Hawk: This it going to be good. I just know it. Kumo's chapters always are brilliant. Anyway, I'll bet you are all wondering what Hawke's story is. There be clues already.
Kumo: I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far :D
The group were all stood in the cave, watching Hawke silently package his remaining things into a bag. He eventually picked up his two bags and stood up, facing the group. "What're you waiting for?" Hawke asked, his tone steely.
"We were waiting for you" Cayden replied, the group looked at him with a slight concern
"You don't need to, I'm fine" Hawke retorted. The group continued to look at him so he pushed through them with ease "Moonmon, we're going" he ordered. The small Digimon followed his partner tentatively, leaving the rest of the group dumbstruck.
"Where, exactly, are we going?" Cayden called after him
"The beach." Hawke replied simply. Aiden began to shake as the group collectively sighed and followed him. Only Aquakoromon remained after they had all left.
"Aiden?" he asked. Aiden kept shaking. "What's wrong?" Aquakoromon asked.
"I- I- I- just think it's a bad idea is all..." Aiden righted himself and walked after the group quickly, leaving Aquakoromon perplexed.
As they reached the beach the sun began to shine brighter and Tammy quickly charged onto it and began to take off all of her clothes. "Wow..." Aiden muttered, walking up next to Cayden and Hawke.
"Keep it in your pants, buddy" Cayden muttered, tapping him on the shoulder as he walked down onto the sand. Jade charged past the three guys and began flipping across the sand, she knocked some of it straight into Tammy's face and then burst into a spiraling front flip and dived into the water, splashing the liquid all over Tammy.
"Hey!" Tammy screeched.
"Come on in, Holly, Aiden, the water is fine!" Jade yelled, swimming around.
"I'm fine over here" Aiden muttered, pulling his knees into his chest at the back of the beach.
"Oh, don't be a spoilsport, Holly is coming in" Jade winked and began to laugh
"I'm fine, really" Aiden insisted. Jade shrugged and began to play silly games with Holly in the water. Cayden sat next to Tammy and looked at her briefly before she shot him a glare.
"We're friends, okay, Cayden" Tammy told him, staring back up into the sky.
"Sure" Cayden gulped "I just wanted to say that, I was wondering what life is like, you know, back home?" he asked
"I'm easy there, I'll show you sometime, don't worry" Tammy replied, closing her eyes.
Cayden sighed, and turned his head to see Hawke sat in the shade of, what looked like, a palm tree further over to the side of the beach, all alone. "What's Hawke's deal?" Cayden groaned
"What do you mean?" Tammy asked, opening one eye
"Well, it's just that..." Cayden mumbled
"Cayden, what was your first boyfriend called?" Tammy asked, abruptly
"I- I've never had one!" Cayden protested
"I see... when was your first gay experience?" she followed up with precision
"Well... wait, I never had one!" he yelled
"Cayden, do you like Hawke?"
"Sure, I want to make him a nice guy, but I don't like like him, that'd be weird, right?"
"Maybe... what did she do to you back then?" Tammy asked. Cayden looked at her and then got up, leaving. He didn't look back as he walked over to Hawke, not once. "Sore spot" Tammy chimed,
relaxing back into the suns rays.
"Well, what's going on, why haven't you killed them yet?" the croaky voice asked from within the shadows.
"Shucks, they reset my officer and scared off one of my squads, even when they were split apart-" the voice was a heavily accented Texan but it, too, was disembodied in the darkness.
"So?" the other voice growled
"I'll deal with it personally, chief" the second voice whispered, timidly
"Good," the other voice replied, fiercely. The sound of his tail whipping around filled the air followed by powerful footsteps, until a pause. "Fail me again and..." the sound of a wall smashing and crumbling echoed through the area
"I won't fail, chief" the other promised
"Good. Now, get out of my sight." the first spat, continuing to walk away. After the sound was distant the second voice arose again
"Moosemon, do not let me down" the second voice ordered
"Sir, yes, sir." there was a flash of blue light and then the other voice was alone.
"Time to go get Tapirmon back."
