Kari stood there at the edge of the cliff. She had just witnessed her
partner, Gatomon and her beloved friend Wizardmon plummet towards the
ground. She called out, "Gatomon!!! Wizardmon!!!" She didn't know what
else to do, but hope that they were alive and not badly injured. She was
frozen with fear as she just looked over the cliff, staying perfectly
still. She didn't know why she was waiting, but she was hoping for some
sort of answer. Unfortunately for her, no one had answered back. She
covered her face with her hands and began to cry.
"Kari!!!" a voice behind her called to her.
She turned around to see it was actually her older brother Tai calling to her. Tai shouted again, "Kari! Get out of the way. Look out for DarkTyrannomon! They're coming towards you!!!"
Kari was so wrapped up with Wizardmon and Gatomon, she had completely forgotten who had sent them there in the first place. She now had a new thing to fear as the two DarkTyrannomon slowly approached helpless Kari. She shouted, "Tai! Help!!!"
Enough was enough for Tai, as he called to Agumon. "Agumon! Time to digivolve!"
Agumon nodded as Tai's digivice began to glow. "Agumon digivolve to...Greymon!"
The once small yellow reptile digimon had now grown to become the fierce and powerful Greymon. He stood ready to fight the two DarkTyrannomon. Seeing the unfair odds stacked against Greymon, Sora called out for her digimon. "Ok Biyomon, are you ready!?!"
Biyomon nodded her head as now Sora's digivice reacted to her call. "Biyomon digivolve to...Birdramon!"
The pink bird had now elevated herself into a large orange bird with enormous wings. She took flight and floated right besides Greymon. The two DarkTyrannomon did not seem impressed as they were already prepared for battle. Kari seeing that the others distracted the two, she quickly rushed over to where Tai and Sora stood. Sora however, had a worried look on her face as she turned to Tai.
She said, "Tai, maybe we should digivolve them to their Ultimate forms. They couldn't lose."
Tai answered, "We can't, we have to conserve as much energy we can. We won't have the time to rest. They'll need all the strength they can get if they're going to take on Apolycamon again. Their champion forms will just have to do for now."
The two DarkTyrannomon wasted no time as they instantaneously started to charge for them. Greymon went head to head with one of the DarkTyrannomon as he grabbed the other hands and tried their best to overpower him. Birdramon on the other hand kept her distance from the other DarkTyrannomon. While in air, Birdramon let loose her attack. "METEOR WING!" a barrage of fire blast hurled down from Birdramon's dormant wings as it at seemed that it had reined fire from the skies above. The attack made contact with the unsuspecting DarkTyrannomon as he tried it's best to reduce the damage inflicted upon him. On the other hand Greymon continued to spar with the other DarkTyrannomon, as it seemed that he was losing. The DarkTyrannomon continued to push as Greymon was having a hard time to overpower him. When it seemed that he was about to overtaken Greymon opened his mouth. "NOVA BLAST!" a deadly fireball emerged from Greymon's mouth and blasted the DarkTyrannomon. With its guard down and weakened, Greymon lunged for him and pick him up. Lifting it up above, he threw DarkTyrannomon at the other. The other was caught off guard as he saw his companion heading straight for him at great speed. They collided and both dropped to the ground. Seeing their chance, Greymon and Birdramon timed their attacks. "METEOR WING!" "NOVA BLAST!" their attacks were enough as they hit to two fallen ones. They were out for the count. Seeing that the trouble was over, Greymon and Birdramon dedigivolved back into their rookie forms. They quickly rushed over to their partners. "You did great Agumon," Tai said as he complemented his partner's victory. "You too Biyomon" Sora replied as she knelt and hug her partner. After she had done so, she got up and turned to face Tai. She replied, "Tai, shouldn't we go down and rescue Gatomon and Wizardmon?"
Tai thought about it and replied, "No..." "What? But Tai..." Sora protested Tai's decision. "Listen, I want to go and rescue them too. But I know we can't." Tai explained, "If we go down there and try and look for them, we'd waste too much time. We need all the time we can get; each passing moment we waste, Apolycamon grows stronger. Remember what Wizardmon had said before he dropped. He said to go on without him and he'd meet us there."
Kari asked, "But what's going to happen to them Tai?"
Tai reassured his little sister, "Don't worry Kari, I'm sure they can take care of themselves." "I'll have to agree with Tai." Agumon said
Biyomon also nodded, "Tai had got a point on this one, Sora. We have to get there as soon as possible or we'll be too late to join the rest of the others."
Sora was still a little uncomfortable with the thought of leaving them together. She managed to find some relief when she asked, "Kari, sweetie what do you think we should do? Should we go down there and find them. Or should we continue on? I'd feel a lot better if you were the one who decides this choice."
Kari herself was a little shy. All the things that had happened to her were something that had a great impact upon her. And now, at this time, she was given the role of a leader who would choose the parties next call. She didn't know what she should do. She both cared for Gatomon and Wizardmon; no one could ever replace them. Then again, to save this world she would have to take a chance. A gamble that they too will get towards the meeting point on time and ready to join the fight if necessary. She was hoping and chancing Gatomon and Wizardmon would be safe and well when they arrive. She was just too confused to choose what she should do.
Finally she had made her decision. She took a deep breath and answered, "I think we should go on."
Tai knelt down, "Now you're sure Kari?"
She nodded and agreed with Tai. "All right, let's go everyone. Time to teach Apocalymon a thing or two about messing with our friends."
Tai led the way towards the meeting point as the rest followed up behind. They marched towards the east as the sun had beaten down upon the five heroes. However, the sunlight was more of a small comfort then an annoyance. They knew that where they were going, the darkness would soon follow. The evil and danger would soon surround them. And the day they had thought they would only see once in their lifetime; had come again. Apocalymon was near resurrection, but the digidestined and their digimon would die before he would corrupt the digital world with his evil influence. They marched on and in different parts of the digital world; twelve others marched along with them, to meet and unite once again to fight the common foe.
Among the twelve, two of them still had something to take care of first. Directly below Tai and the others laid Gatomon and the fallen Wizardmon. Gatomon had still held on to his hand, never letting go. Eyes still locked with one another and answers now cleared in both minds. "Wizardmon...I know now the truth..." Gatomon had replied
I myself had realized that. I replied with my weakened voice, "I do too, I'm sorry it took me this long to understand it. Please forgive my ignorance..." "Wizardmon..." Gatomon replied as the tears continued to fall from her deep blue eyes. My hand and her paw were still holding as she lowered her head and buried her face on my chest. I worked what little strength I had to place my free hand upon her brow. "Don't let any of this bother you. You deserve to cry here and now, you know what the truth is now. I know what the truth is now."
And I really did, I understood what had happened. I believe it had over taken me when I saw her. I chose to save her. The message, I will protect you with all my power and strength, no matter what the cost may be, had entered my mind as I swooped in and rescued her. The signs were now clear and I understood the truth within me. I was in love with her; I knew that without a doubt in my mind. The consequence of this act was something I knew all too well. I was spared once by the council, I knew that I would not be given another. Hopefully, the council had not witnessed the act I had committed. I had to keep this a secret from their eyes no matter what.
