DM: Digital Mutants: Part 7
[A/N: The (hopefully) final part to my series. Everyone's dead except for Shinji. Read on and review.]
[Disclaimer: I don't own.]
Shinji let her wings pull back and disappear back into her skin. Her hand fell limp as the gleaming, but blood-drenched sword disappeared into data bytes. The Digi-destined fell from the sky, hitting the ground with a thud. Another thud reached her ears, but Shinji refused to look up or move. Tears glistened in her eyes and slid down her face, shining silver in the bright moonlight.
She rolled over and looked at her decapitated brother's body. His purple haired head wasn't far off, a stunned expression plastered on its pale face. Shinji turned back over and stared at the ground, tears falling to the hard ground.
Shinji didn't notice that suddenly, Shin's eyes rolled back into place. He blinked and his face pulled into a sneer. Without a sound, Shin's decapitated body knelt up on its knees, and groped around for its head. It found its head and stood up, placing the purple-haired head back on its neck. The still-alive Shin grinned and picked up the Muramase sword silently, walking towards his sister.
He grinned sadistically and tapped Shinji on the side of the head with the blunt end of the blade. Shinji jumped up and faced her brother, fear plastered over her face. Shin had one hand in his pants pocket, the other holding his sword. He was smiling insanely, just staring at her. Suddenly, his expression turned angry, and he sharply backhanded his sister, knocking her to the ground. She sat back up, her hand over the blossoming red mark on her face.
"I've been blocking your stupid powers with mine." he murmured, "That's why you haven't been able to teleport away." Shinji stood back up, rage flaring in her eyes. "You killed everyone I ever cared about, you bastard!" she hissed, "You can burn down in hell for all I really care!" Shin fingered the hilt of his sword in a warning manner.
"BURN IN HELL!!!" Shinji yelled, throwing her hands down. The ground under the both of them exploded in a cloud of dirt and dust. When the cloud cleared, Shin was standing alone. Shinji had disappeared. "Damn it all!" Shin swore angrily. His expression soon turned placid, and he smiled. "Well, it doesn't matter." he murmured, "I've got bigger fish-mon to fry." He chuckled at his own bad pun, and walked off.
Shinji flew as fast she could through the night air, towards a dense area of desert. She landed, her wings disappearing, and then ran into the desert, and suddenly disappeared.
Shinji smiled and ran through the forest area towards a large building in the distance. She jumped up most the stairs and to the door of the building.
"It worked!" she yelled, "Shin's a moron!" Seventeen other figures ran out of the building, rushing to greet Shinji. The first to the Ninth Digi-destined was Myotismon.
"Tai, your plan worked perfectly!" Shinji laughed, "Kari and Sora's powers were wonderful!" Kari and Sora grinned, flashing the victory sign. "You kids ARE the Digi-destined!" a small voice peaked up, flying into Kari's arms. "And how could we forget Pixiemon's secret home?" Joe grinned. Pixiemon beamed widely. "I still can't believe that that plan worked." Mimi murmured.
"Oh, don't be such a stick in the mud." Matt said flatly. "Shin thought those illusions he killed were really you!" Shinji laughed, "He thinks you're all dead!" Everyone laughed for a while.
"Well, it's a good thing you two hid those psychic powers until now!" Izzy said, smiling at Sora. She blushed, and Kari burst into a fit of giggles when TK pecked her on the cheek. "Tai, it's great that your plan worked." Matt said, patting his friend on the shoulder. Tai laughed, blushing slightly.
"All we have to worry about now is Shin." Gabumon said. "Come again?" Palmon requested. "He's right." Shinji replied, "I cut off Shin's head, and he's still alive." Everyone looked at her strangely, with a sickened look. "Eeew." Mimi said. "So how are we supposed to beat him if even cutting off his head won't work?" Joe asked, a little green.
"Chop him up into little pieces?" TK asked. Everyone looked at TK with a sickened look. "TK, that's disgusting." Kari groaned. TK blushed. "Well, whatever we do, we have to do it quick." Tai ordered, "If Shin does anything worse to the Digital World, I don't know what we'll do." "Speaking of which…" Kari murmured quietly. Everyone looked at Kari.