Aiden reached into his bag and grabbed one of the bottles of water, even inside the bottle, it was... difficult, especially with a soaking wet Jade and Holly running towards him "Hey, wait!" Aiden yelled as Jade grabbed hold of him "Let me go!" he yelled as she dragged him, kicking and screaming towards the water. The digimon were sleeping next to Hawke and Cayden in the shade of some of the trees so he couldn't even call for help from Aquakoromon.
"It's no fun if you don't get a little wet" Jade laughed
"Please, put me down!" he pleaded
"It's fun, come on Aiden" Holly chirped, skipping along next to him
"Shut up, I'm trying to get a tan!" Tammy yelled
"I hope you get sunburn" Jade mumbled
"I heard that!" Tammy yelled as they dragged Aiden, more frantic than ever, to the lip of a wave
"You were meant to!" Jade laughed, throwing Aiden through the air. Aiden screamed, flailing about in the air but as he did there was a flash of blue light and Tammy's body was hurtled through the air; it flew into the water with a splash. Jade turned quickly, shocked and saw a large moose-like creature, cantering to a stop. It was pure white in colour, with strange aqua patterns running the length of its body. It had pure red eyes, an unchanging expression and midnight blue horns which were large, intricate and looked very deadly. Its mane was a slightly lighter blue, matching the tip of its tail. Around its tail and all four legs were leather straps, buckled shut. Four tiny wings were either side of its body, and seemed to have no real purpose. It had fur around the top of its hoofs - which was the same colour as the mane - and hoofs which matched the horns in colour.
"What!?" was all she could muster
"Hawke, what do we do?" Cayden yelled, seeing what had just transpired
"Moonmon, get up" Hawke ordered, grabbing his digivice and running towards the large white and blue moose. It's horns crackled with sparking blue energy
"Hanging Twister!" and then it swung its head, unleashing a cyclone of air towards Hawke. Hawke held out his digivice as Moonmon appeared, bouncing alongside him.
"It's time." He said, pressing a button and not even flinching as a large cloud of data flew out of it and quickly floating to Moonmon, surrounding him. He muttered something as a pitch black shell formed around Moonmon. It shattered as quick as it had appeared.
"Of course." Hawke muttered, jumping back as the cyclone came close, Moonmon going the other way. He closed his eyes, and forced a memory to surface.
"What's he doing?" Tammy screeched, resurfacing from the water, gasping for air as pain tore through her chest.
"Now..." Hawke's voice was laced with sadness, once again hitting the button and unleashing the cloud once again, the black shell reforming and this time staying as Moonmon began to change.
"Moonmon digivolve to..." Moonmon began to change within the shell, elongating first, sprouting four legs and a tail. He gained a neck and a head, his face changing and growing more canine, wolf-like. He sprouted fur, light blue, and then grew larger at the same time. Soon, he let out a sharp bark, shattering the shell, before leaping to the side to stand in front of Hawke. "Wolfmon!"
The newly Digivolved Digimon growled at Moosemon, "Wolf Fire!" Wolfmon roared, blue flames shot straight out of the small wolf's mouth and blocked the cyclone, turning it into a swirling blue mass of flames.
"Go help too, Spiritmon!" Jade yelled.
"Got it" Spiritmon yelled, flying up next to Wolfmon
"Spiritmon, use Mud Bath, Wolfmon, use Wolf Fire!" Hawke ordered.
"O- okay" Spiritmon muttered. "Mud Bath!" mud appeared, and formed a swamp, all beneath Moosemon, holding it still. Wolfmon ran across the beach and leapt into the air with a powerful bound. He opened his maw and a wave of blue flames poured out, igniting the mud and burning all around Moosemon.
"Horn Blade!" Moosemon roared, unleashing two blades of energy from his horns, both smacked into Wolfmon and knocked him out of the air.
"Wolfmon!" Spiritmon yelled, flying towards him but before she reached him another two blades smacked her onto the ground.
"Spiritmon!" Jade yelled.
"Jade..." Holly muttered
"What?" Jade yelled, turning to the younger girl
"Aiden's drowning..." Holly whispered sheepishly.
