Chapter 6
Premonitions
"Go Angemon!" Takeru pulled back his hat, and commanded Angemon to fly up. He
appeared in the sky, holding his long angel rod. "You are through Devimon." Devimon approached him firmly, and began to laugh. "An angel Digimon cannot defeat me. You are just a speck of what my power concedes. Angemon began to twirl his rod like a baton. He flew higher into the air. "Angel Rod!" He threw his long rod directly at Devimon's face. The rod swirled around a little, and it entered Devimon's small chest, popping out on the opposite side. Devimon screamed loudly, and he began to disintegrate. Devimon groaned, and he winced at Angemon. "Hear my words Angemon. As long as the evil in the Digital World exists, I will return with allies from previous battles..."
Takeru clapped his hands together, and fainted...
"Hey... where am I?" Hikari cried, looking out. "I feel like I'm floating." The wind
began to blow through her. Hikari gasped. "What am I seeing?" The Dark Ocean was looming out in front of her. "Am I seeing things?" The Dark Ocean began to churn, and a Digimon loomed out of the water. It was hanging from a long cross. Hikari gasped. The sky turned an eerie red, and the waters churned even more. Digimon began to pop out of the woods, running away. Hikari looked back, and saw them heading her way. "Please stop, what is going on?" The ground began to tremble, and water started to shoot out. The Digimon hanging from the cross opened her eyes, and a snake appeared around her. It encircled the Digimon's neck, and she screamed. "No, stop!" Hikari's eyes were shocked, she couldn't blink. The trees started to release from its roots...
Hikari covered her eyes, and she collapsed...
"Huh? What the..." Takeru rubbed his eyes, and yawned a little. He picked up
has little clock, 2:00 A.M. Takeru's eye's widened, and he placed it back. He got out of his bed, and walked out of his room. he looked inside his mom's room. She was sleeping like nothing ever happened. He went into the bathroom, and rubbed his eyes. He touched his head. "Man, I think I have a headache." "What was that dream all about? I saw Devimon, and a light, somewhere." Takeru rubbed his head, he was starting to sweat.
The next morning, Takeru walked down his hallway, as usual. He walked down the steps,
and he slipped down. Takeru screamed as he bumbled down the stairs, and right onto Iori. Iori reached for his books as they fell down the hard stairs. Takeru's hat fell off and landed right onto Iori's head, covering his eyes. Causing him to collapse. "Sorry Iori," Takeru said, reaching for his hat. "That's ok, did you tripped down those stairs?" Iori asked, shuffling his books into his small backpack. Takeru fixed up his hat, and groaned. "I don't know." Iori winced. "Well, maybe we should go to school no." Takeru picked up his bag, and followed Iori out the door. "Where's Miyako?" Takeru asked. Iori looked up. "She can't come to school today. She says she's sick." Takeru nodded. "Should we visit her later?" "I guess so." Iori looked up into the sky, and saw a rain drop fall.
At the classroom, Takeru noticed that Hikari was rubbing her eyes pretty badly. He
pinched Hikari's shoulder, and she snapped awake. "Hey, why did you do that?" she asked, rubbing her shoulder. "It seemed like you were really tired." "It's probably because of all that studying that I did." Hikari touched her head, and yawned. Then, the two heard a stick snap onto the chalkboard. "Excuse me Mr. Takaishi, do you have something to tell us?" Mr. Hamasaki asked, pointing his stick towards Takeru's direction. "Me?" Takeru cried. The others began to giggle. "Well Mr. Takaishi? I am waiting for an answer." Takeru thought for a moment. "It was nothing," he said, grinning. Mr. Hamasaki whacked his stick again. "Takeru, I cannot allow any disruptions during this time. Now, please move to the seat at the front." He pointed to a seat next to Daisuke, and Takeru quickly gathered up his materials.
Hikari looked like she was about to collapse. Her eyes very heavy, and she could
barely talk in class. "Hey Takeru," Daisuke whispered. "What did you do to Hikari? Tell me." "Calm down Daisuke. I don't know either." Mr. Hamasaki noticed the two talking, and he whacked his stick onto the board once again. "Mr. Motomiya and Mr. Takaishi, grab your textbooks. I am sending you to the library for a pop quiz with Mr. Izumi." He pointed his stick out through the door. Everyone started to giggle at the them, and Daisuke and Takeru gathered up all of their things. Everyone laughed at them except for Hikari, who was beginning to collapse onto her table.
"Stop laughing, all of you," he ordered the class. Hikari then dropped her textbook, and
she fell down to the table, and started to snore little. Mr. Hamasaki was enraged. "Mrs. Yagami!" Hikari snapped awake, and he pointed at her. "I have lost all of my patience for today. Hikari San, please follow Daisuke and Takeru as they go into the library, now." Hikari nodded, and she gathered up her books. Hikari walked out the door, and everyone started to giggle again. "Maybe this class should not have lunch..." Everyone gasped, and they quickly grabbed their books. "What has gotten into those three?" he asked to himself, and then, he regained his lesson plan.
Daisuke and Takeru both walked up the long path and into the library. "This is getting
out of hand," Takeru said. "You started it," Daisuke said, snickering. "I did not start that," Takeru said, grabbing his backpack, and flinging it at Daisuke's face. Daisuke ducked out of the way, and he started to giggle at him. Takeru regained control of his backpack, and he started to giggle too. "We better hurry up, if Mr. Hamasaki sees us, we might be in big trouble." Takeru walked into the library, and gasped. "What?" Daisuke wondered. He saw what Takeru was looking at, and he also gasped. "Koushirou?" Takeru cried. "What are you doing here?" Daisuke asked. Koushirou was with some kids, asking questions to them and giving them sheets of paper. Takeru walked over, and he tapped his shoulder lightly. "yes, are you also here for the test?" he asked. "If you are..." he said turning around. "Please give me your... hey! Takeru, Daisuke, what are you doing here?"
"We're here for that test thing you just talked about," Daisuke said winking. Koushirou
just stared. "Typical Daisuke," he said sighing. "Well, did you guys get into trouble?" he asked. "Just read it," Takeru said handing over his slip. Koushirou took it and examined it. He almost snapped. "Wow, that's pretty weird." "So what is the test about?" Koushirou sighed. "It's about science, math, philosophy, physics, and chemistry." Daisuke just stared. "What kind of test is that?" "A hard one." Koushirou sighed. "You really have to study." Just then, Hikari came through the door and into the library, holding her books. She was swaying as she walked. "Is that Hikari?" Koushirou asked. Hikari was beginning to fall asleep again. She dropped her books, and she tumbled down to the ground. Her Digivice flew out of her pocket, and rolled next to Koushirou and the others.
Everyone inside the room gasped. "What is that?" the librarian cried. "Uh, nothing!"
Takeru stammered, reaching for it. Takeru grabbed it, and it began to send out waves of light. Everyone shielded his or her eyes, but Takeru just stayed there, holding it. Hikari started to turn into a pale color. Takeru dropped the Digivice, and he also started to turn pale. The Digivice disappeared, and Takeru's backpack ripped open, sending his own Digivice out. Takeru's Digivice emitted a strange sound, causing the windows of every room to smash open. Koushirou and Daisuke covered their ears as Takeru began to slowly vanish. His hands were dissolving and then his legs. "What's going on?" he cried. Hikari was next to him. She began to vanish also, along with Takeru. "What the..." Takeru and Hikari both vanished, and their Digivices disappeared in a spark of light.
Takeru and Hikari both reappeared near s small pond at the Digital World. The wind blew
beneath their feet. Takeru rubbed his head again, and he reached for his hat nearby. He moaned a little, but regained control. He looked around him. "Am I in the Digital World?" he wondered. Hikari slowly began to wake up, and she yawned. "Hey Hikari... what the?" Takeru gasped. Hikari was different. She was a child again, and instead of a camera she had a whistle on. "Hikari, are you ok?" Takeru shook her shoulder, and she looked at him. "Takeru, did you shrink?" she asked, pointing to his face. "Me? Hey, my voice." Takeru looked at his hat. It wasn't that white, brownish one anymore, but his little green hat that he used to wear. "Woa, Hikari are we young?" he asked. Hikari looked at her whistle. "Did we go back in time?" she asked. Takeru reached out his hand, and she grabbed it.
