This I had help from one of my best buds LiquidPhazon he gave me ideas for the insects, and the bosses, but with everything else he was able to inspire me. So I hope you enjoy yourselves.
Chapter 4 A Hero's thorn in the butt
We find ourselves back in the twilight forest as Daisuke was walking with Hikari back to normal on his back with the wooden shield on her face holding the sword in her right hand.
"Can you give me a warning next time you decide to just pull me in like that?" Daisuke asked Hikari as he was refering to Hikari pulling him in the twilight using her hair that formed the hand looking back at her.
"I guess." Hikari said shrugging her shoulder. "So these are the weapons you use in your world?" She asked swinging the sword around making Daisuke duck his head.
"Hey watch where your swinging that thing!" He exclaimed.
"You really think this thing can slay the creatures of twilight?" She stopped swinging the sword.
"Yes I do, I was able to bite and kill the others. And besides dont be picky about the aquipment." Daisuke said in annoyance. "Hey!" He shouted as Hikari threw the shield on his head.
"Well I wont use these but I'll hold on to them for you." Hikari raised up her left hand and snapped her fingers making them turn black as they disappeared. "All right, a promise is a promise. I trust you enough to help." She then leaned down to whisper in Daisuke's right ear. "In exchange for my help though I need you to gather some things for me."
"You seem to be making deals with me left and right." Daisuke said looked at her.
"Look, I cant tell you all the details now but it'll be easy, trust me."
"I do actually." Daisuke said.
"But hey do you hear that noise?" She asked as Daisuke listened and hear something soundling like small wailing. "Its the cry of the spirit that had its light stolen."
"But where is it?" Daisuke wonder looking ahead.
"Better get going dont you think?" Hikari asked turning around and laying on Daisuke's back crossing her legs looking at her fingers. "Dont blame me for your worlds fate if you dont hurry and save the spirit's light" She picked on him humming as he groaned.
"Right gotta get to it." Daisuke dashed forward running in the forest when it was in the middle he was surrounded again by the same pillars in the Odaiban Spring as a portal opened above him and three Keramon came out surrounding him.
"Damn we're pinned in again!" Daisuke growled getting ready.
"Pffft! Who do they think they're dealing with?" Hikari bragged. "No need to take these little pests on one at a time right? You can take them all at once!"
"You bet I can!" Daisuke smirked getting ready.
"So.. you can handle this on your own. Good luck! Bye!" Hikari smiled as she jumped off Daisuke's back and flew away.
"What?! Hikari!" Daisuke shouted at her but she was already gone. "Fine then come on!" Daisuke shouted going after the one on his left and bitting down on its neck four times till he jumped off got creative spinned and slashed his tail across the neck as the Keramon fell down dead. He then turned to the other and swiped his right paw across the throat killing it too as he landed. "How do ya like that?" Daisuke smirked.
"ROOOARR!" The last Keramon shouted making the wolf bend over as his ears were in pain when he raised up his head and looked behind him he saw the two suppose dead Keramon rise up.
"Ok this is not good." Daisuke said backing up as the three Keramon walked to him.
"Whats the hold up?" He looked up to see Hikari floating above him.
"Hey incase you have'nt noticed two of those Keramon beast I killed came back to life!" Daisuke shouted.
"Duh! If you leave the last one alive its just going to use that shriek to the bring the others back." Hikari said floating infront of him.
"You act as though I knew that!" Daisuke shouted moving comically in the air but able to calm down as he landed huffing.
"Ok ok here I'll help." Hikari said getting on his back. "Use my power to immobolize them then strike." She instructed.
"Alright then." Daisuke said as he glowed red then flipped landed in the middle of all Keramon he then stomped his right paw down and made a red energy circle on the ground as it touched the Keramon as they were paralized in red static. Daisuke lunged at them striking each one in the neck before he skidded infront of them looking as they all fell down dead, they then turned into black particles and went into the air forming the portal turning the swirls from red to blue, Daisuke breathed as the energy disappeared from his body.
"That takes care of that." He then turned his head and glared at Hikari. "And what the hell was the big idea leaving me?" He thumped her off his back making her fall forward flipping and landing on her butt.
"Hey I was just kidding around, take it easy!" Hikari said turning her head facing him as she rubbed her butt with both hands.
"Well dont do it again." Daisuke said turning his head as he was looking at her rubbing her butt, he then bended down to let her on. "Sorry for bumping you off." He muttered.
"Eh, dont worry about it." Hikari said waving her right hand as she got back on Daisuke's back.
He then got up turned around and began walking til he stopped infront of the spring and heard a voice with also seeing a orb of light.
"Please... help me... maroon eyed beast..."
"I take it Odaiba told you I was comming through some kind of telepathic link?" Daisuke asks.
"Yes she did... we light spirits... are connected... be careful. These woods... have changed due to the... power of twilight... please retrieve my lights and store them in this vessel."
A light orb came infront of Daisuke when it faded he and Hikari saw a small vine with 5 small clear orbs on both sides as Hikari grabbed it with her right hand.
"This vessel of tears... will store the... lights you find. With the last... of my power... let me show you... the location of the dark insects... that have them."
In their minds Daisuke and Hikari were shown were the ten insects were.
"Be warned... they are as invisible as... humans turned into... spirites."
"Meaning?" Daisuke said.
"Meaning you'll have to use your senses to see them. Like you did with the Knightmon in Tyrule Castle." Hikari told him.
"Right." Daisuke nodded his head understanding. He then walked to the left in the pathway where he saw two sparkling lights going across the ground. "I think those are two of them now."
"Use your senses." Hikari said as Daisuke crouched down and his eyes turned blue when we looked back at the sparkling lights who took forms of tiny spiders(KoDokugumon).
"Your mine!" Daisuke pounced stomping on them both as they spursted in into teary white energy as they went into the vessel of tears filling two orbs at the bottom.
