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Chapter 10 Discovery of the Digital Princess
Kiari was sliding through a very long tunnel that she fell into when she stumbled onto the secret passageway she accidentally found. Kiari fell out of the exit of the tunnel that brought her outside near a large crystallized castle.
"Wow. I've never seen such a beautiful castle. I should look for my friends. They're probably worried about me." Kiari stood up and started wiping the dirt off her skirt until she heard something hiding in the bushes. "Who's there? Show yourself."
A Mushroommon came out the bushes it was hiding in and threw one of its Giggle Grenades at Kiari as she jumped out of the way to dodge it. She quickly picked up her bag and hid behind a tree to avoid getting hit by Mushroommon's grenades.
"Time to spirit evolve." Kiari took out her detector until she realized that she doesn't have her spirit anymore. 'That's right. Grumblemon still has my spirit. Which means I can't spirit evolve. I guess I'll just have no choice but to run.'
Kiari put her detector back in her bag and started to run away from the Mushroommon until one of its Giggle Grenades' explosions caused her to fall to the ground. Mushroommon threw another Giggle Grenade at Kiari as the said girl braced for the attack, but the attack didn't come. She lowered her arms and saw some sort of barrier around her. Mushroommon was surprised that his grenade didn't hit its target, so Kiari used the opportunity to escape. Mushroommon realized that Kiari was getting away and started chasing after her.
"Go away you evil digimon!" Kiari looked back and ran faster when she saw Mushroommon gaining on her. "Leave me alone!"
Suddenly, some sort of force knocked Mushroommon back towards a tree and got knocked out. Kiari skidded to a halt as she turned around and was surprised and relieved to see that Mushroommon unconscious. While Mushroommon was still unconscious, Kiari continued running towards the castle gates.
"Now how am I supposed to open these gates?" Kiari's detector started to react as she took it out pointed it to the gates, causing a light blue beam to shoot out of it and cause the gates to open. "I guess that's one way."
Kiari walked up to the castle doors and found it unlocked. She went inside and closed the door behind her as she walked a few steps forward before looking up and saw a barrage of crystals flying at her. She braced herself for the attack as a barrier protected her like before. The attacker, Sorcerormon, looked at her in shock as he jumped down from the ceiling and landed in front of Kiari, startling her.
"So it's true then. The digital princess has finally returned to the Digital World to help restore it to its peaceful form." Sorcerormon kneeled before Kiari, making the said girl confused. "Forgive me princess. I did not recognize you, seeing you in your new form."
"Thanks for the courtesy, but I don't think that I'm your princess." Kiari noticed a nearby painting of an angel with white wings wearing a white dress and a silver tiara. "That angel in the picture kinda looks a lot like me."
"That is because you are the digital princess, Angelicmon. Your abilities and slight similar appearance were proof enough. Follow me, princess." Sorcerormon led Kiari up the stairs and down a long hallway. "You must have travelled a long way to get here, princess. I'm sure you need some time to rest. Here we are." Sorcerormon and Kiari stopped in front of a room with double doors as Sorcerormon opened the doors and gestured Kiari to walk into the room. "You may call me Sorcerormon. I will be of service to you when you request it."
"Thank you Sorcerormon. My actual name is Kiari. So I'd appreciate it if you called me by my name."
"As you wish, Lady Kiari. Call me if you are ever in need of anything."
Sorcerormon bowed to Kiari before closing the doors. Kiari looked around the room until her gaze met the queen-sized bed. The bed had pure white sheets and silver curtains on each side. She walked over to the bed and lied down on the silk sheets. It wasn't long before she felt her eyes close and fell into slumber.
Kiari woke up and didn't recognize the room she was in until she remembered that she was the crystallized castle. She got up off the bed and walked to a dresser that had a silver jewelry box on top. She opened the box and saw the most beautiful tiara she was ever seen. Kiari couldn't help but pick up the tiara and place it on her head. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and was surprised to see how much she looked like Angelicmon.
"Wearing this shows a lot of resemblance between me and Angelicmon." Kiari was about to remove the tiara from her head until heard voices coming from outside as she looked out the window and saw Koji, Takuya, and the rest of her friends heading towards the castle. "My friends are heading to the castle. I can't wait to see them again."
Kiari picked up her bag and started heading downstairs where saw Sorcerormon pointing his scepter towards Takuya and the others, who were all standing outside the doorway. Tommy was the first to notice Kiari as he ran past Sorcerormon and towards Kiari, who greeted him with a hug.
"It's so good to reunited with my friends." Kiari released Tommy from her hug and looked towards Sorcerormon. "It's okay Sorcerormon. These guys are my friends."
Sorcerormon apologized and moved out of the way as the digidestined and their digimon companions walked into the castle. They ran over to Kiari and wanted to ask her so many questions. Zoey was the first to speak.
"Kiari, what happened to you? You suddenly disappeared. But here you are standing before us. How did you even get here before we did?"
