My name is Sora Takenouchi…and at one point I had desperately wished with all of my heart to be named 'Yagami." It's strange, because the first person I really ever loved was Yamato Ishida. Of course, I was 14 at the time, and you know how teenagers are, everything is a life-changing event. Since I had a crush on Yamato, I thought he was the love of my life. But, two years later, we broke up, it happens. I've dated other guys since then, but when I was 24, I met up with Taichi Yagami again. Things started to happen between us, but then I was captured by the Demon Lord Cahiti, and Taichi rescued me. That was when we had our first kiss. After Taichi and Yamato defeated GranDracmon, he proposed, but…then he was killed, by a Fallen Chosen, named Tatsuo Juro, who fought my grandfather and the rest of the First Chosen.
But, their data collected on the ground and turned into a group of Digitamas. This government agency called Hypnos, captured the eggs, but Taichi's cousin, the Priestess Miayag, tried to liberate them. But they turned into humans and digimon! While Miayag and one of the Hypnos agents fought, those humans and digimon escaped.
But I wasn't even aware those things were happening. I was depressed after Taichi died, so depressed that I was making myself sick. I went to see the doctor, and what he told me…I…I can't even deal with right now.
Digimon Gog
Dissociation of the Soul
Chapter 2
In the darkness of night, six mysterious young adults were walking the streets of Tokyo. They were unique in the sense that they each walked with a digimon partner at their sides: three had dinosaur digimon and three had canine digimon, and even stranger still, the humans with the canine digimon looked similar to triplets, while the humans with the dinosaur digimon were the same. The two females carried large Digitamas in their arms.
"How much longer are we going to walk?" the female with the dinosaur digimon asked. She was dressed in a blue tank top with two orange stars on the side and a brown skirt. She wore a pair of goggles over top of her short brown hair.
"She's got a point," the female with the canine responded, "We've got to figure out our next move." She was dressed in a sleeveless green shirt and an ankle-length blue denim skirt. She had shoulder-length, spiked blond hair.
"Like what?" one of the males with the canine asked. He was dressed in a green t-shirt and a pair of denim shorts.
"Where are we going?"
One of the males with the dinosaur, glanced up to the night sky. "It is getting pretty late, why don't we settle somewhere for the night?" He was draped in a pair of brown shorts and an orange t-shirt with a blue, short-sleeved button shirt over top. He too, was wearing goggles.
The four in front turned to the two in rear, "What do you two think?" the girl with the dinosaur asked.
The male with the dark-colored dinosaur crossed his arms. "Whatever." He was wearing long brown pants, an orange t-shirt and a blue jacket that ended at his ankles.
The female with the dinosaur snorted. "What's your problem?"
The male with the canine digimon pointed to a building that was missing half of its top structure. "How about there? I think that's probably as good a place as any." He was wearing a green hooded jacket and dark blue jeans.
The others agreed, and they entered through the missing main door. The inside was completely bare, all except for the steel I-beams that held the roof in place. The female with the canine examined the walls. "These look new. I think this building's being built."
"Which means we've probably got to be out of here by morning," the male with the canine added.
"We'll worry about that when it happens," the male with the dinosaur responded, "We've got bigger things to worry about right now."
"Like what?"
He stared at him. "What's your name?"
The male responded. "I…I think it's…it's Yamato, but…"
"You're not sure, right?" the other male asked, "I'm not sure about who I am either, but we need other names."
The other male shrugged. "All right I guess. Um…why don't you just call me Koji." He glanced at his digimon partner. "What about you?"
The canine digimon bowed. "You may call me Gaomon."
The other male nodded. "How about you call me Takuya?"
His partner nodded. "And I'm Agumon."
The female with the brown hair grinned. "Oh, me next! Um…call me…Tanna."
Takuya raised an eyebrow. "Tanna?"
Her partner was a dinosaur that was covered with white skin. "I'm Yuki Agumon."
Tanna turned to the female with the canine digimon. "What about you? What do you want to be called?"
The girl shrugged. "I don't know…how about Yariko?"
Her partner, a digimon with pink skin and a stripped wolf fur coat, "I am Psychemon."
Tanna grinned. "Great," She glanced to the two quiet members. "What about you guys?"
They glanced at each other, then shrugged. The male with the dinosaur digimon answered first, "Call me…Miach…And my partner, Black Agumon."
The other male responded. "And I'm Yamag, and my partner, Black Gabumon."
The two virus digimon nodded slightly.
"All right," Takuya said, "Why don't we settle in for the night?"
"And then what?" Yariko asked.
"Then…I don't know, do we want to try and contact the other Chosen?"
"You mean, Noriko?" Koji asked.
Takuya nodded. "And Sora."
"Why would we want to do that?" Yamag asked.
"What?" Yariko asked.
"Come on, why do we want to go to them? We don't need them!"
"He's right," Miach added, "We've got the power, the strength, we could take this city, this world! If all of our partners evolved to their mega forms, we could take even the X-Chosen!"
