A/N: Hey everyone! I'm back and I'm finally out of high school! Whooiee! Now that summer has begun I have more time to spend on my story! But I do have one thing to say... I love you all and thank you all so much for reviewing and actually liking this stuff I'm writing...but please be patient with me, I can only work around my schedule, not anyone else's. So when it takes me a while to continue writing, that means that I have more important things to do. If I was being paid to do this, damn I'll write as much as I can! Lol...but unfortunately, I'm not, so I write when I can, and stop when I can't.
But again, THANK YOU! Thanks for reviewing, I hope you continue reading even when I lag! Love you guys!
Okay, now I'm getting to the climax! Yay! And to think I only wanted about ten chapters of this sucker.
Oh yeah, I also wanted to say that Yamato is NOT evil--so he was a little mean in the beginning, he's a changed man! Please don't diss Matt, he's a good guy! Hehe...and don't worry about any Sorato, this story is strictly Taiora!
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, but I am creating a new love interest for someone... and I own her!
Anyways, speaking of Yamato, I made a chapter just for him! (Not really...but the main details are about him.)
Voguish Fib
chaptereighteen - Yamato
What she saw was unlike anything she'd ever seen before--and she hadn't seen a lot of things until the turbulent meeting with Taichi--and at the same time, it was exactly what she was looking for. It was horrifying, but not enough for her to want to run away in anguished fear.
Strewn across the caves rocky walls was an illuminated line of unconscious children, glowing with a sickly light that seemed to throb like the anxious beating of a heart. Each child was wrapped like a mummy with some silky, stringy substance. The throbbing light around each child appeared like a gelatinous capsule keeping them from awaking or moving. It was like a cancer, sucking the energy of the children.
Sora could see that the children were alive by the heaving of their chests, but it didn't seem like it would last any longer if they continued existing in that manner. They looked so thin, so appallingly unhealthy, yet they survived for so long... The sight was so overwhelming...what was she supposed to do with this?
At the moment, she did the most impulsive thing she could think of to do: free them. With shaking fingers and a few shallow breaths, she allowed her powers to control her veins and flow through as she aimed them at the stringy substance. The first child she aimed at was someone who looked startlingly familiar...
Is that Taichi's sister? was her first thought before the energy blasted out of her fingertips and sliced through the substance encasing the child. The child fell instantly and Sora leapt forward and caught her, setting her down softly as she freed the other children. Once she freed what she thought was the last child, a large glob of that same substance fell on top of her, catching her by surprise. Sora panicked when it stuck to her and began tearing at the substance, making it stick to her even more.
"Shit, shit, shit!" she swore, as she tore at the darkness. I can't see! With a sudden force in her body, she ripped through the filth and crawled out, gasping for breath. She rubbed her eyes and wiped her hair away from her face. When she looked up, she saw, who she believed was Taichi's sister, stand up and stare at her. She sighed. "You're awake. I'm Sora...a friend of Taichi's. He was looking for you all over the--"
Before she could finish her sentence, the girl screamed at her and seemed to defy gravity as her small hands lifted an enormous rock and flung it at her. Sora dove and covered her head as the rock went flying above her, hitting the wall behind her.
"Look, I don't want to fight you! Please!" Sora begged as she ran from the girl who continually threw objects her way. As she turned to see if the girl was chasing her, a rock hit her square in the face, causing her to trip and fall. "Ow..." she groaned. Sora spat some of the rubble that flew into her mouth. She turned and found the girl's feet right in front of her. The girl kicked her hard in the stomach and laughed.
Now I know they're related...pain loving weirdos... Sora thought. She looked up into the girl's eyes and found them glowing a bright yellow. She backed up, attempting to crawl away.
The girl stepped forward each second she moved back.
Sora swallowed hard. Her throat became inconveniently dry. Sora shook her head. "Please...Hikari...that's your name right? Please...I came here to save you not hurt you," Sora tried to explain to her. The girl kept walking.
She finally got the courage to stand up. Once she did she turned and crashed into another zombie-like child. The boy's eyes glowed as he reached out to her. Sora ran the opposite direction, hoping she didn't crash into another child. Why the hell were they acting like this?
Duh, they're being controlled Sora, the voice in Sora's head explained to her. I knew that, the voice argued back to itself. Why am I talking to myself? Will you shut up, I'm trying to run!
Sora bolted out of the cave with her eyes closed. To her dismay, she crashed into another body.
"AHH!" she screamed and jumped back.
"AHH!" the other body screamed.
"Yamato?"
"Sora?"
"THANK GOD!" both of them sighed, hugging each other.
"I thought you died!" they said in unison once more.
"Really?" Sora asked. "This weird being told me that you died...this horrible...dismembering death."
"Damn...I think that same being was talking to us. He said that he dismembered you."
The two shrugged. "Oh well, where's Taichi and Takato?" Sora asked.
Yamato frowned. "I lost them, unfortunately...They were right behind me. Takato was right, we shouldn't have gone through that stupid fog...it's all my fault," Yamato sulked. Sora patted his back.
