Future Awakes-chapter 15

To blackmage: Waaaiii~! (hugs Vivi plushie) Thanks! ^_^ I don't have too much plushies so; I just arrange them in my room. (counts plushies) so far, 10... ;_;

To A-chan: Thankies!! ^_^

To Corran: *@o@* (cuckoo birds fly around head) God... that book'll take forever to finish...

To Iniora: Great idea... Hm... Yeah. I almost forgot about that ice-pick.

IceDevimon: That's ICE-DE-VI-MON!

Whatever, ice-pickmon. Okay, so, I think you ought to cross with Kayuta after we're through with Elrond. Besides, I'm making another sequel to this. :P

PLEASE REVIEW!!!!

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

The group walked up to a path when Jake suddenly stopped and looked around.

"What's the matter, Jake? Anything wrong?" Guilmon asked, tugging Jake's jacket.

"Did any of you hear... rumbling?" Then, they all fell silent, listening. Sure enough, there was another rumble as the ground they were standing on opened right below them. Bee, Black and Beelzemon were lucky enough they have wings to fly with. (In Black's case, he can levitate fast enough, right?)

"Ow... what the friggin' hell just happened!?" Nina screamed, trying to stand up, which resulted in a failure.

"Obviously someone's trying to catch us." Wizardmon said, levitating. From below the ground, they can hear gunshot up above.

"What the hell..."Ronfar started, looking up.

Meanwhile, up above, the three were fighting off about 30 SaberLeomon.

"Now, this isn't what I'm planning to do today!" Bee said, shooting one of the lion-like digimon right in between the eyes.

"Think about it when you survive this!" Beelzemon yelled over the gunfires. Before they knew it, an ice spell froze all the SaberLeomon and they shattered, into data bits. The three looked at the mon responsible for the spell and saw a Wizardmon dressed in purple attire. It wasn't a Wizardmon after all...

"Witchmon!" Bee said, surprised.

"Witchmon?" Everyone asked from below.

"I see you've gotten this far. Datamon sent me a message through telekinesis. He said that Machinedramon is making him create clones of Alara. If you don't hurry, I'm afraid of what will happen next." Witchmon said, looking at the three airborne digimon. She casted an earth spell and got the other DD's out of the pitfall trap.

"So, you want us to go there NOW?" Rico asked, brushing himself off. Witchmon nodded.

"Exactly HOW? We don't know how to get there." Ronfar said mockingly. Witchmon looked at him. Somehow, he knew she was smirking at him.

"Well, if that's how you put it, you'll have to change either one of you into a map. Just in case you get lost." Witchmon said, her eyes smiling.

"You witch..." Ronfar was about to debate further but, Nina stopped him just on time.

"Ha-ha. Very funny, witchy lady. If you're not going to help us, looks like we help ourselves." Nina said, pushing Ronfar behind her.

Witchmon quirked an eyebrow in amusement.

"Well, I don't see why not. Besides, you have two 'falcons' to keep a close eye for Machinedramon's palace." Witchmon said, pointing at Bee and Beelzemon. She turned around, giving her back to the group and walked two paces then turned back to them;

"Once you reach Machinedramon's palace, I can't help you. But be warned. Go in different directions, you might get either one of you killed. All go in one path; I can guarantee your safety." She said and disappeared into thin air.

"Strange witch..." Jake said, folding his arms.

Later that afternoon, everyone was taking a break. Wizardmon and Sorcerimon were somewhat hiding behind some bushes and trees, discussing among themselves. Since none of the DD's know where they were, Kimber volunteered to look for them and when she was about to peek through a thick bush, she overheard the wizards' conversation.

"What can we do? I know, the Crimson Items are strong enough to defeat Machinedramon but, if Nina fails to stick with us, we'll have to ask for Alara's aid." Said Sorcerimon. Since Kimber was at the other side, she could distinguish their voices.

"Listen Sorcerimon. What would Kimber say or do if Beelzemon dies? You know how much she cares for both of you. And you seem to be getting along with him pretty well. Besides, it's better to let him live. He might find a way to restore Alara's body himself." Kimber gasped when Wizardmon mentioned that Beelzemon would die. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes but she wiped it back and took a deep breath before walking through the bush.

"There you are! I've been looking all over for you two. What were you doing?" Kimber asked, trying to ask as casually as she can. Both wizards looked up at her and Wizardmon spoke up.

"Nothing. Wizard digimons prefer to speak among themselves in private, you see. So, it seems to pass on to both of us. Nothing to be worried about." Wizardmon assured and walked past Kimber towards camp.

"I'm a bit hungry. Let's go back." Sorcerimon said, smiling at Kimber. She smiled back and was lucky Sorcerimon couldn't sense her worrying. Sorcerimon may not but Rico can.

After their short break, they continued walking. Beelzemon was at the back, seeing that they can find their way up the nearly straight path. Kimber was right in front of him and Sorcerimon was walking alongside Wizardmon. Probably having a telepathic conversation.

