I know that it's been a while since I've updated this story and I'm sorry. Apparently my teachers decided to give me loads of school assignments all at once and regrettably I had to put them in front of this story. Hopefully this chapter will be considered as an apology for not updating sooner. Lastly, the disclaimer, I don't own Digimon.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937)
Chapter 4:
Know Why You Fight
"How are things progressing with the O'Brian project?"
"Things are going as schedule. He'll be receiving his requested item within the week. Of course, if he gets caught we'll make sure that he doesn't connect us with his plans what so ever." In an executive room, many of the important employees of the Takenaka Corporation were involved in a business meeting, discussing about certain objectives.
"That's good. Now how are things progressing with Daisuke Motomiya?"
"Everything is currently going well. He hasn't cause any problems for us since confronting Serenity and us taking the Mystic Scrolls." reported Rowan, who was among those who were at the meeting.
"Speaking of the scrolls how is the translation of the text going?"
"The translating is progressing nicely." some old English man in glasses answered. "My translation department has gotten far with the scrolls and should have them deciphered soon."
"That's good to know. Now, before this meeting is concluded there's still the matter of the Serenity project that needs to be discussed." That topic instantly caught Rowan's attention.
"What's there to discuss? Hasn't she proven herself four needs?"
"The Serenity project has shown that it is a strong weapon. However, there are some concerns involving it. The major one being that its main purpose was to go against Motomiya and incapacitate him long enough so we could get him in our possession. Unfortunately, it not only wasn't able to deal with Motomiya when it had the opportunity to do so but hesitated. Care to explain why that happened?"
Before she answered Rowan swallowed her anger from her bosses' remarks. "First of all, she was able to give Motomiya just as much injuries as she received. Secondly, the reason why she didn't use the opening that she had to finish him is because he saved both Serenity and I from dieing, so she was merely returning the favor. Remember, she has he's blood going through her veins, which means that she's probably has he's sense of honor." Rowan couldn't help but to smile slightly from coming with some reasonable excuses.
"But there's nothing that can be done about how she does things since we really didn't make any boundaries while she was being made." she was glad to say that but she was thinking otherwise. "It serves them right that Serenity is causing them trouble, seeing as how they only see her as a weapon."
"On the subject of Serenity, where is the young fighter?"
"She just getting some what she considers excitement."
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"Come on, there has to be something worth doing that can catch my interest." In what appeared to be a suburban neighborhood full of apartment complexes, Serenity was hopping from rooftop to rooftop looking for what she could consider excitement. She would soon find it as a scream cut through the silence. "Following the sound it soon led her to the entrance to an alley where a young adult woman was running from a group of things. "I guess I'll be having some fun before heading back after all."
Stepping back down to the ground she silently entered the alley to see that the woman was now backed up against the wall with the thugs slowly coming towards her. "Help me! Please, someone help me!" Not wanting her tries for help to alert someone one of the thugs grabbed her chin.
"Relax. There's no need to be screaming. We're just looking for some fun." Getting closer the thug was now face to face with the woman, he even went as far as sniff her. "Besides, I like it when my women lie still." Right before the woman's eyes, the man's face went vampire and he wasn't the only one as the rest of the thugs' faces changed as well.
The woman was about to scream out but was stopped when the man covered her mouth. "Relax; this'll only take a moment." Just when the vampire was about to sink his teeth into the woman's neck someone would intervene.
"Now I think that by screaming the girl is trying to tell you that she's not interested in whatever you have planned." Walking further into the alley, everyone saw Serenity coming towards them.
"Get out of here girlie before it's too late." warned one of the thug vampires as they turned their attention back to their captive.
"I'm afraid I can't do that." Serenity retorted with a simple remark.
Becoming fed up with the minor annoyance, one of the lesser vampire thugs approach Serenity. "Are you stupid or what lady? Do you want to die or what?"
