Review Responses
Guest 1) Right, one vote for D/K/TK/V/P/G. Anything else you'll like to ask? Because it's no problem whatsoever. You can say whatever you wish, provided I have the exclusive right to smack you upside your head for it.
Guest 2) Yeah, well, that's mainly the problem I have with romance novels like Twilight; everything doesn't revolve around the two, and to expect it to is implausible... Then again, what in this story is plausible? Really? What about them annoys you?
Keeper of Worlds) And another vote for D/K/TK/V/P/G. Meee too. What? The simple fact that I write the story, doesn't guarantee that I know any more about what happens next than you guys do.
Deadman Infinite) ... Is there a parking lot near where you live? Because simply for that Twilight/Justin Bieber bull####, your ass is mine. And I won't be gentle. NC17... If there isn't, regardless, kindly go #### yourself!
Seraphimon's Castle, Forest Kingdom
"Thank you all for coming," Seraphimon spoke, adressing three humans and three Digimon. One of the humans was male with very messy hair a strong redwood shade, wearing a pair of goggles, a red-and-blue fur-collared jacket with a golden flame-like pattern, grey pants, white-and-orange shoes, and sandy-yellow gloves. Beside him was a small blue-skinned red-eyed creature, with sharp white claws on its hands and feet. Both of their expressions were largely level and unemotional.
To their left stood a young brown-haired girl and a small white-furred cat, both sporting somewhat sullen expressions. The girl wore a pink-and-white sleeveless shirt, the pink portion covering her upper torso and neck while the white portion covered her lower torso and abdomen, along with a pink pair of long fingerless gloves covering nearly her whole arms, yellow shorts, ankle-length socks and pink-and-white shoes of a similar design as the male. The cat wore little other than a pair of lime-green gloves each adorned with three large claws and a pair of orange stripes, soft in both coloration and design. Oddly, the girl wore a green, simply designed jacket as a makeshift cloak, rather than wear it normally, leaving the garment to hang off her shoulders.
Beside her stood another male, wearing a turquoise shirt with long yellow sleeves, along with gray pants and a white hat covering most of his dark-golden hair. On his shoulder was a small orange, azure-eyed guinea pig-like creature, it's long ears doubling as wings.
"Look, just... Dispense with the pleasantries, Lord Seraphimon," Kari drawled. "Tell us who you want us to delete, and where they are. We'll handle the rest. ENIAC forbid that you sully your own hands with this sort of thing..."
Neither Davis, TK or Seraphimon reacted particularly to her jab at him, as it was nothing they weren't used to. Indeed, even if the angel could argue that she was altogether wrong, he still didn't have any authority to reprimand her, as she and her little group wasn't angels under his employ, or even technically affliated with either him, Ophanimon or Cherubimon. They were simply, relatively speaking, the Digidestined of this human world, chosen by the Sovereign, as Ophanimon had chosen the Takuya Kanbara, Koji Minamoto, Zoe Orimoto, JP Shibayama, Tommy Himi and Kouichi Kimura of this human world, who had offered their services to them, and fight the enemies they couldn't.
"Sadly, your latest assignment is not as simple as such," Seraphimon chuckled almost imperceptibly.
"An infiltration mission, then," TK decided. It had been a while since the last one, about two years by his estimate.
"Sadly, the situation is more elaborate than that, I am afraid," Seraphimon revealed, earning curious looks from the group. If it was neither a battle to be fought or an infiltration mission, then what was it? "Some time ago, an Angewomon... I suppose that the best term for it is that she went turncoat on us."
"And you want us to find her, and kill her. Got it," Davis replied immediately.
"Once more, you are too hasty to make your judgements, Davis Motomiya," Seraphimon sternly told the boy. "I have told you this before; leaping into a situation without understanding it fully cannot help anyone."
"Remember your position, Seraphimon," Veemon retorted. "We don't take our orders from you, so don't give us lectures. Now will you give us the full details?"
Seraphimon glared at her. Normally, he would have assigned a punishment for such insubordination, but the small dragon was infuriatingly right; as the strongest angels aside from himself, Ophanimon and Cherubimon were the Ultimate-level MagnaAngemon and Angewomon, whether he liked it or not, the overwhelming power of their partners was too important an asset to let go of.
