Thanks for the reviews once again! Okay, some of us are a bit confused and
I don't blame you. I didn't make it quite clear the first time but then I
didn't want to ruin future chapters. The reason I said The Tamers (Season
03) takes place after the D-Reaper is because (SPOILER) later on the Tamers
will be able to Bio-Merge, Leomon is gone (kinda), and I didn't want to
fool with the Devas and the D-Reaper and such. Impmon is suppose to act
like his old self. It makes the story more interesting and besides, I've
got plans for him later on *evil grin*. Now for the q's:
TD: We all have our own opinions, but for this story Owikawa/Myotismon and Lucemon have to be strong to make this a good story.
: Thanks for the correction. I'll fix it immediately. Yes, naturally the Tamers would know who Joe, Ken, and Kari are but I never really liked the idea of them thinking of people popping out of their TV screen. It'd be kinda scary. So the card game is still intact just not the show. (P.S. Do you go by anything else other than ' '? Just wondering.)
GemmaniGirl: Yeah, I know about Ken and Ryo beating Mulleniummon. It's pretty cool. I haven't actually seen him in the season but I have the movie and I showed him my sisters. They were like, "No way!" But anyhow, as for the couples Kari/Kouji is one of them. I didn't actually think of Rika/Kouichi though it doesn't sound like a bad idea. Thanks for your reviews! ^_^
RoseniteHuntress: Lol, sorry I scared you. And don't worry, I won't kill Kouichi. Though I did in another fic . . . but that's another story. My friend nearly strangled me to death when she heard that I killed Kouichi in that fic so I'm not about to do it again. And besides, Kouichi is one of my fav. characters as well! (No, I don't like to kill my fav. or main characters) Glad ya like it so far! ^-^
Disclaimer: *playing truth or dare* person: "Truth of dare?" me: *being a scaredy-cat* "Truth" person: "Do you own Digimon?" me: "Nope." *sighs with relief* other person: "You sigh too much." me: *anime sweatdrop* "Gee, did you figure that out all by yourself?" other person: *grins like an idiot* "Yep!" person and me: *anime fall*
Okay, now on to the fic!
Chapter 6
The Dark Ocean
Davis paced continuously around the cell thinking. Yolei and Cody watched him. TK had somehow managed to fall asleep. Yolei had laid his head in her lap to make him more comfortable.
"Davis, will you please stop pacing?" she asked as Davis passed them for the twentieth time.
"I'm trying to think," he snapped at her more harshly than he meant to.
Yolei fell silent. Davis sighed, "I'm sorry, Yolei. I didn't mean it like that."
"It's okay, we all are a little stressed out," she replied softly.
Cody got up and went over to the door. Slowly and carefully he began examining it.
"Cody, what are you doing?" Davis asked.
Cody answered without peeling his gaze from the door. "Davis, start looking around the walls and feel for any soft spots. Like where the mortar might have crumbled or something. We can't wait for the others to come and get us. We're going to break free ourselves."
Yolei and Davis glanced at each other but said nothing.
***
"If only we could . . . no, that won't work. How about if we . . . no, that won't either. Um . . ."
"Give it a rest Takuya," Zoe sighed wearily.
"Do you think we'll ever get out?" Tommy asked.
"Of course we will," Zoë said.
JP glanced over at her, "And how are we suppose to do that? I mean we have no idea of where we are, we don't have our D-Tectors, and we're locked up like criminals!"
"Do we even . . . oh never mind," Takuya said shaking his head.
"Do we even what, Takuya?" Zoë asked.
Takuya paused for a second as if unsure of what to say, then he said, "Do we even need our D-Tectors?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, what I mean is we are, after all, part human and part digimon, right?"
They nodded. Takuya went on.
"So what if we could find a way to digivolve without using the D-Tectors?"
They thought about this for a little while.
"Well," Zoë said finally, "There's nothing we could lose by trying, is there?"
***
Sora hummed softly a soothing tune. Izzy watch her as Tai, Matt, and even Mimi were lulled to sleep. He closed his eyes and turned away to stare at the cold, stone wall. It hurt him to look at Tai and Matt the way they were, helpless and pitiful. That is how their situation is, he realized with a pang of despair.
***
"We'll split into three groups," Takato said. "We're going to find Henry's sister and if we run into Owikawa, Arukenimon, or Mummymon we'll signal each other. Okay?"
