It feels like my life is just a prologue, that has been torn out of the rest of the book. I keep searching for the rest of the pages, so I can put the pieces together and finally know my place in this world.
It was dark in a forest, the sounds of animals and insects wafted through the air, as a girl hid in a shrub, she shakes, with fear, someone was looking for her they were all around, she tightly hugged her Digimon partner, she had to make herself move or they would eventually find her, and bring her back to her kingdom.
"Your highness, you can't hide, please come back home!" said a deep voice man, as close by sounds of rustling branches started to ruin the cadence of the forest, and causing nearby animals and wild Digimon to retreat from where they had been hiding. The man stepped in the light reveal, revealing he was clad in black leather armor, his eyes silver, and his face puck marked with scars. "Your highness we know where you are going, and who you are going to, they don't need to be dragged into this"
The Princess stood suddenly, and took off, her pale skin being scratched by branches, she wasn't trying to avoid, she was leaving a trail of her luscious brown hair too, which hung from other branches she passed. As soon as the man spotted, the he was in pursuit, but she was faster than he was, so he was having a hard time catching up. She ran till she reached a cliff edge she looked down to see, rushing water, she turned hoping they had caught up to her, so she could change directions, but there he was the man, she knew as General Gemini Kane, he wasn't that far behind, and he was getting close.
"Your highness you don't have to do this, they didn't do anything to you" Kane said, as he cornered the princess on the cliff's edge, he reached out to her, right before she jumped off the edge plunging into the cold waters below. "Damn it she got away, if she brings the Digidestined here things aren't going to be good for anyone, especially for her majesty"
A hooded person walked up to the place the girl had fallen off "The plan is moving forward, steadily forward, anarchy is the only way forward" they said, searching for something below, and then they were gone vanishing into the ether.
Digimon Sync movie 3: Legend of Anarchy
The Vale of Lilithia, the now thriving kingdom, since its restoration back to life, several months ago, its humming buildings snow-white buildings, were now a tourist attraction, people from around the visited it, it was a kingdom displaced from time, and people wanted to see it, some for relaxation, some to study its culture, a boy with light blue hair, and eyes that showed he was way more matures than he was at his age. Takajin was his name, and he was a digidestined, this wasn't his location of birth, he was there to help his girlfriend, the newly named princess Juniko, he looked down at the bustling crowd and felt homesick for his kingdom of digitopia. Where his sister was now at this moment, he wondered what she was doing now, and how she was.
"Takajin, there you are, hiding again from helping me" a girl's voice, called out to him, causing Takajin to jump, and nearly fall off the bridge he had been looking down from.
"Juniko!" Takajin said, turning to face his accuser, a girl with dark purple hair, who was looking at him sternly. "I was taking a break for lunch"
Juniko took measure of Takajin, and then a smile spread across her face, "Ok you earned it, from all the help you have given me" she said, putting her arms around him and pulling him into a tight hug, she kissed him on the cheek. "I knew you would be here, so I brought food, I made your favorites from digitopia, oh ya an envoy from the Republic of Suzubuya is going to arrive soon, we need to get lunch over quickly"
"Is Mikuni going to be with them?" Takajin asked, wondering if he would see an old friend that he hadn't seen in almost a year.
"I don't know, she might be busy with hero business, she is a champion of justice" Juniko said, with a small chuckle in her voice, remembering the way Mikuni thought of herself, she who now was only a princess in name only, she had dissolved the monarchy of her kingdom, and made it a republic. Making it no longer a dictatorship, she still protected it as her champion of justice persona of The Blackavar. They barely started setting up their picnic in the garden close to the bridge when the sound of trumpets echoed from the distance. "Oh, crap they are early" she stood, and grabbed Takajin by the wrist, apologized when he winched in pain, as she dragged him behind, a royal guard now stood where they had been without a word being said. After several minutes of running, they reached, then catching their breaths, they reached where the visiting delegation from Suzubuya had entered, they were surrounded by guards, the armor of the Suzubuya armor had changed considerably, it was no longer silver, it was a golden yellow, and emblazoned with the symbol of the Digi chip of courage. The only members of the council they recognized were Mikuni's brother and uncle.
