Hehehe... last chapter I got King Drasil's name wrong. It's King Drasil, not King Yggdrasil. *sweat drop* I'll fix it in the meantime.
AND Lueurmon's name is wrong in ch 7 too! *bangs head on desk repeatedly* it's not Luerumon, it's Lueurmon. :(
I will also take the time to fix that later too!
And with that, please enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 8: The Memory of Promise
Day 8 - Digital World, Cliffs of Tapirmon: Magomon
No no no no no...NO! Where did we go wrong?
It was incredibly dark in certain parts of the abyss. He could see due to the light generated from one of his die, but kept it dim to avoid the notice of enemies.
Hitomi was gone. Minoru's Digiegg was stolen by the Youkomon from before. Kiyoshi's Digiegg was missing as well. Someone had anticipated his arrival, ambushing them shortly after diving towards the darkness. Hitomi did not make a sound as she fell, making it even harder to distinguish where she had fallen. Around two days have passed and still no sight of her. Magomon wasn't terribly worried as she had enough provisions with her to last a few days, but there were enemies abound. And the Tapirmon were angry, chasing him every which way for disturbing their sanctuaries scattered on these cliffs.
How did the Youkomon get the Digiegg? It was in KedakaiLeomon's hands. A traitor? Who knew that I was coming here? Did this happen because I disobeyed Hitomi, telling Sasha and Yoshi information? Is this karma? If so, then I'll just let it go running back home.
Magomon sent up a die as an SOS and braced himself for the risk of revealing Hitomi to the world.
Day 8 - Digital World, Clockmon Factory: Seiko Sasaki
Day nine was almost approaching. Their party now consisted of Isamu, Kiyoshi, Kasaimon, Eismon, Terriermon, Syaykomon (with the antenna gone), and her. Terriermon was picked up along the way. Apparently, he had someone to meet at KedakaiLeomon's headquarters. Syaykomon came to atone for his crimes and support them in whatever way possible. It was a bigger group now, and Seiko felt reassured by the numbers. All she knew was that it would take the next day to reach KedakaiLeomon's headquarters.
They had learned about the other three and how two of them had gone to Witchelny Crossing from Terriermon. Yoshi Takahashi and Sasha Alkaev, along with Vetermon and Lopmon, the Digimon Terriermon wanted to meet. Seiko had someone she personally wished to talk to also. Minoru Yamamoto. She had felt incredibly idiotic for not remembering him earlier. He went to my school for Pete's sake! Ranked third in their third year of middle school. Seiko realized that she never knew who the second rank of her year was, all information was disclosed. All she knew was that he was placed in individual studies, the same as Minoru. Strangely enough, the only person she saw enter the individual studies building was Minoru and the teacher in charge of him. Besides that, the building was used for extracurricular activities and storage.
Carrying his sketchbook, Seiko was determined to get answers. Especially about the pictures of Hitomi, who was the beautifully drawn girl. Isamu actually didn't know how Hitomi looked like so when he himself saw them, he just said that they were drawn well. Kiyoshi too. Also, there had been drawings of Vibrant Seaside too, and the Digiegg of Eismon, along several others.
The doors to Clockmon's Factory welcomed them, and all were provided free samples of Clockmon Environment Masks version 3.0.
Day 8 - Digital World, Witchelny Crossing: Yoshi Takahashi
"Okay everyone, through here!" Wizardmon pointed towards the secret route out of his house.
Yoshi had been running with Lueurmon and Dimon at his side. They were close besides him, one on each side. Yoshi didn't know what to make of them. He was supposed to have Lueurmon only.
Oh well, the numbers don't matter. I'll pay attention to both of them equally.
All of them burst to the open, startling passing Digimon. Wizardmon chanted a spell of some sorts and every entrance of the house was locked. Yoshi could hear banging from the inside, and he was afraid just listening to them.
What did they need me for? Is it because I didn't have Lueurmon and Dimon with me? Yoshi shivered internally. It's possible...
"Yoshi!" He heard Lueurmon's voice.
"Eh?"
"Lets go. We need to think up of a plan to counter those three."
The group was again, at the square. Yoshi pushed up his glasses by the bridge and gripped the book written by Hitomi. The statues of King Drasil and his Royal Knights did little to comfort him. If they were missing in the first place, doesn't that mean that there was someone stronger than them?
Who are the Digimon Tsumi? I don't know anything at all. How can we beat someone we don't even know, or how they look like? I wonder where all the Royal Knights are. They would help us if we found them. After all, they work for King Drasil, no? And King Drasil himself, if he's a god-like entity in the Digital World, wouldn't that make him invincible? Or is he himself vulnerable too? In Greek and Norse mythology, it does show gods suffer despite being immortal. Is this the same? What is this world built upon anyway? Does Hitomi's book have the answers?
