Here you go readers, another chapter of 'The Wander' for you enjoyment.
This chapter doesn't have fighting in it but it does introduce some new
characters. So, enjoy and as always, I don't own digimon.
Chapter 4:
Reaching Home!
A Tournament?
Daisuke's POV...
"Come on, it's only on the other side of this hill." yelled Hikari as she was on top of the for mention hill. Not wanting to wait, both Takuya and Izumi went running ahead of me to catch up with her while I casually walked over to them.
"Hurry up Daisuke. Can you move any faster?" "Calm down Hikari. We'll get there soon enough so why rush it?" "Because we are so close to our village and I don't want to wait to get there because you are taking forever to get up the hill." Instead of replying I just continued going up the hill.
When I finally made it up I could see an average size village not too far from the bottom of the hill. I wouldn't have time to see anything else as I was literally dragged down the hill by Hikari with Takuya and Izumi not to far behind. I was finally able to release my arm from her grip when we were near the village entrance. Quietly I follow them and as I was doing so I took the time to look around at the surrounding area.
Their seemed to be nothing really special to this villiage. Their were the usual small market shops and children playing around. It was places like this that made me remember that their were still some places that are free from fighting and just wanted to live in peace.
After walking for another ten minutes Hikari and the others abruptly stopped in front of a long stint of a stone wall with a large wooden gate as seemingly the only entrance. Pushing the gate door open they walked in with me following close behind since I didn't know what to expect.
Looking around I noticed that the place was quite large but nothing to speak of except for some large trees growing beside the walls and what looked like a small garden beside the house. Speaking of the house, it was would you expect it would be considering where it was. It seemed to be a building with many rooms and not too far from the left of it was a small building which I could only guess to be the bathhouse.
"Oh my, is that who I think it is?" asked someone from inside the house. Sliding the screen door appeared a man who was most certainly older than any of us with wild brown hair with brown eyes and he was a traditional white fighting outfit. "Brother, its me, Hikari." "Hikari?" Nothing was said as the unknown man was staring at Hikari.
Suddenly, the man started to smile and ran over to Hikari and grabbed her in a huge hug. "Its you. I can't believe that it's actually you Hikari." Letting her go he looked her over. "My, even through it has only been close to four months you sure have grown. I mean, look at you. I can hardly recognize you. I also see that Takuya and Izumi are back as well. It's good to see you guys again." "The feeling is mutual sire."
Once that was all over it was about that time that the man took notice of me. "Hikari, may I ask who is this person that is with you? Is he a friend of yours?" "Yes he is. His name is Daisuke Motomiya. We met him when he came to our rescue when we were attacked by a group of bandits. After he saved us we asked him to joined us and he accepted." "Really now? Then I guess I owe you my gratitude for being there to protect my sister and her friends."
Stepping forward he bowed in respect. But I noticed that when he stood straight up their was something in his eyes. It was as though he knew something about me even though we have never met until. Putting that thought out of my mind for the moment I return the bow so not to show any disrespect.
"Well now, I presume that you are all must be tried from your long journey. So why don't we go in and have tea while you tell me what has happen to you all." Following him we all walked into the house and sat down on the floor.
"It will take some time until we have the tea since we didn't expect you to arrive today. Honey, could you please bring some tea to the living room? We have some guess that I believe that you be happy to see." "Alright, just wait a while and I will bring it over." replied some voice from another part of the house.
For a while nothing was said so I decided I would begin the conversation. "Excuse me, but could you possibly tell me your name since we have never met before?" "Of course. I guess I must of forgot to introduce myself. My name is Taichi Kamiya. I am Hikari's older brother and this home belongs to me and my family. We gained ownership of it when both of our parents unfortunately passed away two years ago." "I am sorry to hear that. I give you my sympathies for your lost."
"Thank you. Any ways, after they died I decided to open up a dojo here to help teach the villagers to protect themselves. Sometime after that we met both Takuya and Izumi who became good friends to our family and after finding out that they had no place to live we decided to allow them to live with us. That's pretty much it. I mean their isn't really anything else to say."
