Love's fire
"All of Gennai's research...gone..."The twelve walked into Gennai's home to see it ransacked and all the books and scrolls Chase was reading were gone.
"There goes our shot at trying to find him."
"Wait...I remember I accidentally dropped a book and I couldn't reach it where it fell."Chase walked to a bookcase and pointed at a red book underneath it."Whoever must have come here didn't see or reach it. Wormmon can you?"
"Sure."Wormmon shot a web from his mouth that grabbed the book and pulled it close and handed it to Ken.
"Let's see...Chase you were a genius to drop this."
"Why?"
"This is an Atlas for other temples. "Ken showed the others maps of the Digital World with symbols of the Elements on it."If I can find our current location using my Digistrap...we're closest to Matt's."
"How far would that be?"
"If we do the occasional here for a few hours then go home then back the next day...we should be there in a matter of...two weeks."
"I don't think we have two weeks to get to his then to whoever's."
"So...now what?"
"I don't know, all I know is that we also need to think about all the fights we're going to be in. Spartaphinxmon, Chaosryudramon, do I need to explain it even further?"
"I think I have an idea."Chase shushed the about to argue Digidestined and began to explain his idea."Maybe if all of us do, but remember I have nowhere to go so I'll go on ahead while you guys go home, shower, eat, go to school, all that stuff. When you're ready I'll tell you guys where I am and use one of those Digiports there."
"Wait but Chase-"
"What is it Kari?"
"Nothing...just promise us, especially me you'll be safe."Chase nodded at Kari while Sora examined her look carefully.
"You look worried."T.K looked at Kari during lunch to see her with a worried expression.
"I am..."
"Is it about that Base kid?"
"Oh come on Davis it's Chase, I think you do that on purpose."Yolei and Davis sat next to the two while Davis's expression changed from neutral to jealous.
"Chase, Base, Jace, same thing."
"No they aren't."
"Please stop. It's just worrying me because he's all alone with Ryuninmon in the Digital World."
"Why? Doesn't he have a family to see?"
"Actually..."
"I cannot read this thing if my life depended on it."Ryuninmon was reading the Atlas while Chase grabbed some fruit from the tree above them.
"Because it's upside down."
"Oh."
"He's from the future?"
"Yeah but don't tell anybody else."
"Yep this is a problem."Chase looked at Ryuninmon in disappointment as they were hanging upside down in a canyon.
"This thing said to go east near Shattered Dome."Ryuninmon took out the book making Chase snatch it from him.
"It didn't say to go east near Shattered Dome...IT SAID GO WEST!"
"No that's to the right."
"NO EAST IS RIGHT, LEFT IS WEST!"
"Chase? Chaase?"Sora and Matt were looking for Chase in the canyon and were looking around for him.
"Ryuninmon?"
"I found him."Biyomon pointed at Chase and Ryuninmon's nearly unconscious bodies and flew down and barely managed to put Ryuninmon flat on the ground."Can someone else get Chase? He's heavy."
"Fine then. Gabumon Element Digivolve!"
"GABUMON ELEMENT DIGIVOLVE TO FENRIRMON!"Gabumon quickly turned into Fenrirmon and grabbed Chase and put him next to his Digimon.
"What happened?"
"He can't read a map..."Chase weakly pointed at his partner making him slap his hand down.
"Shut up..."
"WEB WRECKER!"The four turned to see Diaboromon going towards them and shot at them from his chest making Fenrirmon jump towards him.
"AQUA HOWL!"Fenrirmon turned the attack into water but couldn't stop his arm that was stretching towards him and grabbed him."MATT!"
"Fenrirmon!"Matt ran up to Gabumon after he dedigivolved from Fenrirmon after he was slammed hard on the ground by Diaboromon."Gabumon are you okay?"
"Matt why is your head spinning?"
"Chase come on wake up. You have to help Matt wake up!"Sora and Biyomon were shaking the asleep duo but to no avail.
"SORA WATCH OUT!"Sora turned to see Diaboromon going towards them and started shaking Chase harder. But when she looked again, her look changed to pure horror as Biyomon got in Diaboromon's way and was hit hard into the wall.
"BIYOMON!"
"Out of my way girly...this is between me and the punks."
"You're going to pay for hurting Biyomon."Sora and Matt became shocked as Biyomon was engulfed in fire."Biyomon? ELEMENT DIGIVOLVE!"She then slammed her hand on her Digistrap making the small bird like shape change into a colossal one.
"BIYOMON ELEMENT DIGIVOLVE TO..."Diaboromon tried to shoot at the fire only for it to be incinerated as it neared it. Then watched in pure fear as her wings spread and the fire went onto them and her tail revealing the Aquilamon like head without the horns."FLAREROCMON!"
"Did it get hotter all of a su-never mind."Ryuninmon sat up and saw the new Digivolution before hiding behind Sora.
"Flarerocmon?"
"That's my name don't rub it out."Diaboromon jumped towards Flarerocmon only to have a taste of his own medicine and was hit into a wall."Hey Sora wanna fly?"
"Fly?"
"Jump on my back."Sora jumped on her partner's back making her go towards the trying to escape Virus Digimon and grab him by her claws."Hold on!"Matt, Gabumon, and Ryuninmon covered their eyes as Flarerocmon quickly flew up making the dirt go everywhere and covered the boys except for their eyes.
"Web Wrecker!"Flarerocmon let go of Diaboromon allowing him to shoot at her but dodged all the attacks and flew past him."CABLE CRUSHER!"He extended his arms grabbing her wings making her roar in pain.
"Flarerocmon!"
"I'm alright just watch."She flew up again and began to spin making Diaboromon release her and keep falling."BURN CLAW!"Sora was surprised as the fire that her partner was covered in wasn't hurting her. But she then held on tight as she dove down as the fire changed her shape resembling an even bigger version of herself and hit Diaboromon causing an explosion after she flew past him.
"Whoa..."Matt and Gabumon were in pure awe as Flarerocmon landed and turned back into Biyomon after Sora jumped off her back.
"I know."
"That was..."
"I know!"
"THIS IS SO..."
"I KNOW!"
"Can you stop?"Chase sat up trying to get the dirt off his eyes making the others laugh as Ken, Kari, and Cody and their partners ran up.
"So sorry...Davis...tried...to...make...us...skip...got...caught...detention..."Cody was out of breath trying to explain what happened while they looked at Ken.
"And you Ken?"
"Tried...to...make...me...bail...them...out...had...to...hide..."
"Oh, well no problem right guys?"
"Yeah."
"What happened anyway?"
"Nothing important right?"
"Yeah."
"So how far are we from Matt's temple?"
"Farther than you think, Lewis and Clark here screwed up reading the map."Matt chuckled pointing at Chase and Ryuninmon angering them.
"HEY IT WAS HIS FAULT!"
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME EAST WAS RIGHT AND WEST WAS LEFT!"
"DID YOU EVEN CHECK THE COMPASS?!"
"The what?"Everybody but Ryuninmon facepalmed as Kari realized something else.
"Which way is North?"
"Down right?"
"WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR IT!"Chase began to slam his head on the wall along with Gabumon and Armadillomon as Ken checked the Atlas.
"Actually it's not a total loss, Ryuninmon's incompetence-"
"HEY!"
"Actually got us was closer towards Cody's."
"Yeah I meant to do that."Ryuninmon tried to shrug off his mistake making a furious Chase and Sora walk up behind him."But not meet my maker."