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CHAPTER SEVEN

Taichi woke up in a dark cave. He sat up and flinched suddenly holding his chest. He then remembered the moment he was pierced in the heart. He looked at his chest and saw no bruises. "Was I dreaming? Where am I?" he stood up and went outside the cave. The light struck him and he covered his eyes. When he adapted to the light outside, he looked around. "I'm in the digiworld…" suddenly he heard someone talk.

I found you!

"That voice…" he thought. He looked around but he couldn't see anything.

Come out already!

"Origin!" Taichi heard a younger voice shout it also. He saw a kid appear from the cave.

"That's…" Taichi said.

Meanwhile, Hikari and the others saw Agumon in Gennai's house.

"Agumon!" Hikari moved towards the digimon but Yamato held her hand. "Remember what Taichi said…" Yamato said to her showing a serious facial expression. Hikari looked at Agumon and walked towards it. She was looking eye to eye with Agumon and she suddenly piched it.

"Ow! Hikari why did you do that?" Agumon said holding the pinched cheek. Hikari smiled and hugged the digimon.

"Agumon! I'm so glad you're here!" she wiped the tears from her face then realizing that Agumon wasn't an illusion. She looked at everyone who was standing up at this point. Yamato walked towards Agumon and asked it, "Where were you yesterday Agumon?" Agumon remembered something and said, "Follow me everyone!" and rushed towards Gennai's room.

They followed Agumon with caution and entered the room. They were surprised by the sudden appearance of all their digimons inside the room. "Sora!" Piyomon said and jumped at her partner. "It's been years since we saw each other!" Everyone went to their digimons. "V-mon, why are you all here in Gennai's room?" the digimons looked at each other. V-mon sighed and said, "We don't actually know. We were hiding from that person killing the digimons then a light appeared right infront of us. The next thing we knew we were here in Gennai's house."

"Then we heard someone outside. I came out and saw you guys. Then I heard you said…" Agumon bowed his head. "Heard what Agumon?" Palmon asked. Then Mimi suddenly hugged Palmon tightly. When Palmon looked at her partner she had a hurt expression on her face. "Mimi?"

Everyone showed the same hurt face and Palmon realized that Taichi wasn't with them.

"Where's Taichi Mimi?" Mimi bit her lip then said, "He's gone." The digimons were all shocked hearing that. "What are we going to do know?" They all looked depressed and lost all will power. Suddenly Daisuke stood up. "Daisuke… what are you…" Hikari was cut off when Daisuke started talking.

"Taichi said we should find Gennai… What are we doing then sulking around?" Takeru looked at his companion surprised. "Taichi might not be here but he told us something to do right? He would want us to accomplish that right?" Daisuke suddenly let out a tear. "He won't like us acting like this! He would say we're wasting time, that we need to keep moving! He would say that we're digidestineds!"

"Daisuke…" Miyako suddenly stood up. Daisuke curled his fingers and formed a fist. He looked at everyone with mixed expressions of disappointment, anger, and grief.

"He's right, we're digidestineds! What are we doing? I know it's painful but we have to finish what Taichi started right? With or without him. It's just like soccer, if you lose a player you have to keep fighting and keep getting stronger! Get up guys and fight!" Daisuke stopped talking. The room fell silent. Yamato walked towards Daisuke and held his shoulders. Daisuke looked up. "Yamato?"

"Taichi taught you well Daisuke." Yamato grinned.

"That shocked me Daisuke." Daisuke looked at Takeru who was standing up. Everyone all of a sudden started smiling. Daisuke looked around him eyes wide open. Ken walked towards him and so did the others.

"Your right Daisuke, Taichi wanted us to find Gennai right?" Hikari said. Daisuke nodded. "Then let's go find him!" Daisuke smiled seeing everyone back on their feet again. He wiped off his tears. "Yeah. Let's go find Gennai!" "YEAH!" everyone cheered.

Just then, a rattling sound came from the closet in the room. Daisuke and Ken looked at each other and went near it. The rattling noise continued as they walked towards it. They grabbed the closet doors. "On three."

"One"

"Two"

"Three!"

They opened the closet and saw Gennai tied up inside with a cloth covering his mouth.

"Gennai!?" Daisuke said. He and Ken helped him and untied him and took off the cloth.

"Gennai, what were you doing inside the closet?" Mimi asked.

"Origin." Gennai said coughing. "You must have been trapped there for weeks! I'll get some water."

