Deception

Disclaimer: I don't own digimon or "The Crown of Stars" by Kate Elliot

"…" means a human is talking

'…' means thoughts

… means a demon is talking

"You see, the demons are afraid of your power," Anna stated thrusting her finger at Taichi.

"M… My power?" Taichi asked shooting Anna a weird look.  "What sort of powers could I have that would make demons want to destroy me?" he asked in obvious disbelief.

"Sure he's a digidestined, but we all are!" Yamato stated.

"I'm not talking about something as trivial as that… It's a power you get by mixing the blood of your mother and your father.  It was a very special mix," Anna said mysteriously.

"You said that my father was your husband, where is he?" Taichi asked.

"He died a long time ago, just shortly after you were born when he sent you to the world you grew up in to protect you from the demons of flame.  Unfortunately they killed him as he sealed up the portal," Anna said covering her smirk with a delicate hand to make sure that they couldn't see it.  Yamato glared at her, he could tell that she was lying, but he didn't want to point it out yet until he knew more about what was going on.

"What about my real mother?" Taichi asked and Anna paled.

"I don't know that much about her… I never met her, but I believe that she was a powerful sorceress… and that she's dead as well," Anna said.  This time even Taichi and Kari could tell that she was lying, and Tai frowned angrily.

"Tell me the truth," Taichi growled, being more straight-forward than Yamato and Anna jumped.

"I don't know anything about your mother, whether she lives or is dead," Anna snapped back.  Tai fell into a sullen silence glaring at her.

"My lady!" a servant said anxiously, barging into the room.

"What is it?" she asked angrily.

"They've come!" he said.  Anna turned white as a sheet and looked like she was going to be sick.

"You three stay in here.  It seems that the demons are smarter than I thought," she said rushing through the door and shutting it behind her.  She locked it quietly, hoping they hadn't heard the lock click, then turned to one of the guards.  "Nobody goes in or out of that room except me.  If anything happens to the boy you will die in the slowest and most painful way I can think of."  Her threat done she rushed to face the demons.

"I'm scared!" Hikari said, clutching Taichi's arm.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you… Besides, I'm the only one they're after according to Anna," Taichi said confidently.

"I don't trust that woman… I highly doubt she's got our best interests in mind," Yamato growled.  Taichi nodded in agreement.

"I know that, but she's the only one who knows what's going on," Taichi said.

See, what did I tell you? Sa'ri boasted smirking at her fire sister.  Ka'li'li glared back and raised a hand, the fire demons behind her instantly zoomed in for an attack.  I'll go search out the boy, I've been very interested in meeting this nephew of mine, Sa'ri said before following the horde of fire.

I pray that all will turn out well… Ka'li'li whispered.

"Dammit… that witch really pulled out all of the stops this time," Anna growled as the fire demons descended.  Arrows and swords were no use against them, however her magic and the magic of the other sorcerers staying in her palace was quite effective.  However, they were still doing more damage than Anna would have liked.  She was so wrapped up with the fire demons that she didn't even notice when the slender wind daimone that slipped right past her and her defenses.  After Sa'ri got inside she quickly solidified herself, making her seem human… at least from a distance.  She could never get the coloring right.  Her 'skin' was white with a green tone to it and glowed faintly.  Her large eyes were emerald green but had no pupil.  Finally, her hair was a greenish-blonde (A/N: you know, the color blonde hair turns when you've been in the pool all summer .) and seemed to be stirred by a breeze that touched nothing else.  However, for Sa'ri's purposes it would work, any human who got close enough to notice would be dead soon anyway.

Now, if I were a hostage… were would I be? Sa'ri ran down a random corridor looking around.  In a locked room under guard! she grinned as she saw such a room around the corner.  Really, that filthy human woman needs to come up with something less predictable, Sa'ri giggled.

A/N:     blush okay, so that chapter did NOT come out faster then the others… oh well… GOMENNASAI!!!