Chapter 7: Hero
The still air of her room was cold, she however was wrapped by her blankets, more comfortable the she had ever been. She was awake but wished she could go back to sleep or remain in her present state all day but she knew she would have to get up soon. She had just awoken from a beautiful dream which she wished was real. She dreamt of having a wonderful family with a loving husband who's hair was wild as a lion, loving children, and a house in the country side where there was no one to bother them for miles around.
She soon returned to reality, a cruel reality nothing like her dream. She fought against her instincts which was telling her to stay in bed and gave into her logical side. She threw aside her warm blankets to fell the cold rush of the morning air surrounding her where he blankets were just moments ago. Considering she was only wearing her undergarments consisting of her corset, she rushed to her dressing table where her cloths had been laid out from the previous night. The school dressing code was simple enough, a white blouse and dark coloured skirt, and of course a traveling cloak to keep their appearance modest.
As she was checking herself in her mirror, she felt oddly strange, something was telling her not to leave her room today. She concluded it must have something to do with the war and that she was just being paranoid. Checking herself one last time, Mimi L'Alsace left her cold room for the dining hall.
As she made her way through the courtyard corridor to get to the Dinning Hall she notice that the birds were not making an sounds and the wind was buzzing even though she did not feel any wind blowing. This was strange to her as this was a beautiful autumn day, just like the day before.
And it was then she noticed them, not a few miles away in the sky, where she expect to see white clouds, she saw what she could only describe as flying boats with large cloths above them. Mimi also noted she was not the only one to see them, by this point most the school population where pointing to them, while others were now rushing out of their rooms and into the courtyard to see what was going on.
Then everything around her exploded into chaos, as shells came flying sent by the ships above them, hitting and destroying the castle walls of the school. Students were now panicking to find shelter, running along the corridors to get back inside to safety.
Within the chaos she fail to notice she had strayed too far into the courtyard when she was avoiding everyone. Then it happened. A loud boom followed by a crack. She then noticed a dozen or more limestone bricks had fallen from the nearest tower and was now falling towards her.
She was too scared to move, her eyes fixated at what was going to fall in her. The lasting she heard before someone tackled her to the ground was her name, followed by a burst of orange light. Then everything was quite, the only noise was her saviors heart beating.
O O O
He hadn't felt this power in such a long time. It was like riding a bicycle to him, once he had learned how to use it he's never forgotten. It surged through him, it was warm, it felt as though he was alive, more alive then he had ever been. He remembered the first time he felt such power, he was nervous, he remember Izzy telling him it was the only way. And when he was finally able to use it, he felt like the king of the world.
He had thought he would never feel this power again, after he and Agumon arrived in this world, he had destroyed his Digivice, the only connection he had with this power. He was heart broken to think that he could never use Agumon again to help protect those around him, but he was wrong, his power had returned.
He wanted so much to protect her, but he felt so powerless to do so. And against his better judgement, he rushed to her in order to save her without so much as thinking about what would happen to him. He put himself in danger in order to save her and as if the gods were answering call, he felt it again, he felt his courage return.
Taichi held Mimi closely, she was injured from debris scratching her. Taichi and Wargreymon came in time to save her, Taichi of course rushing towards her to put his body in the way of the falling walls and Wargreymon the one to actually shield them both. That was from what Taichi could recall more than twenty minutes ago, but Taichi still held onto Mimi's body as tight as ever. His full concentration wasn't on the shocked girl, he was directing orders to Wargreymon.
"Wargreymon!" he called with all his strength, "Get those three ships to your left before they fire on the town!"
Wargreymon acknowledged Taichi's new orders with a shake of his head and flew towards to his targets. As far as Taichi could tell these airships that everyone was screaming about this morning were really blimps. Or old sailing ships attached to a blimp ballon, something Taichi found amusing before they started to fire their cannons on the school and the adjacent town.
By this point Taichi figured Wargreymon had been able to destroy two thirds of the invasion fleet, but he knew they were far from the end of the battle. After all, one mega level Digimon against 20 or so ships weren't fair odds. As Wargreymon blazed towards another ship, Taichi recalled the events that lead to this, it definitely wasn't going to be a peaceful morning as he wished it were to be.
"The answer is still no. Your way too young to even think about marriage." Taichi half heartedly answered his sister as he ate another mouthful of toasted bread and then threw the rest towards Agumon.
"Mimi's only two years older than I am and she'll be marrying the King, how is it that I'm too young?" Taichi could see her anger increasing. Even though he had no business interfering with his "sister's" affairs, he still had a big brother complex that told him to protect her from any boy.
"Mimi is marrying the King, something she can do nothing about. You however, will be marrying some boy you just met. No, your not marrying him if I have anything to do with this. You're not going to be marrying anybody anytime soon, end of discussion!" This time he stood up from the table, readying himself to leave, ignoring any response from his sister.
He took two steps as he made his way towards the entrance of the Dinning Hall when he was interrupted by who he recognized as Miyako hurrying to where Hikari and himself were standing. Yolei he corrected himself, her name was Yolei in this world.
"Hikari!" Miyako grabbed Hikari, Taichi could tell from the heavy breathing she had ran quite a ways to get here."Come quick! Empire Airships have been spotted, we have to get all the students back down to the basements, its safe there!"
