Yo, readers! CAN YOU ALREADY FEEL THE EXCITEMENT OF CHRISTMAS COMING IN A FEW DAYS? YAHOO! =D
Anyway, since it's already the Yuletide season… I RECOMMEND READING MY VERY FIRST FIC, "An Irreplaceable Gift"! It's a fic set in Christmas, and a very cute & heartwarming fic too… (BTW, I made its original version or rather, written version in my notebook last December 2009! [Between Dec. 16-18, it's our exam week that time xD]) While I work on this fic, just try to read my 1st fic, you can easily find it in my profile =)
DA: WAAAH! I CAN'T BE THE CRAZY DA FOR THE REST OF THE CHAPTERS! NO!
RDvm: Wait, then… Is the sad one in this chapter the true DA? I mean, is that your true personality…?
DA: I-IT'S NOT! [blushes]
RDvm: Oh, I get it! You're not so mean after all! =D
DA: …Only to Taichi! YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARE ABOUT ANY OF THESE THINGS! I HAVE MY OWN LIFE! HMPH!
RDvm: Aww, you're just shy…
DA: ARRGGH!
RDvm: H-hey, d-don't just attack me! A-ah! O_O
Well then, on with chapter 11! ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon & its characters, for the exception of my OCs (Original Characters): DarkAkumon, SereneAngewomon & FighterAngemon.
Chapter 11 – "DarkAkumon's Change of Heart"
DarkAkumon was carrying Taichi & brought him to his own room, secretly & guilty of her actions…
DA: I'm sorry Taichi… I'm so sorry that I've hurt you a lot… [lays Taichi on the bed]
Yuuko: [takes a look in Taichi's room] What happened to my son…? What did DarkAkumon do?
Susumu: Nani? Then, we have to do our plan now!
Yuuko: Un!
~ o ~ o ~
DA: I hope I did nothing serious to you… Sigh, I can't do anything to help you…
~Flashback~
Agumon: Don't be so reckless Taichi! You'll get yourself harmed with this!
Taichi: I don't care! DA, snap out of it! I know you're a genuinely good Digimon! You proved it to me since I met you!
DA: GRRR…
Unknown Voice: Oh, such a daring boy… DarkAkumon, kill him, now!
DA: GRAAAAAH! [slams him on the wall, chokes Taichi]
~End Vision ~
DA: How cruel I am to hurt & betray my friend… *sob* WHO AM I TO DO THIS TO YOU? GAAAH!
Yuuko: In the count of 3, we shall get up close to that Digimon…
Susumu: Got it…
1…
DA: [looks at her hands] Hahaha, how will a Digimon with blades on its hands get to be a friendly Digimon? With swords, a gun & a bomb pack too. Most of all, how will a Dark Digimon that represents Evil get to be a good Digimon? What a joke. That Digimon deserves to die.
2…
DA: Yeah, I'm totally right. Then, I have no reason to befriend others… I'm a Dark Digimon, then I made friends with an innocent & pure human? Only a fool will do that. Not Taichi, but me. If I didn't willingly made friends… I wouldn't be having such a big problem about this" friendship" thingy.
3…
DA: What are friends for, actually? I don't need them. They'll only bring me down and cause a lot of problems. Like this one now. Why do I care for Taichi? Because he's my friend? I don't know. This feeling just came out of nowhere. But… even though that I hated friends… You made me treat you like one… So, I thank you… I don't know what to return to you from your kindness… I…
Susumu: [barges in] Get away from him! NOW!
DA: [cloaks herself] Wait, y-you don't understand! I-
Yuuko: If you did something to him… You'll pay! Tell us, what did you do to him?
DA: I…
Susumu: Don't make us wait!
DA: I'm sorry, I… I attacked him up to the point in where he got to be like that now… I'm really sorry…
Yuuko: [pulls DA's cloak] You monster! I won't forgive you! [slaps DA]
DA: Please, I'm sorry… I didn't want to-
Susumu: I thought you were too strong to start & end a war alone? Are you scared of us, huh?
