Episode 3: Visions of Darkness

Ryan and Kumamon were walking towards 'home' when Ryan realized it - Jenny was there. Under NO circumstances could he be allowed to go back. "Kumamon... We can't go home."

"Waddaya mean?" Kumamon asked curiously. "It's the only place TO go!"

"No... SHE'S there..."

"Who's... she?" Kumamon was now a little confused. He titled his head at Ryan.

"It's... a long story. You wouldn't understand."

"Ah, c'mon! I'm sure you can handle it! Besides, I'm here with ya! Come on, now let's go!!"

"... Oh, alright... I guess you're right about having nowhere else to go." Kumamon nodded and they continued walking, Ryan having fears of going back. A few blocks down the road, Ruki and Renamon were both taking admissions tests. Renamon was nearly done, since she basically just guessed on all of them.

"Who am I kidding? Digimon don't know anything about this world," she groaned. "Oh well. It's from Ruki's protection, so I have to." In the next room, Ruki was doing pretty good. She was halfway done and sure most of her answers were correct. But the D-Plug still bothered her. She paused on her test for a moment, her eyes trailing to her own D-Plug. Then, the principal walked in.

"What's the matter? Watching the time?" he joked. "You'll be out of here soon enough, don't worry." Ruki looked up a little surprised, then gave him a slight courtesy laugh.

"No, I was just thinking about something."

"Well, concentrate on that test if you wanna be in a high math class." She nodded slightly, still not focused, and he walked out. She looked at the test for a moment, then at the window in front of her.

"Huh..?!" She saw just a glimpse of something in the window before it ducked. ".... Hm. Whatever." She worked on her test again, not knowing she was being watched intently...

Ryan and Kumamon, at this point, were at his front door. Ryan held it fist up to the door, but paused. "..... K-Kumamon, go hide."

"Will do!" Kumamon climbed up the drain and into a window. Ryan took a deep breath and knocked on the door. After a few seconds, that same woman came to the door and gasped with relief.

"Ryan...!" She threw her arms around him and began to kiss him deeply. He, however, pulled way from her and pushed through the door. She looked at him a little worried and closed to door. "Honey, where WERE you?! When you ran off last night, I thought-"

"DON'T call me honey, alright?"

".... But.. I'm having your BABY...." Ryan felt that same jolt of darkness as before. He fought not to show it, so he turned around quickly and started yelling.

"That's YOUR fault! You FORCED me to do that, I couldn't get UP in that position you had me in! Then I'm sure you just did EVERYTHING possible afterward to get everything to drain down, right?!"

"... Well, yeah. I love you, after all."

"You're MARRIED, Jenny. MARRIED! You're eleven years older than me, for cryin' out loud! What I did last night wasn't controlled by FEELINGS!"

"But I thought you..."

"Loved you?! Of COURSE not! That's WRONG! I'm not like that!! Argh...! It was the d-" He suddenly caught himself.

"... The what..?"

"... Nothing. You wouldn't understand." With that, he simply walked upstairs and slammed the door to his room. "Kumamon, we're leaving. Now."

"Where to?" Kumamon was still confused by his partner's words. He sighed and sat down. "There's nowhere TO go."

"Yes there is," Ryan said with a slight tone of anger. "There better be." Ryan, unlike Kumamon, was up, trying not to hit something. Then he heard Jenny walking up the stairs. "Crap..." He looked back, then at Kumamon. "Kumamon, go into the next room and stay there." He nodded, and left quickly. A few seconds after, Jenny came in.

"Ryan, honey, we have to work this out."

"Work what out? You better work out what YOU did with your HUSBAND. Leave me out of this." Out of nowhere, she pushed him down on the bed and held his arms behind his back. Her lips were an inch from his.

"No... I love YOU..." She kissed him, sending an invigoration release of tension throughout his body. "And right now, I'm going to make SURE you make me pregnant..." She slowly slid his shirt off, placed her arms back behind his back, and began kissing his neck. The feelings of extreme pleasure it gave him relaxed him, but the guilt he felt was taken by darkness. He was helpless again.

(Why... can't I...? Aaah.....) His thoughts trailed off as he looked at his 'lover' and her now naked body. He slowly felt guilt and shaem take over, and he was left with no active conscience.

... ... ... ... ... ...