The other four glanced at each other. "What's wrong with you guys?" Tanna asked.
"We're not gonna hurt anyone!" Koji shouted.
"We're here to save this world!" Takuya shouted again.
"And who put you in charge?" Miach asked.
Takuya stared at him. "No one…"
"Then why are we listening to you?"
"Hey," Koji said, "Calm down, all right…"
"Why don't you shut up?" Yamag asked.
"What the hell is your problem?" Yariko snapped.
"Running around in the night, hiding, when we should be walking with the world looking at us in envy!" Yamag growled, clenching his fists.
The others did not respond, only stared in shock.
"Fine," Miach said, "We're leaving."
They began to leave. Yamag waved his hand slightly. "Later losers."
The quartet exited the building and entered into the night once again. "Should we go after them or something?" Yariko asked.
"The hell with them," Takuya said, giving the finger to the empty doorway, "We need sleep. I'm fucking exhausted."
After the others had fallen asleep, the one calling himself Takuya, rose to his feet. He gently kicked his snoring partner. "Wake up."
Agumon rubbed his eyes. "W..what…?"
"Come on," he whispered, "Before anyone hears us."
"Too late."
He looked over and saw Koji and his Gaomon rising to their feet. "Where are you going?" Koji asked.
Takuya paled. "Uh…n…nowhere…." He sighed, "All right, we're going to look for the other two…"
"Then we're coming with you," Koji responded.
Takuya sighed. "Fine, whatever, let's go."
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While the mysterious young women slept, there was no rest for other citizens of Tokyo.
Sora sat on the couch in her living room, staring at the television. She should sleep, she needed rest, but when she closed her eyes, she could only think of her early visit to her doctor.
"Miss Takenouchi, I've reviewed your tests, and…and there's something we need to discuss…"
She closed her eyes tightly and squeezed her legs tightly to her chest.
"Sora?"
She glanced over her shoulder and saw Piyomon standing at the door to her room. "Sora, you need to sleep."
"I know, Piyomon, I know," she sighed, "But I can't stop thinking…worrying…."
The pink bird sighed. "I know, but…it's not going to do you any good if you're exhausted too…"
"I…I just can't sleep…I've tried…"
The pink bird nodded. "Well…" She turned to the television, "What's on anyway?"
The redhead smiled slightly. "Nothing…like usual…package deal my ass…." she muttered. She sighed and buried her face in her hands, "Piyomon, what am I gonna do?"
Her partner lightly rubbed her back with her remaining wing, "We'll think of something. Don't worry."
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In another portion of the city, Noriko lay awake in the bed that she, until recently, had shared with Yamato, now, she was alone.
She lay on her back, staring up at the ceiling. She had her eyes closed, trying hard not to think of anything, only breathe heavily and deeply, trying to force herself to sleep. It did not work, so she twisted to her side, and continued her previous strategy, but it did not work again. Frustrated, she threw off the covers in anger and climbed to her feet. She walked over to the window and stared out into the night.
"Yamato…damn it, why'd you leave me? You were the only one that really understood me, the only one that could stand me…We were perfect for each other…why does fate hate me so much? Damn it…"
She opened the glass and stuck her head outside, taking a deep breath. She was not fond of the autumn air, but, as the Daughter of Darkness, the night was comforting to her. Even the nose and chaos from the streets below did not matter to her, the soothing, healing of the night was enough.
With her heart once again at peace, she climbed back into bed and soon drifted to sleep.
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In the Kido apartment, everyone was sleeping soundly, even Jyou's wife, Kiku, who had shoved large chunks of cotton into her ears to block out Jyou's snoring.
In Hikari's apartment, the young woman had finally fallen asleep, and was resting peacefully, with Plotmon X curled up at her side. Her dreams were of her brother, and of her boyfriend Mitsuo, with whom she was quickly falling deeply in love.
In the Hypnos building, there was no sleep. After Miayag's invasion, and Lt. Reika Ootori's attempts to stop her, most of the lower floors had been damaged. The communications operator, Megumi Onodera, was now required to complete a report that was due on Commander Yamaki's desk in the morning. Deeper below, in his laboratory, Dr. Kurata was studying the data he had received from the mysterious Chosen that were birthed from the data of Taichi and Yamato.
In a simple apartment somewhere within Tokyo, a foul being stood on the balcony of his apartment, staring up into the night sky. This being was the Fallen Chosen, Tatsuo Juro. He stood on his balcony and stared up at the star-filled sky, his defeat of Taichi and Yamato still fresh in his mind.
"I was able to defeat them, the two lords of the X-chosen, and with their deaths, the rest of the Chosen will be leaderless." He glanced down at his hands, which were holding his weapon tightly. "With my Flail of Chance, I could kill them all…but no, the other weapons have fallen here as well. If I were to gather them all, then I would have an army at my disposal…"
He grinned, imagining a group of nine Chosen, each with a weapon of the First Chosen, all under his command. "This world could be mine! I would have my vengeance on Yuushi, Hidokoro, Lucien and the others!"
