Chapter 26: Ryo's new partner part 2

Ryo looked at the purple dragon more closely: "You are...Monodramon?"

Monodramon was a small dragon with purple scales, wings attach to his arms and three claws at the end of the wings, three sharp toes for his feet, a long purple tail on his back, a golden crystal on his forehead and golden eyes with black pupil at the center of his eyes. He smiled at the boy as he stood up.

"Yes. Monodramon is my name. Sorry again for scaring you. I just wanted to surprise you. I didn't know how to come to you and I decided that. I was also asked to come to you and become your partner," he said walking closer to Ryo.

Ryo wasn't sure how to react by it. Monodramon was very direct about his presence and without any subtlety.

It all appeared randomly for him; a purple dragon digimon saying that he was his partner, the following day he discovered that Millenniumon was his real partner. He knew there was something going on, but he didn't know what. He wanted to say to forget it, but saw Monodramon giving the puppy eyes, which put Ryo in question about how a dragon could do exactly that.

"Listen...I al-" Ryo was cut.

"I know what you are going to say. It's true that you already have a partner, but he is the most evil digimon of the Digital world. Even so, I want to be your partner Ryo. I was born to be by your side and to protect you," Monodramon explained briefly.

Ryo was taken by surprised when heard his explanation.

"Born to be by my side?" Ryo asked.

"Yes. I was created to become your real partner at the place of Millenniumon and bond with you," Monodramon told him. He looked at Ryo and added: "I know I'm not your destined partner Ryo, but even so, please give me a chance to be by your side and protect you. My fate was to be by your side. If you refuse, I don't know what I could do. I'll lose my purpose," the purple dragon concluded with his eyes plead Ryo for a positive answer.

Ryo wasn't sure what he should say and thought about it. He felt that the dragon was telling him the true. The reason he thought that was that he gave his mission. The boy closed his eyes for a few seconds and replied: "Monodramon. I thought about what you said," Ryo put his hand on the head of the dragon and said: "I cannot say no to you. You are telling me the true and I don't want to hurt you by saying no." Especially not when your honesty shined in your eyes. Monodramon...My partner.

The eyes of the purple dragon shined like stars and grabbed the boy by his chest.

"Thank you Ryo! You won't regret it! I promise I'll always be by your side and protect you!" Monodramon shouted.

"I'm glad you are happy Monodramon," Ryo replied.

Monodramon smile joyfully while Ryo thought of the sudden and brutal change. He was glad to have a partner, even if he wasn't his real partner. He suddenly had a thought when he said that Monodramon wasn't his real partner. Think of real partner. Millenniumon can see everything. Did he saw this?

Ryo and Monodramon suddenly heard a long scream resonating in the digital world. Guess he saw that.

Millenniumon saw Monodramon hugging Ryo and his face turned red of rage and jealousy. He saw their smile of joy. His rage and jealousy were too much and he needed to externalise his emotions. He screamed loudly, so loudly that the Digital world heard his fury.

Devidramon looked at his lord and waited for him to stop screaming. Once the dark god calmed down, the dark dragon said without emotions: "I think the entire Digital world knows you are in a bad mood and alive Millenniumon."

"I don't care about that! That stupid Monodramon is standing in my way!" Millenniumon shouted facing Devidramon.

Devidramon was taken aback by his lord face. He immediately turned away before a grin drew on his face. He couldn't describe the face except that it was comical and shouldn't even be seen again. It was a mix of different emotions and at the same time partially contained on the face at the same time: "I don't understand how this Monodramon is standing in your way. It is only a small digimon at child level, nothing to fear about."

"I've learn that a child digimon could be more dangerous than he seems and especially with his resolve. This digimon, Monodramon, is extremely dangerous for me by simply existing. He is brave and fearless. He is ready to do anything to protect Ryo and stop me," Millenniumon whispered thinking about the times Monodramon defeated him by the jogress. His face darkened as his memories came back while Devidramon turned back to his lord. He didn't smirk when he remembering his escape. Even so, deep down, his hatred for Monodramon wasn't as intense as he had for ENIAC. The reason was that Monodramon ignored a part of the true about himself and Millenniumon. ENIAC hid it and made Monodramon believed that he was Ryo true partner. Even when he knew the true, he never feared for one second to sacrifice himself for Ryo and overcoming destiny: "This Monodramon is ready to pay the price to protect Ryo and stop me from becoming his partner," Millenniumon turned his amber eyes into the red one: "And that price is immense. The purple dragon would put his core on the line."

