Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Chosen Warriors ❯ Chapter XIV: Three Wishes ( Chapter 14 )

I failed! Maria had all the pieces she needed to summon her Beast God.! I…I couldn’t do it…And now…now Baihumon’s coming, and none of us can stop it. “””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;”””””””” The Chosen Warriors Chapter XIV: Three Wishes “””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””

Screams . That was all that could be heard, screams. Everywhere in the Digital World, digimon were screaming. The planet was once again under attack. This time, however, it was not an evil digimon intent on ruling the digital plane, it was a human fueled by revenge, with the mission of destroying every creature in that world.

One such village was the Koromon village near the shoreline of the Server continent. Hundreds of humans, both male and female, children and adults, all armed with advanced technology and wearing mechanical armor, brutally assaulted and murdered all villagers that once lived there. Each one of these humans were wearing Black Rings on their arms.

Lord Sentry marched through the destruction with an triumphant smile on his face. Recorder was trailing close behind him. “This is going even better then I had hoped,” Sentry grinned, “All of the Sleepers have Awaken, the Black Rings have been activated. I now have an army large enough to completely annihilate every freak of nature on this pathetic excuse for a planet!”

“Yes sir,” Recorder said.

He gave a final look around the village. “I think this experiment has proven successful. Recall all the Hunters, those Chosen Children will finally be exterminated.” “””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;

Maria began to chant. “Lords of the Stars, Gods of the Digital World, I call to you. Descend from the heavens and grant me my wishes. Appear to me as I call your name, Baihumon!”

The four Shinzahos began to glow brightly, shooting beams of white, red, blue and black into the young girl. The remaining Baihumon Warriors began to glow a bright white and their energy was soon merged with their Priestess. Maria glanced towards the sky and the combined energy exploded into the ceiling, filling the roof with light.

“No!” Hikari gasped, “This can’t be! We…we lost?”

Ken stared down at his hands. “No! I’m going to stop this!” He quickly transformed into his armor, then evolved into Yugi. He normally could only stop there, but something was augmenting his own strength, he felt the power he needed. He continued to evolve, changing into a perfect image of Yami Yugi.

“Ken?” Daisuke asked.

His fellow Qinglongmon Warrior smiled. “I’ve finally evolved, and now I can use these!” He reached into the card pack on his waist, pulling out three special cards.

“God Cards?” Yamato asked.

Ken pulled out a special card and threw it down on his arm-based Duel Disk. “I now summon Sky Dragon of Osiris!” The card exploded in red light as the massive dragon exploded into room. It roared with power before firing a large electrical ball at the glowing white light. To their horror, the Sky Dragon’s attack dissipated into nothingness.

“No…” Hikari said, shaking her head, “I’ve failed…I’ve failed!”

Daisuke was about to console her, but a sudden blast of wind caught his attention. The sky was covered with a strange white glow. The light seemed alive, twisting and pulling, merging and binding until a bright bolt shot into the ground before the Baihumon Priestess. The light quickly began to pull together, forming a massive shape with legs, multiple eyes and a massive jaw. The creature roared, which shook the entire temple.

“Holy crap!” Daisuke shouted, “Is that…?”

“That’s Baihumon,” Ken said. He glanced down at the cards in his hands, “And there’s nothing I can do!”

The small group of Qinglongmon Warriors spun around when they heard Taichi and Sora run towards them. “Taichi!” Hikari smiled, “But…where’s Noriko?”

Her older brother could only look away.

Down below, Maria was easily intimidated by the massive creature standing before her, but she stood her ground. The glowing beast stared at her and seemed to smile. “Maria, you have succeeded, I have been summoned.”

She nodded. “Y..yes.”

“Miria, I must now merge with you.”

“W..what?”

“Do not fear, it is the only way for you to use my powers. I will merge with you, and you will be able to use my holy powers three times, all you must do is call my name, do you understand?”

She nodded. “Y...yes.”

“Good.” His body suddenly turned to white once again and flowed into the Maria. The Priestess shouted out and then collapsed to the ground.

“Maria!” Mimi shouted. Michael darted towards his Priestess and gently lifted into her into his arms. As he did, he noticed Hikari and her Warriors. “We’re leaving, now!” He turned to Wallace. “Cover us.”

The other Baihumon Warrior held out his sword. “You got it.” He pointed the sword at the Qinglongmon Warriors. “Dark Wave!”

“Incoming!” Daisuke shouted. They dove to the floor as the energy attack smashed over their heads. By the time they looked back, the Baihumon Warriors were gone.

“It’s over,” Hikari sighed, falling onto her knees, ”I…I failed.”

“It’s not over yet,” Taichi said, “We’ll find a way to summon Qinglongmon.”

His sister shook her head. “No…there’s no way to…to…” Her pupils suddenly dilated and she completely collapsed to the ground.

“Hikari!” her remaining warriors called out. Sora and Yamato helped her back to her feet.

“What’s wrong?” Daisuke asked.

