Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Sweet Dreams ❯ Survivor ( Chapter 7 )
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By: PikaChan 
This is the mushy, sappy, fluffy chapter :B oh and more evil stuff happens.
Anime/Manga: Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 12.15.2002 | Pages: 6 | Words: 4.1K | Visits: 317 | Status: Completed
This is the mushy, sappy, fluffy chapter :B oh and more evil stuff happens.
Anime/Manga: Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction / Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 12.15.2002 | Pages: 6 | Words: 4.1K | Visits: 317 | Status: Completed
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Jyou and Koushirou looked at the deep wound in Heza's midsection. "Well.. this might be next to impossible to clean up... we just have to make sure that we don't lose that pulse," Jyou said, handing Koushirou a wet sponge.
"And here I thought you didn't want to be a doctor," Koushirou said as he pressed the sponge to the cut, soaking up some of the blood that hadn't dried yet. He then wrung it out and repeated the process.
Jyou pulled the nearby lamp a bit closer so he could see better. He pulled on a pair of rubber gloves. Feeling a bit nauseous at the sight of the blood, he gently pulled apart the cut for examination. After a bit of probing around, he sighed in relief. "It looks like no major organs are damaged. Do you really think she needs a gallbladder?"
Koushirou shrugged. "If that was a joke, I fail to see the humour."
Jyou then reached for a sterilized needle that had been provided by Gennai for the operation. It was already hooked with the thin wire. He took a deep breath. "Okay... let's see if I can do this..." he said as he poked the needle into the skin near the end of the wound.
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The remainder of the DigiDestined all sat in what appeared to be a waiting room in Gennai's house. Nobody really said anything; as there wasn't that much to say.
Finally, Sakura broke the silence. "... Do you think Heza-chan will make it?" she asked.
"Kami-sama, I hope so..." Sora said. "It would hurt all of us if we lost her again..."
"Again? You mean... this has happened before?"
Taichi nodded. "I remember it as if it happened yesterday. See... in our battle with Kitusomon -- she was a very powerful Postmega Digimon -- Heza was badly damaged by her. She took this thing from her body with an attack called 'Soul Steal', and kept it. Heza-chan didn't die from it, but later did when the thing shattered. It was somewhat like a crystal. However, Lunamon, in her Postmega form, MegamiGalaxiamon, was able to restore Heza-chan back to life by transferring her life energy through a Lunar Eclipse attack. MegamiGalaxiamon then got deleted, but came back in an egg," he explained, his eyes wet.
"Oh dear... that's awful..." Kamira said.
Yamato, who was sitting a bit apart from the rest, suddenly stood up. "Do we really have to talk about this...?" he asked.
"Yamato... I know this hurts you a lot, but there's not much else we can do..." Taichi said.
"Damn right it hurts..." Yamato said. He then turned around and walked out the door. "I need some fresh air..."
"Yamato, wait!" Taichi said.
"I'll go and talk to him..." Kamira said, standing up. She walked out the door after him.
Taichi looked to the others and sighed helplessly.
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"Yamato-kun, wait!"
Yamato pretended not to hear Kamira's voice as he slowly walked out to the fountain behind Gennai's house. He sat down on the cold stone foundation surrounding it and buried his face in his hands.
Kamira finally caught up to him, a bit out of breath. Even though she couldn't see it, she could tell he was crying. "Yamato-kun... are you okay?"
Yamato looked up, his eyes a bit red. "Gee, what do you think? It's my fault that Heza-chan's in this condition..."
Kamira sat down beside him after she caught her breath. "Why do you think it's your fault?" Yamato was quiet. "You couldn't help it if Yan-san -- or Armageddomon, or whoever -- managed to trap you with his spell... there was nothing any of us could do to prevent that from happening..."
"But what about Gennai's prediction? He said that something bad would happen and it would be next to impossible to correct it..." Yamato wiped his eyes.
"Well... he's half right. Nobody's saying that it'll be impossible to save Heza-chan... after all, Jyou-kun and Koushi-chan won't let us down..." She placed a hand on Yamato's shoulder.
Yamato nodded. "But what if they can't save her? I... I'm just afraid that I'll lose her again..."
Kamira sighed. "You really love Heza-chan, don't you...?"
Yamato turned to look at her. "Of course... I mean, without her I wouldn't even have the nerve to do this..."
"Well... she was really determined to bring you back, even if it meant sacrificing herself... I find that a really honourable quality in a person. She does have the NeoCrest of Determination, after all."
"... You're absolutely right... Arigatou gozaimasu, Ryuuichii-san. You've put the faith back in me."
Kamira smiled. "You're very welcome, Yamato-kun."
Just then, Hikari and Sakura ran up to them. "Ishida-san! Ryuuichii-san!" Sakura shouted.
"Nani? What is it, Kinomoto-san?" Yamato asked.
"It's Jyou-kun and Koushirou-kun. They've finished tending to Heza-chan!" Hikari said, a bit out of breath.
"Nani yo?!" Kamira asked, standing up. "Is she okay?"
"Well, they don't know for sure. She could be in a coma, but she's alive and breathing..." Sakura said.
"Yatta! Let's get back there!" Yamato said.
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Heza felt like she was floating in a hazy, bright tunnel. *What's... going on...?* she thought. *Am I... dead? Kami-sama...* She suddenly felt cold, and rubbed her arms with her gloved hands.
"Ai-chan..." an angelic voice said from the end of the tunnel. Heza looked to it to see a life form, that somewhat resembled MegamiGalaxiamon.
Heza squinted her eyes. "... MegamiGalaxiamon...?"
The lifeform shook its head. "Think back, Ai-chan..."
Heza thought a bit. *The only one who ever called me Ai-chan was Okaasan... but how could she be here? She died ten years ago...* "... Okaasan?"
It smiled gently. "You're getting so bright, Ai-chan..."
Heza's eyes began to water. "Okaasan? Is it really you...?"
