Bright Hope

I don't own Digimon

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'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

-+-+ Flash back

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(--) Different P.o.V.

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Chapter 9

They walk away from the others. He studies his brother out of the corner of his eye. Just seeing Matt had brought out three memories already. Most of them had to do with being at this different world and someone threatening to harm him. 'I must have been quite young when that happened. So, why don't I remember anything from when I was last at this age?' He thinks as they find a nice spot to talk.

They find one by the water fountain. They sit on the stone bench and they don't say anything for a while. It was Matt that broke the silents. "You've changed." Matt states in a matter of fact tone. He nods and answers, "I got a second chance to grow up." Matt just sighs and looks at the treetops. "It's kind of hard to think that you're so reserved. You used to be more open and friendly. You smiled more often, too." Matt says wistfully. He doesn't say anything.

They sit there for three minutes then he says, "Seeing you, I remember some things. Nothing important, I think. Just times of three times of being in trouble and looking at you. They don't finish, but I see you and I think I'm kind of young." Matt looks over at him. "You were seven at the time. Kind of odd to be talking about it, it was so long ago. I use to think only I could protect you then. But as time went on, I watched you grow. I then kind of took off to find myself. I know you didn't want me to leave, but I felt that you didn't need me. Tai tried you like a little brother, too. With me living with dad, I didn't get that chance. I guess it hurts for me to say it, but Tai was there for you more then I was." Matt doesn't finish. He could tell that there was more. "You got jealous." He says simply. Matt nods, adding, "I just wanted to protect you, but I was trying too hard. It took me a while before I expected that you still wanted me to be part of your life. I was a jerk too. I use to get into fights with Tai. Don't get me wrong, we still do, but most of the time, it was kind of over me wanting to protect you. But I couldn't, you have Patamon to do that. I guess Chaos now."

They don't say anything for a few minutes. Memories surface of some of those times. He knows that he had to go back, but it was going to be hard. He wouldn't be the same guy as he once was. He also didn't know what to make of Davis and Kari. He just sighs and looks at the time. "We should get back." Matt nods and they get up. They head to where they left the others. He has a lot on his mind, though. Already a headache was happening.

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They finally make it back by 5:43. She hopes that it gave them enough time with Shade. They find just the others from their own reality. "So, everything went ok?" She asks, fearing the answer. "Good enough, all things considered." Tai says cheerfully. "Like?" Davis asks. "He admits that Matt's his brother." Her brother says.

She blinks and relief spreads throughout her body. She feels much better and then she asks, "Any word from Izzy?" "Just that we might want to take T.K. and Chaos with us when we leave. Right now, he's looking for a way to do that. But it seems that Kouichi is coming to visit us with his twin, Kouji." Yolei says. Ken nods, and Matt asks, "How you time alone together?" "Great! We when to a mall and we looked around at just what kind of cell phones that they have. You'll never guess what some of them can do! There are also novels that you can read while your waiting for some of the cell phones. You can even have different ring tones for different callers." Davis tells them. She nods to support what he's telling them this.

She goes to sit with Yolei. She then looks around and finds the can food. They had a small fire going. Not very big, but it didn't need to be. She could hear Davis talk more about what they had found while exploring the mall. She looks over at Gatomon and asks, "So, what's between you and Chaos?" Gatomon looks her way and looks stunned. "We're friends!" Gatomon says. She raises an eyebrow. Even Yolei snorts at hearing that. "Odd to think that Chaos, who's a dog type, and you, who's a cat type, seem to get along real well. I know he used to be Patamon, but he doesn't remember ever being Patamon. I just don't want your feelings to get hurt, Gatomon." She tells her partner. Gatomon just sighs and says, "I just like him, ok? He's a nice Digimon, weather he's Patamon or Chaos." Yolei says, "I think it's kind of romantic. Like a classic love story. The woman's love gets lost and is found with amnesia. Not remembering his past, he meets up with his love. And together, they try to help him remember who his really is. Is so sweet that your still attracted to him, despite him not remembering anything as Patamon." Gatomon rolls her eyes at that and doesn't comment on it.

She sighs and then goes to check on the Digimon. It would seem that they were in a game of Hide and Seek. She gave up in three minutes and returns to watch the food cook. Her thoughts going over what's been happening so far. She still doesn't like the fact that T.K.'s not acting like he should or the fact that he has a new name. She thought that once they found him, it was all a matter of taking him back home and trying to explain to his mother on how he aged so much. 'Why couldn't it be that easy? Now we have to explain to his adopted parents why their son, who they raised since he was three years old, was leaving. And why he can't visit or write to them. Then there's the fact that T.K. might not want to go back. Why is this happening? Why couldn't T.K. just remember or act like he usually does?' She thinks as the food cooks.

