Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Lighting Heart ❯ Part 2 ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

"So, what do you want to do tonight?" Matt asked.
"I dunno. What about you, T.K?" Dawn said, turning to T.K. He just shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't care. Maybe watch a movie?" T.K suggested.
"That sounds like a plan to me." Matt smiled. That means I get to sit next Dawn, Matt pondered. Ahh, to be close to Dawn... Then the doorbell rang. "Unusual. Who would come to our house at this hour?" Matt walked over to the door and opened it to find that Jun, Davis' older sister was standing there, smiling. Matt stepped back in surprise to find her there.
"Jun! What are you doing here??" He asked.
"Don't you remember, Matt?" Jun asked.
"Remember? Remember what?"
"The date you said you'd go on with me because of little Davis...remember?"
"Umm...Uhhh...Jun? I don't really think nows's a good time...."
"Why not?"
"Well, because..."
"Matt Takaishi, I think you're trying to avoid me and this date and that's not what's going to happen." Jun said. Matt turned back to Dawn to find her smiling. "Go on, Matt. Don't worry about us. T.K and I will have fun while you're gone."
"But I-"
"No 'Buts'. Just go, silly and enjoy yourself." Dawn said. Jun took Matt by the arm and dragged him out of the apartment, closing the door behind him. T.K and Dawn both looked at each other and giggled.
"Come on, let's go watch a movie." T.K said. Dawn sat down on the couch while T.K inserted the tape into the VCR. During the movie, T.K all of a sudden started to make conversation by starting with, "Do you like Matt, Dawn?" Dawn turned over to him with a somewhat odd look.
"Of course I do, T.K. Why wouldn't I?" She replied.
"No, I mean, do you like LIKE Matt?" T.K asked. Dawn was a little bit stunned.
"...Well...That's a very personal question, T.K."
"You can tell me, Dawn. I won't tell Matt."
"....I guess that Matt is very sweet and very considerate. He has changed since the last time I remember him. He changed from rebel, to a completely different person. I didn't mind him before, but he really is nice now. Much different."
"Do you think he's cute?"
"T.K! Why do you care so much?"
"I dunno. You guys look like you both like each other. Matt really likes you."
"He does? How do you know?"
"Just the way he talks to you. He never really talks like that to other girls that I know of."
"...Really?"
"Yeah."
"I don't think that Matt has any interest in me like that." Dawn shrugged, trying to move away from the subject. She felt like she was blushing a bright, bright red. Maybe I really do like Matt...more than like, Dawn thought.
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"Goodnight, Jun..." Matt said.
"Goodnight, Matt. I really had fun tonight and I hope to do it again some time."
"....Yeah." Matt hesitated, looking up at the ceiling. He looked back at her to see that her lips were puckered up. He had a sweatdrop on his head, but he knew it would be kind of rude not to kiss her. Matt leaned himself in and lightly pecked her on the cheek. He felt his whole body shiver. Jun looked at him with a giddy smile that kind of scared Matt. He quickly got in his apartment and closed the door. Matt sighed in relief. Thank god that date is over with...Matt thought. He turned on the light so he could see and found Dawn, who fell asleep while reading a book. Matt just smiled and when he saw her and went to go get a blanket to put on her. He gently set it on her, but her eyes slowly opened to find him there.
"Hi Matt..." She said. "Did you have fun on your date?"
"Oh, I had LOTS of fun." Matt grinned in sarcasm.
"That bad, huh?"
"Yeah...I had to kiss Jun and believe me when I say that it felt like I was kissing Davis. I felt like I was going to be sick." Matt said. Dawn began to giggle.
"You're so funny, Matt..." Dawn said. "You've always been able to make me laugh."
"Well, what can I say? I'm a natural..."
"Not around Tai and the others when we were younger."
"Yeah, well...they were a tough crowd...I wasn't really comfortable around them... By the way, where's T.K?"
"He went to bed a while ago. He said he was tired."
"On a Friday night?"
"I guess....A school week can get someone easily tired."
"Yeah, I guess it can."
"Matt....I've been thinking for a while...you know me better than anyone....but... Do you like me?" Dawn asked out of the blue. Matt looked at her in concern and then sat next to her.
"Of course I do...what makes you think that I don't?" He replied.
"I dunno...Just curious. I've been thinking this for a while, and it seems that it has been a little awkward between us..."
"Like what?"
"I don't know...It's hard to describe....something that I'm scared about."
"Scared?"
"Yeah...like something would happen."
"Dawn, you really shouldn't worry about the future. Worry about now, remember? That's what you taught me when we were younger....Now, c'mon. Show me your...beautiful smile." Matt grinned and he saw her smiled timidly.