He turned towards the ground, "But I do not have any idea where those weapons have landed…I only felt them enter Earth, and I knew where the Flail of Chance landed because it is mine. Yagami and Ishida held two weapons…I wonder where they had gone after their deaths…" He grinned, "I bet the granddaughters of Hidokoro of Fire and Daiyu of Darkness know, and if they refuse to tell….then they will soon be joining their lovers!"
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When the first rays of the sun rose over the horizon, casting its illumination onto the city, a good portion of its citizens were waking from a night's rest. However, this did not wake Chihi Miayag, for she and her Plotmon had remained on vigil, watching from an adjacent building roof, the headquarters of the mysterious Hypnos organization. The Priestess stood at the edge, one knee bent on the ledge, continually staring at the building's main door. Her Plotmon stood at her side, obviously bored.
"Are we leaving yet?" she asked.
"No, not until my prey has left."
The Mammal sighed and crawled back to her feet to look at the building as well. At least five people had exited, but Miayag remained stationary. "Oh come on!" Plotmon whined, "This is sooooo boring!"
The Priestess remained stone-faced, that is, until a blond-haired man exited the building. "Yamaki," she grinned, "come Plotmon, the hunt begins!"
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When Tanna opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed was that only she, Yariko, their partners, and the two large Digitamas where there. "Where are Takuya and Koji?"
She walked over to where Yariko was sleeping. She lightly shook her shoulder, and the other girl opened her eyes with a start. "What?" she shouted, "Are we under attack?"
"No, Takuya and Koji are missing."
She sighed. "That's it? They probably went out for breakfast or something…"
"What?" she gasped, "Are you insane?"
The other girl sighed, then climbed to her feet. "All right…all right. What precisely do you think we should do?"
Tanna thought for a minute. "I…I don't know…"
Yariko crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.
"Hey, at least I wanted to look for them, you didn't care!"
"Of course I cared!" she snapped back, "I just didn't want to flip out over nothing!"
"Them missing isn't 'nothing!' It's serious!"
As the argument continued, the large Digitamas began to glow slightly. The two girls did not notice, but their partners did. Yuki Agumon and Psychemon stared in confusion, then horror as the eggs began to crack! Yuki Agumon stumbled backwards, then grabbed Tanna's leg. "Uh…you need to see this…"
"Not now!" she shouted.
"No," Psychemon said, more forcefully, "You need to see this right now!"
Both young women turned to where their partners were pointing. They both shouted in awe as the other shells of the two Digitamas completely shattered…revealing two infant babies lying within the crumbled remains of the large eggs.
Yariko and Tanna glanced at one another, completely in shock.
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Miayag had been trailing Yamaki for most of the day. While she preferred to follow him from the building roofs, when he descended the stairs to the subway line, she had no choice but to leap to ground level and follow. She blended into the crowd, observing from a safe distance. When he exited the train, she and Plotmon quickly followed, and when they were on street level once more, she leapt up the nearest fire escape and continued her surveillance from the building roofs.
"Praise the heavens," she sighed, "I thought for certain that he would have seen us if we had remained on ground for much longer."
Plotmon huffed as she ran alongside her partner. "Yeah, but, have you noticed where we are?"
She glanced around at the cityscape. "No."
"You weren't paying attention to the subway stops?"
"No, what is it?"
"We're in Shinbashi."
"Shinbashi," Miayag thought, "That's where Juukeitei…er…where juushi lives…" She mentally scolded herself, as her Juukeitei, her male cousin Taichi, was no longer alive, only her juushi, her female cousin, Hikari, lived in that apartment. A feeling of horror passed over her, "Does Yamaki know where juushi lives? Is he here to threaten her?"
"Maybe we should warn her?" Plotmon suggested.
"Not yet," she responded, "Not until I am certain where he is going. I do not wish to worry her…especially since she is not doubt in pain over her brother's death."
"You just don't want to see her because of everything we did to them a year ago."
She frowned, remembering the evil deeds she had done when she was a pawn of GranDracmon. She frowned and glanced to the ground. "S…sorry," Plotmon said, "I didn't mean to make you…"
"No, it is fine, I was only…." She gasped suddenly, "I…I cannot see Yamaki!"
Plotmon began to glance around as well, staring down at the massive crowd of people. It was only for a moment, but by taking their eyes off of the blond young man, he had completely vanished.
"Damn it!" Miayag swore, kicking the side of the roof with her heeled boots.
Plotmon continued to stare down at the street below, when she spotted two familiar young women in the sea of people. "Hey, isn't that Sora and Noriko?"
Miayag glanced over the roof's edge. "Yes, I wonder what they are doing here."
"They're probably here to see Hikari."
"Yes, that would make sense." She stared down at the two young women before noticing a figure standing atop a roof on the other side of the street, a figure that sent a wave of ice down her spine, but made her blood boil.
