Title: Always Follow the Rabbit
Author: Mrpointyhorns aka Blemery
Rating: R
Status: In Progress
Part: 10
Pairings: Taichi/Koushiro, Augmon, Tentomon, Kei, Jyou/June, Shin, Takeru, Wallace, Daisuke, Ken, Mimi/Michael, Miyako, Iori, Michelle, Julia, Juneko, Jimon, Joichi, Shin's son, Mantarou
Warnings: Slash
Spoilers: Season 1 and 2, plus some of the movies (nothing blatantly but there)
Summary: Taichi's has started to settle in his life, and while that can be quite nice, he and Koushiro have never been better, it can also be a bit disappointing, especially his dead-end job. The only thing interesting that ever happens is when he has to babysit his nephew. Until Koushiro detects a disturbance that is about to give Taichi the adventure he craves.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by someone else. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
A/N: Thank you for reading everyone. I am not sure if after this chapter I will start a new story or continue this one. I'm leaning two ways: start a story where they come back from adventures and a story during adventure. Or do one long story that has all of it. I think the one way would allow people to skip the adventure part if they don't want to read it and kind of get back to the drama part between the characters, if there is any left. But at the same time the adventure part is cool so far. I haven't gotten too much written for either, a lot of flow charts and thought bubbles mostly. I may just start adding what I have of the adventure on this story, but later it might get moved to a new story of its own. Let me know what you think.
Here is a link to the layout of the RV is kind of like the Winnebago 2006 Outlook 31C. I stayed in one that was like this a while ago so they do exist!
"Uncle Izzy?" Kei shook his shoulder gently. "Uncle. I think they left."
"What?" Koushiro sniffed trying to pull himself together.
"I heard them say goodbye and I think I heard the door shut," Kei explained. "Do you want me to check?"
"Um…sure." Koushiro rubbed his cheeks with his sleeve. Kei ran over to the corner and peered around it. He turned back. "Gone?" Kei nodded. Koushiro stood up brushing his clothes off. "Thanks."
Kei smiled brightly. Koushiro followed him to his apartment. The door was unlocked and Kei let himself in. "Surprise!" Kei yelled.
Koushiro shook his head shutting the door behind him. Tentomon was next to him in a second. Tentomon looked at him curiously. "Were you crying?"
"Is it noticeable?" Koushiro made his way into the bathroom to check for himself in the mirror. He felt very emotional still and he did not want Taichi to take it in the wrong way. Koushiro turned on the light in the bathroom looking into the mirror. His face did not look blotchy and his eyes weren't red, but there was still moisture in the corners and on his cheeks.
Tentomon handed him a wet wash cloth and Koushiro cleaned off his face. "Why were you upset?"
"When did Sora come by?" Koushiro asked explaining enough to Tentomon with that question, but not so much that he thought Koushiro had overheard anything.
"Not very long. She came by to let Taichi know that she was going to help us, but he declined." Tentomon tilted his head to the side. "Did she say something to you after she left?"
"No, I didn't run into her." Koushiro dried his face with a bath towel and turned the light off. "Enough of this, Kei's over for tonight and we supposed to tell him about what is going on."
"You know he was in the room when you explained it to everyone." Tentomon followed after him.
"I know, but there are things that I said that we need to explain to him separately." Koushiro looked at Tentomon. "I remember how it felt when I over heard my parents talking about how I had been adopted. I have to make sure that Kei understands that we are not abandoning him." Tentomon followed Koushiro silently into the living room.
Taichi and Kei were on the couch Kei was telling him something in a happy tone, but Koushiro was not sure what they had been talking about. "Then there were guts!" Kei continued.
Koushiro leaned over the back of the couch. He kissed Taichi's jaw. Taichi turn towards him and Koushiro kissed him firmly. Taichi returned, the kiss although with a sense of caution. Koushiro released him after a few moments. He knew that Kei was still in the room.
Taichi looked at him curiously. "Shiro? Were you crying?"
