Mysteries that Beneath

Illusions Chapter 3

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr

A/N: I bet your asking me, 'why do you start out with weird titles and quotes?' Well originally, I named it Two Hearts, One Mind. But I changed it to Illusions. I forgot to change the title of the first chapter though, so that became a trend, so I decided those will be the chapter titles I guess, ok, maybe not, but I might change them to chapter titles. And I thought the Quotes would be a cute touch ^^. So there you go, and enjoy this chapter. Oh, BTW, thanks to Akino Ame for the mistake I made on my fic... 

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Kouji opened his eyes to see darkness. His vision was blurred and he couldn't see much of anything. He then remembered that he was in Duskmon's castle. He has lost, and now he was a prisoner to his own brother.

He couldn't remember much that went on, he just remembered that Duskmon had defeated him, and he was out cold. He could now clearly see the metal bars around him. He was a prisoner.

"Wake up, Kouji. Wake up now or I will make you wake up."

Kouji turned towards the front of his cell and saw Duskmon standing next to him. "Your sick," He spat out. "Your not the brother I remembered!"

Duskmon gave a laugh and stepped on Kouji's ribs. "Why would I ever be your brother? Your brother is gone, and now I have total control over his pathetic body. Kouchi is no more."

"That's not true! You're my brother, and his good side is still in that heart you coated with ice!"

Duskmon merely laughed and stepped on Kouji's ribs even harder. "You have such a strong mouth for someone with such a pathetic body!" He crunched down harder and this made Kouji wince. Kouji knew in his heart that his brother was still in there, but he didn't know how to get him out. The others didn't know much about Duskmon, and they didn't know that Duskmon was his brother. Duskmon slammed his foot even harder on Kouji's Ribs and whispered something under his breath. He lit up, and walked out of Kouji's cell. Kouji held his stomach and looked into the sky. It was dark, as so was his life.

The others would never understand.

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Izumi opened her eyes and saw the sunlight spill into her room. She stirred in her bed as she looked around the room. She wondered if Kouji slept downstairs, or went his own way. Junpei wasn't exactly friendly towards him last night. Izumi slithered out of her bed, and opened the door into the hall. She slipped into the bathroom to take a quick shower and retreated downstairs. She saw Takuya, Junpei, Tomoki, Neemon, and Bokomon in the kitchen.

"Good Morning, everyone. Where's Kouji?"

Junpei returned a smile. "Morning Izumi- Chan! Who knows where he went last night, who really cares."

"He could be in serious trouble!" Tomoki said over the Table. "Who knows, Duskmon might even have him!"

"We should look for him though, maybe after breakfast?" Takuya suggested.

Everyone nodded slowly nodded their heads and finished up breakfast.

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Duskmon sat quietly at his quarters, thinking of all that Kouji said. No, he was never that twerp's brother. Even if he was, it was the human inside of him that was his brother, not him. He continually thought about this, when Ranamon came bursting through his doors.

"DUSKMON!!!!!!!! I need to speak with you!"

Duskmon growled under his breath and sighed. "What do you want?"

"Rumor around the castle is that your holding one of those Kids here. Is this true?"

"Why would you care?" He asked, annoyed.

"Oh, I don't know. I mean, if it was me, I would of KILLED HIM BY NOW!"

Duskmon got up and walked towards Ranamon with anger in his eyes. "So what are you implying, Ranamon?"

Ranamon saw the anger in his eyes, and stood back a few steps. "I'm just implying that I would have killed the boy by now..."

Duskmon snatched Ranamon up by the neck and slammed her against the wall. "DON'T YOU EVER QUESTION MY DECISIONS, YOU GOT THAT!?"

Ranamon good feel her head getting light as she was dangling in the air, slammed against the wall. She managed to squeak out yes sir, and he dropped her to the floor. "Besides, he will be bait to the others, and when we have them together, we will kill them all."

Ranamon held her neck and took deep fats breaths to catch some air. When he wasn't looking, she shot evil glares his way. He never treated her fairly, and she sometimes wished she could kill him. "Yes sir." She said. She turned away and started to walk for the door.

"One more thing, Ranamon, if you ever make glares at me again, I will kill you."

Ranamon froze, and a tingling shock went through her body. "Yes sir..." She whispered, turning to leave.

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"I think that's his castle up a head!" Announced Agnimon. The group fallowed Kouji's footsteps from where he disappeared. It leads them right to Duskmon's castle. They were all in Hybrid forms and ready to attack. Izumi had real bad thoughts about their plan, and didn't think they should just "rush in" like this.

They got closer to see digimon, thousands of digimon, guarding the castle. There was no way in at all. Not unless they wanted to be dead in 5 seconds, they didn't see a way.

