Shadowflamerenomon Ch. 1
This is a story I started a while back and wasn't sureif I should continue it or not. Please comment on it and let me know what you think. Also I apologize for any similarities to other stories. This was simply a mixture of my appreciation for digimon, D.N.Angel, and my schizophrenia lol. I hope you enjoy it !
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"Shadow, are you up there?" a female voice called from downstairs.
"Yeah, do you need something Karen?" came a reply from upstairs.
"No I'm fine, but there's a package here for you," the woman shouted. She was a young woman in her mid-twenties with long, flowing brown hair and a shapely body. She stood in the kitchen preparing dinner for herself and her nephew. Footsteps could be heard as someone came running down the landing of the second floor and then jumped down the stairs in a hurry. He was a 17-year old boy with hair that almost seemed silver flowing down just below his shoulders. He wore a black shirt with the sleeves cut off and a pair of cargo pants with holes at the knees. He had a very well-toned body from years of extensive training and it showed well on his 6'3" frame. His silver dog-tags rattled as he ran towards the door to get the package he was waiting for.
"What is that Sha-" was all Karen could say before Shadow was back upstairs with his door slammed shut.
"It's finally here," he said with a smile on his face as he tore the box open, but the smile quickly faded after he did so.
"What the hell is this thing? And where the hell is my blade?!" Shadow asked noone in particular as he pulled what looked like some kind of phone or PDA or something out of the box. He examined the device for a moment as he pondered what it could be. It was almost square at the top only the corners were rounded and it came down into more of an oval. It was solid black except for the red grip on the side of it. It had a small, square screen at the top with a couple of buttons underneath it and what looked like a USB port in the bottom.
"This thing is wierd as hell..I'll ask Kyle if he's ever seen this before tomorrow," he said to himself as he tossed the device on his desk and laid down on his bed to get some shut-eye.
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Shadow found himself sitting on the floor alone in the dark when he heard a voice.
"Embrace the darkness, and face your destiny," the voice sounded like it came from everywhere and yet nowhere.
"Who are you?" Shadow called out in the dark, but got no response. Suddenly, everything got light and he was standing outside his childhood home.
"What the..this is *BANG*,"he said as he ran through the front door of his old home to see a man standing over the bodies of his parents with a gun in his hand. He stood there unable to move as the man just stared at him with a smile on his face. Shadow ran towards the man and tried to punch him, but the man just caught him by the wrist and threw him aside like he was nothing. Just as quickly as it had happened, it was over and Shadow was again sitting alone in the darkness.
"I swear, one day I WILL have power. And when I do..I'll find you, wherever you are," he called out in the darkness.
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When Shadow awoke, he was covered in a cold sweat.
"I can't believe I had that dream again," he said as he shook his head with a sigh and sat in the chair by his desk. He was encompassed in thoughts of his past when he noticed the device from last night. He picked it up and looked it over before stuffing it in his pocket and heading downstairs. When he got downstairs, he sighed when he caught a glimpse of the time.
"Damn I was supposed to be at the university 10 minutes ago," he said with a shake of his head as he put on his black running shoes, and threw his bag over his shoulder.
"I'll be out late tonight Karen don't wait up," he called out to his aunt.
"What are you still doin here? Didn't your lecture start already?" she called back.
"Yeah I overslept, but I'm leaving now. Later,"
"Okay, have a good-*SLAM*-day.." she said sighing at the end as she was cut off by the door slamming shut.
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Shadow stopped running as he came to the door to his class and casually walked inside.
"Ahem..you're late Mr. Blaze. The lecture started 25 minutes ago," the professor said from behind his podium in the front of the room.
"Yeah yeah, I know Mr. Carter, being punctual is important blah blah. Give me a break," Shadow said coldly without so much as a glance to his professor as he walked to the back of the room and sat down next to his friend Kyle. Mr. Carter just shook his head as he continued his lecture. Shadow was in his freshman year of college and had a reputation for being a bit cold, but was envied by most of his school. Even though he was only a freshman, he was captain of the kendo team, the boxing club, and the basketball team. Needless to say, everyone in the school knew his name.
"Yo you've got a serious attitude problem bro,"
"Just shut up Kyle I'm not in the mood, I don't wanna have to kick your ass again," Shadow said to his friend as he relaxed in his chair.
"Relax man I'm just fuckin with ya," Kyle said with a smile and a chuckle. Kyle was on the kendo team with Shadow and they had been best friends since they were little so he knew Shadow quite well.
"Oh, by the way, have you ever seen anything like this before?" Shadow asked as he pulled the small device from his pocket and set it on the desk in front of his friend.
