The knife's blade flashed through the air as apples fell from a nearby
tree. Izumi turned around and smiled at him while Tomoki laughed aloud.
" Thanks Kouji-senpai."
" Thanks," Izumi said.
The loner looked out over the plains as his soft smile reappeared.
They finally headed back around lunchtime. Ikito walked out to meet them and smiled to greet Izumi and Tomoki.
" We've gotta get out of here," Ikito whispered to Kouji as he walked past.
Kouji nodded in understanding as he walked up to his room. He picked up his belongings, a wallet and his digivice, and walked back downstairs closely followed by the rest of the kids. Takuya walked around with a frown.
" This was a nice place. I'll miss it."
The other kids nodded in agreement.
They walked on and started chatting with Bokamon and Neemon, two digimon they had met. As they rested a ghostly snake figure appeared. It seemed it had no attempt to befriend the humans but kept on hissing in an angry way.
" Get away from here."
It's hiss sent shivers down their spines. The air around them seemed to become icy cold as the ghost spoke. Each breath seemed to cut at their lungs. The kids looked at each other until Ikito broke the silence with a whisper.
" We can't. We're heading this way so move," the blond said softly but firmly.
The ghost kept on hissing as the kids stood waiting. Junpei walked over to it, after a period of time, and walked right through it. The other kids gave him a bewildered look as he shrugged.
" He's out of the way now right?"
Takuya nodded and walked over to Junpei saying, " He's right. We might as well get moving again."
" Where are we going exactly," Izumi asked Ikito while ignoring the ghost.
He pointed towards some hills a little bit away from them.
" There's a town there. A wizardmon lives there that can help us find out what you guys are here for."
" Alrighty then! Lets get going. I'm starving and want to eat something," Takuya shouted out.
Ikito smiled at his energetic actions as the group started to walk around or through the ghost.
They crossed over the hills quickly, Takuya pulling some of them physically on, in a couple of hours. As they neared the town Ikito frowned. He glanced over at Kouji, seeming to trust him in some responsibility, and mumbled,
" Hmm. this place's changed. Back me up if something happens alright?"
" Whatever." was Kouji's quiet response.
They walked through a broken down stone gate as Tomoki swayed closer to Takuya's side.
" You scared, Tomoki?"
The small boy shook his head quickly. Takuya shrugged as they walked on.
" Well, we're here. Wanna go look for a place to stay?" Ikito said brightly in a fake smile.
The others nodded in agreement as they marched on. Soon they came to a more stable building. They walked inside to look around as Junpei shouted out. They other kids turned around to look and saw black hands coming out of the ground. They wrapped around the big boy's arms and dragged him downwards. As he fell, the ground opened up to consume him. He vanished from view in a matter of seconds before the other kids could pull him back up. Tomoki let out a small scream.
" W-what the heck was that?!" Takuya shouted.
Ikito shrugged.
" Seems like your wizardmon friend turned bad," Kouji said while looking around.
Ikito nodded and said, " I'm going to go look around the village. There seems to be nobody here."
" Tomoki and I can go with you," Takuya suggested. " I think we should go in groups."
Kouji nodded in agreement.
They three boys walked out the door soon followed by Kouji. The loner walked down the left road as the others walked in the opposite direction. Izumi walked a little bit behind him, looking around for signs of movement. A few rocks fell from the roof of a house as Izumi quickly ran to catch up to Kouji who seemed fearless of the surroundings. As they continued their search they came to two strange looking buildings. One of them had a crushed roof while the other seemed to be for giants. They were painted bright blue and green which made them stand out extremely much. Kouji stopped to look around. He walked into the crushed house with Izumi behind him. Boxes filled half of the room. The other half was what was left of the stairs and a hole that seemed to once lead to the upper levels of the building.
" What do you think is in all those boxes?" Izumi asked quietly.
" How should I know?"
Izumi frowned as she walked over to the boxes. She peered inside to find books. Millions of books seemed to be inside each box yet the boxes seemed so small. She picked one up and looked at it as she heard a cracking noise. The blond girl turned to find the stairs crumbling and Kouji gone. She quickly ran out of the room in fright, still clutching the book tightly.
Kouji grimaced as he fell. The stairs he was standing on seemed to have opened and taken him captive. The inside of the stairs seemed to be a small room without any entrance besides the one that closed above him. He kicked at the walls as he walked around.
" No way out." Kouji mumbled to himself.
He pulled out his digivice and activated the operation. When he became Lobomon he slashed at the walls with his sabers, seeming to flicker with pain each time. The walls shook but endured each stroke. Lobomon lifted his left arm and fired at the walls with beams of light.
" Dang. No effect at all." Kouji said as he watched the walls shake again.
He sat down on a few large rocks nearby as he thought. The stairs shook again as he heard a crackling sound in his pocket. He pulled out his digivice as he saw Ikito's sign. The hooked shape shone brightly as Kouji watched.
