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"Hey Yamato, your shift is over. Go to sleep." A brown haired boy walked over to a glowing campfire. "I'll take over from here."
Yamato stood up and stretched his arms above his head. "Thanks Taichi. Have fun.. But hey, if Takeru starts having nightmares again, can you wake me up?" The blonde turned and looked at his younger brother. He peacefully slept in a circle amongst the other chosen children. His digimon, Patamon, was snuggled up against him.
Tai smiled when he saw the young boy as well. "Sure thing Yamato."
"Don't fall asleep yourself." Yamato chuckled as he walked away.
"Don't worry! I'll make sure he stays awake!" The orange digimon standing next to Taichi called after him.
"Agumon!" Taichi chuckled as he sat on the log next to the fire. "What am I going to do with you.."
"Hey, Yamato's got a point! You can't fall asleep and you're very prone to doing it!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Taichi shifted his gaze from the fire to his sleeping friends. Each one of them looked so peaceful, which was strange. Whenever they were awake, it was anything but peaceful. The boy smiled as he saw Takeru roll over on top of Patamon. The little orange digimon quickly squirmed away, seemingly without waking up. Matt laid next to his brother with his digimon, Gabumon, a good distance away. A red haired kid, Koushiro, slept using his beloved computer as a pillow. His digimon, Tentomon, was above him, laying across the branch of a tree along with Piyomon and who was partnered with an auburn haired girl, Sora. The other two girls in the group, Mimi and Hikari, slept with Palmon and Tailmon. Jyou slept upright against a tree, Tai guessed, in case there was need of a quick escape. Finally, his digimon, Gomamon, laid on the ground next to him. What a group they were..
"Whatcha lookin' at Taichi?"
"Oh, nothing!" The boy's cheeks flushed deeply red as he shifted his glance from a certain member of the group to his digimon.
"Are you sure Taichi? I don't believe you." The orange digimon eyed the boy. He knew better than this. Humans were very easy to figure out.
"Yeah.. I was just thinking." Taichi looked at the ground, trying to shake off Agumon's prying gaze.
"About what? Sora?"
Taichi jumped up. "SHH! Agumon! Someone could be awake!"
"So you're saying you are thinking about her?" A grin of triumph appeared across his wide face.
"No! I didn't say that.. Ugh.. Agumon! Get outta here." Taichi turned around on the log, clearly annoyed. However, he couldn't hide his smile. Truthfully, he was staring at Sora, and it was hard not to do it now.
"Oh come on Taichi. If anyone in this group knows you it's me!" The digimon kept his smile as he walked closer to his friend, egging him on. "Why don't you just tell her?"
The boy grimaced. "Agumonnn… Alright, just don't say anything!" Agumon hopped up on the log next to Taichi as he continued. "Wait, is it really that noticeable?"
"Not really.. I mean, I don't think anyone pays as much attention to what you do as I do." The digimon shrugged his shoulders.
"Thanks.." Taichi slapped his forehead. "Well, I guess that's good then.. as long as she doesn't know.."
"That you like her?" Agumon questioned.
"AGUMON! Be quiet!!" Taichi once again jumped up off the log, ready to bop his digimon on the head.
"But you're being louder than I am!"
The boy quickly sat down, slightly embarrassed. "Look, I'm gonna lay down and rest my eyes for a few seconds. If I fall asleep, wake me up alright? So that means you can't fall asleep yourself."
"But Taichi!" The orange digimon tried to protest, "Yamato said to stay awake!"
"I don't care what Yamato said, besides, I said I'm not falling asleep, just resting my eyes." Taichi smiled and gave Agumon a thumbs up.
"Taichi…."
"Don't worry, it'll be fine." And with that, Tai laid himself down on the other side of the log, hidden from the view of his anxious digimon.
"But Taichi.."
"ZZZzzzZZZ"
"Mmmm.." The orange digimon opened his eyes and sat up. "Oh no! I must of fallen asleep." He glanced at the fire which had now been reduced to embers. How long had he been asleep for? An hour? Two hours? He struggled in the dark to try and make his way over to his sleeping partner. Before he got there, however, he heard something behind him. "Who's there?"
The crinkling stopped as Agumon went over to investigate. "If only I could see.."
"AHHH!"
Agumon knew that voice. "Takeru?! Takeru!" He ran over to where his friends slept only to find them being surrounded by a group of Bakeman.
"PEPPER BREATH!" A ball of fire flew out of the digimon's mouth. He struck one of the ghostly digimon and it flew backward into a tree. "TAICHI WAKE UP!" Agumon cried, trying to hold off the three Bakeman which had turned their attentions to him.
Taichi groaned from the other side of the log. "..Whats… what's going on? Agumon? Agumon?!" The boy jolted up as he saw the scene in front of him. "Where did these Bakeman come from?!"
"Taichi!" Yamato yelled as a Bakeman grabbed both his arms. "I thought I told you not to fall asleep!"
The boy's eyes widened. "I.. I didn't mean to.." He tried to step forward, but he couldn't.
"Pepperbreath! Pepperbreath! Everyone, wake up!" Agumon ran, trying to attack the Bakeman faster than they arrived. For each one he knocked unconscious, a new one seemed to arrive.
One by one, the other digimon stood up, quickly taking in what was going on, and attacking as well.
"Blue Blaster!"
"Spiral Twister!"
"Boom Bubble!"
"ENOUGH!"
Everyone froze. The last voice echoed across the mountains, sending chills down everyone's spines. The digimon froze at the sound. The Bakeman stayed put, each one latched onto a different chosen child. The digidestined's digimon didn't move either, though it seemed they didn't have the choice.