The time we laid there seemed almost impossible to measure. Through it all, the main mission had showed its face within my chaotic mind. The mission could not be ignored nor can it be put to the side. I lifted my hand from Gatomon's brow and reached for my staff. Firmly grasping it within my palm I got up from where I laid. Gatomon had noticed my sudden movements as she lifted her head. My jumpsuit was a little damp from her tears, but I didn't mind. She backed away as I used my staff to support me and I lifted myself from the ground. My body was pretty sore, but I could safely say if I were any other digimon, I wouldn't have the strength to get back up. "Wizardmon...what are you doing?" Gatomon asked me
I explained, "We have to get going. Quickly, we have to catch up with the others. Ugh..." I slightly lost my balance as I soon recovered it. I had to lean more on my staff for more support. Gatomon quickly rushed over to my aid.
"What are you talking about? You should rest now, you're hurt." Gatomon mentioned.
I protested, "We don't have time for that. We have to meet up with the others at the meeting place so we can face Apocalymon and save the digital world." "Listen, I still do not know what you are talking about." Gatomon asked
I realized that she was not with us when we had seen Gennai. Of coarse she wouldn't know what I was talking about. I replied, "Gatomon, a little while back, I met up with a strange and unusual digimon. It was a Gotsumon and it was raving about something. I tried to calm it down, but eventually it fainted and I took it back to the digimon village. After it had recovered, it had told us about a strange device deep in the forest. Being that as it may, me, Tai, Sora, and Biyomon decided to find out what Gotsumon had found."
"Ok, so what does that have to do with anything?" Gatomon asked
"Hold on, I'm not finished yet. You see, an old man named Gennai had told us that Apocalymon had resurrected himself and was stealing power from the digital world. To better aid himself, he sent powerful, but dumber clones of the Dark Masters. Gennai had located the place where Apocalymon was hiding, so have to head there as soon as possible." I explained, "Now lets get a move on!"
I started to move towards the east, using my staff for support. Gatomon quickly rushed over to me, "But Wizardmon you're hurt." Gatomon protested
I continued, "That doesn't matter, my wounds will heal over time. Gatomon, the group needs you there. Kari needs you there I need you there. Listen, Kari will be in danger if we are not there to protect her. Don't worry about me, it's the safety of the digital world I'm more concerned with now."
I had to convince her, "If anyone is going to worry about my health, it will be me. The best thing I want you to do is keep you're mind focused on the mission."
She was a little uneasy for her to accept, especially after she had found the truth. But I could tell that she knew I was serious and she followed my instructions. "Ok Wizardmon, but I'm not going to leave you all alone and defenseless here. We are going to march together and that's MY decision."
I had to admit, I wouldn't fight with her on this one. "All right..." slowly, but carefully we walked towards the east.
As the time had passed by and a few hours rolled on, we began to have a little small talk. She discussed herself and her adventures that she has had. I was more then happy to listen to her. Unfortunately I couldn't tell much about myself. That was ok; she seemed to do most the talking. Once in while however, an enemy came across our path and challenged us to a fight. It was actually quite expected as the closer we got, the harder the enemies became. I myself was pretty hurt, but was fully capable of defending myself. I still had plenty of power to serve up and teach anyone to come across us. Strangely enough, whenever one did, Gatomon would be quick to act and instantaneously defended me. Perhaps she was just trying to protect me, but maybe she was a little over protective. I saw her as she kick flipped away from our recent enemy. It was a Gorillamon, a champion level digimon. Despite their same levels, Gatomon was far more skilled and experience and had no trouble. She landed back on the ground gracefully as Gorillamon recovered back from the kick he had received from Gatomon.
Gorillamon was about to counter as he aimed his gun-hand at Gatomon. He shouted, "ENERGY CANNON!" as his veins bulged out of his arm. The power he was creating within his cannon hand was building and was ready to be let loose upon Gatomon. I raised my staff and was about to attack him when suddenly Gatomon decided upon a perfect finishing move. She stared him down with her deep blue eyes and shouted, "CAT'S EYE HYPNOTISM!" her eyes glowed an eerie light as they also began to glow in Gorillamon's eyes as well. I wasn't exactly too sure how this attack had worked, but for what I've seen so far, it seemed to have a similar effect as my thunder ball. Surprisingly Gorillamon's cannon arm suddenly pointed up. He then fired the extreme blast from his cannon and shot towards the sky. His attack was a complete failure as Gorillamon's eyes regain their normal settings. Dumbfounded to what had happened it looked around to see Gatomon charging right at him. With a quick leap Gatomon shouted, "LIGHTING PAW!" and buried her cat fist right at his stomach. Gorillamon flew backwards from the impact of her attack. It was enough force to propel his back up against a tree. Gatomon meant business, as he lay there completely knocked out. She knelt down as she started to catch her breath.
I walked over to her and placed my hand at her shoulder. I replied, "Gatomon, perhaps you should take it a little easy for a while. I mean it's you who has to conserve your strength for the battle to come. With you fighting all this time, I'm afraid they're going to wear you out." She responded as she got up, "Don't worry about me Wizardmon, I'm more concerned with you." "Aren't you being a little.over protective of me?" I explained "What? Me? I'm not being over protective." Gatomon protested. I of coarse knew otherwise, "Gatomon listen to me. I know we have finally admitted to ourselves that we have something going on between us, but that doesn't make any difference on how we should proceed in battle. We still fight, side by side as we always have." Gatomon replied, "But Wizardmon you're injured." "I'm fully aware of that, but you have to take it easy. You play a much larger part in the final battle then I do. And if you fall before Apocalymon because you spent all your energy guarding me, I would never be able to forgive myself. I may not be at full strength, but I am fully capable of defending myself and MY main concern right now is you." I explained to her. She began to reply, "Wizardmon I'm just trying to." "Protect me right?" I finished her sentence, "I know you are and I appreciate that. But you must conserve your strength at all cost. This maybe a little hard for you, but I want you to focus more about the main mission then on me. Don't worry though, we'll get there together." She eased from the recent tension she had received. Unexpectedly she leaped forward and wrapped her arms around my body and buried her face on my chest. She sighed as the sudden action surprised me. After my shock had worn off, I was quite pleased that she was at least being herself. I placed my hand at her brow and gently ran my fingers through her short trimmed fur. She purred at my touch as I repeated it, I could see she was pleased. After I had realized what was happening I quickly and abruptly stopped. "Well, (Ahem) we better get going. We don't have time to waste here." and I quickly started to walk. Gatomon on the other hand smiled and quickly caught up to me. We walked side by side as she struck up a conversation. As I had been doing, I listened to her as she continued to talk. I felt it was actually a nice moment; she was actually opening up to someone. I had wondered if she had ever done this with anyone. Perhaps she might have with Kari, but then again, from the way they described things, they didn't actually have free time to talk. I felt quite special if I was the one she first opened up to. That might be an encouragement to do so with everyone else, but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. As time passed and we had covered a fairly amount of distance we saw a clear lake ahead. As we got closer we began to notice the full detail and beauty of it. The sun, which had settled slightly since noon, shined down upon the lake creating a splendor that we had not seen in a while. The rays from the sun had shined down upon the lake, reflecting off it creating the multiple crystal-like shines that seem to really bring out the life in the area. I believed we had earned a rest, for a few moments at least. We rushed towards the lake as stared at in awe. I replied, "You see Gatomon, this is what we fight for. To protect this.peace." Gatomon took a deep breath and saw the settings, eyes wide opened. I could tell she had understood what I had said. I believe that she would be more determined now then she will ever be. I said as I started to turn, "Alright Gatomon, I believe that's enough site-seeing for