It was two towers that seemed to twist around made from polished obsidian, no one could how hight it went as it seemed to reach beyond the clouds going on forever, the land it was on was a floating island over a bottomless chasm, people knew it as the infinite citadel. It is said that as long as it is still floating that it is still proof that Lilithmon wasn't truly dead, and would rise again award her true believers.
Its dark shadow reached across the void like two twisted fingers, like it wanted to pull the nearest city into darkness, the tower was also referred to as the fingers of Lilithmon, as the chasm was thought to be her mouth gaping and hungry for the unfortunate souls to fall into it precipice.
Digimon Sync Episode 21 "Kurokami Brigade"
Inside the Kurokami Brigade high Council was called, each member of the council wore masks like Ankou the leader of the brigade, Ankou wasn't there yet, the meeting wouldn't start until him or the one to be his voice showed cup, The voice was a prestigious rank, giving whoever held it the ability to give whatever order he saw fit with the only one that could overrule them being Ankou himself.
Logene entered the chamber, with the usually cold smirk on his face. He was followed by Scythe, her hair changing color, and her expression staying blank. Then came Migoku, the Annoyance of being there was written all over his face, he rather be searching for Sorami, who had taken the use of his right eye from him months ago, he was followed closely by the towering form of Shiru. Finally entering was Akira Suzubuya the representative of the kingdom of Suzubuya, each of them taking seats in front of the high council, they all wondered why they had been summoned there.
The doors opened behind the council, and in came Ankou, his sinewy form encased in purple and black robes, unlike the others Kurokami members wearing masks like his, the one he wore had no eye and mouth holes, he took his seat at the center of the council chamber, standing behind his chair now was a girl, her pink hair made her stick out like snow in the middle of dessert , her eyes were blood red, her skin was as pale as snow, it was Karone, one of the voices of Ankou, she wore the same colored robe as Ankou, but she didn't wear a mask, instead she wore a brooch that looked exactly like it, each brooch is said to contain a fragment of Lilithmon spirit. Ankou wrote something, and handed it off to Karone, she bowed and took it, and she then kissed his mask.
Karone stood turning everyone below her "it has been brought to my attention that missions have failed, or yet to bear fruit, you are here to answer for your lack of success, starting with you Logene, step forward" she said coldly.
Logene stepped up to the podium at the center of the chamber, he bowed, the smirk leaving his face. He waited silently waiting for Karone to continue.
"it's been 20 years since you have been here, you hardly reported anything you were doing, and we had to find out after you were discovered and had to retreat, that is completely unacceptable regardless of results, which are the only reason you aren't dead." Karone said as she continued, with venom in her tone. "It forced us to end up having to send Shiru looking for you, who needed training more than he needed to look for you, this is a warning if you do this again nothing will save you."
Logene bowed again, and went to rejoined the other accused; but Karone called him back to the pedestal "we are not through with you, there are some questions for you" she said before started to read more of what Ankou had handed to her "There was an incident in the village of Arukenimon, which was formerly known as Crispin, a girl named Tsubara got a fake virtue, went insane and tried to torch the village, were you responsible for this incident and blasphemy?.
"I have no knowledge of said events, but am intrigue that someone could even do something like, even though they failed to make it stable, did it give them powers of that virtue before they she went insane?"
Karone looked disgusted with that question, like Logene had defecated right in front of the council, for a few minutes, and then she growled and dismissed him with a gesture, Logene joined the other accused, he sat beside, who gave him a dirty. Among the Kurokami brigade, Logene was the most dislike, some thought he didn't even worship Lilithmon, and was there for his own agenda, whatever it was.
Ankou wrote something down again, and handed it to Karone, she scan over it "Migoku step forward" she said gesturing to him. Migoku stepped up to the podium. "What is your progress on the holder of the virtue of friendship, she still eludes you" she said still pointing at Migoku.
"I don't know why she can slip through my grasp every time I think I had her, and I stopped assuming that she would be with the other digidestined, I thought she would come to their rescue that she has done twice already, we had them at Suzubuya but were told to observe. Then we were told to leave" said Migoku clinched his fist in the podium so they couldn't see it.
