Inner Demons
Chapter Four
By Crow Skywalker and Elora
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- Disclaimer – The only thing we own is the fic...so don't sue :P
Author's Notes
Crow – Yet another chapter done by Elora..so I don't have much to say ;P But I like the demon part a lot D Anyway, good job Elora! ^^
Elora – Part 4! I'm so excited XDD Nothing much more to do. This part may come later than you think due to lazy lazy Elora. But tonight I'm feeling UBERGENKI so maybe I can get this done soon…:D I feel so bad because I strongly dislike my writing style. I wish I could write like SOME people I know…*COUGHcrowcrowchanyouknowwhoimtalkingaboutCOUGH*
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When I finally awoke after being taken by Archnemon and Mummymon, I found myself in some kind of base. It must've been theirs. I didn't have much time before I felt arms slide around my upper chest. My head shot up abruptly, and I put a hand up to feel the arms. I looked down ever so slightly, expecting a set of pale-skinned hands, but instead, they were gloved purple…
"A...Archnemon?" I stumbled. My mind was still in a haze after that wonderful feeling I had just felt.
"Yes, my dear?" She responded. Her face glided down near mine, and I slowly looked over. It was a bit hard to believe that a…Digimon…had a crush on me. On a –human–. Sure, she had a human form, alright, but she WAS a digimon—A hideous monster spider one, at that.
"Dear, you must be full of questions. How about we start answering them now?" She said, brushing a gentle hand on my face. Was she the one giving me the feeling of "love" before? If she had, she sure lost her touch, because I wasn't feeling anything now.
"H, How long have you…Well, you know…" I started. I wanted to know just how long she had been like this, the "love" thing and all.
"Ah, the first time I saw you." I felt her tongue on the back of neck. It was enough to make me vomit.
"Well, uhm...," Then realization hit me. My only friend left.. "V-mon! Where's V-mon!" I cried, searching franticly with my eyes.
"Daisuke, I'm right here! I wouldn't let them take you without me." Came a voice, stepping up beside me.
"Yes, that Digimon of yours is here. What use would you be with all that power and no Digimon to serve you?" She hissed slightly in my ear.
I opened my mouth to say something, but she quieted me. "Something that you've had the potential of using since the day you were born, but it's grown stronger every time you've taken pain for—and from—them. When they made fun of you, when they hurt you, when they ignored you…This inner power grew stronger."
"What is this 'inner power'?"
"It is…you Inner Demon."
"M, my 'Inner Demon'?" I stuttered. Just what was she talking about?
"Yes. This power inside of you," She started, looking like she was going to stroke my chest, "is so strong, it out powers that of a Jogressed digimon. That of a mega digimon," she added. "It's all there. You could crush them just be merely snapping your fingers."
This...Inner Power..or Demon that she called it...could I really do the things she said? Maybe then I wouldn't be such a nobody...
"How do I access this power?" I asked eagerly. "What about V-mon?" Of course I'd never do anything that would hurt my friend.
"V-mon will get some of the power through you. You are tied together. But to access this power, this Inner Demon, you must do…this…" She slowly leaned into my face, and used her purple-black colored tongue to pry into my mouth. She played around at my tongue, trying to get me to make some kind of reaction. Hoping that it would trigger something that would lead to my power, I quickly poked back. I immediately felt myself falling into a deep trance, and after everything faded into a black mist, I could see myself emerging in some kind of black forest, standing in front of a temple. Bright white light and horrendous darkness fought through the windows, casting shadowed shapes to appear on the few trees in this clearing.
The Temple – that must have been it! It had to be in there...where else would it be hidden?
"M...My 'Inner Demon'…It's in there…" I rushed forward into the temple.
As I finally reached it, I finally realized just how big the thing was. The steps seemed to go up a great height, making me feel even smaller up against the temple walls. I bit my lip, deciding if this would really be a good idea. But before I could decide against it, I felt something take my hand. Looking down, I saw V-mon smiling up at me.
"No matter what you choose, I'll always be by your side." He said encouragingly, making me smile.
Taking a breath, I let go of his hand, oddly knowing that this was something that I had to do myself, and started up the stairs. At first I had thought that it would have taken me a long time to make my way up so many stairs, but I strangely found myself at the top within a few moments. Looking back, I saw V-mon awaiting me at the bottom.
I'll always be by your side...Smiling at that thought, I stepped into the darkness of the entrance.
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It wasn't as dark inside as I thought it would be, a huge sky-light like thing let the golden sunset drift in, unrolling a blanket before me, halting at a darkened wall. Taking my first step, I felt a burning in my heart. Was this my Inner Demon, ready to be released?
A shifting noise and a growl made my eyes flick upwards, towards the darkened wall. I knew that I should have been afraid, but as I stepped forward, the burning increased. As I finally stood before the creature in-chained, I could make it out. A huge black winged demon was chained and tied to a cross like figure. Its scaled wings beat furiously and his entire body writhed around; he was bound to the cross by bright white light.
"DAISUKE…" It rasped.
"W, Who are you?!"
