Children of the Legend

By: Kari Minamoto

Author's Note: Please don't kill me! I had a super busy October. I had Senior retreat, community service, ACTs, SATs, early action college applications, college essays, college interviews, and so one. College things continued into November. December brought two concerts for chorus, Chirstmas shopping and midyears! January had FAFSA, PROFILE, and the rest of the midyears, Student Governemt/Leadership obligations and information on finals! I know it seems like forever, and really it has. I apologize profusely for lack of updates but between my two English classes I'm writing about a paper a month! Thank you for your dedication to this story and I'm sorry for my ridiculous schedule! Please read and review!

Disclaimer: Don't own digimon, and never will.

Chapter 21- Crests and Confusion

Koji wondered how a day could seem so long. It seemed like yesterday that everything was normal and the day before that they were twelve and exploring the digital world for the first time. It was surreal.

There was the interesting mystery about the necklaces, then Duskmon returned landing Koichi in the hospital, and then Duskmon came and tried to kill him! How could it get any worse!

Koji tried not to think about it while taking some faded jeans, a black tee, and a blue and black plaid button-down shirt haphazardly from his drawer. He closed the door with more force than necessary and headed for school.

School was only a few blocks away and easy enough to walk to. Koji was walking to school but mentally he was not there. Why Duskmon was around, the necklaces, and the weird events, there was a connection somewhere. He just had to find it.

Koji walked into the school and dumped his books in his blue locker and absentmindedly took out his books for second period. History with Mr. Niwa and then English Literature with Mrs. Takashi. At least school ended early today. Koji figured it would be best for all the Chosen to get together and discuss their "small" problems.

History flew by with little action except for Takuya running into class ten minutes late as usual. The Warrior of Fire had overslept yet again. He got the usual warning and then had to stand outside the classroom the entire period as punishment.

Koji came out, tucking his books away when Takuya jumped him.

"Hey buddy, before you put those notes away, can I copy them," Takuya said while grinning like a Cheshire Cat and holding out his hands in a 'give me' way.

The Warrior of Light just stared at his friend before sighing, shaking his heads while grinning slightly and then silently handing over the notes.

"Thanks a ton," Takuya said and the twosome headed for English Literature.

Kari was seated at her desk when she saw the two boys come in: Takuya Kanbara and Koji Minamoto. Quite an interesting pair.

'Maybe those two are Children of the Legend,' Kari thought to herself, 'or maybe it's just wishful thinking.'

English was one of the few classes Koji had with Zoe and Takuya. The fact that the desks were close together helped as well.

Takuya was sitting at his desk taking notes when a piece of paper fell in front of him. He looked at it and looked around. No one was looking except Koji, and he was giving a look that said "open it already."

Takuya opened the piece of paper slowly trying not to make it crinkle too much. It was one sentence:

After class meet by the big tree and tell Zoe too. –Koji.

Takuya caught his friend's eye and nodded. The clock seemed to be frozen at ten of. Takuya could have killed himself with his impatience. Finally the bell sounded freeing the captives from their prison that was called school.

Takuya and Koji were out of the classroom before the bell had finished ringing, but Zoe wasn't behind them.

"Zoe can I speak to you a moment," Kari asked the blonde haired girl with pink and purple butterflies all over her outfit- embroidered on the jeans, imprinted on the baby pink tee, and even clips in her hair.

She floated over to the desk as if she had wings herself.

"What is it Mrs. Takashi?" she asked.

"Did you forget?" Kari said and pulled the copy crest from her pocket to give to the blonde girl.

"O, thanks. I guess I did, a lot has happened," Zoe said while putting the crest on.

"Please react to it being different, please. It would make my job a lot easier," Kari thought to herself while tapping her pen on the desk.

"Like what?" Kari asked sweetly.

"Come on; say its different or something!" Kari continued thinking.

"Well, Koichi, he's Koji's older brother, ended up in the hospital and they aren't really sure what's going on," Zoe told her.

"I'm sorry. Speaking of Koji, Takuya and he make an odd friendship don't they," Kari asked continuing to try and extract information from the blonde.

"Yeah," Zoe said starting to play with the necklace. "They hated each other at first, but now, even though they still fight they are really good friends."

"That sounds familiar," Kari thought remembering how Tai and Matt used to fight endlessly, or Davis and T.K.

Zoe was about to say something when the gogglehead in question poked his head through the door.

"Zoe, let's go before Koji bites someone's head off," Takuya said impatiently.

"Good bye," Zoe said and ran after her friend.

Kari was still sitting in her chair wondering what happened.

"Why did you drag me out so quickly Takuya?" Zoe asked as the duo headed down the corridor.

