The Digi-Slayer

Chapter 35

"Ugh" Davis grunted, opening his eye's slowly, only to shut them as a bombardment of white light hit them "Where am I?"

As his eye's slowly adjusted to the light, Davis fully opened his eyes and looked around the place. Nothing, that's what came to mind, absolutely nothing. Davis' body felt weightless as he drifted, he was constantly turning his head, looking for any sign of movement, he found none.

"Is this the end of my life?" Davis asked himself "Have I been damned to an eternity of nothingness, is this my punishment for harboring such a monster inside of me?"

"Nah Davis" An ethereal, gentle voice called out "This is not your punishment, this is not your end, this is a choice"

"Choice?" Davis questioned to the invisible entity "What choice do I have, my powers are gone, the Digi-World is probably destroyed, I have failed everyone"

"Self-doubt will lead to your downfall Davis" The sweet voice replied.

The voice that spoke to Davis gave him a weird feeling, like this was the warm voice of a mother that he could fuel the fires of his confidence.

"Your powers are not gone" The voice continued.

"But, my powers came from the Digi-Slayer, now all I am is myself" Davis yelled, his will was quickly losing to his self-confidence, even with the voice.

"They are not gone" Replied the voice "You have great power Davis, though they lay dormant in your self"

"Then how do I wield them?" Yelled a frustrated Davis, this talk was getting him nowhere.

"You cannot" The voice stated.

"Then I am useless" Davis said.

"Never say that" The voice, though still sweet, become loud and harsh.

"Then what do I do?" Davis yelled back.

"You must make a choice" The voice stated.

"Then give me this choice" Davis asked, no, demanded.

"Very well" The voice replied.

As Davis looked into the nothingness, two silhouettes appeared, and as the light covered them, he could clearly see that they were Zade and Kari, both unconscious.

"Now Davis" As the voice spoke, a mirror image of Davis appeared behind the two girls, he also noticed the copy carried the black katana the Digi-Slayer once carried "Choose which one will die, and save the one you wish to live".

"What?" Davis asked astounded.

"It is a simple choice, one must die, one must live, the choice is yours" The voice stated unemotionally

"Is this some illusion?" Davis asked again

"Nah, they are real" The voice answered

"How did they get here?" Davis enquired

"They fell into the pool of digi-energy at the center of this world along with you, I am the voice of the Digi-world" The voice answered his question once again "Now I grow impatient, choose which will die, and I shall grant you the power that lays dormant within you"

Never has Davis experienced such a dilemma in his life, even when dealing with huge monsters. Davis new that taking life was wrong, he new it even when he ordered his partner to kill other digimon, but he knew there was nothing else he could do to stop them. Now as he stood in nothingness, he had to condemn the life of one of these two girls, these, unconscious, defenseless girls. And if that wasn't enough, deep down, he loved them both so dearly.

Kari, the first girl that had captured his heart. Her warm smile, kind eyes, and beautiful hair that shone like brown gold in the sunlight. She was there on all his adventures, facing the digimon emperor, battling the forces of Mummymon and Arukenimon and finally, the vicious fight with Malomyotismon. As he stared at her unconscious body, old feelings of love and appreciation washed over him, no matter how hard he tried, nothing would make him choose her to die.

But the alternative was Zade. Right from the start he could tell that she was a strong person, those amethyst eyes held the spirit of a warrior, yet the gentleness of a maiden. Her hair shimmered in the glow of a full moon and her spirit lifted him higher than the heavens themselves. She was strong when he was weak, and she made him even stronger when she was down for the count. He could not condemn her to death either, he just couldn't.

"No" Davis said, glaring at the copy of him self with hatred

"What" The voice said, astonished "You choose one life over the chance to save millions from the tyranny of the Digi-Slayer?".

"No" Davis said "A life will be taken, my own"

"What?" The voice said

"I ask you to kill me instead, take the power from me and give to them, with my life gone, they both can have the power to save the world, I have saved this world once, if my death will ensure it's safety, then I will gladly give it up"

"Very well, the die is cast" Said the voice.

The copy Davis prepared to charge the other Davis, but as it raised it's sword, it dropped it with a 'Clang' and both sword and wielder vanished.

"Were you so ready to throw your life away, for the sake of these two?" Asked the voice.

