X::::::::X change of scenes (^_^) (-_-) end of chapter
Kaito: Well, who hasn't done it yet?
Tainted Warriors: . . . . . .
Kaito: Ah crap. (sweatdrops)
Tainted Warriors: (annoyed) Kaito Lune doesn't own Digimon. But she owns us.
Kaito: (sweatdrops) Did Lilithmon and Daemon put them up to this? Well, I own the Tainted Warriors (except for Duskmon).
Arc 2: The Crests
Chapter 13: Hearts of the Library
Imperialdramon landed in the Continent of Light only a few hours after they began going. He landed in a sea of soft yellow flowers that blew away even upon the slightest breeze. A castle that seemed to be part of a fairy tale was only a few yards away.
"It's amazing," breathed Zoe. "It's just as we first came here to find the Fractal Code."
"I guess this place wouldn't change that much," Koji agreed.
Takuya stretched. "Ah! At least this time we aren't in a time crunch," he said thankfully. No Royal Knights trying to take the Fractal Code: they were all glad for that part.
"We are," corrected JP. Takuya looked at him quizzically and asked, "Why?"
"Well, what would happen if those Crests are gathered by Donnermon? Is he really with the Tainted Warriors, unlike the kid's claim? What would happen if those fell into the Tainted Warrior's hands and Lilithmon's and Daemon's hands?" JP asked the questions.
Takuya groaned. JP had asked the questions that would send them all scrambling for information before something bad happened. "Why do you have to ruin the peace?" complained Takuya.
"We had some peace during that festival," said Koji.
"That was peace?" Nazu asked. "If that was peace, I'd hate to see relaxed."
"Something like that always happened," Zoe said to Nazu. "When ever we get time to rest at somewhere nice, it's either a trap or a fight comes along right after it."
Koji walked forward. "Even more reason to enter the library ready," he advised. They all agreed and kept their D-tectors at the ready. The ten made their way through the field of flowers and they entered the giant oak doors to come into a large room. None of them had seen so many books in one place and it had only seemed to double since the six original Legendary Warriors had entered the place. Books lined the walls and were in piles on the floor. For the ones out of reach, there were wood steps to get up to them. A set of stairs showed a platform before some more oak doors.
"Hello?" called Tommy.
"Who's there?" demanded a voice. They looked up to see a white sphinx that was Nefertimon, the guardian of the library. Nazu didn't know if she was friend or foe, so she gripped her D-tector tighter and readied for an attack but everyone else was relaxed.
"Nefertimon!" exclaimed Zoe. "Good to see you're alright!"
Nefertimon seemed confused. "Do I know you?" she asked, keeping her guard up.
"She must've lost her memory when she was scanned by Dynasmon and Crusadermon," Bokomon explained. "After Digimon are returned to their DigiEggs, they most likely won't remember their previous lives."
Takuya put his D-tector in his pocket and walked forwards with his arms at his side. "We're the Legendary Warriors," he explained. "We're here to look for information on the Crests." Nefertimon didn't relax any so Takuya continued. "We were called back by Ophanimon and Seraphimon to save the Digital World and we think the Crests may help us."
Nefertimon still didn't relax. "How do I know that you're not lying?" she asked. "You're not the first humans I've seen here. There was another with dark hair looking for that information as well to save his 'friends' the Tainted Warriors. How do I know that you're not them?"
That's when JP spoke up. "Dark haired human?" he asked. "Is his name Silver?" Nefertimon nodded. "He's not exactly an ally of ours."
"If we were the Tainted Warriors, there'd be six of us, not seven," Koji said, indicating towards them all.
Nefertimon thought for a minute. The seven were unsure of what she'd do next since her mask cover her facial expressions. She finally relaxed. She dipped her head and apologized. "I'm sorry," she said. "Hospitality is hard to give when there is a warning of a war." She changed the subject towards what they have mentioned. "You seek information about the Crests?"
"Yes," Koichi answered. "It maybe important that we find out as much information about them as possible."
"Do you happen to know anything about them?" asked Tommy.
Nefertimon shook her head sadly. "I'm sorry. I'm only the librarian so I don't know very much about the Crests," she answered apologetically. "All I do know is that they hold something for those who have those characteristics matching those Crests."
"That's something we didn't know," Takuya said. "It's a start."
Nefertimon flew down to meet them. "I can at least point you in the right direction," she said. "The Crests are old, that much I know for sure and the library record things in chronological order. They wouldn't be in this room or the room to the right, which holds newer information."
