A Digimon Frontier Fanfic
By Haru Glory
A/N: Thanks for the reviews again, minna-san! I'm really happy that you liked/loved the previous chapter. Anyway, here's the 29th chapter, the last chapter of what's going on with Takuya and Zoe. Don't worry though, I'll continue their adventures after everyone else's is done. So, enjoy this chapter, you won't be seeing any TAKUMI for a couple of chapters.
Chronicles of Time: Of What the Future Brings
Chapter 29: Old Friends and the Corrupt Leader
Flamon and Zoe had not even walked a mile from the City's entrance when they were immediately attacked by a barrage of attacks coming from all directions. If it wasn't for Flamon's enhanced senses as a digimon, both Zoe and he would have been turned into digi-code in a matter of moments from the numerous attacks that greeted them.
"This isn't the welcome I'm expecting." Flamon said.
"I knew that something was fishy." Zoe said over the roar of the continuous attacks.
"We won't let you take our city!" Came a voice.
"Huh?" Flamon asked, "Did I just hear him say take their city?"
"I think that's what he said." Zoe replied.
"Then this is just some misunderstanding." Flamon said.
"I hope it is." Zoe said as another barrage of attacks came.
"Well, here goes..." Takuya thought as he addressed the attacker, "We're not after your city!"
"How can we trust you?" Came another voice.
"Look, we just ran into an accident and fell down here." Flamon said, "We never meant to hurt anyone much more take over a city."
"He's right." Said Zoe, "We're just looking for a place to rest."
"You cannot lie to us." Came the first voice as he attacked once more.
"We're not lying!" Flamon shouted over the roar of the explosions that was happening all around them, "Besides, if you don't stop doing that, you'll be the one who destroys this city!"
At this the attacks stopped, the attacker and his companion obviously saw the logic in Flamon's words.
"We swear." Zoe said, "We're not your enemies."
"It's easy to say such things." Came the other voice, "But how can you prove it to be true?"
"Garurumon, we cannot learn if what they say is true." Came the first voice, "We have but one way to find out."
"And that would be?" Asked Garurumon
"Bring them to our leader." Came the first voice.
"Are you sure about this, Greymon?" asked Garurumon, "You know he doesn't like to be disturbed especially when he's writing his book."
"What are those two talking about?" Zoe asked.
"Let's just hope it's in our favor, Zoe." Flamon said, "If I'm not mistaken, those two are in their champion forms...and I'm only a rookie."
Just then, Greymon called out a name of a digimon, "Ninjamon, bind these two!"
"WHAT!?" Both Flamon and Zoe shouted in unison.
"We're going to bring them to the headquarters." Greymon continued.
And out of nowhere, a voice came and replied, "At once, sir."
Then Ninjamon appeared right behind Flamon and Zoe. Seconds later, the two were already tied and were being taken to the 'headquarters' that Greymon spoke of.
They walked on for a short while, passing houses and shops along the way. And with every shop they passed by, windows and doors were locked.
"They aren't very hospitable, are they?" Zoe whispered.
"I wonder what's up with this place." Flamon said, "It seems as if they haven't even heard about humans saving the digi-world before. I mean, they could have at least gone easy on you."
"You don't think they're under the influence of Chronosmon, do you?" Zoe asked.
"Let's hope not." Flamon replied.
Minutes have passed, and finally the group of five composed of Flamon, Zoe, Greymon, Garurumon and Ninjamon were facing a large enough house, its doors were made of oaken wood and its windows were round. It has a symbol, which Flamon and Zoe could only guess, signifies that this digimon is the leader. On top of such symbol, were pictures that hold enough meaning for the digimons to understand.
"Resistance..." Flamon said.
"What?" Zoe asked.
"Those pictures there...it says resistance." Flamon repeated.
"How did you manage to understand that?" Zoe asked, "I can't even begin to comprehend what it says."
"I guess...since I'm a digimon right now, I can understand their writing." Flamon replied.
One could not tell whether their captors were listening or not, but even if they were, they seem not to care but rather, intent on bringing the strangers to their leader.
Once the door was opened from the inside, Greymon lead the two by himself towards a room on the far eastern side of the house. When Flamon and Zoe entered the house, they could only guess that it must be the library based on the many shelves aligned on the wall with different colored books in them.
Once everyone was entered, Greymon faced the tall chair which was faced the other way – towards the fireplace in the northern corner of the room. He did not even wait for their leader to stand up and face them, for at once the digimon spoke.
"Master, we have brought you two strangers that have entered town earlier this evening." Greymon began, "They say they come in peace, but I doubt it to be true. What is your judgment?"
"Hey, how can you doubt us?" Flamon asked, "We told you we have no intent on taking over your town, we just want a place to rest for a time being and we'll be well on our way."
"What he says is true." Zoe added.
"Silence!" Greymon bellowed, "You are in the presence of our leader. Await his judgment."
At this both Zoe and Flamon gritted their teeth.
