Gomababe:ok disclaimer time.
Lar-Lar: And no goofing around this time!
Aquamon:muttering to Chrystamonwhat is with those two today?
Chrystamon:You don't wanna know...anyways Gomababe and Lar-Lar don't own Digimon
Gomababe:stupid Toei and their affiliates kicks table OUCH!!!!
Chapter three-Gennai's Gift
Blackness will descend upon the Digital World infesting the two worlds once again, Unless the Destined Children give up what is in their hearts the worlds are doomed to die.
Illness and painful struggles bring together those who might fall apart, Let the children of Calm and Determination give strength, reassure and bring peace to where others cannot reach.
And once again resolve what has been lost to the ages
Tai and Matt stood side by side, the rest of the digi-destined behind them with Joe and Sora taking care of Izzy.
"Who on earth are these two jokers?" Tai whispered to his friend who just shrugged in return, watching as the two girls and rookie level digimon came closer. Tai noted he had not seen either of the digimon types before, the one held by one of the girls looked abit like Gomamon only not, he decided, and the other was obviously a bug type caterpillar which was currently riding on the other girls' shoulder. The four of them stopped opposite the two boys, Agumon and Gabumon coming to their sides should they be needed. The two girls looked at each other, silently deciding to let the eldest of the two field the introduction. Lucy grinned.
"Hi there, I'm Lucy, digi-destined of calm for some strange reason I haven't managed to fathom yet..." Chrystamon flicked her in the ear while Alana and Aquamon giggled. "Oh right, sorry. Back to the intro's I know. This is my partner, Chrystamon." The purple caterpillar waved with six of her ten feet. "This here is Alana, digi-destined of determination and her partner Aquamon." She waited for the two of them to smile and wave their own hellos. "And we, are here to help you guys out." She grinned again as she finished then turned her head to Chrystamon. "Didn't miss anything out, did I mate?" Tai and Matt stared at the two girls and their partners, then at each other before Matt turned back to Lucy and held out his hand.
"I'm Matt, glad to have you on the team." Lucy grinned a third time, taking the hand and shaking it happily.
"Alright! That went better than I was expecting it to go." She dropped Matt's hand and stepped over to Tai, studying him for a second. "Tai, right?" She asked, smiling at the surprised look on his face. "It's the goggles." She said, shaking his hand too before moving on to Mimi. Alana stood with Aquamon between Matt and Tai and watched, trying not to laugh, as Lucy went on to identify all the digi-destined by name without offering any explanation.
"Strange, isn't she?" Aquamon said, laughing lightly. Alana giggled too.
"She's different, I guess but then I was ready for it. We've been chatting online for quite awhile now you know."
"So, how come you guys know who we all are?" Tai asked.
"Lucy's been chatting and emailing Izzy a lot since she got her digi-vice two years ago, he must have told her all about you."
"Izzy..." Tai muttered, leaving Matt and Alana and heading over to where Lucy was now knelling in the sand. Alana looked to Aquamon who shrugged, so she turned back to Matt.
"What's wrong? Did something happen to Izzy?" She asked, noting Matt's face change to a slight frown. Gabumon looked up at the look on his partner's face, he knew how much he hated not being able to do anything to help and have to watch feeling so helpless.
"It happened just before you guys turned up, Iz was lagging behind and the next time we look back, he's lying face down in the sand." The blonde sighed, meeting Alana's gaze for the first time. "He's unconscious now and has a fever but we have no idea why. It's starting to look like we'll have to split up, some of us take him on ahead with the help of the digimon and the rest of us can meet up with them later..."
"No way Matt! We are not splitting up! Look at what good it did us last time we were here! It's just not gonna happen!"
"Kinda stubborn, isn't he?" Alana whispered. Matt rolled his eyes.
"Welcome to my world." He replied. Just as Alana was about to reply, a rainbow shot up from out of the ground, catching all the children's attention.
"Well hello again." A man's form from inside the rainbow greeted.
"Gennai!" Tai, Matt and Alana all said together.
"Yes, yes, and I see you have already met up with Lucy and Alana here. My direction worked out okay for you?" Alana nodded. When they had spoken to Gennai before, he had told them where to find the other children and with both their digimon in their champion forms, and despite a lot of protest from the child of calm, they had flew to catch up with them. "Splendid! But I have more news for you." His voice sounded gave.
"What is it Gennai?" Tai asked, him and Lucy, as well as the other children and digimon asides from Izzy and Joe, having joined Matt and Alana.
"The prophecy children." He said, slowly. "Why I called you back here."
"Why was that exactly? You didn't really go into much detail." Matt asked, not sounding at all surprised with the old man's lack of knowledge.
"Well, after your last triumph in our world, it came to my attention that a shield could be erected to protect us from future attack." He paused. "Only the shield can only be created using the original digi-destines crests." He was quiet again, thinking of how to say what was to come next. "However, when the children of Calm and determination were summoned, I knew something had gone wrong and I looked to the ancient scriptures for help... I'm afraid it doesn't look good."
"Worse than Koushiro being out of action and hotter than a volcano in the summertime?" Lucy asked.
"Izzy? Hmmmm... Well that would explain part of what I found." Tai rolled his eyes.
