Rise and Fall-chapter 10
Yay! Chapter 10! ^_^ By the way Iniora, It's YOUKAI! Not Yoki. I wondered what it was and at first I thought it was a new type of maki or sushi... (now THIS is embarrassing...)
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Bee continued to bring the two siblings together. However, the word 'nice' didn't appear in his vocab so, he ended up doing it, the HARD way.
"So that's it? You're just gonna forget 'em? You're not even gonna try and take revenge on whoever activated your Dark Modes?" Bee growled.
"Personally, I'd say they are cowardly and forgetful fools. Pity their parents were capable of getting over their own problems and these two aren't." Black added. E-vie glared at Black.
"We haven't...!!" Black cut her short, applying more pressure on his grip. Bee smirked mockingly at the statement.
"You haven't, have you? Then why are you and your brother allowing us to hold you here as if you don't have a will to live?" Black growled.
"If you're not ready for the battlefield, then you'd better 'cause if you don't, might as well kiss you friend's rears goodbye. We need every mon up at full throttle and having you two in a pity party when Black, Lucifer and I are going after Nina is..." Bee paused and turned a hundred and eighty degrees before throwing Lars across the field and continuing,
"The LAST damn thing we need right now!!!" Now, Lars was mad. Really mad. He flipped in mid-air, landing in a crouch and digging his claws into the ground for extra brakes. This made Bee surprised and happy at the same time. Lars grabbed both his guns and threw them harshly on the ground before standing back up in a half-crouching fighting stance.
"Calling me a coward is the last thing I'd hear coming out of you. Not when father made me promise to keep on living. And especially for him." His claws glowed menacingly, showing that he was ready to swipe his claws at any time at all. Bee smirked and threw his own guns away, fighting fair so to say.
"Y'know, you two remind me a lot of your pops; stubborn idiots till the very end." E-vie heard that statement and she didn't like it one bit. Rage engulfed her as she growled and kicked Black away from her. She flipped in mid-air, taking her guns out and pointed both to Bee, who was occupied enough by her brother.
"Take that back about my father!!" before she could pull the trigger, Black punched her in the face. She didn't receive a full impact as she did a last- minute evade but got hit anyway. This resulted in her grip loosening and with that chance; Black kicked her guns out of the way as they both landed neatly right next to Bee's.
"I'm sure he would kindly do so if it were not the truth." Black smirked. E- vie returned it, wiping a thin trail of blood from the corner of her mouth and said,
"Glad you knew."
It didn't take the two long to have both elder digimon backed up against each other, arms suffering from cuts and scrapes. Realizing how bad their condition was, Black and Bee looked over each other's shoulders to look at one another and exchanged mental comments.
::Well Beelzemon, I guess you can pat yourself on the back for doing such a good job getting them back on course now.:: Black noted mentally with a smirk. Bee noticed the sarcasm and rolled his eyes.
::Gimme a break... Now I'm starting to regret calling Rouge an idiot in their faces the first place.:: Bee said with a smirk.
::You simply said the truth. It's not your fault they dislike it so much.:: Black replied, getting ready for another attack made by either one of the two.
::Eh,:: Bee couldn't say anything more.
"What're you two thinking about?" Lars growled. Bee closed his eyes, smirking and said in a mocking tone,
"Nah, just how we're gonna explain to Rouge when we eventually head on up that it was us who had to send you and that pathetic fighter of a sister to your graves when we were just trying to get you back in check."
"That's it!!!" E-vie dashed in Black's direction and was about to kick, as did Lars but both managed to stop just centimeters away from both their targets faces. Both Bee and Black had a mixture of pain and surprise on their faces as they both fell on their knees and doubled over in pain. Before they both hit the ground, both Lars and E-vie caught them.
"What's wrong?" Rico hurried over to the small group, his twin and both wizards following them.
"Good question...!" Bee grunted in pain. He was cut off in mid sentence when pain shot through him. He managed to suppress a scream as they realized what was happening.
"Nina...!!" both Black and Bee said in unison.
"Huh?" Tosh didn't quite get the situation as Ronfar was currently clueless. Black opened one pained eye to look at everyone.
"Nina... is in pain...! And... what we're feeling now... is just the blunt... end of it!" he held on tighter to his abdomen, where the pain was greatest when power replaced them. Both Wick and Wyna pulled their respective master/mistress and partners back before anything happens to them.
"What's happening to them!?" Heather said, as she peeked from behind Dae. Dae narrowed his eyes, a cold sweat running down his back.
"They can't be... They're Spirit Digivolving!" Dae said as he shielded Heather.
Bee and Black were now engulfed in a white light, their bodies breaking as if their datas were downloaded but both merged into one. They saw the silhouette of the Chaos Lord, a familiar form who was yet unfamiliar. His former black armor was now white, streaks of silver and grey etched onto it. The huge shield he once used to defeat the Fire Elemental vanished and his sword had now seemed to be even redder, crimson lines dashed across the blade to form an intricate pattern. His former short red hair kept its color but now it grew to rest between his shoulder blades.
Chaos Lord opened his amber eyes in shock and his hand instinctively reached his racing heart where he attempted to calm it. Heather watched in awe as Dae took a step back in surprise.
"It can't be... C-Chaos Lord...!?" Dae almost squeaked but Chaos Lord heard this and looked at the demon. The amber eyes seemed to pierce him as Chaos Lord smirked. Dae only managed to blink.
"I guess you've never seen my two parts as a whole." Chaos Lord said with a chuckle. He stood up to his full height, letting his powers settle down.
"We can wait no longer. We must depart to the Sacred Sanctuary now." Everyone nodded but paused when they noticed that Chaos Lord had zoned out for a minute.
