Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Mystic Digital War ❯ Chapter 4: Battle of Courage ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4: Battle of Courage

The Digidestined were assembled around their main conference table, waiting for Sora to brief them on a mission that was high-priority. She had demanded that everyone available could be present, even non-regulars such as Derek, Anna, and the Hoi Brothers were there. They all knew something big was going to happen, they could just feel it.

Matt looked to the leader of the Digidestined. She was at the front of the large table shifting through papers, and loading images into the projector. "Sora," he said, walking over to his girlfriend,"What is going on here? What is so important that we have to wait for everyone of our Digidestined, before you can tell us our mission?"

"I want to wait until everyone is here," Sora said,"These orders come from Geni himself."

"Geni?" Matt asked,"Why should we listen to what he has to say?"

Sora sighed. "Because he is the leader of the Rebellion, and I will obey what he has to say."

Matt sighed, and looked at his watch. "How much longer are we going to wait?"

Sora scanned the room. "We're still missing Kari and Izzy."

"Kari?" Matt asked,"She's no longer part of us, why are we waiting for her?"

"This is really important," Sora said,"Besides which....wait, someone's comming."

The door opened and Izzy walked in. "Sorry I'm late," he said,"We ran into a little...traffic, heh."

Sora and Matt nodded. "We've just got to wait for Kari."

"Actually," Izzy said,"I have someone else who wanted to be here."

The room fell completly silent, as a figure with half of his face covered in metal steped inside. "Guys," Izzy said,"I believe you all know Tai Kamiya."

The cyborg was nervous as he made his way into the room. It was obvious how uncomfortable he was, every move he made was an attempt to avoid the stares everyone was giving him. He walked over to where Sora and Matt were staring at him. "S..Sora," he said, almost shivering,"I....I never thought I would ever see you again."

Sora was struggling for something to say for a few minutes, before she was finally able to speak. "T...Tai....I....I just don't know what to say...I...I mean, I never thought I would see you again. H-How did...?" She brushed his metal faceplate.

Matt cleared his throat and Sora and Tai seperated. The Cyborg bowed,"I am here if you need help."

"Well," Matt said,"We're not sure if you..."

"I'd be glad to have you," Sora said,"But, afterwards, we're going to talk."

The cyborg nodded. "Is...is Kari going to be here?"

"She called and told me that she was running a little late," Sora said,"Her younger brother had a fever, and she didn't want to leave until her mother came home."

"I...I have a younger brother?" he asked, a smile forming over his face as he walked over to the back of the room behined a group of Digidestined girls. The short haired blond one, Anna, turned around and smiled slightly at him.

"I hope Kari gets here soon," Sora said, ignoring the stare from the cyborg.

Matt just nodded. "When she fusses over her younger brother like that, it reminds me of the way you use to act towards Kari."

"Yeah," Sora said,"Like the time she had her eighth birthday party. Her parents threw a giant party for her, but she got really sick. Tai was so worried about her, he was practically shaking. I did what I could to help him, even ran out to the drug store with him to buy the medicine for Kari. While we were out there we......" Her expression suddenly changed,"Um, nothing....."

"What?" Matt asked, a little concerned.

"Oh, Kari's here," Sora said, mentioning to the door as Kari Kamiya walked inside the room,"If you'll take your seat, I'll start."

Matt stared at Sora for a second, then sat down. He knew she was hiding something from him, but what?

Sora let out a sigh of relief as Matt walked away from her. She couldn't tell Matt that Tai gave her her first kiss at Kari's party, she told him that he had given her her first kiss when he and Joe found her inside of that forest.

Kari walked into the back of the room, but stoped when she was the Cyborg. "T-Tai!" she shouted out, not even realizing it.

The Cyborg looked at her. "K-Kari!" he shouted, running over and hugging his little sister,"Oh my gosh, you've grown up so much!"

Kari stared at his human eye. She did not want to belive it that this was her brother, but, just looking at his face, she soon found herself crying. "Oh Tai..." she said, returning the hug.

Sora waited until the room had quieted before she addressed them. "Thank you all for coming," she said, standing up,"Now, as you all know, tomorrow is the annual Empire Festival for Oikawa. All of the key members of the Empire will be there, including the purpose of our mission..."

