A strange world [Exalakes]

[Reikiko Tsukino]

Tsukino Reikiko The brightest often shelter the darkest shadows... TAG NYMPH Yana Sekigawa Yusuke Yamashita Hamelin Herriot WORDS:880 Health 100% Black Greymon NS Virus Reptile Dark Megaflame 3 Turns : 3 Cool Down Despair Roar 1 turn : 2 Cool Down Dark Great Horn 1 turn: No Cool down Bitfire 1 turn: No cool down Move 5 Move 6 Move 7 Passive Dark Influence - A rather dangerous ability of Kuro as a result of his Dark digivolution, as a result of the dark energy coursing through his body Kuro possesses a natural resilience toward status modifying effects. This causes all effects that would reduce his parameters (like offensive, defensive or speed) to be nullified if they are used by Champions or lower. However, for ultimates or stronger the effect of their passives on him are merely a bit weakened.... Battle Synopsis ▪ Kuro tried to use a little Pepper Breath (likely no serious effect) to taunt the Devimon ▪ Kuro digivolved and tried to launch a Dark Megaflame at Devimon 56% Experience until Ultimate 168/300 Posts

When Ari questioned Kuro about his actions the black raptor was about to react, when suddenly something started to stir. "This presence..." It didn't take long before Kuro felt the cold chill run across his spine as he turned his gaze away from the bushes. The shadowy pools that had started to gather at the grass near the lake were enough of a warning. However, it was what happened afterwards that was enough to make him realize what had happened. "N-No... Not again..." As slowly the shadowy pools started to expand and two dark-tinted Guilmon started to rise from amidst the darkness, as if they had returned from the grave Reikiko's face turned pale as a soft voice resounded in her mind. "Why... why did you kill me?" The memory of the poor Culumon's pleading as Kuro started to devour it resurfaced within her thoughts, the memory still fresh and the cries still resounding in her ears. Although it seemed Yusuke's Patamon had already started brawling with the Guilmon, the valiant efforts of Crystal did little to bring hope to Reikiko's increasing dread. "I-I didn't want it to be like this..." The girl's voice was weak, a trembling whisper as she was visibly shaking in fear while the larger shadow in the back started to expand, the devil-like entity slowly rising from the shadows, a phantom that had come to claim something, or someone... And with his red eyes gazing so strongly at Yana and Reikiko it was clear what he was aiming for. "I just wanted to be your friend..." At this point the feelings of guilt at the memory had been stirred so much, the dread stirred by it seemingly amplified by the phantoms that a faint black aura started to surround the girl, causing Kuro to run up at her. "Aneki, snap out of it! It's just a nightmare! We'll get through it... It's that bastard right? I'LL TEAR HIM ASUNDER!" The Blackagumon growled menancingly as he turned toward the Devimon that had risen from the shadows, darting straight toward it while shouting in anger. "PEPPER BREATH!" Yet the flames would likely have done little to stop him, and to make matters worse he could feel it... his tamer was starting to slip back into the darkness. And then it happened... For Reikiko it was only a moment, a moment that she found herself collapsed on the ground, the bloodied corpses of Yana and Yusuke a few steps before her, but what worried her even more was how Ari and Crystal had been laying lifeless beside them... And Kuro? Kuro was visibly being devoured before her eyes! his body slowly dissolving into data. "YAMERO!!!" A high-pitched scream came from Reikiko as she collapsed onto her knees, the dark aura around her seemingly intensifying as a bellowing roar came from Kuro, his body surrounded in a black light that after several moments burst free to reveal the large Black Greymon, inhaling deeply before unleashing a huge Dark Megaflame onto the enemy, the black flames hopefully consuming the Devimon, but while the flames were raging he shouted at Ari and Yana. "Ari, hurry and kill this bastard before his presence influences your tamer also!" The Black Greymon growled in anger as briefly shot a glimpse at Reikiko, hoping that Ari and Yana would take action. "Aneki hang on! I'll destroy anything that makes you cry! Whether human, digimon or nightmare!" He knew he didn't have long, with Reikiko in her current state it was only a matter of time before he would lose his sanity to the darkness...

