Hey everyone
So… not much to say right now
Hope you guys are enjoying this story so far
I also hope that I'm finally getting somewhere with the plot,
Not just writing about them running around and fighting digimon
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon
Chapter 8: Toshiro's Dreamland Nightmare
The kids all kept trudging along the coast of the beach and started to admire the device that each of them had gotten. Kouhei took a good look at the black and red device in his hand while Charcomon was on his shoulder glancing at it as well. "I wonder what else it could do besides make us digivolve." Charcomon grinned while thinking of all the possibilities. Kouhei just rolled his eyes while he went back to admiring the small, palm sized device in his hands. The others were gazing at it as well. They were also thinking of all of the possibilities that this little device could accomplish.
"So what do you think we should name this device?" Hiroki asked them. They all looked at each other and shrugged.
"How about... the digimon digivolver?" Lantermon made the suggestion.
"Oh yah, that's coming from the digimon that wanted to be named the 'humans called to the digiworld to save digimon'." Lyramon looked at him sceptically.
"Well what do you think?" Lantermon seemed to be a bit upset by that comment.
"I don't know." She shrugged her shoulders. While they all pondered on the thought of what this weird little gadget could be named, Toshiro wasn't really feeling very good. He was happy for everyone that they were able to get their digimon to digivolve to the next level but it's just that, he couldn't and he didn't know why. Maybe it's because I'm the youngest. I'm always the last one to do anything just because I'm smaller than everyone else. He huffed at the idea though no one really noticed that he was feeling this way. No one except Bramblemon of course, and he didn't hesitate to ask the young boy about anything.
"Is something the matter Toshiro?" Bramblemon looked at the boy who was just a bit shorter than himself.
"It's just not fair." Toshiro didn't waste anytime to tell Bramblemon what was bugging him and stopped where they stood. "Why can't I get you to digivolve like the others? Why do I have to be the last one to do everything?" He crossed his arms and vented to his partner. Bramblemon wasn't sure what to say in a situation like this but he figured that the best thing to do would be to try and comfort the boy.
"I'm sure it'll be fine Toshiro, you will be able to get me to digivolve just like the others." He said in a calm soothing voice.
"Maybe but I just wish that I could do it right now." He was starting to act like a spoiled and impatient little boy.
"Only time can solve this problem, just give it a while and your wish will come true in no time at all. Now let's go catch up with the others." Bramblemon started to take a few steps forward until he realized that the others were no where in sight.
"Um... Bramblemon, where did everyone go?" Toshiro didn't like being alone though technically, he wasn't alone but he didn't like being without Kouhei or Airi there with him. To him, they were like his brother or sister away from home.
"Do not panic Toshiro, I'm sure that they're just resting somewhere and are waiting for us right now." Bramblemon attempted to calm the boy down. When he started to breath easy again, they started looking around for the others but it wasn't doing them much good since the others were no where to be seen.
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Kouhei was just walking and listening to the others as they talked about the name that they should call the device. Lantermon brought up a few names but they just didn't agree with them. "Aw come on guys, you like the Digimon Resistance name..." He defended his ideas.
"Yah, that was just by a slim chance. Besides we're still debating on a new and permanent name." Lyramon giggled. Lantermon just remained silent for the rest of the conversation after that. Kouhei was going to turn to see what Toshiro thought about the name but the young boy was no longer behind him.
"To? Toshiro, where'd you go?" Kouhei said a bit louder looking behind if he had stopped to tie a shoelace or something. The odd thing was that he nor Bramblemon was around the group. Airi came over and wondered what was wrong and he told her that Toshiro was missing. The group then snapped at that and started to call for the boy.
"I can't believe that kid was teleported here too. He'll only cause us more trouble." Hakuei said coldly.
"He won't cause trouble; in fact he doesn't cause any trouble at all! Why are you picking on the kid?" Miki stepped towards the boy once again, starting up her anger button. Hakuei just shrugged her off and walked onwards. "Now you're ignoring me and implying that we should just leave him behind? You're the worst, you know that?"
"Hakuei, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to just take a breather and make sure the boy is alright." Floemon tried to reason with him. He knew very well that if he asked nicely, Hakuei would probably listen to him.
"Fine but once we find him, we have to continue on." He said in a monotone voice.
"Of course." Floemon smiled gratefully as the pair went back towards the group.
"So when was the last time that any of us has seen Toshiro or Bramblemon?" Galemon started up the investigation.