now. Let's get going." However something disturbed Gatomon as she suddenly grabbed my hand. I asked, "What?" "Something is coming," she whispered. With that said a huge splash formed in the lake. A being of great size emerged from the once peaceful and carefree lake. As the water droplets washed away from its face it turned to look down upon us. "Seadramon." I replied as I had identified what the type of digimon it was. It was a champion level digimon, obviously a sea animal type. Suddenly Gatomon took off and started to charge directly for it. I yelled, "No! Gatomon!" She only yelled back, "Stand back Wizardmon!" She rushed for him ready and prepared for battle. Seadramon on the other hand had another strategy in mind. It used its massive tail and swung at Gatomon at such swift speed and celerity. Gatomon however caught on and leaped at great distance and dodged the attack. As she landed she continued her charge. Now Gatomon was expecting for Seadramon to continue to attack her with his tail, but surprisingly Seadramon switched strategies. Seadramon pulled its head away and opened its mouth. "ICE BLAST!" a frozen beam of ice emitted from its mouth reigned down upon Gatomon. She was surprised by this attack and quickly acted fast and back flipped to avoid it. Seadramon attacked again ruthlessly, "ICE BLAST," but Gatomon too quick to be caught by his attack. She kicked from her right leg, thrusting herself towards the left and dodged it. From that moment I noticed Gatomon had increased her breathing. She was tired and I knew it, but she was concealing it as best as she could. I knew she wouldn't have the readiness to dodge the next one whether it would come from his tail or his breath. It opened his mouth wide open and launched its attack, "ICE BLAST!" Gatomon saw it coming, as she tried her best to quickly get out of the way. "MAGICAL GAME!" I shouted as surge of magical energy bolted from my staff and hit the Seadramon's attack. It was enough power to shatter the mere digimon attack and continue to drive upward until it hit Seadramon right at the face. Gatomon turned to see that it was I who had invoked the attack. I had recovered enough, so that most of my abilities had returned to me. I made a quick break for it and grabbed Gatomon and took to the skies. While Gatomon in one hand I raised my other in the air and spread my fingers. Slowly, an orange aura appeared at the palm of my hand. Energy was gathered until it had formed a ball at tips of my hand. I quickly threw it right at Seadramon, "THUNDER BALL" a blast made contact and just like all the other times, and Seadramon became a victim of my attack as he was now dazed and confused. I took advantage of the moment as I always had and quickly got out of there. In one hand was my trusty staff and in the other was Gatomon as she opened her eyes to see where she was. She was actually quite surprised to see she was in the air. I said to her, "Hey Gatomon, you all right?" She looked up only to see my gentle dark brown eyes gaze down upon her. She smiled as she responded, "I'm all right now. Thank you Wizardmon." she began to place her cheek at my chest. Slowly rubbing against it as she was soothed by the fact she was rescued by me. I was glad she was safe and for the fact that she wasn't hurt. I replied, "I think I should do the traveling until we get there. That ok with you?" She nodded as we continued to fly towards the orange and yellow horizon. We were close to our destination; you could say I sensed it. The strong western winds blew across my black bangs as it rustled through them messing them about. My ponytail had wafted through the breeze as it had also done with Gatomon's long ears. She asked, "Do you think we may not make it in time?" I replied softly, "No Gatomon. I think we're going to see the others real soon." "But how can you be sure?" She asked me. "I actually don't know. Call it intuition I suppose." I replied. The truth was, I really did not know if everyone is going to make it or not. Then again, I remembered a little message I received from the council a little while ago. I believe it went a little like; things just have a way of working out, just have more faith Chronos. That is a lesson you will learn. Then I began to notice a small noise that was coming from somewhere as the wind continued to blow across our bodies. It was sort of a slightly high-pitched noise that would come and go. I asked, "What is that noise?" Gatomon looked around, as she too was curious to know what was making this noise. Then it came to her as she located the device that was making the sound. It turns out it was the whistle that she had around her neck, the one that Kari had given her. She held it in her paw as she looked at it, "Kari." she whispered, not really want to be heard. I picked up what she had said and calmed her down as I responded, "Don't worry Gatomon, you'll see Kari again. I promise you that." She nodded as she was reassured by my answer and voice. We headed at a decent speed towards the east, as it seemed to grow darker and darker for every passing moment. It was if the digital world itself was warning us of the dark and evil being that was ahead. The winds died down and the refreshing breeze that had once calmed us both no longer appeared. We treaded upon a territory of the digital world that most fear the go upon. I could only hope that everyone had the same or even more bravery to fight through this area of despair and evil. The sun seemed to be slowly covered up by strange and dark clouds. "This can't be a good sign." I thought. Soon I realized to what their presence could mean as I revealed it to Gatomon. "He's near resurrection." Gatomon looked up, "Are you sure Wizardmon? Do you think Apocalymon is close?" "Yes, I know he is. I'm going to go a little bit faster so hang on tight." I increased my flight speed, as the sense of evil grew stronger in my mind. I felt it all around me, and I'm pretty sure that Gatomon could feel the essence as well. She after all was the digimon that bared the crest of light. I had found that little bit of information when Gatomon had told me about all those things when we were walking. It wasn't until a few moments had I started to pay attention to the land settings. The terrain was getting worst and worst by the moment. The trees and plant life seem to be decaying and dieing. The roads itself was cracked and shattered as it twisted and winded down the way. I thought in the back of my mind, "I hope the others didn't have any trouble getting there." After a good amount of time had passed and the settings seemed the darkest I looked down upon the ground to see slight movements. I couldn't quite pick it up, that is until I started to descend towards the ground. Easily the figures that had created the movement came into perspective. I looked down on the ground as they now saw Gatomon and me in the air. "Hey! You guys!" a voice from below called to us. It was Tai who had signaled us and along him were Sora, Kari, Agumon and Biyomon. They had made it and it was a site to be seen as we were reunited. I let go of Gatomon as my feet touched upon the ground. She rushed over to Kari as she gave her a big hug. Agumon replied, "You made it." "I see you have too." I said back. Sora walked over to me, "Wizardmon, you're not hurt, right?" I responded back to her, "My injuries are not that bad. I've managed to recover along the way." "That's good to hear," Tai replied as he and Agumon started to observe the settings. I concluded that Agumon and Tai both could sense the Apocalymon's return. I asked, "You feel that as well don't you." They nodded, "Have been able to find anyone else?" Agumon shook his head, "We haven't been able to even see anyone but you." The moment that Agumon had said that, the sky dimmed more as a low thunder began to echo through the fields. Dark clouds that only covered the sky now were growing at an alarming rate. From those clouds a strange and eerie lighting stuck at the digital plain. "He's near complete." I informed everyone. "Quick! We have to stop him!" Tai shouted Agumon began to run besides him. We followed his lead as we started to run down the winding road. Then as we approached a hill we started to ascend giving us a larger view of the area. We grew higher as an object now appeared behind the steep hill. We continued to climb up until we saw it. The clouds had circled around the being before us as red lighting tore across the sky in all the directions. Dark winds howled across the field as we stood there and witness what was happening. A voice shouted from all the noise in the distance. "Tai!!!" we adjusted our view to see a group of beings, humans and digimon standing before the object as we had. Tai shouted, "Matt!!!" Suddenly another voice sprang up on another side of plain. "Tai!!! Matt!!!" he shouted as a group was behind him. Tai and Matt both shouted, "Izzy!!!" The group had all assembled as I had predicted. The question now was, are they too late. I drew my staff and placed it before me. Holding it with two hands I replied, "Now! Let the battle.begin!" A dark and ominous voice resonated throughout the field as Apocalymon shouted. The mere anger he had expressed created a deep crater within the field with