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Story
Daisuke Motomiya was honestly at wits end at this point. While he had done everything he could here, leave it to him to get XV-Mon into a beam struggle with himself. Though, did it really count as a beam struggle if the 'beam' was in fact a series of projectiles created by Chimairamon of all digimon.
"Akirameru junbi wa dekite imasu ka? (Are you ready to give up?)" a voice called out and Daisuke reluctantly looked over at his opponent. Dressed in Ken's emperor's attire, spiky locks of purple hair were on full display here. Sunglasses with purple lenses obscured the eyes, but the chosen of miracles had a pretty good idea whose eyes were behind them. The cat, on the other hand, was a mystery. While it felt familiar, he couldn't place where in the world he might have met a feline. Especially one that was black fur with white dots on one side and brownish yellow fur on the other.
"Īe, watashi ga ki ni suru subete no tame ni, watashitachiha hitobanjū iku koto ga dekimasu. (No. We can go all night for all I care.)" Daisuke announced and looked over to the cat. Giving a wave, he was met with a disinterested look. Forcing his attention back over to the version that turned out to be the Digimon Kaiser, so many different questions swirled about his mind. What would even make him want to turn evil? While this could simply be a case of his role being swapped with that of Ken's, something else had to be at play here. "Kono-jikan ni kenka o suru koto ni koshū shite irunara, ko no subete no mondai o keiken suru riyū ga aru ni chigai arimasen yo ne?
(If you're so insistent on picking a fight at this hour, you must have a reason for going through all this trouble, right?)"
Kaiser Daisuke shrugged.
"Neko ga watashi ni warui koto o ittanode, watashi wa imadesu. (A cat told me to be evil, so I am now.)" Kaiser Daisuke announced and puffed his chest out. Just to ensure the maximum amount of douchiness one could achieve right about now.
While he did that, Daisuke's attention found its way over to XV-mon. Still hanging on, they needed some backup. Didn't matter if it was Jun and Gammamon or some alternate version of himself with their own strange baggage. They just needed someone to add their strength on the side of good.
"Sore de, neko o hanasemasu ka? (So you can speak cat then?)" XV-mon inquired, his words falling on deaf ears as Chimairamon launched out for more heat rays. Dodging out of the way, the winged drake digimon puffed his chest out.
Ekusu Reizā! (X-Laser!)
An X-shaped laser shot out of his chest and slammed into Chimairamon. Knocking the chimera digimon back, that got XV-mon a crude attempt at flipping him off. If one could even call it that. Looked more like he was getting waved at. XV-mon waved back. Then it's back to fighting.
"Mā. Anata wa kanari pikurusu ni jibun jishin o shutoku shite imasu yo ne? (Oh dear. You've gotten yourself into quite a pickle, haven't you?)" a sweet yet fiery voice called out, bringing with it a blur of red light. Crossing the battlefield that was Daisuke's apartment living room, they stop right between both opponents.
"Omae wa ittai dareda? (Who the hell are you?)" Kaiser Daisuke announced as the cocoon dissipated. A teenage girl now stood patiently between both digimon, staring at her surroundings. Dressed in a fiery vest, one could make out a blue t-shirt underneath. Paired up with a pleated brown skirt, tennis shoes served to cover her feet. A far cry from the messy makeup that had likely been cut off by way of her summoning. "Anata no namae mo Daisukede wanai koto o oshietekudasai. (Please tell me your name isn't Daisuke as well?)"
The girl perked up, bouncing up and down a couple times for good measure. In the process, a blue and silver d-scanner with a green middle button was just visible for everyone else to see. Oh. We're actually doing this. You know, this isn't the weirdest version of Daisuke I've heard about, but it's certainly out there. I still don't get the connection. Something with cards maybe. Doesn't matter. Things are about to get messy.
"Dō yatte shitta no? ! (How did you know?!)" the girl announced and stepped closer to Kaiser Daisuke. For that, she was thrown back over to regular Daisuke. Standing back up, Frontier Daisuke took a moment to dust herself up. Then it's right over to regular daisuke. "So are you just some weird genderbent version of me or is there some kind of other deal with you?"
Daisuke raised an eyebrow. How exactly does one even answer a question like that? Do you be completely honest and say you have no idea what the heck was going on? Do you make something up in the hopes that they'll believe the bullshit you're peddling? Or would it just be best to ignore the question entirely to see if this just blows over? As it would turn out, the answer was none of the above - Chimairamon decided that he too wanted to know what the deal with this stranger Daisuke even was. Even if that was the exact wrong way to go about asking.
