A/N: I DON'T OWN DIGIMON OR BLEACH! (IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE, THIS IS A DISCLAIMER…)
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Digimon Savers Tu: Human
[Opening: For the Future – Do As Infinity]
Chapter 06: the moment your destiny is shaped pt. 2 - 『The Team』
It burned her chest, the feeling of being eroded from inside was an awful sensation. Morbid even, but she pulled through and pulled the light blade out with a gasp which pained her.
Greatly
This could not go unpunished, but when she saw the unmoving body of the Quincy she decided that death was enough punishment. Looking back she saw that both Gaomon and Yoshino retreated with their respective charges.
Seeing no reason to wander around DATS, she decided to hit some of their former agent's locations. The first one would be the Noguchi Residence while the next might be the office of one Kosaburo Katsura.
For all she knew, the only thing she left behind might have been the Captain and the Old man. After a short walk where she stood in front of where the DATS HQ once stood. Slightly turning around she looked on with a satisfied expression as a piece of the building fell off into the sea.
She was pretty sure it was around the area the Quincy laid dead.
"It could have gone more… smoothly. But the truth is that DATS is a tough cookie to crack" She speaks out loud for the other resident in the area "What do you want old coot?"
"That's no way to treat the elders, not that I'm that old!" The man jests with her "Though I want to know why?"
"Revenge"
"I see, it's a pity"
Mervamon's eyes narrow at that comment "What was that?" She says dangerously low.
"To have such a power and to waste it in petty revenge" The man says with a strong and resolute voice "I can't believe such a strong Digimon would simply disregard life like that"
"Disregard life? We did not start this war!" Mervamon shouts at him "What would you do if your life was taken for granted; enough to erase you from your own home!?"
"Whatever happened, you're responding clearly to those emotions"
"Stay out of the way" She says as she swings her sword at the man, only for it to be blocked by another sword "What…?"
"Not so fast, Bimbo!" A young voice cries out as she pushes Mervamon's sword aside "No one can maim the Old man but me!"
Mervamon stared at the new arrival in silence, analysing what she was against "What are you? Another of those archers?"
"Stuff it, Bimbo" Lillynette dismisses her as she turns toward Yushima who lay in the ground from the shockwave of the clash "You alright, Old Man?"
"I'm fine, but what about you?" Hiroshi asks her "How did it go with that boy?"
Lillynette turns to stare at the old man and quickly realises what he meant…
"You sent me to her" It was Ichigo's voice. He approached them while eyeing Mervamon "What were you pretending? You knew of her hate to me"
The commander of DATS chuckles as he stands up and tells them "Sometimes you have to confront your hate to understand it better"
"Damn Old Man" Lillynette curses as she fell in another of the man's plots. The first one was enrolling to school. You will learn many things he said!
Aegiochusmon walks up to Ichigo and looks forward "That might be a problem, Ichigo"
"Why is it?" Ichigo asks as he looks at the powerful looking Digimon "She's a Mega or something?"
"Not only that, an Ascended one" Aegiochusmon explains "Many Mega Level Digimon have a form that surpasses their normal power, but they do not classify as Super-Ultimate Level, thus the name Ascended. Like Omegamon"
"That does not help much" Ichigo looks at Hiroshi and asks "Where's Touma and Yoshino?"
"They were defeated, so they retreated" Yushima tells them.
Ichigo sighs in relief "Then we will stop her"
Aegiochusmon smirks at that "Didn't I tell you that she might as well be in the same league as Omegamon?"
"Did we care last time?"
Both smirks fall when Lillynette and BelleStarmon step besides them.
Lillynette slowly turns to eye Ichigo and tells him "I don't like you… neither your species, but one of the few persons who cares for me is in danger"
"So it's a onetime thing" Ichigo reasons to what she nods.
"You two… get away now" Mervamon brandishes her sword at them "This is the only chance you get to leave in peace"
"Peace is the last thing you get when you destroy the city!" Ichigo remarks to what Mervamon smirks.
"Fine, let's have it my way!" She shouts as she charges at them at great speed "Olympia Kai X!"
Lillynette materialized once again her Zanpakuto and blocks the slash only to be pushed back by the sheer force behind it "Belle!"
"On it! Rizoma de Loto!" She cries out as she lets out a round of bullets from her pistols.
The bullets rained on Mervamon who upon being hit by the first one, jumped back and avoided the rest. Seeing BelleStarmon in the air, Mervamon used her recently created attack "Ragnarok!"
The energy blade soared at BelleStarmon who moved out of the way with sheer speed and barely avoided the powerful technique.
"So that was what we saw!" Ichigo comments as he looks at Aegiochusmon "Go, but be careful. You're not on that level yet"
"Roger that" Aegiochusmon says as he points his mechanized arm at Mervamon who was evading another round of bullets "Let's see how you take this. Lock on…"
Mervamon was deflecting bullets with her Olympia Kai when she heard a sound coming from the side. Jumping back, she barely managed to evade the mechanized arm of Aegiochusmon. Apparently it detached from the Faun Digimon and was propelled at her.
