Disclaimer- I do not own Digimon. Don't sue.
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A.N. Hi, peoplesssssss!!! Now, I wasn't here for the last chapter. I know how much you all missed me. Just kidding. Now, I swear that something will be revealed in this chapter and if it's not something big, I'll eat my mouse pad. I MIGHT give you a sneak-preview of the future. You know, when Akane remembers stuff. Well, I guess that's it.
- Rose Silverstein
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Imperial Princess
Ten.
Nine.
Eight.
Seven.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Zero.
Before anybody can breathe, there was an explosion. The area was covered with red smoke. After a few seconds, the smoke cleared away.
Standing in front of the three women was Jace. The man or creature who was infront of him was the most disgustiong creature they had ever seen.
His face had two yellow eyes. There was no white in them, his eyes were just a glowing yellow. The skin on his face was scarred and scratched in many places. He had no nose, but there were two slits where the nostrils were supposed to be. He was all red. His skin was a dark, bloody crimson. He had no hair and big pointed ears. He had a small, black beard which ended in a curl. He was wearing black pants and no shirt. His nails were long and sharp.
Kari screamed. TK moved protectivley in front of her. "Satan?" Kari whispered to TK. TK nodded without turning around. The Digimon were watching with wide eyes. Cody looked scared. Davis was starring at Satan. Akane was also starring at him with wide eyes. Yolei had gasped and taken a step back. Ken was starring along with everybody else who was starring.
Satan's yellow eyes moved from face to face as if studying each one of them. His eyes stopped on Ken. Satan smiled. Then, he noticed Klora who was still unconcious.
"Should I destroy her?" he asked. His voice was deep and hollow like it was in Akane's vision. "Huh?" Ken asked. "Should I destroy your mother?" Satan asked. His smile widened. "Leave her alone!" Akane ordered. Satan's smile didn't falter. "Okay," Satan said, "whatever you say, Princess Audacia. But, I'll have to teleport her back to her own house. I don't want her staying around here." He raised his hand, palm facing out and Klora disappeared. "What the-?" Ken asked. "Don't worry," Satan said, "she's quite safe."
"Now that we've got rid of what we don't need," Satan said, "I say we get what we want and get out of here, don't you agree, Jace?" "Yes, I agree," Jace smiled, his cold eyes fixed on Akane. Satan noticed. "Jace, I said 'get what we WANT' not what we need," he said. Jace and the other thre stared at him, questioning looks on their faces.
"Here, let me explain a few things for you all," Satan said to the DD and the DE and Akane. Satan turned to Ken and indicated toward the four people behind him. "These four came for your daughter, your highness," he said, "I came for not only for Audacia, but for something else you will own in the future if my history repeats itself." Ken growled at him and Satan laughed.
"No need to be so touchy," Satan said, "we're on the same side." Almost everybody gasped. "What are you talking about?!" Ken demanded. "In the future, we are," Satan told him, "we are on the same side, Emperor Ken. But right now, it seems a little the other way around. I do not wish to fight you." "Right," Ken said, sarcastically. "I'm serious," Satan insisted, "haven't you noticed that you were getting softer these past few weeks?"
Ken thought for a momment. "Now that you mention it . . . " he muttered. Satan smiled. "See? That's what these three ladies meant as a threat. A threat to your throne," Satan explained, "having your daughter with you has softened you a bit, haven't it?"
Yolei bit her lip to keep from gasping. 'Omigod!' she exclaimed, 'Akane's father is K-Ken?! No way!' She stared at Satan. The rest of the Digi-destined were starring at her. Akane had her eyes on Ken. "You-you're . . . ?" she asked, not being able to find the words to end her sentence. Ken placed a hand on her head. "Hey, sorry I didn't tell you, but I guess it was better for you not to know," he said.
Satan chuckled. "So, what will it be?" he asked Ken, "are you going to be joining us or do you want to fight us?" Ken glared at him. "Hey, I've risked my life to save her and I'm not handing her over now," he snapped. Satan was taken back.
"Okay," he said, slowly, "then, you are against us." "Yes, I'm sure everybody knows that," Ken said.
