A Digimon Frontier Fanfic

By Sakura Martinez



Author's Notes:

Well, Happy New Year to everyone. Hope you guys had a great new year celebration!

As for me, it was a double celebration since it was also my birthday, lol... I think I over ate, though.

Anyways, as promised here is the update for this week. Chapter 53 of Chronicles of Time. Hope you guys like it!

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Chronicles of Time: Cyber World

Eightfold Illusions Part VI



He walked as casually as he could, making sure that no one finds him too conspicuous.

Of all the time planes that he had found himself in while following the Spirit Shinkers on their new journey, this was perhaps the most 'normal' time plane of all. There were nothing out of the peculiarity. No raging battles between Chronosmon's minions and the Spirit Shinkers, no Digimons prowling about causing havoc, no bizarre weather phenomena. Nothing of that sort could be found.

What was there was a bustling city, full of life and of people who were going about on their own businesses. It was like the Tokyo of the original time plane before all of this began. For him, it was odd that such a time plane would exist.

He knew a lot about the existence of this so-called planes. He knew why they exist and not just who caused them but why he, Chronosmon, has caused it to begin with. That's right, he knows everything however, even if he does, he cannot divulge these information to those people who are really involved. At least, not yet.

The Time Planes, Chronosmon created them to separate all the Spirit Shinkers. To make sure that they would have a slim chance of finding one another and therefore, a slim chance of fixing that which has been tampered with. Sure, it would have been a much easier task to simply destroy the Spirit Shinkers, but Chronosmon had seen the consequences of such an action – he had tried it before after all. No, Chronosmon cannot risk it. Not once more.

Chronosmon needs the Spirit Shinkers, at least, he needs what they are capable of doing and handling – the Spirits of the Ancient Ten. As the Spirits choose their own master and have spoken, Chronosmon can no longer bend them to his will and that is where the Spirit Shinkers come in. Corrupting the Spirits when they have grown so much would be somewhat near impossible, however, corrupting a human is another matter.

"He had already done it before," he muttered to himself as he walked past people, following a young man with a bald head, "back at the Crystal Dome when he made Junpei and the others give up their spirits and go home. I understand now, that was only a test-run of what he is really planning to do."

The memory of what Kouichi had witnessed and underwent. Having to face off against Izumi was something that he suddenly remembered.

"Izumi..." he sighed. "I should have known..."

He was so lost in thought, that he did not realize he had already entered the subway. It only dawned upon him when the screeching sound of the train coming to a halt awakened him from his thoughts.

He was lost before, but now...

"Stupid, stupid..." he said as he hit his head with his fist albeit lightly, "You were supposed to be following Hitakaru, what the heck was I doing allowing my thoughts to cloud my concentration on what's really important?"

Flashback...

He had been watching them for a while, searching for the next Spirit Shinker that was to be found in that time plane. The woods were thick and lush, and the fact that the sun had yet to rise made their search even more harder.

He had been following them, of course, he made sure to make no sounds whatsoever that could give him away. It was not yet time to face them.

These two – Kouichi and Yumi, however, need very little help from him. He had seen what they are capable of together. How their minds work when they both work together was something that awed him. Sure, he knew that they are both quite smart but, he did not know that they could work this well together. It didn't take long for these two to realize that they would be searching for the bearer of the Wood Spirit, Hitakaru, on this time plane.

Of course, even if they were smart enough to figure that out so fast, he could not be entirely sure that they would complete this plane without a hitch. That was the reason why he decided to follow them rather than the others, besides which, they all took the same portal that Izumi took.

"Which means that they might face her again... and this time, I don't think she would simply just let herself be seen and then walk away without getting her hands on Kouichi." He thought to himself. "But, should that time come, what am I suppose to do?"

He was snapped from his reverie when he caught sight of someone moving along the bushes. Kouichi and Yumi seemed to have noticed this as they whirled around, searching for where and who made the noise. Quick to react, he immediately hid himself. The other person seemed to have also done the same thing.

"Did you hear that?" He could hear Yumi asking. "Someone's here with us."

He could imagine Kouichi nodding, then he heard him summon his sword and from the vibes he was getting from him, he guessed that he had went to his Duskmon Mode.

"Better get your guard up, Yumi." Duskmon said.

"Right." Yumi agreed as she too summoned her own sword.

