Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Castaways ❯ Red Shoe Diaries part 2 ( Chapter 7 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Daisuke and Hikari. Same day, different story. Nuff said.

Disclaimer: Do I really have to say anything? You should know I don't own anything.



Hikari woke up to a chilly surrounding, despite having a blanket wrapped around her. She slowly opened one eye and looked at the dying embers of the fire, which had a faint glow to it. She watched it for a few seconds, then opened her other eye as she turned on her back, staring at the dark ceiling.

'Must still be some time before dawn,' she thought, noticing the murkiness around her. She looked to the side to see if Daisuke was still asleep. Instead of Daisuke's body, three pieces of fruit- two apples and a banana -were sitting on top of the bag where his head should have been.

'Where did he go this time?' Hikari thought, sitting up. 'At least he left me some food. I am a bit hungry after all. I would like to know where he got it, though.' She decided to worry about it later, for her stomach was making the decision for her. She took the apple, wiped it off on her shirt, and bit into it.

'Wow, this is delicious!' she thought, taking another bite. She finished off the apples and the banana, which was just as good. Grabbing her cane behind her, she slowly stood up.

'At least my ankle's getting a bit better,' she thought, stomping it on the ground lightly a few times. She stretched the kinks out of her back, arms, and neck. 'Now to find Daisuke.' She hobbled towards the entrance, noticing the reeds that were blocking the entrance were cut away. She figured Daisuke did it with his pocket knife. Stopping at the entrance of the cave, she glanced around. It was still dark out, with a full moon sitting high in the sky and shining onto the land.

'Blue moon,' she thought. 'Now I just hope a werewolf doesn't come out of nowhere.' She looked ahead of her, and almost forgot to exhale. There was Daisuke with his shirt off, and the light of the moon shining on his sweaty, muscular form as he slowly went through the routines of Eagle Claw Wing Chun. She watched as he balanced himself on one bent leg with the other one crossed in front of it, and his arms stretched behind him like the wings of a bird. He slowly turned in one direction, placing his crossed leg on the ground, and slowly stood up. He looked so beautiful, that Hikari didn't realize she was staring at him. It wasn't until he turned to look at her that she broke out of her trance. She felt her body heat up from embarrassment of being caught, and thought about turning away, but she couldn't. Daisuke's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he walked over to get his shirt off the ground and slipped it on.

"You okay?" he asked Hikari, walking up to her.

"I couldn't sleep," she said, not knowing what else to say since she was still trying to get the image of his body out of her mind.

"I can see that," he said sarcastically.

Hikari ignored his sarcasm. "Why are you up?" she asked.

"Same thing." There was an awkward silence between them.

"What were you doing just now?" Hikari asked.

"I was practicing Wing Chun," Daisuke replied. Another silence.

"Did you eat the food that was on the bag?" Daisuke asked.

"Y-yes, thank you," Hikari said, stuttering a little, though she couldn't understand why. "Where'd you find it?"

"On the way back from the ship yesterday I noticed a group of trees that had fruit on it. My stomach woke me up anyway, so I went and found them again."

"I wish you would have said something yesterday. We could have picked them."

"Wouldn't have mattered. They're too high for you to reach, and you can't climb a tree at the moment. Plus I tend to think a bit irrational when I'm unduly ticked off. Sorry."

"It's okay, I understand. My ankle's getting better by the way."

"Really?" He stooped down to take a good look at it, and paused. "I'd probably be able to see it in better light, won't I?"

"That would probably be best."

Daisuke stood back up, and they walked back into the cave.

"As you can see, our source of light died out," Hikari said, referring to the fire.

"So I noticed," Daisuke said, brushing the burnt debris out of the circle of rocks and replacing them with fresh ones. He fished around inside the bag for the matches and, finding them, created the fire once again. They sat down on the blanket and Daisuke took off her ankle brace to examine her ankle.

"Looks like the swelling went down some," he said. "The normal color of your foot is starting to come back too." He replaced the brace back onto her foot and gently set it down. "See? All you did was twist it, nothing too big. It should be well enough by tomorrow perhaps. Why don't you try to get some more sleep? Dawn's not for another six hours."

"I would, but I think I cramped my shoulder," she said, rubbing at it. "Must have slept on a rock."

"Well, we are quite literally caught between a rock and a hard place. Let me take a look at it." He moved behind her and sat with his legs on either side of her so that she was sitting between his legs. "Where does it hurt?"

"Right here," she said, pointing at the top of her left shoulder. Daisuke placed his hands there and started rubbing gently. Hikari marveled at how good his hands felt. She relaxed a bit more and leaned back a little.

"My, you give good massages," she said.

"Thanks," Daisuke said. "I used to rub my mom's back a lot, so I had a lot of practice."

"Well, it's certainly paying off," she said, closing her eyes. She began to moan a little as a light smile crept onto her face. Daisuke resisted the urge to kiss her neck, since she was leaning back far enough to where it was close to his face, and the air from his nose was falling on it. Her moans weren't helping any. He was glad that she didn't scoot her lower back against him, otherwise she would have felt something poking her, and he wasn't looking for a slap. He took his right hand and started rubbing her right shoulder, causing her to let out a startled, but pleased gasp.

"Mmm...go lower," she moaned. Daisuke complied and placed his hands on her rib cage, being careful not to touch her breasts, and used his thumbs to rub her shoulder blades and the middle of her back.

"How's your shoulder now?" Daisuke asked.

"My shoulder's better now, but please don't stop," Hikari replied, slightly slurred. Her head drooped a little, but then she shot back up, surprising Daisuke a little.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah. You nearly put me to sleep," she said, turning to him. Suddenly, Daisuke grabbed the sides of her face and kissed her forcefully on the lips. Hikari was shocked for a second, but then regained control of herself and tried to force Daisuke off of her. Daisuke stopped kissing her and looked at her square in the eyes while still holding her.

