Gogglehead Lover - Telamon ran off...because Baronmon was making fun of him.
Bonnie - This is a Takouji pairing, it just might take a few more chapters until it starts to show some more.
Takuya - They haven't got it all figured out. Heh heh. In fact, only one of them figures the whole thing out in theory and then tells the other one their ideas. -nod nod-
D.T. - Thank you so much!
Chapter 5 - Contemplation
"Speech"
'Matamon's Thought Voice'
'Takuya's Thought Voice' 'Other People's Thoughts'
'Telamon's Thought Voice'
The teens had decided not to stick around and wait for the cops to show up in the forest. It might looked suspicious if they were at yet another fire scene. Sadly, they couldn't all stay at Kouji's house anymore, as the Minamoto's had come back during the night and found everyone gone.
Kouji had at least managed to get himself 'grounded' at Kouichi's house, so he could voice his thoughts. Kouichi also seemed to have a lot to say.
"Alright mom, thanks for dinner! We'll be up in my room, alright?" Kouichi asked after dinner the next night.
"Of course dear. Oh, and Kouji, don't worry about the grounding. If you eat candy and get a stomach ache or stay up late and are tired tomorrow, it'll be your own fault." Ms. Kimura called up the stairs to them.
"Ok mom!" Kouji answered. He paused, he hadn't even thought before he'd said it. That was becoming quite usual for him, but he didn't always say it in his mom's presence. So, as if on cue, they heard her giggle slightly and could actually hear her blushing.
"She's a lot nicer than my step-mom." Kouji commented as Kouichi closed the door behind them. He shrugged.
"I guess. I don't really know dad's new wife all that well." he sat in a chair at his desk, Kouji sat on his bed.
For a few moments there was silence, then Kouji burst.
"I can't take this! Please tell me you noticed how strange that was this morning!" he said suddenly. Kouichi blinked.
"Yea. It was really really odd." he got into a Kouichi-thinking pose. "Did you notice his eyes?"
"Yea, they were brown...for a moment..." Kouji shook his head as Takuya's face came to mind. "And Matamon..."
"He seemed nice enough." Kouichi said suddenly. Kouji looked at him in surprise. "He was worried. Something wasn't going right." he said, drawing the attention off of himself.
"Well yea, that guy...damn, we still don't know his name!" Kouji pulled on his ponytail.
"Tell...Amon..." Kouichi leaned back in his chair and looked at the ceiling. Kouji let go of his ponytail.
"Huh?"
"His name...tellamon...or tellomon...or telamon..." he rocked back and forth for a moment. He felt Kouji staring at him and elaborated. "I read their lips."
"Wh-really?" Kouji blinked. Note, never talk about Kouichi behind his back while he was in the vicinity. "Do you know what they were talking about? When we couldn't hear them?" Kouichi nodded somewhat.
"Kinda...I'm pretty sure the word 'loyalty' was said a couple times...Apparently Matamon was worried about him and Tell-a-mon's necks...I think he meant 'If you aren't loyal, we'll get punished' or to that effect." Kouichi sighed and wished he could read lips better.
"Then the other day, you were right." Kouji went back to a Kouji-brooding position. "He's either new, rebellious, or both..." both boys nodded at the same time.
'His eyes...' Kouji's mind wandered. It was as if Kouichi could read his mind too.
"It's Takuya isn't it?" he muttered. Kouji's head snapped up.
"What?"
"He reminds you of Takuya, doesn't he? Fire, the brown eye moment, rebellious..." he let Kouji think about it for a moment, then crashed through with more words. "But...Takuya wasn't bloodthirsty, didn't play with his targets, and didn't joy in destroying things. He also would never attack us, or work with the bad guys."
"Right..." Kouji lowered his head.
"But?" Kouichi knew there was something.
"Matamon said 'I'm sorry' when he showed up. I think he knows what happened to Takuya."
"So, we look for Matamon and ask him?" Kouichi turned to face Kouji fully in his chair. "You think he'll talk?"
"I don't know." Kouji looked at the window.
There was silence for a few minutes. They could hear the crickets outside chirping and the sirens of fire trucks and ambulances still roaming the city, putting out fires and looking for people the gazimon may have injured...not that anyone knew it had been Gazimon, but whatever.
"I think they have a weakness."
Kouji turned around to look at his brother. "What do you mean?" Kouichi looked thoughtful for a second.
"Baronmon and Tellomon...They don't get along well...I think that Baronmon is jealous..." Kouji blinked at Kouichi's thoughts. "Not that we should work on that, mind you, coming within 10 feet of Baronmon is probably against our best interests. But if we can work on the fact that they don't get along well..."
"We can break them up, or face them with a chance of surviving." Kouji finished. "Also, if Matamon is as 'nice' as you say, he might help us. But I think he's loyal to their leader to death. He's the one manipulating Tell a...tell oh...the little guy."
"He's not little." Kouichi laughed slightly. "But you're probably right about Matamon. What do you mean 'manipulating' Telamon?"
"Keep to one name please, you're confusing me."
"Ok, Telamon." Kouichi smiled at his brother's glare. "Continue."
