Granting Wishes

Granting Wishes

By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung

Theoleung@sprint.ca

Disclaimer: All Digimon and their characters (except for those introduced in this fic/series) do NOT belong to me. I do not have permission to use their characters, but it's a FanFic, so, who cares? =) This story line belongs to me and me alone. Please ask for permission if you wish to use it. Thanks. Now let's get onto reading!

Two fragments found...only another two more to find out there on this cursed island.

I don't care how you do it Tao, but you're going to survive it back there with Kakonmon. You can't die on me yet, friend. We've known each other too long for you to die just like this.

Besides...there's someone here waiting for you, and I can't watch over her forever.

Come on friend...pull through one more time...for all of us. Just hang on until we get there.

~Diary of Marc 'Toe' Durron, fourth generation Digi-Destined

* * * * * *

"Analyses?" K.H. asked Tiberius, examining the fragmented Crest once more.

"That Crest your holding gave Elusamon the speed burst he needed to catch whatever the heck that Digimon was, and then promptly toast it," Tiberius answered.

"It was so strange...everything just started to move...slower..." Kinoumon tried to explain, though it wasn't really working. "I could see that blasted flea, and I knew where it was going to go...and then...my claw just reached out and grabbed him."

"It this fragmented Crest could do that..." Lepumon spoke softly. "The possibilities if we had the Crest as a whole..."

"Possibilities we'll never realise if we do nothing to search for the second fragment on this part of the island," Tiberius quickly interjected. "Come on, we have to move out. Harriermon's keeping our spot warm at where Tao and Kakonmon left, and without all four fragments, we won't be able to open a portal there."

* * * * * *

Harriermon paced back and forth on the clearing where Kakonmon and their group fought. The massive crater made from a Wake of Destruction was still there, and it was dark for as far as the eye could see. The Digimon wasn't disturbed by it, but he wished his friends would hurry up.

"I'm useless..." Harriermon muttered, leaning back and falling onto the ground. "Without Tao, I'm so useless...all I can do is guard this site...mark it so the others know where to open a portal..."

The avian Digimon sighed, closing his eyes and waiting patiently.

* * * * * *

"There..." Shastina whispered, using what spare bandages she had from Tao's wounds on the fall on her Digimon. The wound was cleaned and wrapped, and the Digimon was walking on the ground with ease, albeit the wound stung from time to time. "Feeling better?"

"Much," Tigramon told her partner happily, then faced Xemon. "Especially after watching Knightdramon make mince meat out of that Digimon." Xemon grinned slightly, looking away in embarrassment.

"I believe he takes it as a compliment," Marc responded for his Digimon, smiling. The group was in high spirits after the miraculous battle where Knightdramon promptly slashed that Minotaur to ribbons.

"Before we forget, I think we should report to the other team," Xemon reminded his partner, tugging on the pants of his partner.

"Good point," Marc responded, taking his Digivice from his pocket and flipping it opened. The two groups promised they'd tell each other of their findings if they found a fragment of the Crest. Instead of compelling an e-mail, he received an e-mail.

We found one of the two Crest fragments over here. Had to beat some annoying flea for it, but, somehow,, Elusamon reduced that flee to ashes. We're suspecting K.H.'s fragmented Crest of Time was what powered up his Digimon to perform such a feat. Either way, one down, one to go. And you guys?

~Tiberius 'GTK' Hartz

"Well, seems like they found one fragment, and we found another," Marc spoke out, hinting the contents of his e-mail. "If we keep up this work, we'll have the two other fragments, then we can find a way to use it to get back and help Tao out. Besides, I'm sure Harriermon is worried sick for his partner, as well as bored to heck with waiting."

"Two very good points," Shastina agreed, walking up beside the other Digi-Destined. "Write a reply and then we'll keep searching for this second fragment. The faster we do this, the better."

"Agreed," Marc spoke, beginning to type on his Digivice. The others rested and waited patiently.

* * * * * *

Knightdramon also got pumped up when my Digivice was exposed to the fragmented Crest of Time. He pretty much sliced up a Digimon into four pieces with that spear of this...but with a spear!? That's got to be fast...no one saw it...

Anyway, getting back on topic, yes, we did find a fragment, if you haven't noticed yet. We're working on finding the second one for Shastina. Hope Harriermon is doing fine while we're gone. I sort of forgot about him since we were so concerned about searching. I really hope he's doing okay...I don't like leaving him alone with those Infinity Digimon out there, but he wouldn't be able to help much without Tao to assist.

Oh well...enough chat. Time to keep searching.

