-Renamon teleports into the room-
Renamon: Hello. You're probably wondering where Renaki is right now. Well…
-I am now shown in a hospital bed with a broken arm and leg, three large lumps coming out of my skull and swirly eyes.-
Renamon: She has been put out of commission for a while, thanks to my tamer, Rika Nonaka. Rika, any comments on that?
Rika: Well, I finally got her to tell me what would happen in the chapter, and even though it won't be good, it was enough for me.
-I come out of my trance-
Me: -angrily- Well, it'd better be, 'cause now I won't be able to put up chapter 7, 'till next month because of you.
Rika: Rrr…what did you say!?
Renamon: Rika, calm down. Let's just continue.
Rika: Okay, but the end's not gonna be pretty…
Ch.6
The sun was setting when the gang reached their destination. The village's medicine woman treated Inuyasha and he is now resting comfortably. Kazu and Kenta are still watching over him.
"I'm glad Inuyasha's gonna be okay." Kenta said with relief.
"Yeah, me too. That was a pretty nasty hit he took back there. But it was pretty cool how he used the Backlash Wave on him, huh?"
"Yeah, Totally. I didn't think he could use it anytime he wanted, though."
"Dude, why do you always gotta ruin the moment?"
"Hey, I was just sayin'-."
Just then, Calumon and MarineAngemon appeared next to them.
Kazu looked down and saw them. "Hey, you guys; you wanted to check on Inuyasha, too?"
Calumon nodded. "Uh-huh." MarineAngemon agreed.
"Kenta smiled. "Well, come on up."
MarineAngemon sat in Kenta's lap, while Calumon sat in Kazu's. " I wonder what the others are up to right now."
"Probably just gettin' ta know each other better, either that or figuring out a way to defeat Naraku."
"Yeah."
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In the hot springs near the village, the girls were taking a bath. Rika had just told Kagome and Sango how she and the other Tamers knew about their adventures.
"So that's how Kazu and Kenta already knew about Ah-Un?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah; and they know about what happened between Sango's brother and Naraku."
"So, do you think they know of a way to save Kohaku?" Sango asked.
"I don't think so; the day those two bakas use their brains will be the day it snows in July." Rika told her.
"Snows in July? I don't understand."
"It's an expression, Sango." Kagome replied. "It means it won't happen."
"Oh." She said, sounding slightly crestfallen.
Rika noticed this. "Don't worry, though. We'll figure out a way to save him and defeat Naraku."
"Rika's right. We're all in this together."
"Thanks you guys."
They all got out of the hot spring and started to dry off. Sango's hair gently blew in the breeze, revealing the scar on her back. "It's just…"
They turned to her. "What is it, Sango?" Kagome asked, concerned.
"Sometimes I wonder how he's getting along without me."
"I'm sure he'll be fine. Especially once we pull him away from Naraku's grasp."
Rika looked to her right and said, "Well, it looks like those two are getting along."
Kagome and Sango turned around and smiled.
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Kyubimon and Shippo were looking at the stars, just enjoying each other's company. He was curled up against her, while she had her tails wrapped safely around him. She nuzzled him gently.
"Oka-san used to do that." Shippo said softly.
"Hmm…?" Kyubimon asked.
"My mother…she used to do that when she was alive…" Tears started forming in Shippo's eyes.
"Shippo…" Kyubimon couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor kit. "Shippo. I'm sorry."
"What?" He wiped the tears away. "No; it's nothing." He paused hesitantly.
"Hey, Kyubimon; can I tell you something?"
She nodded. "Yes…"
"I-."
At that moment, Kyubimon started growling.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"Trouble…inside the village."
Shippo leapt onto her back. "We'd better check on the others."
Kyubimon then ran off.
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The warning bells rang throughout the village, which suddenly broke into pandemonium. Inuyasha, Kazu Kenta, Calumon and MarineAngemon quickly ran outside.
"What the hell's goin' on?" shouted Kazu.
"Dunno…maybe a demon?"
Inuyasha jumped to one of the rooftops. He sniffed the air. 'That scent. It can't be…' He leapt off in the direction of the scent.
"What-? Hey wait for us, Inuyasha!" Kazu and Kenta quickly made their way though the crowd.
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Kaugra had launched a surprise attack on the village. The other digimon had digivolved and are now fighting her.
"PHYRO BLASTER!" Growlmon launched his attack, but Kaugra swiftly moved out of the way.
"DANCE OF BLADES!" She used her fan to launch the attack back at Growlmon, but before it could connect, Gargomon jumped in between them.
"GARGO LASER!!" The lasers broke through Kaugra's attack and headed for her.
"Pathetic." She jumped off the feather before the attack struck.
Takato glared angrily at her. "KUSO! She's too fast!" "Yeah! What's with her anyway!?" Henry replied.
At that time, the others joined them. "Guys!" Rika turned to them. "About time you bozos showed up."
Kenta glared at her. "Hey, we're here, aren't we!?"
Kazu looked up. "So, Kaugra's up to her old tricks again, huh?" Kagome prepared one of her arrows. "Yeah." She fired at Kaugra, who merely moved out of the way.
