NOTE: This is where I think things start to pick up...and also where it starts heading into the final chapters of the story. ^_^;
I had a LOT of fun writing this chapter! So far, it's been one of my faves and I hope I did it justice. :3 Hope ya'll enjoy it!
Chapter 10. The Dragon Attacks
Matt looked around the empty field and sighed. He and Tai were supposed to come to the park and play soccer together. However, the young brunette was nowhere to be seen. Matt kicked a rock out of the way and then laid down on the grass. Months had passed since Sora told Matt that she liked Tai, and it was still bothering him. It wasn't fair that she liked Tai…Tai was his knight and husband. He couldn't be anyone else's.
"What are you doing Matt?" The young blonde shielded his eyes from the sun to see who had spoken to him. Queen Mimi hovered over him and blinked curiously.
"I'm just thinking," he sighed and sat up. The young girl plopped herself next to the young prince and looked at him.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked intently.
"I don't know," Matt shrugged. "Lots of things."
"Where is Sir Tai?" Mimi asked, looking around. "Weren't we all supposed to play soccer today?"
"…I don't know…" Matt muttered. "He said he'd be here…but he's not." Matt started pulling grass up from the ground. "Mimi?"
"Yeah?" she answered, watching a butterfly that was nearby.
"…You know how Tai and I got married?"
"Yes."
"Well…what happens if he stops liking me?" Mimi stared at him, rather surprised. "What if…he starts liking someone else?" Mimi stared at him a moment longer without saying anything. Matt blushed then continued plucking the grass to make a large pile.
"I don't know Matt," the young girl finally said. She started picking grass and dumping it on Matt's pile. "I've never heard of something like this happening. It doesn't usually happen in the story books."
"Yeah," the blonde sighed. "I know it doesn't." They continued picking grass until the pile grew to the size of a basketball.
"I think all you shouldn't give up on Tai," Mimi dusted off her hands as she spoke. "He can be really stupid sometimes. You've just gotta wait until he gets smart again. Ok?"
"Yeah," Matt smiled slightly and smashed the pile of grass down. "I guess you're right Mimi."
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"No! That's not right!"
"Well we're going to have to do something!"
"We can figure something else out!
"It's either we do that, or—"
"There has to be another way!"
Matt lifted his head and blinked groggily at the door. He had just been awakened by his parents arguing…again. They used to argue for short periods of time, but now, their shouting matches would go clear into the night. Matt looked at his younger brother to see if he was still asleep next to his side.
"They're fighting again?" T.K. whispered. Apparently he was not anymore.
"Yes," Matt sighed. "Don't worry though, I'm sure they'll go to sleep soon…Did they wake you up?"
"Yes," T.K. yawned. "Why do they keep on fighting Matt?"
"I don't know," Matt murmured sadly. "I wish I did though, so then I could fix it and then they'd stop."
"Yeah, it's starting to hurt my ears."
"Me too." The two brothers listened to their parents fight some more. They had lowered their tones, but it was obvious that they were still angry.
"Matt?" T.K. whispered. "It scares me when they fight."
"Don't be scared T.K.," Matt smiled. "Everyone fights sometimes. Even you and me."
"Yeah but…that's different," T.K. sighed. Matt frowned as he heard his younger brother start to sniffle.
"Aw, don't cry T.K.," the elder murmured. He wrapped his arms around his younger brother and hugged him. "It's going to be ok. I'll be here to protect you."
"Promise?" T.K. sniffed.
"Always."
"Ok…thanks Matt. That makes me feel better and that everything is going to be ok." Matt could feel T.K.'s small arms wrap around him and he hugged back. Matt smiled and closed his eyes, his parent's angry voices seeming nothing but a quiet wind in the air.
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"Matt! Wake up!" Matt slowly opened his eyes and sat up. T.K. sat near the window and looked out intently.
"What are you doing T.K.?" Matt yawned. T.K. looked at his brother and touched the glass.
"There's an egg outside!" he exclaimed. Matt blinked at his brother.
"What?" Matt hurried next to his brother and opened the window. He looked up at the sky and saw a strange looking shape of light above. The blonde quickly ran over to the dresser and picked up a pair of binoculars that his father had given him a while ago. He ran back to the window and looked through the binoculars. The light had formed itself to resemble the shape of an egg, like T.K. had said.
