Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Nigth n Gale ❯ The Night n Gale Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

Before we begin here a few definitions.....( err..this sounds like school!! sorry about that)

Port- The left side of the ship

Starboard- The right side of the ship

Bow- The Front part of the ship

Stern- The rear of the ship.

Okay now that's all finished enjoy your the story!

The Night n Gale Chapter 7

One Month after…Night.

The wind blew it was cold that night; Sora was over looking the sea she wore her shawl, but it was still cold she hugged herself. 'Amazing…I never thought I would be aboard a ship, it had always been a dream until recently.' she thought the wind whipped her hair against her face. "I wondering how Yamato and Mimi are doing." she said out loud.

"I'm sure they're okay." Taichi's voice came from behind her she turned to him and smiled. "I'm sure your right, Taichi." she watches him for a moment. "Taichi…will we ever go back to my home village?" Sora questioned him. "Yes of course we will we still need to get to the islands and collect the items that the mayor of your town wanted us to get." he told her.

"What about…. Catherine?" she questioned Taichi looked at her studying her facial expression. "Why do you ask?" he wondered. "Because you kissed her didn't you not." she explained Taichi shook his head. "Aye, but there is nothing romantic about it…besides she is a real witch." He answered.

Sora smiled then tuned back around to look over out across the sea. "That's good, you know." she whispered. "Yeah well, she isn't my type any ways." he replied he stood beside her both over looking the ocean.

"You think? Then who would be your type?" she questioned him. "That's something for me to know and you to figure out." he replied and left her there alone. Sora smiled and turned to look out into the Ocean.

Sora brushed away the hair that was blowing in her face she saw something it was weird. Squinting her eyes she tried to see what it was.

"Help…." the cry was faint but Sora had heard it.

It came from a distance she saw the source and finally out it, a small boat. "Small boat off BOW!" Sora cried out, Raul heard her cry and with the telescope to see where it was. "Small vessel, sos." Raul called, some of the crew that were up came to see it from where Sora was standing at the bow.

Taichi came suddenly he ordered them to draw a long boat and row out to the person that was in the small sailing vessel.

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a young woman was helped aboard by the crew members of the ship she had long braided brown hair and her eyes were violet colored. The dress she wore was white and green with many beautifully created shapes. Taichi, Sora, Koushiro and Jyou watched as she came aboard. Taichi put his hand out to the woman. "Miss…I'm the Captain and his is my crew how my I help you out?" he questioned as she shook his hand gently.

Hikari gave the women a glare she felt a strange present near her…she learnt easily to tell who was good and who was bad, and this women…she had some sort of evil present about her.

"Thank you captain so much for helping me….I was stranded by a ship in the middle of the ocean I was afraid I was going to die. For days I was in the small vessel." she replied she pulled her long dress a bit noticing that it was wet Taichi turned to Sora. "Sora do you think you could lend her something to wear until her dress is dyer?" he asked her, Sora nodded "I suppose if she can fit in my clothing." Sora's replied. Then turning to the women. "But before you go we should know your name." Koushiro said.

"My name is Naomi." she replied She and Sora both disappeared below deck to Sora and Taichi's quarters.

Hikari pulled her brother and the others aside. "I don't know about you but that women is evil." she replied. "Evil how can you say that?" Jyou asked her. "Because I sense evil from her…" Hikari replied. Taichi sighed. "Hikari just give her a chance I'm sure she's not evil…. maybe your mistaken." Taichi told her.

"Mistaken I sure have not been mistaken of something like this…Taichi consider this is real." she told him again. "Alright I'll keep and eye out for her…but I'm sure there nothing to be concerned about." he said. "Right, Hikari as Taichi says she looks normal ordinary person what harm could she do?" Koushiro asked her, Hikari frowned slightly. "I don't know but I'm going to watch her and make sure she doesn't do anything." she hurried below deck.

"That's Hikari worrying about nothing." Taichi replied the three boys laughed then went off to do more work they were doing before this interruption.

Below deck….

