Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Legacy ❯ Warriors: Chapter 3 ( Chapter 12 )

Previously...

Tai turned to where she was pointing. Orion and Cyberdramon were standing, but what was shocking Ai was the fact that Orion's metal mask was off. Tai gasped. "Ryo?"

He smiled slightly at him. "I know that we did not see eye-to-eye the last time we were together. I would like to burry the past, besides, I have witnessed the good those children are trying to do. I want to help any way I can, if you'll let me."

Dr. Wong smiled. "Thank you."

Yamaki placed a hand on his shoulder and the two walked out of the room. His demoner changed serious. "I did not tell the others this, but we believe that Hakkado is seeking to unleash the D-Reaper."

Dr. Wong gasped. "That's why Henry wanted to know about it."

Yamaki nodded. "I would like your help. Please, tell me everything you know."

"How can this be?" Antiramon thought,"I am a Deva, a sacred warrior, how can he be more stronger than I? His Dark God must truly be powerful."

After continuing his assult for a full five minutes of torture, the squid finally released her and she fell to the ground. She tried to get back to her feet, but she could not support her own weight.

Lambert walked to the entreance of the church and turned to his partner. "Do not let her escape. I am going inside."

"As you wish," Marine Devimon chuckled.

The Dark Tamer walked through the massive doors and entered a long hallway, filled with artifacts and antiquities belonging to the four Sovereigns. At the end of the hall was a giant alter. As he examined it, he found that there was a triangle shaped hole near the top, as if something had once been held there. He turned to the right and found what he was looking for: resting atop a stone pillar was Dolphin's journal. "Yes!" he grinned,"Master Hakkado's gonna like this!"

"Who are you?" Henry asked.

"My name is Mizuno,"

Mizuno nodded. "You see, at the beginning, digimon were nothing more than a project in creating artifical intelligence. We created the digimon from anything we could think of, legends, mythology, dreams," he chuckled slightly,"Even dinosuars. But our funding dried up and the project was canceled. I still kept working on it, however, and created a program that would allow the digimon to keep evolving. They did so at a fantastic rate." He frowned,"Some digimon grew too powerful and began corrupted. When that happened, the good digimon called humans back to this world, the Digidestined. When these digimon saw that the evil was evolving, they created new digimon/human partners, called Tamers, but while a Digidestined's partner was choosen for him or her, digimon choose their own Tamers."

"Ah, Rika Nonaka, the self-proclaimed Digimon Queen. Yes, I know of her. " He sighed,"Well, the reason is quite simple, just as you and Guilmon are connected, so are you and Rika."

"What?" he asked.

Mizuno nodded. "Yes, tell me, how many times has she been in battle, and you've felt it? How many times has she been injured and you've felt injured too?"

Takato hesitated for a second, then rubbed his ankle. "Well, Rika twisted her ankle, and I..." his voice dropped to a whisper,"..my ankle's been hurting lately."

Mizuno nodded."Yes, you see."

"But...how? Why are we connected?"

Mizuno shrugged. "I'm sorry, but I really don't know. I can guess and say that you somehow....intercepted Rika's energy and used it to create a D-Arc."

"So, you're saying that I came from Rika?"

"Or she came from you. It's never easy to tell with these things."

Hakkado smiled slightly. "You've seen my Tamers, Barker and Lambert. You've seen the power they posses, but you...I can do much with your hidden powers."

"My...hidden powers?"

"Yes, you mean Kamiya never told you? You were born on a very special day, perhaps the most important day in the history of the Digital World. The day Malomyotismon was destroyed. On that day, the gates between both worlds were open wide, allowing digital energy to flow freely to Earth. You were born when the Digital World was visable in the night sky. In a way, you were born from the Digital World, like Renamon. You two were literally made for each other. As such, you have a power hidden deep inside you. I can bring it out."

Rika stared at the ground, her open palms closing slightly. She looked to stare Hakkado straight in the eyes. "I know that there is always a price."

He chuckled. "Yes, I cannot give you this strength for free, you must perform a service to me."

"What?"

"Kill Kamiya and his Tamers!"

