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The sun soon rise and it was time for the digidestineds to be on the
road again. They all agreed to wake early so they would hopefully reach
Gold Palace before night fall. They were all surprised that when they got
up which is just dawn, the inn keeper was awake as well.
'Good morning sir.' The girls greeted the old man as they sat down
on a table and waited for the others.
The inn keeper was extra friendly that morning, he sat down with the
girls and talked to them about many things until he asked them where are
they heading.
'Gold Palace sir.' Kari told the old man. And suddenly, the old man
seems to be uncomfortable and starts to act weird.
'I assure you missy. Ya don't wanna go there. It is a terrible place.
If ya go to that place, ya looking for trouble.' The old man shivered and
he soon left the table. Kari, Sora and Mimi looked at each other stunned,
was Gold Palace this bad that every time the old man talk about it he shivers?
They weren't so sure that they wanted to go to that place any more, but
do they have a choice?
Soon the guys came down laughing and joking. The girls tried their
best to hide their fear, however, the silence in the room was felt by everyone.
'Mmm... interesting. I wonder why there is no chattering this morning.'
Izzy tried to crack everyone up, but the girls' smile never reached his
eyes.
'Come on, let's hit the road.' Tai suggested. 'The sun is shining,
the soft wind, the sweet fragrance from flowers and...Archuuuu...'Tai sneezed
when his hands knocked over the bottle of pepper which got all over his
new clothing and while he tried to dust them off, the pepper just made
him sneeze even more.
Everyone laughed until their stomach ached. And only then, they realize
that they have wasted a lot of precious time. So once again, they went
on with their journey to Gold Palace.
It wasn't until night fall when the digidestineds reached the gate
of Golden Palace, of course, just like many others, they were dazzled by
the beauty of the place. The whole city is made out of gold and in the
beautiful sunset, the houses reflected light and it shone so bright, the
digidestineds can hardly open their eyes.
'Wow!' Matt exclaimed. 'This is making my eyes hurt. I would trade
anything for a pair of sunglasses.'
'Anything sir?' A man suddenly popped up from no where. 'Humph, those
tags of yours look pretty yet they don't worth that much. I'd trade my
sun glasses if you agree to give me the tag.'
'Um... I don't think that is a good idea...' Joe suggested, but before
he would even finish his sentence, the man was talking again.
'Those tags are cheap. My sun glasses worth much much more than that.
I suggest you swap them while there is someone who is foolish enough to
swap them.'
What the man just said arose Tai's anger. 'Hey dude, watch it! To us
the tags worth more than anything certainly your stupid sunglasses!'
'Ha! Suits you all! You will never be able to get near Golden Palace
without some protection for your eyes, trying to sneak something out is
going to be even harder.' The man walked away.
'Did he just accuse us for trying to steal something?' This time, Mimi
got angry too. 'I'd rather let my eyes burn than swapping my crest for
it.'
'But Mimi, what that guy said was right. We are not going to be able
to get into Golden Palace and destroy the evil without sunglasses.' Sora
said.
'Well, believe it or not, our only way to sneak into the city is to
do it at night when the sun will be down and we'll have to hurry out before
the sun dawns.' Izzy gave his theory which everyone had no other choice
but to agree and to follow the instruction which the book will be giving.
So they rested near by for the night.
'I can't believe it, our first test just had to be so hard! It isn't
fair!' T.K. commented as he finished his training his archery.
'The world is never fair and in the world where unexpected happens,
don't even thinking about the word fair.' Tai commented. 'The rope was
pathetic! I could even aim properly!'
'Well, wait until you try the sword Tai. It's seem to be so unnatural
to me. Hey! Where's Izzy and Sora?'
'You took long enough to notice,' Mimi spoke, 'Sora has being training
since dawn this morning! And Izzy? He is just making sure she got each
of the steps correct.'
'Yeah, they better get it correct, it seem that this trip to the Golden
Palace would be a good practice for Sora's agility.' Joe said.
'You'll find out how they went soon, because here she comes.' Kari
said as she waved to the exhausted Sora and Izzy.
'So how's training? Everything ready?'
'I'm not sure Sora is exactly ready, her movements still seem to be
weak and not very organized.' Izzy said, 'I believe she would do better
if she has more time to practice.'
'We can't afford to lose more time, tonight is the time, so get some
sleep.' Tai said.
'Yeah, we are going to be up all night.' Joe agreed.
It was late at night when the digidestineds decided to go. They sneaked
into the city with no problem at all and it wasn't hard to cruise around
the city since everyone is asleep at this time of the night. The digidestineds
weren't sure where they are suppose to go and destroy the Devil that is
controlling this area, that is until they reached a magnificent looking
temple made out of gold. The temple made their weapons glow.
'I think this is the place, otherwise your weapons wouldn't glow like
that.' Tai said.
'Let's go in then. Although I would appreciated if my dagger would
stop glowing. It might wake people up. Plus, it's burning me!' Joe complained.
'Interesting. My theory is that when we get near the Devil, our weapons
would glow to warn us and if it starts to burn, that means we are getting
near.'
'Interesting theory Izzy, I think we all know. Now if you look in front
of you, you would see an ugly looking beast asleep. I believe that's the
Devil we are looking for.' Matt said pointing towards a dark corner in
the temple.
There is was, a huge beast in the dark corner of the temple only its
not sleeping, it's standing right in front of them. The digidestineds starred
at the beast, they are all speechless and their body refused to move a
single inch. T.K. was the first one to recover.
'I think we should attack it not looking at it. Shouldn't we?'
'Ye ... yeah, that is if my body co-operates with my mind.' Joe muttered
softly.
'Here goes nothing' T.K. said as he aimed his arrow at the beast's
chest. It was dead accurate. The beast however did not even cry out in
pain, it pulled the arrow out and became furious. It charged at the digidestineds.
Or T.K. to be more precise.
'T.K.!' Kari cried as she throw herself at T.K.. It was a close shave,
the beast just missed them.
'Oh mi god! Are you two hurt?' Mimi was concerned as she rushed over
to the two youngsters. It was a bad timing, the beast charged again and
this time, at Mimi.
'Mimi! Get out of the way!' Sora screamed. Mimi turned around and what
she saw nearly scared her to death, the beast is inches away from her and
there is nothing she can do to prevent it from striking her.
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