Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon: Apocalypse ❯ The Book of Armageddon: Chapter 1 ( Chapter 26 )

I am Chihi Miayag, Priestess of the Digitalatri, and the end of the world is quickly approaching. I weep not only for the end of Earth, but because it is I who have brought this destruction upon us. I was foolish enough to believe the promises of the being who claimed to be the God of the Digital World, but he was a demon of the vilest order, GranDracmon. Since he has revealed himself to me, I have been removed from his service, (a move that I do not regret), but I yet remain the Priestess of the Digitalatri. I wish that Hiroshi, Keiko, James and Takashi would leave to follow their own lives, for although I strived to save them, I have only brought them further pain. I can now only hope to avert the coming of GranDracmon, and save that which I once would have destroyed…

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&# 8220;It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” Norman Schwarzkopf

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After the Daughters of the First and the Digitalatri returned to Earth, they traveled to Jyou’s apartment, which had quickly become their conference place. Sora hugged Taichi tightly, while Noriko ran to Yamato.

“I’m glad you’re safe,” Yamato said, “I was getting worried.”

She shrugged slightly. “Well…” she eyed Catherine staring at her, “I’ll tell you later…”

Miayag stood before her four warriors. “Well done,” she smiled, “Well done.”

Mimi glanced around. “Where’s Iduia and Keeya?”

The Daughters hesitated for a moment, before they each turned their heads to the side. Hikari gasped and placed her hand over her mouth. “Oh no…oh no….”

The room was silent for a few moments before Dingo spoke. “Just another reason to kick GranDracmon’s ass.”

Taichi sighed. “What about those…spheres that you guys got? What do they do?”

“We don’t know,” Sora frowned, “Seraphimon told me that we’d have to figure it out ourselves.”

“What about the Machina Codex?” Jyou suggested.

“Mina was looking it over,” Yamato said, “I think if it said anything more about those angels, she’d have said so.”

“We’ve got ta figure it out soon,” Dingo said, “’cause GranDracmon’s commin! Those Digitalatri…” He eyed Miayag and her soldiers, “Those other Digitalatri were in the park! They’re gatherin’ energy or somethin!”

“Right now?” Catherine gasped.

Taichi turned to Miayag. “What exactly do they need to do in order to get GranDracmon here?”

The former priestess shook her head. “I do not know. If they are already praying for him to arrive, then I would assume they are close.”

“We need to know for sure,” Taichi frowned.

“Spy mission?” Lynna asked.

He nodded. “Any volunteers?”

“I know where they are,” Dingo said.

“Me and Michael’ll go,” Mimi smiled slightly.

“You sure?” Sora asked, “We can…”

“Sora,” the other woman said, “We don’t know how long before we have to fight GranDracmon, why don’t you just spend what little time you can with Taichi.”

The redheaded woman blushed slightly. Mimi turned to the others. “That goes for the rest of you, enjoy it while you can.”

“Wow,” Jyou said, “Mimi…you’ve sure grown up “

She shrugged slightly and turned to Michael. “I guess I just needed some inspiration…”

“Just keep us informed,” Taichi said.

“No problem,” Michael said, “We’ll be back as soon as we can.”

“Just be careful,” Hikari said.

The husband and wife, along with their digimon partners, exited the apartment.

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The young nurse smiled slightly as Taichi, Hikari, Miayag and Sora entered the floor in the hospital. “Hello,” she said.

“Hello,” Hikari responded, “How is she?”

“There’s been no change,” the nurse said, “But, that means that nothing bad has happened either. You need look on the positive side.”

“Yes,” Hikari answered, “Thank you.”

They walked down the hall, and Sora paused in front of the room. “You can come inside if you want,” Taichi said.

She hesitated and looked at Miayag and Hikari. “Maybe I’d just better wait here.”

He nodded and joined his sister and his cousin inside the hospital room: his mother’s unconscious body was still lying within the hospital bed, tubes emerging from her arms, and an oxygen mask attached to her face. Hikari was reminded momentarily of Iduia, which threatened to bring tears to her eyes, but she held them back.

Miayag sighed. “This is just like my mother…”

“Your mother?” Hikari asked, “You know, I..I just realized, I don’t know anything about Aunt Kumiko. What was she like?”

