Chapter 4 Recap

"Kouichie you have to help them, please, they need you." I pleaded with him to listen to me and to go help his brother and Takuya.

"He told me to protect you, and I intend to do so."

"Yes, well if someone doesn't get over there to help them soon, Myotismon will destroy them and then come after us, and then it really won't matter if you were protecting me now, because Myotismon would just get to me eventually anyway. Please, just, just go help them, him. Please, I can't watch this a moment longer." I looked away sadly, praying that Kouji, and Takuya, would come back. Finally, I hear Kouichie sigh.

"Alright, alright, I'll go I'll go, just, please, don't cry." He finally relented.

"Thank you Kouichie! Take JP with you, you will need the help. Now go!" I shoed both Kouichie and JP away and towards the battle, while my cousin Tommy, as Kumamon, came and stood guard at my side. Due to my insistence and pestering, Kouichie and JP joining the fight was exactly what they needed to destroy Myotismon. By the time he was defeated, I felt much better and pretty well-energized. Tommy de-digivolved with the others and assisted me in standing back up. As I turned back to face the others I saw Kouji walking briskly towards me, arms raised in preparation to hug me. I immediately threw my arms around him as soon as he got to me, holding on tightly as he swung me around in a circle or two or three. When we stopped spinning he kissed me on both cheeks and the forehead, before burying his face in my hair. I held onto him tightly, afraid that if I let go he would disappear.

As we were cuddling in front of the others (who were smirking at us knowingly) the Floramon and Mushroommon approached us with cheers of thanks and congratulations. They invited us back to their village to join in on the victory celebrations, as well as me getting my spirits and fulfilling Kazemon's legend. So we followed the digimon back to their village where preparations were in full swing.

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CHAPTER 5

When we returned to the village, a Floramon pulled us aside and told us of a chest that Kazemon had left behind for her descendant and the other descendants. We curiously followed her to a secret room in the hut where we saw a large wooden chest. When we opened it, we shocked to find formal clothing, a couple dresses and lots of suits and vests and whatnot. The style of the clothing was a something you'd see in a children's princess movie, but with a bit of a modern, futuristic flare.

The dress I pulled out was tea length, with a slim-fitting corset-like top, and a skirt that reasonably flared out from my waist to just below my knees, without looking like a poufy mess. The corset was a shade of pink so light, it practically looked white and it was meant to be worn over the dress rather than under. The top of the dress, the part that could be seen above the corset and up, was a short sleeved, rounded high-collared shirt, with a circle pendent holding the collar closed, right at the base of the neck. The shirt was pretty floral pink color that was the same shade of pink that made up the large flowers along the bottom of the skirt. The skirt itself was a brilliant shade of emerald green, trimmed in gold. Lastly, there was a cropped, sleeveless blue-green vest I found tucked into one of the folds of the skirt. The dress was beautiful and I couldn't imagine how Kazemon was able to procure something like this. I found a pair of black flats to wear and left the room to go get changed.

I found an empty room to change in, and did so quickly, I couldn't wait to see what the guys had found to wear, or what kind of party the Floramon were going to host. As soon as I finished dressing, I heard a knock at my door. I opened it to see one of the Floramon standing there smiling, with her hands behind her back.

"What can I do for you Floramon?" I asked smiling down at her.

"May I please weave this crown of flowers I made into your hair for the celebration?" She asked shyly. I'm sure if she could blush, she would.

"Of course! I would be honored!" I said and quickly pulled her into the room. I sat on a stool and waited for her to start. She was very meticulous, but gentle at the same time. Once she had finished plaiting my hair with her flower crown, I felt her begin to twirl and curl my hair, pulling it into an up-do on the back of my head, a few curls hanging loose, and tied it with a ribbon that matched the vest. I stared in awe at my reflection.

"Thank you so much Floramon! It looks beautiful!" I gushed, hugging her tightly.

"You're welcome Zoe, it's the least I can do for everything you have done for us!"

I followed her out of the hut and out towards the meadow where the celebration was held. I was shocked to see all of the guys in such nice clothes! I figured at least one of them would put barely any effort into it, but I'm glad that they did.