"Look!" Plotmon shouted, pointing at the figure, "That's…"
"Yes, I know," she growled, "The Fallen Chosen, Tatsuo Juro."
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Sora limped forward on her crutches as Noriko walked at her side. She looked up to the blue sky and breathed heavily. "At least it's a nice day, right?"
The redhead glanced at her. "Noriko, that sounds…so optimistic for you…"
She began to blush. "Yeah, well, you know…"
Sora smiled. "Well, I'm sure Hikari could use some company. We keep forgetting that she lost someone she cared for too."
"I hope she's home," Noriko said.
"She should be," Sora said, "It's Sunday, and I know she usually grades papers."
Noriko smiled slightly. "At least she has a real job that she loves," she frowned, "All I do all day is flip burgers."
Sora raised an eyebrow. "Oh, you're not doing the register anymore?"
The other woman shook her head. "No, they moved me to the grill after I threatened to shove the plastic toy that came in our kids' meal down that fucking woman's throat because she was complaining that I didn't fill the soda cup enough."
Sora chuckled. "Oh Noriko, what am I going to do with you?"
She ignored that remark. Instead, she asked, "So, did you hear from Mimi and Michael?"
The redhead nodded. "Yeah, she's doing good. She was in labor for um…twenty hours…"
Noriko nodded. "Uh…is that long?"
Sora smiled. "I couldn't tell you."
"What's his name?"
"It's…um…Gabriel."
"Gabriel?"
"Yeah, its Jewish or something like that."
"I thought Michael was Catholic."
Sora shrugged. "I don't know, I guess it's a common name in America."
"Well, what are you gonna…" she trailed off as she felt a blast of cold run up her spine. She stared at Sora. "You felt that too, right?"
She nodded. "Yeah…that last time we felt that…"
Noriko clenched her fists. "Yamato and Taichi died." She began to twirl her head around, studying the features of the people as they past, then began to glance up at the sky. "Why don't you stop hiding and show yourself! You fucking son of a bitch, we know you're here!"
"Noriko!" Sora shouted, "Behind!"
Both young women spun around and saw standing before them the face of their nightmares, Tatsuo Juro, the Fallen Chosen. "Hello my dears," he smiled, "How are you this day?"
"Fuck you!" Sora snapped.
Juro grinned, "Such bad behavior for a Daughter of the First, especially the Queen of the Daughters of the First."
Sora only glared, her eyes turning red with rage, and red light began to radiate from her being.
"The Fires of the Digital World," he said with a chuckle, "I can still remember when Hidokoro used that rage in battle, of course, you are nothing compared to him."
"Hey, shut the fuck up!" Noriko ordered.
Juro turned to her. "Ah yes, Noriko, Princess of the Daughters of the First, the Daughter of Darkness. I remember your grandmother as well, and you are not Daiyu."
"What the hell do you want?" Sora shouted, "You already took Taichi and Yamato from us, there's nothing else you can take, they were everything to us! So just go."
He smiled slightly. "I am sorry, but that I cannot do, for there is still something you have that I want."
"What the hell is that?" Noriko spat.
"The Katana of Hidokoro and the Airguns of Lucien."
They blinked. "We don't have those," Sora said.
Noriko glared, her eyes narrowed. "They were destroyed when…when you killed Yamato and Taichi."
"That is impossible, for it would take far more then that to destroy those weapons." He crossed his arms, "Now, you know my power is real, so it would do you no good to lie. I will give you one chance more, where are the weapons?"
"We don't have them!" Sora shouted.
Juro sighed. "I had given you a chance, and you refused, so I now have no choice but to use force." He once again reached into his jacket and emerged with the Digitama in his palm. Both young women tensed as he tossed it into the air, where it glowed and exploded, revealing the Adult form of Raptordramon. The cyborg digimon hovered behind his partner.
"What are your orders?" he asked.
Juro pointed at Sora. "Take her first, but gently, she still has to be able to talk."
"As you wish, master."
Sora stared with horror as Raptordramon floated towards her, his razor mouth opening. He pulled his head back, and just as he was about to strike, a cat woman suddenly appeared from the sky, slamming her foot into Raptordramon's side, throwing him into the ground. The cat woman landed and watched as the cyborg digimon struggled to right himself and once he managed to get himself back into the air, the cat woman held up her hands, which displayed long, claw-like nails. She grinned behind her veil and charged forward.
The three Chosen stared in awe as they watched Raptordramon battle the cat woman. "Bastemon?" Noriko gasped.
Sora blinked. "That means…" She was cut off as a figure draped in a white and pink dress with an orange cape appeared before her, staring at Juro.
"Miayag," the redhead said, completely amazed.
"You will not harm these two," the Priestess said, staring directly at the Fallen Chosen.
Juro stared at her, then grinned. "So, Priestess, the so-called Daughter of Fate, I am Tatsuo Juro, the Chosen of Chance."
Miayag glared at him. "You say that as if I should be frightened."
