A/N: This is the chapter that I'm really nervous about, so please review so that I know if you love it or hate it.
Disclaimer: Digimon is not mine.
The Warrior of Hope
Chapter 3
I felt the wind blow through my hair and I felt so glad that I was finally out of that cave. "The wind of the digital world smells pretty sweet." Koji said. I gave him a surprised look. I don't usually hear Koji talk like that, of course, I've only known him for one day, but it feels like forever. "So, are you ready to search for my spirit with me?" He smirked at me, "What you haven't found it yet?" I grinned, "Nope, too busy falling down holes after trying to save people." He rolled his eyes, "Like you could have saved me from Raremon with that metal pipe." I raised my eyebrows at him, "Isn't it worth it to try?" He sighed in defeat, "I guess… when you don't land on your face in the process!" He laughed and started walking away. "Oh, no you don't you're coming with me to find my spirit!" I grabbed his arm and pulled him in the direction my D-Tector was pointing.
We walked into the heart of the forest, but it still didn't seem like we were getting anywhere. "So, any idea where your spirit might be hidden?" Koji was obviously bored with our search and it was only sunset. "Hey, look there's a village through these trees!" I pulled him with me through the trees towards the light. I looked around and saw that the occupants of the village looked like white and purple cats. I walked up to one of them and said, "Excuse me, but could you tell me where we are?" The cat-like digimon looked me up and down, "Well, isn't it obvious? You're in the Gatomon Village." "Gatomon Village? Does that mean that you are the Gatomon?" She blinked at me then laughed, "Wow humans sure have gotten stupid over the years!" I narrowed my eyes at her, but Koji pulled me back before I could get in a "cat fight".
"We're not here to make enemies with them, right?" I sighed and blew the hair off of my face, "Right." Suddenly, my D-Tector started beeping and I glanced down at the screen, trying to pinpoint my spirit's location. "Look out!" The Gatomon that we talked to before pushed us out of the way of a dart. "What was that?" I looked around in bewilderment for the source of the attack. "It's DemiDevimon!" The Gatomon replied. Then, what looked like a cross between a bowling ball and a bat flew up to us and said, "Demi Dart!" I jumped out of the way of the dart, and Koji did too, but our Gatomon friend wasn't so lucky. "Run, don't get hit by the darts!" She said before drifting off to sleep. "Koji, we have to help them!" He pressed the side button on his D-Tector and the ring of blue light appeared around his hand. "Execute, Spirit Evolution!" He transformed into Lobomon and stood facing the DemiDevimon. "Hey guys, I think I need some help over here!" Ten more DemiDevimon came and surrounded Lobomon. They all attacked at once with their Demi Dart attack. Lobomon dodged most of them, but two of them hit and he fell to his knees.
"Lobomon!" I yelled. I have to help him, but what can I do? I can't even digivolve. I looked around and found some sharp rocks. I was suddenly glad for all of those years that I played softball. I threw the rocks. Hitting the DemiDevimon one by one, sure they tried to counter with more Demi Darts, but I was quick to get out of their way. I finally defeated all but the leader, when he gave an evil laugh. "You think that I will go down that easily?" I prepared myself for whatever he was going to do, but nothing would have prepared me for him digivolving into what my D-Tector called Devimon. It had tattered black wings, with a longer right arm with a claw at the end. His red jumpsuit had a red bat on the chest. He had to black horns coming from his helmet and his mouth was visible underneath to show his fangs. I shuddered at this grotesque digimon and wished that I could fight, but I didn't think that I could. I looked over my shoulder at Lobomon, who by now was trying to get up and fight again, even though he was obviously too weak for it. He slowly got up. "Howling Laser!" He fired at Devimon, and did quite a bit of damage, but he was still so weak. Devimon attacked, "The Touch of Evil!" He stabbed Lobomon with his claws. "No!" I could feel the tears in my eyes, now who was going to save the Gatomon? Lobomon was our only chance. "Believe that you can do it. You just have to believe." Those were Lobomon's last words before he faded into Koji and then passed out. "Koji, get up! You have to; I can't do this on my own!" I remembered his words. How can I believe? I looked down at his unconscious body and made my decision.
"I can do this! You are going down, for Koji and Gatomon!" A bright light appeared at the back of the village. "Spirit!" I called out, knowing that it was mine. I felt the spirit calling out to me. "Execute, Spirit Evolution!" I felt my brunette hair change into blonde and white braided together and coming down to my thigh. I had a tattered black wing on the left side of my back, and a feathery white wing on the right. My left hand is replaced with a claw with red tips and a white glove with small wings at the wrist covers my right hand. A jumpsuit that is swirled black and white has a grey belt at my waist. The jumpsuit ends on the left side slashed off at mid-thigh, on the right it ends like a bikini bottom would, under that two grey belts are mid-thigh. A black ankle boot is folded over to show purple on my left foot, while on my right a white ankle boot is folded over to show gold trim over white. A purple shawl covers my right shoulder and transforms into chains on my left. My helmet is black with stitches everywhere on my left with a red eye showing through, on the right is half of a cross with angel wings coming off the side.
I felt that my transformation was complete so I shouted out my name, "DeviAngewomon!" Devimon's evil smile turned into a shocked expression. "M-m-my l-lady, I h-ha-had no idea-" I cut him off. "You have no right to call me your lady, you have attacked my friends, and now you shall pay!" "Evil Charm!" I made a dark cross in the sky using my claw. The cross wrapped around Devimon and swallowed him up whole. I looked back to Koji and Gatomon who were still lying on the ground. The other Gatomon were staring at me in awe. "Bring them here." I told them. Inside, I had no idea why I had so much authority over them, but the digimon in me knew that they would obey. Once my friends were close I used my healing power, "Celestial Blessing!" A healing powder fell over my friends and they woke up in a matter of minutes.
Once I saw that they were perfectly healed, I fell to the ground in my human form. Koji came to my side and helped me up by putting my arm over his shoulder. The Gatomon all wanted to help me for some unknown reason, probably because I defeated Devimon, yes that is definitely why. A part of me was telling me that it was something else, but I was too tired to listen. Suddenly, my D-Tector beeped and the woman's voice said, "Go to the Forest Terminal." I sighed, never a dull moment. "Are you ready to go?" I asked Koji. He nodded and the Gatomon offered us a Trailmon to take us to the Forest Terminal. We accepted and once on the train I described everything that happened while Koji was unconscious to Koji. We passed over a bridge and I looked down the canyon where there appeared to be candles along the side of the river. Well, that's just silly, I must be really tired. "I think I'm going to get some shut eye, wake me if anything happens, okay?" "Of course, you've been through a lot and you need your rest." He smiled at me and I closed my eyes.
A/N: Ok, now you see what I was nervous about? Please review, I need to know if I'm on the right track. :)