RISE OF THE PHOENIX CH.6

NOTE/ I'm finally back with chapter 6

-Rya Starling

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Pharaoh my soul

Will be your eternal

Servant

-Mage Mahadoo Yugi-Oh Manga

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CHAPTER 6

VISIONS AND GHOSTS

They sat in the hallway of one of Jedi's many small huts, they had retreated from the battle field confused more then ever, hurt, and partner less. Davis and Ryo had explained nothing else since they came here, they didn't know what was going on. The tamers and digidestined all sat or stood as Jedi tended to Takato's more serious wounds.

'I don't get it" Rika said, 'How could Takai be Sam I mean he must god knows how old"

'There immortal remember and they have the ability to change there shapes I bet that comes with age too" Henry said. 'What I want to know is why Ken is so important to each side" Yole said. 'Hey you two gonna give us any answers?" T.K asked as he looked over at Ryo and Davis who stood with almost heavy hearts against the wall like statues.

'Leave them alone can't you see there hurting?" Kari asked. 'Yea one tamer injured and a digidestined kidnapped gees what a day we've had" Henry said. 'I wanna go home" Cody said. 'Yea our parents are probably worried about us" Yole said and suddenly Davis moved and suddenly started to walk down the hallway towards the exit.

'Where do you think your going?" Ryo asked as he opened his eyes looking over at his friend. 'To find Ken since none of you seem to be doing anything else" Davis said and before anyone could answer back the sound of a door opening caught there attention.

Slowly all attention drew to Jedi who was slowly walking out of the room where he had been treating Takato. Slowly whipping his hands on a white cloth he looked at the group with heavy heart.

'Is he alright?" Ryo asked. 'Yea I mean he's gonna live right?" Cody asked. 'Of course he's going to live Takato is strong he wouldn't die he just can't!" Rika yelled. 'His eyes have suffered the worst damage he may never be able to see again" Jedi said and the group slowly stood in shock.

'Never be able to see again?" Kari asked. 'How will he be able to play cards with us?" Rika asked. 'But he will pull through right?" Davis asked and looked at them all. 'We wont know until he wakes up" Jedi said and slowly looked back into the room.

Inside was Takato laying still in a bed a single sheet covering his body, his cracked goggles lay on the bed stand near the window. His face bandaged with white rapping and his eyes covered by white cotton pads, he lay there deathly still as he started to dream.

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He could hear something as he opened his eyes to darkness, he had been flouting in a void of darkness for so long. Suddenly he saw a burst of bright light that shinned of multi colors. Then Takato watched as the smoke cleared and he saw a horrid battlefield filled with weapons, digimon dying, and the corpses of eight people lying in a perfect circle in one area.

'What is this?" Takato asked, 'What's going on?"

Suddenly he noticed one the bodies moving slowly a young girl rose to her feet and examined her surroundings. Suddenly she fell to her knees and began to cry out load and punched the ground in anger. Her long golden hair was matted in blood and dirt, her blue eyes filled with tears looked to the ground. Her clothes consisted of a long sleeved white shirt that was torn beyond repair, a vest that was half torn off her body and a pair of black pants that were also ripped beyond repair, all were soaked in blood, dirt and sweat.

Suddenly a boy rose and put his arms around the young girl, his deep brown hair was matted with a pair of broken goggles lay around his neck. He was no longer wearing shirt as it finally let go and flew off in the wind exposing his skinny yet mussel formed upper body, his jeans were torn up to his knees. His body was covered in blood mixed in wounds and dirt.

'It's all right" He said and held her even tighter as she suddenly caught of glimpse of movement from the circle.

Suddenly another boy sat up, his hair was slashed around the button showing he use to wear his hair long, he had wounds covering his bare chest that was covered only by a brown shirt that was half hanging off his left shoulder and around the chest. His pants were torn apart to the point they were held together only by the top. He stood up slowly and quickly fell again as blood poured from his leg.

'Jackie" The girl cried as she tore from the goggled boys arms to the wounded boys side soon she was followed by the goggled boy.

'Miyoko oh thank god your alive" Jackie said as he watched as she examined his wound.

'Hey man you ok" The goggled boy asked as he walked over holding his shoulder.

'I was about to ask you the entire same question" A voice said.

Another boy rose from the ashes of the battlefield holding his forehead where blood poured from a slash wound. His brown hair stuck up in blood and was more of a mess then he usually had it up in. He slowly ripped the remains of a red shirt from his body and then the bottom of his brown pants then handed it to Miyoko.

'Rick your forehead" Miyoko said and slowly took the rags from Rick.

Takato watched as she tied the only cloth they had at the moment around there wounds in tears, then he watched as they dug graves for each of there fallen comrades at the gates of the huge city.

