Digimon: Death of Akume

Chapter 13: The Demon of Love

"Do you want to break the curse, Sokkia? The decision is yours." Tai asked Sokkia as Gatomon and Pupmon walked back into the camp.

"Yes. I will do this." Sokkia replied. "Although, I must admit that I am frightened."

"That's natural. Anyone would be scared if they were in your position." Izzy said.

"Who do you want to read the inscription?" Tai asked her.

"Kari. She has been a very good friend, and she has taught me the most. She is very wise and caring." Sokkia said, then to Kari she asked, "Kari, will you read the inscription?"

"Yes." Kari said with a gentle smile. "Are you ready?" Kari asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Sokkia replied. Sokkia took her ring off and handed it to Kari. Kari held the ring up to her face as she read the inscription.

"Eternal Intelligence." Kari said as she read the inscription. Kari handed the ring back to Sokkia. Sokkia took a deep breath and slipped the ring back on. A swirl of black smoke came from the ring. The smoke wrapped itself around Sokkia until she was completely enveloped by the black smoke, hidden from view. The smoke pushed itself into Sokkia's mouth. When the smoke was completely in her, Sokkia collapsed to the ground. The others rushed up to her and turned her onto her back. The ground shook beneath them and a platform rose up out of the ground with Sokkia on it. The platform rose to waist height. Then Sokkia's eyes opened and she spoke.

"I am the Demon of Love. If you wish for this girl to be returned to normal, you must find the one she loves. That person must kiss her, then she will be freed." The demon within Sokkia said.

"Well, we had best get to work." Sora said. "Okay, everyone line up to try your luck at saving Sokkia. Boys first." Sora said as she organized the line. When the line was in order, each of the boys gave Sokkia a kiss on the cheek and nothing happened.

"Wrong place." The Demon said after a moment of silence and defeat.

"That's it! Who ever it is that she loves has to kiss her on the lips." Kari said. Tai stepped up to Sokkia. He bent over her and gently kissed her on the lips. Tai stood up straight and took a step back.

"You have freed the girl." The demon said, then a black smoke came from Sokkia's mouth and evaporated. The ring on Sokkia's finger crumbled off. Sokkia slowly opened her eyes with a moan.

"Sokkia!" Tai yelled. He stepped forward and helped her sit up and get off the small Plato.

"Oh, Tai." Sokkia said, tired from the experience.

"I know, you love me, right?" He asked her. She nodded her head with a smile on her face as Tai wrapped his arms around her. "Me, too." He said and Sokkia was overwhelmed with joy. The rest of the group smiled at them, even Cody. They made a cute couple. Tai and Sokkia kissed gently as the rest of the group watched. When the two separated all the Digimon looked at them curiously.

"What was that?" Gatomon asked Kari

"That was a kiss." Kari replied to her Digimon.

"A kiss?" Gatomon asked.

"Yeah, when two people love each other, they do that sometimes to show that they love each other." Kari replied patiently.

"That looked absolutely disgusting." Gatomon said.

"Only to a Digimon. Okay, a Digimon or a kid." Kari said.

"Time to go defeat my brother." Sokkia said.

"Right." Tai said "Let's go."

With that, everyone had their Digimon ether go champion or Armored.

"Pupmon, ArmorDigivolve to..." "Wolfdramon! The Dragon of Life!"

"Veemon, ArmorDigivolve to..." "Flamedramon! The Fire of Courage!"

"Armadillomon, ArmorDigivolve to..." "Digmon! The Drill of Power!"

"Hawkmon, ArmorDigivolve to..." "Halsemon! The Wings of Love!"

"Patamon, ArmorDigivolve to..." "Pegasusmon! Flying Hope!"

"Gatomon, ArmorDigivolve to..." "Neferitymon! The Angel of Light!"

"Agumon, Digivolve to..." "Greymon!"

"Gabumon, Digivolve to..." "Garurumon!"

"Palmon, Digivolve to..." "Togemon!"

"Biyomon, Digivolve to..." "Birdramon!"

"Gomamon, Digivolve to..." "Ikkakumon!"

"Tentomon, Digivolve to..." "Kabuterimon!"

Everyone hopped onto a Digimon. Sokkia was in Wolfdramon's Saddle with Davis behind her. Yolei was on Halsemon with Cody behind her. Kari was with Neferitymon. T.K. was riding on Pegasusmon. Tai was on Greymon. Matt was riding on the huge Garurumon with Mimi behind him so she wouldn't get stuck by Togemon's needles. Sora was hanging on to one of Birdramon's talons. Joe was riding on Ikkakumon's head, and Izzy was on Kabuterimon's helmet. The group rode off to fight the Emperor. They found him sitting in the middle of the prison arena, Wormmon in his arms.

"This could be a trap. We should go in carefully, one at a time. I'll go first." Sokkia said and Wolfdramon descended upon the Emperor. He circled the arena once and landed in the center, right in front of the Emperor. Sokkia jumped off her Digimon to speak with her brother.

"This is a trap, is it not?" Sokkia asked her younger brother.

"No, this is no trap." The Emperor said softly, his voice sounded as if he were crying. Sokkia kneeled down to her brothers height. The lifted his face up with one hand. Ken's face was streaked with tears, his glasses off revealing red, watery eyes.