Hikari got up and brushed off the dirt on her little skirt. "The Digiworld looks exactly the
same though. I'm scared Takeru." "Don't be, maybe we can find the others," Takeru said. Hikari began to look around the area. "Where do you think we should go?" "I wonder why we were even brought here." Takeru felt his soft hat, and sighed. "Maybe we should look for our Digimon partners." "Good idea Takeru." Hikari reached under her skirt, but found nothing. "Hey, where did my Digivice go?" "Oh no." Takeru frantically looked for his, but he didn't find it. "Maybe it is in our backpacks." "I don't have it though. What should we do?" "I'm thinking about that," Takeru said. Takeru felt something on his chest. He reached for it, and felt it. "I feel something on my chest." "What is it?" Hikari also felt something. She reached for it, and took it out. Hikari and Takeru both gasped.
"It's out crests, and tags." Takeru's crest of hope was where it should be, inside his tag.
The same with Hikari. "Maybe we have these because we went back in time." "When our crests weren't destroyed?" "Yep." The two placed their crests back. "We better start walking if we want to find Patamon and Tailmon." The two started to walk into the small dirt road, when suddenly, a weird monkey Digimon appeared in front of them. Takeru and Hikari both screamed, and then they recognized him. "It's that monkey man!" Takeru cried, pointing to it. "Oh yeah, you got it right!" Takeru pulled Hikari's arm, and they ran away from it. "Come back here little twits. I'm not done with my introduction." Takeru and Hikari both ran up a small stone passageway. "Who is that monkey man?" Hikari cried. "Etamon!" The stone passageway led them all the way up into a small corridor.
"Takeru, what should we do?" she asked. "I'm thinking, I'm thinking." Takeru pushed
through the small corridor, and into a chamber filled with a acid fume. Hikari started to cough. "We have to get out of here," she said. "There are three doors though." He was right. Three doors marked with a different Digimon marking was all there was inside the room. "We have to pick a door." The two heard Etamon come closer towards them. "Let's go into that one!" Hikari cried pointing to a small glass door. "I'm coming." Etamon started to hum a crazy tune. Hikari ran into the room and Takeru closed the door as he went in. The two heard Etamon push open the door. "Now, where did you go little kids?" Etamon examined the room. "You're clever." Takeru and Hikari both walked through the tunnel and into a small pit. "This place is strange," Takeru said.
"Aha!" Takeru looked back and saw flames going through the tunnel. "Hikari, run!"
Hikari screamed and she ran through the tunnel, holding Takeru's hand. The two stopped as they almost ran into the pit. "We're trapped," Hikari said, looking back. "No where to run," Etamon laughed. Takeru started to scream along with Hikari. "Now what?" he asked. Takeru saw a long pole at the top of the pit. "Hikari, try to grab onto that pole," he said, boosting Hikari up. Hikari reached out her arm to try and grab it. "Hurry Hikari," Takeru cried. Hikari reached farther, and started to cough. "It's too high." "You have to reach it." Takeru boosted her higher, until she finally grabbed it. "Now pull yourself up." Hikari grabbed onto it and pulled her body upward. "Grab my hand Takeru!" Hikari reached out her hand and Takeru reached for it. "Got ya' now."
Takeru looked back and screamed even louder. Etamon came tumbling forward holding
strange fireballs in his hands. "Digidestined... craze!" He threw the fireball and Takeru whacked Hikari's hand away. Thus causing Takeru to tumble through the tunnel holding a fireball in his stomach. "Takeru San!" Hikari cried out. She couldn't blink. Staring at the site of Takeru tumbling. Etamon laughed, without noticing Hikari, dashed forward to snatch Takeru. Hikari pulled herself upward. "I have to find Takeru." She saw a little hole on the wall. She decided to crawl in and see where it took her. "Takeru saved me from that monkey man, I have to help him now." She hurried through the hole and into a maze of paths that led to somewhere unknown.
"Help me!" Takeru crashed onto a stone wall that blocked the exit. He started to cough
out blood. He fell down to the hard floor, awaiting his fate. Etamon came holding a microphone in his hands. "Well little Digidestined. Welcome to my world." Takeru closed his eyes, as tears started to pour out. A little moan came out of his face, as he bit his lip. Etamon bended down and laughed. "Well kid. I guess you aren't as strong as I thought you were." ' I wish Patamon was here, ' Etamon turned on his loud microphone and took in a breath. "NO!" Takeru screamed. He got back up and started to run away. "Hey, kid, where are you going?" "It's none of your business!" He trailed off into the opposite direction, heading for a point of light.
"Now, can anyone explain to me what that was?" Daisuke and Koushirou both got up,
swiping the glass shards of the windows off of them. The librarian got off her seat and walked around the bookshelves to Koushirou. "Look, I don't know what that was, but I think someone here has a good explanation of what that was," she said in an angry mood. She looked at Daisuke and Koushirou, who were both stammering. "All right Mr. Izumi, can you explain what that was?" "I don't think, so." Koushirou started to panic. "How about you Mr. Motomiya?" "Me?" he asked, pointing to himself. "Is there another Mr. Motomiya?" "Of course not, I guess I'm stumped..." The librarian gasped at him. "Tell me now or it will be your heads." "Isn't that, illegal?" Koushirou asked. "I guess it is, but I think a four-hour detention for both of you is good." Koushirou snapped. "But I don't even go to this school." Daisuke shrugged.
Meanwhile in the Digital World, Takeru kept running for his life. "If I can only find a point
of light." Etamon was much angrier now. He wanted to kill Takeru in a way he had never done before. Takeru finally reached above the ground, where he saw flowers around him. "Wow, how lovely," he wondered. Takeru took off his hat and looked around. "But,... this doesn't seem right." Takeru saw strange clouds in the sky. They were swirling around and had a dark color to them. "It seems like a storm is coming." Rain started to drizzle out of the sky, like seeds raining down to the ground. It was actually warm. Takeru touched one of the drops, and it dropped off of his hands when he flicked it away. The warmness stayed on the tip of his finger.
Suddenly, hard drops of rain started to come out of the sky. Takeru quickly stuffed his hat
onto his head again. He ran into a small cave, trying to block the rain from getting him. He felt a nudge against his back. Takeru gasped a little, and he looked behind him. "Who's there?" he cried. "Hi." Takeru tumbled out of the hole, and looked back. "Patamon?" Takeru wined. The strange Digimon flew high and low. "I've been searching for you Takeru," it said. "Patamon, is that you?" Strangely, Takeru saw a Patamon, but it wasn't looking right. "Hey Patamon, how did you get so dark?" The strange Digimon flew into his arms. "I got a very dark tan from the sun." Takeru couldn't help but stare at it. "I guess... that's good." "Come on Takeru, we have to hurry. We have to save the world from getting destroyed by evil Digimons. We must travel to the dark castle, to see the Holy Digimon that guard the continents of the Digital World."
"Why, what is going on?" "I have little time to explain. Digimon from all over the world
are trying to help us out and to take down those evil ones. The dark castle is the place where the holy beasts live. We have to ask for their help." "I have to find Hikari too." "Hikari is here?" "yes, and she's also like me right now, smaller." "You look the same to me." Takeru shrugged. "I think it's going to rain though. Should we continue?" "Don't worry, it's alright." "Let's go then." Patamon smiled, and he walked with Takeru until they reached outside, where they saw the flowers again. "I'm a little scared though. Patamon, do you know the way to the dark castle?" "Of course I do. Come on." Patamon flew up into the air and motioned Takeru to follow him.
