Wanna hear something funny? Just this second as I put this in Documents, I suddenly got the chills. I'm alone in my house and I'm out in the country, so you could probably guess how nervous I got...I look down for no reason...AND THERE WAS A HUGE SPIDER CRAWLING NEXT TO MY FOOT! I just screamed bloody murder and took off my sneaker and started slamming it on the spider! I couldn't stop! It's like...implanted on my floor now...ew...anyways, sorry to all you spider fans, but I'm not. I got bit my a spider when I was little and had to go to the emergency room...ever since, spiders have been my enemy...I WILL GET REVENGE! OH YES, REVENGE I TELL YOU! REVENGE!!

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Hello…(laughs nervously)…my bad? I'M SO SORRY for the late update. I have no excuse. ALSO my Yahoo Messenger has gone mad and it wont go online for the messenger and I can't re-download it…so I'm ticked off! I hate this! I can't talk to my friends (from this site and my social life)! It's driving me mad!

THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO: TRUDY HEINE (HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!)

No one guessed right, so there you go. I needed to dedicate the chapter to someone…since it's her birthday, I felt that it would be awesome to do that. You guys should thank her, because if it wasn't for her being born many years ago, I wouldn't have updated today! THANK YOU FOR BEING BORN!...lol. I'm in a silly mood.

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Flowers Are Blooming

Sequel To Puzzle Pieces

Main Characters:

Matthew (Scope) -14 - 8th grade - BlackAgumon - Strength

Taichi (Romeo or Romie) -14 - 8th grade - Guilmon -Trust

Ryo (Hazy) -14 - 8th grade - SnowAgumon - Compassion

Kanaye (Soldier) - 13 - 7th grade - Terriermon - Dreams

Sakura (Shy-Shy) - 13 - 7th grade - Lopmon - Innocence

Maro (Sunny) - 12 - 7th grade - Koemon – Peace

Noah – 14 – 8th grade – Commandramon – Light

Haru – 13 – 7th grade – Dobermon – Hatred

--Chapter Eighteen -- That Was A Bust! --

LETS RECAP!

Okay….

It was announced quite a few chapters ago that a huge war between words was about to come, but the evil digidestend Haru was going to play dirty. First he kidnapped Taya and Marc; shorty after he kidnapped Kira and Nikko; next to be captured Kiyoshi and Marisol, and he recently captured Kannon and Chance…evil, eh? You haven't seen anything yet!

Now in the digital world to recruit everyone. Marc's old team and Matthew's team was spread out all over the dark ocean…not the funniest place to be at the moment. After sneaking off, Kanaye, Sakura, and Maro were attacked by Witchmon and Wizardmon and separated. Good thing they had their digimon, right? Somewhat… Hookmon gave his life to save Maro and led to him being turned into a digi-egg. Maro's devastated.

Everyone was split up into groups, but would soon be reunited and break into the castle that Haru was holding everyone hostage. But Haru has other plans to slow them down, but he doesn't know that after he does his plan, it wont slow them down, it would only make them quicker and more careful…

Okay…you can read now if you want to…YOU BETTER!!

Esamee, Kimberly, and Bridget…

"So what are we supposed to do now, oh great one?" Esamee mocked her best friend since she was a young girl.

Kimberly raised an eyebrow. "Why are you asking me that? I'm not the leader, you know."

"No, but you're the leader's wife." Esamee stated.

Bridget shrugged. "Close enough."

Kimberly growled. "Unbelievable." She sighed in defeat. "Okay, well, we know that we should head towards the beach. That's an understatement since all castles for evil guys are by the oceans…I have no clue why."

"Because when you want to think of evil plots to do to your enemies, you need to have serenity and quiet. On the outside, everything is calm and peaceful, but on the inside is many ideas scrolling through your head and soon after you think and strategize, you'll figure out the perfect one!" Esamee explained in a perky way.

"You would know this perfectly, wouldn't you?" Kimberly glared. "Since all you ever did in our teenage and college years was torture Marc and make everyone's day hell!"

"Exactly!" Esamee squealed. "Finally someone understands my ways." She sighed.

"Peachy." Kimberly muttered. "Anyways, let's get moving."