Suddenly, there was a bright white flash of light. Matt and T.K. shielded their eyes from the light and then quickly looked back once it passed. A strange creature fell from the sky and started gliding around. It flew past some buildings, and suddenly, three fire balls came out of thin air and nearly missed the creature. The creature flew right by the Ishida brother's window and caused both of them to duck from the gust of air it created. Their heads quickly popped back up and they watched the creature fly towards one of the road bridge. Another fire ball was shot at the creature, which Matt decided looked like a bird, and once again it missed.
Matt looked closely at the bird through his binoculars. It was a very large green bird. It had two large red feathers sticking up from its head and…hands. Not only did it have two wings, but it had two arms as well. Everything else made it seem like an ordinary bird.
"What is it doing Matt?" T.K. asked in hushed excitement.
"I'm not sure T.K.," Matt muttered. The bird was staring at something straight ahead of it. It didn't make any sign of moving or flying away.
"Pepper flame!" a voice boomed out. Matt jumped when a fire ball shot out of nowhere and hit the bird straight on the head. Smoke exploded from the hit.
"Whoa! It got it!" Matt and T.K. gasped together. Once the smoke cleared, it showed that the bird had been unharmed. Matt looked through his binoculars again and saw that on the bird's head, it had a metal plate on it. What kind of bird has metal on its head?
"My turn!" the bird laughed. "Static destroyer!" A shot of electricity shot out of the two red feathers and went charging through the air. It hit a bridge just on the opposite side of it and exploded before it went tumbling down. The Ishida brothers gasped at the sight.
"He's toast," Matt muttered.
"Matt look!" T.K. yipped. The elder blonde looked up and saw the buildings around them going crazy. Their lights were flickering on and off, and even the street lights were going weird too. Matt glanced at the clock in their room. The numbers were running through the time over and over before it shut off. In fact, all of the lights suddenly shut off. A loud snarl echoed from the street, and Matt quickly looked back at the fight.
On the opposite side of the bird creature, there was something crouched down on the ground. It was snarling at the parrot and it seemed like it was protecting something. Smoke still rose from the fallen bridge and so it made it difficult to determine what exactly was the new creature on the ground. It grumbled something, waited, then roared before standing up and charging.
The new creature was large and orange. Blue stripes ran down its back and it had razor sharp claws. Matt would have thought it was a dinosaur…had it not been for the strange brown helmet it wore on its head. That helmet had two large horns behind its eyes and a large horn where his nose should have been. The more Matt looked at it, the more it resembled…
"A dragon!" Matt gasped.
"What?" T.K. exclaimed. "I wanna see!" The elder brother let his younger brother take the binoculars. He looked through them intently and Matt continued to stare at awe at the large dragon in front of them.
"Nova flame!" the dragon roared. A bright light came flying out of the dragon's mouth and went flying to the bird. The bird squawked in agony and went crashing to the ground.
"Cool!" Matt said. He never saw a dragon battle before.
As the bird stood, the dragon went charging at it to attack. The dragon head butted the bird, which squawked in pain and tried fighting back. The bird and dragon clasped claws and started wrestling each other to gain the upper hand. For a while, it seemed as though the dragon would win, but soon the bird was pushing it away from him. The green creature grabbed the orange one by the neck and threw it to the ground. The dragon quickly stood up and blocked the next hit the bird was about to give him. They wrestled once again, and this time, the bird was able to push the dragon hard enough so that it fell on the ground. The orange dragon rolled on the ground and snarled at the bird.
"Static destroyer!" the bird screamed. Another shot of electricity shot from its head and hit the orange dragon. A large blast of smoke erupted, soon followed by a loud crash. The smoke hung around for a while and the bird waited patiently. Once the smoke started clearing up, it revealed the dragon lying on the ground, not moving at all. The bird chuckled wickedly and started walking towards the dragon.
"He's going to be ok," T.K. suddenly said.
"Huh?" Matt looked down at his brother. T.K. looked down at the dragon.
"He's going to be ok," he repeated. "He's just pretending to be hurt so that he can jump on the mean birdie!" Matt stared at his brother for a while, and then at the bird through his binoculars. Electric sparks came out from the bird, threatening to strike the dragon once more.
