Chapter Forty One: Body and Soul

Trailmon pushed until the rocket lost balance and fell down. We step out to see the digital world but different, it was destroyed.

"How could this have happen?" asked Grey dully.

"The royal knights." Gritted Takuya.

"Grey when will Sakura be back?" asked Tommy.

"I don't know maybe after she finish calculating." Said Grey.

"Can you ask her to come back you're annoying." Said J.P

"I'll go" said Grey.

Grey walked around looking for me. He found a pile of paper with things written on it. "They want you to go talk with them." Said Grey.

"I'm busy" I called calculating another possibility.

"Then what do you want me to do? They are annoyed of me." Said Grey.

"I don't know go get someone else to fill in." I waved a hand.

"Magenta." I called and Magenta soon came.

"Can you double check these for me?" I asked.

"Just don't get Magenta I need her." I stated and picked up another.

"Okay" Grey said and walked down the corridor. "Anyone wants to take over?" asked Grey. Soon the corridor was filled with noise.

"QUIET" I shouted there was silence. "One of you go and no not you black fire" Black fire looked down and dragged her weapon away with her. (Black fire is black Sakura the one who tried to kill the gang)

"Hello anyone in there?" asked Zoe.

"Geez first she finds out she's dead then she goes and lock herself away, then tell Grey to take over and now there no one in this hollow body" complained J.P

"That's because you told her to go away" Koji retorted.

"Hey it not my fault, Grey get pretty annoying not caring for anything, all dull and all." Said J.P.

"Sakura?" asked Tommy pulling on my sleeve. I collapsed to the floor. Tommy started to panic along with Zoe, Takuya, J.P, Koichi and Koji.

"I didn't mean for her to die." J.P. panicked

"Hi" my body boasted causing everyone to fall.

"Sakura you al-where Sakura?" asked Zoe.

"She busy,but I can sub in." said Purple while Takuya and Koji started to back away.

"Don't worry, she not allow to do anything so you don't have to worry" said Magenta from my left eye.

"Hey shouldn't you be help Sakura right now and buzz off, I know, I ain't allow to do anything" said Purple pushing away Magenta.

"Just one little kiss,and you become one of the caution ones" sighed Purple. Koji and Takuya started to blush. "So when can we have our little date?" questioned Purple. Caution Purple, you're pushing it "Fine" Purple yelled back. "Never mind about that, Magenta gave me the warning, and I want to stay out."

"So who doing what's going on in that head of yours?" asked Koichi as we walked around the vast empty lands.

"Well right now since owner is busy we are all assigned jobs and emotions to do. Sky Blue was out first to keep owner from getting more injuries and to treat anyone who got any. Grey was out second because she doesn't have emotions outburst and it keeps the owner carefree of us. Half of us are looking for where Relemon might be. The rest of us just wait for a turn out. O and we have an emotion that governs over the rest." Purple explained.

"I don't get it" said J.P "Umm I mean you might want to explain more clearly so Tommy can understand"

Purple sighed. "We are all assigned emotions since we got here and some of us are assigned jobs, for example Black Fire is assigned the role of fighting or any physical challenges that involves fast movements. Sky Blue is assigned all the taking care of others and things. Magenta is assigned the role of helping owner find what she needs to find. Well, the most of us is assigned the role of moving the body like what Grey was doing before and what I am doing know." Said Purple.

"So what is 'owner' doing right now?" asked Koji.

"Counting and searching out all her near death experiences." Stated Purple not caring.

"And how many might that be?" asked Takuya worried. "Well judging from the heap of paper I saw earlier probably around 35 or so" Purple stated

"Thirty-five?" shouted the group.

"But the strange thing is she barely recalls anything from when she was 8 and younger the only thing she remembers is that Koji and her are childhood friends who learned how to fight. She personally forgot how to fight but the body remembers" said Purple.

"Strange." They all said.

"Got anything new?" I asked Magenta who was now also covered in paper trying to solve the same problem. I am dead huh? But when? And I thought if we die, we die. How can I still be alive well and moving and if I did die and when did it happen? And where did Relemon went?

