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Lobomon blinked and looked around. Last he remembered, he was attacking agunimon with lowemon as Agunimon did an attack he had never heard of. He thought he blacked out but apparantly that wasnt so. He was somewhere else.
The room he was in was all white save for him and the form of agunimon infront of him. The other Digimon was facing the other way, head in his palms as he sat there. To Lobomon, he looked so broken.
"Agunimon. . ."
'I never wanted this'
'I never wanted this at all.'
'being the leader, being forced into that postion. making the decisions. It was just chosen for me. No one asked what I thought about it. '
'they couldnt make their own decisions so they made me do it. . but theyd get mad when i didnt make the right one.' Agunimon curled into himself 'I always had to be there for everyone. . .i had to be the strong one. the one everyone could depend on when they needed it. .but no one. . no one was there for me. .' he said quietly, getting to his feet.
Lobomon frowned, making his way towards the distraught warrior of flame. ''thats not true. The others, and myself. we're here for you.''
'lies!' Agunimon yelled as he suddenly spun around. Lobomon braced himself against the fire that shot at him unexpected, forcing him back a bit. 'None of you were there when this started!! None of you even noticed that something was wrong. that I needed help! You didnt even believe me when I said we needed to go back to the digital world! you told me that I was just dreaming. there was no way that someone was telling me to go back!! '
''thats. .not true'' lobomon groaned, getting to his feet and continuing ''We wanted to help when we found out.''
'Youre lying! ' Agunimon yelled again, gripping his head in pain. His black eyes widened in confusion, Barbomons words still running through his head. 'you didnt care. none of you did. I was just a big joke to you all. expecially you. ' Agunimon let out an angry growl 'you lied. you pushed me away. you told me you would be there but when I needed it you werent!! You left as soon as you could!! You were just using me!!'
Flames erupted around Agunimon but Lobomon continued to press forward.
'I was just. . there. . .drifting along. . . and no one bothered to notice. I didnt even realise that I was never even needed not by you, not by the others. Im unwanted..'
''no.''
Agunimon looked up. He hadnt even realised that Lobomon was infront of him until the warrior of light spoke.
''thats not how it is at all. To them. . youre a great friend. one they wouldnt trade for anything else. and to me. . .I. . . you were. .' damn. not a good thing to get self conscious ' I don't know what I would do if I didnt have you Takuya. I was stupid last night. I never should have left you after I made that promise. . you- you mean so much to me''
a flash of blue in black eyes
'kou. . ?'
'he's lying. hes just saying what you want to hear. Thats all they ever do'
Agunimon winced, gripping his head again 'no no no. . .I dont know what to believe. . I. . I. . what have I done. . what am I doing. . who. . who is the enemy here. . '
'Agunimon. . ' lobomon stepped forward.
'STAY AWAY FROM ME!'
Out of fear and out of confusion, Agunimon tried to push away from Lobomon but the other digimon grabbed him and tried to pull him close.
"No! Let me go! Let me go! Get away!' Agunimon cried out. Panicking he lunged forward, his hand going through Lobomons chest. 'just go away'
"I. . can't" Lobomon grunted in pain, wrapping his arms around Agunimon "not unless you come with me. We all need you out there. We all want you back. I want you back. I want you to stay with me, no matter what. "
'k-kouji. . " Agunimons eyes widened, black disappearing into blue as he stood there in shock. His hand still in Lobomons chest. 'I. . I. . '
Both Digimon glowed a moment as they de-digivolved into the rookie forms of the legendary warriors. The white they were surrounded in shattered, returning everything to how it was before. Flamon looked around, eyes wide as he took in the sight around him. Izumi, Junpei, Tomoki and Kouichi were scattered on the ground, injured and partially unconscious, Seraphimon wasnt in the best of conditions either. Strabimon, lobomons rookie form, groaned and slumped over, before falling to the ground.
"what. . what did I do!?" Flamon asked, backing away. "I. . .guys I. . ."
"Its okay" Strabimon whispered, staggering back to his feet and over to the distraught digimon. He gently pulled flamon to him as they reverted back to their human selves. "Its okay now"
Takuya let out a strangled cry and buried his face into Koujis shoulder as tears streamed down his cheeks. "I'm so sorry" He sobbed. "so sorry"
Kouji tiredly held him tighter, his wound forgotten as he settled to reassure the other. The other digidestined got up as best as they could, looking over at their leader in sympathy as he sobbed his apology over and over.
seraphimon watched with slight pity. Barbomon may have been stopped but it seemed he still accomplish his goal.
The child of fire was broken, just like an old toy.
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