Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Elements of Good and Evil ❯ The Fire Caves ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 4: The Fire Caves

"Replay."

The screen returned to the start of the fight. The boy, Takato had defeated Illusiamon, and he knew that time was starting to run low. His preparations were on schedule, so he felt confident. He stopped the video and the image of the Radarmon returned. "I think that one dark spirit isn't going to do anymore. We'll send pairs now."

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The ark landed at the base of a giant volcano. At the top, lava was flowing down the side of the mountain.

"Wow, big mountain." Calumon said.

"Calumon, stay here." Henry said.

"Huh? How come?" He asked.

"Its too dangerous in there." Henry replied.

Calumon's ears shrunk in disappointment.

There was a small cave ahead of them. It didn't look very inviting.

"There is no way I'm going in there." Said Kazu. "I don't want to be deep-fried, thank you very much."

"Whatever happened to fearless Kazu, huh?" Kenta said peevishly.

"Bravery is one thing, suicide is another." Kazu replied.

"I have to say it doesn't look to promising." Said Henry gloomily.

"Come on guys," said Takato enthusiastically. "We've faced things worse than a little volcano, and there must be a way through it, if the fire guardian is in there."

"I'm not sure I see the logic in that." Said Henry.

"Man, what a bunch of wusses." Said Rika scornfully. "The only two with guts around here are the two numbskulls."

"Was that a complement or an insult?" Kenta asked. "Maybe she's multitasking." Replied Takato.

"Come on, babies." Said Rika as went towards the cave. Ryo smirked as he, Takato, Kenta, Impmon and, surprisingly, Suzie went into the cave. "Will she ever change?" Takato smiled as he asked Ryo. "I don't want her to." Ryo replied. "Man, your loopy, you know that?" Said Kenta. The others were a bit surprised but they followed along, despite their objections.

They entered the caves and gasped. There were vast lakes of lava, bridged by high, thin walkways. There were spouts of fire and ash all around and small torches lighting the only safe path.

"Come along, then." Rika called, already well ahead of the rest. They followed somewhat dubiously, and carefully followed the torches. Takato noted that some of them were floating in midair with nothing but lava beneath them. This was defiantly the right place.

They continued carefully on, till they came to a part that had rock wall on one side and a steep slope leading to lava on the other. They decided (that is, Rika decided) that they should stop there for a rest.

"Man, could it get any hotter in here." Complained Kazu.

"I could ask if they could turn it up for you." Ryo joked.

"Hendry, look at all the hot stuff." Suzie said, look down the slope with Lopmon.

"Suzie, get away from the edge before you fall." Said Henry

"Hmm, your no fun." Suzie pouted

"I'll second that." Terriermon joked.

Suddenly Takato sensed something. Something to do with….

"SUZIE, GET AWAY FROM THE EDGE!" Takato yelled.

Suzie look confused.

Suddenly, the part of the cliff side that Suzie and Lopmon was on broke off, and began to slide down the slope.

"SUZIE!" Henry yelled, running towards the side with Terriermon in hot pursuit.

"HENRY, NO!" Takato yelled.

The rock that Henry and Terriermon also broke of and slid down after Suzie and Lopmon. Suddenly, the part of the slope that Suzie was on disappeared to reveal a cave. The rock Suzie was on fell into it, and then the cave disappeared. Henry went over the part that had had the cave and kept going towards the lava. Then suddenly, just before the duo was about to hit the lava, another cave appeared and sealed up, taking Henry and Terriermon with it.

"This was no accident." Said Takato grimly, "Someone did this on purpose. One of the dark spirits."

"This looks like the earth spirit's work." Said Jinn.

"Why would he target those two?" Asked Takato

"Destiny. It's the only thing he cares about. He's totally driven to following what destiny plans, whether it means winning or losing."

"Ahh, sounds like a nut to me." Said Impmon.

"He's far from a nut, Impmon." Said Jinn. "He's quite sane, I assure you."