"What are you doing?!" Hikari cried, trying to pry Daisuke's hands off of her face.

"This is what you wanted, right?" he asked venomously.

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't try to act oblivious now, Hikari. Don't think I haven't noticed your subtle advances throughout the day. I even remember this-" he placed his hand on her lower back and rubbed gently, causing her to let out a startled gasp and loosen her grip on his arm. "-don't think I've forgotten about that. If I'm not mistaken, that's your hot spot, isn't it?"

Hikari couldn't hide her lustful expression. The way Daisuke was talking to her and rubbing her spot was making her want to do things to him that she never thought about before.

"H-how'd you..." she started. Daisuke put a finger to her lips.

"Because I know you, Hikari," he said. "I know you." He kissed her gently on the lips, putting her in heaven. She let go of his arm completely and wrapped her arms around his neck as she turned her body fully to him and wrapped her legs around his waist, bringing their bodies together. She felt his tongue enter her mouth and began exploring every corner of hers, and she did the same to him.

'I can't believe I'm doing this,' she thought to herself. 'But it feels so good that I don't want to stop!' Daisuke stopped kissing her in her mouth and moved down to her neck and forcefully sucked on it as he slipped his hands down the back of her shorts and caress her butt. These two actions caused her to pant and moan loudly, and she began to subconsciously grind against his pelvis. Hikari was having trouble thinking straight, and through the haze of lustful desires, she managed to think about Takeru.

"Ah...Daisuke..." she managed to get out.

Daisuke stopped sucking her neck and moved his mouth up to her ear. "That's master to you," he whispered huskily, squeezing her buttocks and causing her to squeal. He went back to sucking on her neck.

"M-master..." she moaned.

"Yes?"

"I...I c-can't do this. W-what about..."

"Takeru?" he finished for her. He removed his hands from the back of her shorts and slipped them under her shirt, playing with her breasts through her bra. "If you really love him you wouldn't be enjoying this so much, now would you?" He lifted her shirt and bra past her breasts and began nibbling on her nipples lightly, causing her to moan in ecstacy. She cradled his head with her hands as he pushed her down onto the blanket. Her legs automatically parted as he settled between them.

'This has to be a dream,' she thought. 'There's no way Daisuke is this good.' She didn't have time to ponder the thought, because suddenly and without warning, her shorts and underwear were ripped off at the seams and his head was between her legs, licking at her hot box furiously. A startled scream left her mouth as her legs shot up in the air and her hands grabbed his head, pushing him further into her. She started humping his face and panting madly as he continued to suck at her opening.

'I can't believe he's doing this!' she thought. 'I can't believe I'm letting him! Oh, God I'm about to...' But suddenly the feeling stopped. She looked up to see Daisuke kneeling over her with his pants and underwear off. She felt his hard member pressed against her opening, ready to enter her.

"How'd you..." she started in surprise.

"Because you wanted me to," he said. He leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips, and then thrust into her as hard as he could.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"
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Hikari's eyes shot open and she looked at her surroundings. Daisuke was no longer on top of her, and her clothes weren't off, neither were her shorts ripped. In fact, she began wondering what her legs were doing in the air, but then felt something sticky between her legs. She looked down to see her shorts up to her knees, her hand holding her womanhood, and put two and two together. A thousand questions ran through her head at that moment.

'When did I start doing this?' she thought. 'What if Daisuke saw? Oh, man I hope he didn't!' She got her answer when Daisuke came running into the cave.

"Hikari!" he said. "Are you okay? I heard..." He stopped short when he saw the position she was in, and quickly turned away, beet red in the face. Hikari immediately put her legs down, pulled up her shorts and sat up. She just stared at Daisuke's back, trying to bring herself back to reality.

"I-I'm sorry," he said, trying hard not to laugh after seeing her in the position she was in. "I heard you scream, and I thought something happened. I'll go back outside now-"

"Daisuke," Hikari said sharply, stopping him. He kept his back towards her. "What happened?" she asked.

"With?"

"Don't start, Daisuke. You know what I'm talking about."

He looked at her over his shoulder. "Honestly lady, I have no idea what you're talking-"

"Daisuke, did you try to have sex with me or not?!" she cried. Daisuke turned towards her in shock.

"What are you talking about?" he asked. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"Just answer my question!"

"No, I didn't!" he said sternly, clearly annoyed with her attitude. "Good grief, what's your problem? Were you having a dream, or a nightmare?"

"I'm just trying to find out what happened, that's all."

"With what? All I know is that I was rubbing your shoulders, and you suddenly fell asleep, so I laid you down on the blanket and left. A few minutes later I heard you screaming, and I came running. And now here you are, accusing me of being the product of some wet dream you had!"

Hikari looked at him with a mild expression on her face, then lowered her head solemnly.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you, but I'm getting tired of that surly attitude that you have towards me," he said.

"No, Daisuke. I apologize," she said, looking at him. "I didn't mean to accuse you of anything. I was just a little leery about the dream, that's all. I realize that I've been treating you unfair too, so you had every right to get mad at me."

"I hate getting mad," he said. "Especially at you. So please do me a favor and not make me do it again?"

Hikari nodded her head. "I promise," she said. She scooted over on the blanket, and patted the spot next to her. "Come on, let's make a second attempt to get some sleep."

"Not with that on there," he said, pointing to the wet spot where Hikari had her orgasm. "I don't think it's safe."

"Shut up, Daisuke! I don't have cooties or anything like that!"

"I'm just joking," he laughed as he made his way over to the blanket and settled down under it. He turned his back to Hikari and faced the fire.

