A/N: Here it is! The last chapter of the until purity fades arc. I've had a lot of stuff going on recently, sorry for not having an update in a while! Hopefully I'll have some more time this weekend that you can even expect Chapter 13 pretty soon. This chapter is kinda dark, but not as dark as I originally intended. I cut a lot of things out just for sake of not going too far into M land. Hope you enjoy~

Chapter 12: "Until the Purity Fades pt. 3"

Suddenly something strange appeared to be taking place. Around the group the forest began to fade as the digimon rushed to their partners' sides instinctively. Fog appeared to overtake the area and darkness swirled around. Drips of water could be heard in the background as everything seemed to shift around the children. Panic rose in the group as they huddled together unsure of what awaited them.

Before too long the fog surrounding the chosen children dissipated leaving them puzzled and on edge. Silence filled the air creating an eerie effect in a colorless world. This world felt wrong to the children as every one of their bodies stiffened automatically in response. None of the children knew where they were, but all were certain that they were no longer in the digimon world. A dark ocean was beside them and besides that the world seemed empty.

"What's going on?" Jyou questioned as he turned to notice that all of the digimon had degenerated back to their child forms, except for Nyaromon who still weakly lay in the arms of the bearer of love.

Mimi felt her skin crawl and the nerves within her stomach tighten as she closed the distance between Taichi and herself. Without thinking the girl linked her arm with his and gently squeezed. The bushy haired teen averted her attention to the girl who clung to him. It felt as though fear exuded from her body. He placed a gentle hand on her shaking one that clenched his arm.

As the group began to murmur as they had before the fog had appeared, Takeru was the only one who had seemed to notice that they weren't alone. Instantly his eyes locked on the duo that was a few yards away from him. Every part of him wanted to dash to the girl he saw standing beside an unknown and oddly eerie teenage boy. Ever since he was young it felt as though the blonde haired bearer of hope had been able to somehow sense the powers of darkness. It felt as though this had happened after Angemon's death following the battle with Devimon. In this instance, the teen could tell that whoever was standing beside his friend radiated true darkness. "Hikari-chan?" The words finally left his mouth, but for some reason it felt foreign to him. Takeru wasn't sure if it was because the girl looked for different or if it was because he wasn't entirely sure he was addressing his best friend.

Instantly the group turned to take notice of the duo the youngest member had addressed. There were two teenagers standing before them and one did resemble the child of light, but something was different. The young girl standing in front of them did not have the warm hazel eyes of Hikari. Instead the girl's eyes were cold and gray. Hikari had always seemed to glow with a soft light around her, but this girl appeared distant and dark. No goodness seemed to surround her and even more so for the teen next to her. The boy wore a sadistic smirk upon his face, almost to the brink of insanity.

"Is that really Hikari-chan?" Sora questioned feeling her arms instinctively hug the small baby within her arms. Nyaromon's eyes slowly and sadly looked to the teenager in front of them She whimpered quietly as tears filled her eyes.

"Welcome chosen children." The teenager beside the girl in question welcomed. An eerie laugh followed his greeting as his eyes remained fixated on the group before him. In particular it felt as though his eyes were drawn to one child in particular.

Mimi instantly noticed that his eyes appeared to be on her as she felt the nerves in her stomach tighten once more. "Until the purity fades…" Again the words circulated through her mind as her caramel eyes remained glued on him.

"Who are you!" Taichi demanded with a hint of venom to his words. He could instantly tell that his sister was the one standing beside the boy, but at the same time she wasn't there at all. Sure, physically it was her body, but something had changed. Something wasn't right. It infuriated him as he felt himself take a step forward forgetting all about Mimi standing beside him who had her mind elsewhere. All Taichi could think about was his sister and whatever demon had manipulated her.

"My my, aren't we demanding? Funny given the fact that you have absolutely no power in this world, then again, very soon you will no longer have power in any world." The boy taunted as he closed the distance between himself and the chosen beside him. Dagomon allowed his arm to wrap around Hikari who did not protest in any way.

This action nearly sent Taichi off the edge, but he felt Agumon next to him keep him in check. He knew that they needed some sort of plan; however, the teenager wasn't even sure what was taking place. Before he knew it, Yamato was standing right beside him.

"This world is filled with unquestionable darkness. I'd say it's safe to say we aren't in the digimon world anymore and that we have no idea what we are up against." Yamato pointed out not taking his eyes off the younger girl.

Takeru felt guilty for not having been there for his best friend. The boy was almost certain for the rest of his life he was going to have nightmares about how he saw the girl in front of him. Anger welled within him as he took out his digivice wanting nothing more than to rip the boy's head off who had his arm wrapped around Hikari in a controlling manner. "Patamon." Takeru whispered looking to the guinea pig with wings beside him. Instantly the creature reacted with a nod of his head.

"Patamon shinka…."

Silence.

Everyone in the group turned to the little winged guinea pig as they noticed he had attempted to evolve to no avail. Fear seemed to consume the group as others attempted the evolution process with no success. Hysteria silently rose within the group.

"How the fuck do we fight darkness now?" Yamato was the first to speak up as he felt insecure knowing their partners couldn't evolve to protect them. Whatever this world was, or whatever darkness had control here was keeping their digimon from being able to evolve. This was extremely unsettling.

"Darkness shall engulf all and bring comfort along with release." Hikari stated in a strange voice. It was her voice, but something about it seemed inhumane, almost as if she were possessed.

