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Chapter 11

The Fight before Christmas

The pair stood in their warm embrace for a several minutes before they decided it was time to head back to Rika's house, but who said they couldn't take there time about it. Roy and Renamon jumped down from the balcony and began to walk down the street. This late on Christmas Eve, it was safe for Renamon to walk down the street. Almost nobody was out, and the few people who were out had either been to drunk to notice, or thought they were seeing things and needed to get some sleep. They walked until they reached Shinjuku Park. They walked through the silent park, the city being lost in the distance.

Roy and Renamon walked in silence, enjoying the serene scene, until Renamon stopped dead in her tracks. Roy soon sensed it to, and took hold of the light saber he had on his belt. He waited a few seconds, and then a black figure came walking toward them from some distant bushes. Roy put himself between Renamon and the stranger. As he drew nearer to them, Roy recognized the shape of the figure, Night Sword. Roy turned his blue light saber on and waited for Night Sword to do the same. Instead of pulling out his own sword, Night Sword put his arms in the air and said, "Please, I want your help."

Roy raised an eyebrow as he said, "What for?"

Night Sword sighed as he said, "I want to have freedom from Yamachi, like you."

Roy lowered his defenses a little bit as he said, "How is he controlling you?"

Night Sword lowered his head as he said, "It is in my data and there is no way to remove it. That is why I want you to take my life, and free me from this curse." Roy was in a bit of shock, until he heard foot steps running toward them. A few seconds later Yamachi rounded a corner in the path, and saw the scene. He quickly turned to Night Sword and shouted, "Attack them you foul, Destroy them."

Night Sword sighed as he nodded his head, and took the red light saber from his belt. He turned it on, and began to move toward Roy and Renamon. Roy turned to Renamon and said, "Renamon, get away. I beg you to save yourself."

Renamon shook her head and said, "I won't leave you." Before Roy could retort Night Sword was charging them. Roy stood his ground and began a deadly sword fight with the digimon he helped create. Renamon looked onto the fight, and finally found an opening to attack. She jumped high into the air, planning to launch a diamond storm attack. Things didn't go as she planned thought.

Yamachi pulled a small laser pistol from his pocket. When he saw Renamon jump up to perform her attack, he shot her with the laser. It was a little program he had developed if he was ever attacked by a digimon. It disrupted there data processing, making it impossible for them to use their special attacks and any other abilities. Renamon fell to the ground from the force of the blast, and behind Roy as his blade clashed with Night Swords. He turned his head enough so Renamon could hear him say, "Renamon, are you okay?"

Renamon struggled a bit as she tried to stand up and said, "Yeah, but I feel weird now. I can't concentrate enough to do my special attacks. That blast must have done something to me." Roy nodded as he tried to think. He had to free Night Sword. He had been in Night Sword's position before. He growled. Yamachi was the source of all of this.

Roy's eyes widened a bit as he continued to block the saber slashes from Night Sword. Yamachi was the source of all of this, and he could order Night Sword to stop. All he needed was the right motivation. Roy waited for a few more seconds until there was an opening in Night Sword's defenses. He gave the black tiger digimon a quick kick to the gut, and sent him flying a few yards. Then, before Night Sword could get up, Roy ran toward Yamachi. Unfortunately, Yamachi was quick on the draw, and he raised the laser pistol. As he raised it, his hand brushed the setting dial, turning it from disruption to shock.

Yamachi pulled the trigger, and the shot hit Roy right in the chest. The force of the blast sent him flying back into the bushes. Yamachi smiled as he turned to Night Sword and said, "Now, get the yellow fox." Night Sword nodded his head and began to attack Renamon. She knew that if she fought the black tiger digimon, she would lose. So, she tried to keep ahead of him. She couldn't leave Roy, but she had to keep away from him or risk being destroyed.

While all this was going on Roy was laying on his back in the trees. His breathing was shallow, and he could feel his heart beat in his head again. It was slowing, and he could feel it weakening. His mind suddenly went back to when he jumped in the lake to save Rika. Then he remembered what happened when his heart skipped a beat.

