Dreams End
Chapter 7- The Shock of Sincerity
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.||
this is especially dedicated to Navi Star, who wouldn't let this story die, and constantly reminds me to write more .For that, you get some of Izzy patent pineapple pancakes!*Hands Navi-chan the 'cakes.*
America.....
Mimi rolled up into a tight ball, preparing to fall asleep. 'Why do I even bother waking up anymore?'Tears slid down her cheek. She cried so often, there were permanent tear tracks going down her dirt covered face. She slowly drifted off into the realm of dreams, the only time she was ever happy.
"Hey! We need help here!!!"
Mimi woke up, startled by the sudden commotion.
"What's going on?"The blond haired girl asked, quizzically.
"We found a survivor. Don't know how the kid did it, but he seems to have been living up top.... he's in bad condition though....help us bring him in"
Mimi looked at the young man they had carried in. 'Oh........... my god! He's he's....' Her eyes flashed from the long, untamed blond locks, to the crisp blue eyes, even his physique! ' he looks just like Yamato!!! it's uncanny! But...how?? It couldn't be him...could it?' She crawled out of her shell of blankets, and walked over.
"Hey! Don't just stare at him! We gotta get him warmed up."
Mimi had almost forgotten it was the dead of winter. Sure enough, the Matt look alike's lips were a funny shade of blue. She quickly went back to her hollow , and grabbed her cocoon of blankets. In her usual silence, she handed the mess of blankets to one of the men. Hot teas and soups were brought over. 'This is the most this place has ever pulled together!' Mimi thought, astonished by the sudden community involvement, so to speak.
Within the hour, the boy stirred, and came to.
"Where...where am I?" He asked, in a slurred mutter. Immediately after sitting up, his eyes locked with Mimi's "am I in heaven? If I'm not, did you know there was an angel here?" He smiled at her.
'Even his smile! His eyes seem to twinkle, just like Matt!'she thought. All she could concentrate on were these piercing eyes, they seemed to call her home. She felt warm, comforted, and at the same time, as if he knew her, all about her, everything she'd been through. 'And, yet, not as if he's condemning me or judging me...it feels...right...' She suddenly realized she was staring goofily at this stranger, and quickly diverted her glare. She tuned back in to the outside conversation.
"........ seem in good health...how long were you out there?" One man asked
"Not long"the stranger said "two weeks, maybe......"he trailed off. He looked over at Mimi with his puppy dog blue eyes. 'He looks so tortured. Like Matt, letting you see straight into his soul, and all it's faults.'she smiled meekly.
"So, what's your name, lad?"
"Haematael, but I prefer Zell."
"With good reason! What were you're parent thinking?"
"Guess they wanted something different. My grandfather's name was Lou, I figure anything's better than Lou the third."Zell said coldly. He obviously did not like comments made on his name. Mimi took note of that. 'Zell....'she thought , she smiled.
*Who knows, maybe my luck will change* [Deep Six, Matthew Good Band]
A Few Hours later.....
"Hey"
Mimi looked up to see Zell staring down at her.
"Thought I'd never get away from those goons. They just don't listen! I'd said 'I'm fine! I'm fine!' and they're all like 'no, are you sure? Maybe you need more soup!'" He sat down with a huff. For five minutes he said nothing. "You seem different than them, though. Don't ask me why, it's just in your eyes."
Mimi smiled at him 'His resemblance to Matt is just... unbelievable. I'm getting all weak in the knees just sitting beside him.'He looked at her.
"Don't talk much do you?"She shook her head no. "yeah, me neither. But you're silence is just bringing out this chatter box side of me that I didn't even know existed." He chuckled. "Hey, you mind if I play?"He said, as he brought a harmonica out of his pocket.
Mimi just stared wide-eyed with amazement 'impossible! How could he....no, it couldn't be...I'm seeing things....maybe he's matt's clone or something...'