Sora sorted through her bag of clothing, Naomi then got a hold of strand of Sora's hair then yanked it. "OW!" Sora turned on her heals and looked at the women. "What hell are you doing!" she shouted angry. "I'm so sorry….I didn't mean it…there was something in you hair I thought that I was trying to get it out." Naomi covered effectively Sora sighed and rubbed her head a bit. "Well next time just tell me." she turned back to look through her bag. A smile spread across Naomi's face.

Later that night…

Everyone was asleep the ship was anchored so it wouldn't drift off course; the women know to them as Naomi came up deck, she carefully looked around her surroundings making sure the coast was clear. Upon stepping out she walked over to the place where Sora frequented she put her hand on the wood.

a green glow eliminated from her hand and engulfed the entire ship. "Who hair this belongs too, when thy touch this area, cause them to fall into the ocean." she whispered.

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Next Day

The ship was once again sailing to they're destination to gather the herbs needed for Sora's home town. Taichi was in control of the tiller, when Sora came up to him. "Um Taichi, this girl Naomi seems way to strange." she replied quietly. "Non sense she seems perfectly fine to me." he replied

"Maybe to you, but she pulled a piece of my hair out yesterday." Sora told him, Taichi only frowned. "So?" he questioned. "So…Taichi she's strange and I don't like her." she said. "First it's Hikari and now it you…what's wrong with the girl she's just lost were offering her a way back home." he said to her rather confused a bit about the way the two girls have been acting suspicious of Naomi ever since she came… "Just make her welcome that's all I ask." Tai replied watching Sora think. "Where is Hikari?" she questioned. "Um…below deck, the last time I saw her." he replied with out another word Sora left him.

Jyou and Koushiro both came up to him "What's wrong with her?" Jyou questioned. "Naomi." Taichi said he sighed then before continuing on. "Hikari and Sora are both suspicious of her." he replied.

"Well have you ever considered that they could be right?" Koushiro questioned. "I have but I don't see why she is so dangerous or why there would be anything to be suspicious about." he replied he scratched the back of his head.

"Hmm…well that's girl's for you always suspicious about something or someone." Jyou said he left to do his duties. "Koushiro, your honest opinion." Taichi began he thought for a moment. "What other possible reason that they mistrust her. Naomi she seems trust worthy. But…" he tailed off.

"Taichi I may be a scientist but I don't have all the answers when it comes to women." he answer. "Well it was worth a long shot of asking wasn't it." he replied looking up at the sky then back to Koushiro. "I'd love to chat Taichi but I got to figure out that whirl bath." he replied walking to the tub that was on the deck as well. Taichi shook his head with a sigh he went about steering the ship along.

Below deck…

"Hikari you sensed the same thing?" Sora asked her, Hikari was seated in her, Sora and Taichi's cabin at the small table she had books in front of her. "Aye and that's dark magic, she seems powerful in it…like it was given to her from another person who has extremely strong powers." Hikari answered she closed her eyes.

"Hikari?" Sora questioned. Hikari gasped she opened her eyes widened in terror she began to breathe hard. "It's not safe for you." Hikari replied in between breaths. "What? Why isn't?" Sora questioned Hikari stood up from the table looked at her. "I don't know…I don't know what but it's dangerous for you." she whispered.

In the spare cabin….

Naomi places a few ingredients into a small cauldron she began to mix them together with a stick, setting the cauldron aside she retrieved a small bottle of black liquid it was labelled Squid Ink. Once that was in the cauldron she placed the small bottle back down and picked up the stick and stirred the concoction.

A smile appeared on her face "Ah…. this should do it…" she whispered. "Oh wind there now…. make the ones with the red and long brown hair disappear." once she had chanted that a small spiral twister appeared in the cauldron.

On Deck….

Sora and Hikari both ran out on deck. "TAICHI!" they both shouted at him, he only frowned "Girls--." Taichi was about to say something when suddenly the crewmembers start to shout. "Captain a water spout heading right toward us!" Raul from the crow's nest shouted. Taichi look off in the distance and not to far away there was a waterspout.

"OH boy…. all hands on deck! Come on we must veer away from it!" Taichi cried, with all the attempts to avoid it the ship was still in target. "Taichi that's nooo whoaaaa….." Hikari suddenly felt herself begin flying backward, she grabbed on to the ropes of the sails. "Hikari!" Taichi felt himself get knocked down the wind gotten stronger that it blew Koushiro whirl bath invention off the ship and into the ocean.

