Digimon: Visions

Chapter 11: Snowfall

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"My first act of freedom will be to believe in free will" - William James

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Savaria held her head with her right hand, wondering what had just happened. She only saw Nekamon with her, as she wondered where everyone she had met in these past few days had gone. But she was far to cold to worry about that. She had awoken in an arctic area, as she held her arms close to herself and shivered. It was a bitter chill that felt as if it were able to freeze blood. She hated the cold.

The snow did provide a very majestic scene, though. She simply lye almost motionless in the snow as she began to succumb to hypothermia. She tried to get up as she thought about everything she saw in her dream, and wondered how she got to this place.

She had been passed out through the battle with Purgatomon, and only awoke to find herself in Sin's arms, and was unsure of what had happened while she was out. She could tell something major had happened, and she could feel that they had been far removed from the mountain they climbed and the Hotel, but where they were was a mystery to her.

She wished that the others were there, and she thought she could see them with her, though she was also losing her consciousness. She could see Dantes putting his coat around her with Dracomon lighting a fire. She could see Kilroy typing on his computer with Mitsuko in his other arm while Ridomon and Agumon leaned upon one another. She could see Sakura hugging Satorii with Kittenmon on her head and Fernirmon watching. She could also hear the continued bickering of Matt and Aya over whatever had peeved the other this time while Hexamon looked to Dracomon and sighed. But more then anyone else, she could see Sin in front of her with Dismon perched on his shoulder. She wished that she could get to him and began to struggle.

She tried as hard as she could to keep from giving in to the cold as she attempted to raise her snow covered body. She saw the falling snow as she attempted to move, despite her frozen lifelessness. She just wanted to know where the others were as she gazed to the sunless sky, wishing the clouds would vanish. But she saw no possibility for that, she was not that naive. She watched a large bird fly above her, and though she still was unable to move, she knew she would be alright.

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Nekamon had woken up as saw her partner succumbing to the cold. The Digimon ran to her aid, knowing they were both lucky to be alive through the cold. Light powder fell from the heavens as Nekamon attempted to move her partner from the area, but she had received no luck.

Nekamon struggled as she pushed and jeered Savaria, praying to Tabernamon that she would be alright, though she could not tell if she would be able to save her. She uncovered her from the snow, though she still held out the hope that Kilroy or Fernirmon or someone would come who could help her save Savaria.

The cat-like Digimon struggled with the thoughts of what may happen to her, so she simply thought about what she could do, cutting down trees with her attacks, though she still was not saving her, or even heating her. She grew desperate as she saw the blue lower lip of Savaria, punching a tree in desperation. She used her attacks to cut the trees into blocks of wood, and after she had enough, tried as hard as she could to start a fire, but she had not luck, panicking as she looked to Savaria.

Nekamon continued to try as hard as she could find some way to heat her, trying to warm her with her small body even. The cat rubbed Savaria with her fur covered paw, trying as hard as she could with her desperation as she tried and tried to breathe some life into the girl. Nekamon considered to find one of the others, but she also feared leaving Savaria to the wilds of this Circle of the Digital world.

She began to wonder if she could save her partner, as it seemed like no Digimon would defeat her, but the cold would. She wished it were a Digimon, Purgatomon even, she could at least fight another Digimon, but the cold, the damned cold, she could not win in a fight with nature, she was no elemental creature like Faeriemon or Draconismon, she was a small cat.

She continued to worry desperately as she vigorously rubbed Savaria's pale blue skin, as she began to feel no more heat emanating from her, and then Nekamon too passed out, her body barely covering the stomach of her partner. She heaved one last sigh as she lost consciousness over her partner and a tear drop froze on her whisker. How both of them would live, was in Tabernamon's hands now.

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Sin rolled onto his stomach and got up, despite still being in pain from Purgatomon's blade. The first things he did was make sure his cigarettes were dry, taking one out and lighting it. He put the cigarette between his lips and began to wonder why he still could not defeat Purgatomon, even after Virgilmon became even more powerful then it was.

He got up and began to walk around to keep himself from succumbing to hypothermia as he huffed on his cigarette. He found a nearby fire, knowing that it was Dismon's doing. He simply sighed and walked passed the dancing flames.

