Disclaimer: Digimon not mine. For entertainment value...(at least I HOPE this fic is entertaining...)
Author's Note: You'll probably never expect the couple I've chosen (at least for now?...). Why I picked these two? There's something about them that make them go well or it could be part of my twisted mind. Either way, it's not a common pairing... (At least I think it's the least or most over looked pairing....). Plus there is little to no evidence of their pairing on the show but it's a fanfic. Fanfics were made to be imaginative and stuff. (Just let me think that way ok?) And why is it called "Confession #2"? Chapter 8 of "Crests of Destiny" was called "Confession".
WARNING:Shounen ai (boyXboy love) Don't like, don't read, don't bother me with flames, which surprisingly, I haven't got any.
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"Revelation 4: Confession #2"
By Cloud Ishida
"Hey what's going on?!" Miyako's voice called from the sky riding on Halsemon with Hikari and Angewomon behind her. Drillmon carried Iori in his second pair of arms and Daisuke and Patamon thundered in on RaiDramon. Taichi roared onto the scene with WarGreymon.
Taichi's eyes widened seeing Yamato struggling in pain, "Matt! Hold on buddy!"
"Patamon, go to T.K.!" Daisuke ordered, knowing he had to go into battle. Patamon nodded and flew over to his partner.
"Patamon! Ya gotta save Matt!" Takeru pleaded to his pudgy digimon and he understood the urgency.
"I'll get him back for you T.K.! Patamon, digivolve to...Angemon!" The angel charged for the RedVeggiemon but a familiar scream counteracted.
"WING BLADE!" A red-eyed Garudamon unleashed its attack crashing Angemon on Takeru. Its giant wings flapped gracefully in the sky as it lowered itself over the Kaiser.
Hikari was caught off guard by the digimon's appearance, "You don't think he caught Piyomon do you?..."
Taichi scanned the eagle digimon for any signs of the dark spiral and found it on its left arm. He felt fustration and anger at the same time, "No, that's not our Garudamon. She always had a bandana wrapped around her left arm."
"That doesn't matter. As long as its under my power I don't care who's digimon it is. Now, Garudamon, take care of my unwelcome guests. I'm off to collect my prize." The Digimon Kaiser jumped off of his AirDramon and walked towards his captive. Yamato was still struggling with the vines, each move a lost cause. "Now, finally you're mine..." the Kaiser whispered into the blonde's ear.
"Get away from him!" Taichi charged for the Kaiser but was struck down by a free hand of a RedVeggiemon. MetalGarurumon couldn't decide to attack or not. One slight miscalculation and Yamato would be an icicle. Takeru managed to pull Angemon into consciousness and Garudamon preoccupied the others. "Damn it! What are we gonna do?!..."
"CLOWN TRICK!" A mass of light slammed into the Kaiser, making him fly ten feet away from his prize. "You really don't learn your lessons well do you?" Piedmon floated down beside the wide-eyed Digidestined he fought with before. They knew he turned good but it was still took getting used to heroic acts by the clown.
The Kaiser slowly got to his knees and scowled in rage. This was the second time he had been hit. Last time, it was Taichi who caused the great Dark Emperor to bleed. From the corner of his eye, he watched his prized writhing in pain, and saw a slight decolourisation on the blonde's face. "RedVeggiemon! Loosen your grip! I don't want him dead!" The digimons complied swiftly and let their vines soften their strength. But in a split second, they had no vines to loosen.
A flash of light streaked across and under Yamato, cutting cleanly through all the vines. It settled beside Yamato, catching him from his fall. Yamato coughed and wheezed from the lack of air from his ordeal. The figure gently tilted him on her knees and let him catch his breath. He was surprisingly light for someone his height. Yamato opened his eyes to meet a welcomed, familiar face, "M...idori?..." He remembered the time he met her for the first time in three years; she looked more "dead" then ever. Dark rings floated under her eyes that lost their glow.
"Shhh..." She placed her finger on Yamato's lips. "Catch your breath first." Her eyes wandered around the blonde's body, and the weak voice he gave off was very unlike him. "Yamato..."
He knew what she was about to ask, "I'll tell you later..."
Laying Yamato gently on the ground, Scythemon rose with her bloodstained scythe in hand. The RedVeggiemon were still writhing in pain from their missing limbs. She looked passively at them, then eyed the Kaiser. "Piedmon, help fight Garudamon." Protesting with just a look, he complied with her orders. "You've gone too far Kaiser."
"Don't worry," the Kaiser snivelled, "you'll be my next target soon enough." She stood in front of Yamato, willing to protect him from any dangers to come.
Taichi noticed two creatures stalking the battlefield, and caught off-guard by the new entries in the battle. "Scythemon! Watch out!!" For some reason, her usual sharp reflexes were slow in their actions. Even a shout from and Taichi and the Kaiser couldn't give her enough time to counter-act.
