[a/n: Okay, well, here's another Frontier fic. It takes place in both the
Digital and Human Worlds, as you will later discover. Please R&E&R (Read
and Enjoy and Review).]
Disclaimer: Need I say it? I don't own Digimon in any way shape or form. I do however, own my own ORIGINAL CHARACTERS. And besides, if I did own Digimon (which I DON'T!) it wouldn't be going away, duh!
CHAPTER 1
Three battle-tattered angel Digimon flew back from the cloud of smoke caused by a powerful attack.
"This isn't working . . . we need more power!" Cherubimon yelled, frustrated.
"But all our forces are either too weak to fight, or have been deleted." Seraphimon argued.
A band of data containing an ancient book shot past the three angels, but not before they caught a glimpse of the book.
"The legend of the humans that saved the Digital World is remembered . . ." Ophanimon muttered. "And now we must call upon those courageous humans from the past once again to help us save this world."
"Even if they were to join with the Legendary Spirits, they would not have enough power to defeat him!" Cherubimon snarled, pointing to their powerful foe.
"They will not be alone . . . they will be accompanied by the reincarnated spirits of the two Legendary Keepers." Ophanimon said. "I shall now use my remaining strength to call upon those ancient spirits of the brave Keepers that saved our world so long ago . . ."
"We shall help you, Lady Ophanimon." Seraphimon said.
The three angels were consumed in colored auras.
"Takuya Kanbara." A muted mechanical female voice stated.
A boy with messy dark brown hair and bright amber eyes sat up in bed at the sound of the voice. He was wearing a large t-shirt and a pair of boxers.
"Mmh . . . what was that?" The boy asked himself, rubbing his eyes tiredly with his fists.
"Takuya!" The voice repeated, much more urgently this time.
'Wait . . . that voice sounded somewhat familiar . . .' Takuya thought to himself, opening his eyes all the way and quickly glancing around his room. Takuya's gaze fell on his half ajar closet door.
"Takuya, please listen . . . we need you back here now!"
He threw the covers off himself and jumped out of bed, dashing over to the closet. "Ophanimon?"
"Takuya, please . . ."
"OPHANIMON! Be there in a second!" Takuya called, throwing different articles out of his closet, desperately searching for his cell phone.
After a few minutes of searching, he found his prize and sat back on his legs, holding his cell phone in his right hand. "Ophanimon, you still there?"
No answer.
Takuya sighed to himself in a disappointed fashion. 'What did she contact me for? The only reason I can think of would be-wait, I bet that's it!' Takuya gasped. 'Of course! She told me I was needed back there! I should call the others . . . but . . . how will they react? Will they even remember?'
Takuya's cell phone suddenly started glowing white and in a flash of light particles, it transformed into a familiar black and red handheld device.
"Heh hey! My D-Tector! It's back!" Takuya said happily, tightening his grip on the device. 'But what about my Spirits?'
"Sao, what's the big idea?" A girl with long medium brown hair and pale blue eyes asked, tripping over her high-heeled black boots. She was wearing a low cut maroon t-shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans.
"Honestly Lisa, can't you just wait and find out when we get there?" Sao, a girl with shoulder-length light brown hair and medium blue eyes asked over her shoulder. She was wearing an olive green tank-top, a pair of blue jeans, and black boots with blue blazes on the sides.
"I COULD wait, but that'd make your life too easy!" Lisa teased.
"Ha, ha, very funny." Sao retorted. 'What did that message mean?' ~FLASHBACK~
Sao's phone rang, and she took it off her belt and answered it. "Hello?"
"Sao, it is time to discover your destiny.are you willing to find out?" A strange, almost mechanical male voice asked.
"Destiny?"
"Yes. Will you take a chance and find out?"
'This is probably some kind of dumb prank.' Sao thought to herself. "Sure, whatever."
"Good." The voice said before a holographic map image shot up from her phone screen.
"Whoa!" Sao exclaimed, examining the map with interest. ~END FLASHBACK~
"Hey! Sao! SLOW DOWN!" Lisa called after her friend.
Sao was jolted from her thoughts, only to find that she had been running faster than she ever remembered going. She came to a stop, gasping for breath, and waited for Lisa to catch up.
Lisa joined her friend, also short of breath. "What . . . was that . . . all about?" Lisa panted.