"Your current assignment involves an Angewomon as I have mentioned, along with the Tamers, Rika Nonaka, Henry Wong and Takato Matsuki, of another world, the Legendary Warrior of Light, and lastly, a LadyDevimon. Now I cannot stress enough that this assignment should be done with minimal amounts of fighting, as they possess more power. Your task is simply to objectively determine whether the situation is or could prove hazardous to the Digital World." Seraphimon explained.
The group nodded dismissively, not particularly surprised to learn of being from other universes being present. "That won't be happening." TK responded with a minute growl. "If a LadyDevimon is involved, then we'll kill it."
"With all due respect, I cannot recommend that, as this particular LadyDevimon has, from what we have already been able to determine, not proven to be particularly malicious," Seraphimon told the group.
"Doesn't matter," TK shot back, skeptical at his assertion. "If there's a LadyDevimon around, we'll have to track it down, and delete it, before it hurts anyone else."
"I... I see," Seraphimon said with a faint tremble in his voice, mildly taken aback at his ferocity. His hatred for demonic Digimon was well-known amongst the Great Angels and the Sovereign, but after almost fifty years, he still harbored such feelings? Then again, Seraphimon mused that it was understandable...
"They reside in a mansion in the desert near Steel City," Seraphimon finished, and the Digidestined and Gatomon nodded, before leaving the hall. About ten minutes of walking later, they were outside at the wooden staircase connecting Seraphimon's crystalline castle with the ground below.
After the Rookie-level had walked a distance down the staircase, Veemon looked at his Partner, who smirked back, pulling out his Digivice, pressing a button on it. The pseudo-draconic being's body lit up with golden energy. "Veemon Warp-Digivolve tooo! IMPERIALDRAMON!" They heard him declare loudly. Soon, the enormous black dragon stood before the group. Soon, the other five were within the familiar azure energy-ball.
About ten minutes passed before they had passed Steel City, and Imperialdramon descended in the desert, reverting to Veemon once they had gotten off.
The group took a brief look around. It was a standard arid wasteland, in every sense of the word, as there was dried-up ground, weeds and lifeless plants, and some scattered rock-formations some distances away. Strangely, there was no cactuses to be found.
To the far north, Davis spotted a jet-black colored mansion, which he decided to be their destination.
"Before we go in, we better be prepared. So, Veemon, you'll Digivolve into Paildramon, while Gatomon and Patamon will likewise turn into Angewomon and Seraphimon. In case of a fight, Paildramon will handle close-quarters combat, while Seraphimon will handle any ranged combat, and Angewomon will help out anyone who needs it. Any objections to that plan?" Davis asked to the others, who simply nodded, while Kari smiled to them. His leadership and tactical skills had improved dramatically over the twenty or so years they had traveled together. Not, she bitterly noted, that there was much need for a leader anymore. Not when it was just the three of them.
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In a sunlit spot on the front porch, Gigimon was resting, his eyes closed and his face content. The silence of the area was disrupted when he heard people walking towards the mansion.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Davis, Paildramon, TK, Seraphimon, Kari and Angewomon wandering towards the building, some of them scowling while others had more level expressions. Hurriedly, he scurried back inside to inform everyone that there was new company arriving.
TK wasn't sure what that Guilmon-like creature had been, but it didn't matter much. Once they arrived at the door, Davis turned around to look at them. "This is it, guys... Once we go in there, we'll have no idea what to expect."
"We know that," Kari softly told him. "And we're prepared for that. Are you?"
"NO DOUBT!" He exclaimed, slamming the doors open, seeing LadyDevimon standing in a scarcely-designed hallway with navy walls.
"Oh. Hello," She tentatively greeted the Group with a faint smile, a bit annoyed that they had just barged in like that. She didn't mind company, but it was getting a bit cramped; perhaps she should construct additional rooms... "Can I help you at all?"
"As a matter of fact, yes," TK responded with a slight growl in his voice, walking past Davis towards the demoness. "First, you can tell us why you've brainwished all these innocent souls. And then, you can do me the favor of dying!"
