Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon...never have, never will. (If I did own
Digimon, all the goggle-heads would be paired up with the loner boys i.e.:
Takuya/Kouji, or Tai/Matt...as that has yet to happen...well, obviously
then it's not mine...:P)
Author's Note: Okay, if there is *one* awesome movie that you guys go and see this summer you've *got* to make it be Pirates of the Carribean.it's *really* well done, I for one was really impressed with it, for I went and saw it tonight, and let me tell you the really crappy day that I had was worth it, being able to see Orlando Bloom again on the big screen tonight.(happy sigh.he's my *fav* actor.so cute.^-^) the sword fighting in there is just *awesome* and the graphics and everything.okay, okay, I'll stop rambling about Pirates of the Carribean now and go onto more important stuff.like.my next chapter of this fic!
I ALWAYS keep my promises and I promised in the last author's note from chapter 7 that this would be out tonight, so here it is.(you guys owe me one big time because I'm staying up a little later than what I wanted to finish this, and I have to get my wisdom teeth taken out tomorrow.-_-;; but I wanted to get this done and out before that happened.) and just to let all you happy readers know a LOT of Takouji fluffness ahead.^_~ And also if there are ANY and I do mean ANY Zoey fans out there, you might want to be cautious here for awhile because I don't like her.not at all.so there's going to be Zoey bashing in this chapter BIG TIME (toward the end anyway) and also in some future chapters there will probably be some Zoey bashing as well.so, just a fair warning to any one of you who might be reading this who like Zoey (gags).-_-;; don't flame me for the bashing, I've done my duty and warned you.don't worry though, the bashing around with Zoey will only be for a few chapters, until she realizes she can't have either Takuya or Kouji.:p Oh, and I'm letting the cat out of the bag on the villain here (if you haven't figured it out already) it is Raremon, but I ended up making up some more attacks for him, so if they don't sound normal, that's why.one attack for me just wasn't enough for what I wanted to work with.
Also, PLEASE go and read the chapter 7 authors note.it DOES pertain to this fic, and any help on that front would be AWESOME.and speaking of awesome, you guys really do rock, because this fic now has over 100 reviews.I couldn't believe it.I still can't believe it.and it's because of you guys- my fabulous wonderful readers-who made it go OVER a hundred, it makes me feel good that you guys are enjoying reading this as much as I enjoy writing this.unfortunately I *don't* have a sneak peak here for ya at the end of this chapter but I promise to get the next chapter out soon.so I made this one a little on the long side for all you guys to enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_~
Rating: PG13
WARNING: If you've managed to get this far without realizing that this story contains slash/yaoi and you don't like it, I'm impressed...really, I am! :P So if you don't like Yaoi I suggest you hit the back button...otherwise if this story has grown on you as it has so many other readers, do feel free to continue on!
Couples: Takuya/Kouji, and later JP/Zoey
Last Chapter: Takuya ended up getting caught in the avalanche of rocks when the entrance to the cave exploded, and is now trapped. Kouji finds out that he's the only one who can save Takuya...and according to Angewomon he must face his deepest fear in order to gain from her what is supposed to be rightfully his. Unfortunately for Kouji, his worst fear was loosing Takuya...making him realize that he truly does have more than just friendship feelings for the brunette-he concurred his fear to receive the gift of light from Angewomon to turn into Lobomon...and just in time too, because Angewomon's captive has finally come out of the darkness, and Kouji's ready for a fight...
Different Journeys
Author: Silent Angel
Chapter 8: For the Love of Takuya
"Come on out and fight like a mon!" Kouji-now Lobomon-hollered, hand held in front of him in tight fists of anger. The stench was growing so bad...it smelled like...like...
He didn't know actually how to explain what it really smelled like. Risking a quick glance over at Takuya, he felt a deep sense of worry for him...the stench was really getting to the brunette as he was looking like he was ready to gag on it any minute.
Kouji thought as he turned toward the darker part of the cave, squinting his eyes, trying to see the villain. Angewomon was trying to work on freeing Takuya, but her efforts were powerless as no matter how many rocks she managed to lift, it still wasn't enough. Still though, Kouji was thankful for her efforts...all he had to do to get them out of here was defeat whatever was causing the stench.
"SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!" As Lobomon's angry, jeering voice echoed through the cave, a loud ominous roar could be heard from the depths of it, causing Angewomon and Takuya to flinch at the brutal noise. Kouji didn't flinch, but instead got himself into a fighting position.
As the stench grew so bad, making Kouji feel like he could barely breath in the air around him, the villain made his appearance, causing Angewomon to gasp.
"Raremon..." She said, and than shuddered as she pinched her nose with two of her fingers, as Takuya had done the same thing, upon holding his breath.
Takuya and Kouji both thought at the same time, without knowing it.
"Who's Raremon?" Kouji asked, taking in short breaths...unfortunately his senses had somewhat strengthened with becoming Lobomon and now his sense of smell was stronger than ever...and this foul stench was truly getting to him...it reminded him of the smell of rotten sewer garbage...but ten times worse. He wanted to defeat this Raremon and get it done and over with as quickly as possible.
"Raremon's the one who's held me for so long. His powerful stench is only one of the few forces that he's got on his side...his main attack is the Breathe of Decay...be careful Lobomon!" Angewomon cried out, as the fumes grew even stronger.
"I'm sick of this...it's time to end this foul play! Lobo Kendo!" Lobomon darted forward, looking powerful as ever...just as Raremon was ready to attack.
"Breathe of Decay..." As he hissed this, mouth wide open, acidic breath filled the room, and he swiped a claw at Lobomon, causing the Light Digimon to fall back a little. He heard Takuya coughing from behind him, and his determination reigned strong.
He was about to attack again, when Angewomon called out to him.
"Lobomon...leave him to me...I can weaken him for you...now you need to concentrate on getting Takuya out..." As Lobomon hesitated, Angewomon came forward and started to glow brightly. Lobomon decided to let her do what needed to be done, and focused his attention on Takuya, who was glancing up at him with watery eyes.
"Man...can we...get out of here yet?" Lobomon chuckled and than coughed at the fumes.
"Yeah..."
"Promise me one thing first." Takuya demanded as Lobomon was glancing over the rocks, trying to decide how best to remove his friend from underneath them all.
"What?"
"That we're not going to spend another night in another cave for a very long time..." Kouji grinned.
"Sure thing Takuya...I definitely agree with you on that one!" Takuya gave him a weak thumbs up, as Lobomon had managed to find a way to free him.
"Takuya, cover your head..." Lobomon growled at him, and Takuya did as he was told, covering his head and neck with his arms, protecting himself from even more rock fall. He glanced over at Angewomon, who was doing her best to keep Raremon at bay...he had to admit, she was a pretty spectacular warrior...being what she was anyway.
"Arrows of light!" She called out as arrows-glowing with the same bright light that was surrounding Angewomon-came out, launching themselves at Raremon, who growled.
"Hey...are you gonna get me out of here or what?" Takuya gasped, and Kouji nodded as he glanced once more at the rock slide and used his Kendo sticks at the exact mark. Rocks flew in all direction, and Lobomon had to cover his face with one arm to protect himself...Takuya, who had seen what Lobomon was going to do, was prepared and as soon as he felt the rocks blast into a dozen pieces, managed to get himself clear...so that he was now free.
Breathing rapidly, Takuya brought up a hand to wipe the sweat away from his brow as Lobomon looked down at him, smiling.
"Are you alright?" He asked, giving the brunette a look over and frowned...there was a long gash down Takuya's left leg, and his pants were torn a little at the left knee. All Takuya did though was give him a thumbs up.
"Now that I'm out of there I'm definitely alright!" Lobomon's smile finally reached his eyes, but he reminded himself that he'd have to check that wound on Takuya's leg before the two of them journeyed much farther from the cave.
"I'm done with this fight..." They heard the deep rumbling voice of Raremon growl out, as he raised himself to his full toxic height, his dark eyes fixed angrily upon Angewomon, who gave Lobomon an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry...I tried to hold him off...it's...it's going to be up to you now..." Only then did the wolfish Digimon realize how beat up Angewomon truly looked. He had been so immersed in getting Takuya free from the rock slide, that he hadn't really been keeping an eye on the battle behind him. Now he was greatly thankful for the Angel Digimon.
