Hello again. This is a direct continuation of the last chapter, so it
might help some to reread the end of it if you havn't just. I does not own
digimon, though I would love to. Thanks to everybody who reviewed, I'll do
a little thank you and comment answering session next chapter, but I really
do appreciate your comments. Well, here we go-
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The horrified look on the pairs face had an almost hypnotic effect on the rest of the digidestand in the room. Everyone stood with down cast eyes, unwilling to see how the pair would take the news. After all, they had only known their digimons for a short while comparatively. No one spoke for a very long time.
"But." The first word came very softly, and only TK heard it. It came from under Kari's hair, for she had lowered her head, and her face was all but invisible. The whispered word and its crushed tone drew TK from his own dark thoughts, and made him realize that Kari was also in pain.
He looked over at his best friend, the girl who he had been through so much with, and noticed how worn out she suddenly seemed. Fragile delicate, defenseless even. He studied her down cast head, her slumped shoulders, and could tell that she was attempting to control herself from flying apart.
Feeling his searching eyes upon her, Kari Slowly raised her head, till they could both see the others eyes. Her deep brown eyes were filled with such a deep sadness that TK was unprepared for the pain that seemed to wash over him as well. You could tell that all of the hopes, and the excitement of seeing her soul mate once more, had instantly turned into sharp stabbing pinnacles of ice. The naked fear and pain he saw made him want to run over and shelter, protect, and care for her, 'but from what? HOW!'
Her eyes softened a little upon meeting that worried blue gaze, but what else could he do? Their friendship hadn't ever been very physical, so he felt funny about walking over and comforting her, but.
As if she had read his thoughts, her mouth shivered, and the corners of her eyes seemed to regain a little life. In slow motion, her bodyweight seemed to shift, as if she was about to fall into him, and expected to be caught and shielded from the cruel world around her.
But somebody else opened the door, right as she was on the verge of rushing into his arms and weeping. The entire room started and looked at the newcomer. It was Izzy.
He didn't seem to notice the sad faces, or that he was the victim of several imagined unpleasant deaths from two certain people in the room. He was as blissfully ignorant as usual.
"I got you message Yolie." He said, completely brushing away the remaining strands of what could have happened. "I thought of something right as I signed off to come. You said that you, Ken, Cody, and Davis, all tried to open the port. Have Kari or TK tried?"
Sniffling, Yolie unburied her head from its hiding place, and two more sets of imagined unpleasant things started to happen to the ignorant genius. "No." she replied shortly.
"Kari, why don't you give it a try? You do embody the Crest of Light after all. Maybe that's all it would take to unclose the portal."
Most of the dire thoughts were lifted from his head, though several still remained.
"Well," came the slow response "if you really think its worth it. I'll try." Striding over to the computer, she held out her D3, and stood there, waiting. It happened slowly at first, the faint traces of light came ghosting out of the screen. Then, all of a sudden, they felt a familiar tugging sensation, and were pulled through the screen into the digital world.
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After untangling from a heap on the forest floor, they looked around for any sign of either trouble, or their digimon. Presently they heard the trampling of many small feet, and the flapping of little wings.
"TK!" "CODY!" "YOLIE!" "DAVISH!" "KEN!" Soon, everyone was again on the ground, having been tackled by there respective digimon, except Kari and Gatomon.
"Kari?" Came the cautious voice, "Is that really you?"
"Yes, am I really so different?"
At the sound of her voice, Gatomon lost all reserve, and pounced. Thus all ended up rolling around on the soft green digital grass, making a very big deal of saying hello to all of the friends that they hadn't seen for many years.
"So, what's all the fuss about this time?" a very happy looking Davis asked, slightly worried. "this area looks like its in prime health!"
"Do we have to ruin a perfectly happy moment?" Veemon whined. "Can't we all just relax and catch up some?" chimed in Hawkmon.
"Well, it would be best if we knew what was up so we could be on the look out for danger signs. Especially if there is another evil person controlling everything! Oh, uh, sorry Ken." Cody said. Glancing sheepishly at Ken, hoping no offence would have been taken. He was lucky.
"That's alright, it's a good thing to be aware of." Was kens only response.
"Well," started Aradillomon, "it apparently all started in the mountains. There were reports of many digimon disappearances, and so an exploration party went to look. They all came back, but reported chasing a fog bank that had a bad aura around it."
