Flame of Truth
Rutee, Philia, Garr, Clemente and Igtenos finally arrived at the entrance to the cave. There, Lawrence was sitting and trying to play some music on his harp. But he was so bad, that Berselius and Dymlos were howling in pain, and Stahn was covering his ears. To put it in perspective, he was only half a step worse than Karyl at music.
"Lawrence, shut up," she demanded, "We don't need all of the Digimon having problems hearing an enemy attacking us. I don't want these well trained ears to lose their ability to hear the monsters as they foolishly try to sneak up on me, thus leaving me open to ambush."
"Everyone's a critic. No one can appreciate good music nowadays," Lawrence stated. Rutee yelled, "Good music! Good music doesn't involve killing off my eardrums to play it. I bet you don't know what real music sounds like."
Stahn rolled his eyes. 'At least she's not yelling at me this time. But, I've never noticed how cute she looks when she's angry. I guess it's just because I was too busy trying to find a way to get out of whatever form her wrath had taken at that moment.'
"Please don't fight," begged Philia, "We're getting nowhere fast, and you arguing with your friend isn't helping the situation one little bit."
"Philia, just shut up," screamed Rutee. Then she went back to yelling at Lawrence.
Garr reminded her, "You know there's no point in arguing with her when she gets like this. It's best to just let her anger run its natural course. Something else must be upsetting her, and its interfering with her judgement. She's downright scary when she's angry."
Stahn walked up to the trio. "I don't know, I think she's kind of cute. Well anyway, Garr, Philia, when did you get here?" He then realized what he'd said about Rutee, and blushed.
"A little while ago," replied Philia, "We both went through separate portals, and ended up in the same cave together. Isn't that just too weird?"
"Well, I'm glad to have more help. We better set up camp for the night though," Rutee said.
* * *
Later on, the two women were sitting by the fire. It was Philia's guard shift, but Rutee just couldn't get to sleep. She had overheard Stahn's comment about her earlier, and wondered if he truly cared about her. Not just as a friend, but someone he could love for the rest of his life. She then began to wonder why she thought like that.
Philia asked her, "Hey Rutee, what's going on with you? You seemed extra jumpy today. I haven't seen you get that angry since the time we fought Kronos."
Rutee sighed. "My mother is alive. She's been staying in this world as its Guardian for some reason or another. I want to search for her, but we've got to fight the enemy. I'm torn between my heart and my duty. Part of me says I should do what I want to do first, but the other part is intrigued by my family destiny, and wants to see what will unfold in the course of the battle."
"Tell me something Rutee," Philia inquired, "Are you and Stahn going out yet, or is there still time for me to take a crack at winning his heart?" There was a light tone to her voice, so Rutee didn't know if she was joking, or serious about this."
"Why would I be in love with Country Boy over there? Not my business what you do or don't do," Rutee replied. But she immediately began to blush, and thought about pounding Philia if she ever tried to flirt with Stahn. She didn't know herself why she thought that way.
Philia told her, "They say actions speak louder than words. I won't get in your way. Last thing I need is to get in a fight with you as my opponent."
Before Rutee could ask her what she'd meant, a whole hoard of Digimon appeared. All of them were gears with a dark gray inside and the actual gear part in gold. Two silver gears were also present, one on each side of their bodies. On the center gear was a pair of red gear like eyes - - with black on the outside and the actual eye on the inside - - and a mouth.
Rutee took out her Digivice to analyze them. "Hagurumon, Rookie level. It's special attacks are Cog Crusher and Drag. We're in big trouble here. There's so many of them, and only two of us. Best be careful while fighting them."
"Clemente, go for it," exclaimed Philia, "Blast them."
"Atwight, don't let them win. Let's Digivolve," Rutee insisted.
She grabbed her Digivice, and activated her power to Digivolve. Atwight then again became Kyubimon. She ran foreword to join the battle.
But even with both Atwight and Clemente, things were looking grim. After all, only one of them was in Champion level. And as Rutee had said, there were so many of the enemy.
Just then, some Hagurumon knocked Rutee to the ground. Philia shrieked as her friend fell, not even a strongman could knock all of those creatures off of them at once. She ran foreword to help Rutee, but was knocked backwards. Both Atwight and Clemente were in the thick of the fighting, and were unable to go to her at the moment.
Rutee screamed out, "Help me! Stahn!" Immediately she wondered why she had screamed out his name in this situation. Did she really love him?
As if by a miracle, Stahn woke up immediately. He saw the danger to Rutee, and was enraged. "Dymlos! Let's go. Digivolution."
"Guilamon Digivolve to," screamed Dymlos, "Growlmon." He was now much taller, and had a white mowhawk coming down his neck. The sign on his stomach was gone, but now he had a black triangle on each side of his muscular chest, a pair of tiger stripes above his moth on both sides, two rings on his tail, and on the tips of his horns, claws and tail.
"Go and save Rutee," insisted Stahn.
Dymlos replied, "You got it buddy. Pyro Blaster." Instantly, all of the Hagurumon on top of her were defeated, allowing Rutee to get up off the ground.
She walked over to the victorious duo. "Thanks for saving me. I'll make it up to you one day." "No problem," Stahn replied, "It was nothing."
They stared at each other for the longest time. Suddenly, Dymlos got in between them and asked, "What about me? I did all the fighting, don't I get a reward?"
Rutee sighed. 'Another opportunity missed. Oh well, there'll be other times. Eventually, I'll sort out all of my feelings, and be able to tell Stahn all about them."
- - - -
This is part of my problem that I never want the resolution to come. I just want to drag it out for a greater effect. That's why half my ideas never get written down, I don't want the reunion or romance scenes to be shown so soon.
