*Digimon:Digital Sensations!(Starts,2 LSU's!)*

[Toxicity]

~*^*~Laura Rider - Ice~*^*~
["In the land of twilight, under the moon//we dance for the idiots//ring-around-the-roses, jump to the moon//we sing with the castanets..." ~from "In the Land of Twilight, Under the Moon"(.hack//Sign Insert song)]

It was mearly a while ever since the younger Laura met up with me. Since she wanted to be away from much of the others, I had thought about it...that was a lot like me at that age...hopefully her early teen years would be better than mine. At least somebody felt like being around me, because my random iciness would scare them away. Arwen had curled up and passed out into sleep, probably exhausted after not sleeping for two days. For me, I haven't slept in the two-and-a-half to three days we were here, but I, myself, was amazed I haven't fainted or started hallucinating yet.

The pale colors of pink and purple splashed everywhere among the sky, some patches of blue starting to take place, the orange-pink sun spreading its shadow onto the land. It reminded me of yesterday, only less crowded. I eyed around for a moment, the entire crowd had left from last night, leaving it a complete emptiness around the courtyard. The fresh smell of dew and crisp leaves blanketed over what food and gun powder smells were left from last night, leaving what was once an orgy into a complete stillness of serenity.

I looked around, Kouji was all of the sudden...gone. He must've returned his own clothing and slept in, otherwise he is purely tired and just shacked in for the morning, and recover his exhaustion. Wherever he was, I bet he must;ve been in a beter mood than me, maybe even Jun....but I didn't know. The silence between me and Laura last a good fifteen minutes, but I had to say something, so I let out what I planned on doing, my independant journey and everything.

"Well...Laura...I..." I said quietly, slightly stuttering, "At first I thought about it...that I should go on my own journey somewhere, but then you came along and I was wondering..." She looked up at me with confusion about what I was going to say, "...would you like to come along with me...?"

-*-Kouji Hikazu - Light-*-
["Kitsukazu ni kaketa kanjou hiroi atsumete//Yurushi wo motometara.." ~from "Half-Pain" by Bana(Witch Hunter Robin ending)]

I, gazing down at my renewed clothing from before the festival, felt free from the heavy robes, thankful not to be dressed like a perverted monk. Putting my bandanna on, I walked away and towards the tree for no obvious reason, the sunlight shining brightly through the rainbow leaves. With amazement of this sight, I ran a bit further...and stopped, gazing as I squinted my eyes....But then turned away, for I had seen something at the corner of my eye...an opening in the tree? Curiously, I pulled out my D-Sense, which made a slight beeping noise, as if it wanted me to go into the opening.

Putting up my D-Sense, I took a deep breath. After exhaling it, I tried my hardest to squeeze through, and made it. I saw a light only a foot away, then stepped into it. I felt slightly blinded by the fact it was made of a pure white-gold color. Confused, I walked through, gazing at the imprints of the Hikari symbol across the wall in a gold yellow color, and a design of what looked like a human-like femmenine wolf, and a wolf...much like a MetalGarurumon my mother told me about...which was within a manga version of the first season, I think.

I dashed ahead, as I noticed at the end....an altar, with a yellow orb filled with a swirling blue mist, nearby a statue of a girl...possibly in her teens. The statue itself looked somewhat sad...but more of an emotionless expression. Something inside of me told me to approach the orb and pick it up. With my egg at hand which wobbled slightly, I gulped, only to take yet another deep breath. Sweating a bit on my neck, I placed a pair of firm hands around the orb, picking it up...

[Roy Karrde]

Laura Lutz
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I was floored really, I mean I could leave with some one who didnt know my secret, I could leave and I didnt have to have any one worry about me, I could, just disapear for the last few weeks. Yet I would never see Satoshi again, he would worry about me, Auny would too, and David he was my big brother he would be devistated when he found out. "Okay, I'll go, but I want to write a letter to a few people" I told her as I ran into a near by shop and bought a pen and a pad of paper.

"It'll just be a minute and then I can go" I said sliding down onto a park bench, Laura walked off for a minute and I started, I mise on do Auny's first.

Dear Auny
I know, I know that you are going to worry about me, but I want you to know that I am okay, I'm happy, and I am happy. I would rather think that you let me go, that you decided that this was what I really wanted and knew that I died happily. I will miss you very much becuase there were so many times that I felt you were the only one that I could talk to. If David were to be my Big Brother I would want you to be my Big Sister. I dont blame you for what happened in Las Mesa, that was a hard time for all of us. But I do want to thank you for being there for me, with out you I would never had gotten very far in this journey. Thank you.

Love your Little Sister
Laura

Now came the hard ones, both Satoshi and David. I really didnt want to write either one, I wanted just to stay with them and be happy, but I couldnt, I couldnt becuase they wouldnt be happy they would be sad when I was around.

Dear Big Brother
I know by the time you read this you will allready have found out about me getting sick.I know that you are afread that I will die, and to tell the truth I am afread too. So that is why I have to leave, I dont want you to be scared for me, I want you to be happy and to go on living. I wanted you to know that that you were the big brother I always wanted you were there for me when Auny couldnt be, and no matter how horribly I treated you, you still cared about me. I will always remember that night that dance we had and sitting together under the stars. It was the most fun I ever had. When you get back please tell Ark that I wished I could have met him, and that he seemed like a really nice guy. Stay strong Big Brother.

Love forever your little sister
Laura

Dear My love
I dont want you to greve for me, I want you to cherish the time we spent together. I'm so sorry I couldnt say goodbye to you in person and I beg for you not to hate me becuase I wasnt able to. When you get back home tell your mom that she was very nice to me and I liked her. Also please talk to Aoi she loves you like I do and I know it will be hard to open your heart again but please try. I wish I could say I wasnt scared of dieing but it scares me so badly. If I could have a last wish it would be to fall asleep in your arms, but Laura has offered me a chance to get away to not have to watch you worry after me, and a chance for you to not have to see me die. I wish this letter could go on forever, I wish it didnt have to end like this but it does. I want you to know that I will always watch you from heaven, and that I will always be with you. I will always love you

Laura June Lutz

I slid the letters onto my D-Sence and set it on becon mode, everyone's D-Sence would be drawn to mine soon, I slid it down on the park bench and walked over to Laura. "Lets go" I sighed and we walked off.

It was a hour later when we reached the hills where you could bearly see the town, Satoshi and them would be finding my letters by now. "Goodbye" I wispered and took Laura's hand and walked off.

[Arnen]

`~`~Yami Kari [Will the real Digidestined please stand up? o.O]~`~`

I followed behind the little Steel Digidestined, Laura, stayinf far enough behind her that she wouldn't see me. I watched from a distance as she and the other Laura (how many of those little b*tches were there anyway?) left, then went up and snatched up the notes, turning off the beacon on her Digivice momentarilly.

"<Hmm... These won't do...>" I thought, smiling maliciously after reading through them quickly. After scanning the handwriting, I darted off to a corner where I wouldn't be noticed and, finding some new paper, I rewrote the notes.

Dear Auny
I hate you. I'm dying, and you don't really care, do you? I would like to call you my big sister, but now I'm not so sure. Big sisters would care if their little sister were dying, but you don't seem to. So now I'm leaving, and I won't miss you at all.
Sayonara
Laura

Dear David
You have screwed up my life and my whole relationship with Satoshi with that kiss. I hate you for it, it was all your fault for making me kiss you and now Satoshi's mad at me. And now I'm dying and it's probably because of all the stress from you and Satoshi and everybody, so I'm going now.
Sayonara
Laura

Dear Satoshi
I can't believe you! First you hit me and now you're hitting on Aoi? And now I'm gonna die, and do you even care, or are you too busy thinking about her? I hate you... And now I'm leaving because I can't stand you, I really can't! I thought you loved me, Satoshi...
Sayonara
Laura

I went back to where I had found the originals and put the Digivice back how it was with the fake notes.

"<Now to hide the evidence... Where they'll be sure to find it, heheh...>" I shook with surpressed laughter as I ran through the hotel and, making sure the real Kari was sound asleep, I tucked the real notes under her pillow. Then I took my leave, shutting the door quietly on my way out.

[Thargor]

Sorry for the lateness, dealing with exams this week ><;;

Kenichi Tanaka
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It was my mother and my father, right before me... A few tears had slipped out unheaded, as the implications of it washed over me, their images imprinting themselves on my mind. Akira Takinowa... My mother... Her stomach bulging with her pregancy, a new child... No, a new sibling on its way... Then there was my father Satoru, wearing an eerily familiar expression on his face, his black hair kept cleanly, his face a very similar picture to what I saw in the mirror most mornings, just older... Then there was Satoshi, the real world Satoshi in a black school uniform. My brother. I wasn't alone.

I didn't know how to interpret my feelings at that moment. All my life I had been alone in the world. Sure, I knew other kids had parents, but I thought I had made my peace about that before. I didn't have any experiance with having any family at all. The most I ever had were friends, and they never seemed to stick around for too long... Now, I apparently had an entire family. I had a chance for something more.

I looked up from the picture, and hastily wiped my eyes. I put on a smile towards Satoshi. "Thanks for telling me the truth... brother. It's nice to know I have a family out there, even if the majority of them don't know I'm still alive... A weird feeling."

Satoshi smiled at me for a bit, then wavered. "So, you haven't been adopted yet?"

I shook my head. "No... Just been going from foster home to foster home all this time. Never had anything real permanent."

I punched him lightly on the shoulder. "Though this does tell me why I want to help you out so much though... I haven't had a feeling like that for awhile before the digital world... Glad that I have it towards my brother now..."

I smiled again. "Anything you'd like to know about me?"

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Sorry for the short post, time is short =P

[Haruko]

haruka haruda["Subete wa mou owatta to
/Mimi o saii da mama de kimi ga iu/kotoba wa tada nagareteku/Yasuragu koto no nai ashi-ta e"See You Space Cowboy[Vocals By Mai Yamane]]

"Lopmon, now that Satoshi has left, why don't we check what he brought?!?"I asked Lopmon, and she smiled with glee. It wasn't like Satoshi got a lot, but it was something.
"What's this stuff,Haruka?!?!"She said, and brought out a box. I read the title slowly for her...
"Pocky"I replied. I took the box from her, and opened the box, revealing 2 packets of 20 Pocky Stix.I opened both, and gave Lopmon one. She started to eat, her smile growing withn each bite. I took a stick out of mine, and handed it to Auny...I mean...Not that I like her...But I should be nice to her..

It's not like I was going to be with the group much longer.I only came because I felt Satoshi coming back.
"Thanks."She said, and ate it slowly. Me,on the other hand, was searching for anymore useful things.
"Ohohohohoh"I said, grabbing Satoshi's Skyblue Moped. I smiled, and Lopmon just ate. I could use this, and go faster. I did have some yen, maybe I could see if they had anything I could use, or I could try to see if I could reroute the wires towards a battery, and let it not use Gas. But it had a full tank, so it was still good.

"He's got some chip's, candy sashimi(gummy pieces cut up to look like Sashimi)."I trailed off, and took the candy sashimi into a a seperate plastic bag.
"Let's stay for while..Stay!Stay!"Lopmon started to chant, crumb's and all around her small mouth. I gave her a small glare, then a smile..
"Ok..not for long..but ok."



satoshi takinowa

"Anything you'd like to know about me?"Kenichi asked, and I smiled to the comment..I thought.
"Uhh.."I said, placing my hand on my chin. I started to add on, but my D-Sense went on vibrate.I took it out of my pocket, it broke the little "reunion".The screen basically read "Beacon Mode.". I pressed a button, and a holographic compass popped out.

"First, let's see where this thing wants us to go."I said, smiling. Kenichi nodded, and I got up, and walked out door.It pointed left, towards the edge of the town. We sorta walked slowly, untill we came upon a bench, with 3 letters and a D-sense that was whirring and vibrating.I picked up one of the letters,and read it slowly..

"Dear Satoshi
I can't believe you! First you hit me and now you're hitting on Aoi? And now I'm gonna die, and do you even care, or are you too busy thinking about her? I hate you... And now I'm leaving because I can't stand you, I really can't! I thought you loved me, Satoshi...
Sayonara
Laura"

I gave a double take, and read the letter..that was Laura's handwriting....

And The letter fell from my hands to the pavement, My face-left with a shocked(like O.O WTF?) look.



Short posts..ucky.

[Roy Karrde]

Laura Lutz
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"Laura, LAURA" A female voice snapped jerking me back to reality, I looked around trying to get where I was, I remembered the dream I guess you could call it of being Rigiamon before we came, and and now here I was sitting in the place we had set up camp for breakfest, I looked down and saw the bowl of soup in my hands, the bits of potato floating in it.

"I'm sorry, I..I'm not hungry, and if you want you can call me June so that this wont get too wierd, it's my middle name" I said sitting the bowl down and standing up to stretch a little bit.

"Okay, just out of curiosity when was the last time you actualy ate, or slept for that matter?" Laura asked me, I had to actually sit down and think about it for a second before I came up with a answer. "That's what I thought, now eat, besides your starting to look pale food would do you some good" She insisted.

"I'm really not hungry, but sleep sounds good" I smiled sitting down the bowl and walking over to a rock, placing my head on it. It was really getting too hard to sleep, but a nap would be good, at the angle I was at I noticed something white sticking out of my backpack, I leaned over and pulled out a small plastic piece of paper, I turned it around and found the second copy of the picture Akira gave me, the, the one of Satoshi, and his dad, and his mom. Placing my head on the rock again I layed sideways and held the picture with one hand while tracing my finger around Satoshi's face in the picture. "I think I made a mistake" I wispered to myself.

I layed the picture back down and began to bring my hand around to my head when it just went limp, almost dead weight, it felt so wierd, and heavy. Struggling I brought the limp hand, over to my face, it was pale, bloodless as if all the blood had drained out of it. "Oh no, oh no, oh no" I wispered trying to move my hand, it remained still, I tried to move it again, anything, not even my fingers would move."Move" I begged and slowly the feeling began to come back into my hand, I kept trying to flex it, trying to get the blood back into it, which inturn I began to get light headed.

"Maybe...sleep would be good" I sighed flexing my hand one last time and closed my eyes.

