AQUA: Hello!
STEPHANIE: Hello!
AQUA: Welcome to chapter four of 'The Return!'
EVERYONE: Yay!
AQUA: Sora? Can you thank our new followers and favorites?
SORA: Sure. Thanks to:
~Rio Zero Silver for following and favoriting both the story and Aqua
~Jon Voris for following and favoriting Aqua and the story
and
~Mijux for following
AQUA: Awesome sauce. Now Takuya, the reviews!
TAKUYA: Sweet.
~lightus of the light - Don't worry, Impmon and the other Digimon will come out soon...I think
~Molly Grace 16 - Honestly, I would have preferred to be stuck with my group in the tunnels, but oh well. Aqua's rules :(
~ ultima-owner - The teddy bear? Oh, you mean Tommy? Yeah, he was lucky to be stuck on vines. I think the rest of us just fell on the ground. **rubs head** I really gotta stop landing on my head.
~cecebeec - Of course Amy will find Kouichi! Who knows what might happen? ... They might get rid of anything in their way ... **remembers Amy's glowing eyes and pissed off face** That'll be scary...
~ Jon Voris - Wow, that's a long review...but I don't mind! C: Yeahhh I don't like Mexican music either but since Aqua's Mexican, I have to put up with it. ON THE OTHER HAND, some songs are catchy! And thanks for rating Aqua 150/50 stars!
~ Digi-fanCapp - I'm glad you think the interactions were entertaining! Wait a minute...Hey. Don't make fun of my dream.
ZOE: Aquamarine6996 does not own Digimon Frontier or Adventure 02. She does not own Nova Kurata either because he belongs to lightus of the light. She only owns Amy Takashino, Lili Sayuki and Stephanie Palimato. And some more stuff.
IMPMON: Enjoy!
Kouji, Yolei, and Davis watched silently as Jp tended to a newly born fire.
They have been walking for what seemed like hours. But found nothing. Luckily, there were a few tree roots poking out of walls, convincing the group that they were in an underground tunnel.
The air was starting to get chilly and Jp tried to make the small flames grow a bit more.
Yolei hugged her knees close to her chest and shivered.
Davis noticed and asked, "You okay?"
She nodded. "Yeah, just a little cold."
"Don't worry" Kouji replied. He watched Jp, who had on a focused look. "You got this, right Jp?"
The oldest boy nodded. "There." he said once the flame was at a decent size.
Yolei blew on her hands and held them up to the fire.
"So what do we do now?" asked Davis.
Kouji leaned on the wall and sighed. "Rest."
Yolei nodded. "Can't argue with that. I'm so sore." And with that, she curled up at a safe distance next to the fire and fell asleep.
Kouji watched Davis as he yawned. "Got to sleep man. I'll keep watch."
"You sure? I can stay up."
"Nah, I got it."
"Well, wake me up in an hour or so."
Davis laid down nearby Yolei, leaving Jp and Kouji with nothing else to do except watch the fire.
"I hope we find the others soon." Jp said.
Kouji nodded. "Yeah."
Jp then smirked. "And I bet your especially worried about your girl."
Blushing, Kouji glared. "My GIRL?!"
"Well, yeah." Jp retorted. "You're head over heels for her."
"Well, for your information...she's...um..."
Jp rose up an eyebrow at the stuttering boy. "She's what?"
Kouji sighed. "Never mind. Stephanie's my friend. That's it."
"Riiight."
The night (?) grew quiet with occasional snores. Jp rubbed his eyes and yawned.
I really do hope Lili's okay.
In another tunnel, Tai stared at the fire as well while Zoe, Cody and Ken fell asleep nearby.
Eyes fluttering, his head fell back and hit the wall with a loud bang.
"Holy shit!" he hissed and groaned as pain filled his head.
"Ow, you okay?"
Tai looked up and saw Ken sit up worryingly. "I'm fine." He groaned. "Maybe I needed that to wake up."
Ken chuckled. His face then got serious. "Hey Tai. Where do you think our Digimon are?"
"..." Tai sighed. "I don't know Ken. I really don't. But" he added once he saw Ken's distressed face, "we'll find them."
"I miss Wormmon. Last time I saw him was about two weeks ago, I think."
Tai nodded. "Yeah, Agumon left two weeks ago too. But he was kinda worried about something."
Ken's eyes widened. "You noticed that too?"
"What? Wormmon, too?"
"Yeah, he didn't speak much and when he left, he did it without hesitating."
Tai grew silent.
"Well, when we find them, they'll probably tell us why."
