After more than two months I have finally put up the next chapter to this story. As you read this story you may notice that I don't have the particular character POVs. The reason for that I felt that it would make the story more interesting without it. I hope that you will agree with me. Now on with the story and like usual I don't own Digimon.

Chapter 7:
Let The First Round Begin
Part Two

Slowly waking up as the sun shined Daisuke got up from his futon and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. After getting dressed and freshen up he grabbed his sword and went looking for the others. It wouldn't take him long because he ran into Hikari as he was walking down the hallway. "Well, good morning Daisuke. How was sleep?" "It was fine. I practically fell as soon as I went to bed."

"That probably means that you should overexert yourself. At least you'll have some time to rest seeing as you don't have to fight until the second round of the tournament which won't be happening for at least another day. Now hurry up, the others are already having breakfast and I want to get there before it is all gone."

Pulling him by his arm Hikari quickly got them to the living room where everyone was already having their breakfast. "Well, look who finally got out of his bed." mumbled Takuya in-between mouthfuls of rice. "You were usually the first one to wake up as we traveled here so what is the deal?"

"It's nothing Takuya. I oversleep because I didn't go to sleep until the middle of the night." Daisuke quickly answered as he sat down and grabbed himself a bowl of rice. "Why would you do something like that?" asked Hikari who was now sitting besides him. "It isn't like you to do something such as that without reason. Are you sure everything alright?"

"Seriously you guys I am fine. I just overslept that's all. Besides, we should really be talking about the tournament since today is the day that Takuya has his first round match." Thankfully that caused everyone to go back to their previous conversations and enjoy their food. Shortly after everyone was with their breakfasts as it was time for them to leave.

Similar to yesterday they all arrive to the arena without much trouble with the exception that there were some people who came over and wanted to have a conversation with Daisuke about the match that he had and how they were impressed by his performance. Not wanting to get into a long discussion about it he just thanked them and hurried over to the waiting area for the tournament competitors. After saying good-byes to the others both he and Takuya went in.

Even though that Daisuke had already his first round match and wouldn't have to compete until tomorrow he came because of two reasons. One, he had to look at the rest of the fighters to see if any of them could be involved with the person that he was looking for. The second reason was because he wanted to show his support for Takuya who was going to be fighting in the seventh match.

"Hey guys, over here." Turning around the two saw Sanzo walking over. He soon stood between the two of them and actually place a arm on each of our shoulders. "It's great to see you guys here. For a while I was wondering if you would show up." "What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing. It's just thought that if you were going to show up you would have been here a while ago. Of course it doesn't matter if you came or not Daisuke since you already had your match. But I wasn't to sure about your friend here."

"Now what is that suppose to mean?" asked Takuya who didn't to kindly to Sanzo's comment. "I didn't mean any disrespect. It's just that you don't look hardly like a fighters and judging by your choice of a weapon you might not get passed the first round."

"Hold it right there. I'll admit that I am not as experience in compact compared to most of the people here. But that doesn't mean I don't have what it takes to stand up with any of you. Watch me and you'll see." "I hope you're right about that. I guess we will have to wait and see to see if you can live up to what you said." Not waiting for any type of retaliation Sanzo turned and left Daisuke and Takuya.

"What was the deal with him? I thought he was a friend of ours." "He is Takuya. He didn't mean to disrespect you. It's just that most of the people who are competiting are a little tense with their upcoming matches. Speaking of which, you should relax. Your match isn't going to happen for sometime and you wouldn't want to get into it all tensed up would you?" "You're right Daisuke. I shouldn't let what Sanzo said get to me. All that it means is that I have to show him during my match."

Not long after they heard the announcer calling for the first two competitors to come to the ring. Hurrying the two of the went over to the entrance way to the ring to see the matches. Getting there they quickly caught a glimpse of the two fighters.

The first one was a blonde hair boy with green eyes. It was then that Daisuke remembered that he was the older brother to Tao Shinko who lost in the very first match. He even had the same choice of weapons with having a sword and dagger with him.

