Now we're talking!! (Jumps for joy!) Things will all be coming
to a head now!! More action and all sorts of good things to come.
(Continues to dance.) Well now since I've done my victory dance, on
to the disclaimer! (Straightens her whiskers daintily and brings out
a long scroll.) I, Neo- Kitty, hereby do not own Digimon. Thank you.
(Bows low, rolls up scroll, and tosses it away.) Well now, lets see, oh yeah! (Whacks head) On to the chapter! Yeah! (winks)
Izzy sat on his bed; staring at the riddle Tai had given him. It still made no sense to him at all.
"When darkness reigns," He muttered, "I don't understand. Darkness can't be reigning. We would have noticed that."
He sat there immobile, and deep in thought. After another fifteen minutes of pondering, he snapped out of his trance to check his watch. It was 11:00 at night, and it was a school night, he realized in horror. He had started looking at this riddle at 8:00 and he had obviously lost track of time. He reluctantly put the notebook away and headed to bed.
"There isn't anything else I can do tonight. I'll just have to look at it again tomorrow." Izzy sighed as sleep started to overtake him. "I know, I'll take it with me to the digital world. Perhaps when I get a spare moment. . ." was his last thought as he fell into a deep sleep.
* * *
After school the next day everyone met in the computer lab as planned. Tai looked the best he had for the last few days since he actually got a little sleep the night before. He had decided to tell everyone about the mysterious girl and today's planned meeting. After he told them he got the mixed opinions he had expected. Some thought it was too risky to trust someone they didn't know, others thought it was a great idea, and some (like Sora and Kari) were horrified he had come to school in such terrible condition. Tai silenced them all with a quick shout of "Enough!" After he had gotten their attention, he sighed, then launched in on some reasons why they should go see this girl.
"She knew about the digital world, who I am, and she also knew my crest." Tai began, "Also she must have a crest herself because she called herself the bearer of peace in her invitation to me. I don't know if she is a friend or foe for certain, but I do know that she seemed to actually care about my well being yesterday. That is not a common thing ones enemy would do. We should at least give her a chance. If we don't we may never see some important questions answered." He nodded towards Izzy who knew he had meant the riddle was the question he wanted answered. "I know this may not seem very wise in most of your eyes, but there is nothing else I can offer you right now. If we don't accept this invitation we could lose an ally. So are you guys with me?" He ended his long speech with this final plea and question.
The others nodded, accepting the chance that the girl they were going to meet could be enemy. But even with the risk, they would go and stand by their leaders side.
"All right, then let's go." Tai smiled and turned towards the computer.
The others followed suit and soon they were off to the digital world.
* * *
(In the digital world.)
"Well now, everything seems to be in place." The shadowy figure sort of smiled. "The guardian will be in my clutches soon enough. Are you ready Dark Tigramon?" the figure asked.
"Yes master." The beast growled deep in its' throat. (Dark Tigramon is virus ultimate digimon. His attacks are shadow claw and midnight beam. Both are deadly and menacing.)
"Good," the shadow purred, "Soon we will take care of the guardian and the digidestined."
With that "pleasant" thought on the figure's mind, it began to laugh. "Soon I will rule supreme!" With that the figure is soon gone from sight as it prepared to spring its' deadly trap.
* * *
(The digidestined.)
"Are we almost there Tai?" Yolei wailed, "I can't stand to walk much longer."
Tai smiled, "It's alright, Yolei we're here." They reached the map coordinate in good time and Tai told them could they could relax.
Everyone did not totally relax though. Some of the digimon remained tense, ready to attack if the order came. Izzy took this time to pull out his notebook with the riddle. He began to zone out again when Cody peered over his shoulder.
"What is this Izzy?" He questioned the older boy.
"Well, this is, a yeah," Izzy had been totally caught off guard and he didn't know what to say. Cody stared at Izzy wondering why he was so stressed. Izzy finally pulled his act together and replied, "It's a riddle from one of my friends. Yeah, it's a riddle."
"Okay. Hey Izzy, are you alright?" He was a little worried that Izzy had finally snapped.
Ken had overheard that there was a riddle and came to check it out. If there was one thing he loved it was a good riddle. He walked over and peered over Izzy's other shoulder and read aloud.
"In the days when darkness reigns,
Two representatives will come forth,
Each will represent a generation of destiny,
One will be tranquil and gentle the other fiery and strong,
The one of serene nature will be first to come,
The fighter will be quick to follow,
Only when both are united will the true power be released,
Guardian and Warrior they two shall be,
Needed to set the light of goodness free"
"That's a weird riddle Izzy." Ken stated after he had finished reading it aloud. "Who gave you this?"
