Ruby broke away from her hug with Draco, and stared with her mouth hanging open
at the digimon tearing it's way through the sky.
"Wha...what?" she stuttered.
It floated down, by some strange power, and came to rest in the center of the
clearing. It had a tiger-ish appearance, and metal on the sides of its mouth.
It's white mane covered its chest, and it had great spikes coming from it's
back, along its spine. It was a white colour with blue stripes, and great black
claws. Around it's body, were many shining blue orbs, glimmering wonderfully in
the sunlight. The giant digimon staring at each digidestined in turn with its
four eyes.
"Digidestined, " he boomed, "You are all in grave danger."
Ruby shook her head to clear her shock, "We can see that. The problem is getting
out of it."
"That's why I am here." He focused on Ruby, as the rest of the group started to
crowd in behind her, digimon at their sides.
"I am Baihumon, Guardian of the west gate. I do everything in my power to
protect the digital world from outside danger, but this Daemon, has more power
then me, or any of the guardians could have predicted."
He sat, reminding Ruby of some great cat, tired and old, in the way he slowly
settled his huge body on the ground.
"Daemon is powerful, and becoming more so each passing day. I was given the task
of protecting the Tags and Crests. Some of you may recongize that name."
"Yeah!" Mimi piped up, "... But we lost them when we gave them up to restore and
seal the digital world. How could you have them?"
"When Malomyotismon started to set his trap for the humans, the seal was broken,
and rather then all the crests energies being destroyed, it was all back lashed
to us Guardians. We gathered the powers and reconstructed the crests. But a
strange thing happened. When the original 8 digidestined released their crests,
so much of their souls were poured into it, that it gave way for new crests, to
be given to new bearers, allowing for even more digidestined to be given power."
"So... The new crests have parts of the original digidestined in it?" Ruby
asked.
"Not exactly. Each new crest is kind of like a combination of the 'old' ones,
and each strength or emotion that it symbolizes is also a trait of one of the
others."
"Is there any difference in their powers?" asked Koushirou.
"No. No difference at all. but now this brings me to some unfortunate news. " He
sighed and bowed his head. "Daemon somehow knew of these new powers, and tried
to steal and destroy them. I was alone, with the other guardians at their
respective posts. I could not match his power, so I took the defensive. He was
not able to destroy the crests, but he did take them away. Something though,
within the crests, rebelled at his aura. He had barely held them for a second,
when they began to burn through his skin. They were then scattered throughout
the western realm as he threw them in spite. It was foolish all the same. He
could not have held them, but an underling would have been able to. Now he has
no way of tracking down the crests to stop you, children, from finding them
yourselves."
"Great, " Jyou groaned, "This is gonna turn into what happened when we first had
to find our crests."
"Aw, lighten up Jyou, At least we know what they do this time!" Gomamon grinned
and placed a flipper on his leg. "At least I can become Zudomon again!"
"This is all I can tell you. But I can wish you luck. I now depart, leaving you
with these, Your tags."
He stood, gathering his energies, and jumped into the air, disappearing as he
jumped from cloud to cloud, until he faded into the sun.
Ruby shielded her eyes, watching the strange digimon until she was blinded by
the sun.
"Okay. So where are the--" Miyako was cut off as a bright light materialized in
front of her face, hovering until she raised her hand to grab it.
Ruby held the tag, staring in wonderment, at the tiny yellow charm that might
one day hold the power to help defeat their enemy.
"It's good to have this back," Jyou said as he put his around his neck. He
grinned at Ruby's dumbfounded expression, and gently took hers from her, putting
it over her head for her.
"What was your crest?" She asked as life began to be restored to the pack of
digidetined.
"Reliability, " he said, continuing to search for the sticks he was originally
supposed to look for. He seemed pre-occupied, so Ruby didn't press him anymore.
"Ahh. Jyou?" Ken came over to the two, and Jyou straightened up, and gave Ken a
questioning look.
"I think...My hand's better.. I mean, it still hurts, but not as much.."
"What?" Jyou asked sharply, taking Ken's hand delicatly, and examining the
bones, prodding them once or twice.
"You're right. They're healing. Not broken anymore, and not totally fixed, but
the bones are set, and and on its way to healing totally... That's... wierd."
"It's not logical." Koushirou said blandly. "No bones can heal that fast."
