Hey, readers! I'm back from my break. I apologise for taking forever, but Feb was my busy month. Plus it also gave me time to work this chapter out since I've never seen it before.
Anyway, sorry again. Just follow the RRE rule!
Chapter 6: You Can't Keep A Grumblemon Down
The group was split down the middle after Tim left. Takuya, Tommy, and Kayla were refusing to speak to the others. Koji and JP were still fuming about Tim's unexcuseable (in their eyes) behavior while Zoe was still wondering what to think.
Bokomon and Neemon were the messangers between the groups, not that they ever had anything to say. The two spent most of the night swtiching groups. It ended finally when both groups fell alseep, leaving Koji awake to keep watch.
Once again sitting against the base of a tree, he glowered at Takuya, Kayla, and Tommy. Why couldn't they see that there was a choice in that fight?
He was startled out of his thoughts by his D-Tector beeping. "Koji." It was the same voice that brought him and the others to the Digital World in the first place. "Your Beast Spirit is near."
"Wait." Koji said sharply. "Beast Spirit? As in what that other Digimon changed into?"
"I shall explain on the way." the voice said. "But you must leave now. Go to the east."
Koji stared at the little machine in his hand before sighing. "Alright."
He got up and used a stick to leave a message on the ground before leaving. Maybe he could use this time to find a way to make up with Kayla.
After he left, the supposedly sleeping Kayla growled and jumped up. She was not about to let Koji leave her sight without an explaination. Leaving her own message next to Koji's, she took off after him.
She caught up with him five minutes later. "Koji!" she hissed. "Koji Minamoto, get your butt mack here or so help me I'll kick it from here to the moon, and you know I can!"
Koji stopped and turned back. "What?" he asked harshly, all thoughts of making up gone.
"You know good and well what!" Kayla snapped, glaring at the glare he was giving her. "I want an explaination! Why did you drive my brother away?"
"Don't tell me you didn't see that look on his face." Koji demanded. "That expressionless face, showing that he didn't care-"
"He's looked like that most of my life!" Kayla interupted. "So have I, though not as bad. You just haven't been around long enough to notice."
Unspilled tears swam in her eyes. "You don't realize what we witnessed. I was lucky, I was hurt and sisn't have to see and hear what Tim did. Don't you realize what seeing and hearing your family die does to you?"
Koji's glare was gone and he reached for her hand. She continued. "He would barely talk to me, let alone anyone else. Do you know how much he value's family? He'd sell his soul to the devil if it meant that I'd be safe. Koji, he's only been opening up more ever since we found Takuya and Tommy."
She looked him in the eye. "He would never hurt his family unless he absolutly had to."
And Koji believed her. He pulled her into a quick, yet comforting hug before taking her hand. "Come on." he said. "Let's find this extra Spirit."
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The next morning, Takuya, Tommy, Zoe, and JP woke to find Koji, Kayla, Bokomon, and Neemon missing. After a round of accusations, Tommy found the messages.
"I will scout ahead.
Koji"
"I need some answers. I'm following him.
Kayla"
Bokomon and Neemon's signitures were next to Kayla's message.
"What the heck?" JP said incredulously. "Why can't they cooperate with the rest of us?"
Takuya and Tommy's lips formed thin lines, glancing at each other. Zoe opened her mouth to speak, then changed her mind and closed it again.
"We better follow them." Takuya said at last, taking Tommy by the hand and walking into the forest.
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On the other side of the TV Forest, a small creature made of stone sat gazing at three stone statues.
They were of large cyclopes, two of which had rubies for eyes. "The Legendary Warrior's spirit will revive when the three eyes light up." Indeed, the two rubies were glowing.
"Just one more bright stone to go." it whispered. "Just one more stone."
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Meanwhile, Koji and Kayla were still walking. They had left the TV Forest and were walking through plains of grass.
Behind them, Bokomon and Neemon were sneaking along, trying not to be found. Trying.
"We're being followed." Koji whispered.
"Yep." Kayla whispered back matter-of-factly. Koji glanced at her.
"You knew?"
"Some time ago." she answered. "They're not to quiet."
At his confused glance, she elaborated. "The rustling bushes back in the forest."
Koji blanched. "That was them?" he asked. "I thought that was a bird."
"Nope." Kayla said, grinning. "Didn't help that they kept whispering to each other, either."
Koji grinned too. "Sneak attack?"
"You betcha!"
Quietly, thay sank into the grass and waited. A couple of seconds later, Bokomon and Neemon walked slowly past, arguing.
"Neemon, be quiet, they'll hear us!"
"I am quiet!"
"Shut up!"
SNAP!
"Ow!"
"Serves you right. Oh! Now we've lost them! This is all your fault!"
SNAP!
