Sorry for the long wait

Just been away for a bit and got interested in a new anime

Well it's not really that new but new to me

It's kinda kidish but who cares? Megaman starforce...

It isn't that bad

Never mind, back to the story

Last time

Koji got a bit depressed since it was his fault loosing the key so he then went off on a small adventure where he met a Falcomon who helped eased his pains but on the other hand the others were attacked and Koji then came back and fought off the thing. Now he feels better to everyone's relief so now they're off to continue their adventure hoping that Lucemon hasn't collected the remaining keys in their time of absence...

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Chapter 24: Questioning Orders

The digidestined all started to walk out of the forest and continued to follow Takuya's D-tector in order to find the remaining two keys. They just couldn't let Lucemon get his hands on the last two since Lilithmon and Leviamon came around and took Barbamon's key from them.

"So we're getting close right Takuya?" Zoe looked at him as he looked down. "Well the signal seems to be getting stronger but not necessarily close." He explained.

"So how long do you think it'll take Bokomon?" Auroramon asked.

"Well at the rate that we're going and how fast BlackGatomon is on her feet, oh and not to mention that Lilithmon and Leviamon are roaming around... let's see." He thought as Koji and Koichi looked at him.

"You know you're not making us feel any better." Koji said coldly.

"Well we wouldn't be in this situation if you hadn't let that key out of your sight." Bokomon yelled back at him. Koji hated it when Bokomon looked down on them especially certain people who've made a mistake in the past. For example, Takuya made a mistake in trying to kill his friends, by accident, and Bokomon kept on bringing it up as if he didn't feel bad already.

"Now, now, no need to fight." Zoe said to them as Koichi agreed with her. No point in arguing with each other while they're on a mission.

"So are we any closer now Taky?" JP looked over Takuya's shoulder. "Well JP, since Zoe asked before up to when Koji and Bokomon stopped to have a small spat, that leaves us to barely 2 feet from where Zoe asked." Takuya said in a professor teaching a dumb student manner. Auroramon laughed uncomfortably then looked over at Tommy who seemed to be pretty quiet since their fight with DoruGreymon.

"You alright Tommy" Tommy looked up at her a bit startled then nodded slowly. "Is something bugging you?" He shook his head as Zoe and the others started to pay more attention towards the two. "You know Tommy if there's something bugging you, you should tell us right away." Zoe bent over to him then noticed that he seemed a bit more pale than usual. Zoe quickly put her hand on his head and he seemed a bit warm before he suddenly fell into her arms.

"Tommy!" They all rushed over to him. Zoe examined him and smiled with relief. "He's fine but just tired." She said yawning herself.

"It seems that we're all tired." Auroramon said looking at Takuya as she smiled at him. "Your right, we should rest for the remainder of the afternoon." Takuya said to the gang and they all nodded at him but JP then stood up.

"Wait, shouldn't we keep going instead since the Demon Lords are going to find them." He explained to them. "Yah but JP," Koichi said patting his back. "If we do go on, tired and all, we won't stand a chance against anyone like BlackGatomon for example." He said as JP finally nodded.

"Well then what should we do?" Zoe asked. "I mean, JP sorta does have a point. We can't just let the Demon Lords find the Keys." Zoe told them.

"Well then we should have a different plan in mind." Koji spoke up and everybody looked at them in shock. "What do you mean Koji, we can't..." Takuya started then paused after thinking about it for a while. Maybe he is right but what other plan does he have in mind? He thought.

"Alright, if there aren't any more questions then I'll explain later. For now, we should just fix up a fire and food." He said walking away as if he had this planned for a while now.

"No arguing with the guy." Auroramon said as they all started to leave to get firewood or food. Zoe still stayed with Tommy who was resting in her arms.

Bokomon and Neemon both came back with, you guessed it, meat apples again. JP after he came back and helped with the fire started to tear up. "No please, NO MORE MEAT APPLES, I can't take it anymore!!!" He started to yell at the top of his lungs. Then Zoe punched him. "Keep your voice down, Tommy is still sleeping." She said in a hushed but menacing voice which left JP to shrink towards the ground.

"Have no fear, Koichi, Takuya and Auroramon are here!" Takuya started to march into the area with the two following.

"Wait weren't you guys suppose to find firewood instead?" Zoe kind of laughed when she thought of Takuya bringing back food for the group. "Well, ya but thanks to Koichi, we found a mess of fish in a nearby river that seemed to be getting restless." He said scratching the back of his head.

"Yup so we decided to enlighten them." Auroramon smiled as she tossed her share of firewood into the fire. Then Tommy shifted a bit then started to roll around, they all then looked over at the little kid who started to wake up slowly.

"Tommy, you feeling better?" Zoe came by to his side.

"Yup, I guess I just needed some sleep." He said smiling at Zoe who was relieved, then he sniffed the air. "Is that fish?" Tommy looked around. "Well you smelled right." She pointed to the fire as they both saw the guys cooking the fish that they caught.

"Hey little fella, you feeling alright?" JP looked over to him.

"Yup and something smells yummy." He licked his lips.

"Well I hope so." Auroramon giggled. "And hopefully Takuya doesn't give us food poisoning." Koji smirked. Takuya looked at him with a bit of an annoyed look and stomped over to Koji. "What was that?" He picked him up but his collar. "What if meant." Koji said pushing him back and then the two started scrapping on the ground.

"Guys, this isn't helping." Bokomon yelled at them then glanced at the fish. "Oh the fish is ready." As he said that, the two boys on the ground looked up and stared at him. They then made over to the rest of them, forgetting about the fight. Boys. Zoe rolled her eyes then walked over towards the others as well.

When they were finished eating, they rested for a bit then Auroramon, after remembering something important, asked them a question. "Hey guys, so what are we going to do about the Keys?" They all then looked over to Koji who was leaning against a tree.

"Yah, Koji you did say that you had a plan of some sort and that you were going to tell us." Zoe said looking at him with puppy dog eyes. Koji closed his eyes then forced himself to sit up and face the others.

"Well I figured that since we don't really have a chance to find the remaining keys, we should just ask Oph... er Salamon if there's another option that we have since Lucemon's been working on this for a while I think." He finished.

"Well I think your right," Koichi suddenly thought up something that never really came across his mind until now. "And maybe he's the reason why Leopardmon has turned on his fellow Royal Knights if they were really good like he did Dynasmon and Crusadermon. Also making him battle us him so that Lucemon himself would have more time to find these Keys." Koichi stated as they all stared at him wide eyed.

"So this was his plan from the beginning?" Zoe asked shocked.

"Indeed." Bokomon said as he closed the book to write all of this down. Neemon just stared at them with his natural blank stare. "I don't get it." He said but Bokomon and the others were too in the zone to even pay attention to their red pants wearing friend.

Whoa, the plot thickens...

Lucemon is really devious isn't he

No wonder why he was appointed the leader of the Demon Lords

Sorry for the long wait, it took a lot for me to think this up

(especially during summer... haha)

I'm useless during summer

Anyways review what you think so far and we'll see if you want me to continue