"Dude that looks like a digivice. Where the hell did you get it?"
"A digi-what now?" Shadow said with a look of total confusion on his face.
"Are you serious? You don't know what a digivice is? Don't you watch tv?" Kyle started spouting off questions astounded that Shadow didn't know what he was talking about.
"Actually no, I don't," Shadow replied in his normal flat tone.
"Oh that's right, I forgot you're a fuckin machine and just train all day hehe,"
"Just tell me what the fuck it is will ya?" Shadow said with an annoyed tone.
"Aight chill bro. First I suppose I should ask how much you know about digimon,"
"Not very much. I know that there have been a few kids that had wierd monster things that fought other ones. Thats pretty much all I know,"
"Ok well those 'wierd monsters' as you put it are called digimon and the humans that they fight with are called either their partner or tamer,"
"Ok but that still doesn't answer my question of what the fuck a digivice is,"
"I was getting to that. The digivice is what the human uses to transform or 'digivolve' their digimon to a stronger level," Kyle explained.
"Uh-huh...well then," Shadow said seemingly uninterested.
"I've never seen one like this before though so that's really all I can tell ya," Kyle said as he handed the device back to Shadow who just put it back in his pocket.
The rest of the day went by like normal. Shadow fell asleep in most of his classes and went to his various club and team practices afterwards. By the time he was finished with everything and went for his usual run, it was about 8 o' clock.
"*SLAM* I'm home," Shadow yelled out as he entered the house and went up the stairs towards his room.
"Welcome home. Theres pizza in the microwave if you're hungry,"
"No thanks I grabbed a bite earlier," he called back as he shut the door and sat down at his desk to relax and clean his various swords. After about an hour or so of cleaning his swords, he decided to take another look at the 'digivice'. He was randomly pushing buttons when the screen came to life and a message appeared. "Do you seek ultimate power?" Shadow was a little confused but decided to push the button and say yes anyway. Nothing happened at first but a moment later, what looked to be some kind of portal suddenly appeared where his door was. He was so surprised that he literally fell out of his chair. The screen lit up again saying "Enter". Shadow wasn't sure if he should but decided he didn't really have anything to lose and slowly walked through the portal.
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When Shadow woke up, he was lying under a tree on top of a grassy hill.
"What the..where the fuck am I? Did I fall asleep in the park again?" Shadow asked noone in particular as he stood up and observed his surroundings. All he could see was trees for miles with a mountain range in the distance.
"Woah, what happened to my clothes?!" Shadow said as he looked down and saw his outfit had changed. His black running shoes now had a red pattern that looked like flames and his pants were now skin-tight, yet strangely comfortable with a similar pattern running up the sides. His shirt was now a long-sleeved shirt that had a split running from his right shoulder down to the left corner. the left side of the split as well as the right sleeve was black and the right side and left sleeve were red. The sleeves came all the way down to his hands and were attached to silver rings on his middle fingers. He also noticed that his dog-tags were gone and instead he had a silver dog-collar with the symbol of a flame etched into the front.
"I'm not sure what the hell happened exactly, but this outfit is fuckin awesome," he said to himself as he admired his new clothes. He thought about what to do for a moment before deciding to just head towards the mountains and see if he can find anything. After walking through the forest for about 3 hours he came to a small lake surrounded by trees with wierd colored fruits on them.
"Well I haven't eaten in a while, so I might as well try 'em," he said as he reached out and grabbed what looked like a cross between an apple and a strawberry.
"What the fuck?! This tastes like pork!" he yelled in confusion as he ate the strange fruit. Once he got over the confusion of the meat-flavored fruit, he ate 4 more of them and drank from the lake before falling asleep on the soft grass under the starry sky. He was rudely awakened the next morning by something jumping up and down on his stomache.
"Oomf..what the-what are you?" he asked the strange pink ball that was using him as a trampoline.
"I'm Koromon, are you a human?" it counter-questioned as it continued hopping up-and-down.
"Yes now get the fuck off of me," Shadow said pushing the 'Koromon' off him getting a sad look and a whine in return.
"You wouldn't happen to know where I am would you?"
"You're in the digital world of course," the little monster said. Shadow sat motionless thinking to himself. 'Great so I'm not even in my own world now. Ugh, why the fuck did I go through that portal thing'.
"Is there like a town or something nearby?"
"Yeah theres a village about three miles north of here, but I don't recommend going there," Koromon said with a frightened look in his eyes.
"And why is that?" Shadow asked.
"Because there have been a lot of attacks lately by digimon,"
"I'll take my chances," Shadow said as he stood up and started running north.
