Review replies for chapter 5:
My-little starr: Yeah, that was pretty sad how nobody noticed her leave, huh? Aha, the argument was epic, and I love what you said about Kouji and Keiko L-O-V-Eing each other. xD I like, finished the whole thing, then I realized Tomoki wasn't in it at all and I was like "Darn it." so I gave him his little thing at the end. :D Your review was so long and amazing! Thanks so much! :D
Momentai35: Oh yeah, it was like, intensity to the max. :D Haha, yep, Tomoki's pretty special! I'm so glad you liked the chapter and thank you for the review! :D
PurpleViolin: Yeahh, Izumi was like, god in that chapterr. :P Yep, the hugs definitely made me smile. :D I'm glad you liked it! Yeah, Keiko did overreact, I tried to make it so that they were both wrong and you didn't know who to side with. :P Oh yes, Tomoki's a lady killer. :D Thanks for the review! They always make me smile. :D
Sydneybell24: Wow! Your review was sooo long! Thank you so much! Yeah, Izumi was like, a freaking model and the guys were suddenly very uncomfortable in their pants. :D Good timeesss. It was sad when everybody didn't notice her leave, boohooo. And then Keiko had to watch her brother with the girl! :P How sad. Haha, jealous hillbilly? That was great, and I'm glad you liked the argument, thanks for what you said, it was really sweet! Ahaha, you're the only one who noticed I left you all hanging there. :F Hotaka is… well you'll see. :D Yep, maneater Izumi, ALL the guys like her. Waah. I'm glad you liked the hug too! :D Thanks for the review, it was really nice!
Empyrea: I'm glad you liked the way it ended. Hehe, Tomoki and Michiko's conversation was kind of there to get Tomoki in this chapter. :F Thanks for the reviews and the cookies! :D
GirlsLikeeBoys: Ahaha, "That's not a lamb, that's my grandmother!" xD What a world. :F I'm glad you liked it alpha. Well, boys will be boys, and obviously they were in this one. Hehe, Kouji's a cutie, you're right. xD Thanks for the review! :D
Chapter 6 review replies:
My-little starr: Aww, thanks for reviewing twice! :D Tomoki's adorable, I have to agree. :F Aww, thanks for saying I nailed it! I was worried that I didn't get him in character, since pretty much the last chapter was OOC to the max. Thanks so much! :D
Momentai35: Thank you for reviewing again! :D Tomoki's a little insecure, huh? I think he feels bad because he's younger. D: Thank you so much for saying I did well, I really appreciate it! :D
PurpleViolin: AAH!! TOMOKI'S SOOO CUTEE! Yep, I think that in the anime Tomoki and Izumi got along really well, and obviously Junpei was obsessed with herr.. xD I'm really glad you liked the interview! Thanks for reviewing again.
Sydneybell24: Thanks so much for reviewing both chapters! You're right it was pretty bittersweet.. D:
GirlsLikeeBoys: Yeah, he's pretty insecure. D: Hehe, thanks, you're right, he is a character. xD Thanks for reviewing both chapters! :D
Celestial Writer: Thanks so much! I'm really glad you liked it! :D
Okay, so I really need your guys' opinion on this. So, I'm really having trouble writing with twelve and thirteen year olds. Yes, they're not terribly young, but I think it's much easier to write when they're more mature and have more things happening as far as love and temptations go. So in these next reviews you send, can you all just tell me if you would hate me a lot if for the next few chapters I went forward in time a little bit faster? If most of you don't think it's a good idea, then I'll do it. But if I get the okay, it's on. :D Thanks so much for the wonderful reviews from last chapters! They were so sweet and I saved them all in my inbox! xD
Okay, I want to apologize for how long this took. I was on vacation for a horrific ten days and I didn't get the chance to post because I had no internet connection. Sorry! D: I'm going to try and accomplish five day updates. Heh… wish meh luck! :D Whelp, I don't want to hold you up any longer. Enjoy the chapter!
Time went by pretty fast after the little blow out. Keiko's birthday came along in October and before everybody knew it, Halloween passed as well as Thanksgiving. Snow was falling by now, and school was closed for break.
Over this long period of time, not one Digimon appeared. It was extremely pleasant and calm. The group still didn't know how exactly to spirit evolve. They tried to concentrate, but they were at a loss as to how to do it. Every Saturday they would go into the woods behind Keiko's house and try to evolve, but they never could.
