I just want it on record that I blame all of you guys in the Devil�s Advocate Thread for this. The discussions about Lilithmon went on long enough that they gave me ideas and I had to write this. In particular, I blame Seiya, for giving me this idea over IRC a while back. This is going to be (if I have anything to say about it) a one-shot, though perhaps I�ll write some scattered scenes for it later.
Nonetheless, here you go. A present to everyone that�s helped me write Devil�s Advocate and Tamer�s Forever. Thank you all for helping me so far. Happy Thanksgiving.
P.S. I�ll try to do one of these for some of the other holidays as well. If anyone has ideas or requests, feel free to make suggestions; if I see one I like, I�ll roll with it. If not, I�ll either make something up or bounce ideas of Seiya until candy comes out.
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Seductive Shadows
One-shot
Shit. This was bad. This was really bad.
Takato would have voiced those thoughts aloud, but he didn�t have breath to spare as he ran.
In hindsight, entering that portal had been a really bad idea.
It had been months since the departure of Guilmon and the other Digimon and life had gone on. Things were different now, though; the world had learnt of Digimon and they also knew about the ones who�d saved them from the D-Reaper.
After all, they�d done it on television. Naked.
Takato would have flushed if the situation had allowed for it. He�d blushed a lot in the last few months, every time it was brought up. And it was, often.
By girls.
But besides the fame and the publicity and the embarrassment, life had gone on. He still went to school, his home was a bakery, and he still played Digimon with his friends. Granted, it was a little bit different now; everyone in school knew his name and he�d gone from being a face in the crowd to being the most popular kid in school. The bakery was now doing very, very well, benefiting from his fame by an increase in profits; apparently there were even going to be trademarks and stuff on the Guilmon bread. And, of course, his group of friends had increased quite a bit, going from Hirokazu and Kenta to the entire Tamer team.
Life was good. Not perfect; Guilmon would have to come back for it to be perfect. But good.
And then he�d found that gate at Guilmon�s shed.
He�d taken it as a good sign, of course. He�d get to see his best friend again! What could be better?
Of course, then he�d been forced to think logically. The Digital World was a dangerous place; he knew that. Without Guilmon there to protect him, the odds of something bad happening were just this side of garmented.
So he was going to call Hypnos. Well, okay, fine. He was going to call all his friends and then he was going to call Hypnos.
Things hadn�t quite happened that way.
It was hard to explain what happened next. He was cursing himself for not having a cell phone and was about to leave the shed. More than anything, he was worried about the portal closing before he got back.
And then he�d stopped.
No�he�d been stopped. He remembered that clearly; he was walking and suddenly he couldn�t move.
And then he�d heard a voice.
In hindsight, he was cursing himself. A voice with no apparent origin was talking to him. He should know that was a bad sign. Stuff like that never ended well for him. Never.
So why the hell did he listen to that voice?
�Tamer�come to me, Tamer. I need you. Help me.�
Someone had been asking for help. Maybe that was it? Maybe he was just a sucker for someone in need?
The fact that it had sounded like a woman hadn�t helped at all.
But that still didn�t explain it.
Why? Why the hell would he do this?
Why the hell would he walk through the gate without even calling someone?
It may not have been smart, but he would have jumped in if someone was in danger. But he would have at least called someone and told them that he was about to do something stupid. Jenrya and Ruki would kick his ass for it later, no doubt, but if they knew where he was they could at least do something about it. And he wouldn�t have to worry his parents- okay, that was a lie. His parents would worry anyway. And rightly so!
But they would have known where he was, at least, right?
And so now he was in the Digital World. Alone. With little to no hope of rescue or backup. And when he got back, if he got back at all, Ruki and Jenrya and his parents and Hypnos and probably some other people he was forgetting were going to make him suffer.
Still, he would have preferred to suffer at the hands of people that cared about him if given a choice between that and his current situation.
Truth be told, he was pretty lucky. The area he�d landed in was pretty barren, lacking tree roots, thick plants, cracked earth, large rocks, sand, deep water, or scattered rubble; things he�d come to expect from the Digital World but which, nonetheless, made it really hard to run for your life. It would have been better if he was in a city area and had buildings to hide in or behind, but it was better than most of the areas he�d been through last time.
