Family History
Author's note: So sorry it took so long to update, I've been working, and for the last few days, Fanfiction.net wasn't letting me upload any new chapters. *Growls and shakes fists at the website* Anyways, here is the next chapter, and beware, another twist is introduced. *Evil Laugh* (Only a crazy person can come up with this plot.) Please review, I can feel the beginnings of a writers block coming on, and I need suggestions.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon
Part Ten: Painful Memories Long Forgotten
Matt slowly opened his eyes, and studied his surroundings. He was chained onto a stone pillar, and several candles were flickering around him. In a way, Matt looked like he was in some alter as a sacrifice. "You're awake," Matt heard a soft voice say before the women that had visited him in the hospital stepped into view.
"Who are you?" Matt asked straining against the chain to check out the rest of the room.
"She is my master's servant," Deamon announced falling out of the shadows. Matt's eyes hardened at the site of the dark Digimon. Deamon only chuckled at the boy's rebellious nature before he placed a hand on the women's shoulder. The women stared down on the ground with a blank look while she felt the dark Digimon stroke her hair in what she figured was a playful manner.
"Who is your master?" Matt demanded glaring at the only two occupants in his prison.
"My master is Lord Myotismon," Deamon said turning his attention back to the boy.
"That's impossible, Myotismon is dead! We killed him!" Matt pointed out pulling on the chains as Deamon approached him with a sick lustful look on his face.
"Fool, haven't you learned anything about Digimon yet? Digimon never truly die. They are reconfigured, and that is the case with all Digimon, including the dark Digimon you have beaten. It is how the balance in the Digital world is maintained. But unfortunately for my master, he needs you to get his full power back," Deamon said reaching out and placing a hand on the boy's slender chin.
"Leave him alone," Kung demanded snapping out of her trance, and pushing the Digimon's hand away from the boy. Deamon growled at her for a second before he turned back to the boy.
"Unfortunately for you, we need you to remember your power. But you don't even remember your own mother. That is what I'm here for. I'm going to make you relive all of you memories that were erased by that fool Gennai." Deamon announced putting his index fingers on the boys temple.
"Don't touch me!" Matt yelled when he felt a sharp electrical pain enter his head at the area where Deamon's fingers were. Matt tried to shake his head away, but he was tiring fast, and it wasn't long before he slipped unconscious. Smiling satisfied, Deamon pulled away and gave Kung a warning look.
"He will remember everything about you. He will hate you all over again, but don't worry, after we transfer his power, he will no longer be alive to hate you," Deamon said running a hand across the women's cheek.
"I hate you Deamon. The only reason why Myotismon puts up with you is because you have access to the dark ocean," Kung said swatting the hand away in disgust. Deamon only laughed as the women glared at him.
"True, but at least while we are here, the boy's friends cannot interfere," Deamon said leaving the chambers, stopping only to give Kung one more sadistic smile. "You may have power, but you will never have the same amount of power that your son has," Deamon said closing and locking the door behind him.
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The digidestineds weren't sure how they should feel. They didn't trust Piedmon, but his words brought a sense of hope, and many of them were willing to believe the evil clown if it meant that for a second they could make themselves believe that Matt might still be alive. But several of them still felt the need to question the situation before they allowed themselves to believe that maybe, just maybe Matt had somehow managed the impossible, and escaped death once again.
"Alright Piedmon, you have our attention for now, tell us what you know about Matt?" Davis demanded taking the part of leader since Tai was still too devastated to take on the role successfully.
"I know more about Matt then any of you fools, but I assume your talking about how he managed to escape," Piedmon said pausing a second before he continued. "The whole situation is rather complex. There were two groups after the child's life. One threat from your world, and one here. The threat from your world is over. My spy has already made sure that Mr. Ishida has all of the necessary information to throw the rest of the guilty party in jail; and knowing how that man is a workaholic, he wont stop until that deed is done," Piedmon said glad to notice that the rest of the kids were carefully listening to what he had to say. "The second threat is far more powerful, and yet they only know about half of what Matt is capable of accomplishing," Piedmon said turning to stare at Kouji. "This new threat is after Matt because of the power of light that was passed down to him from his great grandfather," Piedmon said watching satisfied as Kouji gave an involuntary wince.
