Hey... I can't believe I updated this. I didn't think I would but I've been thinking about it and got the desire to finish it. Now, I don't think I'll be satisfied until the end, so I'm going to finish it soon. All my notes are in my old home (I moved) so I'm sorry if I've made any mistakes and sorry for the mistakes I may make. (Reading through my story I see many mistakes (Like with Ken's crest.) I'll fix it... maybe.
Well, this chapter is a bit short I think, but I usually end off my chapters with cliffhangers so this seemed like the perfect spot. Don't worry though, I already have the next chapter thought out so it will be updated soon. (I hope)
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Digital Cards The Confrontation
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Hikari was worried. She held Sakura's hand as they ran through the forest. Piedmon was walking behind them at a steady speed. He seemed amused with the whole thing. Hikari looked over at Sakura and found that she was still pulling a running, soulless body.
"We have to hurry!" Takeru told her.
Hikari knew that, but how could she get Sakura to move faster? If Takeru carried her, he would get too tired to run and they would be caught.
Ken and Miyako were now out of sight, too far ahead to be seen. She was scared. What if they got separated again?
All of a sudden Sakura began pulling back on Hikari. "Light!" she heard yelled from the other girl.
Hikari turned around and saw that Sakura was back to normal. Actually, she wasn't quite normal. She was happy!
"Kinomoto-san…" Hikari mumbled
"Please, Yagami-san… Takaishi-kun" Sakura smiled, "call me Sakura"
Before the other two could respond, Sakura turned around to the direction of Piedmon, holding up her staff.
"Ki… Sakura-san! We have to run!" Hikari called out.
Sakura looked over at the child of light, smiling. "It's all right." She then began running towards Piedmon.
"Sakura-san!" Hikari cried and ran after her. "Hikari!" Takeru yelled, trying to grab onto her arm but she was too fast. He had to go after her. Takeru sprinted up behind the two girls but he didn't have to run far before finding himself face to face with Piedmon.
"Yet again you came to me. I think it's my lucky day." Piedmon laughed. A smile was also on Sakura's lips.
"The day's not over, Piedmon." She responded and took out her deck of magical cards.
Piedmon grinned at the threat and the cards in the girl's hands.
"I'm afraid your little…" he began but was cut short when Sakura threw a card into the air and, unlike the other times she tried, it stayed there.
"Oh card that clow has made, I command you to lose thy name that binds you. Under you master, Sakura. Shield!" Sakura yelled and smashed her staff into the pink card. Shield appeared before them and a pink bubble was made around the group of teens.
"Feh, you may have a spell to erase my name, but you only have one card that hasn't been beaten to the ground. And in my opinion, it isn't very useful, is it?"
Sakura's face twitched but she didn't lose her poker face.
"I on the other hand have lots of cards. Do you want to see?"
Without an answer, if he expected one in the first place, Piedmon threw two purple cards and a pink card into the air above him and swung his gauntlet at them. It made contact with the cards and Kabuterimon materialized in front of him. However, Kabuterimon looked quite a lot different than the last time the group had seen him. He was a pile on the ground, totally drained of energy. Open, bleeding cuts covered the front half of his body and the wound Arrow had given him on one of his wings was completely infected and pussy.
"Kabuterimon!" Hikari cried from within the shield. She wanted to go help her friend but didn't dare leave the protection of Takeru's arms and Sakura's pink bubble.
"Get up you filthy creature! You weren't injured that bad!" Piedmon shouted at the bug digimon.
Takeru was also confused. When he left the clearing earlier, the only injuries Kabuterimon had was the cut on one of the wings which was inflicted when Arrow shot him, and a few cuts when he collided with the ground. Did the fight really last this much longer where Kabuterimon could have received injuries this massive? And what about his wing? Surely it couldn't have become infected this fast.
The wing was quivering as if Kabuterimon couldn't stand the pain. The injury was really, much larger than when he had seen it previously.
Sakura was thinking about tactics. If she couldn't use any of the cards, then what could she do? Running was one option, but leaving her friends was not. Piedmon looked quiet angry so surely he wouldn't let them get away this time, especially Takeru, who he seemed to have the most interest in.
"It'll be alright. It'll surely be okay."
It was that voice again. The kind voice that seemed to live in her head. Sakura smiled. Even though this would sound like a normal phrase to most people, the voice seemed to have a hidden message behind the magic spell. And Sakura knew precisely what it was.
"Kabuterimon, return!" Piedmon commanded and the large blue bug disappeared. "I may have lost one digimon, but I still have two more."
He threw out an orange card and hit it with his gauntlet. The card disappeared and a cloud of smoke materialized in front of them. The smoke blew away and in its spot was a small orange dinosaur.
