Authoress note! Well, the last chapter was NOT my biggest, but we'll just say it was all right? Great! I am SO sorry about not updating for like, ever. I have been busy with this and that and the fact that I couldn't sit still omg enough to type a sentence... but I'm back! So, I've been on this super writing spree, even though my muse ate my other muse -_-; I hope it doesn't affect my writing TO much. Oh well, here is ANOTHER chapter for everyone to read. Yay! Wow...*looks down* Ch.9...*blinks* wow... I can't believe I've written this much...or that I've gotten so manny reviews!!! Yay! Alright, I HAVEN'T had any sugar...*hears muse snort*............ANYway, read this chapter!!!
CH.9 Strange Occurrences
*~*~*~*~*Digidestined Realm, Eastern Quadrant, Digital World*~*~*~*~*
It was late, and the sun had set long ago. Takato sat on top of the temple roof by himself thinking about the Prophecy that Azulongmon had told them about.
*I wonder what else Azulongmon is hiding from us..........* Takato thought to himself as he stared at the digital night sky.
"Oh, Hey Goggles. I didn't know anyone was up here...I'll leave ya alone" Impmon said quietly and he turned to back the way he had come.
"No...Stay Impmon, it would be nice to have some company..." Takato said as he motioned for Impmon to come over and sit with him.
"Alright...hey, where's Guilmon?" Impmon asked, and Takato noticed that Impmon had stopped calling Guilmon 'Pineapple head'.
"Sleeping like a rock...wish I could sleep like that." Takato said as he pointed down to where Guilmon had fallen asleep, snoring.
"Heh, are you sure that Guilmon isn't a log or something?" Impmon asked as he took a seat near Takato.
"Pretty sure...I did create him after all" Takato pointed out.
"You did?" Impmon asked in amazement. He had heard that was how Guilmon came into being, heck the red dino had said to himself, but Takato telling him that he did made it seem real.
"Yah...I have no clue how I did it, but I did...anyway Impmon, I was wondering...why were you talking to Veemon? I thought you guys didn't get along...." Takato asked, turning his crimson eyes to Impmon's emerald.
"Just something..." Impmon stated, thinking back to what he and Veemon had been talking about.
*~*~*Flashback time people!:D*~*~*
"Um, Impmon? Can I talk with you for a second...?" Veemon asked, motioning for him to move away from the others so they could talk.
"What do YOU want?" Impmon sneered as Veemon looked at him. It was a little unnerving to have a digimon that so closely resembled himself stare at him.
"I was wondering about before..." Veemon admitted to the small virus rookie in front of him.
"If you say anything to anyone, I will blow you to little itty bitty pieces!" Impmon threatened waving a gloved fist in Veemon's horned face.
"I know that...but before...you said you wanted a Tamer again...you had one before?" Veemon asked, watching, as Impmon's eyes grew larger.
"I...I.........." Impmon stuttered as Veemon took a step forward, making Impmon take one backwards.
"You did...then why aren't they with you?" Veemon asked curiously.
"I...uh...I ran away..." Impmon whispered quietly, quickly becoming interested in the ground. He didn't know why he was spilling his guts to this guy....maybe because it was that he already heard his sobbing, what worse could there be?
"Why?" Veemon asked. He wanted to know more, like how did a virus like Impmon get a partner in the first place? And if he did have a partner why did he run away?
"I don't need you snooping in my life! I do what I want to! I don't need no stinkin partner!" Impmon growled.
"What about that Takato guy? You seem to like him. Why isn't he your partner?" Veemon asked Impmon.
"Because he has Guilmon moron!" Impmon shouted into Veemon's ear.
"Oh yah..." Veemon said sheepishly, rubbing his hand on the back of his head in a typical, Tai/Davis/Takato style.
"But Willis has two partners!" Veemon said, pointing that fact out after thinking to himself for a few minutes.
"He didn't get a choice did he? From what I hear, those two are twins." Impmon snorted, turning away from Veemon.
"So he's still got two...anyway, I was just wandering of you were okay...even if you ARE a virus...your not such a bad mon..." Veemon said before he turned and hopped off to find his partner, while Impmon just stared at the place Veemon had been standing.
*~*~*End Flash-back*~*~*
"Okay..." Takato said, looking back up to the sky which was filled with stars, unlike the Digital World in the Southern Quadrant which had the Earth Sphere and those Data Streams to light up the night when it came.
"It's a lot nicer in this Digital World, almost no fighting, and most of the digimon get along......kinda makes ya wonder where Zhuqiaomon went wrong in our Quadrant doesn't it?" Impmon asked Takato, following his line of vision and looking to the stars as well.