Everyone nodded. The groups ended up as Takato, Joe, Kenta, and Kazoo; Henry, Ken, and Ryo; Rika, Kouji, and Kari. Jeri and Calumon were to stay with Kouichi at Rika's house.
***
Rika, Kouji, Kari, and Renamon searched the forested area. They called out Susie's name looking in every crook and cranny. Finally they called a break and sat down in a semi-circle.
"Kouji," Kari asked, "who's Lucemon? I mean you've fought him before, right?"
Kouji nodded, "He's a fallen angel digimon. He's a rookie but powerful. Every time we've fought against him we barely make it out with our lives."
There was a sullen silence then Rika asked Kari, "Who's this Owikawa? You said he was human, but how did he make two ultimate digimon and how does he control them?"
"Well," she began, "he is actually possessed by a mega digimon named Myotismon. We defeated Myotismon four years ago but somehow he's returned." She paused then continued, "It was Omnimon that destroyed him the first time. If only Tai and Matt were here. They might be able to pull it off again."
"Not with Lucemon backing him up. It's like fighting two impossible opponents at the same time. And over half of us are in captivity so that limits our chances to close to none," Kouji said.
Suddenly Renamon tensed. Rika glanced at her. "What is it Renamon?"
"There's a digimon nearby," she replied.
"Huh?"
Rika and Kouji stood up, both with digivice in hand. "Who's there? Show yourself!" Rika yelled to the surrounding trees. A woman appeared with long white hair.
"It's Arukenimon!" Kari whispered wide-eyed in fright.
"Come quietly and you will not be harmed . . . yet," Arukenimon said with a malicious smile.
"Just like you didn't harm our friends," Kouji snarled angrily remembering how Arukenimon had nearly suffocated his brother.
"Very well." Arukenimon changed into her digital form.
"Leave her to me," Rika said drawing out a card. "DIGIMODIFY!!! MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!!!"
"Taomon!"
Kouji and Kari watched impressed by Rika's style and her digimon's evolved form.
"Acid Mists!"
"Talisman of Light!"
There was an explosion when the two attacks hit. The digimon were thrown away from each other, Rika, Kouji, and Kari were thrown to the ground. Arukenimon was the first one up. She attacked Taomon with, "Spider Thread!"
"Taomon!" Rika cried out. She grabbed another card. "DIGIMODIFY!!! POWER ACT-"
Arukenimon swiftly turned and attacked Rika with her Acid Mists.
"KARI!" Kouji yelled as the girl in question ran forward and pushed Rika out of harms' way. He saw Kari fall before the mists enveloped her.
"And down falls one of the bearers of light," Arukenimon sneered. Taomon came up behind her.
"THOUSAND SPELLS!" Arukenimon shrieked in surprise. She barely dodged the attack.
She glared at Rika and Kouji, "I'd keep an eye out for any others if you want to stay alive, unlike that girl." She laughed and quickly disappeared into the gloom.
Kouji stared despairingly at the smoky haze in front of him. By the time the smoke cleared Kari might indeed be dead. After debating whether or not it was a good idea he took a deep breath and ran into the mist. He heard Rika yell to him to come back but he didn't heed it. He found Kari lying face-down on the ground in the center. He bent down and picked her up. He covered her mouth and nose with his hand knowing that the fumes from the attack were poisonous. His own lungs were burning from lack of oxygen. Kouji half carried, half dragged Kari out of there.
As soon as Rika saw Kouji emerging with Kari she came in and helped him carry her the rest of the way. "We should get her back to my house. She'll be safer there and she can have some rest," Rika said. "Renamon can carry her."
"No, I'll carry her," Kouji said.
"But your shoulder," Rika protested.
"I said I'll carry her," Kouji insisted.
Rika glanced at Renamon, who had de-digivolved from Taomon. Renamon nodded silently.
"Fine, you can carry her," Rika said resignedly.
***
Kari opened her eyes. She looked around. She realized she was in the digital world. She stood up and walked around nervously not sure of herself. After a couple of minutes the once sunny day suddenly became cloudy and gray. It was then that she heard it. The sound of waves lapping hungrily at the shore, trying to devour it but never quite succeeding.
Then the trees fell away. Kari stood at a rocky cliff's edge. Below her was the Dark Ocean. Kari began to panic. Each of her previous visits to the Dark Ocean had been horrifying.
". . . HIKARI . . ."