"You should my dear," he grinned, "There is so much that you don't know. There were nine First Chosen, correct? And with me, that makes ten, Light against Darkness, Water against Fire, Wind against Earth, Forest against Metal…" his face broke into a grin, "Chance against Fate."
"If that is true," Miayag retorted, "Then why are you not counted among the First Chosen?"
"Because not only was I brought to aid them later, but I was exiled," his smile turned into a snarl, "By your grandfather, I might add."
"I am certain that he had his reasons," she replied.
"You would believe that, wouldn't you?" he chuckled, "Now, you hold his weapon, don't you?"
Miayag reached for her digivice, which was attached to her left leg via a garter. Once it was in her hand, it twisted and changed, transforming into the Staff of Yuushi. The Fallen Chosen grinned. "Excellent." He reached into his jacket, and emerged with his weapon, the Flail of Chance.
"Be careful!" Sora shouted, "He killed Taichi!"
Miayag sighed. "Yes, I know, I saw it happen."
"You saw it happen?" Noriko shouted, "You were there, and you didn't help?"
"I came too late," she replied.
The Daughter of Darkness glared. "Why don't I believe you?"
"Noriko!" Sora scolded.
Meanwhile, Bastemon and Raptordramon continued their battle. The cat woman utilized her impressive agility to dash and leap around, easily avoiding the cyborg digimon's deadly jaws. Raptordramon caught sight of Bastemon to his right, so he whipped open his razor-sharp metal wing, but the cat woman executed a back flip, twisting into the air and landing atop Raptordramon's back. She pulled her claws back, ready to embed them deep within the cybrog's back, but Raptordramon suddenly twisted around. Bastemon slid down his body and clamped her legs around his tail, so as he flipped, she hung on as tightly as she could. With her body secured, she began to use her claws to tear and slash at his back. He ignored the pain as best he could, flipping and twisting, trying to throw her from his back, but she held tight. Using her claws, she had begun to dig a deep grove into his back, tearing and slashing at the same spot.
Miayag grinned. "It would appear that you have lost whatever advantage you previously had. There will be vengeance for what you have done!"
"Be careful!" Sora shouted, "Please…"
Miyag did not respond. Sora turned her gaze from the Priestess to her partner. Despite her original determination, Bastemon's strength soon gave out, and when Raptordramon slammed his back into a building, the cat woman fell, crashing to the ground.
"That's it!" the redhead shouted. She dug into her purse and pulled out her orange cell phone. She autodialed a familiar number. "Hikari? Hikari, listen, you've got to come right now! Get Plotmon and…I'm in Shinbashi…you're not? It's your cousin, she's fighting Juro right now! Okay." She dropped the phone bag into the bag, "She's coming right over."
"Where was she?" Noriko asked.
"She and Mitsuo were in Shibuya. She's coming as fast as she can."
Meanwhile, despite her earlier injury, Bastemon had leapt back to her feet, then used an adjacent building to once again leap onto his back. She located the area she had been tearing at and was about to continue her assault, but down below, Juro reached into his jacket and emerged with a familiar golden weapon. Once the Flail of Chance was in the sunlight, it glowed brightly, a glow that was soon shared by Raptordramon, this glow was so strong that it flung Bastemon back to the ground.
Miayag and Bastemon held their breaths and watched as Raptordramon evolved to a menacing sight. "Metal Piranhmon," Bastemon said in silent awe.
"You bypassed the Fully Evolved level," Miayag commented, "How was that possible?"
Juro chuckled. "There is much you do not understand, there is so much I could teach you."
"From what you learn from the arcane arts, correct?"
He gave a slight nod. "I see that you know more then I originally thought."
Sora and Noriko stared at Metal Piranhmon, remembering the night when he killed Taichi and Yamato. "How can she be so calm?" the redhead asked, mentioning to Miayag.
"She's got balls," Noriko responded, "Coming right out of her p…"
Before she could respond, Metal Piranhmon roared with rage and power. Both young women shivered slightly, the memory of their deceased love ones cutting deep into their souls.
Bastemon only smirked. "If that's supposed to scare me, it's not working. I don't care how strong you are, I'll still tear you apart!"
Metal Piranhmon chuckled in his deep voice. "You know, I think that's the same speech that Yagami and Ishida gave."
The cat woman winced slightly, and even though it was only for a moment, it was enough for Metal Piranhmon to whip the plunger attached to the end of his tail into her face, throwing her into the near-by building with tremendous force. The bricks cracked and Bastemon stumbled forward, clearing in a daze.
"Bastemon!" Miayag cried.
"I'm all right," she said, limping forward, "That was just a cheep shot!"
"You know what they say," Metal Piranhmon chuckled, "All's fair."
"Don't fight him!" Sora shouted, "Please, you'll get killed! Please...!"
"I had hoped to face him later," Miayag explained, "But now that it is happening…"
"Wait for Hikari, please!"
