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Session 66

A Sense of Understanding

Excitement filled the 'caravan' of Delta.

After two longs of days of non-stop travel, they had finally reached the plantation of the dark blades.

"Finally." Elena whispered and slowly descended down towards the ground. "It feels so good to finally feel the ground again."

With that, Alice stepped off and allowed the gale corsair to switch back to her human form.

"Much better?" the gambler remarked, only to get a nod from her partner. As that all happened, the other two vehicles rolled up under a blue sky with a small flock of tiny reddish orange birds. "Interesting, I don't remember those birds at all."

Elena turned her attention to the creatures, staring at them with a sense of awe and wonder as the rest of the group walked up.

"They just started appearing recently." Vanessa explained and took a deep breath. "You'll get used to them."

She made a quick glance towards the members of Delta, giving them a quick once-over. The sensible choice was to not allow them into her team's plantation, just on the sheer grounds that it would cause nothing more than strife and unrest among the inhabitants. Yet, she suspected telling them 'no' would result in a very lopsided fight not in her favor.

"So, are we going to go in or not?" Joey inquired and watched as the dark blades leader focused her gaze on him. "Is there something wrong?"

Vanessa did not answer, choosing instead to head towards the entrance of the compound. The others followed right behind, gazing all around for any potential traps that could possibly spring up on them. While they were unable to find any, a sense of unrest seemed to fill them. Though, they couldn't figure out what exactly could bring such a filling forth.

"My my, what do we have here?" a voice announced and a figure swooped down from a nearby tree branch. "Good to see that you people are still alive."

The members of Delta just stood there, unsure of how to really react to the sudden appearance of this figure.

"Uh… Who are you?" Elena whispered, only for the figure to flash a twisted smile.

Dark Fryer!

A purple fireball shot out of their opponent's hands and towards Elena.

Gale Strike!

While sluggish and possibly exhausted, the gale corsair managed to swing both her kris into the projectile.

Spiritflare!

Shadow Neko Scratch!

'Hey! Be careful with those things.' Suiko remarked as Joey's claws managed to scratch her side. She still managed to fire her shotgun off, even if it now confused the target even more.

"Okay…" the figure whispered and took a step forward, revealing a familiar girl in a lavender lolita outfit. "What? Were you expecting someone else?"

All she got was silence, only for a potion vial to slam into her neck.

"Victoria Arcana, you're under arrest." Aaron whispered and took a step forward.

"For what, exactly?" Victoria responded as she pulled her butterfly swords out, focusing her vision on the detective. "I've done many things in my lifetime, you'll have to be more specific."

"For the murder of Valerie Arcana and impersonating her." the detective whispered and took a deep breath. "Do you have anything to say for it, Victoria Arcana?"

Victoria didn't answer and just stared at her opponent.

"Can we please resolve this like mature adults?" Gentleman inquired, putting himself in between the two. "Or at the very least, explain why you are trying to hurt this young lady?"

Just as he finished his sentence, Gentleman was forced to duck. If he hadn't, a large vial would've collided with his head and done who knows what to him. It had the added effect of him stepping out of the way, which allowed Aaron a free potion fling at Victoria.

Butterfly Knife Rain!

Of course, the black cat took this same opportunity to rain knives down upon Aaron.

"It's your choice." Vanessa whispered, watching as her friend decided to just stare at his opponent. "If you want to go through with it, be my guest."

Yet, Aaron continued to ignore her. No, he was more focused on the why of it all, a reminder of the promise he had made all that time ago. He was so close, yet seemingly so far from his goal. Maybe it was the fact that he had not been told anything about this. Or, it was the fact that Victoria had the guts to attack them before in this form. Inside, he was slapping himself for not noticing it the first time around.

"DAMMIT!" the detective shouted and charged at the target, flinging potion vials in that general direction, wanting to destroy the opponent, "WHY DID YOU KILL HER? WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO USE HER CORPSE TO PASS OFF AS SOMEONE ELSE?! WHY, YOU LITTLE BIT-"

Before he could finish his rant, the swish of a blade filled the air and the detective found himself a tiny bit lighter.

"Been too long since I've gotten to do that." Victoria whispered and sat herself down on the ground. "Let's settle this like mature adults."

Aaron reluctantly sat himself down, taking deep breaths as he did so.

"Sorry." he mumbled, not wanting to admit possible defeat to the opponent. Yet, he knew that this was the better option at the moment. If nothing else, it could give him Victoria's side of this mess…

Our story begins a long time ago, with the attack upon the main base of the Order.

