Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Challenge ❯ The champions are chosen ( Chapter 2 )

Hey everyone sorry about the wait. But without further adieu here's the story!

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The Challenge

The Champions are chosen

Tai, T.k, Patamon, Matt and Davis and Veemon arrived in the digital world.

"Ok. Let's go and find him." Tai said.

"Just who are we going to see anyway?" Davis asked looking around.

"We're going to see a friend of ours. His name is Gennai. He sort of watched over us when we were fighting Myotismon and the Dark Masters. If anyone can help Kari, he can." Matt said. T.k didn't say anything, just walked ahead of the group. Tai noticed this and walked up beside him.

"Hey T.k you ok?" Tai said as he walked up beside the young boy.

"Yeah I hope Gennai can find an antidote in time." T.k said with a worried looked on his face.

" Don't worry, he will." Tai said looking up ahead. " He has to." They had been walking for an hour when they came to the edge of a small lake. Matt, Joe, Tai and T.k all walked up to the edge of the water.

"So where is this friend of yours?" Davis asked. Watching the four boys walk up to the water.

"Believe it or not Davis, he's right here." Tai said focusing on the lake. Davis walked up and looked into the lake.

"Well let's go see Gennai shall we?" T.k said reaching for his digivice. Tai, Matt and Joe all nodded and also reached for their own. Davis didn't ask any question and reached down and grabbed his D3. Davis watched as the three other boys raised their digivices to the lake. He also raised his digivice and waited. As soon as all four digivices were raised to face the lake, they started to glow. A light shot out of each, each a different colour, the lights of orange, bleu, grey, gold and teal shot from the digivices and combined before the five boys to create one multicoloured beam. The beam shot down into the water, slicing it in half and pushing it back to reveal a set of steps leading down into the lake.

"Whoa! What's going on?" Davis asked. But the others had already started down the set of old stone stairs. Davis looked at the walls of water uncertain of weather to follow.

"Davis come on!" Joe shouted from down the steps. Davis finally got up enough courage and ran down the steps. The five boys found themselves in the small world under the water. T.k walked over to the small house followed closely by the others. T.k walked up and knocked on the old bamboo door. When no one answered they decided to split up and look around the property.

"T.k, you look over by the pond, Matt, you look behind the house, Joe, you look around the far side of the house. I'll look over at this side of the house." Tai said, giving instructions to his friends. They all nodded and headed off in their designated areas.

" Hey Tai what about me?" Davis asked. Watching the boy run off.

" Well Davis, you're going to stay here just in case Gennai is in side the house. Just ring the doorbell and if he answers just call us on the D3." Tai said running off in his designated direction. Davis mumbled something under his breath and turned to the door. He reached over and rung the doorbell. He turned his back when he heard the door open. He turned in surprise as he was faced with an old man with a cane.

"Who are you?" The old man inquired.

"I'm Davis and this is Veemon. Are you Gennai?" Davis asked looking rather stupid.

"Yes I am." Gennai said looking at Davis.

"Great! Can you hold on one second?" Davis said as he ran off the porch. "GUYS I FOUND HIM!" The others came running from all directions.

"Great Davis good work!" Tai said as he ran across the grass.

"Excuse me but what's going on and who are you people?" A confused Gennai said looking at the other children who came running towards him.

"Oh come on Gennai, Don't tell me you don't remember us." Tai said running up to the old man. Gennai stood there thinking for a minute. 'That voice is so familiar. But it couldn't be! They couldn't come back because the portal closed for good when they left.' Gennai thought as he looked at Tai. Then he examined the rest of the children. ' They all look like they did when they were younger.'

"Well it's been a long time Tai!" Gennai stated shaking the young man's hand.

" It's nice to see you too Gennai" Tai said after shaking hands with the old man.

" Joe, Matt, It's good to see you." Gennai said looking at the two young men standing beside Tai. He then looked at the young man standing beside Matt. " Who are you?" Gennai said confused.

"How could you forget me Gennai?" T.k said giving a look at the old man. Gennai remembered that look. The same look that a young 8 year old boy used to give him when the boy didn't understand something. As if to be sure, he looked around the young man only to see Patamon playing with the new digimon.

"T.k is that you?" Gennai said.

