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Kaito: (walks in with PJs on and yawns) Where's everybody? It's time for the story.

Imperialdramon: Everyone's still asleep.

Kaito: (jumps) How the heck did you get small enough to fit in here? You're just as tall as I am?!

Imperialdramon: I don't know.

Kaito: Since you're the only one here, how about you do the disclaimer?

Imperialdramon: Kaito Lune doesn't own Digimon Frontier. Is that all I have to say?

Kaito: (nods) If I did, this wouldn't be a fanfic but an actual season known as the official 02 but it's just a fanfic. -.-

Arc 2: The Crests

Chapter 11: Festival Part 1: Chains

They landed not too far away from the village. They found a room and stayed there the entire night to rest. There wasn't exactly enough beds for the seven plus the three Digimon, but there were a few couches and a few comforters to allow them to have enough places to sleep up off the ground.

The next morning, everyone woke up refreshed. Takuya quickly claimed the bathroom first. "Come on, Takuya!" shouted Zoe. "I need to use it!"

"So do about six other people," added Koichi from behind her as he walked towards the kitchen. He found Koji at the stove, who was frantically running about the area trying to find something to put out the thick smoke that was coming from a pan. Koichi coughed and began helping his brother put out the fire.

JP walked into the room, fully clothed while the others were in PJs. He coughed from the smoke and walked over to them. "What were you trying to make? Scorched toast?" he asked Koji.

"Trying to cook something," he replied, untying the apron.

"Didn't you learn that you couldn't cook?" JP asked, referring to the time where they cooked burgers to save the Burgermon Village. Koji rolled his eyes and handed the apron to his brother.

Koichi placed it on the table and saw Nazu come in. She smelled the air and gave him an odd look. She walked over to the fridge and opened it and pulled out some fruit that looked like a blue apple and bit into it.

During the commotion, there had been a knock on the door. Tommy, being the only one who had heard it, went to answer the door. Tommy looked around. A cough caught his attention. Tommy looked down and saw a Digimon that looked exactly like Terriermon except that it had two horns and was yellow with red patches on its ears and hands. Terriermon, who was on Tommy's shoulder, looked groggily down on his look-alike. His ears automatically perked. "Hey!" Terriermon said to the new Digimon.

The yellow and red Terriermon looked up at the other. "Hey!" said the little hare. "First time seeing someone like me."

Terriermon jumped down to examine his look-alike. "You look like a recolored version of me," he said.

"At least I look better," scoffed the hare.

"Really?" asked Terriermon coolly. "I'd have to say that the one horn looks way better than the two, my dog brother."

The little two-horned Terriermon glared at the little long eared dog. "I'm not a dog, I'm a hare and my two horns look better than you all together," he fumed.

"Uh." Tommy didn't know what to say but being silent was really odd for him. "Who are you?" he finally asked.

The yellow hare looked up at Tommy. "Right," he said. "I am Scrapmon. I am here to give any visitors grand tour of our village, Three Star Point Village, during our festival."

Tommy nodded and invited him in. Takuya had finally come out of the shower and was dressed in his casual clothing and was drying his hair with a towel. He noticed the little Digimon. "Who's the Terriermon recolor?"

"Scrapmon," explained Tommy.

The others made their ways into the room. Zoe was the last to join them with wet hair and was dressed. Scrapmon repeated what he had told Tommy. "Oh, yeah, that festival from last night," Terriermon said.

"Can we go, Takuya?" asked Tommy.

"Well, it sounds like a good idea," Takuya answered. "We haven't had much rest over the last week in the Digital World. We do deserve some breaks."

"Yeah, but what about Duskmon and Bajarmon?" Koji reminded them.

"And the other ones," Koichi added. "We've only seen five of the six Tainted Warriors and Donnermon."

"It won't be bad to take a break though, right Takuya?" asked Tommy.

"The kid does have a point," JP agreed.

"It'd be fun to go to a festival," Zoe said. "Who knows when we can relax again?"

Nazu just kept eating her blue apple and kept watch. Then they turned to her. "Do whatever," she said. Nazu walked back into the kitchen to throw away her apple core when another rap on the door caught everyone's attention. When the seventh member returned to the room, several Digimon were in the room holding bundles of clothes. Before she could ask what was going on, a Lilymon, followed by an Alraumon, grabbed the two girls and brought them to the bedroom.

"What's going on?" demanded Zoe and a Nazu who fished for her D-tector.

Lilymon giggled. "You really think you're going to the festival in that?" she asked. The two gave her quizzical looks. Lilymon took one of the bundles from Alraumon and let it unfold to reveal a colorful kimono.

"È bella!" Zoe cried with stars in her eyes. As Zoe marveled over the kimono, Nazu silently groaned.

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After the sudden change of clothes, Takuya, Koji, JP, Tommy, and Koichi found themselves in brown hakama pants over different colored kimonos. Takuya was in red, Koji in dark blue, Tommy in orange, JP in green, and Koichi in teal. Takuya tried putting on his hat and goggles but was smacked by Bokomon who took the hat and put it with his clothes.

"Hey, Takuya," said JP. "Doesn't this seem kind of familiar?"