"That's it? You want us to take care of a fog bank? Well, I'm glad we were able to come back anyway." Stated an incredulous Davis.
"Oh, that's not the end of it though" piped in Patamon, "The party went to look for it the next day, but couldn't find it."
"They looked for a week but saw no more traces of it." Gatomon continued for him. "They also noticed that where they had been chasing the fog, there were no digimon, and no trees or bushed or anything."
"it seemed as if all life had left." Concluded a subdued Armadillomon,
"That's when we discovered the stream." Patamon continued.
"Stream?" asked Kari when it appeared that he had finished.
"What stream was that?" Asked Hawkmon and Vemon as added. "You said nothing about a stream,"
Patamon and Gatomon looked a bit sheepish, but told them about a stream they had found at the base of the mountains one day.
It had not been there the day before, they insisted. Also, the day they found it, they had just come out of the woods and saw a digimon bend down to drink the water, and suddenly, it was dissembled and its data had been sucked up the river.
"That would have been a good thing to tell us." stated Armadillomon, "what if we had drank from the stream?"
"We just got back." Was the answer that Gatomon stated quickly, "When we felt them coming through the portal we came as quickly as possible."
"So you were able to get here in the time it took us to cross into this world? How'd you manage that?" wondered Cody.
"We can feel where your coming about a day before you get here." Was his partners' reply. "It came in handy. I didn't even know that we could, but I knew instantly that's what I felt."
"It was like I could smell exactly were you are Davis. In fact, I tried to get here before, but things always slowed me down, but I did get here in time though!"
"I think that it happened to all of us." came the quite voice of Wormmon who was tucked in Kens arms. "But don't worry Ken, only Vemon was able to smell his partner."
Ken smiled a little, "Well, should we look at the stream then?" he asked to forestall what he knew that Yolie was going to say.
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Ba, da da da dahhhh da, da da da dahhhhhh da, da da da dahhhhhh da, da da- dadahhhh, da da dun dahhhh. - extra points to whoever can guess this theme- ish tune.
Yup, that's it for now, it's a bit short, but I had things happening. Well, I'm not great at writing dialog, so please tell me what you think and any suggestions or random comments would be appreciated. Well, they are finally there in the Digital World. Tune in next time - R
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The horrified look on the pairs face had an almost hypnotic effect on the rest of the digidestand in the room. Everyone stood with down cast eyes, unwilling to see how the pair would take the news. After all, they had only known their digimons for a short while comparatively. No one spoke for a very long time.
"But." The first word came very softly, and only TK heard it. It came from under Kari's hair, for she had lowered her head, and her face was all but invisible. The whispered word and its crushed tone drew TK from his own dark thoughts, and made him realize that Kari was also in pain.
He looked over at his best friend, the girl who he had been through so much with, and noticed how worn out she suddenly seemed. Fragile delicate, defenseless even. He studied her down cast head, her slumped shoulders, and could tell that she was attempting to control herself from flying apart.
Feeling his searching eyes upon her, Kari Slowly raised her head, till they could both see the others eyes. Her deep brown eyes were filled with such a deep sadness that TK was unprepared for the pain that seemed to wash over him as well. You could tell that all of the hopes, and the excitement of seeing her soul mate once more, had instantly turned into sharp stabbing pinnacles of ice. The naked fear and pain he saw made him want to run over and shelter, protect, and care for her, 'but from what? HOW!'
Her eyes softened a little upon meeting that worried blue gaze, but what else could he do? Their friendship hadn't ever been very physical, so he felt funny about walking over and comforting her, but.
As if she had read his thoughts, her mouth shivered, and the corners of her eyes seemed to regain a little life. In slow motion, her bodyweight seemed to shift, as if she was about to fall into him, and expected to be caught and shielded from the cruel world around her.
But somebody else opened the door, right as she was on the verge of rushing into his arms and weeping. The entire room started and looked at the newcomer. It was Izzy.
He didn't seem to notice the sad faces, or that he was the victim of several imagined unpleasant deaths from two certain people in the room. He was as blissfully ignorant as usual.
"I got you message Yolie." He said, completely brushing away the remaining strands of what could have happened. "I thought of something right as I signed off to come. You said that you, Ken, Cody, and Davis, all tried to open the port. Have Kari or TK tried?"
