Chapter Nineteen: Love and Answers
An Angel. In all his splendid glory. He
had shiny Red Hair, large flowing wings, and the brightest Blue eyes ever. On his throne sat 12 swords. Each had the Crest symbols on them. They appeared to be spread out in a fan and
resting behind him. The Chosen did not
know what to do. Suddenly the Sword
with the Crest of Light jumped out of the fan and flew towards Salamon. Hikari screamed. Salamon suddenly saw Hikari fling herself towards the bed. The sword stopped just short of them, righted
itself and stuck in the ground. The
bright light shone on Salmon, she Digivolved into Angewomon.
Go ahead child, take your
revenge. He got up and walked towards
her. After he reached her, he put his
hand on her face and smiled. So
beautiful, so full of Life and Pride. Yet so Angry. I am sorry. You have protected them well. Maybe you will forgive me after you kill me. He looked sad. His eyes darkened. He
lowered his head. Awaiting the final
touch.
Ken started to cry. This being felt as he did. His eyes gave him away. He
truly regrets Tailmon lost her child. We all thought he was evil. How
can this be? Angewomon had the
sword above her head. It was
shaking. So was she. She thought, I can't. I won't. But my Tama, my child. She
started to cry too. And the sword crashed down.
"Angewomon, No!"
Patamon caught the sword. He was angry. His only child. The only
time he could reproduce. Gone. All because of some twisted God. A dark Angel. How could you? It was
my child. The only one I can have. He struggled to lift it above Gabriel's
head. After he did he tried to cleave
the Angel's head off. Angewomon stopped
him.
"No, mate, this is not right. I hated him. I bore the Tama. I
couldn't do it. I will not let you. We will find another way to have one
more. It does not excuse him, but look
into his eyes. I have seen that look
only in Koushiro. He is suffering. Maybe that is why we are here."
You will not kill me? Then maybe you do understand. Angewomon devolved into Tailmon. I cannot reverse the damage. You frequented the other world more than
here. I lost contact. Your memory was no longer accessible to
me. If I had known you would have
stayed Tailmon when you came back. Child I will do what I can for you. Let me introduce myself. I am
Gabriel.
"Gabriel, the Angel of Death and Mercy?"
You read religious
material. Yes I am he. This is my world. Each of you are part of my duties. Jehovah and the other Gods made Caleb and I watch over this world
for eons. When the time was right I was
supposed to add humans to this world. That is where you come into play. I am sure you all know how you were chosen by Gennai and the other
In-Betweeners. It was I who made sure
at birth you were tested. You all
passed. As you all grew your traits
grew with you. My second Chosen
possessed two traits. This was to
balance the power of Light and Hope. Ken was supposed to be with the original Chosen. He failed to get my invitation, if you will
until it was too late. Caleb's Virus's
had already gotten to him. Let me begin
my tale of each of why each of you were Chosen and your Role here.
Yamato, the proud. You are my strength. You tied all these people together. When you were born your soul exuded
friendship. My lord loved you
greatly. You have a special gift. And you waste it. You think you are gay because of the deep love and friendship you
share with Taichi. It is foolish.
"Hmm. Sorry, I haven't loved a women since Sora."
That is what you think. It is because Jun is pushy. She is not for you and will not take no for
an answer. I cannot stop that. Who knows. Give her a chance.
"No. I like this lifestyle."
No you like no having to
worry about anything. Since Taichi is
taken you have given up. Maybe after
this task you will change your mind. He turned
to Iori. My child. What is your purpose here?
"Leave him alone. He has enough to worry about without you telling him what he
tells himself." Hikari shouted.
My beautiful Child Of Light,
I will get to your sins soon enough. Iori, you were the mistake. I am
sorry. Your attributes were deserving,
but another child shone brighter. That
child died when the invitation came. You were chosen instead. You
were the first mistake I made. Yet you
are the most beautiful. You proved
yourself to me though. I love you. I would gladly make that mistake
everyday. This troubled us both. Now you know. Take that Knowledge and grow from it. I did. I have faith my
child. I love you. I love you all. You are mine, the whispers of approvement were I. I watched your every movement. Celebrated every victory, cried every tear. Your Pain was mine. Iori only confirmed my existence. The rest of you made me live. Now he looked at Koushiro. Son do you know your sins? She is not real. You are in love
with your Data, not your Emotions. Have
you made the right decision? Do you
know what you do? This is wrong. Unnatural. You broke all Laws and Chains. Why? All for the love of
Data? Is it worth it? You cannot reproduce like the rest of them
if you continue. What will the child
be? Jehovah will pass judgment of us
both for your choice. You were my
charge and knew it was wrong. Yet you
will still do it anyway. I can read it
in your eyes. Very well. After this task to save us all you have to
make the choice. Her or what is
right.
"You have cannot force me to choose. It will be her."
