Raging Chaos
I don't own Digimon
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 8
"Helix Slash!" They shout and Hydra glows with white and black energy, they jump from the blades and into the air. They then hit Deamon hard in the chest. This sends Deamon flying through the air for a good eighty feet, they watch as Deamon coughs and then gets up. "Chaos Flare!" Deamon roars out.
As the attack draws near, they simply swipe the attack with Hydra. It destroys the attack and they then charge forward once more. They move quickly and their strikes are mostly aimed at Deamon's chest and arms if they're in the way. They pull back as Deamon roars out, "Flame Inferno!" The attack hits them, but it barely harms them.
They aim the shield at Deamon and cry out, "Shield of the Ancients!" He might not see the shield, but he knows that the runes glow either white or black, depends on which element they were drawing energy from. Then the two energies swirl into a single beam of light. The black and white beam hits Deamon and then through Deamon. "How can …" Deamon shouts out, but doesn't finish his sentence.
Soon the scenery alters and they found themselves back in the cavern that was MetalPhantomon's lair. "Gallantmon?" They hear Rika say. They look down and then say as one, "Gallantmon Ascend Mode, we kind of merged a bit with the Spirits of Shifting Chaos." They then unmerge into their normal forms.
(----Rika----)
She can't believe her eyes as what seems to be a golden version of Gallantmon with Kurashimon's wings. "Gallantmon?" She asks. Then Gallantmon says, "Gallantmon Ascend Mode, we kind of merged a bit with the Spirits of Shifting Chaos." Then Gallantmon AM glows and soon Takato and Guilmon are standing before them.
She is relieved that Takato's fine, but she scrawls at the goggle wearing kid and asks, "And?" Guilmon replies, "We fought Deamon and won." Takato nods in agreement with his partner. "It was a hard battle and we needed more power and that's how we mode changed into Gallantmon Ascend Mode." Takato adds. "You mean that Deamon was the power behind MetalPhantomon?" Kouji asks. "Yip." Takato says and Takuya says, "Then what are we waiting for? Lets get out of here!" Koichi nods and Takato smiles slightly at that out burst.
Renamon leads the way out of the cavern and they find Grani resting on the ground. The others were moving among the fallen Digimon. She sighs and says to Takato, Guilmon, and Renamon, "Are we finished here?" Takato watches as Takuya, Kouji, and Koichi walks towards the other Digidestined. He then says once Ryo and Cyberdramon join them, "Could we wait until tomorrow? I wouldn't mind saying bye to them before we go." She glances at Ryo and Ryo just shrugs and she says, "Fine. I guess spending one last night here wouldn't hurt." Takato smiles his thanks and they soon walk to where Takuya is.
(----Takuya----)
He sits back and watches as Kouji pokes the fire with a stick. It was odd to think that Takato and them were leaving them already; he'll miss Takato for his grown fond of the kid. Kouji then sits to his right and says, "It's odd to think that we might never meet Takato and them ever again." He grins and says, "You're going to miss Takato too, huh?" Kouji nods and says, "He's a good guy and has a good head on his shoulders." He just nods and bites his lip as flashes of that dream appear in his mind's eye.
"You really don't remember what happened during that shared dream." He asks after a few minutes. Kouji shifts his weight and says, "I knew once I woke up. Did you mean that, Takuya?" He smiles softly and says, "Of course! You're one of my best friends, Kouji. You're an important part of my life and I want you to continue to play an important part in times to come." Kouji smiles at that and says, "Thank and I'll try to remember that always, Takuya. It means a great deal to me." He clamps Kouji on the shoulder and says, "Any time man. Any time."
They sat in comfortable silences for a bit until Zoe and Ryo approaches the campfire with bundles of firewood. Cyberdramon appears behind them with some fruit. They greet the two of them and chat about little things as Zoe and Ryo puts down the bundles of firewood and sit around the fire. Soon Tommy and JP arrive with fish, they poke sticks into them and set them by the fire to cook.
Takato, Guilmon, Rika, and Renamon appear as Zoe declares that the fish are done. Takato and Rika are carrying mushrooms and roots. Guilmon has firewood and Renamon has fruit. Guilmon places the firewood with the others and those carrying food place their burdens on his pack. "Sorry about being late. We were busy digging up the roots that Guilmon sniffed out." Takato says once they sit down.
Zoe smiles as she hands them some of the fruit that Cyberdramon carried in. "It's alright." Zoe says. Takato takes the fruit from Zoe and hands it to Renamon, Guilmon, and Rika. Soon they are digging into their supper. He smirks as he notices how Guilmon seems to be trying to eat in a slow manner, but also is looking hungrily at the uneaten food. He then focuses in on what he's eating.
