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Important!!! Please read: I am really sorry that I have not stated this before because I know that some of you don't read fanfics that have a particular pairing of some couples. I am really sorry that I did not state the couples I will be pairing from the beginning. Angel of Peace and Quantum Weather Butterfly: I am sorry to inform you that the couple that I am going to be using is Mimato. I sincerely appologize that I have not informed you about this before you read it. Thank you for your comment and I really appreciate them. Also, Yumeko, this fic is not a short fic. Most of my writings are fairly long. I hope you will continue to read this even though it have that flaw. I also want to think you for your comment. And as for everyone else, thank you for reading this fanfiction. For those people that left reviews, I really appreciate them. And for those that didn't, I thank you for reading this story. Now...it kind of remind you guys of Final Fantasy, huh? Well...maybe I did get the idea from them because I love the Final Fantasy series too...hehehe. I might, somehow got the inspiration for this story from playing their game too much. However, I got to admit, Mimi's personality is kind of a mirror from Yuna (FFX). Similar in someway yet different in another way. That is the only similarity...other ideas spring from my mind...hehehe. Have fun reading this fanfiction, and if you have any comment, thank you. I am desperately trying to correct my grammar so please put up with me. Thank you.
Mission
Outside the city range of Guardinia
"There's going to be a storm," Izzy mutters. He looks up at the gloomy sky and watches as the gray clouds slowly float toward his direction. He frowns when they cover the rest of the sunlight that are shinning from the sunset. "Damn clouds." He touches his laptop and starts to type in it. Not taking his eyes away from the screen, he calls out to the blue hair boy that is standing next to him. "Ken."
Ken looks at him and adjusted his white long coat before he addresses Izzy. "What?"
Izzy slips his hand into his waist-length coat and pulls out five circular metal objects. On each of the objects, there is a red gem that is embedded on the center of it. He hands them over to Ken without removing his focus from the computer. "You know what to do." Ken nods his head and turns to look at a brown hair boy. The boy is practicing with his sword and stops when Ken calls out to him.
"Hey, Cody. Help me with this." Cody nods his head and silently takes two of the circular objects from Ken. They place the objects in a circular formation around them. "Izzy." Izzy nods his head and starts to type in his computer. The gems on the objects start to glow. In the next second, a beam shots out from each of the objects. With a tap on his computer, the beams expand and form a barrier around the three of them.
"This will only last for five minutes," said Izzy. "We'll just have to use it when it is really necessary." He deactivates it and continues to type in the computer. He shivers when a cold wind catches his coat. Ken walks to the edge of the old ancient building they are on top of and looks down on the ruin. Once a beautiful civilization is now a pile of rubbles. Before the Maji were created, Gaia was filled with beautiful civilizations. But now...the only civilizations that they have are the cities that lie within the shine's protection. Everything else beside those are just plain ruins. Ken sighs as he scans the ground below.
"It's time," said Cody. Izzy looks at his clock and hands over two little headphones to Ken and Cody. Once they put the headphones in their ear, a wire extends outward from their ear hole and splits into two pathways once it reaches outside. One of the wires heads upward and stops at the height of their eye. A thin light beam projects out from the wire to form a screen around their eyes. The other wire extends downward and stops at their mouth. It acts as the microphone for their conversation.
Izzy taps on his communicator and activates a projection from his computer screen into the screens in Ken and Cody's communicators. On the screen, five dots are shown. "Everything in place," said Izzy. "We just have to check up on them." He taps on one of the key and an image of a boy with his glasses appears on the screen. "Hi Joe. How are you holding up?"
Joe runs his hand through his short blue hair and smiles back at Izzy. "Everything is fine over here." He looks around the hovercraft and observes the computer equipments. He looks intently into one of the screen and is satisfy with what he saw. "No Maji appearance yet. That is, if the radar is working." Joe smiles when he sees Izzy giving him an offended look.
"Are you saying that my equipments are ineffective? If you are, you better pray that the hovercraft works because I made that one too."
"Yeah...and last time it almost exploded on us," Joe answers dryly. Izzy flushes in embarrassment when he recalls that particular incident. Before Izzy can go through one of his explanation, Joe raises up his hand to silence him. "Don't need to explain, Izzy. We've all heard it for three hundred times already. Besides, we have much more important things to think about right now. I will continue to keep watch over here and inform you when I see any Maji. You, on the other hand, should check up with Davis and TK. I just hope this trade would proceed smoothly. I'm not that eager to go into battle again."
