Chapter 10: March to the vampire domain
Millenniumon was on his throne and watched Ryo and his team walking at the direction of the domain of Vamdemon. He watched them progressing patiently. The only chosen child not present was Koushiro and his partner Tentomon.
Millenniumon saw determination in his partner face. He knew Ryo was an altruistic boy who thought about the other's before himself. He also knew that every human had some selfish desire that motivated them more or less. Ryo had one and it was to find his destined partner, Millenniumon himself. Millenniumon saw that this selfish thought motivated him, but it was clear it wasn't his dominant motivation.
Millenniumon lost focus when he smelt something bad entering in his nostril and wondered what it was. He smelt it for a while, but he never searched what was the source of the smell. He had to find it now, it was intolerable. He stopped watching his partner and snapped his fingers. Devidramon entered in the throne room and knee in front of his lord.
"What is it my lord?" Devidramon asked.
"There's something smelling bad here. What smells bad in my throne room?" Millenniumon asked.
Devidramon didn't reply to his lord. Millenniumon grunted when he was silent.
"Answer me now Devidramon!" Millenniumon ordered.
"As you wish my lord. The thing that smells bad is...is..." Devidramon hesitated to reply to his lord. Millenniumon grunted loudly and that made the dark dragon talk. "You."
Nothing could be heard in the throne room for a minute.
"Me?" Millenniumon asked containing his fury.
"You didn't take a bath for a while my lord," Devidramon replied nervously.
Millenniumon opened his mouth and was about to reply something when he realised he never took a bath since he was back into his old body. He smelled himself and confirmed it was him the source of bad odor. Luckily, Ryo didn't smell me when I talk to him in the hot desert. Another thing I would rather not have return once I'm back alive. Millenniumon thought.
"You are telling the true. I'm going to spare you this time. Next time, don't make me wait for the answer." Millenniumon warned.
Millenniumon stood up from his throne and walked to his private bathroom. He will watch what his partner will do while taking his bath.
Ryo walked with Mimi, Sora, Takeru and their digimon partner. Ryo watched the youngest of the group Takeru. He appeared to be worried for something, but Ryo hesitated to ask. They were deeper in the Server continent and Ryo didn't know how large the continent was.
Ryo walked closer to Takeru and Patamon and asked: "Are you alright?"
Takeru raised his head and looked at Ryo: "I'm worried for my big brother."
Ryo remembered that he talked about his big brother. Ryo smiled a little and said: "Do not worry about your big brother. We are going to find him and save him just like before."
Takeru looked down and wasn't sure about it. Ryo didn't know what to say to help him feel better. Patamon used his wing ears to fly closer and gave some word of encouragement Ryo couldn't give.
"What about you Ryo? You have a few marks on your face. Did any digimon attack you?" Sora asked.
Ryo dropped his head and grunted.
"He doesn't want to talk about it," Mimi intervened.
Sora nodded and easily guessed it wasn't a digimon who caused this. They walked silently for a while, each of them were in their own though.
"I heard about this Raziel Ryo. Do you know why he's interest in you?" Agumon asked.
"I don't know. He's interest in me just like Millenniumon. Millenniumon was freakier when he talks to me alone and doesn't eliminate me," Ryo replied.
"Millenniumon has something in his mind. Which is strange. He was a little crazy when we saw him. When we were trap, it was only little times, but he wasn't all there," Sora recalled.
"I confirm it," Palmon said. She looked at Sora and added: "When we met him in the desert, he was sane."
"He didn't give his evil laugh," Mimi thought back.
"He had an evil laugh?" Ryo asked.
"Yeah. It was scary," Takeru said.
"Now...His calmer and saner behavior is scarier. He appeared to always have something in his mind that could kill us if he wanted," Mimi said.
"It doesn't matter. We will defeat him and save our friends and the digital world," Agumon said.
"Taichi will be the last we will rescue Agumon," Ryo said sadly.
"I know. But we will save him and your partner," Agumon replied a little cheerfully.
"Right. We will defeat Millenniumon together," Biyomon said.
They continued traveling and encountered weak digimon in their way. Ryo repeated the usual stuff. He collected the data of the digimon in their way and cumulated it for the great battle against the vampire digimon when it will come.
Millenniumon watched the progress of the chosen child while taking his path. His cheeks turned a little pink. He completely sealed the bathroom so no one could see what he was doing, especially in his bath. He liked taking a bath, he used his time to either make a plan to attack or just getting clean just as a god is supposed to be.
He watched Ryo progression against anything he put in his way. He smiled as his partner defeated any weak digimons in his way. The help of the other chosen children was facilitating the battle he had to pass through, but also made him stronger. He didn't have to use the data collected to fight champion digimon when the other chosen children partner could do it without cumulating data.
Millenniumon also felt more secure that his partner was with the other chosen child. They were helping Ryo overcoming the danger, but also giving some of their experience to his partner. Even so, he watched Sora and Mimi. He wanted to make sure none of the girls made a move. He saw once Mimi touching the hand of Ryo and Millenniumon wanted so much to make Mimi regret it. He calmed down, he remembered that Ryo was still a kid and hormones weren't a threat right now. After a while, Millenniumon was cleaned and stood up. He shook his body and some water drop felt on the ground.
He dried himself and once it was done. He smelled his body and nodded with satisfaction. "I smell much better now. I should take bath more often," Millenniumon meant that he should take bath.
Millenniumon watched the journey of his partner and saw he faced more danger as before. The chosen children and their digimon partner passed anything in their way and continued forward.