[Gladiator]

Morrigan
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Morgan looked around at the final chamber, and it was somewhat odd to her. In the center stood the pedestal which held the black orb, her orb, but that was not what she was interested in.

She backed up a bit to look at the stone panels on the wall, staring at each panel from right to left. In it was a scene of battle, and each panel showed one Digimon she was familiar with. Sometimes, one panel would show two different Digimon. They were all of exquisite detail.

"Huh," she muttered, "It's like father himself had etched these in stone."

She passed her hand over one particular panel. Two knights, back to back. One was carrying a giant sword, the other wielded two. Plants seemed to have been growing out of him.

"The Green Knights," she said to herself, "Generations 1 and 2. Celticmon and FloraGallantmon. Straight from Ark's book. He must have been to this world before. I wonder who he was?"

She went to study another pair of stone panels. They were adjacent to each other, but where the two panels meet was etched a giant barrier, as if it were separating them. She recognized them both.

"LadyWolfmon," she said, "and Sephiromon, the Final Fantasy rip-off Digimon."

Figuring that she had enough of looking at the panels, she finally turned her attention to the black sphere. She fingered the egg, that she had in her wide-spaced pockets.

"Here we go," and she stretched out toward the orb.

[Yami Annika]

I was told I had permission to do this. Plus, I owed BL (Roy Karrde) a post.



Aunyailia
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After Kenichi left for Satoshi, I excused myself from… wherever I was. I wasn’t really sure anymore. Through all my trying, the thought that Laura had run off had left me adrift again. I walked outside and breathed in the fresh air. It was almost morning… How long had we been in this world? I felt almost claustrophobic. I needed to get out of this town. Although, being outside helped.

My dress was nearly ruined. I was pretty, I guess, in a beat-up way. Though, the celebration was over, so I guess it was okay. Not like I would have the dress or the shoes when this adventure was over, anyway.

Distracted with my thoughts, I found myself wandering over to a bench. I nearly sat down, until three pieces of paper caught my eye. And Laura’s D-Sense, too… She was smart, I had to give her credit.

Though, did she want to keep me away from her that much?

Sadly, I picked up one of the letters, begging for an explanation. I carefully unfolded it, and read the first line of the short letter.

“Dear David, …”

Whoops.

I bit my lip, and carefully folded it back to its original look. One down, two to go. But, what if she didn’t leave one for me?

I carefully picked up the next one, and unfolded it.

“Dear Auny, …”

I smiled gently. If she were to call me that, instead of my real name, perhaps all was not lost.

“Dear Auny,
I hate you. I'm dying, and you don't really care, do you?”

I opened my mouth a little, aghast.

“I would like to call you my big sister, but now I'm not so sure. Big sisters would care if their little sister were dying, but you don't seem to.”

My eyes filled with tears again, so I barely saw the last line…

“So now I'm leaving, and I won't miss you at all.
Sayonara
Laura”

She had to know. She must have known that I cared for her, so much… I sniffled, and my fingers tightened around the paper. I read through it again, and I prayed that I was asleep… Maybe I was still asleep in Las Mesa, and this was one, big, elaborate dream.

But it wasn’t. I wiped my tears away after reading it a third time, and folded it back up. So that’s why she left her D-Sense here… She hated me, especially me. I felt the letter drop back on the bench.

I felt weighted down.

I ran.

I ran until the city was just dim-lights. Tears came, but they never fell from my eyelashes.

“Hoshimon…” I called hoarsely. Obediently, she appeared. She looked up at me with concern. I felt as if I were about to faint.

“Aunyailia,” Hoshimon asked quietly. “What’s the matter?”

“Come,” My voice was surprisingly still. “We have business.”

In the shadow of a tree, my body sunk underneath the ground. When it rose again, I was miles and miles away. Far from the detection of any of my friends or the Digimon. I heard a low laugh, and some chatter.

Arkana and Slimemon came into view, from over the horizon. He saw me, and recognized me almost instantaneously.

“You’re that other girl,” He remarked, and I winced inwardly at that title. “Haven’t I seen you before… with the bed-hair?” He laughed at something only he would get. Slimemon looked at Hoshimon, comparing.

“So,” He finally said, when the laughs had calmed down. “I was just thinking of seeing what those kids were up to. Want to have some fun?”

I looked at him through my bangs, as my head was slightly bent. I felt a small grin on my face, and a low giggle tickling my voice box. “Yes…”
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Hospital, Arkana’s room, half an hour (Digital World time) later
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The boy’s veins looked as if they were ready to burst under exertion. In his coma, these were the first signs of life he had shown recently. His face was tinged with blue, and although he was breathing normally, no air seemed to reach his lungs.

His hands grasped the sheets, and then, within seconds they relaxed. He did not exhale his breath of air he had been holding… but he did not inhale again, either.

The heart moniter, which has been showing signs of normalcy, then racing speeds, flat-lined. Like a siren, a long, unrelenting beep erupted.

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Aunyailia
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I stood up, and pocketed my cards again. I was alone again, save Hoshimon. I started walking back.

“Where are you going, now?” Hoshimon asked, quietly.

“I’m done. I’m going back to Primary Town.”

“Your eyelashes.” She commented. I picked her up, and studied my reflection in her eyes. They were hinted with emerald, now. “They’ll notice.”

“It’s eyeliner.” I answered evenly. “I’ve had it on all night.”

She looked at me, confused. I swallowed, and, at once, it all came back to me. What I had done… Oh… what I had done…

He was going to go after Laura, I rationalized. And Kenichi, and Morrigan, and Satoshi, all of them. They weren’t ready for another round. You saved them all.

Laura…

Tears filled my eyes. Even if she hated me, I was still going to protect her. Whether she liked it or not. She was like my little sister, even if she hated the sight of me.

“This never happened,” I informed Hoshimon, my voice wavering. What happened flashed back through my mind. I needed to forget.

I fell through the shadows, and appeared back near Primary Town.

Forget…

Forget what? I frowned sadly, trying to think. The only thing I could ever want to forget now was Laura’s letter… My eyes threatened to tear up again. I needed to be with people. So, I went to go find the group…



Please, please, follow this: No one followed her/saw what she did... And she just made herself forget (albeit temporarily) what happened. The last thing she remembers is reading Laura's letter, and taking a "walk". Then, she comes back into town, realizing she needs to be near people, as she feels pretty horrible right now.

[Toxicity]

~*~Laura Rider - Ice~*~
["ichigatsu no aoi tsuki doko made ochite yuku//owaru hazu no nai koi ni yasashii yoake" ~Yasashii yoake(Easy Dawn)--See-saw(.hack//SIGN ending theme)]

I looked at Laura...uh...June as she laid there, fidgeting slightly and talking softly where I couldn't make out exactly what she was saying, but I could tell she was in a dream. I stared gazingly at the dancing embers of our "fire", cooking the breakfst which would soon be done. I satred at my blue sports bag one more time..it had what we would need to last us food-wise until we reach the next town: canned food, a pocket knife, soda, bottled water, and some other things. I bet Arwen was having fun, for I noticed she was chatting with Alpha, as what June's digimon went by.

I looked around, and sighed in loneliness...it wasn't ordinary for a girl my age to be in such despair...but I had no choice. I backed towards my sleeping bag and laid down slightly, my head over my folded arms. I sniffed the calm air slightly, before thinking of Kouji all alone(possibly with nobody)...no, he must've found somebody. I sighed, as a thought of part of the lyrics to an old song passed through my head...it was a song from .hack//Liminality...but I barely remembered the tune...

Futari wa nido to mou meguri aenai no.... I thought, before translating it calmly, The two of us shall never cross paths again... That was probably true now, we might never cross paths again...well, at least until we return to the real world. A cloud faded slightly through the easy dawn...as I felt as if nothing would never be the same.

"What's with me...?" I asked myself, turning to my side to glance at June. knew it wasn't right for girls my age to be mothers..but was there anything wrong of acting mortherly? Until I met up with the others, it seemed that would be my job...but I wondered: would we meet up again...in the next town?

[Gladiator]

(Uh, I have no idea what's going on, Auny so clue the dumb guy in.)

David
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I looked around me and sighed. I was lost and I had no idea where I left everyone. Sometimes, I still wonder how I lost Laura at the time.

"Oh, I hope she's alright," I said, scratching my arm, "Where is everyone?"

"Not exactly living up to your 'family' speech, are you?" I looked above me to see David, the darker David, just laying down on a branch in the tree. I backed away, wanting to make sure he didn't pull anything funny.

"Relax," he said, glumly, "I'm too depressed to try and kill anyone."

I straightened up, this was not something I was expecting.

"What's YOUR beef? It's not like you have to keep track of your friends," I said, raising an eyebrow. He didn't turn his head to face me, he only sighed.

"Believe me," he said, "My problems are worse than yours."

Something was up, I didn't think any of our Dopplegangers would just stand there.

"You know what the problem is," he said in a darkened tone, "The others are ignorant or just don't care."

"Uh," I began, "I'm not following."

He turned his head to face me, those sunglasses giving him this vacant look.

"Your problem is that you see me as your clone twisted evil. Though you recognize me as what you could become, you see me as a complete individual. We're not as three dimensional as you would believe."

I didn't say anything, though I knew what he meant.

"It is true that I'm a copy, but I'm only a half-clone. I'm incomplete, devoid of the things that make you the person you are. Though I can be pleased, I'm never truly happy. I can only feel the darker emotions. It sickens me. I have your memories, and I remember all of the feelings in them, but it's only a foggy memory, like staring into a cracked and broken mirror."

I still didn't say anything, though I wanted to know why he was telling me this.

"To add to this, I'm only a pawn in this game of chess. You may have been forced into this world, but you still fight. Me, I have no choice, I have no importance in the things to come. It's very hard to kill any of you, and you can heal most physical injuries. I just don't see the point."

He might have cried, but part of me didn't think he could.

"The others don't see it, or don't seem to care. But I do, and I want all of this to end, but I cannot kill myself or the others. My masters will never allow it. All I can hope for, is that someone else will kill me."

He stared at me again, making me real uncomfortable in the process.

"Go south to the tower there, then turn west. You should find some of them, but you might not like what you find."

Knowing this would be my only peaceful moment with him, I thanked him and left. I could still recall the words he sang as I did so.

"And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I ever had.
I find it hard to tell you, cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles, it's a very very..."

I remembered that song somewhere, sometime. I didn't know how or who, but it was familiar to me.

"Mad World"

[Arnen]

`~`~Yami Kari [Evil is fun... As is spending other people's money...]~`~`

I stood in a dark alleyway out of earshot from the scene of the crime, watching, laughing as those fools read the forged letters.

"Ah, this is too much fun!" I said, wiping the tears of laughter from my eyes. "Serves them right... Ah, I'm so bad..." Turning on my heel, I walked back out to the street behind the alley. I grabbed several unsuspecting Digimons' wallets as I passed, and, thumbing through the DigiYen as I walked, I found I had upwards of 2500Y.

"Wonderful. Now I can get out of these dumb clothes." I walked into a lothing store and went crazy buying black leather, and came out wearing a mini-skirt, halter top, and bandana of the wonderfully dark stuff, as well as dark sunglasses, tights, and spiked-heeled shoes -- and feeling beautifully evil.

[Roy Karrde]

Yami Laura
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"We'll arnt you looking spiffy" I laughed looking at the new Yami Kari, she had her new wardrobe on and looked okay, well as okay as Kari could look.

"What do you want?" Yami Kari asked turning her face from me and began to walk down the street, I ran and caought up with her with ease.

"Oh nothing just this" I laughed taking half of the DigiYen out of her hands, before she could protest I had teleported out of there and in to the shop in which Laura bought that hiduous looking outfit the day before, but with the little twit gone, I could fill her place. As quickly as possible I bought a marked down copy of the outfit, changed into it, and made myself look as close as I could to the original. With the bat of a eye I transversed several blocks to where Kenichi, Rigiamon, and Satoshi sat.

"Satoshi, Kenichi" I breathed making my voice a little more ragged as I colapsed in the middle of the street, both turned toward me and ran over I felt Satoshi picked me up in his strong arms and I realized why Laura liked him so much.

"Laura, are you okay?" Satoshi asked brushing some hair out of my face gently as he layed me on the park bench.

"Satoshi, I'm so sorry I never ment to run away, I..I wrote some goodbye letters, but Kari said I couldnt go, she said if I did she would change my letters, Satoshi I'm so sorry" I cried reaching up to hug him around the neck, he leaned down and allowed the hug.

Rigiamon began to say something but stopped and leaned in sniffing the air. "Satoshi, she's not real, she's a Yami" Rigiamon growled. Satoshi jerked away studying my face in shock.

"Satoshi.. what's wrong" I asked struggling to get up, Rigiamon new the truth and maybe Kenichi but if I looked like Laura, Satoshi's heart would hide the truth from him.

"Get away from her Satoshi" Rigiamon warned tensing up as if he were prepared to attack me or to rip off my head. I staggered up and held onto the back of Satoshi's shirt looking at Rigiamon in fear.

"Satoshi, please dont let him near me, while you were gone, Rigiamon, he changed, he ripped apart a Yami in his last battle, Satoshi I'm not a Yami and I dont want to die, Satoshi please I'm so scared" I cried allowing real tears of fear to slip down my face. Satoshi turned to look at me for a long second, finally placing a hand on my shoulder before turning to Kenichi.

"Kenichi, Rigiamon is this true?" Satoshi asked, Kenichi nodded slowly and Rigiamon seemed to just get madder and madder. "Rigiamon...dont touch her" Satoshi finally said I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of me and I hugged Satoshi's waste.

" I missed you Satoshi" I breathed letting Satoshi's sent fill my lungs. As long as I was with Satoshi, nothing would happen to me, atleast that was what I hoped.


Laura Karrde
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Why hadn’t they answered my questions yet? The thoughts of so many digimon had been lodged into my memory… It was getting harder to ignore the points they were bringing up about how this movement was being brought about… Even more about just what nature the Lunars themselves dictated.

The base had changed since my last mission, but only in my own head I think. The darkness and secrecy that enshrouded the lair… Yes, I think the word lair is now appropriate… it was different. No longer did it hold the hope for a better digital world under new guidance. It only offered the knowledge that I was being left out of the loop, I was the one being an unwitting stooge to something that wouldn’t be beneficial. It stank of greed and corruption, something I had been getting to dislike more over time.