Rika was silent for a long time, before taking a deep breath. She stared back at the Dark Master Digidestined. "I don't like it, in fact, I hate it! But if you can make me powerful enough to defeat Master Kamiya, then I'll do it!"

"This is incredible!" she laughed,"I've never felt power such as this! I am invincible!" She started flying across the land, "No longer am I Rika or Renamon! Look apon your new queen Digital World, I am Sakuyamon!"

December 20, 2015

Warriors

Chapter 3

Wong sighed as he leaned back in his seat. His sigh quickly turned into a growl as he stared at the computer screen. The status bar on the screen was just barely reaching the fifty percent mark. "I thought these computers were suppose to get faster?"

He glanced around at the computer lab he was working in, surrounded by countless Hypnos technicians and a group of co-workers, no,friends that he had not seen in years, but knew that they would come to help, simply if he asked for it.. One of these friends, an older black man with thick sunglasses walked over. "What's wrong?"

Wong frowned. "How am I suppose to work on these calculations, when by the time this stupid thing finishes processing I'll be an old man?" He glanced at the black man. "Don't say anything, Babel."

The other Monster Maker slowly sipped his tea. "If you're insinuating that I'd make a remark about how you could possibly get any older, I'd never do that. You old fossil."

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

A woman with short blond hair came over. "Tao, we've got a problem."

"What's wrong, Daisy?"

She placed a piece of paper in front of him. "These calculations aren't finished yet."

Babel answered her."Give them to Curly. See what she can do."

"Right."

"Just tell her to be careful with my baby."

"Since when is the Ark yours?" Wong asked with a grin.

"Hey, I was the one that created the core program," he said, walking over to a large projector sized screen with an image of a large ship that resembled a D-Arc,"Don't worry kids, we'll get you back."

Kazu grumbled as he climbed over the ledge and found himself on solid ground once again. He took a deep breath, and then wiped his forehead. "Wow, that was one heck of a work out."

"Kazu!"

He quickly turned around and helped Miki onto the cliff, then did the same with Kasumi and Alice. Guardromon hovered onto the cliff carrying Snow Agumon and Calamon. Kazu hit him in the head. "You big dofus! Why didn't you tell me you could carry us?"

"Well, you didn't ask."

Kazu started pulling his hair out. "Ahh!"

Miki brushed the dust off her jeans. "If you two goofballs are done, we should keep going."

Kazu grumbled again, then noticed that someone was missing. "Where's Kasumi?"

The group suddenly heard Tai's daughter shout out to them. "Guys! You'd better come and see this!"

They ran over the hills until they reached a large wooden building, very similar to a church. The teenage girl was standing in front of the door, pointing to a massive figure that was lying on the ground. "Take a look at this." She held her D-Arc over the figure. "Antiramon, one of the Devas, but what happened to her?"

Calamon hovered over. "She got beat up pretty bad."

Kazu crossed his arms. "It looks like her rabbit foot didn't do her any good."

"Kazu!" the girls shouted.

Antiramon started to glow, and then she shrunk down to a small rabbit like creature. "Now she looks like Terriermon," Calamon said,"Except she looks like chocolate." His ears shrunk into his head,"I miss my cream puffs."'

"That's Lopmon," Guardromon explained," I belive she is a beast type digimon."

The small digimon slowly started to sit up. Snow Agumon bent down and helped her sit up. "It's okay, you were hurt pretty bad, but I think you'll be all right."

"Thank you." She looked at the humans, then darted back,"W..what are you doing here?"

Alice spoke for them. "We are searching for the Land of the Sovereigns."

"You have found it, but why are you here?"

"We were brought here by the Dark Digidestined Master. We are searching for our Master Digidestined. When we re-join with them, we will stop the revival of the D-Reaper."

Lopmon nodded. "So, you and I are on the same side."

Miki snorted. "Finally, someone believes us."

"But that horse guy is still after us!" Kazu pointed out.

"Indramon," Lopmon corrected,"I will come with you, Indramon will listen to me."

Kazu nodded. "All right, let's keep searching for Mr. Kamiya."