"How much time do we have left before they break out?" Yoshi looked at the direction of Wizardmon's house, where far off thumps could be heard.
"From what I see, an hour I suppose." Buryamon was trying to stop Dimon from unraveling the bun she had. The duke blue ribbon was dangerously close to Dimon's hands. Lueurmon distracted Dimon by dangling his lantern in front of her. It worked, and Buryamon sighed in relief. Lueurmon scolded Dimon who just went to the next curious thing after another. They seemed to be like brother and sister, which Yoshi thought was quite cute.
Lueurmon appeared to be the older of the two. He had a raggedy trench coat on, and the bottom half of his face was covered up by the upturned collar. He would be slightly taller than Buryamon if she was Vetermon. Lueurmon was carrying a pole with a lantern attached at the far end. The lantern was meticulously designed in a way reminiscent of a traditional European lantern. The light inside was shining weakly, spurting flames every now and then. One of his eyes were yellow. The other was black and had the design of an adorned pig. They had an aloof look to them. At the same time his eyes seemed to have a certain wisdom. His skin was colored ivory. Underneath his trench coat, he also had a shabby shirt on along with unkempt pants. The biggest thing Yoshi noticed was that he had no shadow nor did the lamp he carried give off one either.
Dimon was the exact opposite. She would be around three-fourths the size of Vetermon. Lueurmon was twice her height. Her eyes were black and yellow, just like Lueurmon's. Instead of the black eye, her yellow eye had the pig design. Her other eye was pitch black with no light. Yoshi thought he was staring through a black hole. Dimon wore a huge black cloak with a hood attached to the back. It was somehow made of shadows in a solid form. She wore an equally dark dress that flowed with the shadows. Dimon's skin was a hue of cool gray. Her long, long black hair almost brushed against the ground, tied in two high pigtails. She had a shadow, except it was constantly changing shape, length, and seemed to surround her like a shield. Also, Dimon wasn't wearing any shoes or the like, she was barefoot.
"What kind of plan can we set up in one hour?" Lopmon tilted her head, sitting on Yoshi's head.
Yoshi thought for a bit. "Well, we can try and find a way for Lueurmon and Dimon to digivolve. At the same time, we can get help of others at Witchelny Crossway."
As soon as he uttered those words, all the Digimon around them cleared the square. They all scampered into any house they could find and stores instantly closed for the day.
"..."
"Hmph. Weaklings." Lueurmon closed his eyes and shook his head.
"You got that right!" Dimon copied him.
"Now now, no calling anyone weaklings." Yoshi reprimanded. "It's perfectly normal to be afraid."
"Yes, everyone's afraid to fight, even me. Whoever enjoys fighting, is a fool. However, if these Digimon want to hone their skills in the Digital World, the Digimon from Witchelny sure aren't getting anything done. They shouldn't just sit around and expect someone to protect their own town for them. But... if you want me to stop calling them that, I will." Lueurmon obeyed Yoshi, obviously a bit disgruntled.
Dimon nodded vigorously, completely agreeing in Lueurmon.
Well, I do have to admit that well... the Digimon in Witchelny are a bit cowardly. Just like Lueurmon said, if they can't even take care of a threat even though they basically have huge numbers compared to the enemy, they're not really all that strong. A bunch of champion Digimon were here too. You're telling me that literally all these champions can't fight three? On our side, we only have two, Buryamon and Wizardmon. We're outnumbered in strength.
"Even so, one day, I know all these Digimon will become strong and brave, like you two." Yoshi smiled at the two.
Lueurmon muttered something about his grin being too bright and Dimon jumped up with glee, telling Lueurmon that being smiled at felt good.
"Okay, here's what we'll do." Everyone paid attention to Yoshi. "We'll have Buryamon go against Boogeymon and Wizardmon against Witchmon. Don't let Witchmon reach Buryamon. Her attacks are too fast for Buryamon to handle, and Witchmon knows that. She'll aim for Buryamon at any given chance. Boogeymon's slow enough for Buryamon, due to his eye. For Flawizarmon, all I can say is that Lopmon, Lueurmon, and Dimon will have to make do until at least Buryamon and Wizardmon can defeat their opponent fast enough."
"That sound like a great plan Yoshi!" Sasha patted him on the back, a bit too hard again. Lopmon grabbed onto his shoulder for safety. "Don't worry, I believe that our plan's goin' to work!
