Digimon: Elemental Mages

by BridgitKiido

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Digimon. That means that any ideas or characters specifically discussed by the show or merchandise pertaining to Digimon or other stories that exist in this story are not my creations. I do, however, own all characters and ideas that do not match the above criteria.

Ribbon… Teardrop Arrow!

Two more crystals have been found – a sapphire in the shape of a water drop and a topaz in the shape of a star – as we join our heroes, who have crossed a small pond using a boat carved from the trunk of a tree. On the other side of the pond was a fork in the path. One led to the right, the other to the left. At the fork, Bridgit and Tan were having a small argument… small, that is, if you were willing to put it lightly.

"Well, I say that we should go to the left!"

"My vision said that we need to go to the right!"

Tan stepped closer to Bridgit and shook his fist in a threatening way. "Well, my vision said that we need to go to the left!"

Bridgit also stepped closer and folded her arms. "Yours only says where we might end up. Mine says where we need to go right now!"

Bobby stepped between them and held out his hands, separating the two. "Don't you think all this yelling just might attract another evil digimon?"

Butterstarmon pulled him out just before the two raging digidestined locked horns and warned his partner, "I seriously doubt that that's going to work, Bobby."

Spikecornmon lay down on the dirt, yawned, and let her head droop, knowing that this was going to be a long argument. Raptomon did the same.

Meanwhile, the argument continued.

Tan shouted, "I'm the leader, and I say that we go to the left!"

Bridgit countered, "Oh, so you're the leader. That must be because of those ugly goggles. You know, you're just as arrogant as Takuya in this book. He, however, at least grows up as the story goes on."

"You know, I don't understand you one bit. All you think about is yourself and how you're always right!"

Bridgit stepped back a bit and turned around at that statement. "That's funny, you know, because I feel exactly the same way about you. However, I, at least, had the heart to warn everyone about the two digimon that were coming."

Dewmon whispered to Rhenna, "I forget who started this. Do you remember who started this?" Rhenna shrugged, not knowing either.

Tan countered, "Ah, you're giving yourself all the glory again, huh? You know, we could do just fine without you."

Bridgit finished, "Fine! I'm taking the right path, and I don't care who comes with me, as long as it isn't Thomas the jerk." She then turned towards the right path and started walking down it. Spikecornmon got up and followed her down the path as well.

"Freak," Tan muttered under his breath, and at that, Bridgit paused for a second and replied, "If you're trying to insult me, you've failed." She then started at a run down the path, Spikecornmon following.

Tan stood there in bewilderment. Rhenna muttered, "She is one strange girl."

Jennie, however, picked up Bunimon and started running down the right path as well, crying, "Bridgit, wait up!"

John also started down the path, telling the rest of the group, "Excuse me. I'd stay, but unless our parents are involved, where my sister goes, I go. Come on, Canismon." The two of them started running after Jennie down the path.

Tan and Rhenna shrugged, and the two of them, partners following, started down the left path. Bobby followed them, first picking up his picnic basket.

As Bridgit and Spikecornmon neared the end of the path, a small clearing opened ahead of them, and on the other side was another cave, its contents unknown. They decided to enter in, seeing as it couldn't hurt.

Jennie, John, and their partners reached the clearing soon after and, realizing that Bridgit was in the cave, Jennie started heading in that direction. John, however, excused, "I'll catch up, sis. I have to… ahem… relieve myself behind a bush."

Jennie nodded and hurried inside of the cave. Inside, it was a fairly small cave that was fairly well lit, although by the look of it the reason for that was Bridgit's diamond, which was glowing softly in the corner where Bridgit sat, weeping a little bit as Spikecornmon tried to comfort her.

"It's okay, Bridgit," her partner reasoned. "That boy probably thinks he's perfect in every way."

Jennie walked a little bit closer and said quietly, "Um, hi Bridgit."