Tai sighed he had been afraid this would happen. Now he had a lot of explaining to do.
"I gave Izzy the riddle." Tai stated loud enough for everyone to hear. "I gave it to him." he repeated. "I'm sorry that I didn't tell you guys sooner, but I have spent a couple sleepless nights over it all ready and I didn't want to put any of you through that."
He expected them to start yelling, and they probably would have, had a voice not cut in a few seconds later.
"So you got the riddle as well?" came the question from the same girl's voice from the day before.
Tai looked up and saw someone he did not expect. It was Rina Oraka.
"Rina," Tai stated shocked to see she was the mystery girl.
"Hello Tai. You kept your word, so I have kept mine. I will answer any of your questions, if I know the answer." She smiled.
"Are you the one that has been helping us lately?" Cody asked.
"Yes, I have helped you, yet sometimes the help has not been me." She answered. "I did not make those shields if you were wondering which times I did not help you."
"Then who did?" Ken asked.
"I don't know." She replied sadly.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Izzy asked, "You seem to know about this riddle. Do you know what it means?"
"I only know a little." She answered, "The representatives are people, not digimon."
"How do you know that?" Yolei interrupted.
"I know because I am a representative." Rina replied a little annoyed about being interrupted. She continued, "The two destinies means the older and the younger group of digidestined. The digivices show the difference between the two destinies. I am the representative of the new group." As she said this she held up a d- three to prove her claim. Then she continued,
"One of the older kids has to be the second representative, but I don't know who it is. My theory is the second representative has been controlling the shield. I don't really know what the rest of the riddle means but maybe we can work it out together?" She left that option in the air for the others to decide.
Tai looked around at everyone. No one seemed to be against Rina, but it would be a good idea to ask everyone. (Just to be safe.)
"What do you think guys?" Tai questioned his fellow digidestined. "I'm willing to join with her, but this is not just my decision."
Everyone looked around some seemed a tad reluctant, but everyone nodded all the same. They would welcome Rina to the team and hopefully solve the mystery that lay ahead.
What they did not know was they were being watched. The shadowy figure glared from the bushes at its' enemies. Then it hissed, "Now." All of a sudden Dark Tigramon leapt out of the surrounding brush. It shot off attacks everywhere and scattered the teens and their digimon.
Rina had stopped running and turned to face the beast. She held out her hand as if accepting a gift and then her empty hands were holding a bow. She put her hand back into a quiver that had also appeared out of nowhere and drew an arrow. She let the arrow fly hoping that it would do its' job. Alas, it did not work. Dark Tigramon had seen the arrow coming and nimbly dodged it. Rina went to take another arrow when a large beam of shadow came out from behind her and bound her like it was rope. Rina's bow fell had fallen from her hands and lay before her. She tried in vain to turn and see what had shot at her when she heard a cold laugh.
"Look what I've caught!" the shadowy figure taunted as it walked from its' hiding place among the trees.
Gatomon gasped in recognition and yelled, "Watch out, that's Lady Mistmon, a nasty viral digimon. She will catch you in her dark ring if you're not careful, and then she will hit you with her poison mist attack to finish the job."
"Why thank you for the lovely description." The evil digimon cackled, "I'm afraid it was a little late though. I've already got a nice mouse in my trap. How does it feel guardian? Don't you like my dark ring?" Mistmon laughed a she saw Rina try in vain to escape the binds. "Well now, let's finish this. I have much more to do today and it will be so much easier now without you meddling in it. Poison Mist!" The dark digimon yelled, sending her attack at the fallen teen.
Just as the attack was about to connect a shadow jumped from the trees, grabbed Rina, and was out of the way in the blink of an eye. The figure set Rina back on the ground and then the group saw her clearly for the first time.
"That has to be Sweetarumon." Agumon stated in awe, "She's supposed to be a legendary digimon. I've heard her attacks are peaceful stare and rainbow beam."
The digimon before them looked sort of cat- like but it had large rabbit ears. Her body had golden armor on it and she traveled on all fours. Sweetarumon glared at Mistmon and then spoke in a clear voice, "You will not have my digidestined."
Mistmon growled in agitation, "I should have known you would also be around. Oh well, no matter, my dark ring won't come off, so you are still out of this fight guardian. Now Dark Tigramon, let's finish this. "
The beast nodded and began to corner the digidestined while Rina and her digimon were unable to save them. All of them were backed up against a wall of rock there was no other way out of this corner except forward. Yolei was trembling and holding on to Mimi for comfort and the others were also either terrified or resilient. Then it hit Tai. He remembered the dream and strangely it was the same as this situation. His friends were around him, the dark figure of a cat was there, and there was also no escape.
