Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Now, Forever and Always ❯ chapter 4 ( Chapter 5 )
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: moose_of_doom 
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Romance / Action | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 07.14.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 308 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Digimon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Romance / Action | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 07.14.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 308 | Status: Completed
Chapter 4:
The turning tides of fate.
******
Kari awoke on a hard stone floor. As she came to, she felt a hand rub a cold cloth over her forehead. A familiar voice spoke.
"Easy. You've been in a fever for the past two days. You don't want to overdo it."
"Joe?"
"Got it in one. Now relax."
She opened her eyes. Looking around the room, she saw more faces that she knew. Ken and Yolei were nearby, looking at her with concern. Izzy, Cody, Sora, Tai, even Matt was here.
Tai, seeing that his sister was awake, walked over to her. He sported a livid purple bruise on one cheek, and a slight limp indicated that this was not all that was wrong with him.
"Are you okay?"
She nodded, and got up shakily.
"Where are we? Where's Davis?"
"I don't know. He wasn't with you when they brought you here. As to where we are, I know that it's the digital world, but other than that..."
His voice tailed off as the door to the room slid open. A tall man stood there, a rifle in his hands. The muzzle of the weapon pointed directly at them. A black armoured Digimon stood at his heels.
"Out. All of you. The lord wishes to speak."
They all stood, and followed the guard out into a large hall. A podium stood at one end. More people filtered into the hall. Kari recognised Digidestined from all over the world.
Rosa, the small Mexican girl.
The Russian kids, their blond hair dirtied by the conditions into which they had been forced.
There were so many of them! All staring with hatred at the man who now walked onto the stage. Then Kari noticed something else.
None of the kids had their Digimon with them. Aside from the black-armoured companions of the guards, and the huge hulking beast that hung behind the man on the stage, there were no Digimon in the hall.
She looked back at the stage as the bearded man started to speak.
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Paul Miyomoto looked down into the mass of Digidestined. He appreciated the idea of having a "Captive" audience.
"I'm sure you all want to know why you have been brought here. It is because you are the most powerful individuals in the world. Digidestined children have an energy surrounding them. It is what creates the link between a Digimon and it's master. I intend to tap that link, so I can create a bridge to the real world. If you co-operate, you will be treated well. If you do not..."
He gestured to the riflemen around the hall.
"My guards will show no mercy."
He turned away, but one of the Russian kids stepped forward.
"I will not co-operate! I am Dmitri Vladimerovitch! I will not help you!" the Russian shouted defiantly.
Suddenly he was seized by two guards, who hauled him up onto the stage, and forced him to his knees. Paul turned back to the audience.
"As I said, We will show no mercy."
He pulled out a handgun, and shot the brave boy between the eyes.
"Dispose of the body. I think the rest of them will behave themselves now."
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Gennai didn't say much as they drove up to his mountain home. It was the same address that he had given TK and Liam. A small house sat on an overhanging rock ledge, looking down onto the city of Tokyo. As they got out of the car,
Tasha shivered in the biting wind, as it cut her to the bone. Her blonde hair fell back behind her as Gennai and Davis, seemingly oblivious to the cold, walked to the front door. The wooden panel slid back, and a middle- aged woman bowed to Gennai, who returned the gesture formally.
"It is good to see you sir. The guest rooms have been prepared."
The woman went back into the house, and the three people walked inside.
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Later that evening, a car pulled up outside. Davis was wary until Liam poked his head through the door. Gennai ushered them in, and Davis stood and hugged Mimi, her dyed pink hair brushing down against her back.
"I got here as soon as I could. I'm sorry I wasn't faster."
"There would have been nothing you can do."
Palmon and Veemon greeted each other. Gennai spoke quietly.
"Please sit down. I have a story to tell."
They all sat around the room, and Gennai took a book down from the shelf on the wall behind him.
"This is the tale of the Paladin, the ancient protector of the digital world."
He sat in a low chair, facing them.
"This book is the only known copy of the Paladin's tale. There may be others, but that is not relevant."
He took a deep breath, and recanted the tale.
