Chapter 34: Casual Talk
The chosen children returned to the village and they were in a good mood despite their situation. Seeing the great dark god injured behind was something funny to see. They couldn't really laugh when he was there, but when he was gone and they were somewhere safe, they let it out. Ryo couldn't help, but laughed as loudly as the other's. When they were back in the village, they returned to their occupation and spread out as the usual, each of them thinking about something.
"Do you imagine when he'll try to sit Ryo?" Monodramon asked with a big smile.
"I don't really need to imagine it a lot Monodramon. I see it clearly in my mind that he won't be able to sit for a while," Ryo replied, having the image in him. He then seriously said: "The problem is that he was injured by a weaker enemy and what he told us."
Monodramon stopped laughing: "That scary. No adult digimon could hurt an ultimate digimon. I never heard of something like that in my life or from ENIAC. Also, Millenniumon is much stronger than the majority of the ultimate digimon."
"That's why I'm worried. I cannot help but think what would happen when their leader would come," Ryo said as he frowned.
"Everything will be alright Ryo. We can do it together with the other chosen children," Monodramon replied with a smile. Ryo looked at his smile and saw some doubt in it. Monodramon lost it and said: "I'm not really sure how, but we can do it."
"Yeah," Ryo replied unsure.
Monodramon didn't say anything else; he didn't really believe he could do anything if he remained in his adult form only. I need to become stronger and become an ultimate digimon too. He looked at his partner and smiled, to reassure his partner and himself.
The day ended and they went to sleep. Ryo was expecting to see Millenniumon once he was asleep and smiled lightly. He intended to rob in it and he was sure that the dark god was expecting it.
"Ryo...Ryo wake up?" a voice softly spoke to the boy.
Ryo opened his eyes and grumbled quietly: "What is it dad?"
"You have to get ready Ryo. We are going to the camping trip together as promise," his father said.
"Yes dad!" Ryo replied with excitement. He stood up from his bed and dressed himself. He put a brown t-shirt with a green short. He climbed down the stairs and joined his parents. As he looked at them, their faces were blurry and didn't see them clearly, but didn't mind it. He ate his breakfast with them as they talked about the trip they will do during the week-end. Everything was planned.
"Remember to check your bag my little boy," Ryo's mother said with a smile. Ryo looked at the kind smile toward him and joyfully giggled: "You need to have everything or the trip won't be enjoyable."
"I know mom," Ryo replied before finishing his breakfast. Once he finished, he climbed the stairs to his chamber and took his big black bag. He looked inside and checked the content and giggled when he saw everything was there. He picked the bag and walked down the stairs.
Ryo.
He put the bag near the door leading outside and saw his parents brining their own bag. They put it beside the one Ryo put and checked Ryo's bag and their own once again.
Do you hear me Ryo?
After this, they boy's father brought the bags outside while Ryo put his shoes on.
"I'll check around if everything is alright Ryo," his mother said with a gentle smile before leaving him alone.
Ryo. Answer me.
Ryo heard the voice and looked around him: "I am hearing voice," he commented. He looked at the living room and saw a door that wasn't supposed to exist. The door was on the wall of the living room, leading outside: "There never was a door there before."
Ryo. It's me. Millenniumon. You are in a dream.
Ryo gasped and looked at himself. He noticed that he wasn't wearing the clothes he just put on, but his brown shirt and his green pants. He was back in his winter clothes and not his summer one ready for camping. He looked behind him and saw his mother walking outside.
"I'm out of the dream, while remaining inside," Ryo noticed he became a spectator of his dream. He was now looking at his dream from an outside view. He gasped when he remembered everything about the trip.
The door at the living room opened and they boy clearly heard: "Come here Ryo," Millenniumon kindly asked.
Ryo looked outside and saw the car rolling away. Ryo watched it as his forehead started to sweat and his breathing accelerated: "No. Nonononono. MOM! DAD!" he whimpered as the car rolled out of his view. "Not this."
"Ryo?" Millenniumon asked worried for his partner: "Come to me."
Ryo turned around and walked through the door. At the other side, he was once again near the Babel tower. Millenniumon was there and looked at his partner; his amber eyes showed that he was worried and asked himself what happened to his partner: "What happened?"
Ryo remained silent for a minute before finally replying: "Nothing important Millenniumon."
The dark god watched his partner and frowned as he said: "Liar. Something disturbed you in your dream. I heard you screaming for your parents."
"Nothing important for you to know," Ryo told him.
The dark god sighted loudly and sat down: "As you wish," he showed his palm. Ryo climbed on it without hesitation and the god raised it to his face. They said nothing for a while, Ryo eventually calmed down. Millenniumon knew he could talk to him now: "I'm sorry I came a little late Ryo. I had some trouble falling asleep and when I was, you were currently dreaming."
"I know," Ryo replied. He looked at his partner and smirked: "Couldn't sleep on you back right?"
"I know what you are implying Ryo and I don't like it," Millenniumon grumbled.
"How can you sit right now?" Ryo asked.
