wee, I get to write for a while before school really gets underway. so yea, i'll be attempting to make my chapters longer from now on. and, unfortunately, the mythology stuff I came up with has a fatal flaw in it: it can only be truly utilized in the End, so sorry. the philosophy junk can still be used some though

this'll just a small treat that lasts for...whenever this gets posted up.

well, last time, we got off when Takato and Alice went back home from Rika's and Takato was told that he would have to kill/delete the Tamers and the Digimon and that Alice would be leaving for the Digital World and that he'll probably never see her again. Ooooh, a parody :P, well, enjoy

Speech...same as always

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon but I do own Hyou, Agudramon, and Versaillemon, and all other evolutions concerning Agudramon, nor do I own the book series, The Chronicles of Narnia nor it's seventh installation.

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Part III, End the Introduction to the Chaos, Enter the Reign of Chaos

Chapter 7

True Colors Pt. 3

Footsteps echoed in the empty hallway in the newly made HYPNOS headquarters, one pair of footsteps belonging to a person who wore high heels and the other what seemed to be comfortable loafers.

"...So what you're saying is...you believe in this philosophy that states we are living shadows of who we truly are? And, also, that the time period we are currently in has already been played out in a never-ending cycle?"

"Yes, yes I do, Alice."

"...You're a freak, Yamaki. You're also the last person I would have thought would believe in something like we're just shadows that are unimportant."

"You misunderstood me, Alice. Another philosophy that coincides with the philosophy of shadows is the philosophy of the cave and the chains. This philosophy states that our lives are like the lives of people who are chained to a dark cave, looking at the wall with light on our backs casting shadows of what is actually there. Shadows are, many times, distorted and can be misunderstood. What I'm saying is that what we live now may not be as absolute as it seems. As far as this philosophy goes, we may all turn out to Digimon or simply pieces of fruit."

Alice just stared at Yamaki, contemplating over what he had said about them possibly being 'fruit'.

"You...are...a...freak..."

"Maybe I am a freak, at least in the "Real World". Here, read this book, it's called "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle". You'll find something in there about an onion."

"About a what?"

Yamaki just gave a slight grin as he replied,

"Just read it to the end."

The pair opened the doors to the experiment lab only to gape in astonishment and disbelief.

"Wha-what happened here! What the HELL is that thing!"

The lab had been torn apart and the containment unit where Versaillemon was once contained in had been shattered.

And yet, despite all of the equipment having been shredded and cleared from the room, it was still fairly cluttered.

Maybe it was due to the fact that there seemed to be an odd creature...thing in the center of the room which sounded as if it were breathing lightly in a light sleep.

Footsteps were heard whilst Yamaki and Alice continued to gaze, transfixed, at the devastation and the interesting...thing lying in the middle of it all.

"Yamaki! I-"

"Riley, what the hell is that thing! How did it get in here! Where's Hyou! What-"

"WOULD YOU SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME!"

...Women are scary...

"Ahem, as I was saying, I've got a general idea of what happened. Not too long after you left the room, Versaillemon got knocked out but continued to absorb data, this time unrestrainedly. This overflow of data appears to have altered his Digital Code."

"...You mean...do you possibly mean that he has-"

"Yes. He's experienced a Mode Change Digivolution, Yamaki. And to top it off, the data we got from him fried our systems so we've been set back a couple of weeks...possibly months."

"This definitely wasn't a part of the plan..."

The destruction of the newly-made HYPNOS H.Q. wasn't a part of the plan either.

The trio, once more, turned to behold the odd thing Versaillemon had become whose name is now...

(hah, did you think I'd give his name away so easily:P)

(Omake of the ending of this part)

"Oh, by the way, do you think these high heels look good on me?"

"...You're wearing high heels, Yamaki?"

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Takato's P.O.V.-

It took me a while to remember why I felt so horrible when I woke up. But, of course, I was rudely reminded with another beeping sound from my bag.