The humans thanked her for the tips and began splitting into groups. "I'm going with Zoe!" shouted JP cheerfully.
Zoe gave him an apologetic look. "Sorry, JP," she said. "I kind of have something to talk about with Takuya. Why don't you go with Tommy, Koichi, or Nazu?" She began walking away with Takuya towards the basement.
JP's mouth dropped and his face became a look of historical defeat. (Déjà vu anyone?) Tommy looked up at JP with an odd look. "Are you okay?" asked a concerned boy. "You were acting like this when we came here last time."
JP didn't seem to here the boy and mumbled, "Shot down again."
"Huh, JP?" asked Koichi.
JP finally snapped out of it and seemed jolly. "Let's go!" he shouted in enthusiasm. The three that were looking at JP with either what the heck, confused, or he-just-doesn't-get-it looks didn't notice that Koji had slipped after the two.
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Takuya and Zoe began looking through the books. They all forgot that they couldn't read the symbols in the books so when Bokomon came to their rescue, they were relieved. Bokomon pulled out his book and showed them the symbols he told them to look for: a sun, a yin-yang sign, a heart, a teardrop, a cross, a flower, a pair of glasses, and a symbol that didn't seem to have a defined look to it. The memorized it before Bokomon began finding the others.
Takuya and Zoe looked in silence. It seemed unbearable and boring so to take her mind off of the silence, she began trying to decipher the text in front of her. She eventually gave up and let her mind wander as she skimmed the books. Her mind flashed back to earlier that day. "That can only be taken off once you admit your true feelings."
Zoe thought about the sentence. Admit your true feelings. Did that Cupimon direct it just at her or was it towards Takuya as well? She slammed the book into her head to make her stop thinking about it. "Ouch," she winced.
"You okay?" Takuya asked, hearing her.
"Uh- I-I'm alright!" she answered in a flustered voice. She kept her back turned to him and began looking through the book furiously. She finished it and put it back onto the shelf. After clearing a shelf, her mind began to wander again, flashing back to the first time the two appeared in the library.
"-and I never did understand how to be a real friend. Now I understand myself a little better and others too," she said. "I don't think I'd ever have trouble making friends again and it's 'cause I like myself now."
"I really like you too, Zoe," Takuya replied. There was a sudden awkward silence. Both blushed a deep red and a strange hope surged in Zoe. "Y-yeah know, not like-like," he stuttered getting up. When Zoe didn't answer he said. "Ah, come on, ya know what I mean, right?"
Zoe watched him walk to the other end of the room with a slight blush on her face. "Oh, right" she said in an almost whisper filled with disappointment, feeling crushed. The two began searching through the books and her feelings for Takuya slowly began to dawn on Zoe. She flipped through the pages, trying to brush it from her mind but it kept coming back. Finally, the anxiety made her snap and she turned to Takuya.
Unfortunately, he was asleep. "Well, that figures," she muttered. Then she grinned. He's probably tired, she thought, turning back to looking for the Fractal Code.
Zoe sighed in frustration. This is really like déjà vu, she thought. She shifted her feet. Does he really like me that way or am I just fooling myself? Of course Takuya cares about me just as he cares for Tommy or any of the others but is there something special about me? She tossed the thought around in her head for several minutes. When she finally decided to gather the courage to just ask Takuya, he exclaimed "Where's the bathroom?" before running off.
Zoe frowned. Always when I need to ask him about something. She sighed and continued looking through the books. Zoe sat for several minutes in silence until she heard footsteps. Zoe froze. She remembered that they had to be on their guards so she assumed the worse. The Italian girl spun around while grabbing her lavender D-tector and began shouting "Spirit Evolution." She stopped to only see that Koji was standing there.
She relaxed with a sigh. She felt relief wash over her and her heart race- Wait! What? I have feeling for Takuya, not Koji, she thought. Koji seemed taken aback. "Were you going to kill me or something?" he demanded.
"Well, I thought you were going to kill me," she said back. Zoe realized what it sounded like and quickly tried to correct herself. "W-wait! I mean that I thought you were an enemy. I know you wouldn't kill me, it's just that-."
"Yeah, yeah," Koji cut her off. "I get it." Zoe noticed that he seemed oddly nervous. This was odd for Koji, since he was always confident in himself. Why was he so nervous? Zoe walked cautiously over to him.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"N-nothing," he stuttered. Another odd thing that Zoe noticed. She gave him a glare.
"What is it?" she pressed. "You know you can tell me anything." Koji exhaled slowly.