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[Yana Sekigawa]

SekiGawa Yana Unyielding Love TAG: Reikiko Tsukino , Yusuke Yamashita , Hamelin Herriot WORDS: 852 Health 90% Gatomon Champion NSp, VB Vaccine, Free Holy Beast Heaven's Knuckle 1 Turn : No Cool Down Pounce 1 turn : No Cool Down Lightning Claws 1 turn : 0-1 Cool down C.E. Hypnotism 1-2 turn : 1 Cool Down Move 5 Move 6 Move 7 Passive Holy halo - The Holy ring around Gatomon's Tail protects him against Virus digimon and their attacks. [Virus Resistance] Battle Synopsis ▪  Pounced and Kicked one BlackGuilmon into the lake, wounding him (100 words) ▪ Punched through BlackGreymon's flames, hurting herself but allowing her to strike Devimon with Heaven's Knuckle while he was unable to see her (200 words) ▪ Got ready for round 2 against BlackGuilmon, asking Yusuke and Crystal if they needed help 75% Experience until Ult225/300 Posts

They didn't have time to worry about Kuro's "shoot first, ask questions later". They had bigger problems on their hands as his attack stirred not a newbie tamer and his manipulative digimon, but a painful reaction from the mark in the back of Yana's neck. She gritted her teeth with a pain filled gaze as she grabbed at the eerie tattoo through her clothes, to no avail. It throbbed like never before, so much she could feel every outline setting her nerves on fire. Whatever caused it was close... Very close... Ari too felt that bone chilling presence, and she reflexively stuck close to Yana. But nothing could have prepared for what she'd see next. Out of nowhere, a Devimon and two Black Guilmon would appear before them. One was seemingly messing with Rei before Crystal attacked him, and the other just shambled towards Yana and Ari: "AH, YOU!!", her eyes widened as she remembered where she knew this Guilmon from, it was the first one she and Ari defeated! Why did it still have massive wound on its head...? It looked like the one Ari had inflicted... But it shouldn't have killed him. Frightened, Yana stepped back as the guy approached her, tripping and falling on her butt as she was reminded of an eerily familiar scenario. "Do you... Remember me...?", asked the dead Guilmon, walking menacingly towards Yana as that dreaded scene flashed back in her mind. The screams... The explosions... The battlefield in Terabyte city. Indeed, she had seen this before, this was the same enemy who attacked her when she first entered. "W-why... Why are you here...?", Yana muttered, stricken with dread and confusion as she still tried to crawl away from the approaching Guilmon as it charged at her, claws raised. But Ari wasn't really idle all this time. She didn't remember killing that guy, but she reckoned her headshot might have had that result... But in that case why was it hanging around here? Her startled gaze turned into a glare as she saw the Devimon behind her, and she instantly sprung to action, blitzing around and flanking the Guilmon as it dashed at Yana to attack her. She would intercept him mid attack as her tamer was too frightened to react herself: "I'll deal with you later!!", Ari snapped, now in champion form a Rookie level - much less a dead one who she had already beaten - was n match for her. Using her pounce, she mightily kicked his head as it was charging towards Yana, sending him flying onto the lake with a loud splash. With a near perfect recreation of their first battle, Ari's new speed power easily overwhelmed the rookie phantom. It would be back soon enough however, this wouldn't be enough to defeat him... This left the Devimon. Ari simply nodded at Kuro's statement, her concern for Yana taking priority above all else. She didn't yet feel her sanity being attacked, but then here she was, beating up a dead Digimon. However, she had never fought, let alone killed a Devimon, and thus she concluded the only reasonable possibility: Its dark powers were bringing back dead Digimon! "Don't need to tell me twice, Kuro... I won't forgive him for making Yana like this!", she answered as Kuro fired his dark megaflame onto the Devimon. They were both champion level and so, even though Kuro was strong, this attack would wound him but likely not kill him outwright. However, Devimon flailed its arms around as it tried to put out the flame, and this Gave Ari the oppening she needed, "I don't know why the dead are coming back to life, but i bet its your doing, huh, DEVIMON?!" With a pain filled growl, Ari pounced at Devimon, coating her paw with light as she punched her enemy through BlackGreymon's flames, burning her paw but hurting the Blackdevimon a lot more as she unleashed a mighty uppercut at its jaw, dealing critical damage to the Virus type Devimon and watching him fade into data, "HEAVEN KNUCKLE!!!" Whatever bond Devimon had with Yana's mark could be figured out later. For now, Ari was more concerned with the fact that beating Devimon didn't send his phantoms away, "Calm down, Nana-chan...! It's just a trick, we can fight them like any other enemy!", Ari flashed a loving smile to her tamer as she offered the girl a hand, snapping Yana back to reality and prompting the girl to stand up, facing the Guilmon as it climbed up from the lake, ready for round 2: "O-okay... And thank you, Ari." Yana slowly regained her focus and resolve, taking deep breaths to steel herself... Ari was right, this had to be a trick. And while she was right, she had no idea than the eerie mark behind her neck was the cause for it. She did notice that as Devimon was defeated, the painful throbbing lessened, allowing her to clear her head... "Yusuke, Crystal... Do you need help with that guy?", Ari asked them, looking back for a split second to make sure her new friends were alright.