"Yeah it's me." T.k stated with a grin on his face.

"It's good to see you all again. Come in, come in!" Gennai said inviting them in, smiling at the sight of boys. Then he noticed the new boy over with the digimon. " Who's he?" he said pointing at the new boy.

" Oh, his name is Davis. He a new digidestined and that's his digimon Veemon." T.k said referring to his teammate. "Hey Davis come here." Tai said calling the young boy over to the group. "Gennai I'd like you to meet one of my new teammates." T.k said introducing Davis.

"Oh yeah I've heard about the new digidestined but I didn't know about you being summoned twice." Gennai said bringing up a whole different subject

They talked for a while and then Gennai asked what brought them to see him. The hole room went silent as they remembered why they had come. T.k was the one who spoke up first. " Gennai, we came because we need your help. Kari was bitten by Arukenimon and was poisoned. Now we need your help to find the antidote and she doesn't have much time left." T.k said as a worried look came over his face.

" Well I'm Afraid I can't help you." Gennai said regretfully. "But there is something you can do to help her." He said as he walked over to the bookshelf and pulled out a book. "You see there is a challenge that exists that only a team of two chosen champions can take. If the champions beat all four challenges then the power will be granted to help Kari." Gennai said looking at book.

"Where do we go to take the challenge?" Tai asked.

"Well we must travel to the base of infinity mountain, there I can summon Azulongmon the…"

" The guardian of the Eastern Hemisphere. We know him." T.k said. Gennai looked at T.k, a little annoyed about being cut off.

"Anyway he's the one who will make the choice of who the champions are to be." With this they left for the base of Infinity Mountain.

ONE HOUR LATER…

They came over the hill that was directly at the base of Infinity Mountain. They all sat down on the ground, exhausted from the long trek. Gennai pulled the book from a small shoulder bag and opened it to an incantation. The others just watched him while he walked out in front of them and stood facing Infinity Mountain's highest peak and began to read the ancient inscription. "Azulongmon! Great guardian of the digital world! We call you because we need your aid! Please we wish to take the challenge of the soul!" Gennai yelled. Immediately after he said that the sky began to rumble and darken just to the point where the sun was blocked out. The small group watched as Azulongmon started to snake his way though the clouds. Then Azulongmon turned to face the group.

"Hello Gennai it has been a long time my friend, what's this about taking the challenge of the soul?" Azulongmon said, his voice booming in the ears of the digidestined.

"Yes my friend it has been a long time. As to the challenge, well, one of the digidestined was attacked by Arukenimon and they need to take the challenge to retrieve the antidote." Gennai said as he referred to the children behind him. Azulongmon turned to face the digidestined. He looked at each in turn. He had seen T.k and Davis during the battles with the destiny stones and he had watched over Matt, Tai, Joe and T.k when they had first come to the digital world. He turned to look at T.k.

"Well T.k It's nice to see you again." Azulongmon said as he saw the sad expression on the boy's face.

" It's nice to see you too Azulongmon." T.k said respectfully as he looked at the Mega.

"So T.k who is it that is injured?" Azulongmon said as he watched the young man.

"It's Kari, Azulongmon please we have to take this challenge to save her." T.k pleaded.

"All right T.k but who is willing to take the challenge?" Azulongmon asked as the group looked at each other.

Tai turned to his friends, He was willing to take the challenge and he knew that the rest of the group was also willing to risk their lives for his sister, especially T.k. "Joe we need you to go back to the real world and look after Kari. And I'm guessing the rest of us are volunteering to take the test." He stated, they all nodded and Tai turned to Joe " Joe please look after my sister until we can get the antidote, I'm counting on you."

"Don't worry Tai I'll keep her alive." Joe promised as he turned and ran in the direction of the nearest digiport. The rest of the group turned to face Azulongmon, who was waiting patiently.

"Well then I guess I have to choose from the best here." Azulongmon said as he prepared to make the choice. Azulongmon thought about which two to send. And finally came to a decision. "I have made my choice, the two that will go must overcome certain feats and may even learn something about each other. I choose T.k and Davis for the Challenge of souls!"

To be continued…

Sorry it's so short, but I promise I will have the next chapter out quicker next time. Anyway as always please review!