Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Outlaw ❯ Dream ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2: Dream

Bang.

The mysterious flying monster barely missed the girl, and crashed to the ground besides her exploding into a million little pieces. Still clutching to the small child, the girl looked to the area in which the monster suddenly exploded.

"W…what happened?" She turned to her other side to see two figures standing only a few yards away. One held a double-barreled revolver and had on all leather. He had three eyes and wore what seems to be a purple helmet that kept his blond hair slicked back and spiked. His left arm had some kind of red cloth wrapped around it and from behind was a demon-like tail. The other had pale skin and only wore a pair of tattered pants, held up by two straps that crossed his chest. He wielded two wooden swords and wore a strange, white mask with two red slashes running vertically to the bottom of the mask, and above the mysterious mask was its red, messy hair. "You okay?" the leather clad one asked. She nodded. "You put us through a lot of trouble," he put his gun down. She watched in fear at the two mysterious figures that saved her.

"I'm sorry," the one who wielded the twin-swords apologized, "I am Yashamon, and he is Beelzebumon. We both do not mean any harm to you," he knelt down by the traumatized mother, "please let us help you. We do not mean any harm." Yashamon reassured one more time. She nodded, but was still shaken badly by the experience. Beelzebumon sighed. Yashamon glanced at Beelzebumon, then turned his attention to the girl once again, "He's just relieved that you are safe. We were both worried about you." Yashamon helped the girl to her feet.

"T…thank you," she thanked Beelzebumon and Yashamon. Her voice had a distinct, and rather thick, British accent, "sorry."

"As long as you don't go running off again without telling us, it's alright," Beelzebumon turned away from the girl, "come on, let's go." Yashamon and the stranger followed Beelzebumon's orders and started to follow the leather-clad digimon.

"Um, I apologize for asking, but where are we going?" the stranger asked Yashamon timidly.

"I do not know," Yashamon answered, "but do not worry…"

"We're going to find a place out of the Digital World so she can be safe and we don't have to worry about her." Beelzebumon answered the question, "no offense, but this place is too dangerous and you just tagging along will just slow me and him down from what we're going to be doing."

"And what is that exactly?" Yashamon mused. Beelzebumon turned to his companion, but said nothing. The girl just watched. "What are we actually trying to do?"

"Don't know." Beelzebumon stated, "just keep moving I guess. I know too well that if we don't keep moving, we get nowhere. But this place is too dangerous for someone like her. Especially since she got a kid in her arms."

"I…I'll be fine," she spoke up for herself for the first time since she rescued her, "If I survived this long in this world, then I can survive with you two around. B…besides, I have looked for a way out of this "Digital World" and I can't find one…" Yashamon nodded. Beelzebumon stood motionless and speechless. He finally closed his eyes, and nodded in agreement.

"Fine," Beelzebumon started to walk the other direction, "we'll protect you."

~*~

That night, the party of three sat around the fire in which they built. Above shined the millions of data streams that shot out of the giant globe in the middle of the sky, as if it was the Digital World's version of moonlight. The digital evening was quiet. No one could think of something to talk about, until the girl thought of an idea, a question that she wanted answered, but was too afraid to ask. "Who are you two?"

Yashamon turned from the fire. "We are…"

"Outlaws."

Beelzebumon finished Yashamon's sentence with what he believed they were. The three-eyed digimon stared blankly into the fire, "I committed a crime that I can't even make up for. Something so horrible that I can't even look at myself the same way again. I was a damn idiot! I never wanted to hurt her, or anyone she loved…" He looked down in shame at his past. It's been so long, but ever since he was reminded of his crime when Juri told him she was pregnant, the past came back and haunted him worse than before, "damn it! I should deserve to die, but instead, I think it was a better punishment to just let me live with the guilt."

"Beelzebumon…" the girl said sympathetically.

Yashamon kept his gaze on Beelzebumon, `to be put through so much, just so that man digimon Vamdemon could have his fun with digimon, so sick…' he thought in disgust when thinking of Vamdemon, `…yet, so sad. Why must he go though the pain and torture for that evil digimon's pleasures?' The demon digimon then turned to the mysterious girl, "let us change the subject. Now, who are you and why are you in the Digital World? It is not often that a human enters this world."

