AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay, I WILL be returning to posting a chapter a day. Just not this week (obviously), because I'm going to Dallas to visit some family and didn't come back until Saturday. Sorry!
I do admit that the last chapter wasn't as, er, action-packed as usual but I had explain everything at some point and it just seemed like that was the best time to pull it off. As I certainly must've confused someone, simply put...it's all about Reika. The Four Gods and Reika. Okay? Alright, I'll shut up so you can read now. Enjoy!
"I'm sick of this!" Reiko Matsuda declared and plopped herself down right in the middle of the hall.
Her other companions, all fifty of them, sighed or made some other hint of annoyance.
Toge crossed her arms and glared down at the shorter girl. It was a pretty funny sight, a tall vicious-looking girl...an armed vicious-looking girl, just glaring at Reiko.
"What do you think you're doing?" whispered Toge.
Reiko yawned in response. "Taking a nap."
Toge pulled the brunette to her feet.
"Taking a nap?" she repeated. Reiko nodded. Toge inhaled deeply, controlling her anger.
"I'm afraid that you can't take a nap right now, miss." Toge said, being sarcastically polite.
"You see, we're looking for a way out of this godforsaken place, so I really don't think we can do that napping." Toge explained her voice disturbingly calm. "So would you please get your rear into gear and..."
Reiko gasped and started running down the hall at an immense speed. Toge blinked in surprise.
"It's Mon Boy! Something's happening to him!" Reiko called as she waved goodbye, rushing down the corridor.
Ruki felt something like a small breeze by her side at the same time Takato cried out "Lee!"
"Renamon!" Ruki cried out in exasperation. Both were gone, they had vanished.
Ruki growled and grabbed her husband by the arm.
"Come on gogglehead, we're going to find the magician and her assistant." she declared, pulling along Takato.
"It's not like I have a choice..." he muttered to himself.
"Ruki's going to kill us." Jenrya remarked. Renamon smirked. "You think that's all she'll do?"
Jenrya laughed. "Good point. She'll maim us, kill us, dig us up and kill us again, then set Reiko on us."
"Now you've got it right." Renamon said, sounding rather impressed.
"So..." Jenrya said, looking at the D-Arc in his hand. "According to this, he's right above us."
Jenrya frowned as he looked at it again. "Or else that's the hybrids..."
Renamon shook her head. "It's Kiiroishi, on his own..." she muttered, then her eyes widened. "He's in danger!"
Jenrya didn't even bat an eye when, after this revelation, the fox digimon blasted the ceiling above them, grabbed him and went in the new entrance.
Hirokazu and Shuchion wandered far away from everyone else. The only thing they'd found was a coke machine.
Yamaki sat there patiently, awaiting my answer to his request. At first I couldn't speak. I had no idea what to say. After all, my whole existence seemed to be for bringing back to life a woman I had never seen, nor heard of.
All the pain I, my family and friends, and species had undergone...was just for one person? Just because of love?
I couldn't understand. I knew that love was a powerful thing, but this had to be pushing it.
Yamaki was causing this for just one person...
Then I spoke.
"What about Devi and Grey?" I asked, looking Yamaki in the eye. He didn't speak for a long time, until...
"Who?" he whispered, his face full of confusion. That did it. How could he not remember? His own creations! When I thought of it, I got so angry I felt sick...he couldn't get away with this...he wasn't even sorry, he didn't even remember them, the slimeball!
"Why?" I whispered, barely audible. I hung my head.
Yamaki glanced up at me, and I began to tremble.
"Why?" I repeated, forcing my head up. "Why should I?"
Yamaki stared at me for a long time. "For the peace of your family and friends."
I looked away at him, tightly closing my eyes. To be left alone. It was an offer I couldn't refuse. Yet...
Yet...
Something was wrong with this...
"Why should I? When you've wrecked our lives already...when you've captured the hybrids, and took the few good things they had in their lives...when you..."
My throat got tight and I couldn't speak for a moment. "When you..." I breathed out.
"When you're to blame for Grey and Devi's deaths!" I shouted, enraged. I felt a surge of power flow through me.
It was like when I used the cards to Digivolve, but not quite. This was much stronger. And ultimately, much more terrifying.
Well, for whoever would be against it, anyway.
Yamaki had risen from his seat. He was staring at me with a mixed look -- of both surprise, fear, and pride.
"I can't believe it's actually happening...!" he stammered.
A small white orb floated down to me. Without thinking, I seized it in my hands.
Before my eyes flashed images. From back when I was a little kid all to now, in Yamaki's lab.
Through my whole body, a sort of white light seemed to pulsate. My eyes opened.
I saw my reflection through Yamaki's cigarette lighter. I reached up and my hand grazed my ears. They were...
Back to normal. The virus had left my body. Stunned, I stared down at my hands where something else lay.
An Aqua D-Arc.
"I'm a Tamer?" I whispered to myself, staring at the device in my hands.
"Not exactly." I heard a voice echoed through the room. A flash of a black turtle passed through my mind.
"You are just your own Tamer." the voice said. My breath caught in my throat, and then I nodded.
I pulled a card from my pocket, some sort of option card.
"I wish for this to end!" I declared, raising the card above my head. A glimmer of light and it was now blue.
I slashed it through my D-Arc. "Kiiroishi Lee, digivolve to Sakuyamon mode!" I shouted.
As that same frightening power flushed through me, bright golden armor fell over my clothes, and a golden helmet covered my face. I wrapped my fingers around a long golden staff, as purple gloves materialized over my hands.
