Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story but the idea.

xXx Koh xXx

The cleaning didn't take long and before I knew it all of us were sitting in Sayo's living room enjoying a rather casual lunch. Nothing fancy since Dorothy preferred to cook simple meals, but a nice lunch all the same. All the digimon were mindful of their messes and clean up just as quickly as they made the mess. But what was most exciting was the pie that was mentioned earlier, it turned out pretty great and I could tell that Dorothy wanted to try out the other recipes.

We ended up lounging around the living room for the rest of the day, just chatting about whatever subject came about. No one really seemed to want to leave and most of us were content to just sit there in the familiarity of her home and talk. However it did eventually start to get late and we actually had to get our asses up and home. Saying our good-byes we all left with plans to do it again soon, and maybe with the other Tamers too.

Upon arriving home we found Gatomon to be at her PC, as always. "How was the quest?" she asked, not bothering to turn around. Everyone dispersed to do their own things and Masaru muttered something about a shower before walking off.

"It was good, well on my side at least. Masaru ended up wandering around with nothing to do."

"Well maybe he can be of some use tomorrow. I heard that the number of rampaging Saber Leomons on Proxy Island has increased. They're also having issues with containing and controlling them. Litton and Yoshino have been dealing with the Darkdramon at Access Glacier, but as you know the Union has been stretched pretty thin, so many things need to be done,"

"And not enough people. Yeah, I get it. So I'll just send Masaru to Proxy Island tomorrow. Would you mind notifying Chief Glare for me? I'm sure Masaru can handle himself, so no need for back-up with him."

"I'm on it."

"Thanks Gatomon, you're the best."

"I know." she purred and began an e-mail to Chief Glare.

With that all done, I can take a shower and relax for the rest of the night.

Shutting the bathroom door I proceeded to pull off all my clothes and step under the the stream of hot water. Sighing I stood for a good few minutes just soaking the feeling in before reaching for my shampoo. As I scrubbed my head the faint smell of peaches started to fill the air. Rinsing the suds out I grabbed the soap and cleaned myself before stepping out.

Dressing in some sweats and a T-shirt I went out to check on the digimon before retreating back into my room.

-10:00 AM-

"Guys! Are you all up and ready for the day?" I called walking around looking for my mix-matched group of digimon. Masaru had already left get instructions from Chief Glare, leaving me to gather my digimon and continue with our quest.

"Good luck Koh~! We'll be in Dark Moon if you need us." Lunamon said, smile in place as always as the other two trailed behind the rabbit. The three filed past me and headed for the warp pad.

"Just don't stir up any trouble."

"Of course not, have some faith Koh. We're not your digimon. We're perfectly well mannered and we'll behave. And Dark Moon is home to us! Of course we won't cause trouble." Lunamon proceeded to give me her biggest and sweetest smile while Lalamon giggled and Gaomon smirked. Sadly however I knew that they were right. My digimon didn't know what manners were while they had impeccable manners.

"Yeah, yeah. But where are you guys going? I need to at least know."

"We will be at Dorothy's, or at least with Dorothy. Whichever one you prefer."

"I guess I can trust you to behave, Dorothy can take care of you guys. Just be back in time alright?"

"Or you know, we can all have lunch together like we did yesterday! That sounds fun, right? Maybe we can have it at Dorothy's, or maybe at Sayo's again, or even here! I'll talk to Dorothy and have her e-mail you."

Before I could get another word in they activated the warp pad and were gone in a burst of data. Soon after my team came out and we left for Highlight Haven. As soon as we got there I immediately set to work and digivolved all three of them.

"Coronamon digivolve to-"

"Agumon digivolve to-"

"Patamon digivolve to-"

"Apollomon!"

"ShineGreymon!"

"Angemon!"

"Looks like we're all ready for the day." we set off to find one of the Archangels to continue with our string of battles. We found Seraphimon waiting for us in a clearing by a waterfall. Upon seeing us he raised his hand to wave excitedly.

"Are you ready for round 2? This battle won't be like before with my strategy!" well someone was very excited. "Ready?"

"Wait a sec-"

"Set!"

"Where are Cherubimon and-"

"Begin!" with that he flew up and readied an attack. "Divine Breaker!" he launched a very massive orb of light dead center of our group, forcing everyone to split right at the get-go.

"Hey! Don't you think this is a little unfair for you? Cherubimon and Ophanimon aren't even-"

"Lightning Blast!"

"Sefirot Crystal!"