In time they finish eating their supper and they soon just sat around as JP, Tommy, and Zoe listen in to the Tamer's adventures with Digimon. He had already heard this before, but listens in none the less. He smiles as Takato recounts the battle between the Tamers and the Devas. He also notices that Ryo was listening in to what's being said and figures that this might be the first time that Ryo heard all of this all at once. He smiles as Rika then takes over part of what happened when their group got split up, he smiles slightly as he listens to Rika describe the events that Takato didn't know about.
(----Takato----)
He hands over the money and some of the drawings he stretched over to Takuya. Kouji takes the papers out of Takuya's hand before Takuya had a chance to look through them. He keeps the pad of paper and pencil; he gave the better drawings to Takuya and them, keeping the rest.
Koichi then says, "Thanks for your help." He says, "It was the least I could do considering that it's kind of my fault. If I hadn't shown up here, none of this would have happened." "So what? If you hadn't shown up, then we wouldn't have meet and we also wouldn't have come to the Digital World the second time. It's not your fault and everything worked out just fine, so don't worry about it." Takuya says and slaps him on the back. "I'll try to remember that, thanks." He says and then turns around.
He behind Guilmon and soon Grani begins to fly into the air. He watches as the Digidestine become smaller and then looks forward. Soon a portal opens up and they're drawn into the tunnel. He blinks as he looks around the tunnel and soon an opening appears before them.
Soon they are flying above their home city and he's happy to be home. Soon they land in the park and they climb down off of Grani. "Thanks Grani." He says and Guilmon nods in agreement with what he said. He then looks around and smiles as he finds that few things haven't changed since he's been gone, but then it's probably only been less then a week in this world that he's been gone.
They soon head to Guilmon's shed and within about ten minutes, Henry with Terriermon come running up the stairs and is breathless from the look of things, thus leaving Terriermon the only one who's able to speak for the next few minutes. "What you couldn't wait for us? And who's this guy?" The rookie asks. "Nice to see you again too, Terriermon. Henry." He says and the pair looks stunned. "You're tanner and your hair is longer! Plus, you've been gone for like five days!" Terriermon says as he recovers from the shock. "It's been about two months where I was." He replies. "Really? That explains some things I guess…" The rabbit looking Digimon says.
Soon Kazu with Guardromon and Kenta with MarineAngemon show up and begin to chat about how different he looks now. Terriermon added comments to this as well, leaving Henry chatting with Ryo and Rika. He really does try to follow the conversation happening before him, but he wasn't use to this much chatter. When it had been just Koichi, Kouji, Takuya, and him, they never really chatted a whole lot. It was more that they didn't have anything more to say on subjects then lack of subjects.
His lucky break comes from his parents and Henry's dad showing up. "Takato!" His mom cries out as his mother shots forward and hugs him. "It's good to be home." He says to his mom. "We missed you so much." His mom says and he says, "I know, I missed you guys too." Soon he's on his way home with Guilmon following close behind.
(----Takuya----)
It took them four days to make it to where Angler dropped them off. They load them selves onto one of the Trailmon's cars. It takes them two weeks to make it to where they started their journey with Takato. Orphanimon, Seraphimon, and Cherubimon meet them and Cerubimon says, "It's great to have you back. You have our gratitude for getting rid of the threat." "We didn't do much. It was mostly Koichi, Kouji, Takuya, Takato, Rika, Guilmon, and Renamon that did most of the fighting. We couldn't help out." Tommy says. Seraphimon says, "It's the thought that counts. I'm glad that Takato found his way home. We have a feast prepared tonight. Patamon will guide you to the Inn so you can relax for tonight."
He nods and says, "Thank you. See you tonight then." They turn and follow Patamon through the street towards the inn. He kind of wishes that Takato and them could have stuck around longer, but he guesses that Takato probably wants to get home to see his parents and friends.
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He watches as the image of Aldamon appears over his screen and then floats towards Orphanimon. He sighs and hears Koichi and Kouji echo him. "They shall be returned to Honour's Castle. I wish you all well until next year." Seraphimon says. He smiles and nods.
Then he turns and climbs into the car. Seraphimon and them had announced that they'd be allowed to return every year from now on. It would seem that the rulers have been discussing it for some time now and they have agreed to allow them to return for a month each year. They were all ecstatic about that and he smiles as he watches as the Trailmon pulls away from the station. They're next stop is the real world. He takes one last look at the terminal and then he sits back and relaxes. He feels the whole car jerk and grips the rail as the whole car lurches forward with a sudden jerk. He hears Tommy cry out and turns to find that the kid is rubbing his backside as Tommy returns to his seat.
(----Rika----)
Though it's been two years, she can still remember the party that followed with their return. She still remembers the looks on everyone's faces as they watch Guilmon use his manners at the table. It truly shocked everyone to find out that Guilmon spent time with a Gallantmon and a BlackGuilmon as Grani was getting fixed.
