Shattered Ice
Disclaimer: This is annoying and almost harder each time, arg! Okay, okay I don't own Digimon! There happy?! Stupid conscience…
A/n: Okay, now here's the next chapter you've all been waiting for, and before I forget THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU, SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING!!!!!! You guys rock! ^_^ Also I know, as somebody's already mentioned, it does drag a little, I just like writing forever so that's why I like to include as much detail as possible, and more. Anyways, don't worry I know everyone wants to know what happens, so I'll conclude what happens sometime this millenium, but not quite yet * trys to look mysterious, yet fails miserably * Lol, that's okay, anyways I'll shut up now and continue on with the fic! ^_^
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His grey eyes slide from many of the displayed antique tools and other mysterious objects, straight over to where he recognized the exact same cash register and the thin, pale, grey old woman he'd recalled seeing in the vision. Barely noticing the stubborn girl before him doing the exact same thing, he attempted to speak, but the only thing that came out was a silent whisper of astonishment, "Déjà vu…" Oddly his gaze landed on the shorter girl in front of him, Ruki, who he could have sworn whispered something at the same time, those exact words, déjà vu. Ruki spun around and looked up at the taller figure, their gazes met questioningly.
Before either of them could speak another word, the floor began to shake with the force of a volcanic eruption, everything became unstable, Jenrya felt something small and fragile fall into him and then cold, bleak nothingness surrounded both of the unsuspecting figures.
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Ruki, feeling completely exhausted of all her energy, slid one eye open, then another. Everything was so bright, she couldn't understand why, and attempted unsuccessfully to drag her self to her feet. Everything was so heavy, so weakened by whatever supernatural force had drugged her so mercilessly, had apparently drained her of every drop of energy. 'What's going on?' she wondered weakly,'where am I? Why do I feel so drained? Where's Jen…' Falling into deep unconsciousness she could not control, Ruki's will also fell, too drained to keep going.
One poke, then another, and then some quiet whispers, coming from tiny, high-pitched voices surrounding the auburn-haired girl's small form. A pair of lavender eyes flew open, feeling completely regenerated, at least much more so than earlier, and peered around at her 'invaders'. She stared in shock at what was hovering around her, they had tiny human-like bodies, but not human-like at all. Adorned their small-framed backs, were silver, transparent faerie wings of some sort, they were clad in tiny, ragged-like dresses each a different colour. The five mischevious faerie creatures stared at the larger figure beginning to come to her senses, and gazing wide-eyed, hardly believing what she was seeing. Ruki absorbed her surroundings as well, it was a small, meadow clearing, surrouded by trees of all kinds, the grass was a bright, fresh green, and flowers appeared on bushes, trees, and just out of the ground. A cherry blossom tree nearby, had a small hole in the trunk, and squirrels and chipmunks were nosily poking their heads out, chirping away loudly, curiously looking to who disturbed their slumber. To top it off, an orange sunrise was rising just above the horizon, greeting the day with a friendly smile, well the best a sunrise can smile.
Ruki held her breath in awe at the beauty that presented itself before her, a smile formed over her gaping mouth, and refused to leave. 'Wow… I wonder where I am,' she thought silently to herself, not wanting to disturb the peace anymore. Her attention flew back over to the small faeries chattering about curiously (in their native tongue), after all it's not everyday a human visited the Sacred Lands of Nikos, in fact they'd never seen anything like the girl. They flew up to her, grinned and pulled her towards the path leading into the deep woods, they seemed friendly enough, and she knew she was going out of her mind, so she followed them. Perhaps they knew how she could find her companion, and get home.
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Feeling a cold chill creep up his spine, Jenrya's expressive grey eyes flew open. He took in his mysterious surroundings cautiously, suddenly something warm next to him muttered a couple of uncomprehensive phrases and shook violently in the cool air. Sitting up quickly, he hardly took notice of the small form sleeping restlessly against him, slowly realizing it was only the Ice Princess, Makino Ruki. Realisation set in as he recalled something small and fragile falling listlessly into his chest when the violent eruption brought both of them to their knees. He felt his cheeks heat instantly, a faint blush adorning his slightly surprised visage. She didn't appear to be awaking any time soon, however the dark haired boy was curious to his whereabouts, so he set her head gently on his lap as he surveyed, once again, the dark environment.