"And my ankle doesn't hurt nearly as much. Just as that tiger-dude-mon left, I
felt it stop hurting so much." That was Draco.
"And.. My chest doesn't feel like it's poking through my skin anymore," said
Ruby slowly.
"And My arm isn't bleeding anymore!" came Catherine's voice.
"And all this happened when the Gaurdian left us..." finished Koushirou, "I
think it is safe to assume that he gave us sort of a booster. All your major
injuries seem to have been semi-healed. Things that could not have been fixed on
our own, were given a helping hand, so to say."
"And everything that we could do something about, was left for us to deal with."
Ken concluded.
"Huh. That's cool." Ruby said, cocking her head thoughtfully, "But I don't think
we should rely on him healing us everytime we screw up. Let's assume this was a
one time offer, Mm?"
The day sped by, with the group deciding to camp there for the day, and they
discussed what to do first in their search for crests. As night approached, they
settled on heading in the same direction as before, rather then head back
towards Daemon.
Both Ruby and Draco were woken up early, to Jyou and Ken gently rousing them
from their slumber. The two girls had slept next to each other, and Elecmon and
Moukomon were curled up sleeping soundly at their feet.
"We both woke up around the same time, " whispered Jyou quietly.
"We wanted to know if you'd both like to take an early morning walk." Ken
offered his good hand to Draco.
"Sure!" replied Draco, jumping to her feet, who then reached down and pulled a
half asleep Ruby to her feet.
Ten minuted later, the four teens were alone in a grassy feild, walking slowly,
each pair hand in hand. Both girls were getting wierd vibes from the boys, but
figured that their sense of right was distorted by the strange world they were
in.
"So my crest is pretty cool, huh?" Siad Jyou suddenly.
Ruby's alerts started blaring in her head. '' Jyou would never have said that!
she thought furiously.
"What was it again?" She asked cautiosly.
"Uh.. Courage?" He said hesitantly.
"BASTARD!" shrieked Draco as Ken suddenly tried to punch her in her head, while
Jyou got a look on his face Ruby never thought possible.
Ken grabbed Draco's short hair, pulling feircly, and Jyou leapt for Ruby, trying
to grab the tag off from around her neck.
at the digimon tearing it's way through the sky.
"Wha...what?" she stuttered.
It floated down, by some strange power, and came to rest in the center of the
clearing. It had a tiger-ish appearance, and metal on the sides of its mouth.
It's white mane covered its chest, and it had great spikes coming from it's
back, along its spine. It was a white colour with blue stripes, and great black
claws. Around it's body, were many shining blue orbs, glimmering wonderfully in
the sunlight. The giant digimon staring at each digidestined in turn with its
four eyes.
"Digidestined, " he boomed, "You are all in grave danger."
Ruby shook her head to clear her shock, "We can see that. The problem is getting
out of it."
"That's why I am here." He focused on Ruby, as the rest of the group started to
crowd in behind her, digimon at their sides.
"I am Baihumon, Guardian of the west gate. I do everything in my power to
protect the digital world from outside danger, but this Daemon, has more power
then me, or any of the guardians could have predicted."
He sat, reminding Ruby of some great cat, tired and old, in the way he slowly
settled his huge body on the ground.
"Daemon is powerful, and becoming more so each passing day. I was given the task
of protecting the Tags and Crests. Some of you may recongize that name."
"Yeah!" Mimi piped up, "... But we lost them when we gave them up to restore and
seal the digital world. How could you have them?"
"When Malomyotismon started to set his trap for the humans, the seal was broken,
and rather then all the crests energies being destroyed, it was all back lashed
to us Guardians. We gathered the powers and reconstructed the crests. But a
strange thing happened. When the original 8 digidestined released their crests,
so much of their souls were poured into it, that it gave way for new crests, to
be given to new bearers, allowing for even more digidestined to be given power."
"So... The new crests have parts of the original digidestined in it?" Ruby
asked.
"Not exactly. Each new crest is kind of like a combination of the 'old' ones,
and each strength or emotion that it symbolizes is also a trait of one of the
others."
"Is there any difference in their powers?" asked Koushirou.
