A person was shoved into a barely, the person looked up to see the barred up hole in the ceiling; two men entered and dragged the person toward a chair and placed her on his forcefully.
"Halli you have been charged with High treason, your sentence is to be locked in the tower to wait for the day of your execution by burning or decapitation, at the kings pleasure" said a voice out of the shadows.
"All I did was turn down the kings advances on me, I don't know why I have to be sentenced to death for that please I don't deserve this" said Halli now crying, her tears streaming down.
"You slapped his royal Highness" The voice replied back irritated, and sarcastic.
"He kissed me without asking" Halli shouted back, "That pig deserved it"
"He is the king and doesn't have to ask to do anything, I don't know why he would kill someone of low social status as you is beyond me" said the voice, as it was getting close to shouting in tone now, take the Harlot away, may the gods have mercy on her soul"
Digimon Sync Episode 6 "The Mask of the Blackavar"
The sun was raising in the horizon, it heralded a brand new day with it golden radiance, a bird-like Digimon cried out in its loud way of saying good morning, before it was snatched off the post it was on by an invisible force.
"Renamon, what did I say about trying eat Muchomon" shouted Halli out of her bedroom window, and Machomon appeared exactly where he had been before.
Huang was still outside, and using his Digimon partner as a pillow, who was also snoring away peacefully, it was unknown to anyone but him why he didn't want to step foot in a cabin.
Inside the cabin, Takajin woke up with a yawn, he rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, and glanced over at his sister, who was still sleeping in the chair, He had left her in the night before, looking at the close he was wearing now, they were kind of tight, and now what he was use to.
Suddenly Hikaru woke up screaming, and fell out of the chair, and seemed to be struggling with an invisible assailant, Sleep didn't seem to have helped her with events of the previous day, she regained her composure when she realized where she was, she smiled sweetly at her brother, he had calming effect on her, she sat up on the floor, she stretched and yawned as if the other stuff didn't happen.
"Breakfast" Halli called from the kitchen, and both Hikaru and Takajin got up slowly and headed to the direction of her voice, they entered to find her staking pancakes on the table.
"Being out here for months I had to learn how to cook for myself, and grow everything as well, I am doctor not a chief but times a different"
"How did you end up here" said Hikaru finally speaking, she seemed to have seemingly calmed down to talk, she still looked somewhat stressed.
"The king came on to me and I slapped him right in the kisser, I sentence to death for a making a mistake I should have taken up the offer I could have become queen but he had startled me and I didn't have time to think things through, and came to the conclusion King Tiberius Suzubuya is a pig that kind goes through Women like it's an evening meal" Said Halli replying to Hikaru's question, "Enough about me how about you guys?"
"We were arrested for being outsiders I guess, and Wilhelm smuggled, we were found out when they searched his wagon, I hope he is Ok that Mikuni gave him some beating" Takajin answered recalling the other night.
"Why would you even want to enter this kingdom, it is a complete nightmare of a place, are you that brainless or really brave?" Halli nearly jumping as she speaking with a lot of venom in her tone as spoke to them.
"A person named Sorami had us travel with Wilhelm To Suzubuya saying it was safe here as long as we don't draw any attention to ourselves, I guess we were misinformed" Hikaru answered as she tried to make her knees stop from reminding herself about the whole experience.
"Safe from what, were people chasing you or something" said Halli with a raised eyebrow, as reacted to what they just said to her.
"It's the Kurokami Brigade, they want us" said Takajin pulling out his Digi-chip and showing it to Halli "They want this"
"I heard of the Old stories of Digidestined, as they used devices to go beyond the bond with their Digimon and defeated the one true evil Lilithmon" said Halli with awe in her expression, something felt off about it, like she had seem something like this before "Even with the defeat of Lilithmon, The Kurokami brigade still remains, and is getting stronger, and now making a treaty, when I thought Tiberius didn't believe in old traditions, This kingdom use to be full of Lilithmon Worshippers, at least until the grand purge 50 years ago, he must be desperate for power" she gestured for them to follow her.
-Suzubuya castle-
The doors to the royal chamber opened, in came a man wearing armor bearing the Suzubuya crest, it was blackened from age and blood, it had little sign of the silver it once was, he seemed to be also missing his left arm, and scars covered his back.
"General Kizuguchi Ida, I am pleased to see you again, we need of your help, we had some prisoners escape, they are important to the treaty that was just signed, we need you to retrieve them, and kill the Blackavar, who let them get away" said King Tiberius looking at the immense man that entered the room.
"Very well your highness I';; assemble my mercenaries. And take care of this problem as ordered" said General Kizuguchi Ida, his expression was that of a stone statue, impossible to read for any emotion, except for the murderous glint in his eyes, "Uncle Ida" called out someone from the door, Kizuguchi turned to see it was Princess Mikuni, and his expression lightened a bit "My beloved Niece, how are you today?"
"kind of bored, I wish my festival wasn't over, and have to wait for next one in about weeks time, Crime and punishment is fun" said Mikuni sounding like she was falling asleep.
