I DON'T OWN DIGIMON

Author's Note: I'm sorry about Highmiramon's Birth. I've got no clue what happened to it and I don't have it backed up. I also apologize for the short chapter.

Chapter 10

Death Takes A Hare

Arbormon's fractal code appeared and all Ranamon could do was watch with disbelief as his data was downloaded into his destroyer. This didn't make any sense to her. That thing wasn't a digimon. It was only some dog. Some stupid robot dog, how could it do it? First Mercurimon and now Arbormon. She began to back away from it as when Arbormon had been initially attacked, she had been thrown to the ground. The dog seemed to be sniffing the air, trying to pick up her scent. Rain had been pouring down hard and the Legendary Warrior of Water had been covered with mud. It turned in her direction and began to growl. The dog ran towards her at such a speed that not a sound escaped her as its teeth clamped down on her throat.

Trinoamon was about in the same situation that Ranamon was in as Shadowpaladinmon's right fist began to try to crush his throat. He was pulling at the hand with all his strength but the dark version of his friend was too strong. His vision began to go dark when suddenly the grip on his throat was released. Shadowpaladinmon stumbled and turned in the direction of his attacker. Trinoamon could see a crack in Shadowpaladinmon's armor. He got up to see that the attacker had been Lunarleomon who began to twirl his lance.

"So, it's the cop's partner." The dark paladin said.

Lunarleomon stopped twirling the lance and rested it on his left shoulder. "You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent." He said as he attacked. With each sentence, he struck Shadowpaladinmon. "Should you choose not to retain this right; anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you can not afford an attorney, one will be appointed for—!"

Shadowpaladinmon sent Lunarleomon into the air, yanking the lance away from him. He studied the weapon before chucking it aside. As he edged towards the prone digital lion, an intense energy blast coupled with the striking of a sword on his chest sent him back a few feet. CrusaderBunnymon jumped backwards and landed with her weapon ready. Shadowpaladinmon stepped forward again shaking his head.

"Why do all of you weaklings believe you can stop me?" He asked them as a dozen balls landed near him.

The balls shot out purple smoke and the dark paladin was struck several times. Shadowpaladinmon fell to the ground from the sudden attack but he knew exactly who it had to have been despite not seeing his attacker.

"DarkTrinoamon, where are you?" He yelled out. "Why do any of you think you can stop me?"

The shadow of DarkTrinoamon appeared through the smoke. He raised his katana to his right side in the appropriate style.

"Because as forces of good, we have no choice but to try to stop you." Brett said before attacking again.

Paladinmon was in the center of the Sovereigns Chamber and had just finished loading the data of the other four Sovereigns. His sword sliced through the air as his entire body crackled with energy. Aside from the crackling of energy, the only sound that could be heard was the screaming of the sole-surviving Sovereign. All that Sagemon could do was look on as his master screamed in either pain or agony. It was probably both. He shook his head. It shouldn't have come to this. Sagemon walked away from the scene. There were other matters that the Lord Sovereign would want him to attend to that took greater importance than seeing to his suffering. He walked into what could best be described as a conference room. Several different digimon were there waiting for him. Sagemon took his position at the podium.

"The Lord Sovereign will recover in due time but there is still great work that he would like for us to do beforehand." Sagemon told them.

Of course, Myotismon was the first to speak up. "Why should we listen to you? The Lord Sovereign, though he is half-human, did not make any such order. As far as most of us are concerned, we should wait for our Lord Sovereign to recover before undertaking any such mission."

Myotismon's words seemed to have struck a few chords with the other digimon. Sagemon had to act fast.

"Yes, the Lord Sovereign is half-human and you know he has no blood heirs." Sagemon said. "But he does have a god-daughter."

This bit of information seemed to get their attention. Again, Myotismon seemed to be the first with a response.

"A god-daughter, I wasn't privy to this information." He stated. "When did this happen?"

"His human half's best friend, Victor Vyon." Sagemon said glad that he had the attention of the room again. He displayed an image of Victor and Jessica. "These two have had a child named Destiny. When she was born, the Lord Sovereign was not present but they chose to name him the child's godfather. By our laws, she is the next in line for the throne should our Lord Sovereign pass on. If he does. Earlier today, the evil Legendary Warriors attacked and have made off with her on the orders of Shadowpaladinmon who is currently engaged in battle with the Lord Sovereign's friends. What matters most is the child."

"Though that may be the case, why should we do it?" Myotismon asked.

"Are you that dense, Myotismon?" Sagemon asked him gripping the sides of the podium. "Though I do this for the good of the Lord Sovereign's kingdom, don't you realize that any digimon that takes part in this rescue operation could be greatly rewarded for it. Though he does not know it, it is still the child of his friends. Do you understand it now? Did I put it in words those like you would understand?"