Sora was holding onto the ropes as well, she felt herself starting to slip. "HIKARI!! help…." she cried the girl was right beside her. "SORA, HOLD ON!" Hikari called to her. "I CAN'T…TAICHI!!!!" she cried she felt her fingers slipping one by one.

Taichi tried to hurry to her he ran toward them but wasn't in time Hikari couldn't reach over either she had hard enough time holding on to the ropes herself. Sora fell over board into the ocean…Taichi came a second too late. "SORA!!!!!NOOOO!!!" he shouted in total agony.

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The twister was gone the crew all scrambled up and trying to re arrange the boxes that had flown across the deck. Hikari step down from where she was holding on to the ropes her hair was messed up even more. Taichi looked devastated. "SORA!" he called over into the ocean. "SORA!" he shouted. "Taichi…she's gone." Naomi appeared above deck after the storm dissipated.

"NO, we have to find her she's alive!" Taichi ran up along the port side of the ship. "Taichi maybe this will help you." Koushiro gave him the telescope; Taichi grabbed it from him and looked for Sora in the ocean hoping for any sign of her. Well he was looking for her Naomi had hovered around him. "Taichi lets continue on she's gone." the girl answered.

Taichi pulled the telescope away from his eye and turned to Naomi with and angry look on his face. "NO…not until we find her." He returned to looking for Sora.

"CAPTIN! I FOUND HER! SHE OFF THE PORT BOW!" Raul shouted from the crow's nest. Taichi aimed the telescope he found her, Sora was using her sword to reflect the sunlight making a shining bright light…she was in the whirl bath that had flown off the ship. Taichi smiled. "Jyou steer the ship to her. Koushiro who ever thought the whirl bath would come in handy." he replied. Naomi growled 'So the first plan didn't work.' she though then left to hide below deck Hikari watched her.

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Taichi reached over pulled Sora up on to the deck. "Sora I though you--." Taichi stopped when Sora walked right passed him she pulled her sword out and walked steady toward the cabins. Taichi snapped out of it and followed her. "Sora wait where are you going and what do you plan to do?" he asked her.

"Where is she, Naomi…I now she's the one at fault…Hikari knows it too right Hikari?" Sora questioned the younger women. "Hell yeah and I'm ready to prove it if you are Sora." she answered.

"Wait you two are over reacting." Jyou replied he hoped off the last step and stood next to Taichi who was watching them from going down below deck and killing the girl that was a passenger aboard the ship. "Let's think rational now…what motives would she have of trying to get rid of you?" Taichi questioned.

"Taichi how could you even question that…you of all people should understand that we are right and you two guys are wrong about our guest. She is up to no good." Sora replied she still held onto her sword still.

"Why don't we go down there and see for ourselves if she did…then perhaps we will all get this settled together and not in a big fight." Koushiro had suggested they all nodded. "Sora put your sword away." Taichi told her. "Okay fine, but if she denies it I'll going to take a run at her." she threatened.

With out saying a word the main crew headed below deck to the cabin that Naomi was staying in, Taichi knocked on the door. "Naomi! Are you in there…its Taichi I want to speak with you." he called, after waiting for while and still no answer Taichi sighed. "Look if you have problem with me then tell me so." Taichi answered through the door.

Sora put a hand on Taichi's shoulder then pulled him away from the door. "Taichi…I know you mean best by being a gentleman but, me get through to her." she replied ever so gently. Taichi stepped back letting her go in front of the door. "Hey Naomi you better open up or unless you want to feel cold steel…" no response. "Sora really…." Tai was interrupted again when Sora kicked the cabin door open.

"SORA!" he cried she barged into the room. Looked around the cabin it was empty of everything and Naomi wasn't nowhere to be found. "I knew it….." Sora cried Taichi looked around the room as well and was shocked as well as confused at the same time. "Where on earth did she go to?" Koushiro questioned as confused as the Taichi was.

