A/N: Yay I finally got time from my schedule to actually take time to type down chapter six of my story. A few things I want to point out though about what's to come in this chapter. One: don't expect a lot of Kouji in this one; this chapter will focus mainly upon Izumi yay. Two: Ranamon's appearance in this chapter is inevitable but, she plays a bigger part later in the story. Well, that is all I can think to rant about at the moment. I'm hoping for this chapter to be longer than the last one, so wish me good luck for that. Well on to the story.

Chapter Six: Reason to Protect

"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."Muhammad Ali

Fire, ice, thunder, wind, earth, water, wood, steel, darkness, and light; these are the ten elements that make up the Digital World.

Every Digimon no matter its size, strength, or appearance falls into one of these elements, but there are only ten Digimon; one for each element. That can truly represent these elements.

Ranamon is one of them those Digimon. With her legendary spirit of water and a cute face; she definitely attracted a lot of attention in the digital world, and as one of Cherubimon's servants her authority was undeniable. Unfortunately, her authority tends to mix in with her selfishness and this time was no different.

Her orders were to sit and watch out for Ophanimon and that wolf boy partner of hers; but when she sensed the presence of a spirit. Her greed and hunger for power overtook her duty and now here she was. The only thing she could hope for was that this spirit that she would bring back would let her receive Lord Cherubimon and her co-workers mercy.

Of course, she didn't plan on giving the spirit to them; no way, she only intended to show them the spirit and then keep it for herself. That same greed of hers will be the reason for her downfall.

She reached down intending to grab the spirit until she sensed something. 'What's that?' It was faint, a very faint presence similar to that of this spirit's. She stopped and focused in on where this presence was coming from.

She turned around quickly, that presence was coming from behind her. She glanced around left to right. Was some Digimon trying to ambush her? Well they were in for a hell of trouble when she found them.

Izumi was barely able to hide behind the large dumpster when Ranamon turned around; so suddenly I might add. Her heart was pounding, who knew what that, that thing would do to her if it caught her. Oh god, this was not how it was supposed to go. She was supposed to find the thing that was calling her, take it home, and figure out why it was calling out to her.

There wasn't supposed to be anyone here. How dare that thing interrupt her plans, this for some reason pissed Izumi off. She wanted that thing, she did not know what it was but she was going to have it.

'Ha ha! There it is!' Ranamon thought. That strange presence was to her right. Figures that insignificant little Digimon would hide behind the largest thing in the area. Unfortunately for it, nothing could stand in the way of Ranamon's wrath. Not even some human contraption.

"Jealousy Rain!" Ranamon shouted, as a cloud of smoke appeared heading towards the dumpster; the same dumpster that Izumi was hiding behind.

She was unaware of what was heading her way and was still under the belief that she was safe. Oh how wrong she was.

'Watch out!"

Izumi heard a voice shout in her head. And for some reason she jumped, she wasn't the most athletic but she was able to get away from the dumpster. Right as Ranamon's attack made contact with the dumpster.

In a matter of seconds, that dumpster was nothing more than a pile of grey ash.

"W-what was that?" Izumi asked, barely getting a look of what hit the dumpster. But she saw what the dumpster ended up as. It took awhile before Izumi realized something. The same thing that happened to that dumpster would have been her if she had not moved away from it. That voice in her head, whatever it was whether it was a sign of her going crazy or a delusion; it saved her life.

"A human!? What the hell!?" Ranamon shouted breaking Izumi out of her previous thoughts. "I don't believe what I sensed was a human!" As Ranamon continued to vent her frustration in a not so cute manner; Izumi finally got a good glimpse of the strange thing. She had red eyes, similar to Takuya's. She wore big gloves over her hands that went up to her elbows with strange red orbs on them; they were also on top of her helmets. She had two blue rings on her ankles; one for both ankles.

"Wow you look… kind of weird!" Izumi shouted without even realizing it.

"What did you say?" Ranamon said as she turned around, did that pathetic human try to criticize her? Oh there will be hell to pay.