"No. No difference at all. but now this brings me to some unfortunate news. " He
sighed and bowed his head. "Daemon somehow knew of these new powers, and tried
to steal and destroy them. I was alone, with the other guardians at their
respective posts. I could not match his power, so I took the defensive. He was
not able to destroy the crests, but he did take them away. Something though,
within the crests, rebelled at his aura. He had barely held them for a second,
when they began to burn through his skin. They were then scattered throughout
the western realm as he threw them in spite. It was foolish all the same. He
could not have held them, but an underling would have been able to. Now he has
no way of tracking down the crests to stop you, children, from finding them
yourselves."
"Great, " Jyou groaned, "This is gonna turn into what happened when we first had
to find our crests."
"Aw, lighten up Jyou, At least we know what they do this time!" Gomamon grinned
and placed a flipper on his leg. "At least I can become Zudomon again!"
"This is all I can tell you. But I can wish you luck. I now depart, leaving you
with these, Your tags."
He stood, gathering his energies, and jumped into the air, disappearing as he
jumped from cloud to cloud, until he faded into the sun.
Ruby shielded her eyes, watching the strange digimon until she was blinded by
the sun.
"Okay. So where are the--" Miyako was cut off as a bright light materialized in
front of her face, hovering until she raised her hand to grab it.
Ruby held the tag, staring in wonderment, at the tiny yellow charm that might
one day hold the power to help defeat their enemy.
"It's good to have this back," Jyou said as he put his around his neck. He
grinned at Ruby's dumbfounded expression, and gently took hers from her, putting
it over her head for her.
"What was your crest?" She asked as life began to be restored to the pack of
digidetined.
"Reliability, " he said, continuing to search for the sticks he was originally
supposed to look for. He seemed pre-occupied, so Ruby didn't press him anymore.
"Ahh. Jyou?" Ken came over to the two, and Jyou straightened up, and gave Ken a
questioning look.
"I think...My hand's better.. I mean, it still hurts, but not as much.."
"What?" Jyou asked sharply, taking Ken's hand delicatly, and examining the
bones, prodding them once or twice.
"You're right. They're healing. Not broken anymore, and not totally fixed, but
the bones are set, and and on its way to healing totally... That's... wierd."
"It's not logical." Koushirou said blandly. "No bones can heal that fast."
"And my ankle doesn't hurt nearly as much. Just as that tiger-dude-mon left, I
felt it stop hurting so much." That was Draco.
"And.. My chest doesn't feel like it's poking through my skin anymore," said
Ruby slowly.
"And My arm isn't bleeding anymore!" came Catherine's voice.
"And all this happened when the Gaurdian left us..." finished Koushirou, "I
think it is safe to assume that he gave us sort of a booster. All your major
injuries seem to have been semi-healed. Things that could not have been fixed on
our own, were given a helping hand, so to say."
"And everything that we could do something about, was left for us to deal with."
Ken concluded.
"Huh. That's cool." Ruby said, cocking her head thoughtfully, "But I don't think
we should rely on him healing us everytime we screw up. Let's assume this was a
one time offer, Mm?"
The day sped by, with the group deciding to camp there for the day, and they
discussed what to do first in their search for crests. As night approached, they
settled on heading in the same direction as before, rather then head back
towards Daemon.
Both Ruby and Draco were woken up early, to Jyou and Ken gently rousing them
from their slumber. The two girls had slept next to each other, and Elecmon and
Moukomon were curled up sleeping soundly at their feet.
"We both woke up around the same time, " whispered Jyou quietly.
"We wanted to know if you'd both like to take an early morning walk." Ken
offered his good hand to Draco.
"Sure!" replied Draco, jumping to her feet, who then reached down and pulled a
half asleep Ruby to her feet.
Ten minuted later, the four teens were alone in a grassy feild, walking slowly,
each pair hand in hand. Both girls were getting wierd vibes from the boys, but
figured that their sense of right was distorted by the strange world they were
in.
"So my crest is pretty cool, huh?" Siad Jyou suddenly.
Ruby's alerts started blaring in her head. '' Jyou would never have said that!
she thought furiously.
"What was it again?" She asked cautiosly.
"Uh.. Courage?" He said hesitantly.
"BASTARD!" shrieked Draco as Ken suddenly tried to punch her in her head, while
Jyou got a look on his face Ruby never thought possible.
Ken grabbed Draco's short hair, pulling feircly, and Jyou leapt for Ruby, trying
to grab the tag off from around her neck.