"Poisoned Waste!" As he called out his attack, opening his mouth once more tiny darts came barreling out-and they were all aimed for Angewomon. They hit their target, and Angewomon gasped-Lobomon's eyes opened wide, and he growled very low and dangerous as Takuya's own brown eyes opened wide with horror.
"No!" He gasped out as Angewomon gave them one last look of thanks before turning into Data...to be swallowed up by Raremon.
"I've had enough of this! It's time to end this NOW!" Lobomon cried, and hurled himself at Raremon, anger cursing through his veins as he used his Kendo sticks of Light as his attack...only to have them not penetrate through the waste dump known as Raremon.
Raremon let out a bizarre noise, that neither youth realized was his laughter, until he looked down at Lobomon with a wicked grin.
"Prepare to meet your doom...it was you who freed my prisoner, and for that you shall take her place...Keeper of light..." Kouji grimaced.
"I'm really getting sick of being called that!" He cried, trying to wrench himself free from the Digimon. Neither he or Raremon had heard Takuya Digivolve into Agunimon, who was sick of just watching the fight, and sick of not being able to do anything.now that he was free, he figured it was time to kick some serious butt.
"You're finished..." Raremon growled, and Kouji winced at the fumes...he was too close, and as he also realized, they were rather toxic. His fumes were starting to eat through his protective gear that helped shield off attacks...
"I don't think so!" Both Raremon and Lobomon looked behind them as they saw Agunimon charged up and ready to go.
"I'm really ready to get out of this cave...what about you?" He asked Lobomon, and Lobomon nodded as he saw the look of determination in Agunimon's eyes...they were in this battle together. The sooner they could get out into the fresh air, storm or no storm, the better chances they had at finishing this Digimon for good. `
"Let's do it!" Lobomon growled, finally managing to wretch himself free and, pulling his weapon toward him, backed up to where Agunimon stood.
They nodded at one another, as Takuya would use his attack first and Kouji would follow then work as a team.
"Pyro Tornado!" This attack hit Raremon, sending the reek-smelling Digimon into the wall of the cave...the wall started to give away, and the two teenagers nodded at each other...another attack or two should do it...
"Howling Laser!"
Dust loomed around them as Lobomon's attack was true, and then by combing both attacks together, the two of them somehow managed to completely knockdown the cave wall...leading them out into the fresh air. Both of them breathed in deep and took a minute to look around their surroundings, glad to finally be out. Raremon was close, but still trying to get up on his feet and the storm that had drove them into the cave in the first place had stopped...it was night, and the sky was fairly clear with stars shining brightly, and only a few dark clouds loomed in the distance...you could even see the three moons that hung high in the sky.
"Want to do the honors?" Agunimon asked, and Lobomon nodded, definitely wanting it...he didn't see the look of exhaustion in Takuya's eyes though, but charged forward instead as Agunimon De-Digivolved back to Takuya, who wobbled on his feet for a moment before giving in and falling to his knees. He was clenching the deep gash on his left leg that had happened during the explosion in the cave...all he wanted to do now was close his eyes and sleep, but he knew he couldn't do that until he watched Kouji finish off this jerk.
"Howling Laser!" With the final attack, Raremon let out a loud howl of pain as his Digicode appeared and Lobomon grabbed his detector, which was at his side.
"Practic Code execute...be purified by my light..." Lobomon denounced as Raremon disappeared and was no more.
As soon as the task was complete, Lobomon De-Digivolved back to Kouji, who gasped for air and rubbed his aching ribs for a moment...he was glad for the fresh air...and was even more happier that that horrible Digimon was gone. He heard a cough behind him and wheeled around to see Takuya on his knees, and instantly he was filled with worry as he dashed over to the brunette and landed on his knees next to him.
"Takuya?" Takuya must've heard the worry in Kouji's voice because he looked up and gave him a smile.
"I'm...okay..." And with that, he passed out seconds later into Kouji's arms.
~***~
"Un..." His eyes were blurry as he opened them, and he wondered where he was...as he tried to focus them, he saw a pair of dark blue gray eyes staring down at him...and smiled. He recognized those eyes.
"Welcome back." His brown eyes focused even more as he saw Kouji looking straight at him, grinning a little in relief as Takuya found himself groaning again.
"What...happened...?"
"I'm not sure, you passed out on me...oh, and you seriously need to loose a few pounds Takuya!" Takuya glared at him and tried to smack the dark haired teen kneeling next to him, but Kouji dodged it and Takuya let his arm fall limp to his side.
"Sorry, but it's not fun having to carry someone for miles...especially a heavy someone..." Takuya just smirked.
"Well, at least you got your exercise...and your wish." He pointed out, and for a moment Kouji looked confused before he remembered and nodded.
"Yeah, I guess I did." He replied, and there was an awkward silence between the two as Kouji shifted uncomfortably in his position before finally settling down Indian style on the grass.
"Where are we?" Takuya asked, and Kouji grinned.
"Well, remember how you told me about that map that appeared on your Detector when you were trying to find me?" Takuya nodded, remembering all to well and his eyes lit up as he guessed what it was Kouji was going to tell him next.
"Well, it appeared on my Detector shortly after you passed out and I was wondering what to do...it lead me to a hidden clearing...which is where we are now." He said, gesturing around him. Indeed the clearing did look hidden...a river ran not to far from where Kouji had placed Takuya so that his back was against a large boulder.
"Um...hey Kouji?" Kouji looked at Takuya, wondering why the brunette seemed so hesitant suddenly.
"Arigato." Kouji nodded.
"You're welcome and besides, I had to repay the favor didn't I?" He asked, and Takuya chuckled.
"Yeah, you did...is it going to be this way all the time though?" Kouji looked puzzled, and Takuya shook his head.
"I mean, me saving you and you saving me, and vice a versa..." Kouji shrugged at this.
"I don't know...but...I do know something." Now it was Takuya's turn to look puzzled, as he was wondering what it was Kouji was trying to get at.
"We need to get that wound cleaned up." Takuya looked down at the deep cut and groaned...it had stopped bleeding at least, but it definitely didn't look to good...he sighed and hung his head low in defeat.
"Man, this is gonna hurt..." Takuya muttered as Kouji put an arm around his shoulder and helped him stand. Leaning against Kouji, Takuya managed to make his way over to the river where Kouji let him sit as he untied his bandana. Takuya chuckled.
"What?" Kouji asked sternly and Takuya shook his head.
"Nothing...it's just that when I asked you to remove your bandana that first time to clean your wounds you refused...and now you're taking it off to clean my wounds." Kouji smirked at this as he dunked the material in the river and shivered a bit...the water was cold.
"Yeah, well...that was me and this is you...now hang on a minute, this...um...might hurt a bit." Takuya held his breath and bit down a little on his lower lip as Kouji started to clean the cut. The brunette gasped a little at one point and Kouji paused for a moment, letting Takuya catch his breath as beads of sweat started to appear on his forehead, and than nodded for Kouji to continue. It took Kouji awhile to clean it out thoroughly, before he was satisfied enough and washed his bandana in the river for the final time, cleaning it out of the blood and dirt that was caked on it.
I Kouji thought as he set the one he had with him out to dry in the sun and went and sat down next to Takuya, who was staring at him.
"What?"
"N-nothing...it's just that...I've never seen you with your hair down before." As Takuya said this, Kouji let out a low curse as his right hand went up to his hair...at one point he must've lost the tie that had held his hair back into a ponytail, so that now the only thing holding it back was the bandana he had taken off...now his jet black hair was flying behind him a little as a small breeze kicked in. He turned away to go get his still damp bandana to tie it back, when Takuya stopped him.
"Don't...I...like it...like that." He finished lamely, and as Kouji turned again to face him, he noticed the smallest blush appearing on Takuya's cheeks...making him do so as well.
"Um...fine..." There it was again, that awkward silence. Kouji sighed and sat down where he was, staring at the water and Takuya mentally cursed himself.
He thought, his mind racing.
Takuya nearly panicked right then and there...the only feelings he was supposed to have for Kouji were...friendship feelings...right? You just didn't meet a guy the way he met Kouji and...and...fall hopelessly in love with him...right? RIGHT?!?