"This is Agumon!" Piedmon laughed, "Agumon's a fire digimon, and as far as I know, you don't have anything against fire now do you?"
Sakura smiled. Even though she didn't have Watery, she did have a plan. She saw Piedmon take out another orange card but she was too quick for him. Already, a pink card was spinning over her head.
Piedmon smirked. Before he destroyed them, he wanted to see the Card Mistress' attempt at releasing an injured card.
"Oh card that Clow has made, I command you to lose thy name that binds you. Under you master, Sakura. Move!"
"Sakura-chan… wasn't that card…" Hikari hesitated.
The Move Card's odd winged basket form appeared before them. It was… beautiful. Nothing was wrong with it at all. But what about what Piedmon said about him violently harming all of the cards that disobeyed him? Hikari glanced up at the evil clown digimon. He looked shocked. He looked terrified. He looked livid. Why did this card heal, while Kabuterimon did the opposite?
Move faded away and two little wings appeared on the sides of Agumon's large head. Piedmon's eyes shot open even larger than they were before and he fumbled with the Courage Card in his hands, but he was already too late. Before all of their eyes, Agumon disappeared in a flash. Being behind Sakura, Hikari couldn't see her face, but Piedmon looked furious. He was looking down at Sakura with the most terrifying face she had ever seen in her life yet the young auburn haired girl stood upright with determination and no signs of recoil.
Piedmon's eyes scanned the perimeter of trees surrounding them.
"Agumon! Return!" he commanded but there was no answer.
Sakura tucked her hand into her pouch to receive a card but Piedmon spotted her. He threw down the Courage Card in frustration and snatched another from his stack.
"Oh card that clow has made, I command you to lose thy name that binds you. Under you master, Sakura. Float!"
A pink bubble appeared around the pink shield card as well as the Courage Card lying on the ground. Both the card and the two digidestined began floating towards the sky.
Seeing Takeru escaping, Piedmon again dropped the card in his hand and took out another. He hit the pink card with his gauntlet and two wings appeared on his back. The normally beautiful angelic feathered wings now looked wilted and crusty. What was happening to Sakura's cards?
Piedmon shot up into the air and Sakura took out the only card that would reach him.
"Arrow!" She yelled and her faithful purple warrior appeared before her. She pointed her bow upwards and shot the arrow already quipped. The arrow multiplied by 15 and created a wall between Piedmon and the Float Card. Piedmon steered away and Sakura sighed. The two pink bubbles were moving straight up towards the clouds at a slow speed but with Arrow here, Piedmon won't be able to reach them.
"Aim for Piedmon." Sakura instructed. "Try not to hit Fly"
Arrow nodded and shot a few arrows at Piedmon. She didn't multiply them this time though, fearing she would hit her friend. Piedmon easily dodged all of the arrows but as he swerved around the third on, a crack echoed through the air and Piedmon dove face first towards the ground, disappearing into the trees. Sakura was confused. What had happened? She was sure that Arrow hadn't hit him.
"Very good Arrow, return." Sakura thanked and Arrow transformed into a card.
Sakura ran over to the card on the ground and picked it up. She had to act fast with what she was planning before Piedmon found her. Discovering that the card she picked up was the Sword, she slipped it in with the rest and raced into the bushes. Hidden inside, was Agumon. Whenever he took a step in any direction, Move would grab him again and he would appear back where he started.
"Return to your original form! Digital card!" Sakura yelled, a little startled at what had come out of her mouth. Where had 'Digital' come from? Maybe that was the name of these multicoloured cards… She picked up the orange card and placed it in her small deck.
"Return, Move." She said, and began running through the trees, a bit to the left of where she felt Piedmon lying. Sakura thought about it for a second. Could Piedmon be unconscious? Maybe something happened to Fly… But that would mean it was hurt! She veered right as her run turned to a sprint and she arrived at the landing spot in under a minute. Piedmon was lying in a heap under the canopy of trees. Branches and leaves were scattered around him and his clothes were torn all over. Sakura approached the motionless mound cautiously, trying to find hints of his state. Staying a good few meters from him, she knelt down to take a look at his face. There was no life in his features but she knew he was alive for she could hear his struggled breathing. So he survived the fall, unfortunately, but what about Fly? Sakura backed up from the jester digimon and circled his body, searching for her friend. The card was lying on the ground behind Piedmon, slightly underneath him.
Advancing from behind, Sakura sneaked up slowly and reached for the pink card. Just as she released Fly from the clutches of her enemy, Piedmon began to stir. She retreated into the trees and didn't stop to look back. She needed to hurry.
