Children of the Legend
By: Kari Minamoto
Author's Note: I'm going away on vacation for two weeks so I felt I needed to update before going. I think this is the shortest amount of time between updates ever! A Week! Don't get used to it since I guarantee this won't be the norm come September. Enjoy Chapter 19 of CotL!
Disclaimer: Don't own digimon, Harry Potter, Fruits Basket, or anything else copyrighted and owned by people who make money.
Chapter 19- Darkness and Distress
Izzy found the walk back to his apartment pretty uneventful with Mimi tailing along like a lost puppy constantly mumbling about the crest.
Izzy was currently printing the pictures from his cell phone, not that he needed too. Pictures of the digimon were all across the television. Izzy just wanted them for closer analysis and to give to Gennai. He had written to Gennai as soon as he had his computer ready.
"Mimi you know you can go home right?" Izzy absentmindedly told her while his full attention was on the computer screen.
"I'll stay. I want to know what's going on," she told him while examining her crest.
"Fine, Gennai's on his way," he replied taking a seat next to her.
It was probably pointless to do so since the minute he sat down, he had to get up because Gennai had appeared in the all familiar beam of light.
"Nice to see you all again, well some of you, and so late at night as well," Gennai said with a tone one would use when drinking coffee together at the local café.
He took the liberty of sitting down in the seat that Izzy had abandoned when he got up. Gennai just watched what the red head was doing. Currently it looked like a twister was going through all the papers on his desk until it suddenly stopped. Izzy had found what he was looking for. He quickly went to Gennai and deposited about a dozen pictures into his lap. Izzy then stepped back and took a seat next to Mimi and waited in silence while Gennai looked at the photographs. He 'hmm'ed a couple of times but that was it. At last he put the photos down on his lap and looked up at them.
"This is interesting," he said and leaned back in his chair.
"What is?" Izzy asked his curiosity as usual rearing its head.
Gennai was silent for a few moments before he replied, "These digimon, I've seen them before. There is only one of each; they are special to the digital world."
"How can there be only one of each?" Izzy asked with the questions continuing.
"These are Zephyrmon and Kazemon, the warriors of wind," he said pointing to the picture of the butterfly and the bird. "These are Ranamon and Calmaramon the warriors of water."
He then pointed to the other two digimon, the squid and the blue person.
"I know that, but what do the names do to help us?" Izzy asked with complete confusion on his face.
"That they are the legendary warriors sworn to protect the digital world," Gennai told the two digidestined present in the room. "Let me explain a little clearer. In the beginning there were ten warriors created to protect the digital world from disaster. They helped it through the difficult times. After a difficult battle with Lucemon they were said to have disappeared. There is a myth that they appeared once after that, but it becomes myth not factual information."
"If they are teammates, why are they fighting each other now?" Mimi asked completely confused by the whole situation.
"Don't teammates have disagreements, but I agree, this seems more than a disagreement. To attack in each other in a different world doesn't make sense," said Gennai trying to make sense of the situation. "What did they talk about?"
"Well let's see, they argued a lot and I was pretty much lost, but Ranamon the water warrior, kept asking for the others name. The only thing was, when she gave her name the digimon wanted a different one," Izzy told him.
"Maybe they now have partners, that could be a reason for the name situation, but the warriors are powerful. They shouldn't need any kind of partner system like your digimon since they have no true evolution form. They don't go from a range of in-training to mega. They more or less strengthen depending on their hearts and how far they are willing to go to win. They have to be able to rely on themselves. I'm not sure what the warrior of water meant by name, I'll look into it though," Gennai told them, his voice becoming tired from a long days work with the digimon in trying to find Myotismon's hideout, research, and this late night conversation.
Mimi looked at him before she said anything.
"I think my crest is broken," Mimi told him as she handed it to him.
Gennai examined it quickly and returned it to her.
"There is nothing wrong with it. It is the original and in fine condition. Why do you think it is broken?" he asked with concern.
"Because…" Mimi started solemnly which turned into rage, "because, it glowed for the wind digimon! It is Palamon's and my crest! Why did it glow for her!"
Gennai just sighed, "The warrior of wind, actually the warriors in general are very powerful and could tap into the crest's authority for a power boost if they needed it. It might happen without the warrior even intending it to. Either way Mimi, the Crest of Sincerity is yours and no one else's, unless something happens that I am unaware of."
"Alright," she said and put the crest back on still looking rather glum but not as upset as she previously was.
Gennai sat in silent though as a thunderstorm began to brew outside. The thunder could be heard in the distance alluding to the difficulties to come.
"Come to me Koichi," a voice from no where said.
Koichi looked around and did not see anyone but the voice was very distinct.
In the distance he saw his brother.
"Koji, it's me Koichi your brother," he said but as soon as he got there he disappeared.
They same thing happened as he approached his mother and his grandmother. He was confused and distraught.
"They don't care for you," the voice told him, "I care for you, help me. You can have power, revenge, just take this."
In front of him were two objects floating. The look and aura gave him an uneasy feeling. He was afraid but wanted the revenge he was promised, revenge for everyone abandoning him.
He quickly accepted and as soon as he did the objects changed, they became epitomes of evil. As Koichi's body accepted them he feltsharp pain flow through his entire body.
