Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.

Summery: AU, very AU and dark, with mentioning of torture, violence and blood drinking.

Well, this is the last chapter that will focus mostly on the Tai-Mimi situation, starting in the next chapter, there will be more of the digi destined then in the last few chapters, I will also explain just what Taichi is doing in the digital world.

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Spawn of the vampire

Part III

Dark Queen Mimi?

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Snarling at the brown haired boy and fighting down the urge to scream at the pressure he used to hold her arm with, Mimi lashed out wildly with her free hand, her anger making her forget all about techniques or aiming as all she wanted was to kill the boy outright for his crimes. "Shut up, I'm not your servant, I'm not your queen, and I´m not your anything!" Her cries turned into half sobs as she blindly lashed out, hoping to hurt him just as much as she had been hurt.

Moving back out of her reach, Tai blinked as the sharp claws nails came within centimeters of leaving a couple of nasty red welts on his right cheek, then he shifted back a bit and brought out a hand to grab her left arm before it could get a chance to even strike again. "Nice attack Mimi." Pushing her around, he gave a shove and sent her stumbling forward to land on the bed. "But don't try it again, I'm more experienced in fighting then you."

Glaring up at him as she turned around on the bed, Mimi pulled up on the dress to make it cover her a bit better then before and stood back up again, her brown eyes flashing with her anger and rage at what he had done. "You bastard." A sharp right hook nearly hit him as she lashed out, but all she found was air as the brown haired boy popped out of the air a bit to her left. "Stand still."  

Smiling a bit at the words shot at him, Tai began to back away from her frantic attacks, his eyes showing just much fun he was getting out of it. Then he moved forward and grabbed her outstretched arm and sneaked his other arm around her waist, dipping her back low and smiling at her in a sweet way. "So, would you like to dance some more, or shall we sit down and talk."

Glaring up at him, she took a small satisfaction in smashing her free foot down on his, the look of pain that croseds his face rising her own hopes and letting a small smile cross her face as he pulled her back up and humped a bit back from her. "Talk, and nothing else." Crossing her arms, she walked over and stared at the amount of dresses she had been given. "First things first, I want my t- shirt and skirt right now, got it." Turning around to glare at him, she noticed the small grin he was shooting her as he hovered near the door of the room of her prison room. "Second, where's Palmon, I want her back now."

Smiling at her as friendly as he could, he un crossed his arms and pushed off the wall moving a bit closer to her, but still keeping a minimum safe distance in case she decided to try and attack him again. Avoiding her angry brown eyes, no matter how cute they looked to him with that glow in them, he instead settled for staring at the walls of the room, o matter how boring they were to look at, as he pondered over her demands in his head, and questioning himself why he was smiling, he shouldd smack some sense into her, show her that he was the master in this bond, not her, so why was he acting this way, the master had told him that he should never show any weakness.

Crossing her arms at the silence and the far away look in the boys eyes, she sighed and cursed the perverted mind of his to even come up with the idea for the dress she had to wear. Tapping her foot to show just how annoyed she was, she finally snapped when he frowned and began to shake his head. "Well, say something!" Her hand nearly lashed out to slap him out of his daze, when he shook his head and turned away from her. "Dammit, why are you doing this?."

Coughing a bit into his hand at the words aimed at him, Tai looked up at the ceiling and tried to push down the thoughts moving through his head at the time, he had to. "Sorry, as I was saying before Mimi, care to join me for dinner." Moving his hand out and opening the door, he reached out the other one to take her hand and guide her towards the study room for their dinner.

Glaring at the hand as if it was coated in toxic waste, Mimi snorted and moved past him, her eyes closed to avoid seeing the very short flash of hurt in his eyes, then she heard the door close behind her and the sound of feet running to catch up with her. "So, Yagami, why are you here, I mean, creeps like you shouldn't even be here in the digital world." Shivering a bit as she looked at the ghost digimons, she fought down the urge to rub her arms.

Tai smiled at the question and slowed down to walk next to her, his eyes moving from one side of the corridor to the other, he could see his Bakemon guards and a few digimon servants moving around, stopping to bow when he passed them, just as they should. "Well, as I told you, I'm here because my master ordered me too." Stopping at the door leading into his study, Tai moved up in front of Mimi and held the door open for her.