The girl still continued to watch Beelzebumon, and the infant in her arms seemed to giggle in sheer innocence. She then agreed with her new ally and introduced herself, "I'm Lisa," she looked down at her newborn, "and this is Angela. We wouldn't have gone to this world, but…" Lisa paused for a moment. Beelzebumon finally turned his attention to the brunette girl and her child, "he said he would be here."

"He?" Beelzebumon asked, "the only humans I remember being in the Digital World were those Tamers, and they went back long ago." Beelzebumon looked back at the fire, seemingly uninterested in the girl's story again. Yashamon glared at his partner, but turned his attention towards the girl again.

"That can't be," she said looking at Beelzebumon, "I saw him go into that portal in that park under the tool shed." Beelzebumon eyed the girl. `That gate was only known by the Tamers and their digimon. How would that guy know about that?' Beelzebumon thought.

"Did this guy tell you how he knew about that Digital Gate?" Beelzebumon quickly interrogated.

"No," she shook her head, hoping that she would not anger him, "Dante just said if I ever needed him, just go through that gate and find him. He didn't tell me anything else. Did…I do something wrong?" Lisa had a look of slight fear in her eyes. The three-eyed digimon sighed, `she went through so much already…maybe I should ease up. Besides, must be hard to be a human in a Digital World. I know its hard being a digimon in a human world…' Beelzebumon shook his head, "no, you didn't do anything. But who is this Dante guy you keep talking about?" A smile crept along her face at the sound of the man's name.

"Dante," she repeated the man's name, "was one of the only people who actually cared for me. While at home, the Real World I guess, I had a lot of troubles just with life in general. I was about to lose my apartment, I had no job at the time being, food was running low." She sighed at the bad memories of her past life, "but one day while walking home from a job interview, there he stood, in the doorway leading into my apartment building. Dante was a tall man with blond hair, and wearing sunglasses and a long black trench coat. He talked to me, I talked to him, and we got to know each other really well. Over the next few weeks, we got closer and closer together. We shared one special night, but the next morning, he had to leave. I asked him why, and he told me he was going to here, the Digital World. The next few months, I had Angela." Beelzebumon and Yashamon listened to the complete story Lisa told. "I even…" she paused for a moment, "forget it. Forget I even said that." Beelzebumon and Yashamon were puzzled by the statement, but decided not to ask about it. "I'm kind of getting sleepy, and Angela is already asleep, so I think I'll retire for today." The young mother told the two good night one more time and fell fast asleep. Beelzebumon and Yashamon stayed up, still awake from what they went through for the day.

"You okay Beelzebumon?" Yashamon asked, "you've been quiet since Lisa and Angela went to sleep."

"I'm fine," Beelzebumon answered plainly. Yashamon nodded, but knew something did bother his comrade. "Yashamon, I know I really shouldn't, but do you think we can actually find this "Dante" guy for her?"

Yashamon looked at the fire again, "it is your decision. If you feel it is the right thing to do, then it is our duty to." Beelzebumon nodded slowly. "It is settled, we shall start the search tomorrow." Beelzebumon nodded slowly again. Yashamon lay back, "get some sleep Beelzebumon. We leave early tomorrow."

Beelzebumon stayed up for a few more minutes listening to the crackling of the fire in front of him. He looked up at the giant orb in the middle of the sky and the millions of data streams shooting out of it. He then looked at the sleeping Angela and Lisa, `I will make up for my mistakes. Juri, I am sorry for all I have done. I won't make the same mistake again.' With his final thoughts he lay down, and slowly started to fall asleep.

~*~

Lisa lay awake as Yashamon and Beelzebumon finished their conversation, `so they are going to help me after all,' she thought to herself, `but should I tell them? Should I tell them that Dante was also a digimon?' She continued to think about what she would do next. Lisa wanted all the help in the world to try to find her precious Dante, but she left out that Dante WAS a digimon. Would they care? Did they already expect that he was a digimon? Lisa was at a crossroads once again. `Maybe I should just keep quiet for the time being. Once we find him, then I'll tell them. It won't do any harm…' She thought as she slowly fell asleep, `no harm at all.'