Kari turned around fearfully. Before her stood shadowy creatures, each with glowing red eyes.
". . . HIKARI . . . !" Kari took a step backward forgetting that only empty space was behind her until it was too late. She slipped. Kari tried to scream but couldn't find the power to do so. Instinctively she grabbed the edge with one hand. Had she not done so, she would've toppled to her death.
"Kari . . ."
Kari looked up. One of the shadow creatures was directly above her. Suddenly the creature started to take shape. Kari gasped.
"Gatomon?!"
"Kari . . . Help us . . ." Gatomon whispered.
The rocky surface under Kari's hand crumbled. A scream ripped from her throat as she fell. The Dark Ocean greeted her with an onslaught of waves.
"Kari! KARI! Wake up!"
Kari's eyes slowly forced themselves opened. Kouji and Rika gripped Kari's shoulders and were shaking her in attempt to awake her. They sighed in relief when they saw her opened eyes looking at them blankly though they didn't let go of her.
"Wha-What happened?" Kari asked confused.
"After you saved me from Arukenimon's attack you fainted. Kouji got you out and offered to carry you to my house. Then you started muttering to yourself and just now you screamed! I'm surprised no one has come running over to see what's happened," Rika explained.
"But . . . You mean it was all a dream? But it wasn't! I was there! It-it was the Dark Ocean . . . and Gatomon was there . . ." Kari broke off not noticing the puzzled and anxious glances exchanged between Rika and Kouji.
"Gatomon?" Kouji asked gently still not quite sure what was going on.
"My partner . . ." Kari replied softly, her eyes beginning to fill with unspoken tears.
Rika stood up, "Perhaps we should get going."
Kari nodded mutely quickly wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. She and Kouji stood up and followed Rika as she led the way back to her house.
*****
YAY!!! NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!! Maybe I'll actually get somewhere on my fics. *winces* I've got too many. *starts counting* *eyes pop out* 14 STORIES!!!!!!!!!! No wonder I haven't finished writing any yet . . . (person and other person: "baka") (me: *glares at person and other person*) (person and other person: *cowering in the corner*) Okay, where were we? Oh yeah, hopefully in one week or less chapter 7 will be up. Probably less if this *ahem* migraine doesn't go away, which it doesn't look like it will. Please review!! (person: "P.S. Baka means idiot or stupid.") (other person: "Now don't go around calling everybody in sight there ya hear!") (me: *bonks person and other person on the head* "Urusei gaki.")
TD: We all have our own opinions, but for this story Owikawa/Myotismon and Lucemon have to be strong to make this a good story.
: Thanks for the correction. I'll fix it immediately. Yes, naturally the Tamers would know who Joe, Ken, and Kari are but I never really liked the idea of them thinking of people popping out of their TV screen. It'd be kinda scary. So the card game is still intact just not the show. (P.S. Do you go by anything else other than ' '? Just wondering.)
GemmaniGirl: Yeah, I know about Ken and Ryo beating Mulleniummon. It's pretty cool. I haven't actually seen him in the season but I have the movie and I showed him my sisters. They were like, "No way!" But anyhow, as for the couples Kari/Kouji is one of them. I didn't actually think of Rika/Kouichi though it doesn't sound like a bad idea. Thanks for your reviews! ^_^
RoseniteHuntress: Lol, sorry I scared you. And don't worry, I won't kill Kouichi. Though I did in another fic . . . but that's another story. My friend nearly strangled me to death when she heard that I killed Kouichi in that fic so I'm not about to do it again. And besides, Kouichi is one of my fav. characters as well! (No, I don't like to kill my fav. or main characters) Glad ya like it so far! ^-^
Disclaimer: *playing truth or dare* person: "Truth of dare?" me: *being a scaredy-cat* "Truth" person: "Do you own Digimon?" me: "Nope." *sighs with relief* other person: "You sigh too much." me: *anime sweatdrop* "Gee, did you figure that out all by yourself?" other person: *grins like an idiot* "Yep!" person and me: *anime fall*
Okay, now on to the fic!
Chapter 6
The Dark Ocean
Davis paced continuously around the cell thinking. Yolei and Cody watched him. TK had somehow managed to fall asleep. Yolei had laid his head in her lap to make him more comfortable.
"Davis, will you please stop pacing?" she asked as Davis passed them for the twentieth time.
"I'm trying to think," he snapped at her more harshly than he meant to.