"Don't say I didn't warn ya," the Koromon said as he ran off into the bushes. It only took about 10 minutes to reach the village. When he got there, he noticed that there were all kinds of different digimon walking around. He walked up to a small cat-like digimon and started asking some questions. He found out that he was the first human to ever visit the village and that the Koromon was right and there have been a few attacks recently. When he asked why she told him to go speak to the elder in the middle of the village. He had to ask around a bit before he actually found the elder's house and entered to find..a fairy?
"Um..are you the elder?"
"Yes I am Piximon and who might you.." the small digimon started but went wide-eyed when he saw Shadow.
"My name is Shadow, Shadow Blaze and I came to ask about the recent attacks," Shadow said as he offered his hand to the mon for a shake.
"By the Sovereign its you," Shadow raised an eyebrow in confusion at the small flying monster.
"Please follow me I must show you something,"
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Shadow followed Piximon to a cave on the outskirts of the village. 'Damn how far back does this cave go?' Shadow thought as he continued to follow the fairy-like digimon into the seemingly-endless caverns.
"What the hell? Its just a dead end. Why did you bring me here?!" Shadow demanded as he took a defensive stance and prepared for an assault. He was just about to make a move, when he saw light shoot through his pocket from his digivice. "What the hell is wrong with this thing?" Shadow asked nobody in particular as he violently shook the digivice.
"I knew it..you're the one," Piximon said softly just before a strange symbol appeared on Shadow's digivice and the wall in front of him seemed to disappear.
"What the-" Shadow was in shock as he stared between the digivice and the wall. The same flame-like symbol that was on his clothes appeared on the screen. After the wall vanished, Shadow found himself staring at a stalactite(a rock spire that rises from the ground) with a strange object embedded into it.
"What is that thing?"
"It belongs to you. You are the chosen one," replied Piximon.
"Ok thats nice and everything, but that doesn't answer my question. What the fuck is it?"
"It is the spirit of shadows, and it is your destiny. Step forward and claim the power that is rightfully yours,"
"Um...ok?" Shadow was a bit skeptical at first but eventually decided 'why not'. He stepped forward and reached out for the strange object. When his hand was a few inches away, it suddenly burst into black flames.
"AHHH IT BURNS, IT BURNS, IT...wait a sec..I don't feel anything..I'm getting kinda sick of this shit. What's next?" Shadow's question would soon be answered. As soon as he grabbed the strange object, his digivice started glowing as it disappeared into his body and a searing pain tore through his entire body all at once. He could feel his skin being torn away from his muscles as they expanded and changed shape. It felt like an eternity as he grew taller, stronger and pitch-black fur formed over his newly shaped body. His ears shifted to the top of his head and stood on point. He also sprouted 3 fluffy tails from his back. As the pain faded away and he felt the raw power course through his veins, he couldn't help but call out "Shadowflamerenomon," in a voice that wasn't his normal one.
"What the-what happened to me?!" Shadow said softly as he felt his body with his...paws?
"You have become the lord of darkness. It is said that your power is unrivaled in it's true form and you will either protect the digital world, or destroy it," Piximon said with a look of fear on his face as he stared into the evil eyes of the dark lord.
"RRRAH, SHUT UP YOU PATHETIC LITTLE FAIRY. SHADOWFLAME!!" Shadow cried out as a black flame erupted from his hands at the small mon and instantly reduced him to data. He closed his eyes as he thought 'I wish I knew what I looked like' and when he opened his eyes, he found himself next to a lake. Without even questioning how he got there, he stared at his reflection in the water. He started looking at the pointed ears on top of his head and slowly worked his way down. His eyes were now pure red and seemed to glow forebodingly. He also noticed that he now had fangs and beneath his eyes, was that same symbol that he kept seeing on everything. His entire body was covered in black fur except for the tips of his ears and tails. They were as crimson as fresh-spilt blood. On his arms were red gloves that covered from his paws to the middle of his biceps. They were as light as silk, but felt metallic to the touch. They also had the strange symbol on them over the back of his paw, as well as a small blade protruding backwards from the elbow. He was taking everything relatively easily, until he came to just below his waist.
"WHAT THE FUCK?! WHERES MY DICK?!" he screamed as he frantically felt around for his member, but could only find a strange bit of fur that protruded slightly. He felt an opening in the fur and shoved two fingers inside to investigate. He let out a relieved sigh when he pulled his cock out along with his fingers.
"Well ok at least its still there, but it's gonna take a while to get used to it being inside of me," he thought to himself out loud as his member went back into his sheathe.
"I guess this isn't so bad. The power feels great," he said with a smile as he formed a black flame in his hand.
