Árbol que nace torcido... [Kath/Miyu/Sasha]

As soon as Miyu opened the door, the face of the delivery guy seemed to light-up. “Miyu!” He exclaimed before promptly covering his mouth as if the words had escaped him. It was likely the Chinese lady felt she had heard that voice before, even if it would be hard to place where, having heard so little.

It was then when the red-head issued his question almost as if he already knew the answer. “R-Right… this is…” When struggling to find the right words, once again he checked the paper he had tucked inside his pocket. “… a gift from your favorite... c-contingency…?” The delivery guy squinted for a bit, trying to properly read what he himself seemed to have written in a very sloppy manner.

“Convenience!” A voice quickly whispered. It seemed like it had come from him, but… he had not moved his lips. Besides, that had been a very feminine, girl-like voice! What was that?

“R-Right. This is a gift from your favorite convenience store.” He nodded firmly, putting the piece of paper inside his pocket as if nothing had happened. Then, he glanced to his right, glaring for only a second at the coated figure casually standing on the hallway. “A-Actually… may I just… come in? I feel it’s better if you open it inside.” A delivery guy wanting to come in? That was definitely not normal, and most definitely creepy.

Before Miyu had any chance to question this, she would notice that same figure in a coat walking slowly through the hallway in her direction. And even before she could do anything about it, that thing would jump at her, almost flying through the hallway in an extremely prompt and aggressive manner. Was this thing trying to kill her!?

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“What are we doing here?” Arianna wondered, staring at the blue sky over Shibuya. As usually, the Kazemon had used magic to change her looks into her human form. Which was basically… a Kazemon with normal clothes and without her visor.

This was weird. They were supposed to appear next to Miyu's building. Or at least where the coordinates from her D-Terminal data indicated her friend was. “This is not the place, is it?” Jazz inquired, clad in her usual holosuit too.

“It… isn’t.” Katherine squinted, checking the GPS in her digivice. "It seems like we appeared around three blocks away from the apartment." Right at the screen of her gadget, the words “Portal Blocked.” Could be read. “S-Something jammed our portal.” This realization made the green-eyed wince.

“Could she be in trouble?” Jazz’s eyes widened, going from the digivice towards her tamer.

“I hope not. Quick!” Immediately, the raven-haired tamer began running at full throttle while being followed by Jazz and Arianna. It was only a three-block distance. She had to get there on time, right? But… in case she couldn’t…!

Katherine took out her D-Terminal and, while she made her way through the passersby of Shibuya, typed a message for all of the DLC. These were all people she could trust, after all. Right at the start of the message, the green-eyed sent Miyu’s apartment address. Then, she went to explain the intention:

“Is anyone around this area? If so, I think someone could be in trouble right in that apartment. It might be nothing but… could you go check? I’m on my way there right now. I’ll explain everything once I arrive. I swear.

Sorry! Kath.”

Was anyone from the DLC currently in the position to respond to this call for help?

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Whether one of the DLC members could attend to the heroine’s call or not, Miyu would need help a lot quicker, considering this mysterious figure was attacking her right now.

Luckily, she got it!

Was it Bloom?

It was likely it wasn’t. Why? The holosuited Palmon had her own problems.



Right when this thing had jumped at Miyu, two Butterflamon had materialized inside the apartment out of thin air, blocking the plant’s way to her tamer. What was she going to do about it?

And, most importantly… who would save Miyu!? The Chinese girl would open up her eyes to discover her savior was… your friendly delivery guy?

The red-head had dropped the package and turned towards the attacking figure, giving his back to Miyu and protecting her by forming an X with his arms, making an improvised shield that clashed with a silver blade coming from the coat of this thing that was now floating. By now, it should be obvious to Miyu this was not a regular delivery guy, right?

If not, this would become even more evident when the body of this human started… fading while a buzzing sound came out of it. Almost like... A hologram that had stopped working! Out of this malfunctioning mass of data protecting Miyu from the mysterious attacker, a figure literally flew inside the apartment, moving towards Bloom and stopping by her side, ready to aid her to face the insects.

There was certainly something odd about this delivery guy but Miyu couldn't tell what, his voice sounded familiar for some reason, the fact that his face light up with a smile when he saw her made it clear that they knew each other or at least he knows her.

Bloom on the other hand was being a little more cautious about it, specially since she noted that another voice correct him yet it seemed to come from him, besides there was a faint feeling of a digimon nearby, usually Digimon are able to tell the difference between a human and a holo-suited one but Bloom has never met a digimon on a holo suit before so she still has some problems trying to identify them.

"No, I don't think I'll let you in" Said Bloom taking a standing up from the couch and starting to move towards the door, of course she didn't got too far as  a pair of Butterflamon appear out of thin air and block her way "I knew it! MIYU CLOSE THE DOOR NOW!"