"Shin's already doing something." the Child of Light said, "And he's got most of the Digiworld under his command." Everyone gasped. "How can he move that fast?" Joe asked. "You forget that Shin's not a normal mutant anymore." Shinji explained, "He's a demon, and he can do things that even a mutant can't do." "Like say, kill everything he touches?" Matt asked.
"Actually, I've worked a way around that." Izzy grinned, "All we have to do is this." He began to explain.
A few hours later…
Shin had gotten almost complete control of the Digiworld. He was riding along on a Tyrannomon, when out of nowhere, Shinji appeared. Shin snarled when he saw that his sister was smiling. "What the hell are you so happy about?" he asked. Then, more Shinjis appeared out of the forest, all smiling. "What-what the hell?!" Shin yelled. "See, Shin?" Shinji's voice seemed to echo, "It's not very easy to beat me or my friends." "Your damn friends are dead!" Shin snapped.
Just then, a beam of red energy cut off Shin's arm, the one that had been holding the Muramase sword. The limb and sword fell to the ground, just before one of the Shinjis. "I wouldn't say that exactly." TK's voice rang out even more than Shinji's. Shin looked around behind him to see one TK standing there, and even more TKs surrounding the Tyrannomon. Shin's mouth dropped, and he stared. "How the- What the-" he stuttered.
The Tyrannomon was suddenly thrown off its feet from a huge blast of water. Shin stood up, shaking his purple hair to get the water out of it, and looked around. He gaped when he saw many Joes and Mimis. Shin was staring, when he leapt into the air, screaming. He landed and looked around. Many Tais and Matts were standing behind him, laughing their heads off.
Shin jumped up, grabbed his arm, and slammed it back into place. The limb stuck, and healed itself. He snarled and was about to unleash a Kaiser Wave attack, but was suddenly crushed in between two invisible forces. His eyes bugged out, and he clenched his teeth. Then, one Shinji grinned and dashed forwards.
She slammed into Shin, snapping a few of his ribs and sending him flying. The seventeen-year-old demon smashed through a few trees, then came flying back. Myotismon jumped into the clearing, his boot-print on Shin's back. Kari and Sora stepped out from behind the vampire digimon, the other digimon following them.
Shin shook his head, cracked his neck, and stood back up. "God damn it!" he sighed, "I thought I killed you damn kids!" "Hardly." Izzy said, appearing from a tree. Suddenly, with a small pop, all the copies of the kids disappeared, and only the originals remained. "You see, Tai had a great idea." Matt chuckled, "And we're just fortunate that you're an idiot."
Shin growled at the comment, but Sora continued where Matt left off. "Tai had the idea that Kari and I should use our psychic powers to make illusions of ourselves, while Shinji actually fought you." the twelve-year-old girl explained. "What grand friends you have." Shin murmured sarcastically. Shinji smirked and said, "You know, those copies weren't even a tenth of their REAL power. You have no clue how well they've gotten along since we arrived in America."
"Yeah, whatever." Shin snapped. "We'll win, even if you think we can't." Shinji snarled, "I might be the strongest, but I'm not the most powerful." Shin looked at her and growled, "You just contradicted yourself."
"I might be the strongest in power, but my spirit is nowhere near as powerful as theirs is." his sister explained. As if in example, Matt pointed his finger and fired a beam of ice energy. When the energy touched Shin, it froze his skin and cracked, shattering Shin's arm into pieces. Shin's solid red eyes widened, and he let out a deep growl.
"So, if you get injured like that, you can't regenerate?" Kari asked. "What should we do?" TK asked slightly slyly, "Kill him slowly, or quick, or let him live?" TK was asking Shinji, for it was truly her choice. The fourteen-year-old looked her brother over slowly, taking in the pain he was feeling from the injury of losing his arm. Her eyes narrowed, and her voice echoed only in her friend's minds, not her brother's.
Matt and Mimi stepped forwards. Matt pointed his two pointer fingers, and Mimi held out her hand. Shin's eyes grew wide. His sister had chosen to actually kill him?!