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[Yusuke Yamashita]

It seemed like Tsukino was having some kind of nervous breakdown, as she screamed in pain, both physical and mental, and it seemed that Yana was somewhat under the same effect. Yana though seamed to have her wits about her as she winced through the pain, a large roar came from the previously small dinosaur like Digimon that had now grown large enough to bite a person in half.

Unfortunately for him, Yusuke and Chrystal were stuck fighting the underlings, but they seamed weaker than the thing that focused on his four new friends. He tells Crystal "Keep that one busy!" He points at the one with the head wound who was still reeling from the air scythes that cut across it. "Alright AIR SLAM!" She dives towards the aggressor Digimon and with a extra flap of her wings, hit it squarely on the head, as she did so, it seamed to disintegrate into data, before she turned to Yusuke, seeing an odd sight.

Yusuke, while his Patamon pal had gone after that one, he dove headfirst into the chest of the shadowy Digimon, cutting it's charge up short and getting pinned to the ground, then Yusuke punched it three times, though it wasn't defeated, it was injured and dazed. A quick shout came from a now charging up Patamon "Get out of the way!" upon hearing that, Yusuke dodged to the right, just before a sparkling ball of wind energy caused the phantom to disintegrate as well.

"That was a close one!" Thought the blond teen as he gets up and runs over to Tsukino, and though he doesn't know her well, hugs her to try and calm her down, with a (clearly fake) smile on his face, blushing, and in a calm tone says "It's alright, were still here... please snap out of it."

[Hamelin Herriot]

"Th-This isn't good," Hamelin took a step back as he watched the scene unfold before him. While Reikiko and that other girl tamer were clearly disturbed by what was happening (though why Hamelin couldn't guess), the Black Agumon had digivolved into a much more ferocious form and along with the other two Digimon proceeded to utterly decimate their opponents. Even with the numbers even, the attacking side was completely destroyed, only one of the dark Digimon left, and obviously wounded. Gepetto was also nervous by what he saw. The Black Greymon was terrifying! "W-We're not still going to fight them, are we?" "Not likely," Gepetto replied, "I honestly thought that would go in longer. Maybe take out that smug Agumon. Instead, the fight had been completely one sided in their favor.

Hamelin paled, mainly because he realized that now he and Gepetto were standing out in the open. Sure, the attacking phantoms had gotten the tamer's attention, but it wouldn't be long before they were spotted. And with Black Greymon the way he was now... "Run?" Hamelin asked, looking at his partner. "Run. We'll get those guys some other time." It was clear Gepetto was scared at the idea of fighting the three of them, even if he tried to hide it. Without any further prompting, the two turned and made a run for it, trying to leave the scene before they were spotted and hunted down.

