CHAPTER 7

MY FACE, YOUR FACE!

The next day the six children set foot on another journey to other towns and places. Unfortunately the climate was not going along with them, a while ago it was a bright morning but gray clouds covered the light of the sun and then it started raining. The chosen children went in a tree house of a digimon friend.

on the other hand

Takuya and his friend had continued their journey to the terminal of the woods. They didn't even noticed that some one was following them.

/"so that's the boy whom Hanamon was talking about"/ a digimon from the tree was spying on them. / "why did I ever said yes on doing this!"/ he was trying to remember what happened back then….

"Eavemon, can you follow our master. I'm a bit worried to what that boy might tell to her…" Hanamon looked straight to the digimon.

"why don't you do it?" he answered back.

"I can't leave here. I'm still doing some research. I think that boy wasn't the one we are looking for." she held out the c.p. of Takuya.

" what's that?" he inquired and held the c.p.

"I think it's his c.p. and I can't find a digivice on him. So can you follow master Ifrit?" she questioned again.

" okay…" he let a tired sigh out.

"and if you saw them going to the arch angels… stop them or do something so they couldn't meet the angel but don't show to them." She warned.

" umh." Then he disappeared from her sight.

/ " stupid of me"/, than he saw the two children advancing to the terminal of the woods.

"I think this was the way to the castle. Come on let's go." He walked on her front.

" umh." Was the only reply.

After some minutes they've reached the last step on the long stairs. Takuya jog up the stair and saw the beautiful castle in front of him.

" wow! it's so gorgeous!" the girl on his back said in amazement.

/ " oh no they are going to enter."/ he panicked but remembered something then he started chanting words and cast a spell.

"let's go." Takuya led the way but when he was near the door a barrier blocked him to stop him from coming in the castle. " what the hell is happening?"

" what's going on?" Ifritmon went near the door slowly and with her hands on her front trying to feel the thing blocking their way. " what's this?… Takuya, I think it's a barrier."

" a what? Who would put this on?" he questioned. " hey! Seraphimon! Sourcerermon! I'm here, it's me Takuya!" he tried banging the barrier but still no reply.

"may be they are not in here…" then she felt something strange. She felt that some one was looking at them then she looked at their back. But eavemon was fast and disappeared again.

"what's wrong?" the boy asked the other child.

"it's nothing" she didn't even bother to look at Takuya.

mean while

"hey, guys. The rain has stopped." Tomoki went outside the tree.

" you're right the rain has stopped." Junpei went out too.

A little later they said good bye to their friend and they've thank him for letting them stay for a while.

Half an hour passed since they left the house of their friend. They were busy talking about where they could possibly find their beast spirit until Kouji had said to them to stop from walking and talking.

"what's is it, Kouji" his twin asked and saw his brother gesturing to all of them to be quiet.

"guy's get your digivices and be ready to digivolve…" he held his digivice tightly.

"why? What is it Kouji?" Izumi gave him a confused and worried look.

"some one is following us…" then they heard something moved on the bushes so Kouji and the others digivolved.

DIGISPIRIT EVOLUTION!

LOBOMON!

KAZEMON!

LOWEEMON!

BEETLEMON!

KUMAMON!

"who's there? Show your self!" Junpei ordered as he faces the bushes on their left.

" what a surprise!" the digimon came out of the bushes. " I didn't know that you knew that I was following you.

" and who the hell are you?" Kouji asked as he got ready if the digimon will attack.

"me?" he said as he pointed his finger at his face. " I'm Weregarurumon, and I will be the one who'll finish you! Knuckle Punch!" he attacked and to that Kouji carried Lin and every one dodge the attack.

Kumamon got up on his knees, " so you're one of those digimon who want to finish us. FREEZER BLASTER!" he fired at the other digimon and it was a direct hit. " I did it!" he rejoiced. Then the smoke that engulfed the digimon subsided.

" no we haven't finished him yet." Kazemon said as she got ready to attack Weregarurumon. "HURRICANE WAVE!" weregarurumon jumped on the air.

When he had landed Beetlemon attacked him, "try this for size, LIGHTNING BLITZ!"The attack hit him and sent him crushing on the tree at his back and his fractal code circled him. Beetlemon was going to purify the digimon but some one interrupted.