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He walks home with Takuya, Chaos trailing behind. It was when he gets to his cousin's house does his aunt on seeing him, ran over to give his a huge. "We were so worried about you! You're parents got into an accident on the way home from work early. Their at the hospital now." His aunt tells him. He stiffens and pales, his aunt lets go of him and tears are running down her face.

He feels numb from hearing the news. He really doesn't hear anymore after that. He was still trying to understand that fact that something happened. 'How? How did this happen? Why now?' His thoughts continue to run in circles.

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He watches as Shade's uncle and Aunt took him to he hospital. He remains with Takuya and Shinya. They had money for the pizza that was ordered and he was on the couch, thinking about what just happened. He was now worried that some thing's going to happen to Shade.

Takuya comes to sit with him on the couch. "Everything's going to be alright, Chaos." Takuya says softly. He doesn't make a sound. He feels Takuya pet him as he really tries to figure out what's going to next. He was planning for the worst that could happen.

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He watches his cousin sleeping on their couch. Shade came home with his parents and it was very late. His parents called the school to tell them what happen. Shade will most likely be heading to the hospital. It seems that his aunt and uncle were in comas. But he doesn't think that the school would mind, after all, Shade always has his homework finished long before it's due.

Last night, Shinya and he had tried to get Chaos to cheer up. He even saved a slice of pizza for the Digimon. He sighs and heads to the kitchen. "He's still sleeping." He tells his parents. They nod and they leave Shade a note and a key for the house.

For the first time in his life, Shade was in the city and he was walking to school alone. It felt wrong that he should be going to school without his cousin and Chaos. He had soccer practice after school too.

He then looks for Zoe as soon as he gets to school. He finds her by the doors. "Hey Zoe! I got to talk to you about something." He shouts to Zoe. She stops and waits. "Shade's parents are in the hospital. He's not going to school today, and I think you might want to tell Matt and them. I don't know if Chaos will leave Shade's side, but just in case?" He tells her. Zoe nods and says, "I'll tell them after school." He watches as Zoe then goes into the school.

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He dreams, for this one he sees an angel. He and the angel are surrounded in darkness. He feels exhausted, but he can't let up. He asks, "Are you alright, MagnaAngemon?" The Digimon turns and nods. "Ok, I think we better finish this. We don't know how much time as passed. And I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired." He tells his partner. MagnaAngemon answers, "I, for one, will be enjoying a nice warm bath when this is through." "Sounds good to me!" He says.

Then he sees the enemy that he stopped from entering their dimension. They had just arrived on time, for the Digimon is named Arkadimon. Large and grayish in color, Arkadimon's been toying with his head. He's gotten to the point where he doesn't know just what to think about any of the second group of Digidestine. Being tired doesn't help matters either; he can no longer recall which memories were real or fake. He's lucky that Arkadimon's just messing with his most recent ones. From what he can tell, Arkadimon was a mega level Digimon and was getting despair. He didn't know why Arkadimon needs to enter their home reality, but they plan to stop him before that happens. And Arkadimon needs him to hand over the keys, too.

By stopping Arkadimon from entering their dimension, he now has the keys to the his reality. And Arkadimon need his to give them willingly to him or they wouldn't work. That's why Arkadimon's been messing with his memories. He's trying to trick him into handing them over. But as that old saying goes, where there's hope, there's a way. 'I have plenty of hope. So now all I need to do, is find a way to get home and to defeat Arkadimon.'

He snappes out of his thoughts as MagnaAngemon gets attacked. "Hold on! We can win this! I know we can!" He tells MagnaAngemon. But it wasn't enough. "Exile Spear!" He hears Arkadimon's voice call out. A spear hits MagnaAngemon squarely in the chest. "Sorry, T.K." MagnaAngemon says before transforming into a Digi-Egg.

He cries and yells out, "Patamon!" He heads to the Digi-Egg. He doesn't care about anything else, only that he's best friend and partner is safe. He grabs the egg and then sees Arkadimon coming toward him.

He wakes up yelling, "NO! I won't let you!" Chaos bolts right up and looks around. He breaths shallowly and quickly. He's covered in sweat and he could feel tears of rage come down his face. "Are you ok Shade?" Chaos asks after three minutes. He blinks and tries to get the images out of his head. "No, Chaos. I'm not alright. I know how we got here and I know why you were a Digi-Egg too." Was all he was willing to say at the moment. Some how, Arkadimon was in this dimension and he wants the keys to his reality. He won't give them up, notnow and not ever.

To Be Continued …