Chapter 14: Warrior of Eclipse: Moon part 2

"Alright, Duskiness... start talking. Why did you help us here? Why have you all of a sudden started caring about lives?" Kori asked intently.

Duskiness figured he wanted answers of his actions and of the girl, he could read his face clearly. They were still in the village, waiting for Yin to wake up from her rest and healing; Duskiness had his back leaned on the stone wall behind him with his arms folded across his chest, both eyes closed. They had to get away from the Matsumoto, their talk were to be private to themselves only- they even made sure that none of them had followed.

"Was that all you wanted to ask of me? Well, for your information, I have orders to keep the girl and your friends alive from Lord Cherubim on." Duskiness answered.

"Keep us alive to later on kill us. That's the only reason you helped us? Me and Yin?"

"My days of killing mercilessly are over with, young warrior. I give you thanks for that." Duskiness sighed roughly, finally opening his eyes. Kori saw no gleam in his crimson red eyes, not the gleam you'd see of someone as evil as Lucerne. That gleam that was once in his eyes a year ago was gone, a different hue replaced it.

"Why thank me?"

"Because, you are the one that purified my soul into becoming who I am today; a protector. And as last time, I serve Lord Cherubim on and no other." He kept his cool as usual. "A protector? Let me guess, LUCEMON?"

Duskiness shook his head, saying: "I would never serve such a vile being. Not even if I were being paid to do so."

Kori blinked, staring quizzically at him now. "Then who are you suppose to be protecting then? Cherubims with Destruction, and you're here. So who is it then?"

Duskiness gave the boy a look, a look that said 'who do you think it is?' with narrow eyes. "I am an Eclipse protector as those others in that village you came from, only I have a title of being called the 'Dark Protector' instead of Eclipse Protector. And before you ask, Cherubim on was teaching me how to be one of the protectors before Destruction came along and turn him against us again. It is my duty to shield the girl from Destructmon and to watch over her, that answer your questions?"

"Just a little bit." Koji gave off a glare to him. "But how do I know if you're not lying?"

"If I were lying to you, would I have saved the girl's life not only once but twice from Destructmon? No? Then there you go, another answer given out."

He stared at Koji while he said this, his eyes weren't lying at all, he spoke the truth to the young warrior of Light. 'Duskmon said he saved her twice, I know he saved her just now by having me follow him here, but what about the other one?' Koji thought. His mind brought him back to the Protectors village, when Rapidmon had changed subjects toward his brother, Koichi, all of a sudden. 'Did he bring her to that village before we got there? Did he really save from a Kuwagamon?'

"Thank you... for helping me and Yin." He had trouble saying the words, it was bad enough that he was helped by the likes of him and now he had to thank him. Things couldn't get any worse, could it?

Duskmon hadn't expected him to say such words to him, to a man everyone loathed in great spite. He could tell Koji didn't want to say it, after his words he groaned with his head turned the other way so Duskmon wouldn't be able to see his expression. 'Still hates me for using Koichi, I see. I don't blame him for that, it was wrong of me to do such a thing in the first place because of the hatred filling my heart after her death.' Duskmon thought.

"By the way, Duskmon," Koji finally faced him again, appearing serious once more for his next words. "Before my friends and I got separated, we were told that a few digimon had a connection to Yins spirits, one of the digimon that had an important connection to her was you. Tell me, what kind of connection did you have with her spirits?"

Stunned, he definitely didn't expect him to ask him that kind of a question, especially one of a link to the spirits. There was determination in the boy's eyes along with curiosity, he really wanted to know that bad to ask him. He lowered his head and eyes, an image of a particular beast-mon coming to mind with her kind smile and laugh.

'Moonmon...' he thought quietly in grief. "I only had a strong connection with her beast spirit during the war, when she was still alive before the great sacrifice occurred. She was always so kind and thoughtful and respecting, everyone loved her in the beast tribe, including a certain hu-mon fell for her. She had that kind of laugh and smile that would make anyone who saw her happy, no anger would fill their hearts with her around. Most digimon called her mother because of her kindness.