My head nodded slightly as I passed through the final arch. Hoshimon’s slick form hovered between the darkness of the hallway and the light of the final chamber. I let a small smile pass on my covered lips as I saw her concerned face turn to me. She had been one of the few digimon that I had created that I had genuinely enjoyed working on and being with. She had been my most loyal ally and comrade, a pleasure amidst work that usually reaped none. I patted her head as I passed, my thoughts now on the summons the Lunars had given me, despite feeling Hoshimon’s eyes on my back.

With a small rustle, both sets of my wings settled comfortably around my sides. These meetings with the Lunars were common, but with every new piece of information I gathered, each mission I undertook, my belief in their infallibility was crumbling… Perhaps they were the ones who needed some guidance. If only I could persuade them to listen to me in this meeting…

“Rigiamon,” the voice of Magna Wicamon croaked out. “Punctual as ever I see…”

I nodded towards him, and the forms of Yami Seraphimon and Venom Lucemon which were swathed in shadow. The other two made no notice of my half bow, making no effort to return the courtesy…

“Your next mission involves a strike on one of the portals we’ve found that leads to the human world,” Magna Wicamon continued on. “Through this, you should be able to gather data on potential candidates for our plan. Now-”

I coughed into one of my hands, the pure black of it making the light around me seem all the more bright. All three of my creators shot me hard looks. Yami Seraphimon was the one who spoke first.

“Why do you interrupt one of your masters?” she asked contemptuously.

“I simply have some of my own opinions on this matter, my masters,” I said, bowing deeply. “I believe they are relevant, and could help further your goals at wresting control from the Celestials.”

Magna Wicamon snorted in derision. “Why should your opinions matter to us? We were the ones to create you, and you live to serve us. Shut-up and do what you’re told.”

Venemon Lucemon held up a hand and chuckled. “So, what are these opinions of yours, Rimon?”

The two Lunars looked at each other for a moment, but Wicamon broke his gaze first to look at me grumpily. A little weight seemed to leave my shoulders at this. At last I was being shown some respect.

“These plans involving the humans,” I began. “Are starting to become very convoluted. I don’t think any plan that rests on how human beings think and obey could be one that you would control. It is the digimon that will decide how this conflict will end and digimon should be the tools to which the keys of the Digital World are obtained. Using our current methods, added with the fact more digimon will flock to us with every victory, we can simply win by having the largest force on this world. The Celestials will be forced to relinquish any of their powers on this realm just on the basis that those they protect wish you to control them.”

A silence overcame my three masters, as they looked at me. I stood straight, looking at them calmly, trying to see what their reaction to my plan was, if any. I knew that my plan wasn’t as… grandiose as theirs was, but it should get the job done just the same. Under the Celestial’s own moral codes, if their people no longer wanted them to rule, they couldn’t anymore-

My thoughts were dashed as a line of red trickled down my vision and my head exploded in sudden pain. In the beginning I didn’t even feel it, shock overcoming my senses. Yami Seraphimon was just looking at me, a vengeful smile plastered on her face, my blood on her fist. The other two were at her side, energy trickling down their hands and eyes.

“Don’t pester your betters with your stupid ideas!” Yami Seraphimon screamed, as she launched another attack at me. My armored mid-section took the brunt of the attack, but it still brought me down to my knees. I looked up, a hardening unemotional feeling overtaking me.

“A punishment is in order for such insolence,” Magna Wicamon said, looking to Venom Lucemon. “Don’t you agree?”

Venom Lucemon scratched his chin, then nodded. “This independent thinking can’t be allowed to continue on like such. Lessons have to be learned, I’m afraid, Rimon.”

Violent energy ripped out of Lucemon’s mouth, slamming me back against the wall. The corrosive effect of it nibbled at my armor, burned my face and tore shreds out of my wings. Wicamon took position then, sending out a volley of dark knives at me, pinning me to the blackened surface. Then all three were upon me, volleys of attacks, slashes, and punches rocking my frame as I struggled to keep onto my consciousness.

As blood and bruises covered my body, the thought of retaliating against such treatment crossed my mind for the first time. Was it even possible that I could stand a chance?

Raising all four arms during a moment when they had backed off, probably to instigate another attack, I felt my own dark aura envelop my body as an attack passed on my lips. What I saw next startled me out of my own attack… Before they began in earnest once more, making me lose consciousness finally, a single thought crossed my mind.

They were terrified…

"Laura..Laura wake up" A comforting voice called for me, I was ingulfed in darkness, wait, it wasnt darkness, I was just asleep, slowly, very causiously I opened my eyes. "There you go" The voice said again, Satoshi's voice.

They were all surounding my bed everyone the whole group, they were all smiling, we were at the hopsital, back in the real world, we were home. "We did it we all made it back, Rigiamon was even able to fix your illness, and your mom is here, she came all the way here to check on you" Satoshi announced I looked over and saw Mom..Mommy next to me standing next to my bedside.

"How you doing honey" Mom said I just smiled and closed my eyes, hopeing this would never end that this would be reality for ever. "Satoshi, Auny, and David are coming with us home, were all going to be one big family" Mom said, I opened my eyes looking at everyone all the smiling faces.

"Here let me help you up" Satoshi offered I held up my hand and he took it softly in his grip, I began to rise up when I noticed the sound of a cracking sound like glass cracking, I looked at my arm and saw it fall to pieces as if it were some glass doll's arm that had been held too tightly and had broken off. I fell back down to the bed with a missing arm, and then the cracking sound happened again and my body just fell to pieces.

The room started to get dark and everyone began to file out single file. "No please wait, please dont go" I begged as they all left only leaving Satoshi and Mommy there.

"Heh, I thought you changed, but your still no more than a broken doll" Mom said taking one last look at me before walking out of the room. I turned to look at Satoshi with tear filled eyes I couldnt move I could just lay there with my body in pieces.

Satoshi calmly took his glasses off rubbed them with his shirt and placed them on. After a second he stepped up onto the bed and walked up till he was looking down at my face. "I cant have a broken Girlfriend" Satoshi smirked raising his shoe up to have it come down ontop of my face driving me back into the darkness.

"No" I yelled shooting up from my laying position, I was back in the Digital World at the camp ground, I felt my face drop as the memories of the dream...the nightmare came back. "No, no no no" I cried, I felt two arms go around me and hug me tightly followed by a soothing voice.

"It's allright it was just a dream" Laura finally said letting me out of her tight grip, "Are you okay now?" She asked taking a step back to look me over, I nodded softly using my hand to wipe away some of the tears.

I took a couple of deep breaths and took a second to find that picture of Satoshi which was sitting half covered in dirt next to me. "I miss you" I sighed dusting off the picture, I just took a few minutes looking at the picture as I lightly held onto it between my thumb and index finger. The wind around us began to kick up I guess becuase of how high up we were but it got so strong that the picture suddenly flew out of my hands and was kicked up into the air. "Wait no" I yelled out getting up and began to chase after the picture.

I ran after the picture I dont know for how long, I could hear Laura's voice behind me every few minutes yelling for me to slow down as I followed the picture, "Stop please stop" I yelled out to the picture but it just kept flying higher and higher. "Stop" I yelled out when a hand grabbed me from behind and pulled me to a dead stop, I took a second to realize that I was at the edge of a cliff I was one step away from falling to my death. The picture just kept flying away getting further and further away from me.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry just please come back" I yelled out to the picture but it just kept flying, I fell to my knees, my body just seemed too heavy to support. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry that I got sick, I didnt mean to, I didnt mean for any of this to happen, I'M SORRY" I yelled out at the picture as if it was Satoshi but it just kept flying away until I couldnt see it any more, and thats where I realized that I would never see Satoshi again, he was gone, gone for good.

[Thargor]

Kenichi Tanaka
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My eyes narrowed on the new Laura that was hugging Satoshi. Whatever program that had caused Rigiamon to freak out was under control now... The real Laura knew that, and knew that he had helped her before all of this. I knew Rigiamon was right, this was just another one of the copies... But Satoshi didn't want to see it...

"Satoshi," I said. "You know as well as I do that there isn't anything wrong with how Rigiamon can detect one of these copies... For all we know, this Laura could have written that horrible note to you, while the other one was innocent."

"But it maybe wasn't them at all.." Satoshi said. I saw the fake Laura let her grip go a bit, a look of uncertainty flashing for a moment.

"Whatever the case, you are in danger if I leave you in this position," Rigiamon said. "And I doubt Kenichi would like it if you were injured..."

Rigiamon closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, they were glowing with a white light, as the ground beneath his feet wavered. Without a sound, a circular patch of ground around him simply dissolved into the air. With a light patter, his feet landed into the dirt two feet down. His fist became a blur, as the copy Laura gasped in surprise, and possibly in pain. Satoshi backed up instinctively from her, and watched as the copy was drenched in green light.

Holding her up into the air off her feet, Rigiamon's wrist was buried into her chest, which didn't seem to be solid anymore. Her body seemed to convulse once, then she became eerily still. Rigiamon frowned in concentration, as the frozen Laura hovered in the air. With a fractional nod, Rigiamon slipped his fist out of her chest, which instantly seemed to become whole once more.

Another one of his hands shot out at Satoshi, grabbing his D-Sense. Pressing a combination of buttons rapidly, the screen on it lit up.

"Card swipe," he said, his voice still very calm.

The green light around the copy dissapated, and was absorbed into the device. In an instant, the copy fell back to the ground, her eyes active once more. With a flick of his wrist, my digimon threw Satoshi's D-Sense back, which Satoshi caught instinctively.

"What did you just do?" Satoshi said.

"I installed a dead-man's switch into her main cognitive functions," Rigiamon said. "Her program functions are now linked to your D-Sense, but only one way I assure you. By just touching all of the buttons at once, you can effectively switch her 'off' which halts any danger she represents to you."

Satoshi looked at it. "I don't need it..."

Rigiamon narrowed his eyes. "We shall hope you don't. Now if you don't mind, I think Kenichi and I should look for the real Laura. Once we show you the genuine model, I can get busy taking apart the programming of the copy to help stem the disease of the original."

I put one hand on Satoshi's shoulder. "Be careful, Satoshi, I don't want anything to happen to the first bit of family I managed to find in my life... I'll try and find an answer that'll satisfy you..."

Nodding to Rigiamon, we left Satoshi, his D-Sense in hand. I split up from my digimon, in order to cover more ground...

***

Minutes later, coming to the outskirts of town, I saw someone cross across the front of a toy-like building, with a swaying gait. To my surprise, it was Auny, still clad in the ruined dark blue dress and looking like a wreck. Come to think of it, I was still in the tux she had gotten me, and it was ripped to shreds in some parts...

"Auny!" I shouted to her. She didn't react at first, it was if she was in some sort of daze. A few more shouts got her looking groggily at her.

"Kenichi?" she said weakly.

I ran to her side, holding her up as she tried to stumble her way to me. I looked at her in concern, her eyes red, her cheeks stained, her eyelashes green...

Now why didn't I notice that before? The thought crossed my mind before I let my concern take over. She needed some help now, Rigiamon would have to be left on his own for the moment.

"Laura, she hates me," she whispered, as I saw tears well up.

"No, she doesn't," I whispered back to her, hugging her tighter to my side.

"Yes, she wrote it down on a letter..." She said, tears coming out freely now. I could feel her sobs against my side. I had little experiance in comforting somebody like this, and wasn't quite sure what to do. Giving in slowly, I just let one hand stroke the top of her head, trying to make her stop crying. After a few moments, the tears seemed to stop for a bit, and I looked back into her stained face.

"Laura didn't write those letters," I said to her, "Rigiamon says he thinks one of the copies did it..."

"It doesn't matter, she still doesn't care about me... Nobody ever does..." she replied.

I smiled back to her, "Well, I care about you."

A look of surprise came across her face at this statement, and I felt it reflected inside me as well... It was a different feeling that I had gotten when I learned Satoshi was my brother, but shared so many aspects of it... And it was true.

"Come on, lets get you back to your house... We've got to get some clothes on that aren't torn to pieces, and we'll find out just exactly what is going on..." I said, supporting Auny as we walked back slowly...

[Haruko]

satoshi takinowa
["Nani ga wow wow wow wow wow kono sora ni todoku no darou/Dakedo wow wow wow wow wow a****a no yotei mo wakaranai"Butter-Fly[Digimon Adventure Opening]]

"Be careful, Satoshi, I don't want anything to happen to the first bit of family I managed to find in my life... I'll try and find an answer that'll satisfy you..."Kenichi said, placing his hand on my shoulder as I stared at my D-Sense. Him and Rigiamon both left afterwards, and I looked down at Laura..

'She's too good to be fake..'I thought,'But still..'

"Here,let me help you up."I said,handing my hand outwards towards her. We then sat back on then near us, and I looked in her eyes, which seemed to be swelling with tears.

'Those tears are real..'

"No..one think's I'm really Laura."She said, sniffling and started to cry lightly,"I'm the real Laura,I swear..I am."

I placed my arms around her, and gave her a hug. I sniffed her hair, the same smell as Laura's."It's ok, I think you are the real Laura, and It shouldn't matter if someone else doesn't believe you."
"Thanks Satoshi,"She said, and clutched onto my shirt.Her skin was soft...
"To me, you are Truely Laura. And I love you."I told her, and she stopped clutching on my shirt. And for a second, we stared into eachothers eyes, both searching for something..

"Hey, I brought some stuff back from the real world, lets go have some."I smiled, and stood up. She followed, and we held hands, goind back to the house with the Boiler room in it.
I slowly opened the door, and peeked in. Haruka was laying on the bed,while Lopmon was besides her, eating slowly a packet of pocky..
"Lopmonn.."I said to her, opening the door fully. She stared at me, then stared at Laura.
"Who's that?"
"That's Laura."
"No it isn't, she doesn't feel like Laura."She said.
"She's Laura, otherwise you gotta give me my pocky back."
"Okk,she's Laura"She smiled, and continued to eat.

"Here,some Candy Sashimi, Mini Candy Okonomiyaki.."I said, going through the bags I brought, and handed some of it to Laura, who seemed to enjoy the sight of the stuff quite well.