Rutee, Philia, Garr, Clemente and Igtenos finally arrived at the entrance to the cave. There, Lawrence was sitting and trying to play some music on his harp. But he was so bad, that Berselius and Dymlos were howling in pain, and Stahn was covering his ears. To put it in perspective, he was only half a step worse than Karyl at music.
"Lawrence, shut up," she demanded, "We don't need all of the Digimon having problems hearing an enemy attacking us. I don't want these well trained ears to lose their ability to hear the monsters as they foolishly try to sneak up on me, thus leaving me open to ambush."
"Everyone's a critic. No one can appreciate good music nowadays," Lawrence stated. Rutee yelled, "Good music! Good music doesn't involve killing off my eardrums to play it. I bet you don't know what real music sounds like."
Stahn rolled his eyes. 'At least she's not yelling at me this time. But, I've never noticed how cute she looks when she's angry. I guess it's just because I was too busy trying to find a way to get out of whatever form her wrath had taken at that moment.'
"Please don't fight," begged Philia, "We're getting nowhere fast, and you arguing with your friend isn't helping the situation one little bit."
"Philia, just shut up," screamed Rutee. Then she went back to yelling at Lawrence.
Garr reminded her, "You know there's no point in arguing with her when she gets like this. It's best to just let her anger run its natural course. Something else must be upsetting her, and its interfering with her judgement. She's downright scary when she's angry."
Stahn walked up to the trio. "I don't know, I think she's kind of cute. Well anyway, Garr, Philia, when did you get here?" He then realized what he'd said about Rutee, and blushed.
"A little while ago," replied Philia, "We both went through separate portals, and ended up in the same cave together. Isn't that just too weird?"
"Well, I'm glad to have more help. We better set up camp for the night though," Rutee said.
* * *
Later on, the two women were sitting by the fire. It was Philia's guard shift, but Rutee just couldn't get to sleep. She had overheard Stahn's comment about her earlier, and wondered if he truly cared about her. Not just as a friend, but someone he could love for the rest of his life. She then began to wonder why she thought like that.
Philia asked her, "Hey Rutee, what's going on with you? You seemed extra jumpy today. I haven't seen you get that angry since the time we fought Kronos."
Rutee sighed. "My mother is alive. She's been staying in this world as its Guardian for some reason or another. I want to search for her, but we've got to fight the enemy. I'm torn between my heart and my duty. Part of me says I should do what I want to do first, but the other part is intrigued by my family destiny, and wants to see what will unfold in the course of the battle."
"Tell me something Rutee," Philia inquired, "Are you and Stahn going out yet, or is there still time for me to take a crack at winning his heart?" There was a light tone to her voice, so Rutee didn't know if she was joking, or serious about this."
"Why would I be in love with Country Boy over there? Not my business what you do or don't do," Rutee replied. But she immediately began to blush, and thought about pounding Philia if she ever tried to flirt with Stahn. She didn't know herself why she thought that way.
Philia told her, "They say actions speak louder than words. I won't get in your way. Last thing I need is to get in a fight with you as my opponent."
Before Rutee could ask her what she'd meant, a whole hoard of Digimon appeared. All of them were gears with a dark gray inside and the actual gear part in gold. Two silver gears were also present, one on each side of their bodies. On the center gear was a pair of red gear like eyes - - with black on the outside and the actual eye on the inside - - and a mouth.
Rutee took out her Digivice to analyze them. "Hagurumon, Rookie level. It's special attacks are Cog Crusher and Drag. We're in big trouble here. There's so many of them, and only two of us. Best be careful while fighting them."
"Clemente, go for it," exclaimed Philia, "Blast them."
"Atwight, don't let them win. Let's Digivolve," Rutee insisted.
She grabbed her Digivice, and activated her power to Digivolve. Atwight then again became Kyubimon. She ran foreword to join the battle.
But even with both Atwight and Clemente, things were looking grim. After all, only one of them was in Champion level. And as Rutee had said, there were so many of the enemy.
Just then, some Hagurumon knocked Rutee to the ground. Philia shrieked as her friend fell, not even a strongman could knock all of those creatures off of them at once. She ran foreword to help Rutee, but was knocked backwards. Both Atwight and Clemente were in the thick of the fighting, and were unable to go to her at the moment.
Rutee screamed out, "Help me! Stahn!" Immediately she wondered why she had screamed out his name in this situation. Did she really love him?
As if by a miracle, Stahn woke up immediately. He saw the danger to Rutee, and was enraged. "Dymlos! Let's go. Digivolution."
"Guilamon Digivolve to," screamed Dymlos, "Growlmon." He was now much taller, and had a white mowhawk coming down his neck. The sign on his stomach was gone, but now he had a black triangle on each side of his muscular chest, a pair of tiger stripes above his moth on both sides, two rings on his tail, and on the tips of his horns, claws and tail.
"Go and save Rutee," insisted Stahn.
Dymlos replied, "You got it buddy. Pyro Blaster." Instantly, all of the Hagurumon on top of her were defeated, allowing Rutee to get up off the ground.
She walked over to the victorious duo. "Thanks for saving me. I'll make it up to you one day." "No problem," Stahn replied, "It was nothing."
They stared at each other for the longest time. Suddenly, Dymlos got in between them and asked, "What about me? I did all the fighting, don't I get a reward?"
Rutee sighed. 'Another opportunity missed. Oh well, there'll be other times. Eventually, I'll sort out all of my feelings, and be able to tell Stahn all about them."
- - - -
This is part of my problem that I never want the resolution to come. I just want to drag it out for a greater effect. That's why half my ideas never get written down, I don't want the reunion or romance scenes to be shown so soon.