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"Many years ago, the first bridges between the digital world and our own opened. The digital world had always existed alongside our own, in different ways, but this was the first time that anyone had ever been able to travel freely between the two.
The bridges stayed open, unlike our current Digiports, and humans and Digimon mingled together, finding their soul mates in the other species. But as humans, our nature is to destroy, and eventually, greedy men made their way to the digital world, with war on their minds.
When the Digimon world first opened, there were twelve Digimon who were not claimed by masters. They were extremely unique, in that the only had one form.
They all were shaped as giant dragons, and they were guardians over this peaceful domain. But then their masters appeared, and peace, it seems, could not be further from their minds.
The twelve men who travelled across the bridge came with the knowledge, that they would be the most powerful men in both worlds if they used the vast power of the dragons.
They enslaved their Digimon companions, corrupting the dragon's souls, as they came into contact with their own.
But the peaceful citizens did not wish to be enslaved, and for the first time, war cast its shadow across the digital world.
Buildings toppled, entire cities were levelled by the dragon lords' powers. Many lives were lost, both human and Digimon. Eventually the dragon lords were victorious, and darkness reigned over the digital world for ten years they enshrined themselves in great towers, and demanded worship from the citizens. We have no record of the atrocities that were committed in that time.
After ten years, the Dragon Lords hold on the digital world was like a dark blanket, but there were murmurs of discontent.
The man who changed the balance of power was the youngest son of one of the Dragon Lords.
His name was Ichiro Miyomoto.
Ichiro had fallen in love with one of the Servant girls from a rival Lord's household. On more than one occasion, he had left his father's tower under the cloak of darkness to meet her, but, after two years of this, they were caught.
Ichiro's father was so angry, that he commanded his dragon-Digimon to destroy the girl on the spot, fortunately, she escaped, and she and Ichiro went on the run together, trying to find a way back to the real world.
One day, Ichiro came back to their hideaway to find that his lover had been kidnapped and a message left, telling him to come to his father's tower for judgement.
Shocked, the boy fell into a faint, and whilst he was in that faint, my counterpart of the time came to him in a vision.
My counterpart told him that he was the only one with the power to control all the dragons. And that he was the only one who could restore piece to the digital world. He also told him that he would be given a mystical sword to accomplish his task. With this sword, his Digimon, Veemon's ancestor, would be able to digivolve to a new state, that of the DigiWarrior. This new level would give Veemon the power to overcome even the Dragons. But it would be a two-fold attack. Whilst the DigiWarrior form of Veemon fought the dragons, Ichiro himself would become a powerful new warrior, known as the Paladin - the ultimate champion.
When Ichiro awoke from his dream, he found that his hand was wrapped around the hilt of the very sword that had been described to him. A Katana.
Armed with his new weapon, Ichiro went to his father's tower, and was escorted to a chamber, where all the Dragon-Lords waited. They passed Judgement on him, and sentenced both him and his lover to death, the sentence to be carried out by the Dragon-Lords themselves.
However, when Ichiro produced his own weapon, its power was like light, digivolving his Veemon to its new form. As Ichiro fought against the Dragon- Lords, his Digimon fought the Dragons overhead.
The light of his blade, however, was like a bolt of thunder. It cut through the darkness that had enshrouded the minds of the dragons for ten long years. Suddenly, the battle in the skies ceased, and the Dragons plucked their masters up off the ground. Slowly, the Dragon-Lords realised what they had done, and repented their ways. All except two.
The Dragons decided that the digital world would be better off without humans, and their own powerful presence, so they sealed their power into twelve crests.
Courage,
Friendship,
Knowledge,
Love,
Sincerity,
Reliability,
Hope,
Light,
Life,
And Truth."
"But wait a minute," Davis spoke for the first time since Gennai had begun his tale.
"That's only ten crests, what about the other two?"
Gennai nodded at the young man.
"Well spotted. As I said, two of the Dragon-Lords refused to repent for their actions, so their Dragons forcibly withdrew their power. However, since the separation was not mutual, the result was two Dark Crests. These contained all of the hatred and hurt that had been spent over the ten-year period.
