The Crest of Faith
Author's Notes: I know the prologue probably bored you to tears but cheer up! This chapter will hopefully be better. This story takes place before the world tour.
Chapter 1: A New Threat
Tai Kamiya sat anxiously on his couch with a mug of coffee in his hand. Glancing quickly at the clock, Tai saw that it was well past midnight. His parents were out of town, thankfully. A while ago, Jun Motomiya had called to ask if her brother had gone over to the Kamiya's. He had not come home yet. And to make matters worse, where was Kari?
With a worried sigh, Tai grabbed the cordless phone and punched in Matt Ishida's number. It rang about five times before a grouchy voice answered.
"Hello? Do you know what time it is, buddy? Why the hell are you calling so late? I should-" Matt grumbled furiously on the other end. He probably could have gone on forever if Tai had not interrupted him.
"Calm down, Matt! It's Tai."
"Tai? What's going on? Why are you calling at this hour?"
"Listen. I think something's wrong."
"Huh? What do you mean? Wait a sec. I got another call."
Tai heard a beep as Matt took the other call, making him wait a bit. Frightening images of Kari and the other Digidestined being killed by evil Digimon played across Tai's mind. His throat tightened at the thought of losing Kari...
"Tai? You still there?" Matt's worried voice suddenly startled Tai back to the present.
"Yeah. Who was it?" Tai asked, a little irritated that someone had called him when there was a possible emergency on their hands.
"My mom. I have to go. TK didn't come home. Yolei and Cody didn't either. Their families are really worried."
"What?! They didn't come back either?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Kari didn't come home. Jun said Davis didn't either. I think something happened to them in the Digital World. We'd better go check it out."
"But how? We don't have D3s."
"Call Sora and Joe. Tell them to meet at my house as soon as they can. I'll get in touch with Izzy. Get here quickly," Tai said rapidly, a feeling of dread tightening like lead in his stomach. "We've gotta' think of something."
"Right," Matt said and hung up immediately. Tai punched in Izzy Izumi's number and waited the ringing out impatiently.
"Hello?" a sleepy voice greeted him.
"Izzy! It's Tai. Get over here right now! Something's happened to Kari and the others!"
This seemed to jolt Izzy awake automatically. In a clearer voice, he said, "I'll be right over."
"Hurry," Tai hissed before hanging up, hoping that they weren't already too late.
Pain. That was all Ken felt as he groaned and opened his eyes gingerly. His vision was blurry and his head felt as if it'd been hit with a truck. It took him a moment to realize that he was sprawled out on the ground. How had he gotten here?
He slowly sat up and looked around. The other Digidestined were all spread out, unconscious just as their Digimon were.
"Wormmon?" Ken called out quickly.
"Ken?" a small voice mumbled from beside him. Ken looked down quickly to find Leafmon buried under disheveled dirt and rocks from the blast.
"Are you okay?" Ken asked and scooped the Digimon into his arms.
"I think so. Are you?" Leafmon murmured and snuggled into his chest.
"Fine," Ken murmured absently. He rose from his place and glanced around to look at the others. Groans of pain were coming from all directions. Kari was already up and checking on Gatomon. TK and Cody were slowly sitting up and looking around for their Digimon. Yolei had Poromon in her arms, murmuring reassurances.
Ken's indigo eyes continued to scan the team. Where was Davis? Tentatively, Ken took a step and called out to the desolate wind, "Davis?"
A soft moan of pain wafted through the air to Ken's ears. He traced it to an unusual mound of dirt. It moved.
"Davis!" Ken said in alarm as he saw that his friend was not rising. He stumbled over and found that Davis had been hurt worse than any of them. His head had landed on a rock and blood was quickly starting to trickle down it and Davis's hair and neck.
"Davis! Davis, open your eyes," Ken urged, dropping to his knees over the fallen boy. Leafmon bounded out of his arms and over to an unconscious DemiVeemon nearby.
"Uh...K-Ken?" Davis stammered, his brown eyes flickering open. He flinched and then closed them again, agony written all over his face.
"Hang in there, Davis" Ken soothed and gently moved his arm under Davis's body. Carefully, he stood up. He saw how much blood was dripping from Davis's head and tried not to be sick from it.
