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Chapter 6

Kyoto In Flames

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           Rukan and Renamon gazed at the sky in amazement at the phenomenon yet at the same time a great weight was put on their shoulders. These digimon were coming through the massive portal in the sky and now there was no way to stop them. With powerful foes like the Centarumon in the forest and the weak baby digimon being chased through the woods the entire game had changed. This was no longer holding off the digimon but a rescue mission. There were people and weak digimon in danger now and the only thing that could stop them was Hypnos and Rukan.

           "Renamon... We have to save them." Said Rukan softly

           Renamon only nodded in reply and looked to her trainer and friend for a moment.

           "We might not survive this fight... But we need to try and save the people and the weak digimon that were pulled through. This might be why you were brought here in the first place..."

           "But Rukan... What of Hypnos? What if they find us while we are saving the others?" Said Renamon.

           Rukan looked away from the sky finally and then to his companion, "Then I will fight with all of my heart and soul to keep you and everyone else safe. We have to stop the rampaging Digimon from causing more harm. Hypnos will be doing the same I think. We are fighting the same battle on the same side... We are just different in our methods. I think they will be having more trouble with the others than us."

           Renamon nodded slowly and sighed a bit, "So much for keeping the secret. I'm guessing it will be impossible not to be seen."

           Rukan nodded a bit and took his sunglasses off to look into the digimon's eyes, "Ya I guess not... Renamon?"

           Renamon quirked a brow and looked deep into those emerald oculars, "Yes Rukan?"

           "I just wanted you to know... That if we don't make it through this... I..." Said Rukan flustered and obviously emotional. Renamon cut him off before he could finish his statement, "Don't think like that. Failure is not an option. There are people and digimon depending on us. Let's go..."

           Rukan nodded and looked to the streets ahead, "Every journey begins with the first step..."

           Renamon smiled a bit and stepped forward one step and offered Rukan her paw. He took it and they ran off into the streets of the city as Rukan shouted, "They would have called a state of emergency by now. People will be heading for the shelters. The nearest should be around the block. We head there first."

           They moved like they were one now. The training and all the battles had made them able to know exactly what the other was thinking. The pair rounded the corner to see a group of ghost type digimon harassing a group of refugees. Rukan nodded to Renamon and they both charged into the group, Rukan with his Tontos and Renamon with her claws.

           The surprised digimon had no chance as they were caught by surprise and soon simply clouds of the green data. Rukan frowned, as he knew now this was nothing less than an invasion. He looked to the refugees and shook his head quickly, "Get to the shelter where it's safe. We'll take you there."

           The group started to run down the street with Rukan and Renamon leading them at a quick pace while the survivors whispered to one another about the duo. He knew they were probably talking about Renamon but he didn't have time to sort things out now.

           Rukan and Renamon stumbled to a stop as a bolt of lightning struck in front of them and a meramon stood in the scorch mark. Rukan put one of his Tonto's away and pulled his deck out from it's case finding the card he was looking for right away wasting no time in slashing it, "Freezing strike!"

           Renamon charged forward faster than the rest of the group and leapt into the air throwing a fox leaf arrowhead attack at the meramon making it howl in pain as suddenly the leaves became ice daggers and tore through it's body making it erupt into the rancid corrupted data.

           Rukan hadn't stopped the group at all and they caught up the Renamon just as she landed and continued to sprint with her trainer and the other humans. The shelter was in sight and under attack by a group of Garurumon. The police were trying to suppress the monsters with gunfire but found their weapons were nearly useless against the digimon. It took at least a whole clip to take one down and Rukan knew as well as the next person that ammo was never unlimited.

           A black car skid into view smashing into the pack of digimon and men in black suits began to hop out of the car firing compressed air powered handguns at the digimon taking them down quickly as they burst into flecks of green data. Hypnos was here fighting the same battle as Rukan and Renamon but both of them knew better than to go near them.

           "There is the shelter. Get inside. Those men will keep you safe." Shouted Rukan as he turned to leave but one of the men stopped him by shouting back, "What about you? You're just a kid."

           Rukan turned and looked at the man from behind his sunglasses and shrugged, "I'm not any ordinary kid sir. Where is the nearest shelter after this one?"