With a smirk she turned toward the faun whose daring smile did not fade. That's when she remembered what the arm really did. "Final Strike Roll!" She shouts as she spins with her blade to tear apart the oncoming arm "It follows you everywhere once you lock on! Now it doesn't do anything!"
Aegiochusmon stared in shock at his arm that lay destroyed in the ground, short-circuiting at that "How did she know what it did? I never used this technique!"
"Maybe she knows your species" Ichigo reasons as he takes to look at Mervamon's fighting pattern "Her fighting style… it reminds me of something… mostly her snake arm" He turns to Aegiochusmon and tells him of what he thinks might be able to make Aegiochusmon land a solid hit.
Quickly, Aegiochusmon ran towards Mervamon who clashed swords with Lillynette. Ichigo meanwhile pulled out his white Digivice IC and loaded a charge of Digisoul "Go Green, Aegiochusmon!"
A disk of energy formed in front of Aegiochusmon who broke through it and changed into its Green Mode. With the change of form, Aegiochusmon could run faster and he did as he zoomed in front of Mervamon only had her Medullia arm to defend herself.
Aegiochusmon dodged with high velocity moves all the attempts of Mervamon to nail him with her extendable arm.
Mervamon was getting angrier by the second as she had to stay on the defensive from a three way front attack. Tired of it all, she prepared to execute one of her most dangerous techniques, so she retracted her Medullia only to see a glint in Aegiochusmon's eyes.
Not having to time wonder what that meant, she was shocked to see the Faun Digimon rushing at her. Due to her position and the nature of pulling back Medullia, she could not counter-attack and was at the mercy of Aegiochusmon's technique.
It did not end there as she heard Ichigo saying something along the lines of 'Mode Change!' which alarmed her when in front of Aegiochusmon a disk of energy with the kanji for red appeared in front of him, changing appearances upon breaking through it.
Speed was replaced by power as lightning surged in Aegiochusmon's fist "Hope this is not too shocking! Lightning Pile!"
Aegiochusmon lands his arm in Mervamon's chest which exploded in a surge of yellow lightning forming a pile.
"Got her!" Aegiochusmon cheers as he jumps back, one could never be sure with these guys. It proved to be a correct move as when the pile dimmed, Mervamon stood in place, her garbs destroyed and lightly scorched all over her body "Maybe not…"
Ichigo stared at the god-woman Digimon seriously "Nothing at all… what is going to take to bring her down"
"Look at her chest" Lillynette comments as she lands by him "I don't think it was caused by your pony"
Props for originality, but it still wasn't what Aegiochusmon wanted to hear "P-Pony!? Who do you think you are, you damn midget!? I'm a Faun!"
Lilly's eyes twitched and she turned to butt heads with the faun Digimon "Who're you calling midget!?"
The fight could have gone on, but Ichigo and BelleStarmon separated them before everything went downhill "Yeah, yeah"
Ichigo turns to look at Mervamon's chest and realizes that there's a hole there that was definitely not caused by Aegiochusmon "I agree"
"Ichigo!?" Aegiochusmon looks at Ichigo with a betrayed expression "How could you!?"
"Not on the pony thing" Ichigo tells him; a bit irritated… this reminded him too much of Keigo for his tastes… "Something speared through her chest… Aim there"
"Got it" Aegiochusmon says as he's about to leave, but Ichigo stops him "What?"
Ichigo looks down at his Digivice IC and then looks at BelleStarmon before pointing it towards her.
For a moment nothing happened, Lillynette was about to call out whatever it was, but was surprised when dark light covered BelleStarmon. The light conjoined into a sphere of data that soared toward Ichigo's Digivice.
The Digivice shone for a moment before the words 'Evil-Type Data Detected' appeared in the screen. Ichigo smirked knowing how things worked now.
He's seen when Aegiochusmon changed modes that he adopted characteristics of the Digimon he absorbed data from. With Lalamon, he turned into a plant-like version of himself while with MetalGarurumon X he adopted metallic armour and weapons.
His theory said that he could absorb some typing to adapt, and it seems that the 'evil one' was one of them. The only thing that worried him about all this was the name of the data he absorbed; Evil Type was not really reassuring…
Would it change Aegiochusmon…?
After some time meditating over it, he looked toward Aegiochusmon who smiled encouragingly.
That cemented his decision "I'm with you in this, Aegiochusmon. Charge! Mode Change!"
Aegiochusmon Mode Change...