Meanwhile, Hikari was tunneling through the dark passageway, searching for any signs of
Takeru or Tailmon. "I hope they're alright." Takeru crept through it even more. "What if I can't find my way out? No, I can't think that way." Hikari suddenly felt a jolt below her. She looked down and saw a large crack. "Uh oh." Hikari saw little bits of metal pop out of the hole. She saw herself falling down into the ground. "Woa!" She tumbled down the small hole and onto a patch of sand. She looked back up and saw a strange portal. It began to disappear, and then, it completely vanished. "Oh no, am I in the desert now?" She looked around her and saw strange sand pouring over her. She shielded her eyes, but the blinding sand came closer and closer.
A small twister of some kind came and started to swirl around the entire desert, causing
more to appear. Hikari noticed that each one was heading straight for her. Hikari's eyes began to close tight, as the sand came closer to her face. "Maybe I better get out of here!" She clapped her hands over her eyes and started to breathe heavily. The strange twisters made their way around her body until they were actually forming a solid blockade around her body, preventing her to escape. "Somebody, anybody, please help." Hikari's ears began to mellow down. Sand started to build up all over the desert, until it was actually a couple of inches above her knee. Hikari's nose got clogged up, and she started to whimper. "Help me!" The sand fell down harder now, until it was covering her entire body...
Seconds, minutes, hours, passed by, and all was dark and cold. A spark of light was
emitting through a blinding desert full of sand. When a strange Digimon walked through the desert, she felt a nudge on her feet. "She has to be here..." The Digimon dug into the sand, until it felt a body down there. "Finally, I found her." She dug some more, until her left arm was visible. "Come on now." She lifted her arm, and her face poked out, and started to cough. The Digimon ran off into a dark shrub. This Digimon found Hikari. Hikari opened her eyes, and saw the strange Digimon inside the bush. She saw her long tail, the same as a Tailmon's. "Hey, it's Tailmon, isn't it?" The Digimon heard it and she leaped out of the shrub. 'I suppose I should lure her there. I'll play along with the girl.' "Tailmon, you're so black." "I guess it was because of this hot sun."
Takeru followed Patamon into a strange pond. His eyes danced around the banks of it.
Even though it was no river, he could still notice the likeness of it. The sand beneath him was unbearably hot, burning him through his shoes. "Patamon, what are we doing here?" That was all he could say. His lips were dry, and his head began to throb. His breathing slowly began to get deeper. His ears began to echo a sound. His body felt a tingle of energy seep away from him. Takeru knelt down gently onto the ground, his eyes looking straightforward. At a long horizon over the pond. No, a river, or an ocean? He couldn't tell. With all of the moisture inside his eyes, all he could think about was himself. "Gee Patamon, I'm getting a little... weak. And, tired... and... sleepy."
"Hikari San, I am here to guide you to your destiny." Hikari started to giggle. "Gosh,
Tailmon, you sound like a mature Taichi." Tailmon crossed her eyes. "I see. Well, we better get going." Hikari shook her head in confusion. "What do you mean, Tailmon?" She didn't look back at her. Tailmon continued to walk away. "If you're smart, you should follow me." "Huh?" Hikari nodded and began to walk with her. Tailmon didn't seem like herself right now. She seemed like she was going the wrong way, or so it seems to her. "Tailmon, where are we going?" "We're going to the Dark Castle, where we can ask the four Guardians of the Digital World for help." "What about Takeru?" "He's with Patamon, they'll be alright. Come now."
Day began to drift to night, as the Yagami family waits patiently for any sign of Hikari.
"Taichi San, are you sure you do not know where Hikari is? She's really late, and the computer club does not go into seven o' clock at night." Taichi waited in his room, looking out the window. The evening showed an orange glow in the horizon. He gazed at his reflection on the glass window. All of the streetlights outside began to light up. "She's right. She can't be out this late." ding Taichi looked back. He overheard someone at the door. He peeked out at his door. "Go right ahead." "Thanks Mrs. Yagami." It was Yamato. "Taichi crept back into his room, as Yamato walked in. "Hey Taichi, hope you don't mind me stopping by." "No, it's all right." Yamato sat down next to him, and grasped the blanket. "Taichi, have you seen Takeru today? My mom called my dad and asked."
"No. Hikari isn't here either." Yamato looked towards the ceiling. "Where could they be,
at this hour." Taichi fell back onto his bed. "Do you think that they could be in some kind of danger?" "Maybe, but I think they can take care of themselves." "If only they would at least call. Then we wouldn't be as worried as we are right now." Yamato grasped Taichi's hands. "I think they'll be all right." They looked at each other for a moment. Taichi smiled. He got back off his bed, and gazed at Yamato. "Listen Yamato, I'm glad you came. I feel a lot better about this now, since I'm not alone." "Don't worry. We're best fiends in this. Besides, I better get back now. Later." Yamato walked out of the room, and closed the door behind him.
"Yamato San, aren't you going to stay for dinner?" Mrs. Yagami asked. "No thanks Mrs.
Yagami, I better get back home before my dad gets worried." "Well all right, but if you get the chance to stop by, you're more than welcome to." Yamato closed the door behind him, and started to walk home. Taichi looked out at his window, and saw him. Yamato noticed this, and waved goodbye to him. "See ya Taichi." Taichi waved back, and closed the window in front of him. He walked back to his bed and laid his head down. "Well, I wonder what they are doing." He curled up in his blanket, and began to close his eyes. Close by, his Digivice began to make sounds.
Meanwhile in the Digital World, Hikari and Takeru were both being led to the dark castle.
Patamon was guiding Takeru, and Tailmon was guiding Hikari. Both were confused though.
"Gee, hi Hikari." "Hi Takeru, boy, what a lovely day this is, don't you think?" "Yeah,
it is quite a lovely day. Beautiful flowers, gorgeous birds, and little pieces of candy that you can get at a candy store." Hikari saw Takeru's eye's glimmer in the sunlight. "You're sweet Takeru. Where should we go?" "Maybe we can go to the park and play on the swings." "Ok." Takeru followed Hikari was she ran to the swings, snatching the first one. "Can you push me Takeru?" "Sure." Takeru grabbed the chains and lifted her back, and released it. Hikari laughed with excitement. Takeru smiled at her expression. "Well, I think you two are having a good time..." Takeru looked back and saw Yamato looking over him. "Don't you have any homework to do young one?" Takeru giggled. "Why would I?" "Because your education depends on it, not on a girl." Takeru looked behind him and saw Taichi coming. "Maybe when you're older. You never know."
Hikari stopped when she halted using her shoes. She got off the swing and looked at Taichi.
"Gee big brother, you sure are serious about Takeru's education, aren't you?" "Maybe, why do you have to know, little sister?" "Because I just do. You seem to like Takeru better than me." Taichi started to act a little weird. "That's not true," he stammered. "I think it is." Takeru giggled a little. Hikari started to pour tears out of her eyes. "I think that is true." She grabbed Takeru's arms and hauled him towards herself. "Oh Takeru, I think you have a new big brother." Yamato started to quiver now. "Now Hikari, that's not true one bit." "Yea Hikari, we don't want to hurt your boyfriend's feelings..." Hikari stopped holding Takeru's arm. "That's not true Taichi." "Maybe it is," he teased. Takeru and Hikari both denied it. "That's really nasty." Yamato laughed, and he left with Taichi.
snap "Ha?" Takeru opened his eyes, and saw a crystal pond in front of him. Patamon
was flying next to him. "Oh, what a strange dream," he said rubbing his eyes. "Takeru San, are you ok?" Patamon asked. He flew down into the water and examined it. "You're ok, let's go." "So fast?" "We have to hurry. The four guardians aren't patient you know." Takeru nodded and got back up. He picked up his green hat and Patamon landed on top of his head. "I'm feeling a little tired right now. Must be all this hot desert air." "Ok, I guest that's ok." Takeru placed his hat into his backpack, and he continued onto the road. "You must be hot Takeru, here, eat some of my crystal drops, they'll make you better." Patamon handed him some kind of strange seed. It was as hard as a rock, but when he chewed on it, it was as soft as a marshmallow. "This is pretty good. Where did you get it?" "From a rare plant here in the Digital World. I knew you would like it, because I'm enjoying it too." Patamon smiled. Takeru's head began to glow.
