Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Nigth n Gale ❯ The Night n Gale Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

A storm surged through and unfortunately the Night n Gale was caught up in it. "MAN THE SAILS!!" Taichi yelled over the thunderous roaring of the storm.

Crew where working hard of controlling the sails in the winds…Sora and Hikari both held down a rope that were attached to the sail while all to stay steady on their feet. The wind and the strain of the crew holding the Sail was too much and the sail tore into half.

The ship then hit something it sent the crew all over the place many where holding onto the sail still, wave by wave pounding the sides causing spray of sea water on the whole crew.

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Calm after the storm….

The Night n Gale was a total wreck after the storm hit. There were many broken ropes, shreds of sail hung and piece's of the mast where strewn on the deck. "This looks worse then I've ever scene before." Hikari said as she bent down and picked up a piece of the foremast.

Sora and Taichi both came back from the bow to meet the Hikari. "It's worse then I thought originally." Taichi replied. "We are stuck on a sand bar." "Then how do we get unstuck?" she questioned her brother. "We got to wait till high tide." Taichi said.

Jyou then came up from the storage. "Taichi bad news…the starboard below deck has a sprung a leak." he said. "Well it shouldn't be a problem there's an Island over there." Koushiro replied pointing off the port. "Okay guys come on…. Raul!" he called "Yes Captain?" he asked as he came up to Taichi.

"I want you to be in charge while we go for supplies on that island over their…make any possible repairs with the sails." Raul nodded following the orders of the crew.

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Jyou, Koushiro and Taichi rowed the boat toward the shoreline, once reaching the shallow water they all hoped out of the long boat then all pulled it up on shore. "Well…. this looks good so far…perhaps there's a village near by that we can get supplies from." Koushiro suggested. "Well were in luck there's one off in the distance." Sora replied. "Let's hope they have the supplies we need." Taichi replied. He walked ahead and they followed him.

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The five all walked toward the village…the villagers saw them coming towards them and started to run, into their houses. "Are they seeing us and running ?" questioned a really confused Koushiro. "That's what it looks like." Sora answered. Taichi frowned slightly. "We should still carry on we need to make repairs to the ship before we can go anywhere." replied Taichi.

The crew made their way to the village up through the man made grass trail. It opened up to the village as they all took one step forward, they were all over come with a gust of wind. "Did you feel that guys? That was really weird." said Hikari. She looked around them. "Yeah…but its just the wind. What's there to worry about?" Taichi asked her. Everything." she replied. "You're worried about nothing." Jyou said to Hikari's everything statement.

When they stood at the opening of the village no one came to see them. They all stared at the five as if they were some kind of freak show there to cause havoc. "Hello? We need some supplies for our ship you see we are stranded off the East Side of your Island…do you think you could help us out?" Taichi called out to them. Then finally on villager came out from his hiding place.

"Be gone! You're in danger here. We cannot help you." he said to him. "What danger what are you talking about?" Taichi questioned. "The plague." the villager told him. "The plague?" Sora questioned. Then a girl about their age came up to them; she grabbed Taichi's arm and started to pull him with her. "Who the hell dose she think she is?" Sora questioned angry and followed.

Hikari shrugged at Jyou and Koushiro "I guess we should follow them." Jyou replied the three went off trying to catch up with the girl, Taichi and Sora.

"Whoa…wait." Taichi stopped her from going any further. "But you must help me…my father's ill." she replied. "Why didn't you just say that instead of just grabbing him?" Sora asked from behind the two. "I'm sorry, I didn't
mean to offend you in any way…but my father is sick with the plague, you must come with me…to see him…maybe you outsiders can help." The girl told them. Sora looked at Taichi and he at her they both nodded. "Okay where
is your father?" Taichi questioned.

"Just right through this door." The girl pointed in front of them. She went first up the steps to the home and opened the door. Taichi and Sora both came into the home. The girl was at her fathers bed sighed her father was in bad
condition too. The Sora closed the door closely behind her and Taichi they both walked to him quietly. Another elder that was in the room stood next to Taichi and Sora. The door opened again this time Hikari, Jyou and Koushiro
entered the room. They closed the door and all three stood next to Taichi. "The plague has three stages. First it makes its victim weak so they can no longer walk any more." he spoke to them. the Girl's father turned grayish and looked see all most see threw . "FATHER!" she cried on his bedside. "Ira…darling be careful please." Her father told her…then with out warning his body vanished. The crew's eyes widened in shock "Where did he go?" Koushiro asked shocked.