~Marc 'Toe' Durron

Tiberius shut his Digivice, not bothering to write back until after they found the second fragment of the Crest. He told his companions of the e-mail as they continued to walk around.

"Two down, two more to go," K.H. remarked, holding his Digivice tightly just in case it went off again at the sign of another Crest fragment.

"I sure hope Harriermon is okay," Lepumon commented, remembering that they left Harriermon behind. They got so caught up in the search they almost forgot about the avian Digimon.

"He'll be fine," Kinoumon answered, walking up beside the bunny Digimon. "Be more concerned about Tao and about that pumped up Devimon."

"Point well taken," Lepumon replied softly. "Then we better hope Tao can buy us enough time to help him out."

"He better," K.H. interrupted, the group beginning to walk off. "We're counting on him to do just that."

* * * * * *

"So, where to now?" Shastina asked, seeing that Marc closed his Digivice upon the completion of the e-mail.

"Just some more random walking and hope for a response from one of our Digivices?" Marc suggested, sort of half seriously, half jokingly.

"Well, that's what we did to get here," Xemon told his partner, motioning towards the now nearly completely annihilated cabin. "Why not do that again to find our next Crest?"

"I have to agree," Tigramon spoke up. "If random walking got your Digivice to go off like that, why can't it do it again for your or Shastina's Digivice?"

"It seems like your joking attitude towards this matter was told off," Shastina commented, giggling lightly. Marc smiled back, turning towards the horizon.

"Alright then!" he exclaimed. "If we're going to walk around randomly, then let's get moving! Time is of the essence, and every second counts!" Everyone nodded in agreement, this time with a much more serious look.

* * * * * *

Tiberius glared at the sky for a few moments as the group walked straight ahead. The Digi-Destined knew his Digimon partner would warn him if anything would get in his path, and left it at that as he watched the sky.

"You can't see that shield..." he commented mentally, sighing then lowering his head. "We're trapped in here until we finish this...if we finish this..."

"Don't give up hope, Tibbs," Tiberius told himself, making sure no one else can hear him. "Not yet...there's still time...there's no way we're dying on this island without a fight...and one hell of a fight we can put up..."

The Digi-Destined sighed lightly, continuing the walk with the silent group. The serenity of the silence was shattered with the blaring alarm of the Digivice going off. Both Digi-Destined quickly grabbed hold of their Digivice, but it was Tiberius' item that held the location of the next energy signature.

"Where does it say?" K.H. quickly asked, a bit disappointed that it wasn't his Digivice that found the energy, but glad they found it, period.

"Like a ten minute walk east by south east," Tiberius responded after analysing the map. "Come on, we better move quickly...." His spirits rose quickly with the news as the Digi-Destined took the point, K.H. and the two Digimon following behind.

* * * * * *

The random walking paid off for the other group of Digi-Destined. After a few minutes, Shastina's Digivice blared away, nearly deafening everyone, though they didn't mind if they could get the Crest fragment they needed to complete their half of the mission.

"Just wish it wasn't so loud," Tigramon protested without really protesting at all. She wasn't really annoyed, and she wasn't really sure why she bothered commenting. She just slapped herself mentally for opening her big trap then leaped onto Shastina's shoulder to see where the Crest fragment was.

"Where is it?" Marc asked quickly, heading over as well to learn the location of the fragment.

"Err...north west," Shastina answered after analysing the map for a few seconds. "Not that far of a walk, should be there in a few minutes." With those words, Shastina lead the group off across the island.

* * * * * *

The brief ten-minute walk got the group of Digi-Destined in the direction of a semi-large lake. The Digivice that belonged to Tiberius pointed in this general vicinity around the lake, or, if by bad luck, in the lake itself.

"Then we better hope it's not in the lake itself," Kinoumon remarked in response to a possibility brought forth by Tiberius.

"Yeah," Lepumon agreed. "I hate to get my fur soaked just looking for that Crest."

"Keep your mind open," K.H. told the pair of Digimon. "Anything is possible, and if so, we'll have to explore every avenue of approach, even if it means tossing you into that lake, Lepumon." The Digimon shuddered at the thought, hoping against it.

"Get serious," Tiberius told the group. "Spread out and look for it...time is always of the essence." Just as told, the group did get serious, spreading out and covering as much of the designated area as possible.

* * * * * *

The group of Digi-Destined and Digimon halted at the entrance of a large rock formation that was well over eight feet tall. In the rock formation was an entrance that lead down into the ground, probably a small cavern inside. Shastina's Digivice pointed in that direction, and the guess of the group was that it was underground.

"Nine-to-ten odds its underground," Xemon told them, standing at the foot of the entrance.

"I'd never bet on that," Marc replied, stepping towards the entrance. "The pay off wouldn't be good."