DA: Tsk… (I'll be greatly hurt if I don't protect myself… Gomenasai…) [hesitates to pull off her gun]
Susumu: I'm not scared of your gun! Surrender, now!
Yuuko: Wait, DarkAkumon might attempt to shoot you! Don't be so reckless!
Susumu: I know what I'm doing. Let me handle this.
DA: [aims her gun at Susumu, hands shake with fear & hesitation] K-kurai…
Susumu: [runs to DA] Prove to me that you're such an evil Digimon! C'mon, just try to shoot me!
DA: (I can't… He is Taichi's father… And I can't afford to shoot these innocent people… They don't deserve death…) [puts down her gun] …T-take my gun. Shoot me instead…
Susumu: A-are you trying to do something…?
DA: …I'm serious. I can't do such thing to you… But, punish me from what I did to your son. I don't deserve life, after all…
Yuuko: Why are you saying this? I thought you wanted to become a powerful Digimon, then this?
DA: I had let go of that idea. I realized that… I don't have a reason to live in this world… So, go on, shoot me… [gives Susumu her gun, tears fell down from her eyes]
Yuuko: (She sounded so… sad. And the way she looked at us… It seems that she's trying to contain her sorrow… And her eyes show a look of guilt… Is she serious?)
Susumu: If you say so… We'll fight back for Taichi! [aims the gun at DA]
DA: … [looks at Taichi] (I hope that you would forget me… You wouldn't want to meet me in the first place, too… I'm no good to you…)
Susumu: [shoots DA] TAKE THIS!
DA: A-AAAH… [covers up her wound] U-ungh… This… is what I deserve… [falls unconscious out of the window]
Yuuko: DA! [runs out of the room]
Susumu: Yuuko, where are you going?
~Outside Taichi's Apartment~
Takeru: I wonder what happened to Taichi-san…
Yamato: That's why we're going to-
Suddenly, DarkAkumon fell & crashed from the window of Taichi's room…
Yamato: WHAT THE? DA? She's the one who attacked Taichi, right?
Agumon: I'm going to avenge Taichi! CURSE YOU, DA!
Takeru: Matte yo! You can't be so sure! She could not be what you actually think of her…
Police: We got this covered! Stay away from its body!
Takeru: (Taichi-san… What could have happened if you had known about what happened to DA now?)
~ o ~ o ~
DA: [with eyes closed] I… I can't move… U-ungh… But I did manage to survive that fall… Wish that I've died instead of survived…
Yuuko: [hurriedly running to DA] DA, no, you can't…!
Agumon: Eh? But I though Taichi's Okaasan hated DA!
Policeman: U-uuh… Miss, please don't go near it. We're just trying to protect you.
Yuuko: But DA is not evil, I tell you! She's just a lonely soul lost in this realm! Let me through!
Natsuko: Why all this sudden gathering?
Takeru: OKAASAN? A-aah, well, this isn't just a gathering… This is a… hmm… somewhat of a crime scene… I dunno.
Yuuko: I just feel sad for you, DA… I felt guilty upon seeing your eyes showing some sort of regret… It's just so familiar…
Taichi: O-out of the way…! *Gasp…!* What… What happened to you, DA?
DA: Get away from me… I might hurt you again…
Taichi: N-no… I know that you won't do such thing to me…
Yuuko: What did actually happen about the two of you, Taichi?
Taichi: She… She was forcefully manipulated by her creator… She attacked me unintended…
Yuuko: Oh… So that's why she was so guilty of her actions… I feel sorry for her.
Taichi: Wait… So… Ungh… You're not mad at DA?
Yuuko: Why do you think I'm here to look over her, then?
Taichi: T-that's great…! Then how about Otosan?
Yuuko: Hmm, I'm not sure if he feels the same way I do… But anyway, what will we do to DA?
Taichi: Let's… Nngh… Bring her back to us!
Yamato: Hey, uhh, need help? You look pretty stronger than you look in your state.
