Compassionate Power, Part 3
A/N: Sorry, I was in a kind of a writing slump thing for the past few months. Anyway, here's CP Part 3! Oh yeah, *" and "* signals dream text.
KABOOM!
A huge explosion rocked the forest around Saiai, Hikari, Tommon, and Tailmon. "Nani?! What was that?"
"I think it came from that direction! Come on!" They charged toward the source of the explosion.
"Mental Break!"
Abstramon, flying high above Miyako and Iori, shot a huge blast of sound out of his trumpet arm.
KABOOM!
"Uhhn!" Miyako and Iori fell back from the blast, even though it had missed. Aquillamon and Digmon prepared to attack.
"Grand Horn!"
"Gold Rush!"
"Ha!" Abstramon knocked the attacks away with his cheese grater arm. "You think you can stop me? Twisted Thought!" Abstramon shot a strange beam out of his head that twisted until it hit both Digmon and Aquillamon.
"Agh!" They dedigivolved back to their rookie forms.
"Hey, cut that out!" Saiai and Hikari emerged from the woods, Tommon and Tailmon not far behind.
"Hmmm? More of them?" Abstramon turned toward the newcomers. "Ah, it's Saiai, isn't it? `Twas easier to find you than I had anticipated! Master will be pleased to hear of your destruction!"
Saiai glared at Abstramon. "It'll be alot harder to destroy me than you think! Get `im, Tommon!"
"Right!" Tommon stepped forward. "Tommon digivolve to-"
"Twisted Thought!"
"Agh!" Tommon was hit before he could complete the Digivolution process.
Abstramon sneered. "Your Digimon can't even withstand one attack from me! I can't see how Master sees you as a threat... but in any case, it's time to end this. Mental Break!" The weird Digimon shot his attack directly at Saiai.
"Crap!" Saiai braced himself...
"Thief Knife!"
Saiai opened his eyes in time to see a small blade intercept the attack. "Huh?"
A white flash appeared in the air, and an odd-looking Digimon appeared. Its body was lithe and covered in thin white fur. Its hands had three pointed fingers, and its head looked somewhat like a V with the ends bent down. It wore a black cape, which was secured by a large triangular brooch with a cat's eye on it.
"Stealth Strike!" The Digimon disappeared and reappeared behind Abstramon, slashing him with his knife.
"What...?" Abstramon dissolved before he realized what had happened.
The Digimon floated down to the ground using his cape. He looked at the Digidestined gathered and scowled slightly. "Hmmph. You were defeated by such an easy opponent? And you are supposed to be the ones to save this world? I pray that you become stronger, otherwise you have no chance against your enemies."
Miyako approached the Digimon slowly. "Um, ok, that's all well and good, but, who are you?"
It glared at Miyako. "I am Thiefmon, keeper of the land on which you stand. I am also the assistant to the elder."
Iori spoke up. "Elder?"
"He is the leader of a village near here."
Saiai scratched his head. "Ok, but why did you help us?"
"That Digimon you were fighting was one of Chaosdramon's mutant Digimon. He takes normal Digimon and twists them to his own needs. As I am against his influence, I decided to help your cause. I had thought I would not have had to interfere, but once this one-" Thiefmon turned toward Tommon. "-was stopped, I thought it was time."
"Why me?"
Thiefmon looked angrily at Tommon. "You are a Tommon and you do not even know why? Don't you know about our ancestor's legacy?"
Tommon looked confused. "`Our'?"
Thiefmon held his head high. "Correct. I was also a Tommon once."
"But I digivolve into Igamon!"
Now it was Thiefmon's turn to look confused. "What?"
"Yep, he's Igamon!" Hikari said.
Tailmon nodded in agreement. "Hai, we saw him digivolve."
Thiefmon looked bewildered. "Igamon... You could be... Can you also become Shogunmon?!"
Tommon grinned. "Hai!"
Thiefmon looked humbled. "The legendary warrior, Igamon and Shogunmon..." He shook his head. "Nonetheless, you are still too weak! A real Tommon would have been able to withstand that attack!"
Saiai broke in. "Now wait! Tommon has strong points! He just has some weak ones, too."
