Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Nigth n Gale ❯ The Night n Gale Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

"He's trying to tell me something I know it." Hikari thought out loud as she watched her friend who was perched put on the mass. "Hikari." Sora's voice interrupted the young sorceress out of her thoughts.

"Sora, hi I'm just thinking." She replied as she kept staring up at Kuro curiously. Sora followed where her eyes were stationed seeing Kuro there she turned to look at her. "Hikari I know it may not be in my place to tell you this but I will anyways." She took a breath of the ocean air in "Kuro, is nothing more then a bird. You know why I think because you tend to make things more bigger then they actually seem." She stopped getting a not so friendly glare from the sorceress.

"Sora you don't understand, I know magic and I can sense it's presence with in his thoughts…there's something going on there that's more then just him being a bird he has another form." She explained clearly to her. "Okay, say he is something other then a bird? What are you going to do about it and how are you going to find out?" she questioned.

"One simple idea and that is studying my books. Now if you excuse me I will be in the cabin." Hikari walked away from Sora and headed below deck. Koushiro joined Sora. "She still has it in her mind?" he questioned. "Yeah, and she won't let it go till she finds out. Koushiro maybe you're making this into a big deal, Hikari after all is accustom to sensing magical presences. Maybe she's right." Sora told him Koushiro shook his head. "For him to be something other then hawk is crazy! Something like that has never been done!" he explained.

"Okay calm down Koushiro that Island over there can hear you." Jyou joked as he joined the two. "There is nothing funny about it." Koushiro looked at him un-believed. "She could get into danger." He warned.

"Some one mentioned danger?" Taichi question come up to them. "Yes I did, and it's very dangerous for her to be snooping around into someone's problem." Koushiro complained Sora frowned confused. "I thought you said you didn't believe in that stuff?" she questioned.

"I don't but now a days strange things have been happening I mean look at that time where Taichi was sucked up into a water spout and ended up on an Island with a crazy woman that's obsessed about him." Koushiro leaned against the cabins. "What are you saying that Kuro is a trouble?" Jyou asked the four all glance briefly at the bird who was perched on the mass.

"Yes." He replied.

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Hikari was engrossed in her magic books she read through them she read about everything about form changing and turning people into items or living creatures. "Come on there's got to be some kind of solution that will help me out…." She said out loud as she searched through the book.

She sighed, as she didn't find it on the page she was on then flipped over to the next page. "AH HA!" she shouted she picked the book up standing she looked down at the pages. "This could be it." She grinned as she read.

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Catherine walked over to her water bowl she looked threw it saw the ship of the Night n Gale sailing, through the open ocean. "Father?" she questioned her fathers head look at his daughter. "What is it Catherine?" he questioned her.

"Shall I make them squirm a little bit…maybe drop an surprise?" she questioned smiling she saw Taichi with his crewmates, they were laughing looking quite happy at the moment. "They're happy and it disgust me." She frowned immensely as she watched the bowl of water.

Catherine walked over to a plate of seaweed she took one piece of it and brought over to the bowl, then dropped it into the water afterwards she smiled. "Their…see how happy they are now." She grinned.

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The winds began to pick up a little Taichi looked up at the sails. "Man the sails!" he yelled out loud. Sora, Koushiro and Jyou all did they're part as well as the other crew member until the boat came to stand stop making everyone fall to the deck. "What on earth?" Jyou replied he stood up. "How the hell is this boat stopped in the middle of the ocean!!" Taichi cried he looked over star port. He noticed seaweed had clung to the ships sides.

"Koushiro tell me that's not seaweed." Taichi asked his friend who came over to him, Koushiro looked over boarded at the ships hull, seaweed had engulfed it the entire hull of the ship, and the more they stared down there the more the seaweed began to mount.

"That's strange." Koushiro said to Taichi as they both looked at each other, "Taichi, did you see the ships hull?" Sora replied worried as she came up to him, he nodded "I have and by the looks of it we are grounded in the middle of the sea." He replied. "That's the most nonsense I've heard ever." Jyou complained.

"Well it's true something happened and now the ship isn't moving, the sails are full of wind yet it anit' moving." He replied. "Captain! Two men overboard." Raul called to him, Taichi and the others hurried over to where Raul was. Taichi used the telescope device to look at the small sailboard caring two people it looked like a man and a woman. "Draw the long boat." He called.

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Catherine combed her long golden yellow hair. She grinned watching the water bowl. "Poor Captain Taichi." she replied as she kept her eye on him. "Perhaps it will teach you a lesson that messing with my love for you was the wrong idea."

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Hikari growled angering she put the book down she was frustrated with her search coming up empty handed about any possible solution that would lead her to gathering more information on Kuro's situation. Seeing if he had one.