On the other side of field, Mervamon's eyes widened in shock at she witnessed "No! Not again!" The last time she saw this… it was a disaster…
Aegiochusmon meanwhile was enveloped in a dark aura that formed the circle that contained the data he needed. As if running through glass, he jumped and broke through the glowing disk with the kanji for Dark (闇).
Upon coming out, his feature changed drastically. His body was now mainly black while his wings turned dark blue. Black armor with red lines ran through his arms and chest, and from his elbows came out articulated scythes that crackled with red electricity, just like his hand and the third scythe-appendage that surged in between his wings.
With an eye glowing red, Aegiochusmon glared at Mervamon and shouted out for the world to hear…
Aegiochusmon Dark Mode!
Ichigo stared in apprehension at the new form of his partner. Slowly he walked to his partner whose breath was long and ragged "Aegiochusmon?"
The breathing stops and it slowly turns toward Ichigo, a certain gleam in its red eye.
Ichigo stopped in front of him and extended his fist in front of him.
Aegiochusmon inspected Ichigo before a wicked smile appeared on its face and it fist bumped Ichigo back "It's… Hard… Rage… Darkness…"
Ichigo realized that this form seemed dark in nature and his partner was fighting against it with all his will. It was a dangerous move doing this, but he had to stay strong for Aegiochusmon "Don't worry, buddy. Everything will be alright, just focus on her"
Aegiochusmon slowly turns to look at who Ichigo pointed and remembered what he was here for…
To defeat her… kill her…
"Not Kill… Kill… Ichigo… Can't stop…"
Here Ichigo was reminded of what he felt almost two years ago…
Fear; fear for everyone… for himself… This reminded him about his time trying to control his hollow.
He knew what he had to do "Aegiochusmon! Listen to me!" The Dark Faun Digimon looks at him and the Orange haired Digidestined knows he has his attention "Follow your instincts, fight and don't go back"
"But… Ichigo… Hurt…"
"I trust you, Aegiochusmon" Ichigo says as he lays a hand on his shoulder, which makes the dark Digimon stiffen "Fight and don't worry, flow with your instincts"
Aegiochusmon nods and turns toward Mervamon who stared at this in shock.
"How… How can that… that beast be tame!?" Mervamon mutters as a memory from the past surges forward. In it she was an Antylamon who stared at the mad eyes of the one who almost killed all her friends in the past "I can feel it though… this one is way weaker than that one…"
Not liking being called a beast Aegiochusmon blurred toward Mervamon and strikes with all three scythes "Triangler…"
Mervamon blocks with her Olympia Kai X and is pushed back until she cements her position in the ground. From there it turned in a contest of power that Mervamon won barely, making her realize that she was not taking this entirely seriously "Let's see you keep up with this, Madness Merry-go-round DX!"
She started spinning forming a tornado that took in everything in the vicinity, tearing it apart into nothingness. Seeing this, Ichigo backed away and so did BelleStarmon and Lillynette who clung onto the former. BelleStarmon got a better grip on Lillynette and jumped back.
The only one left in the tornado of destruction was Aegiochusmon, who stared with vacant eyes at the tornado coming at him.
"Plasma…"Aegiochusmon gathered red electricity in his hand and formed an electric sphere "…Madness…" He pushed the electricity forward which caused a red electric beam to surge towards the tornado.
Both parts pushed forward, with Mervamon pushing harder into her technique while Aegiochusmon simply pushed more electricity which crackles all over his body into the technique.
Finally both techniques implode and tear apart the foundations of where DATS HQ once stood. The ground turned unstable and started cracking. Lillynette and BelleStarmon ran back while Ichigo looked for Aegiochusmon among the debris.
"Aegiochusmon! Where are you!?"
"I-Ichigo!"
Ichigo turns around to see Aegiomon lying in the ground, tired from the clash of techniques "Are you alright, Aegiomon?"
"That form… only for emergencies, Ichigo" Aegiomon sentences as he is helped by Ichigo to stand "I can stand on my own… Just need a breather"
"No chance… this platform is falling apart" Ichigo tells him as he rushed toward the city "We leave now"
"Ichigo" Aegiomon stops him. Ichigo turns to look to his partner and sees a pained expression on his face "I… saw a body"
"A body?" Ichigo inquires curiously.
"It was Miki… It fell to the water" Aegiomon tells him to what Ichigo's eyes widen. Ichigo turns to run to the bay but was stopped by the pained face of his partner. Ichigo looks at Aegiomon who shakes his head in negative.
"Damn… Miki…" Ichigo turns around and runs with Aegiomon towards the city, meeting up with Lillynette, BelleStarmon and, curiously enough, the members of DATS.
Ichigo sees Touma who's nursing an injury on his forehead with Gaomon looking over him. Satsuma was with Yushima who stared as the place that stood as a stronghold for DATS power fell to the sea.
Yoshino was there as well, with Lalamon who rested on one of the cars. Upon spotting him, Yoshino ran at him and hugged him tightly.