Shivers ran down Taichi's spine as he looked at his sister. Clenching his fists he vowed that somehow, someway he would rescue her from whatever the hell had control over her. "Hikari! Wake up, what has come over you?"

An evil laugh filled the air as Dagomon warped his appearance to let his real form be known. The creature towered over the group of humans and digimon as his eyes beamed with entertainment. "Your sister only responds to me and the darkness. She has come to accept what her soul truly desired."

"That's bullshit!" Takeru shouted with a deep glare to his eyes. He felt his fists shake in anger. The saying if looks could kill applied to this situation as Koushiro had to place a hand on the boy's shoulder as if to ground him in some way. "Hikari-chan would never give in to the darkness!"

"The darkness shall bring comfort." Both Dagomon and Hikari stated at the same time. His eyes glowed red as her dull eyes looked to everyone before her. "With Lord Dagomon I shall never suffer."

Grinding his teeth together Taichi wasn't sure he could truly believe what he was seeing. Somehow this sick twisted digimon had corrupted his little sister in to believing that she needed the darkness to ease whatever suffering she was facing. How? How could this happen to Hikari? The child who had supposedly been the bearer of light? "We have to stop this!" Taichi ordered as it seemed like the digimon were in agreement.

None of the child digimon knew how they were going to stand up to an ultimate, but if it was to save their friend, they did not have any choice. All of them lunged forward hoping to find some way in order to strike the beast. Suddenly a shift took place as a cold breeze met the creatures and the children. The breeze numbed their skin and all around brought discomfort. It felt as though the very air grew thin almost as if in attempt to suffocate them.

"PALMON!"

That's when it struck. A piercing scream filled the air causing the children and digimon alike to turn in panic and fear, unsure and unprepared for what they were about to witness. Behind the chosen children stood a dark unknown creature with a shadowy figure and dark eyes. Underneath the creature lay the decapitated and mangled body of their friend and ally.

Mimi had been aware something felt off as she had averted her attention from Dagomon in time to catch the creature before he struck. With her caramel eyes the strawberry blond witnessed the sharpness of the creature's claws mutilate her best friend and leave her lying lifeless before her. It was in that one moment, that instant, Mimi felt herself practically shatter. Darkness hungrily darted towards the teen before anyone was allowed to reach her. Wide eyed, the girl was unable to fend off the tendrils that attacked her body and most importantly her mind. Within seconds the girl crumbled to the ground unconscious and unresponsive.

"MIMI-CHAN!" The group called out rushing to their friend's side, all except the one person who should have been concerned the most. Taichi stood with a blank expression upon his face as he tried to understand what all had just happened.

Slowly the data of Palmon's body began to fracture off until their friend was no longer laying brutally slaughtered before them.

Jyou knelt beside the strawberry blonde and instantly grabbed her petite wrist in desperate search for a pulse. Relief washed over the boy as he let out a soft sigh and his dark eyes looked to the group. Not that anything about this situation was relieving, but at the very least Mimi was still alive. Her heart faintly beat within her chest allowing the blood to circulate within her arteries. "She has a pulse." He announced somewhat relieved, but still grossly disturbed.

"How foolish you are to think you stand any bit of a chance. Now the real fun can begin!" Dagomon declared as his laugh filled the area of the ocean.

Before anyone could move, fog once again surrounded the children before in the blink of an eye, they had returned to the forest they had once stood. However, as the children gained a sense of their surroundings three things were very different. One: Nyaromon has degenerated to YukimiBotamon. Two: Palmon was no longer with them. Three: Mimi lay unconscious on the ground and her entire body and clothing remained in grayscale as if darkness had literally eaten the color from her.

The meeting with the chosen had gone perfectly. Dagomon had been able to strike the chosen of purity and allow the darkness to feed upon her soul. All the while his precious angel had remained unaffected by the presence of those she had once held dear within her. In fact, she had done everything he had expected of her without alter. Smirking, the now teenage boy lightly placed his hand upon the girl's cheek before him. He felt his joy building inside him as he looked to the dark eyes of Hikari.

"You did well today my angel." He said with pleasure.

"I did well." She replied instantly as her arms moved to wrap themselves around the boy in front of her.

This caused Dagomon's eyebrow to rise as he felt pleasure in her touch. He had always envisioned what being close to such a catalyst would do to him. Within this child was potential for both great light and great darkness. He was drawn to the beauty this child's soul radiated knowing he was tapping into the potential of great darkness. Dagomon allowed himself to guide the girl over to the bed he had prepared for his queen. As he directed her to join him atop the mattress, she in no way resisted his guidance and did just as directed.

Hikari slowly closed the distance between herself and her master as he felt himself barely in control. Just as the dark tendrils had been feeding on the child, he wanted to be within her, he wanted nothing more than to close the distance between them. That was when he knew true purity needed to be lost. In order to fulfill the prophecy, he needed to make it so his angel would forever be intertwined with him.

Understanding he would be allowed to act upon his deepest desires, Dagomon forced himself upon the brunette. She willingly allowed him control over her body. The tendrils of darkness quivered at the chosen's acceptance of the dark lord. It was in this moment Hikari had truly lost all of herself and the purity had faded.

A/N: I had SO many different thoughts for this little arc. Ultimately I kinda meshed them together and twisted them to sorta work. I don't know how pleased I am, but hopefully you guys have some positive feedback and like the direction things are going. Originally this chapter was supposed to be Mimi's last, but I just couldn't bring myself to do that to my girl. Anyways, I would love, love, love! Some feedback from you guys! Til next time~