"Like attacking and defending?"
"...Shut up, Hikari."
"Heheh."
Thiefmon looked over the group. "Where are the others?"
Miyako hit her forehead. "Shimatte! We forgot about Takeru and Daisuke! They must still be up in the mountains!"
Thiefmon looked toward the mountains. "Come, we must make haste. There may be other agents of ChaosDramon around, we must find your friends as soon as possible!"
"Archnemon, we've been wandering around in these caves for AGES! How long until we can rest?"
Archnemon turned toward Mummymon, scowling. "I thought I told you to stop that whining! ChaosDramon must have left an opening somewhere, and we aren't going to stop until we find it!"
Archnemon turned a corner and found herself on the edge of a pit.
"...Well, perhaps we CAN rest a little. And perhaps eat."
"Oh, good! I've been meaning to try this new recipe I invented. Just hold on a minute, I need to go find ingredients."
Archnemon sat down. *Wait, ingredients? We're in a cave, you can't find ingredients here!*
A bit later, Mummymon returned with a bowl of soup. "Your dinner, mistress!"
Archnemon sipped at the soup. "Hm. Actually, this is pretty good! What's in it? The only thing around here is rocks."
"Well, I found some white stuff and some plants..."
Archnemon froze. "White... stuff?"
"Hai, it was on the cave floor."
Archnemon spit out the soup and threw the bowl at Mummymon. "YOU IDIOT! You made soup out of Bat Guano! Blech!"
"I'm sorry, mistress. Maybe I should've used some of the moss I found a while ago."
"Moss?! Blech, what's wrong with you?!"
Daisuke slumped against a rock. "Gaah, I give up. We haven't seen a single Digimon besides our own since we started climbing this mountain! Let's head back, already!"
Takeru looked at Daisuke sideways. "Come on, it's not that bad. It could be worse, we could have fallen off a cliff or something by now."
Patamon flew up to Daisuke. "Yeah, c'mon, let's keep going!"
Daisuke looked up at the flying Digimon. "It's not so bad for you, you can fly, Patamon. Please, Takeru, my feet feel like they're going to fall off!"
V-mon agreed. "Yeah, mine too!"
"Alright, I'll make you guys a deal. We'll just go up to the bend right there, then head back, alright?"
"Fine." Daisuke stood up. "Let's hurry there, then. C'mon, V-mon, race ya!" He and V-mon ran towards the bend.
"Haha, almost there!"
"Wait! Stop!" Thiefmon suddenly appeared in front of Daisuke.
"Huh?" Daisuke skidded to a halt. "Who are you?"
"An ally of your friends." Thiefmon kneeled down and put his hand on the path right in front of him. His hand passed through it. "As I thought. A illusion designed to send you crashing to the bottom of the mountain. Obviously set up by one of the Chaotic Digimon."
Takeru and Patamon walked up. "Eh? Who's this?"
"I am Thiefmon." He stood up. "Your friends are waiting for you four to head back down the mountain. They were recently attacked by an agent of ChaosDramon. We need to get you off the mountain and to the village nearby, to assure your safety. Come on."
Behind the bend, Expressimon took note of the situation. "So, the one named Thiefmon has decided to help the Digidestined, yes? Hehe, well, he shall find that Expressimon is not so easily defeated as his brother! Ermm, but the trap had failed, yes, we must make a better one next time, and for Saiai this time, yes!"
Thiefmon led the group through the woods. "The village has been here for a very long time. Digimon who want to discover their inner nature must come here and pray at the shrine, and then accept their fate, whether it be good or bad. If they do not, then they simply will not have a fate, and must return to the way they were before."
Iori spoke. "Wow... By the way, who is the elder?"
"You will see."
Thiefmon led the group into a clearing, which had several mud huts erected in it. There were many different types of Digimon walking around, some good, some bad, some neutral, but all there for the same purpose.
Takeru spoke, almost in awe. "Did you ever see so many different Digimon in the same place?"
"Iie. Of course, I'm still new at this." Saiai said, looking around.
Miyako nodded. "Hai, but you probably won't see something like this again."
Thiefmon beckoned to them. "Come on. It is almost nightfall, we must find you a place to sleep."
