Sorry for not updating yesterday. I was really busy and just couldn't find time to get on to post this chapter. :( I hope you like it.
Chapter Twenty Three: Insight
A war torn world, I stared out at the battlefield before me. I couldn't believe that this was all that was left. I curled my hands into fists and I tried not to cry. Why did it have to be like this? This fight wasn't over yet, nowhere near over. I bit my lip in an attempt to stop myself from crying. If only we had been stronger then we could've stopped this.
"W-why?" I sank to my knees and I lost control of the tears that I held back.
"T-this isn't fair!" The scream made my throat hurt and I punched the ground.
This world was torn apart by a war in both worlds. There was a massive world where people were being killed by people while there was another war. Even if it was small it was the deadly all the same. The wars have torn this world apart. This world is nothing but a shell of what it once was. There is next to nothing that still stands, here or the human world.
It was going great; it was all going great until that day. It was a day that when I look back we should've seen it coming. We shouldn't saw it coming; we should've done something about it. There was nothing to do now; there was nothing that I could do anymore. After I sat there and cried for probably five minutes I stood up. My legs shook underneath of me and I looked as far as I could see.
"I wonder if anyone m-made it." I stood up and I grabbed my arm that was now starting to hurt like there was no tomorrow, I guess my body is coming down off of the rush of the battle that has finally just fizzled out.
I took a step forward and I winced slightly. I glanced down at my ankle; I guess I can put that much pressure on that. If no one else made it through I don't know what I'll do. No if no one made it out alive I don't know if I can keep going on.
"Is anyone out there?!" I yelled the loudest I could but all I got was an echo.
I felt my tears sting at my eyes but I kept on walking. Maybe they aren't awake, maybe they got knocked out right? I mean they had to have survived it; there was no way that they would've died right? My shoulders began to shake at the horrible thoughts that decided to flash through my head. I knew the horrible truth; I know that they could very well be dead. I knew that I could be standing in the middle of this world completely by myself.
"Anyone!" After yelling that I began to cough and it made my throat hurt even worse.
Please no, just please don't let them be dead. Please. I don't want to be alone, I hate being alone so please let them be alive. I would rather die than find out that my friends are died. I would die if it meant that they could be alive. I would rather be dead than be the only one left. Please let them be alive somewhere, let me find at least one of them. I don't want to be alone. I've always hated being alone.
"Please, someone just answer me." I lost the strength and fell back to my knees again and I just sobbed, there was nothing more that I could do because after all I was weak.
(Kari's P.O.V)
I grabbed my head with my left hand, not even wanting to move my right arm. Something was wrong, I could sense it. After a few seconds Koji placed a hand on my shoulder and bent slightly since I had ducked my head.
"What's wrong?" I tried to figure out if this was because of a Demon Lord or something else.
"Something's wrong, something's happening." Koichi wasn't with us, he continued to look for his friend but I was going home since I was getting tired and Koji said he would walk me home.
"I don't sense a Demon Lord." I let out a sigh of relief when the pain receded since it had been rather painful.
"Of course you wouldn't because you're only connected to this world." I froze hearing that voice; I knew who that voice belonged to.
"What the hell do you want Takeru?" I looked over my shoulder just Koji moved to stand behind, in front of Takeru.
"Well since she's probably told you I'm working with the Demon Lords and I'm the human that represents Pride and well I really don't like the fact that everybody's been laughing at me all because Daisuke managed to get hurt by a girl." Takeru narrowed his eyes as he spoke and I felt another wave of pain wash over my head, something was screaming at me that I was missing something.
"Doesn't answer why you're here or what you said." I heard Takeru start laughing and that's when it dawned on me.
I realized what he meant. Koji was only connected to this world, his home world. The Light can always since when there is a danger to the light, when the darkness is moving. Koji can only sense that for this world but unlike him this wasn't my home world. Something was happening back home with the others.
"What are they doing?" I looked to Takeru and he smirked while Koji shot me a confused look.
"Oh so you figured it out, liar?" I glared for a few seconds but the pain in my head made me stop.
"You know, since you ruined our image I'm tempted to reveal that you're only Takuya's adoptive sister." Takeru started laughing again and I watched as Koji curled his hands into fists.
It was one thing to taunt me and provoke me, even Koichi but it was never a good idea to make either Koji or Takuya angry. They didn't care what happened when they got into a fight. You pissed them off then they generally had to be pulled off of you. They didn't care about getting suspended at all I mean when in public they tried not to fight but there was a line that you don't cross, ever.
"Shut up before I make you shut up." Takeru just laughed, he didn't seem afraid of Koji at all but he should be.
"Aw the guard dog is angry." The moment he said that I knew he crossed the line.
"What did you just call me?" Koji's voice dropped and his shoulders shook slightly.
"I called you her guard dog." When Koji went to move I reached out and I grabbed him, I sensed it.
"Let go of me." I took a deep breath to clear my head.
"No, he has something that he hid." Koji stopped struggling and I had a feeling he was glaring at Takeru.
"You just had to ruin my fun." He pulled his hand out from behind his back to reveal a dagger that had digital writing on the blade.
"Just like the Demon Lords we're fighting him Koji, the Demon Lords and the controlled people are our enemies." I kept my eyes on the dagger.
I don't understand why he pulled the dagger out in the middle of the day. In the middle of a neighborhood since he could get in trouble for that. Then again he probably thought no matter what the Demon Lords would save him. From how he was acting I wanted to hit him myself. I think I hung around Koji and Takuya too much since I just thought about that.
"How did you know that he had that?" I sighed.
"I'll give it to her that she's smart so I assume she saw it in how I provoked you but kept my hand hidden." I didn't like the fact that he knew what I had thought.
