A Digimon Frontier Fanfic
By Haru Glory
A/N: Okay, thanks for the reviews everyone! I forgot to mention that Reichmon's attacks from the previous chapter and from here on are made up. Since I don't know what his true attacks are, until then, I will keep using the attacks that I have come up with from the previous chapter and attacks that I have thought of during the time that I am writting a particular chapter. Anyways, enough of this, here's the thirty-seventh chapter...
Chronicles of Time: Of What the Future Brings
Chapter 37: Of What Becomes…
Takuya and Zoe
"Are you sure you guys don't want to come with us?" Takuya asked for the thousandth time that day.
"We'll get out of here by ourselves; our mission is not yet over too." Bokomon replied.
After Zoe as Jet Silphmon defeated Yukiaramon, the low temperature that covered the abyss vanished along with him, making the area a little bit warmer, warm enough for Zoe. And with the temperature enough to sustain life, Zoe returned the Ultimagi back to Flamon, which of course turned him back to Takuya.
"Have the scouts returned back, Bokomon?" Zoe asked.
After Zoe explained to everyone what happened, startling them of Neemon's surprising speech, Bokomon had sent two parties of scouts to the higher ground. The first group of scouts were to find if there was no trouble around while the second one was to see if Dynasmon was anywhere near the Crescent Abyss and if not to see if he is unaware of their survival at his fortress…
"Let me go check." Bokomon replied, and went on outside to see if any of their scouts have returned leaving Takuya and Zoe inside his office.
"Jet Silphmon, huh?" Takuya said, bringing the topic back again, "That's quite surprising."
"Tell me about it." Zoe replied.
"Now we have two Kaiser Greymons and two Jet Silphmons, talk about a team." Takuya continued on.
"I still don't get it, how can that even be possible." Zoe said.
"We've talked about that already, we can't really know until they tell us right?" Takuya replied, even though he knew full well why, "What is it that you were really thinking when you digi-volved? You can't have awakened Jet Silphmon just by what Neemon said."
"Call it 'girl power', Takuya." Zoe replied, "Which reminds me about your stupid decision to fight Yukiaramon all by yourself."
"Ahh…well, I have to save Neemon, right?" Takuya explained.
"I really hate it when you do that." Zoe said.
"Huh?" Takuya asked, confused, "Do what?"
"Put your life in danger like that." Zoe replied, "That's the second time that you almost nearly died."
"Second time?" Takuya asked.
"Don't tell me you've already forgotten about that time when you almost lost to Mercurymon's dark evolution when he combined himself with Seraphimon's data." Zoe said, "If Patamon's egg hasn't worked that time you could have been killed."
"But I got through it, right?" Takuya said, "Even if I needed a lot of help from everyone. You still haven't changed, Zoe, since we left the hospital, you're still such a worry-wart."
"I'm worried because I'm scared that I might lose you." Zoe voiced out.
"Well, I'm scared that I might lose YOU." Takuya said, "I guess I haven't thanked you enough, Zoe."
And with that, Takuya kissed Zoe, with all his love.
Minutes later, Bokomon returned with the news.
"The scouts have returned, and boy do they have some news for you guys." Bokomon said.
"And that would be?" Takuya asked, impatient as ever.
"It seems Dynasmon's not anywhere near the area, his fortress has been abandoned for days, so says the scouts." Bokomon told them.
"Abandoned for days?" Zoe asked, "Where could they have moved to. We can't go back with Dynasmon still on the lose."
"I guess we have no choice." Takuya said, "We have to go to the Forest of Beginnings and tell them that Dynasmon escaped along with his goons."
"Well, you guys can leave now if you want." Bokomon said, "Neemon's team had finished making a way out for you two."
"A way out?" Takuya asked, "What exactly are we talking about?"
With that question, Bokomon led Takuya and Izumi to the back of the headquarters where what met them was Neemon along with a lot of digimon and a very, very long (and high) ladder that went on towards the top, which was a just a dot of light from where Takuya and the others were standing.
"Won't it be faster if we just fly through?" Takuya asked.
"I have to agree with that," Zoe said.
"You can't fly out of here." Bokomon explained, "If you try, a magnetic field will stop you and fry you to a crisp, that's why the scouts had to dig their way out and we have to climb our way out."
"How long will it take us to get to the top?" Zoe asked.
"As your humans, I'd say about three hours…more or less." Bokomon replied.
"Three hours!?" Takuya and Zoe exclaimed in unison.
