Missing

Chapter Four

Pairings: Kouji/Takuya, Tommy/Shinya, Matt/Tai, Davis/TK, Ken/Miya, Gabumon/Augemon, Angemon/Veemon, Hawkmon/Wormmon,

Ages: Tommy, Shinya - 12

Kouji, Takuya, Kouichi Davis, TK, Ken, Miya, Alexis, Wormmon, Veemon - 14

Tai, Matt Augemon- 16

Gabumon, Hawkmon-18

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Disclaimer: I make no claims to any Digimon characters. The only thing that belongs to me is Alex.

A/N: This is my first time writing a Digimon fanfic so please go easy on me. It's slightly AU because I'm changing some of the things that happened in the first two seasons.

Sword, Staff and Bow - Alex is an original character who plays a big part in the next story.

Lady Lemonade - Thanks for the awesome review. I'll try to make the story good.

Dragi - Thanks! I'll try to update as often as I can.

Thanks for the people who reviewed! Now on with the story!

"Who's Myotismon?" Tommy asked hiding behind as he hid behind Alex. He got a bad feeling as he looked at the vampire digimon. Myostismon looked straight at Hawkmon and Wormmon.

"I see my plan worked," he stated factually.

"You did this?!" Ken shouted in fury. He moved in front of Miya. Myotismon smirked, a fang poked out from his lips.

"Yes, my young servant. It's all apart of my plan. If I change the chosen's Digimon into humans there is nothing they can do to protect you when my revival is complete. Trust me little one I will return soon and this time you're mine!" he hissed before disappearing.

"Argh! Doesn't he ever die?!" Miya cried in frustration. Kouichi took a trembling Alex into a comforting embrace. 'I've never seen her like this.' 'Dammit! Alexis Marie Rose do not do this. Pull yourself together.' Alex quietly removed herself from Kouichi's arms.

"It's getting late. We should hurry home," she said walking away, the others following in silence.

"What's wrong with Alex?" Takuya whispered.

"I don't know," Ken answered. The rest of the walk was done in silence, a thick tension coating the air. Entering the house they trotted to the living room. Davis was laying on the couch and Augemon and Gabumon were still in front of the television. Veemon was sprawled out lazily on the floor. Miya sat down in the leather chair, shooting a glance at Alex. The red head shook her head mouthing, "Don't say anything," to the others.

"Where is everyone?" Miya asked Davis.

"TK and Angemon are in their room," he answered giving Alex a look. She nodded understanding that he wanted to talk. "Tai is probably still sleeping and Matt's most likely with him."

"Miya, can you sleep in Ken's room tonight?" Alex asked. They both nodded wondering at her odd question. "Hawkmon you can stay with Wormmon in Miya's room. I'm going to be in my room. Please don't bother me," she ordered firmly spinning on her heel and leaving.

"I'm going to start diner. Does anyone want to help?" Miya asked standing up. Tommy raised his hand. She smiled at him and they headed for the kitchen. Hawkmon grinned at the sleeping Wormmon.

"I'm going to put Wormmon in Miya's room," he spoke walking down the hallway. Ken sat in the leather chair while Takuya and the twins lounged on the floor.

"Hey Kouichi, when did you get a girlfriend?" Takuya questioned teasingly. Kouichi looked at his twin's crush in confusion.

"What are you talking about? I don't have a girlfriend."

"Why didn't you tell us about Alex? How long have you guys been dating?" Kouichi stared at his younger brother for a moment before he burst out laughing.

"She's my best friend not my girlfriend. I've known her since we were 6," he explained tears coming from his eyes. Not waiting to listen anymore, Davis stood up and left the living room. He knocked on an anime covered door. Alex opened the door, standing aside she let him in. He saw that she had changed into her pyjamas.

"What happened? Why are they in their room?" She inquired quietly sitting on her bed. He leaned against her closed door.

"We kissed and he freaked." Alex's eye widened as she listened.

"Did you tell him how you fell?" Davis studied Alex. Normally she'd be jumping for joy at the news. She seemed tired, physically and emotionally. Instead of the kind smile she always wore her face was emotionless and her eyes guarded. He realized that he was seeing the real Alex for the first time. 'What happened to make her like this? Is this the way she truly feels behind her smile?' The questions raced through his mind.

"No, he ran away before I could," he answered seeing the annoyed look on her face. Alex sighed pulling her hair out of the sloppy bun.

"Davis stop pussyfooting around and tell him how you feel already Dammit. Trust me I know he won't hate you. Now please leave me alone," she growled. He pushed away from the door knowing she was right, as usual. Deciding to leave her alone for the time being he left and headed to TK's room. He knocked on the door, stepping back as Angemon opened it.

