Author's notes: Here is the second chapter of KaJ.... I did edit this one a little bit... but only a little bit, and only because it was utterly rediculous. ^_^; Pfft. Now, let's just see if I can upload it properly...
Mini-disclaimer: I usually don't provide disclaimers unless an original character is inserted into a fanfiction. This is one of those cases. Kaylasii belongs to me, and only me. She makes an appearance in one of my other fics, and if you wish to play "find the homocidal baka", then feel free to do so. ^_^
"Knowledge and Judgment (part 2): Shiroi"
Slowly, Izzy walked back to camp, glancing around nervously before stepping into the firelight. Silently, he pondered wheather he should tell someone of what had happened.
"No," he whispered to himself. "It's too risky."
He entered the tent that he and Tentomon shared with Joe. As he curled up next to his digimon, he couldn't help but wonder if there was more to the attacker than it had seemed, and maybe, just maybe, the creature, whatever it was, would return tonight for a sneak-attack. Izzy closed his eyes, wondering where he had heard that voice before. It seemed so familiar...... Silently, dreams stirring in his mind, he drifted off to sleep.
The sun rose, casting its warm fingers of light upon the digital world. The joyful light found its way through the flaps of Matt's tent, warming the blonde's face and causing him to smile in his sleep. After a moment he woke, eyes instinctively glancing around the tent to see if his brother, TK, was already awake.
He's not here, Matt thought, panicking for a moment. Slowly, his mind registered the fact that Gabumon and Patamon were gone as well. "They must've gotten up early," he muttered, trying to reassure himself that nothing was wrong. Running his fingers through his hair, he stepped out of the tent, azure eyes scanning the clearing for TK.
"Hey!" said Sora from her spot in front of the fire, smiling as she looked up at him. "Did ya have a good sleep?"
"Yeah...," Matt replied groggily. "I slept a little too well, if you ask me." Sighing, he sat down next to her, still blinking the sleep from his eyes. "Do you know where TK went? I woke up and he, Patamon and Gabumon were gone."
"Oh, they just went with Mimi to look for more firewood." Laughing, Sora shook her head. "I hope she doesn't get lost again..."
"I'm more worried about TK getting lost than Mimi," Matt said softly, looking up at the sky. "HOw long have they been gone?"
"Only about fifteen minutes," Tai replied, adjusting the band on his goggles as he stepped into the clearing. He looked at Matt and grinned. "Hey, chill out, man. If the digimon are with 'em, there's no way they'll get lost."
"Says you, Even though I trust Gabumon and Patamon, they're only human... I mean, digimon. They can make mistakes."
"You worry too much, Matt," Tai muttered as he sat down accross from Sora.
"I _don't_ worry about him... I just don't want to lost the little squirt. Imagine how much trouble I'd be in if I told mom that I lost him in the Digi-world!" Matt snarled icily, glaring at his 'friend'. "I don't know about you, but I don't want to take unnecessary chances."
"Sure, sure..."
Exaspiration was the only expression on Sora's face. "Will you two PLEASE quit arguing?! I swear, you can't get along for ten minutes..." She stood up, shaking her head. "Hmph..."
"Where are you going?" Matt asked, looking up at her with a slightly guilty expression on his face.
"Just going to wake up the geeks," she replied, referring to Izzy and Joe. "If you haven't noticed already, their digimon are snoring loudly enough to wake Devimon and Myotismon from the dead. You've have to be totally deaf not to..." And she quickly disappeared.
"Nice move, Tai," Matt muttered. "You scared her off..."
"How can you be sure that it wasn't _you_ that freaked her out? It's more likely that she was completely entranced by my dashing good looks..."
Matt stared at him. "Dude, _what_ good looks? You've got hair twice the size of your head!"
"I know, isn't it great?" Tai replied, not really hearing a single word of what his friend had said.
Matt sighed. "I give up... all hair and no brains..."
"Hm," Tai muttered as he stared into the fire. "Hey, Matt...."
