Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon: Distorted Souls ❯ Valley of the Phoenixmon ( Chapter 2 )

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Chapter Two: Valley of the PhoenixmonI couldn't believe what I had just done. I jumped off my school building into a tunnel that was full of blinding light. After Drekenmon had shouted, "Digital Gate, Digitize!" all I could do was shield my eyes from the light's intensity. So I closed them, as I free fell with Drekenmon right behind me."Reth," Drekenmon called out my name," I have to tell you something before you land."I opened my eyes to see him speak, and then I realized my clothes were gone. Circular balls of light began to appear around me, and with them new clothes. They were different from what I could see. I didn't really have a chance to examine them because it was still bright, but I was able to just make out Drekenmon."What is it Drekenmon?" I asked. I started to think, what did he mean by before I land, Where was he going?"I won't be with you." He said."Wha?"I was very confused about the whole situation. First this creature said I had to come with him, now he was going to abandon me. I didn't even know where I was going. I was an idiot for trusting a monster. How stupid could I possibly be? I'm about to be stuck in some strange place all alone, but I guess that is where my fate lies. I always said I didn't care if I had to be alone, but now that I think about it and I'm about to experience it... It doesn't look to good to me. I hadn't thought this through at all. There were many factors that I had failed to acknowledge at the time of my decision. Why had this creature come to me in the first place? How did he have Haruko's goggles when I had just seen them that morning? Where could this creature be taking me? I bet you're wondering how all these questions could be going through my head at a time like this, but I say how could they not!?"Why won't you be with me!?" I demanded."I'm sorry I have to go now, but I've been destroyed."What did that mean? What was Drekenmon talking about, I wondered."You've been destroyed? Drekenmon you're not making any sense. Could you make me understand? Please!""Stop whining, everything's going to be fine. To finally be able to get to you, I had to have myself destroyed by the enemy. It will be up to you to find me when you finally reach my world, the Digital World.""The Digital World?""So many questions you want answered, but as it still stands there is no time for them. I must go now, and you must find me. When you touch down rely on your instincts and remember the real you...""But Drekenmon!?""No buts just do it, because we both know... you can"With these last words, He was gone. All these circular balls of white, red, and brown light were what he became and then they to vanished. This just was not my day...I looked up to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Then it hit me, I was going to hit the ground. "Ahhhh!!!" I blew through the tunnel of light and started plummeting towards this Digital World. There was a nice view from the sky, but I was still shrieking at the top of my lungs. I felt like I was slowing down, and I was happy about that. I came around with a flip, and my shoes touched the grass.I observed my surroundings, and I noticed I was near a river. Wherever I was it was very serene. I couldn't think about that now though because I had to find Drekenmon. I didn't have a clue where to look, but he said follow my instincts. After I sat for a second, I decided to follow the river. It wasn't until I happened to glance at the river that I saw my reflection. Boy, did I get a surprise! I had a whole new set of threads on and new shoes too. On my head, covering up my black hair, was a dirt brown cap. The bangs in front of my forehead were now curved upward. I was wearing some dark blue jeans instead of my school uniform pants. They were cuffed at the ends and they covered the hiking boots that I was now wearing. They were dirt brown, tan, and black with a high top, but as comfortable as sneakers. In place of my school shirt was a short-sleeved red t-shirt, and over it was a white collared over shirt. I even had dirt brown gloves on my hands, and a chain hanging off my pants. I couldn't believe I hadn't realized I had on new clothes before, but I guess I had a lot on my mind.I started walking. I hadn't been walking long when I heard the sound. It wasn't loud at first, but the faint sound of wings could be heard growing louder. I moved towards the forest that was near me. I didn't want to 'run' into anything while I was out in the open. The forest was truly beautiful, very peaceful. There was a slight breeze blowing causing the leaves to rustle in the trees, and the flowers' scents were all around me. Sunlight came through the patches in the trees and I could see the clearest blue sky. It seemed to good to be true. The sound of wings had died down and disappeared. I figured it was safe again. So, I decided to head back towards the river, but hunger started to come over me. What could I eat? Nothing around me looked edible until my eyes caught a glimpse of something that looked like fruit. In some nearby trees, I found these 'somethings' that looked like crosses between strawberries and green apples. I walked to one tree and picked up a few ripe pieces that were on the ground. Weary of eating the gathered fruit, I made my way