A giant spear made of lighting fired out of nowhere followed by a stream of crystals. The lightning ended up hitting Angemon while the crystals hit ShineGreymon and Apollomon.

"Never mind then, it's a fair fight."

"Arrgggg, that was a cheap shot!" roared ShineGreymon as he started to shoot at Ophanimon

"Not at all. That is called strategy, besides there are no such things as "cheap shots" in a battle." jeered Ophanimon as she conjured up even more crystals to match his blows. Obviously she was very amused with his reaction. Off in the distance I could see Seraphimon and Angemon fighting each other.

Figures.

Being in the same family and evolutionary line would motivate them to fight each other.

"Sol Blaster!" the large ball of flame shot almost right past me as it reached its intended target.

"Hey! Watch where you're firing that thing Apollomon! You could've killed our Tamer!" reprimanded Angemon mid-battle.

"Sorry Koh! Didn't see you until after I fired it." he yelled flying past me, ready to deliver a few punches to Cherubimon. I didn't say anything as I took a few steps back, and off their battle ground. A dead Tamer is a useless tamer as they say, and the last thing I want is to die at such a young age.

"Koh! Digivolve me! I'm useless against him in this stage." Angemon called, blocking yet another blow from Seraphimon.

"You got it!" my digivice glowed and within seconds data surrounded Angemon and his shape changed.

"Magna Angemon, Battle Mode!" he flew off toward Seraphimon, his blade drawn. Looking around I found that Ophanimon was landing blow after blow on ShineGreymon, and he was getting very frustrated.

"Glorious Burst!" much to my surprise the attack seemed so much bigger this time around. Maybe ShineGreymon is capable of fueling his attacks with his emotions? If so then the frustration that's built up will serve to be a very good thing in the long run...however using just sheer force won't be enough to win this battle, their plan is obviously a one-on-one battle and there is no way in hell that they'll be tricked into grouping up.

Almost all the digimon on field are Holy Types. Holy, against Holy does minimum damage, ShineGreymon is a Dragon Type, no advantage. But it does give me more damage than the other two would. Now all I need is a battle strategy to maximize their given abilities and maybe I tip the scales a little bit in my favor.

Problem is: that means using Holy based attacks are out of the question. That puts Magna Angemon in a tight spot.

xXx Sayo xXx

Lord Lucemon had called a meeting with the Seven Demon Lords, leaving the rest of the castle in the care of the digimon and myself. It was late at night and I highly doubted much needed tending to. At least I assumed that until Wizardmon came to fetch me. He said nothing and his eyes betrayed nothing as he led me toward familiar yet rarely entered doors. Inside was the court area, where Lord Lucemon sat in his high throne and watched over his domain. The others would occasionally gather here to discuss matters, which have been happening a lot recently. Lilithmon always told me to never enter unless called for.

I've only seen the area once or twice and it's always been dimly lit, just enough to see but still shrouded in darkness. Wizardmon knocked lightly and waited until he heard a light tap on the doors.

"Y-you may enter now. L-Lord Lucemon and them are w-waiting for you." he bowed his head and hurried off to continue his duties no doubt. Pushing slightly on the large doors I was surprised at how easily they swung open. Inside Lord Lucemon was sitting on his large and high throne as the six other digimon were gathered around him.

"Ahh, please do come in Sayo." he beckoned with a wave of his hand. Lilithmon was smiling and me and nodding. Slowly I took my steps into the threshold and the doors slammed shut. I tried my hardest not to be startled and continue walking, ignoring the eyes trained on me, until I reached the top of the steps; and right in front of Lord Lucemon. Bowing I waited for recognition before looking up. "Please do look up and face us."

Nodding slightly I looked into his eyes and smiled softly. "May I ask as to why my appearance is needed Lord Lucemon?"

"Ah, yes well I try not to bother you with such gruesome meetings. But your attendance is much needed here today. I do apologize if I have ruined any plans of sort."

Smiling again I lightly shook my head. "Not at all my Lord. Within these walls I have but all the time in the world. And I will always make an appearance if you so wish. After all, you've all raised me since the beginning. I owe you nothing but my time." I bowed once more and I peeked to see that Lilithmon's face was painted with a look of pride, almost as if she were a proud mother.

How ironic.

"You've grown up so well Sayo, such a well mannered and obedient young woman." Daemon commented, he was without his cloak. A rare sight.

