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Draco´s yell seemed to echo through the dungeon like the hollow sound of a crying child. The chains attaches to the beams rustled softly, waving back and forth as a silent wind moved through the room but that was all the reaction Draco´s yell got. A water droplet fell from the ceiling and hit the lake with a wet splash, the water surface rippled for a few stunningly short seconds before it returned to a mirror like state once more. The darkness seemed thicker than blood, flowing like seeping oil from the corners and shadows, it seemed like a scene right out of a horror movie, the hero waiting, unaware as he wanders into the monsters lair to meet his faith. Another drop of water fell from the ceiling far above the tamer and hit the lake surface… Another stretch of silence followed this, and the air itself seemed to halt and wait with withheld breathe, watching the scene unfold like an audience staring at the screen.
Draco should have hear the silent breathing at his side, should have sensed the presence, but he was a mere human and saw nothing before it was much too late and the greater predator moved closer, silent despite it´s size.
That was when chaos broke out.
A roar sounded somewhere in the lair and giant clawed feet moved across the floor with surprising speed, bronze eyes shone several lengths above the tamers head as the ´dragon´ attacked with a savage cry.
The beings helmet clad head came into view and red claws reached for the boy.
Draco was in serious trouble…

Kaya looked at Richter as he walked past her, frozen in her tracks by the sudden outburst but she soon recovered and walked faster until she was once again walking side by side with the newest addition to the royal dark tamers. She smiled softly, amber eyes glowing with the same warmth and mirth as the sun in the horizon outside as she leaned sideways and delivered a friendly kiss to Richters cheek. Her lips were warm and soft as the touched the taller boys skin but the meeting behind the two was barely there before she winked at the other tamer and held Elecmon closer to her chest, the little red digimon was looking at Richter with burning dark eyes, sending blue sparks into the air as he growled, showing sharp white teeth and sharp dagger like claws in an attempt to appear threatening.
Kaya didn’t seem to notice her digimons hostility, she looked ahead, opening doors and walking down dark hallways as they made their way down towards the dinner hall
“Richter…”
The girl paused, looking down at the floor in a search of words, as if it made it easier to ask if she didn’t look at him
“..How….How was Nagato? Before he… you know..”
Kaya shifted the red rookie digimons in her arms, the Elecmon placed a paw on her shoulder
“You know…. Before… he went crazy”
Kaya paused, body tensing as she lifted her head and stared at Richter with a worried expression
“Not that he was off course!! Im sure he was a nice guy or something, but… you .. ehm… he did kill me and most of my digimons so---“
The apprentice of Lucemon left the sentence there, not sure what to say. She looked down again

(To spruce up the story, I'm adding a perfectly good reason why Nagato was insane, but it wasn't in his profile.)

Richter's face burned with a tomato colored blush when Kaya kissed him. It took him off his feet, and he felt winded for a few moments. He looked at Elecmon, after Kaya called Nagato crazy, and the look in his eyes may have put Elecmon into submission from just one glance. "....He....He used to be so gentle with everyone...I believe I was about seven at the time, but his parents were high up business owners within the real world, and he had grown up supporting the poverty stricken at his parents' charity. He worked there for days on end, completely driven to support those who weren't as fortunate as him.....until that day.." Richter said breathlessly.

"I'll never, as long as I live, forget the day that Nagato had to watch his parents be brutally murdered in front of him. I heard the screams from down the street, but I didn't make it in time, before the damage had been done." He said with a deep sigh. "The police conducted a thorough investigation, and decided that his father had been physically torn in half, and his mother been quartered. They concluded that the murderers had plucked their eyes before they killed them. Nagato had to watch the whole thing...slowly...and very painfully." "Before the murderers left, they used a blade of sorts to slice a symbol onto Nagato's forehead....What I now realize is that the symbol was of the Three Great Angels...." Richter finished. "As soon as I learned this, I was imprinted with Seraphimon's mark of death, and pushed off the side of the C.P.U, strapped to a chair. I decided, from rumors, that you had my answers...and here I am." Richter said calmly.

