Bright Hope
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Chapter 8They left after an hour. They did get to see Dayus though. She didn't know just what to make of the fact that Shade has a pet snake named Dayus. But at least she didn't seem to make a bad impression, or at least she hopes she didn't.
As they head back to Takuya's house, they began to talk to Kouichi about Shade or AKA T.K. Kouichi relates what he knows about Shade. It wasn't much though. For it seems that he's only known Shade for a few weeks. According to Kouichi, Takuya knows more about his adopted cousin then any of the Digidestine. But what Kouichi did know was that Shade has special classes on Friday. It seems that just because Shade doesn't remember his life as T.K., doesn't mean that he doesn't remember what he was learned at school. So, it seems that Shade was considered to be a genius in this reality.
They make it back to Takuya's house and knock. The door opens and a kid looks up at them. "Is Takuya still home?" Kouichi asks. "Hey Kouichi. And yea, big bro's in the basement with some new people." The kid opens the door wider to let them in. "Thanks Shinya." Shinya just nods and heads back to the living room.
They head to the basement. They find Takuya and the others on around a computer. Yolei has a D-Terminal connected to the computer. "Hey Kari!" Davis says as they come off the final step. For the first time that they've been here, she finally feels tired. She smiles warmly at Davis and says, "Hey Davis. So, when did Shinya get here?" She puts Gatomon down and walk over to where Davis was standing. Davis puts his arm around her shoulders and then Matt looks up and she says, "We meet Shade and Chaos, also Dayus. Takuya, how long has Shade have Dayus?" Takuya looks up and answers, "Since we were eight years old. So, was he civil?" Ken answers that, "We talked. Let's just say that I need to rethink some things." "That bad?" Davis asks. "Just weird is all." She says, then asks, "How the connection?" Yolei answers, "We're trying to stabilize the connection, but it takes about five minutes to send and receive E-mails. It also seems that your parents are back and that Izzy is trying to calm your parents down. It seems that your mom want to phone Matt's mom about, well …" She sighs and nods.
Kouichi sighs and says to Takuya, "I think we need to talk." Takuya looks clueless at Kouichi and says, "Ok. What about?" Kouichi says, "About your cousin." Takuya sighs and they head up stairs to talk.
Tai then decides to tell Ken and her the plan. "We'll be camping at the park. Zoe knew this good spot to hide our stuff too. I think we'll wait around, to well, you know." She just knows what he was saying. Zoe just raises an eyebrow, but doesn't say a word.
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He watches as his partner just lies there, not moving. He was beginning to worry about him. For one thing, he wasn't crying, but also wasn't raging either. He knows the something happened, and that Shade must have remembered something.
He finally moves off the couch and moves to where Shade's head is. "What's wrong?" He asks softly. "I got a memory. It's been playing in my mind since they left. I can't get rid of it." Shade says in a whisper. "It might help you if you tell me." He says. Shade doesn't answer right away, and then he begins.
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He's waiting for someone. He just looks out at the water, just waiting. Then he looks to where a white Digimon is and that Digimon says, "He'll come back, T.K. He's your brother." He sighs and looks out at the water again. "I just wish he'd hurry up, though."
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Shade finish speaking. He blinks at hearing the name T.K. "So, I must have been that white Digimon." He reasons. "I'm still getting over the whole brother thing." Shade says. He blinks and sighs at that. "I guess. You think that your brother came?" He asks as he lies down on the floor. "I think he's one of the older ones. I wonder just how Takuya's going to take the fact that I'm adopted." Shade says a bit more brightly. He grins and laughs a bit at that. "I wonder just what his reaction will be." He says.
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Shinya and him just stare dumbly at Kouichi, for Kouichi had just told him something that he should have figured out a long time ago. Which was that Shade was adopted. The reason Shinya was in the room with them had to do with the fact that he was getting a drink and overheard what Kouichi told him.
Both just trying to understand why their parents didn't tell them. But then again, they never gave it much thought. 'Well, I guess I know why Kari's mom wants to call Matt's mom. Matt is Shade's older brother. I wonder what Matt must feel like to find that out? But then, how did Shade get here? How did Shade become a three year old? Ok, first get Shinya out of the room and then get answers.'
He then looks over at Shinya and asks, "Did you want to phone mom and dad to confirm this?" Shinya blinks and then slowly nods his head. "Then go use the house phone." He says calmly. Shinya then heads out of the room with his glass still in his hand.
