LORD OF DARKNESS
Digimon © Akiyoshi Hongo
Chapter Twenty-One: Shining Soul
- Unknown Location -
The scene shifts towards another unknown location. It was a floating island in the sky that looked similar to Angel Island. However, this wasn't that place, seeing as how there is no Master Emerald. Maybe it was either a figment of Angel Island or an entirely different place altogether.
As silence filled the air, a flash of light appeared, revealing itself to be Silver the Hedgehog. The white hedgehog landed on his feet as the light around him disappeared. He looked around at his surroundings.
"Where am I?" Silver asked himself. "This place looks familiar, but I'm not sure what it is."
Silver looked around to see an altar in the middle of the island. He walked over towards to see it up close. When he passed the stone steps, he saw that there was nothing at the top. He was confused.
"That's strange. What is this place suppose to be?" Silver asked out loud.
"This place is sacred to only the Dragon Lords. However, seeing you here is a good sign." A strange voice said.
Silver turned around to see where the voice came from. He soon got his answer in front of him.
What Silver was looking at was a new figure standing there. It was a tall-humanoid creature in white armor. It's feet had three yellow claws on each side, it's chest was crossed with purple marks that actually resembled the Crest of Friendship. It's head had two yellow horns on top along with blue eyes, and it's arms were a different story, though. It's left arm was orange and it's shoulder had a symbol that looked like the crest of Courage that we saw on WarGreymon seven months back. And on it's right arm, it that looked like the head of MetalGarurumon. And we could finally see it was wearing a white cape with the color red underneath it.
Silver narrowed his eyes at the new creature. "Who are you?"
"I am the Guardian of Light. My name is Omnimon." The creature answered.
"Wait...are you from the Digital World?" Silver questioned.
"Yes. I am a Digimon chosen to be one of the Element Guardians of the Dragon Lords." Omnimon answered him.
"Then, if by chance, do you know the DigiDestined?" Silver wondered.
"No. I do not believe I have." Omnimon shook his head.
"But that crest!" Silver pointed out. "That's the crest of Courage, is it not?"
"Indeed it is." Omnimon nodded once. "However, there are more than one species of Digimon from where I come from. That is the reason why it's not possible for me to have known these DigiDestined."
Now that Silver thought about it, Omnimon was right. It couldn't have been possible for Omnimon to know about this. So deciding to end that subject, he moved on to a different conversation. "Can you tell me about the Lord of Darkness?"
"I don't know much, unfortunately." Omnimon said with slight disappointment. "The only thing the Dragon Elders told me was that it is a creature made of pure evil that sends other unfortunate creatures to the Netherworld."
"The Netherworld?" Silver raised an eyebrow.
"The Netherworld is nothing but pitch blackness. When someone gets in the way of Hellsing, he either kills them or sends their souls to the Netherworld." Omnimon explained. "That is where he gains his power. For each soul that is in the Netherworld, his power grows slowly stronger."
Silver was surprised. He knew the situation was bad, but he didn't expect it to be this bad. "Then what do I do to stop it?"
"In order for the trapped souls of the Netherworld to be released, only the Dragon Lord of Light must use it's powers to release the souls so that they can finally rest in peace." Omnimon replied.
That's when Silver realized something. "But I did that before. When me and Blaze saw that Larcen was killed, I had used my necklace's powers to revive his soul back into his body, where he was alive again."
"And a good thing you did too. Seeing as how he was chosen to be the Dragon Lord of Wind." Omnimon said.
"So if I'm able to restore a dead person back to life, I can do the same to the others, right?" Silver asked.
"It's not that simple." Omnimon told him. "That was only one soul. If you want to release a large quantity of souls, then you'll have to use have to unleash the hidden powers of the Light Necklace. But to do that, you will need to use a special technique."
"Then teach it to me. I'll be able to learn it." Silver said.
"No." Omnimon answered.
"What? Why?!" Silver demanded.
"Because at your current state, you wouldn't be able to learn it." Omnimon replied. "I'm the one who holds that technique."
"Then what do I do to obtain this technique?" Silver asked.
"In order to pass the trial in front of you, you will need to defeat me in a battle." Omnimon told him.
"All right. Then let's get started." Silver decided.
"Not so fast." Omnimon told him. "Before we do battle, you will need to learn the basics of your new abilities. Follow me." Omnimon said, as he turned around and headed towards the largest area of clear land on the island.
Silver followed afterwards by walking down the stone steps and headed towards an area so that he was facing Omnimon from a short distance.
