animepup: And our summer is almost over…
jc: not sure if I should be glad or sad
animepup: you better start actually studying this year!
jc: no promises
animpup: … *sigh* Well, I've uploaded a drawing of Yuki on my deviantart. The link is in our profile, so feel free to go and check that out!
jc: let's applause her for getting off the couch and accomplishing something *claps*
animepup: JC!
jc: ciao! *runs away* animepup does not own Digimon or any of its original characters and story line.
RECAP:
Kouji's POV
"Thank you, Kouji…" She whispered.
"Yuki…I…" I trailed off when I felt a weight leaning on my shoulder, it was Yuki. And…my face turned bright red…great…
"What are you-" My sentence was cut off by a soft snore, *chuckle* I guess she fell asleep. Oh well, just for tonight, I'll be her pillow.
"Again, can you PLEASE explain to me why I'm climbing a cliff, 500ft in the air, on a steep mountain side?" I grumbled.
"Do you see any other way around it?" Kouji raised his eyebrow in question and continued to inch along the small ledge.
"There could have been another way!" I replied indignantly.
"I wouldn't trust your sense of direction."
"Oh, you sure are nice, aren't you?" I glared at the back of his head and pouted.
"Oh my, is the great Yuki-sama afraid of heights?" He cried out in a mocking manner.
"I'm not worried about the height part, I'm worried about the 'slip and fall to my death' part." He chuckled in response. I'm not sure if it's just me, but I feel like he's been acting really…different today. Ever since I woke up, he kept giving me strange stares and offered to help me with stuff too, though I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself! And I think he's been more willing to talk to me, even though most of the time he teases/mocks me…*sigh* I just don't get bo-
"Eeep!" My train of thought was cut off when the rocks beneath me loosened and my feet slipped. Oh wonderful… I managed to grab onto the edge and proceeded to try and pull myself up again.
"Here." I looked up and saw Kouji offer his hand to me.
"I can do it." I grunted.
"Stop trying to act cool and just let me help you." He sighed.
"Oh, like YOU'RE one to talk!" But I grabbed his hand anyways and let him pull me up. He just smirked at me.
"Help! Anyone! Please help us!" I heard a desperate cry above us.
"It's hopeless!" A different voice wailed. I looked up and saw a small cave, I gestured to Kouji and he nodded.
"Stop being so negative!" Another one countered. We hoisted ourselves into the cave to find a group of snail-like digimon trapped behind iron bars.
"There's someone here!" One of them perked up at the sight of us.
"You have to get us out of here!" Another cried.
"Shh! Don't be so loud! You'll scare them away!" A third one scolded.
"Can you save us?" A younger one stared at me with pleading eyes, and my heart melted.
"Don't worry, you'll be ok." I soothed. I could hear Kouji messing around with the lock when I spotted a boulder. I picked up the rock and proceeded to smash at the lock when he took the boulder away from me and did it himself.
"Kouji!" I pouted. Suddenly, I felt something grab my hood and throw me out the cave.
"AAHHHHHHH!" I screamed as I fell, the wind roared in my ears and I could barely hear anything. But I think I someone calling my name. Was that Kouji?
I couldn't really see how far I was from hitting the ground but it felt like I was descending faster and faster. See, this is why it's a bad idea to climb a freaking mountain that's hundreds of feet high. My heart rate sped up and I could hear the pounding in my head. Then, my breath was knocked out of me when I hit something solid.
"What happened?"
"Who are those two?"
"Are they alright?" I could hear them talk around me, but I couldn't see any people or digimon. I was surrounded by something similar to hay. Guess I didn't actually fall to my death. THANK THE LORD! Hold on…two people fell? KOUJI!
"Kouji?!" I frantically tried to dig myself out of the grassy mound.
"I'm fine." Kouji replied, but it was muffled by all the hay and stuff. I breathed a sigh of relief.
"At least I'm still in one piece." He said and I chuckled. It looks likes neither of us fell to our deaths today.
"You must be going through some shock, come and rest at our home. We are the KaratsukiNumemon." An elder KaratsukiNumemon approached us to lead us to their house. I tilted my head to the side. How is it sideways?
"Please have a seat." The elder looked towards the chairs and tables…that were on the wall. Well, I guess it's supposed to be the floor and we were standing on the wall but the whole place was sideways so…
"Oh yeah, we saw a group of digimon trapped in a cave earlier, I think they were also KaratsukiNumemon." I said to one of them that came to bring us some water.
"You've seen our girls?!" A huge group of KaratsukiNumemon piled towards me, I quickly scrambled back, into a corner.