"Ow!"
Koji and kayla nodded to each other and slowly crept after the two Digimon guides. When they were right behind them, they reached out and grabbed the two by the shoulders. "Boo."
The reaction was instantanious. They both screamed and tried to get on top of each other.
Kayla stifled her laughs behind her hand, but Koji leaned forward. "Stop following us." he hissed. He and Kayla then ran into the grasses and disappeared.
"Koji! Kayla! Wait!"
The two ran faster and faster before they suddenly screeched to a halt. They were facing a very steep slope. "Let's not go this way." Kayla said. Koji nodded.
The matter was taken out of their hands when Bokomon and Neemon rushed out of the grasses and crashed into the humans, sending all four of them rolling down the slope.
Koji landed first, crashing on top of a rock creature before being litterally caught between a rock and a hard place as Kayla landed right on his back, taking the wind out of him. He only managed to fill his lungs again before Bokomon and Neemonlanded on Kayla, the combined weights once again emptying Koji's air supply.
"Get off." He managed. His tone of voice told Bokomon that he was getting angry, so the little Digimon immediatly leapt off Kayla and pulled Neemon off as well. Kayla also quickly got up, allowing Koji to breathe.
When Koji took a deep breath, he got off of the small creature he landed on. "Hey! Are you okay?" he asked.
As it looked up, Koji and the others saw that it was completely made out of rock with green eyes. "Yeah!" it answered. "It's none of your business!"
Kayla raised an eyebrow as Koji muttered, "Fine." Bokomon was flipping through his book. "Gotsumon, a rockman Digimon. A small, yet courageous Digimon whose Rock Fist attacks does significant damage." And Neemon...
Neemon, in all his naivette, asked "Do you know where the Beast Spirit is?"
Everybody except Gotsumon froze. "Of course I know." said the little creature before it dashed away.
"Kayla, Koji, after him!" Bokomon yelled.
"Don't tell me what to do." Koji snapped as he took off, Kayla right behind him. They ran, and Gotsumon always stayed in their sight until he dived into tall grasses. As the two humans ran into the grasses, the found that he had disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Koji asked in astonishment.
"I don't know!" Kayla replied, scanning the grassland.
"This is rediculous." Koji growled. "Hey! Aren't you going to tell us where the Beast Spirit is?"
Unknown to them, a large rock behind them turned into their runaway Gotsumon. He heard the question and answered, making the two jump. "I just said I know where it is, not that I'd tell you."
Koji and Kayla turned and glared at the little creature, but before anything could be said, a very familier figure appeared.
Gigasmon leaped from the grasses and smashed a very large rock near the three, revealing more Gotsumon inside. He was then surrounded by Fractal Code.
"Gigasmon, Slide Evolution! Grumblemon!"
The little troll/dwarf landed on top of the ruined boulder and held his sledgehammer up to one of the Gotsumon. "Where is the Spirit?" he asked, looking over his overlarge nose at Gotsumon.
Gotsumon, however, was steamed. "You imp!" He shouted as Koji and Kayla reached for their D-Tectors. "That was my home! Rock Fist!" He sent a large rock from his fist at Grumblemon, hitting him smack between the eyes and knocking him off the boulder remains.
Koji and Kayla glanced at each other and nodded, pulling out their D-Tectors.
Images of the Spirits of Light and Hope appeared on the screens as both humans took their respective poses. Fractal Code appeared around the fingers of their free hands. They quickly brought their hands together to have the Fractal Code and D-Tector meet.
"Execute! Spirit Evolution!"
The Fractal Code rings exploded and covered the two in cocoons, forming and compressing armor against their bodies.
Koji leaped out of his cocoon, swung his lightsabers, then sheathed them and shot his blaster. "Lobomon!"
Kayla flew out swund a sword, then blew a kiss. "BlueSakuramon!"
Grumblemon looked at the newly-evolved Digimon and grinned. "Me look for you to steal Spirits!" he said gleefully before he was covered in Fractal Code again.
"Grumblemon, Slide Evolution! Gigasmon!"
As the Fractal Code spiraled away, Gigasmon stomped on the ground. "Earthquake!"
BlueSakuramon acted quickly, spreading her wings and taking to the air while grabbing Lobomon's hands to pull him up with her. When they were over Gigasmon, she releaced him like a World War II fighter bomber. Lobomon activated both of his lightsabers and dived right at Gigasmon. "Lobo Kendo!"
As Gigasmon raised his arms to stop the blades, BlueSakuramon flew behind him and aimed her blaster. "Hopeful Blossom!" The beam slammed into the swamp monster's back and sent him over Lobomon.
"That it!" Gigasmon roared, jumping to his feet. "No more nice Mon! Quagmire Twister!"