Ichigo stared at her in surprise until he heard her stifling a sob. Awkwardly, he hugged her back and heard her mutter some words. He already knew that…
"Miki is dead…" Yoshino sobs on his chest "I saw it all… I could not do anything!
Ichigo tightened his grip on her, emotions racking his brain "I know… her body fell to the sea… Mervamon is too strong"
"She fought… she injured Mervamon" Yoshino told him through sobs "She had… powers like Bazz or Yukio"
This was news to Ichigo "She… had powers?"
She could not continue as an explosion of water came from the bay. From it came out Mervamon who seemed enraged beyond words.
Ichigo straightened, as Yoshino separated from him. Aegiomon fell in line with Ichigo while Lalamon woke up from the disturbance. Touma was by their side while nursing his head with Gaomon in tow. Lillynette also stood by Ichigo with BelleStarmon behind her.
"I will kill you all"
Those were her only words…
Ichigo stood straight and shouted back "You won't, because we're going to stop you, right here and right now! You did enough!"
"Really!? After everything you still think you have a chance against me!?"
"I do" Ichigo tells her with a confident smile "We're not alone, we're together on this!"
Right then a booming sound from the sky was heard and they looked up to see a jet flying over them, with three figures freefalling towards them.
One of them caught their arms and stopped mid-air, right before they hit the ground.
"Well… that was intense" Bazz comments as he lands on the ground "Could have been worse"
"You damn idiot! You could have killed me!" Tatsuki smacks him to the ground "Never push me from a plane, ever again!"
"You weren't going to jump otherwise!" Bazz counters as he stands up "Everything went fine in the end!"
"Guys" It was the monotone voice of Yukio who was looking around them "I think we interrupted something…"
That's when Bazz and Tatsuki realized where they were and who was there. They could see Ichigo, a green haired girl, Yoshino and Touma with their respective Digimon.
"Err… hi?"
Ichigo deadpanned at the moment they arrived "Not that it's bad to see you, but we had a thing going here"
"It doesn't matter who I'm fighting, I will kill you all!" Mervamon shouted out, tired of all this theatre. It's been going too long for her tastes.
Bazz, Tatsuki and Yukio fall in line and reload their Digimon.
Baalmon, Coronamon and Lunamon quickly realize their situation and take battle stances.
Everyone pulls out their Digivice IC and Digisoul surges from them.
"Let's do it!"
[Insert Song: Burst Mode Theme]
"Digisoul Charge!" Bazz and Tatsuki shout out while Touma and Yoshino give a different command.
"Digisoul Charge Overdrive!"
Coronamon, Digivolve to… Firamon!
Lunamon, Digivolve to… Lekismon!
Gaomon, Warp Digivolve to… MirageGaogamon!
Lalamon, Warp Digivolve to… Rosemon!
"That is not going to defeat me!"
"This will!" Ichigo shouts as he loads his Digisoul.
"Digisoul Full Charge!"
"Charge! Digisoul Burst!"
Aegiomon Super Digivolve to… Aegiochusmon!
Firamon Super Digivolve to… Flaremon!
Lekismon Super Digivolve to… Crescemon!
MirageGaogamon Mode Change… MirageGaogamon Burst Mode!
Rosemon Mode Change… Rosemon Burst Mode!
Four Ultimate, one Mega and two Burst Mode Digimon stood in front of Mervamon whose brows knitted in a frown "Tch… Damn it…" Blind rage would take her nowhere, she knew that much.
Fighting all of them was a bluff; she would not stand a chance. Not as she is right now. She was barely accustoming to her new power and she would need time for it.
So without delusions of grandeur, she eyed them once more and used her Olympia Kai X to tear a hole in time-space behind her.
"Mark my words, DATS. I'll be back and I'll finish the job!" Here she smirks with a taunting voice "That is if Junomon doesn't do so first!"
With that she walks through the portal that lead, most likely to the Digital World…
As people digested the last bit, Bazz asks lowly… "Did we win?"
"You didn't do anything, idiot" Tatsuki chastises him.
"We all did"
-DST:H-
"What happens now?" Ichigo asks Satsuma who stares pointedly at him, Bazz, Tatsuki and Yukio through his sunglasses.
Satsuma stares at Ichigo's eyes and sees something he did not in the past. How could he miss it?
The Captain of DATS kneels on the ground and places a fist on the ground "I apologize for what happened in the past"
Ichigo and the other Digidestined openly gaped at the man who was apologizing to them.
Through the looking glass, Touma and Yoshino's eyes bulged at seeing Rentaro Satsuma of all people apologizing.
"He never apologized to us" Yoshino mumbles as she takes note of what's being said "What will happen to them?"
"Under probation, they could be useful to the agency" Touma mutters as he reels back from the shock of seeing that man admit an error.