"Shōjikina tokoro, tegakari ga arimasen. (I honestly have no clue.)" Daisuke blurted out and dodged out of the way. As for his companion, she pulled her d-scanner out. Flashing it to the occupants of the room, a pair of barcode-looking rings circled around her hand.
"Jikkō seyo, seirei shinka! (Execute, Spirit Evolution!)" Frontier Daisuke announced, sliding her d-scanner up above her hand. A strange bust of fiery red armor appeared, taking with it this Daisuke's clothes. But not the undergarments, though. We would be in a world of hurt had that happened.
Pieces of the bust appeared in front of Frontier Daisuke's body, colliding with it and bringing forth screams of pain. Uh… not certain if that's supposed to be happening or the direct result of Chimairamon continuing his heat viper assault. Whatever the case, an armored woman took the place of Frontier Daisuke. " (Agnimon!)"
With the light show over, one could now look over this strange humanoid. Decked out in red and black armor, it only served to raise further questions on why the d-scanner was blue and silver and not… red and black. Secondly, this is clearly not some dude dressed in a red cloak with all kinds of demonic symbols or the titular vedic deity of fire. Though, I can see what they're going for here.
"Uh… are you okay? I don't think an evolution is supposed to cause that much pain." Daisuke inquired, his words falling on deaf ears as Agnimon charged towards Chimairamon.
Bāningu Saramandā! (Burning Salamander!)
Faia Dātsu! (Fire Darts!)
Kurimuzon Nakkuru! (Crimson Knuckle!)
Bāningu Suraisā! (Burning Slicer!)
Borutekkusu Sutoraiku! (Vortex Strike!)
Oh look at you, showing off your bloated as fuck movepool. If you didn't know any better, you would probably think that the heroes of Frontier were in fact fighting game characters and not anime characters. Then you look at the other spirits and realize that the same amount of love has not been given to them. But that goes without saying. Among many other oddities when it comes to Frontier.
As for our strangely named heroine, she had become a fiery blur of punches and kicks. Great and all, except when your ally is limited when it comes to actual attacking moves he is allowed to do.
"Moshikashite ataru kamo? (By any chance could I get a hit in?)" XV-mon announced, his inquiry falling on Frontier Daisuke's ears. Or lack of ears at the moment. Probably obscured by her helmet and not accidentally ripped off by her transformation. "Oi! Watashi wa anata ni hanashi teru nda zo! (Hey! I'm talking to you!)"
Putting a hand on Frontier Daisuke's shoulder, all that got the winged drake digimon was a punch to the stomach. Staggering back, XV-mon shot his possible opponent a look. Tempted as it would be to blast her with the laser.
"Oi. Kare wa anata ni supēsu o ataeyou to shite ita nodesu. Sore wa hontōni anata ni tanomu ni wa ō sugimashita ka? (Hey. He was just trying to have you give him some space. Was that really too much to ask from you?)" Daiuske inquired and found his frontier counterpart's attention shifting to him here. Getting a glare, the chosen of miracles glared back. Clearly he was seen as the problem here. But was there something else going on that he just wasn't privy too? Did she see him as some glitch in the matrix? Perhaps Frontier Daisuke was just mad that he asked.
"Ā... (Aww…)" Kaiser Daisuke announced, only to be treated to a punch from XV-mon. Stumbling back, that was the cat's cue to approach. Jumping at XV-mon, the winged drake digimon dodged out of the way. "Anata ga watashi no neko no on'nanoko ni shita koto o mite kudasai. Anata ga kanojo ni ayamatte kureru koto o negatte imasu. (Look at what you made my cat girl do. I do hope you apologize to her.)"
XV-mon raised an eyebrow, shifting his attention over to his partner. He had to have heard that wrong. There was no way that the kaiser version of his partner just said something about cat girls. Not catgirls but… cat girls. You know what? I'm not surprised.