"But every kind heart has to have a dark past with them. Moonmon saw blood-shed, heard screams of death, weeped for the fallen, and so much more at a very young age. Because she went through such things, she's always appearing anguish and would cry every night until she fell asleep. I wish I could have helped her forget those times." He stopped, more images of her showing in his mind rapidly to the very last time he's saw her. Seeing her cry one last time-

Koji heard the sound of his rough voice shake, a mask of despair revealing his deep, utter emotions he's hidden for so long. His link must bring back some harsh memories for him of her, could Duskmon had...?

"Did you love her?" He asked in a nonchalant way.

"We all did. But if you meant in a different way, no. She was my younger sister during that time, I loved her dearly as he did when he laid eyes on her in the battlefield."

Koji shot his head up quickly, intent eyes glistening again. "He? Who's he?"

After a minute, Duskmon said nothing to the young warrior, just staring in space in his thoughts. He wondered if he should reveal more of the connections than he already did. He was about to respond to his question suddenly-

"Are you the Dark Protector?"

The entire area was dark, pure, pitch black everywhere she turned. There must have been some light somewhere, since she was able to see herself here clearly. A bitter scent filled the air around her, it was freezing cold as if it was winter.

'Guess I shouldn't have let my jacket burn in the Flame Terminal. Where am I?' Yin thought as she stalked through the darkness.

She remembers she was with Koji near a stream of water in this field before she had fainted for a strange reason, after that she ended up here. Her foot steps were echoing in the silent atmosphere, being the only sound besides her thought and breathing being heard by her. Though being in a dark area was where things would come after her, it gave her a securing feeling, it made Yin feel safe and less stressed out.

"Figures, since I'm use to living in darkness, I'd be more calmer in it. Must be the half of my tribute doing it's works maybe." Said Yin, finally stopping.

She stared at the black ground beneath her, hoping she could at least see a small reflection since it seemed solid enough for her to walk on it. Nothing. She sighed with irritation, running her right hand through her bangs to the back of her head; this was going to be difficult trying to find a way out, not knowing where in hell she was going to.

It was way too quiet here, though she was always use to the quite at home when her mother always came back a few days from work, but she wanted to at least hear a dumb joke or anything useless to make the silence go away. Even if she couldn't laugh or smile at anything of what was said or done-

"-oh great! Now when I'm alone I need someone to be here. I never seem to amaze myself." Yin said.

Suddenly, she saw something white fall down out of nowhere. It was pure white, like it glowing just like the moon, it floated down just like a feather would when it had landed there in front of her. She studied it closer as she picked it up with her hand, it WAS a feather! A white feather to be exact.

'But where did it come from? There's no birds here and there wasn't a sound of wings beating.'

Her attention was caught off guard with another white feather falling down in front of her, another soon followed after it, then another one, another after. Before she knew it, it snowing white feathers as it lit up the black floor, it was just like snow.

"But how on-"

"You must leave!"

Yin heard a woman's voice suddenly say, the tone of the voice was demanding and calm, this voice... so familiar like the one she heard in her dreams. She turned behind her, there stood a woman with pure white wings jutting out of her back, she wore blue priestess-like clothing that revealed her shoulders and stomach, long lavender hair and silver eyes. Yin noticed that there was a choker around her neck, a two-strap with a crescent moon amulet that looked identical to her earrings. A moon...

"Are you... who I think you are?" Yin asked, realizing who she was seeing there in front of her at this very moment.

She kept a stern expression on her face, showing no other emotion. "You must leave, leave here and the village. Take the spirit but never use it, only use your hu-mon spirit."

"What are you talking about? Why don't you want me to use your spirit?"

"You mustn't use it. My spirit isn't worth the awakening, it'll only bring death."

"What are you saying?" Yin said, becoming frighten.

"If you decide to use my spirit, you will have no control whatsoever. You wouldn't exist anymore."

"W-what?"

"LEAVE!" She shouted, her wings grew open to allow the wind the circulate at Yin, the still feathers flying everywhere. Yin was forced to close her eyes and cover her face, now feeling the wind blowing harder at her enough to make her move backwards. She peeked her eyes at her one last time, her moon pale face showing a different emotion, despair. "Please don't use it. I do not wish to hurt him anymore." She said before everything faded out into nothingness.

