Chapter 3
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The seven humans and Veemon were led into the heart of the Gotsumon village. The inhabitants stared. Some were filled with awe. Others were filled with fear or suspicion. Yet others didn't seem to care. They were just curious. The humans looked like nothing they had ever seen before. There were some Digimon that shared certain traits with the humans but they were decidedly different. The things that humans looked like were the Agents of old, but they were not the Agents. The humans were something else, something far more important to the Digital World than the Agents. They were the Chosen.
When the Chosen reached the center of the village, the other rookies reunited with their partners. They were slow to move and weak from being completely owned by the Minotaurumon an hour earlier, but they were healing quite fast. Veemon was the only one of the seven who was at full strength even though he had been pummeled. Veemon looked around the village. He saw all the Gotsumon staring; each one with a sense of wonder on their faces. Veemon asked, "Why are you all staring at us like that?"
A Gotsumon who appeared larger than the others approached them from out of the center of the crowd. He said, "I am the Gotsumon Chief in charge of this village. We are staring because you are the Chosen."
John stepped out in front of the others, "Chosen? What's that?"
"You don't know?" the Chief asked.
"No, we don't," Karin joined John's side.
"Then I will tell you," the Chief replied, "The Chosen are the saviors of our world. The stories and legends say that in great times of darkness. In times of darkness so great in times of evil so powerful that Digimon themselves cannot defeat it, humans will be called from their own world to ours to save it. But they would not be able to do it alone. Humans against Digimon and powers so great could not hope to defeat it. Humans alone are weak and fragile compared to Digimon."
"Then why are we called here if we are weak and fragile," Val asked with a sting in his voice.
The Gotsumon Chief didn't get the nasty tone in Val's voice, but John sure did. He turned around, "Let the Chief finish, Val. He's right. Do you think you or I could have been able to stop Minotaurumon? Do you think that we could be able to the get in to a fight with a Gotsumon and win?"
Val replied, "Definitely not against Minotaurumon. I am not insane. But maybe a Gotsumon. Probably against a Gotsumon."
"How Val? They are made of rock. Not flesh and bone. Have you ever punched a rock?" John went on.
"No. That would hurt," Val answered.
"Exactly. Punching a rock and punching a Gotsumon is the same thing. They are rocks. So we are not as strong as you would like to think against Digimon," John answered.
"Both of you shut the hell up! Or I will shut you two up myself," Karin snapped, "Your bickering is pointless. Let the Chief finish."
John stopped talking and Val just glared at John. Karin looked at the Chief, "I apologize for that. Please continue."
"Thank you, Peacekeeper."
"Just Karin."
"Well thank you, Karin," the Chief responded, "Since humans alone could not hope to defeat the darkness engulfing our world; they would be given a Digimon partner to fight alongside them. The Digimon that they were partnered with would be the force that the humans would use to fight the evil. The humans that were partnered with the Digimon would give the Digimon strength to fight. The two would share a bond that would strengthen the both of them. Each human would have one of their greatest traits chosen to help power their Digimon even further. The battles between the great powers of evil and the humans chosen to defend the Digital World would be awesome and climatic."
"So you believe us to be the Chosen?" asked Karin.
"I do. You fit the description. You are humans that were brought here to save us. You have been given each a Digimon partner."
"What is the great evil?"
"We do not know. Digimon on this island have been turning violent and evil. The nicest and kindest Digimon would suddenly become monsters. Such as our old protector Minotaurumon."
John was interested in the conversation but he felt an uneasy feeling flowing through his body. He had to leave the group for a minute. He would only get this feeling before something big was about to happen. He walked away from the Gotsumon to a tree that was close to the village center. He looked up to see a large fruit within arm's reach. With a feeling deep within his soul, he picked the fruit. It was about the size of a football. From behind him he heard, "John, what are you doing?"
"I don't know, Veemon," John turned around to his Digimon partner.
"What is that in your hands?" asked Veemon.
"I think it's the digital version of a papaya, a fruit from Earth," John answered. He looked at the fruit and looked at Veemon. He felt the urge to tell his partner to eat it. So he decided to trust his gut. He offered it to Veemon, "Here you go. Eat this. You look a little hungry."
Veemon's face lit up. A huge smile went across his face, "I'm starving. Thanks, John."
Veemon devoured the fruit within sixty seconds. John felt a calm rush over his body and he couldn't figure out why. A flash of light lit up the entire village. The sound of a massive explosion rung in his ears causing a ringing that hurt like a hot poker being put into his ear. The shockwave shook him off of his feet. When the light, noise and shockwave left, John looked up to see Minotaurumon staring the others down in the village center. The rookies except for Veemon tried to attack but still being weak from the fight earlier, they couldn't manage any attack.
John rushed towards the group, weaving through fleeing Gotsumon. He reached the center of the village and yelled, "Get out of here! All of you."
The humans and their partners didn't have to be told twice with the exception of Karin. She looked at him, "What are you doing? You said that you can't fight against this thing. Even Val agreed with you on that. So what are you doing?"
John looked at her with confusion etched into his face. He told her, "I don't know. I just know I have to be here. Trust me, Karin. Please get out of the way."
Karin nodded and took off with the others. John turned to face the Minotaurumon. The monster smirked as it saw John just standing there. It raised its cannon, ready to fire. John closed his eyes as he heard the cannon charging up. Time slowed down to a slow crawl. John waited for the inevitable blast wave, but he heard a shout from behind him, "V-NOVA BLAST!" John opened his eyes. He saw a red ball of fire fly overhead, hitting Minotaurumon. It knocked the monster off of its feet, leaving it dazed for a moment. John slowly turned around to see where the fire ball came from. John saw a blue dinosaur standing there with white markings, two large horns on the back of its head, a long horn on the dinosaur's nose, and large muscles all over its body. John stood there in awe and terror.
The Minotaurumon stood up and roared. John turned back around to see the creature. The ground started to rumble from impact tremors caused by the dinosaur charging the Minotaur. One foot slammed down on John's right, followed by a foot slamming down a dozen feet in front of John to the left. John sat there stunned with his mouth open in amazement as the dinosaur and Minotaurumon slammed into each other.