It feels like my life is just a prologue, that has been torn out of the rest of the book. I keep searching for the rest of the pages, so I can put the pieces together and finally know my place in this world, so do I even belong here?
It was dark in a forest, and the sounds of animals and insects wafted through the air, as a girl hid in a shrub, she shook, with fear, someone was looking for her they were all around, she tightly hugged her Digimon partner, she had to make herself move or they would eventually find her, and bring her back to her kingdom.
"Your Highness, you can't hide, please come back home!" said a deep voice man, as close by sounds of rustling branches started to ruin the cadence of the forest, causing nearby animals and wild Digimon to retreat from where they had been hiding. The man stepped in the light, revealing he was clad in black leather armor over a blue shirt with a hood, his eyes silver and his face puck-marked with scars. "Your Highness we know where you are going, and who you are going to, they don't need to be dragged into this"
The Princess stood suddenly, and took off, her pale skin being scratched by branches; she wasn't trying to avoid; she was leaving a trail of her luscious brown hair too, which hung from other branches she passed. As soon as the man spotted her, he was in pursuit, but she was faster than he was, so he was having a hard time catching up. She ran till she reached a cliff edge. She looked down to see rushing water. She turned, hoping they had caught up to her so she could change directions, but there he was, the man she knew as General Gemini Kane. He wasn't that far behind, and he was getting close.
"Your Highness, you don't have to do this; they didn't do anything to you," Kane said, as he cornered the princess on the cliff's edge, he reached out to her, right before she jumped off the edge, plunging into the cold waters below. "Damn it, she got away; if she brings the Digidestined here, things aren't going to be good for anyone, especially for her majesty." He left to follow the stream the girl had fallen into
After Kane was gone, another person in a green robe, its hood covering their face, shrouding their features, walked up to where the girl had fallen off. "The plan is moving forward, steadily forward; anarchy is the only way forward, " they said, in a distinctly feminine voice, as they seemed to be searching for something below, and then as they appeared, they vanished like from the ether.
Digimon Sync Movie 3: Legend of Anarchy
The Vale of Lilithia, the now thriving kingdom, since its restoration back to life several months ago, its humming buildings, snow-white buildings, were now a tourist attraction. People from around the world visited it; it was a kingdom displaced from time, and people wanted to see it, some for relaxation, some to study its culture. A boy with light blue hair and eyes showed he was way more mature than he was at his age. Takajin was his name, and he was digidestined; this wasn't his location of birth; he was there to help his girlfriend, the newly named princess Juniko. He looked down at the bustling crowd and felt homesick for his kingdom of Digitopia. Where his sister was now at this moment, he wondered what she was doing and how she was.
"Takajin, there you are, hiding again from helping me," a girl's voice called out to him, causing Takajin to jump and nearly fall off the bridge he had been looking down from.
"Juniko!" Takajin said, turning to face his accuser, a girl with dark purple hair who was looking at him sternly. "I was taking a break for lunch."
Juniko took a measure of Takajin, and then a smile spread across her face. Ok, you earned it from all the help you have given me," she said, putting her arms around him and pulling him into a tight hug. She kissed him on the cheek. "I knew you would be here, so I brought food; I made your favorites from Digitopia; oh yeah, an envoy from the Republic of Suzubuya is going to arrive soon; we need to get lunch over quickly."
"Is Mikuni going to be with them? Takajin asked, wondering if he would see an old friend that he hadn't seen in almost a year.
"I don't know; she might be busy with hero things; she is a champion of justice," Juniko said, with a small chuckle in her voice, remembering the way Mikuni thought of herself, who now was only a princess in name only; she had dissolved the monarchy of her kingdom and made it a republic. Making it no longer a dictatorship, she still protected it as her champion of justice persona in The Blackavar. They barely started setting up their picnic in the garden close to the bridge when the sound of trumpets echoed from the distance. "Oh, crap, they are early," she stood and grabbed Takajin by the wrist. She apologized when he winched in pain, and as she dragged him behind, a royal guard now stood where they had been without a word being said. After several minutes of running, they reached, then caught their breaths, where the visiting delegation from Suzubuya had entered. They were surrounded by guards, and the armor of the Suzubuya armor had changed considerably; it was no longer silver, it was a golden yellow, and it was emblazoned with the symbol of the Digi chip of courage. The only members of the council they recognized were Mikuni's brother and uncle.
