Legend of Time - Chapter 3

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Chapter 3: Demonic Gathering

****Noon, Dec 13th, 2023****

Kaori closely followed Yegiri through the catacombs, while looking around at various digicode and other writings on the walls. "Can't go back, can't deliver this back to Darius, probably won't be able to escape from this place at all..."

Yegiri stopped and turned around, looking up at Kaori. "Lust will not be out there for long, but we should still stay here for a few hours. Now that they know I'm involved..."

Kaori stopped as well, looking down at Yegiri. "Who are you anyway? I mean... why you're doing this... And what is this place?"

"This is my brother's data repository." Yegiri explained. "Mine was destroyed, so we must use this one."

"I still don't understand..."

"That demon that attacked you. She is known as the Goddess of Darkness, and like her brethren, she is the incarnation of one of the seven deadly sins. Are you familiar of them?"

"Yeah, I read about them. Wrath, greed, sloth, lust, envy, pride, and gluttony..." Kaori listed. "...but she was a Digimon."

"You're well informed for someone that lived underground for most of her life. However, Digimon are more substantial to your plane of reality than you realise."

Kaori looked around at the darkly lit room, then back at Yegiri. "Are you saying you're not even from this reality?"

Yegiri sighed. "It seems that Lust has more of an effect on you than on many others." she said, avoiding the question. "If we are to encounter her again, allow me to confront her. Because of my appearance, I am far less susceptible to her powers."

Kaori blushed. "I... I see... but you still didn't explain why you brought me here."

"You are simply a new component in clensing your reality from this evil. Consider it destiny."

Kaori turned around to the exit. "Destiny, huh? Well sorry to disappoint you, but I don't buy into that kind of thinking."

Yegiri paused, then looked back up at Kaori. "Do you wish to save your father?"

Kaori turned back around. "...father? I don't have a father."

"You weren't created in Drandi's lab, Kaori. Your data was merely retrieved by her subordinates and converted to Digimon form."

"Wait, why should I believe you?"

"We can leave if you want. I'm sure Lust is still waiting outside, eager to consume your life force."

Kaori motioned to the entrence to the next room. "Okay, lead the way..."

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Yegiri entered the last room and stood aside as Kaori entered. Kaori looked around in the darkness. A bright light lit from a jewel from Yegiri's pendant, illuminating the large room. Yegiri turned and looked up at Kaori. "First, you must know of the other Demon Lords. Explaining verbally will unfortunately take too long.

The jewel flashed, transforming the scenery from the room to a dark, dusky plain. Kaori looked around. "A holographic projection?" she asked Yegiri.

"Something like that." Yegiri responded.

Suddenly, the tall, evil figure of Barbamon walked up to them and stopped. A significantly smaller figure appeared behind him.

"Just watch." Yegiri said. "These are events that happened many years ago."

Barbamon lifted his staff up, then paused. He looked back down at the smaller figure, Fairymon, who stepped out of his shadow. She looked up at the demon. "Master, why are you doing this?"

Barbamon swung an angry kick to Fairymon's side, knocking her hard to the ground. "Thanks to those Earthlings, you're the only one I have left. Now get over there!"

"Yes master." Fairymon whimpered, struggling to stand up, then creeping over a few feet in front of Barbamon while he watched angrily.

Barbamon powered his staff up. "Qolubeor hrash folert eb!" he chanted, causing a beam to come out of the staff, striking Fairymon. A large, fiery vortex appeared around the digi girl, swallowing her up. Barbamon chuckled. "Finally, the ritual can begin!" he said, entering the vortex.

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"That was Greed." Yegiri said. "He gained entrance to the Tourami dimension just then, where the gateway to the deepest depths to the Dark Area are closest. He would've done it sooner had his avarice not have gotten in the way."

Kaori stared at the vortex. "That poor fairy..."

"Unfortunately, she is still greed's slave to this day." Yegiri said. Another flash of light pulsed from her pendant jewel, switching the scenery to a high rocky platform in a mountainous location.

Kaori looked in the distance, toward the sun... or what she thought was the sun, till the light got brighter and larger. The lightning-fast energy ball sped down, colliding with a neighboring mountain, vaporizing it and a few nearby mountains. Kaori flinched, covering her eyes as dust covered the area. Yegiri remained still, looking in the sky.