Discovering there was little to 'survey' surroundings-wise, as it was an endless abyss of darkness and not knowing quite what to do yet Jenrya turned his head to the slumbering Ice Princess, she wore a placid expression in her sleep and occasionally a smile graced her visage. He soon found himself stroking her soft locks, drifting carelessly over her eyes, smiling slightly, he felt many emotions course through him as he stared endlessly. Protectiveness, deep admiration, and something else he was not yet sure of, perhaps it was- 'No!' he thought quickly, it couldn't be, he would not accept it. What if he hurt her? Never on purpose, but still, and plus, they worked together, a relationship could never work. Besides, she probably didn't and wouldn't ever return those feelings, and even if she did, what would the others think? She didn't exactly get along wonderfully well with the other Tamers, **cough cough** Kazu **cough cough*. Despite the doubtful feelings brewing within his confused heart, he smiled, savouring the moment, and continued stroking her auburn hair gently.
After a while, Jenrya decided he had to wake the slumbering princess from her sleep, first of all to find a way out of here, and secondly his butt was killing him, the ground or whatever it was they were on wasn't exactly the most comfortable to sit on. He began to shake her back into consciousness, but after a few rather rough, yet not harmful, shakes he realized she wasn't waking. Infact her breathing was becoming rather shallow, and short, so much so it really began to alarm him, she wasn't waking up. He continously shook her cooling form, and yelled in a vein attempt to bring her back, " Ruki! Wake up! Ruki, please! You're really beginning to scare me, wake up!" He felt her chest to check her breathing again, it was becoming ragged and her breaths were shortening even more so. He thought as he desperately shook her, 'She must have somehow been affected by that unusual eruption or whatever it was. Please wake up Ruki, please for me!'
Suddenly it stopped, her breathing completely stopped, and the wondrous dream drew her in further, faeries dancing, animals chattering along, the sunrise's vibrance increasing wildly. It was all she ever wanted, peace, happiness, and nothing could take her away. Suddenly she felt her breath shorten, and stop violently, her eyes widened in fear, why couldn't she breathe? It was like there was no longer anymore air to breathe, it was all gone. For a brief moment her pale eyes teared up and all she could think of is how much she would miss Jenrya, that he meant more to her than he could ever know, despite their petty arguments and past disagreements, that he was the most important person in her life. For that thought she paused almost giving into the temptation of eternal bliss, then coming to her senses she realized, 'That'll make me a coward! A coward who didn't fight for her life, and maybe I will survive,' a smile rested on her lips at the thought, perhaps she would get the chance to tell Jenrya how she felt about him. She struggled and thrashed trying every possible way to claim her life back, she was determined to show this supernatural killer she would survive.
Jenrya desperately tried to revive the girl he cared so much about, his CPR skills taking the lead. Suddenly without warning he stopped and found himself back at that bizarre magick shop standing in the door of the shop. He searched around desperately trying to find his beloved Ice Princess, he flew across the shop towards where the same grey old woman stood idiotically, apparently she neither listened in the vision nor in real life. Recalling back to his vision, he whipped across the room to where the entranceway to where the mystical mirror was located, expectedly it was there, and so was Ruki. She was struggling and thrashing through her confinement, and through a motion of swift movements Jenrya threw himself at the mirror grasping her wildly shaking hands. With all of his strength, Jenrya pulled her suffocating form through the enchanted mirror, and yanked her through onto the floor, falling exhaustidely he panted as he lay quietly beside the auburn haired fighter.
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A/n: Ah relief! Man that took quite a while to type, and I appologize for posting this late, I really wanted to make it good, afterall I made everyone wait this long for it, lol. Gomen for any spelling or grammer mistakes, I'll probably read it over tomorrow, fix any errors and repost if necessary. This is kinda the last chapter, well to all the fantasy and main events (except for the camera Ruki discovered, that's fantasy, but nothing really major, it's just to top it all off, think of the icing on the cake), I still gotta work on getting Jen and Ruki talking to one another, you know the aftermath and stuff. Anyways please review, I'd really appreciate it, not that I didn't appreciate it before, this was just the main chapter and all, so if it's not too much trouble… Thanks so much for all your support!