Koichi woke up sweat drenching his face. He had the dream again, the dream of when he became Duskmon. He still saw it clearly even though it had been four years. The storm outside was getting intense and only added to the confusion in his brain.
Koichi put his head between his legs and put his hands on his head.
"It was just a dream," he told himself out loud.
"It might be a dream right now but you cannot deny that it didn't happen since it did. That's how I was born," a voice from the shadows said.
In a flash of lightning the figure from the shadows emerged. He was as familiar to Koichi as the back of his hand. There he was clad in black with two many eyes to count, Duskmon.
Koichi froze up. He knew Duskmon was back but this? It was too much. Why was he here? His terror must have shown in his face.
"What afraid of me? I am you, so why are you afraid," he said cackling softly but in the tone that would send shivers up anyone's spine.
"I don't get what your saying, why haven't you hurt me?" Koichi asked pulling the covers up farther.
"I can't hurt you because I am you. I am all your weaknesses, all your hatred, everything you despise in yourself and other wrapped up in one," Duskmon told him while walking closer to the bed.
Koichi again showed his insecurity.
"I can't hurt you or give him your name or the names of the others, but if I can find a way I will," Duskmon told him sitting on the edge of the bed.
Koichi's muscles tensed on their own. Duskmon got up again and looked at Koichi, all his eyes focusing on him.
"Remember, I can't hurt you, but I can hurt the light," he said before dissipating into the shadows.
Koichi was silent for a moment. He was threatened Koji. Duskmon was threatening his twin. He had to do something, he had to get out of this hospital and warn him.
Koichi quickly got out of the bed and grabbed his black and blue jacket hanging on the hock across from him. As he was doing the last button he heard the door behind him open. There standing in the doorway was Doctor Kido.
When Joe opened the door he was somewhat shocked. He had been called back to the hospital right after the meeting at Izzy's since the doctor on duty had called in sick. The result being he had to do the shift since he was the head of the floor.
Joe had not expected anything out of the ordinary. Check on the sleeping patients; draw some blood here and there. Nothing major, it was not like he was a doctor in ICU. He was not expecting his strangest patient to date to be getting a jacket on in the middle of the night.
When he had opened the door the boy, Koichi, had turned and looked at him knowing he was caught.
"Why don't you go back to bed?" Joe told him trying to completely dismiss the fact he was putting the jacket on.
In the back of his mind he was thinking about a psychiatrics test. People do not normally do this do they?
"I have to go," Koichi told him pleadingly.
The desperation showed in his eyes.
Joe closed the door and sighed. He knew this would not be easy. The boy must be confused there was not other logical explanation.
"What do you mean by you have to go?" Joe asked trying to make sense of the situation.
Koichi was not fooled.
"You think I'm crazy don't you. I have to go talk to my brother; he's back and after him! He's back!" Koichi told him panic rising in his voice.
"What do you have to tell him?" Joe asked calmly however, Koichi was practically the opposite.
"He's back alright! He's back! Just tell my brother he's back and after him! He'll know what I mean," Koichi told him anguish showing as the boy now tried to run past Joe to the door.
Joe caught him in mid-run and he crumpled at the doctor's feet.
"Tell him that. Tell Koji he's after him. Please?" Koichi said now at the doctor's feet as tears began to fill his eyes.
Joe did not understand what the boy was trying to say to him. Tell his brother that who was back and after him?
"Who's after your brother? Who's back?" Joe asked him trying to comfort the distraught patient.
"I…I…I can't tell his name, but pl-please tell him. He ca-can't get hu-hurt cause of m-me again," Koichi sobbed with the rest being indistinguishable.
Joe calmly rubbed the boy's back trying to sooth him.
"You'll get discharged tomorrow, and then you can see him. I'm sure he's fine but I'll call him with your message if that makes you feel better," Joe told him while prying the boy off of him.
He escorted the boy back to the bed and left him there and started for the door.
"Thank-you," Koichi said from his bed and then looked out the window at the storm.
Joe went out and closed the door.
"I guess that he's afraid his brother was hurt in the storm. Truthfully I think it is in his head, a bad nightmare," Joe thought to himself.
He headed for the nurse's station across the hall and found Kimura, Koichi's information. He then dialed the number for the younger boy's house wondering who would be awake at this time of night.
The phone rang twice before it was picked up.
"Hello," a slightly groggy voice said from the other end.
"This is Doctor Kido from the hospital, may I speak to Koji Minamoto," he asked politely.
"Is my brother okay," the voice asked with concern and sleepiness completely gone.
"He wants me to relay you a message: He's back. He's after you. Does that mean anything to you," Joe told the boy on the other end of the phone.
"Yeah, it does," replied Koji seriously.
Before anymore could be said the line went dead.
To be continued…
I'm sorry it's short and rushed but I'm leaving on my trip today and I've been busy with college things and the heat all week. I wanted to update before leaving but I still did not get my Myostismon scene and/or the 02 digimon (you know the actual ones like Gatomon) written. Hopefully I get that into the next chapter. I hope this chapter is alright since I rushed it al little to get it up before I go away. Also I hope I responded to everyone who reviewed the last chapter who has pen names. I do not give out my email so I apologize to fanficfreak (no I have not disappeared the proof is the updates and I definitely plan on finishing the story) and Sweet Cari (Thank you) for not responding to your posts. Please leave me reviews and constructive criticism for when I return.
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