" Kou. Kouji, you there?"
The bandana boy responded with quick but calm answers.
" Yeah I'm here. I'm in a building that's bright blue with a crumbling upper floor. Get me out of here will you?"
He waited for a few seconds until a respond came through.
" Alright. I'm coming. Stay right there and don't move."
Kouji frowned.
" I'm not going anywhere."
Izumi ran outside. She glanced around, eyes wide, and ran into the bright green building.
" Kouji? Where are you?"
The sound of footsteps echoed in the lower chambers. The blond girl started to climb the steep steps to the upper floor as she continued to call Kouji's name. As she finished her climb she looked around the room. There were shelves of more books. She ran her fingers over the titles of a few, reading them aloud as she did.
" Death. Memory Loss. Sleep. Transformation. Weird titles."
She stared at the books for a while, and then turned to the book she was carrying. As her fingers moved from the places they had taken on the book she saw deep fingernail marks. Her eyes widened as she watched the markings disappear. The gold letter title shone strangely bright in the dim room's lighting.
" Corruption." she whispered to herself.
She opened the book to reveal the strange words inside.
Fear the Water It makes Towers Totter Only a Beast Can Sav..
Dust flew up from the page as if a wind had come in yet Izumi felt none. The words on the page vanished from view as the wind slowed. They slowly reappeared but had a new message to tell.
Read the Previous Won't Bring Tedious Corruption is For The Task of More I Have Tore.
The words changed again in an instant as she watched.
Once so Nice Changed so Quick Once was Slick An Easy Task Forces a Mask Beware the Best Or Save the Rest.
" What was all that about," Izumi wondered to herself.
She closed to book and looked around the room again. As she looked into a dark corner she saw Kouji standing there. He stared out a nearby window with a ghastly look as she approached him.
" Why'd you ditch me back there?" Izumi asked.
The boy never turned but stood and continued to stare out the window. As she quickened her step she asked the question again. Again there was no answer. Izumi reached out for his shoulder to shake him but when she touched him her hand went through his body. Her hand felt like ice as it went through and as soon as it came out felt as if it were burning. She stared at her hand in horror as the figure turned to look at her. It's eyes were blood red and the smile it wore was bitter. Izumi noticed a necklace around its neck and read it in a whisper.
" Corruption.?"
Suddenly the figure walked towards Izumi.
" Get away from me!"
Ghost Kouji walked closer until she had nowhere else to back up to. As she closed her eyes tight as she waited for her death. Her body turned ice cold as the ghost possessed her body.
" Thanks Kouji-senpai."
" Thanks," Izumi said.
The loner looked out over the plains as his soft smile reappeared.
They finally headed back around lunchtime. Ikito walked out to meet them and smiled to greet Izumi and Tomoki.
" We've gotta get out of here," Ikito whispered to Kouji as he walked past.
Kouji nodded in understanding as he walked up to his room. He picked up his belongings, a wallet and his digivice, and walked back downstairs closely followed by the rest of the kids. Takuya walked around with a frown.
" This was a nice place. I'll miss it."
The other kids nodded in agreement.
They walked on and started chatting with Bokamon and Neemon, two digimon they had met. As they rested a ghostly snake figure appeared. It seemed it had no attempt to befriend the humans but kept on hissing in an angry way.
" Get away from here."
It's hiss sent shivers down their spines. The air around them seemed to become icy cold as the ghost spoke. Each breath seemed to cut at their lungs. The kids looked at each other until Ikito broke the silence with a whisper.
" We can't. We're heading this way so move," the blond said softly but firmly.
The ghost kept on hissing as the kids stood waiting. Junpei walked over to it, after a period of time, and walked right through it. The other kids gave him a bewildered look as he shrugged.
" He's out of the way now right?"
Takuya nodded and walked over to Junpei saying, " He's right. We might as well get moving again."
" Where are we going exactly," Izumi asked Ikito while ignoring the ghost.
He pointed towards some hills a little bit away from them.
" There's a town there. A wizardmon lives there that can help us find out what you guys are here for."
" Alrighty then! Lets get going. I'm starving and want to eat something," Takuya shouted out.
Ikito smiled at his energetic actions as the group started to walk around or through the ghost.
They crossed over the hills quickly, Takuya pulling some of them physically on, in a couple of hours. As they neared the town Ikito frowned. He glanced over at Kouji, seeming to trust him in some responsibility, and mumbled,
" Hmm. this place's changed. Back me up if something happens alright?"
" Whatever." was Kouji's quiet response.
They walked through a broken down stone gate as Tomoki swayed closer to Takuya's side.
" You scared, Tomoki?"
The small boy shook his head quickly. Takuya shrugged as they walked on.
" Well, we're here. Wanna go look for a place to stay?" Ikito said brightly in a fake smile.
