Lief_7
((You may not know, but Lief is leaving the guild. He has given me full control over his RP character and I was instructed to RP out Lief Pyrex's death. For that purpose I will be leaving Chaos Darkwing 559 and BloodyShinobiOokami's characters incapacitated for the remainder of this post. Please feel free to comment on the events of this post but please to not RP anything that could contradict the following post. It is my goodbye to Lief who has been a good friend to me during his time at DTI. I hope you approve and understand. Goodbye Lief. We will miss you at DTI!))
Lief and Death
The air in the cafe grew cold. As if some evil presence had entered. Among the bustle of the shop A cloaked figure apeared. It stood in the doorway. Motionless. Casting an eye around the room he finally found what he was looking for...
As Kazu waited for Lief's reply something caused him to freeze. A feeling of cold ran through his body. He paused mid-sentence and his head snapped towards the door. He could only make out the sillouette of the cloaked figure but as he watched a pair of deep black wings flexed themselves out. It raised a hand.
"Light Tamers... Begone so the Dark Tamers may rule!"
Kazu's pupils shrank to dots, he slammed both hands down on the table and burst into his Burning Blue Digi-Soul Aura. He threw his hand out towards Toru and Jai, a pulse of energy shooting out. It would connect with their chests and knock them into the far wall along with their Digimon. The blast would numb their muscles totally, making them unable to move, only watch the unfolding madness.
"Lief!"
Justimon's look of confusion faded after a split second as he saw the figure at the door. He leaped into the air as it shot a blast deeper then the night sky towards Kazu and Lief's Table. Kazu leapt out of the way to th right as Justimon arced above the blast, but Lief had not reacted fast enough, he jumped to his feet and turned around, the blast impacting him directly, sweeping him off his feet and throwing him into the wall. He was pinned there alongside Micheal for a few seconds and the burning black energy encompassed his entire body. Kazu looked up from the floor and swore quite heavily.
"Justimon!"
Kazu's aura had died down after blasting the young Tamers out of the way, Justimon nodded and spun in the air,
"Justice Kick!"
His leg extended and he dropped towards the cloaked figure like a meteor. The figure looked up and let out a cackle, ending it's blast.
"Fool."
He became insubstantial, Justimon passing right through him and smashing into th street outside. The cloaked figure laughed and turned to face Kazu,
"The Dark Tamers will win this war. I give you my leave, good luck surviving your friend over there."
"Voltage Blade!"
The figure vanished in a puff of smoke, Justimon busting from the purple cloud confused and with an electrical sword pertruding from his cybernetic arm. Kazu gritted his teeth and spun on his heel. Civillians had scattered and barely anyone was left in the cafe. He ran to the burn in the wall where Lief had collapsed. Kazu dropped onto one knee and grabbed Lief's shoulder.
"Wake up buddy. You ok?"
Black flames were burning on various points on his body. Kazu went to bat them out but his hand passed right through them, he gritted his teeth and shook Lief again.
"Lief... Lief wake u---"
Kazu gagged as Lief's arm shot up and clamped around his throat. A wicked smile crept across his face as Lief got to his feet, Kazu still locked in his grip.
"I'm fine Kazu... How about you?"
The sarcastic question filled the air, Lief's voice was different. It had a new weight to it that scared Kazu. The silver haired boy lifted his arm, and subsequently Kazu, into the air and looked into his eyes.
"Do you have any idea how long I've looked for you? he terrors that I saw in Network City after you ran off? Playing the hero as ever!"
Kazu's vision was fading. Micheal, Lief's Patamon, shook his head and began to glow. He erupted in light as he skiped straight from rookie to mega. Seraphimon stood beside Lief and laughed. His head spun to look at Justimon, in a flash he had teleported infront of the Justice Digimon and had lifted him into the air by his neck aswell. A bright light shone from Lief's side as his Digivice activated. A MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon appeared for a second before they merged and formed Omnimon. Another flash revealed an Ophanimon and finally an almighty light revealed an Alphamon.
