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Session 32

Growth through pain

"So now what?"

After Polly and Aegiochusmon returned, that was the question everyone was asking. In a way, that was understandable yet slightly rude.

"We go to the library." Chacha explained. "There, we can possibly get off of this wretched rock."

"Miss Cacha, care to elaborate?" Astamon answered, only for the girl to roll her eyes and sigh.

"Not really." Chacha answered, kicking the gangster in the balls.

Hellfire!

Astamon unloaded a full drum upon the target, going full auto on Chacha. Chacha now laid in a pile of broken parts, still indifferent about all this.

"Good job, mate." Gobblemon added, pulling a trench knife out. "I guess it's my turn to be the goon to the boss."

Alice then slapped the turkey as Chacha's many pieces came back together. Which, everyone accepted as normal for some reason.

"Thank the bitch." Aegiochusmon added, only for the robot to slap him. "Or the time traveler, perhaps."

They then headed off, the monotone facade of this world finally giving into the idea of color. In this case, that meant large patches of roses and the occasional section of grass. Eventually, a large building quickly towered over of them, possibly ready to eat them all up. A pungent scent of rotting guts and gore filled the air, unwavering in its mission to not go away. Nonetheless, they headed over to the door and pushed it open.

Inside, they were greeted by an avalanche of books and dust. Even then, the place didn't look that bad. Other than the one knocked down at the entrance, the other couple thousand bookshelves held within this one section were still upright.

Aaron ran over to the nearest bookshelf in quite a hurry. When he got there, he found nothing but nondescript books with mostly blank pages. Strangely, a black shield with a sword and a wand locked in combat was stamped on the last page. The detective then walked back, wondering the possible meaning of this.

"What's your problem now, detective?" Aegiochusmon joked, only for the book to be thrown into his face.

"Care to explain all these copies of 'The Wholebear 42'?" Aaron answered, only for Aegiochusmon to blast it away.

"Brazen, the drogaciji are." Chacha added, sternly glaring at both Elena and Lily. "Thinking they could steal all our priceless books without us noticing..."

"What? Neither she or I were around when they did this." Lily answered, pulling her yumi out.

Silence!

The robot stepped out of the way, just about ready to run over and kick the plushie into the air.

Yumi Shot!

The succubus then fired her bow off, watching as the two attacks collided with each other.

"Are you two happy now?" Elena responded, only for both fighters to sigh.

"Sure."

"I guess."

Finally, the rest of Delta maneuvered their way out of the mess of the entrance, allowing for a further examination of the room. Stone walls towered over them, complimenting the matching floor. Even with the light sound of footsteps as the only noise within the area, the room seemed way too quiet. After the couple hundred years of solitude, one would have expected to find some sign of life. At the same time, each step brought the scent to a much greater intensity than the last whiff.

"E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-explanation?" Cutemon stuttered, managing to get the attention of Delta.

"You really don't want to know." Chacha answered, putting the little rabbit on her shoulders. "It's better smelling and not knowing, than smelling and know it."

"Is it fixable?"

Chacha stared down at the ground, taking a deep breath.

"Depends."

Cutemon looked back at his master, confused by Chacha's remark. Normally, these sort of things had a clear solution.

Bad guy destroyed your village? Team up with a human and possibly find the culprit.

Weird cat beast attempting to kill you? Powers of friendship, activate!

Nearly dead? Get healed!

But here, this didn't seem to be the case. Whatever problem the Mahora trio had created for themselves, it must have been quite big. Before the rabbit could further inquire on the issue, a loud roar finally penetrated the silence.

"Who dares enter the library?!"

A large fireball locked onto them, only to somehow miss and slam into a nearby bookcase.

"I and the members of Delta!" Gentleman announced, getting a fireball to the face. "In retrospect, I probably deserved that."

"Let me handle this." Tsukaimon added, flying towards the voice. "At the very least, got any tea?"

"What are you expecting? That this truly awesome voice is somehow coming from one super awesome British guy?"

*You realize no one is going to get that joke?*

A loud sigh echoed throughout the room, not all caring for the 'disembodied voice'.

"I was going let you guys pass peacefully and all but now..."

Fire began to rain down upon them, setting everything ablaze. As such, they did the most logical thing for this sort of situation. Run towards the angry pyromaniac. Because you know, since all of them have somehow every fire drill in school by some strange coincidence. Nonetheless, they did eventually stop, drop and roll. After they killed the unknown threat of course.

