Bright Hope
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'Thoughts'"Speaking"
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Chapter 13He turns to where Zoe was waiting. They were heading to meet up the others at a mall. Just the Digidestine of this world, for he thinks that they need time to talk about this without the others around. A lot of things have happened and they need time to talk among themselves. He was trying to expect the fact that his cousin will be leaving with the others. He had mixed feelings about that. He didn't want to lose a relative, but knew that Shade might have no choice in this. He just wishes there was a way for Shade to finish living his life here, and then leave this reality. For if a month from the other reality is a year here, couldn't Shade remain here for another few months? Isn't there a way to transform an adult Shade into a thirteen year old again? Shade already went through one age change, so couldn't he go through another? He doesn't want his favorite cousin to leave.
He sighs as he blinks and sees Zoe looking at him with a worried look. "Sorry, just thinking about Shade leaving." He says guiltily. Zoe gives him a small smile and asks, "You don't want him to go, huh?" He just nods in response to the question. "Sorry to bring it up, it's just that our granddad and grandmother will be arriving tomorrow and some distant cousins as well. It's going to be a family thing on this coming Sunday. I just hope to enjoy it." Zoe just nods and then they continue to walk in silence to the mall to meet up with the other Digidestine.
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They make it back to Shade's place. She looks over to where Chaos was walking. Chaos notices her and winks at her. She smiles a bit at that. She enjoys being around Chaos, and Chaos seems to really enjoy being around her. She wonders if this was normal way to feel about someone. She did feel empty when Patamon and T.K. were gone, but now she feels full of energy.
Kari then breaks the silence and asks, "So, what are your plans for this weekend?" Shade answers, "My grandparents and some cousins are coming in tomorrow. There's going to be this family thing on Sunday." Kari then says, "So, are they going to be staying at your guys place?" Shade thinks about it and then answers, "No. They're staying at a hotel. Don't worry about its normal." Kari just sighs at that.
She sends Chaos a questioning look; he looks guilty at her and then a pleading look. She just sends him a grin and he brightens at that. She turns away from Chaos and wonders if she could some how go with Chaos to this family thing. She wouldn't mind watching Chaos get chased around by little children. She begins to daydream about just what Chaos would look like with fresh and in-training Digimon crawling about him. She just smiles softly at those thoughts.
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He looks around at the others; they were all munching on food that they bought at the food court. He was sharing with Tommy, not that he minded. Tommy was like another little brother that he never had. He had gotten some combo from this KFC place that opened up. It was this classic and poultin or something combo. All he knew was that the fries were covered in gravy and cheese. Tommy was eating some of his fries as he was eating the classic chicken burger. He liked what he was eating too. He had brought two drinks, his was 7-Up and Tommy got a Pepsi.
"Takuya, this fries are really good! You should try some." Tommy says. Then he spears more fries with his fork and eats them. He looks doubtful at the fries and sighs, saying, "I'll take your word for now, ok? I got to save room for supper you know!" Tommy looks at him and then with a bright smile takes the whole thing of fries closer to him and continues to eat them. He doesn't know weather to believe Tommy about it or not. He looks to see J.P. and Kouji looking at Tommy as Tommy continues to scarf down the fries. Then over at Kouichi and Zoe, they were enjoying their fruit salad. He sighs and finishes off his chicken burger and then waits for everyone else to finish off their snacks.
Soon they finish eating and then they began to talk about their thoughts on the other Digidestine. He listens to what they had to say. He then frowns as Zoe was talking about Davis and about how Davis seems to have a problem with his cousin. After Zoe finishes, he asks, "So, what do you mean by Davis having a problem with Shade?" They look at him like he missed out on the train. They then look at each other and then Kouichi says, "Davis doesn't seem to like Shade. He keeps calling Shade, T.K. He also seems to like to comment on Shade's choice of stuff." He opens his mouth but nothing comes out. He really likes Davis; it was hard to think that Davis has a problem with his cousin. It just didn't make any sense about why Davis has a problem with Shade.
"Huh?" Was all he could get out. They gave him a sad look and Kouji says, "It's must be something that started when Shade was T.K. Davis must have a hard time letting go." He just shakes his head at that. "So what do I do? I mean, I like Davis, but Shade's my cousin!" He says. "Nothing. It's between Shade and Davis. Or more like, between Chaos and Davis. Shade doesn't really pay mush attention to Davis, so Shade might not know about this whole thing. So the best time to do is just ignore it." J.P. says. Zoe adds, "I know that you're really close to your cousin, but this isn't your problem. Just don't confront Davis, ok?" He thinks it over then, very reluctantly nods. He didn't like it, but then, Davis and Shade haven't been in the same room alone together, so he'll just hope nothing comes from this.
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He looks around the room. It's Sunday and here he was with Shinya, Takuya, and his partner. He wonders if Gatomon was able to keep up with the car. He does know everyone in the room, for they were relatives of the three he was standing with. He sees Ino and Riley, nine year olds that like to play dress up a little too much, eyeing Henry, a seven year old. He flinches as he remembers last time Ino and Riley got a hold of him. He hides behind his chosen's legs.
He listens to Shawn, Taijin, and Christ talk about which movie star was hotter. He hears Kai and Tim come up to Shinya and then they head off together, leaving Shade and Takuya in front of him. He then begins to scan the room for Vicky, Omi, and Kimie. Vicky is fourteen years old and lives with her father. Omi is thirteen years old and has already acting in movies. Kimie just turned twelve years old and has hopes of becoming a great singer one day.