"Well now Kazu. There is nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. I shall kill you. Properly. Where Marcus failed I shall succeed. Then..."
Lief shot a vicious look at the two young Tamers and their Digimon.
"...I shall kill those two. I cannot allow you to form this team of good hearted souls."
Kazu's head span, what was he talking about?
"Lief... Snap outta it. Call back your Digimon. We can... Talk."
Lief's grip tightned.
"Lief isn't here anymore!"
Kazu lashed out. He planted his foot in the center of Lief's chest causing him to loose his grip and drop Kazu. Micheal looked behind him to see what happened, Justimon took the oppertunity to use the same manuvere to escape. Kazu jumped backwards to the door of the Cafe. He didn't understand why Lief was doing this... Then it hit him. The dark blast from th cloaked figure. It had done something terrible to Lief, seemingly having robbed him of his identity and leaving only this twisted, evil person in his wake.
"Dammit. Guys!"
Kazu's green D-Arc glowed and three lights burst forth. Veemon, BanchoLeomon and AncientMermaimon.
"Feeling ok? Good to see you can stand."
BanchoLeomon cracked a knuckle and grinned.
"BanchoLeomon has not fought in a long time! This should be most fun!"
AncientMermaimon twirled her trident.
"I've been on healing duties since Network City. I'm ready to roll!"
Veemon rolled his arm and grinned.
"You think that scuffle at Vaccine Sentinal Tower was enough to throw me off? Hah!"
Justimon nodded.
"Come everyone, we must rescue Lief!"
There was a tense moment of silence as both Tamers stared each other down.
"Now!"
"Go!"
In an instant Veemon Digivolved to Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, destroying the roof of the Cafe. Justimon tackled Micheal th Seriphimon through the wall and into the alleyways. Lancelot the Alphamon leaped into the air and away closely followed by BanchoLeomon. Imperialdramaon FM took off and was chased by Gawain the Omnimon.
Kazu flicked out a card from his pocket and swied it.
"Digi-Modify! Fly Away Activate!"
A pair of wings made of light burst from AncientMermaimon's back allowing her to fly into the street and dodge Gabriella the Ophanimon's attack. As Kazu put the card away a fist burst into his face, knocking him off his feet and into a table. He regained his sense of location and rolled off the table in time to avoid Lief's crushing blow. His elbow had blown the table clear in half.
Kazu had a good view of his friend now. The Lief he knew was barely recognisable. A black Digi-Soul aura surrounded him, two pairs of black feathery wings had torn through his shirt and were quivering on his back. His fingers had elongated and looked horribly sharp and twisted. His eyes had turned the deepest black, punctuated by yellow pupils that seemed to glow. Whoever the cloaked figure was, he had totally warped Kazu's friend.
"You turned this down Kazu... Do you see the power darkness can grant?"
A smile revealed a set of razor sharp teeth. An explosion rocked the building as BanchoLeomon was thrown through the building and out the other side, followed by Lancelot who was relentlessly assaulting him. Lief turned his head slightly to take a look, that's when Kazu acted. He spun his legs so they were underneath him and kicked off, one fist drawn backwards as he aimed a punch for Lief's gut. A flapping of wings and Lief had moved, he had launched into the air and landed behind Kazu. Spinning on his hind leg, Lief round-house kicked Kazu in his ribs. A nasty cracking sound could be heard as Kazu was lifted off his feet and thrown into the bar. As he collided, Kazu reached over his head and grabbed the railing. Lief dove forwards with his claws, looking to pierce straight through Kazu's chest. As the claws approached Kazu lifted himself up and into the air, using the railing as a pivot. Lief's clawed hand punched a hole straight through the bar as Kazu entered a hand-stand above him. He bent his arms then pushed off, launching himself into the air.
"Kazu use this!"