Zell brought the harmonica to his lips and played a sorrowful tune. When he was done , Mimi looked at him quizzically. She knew she had heard the song before, but couldn't place it.
"sound familiar?" he asked. She shook her head yes. "It's a rendition of 'Apparitions' by The Matt Good Band." She tensed up a little at both the name of one of Matt's favourite artist, and Matt name it's self. "I take it you know of them?" She shook yes. "Not many do. Great band though, at least they were."
After several more minutes of silence, Zell turned to Mimi again "I never did catch your name." She bit her lip. How was she gonna tell him what her name was, when she refused to speak ever again? Suddenly it came to her. She pointed to herself twice.
"You, yeah, what's your name?" She shook her head and did it again.
"Oh, i get charades! You you...w! starts with a w!"Zell said, oddly entusiastically. She shook her head, pointed twice, then swiped her hand , as if cutting, or saying 'that it.'
"So not w, but a double u, then a t? Uut? Odd name you got, then again ,so do i, so..." she cut him off there, and tried a different technique. She point at him twice.
"What about me?" she shook her head yes, and did it again.
"Double me? Me...me?"suddenly it clicked "MIMI! I get it, Mimi! Am I right?" She nodded. Already she was sick of this guy. 'God, I was hoping he would save me from the pain, but his stupidity is just pushing me further over the threshold'
"You know , Mimi"he said, suddenly dark and serious "You'd look prettier if you smiled." he kissed her cheek, and got up, and sulked away, his trench coat swishing in a soothing rhythm.
Japan....
*She's so fine and I'm killing myself with it* [Jimmy Was a Stimulator, Scott Weiland]
Matt was barely paying attention to the people around him. He was too lost in thought about Mimi. He felt something was..amiss. 'Something's wrong...something's happening....... I hope she's okay....'
*He waits for the date and yet he knows that she's not coming..."*[The Date, Scott Weiland (altered)]
'God! Shut up, Scott Weiland! I freakin' get it! ..I hate when songs tell me off... okay, I'll try to forget about her, but..........it's Mimi, how can I give up on her so easily?' totally wrapped up in his own world Matt wandered away from the group. He had lost all contact to whatever the hell they were talking about. All that matter was Mimi and the lack thereof.
America...
*Who can i run to , where can i hide? Who will i turn to ? Now I'm in a virgin state of mind...*[Virgin State Of Mind, K's Choice]
Mimi stared longingly at a particle of dust floating by. 'What an easy life. What freedom. I wish i was dust....ashes to ashes, dust to dust, life and death, harmony at last..........' she shuffled her feet , and leaned back against the wall. 'What a pitiful existence we all lead. Ants, pleebs, nothings against the giant sky that is life. A drop of water in an endless ocean, who would miss the ripple i made? No one, that who....no one, no one, no one , no one!!!! ' she grabbed at her hair, rocking back and forth, whimpering. Suddenly , someone sat down beside her. She turned to her side. Hematael was there, he turned to her, and shot a killer smile, his blond hair swishing softly against the leather of his coat. His light, sky blue eyes sparkled and shimmered, yet showed signs of pain. A perfect puppy dog smile. Mimi was quizzical. 'what's he doing?' he then leaned back against the wall, and closed his eyes. Mimi's heart fluttered. He looked like Matt, so much so, that all she wanted to do was hug him. But he wasn't matt. And knowing that just killed her. 'I'm tired. Physically , mentally, emotionally. This guy seems to like me, for unknown reasons, i need comfort, he wants to offer that to me, i think, and even if he doesn't, he definatly wants to be friends, maybe i should reach out. I can't be wait for matt forever... but i have waited this long, what's a bit longer, in the grand scheme of things? My head hurt...i love matt, i want matt, but.. Zell is here, ... the happiness of the world lays in the hearts of few, we must answer to the calling of the truth from the outer regions of existence. Let us assemble on the banks of eternity, gathered as hollow creatures of past belief. Maybe my choices are reflected on the truth of life and eternity.this is boring, all i talk about is me. Man this must suck to those litsening, sorry viewers, back to the life and times of mimi momentarily now, a commercial break! Yummy nummy pizza poppies, made of chicken and so other shit, combination of two food, it saves time and money too! Brought to you by the good people at Pizza Hut and pop-eyes chicken ...' then, mimi fell asleep, her head falling on Hematael's shoulder. He sat up, and look down to the girl sleeping on his shoulder. He smiled, and kissed her hair gently.
