Dreams End
Chapter 9-The Love 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.||
Dedicated to: all reviews, everyone, and anyone who ever fell for the wrong one.
P.S. I warn you, this is not a happy chapter. I've had to change the rating to R.
So, here we go *glup*:
America.....
Zell drew away from Mimi. "I'm.." He looked at the ground, embarrassed by her gaze."..sorry 'bout that... i just..." His words stumbled out, some before he could properly form them. He looked up, his eyes met hers.
"..don't be sorry." she said quietly, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "It's ..what I ..wanted, ..after all." A smile lit up his face.
"Come on. I wanna show you this place i found." he said , pulling away form her. "It's beautiful, like you." His eyes twinkled softly as he said 'like you'.
'I'd follow you anywhere. I'm happy , again! I didn't think it was possible to love twice, but I can't define this feeling any other way! Sorry Matt, looks like I've moved on.'
Digital world....
"Come on, Matt! We gotta move on! We can't sit here gawking all day." Tai said, hitting his friends arm. However, no one moved. It was a sight to behold. The digital world was , in a word, identical to how they left it. It was as if nothing had ever gone wrong, as if the other world wasn't in the desperate turmoil that it was. A warm breeze drifted by, lifting the long hair off everyone's necks, ten sets of eyes closed timidly at the inviting wind. It had much too long since they had experienced anything but the dark, muggy, damp environment of their sewers. The light from the glaring sun was almost blinding to their adjusting eyes.
"This is so..beautiful..." Kari said, in a haunting whisper. A small, coral pink flower floated by, caught in the breeze. T.K. reached out and grabbed it. He smiled.
"So are you." He said , quietly, ensuring that no one else but Kari heard him. He handed her the flower, lingering. He looked around , after noticing no one was paying any attention to them, he leaned over, and kissed the top of her hair. She smile up at him, and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"This is almost the exact same spot as when I first came into the digital world." She said to him. She pointed. "Right over there. I still remember."
"That field over there is where i said goodbye to Patamon back when we were kids."He sighed, remembering his dear friend.
"You mean back when you were a cry baby!" She giggled.
"Hey, I was young!"
"Whatever.." She said playfully. She buried her head into his chest, and closed her eyes, hugging him close. He, too, held her protectively against his chest, laying his head atop hers, letting his eyes flutter shut.
"Love you." He whispered softly.
"Love you too." She whispered back.
"And, if you love livin', you'll get your hands off my sister!" Tai said, quite annoyed. "It happened once, i let it go! But Twice? In the same day, none the less!"
"Epp!" Kari and T.K. exclaimed, as they looked up to see the others staring at them, snickering. Partially at Tai, but mostly at their sappiness. They jumped away from each other, turning seven shades of red, muttering excuses.
"..she..um...slipped..and I was helping her get up! Yea! That it!"T.K. said. Matt laughed.
"Good try , bro!"
"Heh" T.K. blushed. "Um.."
"Okay, let's leave them alone ! Come on, we got to get moving!" Sora piped up. Grabbing Tai's waist, guiding him away from them. She giggled "why don't you do stuff like that for me anymore, hm? "She hit him playfully. "I remember the day you'd do anything for me, but now, now i think you're taking me for grated Mr. Kamiya! You know, if you don't watch it, I just might decide to switch guys! Whadda ya think, Matt?" She said, swinging away from Tai, and into Matt's arms. "Mmm...what a manly man you are Matt!" She laughed.
".....hmm...you know, that might solve all my problems! She's yours man!" Tai said, as they began to walk.
"Hey! What! No!" Matt said, faking appal.
"Taichi Kamiya! How dare you not even try to win me back!" She said , with a frown, walking back over to him.
"I knew you couldn't go on with out me!" He said , wrapping his arm around her.
"Guess so. I guess I'm yours."
"Damn straight!" Tai said, sticking his tongue out at matt over her head.
"Those guys are so odd." Izzy said, shaking his head, about five steps back.
"Yeah. I'm sorry for my brothers actions. As of now, I'm not related to him!"Kari said, with a small giggle. The weak comedy was enough to get the entire group in stitches. The group walked on, without destination, for about half a hour, before coming to a river.
