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[Signs]
(Thoughts)
Summary: Abandoned by the others, after he made Greymon digivolve into SkullGreymon, Tai seeks a meaning to his new life. Not as a Digi destined, but as a Digimon. Myotismon has gotten his hands on Tai, and is now ready to make him into loyal servant. And we're back on earth, with Matt's plans moving towards completion in the digital world. Tai's the only who can find and protect the eight child, but what about Gatomon and Wizardmon?
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Twist of fate
Part VI
Home, Sweet Home
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The sun was burning down on the streets of Odaiba, Tokyo. And were quickly becoming an enemy of a fur covered humanoid cat type digimon wearing a heavy shirt and hood. Looking up from where he stood in front of the traffic lights, he shot a glare at the adults and kids who could get away with wearing thin summer clothes. At last, the light shifted from red, down to green and Tai wasted no time in crossing the street, upsetting a few people when he pushed his way past them.
Behind him, a white feline followed him closely, hiding behind everything that would help her keep an eye on him. Stepping around the humans and ducking between their legs, she quickly found the sweater and hood wearing child-sized digimon up ahead of her. "Why are you going this way Chimon, one would almost think you knew this city."
Tai. Still know as Chimon to the digimons, stopped and stared into the local park. "The eight child, maybe… I should go and look for him first, and then go see Kari." Lifting up the fake crest of light, Tai walked into the park, seeking both to find the eight child and to get out of the hot sun light by hiding in the shadow of a tree.
Looking into the park as well, Gatomon didn't waste as much time on thinking as Tai had before she rushed in after him. Using her superior speed, She quickly raced up to Tai and stopped before him, staring at him with a mild look of mistrust. "Chimon, what are you doing here?"
Tai stopped as he spotted Gatomon standing before him. Quickly looking around the part to see if anyone was keeping an eye on him, Tai lifted up the fake crest and smiled at his somewhat friend. "I'm looking for the eight child, just like you and the others."
Still giving him a doubting look, Gatomon began to turn around to continue her own search. "Very well, but I warn you Chimon. Ever since we came to this world, you have been acting as if you where at home." Not waiting for an answer, Gatomon turned around and ran into one of the bushes scattered throughout the park.
Alone on the park path, Tai looked down at the crest and then at the place where Gatomon had left. "Dammit, she's right. I've been heading straight home to Kari and my parents like I do normally. I should have known someone would have noticed how familiar I am with this place." Looking around the park, Tai feared that he would see one of the familiar black bats keeping an eye on him for Myotismon. Seeing no one, Tai returned to searching for the eight child, and cursing over his choice in disguise.
Standing in the very top of a tree, Wizardmon looked down at the two digimon's heading in different directions, one walking like a human, and the other running like a real cat. "Chimon, you're a true mystery, I can only hope Gatomon didn't make a mistake when she allowed you to come close to her." Turning around and floating down to the ground, he lifted his own fake crest and set out to find the eight child, so that he could unite Gatomon with the one she had been searching for.
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Matt blinked his eyes as he woke up. Around him, the air was still a bit chilly from the night. Slipping out of the extra large bed, he hissed as his feet made contact with the cold floor. Staring down at the uniform draped over the only chair in the room, he felt the familiar sense of power and desire running through him. "Dammit, you're not gone yet." The words were low and aimed at no one in the room.
"Yes, I'm still here. Ever since you accepted my offer all those months ago."
Matt growled and hammered out a hand, sending the small Monzamon statue that was still place on the table flying through the room. "I didn't want this, you said you would help me protect TK from the dangers in this world."
"And what better way to do that, then becoming the biggest evil in the two worlds."
Matt calmly pulled on the uniform and lifted up the cape with a lazy movement. Feeling the clasp fall into place and hold his cape in place, he turned to face the door leading out of the room. "Shut up!" Clenching his hands, Matt turned to face the only mirror in the room, which was in fact the entire west wall of Etemon's former bedroom. "You've been lying to me all the time, I agree to the deal when you told I would get the power to protect TK from everything, killing Tai and controlling the other was not part of it. At least give my brother his free will back!"
"Hmm… Nope, I don't think I will, and now it's time for you to take a nap."
Matt blinked at the last comment, and then screamed as an aura of darkness formed around him, flowing like smoke around him. Slowly, his eyes lost the anger they had had, and became nothing more then frozen ice, without the least bit of care for others. "You don't get it do you human, even in this form, I can still beat destiny itself." Pushing open the door, the sound of his boots hitting the stone floor could be heard clearly. "Time to see how far the project has come along." A cold laughter filled the pyramid and chilled everyone to the core.
