Frontier 02: Home Frontier – Chapter 19: Gatomon's Secret
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Kouji: *sigh*
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JP: And that would be?
madjack89: Why are all of your attacks lightning based, yet you are the warrior of thunder?
JP: Because thunder and lightning go together.
Takuya: Actually, she's got a point. Lightning and thunder are two separate things.
JP: But…!
Kouichi: Guys, this is simple to figure out. Which sounds better: warrior of thunder or warrior of lightning?
Takuya and JP: Oh…
Daiki: You sure are smart, Chief!
Kouichi: Well, I do try to use my brain.
Takuya and JP: Hey!
Kouji: Nice.
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madjack89: Alright, time for chapter nineteen! Hooray!
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"Witch…mon?" Takuya stared at the Digimon before him. "So, you're like a female Wizardmon?"
Witchmon was suddenly in front of Takuya, glaring at him angrily. "Don't you ever compare me to that wanna-be brother of mine EVER AGAIN!"
Takuya hastily shook his head yes. Witchmon smiled sweetly as if nothing had happened. "Good!" she said happily. "Now let's see what we can do about your friend over here."
Takuya followed Witchmon back to Kouji, crouching down beside Gatomon. He glanced at her, noticing she looked guilty. Why would she be guilty? he thought suspiciously.
Witchmon looked Kouji up and down for several seconds. "I believe that this boy is in severe pain!" she said triumphantly.
Takuya and Kouji both stared at her in disbelief. "What gave you that idea, genius?" Kouji muttered weakly, trying to be sarcastic.
"Yeah, we had already figured that out," Takuya added.
Witchmon ignored them and began taking things out of her coat. "Here it is!" she cried, finding the object she needed.
In her hands was a bottle filled with a clear, bubbly liquid that looked almost like Sprite. Witchmon took the cap off the bottle and lowered it down to Kouji. "Alrighty kid, bottoms up!"
Kouji looked at the bottle warily. He shakily reached for it then hesitated.
"It's okay, Kouji." Takuya turned to see Gatomon smiling sincerely at Kouji, speaking up for the first time. "I wouldn't have brought Witchmon if I didn't have complete trust in her. After all, she is my sister."
Takuya's eyes widened in surprise. "You mean, you two…you two are…"
"Sisters, yes," confirmed Witchmon. "Though I don't have full trust in you, Gatomon," she added in a whisper that only Takuya seemed to catch. His eyes narrowed slowly. Gatomon…
"Argh!" Takuya was broken out of his thoughts by Kouji's scream of pain. He stared helplessly at Kouji as he writhed in pain.
His head turned to Witchmon. "Well, go ahead!" he yelled slightly hysterically.
"Now calm down, Takuya," replied Witchmon calmly, using his name for the first time. "All we have to do is get someone to hold him still while I get him to swallow this." She held up the bottle. "Would you like to do the honors, kid?"
Takuya nodded immediately. "Of course!" He quickly got behind Kouji's head, carefully grasping his arms in a firm grip. Then he slowly brought Kouji into an almost-sitting position.
Kouji relaxed slightly, and Takuya thought he saw his eyes growing hazy. "Hurry up!" he said urgently.
"Okay, Mr. Kouji Minamoto, get ready for the worst thing you've ever tasted," said Witchmon, chuckling as she slowly poured the liquid into Kouji's mouth.
Everything was still for a moment as Takuya, Gatomon, and Witchmon stared at Kouji anxiously. Kouji's eyes opened slowly, and he coughed. He glanced at Witchmon, smiling slightly. "That was terrible, but I think it did the job."
Witchmon smiled back at him. "Told you."
Takuya breathed a huge sigh of relief. "Thank god," he muttered happily.
"I'm glad," said Gatomon. Takuya glanced at her, noticing that she still looked guilty. His fists clenched and unclenched for a moment, thinking of what she would be guilty about.
Kouji stared at his hands, horror clear on his face. "What have I done," he muttered, glancing at Takuya's wounded chest.
Takuya saw Kouji staring and glanced at his chest as well, realizing that his shirt had been slashed, dried blood soaked into his clothes. "Crap," he muttered, seeing the big slash Kouji's attack had left. "I liked this shirt, too."
"It wasn't that nice a shirt. I'd say this kid did you a favor," said Witchmon, chuckling good-naturedly.
Takuya grinned back. "So says you, Miss Tattered Cloak." Witchmon glared at him for a second, then began to laugh harder. Takuya joined in the laughter as well, forgetting his wound for a moment.