"Stay with me." Tai whispered so only his friends could hear. "It will be okay."
The others took hope in these words, but they still prepared for the worse. Tigramon had been preparing to spring and all of a sudden he did. He took to the air without any warning and was quickly coming towards the digidestined.
"Hold on you guys!" Tai yelled, "We aren't going to lose to this thing!" and then he stepped forward from the group and held up his hand.
The beast was only a few feet away and it still came closer until it suddenly crashed hard into solid air. The shield before the stunned teens shimmered and reflected the light from the sun. Just like glass. The other kids stared at Tai as he slowly let his hand sown and the shield disappeared. Dark Tigramon lied defeated before them since he had knocked himself out when he hit the shield head- first.
Lady Mistmon was outraged. Her best warrior had fallen and there was the other representative. Could things turn any worse? Then she bitterly brought up a sword. It was made of hardened mist and gave off its' own dark light.
"How dare you defeat my best servant?" She seethed, sticking her sword out toward Tai.
Tai looked hard at her than held out his hands as if gripping the hilt of a sword himself. All of a sudden just like Rina's bow had appeared in her hands, a sword appeared in Tai's.
Mistmon had not been expecting this and was a little taken aback. "Who are you, really?" She hissed, "You are no mere boy."
"I am the second representative, the warrior and bearer of courage." Tai answered the dark digimon's question.
"No! There was only supposed to be one!" Mistmon screeched and ran with her sword aiming for Tai. "This plan was perfect!" She continued to wail as she ran at him.
When she made it to Tai, he was ready. He brought his sword up to deflect her blow at him with ease. The enraged digimon continued to try and kill Tai, but her rage clouded her vision. She was going to lose if she didn't quit, she realized as she continued to fight. Now was no time to be killed so she chose the option of escaping. Mistmon created a barrier of fog and disappeared into it.
"I'll be back warrior!" She cried out as she left.
Tai sighed and walked over to where Rina and Sweetarumon were. The dark ring was still on and he decided to take care of it. He took his blade and ran it across the bind. The ring hissed and sizzled as the blade went down it but it gave way at last. Rina was free.
Tai let his blade disappear after this task was completed. Then he turned to his friends.
"I guess we know who the second representative is now?" Tai smiled.
***
Whoa that was long! I can't believe I wrote this!?!? Is anyone shocked about what happened? If so, tell me! I love to hear from you guys!!! (smiles) Oh well, enough of my senseless chatter, please review!
(Bows low, rolls up scroll, and tosses it away.) Well now, lets see, oh yeah! (Whacks head) On to the chapter! Yeah! (winks)
Izzy sat on his bed; staring at the riddle Tai had given him. It still made no sense to him at all.
"When darkness reigns," He muttered, "I don't understand. Darkness can't be reigning. We would have noticed that."
He sat there immobile, and deep in thought. After another fifteen minutes of pondering, he snapped out of his trance to check his watch. It was 11:00 at night, and it was a school night, he realized in horror. He had started looking at this riddle at 8:00 and he had obviously lost track of time. He reluctantly put the notebook away and headed to bed.
"There isn't anything else I can do tonight. I'll just have to look at it again tomorrow." Izzy sighed as sleep started to overtake him. "I know, I'll take it with me to the digital world. Perhaps when I get a spare moment. . ." was his last thought as he fell into a deep sleep.
* * *
After school the next day everyone met in the computer lab as planned. Tai looked the best he had for the last few days since he actually got a little sleep the night before. He had decided to tell everyone about the mysterious girl and today's planned meeting. After he told them he got the mixed opinions he had expected. Some thought it was too risky to trust someone they didn't know, others thought it was a great idea, and some (like Sora and Kari) were horrified he had come to school in such terrible condition. Tai silenced them all with a quick shout of "Enough!" After he had gotten their attention, he sighed, then launched in on some reasons why they should go see this girl.
"She knew about the digital world, who I am, and she also knew my crest." Tai began, "Also she must have a crest herself because she called herself the bearer of peace in her invitation to me. I don't know if she is a friend or foe for certain, but I do know that she seemed to actually care about my well being yesterday. That is not a common thing ones enemy would do. We should at least give her a chance. If we don't we may never see some important questions answered." He nodded towards Izzy who knew he had meant the riddle was the question he wanted answered. "I know this may not seem very wise in most of your eyes, but there is nothing else I can offer you right now. If we don't accept this invitation we could lose an ally. So are you guys with me?" He ended his long speech with this final plea and question.
The others nodded, accepting the chance that the girl they were going to meet could be enemy. But even with the risk, they would go and stand by their leaders side.
