LWF- Sorry for making you all wait so long. I had a few problems with my computer that unabled me to updated. Well, Here's the next chapter to the fic. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer-I don't own Digimon
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Chapter 17
The Trailmon quickly went though a path in a forest, on it's railroad tracks. The sky was lightening up. The sun could be seen from outside the window as it began to rise slowly from the horizon. Inside the trailmon, the kids were sleeping. All except Gary and Tomiko. Tomiko was sleepy but didn't want to fall asleep. Gary was typing in his laptop and looked annoyed. He paused to think. He looked up to see his younger cousin watching him "What?" Gary asked "What's wrong?" Tomiko answered with another question in a curious tone. Her head was on Kouji's shoulder and she was hugging his arm."didi you get in a fight with that girl you like?" Gary shook his head no looked back down "The laptop is messed up, It doesn't work"
"Ah.." Tomiko said understanding his annoyed look "Your problem" she yawned and cuddled up against Kouji, letting go of his arm and hugging him. Kouji opened his eyes and smiled, putting his arm around Tomiko. Within a few minutes they had also fallen asleep. Gary gave the laptop a last look before shutting it off and putting it back into his backpack. He sighed and looked out the window. "How did they convince me too come here?" He asked himself, mentally wondering if there really existed a different world. "Well at least I can keep an eye on that Kouji.." He looked at Andrea who was on his left "And Takuya too"
The girl with black hair, opened her eyes and looked outside. She yawned and with her eyes closed with her arms crossed over her chest. She thought about where she was and why she was there. "Kouichi!" she gasped, looking up suddenly. Maria peeked into the next cart with the others in it. Sighing she leaned against the door with her back. "There still here, good" She looked at Kouji who was sleeping with Tomiko near Gary. Gary had crossed his arms across his chest and had his eyes closed. Not completely asleep but not completely awake either. On the other side of Gary was Andrea was also sleep. She was leaning against the wall next to the door. She wasn't in view much. Apparently she was asleep alone because Takuya was on the other side of the cart also alone. Nearby Maria's eyes fell on Kouichi and Izumi. She sighed again "I wish he'd hold me close like that too" She hugged herself with her eyes closed and fell on the floor, her back to the door. "He will, maybe not now, but he will soon... I hope"
The Trailmon slowed down a bit. Noticing that it slowed, Izumi woke up. With Gary's and Kouichi's help, she woke the others up. They got ready to get off. The trailmon continued to reducing it's speed until it finally stopped. They got off and gave their thanks and good byes. When the Trailmon replied Maria ran out of the trailmon "It. It. Talks! It can't talk!" She began to shake her head agreeing with herself. "It's a train! It's not alive. There's no way it--- Where the hell are we?" She asked very loudly to no one in particular. Everyone's eyes widen when they saw her. Takuya was in front of the group. A little behind were Tomiko with Kouji and Andrea on either side of her. Gary was behind her next to Kouichi and Izumi.
"Maria!? what are you doing here?" Takuya asked
"I don't think we're in hell" Tomiko muttered loud enough for only Kouji, Andrea and Gary. Andrea and Gary laughed. Kouichi looked at them strangely. Maria gasped seeing them "Kouichi!" She ran past Takuya and threw her arms around Kouichi. Izumi looked furious.
"What do you think you're doing?" Izumi asked
"Hugging Kouichi" Maria closed her eyes, setting her head on Kouichi's shoulder. He hadn't moved a muscle and was standing up completely straight. Kouichi looked completely confused with Maria's actions and a little scared of Izumi expression. Maria gave him a small peck on his cheek. "I followed you guys, Well followed Kouichi really. Since he told me too" Then Maria shrugged letting go of Kouichi "It's not like your are going to do something dangerous or anything like that" She ignored the Trailmon since she noticed that the others were doing the same. She was also happy to see Kouichi up close and not from a window.
"She has to go back" Andrea said "She can't stay"
"No Duh" Tomiko said "Of course she can't. She'll be in the way"
"Yeah, It's much safer in the real world" Takuya stated
"Lets just stick her back into the trail-" Gary pointed behind himself with his thumb. He stopped in the middle of his sentence because he noticed the trailmon wasn't there anymore.
"Why should I go home?" She asked playing with a strand of her hair. Her other arm was still around Kouichi."I promise I won't get in the way" She kissed Kouichi's cheek and whispered in his ear "You won't let them send me back home will you Kouichi"
"Uh. No, I mean Yeah.I mean you shouldn't have followed" Kouichi replied. his voice was panicky "You can't stay it's dangerous here"
"but you're here" Maria replied "It can't be too dangerous if you're here. There no adults around. You took a normal train from the station and came here. They're here. You invited me along. "
"You Invited her?!?" Izumi asked "Why did you do that?! You know it's only suppose to be us!"
"I-I didn't invite anyone" Kouichi told Izumi. His voice sounded a little panicked because he didn't want to argue with Izumi again. He's been doing that enough these past few days.
"Then why won't you tell her to leave you alone?" Izumi asked slowly raising her voice with each word "You don't care if she hugs you or kisses you!"
"I don't!" Kouichi exclaimed "I mean.. yes I do mind"
"If you like her so much then stay with her. I can take care of myself!" Izumi yelled "Just take care of your little spoiled princess" She walked past Kouichi and Gary and between Tomiko and Kouji heading for the forest.
"I know you can Izumi!" Kouichi said facing her and slowly walking forward "I never said you couldn't. And She's not my anything!"