"See you later in the morning, Hikari," Daisuke said.

"You too," she said. Within moments, Daisuke was already sleep. Hikari was still awake, though, thinking about her dream.

'How did that even happen?' she thought. 'Why did I have a wet dream about Daisuke? I wish I knew what was going on' She pondered on these thoughts until she fell asleep.
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Later that afternoon, Hikari woke up to find Daisuke gone...yet again.

"Is he out doing some more training?" she asked herself. She got off the ground, noticing the pain in her foot had dulled some more to where she could walk on it without the use of a cane, but still had to hobble. She picked up her cane off the ground in case she needed it, and walked towards the entrance.

'How could he even joke about sleeping in that spot like that?' she thought, looking around outside and not seeing Daisuke. She stepped outside, welcoming the sunlight as it warmed her skin. 'I know if I were him, I'd be totally grossed out. I guess I'm thinking that way because I'm a female. At any rate, I would love to take a shower right now. I'm sure I probably stink like nothing else, not to mention I couldn't clean my hand properly without wiping it on my clothes. So just where is he anyway?' A rustle in the trees caught her attention. She snapped up her cane, holding it up like a baseball bat.

"Daisuke?" she asked nervously.

"Yeah, it's me," Daisuke said, emerging from the trees, looking a bit cleaner than he did last night. "I see you have a better weapon of choice, as well."

Hikari rolled her eyes at him as she lowered her cane. "Where'd you go this time?" she asked.

"I went looking around a bit more, and found something of interest."

"What?"

"A hot spring, which is pretty ironic considering that we're probably nowhere near any kind of underwater volcano. We might be right above one. If so, then it must be quite low. The water is at a good temperature to bathe in."

"I take it that you were just in there?"

"Yep. Which is another reason I came to get you. I figured you could use a nice, warm bath right now."

"You really think so?" she said sarcastically. Daisuke just grinned.

"Come on," he said. Hikari followed him back into the woods.

"You might have figured this out, but there are animals on this island," Daisuke said. "I don't know how many, or what kind are out there, but I bet some of them are dangerous."

"That might be what was on the ship, which would account for all of those cages," Hikari said.

"And for the rotting corpse as well. So far, though, all I've seen was a deer." They hiked up the hill, which Hikari had a little trouble going up, and had to use her cane.

"I'm glad I brought this thing," she said.

"Yeah, really. There's the forest glade I told you about eariler." They stopped to examine the view. For Hikari, she had never seen anything like it. She let out a small whistle as she looked down at the water.

"How far down does it go?" she asked.

"Fifty, maybe a hundred miles deep. I really don't know."

"That's pretty deep. So, where's this spring you were talking about?"

"Follow me," he said, making his way towards the bushes that divided the glade from the spring. They pushed through the bushes carefully so as to not get snagged on anything. Along the way, Hikari noticed that the temperature was rising with each step.

"I thought you said it wasn't that hot?" she asked, tugging at her collar.

"It isn't," Daisuke said, not looking back at her. "That's just the steam rising off the ground." They pushed past the final bush and stood before the spring. The water was clear, and the surface was bubbling a little. Hikari dipped her toe into the water to test the temprature.

"That's hot!" she cried, withdrawing her foot quickly.

"I thought women liked hot water," Daisuke said. "Besides, you might not have much choice in the matter. Once you get in, it'll get better. Now, if you'll excuse me." He turned to leave.

"Where are you going?!" Hikari asked incredulously, turning towards him. Daisuke turned back to her.

"What, you want me to stick around and watch you take a bath? I'm sure you don't need a babysitter, and I know you don't want me anywhere near you. Not that I would want to be anyway."

Hikari was slightly disappointed at that statement. Some small part of her wanted him around, not just for protection, but she felt comfortable around him. But on the other hand, the memory of the wet dream she had about him was coming back and making her aroused, and she wasn't too comfortable with people watching her beat off. Not even Takeru was allowed to watch.

"Okay," she said. "But where are you going, and how do I know you won't be just hiding in the bushes waiting for me to take off my clothes?"

Daisuke frowned at her. "I would appreciate it if you wouldn't label me as that of a low-born."

"Huh?"

"I'm not a pervert. I'm going back to the ship to explore it a bit more. You'll be okay on the way back to the cave by yourself." He turned and walked off, not waiting for Hikari's retort. In a few seconds, he was gone, disappearing in the bushes. Hikari stood there for a second, trying to figure out what just happened.

"Daisuke?" she called, after a few seconds. No answer. She hobbled over to the bushes and pushed them aside, expecting to see Daisuke behind them with his pants down, ready to go to town as she bathed, but no one was there.

"I guess he really did leave," she said, making her way back to the spring and started taking off her clothes and the foot brace. She slowly dipped herself into the water, marveling at how good it felt despite her earlier protests of it being too hot. There was a smooth ledge for her to sit on, and when she sat down she noticed that the water came up past her chest.

"Daisuke wasn't lying, the water does feel good once you get in," she said to herself. She pulled her clothes into the spring and began washing them first, then laid them out to dry on the hot ground and started washing herself. As she did so, her thoughts drifted back to her dream.

'It was pretty short,' she thought. 'Usually if I have a wet dream, it's pretty long. But why was it about Daisuke in the first place? I guess because we've been on this island together. It was still a good dream either way.' Hikari found herself unconsciously stroking her clit. The heat of the water only added to the stimulation, and she let out a soft moan.