"Excuse me Hikari San, but we have to hurry. The four magical guardians are not beasts that
will wait for a mere human." Hikari's throat was beginning to get dry. "Can we rest Tailmon? I'm feeling dry right now." "Maybe you need a hat." Tailmon pounced onto her head and curled up into it. "This will keep you cool from all the heat." "Thank you Tailmon, you are a good friend." "I know I am." Tailmon noticed that Hikari was breathing quite heavily. "Oh, I'm sorry Hikari Chan, you need a drink. Here, I think I have something that might help you cool down a little inside your body." Tailmon handed Hikari a sweet smelling candy, shaped like a teardrop. "What's this?" "It is called a crystal drop, guaranteed to help you relax." "It seems so hard though, how can I chew on it, and how will it rinse my throat?" "Inside contains a drop of crystal tear. It will rinse your throat for about an hour." "I guess it is all right to try one." She tossed it into her throat and chewed on it. "Hey, it isn't hard anymore." Tailmon nodded and they continued on their way.
"Patamon? Where are we?" "It's ok Takeru. We are next to a data river. Where a
Digimon's data is taken into a form." "How do we get across it?" "Why don't we try crossing that bridge over there?" Patamon pointed to a rickety bridge that was looking very unstable. "Is that stable enough, I mean, what if we fall in?" "Don't worry, I got you covered. Besides, how else are we going to get across?" "I guess you're right Patamon. Well, let's try it." Takeru walked over to the bridge, and grasped its handles. Takeru took a step onto the first plank. "See, it's all right." "I guess you're right." He took a second step, and the wooden bridge began to sway a little. "Woa!" "Don't worry Takeru, just keep going." "That's easy for you to say, you have wings." Takeru took his third step, and he heard someone shouting. He looked back and saw Hikari running towards him.
"Hikari San, what are you doing here?" "Tailmon and I are heading for the dark castle.
What are you two doing here?" "The same as you." "Well, is this a reunion or what? We better get going." Tailmon walked passed Hikari and onto the bridge. "Hurry, it is getting late, and you won't be able to find another portal until we reach the castle." Hikari and Takeru nodded and they held each other's hands. They each took the opposite rail, and they crossed the bridge together, one step at a time. "Are you feeling all right Hikari?" "Yeah, I'm fine." As they took their few last steps, the bridge began to sway much more. "Oh no, I hope we can make it Hikari." "We will Takeru, we will." Hikari took her next step, and her foot fell through the hole. "Oh no!" Takeru grabbed her arms. "Don't worry Hikari, I got you..."
"Hurry up you two! Start cleaning up!"
"Hey, be quiet, isn't this a library and all?" Koushirou whimpered. "Don't toy with me
'experienced high level student,' or it's going to be your demise." Daisuke tossed a couple of shards into a trash can. "Hey, you can't talk to my friend like that." The librarian turned her head, and headed straight for Daisuke. "Uh, oh no." She was much bigger than he was. To her, he was nothing but a shrimp. "I don't really care if you are both friends. I just care about you getting this place cleaned up, and giving me a good explanation of what happened." Daisuke plopped down onto the ground and looked at her. "Yes ma'am." She left him and Daisuke sighed a breath of relief. She heard him, and she walked right back in front of his face. "Get up, now." Daisuke crawled away. "Man Koushirou Sama, I think this girl has a serious problem." "What did you say?" the librarian screamed. "Uh oh..." the two gasped.
"Hikari! Hang on!" Takeru grabbed her even more. He hauled at least half of her body up.
"Please Takeru, you have to let go. If you don't, then you might fall in too." Takeru was shocked at what she said. "No Hikari, I have to help you." Suddenly, the bridge began to crack open. The beginning of it torn apart and it began to reach Hikari and Takeru. "You have to let go too, or you might fall in!" "I will never let go!" The bridge around them torn apart, and Takeru and Hikari tumbled down. "Oh no!" Two points of light appeared at the bottom of the Data River. It erupted out of the river, and Hikari was sucked into it. Takeru got sucked in too, but they never let go of each other's hands. "Is this the end..." "Of everything..." "I wanted to save Hikari..." "I wanted Takeru to live..." "It's not over yet..." "We have each other..." "So there's no turning back..."
Tailmon and Patamon were both waiting at the end of the bridge. "Did they survive the
blast?" "I don't think so, But I felt the power of hope and light, and now I know that these two powers must not be under estimated." Suddenly, two lights erupted again, but from the ground next to Tailmon and Patamon. "What the?" When the light disappeared, two bodies were on the ground. "Look, it's Hikari and Takeru. I thought we had them." Takeru and Hikari both opened their eyes, and saw each other. "Ha, did we survive?" "I think so." Tailmon and Patamon both went over to them. "The dark castle is close by, let's go." "I feel kind of weak though." Hikari's hair was glowing white, and so was Takeru's. They started to cough up, a strange liquid. It was black and had a thickness to it. "Takeru, what is that?" "I don't know." Takeru touched the liquid. "Eww, it looks and feels like blood."
Takeru and Hikari both got back up. They kept coughing this black liquid every step they
took. 'Don't worry, the dark castle has medicine,' was all Tailmon and Patamon kept saying when they needed help. Eventually they reached a small pond like the other ones. Patamon found some cloth and Tailmon doused them into the water. Patamon placed them on top of their heads, which made them feel better, but it was still bad. "We better get to this dark castle before night hits." Takeru noticed that a couple of stars were appearing in the sky. Patamon flew up and saw the castle. "Only a few more yards away, come on." Tailmon was guiding Takeru and Hikari on their way to the castle. "Almost there."
The group eventually reached the castle doors. Hikari and Takeru saw a trail of black
liquid as they searched for the castle. They heard a sound some through. "Who dares disturb us?" it bellowed. "It is I, Tsukaimon, reporting." Takeru coughed up some more liquid, but it was much darker now. "Wait, you're not Patamon? Who is Tsukaimon?" "Me, you fool." Tailmon kicked the two into the doorway. "I am Black Tailmon, reporting." "You too?" Hikari cried. "Yes, thank you for coming." "They're the bad guys Hikari!" Takeru screamed, grabbing her arm. "Come... on." He coughed up some more, and Hikari started to grow weaker. "You're not getting away that easily," Tsukaimon shouted. He flew over and knocked Hikari down to the ground. "Hikari!" Tsukaimon laughed at Takeru. "Purple Fog!" A strange mist appeared, causing Takeru to collapse.
"I remember nothing... anything at all."
"Wake up sleepy heads." Hikari and Takeru opened their eyes. They were inside the
castle. "What's going on?" Takeru asked. There was a large thrown in the middle of the room. It was turned around, so no one could see who was sitting on it. Tsukaimon and Black Tailmon appeared next to the throne, laughing at them. "Thank you Digidestined. You have given us so much power." "What do you... mean?" Hikari cried. "That crystal drop was actually a curse. It seems like we have gotten much more powerful by sucking away your life energy with those crystal drops." "Patamon and Tailmon are both in our care. Don't worry about them." Takeru and Hikari gasped. Patamon and Tailmon were both hanging on the wall, scars all over them. "Little brats, little kids, I think you will be pleased to meet our master..." Tsukaimon and Black Tailmon jumped out of the way, as the throne seat began to turn around. "Meet our master, the rightful ruler of the Digital World, and its inhabitants. Say hello, to the great and powerful, Vamdemon..."