"Moving where?" Bridget mocked coldly. "Do you know how to get to the ocean?"

"No, but I can smell the ocean's air from here, so lets just follow the scent." Kimberly countered.

After walking a couple of minutes, Esamee got bored. "Hey, Kimberly?"

"Yeah?"

"Have you ever thought of the possibility of May and Daniel becoming digidestend?" Esamee asked curiously. Bridget looked on and saw Kimberly tense, but kept walking. "That would be too cute, wouldn't it?"

"What if your kids became digidestend?" Kimberly spat. "Still think it's cute?"

"I would be a wreak if my kids were in the line of danger, but they're way too young." Esamee stated. "But what's gotten into you? You weren't like this a second ago."

Kimberly sighed. "I don't know, Esamee. The thought of my youngest siblings being digidestend terrifies me. You have no idea how relieved I was when we discovered the older kids were the new team and May and Daniel weren't involved at all. But now that things are getting hectic, which was how it was when Willis Jr and Kiyoshi joined, I'm worried that their time will come soon." Kimberly explained.

"Maybe it's time to let May and Danny grow up and do their own thing." Bridget stated, being nice for once. "You and your parents have been so protective of those two that they can't even go out with friends to go to the movies or get pizza. Kyle has tried to convince you guys that nothing horrible will happen to them that they can't handle, but you guys don't seem to listen. Soon they'll rebel, and gods forbid that happening, but they could get themselves in all kinds of trouble. All because they couldn't get a little freedom, so they had to sneak off and get it."

Kimberly groaned. "But you don't understand something huge! I lost my younger brother to these evil digimon and I cannot go through that pain and agony again. That goes the same for my parents as well!"

"It's called sacrifice, Kimberly!" Esamee yelled. "They don't have to do this if they don't want to, but if they do, you have to let go and let them do what they want to do! Look at Taya. Remember before her mom left? Her mom and dad used to fight all the time over Taya's duty to the digital world and her actually wanting to do it! Her dad loved it while her mom despised everything about it!"

Kimberly raised an eyebrow. "What are you getting at? When Taya told her parents that she loved what she was doing with us, Michelle abandon them." Kimberly said. "Um…I'm so confused."

Esamee scratched her red hair and blushed. "Yeah, so am I."

Bridget rolled her eyes. "Unbelievable." She muttered.

"ROSETTA STONE!"

"Look out!" Bridget pushed Kimberly and Esamee out of the way and took the not-so-deadly attack alone.

"Bridget!" Esamee screamed through the cloud of smoke. "Kimberly! Bridget! Where are you?" She panicked. "Please, I'm scared!"

"You should be."

The next thing Esamee knew, a large hand was over her mouth, trying to make her not scream and another arm was around her waist to make her not run off. Esamee's instincts kicked in. She slammed her left foot onto the person's left foot which loosened his hold on her mouth, so she took at opportunity and screamed bloody murder. "DISHI!" She screamed…it was probably a world record…..for the real world and the digital world. "HELP ME!"

"SHUT UP!" The person behind her hissed. He hit her pressure point and knocked her out.

"HEY!" He turned around with Esamee in his arms. "YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO MY BEST FRIEND!" Kimberly ran towards him and punched him square in the face, practically breaking his nose. Esamee fell into her arms and Kimberly smirked when the guy fell unconscious. "BAM! I still got that volleyball strength!" She flexed on of her arms and kissed a muscle there. "I'm so cool!"

"Get over yourself and let's move!" Bridget painfully strained to say. Her shoulder was bleeding pretty badly as she walked towards her sister and stupid friend.

Kimberly gasped. "Bridget, you're bleeding!" She screeched.

Bridget rolled her eyes. "No, really?! I didn't even notice!" She screamed with a bit of sarcasm in her tone.

Kimberly frowned. "Bridget, I'm sensing some resentment."

"And I'm sensing some stupidity!" Bridget screamed. "Let's go!" Kimberly put Esamee on her back and the two painfully began running as quick as they could towards the ocean. Bridget had a good reason to be in pain, but Kimberly was in pain because Esamee was heavy…go figure that one! "I can see the ocean!" Bridget yelled back, since Kimberly was a few feet behind her. Suddenly Bridget felt something wrap around her ankle and she fell forward. She looked to her ankle and her eyes widened. Kimberly stopped in front of the digimon. Bridget struggled. "Let me go!" She yelled.

