The Lost Digidestined Part Deux
Troubles
Disclaimer: I do no own Digimon (but I really wish I did ;_; lol). So, what do ya say Bandai? Hmm...? ^_^; Oh, all right... (-_-)
A/N: As you can see already, my stories change points of view very often. Hope you can keep up! ^_~
Morning. What time I don't know. So much for getting up early. I think the digimon thought we needed the sleep because it wasn't until Agumon protested that they got us up at noon. We don't usually sleep this long. One has to wonder what brought on this sleeping spell. Was it Myotismon? Did he do something to us at night? If so it seems that it has not affected our digimon. But what if we just innocently fell asleep and I'm just acting paranoid? Wait. I shouldn't even be thinking like that. Maybe I should just take my suspicions to—
"Heads up!"
I jerked my head to where Tai was pointing. It made me wish that we were all still comfortably sleeping. It was Myotismon. Of all times to attack, just when we were going to set out to find the eighth child.
"Alright guys, let's fight! Agumon!"
"Agumon digivolved to... GREYMON! NOVA BLAST!"
Myotismon simply batted his attack to the side. "Cease this insolence! I have only come to deliver a message."
"We have no need to listen to anything coming from—"
"[To Greymon] Cool it, Greymon! [Turns to Myotismon] Spill it, creep! If your not here to fight, then what do you want?"
"How foolish you are to question my motives. I have come to say that you will not find the eighth child. I will make sure of it."
Tai indignantly spoke. "Oh yeah? Well you can—"
"SILENCE! I will have you know that I have the eighth child right where I want him. He is now wondering around my castle, in search of me to find out his past. The fool! He will never know where he comes from. I will not allow it."
"Well guess what Myotismon? You're going after the wrong kid!"
"It has come to our knowledge that this child is apparently not a Digidestined like us. So it is apparent that you are compromising your own mission for a child that is not here."
"Yeah! What Izzy said!"
Myotismon eyed Tai, then Izzy. He didn't look too happy. He probably thinks that we're trying to trick him or something. Not that I blame him. He is, after all, our enemy. And we are trying to trick him... kinda.
~Could it be that this child I seek out at my palace is not the eighth Digidestined? No! It's not possible! They cannot trick me out of searching for this child.~ "Listen, you little fools! Nothing you speak is of concern to me." He floated farther away from us. "It appears the tides have turned. The hands have been dealt. And they are now in my favour. So long digidoomed! Hahahahahahaha!"
"NOVA BLAST!"
It was too late. He vanished long before Greymon's attack reached him. Now I was worried. I flashed my concern towards Tai. "What are we gonna do now, Tai?"
"We're gonna find that eighth child before he does. That's what!" he said coldly.
* * *
The Present.
Adrian's Perspective
"You may as well get comfortable, Adrian. It isn't a very pleasing story."
"I know, I know. But I'm gonna have to face facts sooner or later. May as well be sooner."
"Alright. Here it goes... Well it dates back to before I even met you. Times were tough. I, like my sister, was waiting for someone—"
"Whoa! Hold on! You have a sister? And you never told me?"
"Yes, but let me finish. When we were just little Nyaromon, we were together. We used to have lots of fun. It was just the two of us. That was... until Myotismon showed up."
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A/N: I don't know how Gatomon's story goes completely, (and she won't tell me) so I made up most of it. Sorry... *^_^; Well, this is kinda the short version of the story anyway…
Gatomon: I'm still don't like the twin idea…
André: Oh, c'mon Gatomon… You said you would do it… ;_;
Gatomon: I don't know…
André: [begging] Oh, please, Gatomon… do it fur me…?
Hikari: Go ahead, Gatomon. ^_^
Gatomon: Oh... all right... I'll play along. Who knows, maybe I'll even like having a sister. ^_^;
André [excited]: Oh, thank you, thank you! Thank you, Kari! Gatomon! [kisses both of them]
Daisuke: Hey, watch it, lover boy! Kari is mine!
Takeru: What do ya mean yours? She's mine, Davis!
Daisuke: Oh yeah? We'll see who's whose, buddy!
Davis and T.K. start fighting.
André: I'm sorry, guys, really! ^_^; [to Kari] is it always like this?
Hikari [sighs]: Always! *(-_-)
André: Oi! Well, back to the show! ^_^
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~*Flashback*~
Dark Gatomon's Perspective
"Ahhh..." I cooed. "This is the life."
"Your right, sis. Not a care in the world. I wish it could be like this forever."
This is the best. There's nothing better than running free in the meadow, especially with you sister by your side... okay, maybe 'bouncing' free is the right word for it. We don't exactly have feet yet. But it's just as fun without them.