Moving into the room and ignoring the brown haired boy in the process, she stopped cold as she stared around the place she had just entered and shuddered at the memory that sprang back to life as she spotted the carpet and the chair near the fireplace, she could clearly remember the feeling of his blood as it filled her, the numbness as he drained her of her own, the hours of mental and physical torture she had to endure before it was all over.

Feeling sick at the memories, she lifted up a hand to wipe away the cold sweat from her forehead that seemed to have sprung up in a matter of seconds, behind her, she could hear that vampire boy moving closer to her as he closed the door, he was going to hurt her again, hit her, cause her pain and verbally insult her and torment her with tales of her friends death.

The floor loomed closer as her feet gave out, and then her fall stopped as someone grabbed her around her waist and pulled her back up again, a soothing voice telling her it would all be okay, that she wasn't going to suffer again as she was carried across the room, the arms holding her in a gentle way. Then a soft and warm chair broke her rest, and her head lulled to side. The coldness of her forehead was replaced by a small warmth as a hand pressed up against it. "You're freezing, damn." The sound of feet moving across the floor told her that the person was still there. A sound of a fist hitting a open hand filled the room and then he moved back to her, his hand lifting up her head to so she could stare into his brown eyes. "You need blood, that's what's wrong." Something pressed up against her lips, and then parted them gently as something pressed into the space between her lips, a second later something warm flowed into her mouth, making her gag as she tried to breath it down, then she swallowed the first mouthful of it and felt herself warming up again. "Drink, you need it." her hands moved up to secure the source of the liquid removing the coldness from her.

Opening her eyes at the fourth mouthful of the wonderful liquid, she screamed as loud as she could at the sight of the boy holding his wrist up to her mouth, his eyes staring concerned at her, then she moved her eyes down to see her hands holding the bare arm closer to her mouth so she could better drink from it. Mimi screamed out even louder as she pushed the wrist away from her mouth and fought to get the taste of blood out of it. Failing, she gave a half sob and fell back into the comfy chair, her face getting hidden in the shadow it cast. "I think I'm going to be sick."

Kneeling on the floor, Tai fought back the urge to comment on how evil she looked ion the chair, her hands holding on tightly to arms rest and her face and upper torso hidden in the shadows, instead, he stared into the darkness, trying to see if she was still in need of more blood to fight back the cold. Judging by the breathing and the way her claws were starting to dig into the armrest it was clear that he tried to feed her any more, he would be needing medical help later, he grinned. "Well, that should tide you over until our food gets here."

Glaring at him, and losing the effect in the shadow, Mimi wished that she could stab the vampire right through his heart with a stake at that moment, to hell with trying to stay alive to protect the other, if they didn't want to save her, then she would just do it herself, this boy would die, nothing could save him from her wrath.

"Tai"

Mimi turned her head to se a small black shape move through the room, a golden ring glinting in the dim light as it came closer, moving past the table, she could make out a pair of blue eyes, purple gloves and a long tail with a ring on it. "A black gatomon?" Staring away from the black version of the feline digimon she knew, she moved her eyes to stare at the bushy haired boy in surprise. "How?"

Tai turned around and picked up the feline digimon and settled down in a smaller and lees imposing chair, keeping his eyes focused on the small flames rising from the wood burning in the fireplace. "She's my partner digimon, the master showed me where to find her when I woke up from my transformation." Moving a hand slowly, he stroked the purring lack cat like digimon in his lap, his eyes having taken on a distant look as he did it. "She's my friend, my only friend."

Removing her own eyes from the sight of loneliness in the brown orbs hidden by a few strands of chocolate brown hair, she settled for running a finger over her lips, staring at the slight red color it gained as she pulled it back to stare at it. "Why did you do this to me?" Her voice didn't tremble with the question, but she felt that it should, it wasn't right to speak of something so sensitive as what he did without a bit of fear.

Tai sighed at the question, and felt a small voice in the back of his mind repeating it once again, the voice demanding the same answer as she was, and for all he thought about it, he couldn't come up with one. "I don't know, I wanted you by my side, not as friend, and not as a servant." Staring deeper into he yellow flames, he sighed as he forced out the words that he nearly chocked on. "I want you, to be my queen, to sit with me when the master has returned and reclaimed his empire Mimi, I want you to be with me."