WE shall see. Ken, my broken hearted Child of Kindness,
your Pain is unbearable. Lesser humans
have killed themselves. You did not. Yet you still doubt your love. This Pain will not shed itself. You have grown since your heart broke. This mistake you will be judged for. But let me caution. A heavy heart is worse. You must stop this self-loathing. You will be forgiven if you are light of
heart and Understanding. Learn to Love
and Trust. Miyako and Daisuke
recognize it. The rest accept you. Trust them. Love them. Your Pain, Kaiser, is
your strength. Let it not consume
you. Bring about its change into
love. Mend the hearts broken. I will bear the weight if I must.
"I cannot ask that of anybody. I must atone for these sins."
You already have. When you loved Miyako you changed. You sought to Love, that was enough. Just because you spurned her does not mean you
are the same. She does love you. Like I do. In fact she was supposed to love you. That brings me to your sins Takeru and Hikari. Your souls are now one, so you both account for the sins
together. Hikari you broke the sacred
Chain of Events. Daisuke was supposed
to be with you. But my Child of Hope
intervened. You have free wills. You made the choice. It was not supposed to be. That brought all this on. You chose the Child of Hope not the Child of
Courage and Friendship. I tried to set
things right. But you humans are too
easily amused with your Free Will.
You stuck by your choice and
now I do not mind it. It is a Beautiful
union. Because I stepped in, as I was
supposed not to I am going to die. We
Angels, Risen and Fallen alike, have to adhere to a strict code. We enforce these rules so humans may not
stumble upon them. I broke these rules to,
I thought fix the Chain of Events. I
failed. Now my opposite, Caleb will die
with me. This world will disappear if
it is not righted. That is not to say
you have to join with Daisuke. The
choice will begin after I finish each your stories.
Jyou, Mimi, your love is
true. Know that. Your father will accept it. He loves you, but do not be afraid to stand
up to him. HE is human too. Mimi, you glow with beauty and Love. Never change. Both of you are difficult people. It will take time. That is
why you were chosen. Jyou beams with
dependability. He will serve you well
Mimi. You had better do the same. This is not a game. You will have to stop being so
superficial. It takes away from
you. Your life is too valuable to be
wasted with such trivialities. Your
union was also planned.
"Wait how can you say we have Free Will if
our paths are chosen?" Takeru
demanded.
Most humans follow their
Chains. They have the ability to not
accept them. You did break my Heart
when she chose you. I had it all
planned out. I got Jealous. Yes Angels feel. We were the testing grounds for your Emotions. Hope was supposed to lead Light, Courage and
Friendship out of Darkness. You were
supposed to show them they belonged together. Instead you took her for yourself. What is done is done.
Taichi, Sora you are the
rocks of this group. Courage and
Love. Both of you are fit to be
leaders, rulers. Your Love is undying. Your Courage is the epitome of life. I will always cherish the moment you two saw
with eyes untainted. This was meant to
be perfect. You first must learn that
unconditional love, it must be unconditional. When you learn this, your Emotions will understand. I love you all. My actions played out through these two. They showed you all the way. Always love them back.
Now, my favorites. Miyako and Daisuke. I am sorry Chosen, these are your true
leaders. Even if the Chain of Events
had played out correctly they would still be the true ones. They embody the Four most difficult Traits
in themselves. You all have each trait
in you, in these two are all the traits. Their union only strengthened this fact. Their sins? Hatred and Self-doubt. With these negative traits, inspired by every
one of you, created the shadows of Caleb. When Hikari chose Takeru, Daisuke died. So did I. When Ken rejected
Miyako, I too wept. Now they have each
other. If you doubt me on our
sins. Ask Angewomon and Angemon
sometime to tell you. You trust them
more than I.
An uncomfortable silence followed. "Why are we here?"
Ahh Cutting to the point. Very well. As I said I am dying. I need you all to make a Choice. After you discover yourselves I need to Choose yourself or me. By choosing yourself you are satisfied with yourself and do not need to change. If you choose me then that means you learned to true meaning of yourselves and your Attributes. How do you decide? Easy. You split off into groups. I will scatter you across this world. When you make your way back here, by yourselves in your group, you will be given these Swords. They are the Swords of Choice. One side has your Attribute. You take the sword up and point your Crest towards your choice. Then you stake it in the ground, attribute facing your choice. IT will not stick if you are not truthful. If all of you Choose me then I will not die, but be forgiven for my sins. My suffering will be hundred fold worse than a human that had sinned and remained uncaring about it. I know you do not trust me. This will be a test to learn to. If you choose yourself then I will die then. A new Risen and Fallen will take our places. I cannot taint this choice. Caleb can, be wary of him. Now pick your group. And be off with you. He flung them in different directions with these last words. You have three weeks to find me. Learn well, Chosen.