Chapter 8

A/N: Chapter 8 is finally here. This is going to be a very long chapter by the way. Hope you all enjoy.

Takuya and the gang have finally gotten ready for the journey to find Jedrick's spirit.

"Now that I think about it, Ophanimon didn't you say you found the spirit?" Takuya asked Ophanimon in confusion.

"Yes but I meant the direction it was which is probably the direction to the Forest Terminal." Ophanimon replied.

"Well guys we should better get going that way" Jedrick said.

Everybody else nodded with agreement.

"Let's get going then shall we" Koji said.

The group soon started heading to the Forest Terminal by foot.

"Aw man why do we have to walk on foot can't we just use a Trailmon." J.P whined.

"Shut up J.P if we do that then the Digimon will know we left the castle already." Craig said in annoyance.

The group kept going and during that, Jedrick noticed that Koji was staring at Kate. Jedrick then decided to go ask Koji about this.

"Hey Koji, do you mind if I ask you something?" Jedrick asked.

"What do you want then Jedrick?" Koji said.

"Do you like Kate?" Jedrick asked.

"I swear Jedrick if you tell anyone I will kill you in your sleep" Koji said in rage while blushing at the same time knowing that it was pretty obvious.

"Don't worry about I'm not like that plus I don't blame you" Jedrick replied with a grin.

Koji was in shock when he heard this. Am I really that obvious? Koji thought.

"Takuya what is that over there?" Tommy said.

They then noticed Shadowpossessmon coming towards.

"It's that jerk who got Kouichi." Koji said in anger.

"We should beast spirit on him this time." Zoe said.

"Actually I just have a message for you humans" Shadowpossessmon said.

"Well spill it then" Jon said.

"Leave the Digital World or later on this petty little journey you will nothing but shame and defeat"

"If you say that then you can forget about it" Schmidt and Kate said.

"Very well then, your loss since Cherubimon has become evil again." Shadowpossessmon said smiling

"You little punk first Kouichi now Cherubimon" Koji said in rage. Koji has still been angry about what happened to Kouichi.

Before any of them can do anything, Shadowpossessmon left right away.

"Dang it, he left just like that" Takuya said.

"Well at least we can rethink our way of beating them" Zoe said.

The gang started walking for another 12 hours and soon got tired. They all decided to camp while Jedrick and Takuya volunteered to watch the camp only to train on fighting. This training left Takuya so exhausted he went to bed with Zoe.

The next day came up and everybody continued walking. Without realizing it, they were already at the Forest Terminal since they pretty much ran there.

"Dang how we got here so fast" Craig said surprised.

"That I have absolutely no idea." Tommy said.

"Well let's get searching." Takuya said.

Everybody went in groups to go and look for Elementmon. Jedrick went by himself.

At the end of the day, nobody could find anything.

"Man, this is harder than we thought." Takuya said.

"Yeah, hey where's Koji?" Zoe said.

"Kate, can you find him for us?" Jon said.

"Yeah sure I'll go look for him" Kate replied.

Koji was just staring at the fields when suddenly it got dark.

"What the heck is going on here?" He wondered.

A dark figure suddenly showed up. Koji soon noticed that it was Duskmon.

"Kouichi is that you?" Koji screamed.

"I used to be Kouichi but now his conscious has been controlled again just like last time, and this time you won't be seeing him again this time."

"That's what they all said." Koji said

EXECUTE

FUSION SPIRIT EVOLUTION
BEOWULFMON

The two figures suddenly started attacking each other. Koji and Kouichi were constantly hitting each other with slashes and were pretty much countering each move. It seemed it wouldn't end until Kate showed shocked.

"Koji what's going on" Kate screamed.

Koji then noticed Kate was there but was interrupted when Duskmon slashed him through his body. Koji suddenly was screaming in intense pain.

"KOJI!" Kate screamed out.

"Don't worry I'll be okay."

"Koji let me help you" Kate said.

Kate was about to spirit evolve but Duskmon suddenly disappeared.

"Wait why he suddenly disappeared like that?" Kate wondered.

"He's still resisting the control of Shadowpossessmon" Koji said.

Koji was still wincing in pain from the slash given by Duskmon.

"Koji are you going to be ok?" Kate asked in worried. The journey made has gotten Kate to care more about Koji but didn't know that he cared about her as well.

"Yeah don't worry just a scratch I hope" Koji said.

When Koji took off his shirt to see what happened to his body was nothing but a huge slash mark on his chest which shocked him and Kate as well. Koji was in real shock then gritted his teeth feeling the pain the cut was giving him.

"Koji are you sure?" Kate asked again since now she was worried.

"Hey don't worry it's nothing." Koji said even though he kind of lied.

"Koji I don't believe one-bit!" she screamed.

"Please Kate you don't have too" Koji was then interrupted.

"No, stop okay I've been starting to care about you ever since we started this so don't go and say it's nothing because that's a very severe cut and if you're not going to care about then you will just die of too much blood loss." Kate was suddenly in tears.

She suddenly felt embraced by Koji who was smiling next to her and wiped away all of her tears. It was probably the most romantic she has ever seen him do.

"Ok Kate I'll let it heal for you and I hope if this is a good time to tell you" Koji said with a grin on his face.

"Yes, what is it Koji?" Kate asked. She was wondering what it was.

"Ever since we develop this friendship, I have always had feelings about you and now my decision has been made." There was a long pause "Kate, I love you"

Kate was shocked by every single word that Koji said.

"I just wanted to let you know…" Koji got interrupted by Kate putting her lips into his and they were kissing.

They broke apart after 5 minutes.

"I love you Koji."

"I love you to, Kate."

They both stood there embracing there for about 10 minutes not noticing Takuya and Zoe by the woods.

"Well Zoe it seemed they didn't need our help." Takuya said then kissing her forehead. Their arms were wrapped around each other's bodies.

"At least can be with someone when he thinks about Kouichi" Zoe responded kissing him in the cheeks.

"Well guess we better go back to camp"

Takuya and Zoe then went back to the camp. Koji and Kate got back to the camp holding hands.

"Hey guys" Koji said.

"Hehe, someone got a girlfriend now." Jon said.

Koji and Kate suddenly blushed crazily.

"Well guys we better go and rest tonight.

Schmidt and Tommy were talking to each other.

"Hey how's the Digital World in your opinion?" Tommy asked.

"Well come to think of it, I'm a little scared because of what happens if we fail." Schmidt said.

"Hey don't worry it'll get better I mean I used to be scared but not anymore after what happened last time I was here."

"Thanks Tommy that helps a lot now let's gets some rest." Schmidt said.

"No problem and I agree" Tommy replied.

They two went to bed after the little conversation.

Jon and Craig were talking about the Digital World and are now best friends with a friendship similar to Takuya and Koji.

Everybody soon woke up the next morning and continued their journey.

They gang soon got on a road of 5 pathways.

"Well guys guess we should split up." Takuya said.

"But how do we meet up?" J.P said.

"You idiot all 5 of them lead into the same place but they are all too small for all of us to go. Not to mention the pathways were surrounded with lava made by the forbidden Digimon" Koji said.

The gang soon split up into 5 groups.

Takuya and Zoe

Koji and Kate

Jedrick and J.P

Jon and Craig

Schmidt and Tommy

"Well does everybody agree with this plan?"

Everybody nodded and they started walking the pathways.

End of Chapter 8

A/N: Wow what a chapter and hope that everybody liked it.