"You've got to be kidding, Bokomon." Takuya said, "We can't climb up a ladder for three hours."
"It's the only way out, unless of course you want to go through the tunnel that the Drillmons made." Bokomon said.
"I'll take the ladder." Zoe said at once, "I have no plan what-so-ever to get dirty."
At this Takuya sighed, "Typically Zoe."
After saying their good-byes once again, Takuya and Zoe began to climb up the ladder with Takuya in the lead. And as they climbed the ladder, the couple had only one thought in mind, that it would be a long time before they saw snow again.
Kira and Hitakaru
"And he said follow the river…" muttered Hitakaru as they continued to walk and for the fifth time that day, they were lost.
"We would never have gotten lost if you didn't try and look for food." Kira said.
"It's not my fault if I get hungry at times." Hitakaru countered, "Besides, it was you who pointed to the direction of the food…wherever it is."
"You're the one who hasn't got a sense of direction." Kira retorted, "I pointed to the northwest and you go on ahead and run to the northeast and got us to be chased by a weird looking digimon."
"For your information," Hitakaru argued still, "You didn't point you told me that you saw some meat apples on the northwest, when in fact it's the northeast. And another thing, you were the one who made that digimon mad."
"I did not." Kira said.
"Yeah right." Hitakaru continued to argue.
"This is annoying, let's just digi-volve." Kira said.
"And what? We can't fly in our digi-volved self, we'll still be lost." Hitakaru said.
"Well, you think of a better way then." Kira said...
Just then, they heard footsteps and voices in the area that they were in.
"Who do you think that is?" Hitakaru asked.
"We can't be ambushed," Kira said, "We better stand ready or else we'll end up in trouble again."
"R-right." Hitakaru nodded as he took hold of his digi-vice just as Kira did.
Before they decided to do anything too…extreme, Kira listened intently and was able to decipherer where the voices were coming from. With that information, the two new members of the spirit shinkers jumped to where their so-called enemies were. And to their surprise…
"Angemon?! Angewomon!?" Both Kira and Hitakaru exclaimed in unison.
"You sound surprised." Angewomon said, "What is the matter?"
"We thought…we we're lost." Kira said.
"Lost?" Angemon asked, "It's impossible to get lost here, and even if you find yourselves lost you can always follow the path back."
"Then that means…" Hitakaru said as he turned towards Kira, "You were wrong, I didn't make us walk into the wrong direction!"
"Err…" was Kira's only reply.
"I guess it's better if we don't ask what happened." Angemon whispered over to Angewomon.
JP and Erika
"I can't believe we managed to defeat her." JP said, "I thought we would be goners for sure. I'm really glad you managed to control your digi-beast spirit, and just at the nick of time, too."
"I'm surprised at the whole event as well." Erika said as they walked down the path leading to the forest of beginnings.
The day after JP taught Erika how to call upon her beast spirit, Crusadermon attacked them. JP and Erika were both lucky that they were in their digimon forms when their foe decided to attack.
JP as Beetlemon at once fought back the moment that Crusadermon's attacked missed them, Erika however, took a long while before she could regain control of the beast spirit, Calamarimon. It was a long and tiring battle, especially since they could only control up to their digi-beast form, and the battle went as bad to good like the other battles that happened, but even so, they managed to defeat Crusadermon thanks to Calamarimon and Metal Kabuterimon's combined attack, Waterfall Blitz.
After the battle…
"I…don't believe it!" JP said as he gazed at the data that Erika had captured, as Lanamon, "We really did it, huh?"
"Yeah." Erika nodded, "I guess miracles really do happen."
"Well, it won't happen by itself, that's for sure." JP said as he sat down on a rock to take a rest from the battle.
"You know, JP, you're not pretty bad." Erika said as she sat right next to him.
"Huh?" JP asked, "Bad? What are you talking about?"
"I always thought, especially the first few days that I have been on the team, that you were a…well, perverted kind of guy, boastful and a little bit arrogant." Erika admitted.
"You did?!" JP asked surprised.
"Uhh…yeah." Erika replied, "And I feel really stupid for thinking like that. Even Max thought of you like that. But I guess, once I really got to know you better, you're nothing like that."
At this JP smiled, "This kinda reminds me of the time that Zoe and I got separated from the others. She told me the same thing."
"She did?" Erika asked.
JP nodded, "I guess I really can't blame you guys for thinking that, it has really got something to do with the way I act, and I can accept that."
Silence filled the whole area then.
It took a couple of minutes before JP restarted the conversation.
