Prologue

We opened our eyes slowly. Funny, that was something we didn't think we'd be able to do at this point. We should've been dead by now; our data should've been rearranged and reconfigured into something new. No... That was last time... Now we should've been blown into millions and billions of particles of space dust, left to flitter and float around the solar system, maybe even the whole galaxy with the force of that explosion. A shooting star passed through the permanent night sky, no... It was a comet or a meteor. We don't think it's still a shooting star if we're right next to it. We reached out our hand towards it, the warmth filling what was left of our body. It felt familiar... It felt like home... We felt tears stream down our face, but it was just our imagination, we had no body left to cry with. So why did it feel so real?

"Sovereign," a gentle, almost heavenly female voice called out. We turned our head to face it. We chuckled to ourselves.

"We're meeting each other far too much Fleria," we said. "Isn't it time that you leave us to die in peace?" Fleria remained silent. "We've accomplished our purpose have we not? You told us that we must carry the Xros Code within ourselves, that we must deliver it to the boy. We've done that, and because of that we have lost...Ihave lost the only human companion that we could call a friend... So let us float in despair, here in the dark abyss of space, and hope he makes use of the gift we gave him."

"I can understand your pain well Sovereign, I too have lost many friends to my immortality," she said with grief barely concealed in her own voice. "But Sovereign, I still have two more tasks for you."

"What more could you possibly want from us?" we yelled. "We are disjointed, we have lost our power, we can barely keep one mind working together in unison! Our one true friend can never be reunited with us again! What else is there that you would need from us? Another threat? Another dark evil waiting to feast on the souls of men? Bah! Don't treat us like some juvenile hero with a sword. We are a virus, we care not for you foolish mortals lives, the only one we'd wish to save is his and he isgone!"

"You know yourself that's not true," Fleria said. "Otherwise I would never have begged for your help the first time." We scoffed at her words, turning away from her, her radiance replaced with the cold and stark reality of deep space. If we could maintain our consciousness, we would spend the remainder of eternity in this block of nothing, frozen in space like an ice cube in a glass jar. "Sovereign,please. I know that this is what you'd want as well, and what he'd want."

"What he'd want is us by his side, not paralyzed here wasting our life."

"Then can you at least listen to me and reconsider? If you refuse then I promise I shall leave you alone for a while, but I will return and ask you again."

"Then what is it, pray do tell, that requires our attention so much?" We knew we shouldn't talk so haughtily to a Goddess, but perhaps the parts of us that were rational died in the blast. It did have the force of numerous supernovae after all.

"I want you to help lend your strength to yet another. Just like you, darkness fills his soul. Unlike you, he committed far more heinous crimes in his past life than he'd feel he could be forgiven for. Even so, he may be one of the many Digimon who are the last hope for both worlds against the upcoming threats, some of them even rivalling Ziz... I would tell you what it is but all memory of it will leave your mind once you return, it would be a waste of breath. I want you to go back down, and lend your strength to him. Not this strength, but the strength you acquired by travelling with a tamer... By travelling with a friend..."

"The only way we could ever access that kind of power again is if we methim again, and you said that may be impossible when we first talked."

"That was because of your unstable nature and the untested power of that Xros Code," she said. "But now you've changed my heart. I believe in you, even if you no longer believe in yourself. Find the soul that rests deep inside you, and use it to find him. That is my second request to you, find the boy who changed your life. No tricks up my well decorated sleeves this time, it's because you deserve it." We looked at her with disbelief, then distrust.

"We can't trust you anymore," we said. "You claimed our presence in the Digital World was a hazard on its own. Why are you accepting us now?"

"Because a hazard you may be, but you're the hazard that helped save it once. I believe in you Sovereign, I always have believed in you and I won't stop believing in you. I know that you can do great things, far greater than any harm you may cause."

"And you promise that this time, once our lifespan expires-"

"If your lifespan expires," Fleria corrected.

"That you'll release us from the binds we share? That you'll separate all of us numerous minds that are linked together to be different yet the same once more? So that we won't be many Chrysalimon as a Diaboromon, but many Chrysalimon as many Chrysalimon? We will no longer share the same consciousness? Release us from this curse?"

"Do you truly want that Sovereign?" Fleria asked. "Is it really a curse anymore?" We thought on it, long and hard. We were grateful for the eternal patience Fleria had learnt over time, for we deliberated long and for many hours, until finally we had to make a decision.

"Perhaps not... We have grown attached to each other, our bonds tightened and forged. We had entirely forgotten that we were once separate until now. No, that won't matter. Just promise me that once our next life is over, the one after that will not be under your boot. If it is, we will spit on that same boot with acid between our teeth." Fleria nodded her head, relief washing over her face.

"Yes, I can agree to that. I know that even if I needed you again, you wouldn't heed my call, but you would do the right thing anyway, whether it is of my design or not."

"And another promise. Promise me that if we go back down to the Digital World, that we'll be able to meet that lady again... You can pull all the strings you want for that one, just let us talk to her again, spend time that we never got the chance to spend before..."

"That also I can agree to. I shall do everything in my power to reunite you. Thank you Sovereign." We nodded our head. We felt the tug on our data as the Digital World beckoned us once more.

"Just one question Fleria," we asked. "This time, what Digimon will we return as?"

"Ah yes, you won't become Diaboromon ever again," Fleria said. We sighed in relief. "This time, I don't even have an idea. Just know you belong to the species of dragon. Go, make him proud." Before we could feel where the portal to the Digital World was, we held up a largely disintegrated green and red claw.

"Wait, Fleria, do not push us back into the Digital World. We can find it ourselves." Fleria raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Here in space? How?" We smiled, a true smile for once.

"We just have to follow his heart; and his heart points to the Digital World. Take care Fleria, but we were serious when we said we wouldn't heed to your orders anymore."

"I understand, take care, Sovereign." With a monumental effort that nearly killed us again, we moved up, a portal to the Digital World painting itself against the space backdrop. We smiled as we felt our form condense, our minds pack together to work as one yet again.I smiled as I felt the horrid features of my body shrink down to once they once were. I smiled for real now. "Wait for me partner! I hope you can hear this all the way down on earth, I'll always be your partner, don't give up on me so easily! We're going on another adventure, and we're gonna change the face of the entire Digital World!"

Okay, so tell me what you think and stuff, whether you like it, don't like it, even a guest review would be nice. Motivation!Well, enjoy yourselves, and if this chapter seemed too gritty for you or whatever, you might prefer the next one. After all, thisisjust the prologue.