Chapter 21
"Koji!" the siblings called at the same time. Takuya dived for his D-Tector, which he'd put down on the bed, and began trying to call the Warrior of Light. Only static came through. Not deterred, he pulled the compass function up, and a dot appeared right in the center of the orb.
"Damn it!" Takuya hissed, sparks flying from his fingertips as he whirled and ran for the window. Six figures were flying around the grounds, one very small, one huge, another fighting from the lake and another disappearing and reappearing. The other two were identifiable as Zephyrmon and KendoGarurumon. Said quadruped was flying through the air from an attack, and impacted the castle wall not far above the window Takuya was looking out of. He de-digivolved on impact and Takuya just managed to open the window and catch the unconscious Koji before he was out of reach.
"Mrs. Kimura, you might want to get out of the way." Takuya said calmly, hiding his panic well. Tomoko moved as asked, and just in time. The next second, rather than Koichi and Konomi, Duskmon and LadyDevimon were springing out the window towards the distant figures.
"W-What was that?" McGonagall asked.
"That was what happens when one of the siblings is injured. They're very protective of each other, and it doesn't help that Koichi and Konomi have problems with controlling those two. That's not even the real forms they take when they battle, those are echoes of their time in the Digital World." Takuya said quietly, pulling Koji onto Koichi's bed with Joe's help.
"Weren't they going to Japan though?" Sirius asked.
"Digimon can travel much faster than humans." Izzy said, "Even in our world where they have less power. In the time that they were gone, they could have checked around Hokkaido and been on their way to New York." Takuya gripped his D-Tector and pulled himself onto the window sill.
"I'm gonna go help them." He said before leaping off the sill. There were several cries of alarm, but there was a large flash and Aldamon was flying towards the battle. Mrs. Weasley was clutching her heart in panic.
"Did he have to do that?" she gasped.
"Yes, Aldamon is too big to fit through the window." Izzy pointed out.
"And you haven't even seen EmperorGreymon." Koji croaked. That drew Tomoko over to him.
"What happened Koji?" she asked soothingly, holding his hand.
"I-I let my anger get the better of me. Pidemon was out there. Puppetmon, MetalSeadramon, and Machinedramon too. Pidemon kept going on and on about how he had tortured Konomi in the Maze, when he pulled her into the Dark Ocean." Izzy, Sora, and Joe looked up sharply at that.
"What?" Sora gasped, "They can summon portals to that place now?"
"This isn't good. No wonder Kari knew it was there so confidently." Izzy murmured.
"What's the story with these kids?" Sirius asked, "You said they were different." Joe nodded.
"Yes, as you've seen they turn into Digimon rather than have a partner. Speaking of, Izzy, can we get them here, they might be able to help against those guys, though letting Duskmon out there is almost overkill by itself." He said.
"Why did you let the others go out there then?" Mrs. Weasley asked, "They're all just children."
"I've heard Koji and the others talk about it, but until tonight, I'd never seen Duskmon." Tomoko said softly looking at the Weasley Matriarch, "I've heard all the stories they had to tell about their adventure in the Digital World. I heard about Takuya's mishap with his beast spirit. The burger-making contest they all had in the Burgermon village. How Koji and Koichi first met, not as brothers, but as enemies at sword point. The fights that followed and how Koichi nearly lost his mind to the corrupted Spirits of Darkness. How they found Konomi, who had given up hope of ever finding her family and tried to throw herself off a cliff. How they failed to stop Lucemon from rising. How Lucemon ripped Konomi's arm off and scanned her data. How Koichi sacrificed himself to save the others. How they learned that Koichi and Konomi had only been with them in mind, not body. And worst of all, I've heard how they came back to find Koichi unconscious and with his heart stopped, and Konomi being wheeled into the Emergency room with her only flesh limbs either crushed beyond repair or still trapped in limbo after Lucemon ripped it off. I've had to help Konomi learn to use her arm and leg again. Helped Koichi get over the crippling pain that being near magic caused him for those first few months. I've helped all three get through nightmares of what happened where Koji would scream from the injuries he inflicted and was inflicted with, Koichi would wake up pleading forgiveness and Konomi would wake up begging for me to end her life so she could be rid of the pain. Never once have I thought of them as children. They are still my children, but I know they can take care of themselves and they have gone through more horrors than most twice their age. They are not children, they are the Legendary Warriors." Tomoko's speech left the others without voices for a long time. Izzy managed to bring through Biyomon, Gomamon , and Tentomon, who quickly evolved into Garudamon, Zudomon, and MegaKabuterimon respectively to join the fight. The Dark Masters eventually retreated, and that was when the battle turned to calming down Duskmon and LadyDevimon. I.e. knocking them out. Izzy winced as Aldamon took a hit from Duskmon's Deadly Gaze attack.
"That's gonna sting in the morning." He murmured. Joe and Sora nodded. Finally, Aldamon got fed up and just clotheslined Duskmon and LadyDevimon. The two hit the ground and de-digivolved back into Koichi and Konomi. Garudamon carried them back, handing them through the window before de-digivolving back into Yokomon. Aldamon and Zephyrmon angled their decent so that they landed in the hospital wing as Takuya and Zoey, if slightly out of breath. Zudomon and MegaKabuterimon soon followed Garudamon's example and joined them as Bukamon and Motimon.
Izzy pulled something from his pocket as Joe and Sora put Koichi and Konomi back in their beds, Koji had retreated to his chair. The Digimon dove under the beds and Tomoko cast a quick spell that summoned projections of Tai, Matt, T.K., Kari, J.P., and Tommy. Finally, Izzy pressed a button on the device, while he and the other Digi-Destined, plus Tomoko, shielded their eyes. The wizards blinked and went along like there had never been an interruption.
"Am I the only one who feels like one of the Men in Black when I do that?" Izzy whispered. Joe shook his head.
"I have to agree with you, but it does come in handy. Now, they'll never know the wiser." He said as Mrs. Weasley coaxed Harry to drink the rest of his sleeping potion.
Short chapter, but meaningful. I about cried writing Mrs. Kimura's speech.
Yes, I'm using Thomas' little MIB device from Digimon Data Squad. For those of you who don't know it, check up the episode 'Thomas Returns'. I think that's it.