"A Hunka Hunka BurningGreymon"
All right, here is the next chapter. Again, I ask for you guys to help me out here. Should the gang have a new enemy when they reach the Rose Morning Star since Duskmon isn't there? Please help me out and thank you for reading!
The Gotsumon all let us stay with them for the night as our wounds were taken care of.
In the morning we set off, but we unsure about where to go or what to do since Zoe's Spirit was taken and we had to get to the Forest Terminal.
"It's nice to have a moment for peace and quiet." Bokomon commented as we all sat down in the middle of a forest, trying to figure out our next move.
"Let's have some fun and play charades." Neemon said as some Tanemon began sprouting from the ground and came over to play.
"I thought you said fun." Bokomon said.
"I've always wanted to try that thing where you're trapped in an imaginary box." Neemon said as a Tanemon hopped over to him with a gleeful shriek.
"If only the box were real." Bokomon said with his arms crossed as Neemon played with the Tanemon.
"Oh man, I really messed up." Tommy said sadly as he thought back to yesterday.
"It's OK Tommy. It wasn't your fault." Zoe said knowing he felt guilty for Gigasmon taking her Spirit.
"Well, the next time I see that guy, I'll get your Spirit back, even if I need to do it by myself." JP said.
"Why would you want to do something like that?" Neemon asked as he bounced the Tanemon on his paw as Bokomon stood up.
"Based on your last encounter, I don't think that would be wise." Bokomon said and JP slapped his hand down loudly next to the digimon, startling them.
"So what? It sure beats sitting around here doing nothing. She needs my help." JP said.
"You have a one track mind, buddy." Takuya spoke up as he stood.
"We can't just run out and fight. We have to get to the Forest Terminal." He said diving into the role of the leader.
"So what? We just let him win?" JP asked as he also stood up and walked over to the leader.
"I just can't sit back and let Grumblemon run around with Zoe's Spirit."
"It's OK, JP." Zoe said as she looked at her D-tector with a depressed look on her face, sadness clouding her dark emerald green eyes as the Tanemon hopped over to her, hoping she would play.
"No, it's really not OK, Zoe. The Spirit of Wind is yours and you were destined to find it, so we're gonna get it back for you." JP crouched down next to her as the Tanemon hopped off.
"Nice sentiment, but we have more important things to do than fight a battle we can't win." Koji said making Koichi and I look up at him from where we sat at the base of the tree he was leaning against.
"What is your problem, Koji? You'd be going crazy if your Spirit was stolen." JP said angered as Koji turned to him with a frown and scoff.
"But hey, I understand if you're afraid. Even the great Koji has no chance against Grumblemon." JP said mockingly making Koji annoyed.
"What?" he demanded.
"Who cares if you have your Beast Spirit? You can't even control it!" JP continued on his rant as Tommy held his hands up at Koji, trying to prevent a fight from breaking out and I calmly stood up, making Koichi look at me questioningly.
"Hey, stop it!" Tommy pleaded.
"Knock it off, JP!" Takuya said getting in front of the heavy set boy as he turned away in a huff.
"I guess I'm the only one who wants to help Zoe." JP said.
"Guys, forget it. Let's just go to the Forest Terminal." Zoe said not liking the fighting because of her.
"Don't you-"JP was cut off by me punching him across the face.
He stumbled back and fell down on his rear end making everyone gasp and look at me in shock, except for Koichi, like he knew what I was going to do before I even did it.
"Daisuke, what the hell was that?" Takuya asked.
"I have had it with all this arguing. No offence, dude, but your attitude is getting on my nerves. It reminds me way too much of how I used to be when I didn't get my way and it's pathetic." I said looking down at the Warrior of Thunder with my duplicate of the Ishida Death Glare.
"Just because your mad it gives you no right to take it out on your friends. I've learned from experience that it never ends well. I might not be your leader, but it's my job to keep you guys together and right now you need to learn about the Crest of Friendship. Friendship is the glue that holds the team together and so does trust. So lay off." I said as I turned around and sat back down next to Koichi, everyone looking at me in shock as they just stood there and took in what I said.