to the river to wash them off.I wondered if Drekenmon brought me to this place so I would be able to take care of myself before I reached him. If he really was out to get me, he could have killed me with the fall, why wait for the fruit to finish me off? But maybe that would have been too messy... I shook my head slowly, " Stop being so paranoid..." I breathed to myself.I finally reached the river and went to work. It wasn't long before the wind started to pick up. At first I didn't notice it, but when the sound of wings returned I knew something bad was about to happen.I heard a growl, and sadly, it wasn't my stomach. When I looked up, I couldn't believe that I thought Drekenmon had been threatening. This monster was terrifying! It had gray buckles on its hands and arms, on his thighs, and all over his body. I saw some glimmer of gold buckle on its hands and arms too. Metal covered up where his eyes should have been, and blue claws were extended from its hands and feet. Its blue tail was offset from its white-grayish body. The only thing odd about this creature was the fact that it was dawned with a pair of angel-like wings, and smaller versions of the wings were on the sides of its face. The way he moved and sounded scared me. When I saw that it was coming straight at me, I knew that I was done for...I did not know I could run that fast when I took off down that river. The thought never occurred to me to run into the forest. Getting away as fast as I could was the only thing on my mind, and I actually thought I was making headway. Then in a gruff-crackling voice the creature spoke to me, " Intruder, Stop Intruder! No one is welcome near this area." But I wouldn't stop, not now; Part of me wanted to find Drekenmon. I wanted to know what he knew about my friends and brother. I couldn't die now! "I am Gargoylemon, one of the many guardians of this area. I know who you are, and I will be the one to destroy you." Like an idiot in a horror movie, I turned my head just to see how close Gargoylemon was to me. It was the biggest mistake I had ever made. Gargoylemon was right there, right behind me! I only had time to gasp before I was knocked across the ground. I was dazed. I didn't know what was happening. "Statue bomber!" Gargoylemon shouted which brought me back to reality in a hurry. Just as I was blown halfway into the air and brought back the ground with a thud. I was in a lot of pain at the moment. Gargoylemon swooped on me like a vulture before I had time to react. The next thing I knew, Gargoylemon had me by the neck. He picked me and glared into my eyes it seemed. He carried me up above the river. "You've caused so much death and destruction. I will finally be able to end the turmoil for the Digital World. You're him I know it, and your death will mark a new age of peace and harmony."Him!? Who's him? I couldn't speak. I wanted to shout for help, or beg for mercy, but I was paralyzed with fear. He was crushing my throat, and I was having difficulties breathing. I was scared, scared of dying. I wanted to breath, I wanted to live. Kiyo, Zeek, Haruko... Somebody Help me!!!I felt myself losing consciousness, and I could hear Gargoylemon say, "You will finally pay for everything you've done!" The wind was blowing violently around us and time started to slow. A gust of wind blew hard and then... I was falling.
I was falling towards the river below and before I was embraced by darkness I felt a short breeze blow around me . It whispered in my ears, questioning itself so I that I could hear "Reth...?"
I opened my eyes slowly, and I found that I was surrounded by water. I was lucky that it was only ankle deep. It appeared that I had been washed up near a rocky shore. I lifted myself up a bit, but I didn't get up entirely. I just sat up to observe my surroundings. I coughed a bit, and I ached all over. I wasn't having the best day I thought to myself. I took in a deep breath, glad to be breathing again. I couldn't sit in this water all day moping. I had to find Drekenmon, but I started to think: Why do you have to find him? I guess I answered my own question because I was able to carry myself out of the river.
Because he knows something important to you and if you ever wish to find it out, you'll have to find him.
I headed for a dirt trail that lead from the shore. Maybe it lead to someplace, hopefully a city, a village, somewhere. I had nowhere to go. I didn't even know where I was looking. I was just traveling down this dirt trail for now: cold, wet, tired, hurt, hunger, and alone. I sighed to myself. I walked and I hated it, but I knew I had to deal with it. Before long, I noticed that the trees were becoming less dense and the grass was growing thinner. My surroundings were changing to nothing but hills and an eerie quiet set about me. It was kind of creeping me out, but it was warm out so a possibility of getting dry got me excited. I just wanted to relax. It was so peaceful out here, and still being tired, I decided that some resting was in order. I took so fruit from my pocket, that had managed to be saved, and laid flat across a small hill under the shade of a slender tree. Feeling the short grass on my skin and the breeze that was blowing, I ate and relaxed. This breeze that blew now felt different than before, but I didn't know how that could be so I ignored it. While staring at the clear blue sky, I was glad to see everything was finally calm now.
