Here is chapter 4. This is the end of the beginning chapters where everyone gets new evolutions and such. After this the story will start moving along more smoothly I hope.
Disclaimer: Again I don't own digimon or anything like that.
Still in the digital world Leon searched and searched and he finally came upon a cave. The cave was actually an underground maze. Something like that was not natural in the digital world. But a lot of things were not natural in the digital world so I guess you could say it was natural. As he searched the maze he could tell there was a legendary artifact in there somewhere. He hadn't returned home in days and was starting to get hungry as his provisions were getting low. He didn't want to head home but knew he might have too if he didn't find it soon.
But as each day past his hatred for Dart grew and that hatred told him to stay. Kokuwamon wanted to head back but he would always stay at his partner's side no matter the strange or catastrophic choices he made that put them in danger or got them out of it.
Back in the real world, people were searching for Leon, he hadn't returned home or so much as made a phone call since the day he disappeared. Only three people knew exactly where he was. But none would tell anyone where he was, for fear of losing their digimon partners forever. Dart decided he wanted to head back to the digital world to find Leon, where ever he may be. Tera and Alraumon had to sit this one out. Her parents were too scared of her being 'kidnapped' like Leon was. Or so that's what everyone assumed.
"Too bad Tera and Alraumon couldn't come," said Tapirmon looking at the digital screen of his partners laptop.
"Where do you think we'll find him?" asked Noah who held up his digivice to the screen.
"I don't know but we have to try, don't we?" Dart said looking out the window of Noah's room.
"All right but I doubt we'll find him, Digi-port open!" he yelled as the computer sucked all four of them in. When they arrived they were near a small town.
"Hey, lets ask the other digimon to see if they have seen any humans around lately," said Candlemon eager to see some of his friends.
"Good idea, Candlemon. Lets go." Dart laughed a little as the little candle hopped around madly. They asked everyone they could find and each said they had, but each said there were two humans and their digimon, not just one and a Kokuwamon. Not getting any further the team left the town feeling even more lost then before. In a nearby dense forest they saw a cave.
They noticed it was about to rain soon (if it rains water in the digital world) so they took cover in it. In the cave there was a large tunnel that led deeper underground. Noah being the curious type decided he wanted to check it out. Dart being bored and hating the rain agreed. With Candlemon being used as a light they were able to see throughout the tunnel.
Soon they came to a huge opening in the cave. It was a massive maze. On the maze's wall were strange symbols they couldn't make out obviously some sort of ancient text.
"Should we enter?" asked Tapirmon, who usually would be able to slip threw all the walls and see what was at the center could not. Some sort of spell was placed over it to make it impenetrable except if you walked through it normally.
"As long as we remember the way back we should be fine," said Noah. They thought hard for a minute. Then Candlemon came up with an idea.
"Lets use my wax. I can leave a wax trail behind me."
"Good, then lets see what's in this thing." Dart said excitedly.
Leon and Kokuwamon were wondering inside the same maze when they had finally reached the middle after an hour of navigating through it. In the center of the maze was a huge room. There was a statue of a king on a throne looking as if he owned everything that his gaze saw. On top of his head was a magnificent golden, crown. Leon knew the artifact was somewhere in here he just had to find it. On the wall there were depictions of great wars between the digimon. On one side the beasts and the other humanoid digimon fought against each other to who would rein supreme. He couldn't understand the symbols but understood the paintings. He needed to find that artifact.
"Man, this is a large maze, Candlemon your still leaving a wax trail aren't you?" Dart said getting tired of walking.
"Yeah but I think Noah is doing a better job then me." said Candlemon. Dart turned confused and saw Noah typing away on his laptop. He walked over and saw a 3-D version of the maze they were walking through with the entire path's they were taking.
"You and that computer of yours." Dart commented.
"What?" Noah asked.
"You amaze me sometimes you know that." Tapirmon looked ahead and thought he saw something move. Something big.
"I think I just saw something." They all looked and saw nothing but walls and more paths.
"You must be seeing things," said Candlemon as he looked back down at his wax trail. Tapirmon looked back but saw nothing. He shrugged it off as the shadows playing tricks on him. They continued forward but Tapirmon still had the odd feeling something bad was going to happen.
"Fork in the road. I don't want to split up but we might have to. Candlemon and I will take the left; you and Tapirmon take the right. If you get to a dead end just turn back and meet back here at the fork. Got it." Dart said
"Yeah I'll just keep track on the computer. Come on Tapirmon" said Noah looking down at his nervous partner
"I don't think splitting up is such a good idea." Tapirmon said quickly as they started to leave.
"Why? Nothing bad is in these old ruins," said Candlemon.
"I just feel like something is following us." said Tapirmon looking back at the candle nervously.
"If you see anything odd just contact us on our D-Terminals, okay." Dart said wanting to move on. As Tapirmon and Noah kept moving forward they came to another fork this time with three openings. Noah looked down every one of them but all seemed to go deeper.
"I think we just pick one and go," he said looking back at Tapirmon. Tapirmon's eyes were wide looking back the way they came. Frozen in shock he didn't move.