Lobomon held his ground as Gigasmons kept spinning faster and faster until the swamp monster was just a brown blur. The twister bore down on Lobomon, who blocked with his sabers. Despite this, he was thrown back several yards.
Lobomon got up, his left eye twitching. "He is really starting to tick me off."
"Lobomon, switch!" He looked up to see one of BlueSakuramon's swords falling towards him and caught on. Deactivating the lightsaber in his left hand, he tossed the handle into the air before catching BlueSakuramon's blade.
Both Legendary Warriors charged, Lobomon on the ground, BlueSakuramon in the air, shouting "Lobo Kendo Sakura Sword!"
They slashed at Gigasmon so fast that their arms were blurs. Gigasmon tried to dodge, but he was cut several times.
Next thing he knew, two wrist blasters were right in front of his face. "Huh?"
"Hopeful Blossom Howling Lazer!"
The dual blasts sent Gigasmon flying. "I'll be back!" he shouted before disappearing with a twinkle.
Fractal Code surrounded the two Legendary Warriors before spiraling off and left behind Koji and Kayla. They turned to the astonished Gotsumon. "You alright?" Kayla asked.
"Y-y-yeah." Stuttered the Gotsumon they landed on.
Koji turned back to look at the feild. "We better get out of the open." he said. "He'll be back."
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They rested in another Gotsumon house (inside a boulder) for half an hour before Gotsumon got up again.
"Going out to be defeated?" Koji asked dryly, earning a swat to the back of the head from Kayla.
Gotsumon glared. "Not anymore!" He held up a large ruby. Koji, Kayla, and Bokomon nearly choked when they saw the Symbol of Light engraved on it. "I found the last stone during the fight. Now I will be able to get the Spirit! I'll be the Legendary Warrior! I will protect my friends!"
He left. Another Gotsumon shook his head. "I just don't understand him."
Koji and Kayla shared a glance before getting to their feet. "Get back here!" They ran out, followed by Bokomon dragging Neemon.
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The five of them made it to the stone cyclopes with Neemon's naitivity being the only distracton. Koji gazed at them, fingering his D-Tector.
"Koji?" Kayla called over to him.
He looked at the screen and shook his head.
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As for the others, they were walking through the grasslands, still looking for Kayla and Koji.
"Where are they?" JP asked for the thousanth time.
"Don't know." Takuya replied shortly.
"I hope they're alright." Tommy whispered.
Unbeknownst to them, large eyes were looking over an even larger nose at them. "Children? Chosen!" Grumblemon grumbled. "Ha-ha1 Now me get four Spirits."
He started to creep forward, but soon lost patience. "Forget it. Grumblemon, Slide Evolution! Gigasmon!"
He leaped into the air and landed in front of the children. "Earthquake!"
The attack threw them back. "Gigasmon!" Zoe cried.
"This isn't good." Takuya said, grabbing his D-Tector. "Fight back!"
Images of the Spirits of Fire, Ice, Wind, and Thunder appeared on the D-Tector screens as Takuya and Zoe threw their free hands out while Tommy and JP meerly stretched them out.
Fractal Code formed a ring around their fingers. All did their respective scans, shouting "Execute! Spirit Evolution!"
The Fractal Code broke and covered them in cocoons, compressing armor against their bodies before spiraling away.
Takuya punched twice. "Agunimon!"
Tommy jumped into the air, landed as a pile of slush, and reforming with a cheezy smile on his face and a peace sign. "Kumamon!"
Zoe did a spin kick, threw a lock of lavender hair out of her visor, and rested a hand on her hip. "Kazemon!"
JP slammed his fists together at the knuckles, creating several bolts of lightning. "Beetlemon!"
Gigasmon laughed as they finished transforming. "You think you win? Me almost beat you first time, and no bat-girl to help you now."
He was completely dumbfounded when they chose to ignore him.
"Pyro Tornado!"
"Thunder Fists!"
"Crystal Freeze!"
"Tempest Twist!"
Gigasmon dodged or blocked the attacks and countered. "Quagmire Twister!"
He went after Agunimon, and Kazemon and Kumamon took advantage of his distraction.
"Hurricane Wave Blizzard Blaster!"
The wind and ice pellets twisted into a roaring tornado of cold, lifting Gigasmon into the air and away from Agunimon.
Beetlemon was waiting for him. "Thunder Fists!" Slamming his sparking fists into the swamp monster, he sent him back to the ground with a crash.
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Gotsumon had begun to climb the statue without a ruby-eye while Kayla and Koji watched. Suddenly Kayla's head snapped to the left.
"What's up?" Koji asked.
"The others are coming."
"Great." Koji muttered.
"With company." She added.
"Uh oh."
With a crash, Gigasmon landed between them, sending up dirt.