Miayag was silent for a moment. “A woman who lived between two worlds. My parents were both users of narcotics, and after I was born, they both strived to stop. My father was given a proposal by one of his friends to start selling those drugs, but my mother convinced him to refuse. He was then killed. My mother tried to raise me as best she could, but the stress became too much for her, and she returned to drugs. She would never allow me anywhere near those narcotics, and I could tell that she wanted to stop with every fiber of her being, but could not.”

She glanced to the ground. “I was becoming so tired of calling the hospital every time that she overdosed, but then one day…she…” She shook her head, the tears in her eyes drying.

“I’m sorry,” Hikari said, “I…I really didn’t…”

The priestess turned to the unconscious woman. “Do they know how long she will remain like this?”

Taichi shook his head. “No, they don’t.”

The younger woman sighed again.

Taichi stared at her for a moment, then glanced over her shoulder to where Sora was waiting outside. “I’m…uh….”

Hikari nodded. “Yeah, I’d better go too.” She turned to her cousin, “Are you coming?”

“If it is okay with you, juushi, I would like to remain here.”

Hikari nodded and she and her brother exited the room, leaving the younger woman with the aunt that she never knew.

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Noriko walked closely beside Yamato as he traveled up the dirt path. She wanted to say something to him, but chose to keep silent until they arrived at their destination. She surveyed their surroundings: green trees, bright green grass, birds chirping in the sky, a truly beautiful place. It was serene and peaceful, a perfect setting for a cemetery.

The brown-haired girl continued in silence as the blond man took a sharp right off of the path without even looking. She was surprised for a moment, then wondered why, he had probably been through this path many times before. She simply followed.

They walked between a row of headstones until they arrived at a tombstone that was seated within an open area. Yamato turned to Noriko. “This is it.”

The young woman stood at his side and glanced at the stone. “Takeru Takashi,” she read from the engraving, “May you now fly with the angels. That’s…that’s beautiful.”

Yamato nodded slowly. “Yes, I thought so.”

“I’m sorry that he’s not here anymore,” she said, “He was always so mature and…heroic.”

The blond man took a deep breath, then turned to her. “Noriko, there’s a reason that I wanted you to come with me to see him.”

“W…what?”

“Takeru died of the Second Black Death,” he said, “and we didn’t have any idea what was going on, but…but now that we know what it is….I….” He shook his head violently, “I…I don’t know what I’m trying to say, so I’m just going to simply say it…”

He turned to face her. “Noriko, life is short, and I don’t know how long either of us have…Noriko, I want to be with you, and stay with you, for the rest of my life.”

The young woman was in silent shock. She had dreamed of this moment for what seemed like so long, and now, she could do nothing but blush. Yamato was silent, staring directly into her eyes, and she finally found her voice. “Y…Yamato, I…I….I want to be with you too, forever.”

The blond man grinned and grasped Noriko by the shoulders and pulled her into his chest, hugging her tightly. Noriko was stunned for a moment, before reaching around his back and hugging him as well.

The embraced couple was unseen by all except for one, a young woman who was standing a distance away, spying at them from behind a tree. She stared at them holding to each other and smiled slightly. Then Catherine slowly exited the cemetery.

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Hikari entered the building lobby and walked to the young woman seated behind the rounded desk. She smiled at her. “Yes, can I help you?”

Hikari nodded. “My name is Hikari Yagami and I’m here to see…”

Before the receptionist could respond, one of the elevator doors on the wall behind her slid open and a blond haired young man stepped into the lobby. “Hello Hikari.”

The brown-haired young woman grinned and ran to his side, hugging him. “Hello, Mitsuo.”

“I wasn’t excepting you today,” he said.

“I know,” she responded, “But…something important’s about to happen, and…and I just wanted to see you…”

Mitsuo stared at her for a moment. “Is there something you want to talk about?”

She hesitated, her eyes darting to the receptionist. Mitsuo nodded and led her to an area in the waiting area away from the receptionist and the people walking from the front door to the elevators. “What’s wrong?” he asked.

She lowered her voice. “A major evil digimon is planning on invading the city.”

“What?” he gasped.

She nodded. “Yes, that’s right. We’re going to try and stop him with everything that we’ve got, but…” she frowned, “We’ve already lost three of our friends…and…and I don’t know if….”

He placed a hand on her shoulder. “You’re worried that someone else is going to die, like your brother?”

“Yes,” she said, “But…I’m wondering if…I’m going to…you know.” She took a deep breath, “How long have we been going out?”