"I was, and still am" Davis replied.

"So you would have let the sword pierce your heart with no regret?" Asked the voice again.

"Actually, I was going to disarm him and kill him myself" Davis half laughed, scratching the back of his head.

"..." The voice said nothing, astonished at the child's determination, or stupidity, it wasn't sure which yet.

"Wait a sec" Davis said "What if I choose one of them"

"Then you all would have died" The voice replied "You three, though powerless separate, when your souls merge, you shall rival the Digi-Slayer's dark powers".

As they talked, the two girls started to wake up.

As Zade pushed herself up, she saw a smiling Kari standing above her, offering the hand of friendship. Zade took it warily, allowing her to help, once up, the chocolate haired girl brought the silver haired girl into a hug.

"I'm so glad your safe" Kari said smiling "I realized as we slipped into that hole, you only wanted to protect Davis, so can you ever forgive me for what I've done?"

"Ooooookay" Zade responded, this was a very awkward moment for her, her so-thought enemy is now hugging her like a friend and asking for forgiveness. As if it was a overwhelming energy, happiness filled Zade's being, as if on instinct, she returned the hug she was given.

"Awww, isn't that cute" Said a familiar voice behind Zade.

As Zade let go of Kari and turned around, she saw a smiling Davis with his arms crossed, a big smile across his face. Zade ran up to Davis at full speed, and as Davis new a hug ensued, he opened his arms to let her in.

"YOU BIG JERK" Yelled Zade as she pulled Davis into a massive bear-hug lifting the screaming boy up into the air "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I'VE BEEN FOR YOU, FIRST YOU GO ALL SUPER DAVIS ON ME, THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO SAVE EVERYONE, WHICH TURNS YOU INTO A BLOODY VEGETABLE, SO I HAD TO TRAVEL INTO THE HEART OF THIS WORLD TO SAVE YOU, AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS LAUGH AND MAKE FUN OF ME AS YOU JUST WOKE UP"

"Zade, please my spine" Davis screamed as the girl applied more pressure.

Kari flinched as he heard both Davis scream and the cracking displacement of his vertebra.

"Ooh that's gotta hurt" Kari whistled as she looked at was once Davis.

"Well he deserved it" Zade said dusting her hands off.

"M...my spine" Whimpered Davis.

The unknown voice laughed "It is good to see you can still have a sense of humor after all this, but now is not the time"

"Is it time?" Said a serious Davis as he got up.

"Indeed it is" The voice answered.

"Time for what?" Kari asked uncertainly

"We must join our souls and fight the Digi-Slayer once and for all" Davis answered.

Kari looked at Zade for reassurance, and as she saw the willing/cocky smile of Zade, Kari filled with confidence and linked arms with the silver haired girl.

"Let's do this" Zade said, looking at Kari, then at Davis.

"Then let us begin" The voice said in a booming voice.

As Davis watched, the two smiling girls shined with a burning light, Zade shined purple and Kari shined with a bright white light. The two glowing figures burst into waves of the energy, mingling the two colors like a quilt. As the two lights floated in space like a brilliant, giant ball, it suddenly shrunk into the size of a marble. Emitting beautiful sound, the tiny ball shot strait at Davis, entering his chest. Inside the boy, the small ball traveled the canals of energy until they reached the very center, there the crystal of energy spun slowly. Like an arrow to it's target, ball shot strait at the crystal and entered it. For a moment, the crystal stopped spinning, until it exploded like a super-nova.

Outside, Davis could feeling the warm sensation of his energy filling his entire body, and as if he was on fire, Davis burst into a strange white fire, covering everything around him and shielding him from sight. As the fire grew, it reached the height of a very large man, before the flames actually started to slow down and move as if was forming something. The flames stopped as they took the shape of a large man with a large, muscular build. The white silhouette produced a set of eyes, but with the light, all you could in them where shadows.

"Are you ready, champion?" Asked the voice.

The figure nodded.

"Them go with the blessing of the digital world" The voice said

And with that, the figure disappeared.

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Alright, next chapter is the long awaited battle between the unstoppable force of the Digi-Slayer against the unbreakable will of Davis. Now joined with his two loves, will Davis be powerful enough to slay the beast. GRR REVIEW TIME!!!! – Wolvie.