I never realized how much I would love the third Digimon movie. XD I have now finished all the episodes and movies for Frontier and Adventures 02! And another favorite to add to my list is none other than Wallace!
I've been listening to 'Believe' by Josh Groban non-stop while I typed this. O.o A little out of date, would you think? That and 'Diary of Jane' by Breaking Benjamin. And Caramelldansen. XD How do I get hooked on three totally different songs at the same time, I wonder. XD
Here is possibly the last chapter of Picking Up the Pieces!
Chapter 7
Last Chance
Two weeks had past since the 'incident', and things had been strangely quiet. Kouji had come back to school after a week, and he stayed out of gym class due to his injuries. He tried desperately not to limp; he had fallen on a thick, frozen ice sheet at home an his knee hurt terribly. He managed, however, to get from class to class without drawing any attention.
His friends noticed, however. They still all sat together at lunch, they still always laughed and goofed off in class together, yet Takuya, Izumi, and Kouichi all knew he had certainly not simply fallen down the stairs. But they just couldn't find the reason to stroll up to Kouji and get the truth out of him.
Eighth period was Math for Takuya, which he usually enjoyed, yet that afternoon he couldn't find pleasure in any of the equations. He thought he vaugely heard his math teacher go on about fractions and multiplying and dividing, but he didn't have to listen. Kouji had taught him and the others how already; he went to eighth period advanced math.
The bell rang, and Takuya quietly gathered his homework and moved on to the last class, the class the four of them were in together. The goggle-head peered in the doorway of the classroom to look for the teacher (he didn't do so well on the grammar packet), when he noticed Izumi talking to Kouji at his desk. She sat, side-straddled, in the seat next to him, laughing and motioning her hands. Kouji's bruised face occasionally broke into a grin, and then nearly burst out laughing when Izumi finished.
Damn, she better not be saying anything about me! Takuya thought angrily as he felt his face flush with embarrassment, forgetting all about his nagging troubles and stomping over to the pair with his binder in hand.
"Hey! What are you saying about me...?" Takuya demanded. "Izumi..."
Kouji turned away to smother the laugh in his throat.
"Well, remember that soccer game you had at the school two years ago? Before Kouji came?" Izumi giggled.
"Izumi Orimoto!"
Kouichi was not surprised to hear uproars of laughter and shouting when he came into the classroom. He quietly put down his black binder on his desk, and sat down. It would only be a matter of time before the teacher piped the lot of them down.
Only a little longer, thought Kouichi to himself, watching Kouji as he laughed with Izumi.
Not much longer at all...
11:48 PM
It had been nearly three hours since the Minamotos had retreated to their bed chambers, but only one lie asleep in a alcohol-induced nightmare.
Kouji was ready. He had changed into fresh clothing, and was now slipping on his knotted-laced sneakers. He continued to glance up at his clock, waiting for the ditigal numbers to flash and change.
He didn't know why he was doing what he was attempting to do. Maybe he had finally gone crazy. Maybe he was just so sick and tired of his father he felt there was no where else to turn.
Maybe his old detirmined, cold self had seeped through the bleeding cracks in his shattered soul.
11:49 PM
Kouji unlocked the latches to his window, and as quietly as he could, he pulled it as far open as it could.
He felt the cold night air blow against his skin, rushing through his hair. He only hoped Kousei couldn't feel it, too.
Out of the corner of his eye, Kouji saw a familiar sight lying in the open drawer of his dresser.
His bandana.
The blue cloth accented with gray slashes that had become his trademark piece. He hadn't been able to wear it to the new school, and he had forgotten about it for some time.
Kouji, curious, crept over to the drawer and picked up the bandana. He held it in his hands, feeling and reliving the memories of year that had changed his life forever. It's cold touch reminded of the pain he went through, the softness of it brought back the kindest moments in his life, and its very existence was the last thing left of the old Kouji Minamoto.
Somewhere in the distance, a wolf howled.
Kouji jumped, hearing the cry cut through the stillness of the night like a knife. He started to bend down and put away the bandana, but paused.
He glanced back at the clock.
11:51.
He was a minute behind.
Kouji hesitated, but with time running out, there was only one thing he could do.
He folded the cloth into a obtuse triangle, and positioned the bandana until it came just half-way on his forhead. He knotted the back and yanked tightly, hoping his short hair wouldn't cause it to fall out.
He glanced at the mirror next to his dresser, not wanting to waste too much time. The black strands of hair covered his eyes, slipping through the bandana, and the rest of his glossy hair hung limply at the sides of his face. He also noticed something else.
MP 25:11
11:52 PM!
"Oh, crap, crap, crap..." he muttered as he ran to the window again.
He glanced down. The ground was not too far from the window, maybe five or six feet.
I can make it. Kouji told himself. There is no way I cannot make it.
"I really am stupid," he groaned.
He jumped.
Intermission
Hey, WingsOfSilverSorrow here.
Just wanted to say a couple things. There will be one more chapter, but I won't have any author's notes in it, okay?
One, thank you SO much for reading my story and reviewing. They really kept me going, and I thank each and every one of you.
Two, I will be starting a new FanFiction soon, 'Never Too Late'. It will be a lot better than this (I kinda ran out of motivation in this fan fiction). Not only has it's plot been completely written out in my notebook, it actually has Digimon in it (there was a hint in the chapter you probably caught, along with others, that the events in Frontier HAD happened before this, the Digimon just not being a big role in the problem)! I don't quite know how long it will be, but I DO know the protagonist characters will be as follows (I am not revealing evolutions due to a possible plot spoiler):
Takuya Kanbara
Koji Minamoto
Koichi Kimura
Zoe Orimoto
Tommy Himi
J.P Shibayama
Terriermon
Lopmon (I realize he is a boy, but Lopmon will be female in my story).
I will not reveal more than that.
Finally, please take note of my polls. It's fun to see people's opinions.
Thanks again for reading Picking Up the Pieces, and I hope you stick around for more from me!
-WingsOfSilverSorrow