Koji looked over the selection of clothes in the shop they'd gone to. As expected, none of the clothes were the same brands or exactly the same designs as the clothes he normally bought, but he managed to find an outfit that was as similar to his old one as possible. He had black pants and white sneakers with light blue lightning bolts on the sides. The shirt Koji found was yellow with a white version of the Symbol of Light from this Universe on the front. He also had a new bandana that was dark blue with light blue lightning bolts decorating it, along with a dark blue jacket. Koichi's new clothes were a long-sleeved maroon shirt, which was pretty identical to his old one. His jacket was now a sleeveless camouflage one with long white pants and black shoes. He had even found a dark blue cap much like his old one.
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They also got several other outfits, but those were the two they liked the most. Next was furniture shopping. Koji didn't mind too much what was bought for him, but Koichi was amazed that they were asking him what he wanted. He chose a white wooden frame of a single bed. The mattress was a normal single, but the bed sheets and pillow were Digimon themed. The Takashi's also bought two bedside tables and a set of draws each for their charges clothes. As they were walking through another clothing shop, Koji spotted something in the belts. There were ones with single pockets on them. Koichi found a black one, and Koji chose a white one. These were where they would keep their D-Tectors so that they would (hopefully) keep them from getting lost, stolen ect. At least after they got them back. After paying for their new furniture, Takaru-San had them set up to be delivered to their house later that day. After all of that the group went to go buy some lunch since they were out, they figured that it was fine.
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They walked around for a while searching for where they wanted to eat. As they were walking passed a tram line that travelled above them, an explosion caused many people to scream in terror. The twins stared up at the destruction, only to see a Tyranamon wrecking the tram line, and advancing towards the tram itself. "Patamon!", "Gatomon!" the two adults exclaimed, holding out their Digivices towards their partners. Light enveloped both Holy Beast Digimon, "Patamon Digivolve to…. Angemon!" the Angel Digimon cried. "Gatomon, Digivolve to…. Angewomon!" the female Angel exclaimed. Both holy Digimon took to the sky towards the attacking Tyranamon. Before following them, Takaru-San turned to them and their children, "stay here, your Digimon aren't strong enough to Digivolve yet" he said to Kai and MJ. Both Koji and Koichi knew that order was directed at them as well, since they didn't have their D-Tectors, neither boy could fight either.
Right now the two angels were preoccupied distracting Tyranamon so that he wouldn't attack the Tram. The Warrior twins could hear the passengers screaming onboard the tram as explosions rocked the vehicle. "Aargh! Damn it all! If only we had our D-Tectors, we could help them!" Koji cried in frustration. "I'm more worried about those people- if we could Spirit Evolve, we could get them out of there, but as we are now-" Koichi said, but cut himself off as the enemy Digimon sent an attack at the Tram, "Blaze Blast!" the Dinosaur Digimon cried. Just as the attack seemed like it was going to hit, Angemon flew in the way, taking the hit and blocking the people inside the vehicle. "Angemon!" TK screamed. Suddenly a buzzing sound was heard over the battle. Everyone looked up to see a huge blue insect-like Digimon. A red-haired man leapt from the Digimon as he touched the ground, "go help Angemon Kabuterimon!" the man called. Kabuterimon flew off as soon as the man touched the ground.
He ran up to the two black-haired boys, "so, you're Koiji and Koichi then?" he asked, digging around in the bag he carried, "my name is Koushiro Izumi, but everyone calls me Izzy," the now named 'Izzy' introduced himself. He pulled something out of his bag, "I believe these are yours" he said, holding out two devices to the boys. Their eyes lit up, "our D-Tectors!" Koichi said happily, taking the Device and finding Lowermon and JagerLowermon staring up at him. "TK called and told me about what you'd said, and I have to admit, I'm quite curious to see this 'Spirit Evolution' as well" Izzy explained. The twins looked at each other, before nodding. Koichi closed his eyes and raised his right hand above his head, while lowering his left hand that held his D-Tector. Koji held his D-Tector out in front of him, while putting out his right hand. The hands of each boy that weren't holding their Digivices, lit up with a white ring around them. Koichi brought his right hand down and his left hand up, clashing the ring with the top of his D-Tector. Koji crossed his arms, so his left hand which held his D-Tector was on the opposite side as his other hand. His right hand with the ring clashed against his Digivice which he held sideways. He lifted both arms above his head, "Execute! Spirit Evolution!" he exclaimed, pulling the D-Tector down and away from his other hand which was still above his head.
