"Why don't you realize Yamaki and I both love you?" Tally asked. "Why do you side with those that turn you into something you don't are?"
"Shut up, SHUT UP!!" Riley yelled. "This is what I am, and I like it! And I won't ever anyone who took advantage of Yamaki while I was away!"
"Listen to you..." Alice huffed while dodging Riley's wild claw swipes. "Have you ever thought about the possibility that all of it could be a huge misunderstanding? Did you ever wonder why Tally and I joined Yamaki's army as well? We were worried about you, that's all!"
"Lies, lies, nothing but lies!" Riley screamed while bombing the armored, canine valkyrie with blasts of darkness. "I SAW how she and that traitor Yamaki hugged, exchanging kisses, whispering 'sweet nothings' into each other's ears... just the thought makes me SICK! Now shut up and FIGHT ME!!"
"I don't want to hurt you, Riley!" Tally said. "Don't you see, Alice is right: I only followed you because I wanted to stay close to you. You may have distanced yourself from me, but deep within, I always wanted everything to be just as it had been in old times... So let go of your hatred and come back to us!"
"Never! The Demon Lords are my family now! They give me what Yamaki could never give me. Just look at how pathetic his troops fled like the cowards they are... Barbamon and the others will subdue all of humanity all by themselves! We don't need any troops, we are the most powerful Digimon alive!"
"Yamaki made a mistake, all right," Alice said as she grabbed the flailing Lilithmon from behind. "But you might not have noticed this, but I've watched you, every time I came back from my missions... and he absolutely adores you! This isn't just any silly obsession, he LOVES you!"
Riley winced. "Not true! You weren't there when they hugged each other... I could tell..."
"Maybe I wasn't there... but I talked to Andromon, who was standing close to them. And he told me everything: Tally was WORRIED about you, she was so worried that she nearly broke out in tears. Yamaki wanted to soothe her, that's all!"
"Proof!" Riley shouted as she struggled against the MirageGaogamon's grip. "Show me proof!"
Tally flew up to her and removed her helmet. With sad eyes, she looked at her twin sister. So full of hatred, so full of revenge...
"I have no proof," she finally said. "All I want is the old Riley to return... I would give everything for that!"
"Everything? Why should I believe you? You can't even prove that!"
"Yes, I can!" Tally said firmly... and let go of both her shield and her javelin.
Both Alice and Riley watched in surprise as the sacred weapons fell down to Earth.
"I dropped my weapons," Tally said. "I won't resist you anymore... so I am no threat. Do with me what you want, but if I'm right and there is still part of the old Riley within you... you will let me live!"
"You... you are crazy if you believe that..."
Suddenly, she felt that Alice let go of her. "Wh-what...?"
'I must be crazy to do this...' Alice thought to herself. 'But if it's for Riley's sake... fine! Let's just hope Tally knows what she's doing...'
"I might not be your biological sister, but I still see myself as part of the family," Alice murmured. "So why can't you do the same?"
Riley gritted her teeth. "You two are so pathetic..." she muttered. "Whatever should me stop to just..."
She raised her claw, to attack Tally with her deadly Phantom Pain attack.
But the mist of darkness never came. Her decayed claw shook and sweat was pouring down her forehead. She knew she would have been able to do this just after she saw Tally embracing Yamaki, as she was in a blind rage back then. But now...
She couldn't do it. She tried to focus on her anger, on her lust for revenge, but felt herself being unable to do anything that would harm her angelic sister.
Alice crossed her arms over her metal-plated chest and grinned. "C'mon, do it already! We're waiting!"
"I'll blast you all to pieces..." Riley muttered, but her voice was shaking.
"Saying that you want to do it isn't enough to convince me, Riley..." Tally said. "As long as you don't attack me directly, I won't believe you!"
Riley let out a scream of frustration and flew directly at her sister, her claw outstretched. Alice let out a gasp.
"NAZAR NA..."
"RILEY, DON'T..."
Tally stayed calm and watched as the deadly Nazar Nail on her sister's finger came flying at her. But just before the deadly appendage hit her face, Riley stopped herself.
Tally hadn't moved an inch during all of her attack.
She smiled. "See? You can't bring yourself to hurt me anymore, and that means that deep inside you, you still see me as your sister."
Alice sighed in relief. "Tally, you moron..." she muttered under her breath. "Don't you ever do that again to me... I thought my heart stopped!"
"I... I c... I c-can't... I can't trust you..." Riley stuttered while her claw was shaking. She still didn't draw it back. "You have betrayed m..."
"Riley, I would never betray you!" a calm voice next to them spoke up.
The three sisters looked to their side and saw how the floating platform was approaching them. Only two people were on board. Yamaki was standing on the edge of the platform, while behind his back, that Tamer girl, Rika, was steering the floating vehicle.
"How did you learn to steer this thing?" Yamaki had asked while they had been flying towards the three fighting females.