Hikari frowned and left the books going above deck, and then noticed that the ship wasn't moving at all she frowned. "What's going on?" she questioned walking over to Jyou and the others. "We are stuck in the middle of the ocean. Apparently there is some really tough seaweed." He replied Hikari frowned then looked over the ship down at its hull.

"That's defiantly strange." She whispered cautiously. "My name is Merinda, and this is my brother. Amashar." The girl introduced them both; Hikari walked over and rather rudely interrupted the introductions.

"Hikari really show some respect." Taichi told her strictly, Hikari eyed both of the people who were aboard their ship. Sora pulled the sorceress off to the side and whispered to her. "Look I don't know what you were doing but lay off the guest for just one minute." Hikari looked at her shocked "You don't feel negative energy coming off them?" she asked.

"Hikari come on be nice." Sora pleaded. "Okay fine." Hikari then turned to the people she so rudely interrupted. "I'm sorry, just been sleepless nights I need sleep at some points else I'm cranky through the rest of the day." Hikari grinned at them.

"Much better Hikari, Now as I was about to say, I'm Taichi, the captain of the Night n Gale, this is Sora, Koushiro our highly classified scientist, Jyou the oldest of all of us and Hikari my sister." He replied.

The two people bowed to them "Nice to meet all of you we are really appreciated of your help thank you." Merinda said to him.

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The Gally…

Taichi and his crew where seated at the table below deck with the two new people where were left at sea in a boat. "What happened that you two were left abandoned on the open ocean?" Taichi questioned

"We stowed away on a ship…"

FLASH BACK…

The two hid behind barrows on the deck. "You sure we won't get caught Amashar?" Merinda questioned him "We won't if we don't be noisy." He told her.

"We lasted on broad the vessel for about five moons."

"Hey! Stow a ways!" one of the crewmembers shouted. Four more crewmembers came over they grabbed both of them by there arms and dragged them to the captain of the ship.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" the Captain asked he stared at the two. "We just want to get to the Island of Demons." Amashar said to him. The Captain gasped to his words. "We are not going there! That place is where the evil lives and breaths." He told them. "Cast them board right now!" the Captain stood the crew did as they were told and put both Amashar and Merinda in a boat and cast them off to sea with out food or any water.

END FLASH BACK

"Why do you want to go there?" Hikari questioned confused. "Because there they have a stone…. it's called the Gem of Goodness, it lies in the hands of my friend, he has a village on that island and they use that Gem to cast away evil." Amashar explained.

"The Gem of Goodness?….I heard of it but I didn't know it really existed." Hikari said shocked. "It doses, we need it to get revenge on the evil blonde haired witch." Merinda explained.

"Catherine?" Sora asked the two looked at her "Do you know of her?" they asked. "Ya we do…all too well unfortunately." Jyou replied. "What has she done to you if I may ask." Taichi wondered.

"She put curses on people from my home town in England. We lived in a small village, near the harbor of St. George's Channel. Many suffered we just merely want to get revenge on her and destroy her." Amashar replied he made a fist of his hand tears look as if to fall from his eyes but they hadn't, as Merinda comforted him.

"I'm from there!" Sora explained shocked. "What lives had she ruined…no one told me about this before." She asked confused.

"She turned them into animals and she took them from they're homes. My father and mother went to seek revenge against her, but Catherine she killed them easily as she did Merinda parents." He continued to explain.

"I don't get why I was miss informed about this? Why didn't I know? I lived there for the sixteen years of my life." She cried. "That's because Catherine put a spell on the town, she made everyone forget about what happened so long ago…so she wouldn't be bothered." Merinda explained. "We got away from her spell though we were the only ones who weren't effected from it."

"My god, that's horrible." Taichi said he looked at Sora. "Do you know of whom she did this too?" Sora questioned.

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"NO!" Catherine slammed her hand against the table extremely hard, causing the water in her bowl to ripple. She had changed once again into a dark green short halter top dress made of velvet that was skintight. Her hair was drawn back into a small bun why loose tendrils hung down on her face.

Her red lips pressed together in an angry motion as she watched the on goings. "Father…those two got away from my first dark deed." She whispered as she watched the two people from the bowl. "Two who got away…. and are trying to get after the gem." She whispered worried.

"Daughter of mine you should relax they can't do anything if they can't get here." Seora's told his daughter. "Where's that disgusting goat?" she asked angry she turned to the small nook where he had appeared before.

"Oh…you mean?" Scratch questioned appearing before them in the nook Catherine glared at the creature with anger. "HELP MY FATHER! NOW! SO HE CAN HELP ME!" she demanded

"Wow you're a little tiger." He replied and began to laugh. "SHUT UP!" she narrowed her eyes at Scratch who just started at her with a grin. "Sorry toots, no can do. I don't have they're souls yet…and that means no reattachment." He stated simply.