Suddenly, a loud whistle rang out. It was long and high pitched. The Ishida brothers looked around, trying to figure out where it was coming from.
"Look!" T.K. pointed. Matt pinpointed the area where he was gesturing with his binoculars. The source of the whistle was next to the orange dragon. Suddenly, it came clear to him that it was someone blowing on a whistle. And that person was none other than his knight.
"Tai," Matt gasped. "Tai is out there!" The whistle finally came to an end, and everyone waited anxiously to see what would happen next. The dragon's eyes snapped open and caused confusion to the bird creature. The orange dragon jumped up to its feet and charged at the bird. It threw its head back and let out an enormous roar.
"NOVA FLAME!" The dragon let out a large force of light and fire from its mouth and it crashed right into the bird. As the bird cried out in agony and the dragon continued to breath out its attack, the light grew brighter and brighter, until suddenly, everything went white. Matt shielded his eyes from the bright, sun like glow and shut his eyes tightly.
"GREYMON!" Matt slowly opened his eyes and looked out into the street. The sun was starting to rise from the horizon and the street was covered in rubble and debris. There was no sign of the large bird or the dragon anywhere. "GREYMON! DON'T YOU WANNA PLAY HORSEY WITH ME ANYMORE? WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Matt! It's Kari!" T.K. gasped. Matt looked at the small dot in the road, which he only assumed was Kari. Not too far away from her, was her older brother Tai. Matt quickly got up from the bed and ran to the door. "Matt where are you going?" The blonde ran out of the room and straight for the main door. He tried opening it, but it got caught with the chain lock. Matt stood on his tip toes to reach it, but it was no use. He was too short.
"Matt, what are you doing?" Matt turned and saw his father lying on the couch.
"Daddy! I need to go outside!" Matt explained as he tried reaching for the chain lock again.
"Matt, it's too early for you to go out now," his father yawned and sat up.
"But Daddy—"
"Besides, you can't go outside in your PJ's." Matt looked down at his pajamas then hurried back to his room to change. T.K. was still staring out at the window intently, as Matt scrambled to get on his favorite blue shirt and brown shorts. After slipping on some miss matching socks, Matt ran for the door once again. He grabbed the door handle, threw the door open, as much as it would open, and started yanking on the door handle repeatedly.
"HEY!" Matt's father stood up quickly and shut the door. "You're going to break it if you keep doing that!"
"Please Daddy?" Matt whimpered. "I have to go outside right now! Tai is out there!"
"Tai? What is he doing outside so early?"
"I don't know…but I have to go see if he's ok!" Matt's father stared down at his son, who was starting to tear up slightly. He needed to get out there and see if Tai was hurt by the dragon or not. If he was hurt, then it was up to Matt to help him. "Please Daddy?" His father stared at him a moment longer, and the young blonde worried that he wouldn't be able to see his knight. Suddenly, the older man lifted his hand up to the chain and unlocked the door. He opened the door for his son.
"Be careful," he muttered.
"Thanks Daddy!" Matt smiled and ran out of the apartment. He ran down the hall and took the elevator to the main floor. After what seemed like forever, he exited the elevator and looked for Tai.
The sun was now fully up and people were starting to appear in the street to see the damage that was taken place. Matt ran up to the street where the bird and dragon fought and looked for the young brunette. There was no sign of Tai anywhere.
"MATT!" The blonde looked down the street and saw Tai waving to him.
"TAI!" Matt cried out and ran to him. Before he got even half way, an older man in a police uniform stopped Matt in his tracks.
"Whoa there kiddo!" he said, stopping the child from reaching his friend. "You're not going in there."
"Let me go!" Matt grunted as he tried to wriggle away. "Tai is out there!" Matt finally jerked himself free and continued running to Tai. Adults were starting to surround the brunette and his sister. Matt's legs were starting to get tired, but he knew he had to make sure that his knight, his husband, was safe. "Tai!" By the time the young boy was close enough to Tai, there was large group of adults and children alike surrounding him. Matt tried to find a way through the mass of people, but it was difficult with all of them moving around and creating a ruckus. Finally, he simply pushed himself through a pair of legs and started fighting his way to the center.