Takeru moved and I had a feeling he was going to throw it but out of nowhere someone came from one of the side streets and hit his arm making him drop it. I watched as the blonde elbowed Takeru in the face which made him stumble backwards. I was surprised that the boy had done that, amazed that he managed to do that without getting hurt.
"Who the hell are you?" The blonde just bent down and grabbed the dagger.
"Evan, Evan Aleister. I was looking for my sister when I stumbled upon you guys, only cowards use a weapon against unarmed people." When that said that name I was surprised.
Evan Aleister that was the name of Koichi's friend, his sister was the one that went missing and from what he said she hasn't been found yet. Oh how I hope that the Demon Lords didn't do anything to her. Evan looked over the dagger and I saw a scowl appear on his face when he saw the writing before he looked at us then to Takeru.
"You'll regret showing your face to me." When he spoke the words he threw the dagger at Takeru and it sailed pass his face.
Takeru's eyes went wide and I saw a cut appear on his cheek and a few strands of hair fluttered away in the air and the dagger was embedded into a wall that Takeru's back was to. Holy shit Evan knew something about fighting! Takeru just stared at Evan as if he knew something that we didn't know.
"Get out of my sight; I'll let you walk away once, only once, Takeru Ishida." When he said that something dawned on me, Takeru's last name was Ishida which meant in this world his parents were still together.
That meant that he was probably pretty close to the Matt of this world. I bit my lip when I thought about something. So far everyone that I came into contact that was this world's versions of my friends are my enemies. Does that mean that those that had been my friends and allies where my enemies in this world? When I thought about that I knew deep down if that was true I wouldn't be able to fight them.
"Whatever oh also when you find Storm, tell her I said hi." They knew each other?
"Fuck you!" Takeru took the dagger and left but he wasn't laughing anymore and he glanced over his shoulders a few times as if making sure that Evan didn't move to go after him.
"You're Koichi's friend." Evan turned towards us and when I saw his eyes I were surprised.
"Yeah I am. I take it that you two are Koji Minamoto and Kari Kanbara." Even though he smiled while he said it his red eyes gave away the fact that he was still angry.
"Yeah that's us." He shoved his hands into his pockets and sighed.
"I'm wondering, what exactly just happened?" He looked curious now; he was looking between Koji and me.
"I know that Koichi is caught up in something and when I tried to ask him he said it was nothing to worry about. I know my sister and I are often out of the country and all but we're still his friends, right?" I looked to Koji and he looked at me.
If they were friends with Koichi then there is a chance that the Demon Lords will go after them. With that possibility I think it's only right if we tell him what's going on. If he knows then hopefully he could try and stay out of it. We really didn't want to see anyone get killed, especially any of our friends.
"He's so silent suddenly; he used to talk so much especially with Storm. Those two were always hanging out and they knew next to everything about each other. Even after that fight they were able to become friends and forgive each other, they only got closer after that but something made them drift apart. Something's making Koichi worried, worried enough that I think he's trying to stop being our friend." His words caught me off guard.
I thought about how Koichi had acted earlier but there was nothing different about him. I thought about what Evan said and I wondered if Koichi was trying to cut them off thinking that it would save them from the possibility of getting hunted by the Demon Lords. Yet I couldn't imagine him doing that to his friends, I could see him spilling the secret so they knew but I couldn't see him walking away from his friends.
"Maybe he's different with you two but no matter what my brother wouldn't cut his friends off. Just give him some space." Koji turned and began walking away but I didn't I watched Evan.
His red eyes were following Koji before they flickered to me. His red eyes gave me a feeling that he was nearly begging me to tell him why Koichi was doing what he was doing. He must be really worried about Koichi. Before I spilled it I looked away and turned around before going to catch up with Koji.
"Come on give me a hint at least!" I bit my lip to keep my mouth shut; if Koichi wanted them to know then he would've told them.
"If you want to know then ask him, if he wanted you to know he would tell you!" That was Koji's last words on the subject, anything else Evan asked would be a waste of breath.
"Fine then keep your fucking secrets! See if I care when the secrets come out!" I stopped and I looked over my shoulder when he said that.
I watched as he ran off and I wondered if Koji just screwed up the friendship between Koichi and Evan. When I felt a twinge of pain in my head I remembered what had even started all of this. How could I forget something like that! How could something that slip my mind!
"Kari?" I looked to Koji and he had his head tilted slightly, only did I get to see so many of his emotions not to mention his true self.
"Remember what Takeru said about how you couldn't sense them 'cause you only connected to this world?" He nodded.
"Yeah, I still don't get what he meant." I sighed; I thought he would get it.
"The Demon Lords, their attacking my world." I muttered the words and I saw Koji's eyes go wide.
"I sense what's going on there since I'm the DigiDestined of Light in that world. My friends are all in danger and there's nothing I can do." I thought about how I had left everything.
I had walked away from that life to come chasing after Koji, Koichi, and Takuya even before I knew that the Demon Lords were back. I had left them all behind because I couldn't get over memories that had haunted me. They were there fighting an enemy that they probably can't defeat. T.K. was mad at me and Tai lost his sister he probably knew out of everyone that I might not return. I left them all behind and a lot them probably hate me now, they probably hate me because I had never told them anything.
"Don't ask me why but I have a feeling they'll be fine Kari." I looked to the ground.
Even if Koji said that to try and make me feel better it didn't make me feel any better. They couldn't even defeat Daemon so if he was the one that attacked then he could and would probably defeat each and every one of my friends. I also had a feeling that if he did then he would make sure to take something from that so they could rub it in my face later on, that was how they were. They liked breaking their opponents before killing them, they liked toying with me. The only one that didn't toy with people was Belphemon and well that was because he was too stupid to break his opponents.
"Wings of the Angel, deliver help." I muttered the words but I had no clue where they came from.