"Excuse me for being so straight forward," T.K. said,"But, what exactly is our mission?"

Sora pushed a button on the keyboard in front of her, and the screen behind her came to life. It held an image of a 13-year-old girl, her short black hair held in place with a flower headband. "This, is Noriko, Oikawa's daughter."

"She's kind of cute," T.K. thought to himself.

"Oikawa's daughter?" Cody asked,"Oikawa has a daughter?"

"Yes, well, the Restoration can't seem to get any definite information to verify that. As far as we know, Oikawa has no blood relatives, that includes children. Truth is, Noriko is probably just someone he hangs out with, so to speak."

"Wait a minute," Cody said,"Could they even be....you know..?"

"It's possible," Sora sighed.

"That monster!" Cody shouted,"Doing that to girls more than half of his age."

"Well, I'm sure this will make you happy: we are going to kidnap her," Sora said, simply.

"We're going to what?!" Matt shouted.

"I must disagree, if we resort kidnapping, we will be no better then Oikawa," Cody said, while the rest of the Digidestined said their agreements.

Sora sighed. She knew that it wouldn't be easy to convince them of the importance of this meeting, but she didn't think that everyone would be against her. "Listen," she said, quieting everyone down,"I wouldn't have agreed to this mission, unless I really agreed with it."

"Why have you agreed to it?" T.K. asked.

"Geni's orders," Sora said.

Everyone murmured something. Sora sighed."Well," she said,"I will obey him, and, if I didn't think that this was a good idea, I wouldn't have agreed to it. Besides, if we didn't do it, then Geni might have gotten a less then honorable Digimon to do it."

"I have to say something," the Cyborg said,"This girl may be an unwilling prisoner of Oikawa. If we can save her, that won't that be doing some good?"

"Alright," Matt said to Sora, "What do you want us to do?"

The celebration was magnificent, even the members of the Rebellion had to agree. The streets of the Empire's Capital, the infamous Modem City, looked nothing like it did just last night. Main street had been blocked off, allowing the massive parade through the heart of the city. The sidewalks were filled with humans and Digimon alike, all cheering and screaming their happiness. The children on the rooftops tried to catch the balloons as they escaped into the blue sky, while the adults and older children just smiled.

One man resting on an abandoned rooftop removed his goggles from his head and put it into his pocket. He rested his hands on the ledge and stared at the balcony of Oikawa's building. Oikawa, and his four Dark Masters were seated, in their elegant seats, watching the parade below them. "Arukennimon is inside of there," he told the Agumon at his side,"She's right below me, and there's nothing I can do about it!"

Agumon patted his back. "Don't worry, we'll get her, we've just got to wait until the time is right. But, she'll pay for her crime, I promise."

Oikawa rested against his throne as he watched the dancers in the parade below him. They were all human females, dressed in rainbow dresses, with blue veils. They were all humans, but their Digimon weren't anywhere in sight. It wasn't elegant for a human dancer to be seen with her Digimon partner. It just wasn't very natural.

Oikawa frowned as he watched the girls. He could remember a time when only a few humans were allowed into the Digital World, now there is an entire population of humans in the Digital World. Back then, before Taichi Kamiya and the rest of the first Digidestined entered this world, before Spiral Mountain, before Geni and the others, before them.

Oikawa sighed, it wasn't like he had a choice. Before the time between both worlds became synchronized, the four needed help to see what Earth was like. They promised Oikawa riches and fame for his services. Back then, it was always for them. Things hadn't changed much, only that everything Oikawa did now, was for him. Such was the power he held over him, Oikawa knew that if he was able to gain Earth, his Master wouldn't stand a chance against him. Oikawa needed Earth, or he would be a slave for the rest of his life. Such an ironic situation, a King of an entire world, nothing but a slave to another ruler.

As the dancers moved out of sight he watched with interest as floats honoring the extinct Digimon races of the past. He was beginning to actually enjoy the parade, when something caught his left eye. He turned his head and saw a figure jumping along the building rooftops aligning the street. "Diaboromon," he said.

"Yes, lord?" the Digimon in the chair on his right said.

"See who that is running on the top of the buildings, would you?"

"As you wish, master," Diaboromon said, getting up.