Takuya wore dark gray pants with pant legs bunched into a pair of just below the knee black boots, a soft orange-red collared shirt that buttons half-way down chest but there are no buttons holding the two parts together, just a gold clasp at the base of the neck, and the sleeves are rolled up to the elbows, a dark green vest with yellow-red designs around the edge and 3 gold clasps holding the loose, sleeveless vest together.

Kouji wore dark navy blue pants with the pant legs bunched into a pair of below the knee black boots, a soft yellow collared shirt that buttons half-way down chest but there are no buttons holding the two parts together, just a silver clasp at the base of the neck, and the sleeves are rolled up to the elbows; blue-green vest with sky blue designs around the edge and 3 silver clasps holding the loose, sleeveless vest together.

Kouichie is wearing light gray pants with the pant legs bunched into a pair of below the knee black boots, a light gray collared shirt that buttons half-way down chest but there are no buttons holding the two parts together, just a silver clasp at the base of the neck, and the sleeves are rolled up to elbows; light teal vest with dark red and black designs around the edge and 3 silver clasps holding the loose, sleeveless vest together.

Tommy's wearing a pair of gray pants with the pant legs bunched into a pair of below the knee black boots, a dark green collared shirt that buttons half-way down chest but there are no buttons holding the two parts together, just a silver clasp at the base of the neck, and the sleeves are short; light blue vest with light green designs around the edge and 3 silver clasps holding the loose, sleeveless vest together.

Lastly, JP had on a pair of gray pants with the pant legs bunched into a pair of below the knee black boots, a royal blue, collared shirt that buttons half-way down chest but there are no buttons holding the two parts together, just a gold clasp at the base of the neck, and the sleeves are short; light green vest with mustard yellow designs around the edge and 3 gold clasps holding the loose, sleeveless vest together.

As soon as I stepped into the meadow, I was immediately whisked away by my cousin tommy, leading us into a fast paced dance similar to a quickstep, but was mostly just bouncing from place to place on the dance floor, though we did hold a traditional dance pose as best as we could with him being nearly a foot taller than me. We laughed and made joyous small talk, before I was suddenly whisked away by someone else.

JP was the next person to dance with me, and although I knew he had had a crush on me at one point, conversation and the dance in general were not awkward. We gushed over our fortune of returning to Breezy Village and the pleasantly joyful residents who lived here, dancing in much the same fashion as I did with Tommy. He congratulated me on my fusion spirit and spun me out into my next dance partner's arms.

Takuya was led me into an, interesting, rendition of the jitterbug. I say interesting, because he didn't know what dance he was doing, but the way he was dancing was close enough to the basic jitterbug steps to be classified as one. He was constantly spinning us across the floor, making me a bit dizzy. I was able to glance at Kouji enough times though to catch him smirking at Takuya's obvious lack of dance skills, and when he caught me staring, his smirk instantly softened into a warm smile that made my cheeks light up with a furious blush. I saw Kouichie standing just behind and to the side of Kouji, with a smirk that could only be described as devious intent. I couldn't look much longer though, because at that exact moment, Takuya propelled me into a spin that was mind-numbingly dizzy. I spun several times out onto the floor, not sure which way I was headed, before I connected with another person.

Before I could fall over from my dizziness and lack of balance, I felt two arms wrap around. As soon as my world stopped turning, I looked up into the face of my savior and realized it was Kouji who caught me.

"Hey." He whispered softly.

"Hi," I smiled at him warmly, "I take it it's your turn to dance with me?"

"I think that's the plan, or at least, I'm going to assume that's why my brother shoved me out here." He smirked softly. I laughed quietly at the predicament. Kouji wrapped his arm around my waist and held my hand in his, preparing us for the next dance.

"How do you feel about the waltz?" He asked, his head lowered next to mine, his face at my ear. Small chills of pleasure rand up and down my spine at the close contact and sound of his voice in my ear.

"I would be delighted."

"Good, because you look like you could use a slow dance to relax to after what Takuya and the others just put you through." He smirked at the thought.

"Oh? Are you sure it isn't because you don't know any other dances?" I asked, cocking my eyebrow at him. This time he grinned widely at me.

"Alright you caught me. Despite my step-mother and your mom working so hard to turn me into a perfectly cultured gentleman by sending us to those dance classes, I never once paid attention and bs-ed my way through most of it."