"WereGarurumon! MegaKabuterimon! Take her!!" the Kaiser roared. The werewolf tackled the unsuspecting Scythemon across the opening in the ground. The giant insect readied his horn to slam onto the pinned Scythemon. She struggled to break free but the werewolf stopped every attempt. MegaKabuterimon's horn slowly glowed to its full power.
Yamato slowly got up to see his friend caught in the image of his precious digimon partner, "Were...WereGarurumon! NO!" MetalGarurumon landed beside his partner; helping him realize it was a different werewolf attacking. "MetalGarurumon, you've gotta save her!" The metal wolf hesitated to leave his weakened friend unprotected, but the pleading in his eyes forced him to go.
"METAL WOLF CLAW!" The ice blast froze the giant but in the air and fell crashing to the ground. The moment it hit the ground, the ice shattered and the digimon was free too attack. Despite being attacked by a Mega digimon, the MegaKabuterimon was ready to fight once again. It seemed as if the dark spirals could amplify power. The metal wolf took up the challenge.
The Digimon Kaiser slowly made it to Yamato once again and pulled him to his side, "So, how do you like your new look?" he asked in amusement.
Yamato widened his eyes at the smiling boy, "You did this to me?!..." From that point, Yamato became psycho-Yamato and propelled the now-not-so-amused Kaiser to the hard ground. "You bastard!! I'm gonna kill you!" Yamato bared his fangs at the flinched boy who barely managed to hold back the blonde's equally sharp claws. "You're dead!!!" At this point, the Kaiser felt he bit off more than he could chew.
After struggling for what seemed like forever, the Kaiser finally flipped Yamato over and pinned him to the ground. "Maybe I've underestimated your strength in your state..."
"Get your hands off of him!!" Taichi tackled the Dark Emperor off of Yamato and initiated their own fight. Yamato rested on his elbows and witnessed WarGreymon clawing the evil WereGarurumon. Turning to the right, two boys were punching each other in a fit of rage. Taking small steps, he scoured through the dust of battle for Scythemon, who was slowly getting up herself. Behind, the Kaiser got the upper hand over Taichi with his whip's handle slapping against his dark face. Taichi felt his cheek get swollen and blood filling his mouth. The Kaiser finally shoved him off and tangled him in his whip around the waist. With one swift motion, Taichi was knocked onto a giant boulder.
"I have no time for this..." Opening his computer armlet, the tiny screen flooded with ones and zeros and entered his commands.
Just as the Kaiser pressed the confirm button, Yamato felt his eyes burning. His vision of Midori running for him became distorted and clenched his eyes in pain. As fast as it started, the pain dissipated, but fear replaced it. Everything was gone. No colour, no faces, no black and white. Just nothingness. Yamato dropped to his knees in shock and confusion. "Wha...where is everyone?....Midori?...T.K.? MetalGarurumon?! Tai?! ANYONE!?"
All the Digidestined and digimon heard his pleas. MetalGarurumon lunged for Yamato but MegaKabuterimon's Horn Buster smashed him to the ground. Takeru and Angemon made their turn on reaching Yamato but fell short by Garudamon's giant wings. Taichi opened his eyes upon hearing the blonde's screams but his body refused to move. Scythemon sliced her way through the still fighting RedVeggiemon and was the only one to get to Yamato's side. Fear was written all over his face as Scythemon tried to calm him down, "Yamato! What's wrong!..."
Relieved hearing a familiar voice, Yamato gripped her black suit, "I...I can't see...I'm blind..." Scythemon was in disbelief but didn't falter her hold on him. Looking up, she saw the Kaiser slowly making him way to them, smiling in satisfaction. You did this to him... Her thoughts wanted revenge.
MegaKabuterimon, WereGarurumon and Garudamon regrouped as Daisuke and the others entrapped them in a circle. "Everyone! Attack the dark spirals!" Daisuke ordered and each digimon unleashed their strongest attacks. But the three evil digimon were not to be easily defeated. The giant Garudamon flapped its mighty wings to push away physical attacks and the giant insect's hard shell deflected the energy blasts. WereGarurumon took the offensive and leashed his Kaiser Nail attack. Daisuke and Iori easily dodged it, but it was deadly on target. The crimson attack headed straight for Scythemon.
She made no move but to hold Yamato in her arms but a yell snapped her back into the heat of battle, "Scythemon!" White gloved hands wrapped around her waist, losing her grip on the blonde. A blood-curdling scream followed as she and the saviour were flung across the field. Scythemon slowly got up, still unsure of what was happening, to see blood dripping all over her.
The figure that saved her made her heart skip a beat, "PIEDMON! NO--!!" The clown cracked a smile but it disappeared as the reality of the pain sunk in. A fire ignited in her heart, fuelling her blood with anger and fury.