Thiefmon led them to a less crowded part of the village and pointed toward a pair of bamboo huts. "There are beds in there. The elder will see you in the morning. Farewell for now." Thiefmon vanished silently.
Daisuke yawned. "Hai, I'm tired out from climbing up that mountain. Let's all get some sleep, K?"
"Right." The girls went in one hut, the guys went to the other.
Saiai yawned and climbed into his bed. "yawn Night, peoples."
"Night."
*"Time is running out, Saiai..."*
Saiai looked around. He was in a black room, empty all except for a huge hourglass.
*"Huh? What do you mean?"*
*"Baka..."* The voice seemed to come from the hourglass. *"Don't you realize what will soon happen, Saiai?"*
*"Iie. What?"*
*"You fool... Chaos will soon reign over all, Destruction will sweep the Digiworld... But that is not what Time has chosen... There is more... Your chance is slipping away... in fact, it is already too late."*
*"Too late? What's too late?"*
*"Look into the hourglass..."*
Saiai looked deep into the hourglass. *"I can't see anything... It's all black..."*
*"Then it is too late. You've lost your chance! Goodbye!"*
Saiai awoke. "Hwagh... What was that all about?" He looked around the room. "Everyone else is gone, where'd they go?"
Saiai walked outside. Miyako rushed up to him. "`Bout time you woke up. C'mon, we're gonna meet the elder!"
"Ah, ok!" Saiai followed Miyako to where the rest of the group was. Standing in the middle of them all was a humanoid Digimon that looked like an old man. His entire face was hidden by white furry hair, and he carried a staff with an digimon's paw on one end.
"Greetings. I am the elder, Jijimon! I've heard you were looking for me."
Daisuke nodded. "Hai! ...Why were we looking for him again?"
Iori thought for a second. "Actually, Gennai never really specified why were looking for him. Probably something to do with defeating ChaosDramon."
"Ah, yes, ChaosDramon!" Jijimon nodded. "I'll tell you about him in a jiffy, but first I need to talk to Tommon for a little. Is that alright?"
Saiai shrugged. "I s'pose."
"Good then. In the meantime, you kids can go out to the shrine. It's quite a nice place. I'll be done with him by the time you get back."
The Digidestined walked down the path Jijimon had shown them until they reach the shrine.
"Hmmm, so this is the shrine?" Saiai looked around inquisitively.
The shrine was mainly three statues of Digimon, all representing an alignment, facing an altar. The rock wall behind it had several carvings etched into it.
"Huh... Angemon, Devimon, and Leomon..." Takeru walked around the statues. "Data, Vaccine, and Virus... I suppose, when Digimon pray here, the statues decide what kind of Digimon they'll become."
"Seems like it." Iori was inspecting the altar.
Hikari looked at the rock wall. "It almost looks like something... but I can't put my finger on it."
Daisuke leaned against a tree. "Nah, probably nothing."
After a few minutes, Miyako spoke up. "Well, I'm gonna head back. Anyone else wanna come?"
Daisuke suddenly had an idea. "Hey, Saiai, why don't you go with Miyako?"
"Hmm? Why?"
"Um, to make sure she doesn't get lost!"
Saiai shrugged. "Ok. `Sides, there's not really much to do here."
"Um, Saiai?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you find it weird that Daisuke wanted you to head back with me?"
"Not really. He's probably just trying to... uh... well, he's trying to do something, I dunno what. Probably nothing to worry about."
"I guess..."
"..."
"Saiai?"
"Yeah?"
"Why did you decide to head back with me? I mean, you can't really think I'd have gotten lost."
"...Um... I don't really know. It was kinda boring there, without anyone to really tell us about it. It was kinda nice though."
"Yeah..."
"So, um... I never really thanked you for letting me stay over your house..."
"..."
"Arigato."
"Oh... you're welcome."
"K..."
"Woah!" Thump! Miyako fell into a disguised pit. Saiai peered over the edge.
"Are you alright?"
Miyako stood up and brushed herself off. "Yeah, I'm fine. Get me out of this."
Saiai heard a voice behind him. "Darn! Saiai was supposed to fall in, not the girl!"