"He was crying." Kei answered. He crawled closer to them so that the three had their faces inches apart. "It was happy tears."
"Happy tears?" Taichi eyes searched Koushiro's face.
Koushiro stepped back and then went around the couch to sit down next to Taichi. "It was relief, but enough about that, for now. Kei's staying over tonight."
"What happened to his father?" Taichi asked.
"Dad said that you have something to tell me," Kei explained. "He said that he has lots of nights with me, so it's your turn."
Taichi looked surprised. "He said that?"
"He said that to me as well. Kei do you know what your Dad meant when he said that?" Koushiro asked.
"Well, I know you are going on an adventure! So I think that's what he means." Kei shifted a little. "Can I make a fort in the living room? Augmon said that you use to do it all the time!"
"Hey, that's not fair!" Augmon pouted.
"You're not in trouble." Taichi reassured. He looked over at Augmon with a grin. "You liked our forts?"
"Yea, it was like camping, but you know without monsters trying to attack us in the middle of the night." Augmon certainly did not mind fighting, but he sure liked his sleep.
"You went camping?" Kei exclaimed jumping up. "Did you see a bear?"
"Well sort of." Taichi had been camping in the digital world mostly, and there weren't really bears there.
"I think a fort is a good idea." Koushiro interrupted. "Do you want Tai and me to help or are Augmon, Tentomon and you building the fort yourself?"
"We can do it!" Kei jumped up from the couch. "We just need blankets and pillows and stuff!"
"I know where that is." Tentomon flew out of the room and came back with nearly the entire cabinet of linens. "Izzy liked to build forts too."
"Just make sure you make it big enough so we can all fit." Koushiro reminded.
"You're going to sleep in the fort with us?" Kei looked shocked and very excited.
"Of course we are. We're just going to order pizza while you get everything set," Taichi explained. He stood up.
"Oh I like pepperoni and sausage," Augmon called after Taichi.
"I know what you want," Taichi called back.
Koushiro stood up too. "Do you need me to move the furniture?" Koushiro asked.
"I got it." Tentomon said pushing the couch back against the wall. Kei grinned.
"Alright, I'm going." Koushiro left the three in the living room to make a fort. Taichi was on the phone ordering three pizzas. Koushiro checked the refrigerator to see what they had to drink. No soda, but that was probably a good thing tonight. He and Taichi could have a glass of wine and finish the bottle if they wanted too. It would be a shame to let it go to waste.
Koushiro frowned; it was really strange thinking like that. He knew he had to leave, but it felt so surreal. He didn't want to leave his home and his family. He knew he was going to miss everyone, but it felt far away. Like time had stopped, or the world didn't exist except for inside this apartment.
"Koushiro." Taichi's arms were around his shoulder and he kissed the nape of Koushiro's back. Then, he pressed his forehead against Koushiro's back. Taichi's spikey hair tickled his neck. "Thank you. Thank you. Mantarou did not think of this, you did."
"He didn't mind. He didn't even fight." Koushiro turned around letting the door of the refrigerator close. Taichi hugged him closer still. Koushiro returned the embrace. "I wanted it too."
"Do you really think he'll be gone when we come back?" Taichi asked.
"No, I don't think it will be that extreme. I don't think we'll be gone and back in a few minutes either. Something in between that. We'll be okay." Koushiro tried to reassure Taichi. He held him tight. He knew that Taichi was not going to change his mind about going, but that did not mean that Taichi was completely okay with going. Koushiro was not completely okay either. He understood what might happen when they returned, if they even returned, but he knew that the risk was worth it. Whatever was happening in the other world it had disturbed the Dark Ocean and it could do more damage in the future. Koushiro wasn't just going to help that world, but also the three worlds he already knew about.
"We have to tell him?" Taichi looked up.
"Yea. I know he was with us when I explained everything at Jyou's, but Mantarou doesn't think he understands what is happening. Besides, we need to let him know that even though we're leaving we're not abandoning him." Koushiro whispered softly, he did not want Kei to overhear their conversation like he had heard his parents.