"What happened?!" Her eyes shifted to the cry from Yamato; his hands searching the ground for the missing girl. "Midori?!" The Kaiser casually walked to the blonde's side, and pulled on his wrist to AirDramon. "Who is it?...Midori? T.K.?... Say something!" Yamato tried to protest but the Kaiser silently pulled him on the flying dragon. Yamato felt something was definitely wrong. His hands searched and reached the figure pulling him. He felt cold metal and a long cloth shrouding the body. He instantly recognized the identity when the face held large glasses on it's face, "...Kaiser?!" Yamato took one last swing but his blindness caused him to attack in the wrong direction.
"That's enough." The Kaiser took his own swing and punched the blonde hard in the stomach. Yamato felt the air rush out of him and cringed from the pain. "You didn't give me much choice now did you? AirDramon! Withdraw!" The giant dragon pumped its feather-like wings and departed for the Kaiser's castle. The sudden take off caused Yamato to lose his balance and landed in the Kaiser's arms, "Don't worry," the Dark Emperor whispered, "...you're safe in my arms..."
Taichi finally summoned enough strength to stand up to see his friend being taken away, "MA---TT!!" The scream had no effect. The dragon flew on. But his vision was obscured by a bright light and turned to see Scythemon was the cause. An aura of red surrounded her and her war cry echoed throughout the island. Absolute anger was in her eyes, her red eye flowing in fury.
She took a leap at the nearest digimon, WarGreymon. "SOUL DRAIN!" Her hand latched onto the golden armour and black energy flowed from WarGreymon to Scythemon. In a few moments, WarGreymon lost all his strength and de-evolved to Agumon. Scythemon, powered from her new amount of energy, began to digivolve herself, "SCYTHEMON, HYBRID DIGIVOLVE TO... WARGREYSCYTHEMON!"(Cloud: The names just get longer and longer...) Gold armour contrasted with her black suit and her new ability of flight was taken full advantage. "Get out of my way!!" she shrieked to the Digidestined in the sky. Without a second thought, they flew out from WarGreyScythemon's path to the three dark digimon. "You hurt Piedmon, now die! DARK TERRA FORCE!" A gigantic orb of pure black energy formed above her hand, twice as big as the normal Terra Force. "DI--E!!" Swinging her arm, she released the energy on the three digimon and watched as they disintegrated into nothing; not even data from the digimon were seen. Drained of her energy, she de-evolved and fell from the exhaustion. All who stood witness was at awe. Daisuke was the only one reacting fast enough to catch the falling Scythemon.
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"Damn it! How could this happen?!" Taichi scolded the others while Hikari bandaged her brother's arm. "We just let him slip from our fingers..."
"Tai...hold still..." Hikari tried to calm her distraught brother.
"And where were you when we called you?! If you've been here earlier then he wouldn't be caught by the Kaiser but no, you were sleeping?!" Taichi's finger pointed to Scythemon who was attending to Piedmon's wounds. She didn't look at her accuser, but the words were enough to make her curse herself.
"Tai, it isn't her fault... " Daisuke defended.
"And why did you take WarGreymon's power when you had those other three to drain?!" Agumon was at Taichi's side, still sleeping from the exhaustion of having his power drained. "This is all your fault!"
"Tai..." Takeru tried to reason but the older boy refused to listen.
"You shut up about her..." Piedmon was cut off by Scythemon.
She shook her head in self-pity, "He's right... I was too slow today. I shouldn't have been sleeping. I should've been scouting..."
"Scythemon, it is not your fault. It is no one's..." but she didn't stay to hear Piedmon's words.
"Miyako-san, Iori-san, could you look after him for me?" The two nodded and she took off into the woods.
"You fool! Do even realize what she does for this world?!" Piedmon scolded Taichi. The clown gave no time for him to react, "For one week, she has only slept for four hours! And not even four continuous hours. Every week, of every month...her life had been devoted to protect these useless digimon and for what? She loses everything while these cowards gain everything!"
"...I, didn't know..." Taichi felt guilty now about his harsh words to her. He knew deep in his heart it wasn't anyone's fault but the thought of Yamato being gone made him lash out at someone. "I'm sorry..." The others gave offerings of condolences, forgetting for a moment that Scythemon wasn't with them.
Walking through the barbarous woods, she let the branches scratch her face. Blood slowly seeped from them, then stung by water meeting the open flesh. Tears rolled down Scythemon's cheeks as she resolved her plan. "It is my fault...so I'll deal with it."
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The blue eyes slowly fluttered open, his head in a spiral. Yamato got up and leaned against the cold wall behind him. The room was generally dark, but giant tubes of glass glowed bright enough to blind him. Blind him?... I can see again... His hand fell to his chest and much to his dismay, that problem was still intact. "Where am I?..." He slowly got up, but felt his knees shaking from his own weight. "I feel so weak..." He clutched his stomach still aching from the hit. He tipped over his own foot and landed against the nearest glass tube. He peered into it, see a form, a human form releasing bubbles of exhaled air. Staring at it closely, the creature jerked into life and stared straight at Yamato. The blonde jumped in surprise and fell on the hard floor. It continued to stare down with its pure red eyes, while upon closer inspection, the silver hair caught Yamato's memory. It looks familiar...