"What am I doing?" she asked herself. She didn't stop her actions though. In fact, she spread her legs a bit more, letting the water play against her opening as she held her lips apart with the two fingers of one hand, and squeezed her breast with the other. She rested her back against the edge of the spring and leaned her head back, moaning and bucking her hips lightly against the water. She closed her eyes and bit her lip as she fondled her opening with her middle finger, then inserted it in slowly. She took her other hand and stroked her outer lips, all the while imagining her finger as Daisuke's member. She started panting as she imagined Daisuke grabbing her by the hips and ramming his unit through her until she orgasmed so hard that she would be out for a week. Her pants turned into loud grunts and moans as she pumped her vagina with her finger faster, and she bucked her hips against her hand to the point where she was creating small waves in the water. She let out a mighty moan as she came, glad for the fact that she was in the water so she wouldn't have a mess to clean.

"Well, that's one problem out of the way," she said to herself. "Now I just have to worry about my feelings for Daisuke, and how I'm going to deal with them and my marriage to Takeru. For now though, I'll just stay in this hot spring and relax."
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Daisuke found his way back to the ship, and was soon standing in front of the gaping hole.

"This place seems a lot more creepier than yesterday," he said to himself. "Almost makes me not want to go in. I guess it's because I'm alone, this time." He steeled his nerves and went inside. He wasted no time in moving from the boiler room and through the cage room to the stairs leading up to the ship's bridge.

"There really isn't much to explore here," he said, entering into the ship's bridge and looking around. His eyes settled on the morse code machine. At length, he decided to check it out.

'Wish they would have taught us this in survival class,' he thought, looking it over. 'I really don't know if this thing works. It's better than nothing, though.' He began searching around the place, looking for a booklet or something that would help him. At last, he found a worn, tattered handbook sitting on the floor behind a chair.

"Hello, what's this?" he asked himself, picking up the book. He opened it up to the first page and noticed a series of dots and lines running across the page with letters after each of them.

"This is it!" he exclaimed. He brought the book back over to the machine.

"They must tell how to use it in the front," he said, flipping to the beginning of the book. No instructions.

"Okay, what about the back?" he turned to the back of the book. Still no instructions.

"What kind of book wouldn't have any instructions in it?" he said to himself, thumbing through the book. "Guess I'll just have to wing it." He turned the pages until he found the letter S.

'I guess S.O.S could be a start,' he thought. He turned the machine on, placed the headphones on his head and tapped the button the number of times indicated for the letter S. He turned the pages to the letter O and tapped it in, the back to S.

"They must be able to trace this back to its source," he said. He decided to tap in the code a few more times for good measure. After he was done with everything, he hastily made his way off the ship. For some reason, he was getting creeped out on the derelict. Something about it didn't seem right, neither did the atmosphere around him.

"Something's wrong," he said as he left the ship. "I get the feeling something's about to happen, and it won't be good." His thoughts turned to Hikari, wondering if she made it back to the cave safely.

"I'm sure she made it okay," he tried to assure himself, but the uneasiness wouldn't leave him. He walked briskly across the beach, spotting the fruit trees along the way.

"I'll get them later," he said, picking up his pace. "Please be safe, Hikari..."
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"That was something I needed," Hikari said as she made her way down the hill leading to the forest. "I'll have to thank Daisuke later for showing it to me." Her progress down hill was slow, despite the fact that the heat from the spring calmed her foot dramatically; she didn't want to take any chances. She reached the bottom of the hill and started walking through the forest. A slight rustle to her right caught her attention, and she whirled towards it, cane in her hand.

"Daisuke, that's not you again, is it?" she asked, lowering the cane a bit. No answer.

"Daisuke?" Still nothing. Hikari started getting a little spooked, and she raised her cane back into the air.

"Daisuke, you'd b-better not be trying t-to trick me!" she stammered, backing up and stopping against a tree. She gasped when she hit it, and instinctively looked behind her. Another rustle sounded, this one much closer and louder than the last one. Hikari peered ahead through the trees towards the sound's source. Her heart jumped in her throat when she saw a movement in the distance, ambling her way.

"Da..." she tried to say, but she only produced air. The figure ambled a bit closer, and she could see thick, brown fur. Her blood froze to ice when she figured out what it was: A bear. But not just any old bear. As it came more into view, Hikari noted that it was quite large, and the name Kodiak bear, one of the largest bears in the bear family, came to her mind. Of course, Hikari didn't register that. All she knew was that there was an extremely large bear headed her way. The bear must have been a bit shocked too to find a human on its territory, for when it came into plain view and saw Hikari, it let out a roar that could have shaken the heavens. Hikari, forgetting what to do when approached by a bear, screamed her head off and ran, with the bear giving chase. Lucky for her, she had a pretty good head start, but she was having slight trouble running because of her foot, and she ended up hopping more than she ran.

"SOMEONE HELP ME!!!" she screamed. "DAISUKE!!!"

Meanwhile, Daisuke reached the cave, with the hopes of finding Hikari inside, waiting for him.

'Please be inside,' he thought as he approached the cave. He had just barely got to the entrance when he heard someone screaming from inside the forest. And since him and Hikari were the only two humans on the island, he had a pretty good idea of who it was.

"Hikari?" He took off for the woods.

'Why do bad things always happen to me?!' Hikari thought as she ran/hopped away from the bellowing bear. She looked behind her and saw that the bear was gaining on her, and she screamed even more. Unfortunately, when she turned back around, her foot caught the underside of a tree root, sending her sprawling forward down a small hill and stopping at a tree. She looked up to see the bear bearing down upon her, mouth wide open, claws outstretched, ready to maul her to death. Hikari snapped her cane up in front of her in hopes of deflecting the blow, and squeezed her eyes shut, praying that it would be over quickly.

"DAISUKE!!!"

