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

May – 14 – 9th grade – Gekomon – Kindness

Daniel – 12 – 6th grade – Peckmon – Bravery

Noah – 14 – 8th grade – Commandramon – Light (Evil)

Haru – 13 – 7th grade – Dobermon – Hatred (Evil)

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Noah walked up to the four boys and smirked. "Give up! You cannot defeat us. You're out numbered and your digimon partners are not here to save you this time."

"Wanna bet?!" Suddenly Noah was pushed to the ground with a thud. He saw a red dinosaur above him. "Guilmon never let's Taichi down!"

Taichi grinned. "Better believe it!"

Noah kicked Guilmon off and stood up. "Unbelievable." He muttered as he saw BlackAgumon, Gekomon, and Peckmon next to their partners; not in the happiest of moods. Maro had his digi-egg tightly back in his arms protectively. "But we still have your sister." He smirked.

"Wrong!" A female voice shouted from the entrance. Everyone looked and saw Sakura getting a piggy back ride from her tired looking twin brother, who looked pissed; Terriermon and Lopmon at their side. "You can't keep us apart!" Sakura told him, and then sticking her tongue out at him.

Matthew and Taichi went to their siblings' side and glared at Noah. "She's right." Matthew said.

"Give up already, Noah, it's over." Lopmon stated simply.

Footsteps were heard behind them as Haru came up, with many Kiwimon.

Noah chuckled. "Nope. I don't think I will." Noah smiled. "The digidestend are all in one room. Kill them now!"

Dobermon came from behind the kids with a surprise attack. "Black Beam!"

Lopmon surprised him right back though. "I knew you were going to do that!" She smirked. "Lop Twister!" She attacked shooting him right back, but also ended up getting hit by the beam. She fell backwards and Sakura ran to grab her, even though she collapsed once she did. "Sakura…" Lopmon said weakly.

Sakura got tears. "It's okay, Lopmon! You did great!" She looked up and Dobermon recovered, heading right to her. She couldn't move because of her broken knee.

"Not this time, pal!" Terriermon got in front of the two. "Bunny Blast!" A few small blasts came from his mouth, throwing Dobermon back.

Haru growled. "Kiwimon, attack!"

A couple Kiwimon stepped up to the plate. "Pummel Peck!" A few small ChibiKiwimon were headed straight for the Digidestend.

One headed for Sakura got kicked away by Matthew, but another came up and started pecking him on the head…quite hard, may I add. "Ow, ow, ow, get off!" Matthew struggled to get the bird off.

Taichi saw this. "Hang on, Scope-Oof!" Suddenly he saw the sky as his back hit the ground. "Oh, crap." He looked and saw a ChibiKiwimon on his stomach, ready to attack him. "Get off!" Taichi punched it away.

Ryo was getting pissed off with a ChibiKiwimon trying to peck him. He suddenly saw something large heading towards him. "Uh-oh!"

"Nose Mattock!" A Kiwimon tried to peck Ryo, but Ryo jumped out of the way in time.

Ryo saw the Kiwimon's face stuck in the ground. "That's what you get!"

May was having difficulties handing a Kiwimon trying to attack her as she kept dodging the peck attacks. Finally, the bird digimon took a bit into her shirt and tore a piece of her shoulder. May gasped as she saw her expensive shirt torn on the sleeve and in the digimon's mouth. She narrowed her eyes at the digimon and growled. "Big mistake!" Suddenly a red mark was on the Kiwimon's cheek after May slapped the snot out of him. "Do you know how much this shirt cost?!" May screamed.

"May!"

May turned around and saw her brother and Maro in trouble. "Danny!" She called. She was about to run to them to help, but the Kiwimon bit off another part of her shirt and now it was payback. May gave him a death glare. "Alright that's it!"

Maro grabbed a random stick off the ground as he and Daniel were running from three Kiwimon with a few ChibiKiwimon at their side. "Get away, you dead ugly bird!" He tried to attack them with the stick, but a Kiwimon grabbed it with its teeth and threw it aside. Maro stepped back. "Uhh…did I say ugly bird?" He muttered nervously.

"Nose Mattock!"

Maro jumped away from the attack and kept trying to dodge.