"Well, then. As I said, I'm here for your daughter and something else. I think I'll leave Jace, Fima, Catrina, and Eugene to take care of something before we come back and get Audacia," Satan said as the other four disappeared, "but, I want to get that thing I want right now."
"Ken, what is he talking about?" Wormmon hissed. Ken shrugged.
Satan flew up into the air and a portal appeared behind him. "I want the mother of your child," he said. "Huh?" Ken asked. His answer was a scream coming from Yolei. She flew up into the air right to Satan. "Yolei, come back!" Davis shouted. "I-I can't! I can't move at all! He's controlling me!" Yolei shrieked.
Before anybody could say or do anything, they disappeared into the portal.
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"What was he doing?!" Catrina asked, "that wasn't part of the plan!" "I don't think Satan could resist her," Jace muttered, "we'll have to follow the original plan as best as we can so none of you better screw up."
Fima nodded, starring at Jace. 'Oh, Jace . . . ' she thought.
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Yolei moaned and tried to open her eyes. They fluttered open. It took one second for her remember what had happened and she quickly sat up in bed.
She looked down at herself. "What am I wearing?" she muttered. She had on a tight, dark blue gown which showed off her figure. The skirt was loose below her knees. The sleeves were long and ended in those old-fashioned, baggy cuffed ones. (A.N. I did not know how to describe that. But, I think everybody knows what I'm talking about.) The neckline was triangle-shaped and low. Her hair was let out and she was wearing blue slippers (not high-heeled).
She had such a big head ache, too. Massaging her forehead, she looked around the room she was in. It was very big. The ceiling was very high. The windows were huge. There were open. It was night outside. The sky was pitch black with no stars at all. All the walls were black and the furniture was red. The gigantic king-sized bed she was on was also red. "Wh-where am I?" she mumbled to herself.
"You are in my palace in hell, that's where you are," a boy who seemed a couple of years older than her stood in the door way smiling. He had short, wavy red hair and cold, blue eyes. He was wearing a black shirt and black pants. "Who are you?" Yolei asked. "I am King Satan," the boy replied. It wasn't his usualy voice. It wasn't so deep. "You?!" Yolei asked, surprised, "but Satan was so . . . so . . . " The boy laughed. "I'm Satan," he repeated, "what you saw before was me in my true form. This. This, my dear, is just a diquise sort of thing. I can change the way I look." "Where did you say we were?" Yolei asked, panicing a bit. "My palace in hell," Satan repeated eyeing her. Yolei really began to panic now.
Satan laughed as he closed the red door and used his magic to lock it. "Don't worry, I won't kill you," he said. "You- you won't?" Yolei asked. Satan nodded. "I won't," he promised. "But, why?" Yolei asked, dumbly. "You see, people come to hell after they die because they have done wrong in their lives," he explained, "so once they are here, we don't just kill them." Yolei's eyes widened. "I'm dead?!" she shrieked. Satan laughed again. "No," he answered. He looked around. "This place isn't well hidden right now," he muttered, "your friends will find you if they're smart enough."
That lifted her hopes a bit. "What am I doing here?" Yolei asked. "Hm?" Satan asked. "Why did you bring me here?" Yolei asked. "As I was saying, we don't just kill the people who come here," Satan said, "we torture them." "What?" Yolei whispered. Satan chuckled. "We physically torture them," he repeated, "but you, I'm not going to do that to you." "You're not?" Yolei asked.
"No, I'm going to torture you in a different way," Satan said, "a very different way." "What?" Yolei asked. Satan held up his hand and she began to rise into the air. 'Oh no . . . ' she thought. When she was about twenty feet above the bed, Satan disappeared and appeared right in front of her. He cupped her chin in his hand and brought her closer.
Yolei let out a small gasp. She was floating on air. Really floating on air. Oh, well. If she dropped, the bed would brake her fall, right? But, that wasn't the thing that worried her. It was what Satan was planning to do to her.
Her heart began to beat furiously as he leaned closer to her. Yolei whimpered a little and tried to move back, but she found out that she was in his control again.