"Oh I know, believe me, I know. Not too hard to figure out my partner wasn't paying attention 75% of time, especially when he uncharacteristically stumbled over our feet 80% of the time."

"To be fair, at least half of that was just my natural incompatibility to dancing."

We danced together for several songs, ignoring the fast paced tempos in favor of our own personal slow-paced waltz. Later that night, all six of us gathered around one of the smaller bonfires that were set up in the field. I told them everything AncientKazemon told me about the chambers, the maze, the Crests, the wars and the Ancients. After much debate, we unanimously decided that our best action would be to visit Kazemon's chamber again, and the sooner the better. A half hour later saw us each packing satchels with a canteen of water, blanket, our clothes we wore when we arrived in the D-world, and any other belongings we had, as well as first aid supplies. A few Floramon and Mushroommon saw us to the edge of the village.

"Before you leave, we have one last thing to give each of you for your trip." The Elder Floramon told us. They each pulled out a bundle of black fabric and handed on to each of us, two other Floramon had also brought the chest with them that previously held our formal attire. "Take these cloaks we had made especially for each of you for your journey. The Digital World can get a bit chilly at night and the catacombs are no different. Here, take this chest as well. It holds the remaining attire for the other four warriors, should you meet them, please give these gifts to them for they deserve them as well."

"Thank you Floramon, Mushroommon, your gifts, hospitality and help have been greatly appreciated and will not be so soon forgotten." I thanked them graciously, bowing at the waist in formal thanks, the others copying my actions as well. After we put on the cloaks and said our final good-byes, JP and Tommy picked up the chest and we continued on into the forest towards the entrance to the Tomb.

When we arrived it was pitch black and we couldn't see a thing. Takuya, Kouji and Kouichie search through their bags until they finally found flashlights for us to use until I could light up the symbols on the walls. We cautiously entered the tomb, Kouji and I in the lead, followed by JP and Tommy with the chest, and then Takuya and Kouichie took up the rear. As soon as we ventured deep enough into the maze so that the glowing symbols couldn't be seen from the entrance, I placed my hand on the wall and activated the glowing symbols, and our path was set out before us.

I noticed that the Chamber was not in the same place it was earlier in the day, but chalked that up to the magic of the maze. We walked through many corridors, one was even covered in snow and ice (most likely a residual effect of Korikakumon's handy work), for about two hours, give or take a few minutes, before we finally came upon the large ornate doors of Kazemon's crypt.

Arriving at the chamber, I walked up to the doors, turned and smiled at the others, then slowly pushed them open. The guys followed me in, JP and Tommy setting the chest down next to the door. Once we were all inside, I closed the doors and lit up the room with the symbols on the walls. All five of them stared at the room in silent awe, they walked around the room taking in all of the details and aspects. Kouichie pointed out a few piles of wood, meat apples, large leaves, and buckets of water, asking me if they had been there previously, to which I replied in the negative.

"I wonder who or what left these for us." Takuya mulled.

"It won't help us to wrack our brains for the answer, the chances of us actually finding out are very slim." Kouji muttered.

"I say, we just all agree to think our spirits did this, accept it, thank them, and go on with life." JP flippantly said, hands behind his head and eyes closed as he leaned against one of the walls in a relaxed manner. We all agreed he was right, and continued to explore the room. At one point, we found that part of the wall opened up to reveal hidden scrolls and books. After another 45 minutes or so of searching and looking for any information about the Triple Full Moon of finding the Crests, JP asked if we could sit in the thrones, since they did have our symbols on them. The others looked toward me for approval.

"It couldn't hurt us to do so, I'll go first and see if Kazemon left anymore messages." When I sat in the throne, a brief torrent of wind whipped around me for a short moment, just like before, but nothing else happened. As I looked at the thrones and recalled the details of Kazemon's story, I noticed a trend; the thrones were placed in order of each Ancient's demise. I mentioned this to the others.

"Perhaps we are meant to sit down in order by death." Kouichie suggested. We looked at each other, shrugged and decided it was worth a try.

