Authors Notes: This fic is dark, and I mean dark. It will contain rape, torture, shounen-ai, original characters paired with canonical ones, and constant misfortune happening to a character, (And probably will have attempted suicide in there somewhere as well.) If any of these, with the exception of shounen-ai offend you, you are a normal person and should probably stop reading. If shounen-ai offends you, you need a new religion that doesn't suck. This fanfic is mainly for V-tamer, though Neo gets to the digital world much earlier in this fic and has time to do a lot more before fighting Taichi. Waru Seadramon's story will not end when this fic does, he will play a role in Fallen Devimon's saga as well. This fic is called the tale of Waru Seadramon, but for a lot of it he is just Seadramon or Betamon. Now I'll stop the annoying author's notes, and began the actual fanfic.

Darkness surrounded Waru Seadramon, but he refused to go into the light. To do so would merely be to begin another day of torture. It had only been a week since Neo deleted Metal Greymon, but it had been as unbearable as his days with the Gesomon. The one time he had been happy since his days in the net ocean, the one time he could enjoy life instead of enduring it, that had ended, and a third hell for him would begin. Had he always been this way? How did an ordinary Betamon serving Whamon, guardian of the net ocean, wind up a servant of Neo who lived only in the hopes of gaining the strength for revenge? The tortured serpent began thinking back to his past, starting with his last day under Whamon.

At this point of time, Waru Seadramon was just a Betamon, frolicking around carelessly in the net ocean. Had he ever really been so carefree, so happy in his life? This time was a blur to him, except for one dark memory that stood out, the time when a group of Hangyomon came demanding tribute so Metal Seadramon wouldn't attack.

It was during the 16 or so years in which the chosen children had left the digital world to fight Vamdemon. Rumors of a group calling themselves the dark masters attempting to take over the digital world were circulating. Though Whamon, protector of the net ocean, was looking troubled, Betamon was far too naïve to connect it with the dark masters rumors. Was he really that dumb back then? All that changed, when an intimidating group of Hangyomon arrived, demanding tribute.

"Lord Metal Seadramon is not a cruel digimon, and if you give him just one digimon for tribute, he will spare your ocean." One of the Hangyomon explained.

"Meaning there is only one digimon in the net ocean under me\ Metal Seadramon has any use for." Whamon replied.

"Then will you give us the Betamon?"

"And if I refuse?"

"You will no longer have a net ocean to protect."

"I have no choice, then." Whamon said, finishing the conversation, and Betamon was called over. "I have a favor to ask of you. You must go with these Hangyomon, and tell me what they're up to." Whamon lied, his voice in a conspiring tone. Betamon accepted, and swam off with the Hangyomon. What a moron he used to be, the sea serpent thought.

"So, I'm your tribute, huh? So, will you take me to spiral mountain now, so you can do to me whatever you have planned?" Betamon asked, not taking them seriously at all.

"Now that Whamon's out of sight, we will take you to Dagomon-sama." One of the Hangyomon announced.

"Dagomon-sama? What's his position under Metal Seadramon?" The betamon responded, if he was going to spy on Metal Seadramon for Whamon, he had to gain all the information he could.

"Baka. How thick are you? We don't work for Metal Seadramon, it was a bluff to get Whamon scared and take you without a fight. Our true master is Dagomon" Another one of the Hangyomon explained, quite annoyed with the Betamon's naivety.

"Dagomon? Who's he?" The Betamon asked once more, none of the terror usually associated with that name in his voice. Too annoyed to continue answered, the Hangyomon returned the Betamon silently to the dark ocean.

As for who Dagomon was, Betamon found that out for himself soon enough. Though the fact that he was about 30 meters tall in size already made him quite imposing, but looking like a clone of cthulhu made him even more so, and being aquatic meant Betamon couldn't even take an advantage based on location. "So, this is the tribute you brought me. He's so innocent, it will be fun to ruin it."

"Ruin my innocence? What do you mean by that?" The Betamon asked, quite confused.