"Dunno" said Purple.

"Wait shouldn't you be outside walking along with the rest of the gang?" I asked.

"It's midnight and we are all asleep." Purple answered.

"O I guess I lost track of the time." I stated.

"Magenta, Purple thanks for your help two may go to sleep." I said.

"Hey can I control tomorrow?" asked Orange.

"Sure if Purple is done" I stated.

"Nope I'm staying" said Purple while Orange looked sadly way.Ping something familiar struck me. It was a gut feeling but I had no other leads.

I scramble off my makeshift bed collected my things and stood brushing the last of my leaves off.

"What's going on?" asked a sleepy Zoe.

"Sakura?" she asked.

"Yes?" I asked turning around my pinkish eyes shone in the moonlight.

"Sakura!" said Zoe causing Takuya and Koji to wake up.

"What's wrong?" asked Koji already tense.

"Did something happen to Sakura?" asked Takuya worried. They spotted me in gear and ready to leave as Zoe just realized what I was doing.

"Don't back up" they all shouted. This freaked me out a bit and I stepped backwards. My foot lost its footing and it slipped.

"Idiot didn't we just tell you not to move?" grunted Takuya grabbing my arm. "Don't freak me out" I said back as Takuya hauled me up. Tommy and J.P had woken up due to the shout.

"Are you Sakura or another color?" asked J.P annoyed if it was another color/emotion.

"Sakura" I stated. "Thanks" I stood and ran off to the left. I wasted enough time already.

"Sakura wait up" yelled Takuya from behind.

"What's going on?" asked Zoe.

"Where you running to?" asked Koji.

"Do you have to run?" complain J.P

"Stop Sakura" said Tommy.

"I got a lead" I said and ran faster.

"At least wait for us." Said J.P

"Ready now?" I asked.

"One more questioned what were you planning to do?" asked Takuya.

"Well I was thinking about doing what Koji did that one time when he went off to find his beast spirit: leave you a note" I said standing. "Let's go we need to hurry" I stated. We started to run off. Me taking the lead.

We stop at where the signal died. "Hello anyone here?" I called.

"Are you sure it's here?" asked Koji.

"Sakura Akira?" I shouted feeling awkward to be shouting my own name. "I know it was here I had a feeling." I stated stepping forward the rest followed. I fell down a ditch. "Why must there always be falling?" I grumbled.

"Sakura?" the others questioned as I saw their foot I knew they were about to fall too. "STOP" I shrieked but they step forward free falling down as well.

As the smoke cleared I asked. "Is everyone okay?"

"We made it somehow." Groaned Koji. I open my right eye to see that Takuya was on top of me and Koji on him, J.P. on Koichi, Zoe on J.P and Tommy at the every top.

"Where are we?" asked J.P.

"Apparently in a ditch" I said looking at the ways up. There I saw Neemon free falling down while Patamon was trying to pull Bokomon back up. Patamon dropped. Patamon landed on Tommy. "Umm can everyone get off me?" I asked face reddening.

"Sakura are you alright?" asked Takuya.

"Get off me I need to breathe" I struggled with the words. They instantly jumped off me. I took in many gasps of air before I started to breathe regularly.

"So what do we do know?" asked Tommy.

"Dunno" I said sitting down at one corner. "You guys go to sleep, it still a while before day break." I said. I watch as everyone fell asleep. Tommy on my lap, Zoe next to Takuya using his shoulder as a pillow, Koichi next to them, beside Koji; J.P's sluggish form on the floor. "Cute couples those two make." I giggled at Zoe and Takuya while I went back to my calculations. I eventually drifted to sleep.

I woke to the sun in my eye beating down. I glance around at my surrounds a couple times before remembering the events of last night. J.P was all over the place, Tommy still on my lap, Takuya has fallen on to Tommy's side, Zoe slept on the side of the ditch, Koichi fell to the side, Koji still where he was not even moving an inch. I place a hand over my eye looking at the top of the ditch. "Maybe we can fly out." I said thinking that J.P, Zoe and I will spirit evolve and carry everyone up. I sighed and took out my golden D-tector flipping through to where I last seen Relemon before she disappeared. I will find you. I soon fell asleep again.