Premonitions
"Go Angemon!" Takeru pulled back his hat, and commanded Angemon to fly up. He
appeared in the sky, holding his long angel rod. "You are through Devimon." Devimon approached him firmly, and began to laugh. "An angel Digimon cannot defeat me. You are just a speck of what my power concedes. Angemon began to twirl his rod like a baton. He flew higher into the air. "Angel Rod!" He threw his long rod directly at Devimon's face. The rod swirled around a little, and it entered Devimon's small chest, popping out on the opposite side. Devimon screamed loudly, and he began to disintegrate. Devimon groaned, and he winced at Angemon. "Hear my words Angemon. As long as the evil in the Digital World exists, I will return with allies from previous battles..."
Takeru clapped his hands together, and fainted...
"Hey... where am I?" Hikari cried, looking out. "I feel like I'm floating." The wind
began to blow through her. Hikari gasped. "What am I seeing?" The Dark Ocean was looming out in front of her. "Am I seeing things?" The Dark Ocean began to churn, and a Digimon loomed out of the water. It was hanging from a long cross. Hikari gasped. The sky turned an eerie red, and the waters churned even more. Digimon began to pop out of the woods, running away. Hikari looked back, and saw them heading her way. "Please stop, what is going on?" The ground began to tremble, and water started to shoot out. The Digimon hanging from the cross opened her eyes, and a snake appeared around her. It encircled the Digimon's neck, and she screamed. "No, stop!" Hikari's eyes were shocked, she couldn't blink. The trees started to release from its roots...
Hikari covered her eyes, and she collapsed...
"Huh? What the..." Takeru rubbed his eyes, and yawned a little. He picked up
has little clock, 2:00 A.M. Takeru's eye's widened, and he placed it back. He got out of his bed, and walked out of his room. he looked inside his mom's room. She was sleeping like nothing ever happened. He went into the bathroom, and rubbed his eyes. He touched his head. "Man, I think I have a headache." "What was that dream all about? I saw Devimon, and a light, somewhere." Takeru rubbed his head, he was starting to sweat.
The next morning, Takeru walked down his hallway, as usual. He walked down the steps,
and he slipped down. Takeru screamed as he bumbled down the stairs, and right onto Iori. Iori reached for his books as they fell down the hard stairs. Takeru's hat fell off and landed right onto Iori's head, covering his eyes. Causing him to collapse. "Sorry Iori," Takeru said, reaching for his hat. "That's ok, did you tripped down those stairs?" Iori asked, shuffling his books into his small backpack. Takeru fixed up his hat, and groaned. "I don't know." Iori winced. "Well, maybe we should go to school no." Takeru picked up his bag, and followed Iori out the door. "Where's Miyako?" Takeru asked. Iori looked up. "She can't come to school today. She says she's sick." Takeru nodded. "Should we visit her later?" "I guess so." Iori looked up into the sky, and saw a rain drop fall.
At the classroom, Takeru noticed that Hikari was rubbing her eyes pretty badly. He
pinched Hikari's shoulder, and she snapped awake. "Hey, why did you do that?" she asked, rubbing her shoulder. "It seemed like you were really tired." "It's probably because of all that studying that I did." Hikari touched her head, and yawned. Then, the two heard a stick snap onto the chalkboard. "Excuse me Mr. Takaishi, do you have something to tell us?" Mr. Hamasaki asked, pointing his stick towards Takeru's direction. "Me?" Takeru cried. The others began to giggle. "Well Mr. Takaishi? I am waiting for an answer." Takeru thought for a moment. "It was nothing," he said, grinning. Mr. Hamasaki whacked his stick again. "Takeru, I cannot allow any disruptions during this time. Now, please move to the seat at the front." He pointed to a seat next to Daisuke, and Takeru quickly gathered up his materials.
Hikari looked like she was about to collapse. Her eyes very heavy, and she could
barely talk in class. "Hey Takeru," Daisuke whispered. "What did you do to Hikari? Tell me." "Calm down Daisuke. I don't know either." Mr. Hamasaki noticed the two talking, and he whacked his stick onto the board once again. "Mr. Motomiya and Mr. Takaishi, grab your textbooks. I am sending you to the library for a pop quiz with Mr. Izumi." He pointed his stick out through the door. Everyone started to giggle at the them, and Daisuke and Takeru gathered up all of their things. Everyone laughed at them except for Hikari, who was beginning to collapse onto her table.
"Stop laughing, all of you," he ordered the class. Hikari then dropped her textbook, and
she fell down to the table, and started to snore little. Mr. Hamasaki was enraged. "Mrs. Yagami!" Hikari snapped awake, and he pointed at her. "I have lost all of my patience for today. Hikari San, please follow Daisuke and Takeru as they go into the library, now." Hikari nodded, and she gathered up her books. Hikari walked out the door, and everyone started to giggle again. "Maybe this class should not have lunch..." Everyone gasped, and they quickly grabbed their books. "What has gotten into those three?" he asked to himself, and then, he regained his lesson plan.
Daisuke and Takeru both walked up the long path and into the library. "This is getting
out of hand," Takeru said. "You started it," Daisuke said, snickering. "I did not start that," Takeru said, grabbing his backpack, and flinging it at Daisuke's face. Daisuke ducked out of the way, and he started to giggle at him. Takeru regained control of his backpack, and he started to giggle too. "We better hurry up, if Mr. Hamasaki sees us, we might be in big trouble." Takeru walked into the library, and gasped. "What?" Daisuke wondered. He saw what Takeru was looking at, and he also gasped. "Koushirou?" Takeru cried. "What are you doing here?" Daisuke asked. Koushirou was with some kids, asking questions to them and giving them sheets of paper. Takeru walked over, and he tapped his shoulder lightly. "yes, are you also here for the test?" he asked. "If you are..." he said turning around. "Please give me your... hey! Takeru, Daisuke, what are you doing here?"
"We're here for that test thing you just talked about," Daisuke said winking. Koushirou
just stared. "Typical Daisuke," he said sighing. "Well, did you guys get into trouble?" he asked. "Just read it," Takeru said handing over his slip. Koushirou took it and examined it. He almost snapped. "Wow, that's pretty weird." "So what is the test about?" Koushirou sighed. "It's about science, math, philosophy, physics, and chemistry." Daisuke just stared. "What kind of test is that?" "A hard one." Koushirou sighed. "You really have to study." Just then, Hikari came through the door and into the library, holding her books. She was swaying as she walked. "Is that Hikari?" Koushirou asked. Hikari was beginning to fall asleep again. She dropped her books, and she tumbled down to the ground. Her Digivice flew out of her pocket, and rolled next to Koushirou and the others.
Everyone inside the room gasped. "What is that?" the librarian cried. "Uh, nothing!"
Takeru stammered, reaching for it. Takeru grabbed it, and it began to send out waves of light. Everyone shielded his or her eyes, but Takeru just stayed there, holding it. Hikari started to turn into a pale color. Takeru dropped the Digivice, and he also started to turn pale. The Digivice disappeared, and Takeru's backpack ripped open, sending his own Digivice out. Takeru's Digivice emitted a strange sound, causing the windows of every room to smash open. Koushirou and Daisuke covered their ears as Takeru began to slowly vanish. His hands were dissolving and then his legs. "What's going on?" he cried. Hikari was next to him. She began to vanish also, along with Takeru. "What the..." Takeru and Hikari both vanished, and their Digivices disappeared in a spark of light.
Takeru and Hikari both reappeared near s small pond at the Digital World. The wind blew
beneath their feet. Takeru rubbed his head again, and he reached for his hat nearby. He moaned a little, but regained control. He looked around him. "Am I in the Digital World?" he wondered. Hikari slowly began to wake up, and she yawned. "Hey Hikari... what the?" Takeru gasped. Hikari was different. She was a child again, and instead of a camera she had a whistle on. "Hikari, are you ok?" Takeru shook her shoulder, and she looked at him. "Takeru, did you shrink?" she asked, pointing to his face. "Me? Hey, my voice." Takeru looked at his hat. It wasn't that white, brownish one anymore, but his little green hat that he used to wear. "Woa, Hikari are we young?" he asked. Hikari looked at her whistle. "Did we go back in time?" she asked. Takeru reached out his hand, and she grabbed it.
