Dreams End
Chapter 6- The Stress of Reliability
Neko Kamiya
***Disclaimer*** ~I don't own Digimon or any of it's characters.~***Disclaimer***
||This story was written over a four year period.
I'm simply posting it again, in order to *finally* finish it.
I just need closure on this fic.||
'What the hell has happened to us?'Joe thought bitterly as he looked over their depressing camp. 'We've grown apart... separated into groups... but why does it seem like I was left behind? Izzy and Matt, they've become much, much closer. It's funny, they weren't really friends back in the day, but now, they can just sit there, and nod, and know exactly what each other is thinking. Tai and Sora are unbelievably close, but, what can you expect? They're in love. As is Ken and Yolei, and T.K. and Kari... God I hope those two are okay. It's tense down here, I can understand why they'd get a bit snippy from time to time, we all do, but leave it to those two to keep it all bottled up until it explodes. I guess the only outcasts are Cody and myself.'Joe looked over at the young man that was but a boy when they entered this imprisonment. 'God, what a way to grown up. He's so quiet, but yet strong, in mind and body. Saddest thing is Cody may be the stablest one among us. He probably knows all the answers, all the ways to make things work. He likely knows everyone's secrets. He's learned to be so swift and silent. He could quite possibly be spying on all of us. He does seem to disappear every now and then......'Joe chuckled silently at his crazy thought 'yeah, Cody spying on us! Honestly Joe! You gotta get out more!..... well, not literally, or you'd get yourself killed.....'Joe thoughts trailed off at the sight of a whispering Ken and Cody. 'Well, guess they're friends too. I'm all alone....all alone....'He quietly slipped into his sleeping bag, and fell asleep.
T.K. continued to stare at the small crack in the wall he had been focussing on for the last hour. 'Perhaps i should just apologise to her... clear the air, and forget about it. God knows I need her. This is no bloody help to me! Staring at this spot on the wall... I'm just more pissed off cuz now i know the walls breaking too!'He swiftly and silently stood up. 'Off to the only place i can think with a clear head then.'
Elsewhere.....
Kari had silently stole away about an hour ago, and was pleasantly surprise she remembered the way. 'I've only ever come this way with T.K. leading... thank God I found it with out too much trouble.' She was kneeling in the small room that her and T.K. had often come to, to think. The worn-out photos of their dead family members were softly lit by the surrounding candles she had just lighted. The whole place smelled of sandalwood and vanilla. Kari took a deep breath, enjoying being engulfed by such pleasant fragrance. She picked up the picture of her aunt, uncle and cousins , around a big present, with the youngest cousin in the middle, smiling with joy at the sheer size of the gift bearing her name.
"Oh, little Yuiren..... 8 years! That's all you lived! It's not fair.... how can I be fighting with those I love, knowing life can be cut so tragically short!"She wept silently, clinging the picture of her dead relatives close to her heart.
"That's exactly what I was thinking."Said a soft voice, coming from the deep shadows of the door way.
"T.K.!" Kari exclaimed, with fear and shock. He slowly walked toward her, and kneeled down beside her. He took a deep breath as she continued to quietly whimper.
"I didn't want to have to do this... Male pride you know... but....I..I... I don't even know how that whole fight got started and... I ....I ...I'msorryforthewayIacted,andforwhatIsaid!"He turned away, blushing. Kari's sniffles turned into a playful giggle.
"Excuse me, Takeru, what'd you say?" She said in a serious voice. He turned back to her, and flashed her a killed smile 'oh, how i longed to see that again! And in only one day of fighting!'she thought peacefully.
"You know very well what I said, miss Hikari Kamiya! I'm...I'm... I'm sorry." He said, then, ducking his head into a bow he softly added "....for everything I've done and said to hurt you."She slowly lifted his head, tears streaming down her face.
"You shouldn't have done that." She said.
"What?"
"I'M the one who hurt you most, what I said was..... unacceptable. I should have had to apologise first. I am sorry , Takeru, very sorry. I don't know what came over me... I just can't explain why I would hurt you so... I'd understand if you were to never forgive me."He smiled again, reached out, and hugged her.
"I forgive you , Kari, I'll always forgive you... there's no way I couldn't" He whispered in her ear, then kissed her right behind her ear. She back away and looked at him. Slowly, she moved closer to him, and before she knew what was happening , they were in a deep kiss. It was amazing, like sealing some unbelievable fate, or fulfilling destiny. All at once, their feelings for each other were out in the open. They sat there, gently caressing each others lips with their own, for what seemed like an eternity. T.K. pulled away and smiled. Kari smiled back. It was so late, it was early. T.K. could see in Kari's face that she hadn't slept a wink.
"You look tired." He said with concern.
