Syaykomon is now Syakomon!
I got another Digimon's name wrong again!
*Bangs head on table*
I will edit this later
Chapter 9: Partner Changes
Day 10 - Digital World, Cliffs of Tapirmon: Hitomi Suzuki
Four days since she was separated from Magomon. Hitomi felt a bit hungry since she had to start rationing her food now. At the same time, it was hard to see in the darkness where she was. Actually, there were little villages littered everywhere with Tapirmon, but those little buggers were hostile.
Hitomi also had tried to sleep, but it was hard. Nightmares of the past kept resurfacing due to the Tapirmon's influence over the area, spreading their dream mist around. She decided to rest behind these huge rocks, hiding her from any enemies like that Youkomon and his allies.
"Who ever invented the 'Knock-Knock jokes' should get a No-bell prize.
..."
Ah, so lame. Too bad Kiyoshi and father were the only one who laughed at my jokes. Hitomi brought her knees to her chest and let her head rest against them. I wonder how Kiyoshi, Minoru, and everyone else has been doing. My parents especially. They don't know I'm alive all this time. What would they do if they knew? She stood up and slapped her cheeks, leaving a red tinge on them. Don't think about home, don't! It'll just distract you. Focus on what you're doing now. If everything goes well, you will go home.
"Uwah!" Hitomi almost dropped her glowing D-Links. Her fingers fumbled around a bit until she had a solid grasp on it.
"Whew, what's with this, glowing at this time." Hitomi, irritated, pressed a button on her D-Links and a holographic screen popped up.
There was a green dot on the screen. An arrow pointed towards the east.
"Kiyoshi's?"
Hitomi peered to where the arrow was directed towards.
More darkness.
"Great, lets get this over with."
Hitomi stretched her arms a bit and brushed away her bangs which were getting too long and sauntered off into the ominous haze.
Day 10 - Digital World, Near Cliffs of Tapirmon: Kiyoshi Suzuki
Kiyoshi was balancing on the railroad tracks leading to the Cliffs of Tapirmon. Isamu and Seiko were on either side of him, ready to catch him if he fell. Kasaimon wasn't really helping on Isamu's side, jumping up and down the tracks, causing them to shake. Eismon just sighed and tried to chase Kasaimon away from them.
Sasha and Yoshi were a little behind, talking amongst themselves while Dimon was tugging on Yoshi's sweater, trying to get his attention. Lueurmon was trying to distract Dimon by swinging his lantern in front of her. Vetermon was nodding to everything Sasha was saying and so on.
Minoru was by his lonesome self. He appeared lonely, but then again, Minoru was the one who asked them to leave him alone. He had wanted to organize his thoughts. The older boy was trailing in the back, not too close, but not too far. Kiyoshi had noticed that Minoru was looking at his way every now and then, but it was probably because he was concerned about Kiyoshi's young age. Everyone else was overprotective of him too.
Kiyoshi felt kind of bad for Minoru, being the only one by himself. He felt some connection with Minoru in the fact that both of them hadn't obtained their Digimon partners yet.
From what he gathered, this was the basic information he gained from the past week and a few days:
Isamu was this awkward but nice guy. Kind of weird at times, but dependable when needed.
Seiko was motherly in the sense that she always looked out for him, and she had weird blue hair and fish bands. Kiyoshi wanted to call her 'fish girl' himself, but he didn't know if she liked it or not. Her face made it hard to tell.
Sasha was loud, and had tons of energy Kiyoshi didn't have. She had a funny way of talking too, with her in' instead of ing. Sasha had said it was from the greatest show of all time which he found out was a kids show. Kiyoshi didn't watch those anymore so he kind of tuned her out.
Yoshi had amber glasses and looked as intelligent as Seiko. He was also really clumsy. Sasha caught him a lot of times, which Kiyoshi repeatedly witnessed.
Minoru was mysterious, so Kiyoshi didn't know what to think of him. With more info, Kiyoshi decided to formulate his opinion later.
The Digimon partners were Kasaimon, Eismon, Vetermon, Lueurmon, and Dimon. Kasaimon was Isamu's and was fun to play with. Kasaimon was a little too naive and innocent to be around, but Kiyoshi found him okay. When Kasaimon was Honomon, that was a completely different story. Kiyoshi noticed his bloodlust, and Isamu did as well. Kiyoshi hoped that Isamu knew how to deal with Kasaimon. Dimon was fun, and she was pretty cool to be around. She had a short attention span though, so Dimon was distracted easily and forgot what they were doing together. He guessed that Lueurmon, Eismon, and Vetermon were too old for games and everything since they acted like adults or teenagers. Like Isamu and the others.