"I don't understand, why would this threat go after Matt when Kari holds the crest of light?" Izzy demanded as Piedmon chuckled.
"For that answer, I think you should ask the warrior of light," Piedmon said glad to see that this time he got the rest of the original digidestineds to shift uncomfortably.
Kouji continued to shift nervously, but when nobody else chose to tell the story, he knew that he would have to be the one to explain it. So after forcing his hands into his pocket, and taking a few calming breaths, Kouji began to talk while throwing a Piedmon a quick glare. "Well, it was our senior year in high school, when we were called back into the Digital world. Ophanimon, a mega angel Digimon who had brought us to the Digital world years ago, explained that we would end up passing our powers down to whatever offspring we had, and that it would be better if we didn't get together. She said that if two of us had kids, then that kid would be extremely powerful because they would be getting power from both of us. Izumi and I tried to obey Ophanimon's wish, but we were deeply in love, and even though we tried to date other people, we ended up getting back together in the end. We were married shortly afterwards, and had a daughter, and then our daughter married, and had a son with Malcom Ishida," Kouji explained pausing to wait for the last bit of information to sink in.
At the news, TK managed to pull himself away from Kari's embrace, and slowly made his way toward Kouji. The boy was visibly shaken, and his eyes were dulled over, but he needed to understand what this boy was saying. If the whole thing was true, then that meant that two of the original digidestineds were related to him and his brother.
Kouji stared down at the blonde boy sadly before he felt a reassuring squeeze on his shoulder. Turning around, Kouji found himself receiving an encouraging smile from Izumi's soft face. Smiling thankfully, Kouji turned back around and faced his great grandson. "Izumi and I are Matt's and TK's great grandparents," Kouji said addressing the rest of the digidestineds, even though his eyes never left the blonde boy in front of him. "That's not all, Takuya is Tai's and Kari's great grandfather, and Junpei is Joe's. Tommy is Izzy's, and Kouichi is Ken's," Kouji continued.
"It is true digidestineds. This small fact is what helped separate you from the other kids. Because you already had far more power then the average kids, you became candidates for digidestineds," Gennai pointed out.
"So what about the rest of us who aren't related to them?" Yolie asked pointing at the original digidestineds.
"Sora and Mimi were chosen because eventually they would become family too," Gennai said watching Sora give Tai a knowing smile, while Mimi sat in complete shock. "As for the rest of you. Well when the original digidestineds came to the digital world, they unfortunately weren't the only kids who made the journey. In order to chose the chosen children, Ophanimon called every available child in the area, and had them all brought to the digital world, where their information was scanned, and the top five kids were chosen. All of the other kids were then told to return home, but a few kids refused. Oddly enough, because of their extended visit in the Digital world, they had gathered some power. Not much, but enough that it was able to set their great grandchildren apart from the other kids," Gennai explained.
"So my great grandparents were in the digital world too?" Davis asked, and when he got a nod from the digital man, a huge grin crossed his face. "Cool!" Davis exclaimed before he was pulled back to the ground by an annoyed Yolie.
"Okay, so what about this light thing that Piedmon was talking about?" Cody asked looking at Gennai thoughtfully.
"The power of light that I possessed was passed down to three people. Two of them were my great grandchildren, and one of them was to the child of light," Kouji said.
"Okay, so if TK and Kari got some of your light, why is the enemy suddenly only after Matt?" Joe asked.
"Because half of my power went to Matt, and only a quarter went to the other two," Kouji said starting to feel a little irritated at all of the questions.
"If that is the case, then why does Kari seem to have more power then TS or Matt?" Davis asked watching as Kouji glared at him.
"Because some of my power also passed down to Kouji's great grandchildren," Kouichi said softly.
"How?" Izzy demanded.
"The reason is rather simple. Kouichi is Kouji's twin brother, and that makes him related to TK and Matt. And since Kouichi poses the spirit of darkness, his power was able to mask some of the light that TK and Matt possessed," Gennai explained.