"I see you're awake. And met my creation." The familiar voice echoed in the room. The Digimon Kaiser offered his hand to the fallen Yamato, but he refused to be helped by him. "Come now, can't a gentleman help a lady?"
Yamato growled back, "Why did you do this to me?..."
The Kaiser simply stared back, "You don't like it?" Again, he opened his armlet and typed in codes. With the press of the confirm button Yamato felt pain surge through his entire body. "Don't worry, the pain lasts for a moment." And he was right.
Hand surveying his chest again, Yamato felt relief, "I'm back to normal!" His shout for joy was faltered by the heaviness in his head. "But, why do I feel so weak?"
"I've programmed it so your strength is kept to a minimum. After all, you are bigger than me." The Kaiser picked him up despite Yamato's protests. "Just settle down, I'm not going to hurt you."
"What do you want with me? Why did you bring me here?"
"...fine." The Kaiser seated Yamato near the giant computer of the laboratory. Reaching into his collar, he pulled out the symbol of the blonde boy, "I assume you know what this is?"
Yamato's eyes widened by the discovery, "...my crest?!"
The Kaiser stuck it into one of the openings on the computer and ones and zeros flashed across the screen. "Yamato, do you remember when you had to choose your path? The day you met with the black orb?" Yamato kept his frown but his eyes flickered the memory of the day he fell deep into the emptiness of his heart. "Well, that was a test. The same one I too went through." The Emperor leaned in close to the blonde, hands gripping the arm rests, "The test I went through to become the Kaiser." Yamato's mouth opened from the revelation. "That's right. You were the first chosen to become a Kaiser, but you refused." His gloved hand sheltered the blonde's hand. "After I found out there were other would-be Kaisers, I wanted to find out how they were chosen. And when I do find out, I can prevent from others taking my place."
"But that doesn't explain my crest." Yamato muttered.
The Kaiser pointed to the screen, "Those ones and zeros are data. Your data. Think of them as, DNA. All that information is from your crest. All your memories in the Digiworld are locked within this tiny crest. By scanning your data and cross-referencing with my data, I could find similarities between you and me that made us chosen to be Kaisers. But these similarities could be anything. To narrow down the chance of mistakes, I need a third specimen."
"...who?..." he asked, but Yamato had a feeling who that third person was.
"Scythemon is my next target. But until then..." The Kaiser switched off the screen and replaced the crest around his neck.
"If you had my crest all this time, why did you go through all the trouble of bringing me here?"
The Emperor leaned in closer to the blonde, his other hand caressing the boy's cheek, "When I read about you, the inner turmoil you went through...I realized, you are like me. Feeling alone in a world not meant for us, and staying in one where we could be and do anything we want." He leaned in a little closer, lips reaching for the other.
Yamato's eyes nearly jumped out of their sockets as he gripped the boy's shoulders, "W, wait! What do you think you're doing?!"
"What does it look like?" An affectionate smile spread across Ken's face, hand still holding onto the now red cheek.
"B, but I'm a guy and..."
"That doesn't matter to me. The emotion is the same."
"And I'm older..."
"Hmph." The Kaiser grunted, "Is that all?" Another command on his armlet and Yamato felt the pain again. This time, the only thing changed was his size. "There. Just like you were three years ago." Surprisingly, even Yamato's old hairstyle was back too. (Cloud:???don't ask why that is...?_?)
Yamato stared down at his body, and how his school uniform seemed way too big for him. "What is wrong with you?! You can't just screw around with people's lives like this!" Yamato struggled to get away from the Kaisers grip but only succeeded in slipping and landing face down on the floor.
"I still haven't given you your strength back yet." Ken reached down and lifted the protesting blonde in his arms.
"Put me down! You're really asking for it now!" Yamato felt his cheeks grow warmer and Ken just smiled at him feeble attempt to hide it. "And stop with that goofy smile! You're almost as bad as Tai..."
"Tai? You mean that bush-headed buffoon? You two aren't a couple are you?" His smile faltered from the prospect.
Yamato's face was now blood red, "Wh, uh,..." Are we?... "He's too much of a jerk to be liked..." Why am I even answering back to him?
Ken's smile returned, "Well, that's good news for me." He proceeded to carry him out the door.
"Where are you taking?..."
"To my chambers. You can rest there." And all the way, Yamato kept kicking and screaming in more protest.