(( Hahaha!!! ”snarls at the narrator” now that´s humor! xd ))

The beast snarled in anger, freezing in brief disbelief as the metal hand connected with its head with a hollow “clunk” before it skittered down the beings helmet, not leaving as much as a scratch on the much bigger creature who stared down at Draco with questioning glowing eyes before it opened its mouth again, roaring in outrage at the attack as it flung it´s arm up, holding the claw far above the floor, the human would not be able to jump this way, his fragile body would be crushed against the cement if he attempted an escape. The ´dragon´ growled, a deep vibrating sound that send tremors into the floor, dust and tapestry fell from the loft and beams, the heavy steel chains swung back and forth as the enormous being took one giant step towards the lake, red claws scraping the floor, white thighs tensing as it crouched down, lowering Draco the barest amount before it lounged, jaws unhinged and sharp white teeth glistening in the sparse light. Draco could feel the beings breath, heavy, warm and stinking of year old rotten fish and death as it came closer, horn standing fine human length above the boy, salvia dripping onto the floor in thick, sticky streams, coating the floor in floods of drool.
The teeth, predatory and as long as the arm of an Angemon, placed in the monsters jaws started closing, ready so snap shut around the human in a bloody but quick kill.



Elecmon, being much older and having seen worse than the boys burning eyes merely glared back, eyes shifting to a wine red for a short second before they changed back before Richters cold eyes so quickly that it was as if the change had never taken place. Kaya seemed unaffected by the glaring contest going on and merely shook her head in disbelief at Richters story. The girl closed her eyes and turned down yet another corridor, this one red as blood with a carpet black as night and dark curtains to keep out the light, a single black wooden door blocked their path, the edges of it seemed to be red, as if with blood, and a simple silver design etched into the doors surface spelled out the name “Vamdemon”, short and precisely.
Kaya opened her arms and the Elecmon landed on the floor with a soft thud, still sparking as he turned around to look up at his tamer, shifting his weight so that he could stand on his hindlegs, ears lying flat against his skull. The girl smiled down at him.
“Go get changed and meet us in the dinnerhall okay Myo-chan?”
The rookie huffed, shaking his head with a stern expression and pawing at Kaya´s leg. The girl shook her head no, reaching down to remove the smaller digimons paws from her leg before the sharp claws dug into her skin “I´ll be fine Myo-chan, go get Angel an meet us downstairs kay?”
Thedigimon turned his head towards Richter, sending him a look that would, had the world been a stranger place, have made the boy burn like a bonfire. The rookie turned with an angered growl and walked towards the door with a feline grace denied many rookie digimons.
Kaya turned and gesture for Richter to follow her, they walked back the way they came and then turned down another hallway towards a staircase, the walls were a golden brown and flowerpots hung from the ceiling, it was like something right out of Alice in wonderland, the flowers were enourmous, crawling up and down they wall like ivy, spreading a sweet honey scent in the air. There were white petals everywhere on the floor, covering the ground like a blanket of snow, the fell around them like rain.
It was… beautifull.. Only red, black and white flower grew around them, blossoming, reaching out with leaves and thorns towards the two. Richter did not know if it was his imagination or if the flower truly turned their heads towards them as the passed by.
When Kaya spoke it broke the moment, the air cleared of petals and the flowers withered and died out, leaving lifeless thorns and stalks in their place… Had Richter imagined it all? Where the flower truly there in the first place?
“Nagato came here to the spiral castle a long time ago, he killed Piedmon and then proceeded to attack the other Dark masters in order to lure out my master”
The girl turned her amber eyes to Richter, pride swelling somewhere within her as she thought back on the battle, but there was pain as well, a sharp sting in her chest that would never go away
“Your master fought valiantly, so did the other dark masters, but Nagato and his partners were strong, and I had yet to see that the dark digimon master were my partners, we couldn’t stop him”
She looked away, closing her eyes briefly as she remembered, the smell of blood and burning, the warmth of fire


"Piedmon....Get out of my way."
But the clown didn’t move, couldn’t, he was defending his home, his honour
"Sorry little boy, can't do that."
"I said, GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
All of Nagato's digimon fired at once, completely eliminating Piedmon in a blaze of attacks, along with a huge chunk of the castle. The clown had no way to defend himself, still weak after having been trapped in the dark dimension for years. Nagato stood, eyes blazing as he screamed
"Lucemon....this is all because of YOU!"
Kaya and Metamormon managed to get to the castle in time to see Piedmon be destroyed..
And time itself seemed to stop..
..no..
The color of amber bled through the cold white in the female tamers eyes and her sight was blurred by tears, the sight hurt, her heart, cold as it was in her colorless form, withered in silent agony until the hurt made itself known in one blood curling scream

Kaya closed her eyes, pausing, stopping in the middle of the corridor.