"You're telling me," said Izzy. "Activate the barrier when there is any commotion." Joe nods his head and closes his communicator. Izzy presses on one key and an image of a boy appears on the screen. The boy has short brown hair that is tied backward with a goggle. He is tugging on his communicator when an image of Izzy pops up in his screen.
"Hey Izzy. What's up?" asks the boy.
"Nothing much," Izzy replies. "Hey, Davis. Hold on for a moment while I put TK on the screen too." He taps on his computer and an image of a yellow hair boy appears on the screen. His blue eyes twinkle in amusement when he addresses them.
"Hi Izzy," said TK. "Hi Davis."
"Hey TG," mumbles Davis. He ignores the frown on TK's face when he mispronounces his name. Izzy senses the tension and quickly cuts in before they can start anything.
"Alright. I just want to make sure that all is in place. Is Tai and Matt still out there?" Davis and TK look out from the corner of the buildings they are hiding from. In the middle of the street, a group of men are talking to each other as they negotiate about the plan. Sean Hunter, the man they are protecting, is standing next to two young men. One of them has spiky brown hair that is tied back with a goggle. His long blue coat floats with the wind as he observes the surrounding. The other young man has shoulder length blond hair. His blue eyes glint with coldness and precision as he tugs his long green coat to block out the wind.
"Tai is there," said Davis when he sees the young man with the blue coat.
"And so is Matt," said TK.
"Good," stated Izzy. "Once Matt and Tai have finish protecting Mr. Hunter for the trade, you guys were to meet up with them and help them escort Mr. Hunter to the hovercraft. Ken, Cody, and I will join you once you got Mr. Hunter safely in there."
"Any Maji," asks TK.
"Nope, not yet," said Izzy. "I will inform you when there is any Maji. If there is, you know the drill. Joe is ready to leave any minute, so all you have to do is get over there and he will take us all to safety. Get it?"
"Got it!"
"Good." Izzy disconnected from them and leans backward to relax. Ken and Cody walk up next to him and the three of them look down from the building to the area where the trade is occurring.
*****
"This is boring," said Tai as he continues to watch Sean talking to the rest of the guys. "Aren't they done yet? The longer that we are here, the more we are prone to attack."
"What is it, Tai," taunts Matt. "You're scare?"
"No. I am just thinking about the safety of the team," he replies back smoothly. "You should do that once in a while, Matt. Playing hero is one thing but being a dead hero is no hero at all." He smiles when Sean finally shakes hand with one of the man. The man reaches into his pocket and takes out a disk. When he was about to hand it over to Sean, the ground gives out a little tremor. "Matt!"
Understanding what Tai meant, they both run up to Sean and links their arms in each of his arms. Before Sean can say anything, they fly up into the air.
"What the..." Sean never did finish what he was saying because to his horror, the ground that he was standing on suddenly caved in when three Majis pop out of the ground. The group of men, who were not so fortunate to escape in time, were slaughter by the Majis in a matter of seconds.
"Tai!" Tai looks to his left to find one Maji leaping toward his direction. With his right arm link to Sean's arm, he lifts up his left hand and fired a fireball on the Maji's chest. The fireball manages to knock the Maji backward and gave Tai enough time to take out his sword to kill it. He looks to his right just in time to see Matt killing a Maji with his gun.
"Damn Maji," scowls Tai when ten more appears before them. "Matt, you take Sean and..." To his annoyance, Matt shoves Sean into his arm and flies downward. Tai was about to yell after him but stops when he sees Matt heading straight for TK. Another Maji made a feeble attempt to grab his feet but failed miserably when Tai flies higher. As like they planned, just when Tai flies upward, another one leaps right for his back. It would have made it if it weren't for Ken. Ken manages to shot the Maji right through the chest with his energy gun, killing it instantly. Tai turns around and gives Ken a brief thank you before he flies off toward Joe's direction.
On the street, TK and Davis are diligently keeping the Majis at bay. Forming a lightning ball in his hand, Davis fired it on one of the Maji. He is dismay to find it bouncing off of it without a scratch.
"Damn armored Maji," he mutters. His sword caught one of the Maji on the chest and slices through him relentlessly.
"Davis!" Davis turns around to find one of the Maji standing behind him. Its razor sharp hand is heading straight for Davis's head but it stops midway when TK slices it into half. "You should watch your back," said TK as he faces another Maji. Davis mumbles a thank you before he continues on with the battle. Forming a fireball in his hand, he burned one of the Maji into crisp.