"Goodnight, Mimi. Hope you can escape this pain in dreams." with that, he too settled into sleep.
Japan......
*Where do I fit in if [he's] in your bed, where is my beautiful?*[My Beautiful, Lennon]
Matt had now wandered out to his usual sewer gate, and sort of comfortable cubby hole for him to think while staring out on the past world. Odd, considering his brother did the same, that neither one knew of the other secret place. He heard some screaming in the distance. "Guess T.K. and Kari showed up. Good, they ain't dead. Whoopie. I'm so thrilled."he didn't know who he was talking to, but his voice was certainly dripping with sarcasm. He felt bad immediately. This was his brother he just claimed not to care about. He felt the need to apologize. "Now, don't get me wrong, they're great! I just.. Can't stand it.. I .. I love her.. And I can't see her, I don't even know how she is, and there they are, fighting over trivial matters, when the are always together! I would give anything to see Mimi every morning....anything..." he trailed off. Something caught his eye. "Who's there?" he asked the darkness. There was a glimmer, something shiny, an eye, maybe, or a pendant, just something..something "who the fuckin' hell is there? Whadda ya doin' listening in on me?" Matt was mad, very, very mad. No one was suppose to know his love for Mimi, and now, this stranger did. He ran to them, and just caught up. They had turned and ran. Matt grabbed the strangers shirt, and went to turn him around "who the fuck do you think you are spying on me like that you little bast....." he whipped the guy around to face him. Frightened crisp blue eyes stared back at him ".............t...k...."
"I'm sorry matt! I didn't mean to listen in on you! It just, Tai has something to tell us and he told me to go find you, and , and, and" suddenly T.K.'s expression changed from humility to shock ".....wait....mimi???? You like Mimi???"He practically screamed.
"Would you shut up? God!! For someone who don't speak much anymore, you sure can scream!"
"Sorry, bro. But, really you like Mimi? When? How? What? "
"What? what is not really a question that refers to my love for Mimi...."
"LOVE? How can you love her, you haven't seen each other in almost half a decade!!! "
"Heh. Yeah, i guess it does sound funny. Thanks , your right, i can't be in love with her, it just crazy... crazy..."Matt flashed T.K. a phoney smile. 'Please, let him back down! Let him back down'
"Right....okay then, we better get back. Tai's already mad at me and Kari for being gone all night..."
"Gone all night, you say?" Matt laughed and elbowed his little bro in the gut "what were you doing together all night?"
T.K. turned a funny shade of red." ....... nuthin'....." he looked down sheepishly and dragged his feet.
"Right!! And I'm the one with the obsession problem!!! T.K. and Kari kissing in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g...!!!"
"Shut up matt" T.K. said in between laughing
"You shut up, bro!"Matt smiled. T.K. smiled back. After years of silence and avoidance, the were once again family. 'This was long since due. I've missed havin' a little bro. Never again! Never again will I let my own depression come in the way of my relationships with other! I'm gonna be a better friends, a better brother, and maybe, just maybe, I'll forget Mimi along the way...question is , do I want to forget her?'
*And I was too far to stand with you tonight, and I was too lost to find my way home, there was just this breath of air between us, and I couldn't breathe* [Couldn't Breathe, Lennon]
Soon....