Taichi: I appreciate it, Yamato… Thanks…
Takeru: Ehehehe… I think you don't need any more help so… Okaasan, where will we go?
Natsuko: Hmm… Want to eat somewhere?
Takeru: Of course! Thanks Mother! Hurry, or else, Oniichan will catch up to us! Hahaha!
Yamato: Oi, I heard that!
Takeru: Oh, nothing!
~Later night, at Taichi & Hikari's room…~
DA: Where… where am I?
Taichi: Yo, DA!
DA: WHAT THE? I thought that you were-
Taichi: Aww, c'mon, DA! You won't leave me alone right?
DA: [blushes] S-SHUT UP! DO YOU WANT ME TO HIT YOU, HUH?
Taichi: Hahaha! Oh, what that wound on your shoulder? Is that a… shot from a bullet? But it looks worse than a normal one…
DA: It's my gun that's used, Taichi. That's why it's more powerful than usual. You don't have to care about me…
Taichi: Who shot you DA…?
DA: Never mind, you'll never want to know…
Taichi: Tell me, I'll take on him or whoever that is!
DA: Your father, Taichi… But I can't afford to let you do something for me in an evil mean. You're not evil at all, but… I am…
Taichi: Don't say that. That's what you think you are, but… I know you're not such an evil Digimon at all.
DA: Really…
Taichi: There's this saying: "Don't judge a book by its cover", which means that you cannot truly know something or someone by just looking at him. You have to know him well by means of befriending him or such.
Agumon: [from a distance] *Sniff…* You're making me cry Taichi… Gosh…
DA: Hmm… Well then, I think it's time to say… I…
Taichi: Eh…?
DA: I… I'm sorry. I don't really want to hurt you, and-
Taichi: I forgave you since the start. Don't worry, I know you well…
DA: T-taichi…! [hugs Taichi]
Taichi: *cough* Hey, you're choking me…! Just kidding. I hope we could be best friends from now on.
DA: You bet! Hehe! But only with you, and no one else!
Taichi: At least you have friends… That's the important thing.
DA: Hmph. Nerdy blockhead! Hahaha!
Taichi: Hey, that's not nice! Joke! Now, will you be a good Digimon from now on?
DA: Yup, I'm free, after all. But make sure you treat me with that ice cream every day, got it?
Taichi: Oh well, guess I can't do anything about it. Since you'll be a nice girl from now on, you deserve it!
DA: Muahahahahaha… MUAHAHAHAAHAHA!
Taichi: T-that's enough, DA, someone else might see you like that…
DA: Oh. But I don't think I would be TOTALLY nice to you. Hehehe…
Taichi: I know right. Well, good night, DA.
DA: Oyasuminasai, bushy brain!
Taichi: Hahaha, so funny… Anyway, let's go out tomorrow, 'kay?
DA: Got it!
With Taichi forgiving DA, their friendship is restored, also without the threat of Metamormon controlling DA. Even though they were peaceful yet again, things are not yet completely back to normal… Don't miss out the next chapter, ""Darkness & Light! Hikari's Revival" for an unexpected turn of events!
DA: The title says it all, don't you think so?
RDvm: Hmm… Yeah, but… The author said that there's some unexpected events in there, right?
DA: You know, we can't afford to spoil the readers' experience! =]
RDvm: Yeah... Anyway, I'm off to spend my time for the holidays! YAY!
DA: Oh, very few days before the Christmas day, that's nice! (A VERY NICE DAY TO CAUSE HAVOC! MUAHAHAHA!)
Me: You can't do that, DA. Or else, I will-
DA: DON'T DARE DO THAT, YOU FREAK! O_O
Me: Well then, see you on the next chapter!
RDvm: Oh, and try reading my fic (and set in Christmas too!), "An Irreplaceable Gift"! That explains my sad life & history (like how this fic was to DA), I hope you enjoy it!
And from all of us, (me, RDvm, DA & my other characters)
we wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New year to everyone! =D