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Sorry if this chapter isn't as good as the previous ones. It's mostly just some exposition.

Chapter 4: Word of the Chosen Children

A night had passed since Tailmon had won Vamdemon's tournament. It was now the next night, and she stood in Vamdemon's room with Etemon and Phantomon. When Vamdemon entered the room, PicoDevimon was following him as usual. Vamdemon sent him a glare.

"PicoDevimon, this is a generals' meeting; you have no business being here," he told him. The bat cringed at this.

"But, sir, just give me a chance. I won't interrupt the meeting." The vampire continued glaring at him. Letting out a sigh, the bat turned to leave. As he left, he gave Tailmon a cold glare. He still felt as if she had stolen his position. With the bat digimon gone, Vamdemon closed the door behind him. He then turned to his generals with a smile.

"I'm glad you could all make it here tonight," he told them. Tailmon had to hold back her laughter at this. None of them had even left the castle since their last meeting, since he didn't allow them to leave. He had just shown them all to their rooms. Tailmon had received a new room from the one she had been staying in for the past week. She honestly didn't see much of a difference. It was still dark and cold. The only difference she had noticed was that this room had a bed and some other furniture instead of nothing.

Vamdemon turned to Tailmon to address her. "Again, congratulations on your victory, Tailmon. You are now a general on the greatest army of Sever Continent." Keeping up her loyalty so the vampire wouldn't grow suspicious, Tailmon bowed to him.

"Thank you, Vamdemon-sama." She thanked him. Etemon growled at her. He still didn't like that she was now the same rank as him. Vamdemon noticed his behavior.

"Do you have a problem, Etemon?" he asked the monkey. Etemon was the kind of digimon who was not afraid to voice his opinion, not even to Vamdemon.

"Yes I do!" He hollered and pointed at Tailmon, "Why is it that this puny little adult is ranked the same as I, the King of Digimon, Etemon-sama?" Vamdemon frowned at him. He didn't so much like the monkey digimon. He found him to be really annoying and ignorant.

"You saw the way she fought DeathMeramon last night. She showed that level and size doesn't matter much when one has determination. I want someone like that as my general," Vamdemon answered him. The monkey scowled at this. He would just have to prove that he was better than that puny cat.

"Anyway, the reason I have called you all here tonight is to discuss my plans," Vamdemon told them. "As you may already know, last week the Chosen Children arrived on File Island." Tailmon had heard about this from Vamdemon for the past week. They were children who were prophesied to destroy all the evil digimon who threatened the Digital World. Tailmon wondered if these children really could achieve this. From the time she had spent with Vamdemon, she could tell that he would not be easy to beat. Would the Chosen Children possess the power necessary?

"Oh yes, Devimon is on File Island, is he not." Etemon commented, "Has he killed them yet?" It appeared that Etemon had no faith that the Chosen Children could succeed.

"Actually, I have received word that the Chosen Children defeated him last night," Vamdemon told his general. Etemon gasped.

"What? How did that happen?" he asked.

"I heard that the one who was prophesied to defeat him appeared before him, one who possesses holy powers," Vamdemon explained. "It is said that the island was surrounded in a bright flash of light as this one who possesses holy power used up all of his energy to defeat Devimon. Fortunately for us, this meant the one with holy power had to revert all the way back to a digiegg, so we won't be seeing him again anytime soon."

"So what is it they are going to do know, Vamdemon-sama?" Tailmon asked him. She wondered if she would have to fight them. She didn't know why, but she didn't want to fight with them. Not because she thought she couldn't win; she was sure she'd be able to stand a chance against them. There was something else inside her that made her not want to fight them. Maybe she just didn't want to hurt children.

"I have no doubt that they will head here to Server Continent to fight with us," Vamdemon told her. "But I have discovered something interesting."

"Huh, what's interesting?" Tailmon asked him.

"I've heard only seven children have appeared on File Island," Vamdemon explained. "But there is supposed to be eight. As luck would have it, this missing eighth child is the one who is prophesied to beat me. Apparently this child's digimon possesses holy powers as well." Tailmon glanced back at her Holy Ring. She was one of these digimon who possessed holy powers. She wondered if Vamdemon saw her as a threat since he hated holy power so much.

"So where is this child now then?" Phantomon asked.

"I'm assuming he is still in the human world. This brings me to my plan," Vamdemon told them. "In around two months, I plan to take my army into the human world to find and kill this missing eighth child. I won't give the Chosen Children the chance to kill me first. With this eighth child dead, I will be free to rule both this world and the human world and no one will be able to stop me!" The vampire let out an evil laugh. Tailmon shuddered and once again wondered how she had ended up working for such an evil digimon. Fate could be so cruel sometimes. She had only wanted to find, who was it again? The name was beginning to slip her mind. Eventually she remembered it was Hikari. It was kind of ironic, the more time she spent in the darkness; the harder it was for her to remember what light was.

"So, what should we do to prepare for this trip?" Phantomon asked. Vamdemon turned to Etemon first.

"Well first we need to deal with the Chosen Children who are in this world. Etemon, you will be in charge of greeting them when they arrive on Server Continent. Use any methods necessary to defeat them and stop them from finding their crests to allow their digimon to evolve to the perfect level," he told the monkey. He then turned to Phantomon.

"Phantomon, I want you to round up as many Bakemon as you can." Finally he turned to Tailmon.

"Tailmon, you will travel around Server Continent and recruit as many powerful digimon as you can into my army for the invasion," he told her. Tailmon thought about this. She wasn't really comfortable with the idea of recruiting digimon for the purpose of causing chaos and destruction, but if it would help lead to her goal of gaining Vamdemon's trust so that she could destroy him she would bite the bullet. With this mindset, she got down on one knee to bow before the vampire.

"Yes, Vamdemon-sama, I won't fail you," she told him. Etemon huffed.

"Really, what kind of powerful digimon do you think would allow themselves to be recruited by such a small thing?" he asked mockingly. "You should have me do the recruiting and have that small thing fight the Chosen Children. When she loses, you'll know I was right," he said.

"Oh, really, is this because you think you'll lose to the Chosen Children?" Vamdemon asked him. He was actually hoping the monkey would lose so that he wouldn't need to listen to him anymore. Etemon was enraged by this.

"Of course I wouldn't lose. Those Chosen Children won't stand a chance against I, the King of Digimon, Etemon-sama!" the monkey boasted proudly as he struck a pose. Tailmon fought the urge to laugh. She didn't know the Chosen Children, but she had a feeling Etemon wouldn't stand a chance once one of their digimon evolved to perfect or if the one who defeated Devimon were to appear again. Oh well, they would be doing her a favor to get rid of this guy. He was beginning to annoy her.

"Then I expect you will face them then," Vamdemon inquired.

"Just leave it to me. The Chosen Children will be star struck at fighting a legend like myself, they won't know what hit them," Etemon said, continuing with his bragging.

"Good, the three of you are now dismissed. I expect no failure from any of you," he told them. With a bow, Tailmon left. She would just need to keep up this act until she could fight Vamdemon on even grounds.

To Be Continued...

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