Chapter 18:A Little Romance
"Wow where are we Matt? Are we in the digital world?" Kiki questioned amazed.
"How did you know that we were in the digital world?" Koji Responded.
Kiki dug threw one of her pockets and pulled out a flat scanner and a deck of cards.
"I'm the 3 time digimon champion." Kiki Smirked.
"So I guess you do know about digimon. Are these the cards you used to win?" Zoë questioned looking through her cards.
"Yeppers." Kiki laughed. "I also remember that last year I saw on the news a digimon that came out of the ground and I still don't know what digimon that was."
"It's best that we don't tell her." Takuya muttered to Koji.
Koji nodded in agreement.
"Well what are we waiting for lets go." Kiki chirped walking away.
"Wait Kiki You don't know where you're going." Matt shouted chasing after her.
*Sigh* "This is going to be a long and annoying trip." Koji Groaned tailing at the end of the group.
"Wow it's so beautiful here Matt, Why didn't you tell me about this before?" Kiki Asked in amassment.
"It was kind of a secret." He mumbled.
"So where do we start?" Kiki asked.
"Well first of all we're back in the forest terminal so we have to climb all the way up those stairs and get all the way up to Seraphimon's castle and ask him what the hell is going on." Takuya stated.
"All right then that shouldn't be too hard, let's go." Kiki laughed starting to run up the stairs.
"I think she's had a little too much sugar today." J.P stated.
"No that's just how she is." Tommy answered.
"Yep isn't she great?" Mat questioned as he started walking up the steps.
"That depends on how you look at it." Takuya laughed. "Ow that hurt. Why did you do that?" He stated rubbing the back of his head because Zoë smacked him in the back of the head.
"Just get moving idiot." Zoë said grabbing him by the back of his shirt and drug him up the steps.
"You know what I just realized?" Takuya said as him and Zoë were about half way to the castle.
"What?" she asked annoyed.
"I hate these steps."
Maybe if you stop complaining we'll get to the top faster." She sighed.
"Whatever."
Kiki was the first to get to the top followed by Tommy and Matt. Then J.P, Koji, and Koichi. The last ones up there were Takuya and Zoë. Once everyone was there they went in.
"Ophanimon, Serophimon are you here?" Koji shouted as they entered the grand hall.
"I thought I told you to go home." Ophanimon said walking into the room.
"You did." He answered.
"Then why are you here?" She questioned.
"Because we're the legendary warriors so we have the right to know what's going on, and we're not leaving here without an answer." Takuya answered stepping out in front of Koji and the rest of the group.
"Matt what is he talking about?" Kiki whispered grabbing her boyfriends arm.
"Don't worry I'll tell you about it later. For now stay close to me."
"I know but there is nothing that you can do to help at this point and time." Ophanimon said. "Apparently there is because we're back here for a reason, now I want to know what that reason is. And don't try and turn me away." Takuya shouted.
"You already know the reason why, and the reason I sent you back to your world is because Lucemon has succeeded with his plan to get to the human world and with out you there then who is going to protect everyone?" Ophanimon answered.
The group stood silent.
"Now go back home. We can take care of the other legendary warriors." She continued.
"Yes Ma'am." They said in unison.
Then they started running towards the front of the castle. Kiki stopped.
"Kiki what's wrong?" Matt asked slowing down.
"Go on ahead I'll catch up." She replied.
"Alright."
Lady Ophanimon, there's something you need to know while we were heading to the computer lab back in the human world we were stopped by… oh what did Matt call her Renamon and a few others. I think they were looking for something. I don't know what they were looking for but I thought you might want to know." Kiki exclaimed. Then she turned around and started to catch up with the others.
Matt waited at the corridor for Kiki.
"So are you ready to go?" Matt questioned.
"Yea." Kiki answered.
So they started walking down the corridor. All of a sudden the ground shook, then Agunimon came flying in threw the door.
"Kiki watch out." Matt said pushing her out of the way as Agunimon flew past them and slammed into the wall.
"God damn it." Agunimon coughed dedigivolving back into Takuya.
"That's going to hurt later." Takuya stated grabbing his staff and running out of the castle.
"Stay here." Matt ordered getting up and started walking towards the door.