Keisan
Disclaimer: This is annoying and almost harder each time, arg! Okay, okay I don't own Digimon! There happy?! Stupid conscience…
A/n: Okay, now here's the next chapter you've all been waiting for, and before I forget THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU, SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING!!!!!! You guys rock! ^_^ Also I know, as somebody's already mentioned, it does drag a little, I just like writing forever so that's why I like to include as much detail as possible, and more. Anyways, don't worry I know everyone wants to know what happens, so I'll conclude what happens sometime this millenium, but not quite yet * trys to look mysterious, yet fails miserably * Lol, that's okay, anyways I'll shut up now and continue on with the fic! ^_^
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His grey eyes slide from many of the displayed antique tools and other mysterious objects, straight over to where he recognized the exact same cash register and the thin, pale, grey old woman he'd recalled seeing in the vision. Barely noticing the stubborn girl before him doing the exact same thing, he attempted to speak, but the only thing that came out was a silent whisper of astonishment, "Déjà vu…" Oddly his gaze landed on the shorter girl in front of him, Ruki, who he could have sworn whispered something at the same time, those exact words, déjà vu. Ruki spun around and looked up at the taller figure, their gazes met questioningly.
Before either of them could speak another word, the floor began to shake with the force of a volcanic eruption, everything became unstable, Jenrya felt something small and fragile fall into him and then cold, bleak nothingness surrounded both of the unsuspecting figures.
* * *
Ruki, feeling completely exhausted of all her energy, slid one eye open, then another. Everything was so bright, she couldn't understand why, and attempted unsuccessfully to drag her self to her feet. Everything was so heavy, so weakened by whatever supernatural force had drugged her so mercilessly, had apparently drained her of every drop of energy. 'What's going on?' she wondered weakly,'where am I? Why do I feel so drained? Where's Jen…' Falling into deep unconsciousness she could not control, Ruki's will also fell, too drained to keep going.
One poke, then another, and then some quiet whispers, coming from tiny, high-pitched voices surrounding the auburn-haired girl's small form. A pair of lavender eyes flew open, feeling completely regenerated, at least much more so than earlier, and peered around at her 'invaders'. She stared in shock at what was hovering around her, they had tiny human-like bodies, but not human-like at all. Adorned their small-framed backs, were silver, transparent faerie wings of some sort, they were clad in tiny, ragged-like dresses each a different colour. The five mischevious faerie creatures stared at the larger figure beginning to come to her senses, and gazing wide-eyed, hardly believing what she was seeing. Ruki absorbed her surroundings as well, it was a small, meadow clearing, surrouded by trees of all kinds, the grass was a bright, fresh green, and flowers appeared on bushes, trees, and just out of the ground. A cherry blossom tree nearby, had a small hole in the trunk, and squirrels and chipmunks were nosily poking their heads out, chirping away loudly, curiously looking to who disturbed their slumber. To top it off, an orange sunrise was rising just above the horizon, greeting the day with a friendly smile, well the best a sunrise can smile.
Ruki held her breath in awe at the beauty that presented itself before her, a smile formed over her gaping mouth, and refused to leave. 'Wow… I wonder where I am,' she thought silently to herself, not wanting to disturb the peace anymore. Her attention flew back over to the small faeries chattering about curiously (in their native tongue), after all it's not everyday a human visited the Sacred Lands of Nikos, in fact they'd never seen anything like the girl. They flew up to her, grinned and pulled her towards the path leading into the deep woods, they seemed friendly enough, and she knew she was going out of her mind, so she followed them. Perhaps they knew how she could find her companion, and get home.
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Feeling a cold chill creep up his spine, Jenrya's expressive grey eyes flew open. He took in his mysterious surroundings cautiously, suddenly something warm next to him muttered a couple of uncomprehensive phrases and shook violently in the cool air. Sitting up quickly, he hardly took notice of the small form sleeping restlessly against him, slowly realizing it was only the Ice Princess, Makino Ruki. Realisation set in as he recalled something small and fragile falling listlessly into his chest when the violent eruption brought both of them to their knees. He felt his cheeks heat instantly, a faint blush adorning his slightly surprised visage. She didn't appear to be awaking any time soon, however the dark haired boy was curious to his whereabouts, so he set her head gently on his lap as he surveyed, once again, the dark environment.