When the raven haired girl place her hand on the door to slam it she notice in the corner of her eye a coated figure jumping at her, who know what went through her head in that moment but the Chinese girl froze in place and closed her eyes, fortunately someone step in to save her, it was not Bloom as she had the Butterflamon still blocking her way but the delivery guy, once Miyu open her eyes she saw the holo-suit drop and the silhouette of a seal standing on a block of ice

"A-Arthur?" Miyu blinked twice surprised to see the Gomamon they help some months ago "Y-Yeah, I'm fine"

As for Bloom she had a reinforcement of her own in the form of Okimi, now the plant too dropped her holo-suit and got ready to fight the Butterflamon

"I'm really glad to see you two!" 

Tho the time for chat should wait as they should take care of the intruders, Bloom would quickly use her vines to try and grab one of the Butterflamon with the intention of salming it against its partner, Miyu on the other hand just saw a small round knight dash and attack the coated figure prompting the girl to just wonder what the hell is going on?

Miyu would pick the package Arthur dropped when he protect her and run inside the apartment running to the left of where Bloom and Okimi were fighting hoping to reach the door to the kitchen and hide there, fortunately the living room wasn't too big so the girl could reach the kitchen fast at the same time being a small living room was troublesome for the digimon fighting, specially having two couches and a small tea table in the middle of the room taking a lot of space, moving around and fighting was not going to be easy

Truth be told, Sasha kept forgetting the difference in strenght between her spirit form and her human form. Usually after tackling someone like this she would have expected both her and her target to fall to the ground where she would hopefully pin them down afterwards. What she didn't expect was to send the strange figure flying to the opposite end of the hallway.

Even she had to stop her assault and look down at her fists, letting a bemused if satisfied chuckle at this turn of events. She didn't have much of a time to marvel at her ever increasing powers however, as the young voice coming from the Gomamon next to her caught the russian's attention.

Odd, she would have imagined Kath or someone would have at least told them help was on the way, but this wasn't really the time to dwell on that.

"I'm your backup. Kath told me there was trouble in here and to come help. She should be on her way, so you go focus on whatever's going on inside. I'll handle this guy...or help out, either or is fine by me." She quickly explained to the admitedly adorable looking seal as she unsheated both of the rapiers to her side, before turning his attention back to the...man? Nope, as it turned out her soon to be opponent was nothing other than a holosuited Yaksamon.

Not that this changed much, just that she at least didn't have to worry about holding back against a human in this form.

"Swordswoman for you, kid." She smugly replied to the adolescent voiced swordsman.

"Seriously? You went there?" The voice of her spirit groaned somewhere in her psyche, but she paid no mind to it, specially as she saw that digimon lunging at her at top speed. She raised her swords to try and block the incoming attack, but found herself pushed back with surprising force, almost enough to send her now flying on the opposite direction! Of course, she wouldn't simply stand there and take it.

As she felt herself be knocked back by the impact, the Yaksamon would probably notice how her entire body would practically vibrate on the spot, before simply...vanishing? Not quite, as the swordsman would soon find himself being attacked by two pointy rapiers from above, the Gladimon having somehow quickly changed positions in less than a blink of an eye.

"Pay attention dumbass, you're fighting me now!"

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QuickStep: Gladimon performs a short ranged (up to ten feet) teleport, quickly spining around and slashing the area around him with his blades if near an enemy. Three posts cooldown.

Cooldowns:

QuickStep (0/3)

“So… by this point, you’re sure there’s something happening up there, aren’t you, Mrs. Katherine?”

“Pretty much, yes.”

“Well… then I guess coming in through an elevator won’t be our best choice. Instead, I think I’m ready to test a new technique I learned from watching Mrs. Amy fight. Wanna’ try that out? We need to look for a place where no one can see us, though…”

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Eyes wide-open, Arthur tried to process the Gladimon’s answer. “Kath…” That could only mean… “… K-Katherine? I-Is she coming here?” The little seal, who seemed to be just finding out his friend was on the way, was now more determined to hold this thing off. “Okay.” He remarked with a nod, turning towards the incoming enemy. “I’ll help you out, Swordswoman.”

Before Arthur could get to work, this Yaksamon was already there, impacting the warrior aggressively, just to see her disappear in front of him. Although his reflexes proved to be quite good, the masked combatant didn’t seem interested in blocking the Gladimon’s attack coming from above, instead, he let her pierce right through him, heavily slicing part of his data. While he took this hit, he counterattacked, delivering a mighty blow with one of his metallic swords to the warrior herself. If everything went according to his plans and with Sasha having so little time to react, the swordswoman should be jutted across the hall, in the same direction he had been jutted before. She would have to stop herself from going through the floor or any of the walls. No one wanted to see a digimon suddenly busting a wall or the roof into their property!

