Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Now, Forever and Always ❯ chapter 2 ( Chapter 3 )
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: moose_of_doom 
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Romance / Action | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 07.14.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.5K | Visits: 349 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Romance / Action | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 07.14.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.5K | Visits: 349 | Status: Completed
Chapter 2:
Fallen Comrades.
Kari awoke in her own bed, the sun streaming through the window outside. Gatomon leapt onto her pillow, the cat-Digimon stretching as she looked at the young woman in the bed.
"Good morning. Did you sleep well?" she asked.
Kari nodded, and winced as a spike of pain leapt through her skull. She looked up as the door opened.
"Hey."
Davis and Veemon stood in the entrance, his hair tousled and the blue Digimon's eyes baggy. Kari looked them over.
"Did you stay overnight?" she asked suspiciously.
He nodded, and flexed his neck.
"You have got to get a more comfortable couch."
He walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. Veemon and Gatomon, taking the hint, got up and left the room. Davis looked up at her.
"What happened last nigh?" He asked quietly.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Kari, I spent the better part of a year wandering around a different world, contained inside computers, fighting off beings called Digimon. Nothing would surprise me anymore."
She looked down at the covers, thinking. She decided the truth would be best.
"I saw a... face in the water, it was weird. I knew him, but I don't know where from...."
"This would be the water from the dark ocean?"
She looked up at him, startled.
"I saw the water, in the basin. It was black, pure black."
He sighed.
"Don't worry. Izzy's on the case already. He's trying to find out what happened."
"Thank you Davis."
He looked into her deep blue eyes. He leant close to her, until their lips were just centimetres away from each other's.
The phone rang.
She groaned, and reached for the handset. He pulled up, smiling.
"I'll go make the coffee."
He stood, and went to the door. Kari picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey sis. You okay?" Tai's voice came down the line.
"Yeah. But we need to talk. All of us."
"Haven't you forgotten something?" he asked.
"What..."
"Tasha. She's arriving today. You said you and Davis would pick her up."
Kari groaned again.
"Oh sh..."
"Precisely. I think you two had better get moving."
Kari and Tai's cousin, Tasha. Coming to visit. God, she must be the same age as Kari.
Kari got up and sprinted for the shower, calling to Davis as she ran.
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Kari and Davis walked through the train station, until they spotted her.
The blonde girl by the newsstand turned to look at them, and grinned as recognition grew in her eyes. Tasha Konicha walked over to them; her knapsack draped over one shoulder. Her hand went subconsciously to the hidden chain around her neck.
"Nice of you to be on time, Kari." She said.
Kari grinned wryly.
"Hey, I forgot you were coming. It's an easy enough thing to do."
Tasha's grin got wider.
"Who is that gorgeous hunk of manliness on your arm?"
Davis stepped forward. He held out his hand, which she grasped in a deceptively strong grip.
"Davis Miyomoto. I'm Kari's boyfriend."
"Lucky Kari. We gonna get out of here now?"
The two Digidestined nodded. Davis led them through the crowds to his new jeep. The last one having been plastered all over a rainy Tokyo street- corner.
As they drove through the streets, Kari and Tasha got into a spirited conversation, most of which Davis tries to filter out. He wasn't interested in make-up and boys. He snapped out of his reverie when he felt Kari tapping him on the shoulder. He grinned round at her.
"Yeah?"
"Are we gonna take Tasha out for dinner tonight?"
"Why not. Liam's suit you?"
She nodded.
"I'll book when we get in."
He pulled the Jeep into the lot of their apartment building, sliding the vehicle in next to Kari's bike. He got out and opened the door for the girls. Tasha spoke as they got out.
"If we're going out tonight, you two had better provide me with a date."
Davis and Kari looked at each other.
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"Absolutely not."
"Aww, c'mon man!"
"No! I am not going on a blind date with Kari's cousin!"
"C'mon TK, The foods on me?"
"No way, Davis!"
He started to walk past his friend, eager to get out of this conversation. Davis skirted back in front of him.
"She's blonde...?"
TK stopped.
"How old?"
"Same age as Kari."
The blonde-headed boy looked at him suspiciously.
"I don't think so. No."
Davis sighed and played the last card in his hand.
"How much does Patomon owe Veemon for that poker game?"
TK glared at him.
"You wouldn't..."
"If you go on this date the whole debt's cancelled."