Daniel was faced with the small ChibiKiwimon. A digimon came up and pecked his foot. "Ow!" Daniel yelled out and kicked the ChibiKiwimon like it was a soccer ball. Let's just say, it's out of the field. "Cool!" Daniel looked to the others and kicked them as well. "This is fun!"

Kanaye faced Noah and Haru at the same time, which wasn't good. He was up against a wall. Trapped with nowhere to go. The others were busy. "You're so going to pay for punching me." Haru growled out, fist clenched.

Kanaye narrowed his eyes. "Bring it on."

"(A/N: okay, you all have seen George of the Jungle, right? Okay. Well this is the part where the brother's show up and blah blah blah, you'll find out. WELL, Aiden is going to be a total idiot and say the George of the Jungle call. I don't know how to write down the call so imagine it in your head cause I couldn't find it anywhere.) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Everyone looked up and saw a man jump highly in the air and land on the ground "gracefully".

"Is that-" May questioned.

Aiden stood up and gave a grin. "Big brother to the rescue!"

Taichi slapped his forehead. "Oh, how lame!"

Aiden glared at his younger brother, but then groaned in pain. "Oh, crap, that hurt my knees."

"Dad!" Maro ran up to his dad and gave him a quick hug.

Aiden smiled. "Glad you're okay. Mom is on her way as we speak with Marc and the crew." Aiden lost his smile and looked to Kanaye, Noah, and Haru. "Step away from the younger brother or else." He threatened.

Suddenly a large digimon came above them. "Whalmon?!" Matthew called out.

A few heads popped from the top of his head and smiled. "We're here to rescue Aiden, who came to rescue you!" Marc shouted with a bright grin.

Aiden frowned. "That's messed up."

Marc slid to the ground, helping Taya, Esamee, Kimberly, Dishi, Nikko, Kira, and Micah down after. "It happens. You'll get over it." He stated.

Noah and Haru began freaking out. "Y-you-you all are-are here?!" Haru stuttered out with his eyes wide.

"Well, we're missing a few, but they were busy." Aiden noted. "But they told us to kick your little scrawny butts for them."

Noah shook his head. "I don't think so!" He looked to Haru. "Retreat!"

Haru nodded. "Right! Dobermon! Digivolve!"

Dobermon recovered from the attack and nodded. "Dobermon digivolve to…Cerberumon!" He jumped over everyone and in front of Noah and Haru. They both jumped on his back and he faced the others. "Emerald Gaze!" He shot at Aiden and Maro, who jumped out of the way.

"Let's get out of here!" Haru yelled to his digimon.

Matthew shook his head. "I don't think so! BlackAgumon!"

BlackAgumon nodded. "BlackAgumon digivolve to…DarkTryannomon!" He growled to the three. "Fire Black!" He made them jumped away. "Fire Black!"

Ryo growled as they got away. He ran after them. Matthew saw this. "Ryo! Stay here!"

"No!" Ryo called back.

Now Matthew had to put his foot down. "Ryo, your leader told you an order!" He yelled.

Ryo stopped in his tracks. He looked back to Matthew, his leader, with sorrow. "I'm sorry, but I have to save SnowAgumon." He began running again. "I'm going to find SnowAgumon, even if I die trying!"

Marc blinked. "That's not smart!"

Esamee growled. "Little stubborn butt!" She ran after him, along with Matthew and Taichi. "Ryo Takashi!" She screamed as he climbed a tree to jump over the wall. "Ryo!"

As he climbed over, Esamee started climbing, along with the twins and their digimon. "Dishi, I'll be back!...hopefully!"

Dishi threw his hands up in the air. "Oh, god, I quit!"

Aiden ran to Sakura's side. "What happened?!" He motioned to Lopmon.

Sakura weakly looked to her brother. "She protected us from Dobermon's surprise attack."

Aiden gave a small smile. "You got a good digimon partner." He held out his hand. "Come on, you gotta get up." Sakura took his hand and tried, but failed to stand up and collapsed again. "What's wrong?!"

Kanaye ran up to the two. "Her knee is messed up. Haru did something."

Aiden growled. "That little pain in the ass."

"What are we going to do, Aiden?" Taya asked him as they all came up. "Sakura needs a doctor, but we can't just leave Esamee and the boys."

Aiden pondered this. "Marc?"

