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Flowers Are Blooming
Sequel to Puzzle Pieces
Main Characters:::
Matthew (Scope) -15 - 8th grade - BlackAgumon - Strength
Taichi (Romeo or Romie) -15 - 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) - 13 - 7th grade - Koemon – Peace
May – 14 – 8th grade – Gekomon – Kindness
Daniel – 12 – 6th grade – Peckmon – Bravery
Noah – 15 – 8th grade – Commandramon – Light (Evil)
Haru – 13 – 7th grade – Dobermon – Hatred (Evil)
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Kari curled up next to her husband in the ER lobby, a crying mess. The two hadn't slept or ate since before Sakura has taken. That was 23 hours ago. Taichi has been in surgery and ICU for most of the night and day, but the nurse had come and told them the doctor would be out in a moment with news. Close to them were Aiden, Taya, Maro, Takeo, Matt, and Matt and T.K.'s parents.
"I still cannot believe you let this happen to our grandson!" Nancy hissed at T.K. "Did we not raise you right? I thought we taught you enough on how to take care of these children?"
Matt was losing his patience. "Mother."
"I mean, for goodness sakes, Aiden and Takeo turned out decent enough! What happened to these four? Did you get tired from the older ones that you suddenly decided to give up on good parenting? Why weren't you watching him?"
Everyone was ready to strangle her. Their father, John, was half asleep, considering the fact they got on the first plane the minute they heard about Taichi's accident. "Dad, do something, please!" Matt snapped. John shrugged. He had a point. Once Nancy was on a roll, she wasn't about to shut up till she was complete. T.K. and Kari knew this by now, so they just let her ramble on.
"And also…I saw the other three…do you feed them right? Poor Sakura is a stick!" Nancy was shaking her pointer finger at them. "I'm almost about ready to file for custody of these babies, who you seem to be neglecting!"
That was the last straw for T.K. "Mother, knock it off." He snapped quietly, not wanting to upset Kari or start a scene. "We raise our kids fine. But they are kids. They play and run around. Kids injure themselves with horseplay. Get used to it." Nancy shut up and T.K. sat back. Glad that one was over.
"Mr. and Mrs. Takashi?" T.K. and Kari immediately got up and the doctor walked up to them. "Can we talk in private?" They closed their eyes. That wasn't good news.
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Alone…
The doctor opened a door to a regular hospital room and they saw Taichi on a bed. He looked normal. Kari went to her baby boy and saw he didn't look injured. "Taichi may look normal and healthy, but he has a head injury."
"Meaning?" T.K. inquired.
The doctor took a deep breath. He hated this part of the job. "The fall Taichi suffered from has erased all of his memory." Giving the bad news.
Kari gasped. "What do you mean?" T.K. asked in shock.
"Mr. and Mrs. Takashi, your son will remember everything except faces and names. He won't know who you are, who his siblings are, or friends at school."
The parents took a few minutes in silence to take the dreadful news in, until Kari asked. "Is there anything else, doctor?"
The doctor frowned. "There is something else…Taichi's legs can no longer move. He's paralyzed from the waist down."
Kari and T.K.'s eyes widened. "For how long?!" They asked in unison.
"Forever."
Kari broke down in T.K.'s arms.
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Inside Taichi's Head…
"What happened?"
"You're in a dream."
"What? Who are you?"
"It's me. Lunamon."
"Who?"
"Lunamon."
"Yeah, I got that the first time, but who are you to me?"
"I'm going to help you."
"With what?"
"Do you know where you are?"
"Not really."
"You're in your head. You're trapped here too."
"I am?"
"Yes. But I shall help you wake up."
"Wait, Lunamon, what happened to me?"
"You were hurt trying to save someone you really care about."
"Who?"
"I cannot tell you. You're not meant to remember."
"That's weird…"
"Do you want to wake up?"
"Uh, sure."
"Then open your eyes, Taichi."
Blinking a few times, Taichi tried to focus his eyes. "Lunamon?" He whispered out, thinking she was still there.
Kari and T.K. looked to each other in confusion. "Taichi, honey, are you feeling alright?" Kari asked.
T.K. sighed, taking his son's hand. "Taichi, do you remember me?" Taichi blinked with a blank stare. "Take a good look at me, son. Do you know who I am?"
Taichi shrugged. "You have to be my dad or something, right?"
T.K. and Kari smiled brightly. "So you remember us?" Kari asked in joy.
Taichi kept looking from the woman and man in front of him like they were nuts. "No…it's just…he keeps calling me "son" so I'm taking a wild guess here."
The two bright smiles left their faces after he said that. Kari got tears. "Oh."
"Lunamon, whoever she is, told me I was hurt trying to save someone or whatever, but I'm not meant to remember." Taichi raised an eyebrow. "You okay?" He asked Kari.
This was a heartbreaking scene…considering the fact the boy they created and raised didn't recognize them at all. Kari looked at her son she gave birth to and wondered if they still had the bond a mother has with her child. "Taichi…I'm your mom." She informed him in a desperate voice. She put her hand on T.K.'s shoulder. "This is your dad."