Oh, and he almost forgot, there was Lopmon, Syakomon, Terriermon, and Wizardmon. Digimon that were their friends. Currently, Lopmon was residing on Yoshi's head, and Terriermon was on Sasha's. They were having their own conversation to themselves. Wizardmon was talking to Lueurmon at this point, and Lueurmon had successfully gotten Dimon off of Yoshi. While the two discussed, Dimon was behind them, jumping up and down to grasp the lantern on Lueurmon's pole.
Syakomon was right behind Kiyoshi. Apparently, Syakomon grew a liking for him since the time they left Vibrant Seaside. Syakomon was always following him everywhere. Kiyoshi was a bit disgruntled by this fact since he liked being alone.
A few days ago, Isamu and Seiko had finally asked Kiyoshi about his family and if he missed them. He said he did, but he lied. Yeah, I feel terrible for tricking them like that, but what happens if I don't miss my family? It's not like I'm close with my mom anyway. I mean, she doesn't go out of her way to check up on me or spend time with me. She's always at her job, not even coming home early. Kiyoshi jumped off the tracks and saw the view before him. There were cliffs becoming visible from far away.
"Night's comin'." Sasha pointed out the setting sun.
"Then we should camp out for the night. We won't be able to make it today." Seiko began to unload the supplies, and Yoshi assisted her with it.
"I'll go get firewood with Kasaimon." Isamu began to go towards the forest area with Kasaimon running ahead.
"I'll help too!" Sasha bounded after them and Vetermon was sprinting to keep up, weighed down by her heavy armor.
"Kiyoshi, please help set up the rest of the site along with Minoru." Seiko approached Kiyoshi with a few sleeping bags. "Yoshi and I will cook dinner with the rest of the group, alright?"
"Sure." Kiyoshi took one of the sleeping bags and began uncurling it. Minoru stood beside him and followed suite. The both of them were alone now.
An awkward silence ensued.
"So," Kiyoshi decided to start off," I saw some of your drawings from the other Digimon. They were pretty good."
Minoru just nodded and continued.
"Can I ask how old you are?" Kiyoshi finished the last sleeping bag.
"Fourteen."
"Same as Isamu and Seiko."
"Yup."
The two sat down, watching the others cook. Apparently, there was chaos. Someone had put in too much salt and pepper, and Lueurmon began dumping out all their hard work. Kiyoshi thought that was pretty rude until he saw the contents. It was literally white and gray sludge with the amount that was put inside. He shuddered. Good thing I didn't have to eat that.
"Why didn't you help cook Minoru?"
"I'm a terrible cook. I just eat instant the whole time."
"Me too." Kiyoshi sighed. "It's been three years and my mom still doesn't know how to cook. Your parents too?"
"I live alone."
"Oh."
Silence again. Kiyoshi counted five minutes. Geez, it's hard to talk to him. I'm trying to be nice here, but I keep bringing up personal stuff without meaning to.
"Do you know who your Digimon partner was?"
"Spíthamon."
"Then you should know mine too right? Since you remember."
Minoru stiffened a bit. "Yeah."
Stupid. Don't talk about the past! You know he's sensitive. Kiyoshi wanted to bang his head on something.
"Germogliomon."
"Huh?" Kiyoshi snapped himself out of his pessimism.
"Germogliomon's your partner."
"Uh...thanks."
"Your welcome."
The first thing Minoru talked about from the past. Ever since the SOS, everyone just steered clear as he shut himself in his room. Everyone could hear him mumbling stuff. The Digimon just told them to understand and that he would tell them when he was ready. Kiyoshi asked why not they tell them, but apparently they were sworn under secrecy by Magomon.
Figures.
"Oh, uh, Kiyoshi..." Minoru began to ask something. He was fingering the clips in his hair.
"Yeah?" Kiyoshi knew this was important by the tone of his voice. He leaned closer.
"We're back!" Sasha pounced on Minoru who was surprised by the sudden ambush. "Quick, wasn't it?"
Darn it Sasha! Right when he was about to say something! Kiyoshi pouted, and Isamu arrived shortly as well, panting for air. Oh yeah, Isamu sucks at running. Even more than me. Isamu was handed water by a worried Seiko. Kiyoshi then overheard Seiko discussing with Yoshi a training regime for Isamu. The two mentioned some pretty complicated terms of the body that Kiyoshi didn't understand at all and went back to cooking. Isamu gulped.
"Aw, Kiyoshi, why the pout?" Sasha grabbed his cheeks and turned them in a way so he was smiling. She grinned and laughed. His face was probably funny to her. "You can't just waste your life just frownin' all the time, just like Minoru does here."