"Hmm...nothing like a roasted Maji to make you hungry." TK groans at Davis little remark as they continue to fight off the rest of them. Electrocuting one of the Maji, Davis turns around to find TK in a tight position. Before he can runs over there to kill the Maji that is going to attack TK from behind, he watches in surprise when the Maji collapses on the ground with a gun shot wound.
"Come on," said Matt when he lands beside his brother. "Let's go." He flies upward with Davis and TK following close behind him. The Maji's continue to leap after them as they fly toward Joe's direction. When they reach there, Tai is putting his sword to good use and Joe is firing like a mad man. They run into the hovercraft when they saw Matt, TK, and Davis. Once they are all in there, Joe activates the barrier that Izzy has invented and flies upward away from the Maji's reach. They cringe when they Majis give out a horrific scream.
"Let's get the rest of our team," said Joe.
*****
"I can't believe this," Izzy mutters as he continues to type on his computer. "I've totally forgot to scan the underground."
"Well...believe it," Ken mutters as he shots down another Maji. Luckily they are protected with Izzy's barrier or else they would have been dead already. "We could use some help over here, Izzy." Ken looks at Izzy in annoyance when Izzy ignores his words and continues to type on the computer. Cody expertly slices through the armor of one of the Maji and kicks it on the chest. The Maji screams when it falls off the building. To Cody and Ken's annoyance, six more Majis appear. It didn't help the matter better when they notice the barrier is getting weaker. "Damn," Ken mutters when the barrier disappears, leaving them vulnerable to the Maji's attack.
In two quick moves, Ken manages to shoot one of the Maji on the head and kicks one of the Maji on the chest. Code easily slices through two of them and is working on the third. One of the Maji approaches Izzy and was about to pounce on him when Izzy quickly forms a lightning ball in his hand and throws it toward the Maji. That manages to shock the Maji in its place and paralysis it. Taking a gun from under his laptop and without leaving his focus from the screen, Izzy shots the Maji right through the heart before he resumes back with his program. Ken manages to kill one more with his gun and Cody finishes off the last one.
"Just in time," said Izzy as he gathers up his laptop. "Here's our ride." Flying toward them is the hovercraft. Joe quickly stops the hovercraft right at the edge of the building and Tai opens the door for them. The three of them jump into the hovercraft before any Maji can appear.
"See ya," said Davis as they drive away from the ruins and into the city.
Inside Guardinia
"We have to go back! The disk is still there!"
"Look," said Tai as he looks out to the city. "We are not going back there. We did our job. Our mission was to accompany you to the trade and to protect your life. Whether you have the disk or not is not our concern."
"If that is the case, then you are not getting your payment!" He quivers in fear when Matt walks up to him and grabs him by the neck of his shirt.
"We did our job," said Matt coolly. "You got the disk and you lost it. It is your problem, not ours." He pushes Sean on his chair and glares down on him. "We've completed our mission. It is not wise of you to not pay us for our job." Sean reaches across the table to grab his suitcase. He takes out fifty thousands dollars and hands it over to them. Matt takes it from him and walks out of the room. Tai looks over to Sean before he follows Matt out the door. Joe, TK, Davis, Ken, Cody, and Izzy are waiting in the hovercraft as they wait for a new mission. Tai and Matt have just walk in there when Izzy's computer starts to beep. They all hover over Izzy's computer when Izzy reads out the email.
"I have a mission for you. Ten million dollars will be given to each of your team members if you accomplish the mission. If you are interested in it, please come to the mayor's office. Signed Mayor Shinomori." Izzy turns to look at them and whistles. "That is a lot of money. Are you guys interested in it?"
"Of course," said Davis. "This gotta be the best offer that we ever have for a mission."
"But remember," starts Cody. "There got to be a catch. They are not offering us so much money to just help them find a cat or something. This mission got to be very dangerous."
"There is only one way we could find out," said Tai. "Let's give the mayor a visit."
Mayor's Office
"So, you want us to escort the shrine priestess on her pilgrimage," Tai asks slowly. The mayor nods his head. For the last hour, the mayor was telling them about their new mission. So far, neither one of them had said anything.
"Holy condemn you, Cody," Izzy mutters. "You were right."
"What kind of curse is that," asks Tai.
"A more formal way of saying god damn you," Izzy simply answers. "I don't think we should go on with this mission. The risk is too high."
"Yeah," said Joe. "Don't forget, a lot of people died from that pilgrimage. The risk is just too high."