"Thank you Lord Daemon, but it is to be expected is it not? Lord Lucemon and Lady Lilithmon have ensured that I am nothing but as close to perfection as possible." looking up I smiled adoringly at the two, more so Lilithmon than Lord Lucemon.

"Indeed, she is one of my Prides." a white-gloved hand reached up and stroked my face slightly, forcing me to suppress a shudder. I don't particularly like being touched by any of them; sans Lilithmon. It never felt right.

"Yes, the envy she holds for other humans is ripe and beautiful."

"A wrathful fighter, she will surely make a very good leader for the digimon."

"Yet, she can laze around for days doing nothing. Sloth is a good friend of yours."

"Her greed for knowledge had also led to her greed for material possessions to understand such."

"Though not much of a glutton she still has moments of her cravings."

"Though not lusting for that of the physical kind, maybe she lusts for something else. She is at that hard age."

Molding my features into yet another smile I bowed deeply this time, and in my most sincerest voice thanked them for their words. But on the inside I thought it to be vile. Twisting my feelings into their perverse perceptions. But for now I must smile and be a grateful, humble, naive little human. Lest they believe something to be wrong.

"I am so delighted by your words, however if I may request. Would you be so kind as to enlighten me as to our purpose here? I feel as if you all continued to shower me in such compliments I will not be able to focus. And surely it is important if I was called here."

"Ah, yes yes. We must continue as she says, a bright girl in indeed. After all I would hate to steal anymore of your precious time."

"Thank you kindly my Lord." bowing yet again I could feel my stomach knotting in anticipation. My worst fear right now, is being found out. And even then my fear is not for myself but for Wizardmon. I am but a very useful tool, they can't lose me. However Wizardmon is dispensable, all they need is to suppress my memories again and it'll be as if these past few days had never existed and, god knows what will happened if I end up fighting for them with no memories.

"Sayo dear, you know your reason for being here. For being away from dreadful humans right?" Lilithmon fell beside me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders.

"Yes, of course. I'm...special, and different. They wouldn't be able to understand someone like me and I'm here to spare me of all the resentment and rejection." I leaned into her touch, regardless of what I've come to learn my heart is still very fond of Lilithmon.

"That is correct, humans are very prejudice creatures. They dislike what they can't understand, and shun those who are different. That's why digimons live in the Digital World. Even if we tried to coexist with them they would never accept us, not as equals, not as anything at all! They even do that to their own kind! If they can be so cruel to each other, then they don't need to have second thoughts about how they treat us."

"And that is why you're here." Daemon walked forward looking at me very intensely. He didn't scare me as much as the others, I interacted with him the most after Lilithmon and Lord Lucemon. "You can understand us, our suffering. We exist in the shadows because humans have built their Union here in our world. And they have corrupt the minds of our fellow digimon into exiling us, just because we are strong and fearsome. Our fellow digimon fear us because those humans tell them to."

"But with you my dear, we can change their minds." Lilithmon stroked my cheek softly and smiled kindly, her eyes soft and very welcoming. "You can make them understand, you have a power within yourself that can finally put us on equal grounds with those humans."

"With you we can take their precious Union and undo their damage, uniting them under us. We can clear the minds of all those digimon who have been taken under their control and show them the truth. The Union will be no more and everything will be as it once was, we can finally come out of hiding and show that under us, the Digital World will be in much better hands. Don't you agree?" Lord Lucemon extended his hand toward me and Lilithmon gave my shoulder a squeeze. I blankly stared at his outstretched hand, my mind whirling.

I don't know what to think.

They made a very powerful and moving speech, powerful enough, I am sure, to sway digimons to come to their aid. No doubt that they are strong and fearsome, but my move from here on out will actually effect the course of action. But for now I had to follow their agenda. I gently placed my hand in his and looked up, no doubt he could sense my hesitation. But they all also looked very satisfied.

"Lord Lucemon, if I may..."

"Please do speak, there is nothing you should be afraid of voicing." his larger hand enclosed over mine and he held it in place.

"But I myself am human. How can you trust me if I myself am what you are all dedicated to fighting? And I don't think I could bring myself to actually hurting let alone killing anyone else."

"You are mistaken Sayo. We do not expect you to hurt or kill. You misunderstand our intentions; we intend to drive them out of our world. Sure a few casualties on either side is to be expected but this is a fight for our world. They have their own and that is where they belong."

"Then what about me? Will you drive me out as well? I am human; therefore I belong in that world."