Little did Takuya know, Kouji was thinking along the same way...
Kouji pounded a fist to the ground, hoping Takuya wouldn't notice. He glanced over at the goggle boy and didn't think that he had, because Takuya looked as lost in his own thoughts as he was. He wondered what it was Takuya was thinking about...and than shook his head.
I should've never let this happen...I should've never let myself fall for him...when did I let it happen? As he mused on this, he supposed that it was during his 'fear'...seeing Takuya die...and than he snapped out of his reverie upon remembering that and stared hard at Takuya, feeling a little uncertain as he wondered if whether or not he had the same kind of feelings for him. Obviously he must, if he had blushed just a few minutes ago after complimenting him on his long hair...he fingered it ruefully and grimaced.
Now he just had the bandana to tie it back...
I should tell him, I really should...I told him in that 'fear' thing that I went through and he told me he loved me back... Even though it really wasn't the real Takuya...a nasty voice in the back of his mind declared and Kouji bit down hard on his lower lip...almost hard enough to draw blood. He didn't feel the pain though, his mind was to far submerged in his own thoughts.
Takuya felt like someone was watching him, and when he glanced over at the only person who could be watching him, he saw Kouji staring hard at him, deep in thought...and it scared Takuya a little. Especially when he didn't react to having his name called out.
"Um...Kouji? Kouji...EARTH to KOUJI!" Not even this helped, and Takuya sighed. He stood, a little wobbly on his left leg but managed to make his way over to where the other teen was sitting and snapped his fingers in front of Kouji's spaced out eyes. Kouji snapped to, way to quickly for Takuya as Takuya let out a startled yelp and fell forward...
Landing right on top of Kouji. Both teens lay there for a few seconds, Takuya on top of Kouji, and both teens suddenly found themselves turning bright red in the face...Kouji was the first to get over it, though he didn't force Takuya to get off him. Instead, he cleared his throat determined to tell Takuya how he really felt about him and just hoped and prayed that Takuya would feel the same way.
Kouji thought, but before he could get the words out, a scream pierced through the air, startling the two boys as Takuya rolled off Kouji and stood, and Kouji sighed.
He thought with a huff as Takuya glanced his way.
"Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, of course I heard that." Kouji snapped, feeling irritated...here he was about to tell the boy he had fallen in love with at first sight the fact that he was in love with him, and he had gotten interrupted...oh yes, he was definitely going to kill whoever disturbed them...that was, if something didn't kill it first.
"I wonder what it was? Or who it was? Hey, do you think that there are other humans here?" Takuya asked all of this kind of rushed, but Kouji made easy sense of it and nodded.
"I definitely think there are other humans here...remember what I told you about that Vampmon asking me where the other 'chosen' were? I definitely think that there are other humans here besides us...but the question is...where?" Takuya shook his head, not knowing the answer to that question. But for both teens, the question was answered soon enough as a small Digimon creature came running into the clearing.
"HELP, HELP, HELP, OH PLEEEEEEAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEEE HELP ME!" It called out in a panicked tone of voice as it dashed over to where Takuya and Kouji were standing, and chose to hide behind Takuya. One of Kouji's hands balled into a fist as he glared at the small Digimon who barely came up to Takuya's knee...so this was who had interrupted him.a Digimon.
"Whoa, slow down there buddy where's the fire?" Takuya wisecracked, for he hadn't seen anything following the Digimon.
"There's no fire...well, there could be a fire, but...wait...you're...HUMAN!" The Digimon cried out almost gleefully and did a little dance.
"I knew we'd find you!" Both Takuya and Kouji blinked at this, not knowing what the Digimon was trying to tell them.
"Um...? English please?" Kouji asked, rolling his eyes as the Digimon calmed down.
"I'm sorry, but there's another group of human children who have been travelling through this world as I have no doubt that you have been as well...and according to the book..." as the Digimon declared this with a clearing of his throat, he pulled out a dark green book from his waistband, and flipped it open to a page.
"You're the two missing one's we've been looking for! Oh I must tell the others..." Kouji shook his head, wondering whether or not he should take the Digimon aside and tell him what he had just ruined...there didn't seem to be any danger so why had the Digimon been screaming for help?
"You were calling for help...so where's the danger?" Takuya asked, scanning the hidden clearing as though he were reading Kouji's mind, who nodded.
"Yeah, where is this danger?" He asked with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, dear me...it...it was following...Zoey and the other's must've Digivolved to stop it...oh I do hope that Neemon is alright..." As the Digimon kept on mumbling to itself and started pacing around, Takuya and Kouji glanced at each other and shrugged.
"What should we do?" Takuya asked, and Kouji snorted.
"Leave him...we were doing just fine on our own." Kouji hissed, his narrow eyes glaring over at the Digimon who had stopped pacing, his eyes wide open.
"Oh dear me...I...I think it followed me..." He gasped, and Kouji looked up and had his hand around his detector as a huge flying bug flew straight at them, looking very upset.
"Sneemon...not very good creatures let me tell you, especially when you disturb their slumber...heh..."
"Sneemon huh?" Takuya asked, as the Digimon finished telling them who it was that was chasing after him as he flipped his Detector in his hand and looked at Kouji who nodded.
"Let's do it." They Digivolved in front of the Digimon who stared wide eyed at them and did his little happy dance again, knowing now indeed that these were the two they had been looking for...they could Digivolve...from human state...it was them, he knew it.
So he watched as they Digivolved, and sure enough according to the book, the boy with the goggles had the spirit of Fire, and the dark haired one had the spirit of Light.oh what a happy day this was.that is, it would be happier if he hadn't been chased away from the others by the Sneemon.
The Digimon who had interrupted Kouji continued to watch as the two boys worked together, and eventually defeated the Sneemon, the one with the spirit of Fire-whom the small Digimon assumed to be Agunimon-purified the data and both boys had De-Digivolved, panting a little.
"Are you alright Takuya?" Kouji asked, and Takuya nodded and gave him a thumbs up but Kouji was concerned.the brunette looked like he was ready to pass out again.
Kouji kept a hand on his shoulder to steady him, glaring at the small Digimon.
"Do you mind giving us a minute?"
"What-? Oh, yes, of course.of course." The Digimon stammered and turned away.
"You sure you're alright?" Takuya nodded again at Kouji's question, hypnotized by the look of concern in his deep blue gray eyes.
"Yeah.why do you ask?"
"Because you look and sound.like you're about ready to pass out on me again!" Takuya smiled a little at this.
"Nah, I won't pass out on you again.I'm just.tired, that's all.it was a long day and night yesterday." Kouji smiled back.
"Um.you know, there's something I wanted to tell you before that Digimon interrupted us.Takuya, when I was facing that dark void, my fears.I." Kouji felt his voice get caught in his throat and he looked away from Takuya.
"I.the fear that I had to face was.was.loosing you." Kouji swallowed hard and continued to look away as he heard nothing but silence from Takuya. He didn't want to see the look of rejection on the brunette's face. But he didn't have a choice, as seconds later a gloved hand came around underneath his chin and forced him to look into a pair of dark brown eyes.but those eyes did not hold the look of rejection. Instead, they shined.shined with warmth.and.love?
"Really?" Takuya asked, and Kouji nodded as Takuya's smile widened.
"You know, I think that would be my biggest fear as well.loosing you.I." Kouji couldn't resist the wait any longer.before he allowed Takuya to finish his sentence he found his lips upon the brunette's, surprised at the warmth and compassion they held.
The two kissed until they realized that they had to let go of one another for air, and when they did they were both breathing hard, looking straight into one another's eyes. Kouji didn't really notice that he was holding onto Takuya like a lifeline, holding his body close.
"I.love.y-" Before he could finish his sentence, another pair of Sneemon came about and both boys gasped as they dodged an attack meant for their death.
Kouji pushed Takuya out of the way and as the other teen fell to the ground, rolling away from the attack, Kouji Digivolved into Lobomon once more.
Takuya watched with widened eyes as Kouji attacked the Sneemon.
"HOWLING LASER!" Even as he attacked though, the Sneemon dodged it, and gave Kouji a menacing look before attacking again-it's attack was true, and hit Kouji quite forcefully as he was knocked to the ground.