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Okay, this chapter is just weird. There is definitely out-of-character-ness in this and I haven't had time to proofread. so, if any mistakes or "that doesn't mke sense comments", sorry. Too tired to proofread. Did I manage to surprise you? Did you guess the mystery couple? Does anyone out there also think I'm going nuts with this fic? I do. I think it's the sugar rush from buying those Halloween candies too early. Anyways, more madness coming your way in the next chapter. *people shuddering at the thought* HEY! It's not that bad...I think...is it?...*starts crying*
Author's Note: You'll probably never expect the couple I've chosen (at least for now?...). Why I picked these two? There's something about them that make them go well or it could be part of my twisted mind. Either way, it's not a common pairing... (At least I think it's the least or most over looked pairing....). Plus there is little to no evidence of their pairing on the show but it's a fanfic. Fanfics were made to be imaginative and stuff. (Just let me think that way ok?) And why is it called "Confession #2"? Chapter 8 of "Crests of Destiny" was called "Confession".
WARNING:Shounen ai (boyXboy love) Don't like, don't read, don't bother me with flames, which surprisingly, I haven't got any.
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"Revelation 4: Confession #2"
By Cloud Ishida
"Hey what's going on?!" Miyako's voice called from the sky riding on Halsemon with Hikari and Angewomon behind her. Drillmon carried Iori in his second pair of arms and Daisuke and Patamon thundered in on RaiDramon. Taichi roared onto the scene with WarGreymon.
Taichi's eyes widened seeing Yamato struggling in pain, "Matt! Hold on buddy!"
"Patamon, go to T.K.!" Daisuke ordered, knowing he had to go into battle. Patamon nodded and flew over to his partner.
"Patamon! Ya gotta save Matt!" Takeru pleaded to his pudgy digimon and he understood the urgency.
"I'll get him back for you T.K.! Patamon, digivolve to...Angemon!" The angel charged for the RedVeggiemon but a familiar scream counteracted.
"WING BLADE!" A red-eyed Garudamon unleashed its attack crashing Angemon on Takeru. Its giant wings flapped gracefully in the sky as it lowered itself over the Kaiser.
Hikari was caught off guard by the digimon's appearance, "You don't think he caught Piyomon do you?..."
Taichi scanned the eagle digimon for any signs of the dark spiral and found it on its left arm. He felt fustration and anger at the same time, "No, that's not our Garudamon. She always had a bandana wrapped around her left arm."
"That doesn't matter. As long as its under my power I don't care who's digimon it is. Now, Garudamon, take care of my unwelcome guests. I'm off to collect my prize." The Digimon Kaiser jumped off of his AirDramon and walked towards his captive. Yamato was still struggling with the vines, each move a lost cause. "Now, finally you're mine..." the Kaiser whispered into the blonde's ear.
"Get away from him!" Taichi charged for the Kaiser but was struck down by a free hand of a RedVeggiemon. MetalGarurumon couldn't decide to attack or not. One slight miscalculation and Yamato would be an icicle. Takeru managed to pull Angemon into consciousness and Garudamon preoccupied the others. "Damn it! What are we gonna do?!..."
"CLOWN TRICK!" A mass of light slammed into the Kaiser, making him fly ten feet away from his prize. "You really don't learn your lessons well do you?" Piedmon floated down beside the wide-eyed Digidestined he fought with before. They knew he turned good but it was still took getting used to heroic acts by the clown.
The Kaiser slowly got to his knees and scowled in rage. This was the second time he had been hit. Last time, it was Taichi who caused the great Dark Emperor to bleed. From the corner of his eye, he watched his prized writhing in pain, and saw a slight decolourisation on the blonde's face. "RedVeggiemon! Loosen your grip! I don't want him dead!" The digimons complied swiftly and let their vines soften their strength. But in a split second, they had no vines to loosen.
A flash of light streaked across and under Yamato, cutting cleanly through all the vines. It settled beside Yamato, catching him from his fall. Yamato coughed and wheezed from the lack of air from his ordeal. The figure gently tilted him on her knees and let him catch his breath. He was surprisingly light for someone his height. Yamato opened his eyes to meet a welcomed, familiar face, "M...idori?..." He remembered the time he met her for the first time in three years; she looked more "dead" then ever. Dark rings floated under her eyes that lost their glow.
"Shhh..." She placed her finger on Yamato's lips. "Catch your breath first." Her eyes wandered around the blonde's body, and the weak voice he gave off was very unlike him. "Yamato..."
He knew what she was about to ask, "I'll tell you later..."
Laying Yamato gently on the ground, Scythemon rose with her bloodstained scythe in hand. The RedVeggiemon were still writhing in pain from their missing limbs. She looked passively at them, then eyed the Kaiser. "Piedmon, help fight Garudamon." Protesting with just a look, he complied with her orders. "You've gone too far Kaiser."
"Don't worry," the Kaiser snivelled, "you'll be my next target soon enough." She stood in front of Yamato, willing to protect him from any dangers to come.
Taichi noticed two creatures stalking the battlefield, and caught off-guard by the new entries in the battle. "Scythemon! Watch out!!" For some reason, her usual sharp reflexes were slow in their actions. Even a shout from and Taichi and the Kaiser couldn't give her enough time to counter-act.