"No… it's us who should be apologizing"
Touma and Yoshino look at Ichigo who pulled Satsuma up. Ichigo fell to the floor and said "We should have gone with what you guys said… if we weren't prideful… we could have possibly saved those Digimon instead of killing them. I apologize!"
Tatsuki looks at Ichigo and finally says "I still think we were on the right. I won't apologize, but I will stop doing that with Lunamon"
Bazz nods at that "I'm with her on this"
Yukio shrugs his shoulder, deciding to follow suit.
"This turned out to be interesting… what made Ichigo change views?" Yoshino wonders out loud. Upon seeing Touma smirking, she narrows her eyes "What?"
"Well… from the reports, I can only guess that being around a certain agent of DATS helped in that" With that he leaves the room.
It did not take long for Yoshino to piece everything. Her face got red from embarrassment and she ran after Touma. Better make him keep silent about that…
Meanwhile in the interrogation room, Satsuma nodded at Ichigo and the others, accepting their words for the moment.
They were interrupted from further talk when an Agent interrupted them "Sir, we found the body"
-DST:H-
Lillynette slowly raises her hand until it's against the door. At first, she didn't know if this was the right thing, but as a nosy old man said.
"You have to trust…" She mutters as she knocks on the door.
The door suddenly opens and Chika comes out and hugs Lillynette. There to receive her were Ikuto and Yuma who stared at her with relieved smiles.
She decided to tell them everything. They would accept her for who she was or not…
She hoped for the former…
-DST:H-
It was raining, Ichigo realized. He hated the rain… why was it always related to people who dies around him?
Or was it a Kurosaki curse? To be remembered by the rain? The Agents of DATS already left the premise while only Ichigo was left, staring at the grave that held her body. Megumi was the last one to leave as her lifetime friend was gone, killed while she was on protection detail for some related families.
His friends already left, seeing no need to remain.
Who was he kidding? They wanted to stay with him, but Ichigo pushed them away. He needed this moment alone with this own thoughts. It's not like he was going to get sick like Tatsuki argued. He had an umbrella…
Even his arguments were poor… Ichigo knew that much…
He only stared at her name over and over…
Miki Kurosaki
The only saving grace he had right now was that the rain was covering his own tears. With all that happened, he had no time to really mourn her.
This felt too much like that time… He stood in front of another Kurosaki grave… That time he had his family…
With his right hand, he pulled out his phone and dialed his father's number.
It beeped for a few seconds before a voice came through.
This is Kurosaki Clinic line! For any emergency don't bother about the hour! Just come to-!
Ichigo shut down the call and tightened his grip on his cellphone. His teeth gritted as he thought the only conclusion his emotionally clouded mind could come up with…
"I'm alone…"
A sudden gust almost blew him away. He stood strong, but his umbrella didn't.
With the rain now openly falling on him, Ichigo simply let out a pained cry that was heard through the cemetery.
He punched the ground in anger and cried out "I'm sorry Miki!"
He stopped when he got tired. With a ragged breath, he cried once more…
His sobs dimmed when he stopped feeling the rain falling on him. Looking up, he saw someone covering him with an umbrella.
She also was dressed in black, though he thought that she was already gone.
"What are you still doing here, Yoshino?"
"You're in pain, Ichigo" Yoshino looks at him with a grim face "You can't be alone, and that's why I'm here"
She kneeled beside him and hugged him.
"You're not alone"
Yoshino did her best to guide Ichigo to her car and drove him off to his apartment. Seeing Ichigo very distressed though left her feeling bad for leaving him alone, so she accompanied him by staying with him…
-DST:H-
Satsuma stood in front of his agents in the temporal base, the Police Station. He knew what he was going to do, and he knew the reasons behind this choice.
There was no turning back.
"DATS stands for Digital Accident Tactical Squad. My decisions lately have not reflected on that" Here Satsuma takes off his glasses, showing the world how tired he really is "All this could have been avoided, had it not been for my actions… rather my inaction. In light of this, I give up my position as Captain of DATS"
That sent the Agents in uproar.
"But who will lead DATS!?"
"What are you going to do?"
"Is this the end of DATS!?"
"Silence!" Satsuma looks behind the crowd of Agents to see the shocked expressions of Touma and Yoshino "As of this moment I'm not longer the Captain of DATS, but the one who will lead you all will be Touma H. Norstein until he decides otherwise!" Here he looks at the even more shocked Touma with a serious expression "This is my last order"
With that he left the Police Station. Nobody followed him as they were too shell shocked by the reveal.
No one saw Satsuma in the coming times…
-DST:H-
Ichigo stared at the empty apartment in silence. The place felt… vacant without her cheery mood and her comments and…
Ichigo shook his head. He had to stop this… this was the last box. The lawyer brought him a box with all of Miki's recovered items and he said that also there where some items found on her persona after death.
