Chapter 17: New Beginnings
We were all stunned at first by his loud and clearly enunciated speech. As he stood proudly waiting for our response I took notice of the blue and white paint on his mechanical parts and helmet. He looked like a police dog or something.
"Hello again old friend." Fatomon said walking up to him and putting his arm on Codamon's back.
"Oh, Fatomon, I had heard you found yourself a partner, how are you, which one is your partner?" Codamon asked.
"I've been doing well with my Tamer Nick." Fatomon said pointing to him.
"That's good, but we really need to get moving." Codamon said "I will be bringing you to a place called Hub Tower, from their we can talk with the sovereign and find out what we need with you." Codamon explained.
"Where are we now?" Kayla asked
"Well, The Digital world for the most part is made up of many large islands, but we are on the one main continent we call 'Main-land'. We are in the southern area of Main-land, Hub Tower is up north. Also, the Sovereign's domains are located on floating islands at the polar directions North, South, East, and West." Codamon explained. "Oh, and before I forget, I bring gifts from the Sovereign." When he said this we became a little confused, we didn't expect anything. Then Codamon opened up a small compartment on his front left leg and we went over to see what it was. In the small compartment were three small tag type things, all lined up. I instantly recognized them from the show, although these had strange symbols on them.
"Codamon! Are these tags? Tags that will allow our Digimon to reach Ultimate?" I asked excitedly.
"Yes, I didn't hear until recently we'd be having an extra guest so unfortunately he won't have one." He said this frowning at Matt. Codamon fascinated Matt, he looked at him so deeply, I didn't understand it. "Brendan takes the green one, Nick the red, Kayla the gray." So we did. On my green one was some kind of smiley face. "You may also know that tags represent a dominant force or trait the person demonstrates, the same goes for these. Brendan, your crest is 'joy' because even when you are sad and things seem hopeless you manage to bring joy to others. Kayla, yours is Sincerity because you will do anything in your power to help out your friends. Lastly Nick, yours is strength, represented by a Triforce. This is because like a Triforce you demonstrate incredible will and strength in achieving our goals."
"Yes, we can get to ultimate now!" Herpetomon said looking at the tag.
"But we need to show this trait to do it right?" Nick asked
"Yes." Codamon and I said at the same time.
"Oh man, you are going to be so…strong." Nick said to Fatomon.
"Now put them up to the Digivices and you'll be able to carry them around with you." Codamon said. We did and sure enough they disappeared into the D-Gadgets. "Now let's get going." Codamon said. He began walking us in the right direction and we followed. All that lied ahead of us was a forest to our left and a village off in the distance. We were following a dirt path. The temperature was nice and there was still a soft breeze. The only noises heard were the footsteps, the clunking of Fatomon's armor, and the occasional hiss of Codamon's mechanics. Again I was filled with a new energy, the sense of adventure was getting to me. I backed up to Matt who was being pretty quiet.
"Hey, isn't Codamon awesome?" I said he looked up
"Yeah, he's so cool, I bet he's really strong." Matt said.
"I'm sure he is, we'll probably see him in action soon enough, too soon." I said.
"I know." Matt said. The walk continued, occasionally we'd hear a rustling in the trees next to us, but aside from that we were alone.
"Codamon, shouldn't there be a ton of Digimon running around now?" K asked.
"There should be, but all of the danger with Alice-M and everything have people scared so the just stick to villages or stay in groups." Codamon said.
"Wow, that's pretty bad, I can't wait to help fight it." K said.
"I'm sure you'll get your chance." Herpetomon said.
"Oh yeah, Codamon, why did our cloths change when we came to the Digital world?" she asked.
"They changed?" He asked.
"Yeah, when we woke up here we were wearing different cloths." K explained.
"Oh, I've heard of that phenomenon. No one really knows why it happens." Codamon said shrugging. The village we were approaching was coming closer and closer. Inside it I could see some movement, other Digimon finally. It would be interesting to see them living their lives.
"That village up ahead is named 'Opolis' it is inhabited mainly with in-training and rookie levels, I think we should rest there for a while, you guys had a rough trip." Codamon said. We all agreed with him. Some of us were getting a little tired, personally I had a headache from the transition. Soon enough though we reached the borders of the small town, there was a sign that indeed said 'Opolis' We could now see that the town was made up of several small houses they looked like cottages. Reaching up in the middle of town was a small clock tower. The whole scene was very quaint. We entered the town to find a clearing in the middle, the town square. Across the way were many little bouncing Digimon, the 'in-trainings'. One of them caught a look at Codamon and they all came bouncing over "Yay, Codamon's here!" they all said.
One Poromon asked "What are these things your with?"
"I can't tell you, it's a super secret." He told them in a joking way "Why don't you talk to them?" Immediately they all came bouncing over and staring at us. It was so cute I couldn't stand it, I bent over and picked one up, he squealed.
"No, it's Ok, they're good guys." Codamon said. The Koromon I picked up smiled and began staring at me. K bent over and started playing with a DemiVeemon, one of the most cute Digimon ever.
"Oh my god, they're so cute." She said. Gotsumon was covered by adoring In-training Digimon, Nick was playing with them too. Even Fatomon was patting one of them. The only one who wasn't was Matt, he seemed so strange recently. I took the Koromon and walked over to Matt, held it up to him. "Come on, you know you want to." I said. The Koromon jumped out of my hands and onto Matt's face, kiss-attacking him. Matt fought for a while, but the Koromon came off on his own and bounced away.
"Ohhh, I think he likes you a little bit." I said.
"Yeah, a little." Matt said, he was still a little deep, I'd have to make him crack, get him to laugh. After our In-Training fun-fest was over I realized Codamon had gone and was returning now.
"I got us reservations at the Inn, we can stay here tonight." Said Codamon. By now we were all very tired, I almost fell asleep on Herpetomon walking. We were led away from the clearing and into a side alley. We came to the 'Inn' sign and entered into a dimly lit lobby. A Floramon was behind the desk.
"Your room is all ready upstairs." She said in a sweet voice.
"You go ahead." Said Codamon "It's my duty to patrol the area and look out for any Alice-M Digimon. I'll meet you in your room tomorrow."
"Oh, Ok, later. And be careful." I said. He swiftly left through the door and my party went upstairs. I hadn't realized it before, but my RPG dreams had been realized. I am now the leader of a 'party' cool. We went up a flight of stairs and down a hall, took a left and there it was. Four beds, 2 against either wall. We all quickly got to our beds. Half of us just landed face down on them. Then something hit me
"Hey, Wait." I said to everyone "How do we know when it's nighttime? It's been the same color outside all day."
"You'll see in a sec." Gotsumon spoke up. We waited, looking around shiftily. Then, all of a sudden it was dark out. Out the window a wave of darkness was spreading night across the horizon.
"Oh…Ok, well that was new." Nick said. We all just gave up and went to bed. It was crowded though. Especially for Nick, I don't envy him having to sleep crammed next to Fatomon's armor. We fell asleep soon anyway. Our first night in the Digital world.