The other person was a huge build guy but was not like Shiro was. He had short black hair but it was long enough for him to have a short ponytail. The outfit he was wearing was a simple black outfit. For a weapon he had a long throwing chain similar to Kaz's but connected to one end of it was a sickle.

"In the right corner is the older brother of the defeated Tao Shinko. He is Rikimaru Shinko." Unbeknownst to mostly everyone Rikimaru was clinching hands to the point where the knuckles were turning slightly white. Apparently the comment about his brother losing didn't sit well with him. "His opponent, all is known about him is that he's a free lance bodyguard. His name is Hitoshi Hino."

If you were to judge this match by just appearance then you would mostly side with Hitoshi since he had a definite height advantage. Nevertheless, like Daisuke showed during his match, appearances can be deceiving and they was a feeling that their was something up with this Rikimaru. It would not be long for everyone to see if the suspicions were true since the match was now about to begin.

Starting quickly Hitoshi unrolled his chain and began to slowly swing it at his side. However, on the other side, Rikimaru just remained where he was standing and was not even attempting to draw either of his weapons. "What's the matter? Afraid of being beaten like your weakling of a brother was?" Just like what happen when the official mentioned his brother's defeat, he started to clinch, and unclenching his hands again, but he was giving his opponent an icy glare.

Feeling that he had wasted enough time, Hitoshi decided to be the first to strike as he threw his chain at the head of Rikimaru. That would turn out to be futile as without so much as flinching he simply tilted his head to the side and allowed the chain to pass him by. Seeing that he missed his target Hitoshi yanked the chain back so he could recover his chain.

However, as the chain was passing him by Rikimaru grabbed onto it with one hand to prevent it from being used again. With his free hand he grabbed his dagger and what he did next was somewhat resembled the move that Tara did. He placed the chain on the ground and with his dagger he imbedded through one of the chain's loops and into the ground.

With his weapon now stuck to the ground Hitoshi had only his sickle to rely on. But before he could even have a chance to use it Rikimaru came running at him with his sword. Being desperate he tried a downward strike which proved pointless as Rikimaru simply dove down and on the way down was strucked in the leg by his sword which resulted in him collapsing to the ground.

From the position that Daisuke and Takuya were it looked as though the strike wasn't a serious injury. Unfortunately it still was enough to keep Hitoshi down as the official counted him down for the ten count. "The winner of the match as a resulted of a countout, Rikimaru Shinko." Not bothering to hear anymore of the announcement Rikimaru just walked off and didn't even went over to see if his opponent was okay.

When he was passing Daisuke and Takuya he stopped and glared at each of them. More precise, he was looking at Sanzo with a glare that could pierces stone. Without a word being spoken Rikimaru dropped his glare and continued to walk away until he was no longer in sight. "Man, it looks as though you have some unwanted attention Sanzo." muttered Takuya. "In a way you can't blame the guy. Remember, his brother Tao was eliminated by you Sanzo, so he maybe looking for revenge against you. Lets hope that he doesn't go too far in his search."

"Who cares what his problem is. If he does have a problem with me then I will deal with it when it comes. Besides, he still has to face the winner of the upcoming match, which should be happen in a minute or two."

Just like Sanzo predicted, the next two fighters stepped into the fighting platform for their upcoming match. All that was stopping them was the announcer introducing them to the crowd. But that would be taken care of as he was on the verge of doing so.

"Here we go to the sixth match of the first round. At my left, he is another mysterious person. He is Torshiro Hashimoto. To the right, this person has been reported to have won some small local championships. Please welcome Nori Kada." Like most of these matches, the fighters in each match looked almost like complete opposites.

Toshiro had this grim look going for him with his gray colored hair, along with his black eyes that were black as coal and he was surrounded in a black cloak. At moment, no one was able to tell what kind, if any weapon he had.

