Mathais: Hello everyone!
Chibi Jun: *pouts* You haven't used me in a while.
Chibi Tomoki: You've been downright ignoring me!!!
Jenrya: *places arms around Chibi Jun* He's been busy and it is school time.
Justin: Too busy writing a fic about me.
Chibis: *pouts ultra cute with wide eyes*
Three other boys: *covers eyes* Too cute!
Chibi Jun: *shrinks eyes* Mathais doesn't own Digimon Tamers, Digimon Frontier, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, or Power Rangers!
Chibi Tomoki: *shrinks eyes* There is mild shonen-ai in here, so if you don't like it, bug off!
Mathais: *ticks fingers* There will be pairings. / means actual pairing while + means unrequited.
Power Rangers: Tommy/Kat, Adam/Tanya, mentions of Billy/Trini
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Seiji/Shin, Ryo+Jun, Nasuti+Ryo
Digimon Tamers: Takato/Ruki, Juri+Takato, Hirokazu/Kenta, Ryo+Jenrya
Digimon Frontier: Takuya/Kouji, Yutaka/Kouichi, Junpei/Izumi, mentions of Bearmon/Kotemon, mild Shinya+Tomoki crush
Crossover: Jenrya/Jun, Justin/Tomoki, mild Shuichon+Tomoki crush, pending Shinya/Shuichon
Justin: Enjoy the fic!
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"We come from different worlds and have different Digital Worlds." Tomoki turned to the other boy.
"I think the Digital World's a constant..." Jenrya commented slowly. "It's just that different worlds have access to different sections of them."
"Probably... But why were we sent here?" Tomoki asked.
"We can tell you that." Jenrya and Tomoki turned.
In front of them were two beings. Spirits, if you prefer. One was a woman is a blue gown. She had a beautiful face with warm cerulean eyes. Her hair was a pale blue, flowing down her back to her waist. Her dress was embroidered with sapphires and aquamarines. The other spirit was a male in very regal clothing. He had short black hair and brown eyes, strong but soft. His shirt was yellow and his pants black, both sporting jewels of topaz and perriot.
"Who are you?" Jenrya asked, already on the defensive.
"My name is Jonathan." The man bowed deeply. "And this is my wife, Amy." The woman nodded.
"What are we doing here?" Jun asked the spirit in front of him.
This spirit was a female who wore orange breeches and a red tunic. Her fiery red hair was cut short at her neck and the spirit's eyes were a bright crimson. Her tunic had a lot of rubies as decorations and her breeches with sunstones.
"You are to release the powers of Wind, Fire, Earth, Water, Light, and Darkness." The red spirit, Lina, explained.
"Why us?" Justin raised an eyebrow. "I have a profession of helping to save my world and if I spend so much time here, I can't do my job there."
"We're getting to that." The other spirit, Alexander, snapped. This spirit was a man with long, blonde hair. His eyes were a green hue, nice and comforting to look at. His formal suit had emeralds and jade stones attached to it. "You pray to the Spirit of Wind, do you not Stewart Justin?"
The Power Ranger inclined his head. "I do."
"And do you to the Spirit of Fire, Yamano Jun?" Lina asked.
Jun nodded. "I do."
Alexander closed his eyes. "I am the Spirit of Wind."
"As I am the Spirit of Fire." Lina added.
"Eh?" Tomoki looked surprised as he gazed at Amy, whom he found out was the Spirit of Water.
"I'm sorry for any disrespect." The Green Tamer inclined his head toward Jonathan, the Spirit of Earth.
Jonathan smiled. "No need."
Tomoki shut his eyes and breathed deeply. "I mean no disrespect, but if you are the spirit I've prayed to, why can you not release these elements?"
Amy smiled sadly. "We spirits exist on a different plane of existence from yours. We are but a mere projection." The woman walked forward and reached one pale hand out. The Spirit Shinker of Ice tried to grasp it, but his hand clenched where her hand should be.
"I'm sorry." Tomoki lowered his head.
"No need." Amy smiled once more before retreating.
"How are we," Jenrya gestured to him and Tomoki, "supposed to liberate these places without any of our special powers and by ourselves?"
"You won't be by yourselves. There will be two others joining you." Jonathan answered tentatively.
"WHAT?" Jun just about screeched.
Justin smiled softly. "I'm betting they're the ones with survival skills, right?"
Alexander nodded. "They lived in worlds where they had to survive, dodging being killed at practically every turn."
"And how are we supposed to survive with no powers?" Jun asked, as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
"Simple." Lina held her hand out and a globe of fire appeared in it. The said globe flew out and slammed into Jun.