As if on cue, Roy's heart skipped a beat, and the world suddenly disappeared from around him. He was standing in the middle of an open grassy field in broad day light. It was warm, and a gentle breeze made the wild grass sway and look like waves on the ocean. He heard something from behind him, and turned to see a black silhouette. He had a bad feeling, and said, "What are you?"

The figure laughed as it said, "I am the control program, and I am here to take you back. When I uninstalled, I went to a lost part of your mind, a trash bin of sorts. Now, I am back and will destroy your mind so I can control your body without challenge."

Roy stared the silhouette down. He knew he needed help. He had to defeat this thing, and quickly. He might be able to do it in time, but he had to get back to reality. He had to save Renamon. As if in response to his desire a little object left his body. It was the ball of Renamon's data. Suddenly it began to flash as it said in a male computer voice, "Do you want to save Renamon."

Roy nodded his head as he said, "Yes, I do. I would give my own life for here."

The ball was silent a second and then it said, "Are you willing to give up your humanity."

Roy shook his head as he said, "What, my humanity?"

The ball replied, "Yes. I have already turned half of your body into a digimon. I now give you the choice. If you defeat the control program without my help, you will turn back to normal. If I help you, your body will become that of a mega level digimon called MageRonomon."

Roy cocked an eyebrow as he said, "MageRonomon?"

The ball made the motion of nodding as it said, "A mega level digimon. He digivolved from a cousin to the Renamon digivolutionary line named Ronomon, a sapphire blue Renamon. Do to your human mind you will be able to shift between your four digivolutionary levels at will. Your lowest will be the Rookie level Ronomon. Your highest level will be MageRonomon."

Roy thought a second, and then asked, "Will you change my personality at all. My memories or my mind in general."

The data was silent before it said, "No, your mind will be untouched, but once this decision is made it will be permanent."

Roy looked at the black silhouette that was the control program. He then turned back to the ball of data and said, "I must save Renamon, and to do that this must be finished quickly. I choose to give up my humanity for Renamon's sake." The ball of light flashed as it dove back into his body. Roy felt the warm energy from the data pulse through his body as he was enveloped in a bright light. The silhouette watched and then cringed in horror as the light faded. Before the shadow of the control program could flee, it was cut in half with deadly accuracy. The dream world faded, and Roy woke up on the ground with a new feeling of power.

Renamon continued to dodge Night Sword until she had been back up against a tree. Night Sword charged her, the light saber threatening to cut her in half. Yamachi looked on in joy, ready for his newest weapon against the digimon to take its first digital life. With this one out of the way, the other two digimon that hung around with those kids we follow. Night Sword was right beside Renamon, and was about to finish it when he sensed something from the tree line. It was a massive burst of energy, and it was enough to make him, Renamon, and Yamachi stop dead in there tracks.

The sound of a light saber turning on came out of the line of tree's, and soon after a blur of blue and white. Night Sword blocked the attack, but the force of his saber clashing with the other forced him back to where Yamachi was watching the fight. Renamon had watched Night Sword fly like a sack of potatoes, but soon turned her attention to the person who saved her.

She looked over and to her surprise saw a full digimon standing there. He was 6' tall. He was a fox digimon that looked a lot like her. If anything, the coloring was different. Instead of her yellow, white, and purple mixture this digimon had a sapphire blue and white mixture. His base fur color was the blue with the white on his stomach, lower legs, and lower arms. He didn't have armguards or anything that resembled the purple swirls she had on her thighs. He was dressed in long white robes with a hood hiding his head from the world. Around his waist was a belt that had a place for the light saber to be stored and a belt buckle that displayed the symbol of yin and yang.

