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A/N: Sorry for this late update! Enjoy! And review!
Chapter 6: A long explanation
Back in the room
"I'll go find her." Takato said as the rest of the Tamers and Chosen were preparing to go to bed.
A nod from Jianliang and Juri signalled their agreement.
"Jian-niichan…"
"Shaochung, you've got to overcome your shyness." It was hard to imagine for Jianliang. Just two years ago Shaochung was so whiny that it was assumed by him that she was out-going, but things now had shown him otherwise. It's probably of her age… she's the youngest around here… Oh well… Time will calm her…
Lopmon was comforting Shaochung as she lied on the bed.
Outside
"Hikari…" Tailmon said as she stood beside her partner.
Why did this happen… Tears flow freely down from her eyes. Why? Why did they both… I hope we can still be friends… The times we had before that… Could I just forget it?
"Hikari-chan!" she turned around.
"Takeru-kun." she called softly.
"Hikari-chan." He was there in front of her. He wanted to step forward to comfort her but he held back.
"Yes?" she asked, turning her head away.
Tailmon grabbed Patamon and pulled him away. "Hey!"
"Taichi-san s-… Hikari-chan, is that?" he asked, pointing at the necklace around her neck.
"Yes." she answered.
"Why?"
"I… It's a gift to me so why can't I put it on?" she retaliated.
"I didn't say you can't but…"
She giggled slightly, recovering from her previously sad mood. "Okay. You gave it to me as a friend so I don't mind it…"
"Are you sure?" he said warily.
"Yes, Takeru-kun." She replied, suppressing her laughter.
"Then we're friends again?"
"Yes, best friends again." she said as she stepped forward and gave him a hug. "So why did you come?"
"They were going to sleep so I thought I should come and get you back."
"Thank you, Takeru-kun." she said as she started walking back towards the room.
"Hikari-chan." Takeru said as he stood still. "About Daisuke-kun, do you think you can just forget about it?"
"Why not?" she replied. "Now can we get going?"
"Let's go."
Patamon and Tailmon joined the two, happy that their partners are reunited again.
Balcony
"Ruki."
The girl stood there, ignoring the boy.
He stepped closer and tapped her shoulder. "Ruki."
She sighed. "What?"
"Ruki, the rest are turning in and you should go get some rest too."
"…"
"Ruki?"
"I'll go later."
"Ruki, about just now… Why did you…"
She sighed. "I feel uncomfortable around them… They have a big group and we're just the minority. I feel like I'll be neglected and hurt so I…"
"You know that isn't true, Ruki."
"What do you know?" she asked. "You never had to experience my life."
"Ruki, I've seen you open up to us from two years ago so why can't you do it again?"
"It isn't easy."
"You must try."
"I know but…"
"Ruki. The Digital World is in danger so I suppose we need to make friends with them soon."
She sighed. "I hope we can soon…"
"I know we can."
"Really?"
He nodded. She laughed. "Whenever did you become so mature?"
"What do you mean by that?" he spoke, irritated at her words.
"I mean you never did perceive things so deep. I thought Jian was the only one who could think so deep."
He growled slightly.
"Didn't you come to get me back? What are you waiting for?" she asked as she started walking away.
"W-Wait up!" he shouted as he raced after the girl.
Next Day
"Daisuke-kun…" she shook him.
"Hikari-chan?" he said groggily.
"Can we talk, alone?" she spoke softly, trying not to wake anyone up.
"Yup." he said, sounding half depressed, half excited as this is the first time Hikari talked to him after that event yesterday.
The two moved quietly to the balcony, although Hikari wondered why she had to be silent as there were loud snoring sounds from various Chosen Children and their partners.
"I… Could we be friends again and…"
"Really?" he replied excitedly.
"Yes but…" she tried to speak.
"Yes!" he punched his hand into the air and gave Hikari a hug.
"Daisuke-kun…" she replied, still stunned at his actions. "But could you just drop the thought that…"
"I will." he said certainly.
Both nodded as they smiled at each other, enjoying their time by the balcony together.
Later
"Taichi." He groaned.
"Taichi." He flipped over and tossed his blanket over his head.