"It can't be that bad in your guy's Quadrant, I mean really..." Takuya said, climbing up onto the roof, the same way that Impmon had come. He was followed by Davis and Ken with their partners.
"Oh, hey guys...." Takato greeted his new friends that had decided to join him on the roof.
"I'm sure that the Southern Quadrant isn't really that bad...every Quadrant probably has the same problems, a little different, but basically the same. What ever the Quadrant is like, we need to focus on getting Tai and Matt back." Ken said as he sat down next to Takuya, who was sitting next to Impmon. Davis stayed standing, but Veemon sat down and gave a small yawn.
"Your right, our problems are our problems, right now we need to think about how we're going to do this........somehow I don't think our friends are going to let us help as much as we did in the battle. They'll be afraid that the darkness will get us to...but they'll never get in...We're going to have to do this ourselves," Takato said as he turned to the others who had gathered on the Temple roof.
"No, we have to do this together.....we have to balance our forces, have one group fight, and distract them while the other group tries to find a way into that Floating Base" Takuya said firmly.
"Takuya is right...but so is Takato, what I think we need to do is.................." Ken said as he whispered the last part to the others so quietly, even Impmon and Veemon had to strain their ears to hear what was said.
"Awesome! Now we can save them for sure!" Davis cheered.
"We should probably try to get some sleep, if we don't we'll all be tired and we won't be able to fight properly. One more thing though...............Impmon...I think you should stay here while we fight" Ken said to the small demon imp.
"What?! Have you lost your little mind?! I fight whom I want and when I want! I don't have to listen to some stupid human!" Impmon snarled to Ken before he stomped of the roof angrily.
"............I think you upset him Ken" Davis said, stating the obvious.
"Davis..." Ken groaned as he watched the goggle head blink at him.
"Come on....if we can just do this.....maybe we can even defeat this evil BEFORE anyone get hurt.....maybe we can defeat it when we get Tai and Matt back......and maybe we can stop this guy before he does anymore damage" Davis said to everyone before he began to make his ay to the edge of the roof.
"That's a lot of maybes Davis." Takuya pointed out, going to slowly follow Davis to the edge so they could get some rest before the mission.
"I'm going to stay up here just a little longer okay guys?" Takato told the others as they slowly left the Temple roof.
"I wonder why Ken said Impmon shouldn't fight.........he's stronger than most digimon......maybe he still doesn't trust him.....I trust him......even after that whole thing in the Digital World when he killed Leomon....I'm glad he changed though, he's a good friend even if he doesn't like to show it" Takato said to himself sitting on the edge of the roof before peering down to the ground below. So many things were going through his head that he knew if he were to try, and go to bed to get some sleep he would just end up lying there.
The Prophecy was one of the many things still tumbling about in his mind, but it seemed to be the one that kept popping up the most.
A few words seemed to pop out at him, one especially......Hazard....Takato bit back a shiver as remembered the nightmare that had become reality when he had forced Guilmon to digivolve to his Mega form. His D-Ark shattered when he did it, the hatred so strong that the small device could no longer take it. Unfortunately even after his D-Ark shattered Guilmon still managed to reach his Mega level, and it was not a pretty one. Megidramon was a huge, dragon that radiated hatred. His tattered wings and snarling jaws made for a gruesome sight.
Beelzebumon was eventually able to overcome Megidramon, after he of course destroyed Makuramon to steal his data. Beelzebumon was about to kill his partner and best friend, and he realized what he had done to one of his closest friends in the world. After that Megidramon became the Guilmon that everyone (save maybe Rika and Renamon) loved. The first Biomerge had happened seconds after.
A few other words leapt out at him.......Life and Chaos....he wondered why those seemed to jump out at him the most, but he shook it off and began to climb down the roof and head back to the room that he shared with the others and their partners. He had to at least TRY to get some sleep, even if it was completely futile to even bother. Maybe he would get lucky and dose off...
*~*~*~*~*The Dark Crystal Fortress*~*~*~*~*
"I can't believe those fools allowed me to capture two of their most powerful Digidestined, two of the six chosen..........what fools they are...." A shadowed figure said to himself as he looked upon the four figures that were chained and caged before him.
Tai and Matt were both chained to the wall, while their partners where in small cages on the other side of the room.
Tai gave a small moan, but did not stir or awaken. Matt shifted, but also did not wake up from unconsciousness. Their digimon partners didn't even stir.
The figure stepped out from the shadows that hid his body, but it did not help as he was wearing a long dark robe that hid his body, while a long hood covered his face from the light. All he needed was a scythe and he could have been Death himself.
