Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Ancient Warriors ❯ Beginning of the Battle ( Chapter 8 )

Ch.8

"Alight so let me get this straight, Cherubimon turned bad against all of us and is playing Hitler with the Digital World," Lance asked and everyone in the first group nodded. Lance sighed," we should have known that he was going to turn bad. When we talked with the three angels sometimes in our sleep, we could tell that Cherubimon was starting to turn sour."

Acqua nodded. "You could say that we were the neutral party of the warriors, we took no sides in the human and beast digimon wars. In our eyes, they were all the same. To bad they couldn't see what we saw." Raze said nothing, she seemed to be in her own thoughts.

"Well since you guys seem to know a bit about Cherubimon, and you to Mercuremon, maybe you can tell us how we can defeat him," Zoe said, but the four shook their heads.

"Cherubimon is extremely powerful, remember he was the celestial protector of wisdom of the Digital World. This evil that has gotten to him increases his powers even more. The only way we can defeat him is with a miracle," Raze said as she walked next to Mercuremon.

"I don't know much either, I just know that Cherubimon has been collecting a lot of data for some reason," Kouchi said as he walked along side his twin brother. He had purified himself of evil and now fought for the side of good with the true spirits of darkness. The group soon found themselves at the Rose Morning Star. Everyone stared awestruck at the rose shaped aurora that hung over the strange flower shaped structure in the middle.

"I since a great evil and yet a great good coming from that place," Raze said as she stared and also at the Fractal Code that was flowing steadily into the place. A large canyon with surrounded the building only floating rocks to get across.

"It's time for the time we have been waiting for," Lance shouted as he pulled out his D-tecter. "Spirit Evolution!"

"Agunimon!"

"Lobomon!"

"Kumamon!"

"Kazemon!"

"Beetlemon!"

"Lowemon!"

"Reave rmon!"

"Hayabusamon!"

"Tsunamimon!"

The ten warriors sprang for the building. Beetlemon carried Bokomon, Kazemon carried Patamon, and Hayabusamon carried Neemon. The others leaped carefully from rock to rock to reach the other side. Unknown to them, Cherubimon was waiting for them.

"Haha, the naïve fools! They are walking straight into my web and soon nothing will stop me from gaining the spirits of the Ten Legendary Warriors and the Spirits of three of the Five Ancient Warriors," Cherubimon laughed as he watched them. He turned and floated down into a lower part of the room where beams of light formed a blinding cage in the center. "I will only ask one more time Ophanimon, join me and gain power that you have never had before!"

"I will give you the same answer, I will never ally myself to a creature of pure evil and darkness," a melodious voice answered tinged with sadness.

"As you wish, but I know you will change your mind," Cherubimon growled as he left. Ophanimon gazed after him, her gaze fill of sadness and pity.

The others had already landed and looked around. It was Kumamon that spotted the strange gate. "Where on earth does this lead to? There isn't anything behind it," he asked as the others examined it.

"Cherubimon is very intelligent. Do not be so quick to underestimate him," Mercuremon replied. Reavermon had been staring carefully at it when suddenly a chain with a spike ball at the end flew at her face. She barely managed to dodge it.

"What the," she gasped when suddenly two digimon appeared. "Argh, I should have known! Phantomon!" The two digimon snickered as they shouted," Soul Chopper!" The blades of their lethal weapons whistled through the air. "Watch out! Don't let them catch you or they'll imprison you inside those crystals around their necks," Reavermon shouted as she ducked under a blade.

"Hurricane Wind!"

"Thunder Fist!"

"Pyro Punch!"

"Lobo Kendo!"

"Frozen Tundra!"

"Shadow Wheel!"

"Reaver Sword!"

"Lighting Slash!"

"Furious Trident!"

"Generous Mirror!"

The warriors vainly tried to hit the two digimon, but they were too fast. Suddenly they disappeared! "Where did those slimy cowards go," Tsunamimon said in alarm when one appeared behind her and snatched her up in his cloak. The others turned at the sound of her cry but then one by one, each of them were taken until only Reavermon and Lowemon were left.