Serenity just looked at the vamp with a blank look on her face. "I would be asking you the same thing. However…" Before continuing, a wooden stake popped out of her sleeve. Gripping it tightly she stabbed him in the heart, resulting in the vamp turning into dust. "…it's already been done."
Everything seemingly became a stand still as what just occurred took everyone by surprise. Wanting to avenge their fallen comrade, two more vamps went after Serenity. When it became clear that one stake would be enough another stake came out from her other sleeve. Avoiding the vamps attempted lunges towards her, Serenity firmly held both stakes as she thrust both arms back to plunge them into her enemies. Just like with what happen to their fallen comrade, they too became nothing more than dust piles.
It became to the remaining vampire thugs that they weren't dealing with an ordinary person, four out of the five vamps went at him at once. Despite being out numbered, Serenity was still managing to stay with them.
As that was going on the vampire leader returned his attention back towards the woman that they were originally after. "Now, where was I before I was so rudely interrupted?" He again tried to sink his teeth into the woman's neck but like lat time he became distracted only this time the distraction came when he heard the screams of his partners in crime.
Turning back around he was shocked to see that all four of his comrades bad been completely dusted in such a short amount of time. It was then that he realized that there was nothing standing between him and the unknown warrior that took out a group of vamps without that much effort. When she started to come towards him he quickly place the captive woman in front of him with his hand gripped tightly around her neck.
"Not another stop closer or I'll rip her throat out." Serenity hesitated for only a second before walking to them again.
"If you're going to kill then do it already." That was a shock to the opposition as it that was the last thing that he expected to hear. "Just know that when her soul leaves her body I'll remove you from the land of the living." It was now basically a stalemate as the two waited to see who would act first. Surprisingly it would be neither of them as the woman who was being held as a hostage took the offensive when she reached into her purse and pulled out what looked like pepper spray.
Aiming the spray at her captor she sprayed the liquid in his face. Though the liquid did was it was suppose to do by freeing the girl from her captor's grasp what was surprising was that it was actually burning the vampire's face. Consumed by pain as well as anger, he flung her to the ground. Reaching into his coat he pulled out a hand gun which he then pointed at the woman.
Without the least bit of remorse the wounded vampire pulled the rigger. Knowing that there was nothing she could do to stop what was to come; she closed her eyes and waited for the end. A gunshot went off but when nothing seemed to happen she opened her eyes to that the woman who was trying to help her had stepped in the way. That was a dumb thing you did there." spoke the attempted hero."
Shocked at what was going on the vampire leader began to back away. "W-What are you? There's no way you can be human."
"To be honest…" In almost a blink of an eye, Serenity threw one of her stakes at the gun carrying vampire. "I don't know what I am." The vamp could only let out an agonizing yell before becoming nothing more than a pile of dust.
Seeing that the threat was taken cared of, the woman, who had witness everything that had happen, went over to Serenity. "Oh, thank you so very much. I am deeply grateful for what you did for me. If there's anything I can do to repay you just ask."
"Don't worry about it. I was only doing what I felt was right." Suddenly, Serenity collapse face first to the ground and wasn't moving one bit. Rushing over the now freed woman went over to check on her.
"Hey are you okay? Come on, say something." Turning Serenity over she was shocked to see a puddle of blood and the source of it was from a gunshot wound to Serenity's gut.
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"So, has things improved since last time?"
"They're doing fine. Actually, they're doing great. It seems as though my injuries have completely healed." Over at Daisuke place both Daisuke and Hikari were removing the vampire with a soul's bandages to see how he was recovering.
"Apparently you're back to your old self." remarked Hikari as she examined her friends previously injuries. "I guess we can thank the miracles of fast acting vampire healing for that."
"Well, being a vampire does have its advantages." muttered Daisuke as he was putting his shirt back on. "Unfortunately it has its disadvantages as well. Having the constant craving of the red liquid is one of them."
"Than I should consider myself lucky that I'm not your type." Hikari joked in good humor.
