"Well, where do I start?" Azulongmon sighed. "Let's say that this game... it is a creation of a being not from the Digital World - but also not from the human world as you know it."
"Not?" Takato asked in confusion. "But where does it come from? And besides, if it has such powers, how come it was for sale in a common electronics store?"
"I'll get to that in a second, Takato. While I know that the... being who caused all of this is not from this world, I do not know exactly just what it is. It hides itself from even my power... all I know is that it created this reality-changing game to cause Chaos."
"Well, that it did!" Rika huffed. "I mean, I could live with the fact that I'm half Digimon now... but what about all those people its lives it changed? I mean, just look at Yamaki: He has been on our side before!"
"Sadly enough, the changes that have once been made by this game cannot be reversed," the Great Dragon Digimon spoke up. "Although Yamaki can still be convinced to change his mind. But... I'm afraid we do not have this option with the other individuals that are threatening both the Digital World and the human world..."
"Now he's starting to speak in riddles..." Terriermon grumbled. "What individuals?"
Azulongmon looked firmly down at the young Tamers... especially at a certain, goggle-wearing boy.
"Takato... you are not going to like this, but it has to be said."
"Wh-what?" Takato suddenly felt uneasy, somehow.
"You have to know that there once has been a certain... group of Digimon that wanted to rule the Digital World in our place. Their evil deeds were causing so much horror and chaos among the Digimon that they have become corporeal sins themselves. They are known as... the Seven Great Demon Lords!"
Everyone shivered when hearing that name. Really, all of the Tamers realized that those guys were bad news. "Um... excuse me, but.." Jeri said. "Have they existed before... well, before Takato's game 'changed history'?"
Azulongmon nodded. "Yes! They have become an integral part of the Digital World. Whenever a Digimon commits one of the sins they embody, their powers will increase. Luckily enough, I, along with the rest of the Sovereigns, succeeded with defeating them. Some of them were so powerful that we had to seal them away, others were downright obliterated."
"So, that means they are gone now, right?" Harmony asked.
Azulongmon sighed. "Sadly enough, you can't really destroy them as long as the sins they are embodying exist. Even after their real bodies are destroyed, they can always gather their strength from the sins other Digimon are committing to be reborn. It will take them some time though, that's why we didn't hear from them for a very long time."
"And you mean to tell us that they have succeeded in regaining their bodies, right?" Renamon asked.
Azulongmon nodded. "Yes. They can become alive again by slipping into a still unborn Digimon, while it's still a Digitama. The Digimon in question will grow up as normal as any Digimon, but after some time, the influence of the sins will turn them into what they are feared as... the Seven Great Demon Lords."
Takato gulped. "D-does that mean that ANYONE could become one of those seven sins?"
"Not just anyone, Takato! But anyone that is suffering from just that sin his 'Demon Lord Parasite' is gaining benefit from. And he or she has to be able to digivolve into the true form of the respective Demon Lord."
"But... but what does that have to do with the game?" Takato asked weakly.
Azulongmon sighed. "I'm sorry to tell you this, Takato, but... It was only because of that game that they were able to access the Digimon they are possessing today."
Everyone gasped. "Wh-what?" Takato stammered.
The Sovereign nodded. "It's true... several of the Seven Great Demon Lords have infected people from your world... Digimon that have been human before the 'great change' caused by that computer game."
"Oh no..." Takato groaned as he sunk down to the ground, clutching his head. "And here I thought it was all a game... Oh no! I can't let Kai hear about this! Changing the world so that Digimon are living among us was HIS idea!"
"WHAT?" Rika nearly screamed. "And you didn't tell us earlier BECAUSE...?"
"I'm sorry..." Takato whimpered. "I just didn't want Kai to carry the burden..."
"Well, what's done is done," Renamon spoke up. "Rika, you said we don't want to take Takato responsible for what happened anymore... and I suggest the same goes for his cousin."
Rika sighed. "Yeah, all right, I understand..."
"Can you please tell us more about those sins, Oh Azulongmon?" Lopmon asked. "Who are they and which sin do they represent?"
"Well, their leader is and always will be Barbamon, also known as the 'First One'. He represents the sin of Greed. His second-in-command at the time is Leviamon, the sin of Gluttony. Among the others are Lilithmon, the sin of Lust... Daemon, the sin of Wrath... and Belphemon, the sin of Sloth. Now, the final ones are a bit special...
The sin of Pride is represented by Lucemon... a fallen Angel Digimon that has once been in my service. But as he reached his Ultimate Level, he called his new form his 'Chaos Mode' and turned to the evil side, becoming one of the seven sins. While he is the only Demon Lord to be on the Ultimate Level, he is quite possibly the biggest threat, as he is potentially the most powerful of them. Luckily, he still has to awake, so we might still be able to save his host from succumbing to the Pride."
"And the last one?" Jeri asked with a trembling voice.
"The last one, yes... The sin of Envy. It is someone you all know too well, and he has been the host of Envy for a long time now, even before the change of reality. And I'm afraid, for one time, he came dangerously close to succumbing to his instincts as one of the Seven Great Demon Lords."
Azulongmon took a deep breath before speaking: "It is... Beelzemon!"
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