[Reikiko Tsukino]

Tsukino Reikiko The brightest often shelter the darkest shadows... TAG Yana Sekigawa Yusuke Yamashita Hamelin Herriot WORDS:880 Health 100% Black Greymon NS Virus Reptile Dark Megaflame 3 Turns : 3 Cool Down Despair Roar 1 turn : 2 Cool Down Dark Great Horn 1 turn: No Cool down Bitfire 1 turn: No cool down Move 5 Move 6 Move 7 Passive Dark Influence - A rather dangerous ability of Kuro as a result of his Dark digivolution, as a result of the dark energy coursing through his body Kuro possesses a natural resilience toward status modifying effects. This causes all effects that would reduce his parameters (like offensive, defensive or speed) to be nullified if they are used by Champions or lower. However, for ultimates or stronger the effect of their passives on him are merely a bit weakened.... Battle Synopsis ▪ 56% Experience until Ultimate 168/300 Posts

Although the sound of fleeing footsteps caught his attention Kuro seemingly had greater concerns. While the large dinosaur was glad that Ari had decided to head his advice and quickly eliminate the Devimon, there was little time to celebrate. Yusuke's attempt to comfort Reikiko seemed to do little to help her, the poor girl's sobs and flailing seemingly not subduing at all. Then again, he knew all too well the influence the mark had upon his tamer. Turning toward Yusuke the large dinosaur explained in a sorrowful tone. "Unfortunately such attempts to comfort her won't help. Do you see that dark aura that is slowly wrapping around her? Judging from the fact Yana didn't have the same aura I'm inclined to believe she hasn't fallen too deeply under the effects of the mark yet. I fear that Aneki is rather sensitive toward the influence of that mark due to the nature of the energy we use to Digivolve... At this rate it's only a matter of time before the mark will drive her into a state of madness." There was no way he could allow that to happen, there was simply no way he would allow this mark to defeat either him or his tamer! Determination starting to settle into his eyes the Black Greymon looked at Ari and Crystal, addressing the two of them with a hint of seriousness in his tone. "I'm going to leech the darkness away from her. If I drain her of this twisted power the mark is unleashing then she should go back to normal. But I doubt such amount of dark energy will be enough for even me to retain control of my mind... That is why... Ari, Crystal... please take your tamers somewhere safe, or if you have the courage, face me and harm me enough to force me out of this state!" The Black Greymon shot a final glance at Reikiko, a gentle look in his eyes before he unleashed a bellowing roar, the dark aura around Reikiko seemingly shrinking away as it started to expand around the Black Greymon like a violent burning aura around him. "DECIDE, ELSE I'D BE FORCED  TO DECIDE FOR YOU!" The Black Greymon roared menacingly, seemingly quite serious about the thought of becoming a threat!

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[Yana Sekigawa]

SekiGawa Yana Unyielding Love TAG Yusuke Yamashita Reikiko Tsukino WORDS 552 Health 90% Lynxmon Armor Ult. NSp Vaccine, Free Beast Howling Buster 1 Turn : No Cool Down Wild Nail Claws 1 turn : 2 Cool Down Battle Cry 1 turn : 2 Cool down Nitro Charge 1 turn : No Cool Down Fire Fangs 1 turn : No Cool down Move 6 Move 7 Passive Flame Body - Lynxmon's body is made of flames, making her immune to fire damage and burning enemies on contact. The flames burn hotter the angrier and more resolute she is. Blazing Courage - When Lynxmon engages an enemy in combat, her damage is boosted (only half if she only retaliated after being attacked). With each turn, she grows more determined and ferocious, further increasing said boost if she keeps fighting. Halfway through, Ari's allies will feel inspired and motivated, gaining half that boost to their damage as well. [20% boost to damage when attacking, another 10% per turn; up to 100%. Allies get half that boost once it reaches 50%] Battle Synopsis ▪  Ari and Yana held on to their courage, deciding to beat Kuro to his senses by having Ari digivolve to Lynxmon ▪ Used Battle Cry to intimidate Kuro and charged ▪ Once beneath him, used Nitro charge to leap upwards and ram into his jaw from below, in a full body uppercut 80% Experience until Ult240/300 Posts

