AQUA: What's up, my people!?
CODY: The sky...*looks up to make sure*
AQUA: Oh Cody, you're so cute
CODY: 0-0
AQUA: Ames! Mind answering reviews?
AMY: Not at all!
~Molly Grace 16: I'm glad you liked my reunion with my mother! And yes, it DID take a while for the Digidestined to believe me. But why would I lie about that? I hope we get our spirits soon as well and don't worry, we'll find out what going on in this chapter :)
~lightus of the light: Um, we won't fight in this chapter. But most likely in the next one. Sorry if anyone starts feeling bored!
~Digi-fanCapp: Are the Warriors connected to their elements? Well...
'Kouichi backed up and hid himself and Lili in a shadow. None of them realized, but the shadow seemed to turn darker, making it very difficult for anyone to see them. 'I sense Light. But it isn't my brother."'
In the darkness, Lili frowned. "You sense things?"
Kouichi paused and thought over his words. Yeah..I sense Light. I-I sense things?
...
And of course, there's Kouji seeing the ray of sunlight. So are they connected? You be the judge :)
~Miharu-nyan: Do Digimon wear clothes. Um, I don't THINK so? But if you got confused with the dressing of the Digidestined/Warriors, I meant only the Humans. Sorry if there was any confusion!
~ lavenderkitten 322: Aw, thanks girl! I'm happy you loved our first story and I hope you enjoy this one!
~Zackmon: Here's the answers to your 3 questions. 1) I included some sneak peeks to this story in 'The Descendant' which include Lili and Stephanie. I think the second to last chapter...but yes, they will get something special! 2)Seraphimon's Poppamon and Neemon? Don't worry, they will get mentioned in this chapter. 3) The other Warriors will be appearing as friends. I mean, I kinda marked their Digi-eggs..
~ultima-owner: Yep. Since Kouji can connect with the sun, Kouichi will indeed connect with the moon. This will actually appear once in a while in this fanfic
~animebella09: Glad you're loving the chapters!
KOUJI: Thanks to:
~ lavenderkitten 322 for following Aqua and the story
~Hellfire Los Angeles for favoriting
~ Kaizuka-Michiko for favoriting
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~ Wolffox325 for following and favoriting Aqua
TK: Aquamarine6996 does not own Digimon Frontier or Adventure 02. She doesn't own Nova Kurata either since he belongs to lightus of the light. She only owns Amy Takashino, Lili Sayuki, Stephanie Palimato and some other stuff.
Veemon stretched up his arms and yawned loudly, Davis rubbed his eyes in the seat next to him. Both were the first to wake up the next morning and currently, they were in the dining room, where they were served some scrambled eggs, some delicious pancakes and orange juice.
Davis dropped his hands and smiled. "Sleep good, Veemon?"
"Oh yesh, Davish!" Veemon replied.
Davis scooted his chair closer to his plate and picked up his fork. He cut a small piece of his pancake and was about to place it in his mouth, but froze when he saw his cousin and Digimon walk through the doors.
"Hey! Nova!"
Nova blinked a few times to drive some sleep away. "Hey." he greeted and walked over.
Davis grinned and patted the spot next to him. Nova didn't argue and sat down, Impmon taking the next seat.
"Hey Impmon!" Veemon waved and Impmon smirked a hello.
Veemon grabbed his plate and moved next to Impmon, surprising him. A Gotsumon servant then walked up to the newcomers. "Do you want anything?"
"Um, we'll have the same as them." Nova told him and Gotsumon nodded.
"Comin right up!"
Davis placed his fork down. "I'll wait till your food gets here."
Nova smiled. "Thanks pal."
"I noticed you've been making friends with those other kids."
"Yeah..."
"That's great!" beamed Davis. "Honestly, I was a little worried because, no offense, you aren't the most social person around. But I'm glad you're making friends." He then lightly punched his cousin on the shoulder. "Just don't forget about me."
Nova chuckled. "Nah, I doubt it. But thanks Davis."
"Anytime."
The doors opened again and both turned their heads to see Mimi, Palmon and Tommy walk in. The three of them saw the cousins and sat in the chairs in front of them.