Bokomon cleared his throat and then stood by, deciding to take the stage now.
"All right, that's it. I've had enough. I think it's time to do something more productive than argue." The white chicken said.
"My friends, I believe the time has finally come." He said as he cleared his throat.
"Time for what?" JP asked as he picked himself off the ground.
"Yeah, what do ya mean?" Zoe asked.
"Time to show you the path of wisdom." Bokomon said.
"Well there's a change." The blonde said.
"Yeah, no kidding." The heavy set boy said.
"Wisdom is a path which is not easily walked. You must think about every choice. Consider every option and know where each step will lead." Bokomon said as he began pacing as he talked and then tripped.
"Oh dear. It seems that wisdom has landed in a mud puddle." Bokomon said as he stood up with much on his face as the Tanemon ran off from where they were playing since they were the ones that had tripped him up.
(About a half hour later…)
"So what's your wise solution?" JP asked as we began walking again.
"Fortune telling." Bokomon said confusing us all.
"Fortune telling?" we all asked.
"Shamanmon is the wisest digimon of them all." He said as we all walked into an area that was filled with colorful tents and there were different types of digimon walking around, some I recognized and others I didn't.
"If I would have you that, you'd have said I was crazy." Neemon said.
"You are crazy, but that's beside the point." Bokomon said.
We all looked around at some of the booths, interested in what was going on around us.
"Hey, look at these." Koichi said making me walk over to see a booth that had amulets in different colors with the Crests on them.
"Whoa, cool." I said.
"Interested in the amulets, eh?" a Mikemon asked as she came over to us.
"Oh, we were just looking." Koichi said politely with a sweet smile and I was reminded of Ken and Cody again by the way he acted.
That familiar pang of homesickness had just come back and I wanted to just leave the situation.
"These amulets are based on the Crests that the Digidestinds used to save our world many times before. The Crests are virtues that live in all of us and help guide us through our lives." Mikemon said.
"Daisuke, Koichi. Hey, let's go!" Takuya called to us and the both of us said our goodbyes to the kind digimon before we started to leave.
"Wait." Mikemon said suddenly grabbing my hand making me look at her confused.
"Don't worry about what's going on. Believe in yourself and never give up, like always and you'll be fine." she said making me wonder what she was going on about.
"Um, thanks." I said as she let me go and gave a gentlemanly tip of this witch's hat she wore before I ran after the others to walk into a building where Shamanmon was.
"Why are we here, Bokomon? All these fortune tellers are fake." JP said. "Like my grandmama's teeth." Neemon said as we walked into the stone building.
"Have more faith, please. I do know what I'm doing. Shamanmon is the real thing." Bokomon said as we saw a digimon with his back to us and from what I could see, he looked a bit like a goblin.
"Shamonmon, I call upon your wisdom, your insight and basically we're asking for 2 cents worth of advice." Bokomon said.
"Who calls upon Shamanmon?" the goblin asked with his back still to us.
"Weary travelers in need of guidance from the universe. Bokomon said.
"Oh you'll get guidance all right." Shamanmon said as he turned around, making Takuya, Zoe, Tommy and JP all tense up.
"What a minute, I remember you!" Takuya said making Koji, Koichi and I give him curious looks since we didn't understand why they all gasped when they saw him and Bokomon looked worried.
"You're one of those nasty Goblinmon from the wind factory." Zoe said.
"Come on you guys, let's get him!" Tommy said making Bokomon turn around and frantically wave his paws around to stop them from attacking Shamanmon.
"No no no!" Shamanmon's one of the good guys!" Bokomon said as he explained how he used his club to see into the future just as Shamanmon started to dance around.
"You should be very careful. Ahead you face much danger."
(I'm not putting the next part about the friend and foe thing since he was obviously referring to Koichi, so I'm not gonna put it since he'll already with them. Sorry.)
"I don't buy it." Takuya said and Tommy nodded.