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"WAIT!!" Yin cried out, rising away from the stone hedge as she awoke violently. It was a dream, only a dream this time instead of the regular nightmare of her past. No longer in the darkness, she was now in a village full of stone type digimon, how did she get here? She didn't remember moving anywhere else besides that spot she was at before she had-

'Maybe pretty boy brought me here. But why would he?'

Something was weighing lightly on her shoulders, she used her hands to feel what it was, it like a cloth of some sort. She looked at the material and knew right away what it was, a blue jacket, his jacket. Had he placed this on her to keep her warm or something? She removed the jacket off of her and scanned the area, trying to find the owner eagerly to thank him. She didn't know why she was going to do that, but she felt it was the right thing to do since he was the one that brought her here for no reason.

'Or was there a reason?'

She got up from the dusty ground, fixing herself up as she notice her left shoulder was uncovered and revealed half of her shoulder and dress strap. Besides the flower petal that fell off, the shoulder was completely bare, she laid her fingers on it and allowed them to check it more thoroughly, something was missing there. 'The cuts from the Hallowmon... they're gone! But how in the world are they gone? I didn't put anything on it.'

Yin pulled the blue sleeve and covered her shoulder once again and stalked off, the blue and yellow striped jacket held over her arm. He had to be here somewhere-

'-unless he decided to ditch me here and off to find his annoying friends. But I don't think he would leave without this.'

"Milady!"

A rough, young tone of voice was heard from the side of her; heavy footsteps - but sounded a bit light- coming towards her. One of those stone digimon stood right next to her, showing a sign of concern by the sound of its voice was. Around this digimon's neck was a sort of round glass with a small handle hanging on string, a magnifying glass as she thought was obvious to notice. "Who are you?" She asks blankly, stern looking.

"Please forgive my rudeness, milady! I'm Gotsumon, a friend of the warrior of Light and the others with him."

'Warrior of Light?' She thought curiously. "You're Koji's friend? Do you know where he went?"

"Koji went to have a talk with Duskmon in the forest, I think he'll be along soon after."

"Duskmon? Who is that?"

Gotsumon stared at her quizzically as if she were insane or something. 'She doesn't know about Duskmon yet? This cannot be good.' He thought, knowing that since he said his name she would started asking questions about him. This was very bad, was she not to know about him?

"Aren't you going to answer my question? Who is Duskmon?" Yin said, her tone sounding more demanding ans soothing.

"Well, um...uh-" Becoming nervous, he tries to find the right words to say to her. Mouth opened, nothing was forming a simple sentence.

"Who is he?" She asked again, half scowling.

"He was called the false warrior of Darkness a year ago."

His voice made her heart pounce violently against her chest, her normal features becoming slightly pink. The way his voice sounded to her was unusual to hear; strong, gentle, and caring, just like the voice she hasn't been able to hear for four years now. Yin slowly turns to face him, hiding the blush that came across her just now and keeping a cool expression in place of her mixed ones. He stood near her with his arms to his side and blue eyes on her, studying her frequent movement, appearing as calm and cool as ever.

"What? How do you know that?" Yin asked.

"The others and I go back with this guy to the first time we've been in the Digital World, but I wouldn't say we were allies or anything with him." He saw the determined look she was giving him, wanting to go on with what he knew about Duskmon and hear anything about things and sort. "I crossed blades with him every time we met, y'know, it's a thing with light versus darkness but for his case, he's only the false darkness. He had a reputation all over villages and regions here in this world; when Cherubimon first sided with Lucemon, Duskmon killed a lot of innocent digimon that either came across him or didn't. He destroyed anything that he didn't liked-

"- and that was another reason why we fought with him, Duskmon. We were trying to save this peaceful place and he would come around and try to stop us. Hell, I almost got killed by him if Ophanimon hadn't stopped him from doing so." He trailed off, remembering the rest of this tale of him. Ophanimon had only stopped Duskmon in his beast spirit form, Velgamon, and made him remember who he was. Making him realize that he was his twin brother, Koichi, who tried killing him and the rest of the gang.

