The luminity vanished, being expulsed outwards, like an explosion of life. A pair on enormous, feathery wings, of a creamy golden colour were the cause of this happening, when they oppened abruptly to its full wingspan. A palomino pegasus stood before the Agents, standing on his hind legs, rearing threateningly at the four attackers. The golden, white mane flowed behind him as he tossed his head. The eyes, as Mizumi observed with a gasp of surprise, were those familiar, intense blue colour, bright and young, and so full of hope. The pegasus neighed loudly, and threateningly, snorting as he descended on his four legs.
"Takeru?" Mizumi questioned herself in a silent voice.
"Are you still willing to make our lives miserable?" the pegasus snorted, speaking in clear japanese, the magnificent head lowered and the ears folded backwards in anger.
"I'm willing to destroy you!" the woman said with a smirk, taking off her glasses to reveal a pair of cold, crimson eyes.
"Why? It's not only me, your daughter! Your husband!" Takeru exclaimed horrified, "Aren't they important for you?" the large equine inquired.
"They stopped being important when they betrayed me!" the woman said glaring at the winged horse.
"Goodness, Kari, what happened to you?" Takeru said half horrified and half saddened, "I see Darkness finally caught you."
"Kari?" Mizumi exclaimed, following the conversation with interest. "So this was the woman Takeru was in love with." She thought.
"Life didn't treat me as fairly as it did to you, Tk!" Kari snapped angrily, clenching her fist and taking a step closer.
"Fairly?" Takeru snorted, stomping on the ground with a hoof, "You say this is fair? Being pursued, having to hide, not being able to make a normal life. You call this fair?"
"You deserve it!" Kari snapped, completely furious.
"What? I didn't ask for this!" Takeru recoiled at the woman's remark, shocked and horrified.
"Enough talk already. You are a dangerous kind and must be exterminated." Kari hissed like a serpent, placing her sunglasses back over her eyes, "Men. Fire!"
"I'm sorry, Kari..." Takeru said lowering his head sadly, and tossing it left and right.
The four agents rose their weapons and pointed them at the winged horse, who had his head hanging, and the blue eyes shut sadly. Mizumi would have loved to shout at him, to make him come to his senses. However, three Agents were falling upon her, guns ready to shoot. Without thinking it twice, Mizumi turned around and kneeled on the floor. Aiming her right hand leftwards, and the left one oposite, two large balls of fire were thrown at each Agent, making them fall backwards. Whether they were alive or not, it wasn't Mizumi's interest. The last Agent was glaring at her from a distance of ten metres.
Before any of the Agents could get ready, startling everyone, including the other two combatants, Takeru did something that neither expected. The palomino reared, emiting a loud neigh. Both wings extended, the feathers began to glow brightly. While the three male Agents were bewildered at this effect, Kari was the only one that looked frightened. The woman, around her forties, was recoiling, looking terrified.
"RUN!" Kari commanded in a loud, shaky voice, turning around and running rapidly.
It wasn't that the men disobeyed Kari, but mostly that they were hypntized by something they had never seen. However, they were not that stupid as to stay and see what happened to the equine. Turning around, the men began to flee. Late, however, as they had lost a precious time trying to understand the happenings. The pegasus' large wings were thrown backwards, only to flap violently. A gust of wind was thrown, along with hundreds of shiny, golden shards of light. This luminous arrows pierced the three men's bodies in several places, making them drop dead on the ground.
Mizumi dispatched the last Agent easily, throwing a last ball of fire and making him fly backwards until colliding with the castle's walls. Takeru's equine body flashed bright once again, only to diminish and become human once again. The boy gripped Kari's hand, smiling upon noticing her hand was cold, even although she had just engulfed it in fire for brief seconds. The girl didn't protest and let herself be dragged inside the castle, noticing that several agents were begining to stirr.
"They are alive?" Mizumi shrieked surprised.
"As much as they hate us, they also have special habilities. Unfortunately they have resistance to our powers. Eventually they sucumb to them, but it takes more than one blow!" Takeru explained throughout ragged breaths as they were inmersed in the darkness of an old, victorian palace.
Takeru dragged Mizumi along the dark corridors, descending a long staircase, and penetrating through a hole in the wall. Steps in the distance echoed, dim and weak, as if they were very far away and retreating. The male Digi pushed Mizumi into an old, wooden box, and placed her against the cold, stone wall. Takeru pressed his body over her, observing the entrance with caution. In full alert, the boy's muscles were tense, and the hands were clenched to a fist, pressed on the wall.
There was a strong, residual smell that seemed familiar. It seemed to be floating in the timeless ages of this place, completely inmersed in the darkness of winter days. However, she seemed to be able to smell that same odour directly from Takeru. It wasn't a disgusting smell, more like a heavy, strong scent. In a way it was animalistic and wild, but there was a slight comfort in it. As Mizumi glanced around, she realized a load of things. Although she wasn't able to see much, the filtrating light revealed many things about this place, from leather harnesses to various stalls, neatly divided with wooden fences.
"A stable, how propper." Mizumi thought, recognizing the smell that was lingering in the vast room.
After several minutes where both Digis were frozen, for the sake of their survival, they relaxed visibly. Takeru let the contained air in his lungs flow freely, turning to look at Mizumi with a relaxed smile. Suddenly, the smile faded only to be replaced by a more serious glance, where the bright blue eyes glowed with longing in the darkness. Their proximity was such that Takeru tensed once again, unable to tear his eyes away from the girl's black pits.
"Oh my goodness, she is beautiful..." thought Takeru staring at the young woman with dreamy eyes.
The light that filtrated through the gaps on the wall accentuated her natural beauty. The glossy, red hair, the pale face, the cherry lips and the large, dark eyes. Mizumi noted the way Takeru was staring at her and blushed. There was not a single moment where she pondered he could have feelings for her, yet this was a place erotically arousing. However, while Mizumi denied the possibility of Takeru liking her, there was that blooming, confusing sensation in her heart, where it began to beat more rapidly, and her breathing became more laboured.
"You..." Mizumi began weakly, gasping lightly.
To Be Continued...
AN: Ok, I had to split a long chapter in two because the fanfiction thing didn't load the whole thing. I'm not too glad with that, anyways. This chapter looked good in its whole thing. It's not the first time, and it wasn't that big anyways.