"I wonder if theres anything else I can-*CRASH*-what the fuck was that?" he said as he heard a loud crash nearby and ran over to see what it was. He failed to notice just how fast he was moving until he arrived outside the village again within a matter of seconds. He didn't have time to think about it though as a battle was taking place in front of him. There was a Blackwargreymon attacking an Angewomon in a field outside the village..and it was definitely winning. The Angewomon was trying to crawl away as the Blackwargreymon approached with a smile on his face. Shadow could feel rage and hatred building within him at the sight of the powerful digimon picking on an obviously weaker one..and a girl for that matter as well.
"Hey ugly, over here! Why not pick a fight with a real mon?!" Shadow taunted as he cracked his knuckles and slowly walked towards the larger digimon.
"HAHAHA, a rookie has the nerve to threaten me? You've got balls I'll say that much for you kid. Unfortunately, I'm gonna have to rip them off and devour your data,"
"Just try me. I tell ya what, I'll even give you a free hit," Shadow said with a smile as he now stood defiantly before the dark mega. This definitely struck a nerve. The large dino-like digimon pulled his large steel claw back and drove it forward full-force into Shadow's muzzle, sending him rocketing back into a tree, snapping it like a twig. Everyone in the village watched with a saddened expression as their would-be savior was sent flying.
"Ha, pathetic. Did he really think he-WHAT?!" everyone was wide-eyed in both amazement, and a little bit of fear as the Renomon stood up without so much as a scratch or bruise...and he was laughing.
"Hahahahahaha is that the best you can do? Well if so then you're in big trouble pal. Oh and by the way, that was the only hit you're gonna get on me,"
"Is that so..you'll regret those words worm. Black Tornado!!" the dino called out as he started spinning until a grand tornado formed and went spiraling towards Shadow. He just continued to smile as he disappeared just as the tornado was about to hit him.
"What the?! Where'd he go?" Blackwargreymon yelled as he looked around for the digi-fox. While Blackwargreymon had his back turned, Shadow suddenly arose from the shadows behind him.
"Hey ugly! I'm right here, Shadow Blade!" Blackwargreymon turned around just in time to watch as Shadow's shadow turned into a sword in his hand and was thrust straight through his chest. The last thing he saw before his code broke apart was Shadow licking the blood from his sword. Shadow let out an inhuman howl as he absorbed the data and his sword returned to being his shadow.
Everyone from the village cringed at the blood-thirsty look in the renomon's eyes and the feral howl he let out. Angewomon shook in fear as Shadow approached, but couldn't move an inch.
"Are you alright?" Shadow asked the angelic woman in front of him as he offered her a hand. She looked at the offered hand, then into the eyes of the one who saved her life. Instead of the evil, blood-thirsty look she saw before, she saw a soft, kind one.
"I-I'm fine, and thank you," she said in a soft, beautiful voice as she took his hand and stood up.
"Don't mention it. So whats your name?" Shadow asked as he smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"Its Angewomon, whats yours?"
"Shadowflamerenomon, nice to m-"..'did I really just say that?!' he mentally bashed himself for referring to himself by that name.
"I mean -ahem- my name is Shadow," he said with a smile.
"So do you mind if I ask, why was that guy attacking you?"
"No I don't mind, but why don't we go find somewhere to relax in the village and talk," the angel said with a smile.
"Sounds good to me. I feel like I've been on my feet for days,"
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Shadow and Angewomon returned to her home in the village where they talked for a while. As they talked, Shadow learned that there has been a lot of dark digimon attacks recently and it seemed to have something to do with that cave where he found the spirit of shadows. The Angewomon was also curious how a rookie could possibly be strong enough to take down a mega single-handedly, and a dark one at that. She was shocked to find out that he binded with the spirit that was hidden within the cave and they decided that that was the reason for the attacks recently. Eventually, Shadow seemed to drift off into his mind as he examined her body. He was mezmerized by her deep emerald eyes, her soft white skin, and her beautiful blonde hair that flowed down over her perfect breasts. She had all the right curves in all the right places. He was brought out of his head when she waved a hand in front of his eyes and giggled.
"Oh, umm..sorry what were you saying?" he stammered as he tried not to blush. He was now thankful for his thick black fur that hid his embarassment. Shadow got even more nervous when she just stared into his red eyes and giggled more.
"Whats so funny?" Shadow asked as he looked behind him trying to find something funny.
"You," was her simple reply as she kept smiling and gave Shadow a seductive wink. Shadow couldn't figure out why he was acting so wierd. Girls flirted with him all the time back in the human world and he never cared, so why was this any different?
