Chapter 6

Cat and Fox

Renamon, Gabumon and Agumon walked out of the coffee shop. Agumon's face was disgusted.

"I didn't know the Takori special was squid head!!" said Agumon spitting on the ground.

"Well," said Gabumon with Renamon chuckling in the background, "you should've read what it was!"

"They should have stated it more like Squid Head special' not some fancy name like Takori'!" said Agumon.

They walked around the town looking in stores and at the merchandise they sold. Gabumon picked up a glass statue of a Renamon and accidently broke it so they had to run out of that store quickly. Besides that, it was a nice day, but something lurked in the city

DarkGatomon searched high and low for Renamon and her companions. Then she came across Shogun Beach and found them entering the coffee shop. She waited, and now was the perfect time to attack!

"Ha!" laughed DarkGatomon. "Now let's see who the big cat is! All I need ta' do is ta' take that Rojo sword away from Renamon! But how am I gonna do that?"

She looked at the big temple that stood in the far east of the town.

She smiled and said, "Perfect!"

* * *

It was afternoon, and Renamon and the others were getting bored.

"Man," complained Agumon, "this place is boring!"

Gabumon nodded his head in acknowledgement.

"I agree," said Renamon.

She looked around.

"Maybe we should leave."

"And go where?" asked Agumon in a disagreeing tone.

Renamon put her head down, "Just a suggestion, Agumon," she muttered.

They all sat silent; looking around, at each other, at the ground or sometimes at a bug flying by. Then Agumon listened to some Gekomon running by.

One of them said, while tweaking, "His Majesty is in great trouble!! He needs are help!"

The other one said quickly, "What has happened anyhow?"

Then the other talked once more saying, "He has been seized by DarkGatomon!!!!"

Agumon gasped as the Gekomon ran out of view and towards the temple.

"Weirdo's" said Gabumon rolling his eyes.

"But-but didn't ya' hear them!?" said Agumon standing up quickly.

"No" said Gabumon.

"I didn't ether Agumon," said Renamon who was now wondering what they did say.

"They said," said Agumon, "that DarkGatomon is holding the king dude that rules the temple over there HOSTAGE!!"

Renamon stood up with her head turned to the temple behind them.

"Let's go!" she ordered, and with that she leaped off towards the temple.

They ran all the way over to the temple. The temple looked more like a huge Japanese castle. It was blue and white with a big gate at the front with millions of little Gekomon shoving their way through the gate to reach their Majesty.

Agumon opened his mouth at the sight and wowed in amazement. "I've never seen so many Gekomon!" said Agumon.

Gabumon agreed and he and Agumon went on about Gekomon and how stupid they were, but Renamon was trying to find a way to enter the temple/castle. She looked at the wall to find a crack or an open window or something with easy access. She found a balcony sitting at the top. It was too high to jump there, so she took out her grappling hook and ran towards the direction where the balcony stood. Gabumon seen Renamon running and nudged Agumon, who was saying something about how Gekomon spit while they talk, and pointed at Renamon.

"Come on," said Gabumon running after Renamon.

Renamon stood if front of the balcony. She twirled her grappling hook and threw it in the air. The rope attached to the hook was just long enough to grab on the ledge. She tugged it two times to see if it would hold at started to climb the rope.

"Wait!" yelled Agumon. "Don't go yet!"

Renamon looked down and saw Agumon and Gabumon standing next to the rope.

"Glad you guys could make it," said Renamon. "Finally noticed that I was gone?"

Gabumon replied, "Well I noticed!"

"Well climb up the rope and hurry up!" ordered Renamon.

Gabumon grabbed the rope and climbed, as did Agumon. Renamon reached the balcony and stealthily hid behind the wall. Gabumon and Agumon walked up to her, panting from climbing the rope, which they had never really done before.

"ThatHARD!!" panted Agumon.

Renamon shushed him and looked around the corner. The cost was clear.

"Alright, let's go, but you guys have to be quiet," warned Renamon, pointing a finger at them.

"Okay," said Agumon and Gabumon in unison.

