CHAPTER 12
Kazemon, Fueosmon, and Holohomon burst into the pool area. Their arrival sent the crowds of students running and screaming.
"Where are the guys?" Kazemon asked, looking around.
"In the pool." A student answered quietly.
Fueosmon and Holohomon looked to the pool. Kazemon gasped when she saw it was frozen solid.
"All of them?" Kazemon asked the students, who shook their heads.
"Wow, they really are pathetic." Holohomon said with a hint of amusement in her voice.
"Which one's not here?" Fueosmon asked quickly.
"The fiery one." A student answered shyly.
"I should've known." Fueosmon said, exchanging knowing glances with Holohomon.
The two turned to the hole in the roof, ready to leave the building.
"No!" Kazemon exclaimed, running onto the ice. "Where are you going!? We have to get them outta here!"
Fueosmon casually walked onto the ice. Holohomon followed just as calmly.
Kazemon held up her hands and small tornados formed at her fingertips. "Hurricane-"
"Wait." Fueosmon said quickly. "You need to think about what you're doing first."
"What do you mean!? We've got to get them out of there!" Kazemon exclaimed, the wind disappearing.
"Whatever, be my guest. But I suggest you clear off the-"
"Hurricane Wave!"
Kazemon's attack bounced off the ice and shot back up into the air, then disappeared. "Huh?"
"Like I said, clear off the-"
"Tempest Twist!"
Once again, Kazemon's attack had no effect on the ice.
"Hurricane Wa-"
"Dark Fire Mist!"
Fueosmon's attack bounced off the ice as well.
"Just as we thought." Holohomon said.
"Right." Fueosmon said, drawing her sword. "Darkness Blade!" Fueosmon's attack flew over the pool area, the heat from it melting away the frost covering the ice. Fueosmon de-Spirit Evolved. "Just as I thought."
Holohomon de-Spirit Evolved as well.
Kazemon landed on the ice and de-Spirit Evolved. Zoe dropped to her knees and pounded a fist on the ice. "Stupid frost . . ." Zoe muttered, scraping away some of the ice-like snow that remained.
"Get up, stop being pathetic." Sao snapped coldly. "Don't forget there's still your little boyfriend to deal with after this. Or don't you care what happens to them?" She said, jerking her thumb towards the students and teachers watching.
Zoe slowly stood up. "What do you mean by 'my boyfriend'?"
"That's what I thought." Sao said as she and Lisa walked over to the figures frozen into the ice.
"What are you doing?!" Zoe exclaimed.
"Just stay out of our way-off the ice-we can handle this." Lisa replied sharply.
Zoe slowly backed off the ice.
Sao and Lisa lifted up their hands, which were quickly covered in flames. The flames on Sao's hands were black, while Lisa's were red.
"Flame . . ." Sao and Lisa whispered. "Free these pathetic Warriors."
The flames surrounding Sao's and Lisa's hands split, then transferred their power to four frozen Warriors.
The ice encasing JP, Kouichi, Tommy, and Koji disappeared, melted by the heat of the flames. The four Warriors dropped to the ground, shivering and barely conscious.
"Flame, return to your Keepers." Sao and Lisa whispered.
The flames returned to Sao's and Lisa's hands, then disappeared. The two dropped to their knees, gasping for breath.
"Sao, Lisa, you okay?" Zoe asked from her position next to the fallen Warriors.
Lisa and Sao didn't reply. Instead, they stood up and turned to leave.
"Where are you going?" Zoe asked. "Lisa! Sao!"
"Sao, Lisa." Ophanimon's voice stated from Sao's D-Tector, stopping the two dead in their tracks.
"What is it now?" Sao asked aloud, taking her D-Tector off her belt and holding it in front of her. "Well Ophanimon, you gonna tell us or what?"
"I bring bad news I'm afraid-"
"What is it?!" Lisa snapped.
"It's Leonard . . ."
"What about her?" Sao asked, her voice softening a little.
"She' been captured and has been . . . destroyed." Ophanimon answered gravely. "The two of you will inherit the powers she kept."
The two were speechless and Sao almost dropped her D-Tector. Suddenly, their sadness turned to raging anger. "Who? Who destroyed them?"
"The new evil . . . who has also taken Takuya." Ophanimon answered. "But you must not-"
Sao didn't give Ophanimon time to finish. She cut off the link and the two bolted out of the community building.
"Are you guys-are you feeling okay?" Zoe asked the other Warriors, who were covered in blankets and shivering a bit.
"Y-yeah-well, as good as possible seeing as how we were just frozen in a pool." JP replied.
Sao and Lisa sat down and leaned their backs against a tree.