"Could we stop for a drink" Yolei said "I'm thirsty!"
"Yeah. I wouldn't mind stopping for a bit." Cody said, just loud enough to be heard.
"I guess so. Seems everyone could use a bit of a break."Tai decided, taking a seat on a near by rock.
"Clean water!" Kari exclaimed "I can finally wash my hair!"
"True!" Sora said "It'd be nice to have really clean hair again..." Pretty soon everyone was dunking their heads in the river, washing out the dirt and grime the sewer environment had ground in.
"God. I look so..different." T.K. said, staring at his reflection in the water before dunking his head in. His shaggy blond hair, roughly cut with a kitchen knife about six months ago, was just above his shoulders. His face had smudges of ash all over it. He delicately touched his cheek , and dunked his head into the water, scrubbing off all the dirt.
"I know. I almost didn't recognize myself. I thought my eyes were blue!" Yolei said "guess I was wrong.."
"God, my hair is getting ridiculously long!" Tai said, as he fumbled in his pockets for his Swiss army knife. He took clumps of hair and carefully chopped then in half. "There. Much better." He said, as he stared back at the re-made him in the water mirror. After cleaning up, and drinking their fill, the team started walking again.
"Just out of curiosity.... where are we going?" Ken asked. Everyone was silent. Then, T.K. piped up.
"I know. I could never forget how to get there." He sigh, remembering the carefree days of his youth. "Primary Village."
"Very good, T.K. You have impeccable memory." Tai said.
"Shouldn't I know this place by now? I was here the longest." He said, with a dark laugh. The others were quiet. It was a if they just realized how much the digital world dominated T.K. life, and finally understood why the loss of his Digimon partner has such a dire effect on the young boy.
"You were, weren't you?"Joe said, nonchalantly. "Hmm. That's pretty cool." he obviously hadn't realized what this meant, or how spending most of his childhood in a different world had affect poor T.K., like the others had. Izzy hit his friend arm.
"Hey! What was that for?" Joe said, annoyed. T.K. laughed.
"Come on, let's keep going." T.K. Said, grabbing Kari's arm, and jogging to the lead.
"Idiot." Izzy muttered to joe with a huff.
"What? Whadda i miss here?" Joe said, baffled.
"Never mind, Joe." Ken said.
"Hey, Tai, you think Genei is still around?"Sora asked, eyeing the lake in the near distance.
"Worth a try." Tai said. "New plan. Follow me."He twirled on his heel, now facing the near by lake. After a couple minutes of walking, they were lake side.
"What now?" Yolei whined. "There's a lake in the way."
"Not really." Izzy said, as he studied the water."I think it was here." He stood in front of the water, looking determined. Nothing happened.
"Nah, man! It was here!" Matt said, a couple feet down. Again, nothing.
"No, it was over this way!" Tai said, on the other side of Izzy. Still nothing.
"Here, of course." Said Sora, taking her place near Tai. Nada. [a/n:no, not "no da"....eh he he !]
"You're all wrong. You were obviously too young to remember correctly. It was down here." Joe proclaimed, several feet away from the others. He smiled, and stepped forward. "Just gotta have faith!" he slipped and fell face first into the water.
"Right there, eh?" Tai said, laughing.
Meanwhile, T.K. was wandering around the edge, looking around.
"What're you doin'" Kari asked.
"Shh. Wait..." He stopped several times , before calling to the others. "Found it!"
"Yeah, right! You were much too young, there's no way you could.." Tai stopped mid sentence. The waters in front of T.K parted. "Oh....."
"KEWL!!!" Yolei squealed, clapping her hands.
"Oh my..." Cody said
"Shall we?" T.K. Said, grabbing Kari's hand, laughing at the fish faces everyone was making.
"What? You thought I didn't pay any attention?"
"..but...you were so young..how.." Matt stuttered, following his brother. "That's my bro!"
As the intal shock began to wear off, they all followed T.K. toward the house ahead of them.
"This is odd.." said Ken. "I don't remember this place... and I ruled the digital world ..."
"Genei could keep himself hidden from the likes of you, easy!" Tai said , with a laugh. "He evaded us for so long." The reached the door.
"Well, here's goes nothing. Let's go in."
America......