"Thanks, Matt. You've always known how to cheer me up." Dawn replied
"Do you know what other thing I know about you?" Matt asked.
"What?"
"That you're a sweet, kind, pretty, and an intelligent girl. And..."
"...And? And what?"
"I also know your...ticklish spots!!!" Matt said and then he began to tickle her. Dawn rolled with laughter. She felt tears come out because she couldn't take it anymore. Matt finally stopped when she called "Uncle!!" a couple times. When he finished, Dawn immediately got on top of him and began to tickle him and he was the one roaring in laughter. The two were just having a tickle war, and after ten minutes, they were out of breath from laughing so hard that their stomachs hurt. Matt looked at Dawn sweetly and unexpectedly, he kissed her on the lips ever so softly. Dawn was surprised, but she was even more surprised with herself because she kissed him back. The two stopped, surprised at their own actions.
"I'm sorry..." Matt said, getting up.
"Yeah, me too....I don't know what came over me..." Dawn followed, getting back onto the couch. Matt sat down next to her. He felt like such an idiot....He wanted to wish that never happened, due to how embarrassed he was. Suddenly, out of the blue, Dawn leaned over and kissed him on the lips gently. He held her close to kiss back and eventually, they were all over each other, feeling around. Before they knew it, the two were both in bed, naked and just talking at one in the morning. Dawn was laying on Matt's chest while they just stared at the ceiling, for they were both surprised at what they had just done.
"Wow...." Matt breathed heavily.
"I never thought that we would do that...." Dawn panted.
"Neither would I, but I've always wanted to." Matt said. The two were both silent until he spoke again."Hey, Dawn...?" Matt asked softly.
"Hmm...?" She asked faintly.
"This night has been incredible for me. Ever since you've been here, everything has been completely different...I love it this way." Matt replied. Dawn got on top of him and put her head against his chest.
"I feel different. I've never been in this position with you..." Dawn said.
"Do you want to exchange sides?" Matt joked softly, knowing what she meant.
"No, not like that. I mean. I've never really gotten to be like this in all my life I've known you. I never thought I'd be this close to you...I'm so close, I could feel and hear your heart beat. I was never able to before, but I guess that this is a wonderful experience for me."
"Just by looking at you, Dawn, is enough to know that I have more things to experience with because you're very mysterious in some ways which makes me love you so much...I love you Dawn...."
"I love you too, Matt....I just wish we could..."
"Go again...? You couldn't possibly...."
"No...I'm just so tired......I don't want to fall asleep because I want to freeze this moment. It's a great feeling."
"....Sleep, Dawn. We can make another moment tomorrow...Now that we're together again, we'll never be apart...we'll stay together...forever...." Matt said as he kissed her on her forehead. Matt wasn't able to see that Dawn's face expression was doubtful. I wish I could tell him, Dawn thought. I know he needs to know that I'm leaving soon, but I just want these days to be happy instead of stressful. Matt has been so good to me and my life has never gone so well before. Poor Matt will be heart-broken once he finds out....and he probably won't want to speak to me again...I love him so much, I can't bare to go and just hurt both of us. It's like Deja Vu all over again. Dawn closed her eyes, falling alseep while pondering over the idea and the two she asleep in his arms.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Two weeks later~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"...Did you get the girl?" Don asked Ken over the phone.
"All in good time, my good man...I've been trying to observe the girl so I know what exactly what to do when I meet this new adversary again. She was quite an interesting display that impressed me greatly."
"Time is of the essance, Mr. Itchijouji. I would like you to bag her A.S.A.P....hopefully you can do that. I am counting on you."
"Very well then. I shall have her ready..." Ken said and hung up. Corneo sat back in his desk and turned to a man that stood in front of him. He wore a mask and had a claw weapon attached to his hand.
"It looks like you're up, Vega...." He said. "Go to the house where Ms. Tabor and have some fun with her.....I'm sure you can conjure something up from the dark imagination of yours....Don't kill her though....I still want that kid to bring her to me...."
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"Matt...." Dawn said in a sly voice. "Guess what?"
"What?" Matt asked.
"There's a concert that I'm going to be performing at...."
"But I thought this was supposed to be your vacation."
"I know...But I set up tonight to perform, and since I know you're in a band and all....I asked the guy that was allowing me to have the concert, and you guys could be my instramental back-up. I thought you could use the publicity."
"Really? Are you serious?"
"Yeah, I'm serious."
"Oh man. Thank you so much, Dawn. The guys are so gonna be so happy to hear the news..."
"I'm glad you're happy."
"Oh, you wouldn't believe how happy I am....Wait....is it a big crowd, or a little crowd?"