"Hmm, well if he's here, then I'll blast him out." Said Impmon, annoyed.

"Like you did with Shadowmon?" Said Renamon.

Impmon was annoyed by the mention of that fight. Shadowmon had defeated him, soundly.

"He's just lucky, that's all. One more second and I woulda blasted his head off." He said.

"I'm afraid you have more pressing problems then recalling old fights, tamers." Said a new voice. Out of the very rock itself came a digimon. "Your problem is now me." He said menacingly. The digimon was only human size, but he was powerfully built. He appeared to be made of stone, only he moved as fluidly as humans. He wielded two axes, one in each hand. He looked a bit like a human bull. He had two curled horns on his head, and a dark expression.

"Quakermon, Mega level, Special attack: Earth Crusher." Kazu read of his D-ark.

"I am the dark spirit of earth. Prepare yourselves."

With that, he disappeared into the rock. Suddenly, they heard rumbling in the distance, as a giant rock rolled towards them.

"Uh, don't mean to rush you, but shouldn't we be… running?" Takato said. With that they started running in the opposite direction.

"Hey, I kinda feel like Indiana Jones." Yelled Kazu.

"If this rock doesn't kill you, I will." Yelled Rika.

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"Henry, wakey wakey."

Henry looked up, at Terriermon looking down at him.

"What happened?" He asked. Suddenly, he remembered. "Where's Suzy?"

"She's in a different cave to us." Terriermon replied.

"We have to find her."

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"Hendwy, Tewwiermon!" Suzy yelled.

"Anybody?" Lopmon yelled.

They were in another cave, and now they were looking for the others. They went through the caves, looking for a familiar face, but they didn't find anyone.

"Where did everybody go, Lopmon?" said Suzy, now sad.

"I don't know." Her partner replied.

"Are you lost little girl?" said an unfamiliar voice behind her.

She turned around and looked up at the figure on the rock.

"Who are you?" Suzy asked, now afraid.

The figure merely smiled.

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Meanwhile, elsewhere, the others were still running from the boulder. "How much longer does this passage go?" Kazu complained.

"Let's just hope there isn't a dead end." Kenta said. "I don't want to be a pancake."

"Look, there's a narrow entrance ahead." Jeri yelled.

They all quickly ran in, and the stone crashed into it behind them, sealing the door. "We won't get out that way." Takato said. They were now in a dark corridor. They could barely see past their noses.

"Does this feel like a trap to anyone else?" Rika said nervously.

`Wow, this must really be bad,' Takato thought, `Rika hardly ever gets nervous.'

They followed the corridor into a large empty room. There were statues of digimon of every kind all around the room.

"Very creepy," Kazu remarked

"I'm glad you like it," said an unknown voice.

They turned to look at a female digimon. The first thing that registered in the tamers mind was the fact that her hair was made of snakes. She was taller then most humans, and her skin appeared to be made of scales.

"Medusamon, Ultimate level, Special attack: Stone Gaze." Kenta read

"That's right, and you're about to see what it does! Stone Gaze!" She yelled

Beams of light extended from her eyes into Takato's eyes, and slowly, Takato turned to stone.

"Takato!" Jeri yelled.

Rika was looking at Medusamon in shear anger. "You're going to pay for that!"

"In that case you'd better pay me back for this too." She said "Stone Gaze!" This time Guilmon was turned to stone. "Now my biggest threat is eliminated, it's time to deal with you."

"We'll see about that!" Rika yelled.

BIOMERGE ACTIVATE

RENAMON BIOMERGED INTO

SAKUYAMON

"Time to take out the trash." Sakuyamon said in a deadly whisper.

"Just try it!" Medusamon replied.

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"So much for your sense of direction, Terriermon. We're completely lost." Henry said, scowling.

Terriermon was about to reply to that when he was interrupted by a new voice. "Hello there."

They turned around and saw a brunette girl. She was about Henry's age, and she was sitting on a rock looking at the duo, smiling. She also was wearing glasses.