"All of it?"
"A big one hundred percent."
TK sighed.
"Alright, Alright. I'll meet you there at eight."
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Any doubts TK had held were dispelled over dinner. Tasha was so... well, he couldn't quite put his finger on it, she was just so, UNIQUE.
She laughed at the look on his face.
"What's so funny?"
"You were staring at me."
"I was not."
"Were too. You weren't even blinking."
TK shrugged.
"Sorry. I was just thinking, do you want to meet up again sometime?"
She frowned, thoughtfully.
"Well, I'd have to give it some thought. Okay, I've thought. When's good for you?"
He laughed.
Davis and Kari, who had been watching the exchange in silence, grinned knowingly. Suddenly, Tasha stood.
"I'm going to the bathroom, back in a minute."
She went through to the other room. Kari and Davis turned to TK.
"What?"
Davis grinned.
"Are you glad I convinced you now?"
TK returned his friends smile.
"You could say that."
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In the bathroom, Tasha checked around herself to check that she was alone, then she opened her purse.
A small, Dragon like head poked out and looked at her balefully. Salamon.
"Why don't you just tell them? It's not like they don't know about Digimon."
"Because I don't want to, Salamon. I like you being a bit of a secret. My ace-in-the-hole, so to speak."
The small creature shrugged.
"Whatever. Have you got any food?"
Tasha fished a couple of bread-rolls from her pocket, and passed them into the purse.
"There ya go. Now stop wriggling, or they'll get suspicious."
She walked back out into the restaurant.
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Later that evening, Davis pulled the jeep back into his parking slot. They all got out, and TK was the first to speak.
"I'll walk home Davis."
The brown haired man nodded silently, and he and Kari headed for the elevators. Tasha hung back for a moment, until the two were safely inside the lift, out of earshot. She turned back to TK.
"I had a good time tonight. Thank you."
"My offer still stands. You wanna meet up again sometime."
"I said yes didn't I? Now get out of here, and let me catch up with them"
He laughed, and headed for the exit. She turned to the lift, but it was already gone.
"Dammit!"
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Kari looked up into Davis's eyes. And he looked down into hers. He leant forward, and kissed her. She relaxed into his embrace, and wrapped her arms around him. Breaking away, she smiled.
"If I didn't know better, Mr Miyomoto, I would say that you had been looking forward to that all evening."
He grinned down at her.
"What better way to round of a great night, than a kiss with the woman you love?"
He asked indignantly.
She punched him lightly on the arm, and they stepped out of the elevator and walked down the hall to her apartment. His was a few doors further along, which was amazingly convenient for both of them. The lift descended behind them, probably at Tasha's call.
She pulled out her door key, and opened her apartment.
They were both pulled roughly through the door, where a shocking sight greeted them.
Both Gatomon and Veemon were bound and gagged on Kari's couch, and several men stood around them, the unmistakable shapes of guns in their hands.
One of the men was facing the window. When he heard them enter, he turned slowly.
Kari heard an exclamation from Davis, and looked up at him. Her boyfriend's eyes were locked onto the bearded face of the man at the window. The man spoke.
"Hello, Daisuke."
Davis found his voice.
"You! But you died in the crash...!"
"Obviously not. Now I'm afraid that you are a threat to me, and I cant allow that. I'm afraid I also need to take your girlfriend away from you."
He moved forward, but Davis stepped in front of Kari, and held up the object he held in his hands. The bearded man frowned.
"The symbol of courage. I thought it would belong to you, but why are you showing me this?"
Davis didn't speak. But moved his hands away from the rest of the orb, revealing an oval shape with a horn at the top. Then he spoke.
"Digi-armour, ENERGISE!!"
Over on the couch, Veemon's form started to change. He grew by a metre. Red, clawed, gauntlets covered his hands and feet, and a red helmet, crested by a foot-long horn and emblazoned with the symbol of courage, slipped down over his face.
Flamedramon sent a blast of flame at each of the gunmen, who stumbled backwards, backing away from the heat that suddenly flooded in their direction. The Armoured Digimon moved forward, slashing out with his talons. Davis leapt forward, and drove his fist at the bearded man...
Who caught it effortlessly, and twisted Davis's arm behind his back. When he spoke again, it was in a completely different voice, a voice that hissed from somewhere deep in his throat. He raised his head, and called out in a language Davis didn't recognise.