Ken did his best not to jostle Davis's head as he began to walk away. The others had gathered together now. They looked worse for wear, but nothing like Davis's state.
"Oh my gosh! Davis!" Kari was the first to notice them. They rushed over as fast as they could to help Ken.
"What happened to him?" Yolei wondered aloud, worry evident in her voice. Ken ignored her for a moment as he lied Davis down. The child of courage and friendship had slipped back into unconsciousness. Ken slipped off his gray top to his uniform and used it as a cushion for Davis's head.
"We have to get back to the real world soon," He announced quietly. He felt his heart twist as he saw the blood that was already beginning to soak his uniform top.
"You're right. One of us has to go and get my brothers and the others," Kari agreed.
"I'll go," Cody volunteered.
"You shouldn't go alone, Cody. I'll go to," Yolei added.
TK glanced down at his D3. "The nearest Digiport is east of us. It shouldn't be that far. Just hurry and be careful."
"I'll send and e-mail to Tai to tell them to meet you at the school," Kari said and pulled out her D-terminal.
"We'll be back," Yolei said. She and Cody, holding Poromon and Upamon close, began running in the direction of the Digiport.
I just hope they get back before it's too late... Ken thought as he saw that his uniform was a deep red now instead of pale gray.
Matt Ishida paced the length of Tai's living room anxiously. They were all there and were trying to figure out a way to get to the Digital World. Suddenly, Tai's D-terminal started beeping.
Tai dove for it. "Hey guys! It's an e-mail from Kari!"
"What's it say?" Matt asked. He and the others gathered around Tai.
"Tai. We need help. I don't know what happened, but we were taken by surprise by some one. Davis is hurt really bad. Yolei and Cody are on their way to the Digiport. Meet them at the school-Kari," Tai read.
"What are we waiting for?" Sora asked.
"Lets go!" Tai urged. The five of them ran all the way out of Tai's apartment and towards the younger Digidestined's school.
"You'd better be okay TK," Matt whispered to himself. They managed to open the fence and make it inside with ease.
Just as they were rounding the corner to the computer room, Matt saw the familiar bright flash of the Digiport opening. Inside, Yolei and Cody were struggling to their feet.
"Alright. You're all here. We have to hurry," Cody cried.
"Davis really needs help," Yolei added in a panicked tone.
Izzy stepped forward. "Before we do, I want to know. What happened?"
A blank look settled over both Yolei and Cody. Yolei was the on who answered, "I don't know. We were fighting Arukenimon when the sky suddenly turned dark. And the next thing I knew, we were waking up in pain."
"Could it be some kind of new threat?" Joe asked.
"I thought I heard some scary voice scream 'Dark Force' or something before everything turned dark," Yolei said thoughtfully.
"We should really be going. We can talk later, Right now, we need to get the others back," Cody interrupted. He held his Digivice out to the computer with his free hand. "Digiport open!"
Grievermon laughed as he watched the Digidestined take care of the injured child of courage and friendship. That had been too easy. Far too easy.
"That was rather entertaining," Grievermon remarked to Heldemon and Cerberamon.
The Digiport flashed open and back came the child of knowledge and reliability and the child of love and sincerity. The older Digidestined followed them.
"Interesting. The older ones always come to the younger one's aid," Cerberamon commented. "Should we ambush them, my lord?"
A powerful presence suddenly caught Grievermon's attention. Whirling, he glanced around to identify the awesome source of the power. It was not radiating off of one of the Digidestined he was watching.
"My pets...do you feel that?"
Heldemon looked alert. His orange-red eyes gleamed in alarm, disturbing Grievermon. Heldemon was his most calm and sinister lackey. The Digimon's unwavering loyalty was only rivaled by his unusual calm even in the face of danger. If he was alarmed, something was truly worth worrying about.
"Shall I go investigate, Master?" Heldemon asked softly, looking around.
Grievermon scanned the vast stretch of the Digital World to get a better location of the power. No luck. How strange. He could sense it...but could not trace it? His malicious yellow eyes widened at a sudden thought. Could it be another Digidestined?