him in the center. He had sunk, but so did a fair about of the field sunk with him. The sudden movement of the land almost caused us to loose balance, but we quickly recovered it. I had never seen anything like this creature before. The best way I could describe it was to be an extremely large dark-bluish sphere with multiple dirty yellow spikes protruding outward. However it was buried within the ground not really moving. I questioned if it had fully recovered. The others new better then me as they had realized he was not complete. He was quite vulnerable, as the others had explained it to me. Then with it's chilling voice he shouted, "Guardians! Awaken to defend you're master!" Out of the dead ground and soil emerged four tiny metal devices. I knew what they were, and most likely everyone else did as well. They began to spin rapidly as packets of data began to reform all around it. He was summoning fallen digimon to guard him. But as he was doing this, different spikes began to reform and change shape. From one spike it appeared to be the head of one digimon. "RIVER OF POWER!" it shouted as a blast of water emerged from Apocalymon and tried to hit Izzy's group. Luckily for them Apocalymon position was too off for him to hit them. That didn't mean he wouldn't give up. Another spike began to reform as he shouted, "PUPPET PUMMEL!" a blast of fire ran through the ground. I traced its path to see what he was aiming for. I figured out what the target had been as I shouted, "Kari!!! Get out of the way!!!" She saw the blast of power come towards her. She was too frighten to move, but after the feeling passed and told her to run she tired her best to dodge it. Fortunately for her she was not hit, but instead cause her to trip and fall into the crater. Tai shouted, "No! Kari!!!" But it was Gatomon who dove in and attempted to rescue her. I noticed that the four beings were almost ready to be recreated once again. We had to act fast, but with Kari there, fear had struck all the digimon and digidestined. They couldn't attack for Kari might get in the way. Gatomon continued to slide down as Kari had finally stopped tumbling. Gatomon quickly stood in front of her and the vicious Apocalymon. I had analyzed that it took a couple of moments for Apocalymon to charge up for another attack. Gatomon and Kari had to get out of there now, before he could muster the strength to attack once again. Gatomon turned and grabbed a hold of her, "Let's go Kari!" she stumbled at first, but soon got the hang of it as they began to run for her lives. I saw their progress and also estimated the time it was until Apocalymon had the power to attack. "They're not going to make it." I thought in my head. I started to quickly run towards them. As their backs were still turned to the being Apocalymon started to create another form from one its spikes. It was almost set as they were about to reach the edge of the crater. It shouted, "GRISLY WING!" a horde of dark bats emerged from Apocalymon and headed straight for Kari and Gatomon. Still running, they turned to see the blast coming straight at them. Kari suddenly tripped upon the ground and fell to the floor. Seeing the situation Gatomon turned and positioned her body as she was prepared to protect Kari from the devastating attack. Kari screamed as Agumon shouted, "Gatomon! NO!!!" She was prepared when suddenly a being leaped from behind and stood in front of them. I shouted, "I won't allow you to hurt them!!!" I forgot all about my time abilities and I just wanted to protect them. With my arms spread wide open, the blast of the grisly wing hit me directly on my body. The attack tore through my digital clothing as I felt the pure darkness and evil rip across by batter body. It felt like multiple daggers had stab right through my chest and continued to cut across the rest of me. Gatomon and Kari watched in horror and pain as I continued to shield them. Finally as the attack ended I fell to the floor damaged and hurt greatly. My palm loosened and opened as I let go of my staff and just stared above. "NO!" Tai shouted as he turned to Agumon. They knew what to do, and so did everyone else. They faced their digimon and held their digivices high as the power emerged from them. All except one, Kari and Gatomon knelt down before me. Tears in their eyes as Gatomon held my hand. With a backed up voice she managed to say, "no.this can't be happening again.no.it just can't be." she paused for a while and then continued. "NO! You promised me!" tears were now coming from her eyes as they dripped down and upon my beaten up body. My breathing was becoming very slow now as I tried to focus my eyes upon her. As this was happening the others started to engage the enemies. But Kari and Gatomon sat there besides me. I spoke with my weak voice, "I'm sorry Gatomon.but.that was one.promise I could not.keep." She shook her head as she was having trouble of accepting this. She buried her head upon my chest as the tears rubbed across me. I spoke again, "Don't be sad Gatomon.we both wouldn't want that for you." She understood who the other being was as I continued, "You're friend Wizardmon and I.will always be with you." Kari placed her arms at Gatomon's shoulders as she seeks to ease Gatomon and also to calm her down as well. I continued with what little strength I had, "Please.don't mourn for us.grieve.and then move on.remember.both of us will continue to watch over you. (Cough) for we.shall keep the darkness away from the light you give off." She lifted her head and let go of my hand. Tears dropping from her eyes she reached around her neck and held the whistle in her paw. She then wrapped it around my neck. My breathing was now very slow as I used my hand and placed it on the whistle. Using the strength I had I gripped it hard in my fist as my disguise began to flash and deteriorate. I was low on strength and my image was breaking up. I couldn't let them find out about this as I wrapped my fingers around my staff and managed to teleport away leaving the illusion of broken packets of data behind. I now lay there off in the distance covered by dead trees. I was completely exhausted and had little strength to do something. My image finally broke away and I resumed my human form. I lifted my hand and with the last of my strength cast my technique. Within moments a blue tare ripped across the digital plain. Lighting struck from the tare as thunder echoed through. The portal was opening and soon it pulled me in and I fell unconscious within the gateway.
I slowly opened my eyes as bright white light shined down upon me. I got up to see where I was and then suddenly knew where. A voice called, "Do not be alarmed keeper, you're safe now." "Huh? What happened?" I looked around I was within the high council's chambers. "You are within the safety walls of the time realm. When we had found you, you were badly beaten and were almost lifeless. We managed to recover you and here you sit. But remember keeper, we may have the powers of time, but there is a fine line between using it to judge life and death." the voice replied. I got up as I face before the council. "Wait, what happened to everyone?" The council responded, "See for yourself keeper." The floor began to move as it looked like it was turning into liquid. Finally a hole had appeared upon the floor and images began to emerge. They were pictures of everyone and battling Apocalymon and his minions. I saw images of Wargreymon bringing down the final blow to him." I smiled, as I was quite proud of what they did. The council replied, "You did a fine job, keeper. For one as young as you, you're first mission was a big success. You have improved much from this experience, but there is still much you have to learn. For now however, you deserve a good rest. Recharge your abilities and rest you're soul. You're next mission will be in three months." I bowed humbly before them and turned towards the double doors. I exited to the corridor of whispers as I held my head high. I stepped through the next set of doors as I saw again the familiar settings of the time realm. "So you came back after all. Guess you're not a complete failure," a voice said. I turned, "Oh ha ha, very funny Prisca." She walked towards me as we started to head towards the sleeping quarters. "Just kidding Chronos, so how was it? You enjoy your little mission?" I replied, "It had its high and low points. But what am I going to do now? I've got three months until I get handed another assignment. Right now, I really don't feel like training." Prisca placed her hand to her chin, "Hmmm.well I heard writing could pass the time. Why don't you try it?" "Me? A writer? I don't know. I mean what am I going to write about?" I asked her. Suddenly I felt something press against my chest. I looked to see what it was as I held it in my hand. Prisca curiously asked, "Eh? What's that?" "Oh nothing." I replied as the let the whistle dangle from my neck. "You know I think I've just gotten a good idea on what to write about." Prisca replied, "You know what you should do. You should hang around earth around 21st century. You could have you work posted somewhere so everyone could see and read it." "I don't know.I mean who's going to post a guy like me?"