Ichiro took these crests, and cast them into an alternate version of the digital world. When they landed, black water fountained up out of the ground, quickly growing into the dark ocean. Ichiro tried to seal off this dimension, but even the sword of the Paladin was not strong enough to completely destroy those two crests power.
Hatred and Death. Those were the two symbols on the dark Crests.
When the Dragons gave up their power, they also sent an amount each into the Paladins blade. Their likenesses now adorn the edge of the sword.
After the Dragon-Lords had been defeated, all the humans left the digital world, and Ichiro sealed off the bridges behind them, but not before he created safe measures, so that if the need arose, defenders of the digital world would be able to come through, and aid the cause. He created the first Digivice, the D1. The power of the Paladin has been passed down through the centuries to Ichiro's descendents, always through the oldest male, In case it is needed once more."
Gennai closed the book.
"And so we come to the current descendant of Ichiro Miyomoto. Daisuke."
Davis jerked back to reality at the mention of his name. Gennai continued.
"The power of the Paladin rests in you, but there is a problem. In the last generation, for the first time, the path for the power split. Your father and your uncle were twins, and for some reason, it seems that Paul has gained the ability to control the dark crests, whilst you father got the light powers. I do not know what effect this had on your powers, Davis."
The old man sighed.
"What I do know, however, is that we have already lost too much time. Your father died before he could start training you, and it is my belief that Paul has gained possession of the dark crests, directly. This gives him unimaginable power."
Davis looked up.
"Maybe. But I'm here to get Kari back. And If I'm the one with the power, then what are the rest of them doing here?"
"They all have power of their own. Liam is a warrior in a modern sense, which will be beneficial. TK has one of the most powerful light Digimon on his side, Mimi too. And If I'm not mistaken, on the chain around her neck, Tasha is wearing the crests of Life and Truth. "
Tasha looked shocked.
"You knew?"
Gennai nodded.
"I did. I could sense it as soon as I met you."
He got up, and walked to the door.
"I suggest you all get a good nights sleep. Your going to need it for your training."
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The turning tides of fate.
******
Kari awoke on a hard stone floor. As she came to, she felt a hand rub a cold cloth over her forehead. A familiar voice spoke.
"Easy. You've been in a fever for the past two days. You don't want to overdo it."
"Joe?"
"Got it in one. Now relax."
She opened her eyes. Looking around the room, she saw more faces that she knew. Ken and Yolei were nearby, looking at her with concern. Izzy, Cody, Sora, Tai, even Matt was here.
Tai, seeing that his sister was awake, walked over to her. He sported a livid purple bruise on one cheek, and a slight limp indicated that this was not all that was wrong with him.
"Are you okay?"
She nodded, and got up shakily.
"Where are we? Where's Davis?"
"I don't know. He wasn't with you when they brought you here. As to where we are, I know that it's the digital world, but other than that..."
His voice tailed off as the door to the room slid open. A tall man stood there, a rifle in his hands. The muzzle of the weapon pointed directly at them. A black armoured Digimon stood at his heels.
"Out. All of you. The lord wishes to speak."
They all stood, and followed the guard out into a large hall. A podium stood at one end. More people filtered into the hall. Kari recognised Digidestined from all over the world.
Rosa, the small Mexican girl.
The Russian kids, their blond hair dirtied by the conditions into which they had been forced.
There were so many of them! All staring with hatred at the man who now walked onto the stage. Then Kari noticed something else.
None of the kids had their Digimon with them. Aside from the black-armoured companions of the guards, and the huge hulking beast that hung behind the man on the stage, there were no Digimon in the hall.
She looked back at the stage as the bearded man started to speak.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ----------------------------
Paul Miyomoto looked down into the mass of Digidestined. He appreciated the idea of having a "Captive" audience.
"I'm sure you all want to know why you have been brought here. It is because you are the most powerful individuals in the world. Digidestined children have an energy surrounding them. It is what creates the link between a Digimon and it's master. I intend to tap that link, so I can create a bridge to the real world. If you co-operate, you will be treated well. If you do not..."