"Kinda a weird story." Sao replied.
The six remaining Legendary Warriors were walking slowly down a path in the woods. Takuya was in the lead with his hands in his pockets, looking at the ground. Zoe and Tommy were side by side behind Takuya and JP was walking alone after them. Koji and Kouichi came next, in their usual silence. Bokomon and Neemon brought up the rear.
Tommy glanced over at Zoe, then back at the others. He then looked nervously in front of him, at Takuya. He decided to ask the question that was on everybody's mind. "Um, Takuya,"
"Yeah?" Takuya asked, his eyes never leaving the ground.
"Can we really beat this new evil? We don't even know anything about it." Tommy asked quietly.
Takuya stopped dead in his tracks. The others stopped too.
'That's true . . . and we haven't found the angels. If only we'd gotten here sooner . . .' Takuya sighed quietly before looking back at Tommy. "I'm not sure."
The others gasped and looked at Takuya with expressions of shock and confusion.
'Is this really the same Takuya we have known for so long? He seems so depressed and seems to have lost all of his optimism.' Zoe thought to herself.
Bokomon cleared his throat. "I suggest we find something to eat."
"How can you be thinking about food now?" Neemon asked.
"Well, as we all know, food is the best way to raise spirits." Bokomon answered.
"He's got a point there." JP said.
"Sao, tell me, or I'm stopping right here! You're dragging me all over the city!" Lisa complained.
Sao sighed to herself and stopped. She held out her phone so that Lisa could easily see the map.
"What's that?" Lisa asked, obviously confused.
Takuya was lying on his back beside the gleaming lake. He had one knee bent up in the air. His hands were behind his head and his eyes were closed.
Zoe walked quietly over to where he was laying. She crouched down beside him and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "Takuya." She said quietly.
Takuya opened one eye at the sound of her voice.
"Food's ready." Zoe said, removing her hand and standing up.
Takuya closed his eye. "Go ahead and eat without me, I'm not hungry." He said dully.
"You sure?" Zoe asked, concern creeping into her voice.
"Yeah, don't worry about me." Takuya said.
"Alright." Zoe said reluctantly, heading back to where they had made camp.
Zoe walked back over to the others. She took her seat between Koji and Tommy.
"Where's Takuya?" JP asked.
"He said he's not hungry." Zoe said, a hint of sadness in her voice.
"What's wrong Zoe?" Tommy asked.
"I'm just worried about Takuya." Zoe replied.
"Why?" Kouichi questioned.
"He's been so quiet lately and something's gotta be wrong if he won't even eat." Zoe said quietly.
"Yeah, you're right. He has been acting strange lately." Tommy agreed.
Zoe looked over at Koji, who had stayed completely silent the whole time. "Koji, maybe you should talk to him?" Zoe said, turning it into a question.
"Why me?" Koji asked in his calm, yet almost cold voice.
"Because you and him have, I don't know what to call it, a bond? Anyway, if he's going to listen to anyone, it'll be you." Zoe answered.
"Uh . . . mmh." Koji began to protest, but stopped himself.
There was an expectant silence.
"Alright, I'll go talk to him." Koji said quietly, standing up and heading for the lake, and Takuya.
"It's a map of the city . . . we're heading for the red dot."
"Yeah, I figured that much, but WHY!?" Lisa retorted.
Sao sighed again. "It's kinda hard to explain."
"Don't give me that, it's obvious that you're lying."
Sao flashed her friend a smile. "You've known me for too long, eh?"
"Yeah, now what is it?"
"I got this message . . ."
Takuya was laying the same way he had been when Zoe left him.
Koji walked over to him. "Takuya."
Takuya opened an eye. "What is it, Koji?"
"We need to talk."
"'Bout what?" Takuya asked, closing his eye.
"Let's cut to the chase . . . we've been noticing you're not acting like yourself." Koji said uneasily.
"What are you talking about?" Takuya asked dully.
"That." Koji answered. "You're just not yourself. You're depressed, you won't eat-"
"I'm just not hungry." Takuya said rather sharply, cutting Koji off.
"I just want you to know that, if you need to talk, I'll be there." Koji said.
"Don't hold your breath." Takuya muttered.