"What's he doing?" Heather asked. Dae didn't reply. She pouted and stepped up to Chaos Lord. Standing on her tiptoes, as tall as she could stand, she waved a frail hand in front of the Spirit digimon's face. Chaos Lord blinked a couple of times before smiling and gently pulling Heather's hand away from his face, which made Dae think of the unimaginable.
"I was having a conversation, dear lady. You needn't worry." Heather gulped as she went back to Dae's protection.
"I've just received word that we can no longer use the direct route to the Sacred Sanctuary and that we are needed now, I suggest we use a shortcut through Ancient's Woods." Chaos Lord said, cocking his head to the said forests' direction. Dae nearly jumped in surprise.
"A-A-A-A-A-ANCIENT'S WOODS!!!?!??! That's insane!!!" he shouted without realizing he just did and felt a bit embarrassed when he finally realized what he just said. Chaos Lord chuckled.
"Normally yes; with Nina and Lucifer saying that they'll be there to help open the gates to the Land of the Forgotten Kings, it's only half as insane as it sounds." Chaos Lord almost laughed.
"Well, all in favor of insanity, say I." Rico joked, looking around at the rest with his hands on his hips. The others smiled and said,
"I!" Dae and Heather exchanged looks before agreeing.
"I... I guess we could tag along too, if you don't think we'll bother you..." Heather said quietly. Tosh grinned.
"Are you kidding? The more the merrier, y'know?" he laughed, slinging an arm over Heather's shoulder in a teasing manner. Heather blushed and held back her reflexive move of punching the red-headed boy in the nose. Renamon looked at Chaos Lord.
"By any chance, does this forest you call 'Ancient's Woods' have any means of demons or other possessed hell monsters in it?" obviously, the question was in favor of the scaredy-cat Jennifer. Chaos Lord looked over at the sensitive blonde girl mention and said with a mischievous smirk,
"Only the friendly kind." Instead of making Jennifer feel better, it made her doubt she'd go through the forest conscious.
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Crescent looked disapprovingly into her staff's 'mirror'.
"What is she doing!? I didn't create a fake of myself to cause such a disturbance! And by using the Spell of Past, it would take me some more time before I regain full power!" Crescent growled. True, it was a fake. She wouldn't waste her powers just to halt them in a backfiring manner! Besides, the Spell of Past seemed to be in favor of her enemy's team! She crushed the small mirror, crushing her fake and felt half of her lost magic recovered.
She continued to go through the corridor and met up with two mons whom she wouldn't want to bump into; Neo Crimson and Zedomon. Drat! She was concentrating too much on what to do that she didn't even SENSE the two mons! She growled as both pulled their swords out.
"Crescent! Finally we meet." Zedomon swung his sword in her direction, expecting her ever present protection shell in place. She put her hand in the air as if holding the hilt of a sword as her protection shell dissolved and formed a black sword. Without much effort, she pushed Zedomon back. Both skidded and stood their grounds. Crescent pulled her hat off as it turned into a black ribbon and tied her hair up into a high ponytail. Her attire changed, thanks to a wave of magic. Her dress changed into a tight- fitting battle costume, (Think Madonna's black counterpart in her video clip of 'Die another day'.) and her high-heeled boots were thigh-high as she pointed her sword in Zedomon's direction.
"I have no time to be playing around with the 13th Deva who shouldn't have been a Deva." She said, her lavender eyes turning Zedomon's shade of amber. The sword she held rippled with demonic magic as both attacked at the same time,
"Blade of Chaos!!" both attacks intercepted mid-way but with the help of a magic-amplifying spell Crescent cast on herself, she pushed Zedomon into the ground. Zedomon's sword flew right next to Neo's leg and he seemed to have no mobility at all. His movement was stopped. Without looking up, Cresent raised a palm in Neo's direction.
"REAF MIUZ!!!" a bolt of black magic shot out from her palm and struck Neo square on the chest and with an agonized scream, the Crimson Noble vanished. Crescent paused, realizing that she had only casted a teleportation spell and growled as Zedomon kicked her off him. He flipped backwards and when he was about to land, he opened both wings. Strangely, they weren't angelic. It seemed more like white demon wings. He drew his sword from the ground and stayed airborne, pointing his weapon in Crescent's direction.
Crescent merely looked up and turned. She pulled her ribbon off, making it return to its original form of her hat and her clothes were also in their original forms. She looked at Zedomon again.
"I would like to play around with you some more Zedomon but unfortunately, I don't have the time to be playing around. If you wish to interfere with my work, I'd advise you to help that little jewel-bearer before I myself get to her."
"And where would that put you?" Zedomon almost growled.
"That's none of your business. Reaf Miuz!" she herself vanished as Zedomon narrowed his eyes and landed. Folding his wings back in place, he felt the whole world spin around him. He held on to the wall for support and with his head down, he coughed out blood. He could feel his knees shaking as he continued to cough and as he stopped a short while later, he was gasping for air as he slid down the wall.
He looked up at the ceiling and frowned.
"Bolt... Firenze... Wendiene..." he bowed his head at the mention of these names. He knew what had happened to them and it wasn't a pretty picture. He bit his lower lip and slowly stood up. One hand immediately found their way to his broken ribs, thanks to the impact of his fall and he slowly walked to where the Storm Gate was.
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Neo Crimson sat up, rubbing the back of his head from his mislanding. He looked up, sensing danger and took his dagger out, not needing any effort in springing to his feet and driving the knife into the dark digimon's chest, right where the heart should be.
