Disclaimer: Ah, still don't own it. If I did, trust me, you'd know.
It was morning now, but I still glared at the place where I last saw my twin. He was smirking, as if enjoying the sight of our lack of luck. My only hope and wish right now is that I'll never have to fight my brother…I-I-I just can't. I sighed, remembering a time when the two of us played hide and seek with the other Chosen Children as we're so often called. We were a team, we always hid together, and seeked together. Basically, we were an inseperatable dou. A five-year old Izumi bounced along, calling out our names, trying to find the two of us. Kouichi accidently snickered, making enough noise to attract Izumi's attention. I giggled like all care-free six-year olds, trying to stifle Kouichi's snickers. Soon, we were laughing our heads off as a very confused Izumi's found us. I frowned, remembering the next day we turned seven, starting our training at the same age as Junpei did, only a year older than us. What we mostly done was study the original Ten Legendary Warriors, how each were chosen, etc., though half of if I can't remember, and the other half is a fuzz. Tomoki, being the youngest most certainly knows more than us from what we learned from our younger years and, Izumi comes next with what little more she learned, then me, and finally Junpei. Without a doubt though, Junpei's the smartest, even if he doesn't act like it.
"Ohayo!" Izumi said cheerfully as she yawned and got up. Junpei soon got up, and she tapped him on the shoulder. "Guess what? I had another dream!" She said happily. "Notice that I said I, not someone else's?" She asked, her eyes shining brightly. For whatever reason, those two always got along the best, just like me and Kouichi. I sigh in a small hint of defeat, it hurts just thinking about him now. We were so close, but now we're so far…farther than I'm comfortable with.
"Well, what is it?" Junpei asked enthuastiatically.
"Well, I was this beautiful fairy, much taller than I am now mind you, not small like you read in fairy tales. You were a very strong beetle-like thing, and you looked so cute and huggable! Tomoki was this small bear-like thing, he was so adorable I wanted to hug him to death! Well, not quite literally to death…Strangely Kouji was in it, and he was this wolf-like thing. We were fighting some large monster, it was huge, and sorta've an angel looking thing…" Izumi trailed. "It would've been beautiful had it not seemed to been darkened by misused evil. That was all." She added, sighing. "I wish I knew why I dreamed that…"
"Kazemon, Beetlemon, Kumomon, Lobomon, and Lucemon." Takuya said quietly, so quietly I practically didn't hear him. Lucky me I was close enough to hear.
"Huh?" Junpei asked. Tomoki smiled and stood up grinning.
"Takuya I didn't know you knew about the Legendary Warriors and the Final Battle!" Tomoki chirped, and walked over to the brunette.
"Oh I remember now! But, wasn't there other Legendary Warriors?" Junpei asked scratching his head in confusion.
"Ofcoarse! Kaiserleomon, Ranamon, Grumblemon, Agunimon, Arbormon, and Mercurymon." Izumi said brightly, smiling. Sight just now yawned and blinked lazily at us. "Or I think it was Kaiserleomon…no, that was the Beast Warrior of Darkness…" She trailed, and began her desperate thinking as to what the Warrior of Darkness's name was.
"Well, that's not what really matters right now, we need to get going!" Junpei sighed. "We've got to get to where that dark lord guy is and defeat him in order to return everything back to normal!" He said desperately, really wanting to get going. "Besides, if he sent one Legendary Warrior after us, odds are he'll send another if he as one." Junpei added. He obviously didn't like the run-in with that Legendary Warrior of Ground.
"Oh, alright!" Izumi pouted. So, we began our journey yet again, towards wherever the hell that evil lord is.
"I'm hungry." Junpei whined for the seventh time now. Izumi was in the lead, Junpei next to her, Tomoki and Takuya talking about whatever again, and me trailing, while glaring deathly at the back of Junpei. He was a great guy, but when he got hungry you were sure to know. Well, if anyone was hungry they'd let you know, but that's not the point, they could at least NOT repeat themselves a million times! Okay, so I'm exagerrating, he only said it seven times, so stab me. No, not literally, I need to help my brother. Besides, who knows what happens to slaves when their masters die…Gah, why am I talking to myself?! Yep, I officially lost it peoples…
"I know Junpei, but we have no food, and according to Takuya we won't find another town for another days walk. Unless you want to HUNT for food, I doubt we'll get any food at all today." Izumi sighed. Junpei yelped when she said, 'no more food at all today'. Poor poor Junpei…and Tomoki. And Takuya. And Izumi. Oh, and me, yah, we're growing children! WE NEED NUTRITION! Hmm, I should really work on my appetite, it's getting the better of me.
"Takuya, are there any edible plants around here?" Tomoki asked, right after his stomach growled and he sweat dropped. Takuya smiled that sweet smile of his and shrugged. Wait. Sweet? 'GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!' My mind screamed, and damnit I've never suffered such horrible mental slaps in my entire life. Ow ow ow!!! Oh, BAD HORRIBLE KOUJI! DON'T THINK THAT! Ow! Okay, who was the s.o.b. who hit me on the head. Growling I looked around, and narrowed my eyes seeing nothing. (I'm going to suffer one hell of a head ache tonight…)
"Whats wrong Kouji?" Izumi asked turning around, her gaze falling intently on me.
