A/N: Another chapter completed! I would like to thank MCRDanime and Crystal-Wolf-Guardain-967 for reviewing my last chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.
The Warrior of Hope
Chapter 14
Bizarre Bazaar
"Does anybody know the quickest way to get to the Autumn Leaf Fair?" Koji asked.
"I know! There is a straight current of water that leads you right to it. It starts on the other end of the island, so you will have to carry your raft there." A Gomamon spoke up.
"That's great, can you lead us there?" I asked.
Gomamon nodded, "Follow me." We lifted the raft. We put J.P. and Takuya on one side, while Koji, Zoe, and I were on the other. Tommy, Neemon, and Bokomon were too short, so they just walked along beside us.
We soon found out that it was no easy task to carry a raft across an entire island filled with trees. We had to go around many patches of trees, and turn the raft many different ways to get through some. It was exhausting. Finally, we made it to the other side of the island.
"Alright, now all you have to do is follow this current, and you will get to the Autumn Leaf Fair in no time!" Gomamon said.
"Thanks so much! It was really kind of you to show us this current." I said.
"Well, it's the least I could do for letting us see our friends again." Gomamon replied. "You guys better hurry if you hope to catch up with the Toucanmon."
"Right, thanks again!" Takuya said. "Alright, let's get this into the water." We brought the raft into the water. The current was really strong; it was hard for me to hold the raft down while Tommy, Bokomon, and Neemon got on. Since we didn't have to push off this time, we just got on the raft.
We were soon coasting along pretty fast. Tommy was back in his barrel, J.P. was steering the raft, Zoe was sitting at the back, and Takuya, Koji, and I were sitting at the front. Koji was sitting with his back against the barrel. He had his arm around my waist, keeping me close to him.
"Wow, this is working great! We should get to that Autumn Leaf Fair thingy in no time." Takuya said.
"Let's hope so." Bokomon said.
"And let's hope the Toucanmon are there." Tommy said, looking over to see that Neemon was asleep. "How can anyone sleep at a time like this? Doesn't he know we have important things to do?"
"Like what, sweep up the raft? Relax." J.P. told him.
Some salty water splashed my face, getting my bangs all wet. I shook my head, letting them smack against my face, and hitting Koji with my braid in the process. "Oops," I giggled, "Sorry, Koko."
He smirked, "I think it's time that somebody taught you a lesson, Princess." He reached toward the edge of the raft and put his hand in the water. He flicked it at me, getting my shirt wet.
"Oh, you want to go there? Alright, let's go there." I reached on my side with both hands and scooped up some water. I threw it at Koji, but he ducked and it hit Takuya. I laughed at his shocked expression.
"That's it!" He placed his goggles over his eyes before splashing me with water. I was about to splash him back, when Koji splashed me. I was going to splash him, when Takuya splashed me again.
"Hey, stop teaming up on me!" I was soaking wet now.
Koji smirked at me, "You started it, Princess."
I narrowed my eyes, "Fine, but just remember that you asked for it." I made a huge splash in the water, getting both boys wet. I continued doing this over and over again, not giving them a chance to get me back. I laughed when they became even wetter than me.
"Alright, I give!" Takuya said, raising his hands in defeat.
I smiled and looked at Koji, "Are you going to give up too?"
He sat down with his back to the barrel again and grabbed me around my stomach from behind. He pulled me into his lap and whispered, "I'll never give up, especially not on you."
"Aw, Koji." I was leaning in to kiss him when I realized that Tommy was watching, so I settled for relaxing into his lap, leaning back on his chest.
The raft started to speed up, "Man, we're really cooking along now." Takuya said, but then we passed a couple chunks of ice floating on the water. "Well, maybe cooking isn't really the right word."
"Yeah, I can't feel my fingers." Zoe said. Koji leaned me forward a little bit before taking off his jacket and handing it to her.
"Take it." He told her.
"Yeah, you sure?" Zoe asked. He nodded. "Grazie, you're the best!" She said, putting it on.