Sinking further down into the chair, Mimi felt a headache forming as the words sank in, she wasn't ready for this, she wasn't old enough to handle this, she was just, what almost fourteen, she wanted to meet others, not spend it in a castle in another world with a vampire boy who loved her. "Why me?"

Tai stared at her, his eyes showing a deep confusion over the question, as if he didn't even now the answer to the question, and was hoping that she would tell him why. Finally, he lowered his head and stared at the carpet, his fingers rubbing the purring Blackgatomon he was holding. "I don't know, I..."

Sighing at the answer, Mimi turned her head away and stared at the round table in the corner of the study, a red cloth was spread out over it with a single three armed candle holder in the center of it, two wine glasses were standing on it, and two plates were placed atop two bigger ones and arranged so whoever sat at the table would be facing one another. "What... What are those for."

Turning his head from his thinking, Tai stared at the plates and glasses and coughed a bit embarrassed as he fingered the cape he wore at the memory of what he had planned for the night. "Well, I thought that we could have a small dinner in here, just the two of us." Looking at the brown haired girl from the corner of his eyes, he stood up and walked over to the table and pulled a chair back. "That is, if you want to join me for dinner."

Glaring at him as she stood up, she blinked as Blackgatomon rubbed against her leg and gave a small purr to tell her that she was still there, then she looked at the table, the chair and the boy and sighed deeply. "Fine, but I hope for your sake that the foods not all bloody   and raw."

Laughing a bit as he pushed the chair in so she could sit down at the table, he looked at her and smiled as he lit all three candle on the way over to his own chair, his eyes sparkling in the light cast by the candles. "No, nothing like that, but... We do need to talk about your new state, certain things must be explained." Lifting up a finger and staring at it, he used a claw on his other hand to make a small cut on it, letting a few drops of blood form at the tip. "Like the need for blood."

Across from him at the table, Mimi stared at the blood drop and felt her stomach churn at the though of having to drink something like that once more, and what if she did drink someone's blood, would she become like this boy, a monster that didn't care if he hurt anyone, if he killed just to feed. "I don't know if I can, I don't want too."

Sighing at the words, Tai wiped the blood drop away and stared at her from across the table, his hands moving down to rest on the edge of the table, his eyes closing as if he was trying to tell himself something important. Then he reopened them and stared at the brown haired girl and gave a small nervous smile. "Listen, the blood isn't the life, our soul keeps the body going, but to keep the soul empowered enough to fight off death, we need to drink blood to absorb the life force from it, if not, we grow cold and in active, and if that state lasts too long, we will really die."

Gulping and fighting down a few sobs that threaten to spill out, the brown haired girl turned her head away to stare at the bookcase near the wall of the room, fighting down the feeling of sickness going through her. “I don't want too, I don't want to drink other peoples blood."

Taichi looked at her and shook his head at the words and lifted up his glass from the table and stared at it, his eyes glowing with a thick layer of amusement at his dinner partner´s complaint. "Mimi, you do know that if you don't... you'll die." Lifting up his free hand, he held out one finger at her as he narrowed his eyes, as his voice became a tad colder then before. "And I don't want you to die."

Mimi felt a series of Goosebumps run down her spine at the tone, it was so similar to the one he had used before he turned her into this thing, and it left no doubt that if she didn't drink any blood herself, he would force her too. "But." The cold eyes looking at her made her shut up and stare down at the table with a defeated expression.

Taichi slowly put down his glass and looked down at Black Gatomon sitting on the floor, her yellow eyes following every single movement that both he and Mimi made. Clearing his throat, he smiled as her eyes turned to stare at him, then she nodded in response to his unspoken request and raced out the door. Looking back at Mimi, Tai smiled as friendly as he could and folded his hands together. "I hope you like tonight dinner, I heard it's a nice Salmon and salad compo, with Pineapple flavored ice-cream to desert, and just to make you used to your new state, we won't have any blood until later, it would completely ruin the meal anyway."