"I don't see Mikuni," Takajin said, looking around, as he and Juniko approached the delegation. "I guess she didn't come?"
"She's here alright, just look over to the left" Juniko said, smiling, as she gestured to a tall building a flared in the distance from them.
When she was finished speaking something jumped from it, a figure adorned in black, landed, and slide to a halt in front of Takajin and Juniko, the rabbit paw print coming fluttering into view, and it was the Blackavar, aka Mikuni Suzubuya. "I could have killed you several times over, some digidestined you are" she said in a tone accusing tone, as she stood fully, her quarterstaff aimed at them both. "I saw every inch of your approach, sloppy, with none of your guards in sight, if I was an enemy you would be…" she brought down the quarterstaff down upon Takajin's head, and stop within an inch of contact "Dead" She turned to find, Juniko was now standing behind her, d-saber in hand "Good still protecting him I see" she lowered her quarterstaff, and Juniko did the same with the D-saber. Then Mikuni hugged them both. Stepping out of the crowd was a much older boy, about 4 years older than the rest of the digidestined, he wore a red poncho, he had a rather stern and confused look on his face.
"Virgil!" Takajin said, as soon as he spotted the guy in the poncho "How is Sorami doing, and taking to not being a digidestined anymore"
"She is relieved, she couldn't deal with the pressure anymore, she said it was the best choice she ever made relinquishing that chip of hers," Virgil said, not taking his eyes away from Juniko, she always made him nervous. "She teaches children now in front of the archive"
"We have a little time to kill before the summit starts with the Suzubuya delegation, so maybe you guys could join us for a picnic?" Juniko said, trying not to pay attention to the uneasy look Virgil was giving her, the look was because she was the reincarnation of a great old one, and this was the reason she was now a princess.
"Sounds nice, I am in, what about you Virgil," Mikuni said, as she bundled up her cape "The council's people can deal with the preparations, let's go reminisce about the good old days, where I practically saved your butts" seemingly not noticing the expressions of annoyance everyone was giving her.
The rest followed as Juniko lead them back to where she and Takajin had been when their picnic had been interrupted. The guard hadn't moved an inch, his white as snow armor, visible in the distance as they got close to see him, when they were in speaking distance he bowed and left. Juniko still wasn't used to being a princess, and the formality it entitled her to. The large burble of the large river beside the picnic area was calming, along with the gentle hum of the bridge made from the same stuff as the kingdom itself.
"I wish Suzubuya was like this, it wouldn't have been such a dictatorship, but I wouldn't have become a champion of justice if it hadn't been one," Mikuni said, before picking up a sandwich and eating it in three bites.
"And pummeling my boyfriend wouldn't have happened, by your hands" Juniko said, giving Mikuni somewhat of a dangerous expression.
"and I am not going to apologize for that, champions of justice don't apologize for anything, I did end up saving his life, during his time in Suzubuya and afterward," Mikuni said, as she picked up her quarterstaff and placed it down again, her blonde hair flowing down to her shoulders, her golden yellow eyes glinting in the sunlight.
"Do you ever say any excuses that don't involve being a champion of justice?" Takajin asked, without thinking through his statement, causing Mikuni to look at him like he was an idiot.
"When will you guys visit my archive, I will bring it here if I have to, don't make me do it, because I miss all of you a lot, I'll drag Takajin's sister, and that Leoben kid, with that digimon hating friend of his" Virgil said, with a threatening tone in his voice. "Juniko needs to be there, I can show the children the glory of a great old one"
"I am just a princess now, I don't have those powers yet, please don't bring that up again I am not a great old one" Juniko said, giving Virgil a harsh look, she hated being referred to that.
"I am sorry, your highness, I have forgotten this, I won't bring it up again," Virgil said, edging away from Juniko.
