The Secret, Revealed
[A/N: Well, here's goes nothing! This part should explain what I meant last time. This has no… Well… I guess I WILL connect this with my other fics, OK? Well uh ::Rubs the back of head sheepishly:: This kind of explains why Shinji is so darn agile and exceedingly strong! I really hope no one flames me for this, or you'll get a visit from my weasel! OK? Oh, by the way, all Ladydevimon and Devimon fans, SHOO! LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!]
[Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own any of this stuff. None of the characters, concepts, or terms belong to me! I made up Shinji Shazaki and her old Crest, so you use, I kill! LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!]
"Perfect…" Tai growled. The digimon quickly got ready for battle. Shinji stepped back, holding the crying Kai close. The little boy was scared like mad, and didn't know what was going on. A huge digimon that looked like a scorpion appeared, creating another explosion of dust and dirt. "Scorpiomon!" Patamon cried. Everyone remembered the evil digimon from when the Dark Masters were around. "Agumon, digivolve!" Tai ordered. "Tai, for some reason we can't!" Gabumon shouted. "Wonderful." Myotismon growled. He glanced back at Shinji and his son. Shinji was practically shaking in fear, and Kai was crying. "I swore I'd protect them!" the vampire thought. "So I will." he whispered. He leapt at the evil scorpion.
"GRIZZLY WING!" he cried. "TAIL BLADE!" Scorpiomon shouted, counteracting Myotismon's attack. "PEPPER BREATH!" Agumon shouted, hoping to help the vampire. "SCORPION STORM!!" Scorpiomon cried. Agumon's attack was blown away. And so was the digimon. Everyone was blown out of the cave and into the rain. Scorpiomon looked over at Shinji, who was still holding Kai tight. "Oh, two Ultimates." he said. Shinji glanced around, looking for any Ultimate level digimon. "Nani?!" she shouted.
"CRIMSON LIGHTNING!!" Myotismon shouted, flying onto the scene. "TAIL BLADE!!!" Scorpiomon shouted back. Myotismon's attack was blown away, and a tree was felled. It headed straight for Shinji and Kai! Shinji looked up through the rain and saw the heavy tree falling straight for her and Kai. "Kuso!" she muttered. She was completely oblivious to the fact that if the tree hit her or Kai, they would probably be killed. Instead, she gently put Kai down and flipped onto her hands, her feet in the air. "Here goes nothing!" she growled. In a cracking of wood, Shinji was holding up the tree by her feet. Veins were popping out on her arms from the strain of holding the tree up.
Kai stopped crying for a moment and looked at his mother. Shinji didn't seemed really strained by the tree's weight and bent her elbows. She straightened out quickly and the tree bounced off her feet. It landed with a loud 'THUD' a few feet away. Shinji tipped forwards, off her hands, and landed on her knees. "I… Didn't know I was that strong." she thought. Kai crawled over and tugged at Shinji's sleeve. "Okasan!" he said. Shinji picked the boy back up and turned back to where Scorpiomon was. But the evil scorpion wasn't there. Shinji looked around, but didn't find Scorpiomon.
She suddenly jerked, her eyes wide and her teeth clenched. She looked down too late. Scorpiomon burst from the ground in an eruption of stones and dirt. Shinji and Kai were thrown into the air by the sudden appearance. "TAIL BLADE!" the scorpion cried, seeing Shinji's back open to assault. Shinji glanced over her shoulder and saw the blue energy blade heading straight for her. Her eye widened at the sight. She shut her eyes tight and waited for the blade to hit her. But the attack never came. Shinji opened her eyes and looked around. She was somehow back on the ground, on her feet and right behind Scorpiomon.
Myotismon wasn't anywhere in sight. But, Scorpiomon turned right at that moment. "K-kuso!" Shinji muttered in fear. "I see why he wants you." Scorpiomon said, "You and your son have both shown some of your power." "N-nani?!" Shinji shouted, backing up. "TAIL BLADE!" the evil creature cried, evading her question. Shinji quickly turned around, not wanting Kai to be hurt.
The attack slammed into her back, spinning her around and throwing Shinji into another tree. Shinji slid to the ground, supposedly knocked out. Kai slipped out of his mother's arms and onto the ground. He tugged at her sleeve, and started to cry. Scorpiomon began to advance on Kai and Shinji. Kai tugged harder at Shinji's sleeve, crying harder. Blood began to trickle out of Shinji's mouth, scaring Kai even more. "Okasan!" he begged, "Okasan!!!" Shinji still wouldn't wake. "TAIL…" Scorpiomon began to cry. Kai turned to look at the evil scorpion. Unnoticed by the boy, Shinji's eyes snapped open. "DDDDDIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!" she screamed, grabbing a sharp stone off the ground and jumping into the air. Shinji jammed the stone into Scorpiomon's head, forcing all the way into his skin. Scorpiomon let out a weak gasp and fell to the ground. "Ah, the Ultimate child of Ladydevimon and Devimon shows her true colors." he said his last words. The evil creature disappeared in a cascade of information.