"Thank you." Gennai said. Daisuke remembered that Taichi said everything the fake Gennai said was a lie.

"Origin… Gennai! Please tell us more about Origin!" Daisuke yelled.

He hesitated but, knowing what had happened, he knows what he has to do. "Sure. It seems that you need to know it now." Gennai said.

After Mimi came back to the room and Gennai drank some water, he stood up and took out an album from the closet.

"Origin was one of the first digimons to ever become a digidestined's partner."

"So you're saying he's like Agumon and the others?" Yamato said.

"No, unlike Agumon and the others, Origin had no form. The only way to know where he is with his human partner."

"So… who was his human partner?" Hikari asked.

"Origin was originally a nice digimon, it's horrible what happened to him."

Gennai slowly took out the same photo of Him and Origin but this photo was longer than what they saw earlier.

"It can't be…" Taichi said seeing the young boy appear from the cave.

"That's…"

Gennai finally took it the whole photo off the album and the whole room fell silent.

"T-that's… me…" Taichi said as the young boy appeared in front of him suddenly passing through his body.

"I thought you'd never find me! Haha!" said the young Taichi smiling at no one.

The photo showed Taichi next to Origin smiling.

"Taichi… was one of the first digidestineds?" said Hikari.

"Yes." Gennai said.

"But when we first came to the digital world, he didn't even recognize the digiworld. He was as stunned as we were!" Koushiro said.

"Also, when we were kids, he didn't even know what koromon was." Hikari said remembering their first meeting with a digimon.

"There is a reason for that. But I really don't want to revisit it." Gennai said.

"Why? what happened? Please tell us Gennai." Hikari begged.

Gennai had no choice. They had those determined curious faces.

"Alright. But let me start from the beginning."

At that moment, Taichi was looking at his younger self looking at what was an invisible being.

You said we were only playing hide and seek near the river…

The young Taichi laughed.

"Who are you talking to?" Taichi said walking closer to his kid self but just passed through him.

"Well you know every single hiding spot near the lake so I hid somewhere else!" said the young Taichi scratching his head.

… well, you're lucky you still got found. Everyone was getting worried. You shouldn't do that again okay Taichi?

The younger Taichi pouted and said, "Sorry Origin. But I knew you could find me!"

"Origin? But where… you were talking to no one." Just then Taichi saw his younger self walking away.

"Am I dreaming? I thought I died earlier… Why does this feel so familiar?"

Just then a group of older kids appeared near the young Taichi. Taichi ran towards them and gasped.

"These people…"

"Taichi! You said to play hide and seek near the river!" said an older boy messing his hair.

"Sorry, but Origin found me so it's alright!"

One girl sighed and said, "You know Origin won't be able to be with you forever Taichi. You have to think about your companions too alright?"

The younger Taichi apologized and promised to never do it again. One other guy walked closer to the younger Taichi and bent down.

"Why do I recognize them… They're so familiar."

The guy looked at Taichi straight in the eye and said, "As a digestined, you should also think of your partner's feelings. I bet Origin was so worried about you."

"Origin… my partner?"

"Oh yeah, you know we can't see Origin right Taichi? Where is he now?"

"Oh yeah! Origin and I thought of an idea for you guys to see him!"

"Really? How are you going to do that?"

The young Taichi grinned. Taichi just listened on the conversation. At that moment, a gust of wind blew around them, Taichi included. The next thing Taichi saw were two younger Taichi's.

"Origin can transform like me! Now you could see him!" the younger Taichi said.

"Wow! That's amazing! So you're Origin huh?"

Origin blushed seeing the girl looking at her. Everyone was looking at Origin with him feeling a bit embarrassed.

"It's amazing and all now that we can see him but, don't you think you two look too much alike? How could we differentiate you two?" Said the guy who last talked to Taichi earlier.

"You're right…" the younger Taichi said thinking of a solution.

"Just straighten Origin's hair! We can totally differentiate you!" Taichi said and his eyes opened wide when he heard the girl say the exact same words he said.

"That's right… I know these people. I've fought with them. They're the first digidestined's! And I was… huh…"

Just then, Taichi suddenly returned back to the dark area he was before when he first met Origin. He saw Origin looking at him with anger. Taichi looked at Origin with remorse and looked away.

Now do you remember…

Taichi let a tear fall from his cheeks.

"Yes…"

END OF CHAPTER SEVEN