Author's notes: Fluff without plot is a difficult task indeed, and eventually the urge to turn this to darkness grew too strong... When considering the other events in the digital world, I found the perfect excuse to begin the siege of Factorial Fortress, so this fic shall darken soon enough...
Evil truly was everywhere, as Devimon had claimed was the case during his first defeat so long ago... The Grey Lord, or whatever that digimon was, had been defeated, and Seiryu's tears created a storm like never seen before... His sorrow left him unable to focus on his duties, and various dark digimon began to slip across the border he sealed, and it seemed as if the digital world truly was doomed... In the midst of it all, in the sanctuary known as Factorial Fortress, Sora and Takeru grew ever-closer, oblivious to the gathering darkness, but soon enough they would no longer be able to hide in Factorial...
He was called Demon... Banished to the dark ocean by Ken three years ago in a horrific battle, involved in the Dark Seed incident, and rumored to have been responsible for a horrible tragedy on Folder so many years ago... But when Seiryu could no longer seal the barrier between worlds...
As the darkness grew elsewhere in the digital world, Takeru and Sora were walking through Factorial hand in hand, seeming to ignore the world around them while thinking only of the other... Before long, mainly because of the peculiar geography of the digital world where meat grows on farms, they managed to find a nice quiet spot behind a waterfall(Despite being underground) to sit down and be able to spend some peaceful time with each other...
"It's so beautiful... The water, it's almost making me forget about that war..." Takeru began, and then turning to the auburn-haired girl, added "Kind of like you, Sora-chan..."
"Thanks." Sora responded, a faint blush coming across her face, as Takeru began to feel a deathly chill...
"Move!" The bearer of hope yelled, tackling Sora out of the way as a blast of dark energy sped by sharply to their left...
"An assassin." Sora said flatly, pulling out the flame-sword given to her earlier by Garudamon and moving in the direction of the attack.
"I don't doubt it... But who, and how'd he get in this place?" Takeru asked glancing over sharply, but no one was there... "Whoever he was, he's gone now..."
"The powers of darkness are returning again... Those who wish for the destruction of this world have found a way back into it, and I'm not sure if they can be stopped..." Takeru said, a slight tear running down his face.
"What's wrong, Takeru-kun?" Sora asked, her eyes wide with concern...
"It's returning... I felt the chill of evil when you were attacked." Takeru answered, voice filled with sorrow, his face clearly troubled greatly... "And though I may hold the crest of hope, even I don't think we can stop it..." He finished, and began walking over to the command center in the hopes of reporting this to Andromon, but when he arrived...
A crowd of mechanical digimon and Airdramon were surrounding Andromon, and the android digimon finally said it, after a year of preparing, and after Devimon had been defeated without attempting it, it happened... "Your suspicions are correct, Factorial Fortress is under siege." He said sadly, as various digimon fell back in horror...
"There's something that concerns me... An attempt was made on Sora's life earlier today, and we have not been able to find the perpetrator..." Takeru reported, as Andromon looked onward sadly...
"I can't say I know what's going on... But you should be safe now, whoever the assassin was, had he stayed here for long we would have been able to detect it. Get some rest now to conserve your strength, you'll be needed for the battle ahead..." Andromon ordered, and then added "But now I must go off to battle... I will protect the city, the walls of Factorial shall not fall so long as I live!"
As Andromon led a large force of digimon to the gates to lift the siege and a mix of gunfire, dark energy, and screams of sheer pain could be heard from all around Factorial, Takeru and Sora retreated for a time, hoping to get some sleep... But Angemon, Angemon was still sleepless, still reeling from the pain of unrequited love... And it was to exploit this weakness that darkness came in the night, looking to turn the one who had sealed Devimon so long ago into an evil seldom seen in either world...
"You want Takeru, right?" A dark voice said, it's source hidden in shadows... "I have a proposition for you."
"And Onigumo wanted Kikyou... But I won't fall to darkness so easily." Angemon responded. "Takeru's happy now, that's what counts."
"Everyone says that... Everyone tries to back away when their love isn't returned... And it destroys almost everyone... You want Takeru, you want to hold him in your arms, you want it to be you there with Takeru, you, not Sora, being held in his arms, but it will never happen..." The dark voice retorted, and Angemon answered in the affirmative.
"Yes, yes I do..." Angemon said, his voice turning emotionless and flat, as his eyes became a solid icy blue color... "I will help you, Demon-sama."
On the other side of Factorial, Sora and Takeru were preparing for the great battle ahead... "Tomorrow... One day left of peace, tomorrow we go into battle once more." Takeru said sadly, knowing how horrible the powers of darkness could be...
"Yes." Sora responded, looking across the urban sky, putting a hand on Takeru's shoulder as she looked into the darkness... From far across the darkness, Angemon looked onward as well, each of them driven to fight in their pursuit of Takeru, one for good and one for evil...