They slowly walked the hallway, not saying a word. Gabumon looked at the scrolls on the walls, some how they seemed interesting to him, Agumon looked at the vases, and Renamon was looking for DarkGatomon. Since she had never seen DarkGatomon before, all she could guess was that it was just a black Gatomon with a bad attitude. Then Renamon heard a voice ahead.

"HEY-" yelled Agumon, but Renamon shut him up by covering up his mouth.

Renamon whispered, "What is so important that you had to say that you had yell it OUTLOUD! Not only that, you probably blew our cover! You nitwit!!"

Renamon threw him down with a thud and Agumon got back up.

"I heard her; DarkGatomon," whispered Agumon.

"Hmm," said Renamon looking ahead, "over there?"

"Yep," said Agumon.

Renamon walked up to the big cherry wood door and listened. She heard a voice talking from the other side

"Yo, you foo's find that Renamon and I'll consider letting Shogungekomon go," said one voice.

But Renamon heard a big booming voice that said, "Pleeeeeease let me goooooo!!!"

Agumon then spoke up, "That was DarkGatomon! I'd never forget a voice like that. And the other voice must be Shogungekomon!"

Renamon lifted up her leg and said, "We have no time to lose!"

She kicked the door down and entered a big room that had tons of worried looking Gekomon. Standing in the middle of the room was a huge orange, fat looking Gekomon but uglier. Standing next to him was a black looking Gatomon with yellow eyes.

"Oh, it's Renamon," said DarkGatomon, smirking, "glad ya' all could make it!"

"I am here, DarkGatomon," said Renamon. "Let him go!"

"Sure," said DarkGatomon, "but only if you fight me!"

"What?" said Renamon with shock.

DarkGatomon jumped down from Shogungekomon and landed in front of Renamon and looked up at her.

"Yeah, ya heard me," said DarkGatomon with a grin, "fight me!"

"Fine," said Renamon, "as you wish."

Renamon stood there ready for DarkGatomon to attack, but then Gabumon came up.

"I'll help you Renamon!" he said.

"Get outta here fatty!!" said DarkGatomon shoving Gabumon aside.

Then Renamon and DarkGatomon stood poised to attack once more. DarkGatomon curled up her hand into a fist and lunged at Renamon.

"Darkness Paw!" yelled DarkGatomon and she punched Renamon.

Renamon slammed down hard. She got up and was clinching her arm.

"I was afraid of this," said Agumon.

"What do you mean?" said Gabumon confused.

"Well think of it," explained Agumon. "DarkGatomon is a Champion level Digimon and Renamon, as strong as she is, is only a Rookie." Agumon looked at Renamon and DarkGatomon's fight. "There's no contest, unless Renamon uses the Rojo sword."

Renamon jumped up, crossed her arms and shot out a bunch of ice shards.

"Diamond Storm!!" she yelled.

DarkGatomon dogged the Diamond Storm.

She laughed and said, "You'll have a' do beda' than that, sister!"

"Fine then I will!" said Renamon who was now getting bored with the fight.

She then pulled out some ninja stars and hid them behind her back.

"Come on now," said DarkGatomon, "hit me!"

Renamon disappeared with a flash. DarkGatomon looked around and couldn't find her anywhere.

"Where she go?" she said still looking.

Then Renamon appeared behind her and threw a star in her back. DarkGatomon screeched as blood spewed out her back. Gabumon rushed over to a trash bin and vomited in it.

"Bloodmakes me queasy" he said, still vomiting.

DarkGatomon pulled it out. She then turned to Renamon and smirked.

"I know ya' can kill me righ' now," she said, "so just do it."

"Fine," said Renamon pulling out the Rojo sword.

Heh heh heh,' thought DarkGatomon, that's right. Pull it out.'

Renamon then pointed the sword at DarkGatomon and lunged at her. But instead of the sword stabbing her, it was grabbed by DarkGatomon! She had grabbed the Rojo sword! DarkGatomon then ran to a window.

"Nice fight Renamon," said DarkGatomon. "Too bad ya' lost. Ya' stupid, girl!"

Then DarkGatomon jumped out the window.

"Shit," said Renamon as she ran to the window also.

"Come on Agumon," said Gabumon as they both ran after Renamon.

Renamon pulled out what looked like a gun, but it had a hook sticking out. She then lunched the hook to a roof top and she slid down the rope. Gabumon and Agumon did the same thing.

