Gate Way of Life

I don't own Digimon

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'Thoughts'

"talking out loud"

'-----' scene change

(V)(V) different point of view

'+' flash back

Chapter 24

He and the others just stand there; watching as the light finally disappears. Now they stare at Lucemon as a champion. Lucemon looks nervous under their stares. "So, how do I look?" Lucemon asks, sounding more like a like a young guy then before. "Different." Calamon says. They nod in agreement at the new Lucemon.

Lucemon now stood over five and half feet tall, but wasn't as tall as he himself. Now Lucemon was wearing a light blue hoody, with the silver symbols of Star and Eclipse. Add the fact that he now has a pair of white jeans. Lucemon's hair now had red highlights. He's eye color was now a darker shade of blue. Lucemon was now wearing sandals. He had golden bracelets still. His four pairs of wings also have a golden tinge to the edge of the feathers. He was also tanner then before. All in all, Lucemon was a handsome young Digimon. He looked more mature but still was young looking. Lucemon's still has the same purple tattoos as before.

"You look good, cousin." He says simply after watching Lucemon squirm for about two minutes. "You think so?" Lucemon asks, hopefully. "Takato's right, you look fine. Let's find you a mirror, so you can look for yourself." Zoe says. She then leads Lucemon and Calamon out of the room. They move out of the way and watch them go.

Then a thought hit him, and he asks, "Hey, Kouji, what time is it?" "It's eight twenty four … pm." Kouji says as he looks at his watch. "You mean we spend all day getting to this room?" Kouichi says. "We also spend the afternoon in that dream world of mine, too. So, it's supper? And I better find Seraphimon! See you later guys!" He says as he races out of the room.

(V)(V)(V)

He also thinks about something as Takato races out of the room. "Did the Digimon reappear? And if so, shouldn't we be looking for Takuya and the others, you know to make certain that their ok?" He asks the remainder of the group. "Guyver and I shall go and report to Cherubimon or Orphanimon. You two can go look for the other Digidestine." IceLeomon tell them, and Guyver nods his head. "Let's go!" He says as he takes his brothers arm and heads to the right after they leave the room. Guyver and IceLeomon head to the left.

They soon found Takuya in his room looking confused. "Hey! When did you guys get here? I though you'd send a message first!" Takuya states, after he finishes putting on his hat and goggles. "We got here a bit before noon. It's about eight thirty at night, Takuya." Kouji says to Takuya. Takuya just blinks and sits down on the bed. "You mean that a whole day has passed and I didn't even know?" Takuya asks them after a minute of thinking about it. "Sadly, yes. Also Lucemon Digivolved." He tells Takuya. They just watch Takuya's reaction to the new. "So, are we going to have a party or something? I mean this is an important event! Besides, I'm starved!" Takuya states to Kouji and him.

On the mention of food, both his and his twin's stomachs growls. They look embarrassed about that.

(V)(V)(V)

He finds Seraphimon heading to the kitchen. "Hey Seraphimon! We need to talk!" He says after he slows down. Seraphimon looks at him and he just knew that Seraphimon was surprised to see him. "I thought you were do later today, Takato." Seraphimon states to him. They both stop and then he sighs and says, "It's been a day already, Seraphimon. Others and my group tried to report in this morning. I told Wizardmon to tell the others that Kouji, Kouichi, Zoe, IceLeomon, Guvyer, and I would investige. It's been a day, sir." He tells the mega level angel Digimon.

Seraphimon doesn't answer right away, and after ten minutes, Seraphimon asks, "Then what happened?" "I don't really know, but when we got here, we found the city covered with these strains. Ice attacks were the safest way to break the strains. We spend about four hours, making our way to the keep. It turns out that Lucemon was the source of it. Don't worry though. Lucemon was just having problems with his old memories. I help him through it and he's now a champion. He's with Zoe and Calamon. I thought you should know before you went looking for him." He tells Lucemon's dad.

There was just a really long silents and it was only broken when both of their stomach reminded them that they haven't eaten supper. Or in Seraphimon's case any meal all day. "I believe I'll call for a feast for tonight. I hope you don't mind helping out in the kitchen." Seraphimon says. He shook his head, and says, "I don't mind."

It took the kitchen working at full strength to have food ready within the hour. Digimon all over Avalon's Gate had heard about how they ended up missing a whole day so some weird happening. They also heard about Lucemon Digivolution. So, when Lucemon appeared at the feast, all the Digimon that live in Avalon's Gate were in attendees, they all got a good look at Lucemon's new form. Lucemon got many congratulations for many different Digimon. He could tell that Lucemon was still shy because of everything that has happened and for what he now remembers. He knew that it wouldn't go to Lucemon's head.

As the feast whines down, Takato thinks over the doorway spell he memorized, even if he couldn't use it he didn't know when he'd have time to go back to that room. He thinks about Rika and the others that are living at the Tendo's, he wonders what they're doing right now. He was a Digimon, but that didn't really bug him as much as it used to. He smiles as he remembers the first time he realized that he was a Digimon. He looks over to where Ranamon was. He was lucky that he had already had the pleasure of her company tonight. Ranamon was currently talking to IceLeomon. If he's not mistaken, it looks like Ranamon was showing more then a passing interest in IceLeomon. And if so, he wishes Ranamon luck with IceLeomon for it seems that IceLeomon wasn't interested in Ranamon like that, and it'll take Ranamon sometime to convince him other wise.

