1. Fault Line
In that last moment of the battle with Alter-B, Himari felt the world tilt out of axis. As Alter-B fell and Shouta screamed through Takuto's last, violent battle, Himari saw Shiki fall.
Her dark hair, the pink light that pulsed under her body, the familiar warmth of her reassuring voice as everything went wrong, vanished in an instant as she fell down to the Digital Sea, thrown back by the weight of her Digimon, and the shockwave of Alter-B and Imperialdramon Paladin Mode clashing hard.
Himari and Rikka rushed to the edge of the arena and knew nothing would be there. But she looked anyway, even as the final battle came to an end.
She could blame their friends but what good would that be? She should have kept a better eye on her. Shiki's partners had passed only days ago. They weren't quite back up to snuff like they should have been.
She hadn't even been able to cry for help.
Kouta pulled her from the edge. Himari wanted to snap at him. Of course she wasn't going to jump. But she wasn't going to give up either. She couldn't.
Her friend was out there somewhere, and she was going to find her, no matter where or when she might be.
But for now, she had to get up and deal with the ones -one- who caused this. And go home for a brief moment. Shiki would want her to do that.
"Rikka!" Himari called. "Holy Flame!"
Rikka's answering roar made her feel good.
The sad part was how easy the whole battle became after that. It didn't even feel like a fight. It felt like a beatdown of some kind, and that Shouta was too pitiful to really deserve it.
The ghost who possessed him? He sure did.
A/N: I need something lighthearted to occupy me while I update Finding Heaven. This isn't it, but we're gonna go with it.
Challenges: livejournal for the prompt list, this prompt is -Blame, Three Sided Box [300 words, 50 chapters], Mini Fic Masterclass Next Order list drabblechap 4, Pairing Diversity Boot Camp - Sweetheart, gameverse boot camp prompt - bright, interseason boot camp prompt twist, Diversity Writing Game/Gen I20, Eaaster Advent 2016 day 18.