[Roy Karrde]

Yami Laura
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"Are you sure this is okay?" I asked looking down at the candy and then back at Satoshi and then back at the candy. "I dont want to take your candy or anything" Satoshi just smiled and said it was okay. Slowly I took a few pieces and tried a bite, it taste really good, I tried a few more and smiled it tasted really good.

"You like it dont you?" Satoshi asked I nodded several times and went back to eatting the multi colored candy. What was I doing? I was actually starting to fall for Satoshi? I was supposed to be evil, I was supposed to have murder and destruction follow in the wake of every step, but now, now I was acting like some kid, I was acting like the real Laura.

"Stop it, you shouldnt be doing this" I yelled out my head snapping violently to one side, I shook it trying to clear my thoughts there were so many voices in there telling me what to do. "Get out, get out, GET OUT" I yelled back at the voices standing up and walking around the room while digging my nails into my skull.

"Stop it, I wont hurt him I wont" I yelled back at the voice that told me to take the opertunity and kill Satoshi. He was the only one that trusted me, I wasnt going to betray that. "Shut up, SHUT UP" I yelled again, the voices seemed to just stop on that and I found myself in a courner my hands clutching my head so hard that blood was rolling down my arm.

I slowly let go of my head, letting it drop down as if it were some rag doll, and closed my eyes trying to calm myself down, I wasnt going to kill anyone, I wasnt going to hurt Satoshi atleast not right now. "It's okay" I breathed opening my eyes to look up at Satoshi, I knew he would be scared, maybe a little frightened of me, but I didnt expect to see him holding his D-Sence, his fingers inches away from pressing the failsafe button. "Satoshi, I.." I began shocked that he would even consider doing that.

"Are..you ok?" He asked, I nodded and he took a few steps toward me his hand still next to the D-Sence, I looked down at it and then back at him, and then back down at it. "Oh..sorry" He sighed placing it back into his pocket.

"I..I dont know what's wrong with me, but...I want you to come here Satoshi, I want you to feel something" I said as Satoshi sat down in front of me, I closed my eyes for a second and gave the coding Rigiamon gave me a physical personification, it looked just like it felt something awful just squirming around inside of me. I slowly took Satoshi's hand and placed it over my chest where my heart was. He almost flinched away but I held on tightly. "See I'm real, I have a heart beat and everything" I told him he took a second and just looked at me he was about to say something when the coding or worm moved over that area, I could tell Satoshi could feel how discusting it was by his reaction and him jerking his hand away.

"That was what Rigiamon placed inside of me, it's I dont know what it is, but it hurts every second I can feel it moving around inside of me Satoshi and it hurts so badly, please make the pain go away" I begged him, we both just stood there in silence and I let the image of the coding drop from the system, it was taking too much of my strength to keep it up. "I'm sorry I..I shouldnt be worrying you with this" I said getting up quickly and walked out the door to the house.

"Laura..Laura stop" Satoshi yelled out after me I finally stoped and he only took a second or two to catch up with me. "Laura listen, I know I've been a jerk to you, I've never treated you like I should truly treat you, I know I've said I love you but I still treat you like a kid, I'm..I'm sorry about that, and I want you to know that I'm hear for you, and..and I want you to get me back for how awful I treated you" Satoshi finally said I looked at him like he was crazy, he held out a finger and ran off a second later he came back with a squirt gun which he handed to me.

"Shoot me, shoot me right now in the face"
"I..I dont know"
"SHOOT ME, embearace me, something"

I closed me eyes and wraped my finger around the trigger and pulled it back, a small stream of water shot out splattering all over his shirt, when I opened my eyes I could see that his shirt was soaking wet. "Do you have one for yourself?" I asked him pumping the air pressure up in the gun again. He shook his head no. "Then how are you going to defend yourself?" I laughed as he took off running and I took off after him squirting him in the back every few seconds.

[Haruko]

satoshi takinowa
["Moshimo tsubasa ga attara kono sora tobeta toshi-tara/Michi ni mayou koto sae naku yume ga kanai no?"If We Fly Together[Sora and Piyomon's Theme-Digimon 02]]

I began running for my life around Primary Village as Laura kept on shooting me with the watergun. My already messed up hair got in my face, and I had to keep on moving it out of my eyes. In that time, kept on squirting me with water..I quickly ran in a dash towards a store,with the words "Toy" on it. Running inside, I was safe for now. I panted deeply, and looked around.

"Here we goo.."I said, smiling. I found a little bit bigger water gun than Laura's. I quickly gathered around my pockets and found enough to buy it.
"Here."I said to the Gallantmon behind the counter. He stared at me weirdly, then asked.
"Do you wish for me to fill it up with water for you?"He said, and I shook my head yes. He went to the back, and came out with it filled up.
"All Pressurized...have fun."He smiled, and I grabbed it from him, left my change on the counter, and ran out.

"Fair game.."I said, She was outside, waiting for me besides the doorway. She shot me again with water, and I was now, officially soaked.
"Payback time.."I smirked, and shot her with a blast of water. Her shirt was now soaked in the front. I pressurized it a little more,and she shot me again. I started to run, and about a minute later, came to a standstill.
"Hey, Why did you stop?"Laura asked, catching up to me. I pointed ahead to shadowy figure that was quickly walking up to us..

"You know, you 2 are immature."Her stern voice said. Haruka. She waved at us, and came face to face with me. Lopmon wasn't with her, and so wasn't her scooter.
"You know,"She said, touching my face,"You should really look closer at that Laura.She isn't the real thing.."
"Aren't you?"She completed, Facing Laura now.


haruka haruda
["Ano koro no boku to wa chigatte mieru ka na?/Jishin wa nai keredo/Tsuyogatte waraerun da"Kaze ni Mukatte/Facing towards the Wind[Jou's Theme-Digimon 02]]

"I'm the real Laura."She replied to my question, her face sorta quivered as I moved my face towards hers. I bent down to her level, and suddenly, I felt weird inside. It was the kind of empty feeling, I couldn't explain it more...She wasn't the real Laura at all, who would normally give me a cheery feeling inside.

"Satoshi-kun,"I said, placing my mouth near his ear,"She isn't the real thing."
"Yes she is."He said instantly, and Laura nodded. I looked back at her, and gave her a quick glare.
"You know, you Yami's have no feeling inside whatsoever. Unlike us humans, who aren't really a bunch of 0's and 1's, you and your bunch of Yami's are."I told her.
"Well, I'm the Real Laura..Please believe me."She said with a sad tone.I looked into her eyes..
"Whatever. Just know-If you hurt Satoshi, your in a world of pain."I said, cracking my knuckles. I then waved bye, and headed towards the house with the boiler room in it. It wasn't that long a walk..

"You know.."I told myself as I approached the house,"I sorta feel guilty for doing that."
"Nahh."I said, and got near the door. Opening it,I found Lopmon still asleep. I decided to join her aswell, locking the door behind me.

[Haruko]

Sorry for not posting lately, I've been having Midterms, and those suck my brain dry of any ideas and crud. So I'll be posting by Tonite, tomorrow afterschool the latest.

^^

[Gladiator]

Morgan
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"That was a diss, wasn't it?"

Morgan shot her head up, surprised to hear another person's voice in the room.

If it weren't for the many other strange things that Morrigan saw on her journey, she would have been surprised to see the face of a statue looking down at her. Instead, she was confused by his remark.

"Say what?"

"You said 'Final Fantasy rip-off.' Was that a crack about me?"

Morgan could see that the...person was slightly peeved about her remark.

"I didn't mean anything by it," she stoically responded, "I'm just saying that your Digimon form bore a resemblance to the Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts character. So, what do you need?"

The figure sighed, but otherwise said nothing.

"Well, you already know what's going on and why you're here, so why don't I show you how to work the D-Sense."

Morrigan pulled the device from her pocket and set the egg down.

"Well, if something happens and you're in a pinch, simply move your D-Sense into a star formation," he showed the motions and Morrigan copied.

She looked around her to see the room engulfed in what could best be described as a heavy darkness. Like being in a weak black hole. Her D-Sense was rumbling violently. She could only suppose that the blackness was caused by it.

She looked to see the statue nod approvingly.

"I see," he said, "You are the possessor of all that is dark or shadow. Darkness is your element, the weapon against your enemies."

"Huh," Morrigan said, "A positive darkness? Doesn't that sound a tad like a paradox?"

"Strange," a new, more feminine voice piped in, "I had the same thought."

Morrigan looked down, though she did not gasp (that's not her style), she did look a tad surprised.

"It can't be," she muttered, but close inspection told her otherwise.

From its pitch black scaly skin to the feathery wings on its back, it was the same dragon that she had bugged Ark into creating. It was almost too good to be true.

"You're Nixmon." she said, "How?"

The dragon, as clueless as Morgan, could only shrug her front shoulders.

Morgan decided to drop the subject, "So what now?"

The dragon merely sat down on its hindquarters, "We wait."
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Where's Gothic?

[Roy Karrde]

I dunno where Gothic is...
Laura Lutz
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"Soo.." I finally said breaking the silence as we walked along the valley toward, who knows where. Laura had finally been able to calm me down, and I felt kindof silly afterwards of the whole thing, these last few days were going to be a new life for me, a no Satoshi life. "You and Jun seemed to be getting pretty close"

I watched as Laura seemed to blush a little bit but at the same time she straightened and kept walking. "We were friends June thats all" She replied trying to mask her feelings, she might have been able to hide those feelings from Satoshi or Kenichi but not me.

"Sure you were, lets go ask him" I laughed grabbing her D-Sence and running off trying to get a head start on her. "Jun, hello Jun, Come in Jun?" I asked pressing as many buttons on the D-Sence as I possibly could before Laura tackled me to the ground.

"Give that back" She yelled trying to keep from laughing, I stretched out my arm trying to keep it out of her reach but she was taller and was able to pry it out of my hands. "Got it, now if we are going to call some one lets call Satoshi or David" Laura laughed, I blushed slightly and looked away for effect.

"So where are we going?" I asked before Laura could answer I started coughing again, bending over I dropped to my knees and vomited out what I ate of this mornings soup and more blood than you could fit into a can of C.C. Lemon. Wipeing off the blood from my mouth I stood up and looked at Laura who staired at me in shock. "It's okay, I just got a bit shaken up, so if not Jun than who..Kenichi?" I asked standing up, Laura laughed and shoved me back down to a seated position, maybe this whole trip thing wasnt that bad after all.

Yami Laura
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"I..I'm Laura" I stammered out letting the squirt gun fall from myside, everyone, Kenichi, Rigiamon, and now Haruka? They were all saying I wasnt Laura but I remembered being Laura I remembered coming here to the Digital World, and meeting Alpha and getting my first kiss from Satoshi.

"It's nothing, everyone is acting wierd today" Satoshi laughed I shook my head and just ran off, I had to get away from them, away from Satoshi I..I didnt want to hurt him, I couldnt hurt him could I? No, no I couldnt.

"I'm Laura, I am" I sighed slamming my hand down on the fountain that I was sitting next to, I was I just knew I was.

"No your not, and I'll prove it" Satoshi laughed walking up to me, I didnt understand how could he change what happened, what changed his mind, and if I wasnt Laura..what was I? With the blink of a eye Satoshi grabbed my hand and the surounding changed to that of a Hotel Hallway the door infront of us proped open so that you could bearly see the inside room, so that you could bearly see Kari sleeping inside of the room. "Your a Yami, a insterment of evil, now kill Kari like you were ment to do and you will remember" Satoshi said his voice deepened as he handed me a knife.

"I wont, I...I wont, and I'm not a Yami I'm Laura, Satoshi said I was" I yelled back at the fake Satoshi ad I bearly kept a grip on the knife with two fingers, that knife it was evil it was aweful and their was no way I was going to kill Kari with it. Satoshi made a swirling motion with his finger and all the water left on me flew off my body, collected in the air, and formed a colored picture of Satoshi being held down by a monsterous Digimon.

"Do it or I will tell this Digimon to kill him" The Evil Satoshi lied, I almost droped the knife in shock from the lie, Satoshi, the only one that believed me, the only one that loved me, he couldnt die he just couldnt, I would do anything to save Satoshi.

"I..I'll do it just dont hurt Satoshi" I said my mouth bearly forming the words, The Evil Satoshi nodded and vanished, leaving me standing in the doorway. I slowly opened the door and walked in, shutting it and locking it after I was in. Gripping the knife and gulping back a urge to warn Kari, I began to walk to Kari and raised the knife above my head. I had to do this, I had to do it for Satoshi.

[Yami Annika]

Sorry about lateness! Evil teacher gives too many projects, and I'm tired, so this is short and sweet:


Aunyailia
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We walked back into town, thankfully at a slow pace. I was happy to be with Kenichi… very, very happy – but the memory of Laura kept nagging my thoughts. It was a very bittersweet moment.

We stopped at the house I had “rented” – or perhaps “borrowed” is a better term. I rummaged around for a few minutes, before I found a shopping bag with my old clothes. At last, freedom from skirts and heels…

“You don’t happen to have your clothes with you, do you?” I asked quietly. My voice was still raw from crying. He shook his head, and I felt so sorry for him. The rags, what was left of his suit, were hardly fashionable, or comfortable.

I started digging around more in the bags, and brought out the pink tuxedo, smiling weakly. “I just had an urge to buy this. You could wear this, if you want.”

“It’s pink,” he reiterated his earlier statement. But there was no hint of aggravation or annoyance in his voice, for which I was glad.

“It’s light pink,” I grinned teasingly. I shrugged. “Do what you want, though. Who knows? Pink just might be your color.” I turned, and went into the bathroom, locking the door behind me, sighing gently. He said he cared about me… That made me the happiest.

Maybe we could just explore Primary Town some more. The last thing I needed to see was Laura… or Yami Laura, whichever. I’d be all in tears again. I never really got to spend the ideal time with him at the dance… then again, no one really did. Perhaps this was my chance to make it up. And second chances don’t come often.

“I care about you.”

Inwardly, I grinned again as I started unfolding my pants and shirt.

[Toxicity]

Sorry I was gone guys...My week was stressful. Got the report card, extra homework, my insecurities of my mother increasing, working on my science project...well...you get it...

I'll post later, I gotta go in a few minutes...