He finds Ino and Riley trying to get Henry to go with them somewhere private to give Henry a make over. Distant cousins visiting with each other and he sees a play pin for Tracy, Polly, and Marry. Tracy is two years old, Polly is a year and a half, and Marry will be turning two in three months.
He then finally sees Omi talking with Iruka. He then decides to walk to where Omi and Iruka are, hoping that Shade and Takuya will follow. They do and he sits by Shade's feet as the humans greet each other.
"Hey! It's the genius and the fireball!" Omi grins as he says this. "Well, thank you! I try my best!" Takuya says. Shade snorts and then Omi looks down at him and adds, "Plus wonder dog! How are you holding up?" Omi reaches down and pets him on the head; he gives Omi his saddest look. He hears Takuya whisper, "Suck up." Omi then stops and says, "Well, Vicky and Kimie are talking about girl things, so, want to ditch?" "Do you even have to ask?" Shade says dryly. Omi just nods and says, "Where to?" Takuya says, "The Park!" They leave the room, Vicky and Kimie seeing they heading to the door, follow.
He looks at just how Omi's dressed. Omi was tan and this time his hair is dark green. Omi's hair is spiked and shorter then it was five months ago. Omi is wearing an orange long sleeve shirt with yellow shorts. On his head, Omi has a pair of red frame sunglasses. Omi was just a bit talker then Takuya. Omi's yellowish eyes had this mischief look in them. Omi was a daredevil and was proud of it.
Vicky was the oldest, having turned fourteen in last November. She has bright green eyes and red hair. Vicky wears her hair in a braided ponytail. Vicky's hair reaches to the middle of her back. Vicky was wearing ragged pair of blue jean with a brown long sleeve shirt with black vest. Vicky's eyebrow's pierced, it was the only part of her body that her dad would let her pierced. Vicky liked being different and if her friends didn't except her as she is, then in her words, 'They not even friends.'
Kimie's was the youngest out the group. Kimie's birthday is in September. Kimie's hair is light brown and she has hazel eyes. Kimie is wearing soft red T-shirt with matching red shorts. Kimie can carry a good tone and is taking music lessons. Kimie's hair is shoulder length and she enjoys sports. She is on her school's baseball team. Kimie does like to keep up with the fashion, but at times, she just likes to wear a simple T-shirt and a pair of shorts or jeans.
In his opinion, both girls were tomboys and can be strong willed when they feel like it. He remembers when Shade, Takuya, and Omi were 8 years old; Kimie was 7, while Vicky was 10 years old. It was summer break and they were at this lake.
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Kimie and Vicky were chasing around Takuya and Omi. Shade was just watching with amusement playing around in his eyes. His partner also has this small grin as well. The whole reason Takuya and Omi were getting chased around was that they tried to pull a prank that back fired. Their target had been Taijin, but Vicky got in the way. The fact that the girls weren't chasing Shade was because Shade never ever tried to pull a prank.
He then turns and sees a group of eight kids come their way. He guesses that they must be around their teens, for they were taller then Vicky. He then notices that they were staring at him. He gets up and heads to where Shade was.
Finally Vicky and the others stop when the new kids stop and the leader cough a bit. He knew they were going to try and bully Shade and his cousins. "Hand over that dog! You're trespassing, and as payment give up that dog." The leader says. Omi stands as straight as he can and says, "We don't have to." Takuya adds, "You're just bullies, better leave before we beat you guys up!" Shade gets up and walks to where his cousins were standing. Then Shade says calmly, "You're too young to own anything. Also, there's no sign around too. You're lying."
The leader seemed taken back by Shade's comment. For the leader looks a bit nervous. Not that he could blame the kid, when Shade gets angry, which he rarely does, mountains move out of his way. He was right behind Shade, too. Then the leader looks and counts how many kids were with him and then at how many kids in front of him.
He could see that the leader thought that the odds were in his favor, for he then says, "So what? I want that dog and there's eight of us and only five of you! We're older and therefore stronger, so just hand him over." Vicky snorts and Kimie just giggles at hearing that. Then in a sing-song voice, Kimie says, "We warned you!" Then Shade leads Omi and Takuya into attacking the leader of the group. Vicky and Kimie throw themselves at the other kids.
Caught by surprise and with three kids kicking and punching him, the leader shouts out for help, but the others were getting scared, for the girls seem to be keeping them back. It didn't help matters that he was standing there, with his fangs and teeth bared, with his tail standing up. Like all cowards, they turn and fled. Some of the adults came and did get the others to stop attacking the fallen bully. The bully didn't know why they got off, so he then continues threaten the younger kids. The bully then realizes that the kids weren't staring at him, but something behind him.
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He sighs as he remembers that. It was Ben that found themthat dayand on listening to that bully threaten his distant cousins, he grabbed the bully's ear and then said, "Good job, I'll handle it from here." Ben took the bully away and they didn't know what happened though.
The five cousins didn't really have a leader. At times each one leaded and at other times, they just voted on what they wanted to do. He was going to miss times like that. He was going to miss Omi's playful remarks, Kimie singing, Vicky's attitude, and Takuya's willfulness. He did know that they did make a great team though. They work well together, even if they don't spend a whole lot of time together.
To Be Continued …