“About a year, I think.”

She nodded. “That’s right. I was coming back from visiting Takeru Takashi’s grave, and I had a bad day at work, and I was really depressed, and so I started crying when I was walking home, and I passed you on the sidewalk. You stopped me and asked if anything was wrong.”

He smiled. “Yeah, I do remember, and you started crying into my shoulder.”

She nodded. “You’ve been so good to me, and you’ve been there for me whenever I needed you. I….I just wanted you to know…in case I don’t….”

He hugged her. “I’m sure whatever happens, you’ll be safe, you, your brother, and your friends.”

She sighed. “I sure hope so…”

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Maria positioned her wheelchair before Jyou’s desktop computer and logged into her e-mail account. She scanned the messages until her eyes focused on one with the title message “pic from home.” She grinned and clicked on the message, and the screen soon displayed an image of a cityscape with a setting sun in the background, illuminating the sky in an orange haze. She smile and lend back in her seat, simply staring at the picture.

“Hey, Maria, what’s up?”

The Latino woman turned to the door. “Oh, hello Lynna.”

The Australian woman glanced over her shoulder at the computer monitor. “What’cha lookin’ at?”

She smiled once more. “This is a picture of my home, New York City.”

Lynna peered in closer. “So, that’s New York, eh?”

Maria nodded. “My half-brother, Ruben, took it using his digital camera yesterday.”

“Half-brother?” Lynna asked.

The younger woman nodded. “Yes, we have the same father, but different mothers. He is four years younger then me.”

“I thought you said that you didn’t have any brothers or sisters?”

She hesitated. “It’s…hard to explain..

The older woman shrugged. “If ya don’ wanna say, that’s fine.”

She nodded. “While I love my father and step-brother so much, it’s obvious that my father always wanted a son.”

Lynna nodded slowly. “Yeah, I think a lot a dads wants boys…probably just like moms want girls…” She smiled slightly, “I wouldn’t mind havin a boy…after one or two girls.”

Maria just shrugged. “I think its kind of early to be thinking of that. I don’t even have a boyfriend yet.”

“Eh, you’ll find someone, just give it time,” she smiled, “Trust me, ya got the looks, plus ya got ta have the nicest personality I’ve ever seen.”

Maria started to blush, “S…stop, please…”

The Australian woman grinned and lightly patted Maria’s shoulder. “We’re gonna order out, ya want anything?”

She thought for a moment. “I…don’t really mind…”

Lynna chuckled, “Ya, I don’t know how we’re gonna order either, since none of us speak Japanese, but we’ll think of somethin.”

Maria smiled as she watched the young woman leave. She then began to type her response to her half-brother.

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Michael placed his binoculars over his eyes as he focused on the congregation assembled in the park. “Well?” Betamon X asked.

“There’s about a hundred Chosen there,” he responded, “All infected with BD-2.”

“What are they doing?” Mimi asked.

“I don’t know,” he said. He adjusted his binoculars and scanned the large crowd of Infected Chosen. He followed the group up to the center of the semicircle they had arranged themselves in and saw four figures that resembled: Sam, Tatum, Iori and Hikari.

“The Four Horsemen are here.”

“Here?” Palmon X gasped, “They’re all here?”

“Shh!” Michael ordered, “They’re starting to talk.”

Within the trees of the park, the Horseman of Death, the Hikari-doppelganger, Kirahi, raised her hands to the sky. “My fellow Chosen, the time is almost upon us! The supreme god of the Digital World is calling to us, we must give more of ourselves, we must sacrifice more energy, to open the gate and bring him here! And once our god has set foot upon this world, we will be safe from persecution and execution! My fellow Chosen, raise your hands, and bring our god here!”

The Infected Chosen all instantly obeyed. They raised their arms to the sky and closed their eyes. They fueled and pooled their energy together, striving to bring their omnipotent lord to them so that he may smith their enemies and bring them salvation.

“This can’t be good!” Betamon X exclaimed.

“We’ve got to get the others here, right now!” Mimi shouted.

“Hurry!” Michael shouted, “We’re running out of time!”

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After calling Taichi and Yamato, the group of X-Chosen, the Digitalatri, and the remaining Daughters of the First gathered in atop a building littering the outskirts of the park. Taichi had borrowed Michael’s binoculars and was now staring directly at the congregated Infected Chosen. “They’re all there,” he said.

