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Spirit Jerebis: Truce of the Codes: Rescue Journey
Episode 6: "Emerald Agumon"
Previously on Truce of the Codes: The rescue group headed towards Crescent Volcano on Crescent Island. Once reaching Stream Ocean, there were some complications until A.J. was able to Soul Ascend into Sewirimon. He and his soul-warrior copedam were the first to reach the Realm of Charges, meeting Misterim. On with the conclusion.
"Just what the hell were you thinking?" Stan yelled, bursting through the room.
"Well hello to you too." Misterim greeted.
"Oops. Sorry." Stan apologized.
The others entered with Stan.
"Let me just tell you all that you're all in the Realm of Charges, in my quarters! Watch your manners please." Misterim remarked.
"Sorry." Stan repeated.
"Just sit down. Welcome to my quarters." Misterim smiled.
The others sat down around the room.
"I'm Misterim Arteenlow; I guess that you're all with A.J.?" Misterim asked.
"We are." Michael nodded.
"Just how did you beat us to the peak?" Greemon asked.
"Through the crescent boards. We rode on the slope upwards." A.J. replied, grinning.
"That reminds me. Stan Otomy, the other boards are in the garage. If you won't mind to put yours there as well now." Misterim requested.
Stan nodded, "Sure thing."
He left the quarters.
"How was it?" Hikari asked.
"Tell us." Willis urged.
"Riding the slope? Faster, more exciting basically." A.J. replied.
Stan returned and took his seat.
"Grace was here a few days ago. She left back to Tamudom." Misterim explained.
"Grace was here?" A.J. asked.
"Yep, on her personal journey. She was good. I'm hoping you and your soul-warrior copedam would excel pass her. I know she's your sister. Tamudom is where you, A.J. and Stan come from. That's the name of the dimension, not the planet. Hikari, Willis, Koushiro and Michael are from Dardom, again name of the dimension, not planet. Gatomon, Tentomon, Terriermon, Betamon and Lopmon are from Crescent Code." Misterim explained.
"Hold on. You didn't answer my question." A.J. remarked.
"It will be answered in time. You and Stan can write one letter each to Tamudom, to your loved ones, reassuring them." Misterim explained.
"Excellent!" Stan cheered.
"By the way, it's not your fault A.J." Misterim remarked.
"What?" A.J. asked.
"You know what I'm talking about." Misterim replied.
'Fred and Carl, Soarmon and Hippo Gryphomon?' Misterim telepathed.
"It's not your fault." Misterim repeated.
"How...? I know." A.J. sighed.
"No. It's not your fault." Misterim repeated.
"I know." A.J. repeated.
Misterim sighed, "I won't train you or answer any of your questions until you completely get over it. I know you're not over it. Don't try to hide it from me."
A.J. sighed, "That might take some time."
"Take all the time you need. Work on your letter if you want." Misterim replied.
"O.K." A.J. nodded.
"My study room is the third door to the right. You three are welcome to be with him." Misterim allowed.
A.J. got up and went to Misterim's study room. Equusmon; Zonemon and Ememon followed.
"You can go too Koushiro and Tentomon." Misterim allowed.
Koushiro and Tentomon followed A.J. and his copedam.
"Would you train me and my copedam?" Stan asked.
"Not until another soul-warrior comes." Misterim grinned.
"What?" Stan asked.
"You'll have to wait. You'll recognize your soul-warrior when he arrives." Misterim explained.
"I guess I'll work on my letter until then. Come on Greemon." Stan decided.
"Excellent choice." Misterim agreed.
Stan and Greemon went to the study room.
A.J. found some paper and a pen. He sat at the table and started to write. After some time, he stopped writing and remembered the lovely moments he had with Helen.
"And who is this cute princess?" A.J. asked, reaching Helen.
Helen smiled, "Hey A.J. thanks. Helen Hamackif."
"I'll need sometime to get over this." Helen whispered.
"That's if you'll accept me." A.J. whispered.
"I probably will." Helen smiled.
"I guess we'll discuss this later." A.J. whispered.
"You bet. This isn't over." Helen whispered.
"I'm glad you noticed. Come on. I'll fly you to Crescent Tomb." A.J. grinned, putting his helmet back on.
