Authors notes: This chapter is going to be better then my last one. I am determined not to let this one also be a disaster! This chapter is going to contain Mimato and not Mimato hints but real Mimato. I tend to usually do Takari before Mimato as Takari is the best but anyway on with the story.
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The Magic Within. Chapter Five.
The footsteps got louder and Matt knew he had to move, but he couldn't leave Mimi. Looking up he saw a tree just above the pit, Matt pulled his sword out and slashed at the base, he left a few indents but nothing more. He growled and made a punched the base in frustration, his hand flashed a dark blue. The base of the tree froze rock solid, he smiled. Freezing anything makes it weak, he waked round the back of the tree and kicked it a few times. The tree feel forward covering the hole, he slipped in through the branches and landed beside Mimi. The two sat there and listened as the creature came to a stop just beside the pit. Mimi and Matt held their breath as it stopped and sniffed. They sucked their breath in and hoped it would go away fast. It stayed there for a few seconds before turning round and walking back the way it came. The pair stayed still until they were sure it was gone before grabbing onto the branches that were dangling down and hoisting themselves up. Mimi's face was covered by a light blush and she couldn't look Matt in the eye.
"Er . . . thank you for staying behind and helping me out."
Matt's first idea was too retort with a smart comment but when he looked at her to do so he was struck at how beautiful she was.
"It's . . . . . . o . . okay."
Mimi's tone took on a sharper edge as she looked at him again, "That doesn't mean we're friends I'm just . . . just saying thank you." And with that she picked up her dress and marched off. Matt groaned, he defiantly should have come back with a smart comment. The whole way back too the ship Mimi wouldn't look at him and when they did get back she ignored the others and went strait to her room. Matt told the others what had happened as the group waited for their friends to return. Mimi how ever was in the girls cabin crying, she liked Matt a lot but for some reason she just wouldn't be nice to him. Maybe it was because she believed that he thought she was ugly, or maybe it was the mean comments he made about her. She was pulled out of these thoughts when the girls came in, Mimi snuggled down in her bed and ignored them.
The boys also found out some interesting things. As they helped carry cargo over, Cody and Tk who were the smallest had slipped off as soon as they got inside. They had pretended to lag behind and get lost just in case there was anyone watching them. They found a set of staircases on one of the corridors and the deeper they went the sharper the air felt and each breath they took in was painful, like someone digging a knife into their lungs. A feeling of coldness swept over them and goose bumps began to appear on their arms.
"W. . .what do y . . you suppose is d. . down there?" Cody said between chattering teeth, as he rubbed his arms.
"Dunno. I . . . I just have a f . . . feeling it aint good."
Cody nodded, something dark and dangerous was down here, and If he was honest with himself he would like to run as far away as possible. Cody wished that they could turn back, but he knew that they had to find some clues to what was going on. Reaching the bottom of the staircase the two looked up at a pair of huge metal grey doors. They glanced at each other before pushing one open and peering through it, the room was white all over and completely bare. Apart from one huge glass window at the far end with what looked like a metal door beneath it. Stepping in quietly the pair made for the window, peering in they saw a room covered in plants and trees with a pile of hay in the middle, there was a door at one end which was leading to what looked like a very dark jungle. Tk's blue eyes took all the information in very quickly, and began to worry. He knew the girls would not stay put so he had given them a torch, but what if the creature or whatever it was that slept in here was and about and chasing his friends? A sense of worry settled in the pit pf his stomach, and that's when he saw it come in. It was ten foot tall and looked like a huge yeti covered in black fur, with a face that looked like it had been squashed a few times. It was carrying a huge black tree branch in it's hand as a club and had a pair of red eyes just visible beneath the fur. It roared and Tk and Cody covered their ears, it was the most awful sound in the whole world. It was like fingers on a blackboard, like the screeching of the tyres, like a baby screaming all mixed into one and it wasn't pleasant. That's when the pair heard footsteps coming, Tk glanced round the room looking for a place to hide. But of course it was bare there was no place to hide, the door started to swing open. Tk grabbed Cody by the arm and jumped into the air, his free hand latched on one of the rafters he had spotted holding up the ceiling. Pulling himself and Cody up they watched the men carry a huge plate of food across the room and to the small metal door beneath the window. Sliding it open they dipped the assortment of meats into the room and a disgusting crunching sound was heard as the monster eat it's meal.
"It hasn't caught anything for a while now. Which is good and bad."
"How can it be both?"
"Well it's good in the sense that no one is nosing around. It's bad in the sense we have to feed it more." The other man nodded and Tk cringed, all those poor people that had been eaten by that monster. They waited for a minute until they were sure the two men were gone before slipping down.
"I think that the person who sets this beast on people is disgusting!" Cody spat out, is face clouded in anger.
"I know how you feel Cody, but we have to find out why he sets this monster on people."
"Why? Because he is a piece of filth and does not deserve to belong on this planet!"
"No Cody, what is he hiding that is so important that he had to have a monster to stop people from finding out?"
Cody nodded, so they had to go in search of what the great secret was. The pair stuck their heads round the door and looked round nobody, the pair snuck slowly up the stairs and looked round and chose a direction. The pair wandered round poking their heads in though doors and finding the usual things a giant house would have. They had to hide quite a few times as there were guards patrolling the corridor. They stopped and Tk turned to Cody, "Any ideas what the secret is?"
"None, I mean who needs this many guards?"
"And we've found nothing but a human eating monster and –. Tk had leaned against the wall and a second or two later he had vanished through the floor.
