She stood there, upon the rafters of the club filled with flashing lights and loud music. The girl, as I had gathered, was Janis Sukaraki, the "Moonlight Assassin", and I knew then why she was called that. In the ominous, shining twilight of the moon above her, she looked…almost heavenly. You could tell, though, from the feel of her hidden stare underneath a metal helmet, armor that glistened in the dim, blue light, and the haunting 'ring' of the bell chimes tied on two strings around her neck-guard, she was ready. Ready to execute anything with speed and excellence, without hesitation. Her mission then?
To judge all who stand before her, namely, us-the hackers. I heard…that none survived judgment from the Assassin, a no-mercy, brutal kill with the blade of her weapon, the Sakura. Scared. I felt scared, staring at her. I felt something along with that fear, though…
Excitement. I felt as if I could say, in a cool, calm manner, "Bring it on."
Part II LIFE
Janis smiled as she pulled out her giant, metal-rimmed sword, "Ready?" She muttered, and Taichi stepped back a bit, in an attempt to leave.
"Ken…Ruki, Kou-chan…on the count of three, run as fast as you possibly can…" Ken glanced back at him, as if to say 'whaaaat?!'. Ruki stepped back, as did Kou. "1….." Ken closed his eyes. "2….." …he glanced back at Janis, whose smile was wider now. "3!!" They began running, but the newbie hacker figured it out, "GUYS! IT'S A TRAP! DON'T!" Too late. Janis was on the ground, more particular, in front of the three who had attempted to run away.
"No one can escape judgment," she muttered, a cold voice that sent shivers down everyone's spines. The non-hacker mass of people just stood, both confused and amazingly scared, too scared to move. "…Prepare yourselves…" Through Janis' confidence and the mass' fright, a small voice spoke,
"…Bring it on."
Janis lowered her sword, and gazed in shock at the sight of the voice's owner, Ken. His expression was the same as hers earlier; confident, along with another show of expression, anger and…excitement.
"How do you fight without a weapon?" Ken pulled the two Angel DIJITs from his belt in answer. The girl simply smiled, pointing to her own set of lasers attached to her belts,
"You wish to be first to die?"
"There won't be anything like that happening," he stated quietly…something was wrong with his voice, though nobody could really pinpoint it…
"Ready?" Ken nodded, and Janis held her blade for battle, "This ought to be interesting."
From that moment, next thing Ken knew, he was lying on the pavement outside the building, blood flowing from his mouth. "Ow…" He muttered, staggering to his feet. Janis strode up to him, sword pointed to his neck, ready to deal the final move,
"Disgrace."
"Huh?" Janis lifted the blade and held it behind her head,
"You…are a disgrace. You don't deserve to even BE a hacker, let alone wield two Angel Series and actually think you can beat me…"
"I never said I could," he held his guns again, "All I said was 'Bring it on'…" She charged with her blade, and he held to defend….
WHAM! ..WHAM-WHAM! A vertical strike, followed by two horizontal strikes. Ken tried his hardest to defend, and did so averagely, though he managed to get a large cut all over his knuckles on his left hand. She kept slashing away with her sword, laughing insanely as Ken got more and more injured, mostly his hands. She finally got tired of that eventually, so she kicked a foot into his chest and kicked him to the ground once more. He was dazed for a moment, so she seized the chance. She lunged into the air, and her sword came down…
"AH!" He suddenly recovered, and rolled out of the way, just in time to avoid the blade lodging itself into his forehead. Instead, the metal-rimmed blade got stuck into the ground, completely delved and stuck into the pavement.
"Holy…freaking…Hell…" he muttered, wide-eyed, and Janis abandoned her lodged-in-the-ground sword and dashed over to him. He was unprepared, so she tackled him and held him to the ground.
"C'mon, give up!" She smiled again, a voracious and insane smile. Ken shook his head, though he was fully aware of what was going on, "Never." Janis laughed, and took her right arm and punched him in the face.
"GIVE UP!"
"N…Never…" He sighed again, though she kept striking him with her fists, which really, really hurt, due to the metal all over her wrists, along with her knuckles. He closed his eyes through the immense pain, then heard it:
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
'I can't get up…besides….I'm too scared...'
Use it.
The sharp voice came from somewhere in the back of his mind, then it continued,
Use it now. You're a better hacker then she can ever be.
Despite the questions that arose in his mind, he grabbed Janis by the throat suddenly. She stopped punching him, and he stood up, now standing to full height and still had his hands around her neck. Blood stained the sleeves of his shirt and cloak, along with Janis' outfit and armor.