"Can I talk to TK?" he asked the tall digimon.

"Is Veemon around?" he returned.

"He's in my room. You can go hang out with him if you want." Angemon nodded and they pushed passed each other. He closed the door and took a deep breath. Davis walked over and sat down next to the blond. He took TK's hand and played with his fingers. "I'm sorry if I upset you by kissing you earlier, but I couldn't help it. I'm in love with you." TK tuned Davis' on going speech when he heard, "I love you." He reached up and kissed Davis . Before he could kiss back TK broke it. His heart fluttered as he saw the happiness in TK's beautiful blue eyes.

"I don't understand. I thought you liked Kari. I-"Davis quickly kissed TK silencing the young blond.

"I never liked Kari. It's always been you, always. I was just afraid of what people would think, but I don't care anymore," he declared running his hand through the soft blond locks. They laid down together talking quietly. Angemon pushed the door open. Walking in he quietly sat next to the sleeping digimon. He played with the spiky blue hair. Angemon didn't want to wake the sleeping boy. He reached down placing a light kiss upon the soft lips before leaving the room. Hearing the door close Veemon sat up touching his lips. 'Ish that what a kissh feelsh likes? Angemon, whatsh going on?"

Angemon leaned against the closed door trying too quell his urges to go back and ravage the lisping digimon. 'Why am I feeling this? Is it love?' he trotted down the hallway bumping into a young brown haired boy. The boy, caught off guard, fell on his derriere. 'I've seen him before, but where?' Angemon thought. He bent down to help him up when he felt cold steel against his neck.

"Don't touch him," an accented voice hissed acidly in his ear. The boy stood up and grabbed the one eyed silver haired man's arm before dragging him away. Not wanting to be surrounded by the others he made a detour to Alex's room. The door opened as he raised his hand to knock. She opened the door wider to allow him entrance.

"I just had a knife held to my throat," he laughed. Alex glanced at him heading to her bed she pulled the covers back and curled up.

"What did you do to piss Farfarello off?" she mumbled into her black covered pillows.

"So it must've been Nagi I ran into. I was about to help him up after we collided," Alex snorted unladylike.

"Never touch Nagi when Farf's around. He's extremely possessive and jealous." Angemon noticed she was curled into a fetal position. Sitting down next to her he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"What's wrong?" he asked in concern. 'Everything!' her mind shouted. She rolled over to face him.

"Nothing, I'm just tired. You came here to talk so talk." She watched the digimon's cheeks flush suddenly. He stayed silent, opening and closing his mouth repeatedly. 'When are they going to get a damn clue?' She reached up to play with a tendril of blond hair. "It's Veemon isn't it?" She saw Angemon's eyes grow wide, knowing she had hit the mark. "You're confused about how you feel?" He nodded finally getting his voice to work.

"I kissed him. Every time I'm around him I feel warm inside and I find everything he does adorable. I-"he broke off as Alex placed a hand over his mouth.

"Let me explain this. Digidestined and their partners share a bond. You share similar traits and feelings. When certain feelings are stronger you have similar ones," she explained removing her hand. His brow creased as he took in her words.

"So, I have these feelings for Veemon only because TK loves Davis?" he asked. Alex gave him an annoyed glare.

"No. The feelings you have for him are your true feelings. You love him for whatever reason you have not because of TK. You would only feel kinship and protectiveness from TK's feelings." The angel digimon stared at the small girl. 'How does she know these things? She knows so much about the Digital world and us digimon. What exactly does she have to do with the Digital World?'

"I don't really know," she sighed. Angemon gaped unaware that he had utter the question out loud. "Look I'm not feeling well. Do you think you could leave?" He looked he over once, realizing that she appeared shaky. Angemon nodded politely and left. Now that his feelings were clear he headed into the living room. He picked up a James Patterson book he had been reading and sat on the couch.

"So Ken," Takuya said. He was sprawled out on his back with his hands behind his head. Ken, who was lounging in the chair, looked questioningly at him. "Is Miya just your best friend too?" he asked snickering.

"Yes and no. she's my best friend, besides Davis, and she's my girlfriend," he chuckled in reply. Kouichi rolled his eyes. It was obvious they didn't believe him, but their teasing was getting annoying. He still remebered the first time they met.

Flashback

"Kouichi, honey. Why don't you go play with the other kids?" his mother asked sweetly. He didn't want to go play with the happy children in the park. Something about them made him feel uncomfortable around them. He hid his face in his mother's leg. She tried to sooth him, but he wasn't listening. He saw something out of the corner of his eye; something that called to him. He turned his head and saw a lone girl sitting on a swing all by herself. There was something about her that touched deep inside of him.