"Now how could I resist an offer like that?" Helen asked.
She sighed, "I forgot to thank you back then when you saved me in the Digi-World."
"No need. I wouldn't lose you that easily. I didn't want to lose you." A.J. whispered.
"Sorry about yesterday. Late Happy Birthday." He commented, kissing Helen on the lips gently and quick.
"I'm glad he's in a better mood." Helen smiled.
"Hey. Making my suit for the party. Don't worry. Do you want to be my date?" A.J. asked.
Helen smiled, "Sure. I'd gladly go with you."
"I never thought I would see such a suit you wore. Its makes your face full of hope." A.J. commented.
Helen blushed, "Thanks."
"Oh. Plain simply no." A.J. replied.
Helen grinned, "I'd teach you then."
She took his hand and dragged him onto the dance floor with her. A.J. froze in place and sweat-dropped while Helen danced in front of him. A.J. watched how Helen moved closely. After sometime he nodded and started dancing. Helen smiled. She went to the next move by grabbing A.J.'s hands. He sighed slowly. The two of them got closer to each other as they danced in each other's arms.
A.J. shrugged, "It just got into my mind I guess."
Helen smiled, "Thanks. I sort of like it. Habbeh it is."
"A.J.?" Helen asked.
"So drained." A.J. mumbled.
"A.J.?" Equusmon asked.
"Um. Yeah. What?" A.J. asked.
"You dozed off for a moment, didn't you?" Equusmon asked.
"I did. I just miss her so much." A.J. whispered.
"I don't know how you feel. Sooner or later, the two of you would be back together." Equusmon encouraged.
"I gave her a poem. That should remind her of me until I return." A.J. remarked.
"Don't you think she'll find someone else?" Zonemon asked.
"Who? Brian?" A.J. asked.
Ememon sighed, "A.J. and Helen are closer than any of you think."
"I understand. Human love is different than Codelimin love." Zonemon nodded.
"Actually, it's the same. Love is love. It's just that it has too many faces. To know which is real and true is the problem." A.J. explained.
"I think I and Ranbimon might have something." Zonemon commented.
"I know you two do." A.J. remarked.
He quickly finished the letter. He was directing it to Helen; Kevin; Grace and Tosha. He told them that he was alright and that he was on his second journey with Stan. Zonemon; Equusmon and Ememon were with him, as A.J. mentioned them. He explained how Equusmon returned. He gave out details of the journey and what A.J. and Stan faced together. He talked about Gennai and Realm of Charges with Misterim in it.
He explained he had to completely get over Fred; Carl; Soarmon and Hippo Gryphomon before Misterim trained him. A.J.'s soul-warrior copedam would train with A.J., along with Stan and his soul-warrior copedam. He knew the difference between Fred and Carl's situation, and Soarmon's and Hippo Gryphomon's situation, that he understood it.
He ended it with a song he rewrote on a separate paper: a song he titled 'Meric Strey'. He said he'll return as soon as he and Stan could. He reminded Helen about his poem that he gave to her.
"It's done." A.J. smiled.
"Before me. That's good." Stan remarked.
Stan checked A.J.'s letter.
"Hey. I like music. I probably could tone that song for you. Probably your poem as well. If you want tones for your songs then I'm the man, literally." Stan commented.
"Thanks. I wonder if I could send this to Meric Land." A.J. remarked.
"You probably could. I'm sending mine to mom and dad." Stan decided.
"I wonder if Misterim knows about Meric Land." Stan wondered.
"I know he does." A.J. decided.
"A.J.? Don't get angry at us for what we're going to say but... You did the best you could, trying to save Carl and Fred." Ememon started.
"Ememon quit it." A.J. hissed.
"No! You should hear this. If it helps you in anyway to completely get out of it." Stan argued.
"You couldn't do anything to save Soarmon or Hippo Gryphomon." Zonemon added.
"We'd save them all when we go back." Greemon added.
"Hey. I'm the Co-Leader of the league with Mark, so not only you are to blame. You aren't even to be blamed! If it makes you feel better, I'm to blame just as much as you." Stan exclaimed.
"But you weren't there." A.J. argued.
"That's exactly why I'm to blame." Stan replied.