'But that wasn't Koichi's fault, he was overcome by the Darkness and became it with a hatred of me because of the life I had with dad and my step mom. And it's still not his fault, he was only being used by the likes of Lucemon and the creation of the false darkness. It wasn't him.' He thought painfully, each bit of memory showing clearly to him.

"So in other words, he was the bad guy that massacred almost everything he set his sights on, right?"

Koji nodded a response to her. "Yeah, but now that he's here, he's different from before."

"So no more killing for him?

"Yeah! Must have been when I purified his data that time. I wasn't really expecting that to happen though." He said under his breath.

"Hold on a second," Yin said, something getting her attentions in his words. "Koji, in the Protectors village, Rapidmon was about to say something about Duskmon that had to do with you brother, the warrior of Darkness. Is there some kind of connection that he and Duskmon have for him to be called the false warrior of Darkness?"

He wished she hadn't even asked that, thinking that she didn't need to know yet if she started to judge his brother by just that of his past. He didn't want that, not for his brother at least. She had already been judging him by their past of knowing one another, so what's to say that she's going to do the same with Koichi? Who knows what kind of girl she was?

Yin waited patiently for him to answer her question but got nothing out of him, his mouth shut tight and eyes facing away from her. She recognized that look washing over him, the one of regret and pity, almost similar to the one he gave her earlier.

'He really has change, hasn't he?' She thought, features growing softer than solemn. With eyelids lowering, she said: "Never mind. Forget I even asked that."

Koji just stares at her, a very small smile cracking at his lips. "'Kay then."

The blush she was hiding before slightly crept upon her cheeks, she tries to fight it back again without his noticing. Shifting gazes away from him, she remembers the jacket she was holding and held it out with one hand to him. A blush had finally escaped. "Here. I'm not really sure how or why the reason you left this on me, but thanks."

"Um... you're welcome, Yin." He said, grabbing the jacket and puts it back on him. "So, feeling any better now?"

"What?"

"The Hallowmon attack that was inflicted on you, is it gone now?"

"How on earth did you know they healed?"

"The Gotsumon used something called an Enigma root on those cuts, your arm was almost all black. Don't you remember being brought here?" There was a tug on his sleeve by Gotsumon, appearing like he had forgotten to say something to Koji earlier or something. He looked eager and impatient enough to get his attention so quickly. "What is it, Gotsumon?"

"Koji," Gotsumon began roughly, "I forgot to tell you something else about the Enigma root. When someone was poisoned by the Hallowmon's poison claw attack and then the Enigma root is used on the wounds, they wake up remembering the last thing that has happened to them before they collapse, so anything that went on when she was brought here she can't remember."

"So she doesn't remember anything that she said or saw?"

"Nope! It's a small effect that the Enigma root has. Though it comes in handy at troubling times as well like forgetting a regretful sin of some sort." Gotsumon said nonchalantly.

Yin had just stared at the two wide eyed, cocking her head with her hands on her hips. "Just what are you boys blabbering about? What Enigma root? What happened to me?" Asked Yin.

Koji looked back at her, stern eyes as always. "I'll tell you later. For now we have to find the others, they could be anywhere by now."

"Wait a sec. Who said I wanted to look for you ignorant friends? I'm alone in this, and I never said I was going to join you guys yet."

"Why the hell won't you join us? It's better and safer if all of the Legendary Warriors were together in a group than alone, I was like that when I met my friends but things are different now for us. Plus, you're already part of the team with your D-tector there on your belt."

"I still can't join you guys yet, not until I find my beast spirit!" Yin argued.

"Why do you think we were at the Protectors village for? The others and I came there to get you away and help find your beast spirit."

"I didn't ask for your help!"

"You're right, you didn't; Ophanimon did. So stop acting like a loner and let us help you out and join the team already!"

"And as I keep telling you, I'm not going to. I don't do groups! There is absolutely no way I'll be traveling with you kids!"

"And just why is that! Is it because of my friends? Is it because of me? What the hell is the damn reason!"

"I don't belong to a group who can be happy when I can't!" She gasped as her voice started to cracking.