Yolei fell silent. Davis sighed, "I'm sorry, Yolei. I didn't mean it like that."
"It's okay, we all are a little stressed out," she replied softly.
Cody got up and went over to the door. Slowly and carefully he began examining it.
"Cody, what are you doing?" Davis asked.
Cody answered without peeling his gaze from the door. "Davis, start looking around the walls and feel for any soft spots. Like where the mortar might have crumbled or something. We can't wait for the others to come and get us. We're going to break free ourselves."
Yolei and Davis glanced at each other but said nothing.
***
"If only we could . . . no, that won't work. How about if we . . . no, that won't either. Um . . ."
"Give it a rest Takuya," Zoe sighed wearily.
"Do you think we'll ever get out?" Tommy asked.
"Of course we will," Zoë said.
JP glanced over at her, "And how are we suppose to do that? I mean we have no idea of where we are, we don't have our D-Tectors, and we're locked up like criminals!"
"Do we even . . . oh never mind," Takuya said shaking his head.
"Do we even what, Takuya?" Zoë asked.
Takuya paused for a second as if unsure of what to say, then he said, "Do we even need our D-Tectors?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, what I mean is we are, after all, part human and part digimon, right?"
They nodded. Takuya went on.
"So what if we could find a way to digivolve without using the D-Tectors?"
They thought about this for a little while.
"Well," Zoë said finally, "There's nothing we could lose by trying, is there?"
***
Sora hummed softly a soothing tune. Izzy watch her as Tai, Matt, and even Mimi were lulled to sleep. He closed his eyes and turned away to stare at the cold, stone wall. It hurt him to look at Tai and Matt the way they were, helpless and pitiful. That is how their situation is, he realized with a pang of despair.
***
"We'll split into three groups," Takato said. "We're going to find Henry's sister and if we run into Owikawa, Arukenimon, or Mummymon we'll signal each other. Okay?"
Everyone nodded. The groups ended up as Takato, Joe, Kenta, and Kazoo; Henry, Ken, and Ryo; Rika, Kouji, and Kari. Jeri and Calumon were to stay with Kouichi at Rika's house.
***
Rika, Kouji, Kari, and Renamon searched the forested area. They called out Susie's name looking in every crook and cranny. Finally they called a break and sat down in a semi-circle.
"Kouji," Kari asked, "who's Lucemon? I mean you've fought him before, right?"
Kouji nodded, "He's a fallen angel digimon. He's a rookie but powerful. Every time we've fought against him we barely make it out with our lives."
There was a sullen silence then Rika asked Kari, "Who's this Owikawa? You said he was human, but how did he make two ultimate digimon and how does he control them?"
"Well," she began, "he is actually possessed by a mega digimon named Myotismon. We defeated Myotismon four years ago but somehow he's returned." She paused then continued, "It was Omnimon that destroyed him the first time. If only Tai and Matt were here. They might be able to pull it off again."
"Not with Lucemon backing him up. It's like fighting two impossible opponents at the same time. And over half of us are in captivity so that limits our chances to close to none," Kouji said.
Suddenly Renamon tensed. Rika glanced at her. "What is it Renamon?"
"There's a digimon nearby," she replied.
"Huh?"
Rika and Kouji stood up, both with digivice in hand. "Who's there? Show yourself!" Rika yelled to the surrounding trees. A woman appeared with long white hair.
"It's Arukenimon!" Kari whispered wide-eyed in fright.
"Come quietly and you will not be harmed . . . yet," Arukenimon said with a malicious smile.
"Just like you didn't harm our friends," Kouji snarled angrily remembering how Arukenimon had nearly suffocated his brother.
"Very well." Arukenimon changed into her digital form.
"Leave her to me," Rika said drawing out a card. "DIGIMODIFY!!! MATRIX DIGIVOLUTION ACTIVATE!!!"
"Taomon!"
Kouji and Kari watched impressed by Rika's style and her digimon's evolved form.
"Acid Mists!"
"Talisman of Light!"
There was an explosion when the two attacks hit. The digimon were thrown away from each other, Rika, Kouji, and Kari were thrown to the ground. Arukenimon was the first one up. She attacked Taomon with, "Spider Thread!"
"Taomon!" Rika cried out. She grabbed another card. "DIGIMODIFY!!! POWER ACT-"
Arukenimon swiftly turned and attacked Rika with her Acid Mists.
