Chapter 12 : Search
Sora
I pulled my jacket tighter around myself. The sun had just
about disappeared over the horizen. The brillant streaks of color
had just about faded away. It was signaling the beginning of
something...I looked at the others, Mimi looked somewhat annoyed,
Jyou did as well, Izzy looked worried, Hikari was white, paranoid
probably. Tai was definately distressed. I was as well. I
shuddered. What could Yamato have been thinking!?
He attacked his //psychiatrist//! What could have happened!? The
wind blew harder. "C'mon, we'd better start." Taichi
said, his voice quivered, I don't know if it was the cold or
what. Koushirou nodded. Mimi let out a small squeek. Too cold to
talk maybe? Joe muttered something that sounded vaguely like;
"And it's a school night too" I tried to smile, give a
little reassurance. But it was hard, since I didn't feel any
myself.
"Where should we look first?" I chittered, when I tried
to speak my teeth chattered together. "If I were Matt, where
would I be?" Tai muttered. "Last time he ran off....he
went to the not-so-good neighborhoods..." Izzy reminded us.
"Can't w-we s-search tomorrow? It's-s-s'cold..." Mimi
wondered. "Mimi! Don't you care at all about what's
happening to Yamato?" I asked surprised.
"S-Sure I d-do, it's j-just so cold!" she replied, her
hair was blowing around wildly in the wind. "I thought I
heard something." Hikari pipped up suddenly, her eyes were
darting around like a cornered rabbit. Tai's sister was seriously
freaking me out. "You're hearing things, Kari..."
Koushirou soothed. Kari wasn't very sure of anything though, but
didn't reply.
We walked silently down the street, looking around for our lost
friend. It seemed pointless to me. Insane or not, Matt was smart
enough to avoid the moving group of digidestined with
flashlights. As if reading my mind, Izzy said: "Maybe we
should split up." "What?" Mimi looked up. "I
don't know guys...what if someone finds Yamato...and he really
isn't acting like himself...." he didn't go any further.
Kari looked horrifyed.
Translation: What if one of us finds Yamato, and he gets angry,
and wants to hurt someone...we don't know how much damage he did
to that psychiatrist...Oh no...now that I thought of it. If we
did find Yama, he'd be arrested for assult. "What would we
do if we found Matt?" I said in a hoarse voice. Tai looked
at me; "I don't know...I think he's beyond talking
to..." I felt helpless suddenly. Everything seemed to
hopeless...Hope. Takeru, why are you gone?
"This is stupid." Jyou said suddenly. We all stopped
and looked at him. "I mean, we're not going to find him if
we stay like this. But we're afraid about what would happen if we
found him and were alone. What's the point then?" he
explained. Tai looked furious. "We have to do
something!!" he growled. "I wanna go home..." Mimi
whimpered. "We have to try guys..." Izzy muttered
quietly. I didn't say anything. Hikari gripped her jacket and
kept watch on our surroundings.
"Doing something pointless is worse than doing
nothing!" Joe said. "What do you suggest we do
then?!" Taichi shouted. "I don't know, but not this!
This is stupid!" the blue-haired boy shouted back.
"Guys stop it! We're not getting anywhere!" I yelled.
"Keep out of this Sora!" Jyou snapped. Tai clenched his
fists. Izzy looked at me, his eyes signaled worry.
Courage. Friendship. Reliability. Knowledge. Love. Sincerity.
Light. Hope. Those were our crests. We've lost our Hope. We're
losing Friendship. Courage is about to break. Reliability doesn't
want to go any further,...not so reliable now...Light was
dimming. Sincerity was being sincere...And I'm trying my best to
keep the Love. It's not working too well.
What had kept us together as digidestined was quickly falling
apart. I felt a sudden pang of loneliness. None of the digimon
were here. How I miss Biyumon....and all the others; Agumon,
Gabumon, Tentomon, Gomamon, Palmon, Patamon, Gatomon...it's been
too long. Years. I still haven't accepted the fact that I would
never see them all again. Our whole adventure seemed almost like
a faraway dream...almost out of grasp. I didn't want to lose it.
Tai swung; "Why are you so selfish, Joe!? Matt needs our
help!" Joe managed to dodge the blow; "Why can't you be
resonable, Tai!? This isn't getting us anywhere! Admit it and
stop wasting our time!!" "Tai stop it!" Kari cried
out. "Joe! Calm down...!!" Izzy urgently requests.
Taichi holds back a punch, his face full of anger. "UG! Why
can't I go home?! I don't want to look for Yamato! Why can't he
just face the facts!? Takeru's DEAD! He can't bring him
back!" Mimi shrieks, totally fusterated.
"We keep looking." Tai snarled through clenched teeth.
"You may have been the leader back then, but you're not
anymore. You can't tell us what to do!" Jyou snapped. Hikari
looked horrifyed. For a good reason, that comment pushed a
button. A bad button. "You WILL listen to me, Kido!! You
WILL listen!" our bruinette soccer star screamed. "You
can't make me!!" Joe thrusted his hands forward and knocked
Taichi into the street.
I was shocked, Joe had never been one for violence. Kari let out
a small squeek. "Car!!" Headlights poured onto the
street and there was a loud horn. Izzy was dismayed.
"Tai!!" Joe turned white. Taichi looked sideways at the
incoming car. I dived and rolled, knocking Taichi out of the
street, then kept rolling as fast as I could to the other side.
Just in the knick of time. The speeding car roared past.
"Sora!" "Tai!" The others came running across
the street to us. Tai was sweating, "Thanks
Takenouchi..." he gasped as he got to his feet. I didn't
reply. Hikari latched onto her brother in a bear hug. Izzy looked
relieved. Jyou stared at the ground; "I'm sorry Tai.."
he muttered. "You could've killed him! And Sora!"
Koushirou exclaimed. I rubbed my arms, they had been scratched by
the rough cement. Then I realized something; I looked around.
Tai...Kari...Joe...Izzy...myself..."Mimi!!" I blurted.
The others turned to me. "What?" "Mimi's
missing!" I cried. Our heads and eyes darted around wildly,
searching. Sure enough, Mimi was gone.
© Kiriska