Satan smiled and whispered into her ear. "What's wrong?" he asked. "I-I . . . don't think this is right . . . " Yolei stammered. "Of course, it's not right," Satan whispered into her ear, "you know why?" Yolei couldn't think of an answer, exept for the fact that she didn't like what was going on. "I'll tell you why," Satan whispered, "you love someone else." "H-huh?" Yolei asked.
"You love someone else," Satan repeated, "but, I still can't resist. I have to have you." "B-but . . . " Yolei stammered, "I don't love anyone, do I?" "The Digimon Emperor," Satan said, simply. "What?!" Yolei asked, "no . . . " "Yes," Satan replied, "you love him very much."
Her heart knew that Satan was right. She DID love him. She didn't start to when they found out he was Akane's father, but ever since she and Akane went to the Digi-world alone.
"See? You do," Satan said. "This is wrong," Yolei said. "You've only noticed now?" Satan asked. "Why are you after Akane?" Yolei asked. It was a stupid thing to ask really. But, if she could only keep him talking. If she could hold him off until she got rescued . . .
"You don't know what's going on in the future," Satan said, "if you only knew, Yolei. If you only knew." "What?" Yolei asked. "The emperor got a little soft over these past couple of weeks," Satan grumbled, "all because of his daughter. She was never supposed to come back here. If she hadn't, he'd be the same old cruel and ruthless evil genius." Satan tsk-tsked and continued. "You see," he said, "your daughter seems so lovable here. So cute and-" "What's your point? She's ugly?" Yolei asked.
Satan chuckled. "No. She seems so innocent here in the past because she doesn't remember herself. She is Audacia. The Imperial Princess of Pain," he said. "She's the WHAT?!" Yolei asked.
Satan still hadn't let go of her. He leaned closer to her. "Here," he said, "let me tell you a few things about her." "Go ahead," Yolei said.
Satan smiled and leaned closer. "She is a slaver," he whispered. "A what?!" Yolei almost shouted. "A slave dealer. You know, a slave trader," Satan replied with a small smile. "No way," Yolei argued, "Akane would never-" "Audacia would," Satan interrupted, "she's a slave trader. In the future, once she sold me seventeen in one day." "That can't be," Yolei whispered, "there is absoulutley no way that she can be a slave dealer-" "There is a way," Satan snapped.
"What?" Yolei asked. "I told you that in the 'real' order of events, Audacia never came back here, and the emperor defeated the Digi-destined," Satan explained, "do you remember exactly WHO she was raised by? Who her parents were? Or better yet, who her father was?" "The Digimon Emperor . . . " Yolei stammered. "Glad to see you remember," Satan snapped.
"She's a complete different person in the future," Satan continued, "she's really a fighter. Very skilled and talented. Very smart. She's a beautiful girl. Very lovely. But, looks can be decieving, don't you agree?" "I don't want to hear more," Yolei whimpered, "but I have to." Satan chuckled.
"She's fierce," he said, "very dominate. Any Digimon she captures who is too weak to go on or too sick to cure, she kills." Yolei shut her eyes, but then forced them open and looked back at Satan.
"And when I said she was smart, I meant it," Satan said, "your opponent can plan a defence once he knows how you are going to attack. Audacia came up with a way to confuse the enemy." "How?" Yolei was a little afraid of the answer.
"I don't know how she's doing it, but whenever she cracks her whip and the Digimon seem to know what she wants them to do. I made an enemy of her a short while before she came back here," Satan said, "the first thought in my mind after losing a battle to her was that that whip of hers had got to go." "She carries around a whip?" Yolei asked. "Yes," Satan said, grumpily.
He perked up as if he had just noticed something. "We've wasted so much time," he said to her. His eyes glowed yellow. Yolei gasped and tried to move away, but his magic kept her in place. "Look into my eyes," he said in his deep voice, "look." Yolei tried to turn away, but she kept looking into them. She suddenly became very tired.
Satan moved closer to her. Their lips were two inches apart. "Now, just relax," Satan said, "and kiss me." Yolei tried her hardest to move back, but he kept her there. And she was starting to lose energy . . .