"Okay... Dark shadows, blank trees, damp soil... The Cursed Shrine??" Neo raised an eyebrow. He wasn't expecting to be in a place where he would gain more power. He was expecting more of a dark spell. He pushed the dark Mega digimon off his knife and slid down the side of the hill. As he slid halfway down, he spread his black, bat-like wings and dove down, sword in hand.
"Sheesh... the enemy keeps on coming! And darn... someone with the jewels is here...!" Neo paused for a split second to touch the shard he wore on his left ear. Then, he heard voices. Jumping over some enemies and cutting them down at the same time, he was just in time to throw it to one. As quickly as he had thrown the knife, he withdrew it and turned it into his sword, pointing it in his enemy's face.
"Hey buddy, watch where you're... aiming...?"
'...A girl? A HUMAN girl???' Neo questioned himself. He looked at her right in the eyes and she had a strange expression he had never seen anyone pull. She looked at him almost from head to toe and it made him shift a bit uncomfortably.
"A human?" he questioned, trying to confirm his thoughts and at the same time, a bit agitated by her staring at him. One of the many things Crimson Nobles never liked; being stared at.
"Well duh. Who were you expecting, the real Athena?" she said with a strange smile. Neo blinked. A mon he didn't notice who was standing behind her emitted a low groan. And somehow, he heard someone speaking.
::Chaos Lord, I'll warn you now. Nina's found dating material.:: with her glaring at something behind him, he shook his head slightly. Was he hearing things?
"A bit ironic that the Keeper of the Crimson Items would find herself face to face with one of the Crimson Nobles, no?" Neo looked to the side and saw Chaos Lord. Quickly sheathing his sword and turning towards the taller mon, he said,
"Chaos Lord! I was separated from Zedomon and the others! Crescent is making her way to the main throne room and..."his worry-stricken voice dropped to one of despair as he finished,
"MoonMachinedramon is completed..." He looked down to the end of his shoes and Chaos Lord took some time to let all the information sink in and after it did, he sheathed his sword and asked, suddenly remembering he hadn't been in good terms with this certain Noble and had not even bothered to ask for his name,
"Whom, may I ask, are you?" Neo Crimson looked up, straight into Chaos Lord's blue orbs and said,
"My name is Neo Crimson," the human girl he saw beforehand sighed and he blinked a couple of times as Lucifer had hit the back of her head with one of his 'paws'. His red eyes widened as he recalled who this mon was. A werewolf appearance with ash-grey fur, and a crimson blade. Surely, this digimon is none other than,
"L-Lord Ancient!" Lucifer turned to the red-head digimon and shook his head.
"No, my name is Lucifer. It's kind of a long story how I look like Ancient but it's going to have to wait till another time. Like you said, we still need to hurry up and catch up with the others." Lucifer said, earning a nod from the Noble. He turned on his heel towards the advancing enemies and unsheathed his sword. It glowed red after a short while and he started everything off with a war cry and rushing headlong towards the enemy.
He jumped in the air, sword high above his head with a menacing gleam and as he brought the blade down, he bellowed,
"CRIMSON SLASHER!!!!"
The blade struck dark flesh, once.
Shrieks of wounded or nearly dead enemies filled his ears, seeming as though the sound would forever haunt him.
Twice,
He had taken down more of the enemy. More screams and cries of pain printed themselves in his mind, forcing it almost to its limits. One hand clutched his head as he continued slashing down the dark forces.
'Ugh...!! What's... wrong... with MMMEEE!? ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Thrice, the fourth, fifth, sixth slash until all that's left of the dark army were mere pieces of flesh surrounding the young Noble. Panting slightly and sweat dotting his forehead with some running down the side of his face, he turned to his new-found 'companions' and as he took one step towards them, he felt another strong surge of magic screech.
"AAARRGGGHH!!!!!!!!!!" Neo fell onto the ground, clutching his head. It hurt worse than before. If there was any sound worse than the sound of scraping glass, that would be what he was hearing and what he was feeling... it was excruciating! His head throbbed and it felt like it was going to burst, his body felt weak all of a sudden and what pained him most was the images that ran in front of his eyes.
Wendiene was dead, Firenze and Bolt experienced the same fate. As if predicting the future, all, each and every one of them, fell to the ground, defeated. There was no other color for him to see than the crimson taint of blood. He writhed in pain on the ground as he felt a pair of gentle arms cradle him, as if protecting him.
The sound had faded slightly, the throbbing had grown weaker and he could open his eyes slowly. He looked up weakly, and met the human girl's eyes. All he could remember before falling unconscious was saying a name he never knew had been in his memory,
"...Ni...na..."
Meanwhile, Crescent was being stopped in front of the main throne room. She reached for the handle but, a force field seemed to be stopping her from doing so. She growled.
"I'm just wasting my time... I know the Storm Gate is here and in here is where I can control our little 'conductor'." She glared at the door and narrowed her eyes. Shifting her gaze to the weak point of the barrier, she found it resting on top of the door handle, just in between the two huge doors. A smile played on her lips and with a simple wave of magic, the barrier was broken and she stepped inside.
The room was much bigger than she had expected. Surely, it would have passed for a ball room than a throne room. An orb twice her size was glowing in front of her with a fairy-like creature in it, sitting without any movements, as if she were chained. The fairy's head was bent down so she couldn't see her face and Crescent cocked her head to one side before approaching it.
::...Is it my time already...?:: a quiet voice rang in Crescent's mind, repeating itself as if it was a chime of some sort. Crescent's smile disappeared as she stopped right in front of the fairy.
"If that is how you see it, it is." The fairy still didn't flinch, still curled up in a sitting position with her head resting on her forearms.
