Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Nigth n Gale ❯ Chapter 9 ( Chapter 9 )

The Night n Gale Chapter 9

It was a clear sunny day, Sora held a fighting stance she held her sword out at her opponent who in turned was Hikari who is also maintaining a fighting stance with her sword out as well. The two jousted, the clanging of metal echoed through the field, as they play fought.

"Come on Sora…are you too love struck with my brother to fight?" Hikari questioned she blocked the sword easily. "Love struck! I don't think so." she answered. Sora slashed at her but Hikari made the block. "Your forgetting my father taught me to battle Sora…as he taught Taichi." Hikari answered.

"Excuse." Sora answered she quickly battled her then knocked Hikari's sword out of her hands it fell to the side and Sora put her sword to Hikari's neck. "I win." Sora said smiling Hikari laughed pushed Sora's sword away from her then picked hers up and put it back to its sheath. Sora did the same the two strolled along the path as they had been doing before the small practice fight.

"Your lucky that I was a little rusty with my sword other wise I would have beaten you." Hikari answered she eyed her friend. "Sure you would." Sora glared. "Ah…but I want to ask you something…. what possessed you to kiss my brother like that last week?" she questioned Sora blushed.

"Should they're be a reason to kiss your friends?" Sora questioned rather awkwardly. "That my friend isn't a friendly kiss, you won't go around kissing Jyou or Koushiro like that would you?" she pointed out, Sora fumed silently.

"I don't love your brother." she exclaimed heatedly. "Then what do you think his as a Friend? Cause after that kiss…I don't know friends is such a good word to put it as." Hikari told her.

"Why do you want to know?" Sora asked. "Because as his sibling I want to know. He was really upset after Lila passed away…she was his first love after all he never really gotten over it until you came." Sora listened to her words carefully. "Really?" she asked.

"Really, and you should believe me I knew him since forever." Hikari motioned with her hands. "Aye, that's a given." Sora said she looked around the forest area and sighed. "To be honest I don't know what I feel for your brother." Sora whispered she looked off again into the forest. "You don't know I'd say that kiss told me that you do love him." she replied.

"Hikari I only known him for what five months or so!" Sora shouted angry "Okay, just relax I don't mean to push…I'm sorry." she answered. As the two talked and walked through the forest they didn't realize they walked into a trap…made by fairies.

Hikari stopped she grabbed Sora arm holding her in one spot. "What's wrong?" Sora asked "We just passed a magical barrier…. it's nature magic, fairies…" she trailed off she looked around the area suspiciously. "Hikari I don't think…" she stopped Sora from speaking "Fairies are real…they are really clever and tricky. And they like to play with human's." Hikari replied seriously.

"Then what do we do? Sit here like sitting ducks?" Sora suggested. "No…cause they have something planed for us." Hikari replied. "Great." Sora whispered.

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"Taichi was it such a good Idea to send Hikari and Sora off alone?" Koushiro questioned, "Sure it was Sora and Hikari can take care of themselves." he answered. "You see that's not what I'm worried about…just worried that they will get into trouble." he told him.

"I doubt they will get into trouble, beside they'll be fine we have to go and get the rest of our food from that village now stop complaining." Taichi replied he pulled the rinds on the horse stopping the carriage. "I have to got to the washroom." he replied hopping off the carriage.

A few seconds later he returned…and they carried on to the path to the small city that they will be getting food and water from.

"Taichi I think we got some trouble." Koushiro replied there were three men standing in the way of the path and they look liked thieves. "This shouldn't take long then shouldn't it" Taichi replied. "Aye but were severely out number three against six." Jyou mentioned. "Six?" the two asked "The other three are hiding in the bushes." he told them again.

"Very well…we are all good swordsmen…we can defeat them easily." Taichi replied, once their carriage was close enough Taichi stopped it. "What is the meaning of this?" he asked the three men.

Three other men came from the sides of the carriage. "Get off the carriage this instant!" one growled at the three boys. "What so you can rob us blind?" Koushiro questioned with a hint of anger. "Exactly." the man said.

"No fret Koushiro…they want to go ahead." Taichi stood up from the carried and got down. Koushiro and Jyou followed his lead as they both stepped off the carriage. The thieves pushed them aside and started to comb through the carriage.

Taichi, Koushiro and Jyou pulled out their swords holding them to the backs of three of the men. "Step away from the carriage." Jyou whispered.

Taichi kicked down his man, Jyou and Izzy it render the three thief's unconscious. The other three thieves pulled out their swords. "Prepare to die!" one shouted at Taichi.

There was the clanging of metal sounding the three thieves were fighting Taichi, Jyou and Koushiro.

Jyou blocked the blows from the thief's sword easily. Jyou then slashed the sword away from himself the thief he fought only tightened his grip on to his own sword he too holding it steadily, Jyou took the opportunity and attacked the thief he blocked most of the hits from Jyou's sword. Jyou tripped him making him fall to the ground, Jyou brought the sword down on the man but he blocked it.