"Okay we'll do it after dinner." Taichi sighed.
It wasn't until after they were in Kei's fort later that night that Taichi finally told Kei what was going on. Taichi was lying on his side watching Kei as he talked on and on about whatever came into his mind. Koushiro was lying on his back on the other side of Kei looking up at the roof of the fort. He had an intense gaze. Taichi was certain that Koushiro was going over everything in his mind trying to think of anything that might be necessary the next morning. "Kei remember the other day when WarGreymon was in Jyou's living room?"
"Yeah! He was really big. Was that really Augmon?" Kei asked. Taichi nodded. "How does that work?"
"Well, Augmon is a digimon and that means his life is different that yours or mine. He doesn't stay in the same shape his entire life. And usually it takes a very long time for a digimon to change shapes. They have to be strong enough in order to do it. That's where I come in. I help get Augmon the strength to change, but it's only temporary. If I'm in danger then Augmon will change for me."
Koushiro wrinkled his nose at that explanation, but he let it go because Kei really didn't need to know exactly how it worked. Taichi refocused the conversation anyway. "The reason why Augmon and I are a team is because when I was a child there were dark forces that needed to be stopped. It was our job to stop them."
"Like a policeman or like Superman?" Kei asked.
"I guess more like Superman, because it was something that the police needed help with, but I think Superman would have stopped it more easily than we did." Taichi touched Kei's shoulder the touch was more for himself than for Kei. He had to say it now, no more stalling. "Augmon and I have to help again. We're leaving Kei. There is another world that Koushiro found and it is in trouble. Cherubmon wants us to help."
Kei was silent for a while. Different emotion played on his face, but Taichi waited for him to speak. He wanted to know how much Kei understood. "You're leaving for a long time, right?"
"It could be a long time. That's the thing, we don't really know. Uncle Izzy thinks that it will probably be longer than a month, but not longer than ten years. It's just I see you so much now Kei that it will make it feel longer than it really is, because I'm going to miss you. We will miss you."
Kei turned away from Taichi looking over at Koushiro. "Uncle Izzy you're going too, right?"
"Yes," Koushiro's gaze focused on Kei instead of the sheet above his head.
"Good." Kei smiled he turned to Taichi. "I like that you are together," Kei whispered softly.
Koushiro sat up and moved on to his side. He used one hand to prop up. Taichi looked over at him. "Just remember, we love you. We are not leaving because we want to be away from you. When we are gone we're always going to be working to get back here to be with you." Koushiro spoke with wisdom.
"Uncle Tai! It's just like you said to Sora." Kei sat up on his knees and looked directly at Taichi. "I have to believe him."
Taichi's eyes met Koushiro's again. He knew that Koushiro must have seen Sora earlier that evening because of how quickly he arrived after Sora left and because he had been crying. Now, he knew that Koushiro had heard some of what he said to Sora. He wasn't mad that they heard. He wasn't even worried about what Koushiro probably heard. He just wanted Koushiro to see that Taichi had spoken with meaning and purpose. Of course, Koushiro knew that Taichi was in love with him, but there was nothing wrong with confirming it again. Koushiro's expression turned bright and happy.
Taichi looked back at Kei. "That's right. Koushiro's love cannot be doubted. So you think of that when you think of me too. Don't doubt me either."
"I know because you two love me at the same time and at the same amount." Kei smiled proud of himself.
He means together, of course, his parents aren't together; they don't love him at the same time. He is always with one or the other. So he sees it like they love him at different times? Koushiro will understand. Ask him later.
"Can Augmon and I be a team next time?" Kei asked.
"No way! I'm always on Tai's team." Augmon walked into the fort with s'mores on a plate.
Kei nodded. "Okay I understand." Augmon held out the s'mores plate for Kei, Taichi and Koushiro.