Her voice had hit a certain point to his mind, the tone of that singers' voice made him feel... awkward! The tone of wanting to cry, that was what he heard in her voice; sorrow. He then remembered the question he asked her earlier before she collapsed, if she were still in mourning- the answer she gave him just now made him remember it. Her eyes looking watery, a hand clutching a chain around her neck, she looked so tragic. "Yin," he said, "my question from earlier still stands. Are you still in mourning?"

Once again, she freezes by this question, catching her off guard yet again as before. He must be really curious to ask that again to her, if she was in mourning after four years. The nerve he had to ask such a useless question when he knew he wouldn't get anything out of her, so why ask again? 'Does he really want to know that badly?' She thought.

She began to open her mouth, words forming when-

BOOM! Reluctantly, both Koji and Yin turned swiftly to the outer forest; a large amount of smoke and brown dust rising in the cool air. Destructmon must have sent- yet- another one of her minions to do them in, just as Koichi said, she was known for destruction. The two of them -along with Gotsumon- ran toward the smoky direction, several other Gotsumons fleeing the sight to their homes and further in the trees. It reeked of burning grass and sea water here.

Koji squinted his eyes, in the slowly fading smoke, he could make out four figures of different height and build. He heard one the figures spoke as they were coming closer to them, memories of this enemy coming in like a hit in a head or back. They were back, and Destructmon had them in her grasps.

"Are you the Dark Protector?" She had said.

Koji and Duskmon had only stared blankly at her, Koji looking confused at this woman as Duskmon knew who she was. Ophanimon's apprentice, Dawnmon, the exact opposite of him and seemingly similar to his sister, only her powers didn't depend on moon and darkness and more of the sun light. She definitely knew who he was, asking him if he was the Dark Protector, very bold of her to say it with determination of sight, though they had never met before.

"Koji," Duskmon said, grabbing Koji's attention again, "Yin is probably awake by now, you should go see if she has fully healed."

"You could've just said you needed to be alone, y'know." Koji said, looking back at the woman and took off to the village again.

Duskmon and Dawnmon stayed in stare lock for a long while now, neither of them saying a word to each other in utter silence. There must be a reason for her to come here away from her mistress, other than the staring contest they were having at the moment.

"What is your business with me, Dawnmon?" Duskmon finally spoke, breaking the silence between them.

"I heard about what happened in the Protectors village, with the Hallowmon ambush and the village's fall with every single protector living there. The very village of which you left that girl in to care for her instead of you, why did you leave you there without you doing your job?" Dawnmon asked.

'The village... destroyed? I guess that's how Yin got those scratches, then. So it WAS an ambush that occurred there.' Duskmon thought. "My job was to watch over her and keep her away from Destructmon and Cherubimon. I only did what I thought was right, beside, she shouldn't know of my existence yet."

"But why? You could have brought her here to the Gotsumon village and give her her beast spirit right away, why did you just leave her there instead?"

"So you know her spirit is here?"

"If you had stayed here for a few days waiting for her to come, then the spirit was here. You were told to watch out for her spirit as well, weren't you?"

"Orders are orders. Only I'm keeping away the corrupted from the girl, whose name means darkness. Yin." Said Duskmon, glancing at the sky again. It was still cloudy, maybe they were still trying to find her again to take back to Destructmon as order. 'Or to kill her as planned.'

Dawnmon glanced at the sky as well, things weren't looking so good for them now, they would be coming any minute now if they found her. 'It's now or never, Dawnmon.' "Duskmon," Dawnmon began, eyes back on him. "Where is the girl? She has to have her spirit at once before it's too late. And I mean- IMMEDIATELY!"

"Moonmon has fully awakened yet. Her memory hasn't reached it's peak, if Yin got her spirit at this very moment, she wouldn't even know what she would be doing. She would lose control of herself."

"So did those other kids when they first received their beast spirits, they're not easy to control."

"Moonmon's spirit is different from theirs. If Yin ever used it right away like right now, she would never change back, she would be Moonmon forever and no longer Yin Ikumi. She has to wait until the memory is restored to her."

"Duskmon, we don't have that kind of time left! She has to have her beast spirit right away, this whole world is depending on her and those kids to save it; we can't wait any longer or we're done for. Do you want this world to crumble with those seven children?"