"No offense, dude, but we already knew about the danger part." I said with a shrug.
"Then listen to this!" Shamanmon yelled as he jumped in front of the three of us, making Tommy cling to my arm in surprise and Takuya stand slightly in front of us as Shamanmon pointed his club at us.
"The greatest test will be faced by you two, one that is similar to what you, child of Miracles, have gone through one before. This test has power to destroy you all if you're not careful." He said making the two boys freak out as I wondered what he meant by this test being similar to what I once went through.
"Hey, come back!" Tommy yelled as he walked away back to where he was before we came in.
"Yeah, we don't want to be destroyed!" Takuya called.
"Then remember who you are and trust in each other. And your friendship." The dancing digimon said, looking pointedly at me when he said the last part.
The ground then shook making him fall down in shock, all of us yelling at the unexpected quake.
"Right, run for it!" JP cried.
We ran outside to see some large digimon made out of rock appear from below the ground with Grumblemon on his shoulder, looking smug as ever.
"Old foe, big friend." Takuya said.
"Who is that?" Koichi asked.
"Golemon and he is not one happy camper. Watch out for his Sulfur Plume." I said.
"Grumblemon back with big angry surprise for little Spirit kids." The Warrior of Earth said.
"One of these days, I'm gonna beat this jerk for good." Koji said annoyed.
"When are you gonna learn? How about working with the rest of us, huh? And not just Koichi." Zoe said.
My D-3 was acting up a bit, so I pulled it out to see that it was faintly glowing orange.
What could that mean?
Last time it did that was when KendoGarurumon appeared, so maybe…another Beast Spirit was around here?
But which one?
Golemon then jumped up, ready to attack as Neemon clung to Bokomon in fear.
"Oh, save me!" he whimpered.
"Just give me a minute." The leader of the group said.
Golemon stuck the ground where we were standing and we all went flying, hitting the earth painfully.
I said I really hated Grumblemon before, right?
"Right, minute's over!" Takuya said as he, JP, Koichi and Tommy all Spirit evolved into Agunimon, Beetlemon, Kumamon and Lowemon as I stood back with Zoe and the two digimon we traveled with.
"Now for the Beast!" Koji said as he pulled out his D-tector.
"Execute: Beast Spirit-"Koji was cut off by Grumblemon pulling out a vile with some weird liquid.
"Me no think so." Grumblemon said as he tossed the liquid at Koji, preventing him from transforming.
Koji was trapped in this strange red glowing circle.
"What's going on? I can't move." He said.
"Sorry. KendoGarurumon no play today. You no move 'til Grumblemon say so." Grumblemon laughed.
Dude, that is totally cheating.
Kumamon started out the fight with his Crystal Breeze, separating the two brain dead digimon and then Beetlemon attacked Golemon with his Thunder Fist, but it had no effect since rock isn't affected by electricity.
Golemon then used his Sulfur Plume, blasting the two back.
"Please not to tell that is best you can do." Grumblemon laughed.
Lowemon and Agunimon both combined their Shadow Meteor and Pyro Tornado attacks and were able to knock Golemon back a bit, but not that much.
Golemon used his Sulfur Plume yet again, blasting the Warrior of Flame and Darkness back.
Bokomon and Neemon both clung to me and Zoe as we watched this all, not happy with what was going on in the fight.
"You can do it, just work together!" Zoe called as the four Warriors all stood back up.
"Don't give up so easily. Have faith!" I yelled.
"Enough! You finished. You surrender Spirits now or be destroyed big time." Grumblemon said pointing at them.
"Boy, would I like to shut that guy up." Beetlemon groaned out annoyed.
"Yeah, me too." Koji said as he punched the ground in frustration.
"There's gotta be something I can do." He said.
"Anybody got any suggestions?" Lowemon asked.
Golemon punched the ground again, making it crack and crumble near Kumamon, who jumped away to safety.
"Yeah, work together." Agunimon said.
