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Session 79
Heading Home
The walk out of Despair Academy quickly passed for Victoria and the long line of people and digimon following behind her.
Of course for Chouko and the other survivors, knighthead and spear lady, this was kind of a big deal. While they had been 'outside' before, there was always someone with them acting as a chaperone in order to keep them from making an escape attempt. Or attempt to steal the bus that Bob had left behind for some reason.
"Must you ruin the moment?" Knighthead remarked and made a quick glance towards the sky, shaking his fist at it. "You've already done more than your fair share of damage, physically and emotionally."
Knighthead was what you expected, being a blonde-haired guy in metal plate armor with a sword at his side. His 'squire' was what appeared to be a shorter version of a lilithmon, but with a simple black dress than the usual paragraph long outfit almost nobody ever attempts to describe. Unlike her master though, she had chosen a staff as her weapon of choice. Next to her was Chouko's partner, a familiar blue wyvern digimon.
"Oh hey, someone acknowledged me!" she announced and began to jump up and down in amusement. Or was, until Victoria shot the rookie a glare. "Boo hoo hoo. You could at least keep your hate a little more subtle."
The digimon's remark fell upon deaf ears, which seemed to quite effectively take the wind out of her sails.
That left Spear Girl and her 'partner'. Of course, 'Spear Girl' was kind of an inaccurate title for the girl. She was at best a shrine maiden with a katana on a stick, with the only things of note to really distinguish herself appearance-wise being the chestnut colored bun she had her hair in and the faded pair of yellow eyes taking it all in.
"I would prefer spear maiden, to be honest with you." the girl whispered as she turned her attention to the final member of their little group, at what looked to be a reanimated corpse of a little girl. Soulless voids stared all around the area, not at all caring about the threadbare dress that looked ready to fall apart. She was in actuality Knighthead's other partner, but he allowed her to spend some time with
"Those aren't our names!" the two unnamed humans announced as they squeezed themselves into the jalopy.
"Then what are your names then?" a voice announced and Victoria poked her head out the window, finding Jestery sunbathing on the roof. For some reason, the jester had been under the impression that her mother would be in there for quite some time, judging by the orange and blue bikini outfit she was currently wearing. "Oh hi, mama kitty."
Victoria took a deep breath and sighed.
"Get into your regular clothes and head back to the villa." Victoria ordered and got no response.
"What? No 'I'm glad to see you, Jestery' or 'Hi Jes-'" before Jestery could finish, what appeared to be a naginata was poked into her bust.
"Begone demon!" a voice announced, only for Jestery to grab hold of the weapon and proceed to break in half. "Waaa… You'll pay for that, monster."
Gunshots then rang out as the other passengers decided that ducking would probably be good at the moment.
"Jestery is not a demon!"
Before things could get any more out of hand, Victoria got out of the car and slapped her daughter, following it up with an order to repair spear girl's weapon.
"I am not sure what either of your people's problems is, but I don't care." the black cat explained as she got out of the vehicle, pulling her butterfly swords out in the process. "We have a lot of miles to cover in a short period of time. Unless you're here to actually do something helpful instead of your usual stuff, head back to the villa."
Jestery frowned, only to follow it up with a sigh.
"You win." the jester whispered and teleported off the roof. Afterwards, Victoria reentered the vehicle and started it up. "Now then. What are your guy's names?"
Both Kuro and LadyDevimon turned her attention to the children and their digimon.
Taka." Knighthead whispered and closed his eyes, mumbling something under his breath.
"Veemon." the wyvern added and clear her throat. "Did everyone hear that?"
A couple 'yeah' and 'crystal clear' later, the rookie digimon was content. While it was possibly tempting to throw a bit in after, she decided to not push her luck.
"Fuyu." spear maiden responded and pulled corpse girl towards her. "And that's Syo."
With their introductions finished, the two humans turned their attention to Chouko.
"Just who are these strangers?" Fuyu inquired and watched her friend take a deep breath.
"The one currently driving is Victoria, my former partner. She's partnered with LadyDevimon, while the pink catgirl currently attempting to snuggle with Victoria appears to be some gatomon variant that came into being while we in endless murderland. Finally, there's a large cat in the back that I believe is a Bastemon."
Both Kuro and LadyDevimon clapped, while Bastemon chose to continue to nap.
"As expected of a tamer." Victoria remarked and made a quick glance at Chouko.
"I'm a PriestessGatomon." Kuro explained and turned around to face Chouko and her friends. "If you don't mind me prying, would you care to tell us your story, nya?"
Chouko took a deep breath and gazed over her teammates and the digimon, who just shook their heads.
"Not at the moment, Miss…" Chouko started, only to for the catgirl priestess to laugh.
