Chapter 1: Spirit of Hope ~Takuya's POV~ We were having a picnic in the digital world; you know sandwiches, lemonade, tarts, and stuff. It was Zoeie's idea. Well as I was munching down some lemon tarts we heard a scream.

We dropped everything and ran toward the noise. A Blossomon was ahead of us attacking a girl. All of us spirit evolved and ran to the girl's aid. With ease, we defeated the hideous flower.

We ran toward the girl. She was tall and slender, with dark brown hair. Her skin was kind of yellow, like she was sick or something.

"Are you alright?" Zoeie asked.

A flash of pain crossed her face.

"I need to get to a hospital," she said in a voice soo silent I had to lean forward to hear. Kouji lifted her us and we ran to the closest Trailmon station.

The first thing we did when we arrived in the real world was rush up to a police officer and he drove us to a nearby hospital.

The girl was laid on a bed where doctors hooked her up to an IV line. She was as still as stone as we entered her room. Her eyes were shut tight in pain and she opened them as we came in.

"I'm soo sorry about that," she moaned weakly. She winced. "I'm Megan."

"Err.Megan do you want me to turn the painkiller up?" Zoeie asked.

"No, I'll deal with the pain. The pain killers make my drossy and I feel even sicker with it." I starred at the IV. "Excuse my friend over here," she pointed to the monitor, "We're very attached.

"Oh, it's cool. I'm Takuya and these are my friends, Kouji, J.P., Zoeie, and Tommy." I said.

"I want to thank you for rescuing me back there."

"How did you wander into the digital world?" J.P. asked.

"Wander wouldn't exactly be the word I'd use. I'm also digidestend see. I carry the spirit of hope," she gasped for breath.

"Should I get a nurse?" Zoeie asked.

"No, the pain will pass."

"Why are you here?" I asked innocently. Kouji elbowed me sharply. That boy's really boney. He needs to eat more.

"Oh, I need a liver transfusion. My liver's failing and I'll die without a new one," she answered.

"Oh" There was a long silence.

A minute later a nurse entered. "Mrs. Long, you'll have to stay the night. I'm sorry I know how much you hate it."

"It's not your fault. Thanks for telling me." The nurse left.

"Well we better go," I said.

"Bye."

~Kouji's POV~ As we left the hospital I thought I would never see that girl again. I headed home and went on line. No body was on so I just played some games.

Then a thought struck me. I've seen that girl before. She was of my dad's co-worker's daughters. Oh well, why should I care?

That night my dad came home cheerily. My step-mom asked him why he was soo cheerful.

"Today I found out that my co-worker's daughter is in the hospital. I pitied the poor girl so I volunteered Kouji to visit her."

"You what?!" I roared.

"Is that a problem Kouji?" my stupid dad asked sternly.

"Yeah!"

"What's wrong with doing that? It's a good-"

"I won't"

"Yes you will."

"No I won't!"

Well we went on like that for quite a while. Finally I gave in furiously. We were both red in the face as I spat out, "You could have at least asked me first!" And with that I dashed off to my room to be alone slamming the door behind me.