Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Chaos Rising: Chaotic Evolutions ❯ Instincts ( Chapter 2 )

Title: Chaos Rising: Chaotic Evolutions

Author: Katreal

Category: Digimon Seasons I and IV Crossover

Genre: General

Timeline: Frontier-AU after Lucemon's defeat. 02- AU after the Holy Stones Arc. Oikawa and the Dark Seeds never happened ;)

Notes: Mostly Kouji and Kouichi-centric

Disclaimer: I forgot this last chapter…I don't own anything that has to do with any seasons of digimon.

 

Chapter 2

 

Ichijouji Ken read Taichi's reply.

 

 

Ken,

 

Izzy asked me to confirm something in the digital world, are you willing to open the portal for me?

 

-Taichi

 

Ken frowned, why would Taichi be asking him to open the portal? Wouldn't he have asked Hikari or one of the others first? The former Digimon Kaiser was confused, why would one of the digidestined ask for his help after what he did? How could they trust him? He had tried everything in his power to destroy them, to destroy their partners; he had even forced them to fight each other! How could they look past all that and forgive him when Ken would not forgive himself? What could they possibly see worth salvaging in his soul? Ken did not know,

 

He could not remember anyone actually caring about him before. Sure his parents cared…but it had always been a sort of hi and bye relationship over the years. Ken had never had a friend, not since Osamu died. Could the digidestined possibly see the little boy who used to blow bubbles with his brother? Could they be trying to befriend that boy?

 

Ken shook his head and sat down at his desk, it was impossible, that boy had died long ago. The only one who really knew that little boy was Osamu. And that Ken had died with his brother. Wormmon didn't know. Ken hadn't met his partner till after his brother's death, when the darkness began to taint him.

 

Ken laid his head in his arms and stared down at the cool wood of the desk. He couldn't take it anymore. Just stop trying to understand! That is what his rational mind told him, just go with everything and don't bother about why people think the way they do. After a few moments of silent thought the Child of Kindness raised his head, his blue eyes hardened with determination. He may not understand what the digidestined saw in him, but he would do all he could to help in return for them showing him the errors of his way.

 

Ken tucked a loose strand of straight blue-black hair behind his ear as he wrote a reply.

 

Taichi,

 

Sure. Where?

 

-Ken

 

Moments later another email popped up.

 

Ken,

 

Um…You know how to get to Koushiro's house right? His parents already know about digimon so there is no problem there, and I'm sure Izzy won't mind us using his laptop.

 

-Taichi

 

Ken bit his lip. Did he know where Izumi “Izzy” Koushiro lived? Hmm…The Child of Kindness thought hard…Nope.

 

Taichi,

 

No I don't. Sorry. Do you want me to meet you somewhere first?

 

-Ken

 

Ken,

 

Alright. Just meet me in the park. You know which one.

 

-Taichi

 

 

 

Taichi shut off his D-Terminal after receiving Ken's affirmative reply. He lay back across the cool metal bars of the jungle gym, once more folding his arms behind his head to look up at the sky. The Digidestined of Courage closed his eyes, allowing the cool morning breeze to ruffle his thick mane of brown fair, whipping the strands every which way. He stayed this way for a while before the warmth of the raising sun broke down through the barrier of clouds, causing Taichi to receive the full effect of the golden ray. Even through his closed eyes he could see the sunlight. The great burst of yellow color that followed the break in the clouds. Taichi sighs and sits up, turning so as to use his back as a shield between the sun and himself. It was times like these that made him regret passing his goggles on to Motomiya Daisuke.

 

Taichi tensed as he heard approaching footsteps. Don't take me wrong, Taichi's hearing isn't anything exceptional. It's just hard to miss such a sound when almost everything around you is silent. The Digidestined of Courage glanced toward the sound; passing through the park's gate was the very person that Taichi was waiting for. Ken didn't look any different then usual, his straight blue-black hair swayed slightly in the morning breeze, blue-grey eyes focused on the ground before him. He was dressed in his normal light grey attire, the slight bulge in his pockets revealing the presence of his D-3.

 

Taichi slipped off the jungle gym and walked over to the silent boy. Ken raised his head to lock gazes with the other digidestined before lower his gaze. Taichi sighs, what would he and the others have to do to get this guy to loosen up? What's done is done, there is no use dwelling on the past…right?

 

“Well…Let's go.”

 

Ken merely nodded a reply.

 

 

 

 

About an hour later, in Sector A-207 of the digital world, the misplaced warriors were still resting in the shadow of the grey stone. Kouji stared blankly out across the grassy field, trying to decide what to do next. Kouichi cracked one eye open and regarded his twin, “Are we just going to sit here all day?”

 

Kouji shrugged, turning his blue gaze on the digimon form of the Warrior of Darkness, “We have nothing better to do. Besides, if we try to look around on our own we'll end up getting lost.”

 

Kouichi yawned, showing a row of sharp fangs, “I guess. I just feel restless…”

 

The Warrior of Light chuckled, “When we evolve our personalities meld with the digimon's. The restlessness is probably part of Anyamon's instincts.” Kouji rose from his seated position and stretched his stiff muscles, “However, you are right. We should get moving.”

 

Kouichi doesn't reply, instead he stands on shaky legs, “I'm still not used to being a Beast-type digimon…”

 

Kouji looks down at the wolf-like digimon, “Why? You've evolved into KaiserLeomon before.”