[Thargor]

Kenichi Tanaka
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I watched Auny move to the other room to change, while I glanced at the light pink tux layed before me. The situation could have been worse I suppose... I could have no clothes left. At the moment, the clothes were literally hanging by the seams on my frame, something that probably didn't look too good... The tux had a white collared button shirt beneath it, which I took apart from the pants.

I quickly got out of the old clothes, changing into just the light pink suit pants and the white shirt itself. The blood on my chest was dried now, and wasn't in danger of showing through the white. I didn't want much attention brought to it, there were other people to care about at the moment. Seemingly there were more people here that I had to care about than I had in the rest of my life... And one of those needed my company. I looked towards the closed bathroom door at this, and let a smile play across my lips. Or perhaps I needed hers at the moment.

As I put my D-Sense into the new pocket, the door to the bathroom opened up. I looked up and smiled at Auny. She was dressed in a clean shirt and a pair of pants. Her face was cleaned up a bit, the tear stains gone and some of her discomfort gone. I felt warmed inside as she smiled back at me.

"So, should we head back to the others?" I asked slowly, moving over to her.

She shook her head quickly, then put her arm around mine, a smile smile on her lips. "No... I think that we should take all the time we've been given. We didn't get to spend much time together last night, this could be the perfect opportunity."

I smiled back at her, and we looked at each other silently for a moment. Joining briefly in a sudden kiss, we broke it off as we headed for the door. I opened it, leading Auny by the arm.

"So, I heard some digimon talking last night about some street entertainment being performed today... What do you think we head off there first?" I asked. Auny smiled and nodded back.

"Sounds like a good start."

As we headed down the path, I let my thoughts wonder to Satoshi, Laura, and Rigiamon... I'm counting on you Rigiamon...

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Rigiamon
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They were getting closer now... The data was flowing freely before me, acting as a homing beacon. At first their trail had been somewhat hard to follow, they had managed to make good distance from Primary Village, and their trail wasn't that warm. But fortunately the older Laura still had her D-Sense with her and I took the gamble that the youngest one was still with her. My gamble had paid off, as I could sense the two humans traveling together...

The form of Primary village was distant behind me, hills and grass mostly obscuring it from view. While it was scenic out here, there was hardly anything interesting... At least to the naked eye. Data had always interested me, something that the Lunars had thought necessary. At least they had done something good for me... I could read data more easily than most digimon who could only see the "surface" of the digital world, a surface that tried to imitate the "real" world of the humans. Kenichi had said that whenever I was tracking something, I appeared to be sniffing the air like one of the animals back on his world. While other digimon might agree to that, I did not waste time on "scents", only on the hard data itself I detected. Why waste time on trivial matters?

As the flow of data almost became solid before me, a hill imposed itself on my mind before me. I had my eyes closed for most of the journey, to not distract my search with images. Taking pause for a moment from my rapid pace, I braced my legs and leapt over it.

I opened my eyes as I flew over the hill, seeing the two human girls together beyond the grassy bump. Their expressions were those of surprise, shock really in the case of the older one. The youngest, however, didn't seem to have much of a reaction, and appeared quite listless...

Landing lightly on the ground next to them, I slowly straightened my back to my full erect posture. Little Laura was sitting on the ground, her skin very pale and a pile of nutrients were beside her on the ground. Her condition had grown a lot worse, she wouldn't survive much longer without a transplant from the copy. The older Laura had stood up to look at me, she was normal.

"Rigiamon? What are you doing here?" she asked me.

"I am here to retrieve you. There is trouble going on at Primary Village, another copy has appeared, this time of the little Laura. She is posing as the real thing, and has managed to convince Satoshi to an extent that she is the real Laura." I said, gauging both of their reactions.

"Is Satoshi alright?" the younger Laura asked, her voice a whisper. I doubted she would remain conscious for much longer.

"For the moment he is... I gave him a defense against her before I left, but I can't be sure whether he would use it or not. We must show him you..."

"No, I don't want him to see me like this..." she whispered back.

"There is another reason," I said softly back to her. "Using the copy's data, I can make you much better than you are now, saving your life for a moment. Do you really think Satoshi would be happier with a copy?"

"But... I..." Laura stopped in mid-sentence as she slumped over. I reached out with one arm to steady her, then pulled her to my chest. I looked to the older Laura.

"I'm coming with you to make sure she's alright," she said before I could open my mouth.

I nodded, and kneeled. She got the idea quickly, and got onto my shoulders like Kenichi had not so long ago. Rising slowly so not to unbalance her, I shot off from the ground, back towards Primary Village...

[Arnen]

~`~`Kari ["The blade above my head reminds me what to do before I'm dead" Before I'm Dead, by kidneythieves]`~`~

My sleep was cut short by a noise above me. My eyes snapped open and I saw... Laura? Standing over me with a knife? WTF?

"L-Laura?" I stuttered, drawing back and gathering the covers up to my chin. "What are you doing? What's... What's with the knife?"

I noticed she had frozen, the knife half in the air. She mouthed something, then turned and ran. I stood up, knocking the beddings askew, and ran after her.

"Laura, wait! What happened?"

[Roy Karrde]

Hey just a little bit of News, Thargor updated his post with the Rigiamon post and Virtual Play who is a amazing artist has started a art coloring thread which is here, he did the colored pic of Laura which was drawn by Kioshi * Who I have been emailing for a while and still not gotten a responce back * The colored pic can be found here

Yami Laura
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I ran out of the room and down the hallway as fast as I could, Kari had woken up, she had seen me and I couldnt kill her, now Satoshi would die, and then Haruka would kill me.

"Laura wait" Kari yelled stumbling after me still in her nightgown, I couldnt stop running I just couldnt, she wouldnt understand anyway, would she?

"Kari I cant, I just cant" I turned and yelled back at her, I turned back around just in time to run right into a cleaning cart, the blade slipped out of my hand, and flew through the air, I reached up to grab it and it sliced open my left hand before it hit the ground right beside me. I just sat there against the wall for a second holding onto my bleeding hand until Kari finally arived.

"You know, you Yami's have no feeling inside whatsoever. Unlike us humans, who aren't really a bunch of 0's and 1's, you and your bunch of Yami's are." Haruka had spat at me back when Satoshi and I had met her.

"Kari, is this blood, please tell me it's blood" I begged holding out my cut had which was starting to feel weak and limp. "It's not ones and zeros is it?" I asked as Kari wraped my hand in a bandana.

"No, it's blood, and a really bad cut too" Kari sighed wraping the bandage I just leaned forward and hugged her. This ment I wasnt a Yami I was real, I really was real. "Now what is with that knife back there" Kari asked as I pealed off of her.

"I'm Real I'm Real" I laughed hugging her again, Kari just seemed to laugh and pat me on the back, I slowly let go of her and just sat back hugging my arm. I was REAL.

"Satoshi, David, some one, I have Laura here, and I need some help with her" Kari said into her Digivice as I just sat there cradling my hand, I was real.

Laura Lutz
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Rigiamon craddled me in his arms as we flew through the air, wind whiping at my face as we went along. It was getting so hard to breath almost like I had to strain just to get a single breath. "Rigiamon, I'm soo sleepy" I complained shutting my eyes, my next breath I almost gagged on and had to exhail so quickly.

"Stay awake kid, were almost there" Rigiamon said but his words sounded so faint so far away as if he were miles away. "Hey open those eyes, the town is allready below us, we should see Satoshi or Kenichi any second"

"Cant..open...eyes..too...tired" I said between gasping for breath.

"Hold in there" Rigiamon said again as he picked up speed, his voice, the wind, everything seemed to grow so faint.

[Gladiator]

David (This post takes place when David reaches the hotel area, or wherever they are)
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I didn't know what to say, it was too strange for me to comprehend.

I knew the girl before me was not the original Laura, I could definitely detect that hint of corruption. At the same time, I could sense that, in some way, she was not like the other Dopplegangers. Like she had escaped the fate that Dave said they were trapped in.

I got down on one knee to examine the cut on Laura's hand, taking her down to the lobby area where there was sure to be a plant or two.

I caught the look on Laura's face.

"What's wrong?" I said.

She turned her head down, shying away from me, "Do you think I'm really Laura?"

Oh, crap I thought. Part of me wanted not to have this conversation. I was caught in a dilemma, should I tell the truth or lie. I would hate myself forever if I ever did both.

Then it hit me.

"Do you believe you are really Laura?" I asked. She hadn't expected this question, and my question was the perfect way to set up my point.

"Y-Yes."

"Then what I think doesn't matter," I said, "What anyone else thinks doesn't matter. You believe you are Laura, and that is all that matters."

She looked up at me, "So you think I'm not her?"

"Yes," I said, "but if you believe that you're Laura, then what I think should not matter."

Silence, and then...

"Haruka told me that Yami's were nothing but 0's and 1's and that made them inhuman," she told me, revealing what had upset her in the first place.

"Well, then she's a fool," I snorted, "Let me show you something."

I made her look over at the growing plant at the lobby hall, and then concentrated.

Laura gasped as she saw the plant before her grow many flowers. They weren't all the same kind of flowers, though. The plant had seemed to explode into a rainbow of flowers. Yellows, reds, purples, and even colors that didn't occur naturally in flowers.

"It's beautiful," she said, amazed at my handiwork.

"You think so," I said, "Well they are made of 0's and 1's. Everything here is made of 0's and 1's. Heck, right now, WE'RE composed of 0's and 1's. Her Digimon was born here and it is made of 0's and 1's. Does that make Lopmon less human than Haruka? She's basically saying that her Digimon is uncapable of emotion, but what does she know? Even if they are composed of 0's and 1's, they can become something beautiful."

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Jason (I imagine some time had passed)
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Jason found Ark sitting there on the bench. Ark was mumbling words to himself, possibly preparing for the speech he was going to deliver later that day. He was clutching the newly acquired cane in his right hand, the cast having been removed the day before. Without even looking up, Ark could tell Jason was there. He lifted his head up.

"You think they'll show up?" he asked.

"I hope so," Jason responded, "It would be nice if we could talk to everyone again, not about the incident of course. Just to catch up on what everyone has been doing."

Ark shook his head, "You realize that my speech will concern the incident?"

Jason half-grinned, "Well, yeah, but if we could all meet out of the hospital, we might just be able to meet elsewhere a bit more often."

"So much to catch up on," Ark solemnly said, "I can't believe I've isolated myself from everyone."

Jason sat down beside his twin, "I know, I had split myself from everyone, too. It's frustrating, isn't it?"

"Do you miss her?"

"Toby?" Jason turned to face his brother, a bit annoyed, "You know I do. What about you? Do you still like Arnen?"

Silence, Ark didn't answer. Jason didn't like this lack of response.

"Tell me, Archwood McCloud. You can't hide from me."

Ark couldn't really deny this, "Yes."

“Well, maybe now’s your chance. You could ask her out.”

Ark’s expression revealed his opinion, “Are you crazy? I can’t do that!”

Jason began to round on his brother, “Why not?! She’s single, you still like her, and I think she’s attached to you; I really don’t see the problem.”

“Well, I don’t know. How about the fact that I’ve never said anything about it before. That the whole while we were in the Digital World, I had developed a passion for her and never, I repeat never, told her about it. The fact that I haven’t seen her in God knows how long. The fact that we’re all in the middle of a crisis. I don’t want to look like I’m taking advantage of her! Did you ever think of any of that?”

POW! Jason couldn’t take any more of it, he hit Ark square in the jaw.

“Don’t make excuses,” he told him, “We both know why you won’t do it! Because you’re afraid.”

Both of them were getting increasingly angry at the other.

Ark began to respond, “Well, of course I’m afraid. Who doesn’t fear rejection?!”

POW! “Dammit, Archwood McCloud, you know that’s not it! For as long as I knew you, you were afraid to be alone. Everyday since you were fifteen, I remember you asking someone out, and they all ended the same way: You were rejected, put down, humiliated, and tasered. They all wanted nothing to do with you, but you never gave up. Then we were taken to the Digital World, and you met her. She was angry with everyone, and she thought everyone mistreated her. She was almost always lonely, and you were able to identify with that. You told me that you never met someone who could ‘piss you off, scare the hell out of you, and enchant you all at the same time.’ She was possibly the only person who would ever return your affections, but you never said anything. You were afraid to love her, you and I both know it!”

Ark could only stare at his brother, but he knew what he said was true. He turned his head away in shame.

“But it’s not too late for you, Ark,” Jason added, “You’re here, she’s here. This is the perfect opportunity for you. Just tell her the truth, be yourself, the person that she knew and could count on for support. She might punch you out, but It may turn out better than you dreamed.”

Ark didn’t say anything; Jason knew he needed time to think, he got up from the bench.

“Your speech is for later today; do you want to give it in this spot?” he asked.

Again, Ark said nothing, but slowly he nodded his head, still lost in his thoughts.

“Well, alright,” Jason responded, “I guess I’ll go inform everyone.”

Jason then headed toward the hospital.

[Haruko]

Okay people...we need to get going to the next place-So finish up your temples, GL and Gladiator, and we will be on your way. I will account though, I have had Midterms last week, so whoever's had troubles with school lately, it's ok. Just make sure to let us know, and keep updated.

Now, Info on the newest Town.

Wishing Lakes:On the way to Playa Coast are tons of Lakes, all pretty much medium size. These lakes are called "Wishing Lakes", and They have been known to be able to....well...^^Grant one wish to a couple(2 people that are in love with the other.And no, It doesn't include wishing to go home...buggars. And there are no loop holes.Also, can not hatch any digi egg's of any sorts.). One temple here.There is a small diner on the side, that also sell's tents and camping gear.

Water Temple:In the middle of each Wishing Lake is a small Island, with an Entrance to this temple. Made with Blue and White gold walls, It's said that only the one of water can go inside.


At this point, after Wishing Lakes, We will Have the Wind,Ice,Steel,Earth,Light,Fire,Water and Darkness Orb's. That means only 2 more towns.
Playa Coast:Beautiful beaches, huge hotels...You name it, they've got it all here in Playa Coast(Which Translates to Beach Coast,Playa is Beach in Spanish).It's always nice weather here, and all the digimon are friendly..
And there's a strange digimon looking for humans to work for his hotel...
There is only one temple here, sad to say.
Storm/Electricity Temple: (Where is Kioshi...?)Known to be in a basement of a beach house, this temple is lined with Yellow and Gray walls, and a huge,huge room at the end.

