zara: slightly shorter chapter. but...it felt right leaving it where it is. sorry about the delay yet again. at least i have this chapter up rather quickly.
disclaimer: don't own digimon. you know the drill.
Please review and let me know how its going...I have this really, really, really weird desire to make Matt and Davis into a couple towards the end.
but I can't do that...Matt's with Mimi...DUH. i guess i just like slash a lot more...blah.
Or Maybe Davis and Ken. . .nah...not Davis and Ken. Ken's going out with Yolie, yeah. . .but the two do have connection, as you will see later on in the fic.
But maybe Matt and Davis. . .. Let me know. It might work out...hehe.
Enjoy!
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"Ow!" Yolie hissed as she blindly walked into a pole. She took a step back and rubbed her arm. "I can't see a thing, guys. It's like . . .I don't know. . .Something though," she stopped talking when she was rambling.
"Yolie, is anything the matter?" Sora asked, using Yolie's voice to find her. "You sound like. . ."
"--that I'm worried? That this is a little weird?" Yolie told her quietly. "Yeah, I am."
"Dammit!" Tk snapped as he, too, blindly ran into something. "Kari, I really wish we had your D3 and not the others. I cannot see where I am going."
"Tk, you really shouldn't swear!" Kari scolded him.
"Eh, well, Sora swore!" Tk tossed back, grinning, knowing that Sora would just deny it.
"Um, no. . .No I didn't!" Sora protested. She paused and narrowed her eyes. "Tk, that wasn't fair!" She slid up to him and gave him a push. "Jerk."
"Well--whoa!" Tk started to say but with Sora's gentle push sent him into a bush. He fell and dragged Sora down with him--along to with everyone else. They had roped one another together as to not get lost in the heavy Mist.
"Ow. . .I think that'll be my new favorite word. . ." Yolie muttered, pushing herself up to her feet. "And c'mon guys, let's try not to be, um, clumsy and push one another and fall. And all that. Yeah."
"No kidding." Ken groaned. "I mean. . .falling down, scraping my knees. . .That's just my favorite hobby to do!"
"Ken?" Izzy asked, knowing that everyone had turned their head in Ken's direction to stare at him.
"Yeah?" Ken replied.
"Since when did you--" Izzy started to ask but was interrupted by Tk's exclamation of , "Hey, guys I think I found something!" and then the next thing Izzy knew he was being dragged over to where Tk was at.
"Oooh, what'd you find, Tk?" Ken asked, climbing to his knees.
Once again, everyone swiveled their gazes into the area that Ken was standing. Ken knew this and smirked, even if the others couldn't see. He somehow just couldn't resist being a smart-ass sometimes. He is, after all, a genius.
"It's. . .it's. . .I think I'm confused now." Tk managed to say, picking up Kari's D3. Or a duplicate of it.
"Um, why, what is it??" Kari asked, coming up beside Tk. She saw her D3 and frowned. "That. . .that's my D3, Tk. . .but I thought that the others had it?" She said, gazing into his blue eyes. "That doesn't make any sense whatsoever."
"We need it anyways," Ken replied, coming up between the two. He leaned forward and Tk held it out to Ken for him to take. He took it and twirled it around in his hands, looking at it. "This one is for sure the duplicate. It feels different and it's got a slightly different design."
"Let me see, Ken." Izzy requested, from behind. Ken turned around, trying to be careful as to not get tangled in the rope that they had tied to their waists.
"Here you go, Iz." Ken said and handed him Kari's D3. "But seeing how it is Kari's I'm sure we should let her carry it once we've all inspected it."
"Hmmm." Izzy replied, looking over the D3. "Ken's right. It is a duplicate. I guess the others must need it just as bad as we need it. And someone was kind to give us a duplicate."
"But why give us the duplicate? And not the others?" Cody questioned.
"Yeah, really." Yolie seconded. "Kari's with us, not with Matt and the others. Is it because we're in the real world and they're in the digi-world or what?"
"I think you're on to something, Yolie." Izzy nodded. "I was thinking along the same lines as well."
"Wooo! This is fun!" Ken mustered. "Okay, I'm sorry you guys," he said, as everyone stared at him once again, "I was, um, trying to . . .You know what, I don't know. I'll just. . . shut up. . .like now."
"Wow. What is your deal, Ken?" Sora managed to ask. "You are acting rather odd."
"I think I. . .feel rather sick. . ." Ken grumbled and before anyone could say anything else, he fainted.
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"OW!" Davis yelped, stopping in mid-step and clutched his sides. He fell to his knees, his eyes squeezed shut, trying to ignore the intense shooting pain in his side.
"Dai, what is it? What's the matter?" Came Matt's concerned voice. "Davis, can you hear me?!"