Hikari walked over to the table that was in Naomi's cabin she notice residue on it she ran her finger on it and looked at the greenish colour residue left. "This is…. magic." she whispered she wiped the finger on the cot then turned to her brother and her crewmates. "She's still here." she told them.

"I'll find her I know she is pretty much responsible for me getting tossed overboard like that." Sora answered she quickly made a dash out of the cabin rooms and back on deck. Taichi and the others followed.

Naomi was standing at the bow of the ship she wore a shawl. "You!" Sora replied she marched right up behind Naomi who turned to face Sora.

"What do you want?" Naomi asked Sora. "You tossed me over board and I want to know why." Sora demanded fiercely, her right hand was firmly gripping onto the hilt of her sword as if being ready to battle. "Now Sora doesn't mean it that way…what she means to come across to question if you did it or not?" Taichi explained standing to the left of Sora. Hikari came next to Taichi, then Koushiro and Jyou followed up…the five all watched and waited for a responds from their 'guest'.

Naomi only smiled she began to laugh "HAHAHA……how funny….the men seem not to believe the women and yet the women are suspicious." she replied, Sora growled angrily and pulled the sword out and held the blade against Naomi's neck "Answer me." she demanded.

"If you put it that way….." she began to morph into a creature…a Harpy. Sora brought her sword down. The five gasped as the Harpy rose into the air. The three boys drew their swords out holding them up in defences. "Just what I was afraid off." Hikari answered. The Harpy let out a deafening screech the five all covered their ear. "Damn it." Sora cried she looked up at the harpy it made a dive toward her Sora felt herself be knocked over and someone fall on her. "Watch what your doing Sora." Taichi replied, Sora pushed him off of her roughly and got up holding her sword in front of her. "Come on you Harpy." she replied.

The Harpy dove at her again this time Sora was ready and struck the creature in the leg….it caused a small gash on it's leg. In the air the Harpy began to a call…they were all mystify why it was doing so…until Hikari gasped. "Guys off the starboard side Look!" she cried her eyes widened in shock there were hundreds upon hundreds of Harpies heading their way.

"ERR Ahh!!" Sora stabbed the Harpy in torso causing it to scream out then threw it a side it's body disincarnating into nothing. Sora looked to starboard side of the ship she gasped. "Holy crap." she whispered. "We can't fight them…there is no way out in the open ocean like this." Taichi declared he turned to Hikari. "Hikari you have a spell you could use don't you?" he questioned her.

"Of course." Hikari closed her eyes then gathering all the energy she had within her. Holding out her right hand a small flame appeared, then with her left hand she rolled it over the flame making it become into a baseball size fireball. She opened her eyes and putting all her strength as she could threw the fireball toward the dozens of harpies the crew watched and waited until the flame hit and made an huge explosion in mid air harpies screamed as they were disincarnated.

"That didn't do much it just go rid of half of the group Hikari got to keep going." Jyou reply as some of the harpies that escaped from being torched flew toward them and the ship. "Be prepared to fight everyone!" Taichi shouted.

"Their weakness is the torso…stab them once and they are gone." Hikari explained the crew nodded. "As I've noticed." Sora whispered.

Four harpies came attacking Taichi, Sora, Koushiro and Jyou took them on, as instructed to do when the Harpy came down at them they struck their swords into each of the Harpies torsos.

Another Harpy glided down at Sora it barely missed her arm the claw had scraped again it drawing blood from her arm she growled, she rolled out of the way as it dove at her again but missing the harpy screeched and dove again this time Sora prepared struck her sword into it's stomach and threw it aside.

Taichi was having seemingly little difficulties but it was tiring him out after he destroyed one another one of them would come in it's place just as quickly. "Won't you just go away!" he shouted, the response from the Harpy was nearly taking off his head by an Harpy, Taichi ducked then quickly with his sword trusted it into it's stomach.

Koushiro had finished one when another dove at him he quickly turn and slashed its torso it fell with a distressed cry to the ground before disincarnating. "Jyou!" Koushiro ran and toward him helping as two harpies where attacking at once. Making a jump up in the air he land on a box and rammed his sword into its chest. "I owe you one Koushiro." Jyou said. "No problem." he replied

Hikari formed another fireball she threw it with velocity it quickly hit the last group of harpies that were coming toward them in a big explosion as the first, she then blasted the remaining harpies on at a time with her fireball magic. "There gone." Hikari replied she turned and found that five harpies where hoarding over her friends then she quickly threw a few fireballs as the harpies and soon they all disincarnated.