He let out another growl as Matt froze his other arm, and one leg. His growl continued as Mimi froze his other leg, using her power over the weather and elements. The limbs shattered under the ice, leaving Shin a mere torso.
"I won't kill my own brother." Shinji growled, "Even if he is a demon, and killed our parents. I'm not like you. Now that we now how to stop you, that means that your power no longer means anything. And finally, revive the people that you killed in the Real World!" "Never!" Shin groaned.
"Then Matt and Mimi will kill you completely." Shinji snapped, "I'm giving you one last chance! Take what little you have left of your body, and stay away from our lives forever!" Shin growled in anger, then sighed. "You have a deal." he whispered, "I'll stay away, but be warned. Everyone reaps the seeds they sow!" He lifted his purple-haired head and laughed. With a flash, he disappeared.
"Should we do something about him?" Agumon asked. "If he tries to interfere with our lives again, we can defeat him." Shinji replied, "Now c'mon. We have to talk to Professor Xavier." "But how do- The X-Men were killed!" Sora protested. "Oh just be quiet!" Shinji said in a rather joking tone, "I made Shin reverse everything he did, and that means that everyone he killed will be alive when we get back to America!"
"Then open the stinking rift!" Tai shouted enthusiastically. Shinji did as Tai ordered, and the group jumped through the dimensional rift.
The first thing the Digi-destined saw when they arrived back in the Real World, was the sloping field of Professor Xavier's school, and all of the X-Men, unconscious on the green grass. Kari hurried over to each of the group and quickly side-transferred her power. They all woke up.
"What- What the hell happened?" were the first words out of Wolverine's mouth. "Shin's not gonna screw around with anyone's lives anymore." Joe answered, "We defeated him, and he agreed to leave us alone in return for mercy on his life."
"Where's Professor Xavier?" Shinji asked. "I-in his office." Jean replied, trying to make heads or tails of the situation. "You guys sift this through with them." Shinji ordered, "I need to talk to Professor Xavier." She rushed off, leaving both sides stunned.
Shinji rather politely knocked on Xavier's door, and walked in. "Shinji!" Charles said in amazement, "You defeated your brother?" Shinji walked forwards a little, and replied, "In a sense, yeah." "Brilliant." Xavier sighed, "Absolutely brilliant." He leaned back slightly in his metal wheelchair, and looked at the teen.
"Thank you." Shinji said quietly, "However, I need to speak with you about something." "Of course, anything at the moment." he agreed. "As you remember, my friends and I all came from Japan." she started, "But the only problem that arose other than my brother was the fact that we had to travel so far, and learn a new language. My friends are seriously homesick, and it was difficult for them to learn a new language. This is my offer. Let my friends and I return home, finish our schooling, and start a faction of your school in Japan."
"I would agree, but there is no way that you and your friends would be accepted in your normal schools." Xavier replied. "Oh you mean TK." Shinji sighed, "Yes, it is unfortunate that his eye-blasts would be looked down upon. But, you have forgotten one simple fact. Kari is in all of his class, and forever will be, with my intervention. With her psychic illusion powers, she can hide the glasses TK will forever have to wear because of his powers. Please, accept my offer."
Charles thought for a moment, and nodded. "As long as you work as you say you will, I accept." he agreed, "However, when you are to start the school, I want you to come here and speak with me." "Me?" Shinji asked, a little stunned. "Yes, you are to be the head of the school, as I am." "Why me?" the teen asked, "Why not Tai, TK, or even Joe?" Professor Xavier wheeled out from behind his desk to face the girl.
"You must understand that you are the strongest, and now, the most powerful mutant I have ever seen." the teacher said softly, "Your power is greater than anything, and your spirit will never fail if you believe. Do as I ask, and I will let you keep your offer." Shinji bowed slightly and faced Charles. "Yes, sir." she said humbly, "I will do as you say, and I will see you again once everything is ready to begin." She held out her hand, the two shook, and Shinji left the room. Professor Xavier smiled and wheeled back to behind his desk.
"Now all that's left to do is wait."