Author's Note: Hi, so I usually don't do this but I took a break in my story to write the author's note (I usually write these right before I publish) I just wanted to warn that as I'm writing the last half I'm watching the OSU/USC game and as of right now at the beginning of the fourth quarter I'm uber pumped up!! I'm going to one of those schools and you can guess or just wait till the ending author's note and see what kind of mood I'm in and that will clue you in on which school I'm going to. Jeez I wish I was at the Horseshoe right now but the tickets for this game aren't included in the student package and were sold out before freshman could buy tickets.

Real Author's Note: this is kind of a filler chapter. (I hate fillers but ehh they're needed) but don't worry the story picks up next chapter i swear

Disclaimer: --- Typing that word immediately means I do not own anything

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.
~Edmund Burke

"Overall I'd say this weekend was a success," J.P. said happily as they sat in Takuya's basement Sunday evening.

"Kinda," Kouichi mumbled looking slightly sullen. The others gave him quizzical looks before he spoke up again. "Well we still need the human digimon's side, without it we can't prove much of anything."

"I guess you have a point," Takuya mused, "anyway, you guys should probably get home. We don't want them getting nosy." He said, referring to their parents.

"Good point, Yutaka probably loved it though," Tommy laughed as he and the others gathered their things and began to leave.

"Takuya?" Kouji mumbled once the others had left and he had told Kouichi to go on without him.

"Yeah?"

"I need your help," Kouji said in a forced voice as though it was causing him pain to need Takuya's help. He studied Kouji for a moment, astonished that Kouji was coming to anyone, let alone him for help. "I can't let him treat Kouichi like this."

Takuya simply nodded with his trademark smirk and even Kouji couldn't help but to let out a small smile.

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"I really don't think this is a good idea," Kouichi said the following Friday as Takuya dragged him towards Kouji's house. "He made it clear that he doesn't want me, I can respect that," Kouichi mumbled sadly.

"Don't worry buddy," Takuya laughed, tugging on Kouichi's sleeve a little harder. "Kouji said his dad won't be home, that's why we're leaving from his house.

"Still, it feels wrong to be going there," Kouichi mumbled as he gave up his struggle.

"What he doesn't know won't hurt him," Takuya said as the two rounded the corner to Kouji's house.

Kouichi stopped dead in his tracks when he saw that the drive-way was filled with cars. "Hmm, guess I got the wrong date," Takuya said in a slightly suspicious tone. "Oh well," he laughed as he latched onto Kouichi's arm and dragged him towards the house.

"No Takuya, this really isn't a good idea," Kouichi said frantically. But before he got the whole sentence out Takuya had already rang the doorbell.

A slightly hefty man answered the doorbell a few moments later. "Kouji?" the main asked once he laid eyes on Kouichi. "There's no need to ring the doorbell," he laughed and the two could smell the whiskey on his breath.

"Actually," Takuya began; speaking slowly to make sure the man caught every word he said. "This is Kouichi, Kouji's twin brother."

"Twins? Fascinating," the man said shaking Kouichi's hand. Takuya took this as an opportunity to sneak past the man and to the stairs where his other four friends were perched.

"He's gonna hate you," J.P. said in a sing-song voice.

"Kouichi doesn't know how to hate," Zoe laughed as they watched his exchange with the large man.

"Who is that guy anyway?" Tommy asked after a few minutes.

"Weren't you paying attention the first time?" J.P. sighed.

"Be nice, he came late," Zoe said, slapping him lightly.

"That's the owner of the company my dad works for, Mr. Shui," Kouji said looking pleased. "He's sure to tell my dad he met Kouichi."

"Then your dad's gonna flip a shit," J.P. chuckled.

"Probably," Kouji muttered apathetically, "but at least then he can't deny Kouichi is his son."

"This is either brilliant or really stupid," Zoe sighed as they watched Mr. Shui and Kouichi's conversation.

"It's a little of both," Takuya laughed as he bumped forearms with Kouji. The others just shook their heads and turned their attention back to Kouichi who had left Mr. Shui and was making his way to the others.

"You guys must really hate me," Kouichi sighed once he was with the others.

"Follow me," Kouji said, ignoring his brother as he led the others towards his room.

"Now what?" Tommy asked after a few awkward moments.

"Depends, if J.P. touches that one more time he's losing an arm, but either way we wait for my dad to yell at me," Kouji said, glaring at J.P. who had picked up his guitar.

"Sorry," he muttered sheepishly, placing it down gently and if on cue the door to Kouji's bedroom flew open and Mr. Minamoto stormed in.

"Now," Mr. Minamoto nearly growled as he grabbed Kouji's coat collar and dragged him from the room.

For a moment the others just sat frozen in shock before running towards the door and pressing their ears against it. "I think your dad's proof that nerds can be pretty scary," Tommy whispered to Kouichi who just nodded slightly.

"Hey J.P., five bucks says someone gets slapped during this little exchange," Takuya said, holding out his hand for J.P. to shake.

"You're on!"

"Do you think really think now's a good time for this?" Zoe scoffed.

"When else will Kouji have this great of a chance of being slapped? Right Kouichi?" Takuya laughed. But Kouichi's focus was no longer in the room.