The figure moved over to a different wall, one that did not have Digidestined or digimon hanging off of it.
Many mirrors covered this wall, all showing different places. All you had to do was touch one and think the mirror would show you what you wanted to see, if it was there at least. The dark figure seemed particularly interested in a light blue mirror. Unlike the mirrors that the Sovereign digimon had hanging in their palaces, these were unclouded. Perfect for what the figure needed. He placed a hand upon the mirror and summoned the image that he seeked. A bedroom shimmered into view, three bunk beds with four children sleeping, all except one quite peacefully. One bunk bed was empty, but of course, the figure knew that, the occupants were here in his own chambers, tacked to the walls like ornaments. Something in the room moved, causing the dark figure that gazed over the mirror to stare deeper into the mirror. A cloaked figure, the same that had come to the same children before, was moving around the room, silently checking on each of the children and the digimon that remained in the room.
"I see you have found another servant Azulongmon, I wonder, how did you bribe this one? I can't believe you would resort to bribery Azulongmon, but I suppose desperate circumstances call for desperate measures........though I didn't think you had it in you, not after I left you and that pitiful Zhuqiaomon......though he is much stronger now.....I suppose abandoning you two may have worked in your favor rather than mine.......hmf, it's quite humiliating that you don't remember your old partner.....Kage Larneth....oh well, all the better for me" Kage chuckled to himself and stepped away from the mirror and let the image fade to what it had been of before, of the Primary Village.
*~*~*~*~*Azulongmon's Temple*~*~*~*~*
Azulongmon's temple was busting with activity as digimon rushed about to do their duties, or finished their breakfast.
Most of the Digidestined and Tamers had woken up a little while ago and were now eating breakfast with their digimon partners. A few digimon had to stay outside because of their massive size, so their partners had gone and sat outside to eat with them.
Impmon, Guilmon, Takato and Takuya were the only ones missing.....though no one had seen Renamon or the two Terriermon, Henry's and Willis' partners had hit it off really well......though it wasn't really surprising as they were the same species of digimon.
"Alright, so your telling me and Renamon DON'T get to fight, we have to go in stealth to find those two bumbling idiot's who stood in front of that Dark Wave thing?" Rika asked calmly...much too calmly if you asked anyone who knew her...
"That's pretty much it, because you and Renamon can perform this Biomerge to become the Mega form of Renamon, also known as Sakuyamon, we don't have to worry about you two getting separated. And since your Mega form is just a little larger than the average human, it will make it easier for you to move around undetected. The rest will be attacking the fortress itself to form distraction for you and, Zephyrmon
Who is going to be going with you against our better judgment?" Izzy explained while he called up some files to show Rika what he meant in case she didn't understand him, like most people.
"Fine" Rika growled and began to shovel porridge into her mouth every so often muttering about 'stupid brainiacs'.
"Hey Rika...." Henry began, being very careful, because Rika had yet to stop growling...and an angry Rika was NOT something you wanted to deal with.
"What?!" Rika ground out, trying VERY hard not to snap and seriously hurt the Terriermon Tamer.
"I was just wondering if you've seen Terriermon lately...he disappeared last night and I haven't seen him since" Henry explained quickly, wanting to get out of Rika's line of sight as soon as possible.
"NO! Why would I care if you lost Rabbitmon?! It'll give my eardrums a break from his constant chatter!" Rika snapped and turned back to her food and tore viciously into a piece of toast, making Henry gulp and turn away.
"You can't find your partner either?" Willis asked Henry worriedly, if BOTH of them were missing, that could only mean one thing........they had decided to team up and prank some unsuspecting Digimon or human......Willis just hoped that if they did something to a digimon that it wasn't someone who would tear the digimon in two, as annoying as they were, Henry and Willis both loved their partners and wouldn't want to see them got hurt............TO badly.
"Willis...he said something about that fox digimon...what was her name? Oh ya! Renamon...he said something about him and TerriermonH going to find her." Lopmon told his partner.
"You don't suppose.........." Henry said trailing off, letting the thought hang.
"I do...we should go and look for them, hopefully we can find them before they do anything stupid" Willis agreed and they both left the table to go in search of their partners.
*~*~*In another part of the Temple*~*~*
"Are you sure about this Azulongmon? If it is whom you think...then how is he getting all of this power? Shouldn't he be dead?" A cloaked figure asked the large dragon god digimon.
"By all rights yes...but something has him..." Azulongmon said, all four of his eyes glowing a soft blue while he tried to contact the other Sovereign digimon.
