Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, so HAH! You lawyers best go and try get money out of someone else 'cause I'm downright broke! Now let me and my fantasies be! We like dreaming and writing weird things like this! So, SHOO!
I walked steadily behind Izumi, Tomoki, and Junpei, not really caring where we were going. It didn't really matter, as people kept telling me only I could defeat the ever-rowing darkness. Yeah, right, Kouji Minamoto defeat darkness. Pff, people call me a loner, and no one can understand why I'm the Warrior of Light! Not even I! So why am I here, your asking. Well, guess you can call it a journey for answers. I want to know why my twin was stolen from me, my last bit of family, taken by some evil, power-hungry monster. A real Warrior if Light wouldn't feel the hatred, anger, and rage I felt, and still feel. It drives me crazy.
"Kouji, hurry it up!" Junpei calls. I sigh and pick up my pace, now rivaling his, and he's the tallest of us all. He's the Warrior of Thunder, and also a very good Demon Summoner. If it weren't for the slight fact that he could rarely control the demon he summons. Funny, he can summon them, but not control them. He's also strong like a powerful roll of Thunder, and is always quick and eager like lightening. Seems like the Legends chose well for their Warrior of Thunder.
"Don't rush him Junpei, he's probably thinking." Tomoki said, walking next to Izumi and smiling. Tomoki is the prince of Destiny Walls, a place well named. He's the Warrior of Ice, a description that should have worked, but it didn't. As a prince, he should have been heartless and cold, and care only about his people. Tomoki, he wasn't like that. He was very nice, and lived in a dream world that everyone could be happy. But when he gets older, he'll fit it, because by then he would have faced many cold wars.
"I wonder if we'll meet up with any other Legendary Warriors…" Izumi murmured. I smirked; the girl was nice, smart, and very helpful. She was like the wind, always helping, and only hurting when need be. She could speak telepathically with other humans, but the power always did this on its own, she couldn't control it. Rumor has it that if she's far away enough from humans she'll die. I highly doubt that, Izumi's strong. She's our only girl, and she's the Warrior of Wind, yah the Legends knew what they were doing with her. Me? Nope, nuh-uh, they flipped their lid with me. If my brother were the Warrior of Light, I wouldn't be surprised. He was kind, helpful, and enjoyed other's company. Yah, he was the perfect example of good that is until the dark lord took him from me, my only family. Just because he was the Warrior of Darkness. I HATE that dark lord for taking my remaining family. I guess that's another reason why I'm traveling with these other three, because I'm hoping to regain my lost twin.
"Earth to Kouji! Hello? Did you hear me?" Junpei asked, scowling. I raised a brow at him and looked up at him.
"Hn." Was all he got out of me. Nodding his head in approval, he continued walking as me and the others followed.
"I said…Which way do we go from here?" Junpei repeated. I thought for a moment when I saw the fork in the road. Sighing I pointed them in the correct direction. Izumi scrunched up her nose, as if annoyed.
"But that leads us to the Traders Village, all they got there are greedy men and their slaves!" Izumi whined. I chuckled, Izumi was already annoyed she was surrounded by guys on this journey, now she was going to be in a village full of them.
"Sorry Izumi, but the King said we, the Legendary Warriors, had to stop the darkness spreading over the lands before it gets way out of hand." Junpei said calmly. Izumi let out a frustrated sigh, but said no more. Tomoki looked up at me and tilted his head.
"Kouji, what are slaves?" He asked. All four of us stopped, and us three older teens stared at Tomoki. He was a prince, and didn't know what a slave was. I stared long and hard at him before speaking.
"A person who belongs to another, and has no free will of their own, and can be sold or freed by their owners." I explained my voice void of emotion. I really didn't care much about slavery, how much that changed by one person much later on.
"Nani? That's not right!" Tomoki said, his eyes blazing in anger. "You can't own a person! It's just not RIGHT!" He repeated. I shrugged and continued on my annoyed way.
"Well, Tomoki, that's life." Junpei said, and followed me. Tomoki sighed sadly and followed us with his head hanging, and Izumi patting him on the back, trying to make him feel better.
"Who's the leader?" Junpei asked curiously.
"Jack." I replied. "A selfish slave trader who will do anything to get what he wants." I added. "Be careful around that man, or else you'll find yourself no longer a free human being." As much as I hated to admit it, I needed my comrades here, because without them, what could I do alone?
"Well, thanks for making me even more uneasy!" Izumi scowled. Shrugging, I continued to lead us to the village. Truth was, I felt uneasy about going in there too.
"Ah, welcome!" A large, beefy man welcomed us. "How might I be of service for you?" He asked, a huge grin plastered on his face. "Here to see our new stock of slaves, or perhaps just passing through?"
"Passing through." I said quietly. He frowned and shook his head.
"Shame, we got some young 'uns this batch." He said, not hiding the disappointment we weren't interested.
"Do you know where we can see the leader? We have some questions before we leave." Tomoki spoke up. The beefy man looked down at him and smirked.
"Well, you have to defeat his oldest slave to earn that right." The beefy man chuckled. "And I'd like to see you do that, no one's had any luck."
"What are the costs?" I asked coolly. I knew it wasn't that easy.
"Well, if you win, you can request anything of the leader, but if you lose…well, we'll just say there went your freedom." The man said, eyes sparkling maliciously.
"Hn." I replied.
"Where can we challenge him?" Tomoki asked, determination in his eyes.
"Tomoki, what are you doing?" I hissed in his ear. He turned to me and spoke calmly.
"Kouji, I tried making a small knife with my ice abilities, but something here isn't allowing me to do it. I think the Warrior of Fire's here, and I'm betting she's a slave of Jack's."
"Why were you doing that?"I asked.
"I feel unusually warm." He replied. It hit me like a brick in the face. Fire melts ice, so naturally ice got signals fire was around. I always got those when I was around my brother.
"Fine, but I'll be doing the fighting." I said sternly. Tomoki gave me a quizzical look, but nodded his head anyway.
"Okay then." He said. Turning back to the beefy man, he repeated his question. "Now, where do I challenge the leader of this village again?"
A/N: ^_~ Pay very close attention to these chapters, they help develop the plot for this stories next…plot. Uhm…yah…well the first four chapters will either come up every day or every other day. Afterwards though…*Sad sigh* I'm stuck updating only once or twice a week, which really sucks…