"Two down eight more to go." Hikari said. Daisuke walked towards the cave when he realized something.
"Hey Hikari do you think you could give me some light?"
"I guess."
Hikari formed a red ball of energy and lit up the cave to they could see as they walked on they encountered two more KoDokugumon but quickly took care of them and obtained two more lights, when they reached the end of the cave they were in the other part of the forest.
As Daisuke walked through the fog and into gates seeing three Keramon near the cliff like opening, suddenly he and Hikari were surrounded by pillars again as the Keramon noticed them and ran to them.
Daisuke growled and charged at the one on the right as the Keramon punched him with its right fist but Daisuke cluthed his mouth on it making him move along with it, Daisuke then put his front paws on the arm and pushed himself to the neck as he sliced it. When it fell the other one snuck behind Daisuke grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall making Hikari fall off.
"Hey let him go!" Hikari stood up made her brown combine with the red making it maroon and she formed it into the same hand that pulled Daisuke into the twilight and punched the Keramon on the right side of its face making it let go of Daisuke as it fell on the ground.
"Thanks, I owe ya." Daisuke said getting up looking at her.
"I know." Hikari said closing her eye and waving her left hand, she failed to notice the other Keramon rushing at her but Daisuke did.
"Oh no you dont!" Daisuke got infront of Hikari and tackled it to the ground on the chest as he jumped back to Hikari. "Consider that me owing you. And do try to pay attention next time." He taunted as Hikari got on his back as he finished off the Keramon.
"Oh ha ha ha." Hikari said sarcastically as the blue portal formed above them, Daisuke then used his senses and saw three KoDokugumon in the ground he digged in his spot and all three popped out but Hikari quickly destroyed them by sending out a red slash swifting her right hand, as the light went into the vessel.
"Just three more." Daisuke said walking towards the wooden temple up the logs way when they were close he saw the same girl monky that Makato chase in spirit form standing on a wooden pole as she was surrounded by the last three KoDokugumon.
"Oh please.. please go away." She whimpered in fright.
"Monkey girl's in a bunch." Hikari muttered.
"Lets help her out." Daisuke jumped at one clawing it Hikari sended a red energy wave at the other then Daisuke slashed his tail at the last one as they all exploded into light, they both turned to the monkey as she stopped shaking.
"Did someone help me?" She asked looking around. "Thank you whoever you are." Daisuke smiled at the appreciation while Hikari rolled her eye smirking. "Which is more than I can say for the boss. Ever since he went funny in the head, there've been scary monsters everywhere, those village kids managed to get by for some reason. Whe whole forest is acting weird now, just what is going on?" Throughout the whole time she was rambling Daisuke and Hikari were listening but each had different reason's, for Daisuke he was worried about the others for it seemed they were somewhere else but the question is where, as for Hikari she was interested in the monkey's boss for she was wondering if what she was looking for was linked to the monkey boss acting funny as she heard.
They were both brought out of their thoughts as the last lights went into the vessel making it glow bright as it engulfed Daisuke and Hikari making them disappear, the scene then showed the spring as the vessel went into it making the twilight disappear and the forest to return to normal. Hikari in her shadow form started skipping along the water til she stopped and floated legs crossed with her hands on her knee facing the spring.
"Aww it was so nice here in the twilight. What's so great about the world of light anyway?" She then leaned back with her hands behind her head and laughed, she turned her head to Daisuke "Anyway see ya later." She then vanished, after that a light orb came out of the spring floting in the air as it morphed into a two-headed turtle(Ebonwumon) with the orb on top of the tree on its back.
"My name is Shibuya." The turtle said in a male voice. "I am one of the spirits of light who dwell in Tyrule. By the order of the gods, I protect this forest."
"Oh brave youth. In the land covered in twilight where people roam as spirits, you were transformed into a maroon to blue-eyed beast, a wolf. That was a sign."
"A sign?" Daisuke asked.
"Yes, a sign that the powers of the chosen one rest within you, and that they are awakening. Look at your awakened form."
"Awakened form?" Daisuke asked as he looked at himself seeing he was human again but was wearing different kind of clothes shocking him, he was wearing Ike's outfit in Super Smash Bros Brawl except for without the cape with the sword and shield on his back. (I was'nt sure if I could give the description right so I just put this hope everyone will be ok with that.)
"The blue tunic that is your garb once belonged to the ancient hero chosen by the gods. His power is yours, this is the true power that slept within you." Shibuya said as Daisuke kept looking at hisself all over.
"Within me?" Daisuke looked at his hands in awe as he felt the power Shibuya was talking about, he then raised up his head looking at the glowing two-headed turtle.
"Your name is Daisuke. You are hero chosen by the gods."
Daisuke looked at Shibuya for awhile til he got a hard look on his face as he stood tall as if understanding something.
"Brave Daisuke. A dark power rests in the temple deep within these woods, its a forbidden power long long ago. I and the other spirits of light locked it away, because of its nature it is a power that should never be touched by any who dwell in the light."
"But this world weeps beneath a mantle of shadows, and so there is no other choice, you must match the power of the king of shadows. If you would seek this forbidden power, then proceed to the temple in the forest depths."
And with that Shibuya vanished in millon of light balls going into the springs leaving Daisuke alone to think as he looked at his right hand.
"So Im this ancient hero who has to save my world from this dark evil. I guess now I finally understand." Daisuke thought as he clutched his hand into a fist, it was then Hikari came out of his shadow looking at him.
"Well well your the chosen hero and all that huh? So THAT'S why you turned into that wolf beast." Hikari said smiled until she made a fake pout. "What a shame, I mean maybe you'd rather just wander as a spirit like the rest of them. Totally unaware of what was happening for all eternity."
"I dont think that's an option for me Hikari." Daisuke said as he looked up at her.
"What do you want to do now? Do you wan to head to that temple?"
"Yeah I think thats where I need to head."
"Well, is'nt that convenient, I was about to head there myself."
