The Rise and Fall-chapter 4

Sorry 4 the delay 'coz I lost all my files and had to re- write this chapter. :P Ah well, I think this version sounds better anyway!

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A dark figure was bowing before a shadowed form and from the faint light of candles showed the dark digimon as the Daemon who had brainwashed Mistmon. Sweat dotted his unseen face and he purposely lowered his hood and his face until no one could see his face.

"...You disappoint me, Daemon. I thought you would have done better than this, only IF you want your Tamer to live." He said darkly as Daemon shuddered at the sound of his 'master's voice.

"I... I was outnumbered." Came the quiet reply. It seemed like the man in front of him wasn't taking what he said as an answer. He snapped his fingers and a cage suddenly appeared a few good meters away from the digimon. Inside, a girl was imprisoned. She looked out at the Daemon in front of her and called,

"Dae!" before she could reach her hand out or her Daemon to rush by her side, a barrier stopped both of them. As what Daemon had expected, a Necromamon was standing, leaning against a pillar and glaring coldly at both of them.

"Daemon, I shall give you one more chance. But this one chance shall be your last." Daemon nodded slowly, not daring to utter another word but before he was allowed to leave, his 'master' spoke again.

"But, this time I will make SURE you do as you are told. Necromamon, do it." The Necromamon nodded grimly and strode over to Daemon, sword and staff in both hands. Just as suddenly as the barrier earlier on, Daemon was unable to move, disabled.

"...This will be a lot of fun..." it said, smirking from under its cowl. Somehow, Daemon felt horrified. He knew he was stronger than the black mage but, the eerie air around it overwhelmed him. Necromamon switched his sword to a stabbing position and positioned it very close to Daemon's heart. The girl was screaming from her cage by now. Even though she was pleading as loudly as she could to make the dark wizard stop, it was unmoved. In a sudden move, he drove the sword right through the demon, both screams of a digimon and a human tearing the air between them.

Necromamon smiled at his 'patient', who was currently howling in pain and made him yell louder by forcefully pulling the black sword out of him.

"Your blood shall be your promise. Now, it won't hurt unless... you close your mind to me." Necromamon said, whispering right into Daemon's ear.

He had made a curse under where Daemon was standing without the demon noticing and recited curse by curse, making sure this time, he wasn't able to escape it.

Meanwhile!! The digi-destined took a hike near an Otamamon's lake, where they acted quite strangely by just floating around like dead tadpoles and not caring whether or not they were being insulted or getting things thrown at them. Tosh however took advantage of this and asked, throwing another pebble at an Otamamon,

"Okay, first thing's first; where're we goin'? Rouge didn't tell us anything!"

"The Elementals are usually found where their source of power is. For example, the fire elemental is somewhere where there is intense heat." Nina folded her arms, put one finger to her forehead and pulled a face as if she was trying to pull something out of her head.

"Just a stupid question, where are we?" Ronfar took a look behind them at a mountain with smoke coming out of the top.

"Uh... a volcano! ...Wait, am I missing anything here?" All of them sighed and face-faulted while Mistmon just laughed nervously.

Inside the volcano, it was VERY hot!!! Lars and E'vie actually had to take off their jackets.

"So how are we going to find our way in?" E'vie asked, tying her hair into a high ponytail so it would be a wee bit cooler which is impossible in the volcano. Kotemon looked around and saw a small cave big enough to fit one person at a time.

"There's a cave there! Let's go and have a look!" They all followed the little kendo digimon and when they reached there, Rico poked his head into it.

"It leads up. Who can go up and check before we all go?" Kotemon volunteered, although Tosh wouldn't allow him at first but allowed him to anyway. Kotemon squeezed in easily and when he reached the top, he examined the area and slid back down.

"What did you see?" Tosh asked as the kendo digimon brushed its long sleeves as there was some dirt on them.

"The place is safe. There's still some lava pools though. We'll just have to be careful. There are some mini cones up there and they might blow if you step on them. Oh and the tunnel gets a bit narrower once you get to the top." Kotemon explained. They all nodded. Both Kimber and Rico climbed up first with slight difficulties, followed by Wick, Wyna, Lars and E'vie as Rookies , Jennifer couldn't because her hip was too wide, Tosh managed, even though his shoulders hurt as they were broad, Ronfar had to squeeze in but couldn't and ended up getting stuck.

"What're we gonna do now...?" Ronfar whimpered, his shoulders hurting even more by the minute. Rico scratched the back of his head.

"We'll have to leave you here. We'll be back so don't worry." Rico assured him. He was sure the rest could hear him. He nudged his younger sister as they explored the area some more.

"I wonder if mom and the rest will be back to normal..." Kimber wondered, walking closer to her brother. He knew how she felt and wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close to him so she could hear him whisper,

"They will. Knowing mom, she'll find a way on how to change back to normal." Kimber nodded and walked on, not noticing that they were being watched.

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They reached the top and was greeted by a fiery gijinka digimon. Fiery hands rested atop the hilt of a flame saber and a handsome face looked at them, displeased.

'Why have you come?' a strong and regal voice boomed but the digimon in front of them barely moved his lips.

"We come to open one of the gates to the Shrieking Shack." Rico said boldly, although the mere presence of the digimon and a simple glance of his fiery red eyes was enough to give him the jitters.

'Shrieking Shack? That is an insult to the Sacred Sanctuary!' the digimon said, glaring at the teenager. If looks could kill, Rico would have been sprawled on the floor, dead by now. A flash from his angered red eyes caused the whole volcano to quake a bit.

'Since you won't leave, then so be it! I, Flame Lord, shall end your miserable lives right here!!!' Flame Lord stood up and stood in a battle stance, ready for battle.

Will they succeed to release the first gate of the Sacred Sanctuary?

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Ehehehe... here's one question to Myotismon fans!!! How many times did I use the word 'here'? If you manage to get all of them from the fic, you will receive a pic of Myotismon plus more reviews from ME!!! How 'bout it? Don't worry, I'll grab a real cute one for you out there! ^_^

Impmon: sheesh... next chapter's quiz will be for BlackWarGreymon fanatics/fans. Stay tuned for the 'Great' TyrantFlame's 5th chapter of... Rise and Fall!

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