That still didn�t change the fact that he was running through a level of the Digital World with no cover while being chased by a�what was that?
Takato risked a glance back and realized he didn�t recognize the Digimon chasing him. It looked like a Monochromon, but�no, it wasn�t a Monochromon. It�s �horn� was more like a blade then a horn. That armor plating was different too.
But it was that blade he was worried about. It was huge.
The only reason he was even still alive was because the �Monochromon� had a hard time suddenly changing directions, a flaw he�d shamelessly exploited. That, and the fact that it was easy to run.
But that didn�t change the fact he was getting tired. And as soon as he started slowing down�
�Help me�I need your help�Tamer��
That voice again. Takato was of half a mind to flat-out ignore it, since it had gotten him into this in the first place, but he began running towards where he thought it was coming from anyway.
Mainly because he didn�t have any other options. He had to hope he was heading towards something that could help him.
Which was unlikely, since the voice was calling for help.
Unless it was a trap, he realized.
He frowned at that thought. Specifically, at the hope it inspired.
He was hoping that he was running into a trap?
The �Monochromon� roared, apparently getting tired of this chase.
Takato shifted directions as quickly as he could, figuring that the �Monochromon� was going to try to rush him.
It wasn�t, but it still turned out to be a good move as the spot where he�d been a second ago exploded.
That was Monochromon�s Volcano Strike, or something that looked just like it. Then was that actually a �Monochromon�?
But it was so different. In fact, it wasn�t the only thing that was different.
Takato continued looking forward as he ran. He could see the horizon but nothing else. No buildings. No natural features. No Digimon.
It just went on and on, a dead, lifeless land.
What had happened to this place? What had happened to the Digital World?
Takato�s eyes widened as a thought hit him.
And�if something had happened to the Digital World�
What had happened to Guilmon?
�I know the answers�Tamer�I�ll tell you�if you help me��
Takato�s eyes and resolve hardened.
�I�ll help you if I can. Just tell me where you are.�
He didn�t receive a reply. Not in words at least.
Even so, the pillar of light that came down upon him was hard to miss.
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Nonetheless, here you go. A present to everyone that�s helped me write Devil�s Advocate and Tamer�s Forever. Thank you all for helping me so far. Happy Thanksgiving.
P.S. I�ll try to do one of these for some of the other holidays as well. If anyone has ideas or requests, feel free to make suggestions; if I see one I like, I�ll roll with it. If not, I�ll either make something up or bounce ideas of Seiya until candy comes out.
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Seductive Shadows
One-shot
Shit. This was bad. This was really bad.
Takato would have voiced those thoughts aloud, but he didn�t have breath to spare as he ran.
In hindsight, entering that portal had been a really bad idea.
It had been months since the departure of Guilmon and the other Digimon and life had gone on. Things were different now, though; the world had learnt of Digimon and they also knew about the ones who�d saved them from the D-Reaper.
After all, they�d done it on television. Naked.
Takato would have flushed if the situation had allowed for it. He�d blushed a lot in the last few months, every time it was brought up. And it was, often.
By girls.
But besides the fame and the publicity and the embarrassment, life had gone on. He still went to school, his home was a bakery, and he still played Digimon with his friends. Granted, it was a little bit different now; everyone in school knew his name and he�d gone from being a face in the crowd to being the most popular kid in school. The bakery was now doing very, very well, benefiting from his fame by an increase in profits; apparently there were even going to be trademarks and stuff on the Guilmon bread. And, of course, his group of friends had increased quite a bit, going from Hirokazu and Kenta to the entire Tamer team.
Life was good. Not perfect; Guilmon would have to come back for it to be perfect. But good.
And then he�d found that gate at Guilmon�s shed.
He�d taken it as a good sign, of course. He�d get to see his best friend again! What could be better?
Of course, then he�d been forced to think logically. The Digital World was a dangerous place; he knew that. Without Guilmon there to protect him, the odds of something bad happening were just this side of garmented.