"You know there is more than one Augmon in the digital world." Taichi snatched three just in case Augmon changed his mind about sharing. Of course he did, ten seconds later he ate the rest on the plate.
"So I could get my own? Just like you?" Kei asked taking his s'mores from Taichi.
"We'll find a partner for you." Taichi reassured. He handed Koushiro his s'mores.
"Did you use the microwave?" Koushiro asked. He bit down carefully.
"No." Augmon looked guilty.
"Did you use your Pepperbreath?" Taichi's eyes widened.
"Tentomon and I went outside to do it!" Augmon smiled in that way he did when he was trying to appease Taichi.
"Is that all?" Taichi asked. "You didn't set anything on fire did you?"
"No, but we scared the neighbor's cat," Augmon replied.
Tentomon came in to the fort too. "The cat's okay. I made sure to check on him. Hey where's mine?"
"Oh um…" Augmon looked guilty again.
Koushiro held out the last half of his s'more. "You can have it." Tentomon hugged Koushiro and took the treat greatfully. He curled up next to Koushiro and ate his treat. "I really hope Jyou packet enough food for us and the digimon."
"This is what I could do in short notice. It's only an old RV, but it will keep out the water for your journey. It's solar powered so you wouldn't need to worry about gas. This way you can use it in the other world," Shin explained to Koushiro and Taichi. They were at Jyou's. The RV was fairly large. It was one of those ones that could sleep six comfortably and eight to ten uncomfortably. It was packed with so many supplies. Shin was showing them around and Jyou was following to point out where the supplies were.
"Well it's possible that the world we're going to doesn't have a sun..." Koushiro covered his mouth. He hadn't meant to say that. He was really grateful for the Kiddo families' help. An RV would be nice.
"That is a possibility that's why I packed tents and gear under the RV. You can abandon the RV if you have to," Jyou said very stiffly.
"We might need the tents anyway if Takeru and Daisuke show up," Taichi beamed. "Nice thinking."
"Daisuke is going to show up. He went to his parents last night to explain to them what is going on," Jyou replied. "June's taking it well, but the boys are having a hard time."
"He told his parents?" Taichi asked he knew Daisuke parents, but not as well as most of the digidestine's parents. Daisuke parents had been kept in the dark about the digital world for a long time, and Taichi didn't know how much Daisuke and June told them.
"He told them that he is going to Africa to teach AIDs children how to play soccer, I think." Jyou wrinkled his nose he hated lying.
"I'm not sure what time or how long the portal will be open so I hope they get here soon." Koushiro checked his watch it was early in the morning and he suspected that the portal wouldn't open until the evening or night since that was when Cherubmon had contact them. However, he couldn't be sure.
Taichi scolded Koushiro with a look. Koushiro nodded. "Okay so what's next?"
"Food. We got as much as we could, especially if it was nonperishable." Shin explained.
"So we're going to be eating twinkies all of the time?" Taichi asked.
"Twinkies do actually have a shelf life," Koushiro responded.
Jyou interrupted them. "We did pack some of those, but not that many. We only packed you enough food for maybe two months. It would be longer, but since the digimon are going to be there I'm not sure it will last that long. That's why I want to tell you where I hid some of the preserves just in case they eat them all." Jyou was careful to show Koushiro and Taichi where the extra food was. He was certainly glad that his and Shin's sons were keeping their digimon busy for the time being.
"Is this the transportation then?" Takeru's voice floated over to them from the front of the RV. Koushiro smiled hearing his voice was simply a relief. Ken and Daisuke hadn't arrived. What if the portal opened early!
Taichi practically bounced down the stairs of the RV. "Wallace!" Taichi blinked stopping short, barely outside of the RV doors. Jyou ran into him, but managed not to knock either of them onto the ground.
"Hi guys! Takeru told me what was going on. I thought I could join you. If you don't mind?" Wallace and Takeru exchange sneaky grins because they had surprised Taichi.