"Big crowd. Tickets were already sold out."
"I love this women!" Matt said excitedly, and picked her up into his arms and began to twirl her in his arms. He kissed her consistanly on the lips, while she giggled. Matt set her back down and then asked, "...What time does it start?"
"Around 7:30 tonight."
"All right."
"Do you think you guys will be ready by then?"
"Of course!" Matt said. At that very minute, he went to the phone and began calling up the rest of the band. Amazingly, they really had nothing better to do(actually, they dropped everything that was going on at an instant.) so they came down to the stadium that day and began rehearsing the songs on Dawn's latest album, and some on her old one. Just then, the whole Digi-gang comes into the stadium(because Dawn gave them passes), watching them practice. They all stopped practicing and took a break. Dawn and Matt walked over to their friends.
"This is impressive..." Tai remarked as he looked around.
"I thought it was too when I first got a good glympse of it." Matt said.
"So, are you all sticking around for the performance?" Dawn asked as she turned to the rest of the group.
"DEFINITELY!!!" Yolei shouted with excitement. "I've been dying to come to one of your concerts and I will NOT pass this chance up!!"
"I wanna see you guys perform. It should be interesting...." Joe replied.
"I just hope you will enjoy this. I made it really special for tonight. This will be my biggest performance yet!" Dawn smiled.
"I can see right now how much work you and Matt have put into it..." Izzy complimented.
"Thanks, Izzy." Dawn replied.
"So, what kind of cool affects are you going to be using for your BIGGEST performance?" Davis asked.
"We can't tell you. It's a S-E-C-R-E-T. And besides, it would ruin the surprise." Dawn giggled.
"Well, can't you give us a little hint?" Cody asked.
"Nope. Sorry guys. You'll just have to wait like everyone else." Matt smiled.
"Rats..." Davis said, lowering his head.
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The whole stadium was full and it was getting closer to concert-time. The crowd was just going wild and it just wasn't even time yet. Just then, the lights dimmed on stage and music began to play softly. It got louder with some instraments playing and Dawn came out into the spotlight:
"I hold the light and the darkenss of my heart
trembling while I embrace the shadows that are moving me apart
I can't give up all the dreams I have chased and my love will come a gain to me with pride...." She sang beautifully and suddenly, bursts of smoke and fireworks blew out of range, making the crowd all amazed and excited over the display.

"When I look to the sunset
all the colors so beautiful
that the tears fall right down in-to the sea
to the ocean of my he-art

Though the brightness of the sun has drifted far away
tomorrow holds, the sunlight of a brand new day for me
I hold the light and the darkness in my heart
Trembling while I embrace the shadows moving me apart
and I can't give up all the dreams I have chased
And my love will be there, and will come to me again
with each rising sun, I'll find a future that is mine....."
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The concert was coming to an end, and the crowd was getting even more wilder. Dawn talked to them for a few minutes, telling them they were a great audience, etc., etc. The lights dimmed until they couldn't see her anymore. She walked off stage and met up with Matt. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and told her she did a very good job. She smiled.
"Thanks, Matt..." She grinned and kissed him on the lips softly.
"....Ya know.....I gotta keep doing the compliment thing 'cuz....man, does it have it's rewards!" Matt said, to make Dawn giggle.
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"Dawn and I are gonna get out early today...Is that okay?" Matt asked as he picked up his backpack.
"Sure thing, Matt." Tai replied as he looked away from the computer. "Just make sure you're super-rested for tomorrow."
"All right." Matt grinned.
"You too, Dawn." Izzy added.
"Sure thing, Izzy." Dawn smiled. Just as they were leaving, Tai pulled Matt aside to talk to him beginning with, "...You seem way too much in a good mood....Why?"
"Things have been going right, Tai...how much more do I need to say?"
"...Like what?"
"Well, Dawn is my first thing that has gone right with me...both of us are..."
"Dating??"
"Yep....and...we...kinda...ya know...." Matt said and looked down at the ground, which gave it away, and Tai looked at him in surprise.
"Are you serious?? You actually did it with Dawn? What do you think that your dad is going to say about that?"
"...I have absolutely no idea." Matt replied.
"....Dude, I am so proud of you...You are so frickin' lucky...I'm jealous."
"Didn't want to make you feel that way."
"No, that's okay...It just seems really weird and unexpected."
"Yeah, well...what can I do about that....? I'll catch ya later, Tai." Matt said as he waved to him and left the building to catch up with Dawn. Later on, Matt was cooking a light dinner while Dawn was taking a shower. What the two didn't know was that there was someone in the house that was unwelcomed....