The bear's bellowing was interrupted by something plowing into it, which sent it and its attacker sprawling across the ground. Hikari looked up when she heard the noise and noticed the bear wasn't over her anymore. The sounds of fighting caught her attention, and she looked towards the source to see the bear fighting what looked to be a...human? Why would a human be fighting a bear? It couldn't have been Daisuke, because the last time she checked, he wasn't the size that this human was, even though the shirt and the pants looked the same despite having been ripped almost to shreds. As the man wrestled with the bear, she noted that his shoulders were a lot broader, his chest more wider, and his muscles bulged out from under his ripped shirt. She caught a glimpse of his face, and was dumbstruck to find out that it was Daisuke, but there was something different about him. His eyes had a hard gleam to his eyes, his jaw was set in a fearsome scowl, and she could have sworn he grew fangs where his canine teeth should have been, and his goggles were missing.

"Daisuke?" she asked, dumbfounded. The bear gave him a mighty swat to the chest, sending him sprawling towards Hikari. He landed in front of her with a thud, surprising her. When he fell, Hikari had noticed the flesh wound the bear had gave him. Any normal man would have a gaping hole from a blow like that, but Daisuke was beyond human standards now. She was about to reach down and help him when he shot back up with a kip up, his pocket knife already in his hand. The bear came galloping at the two. Daisuke flipped open his knife and ran towards the bear, meeting it head on and driving the knife into its throat. The blade went in deep, but didn't penetrate anything vital. He broke the hilt off the knife so the blade would stay in there. The bear staggered back a short distance, blood dripping from its throat, and barely had time to react when Daisuke slammed his knee into the bear's chin, breaking a few teeth.

Quicker than Daisuke thought possible, the bear recovered and head butted him in the stomach, pushing him back a little, then sinking its teeth into his exposed leg. Daisuke didn't let out so much as a yelp. He simply wrapped his arms around the bear's head and repeatedly kneed it in the throat with his free leg until the bear let go, then hefted it up to where its stomach ws exposed, and tackled it to the ground. They started trading blows with each other; Daisuke pummeled the bear's face with his fists and it drew several long, deep scratches across his back with its massive claws. Finally, the bear caught Daisuke in the side of his neck, knocking him off and onto the ground. Daisuke quickly got up and fell into an offensive stance. His shirt was ripped to shreds, his stomach and back was riddled with scars and claw marks, and blood was flowing from them. His leg where the bear bit him was bleeding as well, and his face was battered and bruised. Yet he wasn't going to fall, even though his breathing had become ragged. The bear got up too, bellowing at him despite having a blade stuck in its throat and blood pouring out from it and its mouth where dozens of teeth were missing. Two or three of them from the bottom were protruding through its top lip, and its left eye was swelling shut. They circled each other, trying to find an opening. Finally, in a desparate attack the bear lunged at Daisuke, rearing up on its hind legs as it did. Daisuke, not taking any chances, dashed towards him with his arm stretched out to the side and clotheslined it in the throat so hard that the bear flipped head-over-heels in the air. Before the bear had a chance to land, Daisuke grabbed it by one hind leg and began twirling it around like the hammer throw in the olympics, gaining momentum until with one final yell, he released the bear. The bear went flying through the trees, hitting many of them and breaking a few, until it was stopped between two of them, wedged between the gap. And because it was thrown so fast, its spinal cord was pulled apart and twisted to the point where no living mortal could achieve that type of flexibility. So there it hung, between the trees with its mouth hanging loosely open and its tongue hanging out, never to move again.

Hikari stared at Daisuke, who still had his back towards her. His torso moved up and down with his hard breathing, and his shoulders seemed to shrink. He turned his head towards her, the gleam in his eyes gone.

"You okay?" he asked her. Hikari nodded slowly, still dumbfounded. He gave her a weary smile, then his whole body seemed to shrink as he passed out onto the forest floor face first. Hikari was at his side in a flash. She turned him over and checked his pulse.

'Good, he's still alive,' she thought. She did her best to pick him up and carry him back to the cave. 'Don't worry Daisuke. I'll help you just like you've helped me all this time.'
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Much later, back in the cave, Daisuke was all bandaged up and sleeping on the blanket. Hikari managed to create another fire, and was now sitting by it with her knees drawn to her chest, watching Daisuke as he slept. In all the times they had been around each other, she had never known Daisuke to do something like that. It was as if he was someone else. It actually scared her to see him fight like that. By all accounts, he should be dead right now.

'He's changed,' she thought as she watched him. He looked so peaceful, despite the bandages wrapped around him. She wanted to make sure he wasn't dead, so she watched for the rise and fall of his chest. She was glad when she saw it, rising and falling slowly as he breathed. 'He really isn't the same Daisuke I used to know, or thought I knew.' She started thinking on the recent things that have happened. What if he wasn't there to save her from the bear? She would certainly be dead, that's for sure. To her, this gave further evidence that he still loved her, not for the simple fact that he fought the bear, but he literally and willingly put his life on the line for her. No one, not even Takeru, had ever done anything like that for her, even when they were in the digital world. Granted, there was the time when Takeru rescued her from the Dark Ocean, but after that, what then? But then again, the Dark Ocean wasn't really a life or death situation. That was more of a brainwashing into becoming something she didn't want or need. And she didn't have to see anyone in the condition that Daisuke was in now.

'This still doesn't explain why Takeru wants to marry me,' she thought. 'It doesn't explain why I accepted. Maybe Daisuke was right, and I jumped the gun.' She looked up at the sound of Daisuke groaning.

"Um...ow?" Daisuke said, groggily. Hikari got up and made her way to his side. He opened his eyes and focued on her.

"Are you okay?" she asked, sitting beside him.

"Aside from the fact that my whole body hurts, I have a splitting headache, and I'm very hungry, I'm just fine. What about you?"

"I'm okay."