"Ha. What're you gonna do, kid?" She smiled again, and Ken felt an odd sensation in his arm. He recoiled away from Janis, releasing the grip on her neck. He held his left arm in pain, screaming in agony.
"What…What's going on?!" Janis merely stared at him, her expression-blank. His arm was shaking, and obviously hurting.
"Ken…?" Worm-chan watched the event from his hideout, thinking, "…no way…he can't…have access to an Angel Ring…"
He closed his eyes, tears streaming, arm hurting.
"Make…it stop…" He sighed, falling to the ground.
This…this is what you use.
Suddenly, a weird, crystal-like bracer appeared on a part of his arm between his wrist and his elbow. The bracer was…floating around his arm, and more parts of it appeared abruptly. Ken held his arm towards the sky, still shaking wildly from both the pain and fear. A metal bracer, this one actually attached to him, appeared on his wrist, three wires connecting it with the translucent blue crystal bracer. Four giant, diamond-shaped crystals unfolded from the crystal wristband. A circle of light appeared around the metal band on his wrist, and from that light emerged three spider-like metal pieces and two pieces of metal like the other three, except pointed up, instead of down. It was like…a "spider-halo", so to speak.
"What the---…" he sighed, wide-eyed and scared. It was as big, perhaps even bigger, than he was, but it was weightless due to the fact it was floating, the only piece really attached being the metal bracer.
Janis smiled slightly, "Well, well…an Angel Ring."
"A…WHAT?!" Ken screamed as he stared at the floating device now positioned on his arm.
"OIII, KODOMO BAKA!!" Wormmon jumped out from his hideout and near Ken, but still in the crowd.
"WORM-CHAN! WHAT DO I DO?!" The bug was silent, then he responded,
"Uh…I dunno…you're on your own here, Ken-chan…"
"You…LITTLE…!!!" Janis suddenly came forward, blade out, as if to slice him in half. Defense…Defense…
Wha…What can I do…?
Suddenly, his arm jerked. He lifted it, Angel Ring and all, and aimed it to the sky.
"There's…no…way…" Janis scoffed, stopping in mid-attack.
'Can he…?!'
A hole in the sky opened. A hole.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Everyone screeched. Ken's eyes were glazed over…somehow… His arm jerked again, the hole got bigger…the expression on his face made you know…
He knew…what he was doing. Then, from the hole, emerged a monster of the Dejitaru…
"DIGIMON SUMMON!" Data streams engulfed the beast, and it took shape. A giant skeleton dinosaur, a heart visible through the rib-cage and flaming green eyes, "SKULLGREYMON!" The monster, SkullGreymon, came to the ground with a rather large THUD, right behind Ken. The skeleton picked him up and placed him gently on his shoulder. Ken no longer looked insane, now he was confuzzled.
"Wha…who are you?" The green eyes shifted to him,
"You summoned me here, ne?" Ken nodded hesitantly,
"…so, you must need my aid?" Ken nodded again. SkullGreymon nodded,
"I shall do what you please, Master."
"Master…?" He repeated, but he closed his eyes. Opening them, he turned his expression from confuzzled to military-esque.
"ATTACK!"
Pointing his finger to Janis, the beast lunged at the girl assassin. She looked nervous in no way, and merely took out her blade…
"The beast Ken had summoned exhaled a massive wave of green flame right at her…
SHING! Nothing, except some burnt buildings.
"Couldn't even summon a decent monster…"
Ken retaliated verbally, sending the monster back through the hole,
"WHADDAYA MEAN?!" Janis sighed,
"If you're gonna be a hacker, do it right."
"Look, I never wanted any of this! I just…got pulled into it!"
She scoffed, so Ken ran, ready to punch her…
"Arrogant," she merely grabbed his arm, pulling her right arm back. The armband Ken had noticed earlier was glowing.
"SPIRIT…" It was glowing…her entire arm…ready… "…GUN!"
The light sent him flying, about half a mile away from the scene. He'd landed in a pile of crates, so he wasn't too hurt…
"Ow…"
Janis was gone. Ken muttered something, then passed out.
"Man…" Wormmon sighed as he wiggled to his partner when the crowds died, "…poor kid…has no idea…"
It was late, and Kyoto was dark. It was around eleven-thirty-ish, and Osamu Ichijouji was having some trouble.
"Well…I thought I could…"
"Sorry, but there isn't anyone named Shirubi Karaki here…"
He sighed, then stared at the latest letter he had gotten from his penpal. The Kyoto hospital was, luckily, opened for visit until midnight, so he still had some time, but was she even there?