"Morning!" greeted Tommy.
"Good morning!" Mimi added.
As they all began to talk, the servants began to serve their breakfast and not soon after, the rest of the Digidestined, Digimon and Warriors arrived and filled up the empty seats.
"Can you pass the syrup, please?"
"Aw man! Can you pass me a napkin?"
"Am I the only one who thought this was a dream?"
"I thought the cave was a nightmare!"
"Holy crap, I slept like a baby!"
"Ditto."
"Is there any waffles?"
Zoe, Tai and Agumon watched wide-eyed at Takuya, stuffing his face nearby.
"Well, damn Kanbara." chuckled Tai, who sat in front of him with Agumon. "Someone's hungry."
Takuya picked up his head and a bit of egg fell off his chin, which was a bit sticky from the syrup. "Huh?!"
"Oh, Takuya." Zoe face-palmed and groaned.
Behind them, Amy and Kouichi walked back to their chairs after placing their empty plates in the kitchen, much to the servant's dismay. Amy arranged her dress before sitting down and Kouichi scooted her chair in before sitting down herself.
Such a gentlemen... sighed Mimi, placing her head on her hands.
"So do you have any idea when they're gonna call us?" asked Yolei.
Amy shook her head. "Sorry, I don't. But I think once everyone's done eating."
Palmon looked over the long table and saw that most of them were done and were just taking among themselves. "Well, most of us are done."
"Then I think we'll be called in a minute or so." Lili smiled. "I really like your pink flower by the way, Palmon."
Palmon beamed and she petted the flower above her head. "Really? Thanks!"
A short time passed and soon, everyone was done. The doors were opened and a Frogmon servant walked inside the dining room.
Frogmon cleared his throat, catching everyone's attention. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you would please follow me."
Takuya was the first to stand up and the others followed his lead, pushing back their chairs and thanking the servants, who began to clean up. The Digidestined followed Frogmon through dozens of halls and finally, were lead down a stairway and into a large room.
Matt's eyes widened. Not only was the room half the size of the cave they were in yesterday or the day before, but it had images covering the walls from head to toe. Each image showed a scene, reminding the lone wolf of cave art. He saw fairies, a dragon, an angel, etc. But what shocked him the most is that he saw an image of Gabumon, who had digivolved into Garurumon for the first time and saw a small person standing next to the large blue and white wolf. Him.
"What the heck am I doing in that picture?!" he exclaimed.
"Well, you're the Digidestined of Friendship. Duh."
Everyone turned their heads and saw Gennai, Ophanimon, Seraphimon and Cherubimon walk inside the room.
Gennai, who had answered Matt's question stopped and smiled. "Now if you would please have a seat?"
Jp looked around the room, which had nothing to sit on. "Where do you want us to sit? On the floor?"
Cherubimon held up a hand and to Jp's surprise, five large crystal tables, seven chairs each, appeared. The tables arranged themselves into a circle, with few feet in between.
Jp made a popping sound with his mouth. "Well, okay then."
As Izzy passed by, Gennai stopped him and gave him a small gray laptop. Gennai grinned at the genius' small gasp of happiness. "A gift from me to you. You may need to jot things down for later uses."
Izzy nodded happily and immediately sat down and started to type.
On one table was Davis, Veemon, Nova, Impmon, Ken, Wormmon, Lili (had to get rid of a chair for her wheelchair) and Jp. On the second, was Takuya, Zoe, Matt, Gabumon, Izzy and Tentomon. The third: Amy, Kouichi, Kari, Gatomon, Tk and Patamon. Fourth: Stephanie, Kouji, Tai, Cody, Armadillomon and Agumon. And on the last table, was Joe, Gomamon, Tommy, Sora, Biyomon, Yolei and Hawkmon. Mimi and Palmon sat nearby each other in separate tables.
The three Celestials and Gennai walked to the middle of the tables and an awkward silence followed.
"So." Takuya said. "What's going on?"