"I'm sure that they were right behind me the entire time." Kouhei said.
"Well then they must've stopped for some reason. I think we should retrace our steps and we'll find them eventually." Charcomon suggested and they did just that, much to Hakuei's dismay. They walked along the beach searching for any sign of Toshiro or Bramblemon but what they found wasn't the two missing members of their group. They found their footprints then a long trail in the sand that came from the shore and led up to another forest area.
"That doesn't look very good." Galemon said looking at the forest.
"Don't tell me we have to walk through another forest." Miki pouted and crossed her arms.
"Well we'll have to if we want to find Toshiro. Besides, we can't just leave him behind." Airi put her hand on the girl's shoulder. She rolled her eyes and they followed the trail.
Meanwhile, deep in the forest, BlackGatomon and the Bakemon around her just stared at the two that they've captured. The two were just deep in their sleep and dreaming dreams that were being manipulated by a digimon known as Tapirmon. "I am sorry my young friend." Tapirmon said silently as he gazed at the small boy and his digimon.
"This is wonderful, now that we have one of those kids, this'll make our job so much more easier." BlackGatomon mewed happily and gazed at the young sleeping boy.
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Toshiro and Bramblemon continued along the beach and after what seemed like hours of walking, they finally caught sight of Kouhei and the others. "Hey Kouhei! We finally found you!" Toshiro smiled brightly and ran towards them. Bramblemon was very happy as well.
"Hey guys, aren't you listening to me?" Toshiro waved at them as they all turned back. When they looked at him, they all had a glazed look in their eyes. There was obviously something wrong here but he had no idea what it was.
"Charcomon, are you alright?" Bramblemon looked at the gray digimon but he didn't answer.
"You both are unneeded, you have no purpose of coming here." Hakuei pushed himself towards them and glared. Toshiro then expected Miki to stop him and stand up for him but she didn't and just stood there right by his side.
"He's right, you both are worthless, not only have you not digivolved, you haven't even done much for anyone. You're just a nuisance." She said in monotone.
"Miki, how could you say such a thing?" Bramblemon asked her with a worried expression but all of them then lifted their devices in the air and digivolved their digimon. They saw Flammamon, Aerismon, Harmonimon, Seimon and Gyoumon standing before them.
"W-what are y-you g-guys doing?" Toshiro took a step back.
"Eliminating the extra weight in the group." Airi said.
"Kouhei, you can't honestly be ok with this are you?" Toshiro started to cry now.
"Of course, why wouldn't I be alright with it? You're just an annoying kid who always gets on my nerves and I can't stand always trying to help you with your problems." Toshiro then started to run away from them and the champion digimon all started chasing them. "Bramblemon why are they saying things like that! That isn't like Kouhei at all!" Toshiro wiped his face as they hid from the raging Champions after them.
"I understand that they aren't acting like themselves." Bramblemon said. "I wonder what's going on." Bramblemon wondered.
"What are we going to do?" Toshiro asked his partner but he just shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. That was when Aerismon and Harmonimon came by and attacked them. Bramblemon attacked back in order to protect Toshrio.
Mud Drift
He flew mud at them and they back off for a bit then he tangled them in vines.
Nature's Blessing
They both then ran off and hid from them. Flammamon then came by and burned the vines that bounded them and they started their chase once again. They followed them but just then Seimon and Gyoumon appeared before them.
Water Whip
Frozen Wind
Toshiro and Bramblemon were then wet then Frozen by the ice that the two digimon formed. Flammamon and the other two then came by and were about to split their head open as they attacked as well.
Rapid Inferno
Spiral Drift
Energy Wave
Toshiro blocked himself with his hands but luckily for them, Flammamon's attack had melted the ice and Bramblemon broke free taking Toshiro with him before they were hit. "We have to get out of this area and away from them." Bramblemon exclaimed as Toshiro agreed.
"But where will we go?" Toshiro asked as he looked back and saw the others still pursuing them.
"Anywhere but here." They hid behind some trees in hope of losing them.
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"I can't take forests anymore." Hiroki pushed the branches out of his way. "I'm way more helpful with electronics and mechanics."
"Oh are you? Then why haven't you figured out what these devices do besides digivolving our digimon or how they digivolve our digimon?" Miki raised an eyebrow.
"It's all new to me so don't judge me!" Hiroki said as he followed the rest of the group. "So have you found anything else, Kouhei?" He asked the boy at the front.