"Get out of the water and go help out, I'll get Aiden" Jade ordered, diving down.
"Okay Liomon, it's your turn now" Cayden ordered, running over to Hawke and attempting to touch him on the shoulder but Hawke brushed him off and ran forwards
"Wolfmon, get up, this is not the time to sit around!" he ordered. Wolfmon struggled to get up but managed it in time to avoid another two blue energy blades.
"Wolf Fire!" Wolfmon opened his mouth but nothing but a spark came out
"Dammit, why aren't you able to fight?" Hawke growled, thinking back.
"I'm trying, Hawke" Wolfmon whimpered
"Try harder, we can't lose now, not when you've just Digivolved" he ordered. Wolfmon nodded and opened his mouth
"Wolf Fire!" the force of the attack knocked the little wolf backwards as a stream of blue flames poured out, igniting the air in between him and Moosemon. Moosemon was knocked backwards by the attack but it didn't phase him enough to get him to stop.
"Try harder!" Hawke ordered.
"Wolf Fire!" Wolfmon yelled, unleashing his attack again
"Ignite!" Liomon yelped, unleashing her own attack. The two pillars of flames spun around each other, until they collided and merged into one, smashing Moosemon backwards across the sand and into a large rock. Moosemon roared furiously, shaking its head as it got back up, cut and bruised.
Jade plunged down, looking for any sign of Aiden, it was lucky the water was crystal clear. She spotted him sinking with his eyes closed and his body almost reaching for help. She swam as fast as she could, feeling the air pull at her athletic lungs, begging for reprieve. She reached out, clenching her eyes shut and grabbed his hand, pulling at it. He slowly came up towards her and she began to swim with one hand but it was incredibly difficult. Suddenly as she stroked through the water she felt a hand grab hers and saw Tammy, smiling. She pulled at Jade's hand and the three of them surfaced. Jade panted heavily "thanks" she gasped
"It's no problem, he's already swallowed a lot of water, shouldn't we-" Tammy screamed in pain, and looked down at her chest, the water was turning slightly scarlet.
"Get to the shore, I'll carry Aiden" Jade insisted. Tammy simply nodded, holding on to where the blood and pain was coming from and swimming with her other hand until she reached the soft golden sand.
"Are you okay?" Holly asked
"You look hurt" Blackmon muttered, sorrowfully.
"She'll be fine!" Holly chirped.
"Yeah, I- I think I will" Tammy panted, looking up at the sky tiredly. Jade came past her, dragging Aiden, shortly after. She lay him down on the beach and pressed her lips to his "What are you doing?" Tammy yelled "That's gross!" she yelled
"I learned CPR when I got my grade four in gymnastics" Jade told her, with a heavy sigh as she pinched Aiden's nose and blew air into his lungs. She lifted her head and tried once more, this time Aiden burst up, bolt upright, and coughed up a cupful of water. "It's okay, just take it easy" she told Aiden, patting him on the back. He smacked her hand away and stormed off, but stopped as he saw Moosemon charge past him.
"What's going-"
"Let's go Blackmon, they need us!" Holly chirped, running over to the fight as Moosemon clashed with the three rookies.
Spiritmon had used Mud Bath, holding him in place so Liomon could bite down on his tail while Wolfmon charged up a Wolf Fire
"Pathetic rookies" Moosemon growled, shaking Liomon off and leaping straight out of the mud. "I'm not an officer of Sir Boogeymon because I'm easy to defeat," he reared his head up "Attention, here comes Horn Blade!" he roared, firing a single large blade of energy from between his horns.
"Dodge it!" Hawke yelled, grabbing Cayden and leaping to the side. The Digimon dispersed quickly and Holly and Blackmon backed off as sand was kicked up all over. Moosemon thudded back down to the ground and spun around in a circle
"Hanging Twister!" Moosemon yelled, sending blades of air across the whole area. The group were smacked back and hit the ground with a thud. Moosemon walked over to Hawke "nice try, but we both know I've seen better" he laughed
"How about this then!" Hawke yelled, bursting up and diving straight into Moosemon. Moosemon was knocked onto his back and Spiritmon appeared above him, holding Wolfmon.