"Something hit me on the head." I growled. Junpei snickered.
"More like fell! Kouji's getting mad at a branch that fell!" Junpei said, his snickers continuing. I shot several death glares and he fell silent.
"Something hit me on the head Junpei, trust me. We're not alone." I replied, keeping the annoyance out of my voice. Junpei's face turned serious and he nodded his head. I have something like some sort of sixth sense, actually, we all do. Izumi and her telepathy with humans, Junpei and his (should be) control over demons and summoning them by emitting unnatural brain waves normal humans don't have. Tomoki and his keen sense of knowing whether we can trust someone or not. Kouichi (Brother…) always knew whether we could win a fight or not automatically, Takuya and his telepathy with animals, finally, me and my ability to sense an invaders presence, doesn't matter if it's friend or foe.
"We should keep our guard up then." Izumi said quietly, and we all nodded. She didn't really need to tell us that, but it was a habit one of us always said that. It's always been that way, but originally it was Kouichi who said that. Dammit, if I keep this up I'll be running off to find him so fast the chances of them catching up to me are the chances Junpei can summon a demon and CONTROL it. Now, that just means there are chances, but their not that good. We were all just standing there, preparing for an attacker, thief, or at least a thief. Nothing.
"Kouji, you sure you know there's someone else here?" Tomoki asked unsurely, as nothing was happening. Goody, their beginning to doubt me.
"Trust me." I said, keeping my guard up. Tomoki nodded his head to show he knew better than to doubt my better judgement, and we waited. The feeling someone was there did not leave, actually, I could now tell where they were because who or whatever it was just happened to think if they held still we wouldn't notice. Ah ah ah…
"Nothings happening Kouji…" Izumi whispered. I smirked a little.
"That may be so, but our friend here thinks if they stay still we won't know they are there, nor know where they are. Tomoki, do you think you could freeze that tree a few feet from you on your right?" I whispered, not really wanting the intruder to hear. He nodded his head and sent a small stream of ice making its way towards the tree. As soon as it started freezing, the tree yelped. Now, I'm not a botanist or anything, but I'm pretty sure that trees don't yelp. We all looked weirdly at the tree before it began changing. I had a funny feeling this was going to turn out to not be a good thing…
"Trying to freeze the trees in my forest are yas?" The tree, or now more accurately the man (Who once was that tree) asked glaring. He had eyes like a green leaves and his skin looked something like bark. His hair was…well all the colors of leaves in the fall. First off, those colors do not mix well when it comes to hair, that I can assure you.
"Uhm…no, we were just unsure if anyone was there, and we figured it would be safer to send some ice to a tree to find the intruder than fire." Izumi said, slightly still shocked from seeing a tree transform into a man.
"Oh? Why not wind though? Wind never hurt any body did it? Or light?" The man asked, eyes blazing with anger. I don't like where this is going…not one bit…
"Well, I'm not very good at using my abilities…and neither is Kouji…a-and at the time asking Tomoki seemed like the best idea…" Izumi said trailing. Poor girl, suppose I should help her out.
"Well, the use of wind would have only russled the leaves in your trees. That wouldn't have proved very effective. As you know, the use of lightening would have had worse consequences, such as possibly setting the tree on fire. It's still daylight, so my using light wouldn't have proven any better than the light from the sun. Ofcourse fire would have set the tree ablaze, and that left us with the least riskiest, but effective possibility: ice. Now, does that explain why? Besides, we knew someone was in the tree you once were, but as it seems, YOU were the tree. So, that's why only you got frozen. Does this explain why to you now?" I asked, finally finishing up. Takuya looked slightly surprised I could come up with an explanation so quick, but the others weren't. Aww, he's adorable when he's surprised…'GAH!!! Ow, ow ow ow owie! Oh…ow…damn I got a head ache now…Must stop thinking like that, with all these mental slaps I'm giving myself I'm just getting the worst migraine ever…ow…' I thought miserably as my head pounded from pain because of all the mental slaps I've been giving myself lately. Ow, dammit it hurts!
"Well uh…ah forget about it." The man sighed. "So yous the other Legendary Warriors right?" He asked, watching us intently.
"Yah, whats it to you?" Junpei snapped, I guess he was trying to signal the guy to leave. The man didn't get the signal. Nope. Nuh uh. Nadda signal noticity.
"Because my master wanted me to give yous an offer. You can join him and help us destroy all those who oppose us. Or, you can be destroyed. Which is it eh?" The man asked, peering curiously at us. Takuya looked at me, I guess he was expecting me to make a decision for the both of us. Hmm, you know, that's the only problem I have with Takuya. Other then that I can watch and listen to him all day…'x_X' My brain didn't say anything this time, it was in too much pain from the head ache. Ow ow ow!!
"Depends on who you master is. We don't want to join the enemy you know." Izumi said, keeping a keen eye on the guy. You gotta love the girl.
