Posted on: November 25, 2009
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Chapter 13
Death Bringer and Life Giver
"It's their Castle… This is where AncientGaiamon and AncientSeishinmon used to live!"
"Correct." A deep male voice replied. The three chosen children turned towards the familiar sounding voice. A winged equine figure approached, appearing through the veil of shadows cast by the moon.
Sam's eyes lit up, "Pegasusmon!"
The winged horse Digimon dipped his head, giving a slight nod. "This is indeed where the Warriors Lost to Time once lived. This castle once was one of the most magnificent structures in the Digital World."
"What happened to it?" Takuya asked quietly, his eyes moving to the ruins around them.
Pegasusmon shook his head, "Time. This castle fell into disrepair once the Warriors were gone and Lucemon slain. The elements gnawed at the castle's ankles, and it succumbed to the ages."
"It was thought that this place was lost, hidden by the Ancient Warriors' Spirits." A new voice said. A thin, human figure emerged from the shadows, standing beside Pegasusmon. She wore a plain yellow and red kimono. Her face and hands looked like cherry blossoms, the centers painted like traditional Kabuki styled face paint. Her hair was wild and long, colored deep orange.
"Only in recent years have these ruins shown themselves to the Digital World after being lost for so long," she continued, "I believe… it's because of your presence."
Takuya blinked, glancing at Danny and Sam. "What do you mean…?"
"I apologize; I am Kabukimon, guardian of the Ruins of Gaiamon and Seishinmon's Castle. Only within the past century have these ruins appeared, despite clearly being millennia older. I believe their reappearance is a sign of Gaiamon and Seishinmon's imminent return," Kabukimon explained carefully.
Danny locked eyes with Kabukimon, wanting answers. "What does that have to do with us?" he asked with a tinge of demand in his voice.
"When the New Warriors' Spirits retired, evil sprouted." Pegasusmon explained, "At first, it seemed to be something that could be dealt with, without human aid. We were sorely mistaken when the monstrosity that is BlackWarGreymon appeared and began to wreak havoc. Seraphimon immediately put forth the call for your return."
Takuya nodded, "and we came back."
Kabukimon smiled sadly, "Not at first. The original message did not go through. We soon found this evil to be none other than Lucemon again. He intercepted the message and terminated it. We waited for years, hoping you would come, not knowing that had happened."
"Seraphimon discovered Lucemon's meddling not long after these ruins appeared and the Life Oasis refilled. Two new sets of armor appeared before the Celestial Digimon, foreign to their memories. They immediately knew what they were, and sent us to hide and protect the new spirits." Pegasusmon added. "He then realized that two human children must have been chosen for these spirits based on their sudden appearance. Seraphimon immediately called upon you, as Ophanimon had done once before in the past."
The children nodded, accepting the information. Sam paused. "Wait… why won't my spirit work? I haven't been able to use it since I received from you Pegasusmon."
"That is because it is without its partner." Kabukimon answered.
Takuya stared at her quizzically, "Partner?"
"These two spirits are very special Warrior of Flame," Kabukimon said softly, "They are exact opposites, and very potent in power. Without the other to keep one in check, it would become unstable and unpredictable."
The brunette vaguely recalled his first experience as BurningGreymon at the mention of instability.
"I do believe we have reached the point where you receive the other half of the Cycle." Kabukimon said, watching Danny. "You must answer this riddle in order to retrieve the spirit."
Danny nodded, "I'm ready."
The guardian smiled again, "A nightmare for some. For others, as a savior I come. My hands, cold and bleak, it's the warm hearts they seek."
He paused, thinking. "Death- the Grim Reaper…" Danny replied.
The ground began to tremble. Kabukimon was smiling; he obviously got it right. The stone floor split before Danny, and black, white and neon green armor appeared before him. He held out his D-Tector, summoning the armor to the device. The black and green D-Tector's screen lit up for the first time with a neon green symbol.
"Warrior of Flame. We required you assistance." Pegasusmon said.
Takuya hesitated. "Uhm, Okay…" he replied uncertainly.
