Narrator: a lot has happened to the digidestined, getting beat up by unexplained forces, Tai getting injured again, and that was about it. I'm here to tell you somehow they got Tai and Koromon inside TK and Kari's cabin but I'm not sure how that's possible because Tai is really tall, and heavy. So let the story continue!
The group had built a fire inside the now bright and warm cabin. TK reflected on the past few minutes. He didn't now much about these black tags only what Nihonmon clearly stated. Hell, he didn't know much about them either. His mind tried to reach out of confusion but could only find his known misalign facts. Amy and Nihonmon were figuring out the mystery of these other humans by the only thing they can effectively use, logic. Some unexplainable force has zapped Tai and Koromon's energy and Kari... how he his heart trembled with sorrow, He could never see her this sad, as she attached herself on to Tai's arm wishing for his recovery with her eye's, for her voice disappeared hours ago. Their family love was strong, TK observed. Almost as strong as what he felt for her... but that wasn't important. Right now he could use the practice on the moody songs of the harmonica. He's gotten pretty good at it. TK remembered the all the glorious memories of how his brother taught him to play the harmonica.
While TK was humming a soft melodic song, Amy and Nihonmon were talking next to the blazing fire.
"So Nihon, have you figure it out?" She carelessly asked her digimon
"Almost..." The small fairy spoke while sitting on Amy's shoulder, one of her favorite spots to ponder their situations.
"So, what's the deal with the eerie light show?"
"Prophecy..." Nihonmon dazed out to her 'thinking' phase, where nothing was important excepted her thoughts. This is a ritual or a meditation, as the Nihonmon think of it practiced by them for countless of years. A few minutes later, she came out of her trance.
"The black tags will be called to dissemble the last defense of the digiworld
"So" Amy lead on
"The black tags have damaged the true crests, making them dark crests. For true crest will
never be completely black."
"Yes but what does that mean? And how does that relate to us, now living and breathing and to the present! Not 3,000 years ago..."
"No ideas now. I should have it figured out by tomorrow. But I do know one thing." Nihonmon jumped down to look her partner face on, "We should stay the night so Tai and Koromon's energy would be refreshed."
"I guess it's settled" Amy looked at the occupants of the room. "No one seems eager to go anywhere. Izzy and Mimi should have figured it out that we are here." Amy drifted off to watch the orange flicker of the fire. The fire, smooth and calming burned brightly through the night.
*****
In a dark area humans and digimon gathered and buzzing of whispers began until all was quiet, respecting the speaker. A few seconds later, two brightly coloured people, clashing with the dark atmosphere entered the room.
"Hey, it's the pink and green power rangers!" A voice chucked after his stale joke.
"Brian, Jamie" A commanding voice spoke to the blond children, " we saw you make contact with your task. That was not discussed."
"But my older brother make contact first!" Brian told his superior as he shook his green streaked hair in anger.
"You're older brother is paying for his mistake." Again the voice spoke with control. "The plan has been changed." It spoke to all the occupants in the room "Everyone will meet their assignments." It was silent for no one would dare speak up against an order.
"So we didn't screw up. Only we went first!" Jamie said. Hopefully it will lighten their dooming punishment. But hope was never allowed in this room, it was banned with happiness and love.
"You were meant to keep the secrets of the Crest of Shadows and the Crest of Sorrow. They were to be the big finish to their final doom. But instead, two teenagers with little patient and with even smaller intellect must go ahead and show themselves with their digimon and their 'power' to the enemy, clearly disregarding all we, older and wiser, has taught them over the years." The voice threw these words faster then bullets. They hit their targets.
"We didn't use the crest of sorrow. Only the crest of Shadows." Brian pleaded with their leader. He got down on his knees and begged, it has worked in the past. Today the leader wasn't laughing this time. Instead an arm pointed out of the darkness, two unseen digimon dragged Brian and Jamie out of sight.
Silences gripped the room again, as the calm voice spoke, "Are their any volunteers to face their task, next?"
"I will pay Izzy a visit." A woman, with glasses framing her green eyes spoke in response.
"Good Claire, take Greg with you too." The leader swiftly left the room for the delegation was done. Claire sighed, her 'partner' was the idiot who keeps on making crappy jokes I at least his crest suits him /I She whisked her brown hair into a ponytail as she approached Greg or the fool, a nick name everyone used behind his back.
i I can't believe I'm stuck with the Liberian wannabe. /i He pushed back his shaggy black hair as he broke out into a forced smile "We're off to see the Izzard! And the wonderful Mimi of Oz." He sang and danced around the steaming Claire.
"Let's go now." She pulled on his right earlobe as she stormed out dragging the whining person behind her.
*****
"Check" Izzy executed his move. Leaving Mimi and Palmon and Tentomon to figure out a counterstrike. They whispered in a huddle for some dangling minutes. Mimi moved the bishop with a satisfied smile.
"Checkmate" Izzy smiled. Team Mimi took their loss with well.
"That's the hundredth time you've won against us!" Tentomon complained.
"Exaggeration is not a sign of sportsmanship" Izzy started to pack up the worn game of chess. Mimi raised from her seat and spontaneously kissed her boyfriend on the cheek.
"A reward?" Izzy asked then blushed three different shades of red.
"Just the beginning" Mimi laughed and threw herself into his arms.
A few seconds later, Tentomon and Palamon noticed this would be going on for more then a few minutes. Disgusted at their endurance, they stepped outside.
"So, Tentomon" Palamon began, draw a picture with her feet in the ground.
"Yes Palamon" Both were equally bored.
"Did you ever think we would become like this?" Palamon explained, "Attention only on us when our human partners are busy... IS this the way you thought it would be?"
Tentomon thought about it for a minute. " I thought we would at least have a fan club." While the two were brooding deep in their problems, they didn't hear the spies in the bush.
"Hand me the binoculars" Claire ordered Greg who was gawking at the pair in the cabin. She took down her observations in a yellow notebook.
"Wow, I swear they don't breathe." He said, staring through the binoculars. Claire took her frustration out in a scribble of her notebook. "I hope you didn't quote me on that. I will say something hilarious one day that is worthwhile to take down."
"Yeah, when someone is writing your funeral speech." A rookie digimon, Tozukumon said. His mixed brown whitish fur was soft as Greg patted his digimon on the back.
"That's about right, my friend." He waited for a low high five from Tozukumon. The raccoon digimon lifted his right claw to respond. "You and me, we'll run the whole town."
A meter tall digimon fluttered down from her flight "where do you get this stuff?" The red shelled digimon asked blankly with a bit of prissiness added in.
"Who knows, who cares, Laede?" Claire said and went back to writing her observations. "Tell me what you saw." She asked Laedemon and wrote what the ladybug like digimon said.
"I saw your marks, having their fun, they were playing a game of chest. It was amazing! That one guy took all three on and won! He would be a match for you." Her black lips moved against her smooth dark skin. "Our tasks," She looked at the sly Tozukumon grinning innocently. I there must be a kick me sign on my back /I "are waiting outside for their partners to end." Her white curly antennas bobbed as she asked another question, "Can we meet them?" Smiling eagerly both digimon awaited an answer.
"Not yet. We will wait until they are all out. It will be interesting." Claire decided and went back to writing her notes. She picked off a push-me sign from Laedemon's back.
A/n- It's over!! This chapter is over! I didn't want it to be this way but I couldn't think of anything better!! If you are wondering about my author's fic... I've hit a dead end and in the process of climbing a 50 meter tall wall. I hate heights. Due to the inactivtly of the reviewing system in this series I want to know if anyone really cares.