Chapter Sixty Two: Confusion
[Kari's P.O.V]
"Snow, so that's my mother's name." Her words caught us all off guard; she hadn't even known her mother's name?
"Your mother's Snow and their mother is Shiki?" Takuya's father was stunned.
"Monster! You're the monster that killed Snow!" I jumped when Cutemon suddenly yelled.
Chrono flinched back when Cutemon started to yell. Chrono looked between confused and angry. Why was Cutemon calling Chrono a monster? Cutemon squealed; she had once again been zapped by Storm's electric cage.
"Why are you calling her a monster? I've known Chrono for a while and I haven't seen anything that would make her a monster." Storm and Evan did know Chrono for a while didn't they?
"Even Leopardmon calls Chrono a monster." Cutemon laughed slightly.
"Chrono never should've existed; Rani and I never understood why Snow kept her in truth. Why would Snow care about some monster that only happen because Amaya experimented on her? Amaya wanted to know what would happen if Snow's 'mage' blood was mixed with something outside of her world. Snow knew she would die if she had the monster but Snow kept the monster." Experiment, Chrono was born from some experiment?
"Cutemon, stop it. Even if I never met Snow she never would call her child a monster and she wouldn't like it that someone else called her a monster either. The things I heard from Shiki, Snow never cared about how her child came to be." Cutemon glared at Takuya's father, the glare didn't fit the tiny Digimon.
"That monster killed Snow, that monster killed the one person who could've changed so much. Had Snow remained alive she could've damaged the Demon Lords no matter how much she wasn't supposed to be a part of that prophecy." Why must Cutemon keep calling Chrono a monster?
"Stop calling me a monster. I never knew my mother and I never knew my father. Chronomon raised me and he's the only parent I've ever known. Maybe my father was some horrible man who might've done unspeakable things to my mother, I don't know but I shouldn't be called a monster simply because of who my father might happen to be." Chrono was getting angry and no one really seemed like they would dare speak.
"Whatever, Rani told me to go with you and to help so I'll help. She figured I might be able to offer some help and maybe her daughter's suffering can be over quicker." Cutemon muttered the words before take a deep breath.
Cutemon glowed slightly and just started to sing. The words were some foreign language as far as I could tell and it was soft and soothing. I was surprised as I just watched the cuts and bruises we had begin to heal. I blinked as my eyes got heavy and I was getting tired once again. Storm and Evan both seemed to fall asleep pretty quickly; Takuya, Koji, and Koichi were out seconds later.
"Healing Lullaby." Takuya's father muttered it and I looked at him.
"It's a song that heals a wide area but everyone it heals is also put to sleep." I would believe the part about putting people to sleep because it was getting hard to keep my eyes open.
My eyes shut and before I was completely claimed by sleep I felt either my mom or Takuya's father catch me so I didn't hit the ground.
- Later, Kari's P.O.V -
I opened my eyes and the first thing I realized was that I was in my own bedroom. I sat up and I just stared blankly at the wall. I looked around my room but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Everything was the way that it usually was. I placed a hand on my head. Was it all some kind of crazy dream maybe? At that thought my heart hurt. If it was all a dream then that means while yes the Demon Lords weren't plotting to the destroy everything that also means I was still without Koji and the others. I closed my eyes and bit my lip.
I really was starting to hate my dreams. I had dreamed of meeting back up with them before. I always hated those days. I would get all excited about the fact that we were together again but then I would wake up and be faced with the truth. Maybe it would be better if I forgot them if this would keep happening. Having this dreams where I got to meet them then waking up to find it was all an illusions pretty much hurt pretty badly.
"I'm never going to meet them again am I?" I placed the heel of my palms into my eyes.
I barely knew them for more than a couple months even though technically it was only a day. They were my best friends though. It didn't exactly make sense why I missed them so much. I had a new group to hang out with but I still can't forget them. I had Davis, T.K., Yolei, Cody, and Ken now of days to hang out. I even had the older group too. I jumped slightly when someone knocked on my door.
"Kari, are you awake?" I sighed, it was just Tai.
"Yeah." My door opened slightly and he poked his head in.
"How are you feeling?" I glanced out the window, it was storming again.
"What happened?" I was confused slightly.