END
-This is part one of my life; if you want to know what I wrote about, check it out on the Digiartists Domain. For the people who caught on to some strange stuff that wasn't answered here. I could say this is a little foreshadowing for you on what's going to happen. Peace till then.
She turned around to see it was actually her older brother Tai calling to her. Tai shouted again, "Kari! Get out of the way. Look out for DarkTyrannomon! They're coming towards you!!!"
Kari was so wrapped up with Wizardmon and Gatomon, she had completely forgotten who had sent them there in the first place. She now had a new thing to fear as the two DarkTyrannomon slowly approached helpless Kari. She shouted, "Tai! Help!!!"
Enough was enough for Tai, as he called to Agumon. "Agumon! Time to digivolve!"
Agumon nodded as Tai's digivice began to glow. "Agumon digivolve to...Greymon!"
The once small yellow reptile digimon had now grown to become the fierce and powerful Greymon. He stood ready to fight the two DarkTyrannomon. Seeing the unfair odds stacked against Greymon, Sora called out for her digimon. "Ok Biyomon, are you ready!?!"
Biyomon nodded her head as now Sora's digivice reacted to her call. "Biyomon digivolve to...Birdramon!"
The pink bird had now elevated herself into a large orange bird with enormous wings. She took flight and floated right besides Greymon. The two DarkTyrannomon did not seem impressed as they were already prepared for battle. Kari seeing that the others distracted the two, she quickly rushed over to where Tai and Sora stood. Sora however, had a worried look on her face as she turned to Tai.
She said, "Tai, maybe we should digivolve them to their Ultimate forms. They couldn't lose."
Tai answered, "We can't, we have to conserve as much energy we can. We won't have the time to rest. They'll need all the strength they can get if they're going to take on Apolycamon again. Their champion forms will just have to do for now."
The two DarkTyrannomon wasted no time as they instantaneously started to charge for them. Greymon went head to head with one of the DarkTyrannomon as he grabbed the other hands and tried their best to overpower him. Birdramon on the other hand kept her distance from the other DarkTyrannomon. While in air, Birdramon let loose her attack. "METEOR WING!" a barrage of fire blast hurled down from Birdramon's dormant wings as it at seemed that it had reined fire from the skies above. The attack made contact with the unsuspecting DarkTyrannomon as he tried it's best to reduce the damage inflicted upon him. On the other hand Greymon continued to spar with the other DarkTyrannomon, as it seemed that he was losing. The DarkTyrannomon continued to push as Greymon was having a hard time to overpower him. When it seemed that he was about to overtaken Greymon opened his mouth. "NOVA BLAST!" a deadly fireball emerged from Greymon's mouth and blasted the DarkTyrannomon. With its guard down and weakened, Greymon lunged for him and pick him up. Lifting it up above, he threw DarkTyrannomon at the other. The other was caught off guard as he saw his companion heading straight for him at great speed. They collided and both dropped to the ground. Seeing their chance, Greymon and Birdramon timed their attacks. "METEOR WING!" "NOVA BLAST!" their attacks were enough as they hit to two fallen ones. They were out for the count. Seeing that the trouble was over, Greymon and Birdramon dedigivolved back into their rookie forms. They quickly rushed over to their partners. "You did great Agumon," Tai said as he complemented his partner's victory. "You too Biyomon" Sora replied as she knelt and hug her partner. After she had done so, she got up and turned to face Tai. She replied, "Tai, shouldn't we go down and rescue Gatomon and Wizardmon?"
Tai thought about it and replied, "No..." "What? But Tai..." Sora protested Tai's decision. "Listen, I want to go and rescue them too. But I know we can't." Tai explained, "If we go down there and try and look for them, we'd waste too much time. We need all the time we can get; each passing moment we waste, Apolycamon grows stronger. Remember what Wizardmon had said before he dropped. He said to go on without him and he'd meet us there."
Kari asked, "But what's going to happen to them Tai?"
Tai reassured his little sister, "Don't worry Kari, I'm sure they can take care of themselves." "I'll have to agree with Tai." Agumon said
Biyomon also nodded, "Tai had got a point on this one, Sora. We have to get there as soon as possible or we'll be too late to join the rest of the others."
Sora was still a little uncomfortable with the thought of leaving them together. She managed to find some relief when she asked, "Kari, sweetie what do you think we should do? Should we go down there and find them. Or should we continue on? I'd feel a lot better if you were the one who decides this choice."
Kari herself was a little shy. All the things that had happened to her were something that had a great impact upon her. And now, at this time, she was given the role of a leader who would choose the parties next call. She didn't know what she should do. She both cared for Gatomon and Wizardmon; no one could ever replace them. Then again, to save this world she would have to take a chance. A gamble that they too will get towards the meeting point on time and ready to join the fight if necessary. She was hoping and chancing Gatomon and Wizardmon would be safe and well when they arrive. She was just too confused to choose what she should do.
Finally she had made her decision. She took a deep breath and answered, "I think we should go on."
Tai knelt down, "Now you're sure Kari?"
She nodded and agreed with Tai. "All right, let's go everyone. Time to teach Apocalymon a thing or two about messing with our friends."
Tai led the way towards the meeting point as the rest followed up behind. They marched towards the east as the sun had beaten down upon the five heroes. However, the sunlight was more of a small comfort then an annoyance. They knew that where they were going, the darkness would soon follow. The evil and danger would soon surround them. And the day they had thought they would only see once in their lifetime; had come again. Apocalymon was near resurrection, but the digidestined and their digimon would die before he would corrupt the digital world with his evil influence. They marched on and in different parts of the digital world; twelve others marched along with them, to meet and unite once again to fight the common foe.
Among the twelve, two of them still had something to take care of first. Directly below Tai and the others laid Gatomon and the fallen Wizardmon. Gatomon had still held on to his hand, never letting go. Eyes still locked with one another and answers now cleared in both minds. "Wizardmon...I know now the truth..." Gatomon had replied
I myself had realized that. I replied with my weakened voice, "I do too, I'm sorry it took me this long to understand it. Please forgive my ignorance..." "Wizardmon..." Gatomon replied as the tears continued to fall from her deep blue eyes. My hand and her paw were still holding as she lowered her head and buried her face on my chest. I worked what little strength I had to place my free hand upon her brow. "Don't let any of this bother you. You deserve to cry here and now, you know what the truth is now. I know what the truth is now."
And I really did, I understood what had happened. I believe it had over taken me when I saw her. I chose to save her. The message, I will protect you with all my power and strength, no matter what the cost may be, had entered my mind as I swooped in and rescued her. The signs were now clear and I understood the truth within me. I was in love with her; I knew that without a doubt in my mind. The consequence of this act was something I knew all too well. I was spared once by the council, I knew that I would not be given another. Hopefully, the council had not witnessed the act I had committed. I had to keep this a secret from their eyes no matter what.
The time we laid there seemed almost impossible to measure. Through it all, the main mission had showed its face within my chaotic mind. The mission could not be ignored nor can it be put to the side. I lifted my hand from Gatomon's brow and reached for my staff. Firmly grasping it within my palm I got up from where I laid. Gatomon had noticed my sudden movements as she lifted her head. My jumpsuit was a little damp from her tears, but I didn't mind. She backed away as I used my staff to support me and I lifted myself from the ground. My body was pretty sore, but I could safely say if I were any other digimon, I wouldn't have the strength to get back up. "Wizardmon...what are you doing?" Gatomon asked me
I explained, "We have to get going. Quickly, we have to catch up with the others. Ugh..." I slightly lost my balance as I soon recovered it. I had to lean more on my staff for more support. Gatomon quickly rushed over to my aid.