"All right, then let's go." Tai smiled and turned towards the computer.
The others followed suit and soon they were off to the digital world.
* * *
(In the digital world.)
"Well now, everything seems to be in place." The shadowy figure sort of smiled. "The guardian will be in my clutches soon enough. Are you ready Dark Tigramon?" the figure asked.
"Yes master." The beast growled deep in its' throat. (Dark Tigramon is virus ultimate digimon. His attacks are shadow claw and midnight beam. Both are deadly and menacing.)
"Good," the shadow purred, "Soon we will take care of the guardian and the digidestined."
With that "pleasant" thought on the figure's mind, it began to laugh. "Soon I will rule supreme!" With that the figure is soon gone from sight as it prepared to spring its' deadly trap.
* * *
(The digidestined.)
"Are we almost there Tai?" Yolei wailed, "I can't stand to walk much longer."
Tai smiled, "It's alright, Yolei we're here." They reached the map coordinate in good time and Tai told them could they could relax.
Everyone did not totally relax though. Some of the digimon remained tense, ready to attack if the order came. Izzy took this time to pull out his notebook with the riddle. He began to zone out again when Cody peered over his shoulder.
"What is this Izzy?" He questioned the older boy.
"Well, this is, a yeah," Izzy had been totally caught off guard and he didn't know what to say. Cody stared at Izzy wondering why he was so stressed. Izzy finally pulled his act together and replied, "It's a riddle from one of my friends. Yeah, it's a riddle."
"Okay. Hey Izzy, are you alright?" He was a little worried that Izzy had finally snapped.
Ken had overheard that there was a riddle and came to check it out. If there was one thing he loved it was a good riddle. He walked over and peered over Izzy's other shoulder and read aloud.
"In the days when darkness reigns,
Two representatives will come forth,
Each will represent a generation of destiny,
One will be tranquil and gentle the other fiery and strong,
The one of serene nature will be first to come,
The fighter will be quick to follow,
Only when both are united will the true power be released,
Guardian and Warrior they two shall be,
Needed to set the light of goodness free"
"That's a weird riddle Izzy." Ken stated after he had finished reading it aloud. "Who gave you this?"
Tai sighed he had been afraid this would happen. Now he had a lot of explaining to do.
"I gave Izzy the riddle." Tai stated loud enough for everyone to hear. "I gave it to him." he repeated. "I'm sorry that I didn't tell you guys sooner, but I have spent a couple sleepless nights over it all ready and I didn't want to put any of you through that."
He expected them to start yelling, and they probably would have, had a voice not cut in a few seconds later.
"So you got the riddle as well?" came the question from the same girl's voice from the day before.
Tai looked up and saw someone he did not expect. It was Rina Oraka.
"Rina," Tai stated shocked to see she was the mystery girl.
"Hello Tai. You kept your word, so I have kept mine. I will answer any of your questions, if I know the answer." She smiled.
"Are you the one that has been helping us lately?" Cody asked.
"Yes, I have helped you, yet sometimes the help has not been me." She answered. "I did not make those shields if you were wondering which times I did not help you."
"Then who did?" Ken asked.
"I don't know." She replied sadly.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Izzy asked, "You seem to know about this riddle. Do you know what it means?"
"I only know a little." She answered, "The representatives are people, not digimon."
"How do you know that?" Yolei interrupted.
"I know because I am a representative." Rina replied a little annoyed about being interrupted. She continued, "The two destinies means the older and the younger group of digidestined. The digivices show the difference between the two destinies. I am the representative of the new group." As she said this she held up a d- three to prove her claim. Then she continued,
"One of the older kids has to be the second representative, but I don't know who it is. My theory is the second representative has been controlling the shield. I don't really know what the rest of the riddle means but maybe we can work it out together?" She left that option in the air for the others to decide.
Tai looked around at everyone. No one seemed to be against Rina, but it would be a good idea to ask everyone. (Just to be safe.)
"What do you think guys?" Tai questioned his fellow digidestined. "I'm willing to join with her, but this is not just my decision."
Everyone looked around some seemed a tad reluctant, but everyone nodded all the same. They would welcome Rina to the team and hopefully solve the mystery that lay ahead.
What they did not know was they were being watched. The shadowy figure glared from the bushes at its' enemies. Then it hissed, "Now." All of a sudden Dark Tigramon leapt out of the surrounding brush. It shot off attacks everywhere and scattered the teens and their digimon.