Nori on the other hand appeared to be average person with black hair, blue eyes and was wearing a simple tan colored outfit. Strapped to both sides of his sash were two simple daggers. Nevertheless, their had to be something more to Nori if he was actually able to win some tournaments.

Both fighters quickly grabbed their weapons at the beginning of the match. With the weapons being involved Toshiro would have the advantage seeing as though his weapon could reaching farther. The only Nori would have a chance was if he could get inside and up close to his opponent. That would result in his opponent's scythe becoming useless.

Doing as expected Nori charged in and tried for a forward thrust with the dagger in his right hand. Apparently seeing the maneuver coming Toshiro turned to the side and as Nori was passing him by he swung his scythe at Nori's legs. Like his opponent Nori saw it coming and leapt up in time and it resulted in both of them locked in a stare down.

Neither one move as they waited to see which one would be the first to strike next. It would turn out to be Toshiro this time as he came charging in with his scythepoised over his head. When he was close enough he tried for a downward thrust but that was blocked when Nori placed both of his daggers in a 'x' symbol in front of the strike. Both men struggled to gain the leverage knowing that whoever got it could every well gain the victory.

The struggle finally came to an end when Nori steps and drove the blade of the scythe into the ground. While Toshiro was busy with pulling his weapon out Nori hurled the dagger in his left hand right under the part of the staff that connected it to the blade which broke it completely off.

Despite having a now damaged weapon Toshiro refused to give up and continued to fight. As he was coming at his opponent once again, Nori threw his other dagger at his legs. That caused Toshiro to stumple back and as he was doing so he reached into his outfit and pulled out another dagger and used it to break what was left of the staff in half.

With his opponent stunned for the moment Nori got behind Toshiro and removed yet another dagger and placed both of them his neck. "I suggest that you give up right now. You no longer have a weapon to fight back with and you are in no position from me putting one or both of these dagger in your neck. So you better decide." exclaimed Nori. Seeing that his opponent was correct, Toshiro reluctantly gave up.

"Their you go people. Despite having what appeared to be a disadvantage in this match Nori Kada came through in the end to get the win and thus have moved on to the next round where he will go against Rikimaru. Now would both Takuya Kanabara and Mari Akito please enter the stage for your match?"

"Well, this is it Takuya. It's time to prove yourself and show everyone what you got. Just remember everything that you have learn and you should do fine." Checking Takuya over it was obvious that he was a bit nervous. "I know what you are trying to say Daisuke. This is my chance to prove that I have what it truly takes to be a swordsmen. Lets just hope that I don't embarrass myself." "You simply need to trust yourself and you should do fine."

After doing a bit more of a motivation speech Takuya when walking off to get in the ring. When he was gone Sanzo came closer to Daisuke. "You do know that his chances of actually winning this match are slim to none right?" Seeing no need to act anymore Daisuke drop the false look on his face and put on a look of uncertainly. "I know that. However, their have been moments where I he has shown the desire that isn't seen in most other fighters. That still doesn't mean he will definitely win this match but he could very well surprise all of us at what he can do."

"Did you hear him? Takuya's match is next." exclaimed Izumi happily. "Yes Izumi, we heard. You better come down before you faint from anticipation." said Hikari who was sitting beside her. "Sorry, I just can't wait to how he does against whoever he's up against." We soon found out who was his opponent would be as we saw a pretty girl around Hikari and Izumi's age walk onto the stage.

She had long black hair that was tied to a simple ponytail that ended just after her shoulders and black eyes. The outfit that she was wearing was a red form fitting niga suit with a black belt wrapped around her waist. Her weapons that I could see were two nunchukus that strapped to her belt.

"Wow. She is definitely a looker. I think I wouldn't mind being involved with her." snickered Taichi. Unluckily for him that comment resulted in a smack to the back of the head from his wife. "Ow, what was that for Sora?"