Marc frowned. "I was leader 12-13 years ago…but oh well." He shrugged it off. "Okay, Kimberly, Taya, and Aiden, take Sakura and Kanaye home to our parents please. Micah, Nikko and Kira, stay here with Daniel and May. Dishi, Maro, and I are going to go after them." Marc let out a breath. "Are we clear?"

"No."

Marc got wide eyes and turned to his wife. "Huh?"

Kimberly glared at him as she walked up to him. "Why can't I go with you?"

Marc sighed. One of those lectures. Here we go. "Kimberly, my love-"

"Don't you "Kimberly, my love" me, Marc Ishida!" She snapped at him, making him step back. "Just because I am a girl does NOT mean I have to go back home or stay back like a helpless idiot! Nope! I'm going with you!"

Marc growled. "Kimberly, you need to go home! I don't want you hurt! Can't you just do this one thing for me?!"

Kimberly gasped as everyone else shook their heads. Marc was a dead man walking. "Oh heck no!" She pointed her finger at him. "Let me tell you something, Marc Ishida! I cook, I clean, I do the laundry, and I work all in one day! Don't you tell me that I don't do anything for you! Oh no, Marc! I do EVERYTHING for you!"

Marc ran his hand through his hair. "I know that, but what I meant was-"

"No, I know what you meant and it came out SO very wrong!" She yelled. "Now listen up, Mr. Ishida! I AM going with you and you're going to deal with it!" She told him. "That is my best friend out there and I'm going to help her! Do you hear me?!"

Marc gulped. "Loud and clear, dear."

Kimberly smirked. "Good. Now let's move out!"

Aiden chuckled, trying to hold back a laugh, as was everyone else. Marc glared to Aiden, who immediately shut up.

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Ryo was following the running wolf digimon as fast as he possibly could, but he was getting quite tired. "Need a lift?" A voice was heard as DarkTryannomon stopped in front of him, with Growlmon at his side. Matthew smiled as Esamee winked. "We got your back, Hazy!" Taichi said as Growlmon lowered his head and offered him a ride. Ryo smirked and took Taichi's hand.

Esamee smiled. "Let's go kicked some teenage butt!"

"And rescue SnowAgumon!" Taichi yelled.

"And maybe find out where MedEvilGallentmon is!" Matthew added.

"Three in one!" Taichi joked. "That works!"

As they began running after Cerberumon, the three ahead were arguing mad. "It's not that hard to capture two tiny twins!" Noah yelled at Haru, who was sitting in front of him. "How stupid can you get?!"

"Don't call me stupid!" Haru yelled back. "Even Dobermon saw it! Their digimon came in and attacked so quickly, we didn't even have time to react!"

"Whatever!" Noah rolled his eyes. "Two small digimon. Two spoiled babies. Really?! They aren't hard to capture! AND you HAD to break Sakura's knee?!"

"Hey, hey! That was a total accident!" Haru defended himself. "It's her fault for trying to take matters into her own hand and try to be a freaking hero!"

Noah shook his head. "Arguing is going to get us nowhere, Haru. We need to work as a team if we're going to obey MedEvilGallentmon's orders and destroy those brats!"

"How about we start with the ones following us?" Cerberumon pointed out.

The two boys looked back and saw two large digimon following them. "Those idiots." Noah said. "Ryo's trying to get SnowAgumon." He smirked. "But I have better plans for him."

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As they saw Cerberumon disappear into the enterance of the castle, DarkTryannomon and Growlmon followed them in. "This is so obvious." Taichi pointed out.

Ryo shrugged. "Whatever. I need to find SnowAgumon."

DarkTryannomon and Growlmon digivolved back into BlackAgumon and Guilmon soon as they began their journey.

"Dishi's going throw a fit." Esamee shrugged it off. "Oh well. He'll get over it."

Ryo chuckled at his sister's words. "How's Bridget?"

"She's fine. Complaining every 5 minutes about the pain in her leg and stuff, but she's still fine." Esamee shrugged it off. "Your niece is driving her mad though."

"Cassidy is only 2-ish." Ryo stated. "What do you expect."

"Exactly."

"RYO!"

Ryo stopped in his tracks and his heart skipped a beat. "SnowAgumon?!" He called back.

"RYO!"

"SnowAgumon, where are you?!" He shouted back desperately. This was it!

"RYO, PLEASE, HELP ME!"

Ryo concentrated on where his voice was coming from and then began running towards it, ignoring the calls from his sister and cousins. "Hang on, SnowAgumon! I'm coming!"

