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Ghost from the past
By: Firehedgehog
Chapter Seven: My Past, my sorrow
Yami walked down the streets of the city, his white bangs fluttered around his face due to a light wind.
The air was becoming filled with more moisture; the amnesic teen could feel that soon it would start to rain.
"Yami-kun?" a soft voice said, Yami smiled sadly and pulled out his PET. Kage looked back at him, the navi looked at him with sad sapphire eyes.
"I know, I should head back to the apartment," Yami said, the navi sighed.
"You should, but I guess you finally remembered what day today was," Kage answered, Yami only nodded.
How could he have forgotten, he hadn't remembered what today was till Chun had battled him.
The anniversary of his adoptive fathers death.
"Its been three years, three years since he died a senseless death... with him gone I have no family again," Yami whispered softly, he had friends around the world yes but no family.
If he had a family from his life before the amnesia he did not know, that was a time he couldn't remember.
Mind you, he knew the navi Rockman was linked to his past... but that didn't mean he had any family.
He sighed and put Kage PET back into its holder, he then walked around with no set destiny till he came upon a small deserted park.
It was beautiful and had many trees, a small lake he could see in the distance and a few playground things.
He leaned back and looked at a sky that was turning a dark gray from storm clouds, the scent of rain was getting stronger... but he didn't move to head home.
"Three years..." Yami whispered closing his eyes, he felt a tear slip down his slim face. Then another, what followed after that wasn't tears but actual drops of rains.
Opening his eyes he smiled sadly, it was like that day, when the plain crashed and he received the phone call that his adoptive father was dead.
It had rained that day, stormed in fact.
That night, he had slept in a home that would forever only contain himself now. He had cried so much that night with only Kage for comfort, as much as a navi could anyway.
Finally he stood up, ignoring the fact he was getting quite soaked. He didn't even bother to fix his hair when the ponytail came loose; it now fell loosely around him.
Yami began to walk his eyes dark with memories of the few years he could remember, some of the memories were good... but many were bad... some he wished he forget.
Enzan sighed as he walked through the streets; his large umbrella shielded him from the rain that was falling. He had been getting some chips at a chip shop and hadn't bothered to call his Limo, after all it was only a short walk to his home.
His thoughts went back to the navi battle a few hours ago, so many facts about it bothered him on so many levels.
It was as if he had relived that Battle against Netto six years ago, also the fact that the other battler... Chun... worked for WWW had killed 300 people three years ago by crashing a plain.
'This is so wrong in so many ways' Enzan thought, he closed his eyes briefly and opened the again.
He then blinked, wondering if he was seeing things.
Walking down the streets lost in thoughts and soaked to the skin was Yami, his hair was loose and while it was loose shifted around in the light wind giving the boy an unearthly look... almost like a lost spirit.
'Or a ghost' Enzan thought, and shivered at that thought.
"Yami?" he questioned as he finally walked over to the white haired boy, for a moment Yami said nothing.
Then the boy blinked and came back to reality, Enzan stopped himself from gasping as Yami looked at him with sorrow filled sapphire eyes.
"Enzan, what are you doing out?" Yami asked with a frown, the white haired boy blinked again and the sorrow was hidden away from Enzans gaze.
"I could ask you the same, its pouring out and you just out of the hospital," Enzan said giving the white haired boy a small glare, Yami looked at him then sighed.
"I guess your right," Yami said.
"Where's your house? I can walk you home. I have an umbrella and I can call for a ride home from there," Enzan said, Yami smiled a bit.
"Thanks, let me lead the way," Yami said ducking under Enzans umbrella, Enzan smirked glad that he had gotten Yami out of that depressing state.
"ACHOO!" Yami sneezed, not being able to help it Enzan laughed.
"It's not that funny," Yami said, Enzan only laughed harder.
Yami happily unlocked his apartment, it was small because he had decided not to bring all his things to Japan... but it was home for the moment.
Behind him Enzan was shaking water from his umbrella, Yami grinned at the stubborn look on the other boys face... he liked Enzan and already it looked like they were becoming friends.
"Coming in?" he questioned opening his eyes, Enzan nodded and folded his umbrella so he could enter. Yami grinned and stepped inside also, the first thing anyone would notice about the entrance was that it was green with a few pictures of plants on the walls.
"Nice," Enzan said slipping off his shoes, Yami nodded and slipped off his own.
"Give me a sec, I'll just change into fresh and dry clothing," Yami said, Enzan nodded and the white haired teen went to the room making sure to lock it behind him... didn't want Enzan to accidentally walk in my mistake.
'Or see my scars' Yami thought with a frown, many people had seen his scars once when his shirt had been torn on a school trip.
After that he had changed schools soon after, no one wanted to be friends with a scarred freak... many reacted that way... he didn't want it to happen here either.
'Wait a moment, I was all upset before I met Enzan on the street... why did he make me cheer up so fast?' Yami thought with confusion, but he pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind as he changed.
He didn't need any more complications in his life anymore, he just wanted to find out who he was.