'Stupid Azulongmon...'

Alice was gone, the house was empty, no sounds of a blow dryer, running water, no anything... Except for BlackGigimon snoring up a storm from his little basket. I decided to leave him be until I washed up, from now on, he had to come along with me wherever I go. Which brought me back to Alice, she always took care of him when I couldn't, so things could only get worse from here on out.

"Hey, BlackGigimon, come on, buddy. It's time for you to wake up."

"Huh? Kaya, where is Alice? She sleeping?"

I stayed silent as he scrambled for Alice's now empty room, coming back to me with a sad face, ears and tail drooping. He looks as though he feels just as bad as I do about Alice leaving, she was family to us.

"I'm sorry, buddy. Azulongmon said she had to leave... Come on, let's get some breakfast before going to school. But remember, stay hidden for the time being."

BlackGigimon seemed to brighten up a little at the prospect of food, but it was only a little.

At School...7:30 A.M.-

I don't really think meeting my soon-to-be victims is a good idea, they might begin to tail me wherever I go and it would be harder to finish the mission. So for the entire day I had to rush from class to class, just to avoid any Tamer contact. BlackGigimon complained but only when it was lunch time and he took a whiff of food while I was rushing to a hiding spot. But I wasn't so lucky after school...

"Hold it right there, Kaya! Don't make me blast you!"

I snapped my head around to see who spoke until,

"Down here..."

And there, in all of his shining glory, stood...

I blinked...hard.

Terriermon. (yes yes, I know this scene was already played out by another author but the idea was so appealing! so yes, this part does NOT add credit to me)

Raising the sliver of an eyebrow he had in what I could assume was in an 'elegant' fashion, he spoke,

"And just where would our favorite little enigma be heading off to in such a hurry, eh?"

"Ah-gah-bla...er, you see I have to-uhhh..."

"Oh! Don't tell me! Kaya has a GIRLFRIEND! Oooohhh...come to think of it, you shouldn't tell Rika either, it'd break her poor 'widdle heart'...

At this, he placed both his paws over his heart and made a mock pouting face. It took me a while to pick myself up from where I had slipped when I tried to rush off when Terriermon made this little story up. This of course resulting in the Tamers catching up to Terriermon in which case I thought,

'Aw nuts...I'm as screwed as a Phillips in a pinhole...'

"Come on, Kaya, let's find a place to sit down and talk. Me? I think your mop of a head would do for me."

"Hey...don't you usually ride on my head, Terriermon?"

"Yea, well, you always complain when I'm on your head, so you can't say anything, now can ya, Henry?"

"..."

"Ha ha, momentai, Henry, momentai."

At the Park

"So...Kaya, can you tell us anything about yourself? Other than that you're somehow connected to the Sovereigns and have a somewhat special digimon?"

All was quiet, the only sounds were of the faint noises of Calumon and BlackGigimon playing and the odd anime-style, dramatic wind blowing by.

"...Yes...Please, tell us about yourself..."

I turned to the cryptic voice only to find Jeri. Sweet. Kind. Jeri. Looking maybe half as sinister as the ADR looked when it took on the guise of Jeri during the siege on Shinjuku. I just now notice she carries a red dog sock-puppet instead of the original yellow sock-puppet, the former looking just as intimidating, as though staring deep into my soul with its...dead, button eyes, almost anticipatingly...Jeri sure knew how to put on a puppet show, one worthy of the Crypt Keeper.

I turned away, trying to ignore the puppet 'staring' at me. I needed an alibi, and quick, but that idea did not seem very feasible because the invisible pressure the puppet seemed to stare at me with. Why am I so...disturbed by that puppet? It's like...it's alive, it can think for itself, and somehow read my every thought?

My eyes widened. Out of the corner of my eye, I was sure that the puppet had momentarily smirked at me.

"..Kaya? Are you alright? You look kinda pale," thank you, Rika, oh God, thank you.