Mimi nearly chocked on her own protest and screams at the prospect of having to drink more blood late, but fought it down as a rather strange idea popped up in her head, if it worked, she wouldn't have to kill anyone, and it might just bug the life out of her unwanted host as well. Smiling as sweetly as she could, she reached down and trailed a finger along the tip of her glass, running it around the circle and grinning at the small sound it cause. {Real crystal looks like the evil ones really have the best stuff.} Watching his confused expression over the way she looked at him, she knew that she had him right where she wanted him. "Taichi... I don't want to drink anyone´s blood..." At the slightly darkening expression, she just smiled even sweeter at him. "But yours, please, you don't want to disappoint you queen do you?" Ending the plea with the eyes of utter cuteness, she nearly broke out laughing at the sight of Taichi's coldness losing out to her cuteness.

Smiling stupidly back at her as he kept staring right at her face in an almost hypnotic state, Tai felt himself lose track of what he was thinking, the only thing that got through his mind was the fact that she only wanted to drink his blood and not anyone´s else, and while he should protest something like that, those lips were so cute and those eyes... "Sure Mimi... Whatever you say." Smiling stupidly as she lowered her head a to hide those eyes behind her eyelashes, he felt like dropping down onto the floor and melting on the spot. Did she have to be so cute?

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Walking into her room much later, Mimi dropped down on her bed with a loud and content sigh, her whole body relaxed and ready for sleep, the meal had been nothing but simply great, but then again, what wouldn't be after a week with nothing but dry bread and a few cups of water. Looking at her arms and dress, she smiled in a content way as she decided to find and thank the cook for the great meal later and stood up. Across from her, a small nightstand stood, a large mirror casting a reflection of her back. "It´s not that bad... could some more pink though." Looking closer at her reflection, she couldn't really see any differences, the only thing different about her was the small claws and her fangs, and did they look cute when she smiled like that.

A gentle knock on the door broke her out of her inner thoughts and called her attention to the door leading into the room. Feeling a bit curious as to who would be knocking on it at such a time of the day, she mentally kicked herself when she recalled that it couldn't be anyone else then Taichi. Walking slowly over to the door, she lifted a hand up to the handle and grabbed it, ready to open the door if she wanted too, if not, it stayed closed. "Taichi, that you?"

A low shuffling was heard from the outside and ten a small cough as the vampire boy tried to cover up the fact that he was nervous, a trait that nearly had Mimi drop to the floor in laughter at how absurd it was, here was a boy who had killed countless digimons and even a human from what he had said, and he was feeling embarrassed over talking to her. "What is it fang boy?"

Tai looked at the heavy wooden door and stared down at the plant like digimon glaring up at him, her insect eyes showing just how much she wanted to use her poison Ivy to strangle him to death if he as much as looked at Mimi the wrong way, and he could only guess just what she wanted to do if she learned what he was thinking about the brown haired girl most of the time, fighting down the hotness in his cheeks, Taichi returned his stare to the door and coughed one more time, trying to get his nerve back under control. "Uh, I have a surprise for you."

Opening the door a small bit, Mimi peeked out through the crack and blinked, as all she could see was the brown haired boy standing there, then she noticed someone gasping loudly, and looked down. "Palmon!!" Flinging open the door, she reached down and grabbed the plant like digimon in a hug, looking up at the boy looking at her with a small smile, she grinned and stood up again. "Thank you!" Reaching out, she pulled him in and gave him a quick hug, and then she stepped back and pulled Palmon in through the door with her. "Sleep well, Taichi."

Outside the now closed door, Taichi stood completely still for a whole second before he turned around and began to walk down the hallway, stopping only to stare darkly at the snickering Bakamon moving through the hallway from the direction of his study, the sight of what had happened to him clearly seen by it. "Shut up." Stomping past the ghost digimon, Tai lifted up a hand and tried to calm down his heart with not result.

Inside the bedroom, Mimi stared down at her digimon with a huge grin on her face as she began to go through the clothes left behind by Tai, several normal day dresses and a single ballroom type one that reminded her off the princess like dress she had always wanted, and near the bottom of the pile, she found a single long night dress. Holding it up, she turned around and showed it off to Palmon. "What do you think?"