The humanlike organism floated up to Heza, a radiant angel. "Hai.."
Heza blinked in surprise. "Oh... Okaasan...! What am I... doing here?"
"I will explain in a minute. First of all, how is your otousan doing?"
"Otousan... he's remarried, but..."
"And Jaami-chan?"
"... Oneechan's fine too. But what am I..."
"Ai-chan, you've been broght here to make a choice. I know how much you've missed me over the years, so here is your decision..." She pointed a bit behind Heza, where an image of the DigiDestined group appeared. "I also know of the challenges you've had to face with your friends. There is currently a great evil in the world you are in, ne?" Heza nodded. "Well.. you can choose to either stay here with me, or go back to your friends..."
Heza looked to her feet. This was a tough decision. "Oh... Okaasan... I don't know... Kami-sama... you don't know how much I've missed you.. but my friends need me... and Yamato..."
"Ai-chan... it's not time for you to come here... your friends need to to fight... without you, the Great Circle of Unity cannot be formed... and the power of the Meius will be useless..."
"... Meius? Nani?"
"All of this will be explained to you in detail when all of the Digi Cards have been found.... no go back to the Digital World... and remember what I told you."
Heza nodded. "Hai..."
"Ja ne, Ai-chan..." She took Heza's face in her hands and brought her lips to her forehead. Everything turned bright white.
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The white suddenly turned to black. Heza suddenly felt very heavy and weak. She then felt a pair of lips press against her forehead. *Nani...? Did I really just see Okaasan? Or was it just a dream..?*
She tried to sit up, but then stopped when she felt the shooting pain in her stomach. It was then that she noticed that her hand felt warm. She groaned as the pain struck her stomach again.
"Heza-chan...?"
*That voice... is it... Yamato?* She tried to open her eyes, which felt like they wee glued shut. "Y... Yami...?" She finally managed to blink her eyes open, only to see a blurry mess of lights... and a concerned face looking down at her. Her eyes finally focused on Yamato's face.
"Heza-chan?" Yamato asked.
Heza smiled. "Konnichiwa, Yama-chan..."
Yamato grinned and squeezed her hand. "How are you feeling?"
"I... Kami-sama... I'm just glad to see you again!" She shot up and hugged Yamato around the neck.
Yamato was a bit surprised at first, but then wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back, careful not to hurt her too much.
"Oh Yamato.. you have no idea how much I've missed you! I don't even know where to start..." Heza couldn't hold it in any longer -- she started to cry.
"Gods... I though I'd lost you again, for a while... you really had me worried!" Yamato took her by the shoulders and brushed a quick kiss on her cheek.
Heza wiped her eyes and smiled at him.
"Heza-chan... well... first off, I want to apologize for being such a jerk. It's probably my fault anyway that I wasn't able to protect you. And second... why did you do that?"
"I... I didn't think there was any other way to bring you back... I'm sorry if I worried you," Heza said.
"Heza... I want you to make me a promise, okay?"
"What kind of promise...?"
"I don't want you to ever do that to yourself again. You hear? Kami-sama, I could have lost you for good..." Yamato felt himself beginning to cry. "I love you too much..."
Heza nodded. "I promise..."
Yamato smiled. He then touched the spot on her cheek where he had hit her. "Does this still hurt?"
She shook her head. "Not anymore... I can't really feel anything..."
"Really? That's nice..." He pulled her closer.
Heza was quiet for a minute. "Yami? ... What were we doing before we were so *rudely* interrupted...?"
Yamato thought for a minute. "I believe we were right here..." He then leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. Heza was not hesitant to kiss him back.
Taichi peeked in the door a bit. His face fell when he saw Heza and Yamato kissing, and he leaned against the wall and sighed. *Yep... everything's a-ok... Heza and Yamato are both back, and here I am alone again...*
Heza reluctantly pulled away, as a sharp pain ran through her stomach. "Itai..."
"Are you okay...?" Yamato asked, concerned.
"Hai... I guess it still hurts a bit..." Heza lay back down. "Now I almost wish I hadn't done that..."
"Well... you did what you had to do to bring me back and make your NeoCrest glow... and after all, you're safe now. That's all that matters..."
Yamato squeezed her hand again. Suddenly, a loud boom echoed through the area. "Nani? What's that?" He walked to the door.
"Yami?" Heza muttered, sitting up again.
"Heza-chan, stay there. I'm going to go see what that noise was," Yamato said. He ran out the door, bumping into Taichi.
"Hey Yamato-kun, did you hear that sound?" Taichi asked.
"Hai, I heard it... what do you think it was?"
"I don't know. It couldn't have been thunder..."
"Let's go check it out..." Yamato started down the hallway.
Taichi stood there for a moment, then peeked into the room. Heza had lay back down on her bed and was muttering incoherently. He then turned around and followed Yamato.
When Taichi got outside of Gennai's house, he was a bit stunned at what he saw.
There was a humanlike Digimon hovering a few feet off of the ground, with its arm around Kamira's neck.
"Nani?!"
Kamira appeared to be struggling against the Digimon. "Let... me... go!"
Taichi noted that Tentomon and Ryouumon had digivolved. "What's going on here?"
"I don't know what happened, but there was this loud noise and this... thing appeared in the room and grabbed Kami-chan!" Koushirou said angrily. He had his fists clenched.
"But what is it? Is it a Digimon?" Taichi asked.
"You fools... I am Dreammon, the possessor of everyone's dreams... your little friend here seems to be full of them..." Dreammon appeared to be a female ninja. She weilded a silver katana.
Kamira coughed a few times as Dreammon tightened her grip around her neck.
"Well, what are we doing standing around for? Where are the others?" Taichi shouted, looking around.
"Your friends have fallen under my spell and are sleeping peacefully..." Dreammon said.
"Agumon! Get out here!" There was no answer though, as Agumon was peacefully sleeping inside the house.