::Then... is it true that our world is coming to an end? That the battle which will erupt would end our very existence?:: Crescent clenched her fist. She knew the fairy was going to say that. She knew it would happen so, why? She didn't know either and she found it hard for herself to answer.
"...Everyone's time will come, Memoria. Now, I want you to..."
::Release my gate and cause everyone's death? Never.:: Crescent could feel her blood boiling and pulled her staff in front of the fairy.
"Now listen, Memoria. You may be the Great keeper of Time and Space but that doesn't mean I cannot defeat you!!" Memoria looked up at the witch with her eyes closed and slowly opened them. Her eye color changed with every blink she did and just continued to stare at the witch, as if she never met her before.
::...Everyone's not perfect. I may be powerful, but that doesn't stop anyone from killing me.:: Memoria said in an almost lifeless voice. Crescent glared at the time keeper and dropped her hands to her sides, bowing her head so the fairy couldn't see her face.
"Memoria, you may be right, but you may be wrong. Whether you're right or not, this is the path I have chosen! And I will not escape from it until I finish it. Yes, I know I have chosen what is wrong in your eyes but what matters to me is that I've come this far! I'm not going back. No, not now! OrmeAni Don!!!" Black thunder crashed around the witch and surrounded Memoria, forming four black orbs which shot powerful magic at the petite fairy below.
Memoria held her arms up to her face, trying to protect herself. She emitted cries of pain whenever she was struck and just as she thought she couldn't make it, she called out,
"Gate of Time! Gate of Memories!! Lead me to my throne, let us bring this witch to judgement!!" a portal opened above Memoria, canceling Crescent's spell. Crescent was taken aback by this and cancelled the spell herself before being sucked into the dimensional vortex.
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By this time, Rico's party has reached Ancient's Woods. Sure enough, the place was crawling with hell creatures. Most of them were either Virus digimon or mutated digimon. Chaos Lord led the way, making almost a straight line through the forest with his beam attack. The rest followed, all in either their Mega or Ultimate forms, some even in their Hybrid forms.
"If there was one thing I'd LOVE to have now, I'd love to get outta here!!" Ronfar exclaimed, ducking from an axe which hovered just above his head. Tosh, who had merged with his Kotemon, gave a sarcastic laugh.
"That's just because you can't figure out how to biomerge!" Heather sweatdropped.
"It's a miracle they came this far and survived, you know Dae?" her Daemon just nodded. Blizzmon, also known as Blizzard, froze the whole area, freezing their incoming enemies. Satisfied that the enemy was no longer mobile, she turned to Chaos Lord.
"So, where do we go now?" Chaos Lord, as if in a trance turned to her, in an almost shocked manner. He looked around, where the temperature was dropping to a considerably freezing point and sighed.
"We have to find the Gate first. Even though the Gate is right in front of us, it needs two forces to open it. One exactly from the origin and one from here. Unfortunately, Nina is nowhere near the Gate."
"Then, why don't you tell her to go to this 'Gate' thing?" Rico folded his arms, rubbing both his arms as the cold area was making him quite sleepy and cold. Lars took his jacket off and handed it to Rico, who had graciously put it on and the Virus Mega scratched the back of his head, approaching the Gate he's been hearing out of Chaos Lord's mouth.
"So, what's the big deal? You're just like one of the digimon in the Sanctuary, right? Can't you open it?" He put one hand on his hip, looking straight at Chaos Lord's eyes and the only response he got was; a blink. He looked at Chaos Lord in a sort of uneasy manner and asked,
"What!?" Chaos Lord sighed, shaking his head and patted the younger mon's head.
"Kid, you need some senses knocked to your system. The only digimon who can open this thing are those who either come from the Sanctuary or are actually there. So, there's no other way we can open it that ask Nina to help us with it." Lars huffed, folding his arms across his chest and pondered for a bit. Smirking, he cracked his knuckles and turned to the Gate.
Chaos Lord narrowed his eyes at what the Beelzemon was doing but allowed him to anyway.
"Get a hold onto something 'cos things are gonna get rough." He started to collect energy, his whole body glowing with a dark glow and things suddenly clicked. Wick looked up at where Lars was from his sitting position and shouted,
"No, DON'T!!!" Too late. Lars' wings had grown larger, the feathers replaced by a typical pair of demon's wings. A strong wave forced Chaos Lord a few steps backwards as Lars continued his transformation.
There wasn't much change in his attire besides the fact that the spikes on his boots vanished and his mask melted, bringing his third eye with it. He looked more human now, if not for his face, which still had the blue tinge to it and his tail.
Daemon shielded Heather with his wings as energy continued to erupt from Lars' body in waves.
"What's happening!?" Dae strained his ears(or whatever he has in the absence of ears) to listen to his tamer and once he had the question figured out, he replied,
"I don't know! No digimon ever digivolved this way!!"
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~~~~~~So, what will happen to Lars? Stay tuned for more in the next chapter!!!~~~~
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Nina pouted cutely, her cat-like ears drooping slightly and folding her arms across her chest and said,
"Great... And I thought I got surprises for you guys... Spoiler!!" She made a face at Lars, who in turn frowned at her in an annoyed manner. Neo, who felt like he was left out, suddenly piped up,
"Wait a minute, wait a minute... Since you were able to open the Gate... Do you happen to be one of the two VanGuards?" Lars, in his so-called 'VanGuard' form, turned to Chaos Lord. Chaos Lord shrugged, leaving Lars to turn back to the Noble.
"What the heck's a VanGuard?" Wick looked upwards into the sky and his jaw dropped. There was a huge hole in the sky. It had a diameter big enough to swallow up half of the File Island.