"P-pardon?" LadyDevimon quizzically asked, while the other five stared warily at TK. Seraphimon hadn't said anything about brainwishing, so how had TK arrived at that conclusion? "Brainwashed? I-I don't-"
"Don't give us that!" TK angrily cut her off. "Takato, Rika, Henry, Guilmon, Renamon, Terriermon, Koji and that Angewomon! You've brainwashed them all to stay here?"
"You do realize that I don't have any psychic powers, right?" LadyDevimon queried with a confused expression, eyeing the boy with mild wariness. TK glared at the demoness. Was lies really all she was good for? Even if she didn't have any telepathy, those wretched Demon Lords could easily have given it to her, just so she could trap them here. "And, who, exactly, told you that I've brainwished everyone living here?"
"No-one," Davis answered, putting his right hand on TK's shoulder. "So calm down, and let's do what we came here for?"
LadyDevimon cocked her head in curiosity, while TK turned around, glaring at the goggle-clad boy. "I will, by slaying her,"
"Well, that was uncalled for," LadyDevimon sweat-dropped.
"And nor will it happen," A voice called out to them, both male and female, soft and stern. The Digidestined and demoness looked around for the source of the utterance, finding it when Gallantmon Crimson Mode walked down the staircase from upstairs. "We do not care why you are here, but know that you will not harm anyone here, even her."
"I don't care," TK growled. "Seraphimon, destroy her now!"
"N-no, I won't," Seraphimon nervously told his partner. Normally he wouldn't hesitate to attack a LadyDevimon, but this one had done nothing to harm them.
"WHAT!?" TK roared at the angel, who took a cautious step back. "How dare you?! Do you realize what could happen if we let her live?!"
"I do, and I don't care about saving her, TK!" Seraphimon yelled back. "I care about saving you!"
"TK, what in ENIAC's name have you done to yourself?" Davis whispered, horrified, looking at the trembling and seething male. "And what have we let happen...?"
"This... This is more than just TK's loathing for dark and demonic Digimon like me," LadyDevimon whispered in shock. Davis, Paildramon, Angewomon, Kari and Seraphimon shared soft, seemingly pained looks while TK glared at her. "Something happened, didn't it?"
"Yes..." Kari softly answered, visibly holding back tears. "Please... I don't want to think about..."
"For what little it's worth, you have my sympathies," LadyDevimon softly told her, her expression joyless.
"Thank you..." Kari whispered, while TK looked at her with incredulity, for accepting the feigned pleasantries of someone so wicked so easily.
Davis decided to relieve the tense atmosphere, as it did nothing to help them at the moment. "Look, we were sent here by Seraphimon to determine some things. Could we stay here for a while?" He asked to Gallantmon Crimson Mode and LadyDevimon.
"Certainly," LadyDevimon smiled. "However, me and Angewomon will only be staying for about two months. After that, you'll have to ask the new owners whether you can stay for longer." The demoness told Davis, who nodded quickly, while Gallantmon Crimson Mode gave her a bewildered look. Had she really meant that back then? "Now, since you will be staying for a while, you'll need your own rooms." LadyDevimon told them.
"The further away from you, the better," TK muttered. Gallantmon Crimson Mode blinked when the other five in TK's group barely reacted to that comment. Was this normal for him?
"The funny thing is, I probably should be more annoyed by that," LadyDevimon replied. "But on the other hand, you're right to be cautious. Follow me, if you will." With that, the demoness turned around, walking over to the staircase. The Digidestined and their partners tentatively and nonverbally agreed to follow her up the staircase,, Seraphimon reverting to Patamon to do so, while Gallantmon Crimson Mode separated into Takato, Rika, Guilmon and Renamon, who went into the library.
With nothing more interesting to do, Paildramon counted the steps of the narrow staircase, arriving at an odd twenty-three. Once they were at the first floor, instead of the demoness walking into the floor and giving them a bedroom, she placed a hand on the wall barring further passage but to the left, which dissolved, transmuted into a further set of steps, leading upwards, surprising the group greatly, as there had only been two stories visible from the outside. "Come along now." She smiled at them, wandering upstairs.
