Bright Hope

I don't own Digimon

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'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

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Chapter 16

They make it back to camp. KageVeemon begins to make supper, for Flamemon started up the fire. He watches as Flamemon and Takuya talks to Rikyumon. He can hear as Omi talks with Vicky and Shade. Kimie is just sitting over where Hakeomom and Cugimon are. Shade was just sitting by a tree, thinking. He was by his partner's side.

He then thinks back when they make it Grademon's place.

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They walk pass the door that leads to the room where Omi and Vicky were. He saw this tall grey with red furred fox with Omi, trading stories from the look of things. The fox also had these green gloves too. Then he sees a white Digimon by Vicky. He could tell that this one was shy just by how she was acting.

They walk into the room and Vicky just nods her greetings with a soft smile on her face. He then watches as Vicky knees down and speaks softly to the shy Digimon. He then looks around as they walk over to the others were standing.

Soon they all got to know more about the Digimon that Omi and Vicky were with. It seems that Omi meet up with Rikyumon, a purple ball of light appeared. Omi's Digivice colors are red trim and green background, with a purple cord. Vicky's Digivice colors are blue trim and white background, with green cord.

Another fox type Digimon appears, this time yellow with white fur and purple gloves. This Digimon was called Renamon and she led them into a study that was occupied by a tall golden armored Digimon with a blue cape. They turn to watch as the Renamon fades into shadows. Rikyumon says, "Show off." They then sat on the chairs that were in the room. He also jumps up onto a chair, as does Hakeomon. He then turns to look at the golden Digimon standing in front of them. He can see the twin blades easily. He might not remember much of his life as Patamon, but he knows that he's never meet a Digimon like this one before.

"Thank you for coming here. I'm Grademon, leader of the council of Harmony. I'll get down to business. We need your help. A Digimon by the name of Daemon has created a Digi egg. We have reason to believe that the Digimon that might hatch from this egg will destroy us all. We believe that Daemon is trying to resurrect a fell Digimon by the name of Arkadimon." Grademon says. He narrows his eyes at the name. "We know of a Arkadimon. He's causing trouble in a different dimension then this one." Shade states. Grademon just sighs and then sits down in the chair. "Then is worst then what we thought it is. I was hoping that the egg had not hatched yet, but if you have encountered this Digimon and can already traveled to different dimensions, then we have to hope that he doesn't find, delete, and feed off of any Digimon Sovereigns. Our Sovereigns were deleted and absorbed by the last Arkadimon along time ago, when an Arkadimon was alive. It took a miracle that the last Arkadimon was deleted and even more of one to stop that one's data from reforming. If that Arkadimon that you encountered deletes and absorbs even one Sovereign, I pray for a quick deletion." Grademon says.

They all look alarmed at hearing this. After a few minutes Shade says, "So, what's with Arkadimon getting weaker?" Grademon's eyes show just how stunned he was. "Weaker? Arkadimon Digivolves more quickly then any know type! Are you sure that he wasn't getting stronger?" Grademon asks. Shade and him think about it and then he says for the both of them, "When I was used to be a Patamon, we fought Arkadimon at the minimum of ultimate level or mega level. Now he's smaller and much easier to handle." Shade just nods in agreement with what he says. Grademon doesn't answer right away, but then slowly says; "I think the only Digimon that might have the answers is the one that help being him to life, Daemon. I'll have to talk to the others about this. By tomorrow I shall have a better idea on how to proceed. Until then, enjoy the delights of our city. I'm certain that Rikyumon will like to play tour guide. Once again my thanks for coming." Grademon says as he gets up and walks to the door to Grademon's left.

They all turn to look at Omi's partner and Rikyumon just sighs and asks, "So, where do you want to go first?"

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He sighs as he comes out of his thoughts. The food is also ready, so he was lucky. He gets up and then turns towards Shade. Then he gets his partner's attention, Shade then grins sheepishly at him while getting up. They then head closer to the fire to get their supper.

"Careful, it's hot." KageVeemon says as he hands over a bowl of stew. Shade takes both bowls and then moves closer to where Takuya and Flamemon were. Then Shade sets his bowl on the ground and he begins to blow on the soup to cool it down. Shade just stirs his bowl of stew, Takuya and Flamemon's were almost finished theirs. Flamemon was already on his second bowl of stew. Considering the fact that Flamemon is the Warrior of Fire, he doesn't mind his food hot.

Soon Flamemon and Takuya were going for more. Then he begins to taste his stew to see if it was cool enough to eat. Soon he digs into his supper. As he eats, he had to admit that the pack that they were using was really handy. A wizard type Digimon had casted a mini-dimensional spell on all the packs. This means that they were carrying tons of things, but not getting weighted down. They have a good month worth of food and cooking supplies, that's counting all the food that the Digimon were going to be eating. They've also been traveling for the pass three days. During their stay at Bright Circle, Shade and them all got cloths made to fit them.

