Digimon {Digital Monsters}
Past and Present Lives Collide
Wisdom's Keeper
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, they are owned by either Toei animation or Disney, I can't remember whom exactly...
Author's Note: This is the second chapter to part three of the trilogy fic, I really hope you enjoy this one, especially all those Izzy fans out there. This chapter has loads of Izzy in it and focuses on the past of the digital world.
Izzy stared in awe at the scene; Azulongmon certainly knew how to impress people. Centauramon kept his eyes on the large blue dragon Digimon.
"I realise why we're here Azulongmon, so why did you bring us both, it's Izzy you want to talk to right?" Azulongmon looked down upon the centaur like Digimon,
"I know something that will definitely be of interest to you both... Koushiro needs to be told the real truth anyway." He sighed. Izzy looked at the Guardian with some confusion,
"What real truth?" he asked suspiciously, not that he didn't trust Azulongmon, it was just that every time something went wrong there seemed to be more that he realised was kept from him. It really annoyed him.
"The reason you were chosen as a digidestined," Azulongmon replied nonchalantly. This achieved the desired effect of both Digimon and human listening intently to hear the story. Izzy eyes lit up with his usual curiosity, he knew why Tai and Kari had been chosen, but none of the others knew why. They had only been told that there was a similar reason for them to be chosen to Tai and Kari. Azulongmon sighed as he began his tale,
"You know that there was a group of digidestined before you Izzy?" Izzy nodded, but remained silent, knowing his unasked question would be answered anyway,
"Well, two of those children, as they were at the time, were very special. Kira was chosen by the Crest of Light to guard the very essence of the Digital World from the 'Dark Ocean' and other, similar places where the darkness rules. The other Crests, the gemstone Crests were made specifically for each of the other digidestined... except for one. Yoshin, or Yoshi as he liked to be known, already had a Crest before he came to the digital world. The Crest in question was the Crest of Wisdom; it was apparently a family heirloom, passed down to Yoshi from his grandmother. Legend in your world had it that a mage from an ancient time made the pendant from a stone that soothed the souls of the wearied and banished the darkness to its own realm. The symbol on that crest represents the true nature of the soul who wields it, and legend also says that only those who hold true wisdom can ever use it." Azulongmon looked at the young man standing before him. He noticed Izzy was taking a closer look at the symbol on the crest.
Amethyst stones cut into triangles and shaped into the fashion of a crude angel, complete with wings and a halo winked in the bluish light that surrounded the two Digimon and single human. Izzy frowned a little,
"But what does this have to do with me? I knew nothing about these other Crests..." he asked, beginning to get a little frustrated with the riddles that everyone seemed to give him to solve. Azulongmon interrupted,
"I was getting to that... be patient Koushiro, everything is going to be explained, just give me time." Izzy hung his head,
"I'm sorry, Azulongmon, it's just this is getting a little frustrating. I'll try to keep myself under control." He murmured loud enough for Azulongmon to hear. The dragon's face cracked into a smile,
"That's all right... I realise this must be frustrating for you. Please just let me finish ok?" he told the teenager gently. Izzy nodded, a faint smile appearing on his face. Azulongmon continued,
"Well, needless to say the other Guardians were as surprised as I was, but we realised there must have been a reason for Yoshi to already have a Crest. W paired Yoshi up with Centauramon here, but in his Rookie form of Aierimon. All the children got on well enough, but Yoshi and Kira seemed to have a special kind of bond... kind of like T.K and Kari's now, but sufficiently different to define it as something totally different. Time went on and the digidestined, as we came to call them, succeeded in winning the battle against most of the evil Digimon bent on taking the Digital World over... but the true enemy, Helliosmon, wanted to destroy the two worlds. It was during this battle, when the Crest of Light almost failed permanently, the other Guardians and I had acknowledged that everything would be destroyed when the Light failed completely and we were resigned to our fate. But then an overwhelming power started to shine in the blackness, giving everyone hope and powering the Crest of Light once again. Few Crests can do this, and we thought the Crest of Hope had somehow been activated. When we looked again, however, we saw the Crest of Wisdom glowing with such enormous power that it was driving Helliosmon away while powering up the Crest of Light again. Yoshi was surrounded by an aura of the same colour, but the effort of controlling the immense power given off by the Crest was going to kill him. It would have, had it not been for the others helping out, giving Yoshi their energies so that he may survive. The keepers of the Crests of Life, Justice and Peace gave their lives to save our worlds, so that the Crests of Light and Wisdom would continue to protect the Digital World. This is why they were never mentioned." Centauramon hung his head,
"We were grateful, and I still thank them for their sacrifice... it was the greatest gift they could have given." He choked. Azulongmon waited for a few moments for Centauramon to gather himself together again. The Temple Guardian nodded to Azulongmon, motioning for the Dramon to continue.
