Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ New Life ❯ If Things Could Change ( Chapter 8 )

Warnings: TK is notdead! So don't hate me! When I write the prequel that tells why Matt started killing, it will make sense why I put that in.

New Life

Chapter 8: If Things Could Change

Yamato stared down at his hand; it was clasped tightly around his brother's unmoving one, made that way only because Takeru was in a coma. Tears slid down the blonde's face as he looked at his brother's throat, where it had been slit many hours before.

"How could I let this happen? It's all my fault. If I hadn't let Tai find out . . . none of this would have happened."

"Excuse me? Mr. Yagami is asking for you. He's finally woken up," a nurse told Yamato.

"Okay. Thanks." Yamato stood up and looked down at his brother one last time. "I'll be back." He let go of the blonde's hand and left the room. On the long walk through the halls of the hospital, Yamato thought about all of the things he wished he could change: Shizuma having ever met him, Takeru getting hurt, Taichi getting involved-so many things that could never be changed.

Finally, he found himself at the door to Taichi's room. He opened the door and stepped in. The brunette was on his knees on the bed, yelling at something on the TV, attempting to throw the remote at it but the string pulling it back and hitting him in the head.

"Ow! Stupid TV!" At this, Yamato chuckled. "Matt! About time you got here. Where have you been?" Tears started to fill the blonde's eyes again but he blinked them away, trying to be strong in front of his best friend. "What's wrong?" Taichi got off the bed and walked over to the blonde. He placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "What did Shizuma do?"

"He cut TK's throat, and now he's in a coma. The doctors said it was probably more from shock than anything-but they had to shock him more than twenty times on the way here! He's my brother Tai! And I didn't protect him!"

"You couldn't have done anything-there was just no way."

"Yeah there was! I could have stopped you from getting involved! Then he would be fine!" Yamato couldn't stop the tears from falling any longer, and the brunette took the blonde into his arms, letting him cry all over his hospital gown. "Maybe I shouldn't have been born. Then this never would have happened." Taichi pulled away from Yamato and held the blonde at arm's length, forcing him to look into his eyes.

"Don't say that Yamato! Never say anything like that! It's not true, and you know it. Don't even think about it. I mean, just think how lost TK would be if you hadn't been around to take care of him for all those years. Imagine how lost our friends would be-how lost I'd be without you. You're my best friend and I love you-remember that, okay?" Yamato nodded and wrapped his arms around Taichi again. "What happened to Shizuma?"

"The cops caught him trying to get away from the school. He's in jail right now and his trial is going to be sometime in the next couple of weeks. They want me to testify against him."

"That won't be too hard. You've been there for everything he's done."

"You don't get it though! It will be hard. If he gets out, he'll come back. I know it. He'd come back and kill TK-then he'd kill you and my parents and everybody else! He's relentless! He has no regrets! He doesn't care! If he got the death sentence he wouldn't care! He'd just be happy that he'd ruined my life! That's all that matters to him!"

"I won't let anything happen-I promise."

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"Matt? Can I talk to you for a minute?" Sora asked, looking sad.

"Yeah, sure. It's after school anyway, and I have to walk home." Yamato grabbed his backpack out of his locker and slammed the door shut. He walked alongside Sora, but when she didn't say anything he decided to speak up. "So what's up?"

"Um . . . oh god-I'm sorry Matt."

"Why?"

"I wanna break up."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Nothing-it's just . . . I know I'm not the one for you, and I want you to have the chance to be with who you're meant to be with."

"Oh. Okay. Can we still be friends at least?"

"Of course! I might seem like a heart breaker, but I'm not a friend-deserter. I've known you way too long to do something like that-that'd just be mean. But don't be sad, okay? I know you'll find that special someone soon."

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"One last question, your honor-Mr. Ishida: how long have you been having to deal with Mr. Akanara?"

"About two years now-maybe a little more."

"Okay. I have no further questions."

Shizuma's defense attorney stood up and began to question Yamato.

"So you've known the defendant for about two years?"

"I've known him for a long time, but I only had to deal with his crap for two years."

"I see. Why didn't you do anything sooner?"

"Because he threatened to kill my friends and family if I did anything."

"Is that really it, or were you just making things up to get him in trouble?"

"I wouldn't do something like that!"

"Did you have fun seeing him everyday? Were you just tired of seeing him and decided to make something up so you wouldn't have to see him any more?"

"No."

"Are you really the one to blame for what happened to your brother and your best friend? Maybe Mr. Yagami is just covering for you, and Mr. Akanara is the one trying to stop you?"

"No! I would never hurt my brother! And I wouldn't lie to my friends!"

"But you'd let them cover you for a crime you committed?"

"No! I didn't hurt my brother, and I didn't have Tai cover for me! I wouldn't do that! What are you trying to imply?"

"Did you and Mr. Akanara have a homosexual relationship?"

"What?!"

"Objection your honor!" the prosecutor yelled as he stood up.

"Overruled. Please answer the question."

"No. I wouldn't date that son of a bitch even if I was gay."

"Please watch your language. I doubt your parents would be too happy."

"They're not here. They had to work."

"Too bad. I have no further questions."

"You may step down now," the judge said kindly.

Yamato quickly got down and left the courtroom-he wasn't going to be questioned again, and he really didn't want to stay for the rest of the trial. He knew what the outcome was going to be anyway.

TBC

Review! This is gonna be hard to get to the next part, but I will have the next chapter up next week! No matter what. And I couldn't kill TK off-there would have been no point to it. I just had to put that in there for the prequel-like I said already. I might get the prequel up this weekend, but I doubt it because I've still got my homework to do and only tomorrow to do it. Plus, I'm going to the mall with some friends tomorrow so that'll make homework later.