This is not going to be very interesting, I afctually cute this down. I cut the chapter from 14 pages to 6, so the next one should be up VERY soon.
Enjoy.
It had been six days since we traveled to the digital world and had our encounter with Megara. I have had angry impulses and flashbacks of events that didn't help my angry state. They enraged me even more. I was proud of myself for concealing the anger for so long. The flashbacks were of my early encounters with Ashley, school bullies, embarrassing moments with my friends and battles with the dark digimon we met in the past. Some, however, were strange and unknown to me. As if I was looking through someone else's memories. I saw myself fighting with Megara, arguing with a shadowed figure, and eventually losing each fight. It had filled me with rage that was unknown to me. I never understood why, but I was sure that I was seeing Karakin's memories as well.
I felt that she was becoming stronger with each passing day. I would feel her try and control my actions with every argument I got in, every impulse I felt, and every step I made.
I had gone to talk to T.K. about this, and to inform him on what we found out in the Digital world.
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This had been the first time I'd seen him since he came to my room at the hospital and I was overjoyed to see he was doing well. I momentarily forgot my problems and just enjoyed being there with him. I had felt the butterflies in my chest rise and fall through my body.
I told him about Megara's plans and the current state the digital world was in. I felt bad for breaking the mood when I saw his smile fall.
"Dude, I can't believe it." Said T.K, leaning back on his palms.
I shook my head with him.
"I'm not sure what to do. We've faced problems like this before, but something's different." I said.
"What is it?" T.K asked, looking me in the eye. I looked back into his light blue eyes and looked away, not being able to hold the gaze.
"I have a feeling that she was lying to us about their plans. It wouldn't surprise me, but it's going to be much more difficult to try and stop them if we don't know what they're after." I explained.
"Yeah. I don't think that someone liker her would just go and tell their plans of destruction." T.K. agreed.
"I don't' know what she's after, but I know it's bad, probably worse than what she had said." I looked down.
He looked at me.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Can we change the subject t, please? I don't want to talk about her anymore." I said, crossing my arms.
He thought for a moment.
"You remember Sonya, the one I kinda told you about?" He asked.
I looked up at him.
"A little. What about her?" I asked.
"well, she's joining this foreign exchange program, and we offered for her to stay with us." He said.
I looked up at his smiling face and I felt my heart sag a little.
"Who is Sonya anyway?" I asked.
"Sonya's, uh…Well, she's my sister." I said.
Kari blinked.
"Huh?"
"I know. It took me a while, too. I haven't actually confirmed it with her, but I'm absolutely sure it's her." He explained.
I felt my heart lift once more with hope and I smiled.
"Well, when is she coming?" I asked.
"Within the week. It takes a while to get from Ireland to here." He said.
"it shouldn't be more than a day or so." I said.
"Yeah, but there's also the day of packing enough clothes for a year." He said.
"Eh." I shrugged and fell back on the couch. I felt a wave of relief wash through me and my smile widened.
"You know, at first I though you were going to kick my ass." He laughed.
"Why?" I asked.
"Sonya staying with me for a year." He said.
"Nah." I dismissed. "Anyway, I have to go. Mom wanted me to do some stuff at home." I said and stood to leave.
"Later." He said and I left the apartment.
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We haven't heard any news from Gennai or the digimon. I had grown very worried very frequently. Karakin would tell me not to worry so much and that there are bigger things to worry about.
"What's more important right now?" I asked her after she told me this.
"Your pendant." Karakin pointed.
I looked down and touched it gently. I had grown rather fond of it. I never took it off, and I was always playing with it.
"It's growing stronger." She said. "I don't know why, but it is emitting a powerful energy." She looked at it with interest.
"What do you mean?" I asked. She shook her head and dismissed the topic.
I looked back at the pendant and twirled it from the chain.
Mom had said that the police gave the okay to move back into the apartment. They were unable to come up with a conclusion from Mr. Kasai, who had submitted and took his sentence for attempted rape. I felt satisfied that I would hear from him again, but I was still bothered that they hadn't come to me about my dad's death.
"There's no need to worry about it now." Karakin had told me. "I have it under control."
Later on the news the report had said that there was a misfire and the shooting was an accident. I knew right then that Karakin had something to do with their conclusion, but I didn't argue with her. In fact, I was wondering to myself why I wasn't bothered by it. I shook it off and turned off the television.
Tai and my Mom would throw me awkward glances now and again. It made me nervous and I was feeling paranoid from it, but they persisted in asking me if I were okay, if there was anything that they could do to help me. I couldn't understand why they would think that I wasn't okay. I was perfectly fine, and that was the weird thing.