“What are they doing?” Miayag asked.

“Praying or something,” he frowned, gripping the sides of the seeing devices tightly.

“Are we just going to keep letting them do that?” Yamato asked.

Taichi hesitated. “The thing is…I don’t know what they’re doing…”

“What are you talking about?” Mimi gasped, “They’re going to summon GranDracmon!”

“She’s right,” Yamato said, “We’ve got to stop them before he gets here!”

“How?” he asked.

“I suggest we move quickly and attack before they have a chance to defend themselves,” Miayag said.

“What about those Digitamas we got?” Takashi’s Tsukaimon asked, eying the object that was resting within a small backpack on Keiko’s back. Sora had her Digitama within a pouch attached to her waist, and Noriko’s was attached around her shoulder like a purse.

Taichi frowned.

“What’s wrong?” Agumon X asked.

“I don’t know,” he said, “Just…this feeling…”

Miayag’s Plotmon stared at the sky. “Maybe it has something to do with that!”

The collection twisted their heads and saw to their horror that spider-webs of light were slowly began to weave across the night sky, collecting together into globs of energy in various areas.

“What the hell is that?” Keiko gasped.

“Reality is being torn asunder,” Miayag answered, “A great presence is attempting to cross into this world.”

“GranDracmon!” Sora shouted.

Agumon X twisted to his partner. “Taichi!”

The young man quickly nodded. “Right, we need to take out the Four Horsemen, then we’ll worry about the Infected Chosen.”

The others agreed. Their partners quickly evolved to their highest levels, Agumon X, Gabumon X and Miayag’s Plotmon evolved to their Fully Evolved forms: Metalgreymon X, Weregarurumon X and Bastemon, rather then their Mega forms, hoping to save their energy in case GranDracmon should arrive.

The combined Chosen charged at the Infected Chosen, their sights set on the Four Horsemen. Kirahi pointed her hands at them. “They seek to stop us from calling the almighty here, my Chosen, you must stop them!”

The digimon cursed with the Second Black Death began to attack, however, due to that same cures, they were not able to evolve past the level they were currently occupying. The Fully Evolved digimon easily smashed their way through the army-it was similar to a group of infantry men charging a tank.

If Kirahi had any feelings for the Infected Chosen, she did not show it. However, once she realized that her soldiers were falling like dominos, she turned to her fellow Horsemen. “Oiri, Matut, Asm, destroy them before they interfere with the master’s arrival.”

Matut, the evil double of Tatum, smirked, “Our pleasure.” The four demons, along with their digimon partners, leapt into the battle.

Kirahi turned towards the glowing spider-webs in the sky. “I will continue to monitor and guide the almighty lord here.”

Taichi held tightly to Metalgreymon X as the dinosaur trampled over a group of Gotsumon. An Aquilamon came flying towards his side, but the dinosaur flung his metal arm around, knocking the bird into a tailspin.

“That’s was close,” Taichi muttered.

A Sabirdramon dove from behind, in Metalgreymon X’s blind spot, neither the dinosaur nor Taichi were able to see. The black bird opened her feet to reveal her sharp claws, aiming for Taichi’s back…

“Shadow Wing!”

Taichi twisted around in time to watch as Garudamon’s attack struck the black bird, sending her smashing into the ground. The young man smiled slightly at the redheaded woman on Garudamon’s back. “Thanks Sora.”

“No problem,” she said, “I’ve got the feeling I’m going to be watching your back for the rest of my life.”

He frowned. “What the hell do you mean by that?”

She gave a devilish smile. Before Taichi could shout a reply, he watched with horror as a giant, winged monstrosity fired a blast of dark energy at the redhead and her winged partner, throwing her into a tailspin.

“Sora!” Taichi shouted, watching as Oiri, the Horseman of Famine and his Galfmon partner charged after the fallen Sora and Garudamon. He ordered Metalgreymon X to run to their aid, but the dinosaur screeched to a stop when a massive digimon appeared before them, a towering monster that both human and digimon instantly recognized.

“Venom Myotismon!”

A figure seated upon the digimon’s shoulder began to chuckle. “And let’s not forget Asm, the Horseman of Pestilence.”

Taichi growled as he thought of Sora. “Get out of my way right now!”

Venom Myotismon smirked. “Sorry, ain’t gonna happen.”

