Frontier 02: Home Frontier — Chapter 3: Reunion
madjack89: Hello, everyone! It's time for chapter three! My confidence has been boosted by the reviews I've gotten, not to mention some of you favorited my story! That makes me really happy! And now it's time to reply to the reviews I've received.
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greywindfalcon: Thank you for leaving me two reviews! Sorry about the cliff hangers (I can't help myself!). This chapter shouldn't be too bad for you! And I enjoy reading your reviews (as I enjoy any reviews I get)! So please stick with me and enjoy chapter three!
GoldenDragon326: Thanks for the review! And I wouldn't really let anything happen to them in just the third chapter. I'm not that sadistic! I just like writing cliffhangers too much! :)
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Takuya: You know, I think I like this greywindfalcon person.
madjack89: Yeah, you would Takuya. Alright, it's time for chapter three!
Disclaimer: I forgot a disclaimer in the last chapter, so let me remind everyone that I don't own Digimon Frontier. However, I do own the other four OC legendary warriors because I made them up and they came from my head alone!
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THUMP!
JP and Hotaru looked out the window to see a rock thump against the window pane. Looking down, they saw Takuya, Kouichi, and Daiki standing at the foot of the building. Takuya chucked another stone at the window just as JP slid the glass up to talk to them.
"Hey g…" The stone hit JP square in the forehead just as he began to call out a greeting. JP immediately grabbed his forehead in pain, glaring down at Takuya.
"Takuya!" yelled JP, chucking the stone back down at Takuya. The stone hit Takuya on the head, causing him to fall over.
"I'll kill you, JP!" screamed Takuya, grabbing an even larger stone to lob back at JP.
"Enough with the rock wars, guys! We have more important things to deal with!" Kouichi yelled impatiently, motioning for JP and Hotaru to come down as well.
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"Wow, I don't think I've ever seen anyone else use a hairbrush and a piece of string as a weapon like that," praised Kouji.
Shino smiled. "Well, when your life is in danger, you have to think on your feet, I guess," he said, taking a sip of his drink. After Shino had fended off Falcomon (I won't give you all the details), Kouji and Shino decided to stop at a café and get something to eat.
"Well, he's still out there, so we should stay on our guard," muttered Kouji, tensing up.
"What are you, a Navy Seal? Look, I'm grateful that you helped me out back there, but this is the real world, and whatever this thing does, it's not gonna help a couple of kids beat a monster like that," said Shino, holding up the D-Tector in his hand. "I'm sorry, but I'm heading home. This is just a little too weird."
Shino got up, preparing to leave, when Kouji grabbed his arm. "That is exactly what this device can help you do," said Kouji, grinning smugly. "Let's go meet some of my friends, and then I can explain everything to you."
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"Wow, it suddenly makes perfect sense!" exclaimed Daiki.
Takuya, Kouichi, and JP all stared at him, perplexed. All of them, along with Hotaru, were standing under the tree outside of their school, watching as students began to file out of the building. They had skipped school and come out here in order to tell their story to Daiki and Hotaru (editing out the parts about Duskmon so they couldn't judge Kouichi on just that basis) and explain the situation to them. This, however, hadn't been the response they had expected.
"So, you're not surprised that there's a completely different world out there inhabited by super beings with immense power at their disposal?" said Takuya.
"Nope."
"And you don't think it's weird that we have the ability to convert our DNA into data and transform into said beings?" said JP.
"Nope."
"And you don't think it's odd that somehow, you and your cousin have suddenly been given the resources to transform as well?" said Kouichi.
"Nope."
"Well, that's a load off our shoulders," said Takuya, feeling relieved that Dai was into the paranormal and was crazy enough to believe them without a demonstration. "And what about you, big guy?"
Takuya directed this question at Hotaru, who merely looked at Takuya and shrugged.
"Don't bother. I haven't been able to get him to talk all day. He's like a mime," said JP, gesturing at Hotaru.
"What are you talking about? Hotaru always talks to me! Right, Hotaru?" said Daiki, looking expectantly at Hotaru.
Hotaru shrugged again. "Sure Dai, whatever you say," he said, smiling at Daiki's enthusiasm.
"But…I…he…wouldn't…" stammered JP, staring at Hotaru in disbelief.
"Well, I guess we know how to get him to talk," said Kouichi, chuckling.
Suddenly, a giant owl swooped down from nowhere and grabbed Daiki by the shoulders, carrying him high into the air.
"Dai!" cried Hotaru, looking desperately into the air. He turned sharply around to stare at Takuya, Kouichi, and JP. "Teach me how to use this D-Tector thing right now!" Hotaru demanded, a fire burning in his eyes.
"I have a better plan," said JP, taking out his own D-Tector. Takuya and Kouichi followed his example.
"It's time to test them out, guys," declared Takuya, hand already glowing with the familiar data stream. "Hotaru, watch and learn!"
With that, Takuya, Kouichi, and JP were engulfed in data. Hotaru stared, wide-eyed, as he saw what had taken their place when the data cleared.
Agunimon, Lowemon, and Beetlemon stood in front of Hotaru now, preparing to attack the owl Digimon. "Beetlemon, you catch Dai when he falls. Lowemon, follow my lead!" said Agunimon, instantly taking the leadership position.