Casting a cold and heartless glare straight at her, Duskmon moved away from the tree he was laying against to in front of Dawnmon, staring her down. His aura was very strong as it was in the old days as a murderer, he still had that gleam in those blood red eyes of his. The presence was incredibly strong, how could he have been the brother to someone of a warm presence with his cold one?

"I would die to see this world be destroyed by Lucemon. I will save this world that she cared for some much with everyone she loved in it." He said

This wasn't the Duskmon that everyone in the Digital World was afraid of, his eyes and the tone of his voice proved that he had changed for good. No longer the merciless killer, but now the Dark Eclipse Protector he was now. Maybe there was a reason he was her brother, maybe this was his fate before the great sacrifice occurred.

BOOM! The sound echoed through their eyes, an attack. Smoke was rising from the ground nearby the forest; Dawnmon felt four familiar elemental presence, water, earth, wood, and steel. They had returned. The other four Legendary Warriors. "She's on trouble. We must get to her at once." Duskmon said as he took off running back to the village. Dawnmon had only kept her eyes on him for a short second before following his lead, her spirit just might have to wait after all if she hadn't found it yet.

"Not you guys. Why the hell are you even back?" Koji shouted, going into defense mode with his hand gripping on his D-tector tightly.

"How rude! There art still no manners in thou warrior of Light, I see." Mercurymon said in his 15th century accent (I think he sounds awesome this way!).

Grumblemon shook his head sides ways, obviously searching for something or someone that was missing. His friends maybe. "Where other brats? They scare and ran off?" Yep! He was looking for his friends.

"We got separated from them." Koji answered, sending off a cold glare.

"Aaaw, and I wanted to have a fight with darling li'l Zoe. Rats!" He heard Ranamon say in her western accent, appearing disappointed but at the same time pleased with just him there.

"Koji, who are they? And how do they know you and the others?" Yin asked from behind him, holding her D-tector close to her. Koji peered over his shoulder, "Yin, meet Ranamon, Grumblemon, Arbormon, and Mercurymon. The other four Legendary Warriors."

Yin looked back at them, these were the other four warriors like them? She heard about them from Garurumon, they weren't the ones to help them of course. Garurumon told her that their spirits were still in the grasps of Cherubimon and fell into the hands of Destructmon, meaning that they were the bad guys as they were before. 'I guess we have to fight them, then.' Yin thought.

"Hey," Arbormon said, he was pointing at Yin when said, "who's the girl behind the kid? Never seen her before here."

'Well of course you've never seen me before, this is my first time in the Digital World!" Yin yelled in her head with annoyance of this digimon.

"She's prettier than me! Even prettier than that annoying warrior of Wind! Why is she prettier than me!" Ranamon started whining aloud, steam coming from her ears if it were possible in this world as well.

"Aye! She has the beauty of the radiant moon as her skin and eyes of sapphire and-"

"Quit making me feel less pretty, you mirror face freak!" Ranamon yelled at Mercurymon for complimenting Yin of her looks.

Koji and Yin had no idea of what they were talking about when Ranamon started complaining about Yin being more beautiful than her. They both had quizzical masks placed on their faces, switching brief glances at each other than back at them. "Should we just get this over with, pretty boy?"

"Might as well while they're occupied! Execute... SPIRIT EVOLUTION!!" Both Koji and Yin cried out as data enveloped them. The data dispersed as they were now Lobomon and Sunmon in their fighting stances.

The small feud had ended with the other warriors as they took in their appearances, mostly they all stared at Sunmon in surprised expressions.

"So the girl is the warrior of Eclipse to have Sunmon's spirit. 'Tis a glorious day for us to take what Destructmon desires. Let us attack at once!" Mercurymon said.

Grumblemon punched the ground with both hands, heaving up his long hammer with a tight grip as he swung it at both Lobomon and Sunmon. The two dodged his hammer by ducking down or moving away from it. Lobomon brought out his two sabers and charged at the little gnome warrior in full speed. Grumblemon grinned at him, as if he had been expecting him to make that move. When Lobomon got close enough to try and get a hit out of the little gnome, Mercurymon stepped in front of Grumblemon and used his mirrors to block Lobomon's attack. His attack had been redirected at him, causing a force to push him back to where he once stood.