As the parade moved towards the base of Oikawa's building, each of the dancers moved to the lobby on the bottom floor, where they met up with the other members of the parade. There they talk and rested from the long walk down Modem City's Main street.

Two of the dancers made their way over to where two human males of a musical band were standing. The one with the guitar crossed his arms,"Its about time you guys got here."

"Well, excuse us, Matt!" one of the dancers said,"You try dancing a quarter of mile!"

Matt smirked,"Sorry, Mimi, I don't think I'd fit into that outfit!"

The other boy sighed. "Let's just get this over with, okay?"

"Sorry, T.K.," Matt said,"Okay, guys, you know the plan. Mimi and I will stay here, while T.K. and Mina run to apprehent Noriko."

"I still don't know if this is a good idea," Mimi said.

"I know how you feel," T.K. said,"Belive me, I feel the same way, but, Sora said that it's necessary, and if she is willing to follow Geni's plan, then I think we should too."

"Okay," Mina said,"This is going to be difficult without our Digimon..."

"That shouldn't be a problem," Matt said,"As long as you stay out of trouble."

"Okay," T.K. said, looking down one of the hallways,"Let's go Mina."

As the parade continued to move down Main street, the crowd on the sidewalks began to cheer even louder. As they began to become even more livelier, Sora pulled the cloak around her body tighter. She glanced at her watch, then at Oikawa's building,"I hope those guy's are doing okay," she said to herself.

"I'm sure they're fine, Sora," Biyomon said,"Kari and Tai are keeping lookout above us, so we'll know if anything goes wrong. And if anything does go wrong, Anna, Derek, the Hoi Brothers, and all the others are here, so there is nothing to worry about."

Sora sighed,"I sure hope so." She was worried about leaving Kari with the Cyborg, but Kari was the only one who could tell definetly whether or not that was her brother. She turned and looked upward to the rooftops. She couldn't see Kari, but she did see someone that cause her to gasp. "Hey, its the Firemaster, what's he doing here?"

The Master of Courage had forgotten about Arukennimon and his problems for a few moments, and was watching the celebration with interest, when he heard something behind him. He spun around, and his eyes opened wide with shock. "Y-You?"

"That is correct, I am called the Firemaster," he said, walking towards the Master of Courage,"Now, we have must to discuss."

"Like what?" The Master of Courage asked.

"I have completed my war against the Ghost Gang, and now, I have come to aid you in your quest against Arukennimon."

"You're the one that kills all of his opponents," the Master of Courage said,"Aren't you?"

"Each enemy I have faced was a threat to the citizens of the Digital World."

"They were just criminals!" Agumon protested,"Just simple thieves! Not life or death conquerors! They aren't evil incarnate like Myotismon or the Dark Masters! You didn't have to do that to them"

"My Digimon is right," the Master of Courage said,"We won't work with a man-slaughterer like you."

"What?" the Firemaster growled, clutching his fists tightly,"H-how dare you....you....fraud!" A red aura began to appear around his left first. He quickly shot it in front of his face, a beam of red fire blasting from his hand. The beam of fire headed straight for the Master of Courage. His Agumon quickly pushed him to the ground, and the fire beam headed across the street and blasted into one of the adjacent buildings.

As the glass and the concrete from the building fell to the street, the crowd and parade scattered, most made it, some, weren't so lucky.

The Master of Courage watched as the debris fell to the ground. He turned around and looked at the Firemaster,"Y-You could have killed someone!" he shouted,"What do you think you were doing?!"

"If you are not with me, then you are against me!" the Firemaster said, coldly.

The Master of Courage stared at the Firemaster's cold, soulless eyes, as he held out his Digivice, "I don't want to fight you, but I'm goign to seriously kick you butt!"

His Digimon nodded. "Right! Agumon digivolve to Greymon! Greymon digivolve to Metalgreymon!"

Kari jumped across the gap between the buildings, and landed hard on the other roof, rolling along it. She stood up and dusted herself off. Ever since she inherited her brother's Crest of Courage, which hung alongside her own Crest of Light around her neck, she had taken to wearing a black cloak. She didn't know why she like her dark cloak so much, she was the Digidestined of Light. Maybe it was because of Tai. He always told her that she was the Light in the Darkness.