"I do not." Minoru's permanent frown deepened.
"Yes you do." Isamu nodded at Sasha's remark.
Minoru's frown stayed the same as he looked to the side. A blush was beginning to form from embarrassment.
Kiyoshi laughed.
Everyone was surprised.
"Why're you laughing?" Kasaimon was confused.
"Sorry, it's just the first time I saw Minoru like that, you know, besides being emo. For some reason I found it funny."
Minoru's made a humph sound. Probably at the emo part.
"Kiyoshi must have a weird sense of humor." Vetermon shrugged her shoulders. She was beginning to polish that sword of hers. Vetermon treated it like it was her baby. Kiyoshi asked to hold it, and she went off into a long lecture about how it was precious to her and something about how Sasha said it was dirty so she had to keep it clean twenty four-seven. Kiyoshi just pretended to listen and nodded whenever she said 'You got that?' or 'Right?' Vetermon was really devoted to Sasha, saying how she was a servant and Sasha was her master. Kiyoshi knew that her knight getup wasn't just for show.
"Kiyoshi does have a bad sense of humor. Just like Hitomi." Minoru smiled for the first time. "Kiyoshi always laughed at her jokes, no matter how bad they were."
"Really? Wonder why." Kiyoshi was clueless. I don't think my humor's that bad.
"Besides that, Minoru's smiling! I was trying to get him to all this time. Kiyoshi did it so easily." Sasha squeezed her eyes shut and flailed her arms a bit.
"Okay, dinner's ready!" Lopmon's voice could be heard.
Dinner was delicious. It was better than anything Kiyoshi had eaten in a while. Besides eating strange fruit, he hadn't had a real meal until today. At KedakaiLeomon's HQ, Kasaimon, Dimon, and him had snacked on sweets along with Sasha. Yeah, it wasn't bright, but the temptation was too hard to resist. Especiallly since Sasha had introduced him to things I've never had the pleasure to eat. Seiko and Yoshi had had a huge talk with them afterwards that lasted for who knows how long. Kiyoshi was never going to do it again, but he thought that it was worth it.
After some laughter and talk, they all turned in for the night. Syakomon curled up close to him. The shell was uncomfortable, but Kiyoshi beared with it. He couldn't really go to sleep well.
Then Kiyoshi heard Minoru and some of the Digimon talking. He snapped his eyes shut and listened.
Day 10 - Digital World, Near Cliffs of Tapirmon: Minoru Yamamoto
"Okay, everyone's asleep." Lopmon snuggled close in Minoru's lap.
"Then lets begin." Lueurmon unhooked his lantern and placed it in the middle. It shined a little brighter than normal.
"Hey, is it alright to let Kasaimon and Dimon sleep? They're a part of you, are they not?" Wizardmon looked to Kasaimon and Dimon, conked out next to their respective partners.
"No, it's better not to." Eismon half opened his eyes and tilted his head. He also pulled his hood up. "They wouldn't know what we were going to talk about anyway."
Minoru inspected Wizardmon up and down. "You would know Wizardmon, or should I say Dynasmon."
Terriermon and Lopmon's eyes bulged. "Dynas-Dynasmon?" They stuttered at the same time.
"Ya mean the Royal Knights Dynasmon? Not pulling any strings there Clips?" Terriermon kept staring at Wizardmon.
Is that what Terriermon calls me now? Minoru pointed to his forehead. "The X scar gave everything away."
"That's why I knew it was him. Lueurmon too." Vetermon was now shining her metal gauntlets which had gotten filthy from gathering wood.
"Are you really?" Lopmon had a gleam in her eyes.
"Yes, I am Dynasmon." Wizardmon fixed his tilted hat.
Eismon motioned to Dimon. "Then you would know that she didn't even exist until a few days ago."
Everyone looked to Dimon whose foot was in Yoshi's face. Yoshi looked uncomfortable.
"So exactly what happened?" Minoru rested his head on Lopmon.
Lueurmon stared into his lantern. "A Boogeymon came and used Death Crush. My Digiegg took the impact and it apparently cracked right down the middle. For some reason, when I awakened, it was as if Dimon was always with me, like I was never alone." Lueurmon began to play with a curl in his white hair. "I had to wait a while for my memories to sort out."
"A Boogeymon? Seiko told me that they had also encountered one a while ago. Tell me, did it have one eye missing or was it scarred?" Eismon wasn't smiling.
"He did." Vetermon put her gauntlets back on, hiding her goat mark. " The Boogeymon was working with the Witchmon and Flawizarmon too. They were all connected by working for the same person. How they found our location, we don't know. It's someone who knows who Miss Sasha and the others are."