Then, just as I was beginning to nod off, I heard a loud screeching sound...
It reminded me of a bird. When I looked up to the sky, I saw that it was a bird, a rather large bird. This large bird was flying overhead, and it scared the crap out of me. It was huge, but watching it seemed to calm me down. This bird was reminiscent of a Phoenix, beautiful and majestic. It was a brilliant Golden color with shades of Crimson all over, fiery magnificence. There was a problem though... Its calling was from pain. This creature was screaming in agony. Its own fire was hurting it. From where I was now standing, I could see it fly away from me, but then it turned its head. Our eyes met and something hit me hard. It screamed again, and I fell a step back. A feeling, which was very intense, had just hit me in my gut. When I caught my breath, I looked up at the Phoenix again. "What's happening?" I whispered as the feeling hit me again. This one brought me to one knee, and I began to think. "Should I follow it?" There was something about that bird. In my own head, I could hear Drekenmon telling me to trust my instincts. Next thing I knew, I was chasing after the Phoenix across the hills.
I hated running, and I was doing a lot of it. The Phoenix was fast, but still in sight. At least that was some good news, but the bad news was there we mountains coming into view. Soon I'd be doing a little climbing. The dirt trail I had traveled on earlier was about to turn into a mountain trail. I was going to have to travel it again to keep up with the Phoenix.
The trail began to slope so I started to tire as I ran up it. I stopped for a moment to watch the Phoenix's movements and saw that it was heading toward the top of the highest mountain. Great... was my sarcastic reply. So I quickly abandoned the trail and climbed up the side of the mountain. This was hard work, but not as frightning as I thought it would be. Then again, it was not a really dangerous mountain. The Phoenix overhead began to circle around the top crying in all angst. That's when I realized that this wasn't a mountain it was a volcano. I was climbing up the side of a volcano. I had to say to myself so I could believe it.
I had just finished climbing up a few sets, that is climbing and taking a break on the trail when I started on my fourth one. It was really rocky and tougher than the others. All of a sudden I heard, " Star Shower!" Part of the volcano that was to my right was blow to bits. I turn to see where the shout came from, and it was another creature. I climbed up as fast as I could, got to the trail, and started to run to the other side. I thought maybe it would be safer.
When I got a good look at the creature, I saw that this one looked like the flying horse, Pegasus. But he was nothing like Pegasus; Pegasus could never 'Star Shower'. I could only go in one direction and that was up. Pegasus was yelling something that I could barely hear, "No o e s a l wed t p ss thr gh ere. STOP!" Anyway, I was to busy trying to get away. One-handing over some protruding rock formation, the next thing I heard was "Equus Beam!" The rock formation was blown to bits, and there happened to arise a problem. After jumping that formation, I hit the ground and rolled down this curving path only to fly off the edge of a cliff. "GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!" I shouted in anger. "Umph!" I had landed on something. "Already?" I questioned myself, "I'm dead. I'm floating towards the sky I must be dead."Then I heard a woman's voice, "Are you alright?" I looked down to find the Phoenix."Yea..." I barely whispered. I was trembling I was so scared, and the engulfing flames didn't help."That's good. I'm glad to see you found your way here. I also must apologize for Pegasusmon's behavior. He thought you were one of our enemies."I saw him watching us in the sky."Yeah..." I squeaked. I wondered if Gargoylemon had been the same way. He must have, he thought I was 'him', but who's 'him'."Let me introduce myself, my name is Phoenixmon. They call me the Rebirth Monster. Pegasusmon is one of the many guards of my home: The Valley of the Phoenixmon ""That's nice..." My words were shaky and my feet were quaking."Please, Don't be frightened. I am a friend, and the flames won't hurt you. They are apart of me."I sighed in relief, but still apprehensive."Why are you glad I found my way here?" I asked of her."You were sent to find Drekenmon, am I correct?" she questioned me."Yes""Well, I am the one who will take you to where he will be resting. You followed your instincts and found me. Now, I will lead you to Drekenmon. I'm glad because time was running out, and I will be reconfiguring all the deleted Digimon's data soon. You almost didn't make it.""Oh" I really couldn't make since of all of it so I had to respond with, "What?""My powers allow me to reborn Digimon that have fallen. So every hundred years, flames consume my body and my ashes shower across the valley. From these ashes, Digieggs emerge. Some scatter to the winds while others remain here: For All Digimon to be reborn. Then I am reborn again. This has been my duty over the ages." She explained," Now you are near my Valley, but I must take you the rest of the way. When you arrive, it will be up to you to find Drekenmon's Digiegg.""I understand." I said. My search for Drekenmon continued, but I was reluctant. After all, I had almost been killed twice.We were hovering above the volcano that wasn't a volcano at all. Inside this mountain, there was a mountain valley. There were grand trees decorated with all kinds of fruits. Three rivers were running through the bottom of the mountain to water the valley. There was even a lake with water that reflected the sun's rays. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was an astounding sight, but I didn't get to see it for long."You ready?""Yeah, I guess..." Not really sure I was made for all this."Okay then"Phoenixmon dove towards the valley at an alarming rate. I held on tight not wanting to fall off. She stopped on a dime under a tree that bared no fruit. I jumped off and watched as she headed for the sky again."This is it. I'll talk to you again later." She said. I nodded towards her.Faster, faster, and faster she flew up into they sky. She erupted in flames, and a scream of agony rang out. I didn't want to hear so I covered my ears. Then she started to disappear, while balls of Gold and Red surrounded her. Then with all her might she shouted so that the whole Digital World could hear:
"CRIMSON FLARE"
Clouds of blackness fell from the sky as I watched from where I stood. It covered everything. Leaving no trace of the scene I had seen before. I was protected by a bubble which surprised me. Then it became eerily quiet. That's when...