Bridgit turned around sharply, checking who it was, and then realizing it was a friendly face turned back around saying, "Oh. Hi, Jennie. You can sit down if you want."

Jennie sat down next to Bridgit and asked, "Any particular reason why you were so upset back there with Tan?"

Bridgit sighed. "Let's just say that I've never been popular at all. I've always been considered weird for a few reasons – mostly that I have trouble making friends. Of course, it isn't like anyone would want to be friends with me anyway – I like things that most people don't like, and vice versa. It isn't as if I really care, though. I'm used to not having many friends. It's just…"

"Go on," Jennie reassured Bridgit as she burst into a small spout of tears again.

Bridgit sniffed and continued, "It's just that… I've always wondered what it would like to have a few really good friends instead of just one or two. I mean, I have Bobby right now, but we only really know each other through letters and stuff. And there's my sister, but she's several years younger than me…"

Jennie put her hand on Bridgit's shoulder and stated, "I'd gladly be your friend, if you'd let me. You seem like a really interesting person, and I like your quirks."

"You're just saying that," Bridgit mumbled, her head in her hands. "People used to often pretend to be my friend and then once they had wormed their way in enough to find out something embarrassing about me they'd start a rumor. I'm used to it, but I don't trust people right away anymore."

Spikecornmon whispered into her partner's ear, "I really think she means it, Bridgit. Either way, you should give her a chance. Why would she have followed you if she didn't care at all?"

Jennie stared out the exit to the cave. "John's been gone a long time. He said he would meet us in here right after he finished what he was doing. I'm a little bit worried. I hope he's alright."

"I could check on him, if I had some kind of shiny surface like a small pool of water," Bridgit replied.

Jennie pulled her sapphire out of her pocket. The gem sparkled in the dim light of the cave as she placed it on the floor, saying, "This thing has got to have some kind of power. Maybe it would provide a little puddle of water or something…"

The sapphire glowed dimly as a small wave of water issued forth as if a faucet had been turned on. It filled a small recess in the ground and then stopped, as if it knew it had brought forth enough. Both of the girls stared at it dumbfounded, after which Bridgit chanced saying, "Okay, that completely violates the laws of Physics."

Jennie replied, "But it worked, I guess. Try looking in."

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"So, why didn't you stay with Bridgit? I thought you two were friends."

Bobby sat on a tree stump as Tan hovered over him, questioning him like a lawyer questions a witness about a crime. Bobby, however, kept a cool head and replied, "I decided to keep an eye on you two, just to make sure you don't do something stupid. Besides, I have all this delicious food," – he motioned towards his picnic basked – "and Bridgit also has a picnic basket filled with some, and I feel that I can't eat all of this by myself, so maybe you'd want to share some with me…?"

Although Tan and Rhenna turned away and ignored Bobby, Raptomon and Dewmon crept slowly towards the basket, smelling the delicious food inside, and all at once their hunger overwhelmed them and they dove towards it. Bobby barely had enough time to open the basket before the digimon tore at the food and ate ravenously. Butterstarmon smiled and commented, "Well, it seems two of you say that we should stay."

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Here's what Bridgit saw as she looked into the small puddle of water: John stretched after a little bit of a constipated squat behind a bush, while Canismon tapped his foot in a little bit of impatience. John seemed to apologize to his partner for taking so long, after which he reached towards the bush that he had been squatting behind, apparently seeing some edible-looking berries growing on it. He was just about to pick one of the juicier berries when it flung itself towards his hand almost entirely of its own will. Almost, because it was evident of the cause once John noticed his topaz gem glowing a little bit. John leapt back in surprise, and then shrugged and picked five more berries, which were quite large – one could very easily fill the palm of your hand. After putting all six berries in his backpack, the two of them then started to walk back to the cave when lo and behold a large creature leapt up behind them and attacked. Both digidestined and partner screamed – at least, that's what it looked like – and ran away, the creature following behind.