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It was dark with the ominous wind that sent chills up his spine. He stood in a distant yet familiar plane; it was silent except for the soft crackling of the volcano in the distance. He began to run; he didn't know why all he knew was that he needed to be there. He saw as he was running eerily familiar scenes flashing before his eyes. It was like catching glimpses of old movies, neither sound nor color, just images of things he once new. As he ran he began to reach a blinding white light, in the back of his mind he hear the saying "Don't go into the light!" He knew that would probably be the better thing to do but something was drawing him towards it. So he continued to run back towards the blinding light.

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"Kouichi? Kouichi? Kouichi!" Takuya nearly shouted as he waved his hand in front of Kouichi's face, startling him out of his stupor.

"Sorry," Kouichi muttered sheepishly, "I guess I was just daydreaming."

"It must have been a pretty good dream," Tommy laughed, "You've been out for a good five minutes."

"Yeah," Kouichi muttered to no one in particular.

"It wasn't good was it?" Kouji asked, looking a little worried.

He hadn't realized Kouji was back in the room so his brother's question caused him to jump a little. "I'm not sure," Kouichi muttered, trying to recall his dream.

"Well are you gonna tell us?" J.P. asked lazily as he flipped through one of Kouji's school books, ignoring Kouji's glare.

"That's weird," Takuya muttered once Kouichi had finished recounting his dream.

"You're telling me," Kouichi sighed. "It was so real I could have sworn I could feel the wind."

"No not that. I think I had the same dream, well not exactly but close enough to count I guess," Takuya mused, looking lost in his own thoughts.

"Well did you or didn't you?" Kouji growled, looking aggravated.

"I did, jeez! The night Bokomon and Neemon came…except I wanted to get away from it. Why the hell would you want to go towards it?" Takuya asked, throwing a confused look at Kouichi.

"Aw, why does all the cool stuff happen to you guys?" Tommy interrupted before Kouichi could respond.

"Do you think it means anything?" Zoe asked as she and the others ignored Tommy who was pouting slightly.

"I don't believe in coincidences," Kouji muttered, deep in thought.

The others considered his words for a few minutes before J.P. broke the silence. "They're too vague to connect. By the way Kouji, what did your dad say?"

Takuya couldn't help but let a goofy grin come across his face as the others gave him curious looks except Kouichi who still looked lost in his thoughts. "Nothing," he said simply.

"Did he slap you?" Takuya asked with a little too much enthusiasm. Kouji just glared at him while Tommy tried to stifle a laugh. "You slapped him!"

"What? No! Takuya shut up," Kouji said, shoving his overly-excited friend away. "At first it was more of just angry noises then he said he'd talk to me when everybody left."

"Well that's anticlimactic. Are we just gonna wait?" J.P. asked.

"Why bother? Let's go see the human digimon," Kouji said grabbing his D-tector off his bookshelf.

"But your dad?" Zoe began looking uneasy but standing up nonetheless.

Kouji shrugged and went to the closet to open a portal to the Digital World before responding, "what about him?"

"Ok…" J.P. chuckled awkwardly, "But what about our parents?"

"Do you ever pay attention," Kouji asked, not even trying to mask his annoyance. "It's only seven and we know exactly when the beasts were attacked."

"Not gonna lie, I'm not following," Takuya said, laughing sheepishly.

Kouji glared at his goggle-headed friend before addressing his twin. "You're following right?"

"Hmm? Oh, yeah of course," he said with a smile plastered on his face in an attempt to hide his drifting attention. "Well, we have five hours before it gets so late that our parents call the cops but with the information Grizzlymon gave us it shouldn't take that long to figure out what's going on," he said to Takuya.

Takuya rolled his eyes before responding, "What if we get into a fight? Are we supposed to pull out?"

"We won't fight," Kouji said simply.

"Why not?" Takuya asked after letting out an aggravated sigh.

"But I want to be Kumamon," Tommy pouted, giving Kouji his puppy-dog eyes which Takuya quickly joined.

"I think I'm gonna agree with Kouji," J.P. said, stroking his chin. "If we fight now then they might think we've picked a side and from there it might get messy."

"But if we're there when they attack the beast then we'll know," Takuya said, looking annoyed that J.P., who ninety-nine percent of the time sided with him, was siding with Kouji. It was as close to treachery as J.P. could get.

"Takuya, nothing in the Digital World is ever what it seems," Zoe said softly, nodding her head towards Kouichi though he was again too focused on figuring out his dream to notice.

Takuya let out an overly dramatic sigh before responding, "Fine no spirit evolving. But just to warn you I have a lot, a lot of pent up aggression. I could snap just like that," he said snapping his fingers for emphasis.

"Go play a video game," Kouji sighed as he entered the Digital World without another word towards the others.

They didn't even try to hide their laughter as Takuya grumbled angrily. "This'll be fun," J.P. chuckled as he shoved Takuya through the portal.

Author's note: hazeleyedharmony is upset. That one freakin' run turned the game around. I really thought we had it. It would have been the first time in 13 years a Big 10 school beat them. But anyway i hope you liked it! And I hope to see you all in the next chapter. funny thing: both this chapter and chapter 6 of "Remember The Dream" have the same umber of words.