He opened the box and found some items of interest. The more prominent was he Digivice-IC. Upon touching it, he could swear he heard a voice calling to Miki, but it must have been his imagination as the screen was broken.
Among her things he found several souvenirs of different locations. Miki liked to travel, that much he learned from her.
Then there was a photo… It was a younger Miki alongside Masaki. His mother… She looked younger than he remembered and did not wear her classic lipstick. Her hair was shorter and… is that his father? He looked like a lunatic even back then…
As Ichigo pulled out that photo, his fingers grazed something metallic. His nostalgic mood vanished upon pulling out the last object…
"This is…" Ichigo's eyes were wide in shock, memories of Yoshino's story coming back to him "A Quincy Cross… Miki was a Quincy"
It could not be true… She was a Quincy just like Bazz… but Quincy powers do not come out of nowhere… They come from heritage…
His pupils dilated as a moment of his life came to the forefront…
-Flashback-
"Ichigo get back!"
The young six year's old Ichigo could only tilt his head in curiosity as he watched his mother brandishing a bow in her hands. He could barely distinguish something in front of him.
"What's going on Mommy?"
"Everything will be alright, Mommy will solve this!"
-Flashback End-
Ichigo gasps for breath as the mere idea of it being true flashed through his head "My mother… she was one as well"
"Aunt Masaki took care of me when I was younger, so I would do anything I can for her family… well it is my family as well!"
But if she was a Quincy… what the hell happened with Grand Fisher!?
Deciding it was too much for today he went to bed, not that he managed to catch even an hour of sleep…
He only looked to the roof when he was not looking at Yoshino's sleeping face right beside him. The only thing he could do was thinking… 'What do I do from now on?'
Ichigo thought of his duty as a Digidestined. Digimon seemed to appear around this area and nowhere else. Touma explained that the Firewall with the Digital World was weaker here than anywhere else.
He could stay and keep fighting, protecting the city as best as he could…
Or he could turn back to Karakura after finishing his Senior Year, forgetting anything happened at all… Maybe keep dreaming of getting his powers back. Yes, that was a recurrent thought in his mind, but Ichigo paid it no mind for now.
Outside his room, he could hear the distinct clack of Aegiomon's hooves as he walked to the kitchen, most likely…
He smiled at that, this partnership… he was going to keep it. As far as he knew, Zangetsu was gone and even if he's his first partner, he could not live in the past.
Looking at Yoshino, who shifted her head over to his chest, he cemented his choice.
It's curious that what started as a comfort effort from Yoshino ended up with them sleeping in the same bed for nearly a week by now.
It was weird their relationship as nothing was mentioned outside the room, but with his new resolution that was something he wanted to change. He liked Yoshino as a woman and as a person, maybe something could come out of this…?
-DST:H-
"So what are we staring at again?" Yoshino asks her friend who smiles at her.
"This… this is DATS new HQ" Touma smirks at seeing her reaction. Just what he expected…
It's been a week since the destruction of their HQ, but DATS pulled through and raised enough funds to buy their new HQ…
Both look towards Yokohama Landmark Tower…
-DST:H-
Ichigo waited for Yoshino to come back. He already returned from school, god was he belated with his homework.
He decided to speak with her about everything. He trusted her and after what she did and does for him, he decided to tell her clearly what happened around him.
When she arrived, she wore her DATS uniform and her hair was still short, but long enough for her to tie it in the back in a low ponytail, much like Masaru.
Not that Ichigo met him, but well… you know.
"Hey Yoshino, I-I would like to talk"
Yoshino frowned but had an idea of what this was going to be about. She had the same concerns as him, though she was nowhere near ready to talk.
"Ichigo I… I think I know what you wanna say…" She was not ready to hear his rejection. Surely he could not mean anything else; after all she was just herself.
She was just Yoshino…
"Err… well it's just that…" Ichigo rubbed his neck in embarrassment, not really knowing what to say "You know… we've been sleeping together but… I don't know what we are"
That… was not what she expected "W-What?"
"Well you know… I don't think it's normal to sleep with someone so intimate…" Ichigo said his face a perfect imitation of a tomato "I mean I don't… I don't know what we are? Are we something or I'm imagining things…?"
What the…? This was not what she expected at all… hell it was complete opposite of her worst fear "Well… back then you needed someone to s-show you that you weren't alone" Yoshino was also burning from embarrassment "I mean… we slept together… It was…"
"Comforting" Ichigo finishes for her.
"Yes…" Yoshino admits as she looks at her hands resting on her knees "I mean… I would like if this was something more… but if you didn't want to I would understand…"
Ichigo's eyes widened at hearing that. It was silent as Ichigo tried to produce words with no avail "I-I would like it… to see where we would go…"
Yoshino gasped and tried to look at Ichigo's eyes but was too shy to do it "Ichigo… I w-want to see what would it be to be with you"
"Me too…" Ichigo says with a chuckle.