With the last BlackGuilmon defeated, Yusuke hurried over to the collapsing Rei's side, trying his best to soothe and comfort her... But to no avail. Kuro was clearly struggling with the influence of the same darkness, telling them that simply talking to her. However, Yana gasped and her eyes went wide as Kuro confirmed what deep down she already knew. The mark... That eerie mark was responsible for all this?! Then did that mean the phantoms were a result of that mark as well. She reflexively reached around, rubbing the throbbing mark through her clothes. It eased up that unpleasant feeling coming from it, if only a little bit. "This... mark... Why? How?", she muttered, lost and confused at the revelation, not understanding anything about how it worked and why it did the things it did. But even then she still heard Kuro's plan, how he intended to deal with this problem. He wanted to leech off that dark aura into himself? No way! That would mean taking in all that negative energy? "No way! I'll defenitely beat you back to normal!!", Ari echoed Yana's thoughts with a resolute look, obviously preferring the other option. Kuro's menacing roar made it clear they had no time to wait, but seeing his determination to save his owner tamer at the cost of his own sanity helped Yana make up her mind and agree with her partner, "Let's go, Nana-chan!" Yana just nodded, bringing out her digivice and pointing it at Ari. They couldn't leave him like this...! Even Yana with her loathing of conflicts and fighting realized that. As much as she wanted to turn tail and run, leaving Rei and Kuro like this was wrong, horrible even. They had to help them! Even if he looked scary, even if it meant hurting a friend. They had stop him: He was fighting against such a powerful evil aura all by himself, even as it tried to consume him. The only thing they could do was match his courage with their own. A flaming red aura suddenly enveloped Ari as the Digiegg of Courage appeared above her, merging with the glimmering light of Digivolution, "Gatomon Armor Digivolves to... LYNXMON!!", she roared fiercely the moment she was left in her new form, staring down her friend turned opponent, "Let's go Kuro!!" The Lynxmon didn't waste any time. Immediately following the roar fueled by intimidating flames, she blitzed at Kuro using her full speed and power right from the get go, engaging her opponent and likely catching him off guard with the sudden initiation. Her overheating flame body would be painful enough on its own, but she would simply get close to Kuro, activating her Nitro charge, leaping upwards and ramming into his jaw at full force. It should be enough to bring the Champion level digimon out of his metally damaging digivolution, but if it wasn't she's just continue her onslaught, even paving the way for Crystal to provide support if she so desired. "Be careful, Yusuke, Crystal... BlackGreymon is a champion level, but even in this state Kuro is stronger than most. Time your attacks carefully.", now fully back to her calmer, analytic battle demeanor, Yana approached Yusuke with a determined look, ready to support Ari should her initial onslaught fail to knock out Kuro.

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[Yusuke Yamashita]

Yusuke could hear Tsukino's newly Digivolved partner tell him that his attempts weren't going to work, a visible tear streak was on his face, though he didn't know anything other than a name about this grey haired girl, he was determined to help her. The dark aura that surrounded her was being absorbed into the Black Greymon, Yusuke cringed at the shout the Digimon caused, and Yusuke could see the sudden change from a peaceful glance to a raging glare.

"Crystal, you help out Ari, I'll get Tsukino somewhere safe." the blond teen addressed his Digimon while wiping away another tear, he then stands up while carrying the girl and runs towards the closest tree line.
"Right, let's do this thing!" shouted the Patamon in response as she flew over to Ari's side, after the small cat had turned to a raging fire in the form of a lion. As she waited for the Greymon to get staggered, Crystal couldn't help but become scared for her and her new friends.

As the Lynxmon finished it's fiery uppercut, a perfect opportunity opened it's-self, the Greymon stumbled back a step and left it's stomach wide open. "Thousand Wing!" shouted the outmatched Digimon as she spun into the reptilian's stomach, her air scythes were also aimed towards the Greymon. since the Greymon was already off balance by the uppercut from Ari, this might just knock it over....

[Reikiko Tsukino]

Tsukino Reikiko The brightest often shelter the darkest shadows... TAG Yana Sekigawa Yusuke Yamashita Hamelin Herriot WORDS: Health 40% Black Greymon NS Virus Reptile Dark Megaflame 3 Turns : 3 Cool Down Despair Roar 1 turn : 2 Cool Down Dark Great Horn 1 turn: No Cool down Bitfire 1 turn: No cool down Move 5 Move 6 Move 7 Passive Dark Influence - A rather dangerous ability of Kuro as a result of his Dark digivolution, as a result of the dark energy coursing through his body Kuro possesses a natural resilience toward status modifying effects. This causes all effects that would reduce his parameters (like offensive, defensive or speed) to be nullified if they are used by Champions or lower. However, for ultimates or stronger the effect of their passives on him are merely a bit weakened.... Battle Synopsis ▪Kuro tried to Dark Megaflame Ari, but got his ass kicked to him because of the Lynxmon's charge and Patamon's combo. Afterwards he devolved back to normal. 58% Experience until Ultimate 172/300 Posts