"Thank you Centauramon... Izzy, I'm surprised you haven't asked any questions by now." Azulongmon exclaimed. Izzy smiled,
"I realise you haven't quite finished yet, so I thought I'd save any unanswered questions until you were done." Azulongmon nodded in appreciation,
"I thought so," he said,
"Well, several years after Helliosmon was defeated and the two remaining digidestined sent back to their own world, Kira and Yoshi got married. Us Guardians can check on either world, even when the gate between them both is closed. This helps us to figure out if it needs to be opened again." He explained, noticing the confused look Izzy was giving him, then he continued.
"A year after their marriage, Kira had a baby... a beautiful little baby boy. They named him Koushiro, after his great grandfather apparently. All was well with the worlds, there was no darkness trying to destroy the light and everyone was living in peace in both worlds. That was until Piedmon came along. He opened the gate using force and proceeded to terrorise the human world with the other 'Dark Masters'. Piedmon finally found what he was looking for... Yoshi and Kira. He jumped onto the roof of the car they were driving home, causing Yoshi to lose control of the vehicle... well you can figure out the rest for yourself." Izzy shuddered; he didn't like the thought of being around if Piedmon had done that to a car he was travelling in...
"Azulongmon?" Izzy asked, "What was the family name of Yoshi and Kira when the got married?" Azulongmon thought for a moment,
"I believe Yoshin's family name was something like... Izumi." He answered. Izzy paled a little. Centauramon looked at Izzy with confusion, before a realisation dawned on him.
"Azulongmon... you mean that the baby actually survived and..." Azulongmon only nodded. Centauramon kneeled on his horse's knees, taking in the new piece of information. Koushiro was that little baby? Izzy seemed to be in as much shock as Centauramon,
"I never knew... but then I figured a Digimon had something to do with that crash..." he muttered. Azulongmon interrupted both human and Digimon's thoughts,
"I'm sorry about this, but I must ask you Koushiro... what happened prior to the Crest glowing?" Izzy frowned a little,
"All I remember is Dragomon attacking Kari, me knocking her out of the way... then nothing. I had a weird dream with Pabumon though... is that of any significance do you think?" he answered, his dark eyes meeting Azulongmon's.
"It may well be Koushiro... Did you talk with him about anything?"
"I think it was about my guilt in several situations that I'm sure you know about... Machinedramon's city, the battle with Vademon and Tentomon's deletion etc... I still felt kind of guilty about them all... but Pabumon made me realise that I had no control over the situations... That was when I woke up, Pabumon disappeared." Azulongmon nodded in understanding,
"The very fact that you have finally realised that none of those situations was really your fault, and forgiving yourself about them, that must have been what made your Crest of Knowledge transform into the Crest of Wisdom. It takes more than knowledge to forgive yourself for your past mistakes and realise the truth in something." Azulongmon smiled as the mist dissipated.
"You truly are your father's son Koushiro, and for you to finally find what is rightfully yours anyway, I'm glad. Now go and kick some Dragomon and Daemon butt." Izzy smiled as he walked off to re-join his friends, who were all waiting for him to return some more patiently than others. Centauramon walked at his new partner's side with pride. Azulongmon nodded to himself as he disappeared into his blue mist again.
"With the crest of Wisdom restored and returned to its rightful heir, our world has never stood a better chance of defeating the Darkness."
To be continued...
Please remember to read and review this chapter, it took me forever to write up. Flames will be extinguished by our resident firemon Aquamon... so don't bother flaming me, unless you want a pile of wet ash thrown back at you.