They then moved up the stairs onto the dais to join me in standing in front of each of their thrones, sitting down by order of death, each of our elements whipped around us just as mine had. When JP had sat, lightning and thunder lit up the room. As Tommy sat snow came down in a blizzard and ice covered the floor and walls. When Takuya sat, fire crawled up the walls, the temperature rising drastically, melting and evaporating the snow and ice. When Kouichie sat, darkness crawled over the room and then left as soon as it came. Kouji and I sat together, since I did not know exactly who died first, the room became extremely bright and wind whipped around the outer edge of the room before it advanced in front of us, it's force hurtling the pedestals off the platform towards the double-door entrance where they smashed into smithereens. The wind then rerouted back in front of us, where it proceeded to revolve around the raised platform. As we watched the wind spiral, a beam of light shot out and joined it. Then a blast of darkness followed by burst of flames, a barrage of ice and snow, and lastly a shockwave of lightning joined the mix.

When all six elements first joined together in front of us, we could clearly make out the hazy edges of darkness, the erratic veins of lightning, the wisps of flames, the sharp edges of light, the unrestricted flows of wind and the individual snowflakes and sheen of ice, but as the six elements wove together, spinning faster and faster, until all that we could see, was what appeared to be a solidified cyclone, made from bands of six different colors: purple, light blue, inky gray, bright red, powdery white, and shocking yellow. The cyclone ascended a few inches off the ground as the velocity of the elements continued to increase, until the separate colors became indistinguishable, and it merely looked like a column of golden light. As this occurred, the platform shifted slightly, before lowering down further and further into the ground. Once the pedestal is gone from sight, the cyclone falls in on itself, collapsing into a ball of golden light, before rising quickly in the air and exploding high above their heads in an array of multi-colored lights akin to fireworks. 10 bright orbs of light then rose up out of the crater, and gravitated towards all 10 thrones, one stopping in front of each of us, as well as the other four empty thrones. As if in a trance, we all simultaneously extended our hands out and grip something inside of the glowing balls, just as the pedestal ascended back into place. When we opened our hands, we were astonished to each receive a chain that held one golden tag with an empty slot. Each tag was engraved with our elemental kanji, and, based on the stories our parents told us concerning their own Crests, we assumed the empty slot was intended to hold our Crests.

As soon as we held the tags in our hands, everything in the room stopped, leaving no proof of the previous event, unless of course you consider the two pedestals that lay in pieces on the floor across the room.

"Whoa." Takuya breathlessly said.

"Uh-huh." Tommy and JP both said simultaneously.

"The hell was that." Kouji deadpanned. They all turned towards me for answers. I looked at them in disbelief.

"Really, this whole place is magic, we had to walk through an undergrown tunnel that was literally snowing to get here, and you're questioning and wondering the cause behind a light show of your own elements?" I rose my brow at them skeptically. Honestly, sometimes they could just be so thick. They were mute for a moment, slowly thinking it over, before Kouichie broke the silence.

"She does have a point." We all carefully stood up from the thrones, weary of any potential hazardous effects. We walked around the pedestal, Takuya carefully testing out the stability, and towards the piles of supplies, deciding that we should probably try to get SOME amount of sleep. After deeming the pedestal safe, JP, Takuya and Kouji built the fire on top of it, using the broken pedestals for a ring to contain the fire, and prepped some of the meat apples for the fire. While they did that, Tommy, Kouichie and I used the large leaves and the blankets from Breezy Village to make sleeping pallets.

When everything was done and ready, we remounted the thrones around the fire, eating and conversing, more specifically, we debated about the possibility of more Chosen Children, and who they might be.

"The way I see it, based on Kazemon's story, eight of the warriors were related, four sets of siblings; Greymon and Volcanomon, Wisetmon and Megatheriummon , Kazemon and Mermaimon were twins, and Garurumon and Sphinxmon were twins. And Kouji and Kouichie are twins, and Tommy has an older brother and Takuya has a younger brother, and unless Zoe has a secret twin sister we don't know about…" he paused and looked at me expectantly, waiting for me to roll my eyes and rebuff sarcastically…but unfortunately…he'll be waiting for a while…I bit my lip and exchanged a look with Tommy, who promptly broke out into heaving bouts of laughter.

