Digimon Re: Adventure Chapter 8:
While for much of the day it was obvious to just about everyone that Taichi wasn't getting sleep until sunset, throughout the house everyone was in their own spot getting some well-deserved sleep. Hikari, despite everyone else being asleep, was wide awake with her mind too occupied by things that had occurred the day before.
Right now she was slowly moving to sit up straight as she looked across the room; seeing Mimi and Meiko asleep in the same room as her, all the while Hikari sighed and moved to stand up and look around the room to try and familiarize herself with the setting now that she had some time to herself.
'For all I know, Gatomon is probably lurking and still awake as well, but I don't mind; I just need to find a way to get Takeru off of my mind…' Hikari thought to herself as she moved to quietly open the door to head out of the room; not noticing that Meiko was slowly beginning to stir as she walked out.
Walking downstairs and looking around the room, she could see things more clearly; the living room had a large, widescreen television on the side of the room across from the closed curtains where the windows facing the front yard were, and across the room, resting atop a large couch and a table in the middle of the room, were Biyomon, Tentomon, Palmon, and Gabumon all fast asleep. The other Digimon were probably in different rooms from what she could tell.
Walking towards the guest bedrooms down the hallway towards her right from the staircase, she walked down the hall and entered a bathroom and turned on the light as she shut the door behind her.
"I would advise locking it for now; he's just as conflicted as you are about this whole situation." Sora's voice suddenly spoke up as Hikari could see her in the bathroom, in her undergarments, glancing over some scars across her body; some of them looked tame, others looked more serious. Hikari's eyes widened with how calm Sora was being considering the obvious questions she had, but Sora simply looked over at her as to remind her to lock the door behind her.
"Also, if Meiko's at the door, let her in as well. Just don't bring up anything sex related near her, okay?" Sora asked, as Hikari nodded as she moved to sit on the carpet floor of the bathroom. Sora, noticing Hikari's confusion, decided to try and start a proper conversation, "So I take it you're suffering from the fact you're normally used to having sex with others but then you find the one guy who does it with you who you think you've fallen for hard, right?" Sora asked, as Hikari blinked, but nevertheless nodded.
"H-How did you know…?" Hikari asked, as Sora pulled out her digivice and showcased a projection of a humanoid avian with a sort of Native American vibe to its appearance.
"I had a bad habit of getting too into it when I first met Yamato; I began to agitate him without realizing he needed his own privacy as well, although I feel incredibly guilty to this day that he never turned me down despite that." Sora explained, as Hikari noticed the Digimon on her digivce was not one she had seen before.
"So which Digimon is that?" Hikari questioned.
"Garudamon; Perfect Level, and there's a reason I bring Biyomon's Perfect form into this discussion." Sora said, as she pointed towards the scars across her arms, legs, and parts of her body. "You're probably wondering how I got these scars, aren't you?" Sora asked, as Hikari nodded.
"Very well, let me tell you the tale of how it happened… A few months ago is when it had happened, a startling encounter between Biyomon and what I presumed was another Digimon at the time." Sora began to detail, as her digivice showed Hikari a recording of the incident in question. As Sora was talking, Biyomon evolved into her Adult form Birdramon just as an ominous black shadow began to show itself.
Descending from the sky like a divine being with the dark clouds giving way to a blinding light, the shadow entity had ten or more wings each showcasing the depths of space within them. Fully extended at the moment, once the entity landed without touching the ground, the wings began to fold up and retract within its back to near non-existent visibility. The entity, now in more clear view, looked like a decrepit humanoid dragon with gray colored armor and a mysterious magenta crystal on its chest which caused the whole life-form to radiate with a similarly colored glow.
"…"
Birdramon, flying up to attack with her wings folding together and unleashing a fiery storm of projectiles towards the dragon-like being, didn't realize Sora was watching in utter horror as to how the dragon used a single hand, very slowly moving at that, to suddenly cause the projectiles to freeze in midair. The fiery substances becoming a pitch black energy with a magenta glow, the projectiles were launched back at Birdramon as they were forced to impact with her. Instead of an explosion, however, the energy was reabsorbed into Birdramon.
"B-Birdramon, E-Evolution…!" Birdramon began to cry out as her body circulated in the pitch black energy, before emerging out as a much larger Digimon in the form of Garudamon. However, as the appearance was colored a dark crimson with a white plumage, the form Birdramon as Garudamon here looked like it was tainted with an ominous shadowy fog around her whole form; her eyes glowed a soulless magenta in coloration as a result of this.