Everyone else agreed, as the plan was the best they could muster. They decided to wait in the square, out in the open. No one would get hurt due to the huge space and Wizardmon stated that the houses were protected with magic. So with that, they waited for the remainder of the time. Yoshi and Sasha hid behind one of the statues, Dynasmon's of the Royal Knights. His pose allowed them to be hidden from plain view but they just had enough of an angle to see the fighters.
"This is goin' to work out. We're all goin' to go back to Minoru and everyone back at KedakaiLeomon's Headquarters." Sasha squeezed his hand.
"We will. I'm sure of it." Yoshi squeezed it back. He noticed that he was used to Sasha's touch by now. Was it the fact that they had gone through a lot already, and also from three years ago?
*Smash*
Yoshi caught a glimpse of three figures, accelerating their way. Their allies and partners readied themselves for battle.
"Aquary Pressure!" Witchmon aimed towards Buryamon, just as Yoshi expected her to.
Wizardmon stepped in front of the roaring water. "Electro Squall!" A thunder cloud vanquished the waves with lightning.
"Ugh, Wizardmon. Always saving the day. Only three years and already you're up the ladder." Witchmon had a smile, still, never unwavering. Transfixed to that face of hers.
"Don't do this, I don't want to hurt you. Weren't we friends for three years?" Wizardmon tried to talk her down, but Yoshi knew better than that. He knew she wouldn't back down.
The others had engaged in battle at this point. They were holding up well, thankfully.
"Storm Claymore!" Buryamon brought down her weapon, wreathed in torrents of wind down on the floor. Boogeymon dodged in time and the impact left a crater.
"Death Crush!" Buryamon was able to dodge in time.
"Another worthy opponent. No matter. I will defeat all that comes my way, and my master as well."
"Not as long as I'm here." The Boogeymon with one eye raised his pitchfork. "After you, I have another to deal with. Three actually. All annoying brats like your 'master' over there."
Buryamon was angered by this remark. "How dare you! May your Digiegg be the first to form!"
Buryamon lunged, and Boogeymon lurched to the side.
Meanwhile...
"Fire Cloud!"
"Tiny Twister!"
"Sonic Shadow!"
The cloud of fire disappeared before it was able to fully form. Flawizarmon dodged the twister and the crescent shadow speeding towards him.
"Now Dimon, gain close ground before the next attack. Lopmon and I'll get him off balance in case he tries any close range. Lopmon, follow me whenever I attack." Lueurmon was the farthest off of the three, not budging, while the two were in full force, gaining ground. Yoshi looked at his D-Links and Lueurmon only had long range moves. No wonder he didn't want to get up close.
"Magic Ignition!" Blue energy was forming in Flawizarmon's hands as well as the staff with the blue tip he was holding.
"Lantern Ray!"
"Blazing Ice!"
From his lantern, several straight rays of light was aimed towards Flawizarmon as well as blasts of super cooled air. Flawizarmon took the hit and Dimon went in for the physical attack.
"Shadow Stab!"
Flawizarmon's hat was sliced to bits by several spiked blades coming up from Dimon's shadow. She tried to attempt a kick with her leg reinforced by shadows at the same time. Flawizarmon blocked it with his other staff, the one with the red tip. He jumped a bit and flew back to the side, out of Dimon's reach.
"Aw aw aw, I didn't get him." Dimon put her hands behind her head, obviously displeased to not have injured him in the slightest. She seemed a bit disappointed in herself. Her shadows went back into the ground, changing length.
"Don't worry, you'll get him next time, I'll make sure of it." Lueurmon pointed his pole at Flawizarmon, his lantern shaking left and right. "We just have to use the same strategy. Flawizarmon takes time to charge up his attacks."
"Yes! Whatever you say!" Dimon prepared for the next attack, readying her shadows.
"We can handle this by ourselves!" Lopmon ran next to Dimon, sounding confident.
Yoshi smiled a bit at Lopmon. Her timidness from earlier always disappeared during intense moments. Shy as she was, Lopmon was braver than these Digimon at Witchelny Crossway were. Unlike them, she actually fought, not hid. Even if she had the opportunity to do so.
"Baluluna Gale!"
"Magical Game!"
The winds and blue vector rays canceled each other out.
"Seriously, stop this! Witchmon, why are you doing this? You can still back down." Wizardmon was still trying to negotiate with Witchmon.
"Like hell I will! Do you know how long and hard I've worked on honing my skills? And then you came along. I'm already working for these guys anyway, and I intend to carry it out. My boss said one hundred percent completion will land me the power I need."
"And when did you meet this boss?"
"Two years ago. Why are you asking me this? I'll defeat you in the end."
"Baluluna Gale!" Witchmon aimed another towards Wizardmon.
