DISCLAIMER: I dun own Digimon …*yawn* I think DC-kun is right…Me getting tired of dat line…
S-chan: Welpz, here's part two of da sucky story! Hey…I should change the title to dat! ^_^ Yup yup! =D
V-mon: What's with da dragon n all???
S-chan: Dunno…O.o
Tai: *shakes S-chan furiously* WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SORA!?!?!?!?!?!?!
S-chan: Read n find out! ^_~
Tai: If you harmed her…I'll Kill you…in other words you'll DIE!!!
Yolei: Oh lookie! Someone said my Dai-sama's name again! ^_^
Davis: *sweat drop* This iz becoming ridiculous…
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The End…
(AKA: The Sucky Story)
Written by SoRa-cHaN
Part Two - Akuryou the Dragon
Four Years Later…
I suppose lots have happened to me in four years time. I trained hard in the way of the ones to serve. I have also learned to channel my anger into strength… My combat skills exceed the body's limit, and I have grown to be fast as the speed of light.
The people call me the dark samurai as I fight with a pitch-black armor. As dark as the sky.
My mind is now of the Gods, and I work for them and only them. I do not speak to others, and my heart is theirs.
I wonder what it is like to be me again. To be free, but it is too late to turn back now.
My past is a blur, and I do not remember my past anymore. All I know now is that I am the world's savior.
As I know nothing, one name still sticks on my head… I do not remember who she is or why I know her, yet her name stuck to me…
Sora?
Kyushu Village…
I look up to the starless night. How my crimson eyes long for the shining stars in the sky.
I had my arms curled beneath my head as a pillow as I lay on the lush green grass. It was the few remaining places where vegetation still grew. Since vegetation was so rare, so were animals, and even people. The world's population drastically fell as nothing grew and nothing prospered.
I touched the soft green grass and remembered long ago. My friends, family…and everyone I cared about. I never got enough money to go back to Hokkaido to visit my family…if I still had any family left. I shook my head, shaking the thought away.
I brush my red hair away from my face, as I looked to Akuryou the dragon. The cause of all this pain and suffering. I hated the beast, so I tried to rejoin the army again. They said I was fool to even try.
I wanted Akuryou dead; I wanted peace in the land again. I wanted the sun to rise and birds to sing…but most of all, I wanted to see Tai.
My eyes look down from the hill of lush grass, to the beach below…the same beach where I had lost Tai…I close my eyes and remember him telling me to go. Then he vanishes behind the smoke.
That dragon took away my best friend, the people of the world, and possibly my mother. Akuryou was the cause of my pain, and he must be eliminated.
"Sora!" I heard Kuru call.
I turned to see him wave to me. His purple hair was in a long braid behind his back. His smile looked so much like Taichi's…I missed him so much. Kuru is a little older than me and he too was a warrior of the Akai Taiyou.
Both of us were part of the Akai Taiyou, the Red Sun. The Red Sun was Kyushu's personal defense army against the evils of Akuryou. Every major city in Yamato had a defense army. Akai Taiyou was Japan's number one fleet besides the imperial army, and it was great honor to be accepted in it.
"Hey!" I called back to him.
"'Hey' is no way to address a major, Sora!" he joked.
That was true…Kuru was the Major of the small section of the Akai Taiyou know as the Tada Tenshi, Free Angel.
I rolled my eyes in response. His cocked grin slid away and his face became serious.
"We better head back to Kyushu HQ before we miss Shogun's speech. He said there was something very important to tell us," he turned and began to walk away, "Are you coming?"
I nodded and got up from the plush blades of grass. I began to follow him. We passed the village market where a few stores were still open. Most had shut down from lack of business. The only think making money was probably the government since we still had to pay taxes.
I couldn't support myself, so Kuru's family took care of me, and Kuru took care of me much like Tai did. I suppose staying with him and his family lessened the pain of losing Tai, but it wasn't the same. The only way it would be the same is if I find him again. That's why I joined the Akai Taiyou, hoping I would find him again.
I believe he's still alive…I can feel it. He's okay.
"Sora!" I heard Kuru say, snapping me out of my thoughts.
I look to his sincere deep blue eyes. They were firm and were talking to me. They said, "Do not waste time."
I kept close behind him as the large pagoda of Kyushu neared us. This place was once holy temple, now it is used as a headquarters for the Akai Taiyou. The temple was moved down, further from the beach where it was the least dangerous.