"Why's that?"
"Hey look you wanna help your friends right?. The way I see it, maybe they're in that temple waiting for you to rescue them."
"Somehow I doubt that. But no harm in checking it out if they're in there, either way for now both me and Hikari want to got to that temple. Though I think she trying to get something from it but I'll worry about that later." Daisuke asked deep in thought til he looked back at Hikari. "I guess, well then lets go."
"Good luck, Mr. Important Hero!" Hikari giggled and went back in Daisuke's shadow as he smirked at the title she just gave him.
"Whatever Hikari." Daisuke then ran to through the pathway into the cave through the woods and stopped as he neared the temple as he looked at it. "So here I am, only this time Im going in." When he was about to walk up the loggy pathway he noticed a strange gold wolf infront of him about the same size as Sonia(Gaogamon).
"Whoa!" Daisuke exclaimed jumped back and getting out the sword in his right hand and the shield in his left hand ready to fight the Gaogomon as it crouched down growling. "Alright you wanna rumble, lets rumble!" Daisuke rushed at it raising the sword but Gaogamon moved so fast Daisuke could'nt fully see it in time as it jumped at Daisuke aiming for his head, when it did both it and Daisuke were engulfed in a gold light blinding everything.
...Somwhere else...
We see Daisuke laying on his stomach on the ground in some sort of foggy location where there was nothing in sight.
"Ugh.." Daisuke groaned getting up. "What was that?" He then looked around checking his surroundings. "And where am I?" He failed to notice Gaogomon sitting behind him when he turned around in Gaogomon's place was somebody wearing VictoryGreymon armor with a black spandex suit under it with gold boots under the shin gaurds with the sword and shield on its back. "Who are you?" Daisuke asked.
The person said nothing but took out the sword and shield of its back putting them in its right and left hands.
"Ok so you want to fight, well then ok." Daisuke got ready and jumped at person swinging down his sword but the person blocked it with the shield and slashed his sword across Daisuke's chest making him fall on the ground skidding back groaning in pain.
"A sword weilds no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage." The person said with a voice sounding male as Daisuke got up. "You may be destined to become the hero of legend, but your current power would disgrace the proud blue of the hero's tunic you wear."
"What do you know? Who are you anyway?" Daisuke glared at the guy not liking him call him weak as he it sounded.
The person in armor put the sword and shield back on his back moved his hands and grabbed the helmet taking it off revealing a tan guy's face about 16 years old having wild brown hair and eyes. "My name is Taichi(Tai). And you must use your courage to seek power, and find it you must. Only then will you become the hero Tryule needs in this darkest hour. If you do find courage and you with to save all from the horrors they now face, then you will be worthy to receive the secrets I hold."
"But Taichi who exactly are you?" Daisuke said calming down feeling he only means well.
"I'm a descendent of a brave honorable knight, his teachings and skills have been passed on to generation after generation to the next one, which is me. And I have come to teach them to you just as the gods have asked of me."
"Whoa the gods told you to teach me your ancient moves?"
"Well that and someone told me you need my help, or for that matter all the help you can get."
That comment made Daisuke drop anime-style.
"Anyway let the lesson begin." Taichi said putting the VictoryGreymon helmet back on showing his brown eyes through the holes as Daisuke got back up when Taichi pulled out his sword and shield. "First Hidden Move: The Ending Blow. Enemies that are filled with energy will quickly recover and attack again even when stunned by a powerful strike. The Ending Blow is a secret technique you can use on stunned enemies to end their breath before they spring back into action. Like so."
Taichi lunged at Daisuke and swung his sword with Daisuke blocking it but Taichi quickly swept the sword under Daisuke's feet making him fall on the ground on his back, Taichu jumped up in the air put the sword in both hands with the shield still on his left and striked downward with the blade between Daisuke's chest and his left armpit missing him.
"WHOA! Now I see why it's called the Ending Blow, I was completely stunned for a moment and the force of that strike could've finished me off! This guy is both skilled AND powerful!" Daisuke exclaimed in his mind as Taichi got off with him with Daisuke rising to his feet.
"When an enemy lies collapsed on the ground stunned, without delay leap high in the air and deliver a final strike to end their life." Taichi explained. "Now try it one me."
"Alright." Daisuke nodded his head as he and Taichi moved their swords and touched them together signifying them getting ready.
Daisuke ran up to Taichi and slashed downward but Taichi blocked with his shield, Taichi then swiped for Daiske but he jumped back Taichi then ran up to Daisuke swinging his sword to the right sideways but Daisuke managed to roll out the way, when Taichi turned around Daisuke didn't waist anytime and ran up to him swinging his sword downward to the right on his chest then swung it across his gut to the left and brung it upward across the chest making Taichi fall on his back. Daisuke then jumped up put both hands on the sword the same way Taichi did and struck him between his chest and his right armpit, he then backflipped getting off Taichi as he rose from the ground.
"I-I did it." Daisuke said stunned then a small smiled appeared on his face.
"Very good Daisuke you did well. The first hidden move the Ending Blow has been passed on." Taichi said putting the weapons on his back.
Daisuke nodded his head jumped up and did the move then backflipped and put the shield on his back, he then fwipped his sword around and sheathed it back into the shealth smiling. "Thank you Taichi."
"Don't not mention it, but its not over yet there are six other moves for me to teach you. Those are only for the one who carries the blood of the hero, the one whose spirits is that of the wolf beast. Grow powerful, test your courage and when you find that you need another move to overcome the threats that you face search for the statues that howl with the sound of wind. Seek the sound that calls to the spirit of the beast to summon me again." Taichi said.
"I will." Daisuke nodded his head.
"A sword wields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage, remember those words. Farewell." Taichi finished as the scene faded away in a gold light.
…Back in the Shibuyan Forest in front of the Temple…
"Ugh.." Daisuke groaned as he got up when he regained his sighting back he saw he was back in the Shibuyan forest in front of the temple. "Whoa Im back."