No sooner after he was done, a woman entered the room. She looked to be around the same age as Taichi with red hair that went down to the top of her shoulders and she had two dark red eyes she was also wearing a simple woman's kimono. Looking down I saw that see wasn't the only one since right beside her legs was a little girl with brown hair and red eyes.
When she got a good look at who was in the room she quickly put the tray of tea down to the floor and went over to Hikari before a word could be said. "My goodness, I can't believe its you Hikari. I thought that I wouldn't see you for at least another month or two." "Well fortunately we were able to get ahead of schedule and that is why we came back sooner then expected." It was by that time that this woman realized that I was in the room.
"Pardon me, but I presume that we haven't met before so would you be so kind as to tell me who you are?" "As you wish mamma. I am Daisuke Motomiya, I am a friend of Hikari. May I presume that you are Taichi's wife?" "You are correct. My name is Sora and this little one beside me is our two year old daughter Sakura."
Bending down I tried to introduce myself to the kid but she ducked behind her mother's legs. "Sorry about that. It's just that Sakura is really shy with people she doesn't know." "That's alright. It'll take time but I believe she won't be so timid with me."
For the next couple of hours all we did was talked with the majority of it being about what has been going on with Tai and Sora for the past couple of months and what has happened with Hikari since her and the others left.
When they got to the part where I came I pretty much stood back and silently listened. Turning my attention away from the conversation I noticed that Taichi was again looking at me with the same look that he gave me when we first met.
"Pardon my interruption you guys but I was wondering if I could have a moment to discuss something with you Daisuke." Wanting to know what he was getting at I agreed to his request and followed him to another room. Sitting down with a table between us I waited patiently for him to get to whatever point that he was trying to get at.
"Before we start, I was wondering if you could perhaps tell me about what you have been doing before you met up with my sister and her friends." "I'm sorry but I can't. Its something that I don't really want to talk about."
Reaching into his kimono Taichi pulled out a folded piece of paper and slid it in front of me. Seeing as it was okay I grabbed the paper and unfolded it. I was shock to see what was on the paper. "Where did you get this? Their is no way you could of gotten something like this in you possession."
"Lets just say that I have my sources and by the way you reacted to that paper it proves to me that I was correct in thinking of who you really were. So why don't we just skip all the small talk and get to the business at hand." Seeing as though their was no way to avoid this I agreed.
"As you wish. What do you want to ask?" "Tell me why you are doing what you are doing. Because if you are truly are who I think you are then something most of happen to cause you to do what you are doing." "Alright, I will explain. It all started when..."
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Hikari's POV...
For what seemed like forever we waited for the returned of my brother and Daisuke as they were still were discussing something in another room. "What is taking those two so long?" "I don't know Hikari but whatever it is it has to be important since they have been talking for over an hour." spoke Takuya. "I just wish they would finish talking about whatever it is that they are discussing because it is starting to get on my nerves." "What is the matter Hikari starting to feel a little bit lonely without Daisuke beside you?" teased Izumi.
"No, of course not. Why would you say something like that?" "Well, ever since we met him you have been the one to spend the most time with him." "So what if I do? It doesn't mean nothing." "Calm down Hikari. Izumi is just playing around. But you do have to admit that the two of you wouldn't look that bad together." added Sora.
"Can we please talking like that. Me and Daisuke are just friends and nothing more." Nothing else said which I was glad about but as I looked over to the room where my brother and Daisuke went I couldn't help but think about what Izumi and Sora had said.
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Daisuke's POV...
"Are you kidding? You are actually telling the truth?" "If I wasn't do you think I would of wasted my time by telling you a lie?" "Good point. I still find it kind of hard to believe that it took something like that to make you want to become a traveler."
