Inner Daemons

Ichigo: You are a complete nutcase. Why haven't you been locked up yet?

Moon: Because I'm good at hiding it, and I only take it out on people who aren't in the right place to fight back. :)

Ichigo: I hate you.

Moon: I've told you before. Stuff. It. I do not own TMM or MMP. Zero belongs to I lov3 Wizardmon.

Chapter 11: The first assault

*With Daimen*

Damien glanced back at his hikari's unconscious form. "Damn him." The daemon muttered, shaking his head. "He's so stubborn, and he can't see how much I can't stand being near her..." He shook his head. "What's taking him so long?"

"Hold your horses Damien. It's not easy to sneak around under Serenade's nose." Another daemon stepped out of the shadows. He had emerald green hair that was tied up in a ponytail. His outfit consisted of ripped black jeans, long black fingerless gloves, and a black t-shirt that said Love is Pure yet Evil. He also had a long trench coat and boots. His eyes were heterochromic-one was lilac purple and the other was blue. In his hand sat a small crystal.

The new daemon raised it up, and Damien's form became transparent. Drew woke up, a confused look on his face. Sasha ran over to him.

"Drew! We have to hurry...Serenade has launched an assault on Tokyo!" Damien growled softly, scenting his former mate's presence. The new daemon noticed his expression and smiled wryly.

"You know that girl's shadow?"

"None of your business Zero." Damien snapped.

Zero put his hands in the air. "Hey, I believe you were the one who said that we were supposed to trust each other if we were going to go through with this. I didn't realize that meant that you were allowed to keep secrets."

Damien scowled, realizing that he had talked himself into a corner in that respect. He didn't want to talk about it, but... "That female daemon used to be an angel, like me." He answered shortly.

Zero chuckled. "Was she your girlfriend?"

Damien gave his companion a death glare. The other merely chuckled. "I'll take that as a yes?" He asked.

"Shove off." The blonde daemon muttered, ignoring the sharp pain in his heart. Emotion was weakness, he had learned that after she had betrayed him and left him to be dragged to hell. He would get revenge... "Anyway, how's it going?"

"There are two mews that are ready to help us." Zero answered. "Elevian and Amy. I suppose they feel grateful for you saving them."

"The eagle mew and the bear mew?" Damien asked, sighing. "It's a start, I suppose. Trust will be essential when the war starts."

"Human beings are so strange." Zero muttered.

"I second that. Now let's get moving before Deathbringer or Serenade start wondering where we are. I don't need them breathing down on my neck any more than they do now." Damien and Zero both spread their wings and took off, heading towards the center of the Tokyo Assault.

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Ichigo ran down her street, fully transformed. Her house wasn't too far away; it was just around the corner. If she could just get there...

She and Sasha rounded the corner, and stopped abruptly. Every house on the street had been set on fire. There were an assortment of mews there, and two daemons. Sasha winced. Midnight was stirring.

"Damien. Zero." She snarled softly.

Ichigo shook her head violently. Right now, she could care less about the two daemons or Midnight's problems. "I need to find my parents!" She shouted.

"You go on ahead." Sasha said, glancing at her leader. "I'll take care of them."

"Are you sure?" Ichigo asked, although she kept glancing in the direction of her house. Sasha didn't want to keep her.

"I'm sure. Now GO!" The cat mew was off like a rocket. Sasha grabbed her phone and sent Lettuce a text. It read; Come to Ichigo's house. The street is on fire. I need backup. She shoved it into her pocket and transformed.

The hyena mew looked up, and had three seconds to be surprised before Sasha tackled him, knocking him off his feet. His friends reacted more rapidly, swarming towards her. Sasha gritted her teeth and back-kicked two of them away.

The one she had knocked over grunted and punched her. Winded, Sasha rolled over and stood up as quickly as possible. All five hyenas charged towards her. She gulped and jumped at the last second. While dancing on her toes trying to avoid them, she felt eyes boring on her.

She risked a glance over her shoulder and saw the blonde daemon staring at him. Damien, she thought, panicking slightly. How was she going to fight a daemon general?

Suddenly, a gush of water exploded over the street. Some of the fires were washed away, and Lettuce, Jean and Stephan appeared. Both the recruits were carrying buckets of water, which they used to put out more fires.

Lettuce ran over to help Sasha. She raised her weapons and sent a jet of water at her attackers, knocking them over like dominoes. Sasha pushed herself off the ground and drew her energy blade. Ichigo had just dragged her unconscious parents out of her burning house, and she joined the fray.

Woe to whatever unlucky soul had dared mess with her family.

Sasha found herself alone in the midst of the chaos. She turned around and found Damien standing in front of her. Drew was lying in a heap nearby. His expression was twisted with pain, as if he had struggled with the dark being and failed.