The boy gasped as warmth encompassed him. It spread all over him body, solidifying into armor. When Jun looked down, he nearly shouted in delight. He was in sub-armor much like Ryo's, only where there was white, there was orange. He also had white boots. "Awesome!" Across his back were two katanas and further inspection found that he could summon a laser pistol. Jun touched his forehead and found a headband there, a ruby in the center.
Alexander held his hand our next, a ball of wind inside of it. It floated over to Justin, surrounding him in its breath. The said boy closed his eyes as his clothing changed. Once he opened his eyes, he stared at his clothing. Justin's legs were covered in some sort of armored white spandex, with a green tunic of the same material. He wore boots of the purest white. Across his back, there was a long sword and by summoning them, Justin found two large blasters. Justin felt his neck, where a necklace with an emerald lay.
"Interesting." Jenrya murmured as he looked at his outfit. He had on a yellow chain mail, surprising light, and some brown shorts. His main weapons were two machineguns attached to his back. By clenching his fist and willing something there, the Tamer made a lance not unlike Dukemon's appeared over his hand. When Jenrya bent over (giving Tomoki a good look at his ass), he discovered topaz on ankle bands and black boots on his feet.
Tomoki grinned. His clothing consisted of blue torso armor, light but efficient. He also wore some sky-blue pants that went to his knees. Black boots covered his feet. Across his back, the Spirit Shinker of Ice could feel a gun, not unlike the one he used as Chakmon. Further experimentation could let him summon two hand axes. "Wow." As quick glance at his wrist showed bands with beautiful sapphires on them.
"If you ever feel the need to remove this form, focus on willing the clothing away and you'll revert to your normal clothing." Amy explained.
"When are we going to meet our teammates?" Jenrya asked, tugging on the black fingerless gloves he just noticed were there.
"Yeah." Tomoki asked, tugging on the same type of gloves on his own hands.
"Now." Jonathan smiled wistfully. "Remember. Release Wind, Fire, Earth, Water, Light, and Darkness."
With a wink, Tomoki and Jenrya disappeared.
(Mathais: Okay, if you were confused about this section, sorry. I was trying out this explanation thing I saw in Kingdom Hearts where two scenes were happening at the exact same time, explaining the same thing. All the reactions are as if everything that was said were at least kind of like what happened in the other room. Transitioning smoothly. I hope I didn't make people too confused. -_-')
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Both groups landed in a grove of grass inside a ring of trees.
"Himi Tomoki." The Spirit Shinker of Ice was first to break the silence, sticking out his hand.
"Justin Stewart." The Blue Ranger smiled and stuck out one white-gloved hand also, blushing at the same time. God, he's so cute!
"Yamano Jun." The kid of the Samurai Troopers held out his hand, covered in white fingerless gloves.
"Lee Jenrya." The tallest boy there took the handshake, also thinking along the same lines for Jun as Justin did for Tomoki.
"Should we keep moving or just plain wait here?" Jun asked the two with survival skills.
"Wind, Fire, Earth, Water, Light, Darkness..." Jenrya muttered, closing his eyes.
Justin also closed his eyes, but when they opened, they were a silver color with a kind of glazed look to them. "Wind in the North, Fire to the West, Earth to the South, Water to the East, Light up high, Darkness down below." With a blink, Justin shook his head, slightly dazed, but he had his normal brown eyes back. "What was that?"
"That helped us a lot!" Tomoki grinned and Justin felt red flood his face.
"We should move." Jenrya looked to the sky. "Sun's directly overhead." The boy looked to the ground. "Next to no shadows, but it's definitely afternoon."
"Then we should held North." Tomoki exclaimed. "Wind should be first since it was mentioned first. If Wind's to the north, then we head that way!" He pointed in a direction.
"All right. We rest at nightfall. Keep your weapons ready, we don't know what's out there."
"We'll have to keep guards." Tomoki said as an afterthought as they were moving. "Last time my group didn't, I ended up possessed and fought my friends with a sharp stick and my Digimon form."
Jun and Justin shared a look. "Digimon?"
"Digital creatures that inhabit another realm." Jenrya said in a matter-of-fact tone. "My dad said that his team created digimon, but I really don't agree somehow. I think his group altered my world's version of the Digital World to become a wasteland where the strong survive and the weak perish. The Soverign Zhuqiaomon guards my area."
"My Digital World is very civilized." Tomoki explained. "Digimon have trade systems and cities all over the place. It is governed by the Three Great Angels: Seraphimon, Ophanimon, and Cherubimon."
