The third chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story except for the story idea itself.
Chapter 3:
"He was after Haseo and Dorumon?" Mr. Kurosaki asked.
"That's what Drimogemon said." Celena answered.
"When we were in the park he popped out of the ground and attacked Dorumon after asking him who he was." Lunamon said.
"The park?" he asked. "Wasn't that where you were attacked by Saberdramon the other day?"
"Yeah it was." Celena answered thoughtfully. "Do you think they are connected somehow?"
"We can't rule anything out. I knew the digimon appearance rate was increasing, but two digimon in two days in the same location? There might be something more to this." Her father replied.
"Maybe there is. Why do you think Drimogemon was after Haseo and Dorumon?" Celena asked.
"I don't know for sure. I think we should all keep an eye on everything for now." Her father replied. "Where are Haseo and Dorumon right now?"
"They're stuck playing with Adam. They're probably stuck playing a video game upstairs in his room." Lunamon answered.
"I see. How does Haseo seem? Is he alright?" M r. Kurosaki asked.
"Yeah, I think so. Nothing seems to be wrong, and I think he likes it here." Celena replied.
"Good. Just keep an eye on him too. I know he can seem a little strange, but just give him sometime and make sure he's adjusting well, okay?"
"Okay." Celena and Lunamon answered.
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The next day was a Saturday so Haseo and Celena stayed home. Adam was intent on getting the digimon to play with him and continued to pester Haseo and Dorumon.
"Please, Shiro-nichan?" he asked with a big smile.
"I am sorry Adam, but I can not play with you right now." Haseo apologized.
"Yeah. The four of us are going to search for any digimon that might be wandering around." Dorumon explained.
"No, I want you guys to stay here. Please? Can't we play for a little bit? I want you to show me how that bow works." Adam begged.
"You grab an arrow, pull back the string, and let go. It's that simple." Celena said as she and Lunamon came down the stairs. Celena was holding a neatly folded black something. Haseo couldn't quite tell what it was, but he did know it was something to wear. "We have to go."
"Can I come with you guys?" Adam asked excitedly.
"No. It is far too dangerous to accompany us." Haseo replied.
"Exactly." Celena agreed before turning to Haseo. "I found this upstairs. Carrying weapons isn't exactly normal, but since you won't leave it here I figured you could wear this jacket over it." Celena said as she unfolded the jacket. It was thin and was long. Haseo put it on and the bottom of it was around his knees. It covered the bow and quiver perfectly, but it would also be easy to grab the weapons if he needed to.
"Thank you Miss Celena." Haseo said with a somewhat surprised voice. "But, isn't carrying a concealed weapon of any form illegal?"
"Look you can either wear the jacket and look cool if a little emo, don't wear it and look like a weirdo carrying around that bow and quiver, or you can leave the bow and quiver here. It's your choice." Celena said. "And I think carrying a weapon is illegal if you're a minor anyway."
"I suppose I shall keep the jacket. Thank you Miss Celena." Haseo said.
"What does emo mean?" Dorumon asked.
"I do not know." Haseo answered. The two of them looked at Celena for answers.
"Um, well it means, uh heh heh, you're probably better off not knowing." Celena said a little nervously.
"Um, so I can go right?" Adam asked.
"No." both of the older kids said at the same time.
"But I want to go! Please? I promise to stay out of trouble! Please? I just want to see some of the digimon you see. Please? Maybe one will want to be my partner. Please?" Adam asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry Adam, but no means no. It's way too dangerous. If we find a digimon, he might attack you." Celena said.
"But you guys are going!" Adam yelled.
"Because we have partners!" Celena yelled back.
"So! You can't fight on your own! You have to depend on Haseo and the digimon just like I would have to!" Adam yelled.
"I said no!" Celena yelled. "And that is final!" Adam glared at her before turning around and stomping up the stairs. Haseo watched him go up with concerned eyes. He agreed with Celena, but the yelling had seemed a little harsh. "Let's just go. We'll be back in a little bit!" she called to her parents. She dragged Haseo out of the house with a scowl on her face.
"Are you alright Miss Celena?" Haseo asked as they were walking down the sidewalk.
"First, stop calling me Miss. It's starting to get on my nerves. Second, I'm frustrated. Adam is such a little snot some times." Celena replied with the same scowl on her face.
"Well, I do agree that he was acting rather immaturely, but perhaps the yelling was a little too much? Adam looks up to you." Haseo said.
"Trust me, no he doesn't. He looks up to you Haseo. He just thinks of me as, well I don't honestly know what he thinks of me." Celena answered.
"He looks up to me?" Haseo asked surprised.
"Yeah, haven't you noticed Otouto? He's around us all the time." Dorumon said. "I agree with Celena. He's annoying."
"Come on Celena, that's not entirely true. Adam definitely looks up to you." Lunamon consoled.
"No he doesn't. Remember what he said when he saw you Haseo? He said I'm not cool enough to have a guy like you for a boyfriend. He was surprised we were even hanging out." Celena said defeated.
"Perhaps we should talk of something other than our relationship with your brother." Haseo suggested.
"Yeah. Good idea." Celena said.