"The second stage was turn grayish…then the third stage was to disappear. "We don't know what kind of disease this is. It doesn't make sense that's why I asked for you help." Ira the girl answered. "I don't see how we could possibly help you." Taichi told her.

Koushiro was examining the bed still looking for signs of the man's body but there was none. "That's truly impossible…how could this be a disease if there isn't a body?" He asked as he scratched the back of his head extremely confused about the disappearance.

"This looks suspicious." Jyou said as he rubbed his chin with his hand and sighed. "Perhaps if we go back to the ship then we could figure out a reason." he answered. "Jyou good Idea." Taichi patted him on his back; in turn the five of them walked out of the home and started out toward their long boat that was on the beach of the Island.

"Wait!" Ira shouted she ran out after them…her long brown hair flowing in the wind as she did. Hikari and Sora turned their attention to her, as did the boys. A village elder came up from behind Ira. "Once you enter you can't not exit." he replied. "What do you mean? That you want to keep us here by force?" Koushiro asked. His hand was on the hilt of his sword ready to pull it from its sheath.

"Then explain yourselves." Taichi replied he waited for a replied, while he waited Jyou started to walk out of the village until he ran into something invisible and fell down. "What the…?" he asked as he got back up Sora. came
up behind him. "You okay Jyou?" she questioned. The others came up to them. "I told you, once you enter this village you are stuck here and suffer the same fate as all of us." he told them.

"And what fates is that?" Hikari questioned. "Getting infected with the plague." The village elder told them. "There is no possible way to get out?" Koushiro asked. "No we searched every inch of the out skirts of this town we are rapped here until the plaque consumes us." Ira replied sadly.

Sora put her hand in the air she moved forward and felt the invisible wall. Her hand was laid flat in mid air. Sora knocked on it this time…it was solid.

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A while later, Hikari and Sora were off some where in the village. Koushiro, Jyou and Taichi were working on catapult and were now completed. The villagers were now out and about and were helping to find a way for the foreigners and themselves to get out of the village before they were caught with the plague.

"Okay now lets see how far up this wall is." said Koushiro. One of the villagers placed a rock in the launcher then gave the thumbs up to Jyou who let go of the launcher. They watched as the rock went way up into the air then
hit the wall and disappeared in thin air.

Taichi gasped in shock as did the others were around them. "That's impossible it disappeared." he replied still hocked. "Well, maybe be if we launch it higher." Koushiro suggested. "Okay again." Taichi replied. The village placed a rock in the launcher. Jyou released it and it launched the rock into the air it went sailing right over the wall and landed on the other side. "Amazing it worked…now how will we get some one out of here?" Koushiro asked.

"I'll go." Taichi volunteered. "ARE YOU CRAZY!" Sora shouted at him, he turned and came face to face with Sora. "Well how do you expect us to get out of here? Some one has to volunteer." he replied. Hikari rolled her eyes. "Let
me see something." she said.

She formed a fire ball in her palm of her hand it grew to the size of a baseball then she launched it up wards it soared threw the sky and it hit the wall the exact same spot where rock had passed over. The group sighed heavily. "The wall seems to be alive some how." Jyou replied he scratched his head trying to think. a male villager stepped out from an house. "Taichi?." he asked. "Yeah who are you and want do you want?"

"My name is Ishem." the man put his hand out to him. Taichi shook it . "I should
discuss something with you…and your crew." he trailed off.

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Ishem's home…

"We first noticed we couldn't leave this village last moon rise." he said. "And then the plague had started and villagers soon began to disappear into thin air, body and all." he told them.

"Well that sounds as I said before, impossible." Koushiro replied "Well I think there's another thing at work." Hikari replied. "A thing?" Taichi questioned.

"Something wants us here…and it who ever it may be put up that wall to keep everyone in." Hikari replied Sora nodded agreeing with her then left the room quickly Taichi stood up too and followed her.

Sora pulled her sword from its sheath "Sora wait!" Taichi cried he followed her she began to slash at the wall with her sword repeatedly "Sora!" Taichi called to her. "NO, THERE HAS TO BE A WAY OUT!" she cried and again slashed
at the wall.

The villagers around at the time watched on. Taichi looked at them…then they began to disappear the more Sora kept on slashing at the invisible wall Taichi gasped he looked to Sora and grabbed her arm that she held her sword
in. "Stop it now!" he told her. Sora dropped on her knees she was breathing heavily. "More people started to disappear stop it, you can't attack it." he told her. "I'm sorry, Taichi. I'm scared…" she got up suddenly and ran for it.
her eyes were shut. As she ran small tear was running down either side of her face.