"KOUJI!" Takuya cried, and gripped his Detector in one hand. He was about ready to Digivolve when a feminine voice rang out into the clearing.
"You've reigned your evil here for the last time! TEMPEST TWIST!" The feminine voice was followed by a wave of wind, which hit the Sneemon directly, before it could dodge it. The other Sneemon was ready to pounce on Kouji, but he got the upper hand.
"LOBO KENDO!" His twin blades of light sliced through the Sneemon and its data appeared. As Kouji was purifying it, the other Sneemon headed for Takuya.who bit his lower lip as the Sneemon called out it's attack.
"TWINSICLES!" It would've sliced Takuya in two.had two things not happened at once.Kouji-as Lobomon-dashed toward the brunette and grabbed him, holding him close as he protected him from the attack-and another voice-not the same as the first one-called out it's attack, and like the first attack it was true to it's mark and hit the Sneemon squarely.
"CRYSTAL FREEZE!"
"LET"S FINISH THIS!" The feminine voice shouted, as she came into the clearing.she was a Digimon, a winged angelic looking Digimon.Kouji didn't wait, he glanced down at Takuya, who looked a little shook up. Before he could lunge back into battle though, the feminine Digimon had already purified the data and was DeDigivolving along with the other smaller bear- like Digimon. The feminine Digimon was female, with blond hair and blue eyes, and the other was a kid who looked to be no more than nine or ten. Kouji DeDigivolved also, still holding onto Takuya as he stared into his brown eyes.
"You okay?" He asked the goggle-wearing brunette, his voice rough and his mouth dry. Takuya nodded closing his eyes for a minute as he evened out his own breath.
"Yeah, I'm.fine."
"And I love you." Kouji surprised himself as he had hugged Takuya tight and whispered this into his ear.for some reason he had wanted to tell the brunette this before they met the other two children who had appeared before them. Takuya's grip tightened for a moment, his head on Kouij's shoulder as Kouji felt him nod into it.
"And I." Takuya didn't get to finish his sentence as another teen came rushing up to the group, panting as he stopped and placed his hands on his knees.he looked to be about a year or so older than the rest of them, not to mention a little chubby as well.
Takuya glanced up and realized that there were others there, watching them- no, correction, staring at him and Kouji, and so he broke off the embrace and, giving Kouji a look that said "we'll continue this later," cleared his throat. Kouji stepped back and stood next to Takuya, his right hand brushing across Takuya's left one.
The Digimon that had had the Sneemon chasing after him came rushing up.
"Oh, thank goodness." The younger boy declared, smiling in the Digimon's direction.
"We're glad you're okay Bokomon.we thought something terrible had happened to you and." The older boy started, but realized that Takuya and Kouji were standing their, and stopped, staring at them silently, with a slightly confused look in his eyes.
"Who are you?" The girl with the medium length blond hair asked, her bright blue eyes staring directly into Kouji, who froze, the one hand that had brushed against Takuya's was now on Takuya's shoulder as though to protect him.
"It all depends on who you are!" Kouji snapped...who did this girl think she was? He and Takuya were handling the situation just fine, until she and those other two kids showed up.
Kouji thought as he held his cold and steady gaze with the blond haired girl.
"Don't ask me the same question that I asked you first! Who are you two, and how is it that you both can Digivolve?!?" The girl demanded again, but before Kouji could open his mouth, a strange small digimon who had been travelling with the other three kids stepped forward, holding a green book in his hands and holding out a hand for quietness. The blond glared at him.
"Bokomon, if you hadn't decided to get into trouble we wouldn't be having to deal with this! Now maybe you can tell me who these two are!" She snapped, tossing her head in the air and sounding rather ungrateful. All the Digimon did-who Takuya and Kouji now knew as Bokomon-was sniff rather haughtily and open his book.
"Please Zoey, if you want to find out who these two are, than I suggest that you stop acting like such a brat." The blond girl-Zoey-seethed for a moment as she clenched her hands into tight fists, and Kouji moved in front of Takuya, blocking him from Zoey's anger. If she wanted a fight, than so be it, but it would be with him, and not Takuya.
"These two are just like you guys-they are Legendary Worriers as well. The brunette possesses the spirit of Fire, and this one possesses the spirit of light." Bokomon declared, and than with a clearing of his through, tossed the book down into his...pants.
"Wow...so why didn't they appear when the other children did Bokomon?" The other Digimon travelling with the group-who resembled something like that of a rabbit-asked, looking at Takuya and Kouji rather suspiciously as Bokomon took a hold of the red pants the other was wearing and gave them a snap, causing the Digimon to recoil slightly.
"Because they probably did appear at the same time as the others, but they just didn't appear together...am I right?" Bokomon asked, and it was Takuya this time who answered, and not Kouji, who was about to open his mouth before Takuya stepped out and nodded his head.
"Yeah...we took a train here and everything, but it's just been me and Kouji for quite some time...we didn't think that anyone else was here on this world but us." Takuya stopped suddenly as he found himself staring into Zoey's bright blue eyes-and she was staring back, looking rather calm now, her fists unclenching and a small smile on her face. It made Takuya recoil a bit as he stepped back as he placed his hand into Kouji's own hand...as he did so, Zoey's eyes turned cold as fast as they had seemed to warm up.
"So...are you two...together than?" The heavy set boy asked, motioning toward Kouji and Takuya-now hand holding-with a small grin on his face. Nothing was going to take Zoey away from him-or should he say no one...if these two were a couple as he thought they were, than it was safe for him to advance on Zoey as he'd been trying to become friendlier with her since coming into this world.
The three teens saw Kouji and Takuya hesitate, before it was Kouji who nodded, moving his hand from Takuya's shoulder and down to Takuya's hand again, giving it a hard squeeze.
"Yeah...we're...together." He said, nodding toward the heavy set boy that his meaning had been received and was loud and clear to him. Apparently he didn't seem to mind that he and Takuya were a couple now. He felt Takuya get closer to him, and he tightened his grip on the brunette's hand a little more. Bokomon's eyes widened suspiciously for a moment, before he closed them and nodded.
"Very well then...let's have an introduction, shall we? I am Bokomon, keeper of the book...and this beside me is...Neemon." Neemon did a mimic of a bow and scratched one of his rabbit like ears.
"Nice ta meet ya!" He declared, and the introductions continued as Bokomon went onto the girl-Zoey.
"And this-"
"They already know who I am Bokomon! And they better not forget my name either! It's Zoey, if they must know it again." Zoey spat out, and Bokomon looked startled for a moment as both Takuya and Kouji flinched at her tone of voice. Kouji was really starting to not like Zoey all that much...
"Well, I guess that just leaves me and the little guy here next to me." The heavy set boy declared, and outstretched a hand toward Kouji and Takuya.
"I'm JP...well, my full name is Junpei, but everyone that's a friend calls me JP." He said, and Kouji took his hand and shook it, Takuya following as JP let it drop to his side.
"I'm Tommy." The smallest boy said, who looked like he'd rather be anywhere else but there, and didn't offer a handshake or anything, he just gazed up at the two newcomers, his eyes first landing on Kouji's for a brief second and than falling onto Takuya's, and stayed there...he felt a strange connection toward the brunette for some odd reason...
"Yeah, well I'm Takuya and this is Kouji." Takuya said, introducing Kouji for him, and somehow Kouji didn't seem to mind that-he suddenly really didn't feel like talking much to this other group...in fact, he liked it better when he and Takuya were travelling alone. And he knew that now that they'd met up with the 'others' there was no way that was going to happen again.
"So now that that is all done, I want to thank you both for saving me...and to tell you that you are welcome to travel with us if you wish." Bokomon said, looking from one teen to the other, as though trying to read their minds. As he was doing this though, Kouji caught Takuya's eyes, silently praying that Takuya would want to continue to travel alone with him and not with the group. As though sensing something wrong, Takuya cleared his throat and started to drag Kouji away.