Koji narrowed his eyes angrily. He reached down and pulled Takuya to his feet by his vest collar. Takuya opened his eyes the instant Koji's hands touched his vest.
"What's your problem!?"
"The better question is, what is yours?" Koji snapped. "Listen to me Takuya, you're the leader and like it or not, you're a role model for the rest of us, especially Tommy. If you allow yourself to act like this, you drag the rest of us down with you. Now tell me."
Takuya slapped Koji's hands off his vest. "None of your business, now back off!" Takuya snapped.
"No Takuya, remember why you're here." Koji said angrily.
Takuya narrowed his eyes. In one quick movement, he punched Koji in the cheek.
Koji turned harsh, angry eyes on Takuya. He quickly calmed himself down before speaking. "Alright, but remember, we're here for you." He said, before walking back towards the group.
Takuya watched him go with angry eyes. 'What does he know?'
Koji walked back to the group, rubbing his cheek where Takuya had punched him.
"So, how'd it go?" JP asked.
"Koji, are you okay?" Kouichi asked, concern in his voice.
"I'm fine." Koji replied coolly.
"What happened?" Zoe asked.
"He just needs a little time to think." Koji replied, taking his hand off his cheek and sitting down next to his brother.
"And he told you this by punching you?" Zoe asked.
Koji shrugged. "I can take a hint."
'If Takuya wouldn't even listen to Koji, what chance do we have of getting through to him? Wait, don't jump to conclusions. Maybe he'll get over it by himself.' Zoe thought to herself.
"Hey Z, whatcha thinkin'?" JP asked.
"Huh?" Zoe asked, breaking out of her thoughts. "Oh, uh, nothing."
"Message?"
"Yeah, it told me that by following this map, I'd find out more about my destiny . . ."
"And you actually believed it? It was probably just some dumb prank."
Sao looked down. "I know, that's what I thought at first . . ."
"But?"
Sao looked back up at her friend. "But something inside of me is telling me that it's the truth. I can't shake the feeling."
Takuya was sitting silently at the water's edge, looking out at the moon's reflection playing across the water. 'Why should they care how I'm acting? The only time they've cared before was when I was fighting with Koji. And now that I'm quieter, they start worrying. Maybe that's the problem. That's it, it's not me, they're the ones with the issues.' Takuya stood up. 'I've made my decision . . . I'm going on alone. Tonight.'
"C'mon Lisa. Now that you know, will you still come?" Sao half- begged.
Lisa sighed. "I still think it's some kind of prank, but sure, whatever."
Sao gave her friend a quick hug. "Thanks."
Bokomon was the first of the group to awaken the next morning. He looked around. The rest of the group was all there, except Takuya.
'Oh well, Takuya's g-WHAT!?' Bokomon thought to himself. He jumped to his feet. "Wake up everyone, Takuya's GONE!"
Everyone started awake at the sound of Bokomon's voice.
"He's GONE!" Bokomon repeated loudly.
Koji looked down to where he had left Takuya the night before. "You're right." He agreed. "Takuya! Where are you!?" Koji yelled into the woods.
"YOU OWE ME!" Lisa yelled as the two teens fell through a spinning vortex of lights.
"I KNOW!" Sao yelled back.
The two continued falling for what seemed like ages before they finally landed in a large, grassy prairie. They sat up quickly, ignoring their pains from the fall.
Takuya walked through the woods alone. He had a cold, angry look on his face and was staring at the ground as he walked. 'This is probably the best choice I've made since I came to the Digital World.' Takuya thought silently to himself.
Two figures stepped out of the shadows along the trail and right into Takuya's path.
Takuya didn't notice until he saw the black boots right in front of him. He stopped and looked up, expecting to see some of the others. Instead, he saw two thin girls.
One had shoulder-length light brown hair pulled back in a short pony tail. He noticed that she was a few inches taller than him. She was wearing an olive green tank top. She had blue jeans with a loose black belt that hung around her hips. Her eyes were a medium blue.
The other was a little shorter than her friend, but still taller than Takuya. She had long medium brown hair and pale blue eyes. She was wearing a low-cut maroon t-shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans.
"Where are you going?" The second girl asked.
"Nowhere." Takuya answered.
"What's your name?" The first asked.
"Takuya Kanbara, and you two?"
"Sao."