'It says…that she'd be here…Kyoto Hospital…' He thought.
"Wait a sec…" the woman at the front desk searched through her files, "…there's a Shirubi, but the last name doesn't match."
She pulled out a file, labeled TAMAZAKI, SHIRUBI.
Osamu stared at the letter. Almost all of it was written in Japanese, but some was in English. Shi had mentioned in her letter she was from America, New York to be exact. He glanced at the English-written piece, and it matched the file's label.
"Is that...who you're lookin' for, kid?" Osa-chan hesitated,
"Ya...Yah, I am. Thank you."
The girl had recovered from her fit of coughing and pain, basically. She was sitting up straight, and her "guests" had left.
"I am so bored..." she muttered quietly, then noticed the man's notebook and pen, "...hmm..." She lifted a finger, and the notebook began to levitate slightly, "...now, let's see what he wrote..." she waved her finger and the book opened.
"Nothing. Just some...uh...doodles, I think..." she tilted her head, trying to examine his 'artwork'. "...wait, is that...?! EWW!" She immediately raised her arm and jerked it to the side, pointing to the nearby wall, which then the notebook crashed into, then falling to the floor. A blue-haired boy entered the room after the crash.
"H...Hello?" She stared at him with a blank expression. "Are...you Shirubi Karaki?" Her eyes opened wide with shock and she laughed slightly,
"Nobody calls me that anymore..."
"Ah? Why not?" She hesitated and leaned back in her chair,
"My mom, Chihiro Karaki, just got married to a guy named Etsuko Tamazaki, ya get it?"
"Chihiro...Karaki?" He repeated.
"Yah, she's a famous model...not like..." she stared at him with vibrant green/blue eyes, "...you would know anything about that, ne?" He nodded. "Osamu Ichijouji, ne?" She asked, and again he nodded in reply.
"Look a lot different than I imagined..." Osa-chan admitted, and Shi laughed.
"What, expected somethin' else?" He sighed,
"Kinda...Never thought you'd be in a psychiatric ward..." Both of them laughed quietly.
"Yah, they put me in here 'cuz of this..." She waved her hand, and Osa-chan's glasses went right into her hand.
"Eh...? What'd ya do?!" He looked around, and Shi stood,
"What's wrong?"
"I'm...really, extremely near-sighted...I can't see a thing, really..." She walked up to him, and stared at him-only about an inch away from his face,
"Can ya see me?" He was silent, and she laughed.
"Midnight!" The nurse called from outside the room, "Hours are over, kid!"
Shi laughed again and gave Osamu his glasses.
"So...can I see ya tomorrow...if that's alright?" Shi nodded at his inquiry and he turned to leave.
"See ya later, then..."
"Bye ..." So, she was alone in the giant steel room once again.
Another nurse came in with a pillow and a blanket of sorts,
"Looks like you're gonna be here a little while longer, Tamazaki-chan..." she handed the girl her items, and Shi scowled,
"My name is Karaki."
"What...? I couldn't hear you..." Shi scowled again,
"My name...is Karaki..."
"Come again...?" Shi shook with rage, and stated furiously,
"MY NAME IS KARAKI!" Lifting her hand again, she sent the woman flying, like the notebook, crashing into the wall. The impact with the metal walls shattered bones in varous places, leaving her flailing weakly on the ground. Shi strode ominously up to her,
"Say it," she scowled, "...my name is Shirubi...Karaki."
Suddenly, several others came in. Shi made no effort to fight them off, for she'd had reason to attack, just like the teacher...
They grabbed her by the shoulders and shocked her.
That was it. She was passed out again.
A similar thing had happened, which was why Shirubi was there in the first place. She had attacked a teacher, and basically decapitated an entire classroom of people. She had done it with her "mild psychic abilites".
She was not one to be messed with.
Ken woke up quietly. It was midmorning and he was back in his room at Highton Veiw. He glanced around slightly, feeling tired and not really able to move well, and saw Chiisu and Wormmon sitting on the floor nervously.
"Daijobu?" Chii asked. Ken tried to reply,
"Ah.....eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...."
"...I take that as a 'no'..." Worm-chan muttered. "Don't worry, Ryou's on his way here."
"Reee......ohhh...chaaaa...n..." he sighed, then felt stabbing pain.
"Ken-chan!"
"Janis' most powerful attack," the brown-haired Ryou Akiyama came into the room, "Spirit Gun, not many survive it..."
"That's amazing," Wormmon replied, "How are the other three?"
"Yahhh...." Ken muttered.