"Baka. Now, leave me to tend to this little dreamer..." Dreammon then zipped out of the area, Kamira still struggling against her iron grip.
"Ryuuichii-san!!" Taichi shouted.
Keromon glided over. "Climb on my back!" he shouted. Taichi and Koushirou did so, then Keromon took off, KingKabuterimon flying at their sides.
"KingKabuterimon! Fly up into the air and see if you can see them!" Koushirou ordered.
"Right!" The tiny digimon zommed into the air at a very fast speed. He hovered over the area, searching for any signs of life. He finally spotted Dreammon zipping into a small clearing. He then flew back down to Koushirou and Taichi.
"Did you see them?" Taichi asked.
"Yeah, I saw them going into a clearing about a kilometer ahead," KingKabuterimon squeaked.
"Okay, Keromon! Tallyho!" Koushirou shouted. Keromon nodded and increased his speed.
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Dreammon finally released Kamira from her headlock and threw her against a nearby tree. "Now, wench... surrender your powers to me or you shall see the true meaning of a nightmare!" she growled.
Kamira clutched her throat and breathed deeply. "I'll never surrender to you... you'd have to kill me first..." she choked out.
"Hmm, a rather persistent one, aren't you? Maybe this will wake you up..." Dreammon's crimson eyes began glowing brightly as she forced Kamira to stare into them.
As hard as Kamira tried, she couldn't block out the picture that Dreammon was putting into her head.
It was an image of all of the DigiDestined, beaten and their Digimon reverted to babies. "I... iie..." Ryouumon was very badly wounded, almost to the point to where he would dissolve. "Ryouumon..." Kamira's eyes opened wide when she saw Koushirou's body, heavily injured. "K... Koushirou! Iie!!" her eyes began welling up with tears. "N... not Koushirou..."
"Do you like what you see before you?" Dreammon asked, smirking.
"Koushirou... iie..." A tear finally made its way down Kamira's face. "Please... stop..."
"STOP!" a sudden voice shouted.
Dreammon stopped the vision and turned around to see Taichi, Koushirou, and KingKabuterimon, with Keromon standing ahead of them, growling loudly.
"Listen here, Dreammon! Lay a hand on Kamira and I'll have your head!" Keromon roared.
Kamira fell to her knees, sobbing.
Dreammon turned to them, an evil smirk on her face. "Oh really? I'd like to see you try," she said, drawing her katana.
"Help me out, KingKabuterimon! Thrashing Fury!" Keromon leapt at Dreammon, his long, slender claws bared.
"Spark Flash!" KingKabuterimon put his claws together, creating a large electric shock that ripped through the area.
Dreammon, however, absorbed the spark into her katana, and thrust it at Keromon, sending him back several feet.
Meanwhile, Taichi and Koushirou had made it over to Kamira, who was still crying.
Koushirou grabbed her shoulders. "Kami-chan? What's wrong? Did she hurt you?!" he asked.
Kamira was holding her head, her eyes squeezed tightly shut. "I... iie... this can't happen..."
"What can't happen?" Taichi asked.
"You... can't die..." Kamira muttered. "Koushirou..."
"Kamira, I'm right here! I'm not going to die!" Koushirou said. He pulled her into a tight hug.
"Don't go... Ryouumon... don't leave me to fight alone..."
"Keromon's fighting! He's not going to give up! You've got to wake up, Ryuuichii-san!" Taichi said. *If only PharaohGreymon were here...*
Keromon fell to the ground, a large gash across his arm. He struggled to stand up, blood running down his front leg.
KingKabuterimon went down easily because of his size, and he dedigivolved to Tentomon.
Dreammon twirled her katana. "So... who's going to be next?" she asked herself, turning to the three DigiDestined.
Kamira's eyes suddenly snapped open and glazed over. "N... nani...?" She saw Koushirou, trapped by a blast of black energy.
Dreammon charged her katana with the energy from KingKabuterimon's attack. She then swung it forward, the same blast that Kamira had seen coming from it. "Black Nightmare!"
Kamira's eyes returned to normal, and upon seeing the blast from her vision, shoved Koushirou out of her way. "Look out!" She then screamed loudly as the blast hit her, draining her of all of her energy. She collapsed to her knees.
"Kamira!!" Koushirou shouted.
"N... no..." Keromon said weakly.
Dreammon shrugged. "I suppose one is as good as the other..."
Koushirou held Kamira's limp body. "Kamira! Get up! You can't pass out now! Come ON, Kamira!"
She groaned in agony, and attempted to sit up, but failed miserably. Another tear fell from her eye and splashed onto Koushirou's shoulder.
Just then, a bright ice-blue light appeared between them, and Kamira backed away to see that her NeoCrest was giving off the light. "N... nani?"
"It's your NeoCrest!" Taichi shouted.
A bolt of black lightning dropped from the sky to form a strange organism, none like anything they had ever seen. It appeared to have Keromon's head, but a black cloak around its body.
"It's... the Night Digi-Card!" Dreammon shouted.
Keromon took a few steps forward. "They say that it can only be countered by the Star-Digi Card... but with Yakanori-san in her condition, it looks like I'll have to fight it!" he shouted. "Hyper Cannon!" He fired the massive beam of energy at Night.
Tentomon shakily hovered into the air. "I'll help too! Super Shocker!"
Night seemed to be unfazed by the attack. He hovered into the air, shrouding the area with a blanket of darkness.
"Oh no... what can we do now?"
Then, two new voices appeared.
"Star Twister!"
"Northern Lights!"
The black fog disentegrated, leaving Night heavily wounded.
Yamato flew into the area on ArcticGarurumon, StarGalaxiamon not far behind. "Heard you guys could use some help!" he said.
"Man, do we ever!" Taichi said.
"Okay, minna! Let's give it one more go!" Koushirou said.
"Icicle Cyclone!"
"Crescent Moonmerang!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Hyper Cannon!"
Night took the full impact from the attacks, then easily turned into the card. It flew to Kamira, who took it in her hands and smiled.
