A Digimon Frontier Fanfic
By Haru Glory
A/N: Finally I was able to finish this chapter. For all of you who didn't like the previous chapter that much, I am really sorry for that. Answers to some of the queries that I have received can be found in the below in the Author's notes. Anyways, here's the chapter concerning the other Spirit shinkers, it may be a bit vague, but things will clear out in the later chapters. Enjoy!
Chronicles of Time: Cyber World
Chapter 13: Preparations
"Finally we'll get a real vacation!"
"Yeah…After what we did to save both worlds, we deserve a nice, peaceful vacation!"
"But I still think one month isn't enough!"
"What are you talking about JP? One month is pretty long if you ask me."
"Not as long as our stay at the digi-world…Even if the time here didn't change when we left."
"At least it's much safer here, no evil digimon to come and attack as at any moment."
"TAKUYA! WHERE ON EARTH ARE YOU?"
"Zoe, no need to shout…I could easily hear you from here."
"Stop acting like an idiot, Takuya and tell us where you are! If you should know, you should have been here half an hour ago!"
"I would love to chat some more, Zoe…But right now, I have my hands full. If you guys really wanna know what's going on, I suggest you go to the street in front of the station."
"Station? Shibuya's Station?"
"YES! Something's up you guys, something bad…You and the rest of the team better hurry on over here!"
"Where are those police cars and ambulances going?"
"I think I know where…That explosion…it seems like it occurred near Shibuya's Station."
"No way! Near the station? I wonder how far Takuya is from there."
"Not far Tommy…I hope Takuya's okay…The explosion seemed to be pretty near the street he was talking about."
"Then let's go you guys, Takuya might need our help!"
"What the heck happened here? This place is totally ruined."
"I don't care about this place right now, you guys…Where's big brother, Takuya?"
"What's that?"
"Is someone there? Can anyone help me?"
"Oh my! Hold on a second, we'll get you out."
"T-thanks…"
…
"TAKUYA?"
"H-Hey, It's you guys…G-glad you could make i-it."
"What happened? Why is this place…annihilated?"
"Digimon…"
The memories of what had happened, fragments of it began pouring back at them. It was like a giant wave rushing towards them that with such an impact, their heads began to hurt…
"What the hell was that?" JP asked as trying not to faint.
"What just happened?" Tommy asked as he fell down on the sofa, "What was that we just saw?"
Yumi looked at them all, everyone was either holding their heads feeling nothing but dizziness or silently rubbing their forehead whilst sitting on the sofa. She sighed, she knew that she was the only one who could possibly explain what happened. She was sure that Takuya and Zoe were able to find the first of the antidotes…first of the data chips.
"I guess they managed to get it." Yumi said.
"Get what, Yumi?" Koji asked as he continued to rub his forehead.
"They managed to get one of the data chips…maybe the one you had told them." Yumi replied looking out over the window, she was not sure what part of the lost memories had been retrieved and she was not about to make any guesses.
Yumi had been staying with the rest of the spirit shinkers for two days now. It had been a surprise to everyone that when they woke up, Yumi was already with them talking with Koichi. Yumi didn't tell them the full details as she did with Koichi, but she told them enough of the reasons for her coming for them understand the situation.
During those past two days, Yumi had made plans and divided the group into two, the first group led by Koji would be heading towards Ophanimon's Castle whilst the other group headed by JP would visit the Shamanic Village to learn more about the data chips. It was, as Yumi had told them, all they can do for now.
"So, what we did wasn't all in vain." Kira said as he stood up and gently walked over to the counter where a pitcher of ice-cold water was along with several glasses.
Yumi nodded, "We were lucky at that. But just because they found one of the ten data chips, it doesn't mean that we would not continue with our plan, nine data chips still remains to be found."
"Tell me once more why JP has to take lead on one of the groups in this 'mission'…" Hitakaru asked.
"What does that mean, Hitakaru!" JP asked at once upon hearing Hitakaru's question.
"It doesn't mean anything, JP…" Erika said, "I was just wondering about the same thing, Koichi would be better suited to lead the other group."
"What? You too, Erika?" JP asked.
"Well, that does seem like a fair question." Max said, "So, what's your answer, Yumi?"
Yumi sighed, "I already told you guys, JP is as capable a leader as Koichi or Koji is, Koji has his own mission to attend to already…"
"And what about Koichi?" Hitakaru asked.