"Etto… neko no Daisuke ni ayamarimashou ka? (Uh… should I apologize to the cat, Daisuke?)" XV-mon remarked and Daisuke brought his hand to his chin. On one hand, it was probably best to apologize to the supposed 'cat girl'. On the other hand, what was the worst that could happen? XV-mon getting scratched a couple times? The cat deciding that she would be a dick and sit on his foot? Not a very threatening punishment while you're right in the middle of battling Chimairamon,
"Anata ni denwadesu yo. Watashi wa anata ga kimeta koto de daijōbudesu. (It's your call. I'm fine with whatever you decide upon.)" Daisuke answered and XV-mon nodded. Spinning around, he did his best to meet the feline's gaze.
"Sutekina koneko... (Nice kitty…)" XV-mon announced as he slowly reached out to the cat. Attempting to give her a pet, all that accomplished was getting scratched. "Warui Kiti! (Bad kitty!)"
The cat rolled their eyes.
"You don't need to talk to me like a two year old." the feline announced as she got up on her hind legs. Knocking XV-mon over for good measure, what looked to be a door appeared. Rather than step through and leave Kaiser Daisuke to take care of this, she picked up one corner to use it as a makeshift weapon. "I'm very much in control of this situation."
Daisuke raised an eyebrow. The size difference alone was absurd. This feels like something I would do as a joke. You know 'let me show the back door', but it's literal in this case. I would've gotten a few chuckles out of them. I wouldn't use it as a weapon, though. A door is simply too fragile and unwieldy for my purposes. No, I would stick to short swords. Before someone suggests the weird art project, I finally decided to hang those up and go with a proper set of butterfly swords. Among many other weapons.
"Ē to… watashitachi wa sore o subete sōtei shite imasendeshita. Kaizā-ban no ore wa XV Mon ni ayamaru yō ni ii, sore ga ichiban umaku ikudarou to kare wa omotta. (Uh… we didn't assume that all. The kaiser version of me told XV-mon to apologize and that was what he thought would work best.)" Daisuke explained as XV-mon stood back up. Getting out of the way of Frontier Daisuke, that was her cue to split attention between both forces.
Faia Dātsu! (Fire Darts!)
Throwing fireballs with both hands, Frontier Daisuke didn't watch to see whether or not her fireballs were actually making it to their targets. Instead, her attention was on Kaiser Daisuke. Quite proud of the mess that he was causing, he was in the minority on that front. Especially with the way that his feline companion was using that door. Swinging it about with a recklessness one would expect from a younger Daisuke, the fact that she had not created a massive hole in the floor was nothing short of a miracle.
"Nani? Kono apāto wa tonikaku gomideshita. Kūru de jaakuna mono o dokoni oku? (What? This apartment was garbage anyway. Where would I put all my cool, evil stuff?)" Kaiser Daisuke announced and got an eye roll from his frontier counterpart. She obviously didn't get it. But that was to be expected. The only person who actually got what was going was him. Even then, I'm keen to call bullshit on that front. If that were somehow the case, you would've immediately taken control. Not engage in petty shit like this. Or would that be asking too
"Gomisuteba de. (In a garbage dump.)" Frontier Daisuke announced and puffed her chest out. Weaving out of the cat's continued attempts to hit her with the door, she walked over to Chimairamon. Punching his face, the chimera digimon staggered back. More than enough space for XV-mon to fire off a laser as well.
"Soko wa dōi shimasu. (I'll agree with you there.)" Daisuke added, taking a moment to look around for something to use in this continued fight. At the moment, he was drawing a complete blank. Nothing in the way of lamposts or something similar. While his fists and feet were always options, those were bound to not work. Especially with the way both sides had chosen to handle this. No, he needed something else entirely. Yet, the answer refused to come. Why? He was the sort to take the initiative and create opportunities where there were none to begin with.
'Perhaps because you were never truly him to begin with.' a voice announced, Daisuke trying his hardest to find the source of it. But all that accomplished was hands grabbing hold of his legs. Pulling the chosen of miracles down, Daisuke found himself facing three skeletal heads. Dressed in the attire of his companions, they seem intent on getting their pound of flesh. Literally, in this case.
"This is your fault. You were the one who suggested that we follow that godforsaken black cat!" the Miyako skeleton announced, slapping Daisuke for good measure. All while her companions glared.
"Kuro neko? Kuro neko no kioku ga arimasen. Asoko no neko ni tsuite hanashite iru nodenai kagiri. (Black cat? I don't remember anything about a black cat. Unless you're talking about the cat over there.)" Daisuke announced and pointed to the cat by Kaiser Daisuke. Having now joined the fight with her door, it was giving XV-mon and Frontier Daisuke a run for their money.