I looked back at him curiously and he leaned forward to whisper in my ear, "I don't need it; I have you to keep me warm." I smiled and gave him a quick peck on the cheek while Tommy was looking at Neemon.
"Neemon, wake up! You can't sleep in the cold, you'll freeze to death!" Tommy exclaimed and Neemon woke up.
"Hey, look at that!" Bokomon said. We looked forward, but saw nothing.
"Um…what are we looking at?" J.P. asked.
"Land ahead!" Bokomon exclaimed before we were suddenly on an island covered in snow, and still moving fast.
"That was way better than I thought it'd be, but where's that Autumn Fair thing?" Takuya asked.
Bokomon brought out his book, "It should be just up ahead." He informed us.
"Well, there is something ahead…" Zoe said, bringing our attention to the giant crater in the snow. "But it doesn't look very fair."
"Everyone, hold on to something so we don't fall off the raft!" He gently nudged me off of him so that I would be able to hold onto the raft. We went over the edge seconds after I got a hold of one of the logs. We were going downhill, and fast.
"It's not over yet." Tommy said. "What is that?" We looked ahead to see a snowman.
"A snowman?" We all exclaimed at the same time. Everyone covered their head with their hands, but I was just a second too late. I got snow all over my face. The raft was torn apart by the collision, and we rolled the rest of the way down the hill.
"That's more what I was expecting." Takuya said.
"Hey, it's warm here." Koji said. I looked at the ground, which was covered in grass instead of snow.
"It's warm? Why is it warm?" Zoe asked.
"Maybe that." Takuya said, pointing at a giant heater in the middle of a fair. "Hey, it's the Fair thingy!"
"Oh, how I despise crowds." Bokomon said.
"Even if those Toucanmon are here, it will be like finding the tiniest needle ever in a million haystacks." Zoe said.
"So, should we split up and get looking?" Takuya asked. We all nodded, heading off in different directions.
I walked in the first shop that I found, a costume shop. Behind the counter was a bear-like digimon with a blue hat that said BEARS. "Excuse me, but did a couple of Toucanmon come through here?" I asked.
"Toucanmon? No, I haven't seen any Toucanmon around here." The digimon replied, looking bored.
"Okay, well thanks anyway." I waved as I left the shop.
It was the same everywhere I went. Nobody had seen the Toucanmon. I was just about to give up, when I saw a jewelry shop, "Well, might as well look in here." I walked into the shop and saw something that I definitely didn't expect. There was a little pink and brown rabbit digimon following a little girl. The little girl was wearing a pink shirt with white sleeves, pink shorts, and yellow shoes. Her hair was brown with pink tints and was pulled up into two little pig tails near the top of her head.
"Lopmon, I want this pwetty silvew cwown." The little girl said to the digimon, holding up my tiara.
"Alright Suzie, I'll buy it for you." Lopmon told the little girl.
"Wait!" I said, just as she was handing the money to the puppy-like digimon that was behind the counter.
"Can I help you, Miss?" The puppy-like digimon asked.
"That's my crown! Did some Toucanmon come in earlier and sell you that?" I asked.
"Now that I think of it, yes I did get this from some Toucanmon." She replied.
"Well, those Toucanmon stole it from me." I said, happy that I had found my prized possession.
The digimon narrowed her eyes at me, "How do I know that you are telling the truth?"
"Just let me try it on, I'm sure that it fits perfectly." I said confidently.
"That's not faiw! I saw it fiwst!" Suzie complained.
The digimon sighed in relief, obviously wanting an excuse to get away from me. "That is true, the girl did see it first, if you want to convince anyone, convince her." She took Lopmon's money and put it in a pouch.
"Please, that tiara is very important to me. It probably would be too big for your head. It would make me really happy if you would give it back to me." I told her sincerely.
"Too bad! Besides, it's not fow my head, it's fow pwincess pwetty pants." Suzie said before walking out of the shop.