"Thunder Ball!"
Once again, their moves negated the other.
"Witchmon, I won't be going easy on you anymore."
Witchmon flushed with anger. She began ranting, telling her life story and sounded as if she felt things should go her way. "Don't you understand? Ever since I met you, I thought I was the most powerful, honing my skills. Now I want power, power to be the best. Not because I'm proud of my abilities, it's because it was the status quo around here. When you came, it mixed everything up. Now everyone defers to you, and it made me alone. No one acts like I existed anymore in a span of six months. It's been two and a half years. How do you think it feels to be forgotten? I'm only known as Wizardmon's friend, not even my name."
She paused and let that sink into Wizardmon, who was shocked. He had been clueless of her problems. It seemed as if he thought 'how am I a friend if I couldn't even understand the pain she went through?'
"People say that knowledge is everything. And diligence. And pride in your abilities and so on. So if someone embodies all of these described and more, this should make someone the perfect Digimon, no? The means that Digimon go to achieve this is where everyone splits right down the middle, am I right? When you meet someone perfect, what should you do? Train harder, knowing the impossibility of the situation? Give up? Use dark means that'll get you to the top as well? Guess what I chose. Yes, I'm content with my decision. Don't stare at me that way. If you were truly a friend, you would have fought with all you had in the beginning. Let's engage in battle once more."
And so they did.
I can understand her view point, it's hard to surpass someone who is perfect. But, what defines perfect? Yoshi looked up and saw the statue of Dynasmon once more. Perfect by definition is 'excellent or complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement' or 'entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings.' In conclusion, being perfect in someone's eyes is to be their ideal image in their perspective. Then Wizardmon is Witchmon's model. At the same time, Wizardmon fought his friend, going easy. That angered her even more. As a friend, wouldn't he have known what she wanted? Did he just not want to hurt her because of their friendship, thinking she would understand? If two viewpoints conflict, where is the middle ground?
Yoshi's D-Links began to glow warmly in a yellow light. He stared. Sasha did too.
"Ah!" Wizardmon became cut by a Baluluna Gale. Lueurmon rushed to his aide.
"Soothing Light!"
A warm light enveloped Wizardmon as his injuries began to heal. Witchmon was closing in as well as Flawizarmon. Dimon and Lopmon tried to push him back, but he was too strong for the two of them.
"Come on come on!" Lueurmon said to himself. "You can do it." He sounded desperate, and his eyes showed it. Witchmon was now a few steps away, a murderous look in his eyes. Even after all that happened, she still had her smile, never wavering.
Yoshi rushed out from behind the Dynasmon statue. He aimed the D-Links in the direction of Lueurmon as well as Dimon. Both began to digivolve.
"Lueurmon digvolve to Éclatmon!"
"Dimon digivolve to Assombrirmon"
Two newly transformed Digimon stood in his path.
Éclatmon was clad in a fashionable trench coat now, free of tears and cuts. He had a sophisticated air about him. His eyes still remained the same. Instead of his lantern, several orbs of light floated around him, seven in total. The collar of the trench coat was still turned up. A new scarf and gloves was added, dark as the shadows Dimon had around her. Actually, as Yoshi looked closer, it was shadows. They curled every which way around his neck. His other clothes got revamped as well, cleaner and fashionable as well. Standing, he was still taller than Buryamon and the newly evolved Assombrirmon as well. He was not quite Magomon's height, but he was surely almost there.
Assombrirmon was again, the opposite, but just a little different as well. Her cloak was now even longer than it had been as Dimon, and it was still made of shadows. It flowed with the wind nicely, and her hood was gone now. Her black hair was now untied, and almost touching to ground like Dimon's had been. It was also flowing to and fro, enveloping her face nicely. Same as Éclatmon, her eyes did not change. The dress she wore was shorter than Dimon's, now knee length and Assombrirmon wore tights underneath. The tights had holes and tears in them. The height difference between the two was still the same. Dimon was shorter than Buryamon by a little, but she appeared to have a lot of power as well. Assombrirmon had gained a necklace, anklets, and bracelets of light.
The two Digimon stood back to back, facing the surprised enemies.
"Lets go, lets go!" Assombrirmon was now pumped, ready for action. "Can I go all out Éclatmon?" She looked to him with earnest eyes.
"Yes, and I'll support you along the way." He positioned the orbs so it was circling around him. "Remember, don't do anything Yoshi doesn't approve."
"Got it!"
"Pulsing Light!"
Circles of light emitted from the orb that Éclatmon motioned up into the air. It rained down on everyone, only healing their allies. Wizardmon was healing faster and Buryamon fought with increased vigor, beginning to push Boogeymon back. Lopmon looked more rejuvenated too.
