Ellen: Hiya! Here's another exciting installment of my Digimon
fanfiction!

Somehow, I knew that I was a Digimon now, and that my only purposes were to serve Cherubimon and to assist Duskmon (who apparently was what Koichi had become). All of my other memories of being human were gone.

"Hello, Lord Cherubimon. My name is LadyBeelzemon. I am the Legendary Warrior of Air, and I destroy my opponents with my Bluster Claw attack. I exist only to aid you in your quest to take over the Digital World." In my new mind I knew this for a fact, but I think I could still sense some of the old me, the Auren who didn't know anything about Digimon or the Digital World until today and would only take orders from her parents or Uncle Yomaki. This kindness disturbed my new mind deeply. Then Duskmon spoke up.

"I am Duskmon, the Legendary Warrior of Darkness. I, as well, can serve only you, Lord Cherubimon. I can see everything, and the power of my gaze is sure to be most arresting."

"Good," rasped Cherubimon, "I knew you'd see it my way."

As I began my work for Lord Cherubimon, there was a little niggling feeling in the back of my head that something was wrong, but I quickly learned to stifle it. Duskmon and I tended to stay away from Lord Cherubimon's other servants: Ranamon, Grumblemon, Mercurymon, and Arbormon. Instead we kept mostly to ourselves and did small odd jobs for Cherubimon, such as leveling unfaithful cities for their fractal codes and picking off renegade Digimon, while the others attempted to destroy the Digidestined children. Duskmon and I worked in perfect harmony together: he would blanket the opponent in darkness to cause confusion and chaos, and we both would slice through any opposition, he with his blood-hued sword, and I with my wings and claws. However, the first time the Digidestined crossed paths with us was quite interesting. Duskmon and I were tracking a Guardromon in the Dark Area that had, for some reason, angered Lord Cherubimon, when we heard the sound of human voices approaching. We hid in some nearby trees and watched as the group came to a halt below us.

"Ahh, I'm gettin' pretty tired. Let's stop here for the night and keep looking for the Rose Morning Star tomorrow," commented a goggle-headed boy with a yellow t-shirt and red vest.

"No, Takuya, you just said that about half an hour ago. We should keep going," said the only girl in the group.

"I agree with Zoƫ," voiced a tall, rather hefty child wearing a blue and yellow outfit.

"Me too. My legs are still ready to roll!" said the smallest human in the group.

"But J.P., Tommy... My feet hurt..." complained the goggle-head.

"Mine too," squeaked a small yellow Digimon with red pants.

A short, white Digimon known as Bokumon reprimanded the unknown yellow one. "Neemon, you're always tired. Keep walking."

The remaining member of the team hadn't even stopped with the rest and was almost out of hearing distance. "We're fine. We can't stop; not yet."

"Hey, Koji, wait up!" Takuya and the others ran after the lone wolf.

"Let's follow them, Duskmon. We can beat the other Legendary Warriors of Cherubimon to the punch and gain even more favor with... What's wrong?" Duskmon had stiffened, all of his eyes widened, and kept repeating the name of one of the humans over and over again. "Koji... Koji... Koji...!" He kept this up until his stiffness caused him to fall out of the tree. Duskmon landed on his feet, then started to run after the humans, all of his eyes focused forward. I followed, flew in front of my partner, and blocked his way.

"What are you doing?! We must wait and gain insight on their strategies before fighting the Digidestined, for they are powerful foes indeed!"

Duskmon seemed to snap out of whatever daze he was in. "I apologize, LadyBeelzemon. I was not myself."

"Good. Well, now that you are yourself, we should follow the humans."

When we caught up with the team, they had finally settled down for the night. I started to rush forward, but Duskmon held me back. "It would be an easy fight to win if they were asleep, but not an honorable one. Patience is a virtue." We camped beside the Legendary Warriors that night, hoping to take them by surprise when they woke.

Ellen: I don't actually know what Duskmon said when he introduced himself to Takky and the gang, so I just made up his intro to Cherubimon. Okay?

Fwooshy: To shame. And you call yourself a Koichi fangirl.

Ellen: I only saw the episode once, okay?! If I even saw it at all!
Geez...

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