Memory
Chapter V: The Discussion with Azulongmon
By Salmon2
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"Good day Lady Hikari, but not lady Hikari..." said Azulongmon
"I do not know what you mean..." said Kari
"My brother, Takevi's, Patamon prefers me a little more, even though he would prefer Takevi if he paid a little more attention to him, and he has been listening in on your conversations with both of my elder brothers, and has told me everything, and I have told Azulongmon everything. Kari gasped, and bite her lip.
"And your story makes sense, with the one I'm about to tell you, only one part is missing, and I hope that when we get to that part, that you can fill us in on the information..." said Azulongmon. Kari and Touchi sat down, on the ground, facing Azulongmon.
"A long time ago, when I was young and vigorous, there were no humans here in the Digital World. Digimon reigned supreme here, but Evil Digimon soon came into power, so three other Digimon, and myself, chose five children and Digimon to fight against the evil, and restore the balance. Then, after the evil was destroyed, all was calm, until again evil threatened the Digital World, but the original children were all grown, and had children of their own. So we chose eight different children, and they fought heroically, and one of them my dear was you. Yes, you. I can remember when you first came here, and fought Piedmon, and the other Dark Masters. And then peace returned, but one evil, you children had thought you had defeated, Myotismon, hadn't been defeated, he retaliated, and threatened the security of all the worlds, not just the Digital and Real Worlds. So we chose four children to help you in your quest... and you succeeded. You drove evil away for all eternity, but strangely afterwards; eleven of you came back, and were somehow trapped here in the Digital World. Then the Digital World time became off balance with the real world's time. Eleven became forty-four, forty-four became one hundred thirty two, one hundred thirty two became three hundred ninety-six, three hundred ninety six became one thousand one hundred eighty-eight, and then they split into clans, and then clans evolved into Kingdoms, and that brings us to where we are today. The only part I don't know is why you did not get sent here with the eleven others, 8,760,840 years ago?" asked Azulongmon. This left Kari speechless; she did not know what to say.
"I'm afraid you have the wrong girl... because... I don't remember anything of what you said... the names sound familiar... but I do not know where they sound familiar from..." said Kari
"You most certainly are... I sense the power of light in your veins... let me see your memories..." said Azulongmon and he closed his eyes and spoke a tongue that Kari did not know, and suddenly a strange feeling came upon her, as though she wasn't the only one in her body.
"Ah... you are who I knew you were... but something blocks you from your memories... oh... I see now... cough... cough... I know... cough... cough... how you can regain your memories... cough... cough... if..." said Azulongmon and he wheezed and coughed.
"Leader Azulongmon..." said a familiar voice from deeper into the forest, and Kari looked to see where it came from, but it was to dark to see who it was. "Leader Azulongmon, what is wrong with you?" asked the voice, and he stepped out into the light, and Kari immediately recognized him as the lizard, which had made the speech to the group of Digimon.
"Are you okay?" asked Touchi concernedly. He stood up, as did Kari, and they approached the ancient beast.
"No, I am sorry, but I am dying..." said Azulongmon
"Leader Azulongmon?" questioned a female voice from within the forest, and out popped a pink bird like Digimon, that had been at the speech as well, one of the three standing next to the lizard Digimon.
"But you will return as a Digiegg..." said the lizard
"We will nurture it until it hatches... until you return to us..." said the bird
"No Agumon, Biyomon, I will not return to you sadly enough..." said Azulongmon
"But why, we do..." said the lizard, Agumon
"I have been reborn as many times as I can... you see; there is a limit to how many times you can be reborn... I had already met that limit, long before either of you hatched for the first time... even though I will not return... I truly will not leave you all... my power will come to those who need it, human or Digimon... to those who want to right the wrong, and defend liberty... these two humans know the truth, unlike most of their kind..." said the dragon weakly.
"We shall all miss you..." cried Biyomon, leaning against the dragon, hugging him as best she could, due to her small size. Her tears streamed onto the scales of the dragon.