"Forgiven, I am also sorry for blowing up at you like that" Juniko said, in a deep sigh, which let Virgil know it was ok to edge forward again.
"There's a girl in the river" Mikuni announced, as something floated pasted them going down stream, it was a girl in yellow and pink velvet gown, with bare midriff, before anyone else could react, Vasantmon appeared and jumped into the water, the armor rabbit digimon swam, fast despite how heavy the armor he wore looked. The rest of the digimon partners, met up with Vasantmon as he pulled the girl to shore, who was shivering, a clinging to a cat digimon, which was a gatomon. Juniko's Mikemon, jumped up a tree, and gathered branches, while Takajin's Sunmon, scorched some of the ground and created an area safe for a fire, Mikemon jumped down with the branches she collected and placed them on the scorched ground, with Sunmon igniting it. When the digidestined arrived, the mystery girl wasn't shivering anymore. Juniko ran over and checked her forehead.
"She is still cold, we need to get her someplace warm, and under a blanket" Juniko said, waving over Mikuni, who asked her digimon to pick the girl up, he did what he was asked, but when she was picked up the girl winched, opened her eyes, which were a nearly white with a purplish ting, she mumbled something that couldn't be understood and passed out again, after an hour of her drying by the fire, They took her to the tower, and placed her in a nice warm bed.
"Her attire she looks like a princess of some kind, but from her injuries she looks like someone put her through the ringer" Takajin said, as Juniko cleaned and bandaged the wounds of the mystery girl.
"I know but there's something about, that's off I can't place my finger on it" Juniko said, finishing the final dressing. When the girl woke with a start, and shoved Juniko's hand away, like it was weapon that had been going to cut her, she was in a state of complete panic, Takajin was a having a hard time holding her down.
"I am looking for the digidestined" the girl said, in a frantic voice, barely taking a breath before moving to the next sentence "I need their help, my home is in trouble, Queen Anarchy is holding my people under her sadistic thumb, there is no time to waste they need to come with me, please tell me where they are so they can help me, help me they must"
"I am Juniko Maeda, and this is Takajin Subaru, we are digidestined" Juniko said, in a soothing voice, "please start by telling us who you are, so we can get to the bottom of this situation you are in?"
"I am Princess Mitsuko Reigami, rightful ruler of the kingdom of Satapia, I need you digidestined, to come back with me, like I said an evil queen has taken my kingdom over" The girl said, finally calming down to speak coherently, her skin was still pale as a sheet.
Takajin was going to say something, but Juniko placed her hand on his shoulder interrupting him "We are in, after you rest, you can lead us back to your home, we will free Satapia from the clutches of the evil queen anarchy" she said, instead of him.
"Not all that remains of the digidestined are here, it's you, me, Virgil, and Mikuni, Huang, and Leoben are still in Primary village, we could use the mirror portal, to head there now" Takajin said, speaking as he didn't before.
Juniko thought for a second, "We need to hurry, we head there first, then send a message to them to where we are, so they could come as soon as they can" she said, "If we headed there and they weren't there we would have wasted time we don't have"
"But we need as many of you as possible, Queen Anarchy is quite the formidable force, she invaded my country with an army of crimson knights, Legion of Shadow, they are led by General Gemini Kane, who I barely escaped from" Mitsuko said, with a shutter in her tone, fear apparent in her voice.
"We will send the message now and they can meet us route, tell us where it is, and I'll figure out where they can meet up with us" Mikuni said, interrupting Juniko before she can say anything once again. She pulled out a map and placed it in front of Mitsuko, who promptly showed her where her country is located. Once that was done, summoned a messenger digimon, which was a hawkmon to fly off with the note. "May winds of luck, give speed to your flight"
"Sae, and Tri" Mitsuko said, without thinking, there was sadness in her voice, she noticed everyone looking at her "They were my attendants, they practically raised me, they helped me escape at the cost of their own lives" she started to sob uncontrollably towards the end of her sentence, and hiccupping after she was done.