From the skies some one attacked, " METEOR FLAMES!" this attack sent Beetlemon tumbling towards the others.

" what was that?" everyone looked at the direction where that flames came from.

" Weregarurumon is so pathetic!" a big bird landed in their front.

"who are you? Why do you digimons keep on appearing and attacking us?" Kazemon went near Beetlemon whom de-evolve back to Junpei.

" you don't need to know that." Birdramon picked up her ally and flew away.

Everyone run towards Junpei and de-evolve to their true form, " Junpei!"

"are you okay?" Tomoki worriedly asked.

" don't worry… manage to dodge it… but… it was too strong. That's way this happened. Sorry to cause you trouble." Junpei grinned.

" it's us who should say sorry for we didn't help you." Kouichi said.

"Guys…" Kouji called their attention. " I think we should camp here… it's almost night." He looked up in the sky.

" okay." Everyone agreed.

On the castle at the terminal of the woods

"Ophanimon…" called the other angel. " why didn't you tell the others that there are other 2 digidestined?"

"I…" she lowered her head, " I don't want to trouble them that much and especially… the fighter of fire is not with them."

Cherubimon noticed the angel who's looking outside, " what's wrong Seraphimon?"

" I think some one is watching us from the trees." He looked outside but tried not to be noticed by the spy.

" is that so… why don't we catch him." The angel readied his self.

"no. We can't." he stopped cherubimon.

" why is that?" he demanded an explanation.

" what if they have Takuya… then we'll just endanger his life and remember that he can't transform to Agunimon." Ophanimon explained.

" so what we'll just do is to watch?" the stuff toy-look-alike digimon asked.

"I think that's the least we can do for them." They sat down.

on the other hand in the akiba market

"Ifrit, hurry!" Takuya said as they run around.

Then unexpectedly, they took the wrong turn. It was a dead end on that alley.

"oh no! why in all of the way!" The fighter of fire punched the wall and then he heard a cruel laugh.

The shadow of the digimon was coming closer, " hahaha… nowhere to run?" he teased.

"picodevimon! Why don't you just go?" Ifrit cried out.

" I can't do that specially when you're with him!" he replied.

" why is that?" he asked.

" you don't have to know it…" a red glowing light appeared in his eyes and then the two children fell asleep. " Poimon, get those two. We are going back." He ordered the digimon who's beside him.

Picodevimon and Poimon was on their way to their hideout when some one attacked them.

" what was that?" Picodevimon looked around.

" let go of that two human!" a digimon appeared out of nowhere.

" and who are you?" Poimon asked as he stood up.

" I'm…Fr­­­-", he stopped, " I'm Mercurimon, fighter of steel"

" one of the legendary fighters… Picodarts!" picodevimon attacked.

To that, Mercurimon's armor absorbed the darts, " why don't you try your own attack," the darts returned to the other two digimon.

" hm. Do you think that can beat us! SMOKE FUME!" Poimon threw a capsule that contains poison.

But before it could reach mercurimon, " mercurimon slide digivole to SEPHIRAPHIMON!" then it began to hit the enemy with lasers. To all of this attacking and loud sounds the two human woke up and saw the fightings that happened.

A little later the two digimon whom captured Ifrit and Takuya was engulfed by digicodes then sephiraphimon de-evolved to mercurimon and purified the two codes.

After that he de-evolve to his true form and went near the two. When he was near Ifrit and Takuya…

"Ifrit…" Takuya called her attention but didn't release his eye to the human coming near to them.

"what?" she looked at the boy beside him.

" do you know him?" he looked at her.

" I…" she was not finish then the fighter of steel stood in front of her.

" are you two okay?" he asked then Ifrit looked at the face of the person who saved them.

" we're fine. Thank you for saving us." Her eyes were locked on the face of the boy then the boy's eyes was locked on the face of Ifrit.

"why… is that…" was the only word the savior could say.

" why… do we look alike?" she stood up.

"hey" Takuya tapped Ifrit's shoulder. " we would like to thank you for saving us…" then he noticed that they were looking at each other. " what's wrong? Do you know each other?" then he looked at the boy. "huh? Are you relatives?"

the two finally broke the long gazing at each other, " I don't know him." She looked at Takuya.