Bridgit pulled away from the vision and stood up, saying quickly, "He's in trouble. Some evil digimon is after him. I didn't get as far as to identify it, but it looked nasty."

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get out there and help him out!" Jennie replied, also getting up and looking very worried.

The girls ran outside of the cave, where they saw John and Canismon run out of the woods obviously frightened, with John quickly moving a fallen tree trunk into the path of the creature. John quickly ran up to his sister and grabbed her shoulders, saying, "Jennie, you have to go hide in the cave. The thing – it's after you. I don't know why, but it is."

Jennie tried to reason with her brother, "John, what's chasing you? How do you know that it's after me? And why…"

"Listen to me, sis," John begged. "I would never be able to live with myself if you got hurt. Please, hide in the cave. I'll be fine. Besides, Bridgit can help out. Just don't put yourself in danger."

Jennie pulled away, replying, "Okay, John, I'll hide. But at the first sign of trouble…"

She didn't finish her sentence, as she ran into the cave and hid just behind the doorway, close enough to see out but far enough so that nobody could see her. Bunimon hung close to her, arrow ready to shoot. Bridgit stood near the doorway, hanging back just far enough so that she would only need to enter into this battle if John was hurt in any way, with Spikecornmon just by her side, uttering a low growl.

Out of the woods appeared a humongous insectoid creature, which as the light hit it turned out to be just like a gigantic, sickeningly dirt-colored earwig-like digimon, which had fangs that were shiny, although dull.

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Ihtaymon

Level: Champion

Abilities: Gross Blow, Mind Wave

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"Tell me where your sister is," Ihtaymon whispered menacingly, "or you will regret it highly."

John stood his ground. "I'll never reveal her location. I'd rather die than betray my sister."

Bridgit sighed. "I'm not sure why, but this scene kind of reminds me of a passage in my novel in which Koichi stands up to Cherubimon rather than go back to the side of evil and…" She stopped as she noticed Spikecornmon staring her way, telling her without words to quit it. After sighing once again, she took up her own battle stance and stood at the ready, laser building in her left hand and diamond in her right.

John clutched the topaz gem and held out his hand towards a nearby dead log. Struggling a bit, he managed to make it levitate ever-so-slightly and sent it flying towards the evil earwig. It hit full force, but the creature was not even phased.

"Is that the best you can do?" Ihtaymon laughed maniacally. "Gross Blow!" it cried as a large orb of energy gathered on its horn and sent it flying straight for John. Without any way to dodge, John stood his ground, taking the blow rather than risk it hitting his twin.

"John!" Canismon cried as he leapt from where he had been standing and blocked the attack. As he was being deleted, he whispered, "Protect your sister, and yourself."

"CANISMON!" John cried as the final fragments of his loyal partner flowed silently into the air. He then reached out his hand again and, groaning under the strain, levitated a small boulder that Ihtaymon was standing on, and then flipped it over in midair, sending the earwig to the ground and then dropping the rock on top of the creature.

It appeared as though he had won, but then the evil digimon broke the stone in half and laughed. "If that's the best you've got, then you can just step aside and show me to your sister. Gross Blow!" Again his horn sent a large energy orb right at John, and with no way to dodge or block once again, it hit full force.

John fell to the ground, breathing heavily and trying to cope with a pain in his left arm that had started just as he fell on top of it. Ihtaymon stepped slowly towards his prey and said, "This is your last chance. Tell me where she is, or you will both suffer dearly."

"I'll never betray her!" John gasped, drifting between the conscious and unconscious. "I'll never tell you where she is."

"Then I'll just have to go in there and look for myself," the vile earwig whispered as it crept ever closer. It then stood up on its hind legs and held out its other legs in the shape of an X. "Mind Wave!" it cried, creating kind of a soundwave-ish thing that made John scream in agony. As John's eyes began to fade into blank pits, although he struggled against it so, Ihtaymon muttered, "You'll be mine soon enough. Struggling will only delay the inevitable."