"You're right. It is hard to believe but it still doesn't take away from the fact that I will not rest until I find the person that I am looking for. But at the rate I am going it might take longer than I thought." "Then you should probably enter the tournament." "Tournament!? What tournament?"
"Its a tournament called the Combat Tourmanet that this village along with a few of the other small ones hold every two years to see which village has the best fighter. The way that it is designed is that two fighters go at one another until someone is declared the victor and advances on to the next round. The winner of the tournament is awarded 100,000 yen and is declared the number one fighter."
"Well, as much as that sounds interesting I decline the offer since I don't believe in fighting in a tournament just to prove who is the best." "I understand but their is another reason why you should enter." "And what might that be?"
"As I mentioned earlier, I have my sources and they have confirmed that a person who is associated with the person that you are looking for will participate in the tournament. What I am trying to say is that if you enter you could possibly get the information that you are seeking from him." Once I heard Taichi's proposal I sat quietly as I was deciding if I should follow it.
"Very well, I will enter. But am not doing this to win, I am doing it so that I can get the information that I need. You did say that your sources knew that this person was entering but do they knew who the person is?"
"Unfortunately no. I'm afraid that they couldn't get anything more than that." "Then that just means that I will have to do some investigation of my own. Also, we should not tell the others about any of this." "I agree. It isn't necessary for them to know about this at this time. Now we should go back to the others before they get more suspicious?"
Having nothing more say the both of us headed back to the dining room where the others were waiting for our return. "It's about time that you were done. You have talking for over an hour." exclaimed Hikari as soon as we entered the room. "What could possibly be so important that you couldn't discuss it in front of us?" "It was nothing for you to be concern about sister so their is no need to know about it." answered Taichi. That seemed to be enough for Hikari since she didn't ask about it anymore.
"Moving along. What were the four of you doing while we were talking?" "Nothing really. Just trading stories of what has happen since the last time we met." replied Sora who was feeding her daughter Sakura.
"Speaking of which, by what I heard I must say that I am intrigued by the way you fight since from what Hikari has told me you must be very impressive." "I'm flattered by your words Mrs. Kamiya but as I said to Takuya was once before, you might be the best at something but their is always someone who is more better than you."
"Those are very wise words Daisuke and you will be able to show if that saying is true when you are in the tournament." "Tournament? What are you talking about brother?" "Don't tell me that you have forgotten Hikari. I was talking about the big Combat Tournament that the surrounding villages celebrate. Don't you remember that you use to go to it to see all the amazing fights?"
"Of course I remember that but I am surprised that Daisuke would actually enter it. Is their another reason why you are doing this Daisuke?" "I...just thought it would be...interesting. Your brother made it sound like their could be some stiff competition and I thought that I would enter. Don't worry though, I promise not to anything extreme unless I have to."
"Well then, if you are entering so am I." announced Takuya. "But Takuya, you can't be serious. I mean, you have only been learning how to fight with a sword less than a month. Their is no way that you could possibly match up against the any of the other competitors that will be in the tournament."
"I don't care. I may not have what it takes to win the whole thing but I should at least be able to give whoever I am up against a challenge. You told me one time Daisuke that their are things that make swordsmen fight the way they do. I know that you know what my main reason is but I want to see if I am really worthy of fighting with a sword. Please Daisuke, you have to let me fight in the tournament."
Looking into Takuya's eyes I could see the fire of determination in them. I couldn't help but admire it. "Fine then, if you really want to enter the tournament go ahead. You mostly likely won't win it but you might be able to surprise us." "Then I guess it's settled. The tournament won't start for two more days so just relax and while I handle with your registrations to participate." said Taichi.
"Thank you. Now if you don't mind I think I will take a walk around the village." Going to the door I was about to leave when I heard Hikari speak. "Wait up. You're not familiar with anything around here so I think that I should go with you just in case. That way I could also show you around." Accepting her offer we both headed out for a leisurely walk.
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Hikari's POV...