Catherine turned angrily and walked to the bowl of water. She picked up a dead fish from beside her bowl. "Morkoth, listen to me call, three of you I need to carry out my very deed." She walked over to a foggy rock pool and threw the fish in there.

"Have fun, Taichi." she smiled then laughed hint of evil echoed with in it.

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Down deep within the ocean right from underneath the Night n Gale, three creatures appeared from hiding spaces. Human in size, two had razor sharp teeth a large dorsal fin that was spiny going half way down it's back. It's had four cray fish like legs then as a tail it had nine tentacles. And two eyes like a frog.

The third, instead of having a row of sharp jagged teeth it had a beak similar to a squid's mouth. All together they swam toward the surface to the clump of seaweed that held down the Night n Gale.

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"No I don't." Merinda said to Sora's questioned they all frowned slightly. "We just need passage to the island so we can once and for all defeat the evil that haunts our world." He answered. "That's exactly our mission." Taichi explained to them both. "Yes that's true." Hikari petted Kuro softly she looked to him. 'Maybe you were one of them' she thought to him as she looked at her pet hawk.

"CAPTIAN!" sudden out cries from the deck. Taichi and everyone quickly rushed up to deck they saw three fish like creature. Kuro flew from Hikari's hand she gasped as she looked at these things. "They're Morkoths." She whispered she was scared "Morka what?" Koushiro questioned as he pulled his sword out.

"Morkoth's fish like creatures that have the power to hypnotize their prey. You have to be careful." She warned "Actually it's better I'll take care of this." She whispered the rolled her sleeves up and put both her hands out white lightening bolts hit all three of the Morkoths electrocuted them before they could do harm.

"That was easy…" Taichi replied he patted his sister on back. "Good work." he whispered. "Well I wonder who sent them." Sora replied as she and the others walked over to the bodies. "Who else could have…those are demons and they most likely were summoned." Hikari pointed out.

"God…. she did summon them didn't she." Jyou replied he shook his head looked to Taichi. "She must really hate you Taichi." he whispered to him. "I did absolutely nothing to her." He replied.

"Well Taichi I would hate to say this but she dose after all have something for you." Sora said he turned to her. "Okay she dose but not me. I like yo…." He stopped there they watched him. "You like who?" Koushiro questioned smiling at the captain. "Nothing, back to our posts. Raul set stirring directions going to the island of Demons." He replied. "Aye, Captain." The others all quickly went to do everything as they were told Sora watched him for a second he did to her then she went to do her share of work.

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"WHAT! HOW!" Catherine cried out she paced inside the cave pondering on what he next move would be. "Catherine darling, don't worry about them now…" her father told her. "I can't father, they know about the gem it is dangerous for them to know about it." She began as she turned to face her father's head.

"Then conjure a storm up making them sink the Night n Gale." Her father suggested Catherine, and then sat in a thinking posture she looked from her father out the mouth of the cave. "A storm." She whispered.

"No, something better…oh…. wait though." She whispered she turned to her father only briefly then walked to the mouth of the cave she stood there closed her eyes. She rose her hands up to the sky. "Powers of darkness…make sure the Night n Gale never makes it to Skull Island!" she shouted instantly the purist black clouds began to form, they quickly spread covering the once sunny sky and replacing it with darkness. Winds began to pick up quickly, thunder and lightening started to crackle and flash.

Catherine reopened her eyes she grinned evilly and began to laugh. "HAHAHA!" her voice echoed in the valley.

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Hikari looked up to the sky suddenly, all the rest did too. "Dark Magic…" she whispered she turned to Taichi as soon as she had winds began to pick up. "GOD DAMN WOMAN!" Sora shouted she held on to Taichi who began to notice lightening and thunder. "Merinda, Amashar below deck now!" he commanded the two listened and went below deck.

Swells began to from and hit the sides of the ship furiously; it rocked the ship back and forth. Koushiro and Jyou grabbed a hold of the sail lines Sora got the other ones at the starboard. Hikari did her best to hold down the sail's lines.

"CAPTAIN! LOOK OVER PORT BOW!" Raul shouted as waves upon waves crashed against the side of the ship. Taichi looked over port bow he saw a massive wave coming toward them. "DROP THE anchor, EVERYONE BELOW DECK!" he shouted. "BUT TAICHI! THE SAILS WILL TEAR!" Koushiro shouted over at him. "TOO LATE FOR THAT!" he cried over the thunder, Jyou had let the anchor drop.

Then the huge wave hammered the ship sending people and cargo over board. "TAICHI!" Hikari shouted feeling herself go over board. Another huge wave came crashing against, and the waves kept coming.

To Be Continued…