"Zoe," he said slowly. Zoe looked at him. Koji kept his eyes down on the ground and was silent for several minutes. The two stood there for what seemed like hours before someone made a move.
"Well, if you're not ready to talk now, then help me look, would you?" she asked. Zoe began turning around.
"Wait!" shouted Koji, grabbing her shoulder, half turning her. The next thing literally surprised her: Koji's lips met hers. Her head was split into two voices. One shouted for her to shove him off and smack him. He deserves it! Unfortunately, the second part (which was dominated) wanted to stay in the lip lock and take it all in. Takuya's too late. She didn't know what to do. Zoe nearly lost her ability to hold herself up and she rested against something; it tumbled under their weight. Koji landed on top of her, his face inches from hers. They both had the looks of shock on their faces.
"Are you alright?" Koji asked.
"I-I don't know," she answered breathlessly. Her mind racing on what to do.
That's when things took a turn for the worst. "Koji!" came a shout from the door. The two turned their heads to see Takuya. Way too many feelings washed over her: relief, regret, and anger. "Zoe! What the hell's going on?!" he demanded in searing rage.
Zoe pushed Koji off her and stood up. The two tried to explain themselves but the Warrior of Flame seemed too hurt to listen. "Takuya, I-," Zoe tried but Takuya gave her a hard glare before running off. "Takuya!" she shouted.
She stood there for a few minutes with tears in her eyes. Her mind still was split into the two voices favoring one or the other boys. She spun around and turned angrily towards Koji. "Why the hell did you do that?" she demanded.
"Can't you tell?" asked Koji in an unnerving calm voice. "I like you, Zoe."
Zoe was partially taken aback but got over it quickly. "Y-you didn't have to kiss me in front of Takuya," she shouted through angry tears. "You didn't have to kiss me at all!"
Koji was beginning to lose his cool. "Takuya was too late," he retorted back. "Takuya didn't do it. I was hoping to do it before he got back but that didn't work out. And if I recall you didn't try to stop me from kissing you!"
"I-I was too shocked to shove you off in the first place," Zoe shot back, whipping away her tears. Her voice rose. "YOU COULD HAVE JUST TOLD ME!"
Koji opened his mouth to continue speaking but Zoe didn't want to hear anymore. She smacked him and ran out of the room, tears streaming down her face.
Koji watched her go. Now part of him regretted going at it that way. How stupid am I? He slammed his fist against his head and winced. It didn't go according to plan, if he even had a plan in the first place. He'd surely beat himself up about this for years to come and Zoe would hate him. Koji stood and walked over to the book that Zoe had pulled off the shelf and had dropped when he had startled her. He opened it and began looking through it, hoping to take his mind off of the recent events until they sorted themselves out in his head.
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Takuya walked into the room where the other four were looking through the books. They had made some decent headway, making it through half of one wall. "Hey" shouted Tommy to Takuya. When Takuya didn't answer, Tommy looked up at JP and Koichi. "There's something wrong with Takuya, guys." They all looked over at Takuya and saw his beyond livid expression.
Takuya had never gotten this pissed off before. Tommy, JP, and Koichi had no idea what to do to say to the boy. Nazu turned back towards the book. "Just leave him alone," she cautioned them.
JP glared up at her. "Why's that?" he demanded.
"Takuya's our friend," added Koichi. "He could need someone to talk to."
"Yeah," Tommy agreed. "Takuya looks like he is about to kill. He hasn't had that look since the battle with Lucemon."
Nazu kept her gaze on the book. "Something must've just happened," she answered. "People can solve their own problems."
JP groaned. "Don't you care about our comrade?"
Nazu didn't answer the question. "If you want to be snapped at, then be my guest," she said. "If you want to help your friend, I'd suggest that you leave him alone for now." She finished looking through the book and put it away.
JP was about to argue but Terriermon flew up to them. "She's right," he agreed.
"What?"
"Takuya had a terrible eruption," said Terriermon. "If I remember right, the lava is super hot after an explosion and anyone who gets too close gets burned. It'd be a good idea if we let him and the lava cool off before treading in dangerous territory."
It was hard to argue with that. "Man, it's hard to think that the sarcastic rabbit could be so wise," JP half-joked. Terriermon began to fume and started throwing insults at JP. JP, Koichi, and Tommy laughed as Terriermon bantered at them all. They then continued looking through the books.
None of the merry making reached Takuya. He had shut himself from the world and brooded within himself. How could Zoe and Koji even do that behind his back? Why do I even care? he asked himself. He gritted his teeth as the events raced into his head. He had a sudden urge to kill Koji in cold blood. Make him hurt and make him pay.