"Yeah." Minoru readjusted his clips. He was wearing the red ones that matched his eyes. "Spíthamon's also missing around the same time Yoshi and Sasha got the notice to go to Witchelny Crossing. It's someone who obviously knows what we're doing."
"Minoru, your egg was purple, am I right?" Eismon tilted his head. "Actually, Syakomon and his buddy had a purple Digiegg which flew away along with a Renamon."
Minoru did a double take on those last words. "What! Does that mean it was missing even before then?"
Eismon nodded. "Syakomon told me he had gotten it a day before we came. The Digimon he received it from covered himself well so he did not get a clear view."
"Why did Syakomon obey the stranger?" Terriermon piped up.
"I've talked to him." Lopmon cuddled in closer to Minoru. "He said that his village was threatened by the Digimon. To protect, he betrayed."
Vetermon sighed and shook her head. "The Digimon Tsumi are doing anything these days. Even so, I don't care about who did what. What I want to know is who their boss is, and if not their boss, the accomplice."
"Even so, isn't that pretty sad?" Lopmon became a bit depressed. " If that was the only way to keep your loved ones safe, would you do it?"
"I think I would," Eismon furrowed his brow, "or maybe not. It's hard. If there really was no option left, I would."
"No." Vetermon shook her head. "If I did so, Miss Sasha would get disappointed in me. To me, that's worse than the fate of death."
Wizardmon looked to the side. "I follow King Drasil to the death as well."
Terriermon hesitantly made his choice. "I think I agree with Eismon. To keep them safe is what I would prioritize."
Minoru looked at the fifty- fifty split. What would I do?
"Let's leave that there." Lueurmon broke everyone's thoughts. "Right now, let's not worry about that. We'll decide what to do another time, okay? What about Magomon? What do you think happened to him since we all split up? Only Vetermon and Kasaimon saw him."
Minoru's eyes hardened. Don't think about Hitomi. Don't think about Hitomi.
Lueurmon noticed Minoru. "Sorry about that. If you don't want to talk about it, it's okay. We'll wait."
"No," Minoru tried to smile, "it's better to get all our facts straight now than never."
"Okay," Lueurmon eyed him warily. "Did Magomon tell everyone to keep three years ago confidential to everyone who forgot, right? I want to confirm this."
"Yes." Vetermon and Eismon spoke in unison.
Minoru squeezed Lopmon a bit. "So no one knows of Kasaimon, right?"
"So far, yes." Eismon nodded. "Isamu doesn't know that Kasaimon wasn't his Digimon three years ago."
"I see," Lueurmon glanced at Kasaimon, next to, actually, sleeping on Isamu. Isamu looked equally as uncomfortable as Yoshi in his sleep. " Same thing with Spíthamon. He wasn't Minoru's Digimon partner either."
Minoru closed his eyes," Spíthamon replaced Gnistmon and Kasaimon replaced Fuegomon. I know that Spíthamon's my partner now. Isamu doesn't know of his own partner change though. Kasaimon hasn't told him either."
"That's why Kasaimon isn't humanoid like the rest of us." Vetermon took out her sword and began sharpening it. "Spíthamon too."
"Germogliomon is humanoid." Wizardmon began polishing his staff after seeing Vetermon clean everything earlier. "Even though she was defeated in battle, only hers reformed out of the three. From what I heard, her Digiegg was missing from Primary Village when Magomon went to look for it, yes? The Elecmon there told him that Fuegomon and Gnistmon's Digieggs never formed either too."
Terriermon huffed. "So we just need to find Germogliomon and Spíthamon? Wherever they are. Let's save Magomon first and force him, er... I mean convince him to join us."
"That's sounds good." Lueurmon looked around to everyone. "Everyone agree? It's the only thing we can do anyway. If Magomon refuses, let's just force him. We need him, and he needs us."
Eismon nodded his head. "If we're going to stand a chance against the Digimon Tsumi, we need him. If he plans to stay aloof like this, it'll just bring him into more danger. It's better to be in a group than alone."
"Even if Miss Hitomi is gone from both worlds, we can still fight for the future. Not all is lost." Vetermon put her sword down and sheathed it back. "Let's just get done what we have to get done."
"Let's do this!" Lopmon squirmed excitedly in Minoru's lap.
"You got that right Lopmon!" Terriermon was pumped up.
"We will save the world this time, successfully." Wizardmon stared at his staff with a determined look on his face.
Minoru smiled. He felt relieved and new found hope was welling deep in his chest. "Let's discuss some more tomorrow."
