Chapter 7
Byakuya took another deep breath.
As he stared towards the rotting corpse of his 'girlfriend', a rush of feelings came to him. A part of him was happy to see that Toko was somehow miraculously alive. But by the same token, the heir had been taken by surprise. The writer's body looked to be ready to fall apart, with a majority of her body looking quite thin. In a couple of places, one could make out the quite fragile joints holding her limbs together. Her eye sockets were a pair of empty voids, rendering her theoretically blind. Yet, Toko somehow managed to maintain eye contact with him. Her outfit was still the same as before, with the only major difference being it more faded and ripped up.
"Master?" Byakuya whispered and took a deep breath. "You're quite funny, Toko. Just call me, Byakuya."
Toko stared back at him, suddenly confused by his comment.
"Toko? Is your head full of marbles or something? It's Syo." 'Toko' answered and pulled out a pair of scissors, pointing them towards the heir and his nude companion. "Or have you forgotten? I guess I'll need to fix that…"
A second later, one of the scissors pierced Byakuya's skull as his vision slowly began to darken.
"You whore!" his digimon announced and muttered something under her breath. Somehow, this was enough to make a purple liquid form on her hands.
Nazer Nail!
"Aww… Aren't Lilithmon the cutest?" 'Toko' joked, only to get a shriek from her opponent. Lilithmon then slammed her hands into the writer, watching the goop cling on. "Is that really the best you got? For someone once known as Magi Scholar, you have lost your touch."
"Syo…" Byakuya whispered as everything went dark.
Byakuya Togami opened his eyes.
The hallway was gone now, having been replaced with a cyan green void. Lilithmon laid beside him, strangely now fully clothed. Or in this case, a gray blouse with a matching skirt. Her short black hair had been tied into a bun, going quite well with her purple eyes and pale skin.
"At least you understand the basic concept of clothes." Byakuya snarled, only for his digimon to roll her eyes.
"Well, excuse me master!" Lilithmon answered and took a deep breath. "It's not my fault I suddenly found myself without such things!"
"Stupid slut."
"Four-eyed asshole."
What followed, was the duo hurling insults and slander at each other in an attempt to assert dominance.
"Enough!" a voice announced and the two turned around, finding a large light blue chinese-style dragon floating high above. "Good, you're both here."
Byakuya did a double take, unsure of how to really react to this. While a variety of weird stuff had occurred within the previous hours, this seemed to take the cake. Well, at least for the moment. He had a sneak suspicion this would be overshadowed at a later point.
"So, what you do you want with us?" the heir announced as he finally got himself up. Lilithmon did the same, only to suddenly kneel on the ground. "Did you have to do that?"
"Yes." Lilithmon answered as Byakuya reluctantly copied.
"Now that I have both of your attention," the dragon explained, only to sigh. "Please tell me you both still have your memories?"
His audience looked towards then back at themselves, unsure of how to really answer that question. While being truthful on the matter was in their best interests, they didn't really have much of a clue what they were getting themselves into.
"Uh…" Byakuya answered and took a deep breath. "Of course we have our memories back! What could have possibly made you think that?"
The dragon did not answer, instead choosing instead to sigh. He had probably been hoping this would not be the case, but still somehow seemed willing to deal with both of them.
"Hmm… I guess I should introduce myself then." their host announced. "I am Lord Azulongmon, one of the four great sovereigns of the Digital World. How about you two?"
"Byakuya Togami, Heir to the Togami Corporation." Byakuya whispered and glanced towards his partner. "And that's Lilithmon, my useless servant thing."
Azulongmon stared at the heir with a look of confusion.
"Are you sure about that?" the dragon answered and chuckled. "Personally, I would beg to differ. Maybe in time, you'll come to a much different answer."
The heir didn't answer, instead choosing to make a quick glance towards his partner. Maybe the dragon was right and his partner did have some form of potential. But for now though, he just wanted to know where they were and why they were here. He could figure it out from there.
But before he could even ask those sorts of questions, the world began to spin around as everything gradually faded to black.
.
Once more, Byakuya opened his eyes,
The hallway was back now, with him still laying on it. 'Toko' was long gone now, having left Lilithmon on the ground beside the heir. At the very least, she was clothed now.
"Ugh…" the heir whispered and pulled himself up, only to reluctantly to hold a hand out for his digimon. "Come on, let's head back to our room."
With that, Lilithmon got up and took a deep breath. The two then headed off, giving little focus to the hall they walked through. It was easier that way. Even then, they could just let the awkward silence between them do all the talking for them.
Thankfully, nothing of any interest happened on the way back to the dorms. The awkward silence followed right behind, serving as neither threat or ally. Even if it did seem to leave once they reached the dorms.
Byakuya casually opened the door, only to do a double take.
At first, everything seemed quite normal. The room hadn't been ransacked and there were no dead bodies to speak of. But on closer inspection though, someone had painted a mural.
The mural in question was of a trio of people. The person on the left held a staff in the air, seemingly charged with magical energy. The middle person had a sword and seemed quite enchanted by its 'beauty'. Finally, the person on the right appeared to be holding a set of daggers. Unlike the other two through, her gaze seemed to focused on the middle figure.
"Okay…" the heir whispered and the two stepped inside.
"There you are, master!"