"You know what we're talking about." the Ken skeleton announced as he reached out to Daisuke's neck. Getting knocked away, that only resulted in the Iori skeleton deciding that he wanted to take a crack at this as well. Far more successful than that of Ken, he managed to grab hold of Daisuke's neck. Squeezing tight, the chosen of miracles didn't even get a chance to call out for help. Heck, XV-mon hadn't even noticed him being choked to death. "Think of this as your reward for killing us over and over again. It's only fair that we give you the most painful death imaginable."
Daisuke shook his body about, attempting to break free from the grip that had been put on him. Oxygen leaving his lungs, his only thoughts turning to that of one thing 'why him?'. Had it been him that had caused their doom? Or was there something else going on here? A shame that he wouldn't get to know the answer to that question, the chosen of miracles' skin turned blue. His heartbeat slowed and death awaited. Eyelids sliding shut, this might be the end of the line.
.
Daisuke Motomiya opened his eyes. Now floating in an endless void, he could feel his body shutting down.
'Let me take your burdens, as you did for me.' a feisty yet compassionate voice voice, a rounded chip appearing. Heading right for Daisuke's chest, he didn't even try to fight it. Even as a cocoon of sorts forms around him. 'It's only fair after all, I'll punch my way through our enemies' hearts!"
Daisuke reluctantly nodded. Okay. What in the absolute fuck is going on? You would think I, the narrator, would have some clue on what is even going on. But you would be wrong. I'm just as much of an observer as I am a messenger. Yes, I'm under oath in part to my boss and the other narrators, but that doesn't change the fact that I've pretty much had to play this by ear. Especially now that I have to live with the fact there are far too many dead Cora's in this universe. The amount of dead Coras should at most be one. And that is my fault - ripping her out of time. Though, that technically doesn't count anymore.
Incompatible File Format! Attempting to create bridge…
Bridge Failed!
Uh… I'm no expert, but I don't think those are messages you want to hear. Especially as what looks to be small holes form in the cocoon. Blue liquid seeps out, bringing with it all manners of questions. Questions that frustratingly, remain right out of reach.
Attempting to convert a .human file to a .apphuman file. Conversion failed: Corrupted file!
More cracks form in the cocoon. This time, one can clearly make out what is going on. The body of Daisuke Motomiya twisting about, being forced to morph into a shape that it was never intended for in the first place. Screams of pain echo about, masculine body parts taking on their feminine counterparts. Of course, my view of the cocoon is on the back side. While normally a bad thing, it is perhaps best. This whole mess is skirting the line on what we're allowed to show by quite a bit.
Engaging last resort protocol…
More screams of pain. I would say that this is what brought people to their senses to check on Daisuke here, but it is likely they haven't even noticed that he was gone. If you can even call him a he in the first place. No, that's a problem to be solved.
Last resort protocol engaged.
The screams of pain stop. Yet, why do I get the feeling that something even worse is coming. Something that isn't as easily stopped by feelings of pain and/or exhaustion. No, this amalgamation was a miracle. A miracle in the most fucked up way imaginable. The identity of Daisuke Motomiya taken behind a barn, shot and the pieces used to build something new. Something so different, you couldn't even tell that this person was originally Daisuke Motomiya to begin with. Perhaps that was the point, but we'll likely never know. Especially as even more light flooded the void. Lasting only a moment, it was long enough for the cocoon to be transported back into the apartment. On the bright side, the light and noise was more than enough to get their attention.
"Daisuke? (Daisuke?)" XV-mon announced as he approached the cocoon. Resisting the temptation to poke and see if the cocoon would react, he stopped mere inches away. Even as more cracks formed on the surface. Nothing in the way of liquid spilling out, but there is probably something worse coming his way. "Daisuke, soko ni irunara sain o kure. (Daisuke, if you're in there, give me a sign.)"
A beautiful scream echoed forth from the cocoon, shattering the enclosure. A blue humanoid stood up from within, two sets of eyes stared back. A brown upper set was joined by a dark purple set, making the tattooed on makeup all the odder. Lavender lips meet that with light purple cheeks, not at all explaining the strangely constricted neck. Though, you're probably not going to notice it with the strange blue dress that had formed over top of the host's body. Made from their skin, something about it is reminiscent of an idol dress, Like the sort that Cha-Cha and Baste make. They were always so cool. I really need to get some concer- Something to think about another time. A set of leggings come up to the knees, made from similar material as the dress. Leading right into a set of loafers made from what I can only assume is chitin, at least I hope that's what it is. Would honestly be odd if it wasn't.