From the cliff above dropped two young men in normal clothing. One was blond, the other had short brown hair. They looked up at the sky like Yegiri, but were holding Digivices.

"Victorygreymon!" the brown-haired one shouted. "Victory Charge!"

A Wargreymon-lookalike dropped out of the clouds wielding a giant sword. On the other side of the mountain Kaori and Yegiri stood came Beelzemon, blasting his cannon furiously at Victorygreymon. The dragon swung the sword repeatedly, repelling Beelzemon's fire.

"We won't let you get to that area!" the blond man shouted to Beelzemon. He then looked over to the other. "Tai, I'll get Zeedgarurumon to block the entrance."

Tai nodded, smiling. "Okay Matt, bet let Victorygreymon have some fun too."

Beelzemon laughed. "There's several unstable areas 'round here. You can't guard them all."

Out charged a giant metallic wolf from the mist below, firing a barrage of assorted projectiles at Beelzemon. The Demon Lord landed in front of the beast as it was deploying all of it's weapons batteries. "FULLMETAL BLAZE" the wolf shouted, releasing thousands of rounds of projectiles at Beelzemon.

"Don't worry." Yegiri spoke up as stray missiles flew past. "The weapons fire will not harm us."

Kaori nodded and looked on. Beelzemon flew out of the storm of projectiles, straight past Zeedgarurumon into the mist. Victorygreymon suddenly appeared in front of him, swinging the Dramon Breaker at him. Beelzemon evaded swiftly, rushing past Victorygreymon and slashing the mist just ahead. The mist parted, forming an unstable black dimensional gateway. Beelzemon turned around to the charging Victorygreymon. "Almost had me this time."

"TRIDENT GAIA" Victorygreymon shouted, swinging the glowing sword at Beelzemon, who leaped into the gateway. The sword released massive energy, causing the entire area to vaporise instantly...

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Kaori looked around. "...what happened?"

The surrounding light disappeared, making the scenery change to a tropical beach. "Gluttony escaped into Tourami, where the seven Demon Lords are said to have been reviving and gathering for many years. However, only three have made it so far. I fear that Lust will become the fourth."

"Why are they gathering together like that?" Kaori wondered. "To build an army?"

"No." Yegiri answered. "They are merely components, gathering to merge together. Some unknown force in the past triggered them to do so."

Kaori paused. "What about the third one?"

Yegiri pointed out to the vast sea. "He is being reincarnated at sea."

Kaori looked out where Yegiri was pointing, seeing dozens of Marinedevimon circling a gigantic whirlpool. After Kaori got a good look at them, they and the whirlpool suddenly vanished.

"...and this is why I brought you to this dimension."

Kaori looked back at Yegiri. "What can I do?"

"You are the child of my sister's chosen." Yegiri said. "There's not many of you left for us to rely on."

"If this is what's happening in other dimensions as well..." Kaori said, thinking. She then nodded. "Okay, tell me what I have to do."

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Elsewhere in Tourami...

On a large rocky platform floating on a gigantic volcanic lake that appeared to be inside of a crater, Barbamon, Beelzemon, and Leviamon landed. "Lillithmon approaches!" Leviamon growled.

Lillithmon flew up and landed in front of the other three Demon Lords. Barbamon dropped the barely conscious Fairymon in front of Lillithmon. "This is all the generosity you'll ever see from me."

Lillithmon forcefully grabbed the trembling Fairymon, who looked up at her. She then pulled the fairy's head aside and bit down on Fairymon's shoulder, draining the life from the already-weakened fairy.

"As you may know, sister..." Beelzemon started. "...Belphemon, Daemon, and Lucemon are still not with us."

Lillithmon tossed the darkened body of her latest feast into the lava, then wiped the blood from her mouth. "One of the siblings from the Far Realm has shown herself."

"It can't be the one that I took care of." Leviamon remarked.

"Indeed it was." Lillithmon said.

"Not to worry, my brothers. Millenniumon and Armageddemon are out of control." Beelzemon said. "Earth Alpha is already on the brink of destruction from them now..."

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Yegiri