Her eyes became watery and tears began to run down her eyes. No, no, no! her mind screamed. She loved Ken, not Satan. This was bad. Really, really bad. "No," Yolei managed to choke out. She snapped her eyes shut.
"Aaarrgghh!" Satan's scream made her open her eyes. Suddenly, she was falling. She landed on the bed. Satan was in front of her on the floor, his hands over his face, screaming.
"Yolei!" Yolei looked up to see Ken standing on the massive window sill. Yolei's face brightened up. He must've whipped him or something. "Come on, let's get out of here," Ken said.
He craked the whip, which wrapped itself around her waist. She was going up, up, up. Pretty soon, she found herself wrapped up in his arms. His left hand went under her knees and he lifted her up with ease. He jumped onto Airdramon who was flying right beside the window.
They were off. Satan's screams came softer and softer until they didn't hear him anymore.
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Yolei's face was buried Ken's shirt and his arms were fastened securely around her. She never wanted to let go. Never.
Airdramon had landed right outside a dark castle. Yolei didn't know where they were and she didn't care. Everything was blur to her. He had brought her up to this room. She didn't want to look around or anything and she didn't care.
He had layed her down on the bed. Before he could go, she had asked him to stay. He sat down. She had sat up and burst into sobs. Satan was about to do something bad to her. It had scared the daylights out of her. He put his arms around her. She had stayed in his arms for minutes, but it seemed like hours to her. And she wanted to stay like that. In the safety and comfort of his hug.
Yolei stopped crying and rested her head against his chest.
A minute later Ken gently pushed her awaay a little and studied her. "What?" Yolei asked. "Akane told me everything," Ken said. Yolei blushed a little.
Ken looked her over. "He really covered you up," he said, sarcastically. He cupped her chin in his hand and pulled her closer.
For the first time, under the light of the moon which was shining brightly outside the window, they kissed.
The End of Chapter 8
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Rose- Well, did ya like it? I know, I know. Audacia is Akane. And Akane in the future is a slave dealer. (whistles) Okay, now I need some advice on this. I'm starting to wonder is the Digimon Emperor would like that or hate that. What a surprise, eh? Akane! A slave dealer . . .
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A.N. Hi, peoplesssssss!!! Now, I wasn't here for the last chapter. I know how much you all missed me. Just kidding. Now, I swear that something will be revealed in this chapter and if it's not something big, I'll eat my mouse pad. I MIGHT give you a sneak-preview of the future. You know, when Akane remembers stuff. Well, I guess that's it.
- Rose Silverstein
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Imperial Princess
Ten.
Nine.
Eight.
Seven.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Zero.
Before anybody can breathe, there was an explosion. The area was covered with red smoke. After a few seconds, the smoke cleared away.
Standing in front of the three women was Jace. The man or creature who was infront of him was the most disgustiong creature they had ever seen.
His face had two yellow eyes. There was no white in them, his eyes were just a glowing yellow. The skin on his face was scarred and scratched in many places. He had no nose, but there were two slits where the nostrils were supposed to be. He was all red. His skin was a dark, bloody crimson. He had no hair and big pointed ears. He had a small, black beard which ended in a curl. He was wearing black pants and no shirt. His nails were long and sharp.
Kari screamed. TK moved protectivley in front of her. "Satan?" Kari whispered to TK. TK nodded without turning around. The Digimon were watching with wide eyes. Cody looked scared. Davis was starring at Satan. Akane was also starring at him with wide eyes. Yolei had gasped and taken a step back. Ken was starring along with everybody else who was starring.
Satan's yellow eyes moved from face to face as if studying each one of them. His eyes stopped on Ken. Satan smiled. Then, he noticed Klora who was still unconcious.
"Should I destroy her?" he asked. His voice was deep and hollow like it was in Akane's vision. "Huh?" Ken asked. "Should I destroy your mother?" Satan asked. His smile widened. "Leave her alone!" Akane ordered. Satan's smile didn't falter. "Okay," Satan said, "whatever you say, Princess Audacia. But, I'll have to teleport her back to her own house. I don't want her staying around here." He raised his hand, palm facing out and Klora disappeared. "What the-?" Ken asked. "Don't worry," Satan said, "she's quite safe."
