Bright Hope

I don't own Digimon

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'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

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Chapter 5

It's been two weeks since Chaos and him heard Takuya and the others tales about the Digital World. He was getting use to the fact that they seem to want to be his friend, too. Though the few times that they came over to his house, they had learnt one thing about Kouji. That one thing had to do with Dayus.

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Tommy came with him to see Dayus. "Could I hold him?" Tommy asks. He looks at Tommy then at Dayus and just shrugs. "Thanks." Tommy says, having gotten use to him. It's been five days since Saturday, it's now Thursday. Tommy carefully picks up Dayus and holds Dayus in his left hand. "You know, I thought snakes were wet or slimy. He doesn't feel wet or slimy." Tommy says after a few seconds. He finds the book that he was looking for and says, "It's just a rumor. Snakes are like lizards, dry and smooth."

They walk out of the room, Tommy still holding Dayus as Dayus moves around on Tommy's hand. They make it to the living room and Tommy heads to where Kouji and Kouichi were. He sits to Kouji's left and Kouji's too busy to pay attention to Tommy. Tommy then sees the chip bowl and turns to Kouji and asks, "Could you hold Dayus for me, Kouji? I want to go get dip." Kouichi turns to look at Tommy and asks, "Who's Dayus?" Tommy then holds up Dayus with both hands, answering Kouichi's question, "This is Dayus." Kouichi looks at Dayus and then says, "I didn't know that Shade had a pet snake."

It was at hearing the word snake that Kouji just froze. Slowly he turns to look at Tommy and then see Dayus in Tommy's hands. He looks on as Kouji pales and bolts off the couch. They all look at Kouji, Kouji says, "I don't do reptiles." Takuya then figures out, and says, "Dayus isn't a reptile, he's a snake." "Snakes are reptiles." He tells his cousin. Takuya looks at him in surprise. "I didn't know that!" Takuya says. "Takuya, even I knew that." Tommy says and Kouichi then takes Dayus from Tommy and Kouji just trades spots with J.P.

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He sighs, for after that Kouichi and Tommy had decided to try and cure Kouji of his fear of Dayus. It was a good thing that he told the two that Dayus was staying at his place. Though he did say that if Shinya wouldn't mind, he would let Tommy take care of Dayus the next time his parents and him leave the city.

He sighs as he looks out the window. They were going to the beach with Takuya's family. Chaos decided to stay at home this time around. He just thinks that Chaos just didn't want to get salt into his red fur. Also Tommy had talked his parents into letting him come with them. Shinya and Tommy have been getting along pretty well. He thinks it has to do with the simple fact that Takuya likes to tease both of them.

It's odd, though. Watching Tommy and Takuya act seems to remind him of something. He just couldn't put his finger on it though. It's like he should know just what it's like to have that kind of relationship with someone older then him. He knows that what ever it is, it's about his past. He watches as cars pass them by.

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He knows that he'd have a great time going to the beach with Shade and them, but something told him to stay around the city today. So here he was, patrolling around the train station. He's gotten use to talking to other people; he still had to laugh at the thought of Kouji being scared of Dayus though. Kouji and Shade sometimes act the same, but for different reasons. Shade just doesn't want to get really close to anyone, for the simple fact that it might bring up memories. Kouji did it for the simple reason that he didn't want to get hurt when his dad and them move. He does know that Kouji has a dog-named Maru.

He sighs as he again circles the building. He wonders why none of the security guards ever try to chase him off, though. He shakes those thoughts out of his head. He didn't need to worry about that.

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She watches as the sunsets. She just sighs as she looks at the other buildings. She knows that Kari was beginning to worry about her. But it's like she just couldn't accept that she can't do anything. A part of her told her that she could find them. She began to have this feeling for about three months now. She moves to the computer and just closes her eyes. 'Sorry Kari, but they need me. I'll see you when you follow. I need to do this and I know that you'd understand. Hope you show up soon.'

Then she feels likes she's floating, and then she opens her eyes to watch as she heads to that ball of light. She then see a city, a different city then any she has known. She had this feeling that this city wasn't in her dimension. She then sees this train station and soon she falls right into the screen with the city on it.

She lands on all fours, but feels weak. She then looks around; she then heads to the stairs. She then begins to climb them. She soon makes it to the next level, which is the main floor and push the door open. She looks at all the people walking around. Most had cell phones by their ears. She suddenly wonders if this was such a good idea. Then she shakes her head in hopes to clear her thoughts. Then she sees this red and black dog moving around through the crowd. The dog then seems to sense her and looks towards her. Their eyes met and the dog stops walking. They continue to stare into each other's eyes, even with all the people walking in front of their line of sight.

