Chapter 13: The Evil God Gift
Millenniumon watched everything he prepared for the chosen children. He smirked at his preparations. He knew it wasn't his style to send any gift at all, good or bad, but there were a few things he wanted to say to Ryo. He decided to give a few things to the other chosen children so the chosen children don't think he had a fixation on Ryo. Millenniumon snapped his fingers and heard his servant coming at him.
Devidramon came and knee in front of his lord, sitting on his mighty throne: "You ask for me my lord?"
"Yes. I need to you send some...gift to the chosen children," Millenniumon said with a smile.
Devidramon looked at his lord confused with his jaw figuratively falling on the ground: "Gift?"
"Are you thinking I was about to give them something they will like?" Millenniumon asked with a smirk.
Devidramon smiled: "Of course not. Just a question, how long before it blows?"
Millenniumon grunted and replied: "Define blow."
"I meant figuratively of course. A god wouldn't make explosive gift," Devidramon said.
Yeah. I'm not a smurf. Millenniumon thought. Inside, he stuck out his tongue at that thought. Why do I have to know everything? "I had time to lose and I want to piss them off. They will probably guess my intention, but this is exactly what I want."
"I understand my lord. Can I say something?" Devidramon asked. Millenniumon nodded and pointed his hand at him. Devidramon nodded: "Aren't you feeling Wor- Ner- Upset about losing some part of your empire?"
"No. I don't need to do a lot to reclaim everything. It is better to let them the hope of defeating me. When they build confidence, I will crush it by beating them without any trouble. It's better that way than crushing their hope when there is no hope. Those gifts might either crush their hope or increased it. Either way, it will only be a small distraction," Millenniumon replied with a grin. It will be especially worse when Ryo join me and leave the other chosen children behind.
Devidramon nodded with a smile and took what Millenniumon prepared for the chosen children and walked away.
The Chosen children were back in the village and planned their next move. Ryo thought about what was left for him to do. Only Taichi needed to be saved now, but he was in Millenniumon temple and it won't be easy to defeat the evil god. Ryo looked at the keys he had in his possession, he only needed one for something important, but he didn't know what it was or where the last key was. Koushiro was still searching about it and said he was about to find what those keys were.
He felt a pat on his back and the boy gasped until he saw it was Agumon.
"What are you doing?" Agumon asked.
"I was thinking that we soon reach the end. Koushiro will soon find everything we need about those keys. Also, only Taichi needs to be saved now," Ryo replied with a small smile.
"We have one enemy to fight before facing Millenniumon," Agumon said. "You heard the PicoDevimon shouting about who's the last one. We only need to defeat Piemon before we can save Taichi," Agumon saw Ryo was nervous. "What is it?"
"It's about Millenniumon. You might not remember it, but...He showed us his power and I don't think we can fight him right now. He control time without any problem and he could destroy us if he wanted. How can we defeat someone who can control time without any problem?" Ryo asked.
Agumon sighted and dropped his head: "Now I wonder too."
Ryo opened his hand and looked at the keys in his palm: "I hope those keys can help us."
"They will," Agumon replied.
They heard a loud sound and looked around.
"What is that?" Ryo asked.
"I don't know and- Up there!" Agumon shouted.
Ryo raised his head and saw a demonic dragon coming at them. They stood ready to fight it when it landed in front of them.
"A Devidramon!" Agumon shouted.
The other chosen children came with their digimon when they heard the loud landing and were ready to face the Devidramon. They stopped when they saw the Devidramon wearing a tuxedo and standing up like a gentleman.
The Devidramon looked at them and grunted angrily: "You are those who stood in our way."
"What do you want?" Gabumon shouted.
Devidramon chuckled at his demand and waited a few seconds before replying: "I am not here to fight you. I don't have any chance to defeat you. I'm only a champion digimon after all and you can all evolve above it."
"Then what are you here for?" Sora asked.
Devidramon smiled lightly: "I came here at the demand of my lord and soon ruler of the digital world, Millenniumon. He asked me to come here for a small mission." Devidramon raised his left hand and his red claw listed in the air: "But first chosen children, I want to tell you that everything you are doing is pointless. You might save a part of the digital world, but it is only temporary. Darkness will claim the world. It is only a question of time, which is what my lord control with his grasp."
Yamato replied: "That will not be the case! We will overcome the darkness of your lord and save our friend!"
Devidramon nodded negatively: "Enough stalking. Millenniumon wants me to bring you some...present. You managed to oppose him long enough for him to be a little...generous," Devidramon showed a bag in his other hand and continued: "There's one for each chosen children, including you Ryo."
The chosen children and their digimon partner gave a doubtful glare at the Devidramon. Ryo wondered why Devidramon separated him from the others.
"Don't look at me like that. I am only sending the message. You should take the gift, he might be more proactive if you refuse it," Devidramon warned as he put the bag on the ground before turning around and saying: "Enjoy the gift. I don't know myself what he put there."
Devidramon opened his wings and flew in the sky. The chosen children and their digimon partner watched the bag. None of them moved closer in case it was a trap.
"What should we do?" Jou asked watched the bad more nervously than the others.
"I don't know," Gomamon replied.
"It's coming from Millenniumon, so it is not something we will enjoy," Mimi said.
"In other word, we should look what's inside and ignored it," Ryo replied.
They watched the bag for a minute without doing anything. After this, the chosen children looked at each other's before looking at the bag again for another minute.
"I know it's a trap, but I wonder what's in it," Sora commented.
The others nodded.