Finally, break came, and although everybody was back to being close friends, they all decided to split up in groups to hang out.
"And this is what we call a really, really bad hair day," a voice said, stirring Kouji out of his slumber.
He opened his eyes to be met with a pair of chocolate brown eyes. "Holy-!" Kouji didn't even have time to finish his sentence, due to the fact that he fell out of his bed and crashed onto the floor.
"Good morning," Takuya said with a happy smile.
"What the hell are you doing in my room?" Kouji asked incredulously.
"Well, since Kouichi is hanging out with Junpei and Tomoki today, and Izumi and Keiko are doing a dumb spa thing, I figured that we could go sledding," the enigmatic brunette explained.
"No. There's no way in hell that you could get me to go sledding with you," Kouji said, crossing his arms over his chest and glaring at his best friend.
"Oh, really?"
"Wow, you really are ticklish," Takuya said with a smile as he sat on the back of Kouji's legs and tickled his feet mercilessly.
Somehow, the brunette had managed to get Kouji tied to the bed, face down, and was currently tickle torturing the boy. Said boy was screaming and laughing at the same time, trying to pull out of his bonds as his feet were tickled. Takuya and Junpei had figured out he was ticklish in the Digital World that day at the beach and Takuya used it against him on many occasions, such as this.
"Okay!!! OKAY!!! I'LL GO! I'LL GO! JUST STOP TICKLING ME!!!" he wailed, squirming under Takuya's ministrations.
"Promise? Because I'll keep tickling you if you don't promise!" Takuya said, still tickling the feet.
"Yes! YES!!!" he cried, tears streaming down his face.
Takuya hopped off, smiling at Kouji as he untied the bonds. "You're such a good friend, Kouji," he said happily.
"I'll cut you," Kouji snarled.
"And I'll tickle you, again," Takuya replied with a serene smiled.
Kouji groaned.
"Wow, Keiko! This place is so nice!" Izumi exclaimed happily. She then looked at Keiko with a questioning gaze, "Are you sure that just your allowance can pay for a spa place like this?"
"I'm sure. Trust me. I have enough, we can go out for dinner after, if you want," Keiko offered.
"Seriously? Jeez, Keiko, how much do you plan to spend?"
Keiko smiled. "It's fine. I get my allowance again in a couple of days."
"Keiko… Exactly how much do you get for allowance?" Izumi asked slowly.
Keiko muttered something under her breath. "What was that?" Keiko cleared her throat then said something softly again. "WHAT?!? FIVE-"
"Shh!!!"
Izumi lowered her voice to a whisper, "Five hundred a week?" (1)
"Yeah, don't go telling everybody, though," Keiko said, running a hand through her hair.
"Well, damn! I don't feel bad at all now! Let's go!" Izumi grabbed Keiko by the arm and skipped into the spa happily.
"Thanks Mrs. Himi," Kouichi said with a grateful smile.
"You're welcome, Kouichi," she replied, walking out of the room.
"Wow, Tomoki, you're mom's really nice. And she can cook! That's like, too cool to be true!" Junpei said, munching happily on a cookie.
"Yeah, but you should try her udon, it's the best," Tomoki said, taking a bite out of his own cookie. "So what movie do you want to watch?"
"What do you have?" Kouichi asked.
Tomoki jumped up and grabbed a few DVDs. "We've got The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, and Lilo and Stitch!"
Kouichi chuckled half-heartedly and Junpei groaned. "Oh god. You're such a kid," the latter stated.
"Well, that's all we have that's not PG-13! Take your pick!" Tomoki said defensively, sticking his tongue out.
"Why don't we play a board game instead?" Kouichi suggested.
"Okay!" Tomoki said. "We've got Mouse Trap and Pictionary."
Kouchi and Junpei grinned. "Pict-"
"Pictionary Junior, that is," Tomoki said.
The older two groaned.
"No, no, no. We are NOT going down this hill." Kouji said, staring at the huge hill in front of them.
"Uh, yeah we are," Takuya said with a raised eyebrow.
"People have gotten seriously hurt here!" Kouji objected.
"Okay, and your point?"
"My point is that we can't go down this hill because one of us will get hurt and it'd be dumb to risk it!" Kouji yelled.