"Let me guess, another prophesy?"
"I'm afraid so and this one seems to be rather puzzling. Blackness will descend upon the Digital World infesting the two worlds once again, Unless the Destined Children give up what is in their hearts the worlds are doomed to die. Illness and painful struggles bring together those who might fall apart, Let the children of Calm and Determination give strength, reassure and bring peace to where others cannot reach. And once again resolve what has been lost to the ages. That's what it says." Alana frowned.
"I'm taking it the illness part refers to Izzy." She said, the others all nodding in agreement.
"And the children of calm and determination is obviously you guys." Tai added. "Hell! Izzy was always the one who worked these dumb things out." He kicked at the sand in annoyance.
"I'm afraid that's all I can do for you at this time, be careful and keep your eyes open." And with that, the light and hologram faded away completely. Tai's frown deepened once Gennai had left,
"That made absolutely no sense whatsoever! Who does Gennai think he's kidding with leaving us to figure it out on our own!" he yelled to no one in
particular. Alana's eyes widened as she stepped back to avoid Tai's hand,
which had barely missed her cheek. Matt gave his friend a glare,
"Tai! Come on, I know this is hard on you but do you have to freak out so much?" he asked icily. Gabumon placed a paw on his partner's hand,
"Matt, please don't start arguing with Tai right now, we have more important things to worry about."
"Yeah Tai," Agumon pleaded, "Now's not the time to start a fight with
anyone." The rest of the group gave a collective sigh as the two boys nodded.
"Well now that's settled, we may as well figure out what we're going to do about this crisis." Lucy stated, clapping her hands together and rubbing them. Alana nodded in agreement, "How many flying Digimon are going to be big enough to carry more than one person?" she asked, "Besides Tentomon of course." she added, after thinking for a moment. Sora thought for a couple of minutes,
"Well, Birdramon can carry three people, including myself." she said,
"But I'm not sure about Chrystamon's or Aquamon's Champion forms." Alana looked to Aquamon who shook her head,
"I'm really sorry guys, but I'm too tired to digivolve right now, that and deserts don't exactly agree with aquatic Digimon like myself." Tai gave a
slight grumbling sound, but otherwise said nothing.
"I can carry one person as Lepidoptermon though." Chrystamon volunteered, "And to make it fair it really should be Izzy since he's obviously way too sick to ride Birdramon." Lucy nodded enthusiastically at Chrystamon's suggestion,
"Yeah! That's a really good idea mate. Even though the rest have to walk, it means Izzy's gonna be in a much saner place than this dump." She stated as she looked around at the barren desert landscape. Tai gave a defeated sigh, seeing the sense in the idea,
"Okay then, Birdramon and Lepidoptermon will take, Izzy, Sora and Lucy to the nearest shelter...." his thoughts were cut off by Joe,
"Wait a minute, I really should go with them. I'm the only one in the group who's got any idea about what to do with a person this sick." he said
calmly, "I know that leaves you guys a person down, but I really think I
should go." Tai just nodded at Joe's suggestion,
"Okay then, as I was saying. Sora, Lucy and Joe will fly on ahead with
Birdramon, Lepidoptermon, Tentomon and Gomamon and take Izzy to a more
sheltered area. As for the rest of us though, it looks as though we'll have
to walk." Mimi and Lucy gave identical groans,
"I hate walking in deserts, sand gets in my shoes and the heat dries out my hair and makes all sweaty and icky...." she whined. Lucy in the meantime was trying to keep calm about flying again,
"I really hate flying, I hate heights and I'm clumsy as anything. I'm bound to fall off or something like that...." she babbled on until Alana tapped her on the shoulder,
"Lucy, calm down, hen. I'm sure Birdramon won't let you fall off, and if you did I'm pretty sure she'd fly down to catch you before you hit the ground. Isn't that right Sora?" she asked the older girl, who just smiled and nodded to reassure Lucy. Lucy just gulped, but eventually calmed down enough to nod mutely. Alana grinned widely, "Besides, I should be the one that's complaining along with Miss Perfect over there. I just have to look at the flipping sun and I burn, then blister and generally moan about it." she laughed lightly. Aquamon gave her partner a confused glance, but didn't say anything. Within a few moments Biyomon and Chrystamon had digivolve into Birdramon and Lepidoptermon. Lepidoptermon gently picked Izzy up and floated into the sky just above the Digi-destined children's heads. Tentomon flew up to meet her and keep a wary eye on his partner. Sora climbed onto Birdramon's foot and helped Lucy scramble up beside her. Joe, with Gomamon under one arm, climbed up the giant bird Digimon's foot and settled himself down for a long journey. Alana handed up some extra bottles of water and waved the five friends off as they flew in a northerly direction, following a ridge of sand into the distance. As Birdramon disappeared over the horizon Alana faced the remaining five children and their Digimon partners,
"Well Tai we may as well follow them. We don't want to say out here for too long." she suggested. Tai nodded and turned to Agumon,
"I don't really like this," he whispered, "but we've got no choice. Right people, let's get going!" he shouted to the other kids and their Digimon, grinning widely. Alana let him march past, but noticed something the others
hadn't, a very faint look of great concern not just for his group, but also
for his friend and advisor.