"WereGarurumon! MegaKabuterimon! Take her!!" the Kaiser roared. The werewolf tackled the unsuspecting Scythemon across the opening in the ground. The giant insect readied his horn to slam onto the pinned Scythemon. She struggled to break free but the werewolf stopped every attempt. MegaKabuterimon's horn slowly glowed to its full power.
Yamato slowly got up to see his friend caught in the image of his precious digimon partner, "Were...WereGarurumon! NO!" MetalGarurumon landed beside his partner; helping him realize it was a different werewolf attacking. "MetalGarurumon, you've gotta save her!" The metal wolf hesitated to leave his weakened friend unprotected, but the pleading in his eyes forced him to go.
"METAL WOLF CLAW!" The ice blast froze the giant but in the air and fell crashing to the ground. The moment it hit the ground, the ice shattered and the digimon was free too attack. Despite being attacked by a Mega digimon, the MegaKabuterimon was ready to fight once again. It seemed as if the dark spirals could amplify power. The metal wolf took up the challenge.
The Digimon Kaiser slowly made it to Yamato once again and pulled him to his side, "So, how do you like your new look?" he asked in amusement.
Yamato widened his eyes at the smiling boy, "You did this to me?!..." From that point, Yamato became psycho-Yamato and propelled the now-not-so-amused Kaiser to the hard ground. "You bastard!! I'm gonna kill you!" Yamato bared his fangs at the flinched boy who barely managed to hold back the blonde's equally sharp claws. "You're dead!!!" At this point, the Kaiser felt he bit off more than he could chew.
After struggling for what seemed like forever, the Kaiser finally flipped Yamato over and pinned him to the ground. "Maybe I've underestimated your strength in your state..."
"Get your hands off of him!!" Taichi tackled the Dark Emperor off of Yamato and initiated their own fight. Yamato rested on his elbows and witnessed WarGreymon clawing the evil WereGarurumon. Turning to the right, two boys were punching each other in a fit of rage. Taking small steps, he scoured through the dust of battle for Scythemon, who was slowly getting up herself. Behind, the Kaiser got the upper hand over Taichi with his whip's handle slapping against his dark face. Taichi felt his cheek get swollen and blood filling his mouth. The Kaiser finally shoved him off and tangled him in his whip around the waist. With one swift motion, Taichi was knocked onto a giant boulder.
"I have no time for this..." Opening his computer armlet, the tiny screen flooded with ones and zeros and entered his commands.
Just as the Kaiser pressed the confirm button, Yamato felt his eyes burning. His vision of Midori running for him became distorted and clenched his eyes in pain. As fast as it started, the pain dissipated, but fear replaced it. Everything was gone. No colour, no faces, no black and white. Just nothingness. Yamato dropped to his knees in shock and confusion. "Wha...where is everyone?....Midori?...T.K.? MetalGarurumon?! Tai?! ANYONE!?"
All the Digidestined and digimon heard his pleas. MetalGarurumon lunged for Yamato but MegaKabuterimon's Horn Buster smashed him to the ground. Takeru and Angemon made their turn on reaching Yamato but fell short by Garudamon's giant wings. Taichi opened his eyes upon hearing the blonde's screams but his body refused to move. Scythemon sliced her way through the still fighting RedVeggiemon and was the only one to get to Yamato's side. Fear was written all over his face as Scythemon tried to calm him down, "Yamato! What's wrong!..."
Relieved hearing a familiar voice, Yamato gripped her black suit, "I...I can't see...I'm blind..." Scythemon was in disbelief but didn't falter her hold on him. Looking up, she saw the Kaiser slowly making him way to them, smiling in satisfaction. You did this to him... Her thoughts wanted revenge.
MegaKabuterimon, WereGarurumon and Garudamon regrouped as Daisuke and the others entrapped them in a circle. "Everyone! Attack the dark spirals!" Daisuke ordered and each digimon unleashed their strongest attacks. But the three evil digimon were not to be easily defeated. The giant Garudamon flapped its mighty wings to push away physical attacks and the giant insect's hard shell deflected the energy blasts. WereGarurumon took the offensive and leashed his Kaiser Nail attack. Daisuke and Iori easily dodged it, but it was deadly on target. The crimson attack headed straight for Scythemon.
She made no move but to hold Yamato in her arms but a yell snapped her back into the heat of battle, "Scythemon!" White gloved hands wrapped around her waist, losing her grip on the blonde. A blood-curdling scream followed as she and the saviour were flung across the field. Scythemon slowly got up, still unsure of what was happening, to see blood dripping all over her.
The figure that saved her made her heart skip a beat, "PIEDMON! NO--!!" The clown cracked a smile but it disappeared as the reality of the pain sunk in. A fire ignited in her heart, fuelling her blood with anger and fury.