"But Matt." Kiki Wined.
Matt stopped and turned around "Please stay there I don't want you to get hurt."
"Matt look out." Kiki yelled.
Matt turned around and then a blade went threw his gut.
"Matt, Matt, Matt, you're getting to slow. I'm a little disappointed; usually you would have been able to block that… Oh that's right you don't know do you Terubimon gave us this new power that enhanced our power and strength without having to use our digivolution." Jessica said ripping out her sword.
'Why am I bleeding? I thought that I couldn't bleed here only a digital code was supposed to show up.' Matt thought falling to the ground.
"That's right I forgot to tell you that Lucimon you remember him right? Well he changed the data in the digital world so no if you fight as yourself you can die." Jess explained.
"Matt." Kiki screamed tears swelled up in her eyes as she ran towards her boyfriend.
"Kiki run away…" Matt whispered as his vision blurred.
"Face it girl your boyfriend is dead, or just about dead." Jessica laughed resting her blade on her shoulder and walked away.
'Matt come on you could have done better than that. Alright I'll save your life, but you owe me big time.'
"Ha-ha-ha, just where do you think you're going Jessica? We were just starting to have some fun." Matt stated standing up.
Jess stopped and turned around "There's no possible way you can still be alive." She said in shock.
Matt started running towards Jessica and punched her hard in the stomach.
"It's quite simple I can't die that easily." He laughed throwing her into a wall across the room.
Jess looked at his eyes as he straitened up from punching her.
"You're not Matt." she coughed using her sword to keep herself up.
"Damn right I'm not. I really don't like hitting a woman, or in this case a young girl. But I'm willing to make a few acceptations considering that you almost killed me." Kyo laughed cracking his knuckles as he started walking towards her.
'I don't under stand that's Matt's body but those eyes aren't his. His eyes are normally a brown, but this time they're a blood red… and then his voice is different as well.' Jessica thought as she got into a fighting stance.
"Matt stop it." Kiki shouted from across the room.
Kyo stopped as if he couldn't move.
"Now's my chance to get out of here." Jess whispered running out of the castle.
'Damn I'm almost out of energy. Stopping the bleeding really uses up a lot of magic.' Kyo thought as he looked at Kiki then started falling.
"Matt… Matt." she yelled as she dove to catch him.
"I'm okay Kiki I just need to rest for a while is all." Matt answered starting to close his eyes.
*Smack* "No you can't go to sleep you have to stay awake." Kiki demanded tears rolling down her face.
"Alright I won't go to sleep. Just help me up please." Matt stated trying to get up.
"Right." Kiki cried in relief.
"Kiki please don't cry you know I don't like it when you cry." Matt laughed.
"I know, but I can't help it." She laughed.
Kiki placed Matt's arm around her shoulders and helped him up and they slowly walked out of the castle.
"Is everyone all right?" Matt asked looking around at the others.
"Yea we're fine." Koji replied brushing off the dirt from his pants.
"We should head back and see what damage has been done in the real world." Takuya said walking away from everyone.
Zoë ran to catch up with him.
"What?" Takuya questioned in a tense tone.
"It's not your fault." she answered.
"Yes it is I should have known better. In stead I placed everyone in danger." Takuya shouted.
*Smack* "Damn it stop blaming your self we're all to balm. All of us should have known better." Zoë yelled back.
Takuya stood there a red hand print slowly appeared on his face. "Zoë… I…I'm sorry." He muttered walking away.
'That could have gone better.'
"Did you say something?" Takuya questioned turning around to look at Zoë.
"No I didn't say anything." Zoë answered walking past Takuya.
"I guess that it's all in my head." He mumbled to himself getting on the Trailmon.
~Later that night~
"Zoë I'm sorry I snapped on you like that."
"That's fine don't worry about it."
"All right well I better get going see ya."
"Yep; good night Takuya." *Click*
Takuya hung up the phone and fell on his bed and slowly drifted to sleep.
"Takuya."
"Who's there?" Takuya asked looking behind him.
"Over here."
Takuya looked in the direction of the voice but no one was there.
"No over here."
He looked in the direction again but no one was there. "Alright this is starting to piss me off will you just come out all ready.