"Taichi!" Agumon slammed his arm into Taichi's gut, causing him to jump out of bed.
"Ouch!" he said as he rubbed his tummy.
"Let's go, Taichi."
He silently cursed before starting after Agumon to have breakfast.
The breakfast was a scrumptious but quick one, with everyone in a hurry to finish in order to seek the answers that they have been waiting painfully for since yesterday. Taichi and Agumon was the last to exit the dining room and into the hall.
Ruki impatiently tapped her foot. "Can we go now?"
There was a silent nod from Taichi before the group left the hut.
"Chosen Children, Tamers." A loud voice boomed from above as they orderly exited the hut.
"Qinglongmon…"
"Hi everyone." came a voice from some distance away.
"Gennai-san!"
The group ran forth to Gennai and Qinglongmon lowered himself so that the children could get a better view of him.
"Chosen Children… That'll be your title, Tamers. Chosen Children, you have been called here because a new evil is rising." he said simply and waited for the group to flood him with questions.
"Qinglongmon, who or what exactly is the new evil that is rising?" asked Koushiro.
"Seven evil digimon."
"Seven evil digimon? That's vague…"
"Yes. It was only told that they are from the depths of the Dark Plane."
"Dark Plane?" asked Iori as he raised his right hand as a sign of respect.
"It is one of the different planes of the Digital World."
"Different planes?"
"Gennai. Tell them."
"Are you sure, Qinglongmon?"
He nodded.
"Chosen Children. I will now tell you the history and structure of the Digital World to answer any doubts you may have. You should get comfortable because it's going to be long."
Sighs were heard from Taichi and Daisuke, who most probably won't get anything Qinglongmon is going to say. The rest of the Chosen Children sat down and listened attentively to Qinglongmon's speech, with each of them having tons of questions to ask and curious to find answers.
"As you know, the first computer was created in 1937 and that gave rise to data in this universe."
"The ENIAC." Koushiro added.
"Yes, Koushiro. A few decades later, the creation of the internet increased the amount of data in this universe exponentially and it is when data started to gather together and form the early Digital World."
"Just like our universe…"
"Then, the digi-gnomes are created for communication experiments and it marks the start of digital life here in the Digital World. Three years later, a bunch of students who called themselves the Wild Bunch began a project that would lead to the creation of digimon."
He turned to look at Jianliang straight in the eye.
Jianliang nodded.
"Jian-niichan?"
Jianliang stood up, with Shaochung following him to the front of the group. "Our dad is one of the members of the Wild Bunch. Lee Janyuu."
The team went silent at the revelation.
Jianliang started again. "The Wild Bunch tried to create artificial intelligence and incorporated the laws of nature into these beings like survival of the fittest. The project was short-lived as it lacks funding but a man named Shibumi continued work on it secretly. "
Jianliang finished and proceeded back to his seat.
"I'll continue. In the same year the project was abandoned, there was rapid growth and evolution of these artificial lives to digimon and then the first ultimate level digimon appeared."
"Which digimon is it?" asked the curious Iori.
"We have no idea but it was generally that time where the Ultimate level was reached. Many other reached the same level within the year and they split into two separate groups, human-type and beast-type digimon. They were unable to tolerate each other and a long war began with huge losses on both sides."
The group continued to be silent as they were bombarded with tons of information from the knowledgeable Gennai. Their minds were filled with wonder and disbelief as more and more secrets of the Digital World is divulged to them.
"The war ended when Lucemon, a child level digimon appeared from behind a wall of fire to stop the war. He held more power than an ultimate level digimon as a child level digimon. He maintained the peace in the Digital World after the war."
"Lucemon?" the three tamers inquired. "Is that…"
"Yes. We sent help to you when you were facing Lucemon but most of it was due to your emotions and friendship."
"Emotions and friendship?" Jianliang asked.
"Your heart called forth the powers of hope and light, which is under Qinglongmon."
"Hope?" "And Light?" asked Takeru and Hikari respectively.
"Your power reacted to their feelings and it opened a portal to the real world and thus Lucemon was subdued."
"So that's the light from the sky…"
The group was still puzzled but decided to let Gennai continue on.
