Chapter 5 Recap
"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.
AN: This chapter's kind of short, but it's mainly just a filler to show Kouzumi progression and so they can finally be done with the TFM.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon...only Dick and Zelena.
CHAPTER 6
The next morning I woke up with my head nestled into something very comfortable, and smelled great! I burrowed my head closer and felt whatever I was laying on move and shift in response, as well as whatever was wrapped around my waist getting tighter. I slowly blinked my eyes open, they were still bleary from sleep, but when my vision finally cleared I noticed that I wasn't nestled into any old pillow, but the crook of Kouji's neck, my left hand grasping his shirt over his chest, my right arm under his left arm, and right hand wrapped around his shoulder, holding onto it. I noticed his head buried in my hair and his arms are wrapped around my waist, with my cloak spread out over us like a blanket.
"Kouji..psst…Ko-mmmfdm" I had whispered his name in hopes of waking him up, but he had other plans for the morning. Instead of waking up the traditional way, Kouji decided to start the day with a morning make-out in bed. He quickly interrupted my with a strong, slow, toe-tingly kiss, his hand moving up to hold the back of my head, allowing him to angle my head and deepen the kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck, holding tightly, one of my hands moved up to tangle in his hair, the other didn't move but it did grip the back of his shirt in a fistful of fabric.
"Ahem." We quickly broke apart panting when we heard someone clear their throat. We looked over to see Kouichie smirking knowingly at us. Kouji placed one last light kiss on my lips, before getting up off the pallet and then helping me up as well. We clambered over to the dais to start the breakfast fire, and to prep the meat apples. The others eventually woke up and gravitated towards the fire and breakfast. Once everyone was done eating and Kouji and I double and triple checked that we had packed everything we would need for the night, we informed the others of our early TFM departure.
"Be careful, make good choices, and don't do anything I wouldn't do! But have fun! Oh and don't forget to take care of business, and I'm not just talking about the Crests" Takuya wiggled his eyebrows suggestively at us. For the past twenty minutes he had been lecturing us about what is and is not acceptable for us to do in the secret lover chamber…needless to say, Kouji was ready to behead and disembody our fearless leader, and I was to the end of my patience. I rolled my eyes but nodded at the appropriate times and intervals.
"Okay, this is great and all Takuya, I really love having these great Brother-Sister moments, but if you continue on any longer, we'll miss the TFM and we'll have to wait a whole other year to get the Crests." He finally relented, gave me a hug, looked me over, then turned to Kouji and mimed slitting his throat, an implied threat of what would happen should I not come back in the same condition as I left. We bid our goodbyes to the other three, then we finally exited the chamber. I locked the doors behind us to ensure they couldn't leave and get lost, and no one else could enter.
We found a dark corridor in the maze a few passages away that would give us the necessary privacy we needed to kiss heatedly and express our love so that the symbols and characters on the walls would lead us to the TFM chamber. As Kouji pulled me into our most passionate kiss thus far, I felt a warm sensation surround me, but I couldn't bring myself to break off the kiss just yet to see what it was.
-Author POV-
As the two lovers continued to bask in their physical and emotional intimacy, they failed to notice that their spirits appeared around their bodies (just like when they came to the D-world on trailmon the first time) and then disappear as quickly as they came. All around them, an indigo light lit up the maze, jostling the two teens from their own private world. They were thrilled to see the bizarre light was originating from the characters and symbols on the walls, and they quickly chose to follow the indigo lights to their secret chamber, where they would get to spend all day and night together in well-deserved privacy. The chamber was practically the same as Kazemon's, but with some minor differences, such as the mosaic on the ceiling depicted the two star-crossed lovers instead of all 10 warriors. And instead of their being a dais with 10 thrones engraved with the 10 elemental kanji, there was a raised platform with 10 pedestals, each had a ball of golden light resting on top.
Contrary to whatever Takuya thinks, the two did little more than tender kisses, loving caresses across the face, and a cuddled embrace as they slept. When they woke the next morning in each other's arms, they felt a feeling of utter joy and happiness settle deep inside them, and they realized they wanted to wake up to each other for the rest of their lives and existence, thought they did not voice this aloud.
Before leaving, the two of them presented all 10 Golden Tags which they collected from the others, to the 10 pedestals of light in the middle of the room. As soon as they did this, the tags started to glow with a faint golden light. At the same time that this was occurring, the 10 pedestals in the middle of the room began to retract and the 10 bright orbs golden light arose and moved across the room to stop in front them, where they then slide into the empty slots of the tags.
The two lovers finally decided to leave the chamber and go back out into the maze to rejoin with the rest, traveling on a wooded forest path this time (curtesy of AncientTroiamon's path). Not wanting to waste any more time, Zoe tells the wall to lead Kouji and her to the others, not knowing that the symbols would actually lead to the missing DD instead.