"I don't see Mikuni," Takajin said, looking around, as he and Juniko approached the delegation. "I guess she didn't come?"
"She's here alright; just look over to the left," Juniko said, smiling, as she gestured to a tall building in the distance from them.
When she was finished speaking, something jumped from it. A figure adorned in black landed and slid to a halt in front of Takajin and Juniko, the rabbit paw print coming fluttering into view, and it was the Blackavar, aka Mikuni Suzubuya. "I could have killed you several times over, some DigiDestined you are," she said in an accusing tone. As she stood fully, her quarterstaff aimed at them both. "I saw every inch of your approach, sloppy, with none of your guards in sight; if I were an enemy, you would be..." She brought the quarterstaff down upon Takajin's head and stopped within an inch of contact. Dead." She turned to find Juniko, who was now standing behind her, d-saber in hand. Good, still protecting him, I see," she said, lowering her quarterstaff, and Juniko did the same with the d-saber. Then Mikuni hugged them both. Stepping out of the crowd was a much older boy, about 4 years older than the rest of the digidestined. He wore a red poncho, and he had a rather stern and confused look on his face.
"Vergil!" Takajin said, as soon as he spotted the guy in the poncho with glowing ancient runes on it "How is Sorami doing and taking to not being a digidestined anymore?"
"She is relieved; she couldn't deal with the pressure anymore; she said it was the best choice she ever made, relinquishing that chip of hers," Vergil said, not taking his eyes away from Juniko; she always made him nervous. "She teaches children now in front of the archive."
"We have a little time to kill before the summit starts with the Suzubuya delegation, so maybe you guys could join us for a picnic? Juniko said, trying not to pay attention to the uneasy look Virgil was giving her. The look was because she was the reincarnation of a great old one, and this was the reason she was now a princess.
"Sounds nice; I am in. What about you, Vergil? Mikuni said as she bundled up her cape. "The council's people can deal with the preparations; let's go reminisce about the good old days, when I practically saved your butts," seemingly not noticing the expressions of annoyance everyone was giving her.
The rest followed as Juniko led them back to where she and Takajin had been when their picnic had been interrupted. The guard hadn't moved an inch, his white as-snow armor, visible in the distance as they got close to see him. When they were within speaking distance, he bowed and left. Juniko still wasn't used to being a princess and the formality it entitled her to. The large burble of the large river beside the picnic area was calming, along with the gentle hum of the bridge made from the same stuff as the kingdom itself.
"I wish Suzubuya was like this; it wouldn't have been such a dictatorship, but I wouldn't have become a champion of justice if it hadn't been one," Mikuni said, before picking up a sandwich and eating it in three bites.
"And pummeling my boyfriend wouldn't have happened, by your hands," Juniko said, giving Mikuni somewhat of a dangerous expression.
"And I am not going to apologize for that; champions of justice don't apologize for anything. I did end up saving his life during his time in Suzubuya and afterward," Mikuni said as she picked up her quarterstaff and placed it down again, her blonde hair flowing down to her shoulders and her golden yellow eyes glinting in the sunlight.
"Do you ever make any excuses that don't involve being a champion of justice? Takajin asked without thinking through his statement, causing Mikuni to look at him like he was an idiot.
"When will you guys visit my archive? I will bring it here if I have to; don't make me do it, because I miss all of you a lot. I'll drag Takajin's sister and that Leoben kid, with that Digimon-hating friend of his." Vergil said, with a threatening tone in his voice. "Juniko needs to be there; I can show the children the glory of a great old one."
"I am just a princess now; I don't have those powers yet. Please don't bring that up again. I am not a great old one," Juniko said, giving Vergil a harsh look. She hated being referred to as that.
"I am sorry, Your Highness; I have forgotten this; I won't bring it up again," Vergil said, edging away from Juniko.
"Forgiven, I am also sorry for blowing up at you like that," Juniko said with a deep sigh, which let Vergil know it was okay to edge forward again.