Snow Agumon began to sniff the air. "What's wrong?" Kasumi asked.

"I spell something," she said,"A very familiar sent....its Guilmon!"

Kazu looked around. "I don't see him."

The white dinosaur continued to smell the air. She bowed and started to sniff around the ground. "Here."

Calamon cocked his head to the side. "He's on the ground."

She continued to sniff the air until she reached one of the many rocks littering the area. "Here."

The rest of the group glanced at each other. Kasumi walked over to her partner. "Um, are you okay?"

The white dinosaur glared at her,"Help me push." The two girls started to push the rock, and the Tamer was surprised when the rock moved aside to reveal a large hole. It was not the hole, however, that cause her to gasp, it was Guilmon, Takato, Henry, Terriermon and Jeri staring at them. "Hey guys," Henry smiled.

Kazu came over and helped Kasumi pulled the other teenagers onto the surface. "What were you guys doing under there?"

"We met up with a friend of my father's," Henry explained,"He showed us the way to get here."

Takato quickly looked at the group. "Where's Rika?"

"We haven't seen her since the Digital Gate collapsed," Guardromon said.

Takato sighed. "Oh."

"What's wrong?" Miki asked.

"Something happened to her," he said,"Something really bad."

"How do you know?" Alice asked.

Takato hesitated, so Terriermon spoke. "He found out that he and Rika are the same person!"

"Terriermon!" Henry shouted. He sighed as he looked at the others,"What he means is, we just found out that there's some kind of connection between Takato and Rika. We don't really understand it."

Lopmon shook her head. "You humans are very confusing."

The new group stared at the small digimon. "Who are you?"

"We'll explain on the way," Kazu said.

Tai, the twins, Ryo and their digimon had managed to reach a waterfall area surrounded by red: the ground was red, the rocks were red, even the sky was red. "Where are we?" the Master Digidestined asked. He placed his hand on his forehead and glanced around,"This looks like the inside of a volcano, or something."

"Mr. Kamiya!" Ai shouted,"Look as this!"

He turned and saw where the child was pointing; it was a strange red bridge that hovered over the chasm and connected to a hive-shaped building. "I wonder what that is?" Ai asked.

"Maybe it's a castle?" Agumon asked.

"Or a dungeon," Gatomon mumbled.

Ryo sighed. "So, now what do we do?"

Mako looked up at the group. "Maybe we should wait for the others?"

"But how long will that take?" Ryo asked,"We don't even know where we are, how can we be sure that they're going to come this way?"

Cyberdramon started to growl. "Someone's coming."

"Where?" Ryo asked.

Everyone was dead silent as they stared where the dragon digimon was pointing. A few seconds later, their missing members walked over the horizon. "Mr. Kamiya!" they all shouted.

Tai gave a very relieved sigh. "You're all okay..." His smile faded,"But, where's Rika?"

"We don't know," Takato said,"But I've got a feeling something very bad has happened to her."

Tai just nodded."I'm sure she's okay. We've got to find out where we are."

Lopmon bowed in front of Tai. "Master Kamiya."

"Who are you?" he asked.

"I am Lopmin, I am one of the Devas, and I am here to aid you."

"Oh, um, can you tell me where we are?"

"This is one of the four quadrants of the Land of the Sovereigns," she said,"To be more precise, the realm of Zhuqioamon."

He sighed. "Figures we'd end up where he is." He turned to Alice,"Well, do you have any idea where the D-Reaper is sealed?"

She shook her head. "No, I'm sorry, sir."

Tai was about to respond, when they heard Jeri give a small shout. The Master Digidestined spun around and found that Hakkado and a black version of Wargreymon were standing in front of the red bridge. "Greetings," he chuckled.

Tai growled,"What do you want?"

He laughed. "What do you think? I want Calamon!"

"Calamon?" Tai asked, glancing to where Alice was holding the small Digimon, "Why do you want him?

Hakkado just chuckled. "Give him to me, or else."

Tai turn to the others. "If I tell you to run with Calamon, do it." He turned back around and held his digivice towards Agumon. "Ready."