"Oh, I'm not that tired." She said. Then she yawned. 'Maybe a little" She said with a laugh.
"Come on."T.K. said, as he stood a walked over to the corner he kept some supplies in, just for those days he spent locked away by himself, remembering his family. He picked up the flimsy blanket, and carried it over to the corner near Kari. He motion for her to come over, and they cuddled up under the old, worn out blanket.
"Goodnight, Hikari."T.K. said lovingly, as he kiss the top of her head.
"Goodnight, Takeru." Kari said, as she buried her head into his chest. She fell asleep in his arms, with the soft flicker of candles burning slowly around them. Once he saw that she was sleeping soundly, he too began to sleep.
"Embrace me, don't break me. 'Cause this is all I wanted...." ["Embrace", by Joydrop]
"I'm not frightened, this is just how I thought it would be.." ["Metasexual", by Joydrop]
Next Morning....
Sora yawned. Her and Tai had been going over their materials for the big day all night. 'I wonder if this plan will work... or if it's even worth it. Has anyone figured it out yet? Surely Izzy could give all this junk one look and jump to the correct conclusion. I mean, it was him who told tai how to do this all those years ago. Amazing that my Tai could actually remember something so complicated... we'll need to let them in on it soon, we'll need everyone's help for these final steps toward success. We're so close, so close to....' She yawned again. 'God, am I ever tired.' With that, she got up.
"Tai, honey, you wants some coffee?"she said sweetly as she tousled his hair lightly. His head was in his arms , resting on the make-shift table.
"I'll get up in a minute, mommy!" Tai whined, half asleep. Sora laughed.
"I'll take that as a yes"She went over to fire to start boiling the water. Izzy had already done so, and was sitting there, adding the instant coffee.
"G'morning!" He said energetically. "Want some?" he shook the kettle gingerly.
"Two cups , please." She said thankfully.
"Comin' right up miss!" Izzy prepared the two cups of coffee.
"The others for Tai, right?" He asked.
"Yep." Sora said. Izzy nodded, and proceeded to add the correct amount of milk and sugar. One sugar, no milk for tai, and a double-double for Sora [ two sugars, two milks] . Of course, the milk was powdered, then added to cold water, so it wasn't quite right, but Sora didn't seem to mind. Izzy handed her the cups.
"Thanks, Izzy!" She called back as she walked back to the table Tai was still sound asleep on.
"Come on, sleepy head, wakey, wakey!" She lifted his head, and put the coffee cup under his nose, letting the sweet aroma of Columbian coffee trigger the wake up button in his brain. Slowly his eyes fluttered opened, and he reached out, grabbed the cup, and took a big gulp from it.
"Perfect, as always!" He exclaimed, suddenly full of energy [A/N: Thank god for coffee!!!]"Just like you!"
"Aww! Thanks Tai !" She kissed him playfully on the forehead, and tousled his hair until his already messy hair had a horrible case of bed head.
"Watch the hair!" He said , as he desperately tried to fix it to no prevail. Sora laughed, and took a sip of her coffee.
' He's trying so hard to act normal. But I can tell he's scared. This is a big step to take, and God help us if it doesn't work.... it's all I've had to keep me going, to keep believing this will all be over soon...... best not to think about what we'll do if it doesn't work...' She sighed, and sat down beside the man she loved. 'At least I'll always have him to depend on.' She thought as she gazed at him lovingly. 'Now and forever.'
America....
"Dear Diary,
Time seems to go slower and slower everyday. It feels like I've been down here for a
lifetime. Meaning it feels like two lifetimes since I've seen my beloved, Yamato. I know it odd that I feel so strongly for him, dear diary, but whenever I think about him, my heart just melts. His sweet blond hair, his deep, ocean blue eyes, the way he'd smile.... That image is all that keeps me going! His brooding personality...the way he'd open up on those odd days... it made it so special, how I miss his debates with Tai over music! Tai just wouldn't believe that Snip Diggity Dawg didn't really make up all his songs! I even miss all those long, boring talks about all 'his groups'! Now that those girls have that radio, sometimes I listen to those bands he'd always talk about. When I do, I can see him, smiling. I think I'm losing it! I guess it's because I haven't talked to anyone since I came down here... I don't think I could open up to anyone, do I even have a voice anymore?"
Mimi yawned, and looked up from the old notebook she kept as a diary, figuring that when this was all over, she'd want to look back on what had happen. But, so far, it seemed to be a diary about Matt. She had even drew several pictures of him, as well as writing out his entire life story, practically to the second. She hadn't known everything, but what she didn't know, she had made up. She shut the book. She laughed to her self, realizing how funny the book actually was.
