Author's Note: Okay, sorry for the slight delay with the first chapter. I think the title of this chapter says a lot.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.
Chapter 1: The Trojan Demon
Sora Takenouchi was returning home from a long shift at her job. When she got to the door of her apartment she found something on the doorstep. It was a large dark-brown stuffed animal with purple batwing-like ears and a pair of horns that curved down behind its head. The oddest feature of this animal was that there were chains tied around its torso, and attached to those chains on the front was what looked like an egg-shaped alarm clock. Despite the oddity of the object, Sora did find it to be cute. As she picked up the stuffed animal, which was about as large as a bed pillow and required both arms, Sora noticed a card tied to one of the horns by a string. Sora read the card.
'To Sora, I've sorry if I've acted like such a jerk to you these past couple of months. Love Tai.' Read the message on the card.
Sora smiled to herself and shook her head as she managed to open the door while carrying the large bulk and walk in. Waiting for Sora on the couch was a large tropical looking bird with pink and blue feathers. This was Sora's Digimon, Biyomon.
"Hello Sora." Biyomon greeted as the redheaded Digidestined walked into the living room. "How was work?"
"It was okay." Sora answered as she set the stuffed animal on the coffee table and went back to go put her purse on the table by the door.
"What's this thing?" Biyomon asked, indicating the stuffed animal.
"Oh, apparently that's a gift from Tai." Sora explained. "I found it in front of the door. I guess Tai must've left it here earlier."
Biyomon tilted her head at the stuffed animal and gave it a quizzical look. A moment later there was a ring at the doorbell. Sora answered the door to find a young man with wild blond hair wearing a black t-shirt and a faded pair of blue jeans. This was Sora's boyfriend and fellow Digidestined, Matt Ishida.
"Hey there." Matt greeted with a wave and a smile.
"Hi." Sora greeted back as she hugged Matt and gave him a small peck on the lips. "What brings you around here?"
"Aren't we still going out to dinner tonight?" Matt asked.
"That's right, I almost forgot." Sora said as the memory of their dinner engagement came back to her. "Let me go change real quick. Come on in."
Matt walked in and sat down on the couch next to Biyomon while Sora went back to her room. Immediately he noticed the odd stuffed animal on the coffee table.
"Hey Sora, what is this thing?" Matt asked from where he was sitting.
"Oh, that's some present that Tai sent me." Sora answered from her room. "I'm actually surprised that he sent me something like that, it's not his style. It's still kinda cute though."
"Why'd he send it?" Matt asked as he took a closer look at the object.
"The card said that it was to apologize for how he's acted the past couple of months." Sora answered as she walked out of her room in a purple skirt that ended just above the knees and a pink top. "You have to admit that he's been hard to be around."
"I hear that." Matt agreed. "Did you hear about what happened yesterday afternoon at that café?"
"Yeah, Yolei called and told me about it." Sora replied. "I feel sorry for poor Ryo. He only made a little suggestion and Tai blew up at him."
"Well, Ryo did bring up a painful topic." Matt reminded her. "I mean he might be right about Kari's disappearance being connected to these 'Seven Lords' that Izzy has mentioned, but it's still not the best thing to bring up around Tai."
"Still, it's not exactly a good welcome back." Sora maintained. "Not after everything that Ryo has been through."
"Actually, I don't think Ryo has had it that bad." Matt replied. "For one thing that girlfriend of his is pretty hot."
"Really…" Sora said with a raised eyebrow as she crossed her arms.
"Oh, but not as hot as you though." Matt quickly said to try and correct himself.
"Nice save Ishida." Sora said with a playful smirk. "C'mon, let's get going."
"Hey Sora?" Biyomon called just as the couple was about to leave. "I think there's something weird about this stuffed animal."
"What do you mean?" Sora asked.
"I don't know." Biyomon replied as she continued to give the object a suspicious eye.
Outside on top of a building with a view of Sora's apartment window, Daemon was watching. Right behind him another Digimon appeared in a burst of flames. This Digimon looked like a woman with pale skin and raven-black hair that was tied up with gold ornaments. She wore a black bodysuit was a purple skirt that was open in front, and long baggy purple sleeves. The symbol of a black bat was on her forehead, and her right hand was a decayed claw.
"What do you want Lilithmon?" Daemon asked the woman, not even turning to face her.
"I've misplaced Belphemon." Lilithmon replied sounding a bit frustrated. "I've looked all over the lair and can't find him. Do you know where he is?"