"This would be the end result of anything that we could plan," she replied, gripping the Staff of Yuushi tightly, "We will not run."
Juro roared with laughter. "Then please give my regards to Yagami and Ishida when you see them."
Metal Piranhmon floated forward, his mouth opening wide to reveal his rows of sharp teeth. Bastemon readied herself for battle, when suddenly, both the Flail of Chance and the Staff of Yuushi began to glow.
"What is this?" Miayag gasped, staring down at her weapon.
Juro grinned. "The Holy Weapons are being used."
"More weapons?" the Priestess exclaimed, "But they were lost! The only other weapons were…" Her eyes narrowed, "The Katana and the Shotguns…"
"They are close," Juro said, "Very close." He turned to his partner, "Come, we must go at once!"
"Damn," Metal Piranhmon pouted. He regressed to his Digitama, which landed gently within Juro's arms. The Fallen Chosen gave a grin.
"I shall see you again. Farewell." He shoved the Flail of Chance and the Digitamas into his jacket, then quickly exited the area.
"Should we go after him?" Bastemon asked.
Miayag nodded. "Yes, quickly."
"Wait!" Sora shouted, limping forward, "Wait! W…why are you even here?"
She still would not face either Sora or Noriko. "I came when I felt an intense, overwhelming feeling wash over me, five days ago."
"Taichi and Yamato felt it too," Noriko commented, "But now they're gone."
Miayag sighed, thinking of the mysterious being she saw in Kurata's laboratory at Hypnos. "I….um….I must pursue him. I swear that I shall bring him to justice for what he has done."
"What are you so eager to help us anyway?" Noriko glared.
"Taichi was my cousin, and…and I am not the person I once was. Please tell Hikari that I will contact her shortly. Farewell for now. Bastemon!"
The cat woman gently grabbed her partner and scaled the side of the building, vanishing into the sky.
"I can't believe she's here," Sora said.
"Yeah, me either," Noriko muttered, "I'd thought for sure she'd be a slut for some pimp she thinks is god."
"Noriko!" Sora snapped.
The brown-haired woman stared. "Hey, she made my friends almost kill me, remember?"
"But she's different, can't you tell?"
She crossed her arms. "Yeah, well…"
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The two mysterious Chosen that left Takuya and Koji were now walking through a decrepit section of the city, filled with the homeless and the addicts. This congregation ignored the two travelers, but the two travelers did not ignore them.
Black Gabumon sniffed the air. "There's meat here, someone's cooking."
Black Agumon opened his mouth, his teeth drooling. "Food….food!"
Miach whacked his partner in the back of his head. "Shut up!"
Yamag sighed in annoyance. "What exactly are we doing?"
"Who cares?" Miach chuckled, "Anything we want, this whole city is ours for the taking!" He walked past a young man who was drinking alcohol from a large glass bottle. Miach grabbed the bottle from his hands and began to drink.
"Hey you fucker!" the young man shouted, but was quickly silenced when Black Agumon snarled at him. After chugging it down, he handed it to Yamag, who drank as well.
"Just think about it," Miach grinned, "We could do anything…why not become crime lords or something?"
The other young man rolled his eyes. "Just admit you don't have any idea."
Miach growled, then caught sight of a young woman walking past them. She was dressed in a black tank top with a skull embroidered on the front, and a short black skirt. He grabbed her by the neck and lifted her into the air. She stared at him with horror in her eyes, and tried to scream, but his grip was iron.
"Tell you what," Miach chuckled, "Why don't we start with satisfying ourselves, then we'll worry about what to do?"
Yamag stared at the girl for a moment, then grinned. "Sounds good to me."
"Put her down, right now!"
The foursome glanced over and saw Takuya, Koji and their partners standing only a few feet way. Miach frowned, "Did you say something to be, gnat?"
"I said put her down!" Takuya shouted again, clenching his fists tightly.
"What if we refuse?" Yamag asked, chuckling slightly. Miach grinned as well, using his other hand to lightly rub the terrified girl's cheek. Her eyes stared at Takuya and Koji, pleading with them.
Koji glared. "If you hurt her, then we'll kill you."
Miach glanced at the girl, then back at Takuya, Koji and their partners, who were staring with narrowed eyes. He gave a slight chuckle and threw her to the ground. She jumped to her feet and ran from them as fast as she could. The other inhabitants of this 'bad part of town' had gathered to watch, but the sight of the digimon was keeping them at bay.
"What the hell do you two want?" Yamag asked.
Takuya answered. "I don't like the idea of you two walking around on your own, we should stick together."
Miach and Yamag glanced at each other, then turned back. Miach shrugged. "Nah, not gonna happen."
Koji sighed. "Well, we're not gonna let you two run around…especially if that girl is any indication of what your plans are…"
Yamag stared at him. "So high and mighty aren't we? I'm so honored that you came off of your holy mountain to walk with us mortals." He bowed slightly.
Takuya stepped forward. "I'm giving you one last chance, come back with us willingly, or face down in the pavement!"