"They escaped, thank God. We're worried about you, though. Still, we're amazed...and proud, too."
"For reasons just explained."
"Why's Chii so quiet?" Ryou asked, and Worm-chan laughed,
"He's afraid if he talks, he's gonna swear, as he normally does."
Ryou was hesitant to say anything, "...well, Ken...just rest for awhile...Spirit Gun's a very strong attack...for you to take it...I guess..."
"What was...that thing..." Ken said, "...that giant...monster..." He closed his eyes, and saw the giant skeleton beast.
"SkullGreymon, a digimon. I'm surprised you could summon something like that..."
Chiisu finally spoke, "Ryou...how long until Ken's gonna be alright?"
"I'd say...I dunno...a week...?"
"I'd say a day," Wormmon muttered with a little grin.
"Ah...? Why'd you say that?" The little digimon laughed slightly,
"Dunno...just a feeling."
"Wait a sec..." Chii muttered, then screamed, "HOW THE HELL ARE WE HERE IF WE'RE S'POSED TO BE SCHOOL?!"
Everyone in the room sighed.
"Sorry about the language...I really can't help it anymore...but how?"
"As soon as Ken's parents saw his condition, they called the school to say he wouldn't come today. Chii, I already have you covered. I called to say you were on a family trip, which your parents are, yes? To Hong Kong?" Chii nodded with a smile.
"Yep."
"So, it's best if we let Ken get some sleep...we should leave. Wormmon, watch him."
"Yessir, Akiyama-san!"
What was that…?
When I summoned SkullGreymon, or whatever its called…I felt different somehow…
I felt powerful…like I could do anything…
Amazing…it was such a rush…
But how did I do that?! Crazy…
Janis…Janis Sukaraki…who are you? Are you even human? What's the deal with this whole hacker thing…
Those two guns…it's odd…like they were made especially for me…who gave them to me…?
Ah…whatever…I don't care.
Still, I felt all that power…a gigantic surge of power…I almost…felt like a God…
…
…
…
Whatever.
Shi awoke in the middle of the night, drenched with sweat and gasping for air like a dying fish. Her room was completely dark, no light anywhere, not even from the doorway. She sat up, trying her hardest to see anything in the enveloping darkness. Nothing. She sighed and lay back down.
"I know…what I did was wrong and not needed…still…why do I get so angry about that name…?"
Though most never saw it, Shi was actually a kind person. However, the sight of that side of her was obscured by many of her other characteristics. She was very odd, and quiet, while at the same time loud. She could move small objects with her mind, though she only did so when needed. Shi-chan shivered while she tried to sleep.
"As long as I do it...for a good reason..."
"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Thrown back into one of the nearby gravestones, hitting his back on the hard rock, and toppling to the ground.
"KEN-CHAAN!" Chii screamed, trying to break through the gate to the yard.
Ken stared at the opponents, a silver-haired lady with a red dress, and a mummy-like "human", wielding a giant laser rifle. He staggered back slightly, feeling the blood fall from his eyes and mouth. His own weapons didn't seem to be working somehow. The graveyard still had the aura of death, now painted with blood. It was dark, very dark...
Alright. Most likely, you have no idea what's going on here. The following events happened:
1-Ken got better and recovered from Spirit Gun, miraculously. Everyone was happy, blah blah.
2-Chii and Ken went with Ryou and Worm-chan back to the Dejitaru...
"What?!"
"I wanna come back to the Dejitaru!" Ken screamed, and Ryou glanced at the digimon shaking his head furiously, saying,
"Nuh-uh! Humans don't belong in the..."
"Ahem..."
"Oh...I forgot, Ryou-san...but these two..."
"May aid us in our quest," Ryou smiled, "Come on, we must get to a safer place than this. Then I'll explain."
Back to the list.
3-Ryou explained what the major conflict in the Dejitaru was to Ken and Chii...
"Senjo? Battlefield?" Ryou nodded to Chii's query,
"Yes. Senjo is the Project name of the hacker system the Chaos Legion, or CHAOFI as they are most often called, is creating for...reasons unknown..."
"Millenniumon?" Ken asked. Ryou looked shocked,
"...How...do...?!"
"Eh?" Ryou stared at the ground,
"That...may be the reason for it. Senjo may be able to rewrite any type of data, which is the primary element of this World..."
"So...they'd..." Chii stammered, eyes wide. Wormmon nodded bleakly,
"Yes. They could destroy the Dejitaru." Ken slammed his fists on the table, causing their tea to spill slightly,
"WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN! We'll just-just...defeat the Chaos Fighters, then..."