"Digital Card Digivolve!"
"Keromon! Card-Digivolve to..."
Keromon's shape turned to be somewhat humanlike, his head remaining the same. Pants formed on his slender legs, which was then covered by a layer of armour plating reaching to his knees. The armour on his chest split in half to cover his shoulders, also revealing a mass of white fur. A golden horn shot from his forehead, while great black wings unfolded from his back. Finally, his claws grew into long, jagged scythes. He sliced the air as if it were paper, then howled as the transformation completed.
"... RavenKeromon!"
"Raven... Keromon?" Kamira muttered in awe.
Koushirou again popped open his laptop. "Wow. RavenKeromon's claws are extremely sharp and can cut through almost anything! His attacks, Jagged Scythe and Nevermore use dark energy, not bad at all!"
RavenKeromon stood proud and tall in front of Dreammon. He glared at her with his amber eyes. "You ready to fight, Ninja Girl?"
"Ready as you are, Cabbit Boy," Dreammon replied, holding her katana out.'
"Then let's go." RavenKeromon lunged at her, his left arm raised, ready to slice. "Jagged Scythe!" He thrust the blade of his arm down, as it pulsed with dark energy. Dreammon held her katana up in defense, but RavenKeromon's bladed arm sliced right through it.
Dreammon's eyes narrowed. She then back away is if he was going to slice her.
"Now you're going to go down!" RavenKeromon shouted. His horn began sparking with black electricity, as did his claws. "Nevermore!!" The energy formed a triangle, then it flew from his hands and wrapped around Dreammon like a rope, shocking her with the great black lightning. "Now, minna! Use all of your power!"
"Northern Lights!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Star Twister!"
RavenKeromon's claws started glowing with an ice-blue light. "Jagged Scythes!" He then thrust them forward, sending a blast of the same coloured energy, interlaced with black lightning, at Dreammon.
"Nooo!!" She took the full force from the attacks, and dissolved instantly.
Taichi wiped a bit of swat from his forehead. "Whoo. That was brutal."
RavenKeromon dedigivolved to Kubamon. Kamira walked over to the tiny digimon and picked him up. "Are you okay, Kubamon?"
Kubamon ruffled the fur protruding from his ears. "I've been better. Look on the bright side, I can go to Ultimate now!" he squealed.
Kamira smiled. She then felt a bit nauseous, and swayed a bit. "Oi..."
Koushirou was immediately at her side. He held her amrs in support. "Are you alright? Can you make it back to camp?" he asked.
"I... I don't know..."
"Well.. Kamira-chan, if you're not up to walking back to Gennai's house, you can ride on ArcticGarurumon's back..." Yamato offered.
Kamira shook her head. "I'm fine. I suppose I'm still a bit shaken from that hit I took earlier..."
StarGalaxiamon appeared to be a bit anxious to get back. "I still don't know how Heza-chan's doing... I've got to get back there..."
Taichi placed a hand on the digimon's shoulder. "Then why don't you go ahead and go back there? We'll catch up later.
StarGalaxiamon turned to Taichi and smiled. "Arigatou, Yagami-san." She then began running back to the DigiDestined's camp.
"I guess we'd better get back, too. Everybody fell asleep when Dreammon attacked," Tentomon said.
"Kami-chan, are you *sure* you're alright?" Koushirou asked, his dark eyes filled with concern.
Kamira nodded, Kubamon in her arms. "Hai, Koushi-kun..."
"Let's get back then. I have a feeling that Kinomoto-san will be the next to find her Digi-Card... and we don't want to leave her to fight alone..." Yamato said.
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Heza woke up to a massive headache. She yawned and stretched her arms and legs out. "Itai..."
"Heza-chan?" a voice from beside her chirped.
Heza blinked a bit and turned her head to see Galaxiamon. "Konnichiwa, Galaxiamon," she said, grinning.
Galaxiamon smiled. "It's good to see that you're okay..."
Heza yawned again and turned on her side so she was facing her digimon partner. "So, what's the story? How are you staying in your Champion form?" she asked.
Galaxiamon shrugged. "I have no clue. I guess I've aged enough to where I can stay in this form permanently, like Tailmon... but that's not important now. What I want to know is why the hell you did that to yourself."
Heza guiltily looked down at her feet. "It seemed like a good idea at the time... I couldn't think of any other way to bring Yama-chan back..."
"Well... you're alright now, and that's all that matters. You have a good heart, putting your own life at risk to save someone else..."
"Hai..." Heza rolled over on her back and put her hands behind her head. "So, what did I miss while I was recuperating?"
"Well... The Star-Digi Card came out, I went to Card-Ultimate, Ryuuichii-san found her Digi Card and Keromon went to Card-Ultimate... that's about it. Oh yeah, and while Kido-san and Izumi-san were uh... operating... on you, Yamato-kun went hysterical."
"... I feel so bad now. I shouldn't have made all of you worry like that..." She tried to sit up, but failed miserably. "And I'm starting to regret it."
"Don't worry yourself over it, Heza-chan. After all, you're gonna be okay now, ne?" Galaxiamon looked at her partner with hope in her azure-blue eyes.
Heza nodded. "I really owe Jyou-kun one... he's going to be a great doctor..." she said. She yawned. "Man, suicide attempts sure take a lot out of you..."
Galaxiamon giggled. "Well, I'll leave you alone so you can get some sleep, 'k?"
Heza nodded again. "Okay. Wake me if something interesting happens..." She then rolled over on her side, facing opposite of her digimon partner.
Galaxiamon smiled and walked out of the room.
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"Now is the time..."
"Now is the time for what, Master Armageddomon?" The digimon carrying the rope noose asked.
"I will wait no longer. I must get the Cards..." Armageddomon was once again in the black void.