"What's going on?!" Palmon called, trying to move her rooted feet from the ground.
"I can't move!" Gomamon tried to move his fins as well.
Taichi finally stepped forward. "Who are you?!"
An evil laugh came from every direction. "Who are you to question me, especially when you're in such a predicament?"
The boy clenched his fist. "Who. Are. You."
Another evil laugh. "Well, if you insist, I suppose I'll introduce myself."
The digidestined gasped as a dark cloud formed in the sky, covering the sparkling stars that had given off light seconds before. Taichi jumped back as the dying fire was re-ignited, giving off an orange glow. He looked up. From the cloud came a giant digimon. It was completely black, except for three white stripes down it's back. It's eyes glowed red, and fanged teeth showed through a evil smile. His wings were large and worn with holes. Finally, his long arms and legs ended with claws that looked like they could rip through anything.
"I'm Anzaman." His voice boomed as the dragon-like digimon landed heavily on the ground. The earth shook as he spoke.
"What do you want?" Taichi asked, looking around at his hostage friends. His eyes shot from Hikari, to Yamato, to Sora. Everyone was caught except for him.
"You have a lot of courage to speak to me in that tone, human. I wonder if you'll sound the same once the life has been sucked out of you." Anzaman held his hand out towards him. Taichi was merely the size of his smallest finger.
"Pepperbreath!" Agumon jumped in front of his hand. The attack didn't seem to anything.
"How annoying." Anzaman growled. "Is that the best you've got, chosen child?"
"Not quite." Tai glanced at Agumon. The digimon gave him a knowing look in return. "Agumon, let's do it!"
The little orange digimon was engulfed in a ball of light as he began to digivolve. Taichi covered his eyes. He could now fully see what Anzaman looked like, and he couldn't bear to look. Truly, he was hideous.
An orange light now burst from Taichi's chest and his digivice began to beep.
"Agumon warp digivolve to.. Wargreymon!"
The giant fighter digimon landed in front of Anzaman, ready for anything that came his way. However, he was not expecting what came next.
Anzaman seem unmoved by the mega-level digimon. "I don't have time for games like these. Let me show you how I play."
A bead of sweat dripped down Taichi's forehead as Anzaman kneeled down on the ground.
"What a pretty little girl.. You look so much like.. your brother." Anzaman looked at Taichi, waiting for a reaction as he spoke to Hikari. He got what he wanted.
"Get away from her!" Taichi screamed, beginning to run towards her.
"Ah, ah, ah." Anzaman waved his finger and Taichi flew backwards, crashing with a thud against the ground.
"Taichi!" Hikari called, tears beginning to run down her face. "Stop hurting him!"
Anzaman ignored her and moved his attention to the girl being held next to Hikari. "And you, why are you looking at me like that? I haven't done anything to you… yet." He pushed one of his long silver claws against the girls cheek, pushing her face away.
"Sora!" Taichi cried as he tried to get up. "Don't touch her!"
Anzaman grinned. This is exactly what he wanted. "My, my, so protective, aren't we? Why is that? It's useless, really. You'll all be dead soon enough."
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Wargreymon growled. "Giga-"
"I wouldn't do that." Anzamon calmly interrupted.
"Yeah and why not?!"
Anzaman looked at the boy, stunned by his courage. It took him a second to remember what he was going to say. "Stupid boy. Because, if your digimon here attacks me, someone will die tonight."
Taichi's face went white. "..what…. you can't"
"Watch me." Anzaman snapped his fingers. The Bakeman holding Hikari and Sora rose into the air.
"TAICHI!" His sister called, tears streaming down her 8-year-old face. "Help me Taichi!"
Sora screamed too, "TAICHI! Piyomon!"
Tai looked up, his mouth quivering. "No! Put them down!"
"Put them down?" Anzaman laughed. "Do you really want me to do that? And to think I was going to give you the opportunity to save one.."
"..One?" Taichi watched his sister's feet shake one hundred feet up in the air.
"That's right, pathetic human. Your emotions run too strong, don't they? You have to pick one, but, will it be your sister, or this other girl whom you acted so protective over? If I was you, I'd let both of their pitiful lives end, but now, I'm in a good mood today." Anzaman boomed.
'What are you going to do..' Taichi thought to himself. 'There's got to be something you can do..' He was frozen from fear. He couldn't lose either one of them, and both of them had the same right to live. Who was he to pick one?
"Time's running out." Anzaman laughed. "Tick, tock."
Taichi glanced at Wargreymon. Wargreyman gave him the same look as he had in the battle before, and the battle before that. The boy looked down for a second, to make sure Wargreymon was right. There was really nothing else to do. He looked up once again at both struggling girls.
"Taichi! Save your sister, Taichi! Don't worry about me!" Sora called, desperately searching for air, as Bakeman's claw was wrapped loosely around her neck.
"Taichi no! Save Sora!" Hikari shouted in between muffled cries.
"No!" Taichi cried. 'Wargreyman, go!"
"GIGA BLASTER!" Wargreymon cried as his cannons lit up.
"BAKEMON!" Anzaman turned around just before Wargreymon's strike hit. "Kill them both!" When the rockets crashed into his darkened body, it sent everybody flying. Taichi flew backwards as he saw Hikari and Sora falling from the sky, desperately screaming.
"Wargreymon!" He shouted. Then everything went black.
Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed chapter one. What did you think? Reviews would be greatly appreciated, and I'll get chapter two out as soon as possible!
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