"Now that we've got rid of what we don't need," Satan said, "I say we get what we want and get out of here, don't you agree, Jace?" "Yes, I agree," Jace smiled, his cold eyes fixed on Akane. Satan noticed. "Jace, I said 'get what we WANT' not what we need," he said. Jace and the other thre stared at him, questioning looks on their faces.
"Here, let me explain a few things for you all," Satan said to the DD and the DE and Akane. Satan turned to Ken and indicated toward the four people behind him. "These four came for your daughter, your highness," he said, "I came for not only for Audacia, but for something else you will own in the future if my history repeats itself." Ken growled at him and Satan laughed.
"No need to be so touchy," Satan said, "we're on the same side." Almost everybody gasped. "What are you talking about?!" Ken demanded. "In the future, we are," Satan told him, "we are on the same side, Emperor Ken. But right now, it seems a little the other way around. I do not wish to fight you." "Right," Ken said, sarcastically. "I'm serious," Satan insisted, "haven't you noticed that you were getting softer these past few weeks?"
Ken thought for a momment. "Now that you mention it . . . " he muttered. Satan smiled. "See? That's what these three ladies meant as a threat. A threat to your throne," Satan explained, "having your daughter with you has softened you a bit, haven't it?"
Yolei bit her lip to keep from gasping. 'Omigod!' she exclaimed, 'Akane's father is K-Ken?! No way!' She stared at Satan. The rest of the Digi-destined were starring at her. Akane had her eyes on Ken. "You-you're . . . ?" she asked, not being able to find the words to end her sentence. Ken placed a hand on her head. "Hey, sorry I didn't tell you, but I guess it was better for you not to know," he said.
Satan chuckled. "So, what will it be?" he asked Ken, "are you going to be joining us or do you want to fight us?" Ken glared at him. "Hey, I've risked my life to save her and I'm not handing her over now," he snapped. Satan was taken back.
"Okay," he said, slowly, "then, you are against us." "Yes, I'm sure everybody knows that," Ken said.
"Well, then. As I said, I'm here for your daughter and something else. I think I'll leave Jace, Fima, Catrina, and Eugene to take care of something before we come back and get Audacia," Satan said as the other four disappeared, "but, I want to get that thing I want right now."
"Ken, what is he talking about?" Wormmon hissed. Ken shrugged.
Satan flew up into the air and a portal appeared behind him. "I want the mother of your child," he said. "Huh?" Ken asked. His answer was a scream coming from Yolei. She flew up into the air right to Satan. "Yolei, come back!" Davis shouted. "I-I can't! I can't move at all! He's controlling me!" Yolei shrieked.
Before anybody could say or do anything, they disappeared into the portal.
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"What was he doing?!" Catrina asked, "that wasn't part of the plan!" "I don't think Satan could resist her," Jace muttered, "we'll have to follow the original plan as best as we can so none of you better screw up."
Fima nodded, starring at Jace. 'Oh, Jace . . . ' she thought.
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Yolei moaned and tried to open her eyes. They fluttered open. It took one second for her remember what had happened and she quickly sat up in bed.
She looked down at herself. "What am I wearing?" she muttered. She had on a tight, dark blue gown which showed off her figure. The skirt was loose below her knees. The sleeves were long and ended in those old-fashioned, baggy cuffed ones. (A.N. I did not know how to describe that. But, I think everybody knows what I'm talking about.) The neckline was triangle-shaped and low. Her hair was let out and she was wearing blue slippers (not high-heeled).
She had such a big head ache, too. Massaging her forehead, she looked around the room she was in. It was very big. The ceiling was very high. The windows were huge. There were open. It was night outside. The sky was pitch black with no stars at all. All the walls were black and the furniture was red. The gigantic king-sized bed she was on was also red. "Wh-where am I?" she mumbled to herself.