Taichi nodded slowly stepping back from the door to let Jyou and the others out. "Of course you can come. I think we have enough room." He looked at Koushiro curiously.
"I didn't know he was coming either. I didn't even think about asking him actually," Koushiro admitted. He shook Wallace's hand. "So that's six people and seven digimon that will work out well."
"Takeru thought you might be underhanded this time around." Wallace shook Jyou's hand. "Your daughter is very beautiful. I'm sorry I haven't been able to come around earlier."
"Have you even been in Japan?" Jyou asked sounding surprised.
"Well no, Takeru just picked me up from the airport actually," Wallace explained. He gave a little shrug like living in another country was not an excuse to miss the seeing Jyou's daughter.
"Great! Well go inside and pick out a bed." Taichi suggested.
Wallace followed Shin into the RV, probably being roped into the same tour that Koushiro and Taichi had before. "I'm glad you don't mind. Sorry about the surprise Taichi." Takeru fidgeted unlike the other digimon Patamon was right at Takeru's side. Well actually on his head, but it was the same gesture to the flying pig.
Taichi hugged Takeru. "It's not a bad surprise." He promised. He kissed Takeru on the cheek. He was glad the kid was coming with them. It would probably do him good to get away. He didn't have any real issues with Ken or Daisuke. Taichi didn't know what sort of contact they had outside the group, but they always got along. Ken was right the morale of the team would at least start our better than if Sora was here instead and Wallace might not be here if it wasn't for him. Morale would be needed in the journey ahead. Taichi was sure of that and it wasn't something Jyou could pack.
"What again, Tai!" Daisuke yelled from across the street. Ken was with him. Daisuke looked like he was carrying their bags. They were only two duffle bags and a bag that held Ken's computer, but Taichi gave Koushiro a look.
Koushiro only shrugged. He still didn't know what that meant.
Daisuke was a little unpredictable like that. He could be really selfish sometimes and careless, but then he just had soft spots for certain people. He would do anything for those people. Taichi was one of them, but he was unaware of it. Ken was, of course, one of them. June wasn't always one of them, but she was now for sure. Daisuke may have insisted on carrying Ken's bags for that reason. Other reasons why Daisuke might be carrying the bags are: because he was being polite or because he was being competitive.
"If I didn't know better Daisuke I would say you wanted to kiss me," Taichi teased.
"Uh…" Daisuke flushed. He stopped in front of the RV. "I-well it's just…"
Taichi smirked. He took a few steps forward getting into Daisuke's personal space. He leaned forward. "I didn't know that about you Dai."
"Tai," Daisuke whined. Taichi stripped the bags away from Daisuke dropping them to the ground.
"Hey my computer's in there!" Ken complained.
It went unheard by Taichi who was playing a game of chicken with Daisuke trapping him in a hug, and coming closer to kissing him. Daisuke wasn't stopping him, but he looked very uncomfortable. "Do you want to be kissed by me?" Taichi's voice had a teasing tone. He loved to see Daisuke squirm. It wasn't as easy as it had been when Daisuke was young, but still just as rewarding.
"Tai, I…" Daisuke turned his eyes up at Taichi.
Does he really want this? Taichi's smile grew and so did his boldness. He moved in even closer hovering very close to Daisuke's lips.
"Taichi! Stop!" Koushiro voice caught Taichi's attention. It wasn't loud, but it demanded attention. Taichi looked up at him. Koushiro looked frightened. He's eyes were huge and haunting.
Taichi let go of Daisuke taking a step back from him. "Shiro?" For Taichi the game of chicken had only been a game. He couldn't see it as more than that because he knew his heart belonged to Koushiro. However, he could still understand why Koushiro had stopped him. Most people didn't like seeing their boyfriends teasing other people. Even if it was just silly, it could still hurt, and also it could be embarrassing in front of other people. However, Koushiro knew Taichi well enough that he knew that Taichi was just teasing, and typically it wouldn't have bothered Koushiro. So Taichi knew that whatever had spooked Koushiro wasn't the ill-mannered joke, but something else. Something Taichi couldn't see or comprehend.