Author's Notes: I know the prologue probably bored you to tears but cheer up! This chapter will hopefully be better. This story takes place before the world tour.
Chapter 1: A New Threat
Tai Kamiya sat anxiously on his couch with a mug of coffee in his hand. Glancing quickly at the clock, Tai saw that it was well past midnight. His parents were out of town, thankfully. A while ago, Jun Motomiya had called to ask if her brother had gone over to the Kamiya's. He had not come home yet. And to make matters worse, where was Kari?
With a worried sigh, Tai grabbed the cordless phone and punched in Matt Ishida's number. It rang about five times before a grouchy voice answered.
"Hello? Do you know what time it is, buddy? Why the hell are you calling so late? I should-" Matt grumbled furiously on the other end. He probably could have gone on forever if Tai had not interrupted him.
"Calm down, Matt! It's Tai."
"Tai? What's going on? Why are you calling at this hour?"
"Listen. I think something's wrong."
"Huh? What do you mean? Wait a sec. I got another call."
Tai heard a beep as Matt took the other call, making him wait a bit. Frightening images of Kari and the other Digidestined being killed by evil Digimon played across Tai's mind. His throat tightened at the thought of losing Kari...
"Tai? You still there?" Matt's worried voice suddenly startled Tai back to the present.
"Yeah. Who was it?" Tai asked, a little irritated that someone had called him when there was a possible emergency on their hands.
"My mom. I have to go. TK didn't come home. Yolei and Cody didn't either. Their families are really worried."
"What?! They didn't come back either?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Kari didn't come home. Jun said Davis didn't either. I think something happened to them in the Digital World. We'd better go check it out."
"But how? We don't have D3s."
"Call Sora and Joe. Tell them to meet at my house as soon as they can. I'll get in touch with Izzy. Get here quickly," Tai said rapidly, a feeling of dread tightening like lead in his stomach. "We've gotta' think of something."
"Right," Matt said and hung up immediately. Tai punched in Izzy Izumi's number and waited the ringing out impatiently.
"Hello?" a sleepy voice greeted him.
"Izzy! It's Tai. Get over here right now! Something's happened to Kari and the others!"
This seemed to jolt Izzy awake automatically. In a clearer voice, he said, "I'll be right over."
"Hurry," Tai hissed before hanging up, hoping that they weren't already too late.
Pain. That was all Ken felt as he groaned and opened his eyes gingerly. His vision was blurry and his head felt as if it'd been hit with a truck. It took him a moment to realize that he was sprawled out on the ground. How had he gotten here?
He slowly sat up and looked around. The other Digidestined were all spread out, unconscious just as their Digimon were.
"Wormmon?" Ken called out quickly.
"Ken?" a small voice mumbled from beside him. Ken looked down quickly to find Leafmon buried under disheveled dirt and rocks from the blast.
"Are you okay?" Ken asked and scooped the Digimon into his arms.
"I think so. Are you?" Leafmon murmured and snuggled into his chest.
"Fine," Ken murmured absently. He rose from his place and glanced around to look at the others. Groans of pain were coming from all directions. Kari was already up and checking on Gatomon. TK and Cody were slowly sitting up and looking around for their Digimon. Yolei had Poromon in her arms, murmuring reassurances.
Ken's indigo eyes continued to scan the team. Where was Davis? Tentatively, Ken took a step and called out to the desolate wind, "Davis?"
A soft moan of pain wafted through the air to Ken's ears. He traced it to an unusual mound of dirt. It moved.
"Davis!" Ken said in alarm as he saw that his friend was not rising. He stumbled over and found that Davis had been hurt worse than any of them. His head had landed on a rock and blood was quickly starting to trickle down it and Davis's hair and neck.
"Davis! Davis, open your eyes," Ken urged, dropping to his knees over the fallen boy. Leafmon bounded out of his arms and over to an unconscious DemiVeemon nearby.
"Uh...K-Ken?" Davis stammered, his brown eyes flickering open. He flinched and then closed them again, agony written all over his face.
"Hang in there, Davis" Ken soothed and gently moved his arm under Davis's body. Carefully, he stood up. He saw how much blood was dripping from Davis's head and tried not to be sick from it.