He nodded. "Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"

Tai turned to the others. "We will handle this. You guys stay here."

"Are you sure?" Ryo asked.

Tai's eyes narrowed as he stared at Hakkado. "This is a matter of honor. I don't expect you to understand." He reached inside his jacket and pulled out a small metal rod, which quickly opened up into a sword.

Ryo just nodded "If you say so."

Hakkado laughed as he produced his own sword. "Amazing isn't it? We're exact opposites, aren't we? Light and Dark."

Tai and Wargreymon slowly moved closer to Hakkado and Black Wargreymon. "How, how do you have a Black Wargreymon?"

Hakkado grinned. "You were created by Azulongmon, right? He used Geni to create your digivice, along with the other Digidestineds, right? Well, I was given my digivce from someone very similar to Geni, under orders from a Dark God."

"Who?" Tai demanded,"Who's this..Dark God."

Hakkado grinned. "Apocalymon."

"Apocalymon?!"

"Yes, and I will do his bidding, by unleashing the D-Reaper onto the Earth!"

Tai growled,"You've got to get past me first!"

Hakkado held out his sword. "Then let's go."

The two Master Digidestined launched at each other. Their swords met in a giant clash, while their two Wargreymons slammed into each other. Tai swung his sword at Hakkado's head, but the evil Digidestined blocked with his sword. Tai use his foot to try to knock Hakkado to the ground, but the Dark Digidestined Master jumped backwards. "Not bad."

"You haven't seen anything yet."

While Tai and Hakkado battled, their digimon were engaged in a battle of their own. Wargreymon tore his gauntlets across Black Wargreymon's armor. The dark version slammed his knee into the normal version, throwing him back slightly. Tai's digimon swung his arm around and managed to knock Hakkado's digimon into the ground. Black Wargreymon swung his foot around and into Wargreymon's feet. Tai's digimon was knocked onto the ground. Black Wargreymon leapt into the air, his claws pointed at Wargreymon, but the normal version twisted out of the way.

Over on the sidelines, the Tamers were in awe as they watched the battle. "This is incredible!" Takato gasped,"To think that our teacher had this kind of power!"

"I know," Jeri said,"It's...amazing."

Tai and Hakkado continued to battle each other, their swords clashing into one another, a light show of energy exploded into the red sky. While their swords were firmly pressed against one another, Tai snuck his foot behind Hakkado and yanked it forward. The Dark Master Digidestined fell onto his back and dropped his sword. Tai jumped on top of him and pressed the point of his sword against his neck. "Call your digimon off, now!"

Hakkado nodded slightly to Black Wargreymon. He stood firmly in place as Wargreymon wrapped the evil dinosaur's arms behind him and held it tight. The Dark Master Digidestined chuckled slightly. "So, you've managed to subdue Black Wargreymon, but you've got a bigger threat coming."

"What are you talking about?"

Hakkado grinned, and pointed to the sky. Tai turned around slightly and saw a female figure drop in the center of the group. She had long white hair and pointed ears, and was wearing black and yellow armor. Tai turned back around and lifted Hakkado to his feet and pressed his sword directly at his neck. "Who is she?" Tai demanded,"Who is she?"

The figure laughed in a voice that was a mixture of two voices, but two voices that everyone recognized. "What, you don't recognize me?"

"Rika?" Takato gasped.

"Renamon?!" Guilmon shouted.

"That's right, we have joined to become a mega digimon. You can call me Sakuyamon!" Tai started shaking Hakkado. "What did you do to her?!"

"I just brought out her true potential. I did what you were afraid to do."

Tai turned back to Sakuyamon. "What did you promise him?"

The mega digimon held her staff out in front of her. "Your deaths. Don't take it personal, its just business." She began her assault with Snow Agumon. She kicked the white dinosaur to the ground with ease, and then whacked her staff into Guardromon's head. After he was knocked over, she moved over to Cyberdramon. She had slightly more trouble with the Ultimate, but was able to take care of him without breaking a sweat. She threw Terriermon, Gatomon and Lopmon into one of the red boulders with ease. She knew Wargreymon could not fight because he was holding Black Wargreymon, so she turned to Takato and Guilmon. "What's wrong, Goggle-head?" she chuckled,"Too scared to fight?"