"Tapir what's the matter?" as he looked in the direction he was staring. Out of the darkness a huge humanoid bull stepped out and glared down at them.
"Get out of my labyrinth!" the Minotarumon roared ready to charge straight into him. He lowered his horns and stamped his feet on the ground about to charge. Very calmly but with a hint of fear in his voice Noah whispered to Tapirmon.
"On the count of three run as fast as you can...THREE!" They turned and sped down the middle fork Minotarumon right behind them the entire way. Dart and Candlemon heard the screams and ran back the way they came. They got back to the fork and went down the direction Noah and Tapirmon had gone down before. They got up to the same fork that Noah and Tapirmon had gotten to when they saw Minotaurmon.
"Which way do we go?" asked Candlemon who was exhausted from running. They heard another yell and a crash.
"Follow the screams. Oh and you better digivolve " said Dart speeding down one direction while holding out his glowing D-3.
"Candlemon digivolved too...Meramon!" Meramon caught up to Dart and picked him up and as he accelerated towards the battle.
Noah and Tapirmon came into a huge room with a statue in the center.
"What are you doing here?" said the familiar voice angry voice of Leon. Noah turned quickly and saw Leon standing on top of the statue with Kokuwamon hovering next to him. Leon pulled out his digivice and it glowed the brilliant orange.
"Kokuwamon digivolved too... Clockmon!" The time-telling clock jumped off the statue and charged pass to attack the raging bull behind Noah and Tapirmon.
"Bull Fighting Attack!" Mintarumon yelled as he lowered his horns into the Clockmon. Clockmon was tossed into the air and landed on the ground next to the king statue. Tapirmon looked over at Noah, and Noah held out his D-3 as it glowed green.
"Tapirmon digivolved too... Dobermon!" Dobermon leaped in front of Minotarumon and attacked.
"Grau Realm!" Minotarumon grabbed him in mid-air and flung him into the wall of the maze. He fell unconscious instantly. Then Dart and Meramon stormed in and Meramon immediately attacked with his flaming fireballs. Barely flinching the humanoid bull turned and collected dark energy as he leaped into the air.
"Dark Side Quake!" he yelled as he slammed back into the ground sending a fissure towards Meramon who was knocked back by the force of the dark earthquake. Clockmon got back up and raised his hammer in defense and lowered with a "Chrono Breaker!" It slammed into the shoulder of Minotarumon and he was again was barely hurt by the champions attacks.
"You have to do something Clockmon. Show him your strength, show him you're not weak!" Like his teammates before him his digivice glowed a bright orange. And from on top of the King's head the crown came up and lowered into Leon's hands.
"Lets destroy him!" He yelled as he held his digivice up to the crown. The crown changed and became the Crown of Order. His digivice also changed into an orange, silver gripped D-3. It let out a bright orange glow and it descended upon Clockmon.
"Clockmon matrix digivolved too..." Clockmon lifted up his hammer and slammed it into the ground. As he lifted it back up it was a sword. His mechanical shell glowed and changed into armor. He slashed left then right. And he became...
"Knightmon!" Knightmon drew his sword against Minotarumon and stood at a ready stance. Minotarumon again lowered his horns. Dobermon got up and moved next to Meramon, who was holding a hurt shoulder. The two Ultimates charged and Knightmon shouldered him into the wall of the maze. He yelled to Meramon and Dobermon.
"Grab his arms!" As he let go Dobermon clamped his jaws around one of Minotarumon's arms and Meramon Held the other back with an eruption of his flames slamming it into the wall. Knightmon raised his sword.
"Berserk Sword!" he yelled as he stabbed him through the chest. Instantly Minotarumon started to disintegrate around the blade. He removed his sword. And looked back at Leon. He was looking down at his feet.
"Unacceptable." he said as he met Knightmon's gaze.
"What? I beat him!" he said in his defense.
"With help...unacceptable."
"Is it wrong to ask for help from time to time."
"You were supposed to beat him yourself. Not ask help from these losers!" He yelled as he leaped off the legs of the statue of the king. As he walked up to Knightmon and the others they all de-digivloved back to their rookies. Leon walked up to Dart and Noah and raised his Crown.
"You see this! This means I have all power! I didn't need your help. Never follow me again." Leon said
"Then you're a coward. Not accepting help." said Dart pulling out his Blade. "Cause these mean we're a team! It doesn't stand for power. Your just a selfish spoiled brat."
"Oh really Dart, cause I could say the same about you calling yourself as our 'leader.' " Leon spat back.
"If you were the leader you would get us all killed." Noah answered pulling out his Scroll.
"So you're on his side then Noah. Always liked being in the shadow didn't you."
"I'm not in the shadow, were a team. Just like our digimon showed us today."
"Then I would rather not be part of it. Come on Kokuwamon!" Leon said pushing past Noah and Dart.
"Your one of us Leon! Face it!" Dart yelled as Leon again kept walking away. Dart looked to Noah who was attending to Tapirmon's wounds. He looked over at Candlemon who was clutching his shoulder.
"You okay?" he asked
"Been better, but yeah."
"Lets go then. We don't want to be late for dinner." Dart said as he headed out of the maze.
That's the end of Chapter 4. Please review. Thanks again.