"So, where should we search first?" Lunamon asked.
"Probably that park. After all, the two digimon sightings were both there." Dorumon suggested.
"Exactly. My dad and I think there might be a connection between the park and the digimon. We just don't know for sure, or what the connection is." Celena said.
"Well, at least it is a lead." Haseo said as they headed for the park.
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"Hey Mom! I'm going outside with Jasper!" Adam called.
"Alright, but be back by five!" she yelled back.
Adam went outside and greeted his friend Jasper and Lockheed. Lockheed was a Dracomon who was Jasper's digimon partner. Jasper was a dark haired Brazilian boy with green eyes. Adam sighed and hung his head a little lower. More and more digimon were coming to the human world. His sister had one, his friend had one, Haseo had one. Everyone around him had a partner, except him! It was so unfair.
"Hi Adam." Jasper greeted back. "Is something wrong?"
"Yuppers! He's sad!" Lockheed said.
"Why? What's wrong?" Jasper asked.
"A lot." Adam replied.
"Um, okay?" Jasper said. "Can you tell me more?"
"My sister is mean, everyone thinks I'm annoying, and a lot of people I know have a digimon except for me." Adam replied as he glared at the ground in front of him. He let out a depressed sigh and started walking towards Jasper's house.
"Well what happened? Why do you think your sister is mean?" Jasper asked.
"Because she and Haseo and their partners are searching for digimon that might be out to hurt people and she wouldn't let me come with. She said it's too dangerous." Adam said.
"Yuppers! Celena is right. A lot of digimon out there are dangerous." Lockheed said.
"It does sound like your sister has a point." Jasper said.
"You're only saying that because you think my sister is cute." Adam grumbled.
"I do not! Wait a minute, who's' Haseo?" Jasper asked.
"This really cool guy that's going to be living with use. He's here to help with the digimon or something. He's really cool and his partner, Dorumon, is like a furry dragon." Adam explained. "He can fight other digimon with a bow and arrows."
"Isn't that dangerous?" Lockheed asked.
"Yeah, but not for him. He's like a ninja, or that guy on Bleach." Adam said. "And he's really polite too. He never yells at me like Celena does. I wish he was my brother instead of Celena being my sister."
"Don't say that! Your sister is great!" Jasper yelled.
"I'll trade you siblings. I'll give you Celena if you give me Rai." Adam said.
"I would, but I don't think our parents would let us. It would be cool if we could though." Jasper said with a smile.
"Yuppers! You do have a crush on Celena!" Lockheed shouted enthusiastically.
"I do not!" Jasper yelled.
"Yes you do." Lockheed and Adam said simultaneously.
"Oh shut up! I don't want to go to my house. Let's go to the park instead." Jasper said.
"OK." Adam replied with a shrug.
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"Maybe I was wrong." Dorumon said. The group had been searching the park all day. Although, Haseo was the only one who seemed to take the job seriously. Everyone else was goofing off and laughing.
"I think so. And it's getting a little late for this 'searching' thing. I feel kind of bad though." Celena said.
"Do you mean because you yelled at Adam about the dangers of our mission and nothing dangerous has happened to us?" Haseo asked.
"I wouldn't have put it so bluntly, but yeah kind of." Celena replied.
"I do not believe that I was blunt. I merely guessed at what you meant based on what you had said previously." Haseo said. "I apologize if the truth was hard to hear, but I merely guessed according to the information I gathered."
"Oh shut up." Celena said, although she didn't really mean it.
"Aw, how sweet." A voice said. The group turned to see a small lion like red digimon.
"It appears an enemy has found us." Haseo said.
"Nope. That's just Coronamon. He's Lunamon's brother." Celena answered.
"I met him yesterday. He's an idiot." Dorumon said with a bored tone.
"That is rude Ryu-nisan." Haseo said in his scolding, yet not scolding voice.
"Yeah well, this guy deserves it." Dorumon replied.
"Stop talking about me as if I'm not here!" Coronamon yelled angrily. "I can hear everything you're saying!"
"I know." Dorumon said with a smile.
"That's it! Take this! Corona Blaster!" Coronamon yelled as he threw a fireball at Dorumon. Dorumopn shot a cannonball from his mouth and it blew through the fireball. Coronamon ducked the attack and jumped over to Dorumon. "Corona Fist!" he yelled as he hit Dorumon with a flaming fist.
"Stop it Coronamon!" Lunamon yelled.
"Haseo, stop your brother!" Celena yelled.
"This is not my fight. If Ryu-nisan wishes to fight, then he is welcome to if Coronamon also wishes to." Haseo replied as he watched the fight. "You should not worry. Ryu-nisan can handle himself."
Dorumon ducked and maneuvered away from Coronamon's punches with ease. "Metal Claw!" he yelled as he slashed Coronamon and hit him back. "You can't do a thing to me. I'm out of your league."
"Shut up!" Coronamon yelled.
"Wow! Did you see that!?" a familiarly annoying voice yelled.
"What are you doing here Adam!?" Celena yelled.
"Jasper, Lockheed, and I wanted to go to the park." Adam answered. He turned to Dorumon and began yelling, "That was amazing! One punch and he was down for the count! I told you guys Dorumon was cool!"