"I fell into this secret tunnel that brought me near this castle. A couple of strange things happened to me when I got here. For starters, according to Sorcerormon I'm supposed to be this digital princess called Angelicmon. That's a picture of her over there." Kiari pointed to the painting of the Angelicmon. "I kinda found it strange to see that she kind of looks a lot like me."
"I'll say. It's as if that's you in that painting but as an angel. It really is kinda strange. What other strange things happened to you, Kiari?"
"I can't really show you since I have no idea on how I did it in the first place, Takuya." Sorcerormon started to lead the digidestined, Bokomon, and Neemon somewhere until Koji told Kiari to wait. "What is it, Koji?"
"When you suddenly disappeared like that, we were kinda worried about you. You shouldn't have wondered off on your own like that. You could've gotten hurt."
"I'm sorry, Koji. A lot has happened, so I just thought that I needed some time alone to think. Anyway, let's catch up with the others, okay?" Kiari and Koji went to follow the others and caught up with them in a large room with a large crystal on the ceiling with someone inside it. "Sorcerormon who's that up in that crystal on the ceiling?"
"That is Lord Seraphimon, one of the three celestial digimon chosen to rule as second in command of the Digital World. As the current digital princess, Lady Kiari is the one who is the true current ruler of the Digital World." After Sorcerormon said that, everyone looked at Kiari with shocked and confused looks on their faces. "Hopefully she and her friends would be able to free Lord Seraphimon from his prison, as it says in a prophecy."
"Let your light shine as one."
"That was Lady Ophanimon. She's the one who asked me watch over Lord Seraphimon, and to wait for the arrival of the digital princess." Takuya informed Sorcerormon that Ophanimon was the one who told him and his friends to go there. "It's all starting to fall in place. I brought you here because the prophecy says that one day a group of wayward humans, along with the digital princess, will free Seraphimon."
"But what did Ophanimon mean by letting our lights shine as one?" Kiari took out her detector when it started to react to something started to react, as was everyone else's, as beams of light were shot out of them. "Hey guys, try focusing your detectors up towards Seraphimon.
The digidestined pointed the light coming out of their detectors towards Seraphimon, freeing the celestial digimon from his prison. Seraphimon stood before Sorcerormon, who informed him of what happened while Seraphimon was sealed away by Ophanimon.
"But these humans were able to free you from your prison. And the digital princess happens to be among them. Lady Kiari, if you please." Sorcerormon gestured for Kiari to walk forward as the said girl walked up towards Seraphimon. "Lady Kiari is the current digital princess. Not only had she inherited Angelicmon's image, but also her powers as well."
"Seraphimon, my friends and I have been in contact with Ophanimon. We may be kids, but we're also legendary warriors. I'm still confused about me being the digital princess though. If I may ask, do you think you can tell us why we were brought here?"
"If you wish to have answers, then you will have them. The story starts off a long time ago when there was a war between human digimon and beast digimon, corrupting the Digital World from its peaceful form. But Lucemon appeared and brought peace and put an end to the fighting. In time he ruled in peace, but soon Lucemon was corrupted by his own power. The ten legendary warriors arrived, along with Lucemon's younger sister who was currently one the legendary warriors, rose to free the oppressed and abused digimon. They battled valiantly, and after a fierce struggle they managed to defeat the tyrannical Lucemon. After peace was restored to the Digital World, Lucemon's sister was chosen to rule after her brother as Angelicmon. She chose three champion digimon as second in command to help her protect that peace: Cherubimon, Ophanimon, and myself. Unfortunately, our peace lasted short when Cherubimon wanted to control the Digital World and wanted to end Angelicmon's peaceful reign. I almost risked my life trying to protect Angelicmon, but she disappeared, saying that one day she will return to save the Digital World. You already know the rest that happened after that, thanks to Sorcerormon. Ophanimon sealed me away for my safety until I was freed by you legendary warriors."
"Luckily, you came when we needed Lord Seraphimon and Lady Angelicmon the most. As you can see, the Digital World is in a crisis." Sorcerormon used his scepter to show the Digital World's current form. "If you think it's bad now, the future of the Digital World will be much worse. Cherubimon sent out his minions to destroy it."
"The Digital World looks damaged enough. Unfortunately, you might need to wait for Angelicmon's help for now. I just recently discovered her abilities. I have no idea how I did it in the first place."
"Lord Seraphimon's combined power with Lady Ophanimon will be enough to save the Digital World, along with my help. I've always dreamed of fighting by Lord Seraphimon's side to defeat that evil creature."
"Thank you, my friend." Seraphimon nodded his head in gratitude before turning his attention to the digidestined. "I must thank you for your courage. And for that the Digital World would be lost, and Angelicmon would not have returned safely if it weren't for you. But now I ask for one more favor from you children. Before the fighting begins, you must go back to your own world, including Angelicmon." The digidestined were shocked by Seraphimon's request. "Your part is done, and you won't be needed any longer. For the safety of the Digital World, Angelicmon must go back with you."