Immediately, the Yaksamon went for the door (Wasn't he even hurt!? What happened to his previous wound!?), only to notice a thick layer of ice was now covering the whole gate. “You…” He looked for the Gomamon, who was not close to the door of the apartment anymore. Instead, Arthur was standing on the opposite side of the hallway. The rest of the doors on that floor were also froze-shut, including the elevator. No one should be able to leave their apartment for as long as this battle lasted.

“As I figured… you’re not interested in disrupting the peace of this world either.” Arthur noted. “Otherwise, you would have just destroyed the wall.” He added. “Weird moral standard if you ask me, but…” Before he could finish, the double-sword warrior jolted himself towards the seal.

“Hey, Swordswoman! Get ready!” Knowing he had to be a backup for Sasha in order to come out of this alive, Arthur made his move.

The Gomamon clapped twice before some sort of blue-colored energy started circling around his body. “Water-Spell! Swift Feet!” The same energy that had started moving around Arthur’s body would start materializing around Sasha’s feet across the hallway, creating some sort of slimy, thick substances around her soles. Immediately, the swordswoman would feel a lot more… agile. Her movements would become swifter and more natural. Almost as if she weren’t wearing an armor anymore.

Someone should help that Gomamon! Go, Swordswoman!

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Once the target of his technique moved away, Leo stopped his trajectory right before crashing into the floor. With another spin on his own axis, he dispelled the fire energy going around him. “Your manners are appalling! You almost made me destroy this human abode!” And, just like the guy outside, Leo didn’t seem interested in causing a fuss.

Although Bloom’s reflexes were good enough to keep Okimi out of harm’s way this time –mainly because Leo was avoiding to go all out- she had to know that, eventually, she would be hit by this at-least-adult Level digimon. How bad was it going to be when she did?

“I don't think I do.” Okimi admitted, answering Bloom's question and putting her body in front of her again. How come Bloom was the one helping Okimi if the bird was supposed to protect her!? “I just know they’re the reason why we’re here. They are after the Banchos, a group of digimon Mr. Coaltmon, Dad and Arthur said you and Miyu were interested in.” Naturally, the Piyomon had not been there when their conversation about the Banchos took place, that night in Whitewater. She was… well, under captivity, at the time. “B-But… I’m here to help you out this time. Just like you and Kath helped me before.” Although Okimi’s words were of courage, her tone of voice broke a little as she reached the end of that sentence. Her legs were shaking and her whole body was trembling.

Leo, on his side, charged both of his gauntlets with fire-like energy again, ready to shoot at the two rookies. “This should be enough to get you to cooperate…”

“R-R-Run… Bloom… I-I will… I will…” Seemingly, Okimi couldn’t even finish that sentence. Was she planning to throw a technique to shield the plant? Or… did she plan to block the incoming attack with her body?

Before any question could be answered, a wild current of wind entered through the main window of the living room. The wind shook the windows, which had remained quite open since before the battle started. Said window was located right behind Bloom and Okimi, who would probably not be able to help but stumble a bit forward upon feeling this violent burst of wind. “What the…!?”

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Before Leo could finish his sentence, he was being aggressively struck by something right in the middle of his stomach, letting out a loud groan of pain and being jutted towards the opposite wall. It was just when whatever had hit the bug made contact with it that it became visible for everyone. A purple-haired lady that looked pretty much like a Kazemon on jeans and a white T-shirt (no visor) had literally butt-slammed the enemy into the distance. She had mightly tackled him using her rear, floating around its same height.

The fairy landed on her two feet, dusting off her lower back. “I’m nonoroku glad that window was not closed. Imagine having to take pieces of glass off my tushie.” She admitted, looking over her shoulder at the insect and then looking at the other two digimon in the room and… someone who had appeared right next to them when the Wind Warrior materialized

“You DROPPED ME mid-air, you know?” Dusting off her black leggings and quite-colorful blouse, Katherine went to start fixing her hair. Well, in all honesty, would she had preferred if Arianna took her to booty-smash that guy? Probably not.

“I’m sorry, the invisibility technique comes off when I attack or receive an attack so…”

Arianna would interrupt her own explanation by showing a perplexed expression that would quickly change into a smile. From such a commotion, it had taken Katherine a minute to realize the digimon at her side was actually Bloom! When she noticed, she quickly scooted towards the Palmon to give her a tight hug. “I’m so glad you’re okay!” She took a moment to look at the bird to their side and “… O-Okimi...? W-What are you…?”

“K-Kath...?" With a shook of her head, the Piyomon sent her own shock away. "There’s no time. Miyu’s in trouble!”

“Katherine, there are at least three digimon outside in the hallway.”

“T-Three!?” How many digimon had these guys sent to look for Miyu and Bloom!?