"Before I start, let me just say how time was when you Warriors left the Digital World." said Seraphimon. "When you left, well, when Amy left, the years that followed were to be seen as the most peaceful years the Digital World had ever experienced. The data released from Lucemon, a Digimon who was corrupted by evil, (extra info for the other Digidestined) was sent to the Digital World and our land became even more beautiful than before. The Village of Beginnings was blossoming with new Fresh Digimon, most marked by our lady Lapumon."
"Wait, what do you mean, 'marked by Lapumon'?" asked Gomamon.
"Well, I actually have powers. I used to have marks, a mark on my left hand, another on my right and one of my cheek." explained Amy. She stood up and pointed out where they were as she spoke. "Cherubimon's symbol was on my right hand, and it gave me wings. Seraphimon's was on my left hand and it gave me the power to heal. My mother's was on my cheek and it gave me the power to teleport."
Izzy placed his head on his fist in thought and nodded his head. "I see. And can you use any of them at once? Like a combination?"
"Holding out both Cherubimon's and Serphimon's symbols gave me a force field. And Cherubimon's and Ophanimon's together gave me the ability to get attention in a large crowd."
Tk looked over Gatomon's head, catching Kari's eye. That's unbelievable!
Kari nodded. I know!
Amy sat back down and Seraphimon continued.
"Digimon who had survived, helped other Digimon build homes and helped them in necessary things. And a book was published that gave the Digimon great happiness."
"A book?" asked Tai.
"What book?" Stephanie said.
Seraphimon smiled. "The book was called 'The Adventures of the Great and Legendary Warriors' by no other than my father, Bokomon."
Takuya shared looks with others, a warm feeling filling up their hearts. Even Kouji smiled.
Who could forget Bokomon and Neemon? Their Digimon friends ever since they crashed into Takuya when they barely arrived, who always stuck with them, no matter how dangerous things were and who always motivated them when they were at their lowest? Even for a wimpy pink waist-banded Digimon like Bokomon, he acted like a father to them all, always sticking by them. And Neemon, no matter how dim-witted he was, he was always a Digimon one could trust.
"And how are they? Bokomon and Neemon?" asked Tommy.
"My Papa- err.. father Bokomon and Neemon are safe. When trouble began, they relocated. I'm not sure where but I assure you they're safe." Seraphimon told them. "Anyway, that book was read all over the world and the Digimon's appreciation for the Warriors grew even more. Everything was wonderful."
Seraphimon nodded towards Gennai, who smiled. "The same thing was going on on our world." was all he said and the Digidestined sweat-dropped.
Cherubimon raised up an eyebrow. "That's all?"
Gennai smiled again. "Well, minus the book. But yes, that's all."
Matt shared looks with Tai, groaning.
"Um, alright..." Ophanimon held up a hand and in the middle of the tables, a projection appeared. "What does this look like to you?"
Cody cocked his head. It was a projection of a shadow. And the edges made it seem as if what was causing the shadow to be furry. It was something that stood on four legs and in front, Cody thought he could make out a trunk. "It looks like elephant. With..fur?"
Ophanimon nodded.
"A Digimon." said Armadillomon.
Another nod.
"A...Mammothmon?" Nova asked and Ophanimon smiled.
"Yes, good job. This is what's terrorizing us."
"What?" said Joe. "What does it really look like?"
Cherubimon sighed. "This is it. This is really what the enemy looks like."
Ophanimon held up her hand again and some red eyes appeared on the shadow Mammothmon, but that was it. "This is a shadow minion or a Sombra."
"That's Spanish for 'Shadow', right?" asked Kari and Gennai nodded.
"For now, we have no clue as to where these come from. But our guess is that they must come from the eastern hemisphere in the other Digital World. My world."
"That's our world?!" gasped Sora. "By the way, why are the Digital Worlds so close?"
"I'll explain that in a bit." Gennai answered. "Anyway, these Sombras are very lethal. Not only do they possess the ability of a regular Digimon, but they have the ability to shape-shift."
Davis' eyes popped out. "What?!"
The projection of Mammothmon turned into another shape.
"And what's that?" asked Serpahimon.
The Digidestined thought and thought about it, but none had a clue. After a while, he told him. The new projection was a Phantomon.