           The man shook his head and walked up to Rukan, "It's four blocks down that road. You can't miss it. It's where all the media is now."

           Rukan nodded and looked to Renamon quite seriously now. The both of them knew Rukan's mother would be in that shelter and if it was under attack like the others were, his mother was in danger. The duo began to run in the direction the man sent them only to hear him call to them as they left the group, "Good luck kid!"

           Rukan ran along the street with Renamon next to him his lungs now burning from his heavy breathing. A bolt of lightning blasted a power line in front of them and made it fall into the street catching a pile of trash on fire near a car. Rukan's eyes went wide as he quickly dove into an alley as did Renamon only to hear a loud explosion as the car erupted into flames tossing debis everywhere and blocking their way as the fire grew.

           Renamon looked down the alley and saw that at the end there was a street running parallel to the one they needed to be on. It would surely connect to the right one again up the road, "Rukan there."

           The tamer nodded and got to his feet quickly starting to sprint to the street as a black streak went past the opening to their destination followed by a human all in black much like Rukan. They stopped at the alley and turned to look directly at Renamon and Rukan as they tilted their head to the side and smirked a bit as they began to run away in the direction of the shelter.

           Rukan froze at the sight. As the human ran he saw on their wrist the same watch Rukan had on his own. He wasn't alone. Renamon saw it to and they both doubled their efforts to get to the street where they found the other tamer waiting for them. She leapt at Rukan tackling him to the ground and shouted at him, "Who the hell are you!?"

           Renamon grabbed the human and picked her off of Rukan with a growl tossing her aside only to be hit and knocked to the ground with Rukan by the girl's digimon, a rather angry looking shademon. Rukan had only seen Shademon on cards before and was now astonished at how human it looked. It looked like someone about his age in a tatted black coat with a large hat. The only thing that gave it away was the fact that it's face was black and it floated.

           Rukan sat up slowly and looked up at the other tamer, "My name is Rukan Hisashi... this is my companion Renamon. I could ask you the same question."

           The girl laughed and shook her head, "Ya... Right. You're THE Rukan Hisashi. The digimon king. Grand master of the digimon card game."

           Rukan nodded a bit and stood up slowly dusting himself off and looking around. He didn't have time for this. Those people were in danger and he was having a chit chat with some strange girl, "Look I don't have time for this. I have to get to that shelter! We can talk about all of this later. It's good to know that I'm not alone now."

           The girl frowned and shook her head, "Fine. But I still don't believe you."

           Renamon got to her feet and shook her head a bit but Rukan wasn't about to stick around for longer. They had to make it to that shelter before it fell. Hypnos would have its hands full and Rukan was guessing they didn't want a lot of media coverage. They would probably be there suppressing the facts of what was happening.

           The group of four ran down the street as fast as their feet would carry them when they saw the connecting street and turned quickly running down the small gap and emerging on the other side to see a horde of Impmon standing in their way. Rukan skid to a stop and looked to Renamon then the other tamer, "This might be a bit harder than I thought."

           The digimon began to advance and Rukan pulled one of his Tonto's quickly slashing a speed boost card through his D infinity and Renamon went to work nothing more than a yellow streak ripping through the rookie digimon. Rukan charged into the group slashing quickly but still getting hit by a few of the fireballs burning holes in his clothing and scorching his skin.

           It was like the world was moving in slow motion as the Shademon ripped through the rookies with it's scythe and the other tamer sat back using modify card after modify card boosting the digimon's power. The four of them were soon standing in a cloud of the tainted data panting heavily as Rukan tossed his sunglasses. They had been shattered in the battle and his jacket was in tatters. He bled from countless wounds all over his body as he started to run once more towards the shelter.

           Renamon was by his side and knew better at this point than to try and help him. When Rukan was focused on a goal he wouldn't let anything stand in his way. He held his arm as the shelter came into sight surrounded by the men in black suits with guns at ready.

           Renamon stopped and growled as she saw them start to aim at the company of four. She dove at Rukan knocking all four of them as the sounds of the gunfire filled the night and the red orbs flew over their heads.

           "What the hell is going on here!?" Shouted the female tamer as she covered her head and looked at Rukan with a frown.