*Happy sounds* 'Daisuke' announced and pulled XV-mon. Coming far too close to crushing him in the process, they ended the embrace before that could occur. Even if the aux cable connectors on their back made things a touch challenging.
Finishing out the look was a set of twintails done up in a mix of red and pink hair. Or at least, a synthetic material that mimics the look and feel without giving away that it's in fact neither.
"Nantekotta. (Oh my.)" the feline announced and was treated to a look from Kaiser Daisuke. Then it's back to swinging its door around with reckless abandon. You would think she would at least try to avoid damage, but that was asking too much here. Especially with Frontier Daisuke intercepting her and pulling the door away. Smashing it into pieces, all that was left were the feline's claws and whatever other tricks she might have up her fur.
"Ja, hai. Sukiru no aru hito ga monogoto o nashitogeru hōhō o o mise shimashou. (Fine then. Let me show you how someone with skills gets things done.)" Kaiser Daisuke announced, pointing Chimairamon in the direction of XV-mon and 'Daisuke'. Aiming a heat viper their way, they don't get a chance to fire it off. Mostly because Daisuke closed the distance and grabbed hold of Chimairamon's chest. Fist pulled back, a tremendous amount of energy surges within. Far more than what is necessary to kill the chimera digimon, a clear message back was sent when digital data met whatever the heck their fist was made out. I want to know. At the same time, I know to let sleeping dogs lie. This is most definitely one of those cases. "Watashi no taisetsuna korekushon o barabarani suru nante. So no yōna hyōhon o mitsukeru no ga dorehodo o shiri no itamidatta ka shitte imasu ka? (How dare you tear apart my prized collection. Do you know how much of a pain in the butt it was to find such a specimen?)"
'Daisuke' shot their opponent a look. What the hell were they even talking about here. A 'specimen' like the one they had just punched was second rate at best. At worst, useless. Such stupid words spoken by a stupid being. All the more reason to do him in.
*Aggressive noises.* they announced and charged at Kaiser Daisuke. Try as their opponent might to get out of the way and perhaps throw Frontier Daisuke under the bus, he wasn't successful on that front. If anything, that brought even more attention to him. Especially once 'Daisuke's' fist connected and scattered his parallel version's guts all across the nearby wall. Shifting their attention over to the nearby Frontier Daisuke, that got them a gulp.
Faia Dātsu! (Fire Darts!)
Letting forth a series of fireballs, 'Daisuke' weathered the blast. Responding with a punch, all it accomplished was knocking their opponent back. Landing right beside the blood spatter of her former opponent, it's honestly a grizzly sight to top grizzly sights. Which is saying something.
"Anata wa kanari tafudesu. Sore o agemasu. (You're quite tough. I'll give you that.)" Frontier Daisuke announced and cracked her knuckles. Waiting for 'Daisuke' to charge at her, Frontier Daisuke let a grin form on her face.
Saramandā Kikku! (Salamander Kick!)
Dashing at the eldritch creature, Frontier Daisuke delivered a fiery kick to the chest. Knocking 'Daisuke' back, that was the perfect cue to let a fiery cocoon form around her.
Agnimon slide evolve too… Vritramon!
In place of our armored figure, is now an armored dragon figure. I guess that's an upgrade. Though, that just increases the chance that the apartment is set on fire by accident. Considering how high of a chance it was to begin with, that normally would be worrying. Yet, there are other things here that majorly outweigh it at the moment.
Corona Blaster!
Firing off a literal solar ray, not even that fazes Daisuke. Thank fuck I'm not human.
"Oi. Daisuke no koto wa hanatte oita hō ga ī no ka na? Karera wa nanika o keiken shita yō ni miemashita b - (Hey. Maybe it's a good idea to just leave Daisuke alone? They looked like they went through something b-)" XV-mon suggested, only for a bird-shaped energy blast to slam into him. Knocking him down, he reverted back to V-mon. Fuck. It's her. Because of course she showed up. Bad enough that she's in the maid rotation during visits to my aunts. Now there's a version of her here. Yet, there's something off about her. If memory serves me correctly, this 'bitch' should be with her human. Unless she got teleported away, which is possible.
