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Replay, React, Rerun
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"I see him!" shouted Youkomon. The form of a scarecrow being held by a crow was gliding ahead of him.
"Let's get that statue back!" shouted Janet as the fox galloped forward.
"Demon Fire Ball!" a shot of purple flame flew forward. The scarecrow turned to catch the blast in the face. The scarecrow exploded into flame. The crow screeched loudly, twisted and released the scarecrow. The statue started to tumble towards the ground.
"Dive down, and we'll have that statue in our hands," called Janet. Youkomon nodded and dove downwards.
"Derision Claw!" Youkomon dropped back as the crow swept down with its claws drawn. The bird swept around and snatched the statue.
"Impossible we just blasted Nohemon, where'd that attack come from?" growled Janet. She looked around.
"That crow..." Youkomon narrowed her eyes. She turned to the crow. Her tails glowed purple and the energy spiraled down through her body and to the collar around her neck. "Jaenryuu!" Twirling dragons reached out to the bird. The crow twirled around.
Its eyes flashed and its wings flashed open, "William's Arrows!" thousands of black energy arrows soared upwards. They stuck into Youkomon. The fox reared back and felt Janet's fingers dig into its fur. The arrows then exploded. Janet was thrown free of Youkomon.
"Janet!" Youkomon gained her composure and swung around to catch the girl.
"Derision Claw!" the crow dove down and slashed one of its claws into Youkomon's back. Youkomon arched back.
"No...not now..." hissed Youkomon as the energy drained from her. She looked down at the spiraling trees. Renamon felt heavy and darkness fell over her.
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"Turbo Stinger!" a steady rain of static shot down from the abdomens of the Waspmon. The children were walled up in the temple looking on with fear.
"Wild Thunder!" Blue lightning coursed up from Shima Unimon's horn. The Waspmon dove out of the way.
"Schwarz Strahl!" a beam of black light shot forward in the midday evaporating a group of wasps.
"Armor Piercing Blade!" several curved streams of energy slashed through another swarm of the insects.
"Mach Shadow!" black pulses rained down on the Waspmon.
"Ice Blast!" The wasps fell frozen and then exploded.
"Magical Games!" Wizardmon fired shots of blue energy at the wasps
"Mud Ball!" Mud Frigimon chucked large chunks of mud up at the insects.
Gatomon leapt up on one of the thrown mud balls and riding it leapt up and slashed her claws on one Waspmon and then used it as a spring board to leap on others.
"We are beating them back..." said Amy quietly as she watched as the large wasp digimon lessened in number.
"For now..." said Kevin quietly.
"They could be waiting for reinforcements," said Brendan.
"Grau Realm!" A large black sphere formed around a swarm of the wasps. It slowly slid open to show the silhouettes of the wasps. These then exploded into dust. Dobermon then leapt forward searing through another group with his black energy beam, Schwarz Strahl.
The wasps fell back and swarmed outside the gates of the temple.
"I don't know why you are attacking us!" shouted Michelle out to the swarm.
"You attacked our hive!" replied the wasps in unison.
"No we didn't! We were here!" shouted the children.
"It is impossible, our sentries followed Saberdramon and Seadramon here..." growled the wasps.
"The children do not lie!" shouted a small voice from the forest. Everyone looked down. A beige puppy kitten was standing there. "I am the front guardsman of this temple, I vow upon my sanctity as guardian that they have not harmed your hive Waspmon."
"You are a Salamon..." hummed the wasps.
"I was MailDramon," called the puppy kitten. "I may not have the power of miracles in me any more but I have my word yet!"
The wasps hummed amongst themselves. They turned to the children. "We will believe the Salamon...."
The wasps turned and buzzed into the air loudly. The children looked at each other. The digimon were growling softly.
"What's wrong?" Brendan walked up to Dobermon. The large pinscher was growling and fidgeting.
"I can't de-digivolve..." growled Dobermon.
"It is a property of the temple..." said the Salamon. She looked at the other champions. "True Champion digimon can not de-digivolve here upon the grounds of the Temple of Calumon that was Calumon's power, to bring digivolution to those who deserved it. Those who were pure of heart and true to the harmony of the Digital World were to be given quick access to digivolution. Early in the reformat a group of digimon came here, Patamon, Salamon, a Leomon, and a Tapirmon, much like the one you, Dobermon, were, as requested by the great Harmonious Ones and were allowed to warp digivolve to their greatest forms. They would serve as guardians of this Digital World, but it was not to be...many came searching for Calumon, many for impure reasons...so it was that Calumon had the Harmonious Ones transform his body to that of stone and that the statue were to be transferred here and guarded by the greater uncorrupted elements of this world."
