Chapter Three: The Ice Warrior, Kumamon!
I stood back at Fire Terminal with J.P., Tommy, Zoe, and Takuya.
"If you really want to go home all you got to do is hop on here" Neemon pointed to a Trailmon behind him.
"It's that easy?" J.P asked as Bokomon appeared and start pulling Neemon away lecturing him about what he should and shouldn't do. "I'm taking that bad boy home, eh? How about it guys?" He questioned looking over to anyone for an answer.
To me it seems like J.P is the only one who wants to leave. Receiving no answer he tried to pursue us. "You guys don't really want to stay here do you?" again nothing. "Fine then. You dweebs enjoy your digital freak show." He jump down to the track and started his way to the train.
"Aren't you going with him?" Zoe asked Tommy.
"I've decided I'm going to stay here with you." He said in a small tone.
"Huh?" Zoe and Takuya said.
"I thought you wanted to go home." Zoe stated.
"Not anymore." He said.
"Go home Tommy, it dangerous here and besides third grade is a jungle here," Takuya pursued.
Reluctantly Tommy went with J.P. I just watch as the whole scene unravel itself.
"How about you, huh?" Takuya question with a bored look on his face.
"I have a name you know." She reminded.
"Okay 'Zoe' are you leaving?" he ask stubbornly.
"Why will you miss me?" Zoe question with a smile on her face.
"I won't be responsible for you, you know." Takuya said.
"Good one Romeo I'll be fine." She threw back.
"This outta be fun" Takuya stated sarcastically.
"How about you Akira?" Zoe questioned remembering I was here.
Leaving now means I won't know for sure if Koji is the same Koji I know. "Nah I'm fine." I said with a hint of kindness.
The train started moving and coughed off into the smoke he made. Neemon waved goodbye and we turned to leave only to see J.P and Tommy coming towards us.
"What are you doing?" Takuya shouted.
"To be honest, I have no idea." J.P answered.
"Me neither" Tommy said.
"Well I'm not going to be responsible for you're safety. You're on your own." Zoe mocked. Takuya and Zoe started fighting.
We were walking beside a track towards anything we can find. Bokomon jumped beside Takuya.
"Mr. Takuya, I hope you're going to help us. You carry within yourself Agunimon one of the 11 legendary warriors. You can defeat any digimon including Cherubimon. You have the power to save us, you got to help us save what lost in the digital world." Bokomon started spazzing.
"I think you gotta calm down, buddy" Takuya said.
"My name is Bokomon, and I'm not your buddy and I don't think you get the serenity of the problem here." He continued to spazz. Everyone started getting annoyed we all stare at him. "We need the data from the fractal code in order to restore the digital world, please save our world, help us get the fractal code before it's too late. Will you?" Bokomon begged.
Takuya was ignoring Bokomon.
"Neemon don't just stand there, use your hinny and get over and say something" Bokomon commanded.
"Some-Thing" Neemon said stupidly.
"Are you really that dense or are you doing that just to annoy me?" Bokomon ask and went over and pulled on Neemon's red trousers.
My D-Tector started ringing with its static noise. "Attention. Go to the Forest Terminal immediately."
"Forest Terminal where that?" I said.
"How we get there? Hey answer me!" Takuya shouted at his D-Tector and started pressing random buttons.
"The Forest Terminal is located within the Forest Kingdom. We just follow the tracks and it will take us straight to the terminal." Bokomon answered.
"For how long?" Neemon asked.
"It said…it said…IT said…argh...all the way" Bokomon answered.
"You're full of useless information aren't you?" Takuya sighed.
We started walking, following the train tracks.
"What make you change you're mind about going back?" Takuya asked.
"Well I didn't have much going on back there and I guess it will be more fun hanging out and getting to know you much better." J.P answer red in the face.
"Heh, get to know Zoe you mean." Takuya snickered.
"Hey that is not what I meant!" J.P shouted.
"Then why are you red, buddy?" Takuya asked
"I'm not I'm just sunburned" J.P said "What grade are you anyway?" He asked.
"6 why?" Takuya questioned.
"Ha I'm in the 7th grade." J.P said finding seniority.
"Like I'm supposed to care" Takuya sighed.
