Book 5 The Unison War, Chapter 9: Lunamon
Her ear was flopping against the wind, this was a new sensation, something that she would not have believed possible if it had not actually happened to her. She was in awe, the clouds passing by her at an incredible pace, soldiers all around her running in chaos and shouting orders to one another. This was the first time she had been on an airship - in her mega form she would otherwise been able to fly. She tried to run towards one of the ship's side but she was still unaccustomed to her new body, she would trip every minute now that her once long legs had become small stubs, along with her new dress like body, it was easy for her to step on herself and fall flat on her face.
"Lunamon!" Her master had come onto the top deck trying to find her. It was weird for her to have a master once again, it was even weirder for her to have a master who looked exactly like her original master. Yet, if it were not for the identical looks, the two could not be any different. Her original master had always been so calm, always in control even when it came to the master of giving away her own daughter. The girl who became her new master was the complete opposite, shy and always unsure of herself. The girl had spotted her and was coming towards her, her master had a bright smile on her face.
Lunamon did not know why her new master had agreed to join the air force, maybe it was because the boy in charge had nearly begged her to. It reminded her of Artemis, both girls were weak against a good looking boy. However, Lunamon had promised herself that she would not make the same mistake she had allowed with Artemis, she would protect her new master no matter what the circumstance; and at the moment that required her to go against her brothers and sisters.
"There you are Lunamon." Her master had said sweetly. Her master, more commonly known as Lady Lily Crowle, second daughter of Lord Crowle, was dressed in the iconic green coat which signified her as both a noble and someone who had a Digimon. The coat fit her figure perfectly, along with her new red plaided short skirt which Lunamon was told to be based after something called a kilt - her master was actually the first female to have joined His Majesties' Allied Forces and the regular uniform just did not allow her the same mobility a skirt would and the only thing that came close to a skirt was what the northern men from the Empire wore.
Her master appeared behind her and picked her up, a satisfied simile on her face. Although her master was shy by nature, the last few days on the this ship had changed her, still shy but always smiling; again Lunamon knew it was due to the closeness her master had with the Lord Captain of the ship. Yggdrasil had told her about the Lord Captain, the most dangerous of Yggdrasil's enemy. Lunamon did not know why that was the case, from what she had seen of him, he was just another average human with a Digimon. Sure the Lord Captain had quite the hero complex and was a natural born leader but he would rush into danger without thinking and usually didn't think of a back up plan when the entire "overpower" your enemies plan went wrong. Yggdrasil had told her the Captain was part of her Twilight plan, it allowed her to study human emotions and thus allowed her to judge humanity. Once Yggdrasil had decided upon what human fate was to be, he then employed herself and her siblings to rid him of those that threatened his plan, the Captain was the most dangerous.
Lunamon did not know the details to Yggdrasil's plan, only that he had planned to subjugate humans. She did not know how to feel about what Yggdrasil had planned; when Yggdrasil came to her, Lunamon had been angry. Angry after all those years of betrayal, angry at the humans who killed her master, but now that she looked back on it, she was mostly angry with herself, unable to protect her master. Now she had a new master and she promised herself she would not fail twice, she learned to once again love humans, to trust them and she was sure now then ever, Yggdrasil was wrong about them.
She and Lily both stood there for what seemed like hours, just staring at the passing clouds above and waves below. Unknown to the two, another female appeared from the deck below. She too was dressed in the customary green coat and the same skirt Lily wore, but this girl was older, her hair shorter and a fair bit more copper. Behind her appeared her Digimon, a large human sized dragon digimon, blue in colour with a white belly and a large blue "V" to confirm he was part of the Veemon family. The girl and her Digimon stepped beside her master and took in the sight with them.
Lunamon found the pair to be odd, not only was this girl the only one she knew to have given a name to her Digimon but she was one of the few who had the ability to level up her Digimon along with the Captain and the one who trained her master, Daimon Masaru. Masaru had told Lily and herself the key to regaining her previous form lay solely with the device Apollomon's ghost had given her master, the Digivice iC. Masaru had said her master's Digivice was an older model compared to his but it would still allow Lunamon to regain her mega form.
Their silence was finally broken when her master's Digivice began to beep and a voice came though. "Lily, can you hear me?" The voice called. Her master quickly picked up her Digivice she had decided to wear as a necklace and answered to the voice coming from inside.
"Yes , we can hear you." Lily managed to stumble on her words, her old nervous self coming through. Daimon Masaru had decided to catch a ride on board the Tristan, as the Digivice which Masaru and her own master held were the only ones that were able to communicate with each other; according to Taichi and Rei, their Digivices were of an older model and did not allow for communication between the two. Therefore, it was up to both her master and Masaru to rely information between Taichi and Koushiro.
"Roger that. Koushiro-san has said we would arrive at the north coast of the Empire homeland by tomorrow morning. He wants Taichi-san to prepare his guns tonight for when we do arrive at the Empire. He says it'll be tough going through the defences of the Roman's stationed near the coast but it should be no problem with our airships." Masaru's voice came through from the box. Their group of ships was a large one, the largest Lunamon had seen firsthand. When she ran missions of Yggdrasil, she would come across squads of ships trying to defend against her, the usual of only about twenty or so ships, nothing she couldn't take care of. However, this fleet the kings had sent were massive, she could at least count thirty or so ships in front of the Reliant and at least fifty more behind. Ships of all sizes, from the heavyweights like the Reliant and Tristan, to lightweight scouting ahead and the mid weights that flanked all four sides of the heavyweights as shields.
"Tell Koushiro that everything has already been prepared." A voice called from behind them. It was the captain and his Agumon, both had silently creeped up on them as they were too focused on Lily's Digivice.