Pushing open the door into the main room of the pyramid, Matt looked over the mass of glass tubes and cages, and sitting in the far off left side, right at the mass of computers Izzy was still typing away on the main computer, his treasured laptop placed on the top of all the other computers. At the sound of the door closing, the red haired boy turned around and stared right at Matt, a look of sick joy on his face. "Matt, you're just in time to see the final result of our experiments."
Matt nodded and stepped up to stand next to Izzy, and looked on the screen that switched to show the desert spreading out in every direction from the pyramid they where now living in. "Well, where is he?"
Izzy grinned and pushed a single button on the keyboard, then he stood up and pulled his own laptop down to work with it for the test of their new creation to the digital world. "Send out the test subjects." At the command, a door at the bottom of the pyramid opened and a dozen of malformed Gazimon was thrown out into the desert. Looking closer at them, Matt grinned when he spotted the damage done to them from the experiments.
One of them turned around and stared up at the pyramid with a look of pure terror, and both of the humans inside the room had to struggle not to laugh. The experiment hadn't really done any wonders for its looks, as it was now a fusion between the Gazimon itself and the Koromon they had merged with it. "I see you're using the failures."
Izzy nodded and pushed a few more buttons. "It took a few tries, but now I know that for the process to work, the subjects has to be of the same digivolution level." Shooting a cold look on the Gazimons who all showed sick and twisted mutations from the merges they had forced into. "If only I had know this from start, then all of these failures could have been avoided."
Matt nodded, and then looked down at Izzy. "Are they too close to the pyramid for our test to work?"
Shaking his head in reply, Izzy looked down at his computers again. "It won't matter in a few seconds, the fear of our digimons will send them running into the desert" Leaning further down to press a few more buttons, Izzy smirked as he looked up at the screen from his new position. "Mimi, Sora. If you will be as kind as to get them a bit further out."
The answer came in the form of a few well-timed attacks from both Lillymon and Garudamon in their corrupted forms. The two attacks served the purpess as the Gazimon screamed and scattered into the desert.
Sitting back into his chair, Izzy looked up at Matt with a patient look on his face. "Shall I unleash the test subject?"
Matt grinned and looked onto the screen. "Yes, let's show the digital world the power of Fusionmon."
Izzy nodded and pushed the button to release the mutant digimon they had created. On the screen, the Gazimons had stopped their running as the ground began to shake, and then they were screaming as a large, shadow broke up through the dunes in front of them, turning into a huge black skinned digimon that loomed up over the smaller ones below. The heads of the Digital monster turned to look at a Gazimon slowly backing away from it. "Thunder blast!" Screaming through the air, a thick bolt of lighting shot down and hit the unfortunate Gazimon, taking the four others near it along as well. "Thunder blast!"
Matt and Izzy grinned as they saw the large shadow covered Digimon destroy the smaller and defenseless digimons without a care. Turning away from where he had been standing, Matt looked over his shoulder at the boy still staring at the fighting. "How's the construction of our gate going?"
Izzy looked back over his shoulder and sighed loudly. "Halfway done, it will take a while more. But we should be ready to go back to earth in a month or two." Matt nodded a single time to show that he had heard before he left the room.
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On earth, Tai stared around at the group of children plying around him, completely unaware that a digital monster were standing next to them. On a sudden whim, Tai smirked at the idea of throwing his disguise away and show the world what he could do, then the memory of pain both he and Gatomon would feel if he did something stupid like that, after all Myotismon had ordered them to keep a low profile for the moment. And he had learned the lesson well by now. Staring down at one of the more fresh scars, Tai closed his eyes. "I hate you Myotismon."
Slowly turning around, Tai stared in the direction of the towering building he called home, and felt his desire to go there, to wrap his arms around Kari to protect her. There were also this sudden nagging feeling in the back of his mind, that maybe Kari could be the eight child that everyone were looking for.
Taking a quick look at the still playing children, Tai turned around and began to make his way towards the exit, the need to see his sister again overpowering everything else he might have felt. Stepping through the plain and boring gates leading into the park, Tai grinned as he could already see the outline of the apartment where she lived. Burning with the feeling of impatience, Tai looked across the street as he waited for the lights to turn green so he could cross the road. Behind him, several other people stood as well. Finally after a long wait to him, Tai saw the light turn from red to green.
The door into the building closed behind him and Tai stared up at the long set of stairs. It looked like he was going to take them up, seeing as he was now to small to reach the button on the elevator. Grumbling something about the indifference in height and the world in general, Tai began to walk up the stairs, one step at a time.