"You see?" he said. "Sombras are difficult to beat not only of their abilities, but it is proven to be difficult to decide in what form it is in." He paused slightly when the Digidestined muttered between themselves. "But luckily, our scouts found out that the Sombras have the ability to shape shift into two forms only. And not only that, but to stay within their levels. For example, if a form is a Rookie form, it can only turn into a Rookie form. No more, no less."
"So are there Sombras for every level?" Kouji asked.
Serpahimon nodded. "Yes, the highest being the Ultimate Digimon. Now, to get rid of them, one must fight it as though they are an actual Digimon. And once the Sombra is defeated, it drops down and vanishes. No data or anything is released."
"But yet, it's still like fighting a real Digimon." said Tai and looked at the pictures on the wall, thinking.
"We don't know who they work for or anything else. But just know that the Sombras are what we need to focus on defeating right now."
"Now, as to why the Digital Worlds are so close," Gennai began to say, "I have no clue about that either. Before our world came into this dimension, a portal was opened and it just sucked in the globe. And since it was sucked in, our worlds were in danger of collision but luckily, it stopped before it happened. Still, it's better to be aware if either of them move. Because if they do, both Digital Worlds WILL be ruined."
Gennai sighed and rested his elbow on Izzy's table. "I remember I was in my lab and when my world was sucked in, me and a few of my Digi friends held on to anything we could hold on to. Everything was going crazy, as though we were going through a massive earthquake. And when I woke up, everything was in a mess. I stood up and I found every Digimon gone. I then went outside the lab and I could see dark clouds in the sky beyond some mountains. Luckily a SkyDramon was flying by, offering help and I asked him for a ride. 'I'll take you to the Land of Celestails', he said and I had no idea what that was. But still, it was better than where I was. I took the offer and I ended up here, where I met the Three Celestials."
Ophanimon nodded. "We actually saw when Gennai's world passed though the portal. I remember the three of us, frozen as we watched. It stopped and I sent Digimon to scout. And as Gennai said, a SkyDramon brought him and he told us his side of the story."
Silence filled the room.
"So how do we stop them?" asked Tentomon.
"Do you know what a catalyst is?"
Biyomon raised up a wing. "It's something that causes something else to be change, am I right? Like, more powerful or something?"
Cherubimon nodded. "When our worlds came close to each other, something else came as a shooting star. We have no idea what it is, but our scouts informed us that the Sombras have him."
Lili frowned. "Him?"
"The catalyst has taken form as a Digimon, but we haven't seen it. The Sombras are planning to use the Catalyst as a way to try to make them digivolve into higher levels. For example, they want a Rookie to become a Mega, instead of staying in their levels. And if that happens, then we'll have an army of powerful Sombras and they will be extremely hard to beat. The last time our scouts checked, they said they were moving the Catalyst to Gennai's world."
"So the Catalyst is here on ours?" Kouichi asked.
Seraphimon nodded. "Your mission is to find the Catalyst and bring him here. Before it's too late."
"Well, that sounds easy and all," said Matt. "but aren't we forgetting something?"
Everyone nodded. "Yeah!"
Gennai smiled and snapped his fingers. On the original Digidestined's hands, their digivices appeared. Nova smiled at Impmon as he got his. The Warriors stared curiously at the digivices from ones at their tables.
"That little thingie makes your Digimon digivolve?" snorted Jp.
Yolei glared. "Oh yeah? And where's yours?"
Seraphimon snapped his fingers and the D-Tectors appeared on the Warrior's hands. Jp held up his blue and yellow digivice proudly. Meanwhile, Stephanie and Lili looked confused. Stephanie rose up her hand.
"Um, me and Lili don't actually have a Digivice..." she muttered.
Seraphimon cocked his head. "I'm actually not sure why you two are here."
"They were with us when we fell through the hole." Amy called out.
Tai grinned towards Agumon. "Are you ready to kick some Sombra ass?!"
"You bet I am!" his partner answered.
Gennai chuckled. "You actually can't digivolve yet."
Everyone froze.
What.
Ophanimon held up her hand once more and completely red emblem appeared on her hand. She held it up and everyone looked up at it.