"Yuppers! That was a good shot!" Lockheed yelled.
"No kidding." Jasper agreed. The three of them ran over and surrounded Dorumon and continued to praise him. Dorumon ran towards Haseo, but the three of them followed.
"It looks like you guys have a fan club." Celena said with a smirk. "Haseo, meet Jasper and Lockheed."
"It is nice to meet you, Jasper and Lockheed. My name is Haseo and this is Dorumon." Haseo introduced with a bow.
"Is that white hair natural or did you bleach it?" Lockheed asked.
"It is my natural hair color." Haseo answered.
"More like natural lack of color." Dorumon said.
"One hit and they think I'm out. I can't believe them. I won't be upstaged by that furry freak." Coronamon grumbled to himself. He dropped to his knees and grabbed his chest. It felt like his heart was about to explode. He bent over and began coughing violently.
"Are you alright?" Lunamon asked. By now everyone else was looking at Coronamon.
"You, I won't let you beat me." Coronamon said through gritted teeth. A dark fire surrounded him and he roared in pain. The fire consumed him entirely and grew much larger. When the fire died down, Coronamon was no longer there. In his place was a large lion made entirely of blue flames. "DarkLynxmon!" he roared.
"Wow!" Adam yelled in amazement.
"Oh crap." Celena muttered.
"Oh no! What happened to my brother!?" Lunamon shouted.
"He Dark Digivolved." Haseo answered grimly.
"I'll rip you all apart!" DarkLynxmon roared. He charged at Dorumon and rammed into him. Dorumon was hit back and rolled across the ground and struggled to get back up. Haseo pulled out his bow and fired an arrow at DarkLynxmon. DarkLynxmon roared and surrounded himself in flames. The arrow burned up before it even reached the monster.
"I knew I should have started using the metal ones." Haseo muttered to himself. Dorumon stood back up and charged. "Wait Ryu-nisan! You can not beat him with brute force alone!" Haseo yelled, but DarkLynxmon hit Dorumon away before Dorumon could take the advice.
"Dark Blaze!" Lynxmon roared as he launched a dark fireball at Haseo. Haseo jumped away but the explosion hit him back and he landed on the ground. He struggled to get up but he was hit away by the charging Lynxmon and was knocked out before he hit the ground.
"We have to help Lunamon!" Celena yelled urgently.
"But he's my brother." Lunamon said worriedly.
DarkLynxmon turned and headed for Lockheed, Jasper, and Adam. Lockheed charged but was hit away quickly. DarkLynxmon sent another fireball at the three of them.
"No!" Celena and Lunamon cried. Lunamon jumped in front of the fireball and took the hit. She was slammed back and hit the ground rolling. Celena ran over to her partner and felt tears come to her eyes when she saw the burns on her partner.
"Don't worry. I'm OK." Lunamon said weakly.
"Don't talk." Celena said worriedly. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." She stood up and moved her arms out in a vain attempt to shield everyone. She glared at DarkLynxmon who roared at her in return. "I won't let you hurt them!" she shouted. She clenched her fist and a light blue energy surrounded her fist.
"Lunamon shinka, Lekismon!" she cried. Lunamon changed into a large pink rabbit digimon with four purple cords coming from her back. A metal mask covered her face and she had black gloves on. "Bring it on brother!" she yelled.
"Dark Blaze!" he roared as he launched a fireball at Lekismon.
"Moon Night Bomb!" Lekismon cried as she formed a glittering sphere of ice in her hands. She launched the ball at the oncoming attack and the two attacks collided and caused an explosion. DarkLynxmon charged at Lekismon but she jumped up and flipped forward and planted her feet on Dark Lynxmon.
"Moon Night Kick!" she yelled as she kicked off and sent the flaming cat flying backwards. Lekismon formed her own purple bow in her hand and pulled the string back. An arrow of ice formed and she cried "Tear Arrow!" and launched the arrow at DarkLynxmon.
The arrow stuck into DarkLynxmon's chest and he roared in pain. Ice slowly spread over the wound until he was a statue of ice. The ice suddenly shattered and Coronamon fell down unconscious.
Celena let out a sigh of relief, but then ran over to Haseo and Dorumon and Lekismon ran over to Coronamon. The three of them were okay, as was Lockheed. Lekismon picked the four of them up and managed to carry them home.
"What's going on?" her mother asked when she saw Lekismon carrying everyone.
"Long story short, we need help." Celena replied. Er father came in and immediately began to take action. Haseo, Dorumon, Lockheed, and Coronamon were all placed on futons in the living room and her father began to examine their wounds.
"I'm sorry Celena." Adam apologized. "I shouldn't have come. To be honest, I kind of pressured Jasper and Lockheed to come to that part of the park. I figured that if a digimon appeared, it would be there."
"I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier. I only wanted to make sure you weren't hurt." Celena said. She pulled Adam into a hug. "I know you feel left out, but I'm sure you'll have a partner soon."
"I hope I can work with him as well as you can with Lunamon." Adam said.
"Nah, you'll be better." Celena said with a proud smile.