"Yeah?"
"Don't worry about being so protective of TK. I was just bugging you... you know that, right? I'm actually the same when it comes to Kari..."
"Kari?" Matt asked, looking startled. Tai hadn't said a single thing about her ever since they had come to the digital world... "Is that why you didn't let her come through the portal with us?"
"Yeah... that's why. I just... I didn't want her to get hurt. She's my little sister, after all, and I just care too much about her to risk it."
Matt smiled, eyes sparkling as he looked at the digidestined leader with a newfound respect. "So you _do_ have real emotions, after all. I never would have guessed...."
The day passed quickly, like any other. Not surprisingly, the schedule consisted of hiking, hiking, and more hiking. The sky was changing from a bright blue to a warm red and orange as the sun receded into the horizon. Soon, it would be night.
"Okay, guys, I see a river mouth," Tai said, looking through his mini-telescope. "It's right along the coastling of a huge lake, or maybe even an inland sea...."
Gomamon lifted his nose to the air, breathing in the rich salty scent. "That's sea water, all right," he said with a grin. "Nothing but sea, salt, and good ol' fresh air..."
"Great!" Tai replied. "Great place to set up camp for tonight. Ain't too far away, we should be able to-"
"STOP!" called a commanding voice, firm and cold. "Stop where you are."
The group froze, gazing around to find the owner of the voice. Surprise and worry was thick in the air...
"I command you to put down your weapons, including those lovely little digivices of you," the voice continued, its tone almost mocking.
Tai was perplexed. The voice seemed to be comming rom the thick branches of the trees above...
"And what if we don't do what you say?" Matt called out angrily.
"In that case, you will be happy to know that I have all my power concentrated on the smallest one of your company. If you refuse to obey me, he dies," replied the voice, light and aloof.
That voice... that's the same voice of whatever it was that attacked me last night, Izzy thought. His mind was racing for a solution....
He looked up at Tai. "Do what it says," he commanded.
Tai opened his mouth to protest, but shut it at the sight of Matt's narrowed eyes.
Reluctantly, all the digi-destined threw down their digivices, quickly looking back at the trees, expectancy and dread written on their faces.
"Ah, good! You've come to your senses," The voice said, mocking and sarcastic. "Now all I have to do is decide how I shall punish you all for comming into my forest."
"What?!" Joe cried. "We didn't do anything!"
"You invaded my territory, and that's good enough for me," replied the voice. "And let me remind you that my power is still concentrated on the small one."
Izzy shut his eyes tight. I've got to think of something, he thought. I've experienced this new enemy before. The other's haven't....
Wait, whispered a voice in the back of his mind. It might not be an enemy....
"Wait," he said, stepping in front of Tai. Cautiously, Izzy tilted his head up to stare at the shadows of the trees. "I have a simple request before you decide on our punishment..."
"Hm? I'm listening," the voice replied, mixed with curiosity and suspicion.
"Show yourself. Come down from those trees... tell us who you are," Izzy called, voice shaking. It might kill us, he thought. But if I die.. at least I'll solve one more puzzle before my end.
Like a blur, a large figure jumped down from the treetops. Blinking as he recovered from the shock, Izzy stared at his attacker in wonder. Before him stood a tall, dark looking girl. A _human_ girl. She had to be at least three years older than any member of their little group... a calm zephyr blew through her translucent white hair, making it flow with the wind. Her long green jacket billowed out like a cape, and though the wun was behind her, her glowing blue eyes could be seen, expression filled with concentration as she pulled back the string of an enormous longbow, which she had aimed directly at TK.
"I am Kaylasii," she said coldly. "My friends call me Kay.... and none of my enemies are still living. The only good one is a dead one..." She flashed a cruel smile. "Now, tell me what you're doing here, and I might let you leave the forest alive."
He words escaped Izzy, going through one ear and out the other. For unlike the others who stared in horror, knowing their digimon couldn't digivolve without the digivices, Izzy stared at a tag, which hung on a chair around Kaylasii's neck... and a digivice, which was attatched to the strap of her quiver.