"Taichi-san, we should have Wargr…." Masaru's voice was interrupted by a large scream as jets of water came flying towards them from below.
"Vortex Penetrate!" A loud deep voice called out from the sea below and the next thing anyone knew, the Ship sailing directly a head of the Reliant had been hit with a large energy projectile. The wooden haul of the ship caught fire, causing it to fall quickly to the sea below. The Lord Captain quickly rushed to the side as the rest of them followed. They could see a blue Digimon half submerged in the ocean tides looking straight back at them, but Lunamon knew she was the only one who knew who it was. Her brother, Neptunmon.
"Taichi-san, Agumon and I are on this!" The voice from Lily's Digivice stated.
"No, let WarGreymon take care of this. We have more experience dealing with water battles and I don't think your Burst Mode would work so well underwater." Taichi called back.
"He's right aniki, WarGreymon is much better when it comes to water battles." A second voice, who Lunamon assumed was Daimon's Digimon, replied through the Digivice.
"Agumon you ready?" Taichi asked pulling out his Digivice. Agumon nodded as Taichi's Digivice began to glow a violent orange.
"Agumon shinka….." A bright light surrounded Agumon and when it disbursed, his mega form stood in it's place, "WarGreymon X!"
Without a moment's habitation, WarGreymon ran until there was no more deck for his feet to run on and dived straight down to where Neptunmon was.
"Poseidon Force!" "Gate of Atlantis" Both Digimon called as they started their engagement. They could only watch on as they were hopeless against Neptunmon when he had a viable water source near him. Lunamon could only prey that WarGreymon would not hurt her brother too bad; she had experience fighting against her current allies and knew Neptunmon stood a slime chance of winning.
"Lily, get Lunamon ready. We'll need her to calm Neptunmon once WarGreymon gets him warn down." The captain called out to her master. Her master looked flustered, not because the Captain was talking to her but Lunamon knew it be her master's first experience in battle. Lily held out her Digivice, holding it firmly with both hands as if she was praying to it. She closed her eyes and concentrated, after hours of training with Masaru, her master Lily had finally become accustomed to the process summoning her Digisoul as Masaru called it. A small blue flame appeared over her hands and then soon engulfed both her master's hands and her Digivice. Lunamon herself began to feel the air around her becoming stale and cold. As she had an affinity to the moon, this rush of cold air did not feel threatening rather it was comforting to Lunamon.
A summoning circle appeared at the feet of her master, just like the countless other times they had when practicing. At the same time another circle appeared at Lunamon's feet, soon a serge of power was felt and a white light enveloped her.
"Lunamon shinka!" She felt her old powers returning but she felt even more power. This power felt familiar, it felt of her old master Artemis but it also felt of her new master Lily. She concentrated on the power and when her small rookie body could not hold it any longer, her mega form burst through. "Dianamon!" she called.
She too jumped from the side of the Reliant and dived towards the two fighting Digimon. Her armour allowed her to fly, unlike her brother's which only allowed for his manipulation of water. As she came close to the two Digimon, she could see that they were parrying with their weapons, her brother Neptunmon with his spear the 'King's Bite' and WarGreymon X with his 'Dramon Killer' katara claws. When one tried to hit the other, the other would simply block and when the other tried to hit him, the same was true. Dianamon could see both were close to their limits, both were breathing heavily and she knew her brother could no longer continue. It was now, the perfect time for her to plea to her brother to stop.
"Brother!" She called towards Neptunmon. "Please stop this madness. We do not want to hurt you!"
"Sister?" Neptunmon replied in shock as he turned to face her. WarGreymon X sensing what was going on, stopped from continuing any more attacks and stood close by the two should Dianamon need any assistance. "What is the meaning of this sister! Dynasmon returned by saying you were dead, killed by those humans." Neptunmon asked, pointing his King's Bite at her.
"Dynasmon has lied to you brother, just as Yggdrasil has lied to us all." She pleaded. "Did you not once yourself trust the humans? Did you not stay to protect Poseidon's kingdom even after his death?"
"Until those ungrateful humans ran me out. I have only myself to blame for trusting them." Neptunmon replied in spit.
"No brother. Those humans you protected came to fear you. You, a Digimon who controlled the oceans, who control the waves, the same water that claimed many of their lives. Did you not swear on your master's deathbed that you would protect his people?" She continued to plea with her brother but Neptunmon's face became dark and she could not read his emotions.
"Poseidon was no master of mine!" Neptunmon screamed in denial and launched his King's Bite at her. Dianamon was too shock to move and with the speed and power in which Neptunmon threw the spear, there was no way Dianamon could block it. She prepared herself for the worst but it never came. A quick red shadow flew past her and saved he from the on coming attack. When she was able to gather herself, she recognized her saviour to be ShineGreymon as he was able to deflect the spear away with his GeoGreySword.
Neptunmon screamed in frustration as he launched attacks after attacks at the three Digimon. Still trying to recover from her brother's outburst, it was WarGreymon and ShineGreymon that were the ones protecting her from her brother's attacks. It was then she knew Yggdrasil had already tainted her brother's mind beyond repair and she knew what had to be done. She prepared her harken and raised it as if it were a bow. She pulled back on the invisible string as an arrow formed.
Neptunmon however caught what she was about to do but he was too preoccupied with defending against the two mega dinosaur Digimon. Yet, before she could fire her arrow, her brother gave her once last cold laugh.
"It is already too late sister. Yggdrasil has already sent sister Minervamon and brother Marukerimon to deal with these human's precious little king."
The three Digimon could only look at him with shock but Dianamon did not hesitate and fired her arrow. "Arrow of Artemis!" It had hit Neptunmon seconds later and he resolved into a million particles of light. I hope you are at peace now brother. Poseidon awaits in the next world, you will be reunited with your master at long last.