"Ok what the hell happend to you?" Hikari asked comming out of Daisuke's shadow.
"Whaddya mean?" Daisuke asked looking at her.
"I mean when that gold Gaogomon jumped at you he disappeared and you fell down."
"So that means Hikari didn't come with me to that strange world. In a way my mind was transfered there." Daisuke thought in his head, his body started to glow gold and right before his mind everything came back in his head on what happend in that world as well as feeling all he did and feeling stronger. "I guess my body gets stronger everytime I meet Taichi." The glow then died down.
"What the hell was that?" Hikari asked witnessing Daisuke's body glowing.
"Um I'll explain later, right now lets go." Daisuke walked towards the temple with Hikari floating by his left, as he came to the door he pushed it the the left sliding it open as he walked through with the dorr sliding back the way ot was. Daisuke grabbed the lanturn behind him and turned it on putting it on his right hip as he walked through, when he came near an opening he and Hikari saw the same monkey when Daisuke was a wolf in a wooden cage being guarded by the same purple creatures Daisuke encountered saving Makato and Shiushon in front of a vine covered wall leading to another door.
"Well looks like I get to fight these Puglies again." Daisuke said taking out his sword with his right hand.
"Puglies?" Hikari looked at him confused.
"Yeah short for purple uglies." Daisuke said.
"Ah." Hikari said understanding.
Daisuke charged at the Puglies with the right one swinging its club and Daisuke but he brung out his sheild blocking it and thrusted his sword through its chest as it exploded, then the other swung their club but Daisuke block it with his sword then they both striked each other after strike with their weapons. When the Puglie missed Daisuke swung his sword to the right slash it across the chest making him fall down, see his chance Daisuke jumped up and did the Ending Blow killing the Puglie as he blackend then explodes as Daisuke backflipped away.
"I said it once I'll say it again; Thank you Taichi." Daisuke thought in his head, he then walked to the wooden cage striked it and freed the girl monkey as she jumped up and down and climbed up the viney wall, when she reach to the top she waved gesturing Daisuke to follow her when Daisuke put his sword and shield back.
"It seems like she wants you to follow her." Hikari said.
"Yeah, but for what?" Daisuke wondered.
"Well your not gonna find out just standing here now are you?" Hikari asked going back in his shadow. Daisuke then made his way up the vines to the top when he reached it he pushed the door to the side opening it. When he did and it closed he saw a dirt pathway going + as he walked forward to the front heading to the door in front of it with the monkey by his side.
As they walked through the door Daisuke and the monkey came across a riggidy bridge built to go on a cliff which had the same door leading to somewhere else.
"I guess she was leading me here." Daisuke mussed as the girl monkey walked over the bridge but then stopped and whimpered. "What's got her all worked up?" He looked up and saw on the other side of the bridge was a monkey about his size wearing a weird mask(Sepikmon) and in his right hand looked like a feathered boomerang. Sepikmon raised his arm up and threw it over the bridge as a tornado formed with it, the monkey shouted in fear and ran towards Daisuke as the boomerang destroyed the bridge leaving only a vine across, as the boomerang came back to Sepikmon who caught it in his right hand he turned around and spank his bottom at Daisuke then went through the door.
"Did that Sepikmon just destroy the bridge and smack his ass at us?" Hikari growled comming out of Daisuke's shadow who's face was red in anger.
"Yes he did." Daisuke muttered.
"So now what?" Hikari asked.
Just then the girl monkey got their attention jumping up and down and going through the door.
"I guess keep following the monkey, she does know this place alot better than we do."
"Fine but she better help us find a way across." Hikari whinned going back in Daisuke's shadow as he went through the door, when he was on the other side he saw the monkey on the left door waving for him to follow which he did.
As they went through the door Daisuke saw wooden stairs that went upwards and a pathway going left and right as he walked up it with the monket in front of him as she pointed both ways when Daisuke reached the top.
"There's something in these doors you want me to get?" He asked with the monkey nodding her head as Hikari came out of his shadow again.
"I dont know about this Daisuke. This seems all too fishy to me" She said crossing her arms.
"Yeah saids the imp-like girl with powers." He said making Hikari grunt.
The group walked to the left door as Daisuke opened it and came across a room full of grass with a big flower bud the size of a boulder in the middle and behind it was another monkey in a wooden cage waving like it wanted help.
"You want me to save your friend?" Daisuke asked looking at the girl monkey who nodded her head.
"I dont see that as a problem considering there's nothing guarding him." Hikari said as Daisuke walked forward.
But he stopped once the girl monkey started screaming and jumping up and down as he looked back at her.
"What's gotten into you?"
"Um Daisuke."
Daisuke turned to look at Hikari who was pointing at the bud which was moving til suddenly a large seed popped out connected to a thorny vine as it looked at Daisuke nothing happend for a moment until the seed opened and revealed razor sharp teeth and a snake-like tongue as it roared at Daisuke.
"I think I know why the monkey had a problem getting her friend."
"Yeah you and me both."
Daisuke pulled his sword and sheild as the plant came to bit him but Daisuke and Hikari jumped or floated to the left dodging it.
"Time to cut this Toolant down." Daisuke said.
"Toolant?" Hikari asked.
"Toothy Plant."
"You gonna name every monster we come across?"
"Maybe."
As the Toolant came at Daisuke he raised his sheild up blocking the bite he then jumped up and swung his sword cutting the mouth off as the Toolant exploded when Daisuke landed putting the shield back on his back. He made his way to the wooden cage sliced it and freed the monkey as he clung to Daisuke's legs.
"Okay okay your welcome." Daisuke chuckled patting the monkey on the head as he let go.
"Well he's certainly grateful." Hikari said as the three walked to the other door with the girl monkey opening it, the group walked to the other door as Daisuke opened it walking in the room similar to the one he just came out of except there were two buds this time.
