Chapter 10

Renamon and I walked back to the caves with the fruit. When we got closer to the caves, I sensed something wasn't right. Someone was near us, and it someone who was very strong.

"Somethings not right, let me go take a look real quick." I told Renamon.

"And what are you going to do if that thing attacks you? Hmm?"

"I have no idea, I guess I'll just go on instinct." I replied

"Nice plan." Renamon said with sarcasm.

"Thanks."

I told Renamon to stay behind a large tree that looked like a Oak tree. As I got closer to the cave, I felt a strong force pulling down on my body. It wasn't anything that I couldn't handle, but it was odd. I never felt this force before. I hid my body behind the mouth of the cave and looked in, there was a man dressed in a black and white Kimono, and on his hip was a large sword. I quickly moved back to Renamon to tell her what I saw.

"What is it?" Renamon asked with a worried tone.

"I don't know who it is, but he has a sword. And I can feel his power as I got closer to him."

"What are we gonna do? I cant fight him." Renamon stated.

"Yeah I kinda figured that when I felt his power. I'm gonna go see what he wants. He could just be a assistant to the Digimaster."

"But what if he's not and he tries to kill you?" Renamon said in a worried tone.

"I guess I'll just have to fight him somehow, now wont I?" I told her. I started to walk back towards the cave, when I looked back, Renamon was following me. So I waited for her to catch up to me. When she got about ten feet from me, she collapsed on the ground and didn't move. I ran up to her to see she couldn't move. "Renamon what's wrong?" I asked in a worried tone.

"This pressure on my body, I can't move." She said almost out of breath. I needed to help her but how? Then I realized that she was fine when she was at the tree. I slowly picked her up and carried her to the tree and sat her down. "Thanks, I felt as if I ran forever and I couldn't my breath."

"No problem, now stay here and let me figure this out." She nodded and I started to walk towards the mouth of the cave. When I got to the cave opening, the man was still there and hadn't moved. When I entered the cave, the man turned around and faced me.

"About time you shown up, I was wondering if I was gonna have to hunt you down." Said the man.

"Who are you and what do you want?" I asked in a serious voice.

"Easy, I'm not here to cause any trouble. My name is Colton, and I am a Soul Reaper.

I stood in shock, "A what? You mean like a Shinigomi?"

"Yes I guess you could say that but we don't kill people, we help them pass on."

"So why are you here?" I asked getting frustrated.

"Because you are also a Soul Reaper, Adam. Didn't you ever wonder why you always were good with a sword? Or why you act so much differently than anyone else? It's because you are a Soul Reaper."

"But how am I a Soul Reaper?"

"Your grandfather was a Soul Reaper and you got the traits from him. Soul Reaper traits skip a generation.

"So I have to what...help with the lost souls?"

"No, I'm here to help Renamon and you." Suddenly Colton pulled out another sword out of his kimono. "This is yours. It was chosen by your grandfather to give to you when you became of the age." When I took the sword I could feel its strength, and I began to feel stronger myself. "You need to train with your sword, it will help you in the near future."

"Thanks, I guess.

"I have to go now. Good luck with training."

"Yeah." Colton suddenly just disappeared. I looked at the sword he gave me. It was about five and a half feet in length and about ten inches in height. To my surprise it wasn't too heavy or hard to maneuver. The hilt was wrapped in a black cloth and on the guard, there was strange symbols. Almost like the ones on Renamon's leg. Suddenly I realized Renamon was still in hiding. I knew she would be worried, I realized my sword had a leather strip that was on the sheath. So I put the sword across my back and went to get Renamon.

"Ohh please let him be ok." Renamon said to herself while she waited for Adam. Suddenly, she saw a blur exit the cave, and Adam didn't appear. "Ohh no, please. Let it not be true." Renamon was on the verge of tears when she saw Adam come out of the cave, in one piece. Renamon ran from behind the tree to embrace him. "I thought I lost you Adam." She said in a teary mess.

"What, you really think I would die that easily?" I said trying to calm her down. I never really seen her cry before.

"Well when I seen that man exit the cave and you didn't. My mind started to have doubts." She said calming down a little.

"Ohh Renamon," I said pulling her close to my chest, "you worry too much. Let me have a little fun, ok?"

"Not when that fun might kill you." She shot back.

"Well it just so happens that I have something that will help me if they do attack me now." I removed one of my arms from around Renamon and reached for my newly acquired item. "I think it will be a little harder to kill me now, don't you think so?" I said in a cocky voice.

"How did you get that?" Renamon asked.

"From that guy that was in the cave. He told me that I was a Soul Reaper, or something like that." I retold what Colton told me to Renamon to catch her up to speed.

"Wow, so your grandfather was a Soul Reaper. Looks like you were destined for great things Adam."

"Yeah, but I still like the first thing I got better though."

"Ohh, and what was that?" Renamon said smugly.

"You," I leaned in and kissed her. "We need to still eat breakfast, don't we?"

"Yes we do." Renamon said in a calm soothing voice.

"Well then, lets go. I'm starving."

When we got back to the cave, I started to cut up the fruit into equal proportions. Renamon was out getting water. When I was done cutting the fruit, I decided to experiment with my sword. I grabbed the hilt and withdrew it from its sheath. The metal blade shimmered in the sunlight. I walked out of the cave to see just how sharp it was. I walked up to a large pine tree that was dead. It was about a two feet in diameter. I swung at the base of the tree with the sword. It cut through it like butter, and the tree fell. Holy shit, I thought to myself. Thats impossible, nothing is that sharp. I sheathed the sword and went back to the cave to find Renamon already starting to eat.

"I tried to wait but my hunger got the best of me." Renamon said as she turned to see me walk in.

"That's fine. I was just out experimenting." I sat down next to her and started to eat. The fruit was delicious. When I was done eating I went to one of the walls of the cave and sat up against it. Renamon came over and joined me. She laid her head on my lap. I felt very drowsy, so I started to close my eyes. I sensed Renamon was already asleep. So I shut my eyes to take a nap.

I was back on the plain were Renamon was slain. But instead of a gloomy battlefield, it was nice and sunny. Standing before me was a large black dragon.

"Hello Adam, I have been waiting for you a long time." said the dragon in a deep rough voice.

"Who are you?" I asked

"I am Shruikin The Bone Dragon, and I am also your sword."

"What do you mean my sword?"

"Adam, every sword has a name. And when a Soul Reaper calls the name of his sword, it transforms to its second stage. When it transforms, it also makes the wielder's strength increase fifteen to twenty percent."

"So your saying that since I know your name, I can call it out and increase my power by fifteen to twenty percent just like that?"

"Precisely." Shruikin answered. "Now you must awaken, for you need to train."

Suddenly the plains turned back into darkness.

I opened my eyes and gazed down to see Renamon still asleep. I started to stoke her side and back. "Renamon its time to wake up, we are wasting time." I said in a soothing voice.

"Hmm?" She said in a tired tone.

"Come on, we need to start training." I said again in a soothing voice. Renamon slowly got up and started to stretch. When I attempted to get up, my legs fell from underneath me and I fell back in my starting position. "Seems my legs don't want to train." I said while rubbing them trying to get the circulation back through them. When I finally got feeling back in my legs, I attempted to stand up again. This time, I was successful. I walked around the interior of the cave to regain the rest of my feeling in my legs. When the feeling of my legs fully returned, I grabbed my sword and placed it across my back. Renamon and I exited the cave and started to train.