Hikari got up and brushed off the dirt on her little skirt. "The Digiworld looks exactly the
same though. I'm scared Takeru." "Don't be, maybe we can find the others," Takeru said. Hikari began to look around the area. "Where do you think we should go?" "I wonder why we were even brought here." Takeru felt his soft hat, and sighed. "Maybe we should look for our Digimon partners." "Good idea Takeru." Hikari reached under her skirt, but found nothing. "Hey, where did my Digivice go?" "Oh no." Takeru frantically looked for his, but he didn't find it. "Maybe it is in our backpacks." "I don't have it though. What should we do?" "I'm thinking about that," Takeru said. Takeru felt something on his chest. He reached for it, and felt it. "I feel something on my chest." "What is it?" Hikari also felt something. She reached for it, and took it out. Hikari and Takeru both gasped.
"It's out crests, and tags." Takeru's crest of hope was where it should be, inside his tag.
The same with Hikari. "Maybe we have these because we went back in time." "When our crests weren't destroyed?" "Yep." The two placed their crests back. "We better start walking if we want to find Patamon and Tailmon." The two started to walk into the small dirt road, when suddenly, a weird monkey Digimon appeared in front of them. Takeru and Hikari both screamed, and then they recognized him. "It's that monkey man!" Takeru cried, pointing to it. "Oh yeah, you got it right!" Takeru pulled Hikari's arm, and they ran away from it. "Come back here little twits. I'm not done with my introduction." Takeru and Hikari both ran up a small stone passageway. "Who is that monkey man?" Hikari cried. "Etamon!" The stone passageway led them all the way up into a small corridor.
"Takeru, what should we do?" she asked. "I'm thinking, I'm thinking." Takeru pushed
through the small corridor, and into a chamber filled with a acid fume. Hikari started to cough. "We have to get out of here," she said. "There are three doors though." He was right. Three doors marked with a different Digimon marking was all there was inside the room. "We have to pick a door." The two heard Etamon come closer towards them. "Let's go into that one!" Hikari cried pointing to a small glass door. "I'm coming." Etamon started to hum a crazy tune. Hikari ran into the room and Takeru closed the door as he went in. The two heard Etamon push open the door. "Now, where did you go little kids?" Etamon examined the room. "You're clever." Takeru and Hikari both walked through the tunnel and into a small pit. "This place is strange," Takeru said.
"Aha!" Takeru looked back and saw flames going through the tunnel. "Hikari, run!"
Hikari screamed and she ran through the tunnel, holding Takeru's hand. The two stopped as they almost ran into the pit. "We're trapped," Hikari said, looking back. "No where to run," Etamon laughed. Takeru started to scream along with Hikari. "Now what?" he asked. Takeru saw a long pole at the top of the pit. "Hikari, try to grab onto that pole," he said, boosting Hikari up. Hikari reached out her arm to try and grab it. "Hurry Hikari," Takeru cried. Hikari reached farther, and started to cough. "It's too high." "You have to reach it." Takeru boosted her higher, until she finally grabbed it. "Now pull yourself up." Hikari grabbed onto it and pulled her body upward. "Grab my hand Takeru!" Hikari reached out her hand and Takeru reached for it. "Got ya' now."
Takeru looked back and screamed even louder. Etamon came tumbling forward holding
strange fireballs in his hands. "Digidestined... craze!" He threw the fireball and Takeru whacked Hikari's hand away. Thus causing Takeru to tumble through the tunnel holding a fireball in his stomach. "Takeru San!" Hikari cried out. She couldn't blink. Staring at the site of Takeru tumbling. Etamon laughed, without noticing Hikari, dashed forward to snatch Takeru. Hikari pulled herself upward. "I have to find Takeru." She saw a little hole on the wall. She decided to crawl in and see where it took her. "Takeru saved me from that monkey man, I have to help him now." She hurried through the hole and into a maze of paths that led to somewhere unknown.
"Help me!" Takeru crashed onto a stone wall that blocked the exit. He started to cough
out blood. He fell down to the hard floor, awaiting his fate. Etamon came holding a microphone in his hands. "Well little Digidestined. Welcome to my world." Takeru closed his eyes, as tears started to pour out. A little moan came out of his face, as he bit his lip. Etamon bended down and laughed. "Well kid. I guess you aren't as strong as I thought you were." ' I wish Patamon was here, ' Etamon turned on his loud microphone and took in a breath. "NO!" Takeru screamed. He got back up and started to run away. "Hey, kid, where are you going?" "It's none of your business!" He trailed off into the opposite direction, heading for a point of light.
"Now, can anyone explain to me what that was?" Daisuke and Koushirou both got up,
swiping the glass shards of the windows off of them. The librarian got off her seat and walked around the bookshelves to Koushirou. "Look, I don't know what that was, but I think someone here has a good explanation of what that was," she said in an angry mood. She looked at Daisuke and Koushirou, who were both stammering. "All right Mr. Izumi, can you explain what that was?" "I don't think, so." Koushirou started to panic. "How about you Mr. Motomiya?" "Me?" he asked, pointing to himself. "Is there another Mr. Motomiya?" "Of course not, I guess I'm stumped..." The librarian gasped at him. "Tell me now or it will be your heads." "Isn't that, illegal?" Koushirou asked. "I guess it is, but I think a four-hour detention for both of you is good." Koushirou snapped. "But I don't even go to this school." Daisuke shrugged.
Meanwhile in the Digital World, Takeru kept running for his life. "If I can only find a point
of light." Etamon was much angrier now. He wanted to kill Takeru in a way he had never done before. Takeru finally reached above the ground, where he saw flowers around him. "Wow, how lovely," he wondered. Takeru took off his hat and looked around. "But,... this doesn't seem right." Takeru saw strange clouds in the sky. They were swirling around and had a dark color to them. "It seems like a storm is coming." Rain started to drizzle out of the sky, like seeds raining down to the ground. It was actually warm. Takeru touched one of the drops, and it dropped off of his hands when he flicked it away. The warmness stayed on the tip of his finger.
Suddenly, hard drops of rain started to come out of the sky. Takeru quickly stuffed his hat
onto his head again. He ran into a small cave, trying to block the rain from getting him. He felt a nudge against his back. Takeru gasped a little, and he looked behind him. "Who's there?" he cried. "Hi." Takeru tumbled out of the hole, and looked back. "Patamon?" Takeru wined. The strange Digimon flew high and low. "I've been searching for you Takeru," it said. "Patamon, is that you?" Strangely, Takeru saw a Patamon, but it wasn't looking right. "Hey Patamon, how did you get so dark?" The strange Digimon flew into his arms. "I got a very dark tan from the sun." Takeru couldn't help but stare at it. "I guess... that's good." "Come on Takeru, we have to hurry. We have to save the world from getting destroyed by evil Digimons. We must travel to the dark castle, to see the Holy Digimon that guard the continents of the Digital World."
"Why, what is going on?" "I have little time to explain. Digimon from all over the world
are trying to help us out and to take down those evil ones. The dark castle is the place where the holy beasts live. We have to ask for their help." "I have to find Hikari too." "Hikari is here?" "yes, and she's also like me right now, smaller." "You look the same to me." Takeru shrugged. "I think it's going to rain though. Should we continue?" "Don't worry, it's alright." "Let's go then." Patamon smiled, and he walked with Takeru until they reached outside, where they saw the flowers again. "I'm a little scared though. Patamon, do you know the way to the dark castle?" "Of course I do. Come on." Patamon flew up into the air and motioned Takeru to follow him.