"Don't be ridiculous Hikari. You'd be the perfect type for anyone. A person would be a fool to not notice that." Whether he meant to or not, Daisuke had given Hikari a flattering comment. She stared at him in shock that he would say something like that from out of the blue. It wasn't until Daisuke turned his attention towards her did she snap out of whatever spaced out moment she was in. "Hey, are you okay? You seem a little out of it."
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. I must've been out of it for a bit." she quickly answered in hopes that it was convincing enough and fortunately it look like it was. "So, now that you're back to your old self what do you want to do now?"
Slowly Daisuke pulled himself to his feet. After a few moments he managed to walk around but did so gingerly as to not cause another injury. "I'm not really sure. What's going on with the others?"
"Not much really. Ken's doing the final touches in translating the scrolls as well as doing some kind of project that he won't tell what it is. Mimi went to perfect her archery skills and even going on a date with that James guy. Miyako is out trying to improve his fighting ability in case we ever get anymore surprises like the Takenaka Corporation grunts or any…other intruders."
"Would one of those intruders that you're referring to wouldn't happen to be my daughter would it?" Daisuke asked as he knew what intruders that Hikari was referring to. When he only got silence that was allthat he needed for an answer. "I guess I was right."
"Don't get me wrong Daisuke." Hikari quickly said as to quickly repair any friction that came from her earlier remarks. "But the last time she paid you a visit she tried to kill you and she nearly succeeded."
"Do you think that I don't know that? To discover that the people who've been nothing more than a pain in the ass to me are basically using my own flesh and blood as a weapon against me. It sickens me that I was actually prepared to kill my daughter when we fought each other."
"But Daisuke, you had no idea that she was your daughter when you went against her."
"Whether I knew it or not doesn't matter. If given the opportunity I would've taken her out like every other person that I have gone up against." Walking over to the next room he stopped in front of his weapon arsenal. While looking at the variety of weapons a somewhat sad expression came across his face. "In reality am I becoming simply a killer?"
"No, you're not!" exclaimed Hikari with authority in her voice. Going over she stood slightly behind Daisuke. "There's no way that I can fully understand what you have to deal with. Even though I have fought beside you for the past year, you have done things that I wouldn't have been capable of doing." Hikari then place a tender hand on his shoulder. "And despite all the pain and suffering that you had to endure you still continued because it was the right thing to do."
"I'm thankful for your words Hikari, truly I am. But I seriously have some doubt. I can't help but take them only by face value."
When it became clear that words wouldn't really get through, Hikari decided to go a different direction. "Daisuke, do you have anything planned tomorrow?"
Taken off guard by his friend's sudden question Daisuke didn't know how to answer for a while. "Uh, no, why do you ask?"
Hikari gave Daisuke a secretive smile. "Don't worry, you'll find out."
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"It looks as though you're finally regaining consciousness." muttered someone. Slowly Serenity opened her eyes and when she realized that she was in a unfamiliar room she immediately came out from whatever grogginess that she was experiencing.
"Where am I!" She attempted to get out of the bed that she was in but someone was keeping her from doing that.
"Take it easy now." the person said in a calm and gentle voice. "You're still recovering from your injury."
Not strong enough to fight the person off, Serenity settled back down on the bed. "Where am I? What am I doing here? Who the hell are you?"
The lady who had kept her from getting up simply looked at Serenity amused stare. "Boy, you sure are full of questions aren't you?" Seeing that Serenity wasn't amused by her bit of humor, the lady got serious. "You're in my room of my apartment. As to why, you were injured by the gunshot wound that you received from the vampire that you were saving me from." To prove her point, she motioned to the medical bandages that were wrapped securely around Serenity's torso. "Fortunately for you I have some experience in mending people." Turning back to her patient, the lady saw that she was on the receiving end of an intense glare.
"How did you know that those people were vampires?" Serenity asked without letting up on her glare.
"Let's just say that I've had some experience when it involves vampires. That's the reason why I carry this around." She lifted up her pepper spray container. "Holy water, it comes in very handy."