"What do you mean by something? Like the time the D-Reaper had that Katou girl?" The figure asked.
"Something like that......though....NO......Alice...I need you and Dobermon to check something out....you'll need to be careful, it involves the six chosen....take our D-Ark, it could be dangerous" Azulongmon instructed his servant before she left, her digimon friend, and now partner following her as she reached into her cloak to make sure she had her all black D-Ark in the folds of the cloak were it was supposed to be.
*~*~*With Terriermon and Terriermon*~*~*
"This is gonna be great!" TerriermonH chuckled to himself as he and his partner in crime finished what they had set out to do.
"I know...though you DO realize she's gonna kill us when she wakes up right?" TerriermonW told his partner as they stood back and gazed upon their Master Piece.
"That's half the fun! Besides, our partners wouldn't let anything happen to us!" TerreirmonH said confidently.
"Ya! Come one let's get going before she wakes up!" TerriermonW whispered and pulled on of TerriermonH's long ears, getting him to follow.
"Now where to hide so we can watch this all safely..." TerriermonH mumbled to himself.
"How bout up there?" TerriermonW suggested as he pointed up to the rafters of the room. TerriermonH nodded and the two of the looked around, finding what they wanted, they climbed on the top of one o the bunk beds, spread their ears and flew up to sit on the rafters to watch the chaos ensue.
*~*~*about 10 minutes later*~*~*
"Well we've looked just about everywhere....this is the ONLY room left in the temple, they have to be here...unless they're not in the Temple anymore, though I don't think they would do that" Henry said as he and Willis entered the dimly lit room. It appeared to be empty, save for one bed, which held...Renamon...only...
"Oh god..." Henry gulped as his eyes took in the sight that the Terriermon Terror has had OBVIOSULY created, as no sane digimon or human would do something like what lay before them.
Willis and Henry just stood in horror, not moving or speaking.
"Einstein, what are you doing in my.............." Rika began to shout as she entered the room that belonged to her, Renamon and a few of the Digidestined. Rika moved quickly, pinning Henry and Willis against the wall, one with each hand.
"What did you do to Renamon?!" Rika thundered as she held the two against the wall.
"N...Nothing Rika!" Henry and Willis stuttered, taking deep breaths of air when Rika finally let them go.
"I know your stupid rabbits did this! You better hope they have a good hiding spot, because I'm not going to stop her from loading EVERY bit of their data when she catches them" Rika growled and stomped off, leaving them to their fate.
Henry and Willis looked at each other before they left the room in a blur. Willis had only met Rika a short time ago, but he knew better than to cross her or her partner Renamon.
*~*~*With Impmon, Guilmon, Takuya and Takato*~*~*
"Have you tried holding his nose and waiting till he wakes up because he can't breathe?" Impmon suggested as he watched Takuya and Guilmon futilely try to wake Takato up.
"Ya...but he started to turn blue and he didn't even twitch so I had to let go before I killed him" Takuya admitted as he and the slumbering Tamer's partner tried to wake him.
"You tried water yet?" Impmon asked, going down his list of ways to wake humans. Takuya nodded as he poked Takato in the side and watched, as the Tamer didn't even twitch.
"Ice?" Impmon asked, trying to think of other ways they could try to wake the practically dead Tamer known as Takato Matsuki.
"He twitched but that was it, any other ideas? If we can't get him awake our plans aren't gonna work very well..." Takuya said and went back to poking Takato. Guilmon had taken to poking Takato's other side, and, like Takuya was not succeeding at waking his partner and best friend up.
"I dunno, I was thinking of lighting a fireball and seeing what would happen, but somehow I think he would just sleep through that...............hm..." Impmon said, placing a hand on his chin as he thought.
"I know! We can get Rika!" Guilmon suggested a smile on his face.
"........................." Takuya and Impmon were completely silent as they processed what Guilmon said.
"Pineapple Head, are you TRYING to get your Tamer murdered?!" Impmon shouted into the innocent red virus digimon's face.
"No, why would I do that? Who else would make me Guilmon bread?" Guilmon asked and he went back to poking his Tamer.
"...You know you make me worry about you Guilmon" Impmon told Guilmon before he turned around to get trampled on by two white and green blurs. The blurs flew past Takuya and Takato to settle behind Guilmon.
"TerriermonH what are you doing here? I thought you were playing with Renamon," Guilmon said looking at the cowering rabbit digimon. They both had huge grins on their faces even though they were probably going to end up dead in a few moments.
"Oh, we finished...she didn't really like the game we were playing though" TerriermonH explained quickly as he and TerriermonW continued to hide behind the large rookie.