Meanwhile, Hikari was tunneling through the dark passageway, searching for any signs of
Takeru or Tailmon. "I hope they're alright." Takeru crept through it even more. "What if I can't find my way out? No, I can't think that way." Hikari suddenly felt a jolt below her. She looked down and saw a large crack. "Uh oh." Hikari saw little bits of metal pop out of the hole. She saw herself falling down into the ground. "Woa!" She tumbled down the small hole and onto a patch of sand. She looked back up and saw a strange portal. It began to disappear, and then, it completely vanished. "Oh no, am I in the desert now?" She looked around her and saw strange sand pouring over her. She shielded her eyes, but the blinding sand came closer and closer.
A small twister of some kind came and started to swirl around the entire desert, causing
more to appear. Hikari noticed that each one was heading straight for her. Hikari's eyes began to close tight, as the sand came closer to her face. "Maybe I better get out of here!" She clapped her hands over her eyes and started to breathe heavily. The strange twisters made their way around her body until they were actually forming a solid blockade around her body, preventing her to escape. "Somebody, anybody, please help." Hikari's ears began to mellow down. Sand started to build up all over the desert, until it was actually a couple of inches above her knee. Hikari's nose got clogged up, and she started to whimper. "Help me!" The sand fell down harder now, until it was covering her entire body...
Seconds, minutes, hours, passed by, and all was dark and cold. A spark of light was
emitting through a blinding desert full of sand. When a strange Digimon walked through the desert, she felt a nudge on her feet. "She has to be here..." The Digimon dug into the sand, until it felt a body down there. "Finally, I found her." She dug some more, until her left arm was visible. "Come on now." She lifted her arm, and her face poked out, and started to cough. The Digimon ran off into a dark shrub. This Digimon found Hikari. Hikari opened her eyes, and saw the strange Digimon inside the bush. She saw her long tail, the same as a Tailmon's. "Hey, it's Tailmon, isn't it?" The Digimon heard it and she leaped out of the shrub. 'I suppose I should lure her there. I'll play along with the girl.' "Tailmon, you're so black." "I guess it was because of this hot sun."
Takeru followed Patamon into a strange pond. His eyes danced around the banks of it.
Even though it was no river, he could still notice the likeness of it. The sand beneath him was unbearably hot, burning him through his shoes. "Patamon, what are we doing here?" That was all he could say. His lips were dry, and his head began to throb. His breathing slowly began to get deeper. His ears began to echo a sound. His body felt a tingle of energy seep away from him. Takeru knelt down gently onto the ground, his eyes looking straightforward. At a long horizon over the pond. No, a river, or an ocean? He couldn't tell. With all of the moisture inside his eyes, all he could think about was himself. "Gee Patamon, I'm getting a little... weak. And, tired... and... sleepy."
"Hikari San, I am here to guide you to your destiny." Hikari started to giggle. "Gosh,
Tailmon, you sound like a mature Taichi." Tailmon crossed her eyes. "I see. Well, we better get going." Hikari shook her head in confusion. "What do you mean, Tailmon?" She didn't look back at her. Tailmon continued to walk away. "If you're smart, you should follow me." "Huh?" Hikari nodded and began to walk with her. Tailmon didn't seem like herself right now. She seemed like she was going the wrong way, or so it seems to her. "Tailmon, where are we going?" "We're going to the Dark Castle, where we can ask the four Guardians of the Digital World for help." "What about Takeru?" "He's with Patamon, they'll be alright. Come now."
Day began to drift to night, as the Yagami family waits patiently for any sign of Hikari.
"Taichi San, are you sure you do not know where Hikari is? She's really late, and the computer club does not go into seven o' clock at night." Taichi waited in his room, looking out the window. The evening showed an orange glow in the horizon. He gazed at his reflection on the glass window. All of the streetlights outside began to light up. "She's right. She can't be out this late." ding Taichi looked back. He overheard someone at the door. He peeked out at his door. "Go right ahead." "Thanks Mrs. Yagami." It was Yamato. "Taichi crept back into his room, as Yamato walked in. "Hey Taichi, hope you don't mind me stopping by." "No, it's all right." Yamato sat down next to him, and grasped the blanket. "Taichi, have you seen Takeru today? My mom called my dad and asked."
"No. Hikari isn't here either." Yamato looked towards the ceiling. "Where could they be,
at this hour." Taichi fell back onto his bed. "Do you think that they could be in some kind of danger?" "Maybe, but I think they can take care of themselves." "If only they would at least call. Then we wouldn't be as worried as we are right now." Yamato grasped Taichi's hands. "I think they'll be all right." They looked at each other for a moment. Taichi smiled. He got back off his bed, and gazed at Yamato. "Listen Yamato, I'm glad you came. I feel a lot better about this now, since I'm not alone." "Don't worry. We're best fiends in this. Besides, I better get back now. Later." Yamato walked out of the room, and closed the door behind him.
"Yamato San, aren't you going to stay for dinner?" Mrs. Yagami asked. "No thanks Mrs.
Yagami, I better get back home before my dad gets worried." "Well all right, but if you get the chance to stop by, you're more than welcome to." Yamato closed the door behind him, and started to walk home. Taichi looked out at his window, and saw him. Yamato noticed this, and waved goodbye to him. "See ya Taichi." Taichi waved back, and closed the window in front of him. He walked back to his bed and laid his head down. "Well, I wonder what they are doing." He curled up in his blanket, and began to close his eyes. Close by, his Digivice began to make sounds.
Meanwhile in the Digital World, Hikari and Takeru were both being led to the dark castle.
Patamon was guiding Takeru, and Tailmon was guiding Hikari. Both were confused though.
"Gee, hi Hikari." "Hi Takeru, boy, what a lovely day this is, don't you think?" "Yeah,
it is quite a lovely day. Beautiful flowers, gorgeous birds, and little pieces of candy that you can get at a candy store." Hikari saw Takeru's eye's glimmer in the sunlight. "You're sweet Takeru. Where should we go?" "Maybe we can go to the park and play on the swings." "Ok." Takeru followed Hikari was she ran to the swings, snatching the first one. "Can you push me Takeru?" "Sure." Takeru grabbed the chains and lifted her back, and released it. Hikari laughed with excitement. Takeru smiled at her expression. "Well, I think you two are having a good time..." Takeru looked back and saw Yamato looking over him. "Don't you have any homework to do young one?" Takeru giggled. "Why would I?" "Because your education depends on it, not on a girl." Takeru looked behind him and saw Taichi coming. "Maybe when you're older. You never know."
Hikari stopped when she halted using her shoes. She got off the swing and looked at Taichi.
"Gee big brother, you sure are serious about Takeru's education, aren't you?" "Maybe, why do you have to know, little sister?" "Because I just do. You seem to like Takeru better than me." Taichi started to act a little weird. "That's not true," he stammered. "I think it is." Takeru giggled a little. Hikari started to pour tears out of her eyes. "I think that is true." She grabbed Takeru's arms and hauled him towards herself. "Oh Takeru, I think you have a new big brother." Yamato started to quiver now. "Now Hikari, that's not true one bit." "Yea Hikari, we don't want to hurt your boyfriend's feelings..." Hikari stopped holding Takeru's arm. "That's not true Taichi." "Maybe it is," he teased. Takeru and Hikari both denied it. "That's really nasty." Yamato laughed, and he left with Taichi.
snap "Ha?" Takeru opened his eyes, and saw a crystal pond in front of him. Patamon
was flying next to him. "Oh, what a strange dream," he said rubbing his eyes. "Takeru San, are you ok?" Patamon asked. He flew down into the water and examined it. "You're ok, let's go." "So fast?" "We have to hurry. The four guardians aren't patient you know." Takeru nodded and got back up. He picked up his green hat and Patamon landed on top of his head. "I'm feeling a little tired right now. Must be all this hot desert air." "Ok, I guest that's ok." Takeru placed his hat into his backpack, and he continued onto the road. "You must be hot Takeru, here, eat some of my crystal drops, they'll make you better." Patamon handed him some kind of strange seed. It was as hard as a rock, but when he chewed on it, it was as soft as a marshmallow. "This is pretty good. Where did you get it?" "From a rare plant here in the Digital World. I knew you would like it, because I'm enjoying it too." Patamon smiled. Takeru's head began to glow.