"RYO! RYO!"

He turned a corner to find a different atmosphere. A small passway was going down the center of the room to the middle of the large room, where a digimon was curled in a ball, in a net. There was only one way there and that was to go on the passway. Ryo looked under the passway and saw lava deep into the hole under. "Oh, man." He breathed out.

"RYO!"

His head shot up to look to the trapped digimon. It wasn't moving, but he was so sure it was SnowAgumon. "Hang on, buddy!" He got down on his hands and knees and began to crawl over to the middle of the room where the digimon was, not daring to look down.

Matthew, Taichi, and Esamee finally caught up with him and saw what was happening. "Ryo!" Esamee called out to him in a panic. "Get back here, Ryo!"

Ryo looked back. "No! That's SnowAgumon is in that net over there! I'm going to save him!" And then he began to start crawling again.

Matthew looked to the lava, which was currently boiling up and rising quickly. His eyes widened. "Ryo, the lava!"

Ryo gulped and dared his eyes to look down to the lava, almost losing his balance in the process. He saw the lava rising, but he was so close. "I can do it!"

Esamee freaked. "RYO!"

Matthew sighed. "I'm going to kill him." He closed his eyes for a second and then looked to his brother. "Romie."

Taichi looked to his twin. He saw something in his brother's eyes and he didn't like it. "Scope?"

Matthew walked up to him and put his hands on his shoulders. "If anything happens to me, rescue Ryo and get out of here. Take care of the team for me." Without any other words, he walked away to get on the passway.

Taichi now went into panic as he figured out what his brother was doing. "Matthew, no!"

Too late. Matthew was already crawling across to get Ryo back to safety. "Hang on, Ryo!"

Esamee was biting her nails. "Ryo…"

"Matthew, come back, please!" BlackAgumon cried out. Guilmon just watched on as he saw how brave and heroic Matthew really was.

Taichi tried not to cry as he saw his brother struggling. "You can do it." He whispered.

Matthew, never having been a fan of heights, struggled to reach across without looking down. He kept his eyes ahead of him, making sure Ryo wouldn't fall.

Ryo finally got to the middle of the room and saw the net trapped digimon. "SnowAgumon!" He ran to the digimon and tried to get him out. He pulled out his pocket knife that his naïve dad gave him for his birthday and started to cut at the ropes. "Hang on, buddy!"

Matthew took a good look at the digimon Ryo was trying to free and noticed something…feathers…SnowAgumon doesn't have feathers. "RYO! IT'S NOT HIM!" He shouted in panic.

"Raven Claw!" Came a slimly voice from the digimon Ryo hoped was SnowAgumon.

Ryo backed up, dropping the pocket knife as a large digimon showed him and freed him from the net.

Esamee gasped. "It's Ravemon! He tried to kill Taya!"

Ravemon stretched out his wings and smirked to Ryo. "Goodbye, Digidestend." He snickered. "Raven Claw!" He clawed at Ryo, who dodged, but couldn't keep balance and started to fall off the edge.

Esamee got tears. "NO!"

"RYO!" Taichi screamed.

Matthew ran to grab him. "NO!!!!!!" He jumped and gripped onto Ryo as they slammed onto the ground, rolling to the edge. Matthew cringed in pain. "Oh, you so owe me."

Ryo chuckled. "I guess."

"Shadow Pierce!" Matthew and Ryo tried to protect themselves as metal like feathers came for them. A few hitting their skin.

Matthew growled. "Go away!" He ran towards Ravemon and jumped on him to distract him. "Ryo, move!" Ryo nodded and obeyed. Matthew punched and then kicked Ravemon off the side, almost going down with him. He ended up grabbing onto the side of the circle cliff. "Uh-oh." He muttered as he struggled to hold on. He didn't even dare to look down, for that would be suicide for him.

Suddenly a hand grabbed his wrist tightly and was helping pull him up. Matthew accepted the help. Ryo pulled with everything he had. "I got you, Scope." He strained to speak as he had Matthew halfway up. Matthew held onto to Ryo as well gripping the edge to help him pull himself up. Once he was up and out of danger, he and Ryo fell to the ground, panting. Ryo chuckled. "We're even."

Matthew laughed. "I guess so."

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Back in the real world….

