This will be the last chapter I post before the new year. So this story will be finished by the end of January, hopefully. Enjoy.

Chapter 21

I was standing on the grass plain where I first met Shruikan, but unlike before, the sun was not shining. The sky was dark and gloomy, and the sun was not present. I looked over the plain to see darkness spreading across the land. Soon it would be to where I was standing and I would be in complete darkness.
I stood strong as the blackness covered the landscape, I was alone and my body was starting to become cold. This was a familiar feeling to me. Back in the human world, I was always alone and cold. No one seemed to notice me when I was at school or in public. It was like I was a ghost. But when I met Renamon, everything changed for me. I had someone to look forward to see everyday, someone to care for, someone to love. But now it seemed I was to be alone again. I sat down in the grass with my knees to my chest. "Just like old times." I said sadly. As I sat my head on my knees and closed my eyes, a voice came to me.

"Get up Adam, you are not alone." It was Shruikan's voice. I quickly shot my head up to see him standing in front on me. "I need to show you your true power." I didn't move. "GET UP!" Shruikan roared. I got up slowly and brushed myself off.

"I fulfilled my promises to Rena. So what if I do die in battle? I'm not a digimon, I'm just like what Black Renamon called me, 'A useless human'." I said in a depressed voice. Shruikan growled loudly at this comment.

"How dare you say that you are useless! If you were even close to the definition of 'useless' I would of never gave you my power to protect Renamon. Now get that out of your head and focus! Black Renamon is nearing your position as you sleep. You need to understand your true power that lays within you." Shruikan said in his deep voice. He had a point, why would a being so powerful lend his power to a useless human.

"You have my attention Shruikan." I said plainly. He slightly smiled.

"I knew I would. Now listen closely, you have a unusual power that no other Soul Reaper has. You have a Vizard form that you can control. Which is quite fascinating." Shruikan explained.

"What is a Vizard form?" I asked.

"It's similar to a hollow, but it doesn't have a mask or the hole in the chest. I guess to put it words that you would understand is, it's your evil form that gives you vasts amount of power and energy that you can control. But you can't willing turn into your Vizard form anytime you want. You need to be in your Bankai stage and be 'triggered' into becoming your Vizard form."

"What do you mean by 'triggered'?" I asked worried.

"Like when you felt the need to protect Renamon, your Soul Reaper powers awakened. A similar occurrence has to happen to awaken your Vizard form." Shruikan explained. "You remember your Bankai attacks, correct?" I had to think for a moment to remember what he told me.

"They were Final Judgment and Dragon's Fury right?" I asked, not completely sure if those were it.

"Correct, If you know the names of the attacks. They will be stronger compared if you didn't know their names." Shruikan explained.

"I just have one question, if my Vizard form is pretty much my 'evil' form. Won't I go on a killing spree and hurt the ones I'm trying to protect?"

"No, like I explained earlier. You are able to control your Vizard form and use it for good. You might have some trouble with controlling your power at first but you will not have any other trouble. I must bid you farewell until battle comes. You need to sleep for a little longer and wake up to fight. I am here to lend you strength Adam, so do not feel as if you are alone, because you are not. You have Renamon, her mother, and me to lean on if needed. Goodbye young Soul Reaper." With that said, the dark plain turned completely black and I fell back asleep.

My body ached as I began to move around, trying to escape the holds of sleep. The more I moved, the more pain and aches I began to feel. I slowly raised my upper body to look towards the mouth of the cave. It was about the middle of the day, the sun was working its way back towards the horizon. As I stretched my back, I felt something crack open. I turned my head to see what the feeling was coming from, it was coming from the scratches I received last night from Rena. The scratches were about a quarter of an inch wide and there were six of them. Three on my right side and three on my left side. They reached from my spinal cord to the edge of my back. "Something to fight for." I whispered to myself. As I got to my feet, I realized Rena was still sleeping and I was still naked. I quickly walked over to my Adidas duffel bag and pulled out new cloths. A pair of boxers, black jeans, and a black shirt with a silver tribal print on it.

I slowly walked to the entrance of the cave, stretching my arms high in the air to help my body wake up faster. I stopped at the entrance and leaned up against the side of the cave, looking out over the tree covered landscape, thinking of the battle that was before me.

I stood there for a good fifteen minutes when suddenly Rena surprised me and hugged me from behind. I glanced over my right shoulder to see her beautiful face glistening from the rays of the sun. She placed her head on my right shoulder and kissed my neck. "How do you feel?" I asked, grogginess still present in my voice.

"Full." She smiled. "I'm still tired, but I lost my pillow." She said in an innocent tone. I smiled down at her and kissed her forehead. "Adam?"

"Yes Rena." I replied, looking over my shoulder at her.

