The Two Coronamons

Chapter 9

It's been days in the forest. Whispered is fully healed and now walks with us again. Though, all he does is either stay silent or complain about Axeknightmon. I think Anubimon would really love to duct tape his mouth shut. We make our way further and soon I hear high pitched yells up ahead. We run closer to them and make our way to an opening. I see a giant gorilla. It has silver fur and a broad black chest. Its face is black and one of its hands is a cannon or gun of some sort. The digimon being attacked is a small flower digimon. The lower half of its body is green and the top part somewhat resembles a flower which is pink. It has a yellow stem which it seems to be using to fly. It has three black dots on its face. They must represent the eyes and mouth. Anubimon steps forward.

"Leave the Lalamon alone!" He says. So that's what the flower digimon's name is, Lalamon.

"Let's do this together!" I raise my fusion loader and Whispered glows.

"Whispered digivolve to...Firamon Whispered!" Whispered comes out and stands right next to Anubimon. "I'll take it from the air if you knock it down to its feet."

"Got it." Anubimon agrees and charges forward. He lands a hard plow to the chest of the Gorillamon, knocking it down to the ground. Whispered flies to the sky.

"Flame Dive!" He hurls right back down, engulfing himself and the Gorillamon in flames. When the flames disperse, so does the data of the Gorillamon. Me and Coronamon go to Lalamon.

"It's alright now, we saved you." The little bulb digimon looks at us and cheers happily.

"Thank you so much!" He squeals, her voice resembling a girl's. "Come with me, you can have tea with me and my dad for your troubles!" Lalamon says and she starts flying away. We follow her and soon after a few minutes we arrive at the glowing and magnificent tree. Its leaves are pink and are one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. We climb up its roots and walk inside to see the glorious looking inside. There are a couple of stairs at the front and then we see an elegant room. Along the back are bookshelves filled to the brim with knowledge on paper. In the middle of the back is a ladder which Lalamon flies up. I can hear her squealing from up there to someone. She floats back down and pushes a button, a large circular table comes up from the floor. She sets up pillows on the ground and places mats on the table. She grabs a kettle and multiple cups and pours tea for each of us. We are all put on our knees and given our cups.

I hear movement from upstairs. Another digimon comes decked in long black robes, they're face unrecognizable. They kneel on their pillow and they float the teacup to their mouth using purple magic.

"I heard you saved my daughter Lalamon. I thank you for that." They say calmly. I can make the voice out to be a man's. It's smooth yet hollow and has a persuasive tone to it. Anubimon moves slightly, causing me to flinch. I glance at him and see his ears perked up. He puts his cup down.

"Excuse me, not to be rude, but can I see your face?" He asks. The man in black robes let out a chuckle.

"Oh my...I knew you'd recognize my voice, Anubimon." He says smoothly with a hint of affection. He takes down his hood and by the gods above, it's Gravimon. The real Gravimon. Anubimon stands up and runs around the table tackling Gravimon to the ground in a hug.

"My general!" He exclaims as he breaks from the embrace and lifts Gravimon back up by the arms, who just smiles.

"It's good to see you, Anubimon." Gravimon says. Anubimon kneels by him now. "And I might be going crazy, if I have not already." Gravimon and Anubimon both snicker. "But, is that Apollomon and Whispered my masked eyes are seeing?" Gravimon inquires. Coronamon's eyes and smile both light and Whispered looks like he wants to shoot himself.

"Hi hi hi!" Coronamon squeals and bounces up and down while kneeling. "It's so good to see the real you!"

"Hi Gravimon..." Whispered says unenthusiastically. Gravimon lets out a humorous laugh.

"Greetings Whispered." He says back in a mock monotone voice. "Now, if I may, what do you mean by real Gravimon?" He asks, his voice returning to it's usually tone.

"Oh yeah..." I start. We all go on to tell him about what has happened with Axeknightmon and such. I watch his smile grow to a horrid scowl.

"I'll sue that bitch for identity theft..." He snarls. Anubimon nudges him slightly and he perks up. Anubimon whispers in his ear and a smirk draws itself on Gravimon's face. "You may all stay here the night." Gravimon declares as he stands up. "Thank you for giving me this information. I promise to help you if needed. But please, allow me to stay in my tree." He chuckles.

"Of course!" Coronamon exclaims. "Thank you Gravimon!" And with that we all stayed the night. We all talked and found out that this supposed ex dark general is actually very witty and funny. Kind of gay though. And soon after everything died out we went to sleep. Though, in the middle of the night something happened.

Whispered trots outside and sits down on the edge of the tree. He looks to the night sky.

"Something wrong?" A voice behind him says.

"Oh...hi Gravimon..." Whispered says in a mock happy voice. "It's nothing." Gravimon sits down next to him. Giving him a cup full of a brown liquid.

"Chocolate cold tea. Don't tell Lalamon, it's her favorite." He chuckles.

"Why are you being so nice to me and Coronamon? Whispered asks.

"Why not?" Gravimon starts. "Everyone deserves forgiveness especially in this cold harsh world."

"But why forgive me? I can understand Coronamon, he was so kind and cheerful when he was Apollomon. It's hard to believe he ever had the heart of evil. But me? Man the short time I've existed I was nothing but a dick. I mocked the other generals, including you. I don't deserve forgiveness." Whispered says, tearing up slightly but wipes away tears angrily only for them to come back. Tears damp his black fur, his yellow eyes full of resentment and hatred.

"Whispered, it's true that you were horrible to anyone you met. But, why would I not forgive you? I'm forgiving you because it's right. Holding grudges only brings more hatred and for someone who wants to change their ways, I can't hold onto that hatred. And with our current situation with Axeknightmon, fighting will only lead to more rips, causing Axeknightmon to move his way in and take us down more easily. But, you need to forgive Derin. Not only for the reason that he might have done wrong but for the way you looked at him. You can't have resentment towards someone you just met because of someone else. Everyone is different. Do you understand?" Gravimons asks gently.

"Sort of...thank you." He says gently and drinks a bit of it.

"Good, now go to sleep." Gravimon says as he wipes some tears from Whispered's eyes. "Well, at least finish the drink." He chuckles and ruffles Whispered's fur before heading back inside. Whispered sits there drinking his drink before heading back inside about an hour later. Gravimon is asleep already, which makes Whispered smile. He lays down and snuggles with Coronamon, who purrs happily in his sleep.