As Matt pushed onward through the crowd, he would call out his friend's name but it was in vain due to the many questions from the surrounding adults around him. The young blonde grew excited when he saw a flash of wild brown hair not too far from him. As he got closer, he noticed that there was someone else that was next to Tai and Kari. He pushed through some more to get a better view on who it was. Only when he was only a person or two from Tai, he saw that it was a little red headed girl in her pajamas.
It was Sora. She was saying something to Tai, but Matt couldn't hear her because of the loud chatter from the group of adults. Matt watched in horror as Sora then kissed the boy he was so desperately trying to reach. It was only a few seconds, but no matter the time length, it still stung to watch it happen. Tai blushed and touched his mouth. Matt thought that he would wipe the kiss off, but no. He just let it happen.
"Tai?" Matt whispered quietly. The blonde's view was suddenly covered by a pair of legs, and slowly he felt himself getting pushed out of the crowd of people. Matt soon found himself outside of the circle of people and saw no way of getting back in to find Tai. More adults had gathered around the children, and in the distance, sirens were starting to become more audible. The young blonde stood alone in the middle of the street. He felt very sad…and mad.
Did he really see that happen? He just saw his knight…his husband, allow someone else kiss him. Why didn't he stop her? Did the young blonde no longer matter to him? Why did seeing this hurt so much?
"Come on son," the man in the police officer uniform came to Matt's side and nudged him away from the scene. "Let's get you home." Matt nodded and allowed the officer walk him back to the apartment.
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Matt sat alone in his room as he continued to sulk the rest of the day. He didn't feel like eating, or playing, or doing much of anything, except play his harmonica. All he could think about was seeing the wicked witch giving his brave knight a kiss. It bothered Matt that Tai did absolutely nothing to stop her, and sad that he couldn't get to him at all. The young blonde sighed and decided to go and see if dinner was ready.
"But I really did see some monsters, Mommy." Matt stopped when he overheard T.K. trying to explain to his mother what he and his brother witnessed last night. Their mother didn't seem to believe him however, and the more T.K. tried to convince her it was real, the angrier she seemed to get. Finally, Matt gathered enough courage to confront his mother.
"I saw them too Mommy," the elder blonde spoke. His mother looked at him with a disapproving look. "It was a big green bird and an orange dragon."
"Sweetie," his mother sighed. "I've told you before, there are no such things as dragons."
"But…it was big and orange and had three horns on its head!"
"That's enough Matt."
"But it's true Mommy! You have to believe us!"
"I said: 'That's enough!'" Their discussion was interrupted by the sound of the front door opening. The family looked towards the head of the home, who was now returning from work. He looked curiously at each of their faces.
"What's going on?" he murmured.
"T.K. and I saw a big huge dragon and bird last night, but Mommy won't believe us when we tell her," Matt responded.
"A dragon?" his father raised an eyebrow, quizzically. "Is that so?"
"Yeah! It was big and orange! It had a huge helmet head that was brown with three horns and blue stripes down—" Matt stopped when he saw that his father didn't look convinced…or even interested in the story. "You…don't believe me either…do you?"
"…I'm sorry Matt," his father sighed. Matt frowned.
"But…the road outside…" T.K. brought up.
"They say that it was just a military accident," he explained to his wife, before explaining to the young child. "That means, there were some airplanes that were flying around here and they accidentally hurt the road outside." T.K. didn't look convinced. "I'm sorry kids, but it is what it is." Matt's father reached out to pat his elder son on the head, but Matt shrank away. The young prince stared up at his father and mother for a moment, before retreating back to his room. He plopped himself on his bed and started to cry.
Matt felt so angry and sad and it made him want to explode from it all. Why people have to be so mean? Why couldn't his parents believe him and his brother? Why did Sora have to like Tai? Why did Tai let Sora kiss him like that? Matt felt like this was the most horrible day that had ever happen to him. He was convinced that things couldn't get possibly worse…
Coincidentally...last night, I watched the guy I liked kiss another girl right in front of me...(It was for a show, which helps...but still...it sucks... -_- )
Well, enough about me! ^_^ Please let me know what you think about this chapter! :D