The Return to the Digital World
Lupine Laser: Haha. I know that the story is a little weird, but its just basically. Details, you can go imagine yourself. All the Digimon names I use are real (as in if you search, you can find it on the internet). By the way, the Digimon, Strabimon, is going to be my own interpretation and imagination (actions and feelings) because there is not a lot about it on the internet. Anyway, I do not own Digimon.
I expected to see Kouji standing in front of me, but who, or what was standing in front of me was totally not Kouji.
Chapter 8: Kouji but not Kouji
ZOE'S POV
I stared at the creature, which was obviously a Digimon. I was the same height as Kouji but it looked like a much younger version of Lobomon. The Digimon had red eyes, just like Lobomon but its top half was fur. The Digimon on a whole looked a lot like a wolf with a scarf just like the one that Lobomon had. It had long claws on its hands and feet too.
"Zoe! Are you alright? We saw the flash of light!" JP called out. I was not listening. I was too focused on the Digimon that was standing in front of me.
'K... Kouji? Is that really you?" I whispered to him.
The Digimon sniffed in the air and sniffed me close. He growled slowly and menacingly as the others arrived, "Who are you? Get away from me!" Following, he leaped into the air and landed on a branch above us.
Takuya, who had only saw a shadow of the Digimon and thought that it was Kouji, asked, "Kouji! Get down here! Why are you up there?" He looked up at the branch and got the shock of his life. Kouichi was dumbfounded.
Kouichi stuttered, "Kouji, what happened to you? Don't you know who we are? We are your best friends and I am your twin brother!"
The Digimon, who was up in the tree, looked down and threatened, "I do not know any of you! I do not have a brother, especially not one that is a human! Go away! If you come near, I swear, I will cut you into pieces!" The Digimon was actually quivering, most likely in fear of us. I thought, 'Could it be true? Could it be true that Kouji had forgotten about us? About me? Why had he become a Digimon?'
Bokomon took out his book and flipped to a page. He recited, "This Digimon is called Strabimon. He is the Rookie form of Lobomon. He is a Wizard Digimon and is a powerful fighter." He looked up at Strabimon and said, "I am afraid that Kouji had turned into Strabimon and had lost all his human memories. I think we may have frightened him."
I looked up at Strabimon and coaxed, "Strabimon, can you come down? We won't hurt you. We promise." The Digimon looked uncertain but he had stopped quivering.
Strabimon dropped onto the ground silently and peered into each of our eyes. Tommy asked, "Er... What is Strabimon doing?"
Bokomon said, "I think he is either trying to recall who we are or he is trying to see if we are his enemies." Strabimon cocked his head when he went over to me. He peered into my eyes and sniffed me. He also sniffed Kouichi and Takuya.
Suddenly, Strabimon took a few steps back. "Strabimon, what's wrong?" I asked. The Digimon looked like he was in a trance. Strabimon crouched down and clutched his head in agony. He made a screech like he was in a lot of pain.
STRABIMON'S POV
'Why... Why do I seem to know the girl, the boy who claims that he is my twin, and the boy wearing goggles? What is my connection to them?' I thought as I sniffed each of them. All of a sudden, I was hit with a sharp pain the head, like a terrible terrible headache. I flinched at the pain and took a few steps backwards.
"Argh!" I screamed as I clutched my head. I crouched down and it was all I could do not to attack anyone. The girl came over and asked me what was wrong. I could not move. The pain was too unbearable. Pictures came floating back into my mind: Pictures of the girl, the twin and the one wearing goggles. "What... What is happening? My... My head hurts!" I rasped.
Everyone suddenly crowded around me. My instincts told me that I was threatened. I growled and slashed at the humans and the two small Digimons before leaping up into a tree and running away. 'I had just hatched. Why do I feel like I know them? How can I be related to a human? I am a Digimon!' A million questions popped out in my mind as I leaped from tree to tree, increasing the distance between me and the group.
KOUICHI'S POV
I was so shocked at what Kouji had said. He said that he does not know any of us. He does not have a brother. He does not recognise me. "Oh Kouji... He has forgotten all about us, forgotten about me," I mumbled. JP and Tommy came over to comfort me.
"Don't worry, Kouichi. Maybe Kouji was just shocked, thats all. Maybe he will get his memory back soon," Tommy said, trying to sound happy. JP nodded enthusiastically and agreed.
Takuya, who was also listening, sighed and said, "Come on guys. We can't let any evil Digimon attack Kouji. He is only a Rookie and everyone knows that he is the Warrior of Light. We better ask the Gotsumon to help us find him." Everyone nodded and ran back into the village.
Once we had gathered all the Gotsumon from the village, Takuya told everyone what had happened. Everyone was clearly shocked. Takuya said, "Okay. Here is the plan. Kouji, or Strabimon should still be in the forest that surrounds your village. We need your help to locate and find him. Is everyone willing?" All the Gotsumon immediately agreed. "Good. Now pair yourselves up into groups of two and lets find him now!"
I paired myself up with Zoe. We took a lighted torch from a Gotsumon who was giving out torches. We started our search from the point where we last saw Strabimon. Then, we went in the direction where Strabimon had went.
Walking while inspecting each tree, I asked Zoe quietly, "Zoe... Do you think Kouji will ever have his memories back?"
Zoe looked into my eyes. She said determinedly, "He has got to! He can't have just forgotten all about us. I know he is inside. We will just have to wait patiently. But first, we have to find him." I nodded and we continued walking in silence.
ZOE'S POV
The longer we walked, the more I thought that we would never find Kouji. It was about midnight, judging from the position of the moon in the sky. Kouichi and I had walked quite deep into the forest so we did not want to turn back just yet.
We decided to rest for a little while before searching for Kouji again. We found some soft leaves that we could rest on.
Just when I when my head landed on the pile of leaves, I heard a strangled cry coming from somewhere near to us.
I sat up immediately. Kouichi sat up too. "Did you hear that?" I asked.
"Yeah. That could be Kouji! Let's go take a look," Kouichi said. We sprinted further into the forest.
Lupine Laser: Okay, goodbye for now. Please remember to review! Bye.