A Digimon Frontier Fanfic
By Sakura Martinez (a.k.a Haru Glory)
A/N:
Although I did say I was going to update last week, I wasn't able to do so since it was our exams and because I was also too busy preparing for the Video presentation that is going to be used for my sister's debut this coming 29th of December, so I, like always, want to apologize for such a long delay.
Anyway, I would not delay you're wait any longer. Here's the newest chapter! Enjoy!
The Rabbit on the Moon
Knight Blazer
A powerful explosion shook the forest. Trees and branches as well as dirt and dust were sent flying because of the impact of the explosion.
"That should take care of those fools." Said Kira as the dust began to clear.
But to her surprise, as she thought her enemies had already been disintegrated, Kouji and his companions were still standing unscathed.
"What? How?!" Kira exclaimed in disbelief.
"That was quick thinking Lady Izumi." Kouji said as he patted her, "Hate to break it to you, but we don't go down that easily."
Kira's companion, Krad, smiled. The maniac, blood-stained eyes gleamed with excitement as he came to a realization that this could not be a boring, one-sided battle after all.
Not too far from the battle grounds, Takuya was almost blown away by the force of explosion. Worry clouded his features as he wondered what could have happened to Izumi and her friends, but the worry he felt vanished as the dust began to settle and he saw that they were unharmed.
But he was surprised still as he saw the radius of the shield that Izumi created using her power. He knew of her being a Chosen One, but he did not knew that she had become this adept in handling her power…and in such a short time as well."That could have finished them off." Flayhm said. "Their lucky Izumi's reflexes are quick because she's intune with her power."
Takuya nodded. "Yeah, but if we don't hurry, their luck might not be enough to save them from this predicament."
"Right!"
"Damn it!" Katsuharu said as he made a dash towards the site, "We should have been more careful!"
"It can't be helped, Captain." Teppei said. "But we will have such an explaining to do if Takuya rushes in the fray before we do and they recognize him."
"Don't worry, Teppei." Chiaki said. "Takuya knows that they cannot know who he is…not yet anyways."
"Still, we can't be too certain…" Katsuharu said.
Kouji and Junpei, despite teaming up together in order to defeat Kira, found it unbelievably hard to do so. At first, they both thought that because of her petite size, the only thing she would be capable of doing on her own was dodging their attacks and running around. They thought that they had not to worry about her attacks, after all, what could a skinny woman possibly do, right? Well, they were dead wrong.
Despite her petite stature, this woman was able to hit Junpei and send him flying over a tree whilst he still was blocked. Despite her petite stature, this woman was also able to block Kouji's powerful attacks without a problem.
"This has to be a joke, right?" Junpei muttered as he stood up, his sword supporting him as he did so. "There's no way all these could be real…"
"This is bad." Kouji also thought to himself as he poised himself. "If things continue as they are…no, I don't even want to think what would happen if they do."
On the other end of the battlefield, Tomoki and Izumi were having their own problems facing Krad who has transformed himself into a raging, fighting-obsessed lunatic.
Being able to just dodge the said lunatic's attack was feat enough for despite having such a large body, Krad was, like his companion, quite fast. All Izumi and Tomoki could manage to do was stay far away from him as possible while unleashing their own barrage of elemental attacks, which seemed to have limited effect on their enemy.
"Why isn't our attacks doing major damage to this guy?" Izumi managed to ask over the roar of the combined attacks of Ice and Wind.
"I don't know." Tomoki replied. Then he turned over to his Guardian Spirit and asked, "Can you feel and tell whether he is also a Chosen One or not?"
Hiltz shook his head, "Well, I don't know about being a Chosen One or not, but his aura, it's different from that of an ordinary human."
"I don't think you need to point that out to us, Hiltz." Kaizen said, "It's quite obvious that these people aren't human, I mean c'mon our attacks don't work on them!"
"This is strange," Izumi said. "Tomoki, you already are using your Level 2 power, right?"
Tomoki nodded as they both jumped out of the way of another explosive attack from Krad.
"What are you two mumbling about?" Krad asked, "Are you already praying for some miracle to save you from this predicament? No matter how much you pray, no such miracle would occur for you."
And with that he let out a maniacal laughter that seemed to echo throughout the forest grounds.
The laughter seems to pierce through him. He knew as he made his way towards the battlefield that whomever such a laughter belonged to certainly has no sense of humanity in them. And that is a bad thing.
"Damn it!" Takuya said as he began to run. "If the trees weren't blown away I could have been there by now."
"Don't dwell on it too much, Takuya." Flayhm said, his eyes focused up ahead. "You can't be serious on rushing to help them looking like that."
"Looking like what?" Takuya asked.
"Like pretty much yourself as how they remembered you." Flayhm replied. "I mean, before you met up with Izumi again, your eyes were already that of a killer and you have that stern look in your face that made it hard to recognize you. But now, the only feature that separates the 'you' now and the 'you' from the past is that hair of yours. You can't possibly be thinking of going ahead looking like that!"