"Say, Erika, I've been meaning to ask you something." JP said.
"Hmmm? What?" Erika asked, curious at what it could be that JP would ask her.
"Uh…you and Max…are you two…umm…you know." JP stammered trying to get the right words to come out and form the question that he wanted to ask Erika.
Erika understood at once what it was that JP was trying to ask her and she laughed at this.
"What's so funny?" JP asked.
"The answers no." Erika said, "Max and I ARE close…as close as cousins should be. Nothings going on between us."
"Cousins?" JP asked, surprised, "You two are COUSINS?!"
"I thought you knew since Hitakaru and the others already knew." Erika said.
"WHAT!?" JP exclaimed, "Then that means…I'm the only one who doesn't know about it?!"
Erika nodded, trying to stifle a laugh.
"I'll kill those guys!" JP said.
"Why are you so worked up about it?" Erika asked.
"It's just that…well…I," JP stammered still, "I always thought that…well…Max has already…beaten me…"
"Beaten you?" Erika asked, getting confused.
"…Just like how Takuya did…" JP muttered, as he began to debate within himself whether he should tell Erika or not.
"Say what?" Erika said, "I didn't catch what you just said, JP."
JP blinked at her, as he said to himself, "Get a grip, JP Shibayama. Tell her before it's too late."
"JP?" Erika asked.
"No…not yet." JP told himself, "It's not yet time."
"JP? Are you alright?" Erika asked, worried.
"Yeah, I'm fine." JP replied, "I was just thinking about something. C'mon, let's get going or the others will not wait for us if we took too long to arrive."
Erika nodded, and then she kissed JP at the cheek.
"Wha--? What was that for?" JP asked, blushing just like Erika was.
"That was as thanks for taking the hit for me." Erika said, as she remembered during the battle where JP (as Beetlemon) jumped right in front of Erika (as Lanamon) to take a hit for her before they digi-volved into their beast forms.
JP and Erika continued to walk down the path until they finally caught the silhouette of Angemon and Angewomon and were surprised to see Kira and Hitakaru with them, arguing about something.
Tommy and Max
"Tell me again how you managed to control your beast spirit, Max." Tommy said as they walked down the same path towards the forest of Beginnings.
"I told you, every night since I saw Kira digi-volved to Grumblemon, I began to train." Max explained, "I wanted to be of some help when the time comes. Then, when I saw the odd symbol on my digi-vice, I pushed something then, this weird looking 'thing' shows up, and all I could remember is digi-volving to Petaldramon."
"That's it?" Tommy asked, "And you didn't go nuts too?"
"I don't know why, do you think it has something to do with my desire to be of help?" Max said.
"Maybe." Tommy replied, before asking another question, "Then how did you know where to hit Myotismon?"
The moment that Myotismon's heart was hit by Petaldramon's attack, Myotismon's data suddenly appeared, and at once, Max slide digi-volved into Arbormon and took the digi-code.
"Well, I remembered watching a film." Max said, "And it's all about vampires, when I saw Myotismon, I figured that even though he's a digimon, he's still a vampire or something like that."
"Don't tell me," Tommy said, "You also figured that they would possibly have the same sort of weakness?"
"Uh-huh." Max nodded, "It was really an all or nothing guess. And I guess, I was right about it."
"I'm pretty amazed at what you did." Tommy said, "I never would have thought of that."
"It was luck, that's all." Max said.
"Luck or not. It's all thanks to you that we managed to defeat Myotismon." Tommy smiled, "I guess 'common sense' works much better than rushing in without much thought."
"Say, Tommy?" Max began.
"Yeah?" Tommy asked.
"Weren't you scared back there?" Max asked, "I mean, any kid your age would have died of fright at the sight of that digimon."
"Not really." Tommy replied, "If it would have been before I met Takuya and the others, I would have been scared, but…I've changed. I'm no longer afraid."
Max smiled at him, "You remind me of my brother. Though, he's not as brave as you, he's got the same kind heart."
"Do you miss your family, Max?" Tommy asked.
"A little." Max replied, "It's not as if we'd be staying here forever, right? All we have to do is finish this whole fight against this Chronosmon guy and we can go home…that's what stops me from being homesick. Why? Do you miss your family?"
"The same, I guess." Tommy replied.
The two kept talking about different things until they finally got to where Angemon, Angewomon and the others are.
Yumi, Koichi and Black
"C'mon, Yumi, we have to go." Koichi told his companion, "The others may be waiting for us already."