AncientMermaimon flew through the hole in the roof and swung her trident at her Tamer, Kazu bent his legs and planted his feet along th shaft of the weapon. As AncientMermaimon swung Kazu jumped, being shot at Lief at a great speed. Just as he left the Trident Justimon was blasted into AncientMermaimon by Micheal as Gabriella returned to the fight to blow Kazu's Digimon back outside with her lance. Kazu fliped in the air and came down hard on Lief's back, smashing the demonic man into the floor, cracking the floorboards and sending splinters everywhere. His ankle twisted causing him to yelp in pain as he fell off Lief's back and rolled across the floor. Gripping his ankle he looked at Lief. He was motionless for a few seconds, then the black wings twitched and he set alight with the firey black aura. He ripped his had out of the bar and stood up, his back cracking back into place as he did so. A trickle of blood ran down his chin. Wiping it away with his tounge Lief looked to Kazu.
"You think you can beat me? If that's the best you have then the Dark Tamers needn't have worried about... GRAAAAAH!!!"
Lief grabbed his head, screaming. Kazu was taken aback and got back to his feet, wincing as he stood on his twisted ankle. The demonic form of Lief looked at Kazu. But, something was different. One of the eyes had returned to normal and tears were streaming down one half of it's face.
"K-Kazu!? Quick! I-I can't hold him for long... Quickly! You've got... Got to... Kill this body!"
Kazu stared at the twin natured demon before him.
"Lief... I... You can't ask me to do that. I can't kill you! We'll find a way to ---"
"No!!!"
Kazu stopped talking immediatly. The left side of Lief's face was normal and looked seriously into Kazu's eyes.
"I don't know... I don't know exactly what he's done to me... But I can't feel my body anymore..."
Tears rolled from the one normal eye.
"That thing. In the cloak... He's in my head. And he's winning. My body is under his control, he's distorted it. Warped it. I can no longer control any of it..."
He let out a sob, then regained his composure.
"I'm dead Kazu. The only reason my mind is still here is because that thing needs to occupy this space. GRAAAH!!"
The body gripped it's head again as it writhed in pain. Kazu's mind was blurred. What the hell could he do!?
"For God's Sake Kazu! I'm fading! If you don't kill me he'll have total control!"
As those words left his lips the one normal eye Lief had snapped back into the black and yellow.
"Persistent Brat..."
Without warning the demon body launched at Kazu, spiked fingers outstretched and ready to claw out his throat. Thinking fast Kazu rolled onto his back and watched Lief's hand fly above him, he bent back his good leg and booted Lief in the stomach. An audiable whooshing noise escaped his lips as all the air was blown out of him. He was flung over the top of Kazu and landed in a heap among a pile of chairs.
"Positron Laser!"
"Omni-Blast!"
Two sources of immense light collided as Imperialdramon FM fought against Gawain the Omnimon. It filled the room with an eerie orange glow. Both combatant looked to the sky to see what it was. Kazu took action first, leaping forwards and aiming a kick with his good leg, Lief growled and burst into the dark aura again, this time he pointed straight at Kazu's chest and loosed a blast of dark energy. It slammed into Kazu's torso and sent him reeling. Collapsing to the floor Kazu coughed. He pushed himself into a crouching position and looked out of one of the broken walls. Smoke was rising all across The Underworld as his and Lief's Digimon waged savage battle against one another. He clenched a fist.
"Lief..."
Kazu exploded into his Digi-Soul Aura. The piercing blue a very sharp contrast to the pitch black of Lief's.
"I'll save you!"
Lief's body screeched at Kazu in responce and the pair flew at each other fists raised. Both launched a furious flurry of combo's and blocks, their arms blurring as their Digi-Soul enhanced fight got progressively faster. The ground began to shake as the battles outside began to upscale aswell, a stray blast from Lancelot disintergrated the wall behind Kazu while one of Justimon's attacks blew out the entire front of the cafe. The entire district was falling apart, civillians fled and buildings fell as the two warriors clashed. Each blow was potentially fatal. Each block was lifesaving. Kazu roared and lept backwards, the claws of Lief's body raked three lines across his chest and sent a small spurt of blood arcing through the air. Kazu winced in pain then dropped to all fours and spun his legs around, sweeping Lief off his feet. Kazu then jumped into the air and griped Lief's shirt. Holding tight to it he crouched on his falling body and kicked off, propelling him into the ground with much force. As Kazu's jump reached it's peak a clawed hand lashed out and grabbed Kazu's leg. The claws dug through his jeans like butter and bloodied his already bad leg. Lief wrenched Kazu's leg spinning the boy above his head by his extremity and then releasing him, hurling him behind the bar, shattering dozens of bottles and covering Kazu in broken glass and unknown liquids.