Later, he slowly awoke with her on top of him, both now completely naked. She was sleeping peacefully, and his unmentionable area was still in hers, everything completely wet. He still couldn't fully feel anything. "Kuma... mo... n....." he mumbled. Kumamon, of course, couldn't hear him. "Ru... ki... H-help me... Get the... darkness... a.... wa......" At that point, a smaller version of the shadow formed in his room. He looked over at it, but his vision was blurry. He had no idea what was happening.

"You're so incredibly pathetic. That D-Plug has so much power... yet you cannot even use it."

"W-wha... You're that....."

"I, my dear friend, am the darkness that consumes you. I am your fear. And YOU are done."

"What do you... mean....?"

"What I mean is what came out of you while engaging in 'sexual action' with this woman... Was engulfed in darkness. The child that will be born in a matter of months will be the destruction of the world...."

"Y-you... you're crazy..."

"Thank you. Now, I must be going. Have fun with your lover." The shadow laughed under his breath and faded once again, Ryan still out of it.

"I... Can't...." He slowly began to pass out again, when his D-Plug beeped. He looked over at it. "Must be... Ruki...? Aah.." He tried to move his hand from behind his back to grab the D-Plug and get up, but found out soon that his forearms had been tied together when he passed out. He supposed she REALLY didn't want him to get loose. It beeped again, and he tried to roll over, but it was no good. He groaned from the pain in his heart. "Man.. Cra-..."

"Move it, Renamon! Come on!" Not far away, outside the school, Ruki and Renamon were running as fast as possible from the Gijinka they saw earlier. She looked at her D-Plug. "I'd swear it said 'Call'...! That's gotta mean call other Tamers, right?!"

"I'm not sure, Ruki, but focus, will you?!" Renamon reminded.

"Oh, right!" Ruki was brought back to reality and the two stopped and turned. Renamon took off her amulet and shined, causing her to turn into the real Renamon.

"Diamond Storm!!" she called, leaping into the air. Numerous ice crystals were formed and attacked the Gijinka, but he simply backflipped aside. He held up his left hand, which had a leather glove on it, at them.

"Nova Blast!!" A fireball formed in his hand and got extremely large. It flew at Renamon and Ruki tripped out of the way, falling on her knees, just as Renaon was hit.

"Renamon?!" Ruki cried into the smoke. "Are you alright?!" Once the smoke cleared, Renamon was barely on one knee.

"U-ugh... I'm fine..." She slowly regained her balance on got to her feet. Ruki stood up as well.

"Let me see if this works..." She hit the scan button and the area around them turned ice blue. "Command: Evolution!" She called out, her voice echoing. A green light came out from the D-Plug and went from Renamon's feet to her head, turning her into a digital grid holding her former shape.

"Renamon, shinka..!" Renamon's grid form shaped into that of Kyuubimon, and the beam went back down her, covering her with Kyuubimon's body. "Kyuubimon!!" The area around them turned normal once again, revealing Kyuubimon in front of the Gijinka, at full strength.

"Now, rip him apart!" Ruki ordered, and Kyuubimon attacked right away. She leaped forward and grabbed him forearm in her teeth, rolling them over a few times. She landed on top of him and closed down on his arm with crushing force. He just layed there and took it staring deep into Kyuubimon's eyes. She was looking at him like a pitbull fighting an intruder at first but slowly, her expression loosened, and her mind faded in and out of the battle. The Gijinka threw Kyuubimon off of him, onto her back, and stood up. "Argh! Kyuubimon!!" Ruki yelled a bit angrilly. "Come on, get your head in the fight!" Kyuubimon slowly stood up and shook her head, the effect of the hypnotism wearing off.

"Er..! Fox Tail Inferno!!" Kyuubimon called out, throwing flames at him from her tail. He simply held his left hand up, formed another Nova Blast, and the two attacks collided.

"V-Nova Blast!" A V-shaped laser formed in front of his hadn and whipped at Kyuubimon. It connected, throwing her down.

"Aargh..!!" She got back up again, slowly losing strength.

"Ryan.. Where are you...?!" Ruki mumbled angrily.

Ryan was now passed out again, having no idea of anything that was happening with Ruki. His mind was extremely active, though. He went into an entirely interactive dream world that he'd soon realize he didn't want to enter...