When she thought of her brother, she glanced behined to where the Cyborg was just landing on the roof behined her.Sora had placed the both of them together to watch the parade below them. "How are you doing?" she asked,"Where you able to keep up?"

"Yes," the Cyborg said,"It was a little difficult, who certainly got a lot faster." he sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"When I first heard how long I had been....away, I didn't think that it was real, but, seeing everyone....Kari, I've missed out on seven years. I've missed you growing up. I've missed all of your birthdays. I've even missed any chance I had with Sora. She and Matt are probably engaged by now."

She placed her leg on the roof ledge and looked at the crowd below. She removed her hood. It felt good to feel the wind through her hair. "Tai...I...shouldn't do this but, would you like to see Mom again?"

His face lit up. "M-Mom?" He started crying slightly,"Does she ever talk about me?"

"Almost every day," Kari smiled, surprised to find that she was crying as well.

Suddenly, they both heard a loud explosion, and the ground began to shake. "What was that?" Gatomon asked, as she was thrown to the rooftop.

"I..I don't know," Kari said, struggling to stay on her feet as the city shook around them. When the tremor had stop, they both saw a bright flash of light, that they instantly recognized as the light of someone digivolving.

"Metalgreymon?" Gatomon asked.

"It's the Master of Courage!" Kari said,"H-he's fighting the Firemaster? Come on, we've got to see what we can do to stop them!"

"Maybe you should stay here," the Cyborg said,"Sora wanted you on reconnaissance. The plan to get Noriko is still on, Matt and the others are going to need to be warned if the palace is suddenly overrun with soldiers."

"But what about them?" Kari asked, mentioning to the fight.

"I will handle that." He slowly started to hover in the air, then shot away from them.

"I guess he can handle himself," Kari said, turning around, when something dropped down in front of them. Kari gasped as she and Gatomon jumped back. "Diaboromon?" Kari asked.

"Ahh," he said,"Kari Kamiya, the Digidestined of Light. So good to see you again."

"What is it that you want?" Gatomon asked.

Diaboromon started laughing,"I know you have a Mega form, but, do you honestly belive that you can stop me? HA!"

Kari grinned. "Of course I can beat you. I'm a Kamiya, I can do anything!"

"Then bring it on!" Diaboromon shouted,"This is payback for the Eastern Digital Gate!"

Gatomon's body was covered with a white light, and she shrank down to a smaller form. "Okay, Salamon," Kari said, holding up the Crest of Courage,"Let's get him."

"Right," the Rookie Digimon said,"Salamon warp digivolve to Holydramon!"

T.K. quickly pushed Mina into a small closet as a group of Guardromon flew down the hall. "Why have we been called back on duty?" one asked,"I was just enjoying the celebration."

"Didn't you hear?" one of the other said,"Two of the Tai Kamiyas have begun fighting each other, and Lord Diaboromon is battling Hikari Kamiya."

"Oh no," Mina said as the Guardromon exited the hall,"We have to help Kari."

"Kari can handle it herself," T.K. said,"She's the only Digidestined besides Matt that has a Mega Digimon, she'll be fine." He looked out the door and scanned the hallway. When he didn't see anyone coming, he stepped into the hall. "Besides," he said,"All the building guards are outside, we shouldn't have any problem grabbing Oikawa's daug-ah!"

T.K. was suddenly hit by a fast moving object. He crashed to the ground, hearing Mina call out his name. "Ouch," he said,"That hurt." He looked up and saw a girl about his age wearing a red skirt and a white jacket whith red sleeves that had a hood tight over her head. "Are you okay?" she asked, helping him to his feet.

"Uh, yeah," T.K. said, rubbing the back of his head. He looked at the hooded girl's face. He couldn't see her features too clearly, but he saw an object on the top of her hair, it looked like a flower headband.

The girl saw the way T.K. was looking at her, and she pulled the hood tighter over her head. "Hey," T.K. said,"You're...."

The girl pushed past him and ran down the hall, knocking him into the ground again. "T.K.," Mina said, helping him up,"Are you okay?"

"Yeah," he said, rubbing his head,"She's stronger than she looks, but we don't have time to worry about this now, that girl was Noriko!"

"Are you sure?" Mina asked.