He looked around, searching where the other person was. Wondering if it was really a person or just a humanoid-type of Digimon. The silence that followed after Yumi and Kouichi spoke was eerie. There were no sounds, not even the rustling of the leaves from the wind nor the sound of nocturnal Digimons. It was just like from the previous time plane that Kouichi and Yumi had been in.

It took a while for him to see the figure backing away from the couple. Slowly and as stealthily as he could, he followed the figure deeper into the forest.

His hunch on who it was proved to be correct. It was Izumi. As far as she was from him, he could make out her facial expression. She looked as though she was angry at something but the look on her eyes was different from that on her face. He wanted to do something to help her, but he didn't know what. He knew how Takuya was going to take this when he finds out.

Izumi then waved her hands in the air, and out of nowhere a portal appeared where she immediately jumped into and vanished.

He looked back to where Kouichi and Yumi were still straining their eyes and ears searching for whoever made the noise and then towards the now vanishing portal. Sighing, and seeing that it was the only chance he has of finding Izumi and seeing for himself what happened to her, he rushed towards the portal and jumped in as well.

Passing through portals upon portals, whizzing and whirling, He found himself in an all-too familiar place. Tokyo, Japan.

The place was all too perfectly intact. The people were living peacefully.

"Another illusion created by Chronosmon or...?" He wondered, it was then that he caught sight of another Spirit Shinker. One of the four who Seraphimon and Ophanimon asked the others to look for. It was a bald-headed young man roughly the age as Takuya, wearing a pair of blue jeans and an orange-colored vest. It was Hitakaru Juinichi.

"I may not have found Izumi just yet, but Hitakaru would do for now." He grinned to himself. Then a question popped in his head: How was he about to explain everything to the young man?

Having no idea on what to say, and with Hitakaru already moving along the crowd. He decided that the only thing he could do right now was follow him and make sure that Izumi would not be able to hurt him.

"Nice work." He told himself as he looked around for any signs of a bald head.

Just then, someone spoke to him from behind. It was an understatement to say that he was surprised, after all, he didn't think anyone would come to him and talk to him in that place.

"Alright, spit it out, why have you been following me?" Another thing that surprised him was that, of all the people that would speak to him, it just happens to be the very person whom he was tailing.

The first thing he replied? "What?"

"I'm not that oblivious to the surroundings not to notice that you've been following me around for a while now, you know." Hitakaru said. "I don't think I know you. So, what's your deal?"

"Uh... You're right, we haven't met before." He replied thinking how certainly unexpected this was. "But there's something very important that you have to know. That you have to remember."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Hitakaru asked, he was certainly irritated. "Are you one of those loonies that says the world is about to end or something like that?"

"N-no, of course not." He replied. This was certainly a tough job for him. "Look, just listen. Does the word 'Spirit Shinker' remind you of anything?"

"Spirit-what-now?" Hitakaru asked, his arms already crossed.

"Spirit Shinker." He repeated. "Look, I'm not here to cause trouble but I have to remind you of who really are, your purpose in this world before Chronosmon finds you."

The name 'Chronosmon' suddenly caught Hitakaru's attention as he quickly pulled him down and closer and whispered, "Are you nuts?! Don't ever speak that name in public!"

"What? Why not?" He asked, confused. "Well, it's a good thing you remembered that name. It would make my job of explaining things easier."

Hitakaru looked around to see if anyone heard his companion. When he saw that everyone was oblivious to what he just said, he released his grip on him and said, "This isn't the best place to talk about that. Come with me."

The two of them walked as fast as they could while making sure that they don't stand out like a sore thumb. They walked past people and past alleyways making sure that no one would suspect anything about them and follow them to who-knows-where they were going.

He wondered why Hitakaru was being so discrete about his actions. Soon they found themselves on the farthest alley and in a dead end.

Hitakaru looked around and when he saw that no one had followed him and saw that they were alone, he asked, "Alright, how did you know about Chronosmon and about me? Spill it out if you know what's good for you."

"Shouldn't I be the one asking that question?" He asked. "I had thought you'd forgotten about Chronosmon and about your destiny as a Spirit Shinker – a person capable of evolving into creatures known as Digimons."

"Alright, now I'm curious as to how you know these things." Hitakaru said, he was eying the strange companion that he had found. "I don't think I've ever mentioned fighting Chronosmon to anyone, after all, that's supposed to be a secret."

"As surprising that it sounds, I didn't hear about it from anyone. I know these things just because." He replied.

"You're even more secretive than I am."

"And you're not careful enough, Hitakaru." He said. "You should be wary around people, especially if they know about Chronosmon and evolving into Digimons and all that stuff."