"You... Are a persistent brat..."
Lief's body dragged itself off the ground and staggered over to the bar. He dug in his claws and wrenched the entire construct out of the ground and hurled it out into the street with an almighty crash. He looked down upon Kazu, who was slumped over, blood running down his forehead as the contents of the bottles he'd smashd poured onto him.
"Now this ends. Lief is ---"
Kazu erupted. His blue aura shattered every other bottle that hadn't broken and a second green aura encompassed both the first one and Kazu himself as the Nature Spirit Digi-Memory activated. Kazu lifted his head and looked dead into Lief's eyes.
"Let go... Of my friend!"
Kazu's eyes had changed. While they were usually blue, they both now looked like they were on fire, his right eye burning blue and the other burning green. He swept his feet around and used them to propell him to his feet, aiming a punch for Lief's chest as he did so.
"Insignifi---"
Lief froze. Both eyes returned to normal, his guard lowered, tears welled up. Kazu's burning eyes widened in shock.
But it was too late.
Kazu's fist slammed into Lief's chest. Burning clean through the shirt and sizzling as it hit his chest. Kazu's fist was engulfed in a blue-green light, he looked into Lief's eyes. A tear rolled down the silver haired man's cheek.
"Thank you..."
Kazu's fist erupted in a glorious blue-green blast. An enormous column of energy tore through the cafe and out into the street, carving a groov into the ground and blowing holes in the walls of buildings that hadn't fallen yet. Each of Kazu's Digimon looked at the light thn back at their opponents. Each of Lief's Digimon looked shocked. As if they had awoken from a trance.
"Lief... He's gone."
"Then... So are we."
"Thank you."
"Kazu did what our master wished for."
Gabrielle, Lancelot, Gawain and Micheal smiled tearfully at AncientMermaimon, BanchoLeomon, Imperialdramon and Justimon as they began to break down into data. Kazu's Digimon looked on, tears freely flowing down their cheeks. First Lancelot faded, then Gabrielle, Gawain was third. When only Micheal's had was left, he looked to Kazu's partners.
"He will suffer over this. Hate himself for it. Do not let this sway Kazu. He must be... A guiding light of the Digital World..."
With that the final 1's and 0's of Micheal's code blew into the wind. Imperialdramon reverted to Veemon and AncientMermaimon back to Mermaimon. They stood still together.
"Lets go..."
Kazu howled in utter despair. Lief's body limp in his arms.
"Why!? Why did you take control then!? You knew! You knew that the dark b*****d could have blocked it! So why!"
Tears flooded Kazu's vision as he stared upon Lief's still form. He slammed a fist into the ground, not caring that he'd punched a shard of glass. He pulled Lief in closer, gripping him tightly.
"This isn't what I wanted! You were supposed to be saved! To live! You can't die..."
A sudden ray of hope filled Kazu's mind. He fumbled with his Digivice and hammered the keys.
"Buraimon! Buraimon! You need to turn into Chronomon! Save him! Please!"
Tear drops pattered onto the screen, Buraimon's face appeared, he looked full of sorrow.
"Master... I can't. Even if I could Digivolve into Chronomon. I can only revive the dead who recieve Yggdrasil's blessing. And if he dies without meeting Yggdrasil... I'm sorry."
Kazu's hand shook in fear and fury. He shouted and threw his Digivice against the wall. He looked at Lief and began sobbing again. After a few minutes he felt something touch his face.