           Rukan growled as he spoke, "It's Hypnos. Those guns can defragment digimon data in the blink of an eye. They fire these computer chips that stick into digimon tearing their programming apart."

           "So they are trying to stop the digimon here to. It must be a misunderstanding." Said the girl starting to stand up.

           Rukan grabbed her arm and pulled her back down quickly shaking his head and shouting, "They are trying to kill ALL digimon. They won't hesitate to shoot Renamon and Shademon."

           Shouts arose from the shelter as a lightning bolt struck right in the middle of the men and a black streak tore through them faster than they could react. Rukan watched in horror as the men were torn to shreds and a single figure stood where the men once did.

Rukan stood up as it stood there looking at the group of four. He blinked a few times as he could have sworn he saw Renamon standing in the gore but those crimson eyes told him there was no way it was her. She was standing right next to him after all. Another person walked into the mess and turned to look where the digimon was and smirked a bit.

Rukan couldn't ever forget the look on that man's face. He was smiling. The two turned quickly and ran away from the shelter into a dark alley as Rukan began to run to the shelter. Renamon was right by his side as he ran through the doors and into a trap. Yamaki was there and he swung at Rukan as he came through the door hitting him squarely in the chest and knocking him to the ground.

Renamon quickly grabbed the man and threw him against the concrete wall with a growl as she bared her teeth watching the cowering man very closely as Rukan got to his feet.

The Hisashi stood over Yamaki with a frown on his face and kicked him hard in the chest, "Yamaki! Are you stupid!? We are fighting for the same thing here and from what I saw out there you need all the help you can get."

           Yamaki grunted from the kick and spat back, "I don't know how you got in here kid but I have at least 20 men out..."

           Renamon slammed him against the wall and growled deeper as she spoke, "You had men out there. Something tore them to shreds. This place is completely unprotected now."

           Yamaki frowned and spat at Renamon, "You lie parasite!"

           Rukan frowned and shook his head, "We don't have time for this..." He quickly drew one of his tontos holding it up to Yamaki's neck, "I've killed men for less. Either help or get out of the way. We have work to do here."

           The female tamer burst through the doors, "Rukan something is... What the hell is going on here!?" She stopped seeing Rukan with the blade to Yamaki's throat tight enough to draw a small amount of blood.

           Rukan looked up and frowned, "What is it?"

           "It looks like a Centarumon. The watch says it's got a field advantage." Replied the girl.

           "I'll be out in a minute. Don't try to hold it off. We think that's what caused the storm. It's more powerful than anything out there at the moment." Said Rukan.

           "You think? I don't know. That other tamer seemed pretty powerful. I mean he did slaughter at least 20 men."

           Rukan frowned as she spoke. He didn't want Yamaki to know about the other tamer. It would only make things more complicated. Rukan turned back to Yamaki and growled, "Help or die. Your choice."

           "I'll help get rid of the parasite but after that don't expect my help again." Said Yamaki with a scowl.

           "Then supply me and the girl with one of those weapons. We don't have a chance without them." Said Rukan quickly as he put his tonto away in his harness. He was going to trust Yamaki for the moment as the lives of many depended on it. He looked to Renamon and gave her a bit of a nod as she let him go and backed away letting the man rub his neck and get to his feet.

           "It's useless. That thing is immune. It seems even hypnos isn't invincible against their own creations." Said Yamaki with a frown.

           Rukan bit his lip and looked to Renamon with a frown. This news didn't bode well for them, "Get them anyway. There's no telling what else we might run into before this night is over."

           Yamaki nodded and reached into his jacket pulling one of the gas powered weapons quickly and firing at Renamon hitting her squarely in the chest.

           The world slowed for Rukan Hisashi once more as the sound of the gun going off echoed in the air and he saw the red ball smash into his companion's chest lodging the chip in her chest and making her clutch her chest as she fizzled. Her shape seemed to be having trouble holding itself together.

           Rukan cried out in rage as he mustered all the strength he could to catch the digimon as she fell forcing some of his wounds to bleed more forming a puddle on the floor near his feet.

           "Rukan... I... I'm sorry..." Said Renamon softly as she fizzled again and burst into a cloud of red data.