"Well, you can't be too sure that they will recognize me." Takuya said.
"Hah! I'm quite positive that they would!" Flayhm said a-matter-of-factly. "People who miss a certain person tend to quickly recognize a person who looks like that person whom they miss the most. What more of you when you are already that very person that they miss the most?"
Takuya's brows furrowed. He understood very well what his guardian meant and he could see the problem. He could still remember the words that had kept him from going after Izumi during his funeral. Those words that escaped Chiaki's mouth.
There was a high probability that these people attacking his friends were sent by his father and the King. That could mean that if, by any chance, Izumi figures out who he really was that these people would immediately send word to his father and to the King that he is still alive and in the company of Commander Orimoto's Vice Captain and his daughter. That would certainly spell out the exact scenario that Chiaki pointed out to him long before.
He had to do something about his appearance. But what?
"So, what are you proposing we do?" Takuya asked. "I don't think this cloak would hide my identity any longer than it had with Izumi."
Flayhm's face was serious. Takuya immediately noticed that face as the face of his guardian who already had something planned out. Something that he was sure would be risky.
"Spill it out, Flayhm." Takuya said. "We're almost there."
Flayhm stopped dead on his tracks which made Takuya also stop and look back at him.
"Takuya, there is a way for them not to completely know who you are." Flayhm began. "But this way is uncertain and could damage your Spiritual powers, our link and could even scar your body."
"I don't care, as long as it's a quick way because we don't have much time to dawdle."
Flayhm nodded. "This way I am to teach you is something that normally has to be taught in a slower manner, in the same way you did your training for your Level 2 power because this is one of the powers only available to those who reach Level 3."
Takuya was surprised to hear Flayhm even mention obtaining the third level of his power. He could still remember that long and arduous training he had to undergo just so he could obtain Level 2. He could very well remember that horrid feeling where he could have sworn that he was being burned alive. It was something his body could still recall and something he had to undergo, but he never thought he would have to do so again so soon.
He had almost lost an arm because of that training, and it was only just the second level, what more in the third level of training?
But he knew he had no choice. He knew that he has to do this, and that he needs to be able to do this without any hitch.
"So, will you go through with it? You only have less than a minute in order to do it, if you fail…well, we can only hope that Katsuharu and the others get to them in time."
"What was there to think about, anyways?" Takuya said to himself. "It was already decided even before I knew of the consequence." Then facing Flayhm with eyes of conviction he replied. "Yes. What do I have to do?"
Izumi winced in pain. She didn't know that the woman that both Junpei and Kouji were fighting against would take time to attack her.
"Was that just to show us that she can take on all of us by herself?" Izumi thought.
"Izumi, are you alright?" Tomoki said as he created an ice shield to protect them both to take a look at her injury.
"I can manage." Izumi replied trying to smile. "I'll be sure to pay that woman back for what she did!"
Tomoki smiled. "Don't try to force yourself though."
"Well, we can't leave things just to Lord Kouji and Lord Junpei now, can we?" Izumi said as Kaizen was helping her do some first aid. "Even if I can help a little, I want to do whatever I can."
Tomoki nodded. "I'm sure Takuya would have grinned at that if hear you say that. If he weren't gone, this would have been an easy fight with all three of us."
Silence was Izumi's answer. She was still uneasy talking about Takuya in the past tense like that or in thinking of what-ifs. But Tomoki did not need to hear any response from her, after all, he knew how she was feeling…sort of.
When she has finished patching up her wound, Tomoki released the shield and they went back to helping with the fight, a fight that they seem to be losing.
But the moment that he let the ice shield go was the moment that Krad was waiting for. For at that moment, Krad launched at them, his Axe drawn and without a doubt, it was going to strike them down.
Kouji saw it but he was blocking another fierce set of attacks from Kira to do anything to help.
Junpei saw it but he was too far to do anything to save them.
Hiltz could have created another defensive mechanism if it weren't for the fact that he, like his Master, was already drained of Spiritual Energy.
Kaizen could have created a powerful wind to blow Krad's axe away if it weren't for the fact that she like Izumi had just used a huge amount of Spiritual Energy for healing and what remained was not enough to create such a powerful wind for the job.
Everything seemed to fall into slow motion as the sharp edge of the axe that the enemy had swung towards them began to fall.
"Is this it?" Izumi thought to herself. "Are we going to die?"
She could no longer move, her fear and disbelief seemed to have frozen her to her place. And so she just waited. Her eyes were shut as he just waited for the blow to be dealt.
But there came none. Opening her eyes she saw why.
There stood the same man who was with the group that they had come across earlier. The man was blocking the attack with an axe of his own – matching raw strength with raw strength.
"It's alright." Came a female voice from beside her. "Come on."
When she looked to her side, she saw another one of those people they have come across at the town's entrance. This one was a woman with brown-colored hair.
"What's taking you so long, Chiaki." Said the man who was blocking the attack. "Hurry and help them up, I can't do much with you and them behind."