"I am your Inner Demon...I am what your pain has turned into!...Break my binds of holy light and you will have anything you can wish! This holy, this goodness, is all that is holding you back from becoming what you have always dreamed of!" The dark and the light flashes became even more violent, beating out the other shapes inside this temple.
Not knowing what would happen, I ran to the demon, placed my hands on the ropes, and pulled. As hard as I could. They broke apart, and slipped out of my hands, flying out the window and dissolving as they reached the sky. My Inner Demon burst off of the cross, destroying it in the process.
"DAISUKE…" It rasped again. It grabbed me by the shoulders, and I felt something melding with me; the pain and sorrow being lifted from my heavy heart and soul, and then, everything flashed and blurred, and I was back in Archnemon's arms.
She smiled at me, a sly but knowing grin, like she knew something and wasn't telling me.
"It is mine." I laughed, narrowing my eyes and quickly pulling myself away from her. "This power…Is mine. V-mon, do you, too, feel it?" I asked to my friend.
"Daisuke, I feel it, I can feel it coursing through my whole body…I feel like I could take down Shakkoumon, Silphymon, and Stingmon all at once, even just as this form."
"I, too, feel it. I, I almost remember this feeling before, it was like when you and Stingmon jogressed for the first time. Ken's heart had bonded with mine, but now, I am bonded with evil. I am bonded with my true self. My Inner Demon."
I held out my hand, and stared at it for a second. I glanced down at my wrist. Bonding with the demon had not removed my scars from the razors I had used before. No matter.
"Ughaaauhh!!" I yelled, throwing nothing into the air. But, by the time my hand stopped moving, something HAD formed in my hand. I gasped. The thing that had formed in my hand had crushed into something, exploded, and burnt it down to the ground. Whatever pain and punishment I had taken in the past was now showing physical form.
"I shall test them tomorrow. They have surely left the digital world by now. It's not that they would care, would they?" I asked V-mon. "My only friend…" I bent down.
"Daisuke, I'll never leave your side. Not now, not ever."
I hugged him, and he returned the hug. But my thoughts weren't on that now. All feelings of love, pain, laughter..it was slowly draining out of me, creating the new me that was to come. And I would be ready for it.
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I turned and looked back one last time at the setting sun in the Digital World. Daisuke would probably not be returning home for a long time. How I longed for Daisuke to be here, watching this sunset with me…But it was pointless. I had seen Daisuke throw his goggles at me, and grasp onto Archnemon's hand. She cradled him in her arms, and gently stroked his hair, and held his body close to hers—Something I could only dream of doing.
"Ken, come on, our parents are going to start worrying about us soon." Hikari said gently.
"I'm sorry." I followed them through the television screen, and I ended back up in my room. I quickly walked out of my room, hoping that I wasn't so late I had made my parents upset.
"I'm sorry, mama, I got caught up in my work again."
"It' s okay, Ken dear. I was just finishing up with dinner anyway!" She smiled. I glanced at the clock. 6:30pm. What is Daisuke doing now…?
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Everything dissolved, flashed, and faded—not one thing in the scenery had remained the same. I ran forward, seeing nothing. I looked to my left, to my right—Nothing, no one."Daisuke!! Daisuke, where are you?" I cried.
"K-K-Ken…" I heard his voice, so very meek, beneath me. I looked down. Nothing. I ran forward.
"Dai~suke!!" I repeated, over and over. "Where are you?!"
"K-Ken, I'm…Right here…P-Please, just…I can't. I can't do it, I can't face you, now." He stuttered. I could see his shape, buried within the fog. I dropped to my knees and fought to pull his body out—It was so cold..
"No, no, no, Daisuke…" His body looked as if he had been deprived of food and water for a week, that he had been beaten with a metal bat, and abused.
"No, Daisuke!" I held his body near mine. I grabbed his wrists, stared horrified into his eyes; but all I got back was a pained look and a limp squeeze. I looked at his wrists. The skin had turned a pale tan—An extremely unhealthy sign; Daisuke had always had dark tan skin, for the most part. Across his wrists were two slits—One of them freshly cut. The dark blood was still drying onto his wrists.
"Ken, I—I've done—Some horrible things—I can't—Let you go with me.." He wheezed. His body trembled violently. "I'm not—I can't be alive anymore, not after—"
"Do you think my hands are any cleaner? I've done more, Daisuke, and you taught me…" I brought my head close to his chest. "Your heartbeat—"
"Ken, I'm sorry, I—I c-c-can't. I'm too weak, no one wants me here…Ken, please, I'm too weak, now. Don't waste your energy trying to save me, Ken—It's too late. They'll never forgive me—They never loved me before and they will never love me after the horrible things I've done. But Ken, I will—I will always…always…" His voice trailed off, and his head slumped over onto his left shoulder. Dead, in my arms.
"No…No…She, she did this to you! No! Daisuke! Daisuke!"
"DAISUKE!"
I woke up. It had all been a nightmare.
I breathed heavily, clutching at my chest. Had the entire story been a dream? Or just Daisuke's death? Was it a prediction? How I wished it was all just a dream…
But it was not. And my horrors had just begun.
What's going to happen to Daisuke? Will evil really consume him? Does Archnemon have other plans in mind? Keep reading and find out! And of course, reviews always help ^.~