The digimon stood up and snapped his rope. "Allow me to be of assistance!" he said. He was quite odd-looking, he sort of resembled a giant hangman's noose (for you EarthBound players, he looks like an overgrown Noose Man with arms n.n), and was carrying a smaller one. "I, Hangmon, am at your service."
Armageddomon's eyes narrowed. "Yes... a test of endurance... it's time for the Clow Mistress's downfall!"
Jyou and Koushirou looked at the deep wound in Heza's midsection. "Well.. this might be next to impossible to clean up... we just have to make sure that we don't lose that pulse," Jyou said, handing Koushirou a wet sponge.
"And here I thought you didn't want to be a doctor," Koushirou said as he pressed the sponge to the cut, soaking up some of the blood that hadn't dried yet. He then wrung it out and repeated the process.
Jyou pulled the nearby lamp a bit closer so he could see better. He pulled on a pair of rubber gloves. Feeling a bit nauseous at the sight of the blood, he gently pulled apart the cut for examination. After a bit of probing around, he sighed in relief. "It looks like no major organs are damaged. Do you really think she needs a gallbladder?"
Koushirou shrugged. "If that was a joke, I fail to see the humour."
Jyou then reached for a sterilized needle that had been provided by Gennai for the operation. It was already hooked with the thin wire. He took a deep breath. "Okay... let's see if I can do this..." he said as he poked the needle into the skin near the end of the wound.
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The remainder of the DigiDestined all sat in what appeared to be a waiting room in Gennai's house. Nobody really said anything; as there wasn't that much to say.
Finally, Sakura broke the silence. "... Do you think Heza-chan will make it?" she asked.
"Kami-sama, I hope so..." Sora said. "It would hurt all of us if we lost her again..."
"Again? You mean... this has happened before?"
Taichi nodded. "I remember it as if it happened yesterday. See... in our battle with Kitusomon -- she was a very powerful Postmega Digimon -- Heza was badly damaged by her. She took this thing from her body with an attack called 'Soul Steal', and kept it. Heza-chan didn't die from it, but later did when the thing shattered. It was somewhat like a crystal. However, Lunamon, in her Postmega form, MegamiGalaxiamon, was able to restore Heza-chan back to life by transferring her life energy through a Lunar Eclipse attack. MegamiGalaxiamon then got deleted, but came back in an egg," he explained, his eyes wet.
"Oh dear... that's awful..." Kamira said.
Yamato, who was sitting a bit apart from the rest, suddenly stood up. "Do we really have to talk about this...?" he asked.
"Yamato... I know this hurts you a lot, but there's not much else we can do..." Taichi said.
"Damn right it hurts..." Yamato said. He then turned around and walked out the door. "I need some fresh air..."
"Yamato, wait!" Taichi said.
"I'll go and talk to him..." Kamira said, standing up. She walked out the door after him.
Taichi looked to the others and sighed helplessly.
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"Yamato-kun, wait!"
Yamato pretended not to hear Kamira's voice as he slowly walked out to the fountain behind Gennai's house. He sat down on the cold stone foundation surrounding it and buried his face in his hands.
Kamira finally caught up to him, a bit out of breath. Even though she couldn't see it, she could tell he was crying. "Yamato-kun... are you okay?"
Yamato looked up, his eyes a bit red. "Gee, what do you think? It's my fault that Heza-chan's in this condition..."
Kamira sat down beside him after she caught her breath. "Why do you think it's your fault?" Yamato was quiet. "You couldn't help it if Yan-san -- or Armageddomon, or whoever -- managed to trap you with his spell... there was nothing any of us could do to prevent that from happening..."
"But what about Gennai's prediction? He said that something bad would happen and it would be next to impossible to correct it..." Yamato wiped his eyes.
"Well... he's half right. Nobody's saying that it'll be impossible to save Heza-chan... after all, Jyou-kun and Koushi-chan won't let us down..." She placed a hand on Yamato's shoulder.
Yamato nodded. "But what if they can't save her? I... I'm just afraid that I'll lose her again..."
Kamira sighed. "You really love Heza-chan, don't you...?"
Yamato turned to look at her. "Of course... I mean, without her I wouldn't even have the nerve to do this..."
"Well... she was really determined to bring you back, even if it meant sacrificing herself... I find that a really honourable quality in a person. She does have the NeoCrest of Determination, after all."
"... You're absolutely right... Arigatou gozaimasu, Ryuuichii-san. You've put the faith back in me."
Kamira smiled. "You're very welcome, Yamato-kun."
Just then, Hikari and Sakura ran up to them. "Ishida-san! Ryuuichii-san!" Sakura shouted.
"Nani? What is it, Kinomoto-san?" Yamato asked.
"It's Jyou-kun and Koushirou-kun. They've finished tending to Heza-chan!" Hikari said, a bit out of breath.
"Nani yo?!" Kamira asked, standing up. "Is she okay?"
"Well, they don't know for sure. She could be in a coma, but she's alive and breathing..." Sakura said.
"Yatta! Let's get back there!" Yamato said.
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Heza felt like she was floating in a hazy, bright tunnel. *What's... going on...?* she thought. *Am I... dead? Kami-sama...* She suddenly felt cold, and rubbed her arms with her gloved hands.
"Ai-chan..." an angelic voice said from the end of the tunnel. Heza looked to it to see a life form, that somewhat resembled MegamiGalaxiamon.
Heza squinted her eyes. "... MegamiGalaxiamon...?"
The lifeform shook its head. "Think back, Ai-chan..."
Heza thought a bit. *The only one who ever called me Ai-chan was Okaasan... but how could she be here? She died ten years ago...* "... Okaasan?"
It smiled gently. "You're getting so bright, Ai-chan..."
Heza's eyes began to water. "Okaasan? Is it really you...?"
The humanlike organism floated up to Heza, a radiant angel. "Hai.."
Heza blinked in surprise. "Oh... Okaasan...! What am I... doing here?"
"I will explain in a minute. First of all, how is your otousan doing?"
"Otousan... he's remarried, but..."