"Oh... My..." Wick couldn't finish his sentence. Before he knew it, everything turned black. He knew he wasn't unconscious, he wasn't passing out. The 'Summoning of Demons' has begun.
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Bee continued to bring the two siblings together. However, the word 'nice' didn't appear in his vocab so, he ended up doing it, the HARD way.
"So that's it? You're just gonna forget 'em? You're not even gonna try and take revenge on whoever activated your Dark Modes?" Bee growled.
"Personally, I'd say they are cowardly and forgetful fools. Pity their parents were capable of getting over their own problems and these two aren't." Black added. E-vie glared at Black.
"We haven't...!!" Black cut her short, applying more pressure on his grip. Bee smirked mockingly at the statement.
"You haven't, have you? Then why are you and your brother allowing us to hold you here as if you don't have a will to live?" Black growled.
"If you're not ready for the battlefield, then you'd better 'cause if you don't, might as well kiss you friend's rears goodbye. We need every mon up at full throttle and having you two in a pity party when Black, Lucifer and I are going after Nina is..." Bee paused and turned a hundred and eighty degrees before throwing Lars across the field and continuing,
"The LAST damn thing we need right now!!!" Now, Lars was mad. Really mad. He flipped in mid-air, landing in a crouch and digging his claws into the ground for extra brakes. This made Bee surprised and happy at the same time. Lars grabbed both his guns and threw them harshly on the ground before standing back up in a half-crouching fighting stance.
"Calling me a coward is the last thing I'd hear coming out of you. Not when father made me promise to keep on living. And especially for him." His claws glowed menacingly, showing that he was ready to swipe his claws at any time at all. Bee smirked and threw his own guns away, fighting fair so to say.
"Y'know, you two remind me a lot of your pops; stubborn idiots till the very end." E-vie heard that statement and she didn't like it one bit. Rage engulfed her as she growled and kicked Black away from her. She flipped in mid-air, taking her guns out and pointed both to Bee, who was occupied enough by her brother.
"Take that back about my father!!" before she could pull the trigger, Black punched her in the face. She didn't receive a full impact as she did a last- minute evade but got hit anyway. This resulted in her grip loosening and with that chance; Black kicked her guns out of the way as they both landed neatly right next to Bee's.
"I'm sure he would kindly do so if it were not the truth." Black smirked. E- vie returned it, wiping a thin trail of blood from the corner of her mouth and said,
"Glad you knew."
It didn't take the two long to have both elder digimon backed up against each other, arms suffering from cuts and scrapes. Realizing how bad their condition was, Black and Bee looked over each other's shoulders to look at one another and exchanged mental comments.
::Well Beelzemon, I guess you can pat yourself on the back for doing such a good job getting them back on course now.:: Black noted mentally with a smirk. Bee noticed the sarcasm and rolled his eyes.
::Gimme a break... Now I'm starting to regret calling Rouge an idiot in their faces the first place.:: Bee said with a smirk.
::You simply said the truth. It's not your fault they dislike it so much.:: Black replied, getting ready for another attack made by either one of the two.
::Eh,:: Bee couldn't say anything more.
"What're you two thinking about?" Lars growled. Bee closed his eyes, smirking and said in a mocking tone,
"Nah, just how we're gonna explain to Rouge when we eventually head on up that it was us who had to send you and that pathetic fighter of a sister to your graves when we were just trying to get you back in check."
"That's it!!!" E-vie dashed in Black's direction and was about to kick, as did Lars but both managed to stop just centimeters away from both their targets faces. Both Bee and Black had a mixture of pain and surprise on their faces as they both fell on their knees and doubled over in pain. Before they both hit the ground, both Lars and E-vie caught them.
"What's wrong?" Rico hurried over to the small group, his twin and both wizards following them.
"Good question...!" Bee grunted in pain. He was cut off in mid sentence when pain shot through him. He managed to suppress a scream as they realized what was happening.
"Nina...!!" both Black and Bee said in unison.
"Huh?" Tosh didn't quite get the situation as Ronfar was currently clueless. Black opened one pained eye to look at everyone.
"Nina... is in pain...! And... what we're feeling now... is just the blunt... end of it!" he held on tighter to his abdomen, where the pain was greatest when power replaced them. Both Wick and Wyna pulled their respective master/mistress and partners back before anything happens to them.
"What's happening to them!?" Heather said, as she peeked from behind Dae. Dae narrowed his eyes, a cold sweat running down his back.
"They can't be... They're Spirit Digivolving!" Dae said as he shielded Heather.
Bee and Black were now engulfed in a white light, their bodies breaking as if their datas were downloaded but both merged into one. They saw the silhouette of the Chaos Lord, a familiar form who was yet unfamiliar. His former black armor was now white, streaks of silver and grey etched onto it. The huge shield he once used to defeat the Fire Elemental vanished and his sword had now seemed to be even redder, crimson lines dashed across the blade to form an intricate pattern. His former short red hair kept its color but now it grew to rest between his shoulder blades.
Chaos Lord opened his amber eyes in shock and his hand instinctively reached his racing heart where he attempted to calm it. Heather watched in awe as Dae took a step back in surprise.
"It can't be... C-Chaos Lord...!?" Dae almost squeaked but Chaos Lord heard this and looked at the demon. The amber eyes seemed to pierce him as Chaos Lord smirked. Dae only managed to blink.
"I guess you've never seen my two parts as a whole." Chaos Lord said with a chuckle. He stood up to his full height, letting his powers settle down.
"We can wait no longer. We must depart to the Sacred Sanctuary now." Everyone nodded but paused when they noticed that Chaos Lord had zoned out for a minute.
"What's he doing?" Heather asked. Dae didn't reply. She pouted and stepped up to Chaos Lord. Standing on her tiptoes, as tall as she could stand, she waved a frail hand in front of the Spirit digimon's face. Chaos Lord blinked a couple of times before smiling and gently pulling Heather's hand away from his face, which made Dae think of the unimaginable.
"I was having a conversation, dear lady. You needn't worry." Heather gulped as she went back to Dae's protection.
"I've just received word that we can no longer use the direct route to the Sacred Sanctuary and that we are needed now, I suggest we use a shortcut through Ancient's Woods." Chaos Lord said, cocking his head to the said forests' direction. Dae nearly jumped in surprise.
"A-A-A-A-A-ANCIENT'S WOODS!!!?!??! That's insane!!!" he shouted without realizing he just did and felt a bit embarrassed when he finally realized what he just said. Chaos Lord chuckled.
"Normally yes; with Nina and Lucifer saying that they'll be there to help open the gates to the Land of the Forgotten Kings, it's only half as insane as it sounds." Chaos Lord almost laughed.
"Well, all in favor of insanity, say I." Rico joked, looking around at the rest with his hands on his hips. The others smiled and said,
"I!" Dae and Heather exchanged looks before agreeing.
"I... I guess we could tag along too, if you don't think we'll bother you..." Heather said quietly. Tosh grinned.
"Are you kidding? The more the merrier, y'know?" he laughed, slinging an arm over Heather's shoulder in a teasing manner. Heather blushed and held back her reflexive move of punching the red-headed boy in the nose. Renamon looked at Chaos Lord.
"By any chance, does this forest you call 'Ancient's Woods' have any means of demons or other possessed hell monsters in it?" obviously, the question was in favor of the scaredy-cat Jennifer. Chaos Lord looked over at the sensitive blonde girl mention and said with a mischievous smirk,
"Only the friendly kind." Instead of making Jennifer feel better, it made her doubt she'd go through the forest conscious.
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Crescent looked disapprovingly into her staff's 'mirror'.
"What is she doing!? I didn't create a fake of myself to cause such a disturbance! And by using the Spell of Past, it would take me some more time before I regain full power!" Crescent growled. True, it was a fake. She wouldn't waste her powers just to halt them in a backfiring manner! Besides, the Spell of Past seemed to be in favor of her enemy's team! She crushed the small mirror, crushing her fake and felt half of her lost magic recovered.
She continued to go through the corridor and met up with two mons whom she wouldn't want to bump into; Neo Crimson and Zedomon. Drat! She was concentrating too much on what to do that she didn't even SENSE the two mons! She growled as both pulled their swords out.
"Crescent! Finally we meet." Zedomon swung his sword in her direction, expecting her ever present protection shell in place. She put her hand in the air as if holding the hilt of a sword as her protection shell dissolved and formed a black sword. Without much effort, she pushed Zedomon back. Both skidded and stood their grounds. Crescent pulled her hat off as it turned into a black ribbon and tied her hair up into a high ponytail. Her attire changed, thanks to a wave of magic. Her dress changed into a tight- fitting battle costume, (Think Madonna's black counterpart in her video clip of 'Die another day'.) and her high-heeled boots were thigh-high as she pointed her sword in Zedomon's direction.
"I have no time to be playing around with the 13th Deva who shouldn't have been a Deva." She said, her lavender eyes turning Zedomon's shade of amber. The sword she held rippled with demonic magic as both attacked at the same time,
"Blade of Chaos!!" both attacks intercepted mid-way but with the help of a magic-amplifying spell Crescent cast on herself, she pushed Zedomon into the ground. Zedomon's sword flew right next to Neo's leg and he seemed to have no mobility at all. His movement was stopped. Without looking up, Cresent raised a palm in Neo's direction.
"REAF MIUZ!!!" a bolt of black magic shot out from her palm and struck Neo square on the chest and with an agonized scream, the Crimson Noble vanished. Crescent paused, realizing that she had only casted a teleportation spell and growled as Zedomon kicked her off him. He flipped backwards and when he was about to land, he opened both wings. Strangely, they weren't angelic. It seemed more like white demon wings. He drew his sword from the ground and stayed airborne, pointing his weapon in Crescent's direction.
Crescent merely looked up and turned. She pulled her ribbon off, making it return to its original form of her hat and her clothes were also in their original forms. She looked at Zedomon again.
"I would like to play around with you some more Zedomon but unfortunately, I don't have the time to be playing around. If you wish to interfere with my work, I'd advise you to help that little jewel-bearer before I myself get to her."
"And where would that put you?" Zedomon almost growled.
"That's none of your business. Reaf Miuz!" she herself vanished as Zedomon narrowed his eyes and landed. Folding his wings back in place, he felt the whole world spin around him. He held on to the wall for support and with his head down, he coughed out blood. He could feel his knees shaking as he continued to cough and as he stopped a short while later, he was gasping for air as he slid down the wall.
He looked up at the ceiling and frowned.
"Bolt... Firenze... Wendiene..." he bowed his head at the mention of these names. He knew what had happened to them and it wasn't a pretty picture. He bit his lower lip and slowly stood up. One hand immediately found their way to his broken ribs, thanks to the impact of his fall and he slowly walked to where the Storm Gate was.
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Neo Crimson sat up, rubbing the back of his head from his mislanding. He looked up, sensing danger and took his dagger out, not needing any effort in springing to his feet and driving the knife into the dark digimon's chest, right where the heart should be.
"Okay... Dark shadows, blank trees, damp soil... The Cursed Shrine??" Neo raised an eyebrow. He wasn't expecting to be in a place where he would gain more power. He was expecting more of a dark spell. He pushed the dark Mega digimon off his knife and slid down the side of the hill. As he slid halfway down, he spread his black, bat-like wings and dove down, sword in hand.
"Sheesh... the enemy keeps on coming! And darn... someone with the jewels is here...!" Neo paused for a split second to touch the shard he wore on his left ear. Then, he heard voices. Jumping over some enemies and cutting them down at the same time, he was just in time to throw it to one. As quickly as he had thrown the knife, he withdrew it and turned it into his sword, pointing it in his enemy's face.
"Hey buddy, watch where you're... aiming...?"
'...A girl? A HUMAN girl???' Neo questioned himself. He looked at her right in the eyes and she had a strange expression he had never seen anyone pull. She looked at him almost from head to toe and it made him shift a bit uncomfortably.
"A human?" he questioned, trying to confirm his thoughts and at the same time, a bit agitated by her staring at him. One of the many things Crimson Nobles never liked; being stared at.
"Well duh. Who were you expecting, the real Athena?" she said with a strange smile. Neo blinked. A mon he didn't notice who was standing behind her emitted a low groan. And somehow, he heard someone speaking.
::Chaos Lord, I'll warn you now. Nina's found dating material.:: with her glaring at something behind him, he shook his head slightly. Was he hearing things?
"A bit ironic that the Keeper of the Crimson Items would find herself face to face with one of the Crimson Nobles, no?" Neo looked to the side and saw Chaos Lord. Quickly sheathing his sword and turning towards the taller mon, he said,
"Chaos Lord! I was separated from Zedomon and the others! Crescent is making her way to the main throne room and..."his worry-stricken voice dropped to one of despair as he finished,
"MoonMachinedramon is completed..." He looked down to the end of his shoes and Chaos Lord took some time to let all the information sink in and after it did, he sheathed his sword and asked, suddenly remembering he hadn't been in good terms with this certain Noble and had not even bothered to ask for his name,
"Whom, may I ask, are you?" Neo Crimson looked up, straight into Chaos Lord's blue orbs and said,
"My name is Neo Crimson," the human girl he saw beforehand sighed and he blinked a couple of times as Lucifer had hit the back of her head with one of his 'paws'. His red eyes widened as he recalled who this mon was. A werewolf appearance with ash-grey fur, and a crimson blade. Surely, this digimon is none other than,
"L-Lord Ancient!" Lucifer turned to the red-head digimon and shook his head.
"No, my name is Lucifer. It's kind of a long story how I look like Ancient but it's going to have to wait till another time. Like you said, we still need to hurry up and catch up with the others." Lucifer said, earning a nod from the Noble. He turned on his heel towards the advancing enemies and unsheathed his sword. It glowed red after a short while and he started everything off with a war cry and rushing headlong towards the enemy.
He jumped in the air, sword high above his head with a menacing gleam and as he brought the blade down, he bellowed,
"CRIMSON SLASHER!!!!"
The blade struck dark flesh, once.
Shrieks of wounded or nearly dead enemies filled his ears, seeming as though the sound would forever haunt him.
Twice,
He had taken down more of the enemy. More screams and cries of pain printed themselves in his mind, forcing it almost to its limits. One hand clutched his head as he continued slashing down the dark forces.
'Ugh...!! What's... wrong... with MMMEEE!? ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Thrice, the fourth, fifth, sixth slash until all that's left of the dark army were mere pieces of flesh surrounding the young Noble. Panting slightly and sweat dotting his forehead with some running down the side of his face, he turned to his new-found 'companions' and as he took one step towards them, he felt another strong surge of magic screech.
"AAARRGGGHH!!!!!!!!!!" Neo fell onto the ground, clutching his head. It hurt worse than before. If there was any sound worse than the sound of scraping glass, that would be what he was hearing and what he was feeling... it was excruciating! His head throbbed and it felt like it was going to burst, his body felt weak all of a sudden and what pained him most was the images that ran in front of his eyes.
Wendiene was dead, Firenze and Bolt experienced the same fate. As if predicting the future, all, each and every one of them, fell to the ground, defeated. There was no other color for him to see than the crimson taint of blood. He writhed in pain on the ground as he felt a pair of gentle arms cradle him, as if protecting him.
The sound had faded slightly, the throbbing had grown weaker and he could open his eyes slowly. He looked up weakly, and met the human girl's eyes. All he could remember before falling unconscious was saying a name he never knew had been in his memory,
"...Ni...na..."
Meanwhile, Crescent was being stopped in front of the main throne room. She reached for the handle but, a force field seemed to be stopping her from doing so. She growled.
"I'm just wasting my time... I know the Storm Gate is here and in here is where I can control our little 'conductor'." She glared at the door and narrowed her eyes. Shifting her gaze to the weak point of the barrier, she found it resting on top of the door handle, just in between the two huge doors. A smile played on her lips and with a simple wave of magic, the barrier was broken and she stepped inside.
The room was much bigger than she had expected. Surely, it would have passed for a ball room than a throne room. An orb twice her size was glowing in front of her with a fairy-like creature in it, sitting without any movements, as if she were chained. The fairy's head was bent down so she couldn't see her face and Crescent cocked her head to one side before approaching it.
::...Is it my time already...?:: a quiet voice rang in Crescent's mind, repeating itself as if it was a chime of some sort. Crescent's smile disappeared as she stopped right in front of the fairy.
"If that is how you see it, it is." The fairy still didn't flinch, still curled up in a sitting position with her head resting on her forearms.
::Then... is it true that our world is coming to an end? That the battle which will erupt would end our very existence?:: Crescent clenched her fist. She knew the fairy was going to say that. She knew it would happen so, why? She didn't know either and she found it hard for herself to answer.