Kimberly growled. "Let Bridget go, Palmon!"

Palmon looked to Kimberly with red eyes. "I don't think I will." She said with no emotion. Instead of releasing her, Palmon tightened her hold on Bridget's ankle, making it bleed and possibly break. Bridget screamed in pain from the tightening around her ankle. When they heard a crack, they knew her ankle was now broken.

Kimberly winced and then lost her patience. "Stop it!" She clumsly put Esamee on the ground, still unconscious, and tried to make Palmon release Bridget before she tore her whole foot off! (Not really…unless that was really true…) "Don't you remember, Palmon? My mom! She was your partner! You both used to fight side by side! You protected each other and made each other laugh! My mom always brags about the good old days between you two and is always talking about you!" Palmon stopped tightening her vine around Bridget's ankle, but didn't release yet. "She loves you and misses you! She wished she could've come today, but this wasn't her fight! My mom thinks about you constantly, Palmon! It actually gets quite annoying after a while, so that should prove how much you are loved! Don't you understand?"

Palmon suddenly released her hold on Bridget's ankle and let go, but Bridget didn't buy it. Bridget saw Palmon's vine about to go and slap Kimberly, but Bridget grabbed the vine and held it back. Unfortunately Palmon's other vine/hand was free and slammed right into Kimberly's stomach!

"Kimberly!" Bridget called out, but Kimberly fell to the ground, unconscious. Palmon used the same vine and slapped Bridget away from her. Bridget got up to her feet, her insides screaming at her since her whole body was just messed up, but she stood her ground. "You don't ever mess with my family like you just did!" Bridget told Palmon, who looked unfazed. "I've gone through so much for the past couple of years and for some unknown stupid reason I'm still feeling sorry for myself! Thinking I'm this weak, useless person who is nothing to her family or anyone else! Thinking that I'm the worst mother in the history of mothers and ready to give my daughter up because I didn't know what I was doing!" Bridget confessed. "But not anymore!" Her eyes glared. "I'm strong, alright? I'm strong, brave, and no one ever messes with my family and gets away with it!" She grabbed a branch off the ground and ran painfully towards Palmon. Palmon didn't move, but something quickly got infront of her and grabbed Bridget by the arm, her good one, and held her up.

"Where do you think you're going, prisoner?" The deep voice asked. Bridget struggled violently against his hold. "You're going to join your teammates in a nice, big cell soon, so I insist you take a nice nap." He carefully hit her pressure point and Bridget went limp in his arms. The man turned back to Palmon. "You're getting stronger, Palmon. I saw that, but it was time for this talkative woman to shut up."

Palmon nodded. "Agreed."

Ryo, Sakura, Takeo, Willis Jr, Lopmon, and SnowAgumon

Takeo carried Sakura on his back while Willis Jr and Ryo followed as they continued towards the beach. They met up with Ryo and Sakura's digimon, SnowAgumon and Lopmon, who were next to their partners. "Hey, Sakura?" Takeo asked softly, so the others couldn't hear. Willis Jr and Ryo were in a semi-conversation anyways.

Sakura's head perked up. "Yes, big brother?" She asked carefully. She was still nervous that she would get in trouble for running off.

"Why have Taichi and Matthew been at it lately?" Takeo asked.

Sakura tilted her head slightly in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Takeo sighed. "Ever since I came back, those two have been fighting non-stop. Verbally and physically. What's going on with them?" Takeo hung his head a little. "Is it me?"

Sakura gave his shoulders a little squeeze for comfort. "They both love you, Takeo, but please understand this…Taichi looks up to you, a lot."

"He does?"

"Yes." Sakura nodded. "I know Matthew, Kanaye, and I have resented you a little, but you understand why, right?" Takeo sighed and gave a nod. "Taichi always brags about you and says that everything you've done was just a phase and you'll be back to your old self…but you won't, will you, Takeo?"