"Kazu... Thank you..."
Lief's eyes were open, barely, his voice was raspy and yet he still had a smile uon his face.
"I don't want to... Be remembered like this. As a monster..."
Kazu's eyes lit up, Lief was still alive!
"It's ok, no one will have to rememeber you if you're alive! Come on, let's get you fixed up..."
Lief grabbed Kazu's tattered shirt and pulled him close.
"Kazu... I can't... I won't make it... Please... Don't blame yourself... This was my choice... And mine alone... I'm so glad I found you."
Tears were rolling down both men's faces as Lief uttered his final words.
"But Lief."
A finger shushed Kazu as it rested on his lips.
"You're strong Kazu. Do not let this hold you back... Keep moving forward. Believe in yourself and if not that, then believe in me who believes in you. Because no matter what happens... I want you to go on. To keep following the dreams you spoke of. Become... A saviour to the Digital World. And don't let me be remembered... Like this."
Kazu's sobs, were racking his body as Lief spoke. He rubbed his eyes and steeled himself,
"Of course not! You'll go down in history as a hero!"
Lief smiled...
"Lief Pyrex... The Hero... Has a nice... Ring to it..."
The most innocent smile dawned on Lief's face as he shut his eyes. Shut out the world. Shut out the light. Shut out the Dark. They would never open in this world again. His body began to degrade, 1's and 0's floated off of his corpse in a melencholic manner. Kazu watched them rise into the sky and fade, his tears soaking his clothes. A hand rested on his shoulder. Veemon and the others had returned. Kazu wached as Lief's peaceful face broke down and vanished. There was nothing left. He was gone. Dead.
"Kazu..."
Kazu flung himself into Veemon, wailing in emotional agony. Veemon gripped him tight. Mermaimon, BanchoLeomon and Justimon gathered around and joined the hug.
"He's dead Veemon... Gone and never coming back..."
Kazu's first partner and closest friend simply nodded and hugged him tighter...
After about 20 minutes Kazu was sitting at one of the few remaining tables. Only Veemon was still active, the others had returned to the Digivice to break the bad news and rest after the battle that had torn The Underworld asunder. Kazu's eyes were red where the tears had dried. He sat with his head in his hands. Veemon looked over to Toru and Jai, who were still paralysed on the floor.
"That blast should be wearing off soon... Try flexing your muscles... If either of you have any ideas about what to do, I think now would be the time to say something..."
He pulled u some chairs to the ruined table and sat back next to Kazu.
"I'll do it..."
Veemon offered a quizzical look to his Tamer.
"Do what Kazu?"
Kazu leaned back in his chair and beckoned the other two over.
"To do what Lief was aiming for. To put together a team, a guild of sorts. Where do-gooders like us can work togther to stop the madness of the darkness. The Dark Tamers. Anything that could threaten to overthrow light."
He gave a bloodshot look to Toru and Jai. Blood was dripping from his chest, leg, head and he was cradling his right arm. It was horribly burned from the amount of power he had channelled through it. He could barely move it.
"Congratulations. You two will be the first I make the offer to. Lief has a base built at Dragon Eye Lake. If you know anyone else who can join let me know now. We'll pick them up and go to Dragon Eye."
Kazu's resolve was hard as Diamond. He would carry out Lief's final will and testament. This Guild of Light. And he would ensure that the Dark Tamers would pay for what they did today. Nobody would ever hurt Kazu’s friends and get away with it ever again…
Everything was going perfectly everyone was getting along. They were all becoming friends. Toru let out a small smile as he saw the group forming and bonding. This round table showed a group of friends that will never be broken. But that all changed. The air around Toru changed. Something dark something evil was among them. Toru turned to late. A dark tamer was standing tall and encased in his darkness. He was screaming out words that were comprehensible at first but then disappeared. Toru turned and saw an arc of blue light coming forth and hitting square in the chest. It hurt but not for long as the world around him began to swirl into darkness. Toru passed out. 