"I..I don't know..." and it was the truth, cold sweat started to bead on my forehead and I could feel myself shaking, almost uncontrollably.

"Guys, I don't think Kaya is up to questioning today, I think the battle from the other day is getting to him. He did get his arm blown off by MetalGreymon. This can wait, it's not like we're going anywhere, is it?"

The Tamers just nodded and murmured in agreement.

With Rika and Takato-

I had quite a few bruises after the first few minutes of Rika taking me home.

She had insisted she support me and wrapped my right arm around her neck causing me to get an unwanted preview of her growing cleavage. This resulted in me suddenly feeling as if my head was about to turn into the largest fountain of nosebleeding ever. I quickly took my arm back and accidentally pushed Rika to the ground. Of course she was angry (assuming that I had been very rude to her) and took careful but swift aim and started beating the heck out of me. That resulted in her suddenly apologizing and starting the whole process over and over again, hence the bruises and slightly greenish tinges around bruises around my eyes.

"...I-er...sorry about the beating. I didn't 'really' mean to..."

I caught the 'really' tone but decided to avoid this topic.

"Eh-I'm fine, been through worse...I think. Thanks for walking me home though, it was nice...minus the bruising and odd swelling. I'll see you later."

"Bye, Kaya! Don't go doing anything stupid or reckless now, you hear?"

That brought me crashing back to reality: "stupid" and "reckless" was about to go down tonight. I knew this wouldn't be good, predictions I make about the future that seem to sound very bad usually came true. I fully expected this to be just as bad, if not worse, than I had predicted.

'I'm sorry Rika, this is something I have to do.'

BlackGigimon popped his head out of my hoodie.

"Kayamon? It's going to happen, huh?"

"...Yea..."

That Night, 7:10 P.M., Rika's P.O.V.-

I can't get the weird feeling out of my head, like something is hanging over my head or sneaking up behind me all the time. I keep looking over my shoulder, it's not like me to lose control like this. Why is this happening to me! I hate this feeling...

"Renamon, I need to let off some steam. Let's go out and train."

"Are you alright, Rika? You've been acting oddly ever since you came home today."

"That's why we're going out. Hurry up, no more questions, no slacking off!"

I stormed out of the room in a huff, too angry to care about where we were going to go, just wanting to let off a lot of steam. I failed to see Renamon looking down a little, as though thinking about something uncertain.

(Renamon) 'What is wrong with you, Rika? You used to be so caring a few...wait...no you weren't...but..why do I remember...'

Flashback

Rika looked a little shyly at the ground, fidgeting and holding something behind her back.

"Here, Renamon. Take this."

She tossed a small cylindrical object at me and I deftly caught it. It had the words "Sports Drink" on it, or something like that.

"It's an energy drink, thought you might like it. I'll see you after school, 'k, Renamon?"

And she rushed off with a small, but the most beautiful, smile.

But then this "memory" started to get garbled until-

"Listen, you! Don't let me catch you around my school again, you got it?"

I looked down ashamedly while kneeling in front of her.

"Oh great, now you've made me late for school. We're going to have a long talk about this later."

And she rushed off with a dark scowl while I leaned against a nearby tree, head in my paws.

End Flashback

Odd, I wonder why I have two memories of the exact same time and day.

Shaking my head, I teleported outside the Nonaka household and waited for Rika to come out. The wind ruffled my fur, but it was scented like no wind I had ever felt before. It held such a forboding scent to it that most nearly spelled out danger. It was almost like the scent of a digimon, but also not like a digimon. It wasn't a human either, nor a human-digimon hybrid. It was...not of this world, I could tell that.

Or maybe I have become too tense. A squirrel jumped out a bush with a nut in it's mouth and I sensed there was nothing else in the general area. I relaxed my muscles. Only it was in vain as Rika came out and I tensed up again.