After a few seconds, the other six continued their strides upwards, soon arriving at an unusual hallway. In height, it seemed about four or five meters, and in width, barely one meter. Indeed, Paildramon had to de-Digivolve to Veemon to fit. The only thing other than navy-purple walls was a pair of dark-brown doors. Reluctantly, Veemon opened one of the doors, and was surprised greatly by what was inside.
He'd expected something gruesome, befitting of a demon like her, like a blood-soaked living room, or even something as low-key as a brick wall behind the door, but instead, there was a very large bedroom, large enough to hold even him in his Imperialdramon form and still have enough room for everyone else, with several beds covered in white sheets and a pair of pillows each.
"How can something like this exist?" Kari whispered, shocked and a bit horrified as well. Odd geometries she was used to, but how could something be bigger on the inside? It defied all logic the girl knew of, and yet it existed with blatant disregard for the impossibility.
"Saial asked that too, and I didn't quite understand why," LadyDevimon mused. "How can something like what exist?"
The group looked blankly at the demoness, unsure of whether she was joking. And who was she referring to with, 'Saial', Gatomon wondered. "First, who's 'Saial', and you seriously see nothing wrong with a room being bigger inside than out?"
"Saial is the name of the Angewomon residing here, and no, why would I?" LadyDevimon answered.
"Name?!" Angewomon and Patamon exclaimed in shock. This Angewomon had taken a personal name?! Just what sort of weirdo was she? Davis, TK and Kari stared blankly at her. Digimon had names ending in 'mon', so why did she think that this Angewomon was called Saial? "I've never met a Digimon who took a personal name before..." Angewomon whispered in awe. Seeing the confused expressions of Davis, Veemon, TK and Kari, she decided that some clarification was in order. "Some Digimon do take personal names, other than species name. But it's not really a common practice. It's actually nearly unheard of, and mostly reserved for extreme eccentrics."
"Eccentric?" LadyDevimon mulled it over. "Well, I've been called worse." She chuckled.
"Does that mean that you have a name of your own?" Davis tentatively asked, and received a bright grin from the demoness.
"You can call me Raya, or LadyDevimon. Or any combinations of the two that might be fun. Raya the LadyDevimon, LadyRayamon... I like Raya the LadyDevimon, let's go with that!" She excitedly declared, trailing off into utter nonsense, while the other six stared in befuddlement.
"Okay, I'm getting the distinct impression that you're insane," TK drawled. In response, LadyDevimon froze, approached his face closer than he was comfortable with, and gave him a wide grin that didn't quite seem happy.
"Yeah," She laughed. "Pretty much me in a nutshell. Insane in the membrane, that's me alright!" Gatomon promptly pointed out that she didn't have membranes and was interrupted by the demoness exclaiming 'Semantics!'.
"Enjoy your stay," Raya smiled as she walked downstairs, deciding to get some more sleep.
"That was kinda weird," Veemon and Kari muttered in unison.
"Well, she seemed friendly enough," Davis added, earning the goggle-head an angry look from TK.
"I don't believe this," TK shook his head. "We should've killed her immediately; it's a freaking LadyDevimon!"
"I know, TK," Davis retorted. "But we didn't come here to fight anyone. Let's just see whether the people gathered here pose a danger, and leave once we know enough to make a decision."
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Back at Seraphimon's Castle, the three angels watched with mild interest the argument of the three Digidestined. "The deed is done..." Seraphimon stated.
"Are you both certain this was wise?" Cherubimon inquired.
"Regardless, now we must put our faith in them." Ophanimon declared.
Okay, seriously! How do they fly on Imperialdramon?! He's not built for that, there's nothing behind the laser, a tail is not a comfortable place to stand, it's not the wings- THERE'S NO PLACE ON THAT DAMN DRAGON WHERE THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE! HE'S LITERALLY ALL CURVATURE, AND NO FLAT GROUND!
Minor griping aside, here's day 17's notes.
1) Gallantmon and Sakuyamon have Jogressed together to form Gallant Crimson Mode in some video-games, so it's not altogether impossible.