"Oh my," the angel's voice dragged him from his thoughts. She was trying to hide a blush as she looked at...what was she...OH! Shadow looked down to see his member standing proud. He was surprised at it's size since he transformed. He hadn't failed to notice he had grown a few inches and now stood at about 6'8", but this was his first time seeing..himself since. His dick was now about 10 inches long and almost 2 inches thick. He looked himself over for nearly a minute before realizing that Angewomon was still staring at him. He scrambled to cover himself up, but failed quite miserably so decided to just face away from the angelic beauty.
"I-I'm sorry about that..I guess I was still a little excited from the battle earlier," he hoped his excuse worked, but when he looked over his shoulder, she was gone.
"Where..Gah!" he quickly snapped his head back around to find Angewomon with her hand around the base of his shaft.
"What are you-" was all he could say before she put a finger over his mouth to quiet him.
"Shhh, I still haven't properly thanked you for saving my life," She said with a wink as she slowly slid her soft hand up his rod and then stroked down his length again as she cupped his furry sack with her other hand. Shadow let out a soft groan as she steadily increased the pace of her strokes. He reached out and slowly removed her helmet as he looked deep into her eyes. It seemed like just by looking into her eyes, all the rage and hatred that was inside of him just disappeared back into the shadows. He leaned back and closed his eyes as he enjoyed his treatment. His eyes shot straight back open when he felt something warm and wet wrap around the head of his cock. He looked down to see Angewomon with her soft lips wrapped tightly around him as she slid her tongue over his head and bobbed up-and-down on him. He felt his sack tighten up and knew he wouldn't last much longer.
"A-angewom-mon..I-I'm almost..there," he stuttered as his eyes fell shut again. Angewomon doubled her efforts and made an air-tight vaccuum around him as she rolled his balls around and prepared for her reward. Shadow let out a feral howl of bliss as he came hard in Angewomon's mouth. Shot after shot of his hot cum fired into her mouth and she just continued to suck as if trying to drain his sack dry of his seed. Once she was sure that she had all he could give, she swallowed it all down and licked her lips clean with a smile. Afterwards, she slowly crawled up Shadow's body and rested her head on his soft chest fur.
"Delicious," she whispered softly as she gave him a quick kiss, then fell asleep atop him.
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Shadow's eyes were forced open as the sun shone in through the window. He was about to get up until he felt an added weight on his chest. He jumped to his feet when he noticed a cat curled up on his chest, which, needless to say, caused her to wake up with a start.
"Ow, what was that for?" asked the cat as she picked herself up off the floor.
"Wh-who are you?"
"I'm Gatomon,"
"What happened to Angewomon?"
"I am Angewomon silly," she replied in a way that made it sound more like 'duh' than anything. Shadow just tilted his head in confusion as he continued to stare at the cat in confusion.
"I was out of energy from yesterday so I dedigivolved,"
"....."
Gatomon let out a sigh as she was surrounded in a bright light and emerged as Angewomon. "Is that better?"
"Uh, yeah," Shadow said as he looked into those familiar green eyes.
"Do you have a name besides Angewomon? Like one that seperates you from everyone else..cause this is all rather confusing to me,"
"Angel," she said simply.
"Angel huh..how original," he whispered to himself.
"What was that?"
"Uh, nothing..so..what do you usually do all day?"
"Normally most of the village goes to the arena to either watch or participate in competition,"
"Reeally, sounds like fun. So what are we doin here? lets go," Shadow said with a smile as he disappeared from sight at the end of his sentence. Angel just stood there in confusion until Shadow reappeared.
"On second thought, maybe you should lead the way..since I have no idea where I'm going," Angel just laughed as she walked out the door and lead Shadow to the arena. Upon entering the arena, Shadow noted how similar it looked to the Roman Colliseum and that there were hundreds of different digimon watching a battle going on between a Kabuterimon and a Leomon. The large bug let out what looked like a bolt of lightning at the lion but he easily dodged it and roared out "Fist of the Beast King," releasing an orange light from his fist that landed in the bug's chest knocking him unconcious. The crowd cheered loudly for the victor.
"Is there anybody out there that thinks they can take me?!" the lion-man roared to the crowd.
"I will," Shadow called out causing the entire crowd to look at him in disbelief. He could tell that most of the people here weren't from the village because they just laughed at the 'pathetic rookie' as he jumped into the arena.
"You're kidding right? I don't wish to hurt you boy, leave while you still can,"
"What are you scared? Tell ya what, I'll only use hand-to-hand combat. No special attacks. Hows that kitten?" Shadow said with a sly grin as he taunted Leomon.