"Wait!" I ran after her. Once she saw that I was following, she took off in a run. I was faster than her, so I was catching up to her fast.
When she saw how close I was, she started yelling, "Henwy, please come help me! This cwazy lady is aftew me!" She turned a corner and I quickly followed, running into somebody, making us both fall to the ground.
"Hey, watch where you're going." The person I ran into said. I looked up and saw that I had run into a girl about my age. She had red hair that was pulled back out of her face. She was wearing a short sleeved shirt with a dark blue heart on it, jeans with a brown belt, and red shoes with silver tips.
"Ouch, I'm really sorry. Hey, did you see where that little girl went?" I asked her.
"You're the one that was chasing Suzie? Well, if you want to get to her, you'll have to go through me." The girl said, putting her hands on her hips.
I groaned, "I don't have time for this, it is really important that I get what I'm looking for."
She raised her eyebrows at me, "What exactly are you looking for."
I took a couple of deep breaths before saying in a nicer voice, "Listen, I think that we got off on the wrong foot, I'm Jade, and you are?" I made sure that I was smiling and looking her straight in the eyes.
"My name is Rika, and I still want to know what you are doing here. If you're a tamer, then where is your partner? I also want to know what you want with Suzie." She wasn't budging.
"Wait, a tamer? What's that?" I asked her.
She looked at me in shock, "A digimon tamer, someone who has a digimon partner that they raise to be stronger. My partner is Renamon." As she said the name, a fox-like digimon appeared next to her.
"Yes, Rika?" Renamon asked.
"Nothing, I was just using you as an example of a partner digimon, which this girl doesn't seem to have." Rika explained.
"Thank you so much for telling me about partner digimon, but I really have to go, bye." I tried to walk past her, but she stopped me.
"You still haven't told me what you want with Suzie." She said.
"Fine, she has something of mine that I want back." I said.
"What does she have?" She asked.
"My tiara." I replied.
"Your…tiara? Isn't that a kind of crown?" Rika asked.
"Yes, now if you'll excuse me, I have to go find her before she does something to ruin it." I said, trying to walk past her again.
"I'll find her for you and we will get this figured out." Rika said. "Renamon, do you think that you could go find Suzie and Henry for me?" She asked her partner.
"I'll be back soon." Renamon replied.
Rika nodded and Renamon disappeared. "So, what brings you to the digital world?" Rika asked me.
"It's my destiny to be here." I said.
"Your destiny? What are you supposed to do?" Rika asked.
"Why is it any of your business? I'm not asking you why you're here, even though I have more a right to than you do." I said, getting tired of this conversation.
"What gives you the right?" She asked.
I turned my head away, "I don't have to explain myself to you."
"But you do have to explain yourself to me." I looked up to see that Suzie was back and she was holding the hand of the boy who had spoken. He had spiked blue hair. He was wearing a black short sleeved tee shirt with an orange vest over it, brown pants, and grey and yellow sneakers. He had a digimon that looked similar to Lopmon, but it was green and cream colored, on his shoulder.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Henry, Suzie's brother, and you are?" He was so calm, it kind of scared me.
"I'm Jade." I said.
"So Jade, what do you want with my sister?" He asked.
"Well, she has my tiara." I said, pointing to my tiara that was still in her hand.
"She stole your tiara?" He raised his eyebrows at me.
"No, the Toucanmon stole it, and then sold it to a jewelry shop here and Suzie bought it. Actually Lopmon bought it for Suzie, but still." I said.
He still had his eyebrows raised, "So, you're telling me that some Toucanmon stole this tiara and then sold it here and my little sister just happened to buy it?"
"Yeah." I said.
"That's ridiculous, why would you care what happened to a stupid tiara?" Rika asked, taking it from Suzie's hands and shaking it back and forth.
I snatched it from her hands, "That is fragile! You think that emeralds grow on trees?"
"Emeralds?" Henry asked.