"You guys stand back." Daisuke said as he walked in between the buds as Toolants came out of them, they looked at Daisuke who was taunting them by waving his arms around. "Come on suckers come and get me if you can!" He smacked his butt at both of them making them angry as they charged at Daisuke who smirked and moved out the way as both Toolants chomped the other off making them both explode.
"Nice work Daisuke, I almost thought you were crazy and gonna get yourself killed." Hikari smirked crossing her arms.
"Yeah right come on." Daisuke smiled as he went to to cage and sliced it up freeing the monkey who jumped for joy as he joined the others, Daisuke looked behind the broken cage and saw a jar full of yellow stuff which he recognized was lanturn oil he picked it up and putted it behind him. "That should come in handy one day." Daisuke walked back to Hikari and the monkey as they went through the door down the stairs and left.
They came back to the dirt pathway as the girl monkey went to the other door as the other monkey went to one that had the destroyed bridge.
"Something tells me if we keep following that monkey we'll find some way to get to the other side of that broken bridge." Hikari said.
"Yeah I have the same theroy." Daisuke said.
They both turned to each other and nodded their heads as they made their way to the other door with the girl monkey opening it when they came across the other side they saw a large lake with a lake brigde going Y leading to two door on both sides, the monkey went to the right door as the duo followed her they came across being on top of a hill and looked down to see another monkey in a wooden cage on top of a wooden totem pole being guarded by two Puglies and a mimi Toolant between them.
"You two stay here." Daisuke said pulling out his sword and shield.
"Careful Daisuke." Hikari warned as Daisuke nodded his head and skidded down the hill getting all three monsters attention he jumped and cut off the head of the Toolant then backslashed and cutted the Puglie's head, Daisuke quickly brought up his shield blocking the other Puglie's hit Daisuke then thrusted his sword in the monsters chest making it explode and he put his weapon on his back.
He then looked up the pole at the monkey. "Now then to get you down." Daisuke rammed into the pole making it shake as the cage fell and land on the ground beaking it and freeing the monkey, as the monket reunited Daisuke made his way up the hill and out the door with the group following him.
He made his way to the other door and saw three Puglies standing in front of a wooden prison in a small cave guarding another monkey, Daisuke quickly ran to the left and cut the Puglie in half he backslashed the other two Puglies in the chest making them fall on their backs. Daisuke then jumped up and did the Ending Blow on the right one then backflipped and did it to the other one he backflipped off him and seethed his sword back as they exploded.
Daisuke then walked to the prison and cut the bars open freeing the monkey as he went out Daisuke noticed skeleton looking key on the ground as he bended over and picked it up looking at it. "Wonder what this thing's for." He mussed he then pocketed the key and followed the monkey's out till they came across the broken bridge.
"Ok so we helped the monkey save her friends, now what?" Hikari asked crossing her arms.
"Ya got me." Daisuke shrugged his shoulders.
The girl monkey then got on the vine while two of her monkey friends got too as the other climbed to the other side, all three monkey's then hung upside down with their feet clutching the vine as the girl monkey waved for Daisuke to come on.
"Wait are you suggesting I swing across?" Daisuke gawked with the girl monkey nodding her head. "You gotta be crazy if you think Im gonna do that!" He shouted.
"Well you dont see any other way to get across do you?" Hikari asked.
"Cant you just use your powers to get me across like when Im a wolf?" Daisuke asked looked at her.
"Unfortunatly I cant otherwise I would done it from the begining."
"Whaddya mean?"
"I mean my power are limited since Im in the world of light, I can manage if your in wolf form but with your human form it would put too much on me."
"Damn so I dont any other choice."
"Fraid not."
Daisuke sighed as Hikari went in his shadow, he then ran forward and jumped off as the girl monkey grabbed his hands as she swung him to the other one as he swung Daisuke to the last one and swung him to the ledge with Daisuke rolling and land on his left knee.
"That was... kinda fun." Daisuke said rising up as the other monkeys joined him.
"Yeah well dont make a habit of it. Now get going." Hikari said in his shadow.
Daisuke made his way through the door with the monkey's following him when he looked forward he saw a grassy field with six wooden totem poles surrounding one in the middle on top of the middle pole was Sepikmon as he raised the boomerang and pointed at Daisuke making him tense up.
"You monkey's stay back while I take care of this guy." Daisuke walked but the girl monkey pulled his right arm with both of her hands stopping him. "What is it?" The monkey pointed to Sepikmon with her right finger shook her head then pointed to her own headed waving her finger in a loopy manner, Daisuke didn't know what she was trying to tell him until he remembered something.
Flashback
"Which is more than I can say for the boss. Ever since he went funny in the head, there've been scary monsters everywhere, those village kids managed to get by for some reason. Whe whole forest is acting weird now, just what is going on?"
Flashback Ends
"So that was what she was talking about, this Sepikmon is their boss and something made him turned crazy." Daisuke whispered in relization remembering what she was rambbling about when he and Hikari saved her.
"And I bet you anything he was the one who imprisoned her and the other monkey's." Hikari said.
"So it seems something made him evil, meaning the only to find out is to beat him." Daisuke took out his sword and sheild and looked at the girl monkey. "Dont worry I'll save him." He assured as the monkey's backed up while Daisuke walked up to Sepikmon who chuckled evily raised the boomerang and threw it at Daisuke who dodged out the way rolling to the left, as the boomerang flew and made a tornado it came a Daisuke caught him and threw him to the wall slamming him slidding to the ground grunting in pain.
"Ok so this Sepikmon wont be easy to beat." He grunted getting up.
Sepikmon caught the boomerang and threw it again Daisuke rolled out the way ran to Sepikmon and rammed into the pole making him fall off on his stomach, Daisuke raised his sword and triple slashed Sepikmon's butt making him jump up and down wailing in pain. Daisuke could'nt help but snicker at the scene in front of him but quickly regretted it when he saw Sepikmon glare at him with the boomerang in his hand swirling wind wildly stanind on another pole.