Sniffling, Yolie unburied her head from its hiding place, and two more sets of imagined unpleasant things started to happen to the ignorant genius. "No." she replied shortly.
"Kari, why don't you give it a try? You do embody the Crest of Light after all. Maybe that's all it would take to unclose the portal."
Most of the dire thoughts were lifted from his head, though several still remained.
"Well," came the slow response "if you really think its worth it. I'll try." Striding over to the computer, she held out her D3, and stood there, waiting. It happened slowly at first, the faint traces of light came ghosting out of the screen. Then, all of a sudden, they felt a familiar tugging sensation, and were pulled through the screen into the digital world.
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After untangling from a heap on the forest floor, they looked around for any sign of either trouble, or their digimon. Presently they heard the trampling of many small feet, and the flapping of little wings.
"TK!" "CODY!" "YOLIE!" "DAVISH!" "KEN!" Soon, everyone was again on the ground, having been tackled by there respective digimon, except Kari and Gatomon.
"Kari?" Came the cautious voice, "Is that really you?"
"Yes, am I really so different?"
At the sound of her voice, Gatomon lost all reserve, and pounced. Thus all ended up rolling around on the soft green digital grass, making a very big deal of saying hello to all of the friends that they hadn't seen for many years.
"So, what's all the fuss about this time?" a very happy looking Davis asked, slightly worried. "this area looks like its in prime health!"
"Do we have to ruin a perfectly happy moment?" Veemon whined. "Can't we all just relax and catch up some?" chimed in Hawkmon.
"Well, it would be best if we knew what was up so we could be on the look out for danger signs. Especially if there is another evil person controlling everything! Oh, uh, sorry Ken." Cody said. Glancing sheepishly at Ken, hoping no offence would have been taken. He was lucky.
"That's alright, it's a good thing to be aware of." Was kens only response.
"Well," started Aradillomon, "it apparently all started in the mountains. There were reports of many digimon disappearances, and so an exploration party went to look. They all came back, but reported chasing a fog bank that had a bad aura around it."
"That's it? You want us to take care of a fog bank? Well, I'm glad we were able to come back anyway." Stated an incredulous Davis.
"Oh, that's not the end of it though" piped in Patamon, "The party went to look for it the next day, but couldn't find it."
"They looked for a week but saw no more traces of it." Gatomon continued for him. "They also noticed that where they had been chasing the fog, there were no digimon, and no trees or bushed or anything."
"it seemed as if all life had left." Concluded a subdued Armadillomon,
"That's when we discovered the stream." Patamon continued.
"Stream?" asked Kari when it appeared that he had finished.
"What stream was that?" Asked Hawkmon and Vemon as added. "You said nothing about a stream,"
Patamon and Gatomon looked a bit sheepish, but told them about a stream they had found at the base of the mountains one day.
It had not been there the day before, they insisted. Also, the day they found it, they had just come out of the woods and saw a digimon bend down to drink the water, and suddenly, it was dissembled and its data had been sucked up the river.
"That would have been a good thing to tell us." stated Armadillomon, "what if we had drank from the stream?"
"We just got back." Was the answer that Gatomon stated quickly, "When we felt them coming through the portal we came as quickly as possible."
"So you were able to get here in the time it took us to cross into this world? How'd you manage that?" wondered Cody.
"We can feel where your coming about a day before you get here." Was his partners' reply. "It came in handy. I didn't even know that we could, but I knew instantly that's what I felt."
"It was like I could smell exactly were you are Davis. In fact, I tried to get here before, but things always slowed me down, but I did get here in time though!"
"I think that it happened to all of us." came the quite voice of Wormmon who was tucked in Kens arms. "But don't worry Ken, only Vemon was able to smell his partner."
Ken smiled a little, "Well, should we look at the stream then?" he asked to forestall what he knew that Yolie was going to say.
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Ba, da da da dahhhh da, da da da dahhhhhh da, da da da dahhhhhh da, da da- dadahhhh, da da dun dahhhh. - extra points to whoever can guess this theme- ish tune.
Yup, that's it for now, it's a bit short, but I had things happening. Well, I'm not great at writing dialog, so please tell me what you think and any suggestions or random comments would be appreciated. Well, they are finally there in the Digital World. Tune in next time - R