Children of the Legend
Kari Minamoto
Author's Note: Thank you for your patience. I am really sorry about the lack of updates; I have been so busy with school that I have not had time to type this up from my composition book. So I beg your forgiveness for this late and very short chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon, period.
Chapter 16- Awakening
Koji ran as quickly as possible to the hospital, almost dropping the necklace from his pocket. He still did not know why he brought it, but knew in some way that it might be able to help Koichi.
The keeper of light ran through the sliding doors of the brick hospital's emergency doors and up to the front desk so quickly that he almost crashed into it.
"May I help you," a young woman with curly brown hair and honey highlights asked in a bored voice. It was almost like she had become immune to these situations from the position.
"Kimura, Koichi," Koji said while trying to catch his breath since he had run from the bus stop.
The woman said nothing and started typing information into the computer that Koji could not see. She then replied with little emotion, "Kimura, Koichi. E.R. room 1950. Only family is allowed."
Koji looked at her in disgust and suppressed the urge to practice his kendo "with" her. Did she not know that they were brothers? There was a picture in the computer after all, even Koji could see it from where he was standing. If not, Koji was fairly certain his mother would have told the nursing staff this small piece of information.
"Okay," Koji replied coolly to her yet rushed since he had already started for the 1900's section of the E.R. wing. He knew his way around from Koichi's previous trip there.
Koji continued to run down the corridor until a doctor yelled at him to slow down and therefore turned it in to a brisk walk. He saw the insides of some rooms with their bland walls and beds as well as many machines. However the only one which clearly registered in his mind was the one at the end of the wing where his twin was going to be. He was almost there, could almost feel the knob in his hand. He was there and about to enter until he heard a familiar voice.
"Koji," a woman said coming up to him with the same black hair the twins had along with their ocean blue eyes. She was still in pink scrubs from her new job as a nurse in the same exact hospital where Koichi now was.
Without another word the two embraced each other, mother and son. Even though they knew about each other, the two did not see each other often. All the time spent together was cherished yet this was not the situation either wanted to meet in.
"Let's go in and see him," Koji's mother said and the two went through the hospital door.
Tomoko gasped at seeing her slightly older son motionless under the white sheets with machines all around him. The walls were painted the same as the sheets, white. She never had seen Koichi in this situation before. Last time he had bee in the E.R. Koichi had been awake by the time she got there so this was socking.
For Koji this was de-ja-vu though.
Koji silently walked over to his brothers' bedside and pulled the red chair from the corner of the room with him. He sat down and reached for his twins' hand under the sheet and squeezed it.
"Everything will be okay, Koichi I promise everything will be okay," Koji whispered to his brother who gave no response to even hearing him.
Takuya was waiting anxiously outside the hospital hoping some of the other chosen would show up soon. Zoe had just called warning him not to go him not to go into the hospital without her and Tommy since the two were together. Takuya already knew that Koji had to be with Koichi, with how close they were and all. J.P. had called since Zoe had called him and told Takuya he would be right there.
"Hey Takuya!" a voice from a slightly heavy boy in jeans and a green T-shirt running toward him cried.
"How's it going buddy?" Takuya asked casually.
"We're here for Koichi not for a typical get together," J.P. replied in a serious tone. "I bet Koji's flipping out."
After a few minutes of silence passed where J.P. and Takuya felt isolated from the rest of the world, Zoe and Tommy arrived out of breath. Apparently they had run from Tommy's house a couple of blocks away.
"I guess we should go in," Takuya said stating the obvious.
The other agreed with nodded heads and a one or two 'yeahs'. The foursome went through the sliding doors of the emergency room oat a fast pace but also in silence. The waiting room they passed had about 20 blue chairs, beige walls, piles of magazines , and a T.V. running a documentary on electricity which J.P. seemed really interested in, but Koichi was, after all more important.
The approached the desk where the same curly haired, honey highlighted woman that Koji had encountered still sat. The only problem was, Takuya and the others did not know this piece of information.
"Excuse me, "Takuya asked politely while constantly moving his legs as if they were on pins and needles as well as leaving off the familiar word buddy. "We are looking for Kimura, Koichi; do you know which room he is in?"
The woman who had been reading a book, Fortune Telling for the Fantastic (It also had a picture of a skull on the cover which Tommy really did not like, put it down and just stared at the four teens in front of her wondering why this boy was so popular.
"Family only," she said briskly without looking up the information and picked up the book again.
"We are family though," Takuya practically yelled at her.
"How?" the woman asked him with a glint in her eye. She could see right through this.
"Well, I'm, a, um… his cousin's cousins' cousin, twice removed," Takuya said.
"I'm his aunt's cousins uncles' cousin thrice removed," J.P. chimed in.
"And I'm his brothers' cousins' cousin five times removed," Zoe proudly stated.
"I know you are not related! I have seen this trick a dozen times! Stop saying you are related okay!" the woman screamed at them.
This unpleasant woman would have said more if it was not for a blue haired doctor with wire rimmed glasses who seemed to come out of no where.
"That's enough Akemi," he told the woman and then turned to the four chosen in front of the main desk. "I will take it from here."
The woman, Akemi, looked like she wanted to argue but changed her mind and went back to her book.
"I am assuming you are friends of Kimura, Koichi from the sounds of this argument?" the blue-haired doctor asked.
"Yes," Zoe told answered for the foursome taking in the doctors' appearance at the same time. He looked to be in his early 30s with glasses that made him look very intelligent, but he also gave off the impression that he was a reliable person and had a pretty confident poise as a doctor.
"I am Doctor Joe Kido, please follow me, I will take you to your friend," the man told the group of warriors and started down the adjacent hall.