Enzan looked around the apartment in interest, he could tell that the other boy still had much to unpack... how he could tell you ask... it might have to do with a pile of boxes in the living room.
He even saw a few photos on the wall, most of them was of a younger Yami and a man that must be his adopted father who had been killed three years ago.
"That was taken a year ago, I was in India," a voice said startling him as he was looking at another picture, Enzan turned and blinked.
Standing there was the white haired teen; he was wearing a simple black long sleeve T-shirt, loose blue jeans and gray sneakers. At the moment Yami was running a towel through his wet white hair, soon he pulled it away showing mostly dry hair even if it was still a bit damp, he let his hair stay loose instead of pulling it into a ponytail.
"You've been to a lot of places then," Enzan said eyeing other pictures, Yami nodded and came to stand beside him.
"Yeah, I travel a lot as you said..." Yami said softly, Enzan looked at Yami sharply then for he heard a deep sadness in the other boys voice... he hoped Yyami wasn't about to become depressed on his again.
"Why?" Enzan asked, he was curious.
A sad smile came to Yami's face; it was almost self mocking and held so much sorrow.
"I really don't know, maybe to find out my past... to find out what the blank pages for the first part of my life were before it was erased," Yami said in a whisper, it was so low that Enzan almost didn't hear it.
"Must be hard, you know... not knowing your past... all the things you'll never know, or the people you met," Enzan said, Yami gave a small laugh.
"You have no idea how hard," Yami said.
They stood in silence for a moment, the Enzan realized that he should be getting home.
"I should call home to get my Limo to pick me up, where is your phone?" Enzan asked, he gave a silent sigh of relief as Yami cheered some at the change of topic.
"In the kitchen by the fridge," Yami said, Enzan nodded and walked into the room. The kitchen was small but well stocked, this rooms boxes were all unpacked and put away... so there were no messes here.
Spotting the phone he walked over, like his own home Yami had a Videophone. Quickly he walked over and began to put in the number with nimble fingers, it rang once... then the phone went dead.
"What the..." Enzan said, at that moment the power in the apartment went out leaving the room in almost pitch darkness... the only light coming from a small window.
A few minutes later Yami came into the room a lit candle on a candleholder in his arms, he looked at Enzan.
"Power was just knocked out by the storm, the building owner was just up. His portable radio just informed everyone that the system that controls the phones is also down," Yami informed him, Enzan winced... that meant he had no way to call his Limo.
"Does anyone have a cell phone in the building, I really have to get home," Enzan said and swore silently to himself for forgetting his own at home today of all days, Yami shook his head no.
"Hopefully the storm will clear soon, if not you can always stay here the night," Yami said softly, Enzan sighed.
"Not like I have any choice," Enzan pointed out, Yami smiled and Enzan couldn't help grin back slightly. At this point Enzan also wished he hadn't left his navi Blues at home, he also found out that Kage was recharging at the moment and wouldn't be able to be activated again for a few hours.
It was easy enough to sneak into the houses, with the storm knocking out power and the phones; it was hard for anyone to call for help.
Even tough the power was out he cut the wires for the houses he entered in case it went back on again, but he was in luck... it stayed off.
The first house he entered belonged to some rich girl with blond hair, Yaito if he remembered right. He had knocked the kid out with a drugged cloth; easily enough, he also turned off her PET so her navi could not email for help.
Then came the fat kid with the mohawk hairstyle, pathetic on how easily the children fell to him and were taken from the so called safety of there homes.
Then came the third child, a beautiful brown-eyed girl with dark pink hair... so fair and beautiful... maybe Wily would let him have her when he was done with the Tajiri kid.
Her name was Meiru, if he got a chance to torture her she would scream wonderfully... especially as he peeled off her skin in strips as she was awake. (Yes people, the person Wily sent is insane :))
"This is boring" Enzan said and it was true, they had been stuck in the white haired teens apartment for three hours already with no power, phone, with only candles for light.
"I don't mind, the dark doesn't scare me," Yami said, Enzan grinned slightly... well Yami's name did mean darkness.
"I didn't think you were, so what are you afraid of?" Enzan asked, Yami frowned slightly and looked at the dark ceiling.
"Of nothingness, where nothing exists... where I become lost like my past," Yami said, Enzan shivered at the almost expressionless way his friend said that.
"What about you?" Yami asked, Enzan sighed.
"That I won't be able to find my best friend ever again, and tell him to his face that he is my best friend," Enzan said softly, the two sat in silence for a bit more.
"Tell me about yourself Enzan, we have nothing else to do but wait and talk," Yami said softly, Enzan thought over a bit then decided he might as well. For the next hour he talked about his life, only the important stuff, and a bit about Navi battles and the times he went against WWW 3.
"You've been busy," Yami said, Enzan nodded.
"Now that you know about me, tell me about yourself," Enzan said, Yami was silent for a moment and frowned... finally he sighed.
