AN: I do not own the Digimon franchise
there now that is out of the way, I apologize for the amount of time it has taken for even a single update to make its way to the site, unfortunately, I have been ridiculously busy trying to sort my life out and finally finished this short chapter for this story.
I hope you enjoy it and I will try and update soon.
Chapter 1
Takes place after Suedou merges with the mother eater / King Drasil
"you should quit while you can" Suedou's voice echoed throughout the eater world they inhabited as Liz raised her hand ready to connect jump into the mother eater only to cry out in pain as she dropped to a knee her form destabilising
"Liz?!" Nokia cried out before they all heard Suedou chuckling
"that won't work, your half-cyber body is unstable and has already began to deteriorate due to your contact with the Eater hive mind" they heard Suedou explain as Liz put as much effort as she could into keeping her avatar stable lest it shatter along with her data "alas it was your own choice to connect jump with the Eater hive mind to retrieve Yuugo which caused the damage" Suedou continued
"that can't be. Liz…" Yuuko began before Suedou continued
"the next jump will be all it takes to bug your comprising data, destroying it and erasing you entirely" Suedou said bluntly as several thoughts ran through Liz's mind
"that was all part of the plan" Alphamon spoke
"Stop, Liz" Arata cried out "You can't risk it!" he continued
"that's right!" Nokia added "If we lose you, another big traumatic event will occur! Right?" Nokia continued before taking a breath "we … we wouldn't be able to recover from that…" Nokia said before snapping "And besides, we promised we'd all come home, the FIVE of us, do you hear me Jerk face?!" Nokia demanded
"Nokia is right." Yuuko chimed in "without the five of us the mission is a failure, so please don't do this, Liz" Yuuko pleaded
Arata held back a chuckle as he turned to Yuugo "Think you can follow up the ladies' moment in the spotlight, Yuugo" Arata asked
"Yuuko and Nokia … you guys … what can I even say …?" Yuugo questioned causing Arata to chuckle in amusement
"At last, with this form I can rebuild the world" Suedou's voice interrupted the groups conversation "I can finally eliminate everything that is crooked, ugly or sad" Suedou declared as the mother eater rose to its full height
"what are you going to do about that" Nokia demanded as Liz stood once more
"the new world that Suedou desires … that too is one of the choices that the future holds" Alphamon spoke as they strode over to Liz before stopping at her side "He may likely save all worlds" Alphamon added before continuing "I feel King Drasil's presence and will within him, I feel King Drasil would join forces with him to create a perfect world beyond even our digital world" Alphamon told Liz
Liz felt for the first time since she had lost her body a tear escape from her eye "I'm sorry" she said
With those words the entire world seemed to freeze including the mother eater as her digivice let off a soft glow
"Yuugo, I'm glad you are back" Liz said as she looked at her friend before glancing at his sister "Yuuko, cherish him always" Liz continued as she felt her will slipping further causing her legs to briefly destabilize before regaining their form
"Nokia keep Arata in line for me, someone has too" Liz continued holding back a sob as tears continued to flow everyone looking at her in shock "Arata, come visit me, tell me all about the manga you love" Liz asked with a watery chuckle before her eyes turned to Omnimon
"protect them, please" Liz asked before getting a nod from the royal knight who knew what was likely about to happen
Liz turned too Alphamon and looked up "I'm going to miss your coffee Kyoko" Liz said softly as a look of fear settled into Alphamon's eyes
"Liz" Alphamon breathed out as it finally registered at what her partner planned, in that instant Liz turn on her heel and ran towards the Mother eater
"HEY, STOP!" she heard Arata cry out
"Liz … you can't" Nokia began "Suedou said your body couldn't take it!" Nokia cried out as Liz approached the edge of the platform
"You idiot don't do it!" Arata cried out
"Go my apprentice!" Kyoko said resolutely as Liz continued running only to dive off the platform her right hand out in front of her causing a connection jump to activate as she was pulled into the active mother eater
"NO!" Arata, Nokia, Yuugo and Yuuko cried out as their friend vanished before their attention was pulled to the mother eater who had stopped moving entirely as if it had been isolated from time itself
"good luck … Liz" Alphamon/Kyoko said as she looked up at the mother eater