"How come?" Guilmon asked, very curious to know why anyone wouldn't like a game.
"You'll see...." TerriermonW muttered as a growling Renamon entered the room.
"Where are they?!" Renamon demanded angrily, she was furious. She had decided that she would NOT kill the two. It would be too merciful and quick. No, what she had in mind was much more painful...
"Hey Fox face, lookin' good!" Impmon chuckled as Renamon stepped fully into the light to reveal exactly what the two terror Terriermon had done to her. Every bit of her once PURE white fur was now a bright harsh purple, and her once pristine golden fur was now a neon pink color that seemed to glow in the morning light. The small symbols on her legs and face were an emerald green that clashed horribly with the color of her fur. They had even managed to, somehow, dye her gloves, normally a soft calm purple, were now bright, BRIGHT neon orange that practically seemed radioactive because of their brightness. Renamon growled at Impmon, who being much smarter than he usually cared to act, backed away from the growling fox.
"I will repeat myself one more time...Where. Are. They.?!" Renamon demanded.
"Hi Renamon!" Guilmon said smiling as he continued to poke at Takato.
"Guilmon, have you seen Terriermon?" Renamon asked slowly, to make sure that Guilmon heard and understood her.
"Ya, but which one are you looking for?" Guilmon asked, STILL poking the sleeping (are we SURE Takato isn't dead?! *Sends someone to check for a pulse, finding one, Tsunami resumes the story*) Takato, who had twitched and rolled onto his side, finally showing SOME signs of life.
"...Both of them, if you know where they are" Renamon finally responded, already thinking about all the tings that she could do to them. Guilmon didn't say anything, instead he moved from the bed to stand beside Impmon who had a VERY large sadistic grin on his face.
"We're dead aren't we?" TerriermonW stated grimly as he looked into Renamon's face.
"Yup" TerriermonH quickly agreed, as he got ready to dash past Renamon...though the chances of ACTUALLY getting past her were awfully slim.
"No, I won't kill you" Renamon said calmly as she walked slowly to the small bed that held Takato and TerriermonH and TerriermonW, who had taken to trying to hide behind Takato.....though they had paused when Renamon stated that she would not be turning them into Rabbit Stew.
"You...won't?" TerriermonH and TerriermonW asked simultaneously, peeking carefully from behind Takato.
"No" Renamon said, just as oddly calm as before.
TerriermonH's eyes widened when Renamon leapt forward and pounced on Takato, grabbing both Terriermon. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, Takato finally woke up.
Takato felt something heavy sitting. Or was it standing. On his stomach. Whatever it was, it had started yelling at the thing that it was holding. He moaned something...he couldn't remember what it was, something along the lines of 'Go away! Shhhleep!'....that sounded accurate...a few other blurs said something but Takato was just to tired, he had only gotten to sleep a little while ago because of all the thoughts that he had tumbling around in his head. He grumbled something and promptly rolled over; spilling whatever that was using him as a stand to topple over onto the floor. Finally, he could get back to sleep!
The Terriermon Terrors gave a small shout as they were thrown onto the floor with Renamon when Takato woke up...sort of...and decided he wanted to roll over while Renamon was using him to stand on and try to strangle TerriermonH and TerriermonW. Not that they were complaining! The jolt had allowed both of them to slip out of her grasp. Realizing that they were free for the moment, they both bolted leaving a slightly dazed Renamon on the floor.
Renamon was up in a flash, growling, and a small blush on her cheeks. It seemed someone had decided that today was 'Humiliate Renamon Day', and had not informed her.
"Renamon, how come your face is all red?" Guilmon asked innocently, a claw on his chin, eyes wide and curious.
"...Shut up Guilmon" Renamon replied quickly.
"Okay! But I don't think you should hurt Terriermon, he made you look pretty!" Guilmon chirped happily. Renamon's blush only got worse after that. Deciding to cut her losses, she used her small teleporting ability to fade away onto the roof so she could think of different ways to seriously hurt the Terriermon Terrors.
*~*~*With just about everyone else*~*~*
"So, we're all agreed on this? Good, we'll be leaving in two hours people!" Kari shouted as she stood in front of the crowd of Digidestined and digimon.
The crowded room began to empty as the Digidestined and their partners began to get ready for the battle plan that would begin in only two hours.
Davis and Ken had been at the meeting, but they had been immediately told that they would not be aloud to do, as they would end up...well more like Davis would end up convincing Ken to help him storm the Dark Crystal Fortress. And they all knew if something like that were to happen, they would be in more trouble than they were before.