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There you all go. You are probably all new readers since I most likely lost all my old ones. If that's the case, I hope you like my story. My fic is soon coming to a conclusion. Thank you for reading.
Well, this chapter is a bit short I think, but I usually end off my chapters with cliffhangers so this seemed like the perfect spot. Don't worry though, I already have the next chapter thought out so it will be updated soon. (I hope)
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Digital Cards The Confrontation
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Hikari was worried. She held Sakura's hand as they ran through the forest. Piedmon was walking behind them at a steady speed. He seemed amused with the whole thing. Hikari looked over at Sakura and found that she was still pulling a running, soulless body.
"We have to hurry!" Takeru told her.
Hikari knew that, but how could she get Sakura to move faster? If Takeru carried her, he would get too tired to run and they would be caught.
Ken and Miyako were now out of sight, too far ahead to be seen. She was scared. What if they got separated again?
All of a sudden Sakura began pulling back on Hikari. "Light!" she heard yelled from the other girl.
Hikari turned around and saw that Sakura was back to normal. Actually, she wasn't quite normal. She was happy!
"Kinomoto-san…" Hikari mumbled
"Please, Yagami-san… Takaishi-kun" Sakura smiled, "call me Sakura"
Before the other two could respond, Sakura turned around to the direction of Piedmon, holding up her staff.
"Ki… Sakura-san! We have to run!" Hikari called out.
Sakura looked over at the child of light, smiling. "It's all right." She then began running towards Piedmon.
"Sakura-san!" Hikari cried and ran after her. "Hikari!" Takeru yelled, trying to grab onto her arm but she was too fast. He had to go after her. Takeru sprinted up behind the two girls but he didn't have to run far before finding himself face to face with Piedmon.
"Yet again you came to me. I think it's my lucky day." Piedmon laughed. A smile was also on Sakura's lips.
"The day's not over, Piedmon." She responded and took out her deck of magical cards.
Piedmon grinned at the threat and the cards in the girl's hands.
"I'm afraid your little…" he began but was cut short when Sakura threw a card into the air and, unlike the other times she tried, it stayed there.
"Oh card that clow has made, I command you to lose thy name that binds you. Under you master, Sakura. Shield!" Sakura yelled and smashed her staff into the pink card. Shield appeared before them and a pink bubble was made around the group of teens.
"Feh, you may have a spell to erase my name, but you only have one card that hasn't been beaten to the ground. And in my opinion, it isn't very useful, is it?"
Sakura's face twitched but she didn't lose her poker face.
"I on the other hand have lots of cards. Do you want to see?"
Without an answer, if he expected one in the first place, Piedmon threw two purple cards and a pink card into the air above him and swung his gauntlet at them. It made contact with the cards and Kabuterimon materialized in front of him. However, Kabuterimon looked quite a lot different than the last time the group had seen him. He was a pile on the ground, totally drained of energy. Open, bleeding cuts covered the front half of his body and the wound Arrow had given him on one of his wings was completely infected and pussy.
"Kabuterimon!" Hikari cried from within the shield. She wanted to go help her friend but didn't dare leave the protection of Takeru's arms and Sakura's pink bubble.
"Get up you filthy creature! You weren't injured that bad!" Piedmon shouted at the bug digimon.
Takeru was also confused. When he left the clearing earlier, the only injuries Kabuterimon had was the cut on one of the wings which was inflicted when Arrow shot him, and a few cuts when he collided with the ground. Did the fight really last this much longer where Kabuterimon could have received injuries this massive? And what about his wing? Surely it couldn't have become infected this fast.
The wing was quivering as if Kabuterimon couldn't stand the pain. The injury was really, much larger than when he had seen it previously.
Sakura was thinking about tactics. If she couldn't use any of the cards, then what could she do? Running was one option, but leaving her friends was not. Piedmon looked quiet angry so surely he wouldn't let them get away this time, especially Takeru, who he seemed to have the most interest in.
"It'll be alright. It'll surely be okay."
It was that voice again. The kind voice that seemed to live in her head. Sakura smiled. Even though this would sound like a normal phrase to most people, the voice seemed to have a hidden message behind the magic spell. And Sakura knew precisely what it was.
"Kabuterimon, return!" Piedmon commanded and the large blue bug disappeared. "I may have lost one digimon, but I still have two more."
He threw out an orange card and hit it with his gauntlet. The card disappeared and a cloud of smoke materialized in front of them. The smoke blew away and in its spot was a small orange dinosaur.
"This is Agumon!" Piedmon laughed, "Agumon's a fire digimon, and as far as I know, you don't have anything against fire now do you?"