"We will have to clear our minds if we want to react quicker," Lowemon said and both of them closed their eyes. The Phantomon soon appeared again and rushed the two, but Reavermon and Lowemon suddenly vanished. The two evil digimon, going much too fast, slammed into each other. Lowemon appeared and shouted," Shadow Lance!" Reavermon appeared and shouted," Reaver Blade!" They each struck their own targets.

"Confused Souls of evil, be submerged in darkness and sleep! Let the shadows purify you! Fractal Code Digitize," Lowemon said as he scanned one. "Souls of evil, let the true spirits purify you! Fractal Code Digitize," Reavermon said as she scanned the other one. The others had been freed when the two Phantomon had been defeated. Suddenly the gate behind them swung open and Reavermon shouted," lets go!" They rushed into the gate and disappeared as the gates swung shut.

"Haha, soon all of the Digital World's data will be in my hands and there will be no one to stop me," Cherubimon laughed as he watched the data collect into a small ball. Ophanimon who nearly wept with pity could hear his laughter.

The ten warriors soon found themselves in a very strange place. Small squares of data floated around and the whole room was dark. "What kind of a place is this," Agunimon said when suddenly dark shapes began to form within the squares of data. They groaned, sneered, and reached out with dark hands to grab them. The group gave a cry of alarm and was getting ready to defend themselves. Then the loud sound of a bell rang out to them. The dark shapes gave cries of disappointment and then were gone.

"You are safe now," a voice said and Agunimon shouted," Who's there!?"

"I am Oryxmon, guardian of this place," the voice answered as a ram like digimon appeared in front of them. "What is this place," Reavermon asked and Oryxmon replied," this is the Chamber of Prisons; here the spirits of digimon who sacrificed themselves for Cherubimon are trapped for all time. Now if you will follow me, I will show you to Lady Ophanimon."

"Sorry, but you will have to forgive us if we don't trust you," Lobomon snarled and then Patamon flew past them and landed on Oryxmon's head. "We can trust him," Patamon said in a sweet voice. "Well it's hard to argue with that," Kazemon commented. Everyone agreed and followed the ram digimon. They soon found themselves in a room made of crystal with a blinding light coming from the center. "The shining entity that you see in the center is Lady Ophanimon," Oryxmon said and everyone gasped. They could soon see an angel digimon wearing blue armor trapped within a cage with bars made of light.

"I greet you children, I am glad to see that you have finally made it here. I also greet the Ancient warriors," Ophanimon said in a sad voice.

"Ophanimon! We need to know what happened since the Great War and what has happened to the once pure Cherubimon," Reavermon said and Ophanimon nodded.

"As you warriors know, a great war between human type and beast type digimon raged across the Digital World. That is when Lucemon appeared and peace finally took place. But then Lucemon grew mad with power and ruled over the Digital World as a dictator. That is when the ten legendary warriors rose to battle him and the five ancient warriors rose to find the source of Lucemon's corruption. The five ancient warriors managed to defeat Chaosmon, but two were destroyed in the process. With Chaosmon defeated, the Ten warriors managed to destroy Lucemon, but then vanished. Cherubimon, Seraphimon, and myself tried to bring peace to the Digital World again. Seraphimon upheld the law and order of our world. Cherubimon protected our wisdom and legends. I appreciated all life and love. However, it became clear that Cherubimon's ideas were very different from ours," Ophanimon explained.

*Flashback*

"To honor these simplicities is absurd! Law, love, order! The Digital World is a wild place; chaos is its natural state! Something that you human type digimon will never understand," Cherubimon roared as he stormed out of the castle. Seraphimon and Ophanimon exchanged glances. *Orphanimon's voice*

"Seraphimon and I decided that we should meet alone to try and figure out a way to get our ideas to agree with Cherubimon's, but when he saw the two of us talking alone, he mistook our intentions and thought that we were trying to undermine him and subvert his beliefs," Ophanimon's voice could be heard saying.