The curved roof building was surrounded by hundreds warriors of the Akai Taiyou. All gathered there, trying to get to the front of the pagoda. DONG!!! I heard the gong sound. All heads snapped forward. A royal scholar with a deep green kimono came. He held a scroll in front of him and proudly read.
"People of Kyushu's Akai Taiyou!!! In the honor of our great Emperor, he has sent the your Shogun back to tell you a message from the imperial castle of Osaka!" he cried out to the audience below him.
We gasped. There had been a new Shogun assigned to Kyushu?
"Your last Shogun had been killed by Akuryou's raining stars! Now a new Shogun is here to lead your Akai Taiyou!" the man continued.
The warriors began to murmur amongst themselves.
"What?" I asked to Kuru, "What is he talking about? The Akai Taiyou is a personal defense fleet for Kyushu, not the imperial army."
"I don't know…but something is not right…" Kuru replied.
I looked back to the golden haired boy from the palace of Osaka. Did he tell lies, or was it truly from his majesty? All of us were confused.
"Hush, people of Kyushu! Meet your new Shogun, Shimizu Mochidzuki!!"
A large, muscular man walked out from the entrance door of the pagoda. His hair was jet black, and neatly combed behind his head. His eyes were mere slits upon his face, and his eyes were as dark as the night. His face was stern and tough. His thin lips were pressed together so tight, it would seem that his lips could burst from the pressure. He wore a luxurious kimono made of the finest silk. A katana bore from the sash around his waist.
One by one, people around me began to bow to him. I did along with Kuru to our new leader.
"Dear Akai Taiyou! I am your new leader! We shall fight against Akuryou's evil in the honor of our beloved land!!!"
Kuru stood alone while everyone was still bowing. I looked at him shocked. He was standing in the presence of the Shogun.
"Get to the point!" Kuru yelled, "Why have you truly come here! I do not believe you are here for the Akai Taiyou! The Emperor himself said that the Red Sun belonged to Kyushu and not to the imperial army! Why have you come!"
Shimizu-san laughed, "Foolish boy! You should be in the army, not here for the Akai Taiyou! You are right, I am not here to side with you!"
The warriors stood, and glared at him angrily. This man was a fake, and a phony. I stood next to Kuru.
"Answer him! What is all of this!?" I shouted against the roaring men.
"A girl warrior!? What a laugh! I have no clue why the Akai Taiyou is the number one fleet besides the imperial army!" Shimizu laughed, "We are here for…WAR!!!!"
Shimizu snapped his fingers and his scholar turned to him. The gold haired boy sneered and opened the pagoda's entrance door. Behind the large double doors, was the imperial army! My eyes widened to see over a thousand men, packed inside the towered temple. The samurai held their katanas, which gleamed in the torches light. I could see their angry faces beam towards us.
"Commander Matt! Engage samurai in combat positions!!!" Shimizu cried out.
The scholar nodded, "You heard him, get ready for battle!"
The samurai bowed their heads, angry looking faces looking shot out towards the warriors of Akai Taiyou.
"Invasion!!!" Kuru called out, "All Tada Tenshi troops come here now! The rest of you, get to your commanders and prepare for battle!!!"
I looked to Kuru fearfully. I wasn't part of the Tada Tenshi and I had to go out on my own to find my own commander. I held onto his arm, not wanting to lose another friend. His blue eyes looked at me firmly.
"Go look for Sir Musuko! He's your commander, not me!" he yelled.
"What about you!?" I asked.
"I'll be fine! Now go!" he handed me his katana, "Take this, and be careful!"
I looked at him one last time and nodded. I let go and dashed away. I passed many soldiers, searching and fighting at the same time. I heard many being slaughtered around me and rivers of blood pooled around my feet.
A samurai hurled towards me, his katana's blade high in the air. He swung his sword as I blocked it with Kuru's katana. The sound of metal clashing was heard throughout all of Kyushu.
I hurriedly fought with him, and slashed him across the chest creating an ear piercing noise of a blade scratching metal. I dashed to the right, barely missing his sword's blade and shot my katana into his unarmored side. He cried out in pain as blood splattered me. The copper liquid ran along the cold dirt ground.
I went on, looking for Musuko-san…
High in the Night Sky…
Akuryou's POV…
Stupid humans…fighting amongst themselves for the number one spot. There is no number one spot besides mine… I am their ruler, and they should bow to ME!!!
Kyushu Pagoda…
Sora's POV…
"Behold my wrath!!!" I heard Akuryou yell.