Taichi gripped Metalgreymon X’s leather skin. He glanced around the massive demon and saw that the other Daughters of the First were rushing to aid Sora. With her safe, he turned his attention back to Asm. “All right, fine. You wanna fight, you’re gonna get it. Metalgreymon, attack!”

The large dinosaur pointed his metal arm at the towering demon and fired. “Trident Arm Version 9.9!” His metal claw shot from his arm and struck Venom Myotismon in the chest. The demon grinned and whipped his arms around, grabbing hold of the metal cable. Gripping it tightly, he yanked to the right, throwing them both to the ground. The towering demon charged over, lifting his foot, intending to smash it down on the dinosaur’s head. However, seconds before he would have committed his act, he was thrown off balance as a barrage of rockets impacted his side. He stumbled backwards, but quickly regained his balance.

Asm growled, and twisted his head around to search out his attacker. He found Metalgarurumon X hovering in the air above him, while Miayag and her Plotmon were standing at his feet.

“Yamato?” Taichi asked, “Miayag?”

“Hurry and get up!” Metalgarurumon X shouted, “I’m not saving your ass all day here!”

Miayag twirled the Staff of Yuushi before her, “Yes, Juukeitei, let us banish this creature of darkness as one!”

Taichi chuckled. He grasped the Sword of Hidokoro, and turned to his partner, who had regressed to Agumon X in preparation. “Ready?”

The small dinosaur nodded. “You bet.”

Taichi grinned as the sword began to glow brightly, enveloping them both. “Agumon X warp evolve to Wargreymon X!”

Miayag and her partner watched in surprise as both Taichi and Agumon X were joined together. Plotmon turned to the priestess. “They fused together? Why can’t we?”

Miayag glanced down at her weapon. “I wonder if that power does not radiate within the Staff as well…”

She held it forward, where it began to glow, the same event that occurred before Plotmon would evolve to her Mega form. This time, however, Miayag focused on her partner, striving to use the connection that she knew Yamato and Taichi shared with their partners. To her surprise, the Staff of Yuushi soon exploded in gold light, covering both her and Plotmon. She felt their bodies twist and merge, fusing together into one.

“Plotmon evolve to Kuzuhamon!”

Wargreymon X and Metalgarurumon X glanced over at the fox woman. “You two fused together too?” the metal wolf asked.

“Yes,” Kuzuhamon answered, “I do not understand why I was not able to do so before…”

Wargreymon snorted. “Probably because you got rid of all that crap that GranDracmon filled you with…”

Before she could utter a response, Venom Myotismon roared and threw his arms into the air. “Excuse me!” Asm shouted.

“Sorry,” Wargreymon X answered, “I guess we just forgot about you…”

“Forgot?!” the Horseman shouted, “How dare you forget me! Venom Myotismon…”

Before he could order his attack, Wargreymon X shot forward and struck the demon digimon in the face. He was soon aided by Kuzuhamon and Metalgarurumon X, who pounded the vampire creature with energy attacks. Venom Myotismon quickly recovered and swung his arms around, knocking all three to the ground. They quickly recovered and leapt back to attack.

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After Garudamon had been struck by Galfmon, Sora had been thrown off of the giant bird and onto the ground. Her crutches were useless on Garudamon’s back, so she was not even able to stand. Garudamon was going to reach down and help her partner, but stopped when she saw Galfmon rushing towards them. The evil demon opened the mouth on his torso to fire another blast of dark energy, and the massive bird leapt in front of her partner to protect her from any harm.

Galfmon opened his mouth wide, a spew of dark energy crackling around the opening. “Black…”

“Darkness Wave!”

The demon closed his mouth as an army of bats began to swarm around him. On his back, Oiri growled.

Down below, Sora glanced to the sky and said a devil woman hovering before Galfmon. “Ladydevimon? Noriko!”

“Right here!”

The redhead turned to her side and saw the brown-haired woman kneeing to the ground. “Hang on,” Noriko smiled, wrapping her arm around Sora’s shoulder, “We’ll give you a hand.”

“We?” she asked. She then felt another arm on her other side. She turned and saw Lynna lifting as well. Within seconds, the Daughter of Fire was being supported by the Daughters of Darkness and Water.

“Don’t worry, “ the Australian woman grinned, “That poor excuse for a horse ain’t bettin’ us! Right, Waruseadramon?”