"Janis' is one of them," Worm-chan stated blankly, and Ken sat down.
"...Janis...?" The digimon laughed a bit through the dark situation,
"Well? Ya still wanna go with that plan?" He hesitated,
"...Ah...I...uh..."
"Gotta say, I'm with ya all the way, kodo-chan."
"WHAT?" Chii screeched.
"Worm-chan? Are you feeling alright?" Ryou asked nervously, and the digimon nodded,
"Yep, I like this kid," he hopped onto Ken's head, "He's a lot like me, that is, if I were a human. Plus, he's stupid. I'm with stupid. I'm in." Ken smiled, even though he was rather angered by the digimon's statement,
"Right. That's it," he stood, the bug still on his head, "I'm gonna fight these...uh, Fighters, and I'm gonna win."
"Ken..."
"Wait..."
"Ready to go, Worm-chan...-san?"
"Yep, Baka...I mean..." The bug hesitated, 'Well, if we're gonna work together, I might as well remember his name', "Ken-chan." Ken smiled again, taking his guns and digivice from the table.
"C-ya lata, guys."
"Ken...just...just..." Ryou sighed with tiredness and smiled also, "...don't do anything stupid..."
"Like I said, Ryou-kun!" The bug screamed, "HE IS STUPID!"
"I am not!"
"I'm coming too!" Chii hollered, standing up. Ryou sighed again,
"Fiiine...I guess I'm coming too, then."
Ken smiled once more, "Oh, forgot something..." He snatched his cup of green tea and drank it fast, "C'mon! Lezzgo! Ryou, lead that way!"
"I thought..."
"Like Worm-chan-san said, I AM STUPID. Lead the way. "
Back to the list once more:
4- The team had trekked and traversed many a mile to find the base of the Legion, which Chiisu hadn't stopped complaining and cursing on.
5- Now, we're back to where we were. The two Ken was fighting were two Fighters who hadn't introduced themselves, but they were obviously guarding the doors to the Legion. Thus, he had to fight them. Their fighting ground was the graveyard outside the giant walls, and darkness loomed around the place, and the aura was of death. Ken was losing, and terribly, I might add.
Now, where were we...oh yah! Ken broke a gravestone falling backwards and is standing wearily on his feet, but perhaps not for much longer.
"Why don't you just run?" The silver haired woman scoffed. Ken fell back, hitting the ground no longer able to stand.
"I can't run...that letter..." Right, the letter had said he was the only one who could save the Dejitaru. Millenniumon, Senjo, Janis...he couldn't just give up and run away... Never. The other one, the mummy, held his large firearm to Ken's head,
"Any last words?" Chiisu, Ryou and Worm-chan kept trying to penetrate the large metal gate to the graveyard, but couldn't do so.
Ken's back hurt, head hurt, unable to stand, guns mysteriously not working, and many cuts all over his body, to top it all off, a giant laser rifle was being held to his head.
"KEN!!" Chii screeched. Worm-chan closed his eyes. Ryou kept trying to break the gate.
The silver haired lady held a hand up,
"Mummymon, we'll finish him later."
"WHAAAT?!" The phantom seemed to be saddened, "Awww...but dear..."
"Shut up, like I said-we'll finish him later." She turned to Ken, still on the ground, "...Tonight." Chii hollered from the gate,
"Yeah, how about Kyofu Middle School?!" Ken looked shocked for a moment, their school?! As a fighting ground?! Sheez!
"We'll be there." So, the two fiends strode away. Ken was still kneeling on the ground, then he sighed.
The gate was opened by Ryou and they ran in. Worm-chan stared at Ken,
"...Didn't think you'd last too long."
"Eh?"
"You're okay, kid."
"Kid...?!"
Worm-chan gazed blankly.
"Look, bug..." Ken muttered, "...don't call me 'kid'...I've had a tough day...let alone first week of being in Japan..."
The bug looked angered, "Stop whining."
"...I'm not...I'm not whining! I'm just tired..."
The bug leered, and then did something unexpected. It seemed to spit some kind of...goo right on Ken's head. He had a look of shock on his face, and felt the pink jellylike glop run down the side of his head.
"Eee-eeee....e.eeeee..." He muttered, staring wide eyed at the substance flowing down his face.
"Aa.....a....aaa...." He leaned to the side, and fell to the ground, unconscious but eyes wide, wide open. "Gross..."
Back at the Ichijouji household...
"Eew...Eew...eew...ick..." Ken scrubbed his head with soap furiously, "Stupid bug..."
