A Digimon Frontier Fanfic

By Sakura Martinez (a.k.a Haru Glory)

[A/N:

Well, thanks for all those who reviewed again. I found myself having a spare time so I decided to continue on working with this fanfic on while I have nothing to do. This chapter is pretty long. I've first thought of dividing this chapter into three parts, but decided otherwise so instead of this chapter being separated into three chapters, I made it into a single chapter. Anyhow, here's the latest addition to the Rabbit on the Moon fanfic, enjoy!

The Rabbit on the Moon

Moments of Tension

Takuya remained where he was, sitting on the cold, iron floor of the halted train, staring back at the eyes of the masked man who had been ordered to capture him. All around them, dozens of Knights came rushing to surround the masked man and Takuya with Kouichi.

Kouichi seeing the need to intervene did so.

"What is this all about, gentlemen?" He asked, trying to radiate authority in front of the mysterious man and his force.

"I think we have made it perfectly clear, Lord Kimura." The masked man spoke in his icy tone, "There is no use in denying the allegations placed upon your friend and companion, Lord Kanbara, for we already have enough evidence to punish him for treason."

"Treason?" Takuya exclaimed. "When did I commit such an act? And what's all these nonsense about my father, as you put it, knowing what I have been doing?"

There was a brief silence. In the midst of this silence, both Takuya and Kouichi tried to think of a way to get out of the situation that they were in. Both asking in their minds if this was all just a bluff, a misunderstanding of some sort, yet, despite this, fear lingered in them that the older Kanbara really did know what has been going on with his son.

"Do you really wish to discuss more of the incident in Ygdrassil here among these common folks?" the masked man questioned, Takuya could imagine the smirk behind the mask that this man would have pasted on his face with such a question.

He tried to think. What was he to do? What was he to say? Yet, there was no answer. He realized then and there that this must be what that voice had mentioned in his dream and he began to think how it would really help to hear that voice say something, anything to get him out of his predicament.

But nothing came. Not a word from the voice, not even in his mind.

With nothing to fight with, Takuya was taken by the masked man and his Knights. Kouichi being unable to do anything despite his position as an heir to the Kimura Family, all he could do was watch as his friend and companion was being taken away from him.

As sudden as the train stopped for the Knights to board did it resume operation. Kouichi stood there, stunned. He could not believe his helplessness. He could not believe nor even think of how Takuya's father knew that his son was behind the assault on the once-formidable fortress.

"This is bad…" he muttered as he slumped back down on the leather-skinned passenger's seat of the train.

Kouchi knew the punishment for such an act as treason, as the masked man pointed out. He knew that, at any case, the Knights would follow their procedures. First interrogation, then if the person would not cooperate or they did not like the person's answer it would mean only one thing…torture, and when they have enough information or had enough fun out of their prey, their comes the big finale…

He shuddered at the thought of what lies after torture. He knew that he had to do something, and by that something, he could only think of one thing and that is to ask for assistance from his grandfather…

Rows upon rows of Knights gather by the front gates of the Orimoto Mansion, they lie in wait for the return of the only daughter of the said family and right in the middle of this congregation there stood the worried father and an ecstatic bodyguard.

"Commander, I don't know what you were thinking sending Lady Izumi off like that with only the Vice-Commander and a duo of Knight Apprentices as company." The bodyguard spoke.

The Commander did not mind such words, which would seem disrespectful to other Commanders, to be spoken to him. He had, after all, always believed in the freedom of speech of his men, something that he thought would earn respect – which usually did.

"You know how I take my duties seriously sir, and to that end I would have believed that you would give me the privilege to be by Lady Izumi's side on her journey, I am after all, her body guard." He continued on.

The news of Izumi's secret mission was only made known to those who were close to her and to those that the Commander thought were trustworthy enough to handle such a delicate secret as his daughter's mission. Her return from what his father had told the public to be her 'vacation' had been told to everyone, however.

"I would have placed my daughter under your care, Lord Junpei, had if not been for my daughter's request." The Commander replied.

With those words the said commander could very well imagine the reaction of his companion, and what he had imagined to be his reaction was how he actually reacted in reality.

"WHAT?" Junpei exclaimed. "She requested that I may not accompany her? How could she say something like that."

"Pipe down, Lord Junpei." Commander Orimoto said with a glimmer of hidden laughter in his aqua-colored eyes. "I agreed to her request seeing as her reason had something to do with you-know-what."