"He has his own mission as well…" Yumi said.
At this everyone was surprised.
"You didn't tell us of another mission." JP said at once.
"What kind of mission is it?" Tommy added.
Yumi raised a hand to silence them down, "It's almost the same kind as the other missions. Koichi will also search for clues of where the data chips could be at the moment."
"And where would be his destination?" Koji asked, a bit worried about his brother.
"We would be heading towards the Crystal Dome." Koichi replied.
"We?" Max, Tommy and Erika asked.
"Crystal Dome?" JP, Koji, Hitakaru and Kira asked at the same time.
"We, meaning Koichi and myself." Yumi replied and as if to answer an unvoiced question she added, "The Crystal Dome only permits those who has the Key of Twilight and the Key of Dawn…I happen to possess both keys, these keys cannot be passed down or handed over to Koichi because it is tied with blood, meaning only those who are from my family can hold these two keys."
"As for the Crystal Dome," Yumi continued to explain, "It's a hidden sanctuary in the depths of the Digital World, it was the place where Lucemon was first kept before he was sealed at the core of the Digi-world."
Everyone was even more surprised at that, most especially Koichi.
"She didn't tell me that when we made the plans before…" Koichi thought, unsure whether Yumi made the right decision of choosing him to come along with her, "I'm not as strong as Koji, maybe Koji should be the one to go instead of me." He was about to tell this to Yumi when Koji was the one who speak first.
"Are you sure that it would be safe for the two of you to journey there alone?" Koji asked.
Yumi nodded though her face was still serious, "It will be safe for us, for all of us, especially since there are still no signs that he has noticed our movements."
"He? Who's he?" Erika asked.
"Nevermind what I just said." Yumi quickly answered, "It doesn't concern us, as of now, our main focus is to obtain enough information on the possible places that the super powers have hidden themselves into."
Everyone was silent, Yumi felt that they did not quite accept the fact that there was something she was hiding from them. She knew that it would be better to just tell them straight out the consequences of even the slightest false movement, but she knows what that would truly mean not only for her but for everyone else.
"It is best to keep quiet for now." Yumi thought.
"Well, if that's all we're going to talk about, and since the head ache's finally gone," Max said while standing up, "I think I'll make myself comfortable and busy at the arcade."
The rest of the group watched as Max walked out of the room.
"Well, I think I'll rest up for a bit more." Hitakaru said and he looked over at Kira, "What about you?"
"I'm kinda hungry, anyone wanna come along to the café with me?" JP asked.
Kira looked over at Hitakaru and said, "I think I'll be coming along with JP," then in a whisper that only Hitakaru could hear, "Max kinda asked me to watch over Erika for a while."
At that, Hitakaru grinned, "Suit yourself, man."
"I'll be coming along with JP too." Erika announced and this made JP happier.
"Anyone else?" JP asked and seeing Yumi, Koji, Koichi and Tommy shake their heads, JP along with Kira and Erika began to walk out the door and towards the café at the end of the hall.
"How long do we exactly have before we go ahead with the plans?" Koji asked.
"Long enough for us to relax for a little while." Yumi replied, "We won't be able to do any relaxing once we go back to the other world."
"I wonder how Takuya and Zoe are doing…" Tommy voiced out.
"Probably in a lot more trouble than us." Koichi replied with a grin.
"I can't help but wonder," Yumi began, "What memory was returned to you all…"
The three original spirit shinkers looked over at her.
"Well, that's quite a surprise," Koichi said, "We thought you would know."
"Yeah." Tommy nodded, "You seem to know a whole lot, Yumi."
"I know a few things, but not everything." Yumi said.
"It seems what everyone else was made to believe to have happened, didn't really happen…" Koji said, "The explosion a week ago, the true reason why Takuya was at the hospital…and it seems we have returned to the digi-world even before this."
"Is that it?" Yumi asked, "The memories that were reawakened in you ended right there?"
The three nodded.
"Then I guess there are still some things that I cannot discuss with you at the moment." Yumi thought.
"Yumi, can you be honest with even the three of us?" Koji asked.
At that, Yumi was surprised and she was unable to hide it though she did not say anything at all.
"What exactly are we up against?" Koji asked, "Is it the same as Lucemon or something much worst?"