Slowly the dog heads to where she is, and she feels very weak. The dog makes his way to where she is and then whisper, "Hey, you ok?" She then blinks in surprise. "Your not a dog?" She says in awe. "Shh, none of these people know about Digimon. Need help?" The red and black Digimon asks. She recovers a bit and says, "Just lead the way out." The dog nods once and turns around and she follows him.

Soon they make it out of the train station and she collapses on the ground by an alley. "You are in bad shape, huh? Wait here, I'll get you something to eat." Before she could say anything the Digimon walks away. She sighs and curls up a bit. She could tell that this Digimon was familiar with this city and seems friendly. She could understand how she mistook him for a dog, for around his neck was a collar with tags. The way nobody seem to think nothing of him, means that everyone just thought of him as a dog. It also means that he has a partner, as well. That thought gave she hope, that maybe this Digimon might know where Patamon and T.K. were.

Soon the red and black Digimon brings back a bag. She gets up and opens it when the Digimon places the bag down. In it were fries and a hamburger. "It's kind of early for a hamberger, but that's what I could find." The Digimon says. "Early? It's evening!" She tells the other Digimon. "Evening? It's 9:23 am! Look at the clock over there." The Digimon points to the clock by the train station. She feels her jaw drop in surprise.

Then her stomack growls for the first time in months and she turns back to the food. After she finishes the burger, she asks, "What's you name?" "I'm called Chaos, though I'm a ChaosPupmon. You?" Chaos asks. "Gatomon. So, have you send any Patamons around?" She asks. Chaos shakes his head, and says, "Sorry to tell you this, but I'm the only Digimon around. My partner's Shade. He when to the beach with his parents and his cousins. You could rest over at our house, though."

She thinks this over as she eats the fries. "How long have you been with Shade?" She asks. "Since he was 3 years old. He's 12, now. So I've been around this city for a good nine years." Chaos answers. She just stops and stares in awe at the other Digimon. "You've been with your partner from nine years?" Chaos just nods his head. She then turns back to eating the rest of the fries. Her thoughts were in a jumble. But she did know one thing, though. Chaos was a nice enough Digimon from the looks of things. She might have just have gotten herself catch and sent to the pound if it wasn't for him.

After eating what's left of the fries, she take a long good look at Chaos then says, "Lead the way. I need to clean myself and get some rest. This is just way too much right now." Chaos just nods and leads the way out of the alley. She follows on all fours, other then a few glances their way they had no trouble walking to Chaos's home.

She watches as Chaos goes up to one of the window and push it up. Then crawls through, she then does the same. She looks around the living room and jumps down to the floor. Chaos closes the window and does the same. She follow him to the bathroom and she thanks him and begins to have a shower.

Then she finish drying, she heads to the living room and onto the couch to have herself a nap. She knows that Chaos was on the same couch and for the first time in months, she felt safe.

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He watches as Gatomon falls asleep. He would never have thought that the odd cat that he found was white. He thought that she was maybe goldish in color, but it seems that something major happened. She also looks better then when he first spotted her. He had a feeling that she might have went down a level if he hadn't gotten food to her when he did. He might not remember much, but he did know that if he lost enough energy that's what would happen to him.

He sighs and begins to think of which of the Digidestine would be able to hide her. As much as he would like to think that it's a good idea to have her here, he didn't want Shade's parents to think of why their son has a stuff cat. He would have to talk to Shade when they get back. So he also takes a bit of a nap.

It was later, after he woke and turned on the TV, that Gatomon finally woke. At first she looks around in alarm and then seems to remember just where she is. "Hungry?" He asks. Gatomon turns to him and then nods. "Well, I don't think you'll like Dog food. So, if you can open something, you can eat it. Just don't pig out, Shade's parents might think that someone broke into the house." He says and Gatomon nods.

Later he hears the car pull up, he turns off the TV and leads Gatomon to Shade's room. "There back. Just hide in there." He tells her and then go to the living room. The door opens and he sees a smiling, laughing Shade walk into the house carrying stuff in.

"Hey Chaos, miss us?" Shade's dad asks. He just follows Shade to the kitchen as a response. "I think he missed Shade more." Shade's mom says with a laught. Shade just winks at him and puts the stuff he's carrying onto the table.

To Be Continued …