"And what do you plan to do with us if we refuse?" he asked.
Takuya hesitated. He had not thought that far ahead, but with the way everyone was staring at him, he had to answer. "We'll figure that out after we've kicked your ass!"
"Oh great," Koji sighed, "No plan of attack, and now no plan of capture."
He shot to him, "What are you talking about? I've got a plan of attack!"
"Oh yeah, what's that?"
Takuya spun back around and pointed an X-modified digivice at his partners. Agumon began to glow with red energy as he evolved, changing into a large Tyrannosaurus Rex, with long horns on his helmeted head, and sharp spikes on his shoulders. "Agumon evolve to Geogreymon!"
"That's your plan?" Koji snorted. He reached for his own X-modified digivice, "Fine, Gaomon…"
His bipedal blue canine stepped forward, glowing with bright white light, evolving into a four-legged blue wolf with a mane of white fur and a pair of red tendrils from his shoulders. "Gaomon evolve to Gaogamon!"
Takuya started to laugh. "Yeah, you've got nothing now!"
Miach and Yamag both held out their own digivices, which began to glow with a dull golden light. Black Agumon and Black Gabumon began to glow in the same light as they too evolved, Black Agumon into a giant metal dinosaur and Black Gabumon to a three-headed canine beast.
"Black Agumon evolve to Metal Tyrannomon!"
"Black Gabumon evolve to Cerberumon!"
Gaogamon gasped. "Did…did they just evolve past the Adult level?"
Geogreymon was equally as surprised. "Yeah, they did…."
Before Gaogamon could respond, Cerberumon charged forward, bashing his center head into the blue wolf's snout, knocking him into a decaying building. Before Geogreymon could even call out his partner's name, Metal Tyranomon shot forward with surprising speed and slammed his fist into the side of the organic dinosaur's snout, knocking him to the ground. The Cyborg digimon lifted his large foot, ready to smash into the organic dinosaur's face, but he whipped his tail around, knocking into his feet, throwing him off balance. Geogreymon leapt to his feet and butted his head into Metal Tyranomon's chest. The cyborg whipped his arms around and slammed them into his back just as he bashed his knee into Geogreymon's stomach. The organic digimon whipped his head around and dug his rows of teeth into the metal digimon's arm. Despite the thick metal of his skin, even Metal Tyranomon felt the pinch of Geogreymon's thick teeth. Yet, he was able to throw him into a decrepit building, which collapsed under the strain.
"Geogreymon!" Takuya shouted.
The large dinosaur roared as he threw the piled debris from his body and stood fully erect. He panted heavily as he stared at Metal Tyranomon. "Come on, come on!" he shouted.
Metal Tyranomon laughed with maniacal laughter as he rushed forward. Geogreymon readied himself to attack, but before he could, Metal Tyranomon spit out a mighty blast of flame that engulfed Geogreymon, causing him to scream in pain before he collapsed into the ground…..
….After Cerberumon bashed his head into Gaogamon, throwing him into a decaying building, cashing the wall to collapse around him. Koji stared with worry, but breathed a sigh of relief when his partner jumped out of the pile of rubble and charged forward. He opened his mouth and fired a twisting beam of energy. "Spiral Blow!"
His attack struck Cerberumon in his center head, forcing him to skid backwards, but when he leapt into the air, intending to land on top of the three-headed beast's back, but Cerberumon leapt backwards, and Gaogamon continued to the ground. Cerberumon whipped his head around and chomped down on the wolf's back leg; with simple ease he flung Gaogamon into another building wall. The wolf displayed surprising, snake-like contortions and twisted his body around so he could fire his Spiral Blow again, directly in the head's eyes. The pain was too great and he released his grip; Gaogamon leapt to freedom.
The two wolfs stared at one another, glaring with battle-fury. They waited for only a moment before charging forward. Gaogamon opened his mouth, "Spiral…"
Cerberumon began to spit green flame from all three of his mouths. "Hell Fire!" This green energy struck Gaogamon at full force, dropping him to the ground. Cerberumon darted forward and used his left mouth to grab Gaogamon's back legs and his right mouth to grab his front legs. He lifted the wolf into the air and then used his middle mouth to crush his mid-section with all the force of his rows of sharp teeth. The wolf shouted out in pain.
"Gaogamon!" Koji shouted, "Hang on, please…"
Cerberumon flung the injured wolf to the side, where he landed next to the fallen Geogreymon. Takuya and Koji stared in horror, while Miach laughed. "So, I believe you were going to take us in with our faces down in the pavement? I think you may have been confused…" He grinned.
Takuya and Koji stared at their opponents, then back at their partners. They suddenly felt an overwhelming energy well up inside of them. Takuya's body began to mysteriously radiate with flames, which gathered into his hand, transforming into a long, curved blade. Koji, on the other hand, began to glow with bright light, which gathered into his hands, turning into a short-barreled shotgun. The two humans stared at these newly-created weapons with surprise, then both grinned. They pointed the katana and shotguns at their partners, who began to glow with the same energy.
