Title : Kiss It Good-Bye
Pairing : Takouji, Koujiya...W/e u call it
Written by Out
Chapter 1 - Prolog
What is this?
This feeling...
I feel the desire for power...
The need to hurt others...
No! I don't want to hurt people!
Leave me alone! Get away from me!
Stay away! I'll hurt you! I'll hurt...
The feeling's growing...
I want to taste human...
I have to rip their flesh, bite them, drink them...
No! It's wrong! I don't!
Somebody...Please...Help me...
STOP ME!
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Ring Ring! Click!
"Hello, Minamoto residence, Kouji speaking." Kouji said in answer to the unfamiliar phone number on the caller ID.
"Kouji? Thank goodness! It's terrible!" came a frantic, young male's voice. Kouji sat up straight in his wheeled, spinning chair at his desk.
"Shinya? What's wrong?" he asked, slightly worried...but only slightly...He'd never heard the 12 year old so worked up...
Yea, it had been 4 years since their adventures in the digital world. Takuya had been hanging out with Kouji and the gang ever since. Kouji though had only been with Takuya and Kouichi, as he wasn't to close to the others. Yea, Takuya forced him to come whenever everyone got together, so he didn't ignore them or avoid them, he'd just rather stay with his brother and only real friend.
Takuya had been really excited lately about how his brother was now 12 and was getting a cell phone now...so that number had been his? Why call him, Kouji Minamoto, of all people?
"It's Takuya!" Shinya said hurriedly. Kouji's eyes shot open. Shinya had his full attention.
"What? What happened to Takuya?" he asked.
"I don't know, he said he was taking a walk and then he didn't come back!" It was said so fast, Kouji barely caught it.
"Stop!" Kouji ordered. Shinya stopped, but his ragged breathing was audible. "Explain it to me, slowly, in detail..." he said calmly. He heard Shinya take a deep breath.
"Last night at about 5, Takuya said he was going to go take a walk. Just around the block, he said. Mom told him not to be late for dinner, at 6, right? He wasn't back when we started, or when we finished. Mom stopped being angry and got worried. I'm not stupid Kouji. I think Takuya was kidnaped!"
"Where are you? I'll be right there." Kouji said, already pulling his shoes on, the cordless against his ear.
"I'm at the corner of the block...left of our house."
"Alright, don't move. I'm on my way." Kouji stood up and pulled on his blue and yellow windbreaker. He heard Shinya sigh.
"I'm glad I called you first. No wonder Takuya thinks so highly of you..."
Click! Shinya hung up. Kouji blinked at the phone, then remembered what was going on.
"Ah!" he dropped the phone on the desk next to the door and ran out, a scribbled message under the phone on a yellow sticky note.
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What's this weird feeling...
Am I floating? I feel weightless...
Was I dreaming?
Everything's so serene...
Am I dreaming now?
Do I want to...wake up?
I...want...to...ah!
I can't...breathe...!
Someone! Help! I can't...
My head hurts...
I can't breathe! Please!
Somebody...
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Kouji came to a stop right outside the park and caught his breath as he looked around. Shinya and him had met up near Takuya's house and made a plan. He'd also called Zoe, Tommy, and J.P., so they officially had a search party. Zoe was checking downtown, J.P. was checking the outskirts of town, and Tommy was checking the train stations with Shinya. So that left him to the park and surrounding area.
And just now...what had that been? Takuya? He shook his head.
'That wasn't Takuya. It wasn't even a voice. It was probably just my imagination or-'
'Please!'
Kouji's head shot up and he looked around. That was Takuya! But where was he? Kouji couldn't see him anywhere.
'Oh, that's it...I'm losing it. For sure this time.' he shook his head again and kept running.
"Takuya? Takuya! Come on! Where are you?" he called. No one was in the park except him it seemed, so no one stared.
A shadow in the trees on top of the hill peered out at him. It made a slight hissing noise and disappeared.
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"Ssir!" a shadow fell from nowhere to land on the floor of a dark room.
The only light in the room came from a glowing blue thing in the middle of the room, floating in the air. It was suspended above two, skinny bar-like objects, but not touching them...or anything else for that matter. No other lights were here, making the room unusually dark. A figure in the corner turned it's head to stare at the new arrival.
"Yes?"
"I ssaw one of them...They have sstarted looking for him..." he eyes glanced quickly to the blue, triangle shaped object in the middle of the room. 'Sir' noticed this, for he seemed angry now.
"Do not worry about that." he said sharply, bringing the man's attention once again to him. "Everything will go according to plan...If you follow my instructions that is..." he then seemed to calm, seeing the other man's discomfort.
"Yess ssir..." he muttered darkly.
"Now, go back and keep an eye on them. Don't let them near here...yet." the man ordered. The dark figure spread large black wings, hardly recognizable as such in the lighting, hissed slightly, and vanished, almost without moving.
Another dark figure walked up next to the leader's chair. The leader turned his head and watched as the figure walked towards the glowing triangle in the center of the room. Once there, it was shown that he had dirty-blonde hair in a pony tail and was wearing a red eye and forehead mask. He wore deep crimson robes and had a black and red face. He began to examine the triangle.
"Status?" the leader in the shadows asked, slightly softer-toned now. The blonde turned to him without smiling. His voice was creamy and sounded kind, yet kinda cold.
"Even with my skills..." he spoke in a somewhat slow way. He shook his head and turned back to the floating object, his eyes scanning it. "He'll be ready by midnight." he said in a defeated tone, lowering his gaze.
"Good!" the leader took on a happier tone and aura. "Soon, we will crush the digi-destined! Then, we will take over this world and open a new portal to the digi-world. Our power will reign supreme!" he laughed a booming laugh, filled with confidence.
"Of course sir." the blonde said softly.
"Now! Get to work! The sooner the better!" the leader stood up, his aura radiating certainty. As he left the room, the blonde man scowled.
"Even with my skills..." he began his sentence from before. He looked up at the object once more. "I will not be able to manipulate him fully...his mind is full of things I do not understand..."
He lifted his hands and lights the color blue of the triangle flowed from his fingertips, connecting with the object and making it glow brighter. The figure inside the triangle cringed but made no noise except a small gasp at the moment of first contact.
'Somebody...Please...'
End Chapter One! So? How was it?