Past and Present Lives Collide
Wisdom's Keeper
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, they are owned by either Toei animation or Disney, I can't remember whom exactly...
Author's Note: This is the second chapter to part three of the trilogy fic, I really hope you enjoy this one, especially all those Izzy fans out there. This chapter has loads of Izzy in it and focuses on the past of the digital world.
Izzy stared in awe at the scene; Azulongmon certainly knew how to impress people. Centauramon kept his eyes on the large blue dragon Digimon.
"I realise why we're here Azulongmon, so why did you bring us both, it's Izzy you want to talk to right?" Azulongmon looked down upon the centaur like Digimon,
"I know something that will definitely be of interest to you both... Koushiro needs to be told the real truth anyway." He sighed. Izzy looked at the Guardian with some confusion,
"What real truth?" he asked suspiciously, not that he didn't trust Azulongmon, it was just that every time something went wrong there seemed to be more that he realised was kept from him. It really annoyed him.
"The reason you were chosen as a digidestined," Azulongmon replied nonchalantly. This achieved the desired effect of both Digimon and human listening intently to hear the story. Izzy eyes lit up with his usual curiosity, he knew why Tai and Kari had been chosen, but none of the others knew why. They had only been told that there was a similar reason for them to be chosen to Tai and Kari. Azulongmon sighed as he began his tale,
"You know that there was a group of digidestined before you Izzy?" Izzy nodded, but remained silent, knowing his unasked question would be answered anyway,
"Well, two of those children, as they were at the time, were very special. Kira was chosen by the Crest of Light to guard the very essence of the Digital World from the 'Dark Ocean' and other, similar places where the darkness rules. The other Crests, the gemstone Crests were made specifically for each of the other digidestined... except for one. Yoshin, or Yoshi as he liked to be known, already had a Crest before he came to the digital world. The Crest in question was the Crest of Wisdom; it was apparently a family heirloom, passed down to Yoshi from his grandmother. Legend in your world had it that a mage from an ancient time made the pendant from a stone that soothed the souls of the wearied and banished the darkness to its own realm. The symbol on that crest represents the true nature of the soul who wields it, and legend also says that only those who hold true wisdom can ever use it." Azulongmon looked at the young man standing before him. He noticed Izzy was taking a closer look at the symbol on the crest.
Amethyst stones cut into triangles and shaped into the fashion of a crude angel, complete with wings and a halo winked in the bluish light that surrounded the two Digimon and single human. Izzy frowned a little,
"But what does this have to do with me? I knew nothing about these other Crests..." he asked, beginning to get a little frustrated with the riddles that everyone seemed to give him to solve. Azulongmon interrupted,
"I was getting to that... be patient Koushiro, everything is going to be explained, just give me time." Izzy hung his head,
"I'm sorry, Azulongmon, it's just this is getting a little frustrating. I'll try to keep myself under control." He murmured loud enough for Azulongmon to hear. The dragon's face cracked into a smile,
"That's all right... I realise this must be frustrating for you. Please just let me finish ok?" he told the teenager gently. Izzy nodded, a faint smile appearing on his face. Azulongmon continued,
"Well, needless to say the other Guardians were as surprised as I was, but we realised there must have been a reason for Yoshi to already have a Crest. W paired Yoshi up with Centauramon here, but in his Rookie form of Aierimon. All the children got on well enough, but Yoshi and Kira seemed to have a special kind of bond... kind of like T.K and Kari's now, but sufficiently different to define it as something totally different. Time went on and the digidestined, as we came to call them, succeeded in winning the battle against most of the evil Digimon bent on taking the Digital World over... but the true enemy, Helliosmon, wanted to destroy the two worlds. It was during this battle, when the Crest of Light almost failed permanently, the other Guardians and I had acknowledged that everything would be destroyed when the Light failed completely and we were resigned to our fate. But then an overwhelming power started to shine in the blackness, giving everyone hope and powering the Crest of Light once again. Few Crests can do this, and we thought the Crest of Hope had somehow been activated. When we looked again, however, we saw the Crest of Wisdom glowing with such enormous power that it was driving Helliosmon away while powering up the Crest of Light again. Yoshi was surrounded by an aura of the same colour, but the effort of controlling the immense power given off by the Crest was going to kill him. It would have, had it not been for the others helping out, giving Yoshi their energies so that he may survive. The keepers of the Crests of Life, Justice and Peace gave their lives to save our worlds, so that the Crests of Light and Wisdom would continue to protect the Digital World. This is why they were never mentioned." Centauramon hung his head,
"We were grateful, and I still thank them for their sacrifice... it was the greatest gift they could have given." He choked. Azulongmon waited for a few moments for Centauramon to gather himself together again. The Temple Guardian nodded to Azulongmon, motioning for the Dramon to continue.