Next thing Taichi knew, a huge explosion was heard. He ignored both what his sister and Miyako were saying and quickly rushed towards the source of the sound. Even though most of the students hated Taichi, he still had a hero complex and was compelled to save every single one of them.
As he made his way towards the courtyards, he heard another explosion. Then he saw it. The explosion had blown away part of the bell tower of the school and was now falling towards someone. And he recognized her, too shock to move. Without thinking he ran as fast as he could towards her, he had to get his body in between her and the falling debris. Agumon was running close behind him.
He could tell he was already too late, but he didn't care, so he ran as if everything had stop. And then he finally felt it, the familiar feeling for the need to protect those he loved. The power he thought he would never have again. An orange glow enveloped both Taichi and Agumon asd they continue to run towards Mimi.
"Agumon do it now!" screamed Taichi.
"Ahh!" Agumon shook his head and came to a stop, "Agumon shinka!"
Now the the orange light surrounding Agumon became blinding, something Taichi was bery grateful for. And then he emerged, a figure Taichi had long to see since the day he arrived in this world.
"Wargreymon!"
As Taichi recovered from his mini daydream, he noticed that only five ships remain, with the biggest and what he guessed to be the "boss" airship now flying towards them.
He then noticed a large, dark figure standing on the upper deck of the ship, far larger than any human. The figure then lept from the ship and fell through the sky. It was then Taichi saw the figure spread its wings and flew towards them, with wings beating like an insect. As the figure came closer, Taichi from shock recognized it, a Digimon he would never forget. MegaKabuterimon.
"Wargreymon! Incoming!"
O O O
This was impossible. Not only was the majority of the Aerial Fleet now destroyed but MegaKabuterimon was losing quite badly against a mysterious Digimon. Since his Digimon had engaged the unknown in a fight, it was able to further destroy two more airships. He didn't know how many of his soldiers were dead, but it was close to the thousands. It seem that destroying his ships was effortless for the mysterious Digimon. His men died from either the impact when the Digimon charged it or they would fall to their deaths. Out of the twenty five airships that he had brought over, only three remained.
He spotted the two Digimon fighting, MegaKabuterimon looked to be in bad shape. Koushiro knew that his Digimon would not last any longer. He knew the battle was lost, he'll have to send word to Davis that the Aerial Fleet would not be able to reinforce the ground troops. His thought was shaken when he heard another explosion, the airship to his right was now in flames, close enough for Koushiro to see countless men falling, some where on fire.
"Lord Manchester!" It was his first mate and his most trusted soldier, the orphan Takato, "MegaKabuterimon has returned and the doctors are attending to him. The mysterious Digimon is flying right towards us!"
"Tell the men to prepare for landing, I'll hold him off until then." Koushiro slowly fingered the hilt of his pistol, he knew that his weapons were no match for a Digimon but it'll be a distraction in order for them to land safely. Yes, Koushiro knew he had lost the battle.
He made his way to the top deck of the ship, one floor above the wheelhouse. As he entered he spot their sister ship and then another explosion. He had never been so frighten in his life, never had he fought such a powerful foe. His nickname was the Red Devil, an honor he had earned after freeing Manchester from it's abusive governors through military force. Yet that seemed like child's play compare to this beast.
Koushiro had yet to identify the Digimon that had destroyed the entire fleet, it was simply too fast for it to be anything but a orange blur. He spotted MegaKabuterimon on the starboard side with doctors attending to his wounds.
"Old friend, I hope you are not too injured." Koushiro proceeded to look his Digimon over, unable to find life threatening wounds.
"Koushiro." MegaKabuterimon called in a low whisper, no doubt he was too injured and too tired from fighting the enemy. "It's a mega level Digimon Koushiro! Wargreymon."
He was beyond shocked to here this. It was impossible. The only one in Royal who had...no would could have a mega level Digimon was the King. The separatist leader, Jyou de Lyonais had confirmed this just this morning. He had been assured the school would offer no resistance, but the proof was evident, Royal had somehow secured themselves another mega level Digimon.
Koushiro swallowed what little silva he had left in his dry mouth and pulled his pistol to a readied position, deep in thought about what was presented to him. Mega level Digimon was rare, reserved for only those born into royalty. He had only heard of four which existed, one from the previous King of the British Empire, Cody di Tottenham's father. The other one where held by the King of Royal and the last two held by warlords in the country of Ming. This was something he could not explain, surely the gods were favoring the enemy.
Koushiro made his way to the opposite side of where MegaKabuterimon sat, he spotted the mega level Digimon charging from underneath the ship's haul. If he didn't act quick, his ship would surely be split in two like the rest of the fleet. He quickly took aim and fired his pistol. Koushiro had successful alter the path of the enemy Digimon, but was now starring at the orange armored Digimon eye to eye.
"Koushiro?"
Notes: I've been so busy with school work I haven't had anytime to write, that means I've been stuck on chapter 2 of book 3 for the last month. Thank god I have about 20 chapters of buffering zone for just the need. i've been going back to old Michi fics that I use to love, The Captain's Lady and Spawn of the Vampire to name a few...ah the good old days. Does anyone else remember a pirate fic with Mimi and Taichi? I for the life of me can not find it anymore or did it actually exist in the first place?