"Kaya....you still have no idea why I'm doing this?"
Chaos seadramon fired a hole in the ground,and hid inside of it, until the fire tornado disappeared. Chaos seadramon then rose back up, with nagato on his back.
"It's because lucemon killed my family, and fed them to me! You know that black liquid that we drank in order to become his servants? The liquid was the deceased bodies of our loved ones!"
Nagato sharply glared at lucemon.
"Lillithmon showed me what truly happened lucemon. It wasn't alpha strike, like you told me, it was YOU!"
Nagato looked at Kaya with pained eyes.
"If there was some way....to just get rid of the memories, so that I wouldn't be tortured with this anymore, the pain of being killed inside a thousand times over....." Nagato paused for a brief moment.
"then there would be absolutely NO use for all this FIGHTING! I could join Gage and Jonny in omega force, and everything would be okay....they could forget about the horrible things I did, and everything would heal, and be okay....If my memories were gone...."

Kaya´s eyes widened. She stared at Lucemon for a brief moment
"But.. My parents are still alive, why?"
Lucemons eyes narrowed briefly, Kaya knew that at least her family was safe, but Nagatos?
Suddenly a light appeared and Kaya faced an oncoming attack.
It was to close..
"..Nagato..?"
He wouldn’t kill her would he?
It was much to close

Seraphimon lowered Gage down to the floor, they had arrived just in time to see Chaos Seadramon’s attack fire at Kaya and the Unknown digimon Standing next to her. “Miss Kaya!” Gage screamed, knowing that there wasn’t any way for his partner to reach them in time.
Pupetmon managed to duck the attack rather ungracefully, rolling down onto the ground and leaping backwards away from Darkdramon. Machinedramon countered the attack from the other Machinedramon.
Then both dark masters watched in awe and horror as the attack from Nagatos Chaos Seadramon neared the fragile human and Lucemon.

"KAYA!!"
Reapermon leaped towards his tamer. It was too late. Virus Cherubimon let out a feral roar.

The attack hit..
There was a scream of both pain and fear right before impact.
Kaya called out to Metamormon, but it was too late.
It was just too late.
The searing heat, the sound of bones breaking, of flesh melting, skin peeling off, Kaya opened her mouth in a silent scream as the attack engulfed her and she knew no more..

The girl stood, silent for a while, taking deep breaths
“I… “
She had forgotten all about it up until now, did the Demon Lords really murder Nagato´s parents? Or was it alpha strike?
Toluce knew… Kaya´s own Lucemon, the sweet young soul born by science, created by the ´good side´ to kill the real Lucemon, his father. Sweet Toluce, who still blushed at the mention of a kiss, who read teen magazines and helped babysit the baby digimons, he knew everything, he knew every dark, hidden secret his father knew, it was in his Data.
She had to ask him.
“I can´t tell you more right now, only that he killed me and Lucemon, I may be able to tell you why but I have to be sure what the truth is first”

Richter had begun to shake violently, as this bit of information had put the icing on the cake for him....it WAS true....

