Digital Fantasy
IMPORTANT STUFF: Digimon does not belong to me, and Squaresoft owns the Final Fantasy series. Are you getting tired of this as much as I am (even though I keep copying and pasting it)???


A Digimon & Final Fantasy Tactics Fusion

DIGITAL FANTASY: LEGEND OF THE TWELVE DIGI-CRESTS

written by K-chan

Characters of Fate: CHEMIST
"For the Sake of Others"

Late that evening, he could smell the wonderful aroma coming from the dining room as he hurried downstairs from dinner. He had to stop by the front store to see if his big brother was still out there, and as usual he was. "Brother," he called, poking his head in the entrance way, "It's time for dinner."

"Huh?" He looked up and turned to the voice that called him. "Oh hey Jyou. What is it?" he asked and quickly returned to his work too absorbed it.

Jyou sighed, knowing his brother just loved his work too much, "Ya know, Shin, a doctor needs to eat too."

"Yeah, be right there," he waved his hand in acknowledgment.

After their father had passed away a few years back, Shin had taken over the business, having carried on the family name with great success, and Jyou admired him for that, determined himself to become a good doctor too. And it appeared the Kido family had a long line of natural medics. Jyou laughed at the realization, causing Shin to stop what he was doing and stare at his brother oddly.

"Okay, I'll come now," he chuckled, writing a few last memos in his book. "We have to put in another shipment of lavander and aseras tomorrow." Jyou nodded, but before the brothers could leave for dinner, a loud banging at the closed clinic beckoned them. Shin went to answer the door and found a middle-aged man looking ver desperate and out of breath at the steps. He gripped Shin's sleeve tightly, baring his white knuckles, wanting to speak but the lack of air was first priority to his body.

"Please calm down, sir," Shin tried to soothe the man, taking him inside the clinic, while Jyou quickly came to them with a glass of water and gave it to the seated man. He graciously accepted the water and gulped it down, still gasping for air. The brothers exchanged short glances before turning their attention back to their unexpected visitor.

"My son," he managed to splutter out. "He needs help!! Please, doctor!!" he pleaded, almost dropping onto his knees to emphasize his distress.

Shin pulled him up to his feet. "Don't worry. I'll do whatever I can. Where's your house?" he asked, gesturing to Jyou to get his bag of equipments and medicine ready.

"Up by the mountains," he answered, causing looks of disbelief to cross the Kido brothers' faces. The mountains were at least an hour from the town by the fastest chocobo on land. "It's rather far, but I heard this is the town with the best doctor."

"All right," Shin patted the man's back, "we'll get some chocobos ready, but tell me your son's condition."

Jyou left the two to inform their mother of the emergency and hurried to the back stable and lead out two golden chocobos, ready to ride. It was only natural because there were times when Shin had to do some house calls like the one they were about to do, but never that far. He wondered how serious the boy was and hoped that his brother would be able to help the child--if it wasn't too late.

Jyou climbed onto one and still holding onto the reins of the second one, rode out to the front steps of the clinic, where Shin was waiting with the man on his own chocobo. Shin handed the medic bag to Jyou while he climbed onto his chocobo, and soon the three were off with the darkening skies looming overhead.

As expected, the rush trip took over an hour, forcing them a little ways up the mountain side where a small, poorly built house resided. It was not too far from a nearby village, but the area was too poor, and they didn't have an experienced doctor around. The man--came known to be Saitou--worked up in the mountains as a woodsman and partial hunter and had made their home there.

Saitou practically jumped off his chocobo when they reached the house. Shin knew the urgency of a relapsed fever at its peak and hurried after him with Jyou trailing not too far behind, leaving the chocobos to themselves. Saitou announced their arrival to his wife as the three men busted the door down. The woman came out from the next room with her face stained with dried tears and embraced her husband while Shin and Jyou rushed into the bedroom.

The boy tucked in bed was definitely burning with a fever, but the tint of purple of his upper arms and just faintly on his face and neck gave way to poison seriously spreading. He checked the child's body for signs of a bite, and surely he found one on the inside of his left ankle. Saitou noticed and spoke up, "Shortly after we treated the snake bite, he came down with the fever. After a few days, we thought it was gone until this morning."

"I have the medicine for the fever," Shin said as Jyou went through the medic bag and found the bottom. He handed it to his brother. "But the poison isn't completely out of his system. Unfortunately I didn't anticipate this," he examine the bite and the reaction of the skin more closely. He was glad it wasn't a rare poisonous bite, but since he didn't have any antidotes, he would have to work with nature and mixed a batch from scratch.

"What can we do, doctor?!" Saitou inquired, his voice quivering as he held his crying wife against him.

"There's a plant called 'Artemis Leaf' that can cure this," he said.

"It's usually found growing on rocky terrain, like cliffs or mountains," Jyou added, knowing his brother's intention. "Rather dangerous to get, but I'll go find it." He checked himself before heading for the exit.

Shin nodded, "Be careful. It's getting dark out there."

Parting from his wife, Saitou announced, "I know the mountains, so I'll guide you there." Jyou nodded, and the two departed from the others, taking lanterns and ropes, and armed themselves just in case they ran into anything or anyone out there.

The night overwhelmed the pair trudging up the mountain side. Holding the lantern, Saitou lead Jyou to an easily accessed cliffside that usually had all sorts of plants stemming from the rocky crevices in the daytime. It wasn't a difficult climb down, but it was better to be safe with the rope around Jyou's waist as Saitou securely held onto the other end, lowering the young man down.