It took him ten minutes, and more stairs then he had ever wanted to see in his life, but he had made it. He had finally gotten up to the top floor of the building. Feeling like letting out a laugh of victory, Tai remembered why he was there in the first place and turned to walk down towards the apartment where he lived.
Unseen as he walked down the landing, Gatomon poked her head around the doorway leading to the stairs and glared at Tai. It had been a good idea to keep an eye on him after all. Judging by the way he had suddenly left the park and walked straight over here, there was something really fishy going on here. Sneaking out from the doorway, and following after Tai in a safe distance, she looked around the place with a trained eye. "What are you doing here Chimon, looking for the eight child or…"
Tai stopped as he suddenly felt a chill run down his back. Looking out over the city, Tai stared at the cold afternoon air with a grumpy look. "Stupid wind." Then he turned back to the problem at hand, namely how was he going to get the door open. The handle was well out of his reach, and even when he stood up on his toes, he couldn't even get near it. Jumping could work, but given the time of the day, his parents were mostly home already, and he wasn't ready to face them yet.
Banging his head against the door, Tai groaned in frustration as he wondered just what he was going to do. Still standing with his head on the door and thinking, Tai suddenly gave a loud yelp as it was opened from the inside, leaving him with nothing to lean on. The floor inside the apartment met him rather harshly sending him into a dazed state, where everything looked and sounded fuzzy.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?" It was the hands that pulled him up into a sitting position and the rapid apology that worked its way inside his still pounding head that made him look up. And as he did, he felt the hood come lose and fall down on his shoulders, giving his ears the freedom they had wanted all day. A sound off happy surprise greeted him as it did. "Who are you? Are those real?" The voice asked again as a finger poked one of his ears, making it twitch in response and annoyance.
Finally his eyes cleared up along with his hearing, and Tai found himself staring into the brown eyes of his little sister. "Kari?" Tai quickly smacked a paw over his mouth and looked up at his sister who had moved back and stared at him with a very suspicious look. Moving the hand away, Tai felt a sweat drop move down the back of his head. "Um, Hi."
Looking closer at the small cat like human child before her, Kari narrowed her eyes as she poked a finger at the chest of it. "How do you know my name? Are you one of the monsters I can see on the TV?" Kari rambled on as she stared down at the furry body before her.
Looking up at her, Tai felt his heart clench as he looked at her caring and friendly stare, she didn't recognize him. Lifting his hand, he looked down at the furry arm and felt a pain well up inside of him. "Kari, it me Tai."
Outside the door Gatomon listen in on them closely. She hadn't heard everything they had said, but it was clear that Chimon knew this human, that he knew her very well. In fact, like one would expect a Digi Destined digimon to know the human they were linked too. Gatomon grumbled and lifted a hand to her heart as the thought send an unwelcome emotion of longing through it. "He lied to us, he used me, and Myotismon." Lifting up her glove, Gatomon stared down at it with a look of pure anger. "Chimon, I swear, that you will pay. Both you and the eight child will pay."
The sound of footsteps, alerted Gatomon to the fact that someone else were coming. Looking back down the landing, she spotted two larger humans. Adults as she had found out, were headed towards the doorway, talking among themselves. Falling down on all fours, she began to run away from the door and towards them, acting like a real cat.
Inside the doorway, Tai turned his heard as the sound of someone running away became clear to him, and he heard the sound of someone else coming towards them, taking a quick look outside, Tai felt like cursing when he spotted his parents. Turning back, he looked up at Kari with a look of urgency in his eyes. "Kari, trust me, please."
Kari stared down at the small form before her, and looked into the brown eyes under the multicolored hair and gasped as she recognized the spirit behind them. She had seen those eyes so many times before, always ready to help her, comforting her when she needed it. "Tai?" Reaching out her hands, Kari pulled the small body before her closer and wrapped it into a hug. "What happened to you?"
"Who are you talking to Kari?"
Both Tai and Kari froze as the voice of their mother broke through the silence that had followed Kari's question. Turning back around, they both looked up and stared into the curious gaze of their mother, a gaze that had moved away from Kari and were now looking firmly at Tai. Caught in the open, Tai gave a weak smile and lifted his hand. "Hi mum!"
Silence ruled after those simple two words, and then everything went to hell. Screaming, Their mother stumbled backwards, dropping the bag she was holding onto the floor, spilling the contents everywhere. Moving quickly, their father grabbed the body before it could hit the hard concrete floor and metal railing outside the apartment as he came up behind her.