"I've sent Belphemon on a little mission." Daemon replied.
"Mission?" Lilithmon asked with a raised eyebrow. "What possible mission could you use Belphemon for? He can't do anything in his Sleep Mode. We probably would've left him at The Dark Ocean had The Master not commanded that all five of us come here."
"I remind you Lilithmon that tomorrow afternoon Belphemon's clock will go off and he will wake up and enter his Rage Mode." Daemon replied. "Besides, there is a use for Belphemon's current form. One that can help sow the seeds of discord between the children of courage and friendship."
"And just what exactly is that?" Lilithmon asked, still not understanding Daemon's plan.
"You are welcome to watch and find out." Daemon replied.
The next day, Sora was relaxing in her apartment. It was the first day off she had had in months and she intended to enjoy it. The peculiar stuffed animal was still on the coffee table, and Biyomon had not taken her eyes off of it. It was a nice day out, so Sora decided to step out onto the balcony. Not long after she did so however, she heard the sound of an alarm clock going off. Sora looked back into the apartment and saw that the clock on the stuffed animal was indeed ringing. Biyomon immediately flew off of the couch and landed in front of Sora. At last the ringing stopped and the animals eyes opened, revealing that they were completely blood red.
The stuffed animal began to grow in size and morph its shape. Its body took a muscular humanoid shape, while its head became wolf-like. Three large pairs of purple bat-like wings sprouted form its back, and the chains that were originally around its torso now hung from its wrists. The thing kept growing in size and was becoming too big for the apartment to hold. Sora and Biyomon moved as far back against the railing of the balcony as they could. The creature suddenly swung out one of its arms, destroying the walls and the balcony. As Sora fell past the several floors of the building, Biyomon began to glow with a red light.
"Biyomon digivolve to… Birdramon!" Biyomon cried as she transformed, her voice deepening with the utterance of her other name.
With her transformation finished, Biyomon had become a giant fiery looking red bird with a fanged beak. Sora quickly grabbed onto Birdramon's back, and the giant bird Digimon managed to safely land on the ground a safe distance away from the building.
"Are you alright Sora?" Birdramon asked.
"I think so." Sora replied as she got off of Birdramon's back.
Suddenly the beast that was once a harmless stuffed animal burst forth from the destroyed apartment above and grew to its full size. It looked to Sora as if the creature was about as big as VenomMyotismon was.
"I am Belphemon, the lord of sloth!" the monster roared. "Because my slumber has been disturbed, I shall destroy this world!"
"We have to stop it!" Sora told Birdramon. "Fight it with everything you've got!"
Birdramon nodded and began glowing with a red light.
"Birdramon digivolve to… Garudamon!" Birdramon cried as she once again transformed.
The light faded and Birdramon had become a large humanoid bird with a red mask on its head. Immediately Garudamon flew into the air attacked Belphemon with a bird-shaped flame from her wings. The demon beast was unaffected however and knocked Garudamon out of the sky with his claws. Sora could see that Garudamon was outmatched, so she pulled out her cell phone and called the first number that came to mind. The phone rang two times, which seemed like an eternity.
"Hey Sora, what's up?" a voice on the other end greeted.
"Matt, come quick!" Sora yelled into the phone.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked in a worried tone.
"That stuffed animal I got was actually an evil Digimon!" Sora told Matt. "Garudamon is fighting it right now, but I don't think she can stop it! If we don't do something right now it's going to destroy the city!"
"I'll be right over!" Matt told Sora. "Hang on!"
With that the line went dead, but Sora took that to mean that Matt was on his way. Meanwhile Garudamon had gotten back into the air and continued fighting Belphemon. The birdman Digimon was barely able to dodge Belphemon's claws. Suddenly a bolder-sized sphere of orange light hit Belphemon in the shoulder. Sora looked up and saw another Digimon. This one resembled a humanoid dragon with yellow skin and two horns on the side of its head, along with a third horn on its snout. The creature's head and torso was clad in silver armor, while the armor on its arms was gold. Each piece of armor on its forearms had three blades at the end that looked like claws, and on its back was a split gold shield. Right away Sora recognized the Digimon as WarGreymon, the Mega form of Tai's Digimon, Agumon.
"Sora!" a familiar voice called out.
Sora turned around and saw Tai running up to her.
"Tai, what are you doing here?" Sora asked.