"We need a third being's energy to unlock the power of the new Warriors. Stand over there." Kabukimon instructed him to stand on the far side the circular clearing, holding out his D-Tector. She stood on the other side with Pegasusmon across from her, forming a triangle. "Stay put, young ones," She called to Danny and Sam.
Pegasusmon began to speak, his voice clear like a bell in a church. "Harmonics resound, Let Time wind back, the Stars shine young, and Emotions become raw."
As he spoke, energy gathered around his, Kabukimon's and Takuya's bodies. The energy swirled up and around the pair, blurring the landscape. The energy began to spin rapidly, making the area blur as if it were moving; which it was. The area was moving backwards in time.
Danny and Sam watched as the area flew backwards in time. The trees receded, crumbling walls rebuilt themselves; the images of Kabukimon, Pegasusmon, and Takuya faded as the walls of the castle completely reformed to their original magnificent stature.
The circular hall was grand, the walls built of white marble and the floor of jet black onyx. Tall cathedral windows made of black metal and frosted glass gave away nothing of the time of day. Rich red, blue, and green banisters fringed with gold, silver, and bronze adorned the ornate support columns that stood in between each window. Black candelabras bolted in the wall cast the room in a warm golden glow. A blood red carpet fringed with gold tassels lay upon the floor, with the design of a dark green Dragon and a blue Tiger woven into it.
Sam involuntarily grabbed a hold of Danny's hand. He gripped it tightly, trying to reassure her and himself as well.
"They have come, at long last." A deep voice said. Danny and Sam spun on their heels to face the speaker. Two figures stood before them, one male, and one female.
The male was tall, clad in a black bodysuit, with gold and white armor on his thighs and forearms. Gold and Black armor covered his chest; dark green shoulder guards and a matching armored raised collar secured to the chest plate by a sturdy gold V shaped strap. The golden strap also held a dark green cape in place. His feet looked like a dragon's paws with large ruby colored claws. Long lengths of white cloth were wound tightly around the arches of his feet. Most of his tanned face was obscured by his black helmet, and a green cloth that covered his mouth and nose. Two long, ruby colored spines and several shorter white ones adored the helmet like a dragon's horns and spine ridge. Long white hair flowed freely down his back.
The female wasn't as tall as the male. She wore bright white pants that went just past her knees, tucked into her boots. Her knee high boots were pale blue with periwinkle soles. Her metal chest plate was a solid deep periwinkle color. Attached to the belt on her waist was a long flowing periwinkle cape. Her shoulders were bare, revealing pale skin. Two identical pale blue arms guards adorned with white protected her upper arm; while two long periwinkle and darker periwinkle gloves covered her hands. An oval, crystal like shield was attached to her left arm. Two long white metal spines folded together at her collarbone. A light blue flexible armor covered her neck and part of her chin up to her ears. Her ears were hidden by silver wings, and large white pearls created a headband that went over her scalp connecting the wings. A single dark blue stripe was drawn under her left eye. She too had long flowing hair, only jet black.
"Seishinmon," Danny whispered staring at the male Digimon.
"and Gaiamon." Sam finished, gazing in awe at the female Digimon.
"We have little time," Gaiamon said softly.
Seishinmon nodded. "Young Ones, chosen by the Harmony, your destiny is nigh."
"Your destiny-," The Ancient of Life added, "to overcome the evil that corrupts this world and set the balance back in order."
"It will take the Courage and Friendship of each other to give you strength that is unmatched. You will need to Rely on your friends to battle at your sides." Seishinmon stated seriously.
Gaiamon went on, "You must show Love and Sincerity in order to join your power. Hope will serve as your guide, and Knowledge as your friend on this journey."
"The Light in your hearts is strong, follow it's glow, and it will never lead you astray." Seishinmon finished. Danny and Sam nodded, accepting the challenge charged to them.
Gaiamon turned towards the door suddenly, "Our time draws short."
"He has come…" Seishinmon growled.
Sam blinked. "Who has come?" she asked, dreading the answer.
"Our Fate is upon us," Seishinmon replied, "You will begin where we leave off."
Danny almost understood, "What do you mean? What's going to happen!?"