 

The Warrior of Darkness tilts his head to look up at Kouji, “That happened during battles. I was operating mostly on instinct anyway.”

 

Kouji nods and glances around, “Good point.”

 

After that silence reigned. Not an uncomfortable silence mind you, instead it was a silence brought on by knowing each other to the point where no words are needed. Minutes passed with neither moving an inch. Kouji began to say something, “Kou-” but was cut-off by Kouichi, “Shush! I hear something.”

 

The Warrior of light shut his mouth and tilted his head slightly; he could just faintly make out voices…maybe three or four…but could not hear what they were saying. However, being a canine-type digimon Kouichi could hear them clearly. He could also make out three pairs of footsteps, which was quite odd considering that there were four voices. Two constantly talking and the other two just putting in one word here or there.

 

“Agumon…are you sure about this?”

 

“For the last time Taichi, YES!”

 

“But two unidentified digimon? I'd think that in three years we would have seen them all.”

 

A soft sigh, “Taichi…why are you humans so stubborn?”

 

A pause, “Um…we just are?”

 

“Exactly. Digimon are made up of data. Data changes each time it is reconfigured. It is entirely possible that the data changes in a new way. That is just the way we are. Right Wormmon?”

 

A new voice responded, “Correct…”

 

By now the voices had gotten close enough that Kouji could make out the words, having missed the beginning of the conversation…Kouji was completely and utterly lost.

 

The first speaker, Taichi, sounded irritated, “But Patamon got reconfigured and he's still a Patamon! You agree with me right Ken?”

 

“……I have to agree with Wormmon on this…”

 

A dejected silence before Taichi muttered, “Thanks for the support.”

 

The second speaker, who Kouichi had deduced to be Agumon, suddenly spoke up, “This is the place.”

 

A low growl formed in Kouichi's throat as the grasses in front of them rustled. Both digimon and older brother instincts kicked in as Kouichi positioned himself between Kouji and whatever was in the grass. Kouji was confused by the sudden change in his brother's attitude; Kouichi was usually like the darkness itself, cold and silent to anyone else. Only around Kouji would the Warrior of Darkness open up, but never before had he acted so…protective. It was more then just worries for a sibling; it was more like a wolf, or a lion's determination to protect a weaker member of the group. Were Anyamon's instincts really messing with Kouichi's personality so much?

 

Usually when one of the warriors evolved their personality and the digimon's personality never completely merged, but remained separate, the digimon acting like a small voice in the back of your mind, guiding you yet never taking an active role. Was this the same thing? Kouji didn't think so. Kouichi's personality change was not a result of taking the form of a digimon, nor a result of evolving. It was the result of a much deeper and more complete merge, a merge of the spirit as well as the body. Kouichi was, in essence, Anyamon; and yet Anyamon was still Kouichi. It was all too confusing, Kouji decided. He pushed his musings to the back of his mind and directed his attention to the moving grasses.

 

An yellow-orange dinosaur like digimon was the first to emerge from the grasses, only to come face to face with a growling Anyamon…or Kouichi…(Ah heck…lets just call him Kouichi, less confusion.)

 

Startled green eyes blinked in confusion as he stared into the face of the black wolf-like digimon. He backed up slowly as the instinct driven Kouichi's lips pulled back in a snarl, displaying sharp white fangs. The dinosaur digimon could not see Kouji, his attention focused on the hostile seeming digimon before him.

 

“Agumon!” The worried call from behind him caught his attention.

 

Agumon immediately began to worry as the strange black digimon's attention was directed to the grasses behind him. He inhaled sharply before expelling a small burst of flame toward Kouichi.

 

“Baby Flame! Tai stay back!” Agumon yelled at his partner, foregoing the longer `Taichi' for a quick `Tai'.

 

The attack hit Kouichi on the right shoulder, burning the fur and causing him to let out a small whine of pain. However the pain was soon forgotten as Kouichi acted on instinct again, he dashed forward, a dark purple energy radiating began radiating from his claws.

 

Kouji watched all this with a small amount of horrified fascination, the state of mind which his brother was in seemed to be alike to what he had felt when he first evolved into Garmmon and what he had seen with Takuya and Vritramon, driven by instinct and irrational. The dinosaur-digimon who had triggered the instinct-driven state was currently doing his best to outrun Kouichi's attacks. Kouji's eyes narrow, didn't that digimon act like he was protecting something?

 

“Agumon! What are you doing!?”

 

The call grabbed Kouji's attention; he turned his head slightly toward the source. Two human boys emerged from the grasses. The one who shouted had wild brown hair and was wearing what seemed to be a dark green school uniform. He looked extremely worried, his gaze locked intently on the two fighting digimon. Suddenly something seemed to click inside Kouji's mind, it all fit, that digimon was one of the -- what was the word? - Digidestined's Digimon! Kouji ran toward the two digimon just as Kouichi sprang, one glowing claw heading straight for Agumon. His brother's name tore from his throat and he leapt forward, “Kouichi!”

 

The attack made contact, sending a multitude of dirt and dust into the air, blocking Agumon, Kouichi, and Kouji from sight.

 

 

A/N: Heh….it's been a week hasn't it? Well here's the next chapter. The third might be put up next week or so…

 

Anyways hope you liked it and don't forget to review n.n