Junpei was about to react to what his superior had said, but just as he was about to, the trumpet sounded signaling the return of the Commander's daughter. A command sounded to salute the said daughter and her companion, the Vice Commander of the Eastern Corps.

The Vice Commander, Kouji saluted them back signaling them to be at rest as he and Izumi proceeded towards the middle of the congregation to where the Eastern Corps Commander stood waiting with a smile of relief on his face.

"Commander Orimoto, we have returned." Kouji said as he saluted.

"Welcome back then Vice Commander." He said, then faced his daughter and gave her a warm, welcoming embrace. "I'm glad to see you safe and sound, Izumi."

"I'm glad to be back as well, father." Izumi said.

"Now then," the commander spoke as he and his daughter broke their hug. "Shall we talk about the events that transpired during your 'vacation' inside?"

"Yes, of course." Izumi replied.

And with that, the father and daughter walked side-by-side as they entered their house and on towards the Commander's room. They were followed by the Vice Commander, Kouji and Izumi's bodyguard, Junpei.

"I can't believe that you got to spend all that time with Lady Izumi, Kouji." Junpei whispered as they walked behind the Commander and Izumi. "I should have been the one with her, not you."

"In your dreams, Junpei." Kouji retorted. "If you were to have been with Lady Izumi on that mission, you would have certainly jeopardized it even before it began."

"What did you say?" Junpei asked. "That's no way to talk to your friend, just because you were promoted to Vice Commander doesn't mean you get to have all the cool missions."

"Actually, it does." Kouji replied. "Besides, your pervert-ness when it comes to Lady Izumi would be more than enough of a threat for her father to send you with her."

"For your information, oh-great-Kouji, it was Lady Izumi who requested that I would not accompany her." Junpei said in a matter-of-fact voice. "If the Commander could have seen the need for me to be the one he sent with her, then he would have made it happen."

Kouji looked at his friend and Lady Izumi's bodyguard with amusement. "Who told you something like that?"

"The Commander."

Kouji tried to stifle a laughter. "Did you actually believe that? The Commander may have said it, but the truth is HE was the one who chose me to accompany his daughter. Lady Izumi had no choice in this."

"But the Commander…"

"The Commander only said that so that you won't feel too depressed or sorry about yourself for it, he does it most of the time."

The discussion (and debate) between Kouji and Junpei came to a halt when they reached the Commander's Study where their discussion changed into a serious one.

"So, how did it go?" The Commander asked. "I can assume that you have found some valuable information in regards to the King and Commander Kanbara."

Izumi and Kouji both nodded at this as Izumi handed him the letter that Takuya found.

"Father, that letter was found during our companions' assault on Ygdrassil." Izumi said as she handed her father the said letter.

"Yes, I've been meaning to ask both of you on that." The Commander said as he took the letter. "Why did you allow such action to be done, Vice Commander?"

Kouji moved forward, this was the moment that he had hoped would never come.

"We didn't plan on assaulting the fortress, sir, but due to the circumstances back then, we didn't have much of a choice."

"Circumstances?" The Commander asked with an eyebrow raised. "What kind of circumstances?"

And with that, the duo proceeded to tell the story of the events that transpired during their journey – from the very beginning of it, up to the end. They both however, made sure not to mention anything about the Takuya being with them.

Hours elapsed until finally the tale came to an end.

"I could not believe that such harm would come to my daughter even with you around, Lord Kouji."

"I'm deeply sorry, Commander." Kouji said. "We did not realize that the enemy knew of our movements even as we tried to make it as discrete as possible."

"Yes, certainly a spy was, and possibly is still, in our midst." Was what the Commander said, then asked, "Are you both certain that neither of your companions were spying on you?"

Izumi glanced over at Kouji. She knew that Takuya would still need to prove himself when it comes to Kouji and that Kouji found it hard to trust Takuya despite the many times that he had came through for them.

"Yes sir. I am quite certain that their intentions were clear and that neither of them are in line with the enemy."

"Very well then, you are dismissed, Lord Kouji and you too, Lord Junpei." The Commander said.

The two Knights saluted the Commander before heading out of the room leaving Izumi with her father.

"Is there something else you needed, father?" Izumi asked.

"Sit." Came the reply as her father opened the letter and proceeded reading it.

It took several minutes before the Commander of the Eastern Corps finished reading the letter, after doing so, he reread it several more times before he placed it down, rubbed his temple and sighed.