"Um…Uh…Yeah." I stuttered. Immediately, they told us the situation. Apparently, a digimon called Grottomon had kidnapped all the girls from the village and will only return them if the KaratsukiNumemon tell him where the DigiCode for the mountain is hidden. They, of course, asked for our help and we agreed. They were extremely grateful and offered us a meal.
"Please take a break, we'll go prepare some food." The elder lead the others away from the room, leaving Kouji and I alone, sipping our water.
"Hold on…I think I hear voices approaching…" I paused.
"It might be Grottomon." Kouji got up and looked around, searching for a weapon I think. His eyes landed on a broom, so he pulled off the broom head and held the stick in a defensive stance near the entrance. I put my glass down and joined him at the door. I heard a familiar voice chanting "food" and a child warning "wait". The first person reached the doorway, and received a whack in the face as greeting.
"What the hell was that?!"
"Huh?" Takuya? Why's he here?
"It's you?" We all said at the same time.
"Kouji!" Junpei exclaimed.
"Yuki-neechan!" Tomoki's face lit up when he saw me. That kid is so adorable!
"You're the people they asked for additional help?" Kouji raised an eyebrow in question.
"Yeah well, we couldn't find any food either." Takuya replied.
"Just saying, we're not here for the same reasons." I said.
"These kids won't be of much help." Kouji turned to the KaratsukiNumemon.
"I'll help you right upside the head!" Takuya growled. "And why in the hell did you hit me?!"
"If I knew there were other helpers coming, I wouldn't have. Besides, it's not my fault you couldn't dodge fast enough." Kouji scoffed.
"Watch it stick boy, or I'll-" Takuya was cut off.
"Now now, since we're all here, let's eat shall we?" The elder came in to break up the argument.
"Yay! Food!" Takuya's group cheered, throwing their hands up in celebration. But if their hands aren't gripping the door edge, gravity's gunno make em fall. *Boom Thud* Told ya so. I quickly rolled to side to avoid getting squashed by the pile of tangled limbs. Kouji just crouched down and pulled his legs away from the avalanche of people. Quick reflexes bro.
"This is food?!" Takuya stared at our meal in disbelief.
"Looks like cabbages…" Junpei complained.
"It doesn't matter if we like it or not, at least we get to eat." Izumi bravely picked up a red cabbage. "Itadakimasu!" She took a bite, "Molto buono! It's delicious! Tastes like pizza!" The others looked at each other and tasted their cabbages.
"It's curry!"
"I got beef!"
"This is cream chicken!" Well, at least they seemed happy. I picked a dark reddish brown cabbage and settled in a little corner away from the chatty group.
"Yuki-neechan? Come and eat with us!" Tomoki happily skipped over, grabbed my hand and made me sit down with him. I sneaked a quick peek at Kouji who was eating by himself. I wonder if he's ok alone? Oh well, seeing as he is the lone wolf, he should be fine.
"Yuki, what flavor did you get?" Izumi brought my attention back.
"Um, pasta I think…" I replied, feeling uncomfortable with a large group of people. Seeing as I'm pretty much a loner in school, group meals are a whole new territory for me.
"How long have they been here?" Takuya asked one of the digimon.
"Since they fell from the sky." It answered.
"The sky?!" Takuya exclaimed.
"Why, yes."
".." Everyone turned to stare at me.
By the time we were all done eating, the sun had started to set. We were all gathered in a circle around a map of the KaratsukiNumemon's mountains. I was sitting between the boys, Takuya and Kouji. Yes, I know, a great position to be in, between the pair who bickers to no end.
"I believe we found them here." I pointed to a small cave-like dot thing on the map.
"They were trapped behind bars in the cave." Kouji described. All the KaratsukiNumemon mumbled worriedly.
"Don't worry! Leave it all to us!" Junpei boasted, "Because all 6 of us are the legendary warriors!" To my surprise, the digimon flinched and scurried away from us. *Facepalm* Junpei you idiot…wait! What did he say wrong, exactly?
"What's wrong?" Izumi voiced my concerns.
"You people a-are the le-legendary warriors!?" The elder stammered, wide eyed.
"Um, yeah." I replied, confused with their reaction. The KaratsukiNumemon immediately huddled together and started mumbling and grumbling in hushed voices.
"Oh they must be surprised that you are legendary warriors, since they've probably never seen one before." Bokomon concluded.
"Maybe they'll ask for our autographs!" Junpei said, excited. Um…I don't think so.