"KARI!" Kouji yelled as the girl in question ran forward and pushed Rika out of harms' way. He saw Kari fall before the mists enveloped her.
"And down falls one of the bearers of light," Arukenimon sneered. Taomon came up behind her.
"THOUSAND SPELLS!" Arukenimon shrieked in surprise. She barely dodged the attack.
She glared at Rika and Kouji, "I'd keep an eye out for any others if you want to stay alive, unlike that girl." She laughed and quickly disappeared into the gloom.
Kouji stared despairingly at the smoky haze in front of him. By the time the smoke cleared Kari might indeed be dead. After debating whether or not it was a good idea he took a deep breath and ran into the mist. He heard Rika yell to him to come back but he didn't heed it. He found Kari lying face-down on the ground in the center. He bent down and picked her up. He covered her mouth and nose with his hand knowing that the fumes from the attack were poisonous. His own lungs were burning from lack of oxygen. Kouji half carried, half dragged Kari out of there.
As soon as Rika saw Kouji emerging with Kari she came in and helped him carry her the rest of the way. "We should get her back to my house. She'll be safer there and she can have some rest," Rika said. "Renamon can carry her."
"No, I'll carry her," Kouji said.
"But your shoulder," Rika protested.
"I said I'll carry her," Kouji insisted.
Rika glanced at Renamon, who had de-digivolved from Taomon. Renamon nodded silently.
"Fine, you can carry her," Rika said resignedly.
***
Kari opened her eyes. She looked around. She realized she was in the digital world. She stood up and walked around nervously not sure of herself. After a couple of minutes the once sunny day suddenly became cloudy and gray. It was then that she heard it. The sound of waves lapping hungrily at the shore, trying to devour it but never quite succeeding.
Then the trees fell away. Kari stood at a rocky cliff's edge. Below her was the Dark Ocean. Kari began to panic. Each of her previous visits to the Dark Ocean had been horrifying.
". . . HIKARI . . ."
Kari turned around fearfully. Before her stood shadowy creatures, each with glowing red eyes.
". . . HIKARI . . . !" Kari took a step backward forgetting that only empty space was behind her until it was too late. She slipped. Kari tried to scream but couldn't find the power to do so. Instinctively she grabbed the edge with one hand. Had she not done so, she would've toppled to her death.
"Kari . . ."
Kari looked up. One of the shadow creatures was directly above her. Suddenly the creature started to take shape. Kari gasped.
"Gatomon?!"
"Kari . . . Help us . . ." Gatomon whispered.
The rocky surface under Kari's hand crumbled. A scream ripped from her throat as she fell. The Dark Ocean greeted her with an onslaught of waves.
"Kari! KARI! Wake up!"
Kari's eyes slowly forced themselves opened. Kouji and Rika gripped Kari's shoulders and were shaking her in attempt to awake her. They sighed in relief when they saw her opened eyes looking at them blankly though they didn't let go of her.
"Wha-What happened?" Kari asked confused.
"After you saved me from Arukenimon's attack you fainted. Kouji got you out and offered to carry you to my house. Then you started muttering to yourself and just now you screamed! I'm surprised no one has come running over to see what's happened," Rika explained.
"But . . . You mean it was all a dream? But it wasn't! I was there! It-it was the Dark Ocean . . . and Gatomon was there . . ." Kari broke off not noticing the puzzled and anxious glances exchanged between Rika and Kouji.
"Gatomon?" Kouji asked gently still not quite sure what was going on.
"My partner . . ." Kari replied softly, her eyes beginning to fill with unspoken tears.
Rika stood up, "Perhaps we should get going."
Kari nodded mutely quickly wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. She and Kouji stood up and followed Rika as she led the way back to her house.
*****
YAY!!! NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!! Maybe I'll actually get somewhere on my fics. *winces* I've got too many. *starts counting* *eyes pop out* 14 STORIES!!!!!!!!!! No wonder I haven't finished writing any yet . . . (person and other person: "baka") (me: *glares at person and other person*) (person and other person: *cowering in the corner*) Okay, where were we? Oh yeah, hopefully in one week or less chapter 7 will be up. Probably less if this *ahem* migraine doesn't go away, which it doesn't look like it will. Please review!! (person: "P.S. Baka means idiot or stupid.") (other person: "Now don't go around calling everybody in sight there ya hear!") (me: *bonks person and other person on the head* "Urusei gaki.")