"Sora! Come back." Taichi replied. He sighed and ran after her. Hikari, Koushiro and Jyou all sighed shaking there heads slightly.

Sora stopped running there was no way for her to go anywhere so why run? Taichi was going to find her either way. She walked over to a log and sat down. Taichi came next he saw her seated at the log. He took a few breaths
before heading toward her.

"Sora, I know you're scared and I won't lie and tell you that I'm not scared cause am I too." he told her as he approached. Standing in front of her Sora looked up at him. "I know….I just would like another chance to see my family again, I don't want to fade into nothing." she answered.

Taichi smiled as he sat next to her. "Me neither I'm too young too, so that's why we have to fight and figure out a way out." Sora smiled at him as well. "You know your right, I shouldn't be acting weak over this. Thanks Taichi."
she looked at him "Any time." he replied Sora hugged him he hugged her back.

a little chipmunk came up to them it chirped the two who were still hugging they both let go of each other hearing the chirping of the chipmunk and they both watched it. "Aw how cute." Sora replied she put her hands out to it and
surprisingly it jumped into her hands. "It really likes you." Taichi pointed out. "Hmmm…." Sora thought she watched it, it looked as if it was trying to tell them something.

"What is it?" she questioned it. "You're talking to it?" Taichi questioned unsurely. Sora studied the little animal carefully and gasped. "What?" Taichi asked confused. "It told me that at night a monster roams around the village, at day it takes the form of a human and there is a small hole in the wall where the Monster can exit the village." she replied.

"Well let's go then." Taichi stood up the chipmunk jumped from Sora's hands and started to run off, the two followed it to a small path that led into a forest. "Okay…. what now?" Sora questioned Taichi. "Um…lets go it can't hurt
us if we try it out." he replied. He went first. With Sora behind him surely enough they were out of the village. They walked down the path. "Why do I feel that this was some kind of trap." Sora whispered. She looked around carefully to spot anything unusual.

There was a cracking above them both looked a branch was going to fall Sora and Taichi both ran back to the hole in the invisible wall…which was where the forest had started as they ran more branches kept on falling down the
two broke out of the forest the looked back trying to catch there breath. "Someone doesn't want us to leave." he whispered staring back to where they had entered the forest in by.

"You think?" she replied "Taichi!" Hikari's voice called "TAICHI! SORA!" her voice echoed through out the village. "Come on Sora…lets go." Taichi replied he offered his hand to her the two walked hand in hand to where
Hikari was calling them from.

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Jyou had turned grey coloured as the man in the hut he looked at his hand shocked. "Oh my god…I've got it." he replied, Hikari was calling her brother and Sora franticly. "Jyou they're coming." she told him. Koushiro stared in
shock. Then felt funny himself and notice that he was going to disappear as well. "I didn't think my life would have ended like this." he replied in uncertainly.

"Koushiro, Jyou!" Hikari ran to them. "Give Taichi our best." Jyou told her. "No you can't go. Your not dying." she cried. Taichi and Sora both arrived on scene now they dropped each other hands in shock seeing their friend were going to disappear. "Jyou! Koushiro!" Taichi cried they both disappeared. The villagers around them started to disappear quickly. "NO!!" Taichi cried.

Hikari closed her eyes sadden but yet she felt something…. strange….it was coming from that bush she walked toward it slowly. "Hikari?" Sora questioned the younger girl. "I sense something like everyone that's vanished is still
here." she said calmly she stopped in front of the bush and put her hands up in front of herself slowly a faint of image of everyone that had vanished appeared in the bush…Sora gasped. "Taichi, they're still alive…they're not gone." Sora told him, he came over to her looking over her shoulder. "Hikari can you get them out?" Taichi questioned.

"I don't know…I can try." she replied. Hikari began to concentrate. "Hikari!" Taichi cried suddenly she turned grey in color, "Hikari…I love you." he told her hugging his little sister. "Don't worry Taichi, I'll be fine we all will." she told him. Soon after that she disappeared. "Taichi…" Sora put her hand on his shoulder. She was turning grey like the others. He
turned around see her the same grey color that his sister was. "Sora no, not you too. Don't leave me." he said. His voice was cracked, it felt like he was losing all his friends. "It's okay Taichi, I know you will rescue us some how." she smiled at him before she too disappeared.