"I would want to watch you more Ryo, but I have something special for you to prepare," Millenniumon said walked out of his bathroom and prepared a bad surprised. For the rest of the day, he finished his preparation and once he was done, he once again watched his partner. The darkness was halfway claiming the world as the light faded away. Millenniumon smiled as the darkness conquered the light.
The day ended and the chosen children and their digimon partner were around a fire camp and watched the flame burning in front of them. The flame was warm as they cooked some food they brought with them. Ryo was in charge of the food, having some basic knowledge of survival.
"You're good at making a camp fire," Sora commented.
"Yeah. My uncle showed me a few times how to survive in the woods. He explained how to make a camp fire and cook food on the fire," Ryo replied with a melancholic smile.
"I could have started the fire myself my friend," Agumon said with a smile.
"I'm sorry. I always do it. It's something I'm proud off," Ryo chuckled. He lost his smile for a second before looking at the fire and losing his smile.
"Is everything alright Ryo?" Mimi asked.
"You can talk to us. We are together in this," Patamon told Ryo.
Ryo raised his eyes at them and returned back to the fire: "I was wondering what will happen once Millenniumon is defeated."
"We will be able to return to our world," Sora replied. She gave a sad smile while looking at Biyomon.
The two others made the same sad smile. They were going to miss their partner. Ryo dropped his head and sighted.
"That's what I thought," Ryo said looking down. He sighted and added with some despair in his voice: "Everything will be back to normal."
"I know it's sad, but that's how it is," Takeru said looking at Patamon and wimped at the thought.
"It was really hard to separate from our friends," Mimi said.
"Mimi lost her hat so I searched for it and kept it with me. Since she was here once again, I gave her hat back," Palmon said.
"It was hard to say good-bye for us to. We didn't know each other's for long, but it was so difficult to say good-bye. Despite Millenniumon trying to destroy the world, it's thanks to him that the gate opened again and we met. The problem is that we lost the battle this time," Agumon said.
"It's because of that I was called here," Ryo said. He closed his eyes. "I remembered hearing your voice through the computer. You were asking for help and I put my hand on my...father computer. That's how I came here, what about you?"
The girls, their digimon partners and Agumon looked at Ryo and thought about what he just said. The sound of the fire was the only thing preventing silence.
"The same way this time," Sora said, breaking the silence in the camp.
"How was it the first time?" Ryo asked.
"During summer camp. A big tidal wave hit us," Takeru said.
Ryo watched Takeru confused and looked at Sora and Mimi: "For real? That has nothing to do with the digital world. There's no data in a tsunami."
"I know that make no sense. But the gate opened in a very different way. We never understood how it happened," Sora replied.
Ryo nodded and didn't say anything else. His mind moved to something else when he stopped thinking about it.
"Are you thinking about your partner?" Takeru asked.
"Yes. I was asking myself who's my partner and what he looks like. I had the answer, but I was also wondering how long I'll be with him before returning...home," Ryo sighted. He looked at the fire deeply for a while.
"It's true that you won't see your partner for long," Mimi said with compassion.
"I will only meet him for a short moment," Ryo said. He took a deep intake and said: "It will be better than wondering for the rest of my life who he is."
The others nodded and watched the fire.
"Do you miss your home?" Ryo asked the others.
"Of course. I miss my parents. I'm sure they would be worried about us if they could. It's not the case once again because the time between our two worlds aren't sync anymore. Our parents won't notice we are gone," Sora replied.
"Me too," Takeru said.
"I miss my parents, but I also miss Palmon when I'm home. We have to return to our world because it is our home," Mimi said.
They were all wishing it wasn't the case.
"What about you?" Takeru asked.
"About me?" Ryo asked.
"Do you miss your home?" Takeru asked.
Ryo eyes had mixed emotions that no one could read. His eyes were empty for a few seconds before he finally answered: "I don't know."
"It happens sometimes. A few times, I wasn't sure if I wanted to return home," Sora admitted. She looked at Ryo and added: "It was especially the case when I would eventually say good-bye to Biyomon."
"That might be true," Ryo replied. He yawned and said: "I'm tired. I need to sleep after eating."
They knew Ryo didn't want to talk more about it. They were also tired and decided to eat what Ryo prepared before sleeping.
Millenniumon watched Ryo emotions changing as he talked with the other chosen children. It got Millenniumon curious about the reason his emotions were changing. He grunted in frustration and said: "I should have learnt how to read lips."
Even so, he smiled. He sent a spy to listen to them. Picodevimon was spying on them right now. He also had a communication device. Millenniumon had ears now.
"What are you talking about?" Millenniumon wondered.
He started to hear what the Chosen Children were talking about. He started hearing them when Mimi said: "It was really hard to separate from our friends."
Millenniumon listened to everything they said. When they talked about how little time Ryo will be together with him, the evil god said: "Don't worry about it Ryo. We will be together forever."
He continued listening to them and when they talked about family. He was surprised when Ryo brutally ended the conversation about his family.
"Ryo has some family issue," Millenniumon nodded. He felt like it was better that way, but he was uneasy about those issues.
He watched them sleeping for a while before he sent Devidramon to ask he stopped listening to them for now.
Millenniumon watched Ryo once more: "Soon we will be together and rule the digital world when it will fall into darkness," he said gently.
AC: Here's the end of the chapter.
The next chapter will be filler since not a lot will happen and I want to develop one character undeveloped right now.
Chapter 11: Devidramon hobby.