Her Fully Evolved partner erupted from the grown, firing chunks of ice from his mouth. “Evil Icicle!”

Galfmon easily batted the chunks aside, but he was then struck in the rear by a blast of hot energy. He twisted around and saw Hippo Gryphomon soar by, with Anna and Maria on his back. Oiri wondered where Maria’s partner was, but was answered when Insekimon dropped from the sky, kicking Galfmon in the face before twisting around and landing on Garudamon’s back. Hippo Gryphomon landed on the ground, and Anna climbed off of her partner, Maria resting on her back.

Galfmon was about to attack again, when Blossomon began to throw sharp flowers from her vines, striking the demon across his body. Catherine grinned as she pointed at him. “Take that, vous demon!”

Oiri stared down at them. “So, all the Daughters are here…” He grinned slightly, “Those of you that are left, that is…”

“You bastard,” Sora glared.

“Enough flattery,” he chuckled, “Galfmon, finish them!”

His digimon roared with energy, opening his lower mouth once again. Garudamon shot forward and swung her first into his side. However, he pulled back at the last moment and she missed the target. Galfmon opened his mouth and chomped down on her arm.

“Garudamon!” Sora shouted.

The giant bird struggled to get free. “Ladydevimon!” Noriko shouted, “Help her!”

“Kick his ass, Waruseadramon!” Lynna shouted.

The devil woman held out her hand, which transformed into a sharp bladed point. “Darkness Spear!” She shot around to Galfmon’s underside and jabbed her blade deep into his flesh. He winced in pain, but held tight to his grip on Garudamon’s hand.

Waruseadramon whipped around from beneath, pouring out a stream of icicles that impacted against the human torso portion, hoping to distract him enough to weaken his grip on the giant bird’s arm. He continued to press on Garudamon’s arm, causing her to cry out in pain.

“Garudamon!” Sora screamed.

Ladydevimon watched with anger as Galfmon continued to injure her friend. She once again transformed her arm into her Darkness Spear and slammed it deep into the side of the lower jaw. This time, Galfmon was forced to release Garudamon. The giant bird quickly pulled her hand back, but before the Daughters could plan an attack, Galfmon let loose with a scream that erupted from deep within. “Dead Scream!”

The digimon partners of the Daughters were thrown by the shockwave, twisting and spinning into the ground. Blossomon and Hippo Gryphomon were the first to recover and shot back into the sky to continue the attack. Hippo Gryphomon opened his mouth and spewed out blasts of hot air. “Heat Wave!”

Galfmon was struck on the side of his elongated body, but only grimaced slightly. He whipped his hand around and managed to grab hold of the Wind Guardians back. He spun him around in the air before throwing him into the ground.

Oiri roared with laughter. “This is far too easy! Come on, give us a fight!”

Catherine trembled with angry and hate. “That…that….” She twisted to her partner, “Blossomon, tear him apart!”

The mouthed flowers on the tips of Blossomon’s vines began to fire out quick burst of yellow power that began to envelop the giant demon. He chuckled. “That Polinosis Shower technique of yours won’t work on me!” Galfmon shouted. The mouth on his torso opened wide as black energy began to gather within the void. “Black Requiem!”

Blossomon braced herself for the impact, but instead, she was surprised as her body suddenly became as hard as granite and Galfmon’s attack had no affect, the blackness simply flowed around her.

The Horseman of Famine was shocked, until he recalled the same technique when he fought the Daughters on the Seraphimoon. He twisted around and glared down at Insekimon, who was pointing his hands at Blossomon. “You!”

Maria grinned. “Insekimon’s Guard Rock attack won’t let you hurt any of our friends!”

Oiri chuckled. “Then we’ll just have to get rid of you!”

Galfmon attacked with another blast of his Dead Scream, throwing the Daughters and their partners into a maelstrom of energy. Insekimon smashed into one of the trees that were littering the park. The massive demon scanned the group until he found Maria, lying helpless on the ground. She was not even able to run, as her legs had long since vanished. She tried to crawl away, but it was not any use, Galfmon’s Black Requiem easily struck her from behind, covering her body in dark energy.

“Maria!” Sora screamed.

Insekimon charged towards his partner, but much like other Chosen digimon, he too vanished when his partner passed. All of the Daughters were staring eagerly as the black flames from Galfmon’s attack dissipated; what they saw of Maria…or rather, what was left of Maria lying in the park grass, caused them all to scream with rage.