"Yes," T.K. said, running after her,"You go back to Matt and Mimi. I'm going to get Noriko!"

The Firemaster jumped out of the way of Metalgreymon's claw as it flew past his head. He reached back with his fist and blasted it forward at the cyborg Digimon's face. Metalgreymon felt a sharp pain, but quickly recovered. The Master of Courage was standing on his Digimon's shoulder as they battled. "Quick!" he ordered,"Attack from the left!"

Metalgreymon fired his Mega Claw at the Firemaster, but he flew out of the way. Metalgreymon then used his organic arm and pounded the Firemaster, sending him crashing into a nearby rooftop.

The Firemaster jumped back into the air, and growled in extreme displeasure. "How dare you..you fraud!" he shouted, as he began firing fireballs from his palms.

"'Fraud'?" the Master of Courage asked,"The way I see it, you're the fraud!"

Metalgreymon moved his metal arm in front of his body, blocking the fireballs. They deflected off and crashed into the buildings around them. The Firemaster jumped into the air, and placed both of his palms on Metalgreymon's back. He fired a massive blast of fire, which sent the Master of Courage and his Metalgreymon into the street below them.

"Don't tell me you're giving up already," the Firemaster laughed as he landed next to the Master of Courage and his Digimon.

The crowd around them began to cheer as Metalgreymon got to his feet. "Kill him!" one Aluramon shouted.

"Yeah, don't let that freak win!" a human said,"He's not even a Digidestined, he doesn't even have a Digimon partner!"

The two fighters stood facing each other for a few seconds, then they both heard a voice above their heads. "Stop! Stop you two, stop it now!"

"It's him!" the crowd shouted,"Tai Kamiya!"

"The cyborg!" both the Master of Courage and the Firemaster thought, as the reborn Tai Kamyia floated towards them. "Stop now!" he demanded,"You are destroying the city!"

"Who cares?" Firemaster asked,"It's Oikawa's city, and none of us owe him any favors."

"I don't want to agree with him," the Master of Courage said,"But I really don't care what happens to him."

"Look below you!" the Cyborg shouted,"They're terrified! These people are innocent, and you're destroying them!":

"Shut up Kamiya!" the Firemaster shouted,"Scince when did I ask for your evaluation!"

"Hey!" the Master of Courage said, as his Metalgreymon moved in front of the Firemaster,"If he is Tai Kamiya, you can't talk to him like that!"

The Firemaster glared at him, then fired a blast at the Cyborg. "If you won't listen to reason," he said, forming his metal hand into a blaster,"Then you will listen to this!" The Cyborg positioned his blaster then fired. The Firemaster just barely moved out of the way.

"You will pay for that!" he screamed.

"Stop it! All of you!"

They turned to the right. "Sora?" the Firemaster asked.

"Hey," Metalgreymon said,"It's Sora."

"Sora...Takenouchi?" the Master of Courage asked,"The leader of the Digidestined?"

"I hope she knows what she's doing..." Biyomon thought as she followed Sora through the crowd,"The other under cover Digidestined are still hiding, so we don't' compromise our mission to get Noriko Oikiawa, but her...Oikawa is going to plainly see Sora!"

"Look at you!" Sora shouted,"Your fighting has nearly destroyed this entire block! You're like a couple of bullies fighting over your turf! That's just what the two of you are!"

"Miss Takenouchi," the Firemaster said,"I.....""

"You what?" she demanded. She felt the Cyborg landed behined her. "And you!" she shouted, turning around,"You're no better then the other two. I told you to stay with Kari, Tai."

"She's really ticked off," the Master of Courage thought. "I...I'm sorry for the damage that I caused," he said,"I..I didn't mean to hurt anybody..."

"Her eyes," the Firemaster thought as he looked at Sora,"It is as though she is trying to look into my very soul." "I also apologize for my actions. I will make amends for any damage that I have caused."

"Me too," the Cyborg said..

"Freeze!"

Everyone gasped as they saw a group of Guardromon surround the two Tai Kamiyas. "All of you are under arrest for crimes against Oikawa. Come with us quietly, now."

"You dare to order me?" the Firemaster asked. He held up his hand and blasted the Guardromon to ashes.