"I'll show you exactly what I mean, soon enough." The Dagomon replied menacingly, and began searching his brain to figure out which torture to use first. "It may be overused and cliché, but it is the most symbolic way to introduce you to life in the dark ocean." Dagomon muttered, extending a tentacle.

The following scene, for interests of keeping an R rating and attempt to cover up lack of knowledge in certain categories, will not show the actual act, but merely the thoughts.

"Why is Dagomon doing this to me?" Betamon wondered. "And what exactly is this?" But denying it was impossible. This pain, this violation, and the usage of tentacles could add up to only one thing. Dagomon was taking his virginity. Realizing what was being done to him, he screamed in terror, but it only encouraged Dagomon further. Waru Seadramon didn't remember how it ended, or how he was able to survive this pain, but he did remember it quite well, as one of the worst tings that had happened to him.

Over the next few days, his life became hell. Dagomon was using every method of rape and torture he knew, and each hurt more then the last, until eventually he learned to shut off and ignore physical pain. Once, he attempted to electrocute himself with his Electric Shock attack, but it did little more then knock him out, and the next day, when Dagomon was not torturing him, he was chained up to prevent escape. This life continued for some time, until what seemed to be a miracle happened, but if only he knew.

The false miracle came in the shape of an apparently friendly Hangyomon, and their first conversation was still remembered, after he broke the chains with his harpoon.

"Run for it, do you want to escape from Dagomon or don't you?" The Hangyomon asked, annoyed with Betamon's hesitation.

"Why did you break my chains, you're one of Dagomon's servants." The Betamon said coldly, getting into battle position.

"You're such an idiot. Like Dagomon treats us any better then he treats you?" The Hangyomon said angrily, slapping the other amphibian digimon across the face.

"Then why don't you just make a break for it without me?" Betamon asked once more, still confused. Why was someone being kind to him like this? Though Waru Seadramon knew now it would only be to betray him, as a Betamon he had believed there were truly decent digimon in this world.

"Because I don't want anyone else to endure what Dagomon makes us endure." The Hangyomon replied, swimming off, and Betamon swam after, believing him.

"There's a portal a few kilometers off in this direction, as long as we knock out a few digimon who try to stop us, we should be able to escape to the digital world." The Hangyomon explained, maintaining an illusion of kindness, and Betamon trusted him, unaware how foolish that would be in the end.

For his part, Hangyomon did an excellent job of maintaining the illusion. Soon, a few Gizamon attacked, believing that it was Dagomon-sama's will that they prevent the escape. Of course, they had run out of usefulness to Dagomon, who thought nothing of sacrificing others to maintain Betamon's torment. "Strike Fishing!" The frog-fish digimon yelled, throwing his harpoon to impale three about to attack Betamon in a single attack. "Be more careful, we're in danger here." He said kindly, and Betamon was beginning to trust the Hangyomon. Of course, Waru Seadramon now knew that except Metal Greymon, no one could be trusted, they just desired to betray you in the end, but how would he know such a thing as a young betamon, still unused to betrayal.

"Right." Betamon replied, nodding. "Electric Shock!" A bolt of lightning flew from Betamon's horn, but it only wounded one Gizamon. Soon, Hangyomon himself was in danger, and Betamon leaped forward to protect him from the attack.

Betamon awoke a week later, in some hidden cave. "Thank you for saving me. We're only a day's swim from the portal." Hangyomon explained, as Betamon for once opened his eyes, and did not see terror. He knew, or thought he knew at least, that Hangyomon was his trusted ally, someone who cared for him. Not once did he expect that they would reach the portal, and then be stabbed in the back by that very Hangyomon, who would reveal he was actually a Deepmon in Dagomon's loyal service, and then return him to Dagomon once he was knocked out, despite his pleas. Not once did he believe Dagomon still ruled him, and that this was an elaborate setup. Once more, Waru Seadramon pondered how things would be different, had he only known the truth.