"I also have another world attached to mine. The Youjakai, where an evil being called Arago used to reside. My friends used mystical armor to defeat him. I didn't do much, but I guess I saved their asses on occasion." The boy's lips twitched upward.
Justin stared wistfully at the sky. "I'm a defender in my world. I transform into a Power Ranger to protect innocents from harm on a daily to weekly basis. There are tons of inhabited planets in my galaxy alone, which was proved when the Aquitarian Ranger team visited us."
"Just curious." Jun turned to the group. "How did you end up here? I was in my makeshift temple when some guy used gasoline and blew it up with me inside. I guess Lina, the Spirit of Fire, saved me."
"I was fighting against a Digimon." Jenrya admitted. "After defeating one digimon, my partner was destroyed by another digimon, sent into me, and my bond made me go unconscious."
"Kind of the same thing for me." Tomoki also admitted. "I turn into a digimon. After defeating one who got past the Digital Barrier, we reverted back to human, but a Phantomon choked me with a scythe and I guess I lost consciousness for air loss."
"So, are our bodies here?" Jun asked.
Justin shook his head. "I got a slightly clearer view of what brought me here. My group was fighting an enemy." The boy snorted. "His name was Spiriturn. He wanted to eat a soul, a child's soul to be precise. My soul was the one he tried to eat. Said the taste of Wind was on me. Made it sweeter he said. He almost ate it." Justin shuddered and dropped to his knees. All boys stopped to comfort one of their teammates. "I could feel my soul being drawn out, feel it. It was heading out to the blackness that was Spiriturn. My friends saved me, but my soul left my body. I should thank Alexander for saving me. But..." Justin took a weak breath in. "The coldness that enveloped me when that happened... I'll never forget it. Never."
Tomoki bent down and hugged Justin. "It'll heal. Maybe not completely, but enough. You'll have us." Tomoki closed the distance, pressing practically every inch of his body onto Justin's.
The Turbo Ranger's face colored instantly. Jun and Jenrya chuckled.
Justin stood up, his blush diminishing as Tomoki detached himself from Justin. "Let's move. We still have our worlds to defend and the faster we do this, the faster we can get home!"
"All right!" The three other boys cried.
They continued on for hours, the sun heading west, lower and lower until it was sunset and the four dimension travelers were forced to stop in a grove.
"We'll rest here." Jenrya told them. "Now, we need some makeshift beds I guess and a fire. Some stones wouldn't hurt either and I thought I heard a stream somewhere." The Tamer turned to Justin. "Do you think we need to eat?"
The young genius shook his head. "Rest should be enough, as only our souls and not our bodies are here."
"I'll get some water for us!" Tomoki headed off to where he could smell the scent of water. The boy pouted, however, when he remembered he had no way of transporting it. By looking up, though, he found a way. "Coconuts! These things sure are weird though. Must be some weird kind. I can sense they're not harmful though." Using shaking the tree, a couple coconuts fell down and Tomoki picked them up and brought them back to camp.
"I'll get some stones for the fire." Jenrya was off to gain some nice stones.
Jun stood up and followed Jenrya. "That leaves me with dry sticks."
"I'll get a lot of leaves for bedding." Justin stood, adapting quickly, and went off by himself. He climbed one of the trees and found the leaves too fuzzy for his tastes. Then he tried another. No luck. After a few more, Justin finally found the type of tree with leaves good enough to sleep on. Grabbing an armful, Justin returned to the campsite and set down the batch before returning to another tree like it. Repeating this over and over again, Justin managed to get enough for four beds, good enough for even a person of Jenrya's height to sleep on.
Jun and Jenrya came back, arms full of dry wood and stones.
As Tomoki used his axes to chop the coconuts, Justin arranged the leaves in order and Jenrya created a ring of stones around the pile of wood Jun put together. Jun then started a fire by sparking stone and rubbing sticks. A healthy blaze warmed all four boys up, just in time too, as a cold wind swept through the area.
"Here." Tomoki handed out the coconuts and all four boys savored the milk, as they knew meals would be like this would be rare from now on. As they finished eating the coconuts, Justin turned to the others.
"Who gets to wash first?"
"Who says we can't wash at the same time, as we know what each other has got?" Tomoki asked innocently.
His question was answered by three furious blushes.
"I'll go last then." The boy of ice shrugged.
"Second!" Jun called out.
"Third and no one can stop me." Justin put in.
"Fine." Jenrya headed off toward the steam, but actually filled the coconuts with water first before returning. Jun boiled the water for drinking.