The figure was silent as he stared down Night Sword and Yamachi. Yamachi was in a state of shock. Where did this digimon come from? There wasn't a digital field anywhere near here, and if there was a bioemerge he would have been called about it. Something was up, but before he could say anything about it the digimon in the robes charged at them. Night Sword brought his red light saber up in defense. They clashed blades again, and the figure was able to push Night Sword back with one hand while Night Sword needed both hands to keep his light saber up. Suddenly, the robbed digimon took up his free hand and using a blast of mystic energy pushed Night Sword away from Yamachi. Then figure turned on the spot, the whole thing just being a means of getting Night Sword away. Night Sword had already noticed that the robed digimon wasn't going for him. The robed digimon charged at Yamachi, and took a mass of Yamachi's shirt into his hand and lifted the evil human up with one hand. The digimon growled a bit as it said, it word filled with hate and loathing, "Tell Night Sword to back down."

Yamachi, fearing for his life, did as he was told and said, "Night Sword, stand down."

Night Sword did as he was told, and turned his light saber off before he put it back on his belt. The robed figure nodded at Night Sword before he turned back to Yamachi and said, "Now, you are going to free him from your service. He will no longer be an assassin for you."

Yamachi shook his head and with a grunt said, "Never!"

The robed digimon growled as he used his free hand to bring the tip of the light saber a few inches away from Yamachi's head. Yamachi looked into the blade a few seconds before he said, "Fine, Night Sword, I free you from my services. You may live your life as a free digimon."

The robed figure brought the light saber closer to Yamachi's skin as he said, "And?"

Yamachi gulped as he said, "And I promise that I will not try to bring you back into my service or create another digimon hunter, be it human or digital." The robed digimon seemed satisfied as it turned the light saber off and put it back on his belt. He then threw Yamachi a few feet, and glared at him. Yamachi stood up slowly, and then broke into a run as he tried to escape the digimon that had directly threatened his life.

The robed figure watched Yamachi disappear from sight before he turned to Night Sword. He walked up to the black tiger digimon, who still had his light saber blazing. With a wave of his hand, the robed digimon turned the saber off and walked right up to Night Sword. He put a hand on Night Sword's shoulder as he said, "You are now free, and if you wish to continue the fight we will. Other wise, you may leave here as a friend until we meet again."

Night Sword nodded as he thanked the robbed digimon before he turned and walked away. Renamon had disappeared into the trees. She was thankful for that digimon's help, but she had to find Roy. After several minutes of searching she heard the robed digimon come up behind her and say, "What are you looking for?"

Renamon turned and said, "For a human named Roy. I thank you for your help when I needed it, but I need to find him."

The robbed digimon shook his head as he lowered his hood. His head was almost exactly like Renamon's except for the coloring difference and one other detail, the eyes. Renamon looked at those eyes for what seemed forever. They were so familiar, so kind and welcoming. She wanted to get lost in those eyes, and she almost did until the robbed digimon said, "Well, I am sorry but I don't think he is in there."

Renamon got in an aggressive stance as she said, "What have you done to him?"

The robbed figure smiled as he said, "Nothing, why would I do something to myself." Renamon took a second to process what this strange digimon had said. Her eyes then bulged as she realized why those eyes were familiar. They were like Roy's eyes. No, they were Roy's eyes. She walked up to him, and took a good look at his eyes. She then began to cry as she put her arms around him and hugged him. Roy, though a little surprised, said in a calming voice, "Now, what is this all about. What has brought tears to your pretty face Renamon?"

Renamon replied through her tears, "Roy, what happened to you. You're a full digimon now."

Roy nodded his head as he said, "Yeah, and thanks to my new form I was able to save you and free a fellow digimon from being Yamachi's puppet."

Renamon tears began to dry a bit as she said, "But how?"

Roy held her tight as he said, "I made a choice. When I was sent flying, I landed hard and it caused my heart to skip a beat. In that moment the world disappeared and I was on a grassy plan. I was facing a black silhouette, the surviving part of the control program. It threatened to take control again, but something gave me a choice. It was that little ball of your data that I should you back at the Hypnos building. I could face the control program in two ways. If I fought it without its help, I would be turned back to normal. If I fought it with the data's help, I would have to give up my humanity. It told me that I might win a fight without its help, but it would be a long drawn out fight. I would be too late to save you, so I chose to accept its help. It released the last of its power, and turned me into a full digimon. I am currently MageRonomon, a mega level. I have the ability, thanks to my human mind, to digivolve or dedigivolve at will, going as low as Rookie and as high as Mega."