On the bed, Palmon stared up at her with narrowed eyes. "Mimi, what wrong with you have you forgotten hat he did to us?"

Smiling at the plant like digimon, Mimi sat down on the bed and smiled as she pulled her close. “No, but for now, I have to stay here, and while I am, I might as well make the best of it."

Sighing loudly at the tone of voice from her partner, Palmon shook her head. "Mimi?"

Holding up the nightdress again, Mimi stared down at Palmon with a curious look on her face. "Now, what do you think off it?"

"It's... great."

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Dropping back down into his favorite chair, Taichi sighed as he could feel the shadows cover him up in a blessed feeling of superiority and evilness. Lifting his fingers and staring at them, he closed his eyes as the giddiness´ from the hug faded away, and a larger potion of annoyance over his weakness filled him instead. "How dare she play around with me like that?" Smashing a hand down on the armrest he vowed to make her realize just who was in charge the next time they met, but those eyes, they were so cute.

"Boy!"

Sitting straight up in his chair, Tai stared around the room as the voice faded away, then he jumped up and rushed over to stare at the small computer screen that had flickered into to life. The image on the screen showing the one person he still hadn't informed of his choosing for a queen. "Master!"

The face on the screen stared back at Tai, the only clear thing from the shadows covering it was the purple eyes gleaming in the dim light of the room the man was sitting in. "Taichi, I hear that you have turned someone without my permission." Folding his hands at the words, the eyes narrowed in a silent show of anger. "Care to explain?"

Tai lowered his head at the sight on the narrowed eyes staring back at him, the feeling of his master's wrath running through his mind as he barely noticed the hands curl up into twin fists, the mouth a thin line. "I... I... I wanted her to be my queen." Voice failing until it was just a whisper, Tai lowered his eyes as he waited for the angry outburst.

"You damn weakling!! You'll screw everything up!!"

The words cut into the messy haired boy as he, not by the volume of it, but by the feelings behind it, felt nothing but pure contempt at his failure to live up to the master's expectations of him. Clenching his own hands and taking a small delight in the pain as his claws broke the flesh of the hands, he raised his head and stared at the master with nothing but devotion in his eyes. "I'm sorry master, I let my emotions run off with me."

"Bah, you should know better, I thought you hated all digi destined, why are you taking one for yourself then." Silence rained as the master waited for an answer to his question, getting none, a sharp intake of breath sound through out the room. "Boy, I brought you back from life, but his thing you did, you acted outside of the orders I gave you, you were to kill them both, the blond haired boy and the girl, now, I will be merciful, and let you keep your new toy, but disobey me again, and I will have her killed off, along with your Digimon partner."

Silence filled the room as the light vanished after the last words, on the ground, Tai slowly lifted his head and stared at the place where the image of his master had been just a few seconds ago, now all he could see was a dark screen, and a dusty computer standing on the small table in the corner.

Staring darkly at the computer screen before him, a lone human man sat in a dark room, his purple hair hanging down around his face and hiding it from view, in one hand he held a small white square device, the screen of it showing no light despite being so close to a digital gate, the other hand was busy tapping the table he was sitting at. "Yes Taichi, it will take time to find, but even I have my limits when it comes to waiting." Stopping his monologue, he turned to stare into the shadows of the room. "It's rude to hover child."

Turning to stare back into the darkness of the room, he looked at the hovering outline of a human near the doorway. The form staying beyond the threshold  of the doorway, but the sudden jump it made showed that he had broken the coolness around it. "So, what is it that you want, child, do you want to have your chance at finding the key and taking Taichi's place as my favored child?"

Stepping over the edge of the doorway, she stopped right beyond it, not taking another step into the room, standing still and not saying a single word, she lifted up a small red D-3 with three black stripes around it, her hand trembling as she did it. The screen glowing a bit as the digital gate responded to the closeness of the device. "Yes, I want to go there, like you promised."

Smirking a bit as he waved at the computer screen, he moved around to stare right into the girls eyes his own showing just how much he wanted to go there himself, and the anger over not being able to do it. "Listen, you will get your turn soon, right now, you have better return to your current mission."

