Bodies in Flight [Katsuro/Silica]

[Katsuro Hachi]

SEND YOUR BODY TONIGHT

It was cold up there. He brought his hands in to his side, folded in his wings, pointed his head downwards and half-closed his eyes. The wind was screaming past him like a banshee. This is what it must feel like, He thought. Sitting on the outside of an airplane. Katsuro felt the elements tug at his data; to no avail, obviously, but the efforts were still there. He felt like his brain was being put through a meat grinder. He was about to reach terminal velocity.

And it was exhilarating.

It was only a few moments later that the target begun to come up out of nowhere, a speck on the flat borderlands of the city writhing amongst several other dead specks, beset by scorch marks. It swelled rapidly in size as he approached, scrambling and scrabbling to get away. It was ultimately to no avail. The Shadramon raised his hackles. The flames were almost invisible at the speed they whipped behind him, but the orange glint was there: and the the Liollmon had broken now into a sprint. Futile.

"SPIRAL..." The ground was coming up fast. Katsuro held his fists out in front of him. He fanned out his wings and adjusted his course to trail after the feline. Breaking into a run was hopeless. He had caught up in moments. "...BLAZE!" The Shadramon's gauntlets made contact and lit the lion cub aflame with a great roar and a crackle. He leveled his body and used his wings to brake, grinding to a halt as he landed and killing his momentum.

He sniffed the air and heard the crackle of the flames. The rest of the pack had shattered into data; he felt it rush in like he had mainlined something strong right into his heart. He stood with his back to the burning wreckage of the last Liollmon, still letting it roast there, under the sun, the fire blowing idly to and fro. It whimpered, unconscious in pain.

ATTACKS USED: SPIRAL BLAZE
HIVEMIND STACKS: 1

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[Silica]

323 Words

Smouldering land and black plumes of smoke awoke the two from innocent slumber. They had been camping out, once again, only to be awoken by the sounds of fire and screams. At first, it looked like a simple forest fire or something of the sort; but as they moved towards the sounds, she saw him. An insectoid warrior standing in the midst of desolation of several digimon who lay at his feet, gently smouldering into nothing as their data faded from them. One let out a faint whimper but he ignored it and carried on letting them burn. “I-I-It–,” attempting to piece together exactly how terrible this seemed almost impossible. There were literally no words to describe it. In a mix of feelings and pain; Silica clung to Lunamon, foreseeing what would happen before it did. “Tamer! We cannot simply allow such brutal murder of innocent Digimon,” she screamed, fighting to pull herself away from Silica. Her once bright red eyes burned with a yet unseen fire of defiance. “B-But, Luna, It’ll be dangerous,” Silica said, letting her arm fall free, which caused the rabbit to stumble slightly. Luna looked resolutely at her tamer, in a way to let her know knowing it was – what was right and what she needed to do. “We must fight as one,” she answered simply. “One is the only way, to find recourse for this heinous of events.” Her voice was icy cold now, quite unlike herself. She charged in and called out to the Digimon, “Why! Why would you do this? What could they have ever done to you to deserve this fate.” Meanwhile, Silica pulled her Digivice from her pocket and held it out; a spiral of data shot from it and rotated slowly. “Shadramon, Armor Champion,” she said in a most anxious voice. It was too late to back down now; the fight is on. “Be careful, Luna. He looks extremely strong...”

[Katsuro Hachi]

WHEN WE COLLIDE

“Why! Why would you do this? What could they have ever done to you to deserve this fate?” Ugh. Another? It was like just the girl and the Lekismon a few days ago. Why did they always see fit to happen upon him just at the most inconvenient of hours, when he was doing what he did best, dispensing justice without a second thought?

"They lived in sin," Katsuro turned, watching as they begun to approach from his flank, Lunamon and reluctant Tamer aside. There had been whisperings, faintly, of solidarity, between the duo. The Hive snapped and thrummed at the back of his mind, telling him already to preemptively strike; but they had interrupted nothing, thus far. He walked forwards, making sure to crush the dying Liollmon's head with a single, fell stomp as he did so, drinking in its ichor and essence as best he could with a smirk. "What else?"

“Shadramon, Armor Champion. Be careful, Luna. He looks extremely strong...” The Shadramon smirked at this. It was nice, every now and then, to have his ego stroked, he supposed. He fluttered his wings and toyed with a little wreath of flame, residual, circling around his gauntlet as he admired it, raising it with a grin.

"Your Tamer is smart, pet," Katsuro stomped forwards, closing the gap between them, and staring down at the Lunamon. "You stink of domestication and complacency. They deserved to die, and if you continue to intervene, you do so on their -- admittedly late -- behalf, and you will earn yourself the same fate." The Shadramon grunted. "I will grant you amnesty this once." He extinguished the flame with a shake, leveling his gauntlets and casting a stare between the two of them.

"Challenge me again and I will cut the both of you down in the same manner. Rest very much assured." The Shadramon turned and spoke only to the human. "You seem a mite smarter than her. Perhaps reel your leash in: your pet is running rampant, and if this continues, I will be forced to put her down."

