Oh yeah, I forgot to say that tsuki-kun and I don't own the term reiatsu. It's from Bleach, okay?
Chapter 3: The Face from the Nightmare
Cali and her two partners worked their way around the mansion. Even thought they've been there for a year, they still didn't know the place like they felt they should.
As they were walking past more rooms, they found that one door was opened. They carefully sidled up to the wall and peeked inside.
Inside of the two-bed room were a girl and a boy, of no more that sixteen or so. The girl had short-cropped black hair with slightly longer white bangs and purple eyes. The boy she seemed to be helping looked more or less like Haseo had: only his white hair was slightly longer, reaching down to his chin before it stopped. His eyes were a misty gray, and she also noted that his hair had the faintest hints of some sort of blue substance.
"I'm gonna kill Haneshiro!" the boy growled.
Cali took in a breath.
"C'mon, it was just a prank, the paint'll wash out." The girl consoled.
"Well, he'd better hope his bruises wash out!" he said, shaking his fist in the air.
"Dominic Kurata! That's not nice!" the girl said, pushing down his hand.
Cali felt chills run down her spine for some reason…where had she heard that name before?
"I know Jay, but he's my brother. That's what brothers do." Dominic said.
"Beat up each other? Last time I checked with Haseo, brothers were supposed to be nice to each other and respect each other, not kill each other." Jay said with a laugh.
"Where is Haseo, anyway?" the voice came from Dominic's lap, where a furry dragon about the size of a cat appeared suddenly. It was wearing a large metal helmet that covered the top half of its face, and it had a metal-tipped tail.
"Um…I think he's with the Royal Knights Ghost." Jay answered. The digimon nodded.
"I'm concerned, Miss." A polite voice came from nearby to Jay. A blue dog digimon, a Gaomon much like Thomas's save for it's size, gender, and ears, was talking now. "Where's your cousin?"
"Keenan? Probably with Falcomon, duh." Jay sighed.
"Good." Dominic said.
"Why?" Jay asked.
Dominic didn't respond, and Jay let out another sigh. "You want his help to get revenge on Haneshiro, huh?"
"How'd you know?" Dominic complained, devastated that his plan was ruined.
"You're predictable, Dommy." Ghost snickered.
Then, Cali remembered that Haseo was looking for Dominic. This must've been him, as she wasn't about to yell and see exactly how many Dominics were actually in the building.
She knocked lightly on the door. The Gaomon was there quicker, and she answered.
"Yes, Cali?" the Gaomon asked.
"There's someone named Haseo looking for Dominic…" Cali said.
"Who?" Dominic said. "Speak up!"
"Dominic!" she snapped, louder this time. Dominic started in his chair, and he jumped out the door quicker than anything.
"He really misses his brother I guess…" Jay stammered. Ghost sighed airly.
"Jay, Haseo's been gone forever. And Dommy's well, Dommy. He's gonna miss his big brother." Ghost explained.
"Oh yeah…" Jay said. "GG, c'mon, let's go make sure he doesn't hurt Haneshiro!"
The Gaomon saluted to Cali and the three left.
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Cali eventually made her way outside. It was better than before, at least, from what she remembered. Her shoulder-length fire-colored hair flitted about in the breeze and it brought the small promise of safety.
Nerromon sighed bitterly.
"C'mon Brother, we all know you hate the sun, but never used to." Perraulmon said.
"Leave me alone." Nerromon snapped.
Perraulmon recoiled, not expecting that answer from her brother.
Cali looked to the woods, the trees rocking in the wind, and tried to forget Nerromon's bad attitude and tried to remember a time when he was happier. But, for as long as she'd known the cat he'd been bitterer than a sour grape.
The trees suddenly swayed violently. A brief explosion on flames came from the top.
"Holy…" Cali murmured. She started to run towards the fire, down the clifftop and into the first few trees.
Then, she heard a roar.
She could feel the heat from here, and see the faint smoke.
"Something's going on…" Cali wondered.
"No dip Sherlock Holmes. Probably a forest fire. Let's go, now!" Nerromon grumbled.
Perraulmon shot him a look and said, "You know as well as I that a digimon is causing this Brother. We, as members of DATS, must stop it."
"And I'm completely fine with that." Nerromon said, an edge of disappointment to his voice.
"Let's go!" Cali said suddenly, and ran forward into the smoke.
When she reached the source, she saw two things. One was a pissed-off blue Coredramon blowing the fire to destroy the attacking Dinohumon.
Another shudder went down Cali's spine as she noticed the paint on the Dinohumon's shoulders.
They were Hunters.
And they were winning.
"NO! Digi-Soul, Charge!" Cali shouted, slamming her dual-colored Digi-Soul into her digivice that was tied around her neck.
"Nerromon digivolve to………DeviLynxmon!" a massive flaming black lion stood where Nerromon once was. His fur was flaming, and his eyes were as red as his claws. He actually looked more like a miniature SaberLeomon with red marks than a normal Lynxmon though.
"Perraulmon digivolve to………HolyLynxmon!" another massive flaming lion stood, though this time it was where Perraulmon was. Her fur was a flaming purple, and her eyes were a light blue and so were her claws and markings. She also looked more like a miniature SaberLeomon rather than a Lynxmon.
The Dinohumon, surprised, turned and looked at Cali and the two Champion level digimon.
"Leave here now! Moonfire!" DeviLynxmon roared, shooting blue flames at the Dinohumon.
"Go! Sunfire!" HolyLynxmon also shot fire out of her mouth, though her flames were red.
The Dinohumon scrambled and fled.
The blue Coredramon looked at the three with relief on his face. That look reminded Cali of who he was.
"Lockheed…" she whispered.
"Yuppers its me!" Coredramon said. "Though, I got bigger, huh?"
"Is it safe Lockheed?" someone asked from the bushes.
"Yuppers it is, Jasper." Coredramon said, degenerating into a small Dracomon wearing a small slingbag full of something.
A young boy of about eight or nine crawled out. His dark hair was messy and matted, and his face and clothes were dirty. His eyes, however, shone like the green jasper for which he was nicknamed.
"Cali!" he shrieked. He rushed over and hugged her weakly. "You're alive!!"
"Yeah, I guess I am…" Cali muttered.
"I wish Rai could see you…" Jasper said sadly.
It was then that Cali remembered Jasper's brother. "Where is he?" she asked.
"He was supposed to be following me…but when the Dinohumon found out we left again, he and Hawkmon stayed back to protect us. He told us to find you. I don't know what happened…"
"C'mon, it's not safe here." DeviLynxmon growled, grabbing both Jasper and Lockheed by their scruffs and hauling them onto his back.
Cali climbed onto HolyLynxmon and they both rushed out.
Review, and I promise, it'll pick up and get good. Wait till Loaño gets here! Oh yeah, I forgot the threat of the flames:
Flame and Chuck Norris will roundhouse you into next April. That's a promise! Remember, he's the reason Waldo is hiding…(shifty eyes)