"The period of peace was short-lived, however, as Lucemon was corrupted by his own powers and unleashed chaos in the Digital World. He ruled with an iron fist and destroyed anyone who dared oppose him. That's when the Digital World started to be distorted and its time fell out of balance with that of the real world."
"Distortion of time?" asked Iori and Jianliang.
"Time in the Digital World became longer relative to that of the Earth. One month here was just one hour on Earth."Gennai replied.
"It's just like when the Dark Masters and Apocalymon appeared." Koushiro added.
Gennai continued. "Lucemon was ultimately sealed by ten ancient digimon, which represented the ten elements of the Digital World. They sacrificed themselves to create a seal to hold Lucemon within the core of the Digital World. Their powers were then converted into ten human and ten beast spirits. These spirits were then held by the three celestial angels, Seraphimon, Ophanimon and Cherubimon who took up leadership of the Digital World after the downfall of Lucemon."
"Spirits?" Ruki queried.
"After another period of peace, Lu-…"
"I asked a question!" Ruki said rather loudly, cutting Gennai off.
"Ruki…" the Tamers cried.
"I was getting to that… Cherubimon was corrupted by Lucemon and Ophanimon called out to five chosen children to save the Digital World from crisis. These chosen children did not have partner digimon but their digivices allowed them to collect the spirits and use them to evolve into a digimon."
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
"The spirits allowed them to evolve and fight as digimons." he repeated.
"Well anyway, the two angels eventually fell to Cherubimon and Cherubimon was defeated by the Chosen Children." he continued. "Then came two royal knights who successfully revived Lucemon but he was defeated soon after with the sacrifice from a sixth chosen child who held the spirits of darkness, allowing Susanoomon to be born and ultimately defeat Lucemon."
"Huh?" No one really gets what Gennai is talking about.
"The Celestial Angels…" he said as he eyed Patamon, Tailmon and Lopmon.
Qinglongmon cleared his throat as Gennai snapped his head back.
"You'll know soon…" he continued. "The defeat of Lucemon sealed his fate and he was sent to another plane of the Digital World, the Dark Plane. It is present ever since the Digital World was created. No one have been there except for the dark digimon whose hearts are filled with pure evil. Few have escaped the dark plane and they always cause huge chaos and instability of the Digital World."
The group nodded.
"After that event, Huanglongmon, a powerful ultimate took over as the overseer of the Digital World. The Digital World grew in peace and lives loss during the war are beginning to return and new digimon appear as data surges in. Eventually, the Digital World expanded so much that Huanglongmon have to split it into four."
"Split?" cried Yamato. "Isn't that a bit too much?"
"It isn't the literal splitting the Digital World. At that time, the Digital World has three moons and each of moons was split and moved to a separate quadrant and out of contact of each other. The moons are receiving most of the data then and they grew rapidly. The four quadrants of the Digital World eventually evolved differently and there are variations."
"Evolution…"
"Yes. This is when Xuanwumon and Qinglongmon, two of the Holy Beasts were created from data and they overlook the Northern and Eastern quadrants respectively. The Eastern and Northern quadrant eventually stabilised and peace was achieved."
"Peace was not long lasting again?" questioned Miyako.
"You're right. The wall of fire spewed out Apocalymon and the Dark Masters in the Eastern quadrant. That's when the time became even more distorted. It was also when me and my crew was enlisted and ordered to combat the Dark Masters without success in centuries. After that, it was the first time a digimon went to the real world in years. Koromon. Hikarigaoka."
"That…" Hikari and Taichi both blabbered out of their mouths.
"I believe the eight Chosen Children should have known that. Parrotmon and Greymon."
They all nodded in response to his statement.
"You should still remember what exactly happened. The original eight Chosen Children are paired to their digimon based on their qualities. The digimon are reverted to their digi-egg as they were chosen from all around the Eastern Quadrant of the Digital World for them to have a link to the crests their partners have. We spent years creating the eight crests. Courage. Friendship. Love. Knowledge. Purity. Sincerity. Light. Hope. The creation of the crest of light gave rise to another crest: darkness. This crest was merged with the holy Huanglongmon to prevent it from being misused. At the same time, the Southern quadrant was prospering and Zhuqiaomon was created to oversee the quadrant."
