Dance of the Lunar Blood

by aikotters

01 AU ageswap, sequel to Light of the Sun. A blade of flames, a gentle laugh, who stands before these friends? The wolf, or the lamb? And does she want to be saved? Does she want to save anyone? What of the destiny of these Chosen Children?

35. 3:5-8

3.5-8

The children are small and in front of them is a battle that is much the same. They watch the monsters clash, hear them scream and Taichi winces, hand to his head like it's going to start bleedin. They hear Hikari, because yes that is her, scream. The death grows thick. Then Mayu waves her tiny hand and the image is gone, replaced with the image of a burning castle. You would think stone couldn't burn but the world loves to feed fire.

Little Mayu waves her hand again and silence reigns, looking at all of their horrorstruck faces, at the green tinge to their skin. "Don't cringe like that," she says softly. "The past is gone. Or it should be. But here is why, you see, that you are here. After this, again, the balance will tip."

The castle continues to burn, a man flying out in a machine. Swords fly after the machine and she directs the group forward.

"It's us!" Patamon squeaks. "That's us, isn't it?"

Takeru and Yamato want to ask how he knows but a sudden warmth floods their chests at the sight of the fleeing machine. The Digivices begin to glow, all seven, shining in the direction the machine is flying in, as if to light up the path of a dead man.

"They called you," Mayu continues. "As the others, as my friends, worked to wrap up one crisis. In the end, they weren't enough. They were only a patchwork and they knew it. They gave up a lot to try and make this easier on you."

"And that didn't happen, did it?" Yamato hears his voice but can't quite register it leaving his lips. The anger is too much, too heavy. They had almost not been called but that would have been too easy. They just hadn't pushed themselves enough. Or were they even alive now?

Mayu smiles at that. She looks so amused at that idea it is downright mockery. Her hands seem to flicker. "I couldn't let them," she says. "They had nothing left. It's hard to fight when you have nothing. So i sent them home and did what I could. And here you are, and you're not doing very well either. Isn't that a problem? And there's an easy solution."

She mouths the answer and the world turns pitch-black. They opens their eyes, and they are exactly where they had been.

Hikari is gone,but for a trail of dried blood. While everyone is looking around, Takeru runs into the bushes. He knows what to do now. He is going to save Hikari-chan, and to do that there was only one thing to do:

Beat Pinocchimon.