"Like you...?" Gatomon whispered. The beige kitten puppy nodded.
"But even amongst us, there was corruption," said Salamon. She looked to the sky, "FlaWizardmon and Nohemon tried to use the statue's power to their own dark ambitions, and were expelled."
"But they came back," said Michelle quietly. "And Nohemon has the statue..."
"No..." whispered Salamon. She looked around. Several other rookie digimon stepped forward. A Gatomon and several armadillo like digimon walked forward. "We are defeated; he will do something horrible..."
"He's working with Boogeymon," said Wizardmon as he stepped into the middle of the encircling digimon.
"No..." growled Salamon. "We must stop him..."
"How?" asked Brendan. The boy looked down at the rookies.
"Boogeymon would turn you into jelly," said Jason. He pulled at his shirt, "But we could...win..."
"You must get there before the statue," said Salamon. "If you do not, then Boogeymon could tap the power of the statue..."
"We have to wait for Janet, Renamon, D'Archmon and Lucemon," Mark reminded.
"If we wait..." growled Stephen, "it may not matter..."
"We will go," said Wizardmon. "We will throw a wrench in Boogeymon's works...and try and slow him down...It is imperative that you meet this threat together."
The others nodded, and watched as Wizardmon took the Gatomon with the ring on its tail in his arms and glided up into the air.
"Don't forget about me," called Mud Frigimon after them.
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Janet was falling. She had screamed for a long time but after the first several seconds it seemed pointless. It was odd. A sudden calm seemed to seep through her. Thoughts of home seemed to rush to her mind. Her recent childhood flooded in. Images of her mother rushing off to work came to mind. Her father's over protectiveness rang in her head.
Something golden-orange flashed in her vision. It was Renamon. The fox's eyes were closed and she was doing a nose dive. "Renamon...Rena...mon...No, you...you shouldn't have to go like this...it's not your fault I made you come...you shouldn't have to suffer...." A tear moistened and froze her cheek. She closed her eyes. "I couldn't save you....I'm not a good partner..." Something snagged her back.
"I wouldn't say that..." said a voice. Janet snapped her eyes open. They were met by bright sapphire ones. A boyish smile was looking down at her. "Though I would say you're a heavy partner..."
"What...?" Janet was still in shock.
"Mark and Michelle sent us after you..." said the angel boy. His arms were cradling her now. Janet noticed that the child was remarkably warm. "Wizardmon said that Nohemon was not as he seems..."
"He's not the scarecrow..." said Janet. Her eyebrows furrowed. "Us? Lucemon, us who?"
Lucemon smiled softly and nodded to the left. Janet took a tentative look over. D'Archmon was cradling the fox digimon in her arms.
"You saved me..." Janet looked up at the angelic boy quietly. "I said such horrible things..."
"You believe me a monster?" asked Lucemon quietly. His eyes narrowed, "You are not alone in that assessment."
"You aren't though..." whispered Janet. She looked in Lucemon's eyes. "A true monster at heart would not have come to save us..."
"I have to; Mark's depending on me," said Lucemon quietly. "I could not hurt him...even when I had the chance to destroy him, I defended him...I didn't know at the time but I think I am starting to understand..."
"You love Mark like you have not loved anything else..." said Janet quietly.
"Yes," was all Lucemon said.
"How could I have been so wrong..." thought Janet as she looked into his eyes. They were determined and deep in thought.
"D'Archmon says that those things that happen in the past, are in the past," said Lucemon quietly. His eyes blinked. "And that to press on about them is a fool's errand...but I plan to do something to repair the world..."
"He..." Janet looked up, "wants to...redeem himself..."
"Do not feel bad about your feelings towards me," said Lucemon quietly. "For I had them for myself..."
"Lucemon..." Janet looked up and nuzzled softly, "I'm sorry..."
"The temple...is near..." said Lucemon as he started to descend. "It is best we don't speak of these things...the boy is very sensitive." Lucemon looked at Janet. The girl gave a little nod and Lucemon smiled. "Good..."
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"It's been over an hour..." whispered Jason as he looked up at the sky.
"They must have had a run in with Nohemon," replied Amy quietly. She looked at the others worriedly, "Shouldn't we go and look?"
"If we go to look and they return to find us gone..." Mark replied quietly. "They'll search for us...and then we'll be more lost than what we started out as..."
"I see them!" shouted Michelle. She pointed to the sky. Two angelic beings were gliding in from the northwest.
"Renamon's been hurt; it looks like," gasped Stephen quietly.