He finishes and then looks pleadingly at Takuya. Takuya stops eating and just sighs. "Ok, I'll get you some more. Just leave mine alone, k?" Takuya says and he just nods. He just waits for Takuya to get back, and when Flamemon tried to seal Takuya's bowl, he just glared at him until Takuya got back.

Takuya puts his bowl on the ground and sends Flamemon a glare of his own before continuing to eat his food. He blows on his stew to cool it and then Shade says out loud, "I wonder how long it's been back home?" Takuya just shrugs and says, "Not long I bet." Flamemon adds, "We got plenty of time! Remember I'm connected to the Digital World. I'd say about two hours have pasted there." Shade, Takuya, and him stop and look at Flamemon. Flamemon notices this and asks, "What? It's the truth!" Takuya answers, "We just didn't think we'd get an answer is all." Flamemon relaxes at that and then gets up to get more stew.

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Omi and Shade were setting up the tents, for Vicky, Kimie, and him were just really bad at that. Flamemon and Rikyumon were also setting up tents too. KageVeemon, Cugimon, and Chaos were doing dishes. Hakeomon was playing look out. Therefore, him and his female relatives were keeping the fire going.

Despite everything, he was enjoying this. He only got together with Omi, Kimie, and Vicky a good three times a year at the minimum. He got to see Shade like everyday, so having Omi, Kimie, and Vicky here was much better then if it had only been Shade, Chaos, Flamemon, and him. He watches as Flamemon and Rikyumon finish setting up a tent to Shade and Omi's three. He had to admit that Flamemon was better at this then he was. He then notices that they were running short on firewood. "I'll go look for more firewood. Anyone want to come?" He asks. Vicky gets up and says, "I want to check up on Hakeomon." Kimie says, "Someone has to stay here to keep an eye on the fire." They nod and then head into the surrounding forest.

They came across Hakeomon; Hakeomon didn't shy away from him as she use to. "All clear?" He asks and Hakeomon just nods her head. Vicky then just nods at him and he then continues to on. He soon finds many broken sticks and branches on the ground. He then begins to gather them up. Soon he has his arms full and he walks back to camp. He doesn't encounter Vicky and Hakeomon. He walks into camp to find all the tents set up. He then puts the firewood onto the ground where the rest of it was. Then he sits down by Omi.

They listen to Flamemon talk about some joke he played on Lobomon some years back. He also notices that Chaos, KageVeemon, and Cugimon were back. He waves to Chaos and Chaos just nods and after the stuff on his back is off, Chaos comes to sit by him. He then begins to scratch behind Chaos's ears. Shade's over by Rikyumon and Flamemon, so Chaos sits his right. He knows that Chaos didn't mind this whole thing of getting pets, scratches, and belly rubs.

Soon Vicky and Hakeomon come back out of the forest in their path. They had been walking through meadows since yesterday afternoon and a change in sights was very welcome. There was just something about a forest that just screams hidden. Plus it made finding firewood easier.

He yawns and decides to turn in for the night. He was sharing with Flamemon, so he gets up and says, "I've had a long day, so I'm heading in. Night." Everyone around the campfire says, "Night Takuya."

He walks to the tent, and then begins to go through his pack looking for JPs. He finds them and he changes into them. He unrolls his sleeping bag and crawls into it. He soon in visiting dreamland.

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They finally make it to the mountain where Daemon was last seen flying towards. He looks at KageVeemon and just nods. KageVeemon looks relieved and says, "This is as far as I go. Good luck to you guys. And good luck to your three." KageVeemon looks over at the three new additions to their group. "Hope you find what you're looking for. Bye!" KageVeemon says and then turns around and begins to walk back the way that they came.

He couldn't help but grin a bit as he watches KageVeemon leave. It's been one event after another once they crossed the boarder to Horns of Night. Horns of Night were where most of the really bad viruses and some data types live. It was a rough patch of mountain range and they had gotten separated a few times. The partners of his cousins had Digivolved into champion more then once. Rikyumon's champion form was a five-tailed fox, named Shi'tunemon. Hakeomon's champion form was a female version of Leomon, named Leo'Essmon. Cugimon's champion form is a large four-legged dragon, named Cliguwmon.

They had spent a good eight weeks traveling around just looking for each other. For the easy part of the whole trip was crossing the boarder, that only took a week. He touches Chaos's neck, for Chaos is Akimon. He was bandage up and riding on Chaos's back. How he got hurt was easy to explain. Takuya and Flamemon encountered a mind controller Digimon who used Takuya and Flamemon like puppets. Takuya and Flamemon were really, really sorry and it didn't help matters that Takuya kept saying this as he was bandaging him up. He didn't know just where everyone else was during this past eight week, but they hadn't had time to exchange stories.

He just sighs and is really happy that he didn't have T.K.'s burning hate towards all things dark, he had one for all things evil though. They just stare at this mountain, then as one, they move forward, or Chaos walks forward and he just rides on Chaos's back.

To Be Continued …