"Subarashī, tadatada subarashī. (Wonderful, just fucking wonderful.)" a woman's voice announced, bringing with it a glimpse of a sparkly blue dress. The sound of sandals tapping against the floor echoed about, pale skin set against blonde hair and blue eyes just adding to my annoyance. "Shikata ga nai. Hitogoroshi no jikan. (Oh well. Time to murder people.)"
Good to know the former empress has her priorities in order. Especially as 'Daisuke' picks up the cat and dismembers it. Huh. So that's what a cat looks like inside. I regret that I now have to live with that knowledge.
"Oi! Sono neko yori mo watashi to tatakatte kudasai! (Hey! Fight me rather than that cat!)" Frontier Daisuke announced, 'Daisuke's' gaze flicking over to her. Chowing down on the door of all objects, I certainly have questions. That can't be particularly tasty. High in fiber, too. I don't want to see the results come tomorrow.
*Happy noises.* 'Daisuke' announced and let go of the door. Heading over to Frontier Daisuke, the presence of our murderous mage has gone unnoticed. Or just ignored. Whichever made more sense here. Probably the latter.
Kurimuzon Fangā! (Crimson Fanger!)
Charging at 'Daisuke', Frontier Daisuke brought a lens out. Wait. Was this how corona blaster worked? Good to know. Even as a similar flash appeared in the apartment. That is honestly quite annoying.
*Confused noises* 'Daisuke announced, trying their hardest to avoid the bright lights that were being thrown their way. There had to be some kind of way to stop that from happening.
Bringing their fist up, they aim for the hand. Connecting with ease, Frontier Daisuke was sent flying. Knocked back into the wall, the beast warrior of fire stood back up.
"Watashi wa anata yori mo kore ga sukide wa arimasen. (I don't like this anymore than you do.)" she screeched and charged for her opponent once more. Throwing everything she had at 'Daisuke', this should be enough to take down the twisted creature and end their suffering.
Korona Burasutā! (Corona Blaster!)
Fureimu Sutōmu! (Flame Storm!)
Atomikku Korona Burasutā (Atomic Corona Blaster!
Saramandā Guraido! (Salamander Glide!)
Doragu Fangā! (Drag Fanger!)
Faiā Birou! (Fire Below!
Inferuno! (Inferno!)
Wairudo Faia! (Wildfire!)
Teiru Wippu! (Tail Whip!)
A mess of fire attacks come forth from Frontier Daisuke, nearly impossible to keep track of. The gist of which is a long combo of blinding flashes mixed with far too much fire. Like seriously, how the fuck are you supposed too aim when everything is either white or red here?
" Yoku dekita. Anata wa watashi dakedenaku, chikaku ni iru ta no subete no hito ni mo senkō o hanatta. Anata ga jibun jishin ni manzoku shite iru koto o negatte imasu.(Good job. You flashbanged not just me, but also everyone else in the vicinity. I do hope you're happy with yourself.)" the woman announced as she made a gladius appear. The sword, not the ship from that one dormant shoot-em-up series. Not even waiting for the light and fire to dissipate, she calmly walked over to Frontier Daisuke. "Namae wa vu~aria. Anata no namae o oshiete kureru wakede wa arimasen. (The name's Varia. Not that you'll get to tell me your name back.)"
A single slash. That's all it took to cleave the woman's head from her body. And this is the body of one of the legendary warriors. I do hope the beast warrior of fire doesn't hear about this. Thankfully that was all one needed to do in order to get some proper vision here. As for Varia, her attention turned to 'Daisuke' quite confused by what was going on, they still raised their fists up.
"Anata wa watashi ni kanari no toraburu o hikiokoshi, itsumo watashi no te kara suberiochimashita. Sorosoro ongaeshi no tokidesu. (You created quite a bit of trouble for me, always slipping out of my grasp. It's about time that I repay the favor.)" the bitch announced and pulled her gladius back. Right as she was about to fuck around and find out, Jun and Gammamon had decided that they too wanted a piece of this mess. Taking it all in, her attention shifts to Varia. Is she actually going to do it?
"Ojōsan, ken o oroseba, hanaseru kamo shiremasen. (Miss, put the sword down and maybe we can talk this out.)" Jun suggested and Varia rolled her eyes. Flipping over Jun for good measure, she got no response back. Which is perhaps the best response to give here given the circumstances.