Just then my stomach growled. "Gee, I'm hungry."
"So am I. Lets do lunch! And on the way, lets stop by the river for some water."
"Good idea. Lets go!"
~*Interlude*~
"It didn't turn out to be such a good idea. That's where our fate took a turn for the worst."
"Myotismon?"
"Yes." I hung my head down. "And fate would have it that I would never, from that day, see my sister again!" I broke into tears. "I have always been very close to my sister, Gatomon, but as to what happened next, I would not have it any other way." Adrian hugged me tight in order comfort me.
"Well, what happened next?"
~*End Interlude*~
By this time my stomach was utterly empty, and the only thing keeping me going was my sister's constant urges... more like being dragged by the tail. Hey, I was coming... just at my own pace that's all. We would have got there eventually, right? Well here we are gathering fruit to eat. Well she was gathering, I was eating straight from the trees. Told ya I was hungry. After lunch, we made our way to a river. I just barely managed to get there. I did more rolling than bouncing. I drank my water and lay in the sun to rest. Yep, today was definitely a prrrr-ifect day.
Or was. All of a sudden, it got dark and stormy like. "What's going on? It was beautiful out just a second ago. What gives?"
"I dunno but I don't like it. It doesn't seem very natural at all. It's probably trouble."
Meanwhile, while we were not aware, was trouble indeed. Myotismon was putting his plan into action. ~Perfect. These two Nyaromon will do me well when it comes time to unleash the power of evil on the human world,~ he thought. ~Hmhmhmhmhm. Now it's time to take action.~ "GRISLY WING!"
I turn around just in time to see him attack. He's going for my sister. "NYAROMON! LOOK OUT!!" I shove her out of the way. Lucky for me, he got me instead. I got attacked by this wave of bats, and then held me captive in the air. "Aaaaaah!! Let me go, you big baddie!!!"
"Nyaromon, noooo! BUBBLE BLOW!" It had no effect.
"Do not try to resist, little one! Soon you will become my slave too! Hahahahahaha!"
"Grrr... Raaaaah!" She tried to come in for a tackle. I think she's the tougher of us two.
"CRIMSON LIGHTNING!"
"Nyaromon, no! Look out!" It was too late. She was too angry and not fast enough to dodge the attack.
"Aieee!" She landed hard on the floor.
"Nyaromon, leave me! Go find help! I'll try to escape!"
There is no escape, little fools. And don't think that you will escape either. I don't miss twice."
"I'm not leaving you sister, I would rather die than to lose you!"
Tears started flowing from my eyes. "Please, Nyaromon! Find help! You're my only hope. I don't want him to get you too! I need you! Please…! Just gooo!!!"
She was torn with indecision. But Myotismon was not a patient digimon. "Do not think this is over, Nyaromon. You or anyone you find will not defeat me. And soon, you too will be in my possession. Wahahahaha!"
"Noooooo! BUBBLE BLOW!"
It was too late. Myotismon vanished. Taking me along with him.
She started to cry. "Now what am I going to do? Who can I possibly find who will be willing to fight Myotismon with me? This is hopeless!"
After a week of searching for help she gave up, discouraged from all the rejections. She started searching for me. Three weeks since my capture and he captured her too. The first while in captivity was hard.
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WHACK!
"Aaaaaah!" She had just gotten whipped by Myotismon. I cast my eyes on the floor, partly because I couldn't stand the sight, and partly because I had gotten whipped before her.
"Those eyes. I can't stand those eyes. Every time you look at me with those eyes, I will have to hurt you. Do you understand?"
We both nodded. I was in too much pain to talk. By that time we were both Salamon. After the eye thing, everything was getting a bit easier for us. Well for my sister anyways. We still got tortured by him, but not as often. She was the ever so good soldier. I, on the other hand, was rebellious by nature. Eventually, my mutiny ended me up in the dungeon. A long while later, he found a way to get to the 'real world', he called it, and was going to find some eighth child. Those kids seemed to have got word of this because they were there to stop him from going. My sister, who had reached the level of champion by now, as Gatomon, helped him escape through the gate. They managed to find a way to open the gate, and went through in search of Myotismon and the eighth child.
~*End Flashback*~
"And that was the last I ever saw of my sister…" By that time I was bawling. I never revealed my past to anyone, because of this reason. But just being able to release my emotions, it felt good. Adrian wiped the tears from my eyes. "As a result of the gate being opened twice, the castle became unstable. My cage was broken and I was able to free myself of it and the castle before it came crashing down."