Taichi sighed in frustration. "Why can't I remember you?"
Kari let out a sob and turned away. T.K. wouldn't let go of Taichi's hand and gave it a squeeze. "You had an accident, Taichi."
"Accident?" His voice didn't even sound like the old Taichi. This Taichi's voice was dull and emotionless. Also, full of confusion. "What kind of accident?"
T.K. shook his head. "We'll let your siblings tell you that one."
Taichi's eyes widened. "Siblings? I have brothers and sisters? How many? What are they like? How old?"
T.K. let out a small chuckle. "Whoa, slow down, Taichi." By now, Kari had wiped away her tears and turned back to the father/son moment. "You have four brothers and one sister. You are all unique in your own special way. Aiden is 28 years old, married, and has one son. Takeo is 26 and has one son. Matthew is 15, Kanaye is 13, and Sakura is 13."
"How old am I?"
Another sob from Kari came before T.K. answered. "You're 15."
"So that one brother is the same age as me?" Taichi raised his eyebrows. "Do I have a twin brother?"
"Yes. Kanaye and Sakura are also a set of twins."
"Wow…a twin." Taichi began asking so many questions to his parents until Kari left the room to grab the doctor. "Hey…um, dad?" He felt uncomfortable calling T.K. dad.
T.K. noticed. "Yeah?"
"Why can't I move my legs?"
At The Takashi Home…
The blonde haired girl wiped a tear from her eye. "Okay, mommy. I'll tell him. Love you too." And hung up. Sakura made sure she was out of tears before taking the long walk to her brother's room. She came to the door that had "Matthew" and "Taichi" signs all over the door. Apparently the two had a war of who can get their name on the door more than the other. She smiled at the thought of her brothers fighting to win and then knocked.
She heard a mumble. "Come in."
She took a deep breath and entered her older brother's room. She saw Matthew on his laptop, looking at facebook. Figures. What else do teenagers do these days? "Hey, Scope. What you up to?"
Matthew gave a smile to his sister before it disappeared. "Facebook. What else?" Point proven. "Was that mom or dad on the phone?" When Sakura nodded, he jumped out of his chair and ran to her. "Well? What did they say? How's Taichi? He wake up?"
Sakura was shocked at her brother's sudden behavior, but let it go. "He woke up…but…"
"But what?" Matthew asked. "Did he at least remember mom and dad?" Sakura shook her head grimly. "Oh."
"And he didn't take the paralyze news well." Sakura told him. "Mom said he was doing okay with everything, trying to take everything in, but when dad told him he wouldn't be able to walk…" She couldn't finish.
"He freaked, huh?" Matthew asked, not really needed an answer, but Sakura nodded anyways. "Poor, Taichi."
"Mom said he'll be able to come home tomorrow afternoon. The doctors want to keep him overnight to monitor brainwaves and stuff." Matthew nodded at Sakura's statement. They sat in silence for a while until Sakura spoke. "I'll go tell Kanaye and then start dinner, okay?" Matthew nodded again. Sakura sighed and went to leave. She put her hand on the door handle to open it, but looked over her shoulder at her depressed brother. "I'm sorry for what I did, Matthew." Matthew looked up. "If I didn't screw up, Taichi would be okay and life would be good. I'm sorry again. I'll understand if you hate me. I hate myself for this. I hate the fact I ruined Taichi's life and our families as well." Before Matthew could argue, Sakura quickly left the room.
Matthew leaned back on his bed and put his hands over his face, letting out a deep sigh. "Why wasn't it me?"
The Next Evening…
Elevator doors opened with a "ding" and stepped out three teenagers, who were on a mission. "It's this one." One of the girls said as they stepped in front of the apartment.
"And tell me why I'm here again?" An annoyed male voice asked.
"To back me up if anything goes wrong!"
"Can't you handle it?" The other girl said in a snotty tone. "I'm tired!"
"Just knock please!"
Knock, Knock, Knock
Sakura took a deep breath when she heard a woman's voice yell, "Coming!" She looked to the boy next to her and he gave a nod of encouragement. The door opened and revealed a tall woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, along with a bright smile. "Hi, are you friends of Noah's?"
Sakura cleared her throat. "Yes, I'm-"
"That's so wonderful!" Noah's mother jumped up and down, confusing the three teens. "Noah never has friends over! Oh, this is exciting!" She opened the door wider to let them in. "Noah's room is down the hall. The very last room on the left. Have fun! Don't be strangers!" As she waved them off, Sakura and the other two headed towards Noah's room.
Sakura knocked on Noah's bedroom door. "Come in, mom!" Came Noah's voice. Sakura looked to the other two, who gave a nod. Sakura opened the door and saw Noah at a desk, scribbling something down fiercly on paper. Paper was crumbled into balls everywhere, like he threw them. His trash bin was full with trash balls. "What do you want, mother? I'm in the middle of something." He asked calmly.