Yamato sighted: "We should look what it contained; we will look inside anyway later."
"We have to be that curious," Ryo whispered quietly.
They walked closer to the bag with the supposed gift of the evil god. Ryo walked forward and opened the bag. Inside, they were a few letters and some small box.
"This is the last thing I was expecting," Koushiro noticed.
"It's good that the bag didn't explode," Tentomon commented.
The chosen children saw that each letters and box had the name of a chosen child. They were all marked with black as the absolute darkness. Ryo saw the letter addressed to him and felt it was the creepiest. It was still marked in black, but there was a little heart on it.
The chosen children saw the gifts.
"Why did he send those gifts?" Mimi asked.
"Probably something to taunt us," Koushiro replied.
"Or he had something to hurt us," Yamato said.
"Maybe he had a message for us," Ryo said.
They picked their supposed gift and looked at it.
"Why would he lose his time for that?" Jou asked. He turned the letter around: "Nothing makes sense."
"Millenniumon doesn't make sense anymore," Sora grunted.
"I won't let him stall us any longer," Yamato said. He opened the letter and read it loudly: "Yamato. I hope you enjoy being reunited with your little brother Takeru. It won't be long before you will be forever separated as I kill your little brother first." Yamato face paled as he read the rest: "I'll make sure you watch everything in detail. Struggle as hard as you can Yamato, there won't be any mercy like last time," Yamato grunted and teared the letter apart. He watched the pieces flying away as he screamed: "I WILL PROTECT MY BROTHER YOU MONSTER!" His face turned red as his fury increased.
Gabumon pat the back of his partner who calmed down a little: "Don't worry. He won't be able to defeat us."
Takeru was the next one who opened the box left for him. He was nervous after what he heard what his brother letter contained. He looked inside but a message.
"This is what you all are for me. Nothing. I thought you needed an image to make you understand it," Takeru read.
The others who had a box opened it and they got the same thing with the same message, the only difference was that Sora got: "I hope this many times put this in your head."
They all grunted.
"This is the first time anything we fought do something this," Agumon grunted.
"It is a waste of time," Biyomon agreed.
"I think I understand why," Ryo said. "He isn't just taunting us. He makes sure to remind us of his superiority. He angered you Yamato because you are his biggest threat. You explained to me that Gabumon can evolve into MetalGarurumon. He provoked you so later; you will focus too much on him than traps he could put in our way."
Yamato sighted and nodded: "True, but if you are wrong; why did he send those gifts?"
"He saw us as nothing. He defeated us and Ryo is limited with Taichi digivice. Despite your victory Ryo, he wants us to remember, that for him, he let us win. This is why he send empty box, to show us what he saw us as," Koushiro said. He grunted lightly after saying this.
"He wasted his time on purpose. He makes those « gifts » because we bored him. He does nothing personally against us because we are nothing for him," Ryo added. He looked at the other chosen children: "He may defeated you the first time, but it won't end the same way. What he sends us means nothing," Ryo said looking at his letter.
The other chosen children smiled a little and agreed with him.
After a moment, Gatomon saw Hikari opening her letter: "What's in there?"
"Millenniumon wrote: Little girl, you are surely wondering how your big brother is. I will reveal to you that he's mostly fine and I mean mostly. One warning, you better watch your words or your brother will suffer the consequence," Hikari said. She wimped after she read it and tears came out of her eyes. She grabbed Gatomon and cried. The others walked around her and tried to console her.
"Don't worry. We will save him and make Millenniumon regret those words," Agumon said.
"I guess I'm the last one to open it," Ryo said looked the others. He intake and slowly opened it. He read the content: "Dear Ryo, I just want to tell you that your partner kept calling you and starts to annoy me. You better hurry up if you want to find him Ryo. I also enjoy watching everything you do to oppose me. In fact, I'm watching all of you right now. I have eyes everywhere. Love Millenniumon," Ryo felt sick when he read the two last words.
"Wait...Did he wrote he's watching us right now?" Patamon asked.
Everyone felt the chill on their back.
"Maybe that's how that Devidramon in a tuxedo knew we were here," Jou said, too much in shock to shout.
"He said he watched us...Did he do that when we took a shower?" Ryo asked.
The other chosen children gulped before the eight children said: "Creepy."
"Those are horrible gifts," Palmon said.
"At least...We are sure Taichi is alright," Sora said.
The older chosen children were a little doubtful about the claim of the evil god, but Takeru and Hikari weren't. Hikari stopped crying.
"I think it's true. He doesn't consider us a danger, so he won't hurt Taichi," Ryo added to Sora claim.
"I'm going to continue searching the purpose of the keys," Koushiro said.
The others nodded.
"If Millenniumon is really watching us, we cannot leave you alone here," Yamato said.
"The next one is Piemon," Jou said.
Yamato thought for a while as the other chosen children wondered how they should proceed. Yamato interrupted by saying: "I'm going to fight Piemon. He's an ultimate digimon and I'm the only one who can reach that level. Ryo, Sora, little bro, you are coming with me. The rest of you stay here and make sure Millenniumon doesn't do anything."
"Agree," Koushiro said.
"Make sure Millenniumon doesn't watch what you are going to find about those keys. If it can help us win and Millenniumon doesn't know about it, we might have something to beat him. We are going tomorrow. We all need to be ready. Piemon is extremely powerful," Yamato said.
The chosen children nodded. The all remembered how the battle went. It was a close one.
AC: This is the end of this chapter and the last filler I'll put for this arc.
The rest will move the story forward until the end of the first arc.