Chapter 3 Ensnaring Embrace
I don't own anything about this show if I did it would have stayed with the original group of children ant that includes the second session but oh well I guess, but if you read the other chapters then you already know it.
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The group continued to move deeper out of the ice and into the forest as the trees started to become greener and greener. Flowers could be seen all around as the group soon came upon a small cottage settled deep in the forest. Izzy approached the door and gently knocked, smiling when he heard the voice of the old man answer from inside. Entering they saw the frail old man sitting at a large table with just enough chairs for everyone. With his right arm he motioned for them to sit before saying, "I was wondering when you would arrive and I have some answers to some of the questions that you might have."
The 11 chosen moved in closer to catch all that the old man had to say and T.K. was the first to ask, but first presented the back of his right hand, "Where did they get our crests?" Genni took a deep breath and started the story, "The 9 that you will have to fight are born from digieggs like normal digimon, but they unlike the regulars they are infused with human data and DNA making them a hybrid of sorts. As you already know they want out of this prison they want to be free and the only way to do that is spill the blood of the 12 chosen. Now something else that I have found is what gives them there powers is most interesting, after what happened so many years ago with your partners and the loss of your crests into the abyss it seems that they have resurfaced and became imbedding into these creatures giving them unprecedented abilities, as I'm sure you have noticed." T.K. lowered his hand his thoughts turned to his brother and the creature he was fighting.
Genni turned and looked at every member of the group his eyes ending on T.K. before adding. "You all have to be careful when you reacquire your crests, which I'm sure is the plan," he said shooting a wary glance in Tai's direction who just calmly nodded. "The crests when activated will sap the user's strength and could eventually kill you if used foolishly." The chosen somberly nodded understanding the gravity of the situation that they were now getting themselves into. They all eased back in there chairs calmly looking at each other and then something happened, something that could either make or break them all.
Fire raged threw the forest consuming and devouring everything in its path like a starved dog. At the edge of the woods stood a single man, the man that leads them smiled as his fire gorged itself on the surrounding land.
the first one that saw the fire and smoke was the one that would eventually have to face that man. Tai's eyes grew large at the size of the blaze, and started pushing them threw the door of the small house pushing them all into different directions, anything to save his friends and family. Sora slowly slid her hand into his interlacing there fingers, she looked up into his eyes and he soon felt his energy rise, like they say air is fuel for fire. The two stood bravely before the approaching inferno ready for the worst.
As the chaos ensued Mimi and Yolie ran deeper and deeper into the thick lush jungle. The huge palm leaves lashed out like they wanted to grab hold of them. The jungle grew thicker and thicker like it was trying to suffocate the two woman in a choke hold. Mimi tried her best to push the vines out of there way with her own energies over the forest, but there was stronger powers at work here something that wanted them to go this one way and only this one way and it was that, that scared her. Soon after a few more minutes of running the reached a large clearing several acres in size. The clearing was full of the most beautiful flowers that either had ever seen. Yolie slowly bent down gently caressing the soft petals of on flower, but quickly pulling her hand back as a trickle of blood dripped from one of the flower's many hidden thorns. Mimi turned back to her and saw her Yolie's face go from its normal pink to a flushed pale color. Quickly Mimi rushed back to help the younger girl, "Yolie! What happened!" she asked panic rising in her throat. "I…I don't know that flower pricked me and I just feel really sick now." It was then that a new voice spoke getting both girls attention. "She has been poisoned." Mimi turned to were the voice came from, her pick hair bouncing as she quickly moved. "Don't be afraid, I'm not here to hurt you. Unlike the others I'm not to mean." Mimi continued to look around unable to pinpoint the exact location of the voice; it was then that she saw something truly amazing. From the canopy of the trees, a man lowered down, his body wrapped almost completely in vines. As he touched down onto the ground the flowers separated leaving a path strait to her. As he approached her she looked over his features, blushing at how handsome he was. His short dark brown hair reminded her of soft soil perfect for growing just about anything. For the most part he looked completely human, but it was his eyes that gave it away. His eyes were a forest/emerald green that shimmered and sparkled with certain exuberance. Over his muscular frame he wore a light green t-shirt and brown corduroys with the tips of tall combat boots sticking out from under the pants. She couldn't help but blush again as he walked a little closer to her.
The man stood in front of her and gently extended his hand saying, "Sorry I startled you, I'm Eric Floral the elemental child of the forest, welcome to my garden." Mimi looked back surprised quickly getting a little defensive, "Your one of them. The ones that were sent to kill us aren't you?" Eric shock his head and replied, "Well no, I really have no want to fight, things get destroyed usually when that happens, but enough of that your friend doesn't look so good." Mimi gently lifted her friend up so she wouldn't be lost in the thick floral undergrowth. "So what are we supposed to do there wouldn't happen to be an antidote around here now would there." Eric shock his head, "Even in my vast garden the anti-venom for that specific flower can only be gathered from a certain digimon, one that I'm pretty sure you know very well." Mimi shook her head softly whispering under her breath, "Can it be, Palmon alive?" Eric turned his back answering her question, "Yes, your partner is still alive and maybe her somewhere if you're lucky." Mimi gently lowered Yolie down under a tree gently telling her that she would bring back an antidote and followed Eric into his endless garden.