"I'm not going to fight you, Rika," he said,"You don't have do this."

"Yes I do!" she shouted,"I finally have the power, the power that is mine by right!" She started laughing with glee,"And I'm going to make you fight me!" She darted to the side and grabbed Jeri.

"Jeri!" Takato shouted.

Sakuyamon chuckled as she held the quivering brown hair girl in her left hand. She used her other hand to hold her staff up against Jeri's neck. "Fight me, or I kill her."

The brunette was almost in tears. "Takato," she quivered,"Please help me."

"Jeri!" Tai shouted. He moved his sword away from Hakkado's neck. The evil Digidestined quickly swung his leg around and knocked Tai to the ground. He grabbed his sword and jumped onto his feet. The two Master Digidestined began to fight again. Wargreymon was still holding his dark reflection at bay, so neither of them could help.

Meanwhile, the other Tamers had helped their injured digimon. Henry picked up Terriermon and stared at Sakuyamon and Takato. "What do we do?" Kasumi gasped, walking over with Snow Agumon.

Henry shook his head. "I don't know, I really don't know."

The two teenagers stared at Takato. His fists were clenched so tightly that they almost drew blood. He was shaking with rage. The twins saw this, and ran over as far as they could. "Takato!" Ai shouted,"Don't get angry!"

Mako joined her. "Remember what happened before! Remember what happened when you get angry!"

Takato tried to keep his rage under control, but it was too much for him. He screamed, and Guilmon's eyes instantly dilated. He grabbed his D-Arc, and Wargrowlmon appeared behind him. "If you want to fight, you're going to get it!" Takato screamed. He turned to his digimon. "Digivolve! Digivolve to Mega!"

Wargrowlmon was covered by a cyclone of yellow light and when it vanished a giant red dragon with massive wings appeared. Ai and Mako stared at each other. "Megidramon."

Sakuyamon laughed. "Finally!" She flung Jeri into the ground. The teenager twisted around at stared at the massive Megidramon.

"Takato..what did you do to him? What did you...it was me," she stared crying,"You flipped out...because of me. Oh, Takato, I'm so sorry."

Tai momentarily stopped his battle with Hakkado and stared at Megidramon. "Takato, what did...."

Hakkado used this opportunity to pound his fist into Tai's stomach. The Master Digidestined stumbled backwards, and Hakkado ran over to Alice. He quickly threw her to the ground and grabbed Calamon. "Black Wargreymon, let's go, now!"

The evil digimon twisted his leg under Wargreymon. Tai's digimon released his grip and Hakkado's digimon swung around. He quickly threw his Terra Destroyer at Wargreymon. At such a close proximity, he regressed to Agumon and tumbled over to Tai's side.

Hakkado grinned at Tai. "If you want me, Kamiya, come and get me!" Black Wargreymon grabbed both him and Calamon and flew away.

Tai got back onto his feet. He stared at the disappearing Dark Digidestined Master, but turned to where Megidramon and Takato were staring down Sakuyamon. "Rika!" he shouted, running over to them,"Rika, can't you see you're being used? Power isn't everything!"

Sakuyamon glared at him. "Shut up, Old Man!"

Tai growled. "I am the Master Digidestined, I command you to stop!"

Sakuyamon laughed,"I'm through taking orders from you, Old Man! Master Hakkado told me the truth about my birthday. You tried to hide it from me!"

Tai sighed,"That's only because I didn't want to hurt you.."

"You were afraid I'd hurt you if I knew my full potential! That's right, Master Hakkado explained everything!"

"Rika.."

"Quiet!" she shouted. She swung her staff into Tai's side and sent him flying backwards into a pile of red rocks. The others watched in horror as a large red stain began to appear on his side.

"Daddy!" Kasumi shouted, charging towards him. The others were in complete shock.

Kazu shook his head. "No, I..I can't believe she got Mr. Kamiya. No."