By the time she had finished, he had already enveloped her in such an emotional embrace of a hug that had any of the Dark Masters seen it he would've been executed for being too angelic. "I....I'm sorry....." Richter said through gritted teeth, while holding back sobs that would've otherwise torn from his chest. His arms were wrapped around her upper back and neck, and she could most likely feel his trembling. "He....he came back....from what I understand, about two months after you died." Richter said as he unhooked himself from Kaya. "I tried to convince him to stay...but this is what happened because of it..." He said as he bent his collar on his shirt down, revealing three scars down his neck, most likely from wind or razorburn. "He didn't even have to hit me....he moved so...fast." Richter mouthed. "Without even touching me he knocked me unconscious separating the wind in three different moves. Unfortunately for him, he didn't knock me out long enough for him to get away...If you ever noticed that his left cheek was abnormally large....that was my Hurricane Kick. Right to his face." Richter said with a light smile. Talking about everything had begun to relieve him. "Though, he caught my foot, and threw me at a wall with such force that I was out cold for three days....he was so strong, too....I found out a while ago that it was called Digisoul....Seraphimon told me that's the reason I can use Hand of Fate and Divine Kick....Though...with the new darkness, that isn't an option anymore..." He finished. He leaned against a nearby wall, and exhaled in the form of a deep, depressing sigh.

Keyon couldn't see Guilmon either. He was wondering if maybe he had bee blasted out a window. But then over where Guilmon had made the dust cloud, Keyon could see a small hole in the floor.
And Keyon understood.
"Guilmon, Claw Attack!!!"
A small crack formed underneath Dorugamon and abruptly erupted with Guilmon's claw coming straight at Dorigamon's unguarded under side.

Keyon was dumbfounded as he saw Guilmon de-digivolve back to the form of Gigimon, and the small dragon pup collapse on the ground. Keyon ran over to the small digimon and picked it up. "You got some nerve attacking with that pretty piece of jewelry of yours..." Keyon growled. He just lost a big chip of respect for Tamake, but even if he were to run or fight, he knew he stood no chance against Tamake's team. "Oh well, I guess this just goes to show how much we need to train." Keyon muttered. "You mind if we regroup for now and rest for a bit? We can press on and do what we wish after then."

Keyon knew he had thought wrong. But that power... had startled him.
What a bizzare place this is...
"So, we'll take a break and then go search for more team mates???" Keyon asked Tamake.

(( Sorry if this is utter crap but it´s math class.... and it´s Monday... and my teacher is watching me like a Hawkmon! ))

The beast roared in anger and stepped back, jaws snapping shut and then opening again with a loud crunch before he turned, eyes glowing with malice as he moved to so that it´s massive snout was turned towards Draco. The dragon opened it´s jaws and electric yellow light seemed to gather in a ball of pulsating energy, the shock waves emitting from it forced dust up into the air in heavy clouds, blocking the humans sight.
The ground under the beings claws feet trembled under its weight as the energy reached it´s peak and a strange white glow shone from within the darkness, Draco could not see, he felt a slight shift and give in his arm, a loud growl when the dust around him circled in a chaos of black and grey. He was falling!
It was impossible to tell if it was the monster or the air rushing by that roared like thunder in his ears, the dust made it impossible to breath.
Another shift, something above him broke and a wooden beam appeared out of the darkness, it almost hit him on its way down.
He didn’t know how close he was but the ground was not far away now, the rock bottom of the lair
”Heat Viper!”
A beam of pure energy shot by and missed him by inches, burning his skin and sending him sideways through the air like a puppet. The dust was clearing, he could see the ground, so close.
Remember the blood on the door?
It would hurt.
A human body, dropped from such a height onto a hard surface, there would be blood, no one could survive that.
Bones breaking, what a lovely sound.
But Draco was lucky, he dropped from the ceiling like a falling bird, purple hair ruffled by the wind and body covered in thick layers of dust…. And fell right into the little pond in the middle of the room
((Narrator: Bugger!))
The monster stood, silent and sneezing loudly as Draco sank towards the bottom.

The small pond in the room was a tunnel that lead right into an enormous underwater cave, corals and beautiful treasure of diamonds and rubies adorned the bottom and strange yet beautiful. As the tamer saw this his lungs started burning, the clear warm water seemed to press on his chest as his body screamed for air. His eyes shifted from the bottom and up… there were holes in the cave ceiling, air pockets and even a few opening like the one into the lair. As Draco sank deeper into the darkness, surrounded by the glow of the white and green rocks bathing the clear crystal blue water in a serene ocean green light while his body struggled to keep functioning without oxygen it almost seemed as if something under him moved across the bottom of the cave, something almost as big as the creature waiting for him in the lair, jaws open and eyes locked on the water surface.
Decision, decisions.