"How are we going to get in?" Asked Chakmon.

"We need a diversion," Fairymon said. "But what?"

"Lets roll Blitzmon down the hill, that's enough of a diversion." Joked Agnimon.

Lighting sparked from Blitzmon's back. "That's it! Lightning-"

"STOP IT!" Yelled Fairymon. Everyone looked towards her in shock. "Look, I have a plan. We can have you 3 down there keeping all those digimon occupied while I fly and sneak in to the upper level of the castle."

"It's too risky, you could get hurt, Fairy- Chan!" exclaimed Blitzmon.

"Its a chance I'm willing to take. You guys don't have to do too much stuff, just a diversion so I can get in."

"It sounds OK with me. We get Fairymon in; we make a diversion, get her and Kouji out, and run for it. If it gets too messy, we'll retreat. How does that sound?" asked Agnimon.

Everyone nodded slowly to agree with Agnimon. Blitzmon had a hard time agreeing, but he finally gave in after awhile. All three got in position and Fairymon a waited Agnimon's signal. Fairymon closed her eyes a pictured a change of scenery. She pictures she was on the cliffs of Ireland somewhere, having water gently spray her face. She also pictured someone else stepping up to her, gently putting their arms around her waist. She turned to see Kouji Minamoto's eyes staring back at her. She then re-opened her eyes to see the dark scenery again. It wasn't real, but it sure felt real enough.

All three of the digimon attacked. This was her chance. She spread out her wings and flew towards the castle. She swallowed hard; hoping none of the digimon would notice her. She slipped through an upstairs window and landed gently on the floor. She dusted herself off and looked around the room. Candles lit the small room, with a large rug in the center, a desk in the corner, and a cabinet on the opposite side of the room. Fairymon saw an exit, and walked towards it. She then suddenly stopped to see Ranamon at the door.

"Well, well. I didn't expect to see you here so early!" said Ranamon, excitedly.

"I didn't expect to even he here," responded Fairymon, stepping towards the door.

"Your not leaving now, are you?" She asked. With a snap of a finger, the window and door snapped shut.

Fairymon clenched her fingers into fists and gave an evil glare towards Ranamon. "Now why would I do that, when I'm ready to rip you from limb to limb?"

Ranamon chuckled and jumped into the air. " Jealousy Rain!"

Fairymon jumped out of the way of Ranamon's attack. "You think that's going to stop me?" She flew towards Ranamon and kicked her to the ground. Ranamon gritted her teeth together and put herself back on her feet.

Dukemon is going to kill me if I don't get rid of her! She thought, staring at her. "Rain stream!" She yelled, throwing Fairymon up against the wall. This is my chance to destroy her! Finally! Just keep her pinned up to the wall and you have her. Just then, she saw a purple glow around Fairymon. She stopped her attack, and saw her change form. "She's digivolving!" she shouted into the empty room. Ranamon then also began a transformation of her body, digivolving into Calmaramon.

While Ranamon was digivolving into Calmaramon, Fairymon had successfully digivolved into Shutumon. "OK, missy, prepare to see your end!" She hollered. She jumped into the air, and unleashed and attack. "Gilgamesh Slicer!" Calmaramon easy ignore her attack, and shot one of her squid-like arms at her. She wrapped it around Shutumon's body and began to squeeze the life out of her. Shutumon felt like she was going to explode. She scratched and clawed but Calmaramon didn't even budge or wince.

I can't give up now, not now, I just can't! She had to fight this; she just had to. She closed her eyes and thought of Kouji. If she died here and now, he would have no hope to survive. The others were dependent on her, and she couldn't let anyone down. Especially Kouji. A bright light formed around Shutumon, causing Calmaramon to loosen her grip. Shutumon was changing her form again, digivolving into an even higher stage of digivolution. She began to get bigger and bigger; and when the light diminished, there stood AncientIrismon.

"How could this be? You weren't supposed to digivolve that far! Oh well, that won't faze me at all. I will still destroy you anyways!"

"Let's see, Calmaramon," AncientIrismon broke free from her, and landed lightly on the ground. "Your end comes here! STORM GAZER!"

Calmaramon fell to the ground with a thump, de-digivolving to Ranamon.

AncientIrismon quickly went towards the door. She had to get out before Ranamon awoke. She almost laughed to herself, cause she knew she would fight a more powerful enemy. AncientIrismon de-digivolved to Izumi to safe energy. She just hoped Kouji and herself would get out safely. "Hold on, Kouji. I'll get you out."

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NEEK!!!!! I know, I know, mot much Kozumi stuff in this chapter. I'm debating wither or not the next chappie will be the last. MORE KOZUMI IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! Pwease R&R!