Today is now July 12. School will be starting for us tomorrow. I hadn't heard any news from T.K. about Sonya, but I assume that either she had already shown up and he had yet to call, or she would be late for school. I had told Tai about it and we made a Bet. I said that she would probably be late for school. It has been an interesting week indeed, and I'm finding myself unable to restrain my excitement for the end of this year.
But frankly, in the very back of my mind, God help us….
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(T.K.'s POV)
This has been a very interesting week for me so far. As it turns out, Sonya's train was held back because of a heard of cattle in the railways, and then her flight was canceled due to bad weather. It was the 12th and Matt and I had made our way to the airport.
We waited for a while, enduring a sudden and random downpour that soaked the city for an hour or so, and finally ended up looking like a pair of homeless people sleeping on the benches.
The arrival alarm for Sonya's flight rang and woke us up. I looked up at the boarding information and saw that Flight 13 was boarding. Sonya would be getting off that plane.
I limped over to the gat eon my crutches with Matt right behind me. We stood and watched the number of people walk off the lift, many of them with screaming or crying kids.
"But Mommy! I don't wanna get off!" one yelled.
"You aren't going anywhere near that little Satan lover!" his mother seethed and dragged him away. We stared at the pair with raised eyebrows.
The other spectators steered their eyes elsewhere after a moment of staring and went back to what they were doing.
In the corner of my vision, I saw a flick of blond hair. I looked over and almost dropped my crutches. I had a feeling that Sonya would be pretty, but I never would have imagined what I saw.
She was an angel! She had clear green eyes, long shining blond hair, light skin, and a feeling of innocence that surrounded her. Her face seemed to glow as she looked around the room. She wore a short white no-sleeve over jacket and a Green tank top and blue jeans. She carried a large beige duffle bag over her shoulder. She looked over at the still bickering mother and child and put a hand over her mouth in worry. I walked over to her.
"Are you Sonya?" I asked. She looked up at me and nodded.
I smiled at her and offered a hand.
"Hey, I'm T.K. This is Matt." I greeted and pointed over my shoulder at Matt.. She looked at our faces for a moment and then beamed brightly. She took my hand and gently shook it, then looked back at the two.
"Are those two fighting?" She asked me.
"Uh, yeah, they're bickering about something." I answered.
"Oh, dear." She sighed.
"Did something happen?" I asked.
"Oh, I was talking to the child on the plane. He had asked me where I was from and told him I was from Ireland. He brought up how many Irish were Catholic and I said that I was Wicca, not Catholic. I suppose his mother wasn't keen about it." She explained.
"Oh really, She must be one of the really religious people." Matt commented.
"Yes, but he was so adorable! I couldn't help but talk to him!" Sonya smiled.
"I take it you like kids?" I laughed. She nodded her head.
"Yes, very much."
"So, you speak a little Japanese?" asked Matt. It had occurred to me that she was speaking with matt as well.
"Oh, Mother and Father said to look the language up and study before leaving. You have a very complex language." She said, folding her hands in front of her.
"Well, apparently you're a pretty good linguist if you can learn that much in a week." Said Matt. She blushed and smiled.
"Anyways, let's get you home, Kay? Once we get you settled down, we'll take you to the school and get you signed in." I said. She nodded and followed us.
"Do you need me to carry that? It looks awfully heavy." I said.
"Your leg is hurt, I couldn't make you carry my bag." She said.
"Sure you can, hand it here." I held a hand out. She looked at me hesitantly, then handed me the bag with a little difficulty.
I could understand why she wouldn't want to give it to a cripple. The bag was damn heavy.
"Geez, what do you have in here? Sheep?" I asked, in a rather sad attempt at making a joke.
"Uh, they're books actually." She said. Although it was heavy, I found little difficulty carrying the bag. I slung it over my shoulder and started limping to Matt's Car.
"So, Sonya, you like to read?" Asked matt, referring tol the books in her bag.
"Oh Yes. Father doesn't like me going to school, so I learn on my own." She said.
"that's cool. Hop in." he said, opening the car door. She blinked at the car, looking it up and down and gingerly stepped in.
Matt and I looked at each other and I threw her bag in the trunk.
"What do you like to do for fun?" Matt asked as he pulled the car out of the parking lot.
"We have large fields at home, so I spend my free time there, thinking, reading." She said.
"So you're a bookworm." I stated.
"uh, well…I suppose. I also like the arts." She said.
"Really? What music are you into?" I asked her.
"I've really only heard the music played in my hometown." She shrugged.