A part me wanted to deny the part that was starting to write it off as another dream of mine. Yet the part that was saying it was a dream was winning out. It was storming like it had been that night when Matt, Izzy, and T.K. had been here after Tai came and got me from the park.
"After we got back you got a pretty bad fever." I frowned hearing that.
I always had the oddest dreams when I had a fever. Everything was a dream wasn't it? All of that odd stuff with the Demon Lords came from the fever didn't it? I closed my eyes and willed the tears not to fall. A part of me was glad it was dream but the other part was breaking.
"The others are worried about you Kari. Why not come out and talk to them?" I shook my head and shifted on my bed before grabbing my pillow and hugging it to my body.
"Kari?" I curled into a ball slightly hugging the pillow to my body still.
"Just let me be alone for a little bit Tai." I didn't want to see anyone right now.
"Are you sure?" I closed my eyes.
"Yeah I'm sure." I doubt I could face them.
The 'others' were probably T.K., Matt, and Izzy. They had been here still when we got back here. I probably had stayed out too long even though it had been really hot outside. I knew it probably wasn't too late and even if it was they might be sleeping over since it's storming. They've stayed over before so it wouldn't be anything new.
"Want me to tell them anything?" I rolled over so my back faced the door.
"Tell them I'm fine. I just want to be alone for a while, tell them I have a headache." My head didn't exactly hurt but it would keep them out.
"Want me to bring you some dinner?" I gripped the pillow a bit tighter.
"Yeah, that would be nice. I'm pretty hungry." I heard Tai sigh before my door closed gently.
Once I knew Tai was gone my control on my tears snapped. I couldn't help but cry. It was all a dream. I never got to see Takuya, Koji, or Koichi. The last five and half months only happened in probably only a couple hour sleep that I dreamed up in sleep plagued by a fever. If I never went to their world that meant I never met Storm, Evan, or Chrono either. That also meant that Wizardmon was still dead. Even thinking about 'earlier' would've been easily explained since it wouldn't be the first time I fell asleep in one of those dreams I thought was real only to wake up and find out that I was back in reality where I was far from that dreamland.
I wonder how I dreamed up all of that twisted stuff. How did I come up with people like Storm and Evan? How did I even dream up Chrono? I wiped away my tears and tried to push those thoughts aside. I took a shaky breath and a few seconds later there was another knock on my door before it opened softly.
"You sure you're ok Kari?" Tai sounded so worried, he probably knew I was crying but he didn't know why.
"Yeah, I just had a really bad dream." It was the truth, it was bad both because I yet again woke up to find that I dreamed up meeting them but also for some crazy reason I dreamed up the fact that we were forced to fight the Demon Lords in a brutal battle.
"They're really worried about you and I can't help from being worried too. I know you've said you're fine but you've said it before when you weren't really fine." I stared at the wall trying to get the memory of the dream out of my head.
"Kari, if somethings wrong talk to me please? I really don't want to see you shut yourself away." I sighed and rolled over and stared at Tai, he was watching me.
I found a small bit of strength to smile at him. I really didn't want him to worry about me. Besides it was all a dream, no matter how real it seemed since the others were like that as well. Since it was all a dream I was once again sworn to secrecy about the fact that other worlds existed. I was sworn never to even mention their names to anyone. If I even mentioned their names I would lose my memories.
"I'm fine, really Tai." He stared at me as he crossed his arms, he eyed me.
"Fine, you know where to find me if you decide to talk." I was surprised that yet again he just dropped something.
Tai left my room, shutting it behind him softly. I stared up at the ceiling for a while before I sat up. My stomach growled so I got up and went to the desk where Tai had placed the trey of food. I sat at my desk and just began to eat. As I ate though I glanced at the old picture and once I was done eating I stood up and took the picture frame from the wall. I opened it up and I pulled out the photo that I had hidden behind the picture of Tai and me.
I smiled seeing the picture from years ago. Takuya stood behind me with his signature goofy grin spread across his face while my cheeks were stained crimson since Koichi and Koji had both kissed a check so suddenly. I remember when the photo was taken, we had been hanging out in the park and a girl had appeared. She had snow white hair and soft red eyes. She had a camera with her and she offered to take a picture. She had taken the picture and in the chaos caused by the fight that erupted between Koji and Takuya the girl had disappeared. Koichi and I had tried to separate them; the girl had left the picture held down by a rock.