It seemed that only moments after Ari had transformed into her new form that Kuro had lost his sanity, seemingly perceiving the Lynxmon simply as a threat that needed to be eliminated. The battle cry of the transformed Ari seemingly was met with a bellowing roar of his own, one that was filled with such terror and dread it likely would send a chill down the spine of any who heard it. Fortunately the Lynxmon's courage made it seemingly able to stir both herself and Crystal from being intimidated, something that made the beast glare firmly at the approaching Lynxmon, arms moving forwards to try to intercept the digimon's charge. Although he was the larger of the two, it seemed the armor-empowered transformation was enough to force his feet to grind backwards into the grass, slowly losing ground when finally he snapped, inhaling deeply before exhaling a fierce torrent of obsidian flames. Although the fire would normally not hurt the Lynxmon, the darkness-infused fire would likely still cause some harm to the creature. Still, it was not enough to stop Ari, clearly as she broke through his grip, ramming herself straight against his jaw, the slam making him stagger backwards while Crystal's air blades sliced into his chest, causing the dinosaur to topple onto its back. For a moment it seemed like he had been defeated, laying motionless on the ground as his body was visibly burnt and bruised from the attacks. At the same time while Yusuke was carrying her toward the nearby trees the girl seemingly regained consciousness, all thanks to a painful throb in her chest and the faint glow of the mark on her hand. "Sorry Yusuke-san, I'm alright now..." Seemingly adopting a more formal speech the girl gently tried to push herself away from the boy, staggering back toward Yana and the fighting Digimon while Kuro had started to shrink back to the form of a Black Agumon, groaning in annoyance. "Ugg I know I asked for a beating, but couldn't you have been a bit more considerate, I can't even sit on my ass without it stinging..." The Blackagumon chuckled weakly as his aura started to fade away, while Reikiko tried to reach for her partner, who upon seeing her expression smiled apologetically at her. "Sorry Aneki... I put up a miserable fight, didn't I?" Yet all the girl did was shook her head firmly as she tried to embrace her partner, whispering softly. "No, I should be the one to apologize Kuro... If only I was stronger... if only we were able to be like the other tamers..." Yet at those words the Blackagumon grinned briefly, replying in a confident tone. "That would be boring Aneki, being special is kind of neat, ya know. Almost as badass as Ari's new form. Maybe we should look into those armor things also... But first I need a break, those two pulled a number on me and... you're hugging me too tightly Aneki..." She called it Armor Evolution, or something? It did seem a bit different from the transformations she had seen before... Nevertheless, she was just glad those phantoms were finally gone and Kuro was back to normal.

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[Yana Sekigawa]

SekiGawa Yana Unyielding Love TAG: Reikiko Tsukino , Yusuke Yamashita , WORDS: 278 Health 90% Gatomon Champion NSp, VB Vaccine, Free Holy Beast Heaven's Knuckle 1 Turn : No Cool Down Pounce 1 turn : No Cool Down Lightning Claws 1 turn : 0-1 Cool down C.E. Hypnotism 1-2 turn : 1 Cool Down Move 5 Move 6 Move 7 Passive Holy halo - The Holy ring around Gatomon's Tail protects him against Virus digimon and their attacks. [Virus Resistance] Battle Synopsis ▪ Degenrated into Gatomon ▪ ▪ 84% Experience until Ult250/300 Posts