"Yes, the jewel in the middle is a real emerald, and the tiara is real silver." I told him.
"How would you know this?" He asked, taking it from my hands.
I groaned, "Because, it belongs to me, like I told you before."
"Do you actually wear it?" Rika asked, giving me a weird look.
"Yes I do! It shows my title." I said, and then realizing what I had said, I smacked my forehead.
"And what is your title?" Henry asked.
I stood up straight and looked him in the eye, "I am the Princess of the Digital World."
Everyone gave me disbelieving looks. "Wow, I've never heard that one before." Rika said.
"Why is that so hard to believe? After all, you're the Digimon Queen." Henry said.
"Huh?" I asked.
Rika was smirking, "You haven't heard of me?"
"No, actually, I haven't. How did you get that title?" I asked.
"By winning the digimon card game tournament." She replied.
"Oh, a card game, that's good." I sighed in relief.
"Why, how did you get your title?" Henry asked.
"It's my destiny to be the Princess." I said.
"Well, if you want your tiara back you'll have to convince Suzie to give it to you." Henry said.
"How do I do that?" I asked.
"If she thinks that you really are a princess, then she might give it to you." He replied.
I sighed, "Hey Suzie, do you want to give me my tiara now?" I smiled at her.
"It's not youws, it's mine. Besides, why would I want to give it to you?" She asked.
"Well, because it really is mine, and because I'm a princess, and doesn't every princess wear a tiara?" I asked.
"Yeah evewy pwincess does, but I don't believe that you'we weally a pwincess." She replied.
I sighed; it was going to be impossible to convince this kid.
I heard someone walk up behind me, "Hey Princess, who are your friends?" I turned to see Koji walking towards me.
"Koji! Thank goodness you're here!" I exclaimed, running up to him and hugging him.
He chuckled, "Did you miss me that much?"
I rolled my eyes, "Shut up, I need your help. I found my tiara, but that little girl over there bought it and won't give it back. Her brother said that the only way that I could get it back is to convince her that I really am a princess."
"What do you need me to do?" He asked.
"Just follow my lead." I walked up to Suzie, Koji trailing behind me. "Hey Suzie, you know how every princess has her knight that will save her from anything? Well, this is mine."
"But, he's just a kid, like you. I bet he's weally just youw boyfwiend." She said.
"He is my boyfriend, but he is also my legendary warrior. It's his job to keep me and the digital world safe." I told her.
"I still don't believe you. Maybe if people actually called you Princess, then I would buy it." She said.
"Didn't you hear Koji when he came up? He called me Princess." I was getting really tired of this. I was half tempted to just steal the crown from her, but I knew that Rika would probably beat me up if I did.
"Yeah, but that's your boyfwiend, he can call you anything he wants." She said.
I rolled my eyes. "Listen, since I can't help convince her, I have to tell you something. Tommy left town. Takuya left to find him and I was sent to find you so that you could help find him. But, considering the situation, I'll leave you here so that you can get your tiara back."
I nodded, my mind thinking about Tommy. "Do you think that he's okay?"
"Who, Tommy? He'll be fine. He knows how to take care of himself. Don't worry, everything will turn out alright. Okay?" I lifted my chin so that I was looking him in the eye.
"Okay." He smiled and gave me a quick kiss on the lips. When I turned around again, Rika, Henry, and Suzie were all staring at me. "What?" I asked, blushing.
"Nothing." They all said, looking away.
I sighed, "Listen Suzie, I really need that tiara, my friends need my help, and if I can't convince you now, then I probably won't see you again."
She seemed to think about it for a second, "I still think that it's my crown."
I sighed, "Fine, since I can't convince you, I have to go. Tommy is more important than that tiara will ever be." I started to turn around again, but stopped when I heard them gasp. "What?"
Henry pointed to my head, "How did that get there?"