"He's not going to believe us, is he?" Zoe asked in a low whisper.
"If worst comes to worst, we'll just bust out of this place." Flamon replied.
"Flamon!" Zoe hissed, "We came here to save the digi-world, not to ensue chaos."
Flamon was about to say something, but the so-called leader suddenly spoke up.
"Strangers?" a small voice asked, somehow, the voice seemed familiar to both Zoe and Flamon.
"Yes." Greymon replied.
"And what were they doing in the city?" the leader asked still not standing up or even looking at them.
"We weren't doing anything!" Zoe replied, half shouting, "Didn't you hear what we said, we just want a place to rest up, we've been through a lot, you know."
Greymon glared at the young woman.
The leader's ears twitched a little.
"There is another thing, sir." Greymon said, still glaring at Zoe, "One of them is a human while the other is of our kind."
The leader's ears twitched again, "A...human?"
"Yes sir." Greymon replied.
For the first time, the chair with which the leader was sitting at turned and the leader jumped down from the chair. The leader and the two spirit shinkers were surprised to see the other party...
"Zoe!?"
"BOKOMON!?" Flamon and Zoe exclaimed in unison.
"What the...don't tell me you're their leader, Bokomon." Flamon said.
Bokomon raised an eyebrow, "I don't recall ever meeting you."
"Eh...?" Flamon suddenly remembered that he was not Takuya at the moment.
Luckily, Zoe was there, "Don't you remember him? Don't tell me you forgot Takuya."
"Takuya?" Bokomon asked, oblivious to the fact that Greymon's eyes were wide in surprise, "I remember Takuya being a human, but this guy's a digimon!"
"Well, let's just say that's one of our problems right now. But once Takuya...I mean, Flamon is well rested, he'll turn back into Takuya." Zoe said.
"S-sir!" Greymon suddenly cut in, "Don't tell me you know these...strangers."
"Strangers?" Bokomon asked, trying to stifle a laugh, "You have no idea what mistake you could have done if you were successful in hitting them with your attack."
"What do you mean, sir?" Greymon asked.
Bokomon looked back at the friends that he once was with, "These two...are two of the heroes of our world, two of the ancient warriors of ten...Takuya Kanbara and Zoe Orimonto."
At this Greymon was surprised.
About an hour has passed, and the group was already in the dinning hall of the house, where Bokomon asked his...servants to cook their special visitors a grand meal. Greymon has continued to beg for forgiveness to both the visitors. And both Zoe and Flamon continued to say that it was alright.
During their meal, both parties began to ask questions.
"So, what happened to you, how did you wind up being the leader of this...err...group." Flamon asked.
"Yeah." Zoe nodded, curious as well, "It's kind of surprising."
"You can say that, but it's all thanks to these other digimons." Bokomon said.
"Mind telling us everything?" Flamon asked.
Bokomon nodded, and began to explain, "As you may know, we are at the Crescent Abyss. Normally, no digimon could really survive in such a place."
"So, how did you guys manage to survive here?" Zoe asked.
"It's all thanks to Angemon and Angewomon." Bokomon said, "You see, we are their...shall we say...Special Forces. We usually end up with the spying. Anyways, we weren't actually living here. Something...unexpected happen that changed everything."
"Unexpected?" Zoe asked.
"What?" Added Flamon.
"The appearance of Chronosmon and his minions." Bokomon replied, "He asked as to join him and conquer the world of humans. And naturally, for us, we said no. He then got angry and sent us here. When Angemon and Angewomon found out about it, they sent their divine protection over our place so that we would not feel the intense cold. But when Chronosmon learned of this, he made sure to make our life a living hell."
"How?" Zoe and Flamon asked in unison.
"He sent over a dictator...a tyrant over to this very city. Of course no one followed this false leader, and to make his power be known, he killed half the citizens of our small town then enslaved half of the half that survived. And we, all that is left of our group decided to create a resistance force...a force that could, if all our strength are united can defeat this evil digimon..." Bokomon explained, "As to how I became their leader, it because of the knowledge that I possess due to the journey I had with you guys. Apart from that, they know that I was with you guys – although not fighting along side you. This made them pick me."
"Well, that explains as much." Flamon said, "But who is this tyrant of a leader?"
Bokomon has a grave look on his face; he was angry recalling what happened to his comrades and friends, "The digimon's name is...Yukiaramon."
To be continued...
A/N: There. Bokomon a leader? Mwahahahah, I just thought the little digimon could play a part in this. Where's Neemon, you might ask? Well, you'll find out when the TAKUMI chapter(s) return. For the next chapter, I will be focusing more on what's going on with Hitakaru and Kira (don't worry, it'll only be a single chapter) then followed by JP and Erika. Hope you guys don't mind the absence of TAKUMI for a while. With that said, don't forget to review, okay? Until next time, this is Haru Glory, saying "PEACE" and signing out! See you all in the next chapter!