Both burst out laughing from their situation. It was Yoshino who recovered first "So… we could start with a d-date…"
Ichigo gulped down the lump in his throat and decided to go with it. It was now or never… "Let's go then, I-I saw a place on my way here"
As they left, Ichigo looked at her and he saw another reason to confirm what he already knew.
This place… being here… gave him a purpose. The last two years on Karakura left him with nothing to fill that sense of duty he had. This was what he wanted, to belong to something, to know what he had to do in this world.
The next step would be taken tomorrow…
-DST:H-
"So… you want in?" Touma stared at Ichigo from where he sat, behind the desk "What brings this. We were willing to let you live your lives as civilians, if you left this business alone. You already get to keep your partners"
"I could not watch as everyone did something. I can see it… I have a purpose here… I'm not gonna back away from it" Ichigo tells Touma "I was chosen to be partner with Aegiomon… This gives me a reason to keep fighting… to be who I am"
Touma already decided to accept Ichigo among his Agents, but he had to hear it… "Who are you then?"
"I'm a protector"
-DST:H-
"You stupid pig! What do you think you're doing with that piece of trash!?"
"I'm sorry, Captain Kurotsuchi, I thought you would need Lieutenant Kurotsuchi's remains!"
Mayuri Kurotsuchi sighed for what felt like the hundred time. Why was he surrounded by idiots?
"Yare, yare I thought you might want to bury her properly at least, Mayuri"
It was the annoying voice of the only man he could not call stupid or idiot "What do you want here, Urahara?"
"Eh? Can't I visit my old colleague?" He says while keeping up the idiotic act.
"You're not one to visit without a purpose"
"Ah, that's true" Urahara says as all the childish and foolish act vanishes like it was never there "You see all my sensors were destroyed in the clash with Yhwach"
"What of it?" He asks with a sneer "You cannot see what's happening in the world, what of it?"
"Ah it's just that monitoring Ichigo is a bit difficult without them" Urahara tips his hat low to shadow his eyes "We don't want any hollow reaching him, or worse right?"
"You need the pieces to repair them? Well you'll have to do with what you have! We're low on supplies if you haven't noticed!"
"With all the things I helped you with! This is the thanks I receive!?"
"Just leave!"
Urahara sighs as he walks away, that should have entertained him enough for Tessai to smuggle the pieces out of the Twelve Division.
As he walks away he passes through the Eighth Division and sees Shunsui whining like a kid while Lisa and Nanao chastised him over work.
He'd rather avoid the Eleventh or the Tenth Division as both mourns their loses in different ways, ways Urahara wanted no part in.
The Seventh as well seemed to be in disarray without Komamura. The Sixth was the best off as they had the lowest casualties. Rukia for her part seemed to be struggling to pick up the hole that Ukitake left.
Urahara shakes his head thinking of the headache that would be their positions from now on.
The Fourth lost their captain, though as they were the medical corps, it was not the biggest fall. Even if Unohana was one of the strongest Captains the Soul Society had.
In short, many captains fell. The First, the third, the seventh, the ninth, the tenth and the thirteenth. The worst of all falls was definitely the one of the Captain Commander and as much as he wants, Shunsui has to fill the biggest shoes of all.
The blonde scientist had to wonder what they would do to return to full power. For all he knew the only way to stop the only way to return the Gotei Thirteen to full power would be to recall all of their actives.
He was sure the Vizards would be against it, but could be persuaded. Maybe some of the Royal Guard would be willing to return? They had nothing to protect now that the Soul King is dead, right?
His thoughts set him on autopilot which left him surprised when he realized he just came out of the Senkaimon.
"You must have been really into your thoughts to let me sneak on you"
"Unconsciously, I always know where you are, Yoruichi"
The black cat meowled and jumped on Urahara's shoulder "Did you get what you wanted?"
"Of course, Mayuri is more gullible than he lets on" Urahara smirks as he looks in Yoruichi's direction "What about the kids? Are they alright?"
"They are fine, though you should stop calling them kids… after the choices they made this war… they're kids no more" Yoruichi chastises him with a light scratch "Sado is back to his school while Orihime is leaving tomorrow after visiting her brother's grave. Uryu meanwhile will try to organize the remaining Quincy to live peacefully around the globe"
"They really grew up, ne?"
"That they did"
"Wonder what Ichigo's face will be when we eventually tell him of this?"
"I don't know how he will react, but it will be fun" Yoruichi smirks at this "Though he will be right when he says 'You should have told me!'"
"It's for his own good" Urahara tells her "I've been looking so long into this that I almost forgot about Ichigo. What I know though is that Kon will be there for him for whatever happens"
"Even so, I haven't heard of him in some time, maybe a call would be good?"