Ken did his best not to jostle Davis's head as he began to walk away. The others had gathered together now. They looked worse for wear, but nothing like Davis's state.
"Oh my gosh! Davis!" Kari was the first to notice them. They rushed over as fast as they could to help Ken.
"What happened to him?" Yolei wondered aloud, worry evident in her voice. Ken ignored her for a moment as he lied Davis down. The child of courage and friendship had slipped back into unconsciousness. Ken slipped off his gray top to his uniform and used it as a cushion for Davis's head.
"We have to get back to the real world soon," He announced quietly. He felt his heart twist as he saw the blood that was already beginning to soak his uniform top.
"You're right. One of us has to go and get my brothers and the others," Kari agreed.
"I'll go," Cody volunteered.
"You shouldn't go alone, Cody. I'll go to," Yolei added.
TK glanced down at his D3. "The nearest Digiport is east of us. It shouldn't be that far. Just hurry and be careful."
"I'll send and e-mail to Tai to tell them to meet you at the school," Kari said and pulled out her D-terminal.
"We'll be back," Yolei said. She and Cody, holding Poromon and Upamon close, began running in the direction of the Digiport.
I just hope they get back before it's too late... Ken thought as he saw that his uniform was a deep red now instead of pale gray.
Matt Ishida paced the length of Tai's living room anxiously. They were all there and were trying to figure out a way to get to the Digital World. Suddenly, Tai's D-terminal started beeping.
Tai dove for it. "Hey guys! It's an e-mail from Kari!"
"What's it say?" Matt asked. He and the others gathered around Tai.
"Tai. We need help. I don't know what happened, but we were taken by surprise by some one. Davis is hurt really bad. Yolei and Cody are on their way to the Digiport. Meet them at the school-Kari," Tai read.
"What are we waiting for?" Sora asked.
"Lets go!" Tai urged. The five of them ran all the way out of Tai's apartment and towards the younger Digidestined's school.
"You'd better be okay TK," Matt whispered to himself. They managed to open the fence and make it inside with ease.
Just as they were rounding the corner to the computer room, Matt saw the familiar bright flash of the Digiport opening. Inside, Yolei and Cody were struggling to their feet.
"Alright. You're all here. We have to hurry," Cody cried.
"Davis really needs help," Yolei added in a panicked tone.
Izzy stepped forward. "Before we do, I want to know. What happened?"
A blank look settled over both Yolei and Cody. Yolei was the on who answered, "I don't know. We were fighting Arukenimon when the sky suddenly turned dark. And the next thing I knew, we were waking up in pain."
"Could it be some kind of new threat?" Joe asked.
"I thought I heard some scary voice scream 'Dark Force' or something before everything turned dark," Yolei said thoughtfully.
"We should really be going. We can talk later, Right now, we need to get the others back," Cody interrupted. He held his Digivice out to the computer with his free hand. "Digiport open!"
Grievermon laughed as he watched the Digidestined take care of the injured child of courage and friendship. That had been too easy. Far too easy.
"That was rather entertaining," Grievermon remarked to Heldemon and Cerberamon.
The Digiport flashed open and back came the child of knowledge and reliability and the child of love and sincerity. The older Digidestined followed them.
"Interesting. The older ones always come to the younger one's aid," Cerberamon commented. "Should we ambush them, my lord?"
A powerful presence suddenly caught Grievermon's attention. Whirling, he glanced around to identify the awesome source of the power. It was not radiating off of one of the Digidestined he was watching.
"My pets...do you feel that?"
Heldemon looked alert. His orange-red eyes gleamed in alarm, disturbing Grievermon. Heldemon was his most calm and sinister lackey. The Digimon's unwavering loyalty was only rivaled by his unusual calm even in the face of danger. If he was alarmed, something was truly worth worrying about.
"Shall I go investigate, Master?" Heldemon asked softly, looking around.
Grievermon scanned the vast stretch of the Digital World to get a better location of the power. No luck. How strange. He could sense it...but could not trace it? His malicious yellow eyes widened at a sudden thought. Could it be another Digidestined?