Ken looked around. "Maybe...whatever is was that they were worried about...maybe, that's why we're here."
"Most likely." Tai agreed. "But knows what it is?"
"Whoa! Check this out!" said Matt as his voice echoed in a large room.
Lili eye's widened as she took in her surroundings. It was a large room, a VERY large room to be exact. The room was filled with ledges, boulders, holes, you name it. Her family's cafe was pretty big but in this room, about eight of them could have fit easily inside.
"What is this place?" she asked.
Kouichi shrugged as he shifted her weight on his back. "I don't know Lili."
Kari climbed on a rock and gasped. "Look! There's tunnels! About a dozen of them!"
Matt looked around and saw that she was right. Tunnels were lined up along the walls. "This is great! Let's just stay here and wait until someone comes in!"
Kouichi bent down and Lili sat on the floor. "So we'll just camp out here and wait."
Matt nodded. "Right, let's see if we can build a fire or something." He then looked at Lili. "You can stay here."
Everyone nodded and split up, leaving by herself.
Lili smirked. Well, can't just sit here and do nothing. She looked around and saw some plants poking out of some rocks, several small red berries hanging from them.
"I think those are gooseberries." she said to herself and Lili dragged herself to the rocks, lifting up her right leg and with struggle, got herself on top of a small flat ledge. Lili looked closely and saw that she was right.
The grey branches had red thorns and the leaves were bright green with five points.
Lili carefully took off the berries form the branch. I can't wait till the others see this! she thought happily. And maybe Kari will be happy too!
Kari hadn't spoken a word since Lili and Kouichi joined them. Lili was thinking that maybe she didn't trust strangers and she may end up having a problem with them being there. Of course, she didn't blame her. She would feel the same way. But maybe with these gooseberries as a treat, Kari might learn to trust her and Kouichi.
I wonder where Jp is. He must be really worried about me.
Lili's cheeks blushed. Jp had been taking care of her since that day in the Digital World. At first, Lili had been really shy of meeting him and his friends. But as time passed, Lili found herself to be really happy whenever he payed attention. Heck, she was bawling on the Trailmon her last day because she couldn't bear the thought of not talking to him anymore. But thank goodness Jp got home safely and that they were still friends. Who knows wha-
"Grrr.."
The brunette froze, her fingers reaching out to pick a berry. She didn't know if it was her imagination, but her heart pumped faster than usual and she started to sweat.
"K-Kouichi?!" she squeaked softly.
Her eyes moved to the left when a bright yellow blur whooshed by.
She felt ice-cold and her breath caught on her throat.
Three yellow ape-like creatures with yellow fur were about twenty feet away form her, sniffing the air. On their backs was a large white bone.
They're Digimon. REALLY BIG DIGIMON!
Trying extremely hard not to panic, Lili lowered her hand and laid down on the rock. She closed her eyes and a loud bang filled the air. Reopening them, Lili looked at her legs and noticed that her leg had knocked over a rock. She groaned silently.
The sound wasn't unnoticed by the Digimon, who now looked directly at her. One of them cocked its head.
M-M-Maybe they're friendly. thought Lili.
She gulped and lifted up her head, a soft smile greeting the apes.
"GAHHHH!"
One of the Digimon screeched loudly and the other two held up their bones.
Oh no...
The screeching Digimon held up his bone as well and began to make her way towards her.
Oh NO!
"HELP ME!" Lili took a breath breath. "AHHHHH! HELP ME! PLEASE!"
"So you live right next to the mall? How neat! There's this one mall in America, where I live btw, and it's just amazing! It's got so many stores and the clothes are from the latest trends and fashion and once a year, they hold this fashion show and I go model some clothes and win trophies and money and-"
"Mimi." Stephanie sighed as she stopped the girly girl. "I would REALLY like to talk about this some more but right now, we gotta find our friends."
Mimi's face fell. "Oh right..." Her face brightened. "Then I'll make sure not to forget about this conversation."
Tommy snickered silently next to Stephanie. "Gee Steph, I'm sure you'll love to talk some more. Why don't you?"
Stephanie huffed as she pushed Tommy's hat off his head.
"Hey!"
"Oops sorry."
The three teens continued to walk and stopped when a scream echoed in the tunnel.
Stephanie shared looks.
"Um, what was that?" chuckled Mimi nervously.
Tommy bit his lip. "Something...doesn't feel right."
The blue-ette began to jog towards the sound source. "Let's find out."
Amy sat on the ground in front of the boys as they started to make a fire. She had insisted on helping, arguing that she knew how to make a fire, but they refused the help.