Throughout the night I helped show Daisuke everything that was to see in the village that I lived in. While doing that I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was happy by how everything and everyone were working together with seemingly not a care in the world. But also I could see that in the back of his mind he was thinking about something very important and whatever that might be I hoped that it wasn't too dangerous.
Soon it got pretty dark and the both of us decided that it was time for us to head back to my brother's house. However, as we were passing by the local tavern someone came flying through the door and landed on the ground not to far from us. Shortly after a tall muscular man with a old ratty gray kimono with shaggy black hair and black eyes. In his right hand was a staff with a blade on the top of it.
"Get up you punk. I'm not done with you yet." slurred the large man. It was easy to tell by the glazed look in his eyes and how he was almost stumbling around that this man was intoxicated. The man then picked up the person that he apparently threw out of the tavern by the collar he began to rough up the poor guy who looked like was not capable of defending himself. "Hey you, leave that guy alone. Don't you see that he can't fight back?"
Fortunately my outburst made the man stop his assault on the defendless person as he let him drop back down to the ground. But unfortunately he turned his attention towards us, mainly me. He started staggering over to us and I could already smell the odor of alcohol on his breath as he got closer.
"Well, look at what we have here. It seems like someone is trying to be a good civilian." He then began to check me out all over and when he was done he had this creepy smirk on his face.
"My, you're quite the looker. What do you say that you ditch this guy and hangout with a real man, like me?" "No thank you. I rather walk over a fire pit than do anything with you." As I was about to move past him, he grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to him.
"Now you listen to me you little bitch. No one talks to Shiro Muro like that and gets away with it." Pulling his other arm back he prepared to hit me with his staff but he stopped abruptly. Looking to my side I saw that Daisuke had the point of his sword on Shiro's neck.
"Unless you want to have a new hole to breath out of I suggest you let go of the lady this instant." I was shocked by what I heard. It wasn't what he said but how he said it. Instead of the calm and peaceful voice that he usually had it was more fierce and lack any type of compassion. But what probably shock me the most was that for a brief instant his eyes turned from brown to crimson.
"Ha, don't make me laugh. You don't have the guts to go through with it. Besides, with that sword of your it couldn't possibly do any real damage." "Don't try to lie to me. We both know that from this distance I can pierce through your neck no matter what type of sword I have and don't even try to use your weapon. I'll strike before you can deliver any type of blow. Now I repeat, let go of the lady this instant."
Seeing that he had no choice he did as he was told and let me go. Once I was away from his grip I went and stood behind Daisuke who still had his sword on Shiro's neck. By the look in his eyes I could see that he was close to actually pierce the guy's neck.
"Don't do it Daisuke. It isn't worth it. Also, if you cause any kind of trouble you could be not enter the tournament. So please Daisuke, put the sword down." After giving me a quick glance he fortunately sheath his sword and calmed down. "Consider this an warning. Leave before I changed my mind and be thankful that she wanted your life spared."
The man named Shiro Muro just looked at me and then Daisuke when suddenly he started to laugh. "I don't believe this. So someone like you is actually entering the upcoming Combat Tournament? Well, I guess I am lucky after all since I will also be in it and I promise you that I will take you out." With that said he turned around and walked away. "Are you okay Hikari? You're weren't hurt were you?" "No, I am fine Daisuke. But thanks to me you have to worry about that guy going after you."
"Don't you worry about it Hikari. I can take care of myself. Besides, that isn't really a challenge for my so I will be okay. It looks like its getting late, we better be heading back." As we were walking back I couldn't help but think back to how Daisuke seemed to change to a different person when he stopped Shiro from hurting me. I might know everything that was going on but I have a feeling that something big was going to happen and it most likely will happen soon.
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I hope you like this chapter. As you could possibly guess, this story will deal with Daisuke and Takuya fighting in the tourament. So for the next couple of chapters it will be about them fighting in the tournament and their will be a bunch of new characters to meet. Anyways, I hope you send me a review and before I go, I want to mention that I have a new chapter to 'Digimon Version 2: Young And Proud' up. If you want to read it go ahead.