"Tk? Tk where are you?" There was no reply, Cody looked at the wall. There was a circular area of the wall which was not quite the same shade of grey as the rest of it. Cody pressed it and a trap door opened beneath him and he fell. Cody landed beside Tk on a piled of deep red cushions, the cushions looked very out of place in the bleak room. There were no windows and the only light seemed to be black, it came from no where and landed on a huge black book. The two stood up and walked over to the book, it was on a gold stand that seemed to have been dyed black. The book was made out a leathery material and the closer the pair got the more colder they were. The two boys felt a sense of fear well up inside of them, they could practically feel the evil rippling off it. Tk noticed that it was slightly grubby, as if it had been dropped and had had a wash that couldn't quite all the dirt off. On the cover in red lettering that looked awfully like blood was written, The soul of evil. Cody took a step back, "We should get out of here. I don't like that book, it seems almost alive."
"I agree with you. Let's go back and tell the others what we found!" The pair went back to the cushions and that's when they realised they didn't know how to get up. Tk slammed his fist into he wall and something underneath the cushions moved upwards Tk looked down. There seemed to be a metal circle beneath the cushions and there was nothing underneath. Apart from the fact that the base was surrounding by black light, black magic. Tk looked up and the circle connected with the floor, they stepped off and the it vanished below the surface. Tk and Cody quickly looked round and ran up the corridors, they finally managed to find there way back to the others just as they were leaving the building. They quickly joined up with the others and walked out the door, the group didn't ask any questions until they were back on the boat. That's when the outburst took place.
"What did you find?"
"Did you find the source of the cold feeling?"
"We could feel evil what was it?"
"He's building something, what is it?"
Then Sora cut in, "Did you see the monster?" Everyone's eyes turned to look at the group of three girls and on boy.
"Wh . . .what monster?" Veemon stuttered, the look of disgust that crossed Tk's face told the ones that knew him best that something was up. Tk never got cross at anyone, unless it was really serious and there had only been a few of those times.
"The monster feeds on humans and is set out around the island to devour intruders. How did you meet him?" He asked though he already knew the answer.
"We went looking round and came across the castle and ran away. That's when we heard it roar. We ran away but Mimi fell into a trap, Matt stayed and saved her while we ran. They got back o.k. but Mimi's in her room and has been since she got back."
Tk shook his head, he would like to go and see Mimi right now. He was the only one that she really talked to. But he had to explain what they saw first.
"We think we found out half of what the monster is after. There's a book hidden in a secret room. It's pure evil and called, The soul of evil."
"Cody" Tk said turning to the smaller boy, "Can you explain it better for them? I'm gonna see how Mimi is."
Cody nodded and Tk disappeared down the corridor and walked down to Mimi's room.
"Mimi it's Tk, can I come in?" There was a muffled yes, Tk walked into the room to see Mimi curled up at one end of the bed. She was hugging her pillow and crying into it. Tk sat down beside her, "You wanna tell me what's making you cry?"
The pair sat there in silence for two minutes before Mimi spoke, "It wasn't the monster that scared me, it was Matt."
"How'd he scare you?"
"He was nice."
"That's what scared you?"
"Uh huh."
"Mimi, You like him don't you?"
"Sorta."
"Well, I'm sure he likes you and maybe if you spend a bit more time with him something might happen."
"But I don't want things to change! I liked it when it was just the five of us, doing whatever we liked. I liked sailing with you and Yolei and . . . and"
"You're afraid that liking someone will make me and everyone else go away? Mimi we will always be there for you. Nothing can change that, big sis."
Mimi smiled, big sis Tk hardly ever called her that. He was adopted into the family and technically she was his sister. But the pair had a more best friends relationship than anything else.
"So you wanna know what happened?" Mimi nodded and Tk explained to her what him and Cody found. He then persuaded her to come and talk to the others. She agreed and the two went to join the others. They were in a heated discussion about when they should go check the island out. Mimi ended it.
"Why don't we go back, find the old man tell him what we found and then go back." Everyone stared at her, no one had thought of that.
"Er, anyone disagree?"
Nobody moved, Tai carried on, "Back to the island it is then!"
It was a week later when the group had gotten back to the castle, the twelve were wandering around the gardens.
"So, how do we talk to the old man?"
"No idea" Mimi replied, but Tk did. He felt the same pull when he had first met that man. He broke away from the group and walked further into the gardens and at the very back leaning against the wall was the old man.
"Hello again." The man said as the others pushed the way out through the trees.
"Excuse me . . .er" Yolei paused realising no one knew this man's name.
"My name is Gennai child."
"Well Gennai" Tai said sitting down opposite him, "We have some information and we wondering if it would mean anything to you?"
"Tell me children, what have you found?"
They began to explain about the monster, Gennai didn't seem surprised at that. He told the children he was expecting something like that, which got Mimi annoyed. He could have told them and they would have been better prepared. But the book shocked Gennai, he had stayed frozen with fear implanted on his face for a full five minutes before he spoke again.
"The book, was started by the first evil. A human was lost when it was a baby and found it's way into a dragons cave. Surprisingly the dragon did not kill it but raised it. It learnt darkness and hated the human race and wanted the world to be ruled by dragons. He started to plot but, his plan was so great that it could not be finished in his lifetime. He had a son, born by a woman he had kidnapped. For many a hundred years the plan was formed and this mans great great great great grandson finally set it lose. The Butai went up against this terror and managed to destroy grandson and the plan. But for the generations that the plan had been formed the men had kept a log of all they did to form their monster plan. It was called The book of souls and was written in the blood of innocent they had killed. The book was lost and we thought destroyed until we found the prophecy. I prayed when you were gone that you would come back with no news of this book. Because we found it when you were leaving. And now I fear for this world if you do not save it."
A mournful cry pierced the air and the children looked up, a bird was circling overhead.
"It starts. Destined you must save us." Gennai had shut his eyes and he was shivering suddenly his eyes snapped open, "The darkness comes!"
What's going to happen now? Please review for the sake of me knowing whether or not to carry on.