"We're to blame as well." Ememon added.
"We should have helped you out. We should have acted right away." Zonemon remarked.
"If I came back, Soil Earthmon would come back. The rest of your league, whether it was there or not, in some way or another, feels a bit responsible of what happened. But what could they do?" Equusmon asked.
"We're all one league. Just because you're our leader doesn't mean you take all the burdens of the league. Burdens as severe as that hits us all, whether you like it or not." Stan explained.
"That's what a league is all about. Sometimes sacrifices are needed for the survival of the rest." Greemon remarked.
"Besides, you swore revenge onto Straymon, didn't you?" Ememon asked.
"I did." A.J. sighed.
"You're going to get him sooner or later then." Stan added.
"Last time we faced him, we didn't have any sacrifices." Zonemon noted.
"All thanks to Stan and A.J." Greemon agreed.
"I was there for once. I could see to some degree why it was hard to beat Straymon." Stan nodded.
"Yeah." A.J. smiled.
"We did force him back, without anymore casualties. It was worth it. Carl and Fred gave me enough time to absorb what happened and to react as quickly as I did." He commented.
"From what they told me, if it wasn't for you intervening when you did, Helen might have been dead by now. You did intervene though and save Helen's life with the rest of us. Yeah, I; Simon; Samantha and Mark would be away, but it wouldn't be any fun without the rest of you." Stan acknowledged.
"He was a serious, and still is a serious, threat to the league." A.J. sighed.
"No one else but you would take him down." Stan smiled.
"How are you now?" Ememon asked.
"I guess I'm completely over it." A.J. nodded.
"Come on. Let's go talk with Misterim then." Ememon urged.
A.J. nodded. He left with his soul-warrior copedam. Koushiro and Tentomon just came in.
"Don't worry about me. I'll just finish my letter here." Stan sighed.
"Hey." Koushiro greeted.
"Hey." Stan nodded.
"I came over to learn some stuff from you." Koushiro explained.
"All I have to tell you is that there's a complete culture that is secret and hidden. A.J. can teach you more about it. It's called Twilasin Language." Stan replied.
"How come A.J. can tell me more?" Koushiro asked.
"Why don't you ask him? I don't know and probably he doesn't, yet." Stan replied.
"Could you tell me what this culture is based on at least? The closest it can get to our current cultures?" Koushiro asked.
Stan stopped writing for a moment. He gave it some thought; he saw no difference between Crescentian and Islam.
"It's Islamic Culture." He replied.
"I see that you're busy, thanks for your time." Koushiro nodded.
He left with Tentomon.
"What are you thinking?" Tentomon asked.
"I want to learn more about this culture. I might want to become a Muslim if it interests me." Koushiro replied.
"In secret?" Tentomon asked.
"I'll ask A.J. about it. He's the encyclopedia for me now." Koushiro remarked.
"I thought I might find you here. I'm through with my letter." A.J. explained.
"It seems you're also over with your guilt and got over what has happened." Misterim smiled.
"I have." A.J. replied, honestly.
"Could A.J. send the letter to Meric Land?" Ememon asked.
"That's of course if you know about Meric Land." Zonemon added.
"Meric Land? How do you all know about it?" Misterim asked, suspicious.
"It's a long story. To make it short, I was sent there as a baby. It's where I met my soul-warriors." A.J. explained.
"Meric Land is the secret dimension of the Crescentians. We made it come to existence." Misterim explained.
"O.K. Now maybe you can answer Ememon's question." A.J. remarked.
"Send your letter to Meric Land? Sure, it's fine with me." Misterim nodded.
"Where's the letter sender?" A.J. asked.
"Right there." Misterim replied, pointing.
A.J. went to it and put his letter in the slot.
"It's sent. Ready for your training? Are you all ready?" Misterim asked.
"What? We're going to train with A.J.?" Equusmon asked.
"Why not? It's best to train with your sailor. That's how I trained Grace and Shomon. Believe me, after I'm through with all of you, all of you would become invincible in combat." Misterim explained.
"O.K. We're all ready." A.J. nodded.
"Lights." Misterim whispered.
The lights turned off. It was pitch dark. A.J. and his soul-warriors couldn't see a thing, much less see each other.