' I could almost sell it as his biography! Hmm... that really wouldn't be that bad... selling some of my writing...I could make some money! But then, who uses money anymore? I haven't seen money for the longest time! Anyway, I don't think I could ever let anyone read my book on Matt... not even Matt himself! It's much, much too personal.... I really got to look into a way of keeping it safe, just lying on it can't be enough. Then again, who would care what I write? Silly Mimi, haven't you figured it out? To everyone else here, you barely exist., Nobody cares what you think or feel, they just care that you do you fair share of work, and don't take extra food or supplies.' A small tear quietly slid down the young woman's face. ' Nobody loves you......not anymore....'
'Watching the days slip by so fast, knowing our fates have long been cast, working our fingers to the bone, 'cause nobody loves you when you're gone" [Nobody Loves You, Garbage]
"Silence is golden, nobody gets in ,safe in my own skin.." [Silence is Golden, Garbage]
"God, girl! Can't you just pick a song and stay on it? Stop messing with the CD player! You'll break it!"The short girl blasted.
"But I really like this one part in one of the song! It's just this absolutely kick ass guitar thing...and who are you to tell me what to do, huh?"The red head replied.
"Girls....please.."The blond said, as she separate her friends.
Mimi looked up from her diary and wiped the tear from her face. 'Those three...' she thought, as she watch the three girls bicker over the radio, although it was more like two girls bickering. The blond one just stood between them shaking her head and smiling. 'That red head and the short one are so much like female versions of Matt and Tai. Always fighting over meaningless things, almost just for the fun of it! God, how I miss them... all I want is to know they're okay..it'll give strength.. Oh, God! Give me some sort of sign!'She turned away from the familiar bickering, all she needed now was for memories to start surfacing again. Pushing her long lost friends out of her mind was a constant battle, one she was losing. She wrapped herself tightly in her worn blanket, burying her face deep into the woolen mess, as a sea of tears once again filled her eyes. 'A sign is all I want..anything...please.......'
Japan....
"Hey, hey! Matt buddy!" Joe said "Up for some breakfast man? Izzy patent pineapple pancakes" he licked his lips.
"Yhu-huh" Matt grunted. Joe frowned 'It's worse than I thought! Matt is trying to get rid of me. I knew we were never really best buds, but he used to at least reply when I asked him a question! Nobody cares what I do or say, they never pay attention to me! I could run around naked screaming mad rambling, and I'd be lucky if I got a 'hi Joe' out of anyone! I might as well...I might as well just not exist...' Joe continued walking off towards the fire, so wrapped up in his own self pity he tripped over someone who was still asleep.
"Mmm... do you mind?" A half asleep Jun said. She was now sitting up in her sleeping bag , looming over the horizontal Joe.
"I'm..I'm sorry, I just...."Joe stuttered.
"Weren't looking where you were going?" the newly awaken Jun said, hold out Joe's glasses, which had slipped off when he fell.
"Thanks, ma'am.."Joe took his glasses graciously, and put them on."Oh! Jun, it you! So sorry I woke you up, really I am!"He said sympathetically 'Poor girl, can't believe how she lost Davis like that! T.K. thinks she may blame us... and now I wake her up so rudely! If we keep this up, we'll drive her mad!'
"Don't look so guilty! I'm fine, really! I was getting up anyway!"
"I'm just so sorry.."
"This isn't about waking me, is it? Do you guys think I blame all this on you or something? You all seem to avoid me at all costs!"
"Well....wait! You mean you don't blame us for ...you know..."Joe coughed "events.."
"You mean Davis? It's all right, you can say his name around me. I always knew there was something different about my lil' bro! I always thought he was just mentally disturbed. Heh! Knowing he was actually a hero...well, I'm honoured to be his sister! You guys are the reason he was a hero! And, sure, he died fighting, but he died trying to save us! I'd never blame you guys for that, because of you he did something worth while with his short life, he did things in a few years most people would never do in all their lifetimes. You guys were there, helping him, making him what he left this world as, a saver of world!"Tears slid down Jun's face. Joe wiped them away.
"Well..I must say...I'm quite proud of you ! You handle all this much better than me... if I was you, I'd hate me!" Joe said, with a small smile. Jun smiled back.
"Joe? If..If you could just do me a favour? Tell the others how I feel. It's getting kinda lonely being ignored by all of you! You're really the only people I know down here!"
"Will do, Jun!"
"Oh, and tell that T.K. we need to talk. Whenever he looks at me, his eyes are just swimming with guilt! I want to...settle his mind, let him know I don't blame him. He lost so much...so very much... poor kid.."
"Okay. Now then, up for some pineapple pancakes?"
"Oh, absolutely! I just love Izzy patent pineapple pancakes!"Jun said with a smile. Joe got up, then held out his hand to her.