Within the mother eater core
Liz cried out in pain as her entire form once more began to destabilize against her will before she once more pulled it back together knowing that if she allowed it to happen again she would fail
Liz looked up at her destination, gone was the design of the Mother eater core instead she had successfully dived into the core of King Drasil itself
Around her she could see millions of equations given physical form within the core of King Drasil "who are you" Liz heard two voices speak as one
The first being of what she assumed to be King Drasil a deep domineering voice that demanded respect
The second was unexpected as it sounded like a woman, curious but protective of her charge
"I" Liz began only to cry out in pain as her entire body violently flickered between a physical state and a broken avatar before it once more solidified under her waning willpower
"fascinating, a digital body housed within junk avatar data formed to look human" the female voice spoke
"assessment ma" the male voice cut in only to be interrupted itself
"do NOT interrupt me, Drasil" the female voice demanded only to receive silence in return causing Liz took look for the source of the voices only to hear the female voice chuckle in amusement making Liz realise how beautiful it truly sounded "you won't be able to find me so easily while you stand within Yggdrasil's core young one" the female voice spoke
"who" Liz asked only for the female voice to laugh again
"my name is Norn I am the operator of Yggdrasil and partner to Drasil" the female voice answered
"operator?" Liz asked
"I am the consciousness of the Yggdrasil system while King Drasil is a manifestation of the physical systems who is also sentient, a regrettable mistake from long ago" Norn spoke only for Liz's eyes to widen in shock as a young woman manifested before her
The woman wore clothing similar to the Yggdrasil terminals she and her friends had battled to reach the Mother eater and in her right hand was a staff that resembled one of the Yggdrasil terminals arms (Norn freed form)
"you have come to purge the data from the Eaters and return them to what they once were have you not" Norn asked softly only to receive a scream of pain as Liz collapsed her body once more destabilizing
Norn knelt down and placed a hand against the destabilizing girls cheek and commanded the data to stabilize once more and true to her command Liz's data followed the order it was give "the issue is, with this Suedou's help I would be able to create a new world, a world where my children the Digimon can interact with any race without a negative effect on the world, they could once more find their partners without having to save the digital world from calamity" Norn spoke as she stepped back
"please, I have to protect them" Liz breathed out as she pushed herself up
"why, you are not their creator nor are you their ruler" Norn asked testing the young girl before her
"BECAUSE I PROMISED" Liz shouted as tears ran down her cheeks "I promised I would protect my friends with all I had, to make sure that nothing could hurt them" Liz told Norn who tilted her head
"and yet" Norn began as she gazed as Liz "by being here you are breaking both promises are you not, your promise to protect them and the promise that all five of you would return home … to your world" Norn questioned
"a lie hidden within the truth" Liz confessed as she reached up and removed her digivice from her hair before it once more began to glow but this time much brighter as the digivice changed into a new form that Norn recognised as a Burst digivice
"we both know that this was going to be my last jump" Liz said sadly as her digivice began to gain colour being mainly black with red buttons, a red outline on the right side and the ring was made of silver
"that … is unfortunately true, the moment you attempt to leave the mother eater your data will fully destabilize, your half cyber body will collapse and the data that is being used to compose you will simply disperse which will leave nothing more than … than a husk" Norn admitted causing Liz's tears to become heavier as her theory was confirmed
"then grant a dying woman one last wish" Liz asked hoping it would be granted, that she could save not only her friends but both worlds
"if it is within my power I will consider it" Norn spoke as the final part of her test began
"reformat the Eaters, return them to their original state and undo all the damage done to both our worlds" Liz asked causing Norn to smile softly
"you don't wish to return, nor do you wish to say goodbye one more time" Norn asked causing Liz to shake her head