Gathering up the medical supplies, the lady got up. "Now, if you excuse me, there's some stuff that I need to do." The lady began to head for the bedroom door. "So just rest up and recoup from your wound."
She was about to leave when Serenity called out to her. "Please, wait. Could you at least tell me your name?"
Glancing over her shoulder the lady gave Serenity a tender smile. "The name's Jun, Jun Motomiya."
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"What do you mean you can't find her!"
"I'm afraid that all that is known sirs." Once again the office room of the Takenaka Corporation was having a meeting but unlike the previous one, this meeting wasn't going as smoothly.
"It has been almost an entire day and there has been no sign of Serenity since her little adventure as you called it." recalled one of the higher ups as she and her two associates were in a conversation with the unofficial watcher of Serenity, Rowan Stevens.
"What you say is correct. Something must've happen to help seeing as how she was suppose to report back hours ago." replied Rowan, failing to hide the concern that she was feeling for the unknown situation of Serenity and it wasn't because if something happen to her, she would pay the consequences. "I promise you I'll do everything in my power to find Serenity and bring her back."
"You better hope that you do that. If not you might end up like Hitomi." No longer having anything to say to Rowan the connection with her was cut, leaving the higher ups to discuss their business in private. "It seems as though our project is becoming too much of an independent."
"That would seem to be the case. Should we send one of our special retrieval teams to bring it back or should we allow Ms. Stevens the chance to do so?"
"Ms. Stevens has shown signs of being too attach with her charge. It has clouded her judgment in making rational decisions." Not a word was said between the three for sometime until finally a decision was found. "Send out a retrieval team."
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"This is just my luck. Not only did I get myself hurt but I end up in the home of my enemy's family." Thankfully, that despite her worry Jun didn't seem to have any idea who Serenity was and the connection with Daisuke. Speaking of Daisuke, if he were to show up there's no doubt that encounter would result in disastrous circumstances. Placing her hand down on her stomach Serenity felt the wrapping that Jun used and she couldn't help but be a bit thoughtful.
"For someone who's supposed to be related to the evil that I'm supposed to fight against she didn't seem all that bad." Putting that thought away she tried to get her mind on something else and it was then that she spotted something on the nightstand beside the bed. Reaching over she picked up the item to see that it was a simply photo in a frame.
The photo appeared to be an old one as it had Jun in it but she was a couple of years younger. She wasn't the only one in the photo as the other person was none other than Daisuke only he was younger than he was now. Judging by the sunlight that was in it the photo had to be taken while Daisuke was still human.
"Well, it seems as though you're feeling better." Surprised by the sudden voice Serenity accidentally dropped the picture frame to the floor. At the doorway was Jun grinning like a Cesar cat. "For someone whose able to take out eight vampires without much trouble you are easy to sneak up on." Walking over she picked up the photo that had been dropped. "I remember when this was taken. It was when my brother was leaving for the Kyoto Police Academy. Me and my parents were so proud of him when he joined and became an officer."
"He must've been quite a guy." said Serenity, doing her best to act as though she didn't know who they were talking about.
"He was. It's a shame how he lost his life while trying to protect his partner from a vampire. In the end he succeeded in saving him, only for him to pay the price for his bravery."
"The Takenaka Corporation archives never mentioned that. Why would they keep that bit of information hidden?" Before Serenity could think about it any further, Jun continued.
"You know what? This may sound strange but for some reason I see a bit of my brother in you. Isn't that strange?"
A moment of concern came across Serenity's face but she managed to get rid of it before it was noticed. "Not as strange as you might think." Before the conversation could continue, the sound of a huge vehicle stopping suddenly caught their attention. Having a feeling of dread sweep over her Serenity got out of bed and ignoring the pain that she was receiving from her wound headed towards the window.
Peering outside she spotted a large black van parked right at the apartment complex's doorsteps. Bursting from the back, several men came out. Each of them being suited up in full body armor and were heavily armed. Understanding what was going on, Serenity headed towards the front door.