"But we are different," said Davis. "There are many people who have lost their digimon's powers throughout the past few centuries but we still have them at the fullest capacity. Besides, we fought with Maji before. How hard can it be?"
"Have you forgotten that the Maji that we fought are just the lower level ones," asks Ken. "There are other Majis that is far more smarter and stronger than we are."
"But humanity have evolve too," said Cody. "We aren't as vulnerable as we used to be. So far we have manage to invent machines to keep the Maji at bay." He turns to look at them. "I am not saying that we should take up this mission because I don't like it either." They all turn to look at Tai.
"Well...I," starts Tai.
"I think we should do it," interrupts Matt. "It is not like we haven't done anything risky before. Think of it as a challenge. Besides, we are talking about ten million dollars over here."
"Matt," said Tai dryly. "Even if you get ten millions dollars, you have to be alive to be able to spend it."
"But I think we should go," said TK. "No matter what the cost is. The success of this pilgrimage is what people have been hoping for. I would only be right if we help the shrine priestess accomplish her goal." The room fills with silence as they contemplate on TK's answers.
"That is true," said Tai. "I am kind of sick and tired of living my life in fear. With this mission done, we would not only get rid of the Maji but we would also have enough money to last us for a lifetime."
"But Tai," Joe protest. "We could die in this mission."
"It is not like those others were a walk in the park."
"Yeah but the percentage of success is only 1% for this one," said Izzy.
"I think we should do it," said Davis. "TH have the right idea and so does Tai."
"I'm doing it," said Matt.
"So am I," said TK. "What about you guys?" Tai nods his head and so does Davis. Ken agrees to it and Cody silently agrees. Izzy looks at Joe before they gave in.
"Good," said the Mayor. "I will inform the shrine about your decision and you can meet up with the guardians and the shrine priestess tomorrow morning." They all nod their head and walk out of the office.
Tomorrow morning
"Where the heck are we," asks Davis. For the last half hour, they have roam around the whole shrine trying to find the entrance to the main chamber. So far, they don't have that much luck with it. "Where are all the people," Davis mutters as they walk around the empty hallway. "Wait, maybe that old lady will know." He runs up to the person that is hunching on the wall. "Hey, grandmother." The person did not answer him. "What a rude person," thinks Davis. He walks up to the person and taps her on the shoulder. "Hey, old maid. Do you know where the main chamber is?" To his surprise, the person stands up really straight and the voice that addresses him is a voice of a young teenager.
"Old maid?!" The girl turns around and her violet eyes flashes with anger. She removes her cloak that was covering her whole body and flips her long purple hair away from her face. "Are you blind?"
******
Yolie is hunching over one of the walls when someone starts to ramble out loud in the shrine. "Idiot," she mutters as she observes the drawing on the wall. She heard that person calling out to an old lady and shakes her head. "What a rude boy," she thinks. To her annoyance, the voice became louder and closer. She was about to give the boy a piece of her mind when he taps her on the shoulder and called her "old maid." Least to say, this is not a pleasing address for Yolie. She turns around in anger and glares at the boy.
"Old maid?! Are you blind?"
Davis steps back in surprise but he is not so easily intimidated. "What do you mean blind," he yells. "You were hunching over there so I thought you are some old lady or something." To his annoyance, Yolie gives him an amusing look.
"Well, if that is how you reach that conclusion, I'll say you aren't really that smart to begin with." Davis glares at the girl and is about to give her a piece of his mind when Ken stops him.
"I'm sorry," said Ken. "My friend tends to be a little bit too hot headed. You are?"
"My name is Yolie Inoue," said Yolie. "What are you guys doing over here? This is the hallway to the main chamber. Visitors are not allow especially..." She turns to look at Davis. "Loud visitors." Davis flares up in anger but Tai steps in front of him.
"My name is Taichi Kamiya," introduces Tai. He is a little bit surprise when Yolie looks at him in surprise. "Uhm...we were told to come here by the mayor..."
"Oh...," said Yolie. "So you guys are the mercenary?"
"Yeah," said Davis. "And who are you, old maid?" Yolie frowns at him and ignores his little remark.
"I am one of the guardians for the shrine priestess," said Yolie. "And..." She stops when a voice calls out to her.
"What is the matter, Yolie?" Tai and the others turn around to find a beautiful young woman walking toward them. Her long black hair flows lightly behind her. She gives them a sweet smile before she turns her attention back at Yolie.