"And Jaami-chan?"
"... Oneechan's fine too. But what am I..."
"Ai-chan, you've been broght here to make a choice. I know how much you've missed me over the years, so here is your decision..." She pointed a bit behind Heza, where an image of the DigiDestined group appeared. "I also know of the challenges you've had to face with your friends. There is currently a great evil in the world you are in, ne?" Heza nodded. "Well.. you can choose to either stay here with me, or go back to your friends..."
Heza looked to her feet. This was a tough decision. "Oh... Okaasan... I don't know... Kami-sama... you don't know how much I've missed you.. but my friends need me... and Yamato..."
"Ai-chan... it's not time for you to come here... your friends need to to fight... without you, the Great Circle of Unity cannot be formed... and the power of the Meius will be useless..."
"... Meius? Nani?"
"All of this will be explained to you in detail when all of the Digi Cards have been found.... no go back to the Digital World... and remember what I told you."
Heza nodded. "Hai..."
"Ja ne, Ai-chan..." She took Heza's face in her hands and brought her lips to her forehead. Everything turned bright white.
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The white suddenly turned to black. Heza suddenly felt very heavy and weak. She then felt a pair of lips press against her forehead. *Nani...? Did I really just see Okaasan? Or was it just a dream..?*
She tried to sit up, but then stopped when she felt the shooting pain in her stomach. It was then that she noticed that her hand felt warm. She groaned as the pain struck her stomach again.
"Heza-chan...?"
*That voice... is it... Yamato?* She tried to open her eyes, which felt like they wee glued shut. "Y... Yami...?" She finally managed to blink her eyes open, only to see a blurry mess of lights... and a concerned face looking down at her. Her eyes finally focused on Yamato's face.
"Heza-chan?" Yamato asked.
Heza smiled. "Konnichiwa, Yama-chan..."
Yamato grinned and squeezed her hand. "How are you feeling?"
"I... Kami-sama... I'm just glad to see you again!" She shot up and hugged Yamato around the neck.
Yamato was a bit surprised at first, but then wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back, careful not to hurt her too much.
"Oh Yamato.. you have no idea how much I've missed you! I don't even know where to start..." Heza couldn't hold it in any longer -- she started to cry.
"Gods... I though I'd lost you again, for a while... you really had me worried!" Yamato took her by the shoulders and brushed a quick kiss on her cheek.
Heza wiped her eyes and smiled at him.
"Heza-chan... well... first off, I want to apologize for being such a jerk. It's probably my fault anyway that I wasn't able to protect you. And second... why did you do that?"
"I... I didn't think there was any other way to bring you back... I'm sorry if I worried you," Heza said.
"Heza... I want you to make me a promise, okay?"
"What kind of promise...?"
"I don't want you to ever do that to yourself again. You hear? Kami-sama, I could have lost you for good..." Yamato felt himself beginning to cry. "I love you too much..."
Heza nodded. "I promise..."
Yamato smiled. He then touched the spot on her cheek where he had hit her. "Does this still hurt?"
She shook her head. "Not anymore... I can't really feel anything..."
"Really? That's nice..." He pulled her closer.
Heza was quiet for a minute. "Yami? ... What were we doing before we were so *rudely* interrupted...?"
Yamato thought for a minute. "I believe we were right here..." He then leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. Heza was not hesitant to kiss him back.
Taichi peeked in the door a bit. His face fell when he saw Heza and Yamato kissing, and he leaned against the wall and sighed. *Yep... everything's a-ok... Heza and Yamato are both back, and here I am alone again...*
Heza reluctantly pulled away, as a sharp pain ran through her stomach. "Itai..."
"Are you okay...?" Yamato asked, concerned.
"Hai... I guess it still hurts a bit..." Heza lay back down. "Now I almost wish I hadn't done that..."
"Well... you did what you had to do to bring me back and make your NeoCrest glow... and after all, you're safe now. That's all that matters..."
Yamato squeezed her hand again. Suddenly, a loud boom echoed through the area. "Nani? What's that?" He walked to the door.
"Yami?" Heza muttered, sitting up again.
"Heza-chan, stay there. I'm going to go see what that noise was," Yamato said. He ran out the door, bumping into Taichi.
"Hey Yamato-kun, did you hear that sound?" Taichi asked.
"Hai, I heard it... what do you think it was?"
"I don't know. It couldn't have been thunder..."
"Let's go check it out..." Yamato started down the hallway.
Taichi stood there for a moment, then peeked into the room. Heza had lay back down on her bed and was muttering incoherently. He then turned around and followed Yamato.
When Taichi got outside of Gennai's house, he was a bit stunned at what he saw.
There was a humanlike Digimon hovering a few feet off of the ground, with its arm around Kamira's neck.
"Nani?!"
Kamira appeared to be struggling against the Digimon. "Let... me... go!"
Taichi noted that Tentomon and Ryouumon had digivolved. "What's going on here?"
"I don't know what happened, but there was this loud noise and this... thing appeared in the room and grabbed Kami-chan!" Koushirou said angrily. He had his fists clenched.
"But what is it? Is it a Digimon?" Taichi asked.
"You fools... I am Dreammon, the possessor of everyone's dreams... your little friend here seems to be full of them..." Dreammon appeared to be a female ninja. She weilded a silver katana.
Kamira coughed a few times as Dreammon tightened her grip around her neck.
"Well, what are we doing standing around for? Where are the others?" Taichi shouted, looking around.
"Your friends have fallen under my spell and are sleeping peacefully..." Dreammon said.
"Agumon! Get out here!" There was no answer though, as Agumon was peacefully sleeping inside the house.
"Baka. Now, leave me to tend to this little dreamer..." Dreammon then zipped out of the area, Kamira still struggling against her iron grip.
"Ryuuichii-san!!" Taichi shouted.
Keromon glided over. "Climb on my back!" he shouted. Taichi and Koushirou did so, then Keromon took off, KingKabuterimon flying at their sides.