"You know darn well what that was for. I don't believe you would say something like that with your wife standing here." "Oh come on Sora, you know that I didn't mean that. Besides, why would I want some girl when I already have a great women in my life." That seemed to please Sora enough since had a smile on her face. "Hey look it's Takuya."

Turning their attention back to the stage they saw Takuya stepping in with a look determination in his eyes. Izumi was about to yell out to him when she saw in the corner of her eye the girl giving a flirtatious smile and a wink. "Well...it seems as though Takuya has caught the attention of one of the female competitors." muttered Hikari. "You're not jealous are you Izumi?"

"What? No. Why would I be jealous? It's not like he's boyfriend or anything." quickly spoke out Izumi. Thankfully the subject was dropped as the announcer was about to introduce the fighters. However, it obvious that Izumi was a little peeved when that girl wink at Takuya.

Okay Takuya, remember all that you have learned and you should do fine. I hope. Those thoughts kept on repeating through his head as he stepped onto the stage. When he was in he faced off with his opponent who surprised him a bit when she gave him a smile along with a wink.

It looked as though Takuya didn't know how to react to what he saw so he just smiled sheepishly and rub the back of his head. Doing a side glance Takuya could see that Izumi was not too happy about something but he would have to find out about that later as the announcer started the introductions.

"Introducing first to my left, she is the reigning women's tournament fighting champion, she is Mari Akito. To my right, he is making his first ever tournament appearance, he is Takuya Kanabara." Great, not only am I fighting in my very first tournament match but it had to be against a reigning champion. cursed Takuya mentally. She would be the first to bring out her weapons as she took both of her nunchukus from her belt. Thinking wisely I unsheathed my sword.

For a while neither one of them moved as if they were waiting for the other to attack. Going frustrated with the constant waiting Takuya went ahead and attacked first with a strike from the right. It seemed as though he was on the verge of making contact when she moved to the side and lightly smacked him with her nunchuku as Takuya passed by. Regaining his balance Takuya went to attack again but did the same thing again but this time she hit him a little harder.

"Quit doing that and fight me." Apparently Mari decided not to play around anymore as she was the one to charge in and tried to hit Takuya with the nunchuku in her left hand. Seeing the move coming he used the side of his sword to block it. Unfortunately he wasn't prepared for her other one as she struck him in the side of the left knee.

Like a sack of bricks Takuya fell to the ground with him grabbing his hurt knee which was in pain. "Folks it seems as though Takuya has injuried his knee and is on the ground in agony. By the rules I must begin the count." With that said the announcer began his count. Hearing that Takuya tried to get up only to fall back down just as quickly. Feeling as though his chance had flown away he just laid there as the announcers had reached the count of five.

"Get up Takuya." Recovering some of his wits he turned my head to where he heard that voice came from. He soon realized that it came from Izumi who had a look of worried on her face. With sheer determination Takuya grabbed his sword and used it to push himself back to his feet. "Seven...eig-folks Takuya is back to his feet. What courage this kid is showing. Since he got back to his feet before the count of ten this match will continue."

Gripping his sword tightly Takuya ready himself for his opponent's next attack even though how much good it would do since he was not able to put much weight on his left leg. He would not have to wait long as Mari came at him again and what she probably figured to be a merciful finish.

When she was about to hit him from the left side, Takuya moved his sword in the way to block the nunchuku but coming from the right was her other one. Not wanting to be hit with the same tactic he instinctively grabbed his sheath to block it causing the nunchuku to wrap around it. With her nunchuku being all wrapped around his sheath he spun to the left which made Mari to lose her balance and stumble forward a bit.

Seeing the opening Takuya ignored the pain and delivered a knee to her stomach as well as a thrust to the back of her neck which made her fall to the ground with him following close by. With both of them down on the ground the announcer began to count. By the count of five neither of them had gotten back to their feet. Knowing that this would most likely be his only chance to win Takuya slowly pulled himself back to his feet just as the announcer reached the ten count.