Devidramon looked in the eyes of his lord and nodded: "You spoke as if he personally did it."

"Seems the case," Millenniumon replied. He was calmer now and dropped his head, thinking: Now that I think about it. Monodramon appearance is much sooner than expected. I think that Ryo's awareness of the bond between us forced ENIAC to accelerate his plan to stop me once and for all. Although...Now that I think about it, why didn't Monodramon came to Ryo sooner in my reality? Maybe- No...Surely it's because ENIAC needed time, which I didn't let him have this time. So Monodramon cannot Jogress with me right now. I have to use this time to my average. Millenniumon smiled when he concluded his thought.

"Should I eliminate Monodramon my lord or you want to deal with him personally?" Devidramon asked curiously.

"Neither. That will hurt Ryo too much. Also, I don't have hatred toward Monodramon as much as the one who send him," Millenniumon answered to his servant.

"Understood," Devidramon replied.

Ryo and Monodramon walked outside and looked for the other chosen children. None of them were awake. It was only the two of them, bathing under the morning light.

"Thank you again and again Ryo," Monodramon said with a smile.

"You're welcome. You are a nice fella Monodramon," Ryo replied with a smile.

"Thanks. Oh! We have to see Gennai right now," Monodramon said.

Ryo smile disappeared when Monodramon said that name. He bit his lips and asked: "Why do we have to see him? He wanted to lie to me."

Monodramon twitched his head and asked: "What did he want to lie about?"

"He wanted to lie about the fact that Millenniumon was my destined partner," Ryo replied.

Monodramon nodded: "I thought it was about that. Even so, you have to see him. I'm your partner and you need something important."

Ryo didn't need to know what. He sighted and replied: "Alright. Let's get it, but I won't trust Gennai if he tries to lie again."

Monodramon nodded as they walked at the direction of the house Gennai was residing. Monodramon looked at Ryo and said in his mind: It is because you know the true that I'm here Ryo. Maybe it is bad that the true is revealed, but I'm happy to be with you. I won't let Millenniumon drag you to the dark side. I'll make sure you'll never become evil.

After making his personal vow, the purple dragon nodded to himself with a smile and entered in the house. They looked at Gennai who turning their back on them.

"You wanted to give me something Gennai?" Ryo said seriously. He crossed his arms and waited for him to answer.

"Ryo. I am sorry for lying to you, but I have my orders and couldn't say anything else. It might hurt you that I've betray you, but if I didn't I'll betray the four Sovereigns and I know them for longer than you. It's also for the sake of the Digital world. If the circumstance was different, I would have told you the true. I know you won't forgive me and I don't care. I just want you to know my reasons."

"You are right that I won't forgive you because you didn't trust me," Ryo replied.

"Anyway, you are here for the digivice right?" Gennai asked.

"Yes. We are here for that," Ryo replied a little harshly.

"Don't be too harsh Ryo," Monodramon politely asked.

Ryo nodded and waited for Gennai to say something.

"Here's the digivice. It's a special one Ryo," Gennai started. He showed it and put it in Ryo's hand.

Ryo looked at it and saw it was different from the chosen children: Probably because it's not a chosen child digivice, but another kind. It was a purple one that had an oval form, made to be a bracelet to put around his wrist. Although, it's better to have a digivice around the wrist because it's easily accessible.

"This digivice has the ability to act as a normal one. It goes around the usual thing. The bond with Monodramon will allow him to evolve, but it won't need the crest to make him evolve into a higher evolution than champion," Gennai explained.

Ryo nodded at the explanation, it wasn't really complex as what Raziel and Millenniumon talked about.

"This will be great. I'll be able to fight by your side without getting in the way," Monodramon joyfully said.

Ryo nodded at Monodramon before looking at Gennai.

"Since Millenniumon is still alive, there is no way we know what he'll do," Gennai said.

"You want the chosen children to eliminate him?" Ryo asked.

"That is true. Millenniumon existence is extremely dangerous for the Digital world and will destroy it eventually if nothing stops him," Gennai replied.

Ryo grumbled non-sense words and thought about it: "I'm going to stop him from destroying the Digital world Gennai. It's because I know he's my real partner that I'm going to let him do it," he knew he repeated himself, but didn't really care.

"I know. You can go now," Gennai said.

Ryo and Monodramon walked outside and they heard something.

"Looks like the other chosen children woke up," Monodramon noticed.

"Let's present you to them," Ryo said.

Monodramon smiled and nodded. The two walked at the direction of the other chosen children for the presentation.

AC: Here's the end of chapter 26.

Next chapter will be: The coming storm.