"Im fucked." He said with Sepikmon throwing the boomerang catching Daisuke in a tornado spinning around helplessly. "Hikari do you think can strike Sepikmon and make him lose his focus on the boomerang?"
"Were'nt you listening to what I was saying earlier? My power are limited in the world of light." Hikari grunted from his back.
"Just enough so he loses concentration."
"Ok I'll try."
Hikari raised up both her hands glowing red and waved them forward sending a red slash at Sepikmon's feet making him wobble a bit as the tornado weakend letting Daisuke fall on his feet. He then raised up his left arm and threw the shield as it hit the pole making Sepikmon fall down again as Daisuke rushed to him and triple slashed his butt again, getting tired of it Sepikmon got up turned around and kicked Daisuke in the gut making him fall down dropping the sword.
Sepikmon jumped up to punch him with both hands but Daisuke rolled out the way got up and tackled Sepikmon and the two got in a furios battle matching each other blow for blow til the boomerang suddenly came back in Sepikmon's right hand. He raised up the boomerang as it swirled with wind ready to use, but Daisuke rolled uder him grabbing his sword and shield and turned to face Sepikmon. He kicked the boomerang out his hand with his left foot, smacked him across the face with the shield making Sepikmon turn around, then finally raised his sword and slashed him on his back and butt as Sepikmon shouted in pain then collasped on the ground.
Daisuke put his sword and shield on his back while looking at Sepikmon as he looked he noticed something purple and bumpy on the back on his head it then jumped off revealing a creepy crawling creature(Parisimon) then it suddenly turned black and exploded.
"So that Parisimon thing was controling Sepikmon?" Daisuke asked tilting his head to the left.
"Yeah, but I feel that it came from somewhere else." Hikari said floating down to his right.
Sepikmon suddenly rose up holding his head with his right hand groaning he then turned around and looked at Daisuke, he suddenly jumped up and ran to Daisuke and hugged him swinging him around. He then putted him down and looked at the door seeing the other monkey's as they jumped up and down happy to see their boss back to normal as they all ran up to each other and hugged one another leaving to the door past the poles as Daisuke and Hikri were left alone.
"Well that was a happy reunion." Daisuke smiled.
"I guess." Hikari rolled her eye with her hands behind her head.
Suddenly the boomerang started spinning making a harmless yet peaceful mini tornado as it came to Daisuke in the tornado appeared a astral form of a winged feathered women in armor(Zephyrmon).
"You who has freed me I thank you. I am the fairy that resides in the boomerang, my powers were used to help and mantain the forest. Now you may use me as a show of gratitude for I will help you in anyway I can." Zephyrmon said.
"What do you think?" Daisuke asked Hikari.
"I say go for it, the boomerang could be helpfull in the long run." Hikari shrugged.
"Ok then its a deal." Daisuke smiled at Zephyrmon who nodded her head.
"Then let the Zephyr Gale Boomerang be bestowed to you." She disappeared in the tornado and came to Daisuke who caught the Zephyr Gale Boomerang in his left hand as the wind vanished from it.
"Well looks like I got a new weapon." Daisuke smiled putting it away.
"Yeah now to see what's behind that door." Hikari pointed as Daisuke nodded his head.
"Right." Daisuke went through the poles to the door and opened it as he and Hikari came through the other side he came to a darkend room cave as he was standing on a cliff, Daisuke looked to the other side and saw another cliff. "Ok so how do we get over there?" He asked putting his hands on his hips.
"I have no idea." Hikari said crossing her arms.
As the two of them were stuck trying to figure out a way, they heard a noise making them look up to the ceiling where they saw a whole between the two cliffs and in that hole was one of the monkey's as he waved to them. He then hanged from the hole with his feet as another one came down only to get hold by his feet from the last monkey as the other two came down and did the same, then lastly the girl monkey came down and was grasped by her feet as they made a monkey rope with the girl monkey waving for Daisuke as they started swinging back and fourth.
"Looks like we found our way across." Hikari smiled.
"I guess so." Daisuke grinned, he then ran and jumped grabbing on the girl monkey's hands as she swung his across to the other side and letted him go making Daisuke soar. "YAHOO!" He shouted landing and skidding on the ground. "Now that was awesome!" Daisuke laughed he then turned around and waved at the monkey's as they waved back and went up the hole.
"Well Im glad you had your fun now will you get a move on! Your lucky I cant hit you in my shadow form otherwise I'd slap you!" Hikari said putting her hands on her hips.
"Alright alright, geez the last thing I need is you bitching at me." Daisuke huffed walking down the cliff til he stopped infront of a big door the size of a house with crossed chains over it and a lock in the middle. "We may have a problem Hikari."
"What? Cant you cut the chain's off?" Hikari asked with Daisuke walking up to the door inspecting the chains.
"Not likely these chains are reinforced steel, my sword wont be able to cut through them." He said letting go of them.
"So now what do we do hero?" Hikari huffed putting her left hand on her hip.
Daisuke put his left finger under his chin deep in thought wondering what to do.
"Wait a sec." He dugged into his pocket and pull out the skeleton key he found earlier.
"Where did you find that thing?" Hikari asked looking at it.
"I found it in the last monkey's cage, maybe we can use it to unlock this door."
"Worth a shot its really the only thing we can go by."
Daisuke put the key in the lock and turned the key as it click with the lock and chain falling on the ground.
"Bingo." Daisuke smiled.
"Good thing you found that key." Hikari smiled.
Daisuke put his hands on the door, grunted and pushing it to the left as is opened as Daisuke and Hikari went through, when they came on the other side the door shut tight on them trapping them as Daisuke went back to the door and tried pushing it but it would'nt budge.
"Ok I think we're trapped." He said backing up from the door.
"What was your first clue?" Hikari asked hands on her hips.