"Lord Cherubi, also known as the lord of all that is dark. So, yous gonna join us?" The man asked. My eyes hardened as I glared at the man. Anyone who worked for that dark lord was going to die. Except my brother, HE was going to come back home even if I have to drag him back.
"I'm not." I said coldly. The man looked slightly surprised at first then grinned.
"Yous must be the Warrior of Darkness's twin eh? I thought I reconized yas. Go figures the Light Warrior would turn us down. Whats about the rest of yas?" The man questioned, looking at the others expectantly.
"No way, your master is hurting my country, and as the prince and a Legendary Warrior I'm forced to say 'no'." Tomoki said bravely, eyes stern and hate-filled. Good one Tomoki.
"I'll have to agree with Tomoki and Kouji, I'm happy right where I am, doing the RIGHT thing." Izumi said, determination in her eyes. I also noticed she looked ready for a fight. Hmm, seems like we may get into one, smart thinking.
"Not even for the ability to control the demons I summon." Junpei added with defiance. The man looked at Takuya then, who shook his head no.
"Kouji's decision is mine." Takuya said, and walked behind me. "Right?" He asked, and I smiled down at him.
"This time." I replied. Takuya looked confused but didn't ask. I confuse him much too easily.
"Well, then prepare to face my wrath!" The man growled, obviously angered we said no to him. 'Hahah, oh shit! Let me go dangit!' I thought as tree vines suddenly grabbed me and tossed me into a tree. 'Oww…' I thought miserably rubbing my head.
"He's the Warrior of Wood!" Junpei cried out. Yah, I noticed…I think we all figured that out when the guy tossed me like a rag doll with those vines. Oww, dammit this is not good for a headache!
"I sees yas noticed." The man laughed harshly, then vines wrapped around everyone, including me AGAIN. I think he has something against me, don't you?
"I summon! Absolutely nothing because this is choking me!" Junpei yelped. I'd help him, but then that means getting out of these vines constantly tightening their grip on me, so I can't exactly help someone if I need help myself.
"Junpei, SHOCK these vines!" Izumi yelled out, her face beginning to turn blue. Shit, their cutting off her air supply! Tomoki was already out like a light, and was tossed carelessly off to the side.
"I can't, because then I'll shock us!" Junpei cried out. I looked over to see if Takuya was still concious, he was, but just barely. I don't think he's use to this yet…
"Takuya?" I called up. He opened one eye and looked at me.
"Yah?" He asked, waiting for a reply.
"I have an idea, do you think you can set these vines on fire?" I asked him. He nodded his head and tried to position his hand where the fire would hit the base of the vines.
"Oh no's you don'ts!" The man growled and the vine began tightening its grip on Takuya even harder. Takuya cried out in pain, and his hand fell limp as he passed out next. I watched in anger as the vine tossed Takuya's limp body over next to an already knocked out Izumi and Tomoki. Anger bubbled in me, though not for the reason that me and Junpei couldn't get free.
"Junpei, SHOCK these vines! I don't care if I get shocked, just do it!" I called out to him. Junpei nodded his head, and electricity fired through the vines, shocking the vines and ME. 'OWW!' Me mind yelped. Oww…
"Stop it!" The man cried, watching in horror as the vines writhered and dropped us in defeat. Me and Junpei landed, not very comfratably, onto the ground.
"Hey Kouji, what do you say we summon a Fire demon. I know it's very dangerous, but this guy REALLY pissed me off." Junpei said, eyes burning holes into the man who looked at us worriedly.
"Why Junpei. That's a wonderful idea." I replied smirking. More often than not when Junpei was serious and very pissed, the demons followed his orders without question.
"I don't's like where dis is goin'…" The man said uneasily.
"Come to my aid: Fire Demon!" Junpei called, a portal opening to a volcanic land filled with fire and lava, releasing a fire demon, who looked around playfully before giggling.
"A forest, nice nice!" She giggled. Usually I'd be disturbed, but suddenly a demon who'll enjoy burning this man I don't find half that odd. The portal closed and Junpei pointed at the man.
"The greatest fun happens to be burning WOODmen." Junpei said, an evil grin in play on his face. The fire demon looked at the man and she clapped her hands together.
"Woodman woodman! Woodman buuurn!" The fire demon cheered, and sent a tornado of fire directly at the man, and began the slow and painful death he was now receiving. His cry rang out, but neither me nor Junpei cared. No one harmed our fellow comrades. No one.
"St-s-stop!" He cried out, the fire demon suddenly was cut into pieces by a large, black sword. I gasped as the fire demon dissentagrated into nothing, and Junpei's eyes widened in disbelief at what we saw…
A/N: Whether or not you can guess what or who it is, I don't know. But all I know is, I have some really freaked up Takouji dreams…o_O No, this wasn't one. Well, we're getting more Legendary Warriors aren't we? Oh, and yes I know the Ten Original Warriors were not Kazemon, Beetle, etc. Yeah, I know they were AncientSphinxmon, Ancientgreymon, etc. Yah, I know that, but I like messing around with their past. ^o^ Besides…this is kinda an AU…So…yah…uhm…I'll shut up now.