"KingKabuterimon! Fly up into the air and see if you can see them!" Koushirou ordered.
"Right!" The tiny digimon zommed into the air at a very fast speed. He hovered over the area, searching for any signs of life. He finally spotted Dreammon zipping into a small clearing. He then flew back down to Koushirou and Taichi.
"Did you see them?" Taichi asked.
"Yeah, I saw them going into a clearing about a kilometer ahead," KingKabuterimon squeaked.
"Okay, Keromon! Tallyho!" Koushirou shouted. Keromon nodded and increased his speed.
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Dreammon finally released Kamira from her headlock and threw her against a nearby tree. "Now, wench... surrender your powers to me or you shall see the true meaning of a nightmare!" she growled.
Kamira clutched her throat and breathed deeply. "I'll never surrender to you... you'd have to kill me first..." she choked out.
"Hmm, a rather persistent one, aren't you? Maybe this will wake you up..." Dreammon's crimson eyes began glowing brightly as she forced Kamira to stare into them.
As hard as Kamira tried, she couldn't block out the picture that Dreammon was putting into her head.
It was an image of all of the DigiDestined, beaten and their Digimon reverted to babies. "I... iie..." Ryouumon was very badly wounded, almost to the point to where he would dissolve. "Ryouumon..." Kamira's eyes opened wide when she saw Koushirou's body, heavily injured. "K... Koushirou! Iie!!" her eyes began welling up with tears. "N... not Koushirou..."
"Do you like what you see before you?" Dreammon asked, smirking.
"Koushirou... iie..." A tear finally made its way down Kamira's face. "Please... stop..."
"STOP!" a sudden voice shouted.
Dreammon stopped the vision and turned around to see Taichi, Koushirou, and KingKabuterimon, with Keromon standing ahead of them, growling loudly.
"Listen here, Dreammon! Lay a hand on Kamira and I'll have your head!" Keromon roared.
Kamira fell to her knees, sobbing.
Dreammon turned to them, an evil smirk on her face. "Oh really? I'd like to see you try," she said, drawing her katana.
"Help me out, KingKabuterimon! Thrashing Fury!" Keromon leapt at Dreammon, his long, slender claws bared.
"Spark Flash!" KingKabuterimon put his claws together, creating a large electric shock that ripped through the area.
Dreammon, however, absorbed the spark into her katana, and thrust it at Keromon, sending him back several feet.
Meanwhile, Taichi and Koushirou had made it over to Kamira, who was still crying.
Koushirou grabbed her shoulders. "Kami-chan? What's wrong? Did she hurt you?!" he asked.
Kamira was holding her head, her eyes squeezed tightly shut. "I... iie... this can't happen..."
"What can't happen?" Taichi asked.
"You... can't die..." Kamira muttered. "Koushirou..."
"Kamira, I'm right here! I'm not going to die!" Koushirou said. He pulled her into a tight hug.
"Don't go... Ryouumon... don't leave me to fight alone..."
"Keromon's fighting! He's not going to give up! You've got to wake up, Ryuuichii-san!" Taichi said. *If only PharaohGreymon were here...*
Keromon fell to the ground, a large gash across his arm. He struggled to stand up, blood running down his front leg.
KingKabuterimon went down easily because of his size, and he dedigivolved to Tentomon.
Dreammon twirled her katana. "So... who's going to be next?" she asked herself, turning to the three DigiDestined.
Kamira's eyes suddenly snapped open and glazed over. "N... nani...?" She saw Koushirou, trapped by a blast of black energy.
Dreammon charged her katana with the energy from KingKabuterimon's attack. She then swung it forward, the same blast that Kamira had seen coming from it. "Black Nightmare!"
Kamira's eyes returned to normal, and upon seeing the blast from her vision, shoved Koushirou out of her way. "Look out!" She then screamed loudly as the blast hit her, draining her of all of her energy. She collapsed to her knees.
"Kamira!!" Koushirou shouted.
"N... no..." Keromon said weakly.
Dreammon shrugged. "I suppose one is as good as the other..."
Koushirou held Kamira's limp body. "Kamira! Get up! You can't pass out now! Come ON, Kamira!"
She groaned in agony, and attempted to sit up, but failed miserably. Another tear fell from her eye and splashed onto Koushirou's shoulder.
Just then, a bright ice-blue light appeared between them, and Kamira backed away to see that her NeoCrest was giving off the light. "N... nani?"
"It's your NeoCrest!" Taichi shouted.
A bolt of black lightning dropped from the sky to form a strange organism, none like anything they had ever seen. It appeared to have Keromon's head, but a black cloak around its body.
"It's... the Night Digi-Card!" Dreammon shouted.
Keromon took a few steps forward. "They say that it can only be countered by the Star-Digi Card... but with Yakanori-san in her condition, it looks like I'll have to fight it!" he shouted. "Hyper Cannon!" He fired the massive beam of energy at Night.
Tentomon shakily hovered into the air. "I'll help too! Super Shocker!"
Night seemed to be unfazed by the attack. He hovered into the air, shrouding the area with a blanket of darkness.
"Oh no... what can we do now?"
Then, two new voices appeared.
"Star Twister!"
"Northern Lights!"
The black fog disentegrated, leaving Night heavily wounded.
Yamato flew into the area on ArcticGarurumon, StarGalaxiamon not far behind. "Heard you guys could use some help!" he said.
"Man, do we ever!" Taichi said.
"Okay, minna! Let's give it one more go!" Koushirou said.
"Icicle Cyclone!"
"Crescent Moonmerang!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Hyper Cannon!"
Night took the full impact from the attacks, then easily turned into the card. It flew to Kamira, who took it in her hands and smiled.
"Digital Card Digivolve!"
"Keromon! Card-Digivolve to..."