His voice boomed from the heavens as everyone's eyes looked up to the dark sky. The Akai Taiyou as well as the Imperial Army looked up. We gaped at the dragon that loomed high above us. He began to fly closer and closer to us. A heat swept over us with every flap of his red wings.
"What do you want!?" Shimizu yelled.
I felt fear tremble into my veins. The same fear I had as I watched Tai vanish before my eyes. That dragon took away everything I had and everything I loved, and now I won't let it destroy anything else!
I grabbed Kuru's katana and swung it, testing its weight. This was a battle no one will ever forget.
"Answer you stupid dragon!!!" I shouted, "Answer!!!!"
"Do you speak of me, foolish girl!? Me stupid? You are the stupid one…" Akuryou said glaring at me.
Its green eyes, as bright as emeralds, glowed with a strange fire. A fire of evil and wickedness. The large beast opened its mouth; it's bright white teeth shining in the torchlight.
"Now you shall see the strength of my power…" Akuryou's voice boomed.
A ball of fire gleamed in the back of his mouth. He was readying to attack!
"GET DOWN!!!" I yelled in terror as the flame blasted out of his mouth.
The red-gold fireball flashed before our eyes before the pagoda was burning in the terrible flame. My eyes were wide as I heard hundreds of screams of people who were caught in the blaze. The fire was so beautiful, yet so dangerous. Like it was those 4 long years ago.
The heat waved in the air and burned my skin. It seemed unbearable as a small breeze blew by. The scent of burning flesh filled the air…
My crimson eyes looked to the flying dragon. His face showed no expression. Akuryou had no remorse… I could see his heart was cold and desolate and his blood was ice water. I held my katana in the air as I scowled to him.
"This is what we've readied for, Akuryou! The Akai Taiyou will fight to save our world!!! We shall be free again, and no longer in slavery shall we be!!! You will be defeated!!!" I cried out to Akuryou.
The dragon sneered to me, "As you wish… This is a war to the end…"
Everyone around me roared in agreement. This was it…what we've been waiting for… The end of everything as we knew it… Our lives could be taken, but we'll live on. Our bodies maybe taken, but not our souls…
Front of Kyushu Pagoda…
A sudden heat blasted the back of my armor, turning the black color even blacker. Sweat rolled on the back of my neck and back.
The scent of burning flesh and wood filled my nose. I heard the cries of innocent samurai being reduced to ashes… I once would of felt sorry for them, but I no longer.
My eyes looked through the holes of my mask. My black armor covered me, head to toe. My face was covered by a metal mask, which burned my cheeks as the fire's heat grew.
What I saw through my mask was the dragon… That dragon that changed my life. Its red orange skin as bright as the flame it produced. Its eyes of pure evil… They glared at the people of earth…
This is what I've been training for all my life… My life has been harsh, and confusing. But once Akuryou is gone my life will make sense. I do not remember anything besides my training and the gods. Perhaps one day, I'll truly understand my destiny.
"Akuryou!!! I am the savior of this world!!! I am the Dark Samurai!!! I have come to defeat you once and for all!!! Forget these innocent people, and fight me!!!" I cry out to the looming beast.
"You think you can defeat me… Pitiful… Who told you that you would save the world…"
"The Gods have! I have spent 4 years training to destroy you!!! And this is it!!!" I answered.
I pulled my katana from its place at my side. I held it in front of me, seeing its sharp blade shine in the firelight. The refection of my dark brown eyes blazed on the blade. I looked onto Akuryou.
"I am ready!!! You will no longer rule Earth!!!" I yelled.
"Earth will belong to me, and only me. Your sword is weak…no mortal weapon can destroy me. If you were truly from the gods, you wouldn't fight me with that pitiful katana…"
"Quit stalling! And you are right, this is a regular katana! But I am the one person who will save the world!" I retorted.
"I do not believe you…Therefore, I shall attack you all!"
Akuryou laughed and his laugher shook the ground. I glared at him with hatred. His eyes had a glimmer of and evil happiness, thriving on the hurt and suffering of others. Once I suffered and hurt myself, but no longer… Though I do not feel anymore, I don't enjoy seeing others in pain…that was what now separated me from Akuryou…
"Don't you dare hurt anyone else besides me!!!" I shouted against the roaring warriors of both Akai Taiyou and the Imperial Army.
"I will not listen to a pitiful human…you will all be under my rule and work for me!"
With that said, he raised his head high in the air. A sudden heat swept the ground as a ring of fire was blown around me. A few samurai were injured as Akuryou blew out his fiery blaze. My armor began to grown hot and it started to burn my skin. Yet I no longer cared.
