Myotis: Okay, I'm back! Hope I didn't take too much longer than expected. Have I ever mentioned that I loathe homework with a passion matching that of a red dragon's infernal breath? 'Cause I do. Anyway…Review response time. Oh, and by the way…I may be calling or not naming certain attacks. This is because I either can't remember them or don't feel that they need to be said.
lol: Yeah, sorry about that. I was kinda in a hurry. Well, sorry to hear you don't like CorruptOmnimon's name, though I've no idea why. But thanks for sharing your thoughts and reviewing anyway!
The Digital Gate: Hmm…let's see…I guess the best way I can show it would be something like "ee-ahn-oo", or something. Sorry, I suck at explaining things most of the time. And I certainly hope that I am portraying Karasu's character correctly…thanks for the review, as usual!
CaliCallMePrincess: Nice to hear from you again! Honestly, I don't blame you for thinking chapter 10 was boring…I hate to say it, but my heart wasn't into it like it should have been. And I really do like where my book is going so far, but my co-author needs to get his butt in gear and help me out some. But it's cool how you're wanting to get one published as well…and I know what you mean by money problems! So, good luck to you as well, and thanks once again for reviewing my story.
Blue Kyuubimon: Nice to meet you, and thanks so much for the excellent review! I'm glad you like it so much. And don't worry- I'm going to keep on adding more. It's most likely going to turn out pretty long, and I'm thinking about turning it into a series.
Myotis: Okay…I'm in a really good mood now. Time to get this started! Sarah?
Sarah: About that…could I just take a break today? Get Wraithmon to do it or something.
Myotis: Sure…hey, were is he, anyway?
Sarah: Ya got me. I haven't seen him since the last time he showed up.
Myotis: Hmm…I wonder if conversing with alternate forms of my psyche and not knowing their whereabouts is a starting stage in insanity.
Sarah: …Okay, that was weird.
Myotis: Ah, who cares. I do not own Digimon. Like I'd do fanfiction if I could alter the very plot at will. Hey…not a bad idea…
Sarah: Myotis…what have I told you about that kind of thinking?
Myotis: Only when no one else can hear me?
Sarah: Yes…Wait, no, I mean- Ah, just forget it.
Digimon Tamers: Life's Pain and Death's Comfort
Chapter Eleven: The Devil's Luck
Rika, Renamon, Takato, and Guilmon all stared in awe and slight fear at Karasu's transformation. His skin changed to an obsidian shade of black. His eyes were now invisible, enshrouded by a thin black mist protruding from his eyes. His hair looked like long needles. He became very muscular, and his fingernails grew as long as short swords. He grew about two feet taller, and his ears became pointed. About the only things that still seemed the same were his face and suit, the latter somehow not looking stretched or too small at all…as if it had grown along with him. He shifted his arms a bit, as though loosening up.
"Ahhh…all right, then…Let's get this party started."
Snapping out of their trances, the two Tamers and their partners turned to face the now impatient CorruptOmnimon, who began the battle with a viscous assault. The violent Mega aimed the Garurumon cannon at the group, and attacked.
"INFERNAL CANNON!"
A large blast of violet energy blasted forth from the cannon. The moment WarGrowlmon saw the blast, he unleashed an Atomic Blaster. The two powerful energies clashed, and time seemed to stop for just a moment. Then WarGrowlmon's attack came through, causing the opposing force to vanish, along with dealing a powerful blow to CorruptOmnimon. Rika immediately saw an excellent opportunity to strike when he fell to the ground.
"Now! Do it, Taomon!"
At amazing speeds, Taomon painted a mystic sign in the air, which became a form of power. It dashed forward, and upon making contact became a brilliant flash of magic power. Corrupt Omnimon's roars of pain could be heard very clearly. When the light faded, he was getting back up. Ianu now launched his plan of attack.
"Mammon. Block his path and destroy his weapons."
"At once."
Showing almost no movement at all, Mammon dashed at nearly light speed in front of his enemy. He halted for a brief second before using his attack.
"Claws of the Fallen."
Raising his right arm, his sword-like claws radiated with viral energy, and he brought them down, severing CorruptOmnimon's left arm, and the cannon with it. The roars were let loose again, but not before another Claws of the Fallen destroyed his sword arm. Mammon then returned to his original position.
Now it was Karasu's move. He casually walked to the monstrous Dark Knight, and stared him in the face.
"You know…I feel kinda sorry for you, man. Created only to be used and destroyed. Oh, well…Guess I really don't."
He then vanished, leaving a slight afterimage. Several sounds were then heard, all which sounded like swords slicing through the air. Ianu was the only one who saw the hundreds of light-speed slashes rending the creature into many pieces. In les than two seconds, Karasu reappeared and began to walk away, in his human form, as CorruptOmnimon faded out of existence.
Overcome with amazement, Takato couldn't contain his excitement.
"That was so AWESOME! Rika, did you see that? Cause I sure as heck didn't! He slashed it up like it was nothing!"
"Ugh…you're so embarrassing…"
Karasu merely looked down at him with a puzzled look.
"Geez, kid, calm down already…well, about time."