“Waruseadramon!” Lynna screamed, “I don’ care how ya do it, but kill him! Kill ‘em both!”

Oiri grinned wickedly as Galfmon prepared to attack, but before any further hostilites could commence, the sky exploded with light.

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Jyou, Dingo, Mimi, Michael and Hikari heard the screams of the Daughters of the First, but they were not able to rush to their aide, as the Infected Chosen had taken to attacking them. Their digimon partners battled furiously against the suffocation of their enemies. They wished to aid their friends against the Horsemen, but they simply could not.

The four remaining members of the Digitalatri did heard the screams of the Daughters of the First as well. “What happened over there?” Takashi asked.

“I think someone else just died,” Keiko said.

“Another one?” James asked, “Will this end?”

“Yes, it will, but not before your deaths!”

The members twisted their heads to the source of the sinister, yet familiar, voice. Hovering above them was the evil double of Tatum, riding upon her Zanbamon.

“Matut,” Hiroshi sneered, “The Horsemen of War.”

She chuckled. “Ah, I see that you remember me…”

“How could we ever forget your stench?” Keiko asked, “How dare you take the form of Tatum!”

“I am Tatum,” she responded, “Just her true side, liberated, freed from the limits placed upon her by Mimi and Miayag. Now, face the true Tatum!”

Hiroshi’s Blue Meramon, Keiko’s Garbamon, Takashi’s Metal Tyranomon, and James’s Megaseadramon quickly encircled Zanbamon. The demon chuckled, “Well, come and get me.”

Garbamon yelled as he flew towards him, pointing his bazooka forward. “Take this, Poop Bazooka!”

Zanbamon whipped out his sword and began to fire a barrage of bullets. “Cross Slash!”

Garbamon swung his giant gun around, blocking the small projectiles Megaseadramon snaked around from behind, intending to blast Zanbamon in the back, however, the demon twisted around quickly, slashing the serpent in the face. “Prison Gate of Beheading!”

“Megaseadramon!” James shouted, watching as his partner’s head whipped backwards. After he recovered, all could see that the serpent now had a massive gash atop his long snout.

“You shouldn’t have messed with your betters,” the demon laughed.

Megaseadramon smirked. “Or maybe it’s just a diversion.”

Matut raised in eyebrows in confusion until both she and Zanbamon spun around. They were just in time to watch as Hiroshi’s Blue Meramon threw a ball of blue flame into his face. Before the demon could reach for his sword, Takashi’s Metal Tyranomon trapped Zanbamon within his large hands.

“Yes!” Takashi shouted.

Blue Meramon floated towards the metallic dinosaur. “Can you hold him?”

“Don’t worry,” he chuckled, “I’ve got…” His hands suddenly blew apart as Zanbamon exploded with energy.

“I think you got him pissed,” Keiko muttered.

Matat held to her partner’s back as he pointed his sword at Metal Tyranomon’s hand. “Cross Slash!”

Despite his massive size, the metallic digimon slid backwards under the force of Zanbamon’s attack. Garbamon began to assail Zanbamon with streams of shit from his bazooka, while Megaseadramon blasted his Thunder Javelin. Both attacks struck Matut and her partner, covering them with excrement and pure energy. Matut roared with anger as she threw the shit from her face.

“Damn you!” she screamed, “Zanbamon, rip them to shreds!”

The demon swung his sword in a practiced maneuver. He focused on Blue Meramon, arging forward with his sword. “Prison Gate of Beheading!”

“Blue Meramon!” Hiroshi shouted, “Get out of the way!”

His digimon stared down the evil warrior digimon. The blue flames on his body began to grow with intensity, wrapping around his body. The flames soon transformed into ice, granting him a living shield. “Ice Phantom!” he shouted.

Zabamon swung his sword at Blue Meramon’s neck, but due to his ice shield, the demon’s attack did not find its mark. Hiroshi’s partner swung his ice-covered fist into Zanbamon’s face, but the demon whipped his sword around, managing to hack off a portion of Blue Meramon’s other arm. The ice digimon flinched back in extreme pain.

Metal Tyranomon pointed his right hand at Zanbamon and fired a giant missile. “Giga Destroyer II!”