"I had a friend named Kari who used to go to the hospital a lot when she was younger and we all, meaning her friends of course, had a hard time getting in to see her, "Dr. Kido told the foursome without looking at them. "I'm assuming you are close to each other?"
"Yeah, we are, we would do anything for each other," Tommy told the doctor.
"It does sound like you are close, it is almost the same mentality that my friends and I have," Dr. Kido told them as he stopped in front of a closed door.
"This is it. Go on in, I have to talk to Ms. Kimura anyway," the doctor who bore the crest of reliability told them and opened the door.
The first thing the warriors saw was Koichi laying stiff in the hospital bed surrounded by machines, the second thing was Koji next to him looking lonelier than ever, and lastly Ms. Kimura on the other side of the bed with silent tears falling down her face.
"Ms. Kimura, may I please speak to you?" Dr. Kido asked her.
She nodded silently and stood up leaving the six warriors alone.
Takuya, Zoe, Tommy, and J.P. gathered around Koichis' bed in silence hoping and praying he would be alright.
Unknown to the two adults talking outside the room, without a word being spoken a dull blue light started glowing from inside Koji's pocket.
The only problem was, he was oblivious to it.
"Koji, what is that in your pocket?" Zoe asked in a quiet and sincere voice.
"Huh," Koji said and absentmindedly took the necklace from his pocket.
At that moment it glowed even more violently. Also once it was taken from Koji's pocket the cell phones also began to glow. It became so bright that the five conscious warriors had to shield their eyes from the intense blue and white lights.
After a few moments, the light died away, and as it did Koichi began to stir, his eyes began to flutter as well as attempting to sit up.
Koji being the warrior of light was the first to uncover his eyes.
"Koichi, are you alright," Koji asked placing both hands on Koichi's and a t the same time trying to keep him from sitting up.
At these words the rest unshielded their eyes, whether ready for the remaining light or not. It was still somewhat bright since the necklace was still giving off its bluish shine.
"Hey buddy, calm down, we are all here," the familiar goggle-head said.
Koichi only noticed at that moment that all his friends were gathered around a hospital bed which happened to be his.
Koichi just looked at them, "I'm okay but we have a big problem…Duskmon's back."
"Ms. Kimura, I am afraid that this seems really serious," Dr. Joe Kido told the worried mother.
"How so?" she asked with a hint of fear in her voice.
Before Joe could say anything the troubled mother sat down in a blue, plastic ,chair that was near the door and burst into tears.
"I can't loose him, I just can't!" she sobbed into her hands. "I lost Koji to my divorced husband for twelve years, I lost my marriage, I just lost my mother. I can't bear loosing my son!"
Joe was trying to figure out what to say when a bright light could be seen through the cracks in the doors of room 1950.
Tomoko who had been looking down also saw the light.
"What's that?" she asked more to herself than anyone else as the light died away.
"I don't know, let's find out," Joe said and opened the door.
Tomoko screamed and rushed to her son's side and gave him a bone crushing hug. Joe liked seeing scenes like this but all the same it was strange.
Moments ago, he was going to tell the woman that her son was in a coma and no one knew what was wrong with him. Now he looked perfectly fine although his friends seemed to be sporting either shocked or worried faces.
At this point Joe focuses on the boy that was not with the four he had escorted to the room. He seemed to be able to have a face that was full a relief but also worry at the same time.
The thing that caught Joe's attention though was the necklace in his hand which was still emitting a faint blue glow.
'It can't be.' Joe thought to himself. 'It just can't be a crest; it's just too easy to find one like this. They are supposed to be hard to find. Then again we have been looking for the crests for over a month.'
Joe walked toward the boy who had to be the patient's twin, they looked to much alike.
"Excuse me, I'm Dr. Kido. May I see that necklace you have?" the doctor asked hoping to just have it handed over without a problem. There was no such luck.
"Why?" he asked giving the doctor an icy look.
"Koji," his mother replied harshly while caressing the older twins' hair. "Let the man see it, he's done everything he can for your brother."
Koji would not disobey his mother and obediently gave Dr. Kido the necklace to see. It had stopped glowing and Joe could now clearly see the crest of friendship etched into it.
"May I hold onto this for a while?" Joe asked.
"N…" Koji started but was interrupted by his mother.
"Of course you may," Tomoko replied while still making sure her son was okay and not really listening to the doctors' request.
"Thank you," Joe said and left the room while not believing his luck at getting the crest so easily.
"Hey I want that back you know," a voice from behind him said.
Joe turned around and saw the boys' twin standing there, arms crossed and looking somewhat unpleasant.
"Alright, just give me a couple days to analyze it okay?" Joe said.
"I don't trust you, you know that right?" the boy said in his cold tone.
"Of course, but I am just asking for your trust this once," Joe said hoping he did not have to beg.
"Fine, but if I do not get it back then I will find you," the boy said and turned around to go back to his brother.
'Phew, that was close' Joe though to himself.
"We are here!" Myotismon cried to his minions as they began to cheer for their leader as they arrived at the underground base set up in the real world.
"It is time; time to conquer the real world, time to destroy the digidestined, and time to destroy the Children of the Legend!" Myotismon cried and then began to laugh a loud cruel laugh, a laugh which was pure evil.
To be continued…
I am sorry for the short chapter as well as the long delay. I will try to finish up Hope's True Love soon but also try to work on this as well as attempt to come up with a Christmas fic if I have the time between these two and school. Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter and those who were patient, I appreciate it.
P.S. The scene with the gang at the hospital desk making things up to get in to see Koichi has been in my head forever, it felt good to get it down on "paper". I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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