Takuya shook his head. "Like the time with the Tucanmon?" Takuya's mouth formed an "O" and the two snuck their D-tectors into their pockets.

It was about a few minutes after they were done dressing was when Takuya became impatient. He tapped his foot against the ground. "What's taking those two so long?" he asked.

Koji rolled his eyes as he sat on a couch. "It'll take as long as it'll take," Koji answered but Koji himself was fed-up with waiting- mainly because Takuya wouldn't stop tapping his foot.

The door finally opened. The five boys sighed with relief. Lilymon and Alraumon were the first to come out. The next was Zoe in a light blue kimono with light pink edges and a light pink rose design on the bottom part of the kimono. It was tied around her with a soft yellow obi. Her long blond hair was pulled up into a bun on the back of her head. That was what everyone else saw.

Takuya saw so much more. To him, her green eyes seemed brighter and much more radiant and seemed to shine. His face began to grow hot and his breath seemed to leave him. The girl he had gotten to know over the last year seemed so much more now. But why was that?

Someone pinched the back of his neck and brought him back to reality. "Ow," he complained and glared back at Koji.

Nazu came out second wearing a kimono similar to Zoe's. It was a light blue with yellow edges and a moon and star pattern with a yellow obi wrapped around her waist. Her brown hair was up in a tight bun with two red chopsticks sticking out from the bun. Unlike Zoe, Nazu didn't seem pleased being put into a kimono. She looked like she had sucked on a lemon.

"What took so long?" asked Takuya in a low voice.

"Nazu was acting like a little girl, refusing to put it on," she said back in a whisper that shook. Zoe couldn't help but giggle when she thought about it. Nazu had seemed such a loner and quiet, it was hysterical seeing her arms folded with a grouchy look. She was amazed how far Lilymon was willing to go to finally get it on her. She slowly approached them. The others kept a safe distance of a foot away from her.

"Well," said Scrapmon. "Now that everyone is ready for the festival, come with me!" He began marching out the door; the humans and Digimon followed Scrapmon out of the little house and into the busy festival street. Aromas of food caught their attention.

"Oh! Yakisoba!" shouted JP and Tommy with watery mouths. Since they hadn't had anything to eat yet, most of them were famished.

"Oh! Cotton candy," Takuya said, eyeing the sugary fluff not too far off.

"The okonomiyaki looks good," said Koichi, pointing to a booth behind him.

Zoe pulled on Takuya's sleeve to grab his attention. He turned to face her. You know, you owe me some money, Takuya," she said.

Takuya's mouth dropped. "I thought I paid that back!" he shouted.

Zoe put her hands on her hips. "You forgot about interest," she growled.

Takuya leaned back defeated. "Why are you bringing this up now?" he asked. "Besides, how am I supposed to pay for it?"

Zoe took the moment to pretend to think. "Hmm . . . Well, how about you take me out on a date?" she suggested. "That'll clear off the slate."

Takuya's face burned out of embarrassment and JP became taken aback and grew jealous of Takuya. "Take JP," Takuya stuttered.

Zoe crossed her arms. "I'll double it if you don't." Takuya bent and finally agreed, much to JP's annoyance.

"Now wait a-!" began JP, who was quickly elbowed in the chest by Koichi. He clutched his stomach and gasped for breath. When Takuya and Zoe left, he glared at Koichi. "What was that for?" he wheezed.

Koichi turned to JP. "Don't you get it?" he asked, looking after the two. "Zoe wanted to go with him on a date. There's something between them."

JP glowered at Koichi. No one seemed to notice as Koji watched after the two with a longing. He, too, was envious of Takuya but couldn't say it.

"Koji?" asked Koichi. Koji flinched and turned towards his brother. "What's wrong?" he asked.

Koji shook his head and gave his brother a reassuring smile. "I-it's nothing, Koichi," he said. Koichi gave him a smile. Koichi knew that that was a lie but he didn't want to push it now. Koji would tell him when he wanted to.

"Let's get some yakisoba!" shouted Tommy. He ran off to the booth first and was followed by the others.

"I don't get it," said Neemon. "Why was JP elbowed?"

"You really are a dunce," Bokomon mumbled, going a different direction than the others.

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Takuya and Zoe continued to wonder around. "So, where shall we go first?" asked Zoe. When Takuya didn't answer, she looked at him. He seemed stiff. Zoe rolled her eyes. "Takuya, I was only kidding about the doubling the interest. You're just stubborn sometimes," she said. "You can relax. This is a festival after all."

Takuya finally did. "So, why did you threaten me?" he asked.

"I just wanted to spend time with you," she replied. "Also to be a thank you for saving us from that camp."

"Oh, heh heh." Takuya rubbed the back of his head and laughed uneasily. He suddenly paused. "Wait, spend time with me?"

Zoe suddenly blushed. "Uh, l-like friends, ya know," she said.

"Oh," Takuya said, slightly disappointed. "For a minute there, it seemed like-."

"Oh, my boy, are you dense," said a voice from behind a booth. The two looked over to see a Cupimon.

"What?" asked Takuya. "Me dense? Don't you know it's rude to eavesdrop one people's conversations?"