"Rise and Shine intruders." Said a voice, I grunt and looked up to see what seems to me a cross between a mouse and a koala. "Time to get up." Said the Koala-mouse.

"Morning, we are not intruders we just fell in here" I said.

"I recognized that voice, it's Sakura" said the mouse-bear jumping off the ditch followed by many other digimons and landing on me. "Oh I missed you so much and so did everyone else." Said the mouse.

"Umm nice to meet you too." I said uncomfortable.

"Wait a minute Sakura has pink hair not midnight blue." Said the mouse, which my D-tector had now identified as Phascomon.

"I am Sakura" I said.

"So you changed your looks to fool Arukenimon and escape right? O everyone is going to be so happy your back." Said Phascomon. The digimon started to haul me up and out of the ditch leaving everyone else behind.

"Guys? GUYS" I shouted waking them up. They saw me being carried away.

"Hi everyone look at whose back." Said Phascomon. They all turned to look at the doorway. Each digimon spirit seems to lighten now that they saw me. I smiled back at them which seems to bring tear back into there eyes.

"Sakura!" they all yelled and tackle me.

"Hi" I said smiling. I saw that one digimon hasn't tackled me. "Hey" I said as the crowd of digimon dispersed as they went back to the things they were doing. "What's wrong?" I asked crouching down next to the digimon. I poked at it until it turned to look at me. Tears were in her eyes. I recognized the face right away. "Relemon" I said softly as she tackled me into a hug.

"Where is everyone?" she asked.

"Back at the ditch I was in" I stated.

"Geez, that Sakura leaving us alone like that." Said Zoe. "What was she thinking?"

"But didn't you see she was carried away by the digimons." Takuya defended.

"Who knows what horrible things they are doing to her right now" said Tommy. They imagined Sakura being dumped into a stew that was being roasted over a fire.

"I'm on my way to save you" J.P said running off the opposite direction. "It's this way" said Koji.

"I knew that" J.P said turning around and falling into the ditch again.

"Lets go find where they took her." Said Koji. They remember Sakura being cooked.

"Let's Hurry" concluded Takuya.

The fire blazed as they roasted some meat apples over the fire. "I'm telling you I'm not the Sakura you are referring to. I don't even remember who you are. I'm looking for another Sakura that looks and sounds a lot like me." I told for about the twentieth time.

"If that's true then why do you sound and look like her?" asked Phacsomon.

"Well…um…I'm…." I said struggling to figure how to say it. "Just tell me where Sakura is." I said.

"She right here." Phascomon said.

"No" I grunted "I'm Akira, I'm looking for Sakura that looks and sounds like me." I said.

"Why didn't you say so?" asked Phascomon. I sighed.

"She been carried away by Arukenimon to that house up there." Phascomon said sadly.

"Do you know why she did that?" I asked.

"Well first it was because one of us was caught over on her turf and she took her over here to negotiate about what to do, when she saw Sakura and was enraged because she was cuter than she was. They negotiate that if Sakura goes with Arukenimon then nothing will happen to us or the digimon that went over." Explained Phascomon.

"Okay I have a plan to get her back." I said whispering the plan to Relemon and Phascomon.

"Where getting no where" complained Zoe. "She has to be around here somewhere." Koji said.

"Shh do you hear that?" asked Takuya.

"What?" asked Tommy.

"Is it food?" questioned J.P.

"Well I did see a smoke trail probably left from a fire." Said Koji calmly.

"You saw what?" the group asked remembering their thought of the roasted Sakura.

"Whatever just shh everyone" Koji ordered. They quiet down to hear a conversation.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to get these filthy creatures on my section?" asked the enraged Arukenimon. "Even after Sakura was taken away you still define me?" asked Arukenimon.