"Father, were you aware of the contents of the letter?" Izumi asked.

Her father shook his head then replied. "I know as far as the King's interest on the myth, but I never thought that he and Kanbara were actually looking for those people who were said to have been chosen as vessels of ancient powers."

"If it is just a myth, Father, then why is it that the Western Commander went through all the trouble of destroying a village to the north an capturing a child there and why is it that they were experimenting on him?"

"The child you speak of is the same as the one mentioned in the letter?"

Izumi nodded.

"I met him when I was captured by those rogue knights, and I can tell you Father, that he has the ability to control Ice."

"Where is that child now?" the Commander asked.

"He went back to the Village." Izumi replied.

"We have to make sure that he is safe, Izumi." The Commander said. "I don't know if the myth is only a myth or not, but we cannot put our faith on chance. The myth speaks of a terrible power being unleashed when the ten powers are united as one, I am not about to sit around and do nothing when I know that the myth also speaks of this power being the cause of either salvation or destruction."

"Don't worry, Father." Izumi said. "Tomoki, that boy, told us that he would come here after he makes sure that his family and his village are still safe."

"Then that is good to hear. We may be behind on this, but we cannot allow the other side to take hold of the other chosen ones."

"About that, Father, the letter also speaks of the possibility that I may be one of them." Izumi blurted out. It was something that has been bothering her ever since she learned of the contents of the letter and of why she had been taken captive and brought to the Ygdrasil.

Silence was the reply of her father who had then closed his eyes to think.

"I honestly do not know, Izumi." Her father replied after a while, "However, you bore a marking on you, marking that signifies 'Wind' in the Ancient Language…If we were to base their assumptions on the chosen ones on that, then, you may very well be one of them."

Izumi thought for a moment. She remembered the markings on Takuya's back. She knew the risk it would be on telling her father that she had been with his rival's son, but if it would help, she was going to tell him.

But before she could speak, her father beat her to it.

"Why do I have a feeling, Izumi, that you and the Vice Commander failed to tell me an important detail of that mission?"

Izumi jerked her head in surprise. "What do you mean, father?"

"I meant exactly what I said."

Silence…

"Well, Father, there is one thing." Izumi finally decided. "And I don't know how you are going to react to this…"

The sound of the whipping echoed through the damp corridors of the Ardelhyde Castle's underground chamber and with it was the tortured screams of a particular auburn-haired youth.

Takuya had just been chained, hanging a couple of inches above the cold, hard ground. His shirt had been torn and on his back were whip marks and the wounds that it gave. His face had been distorted by punches he received whenever he failed to answer their questions. His hair was messier and there was blood from his head downwards.

"Why don't you tell us the reason why you attacked the fortress?" The masked man asked, his eyes showed the enjoyment he was having in torturing Takuya. "Who knows, we may even spare you for it."

"I have nothing to say to you!" Takuya said, his teeth gritted.

For that answer he earned three more rounds of beating.

"You're really making it hard on yourself." The masked man said.

"I don't care." Takuya retorted, his vision becoming blurry from all the beatings he had received in just a couple of hours. "You can beat me all you want, but I've got nothing to say to the likes of you."

"Hah! Your fierce even though you can't use that Flame of yours." The man said. "I wonder what your father will say when we tell him that you still won't cooperate even after all that you've been through with us."

"Well, why don't you bring him down here!" Takuya said. "I've got my own set of questions that I would like to ask him as well…or maybe he's to afraid to face his own son!"

As if on cue, the brass doors of the torture chamber opened.

As it did, a voice spoke. "My, my, is that how you talk about your own father, Takuya?"

Takuya looked over at the door, and there standing with two more knights, stood his father, the Commander of the Western Corps.

To Be Continued...

[A/N:

Whew That was a whole lot of typing that I needed to do in just three hours. Sorry for some typos, if there are any, since I am in such a hurry (today's classes would start in about thirty minutes and I am using the school computer to do this…lol) I'll try to edit this chapter later on, if I find time to do so, but if you guys won't mind, I'll just leave it as it is until I've finished the rest of the chapters.

Anyhow, our exams (midterm exams) would be starting this Thursday up to Tuesday (next week), so you can expect an update either on Wednesday (next week) or Friday (next week). Well, seeing as I don't have any time left, I'll leave this here.

So until next time, this is Sakura Martinez saying "PEACE" and signing out…See you guys soon!