They now sat in the room, their partners in their laps, both of them deep in thought. A small thump bade Davis to look up, where he found that Takuya had sat down next to them. Davis hadn't even heard the other boy come in....oh well, he was thinking about the upcoming battle, and that was always hard because he would rather just go and do it instead of just sitting here and going with the plan. In his experience as a Digidestined, any plan never went how they wanted, everything usually just turned out better if they just went from whatever happened.
"I thought you were going to get Takato, where is he? Getting some breakfast?" Ken asked when he noticed that one of the four Goggle Heads had sat down next to him.
"I WAS, but that guy is like a rock or something, I swear I've tried just about everything and NONE of it worked" Takuya moaned and put his head in his hands.
"We even had ice cold water dumped onto him and he didn't even twitch...practically the same thing with the ice, the fire and everything else. We checked his pulse just to make sure he didn't die somehow between last night and now.
"Wow, he sleeps deeper than me, and I'm a deep sleeper!" Davis commented, amazed that someone could even pull off the feat.
"That's not exactly something to be proud of Davish...." Veemon pointed out to his partner.
"Sure it is!" Davis insisted.
"Well, we're going to have to do this with out him then, if we don't hurry the others are going to attack and then we'll never get anywhere near that place" Takuya said.
"I don't know...only three people..." Ken said voicing his doubtful thoughts.
"Come on! We'll be fine! We've gotten through worse!" Davis said and stood up, helping the others up.
"Alright...but we should at least tell Guilmon and Impmon, they'll want to know, and if they finally manage to wake Takato up, they can be re-enforcements, alright?" Ken sighed in defeat before he suggested his little plan.
"Then let's do this!" Davis shouted and broke into a run, charging down the hallway and through the Temple to the room that they all shared.
The five of them(remember people, only Davis and Ken have partners, the Digidestined from Frontier don't...for whatever reason*continues to rant about wanting to kill producers of digimon for messing the show up, because she thinks the whole point of digimon is that they are partners*) entered the mostly quiet room.
"Give it up Guilmon! Your Tamer isn't gonna wake up anytime soon" Impmon groaned as he watched the red digimon continue to try and get the sleeping Tamer to wake up.
"That's all right Impmon, we're gonna go on with the plan, can you two stay here until Takato wakes up? Then when he does he can be back up for us" Davis said, Veemon, Wormmon, Ken and Takuya right behind him.
"What?! I told you bozos that I'm coming with!" Impmon shouted angrily, emerald eyes glaring at the five of them.
"We know that, we also know that even if we did tell you that you couldn't come, you would come with us anyway, so what we're saying is that you should stay here with Takato and Guilmon, we need someone who knows what's going on until Takato wakes up, alright?" Ken soothed, trying not to get the little demon digimon angry, because they didn't really need a fight right before they were going to try, and save Tai, Matt and their partners.
"...Fine" Impmon growled and went over to Takato and started to shake him ruthlessly, trying to wake him up so he could go and fight.
They backed out quickly, not wanting to anger the little imp, as he was acting just every so slightly insane...
They moved quickly and quietly, not wanting to be found before they even had a chance to put their plan into action. Soon they were out of the Temple and stomping through the forested area that surrounded the Temple. It only took them twenty minutes to reach the Dark Crystal Fortress, it had been steadily getting closer...and it was MUCH closer than it had been yesterday. This caused Ken to worry slightly. Davis told him not to worry; it probably wouldn't get any closer, not without Azulongmon finding out, if he already didn't know.
"Uh...any idea's on how we're gonna get up there?" Davis asked the rest of group as he stared up at the bottom of the Dark Crystal Fortress, which was floating just above them, casting a large shadow over them and a good-sized chunk of land.
"Well, none of our partners can fly...except Imperialdramon...but he's way too big, what about you Takuya? Any ideas?" Ken asked, looking around trying to find possible entry points.
"I can Spirit Evolve to BurningGreymon and fly us up there...." Takuya said, thinking quickly about which of his forms that he could use.
"Alright, then let's do this! Execute! Beast Spirit Evolution!" Takuya shouted as he brought his D-Scanner up to his hand, which had a ball of digital codes floating around it. A glow erupted from Takuya as he changed into...
"BurningGreymon!" BurningGreymon announced proudly, flapping his large fiery orange wings.
"That is so cool." Davis said in awe of the new form of Takuya, or BurningGreymon as he went by now.
"Thanks" BurningGreymon growled, his rough voice making Wormmon jump in Ken's arms slightly.
BurningGreymon took Ken and Davis into his arms, while Veemon and Wormmon sat on his broad armored shoulders.