A huge crack appeared down the wall, widening as the masonry crumbled away. A horned face looked in, black armour coating every inch of the huge Digimon's body. The bearded man spoke again, this time in a recognisable tongue.
"Viramon." The huge beast acknowledged him with a nod.
"Open the Digiport. We don't have any time to waste."
He pushed Davis away, and grabbed Kari's arm instead. Flamedramon leapt to attack the armoured monstrosity. Blasting a surge of flame at the black face, he swept his claws around in a deadly arc. Viramon swatted at him, pinning him to the ground.
The bearded man looked at Davis. He spoke in that hissing voice.
"It's a widely known fact that Digimon have a link with their masters. What is less well known is that that link can be used to affect the Digimon or the owner directly. Digimon draw their strength from their masters. So if you harm the master..."
At this sentence, the mans hand swung up, and a small pistol that hand been concealed there coughed once. Davis fell to the floor.
Viramon released his grip, as Flamedramon suddenly de-evolved back into DemiVeemon.
Kari screamed. But another voice cut through the noise.
"NO!" yelled Tasha.
Reaching inside her purse, she scooped Salamon onto the floor. The little Digimon looked up at her as she reached inside her shirt for her D3.
Viramon turned away from the wall, his great wings flapping. He carved his hand down in a vertical line, opening a portal to the digital world.
Tasha pulled her D3 out, and it glowed brightly.
The small Digimon at her feet suddenly grew in size, great wings sprouting from it's back. It took the shape of a huge Dragon. Bahamamon.
Bahamamon leapt forward, one monstrous claw slashing at the black Digimon, sending it crashing away from the portal that hung in the air a little way outside the window. The two Digimon slammed their claws into each other, and Bahamamon seemed to be holding his own.
Until Viramon suddenly brought his knee up into the Dragon's face.
Bahamamon somersaulted in the air, knocked away from the black monster, who slammed one claw down into the Dragon's back, sending him crashing back into the apartment. Bahamamon seemed to dissolve, melting back into the form of Salamon.
Viramon picked up the bearded man, and his prisoner, and flew through the portal to the digital world.
Tasha ran over to Davis's still form. She held an ear against his mouth. His breathing was shallow. She ran over to Kari's phone, and called for an ambulance.
Outside, it started to rain.
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Fallen Comrades.
Kari awoke in her own bed, the sun streaming through the window outside. Gatomon leapt onto her pillow, the cat-Digimon stretching as she looked at the young woman in the bed.
"Good morning. Did you sleep well?" she asked.
Kari nodded, and winced as a spike of pain leapt through her skull. She looked up as the door opened.
"Hey."
Davis and Veemon stood in the entrance, his hair tousled and the blue Digimon's eyes baggy. Kari looked them over.
"Did you stay overnight?" she asked suspiciously.
He nodded, and flexed his neck.
"You have got to get a more comfortable couch."
He walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. Veemon and Gatomon, taking the hint, got up and left the room. Davis looked up at her.
"What happened last nigh?" He asked quietly.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Kari, I spent the better part of a year wandering around a different world, contained inside computers, fighting off beings called Digimon. Nothing would surprise me anymore."
She looked down at the covers, thinking. She decided the truth would be best.
"I saw a... face in the water, it was weird. I knew him, but I don't know where from...."
"This would be the water from the dark ocean?"
She looked up at him, startled.
"I saw the water, in the basin. It was black, pure black."
He sighed.
"Don't worry. Izzy's on the case already. He's trying to find out what happened."
"Thank you Davis."
He looked into her deep blue eyes. He leant close to her, until their lips were just centimetres away from each other's.
The phone rang.
She groaned, and reached for the handset. He pulled up, smiling.
"I'll go make the coffee."
He stood, and went to the door. Kari picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey sis. You okay?" Tai's voice came down the line.
"Yeah. But we need to talk. All of us."
"Haven't you forgotten something?" he asked.
"What..."
"Tasha. She's arriving today. You said you and Davis would pick her up."
Kari groaned again.
"Oh sh..."
"Precisely. I think you two had better get moving."
Kari and Tai's cousin, Tasha. Coming to visit. God, she must be the same age as Kari.
Kari got up and sprinted for the shower, calling to Davis as she ran.
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Kari and Davis walked through the train station, until they spotted her.