"I thought I taught you better, that justice should not be blinded by what you think is fun?" said Kizuguchi giving Mikuni an annoyed look "See all this blood on my armor that is justice, I don't slay anyone that doesn't deserve it.
"I know, I know, life without justice and honor is no life at all" said Mikuni still looking bored, and letting out a yawn this time.
"I'll need to speak with you later my niece, and maybe some more sparring lessons too, you are my most promising student" said Kizuguchi turning to the king "But now I have some outsiders to capture, and a Mask Vigilante to kill" then turned around and left the room.
Backing away from the door was an eavesdropping Shiru, he backed away in time to now be face to face with Kizuguchi, a shiver went down his spine as he looked the general right in the eyes, he slowly backed away to let the other man pass, he felt that he was being measured for his own casket, by this one armed man he just encountered.
After Kizuguchi left, Scythe was suddenly beside, her hair was that crimson, but she emotionless on her face unlike her casual look she usually has "This is annoying it should be us, I want to play" she spoke in a dead pan tone.
Migoku walked around, and took a measure of Scythe, and hair color "Man she is angry, but we have to be patient"
"Something better happen soon" said Scythe, her hair now turning black, and she turned walked away "I feel like window shopping" her lips twisting into an evil grin.
"That girl gives me the creeps" said Shiru finally speaking up, as he watched Scythe leave.
-Ancient Ruins-
Takajin sneezed, and felt like someone had just been talking about him, he wiped his nose with his sleeve.
It was the ruins of an old temple, it was surrounded by statue, and each with their face carved off in haste like someone was trying to ward off some kind of curse.
Halli with Takajin and Hikaru, walked toward the ruins of the temple "This was a shrine to Lilithmon, Tiberius's father after the fall put in the motion of Dissolution, and all practitioners of this religion executed"
Takajin spotted a familiar symbol; it was that of a rabbits paw print "This is same symbol that is on the Blackavar's cape, is he a worshipper of Lilithmon?" he said picking up the rock that had it on it.
"No that is the emblem of Darkhaven; the Kingdom of Suzubuya was once two kingdoms, Suzubuya and Darkhaven, they were never at odds with each other until the resolution, Darkhaven's king thought people should believe in whatever religion they wanted to, and King of Suzubuya thinking his power was absolute tried forcing his resolution on Darkhaven.
"So they wiped out anything that threatened their belief, and anything that allowed it, that is so horrible, did they leave any survivors?' Takajin asked Halli, now understanding why the people of Suzubuya were so scared of the royal family.
"Yes, they spared the Princess Megumi and her brother Kizuguchi, Megumi was betrothed to the Tiberius, this was the reason her brother was spared. Reason I know is Megumi told me" Halli replied with a fresh tear streaking down her left cheek, and she sank to her knees from the painful memory, "She was the best of friends"
What happened to her" asked Hikaru as she sat beside Halli to calm her new friend, she then turned to Moonmon, and realized she hadn't been speaking with her partner since this whole thing had started, hearing the term the best of friends made her consider her Digimon's feelings again.
"Megumi died in a botched Assassination attempt on, she jumped in the way and was killed instantly, and the rest of the Suzubuya family acted like it was nothing, and buried a member of their family" Halli with venom in her tone, as she whipped the tears from her eyes.
A glint of metal came from tree across, and something shot, it was knocked away trajectory toward Halli by Renamon who seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"Run" shouted Halli, she grabbed hold of Takajin, and Hikaru's arms, and dragged them as she ran, as men in Silver armor started to pile out of the woods.
"Run? I rather face them" said Huang stepping out from a boulder he had been standing behind "Anyone who stands with my Enemy should burn with them" He pulled out his Digi chip, and placed it into his digivice.
-Royal Cemetery-
For a graveyard supposedly for the Royal, it lay uncared for and vandalized heavily, some tombstones were cover in a lot of Graffiti, it showed how much those Royal family members were hated, and there was no security what so ever.
A little rabbit Digimon was laying on tombstone and on it in was the name Megumi, and written in bold in Graffiti was Traitor, and Suzubuya Sympathizer. In front it sat a Rabbit-like Digimon; it was staring intensely at the grave stone
"Everything is fine, and justice will be served" said Rabbit-like Digimon; it was nuzzling the gravestone now.
The Blackavar came out of the shadow cape fluttering in the breeze "Word on the street is they found our rescued outsiders, we need to hurry Lopmon" He said, then ran out the cemetery entrance, and was followed by Lopmon after it said bye to the grave.
"Not so fast" said a voice at the entrance, and Figure stepped into the path of the Blackavar "We finally meet; you must be the infamous Blackavar, in truth I know who you really are"
The air was thick with tension, as the two had a stare down, which went on for several minutes before The Blackavar broke the silence.
"So what are you going to do turn me in, or fight me" asked The Blackavar pulling something put of his cape and putting of them into the others, and what they were was hidden under the shadow of his cape, and him and Lopmon were enveloped in balls of light, Lopmon had seemingly vanished after the ball he was dissipated leaving him alone.