Rina had stopped running and turned to face the beast. She held out her hand as if accepting a gift and then her empty hands were holding a bow. She put her hand back into a quiver that had also appeared out of nowhere and drew an arrow. She let the arrow fly hoping that it would do its' job. Alas, it did not work. Dark Tigramon had seen the arrow coming and nimbly dodged it. Rina went to take another arrow when a large beam of shadow came out from behind her and bound her like it was rope. Rina's bow fell had fallen from her hands and lay before her. She tried in vain to turn and see what had shot at her when she heard a cold laugh.
"Look what I've caught!" the shadowy figure taunted as it walked from its' hiding place among the trees.
Gatomon gasped in recognition and yelled, "Watch out, that's Lady Mistmon, a nasty viral digimon. She will catch you in her dark ring if you're not careful, and then she will hit you with her poison mist attack to finish the job."
"Why thank you for the lovely description." The evil digimon cackled, "I'm afraid it was a little late though. I've already got a nice mouse in my trap. How does it feel guardian? Don't you like my dark ring?" Mistmon laughed a she saw Rina try in vain to escape the binds. "Well now, let's finish this. I have much more to do today and it will be so much easier now without you meddling in it. Poison Mist!" The dark digimon yelled, sending her attack at the fallen teen.
Just as the attack was about to connect a shadow jumped from the trees, grabbed Rina, and was out of the way in the blink of an eye. The figure set Rina back on the ground and then the group saw her clearly for the first time.
"That has to be Sweetarumon." Agumon stated in awe, "She's supposed to be a legendary digimon. I've heard her attacks are peaceful stare and rainbow beam."
The digimon before them looked sort of cat- like but it had large rabbit ears. Her body had golden armor on it and she traveled on all fours. Sweetarumon glared at Mistmon and then spoke in a clear voice, "You will not have my digidestined."
Mistmon growled in agitation, "I should have known you would also be around. Oh well, no matter, my dark ring won't come off, so you are still out of this fight guardian. Now Dark Tigramon, let's finish this. "
The beast nodded and began to corner the digidestined while Rina and her digimon were unable to save them. All of them were backed up against a wall of rock there was no other way out of this corner except forward. Yolei was trembling and holding on to Mimi for comfort and the others were also either terrified or resilient. Then it hit Tai. He remembered the dream and strangely it was the same as this situation. His friends were around him, the dark figure of a cat was there, and there was also no escape.
"Stay with me." Tai whispered so only his friends could hear. "It will be okay."
The others took hope in these words, but they still prepared for the worse. Tigramon had been preparing to spring and all of a sudden he did. He took to the air without any warning and was quickly coming towards the digidestined.
"Hold on you guys!" Tai yelled, "We aren't going to lose to this thing!" and then he stepped forward from the group and held up his hand.
The beast was only a few feet away and it still came closer until it suddenly crashed hard into solid air. The shield before the stunned teens shimmered and reflected the light from the sun. Just like glass. The other kids stared at Tai as he slowly let his hand sown and the shield disappeared. Dark Tigramon lied defeated before them since he had knocked himself out when he hit the shield head- first.
Lady Mistmon was outraged. Her best warrior had fallen and there was the other representative. Could things turn any worse? Then she bitterly brought up a sword. It was made of hardened mist and gave off its' own dark light.
"How dare you defeat my best servant?" She seethed, sticking her sword out toward Tai.
Tai looked hard at her than held out his hands as if gripping the hilt of a sword himself. All of a sudden just like Rina's bow had appeared in her hands, a sword appeared in Tai's.
Mistmon had not been expecting this and was a little taken aback. "Who are you, really?" She hissed, "You are no mere boy."
"I am the second representative, the warrior and bearer of courage." Tai answered the dark digimon's question.
"No! There was only supposed to be one!" Mistmon screeched and ran with her sword aiming for Tai. "This plan was perfect!" She continued to wail as she ran at him.
When she made it to Tai, he was ready. He brought his sword up to deflect her blow at him with ease. The enraged digimon continued to try and kill Tai, but her rage clouded her vision. She was going to lose if she didn't quit, she realized as she continued to fight. Now was no time to be killed so she chose the option of escaping. Mistmon created a barrier of fog and disappeared into it.
"I'll be back warrior!" She cried out as she left.
Tai sighed and walked over to where Rina and Sweetarumon were. The dark ring was still on and he decided to take care of it. He took his blade and ran it across the bind. The ring hissed and sizzled as the blade went down it but it gave way at last. Rina was free.
Tai let his blade disappear after this task was completed. Then he turned to his friends.
"I guess we know who the second representative is now?" Tai smiled.
***
Whoa that was long! I can't believe I wrote this!?!? Is anyone shocked about what happened? If so, tell me! I love to hear from you guys!!! (smiles) Oh well, enough of my senseless chatter, please review!