"Who ya callin' stupid, Stupid?!" Ken twisted his head around and screamed, "AAAAAH!!" As soon as he calmed down, he said to the little green bug,
"Can't you give me a moment's peace...?"
The bug shook his head, "Nope." Ken put some more soap on his head and scrubbed some more,
"Ya didn't have to spit that stuff on my head..."
"Hey, I'm a bug, deal with it."
"I thought you were a...uh...whatchamacallit..."
"Digimon?" Ken nodded while scrubbing the goo out of his hair.
"Yah...what exactly are you guys, then?" He questioned, beginning to rinse his hair.
"W're citizens of the Dejitaru, beings made out of different types of Data..."
"That much I...ah-knew," Ken turned off the water and leaned on the bathtub's edge, listening attentively to the bug's story.
"Whatever. Anyway, our World was actually a peaceful one..."
"Was?"
"Yes...then Millenniumon came...he emerged from a Gate from another World during the Dejitaru Revolution, sent by a Dark Angel, the time Chaos came and nearly destroyed all Worlds...but a being rose up and fought the entity and won...actually two."
"Two?"
"Their names were Hikari and Kage. Chaos took the form of Yami, another citizen of the Dejitaru during the Revolution. The three were seemingly human...Hikari was killed, as was Kage...but Chaos, aka Yami, though destroyed, unleashed the digimon Millenniumon before his death, promising he would come back..."
Ken was silent.
"..Or something like that… and I apologize if it was a bit summarized..."
"I guess that's okay." He thought a moment, "...Bug."
"Kid."
"Don't call me that."
"Don't call me 'Bug', then, like I'm some disgusting little insect!"
"'CAUSE YOU ARE!" The bug prepared to spit again, but refrained, calmly stating,
"Alright. Why don't we just introduce ourselves, then?"
"'Kay."
"My name's Wormmon."
"Ken Miraki Ichijouji."
Both sat in silence, kneeling on the bathroom floor.
"Worm-chan."
"Ken-chan."
Stared. They just both stared.
Ken blinked. Worm-chan laughed,
"HAHA! I win." Ken-chan was more confused, then he screamed, reaching for a towel,
"BUG!" Then Worm-chan screeched,
"STUPID KID!"
Later, at around midnight, Ken tiptoed out the door, Worm-chan on his shoulder (he had a towel in his backpack, just in case Worm-chan did the spit thing again). He had his Angels attached to his belt and had the red jacket on.
"Bye mom...dad...Osa-..." He then saw his brother standing in front of him on the stairs, arms folded, "-chan..."
"Where're you headed?"
"Nowhere..."
"It's midnight, y'know...if mom and dad catch you..."
"Then they won't. You won't tell," Ken slid past him (Worm-chan was hiding in the bag).
"And if I do?"
"You won't." Osamu suddenly snatched his little brother by the collar and grinded through his teeth,
"Look, Ken, if anything ever happened to you, I'd be the first they'd blame…I can't let you…"
"Why?" Ken snapped back, suddenly clawing out of Osamu's grip, "So they can think you're still the perfect, genius-child?!"
"Ken…?!"
"I swear it sometimes…they love you more than me…I'm such a screw up to you, aren't I…?"
Ken's parents, awakened by the noise, suddenly came bursting into the stairway,
"What're you boys doing so late at night…?" Their mother asked sleepily. Osamu suddenly screeched, "YOU ARE A F---ING SCREW UP, KEN!"
And with that, he punched his brother, as hard as he possibly could square in the face. Ken fell over to the floor, hard. His cheek was bruised already. However, this only got him angry. Ken suddenly reached for the DIJITS, and had them both pointed at his brother's head. Everyone was too shocked to move. Osa was petrified.
"I'll show you. I'll show all of you I'm not just some f---ing screw up…" He slowly lowered the guns, "…and you know what, Osamu?" There was a still, deafening silence until Ken screamed,
"I WISH YOU'D JUST DISAPPEAR!" With that, he stormed past his brother, down the stairs, and into the night. There was still silence. Osamu was still petrified.
Kyofu Middle School was dark, since the power systems were shut down (lights, etc). Ken met up with Chii at the gate.
"Hey...where's Ryou-sama?" Chii asked.
"Wasn't he with you?" Worm-chan inquired, but the boys shook their heads.
"Gomenasai for being late," Ryou muttered as he strode up. He was wearing a black trenchcoat of sorts, armed once more with his wooden staff.
"Whoa...you look cool," Chii sighed, eying Ryou's clothes.
