A Digimon Frontier Fanfic
By Haru Glory
Author's Notes: Okay, fourth chapter. You guys could probably guess what this chapter is all about, but hey, I still gotta write it for those who haven't figure what this chapter is all about, yet. Anyways, if you guys want to know stuff like when I would update, what are those stories that I am planning to write and stuff like that, log on to livejournal and visit my page there, it's haru glory with an underscore between haru and glory. You'll find some stuff out there. With that said, and knowing that so few a people do read the notes on the beginning...here's the fourth chapter.
Chronicles of Time: Of What the Future Brings
Chapter 4: The Mysterious Message and Takuya's Story
"Stupid Takuya." Koichi thought as he, along with the other spirit shinkers waited on the hospital for Takuya's parents to arrive, "Stupid explosion, thanks to them our plan has been postponed."
Koichi and the others were lucky that soon after Takuya collapsed over Zoe, the ambulance that they saw speeding towards the scene arrived. Soon after, Takuya was placed on a stretcher and was carried from Shibuya street to Shibuya Hospital within minutes.
"So, what did the doctor say, Zoe?" Tommy asked right after Zoe returned after talking with the doctor that looked onto Takuya.
"He said Takuya just inhaled a little too much smoke from the wreckage." Zoe replied, "He told me it wasn't anything serious, but Takuya would have to stay here until he could breath properly again."
"And what about his parents?" JP asked right after.
"They can't come today." Koji replied after pocketing his phone.
"What!??" the others exclaimed, "WHY!??"
"Takuya's parents are having a vacation at California and his little brother, Shinya is staying over their grandmother's house in Yokohama." Koji explained, "I called his parents and they said they'd try and get on a plane today."
"Then who would watch over him for the night?" Zoe asked.
At this question, Koichi's eyes light up. He glanced over Koji who nodded and then to Tommy who also nodded.
"I can't watch over him tonight, Zoe." Koichi said, "I promised my mom I would do the chores right after we I come home. And I told her I'll be home by four."
"I can't stay the night over too, Zoe." Koji added, "My dad and my step mom are going out for dinner and I have to go and watch over the house while they're gone."
"Well, I have no plans to stay here too." JP said, "I can't miss the final episode of Te Amo."
"JP!" Zoe exclaimed, "I can't believe you'll not do this for your friend."
"And I can't believe you watch soap operas." Koichi smirked.
"Look, I would really love to stay and chat with you guys, but I have to go, BYE." JP quickly said as he dashed for the door and practically ran out of the hospital.
"Unbelievable." Zoe muttered, "Then how about you Tommy?"
"I can't." Tommy replied, "I really would love to take care of big brother after all that he had done for me, but my parents would get worried and I might be grounded if I don't come home early."
"Why don't you take care of him, Zoe?" Koji asked.
"Me?" Zoe asked back, not quite sure of what she had heard.
"Yeah, you two are close friends after all." Koichi added, "Besides, you were also the one who took care of his injury after the battle with Lucemon, right?"
"But..." Zoe said.
"Well, that's settled then." Tommy said, "See you tomorrow, big sis!"
And Tommy was out of the room.
"Right." Koji said, "Take care, Zoe. See ya!"
And Koji soon followed after Tommy. But he waited at the lobby for his twin.
"This isn't one of your stupid plans to get us together, is it, Koichi?" Zoe asked even before Koichi could say his good bye.
"Err...no." Koichi replied, "What made you say that?"
"Never mind." Zoe said, "But if I ever learned that this IS one of you and the others' pranks..."
"Hey, calm it down Zoe and stop blushing." Koichi said hurriedly with a smirk, "Well, I gotta get going to, you take good care of your handsome young prince now, BYE!"
And even before Zoe could react with what Koichi had said, the bearer of the dark element that could beat darkness was out of the room and already at the lobby meeting up with his twin leaving Zoe alone with Takuya.
Zoe sighed. Once again for the uncountable time in her life ever since their journey to the digital world, she was with Takuya again – alone with him. She sighed once more and sat at the chair which Tommy placed right beside Takuya's bed. After she had sat down and calmed herself, she then began to look over Takuya filled with a mixture of anger, worry and confusion.
"Of all the times that you would have to be late, you picked this day." Zoe murmured as she stared at Takuya.
He had plenty of bruises – some of which Zoe could guess he got after being pinned down, the others, she could not think where he could have gotten it. A part of his arm was slightly burned or bruised – it was hard to tell because of the bandage. But for Zoe, it was the worst shape that Takuya was ever in – even compared to the dangerous times they had at the digi-world.
"You are such a jerk making us wait like that." Zoe continued on, "If you weren't bruised like that, I could have easily strangled you."
Then Zoe noticed something at Takuya's pocket. It was his mobile phone. It had plenty of dirt on it and a few scratches here and there, but it was still fully functional. Zoe then, knowing that Takuya would not mind, took out his phone from his pocket and began to look at it.