"My my, you caught yourself quite a prize here with this one…" A voice spoke up, as appearing at the corner of Sora's eyes was a tall, humanoid Digimon with a semi-robust frame and pale skin with clawed fingers. Sharply dressed and looking like Dracula himself to an extent, the Digimon darkly chuckled as Hikari's eyes widened as she saw the projection from Sora's Digivice.
"V-Vamdemon…!" Hikari said as she began to scowl as to the reminder that this Digimon even existed at all in her prior knowledge of him. Sora, meanwhile, blinked.
"Wait, I thought his name was Myotismon?" Sora said, only to be interrupted by the recording on her digivice which had the same topic being brought up between Vamdemon and the mysterious entity.
"Tell me, Vamdemon; is this the one you seek?" The being spoke up; its voice sounded like the combination of an old hag, a comical, hammy, yet sociopathic young man, and a high pitched, girl-like child's voice in unison. Vamdemon simply chuckled, before turning his gaze to Sora.
"No, but she'll do for the current moment." Vamdemon said darkly as blades of energy manifested from his hands as Sora's eyes widened as she moved to try and run, but the unstable Garudamon blocked her path as she savagely roared towards her. "Bloody Stream!" Vamdemon called as the blades launched themselves at Sora, each of them slicing through her skin and sending minor electrical shocks through her body. With the amount of bleeding Sora was going through from the injuries as she screamed in pain, she was soon to collapse as her digivice fell to the ground with the screen still facing the black entity and Vamdemon.
"That wasn't part of the deal, Vamdemon." The entity spoke, as it released its grip on Garudamon and forcefully degenerated her into Biyomon as a result of the overwhelming energy being freed from her system. As Biyomon was groggy with trying to realize what happened, she was caught off guard with Vamdemon's smug laughter.
"The plan has changed, oh great Destroyer of Galaxies." Vamdemon spoke, as his chuckling was cut off short by the freakish speed in which the entity moved to grab Vamdemon by the head in his much larger hand.
"You of all people should know, Vamdemon, that one does not betray the deals made with my own kin!" The entity spoke as Biyomon was moving to try and lift Sora off of the ground and call for help with her digivice, only to be interrupted by the sight of Vamdemon's horrified scream as within seconds, and without moving any further, the entity atomized Vamdemon in a bright, powerful glow before nothing remained of the Digimon any further.
Hikari was stunned silent, all the while Sora was partially confused; she had shown this recording to Yamato before, but she could've sworn it had cut off by this point and yet it still continued. The entity, meanwhile, gave an ominous glare towards Hikari as the recording was beginning to turn to static; it didn't even seem to look at the monitor of Sora's digivice when the event took place, but it appeared to actively acknowledge Hikari watching this further ahead of when this took place.
Hikari's eyes widened with shock as the entity's lack of any obvious clue as to what it was trying to signal towards her. Some of the Digimon she had to deal with could be incredibly unsubtle with their goals or intentions, but this entity's lack of speech at this moment disturbed her.
"Chosen of Light." Hikari yelped when she heard the entity speak that, as Sora dropped her digivice in panic. The entity, with its skinny, yet powerful arms, gestured for her to try and approach it as if she were actually there. "I expect your brother to meet me by the docks at high noon tomorrow. Be certain he is not late for what I have to question him about." The entity spoke, as the recording cut off entirely as the entity's disappearance left the whole room quiet.
Sora was stunned by what she had seen; something much more powerful than the average Digimon she knew for certain is what exactly this being was, but Hikari on the other hand was horrified as to how the entity made zero effort of killing Vamdemon. Admittedly Hikari had only heard of Vamdemon from Gatomon, but she didn't expect someone who both looked and sounded powerful to be taken out so easily in that manner.
"I'm scared for your safety now knowing what you've had to deal with, Sora…" Hikari finally spoke up, as if trying to ignore the entity's acknowledgment of her. Sora, though, looked at Hikari with a serious gaze. "Besides the docks are on the way from where my brother and I live to here so the entity you encountered is bound to run into it eventually…" Hikari brought up; her voice sounded rather disturbed by the entity to really think of how to answer whatever Sora would have to ask such as who Vamdemon is, what exactly the entity could possibly want with her brother…
"Sora? Mind if I come in?"
Or who was asking for entry into the bathroom since Hikari couldn't recognize the voice.
"Come on in, Miyako." Sora mentioned, as Hikari moved to unlock the door with haste once she heard that name. Miyako looked into the room with surprise when she saw Hikari.
"Oh wow… I guess when Iori said our group had moved we apparently didn't move very far it seems…" Miyako mentioned, before moving to tackle hug Hikari before she could get a word in. "Either way how've you been after so long Hikari? You have no idea how much Hawkmon misses talking with Gatomon after how long it had been!" Miyako exclaimed in excitement as Hikari was trying to move to get some freedom from Miyako's tight hug.