"That's goo- AAH!" he yelped as he tried to sit up, but had to lay back down again as pain coarsed through his body.

"Take it easy, you're hurt badly," Hikari said, helping him to lie down again.

"Tell me something I don't know," he said. "If anything, I should be dead."

"Don't say that, Daisuke."

"Just because I said it doesn't necesarily mean that I mean it."

"From the abundance of the heart..." Hikari muttered.

"Huh?"

"Nothing." She reached into the bag and pulled out an apple and handed it to Daisuke. Daisuke took the apple and ate it slowly, relishing in its taste. After a few bites, he looked at Hikari, who was staring at him intently.

"What?" he asked, taking another bite.

"Huh?" Hikari asked, startled slightly.

"You were staring at me quite hard. Do I have something on my face besides scratches?"

"No."

Daisuke quirked an eyebrow at her, and finished off the apple. "Thanks, I needed that."

"You're welcome."

Daisuke smiled at her, and made another attempt to sit up. This time, Hikari helped him. He propped himself against the wall of the cave for support.

"By the way, how'd you get the apple down from the tree as high as it was?"

"I have my methods. The tree was skinny enough, so I just shook and banged on the tree with my cane unti one fell off."

"I guess that's one way to get them. So why am I dressed as a mummy?"

"I just took what I knew from first aid and applied it."

"Looks like you overdid it. Not that I'm trying to put you down, or anything."

"They need to be changed anyway. You're seeping." Se referred to the small pool of blood staining his stomach.

"How many wraps have you been through already?" he asked as she started unwrapping the bandages from around his shoulder and torso.

"Enough to patch the whole gang including our digimon. It's amazing that you didn't die from the amount of blood you lost."

"I thought I was going to lose more than that when I was fighting that bear. Feels like half my leg is missing." He looked down at his wrapped leg. "Hope I don't need a tetanus shot for this." He looked back up at Hikari, who was staring at him with a puzzled expression on her face.

"What?"

"You were in control of yourself that whole time?"

"Yeah. What, you thought I lost my mind and became a berserker?"

"I'm not sure what that is, but you looked pretty scary."

"Sorry. I try to avoid doing that." Hikari finished taking off the bandages. To her utter astonishment, a lot of the cuts and gashes had partially scabbed over, but were still bleeding, just not profusely.

"Your scars..." she started off.

"Scabbed over pretty quick?" he finished off for her. "That happens a lot when I get scratched. I don't know why though."

"Either way, we have to put new bandages on them so they can heal faster." She went back into the bag to get the peroxide and some gauze.

"So now you're a nurse?" Daisuke asked jokingly. "I thought you were going to be a school teacher?"

Hikari rolled her eyes at him as she poured a little of the peroxide on the gauze and started cleaning the large wound on his chest.

"How did you do it?" she asked him.

"Do what?"

"How'd you keep from screaming out in pain when the bear bit you?"

"Fear and anger can have that kind of effect on you in dire situations."

"Usually when someone fears for their life, they try to find a way out of that type of situation."

"Except it wasn't my life that I was fearing for," he said, causing Hikari to stop and look at him. "I was fearing for yours. I figured if someone had to die, I would rather it be me than you."

"You were willing to put your life on the line for me?"

"Why not? Someone has to live to tell the story of what went on here. Besides, I'd be content knowing that you'd continue to live a happy life."

Hikari was quite astonished by this. "You're not lying to me, are you?" she asked at length.

"Woman, what do I have to lie to you for? You should know me better than that by now."

Her eyebrows furowed a little in puzzlement, then she went back to cleaning his cuts. 'After all this time, he still cares about me,' she thought. 'Then why did he stop talking to me all those years ago?'

"Can I ask you a question Daisuke?"

"I'm sure you can."

"Why did you stop talking to me back in high school?" She was at his abdomen now, cleaning the long gashes there.

"Why are you still stuck on past events?"

"I just want to clear it up, is all."

"Well, let me ask you something, and maybe you'll get your answer. Why do you think I stopped talking to you? And trust me, you don't have to think too hard, either."

Hikari thought for a second, then sighed, as the answer was pretty obvious. "Takeru, right?" she asked.

'Figures,' she thought. 'They were always bitter towards each other, and still are.'

"No," he said simply, shocking Hikari. "He had nothing to do with why I stopped talking to you. You were the reason."

"Me? How?"

"Remember what I said before? About how we used to be towards each other? You may not have thought much of it, but you let your guard down when Takeru moved back. I'll admit, I was jealous of the fact that he knew you longer than I did, but it was no excuse for the way I acted."

"What do you mean by me letting my guard down?"

"You used to not let anyone manipulate you into abandoning your friends."

"I never abandoned you."

"Not physically, but mentally. That's what I was trying to get you to understand throughout the years, until the time came when I just said 'Forget it. She's not going to be the same Hikari I knew back in fourth grade.' So, I guess I can say that I was somewhat stuck on the past too, but I grew out of it."

Hikari didn't know what to say. She had never thought about it that way.

"I'm sorry for putting you through this mess," she said. "Somehow, I think it's my fault that you're in this condition now."

"Hey," he said, placing his hand on her cheek and causing her to look into his eyes. "Stop blaming yourself for something in the past. What happened, happened. everything is not your fault. I had a hand in it too. But it's time to stop looking in the past and focus on what's in front of you, okay?"

She nodded somberly and continued to clean his bruises, now moving up to his neck with a fresh piece of gauze. A million thoughts were going through her head, all of them leaning towards her newfound feelings towards Daisuke. Something about what he said aroused a question: Can old fires be rekindled? She started thinking about her relationship with Takeru. Even though they had known each other since they were children, she didn't know if she could trust him in their relationship, even after all this time. So how would he be if they were to get married? Not only that, he makes her feel as if she's being rushed sometimes.