Daisuke turned giving her and annoyed look and took notice of their surroundings they were in another room like the others but this one was dark and had a lake with purple water surrounding a big tree with two holes on both walls.
"Ok so what are we looking for in here?" Daisuke asked looking around walking to the lake.
"Careful Daisuke I sense something dark in here?" Hikari warned comming to his right.
"Yeah me too." Daisuke said.
In front of the tree the water started bubbling catching Daisuke and Hikari's attention it started to bubble more and more till suddenly a large paled scorpio monster came out and roared at the two(Scorpiomon) making Daisuke and Hikari jump and float back.
"That thing is HUGE!" Daisuke exclaimed taking out his weapons. "What do we do Hikari?" He asked looking at her but she was looking at Scorpiomon deep in thought.
"This is where that energy Im feeling is comming from meaning this guy has what Im looking for, no doubt its also where that Parasimon came from meaning he infected Sepikmon to take control of the temple. And also to spread those other monsters to rule the forest in his name." Hikari said in her mind putting the pieces together.
"Hikari!" Daisuke shouted snapping her out of it her thoughts.
"Wha?!" Hikari said in surprise looking at Daisuke.
"I said what do we do against this thing?"
"Well um.."
Scorpiomon roared and thrusted his right pincers between Daisuke and Hikari surprising them as it hit the wall.
"For now, how about staying alive!" Hikari shouted.
"Works for me!" Daisuke yelled.
He jumped on the pincer as Scorpiomon reared it back, Daisuke then jumped on his head and slash at it back and fourth but it was'nt doing a thing, Scorpiomon then moved his head trying to knock Daisuke off who jumped down on the ground next to Hikari.
"That skin of his is too tough I cant cut through." Daisuke said turning around.
"Damn! Then you gotta think of somethin else!" Hikari growled.
They both heard a ook ook sound making them turn to the left and in the hole they saw Sepikmon holding a small burning bag and he threw it at Daisuke as he caught it with his left hand.
"What is that?" Hikari asked looking at it.
"I dont know." Daisuke said he then leaned his head towards if and sniffed. "But this smells familiar somehow."
"What's it smell like?"
"It smell like.. GUN POWER!"
Daisuke tossed the small bag of burning gun power in the air as Scorpiomon charged and accidentally ate it trying to attack Daisuke, suddenly his mouth exploded setting his mouth on fire as he roared in pain swinging his head around.
"I think I get what Sepikmon was suggesting I do." Daisuke looked at Hikari.
"Yeah the mouth is the weak spot so aim at it with the burning gun powder." Hikari said then Scorpiomon suddenly fell on the ground with his tongue sticking out that had a eyeball sticking to the tip that looked like his. "Wonder what that's for?"
"I have a guess." Daisuke ran to the eyeball on the tongue and triple sliced it making Scorpiomon rise up and roared in pain. "Until I strike the eyeball on his tongue and hurt him even more, we've found his weakness." Daisuke grinned.
"Then get to it and kill this beast." Hikari giggled going into Daisuke's shadow.
"With plessure, Sepikmon!" Daisuke shouted rolling to the right dodging Scorpiomon's right pincer as Sepikmon swung on vines on the ceiling reach the other hole as he threw Daisuke another burning bag of gun powder as he caught it with his left hand. Scorpiomon moved his left pincer hitting Daisuke in the gut making him go up in the air then slamming his right pincer on his him making hit the floor couching up blood holding him down.
"*cough* *cough* D-Damn it!" Daisuke grunted trying to get up but Scorpiomon pushed his pincer down harder trapping him. "At this rate I'll be blown to bits. If only there was a way for me to throw the bag from here to his mouth!" Daisuke thought. "Wait a minute.. the Zephyr Gale Boomerang!" Daisuke brought the boomerang as it twirled with wind getting the bag in it and tossed the boomerang to Scorpiomon as it stopped in front of his face with the bag going right in his mouth just in time for the bag to explode. "Yes!" Daisuke smiled as the pincer on him was lifted as Scorpiomon fell.
Daisuke ran to his tongue and started slicing it with Scorpiomon getting up roaring, he then raised up his tail and swifted it at Daisuke knocking him to the back of the wall as Scorpiomon trapped him with his right pincer on his gut Scorpiomon moved his head to him roaring under his breath.
"Daisuke you gotta do something or your gonna be killed!" Hikari said as he looked up in Scorpiomon's face.
"I would but unfortunately as Scorpiomon slammed me into the wall he made me drop the sword, shield, and boomerang." Daisuke grunted.
Sepikmon landed on Scorpiomon's back getting his attention as he moved to his head and punched him with both hands in his right eye making him let go of Daisuke as he fell to the ground, as Scorpiomon tried to knock Sepikmon off he tossed Daisuke another burning bag at his feet as Daisuke got up.
"Ok Sepikmon I'll take it from here, thanks for the help now get out of here!" Daisuke shouted with Sepikmon nodding his head and jumped to the left hole leaving, as Daisuke picked up the bag with his left hand and the sword with his right as he threw the bag in Scorpiomon's mouth. The bomb exploded making his mouth go on fire once again as he fell to the ground, Daisuke ran to him and did the Ending Blow on his tongue then backflipped as Scorpiomon roared moving around til he froze. He starts fading to black then his head then midsection and the rest of his body exlpoded separatly into black particles going and covering everywhere as the water turned back to normal as light started showing. The particles then started moving in the middle and formed into a strange object that looked like a left lower half of a fang that could be part of a mask. Under the weird object fell a red crystal heart that landed under it.
Daisuke put his sword in his sheath while picking up his sheild and boomerang and put them on his back or up, Daisuke then walked to the strange object in confusion until Hikari came out of his shadow and grabbed it with her hair comming from under her left armpit.
"Excellent work Daisuke." She giggled. "This is what I was looking for."
"What is it?" Daisuke asked.
"This my dear Daisuke is a Fused Shadow." Hikari smiled. "Its what the light spirit called dark power. Do you remember what Shibuya said? About how you had to match the power of the king of shadows?"
