I know what you're all thinking. He goes A YEAR WITHOUT UPDATING AND THEN POSTS TWO CHAPTERS IN TWO DAYS! WHAT THE HELL?
My friends, it's called writer's block. But now that it's gone, please just enjoy! Also, as of the moment there's a grand total of zero, ZERO reviews on the last chapter so please review! Also, I don't really know what people need clarification on, so I'm not going to bother explaining anything right now. Just enjoy!
Chapter 7: What a Time It Was
Davis' POV
I ducked my head down again, as I felt something whiz past my head for what must have been the hundredth time, since we took off for the tower.
Raidramon was weaving in and out of the hordes of Digimon and humans who were fighting frantically. They were probably in a frenzy at the appearance of an ultimate.
Normally, it was only the original Digidestined that could get their partners to ultimate, but now there were humans who pushed their partners to battle so frequently and so hard that Digimon were now able to digivolve to ultimate on their own.
Of course, these cases were few and far between, but when they appeared they could shift the entire landscape of a battle.
Alec and his Flaremon were the latest example of that. Of course, Joe and Zudomon would have had no trouble with them, but I insisted on being the one to fight him, after what he did.
"Davis, hang on!" Raidramon suddenly yelled out.
I looked ahead to see that Raidramon was on a straight path towards the entrance.
The only problem was that it was reinforced from the inside.
"Hey bud, I don't think you just charge thr-"
"Thunder Blast!"
The blast blew open the doors and Raidramon galloped in, along with a flood of the people fighting.
"You might have done them a favor." I noted.
"It's not like we were trying to protect this place."
"Fair enough." I responded as Raidramon started climbing the stairs.
"Where do you think she would be?"
"Who Mimi?" I ask, thinking for a second. "Definitely the penthouse."
Mimi's POV
"Lilymon, I think they've broken through into the building." I casually let her know.
"Alright, are you ready to go?"
"Yeah, let me just grab one last thing." I said picking up a photograph of the entire Digidestined that we took the last time we were all together.
"Mimi, hurry! They could be here any second!"
"I'm ready." I said stashing it in my purse. I reached out and grabbed Lilymon's hand.
Just as I grabbed it, the door was blasted open.
"Mimi, get down!" Lilymon shouted, preparing to attack the intruders.
"Mimi! Are you in here?" I suddenly heard a familiar voice yell out.
"Davis?" I called out in disbelief. "Is that you?"
"Sure is!" He called out, before running and hugging me. "But hey we need to get out of here, they'll be here in less than thirty seconds."
"Did you even have a plan to get out?" I asked with a laugh. Despite, the situation the sight of a friend lifted my mood considerably.
"Fly down with you and Lilymon." Veemon responded.
"And what if we weren't here?" Lilymon asked.
"We would have jumped and flapped our arms really hard, so that we could fly." Davis joked.
"Well, it's good we are here. Come on, let's go!" I replied, grabbing Lilymon's hand.
On our flight down, Davis was instructing Lilymon where to go. I didn't hear anything he was saying, I just couldn't get my mind around the fact that Davis was here.
Joe's POV
After what seemed like forever, I finally saw a figure start to fly down from the top of the tower. As it got closer, I was relieved to see it was Lilymon along with Davis, Veemon, and most importantly Mimi.
"Joe!" She screamed out in excitement, running up to me and hugging me as soon as she landed.
"Mimi, thank god you're alive." I whispered hugging her tight.
"Of course, I am! We Digidestined, don't go down easily!"
"Hey, sorry to cut the reunion short, but we need to get out of here. Looks like there's an armada headed this way." Davis interjected.
"Right, we should head towards the lake." Mimi suggested.
"The lake? Why?" Davis asked confused.
"Tai told me when one of the original Digidestined comes to find me, we have to go to the cave."
"Tai?" Davis asked seriously.
"Cave?" I asked curiously.
"I'll explain on the way." She said before taking off towards the lake.
We had no choice, but to follow.
"Mimi, when'd you see Tai?" Davis demanded.
"Hmmm, it must have been what," She started biting her lip. "Two years ago, maybe three?"