Chapter 4:
Reaching Home!
A Tournament?
Daisuke's POV...
"Come on, it's only on the other side of this hill." yelled Hikari as she was on top of the for mention hill. Not wanting to wait, both Takuya and Izumi went running ahead of me to catch up with her while I casually walked over to them.
"Hurry up Daisuke. Can you move any faster?" "Calm down Hikari. We'll get there soon enough so why rush it?" "Because we are so close to our village and I don't want to wait to get there because you are taking forever to get up the hill." Instead of replying I just continued going up the hill.
When I finally made it up I could see an average size village not too far from the bottom of the hill. I wouldn't have time to see anything else as I was literally dragged down the hill by Hikari with Takuya and Izumi not to far behind. I was finally able to release my arm from her grip when we were near the village entrance. Quietly I follow them and as I was doing so I took the time to look around at the surrounding area.
Their seemed to be nothing really special to this villiage. Their were the usual small market shops and children playing around. It was places like this that made me remember that their were still some places that are free from fighting and just wanted to live in peace.
After walking for another ten minutes Hikari and the others abruptly stopped in front of a long stint of a stone wall with a large wooden gate as seemingly the only entrance. Pushing the gate door open they walked in with me following close behind since I didn't know what to expect.
Looking around I noticed that the place was quite large but nothing to speak of except for some large trees growing beside the walls and what looked like a small garden beside the house. Speaking of the house, it was would you expect it would be considering where it was. It seemed to be a building with many rooms and not too far from the left of it was a small building which I could only guess to be the bathhouse.
"Oh my, is that who I think it is?" asked someone from inside the house. Sliding the screen door appeared a man who was most certainly older than any of us with wild brown hair with brown eyes and he was a traditional white fighting outfit. "Brother, its me, Hikari." "Hikari?" Nothing was said as the unknown man was staring at Hikari.
Suddenly, the man started to smile and ran over to Hikari and grabbed her in a huge hug. "Its you. I can't believe that it's actually you Hikari." Letting her go he looked her over. "My, even through it has only been close to four months you sure have grown. I mean, look at you. I can hardly recognize you. I also see that Takuya and Izumi are back as well. It's good to see you guys again." "The feeling is mutual sire."
Once that was all over it was about that time that the man took notice of me. "Hikari, may I ask who is this person that is with you? Is he a friend of yours?" "Yes he is. His name is Daisuke Motomiya. We met him when he came to our rescue when we were attacked by a group of bandits. After he saved us we asked him to joined us and he accepted." "Really now? Then I guess I owe you my gratitude for being there to protect my sister and her friends."
Stepping forward he bowed in respect. But I noticed that when he stood straight up their was something in his eyes. It was as though he knew something about me even though we have never met until. Putting that thought out of my mind for the moment I return the bow so not to show any disrespect.
"Well now, I presume that you are all must be tried from your long journey. So why don't we go in and have tea while you tell me what has happen to you all." Following him we all walked into the house and sat down on the floor.
"It will take some time until we have the tea since we didn't expect you to arrive today. Honey, could you please bring some tea to the living room? We have some guess that I believe that you be happy to see." "Alright, just wait a while and I will bring it over." replied some voice from another part of the house.
For a while nothing was said so I decided I would begin the conversation. "Excuse me, but could you possibly tell me your name since we have never met before?" "Of course. I guess I must of forgot to introduce myself. My name is Taichi Kamiya. I am Hikari's older brother and this home belongs to me and my family. We gained ownership of it when both of our parents unfortunately passed away two years ago." "I am sorry to hear that. I give you my sympathies for your lost."
"Thank you. Any ways, after they died I decided to open up a dojo here to help teach the villagers to protect themselves. Sometime after that we met both Takuya and Izumi who became good friends to our family and after finding out that they had no place to live we decided to allow them to live with us. That's pretty much it. I mean their isn't really anything else to say."