The demon twisted out of the way and began to fire his Cross Slash technique. Megaseadramon and Garbamon came to his aide, attacking with all of their might. Zanbamon whipped his sword around and fired another round of Cross Slash, striking both digimon, but it was even more painful for the serpent, as the demon fired directly into Megaseadramon’s massive injury.

The four humans began to fill with rage and anger. Hiroshi was about to shout out another possible battle strategy, when, the night sky was suddenly illuminated as if the multitude of stars in the sky went nova…

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The three fused human/digimon heard the screams of the Daughters as well, but they could only spare a moment to stare in that direction.

“Sora?” Wargreymon X asked.

“Noriko?” Weregarurumon X gasped, “What’s going on over there?”

“We will discover soon enough,” Kuzuhamon said, “But we must defeat Venom Myotismon first.”

“Watch out!” Metalgarurumon X shouted, pointing into the air. Venom Myotismon swung his fists, smacking Wargreymon X into a tailspin. Metalgarurumon X leapt to aid, firing his twin-barreled guns at a tremendous pace. The towering demon stumbled backwards, but quickly recovered as well. Kuzuhamon swung her staff behind her head, intending to smack it into Venom Myotismon’s face, but the demon bashed his large head into the smaller digimon, twisting her into the ground.

“Kuzuhamon!” Wargreymon X shouted.

“Venom Infuse!” the towering demon shouted, spewing out a blast of poison at the two X digimon. They both shot to the side to avoid the attack, but Metalgarurumon X continued to fire his weapons, striking and slashing Venom Myotismon upon his side. He winced.

“I’ll get you for that!” he shouted, “Prepare to die!”

Before he could form an attack, however, Kuzuhamon leapt back from the ground and mercilessly struck the demon’s face repeatedly until he pounded her with his fists. She was forced to shoot back to a safer distance.

“I’ll get him,” Wargreymon X said, “But you’ve got to give me some time to do it.”

“You got it,” Metalgarurumon X said.

“Yes,” Kuzuhamon nodded.

“Plan all you want, it’s not going to stop me!” Asm laughed, “GranDracmon will arrive and your world will perish!”

Wargreymon X smashed to the ground and raised his arms over his head, gathering energy within his palms. Sections of the grass, the trees, the sky, even moisture from the air began to mix with the powerful energy.

Venom Myotismon glared down at them and redid his fists. Metalgarurumon X danced between the demon’s fists and threw his arms open, firing all of his weapons at once. “Garuru Burst!”

The metal wolf’s missiles smashed into the demon’s chest, stumbling backwards. He recovered and was about to attack Metalgarurumon X, but Kuzuhamon leapt before him. She twirled her staff before her, sending out a wave of transparent foxes, “Reverse Rice Cord!”

Asm was nearly thrown from his partner’s shoulder from Kuzuhamon’s attack. “What are you doing?!” he screamed, “Kill them at once!”

“Oh yeah, I’m gonna grind them into power with my teeth!” he screamed. He raised his arms in rage.

Down below, Wargreymon X had been gathering energy and elements for his ultimate attack, and now he was ready. He pulled his arms back and threw the massive ball within his arms as hard as he could. “Gaia Force Zero!”

The Horseman and his demon partner became aware of the mega dinosaur at the same moment. They did not have time to even scream as Wargreymon X’s attack ripped across Venom Myotismon’s torso, annihilating not only the demon digimon, but the Horseman of Pestilence as well.

“Well done,” Kuzuhamon said.

“Yeah, great,” Metalgarurumon X said, “Now, why don’t we try to stop GranDracmon from getting here?”

Wargreymon X narrowed his eyes as he spied Kirahi standing in the center of the chaos, her arms raised to the sky. “Yeah, this is our last chance! Let’s move!”

The trio of Mega digimon were about to soar forward, but stopped in their tracks as they saw a horrendous sight: the small webs of energy suddenly and mysteriously gathered together above the Horseman of Death. The webs exploded, illuminating the night sky. The trio could only stare as a massive figure soon appeared above Kirahi.

“Yes!” the Horseman shouted, “My lord, you have arrived!”

GranDracmon grinned as he surveyed the surrounding area. “Yes, my faithful servant, I hath arrived…”

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My name is Chihi Miayag, and I have failed. GranDracmon, the demon that I have inadvertently empowered, has arrived on this world. I am powerless to stop his rampage. Armageddon commences in mere moments, and if God truly exists, I pray that He is merciful upon my soul, for I fear that I go to meet Him soon….