The teenage boy with Sakura picked up one of the paper and showed it to Sakura. On the paper were outlines on how to destroy the digidestend. Sakura looked towards Noah. "Noah." She simply said and he turned around quickly, in shock. "Your mom let us in." She explained as they shut the door behind them.
Noah got out of his chair, ready to attack, but the boy stopped him. "Now, now, you don't want to start a scene with your mother only a few feet away, right?" The guy smirked. "You'll have to explain why you don't want us here. I bet your mom doesn't know about the Digital World, right?"
Noah growled. "Shut up, alright? What are you three idiots doing here?"
The girl next to Sakura snorted. "We don't know either." Sakura elbowed her. "Ow!"
Sakura crossed her arms. "Look, Noah, I don't know if you noticed, but my brother has been in the hospital for the past day because of you. I'm here to make things right."
Noah narrowed his eyes. "So why is the red head bubble brain and the wannabe gothic doing here with you?"
"What did he just call me?!" The red head came up, ready to slap him. "My name is May, alright? Don't you dare disrespect me!" She snapped in his face.
The guy looked to Sakura. "Did he just call me a wannabe gothic?"
Sakura nodded. "Yes, he did, Chance."
Chance rubbed his lips together. "He's lucky I don't feel like hitting someone tonight."
Sakura made May back up and calm down. "Noah, don't you see that MedEvilGallentmon is controlling you and Haru?"
Noah rolled his eyes. "Of course, you stupid blonde, but we don't care."
Sakura's eyes widened. "What?!"
"We don't care." Noah said slowly. "He gave us the chance to get out of the house and away from all our crap. I don't care what happens to you, the digimon, the digital world, or even MedEvilGallentmon. I'm sick of being home all the time, alright?"
Chance looked to his dresser and saw a family portiat, but someone was ripped out of the picture in a messy way. To him, it looked like a parent. "What happened to your dad?" He asked causually, pointing to the photo.
Noah got up and went to take the picture out of view. He roughly put it in his top dresser drawer and looked back to the three. "That's none of your business!"
"And your mother mentioned you don't have friends over…never." Chance was hitting a nerve. "What's wrong, Noah?" He chuckled. "I already got you figured out."
Noah straightened himself up. "Oh, do you now?"
"Yeah, I do." Chance grinned. "Your father abandoned you, so you became unsocial and angry. MedEvilGallentmon took advantage of that."
Noah shook his head. "He would never go that low! He's my mentor! He helped me out of that phase of my life!"
Sakura stepped closer. "Noah, can't you see? It's obvious. He used your pain and used it against you."
Everything went silent for a while. After a few minutes, Noah sighed. "Get out." He turned away from them.
Sakura got confused. "Noah-"
"I said leave." Noah said in a deep voice. "I wont bother you guys or the digital world ever again, alright? Just don't tell my mom and I'll leave you alone." He looked over his shoulder with a glare. "I'll talk to Haru. He's a puppy. He'll do as I say. We quit. Just destroy him. I don't want to hear his voice or to see him, or even hear of the digital world ever again…got it?" Sakura gave a sad nod. "Now leave me alone! Don't ever come back!"
The three teens left, respecting his wishes. May sighed. "Well that's over."
Chance looked to Sakura. "What now?"
Sakura looked to him as they got in the elevator. "Isn't it obvious? They're out of the way, so it's only MedEvilGallentmon."
May pumped her fist in the air. "Yes! This war is almost over!" She started doing a happy dance.
Sakura and Chance rolled their eyes. "May is right though." Sakura pressed the LOBBY button. "This war will be over soon."
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Sakura waved to Chance who turned to walk home now and shut the door behind her. She looked and saw Taichi, sitting on the couch, looking lost in the TV show he was watching. He looked to where she was standing and smiled. "You must be my sister, Sakura, right?" He asked in a fake tone, with a fake smile along with it. Sakura sighed and nodded. "I memorized your names already." He patted the seat next to him. "Come watch this funny show with me! I don't know what it is, but it's funny!"
Sakura could've cried, but didn't. My older brother as I once knew is mentally gone. No more teasing. No more fighting. Next thing you know, he'll start being smart. She shook at the thought and went to sit by him. She plopped on the couch and her eyes widened. "You really don't know this show?"
Taichi shook his head. "No…do you?"
"Taichi, this has been your favorite show since you were five." She giggled. "X-Men."
Taichi shrugged. "X-Men is a cool name. I like this show cause of all the powers and fighting!"
Sakura smiled. Maybe Taichi is still there deep down. She turned back to the TV and enjoyed quality time with her brother.
That's that.
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-D-A-
Preview for Chapter 32: Unwritten
"Mr. and Mrs. Takashi, I have come here to ask permission to date your daughter?"
"Holy crap, he is perfect!"
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"AH! Terriermon what are you doing on my face?!"
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"Mom! Dad! There's a dinosaur in my bedroom!"
"That's your digimon, Taichi."
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"Taichi, you can walk!"
"But Taichi is still paralyzed in your world, but here, he can walk. So he can still fight against MedEvilGallentmon!"
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"So MedEvilGallentmon decided that now would be the best time to battle…well, bring it on."