Taichi let one tear roll down his cheek and growled angrily "ALRIGHT COME OUT YOU MONSTER!" he shouted he looked around the empty village, the sun was setting and maybe if what the chipmunk said was true that the monster comes out at night in his true form…but yet it wasn't night, the sun was setting giving the sky an orange-ish color to it.

"I SAID COME OUT!" Taichi shouted again.

Then a man came out of the house he looked at Taichi. "Ishem? I thought that I was the only one left?" he asked confused. "Oh you are…Captain Taichi." the man replied in a strange voice. It startled Taichi a bit. "You're the
monster…that took my friends." Taichi said in a low voice. "Yes…and I think it's time I need another host." he replied. Within an instant Ishem's body opened and a creature came out. He looked like a giant brain with long
tentacles, and had one eye.

"With you as my host Taichi…I could spread around the world and eating peoples souls…from all over the world." it replied to him. "Never, I won't let you have me with out a fight." Taichi replied he pulled his sword out. "Nothing can kill me expect for the sun but that won't happen cause I'll kill you right now!" the creature slung his tentacles out at Taichi. He slashed them with his sword severing them from the creature's body. But new ones just grew in replacing them.

Taichi looked at hay wagon there was a sheet over top of it and torches for either side of it. The creature tried to grab him but Taichi ran toward the wagon and grabbed a torch, he turned quickly and held it out in front of him.
The creature backed away from him and the torch.

"You can't hide its inevitable I will catch you!" it told Taichi. "Maybe so…" he trailed off he pulled the sheet off of the wagon of hay and held it out the torch still in his hand. "I surrender." Taichi replied, his eyes gave a sort of sincerity, the creature began to approach Taichi who then threw the torch onto the wagon of hay and it exploded into flames that raced high into the sky, the creature having it's eye on the fire was caught off guard as Taichi threw the sheet on top of him, Taichi quickly tied the ends together with string.

He dragged the now bag to the catapult and put it on to the launcher with a few rocks. Taichi turned the contraption toward the setting sun. "Have any lasts things to say? …No? Oh, okay." Taichi then launched it and it sent the bag flying into the setting sun when it began to burn up into flames, and then burned to nothing more then ashes. It created a pile of ash.

Taichi walked over to pile of ashes and kicked it. He quickly turned around and saw that everyone was back. They were all back.

Sora ran up to Taichi she hugged him then she pulled away slightly and planted a kiss on his lips, the two had their arms wrapped around each other and were kissing quite passionately.

Hikari smiled watching. Then held her hand out. "Okay Koushiro pay up." she said. Koushiro sighed. He didn't think they would be kissing like that this soon. He reached into his pocket. "Although it's best that Taichi moves on."
Jyou said "Very true." Hikari replied. "This only makes me less richer." Koushiro replied.

"Hey this is only half of what you owe me!" Hikari exclaimed. "Egh…you see that's all I have on me now…but I'll get you more on the ship I swear!" Koushiro replied fast. "You better or else the price doubles." she threatened. "Hey since when did you have the right to do that!" he replied angry. "Since I've been Taichi's sister." Hikari replied. Jyou began
cracking up laughing at them argue over the money.

Sora and Taichi were still lip lock, they slowed down the kiss and stop and both quickly pulled away to arms length. They both looked at each other shocked. "I..I mean…good …job in…. defeating…. the monster." Sora said in shock.
"Yeah of course." Taichi replied the two shook hands and quickly turned around way from each other and walked in opposite directions obviously flushed and embarrassed at the same time.

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Later on….

"I want to thank you, Taichi." Ira said as she came up to him and gave him a small peck on the lips. "Well it wasn't a problem…really since we were stuck here ourselves." Taichi replied Ira left to go to her father then Sora came
up to him. Her arm's crossed she watched Ira then looked at him. "What was that for?" She asked.

"She wanted to thank me for helping her village." he replied. "With a kiss?" she asked. "I guess it's her way of thanking people. But the I've had better kisses as of late." he replied hinting to the kiss Sora had given him earlier. They both eyed each other knowingly then walked to where the rest of their crewmates were.

"I thank you all for helping us." Ira's father told them. "It's no problem really." Hikari replied she blew at her nails. "Exactly as what she said…now come on we better be getting back to the ship with these supplies." Taichi
replied. "Thank you for the supplies as well." Sora called back to them. The villagers waved as they head back to the long boat with supplies.

To be continued…….