"Here it is" Zell said, leading Mimi into what seemed to be a maintenance room, which was hidden from view. "This is where they used to make sure the trains were running smoothly. Pretty cool, huh?" He went over to the control console. "I wonder if this still works....." he fumbled around ,looking for the power button for a bit.
"..." Mimi looked around the room. A bunch of old coffee cups littered the floor. "..ho.ww .. didn't .."
"Anyone find this before? I dunno. It was rather well hidden. I only know about this place because my brother used to work here when I was little. Took me to work a few times. I took me awhile to remember, but....yes! It still works!" the console screen glowed softly, as "welcome!" popped onto the screen. "Not that we can do anything with it.....but, it's a light source!" He said, as the train names appeared on the screen. He walked over to Mimi. "I just figured we could..use a little privacy...' he slammed the door, and pulled her towards him, right into a rough kiss.
"Mrph!" she tried to pull away . He grabbed her wrist, dragging her back in. 'What the hell? Why's he being so rough?' she turned her head to the side. "Zell..you're..hurtin...."
"What? huh? You liked it out there! You can't get me going, then back off!"he pushed her up against the wall. "Now, be quiet... not like anyone will hear you..." he kissed her, rougher and harder, seeming to pin her against the wall with his lips. She whimpered, tears streaming down her face.
"Please...no..." she heard him unclasp his belt. "..wh.y?"
"Boy, you're a slow one 'meems' which is, of course ,exactly why I picked you. Imagine! Leaving all your dreams of 'the perfect guy' in an unlocked diary! It was simple really. I had friends here, and I've been sneaking into this place for months. Once I saw you, I knew you'd be good. I stole the diary, modelled myself after this 'matt', then, I let myself be found. And now, the fruit of my labour..." he slipped his hands down, roughly removing mimi's clothes.
'No! This can't be happening!!' Mimi cried in her mind, she looked towards the softly glow of the computer console, trying not to scream as Zell forced his way into her. 'This is a nightmare! I'm still asleep in the digital world, I'll wake up, and matt will be by my side...'
Digital world......
The door burst open. "There's no time! You must go now!" a little, old man in a funny red cloak said. Genei, of course. He grabbed Matt's arm, yanking him into the house. Everyone else followed.
"What?? What're ya talking about old man?' matt said, shocked.
"She's in horrible trouble, i can't do anything! Thank god you guys are here." Genei said
'He seems very different..'Tai thought.
"Who's in horrible trouble?" Mat said stopping 'there's no way I'm listening to this nutter!'
"Mimi!" Genei replied. Matt gasped.
"What? why? How? What can I do? Come on! Stop standing around , we HAVE to help her? What's wrong?" Matt was now dragging the little man.
"No time to explain, lucky that little bastard turned on the computer, so we can access it from here, run in, and save her. Come straight back, I can only keep the portal open for a bit." He pushed Matt towards a computer screen.
"Right." the gate opened , and matt was gone.
"Umm...can someone explain what that was all about?" Yolei said, scratching her head.
"Shall we sit down, or should we go help Matt save Mimi?"Tai asked, confused.
"The boy should be able to do it all on his own. Take a seat. I afraid i won't tell you what he's saving her from, other than that it's a bad, bad man.We should leave this room, they'll want some privacy when they get back. Tea, anyone?" He gestured towards the door to the tea room.
"This is freaky.."T.K. whispered to Kari, as they all sat down.
America....
Suddenly, as Mimi stared longingly into the screen, the entire room filled with light.
"What the fuck?" Zell said, shielding his eyes. A figured was climbing out of the screen.
"Get the hell of Mimi, bastard!" The figure said.
'Impossible! I must be dream..but..that voice, could it be?' Mimi Gasped "Matt!" she scream, her voice suddenly back. He ran over, as Zell jump away.
"What the fuckin' hell? How the hell did you materialize from that computer? What the fuck is going on?"He reached for the door handle, as Matt gave Mimi his trench coat to cover herself with.
"You are one, lucky ass hole, you know that? If I didn't have to get back, I'd snap your neck in two!"he stood up, and walked toward him. He suddenly saw his face. The blond hair, the blue eyes, almost a clone of himself.