"What are you talking about? You should rest now, you're hurt." Gatomon mentioned.
I protested, "We don't have time for that. We have to meet up with the others at the meeting place so we can face Apocalymon and save the digital world." "Listen, I still do not know what you are talking about." Gatomon asked
I realized that she was not with us when we had seen Gennai. Of coarse she wouldn't know what I was talking about. I replied, "Gatomon, a little while back, I met up with a strange and unusual digimon. It was a Gotsumon and it was raving about something. I tried to calm it down, but eventually it fainted and I took it back to the digimon village. After it had recovered, it had told us about a strange device deep in the forest. Being that as it may, me, Tai, Sora, and Biyomon decided to find out what Gotsumon had found."
"Ok, so what does that have to do with anything?" Gatomon asked
"Hold on, I'm not finished yet. You see, an old man named Gennai had told us that Apocalymon had resurrected himself and was stealing power from the digital world. To better aid himself, he sent powerful, but dumber clones of the Dark Masters. Gennai had located the place where Apocalymon was hiding, so have to head there as soon as possible." I explained, "Now lets get a move on!"
I started to move towards the east, using my staff for support. Gatomon quickly rushed over to me, "But Wizardmon you're hurt." Gatomon protested
I continued, "That doesn't matter, my wounds will heal over time. Gatomon, the group needs you there. Kari needs you there I need you there. Listen, Kari will be in danger if we are not there to protect her. Don't worry about me, it's the safety of the digital world I'm more concerned with now."
I had to convince her, "If anyone is going to worry about my health, it will be me. The best thing I want you to do is keep you're mind focused on the mission."
She was a little uneasy for her to accept, especially after she had found the truth. But I could tell that she knew I was serious and she followed my instructions. "Ok Wizardmon, but I'm not going to leave you all alone and defenseless here. We are going to march together and that's MY decision."
I had to admit, I wouldn't fight with her on this one. "All right..." slowly, but carefully we walked towards the east.
As the time had passed by and a few hours rolled on, we began to have a little small talk. She discussed herself and her adventures that she has had. I was more then happy to listen to her. Unfortunately I couldn't tell much about myself. That was ok; she seemed to do most the talking. Once in while however, an enemy came across our path and challenged us to a fight. It was actually quite expected as the closer we got, the harder the enemies became. I myself was pretty hurt, but was fully capable of defending myself. I still had plenty of power to serve up and teach anyone to come across us. Strangely enough, whenever one did, Gatomon would be quick to act and instantaneously defended me. Perhaps she was just trying to protect me, but maybe she was a little over protective. I saw her as she kick flipped away from our recent enemy. It was a Gorillamon, a champion level digimon. Despite their same levels, Gatomon was far more skilled and experience and had no trouble. She landed back on the ground gracefully as Gorillamon recovered back from the kick he had received from Gatomon.
Gorillamon was about to counter as he aimed his gun-hand at Gatomon. He shouted, "ENERGY CANNON!" as his veins bulged out of his arm. The power he was creating within his cannon hand was building and was ready to be let loose upon Gatomon. I raised my staff and was about to attack him when suddenly Gatomon decided upon a perfect finishing move. She stared him down with her deep blue eyes and shouted, "CAT'S EYE HYPNOTISM!" her eyes glowed an eerie light as they also began to glow in Gorillamon's eyes as well. I wasn't exactly too sure how this attack had worked, but for what I've seen so far, it seemed to have a similar effect as my thunder ball. Surprisingly Gorillamon's cannon arm suddenly pointed up. He then fired the extreme blast from his cannon and shot towards the sky. His attack was a complete failure as Gorillamon's eyes regain their normal settings. Dumbfounded to what had happened it looked around to see Gatomon charging right at him. With a quick leap Gatomon shouted, "LIGHTING PAW!" and buried her cat fist right at his stomach. Gorillamon flew backwards from the impact of her attack. It was enough force to propel his back up against a tree. Gatomon meant business, as he lay there completely knocked out. She knelt down as she started to catch her breath.
I walked over to her and placed my hand at her shoulder. I replied, "Gatomon, perhaps you should take it a little easy for a while. I mean it's you who has to conserve your strength for the battle to come. With you fighting all this time, I'm afraid they're going to wear you out." She responded as she got up, "Don't worry about me Wizardmon, I'm more concerned with you." "Aren't you being a little.over protective of me?" I explained "What? Me? I'm not being over protective." Gatomon protested. I of coarse knew otherwise, "Gatomon listen to me. I know we have finally admitted to ourselves that we have something going on between us, but that doesn't make any difference on how we should proceed in battle. We still fight, side by side as we always have." Gatomon replied, "But Wizardmon you're injured." "I'm fully aware of that, but you have to take it easy. You play a much larger part in the final battle then I do. And if you fall before Apocalymon because you spent all your energy guarding me, I would never be able to forgive myself. I may not be at full strength, but I am fully capable of defending myself and MY main concern right now is you." I explained to her. She began to reply, "Wizardmon I'm just trying to." "Protect me right?" I finished her sentence, "I know you are and I appreciate that. But you must conserve your strength at all cost. This maybe a little hard for you, but I want you to focus more about the main mission then on me. Don't worry though, we'll get there together." She eased from the recent tension she had received. Unexpectedly she leaped forward and wrapped her arms around my body and buried her face on my chest. She sighed as the sudden action surprised me. After my shock had worn off, I was quite pleased that she was at least being herself. I placed my hand at her brow and gently ran my fingers through her short trimmed fur. She purred at my touch as I repeated it, I could see she was pleased. After I had realized what was happening I quickly and abruptly stopped. "Well, (Ahem) we better get going. We don't have time to waste here." and I quickly started to walk. Gatomon on the other hand smiled and quickly caught up to me. We walked side by side as she struck up a conversation. As I had been doing, I listened to her as she continued to talk. I felt it was actually a nice moment; she was actually opening up to someone. I had wondered if she had ever done this with anyone. Perhaps she might have with Kari, but then again, from the way they described things, they didn't actually have free time to talk. I felt quite special if I was the one she first opened up to. That might be an encouragement to do so with everyone else, but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. As time passed and we had covered a fairly amount of distance we saw a clear lake ahead. As we got closer we began to notice the full detail and beauty of it. The sun, which had settled slightly since noon, shined down upon the lake creating a splendor that we had not seen in a while. The rays from the sun had shined down upon the lake, reflecting off it creating the multiple crystal-like shines that seem to really bring out the life in the area. I believed we had earned a rest, for a few moments at least. We rushed towards the lake as stared at in awe. I replied, "You see Gatomon, this is what we fight for. To protect this.peace." Gatomon took a deep breath and saw the settings, eyes wide opened. I could tell she had understood what I had said. I believe that she would be more determined now then she will ever be. I said as I started to turn, "Alright Gatomon, I believe that's enough site-seeing for now. Let's get going." However something disturbed Gatomon as she suddenly grabbed my hand. I asked, "What?" "Something is coming," she whispered. With that said a huge splash formed in the lake. A being of great size emerged from the once peaceful and carefree lake. As the water droplets washed away from its face it turned to look down upon us. "Seadramon." I replied as I had identified what the type of digimon it was. It was a champion level digimon, obviously a sea animal type. Suddenly Gatomon took off and started to charge directly for it. I yelled, "No! Gatomon!" She only yelled back, "Stand back Wizardmon!" She rushed for him ready and prepared for battle. Seadramon on the other hand had another strategy in mind. It used its