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Zoe couldn't get control of her emotions. When she gathered them into her hands, they only escaped through her fingers and tortured her mind. She had steadied the flow of tears and guilt gripped her. She had enjoyed the kiss. She wanted to crawl into a shell and die. She wanted to talk with Takuya but she knew he wouldn't listen, not right after what had just happened and Zoe refused to go talk with Koji. It was his entire fault this happened anyway!
If Takuya wanted me that badly, then why didn't he kiss me in the first place? she thought. Zoe shook her head furiously. This was the worse thing that could happen to her. She slammed her head into her legs and let the forming tears flow again. Why do I have to like two guys? "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" she shouted. "Balordo! Balordo! Balordo!" She slammed her head against her legs again. "Why? Why? Why? Balordo!"
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Night eventually came. "I found something!" cried Bokomon, brandishing a large book and waved it above his head proudly. Six of the seven rushed over to them. Takuya had refused to move since he had entered the room. Koichi noticed his brother having traces of a handprint and JP noticed tear stains of Zoe's face. What happened to them? they wondered at the same time.
"Look!" Bokomon pointed towards the symbols that matched what they were looking for. The eight symbols were in a circle like sketch. Seven of them- that Bokomon read as Courage, Friendship, Love, Sincerity, Reliability, Kindness, and Knowledge- sat around an empty circle. A layer encircled the other one with the symbol that Bokomon told them was Light.
"Isn't there one for Darkness?" asked Koichi.
Bokomon shrugged. "It didn't exactly mention one," he replied.
"Well, at least we know about what the Crests are, but what do they do?" Zoe asked.
Bokomon waved his hand for her to be patient. He quickly read over the next several pages. "'The Crests, though not where they came from, exhibit strong powers that affect the Evolution of Digimon. During one time, they were used to Evolve from Champion to Ultimate forms or sometimes Rookie to Mega. They can only be activated if the wielder shows the respective trait to use it,'" he read before turning the page. "'They could also be used to neutralize the negative Crests, each other, or purify corrupted Digimon that had those traits.'"
"Whoa," gasped Tommy, looking at the necklace with the Serenity symbol.
"That much power from a necklace?" asked JP in disbelief. He pulled out a chocolate bar and munched on it.
Nefertimon approached the group. "I'm sorry that I have to interrupt you all, but it is rather late," she said. "If you wish, you can stay here for the night." The six took it up quickly.
They shuffled through their bags that Bokomon had gotten them and found blankets and spread them out. Takuya finally went to join them but stayed far away from Zoe and Koji. They did some talking before finally turning into bed. For some it never came easily.
Zoe was the first to get up. She was still partly traumatized about the recent events and got up to walk around. She did need to talk too but Tommy was still just a kid, Nazu wasn't much of a talker, and the Digimon weren't human. Her only choices were Koichi and JP. Koichi would be too tied to it since he was Koji's brother and Takuya's best friend. JP wasn't much of a choice either since he'd be literally furious with both the boys and would want to rip their heads off but Zoe needed to talk with someone.
JP couldn't sleep the greatest. It bothered him that Zoe had tearstains on her cheeks. What'd Takuya do? he thought bitterly. He got up and began looking around. He noticed that almost everyone was missing. Bokomon, Neemon, and Terriermon were sound asleep next to Tommy and Takuya. Zoe's sleeping place was vacant as was Nazu's and Koji's. He began looking for one of the three.
He walked until he heard a stifled sobbing. He slowly moved closer to it and found Zoe sitting against a bookshelf. He slowly approached her. "Hey, Z, what's wrong?" he asked, concerned.
Zoe was startled and looked up. She rubbed away the tears. "N-nothing," she answered. "I'm fine."
JP didn't like that Zoe was openly crying and saying it was nothing. "What happened, Zoe?" he asked. "I know that that was a crock of crap. You can trust me with things that are bothering you."
Zoe sighed. There was no point in trying to push it aside. JP would try to bring it up again. She patted the empty area next to her to beckon him to sit down. JP followed and Zoe began spilling what had happened earlier.
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Nazu sat outside. It felt good to get out of the confide area of the library. She wasn't used to being around people for this long. They surely were different from what she had been used to at home. Nazu had always been forced into relationships of awkward partnerships. She never did work well with others. It had surprised her that she'd stay this long with the group.