"We better hurry! If you don't get there fast enough, all the good ones are gone, and then you gotta eat the nasty burny ones!"He smiled. She grabbed on to his hand, and he helped her up.
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"G'weight 'caykez Iz!"Matt said with a mouthful of pancakes.
"Thanks Matt! Although, you actually should not converse when eating. It's been scientifically shown that when you converse when you are eating, the bacterium cultures-"
"Iz-Shut up! The pancakes are good, okay man! Just accept a compliment and leave out all the scientific mumbo-jumbo! God, man! I thought you were gonna drop the brain talk!" Matt interrupted.
"Sorry, guess it's in my blood, Matt ol' boy!" Izzy said in a cheesy British accent. Matt playfully punched his arm.
"You're crazed, you know that? But you make some mean 'cakes!"Within the next few minutes, the entire camp was squished around the fire, demanding more pineapple pancakes from poor Izzy, who was flipping flapjacks overtime.
"Cool it Iz! You gonna kill yourself with that much smoke inhilation!" Matt said.
"Hey, Matt! I think you're spending too much time with our little brain boy! You're starting to sound just like him!"Tai proclaimed with a grin. This got a good laugh out of everyone. Izzy sat back, finally. He started to clean up when he suddenly stopped, and began to look around.
"What's up, Izzy?" Ken asked.
"That's odd..."
"What's odd?" Sora questioned.
"Well... usually T.K. asks for his pancakes to be with chocolate chips too...but , I never made a chocolate chip and pineapple pancake this morning....where is he? I'd ask Kari..but she's not here either!"
"They've probably gone off to yell a little more. We should just leave 'em be, maybe they can work all this out, and live happily ever after" Yolei said, looking dreamily off into nothingness.
Elsewhere....
T.K. yawned and looked out of the sewer gate to see a warm yellow sun, quite high up in the sky. He turned to see Kari, still asleep with her head nestled against his chest. 'She looks so peaceful...I hate to wake her, but we've overslept, and I'm afraid someone might come looking for us... I somehow doubt Matt will believe we were just sleeping, and I'd never live that one down! Even worse than Matt, Tai would kill me if even had reason to believe that Kari and I...' he looked back at the sun 'They may have already start a search. No choice.' He leaned over and kissed Kari on her forehead.
"Hey," he whispered softly "Time to wake up, sleepy head."
"Already?" She said , groggily.
"Well, actually... we kinda overslept" T.K. smiled. Kari suddenly jumped when she looked out and saw how far past sunrise it was.
"Takeru! We way overslept! What if someone was to come looking for us, and saw us sleeping here, together, sharing a blanket... God! The conclusions they would have come to! My brother would kill me! Even worse, my brother would kill you!"Kari stood up abruptly. T.K. laughed.
"What a minute...it would be worse if Tai killed me?" He asked, suddenly realizing what she said. Kari smiled.
"Of course. I'd rather die than live without you. Now, come on! We best get going!"She turned, and headed out of the room-like tunnel. T.K. smiled, got up, and followed her.
Well, That's the end of chapter six(Whoa! Six! I can hardly believe it!)... Questions? Comment? Concerns? Complaints?
A few things to mention...
1.See! I told you that they'd get back together!
2. Joe and Jun? It could happen!
3.Izzy's Patient Pineapple pancakes! It's too good!
4. Okay, looks like the anime chicks are main characters..sorry if this offends anyone. I know that sometimes it really sucks when people write themselves into fics ( it can be good too! A friend of mine writes themselves in, and I think it makes it better!) But I do have my reasons. I'm trying to show Mimi's jealousy of people who still have their best friends with them, and what better way is there than writing about my best friends?
|||| 2004 kat says: hahaha... i don't even talk to one of those people anymore...*was such a little kid*||||
5. Um... not much more to say, really. This chapter was pretty self-explanatory.... so.. "Do the hussel!! Do do do do dodo do do do do! do do do do dodo dodo do do ! Do do do dodo dodo do do do!" *dances* (and then repeats everything from (") to (") along with constantly doing (*) to(*) until I faint from exhaustion)Boy, was that ever fun!
And now, I'd like to thank reviewers, you guys are so sweet ! Thank you for liking this story so much! And extra thanks to those who keep on coming back for more. That's it for now! See you guys back soon (I hope.......)
,Neko Kamiya
This has been in memory of those Anime guys who have gone into the never ending world of reruns ...Heero ..Duo... Trowa.. Van.. Folken .....Tai....T.K... Matt.... Izzy..... love ya boys
|||Once again, this Fic was written over four years. I know the writing is dreadful, sorry. I just need to finally finish it. Fan Fiction deleted the first one since i broke some ruler without even knowing it, and i never bothered putting it back up. But, now, I just want to see it done. I worked so hard on this, back in the day... hope you all enjoy it.||||