Chapter 12: Total Disaster
"Tell me again why we're up so early?" Takuya whined leaning against one of the walls in the arena.
"It said in the note to be here at 7am." Noelle replied.
"Well its 7:15 and Zoë, J.P, Koji, and Koichi still aren't here!" Kaylee stated. Zoë and J.P walked in.
"2 down 2 to go…" Noelle mumbled sitting down next to the semi-conscious Tommy.
"What are you talking about we've been here waiting for you guys since 6:30?" came a voice from the stands.
Everyone looked up to see Koji and Koichi sitting up on the edge of the arena.
"Why did you guys make us get up so early?" Takuya exclaimed.
"Did any of you figure out what was in the envelope?" Koichi asked ignoring Takuya's question and walking through the door followed by Koji.
"I didn't understand a single word that paper said." Zoë responded getting Tommy to stand up. Everybody shook there heads.
"They're spells." Koji stated.
"Remember what I did yesterday?" Koichi asked looking around. Everyone nodded. "Well that was one of many spells I know." Koichi continued.
"So how come we only got one and how come they're different for each other?" Noelle mentioned pulling out her paper.
"That's because they were made to fit an element, take for example the spell I used yesterday, remember seeing an aurora around your body, that's the color of your element." Koichi stated as the darkness surrounded the group making there auroras appeared around them again.
"Every spell has its advantages and disadvantages but you have to figure out when it's a good time to use your spell. You should also keep in mind that each spell could have an effect on you, whether it has something to do with your appearance… or even your emotions and personality" Koichi said disappearing.
He reappeared behind Kaylee and put an arm around her shoulder.
"Like take Kaylee for example her element is sight, her spell will allow her to see the stress points in some one's body, the disadvantage when she finds out she should keep it to herself." Koichi smirked as if he knew more then what he were saying, leaning against her.
"So then what's yours?" Noelle asked rolling her eyes.
"Like I said keep it to your self because if the wrong person knows the disadvantage it could mean your done for." he continued walking away from Kaylee.
"So who's ready to give it a shot?" Koji asked as the darkness disappeared and the normal arena surroundings showed up around them.
A while passed and they were trying to memorize there spells. Takuya was enjoying himself as he left burn marks in the wall from fire balls, Tommy was trying to get his ice blade spell cold enough where it would stop melting, but every time he tried Takuya would shoot a fire ball at it and the blade would melt. Zoë's spell was 'dance of the blades' where razor sharp winds would fly strait for its opponent, however it could hardly cut through the wood table she was practicing on at the moment. Noelle's was a high pitched sound. When she would clap her hands together it would slice through any thing or make a deep cut in the wall. Kaylee's was called rotation, rotation allows her to see around her for a complete 360 degree circle and block any attack by rapidly spinning.
Any ways they had the day off and Takuya started yelling at Koji and Koichi for getting him up so early again, which ended up with Takuya holding his head on the ground from being whacked over the head by everyone.
"Come on why do you guys have to be so mean?" Takuya whined as they walked back to their rooms before dinner.
"Well why do you have to complain so much?" Noelle smirked looking back at her cousin.
"I have an idea how about you shut up." Takuya countered smiling at her.
"Will you be quiet?" Koji and Noelle exclaimed in unison.
They both looked at each other and quickly looked away blushing. The group walked back to the rooms in silence after that.
With Noelle
She lay on her bed and stared up at the cling, she put her pointer finger and middle finger on her lips.
'It was just an accident nothing more right?' She asked herself. 'So why can't I look at him like I do to everyone else?'
"Noelle can I come in?" Came Zoë's voice from out side her door.
"Yeah, sure." Noelle replied snapping out of her thoughts.
"Are you ok, you didn't say a word at dinner?" Zoë asked sitting down in a chair.
"Y-yeah, fine why do you ask?" Noelle questioned sitting up.
"Well I kinda noticed that… every time you looked at Koji you would quickly look away… and I was wondering… you like him don't you?" Zoë laughed.
"NO I DO NOT LIKE HIM!" Noelle shouted as her face flushed brilliant shades of red in embarrassment
"I'm right! You do like him; denial is the first step to love!" Zoë winked trying to hold back a giggle.
"W-what are you talking about I'm not denying any thing!" Noelle retorted looking away blushing even harder.
"Please it's written all over your face." Zoe giggled.
"Will you stop it all ready I do not like Koji!" Noelle shouted.
"Sure what ever you say, well good night." Zoe stated running out the door and shutting it to here a thud of a pillow hit the door.
'I don't like him; I can't love… so why do I fell this way?' Noelle asked herself hugging her legs to her chest and rested her head on her knees.
Her heart raced every time she thought about him. She pressed her hand to her chest to try and quiet the sound.
'Why won't this pain leave?' She thought closing her eyes trying to get some sleep.
Her body pulsed as she fell to the ground holding her injured shoulder. "No this can't be happening?" She whispered to herself shaking.
"Noelle…!" Shouted a goggle head, brown harried boy running towards her.
"Leave me alone Takuya I can do this on my own!" Noelle shouted standing up but fell back down because of her leg.
"But Noelle…" Takuya said putting a hand on her back.
She whacked his hand away. "I said leave me alone." She shouted standing up and glared at her cousin.
"Noelle you have to stop this, your losing control." Zoe shouted helping Takuya up off the ground.
"I don't care just let me kill them." Noelle yelled taking one of the kunai that were lying in the dirt and started running towards the group of other digimon. Then a blade slammed against the kunai knocking it out of her hand and sent it flying through the air.
"Noelle stop this." Koji yelled as he threw his sword down, grabbing a hold of her shoulders.
'He's never moved that fast before?' She thought trying to get free of his strong grip.
He pulled her into a hug. "I promise I won't let you go… I'll protect you… even if that means protecting you from yourself." Koji whispered in her ear.
She stopped struggling.
He brought her face up to his and gently kissed her on the lips.
"I promise..." Koji said as their lips parted.
Noelle woke up with beads of sweat running down her face. She looked down at her hands, they were shaking.
"It was just a dream… nothing more." She told herself lying back down and looking up at the ceiling.
'Please don't let me lose control…not again.'