Izumi opened her mouth and raised her hands to argue but Kouichi placed his lips over her mouth. They continued to kiss, while Kouichi but his arms around her waist. Izumi's hands were on Kouichi's shoulders, where she could easily push him away, but she didn't The others stood there watching how Izumi and Kouichi argument turned into a kiss. Andrea sighed. "This is a weird turn of events" Maria looked angry.
Their kiss was short, but the moment it broke Izumi slapped Kouichi. "huh?" Kouichi was in bewilderment. The others looked just as confused for Izumi's sudden change. "Don't kiss me ever again!" Izumi yelled before running off toward the forest. Kouichi looked at Kouji and asked confused "Didn't that look like she liked it?" Kouji sighed while Takuya and Gary were laughing. Andrea and Tomiko shook their heads. Maria looked happy. Kouichi looked at the others even more confused.
"Oh ignore her Kouichi!" Maria said. She ran between Tomiko and Kouji.."You alway have m-" Both of them grabbed her arms to prevent her from going anywhere
"Where do you think you're going?"Tomiko asked in a cold tone
"Leave Kouichi alone. Before I make sure you're dead" Kouji said in the same tone if not colder. Kouichi ignored Maria and went after Izumi.
"Let me go" Maria said struggling "Kouichi told me he wanted me to come too! Let me go see him, now! Tell him to tell you! Kouichi wants me around too!"
"Tomiko, Kouji, let go of her" Andrea said quietly. Tomiko glared at both Maria and Andrea. Andrea was behind Maria. Kouji ignored her.
"For what? So she can cause more trouble?" Tomiko asked
Kouji released Maria when he noticed that Kouichi managed to catch Izumi before she got too deep into the forest. You could barely see them but they were in sight.
"Why would she follow?" Izumi asked Kouichi. "Someone must have told her to follow! And You had to be the one who told her. How would she know we were going to leave? Where we were going to take the trailmon? You told her!"
"I, Izumi, I have no idea what she's talking about or how she knew!" Kouichi said. Izumi walked away ignoring Kouichi. "Izumi, what, where are you going? Izumi it's dangerous to go though. Izumi. Come back" Seeing that Kouichi was walking behind her, Izumi ran deeper into the forest. Kouichi followed.
Tomiko still refused to let go of Maria. Andrea glared right back at Tomiko
"I Said Let Go Of Maria, Now!" Andrea said in an angry, commanding tone. She knew that Tomiko would listen to her if she spoke in that tone. Tomiko let go of Maria suddenly that Maria almost fell backwards. Gary, who was behind her, caught her and helped her stand up straight. Maria looked at Gary like as if he was some kind of bug or something and pulled her arm away from his hand. 'So this is the girl that they were talking about yesterday. She looks like the kind who's used to getting what she wants when she wants it'
"Kou-Kouji?" Tomiko looked around to see Kouji and Takuya heading toward the forest. "Kouji!"
"Takuya!" Andrea began running after them with Tomiko. They all noticed that Kouichi was far ahead and barely noticeable. There was also no sight of Izumi. "Kouichi!" Maria ran after Andrea and Tomiko. Gary also followed. "Hey, Wait for me!"
Izumi ran though the trees and Kouichi was still following. "Izumi!"
"Go Away Kouichi!" Izumi yelled from ahead. "Leave me alone!"
"Kouichi!" Kouji yelled ahead trying to find his brother. He had no idea of where he was going but knew his brother was not far ahead since he heard both Kouichi's and Izumi's voices. Takuya ran ahead of Kouji and was close behind Kouichi. The deeper they got into the forest, the dark it got, despite the fact that it was late morning and the sun was suppose to be above them now.
"Kouji!" Tomiko yelled looking for her boyfriend. Maria and Andrea were on either side of her yelling out Kouichi's and Takuya's names. After a few moments of standing in with only trees around they head some noises from far away. "Izumi!" They heard Kouichi yell. The four kids ran forward. They soon found Kouji and Takuya walking back. But Kouichi and Izumi were nowhere to be seen. "where are they?" Gary asked
"Ah... leave them" Takuya said "They know where to go"
"yeah, they can take care of themselves" Kouji said
"Are.. are you sure?" Andrea asked
"yeah, they've been here before" Takuya said "Now lets go"
"But-But what about Kouichi?" Maria asked
"What about him?" Kouji asked curious to know what maria who reply.
"what if, what if he gets hurt of something?" Maria asked
"Izumi won't hurt him too badly" Takuya said laughing. "We spoke to Kouichi, when we caught up with him, He's going to look for Izumi and meet us at the castle"
"Castle?" Andrea, Gary and Maria exclaimed
"Yup" Tomiko smiled "It's cool, wait until you see it!"
"Are we going to meet a prince?" Maria asked "Is he cute?"
"Er... no" Tomiko sweat dropped
Near Seraphimon's castle
After a few hours of walking, they arrived at Seraphimon's castle. They were all tired and in Maria's case worried about Kouichi.
"I thought you said it was a short distance away" Maria said to Takuya
"I did" Takuya replied
"That's short?" Maria asked
"Yeah" Takuya answered. "We're going to start doing a whole lot of walking and running starting tomorrow"
"What?" Maria Exclaimed then noticed the doors opening as they got closer
"Takuya!" A little boy with an orange shirt and tan brown pants ran out. He ran out and practically tackled Takuya. Takuya landed on the dirt sat up and looked down to see who had tackled him. "Onii-chan, I missed you!" Takuya's eyes widened in surprised to who it was. "Shinya!" He hugged the younger boy. "What are you doing here buddy?"
"I came with Katsuharu and the others!" Shinya replied happily. He stood up and held his hand out to help his older brother get up.