"Hey, you didn't know. Don't worry about it, we'll find them. Taichi can't die that easily," Sora reassured him. Yamato smiled half-heartedly. He looked into her eyes. He knew she was only trying not to make him feel guilty, but he could see that she was worried in the depths of her heart.
Yamato suddenly became a little jealous of Taichi...he found someone who loved him so much that she'd be willing to sacrifice her life not only to save him, but to save his family--his sister. The women he'd loved before never loved him like Sora loved Taichi.
She really loves him... Yamato thought. Now he felt even worse that he had been cruel to her when he first met her. "I'm sorry Sora," he blurted out.
"For what?"
"For everything." There was a silence between the two. Sora's mouth moved to speak, but Yamato spoke quicker. "Come on, let's go find Taichi and Takato."
"O..kay..." Sora agreed. Once they were a distance away, (leaving the discomforting silence behind as well) Sora grabbed Yamato's arm after remembering about Taichi's sister. "Hey wait, I think I might have found Taichi's sister."
"How? Where?" Yamato asked anxiously.
"In that cave back there--but before you go look, you should be warned. They're a bunch of blood-sucking zombies. They'll attack you at first sight," Sora warned.
"Blood...sucking...zombies?"
"Yep. All I did was free them, and then they started attacking me like I was the enemy."
Yamato shook his head. "It was probably a defense mechanism to ward off opposition," Yamato replied. "The only way to get them back to normal is to fight the master of this whole thing, because I cannot fight a bunch of little kids."
"That's exactly why I couldn't fight them when they attacked me. I was afraid I would hurt them," Sora explained, looking down at her feet.
"It's a good thing they didn't follow you out of the cave."
"Yeah," Sora answered with a relieved sigh. She decided to change the subject. "So where did you last see Taichi and Takato?"
"Back where the fog was..." Before Yamato could finish his sentence, he looked around and noticed that there was fog everywhere. "Okay...never mind."
"Well...now that we know where the fog is," Sora said with a few repetitions of slow nods.
Suddenly, from above them a large shadow covered over what looked like a mile of land. A large growl could be heard echoeing in the midst of the leafless trees and ominous fog. The two teens ducked on impulse and looked up. A large dragon-like creature flapped its enormous wings, almost blowing Yamato and Sora from their position.
"What the hell is that thing?" Sora shouted. Dust and debris exploded in every direction, ripping through clothes, scraping against delicate skin. Yamato and Sora attempted to shield themselves from the razor edges of the speeding debris, but they were reduced to fetal-positioned figures.
"It's Ryumon," Yamato gasped for breath.
"Yamato! Sora! Help us, please!" came a cry from somewhere on the dragon. Sora peaked out from her position. The debris was still so powerful that Sora could barely make out the face of the person who called out to them. But the voice was familiar.
"Takato?"
"Taichi-san's here with me! He's hurt, this ryumon's wings blew him straight into a tree and knocked him out."
"How the hell am I going to get you off of that thing?"
"Use your powers! Taichi-san told me you knew how to use them now!"
Sora scoffed. "Not exactly Takato..."
As Sora talked with Takato, she didn't realize that Yamato had been trying to grab the dragon's wing each time it flapped downward. Sora crawled towards him.
"What are you doing?"
"What do you think? I'm trying to get on it so we can get them off of this thing."
Sora stood as balanced as she could as the strong gusts of wind and debris continued to blow viciously around them.
"Taichi-san told me that with your powers you have the ability to levitate," Takato called out to Sora. Before Sora could respond, the ryumon flew higher and circled a few times, until it dropped the two boys from its back.
Yamato's eyes widened as the two fell from the sky. He and Sora began racing around the area trying to find the right position to catch the falling bodies. "SORA, YAMATO!"
"Sora!"
"Yamato!"
"I'm doing the best I can!" Yamato snapped back.
"So am I!"
Instantaneously, the two crashed into each other. A second later, the boys fell right on top of them.
"Ow..."
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Everything looked so gray. So...doubled--no wait...tripled. Taichi tried to stand, but he couldn't feel his legs. "Ughh..." he groaned. He blinked several times, but everything still remained blurry and out of focus. For a second, he realized that he had stood up, but instantly fell again, injuring himself further. He yelped in pain.
"Tai, what are you doing out of bed?" a voice asked soothingly. Taichi impulsively reached out and grabbed the shoulder of the person.
"Sora? Is that you? I didn't know you had sisters," he asked, looking at the three blurry redheads in front of him.
"Wow, that ryumon really did knock you out...it knocked your eye sight too," Sora commented, touching his forehead gently before lifting him from the ground and guiding him back to the leaf and twig cot they built for him.
"Are Takato and Yamato here?"
"Yeah, they're safe, don't worry. Close your eyes, it's better if you don't strain them."
There was a pause as Sora adjusted Taichi's legs on the cot. She smoothed his hair out and carefully touched his hand. Taichi took her hand in return, his fingers twining with hers gingerly.
"I thought that...that you were killed," Sora said softly.