Ranamon was next; with a smirk cracking at her lips, she risen her hands to the air, creating a black cloud over Lobomon as she shouted: "DRAINING RAIN!"

A down pour fell on him, his strength weakening as he fell to his knees, soaked in her attack. "It's been a long while since I was able to do this attack on someone that we loathe." Rananmon said, enjoying the sight of the warrior of Light becoming weak.

"SUN BLAST!"

A crimson ray struck Ranamon, the force causing her to fall back and blind her as her cloud vanished. Sunmon stood over Lobomon with her Sunstaff in one hand and the other stretched out with a line of smoke coming from it. "Need some help there, pretty boy?" Sunmon asked as she lended him her hand to help him up.

"Yeah! Thanks for that."

"No problem!"

Ranamon got back up from the ground, glaring straight at Sunmon for blasting her. "How dare you! You'll pay for that, ya li'l brat! DARK VAPOR!"

"Watch out!" Lobomon said, pushing him and Sunmon away from the Dark Vapor attack. He remembers it was once used on Zephyrmon, Rananmon said that it was suppose to melt the target in mush, but nothing happened. And he didn't want that happened either way if it was him, Sunmon, or anyone. "Yin, any time she uses that attack, move away from it. Okay?"

"Why?" Question Sunmon, not getting what was so dangerous about black mist.

"Because if it touches your skin, you'll melt." He said, making it clear for her to understand simply.

"Oh!" was all she said as her response. "Okay then. Now could ya let me go?"

"Sorry!"

"Ya li'l brat! Get over here so I can melt your pretty face!" Ranamon said as she charged at Sunmon. The other four did the same, Grumblemon and Arbormon went after Lobomon and Ranamon and Mercurymon went for Sunmon, making things equal for them. They weren't much of a challenge for Sunmon, though, she thought they were easy enough to handle if it was just her there. These four didn't seem that tough, all she had to do was take care of them with a couple of Sun Blasts, maybe some martial arts skills her father taught her, a whack with her staff and end of story. 'Though things aren't what they seem to be.' Sunmon thought.

Lobomon had face them before with his friends, then he must already know that they're not easy to beat as she thought. 'Well, they ARE Legendary Warriors for a reason.' She thought again.

Grumblemon swung his hammer rapidly at Lobomon, at the same time Arbormon tried to get a punch out of him if Lobomon hadn't keep dodging their attacks and blocking them. "This is starting to get annoying now, LOBO KENDO!" He shouted as he released a laser shot at Grumblemon in direct hit to the head. "YES!"

"Don't get too excited there, kid! Take this!" Arbormon had released a punch at Lobomon, earning a scream of pain for his ears (if he had them).

"Lobomon!" Sunmon shouted. At the corner of her aqua green eyes, she saw Mercurymon charging another attack at her as Ranamon was going to use, yet another, Draining Rain at her. She didn't have time for this crap, especially with these creeps. Sunmon raised her right hand, using her own energy as wires that were attached firmly to the ground, she pulled her arm back as small boulders were taken out of the ground and threw them at Mercurymon.

With shiny being crumbled by a pile of rocks, Sunmon charged at Ranamon and kicked her right in the stomach before sending off a punch in the face. "That's for callin' me a 'brat', you ne'er-do-well." She said. She glanced back at Lobomon's fight, as expected, he appeared to be losing by his old enemies. She let out a soft sigh, right hand glowing again for her Sun Blast attack. About to unleash her attack, her heart pounced, a familiar bell sound began to ring in her ears as everything else went dead silent, eyes widening.

Jing! Jing! Jing! The bell sound kept on ringing, ringing from behind her. This happened when she first obtained her spirit, when she fell in that hole and became what she is: Sunmon. It was here, her beast spirit was here in the Gotsumon village, she knew it was here, she could feel its presence. Pulsation increasing, she reverted back into her human form with blue glowing eyes, turning behind her and seeing a black and white glow surrounding an object. The figure of a crescent moon with wings at the bottom, the figure of her beast spirit was revealed. Yin stretched out both her arms, hands firmly grabbing the spirit and eyes studying it; its radiant black and white glow giving it such beauty. And it was hers to claim as hers.