"There's not much to say actually, as you already know I have amnesia about my past," Yami said, Enzan nodded and told him to continue. "The first thing I remember was waking up in a hospital with amnesia, I spoke Japanese and everyone else spoke English, thankfully one of the doctors spoke Japanese. He helped me learn to live in a world I didn't know anything about, he was the one that gave me Kage when he realized that I like Navi's and the battling... I use to watch ever navi battle I could," Yami said; Enzan listened and didn't interrupt, but he saw that Yami's gaze was lost in memories.
"Later, once I was well enough to leave the hospital he adopted me. I was thrilled; I had a family, a name, all this made me happy... especially since no one could find out who I was. The first year was the happiest in my life, then one day a building was attacked by WWW, I stopped it since I was inside and the only one with a navi at that moment. I beat the person, I don't think he expected Kage and myself to be so strong," Yami said with a slightly smile.
"Who was the WWW member?" Enzan asked.
"Someone named Wily, I met him a few times later... but those are different stories," Yami said with a shrug, Enzan stared at him in surprise... Yami had faced against the leader of WWW and won... only Netto and himself had done that before.
"Anyway, after that I moved on with life. But I found out after that WWW is after my navi for some reason, The only reason I found out was that another member came after me and tried to steal Kage, I got him back after a chase," Yami said.
"After that I started traveling with my dad as he helped people around the world, mind you I still kept meet WWW members. But I didn't mind... they didn't win against me... even if they did do quite a few dirty tricks over the years," Yami said, he paused before continuing.
"I only really dislike Chun of all the WWW members, she would always appear... always at the worst time. It was then... then three years ago that it happened, she and her navi caused a plain to crash... killing my adoptive father who was on it. Nothing has been the same since," Yami whispered.
"You don't have to continue if you don't want to," Enzan said, Yami smiled and shook his head no.
"No, I have to tell someone sometime," he said.
"I fell into a depression for awhile, I was all alone in the world again except for Kage. A week later I went to Canada for some reason I forget now, I made some friends and they helped me over that rough time in my life... but it really hasn't been the same since," Yami said with a sigh.
"Since then, between school, traveling, and battle I've been searching the world... world... searching for a clue of who I am," Yami finally said softly, Enzan remained silent knowing tat Yami was still not telling everything but he had a feeling Yami would tell in his own time.
((Authors note: For more information about Yami's past and the things he didn't say check out the interludes already out and future ones. They will give more information, even dark stories of things. Also, in the future a side story will be coming out))
"Nothings ever easy," Enzan said, Yami could only nod.
"By the way, why couldn't they find out who you were?" Enzan asked curious, nowadays it was usually easy to find out who a nameless person in the hospital was... the computers of hospitals all around the world were linked each with there own database of birth certificates and pictures of everyone as they were currently and in the past.
"When they found me I had been caught in a chemical spill somewhere, my appearance has been altered by it permanently. Also..." at this point Yami paused.
"My body has been terribly scared from injuries, from whatever took my memories and past away," Yami said in a soft sad voice, at this Enzan looked at him startled... he had wondered why every time he saw the boy he pretty much covered all his skin... now he knew.
"I'm sorry," Enzan said.
"That's okay Enzan, it was a long time ago... I don't mind the scars that much. The reason I hide them, is because it bothers others so much... even freaks them out that I have so many," Yami replied, they were silent for a moment.
"Kage should be done recharging," Yami said getting up, he got up and returned moments later with his PET.
He then tuned it on; soon Enzan could see Kage on the screen.
"Good evening Yami-kun, you have email," Kage said, Yami smiled slightly.
"Wonder who's it from," Yami said, Kage smiled.
"Before you open it, how long have you had amnesia?" Enzan asked, Yami looked a bit startled but answered.
"Six years," Yami said and opened the email, before Enzan could say anything in startlement... for six year Netto had vanished a very disturbing voice came from the email.
"If you wish to see your friends again; alive bring Kage and yourself to the address below. The price is your Navi," the voice said darkly, a picture of there friends unconscious appeared. "Tell no one, if you do they die before even the police could get here," the voice threatened, both shivered feeling that this person would do exactly as he promised.
The email ended leaving an address behind.
"Damn," Yami swore, he pounded a fist on a pillow in frustration.
"We have no choice," Enzan said, Yami sighed.
"I know, but I never thought someone would kidnap my new friends to get Kage," Yami said, Enzan sighed and looked out a window... to his surprise it had finally stopped raining.
"I'm going with you," Enzan said, Yami nodded.
"I'll need all the support I can get," Yami replied.
"I know, that's why were pickling up my navi on the way," Enzan said, with that in mind the two teens left the apartment knowing that there friends lives depended on it.
TBC
Next Time: Enzan and Yami race to save the friends from the madman who Wily sent to take them the price... Kage. Chapter Eight: Blue Shadows
FH: Wa lah, another chapter for you all to read. I know you all wanted this last week, but I have a life you know and work. Also, I have lots of other fics I'm trying to finish... really I am.
R.Calumon: Also the fact your RP'ing with people online and your RP buddy is going to post it.
FH: Hey, no telling the readers about the new fic.
R.Calumon: Baka.
Ja ne