Jenrya willed his armor away, leaving him in the orange vest, green shirt, and brown pants that we wore while fighting Pidmon and Blackrapidmon. After stripping from those and removing his shoes and undergarments, Jenrya stepped into the stream. Hmmm... Deep enough. Jenrya slowly started to clean himself, wiping off the dirt and grime that he had gained from travel and battle. Closing his eyes, Jenrya jumped into the deeper of the stream and fully submerged himself. Coming up with a splash, Jenrya's hair glistened in the moonlight. As he scrubbed, Jenrya couldn't help but wonder. What's happening back at home? I spent some eight odd hours here. They must have noticed something. I hope they aren't worried too much.
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Shuichon allowed herself to take a deep breath. She had matured greatly since the last time anything major happened. Back then; I was a scared girl who cried all the time. When they needed me, when my group, the Tamers, needed me, I froze and hid under a table. Not anymore. I'm strong. I'll take Jenrya's place for now. Pink steps up in Green's absence.
"Tadaima!" Shuichon called out.
"Oh Shaochung!" Her mother greeted. "Hi! Where's Jianliang? Jaarin and Rinchei are out and your dad's in the living room."
Shuichon nodded. "Okay!" Skipping, she headed to the living room where her dad resided.
"You still didn't," Shuichon's mother sighed, "answer..."
"Hi dad!" Shuichon piped as she sat on the couch, Antrimon outside.
"Where were you?" Janyuu looked up. "A simple errand shouldn't take you and Jianliang this long."
Shuichon sighed. "We are keeping things from you."
Janyuu raised an eyebrow. "What exactly are you keeping from me?"
"Do you remember the train incident that was played down by the media?" Shuichon asked.
"Yes..."
"That was a Digimon incident where Parismon tried to invade. The four Primary Tamers thwarted them." Shuichon explained. "Since then, digimon have been realizing on a weekly basis, getting stronger each time."
"And you were out late because of a realizing digimon, right?" Janyuu asked.
"Yes, except this time, an Adult and a Perfect realized, but we didn't see the Perfect until it was too later. Despite all our training, Terriermon was deleted." Shuichon bowed her head.
"Terriermon!" Janyuu yelped. "Where's Jianliang? He's devastated, isn't he?"
Shuichon merely stood up and headed to the phone. Dialing a number, Shuichon turned to her dad. "Ruki? Where are you? They didn't? Geez... But Hirokazu and Kenta are at least waiting there, right?" A pause. "Okay then. How should I break it?" Another, longer pause. "I guess. We'll be there as soon as we can."
"That still doesn't answer anything." Janyuu said.
"Jianliang's in a coma." Shuichon said emotionlessly as tears welled up in her eyes. "His bond with Terriermon was so strong that Terriermon's data implanted itself inside him, sending him into a coma as his body tried to cope with everything that happened."
Janyuu stood up quickly. "Where's Jianliang?"
"Hirokazu and Kenta called an ambulance and he's at the hospital right now." Shuichon said. "Since I told you, I'm heading over there via Digimon Express." Quickly, the Pink Tamer left the apartment and leapt onto her Perfect level digimon. "Hospital, fast." She muttered.
"You got it." Antrimon replied. "But maybe a little help to get there even faster?"
Shuichon nodded as she drew one card. "Card Slash! Speed Plug-In!"
With the speed rivaling racecars, Shuichon and her rabbit digimon made their way to the hospital were Jenrya's body was being kept.
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Jenrya's face broke the water once more. Shivering, he exited the river and shook himself off, looking a lot like a dog.
This was the scene Jun, who had made his armor disappear, came upon when he tried to find out if Jenrya was done. As his eyes widened, Jun could feel a part of his body responding, but hid behind a rock.
Jenrya finished dressing and turned around.
"Jenrya?" Jun called out. "Are you done?"
"Yes Jun!" Jenrya walked away. "The steam's all yours."
Jun quickly stripped the suddenly too tight clothing and headed into the stream. That solved his problem almost immediately. Furiously, he scrubbed his skin, feeling tons of dirt and grime on it. "How the heck did I get so much on me?" Jun breathed. He continued, washing everywhere until he came to his hair, full of dirt. The boy lathered water onto it, feeling his hands get extremely dirty. Once he seemed ready, Jun dived into the deeper part of the stream.
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Ryo slowly entered the house, Byakuen behind him.
Nasuti looked up. "What's wrong?"
"Jun's in the hospital." Ryo said quietly. "The ambulance took him away not that long ago. I got here as fast I could."
Nasuti gasped. "How? Why?"
"Arson. Jun was alone in this building. Some guy blew it up. Byakuen caught him." Ryo shook his head. "Jun's body's badly burnt."
One trembling hand crept up Nasuti's head to her mouth. "When can we see him?"
Ryo shook his head. "I'm not sure."