*Why? Of all the people who could have been the Keepers, why us? And why did she have to go and get herself destroyed?* Sao asked Lisa bitterly through their mental connection.
*Who knows . . . she was always doing stupid things.* Lisa replied just as bitterly.
They held up their right hands in front of them, fingers spread apart.
"Flame . . ." Sao whispered. Fire flared above one finger. "Light . . ." A glow of white light appeared above a second finger. "Ice . . ." A crystal of ice appeared over a third finger. "Wind . . ." A small tornado appeared over another finger. "Thunder . . ." Sparks appeared over a fifth finger. All the fingers of Sao's right hand now held an element.
"Earth . . ." Lisa whispered. Pebbles appeared over another finger. "Water . . ." A watery tornado appeared over another finger. "Wood . . ." a sprig of wood appeared over another finger. "Steel . . ." A metallic orb appeared. Now the two held all of the ten elements above between them.
Sao's expression changed from sad to angry and determined. *No. No more mourning. I will use her powers to avenge her.* Sao told Lisa.
*We both will.* Lisa shot back.
The two clenched their hands into fists, squelching the elements. They stood up and took their D-Tectors off their belts.
"You don't remember the fight?" Zoe asked.
"Fight? What fight?" Tommy asked back, genuinely confused.
"Well, it's probably for the best . . . that you don't remember, I mean." Zoe said. "And Sao and Lisa ran off to who-knows-whe-wait! We've got to find them!" Zoe exclaimed suddenly.
"What? Why would we want to?" JP asked.
"I think they're going to take on the evil alone." Zoe answered.
"Warriors!" A strange voice boomed from outside the building.
[a/n: ALRIGHT ALREADY!!!! I'll tell ya. This is for you, GG. *Note* If you DON'T want to know the details of the 'Takuya thing' then stop reading now, savvy?
And now, onto the information . . .
The Takuya thing . . . uhh . . . er . . . I uh, um . . . I'm not quite SURE how to explain it . . . uh, well, um, here we go! I think I got it now . . . *ahem*
Basically what happened is that somehow the 'dark side' convinced Takuya that the others betrayed him in some way and convinced him that the only way to get revenge was to fight and eventually destroy them . . . (It sounds dumber when you put it out like this, but an explanation is an explanation.) I think that pretty much sums it up. Anymore questions? I'll try to answer 'em, savvy? (DANG!! ANOTHER JACK SPARROW MOMENT! GGRRR!!!!)]
Kazemon, Fueosmon, and Holohomon burst into the pool area. Their arrival sent the crowds of students running and screaming.
"Where are the guys?" Kazemon asked, looking around.
"In the pool." A student answered quietly.
Fueosmon and Holohomon looked to the pool. Kazemon gasped when she saw it was frozen solid.
"All of them?" Kazemon asked the students, who shook their heads.
"Wow, they really are pathetic." Holohomon said with a hint of amusement in her voice.
"Which one's not here?" Fueosmon asked quickly.
"The fiery one." A student answered shyly.
"I should've known." Fueosmon said, exchanging knowing glances with Holohomon.
The two turned to the hole in the roof, ready to leave the building.
"No!" Kazemon exclaimed, running onto the ice. "Where are you going!? We have to get them outta here!"
Fueosmon casually walked onto the ice. Holohomon followed just as calmly.
Kazemon held up her hands and small tornados formed at her fingertips. "Hurricane-"
"Wait." Fueosmon said quickly. "You need to think about what you're doing first."
"What do you mean!? We've got to get them out of there!" Kazemon exclaimed, the wind disappearing.
"Whatever, be my guest. But I suggest you clear off the-"
"Hurricane Wave!"
Kazemon's attack bounced off the ice and shot back up into the air, then disappeared. "Huh?"
"Like I said, clear off the-"
"Tempest Twist!"
Once again, Kazemon's attack had no effect on the ice.
"Hurricane Wa-"
"Dark Fire Mist!"
Fueosmon's attack bounced off the ice as well.
"Just as we thought." Holohomon said.
"Right." Fueosmon said, drawing her sword. "Darkness Blade!" Fueosmon's attack flew over the pool area, the heat from it melting away the frost covering the ice. Fueosmon de-Spirit Evolved. "Just as I thought."
Holohomon de-Spirit Evolved as well.
Kazemon landed on the ice and de-Spirit Evolved. Zoe dropped to her knees and pounded a fist on the ice. "Stupid frost . . ." Zoe muttered, scraping away some of the ice-like snow that remained.
"Get up, stop being pathetic." Sao snapped coldly. "Don't forget there's still your little boyfriend to deal with after this. Or don't you care what happens to them?" She said, jerking her thumb towards the students and teachers watching.
Zoe slowly stood up. "What do you mean by 'my boyfriend'?"