"Aquary Pressure!"
Witchmon aimed the high pressured water at Éclatmon, trying to disrupt him.
"Shadow Scythe!"
Assombrirmon's summoned a scythe from the shadows beneath her. It was black with gold designs on it. She began slicing the water, splitting it into two. Appearing to be dancing, the scythe synchronized with her movements.
"Can't let you bother my partner, now can I?" Dimon smirked and Witchmon grimaced.
"Assombrirmon, go help Lopmon. I can handle her myself until Wizardmon regains conscious."
"Sure thing!" Assombrirmon saluted to Éclatmon and used her scythe to propel herself forward, hitting one of Flawizarmon's staffs in his hands.
"Lets fight." Éclatmon pointed at Witchmon, motioning her to him.
"Sure sure, and while protecting Wizardmon?" Witchmon sat on her broom in a playful manner. "Don't you know how hard that's going to be? You also have to protect Yoshi right? You don't want any harm coming to him."
Éclatmon glared at Witchmon. Apparently she was right.
"I've also heard from the boss that you were the weakest of the bunch. You are, aren't you?" Witchmon giggled as if the world granted her good fortune.
Yoshi gulped and Sasha emerged from Dynasmon's statue.
"Why are you here?" Yoshi hissed at her.
"So Éclatmon doesn't have to protect three different locations." Yoshi and Sasha stepped towards Wizardmon and Éclatmon. Éclatmon stood between Witchmon and them.
"It's true, I'm the weakest three years ago, and I still am today. Especially with Dimon at my side, my powers are halved. However, within my capabilities, I know that I can succeed with one hundred percent." Éclatmon brought out a revolver from his coat with black patterns on it. The main color itself was gold. "I obviously can't beat you while protecting three but who said that I would try to reconfigure you back into a Digiegg? I'm just buying time, that's all." He readied the revolver and directed it towards Witchmon.
"Lets see how successful you are." Witchmon blew a kiss towards Éclatmon and Yoshi. Éclatmon's eyes never changed, just staying the same. Sasha on the other hand looked extremely annoyed. She pushed Yoshi closer to her.
"Lumière Orbs!"
It seemed that to control the seven orbs, Éclatmon had to say that. Four of the orbs were angled towards Witchmon. Two of them shot rays of light while the other two tried to hit her. She dodged all of them. Then Éclatmon readied his revolver and shot Witchmon while she was avoiding all the orbs. The light bullet hit and Witchmon screeched in pain. The hit seemed to slow down her speed.
"You little- Baluluna Gale!"
The two orbs left besides Éclatmon elongated and formed a light barrier. The winds were blocked off and Witchmon looked infuriated. Éclatmon shot some more and they all made contact. Witchmon was now even slower, but still fast if she used her broom.
Witchmon leaped towards Éclatmon, trying to have him fight in close range. He just controlled more of his orbs to keep her far away. The distance grew again to Éclatmon's advantage.
"Urgh..." Wizardmon was coming to.
"Wizardmon, help Éclatmon." He nudged Wizardmon a bit while helping him up. Wizardmon gripped his arm and Sasha gripped the other. Yoshi had another one of those visions again.
"Memories. They are powerful. It's like losing a part of your life in a sense if you were to lose them."
"Yes, it would." Yoshi couldn't see a Dynasmon. What he guessed was that he was seeing in Dnynasmon's eyes.
Dynasmon was in a beautiful room filled with papers strewn everywhere as well as a bunch of astronomy related items. What's more was that there was a huge ornate window. A pristine telescope stood there. A girl was peering into it, and she was the one who had started the conversation here. Her hands were behind her back, and she had a whimsical smile. Magomon...Magomon was standing besides her. Then this was... Hitomi?
Hitomi had a red ribbon that tied up her short layers into a ponytail. Her long hair flowed down, and it reached to the bottom of her chest. She had a long, black cardigan on that reached past her knees. Hitomi then sat on the windowsill, peering out of it. She brought her knees close and rested her head on them. Her D-Links was being played with, and she gripped it as if it would leave her. Yoshi noticed that it was black and red. He saw an expansive land, and it appeared quite as if it was separated from the world. It was only covered in trees and other wildlife.
"'The Passionate Warrior,' whether or not your master is right or wrong, whether they are evil, for the sake of your own justice you will follow King Drasil forever."
"Yes. I trust King Drasil's decisions. Hitomi, what are you suggesting? You want something. If not, then you wouldn't have called me here."