"Finally! We're all together. It's time I revealed the plan."Tai said, as Matt and T.K. took a seat around the make-shift fire pit. All the Digi-destined were gathered.Tai shot a look around the circle. As if the next words to come out of his mouth would change them forever. Matt felt a chill down his neck. 'When the hell did he start doin' that? It freaks me out, man!'he though, as he shook away the odd feeling creeping down his spine.
"Within the week...we fight once more. The rebellion has started! No longer will we cower in the damp sewers while mere creatures take over our home. Too long have we waited for opportunities. Now, we will create our own, and take back the home that was once ours. We will not again rest until the world is safe for our children to grow up in. I will not stand by and watch a whole generations grow up in this" he spread open his arms. He was one charismatic speaker."tonight, my friends, we start the end of the violence. Yet, we create our own destinies, this will not be handed to us. Much work is still needed to reach our goal. Returning our city to us would be hard enough, but we will not rest until we have freed the world of this terror of which we unleashed."
"WE unleashed? We didn't unleash it!! It was inevitable!" Joe said suddenly, interrupting Tai's speech. Tai looked back at him with dark eyes.
"Was it? Was it really inevitable? Or did we make a wrong move? We are the Digidestined, now, then, and forever more. We should have seen what was impossible to see, and now, we will achieve the impossible, and finally fix our mistake, even if we die trying."He looked round, making sure no citizens were in hearing distance of the group. "Tonight, we fight back."
"With what?" T.K. spit" i don't think they'd notice much if WE hit them."He slumped back, into his usual stance of defeat. Tai just Smiled.
"That, T.K., is why we have all this."He grabbed a large box from behind him. Sora smiled softly.
"A box? Izzat supposed to scare them?"Ken said, disgusted.
"Now, now. Not the box, yet what's inside the box."Tai said, wickedly.
"Stop all this nonsense, the suspense is killin' me"Yolei said dryly.
"Your right Yolei." Sora said, as she opened the box.
"My god! It's all so clear now! How could i have missed this?" Izzy said, eyes wide with shock.
"What's clear, then?"Matt said, scratching his head. "All i see is all that shit Tai made us get. What do all these bits have to do with saving the world?"
"Exactly that. Bits."Tai smiled wickedly.
"...Tai..I'm..in awe!! Congrats! I would have never thought up such an ingenious plan. I take it you'll need my help for the rest of the plan, then?"Izzy said, already cataloguing the object in the box.
"Um...I'm still lost"T.K. said.
"Me too"said Kari. It seemed the only one who got the plan was Izzy.
"Guys, We are going to build a computer."Tai said, as he pointed to another stack of boxes in the corner. "Those are full of larger components Sora and I have found. Monitors , towers, keyboards, you name it. Of course, all of them are broken, that's were this box of parts and Izzy come into play. I'm suggesting we return to the digital world."
Shocked faces stared at Tai. "R..r..return????"
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Well, That's the end of chapter seven...god, this is getting LONG!!!and i just started (really, this is like the beginning section done!)... Questions? Comment? Concerns? Complaints?
A few things to mention..
1.duh........whoa......umm........I'm just in awe, sorry.i just finally got to the plot!!!!
2.Music..overload!
3.T.K. and Matt are brothers again!! Aww!!!!
4.Please, don't be mad about Haematael's appearance. It was required, and will be later explained (who knows what his name means? come on! if you figure it out, you get a cookie!!!)
5.I'm sorry this was a short chapter.
And now, I'd like to thank reviewers, you guys flatter me!! Thank you for liking this story so much! And extra thanks to those who keep on coming back for more(you rock! Oyu get a cookie!!!). That's it for now! See you guys back soon (I hope.....please , please, come back!! I know i take forever ever writing this thing *it's been more than a year since chapter one, na no da?*)
,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. Also in memory of those who i have seen the end of (not in death, but in series.)Chichiri..... Tasuki... Tamahome... Nuriko..... Amiboshi...Suboshi...Tatara...Suzaku....and the rest of the FY guys (that show has too many hot bishonen!!)You are forever missed! .
|||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.||||