I sigh. I have finally stopped crying and am in control of myself. I sniffle. "After the while it took me to realize that I might have possibly lost my sister for all time, it was like something inside me was triggered. I was to wait for someone. I was waiting for a long time. Although I didn't want to wait anymore, my instincts kept me there. So I waited some more. To my joy and surprise I found you. It has been a long time and I am so glad that we are now together."
He was looking down at me. "DarkGatomon..." he said softly. I sensed sympathy in his voice. "I didn't realize what you were going through. You are almost in the same situation as me. From now on and forever, I will be there for you... just as you were always there for me." He smiled.
"Oh, A-chan…!" I gave him the biggest hug I could muster up. I was crying again, tears of joy.
After awhile of being in his arms, I gained my composure and decided it was time to do something. "So what will we do now, Adrian?"
"Well, first we will find your sister. I do believe that you too should be together again. I hate Myotismon for that. Family matters are very important to me. Then, we will find out about me and my past."
"We better find a way to open the gate. It was the only thing left in one piece when Myotismon's castle crumbled. And it's the only way I know to get to the real world."
"All righty, then! Lets get to it!"
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Adrian's Perspective
We walk. I have no clue where she is taking me. She says it's the way to Gennai's house. I say it's getting us more lost. All I know is that it is supposed to help us get to the real world. Ever since I heard Dark Gatomon's story of she, her sister and Myotismon, I don't know if I should turn to him or those kids who have been constantly hounding me. It seems that they get closer and closer to catching me. The last time we met, I barely escaped. We weren't doing anything to particularly attract attention, just goofing off a little. Hey! You can't always be serious. We were just having fun, namely playing tag, track and hide and seek; to hone our skills. But then they came. In full force. We were in the middle of a race, and there they were.
~*Flashback*~
"Last one to the river is a rotten digimon!" I took off as fast as I could, hoping to leave Dark Gatomon in my digidust. While I was high-tailing it, I looked around. No sign of her. I grinned mischievously. ~So far, so good.~ Fifty feet to go. Still no sign of her. By this time, I'm very curious as to where she went. [Sigh] Ah, well... Here I am. While running I struggle with my clothes, trying to get them off. Running with a shirt over your face is not as easy as it sounds. Now that my vision is not obstructed no more, my pants are next to go. Got one leg out, but trip trying to get the other. Oi! Okay, there! And away we go!
"CANNON BALL!!!"
KER-SPLASH!!
Ahh... now this is the life. You know, I really needed this bit of relaxation. I mean, it's like I'm always on guard or running for my life. Ahh, but today... today is turning out to be prrr-ifect. No Myotismon. No other kids chasing me. Yep, today looks like it's going to be pretty—Uh oh!
I bump into something while doing the back float. I turn around to find a wet looking something looking back at me. "AHHHHHH!!!!" I execute a swift spinning heel kick to it, that was sure to behead it... that is if it wasn't lightning quick, and sluggish like most humans I know. "AHHHHHH!!!!" I screamed again. I ran as fast as I could—well as fast as one is able—through the water, gracelessly scrambling for cover.
A childish giggle came out of the thing. "A-chan! Relax!"
"AHHHHHH!!! It even knows my name!!!"
By this time the thing was in a fit of laughter, clearly enjoying itself. "A-chan. There's no need to be afraid of li'l ol' me." It giggled again.
After my mad dash for shore, and being to tired out to grab my clothing and get the hoo hah out of there, I decided to turn and find out who my assailant was. My eyes widened with shock. There she was, tail high in air, covering her mouth, attempting to muzzle her giggles. "DarkGatomon?! JEESAMPEACE, MAN!!! What're you trying to do, gimme a heart attack or something?!?"
Her laughter came out again. It was then I filed for my revenge plan. "What took you so long?" she asked coyly.
I paused. Well that would explain why she wasn't behind me when we were racing here. [Sigh] ~This is the way it always goes. I never win. But how does she—~ "Hey! How do you do that?"
"Heh heh... my secret."
I frowned.
"Maybe I'll show you someday. Now you can answer my question." My ears perked. "What is a cannon ball? Is that an attack?"
Ha! Now that's funny. An attack? Moi? Named cannonball? It was my turn to laugh. "I don't have any attacks, Dark Gatomon. I'm just a human. We humans don't have any attacks or attributes or nothing." I grinned.
"You mean, like Gennai?"
"Gennai? Who's that?"
"Someone I heard of. I heard he knows everything about anything. That's who we are going to see."
"Kewl. But first, I'm going to finish my little vacation here. It ain't very long but it helps." Now where was I? Ahh yes, I was busy doing the back float. And I do repeat... this is the life. Waitaminute... whispers. "Dark Gatomon, quick, come here!" She comes. "I think we're being watched," I whisper. "I hear something from over where my clothes are. Cover me while I get 'em."