"SAKURA" hissed the group.

"I'm sorry I'll try to my best to keep them off." I said.

"Hey that sounded like Sakura." Said Tommy.

"What's going on?" asked Zoe confused.

"Sorry isn't enough, someone needs to be taught a lesson." Said Arukenimon. "And you're the one to get it" she said changing into her spider form and grabbing me.

"Wha?" I asked struggling with her spider arms.

Arukenimon led me to the house which on the insides seems like it's made from candy and everything was a lot larger. She threw me inside a pot where I saw many others.

"Hi" I said. "I'm here to rescue you"

"How?" asked a digimon. "Wait and see." I said. I noted a human and a digimon together. "Are you Sakura by any chance and what happen?" I asked. The human turn and it showed a person just like me except she wasn't infected with X-antibody.

"Yes…." She said dazed.

"Hi I am also called Sakura." I said.

She flinched and went back to the digimon. "

So how do you expect to get out of here?" asked another digimon, my D-tector recognized it as Biyomon.

"Easy." I said holding up my D-tector. "O and anyone know where we are?" I asked.

"In Arukenimon house, I'm guessing" said Gabumon.

"Alright. Ex-a-cute Spirit Evolution. Dianamon." I digivolved and took out my weapon and slash the cage several times. It broke. "Everyone out." I signaled they all ran around looking for the exit except for Sakura.

"I know who you are" she stated. I was shocked.

"What do you mean?" I asked confused. Didn't I just tell her who I am? "I know when you died and when I came here are the same. I know we are soul and body. I can clear it out for you." She said.

"Really? Thanks. But let's get out of here first." I stated.

She nodded.

"Going somewhere?" someone asked as everyone froze.

"I know you guys know where Sakura is now tell us." demanded Koji grabbing Pandamon by his scarf.

"I won't tell" he said.

Takuya groaned and push him away.

"Stop it. Stop this at once." Said Phascomon.

"Not until you tell us where Sakura is." said Koji. "

Which Sakura?" asked the Phascomon. This stunned the group.

"Sakura Akira" said Tommy.

"Which Sakura Akira?" asked Phascomon.

"Don't play games with us." Said J.P

"I'm not, there are two Sakura Akira's, and how do I know I can trust you?" asked Phascomon.

"We are Sakura's friends the one you left in that ditch" said Zoe.

"That doesn't prove anything, you could be the bad guys bulling Sakura by pushing her in the accidentally falling in yourselves." Said Phascomon.

"If you asked her than you will know for sure." Said Tommy.

"What if you run away when I go asked?" said Phascomon.

"We won't promise" said Tommy.

"To make sure we'll tie you up to a tree okay?" asked Phascomon.

They nodded and were tied up. Phascomon came back a while time later. "She said No" said Phascomon.

"Down you go" said Tentamon snapping the trunks of the tree and letting the roll off the side of the cliff. They screamed something that Phascomon couldn't catch. Phascomon turned to walk away only to be blocked by Agunimon.

"Tell us where she is" demanded Lobomon his placing his sword under Phascomon.

"Shouldn't you be down there helping the falling kids?" asked Phascomon.

"We are them" said Kazemon and Kumamon turning back.

"O wow so you weren't lying you are her friends." Said Phascomon.

"Was all this some kind of trick?" Asked Agunimon.

"No."

"Then why did you say she didn't know us?"

"Well, I didn't actually ask her."

"Where is she?"

"They both are up there" Phascomon said pointing to a house at the top of a cliff. They walked over to see the building better.

"How are we supposed to get up there?" asked Zoe.

"I don't know" said Relemon.

"What?" the group asked frighten by the new incomer.

"Hey your Relemon the one that Sakura has." Said Tommy.

Relemon jumped on Tommy.

"Hey let me see that." Said Agunimon.

"Transformation" said Relemon turning her body into a shape of a rock and attacking Agunimon's face.

"Do you know why that digimon said there are two Sakura?" asked Zoe.

"Because there is, the one that you guys been and the soul Sakura" said Relemon. "

The what?" asked Zoe.

