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Upon reaching towards the source, smoke and stones dispersed throughout the whole area. Making it difficult to see who or what in the world was happening over there.
"Can you see anything, Lunamon?" I asked the digimon running beside me, "I can't see anything from the smoke."
"I don't think I see anything, but...these data particles." Lunamon mumbled for a bit before announcing the two identities, "The Kings' and Gumdramon's data particles are within that area!"
"And it's not just them, the corrupted digimon I've been sensing earlier is there too!" So, Ren wasn't wrong on the digimon's location, but man they have such a rude way of hunting digimon even if they're good. By the time the smoke minimized, the both of us found most of our group members except for Taiki caught in the vines of what seems to be the plant/insect digimon Lunamon has been sensing.
"That's Blossomon!" Lunamon pointed out for me, "That's strange. Blossomons are normally docile digimons, and they hardly appear to anyone due to their nature."
When Lunamon mentioned it, I squinted to see what's the cause of Blossomon's attack. The source...was probably the human tied close to the digimon's body by a multiple amount of vines.
"Lunamon, the female student is the source!" I realized as we continued heading over their area, hoping that we'll make in time, "Maybe it's not Blossomon's fault, maybe...that girl is having negative emotions about something!"
'Just like Tokio-kun and the other Robotics Club members!'
"Astamon, attack!" Oh no...it's Ryoma and his annoying hunters group. I bit my lip in anguish of what I saw next. Ryoma's digimon looked ready to fire his attacks as well as his comrade's digimon too.
"Yes sir!"
'No!'
"Lunamon, hurry!" I allowed Lunamon to use my arm as a boost to jump over, and to set a better aim at the incoming attacks being sent toward the girl and Blossomon.
"Lop-ear Ripple!" As I've previously seen from the Pinnochimon battle, Lunamon sent out a vortex of bubbles to distinguish our opposing hunter's group assault attack.
"Lunamon!" Gumdramon and Shoutmon shouted in relief of seeing the rabbit digimon halting the attack. I finally was able to catch up to the others, standing close to Taiki.
"I'm sorry we're late, senpai!" I apologized to him especially, "I shouldn't have left Tagiru and Gumdramon alone to face off Blossomon."
"That's fine." Taiki reassured me, giving his usual grin. "You and Lunamon came in just at the nick of time."
Returning his grin with a smile, I glanced back to find Ryoma and his two hunter allies displeased of my interference. My gaze hardened the minute Ryoma's eye locked onto me.
"You'll have to go through the two of us if you want to get to them."
"You're not getting away with attacking this digimon, King, and Gumdramon as well!" Lunamon sharpened her claws, ready to send out an attack.
Yuu
'Yukimura-san.'
"Yukimura Azusa." Sudou held a malevolent smirk as she returned her gaze over to me, "Isn't that person also one of the people who hurt you? The one who said those hurtful words-"
"Yukimura-san has nothing to do with this, Sudou-san!" I attempted to get her attention away from the ally currently aiding her digimon on deflecting most of the attacks alongside our upperclassmen's digimon.
"Hmph, but isn't it true? She practically insulted the fact of you not having a digimon yet in reality you did have one." My eyes widened hearing the truth in those words she uttered. I glanced over to the said girl being spoken about, who flinched upon hearing what Sudou mentioned. A gnawing sensation grew within me as I saw shock envelop Azusa.
"Yuu-san." However as Azusa was going to demand as to why I didn't say anything about my digimon, a stray attack sent out by one of the rival hunters flew toward her. I yelled with all my might despite being trapped in Blossomon's vines, "Yukimura-san!"
Turning around, Azusa raised her arms in attempt to brace herself for the incoming attack only to be protected by Omegashoutmon in the midst.
"Azusa! King!" Lunamon screeched in the midst of using her attacks to block the other two rookie digimon.
Feeling no sense of pain being inflicted upon her, Azusa's eyes widened to find Omegashoutmon protecting her. "Are you alright, Azusa?"
"I'm fine, but you're taking most of the attacks." She seemed worried for Omegashoutmon taking most of the hits, only to be reassured by him on his next words. "As long as everyone is safe, this pain is nothing."
'Omegashoutmon is right...the pain I feel right now shouldn't be bothering me at all.'
"It's true." I muttered at first before voicing my feelings. "I was jealous of Yukimura-san and Tagiru of having their own digimon partner, but I would never get rid of the both of them for just that! Hating others won't change anything! I have to do things my own way!"
Azusa
"Yuu-san." I couldn't believe it. After listening to what Yuu declare to his classmate, a shred of guilt crept within my heart as I remembered what I said to Yuu not too long ago.
Says the person without a digimon!
I winced upon the memory. 'I need to apologize to him later.'