"You'll pay for that comment boy!" Leomon shouted as he rushed at Shadow with his sword drawn. As he brought the blade down towards Shadow's neck, Shadow simply raised a gloved paw and backhanded it away as if it was a fly. Leomon blinked in disbelief, but shortly after, launched his strongest attack. As soon as he brought his fist forward to release the attack, Shadow side-stepped the blow and grabbed his wrist. The crowd watched on in amazement as the arena was filled with the sound of a sickening *SNAP* as Shadow easily broke his opponent's wrist and caused him to roar out in pain. However, before he could even react, Shadow tightened his grip on Leomon's wrist before slamming him into the ground..HARD. The sound of bones breaking once again filled the arena as the lion-man's data broke apart before being absorbed.
"Pathetic...I want all of you who dare to attack me at once!" Shadow shouted to the stands as his thirst for blood and data returned once again. 5 digimon jumped into the arena and waited for Shadow to make the first move.
"Only 5? C'mon, show some spine you pathetic worms..or do I have to destroy you all?" Shadow said in a dark tone, completely ignoring the 5 in the arena. He got what he wanted from his statement though. All of the strongest digimon in the stands jumped down into the arena.
"Muuch better..now then, all of you attack me at once!" a Skullmeramon laughed and told the others to let him handle this 'novice who let one victory go to his head'. This pissed Shadow off immensely and awakened his darkness and hatred. That was the last thing Skullmeramon would ever do. He blinked when Shadow suddenly disappeared, but let out a final scream as a paw burst through his chest from behind. Shadow smiled as he absorbed the data.
"I'll say it once more before I decide to destroy you all, everyone attack at once!" he licked the blood from his paw as he waited for them to make their move. The people of the village sat in terror as they were reminded of how easily he destroyed Blackwargreymon..and now it was going to happen all over again. Shadow took his fighting stance as everyone rushed his position in a vain attempt to subdue him. Shadow smiled wickedly as he disappeared once again. Before anyone even knew what was going on, digimon either fell to the floor unconcious or were suddenly slammed into the walls of the arena. Everyone visibly shook with fear when Shadow appeared in the air above the arena..and had black flames swirling around him.
"This is beginning to bore me..SHADOW FLAME!!" Shadow called out in that same dark, mallicious tone as he fired a massive wave of black flames at all the digimon who joined him on the battlefield..and they were all reduced to data. He just smiled as he absorbed the mass of data and raised a paw towards the crowd. He was about to unleash another wave, but then he saw Angel. She was shaking in fear with tears in her eyes. The flames around Shadow receeded back into his body as he lowered himself to the ground and looked at the few digimon who remained, shaking in fear.
"What..what did I just do?" he said aloud as he sat and stared at the ground with a solemn look in his eyes. He couldn't seem to control himself as he filled with hatred until he saw the fear in Angel's eyes.
"Angel, I-I'm sorry. Please don't be afraid of me. I didn't mean for it to turn out like that," he pleaded as he shifted his gaze from the floor to the beautiful face of the womon he had met yesterday. She hesitantly walked towards him, obviously still afraid he might attack her. When he looked into her eyes and saw the hesitation and fear, it almost broke his heart. He truly felt something for the angelic beauty and it hurt him both physically and emotionally to see the way she looked at him.
"I'm sorry Angel," he said as a single red tear fell to the dirt beneath him. But before she could even say anything, he was gone.
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When Shadow opened his eyes, he was at the peak of what he assumed to be one of the mountains he saw earlier.
"What happened to me back there?"
"You became who you were born to be," the familiar voice that haunted his dreams echoed all around him.
"Who are you?"
"The question you should be asking isn't who am I, but who are you,"
"I know who I am!" Shadow shouted back as he started to get irritated by the puzzling statements of this voice.
"Do you really?"
"Yes! Now show yourself!"
"Ok fine, turn around,"
"What the-" Shadow turned around to stand face-to-face with..his shadow.
"I-I don't understand. Who are you?"
"You,"
"What do you mean me?"
"I mean just that. I am you. I am the real you. You have been suppressing me ever since your parents died, but now that I have the power of darkness once again, I'm free,"
"I don't understand. What do you mean now that you have it again?"
"Would you like me to explain things to you?"
"That would be quite helpful,"
"Alright then,"
Over the next hour or so the voice explained itself to be the reincarnation of an ancient god who once ruled the digital world. He referred to himself as "Dark" and explained that this was not his true form and was only a fraction of his true power.
"I see, I have a question about earlier in the arena,"
"And that is?" Dark asked.
"Since you say you wish to retake control of the digital world, why did I regain control of my body when you looked at Angel? I mean, why didn't you just destroy everybody?"