"First thing to learn is to fight with all your senses, whether there's sight or not. I'll teach you all to fight in different situations. Without sight, without hearing, without feeling. Without those, you'll have the rest. First is sight, use your senses of sound, scents and feeling." Misterim's voice advised.
'This is going to be tougher than I thought.' A.J. thought.
"If you all excel in this. I'll teach you all about balance." Misterim's voice remarked.
"If we pass this." Zonemon's voice commented.
"What makes this more dangerous is that you might think of hitting me, but you might hit each other. Be careful. When all of you can fight in such darkness like you see then you'd have excelled in it." Misterim's voice explained.
'Here we go.' A.J. sighed.
Misterim's foot swiftly kicked A.J. back into the wall.
"To excel in combat is to learn to tolerate, and never surrender or give up. From now, this training would be hard." Misterim's voice explained.
A.J. felt punches, but they weren't as strong as Misterim's kick. He realized that his soul-warrior copedam were attacking him. A.J. sweat-dropped. He quickly got to his feet and cart-wheeled away.
'Sight is of no use. I'll have to close my eyes.' A.J. thought.
He closed his eyes and concentrated. Misterim went to elbow hit, but A.J. bent his upper body back, avoiding it.
"You're quickly learning. Quicker than Grace. No wonder Hadef said what he said." Misterim's voice commented.
"Hadef?" A.J. asked.
Misterim went for a sweep for A.J.'s legs, but A.J. flipped backwards, avoiding it once again. Ememon and Zonemon charged at Misterim, but Misterim stepped a step aside. Ememon and Zonemon bumped into each other, and started fighting.
"You've learned the first basic lesson in darkness combat. Good for you A.J." Misterim smiled.
'I know how to avoid him and my soul-warrior copedam, but what about offense?' A.J. thought.
Misterim picked both Zonemon and Ememon up. By luck, Equusmon back kicked Misterim in his back. He yelled, dropping Zonemon and Ememon.
'Scent; sound and feeling. I'll have to scratch feeling until I'm actually close to someone. Then I'll have to be careful how I feel.' A.J. thought.
Stan finished his letter and sighed.
"Misterim probably meant Emerald Agumon, but how could I be sure?" Stan asked.
"Look at Equusmon. He died, but yet returned. It is something called Recrescention I think." Greemon replied.
"I just hope I meet Emerald Agumon soon." Stan sighed.
"Did someone call me?" A voice asked.
Stan gasped; he turned towards the entrance of the study hall. Greemon was surprised as well.
"I... Emerald Agumon!" Stan sobbed, hugging him.
"It's great to be back. I'm happy." Emerald Agumon smiled.
"Now Stan has two soul-warrior copedam just like A.J. had in the beginning." Greemon smiled.
Stan let go of Emerald Agumon.
"What happened?" Emerald Agumon asked.
"It's a long story. We'll tell it to you anyway." Stan nodded.
"That's enough for now. Lights." Misterim whispered.
The lights came back on. Misterim shook his head.
"The only one to improve himself is A.J. The rest of you don't improve and one of you had a lucky strike." Misterim explained.
"So it's not over?" Ememon moaned.
"You are expected to become an expert; a master and you want the training to end in one day? It would probably take a few weeks with you soul-warriors, a few days with A.J." Misterim concluded.
A.J. opened his eyes, sensing the light. He suddenly screamed, holding onto his head.
"Not again!" Zonemon moaned.
"He's not going to be in control." Misterim observed.
"That we know. The question is who is?" Equusmon asked.
Misterim sighed, "I have an idea of who it is."
"You've got to block the wraith from controlling you." A voice urged.
"Who are you?" A.J. asked.
Silence.
"Are you Hadef?" A.J. asked.
No reply.
Stan entered with Greemon and Emerald Agumon. Stan noticed A.J. and sighed.
"You've got to be kidding me." He moaned.
"I'll explain this later. Whatever we do, we mustn't hurt A.J.'s physical body." Misterim advised.
"Physical Body?" Ememon asked.
"What do you mean?" Equusmon asked.
Misterim didn't reply. A.J. advanced onto him and his soul-warrior copedam.
COMING UP! EPISODE 7: RETURN FROM THE DARK OCEAN
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