Yumi looked back at the scenery that was displayed outside the window as she answered, "If you're going to compare this with Lucemon, you can take him out a dozen times but it would still not be able to match the enemy that you would all be facing…"
"That rough, eh?" Tommy asked, "And we have to face him without Takuya and Zoe?"
"That depends…" Yumi replied.
"Depends on what?" Koichi asked.
"On how events will play out from here on out." Yumi replied, "To tell you all the truth, it is my brother who knows a lot of what we'll be facing…"
"Brother?" Koji and Tommy asked in unison.
Yumi nodded, "Yes, my brother is the one who told Takuya and Zoe the only cure for the virus…"
"Katsuya." Koichi said, "That's his name, isn't it?"
Yumi nodded once more, "When the time comes, we can talk freely about what happened. But right now, I can't tell you everything…it's kind of a protocol that was set up when he sent me here."
"We understand that." Tommy said, "I'm sure that's what Takuya would have said…"
Yumi could only smile at that, "You guys have no idea how right you are." She thought.
The four of them continued to talk about all sorts of things, things that Yumi can talk freely about. It was only several hours later that the rest of the group returned with Yumi, Koji, Koichi and Tommy's lunch.
After Yumi, Koji, Koichi and Tommy had eaten their lunches, they along with the others began to prepare for their journey back to the digital world.
"How long are we exactly staying there?" Hitakaru asked.
"We're going to stay there until we find the information that we need." JP replied, "Well…that's what Yumi had said."
"How are we supposed to prepare the number of clothes that we need to bring if we don't know how long we'll be staying there exactly?" Max asked.
At this Tommy could not help but laugh while Koji and Koichi exchanged glances knowing that the other was trying to stop himself from laughing.
"What's so funny, you guys?" Erika asked.
"Max is funny." Tommy replied, "He's so worried about clothes when that should be the least of his worries."
"And what is that suppose to mean?" Max asked, "We have to be aware of our cleanliness. Besides, my family taught me all about proper hygiene."
At this, Koichi and Koji burst out laughing.
"What!" Max asked exasperated.
"Well, just so you know, it would be pointless to be worrying about you hygiene in the digital world." Koji said.
"That's right." Koichi nodded in agreement, "To tell you the truth we only had what we were wearing when we got ourselves into the digital world, isn't that right, JP?"
JP nodded as well, "The whole time we were at the digital world, our clothes were the last thing we had in mind, well, I think that you wouldn't also be thinking about your clothes if you're being hunted down by several bad guys, and the strongest of which is Duskmon."
Koichi couldn't help but cringe upon hearing the name 'Duskmon'. Koji looked over towards his twin's direction to see that his head was bent down a bit low.
"JP!" Tommy hissed.
"What?" JP asked, and upon seeing the reaction of Koichi added, "Oh, sorry about that."
"What's up?" Kira asked, "Sorry about what, JP?"
"Er…nothing." JP quickly added remembering that Koichi did not wish for the others to know what happened back then, "Forget about that."
"Who's this 'Duskmon' then?" Erika asked, "Is he strong?"
The original spirit shinkers did not know how to answer to that question. They all knew how Koichi felt about the whole thing. But they also know, that perhaps, sooner or later, the others would somehow find out that Duskmon was in fact Koichi under the influence of the corrupted evil digi-spirit.
It was then a surprise that Yumi was the one to answer the question, "Duskmon is the name of the Warrior of Corrupted Darkness. He was perhaps Kerpymon's strongest ally next to his beast form, Valgamon."
"What do you mean 'was'?" Max asked.
"Takuya and the others destroyed him completely, or should I say Koji destroyed him to save Koichi?" Yumi replied.
"Yumi…!" Koji was about to stop Yumi but he saw that the new spirit shinkers were all caught up with whatever story Yumi was telling.
"It's okay, Koji." Koichi whispered, "If you think about what Yumi is really saying it's somehow related to the truth…in a certain point of view."
"Whatever you say, Koichi," Koji sighed, "it's your call."
"To save Koichi?" Hitakaru asked, "Why what happened to Koichi?"
Yumi looked over at Koichi and seeing him nod, she continued with her own version of who Duskmon was, "Well, Koichi was…err…captured by Kerpymon and the only way to save Koichi was to destroy Duskmon and Valgamon."
"Wow…awesome!" Max said, "Koji that was awesome, you did that?"
"Well…sort of." Koji replied.