Takuya put a hand over his heart and fake sobbed. "You… you care about me enough to not let me go down that hill?" he asked with a cheesy expression on his face.
"Takuya," Kouji said warningly.
"Oh god! All these years I thought the love was one-sided! I thought that-"
"Takuya."
"-I was just wishing for the impossible and-"
"Takuya!"
Takuya laughed, "Jeez man, don't be such a baby. The hill isn't that bad."
"Takuya, seriously, this is a really, really bad idea. They call it Dead Man's Hill for a reason," Kouji said.
"Fine, I'll just go down on my own, since you're such a chicken," Takuya said, walking off and flapping his arms like a chicken.
Kouji shrugged, whatever, if Takuya wanted to kill himself that was his call. He wouldn't care when Takuya got hurt and… and maybe got messed up for the rest of his life… Kouji sighed and followed the brunette. "Takuya! Wait up!"
"You know, lemon juice helps take away sun freckles," Izumi mused, looking at a magazine as her toes were massaged and her hair was highlighted.
"Really?" Keiko asked as one of the women put another curler in her hair.
Izumi sighed happily and smiled. "This is great. I've never been able to get pampered like this before."
Keiko was about to reply to her, but one of the women from the massage room came out. "Girls! Look!" She turned the channel on the flat screen television and the news came on. There was a picture of a news lady with red hair in a helicopter, speaking frantically. There was some sort of thing walking. It was wearing a dark leather suit and had two large guns in it's hands.
"Turn it up, Hitomi," one of the other women said.
Hitomi complied and the lady's voice could be heard. "We don't have any knowledge where something like this has come from, but we do know that it's already killed two people and seriously injured several others! It seems to be heading straight towards Dead Man's Hill." The camera was showing the hill, where only two people were on. One had dark hair and was wearing a blue coat, and the other had brown hair and a red coat. "There are children on the hill! Nobody is allowed on the hill at this point, and we have no way to get them off the hill. Oh dear god be with them."
Keiko looked at Izumi. "That… looked like Takuya and Kouji," she said with a shaky voice.
"Y-yeah…"
"We're six blocks away, as of now," Keiko said slowly.
Izumi nodded and at the same time, the girls grabbed their shoes and ran out of the spa as fast as they could.
"Christ it's cold out here!" Izumi yelled.
Keiko nodded in agreement as they ran. They ignoring the people who stared at a brunette with her hair half straight and half in curlers and the blonde with foil covering her head.
"There! Look!" Keiko yelled, pointing to the hill. They could see the boys at the top of the hill, pushing the sled to the peak and coming up on their side they could see the weird creature that was most likely a Digimon going up the hill. "Come on, Zumi, we have to-
"-go! They need us!" Kouichi shouted as he pulled on his boots and coats.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Tomoki and Junpei said in unison as they pulled on their coats and ran to the door.
"Himi Tomoki! You and your friends will not leave the house with that beast loose! Now you get back in the living room, now!" Mrs. Himi yelled.
"Yes, mother," Tomoki said with a sigh. "Come on guys…"
Kouichi and Junpei sighed, but sat down on the couch, staring at the news footage on the TV.
"The creature is approaching the hill now! The children don't even seem to see it coming!" The Digimon turned and looked directly at the camera. He tilted his head, then grinned evilly, finishing his ascent to the top of the hill.
"Shit," Junpei said softly.
Keiko ripped her phone from her jeans pocket and dialed Takuya's number.
"Hello?"
"Oh, thank god! Takuya-"
"Gotcha! You've reached Takuya's answering machine, so please leave a message and I'll call you back!"
Keiko shut the phone and continued running through the streets and towards the hill. "Izumi, did you get in touch with Kouji?"
"Nope, it went straight to voicemail!" Izumi shouted breathlessly as they pushed through the crowds of people.
"They've got it blockaded a mile away, so nobody can get through, we'll just have go around and up the hill," Keiko said, turning left in order to accomplish what she had just said.
"Right!"
"You know, Takuya? I'm gonna have to hand it to you. This is a lot more fun than I thought it would be," Kouji said as he and Takuya sat in the snow, exhausted.
"Didn't I tell you?" Takuya asked with a grin. "I'm always-" He trailed off and his jaw dropped.
"Takuya?" Kouji tilted his head in the fashion of what Izumi dubbed the most adorable Kouji-face in the world.
"Kouji, move!" he yelled, running away.