"The spirit of darkness? Why would someone want to have that as a spirit?" Davis demanded looking over at Kouichi strangely.
"The spirit of darkness is essential in keeping the balance. Light and darkness are brothers, and one cannot exist without the other," Takuya said coming to Kouichi's defense.
"Yes, but unfortunately it is because of this power that Ken was so easily consumed by darkness," Kouichi said shaking his head sadly. Kouji gave his brother a concerned look before he turned back to the kids still sitting in front of them with probably a million questions they wanted answered.
"Okay, so the power of darkness was able to mask the light, that still doesn't explain why Matt's power is more hidden. Shouldn't he be as powerful as Kari with the amount of light that he possessed?" TK asked looking into Kouji's eyes for the answer.
"The reason why Matt's power was more hidden then yours was because of his mother," Kouji said watching the confusion wash over the young blonde's face.
"What does our mother have to do with this?" TK demanded.
Kouji stared down at the blonde in a complete lose of words, before he turned to look at Gennai. "He doesn't know?" Kouji asked watching as the digital man begin to shift uneasily.
"Well of course he wont, I made sure that all memory of the boy's mother was erased from Matt years ago," Gennai said receiving a chorus of "You What?!" from everyone present, including Piedmon who had been silently listening to what was being said.
"I had to, the boy didn't want to leave," Gennai tried to explain when he was roughly grabbed from behind.
"Then it is because of you that he didn't recognize me when he fought against me six years ago," Piedmon growled enraged before he threw the digital man to the ground. "Well, it has been amusing listening to everything, but time is running out, and if we want to save Matt, we have to act fast," Piedmon said a little disappointed when he saw the untrusting look that the digidestineds were giving him.
"Why should we trust you?" Cody demanded.
"Because carrier of the digi egg of knowledge and reliability, I am the only one that knows were Matt is. Gennai's little memory wipe may have brought us a little time, but it wont take Myotismon long to force Matt to remember everything, then it will be too late to stop the vampire from transferring Matt's power to him. But unfortunately, I'm going to need help from all of you to get to were Matt is being held," Piedmon said.
"And how do we know that this isn't some sort of a trap?" Cody demanded again glaring at the clown in hatred.
"You don't, but you will never find out unless you give me a chance," Piedmon pointed out glaring at Cody with an even more hateful glare.
"Alright, what do you need?" Takuya asked hesitantly.
"I need access into the dark ocean," Piedmon said.
Ken sat up startled at the words. "The dark ocean?" Ken said pulling himself out of his depressed stage for the first time since he learned of Matt's supposed death.
"Yes child of kindness, the dark ocean. Before Matt was burned to death on that plane, he was pulled into the dark ocean by Deamon," Piedmon said watching as Ken clenched his hands together in hate and fear.
"So that is why you need our help, because you can't get to the dark ocean," Sora verified.
"Yeah, but why would you want to save Matt's life?" Yolie asked suspiciously.
"Because I'm not all bad believe it or not," Piedmon said bluntly.
"Alright, we'll help you, but we'll be keeping a close eye on you," Takuya said turning to Ken and Kouichi. "Open the gate if you can, and don't worry, we will be behind you two every step of the way," Takuya demanded as the group stood up and surrounded the two boys.
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Matt opened his eyes hesitantly, only to find himself in a strange apartment. Sitting on the ground in front of Matt sat a small boy probably no older then three or four. Confused Matt tried to talk to the boy, but no matter how loud Matt screamed, the boy didn't acknowledge him. Frustrated, Matt tried to turn away, but an invisible force refused to let him move more then a foot away from the small boy. Growling in annoyance. Matt finally collapsed down next to the child. By now the boy was playfully scribbling on a piece of paper with a blue crayon. /What is going on?/ Matt wondered as he peered down at the drawing. The little boy had drawn a blue circle with a squiggly line down the center, and what looked like wings on both sides of the circle. /The crest of friendship/ Matt thought recognizing the symbol immediately.
"Honey, what are you up to," a soft female voice asked as a slender women entered the room.
"Look mommy, I drew this for you," the boy said holding up the paper so the women could see the content.