massive tail and swung at Gatomon at such swift speed and celerity. Gatomon however caught on and leaped at great distance and dodged the attack. As she landed she continued her charge. Now Gatomon was expecting for Seadramon to continue to attack her with his tail, but surprisingly Seadramon switched strategies. Seadramon pulled its head away and opened its mouth. "ICE BLAST!" a frozen beam of ice emitted from its mouth reigned down upon Gatomon. She was surprised by this attack and quickly acted fast and back flipped to avoid it. Seadramon attacked again ruthlessly, "ICE BLAST," but Gatomon too quick to be caught by his attack. She kicked from her right leg, thrusting herself towards the left and dodged it. From that moment I noticed Gatomon had increased her breathing. She was tired and I knew it, but she was concealing it as best as she could. I knew she wouldn't have the readiness to dodge the next one whether it would come from his tail or his breath. It opened his mouth wide open and launched its attack, "ICE BLAST!" Gatomon saw it coming, as she tried her best to quickly get out of the way. "MAGICAL GAME!" I shouted as surge of magical energy bolted from my staff and hit the Seadramon's attack. It was enough power to shatter the mere digimon attack and continue to drive upward until it hit Seadramon right at the face. Gatomon turned to see that it was I who had invoked the attack. I had recovered enough, so that most of my abilities had returned to me. I made a quick break for it and grabbed Gatomon and took to the skies. While Gatomon in one hand I raised my other in the air and spread my fingers. Slowly, an orange aura appeared at the palm of my hand. Energy was gathered until it had formed a ball at tips of my hand. I quickly threw it right at Seadramon, "THUNDER BALL" a blast made contact and just like all the other times, and Seadramon became a victim of my attack as he was now dazed and confused. I took advantage of the moment as I always had and quickly got out of there. In one hand was my trusty staff and in the other was Gatomon as she opened her eyes to see where she was. She was actually quite surprised to see she was in the air. I said to her, "Hey Gatomon, you all right?" She looked up only to see my gentle dark brown eyes gaze down upon her. She smiled as she responded, "I'm all right now. Thank you Wizardmon." she began to place her cheek at my chest. Slowly rubbing against it as she was soothed by the fact she was rescued by me. I was glad she was safe and for the fact that she wasn't hurt. I replied, "I think I should do the traveling until we get there. That ok with you?" She nodded as we continued to fly towards the orange and yellow horizon. We were close to our destination; you could say I sensed it. The strong western winds blew across my black bangs as it rustled through them messing them about. My ponytail had wafted through the breeze as it had also done with Gatomon's long ears. She asked, "Do you think we may not make it in time?" I replied softly, "No Gatomon. I think we're going to see the others real soon." "But how can you be sure?" She asked me. "I actually don't know. Call it intuition I suppose." I replied. The truth was, I really did not know if everyone is going to make it or not. Then again, I remembered a little message I received from the council a little while ago. I believe it went a little like; things just have a way of working out, just have more faith Chronos. That is a lesson you will learn. Then I began to notice a small noise that was coming from somewhere as the wind continued to blow across our bodies. It was sort of a slightly high-pitched noise that would come and go. I asked, "What is that noise?" Gatomon looked around, as she too was curious to know what was making this noise. Then it came to her as she located the device that was making the sound. It turns out it was the whistle that she had around her neck, the one that Kari had given her. She held it in her paw as she looked at it, "Kari." she whispered, not really want to be heard. I picked up what she had said and calmed her down as I responded, "Don't worry Gatomon, you'll see Kari again. I promise you that." She nodded as she was reassured by my answer and voice. We headed at a decent speed towards the east, as it seemed to grow darker and darker for every passing moment. It was if the digital world itself was warning us of the dark and evil being that was ahead. The winds died down and the refreshing breeze that had once calmed us both no longer appeared. We treaded upon a territory of the digital world that most fear the go upon. I could only hope that everyone had the same or even more bravery to fight through this area of despair and evil. The sun seemed to be slowly covered up by strange and dark clouds. "This can't be a good sign." I thought. Soon I realized to what their presence could mean as I revealed it to Gatomon. "He's near resurrection." Gatomon looked up, "Are you sure Wizardmon? Do you think Apocalymon is close?" "Yes, I know he is. I'm going to go a little bit faster so hang on tight." I increased my flight speed, as the sense of evil grew stronger in my mind. I felt it all around me, and I'm pretty sure that Gatomon could feel the essence as well. She after all was the digimon that bared the crest of light. I had found that little bit of information when Gatomon had told me about all those things when we were walking. It wasn't until a few moments had I started to pay attention to the land settings. The terrain was getting worst and worst by the moment. The trees and plant life seem to be decaying and dieing. The roads itself was cracked and shattered as it twisted and winded down the way. I thought in the back of my mind, "I hope the others didn't have any trouble getting there." After a good amount of time had passed and the settings seemed the darkest I looked down upon the ground to see slight movements. I couldn't quite pick it up, that is until I started to descend towards the ground. Easily the figures that had created the movement came into perspective. I looked down on the ground as they now saw Gatomon and me in the air. "Hey! You guys!" a voice from below called to us. It was Tai who had signaled us and along him were Sora, Kari, Agumon and Biyomon. They had made it and it was a site to be seen as we were reunited. I let go of Gatomon as my feet touched upon the ground. She rushed over to Kari as she gave her a big hug. Agumon replied, "You made it." "I see you have too." I said back. Sora walked over to me, "Wizardmon, you're not hurt, right?" I responded back to her, "My injuries are not that bad. I've managed to recover along the way." "That's good to hear," Tai replied as he and Agumon started to observe the settings. I concluded that Agumon and Tai both could sense the Apocalymon's return. I asked, "You feel that as well don't you." They nodded, "Have been able to find anyone else?" Agumon shook his head, "We haven't been able to even see anyone but you." The moment that Agumon had said that, the sky dimmed more as a low thunder began to echo through the fields. Dark clouds that only covered the sky now were growing at an alarming rate. From those clouds a strange and eerie lighting stuck at the digital plain. "He's near complete." I informed everyone. "Quick! We have to stop him!" Tai shouted Agumon began to run besides him. We followed his lead as we started to run down the winding road. Then as we approached a hill we started to ascend giving us a larger view of the area. We grew higher as an object now appeared behind the steep hill. We continued to climb up until we saw it. The clouds had circled around the being before us as red lighting tore across the sky in all the directions. Dark winds howled across the field as we stood there and witness what was happening. A voice shouted from all the noise in the distance. "Tai!!!" we adjusted our view to see a group of beings, humans and digimon standing before the object as we had. Tai shouted, "Matt!!!" Suddenly another voice sprang up on another side of plain. "Tai!!! Matt!!!" he shouted as a group was behind him. Tai and Matt both shouted, "Izzy!!!" The group had all assembled as I had predicted. The question now was, are they too late. I drew my staff and placed it before me. Holding it with two hands I replied, "Now! Let the battle.begin!" A dark and ominous voice resonated throughout the field as Apocalymon shouted. The mere anger he had expressed created a deep crater within the field with him in the center. He had sunk, but so did a fair about of the field sunk with him. The sudden movement of the land almost caused us to loose balance, but we quickly recovered it. I had never seen anything like this creature before. The best way I could describe it was to be an extremely large dark-bluish sphere with multiple dirty yellow spikes protruding outward. However it was buried within the ground not really moving. I questioned if it had fully recovered. The others new better then me as they had realized he was not complete. He