"Seraphimon and his laws are only for the human type digimon! It is up to me to give the beast type digimon a new system of order," Cherubimon said to himself as he sat alone. Suddenly a dark cloud rose up and surrounded him. Cherubimon could be heard crying in pain.

"Our world exploded. We were treated as traitors by Cherubimon's followers, Cherubimon convinced the beast digimon that we were the cause of all of their problems. He had become a monster of evil. He led them in a vicious campaign against the human type digimon," Ophanimon continued. Sorcerermon is seen running into the throne room. Ophanimon and Seraphimon run out to see Cherubimon's army surging at them with Cherubimon at the front with a leer on his face. An army of human digimon surged out to defend the castle. Cherubimon raised him arms and struck down the army with a blast of red and black lighting. Screams of terror and pain could be heard.

"Seraphimon! From now on I am the law of this world and you are NOTHING!" Cherubimon roared this out as he hurled a bolt of red lighting at Seraphimon. Ophanimon watched in horror as the bolt struck Seraphimon fully and he collasped into her arms. She looked up to see Cherubimon appear to finish him off.

"Please I will do anything you ask! Just spare his life,' Ophanimon cried as tears ran down her face.

*Present Time*

"Ever since then, I have been imprisoned in this castle waiting for Seraphimon to awaken," Ophanimon finished and everyone gasped. The first group could remember when they had first awakened Seraphimon and Mercuremon was thinking guiltily about how he had destroyed him.

'I wish everyone could just play nice," Patamon said sadly. Kazemon asked," I wonder if all of this happened because Cherubimon liked Ophanimon?" "No way," Beetlemon replied.

"Cherubimon possessed five of the ten legendary warrior spirits, with four of these spirits, he created his own band of evil warriors. But do not worry Mercuremon, you have redeemed yourself over time," Ophanimon asked and Mercuremon bowed his head. "He ordered his followers to collect the Digital World's data and his followers ruthlessly carried out his orders. They were destroying our beautiful world and causing turmoil for its inhabitants. At the rate that they were pillaging, I knew that our world would soon be destroyed. With the survival of our world hanging in the balance and I had no way of awakening the Ancient Warriors, I desperately called out to another world where Cherubimon had no power over. Only those children who were pure of heart answered my call. Your level of commitment has astounded me. I was happy to know that the other spirits of the other warriors were hidden and I led you all to them. You found them all and then Cherubimon planted his last spirit, the Spirit of Darkness, into the human Kouchi. But you were strong and managed to turn away from the darkness. Of all the tasks that you have faced, now you face the daunting task of defeating Cherubimon. You possess all then of the Legendary Warriors Spirits and you have the help of the Ancient Warriors. You are our greatest hope of conquering Cherubimon's evil," Ophanimon said and then suddenly they heard a dark laugh. Everyone looked up and around.

"It's Cherubimon!" Oryxmon cried and everyone tensed. "I hear him but where is he," Hayabusamon snarled.

"Haha, you fools. Why do you think I would let them into this place without destroying them, after all, I have the power to do it. The spirits of the Ten Legendary Warriors are gathered here and are within my grasp. The spirits of the Ancient Warriors are an extra bonus. With them, total control of the Digital World will be mine! And it is all thanks to you, milady," Cherubimon's voice sneered and Ophanimon bowed her head. "Finally my plan will be accomplished! Let us end this," Cherubimon said as he appeared above the group. Suddenly, all of their symbols began to glow. "My spirit," Agunimon cried in alarm as the symbol of fire glowed. Each of them looked in alarm at their glowing symbols. " Bokomon what's happening," Reavermon gasped, but Bokomon and Neemon were clinging onto each other in complete terror.

"Oh no," Oryxmon said and Lowemon cried," Cherubimon NO!"

"At last, my evil will reign supreme!" Cherubimon cried in triumph," HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh no! What will our heroes do now! Tune in and wait for the next chapter! And don't forget to review!