"You could have told us about that earlier!" Adarnamon shouted and pecked at Aegiochusmon's head. The harem mage then slapped the canary away, only for the digimon to return and peck a few more times for good measure.

"If these guys gave out all the answers, where would the adventure be?" Joey answered, turning his attention towards the group. Delta currently stood at the back end of the current room, facing a hallway leading much deeper into this forsaken hall of knowledge and magic. Like the previous room, the design scheme was carried through, even if an extremely thick layer of dust covered every possible inch of this room.

"Man, this makes that cabin we stayed in look neat." Aaron remarked, only to get silence from his friends. Their gazes then focused on a massive door at the back of the building. Compared to everything else they had just conquered, this seemed to be the source of the nasty smell.

"Any thing else you care to mention to us about this place?" Alice inquired, only for Aegiochusmon to sigh.

"Nope." the harem mage answered, staring towards the floor. Alice's then shifted onto him. "What?'

"Judging by your expression, your 100% lying."

Aegiochusmon only sighed, finally looking towards the speaker. There was no turning back now. After running for so long, the harem mage would finally be able to mix this mess he inadvertently caused.

The chosen then headed off, quickly making their way over to the door. The obstacle towered over everyone, taunting them in a way.

"They've returned!"

"Took them fucking long enough."

"Open the stupid door now!"

Everyone looked towards Aegiochusmon and Polly, possibly wondering if they knew these people. The duo stared back, just as confused as they were. They quickly pulled the door opened, only for the Aegiochusmon to stop them.

Pylóna tou Ádi (Pillar of Hades)!

A large pillar formed before Aegiochusmon, only to get slammed down in front of both doors.

"Just in case." he whispered, taking a deep breath as he helped boost his teammates over the obstacle. He joined them last, stepping into the final room.

Unlike the past two rooms, this one actually seemed livable. Well, if there weren't any body parts strewn about the area. Standing in the middle of said room, was a teenage girl around Elena's age. She was dressed in a holey black cloak, with parts of a green sundress showing through at time. A black cat plush hung by her waist, covered in dried pink blood.

"What were you expecting?" the girl announced, pulling a bloody baseball bat out and dropped the plush to the ground. "This is what you people get for not asking questions."

The members of Delta stared blankly at her, unsure of what the hell she was even talking about.

"You can call me Usagi Renja."

Aegiochusmon rolled his eyes, making his way over to Polly. The monk only stood there, ready to take this unknown threat on,

"And I believe we have unfinished business, Akira Okichi."

Polly only sighed, stepping towards her opponent.

"Let's finish this." she whispered, only for Chacha to jump in front of her.

Perception!

The large beam slammed into Usagi, not even making a scratch upon her. All it really did, was reveal a spectating Valia, Chaos and Chibi. Who really weren't supposed to be there.

"Let us begin, shall we?" Usagi announced, slamming her bat into the ground.

Polly then charged towards Usagi, taking a deep breath. Her training, meeting Aegiochusmon once again, joining Delta and returning to Mahora, were all leading up to this. Before, Usagi probably beat her to death. But now, the tables have turned in her favor.

"Concentrate." she thought, looking Usagi in the eye. Her opponent wildly swung her weapon all about, no rhyme or reason with each swing. Polly only ducked and dodged, eventually pulling her left arm back. All it would take was one blow to finish this.

Mermaid's Droplet!

Polly slammed her fist into the opponent, grabbing hold of Usagi. The monk then twirled the girl around and threw her to the southwest, a loud pop echoing throughout the area.

"You win this time." Usagi answered, turning her attention to the three intruders. "But I won as well."

"So be it." the monk magi answered, making a quick glance at her arm. Instead of flesh of blood, an equivalent of slime and magical energy had taken it's place. Polly cautiously moved it around, making sure this wasn't some kind of trap.

A portal then formed at the back of the room. The members of Delta only stood there, unsure what to do.

"Go on heroes." Chaos explained, her gaze focusing on the corrupted assistant.

"Good luck, Delta." Valia added as she watched them head through. "May luck be eternally on your side."

The trio then teleported away, ironically leaving Usagi's fate up to the author.

Notes:

The last part of the chapter wasn't the original plan. But, I prefer this a whole lot more.

Along with that, Polly's new arm was inspired by the karma arm from the Submachine series.

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Next Time: I'm free, free falling...