"The pay off will be very good if the Crest is in there," Shastina reassessed, walking up beside Marc.

"Yeah," Tigramon agreed. "Money doesn't matter as long as we end up saving Digital History."

"Well, now that we agreed on something..." Marc muttered, taking the first step into the depths of the unknown.

* * * * * *

Nothing, nada, zilch. If it's here...I don't see it...maybe it is in the water like we suspected...

~K.H. 'Nobie' Lai

Tiberius glanced over the lake to where K.H. stood, the boy continuing the search around his side of the edge. Both Digi-Destined and their Digimon have yet to come up with an results, and it was looking more and more like the Crest was in the lake then anything else.

"I take it no luck," Lepumon inferred from the look of disappointment on his partner's face. Their was no need for an answer. Lepumon sighed, stepping closer to the edge. "Hey, what's that...?'

"Huh?" Tiberius responded, stepping over to the edge as well. He looked across, K.H. doing the same thing, Kinoumon on his partner's shoulder. At the centre of the lake was some bubbling. In fact, there were two areas bubbling, side-by-side...

* * * * * *

The light of many torches against the walls illuminated the path down into the large cavern. Torches surrounded the chamber at all angles.

"Why does it seems like all large cave like chambers we go to have rows upon rows of torches?" Marc inquired, partially annoyed.

"Fate's dry sense of humour?" Shastina replied, not expecting a response as the group headed deeper into the cavern.

"If so, it's very dry..." Tigramon remarked, taking the lead in front of her partner.

"Agreed..." Xemon spoke up, taking rear guard. The two Digimon were paranoid of anything that could possibly happen in the large cavern.

"Hey...what's that?" Shastina asked, gazing up at the rock patterns above. The gaze of all four were met with a pair of crimson eyes in the shadows.

* * * * * *

The water before the two groups exploded in a frenzy. After that, hell broke lose upon the party of Digi-Destined and Digimon. At that moment, both Digimon on the two sides Warp Digivolved to their Mega level, more then expecting a fight.

The water obviously fell back down quickly. In its place were the necks of two massive serpents, with sapphire scales and a mean looking dragon head. One head faced off with each Mega level Digimon around the lake.

"That's not cool at all..." K.H. told Matalefmon, stepping back slowly as the serpent towered over the pair.

Twin Seremon: Serpent Digimon. A two headed Digimon, though at first glance, it can not be told since the body will most likely be under the water's surface. Main attack: Tidal Blast. Infinity Level Digimon.

"Oh man...it's big...in more then one aspect..." Tiberius muttered, loading up his Infinity Crest. "Time to fight Infinity with Infinity..."

K.H., from across the lake, noted what the other Digi-Destined was doing, and decided to follow the lead. If anything, K.H. knew Tiberius knew what they were dealing with. After all, he was the one with the Digimon analyser.

"Matalefmon...." "Avengemon..."

"Infinity Digivolve to..."

"Elusamon!" "Titanimon!"

Twin Seremon regarded the two deeply, as though he were waiting for a more worthy challenge. Satisfied, the two heads lashed out, one for each Digimon.

* * * * * *

The crimson eyes closed, the Digimon falling down and flapping in front of them. The Digimon resembled a DemiDevimon, however, instead of a normal leather mask, he wore a metal mask, and had six wings unlike the two from its predecessor. His eyes weren't crimson anymore.

"Kakonmon warned me of intruders in the near future..." the bat hissed softly, flapping wildly to keep in the air. "I'd never thought it'd be so soon..."

"Well, move it or lose it then," Marc threatened. Both Digi-Destined raised their Digivices, ready to fight. Their will to fight blanketed their over confidence to beat this bowling ball.

"Xemon..." "Tigramon..."

"Warp Digivolve to..."

"Hydramon!" "Kenokomon!"

Hydramon's heads nearly touched the ceiling of the cavern, though it didn't matter. The confined area gave the dragon Digimon the perfect opportunity to rain down fire.

"Haha," the Digimon laughed, blinking once, his eyes going crimson once more.

* * * * * *

"TIDAL BLAST!"

Both blasts of hydro energy ripped forward one for each Digimon that faced the two headed serpent. Titanimon raised his shield, the attack deflecting off, but had enough force to push him back a few inches in the air. Elusamon just leaped out the way, betting wet to the resulting explosion.

"DEFORMATION BLAST!"

Elusamon opened both his claws while still in the air. Twin orbs of super hot energy formed, then blasted forward at the head that attacked him. In response, Twin Seremon turned both his heads towards the leaping Digimon.

"TIDAL BLAST!"