"Sora? What's going on in here?" Mimi could be heard speaking up as she stopped by the door. Sora raised an eye once she saw Mimi's shirt having a print of a Tentomon, Kabuterimon, and a yellow insectoid Digimon bowing before a much larger, sharp and purple insectoid wearing a crown and sitting in a throne.
"… Er… Mimi… I don't recall you being a big fan of insectoid Digimon at all, care to explain where you got that shirt?" Sora asked while raising an eye, before Mimi simply tossed Miyako, Hikari, and Sora shirts for themselves, each with a pattern of a green, wasp-like insectoid, Angemon striking a boisterous pose, and what appeared to be merchandise for Matt's band with Garurumon, Coelamon, and DarkTyrannomon all drawn in a stylized logo for the Teenage Wolves. Hikari merely raised an eye at Mimi once she realized the full context behind the specific shirts they were given.
"Lemme guess, you chose to buy us shirts based off of either the guys we have crushes on or the guys some of us are already with?" Hikari asked with a hint of snark in her voice as Mimi nodded with a grin.
"Yep, because tomorrow we're going out shopping and I have one rule for all of us girls we go out; none of the boys are coming with us, and none of us can talk about them until we return. So I bought us shirts based off of their Digimon to allow us to keep them in mind should we get them anything." Mimi explained, as Sora chuckled a little bit. Miyako, getting up after letting go of Hikari, blinked as she wondered why Mimi would decide to have a girl's day out.
"Alright, what alternate timeline did you come from and where did the real Mimi go?" Miyako asked, as she noticed how Mimi's words were regarding what she had in mind didn't sound normal for her. "You normally always do what you can to have sex with men at every occasion, so what made you want to have a day where it's just us girls not thinking or talking about men for once?" Miyako asked, as Mimi giggled, before slowly becoming more serious.
"Well, for one, considering our new friend we've met within the past 24 hours, I didn't want to scare her with the subject of men at all if we truly want her to bond with us. It's actually kind of rude to bring a new girl into the group and begin talking around her like we're all sluts or something." Mimi brought up, as Hikari was about to respond with something to counter what Mimi had to say.
… Until she realized from what she remembered of her brother's experiences with Meiko that Mimi made absolute perfect sense with her plan. Regardless of the fact Mimi wasn't thinking of trying to bed one of the guys at the moment either way, there was something else unusual with Mimi's choice of shirt for this occasion that she couldn't immediately think of as to why that was the case.
"So does that sound like a fair plan for us?" Mimi asked, as she watched as Sora was beginning to put on the shirt she was given; it appearing rather tight on her which made her blush, but Miyako felt the opposite with how loose her shirt was, and Hikari had the only shirt of the three whose shirt seemed to be a snug fit.
"Sounds good to me at the very least; I can finally get some errands done." Sora answered, as Hikari nodded.
"Same. My mom's birthday is coming up so I figured I would get her something." Hikari said, as Miyako giggled a bit.
"Anything is worth spending time with you guys again just so I can get a break from my usual work!" Miyako exclaimed in excitement, as Mimi grinned.
"Now then, simply to know if Meiko will be able to join in on this or not when she's awake and-"
Without a moment's warning, Taichi had busted open the door as his overall state looked half panicked, half drained of energy from his lack of sleep, but most importantly looking a bit furious and worried at the same time.
"E-Everyone… M-Meiko… She's in trouble…!" Taichi panted as Mimi, Sora, Hikari, and Miyako looked at each other with a more serious gaze, as Taichi walked out and towards outside at the front of the house as Meiko was seen hovering in midair in her sleep, her expression looking partially uncomfortable if otherwise serene in her slumber. As Taichi readied his digivice as Agumon came into view, Mimi, Hikari, Miyako, and Sora came into view as well with Palmon and Hawkmon fully awake, Gatomon already being outside, and Biyomon slowly beginning to wake up in a hurry once she noticed who was standing before Meiko in the front yard.
The entity had appeared before them in person; looking a very intimidating 17 feet in height, as Taichi and Mimi both opted for their digivices in a hurry as the entity taunted them to making a move first.
"Agumon, Evolution…!" Agumon called as he transformed into an miniature explosion of fire, before emerging as the hellish, skeletal saurian that he had become the day before. "SkullGreymon!" SkullGreymon roared with a slight, semi-menacing but otherwise withdrawn cackle.
"Palmon, Super Evolution…!" Palmon called, as a bright, intense green light surged across her as she was encased in a large, enclosed rose of sorts as the petals gave away to an evolved state that caused the nearby area to tremble in overwhelming power before a graceful, pixie-like humanoid as her fairy-like eyes opened as she struck an energetic pose "Lilimon!"