"I have defeated you, Dark Samurai!"
I grinned behind my mask. I took a step closer to the ring of fire. The heat intensified around me. I liked the challenges I took in my life…
"That fire is the hottest in the universe…you will be burned to a crisp, if you step into it…
My grin grew. I lifted my heavy armor covered foot and took another step. I saw the blazing flames, its heat directed at me. Then something caught my eye. Behind the crimson wall of fire, I saw a pair of eyes that matched the same color. They shook in fear with every step I took. Those eyes…so familiar…why?
I shook my head, shaking away that look. I directed my attention to the looming dragon. Akuryou grunted angrily.
"…Humph…you think you can defy my powers?"
His atrocious red-orange wings flapped in the air, spreading heat towards the land. Akuryou flew towards me; his sharp claws ready to tear me apart. I gripped my katana as he flew closer and closer. My heart beat feverishly with every flutter of his wings. Akuryou flew so close to the ground his body hit numerous people, knocking some unconscious. His paw neared me and I mightily swung my sword, quickly seeing light flash on the blade. Thump! The mountain-sized claw fell behind me. Along with his claw, my sword's blade broke.
I quickly turned my head and saw Akuryou sneer at me, licking his broken claw. He growled and roared, shaking the world with his voice. The dragon looked at me with the same hatred I glared at him with.
"You…I will not let myself be beaten by the likes of you!!!"
Akuryou roared and yelled in pure anger. It dove at me once again, and I felt the boiling heat beginning to rise once again. I lightly quivered as he closed in proximity to me.
"Look out!!!" a sudden voice called.
A force suddenly knocked me down and I hit the dirt ground. My eyes looked up and watched the dragon fly past me. I got up angrily, mad at whomever pushed me down. I shoved the person down and looked. I realized the person was a…girl. Was she the girl who spoke up to Akuryou?
Her hands gently rubbed each other trying to soothe the burn from touching my armor. Her face cringed as the pain throbbed on. It was odd…I could feel her pain within me. Why? I no longer had a heart, yet this girl challenged that.
"…Arigato…" I replied.
She looked up, and her eyes…those same bright crimson eyes that I seemed to know. Her lips pulled upward, and lightly smiled.
"Doitashimashite…" she answered gently.
Her voice was so gentle and kind. Did I know her? My past was a blur as well as a mystery. Who was she?
Then a man came with a braid following him. His eyes were angry, yet compassionate. He helped her up and she thanked him.
"Come on, Sora," he said leading her by the arm.
Sora? That named I remembered…did I know this girl? If I did, it wouldn't matter anymore. I died that one fateful night as Yagami Taichi, and I was reborn the Dark Samurai.
The girl known as Sora looked back at me. She smiled and nodded.
"Sayonara," she said as she and the boy walked away.
"…Sayonara…" I replied.
The girl with the red hair walked on, trying to have a firm grip on her katana. I look on as they continued to walk. My heart ached as I watched her go. Why? My life was now in the hands of the gods…yet it felt like my heart was in their palms, and they were squishing it feeling my soul drip through their hands…
I was sure to see Sora again. A girl like her doesn't give up… And that complicated my mission…
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I walked on side-by-side with Kuru. I take one last look at that samurai. I study what I can see of his face. His eyes were so cold and dark, but I seemed to know them so well. I didn't understand…
"Kuru?"
"Hum?" he looks at me with a questioning look.
"That warrior…I seem to know him…" I reply.
Kuru shakes his head, "Well, don't get to know him now. He's our enemy. He works for the Imperial Army."
I didn't want to listen to Kuru. I wanted to find out who that samurai was. My…father perhaps? No…it's been much too long since I've heard from him. I didn't know who he was, yet I felt like I owed him a thank you.
TBC…To Be Continued…
V-mon: Dat wuz awful…
S-chan: I know…it sounded horrible…-_-;;;
Tai: Eh, wha? WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO ME!?!?!?!
S-chan: Chill out, dude…you'll see in a future chapter. Be happy dat Sora wasn't hurt. ^_~
Tai: BUT YOU DID HURT HER!!! *grabs Katana*
S-chan: AHHHHHHHH!!!! *run*
Tai: Come back here!!!
S-chan: *pant* Wellz, dat wuz da story!!! Please email or review!!!!!!!!! *pant* Questions or comments or even stuff dat doesn't go with da story iz fine!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for reading!!!!!!
~Sora-chan
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