"What's that?" asked Impmon.
"In order to have maximum power, we've combined all Spirits and Crests and separated them into four different emblems. Besides, we can't afford to lose any Crest or Spirit. Right now, we only have one. But we've put three other Digimon in charge of the others, just in case something happened." Ophanimon explained. "This emblem I have here is called the Fortis Emblem. And included in the Fortis Emblem are the Crests Courage and Friendship, and the Spirits Light, Fire and Wind. Oh, and for the Warriors, only the Human Spirits are included. And for the original Digidestined, the highest form is Champion. And the new Digidestined can only use your first digivolution."
Takuya looked up and fist pumped. "Yes!"
Izzy looked up from the laptop. "Um, can the ones who have been called out, tell me your names? You know, just in case."
"Takuya's Fire!" called out Takuya.
"Zoey, Wind right here!" Zoe added.
Kouji rose up a finger. "Kouji's light."
"Tai's Courage, Matt's Friendship and Davis is both." muttered Izzy as he typed.
Tai smirked towards Gennai. "See. Agumon can digivolve, after all."
Izzy finished typing and looked up at Jp. "Do me a favor and type the elements of you and your group? I already wrote down my groups' Crests."
Jp nodded and walked towards the red head and began to type into the laptop. After a few seconds he faced it again towards him. "There ya go."
Izzy began to read off the list. "Let's see...correct me if I'm wrong. Takuya's Fire, Zoe is Wind, Kouji is Light, Jp is Thunder, Tommy is Ice, Amy is Sound/Spirit and Kouichi is-" Izzy's breath caught in his throat.
"Kouichi's what?" asked Ken.
"I have the element of Darkness." said Kouichi calmly.
Kouji really didn't like the silence that came afterwards. And he really didn't like the stares his twin got from the other group. The others must have noticed too because they looked around and Amy looked worried. Nova just crossed his arms in slight disappointment at the Digidestined's obvious opinion of the darkness.
"Y-You're Darkness?" stuttered Kari shockingly.
"Is there a problem?" snapped Kouji and glared.
Ken smiled. "No, there's not."
Zoe looked at Amy, who looked back. I don't like this.
Me either. Amy bit her lip.
"So when do we get going?" asked Lili, the other Warriors thanking her silently.
"The sooner the better." said Tai and stood up. "We'll leave tomorrow morning."
Ophanimon nodded. "Good."
Kari sat in her chair, frozen. Tk was the same next to her.
As everyone left the room, they both watched as Amy walked towards Him and held his hand, kissing his cheek in the progress. His twin walked on the other side of him and placed a protective arm around his shoulders. The other Warriors simply chatted among themselves.
"See?!" hissed Kari at her boyfriend. "I TOLD you there was something wrong!"
Tk let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding. "You're right." He turned his head towards her.
"And I can't believe Amy, of all people, is dating him! I can't believe she's a freaking Celestial Digimon AND that her boyfriend is pure Darkness! It's like a sheep dating a wolf!" gasped Kari. "She's a Digimon of Light. Light and Darkness don't mix!"
Gatomon and Patamon looked at them. "But you didn't have a problem with them before.."
"That was before, Gatomon." said Kari. "BEFORE we found out he was Darkness!
Tk glared at Kouichi as he walked in the distance. "We can't trust them."
*everyone is inside dark room*
TK: AYEEEEEEEEEEEE!
KARI: HELP MEEEEEEE!
KOUJI: *turns on light*
TK AND KARI: That was scary
AQUA: -_- Tk, Kari, I really like you two but I think you guys got a phobia of darkness or something.
DAVIS: *spins around in rotating chair with some nerd glasses on his face. Points to couch next to him* Please. Step into my office
AQUA: Okay..so while Tk and Kari talk with 'Dr.' Davis, I guess we'll stop right here.
TK: Don't forget to review
KARI: And follow!
KOUJI: And favorite
DAVIS: *turns around chair, takes off glasses and winks.* Good-bye. *gives a sexy smile*
*silence. Even crickets are silent*
DAVIS: Now that's messed up :(