"No, of course not!" Lilithmon tightened my grasp on me and brought me closer. "You can stay here with us; they won't accept you because you have sided with us. They won't understand our reasons. We will continue to care for you for eternity if we must. You are a jewel amongst all the garbage. There is no way we would ever intend to drive you out."

"She is right, do not lump yourself in with them. So then? What do you say? We can't do this without you."

Agreements from all the present digimon sprang up from there, many were words of praise that I presumed were meant to try and sway me in their favor.

"How much time do we have left?" I clutched a fist-full of my skirt and steeled myself for the answer. If anything I could only have a few days left before they began. And I'm not even sure if I myself am ready for all this, Wizardmon and I have been trying to recover more and more, but nearly 16 years of memories is not something you can obtain in a mere few days.

"A week, two at most. We cannot just wait around, will that be enough time for you?" assuming I actually want to participate in this. But nonetheless I had to answer.

"Y-yes. That is enough time for me to ready myself. If there is nothing more I would like to be excused, this is all quite a bit to take in and it is late. I'd like to sleep on it."

"Very well then, this is all you need to know for now. Lilithmon please do walk her back."

"That will not be necessary my Lord. I would like to walk alone; more time to think is all. And besides, you all seem like there are more important things you must see to. Thank you for bringing me here tonight, I am glad you value me so much to tell me such things." I bowed slightly and walked toward the door. It opened and I stood there in front of it and turned around once more, I bowed again and bid them a good night before exiting.

xXx Normal xXx

"You have done well Lilithmon, she listened to you and agreed once you spoke."

"Thank you Lord Lucemon, she has grown rather attached to me and does as I say. I haven't seen her disobey anything I have asked."

"Good, after this we'll become the sole rulers of the Digital World, humans be damned. After she serves her purpose, we'll just keep her around until she withers away. After this she won't be as useful but she'll still have her uses. Don't you agree?" looking at Lilitmon Lucemon's face twisted into a sneer. "She actually believes that we'll do this peacefully. If anything I'll just let Daemon do the fighting, you know how much he enjoys his carnage and battles."

"Foolish indeed but all she needs to do is listen to us and everything will be done smoothly." spoke Levimon, puffing out smoke from his nostrils.

xXx Sayo xXx

I shut my door firmly and leaned back onto it before sliding down and pulling my knees to my chest.

Two weeks.

Two weeks is all I have left before they attack. I can't even begin to think of what to do, they expect something from me. Something I don't even know if I can give. Sighing I pushed myself off the floor and practically ripped the dress off my body and threw it on the floor. I quickly dressed myself in a night dress and slid into my bed.

The blissful oblivion had never seemed so welcoming.

xXx Koh xXx

Apollomon hit the ground in front of me and left a huge dent in the floor. Cherubimon had struck him down fast and hard. If we go on like this any longer my digimon will literally be beaten into the ground. But I do think I know how to win this battle or at least turn the tables and help out my team.

"Magna Angemon!" he turned around and I motioned for him to come closer. Seraphimon was off in the distance after being blown so far away.

"What is it Koh?"

"Okay, so I figured it out, they're obviously keeping as much distance between themselves as possible therefore splitting our team up. And they obviously are not going to be tricked into gathering up like last time so what we need to do is beat them one at a time. I need you guys to use attacks that hit multiple times, that'll keep them from attacking for a while and give you guys time to attack. And don't focus on just one of them the other two are just as much a priority as the other. And keep switching opponents, they're getting too used to fighting just one of you."

"Anything else?"

"Go spread this to the other two and let's win this."

"You got it." he flew off, but not before hurling a few balls of light energy at Seraphimon, who was flying toward him. Magna Angemon flew to Apollomon and then ShineGreymon to give them orders before taking ShineGreymon's place against Ophanimon, ShineGreymon switched with Apollomon, leaving him to fight Seraphimon. Now all I have to do is watch and hopefully we'll win.

"Arrow of Apollo!" summoning arrows made of flames Apollomon fired them at Seraphimon every which way; he didn't stop until it looked like it was raining fire. By the time it ended I could tell that more than a three-quarters of those arrows had landed a hit-if the scorch marks on Seraphimon were anything to go by.

The clashing of metal drew my attention over to Magna Angemon and Ophanimon. Both were locked in combat, Magna Angemon kept slicing at her while she continued to block with her javelin. Neither one landed a blow and were just tiring themselves out just blocking and negating the attacks the other was dealing.

At least until bullets knocked Ophanimon down.

"Cheap shot." she muttered getting back up.