"You are in my palace in hell, that's where you are," a boy who seemed a couple of years older than her stood in the door way smiling. He had short, wavy red hair and cold, blue eyes. He was wearing a black shirt and black pants. "Who are you?" Yolei asked. "I am King Satan," the boy replied. It wasn't his usualy voice. It wasn't so deep. "You?!" Yolei asked, surprised, "but Satan was so . . . so . . . " The boy laughed. "I'm Satan," he repeated, "what you saw before was me in my true form. This. This, my dear, is just a diquise sort of thing. I can change the way I look." "Where did you say we were?" Yolei asked, panicing a bit. "My palace in hell," Satan repeated eyeing her. Yolei really began to panic now.
Satan laughed as he closed the red door and used his magic to lock it. "Don't worry, I won't kill you," he said. "You- you won't?" Yolei asked. Satan nodded. "I won't," he promised. "But, why?" Yolei asked, dumbly. "You see, people come to hell after they die because they have done wrong in their lives," he explained, "so once they are here, we don't just kill them." Yolei's eyes widened. "I'm dead?!" she shrieked. Satan laughed again. "No," he answered. He looked around. "This place isn't well hidden right now," he muttered, "your friends will find you if they're smart enough."
That lifted her hopes a bit. "What am I doing here?" Yolei asked. "Hm?" Satan asked. "Why did you bring me here?" Yolei asked. "As I was saying, we don't just kill the people who come here," Satan said, "we torture them." "What?" Yolei whispered. Satan chuckled. "We physically torture them," he repeated, "but you, I'm not going to do that to you." "You're not?" Yolei asked.
"No, I'm going to torture you in a different way," Satan said, "a very different way." "What?" Yolei asked. Satan held up his hand and she began to rise into the air. 'Oh no . . . ' she thought. When she was about twenty feet above the bed, Satan disappeared and appeared right in front of her. He cupped her chin in his hand and brought her closer.
Yolei let out a small gasp. She was floating on air. Really floating on air. Oh, well. If she dropped, the bed would brake her fall, right? But, that wasn't the thing that worried her. It was what Satan was planning to do to her.
Her heart began to beat furiously as he leaned closer to her. Yolei whimpered a little and tried to move back, but she found out that she was in his control again.
Satan smiled and whispered into her ear. "What's wrong?" he asked. "I-I . . . don't think this is right . . . " Yolei stammered. "Of course, it's not right," Satan whispered into her ear, "you know why?" Yolei couldn't think of an answer, exept for the fact that she didn't like what was going on. "I'll tell you why," Satan whispered, "you love someone else." "H-huh?" Yolei asked.
"You love someone else," Satan repeated, "but, I still can't resist. I have to have you." "B-but . . . " Yolei stammered, "I don't love anyone, do I?" "The Digimon Emperor," Satan said, simply. "What?!" Yolei asked, "no . . . " "Yes," Satan replied, "you love him very much."
Her heart knew that Satan was right. She DID love him. She didn't start to when they found out he was Akane's father, but ever since she and Akane went to the Digi-world alone.
"See? You do," Satan said. "This is wrong," Yolei said. "You've only noticed now?" Satan asked. "Why are you after Akane?" Yolei asked. It was a stupid thing to ask really. But, if she could only keep him talking. If she could hold him off until she got rescued . . .
"You don't know what's going on in the future," Satan said, "if you only knew, Yolei. If you only knew." "What?" Yolei asked. "The emperor got a little soft over these past couple of weeks," Satan grumbled, "all because of his daughter. She was never supposed to come back here. If she hadn't, he'd be the same old cruel and ruthless evil genius." Satan tsk-tsked and continued. "You see," he said, "your daughter seems so lovable here. So cute and-" "What's your point? She's ugly?" Yolei asked.
Satan chuckled. "No. She seems so innocent here in the past because she doesn't remember herself. She is Audacia. The Imperial Princess of Pain," he said. "She's the WHAT?!" Yolei asked.
Satan still hadn't let go of her. He leaned closer to her. "Here," he said, "let me tell you a few things about her." "Go ahead," Yolei said.
Satan smiled and leaned closer. "She is a slaver," he whispered. "A what?!" Yolei almost shouted. "A slave dealer. You know, a slave trader," Satan replied with a small smile. "No way," Yolei argued, "Akane would never-" "Audacia would," Satan interrupted, "she's a slave trader. In the future, once she sold me seventeen in one day." "That can't be," Yolei whispered, "there is absoulutley no way that she can be a slave dealer-" "There is a way," Satan snapped.