Pillars of light sprang from the ashes and eggs were appearing from the light. Some began to shoot out everywhere while others remained behind. After staring in amazement for awhile, I realized I had my own job to do. The bubble disappeared and I went in search of Drekenmon's Digiegg. I didn't know what to go on. All kinds of digieggs were showing up. I saw one that was green with black spots, another that was blue with brown and orange stripes, and even one with polka dots. There were so many eggs. I didn't know what I was gonna do.
So with out warning I just stopped and shouted, "DREKENMON!"
If he had helped me find Phoenixmon, he had to help me find him. Then I felt what I was waiting for. The intense feeling in my gut. I feel to my knees and looked to the sky. I realized that in this world my instincts had become a physical emotion, and it had helped me as well just as Drekenmon had said. It was strange figuring that out, but it was that had to be done I guess. I saw that some of the ashes were collecting in one spot . I jumped up and started running foward, the feeling was getting stronger. I knew I was getting closer.
A Pillar of Light sprang from the ground and it stopped me dead in my tracks. The feeling in my gut brought me to my knees once again. The Digiegg emerged, with red, white, and brown stripes, and I knew.
"STARLIGHT EXPLOSION" reached my ears, and looking up I saw lights exploding all across the sky. Phoenixmon was back again. She called out in joy then flew down and landed near me.
White, red, and brown light started to surround Drekenmon's digiegg and me. I didn't know what it meant, but the feeling I felt was gone and the egg started to hatch. A small red head appeared with black eyes and a small mouth. The thing that I noticed was the small white X under his left eye. Phoenixmon explained before I had to ask, "This is Lagomon, the Lizard monster. He is the baby form of Drekenmon. His special attack Spike Bubbles, using his long tongue to smash bubbles at its enemies."
I didn't know what it was, but I was glad I had found Drekenmon/Lagomon or whoever. He was too. He jumped at me and I fell back. I smiled. "I'm glad you found me.", he said in his little voice, licking me with his long tongue. I laughed a little and replied, "Yeah, me too..." Suddenly he began to glow. "What's happening to him!?" I shouted looking towards Phoenixmon. "He's digivolving..." she whispered very surprised.
A bright light shone again and in Lagomon's place was now a new creature. He was a bigger red head now. He still had the same facial features even the white X, but he still had some new stuff. He had small white wings on his back, and some two semi-long horns on his head. Now he had a small white tail too.
"This is Nrohmon, the Horn Monster. The In-training form of Drekenmon. His special attack Blaze Horn is sure to do some damage."
I had so many questions, and more kept coming. I was starting to forget all of them. I wasn't getting any answers. Nrohmon jumped at me again, and I caught him. I smiled, but it was an off smile. I wanted to know so much, and since Drekenmon wasn't here at the moment... Phoenixmon was my best bet.
"Phoenixmon" I breathed, but she was two steps ahead of me.
"Reth, I know what is on your mind, but Drekenmon can answer better than me. I understand you need something, so I'll tell you what I know."
I nodded holding on to Nrohmon. Who knew my day would have me wind up in a place like this? I just sat there waiting for Phoeximon to speak. I would finally get some answers. Here in the Valley of the Phoenixmon.

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