Renamon looked up at him and said, "So, you gave up your humanity to save me."

Roy nodded his head and said, "I did, and for one other reason. My heart tells me that I am meant to be with you Renamon, and it is so much easier to do that when I am also a digimon instead of a human."

Renamon was in a state of amazement. Roy had given up so much for her and Rika. He risked his life to save hers at the bank, risked his life to save Rika's at the lake, and just gave up his humanity for ever so that he could save her and be with her. At any point during the past few days, he could have died trying to do what his heart told him was right. Now, she had a conflict of her own. Her mind was telling her that she didn't deserve Roy. He had already given up so much. There was no way she could ever live to repay him. Her heart, on the other hand, was telling a different story. He had given up so much, but in the end it was all for her. It was urging her to just kiss him right there and then, and let the future come as it chooses.

In the end, Renamon's heart won the battle, and leaned up to Roy. Roy and her shared on passionate kiss in the moon light as the snow fell gently and the world seemed to stand still to give them some privacy. Once the kiss was broken, Roy smiled as he said, "Now, I believe we were heading back to Rika's house. Can I give you a lift my dear?"

Renamon shook her head as she said, "Sorry, but I am not one for piggy back rides."

Roy shook his head as he said, "Not what I was talking about." He pointed across the park where a horse drawn carriage stood. It was broken down, a wheel missing, and it looked like it had been like that for a while. Even through all this, Renamon was touched as Roy led her over. He waved his hand and some fallen tree branches from all over the park seemed to fuse together and become the carriages missing wheel. He helped Renamon into the open air carriage, and then walked toward the front.

He paused as he concentrated on his desired form. In a second he was enveloped in a cocoon of data, and dedigivolved to his champion form. He looked a lot like a Kyuubimon now, with his usual key differences. The yellow fur was blue, and the only other fur color was white. He didn't have the large necklace, but instead had a bit of armor that guarded his chest and sides. On his feet and tips of his tails glowed with some dark blue fires that countered the white fires that burned on the usual Kyuubimon. He slipped into the harness's that were meant for horses, and made sure they were somewhat secure before he began to pull the carriage.

He started out slow, and then as they cleared the park he heard Renamon say, "Now, is this as fast as you can go." Roy grinned as he bent his legs and with one great push began to run down the empty streets. He was easily going over 30 miles per hour. Roy also made the fires on his feet and tails burn a little brighter, keeping the cold air from reaching Renamon. In a few minutes they reached Rika's house, and Roy digivolved back into his mega form, MageRonomon. He helped Renamon down from the carriage, and then with a gentle kiss to her hand he said, "My lady, we have arrived."

Renamon blushed slightly as she took her hand back and said, "I can see that. We'll, I will see you in the morning Roy, or should I call you MageRonomon."

Roy stood up and said, "I prefer Roy. It is my name, and I would rather keep that much."

Renamon nodded her head, and with a final smile she leapt over the house's outer walls and went to her futon in Rika's room. Roy yawned as he flicked his wrist and in a puff of smoke the carriage vanished, reappearing back in the park where they found it. Roy smiled as he thought about his new powers. Being able to teleport things would be a nice little trick. Roy then followed Renamon's example and leapt over the outer fence that separated the house from the rest of the city, and looked around the scene. He smiled, seeing that his entry had gone unnoticed, and with silent foot steps he walked to the guest room. He stretched as he walked over to the futon. He looked at the robes, and felt that it would be bad to sleep in them, so he concentrated and dedigivolved again. This time he went all the way to his rookie form, the simple Ronomon, a blue version of Renamon, minus the swirls on the legs. His arm guards were a white, but still had the same yin-yang symbols that Renamon's had. He stretched one more time before he laid down on the futon, and feel asleep almost instantly.