Full Digi Alchemist
Chapter 13
The brown haired bearer of light woke to the fine strands of sunlight beaming down into the women's barracks at central HQ. Last night was the wedding and the girl was still feeling the after-effects of such a wild night.
"Gatomon" The young Digi-destined tried to rouse her partner.
"Mmf" Was the cat type's response, trying to bat away the prodding hand with her tail.
"Yolie?" Kari asked, looking at the sleeping girl in the bed nest to hers.
All she got in return were more objections and muffled words, most of them being about a certain bearer of friendship.
Quickly slipping into the showers to freshen up and change, the young girl was ready to leave the barracks and hopefully find Davis and the others.
'Wow' Kari thought to herself as she looked at her watch 'Even after such a party, I'm still up early, it's only 6.30'.
Walking the maze like corridors of the central building, the Digi-dentine's ears caught the end of a conversation held by two guards.
"Pup of the military for you, now he's back he's probably going to act like he owns us" Kari overheard a rather gruff guard say.
"Yeah" The other replied "He was a sniveling brat the first time round, now I bet he's the cockiest little shit around".
Kari's blood boiled at the men's comments, just as she was about to turn the corner and give them a piece of her mind, a blur of blue and the sound of metal shot out from the corner on the other end of the hall.
"Good morning gentlemen" A strangely calm Riza said.
She was currently between the two guards, her arms crossed and her guns at their necks.
"I expect you'd like to take back the things you said about my son and apologize to him the next chance you get".
The two men slightly nodded.
"Good" The blond sharpshooter said happily, holstering her new guns "I'm glad we worked that out".
"Oh, Ms. Hawkeye, I-I mean Mrs. Hawkeye, uh…Mrs. Mustang" Kari tried to say as she ran to the leaving General.
"Please Ms. Kamiya, call me Riza" Davis' mother stopped and faced the panicked looking girl 'Heh, I suspect you'll be calling me mom in the future'.
"Sorry Riza" Kari replied "You can call me Kari if you want".
"Sure Kari" Riza shook the girl's hand in agreement "So what did you want to ask?"
"Well" Kari began "Since I still don't know the layout of the building, I got kinda lost; I was looking for Davis since I thought he'd be around somewhere".
"That's quite alright Kari" The woman's smile calmed the girl "Davis is currently practicing, I was on my way to join him actually".
"Really?" Kari brightened up "Can I please come? I promise I won't get in the way".
"Of course dear" Riza chuckled.
And so the two walked together down the numerous corridors of Central HQ. As they walked, Kari glanced up at the women that her alchemist friend had told her so much about.
'Smart, beautiful, dedicated, and Davis loves her more than anyone else in the world' She thought as she watched the light shine off the woman's face 'I have to admit, I'm a little jealous'.
"We're here" The fuehrer's new wife proclaimed as they stood before a dark door.
"Shooting Range" Kari read the sign above the door "This is Davis' training?"
"Yes" Riza replied "I saw him walk in earlier, I thought it would be nice to surprise him by joining him myself. I ran into you coming back from getting my presents".
"I see" Kari said as she and the General entered the room.
The room they entered was the spectator's room, a sheet of thick, bullet-proof glass showed the rows of open booths were the shooters stood as they fired at targets.
"We watch new recruits demonstrate their skills from here" The blond woman explained "I found Davis in here earlier; I guess he wanted some basic practice to start off with".
"Where else could he be?" Kari asked, looking into the distance to see the paper dummies.
"The next practice room over, probably trying the combat simulator" Riza replied as she led the girl down to the booths "But before we go see him, let's take a look at his score".
Pressing a small button on the wall, the sheet of paper with the human silhouette on the centre booth line wheeled forward, allowing Kari to grab it.
"Wow" Kari gasped as she looked at the score.
Lots of small holes were located on the head and heart region of the paper, only one or two holes strayed away from the main group and out of the centre circles.
"Well, it seems that 3 years absence hasn't dulled his skills" Davis' adoptive mother said "That scamp, I bet he turned his home into a shooting range quite often to earn these scores".
"About Davis' home" Kari began "I only found out recently that Davis had been living alone since he came back, it just didn't seem like Davis to make that kind of choice, he's always been such a people person".