"No. The time for talking has long gone." Varia countered proudly as she attempted to push Jun away. For that, Gammamon countered by headbutting her. Managing to knock Varia back, that was more than enough space to allow for his partner to pull 'Daisuke' back. Then it's back over to Varia. "The damage has already been done."
Jun raised an eyebrow, digivice coming out.
"Ojōsan, kuwashiku oshiete itadakemasu ka? (Miss, could you maybe elaborate?)" V-mon announced, but was faced with silence for daring to ask a question here. Truly the appropriate way to react when faced with an honest question here. Perhaps that's asking too much.
"Naze watashi wa seikō suru hitsuyō ga arimasu ka? Taimukīpā ga norikonde, happīendo ni naru hazudatta mono o mechakucha ni shimashita! (Why the fuck should I? The timekeeper got in and fucked over what should've been a happy ending!)" Varia screeched as she charged at Jun. All it would take was a single swing. Then she could wash her hands of this mess. Simple as that.
Gammamon evolves too… Betel Gammamon!
In place of Gammamon, now stood a taller red Gammamon with a scarf around his neck. Looking over at Varia, it very much did not change the outcome. Varia was no doubt stronger and yet, that wasn't going to stop them from at least trying to change the outcome.
"Happīendo? (Happy ending?)" Jun answered as Varia took a swing. Just getting out of the way in time, that was Betel Gammamon's cue to punch his opponent's stomach. By no means doing damage, it did stun her for just a second.
"Hai. Okorubeki koto wa, hai ni yaka remashita. Sonokawarini, dareka no hanashi ga arimashita. So no yōna tanjun'na. (Yes. What should have occurred was burned to ash. In its place, was someone else's story. Simple as that.)" Varia screeched, a red aura hanging around her body. Pulling her blade back, there was no telling what that effect was. Better to get her out of here than to find out. "Watashi o uso-tsuki to yonde kudasai, watashi o kurutta to yonde kudasai. Watashi wa kinishinai. Watashi wa jibun no ayamachi o kanryō shinakereba - (Call me a liar, call me crazy. I don't care. I must complete my mis-)"
Varia didn't get a chance to finish that sentence, an entirely different gladius piercing through her chest. Collapsing to the floor, a second Varia stood over the body of the first. Dressed in a sparkling blue evening dress, frustrated blue eyes met that of blonde hair done up in a bun. A stone pouch hung at her side, making the sandals an odd choice. Bringing the gladius back to her side, she kicked this doppelganger's body for good measure.
"Sorry about that. I didn't think an alternate version of me existed." Varia explained and waited a moment for the inevitable pummeling from Jun. When none came, she slowly approached Jun and 'Daisuke'. "I would say that I'm a friend of your brother's, but I honestly used him the last time. You're free to hate me. At the same time, I have no quarrel with you."
Jun stared at Varia, the words refusing to reach her mouth. There were so many different questions that she wanted to ask here and yet, all that paled in comparison to the dead bodies around her and the twisted form of her brother.
"Issho ni ite kuremasen ka… sukunakutomo shibarakunoaida? (Could you maybe stay with me… at least for a moment?)" Jun whispered and Varia let out a sigh. While this detour was not part of her travel plan, she could look past it for now. Once they were both good, she would go and pick up Flower.
*Happy noises* Daisuke added as Varia took a seat between the pair. Letting out a sigh, it took everything in her power to not ask. Perhaps it was best.
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In a different part of Japan, a Gambler Nekomon Despair Mode was having the time of its life. At one time constrained to a small island in the digital world, the cityscape was an absolute blessing for death and destruction.
"So much fun." they announced, letting forth chains at any luckless soul who might be out and about at the moment. A shame they couldn't find that stupid corsair and her group of idiots. She was actually looking forward to playing with them. Perhaps even kill them if their paths crossed. Alas, she would settl-
Or would've, if not for the set of massive wings flapping about above catching their attention.
"My what a big bug you are."
Scrunching their back legs in anticipation of a jump, they lick their lips. This would be such a tasty meal.
End of the World!
Sadly, the black beam of energy brought a swift end to that attempt. Reducing this strange beast to digital data, its attacker let out a pained groan.
Harlequin's Notes:
Why do I get the feeling things are about to get worse?