The four then all combined their attacks and landed them all perfectly on Golemon, sending him flying this time.
Zoe and I both cheered and grabbed ach others hands as we jumped up and down in celebration.
Our excitement was short lived when Gigasmon joined the fight and he was not happy.
"Now myself me fix you." He said as Kumamon jumped in first to attack with his Blizzard Blaster.
Gigasmon deflected the attack with his Quagmire Twister and the attack sucked Kumamon in.
Agunimon tried to save him, but he was knocked back by the Quagmire Twister.
Kumamon flew out of the Twister as Gigasmon stopped and we were all worried when we saw that the Warrior of Ice was out of it as his Fractal Code and Spirit showed.
"Tommy, wake up!" Zoe yelled.
"Stay away from him, you freak!" I yelled.
"Me eat yummy bear!" Gigasmon laughed as he gobbled up the Spirit and Tommy turned back to normal, hitting the ground.
"Me have two now." He said.
"Get outta there, you guys!" Zoe yelled as I ran over to check on the youngest of our team as Gigasmon used his Tectonic Slam, shaking up the earth and blasting the three remaining Warriors back.
I got to Tommy and helped him up just as my D-3 and D-terminal both reacted as this large red, white and orange dino/phoenix hybrid digimon appeared and charged Gigasmon.
Gigasmon flew back and git the pillars behind him as the new digimon let out a mighty roar and Tommy jumped into my arms in fear.
"What is that thing?" Agunimon asked as I ran away with Tommy in my arms too safety.
"Oh, you mean other than bad news?" Beetlemon asked as I got over to Zoe and set the little boy down.
"Now just hold on. That thing may be on our side." Bokomon said as I pulled out my D-terminal and was surprised to see the digi egg of Courage was showing on the screen.
Is that thing why my D-3 was reacting before?
Is he really a…Beast Spirit?
If so, then why is he alive and who does he belong to?
"OK, but somehow I don't think so." Takuya said.
"Whoever he is, he seems very upset." Neemon pointed out.
The Beast laughed a bit psychotically, then stopped as the ground under him broke.
"You go boy now!" Gigasmon yelled.
The Beast roared as he flapped his massive orange wings and flew up, showing that Golemon was hanging onto his legs.
"Quick, let's get outta here!" Beetlemon said as the Beast used these lasers on his arms to shoot at Golemon until he let go and fell down to the ground, screaming as he was deleted, his mask being the only thing left of him as it hit the ground with a clang.
The Beast then stepped on the mask, destroying that too before he got into a fight with the Beast of Earth.
"I go bye now!" Gigasmon said in fear as he dived into the earth, running away.
Coward.
The light around Koji disappeared and now we were stuck with the mad Beast problem.
"He's really strong." Tommy said as Koji came up beside me.
"Too strong." The Warrior of Light said.
"If he comes after us, there's no way we can beat him." Zoe said.
"Right, time to go." Bokomon said escorting us all away, but it looked like Agunimon and I were the only ones who wanted to hang around.
"Agunimon, come on." Beetlemon said snapping him out of his daze.
"Uh, yeah." Agunimon said.
"Help me!" the Beast cried making me gasp as Agunimon gave the Beast his undivided attention.
"I'm possessed by the Beast Spirit!" the Beast said and my eyes widened when I recognized that voice.
"Shamanmon?" Agunimon asked.
"Please rescue me!" Shamanmon begged scared as he tried to fight off the primal instincts of the Beast.
Agunimon looked like he was stuck in a trance, seeing something that we couldn't as he looked at the Beast and Lowemon came over beside me.
"I can sense the dark desires of the Beast and pain." He said with a wince as he gripped his chest, almost like he could feel it.
"I was in the temple when the Beast Spirit was revealed. When I touched it, I was possessed. Please, help me!" Shamanmon begged as the Warrior of Flame walked over to him, determined.
"Agunimon, what are you doing?" Beetlemon asked.
Didn't he hear the sob story like we did?
"Don't worry, Shamanmon, I can help you." Agunimon said.