"Leave this out of the way," Millenniumon replied. He saw his partner waiting for an answer: "It's not the real world Ryo. We are dreaming," he sighted and looked at his partner who was smiling at him: "Glad to see you're smile back Ryo."
"I just couldn't resist bringing it up. No one could expect this to happen to you," Ryo replied.
"Yeah. Hope you'll eventually forget about this. Now then Ryo. I wanted you here so we can have our casual talk," Millenniumon said. He put his claw on his jaw and wondered if he had something to say: "Ryo. I was wondering about it for a while, but who were your parents? I know now that they were kind to you, but if you want sharing it, I'll listen to you."
Ryo wasn't sure if he should reply or not. He didn't talk to anyone about his family, but it was no one ever asked him. Ryo remembered the accusation the dark god said about his father, but he knew that he didn't mean it. He wondered if he should say anything until: "A little about it," the boy finally replied.
"Good," Millenniumon replied, happy that the boy would share his past to him, even if it was just a little.
"I don't really remember that well what my parents job were, but I know that my father is a computer expert. He's really good with computers and showed me a few things about it. I don't really remember much of them, but it was good time," Ryo said with a sad smile as he thought about him: "He was always there to show me anything to satisfy my curiosity. As for my mother, I don't really remember what she was doing, but it was a job that tired her." Ryo bit his lips for a few seconds and took a deep breath: "I remember it was a physical job. Not something that happen often for woman, but I know she deserved it. You couldn't guess it when she was home. I..." Ryo said nothing else and remained silent.
Millenniumon knew he couldn't say anything anymore. The pain silenced his partner. Millenniumon moved his claw closer to the young boy and delicately put it against the cheek of his destined partner, patting him so he could feel better: "You miss them that much," he said, without meaning it as a question. Ryo simply nodded: "That's why what I told you was so painful for you...Because your bond with your parents is that strong."
"What about you Millenniumon? What was your life before you tried to conquer the Digital world?"
If he meant about this time, I don't really know. He isn't aware that I come from another reality. I have to act as if I was always here. Millenniumon closed his eyes and replied, searching in the memories of the previous Millenniumon and his past: "Nothing as Millenniumon." Ryo remembered that Millenniumon was the unnatural fusion of a Mugendramon and a Chimairamon. He could see his eyes, lost in his past as he continued speaking: "As Mugendramon, I was a Dark Master with the mission to spread the darkness toward the Digital world and eliminate the chosen children. I didn't really mind the detail. Once I faced the chosen children, it wasn't an epic battle as I searched them through the city, until I decided to destroy it completely, tired of searching them. It was just like a map, just object I destroyed without seeing any habitant. In the end, I faced the chosen children and this part of me was almost killed in a single strike," he said as he showed the ghostly form of Mugendramon on his back: "There is some confusion about my survival, I don't understand even know how this part survived. As for the Chimairamon part, I do not really have access to that memory," he said tapping his head: "I sometimes wonder what his life was before he fused with Mugendramon and became Millenniumon."
Ryo didn't know what to say to that. Millenniumon looked at his partner and moved his claw away from his cheek. He tried to say something, but nothing came in his mind. He wasn't that good at casual talk unless he knew already what to say. He watched the Babel tower.
"Nothing more to say," Ryo said as he watched the tower like the dark god.
Millenniumon nodded: "This is a part of my dream. It's often recurring when I'm calling you. It seems that this is what I want as a tower with you, floating in the endless sky, above the land that I have under our grasp."
"You can keep dreaming about it. It's not going to happen. I'm not going to let that happen," Ryo replied.
"Of course I know you won't let me do that, but it is something I want in the end," Millenniumon replied with a small smile.
"You know. It was strange that when I was dreaming, you were outside my house," Ryo said looking down.
"We are connected, once I was asleep, I used our bond to connect your mind together, so you were in your own dream until you came in mine," Millenniumon commented.
"Millenniumon. Thank you for the tip you gave us against the Eraser," Ryo told him.
Millenniumon looked at his partner and chuckled: "I only did it for you Ryo. If it was the other chosen children and you weren't there, I wouldn't say a word."
"You could have told me here instead of directly, but you didn't choose to."
"It would have been a waste of time coming from you," Millenniumon replied, not liking what the boy was implying.
"It's also because the entire Digital world is in danger; if an adult form of an Eraser managed to injure me-no comment! An ultimate form will be extremely dangerous and mortal for any digimon, including me," Millenniumon said.
"You are right," Ryo replied looking down. He thought about it and said to himself: "Is there any way to protect ourselves against it?"
Millenniumon remembered that he didn't tell them. He was too annoyed when they commented about his butt. He grunted before answering: "I only have a supposition. It didn't happen, but maybe an armor could protect anyone. Let's forget about it. We don't have to talk about this."
"Anything to ask?"
Millenniumon thought about it and replied: "No. I'm out of idea."
"Should have thought it would be the case," Ryo sighted.
Millenniumon moved Ryo closer to his snout and said: "Just being with you is enough for me."
Ryo didn't reply, but felt something lightly disturbing when he said « you » and « me ». They looked at the world until they woke up.
AC: This is the end of chapter 34.
Next chapter: Calm Day.