Magomon spoke up. "Here is her proposition. If everything goes wrong, erase everyone's memories of their time here, as well as any memories relating with her."
Dynasmon stepped back, astonished. "Wha- Hitomi, of all people, I would have expected you to be the most against this. Memories? They aren't a trifling matter. You sacrifice much losing them."
"Nonetheless, sacrifices have to made." Her smile slacked a bit, but raised itself once more. "If we fail, I would like no one to remember who I am, because I failed everyone. I love everyone too much to have them fall into despair. Besides, if there is something only I can do, I'll do it."
"Is it okay to shoulder everything by yourself?" Dynasmon approached, worried.
"Yes. No one else must know this, okay? I'm trusting you! Especially Minoru and Kiyoshi. Do not let the two find out, ever!"
"I understand. This will be a secret between the two of us. As a physical promise..."
Dynasmon summoned or rather, created two books out of nowhere. It was Stories of Far-Off Lands.
"As long as we keep our promise, both of us will have a copy of these books. One for me, the other for you. The one who breaks the promise will have their book burn up. The other will know when their name appears on the last page. I will promise not to tell anyone what transpired here today. You on the other hand, will promise the same."
"I will." Hitomi took one of the two books floating in Dynasmon's hands. "Guess those book making powers came in handy, didn't it? I once wrote a novel about a fellow who had a small garden. It didn't have much of a plot."
Dynasmon chuckled a bit, for the purpose of livening up the atmosphere. The three figures welcomed the rising sun.
"Yoshi, are you okay?" Wizardmon now faced him.
"I'm...I'm fine."
What did I just witness? Yoshi looked to the Dynasmon statue. Hitomi and Dynasmon. Dynasmon broke the promise. Hitomi's name is on the last page. Then this is her book. Yoshi gripped the book he had even tighter.
Wizardmon saw Yoshi and the book.
"Keep that book."
"Excuse me?"
"Keep it. It wasn't mine anyway. Your face was telling me you really wanted it. If you don't want it, you can give it to someone else."
Wizardmon went off to battle, replacing Éclatmon. Éclatmon went to join Dimon, pulling Lopmon out to rest.
"Lumière Orbs!"
Éclatmon manipulated the light orbs to Flawizarmon, having one stay behind.
"Magic Ignition!"
The blue energy fended off four, but two reached him. They collided into him and he was thrown to the side.
"Spearing Chains!"
Dimon summoned chains from the ground, made of shadows. All of them had pointed blades at the tip. They enveloped Flawizarmon and kept him in place. Some pierced him and he howled in pain.
"Lets end this." Éclatmon brought out his revolver.
"Same here." Dimon held up her scythe.
Dimon rushed forward and brought down her scythe. Éclatmon shot several light bullets at the pinned down Flawizarmon. He became a red Digiegg and it went to the direction of Primary Village. Yoshi was able to see 'death' now. It wasn't pretty to him. Nonetheless, sacrifices have to be made.
"Gah!"
"Done now? Prepare to be sent back." Buryamon readied her claymore for the final blow.
"Aquary Pressure!"
Buryamon was pushed back by the sudden torrents of water. Witchmon grabbed Boogeymon's arm and on her broom, and flew away.
"Explosive Curren-"
"Don't!"
Wizardmon flew in between the escapees and Buryamon.
"They're getting away! Boogeymon must pay for insulting my master, Miss Sasha, and everyone else."
"I... I can't." Wizardmon shook his head.
"Devotion to a master or a friend, which is it?"
Éclatmon rested a hand on Buryamon's shoulder. Dimon did likewise.
"Let Wizardmon go for now. He'll have to decide another day. Buryamon, lets just go back and prepare for the next battle. I'm sure we'll see Boogeymon once more."
Dimon added in. "We will. Éclatmon's always right!"
Buryamon lowered her claymore, a bit displeased but content with their answer. The three reverted back into their respective forms.
"That was amazing you four!" Lopmon jumped up and down. "One day, I'll be as strong as you all. Just wait and see!"
"Yeah." Lueurmon positioned the pole on his shoulder. "Just keep trying. Don't take shortcuts. No one said hard work came with time."
"Yes." Lopmon replied.
"Lets go back now. I'll guide you back as well as joining you on your journey. How does that sound?" Wizardmon sounded as if he was determined to join them no matter what.
"Okay then, lets go." It was the crack of dawn. Dynasmon's statue took the full rays from this angle and appeared to be the one most majestic.
The villagers bade them farewell, repeatedly promising to have the courage to defend themselves.