"Master, please, you'll die out here, you must stay by the fire so that you don't become too cold" Dismon appeared behind it's partner, stepping from behind the fire, worried about it's master. Sin simply looked back to the Digimon with his usual cool expression.

"Dismon, I'll be fine, besides, I should see if there is anyone else around her, I'll only blame myself if someone dies because I did not help them" The Asian boy threw a half smoked cigarette into the snow as he then looked to Dismon assuredly. He simply began to walk off, trying to find out if there was anyone else in the area, even if it did mean he may die.

"Sin, please, it's too cold" Dismon flew ahead of his partner to try to stop him, though Sin only looked angered since he did. The partners looked at one another, Sin looking angered, Dismon concerned as he could with a beak and covered eyes.

"Dismon, I no longer feel the cold, I've trained myself beyond that, now let me go to see if there is anyone out there, I can't let someone die in this weather" With that, Dismon backed off, flying not far behind, but simply following his partner close behind.

Sin kept quiet now as he walked around the area. He heard a beeping from his belt and took out his small digivice. A map appeared over it and he saw himself in the center, and another beacon not too far away. He looked to it as well as up to see which way. He followed it quickly and hurried to it, hoping who ever it was would still be alive when he got to them.

He finally reached the point, but where ever it was coming from, he could not find it. He began to sweat as he dug into the snow, trying to find who ever it was. He would not let someone die as long as he could help them. He found a pile of wood and with it, a small device, one not unlike his own, but with a white and pink finish. He recognized who's it was.

"Savaria" He muttered as he tore through the snow in hoped of finding her. More then any of the others, he could not let her die, she was kind to him, no one was ever kind to him, he could not let her die. He hurled snow as he finally dug her up. He had Dismon light the timber, and first got Nekamon, getting her to the fire before lifting up Savaria, and cradling him close to himself as he neared the fire.

He collapsed to the ground as he neared the fire, finally succumbing to the cold. He fell to the ground, coughing, though still holding on tightly to Savaria. He got up as he could and got her to the fire. He then took off his shirt, wrapping it around her like a scarf. He tried to stay up, though he could he knew he was about to pass out. He got near the fire, looking to Savaria every so often, hoping she was alright. He simply looked in to the flames in hopes that everything would be alright.

The snow reminded him of that cold night in 1997, it was snowing then. But that night was different. Then he knew that he had no chance to live. He was still haunted by his own sword, and seeing it through her, and then having to put it through him. It was due to that very night that he lost it all. He died that night, and Sin was born in a human form.

Ever since that night he had been lost and broken. He never smiled again as he rested in a dank room alone. He tried to seem alright through out his life, but his face was gone. His eyes had faded while his soul bled. He wanted someone to help him heal the wounds he had from that time. From that night as the cold steel ran along his body and the sirens screamed and the snow turned to rain. The police came, to only see a young boy surrounded by pools of red with his hands on the hilt of a katana.

He looked to his bare back to his most ancient wound from that very night. From the same sword he carried by his belt. But here he was, he could have been surrounded by thousands and he would still be just as alone as he was now. He held Savaria near to him in hopes that he would be able to warm her some, but after a few minutes he got up and let her be. He walked off with his sword and began to swing the blade as he trained. Despite his trying, he could not stay up, the wound was too much, but he would not return to Savaria with all these scars.

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Savaria woke up to the sounds of the crackling fire. She wondered where she was as she finally managed to stand. She noticed the shirt around her neck and lay a hand upon the fabric. She quickly noticed that it was Sin's and got up to find him. Maybe now she could find out if he really did hurt himself. She continued to wonder about her dream though, wondering who that little boy was.

As her sneakers hit the snow, and it melted into her now freezing socks, she noticed him alone, seemingly training. He looked inhuman as his vorpal blade cut the wind with each slash. The blade seemed hauntingly familiar, though. She then realized who the boy in her vision was and let out a gasp.

Sin stopped and looked to where she was, pointing his blade right toward her. "Show yourself" He quickly ran over, holding his left wrist as he noticed her.

"It's me, Savaria" She stepped out, with her ebony hair glistening through the falling snow. She looked down, noticing the crimson snow. She quickly grabbed his wrist. "You're hurt"

"I'll be fine, besides, you should be back at the fire, you nearly died" He snatched his hand away from her, blood snapping back on to her. Sin looked to the ground, upset. "I'm sorry"

"It will be alright if you answer one question" Sin clinched his teeth as he awaited the inevitable question. "This wound is your own, why, why did you cause it?" She begged him as she began to cry for him. She had a guess as to why he did, but she was not about to say what she though it was due to.