Takato's P.O.V.-

This is it, probably the hardest part of my mission had begun. Stalking my friends...and taking them down, farther than the popular '6 feet under'. Also, it was kinda hard because I was in the invisible chair position, not moving a muscle because Renamon was sweeping the area with her penetrating eyes. But she relaxed as a random squirrel ran by.

'Ooohh...Kayamon, look! A squirrel! Can we go chase it? Can we? Huh, huh?'

'First of all, BlackGuilmon, I told you that when we're in this form you could use my real name, Takato. Second, no, we cannot chase the squirrel, Renamon would know we're here.'

'Aww, nuts, Takatomon...'

Yea, we bio-merged into ChaosGallantmon before coming here, I figured it'd waste less time in a battle to bio-merge before fighting. Also because I knew that Sakuyamon was incredibly powerful, possibly on par, if not a little higher, with Gallantmon. She has a lot of experience under her belt, what with Renamon at the controls or whatever. I think it's a smart thing to do to get a head start on her before she opens the usual dosage of a thousand cans of whoop-ass on us.

I was growing tired of sitting on thin air by the time Rika and Renamon left for the park. It was finally time for me to make my move. I moved swiftly and soundlessly as possible, anxious to not attract any attention. It was pretty hard, though, the foliage had gotten thicker making it much easier to rustle a bush and the entire park had not been tended to. But seeing as it was me who always took care of the area of the park that I used to hang out around, it wasn't very surprising. Rika and Renamon stopped next to the shed Guilmon used to take shelter in.

"Go, Renamon."

Renamon took to the air and attacked.

"Diamond Storm!"

And attacked the wall of the shed. I saw multiple spray-painted bulls-eyes on the side, each with a good chunk of diamond stuck directly in the middle. I gulped, this Renamon seemed more fierce and battle obsessed. I had heard many times that I had been a great influence on the Tamers. But in this altered timeline, they had never taken to me much so they stayed pretty much the same, so I could expect to fight a team-up of blood-thirsty Rika and blood-thirsty Renamon, a combination I would like to avoid. But then again, since when has something I wanted ever gone my way? Shrugging a little, I jumped out and made my strike against them.

"Demons Disaster!"

Unluckily for me, the pair had obviously prepared for a surprise attack. They immediately jumped back, Renamon holding onto Rika as she could not jump as far as Renamon. But it didn't stop there, immediately Rika started the Bio-Merge Digivolution.

"Bio-Merge Activate!"

Matrix Evolution

"Renamon digivolve to...Sakuyamon!"

"Shit," I whispered under my breath. Sakuyamon got into an elaborate stance with her staff lying across her shoulders.

"What the hell? ChaosGallantmon...Kaya? What did you attack us for?"

She twirled her staff in multiple arcs and pointed the tip at me. I reciprocated, the Gorgon in front and my lance pointing out.

"That's for me to know and you to fight for your life!"

I lunged for her with all the speed I possessed and feigned an attack with my lance but twirled around and slammed the Gorgon into her instead. Sakuyamon flew back but not before,

"Spirit Strike!"

I was caught off balance as the Gorgon continued to swing slowly to the side. I braced myself for the brunt of the attack and curled into a ball. The force of the attack was great, but since Sakuyamon was a Data type, her attacks didn't do much damage. I just bounced around a little but since I was in a ball, I used the momentum to bounce right at her and stretched my legs out and delivered a smashing kick to her abdomen.

Sakuyamon grunted as she was once more flung away. I landed with a backflip balanced and rolled out by the Gorgon. Sakuyamon got up wearily and took a defensive stance, staff held diagonally in front of her, legs bent.

"Kaya, I don't understand, aren't we friends? Why are you fighting me? What happened to you?"

"Hmph, we were friends. Nothing happened to me, something happened to you. As for why I'm fighting you, I'll answer you when I finish you. Prepare yourself for defeat!"

"What do you mean we were-!"

She was cut off as I back-handed her with the Gorgon and slashed at her with my lance. She got hit with the Gorgon but was able to barely dodge the lance.