The moment Kuro devolved back into Blackagumon, Ari followed suit and turned back to Gatomon, her previously fierce expression promptly fading into a softer, caring one. "Sorry about that... I figured a drawn out fight would have been worse for the both of us.", she flashed a sweet, angelic smile as she walked over to Kuro and offered her hand to help him up. If she hadn't Digivolved, taking the BlackGreymon out of his mentally altered state and back to good old Kuro would be next to impossible without either of them getting seriously injured. She chuckled at the girl's tight hold of her digimon partner, both now back to his usual self. It was a heart warming sight compared to the gloomy one they were forced to look at before, and Yana approached the girl and her digimon, asking the question that had been haunting her thoughts even harder than the phantoms, "This mark you mentioned... It's the one from Triton isnt' it? What do you know about it?", inquired the still confused Yana; she had yet to understand anything about these marks, why did they fill her mind with Dark memories, why did they bring that Devimon and his minions to her? Both Yana and Ari had yet to associate the mark with the "undead" digimon, at this point both of them still blamed it on the Devimon's Dark Powers. "Yusuke, Crystal... You two alright?", asked Ari, shining the same loving smile on the two of them. Even if they didn't do the bulk of the fighting, they were still new to the digital world so this might have been too intense for a first experience.

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[Yusuke Yamashita]

As Tsukino stirred in his arms, and apologized, Yusuke set the girl back on her feet. He was clearly blushing, as the situation was awkward, thankfully the girl didn't think he was kidnapping her or anything. "Sorry about that, I was getting you away from the fight." The day has been crazy so far... and from what he can tell, it's only going to get crazier from here. As Tsukino stumbled, Yusuke caught her "Your in no position to be walking by yourself." He offered his shoulder to her, there was definitely a bond between the three humans, and their Digimon.

Crystal was still reeling from her own attack, luckily it had done the job and the reptilian Digimon was reverting to it's former form. "Is it over?" she asks, though the flower she had in her fur was now charred from the Lynxmon's flaming aura, she was relatively unharmed.
As the Agumon stood up, it complained about stinging and it's injuries "Serves you right for not seeing if there was another way!" the Patamon said as she faced him before he was snatched up by his tamer.

Yusuke couldn't help but smile as the Agumon complained about the tamer hugging it too hard. As Yana asked if they were okay, Crystal cuts Yusuke off before he can continue "Yeah, were fine, but it wasn't be what I expected for Yusuke's first battle!"
"I'm just glad everyone's alright." Yusuke said as he smiled, wondering if he and Crystal would get as close as those Trainers were with their Digimon. "I hate to ask this of you guys, but I might need directions, or help sometime soon... and from what I've seen you will too." He starts to say, be for pausing to make sure he wasn't sounding...odd "Would you guys mind trading phone numbers?" Crystal pops up at that moment "Dont forget to share data from between Digivices too!" "Digivices? Oh you mean that thing you gave me when I fell in?" "Yup, that's the one."

[Reikiko Tsukino]

Tsukino Reikiko The brightest often shelter the darkest shadows... TAG Yusuke Yamashita Yana Sekigawa WORDS Health 40% BlackAgumon NS Virus Reptile Pepper Breath 3 Turns : 2 Cool Down Dark Spitfire 1 turn : No Cool Down Mach Jab Combo 1 turn: No Cool down Move 4 Move 5 Move 6 Move 7 Passive No Fear - Black Agumon aren't know for their cowardice, as a result any intimidation effects will not work on them, but they aren't allowed to retreat unless their tamer is in danger. [Fear immunity up to Ulti enemy] Battle Synopsis ▪ ▪ ▪ 58% Experience until Ultimate 174/300 Posts

When Yana seemingly voiced her curiosity about the aforementioned mark the girl nodded her head lightly, raising her hand upwards so that the back of her hand was visible, the mark's glow seemingly having slowly subdued. She wasn't certain what to tell the girl, aside from the things they had witnessed just a few moments ago. It was only after a moment of silence that she started speaking, her tone softer and more hesitant than normally. "I'm not certain Yana... I have been trying to figure out the secrets behind this mark, but aside from some symptoms I have no solid theories or knowledge to provide." Yes, the only clues she had gained, especially today was the fact she wasn't an exception when it came to the power of the mark. Whoever, or whatever had created it, must had done so for some reason, but what that reason might had been still remained out of her reach... "As far as my thoughts go on the matter: The mark seems to have branded everyone who had challenged the assault led by the Skullgreymon, at least judging from the fact everyone I seen from that battle seems to have the mark. It's also most likely that they, just like us are haunted by those ghost-like entities, and judging from the fact their focus seems to be on us, it wouldn't surprise me if they won't rest until 'something' happens. But what is something I'm not certain of." She lowered her gaze, the next few words barely audible aside from Yana who was close enough to hear her whisper. "It's likely the mark feeds upon the darkness within its victims. That's likely why your less responsive to the influence of the mark compared to myself." She slowly rose up to her feet, just in time to hear Yusuke ask about exchanging numbers, causing her to chuckle softly while asking in a curious tone. "Do phones even work in the digital world? I would have assumed they didn't, but sure we can exchange our information through our digivices." She lightly reached forwards, the black digivice resting on the palm of her hand as she waited for them to exchange their information. "I do believe you can use them akin to a phone, at least one that actually works. On terms of directions I'm certain Yana and Ari won't mind showing you around Terabyte city~" At least things had ended peacefully, but she had so many thoughts haunting her mind currently... Perhaps she needed to search for the answers that could no longer be found in books...