"They are at sea now, heading to the Sanctum, where the digidestined are to meet up with Sorami, how in the world she has returned there without you knowing about, She couldn't have flown there, the air currents are too strong for any flying digimon like hers, so she needed to go by boat. Migoku you said you had spies on at every port" said Karone, she was looking down at Migoku like a predator looking at prey.
"Do you think I would let her get away from me on purpose after what she did to me, I want her to suffer for it, I wish these devices we carry could suck out life more slowly so I can enjoy it more" said Migoku through gritted teeth, the veins throbbing on his neck showing his pure hatred for Sorami.
Logene raised his hand "I have something like that, I developed it during the 20 years I was in Tabula Rasa" he stood up producing something that looked like a sword hilt, it had runes on it going from green to red as it got closer to where the blade was supposed to be. He pressed the green rune, and a shimmering blade that look metallic but see-through. he gestured to the door, and two guards dragged in a person in rags "this man volunteered since he was caught defiling a Lilithmon monument" Logene plunged the blade into the man in rags back, and he started scream, he pulled the blade from the man in rags ran his hand across all the runes till the blade was now red stabbing the man in rags again, this time the man eyes rolled into the back of his, he suddenly aged till he turned to dust within seconds. "this is the D-saber, I am giving one to each of the people here, I have confidence they will use them right"
Migoku was handed the D-Saber, a wicked smile spread across his face, he was tempted to just stab it into Logene for kicks, but restrained himself from doing so, because maybe he might get to kill him later.
Logene took his seat beside Shiru, and he pulled out a bag and handed one to each of the people sitting there with the last one going to Scythe, her hair turned a shade of green, showing she was happy.
Migoku turned the d-saber off, and pocketed it, and turned back to Karone, who was furious at the sudden interruption by Logene, even though he always did that in important meetings.
"Let's continue where we left off with you letting Sorami constantly slip through your fingers, when you personally swore revenge on her it looks bad on you, and it looks bad on us all, and her tainting our supply of bio data pills, which we need to maintain power is costing a lot more than your one eye it has killed a few of our new recruits, and we can't have that continuing, find her, capture her, kill her if you have to but only as a last resort" said Karone gesturing Migoku back to his seat.
Scythe stood up, and walked to the pedestal, her face as blank of expression as ever, she was holding a folder, which she opened and placed in front of her. "I have the following field report on the digidestined" she turned the page.
"Other than the aforementioned Sorami, there are now 5 new digidestined, The Virtues of Love, Hope, Courage, kindness, and Purity, have been reactivated, the virtues of Curiosity, and Reliability are still missing, we already have the Virtue of light. When mentioned a spotlight lit up the left side of the room, and bound to a rock depicting a strange symbol was a man bound to it with metal change, this man was in his mid-thirties, his face was bound in an iron mask, and he was out cold. The light went out and Scythe continued.
The first of the five to get their was Princess Mikuni, she found it months ago in her kingdom of Suzubuya; she used it to become next in line to rule her kingdom by beating her brother to win his line of succession, she holds the virtue of courage, and she had this for months before we knew she had it.
"The Next to get their Virtue was Huang" she paused at the name for a minute "Xi fan, before we could stop him from getting the virtue, Sorami sabotaged us by tainting our supply of bio data vitamin causing Migoku to go blind in his right eye, and then gave Huang the virtue herself, he doesn't get along with the rest of the virtue holders, and often doesn't want to be near them, he is the holder of the Virtue of Hope.
Now then there is Hikaru Subaru, who was handed a virtue by an unknown source, someone apparently handed her the virtue, while she was in the market place, we are still looking for this mysterious person, to find out how they got the virtue of kindness to begin with, Hikaru herself is kind but very timid, and often in a bad situation is prone to panic attacks caused by past childhood trauma. Who knows if she is the weakest member of the digidestined when push goes to shove she might surprise us all.
Next comes Hikaru Subaru's little brother Takajin, he was summoned to it by the virtue itself, when it was in danger by Shiru, this is something that the virtues have consciousness, and can summon someone to them when need be, Takajin himself lacks confidence, he often jumps into situations to overcompensate trying to hide this from the rest of the digidestined, he is the holder of the virtue of love.