"That is a difficult question to answer. As I mentioned before, back when I was still in control of the digital world I had many followers. However, not all of them were viruses or dark. There were a number who seeked to convince me to use my power to defend the digital world, rather than destroy it,"
"That doesn't really answer my question,"
"Well if you would shut the fuck up and let me finish I could explain it better. Now, among the digimon that wanted me to defend the digital world, there was one who nearly convinced me. An Angewomon that tricked me into falling in love with her, which eventually lead to my destruction. One night, I left my guard down so I could show the Angewomon I loved her. And when my back was turned, she used all her power to seal off my power. Now to answer your question. The reason I lost control when seeing 'Angel' is possibly because she may be the reincarnation of my old love. And even though she betrayed me, I may still have feelings for her. And by extension, so do you,"
"So what would have happened if she wasn't there?"
"Most likely, I would have destroyed that entire village and everyone in it without a moments hesitation,"
"I see. So where is our true power hidden?"
"I'm afraid the only one who knew that..was Angewomon,"
"So basically we have no way of finding it,"
"Not necessarily,"
"What do you mean?"
"Well if Angel is in fact her reincarnation, its highly possible she knows where it is,"
"So, I need her in order to keep you under control, and I need her to unlock your true power. Anything else I need her for?"
"Well, the Angewomon I knew was great in bed.." Dark said with a sly smile.
"You don't honestly expect me to do that do you?"
"No, but then again, if you love her.."
"I DON'T LOVE ANYONE! GOT IT?! I never have and never will. I don't need anybody..I don't need help either,"
"Without her its impossible. Shes the only person who can remove the seal. So even if we did find it, we wouldn't be able to break the seal alone,"
"Well..FUCK!"
"Face it..we have no choice,"
"I don't know why I even care about unleashing your power,"
"Well its just as much your power as mine now, as much as I hate to admit it,"
"Fine..I'll go back to the village in the morning. But only on one condition,"
"Which is?"
"You only take control if I say so. Got it?"
"*Sigh* fine..deal,"
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"Hey Dark.."
"Yes Shadow?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"I can't stop you,"
"Smartass..anyway..um, how do I turn back into a human?" Shadow spoke to the shadows as he stopped walking down the mountainside.
"Well..I don't know,"
"What do you mean you don't know?!"
"I mean just that. I've never been human until I was reincarnated into you so..I have no clue,"
"Well thats just fuckin great," Shadow sighed to himself as he continued down the mountainside.
"Can I ask YOU something?"
"I can't stop you," Shadow said with a smile.
"Why the fuck are we walking? Why the hell didn't you just 'shift' to the village?"
"Theres a very simple explanation for that,"
".....which is?"
"I'm not really sure how,"
"You're joking right?"
"Nope, the other times were kinda an accident. I'm not really sure how I did it,"
"*Sigh* just picture the village in your head and think about being there,"
"Fine," Shadow stopped walking and did what Dark told him. In an instant, he was standing in the field where he met Angel.
"Well that was easy enough,"
"Thats child's play. Just wait til we're in my true form,"
"Whatever..does it seem quiet to you?"
"Yeah..and thats not all,"
"What do you mean?"
"I feel a digimon..and a pretty powerful one at that,"
"Where?!"
"In the middle of the village. Shadow..I'm taking control of our body,"
"What? Why?"
"You can't handle this one,"
"Oh really? Care to make a friendly wager?" Shadow asked with a smile.
"This isn't really the time for that, but..why not,"
"Ok. If I win, we figure out how to change back into a human,"
"Fair enough. But, if you turn into me at any point during the fight, I get full access to our body. Whenever and wherever I want. deal?"
"Hmmm....alright fine, but you can't cheat and take over on your own during the fight got it? You only come out if I say so or if I'm unconcious,"
"Agreed,"
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"Ok so we're agreed on the terms of the deal right?" Shadow asked
"Yes we are. Now about that digimon.." Dark replied as he pointed into the village.
"Yeah yeah, I got it," Shadow said as he took off towards the center of the village to meet his opponent.
When Shadow arrived, he took a good look at the digimon standing before him. He didn't know much about digimon but, he could tell this guy was bad news. He resembled the ancient egyptian god Anubis and Shadow realized this was going to be a difficult fight.
"Who are you and what do you want here?!" Shadow demanded to know.
"Who dares to talk to me like..that. Lord Dark? Is it really you?" The digimon knelt before Shadow.
"Um, Dark..who the hell is this guy?"
"His name is Anubismon and he is one of my followers. Hes also a digital god Shadow, I suggest you give me control,"
"My lord, I have discovered the location of the seal,"
"Shadow, give me control, now!"