"Two or three years ago? Joe, when was the last time we heard from him? It's been like four hasn't it?"
"Yeah, something like that," I said. "Mimi, would this cave have something to do with the crystals?"
Mimi simply nodded.
"Crystals?" Davis asked as confused as ever. "What the hell are you guys talking about?"
"Davis, our mission wasn't just to find Mimi. We're also supposed to find a way to end the war."
"End the war? What the hell do you mean? How are we supposed to do that?"
"If we find these crystals, we can get our partners to digivolve to mega." Mimi answered.
"Mega? What? How?"
"As far as we know, it's only the ones who have held crests." I start to explain to Davis.
"I thought your crests were destroyed?"
"They were, but we still embody what they stood for." Mimi answered.
"So what does this have to do with these crystals?"
"I don't fully understand, but Tai said that these crystals are scattered all over the world. They're the accumulation of every time someone displays our crest." Mimi explained.
"So anytime, someone shows one of the traits of our crest the corresponding crystals grow more powerful. And they act the same way as the crests did, giving our partners the ability to digivolve one level further." I added on.
"So if we find these crystals, you guys can get Palmon and Gomamon to mega?"
"That would be the plan." I answered.
"That would give us seven megas, assuming we can find Sora and get Kari." Davis said aloud.
"Seven?" Mimi asked turning to Davis. "You mean eight."
"Oh right, you don't know."
"Don't know what?" Mimi asked sharply, already sensing that something was not right.
"Mimi," Davis started, before hesitating. "Tai, Tai is gone."
"I know, he's on his mission." She answered.
"No, gone like we haven't heard from him in four years."
"So? I saw him recently." Mimi quipped.
"You said two or three years ago!"
"Yeah, what's your point?"
"That's not recently at all!"
"Yeah, but it's not like he's dead!" Mimi retorted angrily.
"We're at the lake." I interrupted, before Davis could continue this needless argument.
"So, where's this cave?" Davis asked.
"Bottom of the lake." Mimi answered.
"And how exactly are we going to get to the bottom of the lake?"
"Just watch." Mimi was obviously still irritated at what Davis said about Tai.
"Gomamon, you up for this?" I asked.
"Definitely!"
After digivolving, we all climbed up onto Ikkakumon, who began swimming into the lake.
"What's this lake called?" I asked curiously.
"Lake Michigan." Mimi answered.
"It's really big." Davis said turning his head back and forth.
"It's the second largest lake in the country. And it's all fresh water."
"Any idea how far in we have to go?" Ikkakumon asked.
"Not much further."
Sure enough, a minute or two later a gray light started emanating from my chest and a green one from Mimi's.
"Whoa, what's going on you guys?"
"The crystals all react to crest bearers, regardless of which one of us it is." Mimi replied calmly.
Truth was, I was kind of nervous, but I calmed myself down quickly. After all, I did have to take care of Davis and Mimi still.
And then out of nowhere, an island began to rise from the middle of the lake.
"What's going on? This isn't the Digital World!" Davis exclaimed.
"The Digital World and the real world have intersected in certain places. So what you see there is actually a part of the Digital World." Mimi answered.
When we looked at her questioningly, she added on.
"The faction I was leading here in Chicago was doing research on this. The Digital World and the real world have begun overlapping. It's different than when the Digital World appeared in the sky. Now, they're actually merging."
"Merging? That can't possibly be good." Davis replied.
"Do you know why this is happening?" I asked her.
"I'm not really sure, Izzy was always much better with this stuff. But from my understanding, after a Digimon gets turned into data here in the real world the data tries to find its way back to the Digital World. And that leads to the data ripping channels to the Digital World. Obviously, with the war this has been happening frequently."
"So these channels have become openings to the Digital World, and when the channels get big enough parts of the Digital World come out and merge with the real world?" Davis asked.
"Exactly."
We finally reached the island and set foot on it. It was a small island, but there in front of us was the cave Mimi mentioned.
She quickly walked up to it with Davis following closely behind. I was slightly more hesitant.
Mimi looked back at me and smiled.