"Lisa."
Takuya nodded. "Well, later." He said before passing the girls and continuing on his way.
Disclaimer: Need I say it? I don't own Digimon in any way shape or form. I do however, own my own ORIGINAL CHARACTERS. And besides, if I did own Digimon (which I DON'T!) it wouldn't be going away, duh!
CHAPTER 1
Three battle-tattered angel Digimon flew back from the cloud of smoke caused by a powerful attack.
"This isn't working . . . we need more power!" Cherubimon yelled, frustrated.
"But all our forces are either too weak to fight, or have been deleted." Seraphimon argued.
A band of data containing an ancient book shot past the three angels, but not before they caught a glimpse of the book.
"The legend of the humans that saved the Digital World is remembered . . ." Ophanimon muttered. "And now we must call upon those courageous humans from the past once again to help us save this world."
"Even if they were to join with the Legendary Spirits, they would not have enough power to defeat him!" Cherubimon snarled, pointing to their powerful foe.
"They will not be alone . . . they will be accompanied by the reincarnated spirits of the two Legendary Keepers." Ophanimon said. "I shall now use my remaining strength to call upon those ancient spirits of the brave Keepers that saved our world so long ago . . ."
"We shall help you, Lady Ophanimon." Seraphimon said.
The three angels were consumed in colored auras.
"Takuya Kanbara." A muted mechanical female voice stated.
A boy with messy dark brown hair and bright amber eyes sat up in bed at the sound of the voice. He was wearing a large t-shirt and a pair of boxers.
"Mmh . . . what was that?" The boy asked himself, rubbing his eyes tiredly with his fists.
"Takuya!" The voice repeated, much more urgently this time.
'Wait . . . that voice sounded somewhat familiar . . .' Takuya thought to himself, opening his eyes all the way and quickly glancing around his room. Takuya's gaze fell on his half ajar closet door.
"Takuya, please listen . . . we need you back here now!"
He threw the covers off himself and jumped out of bed, dashing over to the closet. "Ophanimon?"
"Takuya, please . . ."
"OPHANIMON! Be there in a second!" Takuya called, throwing different articles out of his closet, desperately searching for his cell phone.
After a few minutes of searching, he found his prize and sat back on his legs, holding his cell phone in his right hand. "Ophanimon, you still there?"
No answer.
Takuya sighed to himself in a disappointed fashion. 'What did she contact me for? The only reason I can think of would be-wait, I bet that's it!' Takuya gasped. 'Of course! She told me I was needed back there! I should call the others . . . but . . . how will they react? Will they even remember?'
Takuya's cell phone suddenly started glowing white and in a flash of light particles, it transformed into a familiar black and red handheld device.
"Heh hey! My D-Tector! It's back!" Takuya said happily, tightening his grip on the device. 'But what about my Spirits?'
"Sao, what's the big idea?" A girl with long medium brown hair and pale blue eyes asked, tripping over her high-heeled black boots. She was wearing a low cut maroon t-shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans.
"Honestly Lisa, can't you just wait and find out when we get there?" Sao, a girl with shoulder-length light brown hair and medium blue eyes asked over her shoulder. She was wearing an olive green tank-top, a pair of blue jeans, and black boots with blue blazes on the sides.
"I COULD wait, but that'd make your life too easy!" Lisa teased.
"Ha, ha, very funny." Sao retorted. 'What did that message mean?' ~FLASHBACK~
Sao's phone rang, and she took it off her belt and answered it. "Hello?"
"Sao, it is time to discover your destiny.are you willing to find out?" A strange, almost mechanical male voice asked.
"Destiny?"
"Yes. Will you take a chance and find out?"
'This is probably some kind of dumb prank.' Sao thought to herself. "Sure, whatever."
"Good." The voice said before a holographic map image shot up from her phone screen.
"Whoa!" Sao exclaimed, examining the map with interest. ~END FLASHBACK~
"Hey! Sao! SLOW DOWN!" Lisa called after her friend.
Sao was jolted from her thoughts, only to find that she had been running faster than she ever remembered going. She came to a stop, gasping for breath, and waited for Lisa to catch up.
Lisa joined her friend, also short of breath. "What . . . was that . . . all about?" Lisa panted.
"Kinda a weird story." Sao replied.