"C'mon, we're all late. Why'd you wait for me?!"
"...Gomen..." They both muttered nervously. The eldest one sighed with frustration and forced the gate open,
"Let's go."
Ken walked hesitantly into each room, but couldn't find his opponents.
"Where are they...?" He stepped into the gym, the final place. As soon as he opened the door, though, a giant laser shot came and hit him straight between the eyes.
"AAH!"
"KEN-CHAN!" Chii, Ryou and the bug dashed up to him, lying on the floor.
"You...you cheated...!"
"So what?" Mummymon laughed insanely, and Ryou glanced around,
"Oi, where's your girlfriend?"
"She couldn't make it, too bad..." he strained to stop laughing, "...she couldn't witness me killing him."
"Not today!" Worm-chan jumped in front of Ken, as if he was...protecting him.
"Bug?" Ken asked weakly.
"...You won't hurt him, Mummymon!" The bug screamed.
More digimon jumped out, from the windows, bleachers, the floor. All of them looked like either giant red dinosaurs or giant black dinosaurs. All of them plus Mummymon vs. Wormmon, the little bug...
"Worm-chan...?"
Four giant, dragonfly-like wings unfolded from Wormmon's back.
"Huh? AH!" The Angel Ring suddenly unfolded, seeming as if the metal cut straight out of his skin this time, "AAH?!"
"What...?" Ryou and Mummymon seemed to mutter in unison, "...no way...Evolution...?"
The Angel Ring was glowing, a digital code of sorts streaming from it and circling Worm-chan.
"EVOLUTION!" Ken screamed. From the code emerged a much bigger digimon, around eight feet tall, having human-like form, green and black armor, the dragonfly wings, two giant, sharp claws, and two red eyes.
"Stingmon."
"...what...?" Ken muttered, collapsing again when the Angel Ring folded back into his arm, "...W-Worm-chan...?"
'Stingmon' seemed to stare at him for a moment, then he gave his Partner a slight nod. "Whoa...wait!" Stingmon had began running into the giant mass of dinosaurs, known as (Ryou had said) Tyrannomon.
"Worm-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!" Ken screamed. One of Stingmon's claws suddenly emitted a blade of light. Ken's eyes opened wide with shock as the digimon pulled his blade-arm back...
"SONIC STRIKE!" The blade came forward, glowing with a holy, ominous light, straight into the heart of one monster.
"Whoa..." Ken stared, though his eyes hurt from the blast. Stingmon fought all of them, even Mummymon, who eventually joined in the fray.
The dinosaurs' blood poured across the entire gym room floor, and finally, the last standing were seven Tyrannomon and Mummymon.
"You..." the insane phantom muttered, pointing to the seven henchmen behind him, "...evolve, now!"
"What!?" Ryou screamed.
"EVOLUTION!"
The seven Tyrannomon's data began to combine and take shape... A gigantic orange dinosaur appeared, wearing a metal helmet with metal wings that matched. It had two silver claws, looking as if it could destroy anything in a swipe...
Like Stingmon.
"METALGREYMON!"
"Metal...Greymon...?!" Ken repeated, staring at the towering digimon. Stingmon looked rather shaken, also. The digimon had broken through the roof of the building, due to his size. It lifted a foot...
Stingmon flew as fast as he could up to the beast's face, took his blade-arm and,
"SONIC STRI-," Before he could attack, MetalGreymon threw him to the side with an amazing force.
"STINGMON!!!!" Ken screamed, tears filling his eyes. Sting somehow managed to stand, and realized he was quite a ways away from the school. The towering MetalGreymon began to move forward...
"Ken...!" He staggered to his feet and flew as fast as he could...
"You can't beat me!" Mummymon laughed as he watched his servant approach the humans. Ken closed his eyes as the towering beast neared...
"AAAAAH!" There was a sound of crashing metal and blood spilling. Ken opened his eyes and saw Stingmon standing in front of him, as if guarding him, his blade with the assisstance of another arm-blade stabbed deep into the monster's foot.
"Sting-chan..." Stingmon nodded, and pushed forward. The beast fell, and Mummymon somehow converted him back to data and used his gun to absorb it.
"Damn."
Stingmon still guarded his partner, along with Ryou and Chii. Mummymon scowled,
"Stupid...but I came here to annihilate you...and that's WHAT I SHALL DO!" He laughed again, charging at Stingmon with full-force. The two collided with their weapons, the blade arms and gun, crashing.
"You won't hurt Ken!" Stingmon scowled and took his arms back to strike...
Unfortunately...