Dawn finally got out of the shower and walked into Matt's room, while putting her hair in a towel to dry off. As soon as she thought it was at the certain dryness she wanted, she sat down on the bed and took her brush off the nightstand. She began to brush it a couple times and decided to put it in long braids. When finishing her braiding, she then rolled them up into a bun. Dawn sighed in relief, and then suddenly, she saw the lampshade in front of her move by a drift. She froze in horror for a second and then looked up to see that Vega was falling towards her in attack, Dawn jumped out of the way quickly when he thrusted his claw into the bed. He knocked her off the bed, while she pulled the overs with her so he could fall right off. When they both looked at each other, Dawn gasped in surprise.
"Oh god...! Vega!" She said. Vega looked at her and jumped right at her to attack. Meanwhile, the doorbell rang, and Matt went to go get it to find Tai and Joe at the door.
"Hey, guys..." He said. "What's up?"
"Nothin'. Thought we just come over to see how you guys were doin'." Tai replied.
"But you just saw me." Matt chuckled. Dawn slammed right into the wall hard by Vega's strong attack. She tried get back up, but he just rolled towards her and kicked her into the ankles to fall over. She fell backwards into the bookcase and jumped out of the way while Vega's attack missed and ran into it. She picked up a long lampshade nearby and used it as one of her weapons. Dawn struck hard, missing him by inches. She pulled it back and then began to consistantly trust it at Vega until he finally broke the front end of the lampshade, which made it completely useless after that. Dawn stepped back with the stick in her hands while she tried to fend him off, but it was useless. Vega came right at her and grabbed her by the head to stop moving. She couldn't move an inch, but was able to dodge the claw that went into the wall. Dawn followed up by kneeing him into the stomach and then throwing an inside-out cresing-kick, which missed. She then threw a hook punch, but again missed, with Vega dodging, and using his claw to slash her in the chest. Dawn fell back into a wall. Just then, Joe, Tai, and Matt all heard a scream coming from Matt's room.
"What was that?" Joe asked.
"....Dawn!" Tai and Matt said at once. The three ran over to the closed door. Matt tried to open it, but the door was locked. Dawn fell to the ground hard, and she tried to get back up, but Vega kicked her back down. He picked her up by the hair, while she held his hand, and twisted herself to stick out her leg and trip him. She came right at him, but then Vega used his claw and slashed her into the face. She fell over backwards and fell into a lovesofa. He let out a evil laugh and took off his mask.
"...My hobbies is to slowly peel the skin off the rabbits I find....ESPECIALLY cute little bunnies like you....and my friend here is thirsty for blood." Vega said, referring to his claws. Dawn got up slowly and looked at her hands to see that they were all covered in blood. She looked at him in anger, and picked up the lovesofa. Vega was caught off guard by it and Dawn threw it right at him. It hit him in the upper body portion, causing him to fall over, and lose his mask. Dawn came up and tried to ax kick him, but he rolled away. She then followed up with a spining bird-kick. Vega fell back down, and just as he was going to get back up, Dawn pushes down with her foot on his chest, and uses her other foot to go onto his face. She twisted her foot around on his face to cause some agony and pain to his face. Vega rolled backwards, holding his face.
"....MY...MY BEAUTIFUL FACE IS RUINED....!!!! YOU BITCH!!! I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER!!!!" He said agrilly and began to attack more viciously. Meanwhile, Tai, Matt, and Joe were trying to open the door as best as they could.
"Let's break down the door!" Tai said. The other two nodded in agreement and they used their shoulders to break the door. Dawn hit her back into the wall, and then Vega slashed her hip, which she let out a scream in pain.
"Dawn!!!" He shouted. Dawn heard it and shouted back, saying, "Matt!! Help me!!!", but she was cut off, by Vega slamming her down into the ground. She looked up to see his foot coming down on her, but she quickly rolled to the side. Dawn got up, but was kicked off balance, by Vega and she fell back down. She looked up to find him jumping up in the air and coming at her, feet first. Dawn rolled to the side, while Vega hit the floor, but jumped on top of the cieling.
"Damn!" Matt shouted angrily, knowing he couldn't get in.
"Joe, call the police. We need to get Dawn outta there!" Tai instructed to Joe.