Day 9 - Digital World, KedakaiLeomon's HQ - Minoru Yamamoto
Minoru was better now. Actually, Minoru felt better than he had been in a long time. He was awaiting Sasha and Yoshi, as well as the Digimon with them. At the same time, Kiyoshi, Isamu, and Seiko were coming from another direction, with their own crew. He sighed as he felt alone, with no partner or anyone he knew from three years ago. Then again, he had always been alone these days so he didn't feel all that bad. Minoru lied to keep himself going.
Adjusting his suspenders, Minoru examined the new clothes given to him here. The suspenders were purple to match with the clips he wore. They had given him a roll up shirt along with cargo pants. The red clips he wore earlier were tucked in the pocket of his pants as well as a red ribbon. Minoru felt embarrassed about the ribbon, but he couldn't part with it.
I feel pretty stupid for lashing out at KedakaiLeomon and making myself seem vulnerable there. I mean, I was avoiding him all this time, and he probably knew it. The first thing that comes out of my mouth is a total rage because of... Hitomi. Minoru rested his head against the ledge of the patio he was on. Digimon waved towards him and he did the same. He felt tied down by everything since he came back to the Digital World.
Spíthamon isn't here. Where did he go, and who took him? I don't want to start suspecting anyone here. Since it went by KedakaiLeomon's notice, it's probably someone he's close to...which is technically everyone here. Minoru sighed and closed his eyes. Magomon was seen by Sasha and Yoshi too. I wish I wasn't unconscious. I have so many questions to ask him. What is he doing without Hitomi anyway, by himself? Minoru opened his thin, red eyes and brought out his sketchbook. He had redrawn "The Sheltered Prince" story after dreaming about the time it had happened. Minoru's lip turned up slightly by the memory. Kiyoshi was adorable back then, now? He didn't know the answer to that. Kiyoshi's partner, Germogliomon, wonder if she was able to come out okay.
I'm just glad that Sasha and Yoshi are still the same. I was afraid they'd have changed. Minoru heard someone enter the patio he was at and saw KedakaiLeomon.
"Er, hello."
"Minoru nodded for him to come closer. KedakaiLeomon did, albeit hesitantly. If KedakaiLeomon wants to be a good leader, he better get his act together.
"Sorry for earlier, that was insensitive of me."
"Hmm? That? Just forget about it." Minoru leaned forward admiring the view. "I was being all temperamental and everything, it's not your fault."
"But-"
"Didn't I just say it was okay!" Minoru snapped. "Um, sorry about that, just not good at talking with people...er Digimon."
KedakaiLeomon laughed at the last remark. He patted Minoru on the back and Minoru felt somewhat warm inside. As if he was with Hitomi and Kiyoshi again. Minoru didn't know why he felt this, but he thought it wasn't all that bad. KedakaiLeomon was now kind of growing on him. Minoru felt slightly less lonely than he did before.
"KedakaiLeomon!" The Lillymon from earlier flew to them. "Both parties arrived at the same time! They cannot wait to meet each other. Minoru should go down too."
"Yes," KedakaiLemon pushed Minoru forwards towards the exit," he will shortly. While you have your reunion, I'll look into Spíthamon some more, all right? Just because I'm a new leader, don't write me off so soon! KedakaiLeomon puffed out his chest and flexed his muscles a bit, proudly displaying his scars. Minoru laughed a bit at how childish he was posing, like some sort of hero in those kid shows.
"Now go, and leave everything to me." Minoru left and the warm feeling in his chest still resided in him as he went off to meet the others, the suspenders now to his sides, flapping as he strolled to the meeting place.
Day 9 - Digital World, KedakaiLeomon's HQ: Isamu Ito
Almost ten days passed since Isamu was thrust into the Digital World. It felt like he'd been here for years. Well, maybe he had, considering the times three years ago. Isamu had tried to work the internet on his phone, to no avail. His handle name, Saii Muto, was where he blogged about his favorite anime. He couldn't get on no matter what he did. Seiko and Kiyoshi would probably look at him differently if they found out about it. Another thing, Isamu honestly didn't know how to feel about Kasaimon.
He's a nice Digimon, but he has obvious bloodlust. Kasaimon also doesn't understand others except for going all out against the people who tried to harm me. To me, he's like... a little brother I have to regulate, make sure he doesn't go the wrong path. Isamu sighed internally. What's more, I've been a horrible brother to Natsuki these days. I didn't tell Seiko, what would she say? Or what would anyone else say? I can't. I can't tell anyone about me. I can't trust anyone.
"Hey, wha'cha doin?" A foreigner girl skipped towards him. She had brilliant blue eyes and golden hair. Her hair was short, but cut in a way to still give her some femininity. The girl wore a checkered gray flannel shirt with short sleeves. She also wore shorts, and attached to it was a pouch with her D-Links and something else inside. The blue T-bar sandals she wore were leather and had heels like shoes on the bottom so she could still run in them.