"We won't let their deaths be in vein, we will make sure this evil queen is vanquished" Mikuni said, interrupting Juniko once again, before he could speak. And reached to place her hand on Mitsuko's shoulder, only for her to slight step away from her hand.
"I am glad to hear that but she is strong, hopefully, I wasn't mistaken in coming to you, but the digidestined have defeated great evil before, will you be able to defeat this queen too" Mitsuko said, after being able to calm down.
"I am totally sure, we could defeat this evil queen, with our Digi chips, and she will not stand a chance" Juniko said, finally speaking up again, not letting Mikuni interrupt her again.
"Glad to hear that, but the journey will take us through, the inferno swamp, I was on my way there when Kane chased me off the cliff, and inter the stream, and there are streams of fire that could cook a person instantly, quicksand, that's very fast and could swallow a person whole, then there are enormous rat digimon that are very vicious and deadly, and the fire digimon, that can burn you to a crisp, I would understand if none of you want to come back with me, it would take bravery nor everyone has to even attempt passage through it" Mitsuko said, timidly, and shying away from any eye contact.
Mikuni nodded towards everyone else, who nodded back in response "Nothing will stop us from coming with you, so stop trying to talk us out of going with you, and that's final" she spoke intensely, and without pause or hesitation "I'll reiterate one last time, we are digidestined, we fight evil, as we are champions of justice" and at that moment Mitsuko had passed out again, from exhaustion "poor Mitsuko"
-Dream-
Mitsuko stood on a terrace, a balcony looking over the kingdom of Satapia, she was wearing informal attire, and she stared out in the distance, a downcast expression on her face. That's when two figures entered the room, dressed in green kimonos, they slowly got closer to her, they were her two advisers, Sae has luscious blonde hair, and large gazing eyes, Tri had curled pink hair, and always seemed to be squinting.
"What's wrong your highness?" Trinia asked after she and the other bowed to Mitsuko "You look troubled?"
"I don't know my place in this world, do I have a purpose, it's still unclear to me what I am meant to do, I don't know how to travel to a future I can't see" Mitsuko said, a fresh tear rolling down her cheek.
Trinia stepped forward and placed her hand on Mitsuko's shoulder "Your destiny's uncertain, and that's sometimes hard to take" she said, with love in her eyes. "It will become much clearer with every choice you make"
Finally, Saekona joined them, and placed her hand on top of Mitsuko's head, ruffling her hair "Patients is never easy, but I understand wanting more, I know what it means to spread your wings and soar.
both embraced Mitsuko "Know your time is coming soon, as the sun rises, so does the moon, as love finds a place in every heart, you are special, and you'll play your part" they pulled away as something dark entered the room, it's visage screeching, and blood spraying from its mouth
Mitsuko woke up breathing heavily, clinging to her pillow, she looked around, and the only person, who remained was Juniko, she was asleep in the chair beside the bed. Her Gatomon stood beside her bed, looking at her with concern in her eyes.
"You had that nightmare again, are you ok?" Gatomon asked, with concern in her voice, taking measure of her human partner.
"I am fine, you don't have to worry about me" Mitsuko answered, and relaxed as Gatomon crawled into bed with her, and took her place at the foot of the bed, near the soles of her feet, and began to purr. They both nodded off again.
In the morning, everyone was packed and ready to go, Virgil sent a message to the archive for Sorami to take care of it while he was on an important trip, all the digidestined were there to escort Princess Mitsuko back to Satapia, except those they sent a message to meet them at the entrance to the inferno swamp, by the afternoon they were set off on their journey.
-Outskirts of Lilithia-
"The message came this morning, Huang, and Leoben, will meet up with us at the entrance to the inferno swamp, I have the directions that Mitsuko gave me, I put them in the message I sent" Juniko said, placing arm around Takajin's shoulder, as they walked along, and kissed him on the cheek, and he returned that gesture with a kiss on the lips.