"Southern quadrant… Is it…" asked Lopmon.
"The Digital World where the Tamers went to."
"Why is that linked to the layer where the Four Holy Beasts reside?" asked Jianliang tactfully.
"All quadrants are linked by tunnels. These arbitrary tunnels are the ones that led you Tamers here."
"What about me?" Shaochung asked. "I directly entered here…"
"It is accessible directly but rarely from the real world." he said. "Well, the last Holy Beast who took over Huanglongmon in maintaining peace in the Western quadrant, Baihumon was created and Huanglongmon sealed himself away to defeat a primitive form of D-Reaper by sealing it with his own data."
"The Digital World continued the war as the Dark Masters gained access to this plane and sealed away the four Holy Beasts with their dark powers, rendering the Holy Beasts to be unable to aid in the war and our crushing defeat. It was then when I ran away with the digivices and digi-egg and deposited them on File Island. I guess you should know the rest of the events that occurred from here onwards." he finished his long speech.
The atmosphere was shrouded in silence as the dull blue sky remained dim. No one spoke as their minds process the information that was just bombarded into their minds. It was tough, even for the knowledgeable Koushiro, to take in the few decades of history, or rather in terms of time in Digital World, millenniums of history in a short time.
"Erm… So what are we supposed to do here?" Takato asked.
"Yeah, what?" Taichi and Daisuke agreed.
"Defeat the rising evil, the seven demon lords. Each of them will rise in a different plane of the Digital World… And Earth."
"Earth?"
"Yes. It was said in the prophecies."
"Prophecies?"
"The seven demons from the deepest depths arise to the seven plains of the world. North. South. East. West. Holy. Dark. Origin. Those called forth by the great dragon will stand in their way of chaos. Ten crests and elements will seal the ultimate fate of the World." he continued to explain. "We believe that origin refers to the Earth."
"Ten Crests?" questioned the Odaiba Chosen.
"Elements?" questioned the Tamers.
"Ten crests. Courage. Friendship. Knowledge. Love. Purity. Sincerity. Kindness. Light. Darkness. Hope. Ten Elements. Fire. Ice. Steel. Wind. Nature. Water. Earth. Light. Darkness. Thunder."
The group nodded. "So we are the ones being called?" Shaochung asked innocently.
"Yes."
Shaochung nodded to Gennai and kept silent.
"But… I thought we lost our crest power?" questioned Hikari.
"Yes. You'll understand later. Now, I need all of you to raise your digivices."
They complied.
A bright white light shined from each of their digivices. The Chosen Children gasped as the light died down.
"New digivices. D-ark." was all Gennai said.
In each of their hands were D-arks, with the same style as the Tamers. The only difference is the colour of the D-arks. Each of the Chosen has a different coloured one.
"And now…"
A stream of light exited the Holy Dragon's Digicore and in the hands of the Odaiba Chosen were cards: Digimon cards.
"Gennai-san… Qinglongmon…"
"Use them well. They can allow you to access other powers like flying through the air. Ask the Tamers. Now, step forward."
The entire group followed the command given.
"Chosen Children, I need you to give up your Digimentals."
Daisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru and Hikari raised their new D-arks.
"Digimental of Courage, Digimental of Friendship."
"Digimental of Love, Digimental of Purity."
"Digimental of Knowledge, Digimental of Sincerity."
"Digimental of Hope."
"Digimental of Light."
The eight Digimentals shined brilliantly in their respective colours. And then…
They vanished.
It was either that or they moved too fast to be detected.
"Now…"
The sky began to darken.
"You need to hurry."
A portal formed below the group as they fell.
"Good luck."
A little later
Groans were heard. Soft ones first, then a loud one.
Taichi opened up his eyes and took in the view of his new surroundings before groaning for a third time.
"Where are we?"
There was no answer.
A/N: Cliffhanger! Okay, the next chapter would be Courage and Knowledge. Not sure when it'll come out though cause of the busyness of the real world (How I wish I could be in the Digital World with that nice time distortion). But I don't plan on abandoning this story so u can expect updates like maybe in Dec/Jan?
~Hita-kun