"AAAAH!"

Yin jerked her head around, eyes widening in fear as she saw Lobomon kneeling down to the ground in pain, clutching his arms together. She gasps, was another to die in front of her? She wasn't going to allow it, not again to her. "Hang on, Koji! I'm coming!" She yells out to him. Her hu-mon spirit was a match to these guys, but this should be stronger than her hu-mon spirit, judging by those warnings she had in her dreams.

"If you decide to use my spirit, you would have no control whatsoever. You wouldn't exist anymore."

Was she willing to take that risk? She wouldn't be able to control herself? She wouldn't exist anymore? She didn't give a damn about the warning, it was crap! Now was a matter of life and death, and someone was going to die if she didn't do anything fast. Using her D-tector to scan her beast spirit, multiple rings of data appeared on her hand, it was now or never.

"Execute... BEAST SPIRIT EVOLUTION!" Yin shouted as the data around her hand began to wrap around her in a cocoon of changing forms.

"What have you done!"

Yin felt a great pain in her chest, like a sword was being pierced through her body, she screamed at the top of her lungs, hands clutching her head. She was losing herself.

Koichi stopped suddenly by the stream, a sharp high pitch ring flowing through his ears as he covered them, followed by a scream of a girl. He hadn't heard a scream like this since he was Duskmon. 'No! It can't be...'

"Koichi!"

"Koichi, are you okay?" Zoe said in a concern tone.

"What's up with Koichi, guys?" J.P said after her.

"That's what we're trying to find out, J.P."

This scream, so familiar to him now. It was Yin! It was her screaming in pain; she was in trouble, and so was his brother. And Duskmon must be there with them, torturing them to their demise. "Damn you, Duskmon!" Koichi growled under his breath, glaring coldly at the ground.

"Koichi? What about Duskmon? What's going on?" Takuya said.

"I think I know where Koji and Yin are, and I think Duskmon's with them." Koichi said, being helped up by Takuya and Zoe. "We have to hurry. Now!"

That scream... Yin was in trouble. Duskmon hurried his pace with Dawnmon behind him still, they had to make to the Gotsumon village before the worst happens.

"Was that Yin?" He heard Dawnmon ask in between breaths.

"Yes! I believe so!"

They were only a few trees away from the village, most of the smoke had already vanished from the ground. Duskmon could see the four intruders, the other Legendary Warrior were fighting Lobomon, who was kneeled to the ground. Had they defeated him and went off to deal with Yin? But where was she? There was no sight of Sunmon anywhere near them or the village.

Duskmon stopped suddenly in plain sight with Dawnmon, a sound of a bell had rung in his ears along with the fluttering of wings. There was a glow to his left side, bright blue and white in the shape of a giant egg. A egg made of Fractal Code for the humans to turn into digimon, which only meant that-

'No! No, she found it!' He thought helplessly.

The large amount of data soon evaporated with two large white wings spouting out of a womans back. Those familiar white wings, the way she was all dressed up in her blue priestess-like clothing, her choker and earrings, her hair, her silver eyes, she had returned. The woman of sorrows had returned to them, but was Yin still there?

"The little fool... she ignored my warning. I warned her this would happen if she choose to use my spirit." Her voice was the same as he remembered it, her haunting angelic sweet voice.

"Duskmon, what is it? What's going on? Who is that woman there?" He heard Dawnmon ask.

He was too stun to answer her, the image of the beast digimon he once lost during the war was enough to grab his attention away from everything. He only saw her, only heard her. The presence was stronger than last time though, he had barely recognized it when they came, something about her was different now.

"Duskmon. What is it! Answer me!" Dawnmon asked again.

"It- it can't be! Not now- her memory hasn't fully recovered yet."

"What is it?"

Duskmon had continued to stare at her, his crimson eyes making contact with her silver ones, he then his sister had finally returned. "Moonmon..."

To Be Continued...