"Not at all. That is called strategy, besides there are no such things as "cheap shots" in a battle." ShineGreymon mimicked her line from earlier and went back to firing at Cherubimon; who was summoning up some very dark clouds.

"Heh. Nice going ShineGreymon!" I yelled, as a confidant smile found its way to my face. Yeah, definitely if they help each other out then we'll be fine. Magna Angemon pulled back and was soon replaced with Apollomon, ShineGreymon took on Seraphimon, and Magna Angemon took on Cherubimon.

Apollomon delivered quick and heavy punches that Ophanimon couldn't dodge in time and with a final strike of his Sol Blaster she crashed right into a pillar behind her, leaving a rather hefty dent. I waited anxiously to see if she would get up, but when the dust cleared it was obvious that she was down for the count. She only groaned softly and shifted lightly. I was clear that she wasn't going to be getting up anytime soon, let alone continue the battle.

"Looks like Ophanimon is down!" I heard ShineGreymon comment as he blocked a stab from Seraphimon. "That leaves just the two of you!" Apollomon had gone off to help Magna Angemon while ShineGreymon fired balls of fire in time with his Glorious Burst, effectively stopping Seraphimon in the middle of another massive attack. Apollomon floated back and forth between the two battles helping his teammates.

It worked really well to our advantage; with the two ArchAngels occupied with their opponents Apollomon was free to shoot randomized attacks at them. They couldn't predict them and it helped us land more hits. A few minutes later ShineGreymon and Apollomon managed to get the finishing attack in and sent Seraphimon crashing into the water.

He surfaced a few seconds later and pulled himself back onto land. With him done, that only left Cherubimon, who happened to be the largest member of their team. He had already summoned a lightning cloud that was currently showering the place in lightning bolts.

The bolts were falling so fast that navigation looked impossible, getting close to Cherubimon in the center of all that wasn't happening until those clouds disappeared or if the bolts slowed down. Magna Angemon was the fastest one of my digimon and had a better time dodging and navigating his way around the large bolts, it also helped that he was smaller than Apollomon and ShineGreymon.

As soon as he got close enough Magna Angemon fired spheres of light, forcing Cherubimon to halt his attack and block, and in that one moment we had him surrounded.

"Sol Blaster!"

"Glorious Burst!"

"Gate of Destiny!"

The three attacks collided at the same time and caused a large burst of energy, everyone that was near was sent flying and I could barely stand my ground. However when it was all over my digimon-save Magna Angemon-were the only ones that could still even stand. Cherubimon had already admitted defeat, and finally, the long battle was over. My digimon all wore rather satisfied smug looks on their faces and I couldn't say they didn't deserve them.

I ran over to see the extent of the damage Angemon had taken. For the most part it looked like it was all from Seraphimon from the beginning of the battle.

Degenerating him back to Patamon I picked him up and went to speak with our very battered opponents.

"We still have some problems huh?" Seraphimon's voice had a thoughtful tone to it, as if he were contemplating something. "Looks like teamwork is a mystery in itself."

"Thank you Koh for today's battle." Opanimon smiled as Cherubimon nodded.

"Please do go ahead with your day. I need some time to think."

"Do come back tomorrow!"

"I will, I'm curious to see what tomorrow brings to our battles." waving to them I used a Gate Disk to get us out of there quickly and took my team home where they could heal faster.

Upon arriving home I was greeted with Lunamon in the kitchen with Dorothy making some lunch.

"Looks like I made it in time. Something smells great." I took a seat when Lalamon pushed me toward the chairs.

"Thanks Koh! It's pasta." Dorothy placed all the food into dishes and we all dug in for the afternoon. Oddly, it reminded me of when Sayo made us food after our trip to Proxy Island for the first time after she lost her memories.

A/N: One more chapter of that quest and Koh will be all ready to take on the Demon Lords. For some odd reason I like to associate Koh with peaches and I remember at some-point in the last book Sayo took a bath that smelled like peaches-not sure if I cleared that up but now you know.

Demon Lords are preparing for their side of the attack, and Sayo will be front and center for it all. Exciting no? I tried to use the seven sins as a way to describe Sayo through the eyes of each sin's Demon Lord. If you don't know which Demon Lord represents what sin I suggest you look it, it'll be important later on, probably if I actually go through with my planned outline.

And I probably totally just BSed the digimon types when it comes to battling. I went off what I could remember seeing as how I am still searching for my game. So hopefully I am correct even if it's just a little bit, if not then I'll correct it in future chapters.

Love,

Dragon