Disclaimer - I dun own Digimon, and never will--what a shame. _;;
A/N: I never expected this fic to be so popular, honestly. I figured it would be a flop, actually. You know, one of those fics that sounds good but then somehow doesn't turn out that way...? Yeah, anyway, the plot begins to unfold. ^^ Yes, quite right. Enjoy! ^_~
Chapter.Four
Taichi walked into Hikari's room, and was going to try a different approach to this whole invisible person thing. His courage kind of went down the tube when Hikari looked at him, wide eyed, as if she were scared. So he stood in the middle of her room, trying to give a reassuring smile.
"Just here me out, okay?" he started. Hikari nodded. "I know you're going to think I'm crazy, but I keep thinking that maybe--just maybe--that you'll actually believe me." Hikari stared at her brother, not saying a word. Taichi took that as a sign to continue.
"I have this... person. He's kind of annoying," he began, but was interrupted by Yamato.
"What!? I'm not annoying, how dare you say that about me!" Taichi swallowed, ignoring the boy's comment.
"There's only a slight problem. You nor anyone else can see him, only me."
Hikari sighed.
"No, just listen to me, please. I know it sounds so off the wall, but I'm not messing around! I swear to you, he's standing in this room right now." Taichi didn't like the way his voice sounded as if he were begging his sister to believe him. Though, he kind of was, wasn't he?
Hikari sat there for a few minutes, contemplating what her brother had just told her. On one hand, there wasn't any such things as invisible people--but how could she know for sure? If they were invisible then she couldn't see them, right? On the other hand, why would her brother make up some bull-crap story? Sure, he liked to exaggerate, but usually he wasn't so serious. Finally she sighed.
"Is this the person you've been talking to the last couple days?" she asked and Taichi nodded. "Where is 'he' now?" Taichi looked around the room, searching for the invisible boy, but didn't see him anywhere.
"He's being a shit-head right now, so he's not around." Hikari nodded. She studied her other brother silently.
"What does he look like?"
"Well, he's taller than me--I think. He's got blonde hair, blue eyes--Like crystal blue eyes."
"So, he's cute, then?" Taichi shrugged. "So what exactly is he?" He shrugged again.
"I don't really know. He won't leave me alone though, gets kind of annoying after awhile. His name is Yamato, though."
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Taichi left Hikari in her room to think, and went back to his room. Yamato was laying on the bed, glaring at him.
"You give a bad name to the 'invisible', you know that?" Taichi shrugged. Yamato sat up, his glare never faltering. "I don't need someone who can't even see me to judge me and think I'm a complete shit-head."
Taichi chuckled.
"How do you find this funny? Just because I'm 'invisible', as you put it, doesn't mean I can't punch you in the face."
Taichi stopped, staring at Yamato. "I don't get that," he said. "If you're invisible, how can you punch me? How come I can touch you, but you can disappear; making me feel like you weren't there at all?"
"You know, you're continuously telling me to go away--why should I tell you anything?" the blonde shot back.
"I didn't ask you to be here, did I?"
"And, I didn't ask you to be able to see me."
"That's not fair!" Taichi's voice was beginning to rise. "You can disappear! So you don't have to let me see you!" He felt incredibly foolish--he was arguing with something that wasn't even real.
"I was perfectly content when you couldn't see me. I've always been here, you're the one who decided to open your eyes; so why don't you close them again!"
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Hikari sat in her room, listening to her brother yell. It sounded as if he were fighting with someone, but that someone could only be heard by him. 'Yamato,' she thought to herself. She hoped her family wouldn't hear Taichi's side of the quarrel--not like they could here Yamato's side anyway. She laughed slightly, her brother sounded like he was arguing with himself.
What could you possible get into a fight for with someone you can't even have any physical emotion towards? Emotion, she wasn't sure. She didn't think so, but she still wasn't sure. It wouldn't be any different than having an emotional attachment to a celebrity, right? She wished her brother wouldn't have ever mentioned it to her - now she was curious. Maybe she'd ask Ken later - he might be able to come up with something. Though, he may think she were insane. Man, was she confused.
When everything went silent, she decided to get see what was up with her brother.
She knocked on his bedroom door before entering. "Everything okay in here?" she asked cautiously. Taichi sighed frustratedly, laying on his bed, facing the ceiling.
"How can you fight with something that's not even real?"
"Yamato?"
"Yes," he replied, sitting up - staring at Hikari. "I mean, how is that even possible?" Hikari shrugged.
"What did you two fight about?" she asked curiously. Taichi's face scrunched weirdly.
"I don't know. I don't even remember. He disappeared afterwards - good ridden."
Hikari shook her head and walked out of the room, leaving Taichi to his own thoughts.
"I don't want him here anyway," he said to himself once she was out of ear-shot. "Just gives me unwanted trouble."
A moment after, Taichi felt a few strands of his brown hair being pulled from his scalp. He grabbed his head immediately.
"Ouch!" He glared at the room. "Dude, leave me alone. You're taking advantage of your little 'power'." There wasn't an answer and he sighed exasperatedly. "You're a dirty scoundrel, y'hear?" Again, no reply. Taichi sighed, giving up.
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Taichi woke up the next morning, realizing he'd slept in his clothes - again. His parents were always telling him to change before getting into bed, 'it's bad for your body', or something like that. He sat up, putting his shoe-covered feet on the floor. He stood and tried to take a step, but fell on his face - crying out as he hit the floor.
"I'd kill you if I knew how," he muttered to himself, untying his shoes from each other."You wanna fight dirty? Why don't you play fair? Scared?"
"Taichi, who on earth are you talking to?" asked Taichi's father, giving his son a strange look. Taichi jumped to his feet, and brushed himself off. He laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head with one hand.
"N-nothing, dad. I mean, n-nobody." Mr. Yagami raised his eyebrow at his son's suspiciousness. "Don't worry, dad - I was just talking to myself. You know how I am." He nodded, unsure of what his son was up to - he exited the room anyway.
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Aero: I know, I know... It's taken me so long to get this chapter out. I'm sorry. If you want to see how I'm doing on any of my stories, you can visit my livejournal. http:// www [dot] livejournal [dot] com/users/alley86kat - not everything will be fiction related though. I still ramble on about life and crap in general, but check it out anyway. Leave a comment or something - and leave a review before you go, okie? They're much appreciated. ^^