"Well, I guess you really do are stronger than you look." Kira said.
"You have no idea how strong Koji is." Tommy said.
"That's enough, you guys." JP said, "We're going farther and farther away from the point."
"The point?" Everyone asked in unison.
"Yes. The point." JP said, "The point is, what you wear doesn't really matter much in the digi-world."
At what JP just said, everyone could not help but sigh.
"What?" JP asked, "That's what we were talking about, remember?"
The afternoon ended with everything they needed to bring and with their minds ready. After dinner, the spirit shinkers slept early except for Koichi. And it didn't take a while until someone else noticed that he was still up.
"Can't sleep?" Yumi asked.
Koichi was surprised to hear her and to see her still awake, "Uh…not really. How about you? Why are you still up?"
"I just got myself a glass of water." Yumi replied showing the glass to him.
"Oh." Koichi said noticing it.
"You seem to be thinking about something…" Yumi noticed.
Koichi turned around and resumed looking at the golden moon that was shinning in the night sky, "You can say that…"
"So, what is it?" Yumi asked, sitting at the sofa and drinking some of the water the moment she has asked that question.
"Why the sudden curiosity?" Koichi asked back.
"Well, no one made a rule not to ask what's bothering someone." Yumi replied.
At that comment, Koichi could not help but smile a little, but his smile soon faded from his shadowed face, "I was just wondering…why is it that when the memories returned to me, my head didn't hurt as much as the others did."
Yumi kept her silent.
"Not only that," Koichi continued, "Why did you choose me to come along with you? It would have made an even better sense to have chosen Koji." Koichi then turned around to face Yumi then added, "So why, why did you? Why did you choose me?"
"Koichi, there isn't that big a reason for both of your question." Yumi replied casually taking a sip from her glass and maintaining her composure, "They are actually related."
"Related?" Koichi asked.
"As I have told you before, If you can remember…there is something in you that has stopped the effect of the vortex or the portal from before." Yumi explained, "I don't know what caused it for you to remember even bits even before Takuya and Zoe managed to get the first chip."
"So what does that have to do with choosing me?" Koichi asked.
"Since you're the only one who can remember things that have not yet been returned to your friends' memories…even if those things are a bit hazy for you, it would be safer to bring you to the Crystal Dome." Yumi replied.
"I still don't understand, Yumi." Koichi said, "It feels as if I'm reliving that feeling I had when I have no idea why I am the only one who doesn't have any digi-code coming out of my body when I am seriously hurt compared to the others…and I hate feeling that way."
"I'm sorry Koichi." Yumi said as she stood up, placed the emptied glass at the sink and began to walk back to the girl's room, "But you must know, I don't have all the explanations to satisfy anyone…even you."
And with that, Koichi was once again left by himself to think. He turned his attention back to the moon and looked at it one more time before heading out to bed himself.
Koichi had only one thing in mind before sleep finally caught up with him, "If Yumi doesn't know the answer to my questions, then, I will search for it myself…that would be my special mission."
To be continued…
A/N: As I have mentioned in the above Author's Notes, you guys deserve some explanation about the previous chapters.
Why did Zoe have to prepare Takuya such a breakfast? Well, remember that Takuya had been away for a week and Zoe knew as much that he is hungry especially since Alastaire and the others didn't got the chance to feed him anything when he exited the cave. And no, Zoe is not Takuya's slave…and I didn't mean to make it look like that (if it indeed seemed that way in the past chapters) besides, how would you act if a loved one was separated from you for a whole week and you know that he/she is hungry, wouldn't you prepare a meal that would satisfy that person? Not only that, but Takuya did had a hard time finishing that trial and losing most of his energy along the way.
What's with the Zoe-falling-asleep-in-Takuya's-bed thing? Well, she just wanted to hug him since, as I have mentioned before, she missed him. I made it that she didn't mean to fall asleep, though I may not have emphasized that enough. She wasn't able to sleep peacefully for a while thinking of Takuya or should I say worrying about him. I didn't mean it for Zoe to act, as you say, a slut.
There is a reason why the I didn't placed this chapter sooner, as you may have read already in the content, it wouldn't seem right and since I have the whole story planned out already, I am just following the events that I have thought up during my spare time.
Well, I hope that that explains some things and clarifies other things. Until next time, just send your reviews, okay? This is Haru Glory saying, "The truth should never be hidden." and signing out! See ya!