"Who's there?" Saiai asked, readying his paper fan.
Expressimon emerged from behind a tree. "Haha, `tis me, Expressimon! My trap may have missed, but you're still defenseless! Master will be pleased, yes!"
"Brother!" Cubismon appeared on the side of the tree. "Can we just get this over with? I'll just hit him with me Square Strike and be done with it!"
"No, Brother! We should capture him, and take him to the Master."
"Destroy him!"
"Capture him!"
"How about I settle this?"
Conceptmon emerged from within the tree's foliage. "Proportion Distortion!"
There was a flash of light, and both Expressimon and Cubismon had been transformed into paintings. Conceptmon ripped them apart with one of his arms, then turned toward Saiai. "Ah, so much better now that they're gone."
"But... they were your brothers! Why did you destroy them?" Saiai looked at Conceptmon in disbelief.
"They were useless. They couldn't even agree on what to do with you! Anyway, now I must go... but remember this, Saiai. You're not safe anywhere, and soon I'll have to destroy you. `Til then, human!" Conceptmon disappeared back into the trees.
"Hey, Saiai! What happened?" Miyako's voice came up from the pit.
"What? Oh yeah, sorry." Saiai found a vine and lowered it into the pit.
Miyako climbed out. "What was all that about?"
Saiai shook his head. "I dunno... but a Digimon destroyed his own brothers. If he's only one of ChaosDramon's creations... how terrible could ChaosDramon himself be?"
"Don't worry, Saiai. We've been able to handle everything else so far! I'm positive we'll be able to beat `im!"
"Thanks, Miya-chan. C'mon, let's head back to the village."
A shadow watched Saiai silently from the trees. *Soon, Saiai... Soon, you shall be gone, and I will be able to destroy this world! Soon, Saiai! Value your time, as it will soon run out!*
A/N: Well, I finally got part 3 done! Heheh, Saiko stuffage.. It only took like 3 hours to write all this. Anyway, in Part 4 there'll be lotsa excitin' stuffage. Maybe, you'll finally get a description of ChaosDramon! ...Maybe. Ja ne, `til next time!
-Saiai
A/N: Sorry, I was in a kind of a writing slump thing for the past few months. Anyway, here's CP Part 3! Oh yeah, *" and "* signals dream text.
KABOOM!
A huge explosion rocked the forest around Saiai, Hikari, Tommon, and Tailmon. "Nani?! What was that?"
"I think it came from that direction! Come on!" They charged toward the source of the explosion.
"Mental Break!"
Abstramon, flying high above Miyako and Iori, shot a huge blast of sound out of his trumpet arm.
KABOOM!
"Uhhn!" Miyako and Iori fell back from the blast, even though it had missed. Aquillamon and Digmon prepared to attack.
"Grand Horn!"
"Gold Rush!"
"Ha!" Abstramon knocked the attacks away with his cheese grater arm. "You think you can stop me? Twisted Thought!" Abstramon shot a strange beam out of his head that twisted until it hit both Digmon and Aquillamon.
"Agh!" They dedigivolved back to their rookie forms.
"Hey, cut that out!" Saiai and Hikari emerged from the woods, Tommon and Tailmon not far behind.
"Hmmm? More of them?" Abstramon turned toward the newcomers. "Ah, it's Saiai, isn't it? `Twas easier to find you than I had anticipated! Master will be pleased to hear of your destruction!"
Saiai glared at Abstramon. "It'll be alot harder to destroy me than you think! Get `im, Tommon!"
"Right!" Tommon stepped forward. "Tommon digivolve to-"
"Twisted Thought!"
"Agh!" Tommon was hit before he could complete the Digivolution process.
Abstramon sneered. "Your Digimon can't even withstand one attack from me! I can't see how Master sees you as a threat... but in any case, it's time to end this. Mental Break!" The weird Digimon shot his attack directly at Saiai.
"Crap!" Saiai braced himself...
"Thief Knife!"
Saiai opened his eyes in time to see a small blade intercept the attack. "Huh?"
A white flash appeared in the air, and an odd-looking Digimon appeared. Its body was lithe and covered in thin white fur. Its hands had three pointed fingers, and its head looked somewhat like a V with the ends bent down. It wore a black cape, which was secured by a large triangular brooch with a cat's eye on it.