“D…death…” she cried, “P..pain…Oh god, Daisuke, I…can hear them! They’re all calling out to me! They’re all dying!” “”””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””

Th e Baihumon Warriors did not make it far down the snow-covered mountain before they were able to see the fire raging in the distance. They stopped to stare at the destruction, which they could see in the villages in the valley below the mountain.

“What the hell?” Michael gasped.

“A fire?” Mimi suggested.

Steve shook his head. “It’s too cold, and even if a fire did start, it wouldn’t have spread this quickly, all of the wood is covered with ice!”

Maria suddenly shouted out and collapsed. Wallace hoisted her back to her feet. “Maria, what is it?”

“T..they’re all dying!” she exclaimed, “I can hear them all!”

“Dying?” Mimi gasped.

Maria nodded. “All the digimon…gone…simply…gone…” She turned to Michael, “And they’re coming after us!” “””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;”””””””””” < p>The Qinglongmon Warriors had left the Temple of Xuwanamon and made their way back to the village, which was almost completely covered by raging fire, when they were approached by Anna and Yuri, along with a dozen digimon. “Anna!” Sora shouted, “What’s going on?”

“The village,” she said, “The Digital Hunters are attacking!”

Nothing else was said. The Qinglongmon Warriors ran passed the two Russian Chosen and ran to the burning village, where they were even more shocked at what they discovered: Digital Hunters of all shapes and sizes, all wearing Black Rings.

“They’re being controlled!” Ken gasped.

“So how do we stop them?” Daisuke asked.

They heard a familiar arrogant laugh. “Simply put, you don’t.”

“Nimrod,” Yamato growled, slowly turning around. The manically Digital Hunter was standing in the midst of the carnage with an amused expression on his face.

“Good to see you again,” he laughed, “and I see you’re missing a few members…”

Yamato swore at him, clenching his fist. “If it wasn’t for you, Takeru would still be alive!”

“Not to mention Noriko!” Taichi shouted, “You’ll all gonna pay for what you did to her!”

He laughed. “Don’t take this the wrong way, I mean, I’m more then ready to kill all of you, but I’ve got my orders not to touch any of you just yet, so we’ll have to play later.”

“Really/” Daisuke asked, “And what makes you think you can get away?”

Nimrod reached around his belt and pulled out a large dagger. He threw it as hard as he could and it struck the wooden beam supporting a balcony over Hikari’s head. The beam shattered and the balcony quickly collapsed.

“Hikari!” her warriors called out. Daisuke quickly leapt beneath the flames and brought her to safety. However, Nimrod’s diversion had worked; he had disappeared, along with the rest of the Black Ring fighters.

“Damn it!” Taichi shouted, “Damn it! Damn it! We’re always one step behind! What are we going to do now?”

“Taichi,” Sora said, “you’d better turn around and see this.”

The Qinglongmon leader turned and saw the source of Sora’s surprise, the Baihumon Warriors were standing a few feet away. Taichi sighed in annoyance. “We’ve got to do this again? Jeeze! You beat, all right? Happy! There, you won. Now get the hell out of here, we’re got bigger problems right now!”

“Actually,” Michael said, “That’s why we’re here.” He sighed, “I guess by now you’ve realized what the Digital Hunters are doing.”

“Yeah, so?”

“We can’t beat them alone, and if we don’t do something, all of the digimon are going to die.”

“So?”

“We need to work together,” Maria spoke out.

“What?” Hikari asked.

Maria nodded. “Something terrible is happening, you can feel it too, can’t you?”

Hikari nodded. “Yes.”

“Please,” the Baihumon Priestess said, “Together…?”

Hikari smiled and nodded. “Together.” “””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;”””””

Lord Sentry grinned with anticipation as he stood atop the mountain cliff. He brought a telescope to his biological eye and was able to see a large mountain in the distance, jutting up out of a large island. “File Island,” he said, “It was there that the Chosen Children first received their digimon, there those mistakes in reality became real! And that is where I will destroy this world!”

He threw back his cape and turned to his assembled, Black-ring-wearing soldiers standing at attention in the beach below them. He raised his fist into the air. “Today, we finish what we started weeks ago! Today, we destroy the Chosen Children!” “”””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;”””””””

Michael and Taichi continued to glare at one another as Hikari and Maria sat down to address one another. “The Digital Hunters are coming after us,” Maria said, “You know this, you can feel it too.”

Hikari nodded. “Yes, I can.”

“It would probably be a good idea if you left the Digital World altogether,” Ken advised.

“What?” Hikari asked, “There’s no way I’m leaving!”

“”Hikari,” Taichi said, “He’s right, you need to leave.”

She stared at him. “Taichi?” She could tell by his face that he could not be convinced otherwise. She sighed. “Well, how are we supposed to leave?”

Michael mentioned to his Priestess. “Maria’s how.”

The Hispanic girl glanced at the blond. “What?”

“Use one of your wishes.”

“That’s not a bad idea,” Ken said.

“I don’t want to leave!” Hikari protested again.

“You’ve got to!” Daisuke shouted, “Listen, the Hunters are coming after you! They’ve done it before! Think about it, you’re the hope of the Digital World! As long as you’re alive, they’ll never win. Please, Hikari.”

