Inner Demons
Chapter Two
By Crow Skywalker and Elora
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Disclaimer – Already done this in the first chapter, but oh well. Might as well do it again. We don't own Digimon. Never have, never will...and that's all we have to say :P
Author's Notes
Crow – Bah...don't have much to say this time around because Elora did the chapter..I only edited and helped a bit ^^;]
Elora - This is where those "odd couples" that Crow mentioned ealier come in. I bet you'll never guess them! :p unless you're a really hard thinker. Or you have an active imagination. >:D
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Once the flash of colors wore off, I found myself standing in a clearing surrounded by forest. I sighed and realized that I would have to go find them myself. "They must've gone ahead, V-mon. We need to go find them." I pulled up the D-3, then hesitated. Why exactly did I need to go find them? It's not like they needed me OR V-mon. I'm sure Patamon could clear any enemy out faster than V-mon could, or at least they probably thought so. I shook the idea off. If I tried to fight off on my own, I wouldn't succeed, and they'd have to rescue me. Then I'd get some big speech from Takeru and more nasty looks from Miyako. Great. Doesn't it figure? I pulled it out, and examined where the dots were. Seeing where they were, they must've really forgotten about me. I guess it was…nice that they had accepted Ken into the group without me making them. They should've been about a mile away…Great.
It didn't take us long to catch up with the others, and I only tripped over a few fallen logs and branches. No biggy, just minor scrapes and bruises. Of course, V-mon was there to help me up. It's kind of hard to walk and think at the same time y'know? And it wasn't long before we could hear the sounds of a fight. I rushed forward, ready to battle if I was needed.
Stepping out of the undergrowth, I stepped into the war zone. Aquillamon and Gatomon had already jogressed together into Sylphimon, and were handling the situation nicely. Stingmon, Angemon, and Ankylomon were standing back, in case of trouble. I looked at our opponents, Mummymon and Archnemon, who had the upper hand in the battle. Although Sylphimon was doing great, they were no match for the both of them.
"Daisuke!"
I looked over to see Ken calling out to me. It was obvious that he wanted to jogress, to save them all. Save them all? I frowned at that idea. They didn't deserve it. "Come on! We have to jogress Stingmon and XV-mon!" I just stood for a second, still thinking that idea over. Save the people whom I hated most, or just stand there, taking their pain inward and smiling silently as they got what they deserved.
"Daisuke, please, come on! Stop being so stubborn!" Miyako yelled in my face.
"Why should I?" I replied, stubbornly.
"Motomiya Daisuke, stop being such a jerk and jogress so we can win this battle!"
"Is that all you care about? Winning?" I accused, narrowing my eyes. "Then I won't help, and neither will V-Mon."
"What are you talking about?! You're kidding, right?! You're not seriously thinking of letting us down?!"
"Who is…'us'?" I questioned. The others looked at me, wide eyed. It was about time they finally realized how much they really needed me.
"D...Daisuke, tell me you're just joking."
"So sorry." I turned back to V-mon. "No need to waste your energy, buddy." V-mon nodded, ready to accept anything I wanted to do.
"Daisuke! What do you think you're doing? Are you trying to get us killed?!" Takeru grabbed me by the shirt collar, lifting me off the ground. I silently glared back at him.
"Maybe, maybe not. I don't see a point in winning." I said, calmly. He could strangle me for all I care. It would just put me out of my misery. They were only fighting to win – nothing else. What was the point of it? And it seemed that I was a tool to them, the bothersome keeper of V-mon, who was the only one eligible to jogressing with Stingmon.
"Angemon! Ankylomon! You know what to do!" I watched as the two digimon jogressed. How ridiculously…disgusting. What was the point of trying to fight when they knew they had no chance of winning? Without me, they were nothing. If only they would realize that.
Takeru dropped me, now busily telling Shakkoumon what to do. I reached down and picked up V-mon, hugging him close. He would have done anything for me, and I knew that I would do the same for him. Let them die be brutally attacked by Archnemon and Mummymon, see if I care.
"Spider Web!" Archnemon yelled, flinging strings of it at the fighting Digimon. Mummymon followed in firing off his gun, knocking Sylphimon out and making him separate into two hearts again.
"Daisuke, PLEASE, I'm begging you! You have to help make Paildramon! They're going to win!" Ken cried, desperate.