"I'm not sure anymore, Sakura."

"Well, one night, Matthew said something along the lines of you leaving or you causing trouble…and then Taichi snapped…he said, "You're just jealous because Takeo's a better brother than you'll ever be!" and that's when everything pretty much started." Sakura explained.

Takeo had wide eyes. "I never would've thought that Taichi would say that!" He groaned. "Man, I've screwed up so much, but I thought it was just my own life, but now I see that I've screwed up my little sibling's life as well."

"Kanaye and I are fine, Takeo. Aiden is too, but Taichi and Matthew need some talking to." Sakura told him. "After they told me that they fought, I got really angry. I hate it when my big brothers fight. Like that one night with you and Aiden…it was the scariest night of my life. I don't want Matthew and Taichi to end up like you two did." She spoke truthfully.

It hurt Takeo to hear the straight out truth from her, but it was the dead truth. He need to finally hear it and make things right. He left a big heartbreak and a mess when he left the last time.

He violently fought his brother while they were both babysitting Kanaye and Sakura one night when his parents took their twin brothers to a "twins counseling" session. Kanaye and Sakura watched and cried. It took the two brothers to be bleeding and Aiden's arm broken to stop and see the trauma they put their two six year old siblings through in just a few minutes. When T.K., Kari, and the twins returned home to hear and see everything out of place, T.K. blew up at the two while Kari comforted her two youngest. Matthew, who was seven, was furious. They could've hurt Kanaye and Sakura, which was something Matthew never wanted. But Taichi didn't care. His brother, Takeo was his hero and stood by his side. Unfortunately, Takeo left without a word the next morning, but Taichi stayed strong and still believed in his brother. Obviously, Taichi stilled looked up to Takeo after all these years…enough to hurt his twin brother, who has been there for him since day one. It was a confusing, but a heartbreaking cycle.

"TAKEO!" Sakura's scream immediately pulled Takeo back to reality as she jumped off his back quickly, but clung to his arm. Takeo pulled her close. Willis Jr went to his side as Ryo went next to Sakura's.

In front of them stood Commandramon, a digimon they hadn't seen before. (Takeo wasn't with the ones who encountered Commandramon on chapter 3…or was it 4?..whatever! Point proven!) "Keepers of Life and Trust, you shall come with me." He commanded (HAHA! GET IT? Commanded? Commandramon? LOL, get it??...it wasn't that funny was it? Hehe…eh…nevermind.)

Takeo and Willis Jr tensed. "Why should we?" Willis Jr yelled.

"If you don't, I'll be sure to make those two children will end up hurt or worse. You're choice." He stated calmly.

Takeo tightened his hold on Sakura. "Don't go." Sakura looked up to Takeo with fear in her eyes. "Please." She whispered. She couldn't lose a brother.

Takeo looked to Willis Jr, who gave a nod, confirming that they had to go. Takeo sighed and kneeled down to Sakura. "I have to, Sakura." Tears formed in her eyes again. Takeo tried to wipe them away when they began to fall. "I'll be fine, I promise. My other teammates are there and I have to go help them. Please, understand." Sakura gave a nod, but hugged him tightly. He gladly hugged back. "I love you, little sister." He said softly.

Sakura sobbed. "Ditto. Please be careful, you guys." Once she released her hold on him, Takeo began to walk away with Willis Jr towards Commandramon.

Takeo looked over his shoulder. "Take care of her for me, Ryo!"

Ryo gave a nod.

Commandramon opened a portal and the two men walked in. Commandramon went to walk through, but looked back to the two. "Can't wait to fight you two in the real battle, but here's a goodbye gift for now." He shot his gun towards them and a big blast came out, making the two fly backwards. Ryo put his arms over Sakura's head so she wouldn't get hurt, but he did as his head slammed into a tree. After the portal closed, Sakura quickly turned her cousin on his back and examined the damage. His head wasn't bleeding, but he wasn't waking up. "Not good!"