"Going up!" BurningGreymon announced as he took to the air and carried them to the Dark Crystal Fortress.
BurningGreymon could have landed many places, as the top of the base was somewhat flat with a huge spike in the middle. He flew in close to the middle, getting as close as he could so he would not be spotted as easily.
BurningGreymon landed easily and let his cargo off before he changed back into Takuya.
"I wish I could do that!" Davis said, a little too loudly.
"Davis! Shi!" Ken whisper shouted, he didn't want to be caught, not when they had only just gotten to the base just a few seconds ago!
"Halt! Who goes there?" A guard shouted at them.
"Damn it Davis!" Takuya whispered as he smacked the other Goggle head across the head for being such an idiot.
"Uh..." Davis droned, trying to think of something to think of quickly.
"You're coming with us!" The digimon guards shouted and grabbed them all roughly.
"We're not going with out a fight! Digiarmor Energize!" Davis shouted, activating the armor sequence while he struggled to get out of the guards grasp.
The guard holding Veemon had to let go quickly as the once small rookie armor digivolved to the powerful warrior known as Flamedramon.
"Veemon armor digivolved to...............Flamedramon! The fire of courage!" Flamedramon shouted as he sprang away so he could try to fight off some of the guards that were still holding onto his partner and the others. He didn't dare use his attacks for fear of hitting on of the others so he used his basic fighting skills. He fought hard, kicking, punching and slashing with his long sharp claws, though it was hard, the guards had started to get smart when they realized that he was being extra careful not to hit the humans that they had in their grasp, so they began to use them as living shields. One guard, a Sorcerimon had decided to end the fight before the armor digimon, Flamedramon did anymore damage.
"Make one more move Warrior of Courage and I will use my Crystal Cloud attack on this human." Sorcerimon shouted, letting his voice ring clear over the crowd of guards fighting Flamedramon. Flamedramon looked up to see the Sorcerimon holding Davis with his arm twisted behind his back, while Sorcerimon used his other hand to charge his attack, not letting it go, but just holding it so that Flamedramon would know that there was nothing he could do. He dropped his arms and let the guards grab his arms and haul him along with the others.
The guards led them through the base and into a large room that held many mirrors, and...Tai, Matt, Tsunomon and Koromon! Tai and Matt were both chained to the west wall, while their partners were suspended in small cages, barely big enough for their smallin-training forms on the opposite wall.
"Master Kage, we have these five trying to get into your mighty domain, what would you have us do with them?" The Sorcerimon asked as he bowed before his Master.
A tall figure, cast in a long black cloak turned from looking at one of the mirrors to find three of the other chosen being held by his guards.
"Ah, I see the other chosen have arrived...it's not bad the other one could not have come, I would have appreciated a visit from him...oh well, and alas I do not take kindly trespassers. Guards, take them to the dungeon where they can await there sentence. Oh, and take these four, I'm getting rather tired of having them on my walls" Kage said, waving his hand and going back to his mirrors.
The guards took them all to the dungeons, though Davis had struggled furiously, as had the others, but one of the guards knocked Davis unconscious, leaving the others to stare at what the guard had done. They were all thrown none too gently into a large cell, though it was a little tight with all nine of them in it.
"What are we going to do?" Takuya asked Ken, the only one he could really talk to, as Tai, Matt and their partners were still unconscious, as was Davis, and Flamedramon was trying to get them to awaken.
"This is all my fault! If I had come up with a better plan none of use would be here, we would already be out and have Tai and Matt with us." Ken said bitterly.
"It's not that bad Ken! At least we're together!" Wormmon said, looking up into Ken's eyes and raising his spirit a little.
"Your right Wormmon...what am I doing sulking? We have to find a way out..." Ken said, more to himself than anything else really.
"I don't know, I could evolve but I would never fit so I would end up squishing everyone" Takuya said, he was already out of ideas.
"I should be able to get us out of this!" Ken shouted at himself as he stood up and began venting his anger onto the wall. Tears had formed at the corners of his eyes, but he refused to let them spill.
"Ken, there's nothing you could have done, there's nothing any of us could have done, and we got caught. It's as simple as that" Flamedramon said, and went back to trying to rouse his Digidestined partner.
A guard came by, a taller digimon beside him.
"Master Kage has decided your fate. For trespassing upon his Crystal Fortress, you shall be condemned to fight each other to the death." The taller digimon stated.
"We would never fight each other!" Takuya shouted bravely to the taller digimon that he couldn't see.