"What happened?!" Her eyes shifted to the cry from Yamato; his hands searching the ground for the missing girl. "Midori?!" The Kaiser casually walked to the blonde's side, and pulled on his wrist to AirDramon. "Who is it?...Midori? T.K.?... Say something!" Yamato tried to protest but the Kaiser silently pulled him on the flying dragon. Yamato felt something was definitely wrong. His hands searched and reached the figure pulling him. He felt cold metal and a long cloth shrouding the body. He instantly recognized the identity when the face held large glasses on it's face, "...Kaiser?!" Yamato took one last swing but his blindness caused him to attack in the wrong direction.
"That's enough." The Kaiser took his own swing and punched the blonde hard in the stomach. Yamato felt the air rush out of him and cringed from the pain. "You didn't give me much choice now did you? AirDramon! Withdraw!" The giant dragon pumped its feather-like wings and departed for the Kaiser's castle. The sudden take off caused Yamato to lose his balance and landed in the Kaiser's arms, "Don't worry," the Dark Emperor whispered, "...you're safe in my arms..."
Taichi finally summoned enough strength to stand up to see his friend being taken away, "MA---TT!!" The scream had no effect. The dragon flew on. But his vision was obscured by a bright light and turned to see Scythemon was the cause. An aura of red surrounded her and her war cry echoed throughout the island. Absolute anger was in her eyes, her red eye flowing in fury.
She took a leap at the nearest digimon, WarGreymon. "SOUL DRAIN!" Her hand latched onto the golden armour and black energy flowed from WarGreymon to Scythemon. In a few moments, WarGreymon lost all his strength and de-evolved to Agumon. Scythemon, powered from her new amount of energy, began to digivolve herself, "SCYTHEMON, HYBRID DIGIVOLVE TO... WARGREYSCYTHEMON!"(Cloud: The names just get longer and longer...) Gold armour contrasted with her black suit and her new ability of flight was taken full advantage. "Get out of my way!!" she shrieked to the Digidestined in the sky. Without a second thought, they flew out from WarGreyScythemon's path to the three dark digimon. "You hurt Piedmon, now die! DARK TERRA FORCE!" A gigantic orb of pure black energy formed above her hand, twice as big as the normal Terra Force. "DI--E!!" Swinging her arm, she released the energy on the three digimon and watched as they disintegrated into nothing; not even data from the digimon were seen. Drained of her energy, she de-evolved and fell from the exhaustion. All who stood witness was at awe. Daisuke was the only one reacting fast enough to catch the falling Scythemon.
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"Damn it! How could this happen?!" Taichi scolded the others while Hikari bandaged her brother's arm. "We just let him slip from our fingers..."
"Tai...hold still..." Hikari tried to calm her distraught brother.
"And where were you when we called you?! If you've been here earlier then he wouldn't be caught by the Kaiser but no, you were sleeping?!" Taichi's finger pointed to Scythemon who was attending to Piedmon's wounds. She didn't look at her accuser, but the words were enough to make her curse herself.
"Tai, it isn't her fault... " Daisuke defended.
"And why did you take WarGreymon's power when you had those other three to drain?!" Agumon was at Taichi's side, still sleeping from the exhaustion of having his power drained. "This is all your fault!"
"Tai..." Takeru tried to reason but the older boy refused to listen.
"You shut up about her..." Piedmon was cut off by Scythemon.
She shook her head in self-pity, "He's right... I was too slow today. I shouldn't have been sleeping. I should've been scouting..."
"Scythemon, it is not your fault. It is no one's..." but she didn't stay to hear Piedmon's words.
"Miyako-san, Iori-san, could you look after him for me?" The two nodded and she took off into the woods.
"You fool! Do even realize what she does for this world?!" Piedmon scolded Taichi. The clown gave no time for him to react, "For one week, she has only slept for four hours! And not even four continuous hours. Every week, of every month...her life had been devoted to protect these useless digimon and for what? She loses everything while these cowards gain everything!"
"...I, didn't know..." Taichi felt guilty now about his harsh words to her. He knew deep in his heart it wasn't anyone's fault but the thought of Yamato being gone made him lash out at someone. "I'm sorry..." The others gave offerings of condolences, forgetting for a moment that Scythemon wasn't with them.
Walking through the barbarous woods, she let the branches scratch her face. Blood slowly seeped from them, then stung by water meeting the open flesh. Tears rolled down Scythemon's cheeks as she resolved her plan. "It is my fault...so I'll deal with it."
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The blue eyes slowly fluttered open, his head in a spiral. Yamato got up and leaned against the cold wall behind him. The room was generally dark, but giant tubes of glass glowed bright enough to blind him. Blind him?... I can see again... His hand fell to his chest and much to his dismay, that problem was still intact. "Where am I?..." He slowly got up, but felt his knees shaking from his own weight. "I feel so weak..." He clutched his stomach still aching from the hit. He tipped over his own foot and landed against the nearest glass tube. He peered into it, see a form, a human form releasing bubbles of exhaled air. Staring at it closely, the creature jerked into life and stared straight at Yamato. The blonde jumped in surprise and fell on the hard floor. It continued to stare down with its pure red eyes, while upon closer inspection, the silver hair caught Yamato's memory. It looks familiar...