I put my hand to my head and felt my tiara resting on it. I looked at the tiara that was still in Henry's hands. I pulled off the tiara on my head and saw that it was almost exactly the same as the other, except this one was gold. I gasped, "Well, I guess I don't need my old tiara now. I'm sorry that I bothered you." I started to walk away after putting it back on my head.
"Wait, how did that get there?" Rika asked.
"I told you, I am the Princess of the Digital World." I said without turning around or stopping. When I got to the corner I turned to see them all still staring at me. I waved then started jogging towards where we came in, wanting to find Tommy.
I finally got there and Takuya, Koji, and Tommy were already there. They were standing in the snow and Tommy was crying. "Tommy! Is everything okay?" I ran up to them.
Koji looked up, "Jade you got your tiara back…wait a minute, that's not your tiara."
"It appeared on my head after I said that Tommy was more important than my old tiara, so why is Tommy crying?" I asked.
"I-I-It's all my fault! I could have tried harder to get the D-Tectors back, but I let the Toucanmon get away!" Tommy cried.
I patted his back, "Hey, it's alright. I'm sure that we'll get them back, one way or another. Let's just go back to the fair and we can find Zoe and J.P. and figure out what to do."
He nodded and we all walked back to the fair in silence.
"Leaf Cyclone!" We heard someone yell. We immediately started running towards the source. Tommy led the way to a destroyed store that two digimon were fighting in. One of them was Petaldramon, and the other was a small mechanical digimon. "Leaf Cyclone!" Petaldramon released a cyclone of wind and leaves, hitting the other digimon back into a counter.
"Petaldramon." Koji said, making Petaldramon turn around. Takuya and Koji each picked up a stick to fight with.
"Oh, this is going to be good." Petaldramon said.
Tommy and I rushed to the other digimon. Tommy seemed to know him. "Hey, are you all right Datamon?" Tommy asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Oh, it's you." Datamon said.
"I couldn't find anything to trade and I tried so hard." Tommy was close to tears.
Datamon touched Tommy's cheek and chuckled, "You did just fine, kid. You ever heard the expression that truth is the greatest treasure?"
"No." Tommy replied.
Datamon held out Tommy's D-Tector, "Go on, take it. You know, at first I just thought you were making up stories because you wanted these things so badly, but you truly deserve to have them. Here, take it."
"Thanks Datamon!" Tommy said.
"But, uh, don't tell anyone I've gone soft, okay?" Datamon said. Tommy put his D-Tector by his ear and shook it. Datamon laughed, "It's not broken, but I did add something."
"Like what?" Tommy asked.
"What you won in the game, it's really yours, after all." Datamon replied.
Tommy looked at the screen, "My beast spirit! You are awesome, Datamon!" He exclaimed. Tommy stood up, "Execute, Beast Spirit Evolution! Korikakumon!" Tommy's beast spirit looked like a giant polar bear with brown horns, feet, and hands. He carried two axes and the hair on its head is braided back with arrowheads on the ends.
"Wow. That's amazing." I said.
Korikakumon grabbed Petaldramon's tail and held him back from attacking Koji and Takuya, who were both on the ground.
"Korikakumon! Legendary beast spirit of ice!" Bokomon exclaimed.
"So, it really is true! Humans have the power to turn into digimon!" Datamon said.
Petaldramon turned to face Korikakumon, but Korikakumon punched him in the face. Once Petaldramon was on the ground, Korikakumon did something that looked like praying.
"Tommy, what in the world are you doing? This is no time for reflection." Bokomon yelled.
"Behind you, look out!" Datamon yelled because Petaldramon was coming up behind Korikakumon. He tackled him to the ground, but Korikakumon pushed him off with his hair.
"Avalanche Axes!" Korikakumon yelled, making his axes appear. He disappeared, and then reappeared above Petaldramon. He hit Petaldramon with his axes, knocking him back. He then started laughing and dancing around.
"There's something you don't see every day." Koji commented.
"He can't control his spirit; he sure looks silly, doesn't he?" Takuya asked.
"Not as silly as you looked, trying to beat up your friends, Mr. Pot calling the kettle black." Bokomon remarked.