The two angels drew closer and closer till they were circling the roof tops. Lucemon dropped down first and put Janet down on her feet. D'Archmon then landed and laid the light orange fox digimon on one of the small benches in the temple courtyard.
"Nohemon, caught us off guard," said Janet. She looked to the fox, "He's actually the crow...the human part is just an appendage. "We couldn't get the statue back...he hit us hard and fast..."
"We found them falling to the ground," added D'Archmon. The female angel kneeled in front of Renamon. "She was hit many attacks and then struck by the sealing attack Nohemon has..."
"Is there anything you can do, Lucemon?" Mark asked. He looked up at the angel hopefully.
"My abilities are not very stable..." replied Lucemon. He looked at his hands and saw the slight discolorations. "I may do more harm than good..."
"I have faith in you, Lucemon," said Janet quietly. The angel's eyes lifted up and looked at the brown haired girl. His eyes dropped down to his arms. The discoloration was fading again. He didn't understand. He thought he'd destroyed the virus with in, but now it seemed to be surging and withdrawing.
"I am afraid to use my powers," said Lucemon quietly. "I thought I had destroyed the virus within my body but it seems to be still there..."
"Lucemon, you can't be afraid of what you don't know," said Kevin quietly.
"Renamon's our friend, you have to risk it to save her..." continued Stephen the blonde haired boy looked intensely at Lucemon. "You may be our only chance..."
"Renamon's life is in your hands, Lucemon," Amy stepped forward. Her eyes were not hard nor were they soft in anyway. "Will you let it slip through your fingers or will you grasp it tight in your hands?"
"You have to hurry," Brendan was standing next to the fox holding its paw in his hand. "I think she's starting to slip..."
"Lucemon, everyone is relying on you to do your best..." Jason was right in front of the angel now. "You have to do this."
"Lucemon, it is...the right thing to do, and you know it is," Michelle spoke softly. Lucemon looked up. "Don't turn from the side of right...you can control your strength..."
"I know you can," said Mark. He hugged the angel tightly.
The angel's head turned and he walked up to the fainted fox. He lifted his hands slowly and pressed them against Renamon's chest. A blue light shimmered from his palm onto the ribs of the fox. The light was screaming to get out in more powerful ways but Lucemon tightly reined it in. Soon the serene shadow faded from the fox's face as her facial features winced. Her eyes opened.
"Why are you pressing on me, Lucemon?" asked the fox. Lucemon smiled and stepped back, "and when did we get back here?"
"You were hurt by Nohemon, we caught you and brought you back," replied the angel quietly. "You should be fine enough soon..." The angel turned and started to walk towards Mark.
"Lucemon," Janet stepped up to him. Suddenly her arms were around him, "thank you...thank you for what you did..."
"You are welcome..." replied Lucemon slowly.
"We need to get going..." said Stephen. The others looked up at him with a little displeasure. "Look, I don't like rushing about like bunch of monkeys either but if we don't get to Boogeymon before that statue all hell is going to break loose. Renamon will just have to rest whilst in transit..."
"In transit...?" asked Kevin.
"It is best that we fly, Boogeymon could have ground forces everywhere," replied Brendan. "Saberdramon, would you be willing?"
"I will, but I can not do it alone," said the large raven.
"I will assist you like before," replied Seadramon. The children looked at their champions.
"But we still have a problem..." said Kevin. He looked up at Shima Unimon. "There is no way we're going to get you guys on Saberdramon and Seadramon.
"You only need to leave the temple grounds," said Salamon quietly. "The effects of the temple will no longer cause this affliction."
The children nodded and ran for the edge of the temple grounds. The champions other than Saberdramon and Seadramon returned to their rookie form.
"We should land near the Gotsumon village," said Janet. She opened up a little satchel. "We haven't much food left."
"I'll need a rest too," said Saberdramon.
"I myself am feeling strained," said Seadramon.
"Can't you..." started Stephen but the others shot him a look.
"Jason and I will stay in the village; the rest of you can go ahead and we'll catch up when we can..." Amy called quietly.
The others nodded. Stephen had his doubts but he had no choice but to agree. "It sounds like a plan, but Wizardmon said to meet Boogeymon together."
"We will just not at the same time..." said Jason.
"Ok," called Stephen. Saberdramon and Seadramon took off towards the dark Infinity Mountain. The nightmarish clouds were starting to obscure the noon day sun.
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So we're getting there. Again thanks to Alforce. I would say things are not as they seem...I wanted to explain things, but unfortunately Salamon's diatribe was as close as I could get without overstepping things. This was done last week actually. I actually have the next chapter finished, as well as most of Boogeymon's defeat...we'll just see if I'll post them this week or not.