To be continued..
Mini-disclaimer: I usually don't provide disclaimers unless an original character is inserted into a fanfiction. This is one of those cases. Kaylasii belongs to me, and only me. She makes an appearance in one of my other fics, and if you wish to play "find the homocidal baka", then feel free to do so. ^_^
"Knowledge and Judgment (part 2): Shiroi"
Slowly, Izzy walked back to camp, glancing around nervously before stepping into the firelight. Silently, he pondered wheather he should tell someone of what had happened.
"No," he whispered to himself. "It's too risky."
He entered the tent that he and Tentomon shared with Joe. As he curled up next to his digimon, he couldn't help but wonder if there was more to the attacker than it had seemed, and maybe, just maybe, the creature, whatever it was, would return tonight for a sneak-attack. Izzy closed his eyes, wondering where he had heard that voice before. It seemed so familiar...... Silently, dreams stirring in his mind, he drifted off to sleep.
The sun rose, casting its warm fingers of light upon the digital world. The joyful light found its way through the flaps of Matt's tent, warming the blonde's face and causing him to smile in his sleep. After a moment he woke, eyes instinctively glancing around the tent to see if his brother, TK, was already awake.
He's not here, Matt thought, panicking for a moment. Slowly, his mind registered the fact that Gabumon and Patamon were gone as well. "They must've gotten up early," he muttered, trying to reassure himself that nothing was wrong. Running his fingers through his hair, he stepped out of the tent, azure eyes scanning the clearing for TK.
"Hey!" said Sora from her spot in front of the fire, smiling as she looked up at him. "Did ya have a good sleep?"
"Yeah...," Matt replied groggily. "I slept a little too well, if you ask me." Sighing, he sat down next to her, still blinking the sleep from his eyes. "Do you know where TK went? I woke up and he, Patamon and Gabumon were gone."
"Oh, they just went with Mimi to look for more firewood." Laughing, Sora shook her head. "I hope she doesn't get lost again..."
"I'm more worried about TK getting lost than Mimi," Matt said softly, looking up at the sky. "HOw long have they been gone?"
"Only about fifteen minutes," Tai replied, adjusting the band on his goggles as he stepped into the clearing. He looked at Matt and grinned. "Hey, chill out, man. If the digimon are with 'em, there's no way they'll get lost."
"Says you, Even though I trust Gabumon and Patamon, they're only human... I mean, digimon. They can make mistakes."
"You worry too much, Matt," Tai muttered as he sat down accross from Sora.
"I _don't_ worry about him... I just don't want to lost the little squirt. Imagine how much trouble I'd be in if I told mom that I lost him in the Digi-world!" Matt snarled icily, glaring at his 'friend'. "I don't know about you, but I don't want to take unnecessary chances."
"Sure, sure..."
Exaspiration was the only expression on Sora's face. "Will you two PLEASE quit arguing?! I swear, you can't get along for ten minutes..." She stood up, shaking her head. "Hmph..."
"Where are you going?" Matt asked, looking up at her with a slightly guilty expression on his face.
"Just going to wake up the geeks," she replied, referring to Izzy and Joe. "If you haven't noticed already, their digimon are snoring loudly enough to wake Devimon and Myotismon from the dead. You've have to be totally deaf not to..." And she quickly disappeared.
"Nice move, Tai," Matt muttered. "You scared her off..."
"How can you be sure that it wasn't _you_ that freaked her out? It's more likely that she was completely entranced by my dashing good looks..."
Matt stared at him. "Dude, _what_ good looks? You've got hair twice the size of your head!"
"I know, isn't it great?" Tai replied, not really hearing a single word of what his friend had said.
Matt sighed. "I give up... all hair and no brains..."
"Hm," Tai muttered as he stared into the fire. "Hey, Matt...."
"Yeah?"
"Don't worry about being so protective of TK. I was just bugging you... you know that, right? I'm actually the same when it comes to Kari..."