"That's it folks, winning by the smallest of margins and with a injury, Takuya has won the match and thus will face the winner of our next and final match of the first round. Will the last two competitors pleas report to the stage immediately?" "I won? What do you know, I did it." No sooner than he said that Takuya's injuried leg went out on him and he began to fall back until someone came from behind and kept him up.

Looking over his he saw that the person was Daisuke who had a proud smile on his face. "Way to go Takuya. You did go out there and even with a hurt knee you still were able to come out on top. You made me proud." Takuya just nodded his head in understanding since he was a little out of breath. Turning his attention away from Daisuke he saw that Mari was still having trouble getting up. Gesturing to Daisuke what he wanted to do he helped him over to her.

Once they were in front of her Takuya stuck his hand out to help her which she accepted. "Are you okay? I didn't mean to hurt you. I just saw a opening and I had to take it." Expecting of her to be upset but she just merely smiled.

"Hey don't worry about it. Besides, I should be the one asking if you're okay. I mean I did hit your knee pretty hard. You sure that you'll be okay?" "Don't worry about it. My knee should be near a hundred percent when I have to fight next. So don't worry yourself over it."

Sticking his hand out again Takuya was ready to shake her hand. "It was a honor to face against you. Maybe someday we can do it again." Surprisingly she didn't accept his handshake, instead she leaned over and gave him a quick kiss on the check.

"Maybe we will face each other again. Or maybe we could do something else besides fighting." Their was no doubt that Takuya's whole face was blushing as he stood there and watched as she left. Regaining his composer he went back as well with the help of Daisuke.

"I have to say it again Takuya. You really impressed me and everyone that was watching. Not many people would get up let alone try to get back to their feet after receiving a blow like you did." "Well, for a while I thought about just laying their but that was until I heard Izumi's voice telling me to get back to my feet. I guess that gave me the strength to continue."

Daisuke couldn't help but let out a small chuckle as he remember glancing at the look that Izumi had on her face as Takuya got that little kiss. If Takuya saw it to he probably wouldn't be so relaxed as he was. "Hey, you weren't that bad out there." exclaimed Sanzo as he joined them. "Of course it was most likely luck that you won." Just when Takuya was about to retaliate they all caught sight of the last two who had to fight in the first round.

One of them was a guy with dark brown hair with gray colored eyes and was wearing a blue outfit with black tirm. None of them could see any weapons on him but they had a suspicion that there was more than meets the eye with those black gloves that covered both of his hands.

The other was the person who almost missed his place in the tournament. They already knew that his name was Jin Kata but that was basically all that was really known since he was still covered in that black robe with the exception that it looked as if he was going to use a katana as his weapon of choice. As they were walking onto the stage Daisuke couldn't help but sense that there was something up. But that would have to wait since the introductions were about to be made.

"Here we go audience with the final match of first round. First introducing to the first of my right, he is Akira Ando." Right after his name was said Akira turned to the crowd and with a egotistical smirk on his face began to bow to them as though he already one the match. It was clear that he had a cocky attitude. "His opponent is unknown since we don't have any information about him. All that we do know that his name is Jin Kata."

Turning back to his opponent Akira looked at him from head to toe as and made it seem as if he was expecting more. "So you're my opponent? I'm surprised they would allow you to enter." Throughout his taunting Jin just stood there and didn't say a word. He hadn't even remove his robe yet.

"It's a shame really. Your tournament experience will be a short one since you are going up against me." Sticking both arms out three large claws came shooting out from each of his gloves. It was then that I realized that his gloves were actually metal guanlets with retractable claws.

However, from what could be seen Jin wasn't the least bit concern about this new predicament. Without a sign of worry he drew out his katana and placed it in front of him. He then quickly swung his katana twice before a word could be said.

No one knew what to make of it but it appeared as though Daisuke knew and everyone would as well as all three of Akira's claws broke in two and fell to the ground. The reason for that was because when Jin swung his katana those two times it happen so face that no one saw it.