"Whoa you mean you're one of us?" Takuya asked taking Shinya's hand
"Yup" Shinya smiled. Takuya was dusting off as much dirt as he could. "but I can't change into a Digimon yet"
"Tomiko!" little Calumon flew out and landed on Tomiko's head. Tomiko laughed taking Calumon off of her head. Calumon started laughing when Tomiko began to tickle him with one hand. Calumon flew away toward Kouji and hid behind him. "Hi Calumon" Kouji said looking down at Calumon hid under his arm. "Kouji!" Calumon held onto his arm tightly as Tomiko approached slowly "Don't let him get away" Tomiko said. Calumon flew around Kouji with Tomiko behind him. Calumon flew above and sat on Tomiko's head. Tomiko frowned and crossed her arms. Kouji and Calumon laughed.
"Where's Kouichi?" Calumon asked Kouji "Aw... and Izumi's not here either" His ears got smaller and he looked sad.
"They should be here soon" Andrea replied
"Who are you?" Calumon asked curiously.
"I am Andrea, that's Gary and that's Maria" Andrea said pointing to herself then Gary then Maria.
"oh.. I am Calumon!" Calumon said smiling. "Are you friends with Tomiko and Kouji?"
"Yeah" Andrea replied smiling
"Since when do stuff toys talk?" Maria asked looking at Calumon
"He's not a toy, He's a digimon" Andrea said "Right?"
"Yup" Tomiko and Calumon nodded laughing.
"Looks like it's going to rain" Gary said suddenly looking at some distant dark.
"Looks like you're right" Takuya said
"Hope Kouichi comes back soon" Kouji muttered.
"Why don't you come in?" Shinya asked.
"Finally!" Maria shouted. Everyone looked at her. "A Good Idea!"
Takuya followed Shinya in followed by Gary, Andrea and Maria. Kouji and Tomiko stood outside.
"You okay?" kouji asked "You were very quiet on our way here"
"Yeah" Tomiko replied quietly
"You could make it sound more convincing" Kouji muttered
"Sorry" Tomiko mumbled "I get the feeling something's not right"
"We're here to fix whatever's not right" Kouji said
"I know" Tomiko said "but suddenly I'm missing my sister so much, I hope she's alright"
"She's in the real world, of course she's fine" Kouji said "Be worried if she was in this world" Kouji put a funny 'scary face' and held his arms up with his hands hanging. "All the scary digimon would scare her, with their attacks"
Tomiko laughed. "Yeah"
Few Minutes Later
They all sat around a fireplace. They're was teapot with light smoke coming out of the sprout. Nearby there was also a jug of water. The cups and teacups were upside down all around the edge of the table but not far enough for them to fall. Only so they were in reach of the people sitting around the table. The children sat around the table, their jackets were all in a pile in a corner of the room. After a few more minutes, lighting lit up the sky. "See, I told you it was going to rain" Gary said looking out the window.
"How did you know?" Shinya asked
"The clouds?" Gary replied
"oh..." Shinya sipped his tea lightly. Apparently it was too hot for him because he quickly withdrew the teacup from his mouth and stuck his tongue out. He waved his hand back and forth in front of his mouth.
"Where are the others?" Takuya asked setting his cup of water on the table "Ophanimon, Seraphimon, Sorcermon?"
"They left a week ago" Shinya replied when he stopped "To Ophanimon's castle"
"All of them?" Kouji asked surprised
"Yea " Shinya said "Only Seraphimon, Sorcermon, Calumon and I stayed"
"Why?" Tomiko asked.
"Where are they?" Andrea asked
"Sorcermon found out more stuff about the ceremony thing and they left to do some research at Ophanimon's library"
"Wait, So they ALL left to do research, what about this place?" Kouji asked "Doesn't it have a library too?"
"The Library at Ophanimon's castle is bigger" Takuya reminded him. "it's more of a library then a Castle"
"Where's Seraphimon and Sorcermon?" Tomiko reasked Andrea's question
"They took him!" Calumon said "Those mean Digimon took him!"
"You mean this place got attacked?" Kouji asked
"Yeah" Shinya said "Come!"
Shinya got up and ran out the room. Takuya and the others looked at each other before running out after him. When they were outside the door, Shinya was down a hall. When they caught up with him, he grab a fire lamp and took out matches from a room.
"Where did you get that?" Takuya asked
"Katsuharu left it here, that was his room" Shinya replied "We'll need this because there's no light in the next rooms" They walked down a long corridor that ended in a room. One of the walls had an entrance to a different room. They headed for the other room. It was a big room that Kouji recognized quickly, when Shinya held the lamp ahead. "Isn't this the dinning room?" Kouji asked looking around.
"Yeah" Shinya replied. The walls had cracks in it and parts of the wall and ceiling were hanging or on the floor. The table and chairs was covered in a glittery white dust. Shinya took them to the other side of the room, he put his hand in his pocket to take out a white and dark red D-tector. Ten symbols were scribed in a circle. Inside the circle there were five more symbols in a smaller circle.
"What's all this say?" Maria asked Tomiko
"How the hell am I suppose to know?" Tomiko asked
"Um... You are living in Japan now" Andrea reminded her "It could be written in Japanese"
"Or it could be written in Chinese" Tomiko replied
"So you can't read this?" Maria asked looking the writing
"No" Tomiko replied coldly
"And I thought you knew how to read Japanese" Kouji said
"I do"
"That's written in Japanese" Takuya stated.
"It is?" Tomiko blinked. Gary was behind her laughing. Tomiko took another look and still couldn't understand it. "Will you shut up Gary" Gary shook his head no. "Are you sure Takuya?"
"Yeah"
"It's written in Kanji" Kouji stated
"Well Sorry If I can't read Kanji" Tomiko said crossing her arms and looking away, with her back toward everyone else "I only know Hiragana and Katakana"
"So you don't know how to read in Japanese" Maria said
"A little. Enough to pass some of my classes. but not enough to pass japanese." Tomiko said turning her head to look at Kouji then asked "What does it say anyways"
Kouji placed his finger on the kanji on the outside circle and moved it counter clock wise "Fire, Light, Wind, Thunder, Ice, Darkness, Ground, Steel, Wood, Water" His finger ended up on fire again. Then he slid his finger down to the smaller circle and moved it clock wise "Nature, Loneliness, Faith, Hope, Energy" Again his finger ended up on the first Kanji. "Loneliness" Tomiko mumbled looking at the kanji that represented her spirit up close. "I'll remember that"
"Need to study more Tomi-chan" Gary said
"Will you shut the fuck up" Tomiko snapped "I've only lived there for two damn weeks, you can't seriously expect me to know everything"
"Watch your mouth! Don't talk to me in that language!" Gary yelled "I'm older then you, learn to respect your elders."
"Elders are old people, not you. You're three years older!!" Tomiko yelled back "Unless you consider yourself an old man"
"No" Gary replied
"then shut up" Tomiko said
Kouji looked surprised by Tomiko's sudden mood swing. 'I hope that's not often' then he turned around when he heard Andrea mutter "There's something bothering her. Wonder what it is" Kouji turned back to Tomiko and saw her with her arms crossed. Gary seemed calm again. Once Tomiko and Gary stopped arguing Takuya spoke up "Do you have a spirit?" Shinya shook is head "no" Shinya pointed it at the kanji of Energy with his d-tector. A door appeared and there was a secret room. From this room you could see outside. The rain was pouring over parts of the wall that were barely standing. Maria bended down to pick a part of what was the wall. It had some mud over it, and for the first time in a long time, she didn't seem to mind.
"Is this some kind of gem?" She asked holding it up so the lamb was on the other side of the rock. It was glittery and looked different colors from different angles. "It's so pretty! Can I keep it?"
"Sure" Takuya replied "It part of the wall"
"This castle is made of this!?" Maria exclaimed
"Yeah" Calumon replied "It's nicer without all the mud"
"How did this all happen?" Andrea asked quietly
"This Digimon came and fought with Seraphimon, She for the H-spirits here" Calumon said quietly
"And what spirits are they?" Takuya asked
"Nature" Shinya said "and Faith"
Calumon said "We kept it well hidden"
"Ophanimon took the b-spirits of nature and faith" Shinya added "they're at her castle"
"You stayed here, alone, with Calumon and without your spirit hiding two other spirits?" Kouji asked "And what do you mean they took Seraphimon? Why does Ophanimon have the b-spirit?"
"Seraphimon turned to an digi-egg!" Calumon said in his childish and yet panicked tone. "And they took it"
Takuya and Kouji looked at each other thinking 'again?'
"And ophanimon took the spirits because Sorcermon said that the bad guys were planning to attack both castles" Shinya added More lighting and thunder came along with the pouring rain. Takuya looked at the damage done. It was easy to tell that the room Shinya had opened was a big room, a very big room that looked very familiar. You could also tell that the rooms that had been on the around the room was on the ground too.
Suddenly Takuya's eyes widened and looked around again before turning to Kouji. "Kouji you remember this room, don't you?" Kouji looked around at again and shook his head no. "Kouji, the room Seraphimon was in. When we first saw him. He was up there!" Takuya pointed at the sky "And Sorcermon let us out when the four evil spirits attacked us!" Kouji looked around again "Takuya are you sure?"
"Yes" Takuya replied running into the rain over the rocks, stones, pipes and other things. "See Trailmon tracks" Takuya said standing at the edge of a cliff.
"Takuya be careful!" Andrea yelled
"Kouji, look their broken!" Takuya exclaimed "But they were here!"
"You're right" Kouji admitted muttering.
"Come out of the rain!" Andrea shouted "You're going to catch a could"
"Yeah" Takuya said running back. He slipped and kicked some mud up on Maria.
"Takuya!" Maria yelled "I have my clothes all dirty now!"
"Oh be quiet" Andrea said stepping out to the rain to help Takuya get up
"Lets go back to the fire" Shinya suggested. Maria was frowning. They stopped between the two halls. "That one over there" Shinya pointed at the dark one they had seen earlier. "was where your rooms were" Shinya walked a little into it "But it's not in any good conditions" Like the other room, the hall was mess. Statues and other things were on the floor broken. The walls had cracks in it too. "So we'll sleep some where different" Shinya took them back to the living room with the fire.
Living room
Shinya blow out the fire lamp when they were a little away from the living room. Once inside the room. They were quiet for a few minutes. Maria was standing with her arms crossed, looking like she was ready to kill Takuya. Her favorite pants were cover in mud. So were her new boots.
"Damn Shinya, You know this place well" Tomiko stated suddenly Shinya looked up at her and smiled "Yeah"
The room stayed silent for a few more minutes. Another loud sound of thunder was heard Followed by a flash lighting that lit the room up again. The rain pouring onto the windows. They're was a knock on the front doors of the castle. They all looked at each other wondering who it was. Takuya held his D-tector in his hand and quietly walked out of the room. Kouji also followed with Tomiko close behind.
She whispered in Kouji's ear "if it's an enemy, why would it knock on the front door?" Kouji thought for a moment and noticed Tomiko was right. What kind of Digimon would knock on the door to attack? The others stayed sitting down. Takuya opened the door and looked outside to find a wet Kouichi and Izumi shivering. Takuya sighed in relief. "You guys are soaking" Tomiko said once the pair entered. Andrea and Kouji opened her bag and offered Izumi and Kouichi some dry cloths. Maria looked angry at the fact that Andrea offered Izumi clothes but not her. Tomiko sighed she had clothes but didn't want to give it to Maria. She decided that it was better to let Maria walk though the castle without leaving a trail of muddy tracks. "here Maria. If it fits then it's your lucky day" Maria looked at it and asked "You don't have a skirt instead do you?" Tomiko frowned "It's the only damn thing I have. You should've brought you're own clothes. Are you going to take it or not?"
"I'll take it" Maria said smiling a fake smile 'only because I have no other choice' Shinya offered to take them to their rooms. They all got up and followed Shinya. Shinya took them upstairs. They went down a light corridor. At the end of the hall they made a right which lead to a completely different hall of bedrooms.
"These rooms aren't the best" Shinya said "But you'll be dry"
"Hey Takuya" Gary said.
"yeah, buddy?" Takuya asked while each person picked a room
"If there was a fight, wouldn't they take your brother?" Gary asked. The hall was now empty. Takuya thought about it for a moment "You said that the 'bad' guys were going to be after us. If he's on of us, how did he get away?"
"Give the kid a break" Takuya said "we'll ask him later"
Gary nodded in agreement. "Should we take the rooms near the beginning of the hall?"
"yeah" Takuya said taking the room to their right while Gary took the one to their left. Shinya took the lamp up the stairs saying that they might need it again later because half of the castle didn't have light
Later in the evening
The Chosen children were in either their rooms or in their friend's room. Each of them had left their bags and jackets in their rooms Izumi still refused to talk to Kouichi. Maria wanted to see Kouichi but Andrea didn't let her leave her room
Kouji and Kouichi
Kouichi changed into Kouji's extra clothes and was glad they both had not only the same size in clothes but the liked same things too. Kouichi would've worn what he brought but his backpack had been completely soaked inside and out. Kouji was in Kouichi room explaining why the castle was abandoned and sorting another thing too
"Oh okay, I get it" Kouichi said "I'm surprised Shinya didn't get caught or anything"
"yeah, well he's not dumb" Kouji replied "Though I don't think he would've lasted as long as we did alone"
"yeah" Kouichi answered
"So Kouichi Why did you tell Maria to follow?" Kouji asked "You know you do have a girlfriend, right?"
"Kouji, I don't like Maria. I didn't tell her to follow. Kouji, I swear I didn't tell her!" Kouichi was pacing back and forth. He looked up at his brother when he finished talking. Kouji looked back at him. Their eyes looked into the other's identical eyes. Kouichi could tell that his brother was trying hard to believe him, but what made it difficult was that Maria was insisting that she wasn't lying. Kouji could tell that Kouichi was very upset with the whole ordeal. Kouichi wanted Kouji and Izumi to believe him, the others too but Kouji and Izumi because those were the closest to him. His brother and the girl he was in love with.
At the same time- Tomiko, Calumon, Izumi
Izumi wore Andrea's clothes. The fit her well. Luckly they had been the same size. The shirt was a white and tight. It showed her belly too. Something both Tomiko and Izumi thought would surprise Kouichi when they saw each other. Izumi hadn't wore that kind of shirt since their last adventure. Tomiko and Calumon was explaining the same things as Kouji to Izumi in her room.
"So Shinya's been here alone for almost a week" Izumi asked brushing her hair. Tomiko and Calumon were on her bed while she was in front of the mirror.
"I was here too" Calumon reminded her
"Yeah" Tomiko replied "And don't be mad with Kouichi, I'm sure Maria is lyi-"
"Don't say her name" Izumi muttered
"Oh.. sorry" Tomiko mumbled then spoke in her normal voice again "But really, She lying. There's not way Kouichi would tell Maria-"
"I said don't say her name!" Izumi said turning around to face Tomiko
"um.. Sorry" Tomiko said frowning.
"But Andrea!" Maria's voice was heard in the room "I'm Not Lying!"
"Does her room HAVE to be next to mine?" Izumi asked walking to the other side of the room to look though an old book shelf.
"..." Tomiko and Calumon silently looked at each other.
At the same time- Andrea and Maria
Maria had changed into Tomiko's pants and had to admit they were comfy. It would have been better if she had a skirt but she didn't. It was still better then walking around in muddy clothes. Now she wished she could go see Kouichi. Andrea stood with her body against the door.
"Andrea!" Maria shouted for the third time."Let me go out, I want to see Kouichi!"
"No Maria you're staying here!" Andrea replied in a calmer and yet commanding tone.
"But how is he?" Maria asked
"He's fine. If either Kouichi or Izumi get a cold, it's going to be your fault" Andrea said 'I don't think anyone brought any medicine for a cold'
"Who cares if Izumi gets a cold I want to see Kouichi!" Maria replied
"No Maria, Why did you come?" Andrea asked
"I came because Kouichi told me to!" Maria insisted
"Stop lying, tell me the truth!" Andrea ordered "I want the truth"
"I am telling the truth" Maria replied
"you're not going anywhere until you tell me the truth" Andrea said calmly crossing her arms and closing her eyes.
"BUT ANDREA!" Maria yelled "I'M NOT LYING!"
Andrea's hands flew to her ears covering them."Will you stop yelling if you're not lying then when did he ask you?When did he asked you?"
"Before he kissed me" Maria blushed
"You mean when you kissed him in front of Izumi" Andrea corrected
"No. He kissed me" Maria frowned "He told me he wished I would come too"
Andrea watched Maria mouthopen 'There is no way Kouichi told her that' "So if I asked Kouichi if he really said that he'll say yes" Maria nodded. Andrea shook her head 'I'll believe it when Kouichi tells me it's true'
At the same time- Takuya, Gary and Shinya
Takuya was in Gary's room with Shinya.
"So what was this Digimon like" Takuya asked
"She looked like a person, with long white hair" Shinya said with his eyes shut trying hard to remember. "She was also all black. Her clothes were black" Shinya opened his eyes to find Takuya and Gary looking at him confused.
"That's it?" Gary asked
"Yea" Shinya said
"You're not very descriptive are you?" Gary asked "so you know it?"
"No" Takuya shook his head. He answered both questions
"She grabbed Sorcermon with this long claw. Her nails were long and red" Shinya added. looking at her brother to see if it helped but could tell that it didn't.
"She came alone?" Takuya asked
"No, she was with another Digimon. It was like an elephant genie" Shinya said
"Elephant Genie?" Takuya and Gary asked in unison
"Yea" Shinya nodded."and so ghost-looking digimon too" Takuya sighed in defeat. He couldn't figure out who the Digimon were
"What about the other person that was suppose to come?" Gary asked "Are they with at the other castle?"
"Oh.. Um.. I don't know what happened but that person didn't come" Shinya said "Katsuharu said that he was worried about your reactions when you find out that they lost her"
"Lost!?" Takuya asked
"It's a girl?" Gary asked
"Yeah" Shinya answered both questions at the same time
At that moment. The lights went out and a came back on. The floor shook a little before the lights went out again then came back. Kouji and Kouichi looked at each other surprised and opened the door looking into the hall. They didn't bother to look at what had fallen or broken in the room.
Calumon held onto Tomiko really tightly scared. Izumi put her hands against the bookshelf she was looking at because it was tilted over her when the floor shook. The books were scattered around Izumi. Tomiko stood up from the bed and Calumon flew off. After they put it against the wall, which was quick, they went to the hall.
Andrea looked at Maria. Both of them were scared. Andrea knew what it could be, and Maria had an idea since she had saw the part of the castle was destroyed. Maria ran over to Andrea who had opened the door and saw as the others also in the hall.
Shinya lunged himself toward his brother. Since he got Takuya by surprise, he fell backwards off the bed. Gary looked around as some stuff fell off some shelves then got off the bed to help Takuya and Shinya get up.
All of teenagers looked at each other confused before the ground shook again and the lights went out again. This time it didn't come back. At the end of the hall the wall was made of glass. lighting lit up the hall only from a moment. "Was that an earthquake?" Takuya asked
"Don't think so" Kouichi said
"Do you think it's the rain?" Maria asked
"No" Kouji replied "A little rain wouldn't do anything to this place. It was made to protect whoever or whatever is in here" then pointed out "it's not even raining anymore" The hall was quiet and the only noise was the light rain and the whispering in the hall. "Do you all have your D-tector?"Takuya looked behind him to see the others (except Maria, of course) nod. Shinya tugged on his brother's arm.
They followed Shinya down a completely new hall with no doors anywhere that ended in no where. Once again he took out his D-tector. He looked at the two circles that had the kanji on it. He pointed at his own and open a new door. Shinya once again lit up the lamp with matches he kept in his pant's pocket. They went down even more stairs that looked like they were on the walls of a tower. After walking for a few minutes Gary spoke up "They're someone in the castle, where are we going now?"
"They want the H-spirits here" Shinya said "Sorcermon brought me here to hide when the castle got attacked before. He said go to the bottom without a sound and don't touch anything"
"I'm getting tired" Maria complained
"Sit down" Izumi said "And while you're at it you can wait for the digimon to come and get you"
"Um.. No thanks" Maria mumbled "I'm not that tired"
When they reached the bottom, Shinya and the others saw a round table with two glowing spirits. One looked like an angel. And the other one looked like a dinosaur. Gary and Andrea took out their D-tectors as it glowed and held it out to the spirits in front of them. The spirits went into the d-tectors. The angel-like spirit into Andrea's and the Dinosaur-like spirit into Gary's. They all heard laughing from above.
"Come out, Come out" A woman's voice said. Shinya clutched onto Takuya's arm "I know you're here. There's no point in hiding. Come out and tell me where your little friends are"
"that- that's her, Takuya" Shinya said. His voice was shaking and he was shivering. "That's the one who- who attacked Seraphimon"
"You can't stay hiding forever" The voice said "You don't have you're friends or your spirit, just surrender, I know you're here there's no use hiding. You got away before but this time you won't be so lucky"
Maria was shaking and holding onto Andrea's arm tightly. "let go" Andrea said
"No, Andrea, I'm scared" Maria muttered.
Takuya inhaled then exhaled slowly. He looked at Gary and lightly nodded toward Shinya. Gary nodded. "Shinya" Takuya said quietly. Shinya looked at him scared "Stay with Gary, got it buddy? it's going to be okay" Shinya nodded before going to Gary's side.
"Andrea!" Tomiko whispered urgently. She motioned her to get closer then nodded toward her cousin. "Calumon, stick to my friends. okay?" Tomiko asked quietly. "yeah" Calumon nodded. "Go out as soon as you can" Takuya said. "We'll distract them and you go out" Gary nodded.
"Someone should go with them" Kouichi suggested "There could be more outside"
"I'll go" Tomiko said
"No I will" Izumi said . "If there are any outside, it'll get hard to watch all five of them, ready?"
"yeah" Takuya and the others who do have a spirit said
"Execute! Spirit evolution!" Takuya, Kouji, Izumi and Kouichi said together.
