Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but I do own the cat that has decided to suddenly stalk me.
"All right, as you know I am Yamaki, and I figured you may wish to know about the Legendary Warriors before you…" He began, but didn't get very far into it before the others bombarded him with questions. He held up a hand, and they all quieted. "Now, I will explain everything without taking too much of your time." The waiters came in and handed us our food, ironically our favorite dishes. How did he…? "Twenty-five years ago was when darkness started to reveal itself. The Legends, or the Fates depending on how each of you were raised, did not see much of a danger at the time, but to prevent the darkness from getting too powerful they awakened the powers inside Ten creatures. When they had come to, it was then everyone had realized that what the darkness they saw was only the tip of an iceberg. Striking fully, four Warriors went down before they fully got to acknowledge their part in this all. The other six, was seperated into three groups, two each. Thunder with Wind, Ice with Darkness, and Fire with Light, which was not unusual for any of them.
After two years, they had finally thought they could defeat the fiend that started it all. They were so terribly wrong… so horribly wrong. They had not even known the true darkness! But, they did find out… oh yes they did… he was called Lucemon, half human, half darkness. One side of him looked harmless and angelic, while the other was menacing and hateful. He hired men to either capture the Warriors, or to convert them to evil. The Fates, or Legends, could not allow this to happen. So they gave you children the powers of the Legendary Warriors, while still keeping the current ones. All except Fire, who was the youngest and plenty more resistance to the darkness. She was only twelve at this time, and childish innocence along with naiveness has always been a powerful barrier. Now, fifteen Warriors against the darkness, but you were all to young and were untrained in the ways of using your abilities. If I am correct all but one of you are still. Hope was high though, and Lucemon seemed to be falling back. The next year, everyone was yet again proven wrong. I suppose you can say being overly cocky has cost them lots of chances, ne?
Four of the Legendary Warriors were killed, one converted, the other captured. Of you, the next generation of Warriors, five of you were converted, but none captured thank goodness. Soon after this though, Lucemon disappeared, and no one knows what happened to him. Now, twenty-two years later Cherubi has appeared and you are all setting out to defeat him. Seeing to the fact Cherubi has four Legendary Warriors working for him, it's believable that he works for Lucemon so if you defeat him…" Yamaki let it trail from there. I knew what it meant, and so did the others. If we defeat Lord Cherubi, chances are we would have to face Lucemon right afterwards.
"Yamaki… how do you know… all of this?" Izumi asked, her voice carrying her curiousity.
"Heheh… I used to be an actual FortuneTeller, one of the people believed to communicate with the Fates themselves. I know plenty of things that no normal mortal would, feel free to ask me any questions of yours I can answer them most likely." Yamaki replied politely, and took a sip of water that had been placed there for him. Probably thirsty from all that explaining… so, we could ask him any question… I had plenty.
"Who were the two Warriors that still lived?" I queried.
"The ones that lived? Let me see… ah yes. The Warrior of Wood was converted to darkness, though he died a few years back… and then the Warrior of Fire was captured, she died a few years back also." Yamaki explained, and took another sip of his drink. I wonder…
"So… was she Takuya's mom?" I pried in, and I think I heard Takuya nearly choke on something at the mention of his mom. Uh… oops, should I have asked that in private? I've never been very good at these kinds of things.
"Yes… and that's why he's not a girl. The Fates had never expected their young Warrior of Flame to die at such a young age, only twenty-one." Yamaki sighed, and we heard a thump. We all looked over to see Junpei had fainted, what came over him? "Ah, I see he's good in math. Now, it was an unexpected turn, the Fates didn't foretell it, so they had little choice but to had the ability of flame over to her eldest son, who she taught everything too, am I correct?" He further explained. Takuya was staring at his plate and nodded his head solemnly. "Yes… the Fates truly did make a horrible mistake to not have made a second Warrior of Flame earlier but, then again it could have been for the better they didn't." With that he smiled and stood up. "I shall leave you all now to your journey, I wish you luck." When leaving I swear if I didn't know any better he winked at me… damn does EVERYONE SUDDENLY KNOW!?! I can't keep any privacy thanks to Izumi and now a guy who runs an inn even knows! Whose next, the sugar plum fairy!?