'Who are these people what's going on?" Takato asked as he tried to touch the crying girl but his hand passed right threw the girls shoulder. 'Am I dead, wait these people could they be the surviving four?"

'What now?" Miyoko asked, 'We won but at the price of our friends, I just wont to go home"

'Damet they told us to defend the world!" San cried, 'And we did it but they didn't say anything about this!"

Suddenly a bright light broke threw the clouds shinning light upon the battlefield slowly a giant light surrounded the four and Takato screamed as he began to fall into darkness as everything shattered in front of him.

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Takato awoke in a startle jumping to a sitting position, but as he raised his hands to his face he began to remove the bandages that were rapped around his eyes. Slowly he opened his eyes and saw nothing but darkness then he started to panic as he began to see images flashes threw his mind.

'I can see it" Takato whispered as he heard the others coming rushing into the room.

Ryo was the first in the room only to be pushed away by Rika who ran towards him in. Quickly she noticed the bandages and her face grew into an angry expression.

'You stupid goggled head you shouldn't take these off!" Rika screamed but it seemed like Takato wasn't listening.

'Rika you don't have to scream" Takato said and slowly his eyes suddenly returned to there normal color, he saw Rika standing before him ready to shake him until his head fell off his shoulders.

'Takato you can see oh god it's a miracle!" Ryo cried and Davis quickly entered the room suddenly everyone stopped as they entered the room.

'What?" Takato asked and saw Terriormon about to say something but Henry shut his partners mouth. 'What's wrong?"

Takato knew something was wrong and slowly he saw his reflection in the glass of the window, he couldn't speak which scared him more then the mark, which sat upon his face. The right side of his face was red, scared from the attack in which Takai had unleashed at him.

But what startled Takato more was that he spied a new person in the group, a young girl about his age standing between Davis and Ryo. She had curly red hair that fell past her waist and was pulled back into a long braid, her bangs were taken back leaving her cat like red eyes looking straight at Takato. Her clothes however looked like a sore thumb in the group, she was wearing a cowboy like getup, a cowboy hat with a string going down to her chin sat upon her mess of red hair. She was wearing a long sleeved white shirt that was covered by a thick leather brown vest, then tucked into a pair of tight jeans covered by a leather like covering like the guys in the movies wear. A long rope tied up in a circle sat on her side hooked on her belt, she didn't take her eyes off of Takato as she stared at him and then at Davis, then at Ryo.

'Who's that?" Takato asked and the girl chuckled at him as she sat down on the foot of his bed.

'Who's who?" Ryo asked.

'That girl sitting on the edge of my bed wearing the cowboy getup and red hair?" Takato asked and noticed the others looking at each other and Terriormon making a small circle with his first finger on side of his head.

'Takatomon no one's sitting there" Gilamon chuckled as he sat down beside him.

The girl looked at Takato and seem to notice that they couldn't see her, slowly she straightened her hat on her head then turned back to Takato.

'They can't see me, so there's no use in trying to make them"

'Huh but that means you're a" Takato said and couldn't speak the word ghost out of his mouth.

I'm not here to hurt you if that's what you think but in case your friends don't believe I'm here just tell them that I think San can't rise a horse and how could he ever fly when he's scared of heights?"

'Yo Goggle you ok?" Rika asked, 'you look like just saw a ghost"

'I think I do see one" Takato gulped. 'She said to tell everyone that San can't a ride a horse and that if he's so insisting on flying why is he scared of heights?"

Ryo suddenly turned his eyes towards Davis who looked at Takato very queer like and walked towards the spot where the red head girl sat. Suddenly Takato watched as she took her thumb and forefinger then flicked his nose.

'Owe!" Davis cried as he stepped away holding his nose. 'What the hell was that all about?"

Can we talk alone please?

'Um sure listen can I can some time alone you guys?" Takato asked.

'Um sure" Henry said.

'Come on he wants some quiet guys" Kari said and slowly dragged them all outside and once outside everyone just put there ears up against the door. 'Oh please you all just grow up"

'Shhh I can't hear anything" Yole said.

'In the words of Kenta a hem" Terriormon said and impersonated Kenta's voice, 'He's finally flipped"

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'So who are you anyway?" Takato asked, 'I mean if you're a ghost shouldn't you be haunting a big spooky castle or something?"

'Ha!" The girl laughed, 'I'm a spirit guide we all are"

'What do you mean we?" Takato asked and suddenly she picked up an apple and then set it back down.

'One disadvantage at being dead you can't eat your favorite foods" She sighed, 'Oh first of all you should know my name. I'm Alexandra former guardian of love and cowgirl"