Twin beams of hydro energy ripped forward from each head, disintegrating the orbs of heat energy and smashing into Elusamon. The resulting explosion of water knocked the Digimon back onto the ground, not out, but badly wounded.

"BLADE SIEGE!"

Dozens of titanium feathers soared through the sky, directed towards the two headed serpent. At the exact same time, energy charged into the shield on the flying Digimon's left arm.

"QUSAR BLADE!"

The energy sank into the right armament of the Digimon, blasting forward in a rippling wave of crimson energy. The attack caught up with the titanium feathers, both attacks smashing against the serpent heads simultaneously. The serpent roared in pain, reeling back. Titanimon rushed forward, both blades charging for the Ultimate Sword attack.

At the next moment, Titanimon found himself underwater, both heads of the serpent head butting the Digimon into the water. The Digimon cursed mentally, not expecting the serpent to recover so fast.

"Titanimon!" Tiberius shouted, rushing to the edge of the lake. He fell onto his knees and hands. He gazed into the water and reached in. At the touch of the water, that little section began to shimmer.

* * * * * *

"CRIMSON HELLFIRE!"

The flying bowling ball of a bat curled up into a ball. A split second later, a crimson aura surrounded him, and a split second after that, the aura blasted forward, engulfing everything close by. Hydramon's body was the thing that kept the two Digi-Destined safe from the attack. Kenokomon fell backwards, burned to the energy. Both Digimon felt incredible pain from that.

"Oh man!" Marc shouted, the attack dissipating. He loaded up his Infinity Crest, as did Shastina. The two exchanged nods, then raised their Digivices.

"Kenokomon..." "Hydramon..."

"Infinity Digivolve to..."

"Psychemon!" "Knightdramon!"

"Hehehe..." the bat Digimon laughed again, spreading his six wings outwards.

"DARKNESS GRASP!"

The wings of the Digimon turned black before releasing waves upon waves of dark energy rings upon the two Infinity Digimon. The two Digimon did their best to try to evade the rings, but the exponential values of six amounts of rings overcame them. The energy ring clamped on limbs on the Digimon, immobilising them and choking life out of them.

"Psychemon!" Shastina exclaimed. Her Digivice reacted, the Crest of Light appearing on the screen. On the ground in the centre of the cavern, a haze of blue energy formed. Psychemon was surrounded in an aura of sapphire and white energy alike.

* * * * * *

The fragmented Crest of Time splashed out of the water and into Tiberius' Digivice. The Digi-Destined gasped in surprise, falling on his behind with the impact. In the water under Twin Seremon's, a light blue glow pierced the water. An energy beam from Tiberius' Digivice skimmed over the water before diving down. The glow was then replaced with crimson glow, energy hot enough to start evaporating the water.

"ULTIMATE SWORD!"

Titanimon rocketed out of the water like a red hot torpedo, Twin Seremon crying in pain. The Digimon didn't seem to be hitting the serpent, but whatever Titanimon did underwater and after blasting out, it affected Twin Seremon....greatly.

The serpent heads stated to fall off, as did sections of the neck, until eventually the entire Digimon fell into pieces.

"That's the second fragment!" Titanimon shouted, flying down quickly. The Infinity Digimon cradled Tiberius in his arm, making sure not to cut his partner. "Quickly, I can feel it. Time is changing. We have to get moving, and fast!" With those words, Titanimon collected K.H. and the now changed Kinoumon, and then flew off at high speeds towards Harriermon's waiting location.

* * * * * *

White energy from Shastina's Digivice hit the haze of blue on the ground at the centre of the cavern. The two energies mixed, and the combined power of both hit Psychemon, blasting the binds on her into oblivion. The Digimon's eyes went wide, free and able. The flying bat Digimon blinked once, then flew back an inch.

That was as far as he got. In the next moment, Psychemon raced through the cavern and slammed her energy sabre into the Digimon.

"Ack..." the bowling ball coughed out, taken completely off guard by the sudden power that surrounded Psychemon. He disintegrated, breaking the binds of Knightdramon. Unable to hold his level anymore, Knightdramon returned to Xemon. Psychemon, however, remained in her Infinity, looking about quickly. The blue haze revealed the fragmented Crest of Time, and it took the liking of Shastina's Digivice.

"All right, let's get back to Harriermon!" Shastina exclaimed, pocketing the Digivice. Psychemon nodded.

"And hurry...time is altering...I can feel it..." the Infinity remarked, taking Shastina, Marc, and Xemon in her arms. "The Crest of Time empowers me, I will take us back." At insane like speed, she blasted out of the underground and ran right across the surface.

Fin

Completed: 06/03/01