'Is he really my true love?' she thought. 'or is he just a life-long infatuation? Everyone thinks we're together by fate because our digimon can turn into angels. So the more pressing question is, am I in love with him, or is he just with me, and I'm just following along like some lap dog and his master?'

"Ow! What are you trying to do, break off my neck?" Daisuke asked, shrinking away from her hand as she applied more pressure than she meant to.

"Sorry," she said, drawing back slightly.

"That's okay. What got you so fired up?"

"I was thinking about my relationship with Takeru, wondering if it's authentic or not. Do you think me and him are together because of fate?"

"Honestly, I think you guys are together because you thought it was the right thing to do. Just because your digimon can turn into angels doesn't mean that you're united by destiny. You choose who you want to be with. But always make sure that he's the person that you want to be with, and that you know that he's the one that will make you happy."

Daisuke was right. Of course he was right, and Hikari knew it. Again, she was at a loss for words.

"I never knew you could be so deep," she said, moving to his left cheek.

"I never knew I had a cut on my cheek either," he replied. "Where'd it come from?"

"I think it's from when the bear knocked you on the ground."

"He must have hit me pretty hard. I felt my brain spinning for a second," he said with a chuckle. Hikari looked at him and chuckled back. She dabbed at his cheek a few more times, then held it there and looked into his eyes, which were currently diverted away from hers. Daisuke felt her eyes looking into his, and he looked up into hers.

'Uh oh,' he thought to himself, as her eyes took on a passionate look.

'I can't believe how much I want him right now,' Hikari thought, feeling her body temperature rise. Before she knew it, her body had moved on its own accord, and she found herself in a deep kiss with Daisuke. Daisuke was startled at first, and his first impulse was to push her back, but something deep inside him told him to wait. He figured, what could it hurt, so he just closed his eyes and kissed her back. Neither of them knew it, but as they kissed, their bodies started to glow faintly. Hikari glowed a light pink, and Daisuke glowed a pale yellow. What happened was a miraculous event. Hikari's ankle healed completely, and all of Daisuke's cuts, bruises, and gashes had vanished, leaving no trace on his skin.

The kiss lasted for half a minute. Hikari backed away from him slowly, opening her eyes and looking at him. After a second, Daisuke opened his eyes as well and looked into hers. He was apparently a little shocked. He didn't expect Hikari to do anything like that.

"Why did you kiss me?" he asked.

"It..felt right," she said slowly. He looked ather puzzled for a second, then noticed that he wasn't feeling any pain in his body anymore. He looked down and saw no more scars adorning his body.

"What happened?" he breathed.

"Your scars, they-" Hikari started as she got up, and noticed that her ankle had been comletely healed. "And my ankle's okay too! Daisuke, what's-"

"I don't know," he said, unwrapping the bandages from his leg so he could look at it. "When we were kissing, I felt this warmness about me, as if I was glowing or something."

"I felt the same thing, but it was very familiar. It felt like the time I started glowing when Machindramon killed those Numemon all those years ago."

"That was based on reaction, right?"

"Right. I loved those Numemon, even though they weren't the cleanest digimon in the world, and-" She stopped when she realized what she said. Daisuke heard it too, and an astonished expression crossed his face.

"Does that mean..." he asked slowly.

"Apparently so," she said with a faint smile. She sank to her knees again and sat in front of him. "This must be destiny, Daisuke. We were meant for each other, but we didn't realize it until now."

Daisuke's expression saddened a bit. "Even if that were so, we can't be together," he said.

"Why not?"

"You're about to get married, Hikari. How can we be together when you're going to be with someone else?"

"I'll call it off! I'll tell Takeru that things aren't working between us,so-"

"That'll only cause trouble," he said, shaking his head. "I can't let you do that."

"But Daisuke-"

"I can't. I'm not going to ruin a good thing for you."

"But you won't be! I want to be with you!"

"You don't understand, Hikari. No doubt everyone thinks that we've already done something. Takeru, of course, might think I raped you and would try to fight me."

"I'll tell him you didn't. He'll believe me."

"But his anger would tell him otherwise. Hikari, I would love to be with you, but as long as you're engaged, it can never be."

Hikari looked at him, her bottom lip quivering. She started tugging at the ring, trying to get it off, but Daisuke gently closed his hands around hers.

"Don't do this, Hikari," he said. "It'll only complicate things."

"I don't want to lose you Daisuke," she said sadly.

"You won't. I'll always be around."

"But what will you do? Who will you be with?"

"I don't mind being by myself. I'm already used to it anyway, so what does it matter? I can't be with Saki, because that's just asking for trouble." He cracked a light grin. "As I've said before, as long as you're happy, I'm okay."

"And being with you will make me happy, Daisuke. Don't you see, we're destined to be together! What happened between us proves it so!"

"And if it didn't happen, would you still love me now?"

Hikari was about to answer, before he put his finger to her lips. "Before you answer that question, think carefully on it." He moved his finger from her lips. Hikari thought for a second, weighing her answer. She thought about everything he's ever done for her until now, and realized what her answer would be.

"Yes," she said, compassionately. "My God, Daisuke. The things I've put you through! I wish I could just take it all back and set things straight!"

"But you can't," he said. "Neither can I. We just have to keep going forward with our lives. Make me a promise?"

"What?"

"Promise me that you will prosper in your life, wherever it takes you, and that you will continue to smile, even when times are hard."

"I will," she said. "Can you make me a promise?"

"What?"

"Promise me that you'll be there when I need someone to run to."