"Hi I am General Kizuguchi, and I do challenge you, and if I win you unmask so I can see if I was right" said the large man in blackened silver armor, and a metallic Rabbit Digimon appeared beside him, and promptly vanished like the Blackavar's Lopmon.
Above their started clashes of bangs like battle that you couldn't see either side, and only knew where they were whenever there was a bang of them meeting up weapon to weapon, leaving the Blackavar and Kizuguchi on the ground posing and ready to attack each other, Then after a few minutes they charged at each other.
-Temple Ruins-
Huang inserted his digi-chip into his digivice "Digi synchronization, hope chip activation"
Babydmon and Huang were enveloped in a ball of light, and came out wearing jacket with Babydmon digivolving into Dracomon
Watching this Takajin tried putting his digi chip into his digivice, and it just spit it, and he tried again each time it was the same result it wouldn't let him put it in, and panic flooded over him now, it was too late for him to run as they were now surrounded.
"The Power I see is impossible for someone so" said one of the soldiers, he hesitated for a second and then charged at Huang followed by his own Digimon.
Renamon tackled another soldier, who was trying to take Huang from behind, and then blast another with diamond shape shards, and dodge some incoming arrows.
Hikaru panic after the first arrow was fired had hid behind a tree, and was now cradling Moonmon in her lap, she was freaked out by the violence that was taking place, and was muttering to herself like did in the cell at Suzubuya.
He Forgot he had caged his Digimon for the trip, so Sunmon would not get him in trouble, maybe that was why it wasn't working, Takajin ran back to the cabin, and grabbed the cage, let himself catch his breath before running back to the fight, he opened the cage, and instead of attacking the soldiers, he shot flames at Takajin making him have to dodge them.
Huang chuckled at the Display that Takajin and Sunmon were giving "That's so pathetic, can't even control your Digimon" he said smirking.
The soldier kept coming, but most of them had just In Training level Digimon, and they were easily handled, it was the ones with Rookie level that were a problem, since there was only Dracomon and Renamon, and over a dozen of them.
"I ran from the enemy once, and look what happened I lost everything I cared about, so I stopped caring about things till I get revenge" said Huang shouting at anyone that was listening.
-Royal Cemetery-
"Do you do this for vengeance for her death" said Kizuguchi with Disgust in his tone.
"Vengeance, That would mean an attachment to an event causing some ones death causing me mental distress, and yet I have none, I think Fondly of her but she is nothing to me after death, I just want justice in its absolute form, life without it is meaningless" said The Blackavar smirking at Kizuguchi.
"That's much better shall we continue, I thought you had Descended in madness" said Kizuguchi posed to attack.
"Whatever old man" said the Blackavar, as he got into a defensive stance, masked fluttered as he stared in the eyes of Kizuguchi.
The bangs from above became deafening from the Digimon cashing above them, and now The Blackavar were once again trading punching, and dodging others attacks, it was like poetry in motion with Neither landing a punch on the other, they both leapt into the air, The Blackavar had went higher in his jump, he kicked Kizuguchi square in the face sending, which caused him to go crashing down into a Tombstone, it shattered under the weight of the large man.
The Blackavar landed across from his opponent "Is that all you have old man" The Blackavar said grinning like a Cheshire cat, "You have done no crime, I don't need to be fighting you" The Expression going sour on his face.
"Isn't destroying this headstone enough of a crime to punish me for?" said Kizuguchi slowly getting, and wiping rock fragments off.
"They are just rocks with names writing on them, they have no sentimental meaning to anyone especially me" said The Blackavar sighing with annoyance. "But you are obstructing justice" "What Justice, you are protecting outsiders, who came into this kingdom illegally, and prevented them from being punished, and you have killed outsiders that have done the same, what makes these one so special" Kizuguchi shouted, his face turning red.
"Because my father brought in outsiders, and only let these kids into the kingdom so he can hand them over to scum, Kurokami brigade represents everything that is wrong in this world" The Blackavar Coldly replied to Kizuguchi question.
In that brief instance that the Blackavar was distracted, Kizuguchi struck out with his left hand seemingly trying to take the others head off, Instead rips the mask off the Blackavar's face "I knew it, it was you after all, Princess Mikuni" said Kizuguchi panting, he was out of breath "Only you could match me that well, you and brother were my best students"
The Blackavar took off the hat as well; her long blonde hair fluttered to her shoulders, revealing a flame colored tuque, which the hat was covering "You have always been a wise old man" she watched large rabbit in red and silver armor, and flame color Toque with a weird symbol on it, it was like the on the toque Mikuni was wearing, The Digimon landed beside Mikuni, and got ready to defend her "and Meet my Digimon champion form, Vasantmon!"
-To be Continued-
Mikuni was the Blackavar all this time? And will the Digidestined get out of this in, and will they all survive, to answer these questions, and more, please tune into the next Digimon digital monsters!