"You can't do that! By the time they get here, Dawn will probably be ripped to shreds. We have to keep trying! Now c'mon! Help me with this door!" Matt said. The three then began to push hard with all their might. Dawn looked up at the cieling, and began to swiftly run up a wall. When she was far enough up, she thrusted herself at him, kicking him straight into the face. Vega fell back, and Dawn then followed up with a punch to his face to make him fall off. She then jumped off the boards right at him. Vega noticed her, and crunched his legs in. Both of their feet touched at the same time, and Vega used all of his leg strength to push her back in the air. Dawn flew up high, and when she was coming back down, she saw that Vega was ready with his claw. She grabbed hold of a board that supported the cieling, and flung herself over to the wall. Dawn then used all of her might to push herself off the wall to perform a backflip. She came at him with a tornado kick to make him fall against the wall. Dawn fell over on her own, feeling weaker than ever. She panted and her vision began to feel blurry, but she kept him in sight. Dawn shook her head, and looked at him in anger. She got back up and charged at him with extreme force and began to do a series of kicks over and over again. Vega was against the wall, and it began to have cracks and eventually, when Dawn used her last kick, he was sent through the wall and down from the 13-story building. Suddenly, Matt, Joe, and Tai were finally able to break down the door. Matt ran in to look for Dawn.
"Dawn!!" He said. He looked around to find her laying in a corner with her eyes closed. The three ran over to her and Matt sat her up. "...I'm here, Dawn. C'mon....open your eyes...." Dawn slightly opened her eyes to find Matt sighing in relief.
"Dawn, what happened?" Tai asked.
"It was Vega..." She replied.
"Vega? Who's that?" Joe asked.
"Corneo's....henchman...." Dawn said and closed her eyes. Matt looked at her with concern.
"Dawn, hang in there..." He said. Matt picked her up and laid her in her bed. "Tai, get me Dawn's bag."
"What for?" Tai asked. "Dawn needs a hospital, not her bag."
"Just do it, Tai! I know what I'm doing." Matt snapped. Tai did what he was told and gave it to him. Matt searched thoroughly and eventually pulled out something. It looked like a spray bottle from what the other two observed. Matt began to spray some of it over Dawn's wounds and then put the covers over her.
"What did you just do?" Joe asked.
"This is a spray that Dawn uses to heal her wounds. Thank God these wounds weren't extreme."
"Do you think anything is broken?" Tai asked.
"I dunno. I know it heals about most of her body in hours. We should let her rest and go find out about this Vega guy." Matt explained.
"I suggest we go to Izzy's. I bet he can come up with a biography on his computer with him." Tai said. The other two nodded in agreement.
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"How could you let this happen to Dawn?!" Izzy asked angrily. "What if she died???"
"Slow down, Izzy. Dawns' okay now. But right now, we need some information on some guy that attacked Dawn." Matt replied.
"The guy that attacked Dawn? How do you expect me to find out about him when I have no where to start?"
"The first place you can start at is Diamond Records. Try to find out all the people who work undercover there." Matt said.
"Do you actually think that Corneo has something to do with Dawn's encounter?" Joe asked.
"....Definitely." Matt replied angrily. Izzy logged in and began to look over different websites, when he got to the one he wanted, he couldn't get in, because it was for authorized people. "Shoot...now what?"
"Don't worry, guys." Izzy said cooly as he stretched. "I can hack into anything. This is just another silly challenge for me. Just watch." After over an hour of configuring, Izzy was finally managed to break into the site. "See? Didn't I tell you?"
"Good work, Izzy, my man." Tai smirked.
"All right...now you wanted Corneo's top henchman, right, Matt?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah. Look for a guy named Vega." Matt replied. Izzy scanned through the files and finally came across the evil henchman that Dawn was talking about. "That's him...that's the guy Dawn had to fight earlier."
"....These stats don't look too good...." Izzy gulped. "Vega used to be a national hero in his homeland, Spain. He was perminantly banned from that area from doing some really nasty and gorry stuff....This guy is savage, ruthless, and a card-carrying psycho-path. He's practically a mercenary. But I guess he's stickin' with Corneo in order to get paid the big-bucks."
"So he was hired as an attack-dog for Diamond Records in order to get their musicians and groups back to the company because they don't wanna lose profit, right?" Joe asked.
"Right." Izzy replied.
"This makes me really mad." Tai said. "Who would be in their right mind to try to take out such a sweet girl that hasn't done a thing to anyone or anything?"
"Corneo is the only sick-twisted jerk in this planet. He is the one that has Dawn trapped in his hell-world. We have gotta get her out..." Matt said.
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Matt sat on the side of Dawn while she slept and stroked her cheeks gently. Her eyes began to flutter and she turned to see that her vision was clearly able to see Matt with a weak smile.
"Hey, Dawn...." He said in his silent tone.
"Matt, I...." Dawn said weakly as she tried to get up, but Matt lightly set her back down.
"You shouldn't move...you're still trying to recover from your injuries."
"Matt, that guy....there's something you need to know...." Dawn began.
"Don't worry. We know everything about him and we're gonna make sure that Corneo and every evil thing that's near him will be vanquished."