Maro, Aiden, Dishi, Micah, and Kyle

Maro was walking next to his father with sorrow as he still held Koemon's digi-egg in his arms protectively. Nothing was going to come near the egg obviously. In front of them were Micah, Kyle, and Dishi. They were looking for everyone else. They just hoped they weren't too late. Aiden was still sadden over his son's distress, but knew Maro was a strong kid and would make it through. He just hoped that his younger siblings weren't hurt. He hoped that his teammates that traveled with him to the digital world were alright as well. Many things were blowing up in his head, but then a piercing name came through the quiet air.

"DISHI!"

Dishi's eyes widened dangerously. "Esamee!" He turned to Aiden. "We have to save her!"

Aiden got even more depressed. "Dishi…"

Dishi got the answer and hated it. "She's gone, isn't she?"

"She, Kimberly, Bridget, Willis Jr and my brother…yeah. I can just feel it now." Aiden clenched his fist and hit the nearest tree, making his knuckles bleed. "I just want to know if my wife is alright! I can't help but think the worst!" He yelled out of frustration. "Now they have my brother! My cousins! My friends! My teammates! What's next?!"

Kyle sighed. "Obviously we are."

Micah felt the same way Aiden did. But Taya wasn't blind. Kira was. What if they separated her from the others? Just to torture her! What if they hurt her? What if they've been scaring her?...What if she hurt herself if she tried to escape for something? I wish I could hold her in my arms and protect her…why couldn't I have been the one to find her! Then I could've been the one comforting her in that prison! Nikko better be taking care of her! Just please keep her safe!

Kyle sensed his friend's worry and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Kira's going to be alright, Micah. They all are. You'll see. Once we're captured, you'll see her again."

Dishi glared at Kyle. "You're a real positive guy, aren't you?" He asked sarcastically.

Kanaye

Kanaye woke up after being knocked out. He found himself…blinded! "AH!" He sat straight up and panicked. All of the sudden he could see. A huge weight was suddenly off his face. He saw a dazed out Terriermon on his lap and then he put two and two together. "YOU SLEPT ON MY FACE?!" Kanaye shook it off and looked around. He was in a cave, a waterfall on the outside blocking the entrance. "Where are we?" He looked around more. "No one else is here."

"That's because I brought you in here." Terriermon spoke up. "No one was chasing you because apparently you aren't as important as your sister and cousin, but you tripped on a branch and fell flat on your face, passing out. So I dragged you in here." He explained. "Lose some weight." He muttered, but thankfully Kanaye didn't catch that.

"Aa." Kanaye nodded in understanding. "Well, why were you sleeping on my face?"

"I got tired." Terriermon stated.

Kanaye's sweat dropped anime style. "That's your excuse?" He said while he twitched. "I should hit you." But he stood up suddenly, knocking Terriermon off and hitting the ground face first. "That's what you get." Kanaye chuckled, but then got serious. "Where's Sakura?" Is she alright?

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Well, that was chapter 18! I hoped you guys enjoyed it! I tried to make it at least a little bit interesting! And funny as well! Well, I'm off to work on Digimon: For Real! Laters!

Question for the chapter: Who will be next to get captured? There will be four people…let me help you out here.

We already have

X Taya

X Marc

X Kira

X Nikko

X Kiyoshi

X Marisol

X Kannon

X Chance

And now

X Esamee

X Kimberly

X Bridget

X Takeo

And X Willis Jr

Now all that's left is

Aiden

Dishi

Micah

And Kyle…

NOW WHO'S GETTING CAPUTRED NEXT??...I wonder…COME ON! IT BETTER NOT BE THAT HARD! TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REVIEW, I WANT ALL YOUR NAMES TO BE DEDICATED ON THE NEXT CHAPTER BECAUSE I JUST GAVE AWAY WHO IS GOING TO GET CAPTURED!

Anyways, please review! I got 9 reviews for chapter 17, so I want 9 reviews for this chapter! Got it?? Get?? GOOD!

Laterz! AND I WISH I COULD TALK TO YOU GUYS WHO'VE I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO ON YAHOO FOR MONTHS, BUT MY MESSENGER THINGY SUCKS!...I miss you guys! (Tear)

-Digidestend Angel- -The girl who has a strange new obsession with sneakers…random, yes, I know this.-

Ps…yes, I changed penname back to my old one, so sue me! I plead the fifth!