Koji become engulfed in a cocoon of light and after it disappeared Koji looked to be wearing slightly wolf-themed armour with a light blue and white colour scheme and a long blue and white scarf around his neck reaching almost down to his feet and wielding two Light-Sabre-like weapons "Lobomon!" he exclaimed. "Execute! Spirit Evolution!" Koichi cried, pulling his hand away from it, and becoming engulfed in a cocoon of light. When it faded the boy looked like he was wearing lion-themed grey and gold armour with decorative lion heads on his shoulders and the middle of his chest. He had a purple see-through lion-shaped shield on his left arm and held a long spear in his right hand "Lowermon!" Koichi exclaimed. Kai, MJ and Izzy stared in shock and awe, "they really can turn into Digimon" the red-head said in awe. "Wow" MJ whispered. Kai stared at the boy that he called Senpai. He could feel a very strong feeling of Darkness coming from this, 'Lowermon'. But it didn't feel evil.
It felt powerful, sure. But it also felt pure and good. Lowermon looked over at Lobomon, "I'll get the people out of there, you help the others distract that Tyrananmon, we need to keep his attention and attack away from the tram Koji" he explained. The Digimon Koji had become nodded, "I've got your back bro, get going!" he exclaimed, leaping into the air and landing on the supports of the tram line, scaling them with gymnastic grace. Lowermon turned to Izzy, Kai, MJ and the two children's Digimon, "I'll get the civilians off the Tram, I want you guys to protect them from down here if you can" he said. Then the Warrior of Darkness also scaled the Tram line supports, heading towards the tram itself. Meanwhile Koji headed towards the battered looking Angel Digimon. "Blaze Blast!" Tyranamon cried, shooting another fireball at Angemon. Said Digimon was too tired to move, but even if he could, he wouldn't. He needed to protect these people, even if that meant nothing more than taking attack after attack and shielding them with his body.
AngeWomon tried to shoot a Celestial Arrow at the Dino Digimon, but he just swiped his tail around and knocked the attack out of the sky. "Angemon!" she screamed in tandem with TK. Just as it looked like the attack would take him out a glowing blade sliced through the fireball, detonating it prematurely. When the smoke cleared, Koji as Lobomon was seen standing in front of Angemon, both Light Sabres glowing and crackling intensely with bright white light and showing his controlled rage, "not today" he said ominously, glaring at the Dino Digimon. Angemon rose slightly higher in the sky, "thanks" he said tiredly to his new ally. "No problem, my brother will get those people to safety, so until then, you think you can keep being a Digimon shield?" he asked. "Only if you're one too" the Angel Digimon replied. Meanwhile, Koichi reached the first car, quickly ripping away the door. Several people screamed when he did, "it's okay, I'm here to help" he said to the terrified people in the car.
Lowermon took account of the amount of people in the car, the children, elderly, Digimon and adults. "Alright, Children first! Please stay calm, I'm going to get everyone out" he called. The children lined up in front of him, many trembling and whimpering with fright. The Warrior of Darkness took several children into his arms and jumped down to the ground. Upon releasing them, Kai, MJ, Tokomon and Salamon called over to them, "come on, over here!" After he saw that the situation was under control their, Lowermon climbed back up to the Tram. He took several more children, quickly getting them down to the ground. As he continued to take people from the vehicle, Lowermon glanced over at the fight going on between the two Angel Digimon, his brother and the Tyranamon. They were attacking the evil Digimon, but they had to be very careful to avoid hitting the tram that was behind the Dino. Koichi knew that he had to hurry, the longer he took getting these civilians to safety, the more the Digimon and his brother would have to take the attacks and get hurt, without actually fighting back properly.
Lowermon was getting the civilians out of the Tram as fast as possible, but he could only carry so many people at once. Tyranamon fired a huge fireball at the Tram. "No!" Koji cried, leaping in front of the attack. "Koji!" Lowermon screamed as he watched his brother get engulfed in a huge explosion. When the smoke cleared, Lobomon's form was entirely blacked out, Spirit floating in front of him with his Fractal Code entirely visible. Koichi was furious. "Lowermon Slide Evolution!" he cried, form switching from his Human Spirit to his Beast one, JagerLowermon. He leapt down from the tram, landing protectively in front of his twin. "That's it! I will never forgive anyone who threatens my brother!" he exclaimed. All the jewels on the jaguar-like Digimon's body glowed red and a huge dark purple energy coalessed above him, "Dark Master!" JagerLowermon cried. A huge ethereal version of himself appeared above and around his body.