The look of hate on his face hurt Sasha, mostly on the count of the fact it was all just a mistake on Midnight's part. It hurt her that such a gentle, kind person had become so cold and full of malice. And above all, it hurt her to know that he was prepared to attack Midnight for revenge. The gentle black-haired mew genuinely disliked negative vibes, so this bothered her greatly.

She tensed up, watching her new opponent nervously.

"Give me control," Midnight exclaimed. "You're not nearly strong enough to fight him."

"But-" Sasha started to protest, but she got cut off.

"We don't have time to argue!" Her daemon insisted, and Sasha found herself on the dark beach once again. She shook her head.

"I just wanted to spare you the pain..."

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On the other side of town, Shadow, Zakuro, Kish, Pai and Tart were worrying about something else entirely. They were fighting a mix of mews and daemons, and none of them went down easily. So far, they hadn't seen any of the three daemon generals. It was mostly just thugs and low-ranked monsters.

Pai was fighting a blonde eagle mew. Her wing-bits were giving him a lot of trouble, so Shadow went up to help him. The girl hissed in his direction.

"Give up!" She said heatedly. "You're fighting for a lost cause."

"Are peace and love lost causes?" Shadow challenged, glaring at her. Twin guns appeared in his clenched hands. "Is chaos and anarchy really that much better?"

"They won't thank you for this;" The eagle spat. "If anything, you're only digging yourself deeper, proving how dangerous you are!"

"You the one to talk, since you and your daemon friends are the ones who started this mess in the first place!" The vampire bat mew retorted. He wasn't about to let this girl patronize him...

Out of nowhere, one of the eagle-girl's wing bits hit him on the side of the head, hard. Shadow growled, and morphed into a rather large bat with lasers attached to his wings. The eagle-girl shrieked, and started flying away from him. Shadow caught her in a few calm wingstrokes. Both his lasers grazed her wings.

The eagle mew was beyond furious, but a blast of lightning hit her from behind. Pai had retrieved his weapon and had attacked again. The mew looked between him and Shadow, before hissing, hitting the ground and running off. She was headed in the direction of Ichigo's street...

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Midnight's fists clenched, staring back at her former mate with mixed emotions. He glared back at her, eyes dark with hate.

"It's been a while..." His voice came as a bit of a shock. Even after all this time, she had still remembered his voice as being gentle and soothing. Now it was harsh, malevolent and cold. A painful reminder of what her cowardice had cost her. "...Leah."

Midnight let out a hiss at the sound of her old name spoken with such loathing and scorn. "Why, Damien?" She asked quietly. "Why did you do this? Why did you join them?"

Damien spun his blade around his wrist. "I think you know the answer to that." He replied coldly, eyes narrowing. "I think the better question is... why did you join them?"

"I joined them because I wanted to put an end to Lucifer's evil." Midnight, by some miracle, managed to keep her voice steady. "Damien...please. I don't want to hurt you..."

"Too late for that." The blonde daemon spat. "You should have thought of that when you let them drag me to hell!"

Midnight winced. Her resolve was fading. Was there any point fighting Damien if he wouldn't return to her? There was no excuse for her mistake, anyhow. She was the one who had failed him, after all...

Midnight? Sasha's concerned voice rang through her mind like a gunshot, causing her to blink. Damien noticed the break in her concentration and attacked.

Midnight had known that at some point she would have to fight him. But how could she summon the will to fight the one person she loved?

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Ichigo was standing stiff, the hair on her ears and tail standing straight up. She was facing Zero, who was leaning back against a nearby car, smirking.

"Hello, kitty." He said. "How does the town look? I think the remodeling looks splendid."

"That is so typical of daemons," Ichigo growled. "The only beauty you'll ever see is in destruction and pain!"

Zero shrugged. "So you say. Are we evil? I don't really know. We live on different panes of existence, cat-girl. Can you judge me by the standards of your people?"

Ichigo scowled. "Don't get fresh with me."

The emerald-haired daemon raised an eyebrow. "Who made you my mother?"

Snarky jerk, isn't he? Shade remarked dryly inside Ichigo's head.

I second that. Zero blinked, as if he had just realized something.

"Shade? Is that you? Wow, I haven't seen you in ages!" He cheered, as if suddenly everything was going his way.

You know him? Ichigo asked.

Shade sighed. Yes. He dated Leviathan for a while.

WHAT?

End Chapter

Yay! Some lame action and pointless buildup! Sorry, my imagination kinda flat-lined during this chapter so it's pretty lame. In the next chapter, I promise you'll see Damien and Midnight fight, as well as Leviathan and Zero. What can I say? Keep your enemies close, and keep you Ex closer XD

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