"There's a girl in the river," Mikuni announced. As something floated past them going downstream, it was a girl in a yellow and pink velvet gown with a bare midriff. Before anyone else could react, Vasantmon appeared and jumped into the water. The armor rabbit Digimon swam fast despite how heavy the armor he wore looked. The rest of the Digimon partners met up with Vasantmon as he pulled the girl to shore, who was shivering and clinging to a cat Digimon, which was a Gatomon. A side species to Juniko's Mikemon jumped up a tree and gathered branches, while Takajin's Sunmon scorched some of the ground and created an area safe for a fire. Mikemon jumped down with the branches she collected and placed them on the scorched ground, with Sunmon igniting them. When the DigiDestined arrived, the mystery girl wasn't shivering anymore. Juniko ran over and checked her forehead.
"She is still cold; we need to get her someplace warm and under a blanket," Juniko said, waving over to Mikuni, who asked her Digimon to pick the girl up. He did what he was asked, but when she was picked up, the girl winched, opened her eyes, which were nearly white with a purplish tinge, mumbled something that couldn't be understood, and passed out again. After an hour of her drying by the fire, they took her to the tower and placed her in a nice warm bed.
"Her attire makes her look like a princess of some kind, but from her injuries, she looks like someone put her through the ringer," Takajin said as Juniko cleaned and bandaged the wounds of the mystery girl.
"I know, but there's something about it; that's off; I can't place my finger on it," Juniko said, finishing the final dressing. When the girl woke with a start and shoved Juniko's hand away, like it was a weapon that had been going to cut her, she was in a state of complete panic. Takajin was having a hard time holding her down.
"I am looking for the digidestined," the girl said in a frantic voice, barely taking a breath before moving on to the next sentence: "I need their help; my home is in trouble; Queen Anarchy is holding my people under her sadistic thumb; there is no time to waste; they need to come with me; please tell me where they are so they can help me; they must."
"I am Juniko Maeda, and this is Takajin Subaru; we are DigiDestined," Juniko said in a soothing voice. "Please start by telling us who you are, so we can get to the bottom of this situation you are in.
"I am Princess Mitsuko Reigami, the rightful ruler of the kingdom of Satapia. I need you, digidestined, to come back with me; as I said, an evil queen has taken my kingdom over," the girl said, finally calming down to speak coherently. Her skin was still pale as a sheet.
Takajin was going to say something, but Juniko placed her hand on his shoulder, interrupting him. "We are in; after you rest, you can lead us back to your home; we will free Satapia from the clutches of the evil queen, anarchy," she said instead of him.
"But not all the digidestined are here; Hikaru and Leoben are still in Primary Village; we could use the mirror portal to head there now," Takajin said, speaking up out of nowhere; he was quiet to this point. "Huang is scheduled to be back sometime tomorrow; we will fill him in as soon as we meet up"
Juniko thought for a second, "We need to hurry; we head there first, then send a message to them to where we are, so they could come as soon as they can." She said, "If we headed there and they weren't there, we would have wasted time we don't have."
"But we need as many of you as possible. Queen Anarchy is quite the formidable force; she invaded my country with an army of crimson knights, the Legion of Shadow; They are led by General Gemini Kane, who I barely escaped from," Mitsuko said, with a shutter in her tone and fear apparent in her voice.
"We need to send the message now, and they can meet us en route; tell us where it is, and I'll figure out where they can meet up with us," Mikuni said, interrupting Juniko before she could say anything again. She pulled out a map and placed it in front of Mitsuko, who promptly showed her where her country is located. Once that was done, summoned a messenger digimon, which was a hawkmon that took the parchment and took flight with it. "May winds of luck give speed to your wings."
"I have the archive here; I could get them and meet you there, I can be at Primary within moments, so I can leave in the morning," Vergil said, looking in the direction of the weird-looking pyramid, at the edge of the city.
"Sae and Tri," Mitsuko said, without thinking. There was sadness in her voice. She noticed everyone looking at her. "They were my attendants; they practically raised me; they helped me escape at the cost of their own lives." She started to sob uncontrollably towards the end of her sentence, hiccupping after she was done.