"Kari?" Matt asked, looking startled. Tai hadn't said a single thing about her ever since they had come to the digital world... "Is that why you didn't let her come through the portal with us?"
"Yeah... that's why. I just... I didn't want her to get hurt. She's my little sister, after all, and I just care too much about her to risk it."
Matt smiled, eyes sparkling as he looked at the digidestined leader with a newfound respect. "So you _do_ have real emotions, after all. I never would have guessed...."
The day passed quickly, like any other. Not surprisingly, the schedule consisted of hiking, hiking, and more hiking. The sky was changing from a bright blue to a warm red and orange as the sun receded into the horizon. Soon, it would be night.
"Okay, guys, I see a river mouth," Tai said, looking through his mini-telescope. "It's right along the coastling of a huge lake, or maybe even an inland sea...."
Gomamon lifted his nose to the air, breathing in the rich salty scent. "That's sea water, all right," he said with a grin. "Nothing but sea, salt, and good ol' fresh air..."
"Great!" Tai replied. "Great place to set up camp for tonight. Ain't too far away, we should be able to-"
"STOP!" called a commanding voice, firm and cold. "Stop where you are."
The group froze, gazing around to find the owner of the voice. Surprise and worry was thick in the air...
"I command you to put down your weapons, including those lovely little digivices of you," the voice continued, its tone almost mocking.
Tai was perplexed. The voice seemed to be comming rom the thick branches of the trees above...
"And what if we don't do what you say?" Matt called out angrily.
"In that case, you will be happy to know that I have all my power concentrated on the smallest one of your company. If you refuse to obey me, he dies," replied the voice, light and aloof.
That voice... that's the same voice of whatever it was that attacked me last night, Izzy thought. His mind was racing for a solution....
He looked up at Tai. "Do what it says," he commanded.
Tai opened his mouth to protest, but shut it at the sight of Matt's narrowed eyes.
Reluctantly, all the digi-destined threw down their digivices, quickly looking back at the trees, expectancy and dread written on their faces.
"Ah, good! You've come to your senses," The voice said, mocking and sarcastic. "Now all I have to do is decide how I shall punish you all for comming into my forest."
"What?!" Joe cried. "We didn't do anything!"
"You invaded my territory, and that's good enough for me," replied the voice. "And let me remind you that my power is still concentrated on the small one."
Izzy shut his eyes tight. I've got to think of something, he thought. I've experienced this new enemy before. The other's haven't....
Wait, whispered a voice in the back of his mind. It might not be an enemy....
"Wait," he said, stepping in front of Tai. Cautiously, Izzy tilted his head up to stare at the shadows of the trees. "I have a simple request before you decide on our punishment..."
"Hm? I'm listening," the voice replied, mixed with curiosity and suspicion.
"Show yourself. Come down from those trees... tell us who you are," Izzy called, voice shaking. It might kill us, he thought. But if I die.. at least I'll solve one more puzzle before my end.
Like a blur, a large figure jumped down from the treetops. Blinking as he recovered from the shock, Izzy stared at his attacker in wonder. Before him stood a tall, dark looking girl. A _human_ girl. She had to be at least three years older than any member of their little group... a calm zephyr blew through her translucent white hair, making it flow with the wind. Her long green jacket billowed out like a cape, and though the wun was behind her, her glowing blue eyes could be seen, expression filled with concentration as she pulled back the string of an enormous longbow, which she had aimed directly at TK.
"I am Kaylasii," she said coldly. "My friends call me Kay.... and none of my enemies are still living. The only good one is a dead one..." She flashed a cruel smile. "Now, tell me what you're doing here, and I might let you leave the forest alive."
He words escaped Izzy, going through one ear and out the other. For unlike the others who stared in horror, knowing their digimon couldn't digivolve without the digivices, Izzy stared at a tag, which hung on a chair around Kaylasii's neck... and a digivice, which was attatched to the strap of her quiver.
To be continued..