One-in-Two Secrets
Data Remnants
… At the Time of the Event …
Sasumu ignored the drink his friend placed next to his keyboard.
"Are you sure you don't want to go with your sister to speak with your sister-in-law?"
"You said you weren't coming, so it's really a mute point unless I can get you to come." Sasumu didn't notice the audible sigh Ryoichi let out, or see the dark haired man run a hand through his hair in frustration.
"I think you're missing my point."
"You like Nami though don't you?"
"That's besides the point."
A click of the keyboard brought up some kind of sound. "They're obviously trying to communicate with us you know."
Ryoichi leaned up against the wall by the door and took a drink of his own coffee. "I'll remind you most people think it's nothing, others think it's aliens."
"Aliens? Why would they bother to send a signal to some place so far away. If you don't have reason to suspect your letter will be received, you just don't send it."
"You think sending a letter to Nami would work?"
This statement finally caught Sasumu's attention. He turned around with a frown on his face. "Why don't you just confess your feelings to her. You've known her since your childhood. It's really weird that you can't say anything about your own feelings."
"Yeah. Right." Ryoichi turned his head to look in a different direction while Sasumu went back to typing.
"You know [blank] agrees with me." Sasumu continued to type away at the keyboard when all of the computer screens in the room suddenly went white. The light began to spread out from said screen. His hand closest to the keyboard felt funny causing Sasumu to look down. The man felt his throat tighten at what he saw. "Ryoichi! Get out of here now!" Sasumu grabbed his arm with the other hand, only for this hand to also begin to disintegrate. He turned his head to see Ryoichi was starting towards him. "No! Get out!"
An explosion occurred then, and he honestly wasn't sure what happened to his friend. He felt himself knocked to the ground, and the air knocked out of his lungs. After a few minutes the ringing in his ears cleared. "I'm all right." Sasumu's hands reached out to his sides to push himself up from the ground. Upon feeling cold grass at the touch of his hands the man's eyes snapped open to see a blue sky above him. "Really?"
He sat up, and looked around as his lips pushed together. He dusted himself off before heading away from the place. No matter where he went he couldn't find his bearing, or where he was. The place obviously wasn't heaven either, and his stomach began to growl. Sometimes he heard the rustling of the bushes. Instead of investigating what was possibly in the bushes he choose to head in another direction.
He kept up until he found himself collapsing. His mind was a fog for awhile, but eventually he began to come to. Sasumu's brown eyes blinked a couple of times as he looked around the room he was now in.
"I see you're awake."
"He's just a stupid human."
The man turned his head to see a giant orange creature standing next to his bed. Sitting in a chair next to the bed was a humanoid like being dressed in a hood. Sasumu felt his facial muscles contort from the confusion. "Who are you? No. Perhaps I should ask what are you?"
"See... stupid human." The orange creature blurted out. It was then two bunnies came hurrying through the door and climbed up on the orange creature causing it to blink in a lazy manner.
"Agumon... is the human awake." The brown bunny asked.
"Don't ask him. Agumon's not very bright." The white bunny's comment caused the creature to jerk it's head causing the bunnys to fly off.
Sasumu blinked a couple of times before sitting up. "Did those two rabbits just... fly?"
"We're not rabbits. We're Digimon."
"I thought you would know that." The brown rabbit giggled before both hurtled out of the room.
The person in the hood pulled back said hood. "Welcome to our world. I'm Gennai."
Sasumu's brown eyes narrowed. Something bothered him. "Are you human?"
"I'm human, but I'm not."
"Were you the person communicating with me?"
The man raised a finger to his mouth. "Quiet. The others don't know."
"You mean you were doing something you weren't supposed to be doing."
"Well..." The man shrugged his shoulders. "Tell me about yourself."
"I'd rather not."
… In the Present …
"I was afraid you did." The woman's hands tightened on the fourteen year old's shoulders. "Taichi... are you telling me that you and Ryo went to the Digital World and came back?" The young teen stared at the woman in disbelief. "Taichi... did Ryo or you see your father in the Digitial World?"
Tai blinked a couple of times before pulling away. "What? Lady... what are you talking about?"
"I'm asking you if you've seen your father in the Digital World."
"Seen..." The fourteen year old backed away from the woman, and almost slipped in the process. "My dad. He's never been to the Digital World. He goes to work, and he comes home. Sometimes he goes drinking with his co-workers. I believe that includes your husband if I'm not mistaken."
"Taichi..." The woman's hand reached out to grab his wrist, but Tai pulled his arm away.
"Lady... you're scaring me right now." The fourteen year old felt his voice crack as the pressure of the situation got the better of him. He spun around, and this time began to run. Instead of heading in the direction of the entrance where Agumon was waiting for him he decided to try and lose her in among the grave stones.
"Wait! Taichi! Don't go that way!"
Tai's footing at that point in time decided to not cooperate, and he slipped on the puddle and crashed to the ground hard.