"He just doesn't get it!" the Master of Courage shouted,"Metalgreymon, get him out of here!"

"Right," Metalgreymon said. He quickly grabbed the Firemaster, and jumped into the sky. The cyborg was about to go after them, when he rememberd Sora. He grabed her, then flew into a building alley before more of Oikawa's soldiers could see.

"You can't just go around killing Digimon!" the Master of Courage said,"Sure, those Digimon were working with Oikawa, but, they were no match for us! You could have just flown away, and they would never have caught you! You're nothing but a murderer!"

"How dare you tell me what to do!" the Firemaster shouted, creating an aura of fire around him that became too hot for Metalgreymon to hold on any longer.

"I have grown increasingly tired of you," the Firemaster said.

"That makes two of us!" the Master of Courage said.

Holydramon felt the pain in the underside of her jaw, but ignored it. Kari gripped tightly to her Digimon's horns as Holydramon brought her tail around and pounded Diaboromon in the mouth. The evil Dark Master staggered back for a second, then smiled. "Not bad," he said, rubbing his jaw,"I didn't think that you had this type of power."

Kari smiled from where he was standing on Holydramon's head,"The power of my Crest gives me strength."

"I see," he said,"Well, enough talk, let's keep going!" He reached his arm back, and extended his fist forward. Holydramon hovered up and dodged the attack. Diaboromon shot his other arm out, which did nail Holydramon in her underside.

The Dragon Digimon twisted in the air for a second, before firing a beam of white fire from her mouth. Diaboromon countered by jumping into the air. Holydramon's attack blasted into the roof, destroying it.

He continued to twist in the air, until he was behind Kari. He placed both of his fists together and pounded into Holydramon's back. The dragon Digimon struggled to keep afloat. Diaboromon grabbed Holydramon's tail and began to swing her around in the air.

"Kari..." Holydramon said,"Get off..."

"I...can't..." she said, gripping tightly to Holydramon's horns,"I would..... be..... killed!"

Diaboromon laughed as he slammed Holydramon into the roof. She moaned. "I....just....can't...hold....on.." She started to glow, then shrunk into Salamon. Kari lay at her side, unconscious.

"This was too easy!" Diaboromon laughed and he landed next to Kari,"Now, just a simple matter to kill her."

He raised his left hand, and was going to smash Kari with it, but, he found that he couldn't. "What's wrong with me?"he thought,"She is right there! It should be easy to kill her, y-yet I cannot! W-what is wrong with me?!"

He shook his head. "No! I've got to do it!" He pulled his fist back, and smashed it down.

"Oh man!" T.K huffed as he ran out onto the roof of the main building,"I didn't think she could run so fast! Jeez!"

Once he was on the roof, he looked around. "Where is she?" he asked, then caught a flash of yellow in the corner of his eye. He turned completely and saw Noriko running along the ledge of the roof.

"She's crazy too!" T.K. said as he ran towards her. He followed her around the ledge of the roof, until she stopped at the left corner. She stared at T.K., while her jacket billowed in the breeze. "She's really cute," T.K. thought as he stared at her eyes,"Don't lose focus now, T.K., she's right there!"

"There's nowhere left to go, Princess," he said, stepping towards her,"Come with me now, and nothing bad will happen."

Noriko smiled soflty at T.K., then she fell over backwards. "Ah!" T.K. gasped,"I don't believe it! She...She jumped! No way!"

T.K. ran to the ledge and looked over. He saw Noriko falling backwards towards the ground. "This girl is going to be the death of me," he mumbled as he jumped after her. While in free fall, he held out his Digivice. "Patamon, I need you!" he shouted as his Digivice began to glow brightly.

Down in the crowd, Patamon's large ears shot up. "T.K. needs me!" he said, as he started to float up into the air.

"Wait, we're suppose to stay hidden!" Palmon cried after him, trying to use her Poision Ivy to catch him, but he was already out of reach.

Patamon felt a familiar energy wash over his body as he flew towards Oikawa's main building. "T.K.'s in trouble, I need to Digivolve! Patamon digivolve to Angemon!"

In his Champion form, T.K.'s Digimon could clearly see both T.K. and Noriko falling towards the ground. "He needs my help at once!" Angemon said. He quickly shot towards the bottom of the building. With simple ease he swooped up, grabbed Noriko, then continued until he grabbed T.K.