The Beast then growled in pain and anger as his body lit on fire making me then realize who's Beast Spirit he was and why my digi egg of Courage was acting up.
He must be from the Greymon family.
The Beast then shot fire at the Warrior of Flame, but he dodged it.
The two Spirits of Flame then fought, but the Beast was easily beating the Human, making us all cry out in worry as he was sent to the ground painfully.
"Takuya!" I yelled as the Beast flew over and stomped his foot down on him, holding him down.
The Beast the pointed his lasers at him, but didn't fire as the two Spirits of Flame stared each other down, blurred red eyes looking into crystal blue.
"What's he waiting for?" Beetlemon asked as the Beast pulled away, looking like he was struggling with some inner turmoil.
"Strike now!" Shamanmon said as he gained control.
"NOW!" Shamanmon said making Agunimon kick him off of him and he stood up.
Shamanmon was still in control of the Beast, struggling to make sure it didn't take over again as Agunimon pelted it with attacks and finally knocked it down to the ground.
"Now to free Shamanmon. My D-tector should release him. Fractal Code: Digitize!" Agunimon said as he pulled out his D-tector as the Fractal Code and Beast Spirit totem were shown and he downloaded them both up, freeing the goblin looking digimon.
Everyone was relieved, but I knew something was wrong when my D-3 started glowing that bright orange light again as it gave out a high pitched whine.
"What's going on?" Lowemon asked as he looked down at me.
"Trouble." I said as I looked at my D-3, then at Agunimon as he then began to transform.
"Something's wrong!" Beetlemon said.
Thank you captain obvious for stating what I just said.
Everyone starting yelling at once, fearing for our friend as he was covered in data and yelled in fear and pain.
"Takuya, no! Back off!" I was able to make out Koji's words.
The data faded away and there in front of us was the Beast of Flame.
"Holy sock!" Neemon gasped.
"For once I completely agree with you." Bokomon said scared.
The Beast snarled as his body erupted in flames.
"Oh no, Takuya!" Zoe said.
I felt close to tears as I heard him groaning in pain and fear as he tried to fight off the power of the Beast, but he wasn't doing too well.
"It seems that the Beast Spirit has possessed him." Bokomon stated as the Beast looked over at us with a primal look in his clouded over red eyes.
"Takuya, it's me." Beetlemon said.
The Beast then punched the Warrior of Thunder since it was I control and it couldn't recognize JP while he was in that form.
"Quick, take cover everyone!" Bokomon said as he, Neemon, Zoe and Tommy all ran off, but Koji, Lowemon and I stayed where we were as we watched the Beast beat Beetlemon.
"Takuya, that's JP!" Koji yelled hoping to snap him out of it.
The Beast then looked over to Koji and went to attack him, but Lowemon jumped in the way, taking the hit.
"KOICHI!" Koji yelled in fear for his brother as he turned back to normal.
Koji glared at the Beast of Flame in ager for it attacking his brother and he then pulled out his D-tector.
"Execute: Beast Spirit Evolution!" he yelled and then cried out in pain as he transformed into the same wolf we all saw yesterday.
"KendoGarurumon!" he snarled and I was relieved to see that at least he had control now.
"Koichi!" I said as I kneeled down by my friend's side as he sat up, groaning in pain.
KendoGarurumon then ran over to the other side of the Beast of Flame, drawing his attention away from us so I could help Koichi up and get him to safety.
"You guys, this is crazy! Think about what you're doing." Beetlemon said as everyone watched the two Beasts snarl at each other.
"Koji, Takuya! Stop this!" Beetlemon yelled.
I let go of Koichi when we were over with the others and then turned back to look at my two friends, worried about them both, but not sure I was more worried about.
This fight was not going to be pretty and I didn't want any of them to get hurt.
I held onto my D-3 tightly, my knuckles turning white as I felt the tension and weirdly enough, I felt like there were two sides of me clashing.
This was a fight that no one can win with violence.
So what are we supposed to do?
TBC