“Also… there is at least one more inside that room.” Arianna revealed, pointing at the kitchen. What could have happened to Miyu? The only way to know was to get in there, wasn’t it?

Time to move!

"... W-Where is that music coming from?"

Bloom was confused for the statement of the Butterflamon, why would he cared about their home if  they were going after them? Well of course not getting any kind of attention in the human world is soemthing that many mon know but at the same time why would they care?

While Okimi didn't help on who this guys were, at least it give something for Bloom to work with, they are after the banchos and of course they know about her past life, how? That's a perfectly good question maybe when they find a way to stop them the plant will get the time to get her answers.

But how tho? Her attacks seemed useless and Okimi certainly wasn't ready for a fight like this, Arthur at least managed to freeze the front door and keep the other  mon outside which was helpful but still it was just delaying the inevitable if they don't think of a way to stop them, worst of all is Miyu was still alone with one of the Butterflamon

"I appreciate your worry, Okimi" The plant said taking a step forward and standing in front of the bird "But if they're after the Banchos, this is my fight and I won't just stand in the back while some one else fights for me" And that's her Bancho side speaking, Bloom knows that she has no chance to fight off this butterflamon but seeing Okimi scared trying to defend her didn't really make Bloom feel safe, if anything she felt guilty of having to let the little bird protect her, even if she was doing it on her own the plant just couldn't sit there and see her get hurt

As the Leo was getting close with his gauntlets on fire something odd happen, a strong wind came in from the open window almost making Bloom lose her balance and fell face first to the floor, when the plant manage to hold herself she saw a purple haired woman crushing the bug with her rear, of course it was a digimon but she definitely couldn't tell what species she was if anything she looked like a normal human to the plant.

And just to make things more confusing out of nowhere she was scooped up and hugged, she recognize the voice talking to her, it was Kath! That's the last person she thought of meeting right now but at this point who wasn't entering their home without an invitation?

"Y-yeah Kath, I'm happy to see you too, this is a beautiful reunion but I have so many questions and Miyu is still by herself in the kitchen, so... Do you mind?"

The Palmon made a small bow and thank the Spaniard and her friend to make such spectacular entrance and save them, after that she ran to a drawer and grab Miyu's digivice and from there the plant run towards the Kitchen hopefully Miyu would be fine and she can deliver the digivice no problem, hopefully...

Despite the punishment received from the Yaksamon's powerful onslaught the Gladimon did not relent, standing her ground firmly as she retaliated in kind. Luckily Sasha was succesful, putting a not insignificant distance between herself and the hostile digimon, who seemed quite out of breath after the recent assault. Not that Sasha was in a better position, mind you, as she too was panting from all the running and slashing she had been forced to do in such a small time frame. Even with the enhanced powers she had from her spirits, she was still mostly human deep down.

"You know? I'd agree...but something tells me you wouldn't play fair there either." She snapped back at the Yaksamon, glaring daggers at him as his wounds seemed to dissapear once again. So he was healing himself. Honestly, that was nothing short of concerning to Sasha, if he could shrug off his wounds that easily then he would easily outlast her in a fight.

Luckily, it seemed she wouldn't have to worry about that today! The yaksamon seemed to have lost to keep on fighting, and after musing something about not wanting to be found out by the human neighbours (something that sounded like a rather flimsy excuse to Sasha), he slowly began to...fade away? Apparently he had decided to flee the scene, not before letting the russian spirit wielder know in no uncertain terms that she would lose if they ever fought again.

She didn't take kindly to that to say the least.

"Say that again, you cowardly piece of-" High talk from someone running away! Though by the time she moved her weapon again however, she'd find herself slashing at nothing. She let out an annoyed "tsk", before turning again to face the Gomamon. "Good question. Maybe he wasn't expecting so much resistance for a simple human apartment." She shrugged, admitedly still a bit too tired to really think about such things in detail. Sides, they could worry about that once the apartment and its owner were safe. With a nod to Arthur's words she quickly followed after the seal and into the apartment, brandishing her rapiers ready to continue fighting...though judging by the silence and lack of movement once they arrived to the scene, it seemed that whoever was attacking the place from the inside had already been dealt with aswell. Also Katherine and Jazz were here too...as well as a whole bunch of digimons and another human Sasha didn't recognize. The apartment owner, maybe?

"Hey Kat, Jazz." The gladimon greeted rather casually the two with a nod of her head as she sheated her swords before adding, "I take it things are under control now?"

After which she'd lean her shoulder against the nearest wall and proceed to let out a long sigh. Finally a moment to catch her breath! She'd then turn to look at the other human, giving her a small wave with her hand and adressing her inbetween breaths. "Hey there...guessing Kath wanted us to come help you out...so uh, you're welcome. Name's Sasha by the way."