Nodding at the order, the girl turned around and walked out of the room, stopping only to pick up her backpack and a small sleeping digimon from the floor, then she walked down the hallway seconds before the sound of a door closing could be heard. In the room, the purple haired man returned to staring at the screen in front of him. "Soon Gennai, and those blasted Digital Gods as well, soon I'll make you all remember the terrible crimes you committed so long ago." Laughter filled the darkness as the man rose and left the room.

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Standing in the digital world, Matt and Garurumon stared out over the control spire littered savanna and sighed, the hunt for any traces of Mimi's whereabouts had lasted most of the day, and they still hadn't seen any traces of Mimi, but plenty of in slaved digimons working themselves to death in order to please Ken and his dark wishes. "No trace of her here as well." Turning to look at the setting sun in the distance, Matt pulled out his D-terminal and quickly reported back to Izzy about the lack of traces. "Tomorrow, we'll try the next are okay?"  

Next to him, Garuruumon nodded and turned around to return to his patrolling of the part of digital world he lived in, protecting it and all of the digimons living there from danger as well from the digimon Kaisers evil. "Matt, we'll find her, and if the Kaiser has her, the new digi destined will free her."

Smiling at the reaurance from his partner, Matt pulled out his digivice and walked up to the small TV placed in the middle of the area, the image of it showing Izzy and Miyako waiting on the other side. "I know Garurumon, still, keep an eye out for her will you." Light filled the area as Matt activated the gate and felt himself getting pulled through to Earth.

Landing on the hard floor of the red haired boys room, Matt groaned at the impact he had made, someone really had to figure out a better way to travel back and fourth from one world to the other. "Izzy, tell me has anyone else found her?" His voice cool and steady, it did show just how concerned he was over the disappearance of a member of their team.

Looking at the blond haired boy, Izzy sighed and shook his head as he returned to watching the digital world through the map on his computer screen, his eyes never leaving the e-mail box in the corner. "No... I have several looking for her though, Tentomon is out trying to find some information, and Sora and Joe should be back soon as well, maybe they have learned something."

Miyako pulled off her glasses and started to clean them a bit with a small piece of cloth as she turned to stare at the blond haired boy climbing up from the floor. Then she put them back on and sighed at she too had nothing but bad news to share. "Kari, TK and rest of the new digi destine confronted Ken today and demanded to know if he had her, but he just laughed and asked why he should waste his time capturing such a weak and imperfect creature."  

Izzy narrowed his eyes and turned back to stare at the two other kids in the room, his eyes full of worry. "Sora's just finished with her area and found no signs of her there, but a Floramon told us she had seen a blond haired kid matching Michaels description around a week or two ago, so she'll stick around a bit longer and try and find some more information." Looking back to his computer as a loud beep rang out through the room, he stared at the map of the digital world as another black square turned white. "Well, Davis and his team just freed another area from Ken's control."

Matt growled at the words and lifted up his digivice again as he began to walk forward once more, his eyes hard with determination at what he was planning on doing. "I'm going back in, maybe I can find something."

Looking at him, Izzy sighed and turned around in his chair at the words. "Matt you been there non stop since you learned that Mimi was missing, you need to get some sleep and also, your father seems to be a bit upset with you missing school."

Glaring at the red ahired boy, Matt cleanched his digivice tigther and reache dto puss him out of the way. "I'm going, school can take a break, Mimi needs my help now."

Miyako grabbed the shoulder of the blond haired boy and pulled gently on it, her eyes full of worry over weather or not a fight was going to break out in the room. "Relax... both of you, Matt, you need a break, and so do the others." Looking up at the clock, she reached own and grabbed her school bag with the sleeping Poromon in it. "I'll see you both tomorrow okay."

Matt stared after her and slumped his shoulders as he started to feel just how tired he was, looking at the computer screen, he cursed under his breath as he turned around. "Okay, but I'll be back right after school to look for her." The sound of the door slamming jolted Izzy out of his study of the digital world map and cause him to stare back at the wooden door with a confused look on his face. Outside the apartment of the computer whiz, Matt stared out over the dark city and clenched his hand. "I swear Mimi, that we will find you."