While Beetlemon got in position, Agunimon and Lowemon went on the offensive, preparing to attack. "You can't attack it! Dai's up there!" yelled Hotaru, getting more and more anxious by the second.
"Calm down, we're not gonna hit him," said Agunimon, brimming with over-confidence.
"Don't get too cocky," cautioned Lowemon. "We don't know anything about this guy yet."
"And the best defense is a good offense," said Agunimon, fire suddenly bursting forth from his arm. "Pyro Darts!" he yelled, throwing small pins of flame at the owl Digimon.
Instead of letting go of Daiki, as Agunimon had planned, the Digimon maneuvered himself so that Daiki would take the full blast of the attack.
"Crap!" Agunimon exclaimed, rushing over to try to stop the attack.
"What'd I tell you!" yelled Lowemon, following Agunimon.
"Hang on, kid!" Beetlemon cried, rushing to get in front of the blast.
"Howling Laser!" Suddenly a beam of light shot out of nowhere, hitting the Digimon and causing it to drop Daiki. "Gotcha!" said Beetlemon, catching Daiki and placing him safely on the ground.
Everyone turned to see that the blast had come from another Digimon, this one wolf-like in appearance. It turned and smirked at Agunimon. "You never learn, do you, Takuya?" it said, amused.
"Lobomon!" cried Agunimon, too relieved to be angry.
"Kouji! Where have you been all day?" called Lowemon, relieved as well.
"I got sidetracked protecting this guy from that Digimon, Falcomon," explained Lobomon, moving to reveal that behind him stood a boy about their age that looked like he was about to faint.
"You don't say," called a voice from above. They all looked up to see a fairy-like Digimon flying toward them carrying a girl, also about their age, in her arms. This girl didn't look as frightened as the boy with Lobomon. Instead, she seemed to be laughing hysterically at some unknown joke.
"Kazemon!" Beetlemon instantly flew up to greet her.
"Look who I found in school today," she said, ignoring Beetlemon and setting the girl on the ground. She was still giggling, but when she glanced at Agunimon, she burst out laughing again.
"What?" said Agunimon, staring at the girl.
The girl took a few gasping breaths to compose herself. "'The best defense is a good offense,'" mocked the girl, still giggling. "Yeah, right! What are you, retarded? That strategy never works!"
"Hey, don't laugh at Agunimon!" sounded a childlike voice from behind them. They all turned to see Kumamon standing there, arms folded in irritation. "Though, I guess he deserves it for forgetting to pick me up from school today."
"Heh heh, sorry Tommy," said Agunimon sheepishly.
"Ninja Blade!" Everyone turned to see that Falcomon had unleashed an attack on them. Suddenly a whole volley of shuriken was flying at them at top speed.
"Anybody getting a Naruto feel right about now?" asked Beetlemon.
"Believe it," replied Agunimon.
The six legendary warriors pushed the other four out of the way as they all avoided the deadly knives.
"What do you say we take care of this guy?" asked Agunimon, glancing at the other five warriors. They all nodded their heads and began to circle Falcomon.
"Do you really think you can defeat me that easily?" scoffed Falcomon, maneuvering through them easily. "You don't even have the power of all ten warriors!"
"Oh, don't they?" Falcomon turned to see that behind him stood Ranamon, Grumblemon, Arbormon, and Mercurymon, the other four legendary warriors.
"A reunion of the ten legendary warriors," whispered Falcomon in horror as all ten closed in for a final assault.
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"I don't know how I did that, but that was amazing!" said Daiki, literally bouncing up and down with joy.
"That was creepy," said Shino, shuddering
"Get used to it, buddy, because you're part of the group now!" said Takuya, putting his arm around Shino's shoulder. After the fight, they had quickly returned to human form and went to the park to discuss what had just happened.
"But what I'm wondering is how Falcomon got here in the first place and why he was targeting just these four," pondered Kouji.
"C'mon, buddy, we'll have plenty of time to figure that out!" said Takuya, putting his other arm around Kouji.
"You really are carefree, aren't you, Taki?" chided Kira, using her new nickname for Takuya.
"You get used to it," replied Kouichi.
"I'll say," agreed Zoe. "Sometimes I wonder if you and Kouji are the only ones who use their brains."
"What about me?" asked Tommy sweetly.
"Don't try that sweet act on me," replied Zoe, not fooled.
JP suddenly sighed. "This is gonna be a long childhood."
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The cloaked Digimon stood staring at the image of the ten children, smiling crookedly.
"They are better than I thought," she said, chuckling evilly. "This proves that I can't just assault them physically. That would be futile. I need to find out more about their pasts, find their fears, their weaknesses. I need to get inside their heads and take them down from the inside.
"And then the resurrection can finally begin!"
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madjack89: Oops, I guess that was kind of a cliff hanger ending as well. But don't read too much into the last line. That won't be explained for a while now, so don't think much about it, and everything will be cool.
Everyone: *stares*
madjack89: What?
Takuya: What'd that mean when the Digimon said she'd take us down from the inside?
Tommy: Are we gonna die?
madjack89: Well...I guess you'll find out soon, won't you?
Kouichi: So I guess we'll see what you mean by that in the next chapter.
madjack89: Maybe. So remember to R&R and see you next time!
Shino: Is it too late for me to duck out of the story?