"What?" Yolei asked. "I told you that in the 'real' order of events, Audacia never came back here, and the emperor defeated the Digi-destined," Satan explained, "do you remember exactly WHO she was raised by? Who her parents were? Or better yet, who her father was?" "The Digimon Emperor . . . " Yolei stammered. "Glad to see you remember," Satan snapped.
"She's a complete different person in the future," Satan continued, "she's really a fighter. Very skilled and talented. Very smart. She's a beautiful girl. Very lovely. But, looks can be decieving, don't you agree?" "I don't want to hear more," Yolei whimpered, "but I have to." Satan chuckled.
"She's fierce," he said, "very dominate. Any Digimon she captures who is too weak to go on or too sick to cure, she kills." Yolei shut her eyes, but then forced them open and looked back at Satan.
"And when I said she was smart, I meant it," Satan said, "your opponent can plan a defence once he knows how you are going to attack. Audacia came up with a way to confuse the enemy." "How?" Yolei was a little afraid of the answer.
"I don't know how she's doing it, but whenever she cracks her whip and the Digimon seem to know what she wants them to do. I made an enemy of her a short while before she came back here," Satan said, "the first thought in my mind after losing a battle to her was that that whip of hers had got to go." "She carries around a whip?" Yolei asked. "Yes," Satan said, grumpily.
He perked up as if he had just noticed something. "We've wasted so much time," he said to her. His eyes glowed yellow. Yolei gasped and tried to move away, but his magic kept her in place. "Look into my eyes," he said in his deep voice, "look." Yolei tried to turn away, but she kept looking into them. She suddenly became very tired.
Satan moved closer to her. Their lips were two inches apart. "Now, just relax," Satan said, "and kiss me." Yolei tried her hardest to move back, but he kept her there. And she was starting to lose energy . . .
Her eyes became watery and tears began to run down her eyes. No, no, no! her mind screamed. She loved Ken, not Satan. This was bad. Really, really bad. "No," Yolei managed to choke out. She snapped her eyes shut.
"Aaarrgghh!" Satan's scream made her open her eyes. Suddenly, she was falling. She landed on the bed. Satan was in front of her on the floor, his hands over his face, screaming.
"Yolei!" Yolei looked up to see Ken standing on the massive window sill. Yolei's face brightened up. He must've whipped him or something. "Come on, let's get out of here," Ken said.
He craked the whip, which wrapped itself around her waist. She was going up, up, up. Pretty soon, she found herself wrapped up in his arms. His left hand went under her knees and he lifted her up with ease. He jumped onto Airdramon who was flying right beside the window.
They were off. Satan's screams came softer and softer until they didn't hear him anymore.
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Yolei's face was buried Ken's shirt and his arms were fastened securely around her. She never wanted to let go. Never.
Airdramon had landed right outside a dark castle. Yolei didn't know where they were and she didn't care. Everything was blur to her. He had brought her up to this room. She didn't want to look around or anything and she didn't care.
He had layed her down on the bed. Before he could go, she had asked him to stay. He sat down. She had sat up and burst into sobs. Satan was about to do something bad to her. It had scared the daylights out of her. He put his arms around her. She had stayed in his arms for minutes, but it seemed like hours to her. And she wanted to stay like that. In the safety and comfort of his hug.
Yolei stopped crying and rested her head against his chest.
A minute later Ken gently pushed her awaay a little and studied her. "What?" Yolei asked. "Akane told me everything," Ken said. Yolei blushed a little.
Ken looked her over. "He really covered you up," he said, sarcastically. He cupped her chin in his hand and pulled her closer.
For the first time, under the light of the moon which was shining brightly outside the window, they kissed.
The End of Chapter 8
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Rose- Well, did ya like it? I know, I know. Audacia is Akane. And Akane in the future is a slave dealer. (whistles) Okay, now I need some advice on this. I'm starting to wonder is the Digimon Emperor would like that or hate that. What a surprise, eh? Akane! A slave dealer . . .