"You wouldn't understand" He turned away and looked to the snow as Savaria saw a series of cuts up and down both of his arms. She also saw a series of scars and bruises on his back, and she knew they were not self inflicted.

"Please, Sin, it's important to me that I know, I just want to help you to heal your wounds" She begged him meaning her comments most literally.

"Look, Savaria, you wouldn't understand. No one would, you don't know what I've been through or why I am the way I am. You just can't understand why I do this to myself, and trust me, if you think it's because I'm some dumb ass who needs pain they can control, you're damn mistaken" He completely turned away from her and began to walk off, sheathing his sword as he did.

"I can't understand because you won't let me try to, you put up so many barriers that it would be impossible for anyone to get close to you" Savaria choked on her tears as she looked desperately to him, only wanting to help though he would not let her get close.

"I do because I have to, I'll be going now" He continued to walk off, Dismon flying to his shoulder and looking back to Savaria. She stood there in the cold and watched him walk off with sorrow filling be beautiful brown eyes.

Tears poured from her eyes as she felt so desperate. She wanted to help him so much, but he would not except her help, and she did not know why. She knew he had to have a damn good reason for his shunning her so completely. Savaria took one last look to Sin as he vanished into the storm, holding her head low and heading back to the fire where Nekamon still was.

She held her hands to her chest and kept a tightened grip upon his shirt as she wiped a tear from her cheek and sighed. She sat upon a log and stroked Nekamon's head as she pondered their next move, and how they would find the others. Little did she know that in the shadows something wicked was coming.

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Sin simply took out his switch blade and began to open a new wound along his arm. The cold metal sunk deeper then ever before, blood dipping out of the veins he so readily cut. The crimson liquid stained the immaculate snow as it spilled on to it. The cut was curved and nearly straight at the end, which is why the blood dripped so readily.

He needed the retribution, though. He could not stand to feel this way anymore. He hated it so much, the constant self loathing and missing what he once was. Sin truly missed being happy. He looked his bleeding wound with his typical cold demeanor.

He quickly unsheathed his sword and cleanly cut through a tree in his frustration. He knew that these wounds were not a penance, anymore they were just a reflex. He knew he needed help, but he did not want it. He deserved these wounds, and they had covered him for almost a decade. He sheathed his sword and stumbled in the snow, fatigued and losing blood. He struggled back to his feet and looked behind him, wondering why he was so worried about her. He bit his lip and ran along his teeth as he wondered if he should run back to make sure she was safe.

Dismon pulled on his pant leg, in attempt to get him to run back to Savaria. Sin swatted the bird away as he then willingly began to head back, stumbling in the cold snow, gasping for his breath in fatigue. He wiped the hair from his brow as he ran. His gel had give way and his hair was covering his face, and down to the bottom of his neck. He simply plowed slowly through the snow with blood and sweat covering his path.

His Digimon followed him as Sin wondered just how he could be so stupid as to be so disrespectful to a woman. He was taught better then that while he knew his parents were with him. His wound was healing, but then he arrived at the fire, he swung his hand back as her saw a decimated area with a frozen over fire. He wondered how a fire could be frozen, and looked to it, expecting the worst and that it was that damned Purgatomon's doing. He unsheathed his sword and slashed the ice, barely cutting it.

"Dismon, fly above and try and see if you can see anything or Savaria, I'm going to look around here, and I'll use my Digivice to find her" He shouted to Dismon before he once again found Savaria's Digivice. "Damn it..." Dismon tried to console his partner. "GO!" Sin shouted and Dismon flew into the air.

He through logs away and tried to find any clues, but there were no foot prints or anything broken, there was only ice. He considered his clue and his jaw dropped to the snow. He ran, following the tracks of ice, running as quickly as he could.

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Dismon gazed to the ground through the snow. Despite the white haze, he could see quite easily, he was never much of one to use his first sight, he was naturally blind. Dismon wanted to find Savaria badly, he knew she could help to save Sin from himself, and he wanted more then anything for him to stop hurting himself. Despite the cold, he kept his wings flapping.