"Execute! Celestial spirit evolution!" Tomiko called out.
Gary, Andrea, Maria, Shinya and Calumon covered their eyes because of the bright light that appeared a circled the other five. They backed toward the end of the walls since they, in their Digimon forms, were bigger and because The Digimon was going to leave first to fight. Maria and Gary gasped when they saw the Digimon.
"Agunimon, Lobomon" A dragon/human and wolf looking Digimon appeared.
"Kazemon, Lowemon" A human with wings and feathers appeared next to a giant black lion
"Renamon" A yellow fox said.
Once again the tower was dark because the spirit evolutions were done. The four humans and the small Digimon gasped. A tall lady all in black and long white hair stood in the middle of the air. The stairs was blocked. She smirked and had her left hand hanging on her side and her right hand on her hip. Her left arm was longer then her right one. The left hand was also bigger. The fingers were red on that hand. She was leaning on her right foot. She had most of her face covered. Her eyes were red too. Around her she had chains. and black fallen wings. Floating around her were four smaller digimon. These looked like white ghost with eerie black eyes and all of it's teeth were shown,
She laughed a little seeing the Digimon at the bottom of the tower. "I see you got your friends to come, didn't you" she looked at Shinya. "Let me introduce myself" She said in a wicked tone "I'm LadyDevimon, these are my servants Bakemon. I serve Lucemon only. And he will be back!"
She reached out toward Shinya and the others. KaiserLeomon jumped forward and bit LadyDevimon's arm. She swung her
"Diamond storm" Renamon attacked.
"Tempest twist" Kazemon also attacked
The Bakemon swiftly went past the Digimon and after the four humans behind them. Gary grabbed Shinya's hand pulling him past the Bakemon and heading for the stairs. The Bakemon turned around and looked at them running for a moment before following them. Shinya followed Gary with his eyes tightly shut in fear. "ah..." Maria began to yell when on of them picked her up from the floor. "Maria!" Andrea gasped pulled her down by her hand "Andrea, lets go!" Gary shouted a Bakemon appeared in front of him. Shinya hid behind him and Gary closed his eyes when he saw one of the Bakemon get closer. Another Bakemon was behind Shinya. Gary pushed Shinya into the wall and stood infront of him. The two bakemon were getting closer.
"Hurricane Wave" Kazemon attacked the bakemon in front taking it's barcode. "Go, get out!"
Gary looked behind Kazemon and saw the other Bakemon disappeared. Two of the Bakemon were attacking Maria and Andrea. 'Wasn't there four?' Gary wondered. 'Where did the last one go?' Deciding to listen to Kazemon, he headed for the stairs.
"Diamond storm!" Renamon said once again throwing shards of glass toward the Bakemon that was holding Maria. Maria fell on top of Andrea and Calumon, "Get off. get off" Calumon barely said. "Yeah, you';re heavy!"" Andrea yelled. Maria got up and was going up the stairs before Andrea and Calumon were up from the ground. The Bakemon Renamon had attacked turned to a barcode that she scanned. Andrea, Calumon quickly caught up with Maria. The other Bakemon went after them. Renamon jumped the steps to reach them. Kazemon was looking for the fourth one but couldn't find it. Instead she flew up to the top to make sure there weren't more digimon up there waiting for them.
Gary and Shinya quickly ran up the stairs as fast as they could. Not far behind Andrea and Maria were running too. Calumon was in a little ahead of Andrea flying.
"If you have on of those spirit things fight!" Maria yelled
"Sure okay, and Leave you alone" Andrea panted "Great idea!"
"On second thought stay" Maria said gasping for air since she was getting tired
"Burning Salamander!" Agunimon threw a fire attack toward LadyDevimon
"Darkness wave" LadyDevimon's attack met Agunimon's canceling each other.
"Final Meteor" Lowemon attacked the moment the other two attacks cleared away. His attack hit LadyDevimon off guard.
"Evil Wing!" LadyDevimon threw her attack toward Lowemon. Lowemon While LadyDevimon was concentrating on Agunimon and Lowemon, Lobomon had gone behind LadyDevimon
"Lobo Kendo" Lobomon said taking LadyDevimon by surprised.
Gary was running up the stairs with Shinya holding his hand. He stopped suddenly finding himself facing the four Bakemon face to face. Shinya hadn't noticed and bumped into Gary pushing him right into the Digimon. Shinya dropped the lamp he had been holding causing it to fall all the way to the bottom, on top of what seemed to be a bookshelf or table, he couldn't tell because they were too high up. The ghost Digimon grabbed Gary. "Run!" Gary yelled at Shinya. He put something into Shinya's hand before Andrea passed. He looked down but didn't see it because at that moment Andrea grabbed him "Yeah!" Andrea agreed with Gary. They passes Gary and Bakemon Shinya kept looking down and noticed some of the books and/or paper on fire. Behind Andrea was another Bakemon. Shinya slipped the object into his pocket so he wouldn't lose it. Maria and Calumon were between them and the Bakemon. Kazemon attacked the Bakemon chasing them. "Diamond storm" Renamon attacked the Bakemon holding her cousin. But before the attack hit the Bakemon disappeared in thin air. They heard the attacks hitting the walls at the bottom and saw smoke everywhere.
"I'm out of here!" LadyDevimon said. Her voice echoed though out the tower. A bunch of black smoke appeared filling most of the tower. "But first.."
Andrea, Shinya, Maria and Calumon began to cough with their eyes shut, slowly going to the top. Renamon's and Kazemon's eyes couldn't see a thing either.
"Darkness wave!" LadyDevimon attacked. Obviously it hit because there was yells of being hit, coming from below.