He gestured to the riflemen around the hall.
"My guards will show no mercy."
He turned away, but one of the Russian kids stepped forward.
"I will not co-operate! I am Dmitri Vladimerovitch! I will not help you!" the Russian shouted defiantly.
Suddenly he was seized by two guards, who hauled him up onto the stage, and forced him to his knees. Paul turned back to the audience.
"As I said, We will show no mercy."
He pulled out a handgun, and shot the brave boy between the eyes.
"Dispose of the body. I think the rest of them will behave themselves now."
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ----------------------------
Gennai didn't say much as they drove up to his mountain home. It was the same address that he had given TK and Liam. A small house sat on an overhanging rock ledge, looking down onto the city of Tokyo. As they got out of the car,
Tasha shivered in the biting wind, as it cut her to the bone. Her blonde hair fell back behind her as Gennai and Davis, seemingly oblivious to the cold, walked to the front door. The wooden panel slid back, and a middle- aged woman bowed to Gennai, who returned the gesture formally.
"It is good to see you sir. The guest rooms have been prepared."
The woman went back into the house, and the three people walked inside.
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Later that evening, a car pulled up outside. Davis was wary until Liam poked his head through the door. Gennai ushered them in, and Davis stood and hugged Mimi, her dyed pink hair brushing down against her back.
"I got here as soon as I could. I'm sorry I wasn't faster."
"There would have been nothing you can do."
Palmon and Veemon greeted each other. Gennai spoke quietly.
"Please sit down. I have a story to tell."
They all sat around the room, and Gennai took a book down from the shelf on the wall behind him.
"This is the tale of the Paladin, the ancient protector of the digital world."
He sat in a low chair, facing them.
"This book is the only known copy of the Paladin's tale. There may be others, but that is not relevant."
He took a deep breath, and recanted the tale.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ----------------------------
"Many years ago, the first bridges between the digital world and our own opened. The digital world had always existed alongside our own, in different ways, but this was the first time that anyone had ever been able to travel freely between the two.
The bridges stayed open, unlike our current Digiports, and humans and Digimon mingled together, finding their soul mates in the other species. But as humans, our nature is to destroy, and eventually, greedy men made their way to the digital world, with war on their minds.
When the Digimon world first opened, there were twelve Digimon who were not claimed by masters. They were extremely unique, in that the only had one form.
They all were shaped as giant dragons, and they were guardians over this peaceful domain. But then their masters appeared, and peace, it seems, could not be further from their minds.
The twelve men who travelled across the bridge came with the knowledge, that they would be the most powerful men in both worlds if they used the vast power of the dragons.
They enslaved their Digimon companions, corrupting the dragon's souls, as they came into contact with their own.
But the peaceful citizens did not wish to be enslaved, and for the first time, war cast its shadow across the digital world.
Buildings toppled, entire cities were levelled by the dragon lords' powers. Many lives were lost, both human and Digimon. Eventually the dragon lords were victorious, and darkness reigned over the digital world for ten years they enshrined themselves in great towers, and demanded worship from the citizens. We have no record of the atrocities that were committed in that time.
After ten years, the Dragon Lords hold on the digital world was like a dark blanket, but there were murmurs of discontent.
The man who changed the balance of power was the youngest son of one of the Dragon Lords.
His name was Ichiro Miyomoto.
Ichiro had fallen in love with one of the Servant girls from a rival Lord's household. On more than one occasion, he had left his father's tower under the cloak of darkness to meet her, but, after two years of this, they were caught.
Ichiro's father was so angry, that he commanded his dragon-Digimon to destroy the girl on the spot, fortunately, she escaped, and she and Ichiro went on the run together, trying to find a way back to the real world.
One day, Ichiro came back to their hideaway to find that his lover had been kidnapped and a message left, telling him to come to his father's tower for judgement.
Shocked, the boy fell into a faint, and whilst he was in that faint, my counterpart of the time came to him in a vision.