Tai stared at Rika. "Wh..why can't you understand...Rika..people live forever through the memories they leave behind...through their legacy. Some leave behind love and peace, others hate and betrayal. Tell me Rika...w..what will your legacy..be..?" His eyelids closed shut and it fell to the side.

"Daddy!" Kasumi shouted,"Daddy!"

Sakuyamon laughed. "My legacy? My legacy will be power, strength!"

Takato stared at Tai, then back at Sakuyamon. He had enough. He screamed with rage. "That is it! You're going to pay!"

Megidramon leapt forward and threw Sakuyamon to the ground. The battle had begun.

Back on the sideline, Kasumi check her father's wounds. "Henry! He's barely breathing!"

Henry glanced around,"Oh, what do I do?"

Sakuyamon whacked her staff into Megidramon's side, but the dragon slammed his fist into the fox woman's side. Sakuyamon twirled her staff into the dragon's side, then jumped back to a safe distance.

She stared at the drooling dragon, then gripped her staff tightly. "You're strong, Megidramon, but I'm stronger!" She launched forward and began to attack the dragon with such furry and savagery that, if Megidramon were any other digimon, she surely would have been victorious, but the dragon was not any other digimon.

Megidramon used his tail to whip around Sakuyamon and throw her to the ground. She struggled to move, but had to quickly throw her hands up to hold back the dragon's jaw. She stared into his massive mouth, saliva dripping all around. "You know, this isn't a very attractive side of you."

"Yes!" Takato shouted,"Crush her, kill her!"

Jeri started to back away from him. "Takato, I'm...I'm so sorry. If only I had the strength to break free then you...."

Henry stared at Sakuyamon and Megidramon from the sideline. He turned to Terriermon,"We've got to stop them! Both of them!"

"Why should we bother?" he asked,"Why don't we just wait until one of them beats the other?"

Henry stared at him,"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." He turned to look at the others,"With Mr. Kamiya out, Agumon can't evolve into Wargreymon."

Terriermon nodded."Not to mention that both he and Gatomon and unconscious."

"Guardromon's unconscious, Kasumi's too worried about her father to make Snow Agumon digivolve, and so far Impmon hasn't show the ability to go any higher. With Mr. Kamiya, Takato and Rika out, the strongest one is Orion." He pulled a card out of his deck,"Ready Terriermon?"

His digimon nodded,"Do it!"

"Digi-modify! Matrix Digivolution Activate!"

"Terriermon matrix digivolve to Rapidmon!"

Henry shouted to Ryo. "Orion! We've got to attack them before it's too late!"

The Digital Hunter nodded. "Cyberdramon..."

"I understand," the dragon growled. He shot to the sky and followed Rapidmon over to the two Megas.

Sakuyamon saw the two Ultimates coming to attack her. She had to act quickly. Taking a deep breath, she quickly shifted her arms so that her left hand was back Megidramon's jaw and her right hand was free to point at Rapidmon and Cyberdramon. She gave a small scream, and a large bubble encased the two digimon.

Henry and Ryo gasped. "What is that?" Henry gasped.

"It looks like a variation of Taomon's shield attack!" Ryo gasped.

Sakuyamon chuckled. "It's more than that." She started to slowly close her right palm, and to everyone's horror, the bubble around the two ultimate digimon began to shrink!

"We've got to get out of here!" Rapidmon shouted.

Cyberdramon growled. "If you have an idea, I'm ready to hear it!"

Back on the ground, Henry shouted to Ryo. "Orion, the Alias!"

"Got it!"

"Digi-modify! Alias Activate!" Both Cyberdramon and Rapidmon were covered with a hazy light, and then duplicates of them fell out of the bubble and onto the ground. Rapidmon was too weak to sustain his Ultimate form and shrunk into Terriermon. Cyberdramon was strong enough to remain the same, but he was very weak. The two looked to the sky and watched as their duplicates in the bubble were crushed and reduced to the data. The glowing particles flowed into Sakuyamon, giving her a boost of strength.

"Yes!" she shouted. She used her free hand to slam her fist into Megidramon, sending the dragon falling over onto his back. The fox woman did not waste any time. She performed a series of back flips and landed a safe distance away. Absorbing the powers of two Ultimate digimon had taken its toll on her. She fell to the ground and began to moan. "Too...much... power ...but...I...can take...it...."