Daisuke stumbled over his bag and away from Taichi. "Heh. Um…right. Hey what is he doing here?"
"I'm joining in on your adventure. Do you mind?" Wallace asked he and Shin rejoined the group.
Taichi stepped closer to Koushiro. Koushiro held his gaze firmly. He was really upset, Taichi could see that much, but Koushiro didn't want to discuss it in front of their friends. Taichi put a friendly arm around the back of Koushiro's shoulders. Koushiro didn't move away or flinch. He must not be angry, only upset.
"No, you're pretty good in a fight, but I've seen the RV before, I'm not sleeping in the same room as you!" Daisuke relented.
"Fine with me. Ken, Takeru which one of you want him? Taichi?" Wallace asked.
"Huh?" Taichi looked over at Wallace. "I already have my roommate thanks." Koushiro stepped closer. Taichi felt Koushiro grip at the hem of his shirt. Taichi looked at him. Was he that worried?
"Well, it's going to be a long trip. We can always switch around if we need to," Takeru suggested. He waved Taichi and Koushiro off, because Takeru wasn't suggesting that they needed to.
"I also packed tents; you don't actually have to share beds." Jyou cleared his throat.
"How many rooms have separate beds?" Ken asked.
"Well, most of the rooms are basically beds, so not really any of them, but the top sleeping compartment has the most room and there are actually two different mattress up there, they just happen to be right next to each other." Shin answered that question.
Ken frowned. "I'm going to have to look." Shin opened the door for him and led him inside. Takeru followed him into the RV.
"Tai now that everyone is here I'm going to get the digimon. We can't chance leaving them behind." Koushiro pulled away from Taichi and went into the house.
"Kou…"
"Hey you guys!" Mimi called coming up the driveway. Michelle, Michael, Iori, Miyako and their digital partners were with her. "We came to see you off."
"Yup, Yamato had to go in for a photo shoot today. So, I'm here to represent," Miyako explained.
"What? Couldn't Yamato reschedule?" Jyou asked.
"Doesn't he want to see his brother?" Daisuke looked equally surprised.
"Teeks didn't tell him, did he?" Taichi asked.
Miyako shook her head slowly. It was obvious that she didn't know until just then either. "AH! Takeru! You're so dead!" Miyako yelled storming the RV. "You motherfucker! What is wrong with you!? I'm not going to tell Matt that you left!"
Taichi exchanged glances with the other people in the yard. He flinched when he heard Takeru trying to explain. Takeru was quickly interrupted by Miyako yelling more.
"So, Wallace…" Michael began. "Are you joining them?"
Wallace nodded. "I wanted to help."
"That's great. That's nearly as many digidestine going as when we were kids." Mimi smiled. Wallace wasn't part of the original destined, so maybe he didn't know what was in store for him, but he had helped them in the past.
Koushiro returned to the yard with June, the Kiddo cousins, Kei, Mantarou and all of the digimon. Koushiro was ushering the digimon into the RV. "We don't want you guys to get left behind."
"I think you're worrying too much, Izzy." Tentomon replied.
Jyou picked up Gomamon. "You're staying here."
Gomamon slapped Jyou's back with a flipper giving him a giant hug. "I knew you'd miss me!"
"Miyako-chan unless you want to come with us, on accident, perhaps you should get out of the RV." Koushiro suggestion was followed by a scream from Miyako, but she was out of the RV a few seconds later.
"Alright I think that means we better get inside," Taichi announced. He knew that Hikari wasn't going to visit him. She was still bitter about him leaving, but she called that morning and said that he better come back in one piece and quickly. He was pretty sure after his talk with Sora that she wouldn't show up either.
"I don't know what time the portal will open, so I want to be safe," Koushiro explained to everyone.
"Well I guess this is good luck then," Iori began and after that everyone took the time to say good-bye.
"Don't worry Miyako. I left Yamato a message on his phone this morning."