"Hello there, can you help us?" Henry asked.

"Maybe. What do you need help with?" She asked.

"We're looking for my sister. She's seven, black hair, and she'll have a Lopmon with her." Henry said.

"I know where she is." She smiled.

"Can you take us to her?" Terriermon asked.

But her mind was now on Terriermon. "Cute bunny!!" She said adorably. "Wanna play?"

Terriermon sweatdropped, `One of THOSE, I see.' He thought. "Er, not right now, no."

"Aww, I've got a cool ball. Wanna see?" she said.

With that she put her hands together, and a ball just appeared as pulled her hands apart. "Catch, bunny. Moon ball!"

With that she threw the ball at Terriermon, making him crash into the cave wall, at the other end of the cave.

"Terriermon!" Henry yelled.

"She's got quite an arm!" He replied dazedly.

"Lets take a look." He got out his D-arc and scanned her. "Ecliptimon, Mega level, Special attack: Moon ball."

"She's a digimon? Man this is getting weirder and weirder." Said Terriermon.

A symbol appeared on her forehead. It was a black crescent moon.

"Uh oh, she must be the dark moon spirit!" Henry said.

"Gee, whatever gave you that idea?" said Terriermon sarcastically.

"Save the lip for later, we gotta go!" Henry said, and with that he scooped up Terriermon and began to run.

"Hey, wait up, we haven't finished playing yet!" Ecliptimon called out happily.

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"Prepare to be deleted!" Sakuyamon yelled.

"You first." Medusamon replied.

With that they lunged at each other. Medusamon attacked with her stone gaze, but Sakuyamon dodged and responded with a spirit strike. Medusamon jumped up out of the way.

"Serpent Sting!" She shot one of the snakes like an arrow at Sakuyamon, which bit her in the leg. Sakuyamon used her staff to crush the snake easily.

"You're going to have to do better then that to beat me!" She yelled defiantly.

Medusamon laughed. "Wrong. The serpents venom is already having an effect."

Sakuyamon looked down at her leg, and saw that it was starting to turn to stone.

"Oh no." Jeri cried, "She's in trouble. Ryo, help her!"

Ryo only shook his head. "It's too late. She's committed to the fight now. My jumping in will only make things worse."

Jeri looked at her friend, feeling very helpless.

"You haven't won yet, Snake for brains." Rika yelled angrily.

With that she began using her staff to create waves of light, sending them at Medusamon, filling the air with them. There was no way Medusamon could withstand her relentless attack, and she was destroyed.

With that her injury disappeared. And soon, Takato and Guilmon also returned to normal.

"Well, that was …. unpleasant." Takato remarked.

"Ohh, my head feels like its full of bricks." Guilmon complained.

Rika wisely decided not to respond to that.

"Er, guys, not that I want to spoil your fun," Kazu said urgently "but look around for a sec."

They then realized that the other digimon were also coming back to life, and they looked like they were itching for a fight. They began grappling with each other, while the tamers tried to find a way out of the free for all. Ryo was lagging behind, mainly because he was trying to pull Cyberdramon away from the fight.

They found a door, and quickly exited the anarchy. They were now in a long corridor that leads to a platform high above the lava. There were several other doors in the corridor, but they didn't need to explore those. They knew exactly where the fire spirit was now. They walked out onto the platform. "Welcome, tamers." He said gravely.

He was tall and human like. He had hair that appeared to be on fire, or rather, hair that WAS fire. He wore ancient armor and he had a sword at his side. He was very dragon like, including big red wings. He looked quite a bit like Dragoonmon, but there were still quite a few differences. His face was definitely dragon, and his armor seemed to glow red, as if it was just out of the forge.

"Galahadmon, Mega level, Special attack: Sword of flame." Rika read.

"Well, I have been expecting you. By the way," He turned around and seemed to pull something off his back. It was a very happy looking Suzie. "Does this belong to you?" "Yay. Fun ride on dragon man." Suzie said. "Hey, angry boy, where's Hendwy?"