"Hey look something is coming down." Warned Beetlemon. Something rolled down passed the warriors and went straight to two.

"Ah Gabumon" said Relemon pouncing off Tommy and following.

"I made it back" screamed Gabumon happily.

"What's going on up there?" asked Relemon.

"The new Sakura came up there saying she here to rescue us. She digivolve to Dianamon and fought Arukenimon. It looked like she was winning when Arukenimon started to control some of the digimons now she can't even attack." Said Gabumon.

"Then why are you here should you be up there helping her?" asked Phascomon. "She told us who can escape to escape." He said.

"Sakura needs me." Said Relemon.

"Just where do you think you're going?" asked Phascomon grabbing Relemon's tail. "I'm going to help, I know I can," she said.

"Fine then, I'm coming with you." Said Phascomon.

"I'm going to"

"Count me in"

"Anything to help Sakuras" others started to agree and they all advanced back to where the team was.

"What's going on?" asked Agunimon.

"We're all going to save the Sakura's" said Relemon.

"Sakuras?" asked Zoe

"The two Sakura" said Phascomon. They started to run up the mountain to the top. Most of the rolled off, the warriors ran or flew up or in Kumamon's sake skied up.

"Time to give up." Said Arukenimon squishing me under her controlled digimons.

"I don't think so, I came here to save everyone and I will do just that. Slide evolution Rosemon X. I have something to give you." I said hurtling my vines around her arm. She screamed from the thorns. "Roses Rapier." I stretched my vine wide and started attacking Arukenimon.

Arukenimon was faster so I decided to quicken my speed. I aimed for her stomach and slash down only to stop by a field of digimons protecting her.

"You coward stop using them and fight me." I shouted. She ignored me and continued to play her flute. The flute sounded hypnotic this time. I quickly shook the thought from my head and slide back to Dianamon. "Crescent Harken" I shoot at her flute, knocking it out of her hand to the left and in the middle. We both jumped to get it she was ahead of me. "Slide evolution. Rosemon X" I said and used my vine whip to whip at the flute towards me. I took it and broke it in half. Arukenimon screech and transform to her spider self.

"No wonder you live alone, you're ugly." I said trying to maintain the attention while I motion for the others to get out. The other Sakura helped the others get outside.

"Why you little brat." Arukenimon screech charging at me. I dodge to the side.

"Come on I know you can do better than that." I teased.

Arukenimon looked to the side and saw Sakura helping the digimons out. "Acid Mist" she said and fired green acid from her mouth. I was too far to stop the attack in time. I quickly look around and saw the giant pot we were in earlier. I threw the pot towards the acid. It caught the acid and rolled till it hit a wall then melted.

"Go quickly." I command and the rest ran out.

"You're going to pay for destroying my dinner" Arukenimon said.

"Eww you eat them, that's just cruel" I stated.

"Now you're going to get it. Predation Spider" Arukenimon said and summon spiders which was identify as Dokugumon.

"Not good" I said backing up.

"Everyone." Phascomon shouted.

"Sakura" Kazemon said and flew over.

"Wait, you're free from the X-antibody?" Kazemon questioned as the other warriors ran over. "No, Sakura is still inside, I'm just her spirit." Sakura said. They ran inside to see Rosemon X pulling back and being dragged forward then pulling back.

"What is she doing?" Lobomon asked.

"Playing tug or war with that spider using an invisible string?" Agunimon suggested.

"Venom blast" Dokugumon said and fire something from its mouth. I flipped over and dodged it.

"Roses B—I was cut off by a thin thread wrapping around my neck. I place both hands trying to loosen the thread from my neck. Arukenimon pulled my arm which was wrapped in thread too and yank me back with the other thread around my neck. I pulled my arm back and try to snap the thread on my neck. Arukenimon continued to drag me across the room and throw me at a wall. I hunched over. Arukenimon pulled me along and I crashed again.

"Hurricane Winds" I heard someone shout. Arukenimon was hit and she let go of the thread. I fell to the ground gasping for air.