'That's strange...' Beelzemon thought. 'Usually she goes wherever Sorcerimon goes.' Kimber turned around and face him. He stopped in his tracks and looked down at Kimber. (Kimber is around 1 and a half head shorter than him, seeing he's a Mega.)

"What is it?" He asked. Kimber looked down to the ground before saying,

"You really don't have to give your life to another digimon, you know?" she said, her voice quivering. Beelzemon looked surprised what she had just said and was even more surprised when tears were running down her cheeks when she looked up at him.

"Don't you have any idea why I was worried about you back at the cave?" He was at a loss of words by now.

"Sorcerimon told me before. If a wild digimon responds to a digidestines digivice, it means that the wild digimon is owned! And it so happens that I have a bond with anything I own or love. Losing my father is bad enough. I can't think of what I'll do if I lose you, Sorcerimon OR Rico!!" She screamed, pushing Beelzemon harshly that it forced him two steps back. When he regained his balance, he was just in time to see Kimber running into the dense forest and Rico dashing right at Beelzemon, grabbing the Mega by the collar and yelling,

"What did you do to her!?" Before Beelzemon could even answer, the redhead pushed the Mega and sighed.

"If anything happens to her, I'll tear your body apart; limb by limb!" Rico said threateningly, following Kimber into the forest. Wizardmon followed close behind. The others walked up to him.

'Hopefully they won't push or yell. If they yell at me, I think my eardrums are gonna burst...' Beelzemon thought.

"You shouldn't have done that, you know?" Raye said, looking at Beelzemon with an expression that read, 'now-you've-done- it'.

"Really, they lost their father in a plane crash when they were 10. Ever since, they don't trust just anyone 'cause they're afraid of losing them." Ronfar explained.

"At any rate, you'd best stay out of their way for now. They'll cool off in an hour or two." Jake said, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"What I'm worried about right now is the bad feeling that I'm getting." Nina said. Everyone turned to her. She might be right because her intuitions are usually right. Not just usually, they're ALWAYS right.

"That's a bad sign... But we don't know where they are so, we'll just have to trust them in getting out alive..." Renamon said. Without them noticing, Beelzemon had disappeared from where he was. I wonder where he is...

Running through the forest, Kimber jumped over a root and came to a stop near a cliff. She sat down on a tree stump to catch her breath and everything that had happened before came back to her. The time when they saw the news that the plane their father was in crashed and turned to rubble where no one survived, and lots more that had happened. She covered her face with her hands, feeling her tears stream out again. That was when she heard heavy footsteps. Slowly, she looked up at a looming figure and saw a mean-looking Devidramon, staring at her with an evil smirk on its face. Terrified and seemingly petrified, she couldn't do nothing but...

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Screams. That was what Rico heard.

"KIMBER!!! Where are you!!!??" he yelled, waiting for a response. He didn't hear anything except for a loud growl and wings flapping and if he was a paranoid person, he could've fainted at the images he was imagining.

"Wizardmon, let's hurry! If I see her dead on the forest floor, I'd ask you to kill me on the spot." He said, running ahead of Wizardmon while Wizardmon follows.

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

She barely dodged Devidramon's huge claw and sprained her ankle landing on the uneven surface. She looked up and saw Devidramon, looking pleased. He looked like he just said 'dinner-time!!!'. Before it could take a bite out of Kimber, she used her good leg and gave the overgrown bat-beast a real hard kick. It got angry so, it picked her up and threw her, right over the cliff.

"KIMBER~!!!!!!" Behind the devil, Rico just saw everything happen. Out of pure rage, He grabbed the pocket knife he had in his pocket and drove it right into the devil's eye, blinding it. Wizardmon, who was aiming, managed to hit Devidramon and delete it all at once.

"Damn it! Damn it!!! DAMN IT ALL!!!" Rico screamed, pounding his fist on the ground.

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Kimber was falling pretty quickly and it seemed like there was no way she could survive THIS fall.

'I never knew I would die in a foreign world... I couldn't even get to see mom for the last time. I'm going to miss everyone...' she thought, as she closed her eyes and got ready for impact when a pair of arms broke her fall.

"Sheesh... I never thought this would be the day I dive down a cliff voluntarily!" It was Beelzemon! Kimber's eyes snapped open and when she saw Beelzemon, she leaned forward and gave him a tight hug around the neck.

"I never knew you care, Beelzemon." Kimber whispered into his ear. Beelzemon smiled at her words and started to fly back up.

"And I never knew you'd just run like that without Sorcerimon." It was Kimber's turn to smile. He did care for her, after all.

But, who's gonna break the news to Rico? Well, let's see in chapter 16 ^_^

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

I hope it's not corny. I'm not in a good mood today, actually.

Beelzemon: Why'd you write in the first place then!?

Because I was bored.

Kotemon: And why is Tosh missing?

Because he's the quiet one, remember? Okay, enough with it!!! Time to start chapter 16!!!

PLEASE REVIEW!!!!