"I never thanked you for doing what you did last night. I know I pushed it on you, and I'm sorry for that." She said, her eye's averted from mine.

"There's no reason for you to be saying sorry Rena. I could of said no, but I didn't. I wanted to be mates with you just as much as you did." I said lovingly. She looked at me with seductive eyes.

"You wanted to mate with me before hand too?" She asked slyly. My face turned red.

"Well....um....I guess you could say that." I said, a little lost for words. She smiled at me and placed her hands around my stomach while still resting her head on my shoulder.

"I love you Adam, and I always will." She lovingly whispered in my ear. I slightly moved my head to the right, my right side of my face rubbing against her face.

"I love you too Rena." I said in the same tone she did.

We stood together in our embrace for what seemed like minutes but were actually hours. Reality snapped back when there was about only about two and a half hours left of daylight. Shit, I still need to practice my attacks in my Bankai stage. I murmured to myself. I turned my head to where it was slightly facing Rena. "Rena, I need to go and do something. Do you wish to come with me?" I asked, even though I knew the answer.

"Of course, but what do you have to do?" She asked. I looked back towards the horizon.

"I need to practice my attacks in Bankai. I know Shruikan and Colton told me that it takes years to perfect the attacks but, I need to practice with them for the up coming battle." I said in a serious voice. She looked at me with her beautiful blue eyes.

"Well, we better get going then." She replied with a slight smile. This up coming battle had her very worried. She knew Adam was strong but, was he strong enough to defeat Black Renamon if he can digivolve into Black Taomon? Adam broke free from her embrace and walked back to where his sword was leaning up against the cave walls. After putting it over his back, he walked back towards Rena and grabbed her hand.

"I'm going to stay around here, so if you want you can stay in the cave. I'm just going out about fifty yards or so and train there." I said looking at her. Rena nodded and leaned in to kiss me. I kissed her as passionately as I did last night, our tongues entering each others mouth and wrestling passionately. When we broke the kiss her eyes were still slightly closed.
I slowly walked out of the cave and walked about fifty yards out. I drew my sword and held it at my side, as it rested at my side. I focused my power and the blade changed without me having to say Shruikan's name. The dust and gravel was twirling in a vortex like circle around my body. I focused my power even more, and soon the black aurora came back and engulfed my body. My eyes were closed throughout all of this, I was concentrating my power and forgetting my surroundings. Suddenly I opened my eyes and maneuvered my sword with my right hand so that it was positioned straight out from my chest. I moved my left hand so it grabbed lower on the hilt. The aurora was larger and darker than ever before, I couldn't believe how much stronger I have become in just a little amount of time. As my power grew, I said the word that would enable me to release my Bankai. "Ban..Kai." The black aurora grew ten times the size it just was, and I was surrounded in the blackness of the aurora. No one able to see in and I wasn't able to see out of it. The only thing I could see was my sword changing to it's Bankai stage. About fifteen seconds later, the aurora was gone and I was left. I was dressed only from the waist down. My waist down was covered in a black Kimono like style clothing, I went from my waist to the ground. It gave me quite a bit more room to maneuver. My upper body was completely naked, showing off my semi-ripped body. My hair was covering my eyes, giving me a more grim like appearance. But what I didn't see, was that my eyes had changed also. They were now more like Rena's, except where her eyes were blue. Mine were silver.

The blade was the same as when I released it with Shruikan. It was about six feet in length and about a foot in height. The blade itself was about two inches thick. The sword was thickly wrapped with a black cloth, and some of the left over cloth hung down two feet from the bottom of the hilt. After unraveling the blade, its color was quite amazing. The bottom half was a black metallic color and the top half was a white matte color. I placed the dull side of the sword across my right shoulder. "Let's see now, the first attack was Final Judgment. So let's see what it does." I said in a sort of cocky voice. I moved the blade from his resting place and held it straight out in front of me. "Final Judgment." I said in a low deep voice. Suddenly the sword broke off into millions of shards, spreading themselves in a tall and long cloud in front of me. Then they lurched forward at a stunning speed, as I moved my eyes, the shards seemed to follow. Moving their trajectories to where I seemed to be looking. I can control where they go. So if my target moves, I can adjust with a blink of an eye. I said to myself. So I aimed them at a boulder, and they hurdled themselves at the target. They cut through it like butter, making the boulder into mere gravel. Return. I said, and the shards came back and reformed the blade that was in my hands. Not even a scratch was on the magnificent blade. "Now for the next attack." I said still in awe of the last attack. "Dragon's Fury." I said in a low deep tone. Suddenly my sword duplicated it's self and a second blade was in my left hand. Both blades were identical. Even though I was holding two blades, it only felt as if I was holding one. So this isn't a attack, it's more of a addition to battle. I like it, twice the cutting power. I used my Flash Step technique to cut a nearby tree, but my Flash Step was five times faster than normal. I covered a two hundred yard distance in a blink of a eye. I quickly diced the tree and stepped back, I cut the tree so fast it was still intact after I cut it. I had to push it with my blades to make it fall. I stepped back and stared at the swords that I was holding. Disappear. The duplicate sword disappeared back to its original and I was left holding only one sword. I placed my Bankai blade across my right shoulder and walked back to Rena.