She checks her D-Ark and notices that it's still early. She lets her thoughts drift over the pass two years. They still had to deal with rogue Digimon and rogue Tamers. Other countries also tried to gain access to the Digital World in order get their hands on a real live Digimon. There was even this group that tried to make Digimon into weapons of war, but one of their own creations destroyed them and then they took out the altered Digimon. There were times when they needed Gallantmon AM and there were times when they made due without him.
One thing that didn't change was that they stayed friends, despite how many times their enemies tried to pull them apart. Jeri and Leomon can now Bio Merge into BantyoLeomon, one of the newer Digimon that are out there now. Gaurdromon has long since Digivolved into Andromon once more and Impmon's Tamers and Suzie were getting better at using modify cards. It's only a matter of time before Suzie and Lopmon Bio Merge, though they wonder if Cerubimon will be the mega form for the pair.
"Rika!" She snaps out of her thoughts and turns to greet Takato. She smiles slightly and says, "Where's Guilmon?" Takato answers, "With Calumon. I think he's reading to the little guy." She nods and says, "Renamon's at the library. So?" Takato smiles brightly and says, "Got the tickets. I also have reservations at that restaurant you suggested." She kisses her boyfriend on the cheer and grabs him by the arm, pulling him towards the concert. Soon she lets go of his arm and they walk through the crowded street without much trouble.
Takato and her have been going out for six months now and they were celebrating it. Though they admitted their feels eight months after the returned from Takato's adventure in that other Digital world, they didn't feel like they were ready, so they didn't really act on those feelings. Over time their feels grew and so did they. By then they didn't want their enemies to use their feelings against each other, so they tried their best to keep it to themselves. At times is only caused trouble, but at others, they were happy that they were able to keep quit about it.
She remembers the fights that broke out between Henry and Jeri and with Alice and Ryo. Most of those fights occurred by their enemies toying with the problems that were there and making them larger then they should be. Though in the end, it only really help tie the two couples closer together.
'I wonder how long it will be before another group is formed? I'll put money that Suzie and Impmon's Tamers will be the founders though.' She muses as they walk towards the concert hall.
(----Takuya----)
He feels Kouji's weight on his shoulder. His partner is fast asleep and he studies his lover's sleeping expression. He smiles as he remembers how nervous Kouji had been when Kouji first confessed his love for him. He didn't really know what to think at the time, they were both eighteen years old and he had let go of his crush for Zoe after Zoe introduced Will to them as her boyfriend.
It seems that after Zoe's party, that Will had asked Zoe out on a date and she accepted. They went out for three months and then decided to go study. Though it only lasted a year, he had accepted the idea that Zoe wouldn't see him as anything other then a friend. He had his share of dates with a few girls, but nothing major though. He might go on one date or two, then they'd part ways.
He also had noticed that unlike Koichi, Kouji never really dated, but he figured it was none of his business. Then he hit a rough patch after he turned eighteen. He found that he couldn't find anyone that he was attracted to and he was kind of wondering if he'll ever find someone to spend his life with.
He never really thought too much about relationships of a homosexual manner until Kouji confessed. He was taken by surprise and had simply said. "You're still my friend." That caused Kouji to break down and cry. He wrapped his arm around Kouji and let Kouji weep in his chest.
Through the next few months, Kouji and him spent more time together and slowly he began to realize that whatever his feelings are towards Kouji, they were pretty deep and he needed to talk to someone about it. Surprisingly, he ended up talking with JP about it. JP had helped him with his feeling and then after nine months after Kouji had confessed, he sat Kouji down and told the Warrior of Light his feelings.
That was a good six years ago and they were now engaged. They wanted to invite Takato and them, but didn't know how to get a hold of them. So when they returned to the Digital World they had told Orphanimon about it and the angel Digimon promised to send the message to Takato's home dimension. The wedding is in a month and he wonders if Orphanimon had been able to send that message. He sighs and hopes that they had. He closes his eyes and slowly drifts off to sleep.
(----Takato----)
He hears something beep and groans as he gets out of bed. He yawns and blinks to find that it's his D-Tector that's beeping and not his D-Ark. He picks up his white and purple Digivice and pushes a button. "Greetings Takato. Takuya and Kouji are to marry in three days of your world's time. If you leave today, you'll be there a month before the wedding's date." Orphanimon's voice says and then the message ends.
He checks and finds that it's seven o'clock am and he sighs. He begins search for his suit cases and once found, he begins to pack up cloths and other things he'll need. He finds his dress suit his mom bought him and gently packs it. Once done, he heads in search for his cell phone. He finds it under some drawings and he pushes the #4. Soon it dials Rika's number and after four rings, Rika picks up.
"This had better be good, goggle head." Rika growls out. "I got an invitation to a wedding. You want to come?" He asks. "Who's?" Rika asks after a minute. "Takuya and Kouji's." He replies. "I'll start packing. You'll phone Ryo, right?" Rika asks. "Sure." He says and his girlfriend hangs up. He smiles and dials Ryo's number. He wonders if their Digimon were allowed to come as the phone rings.
To be continued …