"Perhaps it would be better if I forgot your three." I looked from the picture and towards the window.
To forget them all I had to do was tell someone. All I had to do was just mention one of their names and everything would be gone. I knew the friends I had now would be able to pull me out of that. I would miss them but I'm missing them now and you can't really miss someone you don't remember. I placed the photo on my desk before walking to the balcony door. I didn't open the door since if I had gotten a fever I didn't want to make myself any sicker. I placed my forehead on the glass and closed my eyes.
I opened my eyes when there was yet again another knock on my door. Why can't Tai just leave me alone? I looked over my shoulder as the door opened. It wasn't Tai again but it was my mother. She looked slightly worried but she wore a smile. She seemed happy mostly, the worry was barely there. I turned around to face her before leaning on the balcony door.
"How are you feeling?" I was used to the fact that even if I told Tai I was good that my mother would come and personally ask me; she's always been like that since I went to the hospital when I was younger.
"I'm feeling ok." She nodded as she looked to the now empty trey of food.
"Tai said you had a headache, you can take some medicine if you want." I shook my head.
"I told him that so he'd accept the fact that I just wanted to be alone for a little while." My mother understood my feelings of wanting to be alone better than Tai did usually.
"Ah I see; your fever seems to be gone too." My mother had walked towards me and placed her hand on my forehead.
"That's good." She nodded at my comment and smiled.
"Well, as long as your back to being social tomorrow I'll leave you to yourself for now alright?" I gave her a smile and nodded.
She left after grabbing the empty trey. Once the door was shut behind her I sighed and slid down the balcony door. I really didn't like this. I hate how I'm acting so oddly just because of this. Ok so what if I haven't met Takuya, Koji, or Koichi again? I seemed to be doing just fine without them before this. They were probably the most important friends I had but they aren't all I have anymore. I grabbed my head and groaned. I blame that stupid dream. It's because of that dream that I'm in this mood.
I really must've been sick if I had dreamed up something that crazy. I had left this world and gone to their world. Once there I ended up living with Takuya and we were practically siblings, I was even masquerading as his sister. I had gone to school with him and Koji. We all got to hang out together but eventually that peace was shattered. Lilithmon first then eventually finding out that Ophanimon had betrayed them and played an evil mastermind all this time. We eventually met Chrono, who I had no clue where she really came from.
After getting into a fight with Daisuke and Takeru, alternate versions of Davis and T.K. which had majorly surprised me but explained a couple of things. Koichi's friend Storm had vanished and that was when Storm and Evan came in, yet again I had no clue exactly where they had entered from. We snuck into the train station to enter the Digital World where Evan died only to later be revealed that he hadn't died.
"I really have an over active imagination." I was actually getting a bit unsettled as I thought more about what I had dreamed up.
Evan dying and Storm falling apart and when she revealed her past. The first fight against Barbamon to how Storm had charged Barbamon but he had fled towards the end and forced Koichi to become Duskmon. Later, probably the same day we ran into none other than Leviamon. Two Demon Lords in one day which Storm nearly died thanks to. Going to the Dark Ocean and then coming together with everyone. Finding out that Daisuke, the one who had messed with me so badly was not only an ally but had only been an enemy because he was being manipulated.
"Maybe I should stop watching movies with Tai?" Would that help how twisted my unconscious mind has become?
Just as we came all together Belphemon had shown up. Three different Demon Lords in one day or at least two in one day. How had we even managed to defeat Belphemon in the end? Then again during that battle Rin and Beelzemon joined us. Beelzemon had been a member of the Seven Demon Lords but had betrayed them in favor of siding with Rin. Huh, shit really did hit the fan. I guess that messed up timeline of fights came because I was close to waking up.
I blinked a couple of times but my eyes felt heavy. I yawned slightly but I didn't bother to get up. I pulled my legs to my chest and rested my head on my knees. I closed my eyes and even though I intended only to rest my eyes for a moment I slipped off back into dreamland.
So, what do you think? Comments? Questions? Hate? Like? The chapter was odd and a bit short compared to past chapters. Plus I nearly had my promised every other update! (I really tried hard for that for this chapter but I was busy yesterday so it's a day late.)