"no, I just want … I want everything to go back to how it was" Liz said "the Digimon unafraid of the Eaters, the human world undamaged by the Eaters, my friends to be safe and … and …" Liz stopped as she futilely tried to rub the tears away "I want to forget everything I see when I connection jump into another being" Liz stated caused Norn to do something unexpected
She reached out and pulled the girl into a hug "seeing so much, absorbing a lifetimes worth of data every time you jump" Norn stated before pushing Liz back a bit "it is no wonder you continued to destabilize, your friends lives, lives of strangers, the data collected within the eater network that you have been connected too numerous times and even my own data" Norn said softly as her hands rested against Liz's temples
"very well, wish granted" Norn said before the core of Yggdrasil was filled with a bright light causing Liz to close her eyes
Outside
Not a few seconds after Liz had entered the mother Eater the mother eater began to glow before the entire world was blanketed with light
Soon after the light faded to show the group was back where they had entered the digital world for the first time undamaged by the Eaters
Yggdrasil core
"there, done which leaves us with a choice" Norn told Liz as she stepped back
"I can attempt to send you back to your world where your half cyber body will shatter either during the travel or upon arrival … which I feel was your original plan" Norn stated as she looked at Liz
"another choice is we use your digivice to take portions of data from the Digimon you have partnered with which in turn will revert them to Digi-eggs with no memories of the human world" Norn stated only for Liz to violently shake her head and her digivice screen to glow a dark red in disapproval
"a choice everyone seems to disagree with" Norn held back a chuckled before her face became serious
"your final choice is one I want you to think carefully on" Norn announced causing Liz to nod
"due to your data being so damaged it is easily manipulatable meaning I can fix a good amount of the damage and remove all foreign data from your mind but to do this you would no longer be entirely human" Norn admitted as her mind jumped back to an earlier form of the digital world from which Liz's own digivice originated from
"if you pick this choice one day when the barriers are weak enough you would be able to visit your friends and even family once again in an equivalent way that Alphamon was able to interact with your world" Norn said causing Liz's eyes to widen
Norn wanted to make her a Digimon, to change her into a Digimon
"I'll remember them, Arata, Nokia, Yuugo, Yuuko, Kyoko, Mom and everyone else?" Liz asked
"not at first, your form will be unable to handle the strain on your memories, upon evolution to champion rank your form will be able to hold all the memories you hold with ease" Norn admitted
"how long" Liz asked causing Norn to chuckle
"I don't think it would take you very long to reach champion level Liz" Norn said with a chuckled as one final tear ran down her cheek
"i…"
Digital world
"LIZ" Nokia cried out as she checked behind another tree
"LIZ WHERE ARE YOU" Arata shouted as he continued looking
"I do not see her anywhere nearby Nokia" Omnimon spoke as he landed beside his tamer and friend
"then where is she" Yuuko asked as Alphamon strode over to the group
"I fear that Suedou was right, that Liz's body could not sustain the jump" Alphamon stated
"Analysis: correct" a powerful voice stated causing Alphamon and Omnimon to turn behind them only to drop to a knee at the sight of a Drasil terminal "statement: the being designated Liz entered the Yggdrasil core and spoke with us" the Drasil terminal boomed causing the two Digimon to stand up
"statement: the life form designated Liz no longer exists" the terminal spoke causing Nokia to let out a sob before diving at Arata who simply hugged her as his own tears began to flow an action that was mirrored by Yuuko and Yuugo
"oh, don't be so dramatic Drasil" a new voice came causing the two royal knights to freeze in shock and fear "after all their friend isn't exactly gone but neither is she here right now" the voice said again before a young woman floated out from behind the Drasil terminal wearing a similar outfit to the terminal but carrying a Digi-egg with snow patterns on it
"Goddess" the two knights breathed out both with fear due to what had happened the previous time she had been forced to separate from Yggdrasil
"you may breathe easy Alphamon and Omnimon I am not angry" Norn stated in amusement as she looked down at the egg in her arms that gave a violent shake "calm little one" Norn breathed softly causing the egg to cease shaking