"Is that necessarily a bad thing?" As I spoke, Archnemon and Mummymon had already assaulted Shakkoumon, and won. It was so nice to see someone smiling so happily about something. I was actually…happy that they had won. It would teach the Digidestined a lesson. Archnemon and Mummymon had returned to "human" form and were now approaching us, smiling at the damage that they had caused.
"This is all your fault, Daisuke, we're going to be killed now!" Takeru whispered harshly. Meh, big whoop.
"That was the worst fight I've ever fought in my life, and that was coming from the great DigiDestined?" Archnemon laughed. "My, that was sad. However, I can't find it in my cool heart to destroy such pitiful things."
"Can't say that I don't agree…" I muttered, so they could hear me. She stared for a second.
"My, aren't we compliant?" Archnemon smirked. "Tell me, why didn't you fight back?"
"I didn't see reason to. What's the point if you know you're going to loose?" I said loosely. Everyone stared at me in disbelief. Archnemon got a sly smile on her face. If I play my cards the right way, I may get a precious new ally…
"So…You finally learned the truth, didn't you?" She started slowly. "You finally learned that you aren't accepted here."
"Eh?" I questioned. How would she know of my problems?
"You learned that you're not wanted."
"I've known that for a long time." I protested, hands clenching.
"No…You're not wanted." She said, coming closer. "No one wants you in their pathetic group. You want to know why?"
"You shut up! Daisuke, don't listen to her!" Takeru yelled.
"They think you're big headed. They think you can't lead at all. You're too childish, too arrogant, too self-centered…It's so annoying how you hit on Hikari! Ken would make a better leader, and he's had the least experience!"
I growled, gripping onto V-mon.
"Daisuke, that's not true!"
"He never thinks about his actions! He's going to get us killed in battle someday! Oh, by the way, today's probably that day. He's rude, he's unmannerly, he's not nearly as great as he thinks he is! He's nowhere near as wonderful as our dear Takeru. Oh, that one came from Hikari, by the way."
"Why should I find any reason to believe you?" I growled.
"Don't argue with me, you know it's true. You heard them before you left, don't you remember?" She said, with a serious face.
"Daisuke, don't, please—" Hikari said, putting her hand on my shoulder.
"I DID hear you." I snapped. "Don't touch me." I said, swatting her hand away.
"Ken should be leader. Takeru should be leader. Iori would even make a good leader! He's a smart kid, even though he's young, he's so much smarter than Daisuke."
"Shut up! I can't stand anymore!" I said, covering my face. I had heard the things they had said earlier, but nothing like that…I let the tears run down my face, letting the words sink into my head, letting them expand and make even worse ideas in my head. The most horrifying one was…Ken, wearing my goggles…No. Ken wearing goggles that were rightfully his. At least, by decision of the digidestined.
"Daisuke, please, I…" Ken started. "I, I don't—"
Ken was trying to comfort me, trying to make up for whatever pain he had caused. Why should I believe him? Everything anyone had ever told me was a lie...I had no reason to.
"Shut up!" I said, tearing the goggles off my head and throwing them at Ken as hard as I could. "You're the leader now!"
"Where will you go now?" Archnemon teased.
"Anywhere, I don't care! I'm not wanted here!" I said, more tears running.
"You'd be appreciated on the side of evil, Daisuke." She said in an airy voice.
"What?! Daisuke, she's lying to you!"
"No more than you've lied to me!" I screamed.
I knew that there was a chance that she was lying, but no more than they had done to me. At this point, anywhere was better than here, where I was a nobody, a nothing. Maybe it would be best if I...
"What do you say to my offer?"
"I gladly accept." I glared, sniffling and wiping my tears away. I would never have to cry, I would never have to hurt myself. I would never feel the pain of their lies, their mean gestures again. Even on the side of evil, I'd still be wanted. No, I'd be needed.
I've played my cards right, I will be getting all that I want from Daisuke now. In exchange for acceptance, revenge, I will receive…Archnemon held her hand out to me, beckoning me to join her. Sniffling back my last tears ever, I held my hand out to hers, firmly grasping onto it. She gently pulled me towards her, and that was all I remember seeing before I was whisked away into some kind of warm…embrace…I could hear their voices, their attempts to come after me, but they seemed so far away…I could only feel warmth, a warm embrace and see darkness. I had a feeling I would be seeing so much more, very soon…All I could concentrate on now was the warmth, the...love...I was feeling around me.
Evil had opened her loving arms to me, and I had embraced it with arms wide open.
End of Chapter Two! ^^ What do you think? Are we evil or what? ;P Questions, comments, reviews...always welcomed! ^^