"Because I forgot to tell you during class to meet me and Koji after class," Takuya said grabbing her hand and dragging her outside.

Takuya was so preoccupied that he didn't even notice Zoe's cheeks turn a light shade of red when he grabbed her hand.

When the Warriors of Wind and Flame reached Koji by the tree he was coolly leaning against it.

"What was so important to tell everybody, buddy?" Takuya asked his friend.

"It's Duskmon," Koji said seriously.

"We know he's a problem. We'll beat him, just like last time," Takuya said confidently.

"It's something more," Koji sighed. "Last night he came to my house, and he would have killed me if he had the chance. The necklace that I still had, I'm pretty sure it saved my life."

No one spoke and the only thing heard were people speaking in the distance. People who didn't have a care in the world, not the world possibly on their shoulders.

"I'm glad you're okay," Zoe said with a hint of terror in her voice, "but what if he comes back and why didn't you call us?"

"I called Takuya," Koji said. "I didn't want to bother everyone, especially Koichi."

"You are going to tell him, right?" Takuya asked seriously.

"I don't think so. He needs to recover. I don't want to worry him unnecessarily," Koji told the other two Chosen.

"What!" Takuya yelled. "Of course he'd want you to tell him, especially if Duskmon is involved!"

"I want him to concentrate on getting better. He doesn't need anything else to worry about," Koji said in a tone that said the conversation was over and then eyed Zoe.

Zoe was silent through the argument, fingering the necklace.

"I brought mine, but from what you said last night, you gave yours away?" Koji said as Takuya jammed his hands in his pockets sheepishly.

"I'll have them soon enough," Takuya said adamantly.

"Guys," Zoe said worriedly, "I think there is something wrong with mine. I left so quickly I didn't realize it was different."

Takuya looked at the necklace she was holding. It was still oddly shaped with a green panel. The green panel still had a tear drop or flower petal depending on how you looked at it etched in the middle.

"I don't see anything different," Takuya said.

Zoe sat down on the ground and sighed.

"It's not that. I don't know how to explain it but it's different," Zoe said puzzled at her own explanation.

Koji and Takuya weren't sure how to respond. It looked the same but to Zoe it was completely different, and Zoe wasn't the type of person to lie.

"Great another problem," Takuya sighed and contemplated hitting his head against the tree.

Tommy was walking home from school. He wasn't old enough to be at the same school with Takuya and the others yet, but he had become really good friends with Shinya. The only unfortunate part, Shinya had to stay after since he had broken a window with a soccer ball. Soccer and broken windows must run in the family.

Tommy sighed and was wondering what he'd do for the rest of the day and settled on seeing Koichi. He was supposed to be discharged today.

As Tommy was walking down the street he though he heard a low grumble behind him. Tommy turned around and didn't see anything. He shrugged his shoulders and continued on. The street was deserted, only adding to the uneasiness in Tommy's stomach.

'There must be someone there, but I don't see anyone. I sense it though' Tommy thought.

He continued but could hear footsteps behind him. When he turned around this time he saw a giant fist and it connected with him painfully and sent him flying. When the fog in his mind cleared he couldn't believe who he saw.

Kari was in her classroom wondering what was going to happen now. Zoe didn't react to the copy crest. Then there was Myotismon's carriage that she saw flying through the sky last night.

Kari was thinking about calling the rest of the digidestined so she could tell them her 'wonderful' news.

As she was packing up her papers a chill ran down her spine. She felt like she was back in the Dark Ocean. A feeling a dread, of darkness seemed to be prevalent, maybe because she was the bearer of the Crest of Light.

"I will destroy the light," the a voice from the darkness said.

Kari didn't know what to do; she didn't know who the voice was or even where it was coming from.

'Destroy the Light? He means me!' Kari thought to herself frantically.

"You can't escape me. I will destroy the light," the being said stepping out of the shadows quickly.

Kari turned around and eyed the shadows. Darkness hid from the Light in them. Out of one of the shadows in the corner red glowing eyes could be seen and Kari was petrified. Kari could feel her heart pounding and her blood chill and she knew she was in danger!

To be continued…

I love writing cliffhangers, I'm not sure why. I thank everyone who has been extremely patient with me while I've been so busy and lacking updates! My new year's resolution is to try and eat better and try to fit in more time for writing. I got into my top choice for college so all my hard work at school paid off! It was the best Christmas present! I am going to write this story to the end, please forgive my busy schedule and me! I also apologize for it being so short! Please review!

P.S. I'm sorry if you got sent an email and then couldn't access the story. I had the wrong chapter title up and therefore had to change it! I'm sorry but I hope you got a chance to read it!