Cupimon ignored him. "Come here the two of you." Takuya and Zoe looked at each other with uneasy looks but walked over to him. Cupimon pulled out something from beneath his counter. He brought up a long silver chain. He stepped onto it and placed it around the human's wrists. The two examined it curiously. "There, that'll hold you two until you admit it," he folded his arms.

"WHAT?!" the two shouted. Takuya tried to move the chain off his wrist but had no luck. Zoe tried prying it off her but it wouldn't budge.

"Just admit it since this guy's too much of an idiot to tell you were lying," Cupimon said. Takuya grabbed the small angel Digimon by his small wings.

"Get this off us!" he demanded.

Cupimon shivered at the force of his demand. "I can't," he replied. "That can only be taken off once you admit your true feelings."

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The five walked through the festival streets. Tommy and Koichi were the only ones talking. JP was still slightly pissed, Nazu was still irritated, and Koji was off in a different world. Wanting to get them talking as well, Koichi slowed down and walked in time with Nazu. "Not really liking the kimono?" he asked.

Nazu turned her irritated look towards him. "I never liked being dressed up," she said. "Grandmother always tried to get me into dresses."

Koichi smiled. He was at least getting her to talk. "Well, you and Zoe looked nice in them," he complimented her. This seemed to improve her mood just a tiny bit. She gave him a half frown.

Nazu continued walking when something came to mind. "Why do you always pale whenever you see Duskmon?" she asked. "Is he somehow related?"

"Uh," Koichi began. "It's kind of complicated."

Nazu was about to press for some more info when an announcer approached the small group. "You two! What a lovely couple!" the MetalEtemon said.

"Couple?" Koichi repeated. Nazu raised her eyebrow in a surprised manor.

MetalEtemon ignored their denies and grabbed them both by their hands and pulled them onto a platform.

"Ladies and gentlemon, I present you all a game of trust that this lovely couple will help demonstrate!" he announced into a microphone. He grabbed Nazu's arm and jerked it into the air. "This girl here will make her way through an obstacle course blindfolded." MetalEtemon presented a piece of dark cloth and pointed to a funhouse behind him. "But she won't go alone! This young man" –he held up Koichi's arm- "will guide her through the house. They aren't allowed to talk or take off the blindfold. Shall we start?"

There was a roar from the crowd and MetalEtemon put the blindfold around Nazu's eyes. "Hey!" she shouted. After the blindfold was over her eyes, it went dark. Nazu gritted her teeth as she put her hands out to search around for MetalEtemon. MetalEtemon grabbed the two and brought them to the entrance. "All you have to do is lead her through the house to the other side. No talking from either of you," Nazu heard him say.

"Ready?" Koichi asked her.

Nazu nodded reluctantly. She felt someone grab her wrist gently. She followed Koichi into the house. How she hated to do this. She hated being useless and unable to help herself. How come she had to be lead around like a dog?

Koichi wasn't too thrilled about doing this either but kept quiet. The room that lay out before him was more like a hallway. It went straight for several feet and then split up into a fork. He began heading forwards slowly and Nazu followed him. He took a left.

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Tommy finished his cotton candy. He turned to face the others and saw only the two others. "Hey, JP, where's Koichi and Nazu?" he asked.

JP looked down at Tommy and looked around. Koji had heard Tommy's question and looked around as well. The two hadn't noticed that their companions had disappeared. "They probably went on their own," JP said. "We'll see them back at the house later."

Koji began following the other two but something caught his eye.

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Kaito: Thirty reviews, guys? Thank you for the support! :'D

Koji: You sure are easily pleased.

Kaito: (doesn't hear) DigiBleach, sorry to hear about writer's block. D: It sucks when it happens.

Scrapmon: Well, DigiBleach and everyone, you've seen what I'm like. :P

Terriermon: Say, what? I was described as a rabbit?! I'm not a rabbit! I'm a dog!

Koji: You are.

Terriermon: At least I have more fans than you do! (goes off with Scrapmon and begins planning revenge)

Kaito: Well, Duckie Lover, it's alright if you couldn't read the last chapter before I uploaded the 10th one because of internet. I kinda had that problem when I was typing a chapter of another story.

Takuya & Koji: It was taken away.

Kaito: (glares) Anyway, Nazu is a bit stubborn about working together with people, I have to agree. The reason why she thinks she can take him out is because she doesn't know the full extent of his powers.

Nazu: (folds arms) And how strong is he?

Kaito: He was frickin' able to hold his own against BurningGreymon, Korikakumon, Zephyrmon, KendoGarurumon, and MetalKabuterimon and KO them in one black orb thingy.

Nazu: (raises eyebrow) So?

Kaito: And when he went Velgemon, it took the combined forces of Beowulfmon and Aldamon to finally take him down and purify him.

Nazu: And where was Koichi?

Kaito: (sweatdrop) Away. He, uh, came after Duskmon was purified. He was held prisoner by Duskmon and he was saved not too long after.

Nazu: Is that right?

Everyone: Yep! Yep!

Koichi: (nods)

Nazu: . . . . . .

Kaito: Anyway, R&R please!! :D