"Now, it's time for you to awaken the previous Dragon Lord of Light's power. To do that, combine your psychic powers with your necklace." Omnimon instructed.
Without hesitation, Silver closed his eyes and concentrated on his powers. He started to glow a light-blue aura around his body as his necklace began to glow brightly. The psychic energy started to combine itself with the light necklace as a new transformation began to glow around his arms. On his right arm, we could see a white colored dragon-shaped cannon that was being immediately attached to it. And on the left arm, we could see a sword-like weapon forming itself together as it was already being attached to it as well. The blade revealed itself to be a silver blade with the design of a white dragon on it.
Silver looked at both of his new features. "What are these suppose to be?"
"Those are what the Dragon Lord of Light used to help her in her battles long ago." Omnimon answered. "Now these weapons are passed on to you as the possible descendant of the Dragon Lord of Light."
"Weird..." Silver thought to himself. "I've never actually had to use these kind of weapons before."
"You will get use to them in time. Now, I will explain how both of your weapons will work." Omnimon stated. "Aim your dragon cannon at that large boulder over there."
Silver turned to in the direction in where Omnimon was pointing at. He could see a large boulder standing there. The white hedgehog raised his left arm towards the boulder.
"Now call the words 'Celestial Seirya' and fire your shot at the boulder." Omnimon instructed.
Silver nodded once as he narrowed his eyes at the boulder. "Celestial Seirya!"
The cannon's mouth opened up as a large ball of light quickly fired at the boulder. The magical light made contact with the boulder, destroying the large boulder within the process, which left many of the small pieces of the destroyed boulder on the ground.
Omnimon inspected Silver's work. "That wasn't bad for your first try."
Silver on the other hand, didn't feel like he accomplished anything from doing that. "How is this suppose to help me? Is this what I really need to do to defeat Hellsing?"
"Do you doubt your new abilities?" Omnimon asked.
"No." Silver shook his head. "It just...it just doesn't feel like me. That's all."
"Then perhaps you should combine your psychic abilities with your weapons." Omnimon suggested. "And I shall teach you these as we fight."
"You mean, right now?" Silver asked.
"If you want to adapt to your new abilities the easy way, then have at me. And let's see your combined skills put to the test." Omnimon challenged as his left arm extracted a blade that was the same length of Silver's. On Omnimon's blade, we could see a few mysterious orange symbols that looked like markings. This was his Grey Sword.
Seeing that Omnimon was already ready, Silver was ready as well. "Then get ready. Because I will not lose!"
With those words said, Silver and Omnimon clashed head-on with their swords clanging with each other. The sounds of their blades made a loud noise across the air. The clashing of the swords continued as Silver and Omnimon continued to attack each other, trying to see which one would gain the advantage over the other. Omnimon had the slightest advantage over Silver, seeing as how his strikes were faster than Silver's. However, Silver wasn't going to back down. As Omnimon was about to strike with his Grey Sword, Silver quickly rolled out of the way to avoid the horizontal swing of the blade. Silver retaliated by swinging his sword at Omnimon's armored body.
Omnimon's eyes were quick, however, as he quickly defended himself from that strike. Silver kinda cursed himself, seeing as how his sword was on his left arm. He usually never had to fight left-handed, whether it meant using his psychic powers or not.
But he wasn't going to complain about it now.
"Ultimate Uppercut!"
Before Silver could react to this, Omnimon did an uppercut by using the blunt side of his Grey Sword. Silver was sent flying into the air while Omnimon lowered his Grey Sword and raised his right arm in the air, opening the mouth of MetalGarurumon. This was also known as his Garuru Cannon. The weapon fired blue energy shots at Silver repeatedly. Each shot connected with Silver's body until Omnimon stopped firing, letting Silver fall to the ground as he landed on his back pretty hard.
The white hedgehog groaned in pain as he was slowly trying to get back to his feet. But then he slipped back onto the ground, almost looking defeated. When this happened, Omnimon approached him until he stopped at a good distance.
"Don't try pushing yourself up." Omnimon said.
"W-why not?" Silver questioned weakly.
"If you force yourself up, the battle will be over before you know it." Omnimon answered. "Just relax."
"Relax...?" Silver asked a little confusingly.
"Even if you are weakened in battle, your necklace will be able to restore your wounds back to normal. You just need to relax and let your body calm itself." Omnimon told him.
Seeing as how he was pretty badly banged up, Silver decided to listen to Omnimon's words and relax himself. Silver closed his eyes and calmed his body down. As he was beginning to relax, the necklace began to glow again as a light aura surrounded his body. The wounds and bruises on his body slowly began to disappear. It had seemed that the necklace's powers was taking into affect. Soon afterwards, the light aura disappeared and Silver got back to his feet without no trouble this time.