"You don't, right?" Takuya asked cautiously, causing Tommy to cry out even more. I sighed and slouched back into my throne.

"I uh, do, actually."

"And this has never come up before, because..?" Kouji asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Because she's at an all-girls private boarding school in France?" It turned out to be more of a question than a statement.

"Are you serious? This isn't just some big joke?" JP sat forward quickly, eyes wide with disbelief. Tommy had finally calmed down at this point.

"Haha, yeah, she does. Her name's Zelena and she's the older twin, right Zoe?"

"Yup! I haven't seen her since we were 11, it was right before we came to the Digital World the first time."

"Why so long?" Kouichie asked.

"All girl private French boarding schools have classes year round with a 3-day weekend twice a month and a week and a half break for every major holiday. Plus my parents and I moved countries so often, we just never had time to visit, ya know?"

"So…that makes her water, right?" JP asked, awkwardly bringing us back to our original topic. We groaned at his lack of tact.

"Yeah, probably, if we're going by your theory. In which case Yutaka would be metal, Tommy hold onto this, Shinya rock, Takuya you hold this too, and we still have to find wood."

"Well so far, every one of us is, theoretically, related to another Warrior, except JP." Kouichie reasoned thoughtfully.

"Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll know the Warrior of Wood, in which case, he should hold onto the tag for wood." Kouji proposed, nonchalantly throwing the aforementioned tag at JP, who fumbled with catching it before he got a good grip on it.

"Well, now that we've got that under control, I was going to digivolve so I could get a closer look at the mosaic on the ceiling." I stood up, brushed invisible dust off of my skirts and then digivolved to Kazemon, immediately flying up to investigate the ceiling. I recall the mural being a bright blue sky and sun earlier, but now its midnight blue with constellations and 3 moons…that are almost in the Full Moon phase!

"Guys!" I shouted down at them. "I think I've just figured out when the next Triple Full Moon (TFM) is going to happen!"

"How?" they all shouted back in surprise.

"See how the sky in the mural depicts the night, with the 3 moons and constellations?" they nodded dumbly. "Well when I was here earlier, it was a bright blue sky, with fluffy clouds a bright shining sun. and the sun was at the exact position in the sky for the time of day I was in here, which was noon. I'm pretty sure this mural has magic in it too, and it shows the real sky in it, like right now if we go outside and look at the night sky, the moons would look just like this, and the constellations would be the same too." I slowly descended back down to the ground as I explained my theory to them.

"Okay, but how does that tell us when the TFM is here, if we can only see the moon mosaic at night?" Kouji asked skeptically.

"Because I'm pretty sure, the TFM is determined by the positions of the moons and not just their phase cycles. When I was looking at the symbols earlier, I kept noticing a triangular symbol with circles at all three points, and each time I saw this symbol, it was surrounded by the symbols of light and wind."

"So you think the moons have to form the three points of a perfect triangle during their full moon phase to be considered the TFM?" Kouichie asked hesitantly.

"Exactly so." I confirmed.

"So when's the next one supposed to be?" Tommy asked, looking up at the ceiling.

"It looks like it's going to be tomorrow night." Takuya said while studying the mural.

"Whoa, it's a good thing we figured it out now, since it only happens once a year." JP commented.

"Anyways, I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to get some sleep now, it's been a long, long, very long, day." Takuya told us all goodnight, walked over to the pallet of leaves, collapsed on top of them and promptly fell asleep.

"Oh sleep sounds wonderful right now." I agreed, yawning widely.

"Yeah, Takky's got the right idea, night guys." JP tiredly waved as he went to join Takuya on the pallet. I noticed Tommy yawning beside me, and pushed him towards the bed of leaves, telling him goodnight as he passed me. Kouichie had quietly slunk off after Takuya went to bed and is already passed out at the opposite end from Tommy, Takuya and JP. Once Kouji finished putting out the fire, to prevent it from spreading while we slept, he and I joined the others, sliding in between Kouichie and Tommy. Sleeping on the pallet from left to right, with the left side being closest to the doors, it was Kouichie, then Kouji, then me, then Tommy, then Takuya and lastly JP.

We all slept soundly through the night, eagerly awaiting the next day which happens to be the day of the Triple Full Moon, and the true beginning to our adventure.