"Junpei! Oi, Junpei! Are you all right?!" Izumi asked with worry, shaking our eldest friend. He moaned a little and sat up before looking around.
"Did I miss anything?" He asked and rubbed his head. Izumi and Tomoki helped him stand up, and sighing knowing I probably wouldn't get anything more to eat got up too. All well… when I'm hungry again I will be sure to let them know… and tell them how much of it is their fault… you know, that kind of thing.
"We should probably head out now." Tomoki murmured, and they began leading Junpei to his and Izumi's room. I tapped Takuya on the shoulder to get his attention, and he got up also.
"Is it okay I asked Yamaki that question?" I questioned him, please do not be mad at me…
"Yah, it's fine." Takuya said with a smile. "I just think though that it was a surprise for Junpei." He continued. I raised a brow at him to go on and he sighed. "Our mom, me and Shinya's, died when I was eight… and she was twenty-one… Take a guess how old she was when I was born." He sighed. Okay, let's see here twenty-one minus eight is… HOLY SHIT!!! My face held pure shock and disbelief and Takuya shurgged at my look. His mom had him when she was thirteen?! Isn't that a bit young to have a kid? I'm not a girl or anything, and I hear older women complain about childbirth all the time, but at that age?! You know, I don't want to know… Takuya and me walked back up to our room in silence, he was probably embarrased about what he had just told me, and I couldn't blame him. Although a part of me felt bad for not really saying anything to him…
"Got everything you three?" Junpei asked as he and Izumi walked inside with all their stuff. I nodded my head; we've been packed. "All right, let's head out!" He said with a smile, and we slowly made our way out. It was mid-afternoon, and we were already leaving, and I was already hungry. Well, this time I will ignore my needs for nutrition because we're heading towards more dangerous things now. Like wild hungry beasts that won't eat us because we've gotten so skinny. Speaking of which, I noticed how much everyone had slimmed and grown this entire time. When we started out, Junpei was slightly bigger than he is now, because he had slight more fat than muscle. Now it seems though, he has more muscle than fat. Izumi, being fifteen was already becoming more and more of a lady, but she seems to have grown much more of one on our adventure. A very muscled and messy lady, but hey she's one none-the-less. Tomoki grew a few inches, and that's the only more major change in him I've seen. And I can't honestly tell you in what ways Takuya has grown, because how I look at him keeps changing so I'm not entirely sure.
"Going without anything to eat?" Yamaki asked. We were walking down the stairway when I was thinking all this, and we just now reached the bottom. "That's not very healthy, you're growing children still." He continued. Yes… we are finally someone who agrees with me! Long after my days of complaining, but that will change starting… later. He smirked and held out a bag full of, is it? Yes, food! It also had a book, some tools we could probably use and a few lightweight weapons. Yes, this time we are leaving prepared… a lovely change in pace.
"T-thanks."Izumi sputted and grabbed the bag. Junpei held out a hand to hold it for her, and she gratefully handed it to him.
"No problem, I just hope you can do what the other's couldn't. Oh, and remember, together your united as one, and your battles are won*. Good day to you." With that, he left. Well, he left us with supplies and an interesting little rhyme there.
"Well… we should get going I guess." Junpei stated, a bit shocked by how this man was helping us. I guess people want to be free from this darkness once and for all, and the only way to do that is to help us succeed. My eyes harden, we will defeat Cherubi, and then if I have to do it on my own I swear Lucemon will pay for all the damage he's done over the past twenty-five years…
A/n: I am so sorry for all this boring stuff… I swear, next chapter won't be so boring! In fact, if I can manage it will contain Takouji fluff… and maybe some Junzumi fluff… mwahahahahah!! Oh, and these two chapters were for the sake of it's sequel. I don't give a damn what anyone says, I love this story! Though these past two chapters are very boring… and short… and boring… you get the point. T_T I hate these chapters… How about this, I put up another chapter later on today if I can manage? It's no promise, but I will try.