"Nice shot, Kumamon!"
"Why, thank you, Agunimon."
Gigasmon got up. "That it!" he jumped at Kumamon. "Quagmire Twister!"
Kumamon was thrown back and landed hard. A ring of Fractal Code appeared around him with the Spirit of Ice in the middle.
Gigasmon leaped at him again, grinning. Before he got far, however, someone tapped his shoulder. When he looked back, two fists smashed into his face.
"Hands off my cousin, you perverted phedophile." BlueSakuramon snapped, pulling her sheild and a sword from her back, Lobomon beside her.
Behind Gigasmon, Kazemon swooped down and lifted the dazed Kumamon into the air.
Gigasmon snarled. "You two!" he shouted. "Me have enough of you two!" He leaped at them.
"Sakura Sheild!" The Sheild of the Legendary Warriors stretched, covering both BlueSakuramon and Lobomon from Gigasmon's wrath.
Lobomon jumped over the sheild with an active lightsaber. "Lobo Kendo!"
But Gigasmon blocked the lightsaber and slammed a thick arm into Lobomon's middle, sending him flying. He crashed into the ruby-less statue and slumped to the ground. Fractal Code swarmed around him before disappearing, revealing Koji.
Gigasmon advanced on him, but before he could do anything, a rock slammed into his face.
Gotsumon dropped off the statue and stood in front of Koji. "Climb the statue!" he said, throwing the ruby at Koji. "Put that in they eye."
He charged Gigasmon. "Rock Fist!" he shouted, throwing rock after rock. "Rock Fist! Rock Fist!"
"Don't interupt me!" Gigasmon roared, throwing him aside and continuing to advance on Koji.
"Hurry up!" Gotsumon insisted.
"Hope's Kiss!" a blue-gold ring wrapped around Gigasmon's legs, tripping him. Behind him were Beetlemon, Kazemon and BlueSakuramon in the air and Agunimon and Kumamon on the ground, all in fighting positions.
"Go, Koji!" BlueSakuramon shouted.
Not needing anymore insperation, Koji jumped to his feet, grabbed the ruby, and started climbing the statue. As the others distracted Gotsumon, Koji climbed higher and higher, until her reached the head. With a shout of triumph, he slammed the ruby into the eye socket.
All three statue eyes began to glow brightly before they flared, causing the others to close their eyes and Koji to fall. When they opened their eyes again, a small statue of a robotic wolf was floating in the air in front of Koji.
He quickly pulled out his D-Tector and downloaded the little statue into it before gazing cooly at Gigasmon.
The image of the Beast Spirit of Light appeared on Koji's D-Tector as he held up his free hand. Three rings of Fractal Code appeared around his fingers. "Execute!" he shouted as he scanned the center ring with his D-Tector, raising his hands over his head. "Beast Spirit Evolution!"
The Fractal Code broke and surrounded Koji in a cocoon. Armor pressed against his body, completely changing his entire physical structure.
The Fractal Code broke and revealed a robotic wolf made of white steel. Wheels were on it's paws and golden wings covered his back.
"KendoGarurumon!"
KendoGarurumon growled and jumped into the air. Any hopes gained at seeing Koji's new form were dashed when they saw him heading towards Kazemon instead of Gigasmon.
"Sakura Sheild!" BlueSakuramon cried hastely as her shield stretched to cover Kazemon. "Koji, knock it off!"
"Howling Lazer!"
BlueSakuramon took to the air just as a white blast of light shot from KendoGarururmon's mouth. Luckily she was over the shot and it hit Gigasmon instead.
"Me mad now!" he roared, charging at KendoGarurumon. They tumbled down the hill and over a cliff.
"Koji!" The others chased after them. As they neared the cliff, they heard KendoGarurumon shout "Howling Lazer!" and a splash.
They reached to cliff to find KendoGarurumon barely hanging onto a branch with his teeth and Gigasmon nowhere to be found. BlueSakuramon and Kazemon flew down and grabbed him, hauling him back to the top.
Once there, Fractal Code surrounded all of them, reverting them to their human forms.
Kayla tackled Koji. "Don't you ever do that again!" she shouted at him.
He raised an eyebrow. "Or what?"
"I'll kick your butt to the bloody moon, that's what!" she screached. She then started yelling at him in a language that he didn't understand. Apperantly it was Italian, beacause Zoe kept wincing at some of the words she used.
"What's she saying?" Takuya whispered to her.
"Something to the tune of removing a certain part of the male anatomy." she whispered back. Takuya, JP, and even Koji paled while Tommy looked confused.
"Key, Koji." Gotsumon said, interrupting Kayla's rant. "I gave you the Spirit I was looking for. Don't give it up!"
Koji smirked. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.