"Takuya, what were you doing near the station?" Zoe wondered, "You couldn't have taken the train to get over to the park after we have told you of a much faster and shorter way to get there."
Just then, Zoe caught sight of a very peculiar e-mail sent to Takuya. It had no information on who sent it, but it was sent an hour before Takuya had called her. Zoe did not hesitate; she immediately opened the mail and began to read what was inside it:
Go to Shibuya Street.
"Go to Shibuya Street?" Zoe repeated not quite sure of what it meant, "Who would have sent this to him?"
Zoe then saw that she could scroll down the message, which she did and it read:
Warrior of the Flames, a new chapter is
About to begin...
"I know only one Digimon who would send riddles on an e-mail but—" Zoe muttered, "When we left the digi-world, Ophanimon was reduced to Salamon and she doesn't have the power to send this e-mail. And why is it that only Takuya was called to go to the street?"
Just then, Zoe's stomach began to growl which reminded her that she hadn't eaten anything yet and it was already noon. She was about to go out of the room when the door opened and a nurse stepped in.
"You must be Miss Zoe Orimoto." The nurse said, "This was left by your friends on the lobby."
She then handed Zoe the parcel. It was kind of heavy, which made Zoe curious as to what could be inside the package.
"They said to give this to you when the clock strikes noon." The nurse continued.
"Thank you." Zoe thanked as she opened the package and saw that it was what she needed at the moment – food.
The nurse bowed in reply before she exited the room and returned to her post at the lobby.
The aroma of the food (which, by the way, was chicken and pasta) filled the air and Zoe, forgetting about the message, ate quietly at the corner.
Takuya was not oblivious to the fact that Zoe was eating. When Zoe opened the parcel, the aroma of food woke Takuya up. But Zoe did not take notice of it, for her back was turned against him. It was also then that Takuya noticed his phone near Zoe's plate.
"I guess I have a lot of explaining to do now that she has probably read the mail." Takuya thought as he remembered everything from receiving the e-mail while he was on his way to the park, to the explosion that occurred after calling Zoe, to the point before he collapsed.
Takuya then continued to watch Zoe eating quietly, he didn't want to disturb her thinking that he had already made her day worst. As he continued to watch her silently, he began to blush not wishing to think of the reason why at that moment, but deep down inside, he knows why.
"What the heck is wrong with me now?" Takuya wondered to himself as he continued to blush just by watching Zoe, "Okay, so maybe I have to admit she is beautiful even from behind and –"
Takuya was abruptly snapped from his thoughts once again by the smell food, his mouth began to water and he remembered that he hadn't had any breakfast that morning.
Zoe had already finished eating two plates of Chicken and Pasta (there were 4 in all) when someone cleared his throat. Zoe turned her head around to see if anybody came in without her noticing, but no one was there.
"That's weird," Zoe muttered, "I thought I heard something."
"Maybe you're just imagining things." Takuya said.
This made Zoe jump from her seat and stare at Takuya in surprise.
"Hey." Takuya greeted his voice still a little bit hoarse.
" T-Takuya!??" Zoe exclaimed as she ran towards where Takuya lay and gave him a hug, "You're awake!"
"Uh – yeah." Takuya replied blushing, "I guess I am."
Zoe continued to hug Takuya and Takuya became redder and redder until he finally felt a shot of pain from his whole body.
"Uh, Zoe?" Takuya said, "Can you let go of me now? I – uh – my wounds hurt a bit."
Zoe who forgot what she was doing and to whom she was doing it, immediately let go of Takuya and the two of them blushed for a couple of minutes before Zoe managed to apologize.
"Uh – Zoe, do you mind calling for some food?" Takuya asked, "I'm kinda hungry. I promise I'll pay you back when we get out of here."
"Oh!" Zoe said and she quickly went to where she sat eating the Chicken and Pasta and took out the third plate, "No need for that, Takuya. Tommy and the others left this."
"They did?" Takuya asked as Zoe laid the food on the table near Takuya and helped him to sit up, "What do you mean they left it? Where are they?"
"They said they have some 'stuff' to do." Zoe replied, "When I asked them to stay, they just gave me a barrage of excuses."
Zoe then placed a large handkerchief on Takuya's lap and placed the dish on top of it.
"And did they tell you when they'd be back?" Takuya asked.
Zoe then stood up and returned to the parcel. She took out a fork, returned to the chair beside Takuya's bed and handed him the fork.
"I don't think they'll be back this afternoon, maybe tomorrow morning." Zoe replied, "Koji also called your parents and Shinya to let them know what happened."
Takuya was having a hard time using the fork, he couldn't quite hold it – not without dropping it back down the plate soon after.
"He did what!??" Takuya asked, then muttered, "Stupid fork." When the he dropped the fork once again.