"No, Matt....There's something I haven't....."
"It's okay, Dawn. You don't need to say anything. You just need to rest right now, okay?" Matt said gently. Dawn's eyes began to close, and eventually she went into a deep sleep.
~*~*~*~3 days later~*~*~*~
Matt was making his pasta ravioli, while Dawn went out for a little while. As he was preparing dinner, the phone rang. He looked up at it and walked over to it to answer it.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Yeah, is Dawn there?" A guy asked.
"Umm, she's not here right now. Can I take a message?" Matt asked.
"Sure. Tell her that she needs to get ready to come back. Tell her it's from the Don. She'll know."
"....Okay. I'll give it to her." Matt said, thinking in his head that what he said sounded very odd. They both hung up, and just then Dawn came in through the door.
"Matt, I found the pictures that we took at the mall in the mail. They turned out really good. I already put a couple picture in my locket with the old picture. Is that okay?" Dawn asked
"Yeah, that's fine." He smiled and then looked at her seriously. "Hey, Dawn?" He asked her.
"Hmm?" She responded.
"I got a message for you."
"What is it for?"
"Some guy said that you need to get ready to come back and it's from the Don, whatever that means. He said you'd know." Matt explained. Dawn froze completely. She then walked out of the room and Matt was confused. He followed her into his room while she pulled out a slip of paper.
"Would you mind telling me what's going on?" He asked. Dawn handed him the slip of paper and he began reading; "'The Parents of, Dawn Parker, Elena and Scott Parker, have agreed that Dawn will become a musician and make records, touring for three years and have a vacation for three weeks when she grows to be the certain age'.... Dawn, what is this?"
"It's the contract on which my parents and Diamond records have agreed on..." She replied, feeling her eyes become watery.
"But what does that have to do with anything?"
"Think Matt....How long has it been since I first got here exactly?"
"I think two and a half weeks..." Matt said and paused to look up at her. "You're leaving when the vacations' up?"
"....yes."
"Dawn, why didn't you say anything to me about this?"
"I couldn't, Matt. I just knew that you looked so happy to see me and I was extatic to see you. I couldn't take that happiness away from you. I knew that this relationship wasn't going to work." Dawn said, having tears fall down her cheeks. Matt looked at her in disbelief.
"So, you're leaving again?? When I haven't seen you for three years, you're going to take off. This whole time that we were together....did it mean anything to you?? Did you even think about how I would feel about this?"
"I thought about a lot of things, Matt! This time alone we've had did mean something to me! I knew that you were going to be heartbroken, and I was going to be too. I can't do anything about this. It's not like I can give it up..."
"They've got you trapped, Dawn! And you're gonna die sooner or later of this because something will happen. You've got to break away....If you don't, Dawn, that fire in your heart that I love so much is going to burn out. You can't let them do that to you!"
"I don't have a choice. If I did, I woulda broken up with that company the moment they pushed me in their door. I can't do anything about it. If I refused to go, they woulda killed me...and you. They knew that you were my weakness, and I don't want anything to happen to you..."
"....I know what we can do. We'll take you into the Digiworld. That way, they could never find you."
"Matt...I can't run like that. Sooner or later, I'd have to come out and then they'll get me, like they're waiting for me."
"I can't afford to lose you again, Dawn! I've lost you once...and I don't want it to happen again. These past few weeks have been so...incredible. I've never had my life go so well. If I lose you, I lose everything. You're a big part to me, and I would not have any strength to go on. I'd give anything for you....even my life. I want you to stay and live with me so we both can be...." Matt said, trailing off.
"...Happy? I can never be happy until this thing is over with...That's when I'll be happy. But until then....we have to keep our distance.....see other people if it comes to it...."
"No! Listen to yourself, Dawn! I know you and I were meant for each other! We are a perfect match!"
"How can I be with you if I'm never there, Matt? I shouldn't hold you from anything you want. If you want to date other girls...I say, go with it. You'll never be happy when you keep seeing me and then having a real difficult goodbye. No one deserves to suffer like that."
"Dawn, we can work things out....I can..." Matt began, but Dawn cut him off by saying, "No! We can't work this out....We are not able to see each other. With you and the DigiWorld and me with my music. We've become two people that have grown way too far apart."
"You can't do this to me or yourself. What about what we coulda had all these years of being away and then reunited?? What we COULDA had if the Digithing hadn't come around! What we COULDA had if your parents and that stupid company didn't sign that agreement! You and I could've been happy together without any of those things...."