"I see you're awake. And met my creation." The familiar voice echoed in the room. The Digimon Kaiser offered his hand to the fallen Yamato, but he refused to be helped by him. "Come now, can't a gentleman help a lady?"
Yamato growled back, "Why did you do this to me?..."
The Kaiser simply stared back, "You don't like it?" Again, he opened his armlet and typed in codes. With the press of the confirm button Yamato felt pain surge through his entire body. "Don't worry, the pain lasts for a moment." And he was right.
Hand surveying his chest again, Yamato felt relief, "I'm back to normal!" His shout for joy was faltered by the heaviness in his head. "But, why do I feel so weak?"
"I've programmed it so your strength is kept to a minimum. After all, you are bigger than me." The Kaiser picked him up despite Yamato's protests. "Just settle down, I'm not going to hurt you."
"What do you want with me? Why did you bring me here?"
"...fine." The Kaiser seated Yamato near the giant computer of the laboratory. Reaching into his collar, he pulled out the symbol of the blonde boy, "I assume you know what this is?"
Yamato's eyes widened by the discovery, "...my crest?!"
The Kaiser stuck it into one of the openings on the computer and ones and zeros flashed across the screen. "Yamato, do you remember when you had to choose your path? The day you met with the black orb?" Yamato kept his frown but his eyes flickered the memory of the day he fell deep into the emptiness of his heart. "Well, that was a test. The same one I too went through." The Emperor leaned in close to the blonde, hands gripping the arm rests, "The test I went through to become the Kaiser." Yamato's mouth opened from the revelation. "That's right. You were the first chosen to become a Kaiser, but you refused." His gloved hand sheltered the blonde's hand. "After I found out there were other would-be Kaisers, I wanted to find out how they were chosen. And when I do find out, I can prevent from others taking my place."
"But that doesn't explain my crest." Yamato muttered.
The Kaiser pointed to the screen, "Those ones and zeros are data. Your data. Think of them as, DNA. All that information is from your crest. All your memories in the Digiworld are locked within this tiny crest. By scanning your data and cross-referencing with my data, I could find similarities between you and me that made us chosen to be Kaisers. But these similarities could be anything. To narrow down the chance of mistakes, I need a third specimen."
"...who?..." he asked, but Yamato had a feeling who that third person was.
"Scythemon is my next target. But until then..." The Kaiser switched off the screen and replaced the crest around his neck.
"If you had my crest all this time, why did you go through all the trouble of bringing me here?"
The Emperor leaned in closer to the blonde, his other hand caressing the boy's cheek, "When I read about you, the inner turmoil you went through...I realized, you are like me. Feeling alone in a world not meant for us, and staying in one where we could be and do anything we want." He leaned in a little closer, lips reaching for the other.
Yamato's eyes nearly jumped out of their sockets as he gripped the boy's shoulders, "W, wait! What do you think you're doing?!"
"What does it look like?" An affectionate smile spread across Ken's face, hand still holding onto the now red cheek.
"B, but I'm a guy and..."
"That doesn't matter to me. The emotion is the same."
"And I'm older..."
"Hmph." The Kaiser grunted, "Is that all?" Another command on his armlet and Yamato felt the pain again. This time, the only thing changed was his size. "There. Just like you were three years ago." Surprisingly, even Yamato's old hairstyle was back too. (Cloud:???don't ask why that is...?_?)
Yamato stared down at his body, and how his school uniform seemed way too big for him. "What is wrong with you?! You can't just screw around with people's lives like this!" Yamato struggled to get away from the Kaisers grip but only succeeded in slipping and landing face down on the floor.
"I still haven't given you your strength back yet." Ken reached down and lifted the protesting blonde in his arms.
"Put me down! You're really asking for it now!" Yamato felt his cheeks grow warmer and Ken just smiled at him feeble attempt to hide it. "And stop with that goofy smile! You're almost as bad as Tai..."
"Tai? You mean that bush-headed buffoon? You two aren't a couple are you?" His smile faltered from the prospect.
Yamato's face was now blood red, "Wh, uh,..." Are we?... "He's too much of a jerk to be liked..." Why am I even answering back to him?
Ken's smile returned, "Well, that's good news for me." He proceeded to carry him out the door.
"Where are you taking?..."
"To my chambers. You can rest there." And all the way, Yamato kept kicking and screaming in more protest.
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Okay, this chapter is just weird. There is definitely out-of-character-ness in this and I haven't had time to proofread. so, if any mistakes or "that doesn't mke sense comments", sorry. Too tired to proofread. Did I manage to surprise you? Did you guess the mystery couple? Does anyone out there also think I'm going nuts with this fic? I do. I think it's the sugar rush from buying those Halloween candies too early. Anyways, more madness coming your way in the next chapter. *people shuddering at the thought* HEY! It's not that bad...I think...is it?...*starts crying*