So he was going to call Hypnos. Well, okay, fine. He was going to call all his friends and then he was going to call Hypnos.
Things hadn�t quite happened that way.
It was hard to explain what happened next. He was cursing himself for not having a cell phone and was about to leave the shed. More than anything, he was worried about the portal closing before he got back.
And then he�d stopped.
No�he�d been stopped. He remembered that clearly; he was walking and suddenly he couldn�t move.
And then he�d heard a voice.
In hindsight, he was cursing himself. A voice with no apparent origin was talking to him. He should know that was a bad sign. Stuff like that never ended well for him. Never.
So why the hell did he listen to that voice?
�Tamer�come to me, Tamer. I need you. Help me.�
Someone had been asking for help. Maybe that was it? Maybe he was just a sucker for someone in need?
The fact that it had sounded like a woman hadn�t helped at all.
But that still didn�t explain it.
Why? Why the hell would he do this?
Why the hell would he walk through the gate without even calling someone?
It may not have been smart, but he would have jumped in if someone was in danger. But he would have at least called someone and told them that he was about to do something stupid. Jenrya and Ruki would kick his ass for it later, no doubt, but if they knew where he was they could at least do something about it. And he wouldn�t have to worry his parents- okay, that was a lie. His parents would worry anyway. And rightly so!
But they would have known where he was, at least, right?
And so now he was in the Digital World. Alone. With little to no hope of rescue or backup. And when he got back, if he got back at all, Ruki and Jenrya and his parents and Hypnos and probably some other people he was forgetting were going to make him suffer.
Still, he would have preferred to suffer at the hands of people that cared about him if given a choice between that and his current situation.
Truth be told, he was pretty lucky. The area he�d landed in was pretty barren, lacking tree roots, thick plants, cracked earth, large rocks, sand, deep water, or scattered rubble; things he�d come to expect from the Digital World but which, nonetheless, made it really hard to run for your life. It would have been better if he was in a city area and had buildings to hide in or behind, but it was better than most of the areas he�d been through last time.
That still didn�t change the fact that he was running through a level of the Digital World with no cover while being chased by a�what was that?
Takato risked a glance back and realized he didn�t recognize the Digimon chasing him. It looked like a Monochromon, but�no, it wasn�t a Monochromon. It�s �horn� was more like a blade then a horn. That armor plating was different too.
But it was that blade he was worried about. It was huge.
The only reason he was even still alive was because the �Monochromon� had a hard time suddenly changing directions, a flaw he�d shamelessly exploited. That, and the fact that it was easy to run.
But that didn�t change the fact he was getting tired. And as soon as he started slowing down�
�Help me�I need your help�Tamer��
That voice again. Takato was of half a mind to flat-out ignore it, since it had gotten him into this in the first place, but he began running towards where he thought it was coming from anyway.
Mainly because he didn�t have any other options. He had to hope he was heading towards something that could help him.
Which was unlikely, since the voice was calling for help.
Unless it was a trap, he realized.
He frowned at that thought. Specifically, at the hope it inspired.
He was hoping that he was running into a trap?
The �Monochromon� roared, apparently getting tired of this chase.
Takato shifted directions as quickly as he could, figuring that the �Monochromon� was going to try to rush him.
It wasn�t, but it still turned out to be a good move as the spot where he�d been a second ago exploded.
That was Monochromon�s Volcano Strike, or something that looked just like it. Then was that actually a �Monochromon�?
But it was so different. In fact, it wasn�t the only thing that was different.
Takato continued looking forward as he ran. He could see the horizon but nothing else. No buildings. No natural features. No Digimon.
It just went on and on, a dead, lifeless land.
What had happened to this place? What had happened to the Digital World?
Takato�s eyes widened as a thought hit him.
And�if something had happened to the Digital World�
What had happened to Guilmon?
�I know the answers�Tamer�I�ll tell you�if you help me��
Takato�s eyes and resolve hardened.
�I�ll help you if I can. Just tell me where you are.�
He didn�t receive a reply. Not in words at least.
Even so, the pillar of light that came down upon him was hard to miss.
XxXXxX
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