"Looks like I did a good job. I guess you'd be Matt then, right?" Zell said, some of his confidence back. "Just so you know, this is all it takes. She's hella easy. And pretty good too." he smirked. Before he could stop himself, matt had puled out his knife, and was now holding against Zell's throat.
"You know, I really didn't need another reason to kill you." Matt Growled. Mimi whimpered. The light on the screen was getting slowly darker. Matt drew back. "We gotta go, meems. He went over to pick her up, letting the shaken Zell fall to the ground. Tears steamed down Mimi's face, she was shivering , rocking back and forth, her eyes wide and fear filled. "It's okay, it's me. I'm here" Matt said.
"No..i must be dreaming..no..."She whimpered. The screen got darker.
"You're not dreaming. I swear it. We gotta go , now, or else the gate will close. I came to save you. Come on now." He held out his hand. She timidly grabbed it, as he hoisted her up, holding her tightly. He took her over to the screen. "I'll be back to kill you, eventually. Ass hole!" Matt called over his shoulder, as they disappeared into the screen.
"What the fuck jut happened?" Zell said, falling to the floor. "Oh well, I got what I wanted out of the git." He smiled, and left.
Digital world.....
Mimi looked around. They were inside Genei's house again. Matt smiled so broadly, his face looked like it'd spilt open soon. "You're really here!" He grabbed her, and hugged her. She whimpered."oh, sorry. Are you hurt? I'm sorry i didn't get there sooner, i didn't know..."he looked away from her, seeming very interested in a crack on the wall. Tears were streaming down mimi's face. She timidly touched his shoulder a few times, then pinched her arms.
"You..you are... Matt, right?" She said nervously, her voice full of doubt.
"In the flesh." He smiled, and fished out his digivice to prove it.
"Oh, Matt!" She burst, swinging her arms around his neck. 'Finally...'she thought, as she blocked out the painful parts of this recent memory.
*And you were at the start, and now you are the end and you left me with nothing to defend, I need the voice of a good friend. Can't stop myself from laughing no matter how sad these things can be.* [Sometimes Wanna Die, Joydrop]
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*sniff* Chapter nine is done, and has been just about the most emotionally trying chapter, I'd say!!!!next is ten, then 11 and 12, then.... Done. Sorry. That'll be all!Questions? Comment? Concerns? Complaints?
A few things to mention..
1.see? I TOLD you!!! how's that for Mimato?
2.BTW, nobody figured it out, so now, I'll tell you. Haematael means "blood not of god" ..and, remember when he said his father's name was "Lou"? That's a running joke with me! Instead of "lucifer" me and my friends made up that the devil's name was "Lou Cifer" ! Cute, huh?
3.Mimi's back!! *throws party*..but she was raped. *party ends, cry fest starts.* poor Meems!
4.Genei's acting odd, very odd...
5.see? Less songs!!!!
*sniff* saddest ending ever, I'd say! ...umm..i know I'm supposed to be studying for exams...eh he he..but, i HAD to write this chapter. It's been in my head since the beginning, and, you know, it'd getting very full up there... Anywho, thanks to my reviewers! This story would have died around chapter three if not for you guys!
,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! *glomps the amazing suzaku three...chichiri, tasuki, and nuriko... "you can't leave!!!!MINE!!!" (...i guess tama is miaka's....*sigh*) "*.....boy, i have an odd signature....
P.s. review!!!(???)
P.p.s. have a lovely day! Tra-la-la!
lovingly,
that insane baka freak,
Neko-chan (!) *smoochies*
(Didn't i already sign this? Am i , like, the only one who does that? And why only with this story? Curious....most people have formats they follow, for all their stories, me , i do it per story....just look at "apparitions" *okay, so i only really have two real stories on here, but i also have two fun one time dealies!*)
NEKO!! Shut the hell up!! You're ruining the mood!!!
Sorry....eh he he *backs away from myself*
(It's too late, I've gone off the deep end....I'm awfully sorry, and yet, I'm gonna leave all this here, it's nice, i think. Why should i edit my insanity? I'm very comfortable with it.)
Ppps-- i wrote this all about a month ago, but ff.net has been going crazy...then i had to go to my cottage....point is, I've just got around to posting it, k?
|||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.||||