The younger digidestined felt someone's hands on his shoulders, as if they were trying to help him to the ground without injury. Davis' head was spinning and he felt like he was very close to fainting. Yet, luckily, he didn't pass out. He leaned back into Matt's chest, taking slow, deep breaths.
He slowly opened his eyes to see that not only was Tai peering at him in concern but so was Veemon, Agumon and Gabumon. He blinked, and tried to say something but nothing came out.
"Are you okay, Davis?" Tai asked quietly, his brown eyes looking the younger boy over. "You gave us a scare."
Davis yet again opened his mouth to say something. But like the previous time before, nothing came out. He blinked, and shook his head, realizing that he couldn't speak. He held his hands on his throat and shook his head again.
". . .Davis. . ." Tai mustered to say, biting his lip. "Can you not talk??" He asked, puzzled.
"Shit." Davis heard Matt mutter softly, and felt pressure around his shoulders, realizing that Matt was trying to hide his worry and concern.
Davis nodded sadly.
"WHY?" Tai exploded all of a sudden.
Both Davis and Matt flinched. The look on Tai's face made Davis shrink into Matt's hold and Matt muttered, "It's not your fault, Dai. . .let Tai lose his temper."
"THIS IS SO STUPID!!" Tai yelled angrily. "IT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER!!! I MEAN, HELLO??? WE GET ZAPPED INTO THE DIGITAL WORLD WITH NO REASON WHATSOEVER, WITH ONLY THE THREE US!!! THEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, DAVIS GETS HIS VOICE TAKEN AWAY AND IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!!"
Matt blinked. He gave Davis' shoulder a squeeze and gently stood up, leaving the younger boy on the ground to stare up at the two. Matt cautiously walked toward his best friend, not wanting to anger him any more than he was.
"Tai, calm down, will you?" Matt said quietly. He tilted his head and gave Tai a look. "It's been awhile since you've lost your temper too."
Tai blinked. He then grinned sheepishly and shrugged. "I- I'm sorry. I'm just getting frustrated. We don't even know why we're here. Or who is to blame for all this. All we have are theories or guesses. Or whatever." He explained slowly.
He then turned to Davis. "I-I didn't mean to look like I was mad at your or anything, Dai." He frowned. "I don't understand why your voice would suddenly be gone or whatever."
"That doesn't make sense, I agree." Agumon replied. "But we need to do something. The digi-world is getting darker and the Mist is stronger."
"And the digimon are either hiding or being captured." Gabumon added.
Matt's head snapped around to stare at his friend. "What? What do you mean, getting captured?" He asked, having a bad feeling. "Why didn't you say something before?"
Gabumon blinked. "It didn't come up." He answered simply, making Matt roll his eyes. "There's a digimon. . .or someone, at least, ordering that his. . .um. . .servants, take any digimon. He wants them alive, I think."
Tai looked at Matt, who just stared at him. Davis slowly stood up, with Veemon's help, and held out his hands, trying to get their attention. Veemon noticed and nudged Gabumon letting him know.
"Ahem." Gabumon said.
"Tai. . .You don't think. . ." Matt said slowly. "You really don't think its. . ." He looked pale. "I mean, we've discussed it and all. . . but. . .did. . .he really come back?"
"YES." Tai all but shouted.
Matt blinked. "Alright." He muttered, shaking his head.
"I think Davis is trying to tell you guys something." Agumon interrupted quietly but it caught everyone's attention. "Thank you." The digimon stated, and nodded at Davis.
Davis sighed, wondering how he could say what he needed without talking. He frowned and decided that. . .maybe just pointing would do the deed. He grabbed Tai's shoulder's and spun him around to face a different direction. He did the same with Matt. Standing in front of them he nodded his head, turned around and pointed.
"What? What are we looking for?" Tai asked, as his eyes scanned the horizon, trying to see what his friend was pointing at.
"Oh. . my." Matt gasped softly, his azure eyes finding it first. "Tai. . .look! It's that building that showed up on Izzy's laptop!"
"What? Where?" Tai exclaimed, squinting his eyes, searching.
Matt grabbed Tai's shoulders and moved him only a little to their right. Then he pointed straight and Tai's eyes followed his friend's finger. Then he, like Matt, gasped out in surprise and shock. There, it seemed to have appeared, stood a tall, dark building with a tower on the end of it, which was connected by a bridge, and was surrounded by a heavy mist.
"Well. . .I think I know where we're heading now. . ." Tai managed to say in the silence.
". . .You. . .think?" Matt said, sarcasm seeking into his voice. He groaned and ran a hand through his hair. "I am not liking this at all. . ."
"Do you ever?" Tai simply retorted back but silence was yet again met for the six of them stared out into the distance, each lost in their thoughts as to what was going to happen in the next few hours.
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So. . .*hides*. . .good? interesting? getting anywhere with your curiosity?
Ok, I'll let you review now. . .enough about me thinking out loud or rambling. . .