"He called your family." Zoe repeated as she watched Takuya drop the fork over and over again. Zoe got so annoyed that she took the fork from Takuya and placed a mouthful of pasta twisted on it and held it close to Takuya's mouth, "Here, now open your mouth wide – "
Takuya opened his mouth, blushing and ate the pasta. After swallowing, he said, "They shouldn't have done that, They shouldn't have told them that I'm in a hospital."
"What do you mean by that Takuya?" Zoe asked as she cut a piece of chicken and using the fork, held it close to Takuya's mouth.
"How do you suppose I tell them what happened," Takuya replied in between bites, "when I don't even know how to explain it to you and the others?"
Zoe took out two glasses and poured water on both. She handed one to Takuya while the other she drink herself.
"Why don't you start off with the e-mail I read on your phone?" Zoe suggested.
Takuya finished the glass of water before he replied, "Figures you'd be checking on my phone for clues."
Zoe sat down again and continued to feed Takuya.
"So, are you going to tell me what had happened or not?" Zoe asked.
"Do I have a choice?" Takuya asked after swallowing some more pasta and chicken.
"First off, mind telling me who sent the e-mail?" Zoe asked.
"Angewomon." Takuya replied.
"Who?" Zoe asked.
"Angewomon," Takuya replied, "She's Salamon's ultimate form. Salamon is as you know Ophanimon. She told me when she called my phone before I called you, that she hadn't had any luck digivolving back to Ophanimon."
"Okay..." Zoe said, "What happened exactly before the explosion, Takuya? Why did you tell us to go to Shibuya Street?"
Takuya then began to recount the events that had transpired that morning.
"I was already on my way to the park when I received the e-mail telling me to go to Shibuya street. I knew at once it had something to do with the digi-world so I agreed to go there and after scrolling the mail, I didn't think twice about it. I took a taxi and told him to head straight to the station, which he tried to comply." Takuya retold.
"What do you mean 'he tried to comply'?" Zoe asked.
"The traffic was killing me so I jumped out of the taxi and ran towards the station." Takuya explained.
"That was reckless, Takuya!" Zoe said, "Why on earth would you do that?"
"Oh, come on, Zoe." Takuya replied, "It was about the digi-world! I was so excited. I thought that Angewomon would bring back our digi-vices and ask us to save the world again."
"That's just like you, Takuya Kanbara." Zoe said making Takuya grin.
"So, anyway, I got there half an hour later and when I did, I saw a weird portal thingy. When the portal vanished, seconds later after I saw it, someone stood there and guess what? It's Crusadermon!" Takuya said.
"Say what?!!" Crusadermon?!!" Zoe exclaimed not daring to believe what she had heard, "But that's impossible –"
"Tell me about it." Takuya replied, "I knew at the moment when Crusadermon began causing havoc at the streets that it would be bad news if he sees me and remembers who I am. So I ran inside one of the buildings and called you."
"Why didn't you tell me about Crusadermon when you called?" Zoe asked.
"Well, I didn't want you to panic or anything." Takuya answered, "I really didn't like to call you at first, I was afraid you might get hurt or something. Without our digivices, we're just kids. But then I figured that if something happened to me, you guys would know where I am."
"Takuya..." Zoe said, "You should have told us."
"Well, we can't do anything about it now." Takuya replied, "What has happened has happened and we can't change any of it."
"You're right." Zoe said, "So what happened after that?"
"Well, it's as if Crusadermon could feel where I am because right after I called you guys he faced the building I was in and used his 'Breath of Wyvern' attack. That's what caused the explosion. I was lucky I managed to get out of the building, but I wasn't lucky enough, I was pinned to the ground." Takuya continued.
"What happened to Crusadermon?" Zoe asked.
"Before I was completely buried underneath the debris, I saw the portal again and just like before, when it vanished, Crusadermon was already gone. Then you guys arrived minutes later...that's the last of what I remembered before I woke up here." Takuya finished.
The two was silent for a while before Takuya spoke up again.
"Say, Zoe, won't your parents be worried if you stayed here for too long?" Takuya asked, "If you want to go home, it's okay by me."
"No, it's alright." Zoe replied, "My parents already knew where I am, I called them before the doctor told me about your condition."
"That's good." Takuya said which earned him a stare from Zoe.
"Why?" Zoe asked.
"Honestly speaking, I really don't want to be alone here right now." Takuya said, "Say, Zoe, you don't mind if I sleep a bit, right?"
"No." Zoe replied, "Of course not, you need all the rest you could get."
"Thanks, Zoe." Takuya said before he drifted off to sleep, "Thanks for everything."
To be continued...
A/N: Okay, so I placed a little bit of TAKUMI moments in here, how was it? I hope I did well. Okay, people, I need some help. I need to know the complete list of the ancient ten, their attacks/techniques and other important information about them. I also need the attacks of the bad guys of season 4. I would really appreciate it if you guys would help me. I hope to hear from everyone who reads this fanfic soon! Remember to REVIEW my fic! With that said, this is, once again, 'till next time, Haru Glory, signing out!