I do it because they know more about this world than I do. It's for survival, she reminded herself but now it seemed to be a bit more that kept her with the others though she didn't see exactly eye-to-eye with many of them.
The only relationships that she had among the group were with Tommy, since he fought to help her, and Koichi, who seemed to try to reach out to her. Nazu didn't exactly notice that Takuya was trying to get her to trust him. She could only see that Takuya was a show off. JP and Nazu treated each other with mutual distrust. Personally, Nazu didn't blame him since she didn't trust them in the first place. He and Zoe kept doing the same thing though: both were trying to get her to trust them but going about it differently. Koji and she had made a silent agreement to stay out of each other's hair. All in all, she didn't have a very well stand with the others and it wouldn't exactly matter if she left or not.
A fresh breeze broke across the field, stirring up flower petals that danced along with the wind in the moonlight. It was just so peaceful right here. Nazu took a deep breath and sighed.
"Feels good doesn't it?" asked a new voice. Nazu froze. It wasn't a voice she recognized so she whirled around with her D-tector ready.
A human stood behind her. From the moonlight, Nazu could see that she had short blond hair and dark eyes. She wore a dark dress, knee length socks, dark shoes and a sinister smirk on her face. "Who are you?" Nazu demanded.
The girl took several steps closer to her and Nazu took a few back to give her distance to turn into Astrummon if the situation demanded it. "You don't recognize me?" she asked in feigned concern. "I'd thought you'd remember me."
Nazu's heart nearly fell into fear. "Rin," she said in a fearful tone.
Rin only snickered. "Now you remember me, dear cousin," she said.
Nazu quickly got over her fear and got into a battle stance. "What the hell are you doing here?!" she growled menacingly.
Rin just ignored the hostility in the brown haired girl's voice. "Why else?" she answered in a calm voice. "I came here on the request of Lilithmon and Daemon along with the others." She presented a device much like Nazu's but it was much smaller and was crimson. "I've heard you were here from my idiots of companions while chasing the traitor. I noticed that you were among them back in that village and followed you here. I wanted to see how you'd fair alone without your friends."
Nazu gritted her teeth. "They're not my friends," she retorted.
"Oh, that's right," Rin taunted. "You were never able to keep friends. Didn't your last ones stab you in the back?"
Nazu snapped; she didn't even consider turning into Astrummon and jumped at Rin and tackled her to the ground. Rin saw it coming and stepped sideways so Nazu landed on the ground. She skidded until she her body bumped into the stairs. Nazu got up and glared daggers at Rin.
Simultaneously, they both shouted the cry that allowed them to transform into their hybrid forms. Nazu became Astrummon while Rin became a Digimon named Estedomon. Estedomon had a lower body of a large black snake and the torso of a human clad in a dark purple chest plate. Her dark shinny arms were bare with black jagged scales coming from the exposed skin. She had long black nails sharpened to a point.
The two stood ready for combat. Astrummon rushed in first, throwing explosive stones at her. Taking advantage of the smoke cloud she launched a kick at Estedomon. Estedomon threw up both arms to protect her head. The scales dug into Astrummon's bare leg. She recoiled as a small pain numbed her leg. She began falling back towards the ground. Estedomon didn't allow her to even reach the ground and knocked her sideways.
Astrummon flew across the field until she landed on her back. Estedomon moved at her with lightning like speed. "Viper Snipe!" she cried as she readied an attack before striking. Astrummon rolled out of the way barely in the nick of time and got to her feet. She formed a small orb and flung it at Estedomon. She leapt at her back but was knocked away by her tail. She skidded across the ground on her back and did a backward summersault and stood up.
Astrummon kept flying at Estedomon but Estedomon reacted with a tail swipe to knock her away. Astrummon would dodge it and try to land a hit but the snake/human hybrid tried biting her with her fangs or slashing away at her with her long nails. Several times, they slashed her but she paid it no mind as she would land a devastating attack to the torso.
The next thing Nazu noticed was that she began becoming sluggish and tired. She tried going in for an attack but she was tossed aside like nothing. Estedomon snorted. "You were injected with a poison from my spikes on my arms," she cackled. "Oh but unfortunately for you, it won't kill you but will slow you down for some time. Cutting Edge!" She slashed away at the air and blood red energy scars flew towards her.
Astrummon couldn't move out of the way in time and took the bulk of the attack. Weakened from the poison, she flew backwards and turned back into Nazu. She huffed and tried to stand but her limbs wouldn't get the signal fast enough. Nazu was completely open for a death-dealing move.