"Sorry about that." The KaratsukiNumemon finished their meeting and the elder apologized to us.
"So, let's go and save them then!" Takuya jumped up, looking all fired up and ready to go. Gee, you sure are a hot-head, aren't ya?
"Oh there's no rush! You can do that later, it's better to go and rest up now." The elder quickly cut in.
"Eh?" Now I'm really confused…
"I guess…That's fine…" Takuya said hesitantly. Kouji and I shared a look. I wonder what happened to all their enthusiasm? I thought they were desperate to get their girls back.
-POOF-IT IS NOW NIGHT-
We were sleeping on makeshift leaf beds on the ground-er walls? Cause the beds weren't exactly accessible to us.
"I'm really glad we met again!" Tomoki grinned at me, I smiled. He reminded me of Ai (A/N jc: If you don't know/remember who Ai is…go back and read the first chapter. animepup: jc! Don't be so lazy! Ai is Yuki's little sister.).
"Well, it's definitely nice to have another girl in the group. I thought I was going to drown in testosterone!" Izumi exclaimed. As I was listening to Izumi complain about boys, I could hear that on the other side of the room, Kouji and Takuya were, ONCE AGAIN, bickering about something. Boys will be boys.
I started to get a bit drowsy after a couple minutes, so I mumbled "good night" and closed my eyes. The sound of soft snoring around me was calming. Huh, I guess I could get used to this. Maybe it's not so bad to have a big group of (possible) friends.
I sighed in content and drifted off to sleep.
-NOW WE WAKE UP-WHOOP-
I felt a breeze and shivered. I sneezed and cracked open my eyes…It's still dark…I can still see the moon…HOLD ON! SINCE WHEN WAS I OUTSIDE?! Fully awake now, I realized my hands were bound by ropes and we were all dangling at the edge of the mountain.
"What in the world is going on here!?" I looked around frantically, desperately trying to find an explanation.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Kouji glared daggers at the KaratsukiNumemon above us.
"Our daughters were kidnapped!" The elder exclaimed.
"Yeah, we know! And that's why we're here to help!" Takuya snapped. The elder shook his head,
"That's what we thought at first. But since you're legendary warriors, we can't forgive you!"
"I don't get what you're talking about!" Izumi screamed in frustration.
"Grottomon must have his allies too!" The elder said.
"Allies? Who with who?" Kouji asked.
"Stop pretending! You are all with Grottomon!" The elder accused.
"…EH?!" We all shouted simultaneously. Where did THAT conclusion come from?!
Our dispute was interrupted by an explosion of rocks in the cave beside us. Then, I heard a voice,
"Are you going to tell me where the DigiCode is?"
"Who is it?!" Takuya growled.
"One of the legendary warriors, the one and only, Grottomon." A short troll like Digimon walked out. So, this is the bastard that captured to girls?
"It's…an evil legendary warrior!?" Bokomon seemed really confused.
"What is with these people?" Grottomon asked.
"Grottomon, if you want to save them, give us back our daughters!" All of the KaratsukiNumemon pulled out knives and prepared to cut our ropes. OH HELL NO! I REFUSE TO FALL FROM THIS MOUNTAIN AGAIN!
"Don't tell me, they're going to cut the ropes?!" Junpei looked up, astonished.
"So what? Do you think I care about them?" Grottomon shrugged. The elder signaled them to start cutting.
"Don't you care that they are also legendary warriors?" The KaratsukiNumemon asked.
"Huh? Legendary warriors? I see, so these are the human children who have obtained the spirits." Grottomon had an evil smirk on his face. "I've been looking for them. Now, I shall take their spirits!" He pulled a giant hammer out of the ground, preparing to smush us.
"Wh-what's going on? They aren't your allies?" The elder seemed bewildered.
"THAT'S WHAT WE TOLD YOU BEFORE!" Tomoki cried. Grottomon laughed and swung his hammer towards us, barely missing our legs. The KaratsukiNumemon flinched and scampered away, dropping their knives in the process. Kouji pushed off the mountain side and managed to cut his ropes with the knives they dropped. Now with his hands free, he digivolved into Wolfmon, grabbed the rope and fly kicked Grottomon in the face. As Wolfmon was fighting, the KaratsukiNumemon pulled us all up and apologized.
"Worry about that later! Let's go help Kouji before he's squished into wolf pie!" I commanded and digivolved, the others hesitated (probably surprised that I was ordering them around, or surprised I was talking to them. I dunno.) but followed my lead anyways.
"Spirit Evolution!"
"Mizumon!"