DarkGatomon ran out of the town and toward the forest in the west. She then started to feel light headed.

"I don't feel good," said DarkGatomon, swaying.

She kept on walking and came across a nice grassy meadow and sat down. She then looked from where she came from and saw a trail of blood, her blood.

"Tha' not good," she said.

She then closed her eyes and fell asleep.

* * *

Renamon followed DarkGatomon not too far behind.

"How do you now this is the right way?" asked Agumon.

"Your stepping on the trail," said Renamon.

Agumon looked down and saw a red line.

"Ewww, sick!" said Agumon.

Gabumon looked at Renamon.

"Don't you think her eyes look like sapphires, Agumon?" asked Gabumon in a love-struck gaze.

"Yeah, whatever," said Agumon, rolling his eyes.

Gabumon continued to look at Renamon. Renamon then looked at Gabumon.

"What?" asked Renamon, annoyed.

"Huh?" said Gabumon snapping out of his gaze. "Oh, nothing Renamon. I was just looking at the trees."

"Well," said Renamon, "look at trees over there because it looks like your looking at me, and that's rude."

"Um, right," said Gabumon, quickly looking at the trees on the other side of him.

Renamon and the others came to the meadow where DarkGatomon went. They saw DarkGatomon sleeping on a little grass hill, laying in patch of red grass.

"Oh my," said Renamon.

"Is she dead?" asked Gabumon, hoping that she was but not.

Agumon ran over to DarkGatomon.

"Come on guys," he said, "let's help her, she's hurt!"

"Before we do that," said Renamon, "we must get this away from her."

She picked up the Rojo sword out of DarkGatomon's hand and put the sword into its sheath. Agumon took out his medicine pack from his backpack and placed it on the ground. He took out some gauze and nettle and tread. He cleaned of some of the blood around DarkGatomon's wound. Next, he took the needle and tread and stitched the wound back up.

They waited there for DarkGatomon to wake up.

"She did lose a lot of blood," said Gabumon, "she might not make it."

"Nooooo!" cried Agumon.

"What is with you?" said Gabumon. "You are tweaking out, man!"

"It's nothin'" said Agumon, looking at the ground.

Gabumon looked at Agumon.

"Oh no" said Gabumon, groaning.

"Wha-What?" asked Agumon.

"Don't tell me ya' like her?" said Gabumon.

"Well" said Agumon looking at her. "She is pretty!"

"Yeah," said Gabumon, sarcastically, "pretty EVIL!"

"Love is funny at times," said Renamon. "Sometimes you love people you hate. But love is not love when someone pushes you to love."

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Gabumon.

"Nothing," muttered Renamon.

Time went by more as the sun settled over the mountains. The stars came up more brightly than ever. The air was in lots of motion and the moon lit the meadow. DarkGatomon was still asleep. Agumon looked at her and put his hand on her head.

Wake up,' he thought. I don't want to lose another.'

DarkGatomon opened her eyes and looked around while still laying down. She felt Agumon's hand.

"Who's touchin' me?" she said in a whisper.

Agumon jumped.

"Hey, she's alive!" said Agumon.

"Alright!" said Gabumon.

"Good job, Agumon," said Renamon, "you saved her."

DarkGatomon sat up and looked at them.

"Ya' guys saved me?" she said.

"Yeah," said Agumon, "I stitched your wound from Renamon's ninja star."

"Well" said DarkGatomon. She paused for a moment as if to say thanks, but said instead, "I have ta' get goin'!"

She stood up and started walking away.

"Wait," said Agumon, "you have to let the stitches heal for at least one day. Stay."

"Fine!" yelled DarkGatomon and she sat next to Gabumon, who quickly moved next to Renamon, so she was really sitting next to Agumon.

"Dinner will be ready in a minute," said Gabumon.

"What is it?" asked DarkGatomon.

Gabumon smiled, "It's my best! Root stew! Yum, yum!"

"Grand," said DarkGatomon.

A couple of minuets went by and Gabumon served up his root stew. Renamon was, of course, the first one to get the stew. She herself hadn't tried the stew ether, so she timidly took a bite. It felt like biting into dirt and adding some flavor to it. She kind of liked it.