"Where do you think you're going Serenity? Who are those guys?" questioned Jun who had been following close by. "Are those people some how connected with you?"
As much as Serenity wanted to tell her unknowing aunt the truth she knew that she couldn't tell her. "Trust me Jun, its best that you don't know. Just know that I appreciate the time that we shared. Now, do me a favor by staying here and not following me. Can you do that for me?" Reluctantly Jun nodded her head in understanding. "Thank you. Now it's time for me to go." Opening the door Serenity was about to leave but stopped short. "Maybe one day we'll see each other again. However, we shouldn't keep our hopes up."
Not wanting to risk the safety of her aunt and new found friend, Serenity headed off in the hopes that she would get away without incident. Unfortunately that wouldn't be the case as when she was going down the stairs a few of the armed men were coming up the stairs as the same time. Knowing that the obvious way was blocked she decided to come up with a different approach. However, before Serenity had the opportunity to take even a single step, she was met with the barrel end of multiple rifles on the top of the stairs.
"Damn it. I forgot about the elevator." Serenity thought in anger about the stupidity of forgetting such a thing.
"Thankfully for us we did not." From the bottom of the stairs a man stood in front of the others. Removing his helmet he looked directly at Serenity. "By the order of the Takenaka Corporation, you, Serenity, are requested to be brought back to their facility." Walking over the apparent leader of the squad presented a pair of handcuffs in his hands. "It would be wise that you come along without difficulty."
"You're advice is duly noted." stated Serenity. "As for me actually following it, I would say no." To everyone's shock, Serenity leapt over the banister and fell six floors to the ground. Under normal circumstances a person would either become seriously injured but that wouldn't be the cause as Serenity landed safely on the ground.
Quickly following up such a move she quickly ran out of the building. She got about two blocks before the same black van stopped in front of her. It came so suddenly that Serenity wasn't prepared to maneuver away in time, thus she crashed into it with such force that she actually rolled over the van's hood.
Getting back on wobbly legs she came face to face with the same armor wearing men from earlier except that instead of rifles they were holding cattle prod like stun guns and police batons. Apparently they didn't want to risk any attention that would come with gunfire.
"Don't make things more difficult than you already have Serenity." For a moment it appeared as though Serenity was really considering on surrendering. That train of thought only lasted for a brief moment as she went on the offensive against her opposition. Despite that she heavily out numbered, Serenity was doing extremely well as she did in quick succession took out two or three people at once. On one occasion she punched a man in the gut and while the man was doubled over two more came after her from the other side of the guy.
Rolling over the top of the man's back she kicked one of the oncoming men. Capitalizing on the momentary distraction she grabbed the wrist of the two who was holding the stun guns. With a quick motion Serenity pressed both stun guns against each other. While the electrical charge wasn't lethal it was strong enough to render both of them unconscious. For added measure she gave the man who she hit earlier a punch in the face that caused him to join his two other comrades.
Try as she might the numbers would become too much for Serenity to handle as she got shocked multiple times at once. No matter how much she tried to fight the electricity that surged through her body had forced her to the ground.
Seeing that their target was contained for the moment the apparent squad leader walked over and knelt before Serenity. "You do know that you're making this tougher then it should be?"
"And do you know that you're a son of a bitch?" Serenity received more shocks from the stun gun for her snide remark.
"A stubborn one you are." On closer examination the squad leader notice the medical wrapping that was underneath Serenity's clothes. "Ah it seems as though you got wounded recently. A nice patch up job I see but something tells me that you didn't do it yourself. Could it perhaps been someone from that apartment building that you ran from?" He got his answer when he saw the worried expression that came over Serenity's face. She tried to hide it but it was too late. "Perhaps we should get that person and have a little discussion with them."
Knowing what they were getting at, Serenity began to fear the safety of Jun. "They mustn't find out about her. If they were to discover who she was there's no doubt they'd use her to get to Daisuke and I can't allow that to happen. He's my target and mine alone." While that may have been the reason that she gave herself in the back of her mind knew that there was another reason. Before she could think about it any further the squad leader spoke up again.