Estedomon slithered towards her. She cackled, "This is the end for you, cousin. Viper Sni-!"
"Howling Laser!" A burst of light crashed into Estedomon's back. She cried out in pain and turned back towards where the laser had came from, forgetting all about Nazu.
Estedomon hissed and launched her Cutting Edge move at him. Lobomon jumped over them and Slide Evolved into KendoGarurumon and sped towards Estedomon, readying his wing blades. He flew past her and slashed away at Estedomon.
She cried out in pain and slumped towards the ground, clutching her wounds. Estedomon hissed and disappeared. KendoGarurumon turned his attention to the human that wasn't too far away from him. He Slide Evolved into Lobomon and ran over to her. "Hey, you okay?" he asked.
Nazu slowly shook her head. She opened her mouth and the words came out in a slow whisper. "Poisoned . . ." she managed to get out. "It . . . should clear . . ." Koji didn't wait for her to finish up her sentence and scooped her up and raced back into the library, shouting for someone to come and help. The others were awakened and rushed to find out what was wrong.
"She's poisoned," Lobomon explained.
"How'd she get poisoned?" demanded JP, who had just came into the room with Zoe.
Zoe didn't waste time to question what was going on and rushed to get some supplies to dress her cuts. Nefertimon flew down to see what was going on. Lobomon set her down on her blanket and Zoe and Koichi quickly went to bandage up her cuts, which weren't too deep. A few had stopped bleeding.
"What happened?" asked JP asked Koji.
"Another enemy," Koji answered. "A giant human-snake Digimon. It must have poisoned her during their fight."
"Is she going to be alright?" asked Tommy. Koji shrugged. He honestly didn't know but he assumed it was a lethal poison. That's what any enemy would do.
"She can't die!" shouted Tommy. "She's our friend! She can't die!"
"No one said she'd die," replied Bokomon.
"But it's a possibility," retorted Takuya. What the hell has his goat? wondered a half out of it Nazu. She began to slip out of consciousness.
Everyone wasn't sure what to do. They began crowding around her to try to help out in anyway they could. Nazu became pale and had a fever. That's when everyone began to panic. Suddenly, a faint glow came from the necklace around Tommy's neck.
Tommy pulled out the Crest of Serenity as it began to glow a soft green. "What's it reacting too?" Bokomon asked. He looked around.
A sudden idea came to Tommy. He placed it on Nazu's chest and it began to glow brighter. It shined for several seconds before going dim. Koichi felt her forehead. It had cooled a bit and she wasn't as pale. "What the-?" asked several of the children.
"The Crest did something," answered Bokomon. He examined Nazu and then the Crest.
Nefertimon made her way closer to them. "It must have counteracted the poison," she said. "This is a new discovery."
Bokomon pulled out the Book of Knowledge and began searching through it until he found the information on the Crests he had copied down. He flipped over to a blank page and drew the Crest of Sincerity on it and wrote down the new discovery. "I wonder if the other Crests are able to do the same thing?" he wondered.
"We may not know, but it'd be best to rest," advised Koji. "Tomorrow we can bring her to the nearest town to get her to a healer and see if the poison is really cured."
"I was about to say the same thing," Takuya said in a deep growl, glaring at Koji. Koji shot back a glare at him. Tommy and Koichi noticed it and were severely confused by the sudden hostility between the two boys.
They all began taking watches and made sure not one of them left the group. Rest came to them but it was rigid with thoughts that they'd be attacked.
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Digimon Scanner:
Name: Estedomon
Class: Champion
Type: Beast Man
Attribute: Virus
Field: Deep Sea Savers
Finishing Move: Viper Snipe
Kaito: I- (ducks as bricks come flying at her) Gah! What the heck? I know! I know! Quit belting me with bricks and put those damn machine guns away! That's better. I know that I'm a Takumi supporter and stuff but that doesn't mean that I can't develop relationships between her and other characters! Unfortunately, we don't have any of the three here because they don't want to get pelted by rocks or shot or are way too pissed at me.
Koichi: Well, you were expecting this when you wrote it didn't you?
Kaito: Unfortunately. -_-
Tommy: What happened?
JP: Kaito, how dare you write such a thing! (stars yelling)
Kaito: Not you too, JP. The Takuya was bad enough. I'm the author so I can do whatever.
JP: And suffer for the consequences.
Kaito: Yep. -_- Anyway, sorry Takumi fans but that still doesn't mean that Takumi isn't possible in this fic! Nothing is that simple! (ducks from flying rocks) Anyway, R&R please!