No sooner after he was done, a woman entered the room. She looked to be around the same age as Taichi with red hair that went down to the top of her shoulders and she had two dark red eyes she was also wearing a simple woman's kimono. Looking down I saw that see wasn't the only one since right beside her legs was a little girl with brown hair and red eyes.
When she got a good look at who was in the room she quickly put the tray of tea down to the floor and went over to Hikari before a word could be said. "My goodness, I can't believe its you Hikari. I thought that I wouldn't see you for at least another month or two." "Well fortunately we were able to get ahead of schedule and that is why we came back sooner then expected." It was by that time that this woman realized that I was in the room.
"Pardon me, but I presume that we haven't met before so would you be so kind as to tell me who you are?" "As you wish mamma. I am Daisuke Motomiya, I am a friend of Hikari. May I presume that you are Taichi's wife?" "You are correct. My name is Sora and this little one beside me is our two year old daughter Sakura."
Bending down I tried to introduce myself to the kid but she ducked behind her mother's legs. "Sorry about that. It's just that Sakura is really shy with people she doesn't know." "That's alright. It'll take time but I believe she won't be so timid with me."
For the next couple of hours all we did was talked with the majority of it being about what has been going on with Tai and Sora for the past couple of months and what has happened with Hikari since her and the others left.
When they got to the part where I came I pretty much stood back and silently listened. Turning my attention away from the conversation I noticed that Taichi was again looking at me with the same look that he gave me when we first met.
"Pardon my interruption you guys but I was wondering if I could have a moment to discuss something with you Daisuke." Wanting to know what he was getting at I agreed to his request and followed him to another room. Sitting down with a table between us I waited patiently for him to get to whatever point that he was trying to get at.
"Before we start, I was wondering if you could perhaps tell me about what you have been doing before you met up with my sister and her friends." "I'm sorry but I can't. Its something that I don't really want to talk about."
Reaching into his kimono Taichi pulled out a folded piece of paper and slid it in front of me. Seeing as it was okay I grabbed the paper and unfolded it. I was shock to see what was on the paper. "Where did you get this? Their is no way you could of gotten something like this in you possession."
"Lets just say that I have my sources and by the way you reacted to that paper it proves to me that I was correct in thinking of who you really were. So why don't we just skip all the small talk and get to the business at hand." Seeing as though their was no way to avoid this I agreed.
"As you wish. What do you want to ask?" "Tell me why you are doing what you are doing. Because if you are truly are who I think you are then something most of happen to cause you to do what you are doing." "Alright, I will explain. It all started when..."
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Hikari's POV...
For what seemed like forever we waited for the returned of my brother and Daisuke as they were still were discussing something in another room. "What is taking those two so long?" "I don't know Hikari but whatever it is it has to be important since they have been talking for over an hour." spoke Takuya. "I just wish they would finish talking about whatever it is that they are discussing because it is starting to get on my nerves." "What is the matter Hikari starting to feel a little bit lonely without Daisuke beside you?" teased Izumi.
"No, of course not. Why would you say something like that?" "Well, ever since we met him you have been the one to spend the most time with him." "So what if I do? It doesn't mean nothing." "Calm down Hikari. Izumi is just playing around. But you do have to admit that the two of you wouldn't look that bad together." added Sora.
"Can we please talking like that. Me and Daisuke are just friends and nothing more." Nothing else said which I was glad about but as I looked over to the room where my brother and Daisuke went I couldn't help but think about what Izumi and Sora had said.
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Daisuke's POV...
"Are you kidding? You are actually telling the truth?" "If I wasn't do you think I would of wasted my time by telling you a lie?" "Good point. I still find it kind of hard to believe that it took something like that to make you want to become a traveler."
"You're right. It is hard to believe but it still doesn't take away from the fact that I will not rest until I find the person that I am looking for. But at the rate I am going it might take longer than I thought." "Then you should probably enter the tournament." "Tournament!? What tournament?"