"However, I might consider forgetting about whoever the person is if you come with us willingly." The proposition instantly caught Serenity's attention.
"If I go with you do you swear to do nothing to anyone else?" Thankfully Serenity was able to keep any type of pleading to seep into her voice.
"You have my word, if that means anything to you." Even though she hated to do it, Serenity surrendered herself over to the men. Having their target under their custody they quickly handcuffed her arms behind her before loaded into the van.
As they drove off Serenity looked out the back window and managed to spot Jun's apartment building. "They may have gotten me but at least they did get her. At least I can have comfort in that."
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"Please, don't do this." pleaded a woman. Both her and her two young girls were walking thought the park as a shortcut home until they were blocked by two men who she could best described as horribly disfigured with terribly sharp looking teeth. "If you let us go I'll give you whatever you want."
The two men gave each other a knowing smirk. "Now, why would we let you leave when we already have what we want?" Before the woman had the chance to scream for help, one of the vamps silenced her with a hand around the throat. Watching their mother being basically strangled, the two young girls tried to come to her rescue but were stopped as the vampire's partner grabbed them from behind making them have no other choice but to watch as their mother was on the verge of being suffocate.
"It would be wise for you to let those people go." a sudden voice informed from the shadows. Stepping into the light came Daisuke with a seldom expression on his face. "I repeat, leave those people alone." Not seeing Daisuke as any real threat, the vamp was prepared to sink his teeth into the woman's tender flesh. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Becoming fed up with the constant interruptions the vampire went over to Daisuke while still maintaining his grip on the woman's neck.
"Now, you listen. You have until the count of three to walk away before you share these people's fate. One…two…thre-" Before he could finish he felt something stabbing him. Looking down he spotted a wooden stake plunge into his heart. Once realizing this, the vampire became nothing more than dust at the feet of Daisuke and the woman. With one down, Daisuke turned his attention toward the one final problem.
Noticing how easy his cohort was taken cared of the last vampire quickly placed the two girls in front of him and Daisuke. "Don't come any closer or I swear I'll break their necks." Even after hearing the threat Daisuke continued to walk towards him. "Don't you understand what I said? I'll kill them if you don't stop." To emphasize his threat he tightens his grip on the girls' necks. Fearing for the safety of her children, the mother attempted to save them but was being held back by Daisuke who finally stopped walking.
"Oh, I know that you'll back up your threat. But before that happens know this. If their necks are broken they'll be nothing left standing between you and I." There was an eerie calm in Daisuke's voice that couldn't help but freak those around him. "So ask yourself, are you willing to go ahead with the threat and the consequences that come along with it?"
When realizing that he was in a no win situation, the scared vamp slowly tried to back away only for every step he took Daisuke would match it. This could've went on for who knows how long until out of nowhere an arrow came flying in and striking the vamp right between the shoulder blades. Not being prepared for it the vampire instinctively reach back to remove the arrow and because of that it allowed the girls to get away.
With basically the human shields out of harm's way, Daisuke moved into action. Rushing over he drove a stake into the vampire's heart. Just like with what happened a few moments ago with his partner, he turned into a huge pile of ash. Having finish what he set out to do he put away his stake and was about to leave until someone called out to him.
"W-What were those people and what did you do to them?" questioned the mother but kept her children at a safe distance. Not knowing if they could fully trust their savior.
"It would be better if you didn't know." Daisuke simple answered. "Go home, forget about what happen here and take care." Figuring that was probably for the best both the mother and children headed off but before they could get far, the two children broke away from their mother's grasp and rushed back to Daisuke. Even after seeing what he did for them they each gave him a hug on each of his legs. Returning the gratitude he ruffled both of their hair before sending them back to their mother.