"Well? How do you feel?" Omnimon asked.
"I feel..." Silver moved his arms around. "...I feel great. That pain I felt before is gone."
"That is good to hear. Now that you feel better again, perhaps we should resume our battle?" Omnimon suggested.
Silver seemed to like that idea. "All right. Let's do this, then."
"Think fast." Omnimon warned, as he aimed his Garuru Cannon at Silver.
Silver's eyes widened as Omnimon began firing blue energy shots at him. But Silver was ready this time as he used his telekinesis stop them in mid-air. He then used his arm to send them flying back towards Omnimon at a fast rate. Omnimon quickly rolled out of the way to avoid the on-coming fire. Omnimon then charged after Silver with his Grey Sword again. Silver met the challenge head-on as he clashed with Omnimon's Grey Sword. The two warriors kept clashing, not showing signs of holding back from one another. This time, Silver got a little bit of an advantage as he slowly made Omnimon move backwards a couple of steps while the two continued clashing swords with each other.
"I see you are already getting better." Omnimon said, as he was defending himself from Silver's sword. "If you keep this up, your sword's energy will increase."
"Increase?" Silver asked when he stopped clashing with Omnimon.
"Take a look at your sword." Omnimon told him.
Silver looked at his sword to see that the white dragon was glowing brightly. "What's going on with my sword?"
"When your sword is used in battle for a long time, the dragons marking will glow. It will continue like this until you are ready to unleash your ultimate attack; Heaven's Light." Omnimon told him. "In order for this to work, you and I will have to continue fighting."
"That won't be a problem." Silver said, as he raised up his right arm and fired white energy shots from his cannon. The shots connected with Omnimon's chest area, sending him backwards a few steps with each shot that he was taking. Silver watched as Omnimon fell to one knee, trying to recover himself from those attacks he took.
Silver decided now would be the best time to go in for a direct attack as he sprinted towards Omnimon with his sword at the ready.
Omnimon looked up to see Silver coming towards him. Thinking fast, Omnimon raised his Garuru Cannon at Silver. "Supreme Cannon!"
The white hedgehog's eyes widened when he saw Omnimon firing a single blue energy shot at him. Silver used his sword to defend himself from the attack if he could. The shot did make contact with Silver, however, the light aura from the sword has protected him from getting frozen solid. Silver looked at his blade again to see that it was glowing very brightly this time. Was the sword already at it's full potential?
Omnimon seemed to notice this as well. "It looks like your sword is ready and waiting for you."
Silver looked at the blade a little longer until he nodded his head once and aimed it straight at Omnimon. When he got a good lock on the light Digimon, Silver was ready.
"Heaven's Light!"
As Silver shouted those words, the large rainbow-colored light in the shape of a dragon rocketed straight towards Omnimon at high speed. Omnimon tried to avoid it, but Silver wasn't going to let him get away with this. Silver used his psychic energy to control the light energy and direct it towards Omnimon's trail. Heaven's Light made contact with Omnimon's back, as the Digimon was sent flying forwards on his chest. He landed and slid across the ground in pain until he finally stopped himself.
The light from Silver's blade disappeared along with itself and the cannon as well. When they were gone, Silver walked over towards the fallen Omnimon to check up on him. "Are you all right?"
Omnimon slowly got back up to his feet and looked down at Silver. "I'm fine. But the most important thing is that you learned how to control Heaven's Light. By using your psychic abilities, you were able to control the attack and keep it's mark towards your opponent."
"Thank you." Silver nodded. "I am honored to hear you say that."
"Now that you have passed your trial, I shall tell you about the previous Dragon Lord of Light." Omnimon told him.
"What was he like?" Silver asked.
"It wasn't a he." Omnimon corrected him. "It was a she."
Silver was kinda surprised to hear this. "Really?"
"It was around 1500 years ago." Omnimon began. "It took place in Ancient Soleanna, where a female human named Aeris Prime was said to be the ancestor to the current ruler of Soleanna, Princess Elise."
Silver's eyes widened in shock. "Is that true?!"
"Yes." Omnimon answered. "Although Aeris was never a daughter of the royal bloodline, the people said that she was destined to be the Queen of Ancient Soleanna. It was rumored to that she had the power of Healing Touch. Whenever a person got sick, she could use her power to restore that person back to good health so everyone could be happy to go back to their normal lives."
"Was that rumor true?" Silver questioned.
"At the time, no." Omnimon replied.
