assuming they * have * their digivices with them." Kari said.
The group began searching the two boys rooms. After ten minutes of searching, Kari came out of Tai's room carrying his digivices.
"It would figure he'd forget it." She said sarcastically.
"What about Matt's?"
No one had found it.
"Well, should we * assume * that Matt has his then?" Joe asked.
"Not assume * hope *." Izzy said glumly.
Ken spoke up, "We should try anyways. Even if he doesn't have it, the transmission will most likely be transferred into the general area that they landed. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll hear it."
The group nodded as a whole. "Good thinking." Izzy said.
"One problem," Sora said, "How are we going to find the 'frequency' of the marker?"
Izzy was already logging into the Internet. "Simple. The frequency of the Internet." He said with a big grin splashed across his face. Now they were finally getting somewhere!
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Matt splashed water across his face from the stream. It felt so good. He looked over at Tai again. He was still unconscious. Slowly Matt became aware of a pressure around his neck. He felt around curiously to discover his tie.
He was amazed it was still on.
Well, as long as he had it might as well put it to good use. He thought, taking it off and dunking it into the cool stream. He than laid the tie across Tai's forehead. 'Hopefully, that will cool him down.' Matt thought.
He heard Tonai's footsteps from behind him. She had gone on ahead while he had taken a rest to see how far it was until they would reach the city.
"It is just over that ridge." She said, pointing to a * very * far off hill.
"Just over my ass. . ." Matt mumbled under his breath. He lugged Tai on to his back again with a grunt. His muscles had begun to feel the strain of Tai's weight long ago.
Ten minutes later they were at the top of the ridge looking at. . . a crater. A black crater.
Tonai stared. "My. . .my village. . ."
Where once magnificent buildings stood, mere stumps of ruble covered with ash and specks of green plants remained. Shimmering stones laid out as roads now lay cracked and disarrayed. The gardens once cared for so affectionately by their owners, now lay over grown, like raving jungles, tiny specks of black showing testimony to the fires they had survived.
Matt silently followed Tonai threw the charred streets, not knowing what else to do. What was he supposed to say to her? She was walking threw her own * home * and it was 'dead'. What could he * ever * say that would make this better?
Tonai stopped in front of a crumbling stone cross. It was the only thing that remained of the city that was semi-intact. She slowly knelt before it after a long period of silence.
Matt stood for a second, not knowing quite what to do, but eventually decided to do the obvious choice. He silently laid Tai down on the ground and knelt as well, if not a bit awkwardly.
After almost five minutes of silence, a soft sobbing could be heard. It seemed to ripple threw the empty streets of ruble.
Matt lowered his head slightly. He could never make this better. No one could.
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A sad ending to this chapter I know. But now you understand what I meant, when I said I wanted to have a clear break between the Tashon village and the 'outside'. For some of you this might have come as a bit of a shock er maybe it didn't. . . Well if it did, than I guess I've done my job. Heh. Stay tuned for the next * exciting * chapter of Merge.
PREVEIW OF NEXT CHAPTER:
The Dark Lord finds them. . . BAH BAH BAH!!!!
Sit Ubu Sit
Reion
07/28/03