Chapter 7

Digital World:

Veemon watches over his young partner, worry filling his every feature. Cutemon had barely been able to heal him. In fact Cutemon was passed out beside young Daisuke because of how much power had been needed to heal the burgundy haired child. Veemon knew any child Lord Fanglongmon chose would end up being at risk in some way but he had honestly never thought things for his partner would come to this point so quickly.

Coffee eyes slit open even as a moan escapes the owner of those eyes, " No, why am I still alive? "

Veemon felt his heart break right then, his partner had truly given up on life. What had been done to him to break him like this? " You're needed, Daisuke. "

Coffee eyes track over to see crimson eyes belonging to a small blue dragon type creature with a yellow V on his or her forehead. " No, I'm not. If my own family hates me then why should I even bother to stay in the world of the living? I'm constantly told I'm a bother, my own mother told me that she wishes I'd never been born. "

Center:

Fanglongmon curses as he watches the scene unfold, Miracles wouldn't be able to go back home. He'd have to call in a favor to the Plutonian Queen. If Miracles went back to his family he'd just try to kill himself again. He'd seen Cutemon collapse from healing the child. This could not be happening, but it was. Miracles own family had proven that they didn't want him. Had made him feel so unwanted that he had decided to kill himself to make them happy.

Cave:

Serena sits back as she thinks over everything Leomon had told them. The main problem on this island was Devimon, a fallen angel digimon and he was also the one using the Black Gears. The blonde swore she'd make him pay for what he had been doing, but first they all needed rest. Still, she felt restless, like there was something she needed to be doing. Gabumon had the first watch that night. Tai watches the female blonde, she wasn't the only one feeling restless. Something was telling Tai he needed to be somewhere, immediately, but with Devimon after him, what the hell could he do?

" Go, I'll distract fallen angel boy with Renamon. " Serena says softly, " I'm the best choice as I'm a trained demon hunter. "

" Just come back alive, Serena. "

" You too, Tai. "

Tai, Serena, and their partners sneak out of the cave and go their separate ways. Tai was letting his instincts lead him straight to where he needed to be. Unknown to him his instincts were taking him to the boy he considered a little brother, Motomiya Daisuke. If Tai had even suspected how bad things were truly for Daisuke in his own home there was no way in hell he would have left him behind. Of course, sneaking him to camp would have been next to impossible but Tai probably would have found a way to do so if it meant keeping Daisuke safe, from his own thoughts and emotions as well as his family.

Serena and Renamon make their way to where they can cause a major distraction for Devimon, Renamon digivolves and Serena goes all out with her spiritual attacks, just making a major racket. Serena loved it when she could just destroy things and she and Youkomon made sure to keep Devimon's attention on them while Tai did whatever it was he needed to do.

Back with Tai he had found a small burgundy haired boy curled up with a small blue dragon and a pink digimon that looked somewhat like a rabbit. It was the angry red line on the boy's left wrist that caught Tai's attention, " Oh, Daisuke, why didn't you tell me things were that bad, but how did you even get here to Digiworld to begin with? Tai murmurs, picking the sleeping boy up.

Coffee eyes slit open, " Tai-nii? "

" Hey, Daisuke, we're gonna need to talk about why your left wrist looks like it does soon enough, but right now, what you need to know is that we're in a different world and we've most likely been tasked with saving the Digital World. It's not just me here though, you remember Sora and Izzy, right? "

" Izzy I kinda 'member. Sora plays soccer with you, right, Tai-nii? "

" That's right, Daisuke, There are others besides them here, but you'll be meeting Serena first. I think you two will actually get along quite well. " By this time Agumon has woken up Veemon and the blue dragon carries Cutemon as they walk along. Tai wasn't surprised Serena met up with them before the cave, she takes one look at Daisuke's wrist and reaches into her backpack for black wristbands before putting them on the younger boy.

" You must be Serena. " Daisuke mutters and in Tai's arms he goes back to sleep quite readily.

" His home life is like mine then. Digiworld may have called him here to save him. " Serena murmurs and they slip back in past Gabumon. Serena curls up near Tai in order to sleep and the eleven year old settles himself down and covers all three of them with the blanket Serena had gotten out. Veemon settles Cutemon near the fire and then curls up near his partner.

The others were up well before their leader and might as well be vice leader the next morning and it was Sora whom spotted Daisuke curled up in Tai's arms. Izzy was the next to see the burgundy haired boy, " When did Daisuke get here? "

" Don't know, but I do know Tai is the only one Daisuke will even cuddle up to like that. He avoids his own older sister like the plague. " Sora admits. None of the children were too surprised to see their leaders curled up together. They all knew Serena only opened up to Tai, Renamon, Agumon, and little Yokomon. She was kind to TK, then again TK was too young to have hidden agendas. They still remembered the fact that she missed places from back home and not people. At least not people she had specified, she had actively thought about killing her little brother before deciding he's not worth it.

No one should even contemplate things like that and then there was the mystery of how Daisuke had even gotten to the Digital World. Of course, even if Tai did suspect something he wouldn't tell them as he viewed Davis as another sibling, the little brother he didn't have. He would never betray that trust.

Time Gates:

The mother and daughter duo had heard Lord Fanglongmon's story and were checking out Daisuke's life through the Time Gates. The Plutonian royals were horrified by what they saw, oh, they never hurt him physically but they had systematically destroyed his psyche with what they had done to him with their cruel and callous words, " Stay here, make sure I can get back in, I'm going to have to call in some favors in order to get Daisuke out of this toxic environment. No child should suffer like that, and to think he was killing himself to make them happy, that's what's truly sad. "

Trista was infuriated at this turn of events but she halts her mother as she looks further back and the true horror of the events around Daisuke's life are revealed. Aurista is stunned when she sees plainly Tsukino Ikkuko give birth to two boys. " You know what, I'm taping this and telling Umika. She can do much worse than either of us can. Ikkuko and Kenji gave up one of their sons simply because of his hair color. "

" Just think of what the hime will do when she learns the full truth about everything that has gone on in this life. "

Aurista blanches, Senshi Moon would go on a rampage the likes of which hadn't been seen in quite some time. " Damnation, what the hell have the Moirae wrought and on Japanese soil as well? "

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Digimon.