I got almost to the cave entrance when I seen Renamon talking to her mother. I hadn't even seen her come back. I was too far away to hear them talking but I could tell that they were both upset. Which isn't a good sign for me. Two angry females, a man's worst nightmare.

As I entered the cave, I realized that they weren't yelling at each other but rather something in common. When they saw me enter, still in my Bankai stage, I froze. Both of them giving me a frustrated and mad face. I took a cautious step back, "Um, hi ladies. Something wrong?" I said in a scared voice.

"My father has been helping Black Renamon heal and train so he 'can' beat you. He is trying to kill you Adam. My father has been training Black Renamon so that he can get rid of you. So that we are not together anymore." Rena's anger turned to sudden sadness. Tears started to form in her eyes, I walked over to her and embraced her. Giving her a shoulder to cry on. She quickly wrapped her arms around my back and buried her head in my chest. As her tears left her cheeks, they ran down my ripped form and then to the floor. I rubbed her back, trying to calm her down. I looked up from her and stared at Kyubimon.

"How did you find out?" I said in a low monotone voice.

"While I was out hunting, I sensed my mate's scent. So I followed it, and to my amazement. I found him about three miles away from here." She paused, "With Black Renamon. His health was back to normal and his strength increased. As soon as I saw the two together, I understood. My mate wanted you dead. 'He' wanted Renamon to mate with Black Renamon, he didn't care if she refused. So he thinks if he kills you, she will forget you and mate with Black Renamon." Rena's mother stated. My facial expressions did not change when Kyubimon restated the past events of finding her mate helping Black Renamon and Rena's father wanting me killed. In fact I actually smiled.

"I would never leave you Adam. And I would never mate with another, even after you died!" Rena said still sobbing. I stroked the back of her head.

"I know." I paused, "Kyubimon, you said they were about three miles away right? So that proves my theory of them not attacking until tomorrow. That at least gives me a full night rest before the battle." Rena looked up.

"Adam, don't you understand? They are going to kill you, no matter what the price is." She said, still quite upset.

"That may be, but I will not go out without a fight. And I plan on putting up one hell of a fight." I said, still rubbing Rena's back. She had settled down only slightly. Rena looked up at me, staring into my eyes.

"Adam....your eyes. They're different." She said, slightly frightened. I looked down at her.

"What do you mean?" I asked a little confused.

"Your eyes are exactly like mine, except they are silver instead of blue." She said. I looked down at her and smiled.

"Good, I like them." I said. Return to normal. My sword and appearance went back to its normal appearance. "Its getting pretty dark out. How bout we go to bed?" Rena looked up at me and nodded. I could tell she was pretty upset about all of this, so I picked her up bridal style and carried her to where we slept last night. As I laid her down, I whispered in her ear, "I love you, and I always will Rena. No matter what the obstacle is, I will always be here with you." She smiled and closed her eyes to fall into the dreamy abyss. I got back up and walked over to my duffel bag, I took off my shirt and sword and placed them on the duffel bag. Looking over to Kyubimon, I seen that she had already laid down and was sleeping. I went back over to Rena and laid down beside her, my arms around her. Making sure that no one was going to take her away as I slept. I closed my eyes and fell into a dreamy state, thinking and dreaming of only one thing, Rena.

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I awoke to someone poking my side, I slowly turned my body and seen that is was Kyubimon. She was poking me with her muzzle, I suddenly lost my drowsiness and shot up. "What is it Kyubimon?" I asked alarmed. She looked down at me then over to the mouth of the cave.

"They're here." She said in a flat tone. I quickly got up and grabbed my sword, I practically ran to the entrance of the cave. Sure enough, the male Kyubimon and Black Renamon were just emerging from the forest. It was just the break of dawn, the sun just peering over the horizon. I clinched my sword tightly, my anger and strength raising.

"It's time to finish this, once and for all." I said, staring at the two enemies as they emerged from the forest.

Woohoo, Christmas is almost here and a four days after X-mas is my birthday. The next chapter is going to be very long, so heads up. BTW, I do have drawings that I drew of my swords. I have my second stage sword and the Bankai blade, so if your having some trouble visualizing them, I can send you a pic. Just E-mail me or PM me w/ your E-mail address. Till next time, XxXDragonManXxX out. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.