Looking at the scene, Tai felt a pair of hands pulled him back into the apartment and out of the sight of his parents. "Great job Tai!" Then the door into their bedroom was pulled opened, and Tai found he shoved inside rather rapidly by Kari. "Stay quiet, I think I get us out of this." The door closed behind and he was left alone.
Outside, Tai could hear the sound of his mother waking up, and Kari greeting them, as if nothing had been wrong in the first place. Finding his way over to the bunk bed, Tai dropped down to lean against the side of it with a tired expression. "Great job Tai, maybe I should just walk out and shout to the whole world that I'm a digimon." Turning away from staring at the desk, Tai looked out the window, and up into the rapidly darkening sky outside the window. "Sora, Matt. Izzy… Are you as confused as I am?" Rubbing both of his shoulders, Tai closed his eyes as the last time he had seen them came to mind. "I'm so sorry, I can only hope that you are still alive in the digital world, and that you have defeated Etemon."
Tai didn't turn his head when the door opened, nor did he hear it. Still lost in his thoughts, he didn't see his little sister walk in and close the door behind her. Turning away from the door, she stood there, and stared down at her brother with mixed emotions.
Tai slowly reached into his pants left pocket and pulled out the fake crest of light he had been given by Myotismon. Turning it over, his eyes followed the symbol on the pink material. "Myotismon, how am I gonna defeat him. I lost Agumon to Etemon, and now I'm facing someone more powerful than him." Closing his hand around the crest, Tai fell completely down onto the floor and stared out at nothing. "Why… Why did I become a digimon? Why did things go so wrong?"
The feelings of a pair hands pulling him into a hug, snapped him out of the pain of memories and worries and brought him right back to the present inside the bedroom. Staring up at the brown eyes looking down at him, Tai forgot all about his pain. "Kari, it you isn't it?"
Nodding, the brown haired girl lifted Tai up to sit on the bed with her, the fake crest of light lying on the floor forgotten. Staring up at Kari. Tai grinned and then broke out of the hug. "Kari, you won't believe this. I'm a…"
"Digimon." Kari smiled as she ruffled Tai hair like all big brothers and big Sisters do to annoy the smaller sibling. "And you're the most adorable one I have seen." Moving a finger over the left Gatomon like ear, Kari giggled as it twitched out of the way. "Tai, I… I heard you talking before, about Agumon, and Etemon." Looking more closely at her now furry little brother, she tried to pull on his tail, and giggles at the sight of a metal collar around his neck.
Standing up, Tai reached out a hand to move a lock of hair away from Kari's forehead when the computer across the room flared to life. Staring at it, Tai blinked when the screen was running amuck with an endless row of numbers and letters. Besides him, Kari was staring just as strangely at the screen as he was. "Tai' what's going on." Kari cried out the words as she lifted a hand to protect her eyes as a loud bright flash filled the room.
Next to her, Tai had done the same, only to blink when a sudden weight landed in his hand. Opening his eyes a little, he blinked when he saw the sight of his digivice and crest in it. The crest was gloving a little in response to the presence of both its master and his digivice. Lowering his hand, Tai stare at them both with a feeling of helplessness, how was he going to get them work, they had been made for him to help Agumon digivolve to a higher level, but Agumon was gone now, and Gennai said that the crest was losing power.
Kari looked to her side when her brother emitted a sound of surprise, then she followed his look and stared at the strange device in his hands, and the pendent like thing he was holding in the other. "Tai, what happened, are you okay?" Her eyes moved away from the crest, and then up at his face, noticing how his eyes had become distant.
Tai blinked and then looked up at Kari with a start, almost becoming aware that she was still in the room. "Um yeah." Speaking to clear his mind, Tai returned to what had been troubling him all evening and the day as well. "Look Kari… We need to talk about as lot of things." Lifting up his crest and digivice to show her them, Tai looked up at his sister with a sad smile on his face. "But first Kari. I need to know, have you ever seen anything like this before?" Dropping his crest and digivice into her hands, Tai looked up from them to meet the confused look on her face as she stared at the objects she had just been handed.
"So, you're a Digi Destined Digimon." Both Tai and Kari spun around to see Gatomon standing in the open window leading into the bedroom. The eyes of the feline digimon had become ice cold, and chilled them to their bones with their intensity. "Guess I have take care of both of you now..." Gatomon purred out the last sentence as she lifted her glove covered front paws to attack.
Tbc: Gatomon's doubt. The Digi Destined Returns to Earth.
AN: Hello again. Well here's another chapter for you all. I really enjoyed the small vacation I took from writing on this story, and it also gave me time to come up with an idea for my next one. But you won't see that for a while. I hope you like the story so far, and will be friendly enough to leave a review so I can learn what you think off it.