"You make it sound like there are others who would know about it as well." Hitakaru said. "Well, sorry to tell you, I'm the only one who can do it around here and besides you, I'm the only one who knows of my secret life."

"I wouldn't count on that." He replied. "Nine more people can do what you can, though, they may not be around here, they are also fighting Chronosmon... at least, eight of them are."

"What about the other one?" Hitakaru asked.

He closed his eyes and shrugged. "I don't know." He then asked, "What do you mean 'secret life'?"

Hitakaru grinned as if it was the biggest accomplishment of his life, he then took a newspaper from his pocket and threw it at his companion's direction.

He caught the newspaper, which had been folded. He then unfolded it and looked at the front page. It was there where he saw a picture of Arbormon with a headline reading: 'Mysterious Metalic Monster Fights Against Lord Chronosmon's Men'.

"That." Hitakaru stated. "Is what I meant."

"You're playing superhero?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

Hitakaru grinned. "I like to think of myself as a rebel hero than a super hero. What's your side of the story? Can you transform like I can?"

He looked at Hitakaru and sighed. "That's not important. What's important is that we get out of this time plane. Those who have the same 'ability' as you will be the one to explain everything to you, not me."

"Wait, you were ecstatic about explaining things to me before. Why the change of heart?" Hitakaru asked. "And what do you mean 'get out of this place', unless you're oblivious, and I'm guessing you are, the whole of Tokyo has been on lock down thanks to Chronosmon and his lackeys."

"I didn't exactly mean get out of Tokyo." He replied. "We just have to find the portal out of here."

"Portal? Whoa, like some sort of computer game?"

"Whatever suits your imagination, Hitakaru." He sighed, it was next to impossible for him to explain things.

"So, how do we go about looking for it?" Hitakaru asked. "It's hidden, right?"

He nodded. "We need to find something that has a connection with you and with the others. It could be something that could jog up your memory of what exactly happened before you and the others were separated."

"I'll just pretend to understand what the hell you're saying, but once we find these so-called 'others', I'm expecting a full explanation on things." Hitakaru said.

"Don't worry about that, they will explain everything to you." He assured Hitakaru.

After their discussion, the two exited from whence they came and went on acting casual while looking for whatever it was that could link Hitakaru with the others. His companion went on and asked him all sorts of questions that would enable him to remember what that 'something' is.

However, it seems no matter what he asked Hitakaru, they still could not find the answer they were looking for. Eventually, night fell and darkness covered the whole city.

Hitakaru was then moving faster than usually making his companion move faster along with him. When he saw the questioning look that he was giving him, Hitakaru explained about Tokyo having a curfew and anyone caught outside would be punished severely.

"By whom?" He asked. "Fellow humans?"

Hitakaru shook his head. "They may look like humans on the outside, but on the inside their more of a monster than anything else. As far as I know, there's some sort of parasitic digimon controlling their minds making them unable to do anything for themselves."

"Which explains why there's no Digimon guarding the city for Chronosmon."

Hitakaru nodded. "I found out about it while I was doing my usual routine of trying to liberate Tokyo from Chronosmon's grasps. He is using some sort of slug-like Digimon to control some of the people of Tokyo to do his bidding. I can't forgive him for that. I know I won't be able to defeat him by myself, but I'm hoping to take down his tower."

"Take down his tower?" He asked. He could very well understand what the young man was feeling. "You don't mean--."

"Right. He has claimed Tokyo Tower as his own." Hitakaru nodded. "What about you? What's your story? You seem to be too old for this sort of thing?"

"Age is an illusion." He replied. "Besides, that's a secret. Something you will learn along with the others...eventually."

"That's so unfair! You know a lot about me and I don't know anything about you." Hitakaru complained. "I don't even know what the hell your name is."

"Is that something you need to know to survive?" He replied. "It's not something important right now. Besides, I think I finally understood what it is we need to do to get ourselves that portal out of this place."

"Huh? What?"

"Taking Tokyo Tower back." He replied looking over at the direction where the magnificent tower stood.


To be continued...



Post Author's Notes:

Yeah, I know. This is one short chapter. I apologize for that but this chapter was meant to be shorter than this. Either way, I hope you guys like it.

Well, I have to cut this A/N short since there is still a lot of things I have to do. Anyhow, Happy New Year to everyone once again! This is Sakura Martinez saying "PEACE" and signing out! Until next time, ja ne!

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