Kouji turned around, only to be backhanded roughly across the face.
"No!" Kouichi cried as he watched his brother get backhanded by the Digimon. "No! We have to do something!" he yelled, standing up.
"Kouichi, you know we can't leave the house!" Junpei said.
"But… but…"
"Don't worry. They can handle it!" Tomoki said with determination.
Kouichi looked down, I hope so.
On the television Beezlemon looked up at the helicopter and grinned, pointing a gun at it and shooting.
"He just hit him!" Keiko cried. Izumi and said brunette were halfway up the hill when Kouji was backhanded by the creature. Keiko looked around and grabbed a snowball, running up the hill more, Izumi doing the same.
Kouji was backing up and Takuya was trying to get him onto his feet. "No use in running, Light," the creature said. It looked over at Takuya. "Hmm, and Fire, no need to get in the way. I just want Light and it'll be over."
"He's referring to us as our elements," Takuya said musingly.
Kouji, who had a nasty bruise blossoming on his cheek nodded. "Who are you? What the hell do you want?"
"I'm Beelzemon, Demon Lord of Gluttony, sworn enemy of the light element, which you happen to possess." He tilted his head. "So I'll take that from you, now."
"I won't let you do that!" Kouji yelled.
"Oh, and how will you stop me?" The brunette and the raven haired boys were silent. "Exactly." He pointed a gun at them. "Double Im-" His head lurched forward and instead of hitting the boys with his gun, he hit a tree behind them. Beezlemon's head lurched forward again and he snarled and turned around, only to be hit in the face with a snowball.
"Don't touch them!" Izumi yelled, throwing a snowball at the Digimon.
Keiko threw one right after her. "Kouji, are you okay?"
Kouji nodded.
"Ah, Wind and Love have joined the battle," Beezlemon said in a bored tone.
He pointed the gun at the girls and shot at them carelessly. Snow flew through the air, as well as Keiko and Izumi, who fell to the snow and were completely covered by the fluff.
"No! Izumi! Keiko!" Takuya yelled.
Beezlemon turned back to the boys. "Let's go, Light. I don't have all day."
"You won't get my spirit!" Kouji yelled. He shut his eyes tightly and tried to concentrate on transforming into Lobomon. "Come on, come on, come on…" he whispered in a mantra. Beezlemon pointed both of his guns at the boys and Takuya cried out. "Light Evolution!" Kouji yelled.
Light came from his lower back and wrapped around his whole body. Armor appeared on his arms, legs, chest and his shape morphed into the warrior of light, Lobomon.
"Lobo Kendo!" he yelled, slicing at Beezlemon. The evil Digimon sighed and in a split second, the guns were in their holsters and his gloves grew long claws on the knuckles. He put them up in the air, deflecting the attack that Lobomon sent out on him.
Takuya shut his eyes, "Evolution of Fire!" Nothing happened. "Err, Fire Evolution!" Takuya smiled smugly as light wrapped around his athletic frame and engulfed him completely. Armor appeared on him and he was transformed into Agunimon.
"Pyro Darts!" Agunimon shot little pieces of fire at Beezlemon. The evil Digimon turned around and with a swipe of his hand, the darts blew away.
Lobomon sliced at Beezlemon, causing the latter to jump up and away. "See if the girls are okay!" he yelled, running back to Beezlemon.
Agunimon ran over to Izumi and Keiko. "Hey! You guys alright?" He dug through the snow and grabbed an arm, which belonged to Izumi. She was shivering and gasping for air, she wasn't wearing a coat, as she forgot to grab one on her way out of the spa. "You okay?"
She nodded and pulled closer to him. "C-cold…"
"I know, it'll be okay. Just sit here, I'm going to look for Keiko," he said and patted her on the head.
As he dug through the snow, Lobomon sailed past him overhead, landing in the snow with a cry.
"Kouji!" Agunimon yelled as he turned back into himself. Agunimon growled and tried to figure out what to do. Beezlemon was advancing on his best friend, while Keiko was still under mounds of snow. Either risk Kouji being shot and killed or risk Keiko suffocating. Beezlemon took aim with his gun and Izumi was digging through the snow, crying out Keiko's name.
"Shit… Pyro Punch!" He leapt through the air, punching Beezlemon's gun from his hands and then jabbing him with his other flame encased fist.