"Can you not do that now, we need to keep focus, without you guys acting like obsessed love birds" Mikuni said, with arms crossed, with an expression of annoyance on her face "How many times do I have to remind you, every moment we aren't paying attention, is possibly one that someone could sneak up on us"
"Takajin, and I were interrupted during a romantic picnic, by your kingdom's early arrival, I do understand that we need to be focused on our task, but it's not going to kill us to kiss every now and then, you will understand if you ever find that some special, bringing out those feelings inside of you" Juniko said, stepping away from Takajin, but looking annoyed doing so.
"Champions of justice, don't need someone special, my only love is justice," Mikuni said, balling her hand into a fist and beating it against her chest.
"What about my friend Rao, who you took on as a sidekick, he seems to have a crush on you" Takajin said, taking measure of Mikuni, whose face seemed to turn beet red, for a moment.
"I so not have a crush on him, he is my sidekick, and that is all" Mikuni said, almost shouting it out, and looking angrily at Takajin.
"Love is much splendid thing, I wish I had someone like that, you guys are lucky to have found someone you truly love" Mitsuko said, smiling, her face flushing slightly red.
"He is not my boyfriend!" Mikuni shouted, almost in Mitsuko's face, before getting her resolve back, and started looking around "There is someone out there, watching us, if you didn't distract me, I would have noticed them sooner"
Before they could even see the advancing strangers, Mitsuko took off in the opposite, screaming in terror, ignoring call for her to come back. Everyone except Mikuni ran after her, she hesitated then ran to catch up with everyone else. She kept running, till she was out of breath, and stood there panting, sweat pouring down her face, and dripping onto the ground. The first to catch up with her was an equally out of breath Juniko, who recovered as soon as she took three breaths, while Mitsuko continued to be panting, before being overcome with stress and exhaustion, first falling to her knees, and then face first into the ground, as she fainted.
"We could have taken them on, but she had to take off, she has to be the worst princess I have ever met, even Hikaru, your boyfriend's sister could have kicked their butts, it seems more and more like we are babysitting" Mikuni said, coldly with an undertone of annoyance.
"Maybe her parents didn't train her for battle like yours did, she's not a digidestined like any of us, including Hikaru, so lay off Mitsuko" Juniko said, glaring at Mikuni, who ignored her expression, and turned away from her. "Do you want to go here, do you want to go now, I am sick of you, you keep interrupting whenever you feel like your opinion is the only one that matter!"
Mikuni turned, anger in her eyes, "You are a princess not even a year, and you think you can order me around" she said, walking over to Juniko. "I can out fight you any day, but we don't have time for this now, we need to get Mitsuko back to her kingdom"
"Remember you gave up your title to continue gallivanting around in your pajamas" Juniko said, interrupting Mikuni, speaking through gritted teeth.
"at least I did have kingdom that was mine to begin with, and not just handed to me, by a higher being that had lost it for over hundred years" Mikuni said, coldly with her back still turned to Mikuni.
"it's go time!" Juniko shouted, as she charged at Mikuni, who turned to embrace the incoming attack, only to have Takajin step in between them.
"I don't like her attitude, and most of what she is saying to you, but Juniko, she is right about one thing, we don't have time for this right now, we need to get moving" Takajin said, turning to Juniko. Then turning to face Mikuni "for you to say these things I expected more from you, not this petty picking of fights"
As Vasantmon, the giant armor rabbit digimon, picked up Mitsuko, her human partner Mikuni sighed "OK it was little immature of me, but she had it coming, she thinks can hang in the big leagues already" she said getting on the back of her digimon partner, before he vanished, leaving the others to continue in the direction of the inferno swamp, Juniko still severely pissed off.
Unknown to the digidestined, they hadn't lost their pursuer, General Kane stood with his men in the shadows, they had followed from a safe distance, so they wouldn't be detected like before, one of his men seemingly walked with a limp. They were waiting for their chance to strike. "We will bring her highness home," he said looking at the man with the limp.