"Mommy can I go play with her?" he questioned tugging on her pant leg. His mother nodded, shocked. 'He's never wanted to play with others before.' She watched her son with a smile as he walked up to the pretty little girl. He slowly approached her not knowing what to say.

"You aren't running away?" he soft voice asked.

"Why would I?" he asked, tilting his head in confusion.

"Everyone runs away from me. I'm a freak," she said swinging. He shook his head vehemently.

"No you aren't!" he shouted. "I came over to play with you. If you don't want to play I'll leave." Her swinging stopped, her body became motionless.

"You want to play with me?" she inquired surprised.

"Yeah. I feel drawn to your for some reason." She turned to look at him.

"Do you..want..to..to swing with me?" she asked hesitantly. He nodded with a big smile. He grabbed the swing next to her.

"I'm Kouichi Kizuma," he introduced sticking out his hand.

"I'm Alexis Rose!" She smiled shaking his hand. They laughed as their swings twisted from the shake.

'From that day on we were almost inseparable. Always having sleep overs and going everywhere together. After all these years I've finally realized what drew us together. It was the darkness inside of us.

"I think my twin is on Cloud 9," Kouji smirked wrapping an arm around Kouichi. Kouichi looked at him confused. "You were spacing out. We called your name 3 times." Standing up he dusted off his clothes.

"I was just thinking. I'm going to talk to Alex. Later," he waved leaving the room. The three boys laughed as he walked out of the room.

"They're going to have a make-out fest," Takuya laughed rolling on his side.

"You're all wrong," Angemon said quietly breaking their laughing fit. "They love each other, but not romantically." Closing his book he left.

"I'm going to check on diner. If you want you can go out back or to the library upstairs," Ken stated jumping up from his chair. Takuya shrugged and headed out back with Kouji.

"Kouichi pushed open the door silently. He saw Alex sleeping on her side, her left arm stretched out. He took a seat next to her gently picking up her arm. He examined the pale scars littering the arm. 'I wish I could remove them.'

"There aren't any new ones, so don't worry," Alex said tugging her arm away. He shook his head at her statement.

"I wasn't looking for new ones. I was just wishing the old ones weren't there. Apparently

we're going out," he laughed trying to change the morbid atmosphere. " Alex what's wrong? You've been this way since Myotismon showed up." He ran a hand soothingly through her hair noticing the shiver that ran down her spine when he said Myotismon. 'Obviously something happened between the two of them, but what?'

"Don't worry about it. It's nothing. What's going on outside?" she inquired snuggling into his chest. It hurt him somewhat that she wouldn't tell him, but he realized that she'd tell him when she was ready to.

"When I left Angemon, Augemon, Gabumon, Ken, my brother, and Takuya were hanging out in the living room. I haven't seen TK, Tai, or Matt. Davis left shortly after we came back here. I haven't seen Hawkmon or Wormmon since we came back and Miya and Tommy are making diner.

"Tai and Matt are probably together in one of their rooms. I'm pretty sure Davis is with TK, I think they finally got together. Hawkmon and Wormmon are most likely in Miya's room. I plan on staying in here until diner, maybe even through diner I'm not to hungry. You're welcome to stay if you want."

"I'll stay and you're going to eat if I have to shove it down your throat," he said firmly.

Veemon yawned opening his eyes. ' I fell back to shleep?" He pushed back the blanket and stood up. 'I wonder where everyone ish?' he thought leaving his bedroom. His eyes grew larger as he entered the living room. Gabumon was above Augemon, with one of his hand tangled in his orange hair, kissing him passionately. Augemon moaned arching into his lover's wandering hand. Unable to tear his eyes away from the digimon. He gasped in shock, unable to believe he had just imagined Angemon and himself in that position. Gabumon and Augemon quickly broke apart hearing the gasp.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt," he apologized blushing in embarrassment.

"Are you ok with this?" Augemon asked from underneath Gabumon.

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be?" Veemon asked in confusion.

"Your gasp," Gabumon answered.

"Oh no, I um ..I ..was imagining something else," he stuttered. Augemon gently pushed Gabumon off him.

"Do you want to talk? We could help or give advice if you'd like?" he asked sitting down on the couch. He was willing to help him anyway he could. He had developed a deep friendship with the young digimon and often thought of him as a younger brother. Veemon nodded sitting next to him. Gabumon and Augemon looked at him expectantly. He blushed again staring down at his fumbling hands, unable to meet either of their gazes.

"It's Angemon."