"The DigiWorld means a lot to you and me, and it's our responsibility. I can't hold that responsibility...and that's what makes me a bad Digidestined. I'm not meant for it. You were, Matt. My destiny is leading me somewhere else. I'm sorry. I know without you guys that are my great friends, it's just not the same when I'm out there."
"Let me come with you."
"Matt, I wish you could, but you can't. I'm not allowed to have anyone with me. I don't want you to get mixed in with the wrong people. I'll try to e-mail you as much as I can. Everyday at least."
"And I'll e-mail you five letters a day telling you how much I love you and how much I miss you..." He said and wrapped his arms around her tightly, never wanting to let go. Dawn felt like this was getting more difficult to say goodbye to him...
~*~*~*~The next day in the early morning~*~*~*~
Matt got up early the next morning and crept quietly out of bed, while Dawn was still sleeping. He got dressed quickly and silently so he didn't wake her. When he was done, Matt went over to Dawn's side of the bed where she slept so peacefully. He gently touched her soft face and then kissed her, lightly brushing his lips up against hers. I'm sorry Dawn, Matt thought. But now I am too involved now. I can't turn away without knowing you're all right now. It's up to me to stop this nonsense. Matt walked out of the room quietly and got to the phone and called Tai, explaining the whole situation to him and then telling him to call everyone up to meet outside of the school. Tai agreed and hung up. Matt went into T.K's room and slowly got him out of bed.
"Get up, T.K," Matt whispered loud enough that he could hear.
"Wh....wha??" T.K managed to say all groggily.
"Time to get going."
"...Going? Where are we going at this hour....?"
"I don't have time to explain right now. Get dressed so we can go meet Tai and the others."
"What about Dawn? Aren't you going to wake her up too?"
"...No. Dawn needs to stay here because this is important to tell everyone that's about her. Now, this problem has gotten to be way too big and it has to be stopped. Now let's get a move on..." Matt said as he grabbed his coat.
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"Ohh...." Davis groaned. "Why do we have to get up so early in the morning?! It's six o'clock!"
"Yeah, Matt. Everyone is sleeping around this time. Why did you call a meeting? Couldn't it've waited until later in the afternoon?" Tai added, rubbing his eyes from being so tired.
"Guys, we have a serious situation right now." Matt replied. "I called you up early because I don't know how much time we have left and if I had waited any later, who knows whats' going to happen to Dawn."
"What? What's wrong with Dawn?" Yolei asked.
"She's leaving for America soon." Matt replied and everyone fell over. "You called us all for that?!" Davis asked.
"This is important. Now you've all heard about Diamond Records. They are controling Dawn and she can't escape their grasp that they have holding on to her. This company, I think, is the one who killed Dawn's parents just so they could have Dawn."
"Can't she break away from the contract?" Sora asked.
"No, the moment she does or tries, is the moment everything will collapse. All her friends will be dead....and that's us. We can't let them torture Dawn like this. Once she leaves, it'll be another three years when we see her and only get to see her for three weeks."
"That's terrible." Tai said.
"I know. I didn't want Dawn to know about this meeting because...I don't think she wants us involved. But we are going to get involved. We'll stop them for all the things they have done."
"But how can we take on a whole big major company, when we're just a bunch of kids? It's insane." Cody replied. "That part I haven't thought out yet...." Matt said, sitting down on a chair.
"I can devise a sure shot plan that may be able to break into the security system, and have you guys sneak in. It might take me a while to decode everything though, but don't worry. I'll get to work on it right away." Izzy said.
"Do you think our digimon could help?" Davis asked.
"...That could be a possibility." T.K said.
"It's too bad they can't go there to digivolve. Think of all the people that would see them." Kari explained.
"No one tell Dawn about this. We have to keep her away from this plan, so no one blow it." Matt said.
"Why isn't Dawn allowed to know? She is apart of this too, you know..." Joe said.
"I know...but...as much as she doesn't want us in this, we're gonna be all going to be in this....until the very end. No matter what happens." Matt replied. They all nodded in agreement.
"Since today we have no school, I say it's neccessary to form a type of action. Let's go to my house to make a more stratedgic plan." Izzy suggested. "That way, we can kill two birds with one stone by being able to transport from there to the Digital World if we need to."
"Good idea, Izzy." Tai replied. "We better get going now so that we can have a full day of planning."
"Right." Matt agreed.
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Dawn awoke to the sun streaming in from the window of the far side of the room. Her eyes fluttered and soon she was awake. Dawn sat up straight and when she looked over on the other side of the bed, she noticed that Matt was not there. He's probably up already, Dawn thought and smiled. She got herself her robe and walked out into the kitchen. She looked around and T.K and Matt were both no where to be seen.