Last of the five new Digidestined is Juniko Maeda, she has very little weakness, she has been trained from a young age to become a royal bodyguard by her father, she is skilled in hand to hand combat, but is clumsy in normal every day activities that doesn't include fighting constantly falling when she is not paying attention, She often is over protective of Takajin, and often jumps in front of danger for him, she holds the Virtue of purity, she obtained it in mysteriously in Tabula Rasa, need further info on this to make a full report on how she got it.
Scythe closed the folder, and stood there waiting for further instructions, Karone gestured for her to sit down, Scythe walked back to her chair and sat down beside Migoku, who still looked pissed off at Scythe mention of Sorami, The chamber was silent for several minutes as Karone walked back to Ankou to get further orders, and he was writing more stuff down and handed another paper to Karone, she had a more stern of a look on her face, when he returned.
"You all have been put on notice, anymore failure even though they bear some fruit, but they don't succeed in our destiny, your own person goal have to be set aside for the foreseeable future, we soon have to destabilize this world for her to return, and fulfill her desired annulation, you need to kick things into full gear invade Digitopia with Suzubuya. She turned her gaze toward Akira Suzubuya, who stood up and walked to the pedestal.
"my father seems to have weakened his resolve over the years of domination, and doesn't seek war with Digitopia but hiding it by claiming that they aren't a treat, now if I kill him so it would happen that choice wouldn't be mine, I don't think my sister Mikuni as she is digidestined would declare war of Digitopia" said Akira with a calm look on his face, but betraying the hatred was his knuckles turning white on his left hand as he pressed his fist into the pedestal, his anger was because his sister had used her digidestined powers to defeat him and take his rightful place of the crown succession, he will beat her someday, and get it back.
"We need that stone, the artifact of Desolation, the one that had the Virtue of love in it, we already have the Artifact of absolution, these artifacts are key in the annulation, we need all three of them, the third one is still missing, the Artifact of Providence, they are a must all three of them, go get them now" said Karone jumping on the pedestal, and back handing Akira across the face, he was taken aback by this action, but only bowed and back away retaking his seat with the others. Karone took her seat behind Ankou with the other voices of Ankou at their table, all of them as pale as she was.
Everyone stood as Ankou left his cheer, and walked out of the room marking the end of the meeting, next was the high council members who left, Leaving Scythe, Migoku, Logene, Shiru, and Akira alone in the chamber. Logene ignoring the looks of disdain he got left the room, he had more important things to take care of, and experiment to perform, he was going to blatantly ignore orders given to him moments ago.
Migoku turned to Scythe, who nodded, and they both left together, Migoku was the one who brought her into the order, he had trained her himself, she was like the sister he had never had wanted, but had to deal with anyway. Migoku was a 5th generation member of Kurokami Brigade, all his family had grown up in this Citadel, his father was a member of the high council.
Shiru like Migoku has been a worshipper of Lilithmon since childhood, even when his family had been trapped in Digitopia for generations, he waited until everyone was gone, before walking up to a holographic map in the chamber, and turned it on, he typed in Digitopia, and it appeared on the map in stunning detail, he ran his hand across, it blurring as he did so. "so I'll be returning home soon" he said turning the map off. He turned to come face to face with Scythe, who he didn't see return into the chamber.
"Feeling a bit nostalgic, hopefully that doesn't prevent you from doing what is needed of you, as we were told that what we need is there, and we need to get it by all means possible, would you be able to take the lives of the people you know" said Scythe with her hair turning white, which only Migoku knew what that meant.
"For Lilithmon I would sacrifice them all in her name to get what would help us bring her love and wrath upon this world, and the annulation" said Shiru with a skin spreading across his massive face. Scythe nodded and picked up her D-saber, she had forgotten it, when she had left before, she now left the room again, leaving Shiru alone once again.
-To be continued-
What are these Artifacts they mentioned, and what's this annulation, they are talking about, to answer these questions, and more, please tune into the next Digimon digital monsters!