The six remaining Legendary Warriors were walking slowly down a path in the woods. Takuya was in the lead with his hands in his pockets, looking at the ground. Zoe and Tommy were side by side behind Takuya and JP was walking alone after them. Koji and Kouichi came next, in their usual silence. Bokomon and Neemon brought up the rear.
Tommy glanced over at Zoe, then back at the others. He then looked nervously in front of him, at Takuya. He decided to ask the question that was on everybody's mind. "Um, Takuya,"
"Yeah?" Takuya asked, his eyes never leaving the ground.
"Can we really beat this new evil? We don't even know anything about it." Tommy asked quietly.
Takuya stopped dead in his tracks. The others stopped too.
'That's true . . . and we haven't found the angels. If only we'd gotten here sooner . . .' Takuya sighed quietly before looking back at Tommy. "I'm not sure."
The others gasped and looked at Takuya with expressions of shock and confusion.
'Is this really the same Takuya we have known for so long? He seems so depressed and seems to have lost all of his optimism.' Zoe thought to herself.
Bokomon cleared his throat. "I suggest we find something to eat."
"How can you be thinking about food now?" Neemon asked.
"Well, as we all know, food is the best way to raise spirits." Bokomon answered.
"He's got a point there." JP said.
"Sao, tell me, or I'm stopping right here! You're dragging me all over the city!" Lisa complained.
Sao sighed to herself and stopped. She held out her phone so that Lisa could easily see the map.
"What's that?" Lisa asked, obviously confused.
Takuya was lying on his back beside the gleaming lake. He had one knee bent up in the air. His hands were behind his head and his eyes were closed.
Zoe walked quietly over to where he was laying. She crouched down beside him and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "Takuya." She said quietly.
Takuya opened one eye at the sound of her voice.
"Food's ready." Zoe said, removing her hand and standing up.
Takuya closed his eye. "Go ahead and eat without me, I'm not hungry." He said dully.
"You sure?" Zoe asked, concern creeping into her voice.
"Yeah, don't worry about me." Takuya said.
"Alright." Zoe said reluctantly, heading back to where they had made camp.
Zoe walked back over to the others. She took her seat between Koji and Tommy.
"Where's Takuya?" JP asked.
"He said he's not hungry." Zoe said, a hint of sadness in her voice.
"What's wrong Zoe?" Tommy asked.
"I'm just worried about Takuya." Zoe replied.
"Why?" Kouichi questioned.
"He's been so quiet lately and something's gotta be wrong if he won't even eat." Zoe said quietly.
"Yeah, you're right. He has been acting strange lately." Tommy agreed.
Zoe looked over at Koji, who had stayed completely silent the whole time. "Koji, maybe you should talk to him?" Zoe said, turning it into a question.
"Why me?" Koji asked in his calm, yet almost cold voice.
"Because you and him have, I don't know what to call it, a bond? Anyway, if he's going to listen to anyone, it'll be you." Zoe answered.
"Uh . . . mmh." Koji began to protest, but stopped himself.
There was an expectant silence.
"Alright, I'll go talk to him." Koji said quietly, standing up and heading for the lake, and Takuya.
"It's a map of the city . . . we're heading for the red dot."
"Yeah, I figured that much, but WHY!?" Lisa retorted.
Sao sighed again. "It's kinda hard to explain."
"Don't give me that, it's obvious that you're lying."
Sao flashed her friend a smile. "You've known me for too long, eh?"
"Yeah, now what is it?"
"I got this message . . ."
Takuya was laying the same way he had been when Zoe left him.
Koji walked over to him. "Takuya."
Takuya opened an eye. "What is it, Koji?"
"We need to talk."
"'Bout what?" Takuya asked, closing his eye.
"Let's cut to the chase . . . we've been noticing you're not acting like yourself." Koji said uneasily.
"What are you talking about?" Takuya asked dully.
"That." Koji answered. "You're just not yourself. You're depressed, you won't eat-"
"I'm just not hungry." Takuya said rather sharply, cutting Koji off.
"I just want you to know that, if you need to talk, I'll be there." Koji said.
"Don't hold your breath." Takuya muttered.
Koji narrowed his eyes angrily. He reached down and pulled Takuya to his feet by his vest collar. Takuya opened his eyes the instant Koji's hands touched his vest.