"Yeah." Daisuke said as Shibuya's words echoed in his head.
"Brave Daisuke. A dark power rests in the temple deep within these woods, its a forbidden power long long ago. I and the other spirits of light locked it away, because of its nature it is a power that should never be touched by any who dwell in the light."
"But this world weeps beneath a mantle of shadows, and so there is no other choice, you must match the power of the king of shadows. If you would seek this forbidden power, then proceed to the temple in the forest depths."
"Could it really be so easy?" Hikari asked bringing Daisuke out his thoughts as he looked at her. "Is this all there is to it?" She giggled.
"Are you kidding? I was the one who had to go through alot to get it." Daisuke said like she was stupid.
"Anyway, there's a total of three Fused Shadows. I think the other light spirits have the rest. If you want to know exactly what Fused Shadows are... well then maybe I'll tell you if you find the other two." Hikari explained.
"Aww man two more? I hope they're not as hard to get." Daisuke whinned as he dropped to the floor with his hands on the ground standing up.
"Well I guess you'd better do your best to find them huh?" Hikari giggled.
"Yeah I suppose so." Daisuke said raising up. "Besides in order to save my world I have a feeling I'll need your help as you need me getting these Fused Shadows. So as such we're a team, after all I am your servant and a servant has exactly what they're told to do." Daisuke smiled.
"Then let's not waste anymore time here when we could be looking for the other two." Hikari said making the Fused Shadow vanished as she floated to the left raised her left hand and made a blue portal on the ground. "I'll get you out of here as soon as you pick up the Heart Container" She looked at Daisuke.
"Heart Container?" He asked tilting his head to the left.
"Over there." Hikari pointed to the red crystal heart in front of the lake. "It'll heal you and fix your wounds, which you need cause you look tore up." Daisuke looked at himself as noticed his tunic was all ruffled up with blood comming out of both sides of his mouth and on his stomach.
"Yeah I guess I do look like shit." Daisuke then walked to the Heart Container and picked it up with his right hand and suddenly Daisuke's body glowed white as his injuries and clothes recovered and turned back to normal as if nothing happend. "Hey I feel all better." He smiled clutching his right hand and walked to Hikari.
"Ready to go?" She asked. Daisuke nodded and walked on the portal as he turned back and formed into partical going up in the air with Hikari following and disappering.
...In the Shibuyan Forest in front of the Shibuyan Spring...
Daisuke formed in front of spring as he noticed he was back in the forest.
"Heroic Daisuke." Daisuke turned to the spring where he heard Shibuya's voice. "Do not think that Tyrule is now saved from the spread of twilight."
"Believe me I didn't." Daisuke thought in his head.
"Leave these woods and go to the west, where you will find the land protected by the spirit Kyoto. There you will find those you seek."
"Does he mean Miyako and the others?"
"But know that these lands lie in twilight. They are now a dark realm covered by the clouds of dusk, if you set foot beyond the cutain of twilight you'll revert your wolf form, so be prepared."
"I'm kinda looking forward to becomming a wolf again."
"Hero chosen by the gods, leave these woods and go west, to the land of the spirit Kyoto."
And with that Shibuya's voice vanished, when it did Hikari came out of Daisuke's shadow looking at him.
"That's better. Searching should be much easier now, but of course you feel the need to go help the other light spirits dont you?" She asked crossing her arms smiling.
"I'll have to." Daisuke sighed.
"Well dont worry, when you turn into a wolf again I'll take good care of you my little servant." Hikari teased making Daisuke grunt annoyed. "The first thing you need to do is find the land covered in twilight, once you do I'll help you. Ok then get to it." She smiled and waved with her right hand going in Daisuke's shadow.
"That imp is gonna be annoying." Daisuke muttered as he ran to through the pathway then to the left passing through a small meadow and between two pole leaving the Shibuyan Forest. As he ran the trees got less and less til he stopped as he came across Tyrule Field looking around to see it was huge and beautiful he then noticed over the hills were a shadow smoke comming from them.
"That's not smoke, that's twilight." Daisuke muttered, he then made his way through the field as he ran over a small wooden bridge over a stream to the other side as he was running trying to reach his next destination,
"HEEEEY!"
Daisuke stopped hearing a shout he looked forward seeing a boy near age of 12 with short mop black hair and eyes wearing glasses a white shirt and shorts in brown shoes, while having a red backpack with a red flag sticking out of it running towards him as he stopped breathing hard.
"Stop go no further! There is a black wall ahead that blocks the way! I thought I would deliver a few letter, but it seems impossible." The boy huffed.
"Um who are you?" Daisuke asked.
"I am the honorable and dependable letter carrier Kentaome(Kenta)." The letter carrier known as Kentaome said. "Now that I have introduced myself, please take this letter and read it at your leisure!" Kentaome handed a white envolope in Daisuke's left hand. "And with that, Im on with my mail!" He shouted and ran off really fast leaving a very confused Daisuke behind as Hikari came out his shadow looking in the same direction as Daisuke.
"That guy... was strange." She sweatdropped.
"No kidding." Daisuke sweatdropped too as he opend this letter reading it.
When I have a letter I will deliver to you and do now flee!
Kentaome.
Daisuke and Hikari looked at each other.
"Yeaaah." They said as Daisuke tossed the letter away and ran onward as he did he was passing by a rocky pathway until he saw up ahead the wall of twilight making him stop.
"Well that was much closer than I thought." Hikari mussed, she then looked at Daisuke. "Remeber once you set foot in there, you'll turn into a wolf again for quite some time. For at least as long as it takes for you to save the light of Kyoto from the twilight."
"I know I know." Daisuke said as he walked to the wall and looked over it.
"Ready?" Hikari asked.
"Yep." Daisuke said.
Hikari then went through the wall then her hair came out and grabbed Daisuke pulling him in the twilight realm once again.