"When we sort this out I'll call him"
"Good"
-DST:H-
Mervamon walked through a series of corridors until she arrived to a set of stairs. Things did not go as planned back in the Real World, but at least she managed to smuggle all her forces to the Digital World before the conflict. As there was no HQ, the records would be buried forever…
Finally she arrived to the room she was called to. One of her scientists called for her about an amazing breakthrough.
"Well what is this?"
"Minerva! This is an amazing discovery! Souls exist! And we managed to isolate the energy coming off the creature! The pocket space that is the pill is merely a container for it!"
"Oh? What could I achieve with it?"
"We managed to create another two pills before the original one was destroyed, but it could serve to solve the problem with… the other two warriors you mentioned once" The scientist smirks as he presents her with two other pills "You said their spirits were imprisoned, maybe it's time to make them come out…"
Mervamon smirks widely at the prospect "Excellent, these are the news I want to hear more often. If those two return to my side… Junomon will be history"
"What about DATS?"
"They will fall as well… this is going to be a three-way war…"
-DST:H-
Alphamon groaned as he tried to stand up but could not as pointed appendages pinned him to the ground. They struck him through his armor and now he was at her mercy.
Junomon seemed tired as well, but better off than him "It wasn't that hard wasn't it? To submit to me that is"
"I don't know what you plant to do with Dexmon, but it will fail. That husk will do nothing but destroy!"
"That is exactly what I want, though if I'm correct she will come back as well" Junomon eyes could be seen through the darkness of her covering, they narrowed in a mocking manner "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with destiny"
She tears her stingers from Alphamon, breaking his body apart and absorbing his data. If anything it would make her even stronger.
She walked towards a cube made entirely of shifting blue data.
Her appendages circled the cube as she said "Finally, we can begin…"
-BREAK-
HELLO MINNA-SAN! Another chapter finished and another episode concluded!
YAY!
Anyway much too many things too ignore took place.
Ichigo and Lillynette fight Mervamon leading Ichigo to discover the nature of Aegiomon forms.
Dark Form= Bad. Well I had a debate here about making it horrendously cliché and have Ichigo witness Miki's death, triggering the 'Dark Evolution' or attribute it raw instincts that led a Digimon to attack mindlessly. Kinda felt to me like Ichigo's Hollow Powers, so I went with it.
Finally the DATS HQ is down for the count and all the active Digimon Partners reunite in order to scare Mervamon away.
Next, Lillynette tries to reconcile with her friends while telling them the truth. The result of the talk will be seen next episode. On a side note, Yushima seems to now Lillynette and what she is, but that will be seen in a deeper manner next episode… maybe the other one…
Ichigo meanwhile deals with Miki's death and Yoshino is there for him which leads to them trying to see if their relationship could be more than sleeping with each other (No sex though, don't rush it buddy). I brought here Yoshino's confidence problem that we saw in the Anime and made it play an important role while interacting with Ichigo. Hope you like the detail.
Satsuma steps down as Captain from DATS. Well he feels that he failed the cause too much to be leading it. His fate will be revealed next episode.
Touma is the new Captain of DATS and he accepts Ichigo's request to join DATS.
About Ichigo's decision, well I felt that the Ichigo we saw in Lost Agent arc was an Ichigo trying to fit in a world he did not belong anymore due to losing his powers, ergo he feels like he has no purpose. Being a Digidestined gives him that.
A quick look into Karakura to see Urahara and Yoruichi having a talk about how easy it is to steal from Kurotsuchi.
Remember what I told you guys about Kon's pill form being important? This is a tease of it.
Also Junomon can proceed with her plans as she finally defeated Alphamon (Prowess of her abilities, to take down a Royal Knight and… well it's fucking Alphamon! That says it all!)
Well that's all for now.
I'm taking a break from writing this to try and end Silent Hill Extreme once and for all. By December I should be finished with this semester, so I will have lots of time to write, but well it just depends on the moment I pick my PC to write down what I have in my mind. Usually it's not this… I have like five or six 'chapter 1's finished to upload but I don't wanna do it until I finish what I have. I also have like ten different projects which usually pan out as nothing.
Anyway let's see what I can tell you about Part Two and Episode IV
-Episode IV will not be called 'A New Hope' but Soul. Digimon Savers Tu: Soul
-A Digimon will reach its Mega Form.
-A brand new evolution method will be implemented for the new Digidestined.
-Characters from Bleach join the roaster.
-Aegiomon's origin will be touched
-There will be more Kosaburo Katsura
-More partners will appear
-More Masaru
-The Digital World will become a main scenario
-Junomon's plans will be revealed
-A bit more about Soul Society will be revealed.
-A Shinigami will appear and meet Ichigo once again
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That's it people! See ya!
Oh before I forget, the last chapter is up to discussion if you want an OVA-like chapter or a omake like usual.
BYE BYE!