"I don't know." Said Takato sadly.

"Hendwy?" Suzie said, her eyes full of tears.

"Sorry to have to break up this moment," Said a familiar voice. "But playtime's over."

Quakermon appeared from the rocks. "Don't worry about Henry. He should be joining us right about … now." With that he disappeared again.

At that moment Henry and Terriermon came through one of the doors in the corridor. It looked like they were running from something.

"Guys, there's a dark spirit following me!" he yelled.

"Guess what," said Quakermon, appearing behind him, cutting off the escape route. "There's one here too."

"Another one?" Terriermon said incredulously. "What is this, a family reunion?"

Ecliptimon appeared by Quakermon's side. "Hello there." She smiled.

Takato suddenly felt a jolt of recognition. The symbol on her head, it was from his dream. What did it mean though. It didn't appear to be spinning. Ecliptimon looked at him and her eyes widened in surprise, as if she'd seen him before. Her eyes narrowed, dissecting this strange boy.

"Shall we get this over with?" Quakermon said. "Destiny says we fight, so lets fight."

"Bring it on. I defeated one of you before and I'll beat you too." Said Takato.

"Two flaws with your reasoning, Takato Matsuki." Quakermon replied coldly. "One, I'm stronger then Illusiamon. And two, you are at a disadvantage here, while I am not."

"What do you mean?" Takato said suspiciously.

"This is an enclosed space. There is not enough room for you to fly safely. The lava would boil you alive if you made a single mistake." Quakermon told him

`Blast, he's right.' Takato thought. `What can I do?' `Fight without flying.' Jinn replied. `You, along with the fire spirit may be able to beat him.'

"Lets go, Guilmon."

"Okey dokey."

WIND BIOMEGERE ACTIVATE

GUILMON BIOMERGED INTO

DRAGOONMON

"Dragoonmon, you deal with Quakermon, I'll take Ecliptimon." Galahadmon directed.

"Right."

"STONE AXE"

Quakermon threw an axe right at Dragoonmon, who deflected it.

"You're going to have to do better then that." Dragoonmon said.

"Very well. EARTH CRUSHER"

A large shake began to happen, as rubble fell all around them. A bunch or rocks fell right on Dragoonmon, weakening him.

Meanwhile Galahad was trying to beat Ecliptimon.

"SWORD OF FLAME"

He swung his attack, but she jumped above, and floated high above him.

"She can fly?" Terriermon asked. "Man, we can't seem to get a break."

"Star Blaster" she said casually, as a hundred small stars crashed into Galahadmon. He jumped to attack her, but she merely said, "Zero gravity" making him unable to stop, crashing into the ceiling. He fell down into the lava, and didn't come back up.

"Yay, I win" Ecliptimon smiled. Then she went to help Quakermon.

"You cannot win, boy." Quakermon said towering over him, as he was trying to free himself from the rubble.

"We'll see about that." With that he blasted off the rubble and jumped away from him.

It was obvious that Dragoonmon couldn't keep fighting much longer. He decided to try and draw them away from the others. He flew into the corridor and through one of the doors, with the two spirits in pursuit.

"We've got to help them!" Henry said urgently.

"If you can think of something I'll be glad to hear it." Ryo replied.

It was then that Galahadmon flew out of the lava, looking the worse for wear. He collapsed on the platform. "My digital form is dying. I must get a new host. One of you." He said.

"Which one?" Jeri asked.

"I won't know until I go back to my spirit form." He began to glow, and shrunk back into his spirit form. It looked like a little red lizard with flames coming out his back. "Hello, you can call me Salamando. Just so you know." He crawled along on all fours, looking at the tamers. Then he chose and jumped into his picks arms. She didn't look too happy about it.

"You gotta be kidding me." Rika said. "You're picking me?"

"What's wrong Rika? This will make you stronger?" Renamon asked.

"Yeah, but does he have to be so cute? I hate cute!"