"...Everyone's time will come, Memoria. Now, I want you to..."
::Release my gate and cause everyone's death? Never.:: Crescent could feel her blood boiling and pulled her staff in front of the fairy.
"Now listen, Memoria. You may be the Great keeper of Time and Space but that doesn't mean I cannot defeat you!!" Memoria looked up at the witch with her eyes closed and slowly opened them. Her eye color changed with every blink she did and just continued to stare at the witch, as if she never met her before.
::...Everyone's not perfect. I may be powerful, but that doesn't stop anyone from killing me.:: Memoria said in an almost lifeless voice. Crescent glared at the time keeper and dropped her hands to her sides, bowing her head so the fairy couldn't see her face.
"Memoria, you may be right, but you may be wrong. Whether you're right or not, this is the path I have chosen! And I will not escape from it until I finish it. Yes, I know I have chosen what is wrong in your eyes but what matters to me is that I've come this far! I'm not going back. No, not now! OrmeAni Don!!!" Black thunder crashed around the witch and surrounded Memoria, forming four black orbs which shot powerful magic at the petite fairy below.
Memoria held her arms up to her face, trying to protect herself. She emitted cries of pain whenever she was struck and just as she thought she couldn't make it, she called out,
"Gate of Time! Gate of Memories!! Lead me to my throne, let us bring this witch to judgement!!" a portal opened above Memoria, canceling Crescent's spell. Crescent was taken aback by this and cancelled the spell herself before being sucked into the dimensional vortex.
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By this time, Rico's party has reached Ancient's Woods. Sure enough, the place was crawling with hell creatures. Most of them were either Virus digimon or mutated digimon. Chaos Lord led the way, making almost a straight line through the forest with his beam attack. The rest followed, all in either their Mega or Ultimate forms, some even in their Hybrid forms.
"If there was one thing I'd LOVE to have now, I'd love to get outta here!!" Ronfar exclaimed, ducking from an axe which hovered just above his head. Tosh, who had merged with his Kotemon, gave a sarcastic laugh.
"That's just because you can't figure out how to biomerge!" Heather sweatdropped.
"It's a miracle they came this far and survived, you know Dae?" her Daemon just nodded. Blizzmon, also known as Blizzard, froze the whole area, freezing their incoming enemies. Satisfied that the enemy was no longer mobile, she turned to Chaos Lord.
"So, where do we go now?" Chaos Lord, as if in a trance turned to her, in an almost shocked manner. He looked around, where the temperature was dropping to a considerably freezing point and sighed.
"We have to find the Gate first. Even though the Gate is right in front of us, it needs two forces to open it. One exactly from the origin and one from here. Unfortunately, Nina is nowhere near the Gate."
"Then, why don't you tell her to go to this 'Gate' thing?" Rico folded his arms, rubbing both his arms as the cold area was making him quite sleepy and cold. Lars took his jacket off and handed it to Rico, who had graciously put it on and the Virus Mega scratched the back of his head, approaching the Gate he's been hearing out of Chaos Lord's mouth.
"So, what's the big deal? You're just like one of the digimon in the Sanctuary, right? Can't you open it?" He put one hand on his hip, looking straight at Chaos Lord's eyes and the only response he got was; a blink. He looked at Chaos Lord in a sort of uneasy manner and asked,
"What!?" Chaos Lord sighed, shaking his head and patted the younger mon's head.
"Kid, you need some senses knocked to your system. The only digimon who can open this thing are those who either come from the Sanctuary or are actually there. So, there's no other way we can open it that ask Nina to help us with it." Lars huffed, folding his arms across his chest and pondered for a bit. Smirking, he cracked his knuckles and turned to the Gate.
Chaos Lord narrowed his eyes at what the Beelzemon was doing but allowed him to anyway.
"Get a hold onto something 'cos things are gonna get rough." He started to collect energy, his whole body glowing with a dark glow and things suddenly clicked. Wick looked up at where Lars was from his sitting position and shouted,
"No, DON'T!!!" Too late. Lars' wings had grown larger, the feathers replaced by a typical pair of demon's wings. A strong wave forced Chaos Lord a few steps backwards as Lars continued his transformation.
There wasn't much change in his attire besides the fact that the spikes on his boots vanished and his mask melted, bringing his third eye with it. He looked more human now, if not for his face, which still had the blue tinge to it and his tail.
Daemon shielded Heather with his wings as energy continued to erupt from Lars' body in waves.
"What's happening!?" Dae strained his ears(or whatever he has in the absence of ears) to listen to his tamer and once he had the question figured out, he replied,
"I don't know! No digimon ever digivolved this way!!"
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~~~~~~So, what will happen to Lars? Stay tuned for more in the next chapter!!!~~~~
****Preview****
Nina pouted cutely, her cat-like ears drooping slightly and folding her arms across her chest and said,
"Great... And I thought I got surprises for you guys... Spoiler!!" She made a face at Lars, who in turn frowned at her in an annoyed manner. Neo, who felt like he was left out, suddenly piped up,
"Wait a minute, wait a minute... Since you were able to open the Gate... Do you happen to be one of the two VanGuards?" Lars, in his so-called 'VanGuard' form, turned to Chaos Lord. Chaos Lord shrugged, leaving Lars to turn back to the Noble.
"What the heck's a VanGuard?" Wick looked upwards into the sky and his jaw dropped. There was a huge hole in the sky. It had a diameter big enough to swallow up half of the File Island.
"Oh... My..." Wick couldn't finish his sentence. Before he knew it, everything turned black. He knew he wasn't unconscious, he wasn't passing out. The 'Summoning of Demons' has begun.
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