"The same way every main character of an RPG seems to know how to steer those airships they use to get across the world map, I suppose," was her answer.
Now Yamaki was standing in front of his beloved ones and looked at the one with black wings and a deadly claw that was aimed at her sister's face. He was back in his normal business clothes. His shades were in his pocket, as well as his lighter.
For a while, no one said anything. Then Yamaki lowered his head and said: "Riley, I... I have made many mistakes. I should have never brought this army to life. I even made young Digimon children fight for my cause... which was inexcusable! I don't know what made me do this and I have no excuse... but believe me when I say this: I never stopped loving you!"
Riley drew back her claw and Yamaki looked up at her. "I must admit that my spirit was weak at times... whenever I looked at Tally's face, I saw you! The difference between light and darkness meant nothing to me! And while you were away, I acted towards her as I would have done to you when you are with me. Even when she only wanted comfort... I was attracted to her in the very same way I am to you.
Call me weak, I know it is true. I don't know when it started that I cared for your sister just as I cared for you... but don't think that I ever stopped loving you! You are my first love and I will never give you up. I admit, I am pretty confused right now, and I don't know how we can resolve this mess... but please, don't leave me like this! And although you have every right to be disappointed at me: Don't hate me and your sister! We love you! We love you both! Come back, Riley!"
"Yes, Riley!" Tally nodded. "Come back to us!"
Riley trembled. "You... didn't know how he felt about you?" she asked her sister in a small voice.
Tally shook her head and looked at Yamaki with a smile. "It is surprising for me, that's true... but you know, it doesn't really bother me. Actually, I'm flattered that Yamaki feels the same about me."
"But... but you and him, you aren't...? You don't want to...?" She gulped. "You still want me to be with you?"
Tally and Yamaki nodded and Alice had to chuckle. "Of course they do, silly! What do you think we tried to tell you during all of this? Now get your butt over there and give them a hug already!"
Riley couldn't stop herself, and tears started to flow down her face. "Tally..." she sobbed. "Yamaki..."
And as she flew into the arms of her sister and lover, a bright light engulfed the three of them, so bright that Rika and Alice had to shield their eyes.
Rika blinked. When the light was gone, she could see the three of them standing in front of her, aboard the floating platform... but the twin sisters had changed!
They looked similar to normal, grown-up women... but Tally's body was covered with white fur, and Riley's with black. They sported huge, feline ears and long tails that had purple tufts at the end.
"Gatomon..." Rika muttered. "And BlackGatomon?" She shook her head. "But why... do they look so human?"
Alice landed next to her and smirked. "Hey, they are at the Champion Level now! Did you think that all Gatomons look like little children? They mature, just like humans, after reaching a certain age."
And after hearing that strange explanation, Rika had to wonder if things had been like this before the world had been changed by the RPG Maker or not...
Yamaki looked into the two feline faces of his two loves. "I'm sorry for everything that happened," he said. "Can you two forgive me?"
"No, Yamaki!" Riley sobbed and clung to his chest. "I should have never listened to Barbamon and his lies! I was so blinded by my envy and lust that I never realized how wrong I was..." She looked at her sister's face. "Tally, can you... can you forgive me? You always told me how you still felt about me, and I always rejected you..." She sighed.
Tally ruffled her sister's fur. "Of course I do, silly! Why do you think did I do all of this? You're my sister, and nothing will ever change that! Oh, Mother and Father will be so glad..."
Riley suddenly gasped. "Oh no, Mother... I totally forgot about her!" She winced. "She'll never forgive me... the way I treated her... Tally, we have to get her out of there!"
"Now calm down there, pussycat!" Alice shouted. "She is back home, and she's fine! And I doubt she would ever hold a grudge against you..."
"Really?" Riley asked in a hopeful voice. "But... how do you know that?"
Alice smirked over to Rika. "A handsome fox-man told me..."
Rika was surprised. She couldn't be talking about her father, could she?
"I'm so happy!" Tally gushed. "C'mere, Alice... family hug!" And she let go of Yamaki and grabbed her two sisters in a massive glomp.
Alice winced. She really hated that...
"I'm glad this is over..." Yamaki murmured. "Now all is well..."
"Giganoto Stomp!"
"Cauda!"
The roar of a massive earthquake made them all jump in surprise. They looked around and saw how BioSpinomon, MegaGargomon and Giganotomon were still fighting with Leviamon.
And blinding flashes of light at the top of a high mountain were catching their attention as well, as an elderly Digimon with a long beard fought with a slender Jackalmon and a noble-looking Sakuyamon.
"EVIL INFERNO!"
They all had to duck on the floor of the floating platform when a blazing plume of flames came shooting past them. A humanoid dragon with a long lance came flying past them, followed by a royal knight and a majestic-looking sphinx.
"GET BACK HERE, DAEMON!" BioDarkdramon roared.
Rika frowned at Yamaki. "You were saying?"
Yamaki chuckled nervously. "Well, to a certain extent, of course..."
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