"Excuse me Hikari San, but we have to hurry. The four magical guardians are not beasts that
will wait for a mere human." Hikari's throat was beginning to get dry. "Can we rest Tailmon? I'm feeling dry right now." "Maybe you need a hat." Tailmon pounced onto her head and curled up into it. "This will keep you cool from all the heat." "Thank you Tailmon, you are a good friend." "I know I am." Tailmon noticed that Hikari was breathing quite heavily. "Oh, I'm sorry Hikari Chan, you need a drink. Here, I think I have something that might help you cool down a little inside your body." Tailmon handed Hikari a sweet smelling candy, shaped like a teardrop. "What's this?" "It is called a crystal drop, guaranteed to help you relax." "It seems so hard though, how can I chew on it, and how will it rinse my throat?" "Inside contains a drop of crystal tear. It will rinse your throat for about an hour." "I guess it is all right to try one." She tossed it into her throat and chewed on it. "Hey, it isn't hard anymore." Tailmon nodded and they continued on their way.
"Patamon? Where are we?" "It's ok Takeru. We are next to a data river. Where a
Digimon's data is taken into a form." "How do we get across it?" "Why don't we try crossing that bridge over there?" Patamon pointed to a rickety bridge that was looking very unstable. "Is that stable enough, I mean, what if we fall in?" "Don't worry, I got you covered. Besides, how else are we going to get across?" "I guess you're right Patamon. Well, let's try it." Takeru walked over to the bridge, and grasped its handles. Takeru took a step onto the first plank. "See, it's all right." "I guess you're right." He took a second step, and the wooden bridge began to sway a little. "Woa!" "Don't worry Takeru, just keep going." "That's easy for you to say, you have wings." Takeru took his third step, and he heard someone shouting. He looked back and saw Hikari running towards him.
"Hikari San, what are you doing here?" "Tailmon and I are heading for the dark castle.
What are you two doing here?" "The same as you." "Well, is this a reunion or what? We better get going." Tailmon walked passed Hikari and onto the bridge. "Hurry, it is getting late, and you won't be able to find another portal until we reach the castle." Hikari and Takeru nodded and they held each other's hands. They each took the opposite rail, and they crossed the bridge together, one step at a time. "Are you feeling all right Hikari?" "Yeah, I'm fine." As they took their few last steps, the bridge began to sway much more. "Oh no, I hope we can make it Hikari." "We will Takeru, we will." Hikari took her next step, and her foot fell through the hole. "Oh no!" Takeru grabbed her arms. "Don't worry Hikari, I got you..."
"Hurry up you two! Start cleaning up!"
"Hey, be quiet, isn't this a library and all?" Koushirou whimpered. "Don't toy with me
'experienced high level student,' or it's going to be your demise." Daisuke tossed a couple of shards into a trash can. "Hey, you can't talk to my friend like that." The librarian turned her head, and headed straight for Daisuke. "Uh, oh no." She was much bigger than he was. To her, he was nothing but a shrimp. "I don't really care if you are both friends. I just care about you getting this place cleaned up, and giving me a good explanation of what happened." Daisuke plopped down onto the ground and looked at her. "Yes ma'am." She left him and Daisuke sighed a breath of relief. She heard him, and she walked right back in front of his face. "Get up, now." Daisuke crawled away. "Man Koushirou Sama, I think this girl has a serious problem." "What did you say?" the librarian screamed. "Uh oh..." the two gasped.
"Hikari! Hang on!" Takeru grabbed her even more. He hauled at least half of her body up.
"Please Takeru, you have to let go. If you don't, then you might fall in too." Takeru was shocked at what she said. "No Hikari, I have to help you." Suddenly, the bridge began to crack open. The beginning of it torn apart and it began to reach Hikari and Takeru. "You have to let go too, or you might fall in!" "I will never let go!" The bridge around them torn apart, and Takeru and Hikari tumbled down. "Oh no!" Two points of light appeared at the bottom of the Data River. It erupted out of the river, and Hikari was sucked into it. Takeru got sucked in too, but they never let go of each other's hands. "Is this the end..." "Of everything..." "I wanted to save Hikari..." "I wanted Takeru to live..." "It's not over yet..." "We have each other..." "So there's no turning back..."
Tailmon and Patamon were both waiting at the end of the bridge. "Did they survive the
blast?" "I don't think so, But I felt the power of hope and light, and now I know that these two powers must not be under estimated." Suddenly, two lights erupted again, but from the ground next to Tailmon and Patamon. "What the?" When the light disappeared, two bodies were on the ground. "Look, it's Hikari and Takeru. I thought we had them." Takeru and Hikari both opened their eyes, and saw each other. "Ha, did we survive?" "I think so." Tailmon and Patamon both went over to them. "The dark castle is close by, let's go." "I feel kind of weak though." Hikari's hair was glowing white, and so was Takeru's. They started to cough up, a strange liquid. It was black and had a thickness to it. "Takeru, what is that?" "I don't know." Takeru touched the liquid. "Eww, it looks and feels like blood."
Takeru and Hikari both got back up. They kept coughing this black liquid every step they
took. 'Don't worry, the dark castle has medicine,' was all Tailmon and Patamon kept saying when they needed help. Eventually they reached a small pond like the other ones. Patamon found some cloth and Tailmon doused them into the water. Patamon placed them on top of their heads, which made them feel better, but it was still bad. "We better get to this dark castle before night hits." Takeru noticed that a couple of stars were appearing in the sky. Patamon flew up and saw the castle. "Only a few more yards away, come on." Tailmon was guiding Takeru and Hikari on their way to the castle. "Almost there."
The group eventually reached the castle doors. Hikari and Takeru saw a trail of black
liquid as they searched for the castle. They heard a sound some through. "Who dares disturb us?" it bellowed. "It is I, Tsukaimon, reporting." Takeru coughed up some more liquid, but it was much darker now. "Wait, you're not Patamon? Who is Tsukaimon?" "Me, you fool." Tailmon kicked the two into the doorway. "I am Black Tailmon, reporting." "You too?" Hikari cried. "Yes, thank you for coming." "They're the bad guys Hikari!" Takeru screamed, grabbing her arm. "Come... on." He coughed up some more, and Hikari started to grow weaker. "You're not getting away that easily," Tsukaimon shouted. He flew over and knocked Hikari down to the ground. "Hikari!" Tsukaimon laughed at Takeru. "Purple Fog!" A strange mist appeared, causing Takeru to collapse.
"I remember nothing... anything at all."
"Wake up sleepy heads." Hikari and Takeru opened their eyes. They were inside the
castle. "What's going on?" Takeru asked. There was a large thrown in the middle of the room. It was turned around, so no one could see who was sitting on it. Tsukaimon and Black Tailmon appeared next to the throne, laughing at them. "Thank you Digidestined. You have given us so much power." "What do you... mean?" Hikari cried. "That crystal drop was actually a curse. It seems like we have gotten much more powerful by sucking away your life energy with those crystal drops." "Patamon and Tailmon are both in our care. Don't worry about them." Takeru and Hikari gasped. Patamon and Tailmon were both hanging on the wall, scars all over them. "Little brats, little kids, I think you will be pleased to meet our master..." Tsukaimon and Black Tailmon jumped out of the way, as the throne seat began to turn around. "Meet our master, the rightful ruler of the Digital World, and its inhabitants. Say hello, to the great and powerful, Vamdemon..."