"We're just following the trail for now but keep your voices down. You never know who's here in the forest." He warned them and the rest remained silent. Suddenly, Charcomon accidently stepped on a twig on the ground and sweatdropped.
"That's not cliché at all." He face palmed.
"What do you mean?" Airi looked at the digimon.
"Every time someone steps on a tree branch, it means that something bad is going to happen." Charcomon looked around cautiously as a group of Bakemon suddenly appeared and swarmed them.
"You jinxed us!" Miki screamed as Charcomon apologized over and over as they were pushed back. Just then, they felt a rope around them and they were slowly getting tied up.
"What's going on here?" Hakuei demanded.
"You were interfering and we were asked to stop you." One of the Bakemon said.
"Were asked by who?" Lyramon asked.
"We aren't allowed to tell you but you will meet eventually." Said another as they were all getting blindfolded and dragged in a direction. "We've brought them miss." Said the Bakemon.
"Excellent now I have all of them." Said a female voice.
"Who are you?" Floemon asked.
"What do you mean by all of us?" Airi asked right after.
"I am someone you should fear and I think you should know..." The voice said slyly.
"You have Toshiro and Bramblemon don't you!" Kouhei accused as the voice suddenly started to laugh.
"You're very sharp aren't you? That's what I'd expect as the leader of this group." She said and walked away. What does she mean leader? Kouhei wondered but then forgot about that and started to worry about Toshiro more. "Tapirmon, how is it going with the child?"
"He is having nightmares about his friends turning against him." Tapirmon regretted it deeply. But I won't let that drag on for much longer... I'm going to fix this by helping him. Tapirmon thought as he started to force himself into the dream as well.
"That is very good, keep up the good work and I won't do much harm to that measly village back near the shore." She purred.
"You aren't touching the Floramon's village!" Charcomon squirmed trying to break free from the ropes.
"And leave Toshiro alone!" Kouhei exclaimed.
"Too bad." She said with amusement in her voice.
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Back with Toshiro, he and Bramblemon were still on the run from the others in the group. "Come back Toshiro! Why are you hiding from us?" Kouhei said in a joking matter and ran by.
"What do we do Bramblemon!" Toshiro said in a panic.
"I'm not sure... we can't keep running from them forever." Bramblemon said as they started to move again but then they suddenly ran into a strange digimon. They panicked for a bit but then found that it wasn't one of their friends. "Who are you?" Bramblemon asked the digimon with a suspicious look.
"I am Tapirmon and I am so sorry." He apologized.
"What are you apologizing for?" Toshiro asked him. Then he explained that right now, he was asleep and that he was the one giving him all these nightmares. Toshiro and Bramblemon exchanged glances and looked at each other with understanding. They forgave Tapirmon about his mistake but he also said that he didn't want to do this to them, it was someone else threatening. They asked if it was the digimon tribes that were making him do this just so that they'd step out of the fighting but he shook his head. They were confused now since they didn't know that there was someone else working behind the war.
"So what you're saying is that there's someone who's behind the war?" Bramblemon asked the smaller digimon.
"Yes and you must help stop this war otherwise he will win."
"Well, thank you for telling us Tapirmon but right now we have to get back to our friend. So how do we get out of this dream?" Toshiro asked.
"You must face your dream and overcome whatever's been happening here in your mind. Even though I caused you to be in here, I have no idea as to what's in your mind so it is up to you to break the spell." Tapirimon explained. "But I'd hurry if I were you, your friends in the real digital world are in trouble and are being held by the one behind all of this." He said after finally disappearing back to where he had come from. Toshiro nodded then came out of his hiding place and faced his friends that stood around him.
"We found you kid." Hiroki said with a menacing voice but Toshiro wasn't afraid. Even when their digimon came from behind them, he didn't turn and run away. He stood his ground and told them that he wasn't scared of them anymore and that he has real friend waiting for him somewhere else.
"It doesn't matter that you don't want me here, I don't want to be with you. My friends need my help and I can't keep them waiting anymore." He said as a green orb floated down towards him and he took it into his hands. "Let's get out of her Bramblemon." He said as he slowly started to open his eyes. He looked around and was surrounded by trees and there was Tapirmon standing over them and a black cat with her back turned towards them. On his chest he found the green device and he nodded as Bramblemon looked his way.
Bramblemon digivolve to…
Afforesmon
"What's going on?" Miki cried as they heard loud trees crashing around them.