Then,The last town is..

Soyokaze Village:Known for their soup, and the location is RIGHT next to the last and only portal to the real world(unless your A mortal, then you can't use it), This is a Beautiful village, with houses set on trees. Big gardens, and in the center..One huge, tree...where the last temple is located..

Forest Temple:Inside the "Holy Tree", this Temple is huge, and the ground is of dirt, with Grass and huge trees. At the end there is a huge Colessum like sturcture..

Then the portal to the real world is..
Spirit Memorial:Known as also the "Purity Temple", One a huge slab of stone standing up, is a picture etched in stone. Of 10 Children, 20 Spirits, 2 Hyper Spirits...And the Digimon that they combined to make..Aswarumon.

Purity Temple:The orb's resting place is on a Altar before the Spirit Memorial, it is seaid if the orb is split ni two, and the 2 holders shake hands or kiss above the altar, the Orb will rest there once again until it's true owner, the one with only the half of orb(Haruka...), lifts it. It then blesses the one that carried the other half with some of purity's Power. Once this ceremony is complete, the portal to the real world will open..

There you have it..Now I need to post...

aiymee haruda

"Thanks again!"I told the Babamon, and the Justimon as me and Droommon closed the door. I was completely healed from that attack from Auny, and Droommon got a great rest aswell..
"Now, where do you suppose we go?"Droommon said, looking at me. My Long brown Hair flew in the wind as we walked through Tama Market, with digimon giving us strange looks.
"I suppose we head to Wishing Lakes."I said, instantly knewing the name by Heart. I took my D-Sense out, and Pushed one of the buttons, and made a circle. A Map popped up, and I looked at it..
"Right above Primary Village?There are about...10...maybe 11 dot's there. That means 11 CC."Droommon said, smiling as we quickly made it through Tama Market. I looked at the map, and saw a shortcut.
"We can make it by afternoon if we go North West."Droommon pointed out...

"And we'll have plenty of time to cause fear in those 10 CC. And get revenge off of Auny."I glared, and Took off the map,"We'll intercept them from walking right into Wishing Lakes.."
"Just save your energy, Droommon, you'll be needing it."I told her as we walked out of Tama Market, and onto intercepting the twerps at Wishing Lakes.




Heh...Me post more tomorrow.

[Gladiator]

I'm waiting for GL, since both temples were supposed to merge after they gain the orbs.

Now that I think about it...

Dave
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"Y. David," an all too familiar voice rang out, "Get off your lazy butt!"

I looked down at the darker form of Morrigan, of whom I shall refer to as Le Fay. She looked no different from her counterpart, though I knew she had know intention of infiltrating the group.

"What do you want, Le Fay?" I responded without moving.

"The Maestros report they cannot detect Laura's clone," she responded, "They want to know why."

I shrugged, "Her life support has been rewired. She belongs to Satoshi now. To do as he pleases. She also seems to believe she's the real deal."

Fay arched an eyebrow, "How do you know?"

"Because David knows," I responded, "In a way, I envy her."

Fay snorted for a moment, "Oh, please, don't start preaching to me again about how we're only tools."

I sighed, "As you wish. So what do you plan to do?"

"What do you think?" she responded, "I plan on ruining Morgan's life, and I think I know the perfect way to do it."

"Let me guess," I responded, "You plan on killing David, thus removing her best, and only, friend. You hope to remove the only person she's ever really been close to. (I shuddered inwardly. That had come out so wrong), and make her fear ever being close to anyone else. You seem to forget though, they can't die."

Fay giggled, a totally un-Morrigan action, "Oh, it's not that they can't die. It's that it's hard to do, but I've devised a way to kill three birds in one stone."

"What," I recall being surprised, "Three?"

"Yes, you fool," She giggled again, "I'll kill David by killing the only person whom it is easy to kill, Haruka."

I should have seen it coming, it made sense in a way. Haruka's special connection to David. The Purity Orb was split between the two. Haruka being the true owner, David's half would constantly try to return to her. The further away he is from her, the more unbearable it becomes. If Haruka is being injured, David's half reacts more violently. By killing Haruka, the stress put on David would overwhelm him. It was almost sickening how far Fay was willing to go to ruin Morrigan.

Yet, I could do nothing, betraying the others would mean termination from my masters. As much as I wanted to die, I was afraid to do it.

"Well, see you," Fay called back, "Haruka's alone with the rabbit, now would be the best time to take her out."

As she turned away, I could make out a large, darkened figure following her. I could almost make out the four pairs of feathery wings.

"Watch out for Ebodramon, Haruka," I said in silence.

[Roy Karrde]

And with this we reach a mark that ties with Digimon: Legend which before this was one of the longest running RPGs ever. Also happy birthday Gladiator, atleast the board says today is your birthday.

Yami Laura
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"Well they are made of 0's and 1's. Everything here is made of 0's and 1's. Heck, right now, WE'RE composed of 0's and 1's. Her Digimon was born here and it is made of 0's and 1's. Does that make Lopmon less human than Haruka? She's basically saying that her Digimon is uncapable of emotion, but what does she know? Even if they are composed of 0's and 1's, they can become something beautiful." David said with a smile, I was finally able to tear myself away from the plant to look back at him.

"You always seem to know the right thing to say David" I returned that smile and snuggled up against him on the coach in the lobby.

"Well thats what I'm here for" David replied placing a arm around me, we just sat there for a few minutes I guess waiting for one of us to move, I began to wonder if Kari was okay, did I scare her that badly?

"I need help" Rigiamon yelled braking down the doors of the hotel as he flew in carrying one body in his arms and Laura on his neck. "I need a clean space, a table, something"

"You can use this" David said getting up off the coach, Rigiamon let Laura down and walked over to the couch we were sitting on, I got up too, and that was when I first saw her, atleast I thought it was my first time. It was Laura the real one, she was pale and weak, her breathing was faint and slowed as if she were struggling just to breath.

"That..that's her" I said brushing some hair out of her face, Rigiamon nodded and then looked at me, I knew what I had to do, she needed my data, she needed it to survive if not, if not only I would be left, and that wouldnt be fair, not to Satoshi, not to Haruka, not to David, not to Auny, not to Kenichi, or Laura, not to Jun, not to Kari, or Morrgan, no one. "I know, just tell me what I have to do" I said looking back at Rigiamon.

"You dont have to do this, Rigiamon can find another way, there has to be another way" David said grabbing my arm with such force that I thought it would rip it off.

"That's sweet of you David, but it's my turn to become one of those beautiful flowers" I replied, his grip began to loosen on my arm but I made no attempts to shake it off. ""Let me do this" I wispered he finally sighed and let me go.

"You need to lay on this" Rigiamon said pulling over another couch so that I was right next to Laura with just egnough room for Rigiamon to stand. "David, Laura, I could use your help, and Kari's but it might be bloody so you can turn away if you want" Rigiamon told them, He finally turned back to me and I nodded slowly closing my eyes.

I just layed there for a few seconds as I guess Rigiamon prepared himself for the operation, I tried to keep from shaking, I really did but my arms were shaking like crazy. "It's okay, I'll be here with you through the whole thing " David said leaning over the couch and taking my hand and squeezing it, I opened my eyed and looked up at him, he looked back at me comfortinglyand squeezed my hand harder

"Thank you so much" I wispered to him rubbing my thumb over the top of his hand, now there was only one last thing I needed to say. "Can you tell Satoshi..thank you for believeing in me when no one else would?" I asked, the last sight I saw was David nodding yes before I was plunged into utter blackness.

[Arnen]

<~-Arnen [Umm... Confusing herself o.O]-~>

I walked over to the place where Jason had said to meet. I was still wearing what I had worn to the TCG convention, my black lace-trimmed blouse and leather jeans. I bet I looked like a biker chick, but what did I care?

Jason walked past as I exited the hospital, and I gave him a small wave. He smiled and continued on his way, probably to tell the others the meeting was about to start. Like I needed a reminder... It was a chance... To see Ark...

I found him sitting on the bench, staring at the ground. He appeared to be muttering something to himself. I sat down next to him, practically startling him out of his seat.

"Hey," I said, grinning evilly at him. He blushed, looking back at the ground. "<Did I... make him feel bad? Not good... Hey, why do I care?>" I thought, confusing myself. Shaking myself mentally, I too stared at the ground, waiting now for the others as well.

~`~`Kari ["Ano toki fumihazushiita..." from the theme song of .hack//liminality]`~`~

I was back in my room, going over what had happened in my mind. That had been a Yami, hadn't it? Could they.. cry like that? Maybe this one was different, maybe she had gotten over her evil "programming" .........

My Digivice beeped all of a sudden. I pressed a button and held it up to my ear like a celphone.

"Kari? It's David. We need you down here right away. We're going to use some data from Yami Laura to repair Laura;s stomach. We need you to cut inside Yami Laura and extract the data. We figured you'd be the only one who could stomach it."

I thought about it for a second. "Ok, I'm on my way," I said, standing up and leaving the room, shoving my Digivice back into my pocket as I did so.

Total blahness for both XD I had to type fast; I'll add more tomorrow.

[Gladiator]

Arnen: Just to recap, Roy's dead, and Ark's cast was removed (he's got a cane for support, though)

Roy: Hey, thanks for noticing. It was my birthday February 2nd (I can't believe I'm sixteen). When's yours?

Also, to note, my grades have been suffering in school, so as of tonight I may (as in there's some chance I'm not) be grounded (talk about bad timing). I'll let you know if I am later.

[Thargor]

Rigiamon
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With both the copy and the original Laura side by side, I was easily able to distinguish the ailing region of the original. She wouldn't be alive too much longer, stress had unfortunately pushed her across the edge. Fortunately the copy wasn't showing any signs yet of the disease, if it indeed had it at all...

"Keep them both here and wait for me. I have to get the appropriate programs ready for operation."

I rushed out of the building, and out of the main doors. Pausing outside, I took a deep breath and accessed my main memory. Fragments of programs were sorted in a fraction of a second, as I assembled the right programs necessary for this operation. It would be painless for the copy with the programs I had selected, and everything should go well. The ground around me shook, as portions of it dissapeared into the air. I felt the data I had taken form themselves into the programs I had remembered, and began going over the procedure in my mind.

A scream on the edge of my senses made me shift direction to look towards the hotel. Pain was blasting at me from the inside, as my eyes widened in shock. This was a pain I had become familiar with while fighting on the side of the Lunars, a pain my comrades strode to achieve while I lamented over. It was the pain that came with being slowly tortured to death.

It was the children. Kari had joined the group and had proceeded to open up the copy by herself... But she couldn't convert the copy to raw data, to stop any possible pain... She had cut her open with a knife, and was tugging and tearing at her insides, trying to pull out the necessary piece of data, still in organ form. And throughout, the copy was still conscious. It was disgusting, and more than a little annoyance came over me at the children's display. What did they think they were doing playing around with their friend's life?!

I rushed back inside, my speed slamming the doors off their hinges. I saw the wet organ on Kari's hands, damaged somewhat by its rough transition from its old body and into the air. The copy still lay gasping on the sofa, a look of intense pain on its face.

"Sleep now, forget the pain," I whispered quickly to the copy. Placing my hand on its forhead, I looked away from its bloodied chest. The look of pain was replaced with one of relief. A sigh came out of her, then her body glowed. Her data slowly drifted up into the air, as it was absorbed by the data around her.

Turning an angry eye towards Kari, I put forward one fist. The stomach in her hands glowed as well, as the data was pulled into my being. She looked where the organ used to be in shock, as I tried to repair some of the damage they had created while the organ was still with me.

"Hold Laura, she might fidget while I do this," I growled. "I want you to obey my instructions to the letter, I assume you all want your friend to have a full recovery."

Not waiting to see if everyone responded, I activated a program within myself, and placed one hand lightly over Laura to bring her to a more simple state of mind, pain receptors effectively off. My hands easily flowed into her chest, as I began the operation in earnest...

[Yami Annika]

Killer props to Roy, who helped me with this. Read: Wrote the entire thing. But I helped. And made it Auny-ish.

I might/might not be posting even more infrequently now. I have yet ANOTHER project... and my teacher's actually calling it a project, so I know I'm in trouble.

And Gladiator: Sorry. The maybe/maybe not grounding sounds sucky. Be strong!



Aunyailia
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The sights were wonderful. I guess I never realized it at the festival, but Primary Town was really… well, pretty. The music was also nice, even if the band was full of Digimon.

It didn’t really feel right, though. What was everyone else doing? Probably not dancing, or spinning, or being with the one they care about the most, or any of the fun stuff. It was making me feel a little guilty, to be honest.

“Something wrong?” Kenichi asked from beside me. I looked over at from my seat at the park bench, and shook my head in response. Awkwardly, I sat quietly with my thoughts, as the sun finished setting. What was left of the gold and reds were fading into gray, as blue painted across the canvas overhead. I looked up, and began to see little star being dotted in the atmosphere. It was, well, beautiful.

A gust of wind flew over my arms, and I started to realize that a short-sleeved short wasn’t the best of an idea. I half-wished I had brought something else. Then again, it was summer back in Tokyo, so wearing something warm was the last thing on my mind. I sighed softly, and we both shivered.

“Here,” I heard Kenichi’s voice, and he put an arm around me, pulling me closer for warmth. I leaned my head lightly against him, resting it on his chest. With my slouching and the “slight” difference of our heights, it was a perfect fit.

“Thanks,” I whispered, blushing. We sat in silence for a few minutes, he watching the sky, and me listening to his heartbeat.

“You know,” he admitted. “I’m a little new at this dating stuff. What do people usually do at the end of dates?”

I tapped a finger against my chin, thinking back through all the memories and romantic movies I had seen… Wait. That was it, movies.

“Movies!” I half-exclaimed suddenly. “People on dates usually go to the movies together.” I smiled, and with great timing, as it turns out, as the lights to the local theater lit the sky. We got up, and started walking over there.

“I wonder what a Digimon movie is like?” Wondered Kenichi out loud.

We wandered over to the theater and the sign, naming the theater, came into view. I did a double-take and read the sign again… “Kazaa?” “I guess the movie theater downloads their movies just like everyone else.” I gave a little giggle as I realized what I was saying, and did a click glance over the posters.