"I promise." They came together in a passionate hug. Hikari held on to him as if he were a lifeline, and Daisuke did his best to not squeeze too hard. Both of them tried not to cry. Then Hikari decided to go a bit further.

"Daisuke?"

"Hmm?"

She moved back so she was looking him in the eyes, and kept her hands on his shoulders, and his hands were on her waist.

"Kiss me," she said. "I want our time together here, however long it may be, to end on solid ground."

"On one condition," he said.

"What's that?"

"If we decide to take this further, there will be no intercourse between us, for it is not my place to do so."

"Okay," she said. She was a little disappointed that they won't have actual sex, but she also understood what he was saying. So they came together in a kiss that held more meaning than the first one, except this one wasn't on impulse. This one was out of pure love. Daisuke moved from her lips to her neck, being careful not to leave any mark there. Hikari started panting and moaning lightly. Daisuke moved his hand down to the small of her back and rubbed her there, causing her to gasp audibly. Daisuke looked up into her eyes and grinned.

"You knew about that spot the whole time, did you?" she asked, smiling.

"Not really," he said. "I found out while I was massaging your back. I didn't exactly rub there, but I was close enough and I could hear your breathing pace quicken."

"You don't miss a lot."

"I can pay attention to detail when I want to." They went back to kissing. This time, Daisuke reached for the hem of her shirt and started raising it up. Hikari stretched her arms over her head so he could take it all the way off. Daisuke was surprised to find that she didn't wear a bra.

"They were starting to get uncomfortable," she said, answering the look he gave her.

"Makes me wonder how you kept them aloft," he said, drawing a chuckle out of her.

"Come on," she said, getting up. Daisuke followed suit, grabbing the blanket as she led the way out of the cave. The moon was riding high in the sky, casting an eerie light on the ground. The night air was warm, which made things perfect. Daisuke streched the blanket out on the ground, then stood back up and embraced Hikari in another kiss, feeling her erect nipples press aganst his chest. Hikari reached for the button of his jeans and unbuttoned them, letting them fall to the ground so he could step out of them. She began rubbing at his crotch through his boxer-briefs, causing him to moan in the kiss. He broke the kiss to pick Hikari up by her waist, and slowly laid her down onto the blanket. He began kissing her on her chest just above her breasts, while unbuttoning her shorts. Once they were unbuttoned, he began kissing down her body, slipping her shorts off at the same time. She lifted her waist so he could pull them off, and he placed them off to the side with his jeans. He kissed her stomach down further, stopping above her panty line. The smell of her juices emanated from her womanhood, tempting him to enter her. He could feel his erection pulsing in his underwear.

He looked up at her and grinned, and she looked back at him with lust filled eyes, and bit her lower lip. Daisuke moved to the inside of her left leg, picking it up and setting it on his shoulder and started kissing where her panty line met her leg, just outside of her wall. His kisses moved up to her thigh, then back down again, this time slipping his tongue under her panties and began licking part of her swollen area. Hikari was panting a little more now, her eyes were closed, and light moans were escaping her open mouth, and she was rubbing her breasts, twisting her nipples with her index fingers and thumbs.

"Daisuke, please go further," she whispered, placing her hand on his head. Daisuke complied, and pulled her panties to one side, and started sucking her whole vagina. Hikari was moaning louder now, and was grinding her hips against his face. Daisuke moved upto her clit and started sucking on it, while thrusting his finger in and out of her at a moderate pace. Hikari started grinding faster, calling out Daisuke's name between pants and moans. Of course, this made Daisuke want to enter her then, but he made good on his promise. He was satisfied to hear her yell out his name though when she came, sending her juices onto the blanket. He replaced her underwear back over her womanhood, and moved up to where they were face to face. She looked at him and smiled, placing her hand on his cheek.

"That felt great," she said. "I just wish there was a way that we could compromise intercourse."

"Maybe there is," Daisuke said. He leaned down and kissed her again, settling his body on top of hers, between her legs. Hikari wrapped her arms around him and bent her legs as he started grinding her slowly. Hikari started moving her hips with him as they started having sex through their underwear. Sweat started flowing on their bodies, glistening in the moonlight as they went faster and harder, losing themselves in their pants and moans, and whispering each other's names. Daisuke grabbed her by the waist, and she wrapped her legs around him as he lifted his body up a bit and started pumping harder. They locked eyes with each other, and smiled lustfully.

"I love you, Daisuke," Hikari whispered between pants.

"I love you too, Hikari, Daisuke said in like manner. Hikari closed her eyes and tilted her head back, moaning loudly. Daisuke leaned on his hands and thrusted several more times, moaning companionably with Hikari. His final thrust caused them both to orgasm right in their underwear at the same time. They called out each other's names as they did so. Daisuke moved from on top of Hikari and laid next to her on his back. She turned her body towards him, and moved her body partially on his. They stared at the shining moon, reveling in each other's embrace.

"Now that I think about it," Hikari said. "I'm glad it was you who I got stranded on this island with."

"Me too," Daisuke said. He kissed the top of her head. "Guess what?"

"What?"

"Chicken butt," he said, grinning. Hikari playfully slapped his chest, causing him to chuckle. "Seriously, though. I foun out how to work that morse code machine."

"Really?"

"Yeah. There was a book lying around in the ship's bridge, and it just so happened to be it. I sent out an S.O.S. I'm sure someone picked it up, and is able to track it here."

"That's great. Personally, I hope they take their time. I want this moment to last for a while longer."

"So do I." He tightened his embrace around her, and she moved her body a little more on top of his. "Goodnight, Angel of Light."

"Goodnight, Bearer of Miracles," Hikari said, as they both cuddled against each other and went to sleep.
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I have no excuse as to why I was late with this chapter. Thank you for your patience, and please put the rocks down. I bruise easily.