Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Someone to Forgive Me ❯ Sacrifice ( Chapter 7 )

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Someone to Forgive Me

"I want you to do something for me, Ryo."

The red-haired boy turned to glare at Millenniumon. "You want ME to actually do something for you?"

"I want you to kill these two children." Pictures of the Keepers of Hope and Light appeared on the air.

Ryo snorted. "You expect me to hurt my FRIENDS?!"

"You know who they really are, don't you?"

"Th-that d-d-doesn't m-matter!" Monodramon exclaimed. "Y-you're a-an i- idiot i-if y-you r-r-really ex-expect u-us t-to d-do s-s-something l-like th-that!"

"So…even after what the Holy Beasts have done to you, you tell me don't want revenge on them?" Millenniumon questioned.

"Look," Ryo said slowly, anger rising inside him. "Takeru and Hikari are my FRIENDS. NOTHING you can say will make me hurt them!"

"What makes you think they ARE your friends? They're nothing but misbegotten stains on the Digital World."

"It doesn't matter what the Holy Beasts have done to me in the past," Ryo said. "I won't hurt their kids."

***

Hikari concentrated for a second and then felt the familiar sensation of reverting back to her human form. As she looked over at Miyako, she saw that her friend was doing the same thing, although it wasn't as easy for her. Sweat dripped down her face and her fists were clenched with the strain.

"Don't worry, Miyako. It was hard for me, too, at first, but it gets easier," she said.

"HIIIIIIIIIIIKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAARRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!! !!!!"

And then V-mon was right next to her. Hikari had never seen him move that quickly for anything except food.

The blue dragon threw his arms around her waist in a tight hug. "Hikari! It's you! You're alive! You're okay! The Kaiser didn't get you! We found you in time! HikariHikariHikariHikariHikariHikariHikari!!!!"

Miyako was glaring daggers and starting to say something nasty to him. He jumped away from Hikari and looked apologetic.

"I'm sorry, Hikari," V-mon said. "It's just we looked and looked we couldn't find you anywhere I was afraid you might not be okay but you're really okay and I'm so happy you're okay I'm happy to see you!"

"I'm glad you're okay, too," the brown-haired girl answered.

Meanwhile, Daisuke was standing there in disbelief and amazement. He glanced back and forth between Miyako and Hikari. "You're…DIGIMON???!!!!!!"

Hikari nodded. "Well, partly. We just call ourselves 'breeds."

Daisuke stared, his jaw hanging open. "`WE?!' Who else is like this?"

"Sora, Takeru, and Koushiro. There might be others, but we don't know for sure."

"…Others…? Like…me? No way!"

Hikari shrugged. "Doubtful. Koushiro's never found any information about you on any of our digivices."

Miyako blinked as she thought of something. "Hey…that's why you surprised when I told you, Hikari! You already knew I was like this!"

The smaller girl nodded. "After we defeated the Kaiser, Koushiro checked to see if there was any information about you in his analyzer."

"Ya know, I always felt…different. I always was able to do things that surprised everyone…like climbing that Dark Tower."

"Why didn't you tell us about this before?" Daisuke asked, slightly hurt that the older Chosen hadn't trusted him with this secret.

Hikari gestured at the Kaiser. "Because of him. Can you imagine what would have happened if he had Ringed one of us?"

"I don't even want to think about it," Daisuke replied. The implication of the events he and V-mon had arrived in time to stop suddenly hit him. "KEN!! How could you DO this?! How could you go back to being the Kaiser?! And how could you do that to Hikari? She's your friend!"

The Kaiser laughed. "She's nothing but a freak, and I can do what I want with her." He turned to glare at V-mon. "You'll regret breaking her Spiral. I worked very hard on it; it was designed specifically for her."

***

"You aren't going anywhere."

Tailmon and LadyDevimon turned to face the speaker. Both of them scowled, glaring threateningly at him.

"If you so much as THINK of hurting my son, Vamdemon," LadyDevimon hissed, "I'll turn you into MINCEMEAT!"

Tailmon was only mildly surprised by LadyDevimon's words. She had begun to suspect it as she watched how the demon acted with him and some of the things she had said. Stranger things had happened.

She turned her attention back to the present threat. "YOU," she snarled, rage rising up inside her. "Let us pass."

Vamdemon considered for a moment, then nodded. "For a price; one of your lives."

LadyDevimon's wings spread slightly in warning. "We don't have time for your stupid game," she growled. "If Kenjimon dies, I will blame YOU for it. And I will track you down and kill you."

"Is that a threat?"

"No, that's not a threat; that's a PROMISE."

"As I said before, I will let you pass for a price: one of your lives." Vamdemon turned to Tailmon, addressing her specifically. "Would you let another of your friends to die? Or don't you have enough guilt as it is? Choose; the boy, or yourself."

It was no choice at all.

She gritted her teeth. "I'll stay."