"Remember me Digimon... remember my words..." said Azulongmon, and he coughed one last cough and broke into a million bits of data which floated up to the sky.
"AZULONGMON!" cried Agumon to the sky, his eyes filled with tears, and at this sight neither Touchi, nor Kari, could keep back their own. Then, after the two Digimon had slightly recovered, they faced the humans.
"Since you have known the truth, that our leader Azulongmon told, and taught us, you have one hour to get as far away as you can... for in the morning... it will be a new day for Takaishi..." said Agumon
"Please, use your time wisely, and take to the sea, since none of our allies can swim in the water..." said the Biyomon, who flew into the forest. Not needing to be told twice, Kari and Touchi ran, out of the forest, but when they came to the palace, to get to the docks, Kari hesitated.
"Come on... you heard them we have limited time!" shouted Touchi
"There's something I forgot, you get the boat ready... It'll only take a few minutes..." said Kari, adding mentally 'I hope', as she ran up the stairs, down corridors, until finally she came upon the door she wanted, and rapped upon it repeatedly.
"Your Majesty! Takevi! Come Quick!" shouted Kari, and the door burst opened, Takevi standing there, in the clothes he had worn on their outing.
"What is it Hikari?" he asked.
"You've got to come with me... you are in mortal danger... no time to explain... just come!" shouted Kari, grabbing him, and running down the corridors, twice she took a wrong turn and ended in a dead end, but she finally found her way out of the palace, dragging Takevi along, and his Patamon flying after him.
When they got to the docks, their time was almost up, all of the Digimon of the royal family were their in the boat with Touchi, Takevi entered it, his patience thinning with Kari, and Kari got in and pushed off from the shore, and rowed as fast as she could away from the shore. Forward oars, then pull wrists back to make oars level with water, and able to pull them back to the back, then forward again they went perpendicular.
"You are not going a foot further until you tell me what is happening!" shouted Takevi, his patience broken. They were about a half of a mile off of the shore, in view of the valley between the forest, and the palace. Then, out from the forest, came a large herd of Digimon. Eight times larger than the group at the speech, two days earlier.
"The Digimon are planning on over taking the country!" said Touchi
"They can't think how many times do I..." started Takevi as a song rose into hearing range.
"Digimon of the World we shall unite! Rise up and ready for the fight! Soon or late the day will be, when man's defeated and we are free! Soon or late the day will be, when man's defeated and we are free! We suffer in such misery, our limbs be tired and worn...
Our Dreams shall not be broken, and our hearts shall not be torn! Our Dreams shall not be broken, and our hearts shall not be torn!
Digimon of the World we shall unite! Rise up and ready for the fight! Soon or late the day will be, when man's defeated and we are free! Soon or late the day will be, when man's defeated and we are free! We suffer in such misery, our limbs be tired and worn...
We'll sing a song of justice, and thrust freedom's sword! We'll sing a song of justice, and thrust freedom's sword!" sang the Digimon, as they marched up the hill, valiantly towards the palace.
"My soldiers can take of them..." said Takevi, and the soldiers did appear out of the castle, and charged at the Digimon, when suddenly out of the sky, which caused the soldiers to stop dead cold, a light shown on the Digimon and they grew stronger, bigger, and more elite.
"They digivolved..." said Touchi with amazement.
Azulongmon's words rang in Kari's ears '...my power will come to those who need it, human or Digimon... to those who want to right the wrong, and defend liberty...'
Where Agumon once stood, stood a two legged Dragon, with wings on the back (WarGreymon), and where Biyomon had stood, stood a Bird of Fire (Pheonixmon). The soldiers resumed their charge that they had started and stopped minutes earlier, but within five minutes, all were defeated, leaving Takevi shocked and horrified. Kari then began and intensified her rowing, and slowly the land of Takaishi disappeared into the fog of night, forever changed by the events that took place.
To Be Continued...