After making sure that Shinya was at the phone, he come back over to where Kouichi was. He takes a breath and then asks, "How is it that my cousin was transformed into a three year old?" Kouichi thinks about it and then says, "He don't remember anything from his first childhood. I also didn't really think to ask. We can get thought about it later. I think the big question is, did whatever caused this to happen still a threat?" He blinks at that and then says, "I think only Shade can answer that. So, what does this make Matt? My cousin too?" Kouichi smiles a little at that. "I'd take it up with Matt. So you notice that they are mostly brothers too?" He sighs and nods his head. "Matt's blond and blue eyed. Shade's blond and blue eyed. So, I wonder just what Shade's real name is?" He says out loud.
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It was Monday after school. On Sunday, his parent and him went to the movies and then visited with some old friends. Saruka and him just kind of just left each other alone. Saruka spent most of her time playing her PS2. He was on the computer for most of the night. Saruka is two years older then him. She did tease him about his boyish good looks though, but then again, that wasn't new.
He founds Chaos, Zoe, and his cousin was waiting for him. He knew that they want him to meet with the others that came from his original home reality. This morning Takuya wanted to hear him out. Mostly about if he was just pretending not to remember or if it was real. He even told Takuya about the memory he remembers on Saturday. Takuya then seems satisfied that he really didn't remember.
He just sighs, and knew just what Chaos wants him to do. He sighs and walks over to them. He just hopes that Davis won't be there. "Hey." He says and then they then head to the park where they're camping.
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She's glad when she sees Shade with Takuya, Zoe, and Chaos. She looks over to where Matt is. So far, Matt and her were the only ones that noticed them. Matt's partner was with the others sleeping. She sighs and says, "Hope it works out between you two." "Thanks." Matt says.
Then Ken, Tai, and Yolei finally notice the approaching group. Kari took Davis away to go look around. Mostly hoping to keep Davis and Shade away from each other. The thought it a good idea to keep them separated.
She grins at Chaos and he just moves ahead of the group. "Back again." Chaos says, grinning at her. She lets her eyes roll, but she was happy to see him. "Hey again Matt. Tai, Ken, and you too Yolei." Chaos says. Tai just grins at Chaos and says, "Well, as long as you remember that we're here."
They then turn to watch as Matt walks up to Shade. Takuya and Zoe walk over to where Tai and them were sitting. She has long since given up on trying to read Shade. So, she didn't know just what his reaction is to Matt. Though, she did know that Matt was just plain nervous. She couldn't really blame Matt, though. Even knowing him for a good week, she was just uneasy around him. It mostly had to do with how he acts, for he was just really reserved.
"Hey, I'm Matt. Your older brother." Matt says quite calmly. Shade nods at that and says, "I guess you want to go talk, you know. Away from the rest of them?" Matt relaxes a bit and nods. They then go off on their own. She looks at Chaos to see if he wants to go with them. As if reading her mind, he says, "They need time alone. Plus, he'll tell me all about it later. I think we're waiting on Tommy and J.P. though." She then turn around to watch as the others just sit around. They decided to trade stories, but she really wants to see Tai and the other's reaction when Takuya and Zoe explain how they saved the Digital World. She got the story from Zoe last Monday.
So, she hangs around with Chaos to watch the other's reactions to this reality's Digidestine. She wasn't disappointed. "You mean that you became a Digimon?" Tai asks slowly. Takuya nods. "I couldn't believe it too, at the time. But I'm Fire, Zoe's Wind, J.P.'s Lightning, Tommy's Ice, Kouji's Light, and Kouichi's Darkness. It was really crazy; first we had to find our human spirits and then our beast spirits. The problem with the beast ones were they were harder to control." Takuya finish telling them. Then they spy J.P. walking over. Zoe waves at J.P. and J.P. then sees them. He then walks over to where they are.
"J.P. I'd like to introduce you to Tai Kamiya, Ken Ichijiouji, and Yolei Inoue. At the moment Kari Kamiya, Davis Motomiya, and Matt Ishida are busy. Guys, this is J.P. Shibayama." Takuya says. "Hey, nice to meet you. I hear you guys have partners. Where are they at?" J.P. says. "There over there, snoozing." Yolei says. She points where the Digimon were sleeping. He nods and then finds a spot to sit.
Soon she loses interest in what's going on. Soon she just began to talk to Chaos about stuff. Before they know it, Matt and Shade were coming back to the group and the look on J.P.'s face then he looks at Matt and then at Shade, it just made her want to laugh, long and hard.
"Hey." Shade greets the others. "Hey, I'm Matt. You must be J.P. Nice to meet you." Matt says. J.P. just nods and then says, "You too look a lot alike." It was Shade that answered that. "That's cause he's my older brother." She could see that Matt had a tiny smile at hearing that. She feels relief that Shade expects that. J.P.'s eyes light up and it dawns on him on just what that means. But they don't push it. She looks at Chaos; she finds that he as a smile on his face. She couldn't blame him, though. It was a start on the long path of getting T.K. back.
To Be Continued …