"Is something wrong?" Shin looked down from the steps, Shuu, Seiji, and Touma behind him.
"It's Jun." Ryo's eyes teared. "He's... He's in the hospital."
All the Troopers closed their eyes.
"When?" Seiji opened his eyes first.
"Don't know." Ryo shook his head. "Hope soon though. If anything else happened to that kid..."
All the other Troopers quietly agreed, the presence of the young boy already being missed.
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Jun finished up his washing, face cleaned. Smiling to himself, he started to walk away, droplets falling off his skin slowly. Drying himself with a couple of leaves Justin had gathered, Jun donned his clothes once more.
His eyes caught Justin's figure heading towards him. "Hey!"
Justin nodded. "You're done, right?"
Jun also nodded. "It's all yours."
Justin walked by Jun, ready to take his bath. Jun left, smiling.
The Blue Ranger pulled off his t-shirt and the blue jeans he always wore. Suddenly, he didn't have the compelling need to wear blue all the time. Perhaps it comes with not having the Turbo Powers so near.
Justin shook out his hair, a bowl cut of brown. After diving inside it the stream, sparkles of gems stayed into the air. Wind kissed his face, brushing his bangs. With a small smile, he starting wiping off his arms, clearing them of water. With a nice leap, he fully submerged himself in the liquid of the stream.
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Tommy fiercely kicked the bag he was working on. Again and again, he struck; releasing the tension he built up in the short while since taking Justin to the hospital. Why him? his mind cried as he spin kicked the bag one more. With one more vicious kick, the bag flew off the chains holding the bag up and slammed into another person in the way.
"Oh crap. I'm sorry." Tommy helped the other man up.
"No problem." The other man looked up and both froze at the sight of each other.
"Billy!" Tommy smiled, pulling the other man into an embrace.
"Tommy! God, it's been a while, hasn't it?" Billy also smiled.
"It has." Tommy agreed. "I thought you were on Aquitar still."
Billy shrugged. "Me and Cestria didn't work out. I decided to meet with my dad and then come to the Youth Center, hoping to meet one of your guys." His voice suddenly lowered. "How's the new team doing?"
The Red Ranger's smile faltered. With weary eyes, Tommy sighed. "Not too well."
"C'mon. Let's grab an empty table and let's talk." Billy led the taller boy over to a table and sat down with a small parting of lips.
"You've heard about our Turbo Powers, right?" Tommy asked. The other man nodded. "A monster attacked today. Dammit, one of the Rangers is in a coma! Rocky's replacement, a thirteen-year-old boy named Justin Stewart."
Billy would have done a spit-take if he'd been drinking something. "Thirteen?"
"We were fourteen when we became Rangers." Tommy replied dryly.
"Guess so." Billy admitted. "What's going to happen about the Blue Ranger powers?"
Here, Tommy seemed to hesitate. He seemed to come to a decision. "I know this may seem sudden, but do you think that you can take up the powers once more? Just until it's time for the rest of us to hand over ours?"
Billy was still for a moment. "What about Rocky?"
Tommy shook his head. "His back's not nearly ready enough to face Rangering. Everyone else has already moved on. Besides, you have a lot of experience on your side. Please, we need you."
Billy slowly nodded. "I'll never regret this choice."
"I don't think any of us ever will." Tommy smiled as the two went looking for a safe place to teleport from.
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Justin slowly raised his head. Placing a hand to his face, the boy sighed. I'm not feeling energetic any more. Why? Usually, I'm bouncing all over the place. But ever since coming here, I've been calm, unlike my usual self. What's wrong with me?
Letting, droplets of water slide down his frame, Justin shook his hair out. Breezes licked his body, drawing away the liquid dancing across his skin. Stepping out, Justin dried himself off and donned his normal clothing. Pausing at the blue, Justin shook his head. I need some green clothing later... Damn, what's with all these new ideas?
"All yours!" Justin called, headed back to their camp.
Tomoki walked to the stream, body calling him. Stripping his clothing, he walked down and let the water take a hold of him. The water was cold, almost chilling, but the part of him that was the Spirit Shinker of Ice accepted it gratefully. Letting it glide down his body, Tomoki took a long, leisurely soak. The cool liquid swamped his skin, cleansing it. The child-that-is-not-a-child loved the feel of it against his skin. It completed him, being in the water.
Taking a breath, Tomoki let his body slide into the clear water, eyes sliding closed.
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Back in another world, Takuya also took a deep breath. He'd faced digimon of all different sizes and horrors, even come across what seemed like his death! But right now, he was going to face something a lot scarier. Something that Takuya wished upon no one but his worst enemies. Something called... the wrath of a family.