For LadyDevimon, she had other things on her mind at the moment. Currently, the dark angelic digimon was straddling a large white digi-egg covered in an assortment of colored dots within one of the many darkened rooms within the compound. The only source of light was that of a single light bulb on hanging from a string. Which, was more than enough to illuminate the whole room.

"This might be the last time I ever see you." she whispered and took a deep breath. "As much as Piedmon and I would want to raise you as our own, I suspect they would do everything in their power to prevent such a feat."
LadyDevimon carefully placed the egg down, making sure to not disturb it.

Holy Fryer!

The ultimate ducked and watched as a ball of divine energy sailed right above her head.

"Who goes there?" she shouted and watched as a teenage girl entered the room. She was dressed in a purple lolita dress and black fishnet stockings, complimented by her purple heels. A pair of dark blue eyes stared towards her, sort of going with her long black hair.

"I'm sorry, but orders are orders." the girl whispered and pulled out a pair of butterfly swords out. "Even if you don't agree with them, sometimes you have to just give a nod and continue on."

LadyDevimon didn't answer, choosing to look at the possible opponent with a mix of confusion and interest. While she didn't want to get into a fight at this moment, she would not let her child be taken by these 'fiends'.

Darkness Wave!

A cloud of bats shot out of her hands, quickly making their way towards the girl. The opponent strangely laughed and jumped over the attack, pulling her left butterfly blade back in the process.

Frost Fryer!

A ball of ice then shot out of the blade, slamming into LadyDevimon. In a matter of seconds, the ultimate found herself trapped within a large block of ice.

"See, that wasn't too hard." the unnamed girl whispered as she walked over to the egg, pulling out a purple plastic oval thing in the process. While LadyDevimon didn't quite recognise what exactly the thing was, something about it told her that there wasn't anything good.

"Don't… you… dare." she whispered as her body began to flicker, her hands and feet now 'melting' within this frozen prison. Her legs and arms came next, reduced to even more goop.

By the time the 'melting had reached her body, the egg had been teleported to an unknown place.

"There. Now be a good… something or other and stay in that ice cube of yours." the girl announced, giving the pile of goop a wave and a cocky smile. It was the sort of thing you shouldn't do when the match was over. Rarely did such taunting go over well.

Dark Lightning Kick!

Somehow, the slime managed to reform itself into a BlackGatomon and break free from the ice. She charged towards the opponent, managing to grab hold of the girl's butterfly swords and get on top of her.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" the girl announced and fell forward, attempting to crush the black cat that was trying to kill her. "If my big sis Vanessa finds out about you, she'll make you pay!"
Yet, the opponent did not listen. Instead, they chose to use the girl's butterfly swords to end this. Afterwards, she slid over to the body and absorbed it, ending this mess.

.

"I think I understand now." Aaron whispered and took another deep breath. "I'm sorry for shouting at you."

Victoria didn't answer, choosing instead to laugh.

"Well you're an oddity." the black cat whispered and stood up. "Of all the ways you could respond, you go with shouting and apologizing. Not many people choose that route."

Aaron stared towards his 'friend' with a look of both confusion and gratitude.

"Uh… thanks?" the mending detective whispered and made a quick glance towards Vanessa, who had already pulled her longswords out. "Calm down. It's not worth it."

Vanessa growled, but reluctantly sheathed her blades.

"One of these days…" she muttered and stormed into camp. Delta just watched, unsure of how to really react. Well other than a blank face of course.

"I wish you the best of luck, Delta." Victoria answered and chose to walk away.

"Uh… thanks?" the detective whispered, turning his attention back to his teammates. "That still doesn't explain why you attacked us..."

"You'll find out soon enough." the black cat answered as she headed onwards. "Hopefully, you'll have enough energy to mend another divide.

Aaron sighed and cracked a smile.

For as great as it was to have another piece to this puzzle, it seemed that he was still missing some of the bigger picture. But for now, there were other things that needed to be resolved at the moment.

"Let's go then." Elena whispered and slowly headed towards the entrance of the plantation.

Toxic Arrow!

Holy Spray!

Arcane Flame!

Radiating Thunder!

Electro Berserker Fang!

One by one, the attacks slammed into the gale corsair. It was the sort of thing that only the most cowardly of people would pull.

"That is for Arresterdramon, you stupid slut."

Notes:

This was a fun chapter to write. Especially with a tweaked Aaron.

Also, this chapter marks two years of Digital Adventure Online. Thank you for the support you've given me. It means the world.

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Next Time: Some grudges never go away, only growing deeper with time.