"So, the portal's almost repaired. It'll be ready in two days time." Orphanimon says from behind him. He turns and looks at the angel mega and asks, "Have you told Takuya and the other?" "Not yet, I thought it best to tell you first. You plan on leaving when it does?" Orphanimon asks. "I guess I have to, they must be really worried about me. I also have some letters to deliverer, too. Are you letting Takuya and the others come with me when Calamon and I leave?" He asks after two minutes. "With Lucemon as he am, I believe that they can. With Lucemon more powerful, it'll balance out the world while they're gone." Orphanimon says softly. He nods his head, getting kind of a picture of what the mega was talking about. "You know, it's going to be odd not seeing three moons in the sky. I could always tell if I'm dreaming by just looking up to the night sky. I hope to visit after every things said and done. I made a promise to Lucemon that I would and I really want to keep that promise." He says to Orphanimon. "I plan on creating another doorway to that dimension that the Hazard made." He added to clarify how he plans on visiting. "That's comforting to know. I wish you luck with that. The announcement will be tomorrow, so get some sleep. It's going to be a long two days." Orphanimon says and he nods in agreement with that statement. He watches as she leaves, and he gets up and heads for his room. Hoping that Guilmon might be up for a game of War. He didn't feel like playing tag at the moment.

(V)(V)(V)

He looks over at where Takato and Lucemon were saying their goodbyes. He had already said his goodbyes to the friends that he made. They all voted to go with Takato and Calamon. He looks over to where Calamon was sleeping. Calamon and Lucemon had been up all night playing and now the little in-training Digimon was asleep on his brother's head. He could tell that Kouji didn't really mind. It was an image like that he wishes that he had a camera to take a picture of it. Takuya was with Tommy talking to Guyver about stuff. He finds Zoe talking with Ranamon and IceLeomon. He had been surprised that Ranamon hadn't tried to flirt with Takato one last time. Plus he noticed that Ranamon seems to sticking close to IceLeomon as well. J.P. was handing out the last of his candy and popcorn.

Takato finishes and walks over to the portal and takes out his D-ark.

(V)(V)(V)

He finishes talking with Lucemon and then walks over to the portal; he takes out his D-ark and thinks about the Dire. He casts his first spell in front of everyone. He makes contact with the Dire, he tell the Dire that he's bringing friends and that she should try to highlight the way back to Ranma's reality. She agrees and will try her hardest to, he thanks her. The connection breaks but he didn't feel overly tired.

He looks over at Guyver and nods. Then he steps through the portal and finds himself in that tunnel again. He sees a greenish line and knows that it's the Dire's way of showing him where to go. He watches as Guyver and Mane walk through the gate and as the tunnel in front changes and becomes a portal. He watches as the remainder of the GL army passes through.

When the last Digimon walks through the portal, Takuya and the others walk through. With one last nod at each other, Guyver walks through the portal. Now it's just the Digidestine, Calamon, and himself. He turns and follows the green line. He hears the others behind him as he walks.

They soon push their way were the green line becomes a circle. He opens his wings without thinking about it and watches as the others drop about half a foot. He looks around and finds that they're in the park closest to the Tendo's. He hears sounds very clearly and hopes that he'll get use to it. He watches as the Digidestine talk and he flies higher until he could see beyond the trees. The sight just makes him want to find a forest far from people. He was going to have trouble getting use to the sights, smells, and sounds of the city.

He lands a mile away from where they landed and he then hears something among the trees, he looks around, feeling nervous. He then hears, "Diamond Storm!" He dodges the attack, surprised to have that attack aimed at him. He blocks a punch without really thinking about it. He doesn't throw one of his own though. He looks around for Rika, for where Renamon was, Rika wasn't far behind. He blocks or dodges a series of punches and kicks. It didn't cross his mind to tell Renamon just who he was; he didn't think that the yellow fox would believe him.

Soon he hears something move and he dodges without a second thought. He finds Gatomon around where he had been. The he leaps to his right and then back. He finds more Digimon joining the battle. He was beginning to wonder just where their partners are, and he looks up to see a purple dragon trying to ram him. He didn't know just what really surprised him, the fact that he has never seen a Digimon like that or that he was now facing off against five Digimon. He knows there's five and not just four. He didn't really know how, but he just knew.

It was as the purple Digimon landing did Calamon show up. "Hey! I FOUND HIM!" Calamon yells out and the other Digimon turn to watch as Kari, Rika, and Davis come onto the site with Takuya and the Digidestine that he walked through the portal with. Calamon flies over to him and land on his head. He also watches as a black Veemon appears by Davis's side.

"What game were you playing? It must have been tag, huh Takato?" Calamon ask him. "Kind of, Calamon. Kind of." He says. He watches as the other Digimon just stand there, looking shocked at what he just said.

"Takato?" Rika asks as she steps forward. "Hi Rika. I can explain." He says. "Yip! And now we just need Guilmon, and this'll be even better!" Calamon says. Everyone but Takuya's group just stared at him with a look of disbelief. "So, nice tail." The black Veemon says to him and he just doesn't know what else to say.

"I think we better get back to the Dojo. So, let's get going. We do have to get back to school, you know." Rika says and she leads the way out of the park. Takuya and the others from Lucemon's reality look at him and he shrugs and follows. The Digimon were the last to follow the humans.

To be continued …