The Spirit Shinker of Fire leaned into Kouji's embrace. "I don't think I can do this."
"We've face tons of digimon and even the Digital Apocalypse. What makes you scared now?" Kouji asked, carefully rubbing circles on his boyfriend's back.
"They've got nothing against a family." Takuya muttered into Kouji's chest.
"I agree." Kouichi stood off to once side.
The Spirit Shinker of Light nodded.
Takuya pressed the doorbell on the small house that they were currently in front of.
A woman with light brown hair and cyan eyes, though they weren't as bright or clear as Tomoki's, but were less darkness-filled, opened it. "Yes?"
"We're Tomoki's friends." Takuya bit his lip. "We need to tell you something."
"Okay, but Tomoki's not here right now. Will you please come in?" Tomoki's mother led them inside as the three Spirit Shinkers slid their shoes off.
"Please, have a seat." The woman gestured to a couch, where the three boys sat down.
"Jiran! Yutaka! Some of Tomoki's friends want to tell us something!"
"Yes, Mira." An older man came out, with a head full of dark brown hair and eyes the same shade as his hair. A teen followed behind him, with hair like Tomoki's, but eyes a dark shade of green. He looked to be visiting for a time.
"What's this about?" Yutaka folded his arms across his chest and glared down at the three boys.
He's cute. Takuya thought. Too bad the likelihood that he's gay is slim due to Tomoki being gay. Or was he bi?
"Um..." Kouichi looked down at his feet blushing after he saw Yutaka. Upon catching sight of him also, Yutaka felt his face flood with blood. How can one person be so cute? Both thought at the same time.
"Wanna do this the quick and easy way?" Takuya licked his lips nervously.
"Spirit Evolve?" Kouji asked quietly.
"No doubt." Kouichi answered, minimizing his blush.
All three drew their D-Scanners out, each a different color. They twirled their left hand as a single ring of digital data surrounded that hand. Doing various poses, they hit the ring with the scanner part of their digivices. "Spirit Evolution!" Ripping the digivice away from the ring of digicode, they each let the foreign power bring out the digimon side of each of them as the stunned family watched on.
Takuya let out a yell as he landed on a black hexagon, seemingly in another dimension. "Agnimon!" The Human Warrior of Fire stood proudly.
Kouji roared as he too landed. "Wolfmon!" The Human Warrior of Light sheathed his light blades.
Kouichi was the last to finish, the Human Warrior of Darkness landing with his lance beside of him. "Löwemon!"
The three Himis stood dumbly on as Löwemon came forward. "We are three of the six Spirit Shinkers protecting this world from those digimon who wish to harm it."
Agnimon nodded. "Tomoki is also one of us, the Spirit Shinker of Ice."
Wolfmon also nodded, although hesitantly. "We're in a bad situation right now. A digimon managed to sneak up on us while we were resting after a battle. He got us in our human forms and Tomoki was the center of the attack. He's unconscious right now and instead of hounding us with the police and for the sake of your minds, we tell you our secret."
Strands of digicode flew from the humanoid lion, turning in one of the boys from before. "Kimura Kouichi."
The same did for the humanoid wolf. "Minamoto Kouji."
The flame warrior disappeared, leaving a brown haired boy. "Kanabara Takuya."
"Himi Yutaka." Tomoki's older brother nodded.
Kouji brushed his long hair back. "An ambulance is heading for Tomoki right now. We left one of our partners behind to watch him."
"Thank you for telling us." Mrs. Himi said quietly.
"Do your parents know that you are doing this?" Mr. Himi asked tentatively.
"No." Takuya shook his head. "And we trust that you won't tell them."
"They have a right to know." Yutaka spoke up.
All three Spirit Shinkers froze as they turned to leave.
"This is one secret we do not want to let out." Kouichi remarked as they walked to the door, waving their hands over their shoulders casually.
"Wait. Kouichi is it?" Yutaka called after them, walking over until they were out of sight of the adults.
"Yes?" The Spirit Shinker of Darkness turned to the older boy.
"Do you wanna go to the movies this Friday?" Yutaka asked as Kouichi's face started to color. Takuya and Kouji snickered.
"That'd be great." Kouichi muttered, gazing into the ground.
"Good." Yutaka smiled, cupping Kouichi's cheek before turning away.
The three Spirit Shinkers quickly ran out and Spirit Evolved to their Beast forms to go to Tomoki.