The blond woman lowered the paper to the booth desk, looking at the young girl with such sad eyes "Even though Davis isn't biologically my son, watching him leave on that train tore a piece of my soul of that was lost until I saw my boy come back, to hold him in my arms again and to feel the love he had for me".
"Davis must have felt the same way" Kari said quietly "Then was the cheery, happy-go-lucky Davis he showed us just a mask to a lonely, scared little boy?"
"I don't think so" Riza said with a smile "Human's are complicated creatures; a certain shrimp of an alchemist taught me that".
Kari laughed at what Edward would have said if he was in earshot.
"But no" Riza continued "Davis was never good with concealing his emotions, if he was sad, he'd let you know".
'Maybe' Kari thought to herself 'But then again, those 3 years away must have done things to Davis we can't even imagine'.
"Let's go see Davis" The blond sharpshooter said, leading the younger female into the adjoining hall.
"See" Kari watched as the woman pointed her finger "There's Davis there".
Davis was indeed there. Standing alone in an artificial street, the bright lights above gleamed off the sweat drenched body of the shirtless boy, only dressed in pants, boots and the gun harness he wore around his waist. His metal arm glowed white under the lights as the index finger twitched as with his biological one, both inching towards the guns in their leather pouches.
Suddenly, a loud siren blared.
Multiple targets shot up over the large simulated city section. Sweeping in a large arc, Davis pulled his two guns from their holsters and held them ready. The young girl had to hold her ears as the loud shots repeated over and over again, but even though she deafened herself, she never took her eyes of Davis. The way he moved as he blasted the targets into oblivion, curving and twisting his body to both avoid the barrage of rubber pellets shot at him and to give him an opening shot at some targets Kari thought were impossible to hit. Even though she knew what Davis was doing was a dance of death and needless violence, she was a little ashamed to find herself compelled to never take her eyes off the boy till he stopped. When Davis ran out of bullets, which was 3 times, Kari watched in amazement at the feats he preformed to reload his powerful handguns. Throwing one gun into the air, he fired at it with the other, sending it spinning at rapid speed through the air, but also hitting the clip-eject switch. The two women watched as the ejected clip flew out with such force it embedded itself into one of the targets. As the unloaded gun fell, Davis pulled an ammo clip out of his holster belt and held it in an open palm, the gun falling onto the clip and quickly being cocked, ready for another 30 rounds. It was well over 2 minutes when the targets finally ran out and Davis' guns smoked from such extensive use.
"Whew" Davis sighed as he holstered his guns, exhaling deeply.
Kari looked into Davis' eyes. For a second they seemed blurry and distant, but almost instantly, they turned back to a sharp and focus viewed.
"Hey mom" Davis said happily as he went to hug his adoptive mother.
"Not so fast" The blond General held a towel in front of herself.
The young alchemist ran face first into the fluffy material.
"Blah" Davis spat out a mouthful of towel.
"Clean yourself, then you get a hug" The now Mrs. Mustang said.
'Such a mummy's boy' Kari thought with a giggle as she watched Davis wipe himself of sweat.
"There, now you can hug me" Riza smiled, feeling her son's arms around her ribs.
After a quick, yet slightly awkward greeting to Kari, Davis turned back to his mother.
"So, how'd I do?" Davis asked, stepping away to change his ammo clips.
"Still showboating a little too much" Davis' mother criticized "You're going to destroy your guns if you keep shooting at them".
"Alchemy fixes that" Davis replied, holstering his weapons.
"Only if you've got that arm intact" Riza countered "The enemy takes that away, you're going to end up with no powers and no weapons".
Davis stayed silent, obviously losing the argument.
"Oh, by the way mom" Davis said, suddenly "I've been working on a super cool move, I think you'd enjoy it".
"Very well Davis" Riza replied "Fix the room, Kari and I will be over here".
With a clap of his hands, all the holes Davis made sealed up.
"Okay Veemon" Davis called to the balcony above them "Press the big red button".
"Right Davis" The sound of the little blue dragon's voice piped "Battle situation Omega".
"Hmm, interesting" Kari heard the woman mumble "Completely surrounded with maximum fire powered targets, even I have trouble with this one".
Standing like he did before, Davis waited as a silent calm lingered in the room.
The siren blared once more.