"Sakura!" They shouted.

"Thanks, but next time can't you come faster?" I said standing up. "Arukenimon you are so going to pay for that." I hissed with both red and black fire with rage in it too. "Rosen Rapier." I whipped my whip and it straightens and sharpened. I charged and started fencing with Arukenimon. Dokugumon charged at me from behind and was hit to the wall by Lobomon's laser.

"Acid Mist" Arukenimon said spraying me in the face with it. I look around blind. Arukenimon punched me and I hit the wall and fell into the sink where the dishes was one of them was full of water and the acid wash off.

"Pyro Darts"

"Thunder Fist" The attacked Arukenimon but she dodged it.

"Predation Spider" Arukenimon said and summoned more Dokugumon. I climbed out of the sink, soaking wet.

"Roses Blood." I said holding my rapier out. The house was covered in many roses with on big one surround with seven smaller ones. The flowers begin to glow snapped around the spiders like a Venus fly trap. Arukenimon fractal code showed and I scanned it.

"Thank you, without you we will never have gotten Sakura back." Phascomon said.

"It's no problem. We'll bye" I said turning to leave. Something grab my wrist not allowing me to go.

"Don't worry, they know that one day I would have to leave, they are prepared for it and besides you know that if we don't become one, you'll body will break and die." Sakura said.

"Yea…but they need you more than I do." I said. Phascomon started to laugh.

"Young Sakura you don't know that we adopt Sakura and we who saw her, wanted to protect her." Phasocmon said.

"We can take care of ourselves" Gabumon said.

"What if someone like Arukenimon comes again?" I asked.

"Truth be told we had a friend who usually takes care of that but he's gone to work on the new place." Phascomon said.

"Yea, WarGreymon rocks." Biyomon said.

"But what if the royal knights come?" I asked.

"Stop worrying already and go we got everything under control." Phacomon said.

"You sure?" I asked Sakura nodded.

"So how are you two going to become one?" Zoe asked.

"I don't know." I said.

"I got an idea, maybe the both of you can run towards each other and merge." Takuya said.

"It's worth a try." Koichi said. Sakura and I back up and ran at each other and both fell to the ground.

"Scratch that." I said rubbing my head.

"I got an idea, try walking into each other." Tommy said.

"But that just like what Takuya said." J.P said.

"Hey it's working." Zoe said as a blinding light shone.

I saw what I missed in the eight years gap. How I met Koji, practice fighting with him and all the other things up to when I died, it was the same day as when Karadi died. I had tried to save her and was pushed back and crashed into the kitchen counter where the kitchen knife fell and… Karadi screamed at the sight and was slaughter to stay silent. Then Ophanimon voice came from the T.V and my spirit went along to see the other world. The spirit left some part of herself to function the body, apparently when she went to the digital world time rewind itself and something different happen the incident took place in the living room instead of the kitchen. I crashed into a table and went unconscious. And what Sakura experienced at the digital world

The light faded and I was whole again. My past became clearer and we stood as one. My eyes faded from pink to a light midnight blue shade.

"Sakura?" J.P asked.

"Yes?" I questioned looking at the moon.

"Are you alright?" Takuya questioned.

"I'm fine." I stated smiling looking at them. Everyone seems to be filled with happiness. "I'm just glad to be a whole again." I smiled.

"What happen to the other Sakura?" Tommy asked.

"She is me, I am her. We are the same person." I answered.

"What did you mean that you were going to die without the other Sakura?" Koji asked. "

Eh heh heh." I laughed uncomfortably.

"Aww don't ruin the moment." Zoe said.

"Her eyes are different." Neemon pointed out.

"It's filled with compassion, tranquility, and kindness towards others" Patamon said.

"Yea and their blue" Neemon said.

"Well it's original." I said smiling as the guys started to blush while Tommy and Zoe started to laugh. "Thank you" I thanked.

The chains on my wing tattoo broke and a red heart appeared in the space between the two wings and lines whipped around the wings.