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Tomoki rose from the water, sighing softly. Tilting his head back, he let a few drops cascade down from his head and into the stream. Regretfully opening his eyes, Tomoki waded to the bank where his clothes lay. I don't feel right... This isn't me. I'm not like this and yet I can't stop. Stepping out of the water and shaking like a dog; Tomoki once again donned his clothing.
Brushing a hand through his wet hair, Tomoki sighed. This isn't right, but who am I to question? Even as a Spirit Shinker, I'm supposed to protect. So I will.
Walking back to camp, Tomoki's eyes felt droopy.
"Who has first watch?" He asked the other three when he was there.
"I'm taking first." Jun volunteered.
"I'll have second then." Tomoki replied.
Jenrya shrugged. "I'll take fourth."
"That means I get third." Justin nodded.
"Wake me when it's my turn." Tomoki closed his eyes and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
Eventually, everyone but Jun did the same.
Nothing really happened that night. For the most part. At least, until Jenrya's watch.
Silently, the Green Tamer looked to the sky. What will we find in this world? Does Ryo have any power here? Is this a whole different place? Are there people here? What makes us so special? Surely there are others who pray to these four spirits? Surely there are people with more power than us. I mean, come on. I'm useless without Terriermon. Tomoki doesn't have his D-Scanner, making him useless also. Justin doesn't have his transformation device and Jun's just a normal boy with a pure heart.
Momentai Jen.
"Terriermon?" The name sprung from his lips before he even registered it. Jenrya shook his head. Get real. Terriermon's gone.
The trees around him swayed in the wind, leaves blowing out of their branches. Deftly, the Green Tamer caught one, staring at it. Softly, he stroked it. I've always loved nature. The plants sung their songs to him. He listened to the sound of the wind on the eaves as he slid his eyes closed.
A rustling reached his ears. His eyes snapped open, but the noise faded. After waiting a moment, Jenrya snuck over to the nearest person, Jun. "Wake up."
"Huh?" The Bearer of the Jewel blinked sleepily as he raised his head.
"We've got company." Jenrya answered grimly.
Nodding silently, Jun moved over to Tomoki and woke the boy as Jenrya awakened the last one of their group.
The four boys stood in a back-to-back formation, fists raised. A howling reached their ears as Tomoki's eyes widened. "It can't be... Wolfmon?"
Sure enough, five humanoid wolves, armored in gray with black strikes charged at them. All four leaped into the air.
"Wolfmon?" Jenrya asked as he dodged a fierce strike.
"Human Warrior of Light." Tomoki answered grimly. "But these are darker."
"Licht Krugel!" Five blasts of light headed towards the four, but they split up.
Justin found himself faced with one. He surrounded himself with a green light, transforming back into his armor. With a flick of his hand, he drew a sword. Charging, Justin slashed. Wolfmon dodged and leapt into the air. "Licht Sieger!" Drawing two blades of pure light, Wolfmon poised to jam them into Justin. The Ranger spun back and leapt into the air. Letting his instincts overtake him, Justin held his hand out. "Brezza Petalo!" Pink strands of wind launched from that hand, in a copy of the Human Warrior of Wind's, Fairymon's, attack. The digimon twirled his sabers and dissipated the wind before charging once more. With a slash, the digimon drew first blood, as Justin's cheek was sliced open. Summoning more strength, Justin held out his hand once more. "Wind of Pain!" A slicing whirlwind shot out, much like it did for the Beast Warrior of Wind, Shutumon. Once again Wolfmon tried to deflect it, but the Perfect-level attack got through the Adult-level defenses. Blown back, he was open for Justin to give a triple slice combo before the boy kicked, sending Wolfmon sprawling. Changing his weapons, his hand blasters appeared in his hands. Firing them into the defenseless Wolfmon, the digimon disappeared in a wink of light.
Jenrya quickly spin-kicked the Wolfmon he was facing. "So, you ready to lose?" The Wolfmon didn't reply, cried out his attack. "Licht Sieger!" Quickly, Jenrya ducked the two swipes of the light swords and swept the digimon off his legs. "Time to get serious." Pointing his head into the air and into the ground, Jenrya summoned his alternate form. With that, he launched into a series of punches and kicks that Wolfmon only partially blocked with his sabers, the gloves and boots Jenrya was wearing stopped them from burning his hands and feet. With a vicious spin-kick, Jenrya bounced off of Wolfmon's chest and drew his machineguns. Firing them, he pumped a lot of bullets into Wolfmon's body, the armor chipping where they were hit. "Licht Krugel!" The ball of light implanted into Jenrya's chest, sending the Green Tamer backwards. Spinning, he drew upon the knowledge of his digimon and placed his hand to the ground. "Big Crack!" The large crack swallowed up Wolfmon, before expelling the digimon into the air. Jenrya summoned his lance and pierced Wolfmon's already weak armor. The digimon disappeared.