"We'll have to introduce you to some other stuff then. What about movies, books, T.V shows?" Matt questioned.
"Um, I like the Tales of the Otori book series by Lian Hearn. We don't have television, so can't answer the others."
"Do you play an instrument?" I asked her.
"I play a little fiddle and flute."
"That's awesome. I play Trumpet and Piano." IO said.
"Oh, really? That's very neat." She smiled.
"Now, Sonya, don't feel intimidated by the school, okay? There are a lot of exchange students this year, so you're not alone." Said Matt.
"Yeah, and If you can't find me or Kari when you need us. I know a couple of girls that you'd get along with great. They're from America, Gayle and Leiko. You'll love them." I assured her.
"This town is pretty friendly. I don't think you'll have any trouble getting to know anyone." Matt laughed.
"I'll drop you two off at your place. I promised Sora I'd meet up with her today." Said Matt.
"Alright."
"So, where's mother?" Sonya asked. It took a second to register that she was referring to our mom.
"Oh, uh. Not here. I'll explain when we get to the apartment." I said nervously.
She nodded and looked out the window.
Fifteen minutes later we arrived at my building and I led her to the elevator. She was hesitant to step inside for a minute, but followed me non-the-less.
"What's the matter?" I asked her.
"I've never been on one of these before." She said nervously.
"Well, there's nothing to worry about, kay? You're on with me!" I gave her a grin. She smiled back and tried to relax. We reached my floor and I led her to my apartment door.
When we entered, she stopped and looked around carefully.
"Take your shoes of before you come in, okay?" I said over my shoulder. She nodded and took her shoes off.
I placed my own shoes by the door by hers and shut the door.
"Well, considering there are still places I need to clean out, I'll let you have my room and I'll sleep on the couch." I said as I went to my room. She followed me gingerly with her hands folded in front of her nervously.
"This is gonna be your room for a while, alright?" I said with a smile, detecting her nervousness.
She nodded.
"Across the hall is the bathroom, over here is the kitchen and the living room, closet, Mom's room, and that's about it." I said.
"Where is she?" Sonya asked, looking around.
"She's in jail." I said.
Sonya Looked away slightly and nodded.
"Understandable." She said and looked at my broken leg.
"It must've been very painful." She said sadly.
I looked at her and grinned.
"Hey, it's cool now. They gave me the house, so I'
M pretty much set. I just need to get myself a job, but until then I have mom's bank account. It's pretty neat." I assured her. She scratched her nose and nodded.
"So then! Let's get you to the school and registered!" I said and led her by the shoulder out the door.
It was a rather short walk down a few blocks to the school.
The doors were open, so we entered and I led her to the principal's office.
I knocked on the door and there was a "Come on in!" fomr the other side. We heard the man singing on the other side as we opened the door and walked in.
"I like a cheech-a-cheech-chee-roni like they make at home, or a healthy fish with the big backbone I'm Abraham deLacy. Giuseppe Casey. Thomas O'Malley, O'Malley, the alley cat! Why hello there Takeru!" Said the principal as he stood from his tall chair. He was a tall, thin figure with dark skin and black hair. He wore a blue work shirt with another one of his famous cheesy ties.
"Hey Mr. O'Malley. This is my sister, Sonya. She's enrolling this year." I told him.
"The one from Ireland, right?" O'Malley asked, looking through a set of papers.
"Yeah." I nodded.
"Hey Sonya, very nice to meet you! I'm Thomas O'Malley, the principal. I would like to welcome you to our school! If there is anything you need help with, don't be afraid to go to Izuma at the front office or Judo at the Student Services office down the hall." He said, shaking Sonya's hand. Sonya smiled at him thankfully.
"Now then, let's get you signed in." Said O'Malley and pulled out a set of papers.
After fifteen minutes of registering, signing, and questions, we were able to set off to the apartment once more. It was nearing 5:00 and Sonya was looking tired.
"What's the matter, you tired?" I asked playfully.
She nodded her head and rubbed an eye.
She looked so adorable!
"Well, we're almost home." I told her and put an hand on her shoulder.
"home." She muttered and sleepily leaned on my shoulder. I smiled and led her through the streets to the apartment.
When we arrived, she was barely awake and seemed to be in auto pilot.
I chuckled and led her into the apartment and to the room.
She fell on the bed in exhaustion without a word or attempt to unpack her things.
I figured it was pretty understandable. She's had a long day on the train, plane and adjusting to the city.
I turned out the light and shut the door softly to let her sleep.
Kinda long, really boring I'm sure. Please review and I'll be up with the next chapter soon!