“Oh, Skunkaphobia! OmiGOSH! I’ve seen that movie, like, a bajillion times!” I laughed out loud, taking his hand and running to the ticket counter, where I quickly bought the tickets for the movie. I pranced into the movie theater. I haven’t pranced since I was a little girl. But it was my favorite movie… I don’t know what caused the sudden change in attitude, be it low blood sugar or head injuries, but I was grateful for the happiness.

-=-=-=-=-

“Goobers or Raisinettes... Goobers or Raisinettes… Goobers… Or Raisinettes…” I muttered softly to myself, sliding one finger back and forth between the boxes at the candy counter. The movie was about to start. “Goobers or Raisinettes. I guess that’s the dadgum question, now, isn’t it?” I added with a little giggle, turning to Kenichi. A line of about 20 or 50 Digimon stood behind me, as I debated the eternal question.

“Auny, we might want to go.” Kenichi whispered, having already gotten his candy.

“You’re no fun.” I teased, and then sighed. “I’ll get both!” I slapped down the remainder of what money I had with me. The Digimon vendor gladly pulled out the boxes from behind the counter and gave them to me.

We quickly ran away from the impending mob.

The hallways to the movie theater were so big – I was beginning to wonder if they did have every movie ever made. We finally found Skunkaphobia, and, to my surprise, there were Digimon there. Enough for us to have trouble finding seats.

We did find some, though, and, luckily, I didn’t have to sit still through those annoying previews. Soon, the room began to get dark. I had seen this in a movie somewhere, so, of course, I couldn’t resist:

“The lights are DIMMING! The lights are DIMMING!” I announced, literally bouncing. Kenichi pulled me down, saving me from a fireball attack from the Digimon a few rows back.

Was it unnatural for me to be this happy when I’m seeing a movie about a fear of skunks? Maybe. But would that stop me? No.

I did finally get quiet, and calm, when the opening credits began to come. My troubling thoughts were shoved to the back of my mind - I was happy, darnit.

[Haruko]

Sorry for again, not posting.I suppose just concentrating on more things than this led to it, and I'll more than likely post tomorrow, with Aiymee's revised signup.

*wonders*How would the digital world get ahold of Earth candy...although it could be programmed....

(o)-(o)

And a Happy Late birthday, Gladiator. Me and Roy share the same birthday, but we were born on different years.

[Roy Karrde]

LOL I dunno probley off of a candy websites, or maybe the rift created by the original Digidestened * In Legends * created a rift into the Digital World between there and the human world which absorbs small amounts of matter from time to time. Or Digimon could just like candy and made their own just like the Humans * Shurugs * and Gladiator if problems do arise then I'll keep Laura handing around David just to keep the character busy.

Laura Lutz
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Everything was so dark and cold but it was a nice type of cold like a cold winter night where you just wrap yourself up in a blanket and enjoy the fire in the fireplace, I liked doing that, I miss doing that. "She's begining to wake up" A faint voice said it sounded so far away, was I awake? where was I? what had happened? was I did? "Please let this work" Another voice said, a girl's voice, this one was closer.

"Hello?" I asked slowly my mouth felt like it was filled with cotten, my throat was dry and my tongue was like a dead weight. I began to open my eyes but everything was so blurry so white that I had to quickly shut them again.

"Laura, LAURA?" A voice yelled running to my side I tried to open my eyes again this time things came into focus a little more, I saw what was I believed David, I wasnt sure his face, the colors in the room, they all looked like a child's finger painting.

"Oniisan?" I wispered my throat began to hurt with every word I spoke, wait there was no pain, the pain in my stomach was gone, all there was, was a tingling feeling like when your foot falls asleep. "My stomach doesnt hurt anymore" I wispered and again the rough pain of speaking. Things were coming into focus more now it was David, my Oniisan, standing next to me, and Rigiamon, and a very upset Kari with blood all over her hands, she looked as if she were near tears.

"That's so gread" David smiled now he sounded like he was near crying, what happened? what did I miss? "She's safe now right, no more fatal operations?" David asked turning to Rigiamon.

"For right now yes, later there is a possibility of it returning, maybe in a few weeks, but the group might allready be in the Human World by then and she can get proffesional surgery" Rigiamon replied. David squeezed my hand again, all this time I never noticed he had been holding it tightly.

That was when the dream came back, the one when I was in that darkness, it really was more of a feeling than a dream, it was of pure hatred toward David and Haruka, more of it directed toward Haruka. "Is Haruka okay?" I asked weakly the big Laura came over and gave me a cup of water which I sipped slowly.

"I havn't seen her, either of you guys?" David asked, every one shook their heads. "I guess she is keeping to herself which isnt that unusual for her"

"We need to find her, she might be in trouble" I groaned swinging my legs off of the..couch? and tried to get up. "She could allready be under attack, one of those Yami things could be after her even mine" I said as I was rewarded with even more pain from my stomach which had turned from a tingle to a full all out drill, drilling into my stomach.

"Easy there, you just had a major operation, your going to rest" Oniisan said placing a hand on me and forcing me back down to laying on the couch. I let out a small sigh and closed my eyes, rest did sound good.

"Could one of you call Satoshi? I just want him to know I'm okay" I asked, everyone seemed to be talking and really busy so I doubt they heard me. "Great" I wispered and allowed the exuastion wash over to me as I drifted off into dream land, and for the first time I didnt have to worry about not waking up.

For those who didnt know that one bit of Japanese:
Oniisan = Big Brother

[Haruko]

Ugga only had time to finish this up before I have to go. Sorrwie.


[aiymee's revised signup]
Name:Aiymee Haruda
Age:13[I changed her age.]
Gender:Female
Look's 1omewhat tall for age, she stands at 5'8". Her hair is a coal black, unlike her sister's golden brown locks.He hair goes down to her mid-back section, and she has bangs, that look similar to Kagome's in Inuyasha.Her eyes are a brown, with long eyelashes. She normally wears her Sailor uniform, which is a pladed(sp?) purple skirt that goes down to her ankles, and a shortsleeve white shirt, with the little thing(ughh...can't remember it) is purple with 2 white stripes running across the bottom of it, and a green hankerchief thing that is ties underneath it.
Look's 2he look's uttermost the same, she gets a change of clothing on the way to Wishing Lakes, which is the same outfit I mentioned above. The only difference is the fact that her skin is paler, and her eyes are a haunting yellow.She also has a charm anklet, with charms of each elemental symbol(in kanji) on it. They glow whenever the person of that element is near.
Personality:In the real world, she's actually a sweet kid, who's always putting herself infront of others. She's very social, but she's not a brat. She actually, to a point, loathes Haruka for being somewhat lonerish. Sometimes her friends get on her nerves.
Personality-D World: She's not that sweet anymore, actually more lonerish than she was before. She tends to be patient, and is like a slow poison. She actually doesn't like to show herself infront of the CC though, since Satoshi is with them.
D-Sense Color:Lavendar rims, Black base.
Digimon: Droommon
Element:Unholy
Spells:
1.Dream Controllerhe can controll a person for a short period of time.
2.UnHoly Shield: Protect's against weak Ice and Fire Attacks.
3.Icey Blaster: Shars of ice apper, and go to opponent, freezing them up.
Theme Songs:
1.One day, One Dream-Tackey and Tsubasa
Other:Bite mehhhh

Rookie
Name: Droommon(Dutch for Dream)
Type: DreamCatcher
Virus,Data or Vaccine?:Vaccine
Lookshe look's like a human, at the height of 3'5". She's very pale, and look's like she has deep blue hair flowig in each way. Her eye's are yellow, and she wears a long white gown, and has a little bow and arrow, and mini black wings.
Level:Rookie
Attacks(2 for rookie-champion.4 for Ultimate and Mega):
1.Droom vanger(Dream Catcher)-A Auroa of Black mist surronds the oppponent, making the human or digimon very dilisional.
2.Los dolores en el Sueño(Pains in the Sleep)-After using Droom Vanger, Droommon makes the illusions the opponent is suffering to cause actually pain.Droommon's eye's a horrific yellow light during this.
Element(MUST correspond to the Element you are assigned.):Unholy
Personality:Although she doesn't agree with Magna Wiccamon and the other lunars in controlling humans, she agrees to, since it's been her dream to be with a human partner. She understands that Satoshi is cousin to her 'master'..

Champion
Name:Rêvemon(French for Dream)
Type:Emotional Dreams
Virus,Data or Vaccine?:Virus
Looks:Her black wings are larger now as she stans at 5'6" with Lavendar hair that's everflowing, very long.She's extremely pale, with rosey cheek's. She wears A Long white gown with some armour on her knee's,and her chest area. Her Arrow's and Bow are longer now.They serve no purpose but for looks.Her eye's are Yellow.
Level:Champion
Attacks(2 for rookie-champion.4 for Ultimate and Mega):
1.Rêver le Tisserand(Dream Weaver)-A Stronger verson than Droom Vanger, Yellow mist comes out of her eyes, and goes into her opponent, which make's them even more dilisional.
2.L'impresa(Undertaking)-Allowing Rêvemon to control the thing she used Rêver le Tisserland on, she make's their dreams cause great pain, and great emotional damage.
Element(MUST correspond to the Element you are assigned.):Unholy
Personality:Almost the same as Droommon, she's very motherly to Aiymee.
Other:Rêvemon stays in this form for 24 hours.

Ultimate
Name:Flautamon
Type:Musical
Virus,Data or Vaccine?:Vaccine
Looks:A Tall human looking being, with pale skin, and a everflowing white dress, with it fading to lavendar on the bottom. Her wings are still black, but even longer. She has purple lipstick on her lips, and green eyes.She basically floats, never really touching the groung. In her hand is a silver flute.Her silver hair is down to her back, and had lavendar highlights.
Level:Ultimate
Attacks(2 for rookie-champion.4 for Ultimate and Mega):
1.Unholy Smphony(sp?)-She takes out her conducters wand, and it starts to glow with a purple light.She then waves it around, and blasts of darkness come out whenever she stops.
2.Musical Notes-She takes her flute, and starts to play a lite, sweet melody.Little Sparkly Music Notes come out, and pick a random person. They then flow through the head, and leave the person in a bliss state. It also makes them unwilling to fight..
3.Silent Mind Wave-After using Music Notes, she then uses it to easily correspond her brainwaves with the human, and allows her to control the person.
Element(MUST correspond to the Element you are assigned.):Unholy
Personality:Almost the same as Droommon, she's very motherly to Aiymee.
Other:

[Toxicity]

Alright...I'm back.

~*~*~Laura Rider - Ice~*~*~
["anata no koto wo omou, sore dake de namida ga//ima afureda****e kuru yo, hakanai omoi zutto donna toki demo negau yo, anata ni todoku you ni to..." ~My Will--Dream(1st Inu-Yasha ending)]

I stood patiently outside of the room of the hotel where Laura was being cured by Rigiamon, and I didn't really wish to know why. Gazing around, I slid down until I was in a seating position, probably next we'll head to the next town. I looked at Arwen, as if I was to ask her something, and gave a slight nodding motion.

"Arwen," I began, softly and shyly, "Do you have any idea about the next town...?"

She nodded and leapt over, "Apparently we should head to the Wishing Lakes next. It is rumored to grant the wishes of couples...except leaving this place. There is also a diner, a store for camping gear, and believed that inside the island of each lake, a tunnel leading to a temple where believed only the one of water can enter. I've been around the area a lot before I was called to assist you."

I nodded, "Well, we can get camping gear..." I looked down in disgrace, "But the lakes granting wishes to couples...I guess I can't..."

"What do you mean?"

"It's Jun....half of me believes he doesn't care about me, but the other side wants me to believe he does, and wants me to love him back. I'm stuck, and not which side to believe," I said, thinking about how there eleven Chosen Children, "And because it's 11 of us...I guess I'm supposed to be the lonely one."

"Well, will you tell him about how you feel?" Arwen replied, slightly cocking her head.

I gazed downward, the around the hallway, "Maybe...once I get washed and out of this kimono..." Standing up, I carried my D-Sense in one hand, as I walked back to my room, just to wash up.

[Translation~ "I think of you and that alone is enough,
to make the tears start to flow now//I always, always wish that these fleeting thoughts would reach you..."]

-*-Kouji Hikazu - Light-*-
["Hitotsu no me de asu o mite//Hitotsu no me de kinou mitsumeteru//Kimi no ai no yurikagode//Mo ichido yasurakani nemuretara.." ~The Real Folk Blues(Cowboy Bebop Ending)]

I gazed as the statue slowly came to life, the orb slightly glowing. My egg had been kept safely near my left foot, as I tried not to fumble at the nearly-blinding aura emmited. I blinked slightly, as a girl with brownish-gold hair stepped forward slightly, in her handing something much like what my mother had...only the girl's was pink with a white grip...I think it was a D-Terminal.

"Thank you for coming..." She said quietly, moving her D-Terminal towards me, "Watch these movements." She did movements which eventually formed a pentagram and a line, "Repeat those movements." I gave a stern, but understanding, nod, and repeated the movements on my D-Sense. I, too, eventually had formed the same pentagram and line. She faintly smiled, before saying some more.

"About 20 years ago, 10 humans boarded Trailmon and joud into this world in order to protect it. There, they collected twenty spirits, 10 Human, 10 Beast. Eventually the humans and their spirits combined came to be known as the 'Ancients'...." She said, before giving a slight frown. I had heard that story before, and I nodded slightly. Eventually she smiled again before fading into her light aura, along with the orb and the statue she came from. Blinking with curiousity, I shrugged. My egg was gone, too. With tension, I stepped backward before tripping on something, fumbling backward and came face-to-face with something.

"What was that for?" He asked, wagging his tail(which I had tripped on) slightly. Sighing, he backed up slightly when I sat up.

"Sorry about that..." I said, realizing the 'thing' was a Digimon...but no ordinary Digimon. This one was much like a cross between a dauschund and a collie(border collie? O-o), only with deep blue eyes and anything normally black and brown were various shades and tints of yellow. He also had a marking of a sun on his forehead, probably signifying his element: Light. If so, that explained the gold and white and the fact I only could get in here this morning.