"We won't let their deaths be in vain; we will make sure this evil queen is vanquished," Mikuni said, interrupting Juniko once again before he could speak. And she reached to place her hand on Mitsuko's shoulder, only for her to slightly step away from her hand.
"I am glad to hear that, but she is strong; hopefully, I wasn't mistaken in coming to you, but the digidestined have defeated great evil before; will you be able to defeat this queen too?" Mitsuko said after being able to calm down.
"I am sure we could defeat this evil queen with our Digi chips, and she will not stand a chance," Juniko said, finally speaking up again and not letting Mikuni interrupt her again.
Glad to hear that, but the journey will take us through the inferno swamp. I was on my way there when Kane chased me off the cliff and into the stream, and there were streams of fire that could cook a person instantly, quicksand that was very fast and could swallow a person whole, then there are enormous rat digimon that were very vicious and deadly, and the fire digimon that can burn you to a crisp. I would understand if none of you want to come back with me; it would take bravery, and everyone has to even attempt passage through it," Mitsuko said timidly, shying away from any eye contact.
Mikuni nodded towards everyone else, who nodded back in response. "Nothing will stop us from coming with you, so stop trying to talk us out of going with you, and that's final." She spoke intensely, and without pause or hesitation, "I'll reiterate one last time: we are digidestined, we fight evil, as we are champions of justice." At that moment, Mitsuko had passed out again, from exhaustion. "Poor Mitsuko."
-Dream-
Mitsuko stood on a terrace, a balcony looking over the kingdom of Satapia. She was wearing informal attire, and she stared out into the distance, a downcast expression on her face. That's when two figures entered the room, dressed in green kimonos. They slowly got closer to her; they were her two advisers. Sae has luscious blonde hair and large gazing eyes; Tri has curled pink hair and always seems to be squinting.
"What's wrong, your highness? Trinia asked after she and the others bowed to Mitsuko. "You look troubled.
"I don't know my place in this world; do I have a purpose? It's still unclear to me what I am meant to do; I don't know how to travel to a future I can't see," Mitsuko said, a fresh tear rolling down her cheek.
Trinia stepped forward and placed her hand on Mitsuko's shoulder. "Your destiny's uncertain, and that's sometimes hard to take," she said, with love in her eyes. "It will become much clearer with every choice you make."
Finally, Saekona joined them and placed her hand on top of Mitsuko's head, ruffling her hair. "Patients are never easy, but I understand wanting more. I know what it means to spread your wings and soar.
Both embraced Mitsuko. "Know your time is coming soon. As the sun rises, so does the moon. As love finds a place in every heart, you are special, and you'll play your part." They pulled away as something dark entered the room, its visage screeching and blood spraying from its mouth.
Mitsuko woke up breathing heavily and clinging to her pillow. She looked around, and the only person who remained was Juniko; she was asleep in the chair beside the bed. Her Gatomon stood beside her bed, looking at her with concern in her eyes.
"You had that nightmare again; are you ok? Gatomon asked, with concern in her voice, taking a measure of her human partner.
"I am fine; you don't have to worry about me," Mitsuko answered and relaxed as Gatomon crawled into bed with her, took her place at the foot of the bed, near the soles of her feet, and began to purr. They both nodded off again.
In the morning, everyone was packed and ready to go. Vergil had left in advance with the archive after sending a message to Huang to meet up with them part of the way there; he had been on his way back from the village of Arukeni, received the message the night before, and sent one back of his own.
-Hours later-
"Here we go on another adventure into the unknown, and it's not a leader summit this time," Juniko said, placing an arm around Takajin's shoulder as they walked along and kissing him on the cheek, and he returned that gesture with a kiss on the lips.
"Can you not do that now? We need to keep focused without you guys acting like obsessed love birds." Mikuni said, with arms crossed, with an expression of annoyance on her face, "How many times do I have to remind you that every moment we aren't paying attention is possibly one that someone could sneak up on us?"
Takajin and I were interrupted during a romantic picnic by your kingdom's early arrival. I do understand that we need to be focused on our task, but it's not going to kill us to kiss now and then; you will understand if you ever find that something special, bringing out those feelings inside of you," Juniko said, stepping away from Takajin but looking annoyed doing so.