Minoru remembered that Kiyoshi didn't remember Hitomi. He frowned internally at that remark. Wouldn't he know due to his family pictures? Hitomi's his sister. I'll protect Kiyoshi for you Hitomi, count on it.
Don't give up like last time.
Day 11 - Digital World,Cliffs of Tapirmon: Kiyoshi Suzuki
Kiyoshi didn't know that there were train Digimon, Locomon, going around. Then again, there were railroad tracks for a reason. He was staring out a window. The atmosphere was sinister with a thick blanket of fog surrounding the Cliffs of Tapirmon.
Last night, I learned so much things that were kept hidden. Even though I know this, the only few things that were useful to me and my memories was Germogliomon. Well, glad Eismon pulled that hood up, or I would've been found out. Seriously though, Kasaimon and Spíthamon, wow. By the way Kasaimon acts, I never would have thought. Kiyoshi pulled up his drooping jacket before Seiko could. I remember someone doing the same thing Seiko does. Not my mom though. She would never. My dad? I don't really remember him. He inspected his jacket a bit. Who gave this to me in the first place? I don't have any family pictures either. Kiyoshi's eyes drooped a bit at the sad notion.
I know we have them somewhere. I don't even know how my dad looks like. At least Natsuki and I have a picture from school together. Also, my school pictures help show me when I was younger. By the way, how is Natsuki? I should be going to school by this time. She's probably freaking out. Despite being one year older than him, Natsuki was his best friend. Wait, Natsuki Ito? Maybe the same as Isamu Ito? Are they related? Kiyoshi internally shook his head. Nah, Ito's a common surname in Sapporo. It's probably a coincidence. Besides, Natsuki never told me if she had any siblings.
Kiyoshi sat down next to Syakomon, who was glad to be by Kiyoshi. Minoru, who was also besides Kiyoshi, who flinched.
Why does he always do that?
"So, is the Locomon really going to take us there safely?" Lopmon was timidly swaying side to side.
"Yes, Lopmon." Terriermon reassured her. "The Locomon's going to take us there safely."
Lopmon was the older Digimon of the two, but she was really cowardly compared to Terriermon. Kiyoshi did hear that she was a good support in a fight though, despite being a rookie.
"Don't be jinxing us!" Dimon giggled. "Then again, that would be pretty exciting."
Kasaimon's gray eyes shined with innocence. "If that happens, of course we'll protect everyone!" He jumped up and down with enthusiasm.
Isamu rolled his eyes. "I don't want anything happening, period."
"I agree strongly." Seiko was curling one of her ponytails, deep in thought.
"Oi! What's that over there?" Sasha was pointing to something out the window. "It's somethin' blockin' the railway."
"It's pretty far away." Yoshi pushed his falling glasses up and peered out the window. "I can't get a... woah!"
Yoshi ducked his head back in and tripped over a shoelace. Sasha caught him for what seemed like the umpteenth time.
"Thanks Sasha."
"You're welcome. Just glad to help anytime dude."
"Besides that, what was outside?" Minoru was alert.
"It's a Digimon. I can hear it's beating heart." Eismon cupped his ears. There's actually more than one."
"A flaming dragon whizzed past me, trying to burn me up." Yoshi explained.
"Then one might be a Youkomon." Wizardmon was trying to analyze the situation. "It's a champion Digimon. One of it's moves is Jaenryu."
There was suddenly several thuds and the Locomon shook.
"Ouch!" The Locomon started to veer left and right, threatening to go off balance.
"Lantern Ray!"
"Schnee Wind!"
"Blazing Ice!"
"Bunny Blast!"
"Magical Game!"
"Black Pearl Shot!"
Lueurmon, Eismon, Lopmon, Terriermon, Wizardmon, and Syakomon all aimed their respective long range attacks at the shadowy figures.
They heard cries of pain, so at least some of them connected. Kiyoshi was pretty scared by all this. This was the first time he and so much people around him had been in danger. He didn't really know how to react.
*Smash*
Uwah! A side of Locomon got dented.
"Losing balance! Everyone, brace yourselves!"
Wait, what!?
The Locomon went off balance and began to plummet downwards towards the abyss.
All Kiyoshi did was scream.
Wow, so that explains Kasaimon's lizard appearance compared to all the humanoid partners. Also, another Hitomi POV, yay!
Well by this time everyone should know that Hitomi and Kiyoshi are brother and sister. But why doesn't Kiyoshi know that? Well, that will be revealed.
And Kiyoshi finally had his own POV in like what, 8 chapters? *sweatdrop*
Tune in to find out what happens next!
Can't thank my sister enough for correcting my mistakes! :D