Suddenly a golden glow emerged from Yuu's body, it felt similar but it wasn't the same golden glow that jumped out of my xros loader. It was the strength within Yuu's heart. Yuu's heart was enough to snap Sudou out of it. The warm glow was enough to release the four trapped within Blossomon's grasp.
At that point, I was able to get close enough to catch Sudou along with Lunamon while Tagiru had Gumdramon digivolved and digixros to hunt Blossomon. As I made sure Sudou was alright, Lunamon tapped my arm to grab my attention. I glanced up to find Yuu heading straight for Sudou, "Is Sudou-san alright?"
"Yeah." I replied keeping my gaze away from the blonde-haired boy's sight, not wanting to attract Yuu's attention. "She just fainted after what happened. It seems Blossomon took a lot of energy from her as well."
"I see." Soon it was silent or rather it was difficult to say something back to Yuu right now. I attempted to apologize, but Tagiru and Taiki returned immediately after capturing Blossomon. Looks like I'm going to apologize right after class.
After Class
Before I left for Archery class, I managed to ask Yuu for a short talk. Apparently Xros Heart was asked to fill in for some members in the basketball team, so I was lucky to meet them right before they left. However the menacing glare I received from those three girls that left Tagiru's and Yuu's classroom were terrifying. Were popular boy's fan clubs that scary? Once we were far enough from the ears of eavesdropping students, I managed to sigh in relief. Although I won't be able to escape any rumors about Yuu and I sooner or later.
"So, what did you have to say to me Yukimura-san?" He straight out asked me. I took a deep breath, and breathed out before I turned around to face Yuu. "I wanted to apologize."
Yuu raised a brow at me, "For what?"
"For being rude to you, Yuu-san." I lowered my head even more, as I recalled what Yuu mentioned earlier when we faced off Blossomon and Sudou. "I didn't know you lost your partner." I bit my lip before I continued, "I shouldn't have said those words to you, it was inconsiderate of me to say that to someone whose already been through a lot."
"Yukimura-san."
"I mean, I know I lost my memories of what happened during my time in the DigiQuartz but nothing is worse than losing a friend you care for the most." I bowed my head, "I'm sorry."
Unknown to me, a small smile formed against Yuu's face. "Raise your head, Yukimura-san."
My eyes widened in shock, as I glanced back up to see Yuu's expression. "But-!"
"I'm not mad at you anymore." He interjected my words, and explained his reasoning. "In fact I should be the one apologizing to you, Yukimura-san."
"What? Why?"
"I may have lost Damemon, but maybe somewhere within your lost memories you might've had another partner before gaining Lunamon." Yuu pointed out, "Plus my jealousy got the best of me when I saw you and Tagiru run out into battle without any thoughts of what could happen. I merely watched on the sidelines not doing anything but help the victims of people involved with the corrupted digimon. I just reacted out of anger when I tried to stop you from going into the fight."
'Yuu-san.'
I small grin tugged at my lips, as I replied in glee. "You're so kind, Yuu-san."
Yuu
"You're so kind, Yuu-san." I blinked in surprise of what I saw. Yukimura Azusa was actually smiling! Ever since we found her in DigiQuartz, Azusa rarely smiled whenever we saw or met up with her for hunting. The only time we saw her smile was at Tokio's house, but that was it. The rest of the times she hardly made any changes in expression. Taiki was worried whether she lost more than just her memories, but I guess she was fine since Yukimura was smiling right in front of me. Right now. With only the two of us around. Wait. What?!
Soon the heat within my face warmed upon seeing her smile. Shifting my gaze away, I silently hoped my face wasn't red as I mumbled out my next words to Yukimura. "Well I have to go now, otherwise Tagiru is going to start complaining as to why I'm late."
"Yeah, see you next time Yuu-san." After waving Azusa goodbye, I started making my way to the basketball courts however when I stopped midway to place a hand against my forehead to check whether I had a fever or something. I muttered to myself in silence, "I'm not sick right?"
'I wonder what Damemon would say if he saw me like this?'
If Damemon were here at the moment, he would have been laughing at Yuu's red face due to his reaction toward a particular girl's charms. In fact, the said data of the digimon was laughing so much in a certain park that children and some adults roaming around were wondering where the laughter was coming from.
Azusa
'In the end.' I sighed myself in a depressed manner. 'I wasn't able to tell anyone about the recurring dreams I've been having lately.'
By the time I made it home, I realized I wasn't able to say anything to the group or to Lunamon about the recurring dreams. 'I knew I was forgetting something the minute I went into the club room today.'
As I lie on my bed, I stared at the ceiling of my room thinking back on Yuu's words from earlier today.
'Did I have a digimon partner?' The question continued to linger in my mind as I turned a bit in my bed unsure of how to answer. Then I closed my eyes, hoping that the dreams would be able to answer it. Unfortunately the dreams didn't return that night so in the end nothing was answered...I better start asking Taiki and others about this because the dreams are beginning to bug me.