Once the fire was set, Nova sat in front of her and sighed. Amy gave him a soft smile when he glanced at her.
"Tired?"
Nova nodded. "A bit."
Amy let her head rest on the wall. "Me too." She shut her eyes and heard Joe and Tk settle themselves nearby.
Tk sighed as Joe took off his glasses and began to clean them with his ripped shirt. Once done, he placed them on and looked around.
Tk was glad Joe was there with him, at least he knew the guy. But the other two..they were okay, he guessed. Amy was nice and Nova...was nice too. I mean, Tk didn't really talk to him, even if he was Davis' cousin. But Nova was the one who helped him make the fire and who gave up his jacket when Amy got a little cold a while ago. So Tk was okay with them.
"You good?" whispered Joe.
Tk nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."
A silence overcame the small group and Nova took this as an opportunity to close his eyes.
"Lili?"
Nova opened up an eyelid and saw Amy looked down the tunnel to the right of them. Her face was filled of worry as she stood up.
"What?" asked Tk.
Amy narrowed her eyes in confusion. "I...I thought I..." A glow filled her eyes and caused the boys to scream.
"GAH!" yelled Joe as Tk gasped.
"What the hell?!"
"LILI?!" yelled glowy-eyed Amy and she began to run.
Joe stood up. "Where're you going!?"
A scream, not Amy's, was heard by them and Nova shared looks with the others.
"Let's go." he commanded and the teen ran after Amy.
Tk and Joe shared looks, shrugged and ran after him.
Takuya, Sora and Izzy were sleeping when they heard the screeching and Takuya was already running at the call for help.
Takuya ran as fast as he could towards the end of the tunnel, where he could faintly see some light. "Come on! We're almost there!"
Izzy huffed and puffed as he struggled to catch up. "HELLO? CAN YOU GUYS WAIT!?"
"C'mon Izzy!" yelled Sora.
~x~x~x~
When Takuya, Sora and Izzy arrived in the large room, Lili had tears trailing down her face and a very large ape was walking towards her, a large bone in hand.
"Oh no...LILI!" he yelled.
"LILI!"
Sora looked towards her right and saw a boy her age run out of a tunnel and towards the girl in danger. Another boy ran after him and tackled him down.
"Don't be stupid!" the boy hissed. "You'll kill both of you and Lili!"
Davis and Yolei appeared soon after.
"Davis!" Sora called out. "Yolei!"
Both kids turned their heads and waved their arms. "Sora! Izzy!"
Takuya froze as he thought of a plan. C'mon, Kanbara, C'MON! THINK, YOU IDIOT!
Lili gasped as the ape rose up the bone above her.
Jp pushed Kouji off of him. "NO!"
All of a sudden, a blur shot out of another tunnel and Amy flew towards the ape, kicking it square on the chest. Thier ape leader flying towards the wall, his companions screeched in shock.
Lili opened up her eyes and saw Amy, above her, catching her breath. Amy looked down at her.
"Lili, are you okay?"
Lili nodded, not believing what her best friend had done.
Meanwhile, Davis' eyes were close to popping out. "D-Did that girl just knock that ape away from the other one?"
"I think so..." gawked Izzy. "But HOW?"
Jp ran towards the girls and lifted up Lili. She, of course, didn't argue because the Digimon rounded up again.
"Those are Hanumon." growled Amy as she backed down.
Tk, who had arrived with Nova and Joe, stared. "And how in the heck do you know that?"
Davis' eyes brightened instantly. "Hey, Nova! You're here!"
Nova gave his cousin a smile. "Hey Davis."
Kouji looked at Tk, answering his question. "Because she'-"
The Hanumon glared at the Humans. The leader looked at his partners and pointed at them.
"Um, Amy? Force field.." muttered Takuya.
Amy held up her hands and stopped when nothing happened.
"Um, what is she doing?" whispered Yolei. Davis shrugged.
"I don't know."
"My powers..." gasped Amy and lowered her hands. "They're gone."
Lili glanced up and saw the three Hanumon heading towards them. "LOOK OUT!"
The Hanumon stalked towards their panicing targets and all of them had their weapons ready. Yolei peeked open an eye and gasped.
Sticks, rocks, and other random things suddenly flew in the air and hit the Hanumon, causing them to stop.
"HEY! PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE!"
"YEAH! YOU BIG BULLY!"
"PISS OFF, FUR BALLS!"
"BIG UGLY WERIDOS!"