"Like I care if you care" J.P said walking ahead then mumbling about why he didn't go back when he had the chance.
"Why didn't you go home, Tommy?" Zoe asked this intrigued me.
"So I can be like Takuya." Tommy replied.
"What?" I asked.
"So I can become some kind of digimon so I won't be scared all the time" Zoe and I gave him a sympathy look.
"What about you're mom and dad? I bet their worried" Zoe said.
Tommy immediately felt bad. "I miss my parents but when I go back, I won't be scared anymore, so they'll forgive me for being gone." He started running ahead.
"Poor him" I said. Zoe nodded.
We walked and walk and now it was night time and the tracked was broken. J.P pointed out there was trail downwards to a place where there was many light so they might know the exit. We started downhill. I heard noises while we cross the stream.
"Did you hear anything?" I asked.
"Nope" Zoe answered.
"That's weird I could have sworn I saw those light down here." Said J.P
"Look like that to me." Zoe said.
"Akira, Takuya" Tommy said pulling on our sleeves. Tommy pointed to an artifact. It was the 11 elements symbol besides Lucemon. The 10 symbol made a circle in the middle was another symbol.
"What this?" I asked.
"Kinda pretty" Zoe awed.
"Pretty? Pretty she says. These are the symbol of the ten legendary warrior." Bokomon said
"But there are eleven symbols." I stated interrupting Bokomon.
"I'm getting to that. In ancient time there were terrible wars between the humanoid digimon and the beast digimon for the control of the digital world. One day an angel digimon called Lucemon appeared. He resolved the problem and told them how to live in peace and the fighting stopped. Lucemon was a kind, wise digimon, but the peace was short lived, Lucemon obsessed with the power began tormenting the peace loving digimons until they could take no more. Then the ten legendary digimon rose up and fought against Lucemon in a fierce battle, with the help of the one who wield the 11th crest, they defeated Lucemon and restored the peace. The legend said the warriors will rise again in times of trouble." Bokomon informed.
"Can you read it again?" Neemon asked.
"No" Bokomon said putting the book of knowledge away.
"Hey I know that symbol" Tommy said pointing to the fire symbol (火)
"It's the same one we saw when Takuya spirit evolve to Agunimon" Zoe said.
"And that one next to it is when Koji spirit evolved to Lobomon" (光) Tommy pointed out.
And that one is the one in the book of knowledge about Dianamon. (空) I thought staring at the middle symbol.
"I wonder if I'll be next. Oh~ I hope my digimon will be cute" Zoe said.
"I wanna be the biggest, scariest digimon ever." Tommy said.
The surrounding started to glow red. I turn to see us surrounded by many candle like monsters. "Uhh guys, we got company" I said. They turn to see the same thing.
"Why have you humans come to our village? You are not welcome here" A candle with a mustache said.
"We're on our way to the forest terminal." Takuya explained.
"Ooo you're melting my heart" The candle spoke.
"That not good" Some other candles said.
"You mean to steal the ancient artifact from us don't you, well you won't get away with it." The candle said ignoring what Takuya had said. Bokomon came in defense and explained the whole things about the legendary digimon.
The Candlemon was holding shamrock and dancing around a bigger candle that the lit on fire starting from the bottom. They threw the clover into the fire and a green mist start forming.
"Look at this, its sleeping clover" Bokomon said in disgust then fell asleep along with Neemon.
Upon hearing this I cover my nose and mouth with my hand.
"I can't keep my eyes open" I heard Zoe said.
I crawl over with one hand over my nose I wasn't as sleepy. I didn't inhale much of it. Soon Zoe, J.P and Tommy had fallen asleep. Takuya went on his knees trying to not fall asleep. I grabbed Takuya arm with my free one and place it on his mouth so and nose so he isn't inhale it as fast. He understood soon enough.
We crawl over to the rest of the group. J.P and Zoe woke up, but they we're still sleepy. Tommy on the other hand was sleeping still.
"I'll take him" I offered as the rest of the gang took off towards the water. I place Tommy on my arms and ran in. I felt Tommy struggle in the water. What if he can't swim? I thought panic rising. I quickly place him beside me head over the water.