"Well, it's alright, I'm Howlermon..." He said, his ears perking up slightly, "You must be Kouji, then." I nodded slightly, as I stood up and picked up my D-Sense

"To prove you are the Child of Light, there is one task: you must fight a Digimon...pure and simple." He lead me behind the altar and into an arena-like place, it was a mix of blackish-purple and gold-white marble...and seemed much like an Ancient Roman temple, minus the statues and dedications to the gods/goddesses. At the end stood a tunnel...which rampaging was sounded from inside. What came out? A Mammothmon.

"An Ultimate..?"I said, gasping and shuddering(OoC: If you've seen the episode of Family Guy I am Peter, Hear Me Roar, his shudder sounds like Stewie's when he realizes what he was doing in his sleep:End), "I have to fight an Ultimate Digimon...?"

[Translation~ "One side of my eyes see tomorrow, And the other one see yesterday//I hope I could sleep in the cradle of your love, again"]

[Roy Karrde]

Hey hate to be the bearer of bad news but Gladiator PMed me last night and told me to tell you guys that he just got grounded becuase of his grades, so he could be back as soon as 3 weeks to I dont know when, anyway I guess we are going to all have to step up to fill his spot in posting.

Laura Lutz
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
( 2 Years Ago )
I sat there on the edge of my bed, tissues bunched up in hand, and all decked out in a depressing black dress. Daddy's funeral were today and all of his old friends were in the den talking to mommy, who had told me to stay back in my room or else.
~~~~~~~~~
"I can't go?" I asked mommy with tear filled eyes as she paced back and forth in my room just hours before.

"Why should you go, your the one that killed him, why should you go to his funeral" Mommy spat at me she was flushed red and continued to pace back and forth in a hurried pace. "Infact if you even leave your room while other people are here, I..I..I will throw you out of the house" She threatened.

I winced and sank lower on the bed, She began to leave and I got up and ran after her tugging on her black dress. "Please I'll..I'll do anything just let me go" I begged hugging on to her dress. She turned around and smacked me across the cheak sending me flying off my feet, my body fell to the ground and one of my small toys lodged into my neck cuasing it to bleed.

"Keep your hands off of me" She glared looking at me for a second and then turned her head with disgust and shut the door.
~~~~~~~~~~
I peaked outside of the door to see who was out there I remembered what Mommy had said but those people, I had never met them maybe, maybe I could just see them for a second. I peeked out the door and I could bearly see into the den there was a tall guy standing there and next to him was a 12 year old who looked strong or muscular like he was in sports or something.

The 12 year old guy turned around to look at me, I closed the door to the point where I could bearly see out of it, the guy smiled and waved, I quickly shut the door and ran back over to the bed to act like nothing had happened, a minute later the door opened and he walked in I looked up at him for a second before looking away. "Hi, my name's....well it doesnt matter what my name is, are you Laura?" He asked me sitting down next to me on the bed, I nodded slowly and just kept looking straight ahead trying not to make eye contact. "I..I'm sorry about your dad, is..is there anything I can do?" He asked.

I looked back up at him with tear filled eyes again, " Can, you just be my friend, no body's done that in a long time" I cried colapsing in his lap and sobbing. I had never really been this emotional infront of anyone, but Daddy died becuase of me and then Mommy began hating me, and I really needed a friend.

"Shhhh, it's okay" The guy said comfortingly as he stroaked my hair and rubbed my back. "What's this?" He asked moving my hair out of the way to discover the bloody scar on the back of my neck.

(Present Day)
"Oniisan" I wispered as I woke up to find my face smothered in a pillow, the memories of the dream still danced in my head, it really wasnt a dream I guess but a memory that I had tried to forget.

"I'm here" David said next to me as I raised my head up, I blinked a few minutes and looked at him "Kari went to wash the blood off of her hands and Laura's upstairs" David quickly replied to a question I didnt even ask.

"You..you were that guy..you were him back when daddy died that came into my room" I asked him turning away and brushing my hair aside to show him the scar on the back of my neck. "I asked you to be my friend that morning" I said turning back to him, my stomach didnt hurt anymore it actually felt really good.

"Yeah.." He sighed looking away from me. "I'm sorry I couldnt do anything about how your mom treated you" he appologised.

"It's okay, she found me trying to make myself dinner, when she came back from the funeral so she threw me out of the house that evening, I lived on the street for a few weeks till I was picked up by social services, they took me to a new home, and they didnt like me either" I sighed looking down at my hands. "I've still been waiting for a family to take me in that actually likes me" I added, we just sat there for a long period of time in silence.

"I'm going to leave..with Laura soon, I promised her I would go with her, and I have a promise to keep" I finally said breaking the silence, I could see the disapointment in his eyes along with a hint of tears, tears that I would probley see from others. "I love you Oniisan, you are the heart of the group, never forget that" I said patting him on the hand and got up to join Laura up in her hotel room, I wanted to stay, I really did, but I wanted to keep my promise to Laura and besides she was fun to be with.

[Thargor]

Kenichi Tanaka
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"No, not again! The stench!" the man screamed again, as another chase scene took place. Skunkaphobia was a very literal translation of what this movie was: a man afraid of skunks... And there were more skunks in this movie than I had ever seen before. The movie wasn't exactly up to the standards that I usually adhered to... But Auny seemed to be enjoying it. A smile passed across my face as I put one arm across her shoulder.

She looked up at me with a smile on her face, then bounced happily as she saw the guy on the screen jump five feet into the air when a skunk happened to be in the porta-potty he had entered. She leaned against me and I could feel her giggling above the bizarre soundtrack for the movie. At least no more digimon were launching attacks at us anymore.

As the movie continued, I tried to follow the plot (or lack of). The movie was just about running... Though a woman was involved who was attempting to get rid of his fear. Unfortunately it involved throwing more skunks at him, which didn't seem to be doing him much good at all.

During a non-skunk scene (which were few and far between) the woman admitted to having feelings for the cowardly man. They began to kiss passionately, something that felt out of place in this sort of movie. I looked over to Auny to be a little surprised that she was already staring at me. With a little smile on her face when she saw she had caught me by surprise, her face moved forward and kissed me on the lips. This time she stayed on my lips, the kiss becoming deeper than the ones we shared before.

While surprised at first, I enjoyed it. Emotions rushed at me, and I dove into the kiss like I had seen actors occasionally do on television and on the screen before us. But the actors couldn't feel like this while kissing the girls across from them... They didn't care about them like I did Auny at this moment...

I wasn't exactly sure how long it was until we broke apart from the kissing, but the hero (or coward as I like to refer to him) had seemed to conquer his fear of skunks, and was presently hugging a pair of them against his chest. They were spraying him at the same time, but he didn't seem to mind much.

Auny rose up from her seat, clapping as "The End" screen came up. Several digimon shot her exhausted looks, and several others shot me sly smiles as we got up together.

Best movie I've ever seen... I thought to myself as I looked at Auny. Auny clasped my arm, and we moved to exit the movie...

[Haruko]

Aiymee Haruda

"Hey..Miss!!"I heard a voice behind me, running and slowly gasping for air. I stopped, and looked around to find a Gabumon. Droommon looked at him funny, and he stopped in front of us, gasping for air.
"Someone told me to give some clothing to you."The Gabumon regained his breath,and handed me a picture. It was a Seraphimon looking picture, and next to it, a Weird, human looking digimon. It was a male, with pale skin, a purple rode around him, and a witched hat. He had a beard to a point with gray hair, and His eyes were like those spinny hypno discs."He called himself 'Hypnosimon', and told me he thought you might like a shower and a new set of clothing. He paid for both, so come with me."
"Thanks.."I said slightly, and sighed as me and Droommon headed back to Tama Market with the Gabumon. But it wasn't a long walk to the Gabumon's shop.
"There's a Spa/Shower in the back rooms, use the one with Purple decorations. I will deliver your clothing when you are dry. Take as long as you want."He said, and smiled,"And he also told me to treat you to some real food, not tea and biscuts."
"Thanks again."I smiled slightly, and walked into the back hallway with different colored doors. I saw a purple door, and opened it. It had ton's of lavendar towels, a toilet, sink, and a spa with a shower head above it. It had "Lavendar" smelling shampoo and conditoner, purple poof's and purple body wash. There was even lotion on the sink, and toothpaste/toothbrush...and a Letter.

"Please let me help you on your journey."The note read in shiny, purple ink, written in script. The bottom had a fingerprint, and next to it, it said "Hypnosimon". I smiled, and Droommon stared at the picture.
"Hypnosimon was the digimon that Yami Seraphimon and Magna Wiccamon were talking about before I left for you."
"Something about him running a hotel/recruiting base in Playa Coast."

"Oh, thanks. Wanna take a little bath?"I smiled, and put some purple bubble bath into the running water of the spa/bath. She smiled, and I took my clothing off. I wasn't developed much, so it was no biggy. I stepped into the slightly hot water, and Droommon did the same. We relaxed for a little bit, chatting about things such as the real world, and my family..

"Haruka is around 2 years older than me."I said. I felt my true, real world emotions again. Envy about Haruka,"Haruka never really had anyfriends, so she got to do more stuff with Mom."
"I envy her for that. I never got time with my parents since I was always out with friends."I sighed slightly,"I suppose I want to be like her in a sence. Except she bottles all her emotions up, she never crys."
"Well, now you can get your revenge for your envy of her,right?She's the only one that can be really killed. Though what would happen is that her soul, her body's data would be stored in a digiegg while it gets 'defragmented' "Droommon asked,as I drained the water to take a shower. I closed the curtains,and the shower started. I used some of the pore stuff, and soap on my body, with Droommon making a mess.
"Heh, your funny."I said,as I placed shampoo in my hair, following by conditoner. The ground was dirty as I finished cleaning my hair, and I felt my body getting lighter. I stepped out as Droommon was finishing up, and placed a robe on myself. I placed my hair in a towel,and opened the door.

"Here it is.It also came with this nifty charm anklet. I'll give you a new pair of sandles when you get out."He said, and handed me a bag.Droommon got out, and wrapped herself in a towel. I placed the bag by the door, and placed some lotion on my body. I felt pampered---good. And something told me if I did what I was told, I would be pampered more often. I smiled as I took the soft clothing out, and almost gasped..

"My school Uniform.."A Long, sily purple pladed long skirt with a shirt,with a purple thing on it. I had forgotten it's name..I smiled as I saw some undergarments, and I looked at Droommon..
"Can ya step out of the room for a sec?"I said,and Droommon smiled, and walked out..

I got changed slowly, one by one, untill I was fully dressed. I ever had the anklet on,and I felt more powerful with it. I had blown dry my hair, and brushed it untill it was soft. I then brushed my teeth, and looked at myself on the mirror behind my door..

"Like school.."I frowned, then smiled. It felt nicer in these clothes,rather then the ones I was wearing before.

[Roy Karrde]

Laura Lutz
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"Just tell me when your ready to go" I told Laura before shutting the door, well everything was taken care of, in a few hours I would leave my friends and go off with Laura and Jun on a whole new adventure. I would leave everyone, Oniisan, Haruka…Satoshi, everyone.

I found myself walking along the streets later that day with the sun setting, splashing all different colors over my face, as I thought about how life would be different with my new journey at hand. I was jolted out of my thoughts by a splash of water against my back side, all the way down to my butt. "REVENGE IS MINE" Some one yelled but I was so furious to not even recognize the voice.

"Who do you think you are splashing people with.." I yelled turning around, my face soften immediately, I lost all anger and I felt like a dream had finally come true. "Satoshi" I cried running up to him and throwing my arms around him as I cried.

"Laura" Satoshi whimpered closing his eyes and wrapping his strong arms around me.

"I missed you so much..my love" I murmured as we just stood there in our embrace.

"I missed you too, Laura" Satoshi whispered kissing me on the forehead.

"So Rigiamon found a cure for me, he says I'll be fine" I smiled we had been walking around town for the last two hours, Satoshi had been really reluctant to talk about what happened while I was gone while I just rambled on and on, finally we found ourselves at the old Fireworks ground, the party was long over but they had left everything up, even the dance stage. "C'mon you owe me a dance mister" I said sticking out my tongue and winking at him, slowly I dragged him over to the dance floor and turned on the lights and placed a slow song on the Jukebox's.

"I..cant dance" Satoshi said beginning to walk off the stage, I grabbed on to his arm and pulled him back onto the dance floor. "Laura I cant" he complained

"It's just me and you, no one else will see" I reminded him, it was true we were the only ones here, "Here I'll teach you, you place your hand here, and here" I told him, showing him where to place his hand on my waste, and where he could outstretch my other arm like in the movies.

“Laura..” Satoshi began, he was doing pretty good, he had only stepped on my feet a few times, but as he put his heart and soul into it, the dance became easier for him, we both were able to glide across the dance floor like Cinderella and he was my Prince Charming.

”Dancing is just about what you feel, what you want to do” I told him laying my head on his chest to finish the dance.

“What if I want to kiss you?” Satoshi asked, I smiled and looked up at him, we stopped dancing for a second and kissed on the dance floor it all seemed so right, so perfect.

“So what do you think that star is named?” I asked him, it was a few hours later after the dance, and we had curled up on a park bench with a blanket, as it got cold outside, both of us had snuggled up together to watch the stars and try to name them.

“Ah that is a very interesting question, I believe that is the star: Sagitarrus” Satoshi said in a very professor like voice, I giggled at the made up name and pointed out another one, they looked like two people one smaller and the other one taller, both of them right next to each other. “Oh well that’s a interesting one, see that smaller one is named Laura, and that bigger one is named Satoshi, and he is very happy to have Laura back” Satoshi whispered in to my ear, I turned and kissed him on the nose before laying back and making little puff balls of smoke come out of my mouth from the cold.

I shifted in the seat and felt the ring dig into my skin, that ole ring that I had bought for Satoshi just a day or two ago, I had promised to give it to him as a promise ring, and well no time like the present. " I leaned one thing when I was sick, is that life is so short, and that I want to stay with you, so I have this ring, it's a promise ring, I've seen teenagers give it to each other and it means that they might get married later on in life, I guess what I'm asking Satoshi is... will you marry me some day?" I asked moving the ring onto his marriage ring finger, he looked down at it and then looked back up to me, I smiled and waited to see what his answer was.