"Its a tournament called the Combat Tourmanet that this village along with a few of the other small ones hold every two years to see which village has the best fighter. The way that it is designed is that two fighters go at one another until someone is declared the victor and advances on to the next round. The winner of the tournament is awarded 100,000 yen and is declared the number one fighter."
"Well, as much as that sounds interesting I decline the offer since I don't believe in fighting in a tournament just to prove who is the best." "I understand but their is another reason why you should enter." "And what might that be?"
"As I mentioned earlier, I have my sources and they have confirmed that a person who is associated with the person that you are looking for will participate in the tournament. What I am trying to say is that if you enter you could possibly get the information that you are seeking from him." Once I heard Taichi's proposal I sat quietly as I was deciding if I should follow it.
"Very well, I will enter. But am not doing this to win, I am doing it so that I can get the information that I need. You did say that your sources knew that this person was entering but do they knew who the person is?"
"Unfortunately no. I'm afraid that they couldn't get anything more than that." "Then that just means that I will have to do some investigation of my own. Also, we should not tell the others about any of this." "I agree. It isn't necessary for them to know about this at this time. Now we should go back to the others before they get more suspicious?"
Having nothing more say the both of us headed back to the dining room where the others were waiting for our return. "It's about time that you were done. You have talking for over an hour." exclaimed Hikari as soon as we entered the room. "What could possibly be so important that you couldn't discuss it in front of us?" "It was nothing for you to be concern about sister so their is no need to know about it." answered Taichi. That seemed to be enough for Hikari since she didn't ask about it anymore.
"Moving along. What were the four of you doing while we were talking?" "Nothing really. Just trading stories of what has happen since the last time we met." replied Sora who was feeding her daughter Sakura.
"Speaking of which, by what I heard I must say that I am intrigued by the way you fight since from what Hikari has told me you must be very impressive." "I'm flattered by your words Mrs. Kamiya but as I said to Takuya was once before, you might be the best at something but their is always someone who is more better than you."
"Those are very wise words Daisuke and you will be able to show if that saying is true when you are in the tournament." "Tournament? What are you talking about brother?" "Don't tell me that you have forgotten Hikari. I was talking about the big Combat Tournament that the surrounding villages celebrate. Don't you remember that you use to go to it to see all the amazing fights?"
"Of course I remember that but I am surprised that Daisuke would actually enter it. Is their another reason why you are doing this Daisuke?" "I...just thought it would be...interesting. Your brother made it sound like their could be some stiff competition and I thought that I would enter. Don't worry though, I promise not to anything extreme unless I have to."
"Well then, if you are entering so am I." announced Takuya. "But Takuya, you can't be serious. I mean, you have only been learning how to fight with a sword less than a month. Their is no way that you could possibly match up against the any of the other competitors that will be in the tournament."
"I don't care. I may not have what it takes to win the whole thing but I should at least be able to give whoever I am up against a challenge. You told me one time Daisuke that their are things that make swordsmen fight the way they do. I know that you know what my main reason is but I want to see if I am really worthy of fighting with a sword. Please Daisuke, you have to let me fight in the tournament."
Looking into Takuya's eyes I could see the fire of determination in them. I couldn't help but admire it. "Fine then, if you really want to enter the tournament go ahead. You mostly likely won't win it but you might be able to surprise us." "Then I guess it's settled. The tournament won't start for two more days so just relax and while I handle with your registrations to participate." said Taichi.
"Thank you. Now if you don't mind I think I will take a walk around the village." Going to the door I was about to leave when I heard Hikari speak. "Wait up. You're not familiar with anything around here so I think that I should go with you just in case. That way I could also show you around." Accepting her offer we both headed out for a leisurely walk.
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Hikari's POV...
Throughout the night I helped show Daisuke everything that was to see in the village that I lived in. While doing that I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was happy by how everything and everyone were working together with seemingly not a care in the world. But also I could see that in the back of his mind he was thinking about something very important and whatever that might be I hoped that it wasn't too dangerous.