"DANCE OF THE DRAGON!!" She launched her strongest attack at them.
"Everyone scatter!" Sango cried. Kirara dove in and scooped up Kazu and Kenta while Shippo transformed and rescued the other Tamers. But before the digimon could get away far enough, the attack caught them off guard and caused a direct hit.
"AAAHH!!" they yelled in pain. As soon as it hit, the Tamers felt the force of the attack. Inuyasha looked on wide-eyed. "What!!?"
"The Tamers have a strong connection with their partners in battle, so when their partners take a hit, they feel it as well." Kaugra smirked evilly.
"Damn you, wench. What're you plannin' anyway!?" Inuyasha aimed the Tetsaiga at her.
"Humph! Wouldn't you like to know..."
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"KAZE NO KIZU!!!"
"DANCE OF THE DRAGON!!!" Both attacks were launched simultaneously; Kaugra was hit by the wind scar, only taking minimal damage, but her attack was heading for him.
"Inuyasha!! Look out!!" Kagome cried. The tamers quickly swiped their cards.
"DIGIMODIFY!! HYPER-SPEED ACTIVATE!!!" The digimon quickly got in front of him. "DIGIMODIFY!! POWER ACTIVATE!!"
"GARGO LASER!!"
"FOX-TAIL INFERNO!!"
"PHYRO-BLASTER!!"
"KAHUNA WAVES!!"
"GAURDIAN BARRAGE!!" All five attacks were launched into Kaugra's before it could reach its target, when they hit, the attack broke apart, creating a giant smokescreen, blinding everyone in the process.
"Where'd this smoke come from?" Shippo gasped in-between coughs.
"I think the digimon must be using it as a barrier to get Inuyasha away from Kaugra!" Kazu told him.
Just then, Gaurdromon broke through, carrying Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, are you alright?" Kagome asked as Growlmon, Kyubimon, and Gargomon de-evolved.
"Yeah, but that was too close. She's gotten too fast somehow."
"Hey, Miroku! Do you think you can get rid of this fog?"
He quickly undid the rosary on his hand. "Considerate it done, Kenta. Everyone get behind me!" The all got out of the way. "KAZANA!!"
Miroku's wind tunnel flew open, sucking in the smokescreen, but before he could suck in Kaugra, many of Naraku's poisonous insects appeared, and Kaugra took this as her chance to escape.
Rika's eyes widened. 'Saimyosho.' "Miroku! You've got to close your wind tunnel; Naraku's poisonous insects!!" Miroku quickly complied just as the Saimyosho got near them.
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"Oh wow! That was close!" Henry gasped. "Boy, I'll say!" Gargomon agreed.
Just then, Kagome looked up. "I sense a sacred jewel shared." She said worriedly. "There's a lot of them too!"
They all gasped.
"That's gotta be-." Takato started.
Kazu and Kenta jumped in. "Naraku!!"
Inuyasha growled. "Everyone stay on alert! Gaurdromon, set me down."
"Right!" As everyone went down, an evil laugh emerged from the shadows.
"Uh guys, did you hear that?" Calumon asked, while cautiously looking around as Kirara started snarling.
-
Suddenly, three screams pierced through the night. Everyone whirled around to see Guilmon, Terriermon and Renamon had collapsed to the ground, holding their heads in pain. The Tamers ran over to them.
"Guilmon!" Takato shouted. "Guilmon what's wrong!?"
"I…I don't know… I feel funny all over…" he growled.
"Rika…I feel…strange…" Renamon groaned.
'No! This can't be happening!' Rika panicked.
"Terriermon…." Henry caressed him, his eyes widening in fear for his partner.
Terriermon yelled. "Henry, something bad's goin' down. I can feel it!!"
"How right you are…" a familiar evil voice sneered from above. MarineAngemon was the first to look up, and he chirped in horror at what he saw. A very large eye amidst a swirling black vortex of evil demonic aura. He quickly flew down into Kenta's pocket in fear as Naraku revealed himself to them in his barrier, saimyosho flying all around him.
He smirked. "Well it looks like we meet again, Inuyasha."
The Tetsaiga turned crimson red. Inu snarled. "Naraku…what the hell's your plan this time!?" he leapt up and swung the katana, releasing a huge amount of energy at Naraku's barrier.
Kazu and Kenta looked on with sparkles in their eyes. "Awesome..." However, despite Inuyasha efforts, when the attack broke away, the barrier was still there. "Aw nuts!" they scowled in disappointment.
Shippo sweatdropped. 'Rika was right. Those guys are idiots!'
Naraku chuckled evilly to himself. "Come now, Inuyasha; you should know by now that you can't break down my barrier with that futile attack." He looked up, and then continued, "And as for my plan, it's right under your nose."
"What?" Upon hearing collective gasps from his friends, he turned around and looked in shock. Behind him Rika, Takato, and Henry had all been knocked out by what looked like their partners, with a few key differences.
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Renamon now had dark purple fur cascading down her body, instead of her yellow; fire red eyes in place of her usual aquamarine, and lastly, replacing the symbols on her legs, there was a skull on both.