My counterpart told him that he was the only one with the power to control all the dragons. And that he was the only one who could restore piece to the digital world. He also told him that he would be given a mystical sword to accomplish his task. With this sword, his Digimon, Veemon's ancestor, would be able to digivolve to a new state, that of the DigiWarrior. This new level would give Veemon the power to overcome even the Dragons. But it would be a two-fold attack. Whilst the DigiWarrior form of Veemon fought the dragons, Ichiro himself would become a powerful new warrior, known as the Paladin - the ultimate champion.
When Ichiro awoke from his dream, he found that his hand was wrapped around the hilt of the very sword that had been described to him. A Katana.
Armed with his new weapon, Ichiro went to his father's tower, and was escorted to a chamber, where all the Dragon-Lords waited. They passed Judgement on him, and sentenced both him and his lover to death, the sentence to be carried out by the Dragon-Lords themselves.
However, when Ichiro produced his own weapon, its power was like light, digivolving his Veemon to its new form. As Ichiro fought against the Dragon- Lords, his Digimon fought the Dragons overhead.
The light of his blade, however, was like a bolt of thunder. It cut through the darkness that had enshrouded the minds of the dragons for ten long years. Suddenly, the battle in the skies ceased, and the Dragons plucked their masters up off the ground. Slowly, the Dragon-Lords realised what they had done, and repented their ways. All except two.
The Dragons decided that the digital world would be better off without humans, and their own powerful presence, so they sealed their power into twelve crests.
Courage,
Friendship,
Knowledge,
Love,
Sincerity,
Reliability,
Hope,
Light,
Life,
And Truth."
"But wait a minute," Davis spoke for the first time since Gennai had begun his tale.
"That's only ten crests, what about the other two?"
Gennai nodded at the young man.
"Well spotted. As I said, two of the Dragon-Lords refused to repent for their actions, so their Dragons forcibly withdrew their power. However, since the separation was not mutual, the result was two Dark Crests. These contained all of the hatred and hurt that had been spent over the ten-year period.
Ichiro took these crests, and cast them into an alternate version of the digital world. When they landed, black water fountained up out of the ground, quickly growing into the dark ocean. Ichiro tried to seal off this dimension, but even the sword of the Paladin was not strong enough to completely destroy those two crests power.
Hatred and Death. Those were the two symbols on the dark Crests.
When the Dragons gave up their power, they also sent an amount each into the Paladins blade. Their likenesses now adorn the edge of the sword.
After the Dragon-Lords had been defeated, all the humans left the digital world, and Ichiro sealed off the bridges behind them, but not before he created safe measures, so that if the need arose, defenders of the digital world would be able to come through, and aid the cause. He created the first Digivice, the D1. The power of the Paladin has been passed down through the centuries to Ichiro's descendents, always through the oldest male, In case it is needed once more."
Gennai closed the book.
"And so we come to the current descendant of Ichiro Miyomoto. Daisuke."
Davis jerked back to reality at the mention of his name. Gennai continued.
"The power of the Paladin rests in you, but there is a problem. In the last generation, for the first time, the path for the power split. Your father and your uncle were twins, and for some reason, it seems that Paul has gained the ability to control the dark crests, whilst you father got the light powers. I do not know what effect this had on your powers, Davis."
The old man sighed.
"What I do know, however, is that we have already lost too much time. Your father died before he could start training you, and it is my belief that Paul has gained possession of the dark crests, directly. This gives him unimaginable power."
Davis looked up.
"Maybe. But I'm here to get Kari back. And If I'm the one with the power, then what are the rest of them doing here?"
"They all have power of their own. Liam is a warrior in a modern sense, which will be beneficial. TK has one of the most powerful light Digimon on his side, Mimi too. And If I'm not mistaken, on the chain around her neck, Tasha is wearing the crests of Life and Truth. "
Tasha looked shocked.
"You knew?"
Gennai nodded.
"I did. I could sense it as soon as I met you."
He got up, and walked to the door.
"I suggest you all get a good nights sleep. Your going to need it for your training."
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