"But we're legendary warriors! We can't just walk away now!" Grumblemon suddenly barged through the wall with three other digimon as Takuya and the guys took out their detectors. "Don't worry. We can take him. After all, we defeated him before and are willing to do it again."
"You better be because me introduce other digimon who can beat you: Renamon, Arbormon, and lastly Mercurymon."
"So these are the ones who've been giving me so much trouble. How pathetic." Mercurymon turned his attention as Kiari who was standing with Zoey, Bokomon, and Neemon. "Also, Angelicmon has finally returned to this world. Lord Cherubimon will be pleased to hear that we defeated them and brought him Angelicmon's and Seraphimon's fractal code."
"That's enough of your taunts! Tell me where Ophanimon is now!" Seraphimon was surprised to see Takuya, Koji, Tommy, and JP spirit evolved into Agunimon, Lobomon, Kumamon, and Beetlemon. "It can't be."
"The legendary warriors have returned." Zoey and Kiari walked to stand behind Sorcerormon with Bokomon and Neemon. "Do not worry, Lady Kiari and friends. I will do my best to keep you safe."
The fight waged on, and the four legendary warriors seemed to be losing. Grumblemon start saying how he and his allies will continue to scan fractal codes of different areas to bring back Lucemon. Mercurymon turned his attention to Kiari when she walked forward to stand by Sorcerormon's side.
"You can't do that, Grumblemon! You shall not lead us to a path of ruins! Sorcerormon has waited a lifetime for peace to be restored to the Digital World! Angelicmon or not, I am currently the closest to being the digital princess, and my friends and I won't have you stopping that peace from returning!" Kiari held her arms out to the sides as five balls of white lights appeared around her. "Heavenly Sparks!"
Kiari moved her arms out in front of her, sending bolts of lights from the orbs and towards the evil digimon. Mercurymon used his Dark Reflection attack to launch Kiari's Heavenly Sparks back at her but Sorcerormon stood in the way and received the damage from the attack. Kiari checked to see if Sorcerormon was okay while Mercurymon used the opportunity to send an attack at them. A pair of white angelic wings appeared on Kiari's back as she flew out of the way while carrying Sorcerormon away from Mercurymon's attack. She landed in front of Grumblemon, Renamon, and Arbormon before gently placing Sorcerormon on his feet as she turned to face the evil digimon.
"You're going to pay for what you've done to the Digital World!" Kiari held her hands in front of her as a rainbow sphere of light started to grow in between her hands. "Elemental Blast!"
A powerful rainbow blast shot out of the sphere and at the evil digimon, sending the three evil digimon to slam towards the ceiling. Kiari's wings disappeared before she fell to her knees in exhaustion. Grumblemon, Renamon, and Arbormon were about to attack until Seraphimon used his Strike of the Seven Stars to stop them. Kiari noticed Mercurymon suddenly appearing in front of Seraphimon as a shocked expression appeared on her face.
"Seraphimon wait!" Kiari warned him too late as Seraphimon launched his attack but Mercurymon used his Dark Reflection attack to reflect the attack back at Seraphimon. "No!"
Seraphimon lost his fractal code to Mercurymon, causing him to turn into a digi-egg. Zoey jumped and grabbed the digi-egg before running over to Sorcerormon who was down on his knees in defeat.
"It's not too late! We can still bring him back if we have his egg, right Sorcerormon?"
"You're right! We must protect that egg at all cost." Sorcerormon got up as Zoey ran behind her friends with Bokomon and Neemon. "If we get that egg to Lady Ophanimon, she may be able to revive Lord Seraphimon."
The four evil digimon were approaching them as Kiari stood up and forced them back with some sort of force blast. Sorcerormon activated a switch that revealed a light that temporary blinded the evil digimon while he, the digidestined, and their digimon companions escaped through a secret escape door.
They were running through a secret escape route while Kiari was now holding Seraphimon's egg in her arms. Koji looked back and the evil digimon chasing after them. Sorcerormon opened a door with a switch, revealing another escape route with a getaway Trailmon. They all rushed into the Trailmon as Kiari was about to board the Trailmon until she saw that Sorcerormon wasn't moving.
"Come on, Sorcerormon! We have to get out of here!" Kiari handed Zoey the digi-egg and ran up to Sorcerormon. "You won't be able to stand up against them on your own."
"The safety of you and that digi-egg is what matters now. You must hurry for there isn't much time. Please take care of Seraphimon. He, along with you and Ophanimon, are our last hope." Sorcerormon closed the door when the evil digimon were getting close. 'Good luck.'
Koji grabbed Kiari's hand and brought her onto the Trailmon before it started to move, leaving Sorcerormon behind. Kiari kneeled down when Zoey handed her the digi-egg as she took off her jacket and wrapped it around the egg to keep it warm.
'I will make sure that your sacrifice will not be in vain, Sorcerormon. My friends and I will protect this digi-egg at all costs.' Kiari thought as a few tears fell from her eyes. 'Until I am able to unlock Angelicmon's power, the egg is the last hope of the Digital World. I swear to protect it with my life.'