Keromon's shape turned to be somewhat humanlike, his head remaining the same. Pants formed on his slender legs, which was then covered by a layer of armour plating reaching to his knees. The armour on his chest split in half to cover his shoulders, also revealing a mass of white fur. A golden horn shot from his forehead, while great black wings unfolded from his back. Finally, his claws grew into long, jagged scythes. He sliced the air as if it were paper, then howled as the transformation completed.
"... RavenKeromon!"
"Raven... Keromon?" Kamira muttered in awe.
Koushirou again popped open his laptop. "Wow. RavenKeromon's claws are extremely sharp and can cut through almost anything! His attacks, Jagged Scythe and Nevermore use dark energy, not bad at all!"
RavenKeromon stood proud and tall in front of Dreammon. He glared at her with his amber eyes. "You ready to fight, Ninja Girl?"
"Ready as you are, Cabbit Boy," Dreammon replied, holding her katana out.'
"Then let's go." RavenKeromon lunged at her, his left arm raised, ready to slice. "Jagged Scythe!" He thrust the blade of his arm down, as it pulsed with dark energy. Dreammon held her katana up in defense, but RavenKeromon's bladed arm sliced right through it.
Dreammon's eyes narrowed. She then back away is if he was going to slice her.
"Now you're going to go down!" RavenKeromon shouted. His horn began sparking with black electricity, as did his claws. "Nevermore!!" The energy formed a triangle, then it flew from his hands and wrapped around Dreammon like a rope, shocking her with the great black lightning. "Now, minna! Use all of your power!"
"Northern Lights!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Star Twister!"
RavenKeromon's claws started glowing with an ice-blue light. "Jagged Scythes!" He then thrust them forward, sending a blast of the same coloured energy, interlaced with black lightning, at Dreammon.
"Nooo!!" She took the full force from the attacks, and dissolved instantly.
Taichi wiped a bit of swat from his forehead. "Whoo. That was brutal."
RavenKeromon dedigivolved to Kubamon. Kamira walked over to the tiny digimon and picked him up. "Are you okay, Kubamon?"
Kubamon ruffled the fur protruding from his ears. "I've been better. Look on the bright side, I can go to Ultimate now!" he squealed.
Kamira smiled. She then felt a bit nauseous, and swayed a bit. "Oi..."
Koushirou was immediately at her side. He held her amrs in support. "Are you alright? Can you make it back to camp?" he asked.
"I... I don't know..."
"Well.. Kamira-chan, if you're not up to walking back to Gennai's house, you can ride on ArcticGarurumon's back..." Yamato offered.
Kamira shook her head. "I'm fine. I suppose I'm still a bit shaken from that hit I took earlier..."
StarGalaxiamon appeared to be a bit anxious to get back. "I still don't know how Heza-chan's doing... I've got to get back there..."
Taichi placed a hand on the digimon's shoulder. "Then why don't you go ahead and go back there? We'll catch up later.
StarGalaxiamon turned to Taichi and smiled. "Arigatou, Yagami-san." She then began running back to the DigiDestined's camp.
"I guess we'd better get back, too. Everybody fell asleep when Dreammon attacked," Tentomon said.
"Kami-chan, are you *sure* you're alright?" Koushirou asked, his dark eyes filled with concern.
Kamira nodded, Kubamon in her arms. "Hai, Koushi-kun..."
"Let's get back then. I have a feeling that Kinomoto-san will be the next to find her Digi-Card... and we don't want to leave her to fight alone..." Yamato said.
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Heza woke up to a massive headache. She yawned and stretched her arms and legs out. "Itai..."
"Heza-chan?" a voice from beside her chirped.
Heza blinked a bit and turned her head to see Galaxiamon. "Konnichiwa, Galaxiamon," she said, grinning.
Galaxiamon smiled. "It's good to see that you're okay..."
Heza yawned again and turned on her side so she was facing her digimon partner. "So, what's the story? How are you staying in your Champion form?" she asked.
Galaxiamon shrugged. "I have no clue. I guess I've aged enough to where I can stay in this form permanently, like Tailmon... but that's not important now. What I want to know is why the hell you did that to yourself."
Heza guiltily looked down at her feet. "It seemed like a good idea at the time... I couldn't think of any other way to bring Yama-chan back..."
"Well... you're alright now, and that's all that matters. You have a good heart, putting your own life at risk to save someone else..."
"Hai..." Heza rolled over on her back and put her hands behind her head. "So, what did I miss while I was recuperating?"
"Well... The Star-Digi Card came out, I went to Card-Ultimate, Ryuuichii-san found her Digi Card and Keromon went to Card-Ultimate... that's about it. Oh yeah, and while Kido-san and Izumi-san were uh... operating... on you, Yamato-kun went hysterical."
"... I feel so bad now. I shouldn't have made all of you worry like that..." She tried to sit up, but failed miserably. "And I'm starting to regret it."
"Don't worry yourself over it, Heza-chan. After all, you're gonna be okay now, ne?" Galaxiamon looked at her partner with hope in her azure-blue eyes.
Heza nodded. "I really owe Jyou-kun one... he's going to be a great doctor..." she said. She yawned. "Man, suicide attempts sure take a lot out of you..."
Galaxiamon giggled. "Well, I'll leave you alone so you can get some sleep, 'k?"
Heza nodded again. "Okay. Wake me if something interesting happens..." She then rolled over on her side, facing opposite of her digimon partner.
Galaxiamon smiled and walked out of the room.
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"Now is the time..."
"Now is the time for what, Master Armageddomon?" The digimon carrying the rope noose asked.
"I will wait no longer. I must get the Cards..." Armageddomon was once again in the black void.
The digimon stood up and snapped his rope. "Allow me to be of assistance!" he said. He was quite odd-looking, he sort of resembled a giant hangman's noose (for you EarthBound players, he looks like an overgrown Noose Man with arms n.n), and was carrying a smaller one. "I, Hangmon, am at your service."
Armageddomon's eyes narrowed. "Yes... a test of endurance... it's time for the Clow Mistress's downfall!"