Taichi scoffed a little. "Me? Killed? It will take a lot to kill me Sora."
Sora sighed and released his hand. Now she knew he was feeling better...He's as cocky as ever, Sora scoffed inwardly. She decided not to say anything else.
She cleared her throat after another bout of silence. "Um...I hope you feel better," she said as she stepped back from his cot. Suddenly she added, "Oh and by the way I found your sister." She quickly walked away to find the other two.
"Hey! You can't just walk away after that! Sora, please tell me what happened!" Taichi called out to her.
Sora stopped in mid-step. She closed her eyes. "I don't think now is the right time to see her. She's not exactly in a sisterly condition to talk to you."
"What do you mean?"
"She's being controlled Tai. All these kids her age were locked in this weird, sticky fluid...in these coffin-like capsules...and I thought that by freeing them, they would wake up and be normal again...but I guess I haven't been on enough of these 'missions' to realize that they would wake up and become zombie, killing machines."
Taichi shook his head sadly. "I guess we have to go to the source..."
Sora nodded. When Taichi ceased speaking, Sora turned and continued to walk.
"Oh...um...Sora?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry..." Sora walked over to him after the apology and touched his head.
"Yeah, I don't think you're getting better at all. Maybe that ryumon knocked you out harder than I thought," Sora resolved thoughtfully as she sat down next to him. "Did I really hear a genuine apology from you?"
Taichi waved her hand away. "I'm serious Sora! I haven't exactly been the best person since I've met you...I've just never dealt with anyone like you before--and I guess I don't know how to handle it. Especially since..."
Sora glanced up at him eagerly. "Especially since?"
Since I'm in love with you, Taichi wanted to say. Instead he said, "Since you've never done anything hurtful to me like I've done to you."
Sora replied with an unexpectedly disappointed, "oh."
"And..."
Sora looked up again, her eyes still eager. "And?"
"And about the whole 'not being together thing'. You were absolutely right about that...I was being too selfish. I brought you here with me because you wanted to help me save my sister...not foolishly fall for each other."
Now Sora regretted ever saying that too him. She simply nodded, afraid her mouth would start saying something that would embarrass her. The two sat in stressed silence, heavy and seemingly brutal.
Taichi cleared his throat, breaking the silence that now had them both in a choking headlock. "Now about Hikari, (what a nice place to change the subject huh?) there were other children with her right?"
Sora nodded.
"You know one of them is Yamato's little brother Takeru."
"What? I-I didn't know..."
"There was no way you could have known...even Yamato didn't know--doesn't know...I found out while we were at the Yagami Territories a couple days ago that Yamato's parents had split when they were young. His mother kept Takeru, and his father had him. After a while, I don't think he ever had contact with them. He assumed they were both fine, until he found out from a rumor that his mother was killed when some ninjas attacked their home and raided it for food and money. He never knew what became of his brother."
I never knew about this side of Yamato's life... Sora thought regretfully. "So...he doesn't know that his brother's still alive?"
"Yup. He thinks that he died in that robbery."
"Poor guy..."
"I swear...when I get my hands on that Omnimon, I won't spare him..." Taichi seethed hatefully. Sora rubbed his back gently.
"And I'll help you the best I can...even if I'm still learning how to use these damn powers," Sora said dejectedly.
Taichi smiled. "Thanks Sora."
"Just wanna help out some friends," she said, returning his smile.
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"Did you hear that Takato? My brother is in there with Taichi's sister...Kami...I can't believe he never told me this," Yamato said, a little disappointed.
"I'm sorry Yamato-san...maybe Taichi-san didn't want you to get hurt," Takato said.
"Yeah...but he still should have toldme. It's my family and I have a right to know about these things." Yamato walked out to where the two were talking, trudging with an air of disappointment.
Sora and Taichi's eyes were focused on him.
"I think he heard us," Sora whispered. Taichi simply gulped.
"Why didn't you tell me Taichi?" Yamato asked.
Taichi looked down at the ground. "I...I..."
"Yes?" Yamato said impatiently.
"I didn't know how to approach it with you. I was going to tell you eventually."
"You should have told me the minute you heard about it. And besides, I should have been the first person to know, not Sora!"
"You're right, you're right. I'm sorry Yamato."
"So what else are you hiding from me?" Yamato retorted, his temper rising. He couldn't help the fact that he would tell Sora something like this and not him. He knew Taichi longer than Sora ever did...and it was his family.
"I'm not hiding anything! I just didn't want to throw it at you so suddenly. What did you want me to do? Go up to you and say, 'Hey I like what you did with your bedroom. Plaid goes nice with your even bronze skin tone, oh and by the way, your brother's energy is being sucked by an evil monster named Omnimon who wants to take over the universe feeding on the energy and souls of children along with my sister."
"Yes! I mean--no! Not like that you idiot! You know what I mean! Hey, I should be mad at you, not you at me!"
Sora rolled her eyes. "And I thought girls created more drama," she commented.
Takato agreed silently.
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A/N: Yeah...that's the end...for now...