As soon as Megidramon fell to the ground, Takato's screaming rage ceased. He blinked a few times, and then stared at Megidramon, releasing what had happened. "Guilmon!" he shouted, jumping to his side,"Guilmon, oh, I'm so sorry. You were fine until I messed you up." He looked to the ground,"Whenever you digivolved before, it was always because of my desire to save lives, to protect the people I care about. But...but Megidramon was created because of my hate, my anger. Rika and Renamon had to pay for what they did, they had to hurt, and...and look what I did to you."

Henry lifted Terriermon. "Are you okay?"

The small dog/bunny smiled at him. "Yeah, I'll be fine..."

Kazu had managed to awaken Guardromon, and the two of them were now running over to pull Jeri from harm's way. They found her sitting on the ground, staring at Takato and Megidramon. "Jeri, come on, we've got to go."

She kept staring at the ground. "This is all my fault, this is all my fault."

Kazu walked over and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Jeri.."

"Don't touch me!" she shouted, batting his hand away,"Just...leave me alone..."

"What's wrong with her?" Henry asked, running over.

Kazu shook his head. "I don't know. For some reason, she thinks all of this is her fault."

"Henry!" Miki shouted,"Look at Sakuyamon!"

Everyone twirled their heads around and saw that the fox woman was standing up, one shoulder had Cyberdramon's wing, and the other had Rapidmon's wing. The two foreign objects pulled back in side of her. "Now..I'm ready."

"This isn't good!" Henry shouted,"If she's successfully assimilated Rapidmon and Cyberdramon's powers, then we're in serious trouble."

Sakuyamon turned her attention to the fallen Megidramon and Takato. "I'll start with you two."

"Takato!" Henry shouted,"You've got to get out of the way!"

"Takato!" Kazu shouted,"Move, move, move!"

The Goggle-wearing Tamer did not hear anything that his friends were saying. He was too engrossed with his own self-pity to notice Sakuyamon staring at him. "Guilmon, I'm sorry!"

There was a bright flash of light, and Takato found himself floating in a dark void with millions of small Guilmons floating around him. He was confused,"What..what's going on? Why are there so many Guilmons? He's the only Guilmon in the Digital W...Wait...I think I understand...I can chose another one? I can pick another Guilmon?"

He stared downward, and then shot back to the sky,"I don't want another one! I want my Guilmon, the one that I made! We've had our problems, but he's still my friend! I don't want another one, I want mine!"

He suddenly found himself back in the Digital World. Megidramon had changed back to Guilmon and was lying on the ground. Takato wrapped his arms around him. "Guilmon!"

The small dinosaur blinked a few times as he stood up. "Takato, what's wrong?"

"Guilmon, you're back." Takato had tears running down his face,"Guilmon, I'm so sorry for what I did to you."

Guilmon was about to respond, when they heard their friends calling out to him. They turned are saw the fox woman staring at them. "We've got to fight her," Takato said.

Guilmon nodded. "But how, we're not strong enough."

Takato sighed. "I know, if only there was a way I could fight along side you, we'd be unstoppable."

"Maybe you can. Try wishing for it. That always worked before."

Takato smiled slightly,"Yeah." He closed his eyes,"I wish I could fight alongside Guilmon."

A bright light suddenly exploded from the Tamer and the Digimon, shooting up to the sky. When it faded, a new figure stood in their place, like a knight from long ago, wearing shiny white armor, a shield in one arm and a javelin in the other. His red cape billowed behind him by a wind that the others did not feel.

Sakuyamon roared with anger. "No! No!"

"Sakuyamon," the figure said in a mixture of Takato and Guilmon's voices,"You've rejected every friendship offered you. Instead, you betrayed us and almost killed a noble soul, I will never forgive what you have done."

Sakuyamon chuckled,"Who said anything about forgiveness?!"

Takato and Guilmon pointed their javelin at the fox woman. "So be it! Justice will be served!"

to be continued....