"I…still can't believe that Takuya and Zoe are…" Yumi sobbed.
They had paused their walk towards the Forest of Beginnings when Black saw that Yumi was crying.
"Yumi…" Koichi sighed as he went close to her and hug her, "We all feel the same way, but…we can't let that stop us now."
"Koichi is right, Yumi." Black War Greymon said, "What would they think if you suddenly give up, when the whole world needs everyone's help."
Erika sobbed even louder and began to cry on to Koichi's shoulder.
"Yumi, we really have to go." Koichi said as he stroked Yumi's hair gently trying to make her stop crying, "We have to hurry too, or else the real world would be nothing but a desolate place."
"This…this wasn't supposed to happen." Yumi said as she dried her tears away.
"There's a lot of things in life that we think are not suppose to happen," Koichi said, "but sometimes, they happen because there is a reason for them to happen."
"But still…" Yumi was about to say something but, Koichi cut her off.
"Black, you can carry Yumi, right?" Koichi asked.
Black nodded, "Of course I can, I have done so countless of times."
"Then will you carry her?" Koichi said, "We really have to hurry and tell the others of what's happening in the real world. I'm sure Katsuya and Koji are already waiting for us."
"Okay." Black nodded as he lifted Yumi and carried her as they began to walk towards the forest that was only hours away from them.
Koji and Katsuya
"They're dead…" Katsuya kept on thinking, and this was getting on Koji's nerves, as he kept mumbling those words over and over as well.
"Will you stop that already!?" Koji finally exploded, "I've already heard it once, you don't have to keep drilling that unto my head!"
"You don't understand, Koji," Katsuya said, "They're dead…"
"What part of 'They're dead' do you think I don't understand?" Koji asked.
Katsuya and Koji were walking towards the meeting place which was only a few paces away from them.
"You only met them a couple of weeks ago and now you think I don't even care about what happened to them?" Koji continued.
Katsuya bit his lip, he didn't want to cry about it, he promised his dad he won't.
"You're wrong about that, Koji." Katsuya said, "You have no idea how long I've met them."
"That's because you like keeping secrets even to your friends." Koji retorted.
"You don't understand, we can't tell you everything." Katsuya said, "We just…can't."
"For someone who met those two weeks ago, you sure are a lot sadder than I feel." Koji said, trying to calm himself down.
Katsuya didn't answer to this.
"Let me guess," Koji continued on, "You and your twin knew Takuya since you were little, right?"
At those words, Katsuya was surprised.
"How did you --?" He could only ask.
"Figures. Then I guess, you aren't really from around here too." Koji began to guess.
Katsuya was frightened now that their secret has a possibility to be known by a member of the spirit shinkers.
"And you came here to change something." Koji continued on, "There must have been something that happened to where you two came from that made you decide to go here."
Katsuya was sweating now.
"What's wrong, am I right about these things, Katsuya Kanbara?" Koji asked.
"How did you know?" Katsuya asked, "About everything?"
"I figured it out." Koji replied, "There were some 'clues' that you two were giving about who you two are."
"Clues?" Katsuya asked.
"The digi-vice, the spirits you two possess, how you guys know about the 12 generals and Chronosmon, how you two look somewhat like those two." Koji enumerated, "I guess, I was the only one who was really paying any attention to these things."
"Then the others don't know about it?" Katsuya asked, making sure.
"I haven't told anyone." Koji replied, "I guess, you can feel the way you feel right now. I would be sad too if I lost my parents…although, at this time, they're not your parents yet."
"Uncle…Koji…?" Katsuya asked.
"Don't call me that," Koji said, "I'm not your 'uncle' at this time, just Koji."
"Alright…Koji," Katsuya said, "Please, don't tell the others about who we really are…"
"I won't." Koji assured him, "But what happened that made you two decide to come to this time?"
"We weren't the one who decided about it." Katsuya replied, "Mom did. It was all Chronosmon's fault…everything."
Koji and Katsuya stopped discussing about the topic when they saw that they were almost within ear shot of the others…they finally arrived at the meeting place, the Forest of Beginnings.
To be continued…
A/N: There, finally I've finished this chapter. What do you guys think? I'm giving off hints of another pairing here, although thiers is kinda...oh well, you guys have to read the upcomming chapters to know more about them...anyhow, now that Koji knows, I wonder what'll happen next...hmmm...I know!
laughs evilly
Well, I have to go and write the next chapter now, so once again this is Haru Glory saying "PEACE" and signing out.