"Champions of justice, I don't need someone special; my only love is justice," Mikuni said, balling her hand into a fist and beating it against her chest.
"What about my old friend Rao, whom you took on as a sidekick? He seems to have a crush on you," Takajin said, taking measure of Mikuni, whose face seemed to turn beet red for a moment.
"I do not have a crush on him; he is my sidekick, and that is all," Mikuni said, almost shouting it out and looking angrily at Takajin.
"Love is a splendid thing; I wish I had someone like that. You guys are lucky to have found someone you truly love," Mitsuko said, smiling, her face flushing slightly red.
"He is not my boyfriend, the one I like to be with is taken by…" Mikuni shouted, almost in Mitsuko's face, but was side-glancing someone, before getting her resolve back and starting to look around. "There is someone out there watching us; if you didn't distract me, I would have noticed them sooner."
Before they could even see the advancing strangers, Mitsuko took off in the opposite direction, screaming in terror and ignoring calls for her to come back. Everyone except Mikuni ran after her; she hesitated, then ran to catch up with everyone else. She kept running till she was out of breath and stood there panting, sweat pouring down her face and dripping onto the ground. The first to catch up with her was an equally out-of-breath Juniko, who recovered as soon as she took three breaths, while Mitsuko continued to be panting before being overcome with stress and exhaustion, first falling to her knees and then face first into the ground as she fainted.
"We could have taken them on, but she had to take off; she has to be the worst princess I have ever met; even Hikaru, your boyfriend's sister, could have kicked their butts; it seems more and more like we are babysitting," Mikuni said coldly with an undertone of annoyance.
"Maybe her parents didn't train her for battle like yours did; she's not digidestined like any of us, including Hikaru, so lay off Mitsuko," Juniko said, glaring at Mikuni, who ignored her expression and turned away from her. "Do you want to go here or do you want to go now? I am sick of you; you keep interrupting whenever you feel like your opinion is the only one that matters!"
Mikuni turned around with anger in her eyes. "You have been a princess for not even a year, and you think you can order me around?" she said, walking over to Juniko. "I can outfight you any day, but we don't have time for this now; we need to get Mitsuko back to her kingdom."
"Remember you gave up your title to continue gallivanting around in your pajamas," Juniko said, interrupting Mikuni, speaking through gritted teeth.
"At least I did have a kingdom that was mine, to begin with, and not just handed to me by a higher being that had lost it for over a hundred years," Mikuni said coldly, with her back still turned to Mikuni.
"It's time, to go" Juniko shouted as she charged at Mikuni, who turned to embrace the incoming attack, only to have Takajin step in between them.
"I don't like her attitude and most of what she is saying to you, but Juniko, she is right about one thing: we don't have time for this right now; we need to get moving." Takajin said, turning to Juniko. Then turning to face Mikuni, she said, "For you to say these things, I expected more from you, not this petty picking of fights."
As Vasantmon, the giant armor rabbit Digimon, picked up Mitsuko, her human partner Mikuni sighed. OK, it was a little immature of me, but she had it coming; she thinks she can hang in the big leagues already," she said, getting on the back of her Digimon partner before he vanished, leaving the others to continue in the direction of the inferno swamp, leaving Juniko still severely pissed off.
Seemingly unknown to the princess, she hadn't lost her pursuer; they had followed her downstream but stopped when they saw the Vale of Lilithia, then waited for her. When she came out accompanied by some of the digidestined, they had followed them. From the shadows, there were four of them, three of them in the same exact armor; one stuck out among them; he had no helmet but had a blue shirt under it, which had a hood.
"General Kane, when are we going to ambush them and Her Highness? one of the soldiers asked, grasping the hilt of his sword.
"From the looks, she is heading back on her own; we just need to separate her from Digidestined escorts, and then we can get her home," Kane said, not even looking at the soldier who had spoken. 'If you get noticed again, I'll kill where you stand, leaving your corpse for Carrion Digimon, We are the elite of Satapia, at least I am, Don't make me look bad, it's not good for your health and station in life"