~*~

"Hey bro," a darkened figure talked to Beelzebumon from within the shadows, "long time, no see." Beelzebumon turned around to see two eyes he would never want to see again.

"You…!" Beelzebumon reached for his guns, but could not find them, "how the in Digital hell are you still alive?" The devil digimon clenched his fists in anger of seeing his once "friend" and bitter enemy. "I destroyed you and the castle you were in!"

"Calm down bro," he said calmly, "I told you I would be back, but I got a different purpose. Relax, I won't fight you," he stepped out of the shadows, revealing to Beelzebumon that it was in fact the one he hated, Vamdemon, "or at least not yet." The two digimon stood face to face.

"What the hell do you want?" Beelzebumon demanded, "and where am I?"

"We're in your mind. I found a way up here to tell you something that you may want to know," Vamdemon said, "you may not like it…"

"I don't need to know what you're going to say," Beelzebumon turned, "I'm not interested."

"It involves Lisa and Angela." Vamdemon quickly stated. Beelzebumon turned around to face him again and growled, "It…also involves me."

"If you hurt her in any way or form I will personally kill you right now!" Beelzebumon threatened, "You've hurt too many digimon already. No way in hell I'll ever let you hurt a human!" Vamdemon stood his ground, and tried to calm down his former "bro" with a simple hand gesture.

"Relax bro," Vamdemon sighed, "I couldn't even hurt her. Especially since I'm in your dream! Even if I was still data and living, I would never want to hurt her…" Beelzebumon immediately became interested in what he wanted to say. Here is one of the most evil digimon he had ever encountered and now he says he would never harm a human? "Look, I know you've been taking care of her. And…I want to thank you for that." Beelzebumon was surprised by the words, but never let his guard down.

"What?" Beelzebumon asked. Questions started to race through his mind. He had no idea why there was a sudden change of heart and attitude. Last time he encountered him, he was raping digimon and a sadistic bastard. But now, he's thanking him for protecting a human girl. Could it be? No. He couldn't have…or did he?

Fall in love with Lisa.

Everything was starting to fall into place now. Tall, blond hair, sunglasses, trench coat…all those things that described "Dante." The descriptions Lisa gave didn't describe some human, it actually was Vamdemon! But why? Beelzebumon's face had a look of disbelief.

"I may be considered evil bro," Vamdemon broke the awkward silence, "but I'm not heartless. I too can fall in love."

"But you are heartless," Beelzebumon yelled, "no way in hell you could fall in love with her! You…you had to rape her or something!" The three-eyed digimon still had trouble believing that his enemy, who has done so much to so many, would love a human so much. And to even bear a child with her!

"I wouldn't dare!" Vamdemon shot back, "I would never hurt her! No matter how evil I am, I still love her and if I were still alive, I would protect her!" Beelzebumon shook his head, "Look, at first, maybe I was thinking about it, but she seemed so caring for me, no matter how strange I seemed to be to her. Still, she didn't say anything. And when I revealed to her that I was a digimon, she loved me even more! She even offered to give her life to her because she found someone to love and that's all she needed." There was silence again after Vamdemon described the story, "will you protect her?" Beelzebumon was still in shock. "Look, I know all about you and your whole business with that human girl." Beelzebumon looked at the vampire digimon. It's true. He never wanted to see another female human hurting because of his own actions. After some consideration, he nodded. He promised himself that he would never see another human get hurt in front of his eyes by a digimon. Vamdemon nodded, showing no emotion to his former ally, but inside he was truly happy.

"Bro, one more thing!" Vamdemon called out before Beelzebumon walked away from the dream, "Angela. Train her to fight." The statement confused Beelzebumon, "I don't want my daughter to be a vulnerable little girl for big bad digimon to try and rape. Train her to kick ass. Oh, and if I do find a body, be sure to be ready to fight, cause I got a score to settle with you."

Beelzebumon smirked at the last comment and nodded slowly. Vamdemon nodded back, turned, and then walked back into the darkness from where he came.