As the two walked Mimi kept a close eye on the man in front of her and smiled a little hoping that she wouldn't have to fight him. Every once in a while Mimi would call out her partner's name hoping that she would hear her. The two walked for almost an hour until Mimi saw something that looked oddly familiar. Mimi couldn't help but yell, "PALMON IS IT YOU!" a small head poked up out of the flowers her eyes growing very large. "MIMI! I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN!" the small flower digimon rushed forward burying its head against the girl's leg. Mimi smiled tears gently rolling down her checks, "I thought I would never see you again, after what happened." Palmon looked up replying, "it felt like ages before I woke up and found myself here." Mimi nodded then quickly remembered about Yolie's condition. Swiftly she scooped Palmon up and started running back to where her friend was. Palmon looked up her mind full of questions, "Mimi what's going on? Where are we going?" Mimi looked down and started explaining what had happened to Yolie threw deep gasps of breath, Eric watched calmly rising up on a thick tangle of vines. As she ran she felt the ground around her rise up, everything around her started to move in a blur above her she saw the forest walker below her she saw a carpet of vines rushing them threw the acres of garden.
Yolie laid still for hours her breath slowly entering and exiting her lungs, she was lucky; they had made it just in time to save her. She lay on a blanket of vines and calmly rested, trying to regain her strength because she had a feeling she would need it for the coming fight.
Eric and Mimi sat next to a large oak tree with Palmon not to far off in a massive field of flowers. Eric sat quietly thinking over what he must do, turning to Mimi a small frown formed over his face he knew what he had to do, much to his disappointment. He silently stood turning his back to the woman that was sitting beside him. "I'm sorry Mimi I wish things could have been different." Mimi looked up at him a small twang of fear trembled down her spine. "What do you mean?" she asked but Genni's words still rung in her ears, but she to calmly stood up and called to Palmon. "Palmon, we have to go, this place is not safe anymore." The plant digimon ran to her side and the two looked at the man before them. "I'm sorry that I have to do this to you, but to become free of this prison I must get rid of you. I'm glad though that I had the chance to meet you."
Mimi watched as the man's eyes filled with sadness, but then suddenly changed like the autumn leaves, they turned cold and hard as a winter's frost. She watched as thick vines slithered up his arms like pet snakes and started to elevate him into the air. She watched and readied herself for his attack.
Vines lashed forward tearing large gashes across the soil, pushing Mimi back towards a small group of trees. Behind those trees Mimi and Palmon hid trying to evade Eric's attacks trying to come up with some plan of attack. "Palmon do you think you can digivolve?"" Palmon looked up and calmly nodded her head, "Let's do it…together." Mimi looked down to her partner and smiled, "Yea…together." She replied. The two looked at each other as a bright pick light enveloped them.
Mimi felt her body become light and like pure energy before opening her eyes. As she opened them all around her was the same light that had washed over her. She then realized what had happened
PALMON MERGE DIGIVOLE TO SAKURAMON
Sakuramon, in this new form the forest is now my kingdom. With this new for power my enemies will be destroyed by my Cherry Blossom Blizzard.
Eric's vines slashed threw the small grove of trees and there stood the true walker of the earth's forests. Her body is covered in thick armor like a European knight from the middle ages. Out of her back 4 wings grew resembling the ones used by Lillymon. The armor covers her chest, forearms, legs, and head, also around her waist hung a heavy steel skirt that resembles the petals of an azalea. the helmet she wears resembles the one worn by Nightmare (Soul Caliber II) with long spikes sweeping back behind her head on both sides of her head. The toe of the boots spiked up and the forearms are protected with sleek gauntlets with 3 short thorns in the front, middle, and end of the gauntlet. On each steel gloved hand at the tip of each finger a sharp barb protruded tipped with a powerful poison. Sakuramon stood there looking up at Eric through the dark vents of her helmet. Eric looked back down at the pink armored figure lashing his vines down again trying to tear her in two. Sakuramon quickly took to the air her wings a blur behind her propelling her forward her aim true. As she closed in her claws at the ready the thick vines moved off the offence and turned on the defense. They wrapped around Eric's body becoming a thick cocoon protecting Eric from Sakuramon's sharp talons.
Mimi felt the entire battle deep in her heart each attack felt like a sharp knife pricing her heart. She didn't know him too well but there was just something about him, something that reminded her of her. His kindness, even now during this battle radiated out from him and filling her heart. She knew he didn't want to fight this battle and so she watches his movements, saw him wrap the cocoon around his body and even saw the opening he left.
Inside the darkness of the cocoon he waited for her to strike and stop this fruitless fight. During there fight he steeped back out of his body and saw what he was doing, destroying the beautiful garden that he had worked so hard to grow and protect and now in a matter of minutes this violence had killed the heart of most of the flowers, there beauty greatly diminished. Then his mind told him the truth, this battle was over…for him. Calmly he loosened the cocoon opening himself to the world. Out of the cocoon two vines shot forward harmlessly passing to the right and left of Sakuramon. She hovered in the air a few feet away from Eric, she watched as he stood there waiting for her to lay the final blow. Looking up he made one last decision knowing that she might need some provoking he shot his last vine strait at her, aimed at her heart. Sakuramon dodged and fired, "Cherry Blossom Blizzard" from her hands a stream of cherry blossoms sliced threw Eric's body, cutting his body up like raw hamburger. He lay there on the pillar vines as his still warm life force slowly dripped from the top of the pillar, pooling underneath the platform and Mimi swore that the flowers under that pillar were even more beautiful then any of the flowers in the garden.
After the battle Mimi passed out from the strain of the merge and when she awoke she saw the crest of sincerity burned onto her right hand. Gently she lifted Palmon up, hugging her gently before turning back to were Yolie was still sleeping. After a few hours the two were on there way out of the forest to try and find the others Yolie's D-Terminal flashing with a strange light, but for some reason it wouldn't open not just yet. Around the pillar the date of the fallen man slowly defreagmented and drifted up into the air to the place that would serve as his final resting place.
Well this is the end of chapter 3, for all those people who actually read this fan fiction I'm grateful, its nice to see some people review and you know who you are and if it sucks let me know I'm a big guy I think I can take a flame or too lol well later all until the next time.