"So En Zan!" Twin blades of fire leapt from the transformed Jun's fingers, scorching the Wolfmon that leapt after him. Drawing his katanas, Jun spun in a circle. As a whirlwind, Jun slashed Wolfmon again and again until a final strike blew Wolfmon back. "Licht Krugel!" The ball of light stopped Jun's charge as Wolfmon rebounded off a tree. "Licht Sieger!" Drawing his blades, Wolfmon slashed Jun as he leapt by, drawing blood from his cheek. Enraged, Jun let his instincts guide him. "Co Dan Do!" He put his katanas together, both glowing a fiery red. "So En Zan!" Finishing the shout, a fiery inferno raced toward Wolfmon. The digimon tried to spin his sabers to ward off the attack, but it was too strong and sent the digimon sprawling. Dashing toward the fallen digimon, Jun cleanly sliced of Wolfmon's head, destroying the digimon.
Tomoki willed his armor on, just in time as the Wolfmon he faced sliced his chest. "Y'know, I've studied Kouji's technique and style over the time we've fought together." Tomoki told his opponent. That Wolfmon didn't seem to care as he charged, blades drawn. Tomoki ducked a swipe and jumped over the next. Back flipping over a double slash, Tomoki raised his hand, summoning some powers that he remember, even from years ago. "Rain Stream!" A storm cloud formed over Wolfmon's head, sending a harsh rainfall against the digimon. Pounded into the ground, Wolfmon was open to the missile blasts from Tomoki's long-ranged weapon. When the attack dissipated, Wolfmon leapt into the air. "Licht Krugel!" The ball of light was dodged by Tomoki, who drew his hand axes. "Avalanche Step!" Drawing from his memory that feeling of the Beast Warrior of Ice's, Blizzarmon's, attack, Tomoki launched into a fierce amount of slashes that stirred up the wind. With a cry, the energy accumulated by the swinging axes knocked Wolfmon into the ground. Tomoki followed, jamming his axes into Wolfmon's chest. The digimon vanished.
The four surrounded the last Wolfmon.
Blue digicode surrounded this digimon.
"We're in trouble guys." Tomoki gripped the handles of his axes tighter.
"Wolfmon Slide Evolution! Garmmon!" The Beast Warrior of Light, an armored wolf of white and black, shot out. "Speed Star!" The digimon sliced through their ranks, forcing them back.
"Garmmon focuses on speed!" Tomoki advised.
"We noticed." Justin replied dryly. Flipping onto his hands and spreading his legs, Justin called out his attack. "Tornado Gamba!" Spinning around, his feet gained powerful wind energy, but Garmmon dodged away.
"Cho Ryu Ha!" Tomoki stuck his hand out and a large blast of bubbles emitted from it, right in front of where Garmmon was going to do. The digimon couldn't brake in time and slammed right into it.
"Solar Laser!" Tomoki took the blast of light full in the chest.
"Try this you little..." Jenrya summoned his lance and, like he saw Dukemon do many times, gathered energy into it. "Royal Saber!" Energy glowed from the tip of the lance and Jenrya thrust it forward, a beam of force slamming into Garmmon.
While the digimon was stunned, Jun went in for the kill. "Corona Blaster!" Bullets of flame fired from his hand, piercing Garmmon's armor and destroying him.
All four kneeled on the ground.
"Those attacks were out of my element." Tomoki remarked.
Jun, meanwhile, stared at his hands. "I've never done that before. I even used the Trooper's attacks." He looked at Tomoki. "You did also."
"I've never done anything like that before." Justin admitted.
"How did I use Dukemon's attack?" Jenrya's knees were weak. "I never could."
"It must be these powers." Justin looked up as the other three stared at him. "This is how we can fight. The spirits gave us the power to fight, using magic and technique copiers. This is how we combat our foes."
"And we know they did their homework." Tomoki added. "Wolfmon and Garmmon are found only in my world."
"Yeah. But with this power, and if we train, we'll be able to fight."
"Right!" The others nodded.
"Let's go!" Jun shouted.
"All right!" All four ran ahead, going north.
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Mathais: *shifts head* I hope I didn't do too badly.
Chibi Jun: *jerks finger* He spent too long making sure he had the attacks right
Mathais: *sticks tongue out*
Justin: The attacks were from Yoroiden Samurai Troopers and Digimon Frontier.
Jenrya: Also, a Digimon Adventure 02 attack was thrown into the mix. He doesn't own them.
Chibi Tomoki: We hope you enjoyed it!
All five: Bye!