Giving credit were it's due Akira refused to quit and charged at Jin but before he was able to make contact Jin crouched down and hits a diagonal strike to his chest which causes Akira to fall to the ground.

Those moves. I've seen them before. Could he be the person that I was told about? Daisuke questioned himself but he wouldn't much time to think about as he was brought back to reality to see that the announcer had reached the ten count and no sooner as he did that he quickly rushed over to Akira to check on.

It was apparent that he was hurt since blood was pouring out of the cut that Jin made in his last strike. Throughout the whole that they were checking on him, Jin didn't even show the slightest been of concern for his beaten opponent. It looked as though it didn't bother him that he injured someone severely. After he put away his katana he walked off the stage with me not taking my eyes off him.

Not a sound could be really heard from the people in the waiting area or the crowd all that could be heard was the painful moans of Akira and the low voices of the medics who were treating him. The uneasy silence was finally the announcer made his announcement. "Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the match as a result of a ten count is Jin Kata." When that was announced you could hear some people booing the decision.

"I know to some of you think that is a wrong call since the condition of Akira but from what I have gotten from the doctors is that none of his vital organs have been harm so whether you agree with it or not Jin Kata will advance in the next round which will be taking place tomorrow. Hope to see you all back here as we see the remaining eight competitors go at it in the quarterfinal round." Slowly the entire audience had left and me and Takuya were now currently back at Taichi's home.

Fortunately for Daisuke he didn't have any injuries to be treated but he couldn't say the same for Takuya. "OW! That hurts. Do you have to tie it on so tight?" "If you want to heal quickly than yes." answered Izumi as she was wrapping Takuya's hurt knee. "There has been something I have been meaning to ask you Takuya?" said Taichi who was helping Sora feed their daughter Sakura. "Well, was is it that you want to ask me?"

"It's about that girl who fought against. Is there something going on between you two?" "No their isn't. Why would you ask me about something like that?" answered Takuya with a slight blush on his face. "It's just that after your guys' match she did give you a little kiss"

"Oh that. It was nothing really. She caught me by surprise when she did that. But I have to say that I wasn't that upset that she did." No sooner than he said that Izumi give an extra tug on the wrapping which resulted in Takuya yelling out in pain.

As we all laughed at his reaction Daisuke caught Taichi looking over at him and by the look in his eyes it was apparent that he wanted to discuss something in private. So after the two excused themselves from the group and went to another room hoping to have no one interrupting them. "I think you already know why I wanted to talk with you." "Yes I do. You want to know if I have found the person that you said would be in the tournament."

"You are right. Have you been able to figure out who it is?" "Not at the moment but I have narrowed down the field of suspects." "Do mind sharing with me?" "Well, it can't be any of the people who have been already eliminated from the tournament. If this person is indeed associated with who I think they are their is no way that they would purposely throw a match." "You have a good point their. But that still leaves a lot of people who could be the person that you are looking for."

"On the contrary, from the people who did advance I have already taken some of them off as suspects. It's already apparent that it couldn't be Takuya so he's out. The next one is Sanzo Hitomi. I know that I haven't know him for real long but with the time that I have been with him I see that he isn't that bad of a person." Seeing the reason behind it Taichi nodded his head in agreement.

"The same could be said for Jinto Godo since he is too young to be associated with those kind of people. Tara Okita can be taken off as a suspect since she is too kind-hearted for it to be a act."

"I would have to agree with you judgment since I haven't been around those people like you have. But that would still leave two more people doesn't it?" questioned Taichi. "Yes it does. Rikimaru Shinko and Jin Kata. I'm not sure about either of them." reminded Daisuke of the remaining suspects.

"Rikimaru could be the person since he didn't show any worry for his opponent but I think all he is carrying about is taking care of Sanzo since it was him would beat his brother. Jin Kata on the other is a real mystery. He seriously injuried Akira and didn't have the slightest bit of concern for him and the way he fights isn't what you see with ordinary people. Until I get something more concrete they are my only suspects."