"I'm not sure but I think that's Bramblemon!" Lyramon said with excitement. The Bakemon then started to run away.
"What are you doing! Get back here you fools!" BlackGatomon spat then turned towards the large brown digimon that had green bushes on his ears and tail tip. He was as big as the tall trees around them (as big as Greymon maybe?) and had a ring of vines around his neck. His two forearms are long and he sat on his two hind legs. His fur was shaggy and it kind of resembled tree bark. Tapirmon then ran towards the kids, untied them and took of their blindfolds. They then saw Toshiro with a tall digimon that was Afforesmon.
"Whoa, that beats Gyoumon's height by a long shot." Charcomon said with amazement.
"He's amazing." Airi said.
"That dirt bag! I can't believe he digivolved!" BlackGatomon then scurried off but then was confronted by Floemon, Lyramon and Lantermon.
"Going somewhere fleabag?" Lantermon asked her but she punched him in the face with her Cat Punch and ran away but not before calling out to someone.
"So, she got away." Lyramon huffed as they then ran over to Toshiro.
"Toshiro, are you alright?" Airi hugged the little boy and he nodded though he didn't know how he got here. Suddenly, there was a loud thud followed by another and another. They turned their backs and saw a large Tyrannomon.
"Why is he here?" Lyramon wondered outloud.
"I guess that was who that cat was calling out to." Floemon suggested as they nodded. The large red dinosaur then let out a loud roar and charged directly towards Afforesmon. He brought his two arms up and stopped him in his tracks. They started butting heads for a awhile until Afforesmon started to get serious.
"I won't allow you digimon to hurt Toshiro anymore." He exclaimed and raised his tail.
Hammer Tail
He whacked the other digimon backwards and did it again but Tyrannomon wasn't about to let himself get pushed over so easily.
Fire Blast
He blew a large flame towards Afforesmon and he took a couple of hits but then swung his tail to repel it. As he got closer, he looked towards Floemon and gave him some sort of signal and apparently, he understood it. Floemon turned towards Hakuei and asked to be digivolved. He was sure why but he did it anyways.
Floemon digivolve to…
Gyoumon
"Everyone, climb on." He exclaimed.
"Why, Gyoumon?" Hiroki asked.
"Just do it, and those who can fly, fly." He exclaimed. Charcomon and Galemon flew while everyone, including Tapirmon, climbed on Gyoumon's back and they soared through the air and away from the battle.
"What is this about Gyoumon?" Airi asked the digimon but he just said to watch.
"You can do it, Afforesmon!" Toshiro cheered, giving him determination. He then unleashed another attack.
Earth Shaker
He pounded on the ground and shook the area around him and caused Tyrannomon to lose balance. Then he used his Hammer Tail once again and knocked Tyrannomon away. Once he was gone he dedigivolved back into Bramblemon and they all flew back towards him. BlackGatomon had just seen what had taken place and scowled. "I can't depend on anyone these days." She eyed the Bakemon who had just retreated without even putting up a fight. They then ran back into hiding to continue their spying on the kids.
"That was great Bramblemon and I was really worried." Toshiro hugged his partner.
"Yah, that was great but do you have any idea who that cat was?" Hakuei asked Bramblemon.
"I believe I can answer that." They all turned towards Tapirmon. "That cat was BlackGatomon and she is the aid of a very powerful digimon who is using the tribe wars to lead the digimon into her leader's ways. He is an evil ruler though not much is known about him and he isn't a very nice digimon either. He forces the digimon to do his evil biding and for him and I'm not sure why but he was the reason for why this war had started."
"But how do you know all of this?" Kouhei asked him.
"I was told by the Bakemon who work for him. BlackGatomon is a soldier that works for the evil one and was the one who forced me to kidnap Toshiro and Bramblemon." Tapirmon explained in an apologetic tone.
"I guess we should go ask Fulsidramon about this and she'll most likely give us more info in detail." Charcomon scratched the back of his head.
"Yah, that's great but hopefully by the time we get there, I'm not an old man!" Hakuei said and rushed everyone to get back on track. Kouhei and Toshiro sort of lagged behind and smiled at Hakuei's impatientness.
"I'm glad that you're alright Toshiro. When you weren't behind me, I was freaked!" Kouhei laughed and patted the boy on his back.
"I really missed you guys Kouhei." Toshiro hugged him.
"Same here buddy."
Awe a little brotherly love moment…
Though they aren't brothers
Oh well, that was still pretty sweet right?
I hope you liked it