"Let...let us talk about that for a moment, will you...?" TBC
So will Takuya and Kouji decide to start traveling with the others, or will they continue on by themselves? Most of all, what will Zoey and the others really think of Takuya and Kouji as an 'official' couple.? To find out keep an eye out for chapter 9, and as always, REVIEW!!!!!!!! ^-^
Author's Note: Okay, if there is *one* awesome movie that you guys go and see this summer you've *got* to make it be Pirates of the Carribean.it's *really* well done, I for one was really impressed with it, for I went and saw it tonight, and let me tell you the really crappy day that I had was worth it, being able to see Orlando Bloom again on the big screen tonight.(happy sigh.he's my *fav* actor.so cute.^-^) the sword fighting in there is just *awesome* and the graphics and everything.okay, okay, I'll stop rambling about Pirates of the Carribean now and go onto more important stuff.like.my next chapter of this fic!
I ALWAYS keep my promises and I promised in the last author's note from chapter 7 that this would be out tonight, so here it is.(you guys owe me one big time because I'm staying up a little later than what I wanted to finish this, and I have to get my wisdom teeth taken out tomorrow.-_-;; but I wanted to get this done and out before that happened.) and just to let all you happy readers know a LOT of Takouji fluffness ahead.^_~ And also if there are ANY and I do mean ANY Zoey fans out there, you might want to be cautious here for awhile because I don't like her.not at all.so there's going to be Zoey bashing in this chapter BIG TIME (toward the end anyway) and also in some future chapters there will probably be some Zoey bashing as well.so, just a fair warning to any one of you who might be reading this who like Zoey (gags).-_-;; don't flame me for the bashing, I've done my duty and warned you.don't worry though, the bashing around with Zoey will only be for a few chapters, until she realizes she can't have either Takuya or Kouji.:p Oh, and I'm letting the cat out of the bag on the villain here (if you haven't figured it out already) it is Raremon, but I ended up making up some more attacks for him, so if they don't sound normal, that's why.one attack for me just wasn't enough for what I wanted to work with.
Also, PLEASE go and read the chapter 7 authors note.it DOES pertain to this fic, and any help on that front would be AWESOME.and speaking of awesome, you guys really do rock, because this fic now has over 100 reviews.I couldn't believe it.I still can't believe it.and it's because of you guys- my fabulous wonderful readers-who made it go OVER a hundred, it makes me feel good that you guys are enjoying reading this as much as I enjoy writing this.unfortunately I *don't* have a sneak peak here for ya at the end of this chapter but I promise to get the next chapter out soon.so I made this one a little on the long side for all you guys to enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_~
Rating: PG13
WARNING: If you've managed to get this far without realizing that this story contains slash/yaoi and you don't like it, I'm impressed...really, I am! :P So if you don't like Yaoi I suggest you hit the back button...otherwise if this story has grown on you as it has so many other readers, do feel free to continue on!
Couples: Takuya/Kouji, and later JP/Zoey
Last Chapter: Takuya ended up getting caught in the avalanche of rocks when the entrance to the cave exploded, and is now trapped. Kouji finds out that he's the only one who can save Takuya...and according to Angewomon he must face his deepest fear in order to gain from her what is supposed to be rightfully his. Unfortunately for Kouji, his worst fear was loosing Takuya...making him realize that he truly does have more than just friendship feelings for the brunette-he concurred his fear to receive the gift of light from Angewomon to turn into Lobomon...and just in time too, because Angewomon's captive has finally come out of the darkness, and Kouji's ready for a fight...
Different Journeys
Author: Silent Angel
Chapter 8: For the Love of Takuya
"Come on out and fight like a mon!" Kouji-now Lobomon-hollered, hand held in front of him in tight fists of anger. The stench was growing so bad...it smelled like...like...
He didn't know actually how to explain what it really smelled like. Risking a quick glance over at Takuya, he felt a deep sense of worry for him...the stench was really getting to the brunette as he was looking like he was ready to gag on it any minute.
Kouji thought as he turned toward the darker part of the cave, squinting his eyes, trying to see the villain. Angewomon was trying to work on freeing Takuya, but her efforts were powerless as no matter how many rocks she managed to lift, it still wasn't enough. Still though, Kouji was thankful for her efforts...all he had to do to get them out of here was defeat whatever was causing the stench.
"SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!" As Lobomon's angry, jeering voice echoed through the cave, a loud ominous roar could be heard from the depths of it, causing Angewomon and Takuya to flinch at the brutal noise. Kouji didn't flinch, but instead got himself into a fighting position.
As the stench grew so bad, making Kouji feel like he could barely breath in the air around him, the villain made his appearance, causing Angewomon to gasp.
"Raremon..." She said, and than shuddered as she pinched her nose with two of her fingers, as Takuya had done the same thing, upon holding his breath.
Takuya and Kouji both thought at the same time, without knowing it.
"Who's Raremon?" Kouji asked, taking in short breaths...unfortunately his senses had somewhat strengthened with becoming Lobomon and now his sense of smell was stronger than ever...and this foul stench was truly getting to him...it reminded him of the smell of rotten sewer garbage...but ten times worse. He wanted to defeat this Raremon and get it done and over with as quickly as possible.
"Raremon's the one who's held me for so long. His powerful stench is only one of the few forces that he's got on his side...his main attack is the Breathe of Decay...be careful Lobomon!" Angewomon cried out, as the fumes grew even stronger.
"I'm sick of this...it's time to end this foul play! Lobo Kendo!" Lobomon darted forward, looking powerful as ever...just as Raremon was ready to attack.
"Breathe of Decay..." As he hissed this, mouth wide open, acidic breath filled the room, and he swiped a claw at Lobomon, causing the Light Digimon to fall back a little. He heard Takuya coughing from behind him, and his determination reigned strong.
He was about to attack again, when Angewomon called out to him.
"Lobomon...leave him to me...I can weaken him for you...now you need to concentrate on getting Takuya out..." As Lobomon hesitated, Angewomon came forward and started to glow brightly. Lobomon decided to let her do what needed to be done, and focused his attention on Takuya, who was glancing up at him with watery eyes.
"Man...can we...get out of here yet?" Lobomon chuckled and than coughed at the fumes.
"Yeah..."
"Promise me one thing first." Takuya demanded as Lobomon was glancing over the rocks, trying to decide how best to remove his friend from underneath them all.
"What?"
"That we're not going to spend another night in another cave for a very long time..." Kouji grinned.
"Sure thing Takuya...I definitely agree with you on that one!" Takuya gave him a weak thumbs up, as Lobomon had managed to find a way to free him.
"Takuya, cover your head..." Lobomon growled at him, and Takuya did as he was told, covering his head and neck with his arms, protecting himself from even more rock fall. He glanced over at Angewomon, who was doing her best to keep Raremon at bay...he had to admit, she was a pretty spectacular warrior...being what she was anyway.
"Arrows of light!" She called out as arrows-glowing with the same bright light that was surrounding Angewomon-came out, launching themselves at Raremon, who growled.
"Hey...are you gonna get me out of here or what?" Takuya gasped, and Kouji nodded as he glanced once more at the rock slide and used his Kendo sticks at the exact mark. Rocks flew in all direction, and Lobomon had to cover his face with one arm to protect himself...Takuya, who had seen what Lobomon was going to do, was prepared and as soon as he felt the rocks blast into a dozen pieces, managed to get himself clear...so that he was now free.
Breathing rapidly, Takuya brought up a hand to wipe the sweat away from his brow as Lobomon looked down at him, smiling.
"Are you alright?" He asked, giving the brunette a look over and frowned...there was a long gash down Takuya's left leg, and his pants were torn a little at the left knee. All Takuya did though was give him a thumbs up.
"Now that I'm out of there I'm definitely alright!" Lobomon's smile finally reached his eyes, but he reminded himself that he'd have to check that wound on Takuya's leg before the two of them journeyed much farther from the cave.
"I'm done with this fight..." They heard the deep rumbling voice of Raremon growl out, as he raised himself to his full toxic height, his dark eyes fixed angrily upon Angewomon, who gave Lobomon an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry...I tried to hold him off...it's...it's going to be up to you now..." Only then did the wolfish Digimon realize how beat up Angewomon truly looked. He had been so immersed in getting Takuya free from the rock slide, that he hadn't really been keeping an eye on the battle behind him. Now he was greatly thankful for the Angel Digimon.