/It's her, it's that women I keep on seeing/ Matt realized as a younger version of Kung came into view.
"Let me see the picture Yamato," Kung said holding out her hand. The little boy smiled proudly before he put the picture in his mother's waiting hand. Matt watched confused as a look of anger crossed the women's beautiful face. Without warning, the women lashed out, and struck the boy on the face in a harsh slap. Matt jumped to his feet startled as the boy let out a painful cry.
"What the hell is wrong with you, that boy is your son, and he did nothing wrong!" Matt yelled throwing himself between the boy and Kung.
"How could you, you little brat!" Kung yelled smashing the paper into the boys face.
Matt stared in disbelief as Kung's arm went right through him like he was some sort of ghost. Turning around confused, Matt watched as blood began to splatter on the floor.
"Mommy?" the boy asked raising his tear filled blue eyes up toward the women.
Recognition flooded through Matt as he stared down at the boy's blue eyes. /This boy is me,/ Matt realized stumbling back till he was able to observe the scene better. By now Kung had a look of shock on her face as she bent down to pull the boy into a comforting hug.
"Oh Matt, what have I done? I'm so sorry baby, I'm so sorry," Kung mumbled pulling away to carry the boy toward the bathroom.
Matt felt his body being dragged toward the bathroom, all the while being forced to remain within the designated range. /Damn, what is happening?/ Matt wondered trying to remember what if any of this really could be a memory. But everything from that time was just a blur. /I don't remember any of this, and yet it feels so familiar,/ Matt realized when a door being swung open pulled him from his silent thoughts. Turning around, Matt saw his father enter the apartment.
"Daddy," the little boy said pulling out of his mothers arms to race toward his father. Mr. Ishida wore a look of pride as he picked his son up, and soared him through the air before he held the boy in front of him to get a good look at his son. Mr. Ishida's face darkened as he noticed the bruising, and the remains of the boy's bloody nose.
"You hit him," Mr. Ishida said turning to gaze at his wife.
"He ran into the wall. Kids that age can be so clumsy," Kung said trying to cover the story with an innocent smile, but Mr. Ishida was not convinced.
"Damn it Kung, this is going too far. I can't take it anymore," Mr. Ishida announced placing the confused boy on the ground.
"What are you talking about Masaru, you aren't going to leave me are you?" Kung demanded.
"We'll discuss this later. I only came by to pick up some papers," Mr. Ishida said giving little Matt a hug before he grabbed a stack of papers sitting on the kitchen table.
"Don't leave Masaru," Kung said making her way toward her husband.
"We'll discuss this later, I have to get back to work," Mr. Ishida said watching as Kung's face grew hard.
"Work, work, work! You're never home anymore!" Kung yelled trying to grab onto her husband, but Mr. Ishida only pushed her away. "Why don't you want to spend time with me anymore?" Kung demanded her eyes narrowing in anger. "It's because you found another women, isn't it?" Kung demanded.
"I don't have time for this," Mr. Ishida said turning around.
"It is," Kung said stepping back until she was leaning against the wall. "I knew it," Kung mumbled before Mr. Ishida left, giving back one last warning look before he was gone.
For a moment silence filled the small apartment before Kung turned to the little boy standing in the middle of the room. "He's leaving us Matt," Kung said sadly before she lowered her head to the ground. When she lifted he face again, both Matts gasped in surprise. The once soft bluish gray eyes had small blots of red scattered across the normal bluish gray of the women's eyes, making Kung's eyes take on a demonic pinkish color. Her soft shinny whitish golden hair now looked rough and sharp, and small traces of black and red seemed to mix in with her normal hair color. As far as Matt was concerned, the women that was his mother looked more like a demon then a human, and he was suddenly afraid for his past self.
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The group of digidestineds slowly made their way through the darkened world of the dark ocean. Each of them had a cautious look on their faces, while their digital partners had determined looks of over protectiveness on their faces as they silently walked besides their partners. The news that their partners were in the digital world was spread quickly, and the Digimon barely made it in time to make it through the gate that Ken and Kouichi had opened for them. Now the group was carefully searching the area for any place that Matt was being held at, but all of them had a sinking feeling that Matt was hidden somewhere in Deamon's dark undersea castle.