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Somewhere in the other end of Server, a tall cliff rose up over a fog covered forest and cast a dark shadow over the wide spread trees, the castle on the top of the cliff towering up towards the evening sky with an air of darkness around it, the black and dark grey stones used to built it adding to the feeling. Around the building, a large garden ran from the walls of the castle to the small wall at the edge of the cliff.

As the wind played through the trees near the wall, a hand pushed a few branches out of the way and allowed a single person to pass by without getting hampered in her progress. Moving out from the shadows of the trees, the person stopped and looked at his lovely pink haired companion as she stared into the horizon, a small fear of talking to her settling in as he struggled to at least find an opening question or line, anything to break the silence that had settled between them. Finally, he coughed and shot a small look at her from out of the corner of his eyes. "Soo.. Have you and Palmon settled in comfortably?"

Not turning around, the girl clenched her hands and stared at the plant type digimon next to her, her eyes showing the still hot anger at her treatment from the bushy haired boy next to her. Looking down at what she was wearing, she cursed the boy to the darkest pits of the digital world for his fashion sense. Starting to fire off a hot remark to him, she stopped when she could sense the mixed feeling from him, and the anger he had displayed when she had attacked him before, maybe yelling at him wouldn't help her in the long run, and if she played all nice and friendly to him, she might just have a chance to escape. "Yes."

Smiling a bit of the strained voice aimed at him, Taichi relaxed in the knowledge that she had cooled down enough to leave out the venom from her words when she spoke to him. Still, it would be better if they could at least talk to one another with a somewhat civilized tone of voice. "Look Mimi... I..."

Turning around the name, she glared at him as she moved her hand rapidly through the air, and took a great deal of satisfaction from the sound of flesh hitting flesh and the shocked look he gave as his head moved to the side with the force of her slap. "Don't you call me that you bastard, you're nothing but a cold blooded murder." Ignoring the half chocked cry from Palmon, Mimi lifted her hand and pulled the small Tiara from her head, turning to toss it over the edge of the cliff when a cold hand closed around her arm. "What."

Glaring at her from under his brown hair, Tai reached out a hand and took the tiara from her hand and looked at it in his hand, the gold and pink stones glinting in the air as he ran a finger over them. "You hate me." It wasn't a question to her, but a statement, a final punctuation to what he had guesses since the minute she had woken up from her transformation. "You wish you had never met me, that you were still together with your friends." Looking up from it, Tai stared right into the soft brown eyes of the girl, his fear of her resentment towards him clearly showing in them.

Stepping back from him at the words, Mimi twisted her arm and tore it free from the brown haired boy's grip, her eyes taking on a scared look as she began to fall over in the long dress, her legs caught in the hem of the skirt. "Why are you doing this?" Her voice, no matter how much she tried to hide it, still showed too much of her fear.

Taichi stopped and looked at her, his eyes closed as he seemed to slip into deep thoughts, but inside of himself, he was clearly remembering his master words, his own anger over how he lost all traces of coldness and evil around her lately, all he could do was smile stupidly and try to make her feel as good as he could. "I don't know... I just." Ending it there, he turned away from her and reached down to grasp his partner digimon, stopping when he noticed the black feline staring a small grass straw moving in the evening wind. Plucking it, he began to bat it around in the air right over her head, smiling as she tied to catch it with her front paws.

Staring out over the flat dark forest below them, Mimi closed her eyes and fought back the sobs she knew was forming, behind her, she could hear the boy Tai staring at his fooling around with his partner digimon, and next to her, Palmon had a vine wrapped around her, to show some support in this dark time she was going to be facing. "I don't want to do this, but for now, I have to live through it."

Looking up from teasing blackgatomon with a grass straw, Tai stared at the pink haired girl, his eyes half narrowed as one part of him wanted to slap some sense into her, and the other one screaming in protest at what he had done to an innocent girl, and the final part, the one that scared him the most simply didn't care what happened, as long as he lived to see the next day.

Looking over at him, Mimi felt her mind twist over her confusion at what he had done, she hated him for killing Michael, for hurting her and Palmon with his sick and demented cruelty, and yet, he was showing kindness to her all of a sudden. One would almost think that there were two persons inside of him, the cold and evil vampire and the human boy he looked like struggling to escape. "What's your secret Tai, what are you hiding from yourself and the world?"

TBC: The Search for Mimi.