"Just call me Kuro." Kuro explained and got a nod in return. The conversation ended after that, with the rest of the drive engulfed in uneasy silence. Yet, Victoria and Kuro Neko were fine with it. If anything, it could serve as a moment of temporary peace within the storm of calamity that was their lives these days.
An hour had blissfully passed, with the jalopy just passing by a snow capped castle illuminated by twilight light. It still awaited its residents, possibly hoping to see their return. But no one has the heart to tell it the fate of its occupants. Not that they would, since it's an inanimate castle.
"Why are you even telling us that?" Victoria remarked. "Everyone except Kuro and I are currently asleep. Who exactly are you telling this stuff too?"
Breeze Petal!
Before she could get an answer from the author, a gust of wind attempted to flip the jalopy over.
"Do you want me to handle this, nya?" Kuro inquired and watched Victoria shake her head.
"No, let me come with you." the black cat whispered as she stopped the jalopy. "If nothing else, we might get an actual battle this time."
The two then exited the jalopy, pulling their weapons out in the process.
"Hand them over." a voice announced as a second tornado formed in the near vicinity. "If you don't, you'll have to pay with your lives."
"Show yourself." Victoria shouted back and watched a pair of girls walk towards them. The first appeared to be a young adult at best and looked by all accounts like a mary sue. Every bit of her body seemed to have been sculpted in absolute perfection, from the head all the way down to the toes. Strawberry blonde hair hung down her back while a pair of hollow red eyes stared right towards them.
"It's been awhile, Victoria." the figure greeted, its voice just artificial and fake as the body. "Did you really think I would just let you take my toys away so easily?"
Victoria didn't answer, choosing instead to give Kuro a nod.
Priestess Arrow!
Kuro pulled her bowstring back and notched an arrow back. As she did, some weird dressed fairy person appeared and knocked the girl over.
"Uh… thanks?" Kuro remarked as Victoria pulled a flashlight out. "Who even are you?"
"I'm Kazemon!" the digimon remarked and began jumping up and down for no particular reason.
Scanning…
Kazemon
Variable, Variable
Special Moves: Tornado Legs, Breeze Petal, Rosy Thunderstorm, Flowery Gust, Astatina Wasp, Moon Assault, Two Step Jump, Virgin Bomb, Fairy Dance and Pretty Hip
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Kazemon: Kazemon doesn't remember having that many moves. Also, what's a virgin?
Victoria: Uh… It's a type of drink.
Kazemon: Miss Ranamon likes those a lot! She had asked Kazemon to get her one before she get captured! Miss Ranamon must be really pissed at Kazemon for being so late!
Scan Complete.
After that truly enlightening analyzer sequence, Kazemon ran towards the coast with a spring in her step. Of course, she also decided to take what remained of her 'master' along for the journey.
"This isn't the last time we'll meet!" the girl announced as the two quickly got out of earshot of Victoria and Kuro Neko.
"Well that was… something or other." Victoria whispered as they headed back towards the jalopy. "Let's get home."
"Agreed." Kuro answered as they headed off, with them making an attempt at trying to catch up on the time they had lost on that attempted assault. The orange and yellow sky quickly gave way to dark purple and blues as they reached the villa.
"Well, here we are." Victoria remarked and took a deep breath, watching Sistermon (Noir) and Cora run up.
"Welcome home, Victoria." Sistermon (Noir) greeted and followed it up with a curtsy. "I do hope that your trip was a successful one."
Victoria let out a chuckle as Cora cleared her throat.
"Welcome back… I guess." the maid explained as she did her best attempt at a curtsy, seeming slightly out of practice. "I'm guessing you managed to not only find her, but actually return her. Good on you."
"Thanks…" Victoria remarked and turned her attention to the back of the jalopy. While the kids were at least now awake, they had somehow had not figured out how to get out of the vehicle. She was also certain that only one of them actually wore their seatbelt. For the moment, it was the sort of thing the black cat could let slide. Especially since she planned to take the jalopy back tomorrow.
"Dinner is ready!" a voice announced and Jestery teleported in, motioning for them to follow her inside. "Now, who's ready to dine like kings and queens?"
Everyone except Victoria followed the jester inside, leaving the black cat to her thoughts.
"I did it." she thought, cracking a smile and stared up towards the sky. "Just one thing left to do."
Victoria took a deep breath and whispered something to herself as she headed inside. For now, she would savor the moment and head onwards...
Notes:
Yes, Kazemon has ten special moves. And that's on the low end for the human spirits, believe it or not.
Other than that, just wanted to close this arc out with Victoria and company along with set some stuff up for later.
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Next Time: A cactus faces the music.