"who are you!" Arata snapped causing Norn to chuckle at the reaction of the royal knights who once again stiffened with fear
"Norn, I am the main consciousness of the Yggdrasil system and one of the digital goddesses" Norn spoke causing the four humans to stiffen in shock
CRACK
"impatient one aren't you" Norn chuckled as she looked down at the egg that now spouted a massive crack through the center
CRACK CRACK pop
With the final noise a small white ball of fluff with large eyes emerged from the egg a portion the shell resting upon its head much like a make shift hat causing Norn to giggle in amusement as she gently reached down and removed the shell from the infant Digimon's head before reaching into the egg with her free hand and removing the Digimon within to reveal a yukimibatomon
With a twitch of her other hand the Digi-egg shattered into data allowing Norn to use both hands to cradle the yukimibatomon "Yu YUUU" the yukimibatomon babbled before purring as Norn began to gently scratch the back of its ears
"as I was saying" Norn began in amusement "I am Norn, my job is to govern the digital world and ensure that Yggdrasil does not crash or receive any damage" Norn spoke before glaring at the Drasil terminal "granted much of this could have been avoided of King Drasil here wasn't so damn stubborn in asking for help" Norn snapped at the terminal whose visor flashed a shade of pink before settling back into red
"YUUUUUU" yukimibatomon babbled loudly causing Norn to smile as she switched to the baby digimon's other ear causing yukimibatomon to once again let out a purr
"you said Liz wasn't gone" Nokia spoke up her eyes red
"your friend Liz is still alive but will be unable to return to the human world as her current form is … unsuited for your world, one day she will be strong enough but by then the digital divide the wall that separates our worlds will once again have returned to full strength making travel between our world incredibly difficult" Norn explained
"but where is she" Yuuko asked
"why can you not see her in front of your very eyes" Norn spoke in amusement as yukimibatomon decided to chime in
"YUUU yu yuu" yukimibatomon babbled causing the eyes of all present to widen in shock
"no way" Nokia breathed out at the jiggling baby Digimon in the arms of a digital goddess
"YUU" yukimibatomon squealed as one of Norn's hands brushed over Yukimibatomon's side causing the baby Digimon to begin wiggling violently within the arms of the digital goddess much to her amusement as she continued to tickle that particular spot
"I don't believe it" Arata said as he stared at the so called digital goddess who was amusing herself by tickling the baby Digimon which suddenly sneezed causing the air around it to freeze into snowflakes
Alphamon couldn't help but smile, Norn was a lonely being as her sole task was the maintenance of and protection of Yggdrasil and thus the digital world but here she was enjoying herself and not angry like the first time they had met which inadvertently sent shivers up their spine
Then to the shock of the two royal knights yukimibatomon began to glow in a blue light forcing it into a new form much to the joy of Norn
"Nyaromon" Norn stated as the digivolution ended to reveal the now sleeping Nyaromon in her arms causing her to grin knowing the digivolution line that Liz would follow
Suddenly the attention was pulled away from Norn and Nyaromon as the sky was almost flooded with countless blue orbs
"it's so beautiful" Yuuko breathed out
"what is that" Yuugo asked
"it is the mental data preserved within the eater network" Alphamon explained as she turned to the group
"all of it?" Yuuko asked
"yes, Drasil is sending all of it back to where it belongs" Norn commented as one of her hands brushed back Nyaromon's fur "but for the digital divide to heal all foreign presences must be removed from the digital world" Norn explained as she pointed to the digital portal a few meters behind the teens
"but" Nokia began only for Norn to cut in
"Liz cannot leave the digital world as she is no longer human, but one day she will be able to and on that day, she will visit you" Norn explained before glancing at Arata "besides Drasil will no doubt forcefully send you back if you linger longer than necessary because it is as you think your very presences right now are like bugs in a system preventing it from rebooting" Norn explain noting the look of anger on Arata's face
Before anyone could speak another word the four teens were surrounded in a blue glow before being violently tugged into the portal sending them on their way back to their own world