"Don't worry Joe, Tai and I cleared out all the danger when we were here."
"If you say so." I replied with a smile and walked in.
"So, if you and Tai were here before you know that there's a crystal here right?" Davis asked.
"Sure do!" Mimi replied cheerfully.
"Why didn't you take it out?"
"It was much safer here."
"Any idea whose crystal it is?" I asked curiously.
"Not mine." She replied.
"What if it's not mine either?"
"It doesn't matter, any of us can lift them. Although, I'm pretty sure this one belongs to Sora."
"What makes you say that?" Davis asked.
"Well, it's red. And it has the crest of love engraved on it." She said with a laugh.
Davis and I both joined in, but stopped when we came up to a door.
Mimi put her hand over her heart and then touched the door with her palm, and it opened up right away.
As soon as we walked through, we were blinded by a red light.
Mimi's POV
I smiled slightly as Davis and Joe were in complete awe of the room we were standing in.
There were murals everywhere on the walls. All showed Digimon and humans together, some together peacefully and others fighting and waging war. And in the very center, suspended in air a single small crystal. It was red and suspended in a beam of red light.
Despite, having been in here before I couldn't help getting goose bumps. The message was so clear to me. The power of this crystal could lead to one or the other of the depictions.
Flashback
I followed Tai through the door, and walked into a blinding red light.
Once my eyes adjusted, I immediately noticed the small crystal in the center of the room.
The next things I saw were the murals on the wall. They depicted humans and Digimon living in harmony. And others showed horrible scenes of war.
"Crazy isn't it?" Tai asked with an understanding smile.
"Yeah, I don't know how to even describe what I'm feeling." I answered with an embarrassed smile.
"I know what you mean, this must be Sora's." He said pointing to the crystal.
"What gave it away? The red light or the crest on it?" I teased him with a laugh.
"Shut up," He said with a laugh. "That makes Kari, Sora, and T.K. so far."
"Do you think you'll have one? Considering you can already go to mega?"
"I'm not sure. I hope so, but honestly there's no guarantee that everyone has a crystal you know? But I'm positive the six of you will all at least have one. If anything Matt and I miss out."
"Miss out? You two have been able to go mega for years!" I said with a laugh.
"I guess that's true." He laughed.
"Were the other ones like this too?" I asked turning a bit more serious.
"Similar, but not the same." He said after thinking for a second.
"What do you mean?"
"It's really not my place to say. I guess the only thing is that this place shows what can happen through the power of love. And what happens when love is gone."
End Flashback
Tai's words resonated with me even now. I looked down at Palmon, and I sincerely missed the days of our youth, when we were just a bunch of innocent little kids traveling the Digital World trying to find a way home.
Unconsciously, I started walking towards a corner of the room. There was a small painting there that was easily my favorite in the room.
I found myself staring at eight children all holding Digimon in their arms. While it wasn't my friends and I, it reminded me dearly of my friends. I may not have been the bearer of love, but I really did love all my friends. And there was no way I could handle anything happening to them.
Silently, I turned and walked towards the crystal and put my hand out and grabbed it.
It was time to end this war, before any of my friends could get hurt.
Sora's POV
It had been months, since I was in Darfur looking for Tai. Whenever, it seemed like I was getting close the trail would suddenly end. It was as if he knew I was following him.
I was currently in South Africa, as the rest of the continent had fallen into the equivalent of a nuclear warzone. It was unsafe for me to travel freely across Africa, even with Biyomon being able to go ultimate. It was just too much of a risk.
"Sora! You're glowing!" Biyomon suddenly exclaimed.
"What?" I asked looking down at my body.
Sure enough, a red light was coming out of my body.
Tai's POV
"Get up," The guard said to me, kicking me to get up. "He wants to see you."
"It's about damn time." I respond.
Well, what'd you all think? I understand there was a lot of new stuff that happened in this chapter, especially after the huge time skip that came in the last chapter. Rest assured, the next two chapters will be really good at filling in the gaps. As for the Tai part, I just wanted to tease you guys. Until next time! Oh wait, one last thing! REVIEW!