I hurriedly head for my clothing. I get about waist deep to the shore when they come out.
"We have you now!" the kid with hugely huge messy brown hair constrained by makeshift blue ski goggles. Ski goggles? It ain't winter!
"ACK!" I crouched neck deep into the water. "Have you no pride?!? To think there would be some kinda rule saying one should only be attacked with their clothes on! Beat it, feather duster head!" The only thing I could think of right now seeing that huge hair. Soon the other six kids came out of hiding also.
"Did you find him, Tai?" Another boy appeared.
"He's here! Over here Matt!"
After him was a little boy.~ What...? This groupie has little kids running around with them too?~ Well, I'm just as young, so like I'm one to talk. Then came a scrawny dude. Then another kid; he looked smart. Then, two fine looking girls came to. I felt more and more cornered as each one came into view, until the girls came around.
"What do you want?" I hissed.
"We wanna talk!" he snapped back. He advanced... only to have DarkGatomon pounce at him...who was attacked and pinned down by two other digimon, obviously working with these rogues. One of them, a weird looking dinosaur and the other, cross between a dog and a komodo dragon.
"DarkGatomon...!"
"I'm all right," she struggled.
"Who are you? What do you want from me? Are you banded with Myotismon? If you are get away from me!"
"What? What do you know about Myotismon?" duster head protested.
"I asked first!"
"Oh yeah? Well I asked second! And besides you're not exactly in a position to be giving orders!"
"I ain't saying a ras thing until you talk. If I have to sit here all night, and turn all pruney, so be it. So, spill it!"
He looked very indignant at the moment and didn't look like he was going to say anything, so I turned my head to the side, and turned up my nose.
Alas, he spoke. He introduced everyone. His name was Tai. I didn't know that feather dusters wore ties. Anyhoo, he was wearing a blue t-shirt and tan shorts. The second guy with blonde spiky hair was Matt, who wore a green sleeveless turtleneck and blue jeans. Turned out the little kid was his brother T.K. He had a sweet-looking green hat with matching wardrobe, complete with backpack. The scrawny dude with blue hair was Joe. He wore glasses and carried a hockey bag. He looked like one of them kids who brought every conceivable item to camp for any conceivable problem or sickness. They drive me nuts. The smart looking guy was Izzy. He actually was as smart as he looked. He had red hair and walked around with an iBook laptop. The first girl was Mimi. She was a brunette, dressed in all pink, topped with a ten-gallon cowboy hat. The other girl was Sora. She had this bowling ball-like hat, which conceiled her wonderous red hair. I think I like Sora better. She's quite older than me though. Mimi's probably too good for me. But then again, she's only a year and a half older than me. Okay, never mind... forget it. Ugh! Such thoughts at a time like this!
"Satisfied?" Ignorance reborn.
"What about those digimon you have keeping mine at bay? And the others too."
He proceeded to introduce them too. Agumon, the dinosaur, and Gabumon, the dog-dragon, were Tai and Matt's. Patamon, this flying pig with wings for ears, was T.K.'S.'s digimon. Joe's was a seal-like creature with a Mohawk hairdo, named Gomamon. Izzy's was a giant red beetle, Tentomon. Mimi had a walking cactus with a wilted desert flower on top named Palmon. And Sora's digimon was a cute looking pink bird named Biyomon.
By this time, night was falling and I was getting cold. "All right... what do ya wanna know?"
"First of all, what's your name?" Tai. Man, he talks a lot.
"My name is André..." I gave him a cocky look. "…but you can call me Shaft." I chuckle. I loved that movie.
"Who?" the girls asked.
"Never mind. Just call me Adrian. Now can I get my clothes back?"
"I'm not finished yet!" he said coldly. Speaking of coldly...
"Oh, c'mon, Tai... the water's getting cold. I'll do whatever is necessary. I'll answer your questions. When I said I would stay in here all night, I wasn't serious. I just wanted to know what I was... who you were. An empty threat... you know. C'mon, please?"
"Hey! It isn't my fault your—"
"C'mon, Tai," Sora started. "Have a heart." Then she smiled at me. I smiled back. Good vibes, ne? But basing my trust on a pretty face could lead to my downfall, right? It's what I like to call 'pretty poison'.
"And also refrain from disabling my digimon."
Then Mimi broke in. "There's no debate about it!" She started shoving everyone out of eyesight. Then she winked at me.
