Chapter 4: Dark Truth
It was dark, horribly dark. Every direction he looked in was a black void. Then, suddenly, there was a pinprick of light in the distance. He cautiously walked towards the light to find that it was an exit to the cave he had been in. He carefully poked his head out of the cave entrance and looked around. He was at the foot of a large mountain, surrounded by a forest. He crept out into the woods in order to find out where he had ended up.
He traveled on and on and on through the dense sea of trees until he came upon a small village. Upon entering the village he was assaulted by an image that burned itself into his mind. Two black demons stood before a man and a woman garbed in gray robes. The woman turned to look at him and yelled for him to run. The demons devoured the two who he could not help but feel a deep sense of loss for. Then the demons turned towards him while taking the shape of the recently devoured humans.
"So now the son of those two fools has come before us," the demon in the male body hissed. He turned and ran, tears coursing freely down his face. Now he knew what he was seeing, a memory that he had buried deep within himself, the death of his parents. He kept on running, not knowing where he was running to. He eventually came across a dark and windy cave and decided to hide there. Only after he had gone a few steps into the cave did he realize his mistake. The floor fell out from under him, causing him to plummet deep into the earth.
He was caught by a strong gust of wind that guided him gently to the ground. He looked around and was astounded by what was before him. The cavern around him was full of massive pillars that seemed to be made from a mixture of wind and shadow. But these did not hold his attention. At the end of the pillars was a suit of black and dark gray armor. Upon getting closer he noticed that the armor was of the samurai style. There was a large black blade stuck in the ground behind the armor.
He walked towards the suit of armor and was astounded to find it here. When he was standing right in front of it he felt the urge to stick out his left hand. He did so and was enveloped in black light. He felt intense pain in his left hand causing him to—
Awaken…he was awake. He looked around and was happy to see a small bundle of dark purple fur sleeping peacefully on his lap. Nanashi was about to go back to sleep when he felt a pulsation from his hand. Then, as if warned by some sixth sense, he grabbed Raine and leapt towards the stairs. He jumped none too soon, because after he jumped a wave of demonic flame shot towards the couch. Raine came instantly awake and hopped down out of Nanashi's arms as two people came into view. They were Nanashi's "parents" who had come looking for him.
"So, you've come to finish the job have you?" Nanashi asked the two. The two demons looked up at him with confused and angry looks. The male demon responded, "What are you talking about son? And what, may I ask, are you doing with that disgusting creature next to you?" Nanashi was about to respond when he noticed the female demon start to throw a second wave of demonic flame. Without thinking he stuck out his left hand and slashed at the wave of flame as a black blade appeared in his hand. Nanashi looked coldly at the demons with eyes as cold and hard as death itself. The blade in his left hand seemed to dissolve into shadow as he stood there at the top of the stairway.
The demons, feeling emboldened by the fact that Nanashi was no longer armed charged forward while discarding their human disguises. The male demon was coated in black scales that oozed poison and stood at a height of seven feet. The female stood at five feet and was seemingly made of black flames. Nanashi let them get as close as he dared and then a black shield appeared on his arm. He barely had enough time to block and was hurled down the hallway by the force of the charge.
Nanashi was dimly aware of his surroundings when he heard a scream. For the first time in a long while Nanashi felt fear. The scream had been Raine's. He leapt to his feet and ran back up the hall to see Raine be hit by a ball of flame. His rage boiled over only to be replaced by a searing agony in his left arm. Raine slowly got up and saw the male demon stalking towards Nanashi who couldn't defend himself. She felt his pain and anguish, and yet, at the same time, she felt a tremendous power flowing through her entire body.
Nanashi suddenly felt the pain evaporate from his left arm. He looked up to see the scaled demon about to kill him. He hung his head and thought, 'So this is how it ends huh?' Then a bright light enveloped the entire house as Nanashi heard a voice yell out, "LunarViximon digivolve to…MidnightRenamon!"
The two demons were thrown down to the ground floor by the force of the evolution. Nanashi looked up to see a dark purple and gold furred vixen with blue fingerless sleeves and bladed anklets walk out of the light. She walked over to him with a worried look on her face. Nanashi looked on in wonder and could only think of one thing to say, "Raine?"