Shinji fell silent at his words. "Ladydevimon and Devimon's… Daughter?" she wondered out loud, "W-where?" She looked around and didn't find any other women around. She suddenly put two and two together, and fell back, landing next to Kai. "Okasan!" Kai said happily, jumping into Shinji's arms. Shinji hardly noticed Kai. "SHINJI!!" Myotismon cried. He and the other Digi-destined ran out of the forest and to Shinji and Kai. Shinji looked utterly stunned and disheveled. "I…" she kept muttering, twitching every once in a while, "Ah…" Her eyes were wide in something that looked like disbelief. "Nani?" Tai asked. "I…" Shinji continued to repeat, still twitching, "Ah…" Myotismon walked over and picked up Shinji by her shoulders, keeping her on her feet. Shinji still somehow kept a tight hold on Kai while she kept repeating the same thing over and over again. "Shinji, nani?!" Myotismon shouted, shaking her shoulders.
"L-Ladydevimon…" Shinji finally murmured, "Devimon…" "Hai, we've defeated them already." Matt said, "What about them?" "I… Ah…" Shinji tried to say again. Her eyes rolled back into her head, and Shinji fell back, fainting. Myotismon caught Shinji before she fell back much, her hold on Kai never loosening. "Otousan?" Kai asked, looking at his father. Myotismon's gaze was hard, and knowing. "So…" he said. "Those old rumors were true…" he thought.
The group walked back to the cave, Shinji unconscious in Myotismon's arms, and Kai awake in Kari's arms. "Do you know anything about what Shinji was talking about?" Tai asked. "Uh!" Myotismon jerked, "…No I don't." The group entered the cave silently and confused. When Myotismon set Shinji down, she woke with a start. She almost instantly hugged Myotismon tightly, sobbing into his shoulder. Myotismon jerked and wrapped his arms around Shinji. Shinji sobbed into his shoulder for what seemed like forever.
Suddenly, Shinji stopped. "You know, don't you?" she asked. "Hai." Myotismon simply answered. Shinji tried not to cry anymore, but failed. Kai crawled over, out of Kari's arms and over to his mother and father. "Okasan?" he asked, "Otousan?" Shinji stopped crying for a moment and picked Kai up. She hugged him tight, tears still running down her face. Kai wrapped his arms around Shinji's neck and gently hugged her back. "Okasan…" he thought.
A good while later…
Shinji had finally stopped crying, but was silent. She sat with Kai in her arms and Myotismon sitting next to her. "What's up?" Tai asked from the other side of the fire. "I…" Shinji tried to say. Myotismon looked at Shinji sadly. He knew what she was trying to say, but didn't know if he should say something. Shinji turned to him, her eyes seeming to say, "Daska Dao!" Myotismon sighed, and turned to the others. "What Shinji has been trying to say is that, well…" he began, "Let me put it this way. Long ago, there was a rumor going around that Ladydevimon and Devimon had a child. A girl, to be exact. But, for some reason, they didn't care about the girl. They cast her aside. Gennai found the young Ultimate level girl in the forest one day, and decided to include her in the Digi-destined prophecy that was to come. And… He left her in the Real World with an adoptive family. So… Shinji is that girl."
Everything was absolutely silent, even the crackling of the flames went ignored. "But, why did they cast her aside?" Matt asked, the shock of everything not having set in yet. "I don't know." Myotismon replied, "Something happened." Everyone became silent again. "I think… All of us should go our separate ways again." Shinji finally spoke up. "Nani?!" Myotismon asked. "Devimon and Ladydevimon are looking for me, and I don't want any of you to get caught in the middle of this." Shinji replied. She glanced down at the sleeping Kai. "Especially not Kai." she said. "But…" Myotismon tried to protest further. "Myotismon, you know that I'm right!" Shinji said, "If they're searching for me, they're not going to hesitate to attack any one of you! I don't want that to happen to you! I really think we all have to go our own way for the battle that is surely coming soon!"
Another silence followed. "I… I'll go along with it." Tai agreed. "Me too." Matt said. Everyone soon agreed. "I-I'm sorry I'm making you do this." Shinji said. "You are right though." Myotismon said, "Even though we don't want you to go, we know you have to." "Arigato." Shinji said quietly.
The next morning…
The thunderstorm had finally stopped. The Digi-destined were outside the cave, everyone facing Shinji. "I'm really sorry that I'm making you all do this." she said, a weak smile on her face. Myotismon was holding Kai, and the young boy had no idea of what was going on. "Well, Sayonara." Shinji said, turning and starting to walk away, " I WILL see you all again." Kai suddenly realized what was going on. "OKASAN!" he shouted. Shinji stopped and turned back to face her son. "Oh, Kai." she said sadly. Shinji walked back and hugged Kai tight. "Okasan, don't go!" Kai said. "Kai, I'll be back." Shinji said, "I promise that I'll be back." "Promise?" Kai asked. "Cross my heart and hope to die." Shinji swore, making a little 'x' over her heart, "Just promise me that you'll be a good boy for Otousan." Kai nodded.
Shinji smiled. "Well, Sayonara." she repeated, "I swear that I will see you again." She kissed Myotismon quickly, and walked away, disappearing into the dense forest. Everyone was silent, and then all went their separate ways, going with the same person as before. Myotismon looked at Kai. "Your Okasan will come back." he reassured his son, "She promised didn't she?" "Uh-huh." Kai responded. "So that means she'll come back." Myotismon said. "OK." Kai said. "I hope so anyway." Myotismon secretly thought,
[A/N: AH HA! I betcha didn't see that one comin'! In the words of Etemon, "I'm so evil!" Anyway, the next fic will be about Shinji's little 'journey' to figure out what to do, so no one complain if they don't see their favorite chars, OK? Good! Onto the next fic!]