Dennis
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Like the others, I had gone to bed, however, it took me a bit longer than them to fall asleep, and I watched as Hotaru and Rei interracted, a small surge of relief flowing through me. Despite what had happened to her, Rei was still just a kid at heart, still human. To be honest, it dulled the edge of the painful guilt just the tiniest bit as well. And with that, I fell into sleep...

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Darkness surrounded me, tearing at my flesh, and voices, some of which were all too familiar chanted ever escalating accusations at me.

"Murderer! Slayer! Destroyer!"

Tears poured down my face, and the light of torches began to appear on the horizon of the darkness.

"Traitor! Fiend! Demon!"

The lights got closer, revealing the faces of many digimon, as well as a few people. Then, in the midst of the pain, I noticed something, someone was missing from the throng of tormenting victims...

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And I suddenly awoke to the louder pounding of an obviously much larger assailant, just in time to see the door burst inward as a Greymon rammed it, enabling the enemy in. Instantly, I pulled out my digivice, and pulled out my weapon.Holding the sword with both of my hands, I was joining the fray, already cleaving into the invading Devil Digimon, splashing gore as I went, recieving a claw slash across my face.

Then, I heard Hotaru begin to say, "Rei don't...." moments before I hear Rei cry out in a scream. Without thinking, I turned to where she was and began running, my vision tunneling, blocking out all distractions. I jumped past the moving Greymon, and continued my run, slashing through the one that'd gotten on top of her the moment I got the chance, cleaving into its head, cleanly through the middle before removing my sword and swinging again, lopping its head off. I didn't let up, beginning to cleave into the other digimon to her left, asking, "Are you okay?" I asked, panting, trying to pull out my sword, holding out one hand to help Rei up.

She began to reach out to it, her relief almost palpable, when a deafening roar rang out and the Greymon's tail slammed into my side, sending me flying, and into the darkness of unconsciousness as I hit the bathroom wall.

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I woke to the sensation of lying on a bed, and glanced around, my eyes adjusting to the light, I was in a room, possibly an inn room, and there was a lot of hustle and bustle coming from outside. I noticed my digivice sitting on a nearby nightstand and grabbed it, sitting up and wincing at the pain a little. I tried to stand, but the pain was a bit much, I was gonna need something to help me.

Looking around the room again, there was a pole of some sort nearby, probably a walking stick or something that someone left behind. Grabbing it, I began using it as a crutch to help me walk. I didn't know why, but I felt there was somewhere I needed to be...