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The Dark Ring
Chapter 8

"Oni-san, can I come in?"

Taichi looked at the door to his room. "Sure, the door is open."

Hikari opened the door and she and Tailmon entered her brother's bedroom. "Oni-san, I wanted to talk to you."

"Sure, you can." Taichi told her. "Hikari, what do you want to talk about?"

"I was just thinking about Miyako-san again."

Taichi was quiet after hearing who his sister was talking about. "How long has it been since she left and joined the Kaizer?"

"About two months." she said. "And all that time, Daisuke-san found the Digimental of Friendship and Iori-san found the Digimental of Sincerity."

"All of that stuff happened already." Taichi responded as he crossed his arms. "Hard to believe, huh?"

"Yes, but the thing is that we haven't found the Digimental of Purity. I know it is somewhere in the Digital World but it is not there."

"Any ideas, why?"

"Maybe because it belongs to Miyako-san and since she isn't with us, it hasn't reacted."

"Trust me. We will figure out how to get her back."

"I knew that you will say that, Oni-san, but...." Hikari looked at the ground. "But, sometimes I doubt that we will be able to do it. I mean what if we have to fight Miyako-san to get her back. "I don't want to hurt her."

"Hikari, I know that you are troubled by this." Tailmon said. "But, this is a battle we are in. Our enemy is the Digimon Kaizer. He have to foil every last plan of his."

"Tailmon is right, Hikari." Taichi added. "We have to look at the big picture. Whether she knows or not, Miyako is being used as the Kaizer's toy. Besides, at times we cannot pick our own battles."

Hikari looked at her brother. "Do you mean......"

"Yes, if we have to, we will fight Miyako like she is our enemy."

"No, Oni-san. There has to be another way. Its bad enough we have to fight against a human but against our friend. I....I....just can't do it." A small tear started to fall from her cheek.

"Hikari, remember what Miyako as the Digimon Kaizerin did to you. Remember when she hit you with her whip?"

Hikari placed her hand over her cheek and looked away from her brother. Thoughts of that ordeal stillwere in her mind. The sharp sting of the whip tearing against her skin. She tried to forget about it, but there was nothing that she can do to keep those memories from rearing up their ugly faces in her mind. "I remember what happened." She looked at her brother. "But, I still want to believe that she is not evil."

"We know that, Hikari." Tailmon told her. "But, we have to face the facts. The point is that Miyako is being somehow controlled by the Digimon Kaizer and we need to stop them and bring her back to our side."

"Hikari, did you notice anything strange before Miyako left and joined the Kaizer?"

"I don't know. She did yell at Upamon and she was kind of rough. At the same time, she was wearing a ring that I never saw before. I was going to ask where she got it but I decided to not to do something like that."

"That could be a clue. If we can get her to remove that ring maybe she wouldn't be control by the Kaizer."

"That's easier said than done." Tailmon told her Chosen partner's brother. "From what the others told me, Miyako got Hawkmon under the control of a dark spiral and he armor-evolved too."

"I know Tailmon, but I just want to help the others. I want to do something to prove my worth."

"Hikari, you don't need to do that."

"I know that but I want to. You know to prove my worth for the team that I can fight too." Hikari looked at her brother. "You know, I want to become as strong like you, Oni-san."

Taichi was stunned at his sister's revelation. "Are you sure about that? You got your own strength too."

"Sometimes, I don't really know Oni-san."

"You need to stand up for yourself too."

"Takeru-kun, told me that exact same thing too." Hikari mentally told herself.

"We should call the others for a meeting and talk these things through."

"Maybe, you're right Oni-san." Hikari walked out of her brother's room. "Thanks for listening to me."

"Don't mention it."

~*~

"I got mail."

Sora clicked on the message and began to read it. "It's from Mimi. She said that her school is having a break this weekend and she can come over for a visit and she wanted to know how everyone is doing especially Miyako."

She took a moment to look at the message. She didn't know how to reply to this message. "Should I tell her what happened to Miyako? She would be heartbroken to hear what Miyako is doing now." Sora was pondering the option and consequences of her decision. At that moment, the phone in her room started to ring. She immediately picked it up and Taichi's voice was on the other end.

"Yes, Taichi. What is it?" she asked. "A meeting? Yes, I would go but Taichi, I got mail from Mimi. She's coming here for a couple of days. She asked about Miyako."

"And what did you say?"

"I didn't say anything yet. You call just when I was going to reply. Should we wait until she comes here. I know she would be interesting in hearing about this."

"Yeah, she should. A situation like this needs everybody's help."

"Alright, I'll tell her. I'll talk to you later, Taichi."

"See ya, Sora."

Sora hung up the phone and typed the message to Mimi. "I don't know if she would be thrilled to hear this." She began to type out all that had happened. "This is going to hurt me as much as you."

~*~

"I got mail from Sora."

Mimi looked at the message that Sora sent to her. She read the contents of the message. The expression of her face immediately changed to a look of concern.

"This can't be right." she told herself. "I got to get to the bottom of this when I see the guys."