Guilmon's eyes were also fire red, and his entire hide was now black, with the exception of the places that were usually white, which were now golden in color; the hazard sign was now glowing as well. (If that wasn't trouble enough!)
Finally, like his comrades, Terriermon also had fire-red eyes. His fur was now black and taking place of his green markings, there were now dark blue. The horn on his head had become longer, being sharp enough to pierce through the heart.
Naraku laughed evilly as the gang gathered around the now fallen tamers.
Miroku caressed Rika's head in his arms and snarled. "So, your plan was to take over the minds and bodies of the digimon all along, then!?"
The others, except Kazu and Kenta looked in shock. "What?"
"Well; unlike a certain hanyou, you've figured out only part of my plan. And for those two nimrods who are always arguing like udder imbeciles, it was I who placed the well in the present era…just to lure you here and seal the fate of you and your friends."
Their eyes grew larger than their heads. Kazu slapped his forehead. "Dude, I don't believe this…this… bullshit!!"
"I know! Being dissed by a bad guy! How low can you get!!"
Kazu bonked him on the head, a large lump now growing out of his skull.
"Doofus! I meant Naraku just did this only to take control of the digimon and use them to get all the sacred jewel shards to become the most powerful demon of all time!!!" he finished angrily, glaring at Naraku.
"Well; perhaps at least one of them isn't a complete imbecile after all." Naraku replied, giving Kenta a cold stare. "Hey!!" Kenta retorted, earning another, even harder bonk on the head from Kazu, this time knocking him out temporarily.
"And now, I shall take my leave." Naraku continued with a sneer. "Come, my minions; we can finish them off later."
The evil threesome bowed in compliance. "Hai…Naraku-sama." They said evilly as the Saimyosho picked up Terriermon and Guilmon and Renamon leapt off after them. "Oh…" Naraku stopped short, taking out one last tainted sacred jewel shard. "I almost forgot. The most important part…the key to digivolution itself."
'What is he talking about?' Kagome thought in fear. Her question was then answered as the last sacred jewel shard then flew past her, and into the head of poor Calumon, who was now crying in pain.
"CALUMON!!" they all gasped.
"HELP!!" He cried between sobs.
They all watched in complete shock as the little digimon was now being forced upward towards Naraku and the others and the color of his fur started changing. Inuyasha snarled. "Damn you to hell!! That's low even for you, you bastard!!!" he started to unleash the wind scar, but Kagome stopped him.
"No don't Inuyasha; if you use your wind scar, you might destroy the digimon!"
Inuyasha reluctantly tucked away the Tessaiga. For a few moments, the others tried every attack to break through Naraku's barrier as he and the others made their getaway.
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Seeing this, made little Shippo's blood boil over. "Oh, no you don't!!" He leapt off of Sango's shoulder and ran after them. "KITSUNE-BI!!" He launched his strongest attack as an attempt to stop him.
Naraku, even though he was clearly annoyed, didn't even turn around to attack back, instead remarked. "Please handle these imbeciles…SkullRenamon…"
SkullRenamon sneered. "With pleasure, Naraku-sama." She then faced the little fox. "EMERALD BLAST!!!" she cried. She then launched a similar, yet more powerful form of the diamond storm, and knocked him out. He screamed as he fell to the ground.
Kirara leapt up and caught the kitsune just before he crashed.
But before anyone could do anything else, Naraku had escaped amidst his miasma, his evil laugh now echoing throughout the night.
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Kazu and the reawakened Kenta now pounded the ground where Naraku was standing, now shedding tears of shame. "Man…why couldn't we see it was a trap!!?" Kenta said between sobs.
"I know…it's all our faults…" Kazu agreed.
Gaurdromon placed a metal hand against their backs, trying to calm them down. "You didn't know it was a trap. Besides, didn't you tell me Naraku was cunning at pulling off those kinds of tricks?"
Inuyasha snarled, silencing him. "What this bucket of bolts is trying to say is, whatever Naraku's tryin' ta pull, he won't get away with it…and no matter what it takes…" he said, looking toward the starlit sky, "...we'll take him down!"
Kazu and Kenta looked over towards their friends, who were slowly coming to. Both turned pale with the same thing on their minds: 'Those guys aren't gonna like this!!'
Rika: Told ya the ending wasn't pretty.
Me: Hey, it's better than nothing; I had a hard time putting this chapter together. Having a major case of writer's block plus you beating the crap out of me didn't help either. -sticks out tongue-
Rika: -sticks out her tongue back-
Kagome: Well, hopefully it'll be enough for everyone until next month, since it'll be hard for you to write with a broken arm.
Shippo: Yeah, but aren't you forgetting something?
Me: Oh right:P I'm sorry that it took so long to update and I'd personally like to thank digi-writer1392 and Saburo-the-flamer for their reviews for Ch. 5 and I expect at least five more reviews for this chapter before I continue, so don't forget to click the little go button at the bottom of the screen!!
Rika: -growls- Just shut up already, will ya! (She kicks the button on the side of my hospital bed, making both ends smash together)
Me: -muffled groan-
Everyone: (Except Rika) -winces- That's gotta hurt!
Shippo: SEE YA NEXT TIME!!!
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