was quite vulnerable, as the others had explained it to me. Then with it's chilling voice he shouted, "Guardians! Awaken to defend you're master!" Out of the dead ground and soil emerged four tiny metal devices. I knew what they were, and most likely everyone else did as well. They began to spin rapidly as packets of data began to reform all around it. He was summoning fallen digimon to guard him. But as he was doing this, different spikes began to reform and change shape. From one spike it appeared to be the head of one digimon. "RIVER OF POWER!" it shouted as a blast of water emerged from Apocalymon and tried to hit Izzy's group. Luckily for them Apocalymon position was too off for him to hit them. That didn't mean he wouldn't give up. Another spike began to reform as he shouted, "PUPPET PUMMEL!" a blast of fire ran through the ground. I traced its path to see what he was aiming for. I figured out what the target had been as I shouted, "Kari!!! Get out of the way!!!" She saw the blast of power come towards her. She was too frighten to move, but after the feeling passed and told her to run she tired her best to dodge it. Fortunately for her she was not hit, but instead cause her to trip and fall into the crater. Tai shouted, "No! Kari!!!" But it was Gatomon who dove in and attempted to rescue her. I noticed that the four beings were almost ready to be recreated once again. We had to act fast, but with Kari there, fear had struck all the digimon and digidestined. They couldn't attack for Kari might get in the way. Gatomon continued to slide down as Kari had finally stopped tumbling. Gatomon quickly stood in front of her and the vicious Apocalymon. I had analyzed that it took a couple of moments for Apocalymon to charge up for another attack. Gatomon and Kari had to get out of there now, before he could muster the strength to attack once again. Gatomon turned and grabbed a hold of her, "Let's go Kari!" she stumbled at first, but soon got the hang of it as they began to run for her lives. I saw their progress and also estimated the time it was until Apocalymon had the power to attack. "They're not going to make it." I thought in my head. I started to quickly run towards them. As their backs were still turned to the being Apocalymon started to create another form from one its spikes. It was almost set as they were about to reach the edge of the crater. It shouted, "GRISLY WING!" a horde of dark bats emerged from Apocalymon and headed straight for Kari and Gatomon. Still running, they turned to see the blast coming straight at them. Kari suddenly tripped upon the ground and fell to the floor. Seeing the situation Gatomon turned and positioned her body as she was prepared to protect Kari from the devastating attack. Kari screamed as Agumon shouted, "Gatomon! NO!!!" She was prepared when suddenly a being leaped from behind and stood in front of them. I shouted, "I won't allow you to hurt them!!!" I forgot all about my time abilities and I just wanted to protect them. With my arms spread wide open, the blast of the grisly wing hit me directly on my body. The attack tore through my digital clothing as I felt the pure darkness and evil rip across by batter body. It felt like multiple daggers had stab right through my chest and continued to cut across the rest of me. Gatomon and Kari watched in horror and pain as I continued to shield them. Finally as the attack ended I fell to the floor damaged and hurt greatly. My palm loosened and opened as I let go of my staff and just stared above. "NO!" Tai shouted as he turned to Agumon. They knew what to do, and so did everyone else. They faced their digimon and held their digivices high as the power emerged from them. All except one, Kari and Gatomon knelt down before me. Tears in their eyes as Gatomon held my hand. With a backed up voice she managed to say, "no.this can't be happening again.no.it just can't be." she paused for a while and then continued. "NO! You promised me!" tears were now coming from her eyes as they dripped down and upon my beaten up body. My breathing was becoming very slow now as I tried to focus my eyes upon her. As this was happening the others started to engage the enemies. But Kari and Gatomon sat there besides me. I spoke with my weak voice, "I'm sorry Gatomon.but.that was one.promise I could not.keep." She shook her head as she was having trouble of accepting this. She buried her head upon my chest as the tears rubbed across me. I spoke again, "Don't be sad Gatomon.we both wouldn't want that for you." She understood who the other being was as I continued, "You're friend Wizardmon and I.will always be with you." Kari placed her arms at Gatomon's shoulders as she seeks to ease Gatomon and also to calm her down as well. I continued with what little strength I had, "Please.don't mourn for us.grieve.and then move on.remember.both of us will continue to watch over you. (Cough) for we.shall keep the darkness away from the light you give off." She lifted her head and let go of my hand. Tears dropping from her eyes she reached around her neck and held the whistle in her paw. She then wrapped it around my neck. My breathing was now very slow as I used my hand and placed it on the whistle. Using the strength I had I gripped it hard in my fist as my disguise began to flash and deteriorate. I was low on strength and my image was breaking up. I couldn't let them find out about this as I wrapped my fingers around my staff and managed to teleport away leaving the illusion of broken packets of data behind. I now lay there off in the distance covered by dead trees. I was completely exhausted and had little strength to do something. My image finally broke away and I resumed my human form. I lifted my hand and with the last of my strength cast my technique. Within moments a blue tare ripped across the digital plain. Lighting struck from the tare as thunder echoed through. The portal was opening and soon it pulled me in and I fell unconscious within the gateway.
I slowly opened my eyes as bright white light shined down upon me. I got up to see where I was and then suddenly knew where. A voice called, "Do not be alarmed keeper, you're safe now." "Huh? What happened?" I looked around I was within the high council's chambers. "You are within the safety walls of the time realm. When we had found you, you were badly beaten and were almost lifeless. We managed to recover you and here you sit. But remember keeper, we may have the powers of time, but there is a fine line between using it to judge life and death." the voice replied. I got up as I face before the council. "Wait, what happened to everyone?" The council responded, "See for yourself keeper." The floor began to move as it looked like it was turning into liquid. Finally a hole had appeared upon the floor and images began to emerge. They were pictures of everyone and battling Apocalymon and his minions. I saw images of Wargreymon bringing down the final blow to him." I smiled, as I was quite proud of what they did. The council replied, "You did a fine job, keeper. For one as young as you, you're first mission was a big success. You have improved much from this experience, but there is still much you have to learn. For now however, you deserve a good rest. Recharge your abilities and rest you're soul. You're next mission will be in three months." I bowed humbly before them and turned towards the double doors. I exited to the corridor of whispers as I held my head high. I stepped through the next set of doors as I saw again the familiar settings of the time realm. "So you came back after all. Guess you're not a complete failure," a voice said. I turned, "Oh ha ha, very funny Prisca." She walked towards me as we started to head towards the sleeping quarters. "Just kidding Chronos, so how was it? You enjoy your little mission?" I replied, "It had its high and low points. But what am I going to do now? I've got three months until I get handed another assignment. Right now, I really don't feel like training." Prisca placed her hand to her chin, "Hmmm.well I heard writing could pass the time. Why don't you try it?" "Me? A writer? I don't know. I mean what am I going to write about?" I asked her. Suddenly I felt something press against my chest. I looked to see what it was as I held it in my hand. Prisca curiously asked, "Eh? What's that?" "Oh nothing." I replied as the let the whistle dangle from my neck. "You know I think I've just gotten a good idea on what to write about." Prisca replied, "You know what you should do. You should hang around earth around 21st century. You could have you work posted somewhere so everyone could see and read it." "I don't know.I mean who's going to post a guy like me?"
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-This is part one of my life; if you want to know what I wrote about, check it out on the Digiartists Domain. For the people who caught on to some strange stuff that wasn't answered here. I could say this is a little foreshadowing for you on what's going to happen. Peace till then.