"Oh Hasuma," said Yolie. "They are the mercenaries that the mayor was talking about." Hasuma nods her head and prepares to introduce herself when Tai screams out in surprise. Two young teenage girls are talking to each other as they approach the group. One of the girls, with short brown hair, looks up when she hears the scream. She backs up in shock when she recognizes her brother. The other orange hair girl looks at the scene with interest.
"Kari!"
"Tai!"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER HERE!!!" They both shout at each other.
"I'm suppose to ask that question," shouts Tai as he approaches his sister. "What the heck are you doing over here?"
"Uhmm...well," Kari stammers. She looks at TK as he walks up to her. Davis runs up to her and takes her hand.
"I know," said Davis. "Kari must be praying for your safety, Tai." He turns to smile at Kari. "I hope you were praying for mine."
"I was praying for all of you," Kari kindly replies. She steps next to TK when he reaches her. TK moves in front of her to block her from Tai and Davis.
"Maybe I can do the explaining," TK said nervously. "Uhm...you see, Tai."
"Get to the point," Tai grumbles. "I don't think I am going to like what I am going to hear."
"Well..." TK takes a deep breath and blurts out the truth. "Kari is a guardian of the shrine priestess." He backs up with Kari when he sees the anger flashing in Tai and Davis's eyes.
"What!!!!!" Before anyone can stop him, Tai launches on TK and grabs him by the neck of his shirt. "You got a lot of explaining to do, pal!"
"Tai, calm down," Kari pleas.
"Calm down! You've got to be kidding," said Davis. "What does TS mean when he said that you are a guardian?"
"He meant what he said," said Kari. "I am a guardian of the shrine priestess. Tai, please let TK go."
"I'm not letting him go until he start speaking," said Tai. "Now, you got some talking to do and you better do it fast!"
"Kari wanted to become a guardian ever since she was six years old but she knew that you don't want her to," TK explains. "She watched you practice with your sword and secretly learned your skills."
"You what," screams Tai as he glares at his sister.
"Uhmmm...TK trained me too," she said meekly.
"You trained her?!" TK nods his head.
"She wanted to be one whether I promise to train her or not so...I rather train her than to have her go into battle unskilled."
"You mean you had been training my sister for the last ten years?!" When TK nods his head, Tai shakes him. "Are you nuts!!! You should have told me! This is my sister! You just send her to her death sentence you know!!!!"
"STOP IT TAI," said Kari. She pulls Tai away from TK and stands in front of him to keep him away from Tai. "I am going to become a guardian whether you like it or not. TK can't stop me and neither can you."
"Kari..." Tai stops talking when a sword blade suddenly appears in between them. He turns to the left to find the orange hair girl pointing a sword in between them.
"Enough," she said as she withdraws the sword. "If you have any yelling to do, do it outside the shrine. The priestess is currently praying right now, and we don't need you guys disturbing her peace." She turns to look at Hasuma and returns back the sword to her.
"I'm sorry, Sora," said Kari when she looks at that girl. She turns to look at her brother and touches him on his shoulder. "Tai, I want to help this world. I'm not a little child that needs protection all the time. You can't just lock me up in a cage and prevent me from being what I want to be. This is the path that I have chosen and this is the path I am going to follow. Tai, please understand." Tai looks at his sister and sighs.
"I'll watch over you. However, it doesn't mean I like this arrangement." He points his finger at TK. "I'm not through with you." He turns to look at Sora and apologizes to her for his action. "We are the mercenary team that the mayor hired to accompany you on the pilgrimage. Can you show us to the shrine priestess?"
"Oh," said Sora. "It is nice to meet you." She turns around and walks up to the back wall. She taps on the wall two times and to most of their surprise, a door magically appears. "This is the entrance to the main chamber. Our priestess is currently praying in there. If you will please..." She never finished her sentence because the next thing they knew, the door opens to reveal a beautiful girl standing at the entrance. Her long brown hair cascades down to her waist as she steps from the doorway. She smiles at them before she introduces herself.
"Hello everyone. My name is Mimi Tachikawa. It is my pleasure to meet all of you."
Author's notes:
Ages for each of the characters: Tai, Matt, Sora:19 TK, Kari, Davis, Ken:16 Cody:14 Joe:20 Izzy, Mimi:18 Yolie:17. Alright...I just watch Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within and I just discover how similar this story is to it. Sigh...luckily it is not that similar after all of the introduction. I hope you like this story and tell me if I should raise the rating because it might be too violent. Do you think it is too violent?