"I'm sorry." Takuya stopped when he heard Kouji's apology. He smiled at his depressed-looking friend.
"No problem, Kouji," he replied softly. "You didn't mean it."
Kouji looked at Takuya, fear glinting off the tears in his eyes. "But I did mean it, Takuya. Despite being controlled, I knew completely what I was doing. I set off this mess in the first place…and that scares me."
"ARGHHH!" Takuya, Kouji, and the two Digimon looked up suddenly as an earsplitting cry pierced the night. They all paused and rose slowly, tensing for whatever had made that noise. Or whatever had attacked the thing that made the noise.
They heard a rustling in the bushes and a moment later Wizardmon stumbled into their midst, looking severely wounded. His eyes narrowed when he saw them, and then he fell in a heap.
"Um, take that?" said Takuya, cocking his head in confusion.
Suddenly Shino burst through the bushes. "Alright, where'd he go?" he said before noticing Wizardmon lying at his feet. He smiled happily. "I guess that takes care of that!" he exclaimed.
"Oh goody, it's my brother," muttered Witchmon, rolling her eyes.
Shino jumped, realizing that he wasn't alone. His eyes scanned the group and fell on Kouji. He tensed slightly, eyes narrowing.
Kouji flinched, stepping back. Takuya got in front of Kouji, waving his arms at Shino. "It's okay, Shino! He's okay! We took care of it!"
Shino glanced at Witchmon. "You mean this Digimon…?"
Witchmon bowed at Shino sarcastically. "Witchmon at your service, my liege."
Shino blinked at Witchmon in confusion. "Liege?"
"Yup! Anyone that kicks the crap out of my brother is a liege o' mine!" she said excitedly, gesturing to Wizardmon.
Shino looked at Witchmon quizzically. "Okay, clueless kid needs someone to explain," he said, pointing at himself.
Before anyone could answer, they heard another shriek coming from the same direction as before. Then they heard a grunt and a thump.
"Jeez, if it isn't one thing with you guys, it's another…" muttered Witchmon, following Takuya, Kouji, and Shino back through the bushes. Gatomon stayed behind, staring at Wizardmon warily.
She slowly walked up to him, placing a paw on his coat. She squeaked in surprise when Wizardmon's hand slapped her paw away. She looked at Wizardmon's face, seeing that he was glaring at her.
"Traitor," he murmured painfully. Gatomon winced at the betrayal that showed in his eyes.
"Why do you have to make me choose between you and Witchmon?" she muttered, a tear forming in her eye. Wizardmon quickly reached up and brushed it away.
Gatomon's eyes widened in hopeful surprise. Wizardmon withdrew his hand, angry expression returning. "Don't act like you care about me now. I know where your loyalties lie…"
"I may have been on Ilsemon's side before, but," Gatomon paused, gauging Wizardmon's hope-filled expression. "But now I see the evil she causes. She is not the best hope for the Digital World. Why can't you see that for yourself?"
Wizardmon glanced behind Gatomon and smiled. "Witchmon's gotten to you, hasn't she? What happened to all that time you spent carrying out Ilsemon's orders? All the Digimon you killed in her name? You wouldn't even have met these kids if you hadn't been spying on them for Ilsemon!"
"I knew it!" Gatomon turned sharply to see Takuya, Shino, and Witchmon standing not far from them, Takuya glaring at her.
"Is it true, Gatomon? You really…" Shino paused, glancing away from her. "You betrayed us."
"Yeah she did," said Witchmon, shaking her head. "Though she did ask for my help with your friend. And she stopped leaking information after awhile."
Takuya took a step forward. "But she still did it! Urgh…I can't believe we trusted you! You spied on us. You betrayed us to our enemy. And look at what happened to Kouji because of you!"
Gatomon's paws clenched and unclenched. "I'm sorry," she murmured almost inaudibly.
"Yeah, well sorry won't fix what you've done!" Takuya paused as Witchmon put a hand on his shoulder, shaking her head slowly.
Takuya calmed down slightly. "Well, the least you can do is tell us who this Ilsemon is so we'll be ready for her."
"No! You can't!" yelled Wizardmon urgently, getting up slowly despite his injuries. He glared at Gatomon's guilty face. "If you do that, I swear that I will unleash an attack that will kill us all, right here, right now."
Everyone jumped in surprise, looking at Wizardmon warily. "Wizardmon, this is madness!" cried Witchmon, looking worried for the first time.