Silver raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"One day, a woman's husband was mentally ill. She pleaded for Aeris to come and heal her husband back to normal health. Aeris complied and used her Healing Touch power to make her husband better." Omnimon paused briefly before continuing. "But something was wrong. Aeris had never used Healing Touch in her life before, and Aeris herself was worried at that moment. She had never thought she would have to use it at all."
"Did she still go through with it?" Silver wondered.
"I'm afraid not." Omnimon shook his head. "She had no confidence in herself to pull it off. And because of that, the husband had died. After that happened, people started to doubt her. They were beginning to think that she was a fraud because she didn't have the power of Healing Touch. So Aeris decided to do something unexpected; She ran away from Ancient Soleanna. Away from the one place where she was born and raised. She didn't want to look back at it, because she feared about her own abilities."
Silver was kinda shocked to hear this. "How far did she run?"
"She continued to run as far as her legs could carry her. As she traveled forward, Aeris then discovered an old wooden cabin, where an old woman lived by herself. Aeris went over there to see if she could stay and rest for a while. The old woman was kind enough to let her in, as she decided to give Aeris some treatment." Omnimon explained. "As Aeris was enjoying her stay, she and the old woman began talking and soon became friends. The old woman, then decided, to show Aeris a necklace and give it to her as a souvenir."
Silver seemed to be catching on to this. "Wait...this necklace...it wouldn't happen to be-"
"Yes." Omnimon nodded. "That necklace the old woman was holding turned out to be the Necklace of Light."
"But how did the necklace come into the old woman's possession?" Silver asked.
"I don't know." Omnimon answered. "But for some reason, she told Aeris that this necklace would rid of all the young woman's fears and she would regain confidence within herself." He paused for a moment before continuing. "So, after staying overnight at the old woman's cabin, Aeris decided to head back Ancient Soleanna, with the necklace wrapped around her neck."
"I see." Silver said. "So what happened when she got back?"
"Oddly enough, there was trouble. She heard that a mother's son was very sick, and some people gathered around the home to see this for themselves. Aeris decided to check this for herself to see it." Omnimon explained. "The people were surprised to see Aeris came back, but their doubts about her were still talking. Aeris knew that she would not lose her confidence, so she went inside to use her Healing Touch on the young boy. As she did this, her necklace glowed and the light was retracting towards the boy. The crowd was shocked to see this before their eyes, as they watched Aeris doing her magic."
"And...what happened after that?" Silver wondered.
"To everyone's surprise, it worked. The boy was healed and the mother was very happy. In fact, everyone was happy to see Aeris using her Healing Touch up close and personal. And shortly afterwards, Aeris Prime was named the Queen of Ancient Soleanna." Omnimon stopped again before continuing. "But sometime after she was named the Queen, the Dragon Elders had payed a visit to Aeris and said that she was the potential Dragon Lord of Light because of her healing powers and her kind pure heart. They also said that she, and seven other warriors, would band together to stop the Lord of Darkness"
A moment of silence had occurred, as Silver was taking a minute to gather in all this information. "That sounds very important. Does Princess Elise know about Aeris?"
"I don't know for sure, but maybe you should ask her yourself. At least until after you defeated Hellsing, that is.' Omnimon suggested.
"I'll do that." Silver nodded with a smirk.
"Before I send you back, I have something for you." Omnimon extended his left hand as a small bright light appeared, revealing to be a small stone that was designed with a white dragon's face on it. "It's the special technique I was talking about earlier."
Silver took the object from Omnimon's hand and looked at it up close. "What am I suppose to do with this?"
"You'll have to wait until you face Hellsing himself." Omnimon told him. "You don't have to worry about anything."
Silver looked at the white dragon's stone face for a moment longer before gripping it in his hand. "All right. I'll trust you by those words."
"Very well." Omnimon nodded. "Now stand still while I send you back." He raised his arms in the air as a glow of white light surrounded Silver.
The white hedgehog looked around at his glowing self as the light glowed at it's brightest until it finally died down. When it did, Silver the Hedgehog was gone.
Omnimon lowered his hands after he was done with his part. He looked up at the sky as a stray of wind blew through cape. "Take care of yourself, Dragon Lord of Light. I'm sure you'll make Aeris Prime proud."
Another piece of history of the seven Dragon Lords has been passed on, as Silver passes Omnimon's trial. Will Silver be able to live up to Aeris's reputation? What are these strange dragon stones that the Element Guardians hold? And what will our other heroes learn about the previous Dragon Lords history? Find out on the next Lord of Darkness!
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