"Burning Salamander!" Burninggreymon shouted.
"Final Meteor" Lowemon attacked at the same time as Takuya
"Howling Laser!" Lobomon seemed to have joined his attack with his brother's and Takuya's. Renamon and Kazemon wondered if from down there they could see their enemy because from above you couldn't. Though smoke they could see something flying they're way. LadyDevimon flew out of the smoke and smirked below. "Darkness wave!" She sent the attack in a way so it hit everything and everyone below.
"Hurricane wind!" Kazemon attacked
"Diamond storm" Renamon's attack hit just after Kazemon's. their attacked didn't seem to do much damage.
"I'm out of here" LadyDevimon said. "For now!"Her voice echoed though out the tower. A bunch of black smoke appeared filling the part that didn't have smoke.
Andrea, Shinya, Maria and Calumon began to cough with their eyes shut, slowly going to the top. Renamon's and Kazemon's eyes couldn't see a thing. "Let me go!" They heard Shinya yelling "Please don't let go of me!"
"I won't" Andrea said Ladydevimon was trying to take Shinya away but Kazemon was holding and pulling him. Shinya slipped from Kazemon's grip but at that moment Agunimon, Lobomon and Lowemon appeared though the smoke. Agunimon attacked LadyDevimon. "Burning Salamander" a second after Lobomon leaped forward to take Shinya out of her hands. Lowemon attacked from behind LadyDevimon "Final Meteor"
"I'll be back!" They heard LadyDevimon say. Her voice was above them which meant that their attacks were going to hit eachother. Agunimon and Lowemon saw the other's attack in time to jump out of the way. When the attacks hit the walls Lobomon, Renamon, and Kazemon were above with Andrea, Maria and Calumon. The digimon turned back to humans. Takuya and Kouichi ran farther up, feeling the stairs ready to collapse.
Few minutes later
They were all in front of the entrance with nothing but they're D-tector in their hands or pockets. The rain wasn't as bad as it had been. "I don't think the castle is in any condition for us to stay in" Kouji stated. When they ran out the hall where their stuff was in was also falling apart.
"Yeah" Takuya agreed
"There's someone missing" Kouichi said looking around. "Did Gary get out"
"yea, and no" Tomiko replied. Everyone was looking at her "One of the Bakemon took him"
"That's right!" Shinya said remembering and sticking his hand into his pocket. Finally seeing what Gary had giving him. 'A D-tector? His D-tector'
"If they have him then they have his spirit too" Kouji said remembering that Andrea and Gary had gotten one of their spirits.
"yeah, it's just great. they have my cousin and one of the other kids" Tomiko mumbled "Not to mention their spirits"
"Yeah, I wonder who the last person was" Andrea said "You said that the bad digimon had two of the spirits"
"Yea" Izumi answered "The spirits of Hope and Energy"
"Um.. Tomiko" Shinya said quietly. Tomiko looked at the younger boy hold out a d-tector."Here. It's gary's" "What are you doing with that?" Takuya asked Shinya shrugged "He gave it to me" Then he smiled at Tomiko trying to cheer her up "Ganbatte Kudasai, we're the good guys and the good guys always win!"
"He's right. He also sounds like my own brother" Andrea said
"Yeah" Tomiko laughed a little holding the D-tector tightly in her hand "Where are we going now?"
"Ophanimon's to find the others" Takuya stated "So we go Uh... which way?"
"Oh Takuya do you have any idea of were we're going?" Andrea asked
"Uh.. no" Takuya admitted
"It's just south of here" Kouichi said "it's easier if we go though the forest south west and then east, we should get there in a week maybe two the latest"
"Can't we just go South" Maria asked
"yeah" Kouichi said "if you want to go over though a desert"
"And how long would it take then?" Maria asked
"if you're not dead yet about 4 days?" Kouichi replied
"How do you know?" Andrea asked
"Um..." Kouichi didn't want to go telling them about when he was Duskmon and he would be able to see all over the place from a cave on a high cliff. That was how he learned the easier and harder ways to get to places. "I just do"
"So then the long way it is!" Takuya said "Lets go!"
"I haven't slept since this morning" Maria yawned
The clouds were leaving and the moonlight was beginning to brake though the clouds. It was night already. Takuya pressed the buttons on his D-tector to see the time. "It's seven, fifteen. What time did we get here?"
"At the castle it was a little past noon" Shinya said
"Well we'll look for a new place for the night" Takuya said "We'll walk for a few hours if we find a good place to rest well stay there for the night" Takuya suggested walking on the path though the forest. Hearing no one complain he knew the rest of them were silently agreeing with him
end of chapter 17
LWF- sigh I proud of this chapter. I worked really hard on it. sorry it took so long to update. I'll try to update again before September gets here. School is so close! Please review. Tell me what you think of this chapter. Better or worse then my other chapters.
Cynthia- Thanks for the correction. I haven't seen Digimon is a while so there a lots of things I forgot. I've never thought about entering a contest and I'm not really interested in entering one. I only do this for fun whenever I get a chance I work on it. About the minor mistakes you mention, I'll try to keep an eye out for them
Saber Lightning- I'll try to work on my typing if you think that's what needs improvement though I think that I need to practice my spelling and grammar and other little things. I hope you liked it. I don't really care much about whether or not I'm on fav. list of other authors, it's nice, yeah, but I don't put to much importance in that. I'll work on my fic if there are people who like it and if there isn't well then I'll just stop. But I can tell there are people who like it and that encourages me to write more A few chapters ago, you said I needed to be more descriptive. I'm not good at it but I tried to be, is this one better?
To readers and reviewers- Thanks for reading, please review Hope you enjoyed!