"Poisoned Waste!" As he called out his attack, opening his mouth once more tiny darts came barreling out-and they were all aimed for Angewomon. They hit their target, and Angewomon gasped-Lobomon's eyes opened wide, and he growled very low and dangerous as Takuya's own brown eyes opened wide with horror.
"No!" He gasped out as Angewomon gave them one last look of thanks before turning into Data...to be swallowed up by Raremon.
"I've had enough of this! It's time to end this NOW!" Lobomon cried, and hurled himself at Raremon, anger cursing through his veins as he used his Kendo sticks of Light as his attack...only to have them not penetrate through the waste dump known as Raremon.
Raremon let out a bizarre noise, that neither youth realized was his laughter, until he looked down at Lobomon with a wicked grin.
"Prepare to meet your doom...it was you who freed my prisoner, and for that you shall take her place...Keeper of light..." Kouji grimaced.
"I'm really getting sick of being called that!" He cried, trying to wrench himself free from the Digimon. Neither he or Raremon had heard Takuya Digivolve into Agunimon, who was sick of just watching the fight, and sick of not being able to do anything.now that he was free, he figured it was time to kick some serious butt.
"You're finished..." Raremon growled, and Kouji winced at the fumes...he was too close, and as he also realized, they were rather toxic. His fumes were starting to eat through his protective gear that helped shield off attacks...
"I don't think so!" Both Raremon and Lobomon looked behind them as they saw Agunimon charged up and ready to go.
"I'm really ready to get out of this cave...what about you?" He asked Lobomon, and Lobomon nodded as he saw the look of determination in Agunimon's eyes...they were in this battle together. The sooner they could get out into the fresh air, storm or no storm, the better chances they had at finishing this Digimon for good. `
"Let's do it!" Lobomon growled, finally managing to wretch himself free and, pulling his weapon toward him, backed up to where Agunimon stood.
They nodded at one another, as Takuya would use his attack first and Kouji would follow then work as a team.
"Pyro Tornado!" This attack hit Raremon, sending the reek-smelling Digimon into the wall of the cave...the wall started to give away, and the two teenagers nodded at each other...another attack or two should do it...
"Howling Laser!"
Dust loomed around them as Lobomon's attack was true, and then by combing both attacks together, the two of them somehow managed to completely knockdown the cave wall...leading them out into the fresh air. Both of them breathed in deep and took a minute to look around their surroundings, glad to finally be out. Raremon was close, but still trying to get up on his feet and the storm that had drove them into the cave in the first place had stopped...it was night, and the sky was fairly clear with stars shining brightly, and only a few dark clouds loomed in the distance...you could even see the three moons that hung high in the sky.
"Want to do the honors?" Agunimon asked, and Lobomon nodded, definitely wanting it...he didn't see the look of exhaustion in Takuya's eyes though, but charged forward instead as Agunimon De-Digivolved back to Takuya, who wobbled on his feet for a moment before giving in and falling to his knees. He was clenching the deep gash on his left leg that had happened during the explosion in the cave...all he wanted to do now was close his eyes and sleep, but he knew he couldn't do that until he watched Kouji finish off this jerk.
"Howling Laser!" With the final attack, Raremon let out a loud howl of pain as his Digicode appeared and Lobomon grabbed his detector, which was at his side.
"Practic Code execute...be purified by my light..." Lobomon denounced as Raremon disappeared and was no more.
As soon as the task was complete, Lobomon De-Digivolved back to Kouji, who gasped for air and rubbed his aching ribs for a moment...he was glad for the fresh air...and was even more happier that that horrible Digimon was gone. He heard a cough behind him and wheeled around to see Takuya on his knees, and instantly he was filled with worry as he dashed over to the brunette and landed on his knees next to him.
"Takuya?" Takuya must've heard the worry in Kouji's voice because he looked up and gave him a smile.
"I'm...okay..." And with that, he passed out seconds later into Kouji's arms.
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"Un..." His eyes were blurry as he opened them, and he wondered where he was...as he tried to focus them, he saw a pair of dark blue gray eyes staring down at him...and smiled. He recognized those eyes.
"Welcome back." His brown eyes focused even more as he saw Kouji looking straight at him, grinning a little in relief as Takuya found himself groaning again.
"What...happened...?"
"I'm not sure, you passed out on me...oh, and you seriously need to loose a few pounds Takuya!" Takuya glared at him and tried to smack the dark haired teen kneeling next to him, but Kouji dodged it and Takuya let his arm fall limp to his side.
"Sorry, but it's not fun having to carry someone for miles...especially a heavy someone..." Takuya just smirked.
"Well, at least you got your exercise...and your wish." He pointed out, and for a moment Kouji looked confused before he remembered and nodded.
"Yeah, I guess I did." He replied, and there was an awkward silence between the two as Kouji shifted uncomfortably in his position before finally settling down Indian style on the grass.
"Where are we?" Takuya asked, and Kouji grinned.
"Well, remember how you told me about that map that appeared on your Detector when you were trying to find me?" Takuya nodded, remembering all to well and his eyes lit up as he guessed what it was Kouji was going to tell him next.
"Well, it appeared on my Detector shortly after you passed out and I was wondering what to do...it lead me to a hidden clearing...which is where we are now." He said, gesturing around him. Indeed the clearing did look hidden...a river ran not to far from where Kouji had placed Takuya so that his back was against a large boulder.
"Um...hey Kouji?" Kouji looked at Takuya, wondering why the brunette seemed so hesitant suddenly.
"Arigato." Kouji nodded.
"You're welcome and besides, I had to repay the favor didn't I?" He asked, and Takuya chuckled.
"Yeah, you did...is it going to be this way all the time though?" Kouji looked puzzled, and Takuya shook his head.
"I mean, me saving you and you saving me, and vice a versa..." Kouji shrugged at this.
"I don't know...but...I do know something." Now it was Takuya's turn to look puzzled, as he was wondering what it was Kouji was trying to get at.
"We need to get that wound cleaned up." Takuya looked down at the deep cut and groaned...it had stopped bleeding at least, but it definitely didn't look to good...he sighed and hung his head low in defeat.
"Man, this is gonna hurt..." Takuya muttered as Kouji put an arm around his shoulder and helped him stand. Leaning against Kouji, Takuya managed to make his way over to the river where Kouji let him sit as he untied his bandana. Takuya chuckled.
"What?" Kouji asked sternly and Takuya shook his head.
"Nothing...it's just that when I asked you to remove your bandana that first time to clean your wounds you refused...and now you're taking it off to clean my wounds." Kouji smirked at this as he dunked the material in the river and shivered a bit...the water was cold.
"Yeah, well...that was me and this is you...now hang on a minute, this...um...might hurt a bit." Takuya held his breath and bit down a little on his lower lip as Kouji started to clean the cut. The brunette gasped a little at one point and Kouji paused for a moment, letting Takuya catch his breath as beads of sweat started to appear on his forehead, and than nodded for Kouji to continue. It took Kouji awhile to clean it out thoroughly, before he was satisfied enough and washed his bandana in the river for the final time, cleaning it out of the blood and dirt that was caked on it.
I Kouji thought as he set the one he had with him out to dry in the sun and went and sat down next to Takuya, who was staring at him.
"What?"
"N-nothing...it's just that...I've never seen you with your hair down before." As Takuya said this, Kouji let out a low curse as his right hand went up to his hair...at one point he must've lost the tie that had held his hair back into a ponytail, so that now the only thing holding it back was the bandana he had taken off...now his jet black hair was flying behind him a little as a small breeze kicked in. He turned away to go get his still damp bandana to tie it back, when Takuya stopped him.
"Don't...I...like it...like that." He finished lamely, and as Kouji turned again to face him, he noticed the smallest blush appearing on Takuya's cheeks...making him do so as well.
"Um...fine..." There it was again, that awkward silence. Kouji sighed and sat down where he was, staring at the water and Takuya mentally cursed himself.
He thought, his mind racing.
Takuya nearly panicked right then and there...the only feelings he was supposed to have for Kouji were...friendship feelings...right? You just didn't meet a guy the way he met Kouji and...and...fall hopelessly in love with him...right? RIGHT?!?
Little did Takuya know, Kouji was thinking along the same way...