Once T.K. was sure that he was okay, he turned to where Angemon was holding Noriko. "What did you think you were doing?!" he shouted,"You could have killed us...Ahh!"

Angemon suddenly dropped down as a beam of energy shot over his head. T.K. looked around Angemon's shoulders and saw a line of Mekanorimon firing at them from the top of the building. He looked down and saw a group of Tankmon firing from them at from the street."We've got to get out of here!" he told Angemon,"We're in the line of fire."

"I am trying," Angemon said, dodging energy blasts, and bullet shells,"But it is not easy."

T.K. nodded, then saw a bullet shell from a Tankmon heading straight for them. He knew that Angemon couldn't get out of the way in time. He was about to close his eyes and wait for the impact, when the shell was suddenly destroyed. "Unimon!" Angemon cried out.

"And Anna," T.K. said, smiling as the Digidestined and her Unimon floated into view, Derek was riding on Unimon also, with Crabmon on his back.

"You mates 'ad better hurry up and get out," Derek said,"We're all covering for you."

T.K. looked below and saw that each of the Digidestined that Sora brought to the celebration was battling against Oikawa's forces. "Let's go, Angemon," T.K. said. His Digimon nodded, and they flew off.

The Firemaster was ready to attack, when, suddenly, a beam of energy shot between him and the Master of Courage and his Metalgreymon. "What the?" he asked, watching as a group of Megadramons fired at them.

"Surrender now," they said,"You are under arrest!"

The two fighters looked below them at the city. The celebration was obviously over, as the entire street had turned into a battlefield. The Digidestined were fighting against Oikawa's forces, as they tried to leave the city. The Firemaster looked up at the Master of Courage. "Hmm," he said as he pulled on a pair of sunglasses, "Perhaps another time." He turned around and flew into the sky.

The Master of Courage looked at the approaching Megadramons."I was just thinking the same thing. Let's go Metalgreymon!"

"T-they're leaving?" Sora thought, watching as both the Firemaster and the Master of Courage escaped from the sky. She heard a sound to her left. She turned her head and gasped."Oh, crap," she thought,"How did I let a Tankmon sneak up on me?"

Sora was slowly stepping back, when the Tankmon lurched forward. The Cyborg quickly jumped forward and punched the Tankmon.

"Come on!" he shouted, grabbing her and flying off. The Tankmon got back up.

"He's gonna fire again!" Sora shouted, bracing herself, but the Tankmon vanished in a burst of light. "Huh?" she asked, turning the other way,"Anna and Derek!"

The girl on the Unimon smiled as she flew to her leader's side. "Sorry about this, boss," Derek said as he picked Sora up and placed her on Unimon's back,"But we need to get out of here. Take us home, Anna!"

Anna nodded,"Hiyah!" she said. Unimon took off into the air, flying away from the city, with the other Digidestined behind them.

"Wait," Sora cried, turning around,"What about, Kari? Where's Kari?"

"I...I'm right here, Sora..."

Sora turned to her left. Kari was there, being carried by Angewomon. Both looked a little shaken, and had a couple of bruises, but other than that, they were fine. "What happened?" Sora asked.

"I..I don't know," Kari said,"Diaboromon smashed us into the ground, and when I woke up, he was gone. Weird."

As the Firemaster flew away from Modem City, his mind wandered back to the battle between him and the Master of Courage. His mind kept wandering back to the words that he told him. "There has to be more to being a hero, then just power," he thought,"I have felt it for a long time. Perhaps it requires a human heart, and a nobility, of risking all for what you know is right, which that 'Master of Courage' has in abundance. The Digital World will be in good hands with him, I must discover my true path."

Oikawa continued to stare from his balcony at the city below him. The street was almost entirely gone, and the buildings were crumbling. "Report," he said.

Milleniummon nervously cleared his throat. "The city has suffered extensive damage, reports estimate to be in the millions..."

Oikawa's disapproving face turned into a angry glare.

"...Diaboromon is missing," Milleniummon said, taking a deep breath,"And Noriko is gone."

Oikawa screamed, and smashed his fist into the concrete ledge of the balcony, shattering it.

to be continued.....