"I'm doing this as quick as possible, Katsuharu." Said Chiaki, the woman who was helping her and Tomoki up. "But these guys are still in shock."
"Then drag them if you have to just get out of the way!"
"Oh no you don't!" cried Kira as she was about to hurl another attack at the unsuspecting group.
She threw a set of kunai towards their direction, her aim was certain and so was she. But when she hoped it would hit the group, it did not. What was more she could not seem to see the kunai that she threw.
"Looking for these?" Came Teppei's voice.
"What!?" Kira said in surprise. "How did you…?!"
Instead of answering Kira's question, Teppei turned towards the stunned Junpei and Kouji and said, "Leave it this guys to us since you all do need some rest."
Kouji nodded and so did Junpei.
"I was hoping we wouldn't have to deal with you hounds, but I guess it can't be helped." Teppei said as he readied himself to battle, and after calling the attention of his two other companions added, "Let's finish this before that brat decides to jump in and ruin it all."
The two other nodded.
Meanwhile…
"Concentrate harder, Takuya." Flayhm said in a stern voice. "You should concentrate harder."
Takuya, who was panting and sweating with bruises all over his body looked at the direction where his guardian was levitating at.
"Easy for you to say." Takuya muttered. "How am I suppose to concentrate when you put your power up to somewhere close to a hundred percent? Have you forgotten that you are burning hot! You may not feel a thing, but I sure can!"
"Instead of complaining, Takuya, why don't you focus more on the task at hand?" Flayhm said.
Takuya growled under his breath, but consented to his Spirit Guardian's wishes knowing that he had no time left. He could feel it through Flayhm, Izumi and Tomoki were already weakening.
Closing his eyes once again, putting all of his concentration in and readying himself for the intensifying heat generated by Flayhm while transferring his powers to his Master, Takuya told himself that he would do it this time around.
Flayhm ignited himself once again, his hairy mane transformed into a flaming one. The pupils of his eyes glowed bright orange – fire visible through them. He inhaled a long one and exhaled it.
What came from his mouth was a soul-like breath of fiery color and it landed on Takuya. The power from it causing the ground around Takuya to tremble and a hot fumes erupted from beneath him.
His hair, although already gelled up, was even blown upwards. The pressure was overwhelming, yet Takuya remained steadfast.
Flames began to cover his body and he felt like he, himself was being burned. But still he forced himself to concentrate even more – to care not about the pain that he is feeling.
When the flames have already crawled to his face, Takuya let out a scream.
It seems that when the battle was already in their favor, fate decided to turn against them as their enemies suddenly obtained an unexplainable power. A power that if they had not seen, would have been believed to be impossible.
"It can't be!" Izumi gasped.
"How…?" Tomoki said dumbfounded, "How could they be able to use that?!"
Kouji's brows were furrowed, he had only seen one individual capable of doing what these people are doing now, but, "…but that guy's no longer around…"
"Hey, is this even possible, Captain?" Teppei asked, as he too was surprised at the sudden outburst of power from their foes.
"It shouldn't be," Katsuharu replied, "and yet here they are, people capable of controlling the same power as Takuya Kanbara!"
In front of the group, the two smirking warriors stood, their fists and weapons ablaze, ready for another round of combat.
"It's faint," Kaizen said to Izumi, "but I can sense it, the same spirit that emanated from that boy."
Hiltz nodded in agreement. "But there's something different about their spirit, there's something more to it than from what I've sensed before in Takuya."
Smoke filled the clearing where Takuya and Flayhm were.
Flayhm smiled as he vanished for in the clearing stood an warrior wearing a red-colored armor that had golden linings. Underneath the armor he was wearing black over-alls and a white chest plate.
His face was hidden underneath a mask with only his eyes and the lower half of his face visible. He had a spiky blond hair and his eyes were blue in color and held the look of fierce determination.
"Level 3 activated!" exclaimed the warrior. "And now…"
Turning towards the direction of the battle, the well-armored warrior rushes in to help.
To Be Continued…
A/N:
Well, this was one of the longest chapters again. It really tired me out to write this what with a lot of things going on around me, lol.
Well, first off, a Happy Christmas to you all (or whatever Christmas is called in your region or whatever it is you're celebrating today).
Thanks to kryuzei, Gold Dragon36, Marie Ravenclaw, TwinkieTUTUS, aniuwolfe, Angelheart17, takumiroxsox, egamtaerg, Sakaure Savo, asdf, Nerf-or-Nothing, lilMayumii, dogluv101, milkshakelvr, isabelann4114, kawaii-firestar, mysticalruby, CrazyAngel313, Megmo8214, Kari Minamoto, BlueLight98, amylovestakuya, RoMaNTiCiLLuSioNs, dbzgtfan2004, Takumi4ever, and all the others who have read and reviewed this story! You guys are the best!!
With that said, it's time for me to continue working on the next chapter! So, for now, ja ne!