So there we were. DarkGatomon and me like earlier on. With one exception: I had no clue what to do. Triggered by Mimi's wink. I don't know if it's a sign to escape while I can or that she'll be waiting for me.
"Okay, I'm totally lost. What should we do now, Dark Gatomon?"
"I don't know. But any choice you make, I will be there with you."
I melted. "Thanks, Dark Gatomon." I hugged her. Then I remembered, ~Hey! I'm still cold here!~ I got dressed, and devised a plan of action. I would spy on them until the right moment and then run for it. I crept up to their area and found out that they had set up camp there, complete with a campfire. A tempting offer, but I'm harder to sell than that.
When I assumed they were most unaware of my presence, I hightailed it. But Matt was just as secretly watching me, obviously expecting this course of action.
"Adrian! Get back here!"
And here we go again., the seven kids chasing after me. But this time, things turned out for the worst. I tripped on a tree root and she and I went crashing through what I thought was the forest floor into some kind of cavern. I landed hard on my back and blacked out. When I came too Dark Gatomon washing my face with her tongue greeted me. I couldn't have been out too long because the kids had just arrived where I fell through.
"A-chan!" Mimi worried. "Are you okay? We're coming down!"
"There's supposed to be another entrance around here," Tentomon retorted.
"When I get down there your gonna get it!" Tai announced.
"Great..." I groaned. I tried to get up, only to discover that the wind had been knocked out of me. Once again I had to rely on her. "Dark Gatomon. I can't get up for awhile. See if you can find some way to stop them from coming."
"But..."
"Just do it."
She started off, only to be stopped by the discovery of a small room. "Hey André! Look at this!"
With great effort, I managed to crawl into the room to behold a small egg on a platform. A light and an aura surrounded it. "What is it? A digiegg?"
"I don't think it is. It's too small. But also, look at this." She tried to move it. It didn't.
"Hmm... It won't budge. Let me try." Stupid me. I just got the wind knocked out of me and I'm trying to move the unmovable. "Whoa!" Or not. I almost strain myself, expecting it to be very heavy, and it was extremely light. "Are you sure you were pushing it right?" She blushes.
"André! Are you in here? When I get my hands on you...!"
Uh oh. Duster head and his friends are coming. [Sigh] Things aren't looking good. "We have no time! We got to get out of here. DarkGatomon... I turn to you for help. You're my final hope. Our final hope. You always find light in these kind of situations... well so do I, but mine is kinda outed for hte moment." She hangs her head down. " I don't know if we can fight our way through, or find a way back through that hole in the ceiling, but we've got to escape. I know you can get us out. There's more to you than I know about, and I know that it will benefit the both of us. But only if we escape this fate. So, what do you say? Let's live to see another day. You can do it. I know you can. And DarkGatomon?" She looks up at me. "I trust in you."
Then all hell broke loose. The place started shaking like there was an earthquake, mixed in with the screams from the girls, wherever they were in the cave, and then weirdness! The egg I was holding started to glow. "What's going on here?"
"Andrae..." she said in a panicky voice. "I feel strange..." and she started to glow as bright as the egg I was holding.
"DarkGatomon armor digivolved to... NEFERTIMON!"
"Whoa..." She grew quite significantly. She was now giant size. She also took on the appearance of a sphinx. Wait... she is a sphinx!
"Hop on Adrian!" I did and we were out of there.
It was after then that they arrived in the room where I fell.
Sora. "Adrian?" No answer.
Mimi. "André!" Still no answer.
Tai took a deep breath and yelled, "SHAFT!!"
~*End Flashback*~
"Well, here we are," she announced. "Are you ready for this?"
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André: How am I doing so far? [mutters to self] Well, I know the Shaft thing was kinda lame…
Miyako: [Jumps in front of André. Hey! And, just when were you planning to write us in a story? Hmm…?
André: um… well, I… err… *^_^;>
Miyako: What! You didn't even write us in a story? @_@
André: I was going to write it after this series, Yolei. [Shrinks under Miyako's angry stare] Really! [Miyako crosses her arms] You can be the star… ^_^;
Miyako: Really?? [Eyes shimmer] Moi? The star?? [Rants on]
Hikari: Shouldn't have done that. Now the stardom is going to go to her head. (-_-)
André: Now ya tell me. Oh, man… (-_-); [The other Digidestined snicker and giggle behind us.] Well I hope the audience will send in their R&R's [to self] whatever that is… [to audience] Well, come back again. The next chapters will be here soon! ^_^
DarkGatomon: They do know that we are off set to the story, right? I mean, that's what those squiggly lines mean, true?
André: I was assuming they did. ^_^; But if they didn't, now they know. ^_^