ATTACKS USED: N/A
HIVEMIND STACKS: 2

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[Silica]

322 Words

If the fire, Luna felt inside – wasn’t ignited and burning strong, before – it definitely was now. Such a terrible fate should never befall, those who are innocent. “Sin? Do you even know what sin is?” Luna took another step forward so now they were face to face; her ruby eyes, which shined with fury as they stared into his masked insectoid face – and those terrible cold eyes. “I won’t allow innocent Digimon to die for no reason,” she growled, softly. Silica stood a-ways back, still unsure if she should intervene and stop her before something terrible...something irreversible. “L-Luna – a-are you...” He began to toy at Silica’s feelings – who it was plain to see, she was unwilling to want to join in. Luna interrupted him, “I don’t stink of ‘domestication and complacency’, I am loyal to my Tamer and she is to me. We are friends, we trust in each-other. We are partners till the end and I am ready to prove that to her.” “Right, Tamer” she asked Silica softly. Silica looked down at the burned smoulders on the ground; her small hands clenched tightly. “I-I...I – Okay,” she muttered. The digivice attached to her skirt, glowed brightly once more; as did Lunamon. Her body began to grow and form into their new body shape. The gloves formed over her hands and the mask over her forehead.  LUNAMON DIGIVOLVE TO... ...LEKISMON! “I won’t allow you to get away with such terrible...terrible –,” she let out with a murmur unsure how to finish the sentence in a way to explain how awful it all was. “If you want to fight, I won’t give you anything less than my best. I will do it to gain retribution for the heinous actions you have done today.” Luna said – taking a battle stance and giving a single look to Silica; warning her to stay away and to not intervene under any circumstance.

[Katsuro Hachi]

THE AIR WILL RISE

“Sin? Do you even know what sin is?"

“I won’t allow innocent Digimon to die for no reason.”

"Sin, child, is what I live to prevent," The Osuzumebachi scraped his gauntlets against one another in a brandishing show of aggression. It was as though they were steel, with sparks spitting either side. "As for their innocence!? That is truly a laughable concept. They lived without love, without care, without law. They hunted and killed as they wished when they were simply hungry, repressed no instinct nor desire." Katsuro snarled. "That, my naive friend, is not how society works."

Further insistence came of their independence, but simply reinforced it. Loyalty was non-existent, when it came to Tamer and Digimon: it was a set of Digital shackles neither could escape. The Shadramon half-hissed and half laughed.

"Your 'loyalty' and 'trust' only furthers your mutual ignorance. You believe this world can thrive on love and friendship?!" He spat to the floor viciously. "Your bond does not make you stronger, idiots. It is a weakness, something to be exploited, something to be chipped at." Soon enough, the moon rabbit gave up with any attempt at abating the fight and Digivolved. That was threatening enough to him. The code dictated it. Neither of them would leave unbroken.

“If you want to fight, I won’t give you anything less than my best. I will do it to gain retribution for the heinous actions you have done today.”

"My body positively recoils at the thought of 'your best'," Katsuro mocked with a smile. He would have picked his teeth nonchalantly, if he had any to pick. "You have, however, sealed your fate with that move. You were both warned of the consequences of challenging me further." He levelled a gauntlet at the Lekismon. "That is a further challenge." Perhaps the Tamer deserved it less, but in his court, there was no space, let alone mercy, for accomplices. They would both feel the Hive's ire.

"Your weakness and predictability astounds and disgusts me," Katsuro kept the gauntlet levelled at the rabbit Champion until the last minute, before wrenching his gauntlet to the side, altering his aim, trying to confuse the pair with a surprise target change. It clicked as it disconnected and begun heating rapidly. "SPIRAL BLAZE!" With a rush, both of his gauntlets launched themselves along rails, explosive incendiary missiles -- heading straight for young Silica.

ATTACKS USED: SPIRAL BLAZE
HIVEMIND STACKS: 3

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[Silica]

309 Words

It only takes a second.   One second and everything goes to hell.   With a mighty burst of speed and the force provided by her rabbit legs, she threw herself in front of Silica, wrapping her arms around her just as the impact struck. Lekismon lay crumpled in the scorched crater. Her upper arms, neck and face coated in burns and light cuts from the attack, her arms tightly wrapped around Silica who had escaped any harm. “L-Lekis...Lekismon,” Silica cried, her cold tears falling onto the arms which had protected her. “Please get...get up,” she said, gently rubbing her hands over the side of her face. The bright ruby eye opened widely and a light smile washed over her pale face. “D-don’t worry, Tamer. I’m not done yet,” as she pushed herself back up to her feet – rather disorientated but still alive. “You – You are nothing but a coward, praying on the weak for your own enjoyment.” The ruby eyes behind the mask, burned brightly with a new fire. “What kind of Digimon – tries to kill – to kill, such an innocent, someone who was not even a threat to you. I find that to be the worst kind of – worst kind of Digimon. One without any heart.” Silica took her chance, using the lull in the battle to find new refuge behind a large rock formation. “I promise, I will take you down.” The fire in her eyes burned even brighter and with all of her strength, she prepared to battle once again. “Crescent Night Wave,” placing her hands together and forming a sphere of water between each palm, which began to swell larger and larger. It began to collapse and reform on itself until it was a large enough attack. She threw it down at the ground, causing it to burst open and a settled into a full sized tidal wave.

[Dr. Bees]

Thread completion due to Silica leaving the site. If she later returns, this can be carried on.

If she does not, assume both Tamer and Digimon's termination at Katsuro's hands.