The entity, moving to back away into the air, watched as Taichi caught Meiko once its telepathic grip on her was loosened and she fell into his arms into safety. SkullGreymon, moving to grapple with the entity's strong but much smaller arms, was actually able to hold his own against the abomination as Lilimon flew up behind the entity while it was busy with SkullGreymon.
"Flow' Cannon!" Lilimon called as both of her hands fused together as a flower bud formed in them and opened up to reveal a metallic cannon, fired off a stream of petal-like bullets towards the black entity, as a means of catching its guard off further as the entity moved to turn away from SkullGreymon only for the skeletal Perfect Level to subdue the entity in its massive arms. In an instance, Lilimon fired off a charged shot of pure energy towards the entity, as the entity's eyes widened before taking the hit in full force.
As SkullGreymon took some of the recoil of the attack and fell backwards a bit, he looked over towards Gatomon with a near-soulless stare. "YOU! GET IN HERE!" SkullGreymon roared orders towards Gatomon, as Gatomon sighed.
"Fine, not my problem anyways. Ready, Hikari?" Gatomon asked, as Hikari nodded.
"Anyone else wanting to take a jab at this being so that we can drive it off?" Hikari asked off Miyako and Sora, as both of them nodded and grabbed their digivices as Gatomon, Hawkmon, and Biyomon assumed battle stances.
"Gatomon, Super Evolution…!" Gatomon called, as her entire figure glowed into an immense light as her feline form took the shape of a graceful, well-endowed humanoid with eight wings emerging from her back and a large, flowing ribbon across her body. "Angewomon!"
"Hawkmon, Evolution…!" Hawkmon called, as his body glowed like the sun as his fiery form took hold of a giant, eagle-like avian with bull-like horns on his head. "Aquilamon!"
"Biyomon, Super Evolution…!" Biyomon called as she exploded into a bright light of fire and feathers; her arms and legs formed into strong, robust limbs with five digit talons on each, and a separate set of limbs erupting as wings behind her as her dark crimson coloration became clear. "Garudamon!"
As the entity backed away with the amount of powerful Digimon before it, the black life-form was taken off guard when Lilimon fired at it from behind again against its head, just as SkullGreymon tackled it from the front, with Aquilamon latching onto the being's shoulders to hold him up, before Garudamon and Angewomon both kicked the entity against the crystal-like protrusion of its chest, causing a minor crack to form in it. SkullGreymon, launching the entity up into the air, as its body seemed limp and weakened, joined with the other evolved Digimon and fired a missile from his backside port, as Garudamon and Aquilamon both used an energy attack from their wings and mouth respectively, Lilimon firing an even bigger charged shot of energy from her hands, as Angewomon formed her right hand into a makeshift bow and firing a bolt of light towards the entity.
As the various projectiles collided with the entity in full force, the draconic humanoid visibly felt the recoil from each of their attacks as a cloud of dust overtook its nearby surroundings. As everyone thought the entity was possibly dead by that point, they were all taken aback by how the entity extended its previously hidden wings and fired a storm of violet blasts of flame towards all five of them. Each of them, due to the immense strength of the attack, were forcefully degenerated back down to their Child Forms in a heap.
"I will not allow myself to be humiliated by a bunch of low class wenches! Thy name is Dragora, for we are-" The sudden influx of a powerful, piercing claw caused the entity to recoil and roar out in immense pain, as the entity fell to the ground and on impact caused the ground to shake with a tremendous force. In the air, floating down towards Meiko and Taichi, appeared a humanoid cat with a frenzied expression and set of clawed weaponry. Degenerating back down into the much more innocent looking Meicoomon, Meicoomon happily looked at everyone around her as things began to calm.
"For we are one of a kind." Meicoomon said with a sly smirk, as Taichi chuckled a bit as to what he heard, as Gatomon chuckled a bit as well. Just as everyone was beginning to calm down, they noticed the entity beginning to stand back up, all the while gripping onto its chest in severe pain as its mouth leaked a violet liquid.
"Hear my warning, "Chosen Children"… If you think you've seen the last of me, you're sadly mistaken; until I have what Meiko stole from me, I will forever hunt you down whenever I get the opportunity… even if it means allying myself with the one man Meiko dreads. Farewell, foolish humans…" Dragora spoke to the group, as it vanished into thin air in a black smoke.
Meiko, beginning to wake up and stir after what she could feel happening around her, was greeted to herself being carried bridal style in Taichi's arms, as the other girls were watching over her as well.
"… O-Oh dear… What did I miss out on…?"