"What's your problem!?"
"The better question is, what is yours?" Koji snapped. "Listen to me Takuya, you're the leader and like it or not, you're a role model for the rest of us, especially Tommy. If you allow yourself to act like this, you drag the rest of us down with you. Now tell me."
Takuya slapped Koji's hands off his vest. "None of your business, now back off!" Takuya snapped.
"No Takuya, remember why you're here." Koji said angrily.
Takuya narrowed his eyes. In one quick movement, he punched Koji in the cheek.
Koji turned harsh, angry eyes on Takuya. He quickly calmed himself down before speaking. "Alright, but remember, we're here for you." He said, before walking back towards the group.
Takuya watched him go with angry eyes. 'What does he know?'
Koji walked back to the group, rubbing his cheek where Takuya had punched him.
"So, how'd it go?" JP asked.
"Koji, are you okay?" Kouichi asked, concern in his voice.
"I'm fine." Koji replied coolly.
"What happened?" Zoe asked.
"He just needs a little time to think." Koji replied, taking his hand off his cheek and sitting down next to his brother.
"And he told you this by punching you?" Zoe asked.
Koji shrugged. "I can take a hint."
'If Takuya wouldn't even listen to Koji, what chance do we have of getting through to him? Wait, don't jump to conclusions. Maybe he'll get over it by himself.' Zoe thought to herself.
"Hey Z, whatcha thinkin'?" JP asked.
"Huh?" Zoe asked, breaking out of her thoughts. "Oh, uh, nothing."
"Message?"
"Yeah, it told me that by following this map, I'd find out more about my destiny . . ."
"And you actually believed it? It was probably just some dumb prank."
Sao looked down. "I know, that's what I thought at first . . ."
"But?"
Sao looked back up at her friend. "But something inside of me is telling me that it's the truth. I can't shake the feeling."
Takuya was sitting silently at the water's edge, looking out at the moon's reflection playing across the water. 'Why should they care how I'm acting? The only time they've cared before was when I was fighting with Koji. And now that I'm quieter, they start worrying. Maybe that's the problem. That's it, it's not me, they're the ones with the issues.' Takuya stood up. 'I've made my decision . . . I'm going on alone. Tonight.'
"C'mon Lisa. Now that you know, will you still come?" Sao half- begged.
Lisa sighed. "I still think it's some kind of prank, but sure, whatever."
Sao gave her friend a quick hug. "Thanks."
Bokomon was the first of the group to awaken the next morning. He looked around. The rest of the group was all there, except Takuya.
'Oh well, Takuya's g-WHAT!?' Bokomon thought to himself. He jumped to his feet. "Wake up everyone, Takuya's GONE!"
Everyone started awake at the sound of Bokomon's voice.
"He's GONE!" Bokomon repeated loudly.
Koji looked down to where he had left Takuya the night before. "You're right." He agreed. "Takuya! Where are you!?" Koji yelled into the woods.
"YOU OWE ME!" Lisa yelled as the two teens fell through a spinning vortex of lights.
"I KNOW!" Sao yelled back.
The two continued falling for what seemed like ages before they finally landed in a large, grassy prairie. They sat up quickly, ignoring their pains from the fall.
Takuya walked through the woods alone. He had a cold, angry look on his face and was staring at the ground as he walked. 'This is probably the best choice I've made since I came to the Digital World.' Takuya thought silently to himself.
Two figures stepped out of the shadows along the trail and right into Takuya's path.
Takuya didn't notice until he saw the black boots right in front of him. He stopped and looked up, expecting to see some of the others. Instead, he saw two thin girls.
One had shoulder-length light brown hair pulled back in a short pony tail. He noticed that she was a few inches taller than him. She was wearing an olive green tank top. She had blue jeans with a loose black belt that hung around her hips. Her eyes were a medium blue.
The other was a little shorter than her friend, but still taller than Takuya. She had long medium brown hair and pale blue eyes. She was wearing a low-cut maroon t-shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans.
"Where are you going?" The second girl asked.
"Nowhere." Takuya answered.
"What's your name?" The first asked.
"Takuya Kanbara, and you two?"
"Sao."
"Lisa."
Takuya nodded. "Well, later." He said before passing the girls and continuing on his way.