"Daisuke behave and make sure you shower!" June warned hugging her little brother with one arm.
"I guess I'm counting on you to be the reliable one in my place, Wallace," Jyou said.
"Wait, why me?"
"You'll understand after you've spent a week in that RV with them."
"Please take care of Kei, even if Kari can't." Taichi begged Mantarou.
"I'll try to email if we can. It might work, information travels better than matter."
"Good I'll let you in on all the gossip!" Mimi beamed.
After everyone said their good-byes, Taichi followed the guys into the RV. "Alright I call driver seat!" Daisuke yelled.
"No. Daisuke." Taichi warned.
"Passenger seat then? Co-captains?" Daisuke looked pathetic. Taichi sat down in the driver's seat. Daisuke sat down next to him. Taichi glanced over at Koushiro. Koushiro was setting up his computer at the table next to the couch in the living room/dining room. Ken was setting up his as well.
Takeru and Wallace were eying the back rooms. "Takeru, can you let Shiro and I take the bottom one?" Taichi called to him. Takeru looked up at him and smiled in response. It was nice to see him smile without any heartache behind it. Maybe this would be good for him. Yamato was going to kill all of them when they returned, but they'd deal with that later.
Most of the digimon were in the compartment above the cockpit. It looked like that was going to be Ken and Daisuke's room for the night, but it also had a big window that wrapped around the front. So, it gave the digimon a good vantage point plus it kept them out of the way. The RV was bigish, but it didn't really have enough seats to fit all of the digimon. So the compartment would have to serve as seats for the digimon during the day and a bed at night. Taichi looked back over at Daisuke. "You can sit there for now, but I might need Koushiro there later."
Daisuke frowned, but he didn't argue yet. He looked out the window and waved at his nephews sitting in the yard. "We wouldn't be sitting here all day will we?"
"Um I don't think so." Takeru came in from the back room. "What's that look like to you?" He pointed at Taichi's review mirror.
"A funnel cloud." Taichi said.
"Let me see." Daisuke leaned in to try to get a look around Taichi and Takeru.
"Terrimon noticed it forming from the back window. It started from that cloud and rippled up and rippled down. I don't think it touched yet." Takeru said.
"Is it moving towards us?" Koushiro asked. He was still sitting near his computer. Taichi knew he didn't need to see what he saw because Takeru had given a good description.
"It's moving and it's not that far from us," Wallace answered from the back.
"Okay, well then I think we should wait. I'm going to try to see if I can find out what is going on in the Dark Ocean." Koushiro replied.
Taichi glanced as the funnel approached growing longer as it did. He glanced at Daisuke. "Not much longer."
Daisuke nodded. He looked out the front window, but his nephews and everyone else had taken refuge in the house. Their faces pressed against the front windows of the house.
"Kou- did you find out anything?" Taichi asked.
"Not yet." Koushiro muttered a response.
"I'm looking too," Ken replied.
"Well, I think it's too late." Water sounded on top of the RV as the funnel moved around it. The digimon flinched and hurried to their partners just in case.
"Don't worry Patamon," Takeru promised. "Shin said this is water tight."
"I know, but its dark," Patamon said.
Taichi turned on the headlights. It didn't help much. They were inside the funnel fully now, and it was dark inside. From the outside the tunnel looked opaque, but from inside it was dark.
"That's because this is from the Dark Ocean," Ken whispered.
"Ken, are you okay?" Daisuke called. Taichi was surprised that Daisuke's voice came from behind him. He must have moved back when they entered the tunnel.
Taichi felt it as the RV's front began to rise. At least is must be, because Taichi was force to lie back in his seat. Augmon clung to the arm. "Hang on guys." He didn't hear a reply the sound of the water, the waves, and the ocean became louder. He thought he felt the RV moving up, but he wasn't certain.
"Tai can you hear that?" Augmon whispered. It was a scream.
[In my end is my beginning - T.S. Elliot]