"Stealth Strike!" The Digimon disappeared and reappeared behind Abstramon, slashing him with his knife.
"What...?" Abstramon dissolved before he realized what had happened.
The Digimon floated down to the ground using his cape. He looked at the Digidestined gathered and scowled slightly. "Hmmph. You were defeated by such an easy opponent? And you are supposed to be the ones to save this world? I pray that you become stronger, otherwise you have no chance against your enemies."
Miyako approached the Digimon slowly. "Um, ok, that's all well and good, but, who are you?"
It glared at Miyako. "I am Thiefmon, keeper of the land on which you stand. I am also the assistant to the elder."
Iori spoke up. "Elder?"
"He is the leader of a village near here."
Saiai scratched his head. "Ok, but why did you help us?"
"That Digimon you were fighting was one of Chaosdramon's mutant Digimon. He takes normal Digimon and twists them to his own needs. As I am against his influence, I decided to help your cause. I had thought I would not have had to interfere, but once this one-" Thiefmon turned toward Tommon. "-was stopped, I thought it was time."
"Why me?"
Thiefmon looked angrily at Tommon. "You are a Tommon and you do not even know why? Don't you know about our ancestor's legacy?"
Tommon looked confused. "`Our'?"
Thiefmon held his head high. "Correct. I was also a Tommon once."
"But I digivolve into Igamon!"
Now it was Thiefmon's turn to look confused. "What?"
"Yep, he's Igamon!" Hikari said.
Tailmon nodded in agreement. "Hai, we saw him digivolve."
Thiefmon looked bewildered. "Igamon... You could be... Can you also become Shogunmon?!"
Tommon grinned. "Hai!"
Thiefmon looked humbled. "The legendary warrior, Igamon and Shogunmon..." He shook his head. "Nonetheless, you are still too weak! A real Tommon would have been able to withstand that attack!"
Saiai broke in. "Now wait! Tommon has strong points! He just has some weak ones, too."
"Like attacking and defending?"
"...Shut up, Hikari."
"Heheh."
Thiefmon looked over the group. "Where are the others?"
Miyako hit her forehead. "Shimatte! We forgot about Takeru and Daisuke! They must still be up in the mountains!"
Thiefmon looked toward the mountains. "Come, we must make haste. There may be other agents of ChaosDramon around, we must find your friends as soon as possible!"
"Archnemon, we've been wandering around in these caves for AGES! How long until we can rest?"
Archnemon turned toward Mummymon, scowling. "I thought I told you to stop that whining! ChaosDramon must have left an opening somewhere, and we aren't going to stop until we find it!"
Archnemon turned a corner and found herself on the edge of a pit.
"...Well, perhaps we CAN rest a little. And perhaps eat."
"Oh, good! I've been meaning to try this new recipe I invented. Just hold on a minute, I need to go find ingredients."
Archnemon sat down. *Wait, ingredients? We're in a cave, you can't find ingredients here!*
A bit later, Mummymon returned with a bowl of soup. "Your dinner, mistress!"
Archnemon sipped at the soup. "Hm. Actually, this is pretty good! What's in it? The only thing around here is rocks."
"Well, I found some white stuff and some plants..."
Archnemon froze. "White... stuff?"
"Hai, it was on the cave floor."
Archnemon spit out the soup and threw the bowl at Mummymon. "YOU IDIOT! You made soup out of Bat Guano! Blech!"
"I'm sorry, mistress. Maybe I should've used some of the moss I found a while ago."
"Moss?! Blech, what's wrong with you?!"
Daisuke slumped against a rock. "Gaah, I give up. We haven't seen a single Digimon besides our own since we started climbing this mountain! Let's head back, already!"
Takeru looked at Daisuke sideways. "Come on, it's not that bad. It could be worse, we could have fallen off a cliff or something by now."
Patamon flew up to Daisuke. "Yeah, c'mon, let's keep going!"
Daisuke looked up at the flying Digimon. "It's not so bad for you, you can fly, Patamon. Please, Takeru, my feet feel like they're going to fall off!"