"Isamu, why are you spying on Seiko and those people?" Kiyoshi was besides her, trying to see what Isamu was seeing.
Isamu pulled them back and the three peeped their heads a bit past the wall they were hiding behind.
"Hey! It's Minoru and Yoshi! I was wonderin' where they were."
"Then you must be Sasha Alkaev, am I right?"
"Yeah!"
"Whisper!" Kiyoshi hissed, knowing that Isamu didn't want to be seen.
"Sorry sorry. Then you two must be Isamu Ito and Kiyoshi Suzuki. Nice to meet you two." Sasha raised both hands and both Kiyoshi and him shook one hand. "The blue hair is Seiko Sasaki, right? I didn't know blue hair was natural. You?"
"No." Kiyoshi replied back in a quick second.
"Me either," Isamu shook his head, "but if she didn't tell me or Kiyoshi earlier, I just decided to wait until she did."
"Um...Isamu why are you spying on them?" Kiyoshi whispered and raised up his falling jacket.
"Just be quiet and see. It seems serious and something the three of us shouldn't know, but the three of them are going to discuss."
"Wait a second, where's that Kasaimon of yours?" Sasha questioned.
"Where's Vetermon then?" Isamu asked in return.
"Aren't all the people who have Digimon missing them right now?" Kiyoshi looked around, expecting any Digimon to pop out.
"Eh, I left Vetermon behind. She can just find me later. I was trying to find Minoru and Yoshi first."
"So did I. Seiko went off as soon as we arrived and our Digimon stayed behind." Isamu didn't mention how Kasaimon and Eismon bumped into each other and another Digimon resulted in having food on them.
"I just looked around for anyone. I got lost on the way here." Kiyoshi muttered.
"Minoru Yamamoto, my name is Seiko Sasaki." She bowed and Minoru bowed slightly back. "You must be Yoshi Takahashi." Yoshi and her exchanged greetings as well.
"My sketchbook! Thanks!" Minoru reached out for it.
Seiko stepped out of reach. "I will return it to you after you tell me which each picture is. For example, this one," she pointed to a picture Isamu couldn't see, "is Vibrant Seaside. How is that possible? The people that only came here so far in the present were Isamu, Kiyoshi, and I. The sketchbook also has the date written below it. The date is three years ago."
Minoru remained transfixed to the spot. He began to pale.
"Also, if you kept this sketchbook for three years, then you must have knowledge of everything three years ago. Why else would you keep this?"
Yoshi know began to speak. He pushed up his glasses. "Minoru, being with you for this past week made me realize you know more than you let on. You're easy to read. You react to certain terms and Digimon. I want you to tell us what you know, so that we can help you. Don't keep everything in the dark by yourself."
Minoru shook his head. "I can't."
"Then in exchange, I'll give this to you." Yoshi brought out an embellished book, pleasing to the eye. Stories of Far-Off Lands. It was exquisite yes, but Isamu didn't know what was special about it.
"Here, let me read you the foreword.
This book is dedicated to my parents, little brother, and everyone else close to me.
I thank my friend, Minoru Yamamoto, for the illustrations."
Minoru's eyes widened. His slim eyes suddenly had waves of emotions wash over them.
Yoshi continued on.
"Written by Hitomi."
Isamu as well as everybody's jaw dropped.
"Okay I will." Minoru finally relented.
Just as he was about to say something-
"Everyone, come quick!" A brown rabbit-like creature scurried towards Yoshi and the others. She rested on Yoshi's head. "There's been an SOS! Magomon needs help!"
The three rushed to the direction where she came from.
"Lets go too." Isamu emerged from the hiding spot.
"So many new developments, no time to rest." Kiyoshi huffed.
"That's what makes life excitin', no?" Sasha began to run and Isamu and Kiyoshi followed her.
Omg! The six have now reunited! What will happen next! Finals are almost upon me so I will be writing tons now after school ends. So happy that I have written to this point in the story.
May everyone enjoy Dimon and Lueurmon and I promise to not get Lueurmon's name wrong again! LOL three are clueless of Hitomi and the other three aren't. The mysteries are slowly unraveling. :)
Will Minoru tell them the events that happened? Tune in to find out.
Reviews are appreciated to improve my writing. :D
May everyone also do fine on their exams if they have not taken them already.
Big shout out to my sister LightDawnTwillight and Blonde-Eko for reviewing as well as Digi-fanCapp. :} And thank you to my followers that read my story and all the people who faved it as well.