The entire room nodded their heads and Sagemon smiled.

"Now, here is the plan..." He began to state.

He was cut short by a loud explosion. Sagemon alone looked to see a gaping hole in the ceiling of the Sovereigns Chamber and Brian and Tinymon unconscious on the floor.

Shadowpaladinmon yelled in frustration and hurled himself into the air. Though he did not possess the ability of flight like his counterpart does, he could still leap great heights. He had his sword raised blindly straight into the air and felt something being penetrated by it. The blade broke and whatever it was fell towards the earth. A quick spin dissipated the smoke and a surprising look of horror crossed the face of Shadowpaladinmon as everyone saw what or rather who it was that was stabbed.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Shadowpaladinmon yelled out. "Not you, I wanted you to live!"

It seemed as though the digital world had fell silent as CrusaderBunnymon fell towards the ground. She was silent as she broke apart into data particles. The bunny knight disappeared before she hit the dirt.

"This ends now!" Trinoamon yelled and speared Shadowpaladinmon to the edge of a nearby cliff.

Raising Lunarleomon's spear that he had grabbed, Trinoamon rammed it into Shadowpaladinmon's right shoulder. With one of his katanas, he impaled the left shoulder. All Shadowpaladinmon could do was laugh.

"You can't destroy me." Shadowpaladinmon laughed.

"I might not be able to, but that can." Trinoamon said pointing to the ocean. He could see a look of fear cross Shadowpaladinmon's face.

"NO! YOU CAN'T!" He yelled.

Trinoamon pulled out his second katana and energized it. "After what you did to April and Bunnymon, not to mention what you did to Destiny; how could I not?" He asked.

Trinoamon flipped into the air and sliced away a large section of the cliff. Shadowpaladinmon fell into the water and sank beneath its surface. The samurai lobster collapsed and split apart into Ebidramon and Victor. The two of them were breathing heavily. All of them ran over to the two of them cheering. Jessica, however, was perplexed.

"Why was Shadowpaladinmon scared of the ocean?" She asked.

"Well, it started back when I was seven..." Victor began to say.

Several Years Ago

Victor and his family had just arrived at the Eldon Pool. It wasn't that great of a public pool but it was close to their apartment. They had both turned seven today and their parents knew that they liked to swim so naturally, they went to the pool. As Victor grabbed his bottled water, he heard something. A kid about his age was running away from a group of kids.

"Leave me alone!" He yelled at them.

"What are you scared?"

"Little Brian's gonna cry like a little baby!"

As Victor watched, he saw the kid round the corner to the deep end of the pool. The Deep End was around 25 to 35 feet deep and was the location of the diving boards. He watched in horror as Brian tripped, hit his head on the concrete side of the pool, and fell in the water. As he began to sink, Victor began to run. He passed Brett.

"Get a lifeguard!" He yelled at his twin brother.

Victor dove into the water and began to swim downwards. Brian had already landed at the bottom of the pool and he knew he had to act fast. When he finally reached Brian, his lungs felt like they were going to burst. Fighting back the urge to exhale, he grabbed one of Brian's arms and began the slow climb back to the surface. It seemed like it had taken him forever to reach the surface but he finally did. A pair of lifeguards helped them out of the water. They began to help Brian immediately. This was the first time Victor thought someone might die. It took a couple of minutes but Brian began to cough up the water.

"So, you saved Brian's life." Jessica said.

"Yah, Brian didn't know how to swim and after that, he had to deal with aquaphobia." Victor said.

Roy began to laugh and shake his head. "So the great Brian is afraid of water. Obviously, he bathes and all but he's afraid of water."

Victor nodded. "You might say that. After Brian got out of the hospital, we became friends."

"Well, I knew all that Vic." Brett said to him. "But how did you know that Shadowpaladinmon had the same fear?"

"I don't know. I guess it was a feeling." Victor replied. "But now, let's find my daughter."

The next few weeks were rather solemn. Since no body was recovered, a memorial service was conducted and the turnout had been great as most of the inhabitants of the digital worlds had shown up. Victor had wondered where Brian and Tinymon were but that thought escaped him as a digimon walked up to him.

Name: Falconmon

Level: Champion

Attacks: Falcon Arrow and Peregrine Assault

Falconmon seemed to take a form similar to Leomon except a bow was slung across his back rather than a sword.

"I have been sent by Sagemon, servant of the Lord Sovereign. Sagemon has information on your child. If you wish to know more, there will be a D-Ark programmed to take you to see Sagemon located half a mile west of this city." Falconmon said before vanishing using a flash grenade.

"Looks like there is going to be a road trip." Victor said.