V-mon agreed. "Yeah, mine too!"
"Alright, I'll make you guys a deal. We'll just go up to the bend right there, then head back, alright?"
"Fine." Daisuke stood up. "Let's hurry there, then. C'mon, V-mon, race ya!" He and V-mon ran towards the bend.
"Haha, almost there!"
"Wait! Stop!" Thiefmon suddenly appeared in front of Daisuke.
"Huh?" Daisuke skidded to a halt. "Who are you?"
"An ally of your friends." Thiefmon kneeled down and put his hand on the path right in front of him. His hand passed through it. "As I thought. A illusion designed to send you crashing to the bottom of the mountain. Obviously set up by one of the Chaotic Digimon."
Takeru and Patamon walked up. "Eh? Who's this?"
"I am Thiefmon." He stood up. "Your friends are waiting for you four to head back down the mountain. They were recently attacked by an agent of ChaosDramon. We need to get you off the mountain and to the village nearby, to assure your safety. Come on."
Behind the bend, Expressimon took note of the situation. "So, the one named Thiefmon has decided to help the Digidestined, yes? Hehe, well, he shall find that Expressimon is not so easily defeated as his brother! Ermm, but the trap had failed, yes, we must make a better one next time, and for Saiai this time, yes!"
Thiefmon led the group through the woods. "The village has been here for a very long time. Digimon who want to discover their inner nature must come here and pray at the shrine, and then accept their fate, whether it be good or bad. If they do not, then they simply will not have a fate, and must return to the way they were before."
Iori spoke. "Wow... By the way, who is the elder?"
"You will see."
Thiefmon led the group into a clearing, which had several mud huts erected in it. There were many different types of Digimon walking around, some good, some bad, some neutral, but all there for the same purpose.
Takeru spoke, almost in awe. "Did you ever see so many different Digimon in the same place?"
"Iie. Of course, I'm still new at this." Saiai said, looking around.
Miyako nodded. "Hai, but you probably won't see something like this again."
Thiefmon beckoned to them. "Come on. It is almost nightfall, we must find you a place to sleep."
Thiefmon led them to a less crowded part of the village and pointed toward a pair of bamboo huts. "There are beds in there. The elder will see you in the morning. Farewell for now." Thiefmon vanished silently.
Daisuke yawned. "Hai, I'm tired out from climbing up that mountain. Let's all get some sleep, K?"
"Right." The girls went in one hut, the guys went to the other.
Saiai yawned and climbed into his bed. "yawn Night, peoples."
"Night."
*"Time is running out, Saiai..."*
Saiai looked around. He was in a black room, empty all except for a huge hourglass.
*"Huh? What do you mean?"*
*"Baka..."* The voice seemed to come from the hourglass. *"Don't you realize what will soon happen, Saiai?"*
*"Iie. What?"*
*"You fool... Chaos will soon reign over all, Destruction will sweep the Digiworld... But that is not what Time has chosen... There is more... Your chance is slipping away... in fact, it is already too late."*
*"Too late? What's too late?"*
*"Look into the hourglass..."*
Saiai looked deep into the hourglass. *"I can't see anything... It's all black..."*
*"Then it is too late. You've lost your chance! Goodbye!"*
Saiai awoke. "Hwagh... What was that all about?" He looked around the room. "Everyone else is gone, where'd they go?"
Saiai walked outside. Miyako rushed up to him. "`Bout time you woke up. C'mon, we're gonna meet the elder!"
"Ah, ok!" Saiai followed Miyako to where the rest of the group was. Standing in the middle of them all was a humanoid Digimon that looked like an old man. His entire face was hidden by white furry hair, and he carried a staff with an digimon's paw on one end.
"Greetings. I am the elder, Jijimon! I've heard you were looking for me."
Daisuke nodded. "Hai! ...Why were we looking for him again?"
Iori thought for a second. "Actually, Gennai never really specified why were looking for him. Probably something to do with defeating ChaosDramon."
"Ah, yes, ChaosDramon!" Jijimon nodded. "I'll tell you about him in a jiffy, but first I need to talk to Tommon for a little. Is that alright?"
Saiai shrugged. "I s'pose."