The blonde girl by the newsstand turned to look at them, and grinned as recognition grew in her eyes. Tasha Konicha walked over to them; her knapsack draped over one shoulder. Her hand went subconsciously to the hidden chain around her neck.
"Nice of you to be on time, Kari." She said.
Kari grinned wryly.
"Hey, I forgot you were coming. It's an easy enough thing to do."
Tasha's grin got wider.
"Who is that gorgeous hunk of manliness on your arm?"
Davis stepped forward. He held out his hand, which she grasped in a deceptively strong grip.
"Davis Miyomoto. I'm Kari's boyfriend."
"Lucky Kari. We gonna get out of here now?"
The two Digidestined nodded. Davis led them through the crowds to his new jeep. The last one having been plastered all over a rainy Tokyo street- corner.
As they drove through the streets, Kari and Tasha got into a spirited conversation, most of which Davis tries to filter out. He wasn't interested in make-up and boys. He snapped out of his reverie when he felt Kari tapping him on the shoulder. He grinned round at her.
"Yeah?"
"Are we gonna take Tasha out for dinner tonight?"
"Why not. Liam's suit you?"
She nodded.
"I'll book when we get in."
He pulled the Jeep into the lot of their apartment building, sliding the vehicle in next to Kari's bike. He got out and opened the door for the girls. Tasha spoke as they got out.
"If we're going out tonight, you two had better provide me with a date."
Davis and Kari looked at each other.
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"Absolutely not."
"Aww, c'mon man!"
"No! I am not going on a blind date with Kari's cousin!"
"C'mon TK, The foods on me?"
"No way, Davis!"
He started to walk past his friend, eager to get out of this conversation. Davis skirted back in front of him.
"She's blonde...?"
TK stopped.
"How old?"
"Same age as Kari."
The blonde-headed boy looked at him suspiciously.
"I don't think so. No."
Davis sighed and played the last card in his hand.
"How much does Patomon owe Veemon for that poker game?"
TK glared at him.
"You wouldn't..."
"If you go on this date the whole debt's cancelled."
"All of it?"
"A big one hundred percent."
TK sighed.
"Alright, Alright. I'll meet you there at eight."
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Any doubts TK had held were dispelled over dinner. Tasha was so... well, he couldn't quite put his finger on it, she was just so, UNIQUE.
She laughed at the look on his face.
"What's so funny?"
"You were staring at me."
"I was not."
"Were too. You weren't even blinking."
TK shrugged.
"Sorry. I was just thinking, do you want to meet up again sometime?"
She frowned, thoughtfully.
"Well, I'd have to give it some thought. Okay, I've thought. When's good for you?"
He laughed.
Davis and Kari, who had been watching the exchange in silence, grinned knowingly. Suddenly, Tasha stood.
"I'm going to the bathroom, back in a minute."
She went through to the other room. Kari and Davis turned to TK.
"What?"
Davis grinned.
"Are you glad I convinced you now?"
TK returned his friends smile.
"You could say that."
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In the bathroom, Tasha checked around herself to check that she was alone, then she opened her purse.
A small, Dragon like head poked out and looked at her balefully. Salamon.
"Why don't you just tell them? It's not like they don't know about Digimon."
"Because I don't want to, Salamon. I like you being a bit of a secret. My ace-in-the-hole, so to speak."
The small creature shrugged.
"Whatever. Have you got any food?"
Tasha fished a couple of bread-rolls from her pocket, and passed them into the purse.
"There ya go. Now stop wriggling, or they'll get suspicious."
She walked back out into the restaurant.
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Later that evening, Davis pulled the jeep back into his parking slot. They all got out, and TK was the first to speak.
"I'll walk home Davis."
The brown haired man nodded silently, and he and Kari headed for the elevators. Tasha hung back for a moment, until the two were safely inside the lift, out of earshot. She turned back to TK.
"I had a good time tonight. Thank you."
"My offer still stands. You wanna meet up again sometime."
"I said yes didn't I? Now get out of here, and let me catch up with them"
He laughed, and headed for the exit. She turned to the lift, but it was already gone.
"Dammit!"
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Kari looked up into Davis's eyes. And he looked down into hers. He leant forward, and kissed her. She relaxed into his embrace, and wrapped her arms around him. Breaking away, she smiled.
"If I didn't know better, Mr Miyomoto, I would say that you had been looking forward to that all evening."