Koichi roared and charged forwards, smashing right through the Tyranamon. The evil Digimon roared, before bursting into pieces of data and disappearing. Quickly changing back to human, the Dark twin rushed over to his brother, who had by now also returned to human form and appeared unconscious. "Koji!" he cried, kneeling by his side and checking him over for any serious injury. Takaru-San and Hikari-San came over with their children, "are you guys okay?" Hikari-San asked. Koichi frowned in worry, cradling his twin in his arms, "I'm not sure, Koji's still breathing, and in the Real World our human bodies don't have Fractal Code, but-" he drew in a shuddering breath, holding the other boy closer and trying to keep from tearing up. TK placed a hand on Koichi's shoulder, "why don't we take him to the hospital and just have him checked, okay? Then you won't have to worry so much" the blond man suggested gently.
Koichi wiped his eyes and nodded, "yes, right, let's go" he whispered. They took Koji to the hospital the fastest way they could: Angemon and AngeWomon flew them there. After they reached the hospital the two Angels Dedigivolved, collapsing as Patamon and Gatomon in exhaustion. TK carried Koji inside and called over the Doctors, "please, help my brother!" Koichi called desperately. A doctor rushed over to the group and began asking questions about what had happened. The Kimura was in shock and more than terrified. He sank to a chair and clutched his head in his hands. Now he knew the absolute terror Koji felt when he found him laying in that operating room with his heart stopped. If anything happened to his twin- he'd lose it. Koichi felt like he was falling. Just like when he'd been corrupted by Cherubimon. He'd fallen into a dark void that he couldn't escape from. His heart had been so deep in evil that if Koji had never found him. If his twin, his Light never purified his spirit, he'd still be trapped as Duskmon right now.
But now his Light was in danger of being snuffed out and he felt so helpless. Koichi felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking up, he found Takaru-San looking at him sympathetically. The Dark Twin looked utterly miserable. "You know, you remind me of how my older brother and my brother-in-law acted towards me and Kari when we were young. They were more often than not overly protective of us. I wouldn't call you overly protective, and I know you have every right to care for and worry about your twin, especially when he's hurt. But if my experiences as a DigiDestined has taught me anything it's that the people we think we have to protect are often a lot stronger than we think. And that that strength can project itself in many different ways. In my case, it's my hope. I never give up, and I can always find the hope in any situation. What is your strength Koichi?" the blond man asked. Koichi looked down and pulled out his D-Tector. Lowermon and JagerLowermon stared up at him. "My desire to protect my brother. To never let myself be corrupted again. The belief of my friends and family. Those are my strengths" he said softly.
TK squeezed his shoulder in comfort. "Takashi-San?" a voice said from behind them. Both turned to see the doctor who'd treated both Koji and Koichi when they'd first been found and brought to the hospital. "Minamoto-Kun has been stabilized, his body had gone into shock, but we managed to revive him," the man began. The older twin sighed in relief, "for now it's in his best interests to keep the boy sedated until his nervous system relaxes. If it's alright with you, we'll keep you updated of his condition and when he wakes and is well enough to leave, we'll let you know" the Doctor explained. Koichi frowned, "can I see him?" he asked. The man looked like he wanted to protest, "please, he's my twin brother, I have to know that he's okay for myself!" the boy begged. The doctor sighed, "very well, but only a short visit, he needs as much rest as possible" he acquiesced. Koichi and Takaru-San were led to the room containing Koji.
The Dark twin looked nervous, but he took a deep breath and opened the door. There was Koji. Laying unconscious on the hospital bed with an IV drip in his arm and an oxygen mask over his face to help regulate his breathing. But he didn't look as bad as the older twin had feared. Koichi went up to his brother's side and gripped his hand, "Koji, I'm so sorry" he whispered. "I'm so, so sorry that I let this happen to you. But you'll be okay, I promise. I'll come visit every day until you're better. I'm gonna stay by your side as much as possible Koji, I won't let you be alone." Koichi tried to fight the tears that gathered in his eyes, tried to be strong for his twin, but he couldn't, "it'll be okay! I swear! As soon as you wake up I'll be here! I'll come running just like you did! I'll come, and I'll be right by your side when you wake up Koji, I promise you that" he sobbed. Eventually Takashi-San had to practically drag him away as his body refused to let go of his brother. When they finally left the hospital, Koichi absolutely broke down.
His body collapsed and he couldn't even move. All he could do was sob uncontrollably. Ever since he'd met Koji, the darkness inside of him wasn't just dark anymore. It had a spark of light within it. Like a Yin-Yang symbol. But now without Koji by his side, he felt that light slowly disappear. No. Koji wouldn't want him to give up! He would be fine. After he'd finished healing, they would go back to Takashi-San's house and continue their mission. Then they could go home. He had to be strong now. For his brother's sake. Koji never gave up on him. So he wouldn't give up on his brother.
To Be Continued