Nervous at not having to do this before, Jyou slowly descended with one hand holding the lantern out to search for the herb while the other clutch the earth for dear life. It didn't take long as he browsed through the many plants until he found one with the recognizable white flower. "I FOUND IT!!" Jyou shouted happily, plucking a few from its roots and tucked them within his shirt. He hooked the lantern onto his belt and proceeded to climb up, having managed not to look down through the ordeal.

The trip back up was a breeze with Saitou's help, but when Jyou threw is body over flattened the ground, they heard footsteps heading there way. Jyou gave his companion a questioning look, but the latter shook his head, not certain who was out at this time. Their answer came soon enough in the guise of five men, looking nothing of kind and gentle.

"You boys doin' out here pretty late, eh?" the plump man grinned as one of the men shone their light upon their victims.

"They must be bandits," Saitou whispered lowly to Jyou, who grabbed something from behind his back. He observed the five carefully in the light source that they had, certain that they would be armed.

"I really don't care what yer doin' out here," the group leader continued, "but just give us your valuables, and we'll let you live."

"We have nothing of value," Saitou said. "I'm a woodsman around here. We're just getting a plant to save my son."

"How touching," the man said sarcastically, and Jyou fumed, seeing him roll his eyes with his remark.

Jyou silently cursed his luck, pulling the 'Artemis Leaf' from his pocket, and gave it to Saitou who looked at him in surprise. "You have to get back and save your son," he whispered back. The man hesitated, but in the end, the life of his son was more important, and he didn't argue. Jyou smiled faintly, trying to ease the man's thoughts, "Tell my brother I'll be back for a late dinner, so he better not take my portion."

"Didja hear me?!" the bandit demanded. "Hand us everything you have!"

Saitou nodded to Jyou, having no other choice. "All right," he said, revealing his weapon, "When I tell you to, go for it, okay?"

"Yer makin' this difficult on yer part," another man said, and the two could see them carefully closing in.

Jyou drew his gun into the air and fired at one of the men's leg, wounding him, while the other flung themselves to the dirt, as several shots rang over their heads. "NOW!!" he ordered, and Saitou rushed down the uneven land to the far right which had a good distance between him and the bandits. He escaped easily thanks to Jyou's distraction and kept running until he could no longer hear the foul language in the air.

Jyou spotted a large boulder and ducked behind it, reloading his gun. He was breathing hard, and his heart beat was pounding like crazy, wondering how he was going to escape this and get his dinner. And he was regretting not grabbing something when he left home.

"Come outta there, you f**kin' bastard!"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Jyou yelled, "I'VE GOT NOTHING ON ME!!"

"Oh ho ho," he laughed, "Not after that little stunt you pulled."

It was silent again, but he could hear the footsteps spreading all around him, and the sweat dripping down the side of his face increased, knowing that he couldn't fight off all five of them. He wasn't a sharp shooter like his brother, and his senses weren't good enough to make out his opponents' positions. He took in a deep breath, and when he exhaled, he just went with it, knowing it was very unlike him.

Rolling out from his shelter, Jyou started shooting at the first person he saw, but he missed his target as a bandit lunged at him, knocking him back. Pain seered through his body when the knife stabbed into his side. Using the butt of the gun, he smashed against the culprit's head and kicked him away. Jyou staggered backwards, clutching onto his bleeding wound.

He didn't realize his even more dangerous position until it was too late as his foot slipped off the edge of the cliff, and he fell backwards into the darkness.
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Whew, 4 more to go!! Ha, I betcha didn't expect Jyou's chapter to be exciting, huh huh?! I don't know much about medical stuff, so I probably made mistakes of fevers and poisons... Anyway my responses to my precious reviewers (from when I last read them)!!
To digitalized... Oh no problem, I don't mind if you leave a one word review--at least I know you're reading the story. [smiles] Aaaaawe, okie okie... it will have TAKARI!!! [pouts] I was gonna leave it up in the air, but I guess you should at least know ONE definite couple... [grinning mischievously] Alrighty now, who wants some yaoi in this?!!! [giggling] Aah, maybe not...

To April... That's all right, I should've listed a few in the last chapter for ya so you didn't have to go back to chapter one. (I'm just laaaaaaaazyyyyyyy!) But what I have plan are scenes were possible couples interacting, not necessarily developing into romantic relationships. What am I talkin' about?? I'm just blabbing. You'll see it in later chapters...

To Rocker_Starlight... Heeeeeeeey, you got his job right!! Hmm, unfortunately I don't have a prize for ya... Sorriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie... Did I ever mention that I LOVE FFTactics?!! Well I do!! If not, I wouldn't be writing a fusion with it, ne? Eh heh heh...
Oooh, this is fun... answering your questions, that is. I've said this many times, but I can't stress it enough of how I feel about your reviews and encouragement on this story... Thank you so much!!

Oh and before I go, if you can guess what Sora's job is, then... then... [thinking really hard] err, I'll write a fanfic of YOUR favorite digi-couple (or maybe anime, depends if I know about that anime) for you!! (No SORATO requests please!!!) Send me your answer before the eleventh chapter (which might be a while). The first one who guesses correctly, wins of course!

K-chan, who really needs to use the li'l girls' room after sitting in front of the computer for hours... =6_6=