He grinned down at her.
"What better way to round of a great night, than a kiss with the woman you love?"
He asked indignantly.
She punched him lightly on the arm, and they stepped out of the elevator and walked down the hall to her apartment. His was a few doors further along, which was amazingly convenient for both of them. The lift descended behind them, probably at Tasha's call.
She pulled out her door key, and opened her apartment.
They were both pulled roughly through the door, where a shocking sight greeted them.
Both Gatomon and Veemon were bound and gagged on Kari's couch, and several men stood around them, the unmistakable shapes of guns in their hands.
One of the men was facing the window. When he heard them enter, he turned slowly.
Kari heard an exclamation from Davis, and looked up at him. Her boyfriend's eyes were locked onto the bearded face of the man at the window. The man spoke.
"Hello, Daisuke."
Davis found his voice.
"You! But you died in the crash...!"
"Obviously not. Now I'm afraid that you are a threat to me, and I cant allow that. I'm afraid I also need to take your girlfriend away from you."
He moved forward, but Davis stepped in front of Kari, and held up the object he held in his hands. The bearded man frowned.
"The symbol of courage. I thought it would belong to you, but why are you showing me this?"
Davis didn't speak. But moved his hands away from the rest of the orb, revealing an oval shape with a horn at the top. Then he spoke.
"Digi-armour, ENERGISE!!"
Over on the couch, Veemon's form started to change. He grew by a metre. Red, clawed, gauntlets covered his hands and feet, and a red helmet, crested by a foot-long horn and emblazoned with the symbol of courage, slipped down over his face.
Flamedramon sent a blast of flame at each of the gunmen, who stumbled backwards, backing away from the heat that suddenly flooded in their direction. The Armoured Digimon moved forward, slashing out with his talons. Davis leapt forward, and drove his fist at the bearded man...
Who caught it effortlessly, and twisted Davis's arm behind his back. When he spoke again, it was in a completely different voice, a voice that hissed from somewhere deep in his throat. He raised his head, and called out in a language Davis didn't recognise.
A huge crack appeared down the wall, widening as the masonry crumbled away. A horned face looked in, black armour coating every inch of the huge Digimon's body. The bearded man spoke again, this time in a recognisable tongue.
"Viramon." The huge beast acknowledged him with a nod.
"Open the Digiport. We don't have any time to waste."
He pushed Davis away, and grabbed Kari's arm instead. Flamedramon leapt to attack the armoured monstrosity. Blasting a surge of flame at the black face, he swept his claws around in a deadly arc. Viramon swatted at him, pinning him to the ground.
The bearded man looked at Davis. He spoke in that hissing voice.
"It's a widely known fact that Digimon have a link with their masters. What is less well known is that that link can be used to affect the Digimon or the owner directly. Digimon draw their strength from their masters. So if you harm the master..."
At this sentence, the mans hand swung up, and a small pistol that hand been concealed there coughed once. Davis fell to the floor.
Viramon released his grip, as Flamedramon suddenly de-evolved back into DemiVeemon.
Kari screamed. But another voice cut through the noise.
"NO!" yelled Tasha.
Reaching inside her purse, she scooped Salamon onto the floor. The little Digimon looked up at her as she reached inside her shirt for her D3.
Viramon turned away from the wall, his great wings flapping. He carved his hand down in a vertical line, opening a portal to the digital world.
Tasha pulled her D3 out, and it glowed brightly.
The small Digimon at her feet suddenly grew in size, great wings sprouting from it's back. It took the shape of a huge Dragon. Bahamamon.
Bahamamon leapt forward, one monstrous claw slashing at the black Digimon, sending it crashing away from the portal that hung in the air a little way outside the window. The two Digimon slammed their claws into each other, and Bahamamon seemed to be holding his own.
Until Viramon suddenly brought his knee up into the Dragon's face.
Bahamamon somersaulted in the air, knocked away from the black monster, who slammed one claw down into the Dragon's back, sending him crashing back into the apartment. Bahamamon seemed to dissolve, melting back into the form of Salamon.
Viramon picked up the bearded man, and his prisoner, and flew through the portal to the digital world.
Tasha ran over to Davis's still form. She held an ear against his mouth. His breathing was shallow. She ran over to Kari's phone, and called for an ambulance.
Outside, it started to rain.
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