The others nodded in agreement as they marched on. Soon they came to a more stable building. They walked inside to look around as Junpei shouted out. They other kids turned around to look and saw black hands coming out of the ground. They wrapped around the big boy's arms and dragged him downwards. As he fell, the ground opened up to consume him. He vanished from view in a matter of seconds before the other kids could pull him back up. Tomoki let out a small scream.
" W-what the heck was that?!" Takuya shouted.
Ikito shrugged.
" Seems like your wizardmon friend turned bad," Kouji said while looking around.
Ikito nodded and said, " I'm going to go look around the village. There seems to be nobody here."
" Tomoki and I can go with you," Takuya suggested. " I think we should go in groups."
Kouji nodded in agreement.
They three boys walked out the door soon followed by Kouji. The loner walked down the left road as the others walked in the opposite direction. Izumi walked a little bit behind him, looking around for signs of movement. A few rocks fell from the roof of a house as Izumi quickly ran to catch up to Kouji who seemed fearless of the surroundings. As they continued their search they came to two strange looking buildings. One of them had a crushed roof while the other seemed to be for giants. They were painted bright blue and green which made them stand out extremely much. Kouji stopped to look around. He walked into the crushed house with Izumi behind him. Boxes filled half of the room. The other half was what was left of the stairs and a hole that seemed to once lead to the upper levels of the building.
" What do you think is in all those boxes?" Izumi asked quietly.
" How should I know?"
Izumi frowned as she walked over to the boxes. She peered inside to find books. Millions of books seemed to be inside each box yet the boxes seemed so small. She picked one up and looked at it as she heard a cracking noise. The blond girl turned to find the stairs crumbling and Kouji gone. She quickly ran out of the room in fright, still clutching the book tightly.
Kouji grimaced as he fell. The stairs he was standing on seemed to have opened and taken him captive. The inside of the stairs seemed to be a small room without any entrance besides the one that closed above him. He kicked at the walls as he walked around.
" No way out." Kouji mumbled to himself.
He pulled out his digivice and activated the operation. When he became Lobomon he slashed at the walls with his sabers, seeming to flicker with pain each time. The walls shook but endured each stroke. Lobomon lifted his left arm and fired at the walls with beams of light.
" Dang. No effect at all." Kouji said as he watched the walls shake again.
He sat down on a few large rocks nearby as he thought. The stairs shook again as he heard a crackling sound in his pocket. He pulled out his digivice as he saw Ikito's sign. The hooked shape shone brightly as Kouji watched.
" Kou. Kouji, you there?"
The bandana boy responded with quick but calm answers.
" Yeah I'm here. I'm in a building that's bright blue with a crumbling upper floor. Get me out of here will you?"
He waited for a few seconds until a respond came through.
" Alright. I'm coming. Stay right there and don't move."
Kouji frowned.
" I'm not going anywhere."
Izumi ran outside. She glanced around, eyes wide, and ran into the bright green building.
" Kouji? Where are you?"
The sound of footsteps echoed in the lower chambers. The blond girl started to climb the steep steps to the upper floor as she continued to call Kouji's name. As she finished her climb she looked around the room. There were shelves of more books. She ran her fingers over the titles of a few, reading them aloud as she did.
" Death. Memory Loss. Sleep. Transformation. Weird titles."
She stared at the books for a while, and then turned to the book she was carrying. As her fingers moved from the places they had taken on the book she saw deep fingernail marks. Her eyes widened as she watched the markings disappear. The gold letter title shone strangely bright in the dim room's lighting.
" Corruption." she whispered to herself.
She opened the book to reveal the strange words inside.
Fear the Water It makes Towers Totter Only a Beast Can Sav..
Dust flew up from the page as if a wind had come in yet Izumi felt none. The words on the page vanished from view as the wind slowed. They slowly reappeared but had a new message to tell.
Read the Previous Won't Bring Tedious Corruption is For The Task of More I Have Tore.
The words changed again in an instant as she watched.
Once so Nice Changed so Quick Once was Slick An Easy Task Forces a Mask Beware the Best Or Save the Rest.
" What was all that about," Izumi wondered to herself.
She closed to book and looked around the room again. As she looked into a dark corner she saw Kouji standing there. He stared out a nearby window with a ghastly look as she approached him.
" Why'd you ditch me back there?" Izumi asked.
The boy never turned but stood and continued to stare out the window. As she quickened her step she asked the question again. Again there was no answer. Izumi reached out for his shoulder to shake him but when she touched him her hand went through his body. Her hand felt like ice as it went through and as soon as it came out felt as if it were burning. She stared at her hand in horror as the figure turned to look at her. It's eyes were blood red and the smile it wore was bitter. Izumi noticed a necklace around its neck and read it in a whisper.
" Corruption.?"
Suddenly the figure walked towards Izumi.
" Get away from me!"
Ghost Kouji walked closer until she had nowhere else to back up to. As she closed her eyes tight as she waited for her death. Her body turned ice cold as the ghost possessed her body.