"Boy are you going to regret that! Thorn Jab!" Petaldramon shoved his tail into the ground, and it came up again under Korikakumon, stabbing him.
Here, catch! Help out your friend, guys!" Datamon threw Koji and Takuya their D-Tectors.
"Hey, could you throw me mine?" I asked.
"You have a D-Tector?" He asked.
"Yes, I do. Do you have a problem with that?" I glared at him.
"No, here it is." He passed me my D-Tector.
Takuya was first, "Execute, Spirit Evolution!" He digivolved into Agunimon.
Next, Koji, "Execute, Spirit Evolution!" He digivolved into Lobomon.
My turn, "Execute, Spirit Evolution!" I felt myself morph into DeviAngewomon.
"How about we heat things up a little?" Agunimon said before shooting flames.
"Lobo Kendo!" Lobomon used his swords to make a beam.
"Evil Charm!" I made a cross in the air with my claw.
All three attacks were sent at the vines holding Korikakumon prisoner. The vines broke, freeing him. He pushed Petaldramon up the hill and out onto the snow. "And now, Frozen Arrowheads!" Korikakumon yelled. The arrowheads on the ends of his braids lit up and stabbed Petaldramon in the stomach.
He slid across the snow like a sled, "I'll be back!"
Korikakumon got in his praying position again, this time not having anything to interrupt him. He soon calmed down and his eyes opened. I could tell that he was finally in control. He turned back into Tommy.
"Malto bene!" I heard Zoe yell. She and J.P. ran over to us.
"I'm just glad I didn't hurt you guys when I got my beast spirit." Tommy said.
"Why does everybody have to bring that up?" Takuya said at the same time I said, "Can't you guys just let it go?" We looked at each other and nodded, each respecting the other.
"Digi-Destined," Our D-Tectors all spoke with Ophanimon's voice.
"Ophanimon." Takuya said.
"Seraphimon turned into a digi-egg." Zoe told her.
"Yes, I know." Ophanimon replied.
"So what are we supposed to do about it?" Koji asked.
"Before I tell you, you must know that this is a crucial point. You can stop now, or face the dangerous road ahead. Will you accept the risk?" Ophanimon asked us.
We all looked at each other. We had grown so close, and I felt that I could do anything with these guys by my side. We all agreed.
"You better believe we will." Takuya spoke for all of us.
"You must be certain, all of you." Ophanimon said.
"I don't think I've ever been more certain of anything in my life." Zoe said.
"Me either." J.P. said.
"Yeah." Tommy agreed.
"There's no way that I would back out just because it's risky. Everything we've done so far has been risky. It's not going to scare me away now." I said.
"So, what do we do now, Ophanimon?" Koji asked.
"Head for the Rose Morning Star and then-" The message went to static.
"What did you say? Ophanimon!" Koji yelled at his D-Tector.
"What is a rose morning star?" Neemon asked.
Bokomon looked around for a second, and then pointed into the sky, "That right there!"
"A star? How are we supposed to get there?" J.P. asked.
"We're not going to the star; we're going to what's beneath it." Bokomon explained.
"All that way?" J.P. asked.
We sighed, "It looks pretty far. We have to walk there?" Takuya asked.
Zoe gasped, "Presto!" She held up eight green cards.
"What are those?" Takuya asked.
"These are Trailmon tickets, remember that eating contest? Well, this is grand prize for eating thirty plates of that horrible food in an hour. Do I rock, or what?" Zoe asked.
We cheered.
"Well, then come on guys, let's head for that star!" Takuya yelled. We cheered again.
We headed down to the station at the Autumn Leaf Fair. We hopped aboard a Trailmon, and we started on our journey.
A/N: Okay, I'm not sure if I like this chapter. I thought that t would be a good idea to put my favorite characters from Tamers in it because Gallantmon is in the original with the shared voices, but now I'm not sure if I like it. Tell me what you think...