Kouji pounded a fist to the ground, hoping Takuya wouldn't notice. He glanced over at the goggle boy and didn't think that he had, because Takuya looked as lost in his own thoughts as he was. He wondered what it was Takuya was thinking about...and than shook his head.
I should've never let this happen...I should've never let myself fall for him...when did I let it happen? As he mused on this, he supposed that it was during his 'fear'...seeing Takuya die...and than he snapped out of his reverie upon remembering that and stared hard at Takuya, feeling a little uncertain as he wondered if whether or not he had the same kind of feelings for him. Obviously he must, if he had blushed just a few minutes ago after complimenting him on his long hair...he fingered it ruefully and grimaced.
Now he just had the bandana to tie it back...
I should tell him, I really should...I told him in that 'fear' thing that I went through and he told me he loved me back... Even though it really wasn't the real Takuya...a nasty voice in the back of his mind declared and Kouji bit down hard on his lower lip...almost hard enough to draw blood. He didn't feel the pain though, his mind was to far submerged in his own thoughts.
Takuya felt like someone was watching him, and when he glanced over at the only person who could be watching him, he saw Kouji staring hard at him, deep in thought...and it scared Takuya a little. Especially when he didn't react to having his name called out.
"Um...Kouji? Kouji...EARTH to KOUJI!" Not even this helped, and Takuya sighed. He stood, a little wobbly on his left leg but managed to make his way over to where the other teen was sitting and snapped his fingers in front of Kouji's spaced out eyes. Kouji snapped to, way to quickly for Takuya as Takuya let out a startled yelp and fell forward...
Landing right on top of Kouji. Both teens lay there for a few seconds, Takuya on top of Kouji, and both teens suddenly found themselves turning bright red in the face...Kouji was the first to get over it, though he didn't force Takuya to get off him. Instead, he cleared his throat determined to tell Takuya how he really felt about him and just hoped and prayed that Takuya would feel the same way.
Kouji thought, but before he could get the words out, a scream pierced through the air, startling the two boys as Takuya rolled off Kouji and stood, and Kouji sighed.
He thought with a huff as Takuya glanced his way.
"Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, of course I heard that." Kouji snapped, feeling irritated...here he was about to tell the boy he had fallen in love with at first sight the fact that he was in love with him, and he had gotten interrupted...oh yes, he was definitely going to kill whoever disturbed them...that was, if something didn't kill it first.
"I wonder what it was? Or who it was? Hey, do you think that there are other humans here?" Takuya asked all of this kind of rushed, but Kouji made easy sense of it and nodded.
"I definitely think there are other humans here...remember what I told you about that Vampmon asking me where the other 'chosen' were? I definitely think that there are other humans here besides us...but the question is...where?" Takuya shook his head, not knowing the answer to that question. But for both teens, the question was answered soon enough as a small Digimon creature came running into the clearing.
"HELP, HELP, HELP, OH PLEEEEEEAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEEE HELP ME!" It called out in a panicked tone of voice as it dashed over to where Takuya and Kouji were standing, and chose to hide behind Takuya. One of Kouji's hands balled into a fist as he glared at the small Digimon who barely came up to Takuya's knee...so this was who had interrupted him.a Digimon.
"Whoa, slow down there buddy where's the fire?" Takuya wisecracked, for he hadn't seen anything following the Digimon.
"There's no fire...well, there could be a fire, but...wait...you're...HUMAN!" The Digimon cried out almost gleefully and did a little dance.
"I knew we'd find you!" Both Takuya and Kouji blinked at this, not knowing what the Digimon was trying to tell them.
"Um...? English please?" Kouji asked, rolling his eyes as the Digimon calmed down.
"I'm sorry, but there's another group of human children who have been travelling through this world as I have no doubt that you have been as well...and according to the book..." as the Digimon declared this with a clearing of his throat, he pulled out a dark green book from his waistband, and flipped it open to a page.
"You're the two missing one's we've been looking for! Oh I must tell the others..." Kouji shook his head, wondering whether or not he should take the Digimon aside and tell him what he had just ruined...there didn't seem to be any danger so why had the Digimon been screaming for help?
"You were calling for help...so where's the danger?" Takuya asked, scanning the hidden clearing as though he were reading Kouji's mind, who nodded.
"Yeah, where is this danger?" He asked with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, dear me...it...it was following...Zoey and the other's must've Digivolved to stop it...oh I do hope that Neemon is alright..." As the Digimon kept on mumbling to itself and started pacing around, Takuya and Kouji glanced at each other and shrugged.
"What should we do?" Takuya asked, and Kouji snorted.
"Leave him...we were doing just fine on our own." Kouji hissed, his narrow eyes glaring over at the Digimon who had stopped pacing, his eyes wide open.
"Oh dear me...I...I think it followed me..." He gasped, and Kouji looked up and had his hand around his detector as a huge flying bug flew straight at them, looking very upset.
"Sneemon...not very good creatures let me tell you, especially when you disturb their slumber...heh..."
"Sneemon huh?" Takuya asked, as the Digimon finished telling them who it was that was chasing after him as he flipped his Detector in his hand and looked at Kouji who nodded.
"Let's do it." They Digivolved in front of the Digimon who stared wide eyed at them and did his little happy dance again, knowing now indeed that these were the two they had been looking for...they could Digivolve...from human state...it was them, he knew it.
So he watched as they Digivolved, and sure enough according to the book, the boy with the goggles had the spirit of Fire, and the dark haired one had the spirit of Light.oh what a happy day this was.that is, it would be happier if he hadn't been chased away from the others by the Sneemon.
The Digimon who had interrupted Kouji continued to watch as the two boys worked together, and eventually defeated the Sneemon, the one with the spirit of Fire-whom the small Digimon assumed to be Agunimon-purified the data and both boys had De-Digivolved, panting a little.
"Are you alright Takuya?" Kouji asked, and Takuya nodded and gave him a thumbs up but Kouji was concerned.the brunette looked like he was ready to pass out again.
Kouji kept a hand on his shoulder to steady him, glaring at the small Digimon.
"Do you mind giving us a minute?"
"What-? Oh, yes, of course.of course." The Digimon stammered and turned away.
"You sure you're alright?" Takuya nodded again at Kouji's question, hypnotized by the look of concern in his deep blue gray eyes.
"Yeah.why do you ask?"
"Because you look and sound.like you're about ready to pass out on me again!" Takuya smiled a little at this.
"Nah, I won't pass out on you again.I'm just.tired, that's all.it was a long day and night yesterday." Kouji smiled back.
"Um.you know, there's something I wanted to tell you before that Digimon interrupted us.Takuya, when I was facing that dark void, my fears.I." Kouji felt his voice get caught in his throat and he looked away from Takuya.
"I.the fear that I had to face was.was.loosing you." Kouji swallowed hard and continued to look away as he heard nothing but silence from Takuya. He didn't want to see the look of rejection on the brunette's face. But he didn't have a choice, as seconds later a gloved hand came around underneath his chin and forced him to look into a pair of dark brown eyes.but those eyes did not hold the look of rejection. Instead, they shined.shined with warmth.and.love?
"Really?" Takuya asked, and Kouji nodded as Takuya's smile widened.
"You know, I think that would be my biggest fear as well.loosing you.I." Kouji couldn't resist the wait any longer.before he allowed Takuya to finish his sentence he found his lips upon the brunette's, surprised at the warmth and compassion they held.
The two kissed until they realized that they had to let go of one another for air, and when they did they were both breathing hard, looking straight into one another's eyes. Kouji didn't really notice that he was holding onto Takuya like a lifeline, holding his body close.
"I.love.y-" Before he could finish his sentence, another pair of Sneemon came about and both boys gasped as they dodged an attack meant for their death.
Kouji pushed Takuya out of the way and as the other teen fell to the ground, rolling away from the attack, Kouji Digivolved into Lobomon once more.
Takuya watched with widened eyes as Kouji attacked the Sneemon.
"HOWLING LASER!" Even as he attacked though, the Sneemon dodged it, and gave Kouji a menacing look before attacking again-it's attack was true, and hit Kouji quite forcefully as he was knocked to the ground.