"That's what I thought." Sao said as she and Lisa walked over to the figures frozen into the ice.
"What are you doing?!" Zoe exclaimed.
"Just stay out of our way-off the ice-we can handle this." Lisa replied sharply.
Zoe slowly backed off the ice.
Sao and Lisa lifted up their hands, which were quickly covered in flames. The flames on Sao's hands were black, while Lisa's were red.
"Flame . . ." Sao and Lisa whispered. "Free these pathetic Warriors."
The flames surrounding Sao's and Lisa's hands split, then transferred their power to four frozen Warriors.
The ice encasing JP, Kouichi, Tommy, and Koji disappeared, melted by the heat of the flames. The four Warriors dropped to the ground, shivering and barely conscious.
"Flame, return to your Keepers." Sao and Lisa whispered.
The flames returned to Sao's and Lisa's hands, then disappeared. The two dropped to their knees, gasping for breath.
"Sao, Lisa, you okay?" Zoe asked from her position next to the fallen Warriors.
Lisa and Sao didn't reply. Instead, they stood up and turned to leave.
"Where are you going?" Zoe asked. "Lisa! Sao!"
"Sao, Lisa." Ophanimon's voice stated from Sao's D-Tector, stopping the two dead in their tracks.
"What is it now?" Sao asked aloud, taking her D-Tector off her belt and holding it in front of her. "Well Ophanimon, you gonna tell us or what?"
"I bring bad news I'm afraid-"
"What is it?!" Lisa snapped.
"It's Leonard . . ."
"What about her?" Sao asked, her voice softening a little.
"She' been captured and has been . . . destroyed." Ophanimon answered gravely. "The two of you will inherit the powers she kept."
The two were speechless and Sao almost dropped her D-Tector. Suddenly, their sadness turned to raging anger. "Who? Who destroyed them?"
"The new evil . . . who has also taken Takuya." Ophanimon answered. "But you must not-"
Sao didn't give Ophanimon time to finish. She cut off the link and the two bolted out of the community building.
"Are you guys-are you feeling okay?" Zoe asked the other Warriors, who were covered in blankets and shivering a bit.
"Y-yeah-well, as good as possible seeing as how we were just frozen in a pool." JP replied.
Sao and Lisa sat down and leaned their backs against a tree.
*Why? Of all the people who could have been the Keepers, why us? And why did she have to go and get herself destroyed?* Sao asked Lisa bitterly through their mental connection.
*Who knows . . . she was always doing stupid things.* Lisa replied just as bitterly.
They held up their right hands in front of them, fingers spread apart.
"Flame . . ." Sao whispered. Fire flared above one finger. "Light . . ." A glow of white light appeared above a second finger. "Ice . . ." A crystal of ice appeared over a third finger. "Wind . . ." A small tornado appeared over another finger. "Thunder . . ." Sparks appeared over a fifth finger. All the fingers of Sao's right hand now held an element.
"Earth . . ." Lisa whispered. Pebbles appeared over another finger. "Water . . ." A watery tornado appeared over another finger. "Wood . . ." a sprig of wood appeared over another finger. "Steel . . ." A metallic orb appeared. Now the two held all of the ten elements above between them.
Sao's expression changed from sad to angry and determined. *No. No more mourning. I will use her powers to avenge her.* Sao told Lisa.
*We both will.* Lisa shot back.
The two clenched their hands into fists, squelching the elements. They stood up and took their D-Tectors off their belts.
"You don't remember the fight?" Zoe asked.
"Fight? What fight?" Tommy asked back, genuinely confused.
"Well, it's probably for the best . . . that you don't remember, I mean." Zoe said. "And Sao and Lisa ran off to who-knows-whe-wait! We've got to find them!" Zoe exclaimed suddenly.
"What? Why would we want to?" JP asked.
"I think they're going to take on the evil alone." Zoe answered.
"Warriors!" A strange voice boomed from outside the building.
[a/n: ALRIGHT ALREADY!!!! I'll tell ya. This is for you, GG. *Note* If you DON'T want to know the details of the 'Takuya thing' then stop reading now, savvy?
And now, onto the information . . .
The Takuya thing . . . uhh . . . er . . . I uh, um . . . I'm not quite SURE how to explain it . . . uh, well, um, here we go! I think I got it now . . . *ahem*
Basically what happened is that somehow the 'dark side' convinced Takuya that the others betrayed him in some way and convinced him that the only way to get revenge was to fight and eventually destroy them . . . (It sounds dumber when you put it out like this, but an explanation is an explanation.) I think that pretty much sums it up. Anymore questions? I'll try to answer 'em, savvy? (DANG!! ANOTHER JACK SPARROW MOMENT! GGRRR!!!!)]