"Geogreymon evolve to RiseGreymon!" Similar to Metalgreymon, except with red, razor wings and his cyborg arm was replaced with a giant revolver.
"Gaogamon evolve to MachGaogamon!" Similar to Weregarurumon, except with two metal gauntlets on his arms.
"Unbelievable," Yamag muttered.
RiseGreymon pointed his revolver-arm at Metal Tyranomon and fired three quick burst of metal bullets. "Trident Revolver!"
Metal Tyranomon whipped his arms up to shield his face, but the Chrome Digizoid bullets were enough to rip three holes in the demonic dinosaur's metal skin. He threw his arms open, pointed his right hand forward and fired a large missile. "Giga Destroyer II!"
RiseGreymon hovered into the air and used his tail like a bat, whacking the missile back into Metal Tyranomon's chest, throwing him into the same decaying building. With the tyrannosaurus trapped within the rubble, RiseGreymon fired from the gun turrets on his wings and his chest, sending six beams of energy exploding into the metal dinosaur.
Cerberumon growled from his three heads, staring at MachGaogamon. "Just because you evolved, doesn't mean you're any stronger! Hell Fire!"
He once again fired green flames from his mouth, but Machgaogamon screamed, "Howling Cannon!" He roared as loud as he could, sending waves of sound through his cannons, dissipating the green flames into nothingness. While Cerberumon was still in shock, MachGaogamon dropped to the ground and flexed his muscles. Cerberumon charged forward to attack, but the bipedal wolf shouted out, "Gaoga Tornado!"
He began to encircle Cerberumon with such speed that a tornado appeared, within the safety of this cover, he used his fists to rapidly bash and smash against the three-headed canine's entire body, kicking and punching until Cerberumon could barely stand. MachGaogamon dropped in front of his three heads. Cerberumon opened his jaws, but MachGaogamon called out, "Winning Knuckle!" He punched the demon dog with enough force to send him tumbling backwards and crashed into Metal Tyranomon.
"Ha!" Takuya laughed, eyeing Miach. "You were saying?"
The other Chosen clenched his fists and stared at his defeated partner. "Perhaps we should get the hell out of here," Yamag suggested.
"How?" Miach snapped.
The blond man turned to his partner. "Cerberumon!"
The demon dog managed to climb to his feet. "Inferno Gate!" he shouted, expunging dark energy from his mouth, which completely enveloped Takuya, Koji and their partners. When the darkness faded, their opponents had vanished.
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Hikari and Mitsuo started their return trip to Shinbashi as soon as they received Sora's message. The young woman found Sora and Noriko waiting for them inside of her apartment, and she was disappointed when she saw that someone else was not there.
"My cousin just left?" she asked.
Noriko nodded. "Yeah, back to whatever hole she crawled out of."
"Noriko!" Sora sighed, "Yes Hikari, I'm sorry, she went after Juro."
"I see," she sighed, "Well, at least I know she's okay." She grabbed a plate from the cabinet and poured a box of thin cookies onto it before placing it onto the table. She then grabbed her teapot and poured the hot water into the mugs. She was about to pour into Mitsuo's cup, when he shook his head.
"You don't want any?" she asked.
"I, actually, should probably get going," he replied, standing up from the chair.
"What?" she gasped, "Why?"
""I have some paperwork that I need to review for work," he answered, smiling slightly.
Noriko chuckled. "You just don't want to hang around and hear 'girl talk,' huh?"
Hikari gave her a slight glare, but Mitsuo chuckled. "Yeah, that's it, I don't want to be a fifth wheel." He lightly kissed Hikari on the cheek, "I'll call you later, okay?"
"Sure," the younger woman grinned, opening the door for him. "Bye."
He gave a slight wave to Sora and Noriko, then exited the apartment. As he walked through the hall, he stopped by a garbage can, and went to throw a wad of paper from his pocket into the can, he accidentally dropped his keys inside as well. As he reached inside and fished out his keys, two young women passed behind him and he saw from the corner of his eyes they were carrying two infants in their arms. When he turned to get a better look, they had already disappeared around the corner. He was certain that he had seen them before…in Kurata's laboratory.
He ran back down the hall, but when he peered around the corner, they were already gone; and without proof, he could not search every apartment. With some reluctance, he began to walk the halls once more, reaching into his pocket, he lightly began to finger a cigarette lighter that was resting between his keys and wallet. Once he was outside of the building, he placed his sunglasses on his head, and Mitsuo Yamaki began to walk home.
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When Hikari heard a knock on the door, she was wondering if her boyfriend had returned, but when she saw the two young women holding babies in their arms standing in the hall, she did not know what to think. Finally, she was able to speak, "Um…can I help you?"
The female wearing the blue tank top answered. "Hi, Hikari, I know this is going to sound weird but…well, I think I might be your brother."
To be continued…..