"I'll take that as a complement." Salamando said giving her an impish smile. "Now hold hands with Renamon, deary."

"Oh great, another Terriermon taking residence in my head. Dandy." She said sarcastically.

She took Renamon's hand, and they began to glow.

"Spirit merge activate." Salamando yelled.

After they had stopped glowing, Salamando said "Okay, now digivolve, before it's too late. Say `Fire Biomerge activate.'"

FIRE BIOMERGE ACTIVATE

RENAMON BIOMERGED INTO

INFERNAMON

Where Renamon and Rika were standing now stood a tall digimon. She looked mostly like Renamon, but she had flaming red hair where Rika's hair would be. And when I say flaming, I mean it. She was also wearing knuckle pads (A/N not sure if that's what they're called) that appeared to be on fire. This, along with kneepads, made her look a lot like a kick boxer. She also had Rika's heart symbol on her chest.

"Infernamon, Mega level, flaming kick boxer digimon, special attack: Fists of fury." Kenta read.

`Ok Salamando, do you know where Dragoonmon is?' Rika asked.

`Follow my directions.' He replied.

She began running the way he told her to, into the corridor, then the door, then through a bunch of intricate passageways.

`Left, right, now left again, center, now right' he said.

She continued to follow his directions and soon she could hear sounds of fighting in the distance. It sounded like goggle head and dino boy weren't out yet.

She finally found where they were fighting, only to see Dragoonmon fall to the ground as he began to flicker.

"FIST OF FURY"

She punched Ecliptimon, sending her reeling from her attack. Quakermon turned around, unconcerned. "Hello, Miss Nonaka." He said casually.

"Don't Miss me, bull boy." She said angrily. "I'm gonna take you out."

"Your anger blinds you, Nonaka, that's always a flaw." He said, as if giving advice to an apprentice.

A giant rock crashed into Infernamon from behind. She crashed to the floor.

"You're going to pay for that." She said to Quakermon.

"I didn't do that. Really, you should keep your head in the game, if you want to win that is." He replied.

She turned around and saw Ecliptimon behind her. "Did you like my Meteorite?" She asked.

She saw that she was surrounded. "Ohh man, I'm toast." She muttered.

"Your not toast, but your friends will be soon." He replied.

"What do you mean?" Infernamon asked.

"This spar is over, with us as the victors. We will spare your life, but it would be rude if we didn't leave a parting gift."

He put his hand on the ground. Rika braced herself, but nothing happened.

"Looks like your little quakes have stopped, Quakermon." Infernamon said smugly.

"Your right, my little quakes have stopped, now they're going to be a lot bigger. This entire volcano is on a fault line. I just made it build up pressure, and when that pressure breaks, this entire mountain will blow sky high."

With that he disappeared and Ecliptimon floated away.

"Oh great." She said. She moved over to Dragoonmon and cast a spell on them. "Pure flame." With that she healed Dragoonmon.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"We've got to motor, before this volcano blows its top."

"Lead the way."

They returned quickly to the others. Then they began to get the blast out of there. They went through the chamber where the digimon were still fighting, oblivious of what was about to happen to them. Infernamon blasted the rock sealing the door. Once they started down the corridor, the whole mountain began to shake and the lava got higher.

They ran out the entrance and ran at full speed towards the ark.

"Kazu," Henry yelled, "Get this ship airborne."

"Right." Kazu yelled, jumping into the ark, with the others not far behind.

"What's going on!?" Calumon yelled over all the noise.

"Tell ya later, pee wee." Impmon yelled.

With that they took off as the mountain quite literally blew itself apart.

Salamando sighed "Do you know how long it took me to decorate that volcano?"

They flew away from the burning mountain.

"Where to next?" Rika asked.

"Next, we go to the water palace." Salamando told them.

Calumon however was thinking. `I obviously missed a great adventure. Well, I don't care what they say. Next time, I'm tagging along, no matter what.'

TO BE CONTINUED

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