Koushiro was trapped against the wagon the thief took swung his sword at him, Koushiro ducked as the blade hit the wood. He stood up again then the thief took another swing at him Koushiro ducked again, and it hit the wood once more. This time Koushiro kicked the legs out underneath the thief and he fell, Koushiro got back up then finished the thief off.

Taichi ducked as the man he was fighting kept making wild swings at him each time. "You think you can do better then that?" Taichi asked with out warning he got a small slash on his left arm. "Oh that was bad of you to do that." Taichi attacked the man their swords were in a lock the thief kicked Taichi's legs from underneath him sending Taichi falling on his back onto the ground.

The thief took his sword and was about to bring in it down on Taichi but Taichi blocked it. Then with his foot he kicked away the feet from right under the man. "Die you boy!" he shouted at him as he got up off the ground, the man then charged, Taichi stepped out of the way and the man was sent sprawling into the grass.

Jyou got pushed back by the thief's foot, which gave the man a chance to get up. "Why don't you just give up?" he questioned angry he stared at the man. "Because I won't lose to a boy like you!" he angered and dove at Jyou, whom moved out of way the man went by and Jyou took his man down with the sword.

Taichi sighed; "You couldn't be any more worse off then that could you." he told the thief who was till in the grass. The man came at Taichi at a walking pace Taichi held his sword out they clanged swords again Taichi kicked him down then drove his sword into the thief's chest.

He pulled his sword out of the thief and then walked away from the scene. "Well…. that was interesting while it lasted." he replied he looked to Jyou and Koushiro. "And what makes you say that?" they both asked. "It was just a practice." he replied grinning.

"Well come on before night fall hit's I hate to stay out here when it's dark." Jyou said to them they all agreed and they got on the wagon and started off toward the village once again.

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"Hikari…come on I don't want to stay here not moving for the rest of my life! It's almost night fall and if we don't go back Taichi and them will worry." Sora complained. "No, Sora I'm serious fairies are trouble." she replied.

"I don't care about some stupid little fairies! I just want to go back to town right now!" she cried annoyed. "Sora…take that back" Hikari whispered to her harshly. Sora rolled her eyes. "No"

"Sora…"

"No I will not."

"So we are stupid huh?" there was small firefly like lights around the area they circled the two girls. "What do you think Lily?" one asked. "I don't know." was a reply. The two girls were shocked they watched the circling light going around them.

"Sora…we are in trouble." Hikari whispered. "Do you think we can escape?" Sora wondered although she knew the answer to that question already. "I doubt it." Hikari said.

"Miha, Miha, Miha." they chanted over and over again as they encircled the two girls. "Um Hikari got any Idea what they are doing?" Sora questioned. "Casting a spell?" she said more in a form of a question then anything else. "You don't know do you." Sora replied rather dryly. "Nope." Hikari sighed.

The fairies that encircled them then went over top of them and sprinkled some kind of dust on top of Hikari and Sora they both sneezed "What the heck did you sprinkle on us!" Sora cried she sneezed again.

The two shrunk to about three inches tall…they didn't notice until one of the fairies landed on the ground. "Have fun being small!" the little fairy commented and flew off in a daze of light.

"Oh…no…. we'll never make it back to the town on time." Sora cried, she dropped on her knees. "And I certainly don't want to be small for the rest of my life!"

"Don't worry it's a good thing I know a spell to make us to our regular human size again." Hikari reassured. "You do well come on and hurry." Sora rushed her. "I can do this if I'm relax. Don't rush me."

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The sun had began to set when the boy returned to the village they decided it was best to finish bring the various food items to the ship tomorrow. "Um…where did Sora and Hikari go exactly?" Taichi questioned.

"This was exactly what I was afraid of…. those two have two minds of there own and you never know what kind of trouble they can get into. And I warned you didn't I." Koushiro said to Taichi who wasn't worried. "Stop your worrying I'm sure they are okay. Just being held up somewhere." he replied he sat down. "Anyone up for a game of cards?" Taichi questioned his two friends. "Your on." Jyou replied and took a seat at the table.

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"I don't know what bothers me more that you're a witch that can't remember spells or that you don't know how to use a sword." Sora complained as they walked through the brush that were twenty times taller then themselves.

"Sora are you sure it's this way?" Hikari questioned as they kept walking. "I'm pretty sure it's this way we did come from this direction we just have to keep following our foot prints through sands and dirt." she took a step the fell. "SORA you okay!" Hikari ran to help her friend up. "I'm fine…I just tripped over my footprint that's all." she replied.

Hikari sighed, "Look I know I have a spell that will help us get back to our original size "And if you don't?" Sora asked. "There is no if I don't…cause I do…I just don't remember it. Maybe if I try again." Hikari suggested she stopped and closed her eyes.

"From magic's affect return us to our regular size!" Hikari opened her eyes only to find nothing happened. "Great…we still have to go to the village there has to be an easier way." Sora said Hikari looked in thought. "Well I got a spell that makes things able to fly….like a blade of grass." she replied.