When they were gone Hikari smiled at them and fainted, Jyou caught her before she fell. The weary and tired crew smiled triumphantly.

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"DAMN!!" Catherine pounded her fist on the water blow as she watched the crew celebrate over there victory of her army of harpies. "How infuriating!" she replied she looked away at her crystal bowl of water that showed her the goings on of the Night n Gale crew.

"I give my assign mentor a simple task and they do not complete it. Even with the powers I give the thing!" she cried still feeling then loss. "Daughter you must not let them get to you." Seoras told her, Catherine turned to her father. "Must not let them get to me? They caused me so much trouble father! They defeated me and not to mention that Taichi scorned my love for him." she whispered. "All because of her! Sora." she shouted.

"He's a sailor you shouldn't trust him…did I not warn you darling." he replied

"HAHA!" a voice laughed suddenly the two dark magic sorcerers looked around. "Who's there!" Catherine called she and her father looked around there cave which was lighted with candles giving off a the colour of red her father's favourite colour. "Show yourself now who ever you are." Seoras replied.

In a nook in the cave a demon appeared before them, it was a monster he was truly ugly, he had two horns on his head and he looked to be half goat and half man. he was hairy and wore a goat head ring on his finger.

Catherine face contoured in disgust she watched him. "Who the hell are you?" she questioned him, he put his hand on his chin. "Why you are practically evil yourselves and you don't know me how shameful." he declared, Seoras looked at the demon. "Stop playing games. Who are you?" her father asked him.

"Well they call me the Devil…. but my name is Scratch." he answered he started laughing insanely. "Scratch? as it the devil of the underworld?" Catherine thought out loud. "Right here in the flesh." the devil grinned at her, she looked at him disgusted then to her father. "Father should I get rid of him?" she questioned.

"You don't want to here my suggestion?" Scratch questioned them. "A suggestion? What kind of suggestion." Seoras asked him. "Oh, I could help you reattach your body back to your head as easy as the snap of my fingers" he replied Catherine and Seoras looked at him skeptically. "Are you serious?" Catherine asked.

"Dose my face lie?" He answered "Okay then do it now I want to see." Catherine demanded. "Ah ahha…first there's a catch…. in return you must get me the souls of crew of the Night n Gale." he replied.

The two sorcerers both gave each other a look then smiled. "It's a deal." both replied. "But I want to have fun with Taichi first…before I kill him." Catherine told the goat. "That's fine…as long as he dies…it's good." Scratch replied he laughed then disappeared into thin air.

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"Ow." Sora cringed as Hikari was putting a bandage on her arm where the Harpy had scratched her. "There you go…your lucky it didn't get you any worse then that the claws on the Harpies are really sharp." she replied.

"So are you okay Sora?" Taichi asked her softly. "Yeah Taichi…. but didn't I tell you that she was the one responsible for it." she told him, the three left them alone by the cabin doors.

Taichi looked around noticed that they left he sighed with a relief. "You did but Sora, you had no Idea how worried I was…it was like a nightmare happening all over again." he replied. "I'm sorry Taichi I didn't mean to make you worried." she whispered she gave him a hug Taichi welcomed it this time not seeming so scared to get so close to her.

Hikari jumped up and smiled. "See you two so owe me some money." she replied holding her hand out to the two. "I don't think so the bet was as I believe if they kissed and they aren't kissing they are just hugging." Koushiro explained to her. "But its close enough just pay up." she held her hand out once again.

"No." Koushiro replied.

"Guys what's the problem?" Taichi asked he raised his eyebrows at the two. Sora two was curious as well she stood their arms crossed. "It's kind of a silly bet." Jyou replied.

"I'm sure." Taichi said he laughed as the Hikari and Koushiro both started to laugh nervously. "All resolved Taichi…not a thing to worry about." Koushiro said.

To Be Continued…