"HAHAHA! DIE!" He lifted his weapon and fired right into Stingmon's chest...
"STING-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!" Ken closed his eyes as he screamed, hearing the digimon's blood splatter everywhere and convert back into Wormmon.
"I-...itaii...." the bug muttered, glancing up at Mummymon, aiming the gun at Worm-chan's head. The weak little digimon closed it's eyes,
"You won't hurt him..." Mummymon ignored it, and fired, laughing....laughing...
"Worm----chan..." Ken was paralyzed with fear, anger and saddness. The phantom laughed like mad, Worm-chan was on the floor...he looked...dead, his head was shot up, along with many other pieces of him...
"Damn it, I thought he would have a Code...??!" Suddenly, a blue laser shot came clear across Mummymon's face. There Ken stood, his lasers out, the one aimed at the fiend shaking slightly, as if he were to break at any minute...
"Mummymon...you will be defeated..." Ken muttered, his voice cracking. Mummymon noticed the laser had created a cut under his right eye,
"Stupid kid. Here, if you wanna play..." He released a few more Tyrannomon like it was no big deal, "...then we'll play!"
"Damn you...damn you to Hell..."
"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that...." Mummymon mocked, jumping onto the shoulder of one dinosaur.
"...I...I..." Ken seemed to angry, frightened, everything, to speak. He searched madly for words, "...I....I...."
The surge of power rose inside him...his anger began to rise...he was blinded with rage...power... He suddenly clenched his fists, closed his eyes, looked at the floor (avoiding eye contact) and screamed,
"I AM YOUR MASTER!"
"What?" Mummymon immediately stopped laughing. Ken scontinued to screech, his fists shaking and avoiding eye contact with anyone,
"I AM YOUR MASTER! YOU WILL OBEY ME! LEAVE NOW OR SUFFER HORRIBLY!"
He stared, confused. Everyone was. They were also scared.
"I...I'm..." Ken hesitated, and glanced at Worm-chan's condition, "I AM YOUR GOD!"
"God?"
"GOD?!" Everyone was even more confused and scared.
Suddenly, two giant metal wings unfolded from Ken's back, still staring at the floor and fists shaking.
"Wings...?!"
They glistened in the room's darkness and the light of the waning moon above. From each metal feather, tendril-like drills emerged and savagely attacked each Tyrannomon, drills digging straight into their bodies. Blood everywhere. They were reduced again to data that returned to Mummymon's gun.
"Ahha?" He was scared, very scared. The child in front of him had two giant metal wings, and from each feather was a tendril-like drill, and now each one was covered in blood. The child scared him...but why had he called himself 'God'?
The drills returned to Ken, but they still were about three feet out. They folded in front of him, protecting. Ken drew his laser,
"...I am your Master."
He shot one time, and it was what may have been the luckiest shot in the history of gunshots: straight into his right eye. He held it in pain, blood began to flow.
Ken still didn't dare to face him.
"Will you at least look at me then?!" He screeched, while moaning in agony. Ken smiled a little bit, which startled everyone,
"...I don't need...to gaze upon an underling."
Mummymon scowled, but instead of fighting, he ran-like the coward he was.
The drills and the wings folded back in and disappeared. Ryou and Chii stood, scared. Ken opened his eyes and looked up. The entire gym was pretty much decapitated, for the exception of three walls. The windows were broken, the roof had a gaping hole in it, one wall was completely gone, and blood was everywhere, blood and organs of the digimon slaughtered in the fight. Wormmon was still on the floor, bleeding and unconscious. The floor was broken in most spots, like where MetalGreymon had walked. The moon shone above in the azure sky. The stars glistened a little brighter. Few words were needed for the situation...
Pain. Sadness. Hurt. Anger. Rage. Metal...
God...
Why did Ken say that? Why...? Speaking of which...
Ken stared at his hands, still shaking, not now with anger, but...fear? Yes. Fear.
He fell to the floor and closed his eyes. Worm-chan managed to open his eyes,
"Ken...chan...are you...alright...?"
Ken didn't respond. Ryou and Chiisu stepped into the decapitated gym hesitantly.
"Ken? Are you okay?"
Blood fell from the gash between Ken's eyes, hitting the floor, mixing with the many digimons' blood.
"Ken...?"
His hair looked different...it was sticking up on end...he looked remotely like...his brother...
"Ken-chan...are you...huh?"
A little sound came from Ken...he was crying. It got louder. He covered his face with his hands and hit his head on the floor, crying. He couldn't do anything else. He couldn't think, breathe, anything...
Cry. All he could do...cry.