"It's okay," she said.

"Okay?" said Gabumon in a worried state. "What's wrong with it?"

"Nothing," said Renamon, "I just don't like the grainy taste to it."

"Oh," said Gabumon feeling defeated.

He poured some soup in Agumon's and DarkGatomon's bowls.

DarkGatomon looked at the bowl. It looked like liquid dirt with hairs in it. She felt sick just looking at it.

"Man, I'm not hungry anymore," said DarkGatomon, pushing her bowl aside.

After they ate, well all of them except DarkGatomon, they started to make beds. DarkGatomon picked a spot next to a big willow tree.

"This spot is, like, mine," yelled DarkGatomon. "If any of ya' crazy freaks try anythin' funny, I'll kick yo' ass!"

Gabumon rolled his eyes. "Do any of you find her annoying?" he asked.

"Not me," said Agumon, standing proud.

Renamon said nothing and went to sleep. Gabumon and Agumon argued for a little bit, but soon went to sleep. DarkGatomon laid there thinking to herself.

They're alright. Wait, what am I saying? I'm supposed to hate them! Maybe it's the hunger'

* * *

The sun rose up and the beautiful blue sky shone once more. Renamon woke up and looked over to where the willow tree stood. DarkGatomon left.

How rude,' she thought, she didn't even say goodbye. Brat.'

She looked around and saw Gabumon and Agumon talking.

"What do you mean there's nothing to eat for breakfast?" said Gabumon holding his stomach. "I'm hungry!"

"Yeah, well, we'll just go into Shogun Beach and pick up some supplies," said Agumon. "Hey is that arm okay?"

"Yeah! Never felt better!" he said, grabbing a hold of it.

"Good morning," said Renamon, stretching.

Gabumon's ear perked up. "Oh, um, hi Renamon. How was your sleep?"

"Fine," said Renamon.

After a while the team walked back to Shogun Beach to get supplies. When they got there a Gekomon stopped them.

"Are you the guys that saved His Majesty?" asked the Gekomon.

"Yes," said Renamon, "we are."

"He wishes to say thanks to you guys in person," said the Gekomon, spitting on Gabumon while he talked.

"Great," said Gabumon, wiping off the spit.

"Come," said the Gekomon and the others followed him.

They walked back to the castle and into the throne room.

"Welcome back," said Shogungekomon. "I never got to say my thanks, so, thank you my friends."

"We are eternally grateful, your majesty," said Renamon, bowing to him.

"You know," said Shogungekomon, "I think I might have some important news for you."

"Yeah," said Agumon, "what is it?"

"Let me see" said Shogungekomon.

There was a pause of silence. It looked as if Shogungekomon was having a headache trying to remember what it was. He sat there tensing, trying to think harder.

Then he said at last, "I don't remember!"

Renamon and everyone else in the room fell over.

"You don't remember?!" said Gabumon, after getting back up.

Shogungekomon thought more and then he said, "Oh yes! Now I remember. DarkGatomon said that she was going to the Sapphire Temple! Yes, that's it!"

"And where is this temple?" asked Renamon.

Shogungekomon put his finger on his chin and said, "I believe it'seast? No, no, west. No? Uh, maybe north? Yes! That's it, north!"

"Are you sure?" asked Renamon, trying not to look frustrated.

"Yep," he said. "For sure."

He looked at Renamon.

"Now, if there's anything you need, just ask."

"We would like some food supplies," asked Agumon.

"We can do that!" said Shogungekomon.

With that he clapped his huge hands and out came a bunch of Gekomon holding out different kinds of food. Gabumon's mouth watered as he smelled all of the different kinds of food. Agumon started stuffing food into his bag. Once they got enough supplies, they went off toward the north to the Sapphire Temple.

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Author Notes

Yes, I'm done with this chapter! If you guys remember the second season of Digimon you would remember Shogungekomon. If you don't, it's okay. I have to say though, I won't be able to write as much as I used to. School is starting again, starting 11th grade! Yea! :(

Anyway, I'll still be writing, but not as fast. Well I hope you like this chapter. Remember, R&R! Until next chapter, see ya'!

Carlas Lua

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