"If I give you control you forfeit the bet, agreed?"
"Fine just do it!" and with that said, Dark took control of Shadow's body once again.
"Rise Anubismon," Dark said as he motioned to his follower.
"Thank you my lord,".
"Tell me where the seal is,"
"I'll show you," the jackal said as he picked up a smaller digimon.
"ANGEL!" Shadow cried out into Dark's mind as he saw the Angewomon squirm in the digi-god's grip.
"Explain Anubismon," Dark demanded.
"Your power is sealed within this girl,"
"I see. So to break the seal.."
"She must be killed," Anubismon said with a nod.
"Very well then. Give her to me,"
"Don't do it Dark!" Shadow begged. Dark held Angel firm with one hand as black flames danced over his other hand.
"Shadow please, don't," Angel pleaded with tears in her eyes.
"I am not Shadow, and I have been waiting to do this for over 100 years," Dark spoke coldly as he thrusted his hand into Angel's stomach. The cries of both Angel and Shadow could be heard as Dark removed his hand. Once his hand was free and Angel stopped moving, the sky went black as Dark vanished into the shadows. All was quiet as everyone in the village looked to where Shadowflamerenomon disappeared. Moments later, the familiar crimson eyes of the dark god could be seen once again. However, he looked slightly different now. Instead of 3 tails, he now had 9. He also had a full suit of obsidian armor with that flame symbol over the center of the chestplate in red. The most noticeable change however, was that he now had a set of large, black wings. And nestled between them, was a large sword.
"Welcome back my lord," Anubismon said as he knelt down before his master. It was silent for nearly a minute before the newly-shaped digimon started to laugh.
"My lord?"
"The name is Shadow dog-boy, and thank you for this power. However," Shadow said as he removed his new sword from its sheath, and cut Anubismon in half and absorbed his data.
"I can't let you live after you caused the death of my womon," Shadow spoke to himself as he licked the blood from his sword. Looking at the sword, Shadow noticed it looked just like Cloud's Buster from Final Fantasy VII, only without the holes near the hilt. The entire village cowered as they bowed at Shadow's feet, and with good reason. He killed a digi-god without displaying even the slightest bit of effort. Shadow had a sadistic smile on his face as he raised his sword again. Deafening roars of pain and agony arose as Shadow mercilessly started to cut down the villagers. Shadow felt no remorse or regret as he looked upon the carnage. He had lost all feelings of compassion and sympathy. All that he felt was hatred, and an insatiable bloodlust. So for the next few days, Shadow wiped out everyone and everything in his path. The Digital world had forgotten who ruled it, and it was time for a reminder. Demonbladerenomon had returned.
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After about a week of merciless destruction, the rumors of Shadow's return had spread throughout the digital world. Most digimon wanted to find a way to hide, but a select few decided to seek out the demon god and join him. Shadow found part of this group in a camp on one of the lower layers of the digital world. By this point, he had total control of his power, and even figured out how to turn human again. Shadow was prepared to destroy the group of digimon, but a Devimon explained that they were there to serve him. Shadow thought it over for a moment and decided to test their loyalty.
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"So, are you the leader of this group?" Shadow asked after being brought to a large blue lizard-like digimon covered in gold armor.
"Yes m'lord. My name is Magnamon," Magnamon said as he knelt before Shadow in respect.
"Excellent. Time to test your loyalty," Shadow said with a sadistic smile as with a snap of his fingers, they were on the outskirts of a village on one of the upper layers.
"Now Magnamon, prove yourself. Destroy this village," Shadow demanded.
"As you wish m'lord," was Magnamon's simple response as he marched into the village and started his assault. He wiped out the entire village in a few minutes and seemed to enjoy doing so, which pleased Shadow to no end.
"Nicely done Magnamon," Shadow whispered as he walked past Magnamon and gave him a pat on the shoulder.
"What are your orders m'lord?"
"Rally all the troops you can to join us. Wipe out anyone that stands in your way. I have a few things to take care of in the human world," Shadow said as he searched through the rubble for survivors.
"Understood," Magnamon bowed before turning to set out to fulfill his task.
"One last thing Magnamon. Take this," Shadow said as he handed Magnamon a katana. The sheathe and handle were both blue, but the blade was solid gold.
"Wow, thank you m'lord, but why are you giving this to me?"
"Because you are now the first of my guardian knights and need a weapon. Now go,"
"Yes m'lord. Good luck in the human world," Magnamon said as he attached the katana to his side, bowed, and started off once more.
"Now that thats out of the way, its time to say hi to some old friends," Shadow said to himself with a sadistic smile before disappearing into thin air.