Beezlemon's head barely turned and he growled.
Agunimon's eyes just about popped from his head. He scooped Kouji up and jumped away from Beezlemon's gunfire. He looked towards Izumi and saw that she was in the process of screaming. Keiko was there too, looking as terrified as she was. "Takuya!"
"Takuya, look out!" Kouji screamed.
"Heartbreak Shot!" Agunimon was shot in the back by Beezlemon and he screamed as he fell to the ground with the still battered Kouji in his arms. He took the brute of the fall and wailed as he devolved and Kouji was splayed on top of him.
"Takuya? Takuya! Wake up!" Kouji shook Takuya by the shoulders, trying to get him to open his eyes.
"Kouji!"
Kouji was grabbed up by Beezlemon and thrust off of his brunette friend and into a tree. Beezlemon was then pointing a gun at his head. "I wonder…" he said as he dragged Kouji to his feet by his hair.
"I wonder where the tattoo is," Beezlemon said, tilting his head. He closed his eyes. "I sense it… but I just can't find it…"
He then smiled, tracing a finger down Kouji's chest. "Getting warmer." He pulled Kouji off the tree then pushed him against it so his stomach was digging into the bark. The glove encased finger went down his back. "Warmer."
The large hand lifted up his coat and shirt. "Much warmer." He then hooked a finger into the waistband of Kouji's jeans and slowly pulled the down until the tip of the tattoo was showing.
"Hot." He pulled the jeans down more and pressed his finger to the tattoo, causing it to glow. "Yes, very hot."
"Love Shot!" The hand was hit by a glowing arrow, which pierced through the glove.
Beezlemon spun around and snarled. "You little-"
"Hurricane Wave!"
Beezlemon flew to the side, landing lightly on his feet. He glared at Kazemon, who was holding Kouji up with one arm.
He snarled. "Next time, Light. You're mine." He disappeared in a dark aura.
Kazemon turned back into Izumi and still held onto Kouji, who was panting harshly and looking somewhat terrified. "Kouji?" she said gently.
He nodded and bent over, his hands on his knees. "Tired."
Keiko slowly walked away and over to Takuya who was stirring and sitting up. "You alright?" she asked.
He nodded and stood up with some of her help. "They're coming back…"
"Kouji!" Kouichi was running up the hill with Junpei and Tomoki who were both grinning widely and waving. "Kouji! I was so worried!" Izumi moved out of the way while Kouichi hugged his brother fiercely. "Don't you ever scare me like that again, okay?" he said, kissing his forehead and hugging him again.
Kouji nodded and wrapped his arms around his brother, burying his face in his coat. "I promise…"
Tomoki jumped into Takuya's arms. "Takuya!"
"Hey buddy!" he exclaimed happily, ruffling Tomoki's hair.
"We saw the news and we thought you might be hurt!" he said as he pushed his face into the elder's chest. "I'm glad you're okay!"
"How are you guys?" Junpei asked Izumi and Keiko, who were both without coats and shivering. "Oh, Izumi, my love! You're cold! Take my coat!" He pulled his big orange coat off and Izumi took it without any remarks about his dramatic speaking voice.
"Nice hair, girls," Tomoki said with a giggle. Keiko and Izumi looked at each other and their jaws dropped. Keiko's hair which was half in curlers before was now dripping wet and the curlers were hanging by strands of hair. Izumi's hair was previously in foil and was now half covered with the shiny aluminum and the other half was covered in hair dye.
Everybody laughed and Izumi growled and grabbed Keiko's arm. "To the salon!"
When Keiko and Izumi were done in the salon, they all met up at the blonde's house and had a serious meeting. They had no idea what was going on, and how the Digimon were able to get into the real world. Then, as they watched the news, Keiko seized up.
"Guys… did you hear that?" she asked softly.
The group looked at her, shaking their heads slowly.
"Two… two people were killed by Beezlemon. This… isn't some random world where creatures get another chance if they're killed. This is real! People are dying! And… and it would be all our fault…"
Everybody stared at the brunette and nodded. "Then what do we do?" Tomoki asked softly.
"We just have to fight," Takuya said.
(1) So as far as money goes, we're going by American Dollars. Yes, they live in Japan. But the whole money system as far as how much things cost in confusing to me. I know i could just look it up on the internet but it's such a hassle. D:
Thank you all for reading! :D