"Excellent I'll cut one down." Sora took her sword from the sheath and cut down a blade of grass it fell to the ground, then Sora cut a smaller piece and hauled it over to Hikari. "Al right here's our magic carpet. Now make it be a flying magic carpet." Hikari rolled her eyes at Sora. "Really…can you stop being sarcastic all the time." she told her.

"It's hard to Hikari…really it is." Sora answered.

Hikari closed her eyes and chanted over again. "The piece of grass that is in front of me make it able to fly." With in a few seconds the grass began to levitate in front of them. Hikari opened her eyes. "They're it worked see." she commented. "I see now come on and get us back to the village before the boys begin to worry." Sora said getting on. "Right"

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Taichi walked to the girl's room he knocked on the door. "Sora, Hikari?" he called for them but there was no response. Taichi sighed then knocked on the door again. "Is anyone there?" he asked again. Taichi turned the knob of the door but it was locked.

"Okay so there not here yet…. nothing to worry about Taichi." he told himself.

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Hikari and Sora landed on the windowsill of the boy's room. Koushiro and Jyou were eating some food, the door opened Taichi came into the room. "They're not in there rooms?" Koushiro questioned. "Nope…but not to worry…they'll come back." he replied.

He took a seat at the table and started to eat the food they had ordered. "TAICHI! WERE HERE!! TAICHI!!!" the two screamed but there was no use. "How do we get their attention when they are stuffing their faces with food?" Sora asked angrily. " I got an idea." Hikari replied she began to form a fireball in her hand.

"What are you doing with that?" Sora asked. "I'm going to hit Taichi with It." she answered. "Wait! You can't you'll hurt him…I saw how those things work." Sora replied grabbing a hold of Hikari's arm. "Ah so that proves one thing…you like him." she smiled evilly.

"NO! AND Will you stop talking about Taichi I don't care what you do to him all right just get his or the others attention." Sora turned around and crossed her arms across her chest.

Hikari laughed then created a small fireball in her hands and launched it at Taichi and it hit him in the back he jumped out of his seat. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!" Taichi shouted his mouth was full so it was hard for his friends to understand him. "What?"

"You burnt me." he replied angry he left his back. "How can we burn you when your back is facing the window." Jyou pointed out. "But." Taichi turned to the window.

"Another Hikari." Sora told her. "That's what I'm about to do." she answered she created another one and launched it, Taichi this time saw it and ducked and hit the table and both Jyou and Koushiro saw it as well.

Taichi walked toward the windowsill he narrowed eyes two figures where jumping up and down. "Oh my god…you two come here and tell me what I'm seeing is actually right." Taichi replied watched the two girls.

"TAICHI, KOUSHIRO, JYOU!!!!" They shouted at them all three were starring at them. "GUYS! Come on it's us!!" Sora growled angrily at them.

"It's them!" Koushiro replied. "Holy crap…what the heck are you guys that small for!!" Jyou shouted. "We got into a bit of trouble…with fairies." Hikari explained Taichi frowned. "And you had to throw a fire ball at me?" he asked. "There was no other way…besides it worked didn't it?" Hikari laughed.

"I told her not to but she didn't listen." Sora added. "Sure you did." Taichi replied looking at her. "Okay I would really like to get back to my original form…Jyou would be as so kind to get my magic book in our room." Hikari asked politely.

"Sure, where are your keys?" he asked. "We have them…. they are kind of small.." Sora replied laughed a bit as she held the keys up. "Hey no problem I can knock down the door…if I need too." Jyou left the room.

"Guys I can't believe you…. how did you get yourself into this mess in the first place?" Taichi questioned frowning. "I can ask you the same thing." Hikari replied pointing to his arm. "Oh that's nothing. Just a little fight that's all." he answered.

"Sure…that's all." Sora commented. "I swear." he replied. "Okay I believe you." Sora replied.

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After a finding the right page and Hikari reciting the words the two were now back to their normal size.

"Mmmm…that was so good! I didn't know you guys were both such good cooks." Sora replied sarcastically. "They wish." Hikari came up. "You know I could have decided to leave both of you the way you were before small and quiet." Jyou replied. "Hey that would have been a good Idea." Taichi agreed with is friend.

"But then poor Taichi would have be missing both me and his beloved Sora." Hikari replied grinning evilly after she had said it. "We are only FRIENDS!" the two shouted in anger. This in turned made the other three laughed. "Right…what ever you say…Taichi, Sora." Koushiro replied he took a bite out of the apple that he was holding.

"Even though that kiss wasn't really what we call a friendly kiss…" Jyou trailed off laughing. Sora and Taichi both were blushing faintly remembering that kiss. "SHUT UP!"

To Be Continued…..

Next on The Night n Gale:

Black Magic is back at work, Catherine has a village under her control…it uses her magic to be supported, and she has a protégée whose powers are equally as strong or maybe stronger then her own. Hikari is drawn to the village, because of the magical influence, Taichi, Sora, Jyou and Koushiro have to go after her and get her out of there. Will Catherine succeed in keeping her protégée or will the powers of good prevail? Find out next time inChapter 10 of the Night n Gale.