"I'm sorry it's just, I've never seen a thing like you." "Thing? Did you just call me a thing?" You could practically feel, and see, the anger radiate around Ranamon. Izumi feeling as though she just stepped on thin ice backed away, ever so slightly. "Uh…" Izumi started not wanting to finish that sentence.

"I'm going to kill you. Aqua needle!" Ranamon shouted sending a wave of water towards Izumi.

"Eek!" Izumi squeaked covering her face with her arms she was going to die, she just knew it. Damn, she didn't want to die. She didn't even get to complete all of the dreams that she had. They were over just like that. Life sure is a bitch.

"Love and fire!" Ranamon heard as arrows seemingly flew out of nowhere and collided with her attack; dispersing it automatically.

Izumi stayed in the pose she was in for a few seconds before realizing something. She was alive! She wasn't dead, and she wasn't in pain! This was great! But why? Why wasn't she dead? Why wasn't she in pain?

Tak

Izumi looked up at the noise. In front of her was a pink pixie of some sort with long heart shaped things sticking from its head. She gasped as it turned around. 'Oh my god! It's so cute!" Izumi thought.

"Hiya! I'm Puttimon at your service!" The pink thing shouted as it placed its hand on its head in a mock salute.

"What the hell? How dare you interfere with my attack! Do you want to die!?" Ranamon shouted already angry from Izumi's comments. This was already turning into a bad situation. "Sorry, I just can't stand back and watch as you attack this person. As long as I can do something to stop it; then I'ma stop it." Puttimon replied with a big grin on his face.

It was almost as if you could hear a string snap in the background.

"… Mother freaker… Aqua-!"

"Heartner Beam!" Puttimon shouted interrupting Ranamon's attack. Launching a ray at Ranamon; the beam hit her head on and in mere seconds, she was devoid of all anger. "Huh? What just happened?" Ranamon said.

She looked around in search of the Puttimon and that human. They were nowhere in sight. Strange, but they were unimportant compared to the prize she was about to receive.

She turned around to find that something else was missing; the legendary spirit of wind.

"NANI!?"

"WHAT THE HELL!?"

Izumi was bent over panting for breath it was as if she had been running a marathon. After Puttimon attacked Ranamon, all she could remember was him grabbing her hand and running out of that alleyway. She couldn't even keep up with how fast he was going. For one with such small legs, he sure does run fast as hell.

When she finally regained her breath, she glance back at Puttimon; who even after running so much did not seem tired. 'Weird little creature, ain't he?'

"Please don't call me a creature." He said that comment shocked Izumi; she was more than sure what she had just said was in her head. "How did you... how did you know what I was thinking?"

"Huh? I'm pretty sure you said that out loud. Hmm, whatever." Puttimon shrugged. "Well, thanks for saving me uh… Puttimon right?" Izumi asked.

"Righty!" "Well, my name's Izumi nice to meet you." Izumi said as she stuck her hand out. Puttimon grabbed it quickly, "Nice to meet you too!"

She shook his hand for awhile before she realized something. Izumi had gone into that alleyway in search of the thing that was calling her and she forgot to grab it!

"Oh no! I forgot to get it! I can't believe how stupid I am! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Izumi yelled.

"Wow, for a girl with such a cute face. You sure do curse like a sailor." Puttimon whispered hoping that Izumi didn't hear him; she did.

"What's that supposed to mean!? Huh!?" Izumi shouted. She was hysterical; she could not believe that she forgot to grab the thing that brought her to that alleyway. Even though getting passed Ranamon did seem to be impossible, she didn't care.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa hold your horses. I didn't mean to insult ya or nothing. Besides I'm just curious." Puttimon said as he put his hands behind his back, "Is this what you're looking for?" He continued as he pulled something from behind his back.

It was the spirit of wind.

Chapter Six: End

A/N: Well, well, well. That's the end of the chapter and I completely love how it turned out. This is probably one of my better chapters in the story. Next to the first one, I'm glad people like this story and I intend to finish this story; from start to end. Well nothing more to say. Expect another all Izumi chapter next time. In the meant time REVIEW!