           The female tamer looked on in horror at what had just happened and decided it best to abandon this cause. She ran out the doors and left Rukan and Yamaki alone.

           Rukan felt the weight of his companion lifted from him as he looked down to where she once lay. The data suddenly surged into the D infinity which glowed to life shooting a white beam out of it and forming Renamon once more. She stood there with a frown growling at Yamaki as the Hisashi stood back up holding his chest and glaring at the man.

           "That's... not... possible! Nothing is immune to the chips!" shouted Yamaki.

           Renamon slammed the man hard against the wall making a dent in the concrete with his back as she lifted him. The desperate man fired the last three shots in the clip at Renamon to have them stick in with no effect whatsoever. The D infinity saved Renamon once more and now removed their greatest fear. The guns were useless against the fox woman now.

           Rukan walked forward and pried the weapon from Yamaki's hands reaching into the man's pocket to take another clip and load it into the weapon making sure it was armed, "Keep him here. I'm going to take care of the centarumon. If I destroy it the storm might stop and the digimon might be returned back to the digital world.

           Renamon frowned and shook her head, "You can't fight that thing alone Rukan. Look at yourself! You're in shambles!"

           "Renamon I have to! We can't let Yamaki get away! He has all the answers we need! I have the chips. I'll be fine. I just need to hit him with one of them." Replied Rukan as he ran out the door without letting his companion talk.

           The street was quiet save for the rolling thunder as Rukan dashed up the stairs to find the centarumon galloping up the street behind the flames that had blocked Renamon and Rukan's path only a few minutes before. Beaten and broken Rukan lifted the weapon as the digimon leapt the flames and he fired two shots only to have the digimon fire back melting the chips with it's plasma.

           Rukan rolled out of the way to dodge the blast. The plasma flew by him and struck a nearby building causing it to burst into flames. It had gone by so close Rukan felt the heat and found his jacket on fire. He tossed the now useless scrap aside as he ran at the monster diving behind a dumpster and peeked over the top firing another shot. The digimon lifted its cannon and let the chip bounce off the hard metal.

           The tamer's heart sank at the sight. The only weak point on the monster was on his underside where he wasn't armored. Rukan also now knew that he had but one shot left in the gun. He leapt out from his cover dashing across the street looking for a way under the monster but finding nothing.

           The monster charged Rukan making the young man roll out of the way as it smashed into the wall of one of the buildings making the glass shatter and fall in a cascade of deadly crystal. Rukan dove into the street putting his hands over his head as he was peppered with shads of the sharp rain.

           He rolled over only to see the monster aiming at him and his eyes went wide as he rolled once more dodging the blast that melted the tar on the street and opened a hole into the sewers. Rukan saw the opportunity and leapt to his feet running around the blast and diving into the hole it had created. He landed on his back and quickly lifted the weapon to point up through the hole.

           The plan didn't work. Instead of the monster trying to leap down to join him it started to fire randomly through the asphalt into the tunnel beneath. Rukan started to Run but stopped as he heard the creature struggling with something else.

           The Hisashi quickly found a ladder out of the sewer and saw the female tamer and her digimon fighting the centaur. Rukan looked about quickly to find something to bring the digimon down and saw a power line above the creature. He quickly pulled one of his tonto's and with all his might threw it making it spin, as time seemed to slow once more.

           The dagger flew true as it cut into the line snapping it free and dropping it onto the digimon making the centarumon rear up as its systems were being overloaded. Rukan quickly cocked the gun and fired the last shot into the thing's underbelly making the chip stick into the soft flesh of it's horse half and it burst into green data that swirled about and shot skyward.

           Rukan covered his eyes as a bright flash filled the night sky and a loud boom shattered the glass in the rest of the buildings that Kyoto still had standing. The portal and storm were gone to show the sky clouded with smoke from the fires that were running rampant in the city. Thankfully it was only fires left to combat with at this point.

           The Hisashi limped forward pulling a large shard of glass out of his arm and dropping the gun. The fight was won but not without its cost. The death count would be high and the city was devastated. Rukan knew this had to be stopped now. It couldn't be allowed to happen ever again. He and Renamon would have to find away into the digital world and put and end to it once and for all.