Discovering there was little to 'survey' surroundings-wise, as it was an endless abyss of darkness and not knowing quite what to do yet Jenrya turned his head to the slumbering Ice Princess, she wore a placid expression in her sleep and occasionally a smile graced her visage. He soon found himself stroking her soft locks, drifting carelessly over her eyes, smiling slightly, he felt many emotions course through him as he stared endlessly. Protectiveness, deep admiration, and something else he was not yet sure of, perhaps it was- 'No!' he thought quickly, it couldn't be, he would not accept it. What if he hurt her? Never on purpose, but still, and plus, they worked together, a relationship could never work. Besides, she probably didn't and wouldn't ever return those feelings, and even if she did, what would the others think? She didn't exactly get along wonderfully well with the other Tamers, **cough cough** Kazu **cough cough*. Despite the doubtful feelings brewing within his confused heart, he smiled, savouring the moment, and continued stroking her auburn hair gently.
After a while, Jenrya decided he had to wake the slumbering princess from her sleep, first of all to find a way out of here, and secondly his butt was killing him, the ground or whatever it was they were on wasn't exactly the most comfortable to sit on. He began to shake her back into consciousness, but after a few rather rough, yet not harmful, shakes he realized she wasn't waking. Infact her breathing was becoming rather shallow, and short, so much so it really began to alarm him, she wasn't waking up. He continously shook her cooling form, and yelled in a vein attempt to bring her back, " Ruki! Wake up! Ruki, please! You're really beginning to scare me, wake up!" He felt her chest to check her breathing again, it was becoming ragged and her breaths were shortening even more so. He thought as he desperately shook her, 'She must have somehow been affected by that unusual eruption or whatever it was. Please wake up Ruki, please for me!'
Suddenly it stopped, her breathing completely stopped, and the wondrous dream drew her in further, faeries dancing, animals chattering along, the sunrise's vibrance increasing wildly. It was all she ever wanted, peace, happiness, and nothing could take her away. Suddenly she felt her breath shorten, and stop violently, her eyes widened in fear, why couldn't she breathe? It was like there was no longer anymore air to breathe, it was all gone. For a brief moment her pale eyes teared up and all she could think of is how much she would miss Jenrya, that he meant more to her than he could ever know, despite their petty arguments and past disagreements, that he was the most important person in her life. For that thought she paused almost giving into the temptation of eternal bliss, then coming to her senses she realized, 'That'll make me a coward! A coward who didn't fight for her life, and maybe I will survive,' a smile rested on her lips at the thought, perhaps she would get the chance to tell Jenrya how she felt about him. She struggled and thrashed trying every possible way to claim her life back, she was determined to show this supernatural killer she would survive.
Jenrya desperately tried to revive the girl he cared so much about, his CPR skills taking the lead. Suddenly without warning he stopped and found himself back at that bizarre magick shop standing in the door of the shop. He searched around desperately trying to find his beloved Ice Princess, he flew across the shop towards where the same grey old woman stood idiotically, apparently she neither listened in the vision nor in real life. Recalling back to his vision, he whipped across the room to where the entranceway to where the mystical mirror was located, expectedly it was there, and so was Ruki. She was struggling and thrashing through her confinement, and through a motion of swift movements Jenrya threw himself at the mirror grasping her wildly shaking hands. With all of his strength, Jenrya pulled her suffocating form through the enchanted mirror, and yanked her through onto the floor, falling exhaustidely he panted as he lay quietly beside the auburn haired fighter.
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A/n: Ah relief! Man that took quite a while to type, and I appologize for posting this late, I really wanted to make it good, afterall I made everyone wait this long for it, lol. Gomen for any spelling or grammer mistakes, I'll probably read it over tomorrow, fix any errors and repost if necessary. This is kinda the last chapter, well to all the fantasy and main events (except for the camera Ruki discovered, that's fantasy, but nothing really major, it's just to top it all off, think of the icing on the cake), I still gotta work on getting Jen and Ruki talking to one another, you know the aftermath and stuff. Anyways please review, I'd really appreciate it, not that I didn't appreciate it before, this was just the main chapter and all, so if it's not too much trouble… Thanks so much for all your support!
Keisan