Soon it got pretty dark and the both of us decided that it was time for us to head back to my brother's house. However, as we were passing by the local tavern someone came flying through the door and landed on the ground not to far from us. Shortly after a tall muscular man with a old ratty gray kimono with shaggy black hair and black eyes. In his right hand was a staff with a blade on the top of it.
"Get up you punk. I'm not done with you yet." slurred the large man. It was easy to tell by the glazed look in his eyes and how he was almost stumbling around that this man was intoxicated. The man then picked up the person that he apparently threw out of the tavern by the collar he began to rough up the poor guy who looked like was not capable of defending himself. "Hey you, leave that guy alone. Don't you see that he can't fight back?"
Fortunately my outburst made the man stop his assault on the defendless person as he let him drop back down to the ground. But unfortunately he turned his attention towards us, mainly me. He started staggering over to us and I could already smell the odor of alcohol on his breath as he got closer.
"Well, look at what we have here. It seems like someone is trying to be a good civilian." He then began to check me out all over and when he was done he had this creepy smirk on his face.
"My, you're quite the looker. What do you say that you ditch this guy and hangout with a real man, like me?" "No thank you. I rather walk over a fire pit than do anything with you." As I was about to move past him, he grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to him.
"Now you listen to me you little bitch. No one talks to Shiro Muro like that and gets away with it." Pulling his other arm back he prepared to hit me with his staff but he stopped abruptly. Looking to my side I saw that Daisuke had the point of his sword on Shiro's neck.
"Unless you want to have a new hole to breath out of I suggest you let go of the lady this instant." I was shocked by what I heard. It wasn't what he said but how he said it. Instead of the calm and peaceful voice that he usually had it was more fierce and lack any type of compassion. But what probably shock me the most was that for a brief instant his eyes turned from brown to crimson.
"Ha, don't make me laugh. You don't have the guts to go through with it. Besides, with that sword of your it couldn't possibly do any real damage." "Don't try to lie to me. We both know that from this distance I can pierce through your neck no matter what type of sword I have and don't even try to use your weapon. I'll strike before you can deliver any type of blow. Now I repeat, let go of the lady this instant."
Seeing that he had no choice he did as he was told and let me go. Once I was away from his grip I went and stood behind Daisuke who still had his sword on Shiro's neck. By the look in his eyes I could see that he was close to actually pierce the guy's neck.
"Don't do it Daisuke. It isn't worth it. Also, if you cause any kind of trouble you could be not enter the tournament. So please Daisuke, put the sword down." After giving me a quick glance he fortunately sheath his sword and calmed down. "Consider this an warning. Leave before I changed my mind and be thankful that she wanted your life spared."
The man named Shiro Muro just looked at me and then Daisuke when suddenly he started to laugh. "I don't believe this. So someone like you is actually entering the upcoming Combat Tournament? Well, I guess I am lucky after all since I will also be in it and I promise you that I will take you out." With that said he turned around and walked away. "Are you okay Hikari? You're weren't hurt were you?" "No, I am fine Daisuke. But thanks to me you have to worry about that guy going after you."
"Don't you worry about it Hikari. I can take care of myself. Besides, that isn't really a challenge for my so I will be okay. It looks like its getting late, we better be heading back." As we were walking back I couldn't help but think back to how Daisuke seemed to change to a different person when he stopped Shiro from hurting me. I might know everything that was going on but I have a feeling that something big was going to happen and it most likely will happen soon.
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I hope you like this chapter. As you could possibly guess, this story will deal with Daisuke and Takuya fighting in the tourament. So for the next couple of chapters it will be about them fighting in the tournament and their will be a bunch of new characters to meet. Anyways, I hope you send me a review and before I go, I want to mention that I have a new chapter to 'Digimon Version 2: Young And Proud' up. If you want to read it go ahead.