When it was done, I heard the voice again.
"It has truly begun."
I do admit that the last chapter wasn't as, er, action-packed as usual but I had explain everything at some point and it just seemed like that was the best time to pull it off. As I certainly must've confused someone, simply put...it's all about Reika. The Four Gods and Reika. Okay? Alright, I'll shut up so you can read now. Enjoy!
"I'm sick of this!" Reiko Matsuda declared and plopped herself down right in the middle of the hall.
Her other companions, all fifty of them, sighed or made some other hint of annoyance.
Toge crossed her arms and glared down at the shorter girl. It was a pretty funny sight, a tall vicious-looking girl...an armed vicious-looking girl, just glaring at Reiko.
"What do you think you're doing?" whispered Toge.
Reiko yawned in response. "Taking a nap."
Toge pulled the brunette to her feet.
"Taking a nap?" she repeated. Reiko nodded. Toge inhaled deeply, controlling her anger.
"I'm afraid that you can't take a nap right now, miss." Toge said, being sarcastically polite.
"You see, we're looking for a way out of this godforsaken place, so I really don't think we can do that napping." Toge explained her voice disturbingly calm. "So would you please get your rear into gear and..."
Reiko gasped and started running down the hall at an immense speed. Toge blinked in surprise.
"It's Mon Boy! Something's happening to him!" Reiko called as she waved goodbye, rushing down the corridor.
Ruki felt something like a small breeze by her side at the same time Takato cried out "Lee!"
"Renamon!" Ruki cried out in exasperation. Both were gone, they had vanished.
Ruki growled and grabbed her husband by the arm.
"Come on gogglehead, we're going to find the magician and her assistant." she declared, pulling along Takato.
"It's not like I have a choice..." he muttered to himself.
"Ruki's going to kill us." Jenrya remarked. Renamon smirked. "You think that's all she'll do?"
Jenrya laughed. "Good point. She'll maim us, kill us, dig us up and kill us again, then set Reiko on us."
"Now you've got it right." Renamon said, sounding rather impressed.
"So..." Jenrya said, looking at the D-Arc in his hand. "According to this, he's right above us."
Jenrya frowned as he looked at it again. "Or else that's the hybrids..."
Renamon shook her head. "It's Kiiroishi, on his own..." she muttered, then her eyes widened. "He's in danger!"
Jenrya didn't even bat an eye when, after this revelation, the fox digimon blasted the ceiling above them, grabbed him and went in the new entrance.
Hirokazu and Shuchion wandered far away from everyone else. The only thing they'd found was a coke machine.
Yamaki sat there patiently, awaiting my answer to his request. At first I couldn't speak. I had no idea what to say. After all, my whole existence seemed to be for bringing back to life a woman I had never seen, nor heard of.
All the pain I, my family and friends, and species had undergone...was just for one person? Just because of love?
I couldn't understand. I knew that love was a powerful thing, but this had to be pushing it.
Yamaki was causing this for just one person...
Then I spoke.
"What about Devi and Grey?" I asked, looking Yamaki in the eye. He didn't speak for a long time, until...
"Who?" he whispered, his face full of confusion. That did it. How could he not remember? His own creations! When I thought of it, I got so angry I felt sick...he couldn't get away with this...he wasn't even sorry, he didn't even remember them, the slimeball!
"Why?" I whispered, barely audible. I hung my head.
Yamaki glanced up at me, and I began to tremble.
"Why?" I repeated, forcing my head up. "Why should I?"
Yamaki stared at me for a long time. "For the peace of your family and friends."
I looked away at him, tightly closing my eyes. To be left alone. It was an offer I couldn't refuse. Yet...
Yet...
Something was wrong with this...
"Why should I? When you've wrecked our lives already...when you've captured the hybrids, and took the few good things they had in their lives...when you..."
My throat got tight and I couldn't speak for a moment. "When you..." I breathed out.
"When you're to blame for Grey and Devi's deaths!" I shouted, enraged. I felt a surge of power flow through me.
It was like when I used the cards to Digivolve, but not quite. This was much stronger. And ultimately, much more terrifying.
Well, for whoever would be against it, anyway.
Yamaki had risen from his seat. He was staring at me with a mixed look -- of both surprise, fear, and pride.
"I can't believe it's actually happening...!" he stammered.
A small white orb floated down to me. Without thinking, I seized it in my hands.
Before my eyes flashed images. From back when I was a little kid all to now, in Yamaki's lab.
Through my whole body, a sort of white light seemed to pulsate. My eyes opened.
I saw my reflection through Yamaki's cigarette lighter. I reached up and my hand grazed my ears. They were...
Back to normal. The virus had left my body. Stunned, I stared down at my hands where something else lay.
An Aqua D-Arc.
"I'm a Tamer?" I whispered to myself, staring at the device in my hands.
"Not exactly." I heard a voice echoed through the room. A flash of a black turtle passed through my mind.
"You are just your own Tamer." the voice said. My breath caught in my throat, and then I nodded.
I pulled a card from my pocket, some sort of option card.
"I wish for this to end!" I declared, raising the card above my head. A glimmer of light and it was now blue.
I slashed it through my D-Arc. "Kiiroishi Lee, digivolve to Sakuyamon mode!" I shouted.
As that same frightening power flushed through me, bright golden armor fell over my clothes, and a golden helmet covered my face. I wrapped my fingers around a long golden staff, as purple gloves materialized over my hands.
When it was done, I heard the voice again.
"It has truly begun."