"Agnimon!"
"Fairymon!"
"Blitzmon!"
"Chakmon!"
We all reached the fight scene just as Grottomon smashed Wolfmon down the mountain. His fall caused him to crash through three layers of wall before he managed to barely grab onto the edge of the hole he made. See, I told you he might become wolf pie.
Blitzmon flew over, caught Grottomon's hammer and pulled him up. While Agnimon and Blitzmon distracted him, Fairymon carried Chakmon in and I floated over on my cloud cushion.
"Take it." Fairymon offered a hand to Wolfmon. He looked away, hesitant to accept help.
"Geez, stop trying to act cool and just let us help you." I grumbled. Instead of waiting for him to get over his ego, I just pulled him up. Fairymon reached over to help me.
"…Thanks…" He said after a moment of silence, we just smiled.
"While we fight Grottomon, you three go and free the prisoners." And with that, Wolfmon leaped up to join the others. Chakmon, Fairymon and I flew over to the cave to save the KaratsukiNumemon girls.
"Wasser Peitsche!"
"Brezza Petalo!" Our combined attacks of a water whip and wind slices broke through the metal bars and freed the digimon
"Hurry and get out of here." Chakmon urged them to leave. The big family reunited and everyone was happy.
"It's not safe yet. You must leave this place immediately. We don't know what Grottomon is capable of doing." I warned and much to my relief, they agreed to leave their home for now and go somewhere safe.
"Now, let's go help the boys!" Fairymon led us out of the cave.
"What happened? Where's Grottomon?" I asked Blitzmon.
"He dug himself into the mountain and we can't find him." He replied with frustration. Suddenly, he snapped his fingers, surprising me. He leaned over and whispered a plan to me.
"Huh, that's pretty clever. I guess you're smarter than I thought." I smirked.
"Hey! What do you mean by that!"
"Nothing! Now, let's get on with the plan. Regen Tanz!" I summoned huge storm clouds that immediately started to pour rain. The water washed down the side of the mountain, carrying bits of rock and stone with it.
"Hey Grottomon! You feel defeated yet?" Blitzmon taunted, hoping to get Grottomon to resurface. And it worked. He quickly aimed a lightning attack at the stone ledge above Grottomon, sending an avalanche of large boulders upon the legendary warrior of earth.
As Grottomon tumbled down the mountain, I glanced over at the others to make sure they were ok. Suddenly, I saw a giant patch of DigiCode. Oh no…
"I've found it!" Grottomon exclaimed, reappearing above us. Looks like he survived the rocky avalanche…
"I'm going to help myself to this mountain's DigiCode." He jumped down and landed in front of us.
"As if we'd just let you take it!" Blitzmon growled.
"Hehe…Beast Spirit! Slide Evolution!" To my surprise, a stream of DigiCode enveloped Grottomon and he emerged as a whole new digimon!
"Gigasmon!" He roared. I was shocked speechless.
"Hurricane Bomber!" While we were stunned, Gigasmon attacked. I was knocked out of the air and my cloud cushion disintegrated. Wolfmon, Agnimon and Chakmon were flung off the ladder they were on.
"Grab onto me!" Chakmon clung to the mountain side and transformed into ice spikes, giving us something to hang on to.
Stupid Junpei/Blitzmon tried to be all heroic and charged at Gigasmon, just to have himself blasted into the poles Bokomon and Neemon were on. Without anything to prevent them from falling, the two digimon flailed about as they fell until Fairymon and Blitzmon caught them.
"Gigasmon. Slide Evolution! Grottomon." Grottomon changed back.
"Hahaha! You're all so pathetic!" He laughed and switched back and forth between Grottomon and Gigasmon.
"What's the meaning of this?!" Agnimon asked, bewildered.
"Another evolution…" Bokomon trailed off.
"Cherubimon-sama told to take this DigiCode." Just as Gigasmon finished talking, he opened his mouth and ATE the DigiCode?!
The entire mountain started shaking and trembling. Bits and pieces of stone were falling everywhere. The tremors caused Chakmon to lose his grip. I screamed as we fell. I could still hear Gigasmon's evil laugh.
TBC
animepup: and…there you have it folks! The longest chapter I have ever written.
jc: the fight scenes are awkward
animepup: well I'm sorry! They're hard to write!
jc: *shrugs* alright, if you say so
animepup: *fail corner* jc is so mean to me…
jc: ….I'll go shopping with you?
animepup: ALRIGHT! LET'S GO RIGHT NOW!
AnimePup1599 and MangaluverJC out~