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[Yana Sekigawa]

First off, Rei confirmed something Yana already knew, but from that point on, the Russian tamer's eyes were firmly locked on hers. She knew they had all acquired these marks on triton, no doubt in the aftermath of the battle; what she didn't know was that everyone involved had gotten one. True, she suspected it, at least those who were in the same place she was when she got: Near the Skullgreymon as it blew up.

"So, does this mean whoever made that crippled Skullgreymon move was also responsible for giving us the marks?", Yana theorized, rubbing her chin and remembered the marks were only the second instance of dark powers they saw during that battle. It was perfectly natural to assume whoever pulled off one could also be responsible for the other.

And then there was something else Rei had figured out, something Yana could never have realized herself due to not really knowing the other marked tamers as well. It seemed as if those with a stronger dark side were more vulnerable to the mark's evil energy, which was Rei's theory for Yana not being very affected by it. Yana actually let out a relieved sigh, believing herself more resistant to the mark's effects; this way she could focus on helping the marked tamers resist it's effects. Yet Ari wasn't the least bit reassured by this... She knew of Yana's inner darkness, and knew that the girl's inability to acklowledge it also made her more susceptible to her mark...

Regardless, all eyes were soon set on Yusuke as he suggested exchanging contact information, which Yana agreed with and promptly picked up her cell phone. One of the many apps connected to her digivice allowed her to send that same digivice info together with a few other tidbits; and that was exactly what she did. Rei and Yusuke would hears their beep as it recieved Yana's contact information, after which the girl would wait a bit to see if they were interested in doing the same, "There you go!", said Yana, "That has every information you'll need if you want to reach me."

With this, Yana bowed and got ready to walk away, "I should be heading back home soon. I hope next time we can meet under better circumstances...?", she smiled gracefully at the two tamers, excusing herself, "Anyway, it was nice meeting you both!"

[EXIT]

[Yusuke Yamashita]

"Those marks seemed like a scary thing to have..." thought Yusuke as he listened to the two talk, as he did so he tried to remember where he put his Digivice, and his phone...

This digital world is scary enough to a new guy without the fear of shadowy Digimon attacking at any time. The very thought of that made the blond teen shiver... But as the two girls talked they referenced something about the mark that he had noticed on Tsukino's neck, and how they might have gotten them. Crystal was once again getting impatient with the two of them, but Yusuke grabbed a hold of her to cover her mouth "Mmph..." she exclaimed through her tamers hand, looking visibly agitated "Their talking about something important Crystal, we dont need to interrupt them." the Patamon nods and calms down, a slight bit, and flies off to find herself another flower.

Yusuke had no idea how to use his Digivice, but he was sure that he was going to learn soon enough. The Digivices all beeped in unison and Yusuke fuddled around with his Digivice for a few minutes before finding what he needed. "Here you guys go.... I think." he remarks and indeed, he found the right app to use.

"It was nice meeting you too, and yes, lets all meet under better conditions... I'll go towards this Terabyte City and see what it's like."
Yana had just turned away, but then he said "Let's all meet at a cafe or something sometime soon, you both look like you could use a time to relax."

He then walks off towards the direction they mentioned the city was in, with Crystal recommending "Maybe I should be the navigator." "Good idea."

{EXIT}