Gaiamon smiled sadly, "In a few short moments, I and Seishinmon, will die, and our life forces will pass on to you."
The doors at the far end of the room rattled and shook violently. There was a blast and an explosion. The doors flew off their hinges. A small angelic child floated in the doorway. "I have come for my Destiny." He whispered, a wicked smile spreading across his face.
Danny pulled Sam behind one of the columns as the angel attacked Gaiamon. "Grand Cross!" the attack slammed into Gaiamon hard, her body crashing into the wall.
Seishinmon unleashed a feral roar and summoned dark green energy into his hands, hurling it at the demonic angel. The angel beat his eight wings, making Seishinmon's attack dispel into nothing. "If that's the best you've got," the angel summoned another Grand Cross attack.
Before he could attack, a long spear flew from behind Seishinmon, aimed at the angel's heart. The angel dropped his attack and defended himself from the attack. Gaiamon had picked herself back up, eyes wild. The angel gritted his teeth, "I will defeat you! It is my destiny to rule!"
"No madman corrupt with their own power can rule, Lucemon." Seishinmon hissed.
Lucemon growled, "Then die! Grand Cross!" The attack flew across the room, ripping up the floor. Seishinmon took the full force of the attack, staggering from its power.
The angel smiled wickedly again, "I will rule. Grand Cross!" He attack again. Gaiamon leapt to dive in front of Seishinmon, to protect him. Both Digimon were caught in the blast. Their bodies turned dark and several streams of data swirled around their bodies. Lucemon made to absorb their data, only to find it being absorbed by two foreign entities.
Seishinmon's Data flowed into Danny's D-Tector and Gaiamon's data flowed into Sam's D-Tector. Lucemon roared with rage, ready to unleash his fury on the new warriors.
"Evolve…"
Danny nodded to Sam, who seemed to have heard the same whispered command. They held up their D-Tectors like the other chosen had time and again. A single stream of data appeared, only instead of blue, their data was brilliant white. Without further hesitation, the scanned the data ring as data burst from the devices.
"Execute! Spirit Evolution!" they cried out in unison.
He felt his body become stronger than it ever had been before. White armor line in green formed around his chest, shoulders, shins, thighs, and forearms. A black, slanted helmet formed over his head, and his now longer, white hair was tied back by a vivid violet band. A jet black body suit cover the remainder of his body, and a green cloth covered from his nose past his mouth.
She could feel a strong energy coursing through her body. Her hair grew immensely in length. Light blue armor formed around her chest. White, light blue, navy, and periwinkle arm guards and elbow length gloves appeared. She now had light blue boots that went as high as her knees, with her white pants tucked into them. Her ears became Elvin shaped and pierced with a deep blue diamond.
Danny opened his now brilliant green eyes, feeling a vaguely familiar energy flowing through him. "Ryumon! Warrior of Death!" he summoned bright green energy like Seishinmon had moments before, fists blazing.
Sam's fierce, light blue eyes, shot open. She smiled enjoying the new sense of strength. "Anzenmon! Warrior of Life!" she summon the spear Gaiamon had left behind to her hand, gripping it tightly.
Lucemon growled, ready to strike. They heard a gasp, and saw a tall female figure fleeing from the doorway. The angel seethed, one of the Warriors was awake… and was no doubtedly raising the alarm with the rest of the castle's occupants. He turned back to finish the two new warriors only to find their images almost faded, vanishing from this point in time.
"Grand Cross!" he attacked desperately, but they were already gone.
The air before Takuya, Kabukimon, and Pegasusmon vibrated and swirled with colors like it had moments ago before Danny and Sam had vanished. Takuya immediately became alarmed, but kept his cool based on the guardians' calm compositions.
There was a quick burst of light, blinding the brunette for a second. Danny and Sam were once more in the clearing with Kabukimon, Pegasusmon and Takuya. They were still in the Warrior forms, as that had been the key to escape the past and Lucemon's wrath.
Takuya tried not to gasp. Standing before him, were not just Danny and Sam's Warrior forms, but also the Digimon that had appeared in his dreams.