"Good then. In the meantime, you kids can go out to the shrine. It's quite a nice place. I'll be done with him by the time you get back."
The Digidestined walked down the path Jijimon had shown them until they reach the shrine.
"Hmmm, so this is the shrine?" Saiai looked around inquisitively.
The shrine was mainly three statues of Digimon, all representing an alignment, facing an altar. The rock wall behind it had several carvings etched into it.
"Huh... Angemon, Devimon, and Leomon..." Takeru walked around the statues. "Data, Vaccine, and Virus... I suppose, when Digimon pray here, the statues decide what kind of Digimon they'll become."
"Seems like it." Iori was inspecting the altar.
Hikari looked at the rock wall. "It almost looks like something... but I can't put my finger on it."
Daisuke leaned against a tree. "Nah, probably nothing."
After a few minutes, Miyako spoke up. "Well, I'm gonna head back. Anyone else wanna come?"
Daisuke suddenly had an idea. "Hey, Saiai, why don't you go with Miyako?"
"Hmm? Why?"
"Um, to make sure she doesn't get lost!"
Saiai shrugged. "Ok. `Sides, there's not really much to do here."
"Um, Saiai?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you find it weird that Daisuke wanted you to head back with me?"
"Not really. He's probably just trying to... uh... well, he's trying to do something, I dunno what. Probably nothing to worry about."
"I guess..."
"..."
"Saiai?"
"Yeah?"
"Why did you decide to head back with me? I mean, you can't really think I'd have gotten lost."
"...Um... I don't really know. It was kinda boring there, without anyone to really tell us about it. It was kinda nice though."
"Yeah..."
"So, um... I never really thanked you for letting me stay over your house..."
"..."
"Arigato."
"Oh... you're welcome."
"K..."
"Woah!" Thump! Miyako fell into a disguised pit. Saiai peered over the edge.
"Are you alright?"
Miyako stood up and brushed herself off. "Yeah, I'm fine. Get me out of this."
Saiai heard a voice behind him. "Darn! Saiai was supposed to fall in, not the girl!"
"Who's there?" Saiai asked, readying his paper fan.
Expressimon emerged from behind a tree. "Haha, `tis me, Expressimon! My trap may have missed, but you're still defenseless! Master will be pleased, yes!"
"Brother!" Cubismon appeared on the side of the tree. "Can we just get this over with? I'll just hit him with me Square Strike and be done with it!"
"No, Brother! We should capture him, and take him to the Master."
"Destroy him!"
"Capture him!"
"How about I settle this?"
Conceptmon emerged from within the tree's foliage. "Proportion Distortion!"
There was a flash of light, and both Expressimon and Cubismon had been transformed into paintings. Conceptmon ripped them apart with one of his arms, then turned toward Saiai. "Ah, so much better now that they're gone."
"But... they were your brothers! Why did you destroy them?" Saiai looked at Conceptmon in disbelief.
"They were useless. They couldn't even agree on what to do with you! Anyway, now I must go... but remember this, Saiai. You're not safe anywhere, and soon I'll have to destroy you. `Til then, human!" Conceptmon disappeared back into the trees.
"Hey, Saiai! What happened?" Miyako's voice came up from the pit.
"What? Oh yeah, sorry." Saiai found a vine and lowered it into the pit.
Miyako climbed out. "What was all that about?"
Saiai shook his head. "I dunno... but a Digimon destroyed his own brothers. If he's only one of ChaosDramon's creations... how terrible could ChaosDramon himself be?"
"Don't worry, Saiai. We've been able to handle everything else so far! I'm positive we'll be able to beat `im!"
"Thanks, Miya-chan. C'mon, let's head back to the village."
A shadow watched Saiai silently from the trees. *Soon, Saiai... Soon, you shall be gone, and I will be able to destroy this world! Soon, Saiai! Value your time, as it will soon run out!*
A/N: Well, I finally got part 3 done! Heheh, Saiko stuffage.. It only took like 3 hours to write all this. Anyway, in Part 4 there'll be lotsa excitin' stuffage. Maybe, you'll finally get a description of ChaosDramon! ...Maybe. Ja ne, `til next time!
-Saiai