"GET AWAY FROM HIM, YOU SLIMY BUG!" It appeared as though a hose had been turned on in the cave and its full power was being used in a full hydro blast aimed straight at Ihtaymon, causing it to fly backwards and hit a tree trunk, as well as releasing John from its spell. He groaned quietly, and then lay still, unconscious.

Jennie stood at the entrance to the cave, sapphire clutched in her left hand and with her right hand outstretched. The lines of obvious tears wetted her cheeks so that they sparkled in the sunlight almost as much as her sapphire did. She continued, "You can threaten me, you can try to attack me, you can even hurt me to some extent, but do NOT harm my brother. You hear me?"

Ihtaymon got up and shook himself off. "Well, I guess I didn't need to bother with the appetizer after all. Now for the main course!"

Jennie looked towards her partner, who had swiftly put away her arrow and stood ready to just tackle the big insect. "You ready, Bunimon?"

"Always," answered the little rabbit. The sapphire began to glow a bright sky-blue, as did Bunimon herself.

D I G I V O L U T I O N

"Bunimon, digivolve to…" she said as she grew to approximately five times her size until she was about the same height as Jennie when standing on her hind legs, which she began to stand on instead of all four. Her quiver of arrows grew at the same rate, and the ribbon melted into it to create a brand new substance… "Lapamon!"

E N D D I G I V O L U T I O N

Where Bunimon once stood now stood a beautiful lapine warrior with white fur. The tips of her ears were tipped with a sapphire-like substance, and so were her claws which, almost like a cat's, were retracted for later use. Her quiver was now of shining rose quartz – her arrows were of silver and gold, and her bow was of the finest maple wood with a string made of three knotted horsehairs.

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Lapamon

Level: Champion

Abilities: Arrows of Silver and Gold, Sapphire Slash

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"Bridgit, you and Spikecornmon get John to safety," Jennie said, clutching her sapphire and building its power. "Lapamon and I will go after that creep." Bridgit nodded, and then she and Spikecornmon walked quickly over to where John lay (on the side, as it was), and carefully picked him up – taking special care not to move his arm, which was quite obviously broken – and carried him in to the cave. As the two of them reached the inside of the cave, Jennie walked forward to stand right next to her partner, who had an arrow already loaded onto her bow and aimed. "Let's go."

Lapamon pulled the bowstring back and, after crying "Silver Arrow!" let it loose, sending it directly towards Ihtaymon and trailing behind a beautiful tail of silver specks of light. It hit the evil earwig directly, and it let loose a screech that shook the forest. However, it did not break out a fractal code.

After recovering slightly, Ihtaymon looked at Jennie and Lapamon, both of whom were charging their next attacks with a powerful fury. He then turned around and began to run, and the last thing they were to hear from him was, "You haven't seen the last of me! You'll regret the day you did this. You'll see!"

Our heroines watched Ihtaymon run away into the depths of the forest, and both let out a sigh of relief. Lapamon then glowed the yellow glow of dedigivolution. Bridgit dashed quickly out of the cave and stood next to Jennie. "You really showed him. But let's get in the cave. John could use a bit of help, and besides," she smiled at her next thought, "I've got several packages of hot cocoa just waiting to be whipped up, and I could use a little help in getting some water."

Jennie smiled. "Okay, Bridgit. I guess I could help you with that." The three of them then walked into the cave, where Spikecornmon was sitting next to John, who had not recovered from the battle…

Will John recover? Will Ihtaymon return to seek his revenge? Will the cocoa ever get cooked? Find out next chapter!

Author's Note: Did anyone get the title pun for this chapter? It's a pun on the attack patterns in Tokyo Mew Mew. I warned of random anime crossovers… didn't I? Nobody reviewed the last chapter before I could get this one up, but that might be because I actually got this one in quickly! So anyway, the second part of this two part saga should be coming... sooner than later. Soplease read and review nicely!