"That...electric stuff." Kouji continued. "I think he's partially controlling Tell...telamon. At least until he stops 'misbehaving,' ya know?" Kouichi nodded. "That still doesn't answer two questions..."
"Really? What?" Kouichi gave Kouji a confused look.
"How did they get here, and who is their leader." Kouji said bluntly. "If we can answer them, we'll know almost everything we need to know. But first..." he paused. Kouichi had a knowing and caring look on.
"We find Takuya..." he said softly. "Come on Kouji. We'll head out early tomorrow. For now, we need sleep, especially if those digimon might attack in the middle of the night again."
"They seem to like attacking at night." Kouji confirmed, laying down on the edge of the bed. Kouichi was sleeping on the wall side of the bed, Kouji was going to keep him from falling off by sleeping on the open side.
"Remind me why I'm sleeping next to the wall instead of you again?" Kouichi asked.
"Because. If you sleep on this side, you'll fall off the bed." There was a slightly angry grunt like noise coming from the vicinity of Kouichi's pillow. Kouji smirked. "You roll...a lot..." there was a more angry sounding groan. "Just trust me." Kouji then turned over and fell asleep.
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Where am I? It's so...blue...I know...this is where I was before...But, how'd I get here?
I can't speak, I can only hear my own thoughts...and the sound of the water that surrounds me, engulfs me...
'I can't...'
Takuya? Where is he? I can't move...All I can do is float here...Dammit, he's so close...I can feel it!
'I can't...breathe...'
Takuya? Takuya! Can you hear my thoughts too? Come on Takuya! Where are you? Answer me!
'I can't...'
Can't what? I feel as if I could reach out and touch your hand...You're so close...
'I can't...remember...'
What? Takuya!
'No control...'
'No...pain...'
'No...'
Takuya? Takuya! Are you still there? Takuya!
'Please...'
'Help me...'
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"Kouji! Kouji wake up! Wake up Dammit!" a worried voice called.
"Kouichi?" Kouji asked, noticing how out of breath he was.
"Finally!" Kouichi seemed to calm down. Kouji smirked. "What?"
"You cussed...at me..." he sat up, his motions ragged, ungraceful, and very un-Kouji-like.
"Are you alright Kouji?"
"Yea, yea...what happened?" Kouji asked, holding his head with a shaky hand.
"I don't know. One moment you were sleeping soundly, then you were thrashing about and reaching out and yelling slightly...Thank goodness mom didn't hear...she needs her sleep." Kouichi muttered the last bit.
Kouji's dream came back to him and he suddenly was bent over his outstretched legs, breathing ceased completely almost, and looking slightly scared and alert.
"Takuya!" he gasped.
"Kouji?" Kouichi bent over his brother to make sure he was alright.
"Takuya...he's...I don't know what he is...But something's wrong." Kouji was talking in a fast, hushed voice.
"What? Takuya? How do you know?" Kouichi was worried his brother was hallucinating...
"My dream...just now...I think that Takuya...I think he was asking for help...No, I know he was..." Kouji had calmed down and was sitting normally again, his breathing nearly normal too. He looked determined and set.
"Are you sure?" The short haired twin asked. Kouji nodded. "We'll tell the others tomorrow." Kouji shook his head. "What? Why not?"
"We'll all keep looking...But don't tell anyone about this. Alright, Kouichi?" he looked at his brother.
Kouichi saw Kouji's eyes and inhaled sharply. They were pleading, determined, and yet still piercing...all at once...He knew he had agreed before he even opened his mouth. He nodded, Kouji smiled.
"Now, go back to sleep. It's still late at night." Kouichi patted Kouji's pillow, then laid back on his own and closed his eyes, falling asleep almost instantly.
Kouji's smile dropped when he knew his brother was asleep. His thoughts were still circulating around their conversation earlier and his dream just now. What was going on here?
"Matamon...Baronmon...Telamon...and a mysterious leader..." Kouji muttered. "They don't get along well..." he laid down and looked at the ceiling. "Matamon and Telamon know something about Takuya..."
"What do I care if you get hurt, Matamon? Lord Heraldomon wouldn't hurt you anyways. With your good looks, why would he ever hurt you?" he asked, not bothering to keep his voice low, like Matamon was.
"Matamon..." Kouji muttered, remembering this new information.
"Besides..." his voice became softer, Matamon's eyes widened at the change in tone. "They don't recognize me..."
"Your not...!" he stopped his sentence. "Telamon, snap out of it!"
"Lord Heraldomon...So that's their leader's...ah!" He sat up straight again. "Takuya?"
"Besides..." his voice became softer, Matamon's eyes widened at the change in tone. "They don't recognize me..."
He brought a hand to his face. No...it couldn't...he couldn't...No! Impossible! It couldn't...be...
Could it?
"Takuya...?" Kouji looked at the city. "That was your voice...I know it was..."
'Takuya...are you...'
End Chapter 5! Heh heh...Stopped it...Aren't I despicable? -cute smile-
P.S. I'm actually starting to beta my stories before I post them. -big smile- I feel proud.