"Amethyst Mandela, Spirit Strike!"

She threw attack after attack, obviously they had been working on their attack speeds. I had to weave in between each attack, eventually getting hit here and there until she suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of me.

"Amethyst Mandela!"

That hit me full in the face with all the force meant to hit me. I flipped about a hundred meters back and landed hard on my back. Sakuyamon jumped up and pointed the butt of her staff at me while dropping towards me. I gasped as I almost literally felt death try to get a grasp on me. Sakuyamon must have heard my gasp because I saw her stiffen and slightly turn the angle of the staff to my right. I scrambled quickly but not quick enough.

It wasn't too bad but it was a blow to a knight's pride. The dark blue and gold shoulder shielding was broken off but I was revealed to be alright, only the shielding had been broken off but my arm as a whole was fine. After a quick diagnostics check, and I mean really quick, I threw myself at her with all the pride of a knight who had suffered a 'sucker punch'.

I took my first offensive stance, shield blocking my front, lance pointing out and charged, roaring in all of ChaosGallantmon's fury. Sakuyamon was still off-guard and got hit full force with my attacks. My strategy was to copy her strategy, I attacked with more than one of my attacks simultaneously.

"Demon's Disaster! Judecca Prison!"

Although my attacks came slower because Judecca Prison took time to charge. I needed a faster way to attack. Sakuyamon took the time I took to attack to attack rapidly, artfully spinning her staff above her head and alternating with kicks while spinning around with her hands. What a gal, eh?

'''That's it!'''

'''What's it, Takatomon?'''

'''The way Rika and Renamon are attacking! That's how we're going to attack faster!'''

'''Ooooh!...I don't get it.'''

'''Ah well, just let me take over for a minute, ok, Guilmon?'''

'''Sure thing!'''

"Let's go!"

I began to charge up the Gorgon once more and dodged Sakuyamon's attacks. Once I charged enough to not waste too much energy but still be effective, I pointed the Gorgon right between my feet and did a hand stand on one hand on the shield, one had pointing the lance horizontally.

"Judecca Prison!"

I released the energy trapped in the Gorgon and the it began to rotate my body. It propelled me towards Sakuyamon and the lance began to cut into her armour and sides, but I wasn't done there. I charged up again, but this time in the lance.

"Demon's Disaster!"

The pronunciation came out a little wonky because I was spinning at high velocities but it was effective. The attack began to spread out in a radius and continued to grow in diameter until if finally gave out. Sakuyamon's armour was cracked and barely holding on, her staff had been lost somewhere along the way. Her hair now loose from the two fox-tail like ponytails. She was breathing heavily.

"I'm sorry about this, Rika, Renamon."

"...W-why? Why attack us?..."

"We attacked you because...I want you to be my friend."

Sakuyamon's eyes widened, or so I thought. Just one more word to say.

"Sorry."

I swiftly gored Sakuyamon through the chest, instantly deleting her. Only one word left her mouth,

"...friend..."

And she left this world. Her data began to fan out until I raised my hand and pointed it at the data. The data sparkled for a second and began to collect in a small sphere until I fully formed and I grabbed it. I took a good look at the amethyst orb, the exact color of Rika's eyes. I sighed and held the orb in front of my chest, in front of the Digital Hazard. The orb was simply absorbed into it and completely disappeared.

'''One down...'''

'''Don't worry, we'll see her again. Azulongmon said so.'''

'I'm not so sure if I want to believe everything Azulongmon says. Call me biased, but he took away some important things from me.'

We jumped towards our home with some private thoughts. I patted the Hazard symbol as a sign of payment of respects to Rika and Renamon. This was a really dark road.

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Author's Notes: well there you go guys, I happened to have some free time and decided to finish this chapter and post it. So dont get used to quick updates too much, i'll still be busy.

but still...

HAPPY TURKEY DAY although its still not turkey day yet.

so if you wanna review...REVIEW PLEASE lol. thanks for reading, ja?