"I'll never complain about my alarm clock again" Zoe said popping out of the water.
"Yea nice way to wake up" Joked J.P
"Takuya said to jump in or we were going to burn up" Tommy said. He was stand on my thighs and grabbing on my neck stay on top of the water.
"O did I disturb your beauty sleep?" Takuya said in a mocking tone.
"We will be safer here, fire digimon like Candlemon should be afraid of the water." I said.
"Guess again" One Candlemon said. There was two jumping on the side of a cliff. "Lava logy" The spit out fire ball at us.
"We're going under Tommy" I said. Quickly Tommy took a breath of air and we went under.
I dragged Tommy beside me as I swam. We went and lodge ourselves in between to large boulders. The Candlemons start jabbering about where we disappear to.
"I'll distract while you make a break for it." Takuya said.
"Some plan" Zoe mocked.
"Wait a minute, Mr. President, I don't remember electing you leader of this stupid club. Right?" J.P said.
"Yea that right, we're all in this together, so any decision we make we make as a team ok?" Zoe said
"I really want to help, but I'm too slow, you guys should just go ahead of me." Tommy suggested.
"If you really want to help, then stay positive and there is no way I'm leaving anyone behind." I said
"Akira is right, that's not an option. If I can spirit evolve into Agunimon then I can stop the Candlemon" Takuya stated. "
Right spirit boy better read your spirit manual before you do something like that again." J.P mocked
"He's right, you shouldn't fight alone you're not really good at it yet" Zoe agreed.
"They're coming" I said as we dived back into the water. Tommy was clutching the rock so he didn't sink.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence" Takuya said sarcastically placing his goggles on and swimming ahead. "Just get Tommy out of here okay?"
"You guys go first I'll go last and make catch anyone that falls." I suggested as they started climbing.
There was commotion coming from the Candlemons. We turn our head to look Takuya had trouble changing into Agunimon I want to help but If I change they'll know.I decided to go in the worst possible situation.
"My D-Tector" Takuya said dropping it.
Not yet there is still a way before they will reach him. I place my hand in my jacket pocket ready to grab out my D-Tector and transform.
Takuya jump and grab his D-Tector and shout "Spirit Evolution time" He changed into Agunimon. We started to cheer for Agunimon. "I summon the Pyro Tornado" Agunimon said place his fist together causing fire to whip around his arms. He started firing fireballs from his hand onto the candles only to make the flame on the Candlemon larger.
"What's wrong" Tommy asked
"Fire attacks won't work on fire digimons" Zoe and I said.
"Come on I better get us out of this hole before we get waxed" J.P said slipping on ice.
"Be careful Tommy" Zoe said.
I skate over to Tommy and help him keep his balance; then I went to Zoe and held up too.
"Wow I didn't see that before" J.P pointed out that there was an ice cave.
The Candlemon was pushing Agunimon back with a large group of fire. Tommy took out his D-Tector and start pushing random buttons trying to get a spirit. J.P started too. I took my D-tector out and was searching through it looking for the spirit. The Candlemon spun around and fire melted wax onto Agunimon. Agunimon cried out in pain.
Tommy slid down into the steam and help Agunimon by throwing water onto the candles.
"Tommy" I cried along with J.P and Zoe.
There came a green light from behind us inside the cave. Out came a spirit in a snow teddy bear shape. Tommy took hid D-Tector and sucked the spirit in. Then he spirit evolved into Kumamon.
"That's amazing" Zoe said.
"That's impossible" J.P said
So Cute I thought.
"Crystal breeze" Kumamon said freezing a Candlemon.
The other Candlemon digivolved into Wizardmon. He kicked Kunamon down then Wizardmon disappear and attack Agunimon from behind. Agunimon dodge it. Wizardmon cloned himself and surround Agunimon. Wizardmon attack with lightning making Agunimon jump around.
"Agunimon only this one has a shadow attack this one" Kunamon shouted. Agunimon did so and defeated Wizardmon.
Wizardmon turn out to have to fractal code for the bridge. Upon earning respect from the Candlemon village we went off to cross it. A Trailmon cross it before we did.
Inside the trailmon was the lone wolf, Koji.
