Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Legend of the Digital Warrior ❯ Chapter 2

Matt thought that the girl took it rather well. Melodi's eyes grew huge, her mouth worked as if trying to say something without sound, and she then just put her head in her hands. "Impossible is a good word for it, Friendship," she said sitting up again. "Out of curiosity, wouldn't that make us brother and sister?"

"Twins actually. I mean, we look the same, we're the same age, and are actually a lot a like from what I heard from Gabumon," he told her.

"He makes me out to be a saint in a way, you know," she said with a giggle. "So what are our parents like?" she asked looking at him with gleaming eyes. Matt smiled as he started to explain everything she'd missed to her. It was amazing how they were neither really unsettled at the thought of being related in such a fashion, in a way they cherished it. It was what they lacked in a way, another part of themselves they knew was there but could never find.

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"Where are they?" Tai asked. Feeling a bit jealous, knowing his friend was probably with Melodi.

"I sent Gabumon to Melodi's room to retrieve her and they shall find Matt together. I highly doubt that they are together at the moment Tai. Matt doesn't seem to trust her entirely yet. He shall put up with her but liking her is another story. Though I will need to talk to him later," Gennai said the last part more to himself than to the other digidestined at his table.

"I found them, Gennai," the canine digimon said from the doorway leading in a laughing Melodi and a grinning Matt, who had obviously finished a funny story.

"Sorry we're late," Melodi apologized. "We got caught up talking and the time just flew by." Melodi sat by Gennai and Matt sat by Tai. Melodi seemed in a better mood now than she did earlier that day. It was starting to get late when Gennai excused Melodi and Tai to sleep. He asked to speak to Matt privately though. Mimi nodded and left to the room she and Palmon were sharing.

"You and Matt seem to be getting along very well now," Tai commented. Melodi nodded as she showed him to the room where he and Matt would sleep that night.

"He has a way of cheering any cold heart with his friendship, even mine which I froze myself has started to melt because of him," she said stopping and opening the door from him. As he walked in she whispered, "And you. You cared. Not many really do…" Before Tai could respond she was sprinting down the hall and closing her door.

"She's got to stop doing that. But, she's not going to be able to just run away tomorrow. She's got to stick with me," Tai mused quietly to himself. "She'll have to open up sooner or later…"

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"What did you want to talk to me about Gennai?" Matt asked, nervously.

"What do you know about Melodi? More importantly, does she know about you?" he asked getting straight to the point.

"She knows about what we are. I told her. Why didn't you tell her?!" Matt asked slightly angry. "She felt she had no one! She knew she did but she felt she had no one who cared! She needed that… She needed that support, that emotional support…"

"I know… But I didn't know if she would ever meet you in a timely fashion. Her holding an impossible hope would have eventually killed her. She isn't as strong emotionally as she makes herself out to be." Gennai sighed as Matt continued to glare at him. "You barely know her yet are as protective of her as you are of TK. Yamato, why did you tell her now? I'm not sure if she's ready…"

"She needed something to fight for. She didn't tell what happened today, did she?"

"What are you talking about? Melodi said she and Tai had a minor encounter and met up with you, quite by accident," Gennai told him.

"She was ready to die today, Gennai. A Gigadramon is what attacked. It was asking for her, though Tai and I didn't know it yet. It was going to kill Tai, who he'd taken hostage, but Melodi told him outright that he was looking for her. She was concerned about Tai, but she let it take her in a way… She was willing to die herself as long as Tai and I got out of there alive…" Matt said flatly. "That is why I told her! She needed to know that she had someone who cared, someone that loves her, someone to talk to, share things with…. She needed a human friend… She needed me…Friendship." Matt turned and walked out of Gennai's main room and stormed to Melodi's.

"He is still stubborn… Just like her… I guess she did need to know…"

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"Good morning, Tai… Come on.. Wake up!" Melodi was already dressed and shaking Tai to wake him up. "Courage! Come on, get up Taichi!!"

"Dump water on him," Yamato mumbled from his bed.

"So he'll wake up the whole compound?" she hissed back teasingly. Matt grinned back and threw his pillow so it hit Tai on the head.

"Wha? Huh… Is morning already?" Tai yawned. Matt and Melodi groaned.

"It's actually sunrise. Close to it," Melodi said, tossing Matt's pillow back to him. "Now get up, get dressed, and get to the kitchen or I'll come back in here and drag you out myself!!" with that she left the boys' room.

"Go on. Get up or you'll have Mel to deal with!" Matt said, pulling the covers closer around him.

"Hey if I can't sleep, you can't either!" Tai yawned yanking the covers away.

"Hey! It's cold!" Matt said, curling up to himself. Tai gave up, not in the mood to deal with his friend who'd spent a good portion of the previous day with Melodi. Tai got dressed and left. "What'd I say? Or do?" Yamato puzzled.

"Finally! I was about to come after you again!" Melodi said putting small trinkets in her bag. "These should allow the other digidestined to teleport here. Are you hungry?"

"A little yeah. I'll probably be hungrier later on in the day though. And teleport?"

"What you think we're going to be running back and forth? No. And of course you will, that's why we pack food and you have me to hunt for more!" she said walking into the kitchen and taking out the food that Gennai had prepared for them last night. "So are you ready to go yet, Tai?"

"I don't exactly have anything t-" he caught the bag she tossed at him. "What the?"