It was raining lightly as the Digidestend, old and new-ish, walked out of the Takashi home. Matthew, Taichi, and Kanaye were walking Ryo to his dad's car, where T.K. and Tai were talking.

"So how's Shy?" Ryo asked as they waved goodbye to Aiden, Taya, and Maro.

Kanaye sighed. "She's okay. Sprained knee. But that's bad."

"Why?"

"No ice-skating for a long time."

"Oh." Ryo cringed. "You guys will have fun with her."

Taichi rolled his eyes. "Oh yes. She's going to be such a joy to have around."

Ryo turned to the three as they reached his car. "Thanks, guys for your patience with me lately."

"Well, dang, dude. Get all moody, why don't you."

"Shut up, Romeo!"

"Sorry, but it's not my fault your PMSing."

"Okay, that's it!" Suddenly Taichi was in the mud, with Ryo on top.

Matthew shook his head. "Anyways, no need to thank us. We're a team." He put a hand on Ryo's shoulder, helping Ryo off of Taichi, who was now covered in mud. "Don't worry, Hazy. We'll find SnowAgumon soon."

Ryo nodded. "I hope so." He shrugged it off and then smirked. "Can't wait for your party tomorrow night."

"Yeah, it should be cool." Matthew agreed.

"The band is playing and I'm stoked!" Taichi pumped his fist in the air.

Ryo chuckled. "That reminds me. Practice at 8am tomorrow. Don't be late."

Taichi frowned. "Bummer."

Matthew and Kanaye rolled their eyes.

"Ready to hit the road, Ryo?" Tai asked, getting into the drivers seat.

Ryo nodded. He turned to his cousins with a smirk. "See you tomorrow." And then got into the car.

The four men watched them leave.

"Dad?" Kanaye tried to get his father's attention as they all began to get into the house.

"Yes, son?" T.K. asked.

"Was your digi-adventures always this crazy?" Kanaye asked, motioning to his black eye and the twins' disastrous look.

T.K. tried not to laugh as he plucked some mud from Taichi's hair. "Ow!"

"Not this messy."

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"SCOPE! SCOPE! SCOPE!"

Matthew was now wide awake and sitting straight up in his bed on full alert as he saw his brother jumping on his bed, almost stepping on him. "Get off, Romeo!" He pushed Taichi off of his bed, making Taichi fall to the floor with a thud. He yawned. "What do you want?!"

Taichi growled as he got up from the floor, but grinned a second later. "We're going to be 15 tomorrow!"

Matthew blinked. "And?"

Taichi now looked crestfallen. "Fun-sucker."

T.K. and Kari knocked on the door, but then came into the room. They were surprised. "Wow, it's scary to see you both awake…at 7am…"

Matthew went wide eyed as he looked to his alarm clock. "7am?!" He growled to Taichi. "You woke me up this early on a Saturday, why?!" He yelled.

"I already told you!" Taichi defended himself.

"Anyways…" T.K. spoke loudly to get your attention. "There are a few people here to see you…and they'll be staying a few days…"

Taichi and Matthew narrowed their eyes at their parents. "Who is it?" Taichi asked slowly.

Kari bit your lip. "Grandma and grandpa…"

"WHAT?!"

Matthew put his hands up. "Wait a minute! Which ones? Because I can stand mom's parents, but sorry, dad…"

T.K. grimed. "I understand what you mean, Matthew, but…"

"Grandma and Grandpa are here!" Came a squealing noise that barged into their room unannounced.

Taichi and Matthew screamed. "RUN SCOPE RUN!"

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So I'm trying to get these out quickly. We'll see how long that will last. Hahahaa…ha…okay, not funny. Understandable.

Please review, but PLEASE be nice!

Laterz. Digidestend Angel.

PREVIEW FOR CHAPTER 27: If I Didn't Have You

"I'm quitting ice-skating."

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"Scope, why don't you ever listen to me?!"

"I would if you would just consult me with decisions first!"

"…"

"You don't know what consult means, do you?"

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"We're having a baby!" (I AM GOING TO DEDICATE THE NEXT CHAPTER TO THE PERSON WHO GUESSES RIGHT TO WHICH COUPLE ANNOUNCES THIS!)

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"If I didn't have you, I would be popular!"

"If I didn't' have you, I would be a genius!"

"If you both weren't here, we would be in peace!"

"…that's messed up."