"Well, what do we do know? We can't really go in there. Only two of us have water Digimon," Cody pointed out glaring at the clown Digimon.
"We wait. Eventually my spy will find a way to escape with the boy, and then all we have to worry about is getting them back into the digital world," Piedmon said sitting down on a rock and staring out at the ocean with an unreadable look on his face.
The group shrugged their shoulders in defeat before they sat and began conversing silently with each other. Off to the side, Kouji leaned against the wall of a cliff with a pained expression on his face. His hand wandered up to the sides of his head, where he clutched them painfully. A small moan of pain escaped his lips, drawing the attention of his friends toward him. "Kouji, what's wrong buddy?" Takuya asked concerned, while Kouichi and Izumi made their way toward the trembling boy. Another moan of pain escaped the boy while his brother quickly laid him down in a more comfortable position before the boy slipped into unconsciousness.
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Kouji opened his eyes, and found himself in a small apartment, where two boys were staring horrified at something. Kouji followed their gaze, and found himself staring at the demonic form of Kung. An involuntary gasp escaped his lips, causing one of the blonde heads to turn around and face him. "Kouji?" the blonde boy asked in shock.
"Matt? What the hell is going on here?" Kouji demanded surprised that his loud voice seemed to go unheard by the other two occupants in the room.
"I'm not sure, but I think we're in my memories. Deamon did something, and then I woke up here. But why are you here?" Matt asked looking a little relieved that he could finally talk to someone.
A look of understanding crossed Kouji's face. The boy was going to respond when a enraged scream interrupted him. Turning back to the scene in the memory, Kouji was surprised to see that Kung was being surrounded by a black cloud. A gasp of recognition escaped Matt before Kung leaped to her feet, and headed toward the small blonde boy.
"You're the cause of all of this. I'm going to kill you!" Kung yelled causing the small boy to race away from the women horrified. Kouji gave off a startled cry as he felt his body being pulled with the boy.
"What the hell?" Kouji yelled turning toward Mat who gave him a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry, we can't leave this boy. We have to stay within one feet of him. There is like some sort of force field that keeps us in that range," Matt said but Kouji could see the sudden fear cross Matt's face.
"Do you remember what is going to happen?" Kouji asked as the little boy ran into his room, and locked the door behind him. For a second Matt watched as the little boy huddled in the corner of the room listening to the women's enraged shouts as she tried to open the door.
"Yes, it is still a little foggy, but I'm beginning to remember," Matt said staring at Kouji fearfully. "This is the day that I'm almost killed by my own mother," Matt said as the room became silent.
TBC.
Author's endnote: So sorry again that it took so long to update. And for all the people who asked for the pictures, I'll be sending them as soon as I'm done with some of the finishing touches. Well, here are the three questions for this chapter, and if you have any suggestions on how I can improve this story, I would love to hear them. Thanks.
Question #1: What is Piedmon up to? (I don't know about you guys, but I don't trust the clown. There has to be an alternate motive for him to help, but what is it? I'd love to know what you guys think, and why.)
Question #2: What did Piedmon mean when he said that the second threat only knew of half of what Matt was capable of accomplishing? (Hint: This is actually a very important piece of information. We already know that Myotismon is after the light that Matt inherited from Kouji, but that isn't the only power Matt inherited. Guess at what else may cause Matt to be hunted by the power's of darkness. And the hint is that it has something to do with Piedmon and Kung.)
Question #3: Why is Kouji living Matt's memory with him? (Try to give a reason for why Kouji suddenly appeared to experience Matt's past with him. I mean, there is no Deamon to perform the spell, so how did Kouji get sucked into the memory world as well? Please explain your reasoning if you can, and give it a shot, you wont be penalized for trying, I promise ~_^)
Good luck, and hopefully there is be another update soon, if I can get it uploaded. I'm already working on the next chapter, and hope to get it uploaded after I'm done with work this week. So look forward to an update probably on Tuesday. Till then, keep on reviewing, and please give me some suggestions. Also remember that my 88th reviewer gets a picture of Kung.