Sakura smiled. Even though she didn't have Watery, she did have a plan. She saw Piedmon take out another orange card but she was too quick for him. Already, a pink card was spinning over her head.
Piedmon smirked. Before he destroyed them, he wanted to see the Card Mistress' attempt at releasing an injured card.
"Oh card that Clow has made, I command you to lose thy name that binds you. Under you master, Sakura. Move!"
"Sakura-chan… wasn't that card…" Hikari hesitated.
The Move Card's odd winged basket form appeared before them. It was… beautiful. Nothing was wrong with it at all. But what about what Piedmon said about him violently harming all of the cards that disobeyed him? Hikari glanced up at the evil clown digimon. He looked shocked. He looked terrified. He looked livid. Why did this card heal, while Kabuterimon did the opposite?
Move faded away and two little wings appeared on the sides of Agumon's large head. Piedmon's eyes shot open even larger than they were before and he fumbled with the Courage Card in his hands, but he was already too late. Before all of their eyes, Agumon disappeared in a flash. Being behind Sakura, Hikari couldn't see her face, but Piedmon looked furious. He was looking down at Sakura with the most terrifying face she had ever seen in her life yet the young auburn haired girl stood upright with determination and no signs of recoil.
Piedmon's eyes scanned the perimeter of trees surrounding them.
"Agumon! Return!" he commanded but there was no answer.
Sakura tucked her hand into her pouch to receive a card but Piedmon spotted her. He threw down the Courage Card in frustration and snatched another from his stack.
"Oh card that clow has made, I command you to lose thy name that binds you. Under you master, Sakura. Float!"
A pink bubble appeared around the pink shield card as well as the Courage Card lying on the ground. Both the card and the two digidestined began floating towards the sky.
Seeing Takeru escaping, Piedmon again dropped the card in his hand and took out another. He hit the pink card with his gauntlet and two wings appeared on his back. The normally beautiful angelic feathered wings now looked wilted and crusty. What was happening to Sakura's cards?
Piedmon shot up into the air and Sakura took out the only card that would reach him.
"Arrow!" She yelled and her faithful purple warrior appeared before her. She pointed her bow upwards and shot the arrow already quipped. The arrow multiplied by 15 and created a wall between Piedmon and the Float Card. Piedmon steered away and Sakura sighed. The two pink bubbles were moving straight up towards the clouds at a slow speed but with Arrow here, Piedmon won't be able to reach them.
"Aim for Piedmon." Sakura instructed. "Try not to hit Fly"
Arrow nodded and shot a few arrows at Piedmon. She didn't multiply them this time though, fearing she would hit her friend. Piedmon easily dodged all of the arrows but as he swerved around the third on, a crack echoed through the air and Piedmon dove face first towards the ground, disappearing into the trees. Sakura was confused. What had happened? She was sure that Arrow hadn't hit him.
"Very good Arrow, return." Sakura thanked and Arrow transformed into a card.
Sakura ran over to the card on the ground and picked it up. She had to act fast with what she was planning before Piedmon found her. Discovering that the card she picked up was the Sword, she slipped it in with the rest and raced into the bushes. Hidden inside, was Agumon. Whenever he took a step in any direction, Move would grab him again and he would appear back where he started.
"Return to your original form! Digital card!" Sakura yelled, a little startled at what had come out of her mouth. Where had 'Digital' come from? Maybe that was the name of these multicoloured cards… She picked up the orange card and placed it in her small deck.
"Return, Move." She said, and began running through the trees, a bit to the left of where she felt Piedmon lying. Sakura thought about it for a second. Could Piedmon be unconscious? Maybe something happened to Fly… But that would mean it was hurt! She veered right as her run turned to a sprint and she arrived at the landing spot in under a minute. Piedmon was lying in a heap under the canopy of trees. Branches and leaves were scattered around him and his clothes were torn all over. Sakura approached the motionless mound cautiously, trying to find hints of his state. Staying a good few meters from him, she knelt down to take a look at his face. There was no life in his features but she knew he was alive for she could hear his struggled breathing. So he survived the fall, unfortunately, but what about Fly? Sakura backed up from the jester digimon and circled his body, searching for her friend. The card was lying on the ground behind Piedmon, slightly underneath him.
Advancing from behind, Sakura sneaked up slowly and reached for the pink card. Just as she released Fly from the clutches of her enemy, Piedmon began to stir. She retreated into the trees and didn't stop to look back. She needed to hurry.
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There you all go. You are probably all new readers since I most likely lost all my old ones. If that's the case, I hope you like my story. My fic is soon coming to a conclusion. Thank you for reading.