Suddenly, about a 40 targets sprung up around Davis. Each target had a small turret attached to it, capable of firing small, but still hurtful rubber pellets.
Drawing his guns, Davis rammed the two weapons together. Neither Kari nor Riza were sure why they stuck together, probably some magnets in the guns. The combined weapons were thrown into the air. Clapping once, Davis raised his hands into the air below the weapons. With a small pulse in the air, the guns stopped their arc, freezing in midair. Suddenly, the guns began to spin at tremendous speeds, forming a black sphere in the air, red and blue lightning streaking across it at tremendous speeds. A second passed and the guns started firing. Even Riza had to cover her ears as the small explosions propelled the bullets into the targets, completely obliterating some into nothing but hole-filled stumps. A few seconds later the hail of ammo ceased, and Davis walked out of the cloud of dust towards the awaiting females.
"Phew, I'm pooped" Davis smiled "That move always takes it out of me".
"Very spectacular Davis" Riza smiled and clapped "Fast and incredibly powerful".
Kari would have clapped to, but the show had scared her.
'Was this Davis' outlet for his pain?' She thought 'Developing fast ways to kill lots of people at a time?'
"Kari" The girl was snapped out of her thoughts by Davis' voice.
"Oh, Davis, you scared me" She said, meaning that in more ways than one.
"Sorry bout that" He laughed and scratched the back of his head "Would you like to get some breakfast with us? The others are still sleeping so we've got some time".
"Sure Davis" The bearer of light smiled.
Throwing on his light blue jacket, Davis and the two females left to get breakfast at a small café.
"You sure Veemon doesn't want to come?" Kari asked "He does know we're getting breakfast?"
"It was a contest between food and sleep" Davis said "Sleep won out, but only barely he told me".
"Davis" Riza began "I wish you put a shirt on, you're walking around in only a jacket".
"Oh come on mom" Davis said, pulling at the strap that linked his jacket in the front "It looks good, besides, I'm pretty sure I've seen some guy in a movie or game or something wear something like I am, so I thought I'd try it".
"Very well Davis" The slightly miffed woman said.
"Wow, that was easy" Kari said to a smiling Davis.
"Hehehe, she knows I've still got the puppy dog pout if I don't get my way" Davis snickered.
"You know I shoot at Black Hayate for that pout" Riza said, making Davis flinch and trip over.
After a short walk through the now sunny streets of Central city, the three made there way to a small café where they placed their orders and sat at a small table outside. After their meals were brought to them, Davis and Kari spent most of the time telling Riza about their adventures in the Digital World. After all three had their fill of food and stories, they made their way back to HQ, were their friends would have all woken up by now. Excusing herself, Riza left to get back to the mountain of paperwork and getting ready for her honeymoon with her new husband.
"You seem…distracted" Davis said after a few minutes of silently walking through the corridors "Like you want to say something".
"I-I'm sorry Davis" Kari said.
"Wha?" Davis turned to face his friend.
"It's…it's" Kari couldn't look into such caring eyes any longer "Nothing".
A small smile formed on Davis' face.
"It's okay" The young alchemist said softly.
"No, no it's not okay" Kari said behind teary eyes "Davis…I…I think I-"
Suddenly, a loud explosion shook the earth.
"Kari look" Davis said, instinctively drawing a handgun from his holster, using it to point out into the garden.
There, among the now wrecked garden, was a large dark figure.
"BlackWarGreymon?" Davis and Kari gasped in unison.
The armored head of the defeated digimon, though staticing and shifting in and out of reality turned to the two Digi-destined.
"-nger…B.b.b.bewa" Was all that could be heard before the behemoth disappeared.
"Kari" Davis began, watching as the garden filled with military guards "Did you see".
"Yeah" Kari replied, equally shocked "It just isn't possible".
Oh no, what on Earth could cause this visage of the fallen digimon? Is it even of Earth? Who knows? When will I stop asking questions only I know the answer to? Right now. Anyway, sorry once again for the long period of absence, you know the drill with study and work and all that jazz. (By the way, 10 points for who can tell me the idea of the shirtless jacket look came from). Looks like I've finally got some story line going, a change from all the Davis/Kari romance I've been hinting Anyway, don't forget to review and see you all next time true believers - Wolvie