"Bear bite!" Blackmon launched Liomon into the air and then Holly threw him too.
"All at once!" Hawke yelled, jumping back.
"Bubble Blow!"
"Wolf Fire!"
"Ignite!"
"Wings of Fury!"
The three attacks swirled around Spiritmon as she plunged downwards until all four struck, tearing a hole straight through Moosemon. Moosemon roared in pain and then leapt up, staggering backwards away from them.
"This- this isn't over" he growled, his body trying to repair itself rather than disperse
"Yes, it is" Hawke pointed at Moosemon. "Go, Wolfmon"
"Wolf Fire!" Wolfmon yelled but the attack was stopped as Moosemon was engulfed in a blue light, vanishing entirely.
"Well, all this fighting is becoming a bit routine" Jade panted, running over.
The egg was sat in the grass still. He swept over quickly and picked it up "Howdy, it's time to wake up!" he ordered, sending drills made of magic straight through the egg. Tapirmon burst out in a flurry of mangled red data. "Go keep an eye on them, partner, don't screw it up, Moosemon will have weakened them so they won't be watching for you" he ordered
"Yes, Master" Tapirmon muttered, disappearing in a puff of smoke. He, too, disappeared, moving on to his next plan with haste.
"So, what did I miss?" Agumon asked. Aquakoromon and Bloxmon were stood either side of him, looking triumphant
"We found him sleeping!" Bloxmon grinned
"I was just thinking with my eyes closed" Agumon insisted
"Where to now?" Cayden asked
"Well, I think its time we cross Keyboard Mountain. It's a dangerous journey, but we'll manage"
"Oh no, no more dangerous journeys, let's go through Sunshine Pass instead, or heck, I don't know, Peppermint Valley. I really don't care as long as it doesn't involve bleeding and being beaten up every five minutes!" Tammy screamed hysterically
"Where's Aiden?" Agumon asked, ignoring her wails
"He stormed off, I'll go find him" Jade replied
"Probably best someone else does it" Cayden told her, walking off towards where they'd seen Aiden go.
"I suppose..." Jade muttered, feeling bad for nearly drowning Aiden.
Aiden sat, knees tucked into his chest, at the base of a large tree. Cayden walked up behind him and sat down without saying a word. "I'm not talking to her" Aiden stated flatly
"I didn't ask you to" Cayden replied, simply. He turned away from the youngster, "this tree is so big, I wonder if its branches connect to the other trees or it just stands all alone" Cayden looked up at it, seemingly in awe
"I know what you are trying to do" Aiden sniffled "I'm not stupid"
"Oh, I know" Cayden replied, smiling "I was just talking about trees," he touched Aiden on the shoulder and turned him so that they were face to face "what is it about water that bothers you, Aiden?" he asked
"Water doesn't bother me" Aiden replied flatly
"If it doesn't bother you then why didn't you go for a swim?"
"I didn't want to."
"I see." silence ensued until Cayden finally broke it. "I'm going back, and we'd all want you to come too, we've got to stick together, don't forget that" Cayden told him, standing up
"Cayden?" Aiden asked
"Yeah, buddy?"
"What's it like, back where you live, are you happy there?" he asked
"Yeah... of course, but I'm happy here too! So let's get going" Cayden waved his arm and Aiden sighed and got up, walking next to him with his hands in his pockets.
"Does it get easier when you grow up?" Aiden asked
"Sometimes, Aiden, sometimes".
"Sir, I'm sorry, sir" Moosemon grumbled
"Get yourself fixed up and get back out there, this time I'll send someone else with you, take your pick"
"Sir, thank you, sir" Moosemon moaned, staggering away.
"So I follow him, sir?"
"Yes, don't lose sight of him, I have a feeling he's up to something".
Kumo: I really hope I did that right, think it loses flow in places, but oh well, at least the story keeps moving
Hawk: I thought it was fine! Quite probably better than mine... Stop underestimating yourself Kumo.