He finally caught eye of something, but it was not much, one a small Frigimon; they were too weak to do this sort of thing, besides, it had it's hands full with a Mojiyamon. He saw another Digimon in the sky, and it carried to things in it's arms.

Dismon looked to it and quickly recognized it, flying back slightly in it's own fear. He swallowed his fear and called out his attack, sending the black flames at the creature. It simply called out "Ice Touch" and the fire froze instantly. Dismon flew closer toward it, launching the attack again and again, until the creature abruptly smacked it into the ice.

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Sin saw his Digimon on the ground, picking it up in his arms as he stood by it. "Dismon, what happened?" He asked it, looking to the skies to try to find what ever hurt the creature. He then saw the devil in white, with Savaria and Nekamon in it's arms, and the brand of Sheolmon on it's chest.

"Ice...Devimon" Dismon muttered as it looked to Sin. Sin bit his lip and took out his Digivice, hoping to call upon Virgilmon.

"Dismon, you have to digivolve, to save Savaria!" He begged the Digimon. He set it down as I began to glow a golden light. He also unsheathed his sword, ready to give it to Virgilmon.

"Dismon digivolve to... Virgilmon" As the large black creature appeared, Sin through his sword to it, and of course it changed like against Purgatomon. "Virgilmon mode change to... Virgilmon Unbound" It's restraints broke and it flew up to IceDevimon.

IceDevimon looked back to Virgilmon. "A new challenger I see? Have at you" IceDevimon swooped under Virgilmon and put Savaria and Nekamon on the ground. Virgilmon simply looked to the white red-eyed creature with his sword at his side and waited for it to make the first move.

The devil of ice flew at Virgilmon, only to be stopped by Sin's Sword. Virgilmon grabbed IceDevimon's neck and threw him down into a tree. The enemy flew up and swung at the digimon, hitting it with an ice ball. IceDevimon flapped it's wings and a multitude of icicles fired at Virgilmon, who countered by cutting each bit with its sword. IceDevimon came flying through the shards and drove Virgilmon to the ground.

Virgilmon kicked the Ice Digimon off of it and then slashed its chest with its sword. The two continued to go at it until Virgilmon's sword pierced its enemy's chest, the Digimon collapsing onto it's sword. He cut it again and finally killed the creature. Virgilmon dropped to the ground and dedigivolved to Dismon, carrying the sword over to Sin. Dismon placed the weapon next to Sin, who was cradling Savaria in his arms, his wounds had closed before he got to her. Dismon looked to Savaria and to his master and they await to see if she and Nekamon would awaken. Sin stroked her hair from her face and then waited for her to awaken.

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Savaria slowly opened her eyes to see Sin holding her, with his shirt back on. "What happened? I was attacked and..." Sin cut her off.

"We saved you, but since you can't take care of yourself, Dismon and I shall travel with you so that you stay safe" Sin huffed as if he were upset he had to. He was not very convincing, but none the less, Savaria was going to allow him to.

"Are you sure, if you don't want to, I understand" She looked to him. The snow had stopped and she got out of his arms, though he did help her to stand at first.

"It's alright, I'll do it, I offered anyway" They began to walk, following the Digivice to try to find the others.

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Aya's Theme I

"Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson

-- Grew up in a small town

And when the rain would fall down

I just stared out my window

Dreaming of what could be

And if I'd end up happy

I would pray (I would pray)

Trying not to reach out

But when I'd try to speak out

Felt like no one could hear me

Wanted to belong here

But something felt so wrong here

So I pray (I would pray)

I could breakaway

Chorus:

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly

I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky

I'll make a wish

Take a chance

Make a change

And breakaway

Out of the darkness and into the sun

But I won't forget all the ones that I loved

I'll take a risk

Take a chance

Make a change

And breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze

Sleep under a palm tree

Feel the rush of the ocean

Get onboard a fast train

Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)

And breakaway

Chorus

Buildings with a hundred floors

Swinging around revolving doors

Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but

Gotta keep moving on, moving on

Fly away, breakaway

I'll spread my wings

And I'll learn how to fly

Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye

I gotta take a risk

Take a chance

Make a change

And breakaway

Out of the darkness and into the sun

But I won't forget the place I come from

I gotta take a risk

Take a chance

Make a change

And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway