After spring break: Well, judging by the date, this chapter is late and didn't arrive on time. :( I'm just glad that I was finally able to get to it and post it. :)
I've been sick on and off lately. Grr... need to somehow strengthen my immune system.
This is in Sasha's point of view (and someone else)! I hope that everyone loves her! And we'll go back to Isamu and Co. after another chapter. They'll meet up in a planned six? chapters (including this one). Sorry if you're getting impatient for the gathering!
Chapter 3: Three Year Reunion and Seperation
Day Two - Digital World, Musyamon Factory: Sasha Alkaev
Sasha stared up at the bustling factory. Colossal gears were turning with steam stacks spewing smoke high into the sky. The city was an extremely ugly brown with every single building being the exact same copy of the other. She looked to the sides and saw Yoshi and Minoru looking equally displeased. The only reason why they had come to this area was because Minoru told them to follow a glowing dot on their Digivices. Their official name were actually D-Links, or whatever Minoru said. He explained a ton of stuff, but not enough to guarantee anything really useful.
He did say that there were creatures called Digimon running around and what not in the Digital World, but there hasn't been a single soul for the most part. Besides plants, if you counted them.
Their first day had gone well for the most part. Finding shelter in an abandoned mansion, they had quickly left early this morning. At night, Yoshi felt something enter the house. Worried, the three of them barred their door and was awake for the whole night taking shifts. They checked outside at dawn, but they never found anyone. Sleepy, she rubbed her eyes as she read the sign in front of her.
"Musyamon Factory."
Yoshi noticed the entrance. "Why don't we try to enter? There's a reception desk at the front."
She and Yoshi finally saw what exactly a Digimon was. It had a clock for a body and it seemed as if there was a person inside riding the clock. Holding a long handled hammer, the person had their face covered in red cloth and a red scarf. Black clothes matched the unsettling part of his knitted mouth. A giant cogwheel was turning on the clock's back and the Digimon overall had a mechanic feel to it.
"Tickets for three?"
Sasha was clueless. "Tickets?"
"For a tour of Musyamon's Factory."
"Do we have to pay?" Yoshi questioned, "Our currency might be different from yours."
"It's on the house. Today's free tour day! I'll be your guide, Clockmon."
It was hard to breathe due to the smoke. The Digimon didn't seem to be aware of it. Instead, it seemed as if they loved living in the pollution around them. Clockmon provided them masks to help filter out the dirty air. They were pretty cool as the masks became transparent over their faces so it looked like they weren't wearing anything. As they walked past, there were only two other types of Digimon besides Clockmon: Solarmon and Hagurumon. They were the exact same type as the other, except Solarmon were red and Hagurumon were black. The two types of Digimon were floating gears that had the same shape as the huge gears outside. Clockmon led them to the workshops.
A huge tunnel...thing separated them and the workers. Each of the workshops had the Solarmon and Hagurumon line up side by side as the conveyor belts moved the unfinished products. Digimon repeatedly seemed to do their boring jobs over and over. Whether it was screwing on caps or gluing certain parts, they were all content with their jobs. The glass section reminded her of the glassware her parents created in their studios in Otaru. Sasha touched the glass whistle she had in a pouch attached to her shorts that was her only remembrance of home.
Gosh, I wonder if my parents are worryin' about me. I was supposed to clean the studio tonight too. I miss home too much. Sasha squeezed her whistle and whispered to herself to hug them when she got back. Whenever that's gonna be.
Clockmon looked at a memo card he pulled out of his pocket, reading a scripted speech. "See here, we produce items for the magnificent Musyamon. Everyday we have increased the quota by 1,000 for each of our exports. Even if our numbers have been diminishing, we are working toward a greater cause. While the economy is improving in huge numbers (Clockmon flashed them a bunch of receipts with weird symbols), all of us are happy...And would you look at that! Our boss is right there!"
Sasha, Yoshi, and Minoru saw an imposing Digimon that looked like a samurai from long ago. He had a sharp sword by his side and was inspecting the factory the walkway was going over.
"HEY, YOU!" Musyamon roared, hurting their ears.
He worked his way up to a Hagurumon that had a naive face. Musyamon lifted him by one of his hands and he was squirming in his grasp.
"Do you KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID?"
"No sir!" Hagurumon said.
He forgot to attach a cogwheel.
Hagurumon and Solarmon left and right completely ignored the commotion and continued with their work, but clearly shaken. Musyamon took out his sword and slashed the Hagurumon. The Digimon had frightened plastered on their faces. Yoshi gasped loudly and Minoru stood in tranquil fury. Sasha just opened her mouth in utter shock. Wasn't this basically murder?
"What the heck are you doin'!"
"WHO DARE YELL AT ME?"
"Me ya idiot! Who else! How could ya have done that? He was your employee!"
"A HUMAN GIRL? AND TWO BOYS? CLOCKMON, APPREHEND THE DIGIDESTINED!"
"No can do sir, you know the rules."
"THAT IS AN ORDER!"
"This may be your factory, but you know how the Digimon and I do around here. No sirree."
Musyamon growled and he jumped in the air towards the glass barrier separating him and Sasha. The three, including Clockmon, scattered as he brought his sword upon them.
"Ninja Blade!"
They didn't look back. Sasha, Yoshi, and Minoru ran away from the workshops as far as they could and hid in a Digimon's sleeping quarters.
"Sasha, I understand where you're coming from, but that was super dangerous!" Yoshi panicked.
"But what he did was basically murder! Didn't you see?"
Minoru was frantic."Sasha, it's not murder, okay? Digimion revert back into Digieggs when they're 'killed.' The eggs are transported back to Primary Village where all Digimon have a new chance at life. Besides that, Musyamon somehow knows we're the DigiDestined somehow. That's dangerous, he's going to be after us now."
"Whoa whoa whoa, Minoru calm down. I guess I understand what you're sayin'. And why shouldn't he know that? What are the DigiDestined? I know you're keepin' a ton of stuff from us. We haven't met for long, but rely on us a little," she replied,"I know that we're younger than ya but calm down! Don't shoulder everythin' by yourself."
Minoru had the most bitter and forced smile on his face right when she just finished her sentence. His eyes had a sadness to them like when she saw him stare through his sketchbooks at night. He would sketch the places they've been to before moving on, keeping a map or something. Minoru had an amazing memory and could reproduce anything he saw immediately. And he was such an amazing artist. Yoshi had told her that he was apparently this world famous artist which she probably didn't hear about since he didn't work on glass. He didn't show anything he drew in his other books like he was hiding something. Sasha respected his privacy and didn't try to peek or anything. It was totally obvious he knew much more than he let on, but forcing him would probably be the worst thing at this moment. Both her and Minoru just stared at each other with Yoshi in the middle, just moving side to side unable to say anything.
Minoru finally spoke up. "Thanks for pointing it out. I can't trust Yoshi or you to know anything more."
"And why is that? I just said that you could trust us."
Minoru let out a little huff before continuing with a long explanation."I wish I can Sasha, but I would be putting you in more danger than we're already in. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Especially right now. I rather want this whole ordeal blow over already so we can go back home. And to answer more questions, the DigiDestined are humans chosen by King Drasil whom the Royal Knights serve. Musyamon shouldn't know who we are. We only met him today and if he knows we're the DigiDestined then he knows about the D-Links. The Digimon here shouldn't even know what these are. There was no one around when we entered the Digital World, and the three of us encountered Clockmon as our first Digimon. The more you two know, the more danger you'll be in. Information is dangerous in the wrong hands. Someone is probably following us if Musyamon found out. We can't even do anything if we don't have our partnered Digimon."
"Excuse me!" A high pitched voice had them quickly turn around, on guard.
A brown rabbit-like Digimon appeared in front of the doorway. It had huge floppy ears that reached the ground. It had pink stripes at certain places and three little horns protuding from its head. The Digimon looked innocent and nice but Sasha still felt uneasy. Minoru had a shocked, yet reassured look.
"Lopmon?"
"Oh Minoru, it's you! I'm so glad you remembered me. It's been a long time hasn't it? Then the two next to you must be Sasha and Yoshi, or am I wrong?
Sasha just stared in confusion as Minoru opened his arms to the rushing Lopmon with tears flowing down her eyes. Yoshi and her awkwardly stood, watching the reunion. Lopmon pounced on them too and hugged Yoshi and her with those huge floppy ears.
"Oh, I'm so glad you're alright."
"Um, who are you? And how do you know Sasha and me?"
Lopmon recoiled in shock and stared at Minoru. He mouthed 'later' and Lopmon seemed to understand. She looked a little embarrassed by her sudden closeness and sat in Minoru's lap while explaining to them what exactly was going on.
"It's true that Musyamon has taken over this factory. How he knows about you, I don't know. I'll investigate on that shortly. I was sent here to retrieve you three by KedakaiLeomon. We had gotten a message from one of our allies about your whereabouts. He protected you in that mansion during the night."
Sasha, Yoshi, and Minoru sighed in relief. So THAT'S what was in the house with us last night.
"I'm so sorry for the misunderstanding! He didn't want to reveal his face. KedakaiLeomon also ordered that his location should not be revealed to the enemy in case he had to protect you guys. So sorry!"
"By the way, who are KedakaiLeomon and the Digimon followin' us Lopmon?" Minoru asked.
"Um… KedaikaiLeomon is a champion level Digimon who leads the rebel forces against the Digimon Tsumi… the baddies. Even if he's a champion, he's ridiculously strong against higher levels too! He's gathered many strong allies all across the Digiworld but due to recent events we're a bit… scattered. That's the best way to put it. Like I said earlier, I was sent here by KedakaiLeomon to bring your group to him. We need to protect you somewhere safe. And the Digimon protecting you, well, he doesn't want to be seen and would rather stay in the shadows. He has his… reasons...of course."
Minoru's stoic expression turned into a glare. Apparently, something was suspicious. "And what reason does he have?"
Lopmon shrunk back. Eeep! I feel scared too. However, instead of answering Minoru's question, she changed the subject.
"The Digimon Tsumi are terrorizing the lands so to speak. Yes, there are apparently seven of them and with the DigiDestined we need to take them down. First of all, we need to overthrow the current Digimon in authority here but we don't know who it is yet. We're still trying to uncover info on him or her."
This caught Minoru's attention and Sasha as well as Yoshi were pulled in, forgetting their mysterious protector for now.
"Wait, but do you know how much DigiDestined there are to combat against the Digimon Tsumi? I mean, we're still outnumbered 7:6 if we count the children that we followed into the DigiWorld."
"Yoshi, that's true. All we know is that there are six of you. We also don't know the number of Digieggs but it's probably six now considering the info you just told me."
"...wasn't...before..."
"Did'ya say somethin' Minoru?"
"Nothing. just making a mental note to myself."
Yeah right, I clearly heard you say something.
"I'm pretty sure you said somethin'." she egged him on.
"No I did not."
Once again Minoru and her created a tense atmosphere but was quickly broken up by Yoshi successfully.
"Hey! Stop! Let's just find the Digiegg and help the Hagurumon and Solarmon. Even if it isn't ours, we can always come back and break them out of Musyamon's grip later once we meet the other trio. Lopmon just told me the location."
"Then let's go! What we waitin' for!"
I regret sayin' that, I really do!
Wind whipped the hair around her face and she had nothing to keep it down unlike Minoru who had those clips against one side of his face. Yoshi had shorter hair than her (not by that much) and Lopmon was well, a Digimon. Scaling her first building using the fire escape, Digimon have these(?), and the ledges didn't really have tons of moving space. The wind also caused her to be unbalanced, but not enough to slip, just slow her down. This irritated her quite a bit.
It was a great idea to go durin' nightfall. Even if it is a little hard to see though. We can hide in the shadows but even then, we're on a time limit because of this. We've probably taken half of the night just findin' this place and climbin' all the floors. The movies really make this kinda stuff look easy. I wish that it was. Like how those heroes have those superpowers. Like the one with the webs so he can stick to buildings. Well, where I am now is like a fantasy world anyway so does that count? Ah, I always wished I was a hero when I was little, maybe not so much anymore. This is probably karma for thinking those things back then.
Then a vision flashed before her, of a boy with brown hair and purple tinted goggles and her discussing the latest episode of their favorite superhero show years ago. They seemed to be in a pure white room somewhere...
"The kind of hero I wanna to be is the one that makes the dramatic entrance! The one that comes right when everyone's about to lose hope and the baddies are about to win. It's so impactful isn't it? Those heroes are so cool!" Her little self spoke holding a twig like a sword. She jabbed the air a few times and pointed the twig to the goggle boy's chest and asked,"What 'bout you?"
"I want to be the hero always on time. That way, everyone wouldn't get hurt in the first place. What happens if you or we're late? Then what would happen to everyone?"
"Er-"
Yoshi almost slipped and Sasha caught him before he fell, breaking her sudden memory.
Geez, he's good at falling. "Careful Yoshi, don't cause trouble or anythin'. We don't want anyone as a stain on the floor."
"Thank you Sasha," Yoshi looked to the side with a little blush of embarrassment,"I'll repay the favor."
"Take none of it man! Seriously, don't repay me for savin' your life. Of course I would. Who wouldn't?"
"Well, I mean, I want to appear...like...to you...me...I feel...to you.."
"Yeah?"
Yoshi could only stammer some more until Minoru cut in and tugged Yoshi a little his way.
"Excuse me princess, stop flirting with your knight and let's get going already. We only have nightfall to hide in the shadows." Lopmon was giggling to the side and flashed a smile of approval to Minoru's comment.
"Eh! Minoru, it's not like that!"
"Yeah yeah, come on princess."
"Stop calling me that! At least use the right gender!" Yoshi was soon out of sight at the next corner, dragged by Minoru.
Lopmon muttered,"So, do you like Yoshi?"
"Yup."
"Really?"
"Of course Lopmon, he's a great friend! He's real nice and patient. He always tries to help when Minoru and I are always duking it out with our awkward tension."
Lopmon had what could amount to a blank face.
"Oh really."
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh, nothing."
Lopmon sauntered off.
"..." I felt like I just said something pretty stupid.
After that moment, the four finally found the Digiegg. Lopmon had destroyed the obstacles in their way with her moves and appeared to be a lot stronger than she actually seemed to be. The Digiegg was sitting in a glass cover just like the Beauty and the Beast movie. It was gray and seemed to have marks imitating the wind, harsh and fierce. The marks looked like it was whipping up a storm.
"Shogun Sword!"
Sasha dodged out of the way to see a dragon made of flames launched at their direction. The other three made it out safely too, much to her relief. Facing Musyamon from earlier, he had hid in the shadows to ambush them.
Of course there was a trap. Looks like someone else thought to use the shadows too.
"I HAVE YOU NOW MY PRETTIES! Ninja Blade!"
They kept running around everywhere trying to avoid the frenzy of jabs from Musyamon.
"Petit Twister!"
Lopmon was trying her best to hold him off, but of course, the power level was too big. The gap became wider as Lopmon was struggling to keep up. Eventually she was pushed back and Minoru rushed to her side and embraced her in his arms. He brought out his D-Links and a wave of purple light emitted from his device. As it washed over Lopmon, her wounds slowly started to heal, but it was still too slow.
"Shogun Sword!"
Minoru was flung back with Lopmon and he was on the ground, struggling to stand. Poised and ready to bring down the final blow, Musyamon noticed Minoru's D-Links. Chuckling, he picked it up and fingered a few buttons. Nothing happened.
"ARGH! WHAT IS THIS! WHY ISN'T THE DEVICE WORKING? HE SAID THEY WERE THE DIGIDESTINED! THAT'S WHAT HE SAID!"
Sasha and Yoshi was in shock at the whole ordeal. Opening an eye, Minoru motioned towards the Digiegg. Sasha slowly sneaked up and uncovered the egg and took it from its pedestal. She strangely felt like she carried it before. Yoshi made his way and whispered-
"Minoru just mouthed to escape."
"We can't just leave him here!"she hissed back.
"We run to fight another day. Be patient. I have a feeling that Musyamon won't rid of them early."
"And why not?"
"He was mumbling to himself that maybe he needed all three of our devices for them to work or something."
Sasha bit back a retort, and glanced offside to Minoru, Lopmon, and Musyamon who was still distracted by Minoru's D-Links. Yoshi and her quietly left the three down the corridor with no sign of backup on Musyamon's part. She reached the Digimon quarters with Yoshi and collapsed into angry tears as soon as she reached the area.
"We couldn't do anything! I feel so useless!"
Yoshi put a comforting arm around her, acting calm but clearly shaking. "Sasha, it was right to run then stay back and fight a battle we couldn't win. Be patient, we can figure something out. Since we have the Digiegg, why don't we try to figure something out?"
She fought back tears and saw the Digiegg that they had taken. Sasha gripped it tightly. I'm so pathetic. I'm just sittin' mopin' on somethin' I didn't even have the power to do. Minoru and Lopmon's in trouble and who knows what happened to them. Yoshi's the one that's comfortin' me, even if he's rattled as I am. If I had the power to help them, I would. Come on Sasha, stand up and look forward. This is nothin'! I'm relying on Yoshi right now to cheer me up, I have to return the favor.
Suddenly, with a flash of light, the Digiegg became a Digimon in the blink of an eye. Yoshi and her, as well as a few Hagurumon and Solarmon, stared at the Digimon before them.
The Digimon had a feminine appearance and was half of Sasha's size. She looked like she had a mini battle dress on and had a small sword by her side. Boots and gloves that looked extremely heavy were worn by her, as it the weight forced her on the ground. Her hair was a color of silver and was strung up in a high ponytail. Angel-like, she had an atmosphere of dignity and valor. She kneeled in front of Sasha like a knight and looked up and opened her eyes. Her eyes seemed as if wind was whipping up a storm, just like the marks of the Digiegg.
"At your service Miss Sasha. The name is Vetermon and I am here to obey your every command."
"Er...that's great and all, but aren't you a rookie?"
"That does not mean that I will not be of any use to you Miss Sasha. With your D-Links, I can Digivolve and overthrow the tyrant."
"Do you know how?" asked Yoshi.
"No, I simply do not," Vetermon answered,"but together I think we can find out. I will assist Miss Sasha and you to the best of my abilities."
"Can you stop calling me Miss Sasha? Sasha's fine."
"No can do Miss Sasha, you told me long ago that I shouldn't change who I was."
I did?
"Um...okay then. Any ideas on how to help Minoru and Lopmon?"
Vetermon was clueless, so they filled her in.
"That is most unfortunate, to think that Mr. Minoru and Miss Lopmon were captured in an ambush. How about-"
"AHEM, AHEM. ARE THOSE DIGIBRATS OUT THERE STILL HERE IN THE FACTORY? OI, YOU ESCAPEES, I HAVE YOUR FRIENDS HOSTAGE AND WILL BE EXECUTING THEM PROMPTLY IN THREE HOURS, WHICH IS...WHAT TIME IS IT? IDIOT! Ninja Blade! DARN, I MISSED. AS I WAS SAYING, AT PROMPTLY 10:00 AM SHARP I WILL BE HACKING YOUR FRIENDS TO BITS LITTLE BY LITTLE UNTIL THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN MINCE MEAT! AND BRING THOSE D-LINKS OF YOURS TOO! THAT IS ALL."
"How dare that dastardly Digimon call my master and her friends a brat! Off with his head!" Pulling out her sword, Vetermon was out for blood.
"Eh?! Calm down Vetermon! Even if he did technically insult us, this isn't something to be worked up over! Minoru and Lopmon should be our priority, not just some petty words!"
"Yeah Vetermon, take a chill pill, nothin' to worry about. We have to think of a way to save them...Any ideas?"
"..."
"..."
"I would be glad to offer my assistance."
A magician looking Digimon landed with grace. No matter how tattered and scratched parts of his garb were, he still had a noble air to him. He took off his raggedy hat and bowed a complete ninety degrees. Placing his hat upon his head, he stood tall, like twice or maybe even higher than her. His mask hid his face except his eyes were glowing red orbs, bringing a sinister feel to him.
"Teacher Magomon! As your student, I am pleased to see that you are well." Vetermon bowed in utter respect.
"Raise your head little one, I am glad that you reached Sasha safely. Do not think of revenge once more Vetermon, it has gotten to the better of us once in the past and we do not need to repeat our mistakes."
"Yes Teacher." She hung her head in shame.
"You two, you look confused but do not worry. I am the Digimon that has been protecting you ever since the past day. I am deeply sorry that I was not there to help you when Minoru and Lopmon were taken hostage. My name is Magomon and I will help you out."
"Why didn't you help us in there?" questioned Sasha.
"There was other business to attend to."
Sasha doubted that, but Yoshi spoke up.
"So will you defeat Musyamon for us?"
"No, it will be Vetermon. I will just aid you in rescuing but defeating the enemy is not what I was ordered to do."
Day 3 - Digital World, Digimon Mansion: Hitomi
Opening the once barred doors of the room, Hitomi peered inside the bedroom. Empty. Of course it was, she was the only one left in the house. She noticed a picture left behind and grabbed at it in a frenzy. It was a sketch of Minoru and her in their younger days. He was unsmiling while she had a huge grin stuck on her face. Minoru was in the process of drawing a third, fourth, and fifth, sixth, and seventh person but had scribbled the over them. It looked like he gave up halfway through. Hitomi hugged the picture for a while and pocketed it with her D-Links. She made a heartbroken face that she would never show in front of Magomon. It would feel like he failed protecting her all this time.
"Three years is too long."
Now I am finished with the third chapter! Musyamon's such a ham. isn't he? And so cliche...sorry just wanted to write a villian like that once. Glad to have finished it! Yay! Hitomi's POV is finally out! Eh... too bad she had her own partner's POV before hers though. He beat her to the punch... (^^;) And he'll have more POV's than her for a while too. Yeah, she won't have a POV for a while... I don't know what kind of accent that Sasha has, all I know is that she speaks not pronouncing the "g" in any word ending in "ing." It's just something's she's picked up over the years trying to imitate one of her favorite heroes on the Saturday TV show. By the way, yes the goggles boy was Isamu! Gasp! He likes heroes too. Those goggles of his were a limited order. There were only 1,000 produced. :)
Yeah, and chapter 3 is called "Three Year Reunion and Seperation" because ,well, Hitomi's three year problems and Lopmon's reunion with them. :D
Next POV will be Sasha's, Magomon for a bit, and more! Cheers! I don't know when I'll get to updating it, but I will be as quick as I can! I need to hurry and write up the next chappie or my sis is gonna kill me. Sorry! (^^;)
Please leave reviews and such so I can improve on anything to make my fanfic better! Thank you for reading up to this point.