"...Matt...? T.K....?" Dawn called out in the apartment, but no one answered. She checked all the rooms and they were all the same: empty. She went back into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Dawn then saw a piece of paper on the refrigerator. She got back up and took the piece of paper off it and began reading.
Dawn,
T.K and I went out early to take care of some buisness. I decided to let you sleep since you looked really tired last night. I'll be back soon. Don't worry a thing about us. See ya!
Love,
Matt
"Business?" Dawn questioned. "I wonder what they would be doing that would be so important...Especially this early in the morning."
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"Okay, first things' first...." Matt began once they closed the door to Izzys' room. "We have to make things as though they aren't that suspicious-looking to Dawn. It must be absolutely inconspicuous so that she doesn't find out and keep us out of the idea."
"All of us have to keep our mouths' shut, for a starter...." Izzy replied and all of a sudden, they all turned to Davis.
"...What? What are you all looking at me for??" Davis asked.
"You know EXACTLY why we're looking at you." Tai replied.
"Oh, C'MON!! How can I be singled out almost EVERY time?!" He whined.
"Because you're usually the cause of things." Yolei remarked.
"Am not!"
"Keep it down, will ya? My parents are still trying to sleep." Izzy said.
"Sorry."
"All right. We all keep the mouths' zipped until we've finished business?" Sora asked.
"We all will....But...." Mimi began and then looked down on the ground.
"But what?" Matt asked.
"The Digimon Emperor....I've seen the way he's looked at Dawn and have been noticing that he really has only concentrated his attacks on her....Do you think it's possible he might be seeing what her strengths and weakness' are? Is it possible he could be after her for some odd reason?"
"Mimi's right." Kari added. "Do you think there's a possible connection between Don Corneo and Ken? It seems really weird that they both want Dawn. One wants her like a slave, and the other...."
"...Might want Dawn's powers." T.K finished. Everyone's eyes widened.
"Do you really think so?" Joe asked. "Who would want to take her powers? Everyone knows not to get on her bad side, otherwise, you were going to wish you were never born."
"Yeah, and it seems kinda difficult to take out Dawn. She's really strong and she'll put up a fight until the end...Even if it means death to her and her enemy." Tai said.
"This problem seems to be getting bigger and bigger now...It's getting scary..." Cody said as he crossed his arms.
"But if the Digimon Emperor could put Dawn under a mind-control spell...just imagine how much distruction that could be caused. Dawn would take out the whole DigiWorld with all the Digimon with it." Matt said.
"She could do some serious damage..." Izzy thought aloud.
"And if we can't stop her....who can?" Sora asked.
"Let's not think about that." Yolei crossed her arms. "Just thinking about what would happen is giving me the creeps. We just gotta make sure that nothing happens. That's all." Suddenly, Tai heard some beeping. He looked at his Digivice.
"Agumon must need help. He's trying to communicate with me through the Digivice." He said.
"There must be somethin' up in the DigiWorld. Let's go. We'll finish this matter when we get back." Davis implied
"I better go." Joe said. "I'll have to meet up with you guys later. I have to study for a major test I have coming up."
"Me too. I have a shoot-out downtown for some new clothes some company is selling. Let us know when you need help by sending us e-mail from the computers at school, okay?" Mimi added. The two got their stuff and left.
"Are we ready to go to the DigiWorld?" Cody asked.
"Yeah...we're ready." Tai nodded.
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"Matt and T.K are sure taking a long time..." Dawn thought aloud. "I wonder what's been keeping them. I wish they told me where they actually went so I wouldn't feel so worried..." She got out of her pijamas and into real clothes. "Maybe I'll just go check up on some places to see where they might have gone...starting with Tai's house." Dawn picked up her bookbag and set out on her small quest.
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"AGUUMOON!" Tai shouted. "Hey Agumon!!! C'mon! Come on out!"
"Tai!" Agumon shouted as he came up to him with Batugurlmon coming up from behind.
"Agumon!"
"Batugurlmon!" Matt said, seemingly surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"I thought Dawn would be here." She replied and looked around to notice only Dawn wasn't there. "Hey, where is Dawn?"
"Dawns' not coming." Matt replied.
"Why not? Is she sick or something?"
"No, Batugurlmon. She's fine...Listen, Batugurlmon. I need a favor to ask of you."
"Sure thing, Matt. What do ya need?"
"We need you to keep Dawn out of the DigiWorld. If she comes here, have her go back. Try to think up things that could persuade her to go back."
"But why?"
"Because..." Tai shrugged.
"Because we think that the Digimon Emperor might want to come at Dawn for her powers. I know she's going to want to...And it musn't happen... Please, Batugurlmon. For her sake, keep her out for a while, okay?"
"I dunno, Matt..."