"I was going to drop by for a visit when I saw that huge Digimon." Tai explained. "What the hell is that thing?"
"It's that stuffed animal you gave me." Sora replied.
"Stuffed animal?" Tai asked with a raised eyebrow.
Before Sora could elaborate, their attention suddenly turned back to the battle when the chains hanging from Belphemon's wrists became covered in black flames, which were then whipped at WarGreymon and Garudamon. Garudamon was knocked to the ground and reverted back to Biyomon. Sora ran over to check on the bird Digimon. WarGreymon meanwhile managed to recover and threw another energy ball at Belphemon. The attack did do some damage, but Belphemon recovered quickly and slashed at the dragon warrior with his claws. WarGreymon narrowly dodged the attack.
Suddenly a barrage of missiles hit Belphemon, encasing parts of the demon beast in ice. The creature that fired the missiles rushed onto the battlefield. It was a giant wolf covered in grey armor. A pair of gold blades stuck out from the sides of its back like wings. Sora and Tai immediately recognized the Digimon as MetalGarurumon, the Mega form of Matt's Digimon, Gabumon. As if on cue, Matt joined Sora and Tai.
"MetalGarurumon, fire everything you've got at that thing!" Matt commanded.
The metal wolf fired another barrage of missiles at Belphemon, not giving the demon beast a chance to recover. When Belphemon was almost completely frozen, WarGreymon took the opportunity to deliver the final blow.
"Dragon Twister!" WarGreymon cried as he raised his arms up and began spinning like a tornado.
The dragon warrior drilled straight though Belphemon's chest. The demon beast's body began to shatter and break apart. The fragments then started dissolving into particles of data, proving that Belphemon was destroyed once and for all. WarGreymon landed on the ground near the three humans and reverted back to Agumon. At the same time, MetalGarurumon reverted back into the wolf-pelt wearing reptile that was Gabumon, and joined the rest of the group.
"Tai, where did you get that stuffed animal?" Matt asked with a serious and somewhat angry expression.
"Stuffed animal?" Tai asked sounding confused. "What're you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the stuffed animal that you sent to Sora!" Matt answered. "The one that just turned into that monster we just fought and destroyed Sora's apartment!"
"Hey, I never sent Sora any stuffed animal!" Tai said angrily. "And even if I did I certainly wouldn't have sent her something that would try to kill her!"
"The card that came with the thing said it was from you!" Matt informed him.
"It wasn't me!" Tai insisted. "Whoever sent that obviously wanted you to think that it was me! I'd never send Sora anything that put her in danger!"
"I'm not saying that you knew that the thing was dangerous!" Matt elaborated. "But if you did send it then you shouldn't lie about it! Don't try playing the perfect hero and admit you made a mistake!"
"Hold on Matt, that's going way too far!" Agumon cut in. "Tai would never lie about making a mistake like that! Why do you accuse him of being the bad guy lately?"
"Tai may not be the bad guy, but he has been a jerk!" Gabumon suddenly cut in.
"What did you say?" Agumon asked becoming angry.
"Enough!" Sora shouted, bringing the argument to a stop. "I don't care where that thing came from right now! The only thing I care about right now is that my apartment is completely gone!"
An awkward silence fell over the group after that. After a moment Tai and Agumon stormed off.
"…Hey Sora… you can stay at my place for awhile." Matt offered, breaking the silence.
"…Are you sure that's okay?" Sora asked. "I wouldn't want to inconvenience you."
"It's no trouble." Matt said with a reassuring smile. "I can just sleep on the couch."
"…Okay, but only until I can find another place." Sora finally agreed.
Matt nodded and the group began walking off towards Matt's car, unaware that Daemon and Lilithmon were watching them from atop a nearby building.
"Now I understand your plan." Lilithmon said with a tone of amusement. "You're using that girl to turn those two against each other, how brilliant! It's so typical of men to fight over a woman."
"I knew you'd appreciate it." Daemon replied.
"Still, your little plan may have had too high of a cost." Lilithmon noted. "I mean was I really worth losing Belphemon?"
"It was a necessary sacrifice." Daemon replied. "Besides, the next afternoon he would've returned to his Sleep Mode. The important thing now is beginning the next phase."
Author's Note: The idea for this chapter came to me when I first read about Belphemon on the Digimon Wiki when this series was in the planning stages. Of course Belphemon ended up getting killed off pretty quick because of his nature as a rampaging monster.
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