"Clothes," she said simply. "Ready now?" He nodded as they headed out of the compound into the chilly morning air.

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"Ga-to-mon!" Hikari yelled. "Where are you? Gatomon!!"

"Patamon!! Patamon!!" Takeru called from beside her. "Where are they?" The two were beginning to get worried. "Kari, we need to find a place to stay for the night, come on. You know Gatomon can sniff us out if she's near here…" Kari agreed before there were small voices calling to them from behind. They turned to see their digimon.

"GATOMON!"

"PATAMON!" The two children ran to catch their digimon in hugs.

"TK!"

"KARI!" The two digimon were so happy to have their humans back. "It's not safe here in the digital world! We should find someplace to stay!" Gatomon said.

"What do you mea-" Kari started before Gatomon and Patamon hushed her. Gatomon jumped down and ran towards some bushes before disappearing into them and reappearing with Mel. "Who are you?" she asked as TK stepped in front of her protectively.

"I'm Melodi, the Digital Warrior. You're Hope and Light I take it?" The two looked at each other then nodded, Tai came out from behind the bushes Melodi had come from.

"Hey, Kari, TK," he said.

"Tai! What's going on?" TK asked.

"Long story. Me and Melodi-" he began.

"Melodi and I!" she interjected the correction.

"are looking for everyone and trying to get them to Gennai's as fast as possible," he finished. Melodi explained the talisman to the two saying it would take them to one place and one place only so they had better get to Gennai's.

"The digital world isn't as safe as it was not all that long ago," she said handing it to them.

"What's going on?" Kari asked again.

"Evil is after the world. Now get to Gennai's so he can explain it and I can get Tai moving and find the others!" she instructed. The two nodded and were gone in a flash with their digimon.

"Did you need to be so harsh?" Tai asked.

"Yes… There isn't time to be a happy young child. We have a world to save Taichi…" she told him before she felt him hug her waist. Before she could say anything though, his arms were gone and he was hoisting his pack again.

"Where are we heading now?" he asked.

"There's a colder region to the north. Reports say there's at least two digidestined there," she told him.

"Joe has got to be one of them," Tai said. Melodi nodded.

"That's what I thought…" she told him as they started walking that way in silence.

"What were you and Matt talking about last night?" he asked.

"Just stuff you know… he didn't seem sure of me but we talked and found we have a lot in common….." 'Even Takeru…' she finished.

"Oh." A long pause. "Glad you guys are getting along…"

"You don't sound it."

"I am though! I'm happy for you guys."

"You sound like we're becoming a couple or something!" she said suddenly turning to him.

"No I don't."

"KAMIYA! Don't toy with me god-damnit!" she seethed stepping in front of him to stop him from walking.

"Who's toying with who, Melodi?!"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Forget it!" he said as he tried to walk around her.

"You want me to open up but then you shut me the hell out! Which is it Tai? So you want to talk to me, or do you just want to mess with my head?"

"Don't you dare try to turn it around on me like that Melodi!" Tai told her, glaring. "I want to talk to you! I want to be with you and be your friend! But! It's all your choice. I'm not making you do anything but decide."

"What do you want from me? I told you already that I do want to open up it just takes time."

"Seems it didn't take long for you to open up to Matt at all. That kinda shows something," Tai said as he walked past her heading north. Melodi just stared after him looking mad, hurt, and a twinge betrayed.

"Gabu Luna! Gabu Luna! Gabu Luna!" a Tsunomon came bounding up to her looking upset.

"What is it little one?" she asked looking to Tai who was far enough ahead that she felt a small anger boil.

"The village! There's something attacking the village! There's a girl there with a hurt Biyomon! It's Biyo!" he said in a rush.

"Biyo? And Sora?" she asked shocked before taking off toward the village. "I'll take care of it!" she told him.

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Tai looked back in time to see Melodi run off a Tsunomon following her. It wasn't Matt's so he was a bit concerned. "Why am I? She can take care of her self… she's shown that…"

"What about you?" was whispered in his ear before his world turned black.

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Yamato leaned against one of the trees in the compound as he thought over what had happened. 'I hope that Melodi's okay and that she's not fighting with Tai like I was….'

"ONII!!"

"Otouto?" Matt opened his eyes to see TK walking up to him.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I am. You?"

"Perfectly fine… Are you sure?"

"Yeah why?" he asked as the younger sat down next to him.

"You had that look on your face. You're mad, happy and really worried all at once.. Sorta like you were when you fought with Tai…"

"There's a lot going on in my head is all…" he told his otouto. "So, you and 'Kari make it here okay?"

"Yeah, that Melodi girl gave us an amulet to teleport here. She said that we had to get here quickly because it's not safe… Patamon and Gatomon said the same thing."

"It's not safe…. That's part of why I'm worried about her and Tai…" TK nodded.

"Kari's worried about Tai too.. She thinks something is going to happen soon that's going to change everything around."

"It wouldn't surprise me."

"Matt.. Could I speak with you a moment…." Gabumon asked as he came up.

"Sure, Gabumon…"

"I'll go see how Mimi is doing…" TK said getting up and leaving the two alone.

"What's up Gabumon?"

"I think something has happened to Melodi…. She's in some sort of danger…"

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A/N1: And there you have Chapter two! *_* And it looks like I reviews! WAHOO!

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