"KOUJI!" Takuya cried, and gripped his Detector in one hand. He was about ready to Digivolve when a feminine voice rang out into the clearing.
"You've reigned your evil here for the last time! TEMPEST TWIST!" The feminine voice was followed by a wave of wind, which hit the Sneemon directly, before it could dodge it. The other Sneemon was ready to pounce on Kouji, but he got the upper hand.
"LOBO KENDO!" His twin blades of light sliced through the Sneemon and its data appeared. As Kouji was purifying it, the other Sneemon headed for Takuya.who bit his lower lip as the Sneemon called out it's attack.
"TWINSICLES!" It would've sliced Takuya in two.had two things not happened at once.Kouji-as Lobomon-dashed toward the brunette and grabbed him, holding him close as he protected him from the attack-and another voice-not the same as the first one-called out it's attack, and like the first attack it was true to it's mark and hit the Sneemon squarely.
"CRYSTAL FREEZE!"
"LET"S FINISH THIS!" The feminine voice shouted, as she came into the clearing.she was a Digimon, a winged angelic looking Digimon.Kouji didn't wait, he glanced down at Takuya, who looked a little shook up. Before he could lunge back into battle though, the feminine Digimon had already purified the data and was DeDigivolving along with the other smaller bear- like Digimon. The feminine Digimon was female, with blond hair and blue eyes, and the other was a kid who looked to be no more than nine or ten. Kouji DeDigivolved also, still holding onto Takuya as he stared into his brown eyes.
"You okay?" He asked the goggle-wearing brunette, his voice rough and his mouth dry. Takuya nodded closing his eyes for a minute as he evened out his own breath.
"Yeah, I'm.fine."
"And I love you." Kouji surprised himself as he had hugged Takuya tight and whispered this into his ear.for some reason he had wanted to tell the brunette this before they met the other two children who had appeared before them. Takuya's grip tightened for a moment, his head on Kouij's shoulder as Kouji felt him nod into it.
"And I." Takuya didn't get to finish his sentence as another teen came rushing up to the group, panting as he stopped and placed his hands on his knees.he looked to be about a year or so older than the rest of them, not to mention a little chubby as well.
Takuya glanced up and realized that there were others there, watching them- no, correction, staring at him and Kouji, and so he broke off the embrace and, giving Kouji a look that said "we'll continue this later," cleared his throat. Kouji stepped back and stood next to Takuya, his right hand brushing across Takuya's left one.
The Digimon that had had the Sneemon chasing after him came rushing up.
"Oh, thank goodness." The younger boy declared, smiling in the Digimon's direction.
"We're glad you're okay Bokomon.we thought something terrible had happened to you and." The older boy started, but realized that Takuya and Kouji were standing their, and stopped, staring at them silently, with a slightly confused look in his eyes.
"Who are you?" The girl with the medium length blond hair asked, her bright blue eyes staring directly into Kouji, who froze, the one hand that had brushed against Takuya's was now on Takuya's shoulder as though to protect him.
"It all depends on who you are!" Kouji snapped...who did this girl think she was? He and Takuya were handling the situation just fine, until she and those other two kids showed up.
Kouji thought as he held his cold and steady gaze with the blond haired girl.
"Don't ask me the same question that I asked you first! Who are you two, and how is it that you both can Digivolve?!?" The girl demanded again, but before Kouji could open his mouth, a strange small digimon who had been travelling with the other three kids stepped forward, holding a green book in his hands and holding out a hand for quietness. The blond glared at him.
"Bokomon, if you hadn't decided to get into trouble we wouldn't be having to deal with this! Now maybe you can tell me who these two are!" She snapped, tossing her head in the air and sounding rather ungrateful. All the Digimon did-who Takuya and Kouji now knew as Bokomon-was sniff rather haughtily and open his book.
"Please Zoey, if you want to find out who these two are, than I suggest that you stop acting like such a brat." The blond girl-Zoey-seethed for a moment as she clenched her hands into tight fists, and Kouji moved in front of Takuya, blocking him from Zoey's anger. If she wanted a fight, than so be it, but it would be with him, and not Takuya.
"These two are just like you guys-they are Legendary Worriers as well. The brunette possesses the spirit of Fire, and this one possesses the spirit of light." Bokomon declared, and than with a clearing of his through, tossed the book down into his...pants.
"Wow...so why didn't they appear when the other children did Bokomon?" The other Digimon travelling with the group-who resembled something like that of a rabbit-asked, looking at Takuya and Kouji rather suspiciously as Bokomon took a hold of the red pants the other was wearing and gave them a snap, causing the Digimon to recoil slightly.
"Because they probably did appear at the same time as the others, but they just didn't appear together...am I right?" Bokomon asked, and it was Takuya this time who answered, and not Kouji, who was about to open his mouth before Takuya stepped out and nodded his head.
"Yeah...we took a train here and everything, but it's just been me and Kouji for quite some time...we didn't think that anyone else was here on this world but us." Takuya stopped suddenly as he found himself staring into Zoey's bright blue eyes-and she was staring back, looking rather calm now, her fists unclenching and a small smile on her face. It made Takuya recoil a bit as he stepped back as he placed his hand into Kouji's own hand...as he did so, Zoey's eyes turned cold as fast as they had seemed to warm up.
"So...are you two...together than?" The heavy set boy asked, motioning toward Kouji and Takuya-now hand holding-with a small grin on his face. Nothing was going to take Zoey away from him-or should he say no one...if these two were a couple as he thought they were, than it was safe for him to advance on Zoey as he'd been trying to become friendlier with her since coming into this world.
The three teens saw Kouji and Takuya hesitate, before it was Kouji who nodded, moving his hand from Takuya's shoulder and down to Takuya's hand again, giving it a hard squeeze.
"Yeah...we're...together." He said, nodding toward the heavy set boy that his meaning had been received and was loud and clear to him. Apparently he didn't seem to mind that he and Takuya were a couple now. He felt Takuya get closer to him, and he tightened his grip on the brunette's hand a little more. Bokomon's eyes widened suspiciously for a moment, before he closed them and nodded.
"Very well then...let's have an introduction, shall we? I am Bokomon, keeper of the book...and this beside me is...Neemon." Neemon did a mimic of a bow and scratched one of his rabbit like ears.
"Nice ta meet ya!" He declared, and the introductions continued as Bokomon went onto the girl-Zoey.
"And this-"
"They already know who I am Bokomon! And they better not forget my name either! It's Zoey, if they must know it again." Zoey spat out, and Bokomon looked startled for a moment as both Takuya and Kouji flinched at her tone of voice. Kouji was really starting to not like Zoey all that much...
"Well, I guess that just leaves me and the little guy here next to me." The heavy set boy declared, and outstretched a hand toward Kouji and Takuya.
"I'm JP...well, my full name is Junpei, but everyone that's a friend calls me JP." He said, and Kouji took his hand and shook it, Takuya following as JP let it drop to his side.
"I'm Tommy." The smallest boy said, who looked like he'd rather be anywhere else but there, and didn't offer a handshake or anything, he just gazed up at the two newcomers, his eyes first landing on Kouji's for a brief second and than falling onto Takuya's, and stayed there...he felt a strange connection toward the brunette for some odd reason...
"Yeah, well I'm Takuya and this is Kouji." Takuya said, introducing Kouji for him, and somehow Kouji didn't seem to mind that-he suddenly really didn't feel like talking much to this other group...in fact, he liked it better when he and Takuya were travelling alone. And he knew that now that they'd met up with the 'others' there was no way that was going to happen again.
"So now that that is all done, I want to thank you both for saving me...and to tell you that you are welcome to travel with us if you wish." Bokomon said, looking from one teen to the other, as though trying to read their minds. As he was doing this though, Kouji caught Takuya's eyes, silently praying that Takuya would want to continue to travel alone with him and not with the group. As though sensing something wrong, Takuya cleared his throat and started to drag Kouji away.
"Let...let us talk about that for a moment, will you...?" TBC
So will Takuya and Kouji decide to start traveling with the others, or will they continue on by themselves? Most of all, what will Zoey and the others really think of Takuya and Kouji as an 'official' couple.? To find out keep an eye out for chapter 9, and as always, REVIEW!!!!!!!! ^-^