Soon he was standing alone in the park or so it appeared. "All right, you can come out now." Coming out of the shadows was none other than Hikari and in her hands was a crossbow. "Apparently you had some doubt in my ability in dealing with the situation."
"Of course I didn't." Hikari replied. "I just figured that it wouldn't hurt to have a little help if needed." With the night son coming to a close the two of them got into Daisuke's car and drove off. "Well, got anything from this adventure?"
"I killed two vampires." Daisuke answered without taking his eyes off the road. "It's not like I haven't done that before. What could I possibly get from that with the exception of getting rid of two blood suckers?"
"But by doing that you were able to save a mother and her kids. Didn't you see how grateful they were with you saving them?" It was hard to tell what Daisuke was thinking about that part since he didn't show any type of reaction what so ever. "Come on, there's no way that you can say that you didn't feel anything when those two little girls hugged you."
"I don't know what you're talking about." muttered Daisuke but it was obvious that he was lying.
"What I'm trying to get at is that you helped keep the people of Kyoto safe and not allowing them to know about the other side of the world. The world that's filled with monsters and demons who given the chance would most likely destroy this entire town." Hikari remained silent as she allowed what she said to sink in and it seemed like it did.
"Maybe you're right about me actually making a difference. But I just can't help it. I've been having these feeling for quite sometime. Not since he has been gone." Understanding who Daisuke was referring to, Hikari placed a comforting hand on his arm.
"I know what you mean, I feel the same way. However, we have to face the fact that Takeru's gone and there's nothing that we can do about it. The best we can do is continue what we've been doing and honoring his noble sacrifice."
This time Daisuke couldn't help but allow a small smile to appear. "Once again you're right Hikari. To continue the fight is the best way to honor Takeru. Also, my parting the grand battle between good versus evil is not done. When my time comes for me to exit, whether I live or die, I don't want to feel as though I left things unfulfilled."
For the rest of the drive nothing but silence went on between Daisuke and Hikari until they arrived to Hikari's apartment. "Well, goodnight Daisuke. Hopefully tonight's activities helped to clear some things for you."
"Actually, I think it did. The issues that I had are dealt with and now I can focus on more important things. See ya later Hikari." Saying their goodbyes, Daisuke drove off and in no time arrived home. As he headed for the front door he could hear the sound of his telephone ringing. Hurrying he entered and answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Daisuke, where in the hell have you been? I've been trying to reach you all night." asked Ken with some irritation in his voice.
"I was out on patrol. What's so urgent that you're calling so late?"
"It's about the scrolls." That instantly caught Daisuke's attention. "I've just translated something that I believe you should know about." Noting the seriousness in his friend's voice, Daisuke listen closely to what Ken had to say.
"For the vampire with a soul the chance of humanity may come. But be for warn as another path that he may follow. A path that'll be scattered with the bloody bodies of those he once cared for. In the end he'll'' lead the world that he once set out to protect into destruction."
Dead silence was on both ends of the phone as Ken allowed what he said to get through while Daisuke didn't know how to respond. "Daisuke, I'm afraid there's no way to tell which of the prophecies will come true or when it'll happen. What do you wish to do with this knowledge?"
It was sometime until Daisuke was able to form any words. "For the time being let's keep this to ourselves. No need for the others to know."
"But why do you want to do that? Shouldn't the others be told about this?"
"I don't think so. If they knew it'll just cause them to worry. So for the time being we'll keep this to ourselves. Do you understand?"
"All right then. I'll do as you ask." It was no doubt that Ken hated what he was asked to do but went along with it.
After trading goodbyes Daisuke hung up the phone and stood there for what seemed like eternity. "This is great, just great. When it appeared as though I would have fewer things to worry about this comes along. Apparently I can't get a break."
That some chapter wasn't it? I realize that this chapter ended in somewhat of a cliffhanger but it couldn't be helped. Don't worry though as some of the questions that came from this chapter will be dealt with in the upcoming one, which I hope I'll have on sooner than later. So, please leave a review before you go and until next time, see ya.