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Chapter Eight: The Damsel & The Demon

The Digidestined were looking around at all of the different photos in Gennai's living room.

Wow, he's changed his interior design. It definitely looks bigger and better, Mimi thought. Her eyes widened as she saw a picture of her and Tai…and they were kissing! But they looked older. From behind her she heard a gasp and turned around as a slight redness filled her cheeks.

"Mimi that's us in the future…and we um are uh…well you know…" Tai stuttered.

Kari and Tk laughed at their red faces, causing the others to see what was so funny. Their heads turned to the picture and then to the two red faces. They also broke out in laughter, well all except Matt and Yamato. Matt just frowned at them, while Yamato held a light smile, almost as if he was remembering something or reliving a memory.

Gennai watched in amusement and said, "If you find that funny, take a look at this picture of Tk carrying a blushing Kari. Or how about the one of Yolei and Ken slow dancing on a balcony."

Matt couldn't take the happy laughter and he walked off to another room that was more secluded. He walked up to the window and saw fish swimming by. Just like old times…except Sora's not here. How can they all be so cheerful when Sora's in god knows what kind of danger?!

Yamato watched Matt walk off in disgust and he too followed. "Matt…"

"What do you want?"

"I want to talk. You need to talk and don't deny it. I know you inside and out," Yamato said. Matt remained silent, so he continued, "When we-I yelled those things to Sora in the park, I immediately felt regret. From the look in her eyes, I could tell I hurt her more than any one person could ever do. I'll never forget that expression…it told me everything. I was so stupid to see that somewhere along the line we'd both fallen for each other. I refused to believe it. To put it simply, I was in denial. But I finally acknowledged it when I was about to commit suicide…I had the knife to my wrists and I was about to put it to my skin when I got this flash in my head…like-like a vi…what's the word?"

"Vision?" helped Matt.

"Yes, a vision. In it, I saw Sora being kidnapped and I dropped the knife. I called the team together and told them what I saw, but there wasn't anything we could do about it. Years passed by so painfully slow and I went onto college. I never dated, never kissed another girl again, and never even looked twice at any girl. I was solely devoted to Sora's memory. You have no idea of what I've felt going on with life! A part of me was dead and the other part was numb. And everyday I regret never telling her…" Yamato put his head in his hands miserably.

"Does that mean that you-that I…" Matt's voice trailed off as he saw Yamato start to sob. Not wanting to wait for an answer, he ran out of the room and into the kitchen. He did not want to hear what his heart already knew. This was all so confusing.

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About three quarters of the wine, the effects began to take effect. She felt her strength fading away…she felt light…almost like she was on air. Maybe I should stick to non-alcoholic drinks.

Daficus held a pleasing smile as he walked up to her and helped her out of her chair. "Come my darling, it's time for a little tour."

Sora couldn't help but get up and take his arm. She felt very weak and had to grip his arm tightly. She was led down a few corridors and many stairs in which they stopped walking upon reaching the bottom. His arms fell on her bare shoulders and she did not protest or try to pull away, as his violet eyes seemed to hold her crimson ones up. They were truly beautiful eyes but this felt wrong. I don't want violet…I want to see warm sapphire crystals not violet…

Daficus placed his hands on her smooth, creamy cheeks and brought his lips to her ears where he whispered, "Kiss me", sending shivers down Sora's back. He slowly brought his face closer to hers.

What's going on? Why is he suddenly having this effect on me? Why can't I pull away? I don't want to kiss him…this isn't right…my heart doesn't belong to him, it belongs only to one person…Matt, I can't betray him! But I'm too weak to resist…

Daficus was about to feel her soft lips on his when…

"Your lordship! Come quick! There's a revolt in the jail cells," reported a frantic Bakemon guard.

An annoyed Daficus took Sora's hand and pulled her with him to the jail cells.

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Tai looked over to see Matt run by, so he left Mimi and the others to follow him. He then saw Matt collapse on the floor with tears shining in his eyes. He approached Matt slowly, as his eyes saw Matt's head fall into his head. "Matt?"

"Leave me alone…just go away…I don't need you or anyone…."

"Matt, don't worry. We'll get her back," Tai said as his hand landed on his friend's shoulder. Something else was bothering him…what could it be?

"I'll die if I never see her again. What if we can't get her back? What then?"

Then, it struck Tai. He was in love! He and Sora…soul mates…oh dear God. "You really love her, don't you?"

Matt looked up from his tears at Tai. "What do you think?" Jeez, Tai could be so dense sometimes…so blind…blind like me!

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Sora steadied herself by leaning on the wall as she the jail cell. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw Daficus's nails grow longer. She saw how crowded the cells were…saw the children in one, the men, in one, Digimon in another, and women in yet another. Sora wanted to jump in front of all the Digimon and people that Daficus was throwing a fireball at but she was too weak. And while the guards and Daficus were preoccupied, Sora turned to leave. The only problem was that she didn't know which way they'd come through and walked into a room.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!" cried a child.

Sora stood frozen as she watched one of the demons she saw earlier whipping a child's bare back. All over that room, she saw horrors that no one should ever see. People and Digimon of all ages being brutally tortured, whipped, having spikes driven into their bodies, being slashed by the demons claws, being burnt alive, having acid poured on them…their agonized cries filled her ears and shook her very being. He's taken over the Digiworld and is in the process of conquering Earth…oh my lord…I can't begin to imagine how many more would suffer under his reign. One of the demons turned to her and his eyes nearly burnt Sora's. Sora slowly backed out of the room and started to run as fast as she could. The heavy footsteps and grunting only heightened her speed. She glanced over her shoulder and…

Smack!

Sora ran straight into a muscular chest. She felt their hands roughly grab her shoulders and shake her. Daficus!

"You shouldn't have gone off like that! It's your own fault," Daficus said angrily. He then grabbed her hand tightly and she looked away. "I'm taking you to your room," he said as he scooped her up into his arms. She weakly protested, but he closed his eyes and...

Flash!

They were in Sora's cell. Daficus put her down. "I wish you never did that. Look at me," he commanded.

Again, Sora couldn't help it. Her no longer bright eyes looked into his. "It's time to finish what we started," she heard him say huskily as his cold hands touched her cheeks again. And again she didn't resist. Why am I so powerless to stop him now?

Daficus smiled as he drew his face closer to hers. He could see tears forming in her eyes but he ignored it.

Nooooooooo! This is wrong! He can't kiss me! Soon she felt his hard lips pressing upon hers. He kissed her deeply, tickling her sensations while weaving a spell on her. Everything around her felt as if she was in a dream while his eyes seemed to weaken her further.

Daficus' teeth turned into fangs and as he attacked her lips with hot heated kisses, he felt her melt into his will. He trailed kisses to her neck till a thirst filled him.

Sora felt like she was in a trance and moaned softly as his lips made contact with her skin. Suddenly on her neck, she felt a small pinch and then everything started to get blurry as she felt herself fall…

Daficus caught her immediately and licked his fangs. As he easily picked her up, his teeth returned to normal. Oh how he wanted the taste of her sweet blood…so pure…delectable… He sighed as he put her in her bed and covered her up. His eyes took in her form one last time before leaving. "Soon…very soon," he whispered.

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Well I hope you're enjoying this fic. Don't you think that Daficus is such a creep? I certainly do. Anyway, what do you think his purpose is? Will he succeed? When will Matt be reunited with Sora again?

Hmmm…I wonder how long this fic will be. Oooooooookaaaaaay, I'm getting off the subject again. Let me know what you think. I hold your opinions very highly.

Thanks for reading my fic so far! And thanks to everyone who has reviewed!