Everyone turned to the direction Karasu was looking in. They were surprised to see a little boy and a young girl running to them. The boy was lean, with seemingly average clothing for someone of his age. His skin was a dark color, like a tan. His hair was a very dark brown., and was just a little bit longer than average. His eyes were a bright yellow color. The young lady with him was very slender, wearing a beautiful black dress that would cause most modern people to consider her gothic on sight. Unlike the boy, her skin was a fair, almost pale color. Most of her hair was blond…a little less than half of each strand of hair faded from blond to black near the end. It looked like highlights, yet it seemed natural. Her eyes were unusual as well- they were orange. And Takato couldn't help but notice how cute she was, although he quickly dismissed the thought, once he noticed why they were running. A strange, winged, human-shaped being was chasing them. Ianu's eyes widened in shock and horror at the sight of them and the creature.
"…Eve! Is that…Abel? Both of you, keep running! Rika, Takato, come on!"
They nodded and hurried after the now-flying Tamer, Takato at the same time wondering when he took orders from him. They kept getting closer, and the two new faces passed the six of them. The girl turned and looked at Ianu and yelled to him when they passed.
"Ianu, please, be careful!"
"Just get out of here!"
The group stopped, and now faced the mysterious creature. It's body was vaguely human, shaped a bit strangely around the arms and legs, making them seem bigger than they should look. It was covered from head to toe in black wrapping that looked like denim, leaving none of its body exposed. Where it's right eye would be shined a small, perfectly round light. On its back were six crow-like wings. Astonished, Rika accessed her D-Power to gain information.
"The Nameless One…Class and Element unknown. A being of unknown origin that appears to have existed in the World of Deletion since its creation. Reports from the world's inhabitants suggest that it may be biological in nature. No further information is available on this creature. Great."
Takato was mesmerized by the creature. It had a frightening appearance, but it seemed elegant. It hovered before him with unearthly grace. He was about to think that it was gentle, and then he noticed something he didn't expect. Ianu was trembling. His normally distant, cold expression was replaced with what could only be described as terror. He clearly knew the creature's true nature. The frightened Tamer then spoke.
"Everyone…listen to me. It's considering letting us leave. If we make no hostile actions, it will leave everyone alone and go. Do NOT move, and do not show any ill intent…"
They didn't respond, but Tamer and Digimon alike complied. The Nameless One simply continued to hover in one spot, tall enough to see well over all of their heads. Despite that, it didn't seem to be looking at anything in particular. That, or they couldn't tell anyway…sort of hard when the only part of someone's face you can see is what appears to be an unmoving eye. After what seemed like forever, it moved. More of a jolt, actually. It looked like an android reacting to a malfunction, the way it suddenly moved its arm, head, and wing. It then turned and began to move in the direction it came, wings slowly beating. When it was out of site, everyone let out a sigh of relief. The two from earlier came up to them, the boy with a big smile, and the girl looked extremely worried. The girl spoke first, directly to Ianu.
"Ianu, I'm so sorry! I thought you were going to be killed by him…"
"Just…calm down, Eve. He doesn't hurt people for no reason…usually."
He ended the sentence in a pained voice, as if remembering a horrible tragedy. He then looked to the smiling boy.
"So you're Abel…the new brother. I suppose you know how this twisted family works already?"
"Yep. Join or Die, that sums up Dad's rule."
"Indeed. What are you two doing here, though?"
"Eve wanted to find you, and she said she could sense you in this world, but we got lost, and ran into that guy…"
"Really. And then what? The Nameless One normally doesn't even pay attention to other beings."
"Wow, you ARE as sharp as Eve said…well, we tried talking to him, and he didn't answer. Then we followed him, and he vanished. Then we just kept on walking, looking for him. We felt something weird, and when we turned around, HE was following US. Then we ran, and here we are."
"I see…I've never heard of him acting like that before."
"A-hem."
Ianu turned around to see Rika impatiently tapping her foot.
"Oh, that's right. Sorry…Rika, Takato…This is Genevieve Arukado, one of my sisters. Genevieve, Rika and Takato are new…friends…of mine."
For reasons he wasn't sure why, Takato immediately stepped forward past Ianu and brought out his hand to Genevieve.
"Nice to meet you, Genevieve. I'm Takato Matsuki, and this is Guilmon."
She shyly took his hand and shook it, and Guilmon looked at her with a big, goofy grin.
"Um…nice to meet you, too, Takato…and please, call me Eve."
Rika wasn't sure she liked were this was going, but she tried to be friendly.
"Rika Nonaka. This is Renamon."
Renamon nodded in acknowledgement, but said nothing. Eve smiled at both of them and bowed.
Abel then spoke up.
"Well…I guess everyone but Eve doesn't know me. I'm Abel Arukado. I'm the youngest in the family, next to Mareo, as far as I know."
Everyone greeted him, and then Ianu and Eve began conversing of matters no one but them understood. Takato spoke to Rika in a low voice.
"You know, this is nice and all, but I can't help but feel like I'm forgetting something."
Rika slapped herself on the forehead when she realized.
"Not something, someone! We left Henry and Terriermon back there! We gotta check on him…Hey, Ianu! We're going to check on Henry."
"Hm? Oh, right. I'd completely forgotten. We'll join you soon enough."
"Got it. See ya."
With that, Rika, Takato, Renamon, and Guilmon hurried of to the area Henry and Terriermon were in.
Myotis: Well, that was fun. I've been itching to get Eve, Abel, and The Nameless One in here since the first chapter! Well, I'll probably have the next chapter up soon enough, 'cause I'm eager to continue! I hope you liked it, and, as usual, please review! Thanks a ton!