"Then I guess all that we can do is wait until the person slips up. But don't you think that we should probably tell the others about this? We should at least tell Takuya since he has to go against that Jin Kata guy." "No, we don't tell them anything. Now isn't the time to tell them about this. But if it is necessary I will warn Takuya because if he is against the person that I looking for then he will be in big trouble."

Before they could discuss any further Taichi's little girl came running in and immediately clinged onto her father's leg. "Daddy." she said as she continued to cling onto her father. "What is it Sakura?" he asked as he picked her up in his arms.

"Mommy wants to see you because you were suppose to help her with cleaning the dishes." "Oh man I forgot. Here Daisuke, keep an eye on Sakura until I comeback." Before he could even get out a word he put her back on the ground and ran out of the room leaving Daisuke alone with his daughter.

"Okay......what do you want to do Sakura?" Just like the last time he tried to talk to her, she looked at the ground and didn't say a word. "Come on, you don't have to be shy. I just want to be your friend like Takuya and Izumi are." Squatting down so he was somewhat at her eye level he continued to try to have her open up. "So what do you say? You want to try to be friends?"

After looking at the ground and not saying a word she finally looked at Daisuke and with a smile on her face she answered. "Okay, we can be friends Daisuke." "That's good and to start things I will allow you to ask me anything that you want and I will answer it as best as I can."

Daisuke didn't see the harm in it figuring that a two year old kid wouldn't have nothing serious to ask him and he wouldn't have no trouble answering. "Are you my aunt Hikari's boyfriend?" "What!? No, I am not. Why are you asking?"

"Because I keep hearing mommy and Izumi say that you two would make a nice couple and that you would be a good boyfriend for her." she answered innocently. "All that was is your mom and Izumi playing around. They were just teasing."

"But why don't you be my aunt Hikari's boyfriend? Don't you like her?" Reaching over I picked Sakura up in my arms and tried to explain as I walked around the room. "Of course I like her. But I really think it would be better for her if me and her don't get serious involve with each other."

"Why is that? Don't you think she is nice?" "Of course I do. I just have something to do before I can even think about being with someone." "And what would that thing be?" asked someone from outside the room. When that person entered it was revealed that it was Hikari.

"Why don't you tell me what this important thing is?" Turning his head away Daisuke answered to her question. "I'm afraid I can't Hikari. It's something that I don't wish to discuss and it would be wise that you don't know."

By the look on her face it seemed that she was a little hurt but she quickly recovered and put a smile on her face. "If that is what you have decided then I can't change your decision. For now we should probably put Sakura to bed."

Looking down Daisuke realized that Sakura had fallen asleep in his arms. Following Hikari they tucked Sakura into bed. Not wanting to disturb her the two of them walked out of her room so she could sleep.

"I guess it's getting a little late. You should go get some rest since you have a match tomorrow." "Yeah you're right. I'll see you tomorrow. Have pleasant dreams." Daisuke started to walk off to get some sleep until Hikari called out to him again.

"Daisuke, wait. I know we only known each other for a short while and I understand that their are many things about you that I don't know about. What I am trying to say is that if you ever want to tell me about any thing from your past I will be willing to listen."

Throughout that whole talk Daisuke stood there and with his back facing towards her. "Thank you Hikari. I really do appreciate that. Maybe one day I will take you up on that offer." With that said he walked off and went to his room to see that Takuya was already asleep. Quickly changing into his night clothes and got into bed and placed his sword beside him.

Slowly but surely Daisuke allowed sleep to come over him and the last thought that went through his head was that with the tournament now going on to the next round it could mean a whole new tournament. Also that everything could very well change and not for the better.


There you go readers. I have finished the first round matches and now it's time to go on to the second round where there will be some interesting coming out of it. Also before I go I want to say that if you can check out Foxy-Tai's story 'The Vampire King'. It's a real good story.