Wizardmon chuckled slowly. "Unlike Gatomon, I'm loyal to Ilsemon, and she doesn't want you knowing about her just yet." Wizardmon leaped forward, grabbing Gatomon around the neck and preparing to leave. "Oh, and by the way, I know you were waiting for me to say this, so here I go. Madness? This is Sparta!"
With that, Wizardmon and Gatomon disappeared without a trace. The other three stared at the spot for a moment. "Wizardmon…" grumbled Takuya and Shino together.
"Oh, a 300 joke. THAT'S never been used before, Wizardmon," said Witchmon sarcastically.
"Guys, what the hell are you doing?" Kouichi suddenly burst through the bushes, followed by Kouji, whose arm he had in a death grip.
Takuya and Shino stared at him quizzically. "Um, what do you mean, Chief?" asked Takuya.
"What do you mean, what do I mean?" yelled Kouichi angrily, pointing an accusing finger at Takuya. "Look, I know you don't like Gatomon, but that doesn't mean you can just stand there and let her get kidnapped!"
"I believe the phrase is cat-napped," said Witchmon.
"Kouichi, I think you're cutting off Kouji's blood circulation to his hand," added Shino, pointing at Kouji's fingers, which were turning blue.
"It's fine," muttered Kouji, wiggling his fingers half-heartedly.
"Kouichi, you apparently didn't hear the entire conversation," said Takuya. "I don't really want to be the bearer of bad news, but she's not who we thought she was."
Kouichi cocked his head in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"I mean that she was a spy all along! This entire time, she's been plotting against us! It's because of her that all of this happened with Kouji!" Takuya took a deep breath, trying to calm down. "Look, I know that you were friends with her and everything, but it was all an act. I'm sorry, Chief."
Kouichi paused before responding, and then sighed. "I guess that shows that you can't trust everyone," he said, quickly glancing at Witchmon.
Witchmon blinked and smiled. "I suppose so," she said.
"Okay, so where are Zoe and JP?" Shino asked Kouichi, empathizing Zoe's name.
"They went to go see how Kira, Daiki, and Hotaru are doing," he replied, oblivious to Shino's jealous glare.
Takuya chuckled slightly. "I still can't believe you actually tripped over JP, Chief. I mean, how did you not see him?"
Kouichi blushed in embarrassment. "Well, I wasn't really paying attention to what was on the ground in front of me…"
"Oh crap!" Shino suddenly exclaimed.
"What? Here? Jeez, people can't clean up after their pets even in a freakin temple…" said Takuya, shaking his head.
Everyone paused for a second. "Kouji, I think that's your cue to say 'you idiot' or something like that," said Shino.
Kouji shrugged. "God, you're turning into Hotaru!" cried Takuya
Kouichi glanced at Kouji. "Kouji…?" he murmured, worry creasing his face.
"Um, guys, if you were wondering why I said oh crap, it's because I just realized that it's 3:30 in the morning, and we never went home after school," said Shino.
There was a longer pause this time. "Aw, crap!" exclaimed Takuya and Kouichi together.
"I'll leave you to that, then," said Witchmon, vanishing in the same manner as Wizardmon.
"Oh man, my parents are gonna murder me!" cried Takuya.
"Your parents? Mine aren't just gonna murder me, they're gonna lock me in my room with only food and water for the rest of my life, which won't be too long now!" cried Shino.
"Great, Mom's probably sent out a search party by now," said Kouichi exasperatedly.
"I'm not going home," Kouji said suddenly.
"Kouji…" Takuya began.
"No, Takuya," Kouichi interrupted. "Do you want to stay with me and Mom?" he asked Kouji.
Kouji shook his head yes.
"Well, that settles that," said Takuya unenthusiastically. "Guess we better go," he added, gesturing for Shino and Kouichi to follow.
"Better call Zoe and see how everyone's doing first," said Shino, taking out his D-Tector and trying the strategy of pressing all the buttons until something happens.
Kouichi glanced at the sky for a moment. Good luck finding her, Witchmon, he thought.
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madjack89: That took a long time and the ending sucks, but there you go! I'm really, really, really, really sorry it took so long, but I've been busy lately, so sorry! I'm not really in the mood to write an ending commentary today, so sorry for that, too! I'll try to make the next chapter better than this one and get it to you quicker! Oh, and if anyone cares, my birthday is Saturday, so I may bring that up in the next commentary! And also, if you want to see something else that I've been working on that I just got done, go to youtube and look up my account (madjack89). It should be uploaded soon! Once again, sorry! I'll see you in chapter twenty!