Joe looked behind the Hanumon and smiled. "Look! It's the rest of the gang!"
Tai, Mimi, Cody, Matt, Kari, and Ken, along with a few other people, were the ones throwing the things at the Hanumon. Kouji brightened when he saw his twin, Stephanie, Tommy and Zoe.
"Guys!"
Stephanie paused throwing and smiled. "Kouji!"
As they continued their attack, both Warriors and Digidestined met up and greeted each other.
"Kari!" yelled Tk as they embraced.
"Tk!" Kari sighed. "Thank goodness!"
Amy and Kouichi just plainly embraced, their hug speaking out their love and worry.
"Um, I'm sorry to break up this heart-filling moment," Zoe interrupted as she was being held by Takuya, "but the Hanumon are mad now."
And mad they were. The three Hanumon let out a howl and their eyes showed rage. Takuya, placing Zoe on the floor, along with Davis and Tai, all at once stepped in front of their groups as the others shook in slight fear.
Amy squeezed Kouichi's hand and braced herself for the attack. God damn it! And I can't protect them!
Now the Hanumon had a chance. "Mega Bone Stick!" they called out and lifted up their bones.
They say third time's the charm, right?
Well, in the Hanumon's situation, that was wrong.
"Pepper Breath!"
"Spiral Twister!"
"Blue Blaster!"
"Surudoi Tsume!"
"Super Shocker!"
"Poison Ivy!"
"Lighting Paw!"
Again, the Hanumon screamed as they were attacked multiple times.
"Boom Bubble!"
"Vee Headbutt!"
"Feather Strike!"
"Sticky Net!"
"Diamond Shell!"
"Bada Boom!"
Nova rose up his head at the last attack and a smile automatically appeared on his face. "Impmon!" He called out. Impmon turned his head and gave him a thumbs up along with a smile.
"Whoa." gasped Stephanie and Cody in union.
In front of them all, thirteen Digimon stood protectively, appearing to block them from any danger.
"'Bout time you came, Veemon!" Davis called out.
"Shorry Davish!" said Veemon meekly.
Kouji scrunched up his face. "I'm so confused."
Tai smiled towards Agumon, then looked at Takuya and the others. "Do any of you have Digimon?"
Everyone glanced slightly towards Amy. She sighed. "No, we don't. But I AM a Digimon."
Anyone who wasn't a Legendary Warrior, except for Lili and Stephanie, gasped.
"W-WHAT?!" hollered Tk.
Matt looked up and saw the Hanumon struggling to get up. "Look, let's talk about this later. We got bigger things to deal with."
So Takuya lifted up Zoe from the floor (Zoey blushing, of course) and led his group to the opening of a tunnel. Tai and his groups , along with Nova, spread out in a wide circle.
"Alright, let's do this together!" Davis and Tai called out.
Impmon looked at Nova, who nodded. "Let's do this."
Tommy watched in awe at the scene. The large apes groaned and struggled to stand up and fight. Amy held her hands close to her chest.
I hope I can mark them. she thought.
"Now!"
And for the second time, all thirteen Digimon attacked and in no time, the three Hanumon were done.
"What..." Takuya's eyes widened when he saw the Hanumon dissolve slowly. Then a Digiegg appeared."Amy, now!"
Mimi watched as the black-haired girl quickly let go of another boy's hand and stood nearby the eggs, rising up her hands. To her shock and horror, her eyes glowed a soft yellow and a strange mark appeared on the three eggs. Once done, the eggs rotated around her and disappeared into thin air. The girl stood confused and looked towards her friends.
"Um, was that suppose to happen?" she asked.
"No, that wasn't." snorted Gomamon. "Digimon who are defeated usually just dissolve."
"Yeah, how'd you do that?" asked Kari.
Takuya sighed and with Zoey on his arms, looked towards Tai. "I guess I better introduce ourselves."
AMY: And that's chapter four!
YOLEI: Yay!
AQUA: You know what? I'm sick and tired of the whole ebola thing. It's ALWAYS ON TV!
MATT: Well, thank God it's not nearby.
AQUA: Matt.. I LIVE IN DALLAS, TEXAS
EVERYONE: 0 _ o
KOUJI: Holy freakin shit
AQUA: But! I am safe!
STEPHANIE: But still...be careful girl
AQUA: Oh I am! **puts on protective biohazard clothes**
TAI: Kayyy. Don't forget to review!
ZOE: And follow!
MIMI: And favorite!
NOVA: Flame and Impmon will Bada Boom your butt.
IMPMON: **smirks and lifts up finger with small flame**