"Oh, Master Kage knows that, that is why he is going to have me use my Dark Gears to taint your minds and souls" The tall digimon said, stepping closer to the cell so that the ones in it could see exactly who it was.
"Devimon!" Matt growled angrily, sometime between now and when the guard and Devimon had arrived, he and Tai had woken up, along with their partners, Tsunomon and Koromon.
"Ah, still fiery I see" Devimon chuckled. Ken was angry and afraid. He had heard from the older Digidestined what Devimon had done; his Dark Gears were not to far from what his Dark Spirals and Dark Rings had been. He had to get everyone out! He wouldn't let someone hurt his partner, or any of his other friends. He closed his eyes to try, and think of something he could do, but he still came up with nothing, he was Ken Ichijoji and he couldn't think of anything. He felt useless.
"What is this?!" Devimon shouted, stepping back away from the blinding light that had engulfed Ken. The symbol of Kindness burned brightly on hid forehead. Ken's eyes shot open as he felt a new power flooding through him. He wasn't sure what it was but some how he knew it could get them out.
Ken used it. He wasn't sure how, but he did and the light that had surrounded him spread to the others, taking them into a white nothingness.
Tsunami Wave: Oooh Cliffie, I ish bad! ^_^
Dragoon: You need mental help.
Tsunami Wave: No, I don't. I already got it, and it made me ALL better! ^_~
Dragoon: O_o........suuuuuuuuuuuuure*turns away to see 10 cans empty cans of pepsi* Oh. God. We're all going to die........
Tsunami Wave: Isn't it wonderful? ^_^ (A/N half a can of pepsi makes me hyper, seriously I bounce off walls...)
Dragoon: I'm gonna do what I'm supposed to before you attack me.
Tsunami Wave: Now why would I do that? I have RayD's muse, Flamedramon to terrorize remember? He wasn't behaving so RayD sent him to me so I could whip him into shape! ^_^
Dragoon: Oh yah.....well I'm still gonna run cause you get REALLY freaky when your hyper, more so than usual.
Tsunami Wave: What, your saying I'm a freak?
Dragoon: Uh......yes...
Tsunami Wave: *glomps muse* Thank you! *lets go and bows*
Dragoon: O_O Uh...ya....ok....Tsunami Wave does not own Digimon or anything like that, BYE! *flys away*
Tsunami Wave: Well, I scared Dragoon, I'm proud of myself. Review people!
Quote of the fic: (actually I have two cause I couldn't pick between them)
Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.
Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they all stick together.
Oh ya, BIG HUGE thanks to RayD, if not for him, this chapter would not be up.
Okay! Reviews!
Beyblade fanatic-lol, if you say so, though I dun't think Takato is to thrilled with the idea...lol, though sorry it took so long, but I finally did update!
Waynemon-Thanks, really it means alot.
EjgHorseLady-I'm glad you liked it, I hope you liked this one just as much. Thanks so much for all the quotes.
Lisa-chan-*blushes* wow, glad you liked it!
Hitomi No Ryu-No, lol that isn't quite what I meant...well you saw what I meant in this chap, thanx for the review!
ReKu-You know, that WOULD be way cool.....hm.....*thinks about making another fic using said idea* lol, thanks for the review!
RayD-Your welcome, and it's not that bad.....though you just HAD to pick Flame....Lol, well thanks for the review! -_-; Baka Flame....
LYW-Yah...well like I said before, I'm completely winging this thing so if I make a few plot mistakes, I'm really sorry. Thanks SO much for the review, really you made me all tingly and a blushing idiot for days, lol, bye!
ZeroDragon-Thanks, I know, I was a little rushed in the last chap, thanks for the review!
Black RoseL Me-Thanks, sorry this one took so long!
Digi fan- Oh you'll see.....Mwahahahaha!
Firehedgehog-Don't worry I will! Your muse shouldn't worry....lol, I hope you liked!
Black-*tears in eyes* I don't even know why I bother!*chucks large safe at head of Regless* I'm not loved! *cries* Dragoon: Oo oh god....Me: Nm, well you got a few right! I hope you liked this chapter!
Jessica-I'm glad you liked, and yes he is........
JenniferYuy-I know same here! Lol, maybe I should watch some since I'm doing a digimon fic eh? Don't you remember?! He unleashed the Hazard thing and turned Guilmon into Megidramon! Lol, well I hope you liked this chapter!
Shadow's Light-I'm glad you like, toghu you only got a few right, and Im not telling which!
KAON-Omaogd, you got all but TWO right!!! I hope you continue reading to find out more!
Eevetta-Thanks, don't worry I will
Fewf, finally finshed! Now all thats left for you to do is review!