"Thank you Centauramon... Izzy, I'm surprised you haven't asked any questions by now." Azulongmon exclaimed. Izzy smiled,
"I realise you haven't quite finished yet, so I thought I'd save any unanswered questions until you were done." Azulongmon nodded in appreciation,
"I thought so," he said,
"Well, several years after Helliosmon was defeated and the two remaining digidestined sent back to their own world, Kira and Yoshi got married. Us Guardians can check on either world, even when the gate between them both is closed. This helps us to figure out if it needs to be opened again." He explained, noticing the confused look Izzy was giving him, then he continued.
"A year after their marriage, Kira had a baby... a beautiful little baby boy. They named him Koushiro, after his great grandfather apparently. All was well with the worlds, there was no darkness trying to destroy the light and everyone was living in peace in both worlds. That was until Piedmon came along. He opened the gate using force and proceeded to terrorise the human world with the other 'Dark Masters'. Piedmon finally found what he was looking for... Yoshi and Kira. He jumped onto the roof of the car they were driving home, causing Yoshi to lose control of the vehicle... well you can figure out the rest for yourself." Izzy shuddered; he didn't like the thought of being around if Piedmon had done that to a car he was travelling in...
"Azulongmon?" Izzy asked, "What was the family name of Yoshi and Kira when the got married?" Azulongmon thought for a moment,
"I believe Yoshin's family name was something like... Izumi." He answered. Izzy paled a little. Centauramon looked at Izzy with confusion, before a realisation dawned on him.
"Azulongmon... you mean that the baby actually survived and..." Azulongmon only nodded. Centauramon kneeled on his horse's knees, taking in the new piece of information. Koushiro was that little baby? Izzy seemed to be in as much shock as Centauramon,
"I never knew... but then I figured a Digimon had something to do with that crash..." he muttered. Azulongmon interrupted both human and Digimon's thoughts,
"I'm sorry about this, but I must ask you Koushiro... what happened prior to the Crest glowing?" Izzy frowned a little,
"All I remember is Dragomon attacking Kari, me knocking her out of the way... then nothing. I had a weird dream with Pabumon though... is that of any significance do you think?" he answered, his dark eyes meeting Azulongmon's.
"It may well be Koushiro... Did you talk with him about anything?"
"I think it was about my guilt in several situations that I'm sure you know about... Machinedramon's city, the battle with Vademon and Tentomon's deletion etc... I still felt kind of guilty about them all... but Pabumon made me realise that I had no control over the situations... That was when I woke up, Pabumon disappeared." Azulongmon nodded in understanding,
"The very fact that you have finally realised that none of those situations was really your fault, and forgiving yourself about them, that must have been what made your Crest of Knowledge transform into the Crest of Wisdom. It takes more than knowledge to forgive yourself for your past mistakes and realise the truth in something." Azulongmon smiled as the mist dissipated.
"You truly are your father's son Koushiro, and for you to finally find what is rightfully yours anyway, I'm glad. Now go and kick some Dragomon and Daemon butt." Izzy smiled as he walked off to re-join his friends, who were all waiting for him to return some more patiently than others. Centauramon walked at his new partner's side with pride. Azulongmon nodded to himself as he disappeared into his blue mist again.
"With the crest of Wisdom restored and returned to its rightful heir, our world has never stood a better chance of defeating the Darkness."
To be continued...
Please remember to read and review this chapter, it took me forever to write up. Flames will be extinguished by our resident firemon Aquamon... so don't bother flaming me, unless you want a pile of wet ash thrown back at you.