“Um, I hate to say this,” Steve said, “But who’s to say they won’t follow you back to Earth?”

“Someone’ll have to go with them,” Taichi suggested. He stared at his sister, only to see Daisuke standing directly behind her. “I guess Daisuke.”

“What?” he gasped, “I want to stay here!”

“I know that,” he said, “But someone needs to protect my sister…” He sighed, “…and I know you’re not gonna leave her side.”

Daisuke opened his mouth to protest, but just nodded. “Yeah, all right.”

Michael mentioned to Wallace. “You go too, to protect Maria.”

He nodded. “All right.”

“Um,” Mimi spoke up, “Maybe I’m missing the obvious here, but why doesn’t Maria just use her wishes to stop the Hunters?”

The Priestess of Baihumon stared at her warrior. “You mean…kill them?”

“No,” she said.

“Then how do we stop them?” Sora asked, “It’s not like we can just imprison them. If they have government support, I’m sure someone’ll come after us.”

“All right, so how about we start by removing the Black Rings on their slaves?” Yamato asked.

“Would he actually be able to do that?” Hikari asked, glancing at Ken.

He shrugged. “I don’t know. I guess you could just ask.”

“When you’re on Earth,” Taichi stressed.

She nodded and glanced at her counterpart. “Well, I’m ready when you are.”

The Priestess of Baihumon glanced to her warrior. “Michael?”

“Go, you’ll be safe.”

She nodded. She placed her hands together and closed her eyes in pray. “Lord Baihumon, I want to make my first wish; bring Hikari, Daisuke, Wallace and myself to Earth.”

Her body suddenly began to glow a bright white. The other three people included in the wish began to glow brightly as well before they faded from sight.

“All right,” Taichi said, “We’ve got to find out where those Hunters are going next.” “”””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;

Hikari glanced around at the city stretching before her. “Where are we?”

“New York City,” Wallace said. “We should be okay here.”

Daisuke then noticed they had arrived on a roof top. “So, how do we get down?”

“And where are we going to stay?” Hikari asked.

“This is 3rd and Fifth, right?” Maria asked.

Wallace nodded. “Yeah, our ‘home’ shouldn’t be too far.”

“Home?” Hikari asked.

“Yeah, the place we were forced into after the “Solution to the Chosen Children Problem.”

“Oh.”

“Hold up,” Daisuke said, “Why don’t you try asking Baihumon about that wish?”

“Now?” Maria asked.

“Why wait? If the Digital World’s in danger…”

Maria glanced to Wallace, who nodded. “Go for it.”

The Priestess of Baihumon placed her hands together in pray once again. “Lord Baihumon, please appear before me, I have a question I wish to ask you.”

The sky suddenly became dark and a transparent image of a tiger appeared on the roof. “Lord Baihumon,” she smiled.

“Yes, what is it you wish of me?”

“Tell me, Lord Baihumon, the Digital Hunters that are attacking the Digital World, can I use my second wish to remove all the Black Rings from their unwilling pawns?”

He hesitated, then sighed. “That wish cannot be granted because I am a god of the Digital World, thus any wish must conform to those rules.”

“What?” Daisuke asked.

“The Black Rings were created of programs able to override any existing programs, if I granted that wish, I would be at risk of becoming corrupted as well.”

“What about destroying the Digital Hunters?” Wallace suggested, “I mean, Lord Sentry, Orion, Nimrod...you know, those guys.”

The tiger god shook his head. “I am afraid that I cannot grant that wish either, a powerful electromagnetic field protects them, and I would run the risk of being destroyed.”

“So there’s nothing we can do,” Maria.

“We’re just gonna have to trust Taichi and the others,” Hikari smiled reassuringly.

Maria nodded as Baihumon slowly vanished. Wallace smiled slightly. “Now you just need to make your second wish.”

Hikari darted her head around. “What’s wrong?” Daisuke asked.

“Nothing,” she said, “I just felt like someone was watching us. Maria, we should get to your ‘home’ soon.”

She nodded. “Right, please follow me.” “””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””

Rec order pressed a few buttons on her laptop before turning to Lord Sentry. “Sir! I’m receiving a transmission from our Earth base.”

Lord Sentry turned away from his army. “Yes?”

“Our satellites have registered two powerful energy signals that suddenly appeared on Earth. We believe that it is Priestesses of Qinglongmon and Baihumon.”

“So, they’re on Earth now. Send Nimrod after them, wipe them out, while I take care of this pathetic excuse for a planet.”

“Yes sir.” “”””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;”

Maria slid through the ground-level window. Once she was inside, Wallace securely slid it back, making sure to cover it. The Priestess of Baihumon mentioned to the small room and smiled slightly. “Welcome, please, make yourself at home.”

“This is where you live?” Hikari gasped.

“It’s not much,” Wallace said, sitting down in one of the arm chairs, “but it’s all we got.”

“It’s horrible!” the brown-haired girl exclaimed, “W..why are you living like this?”

Maria sighed deeply. “It’s because of the “Solution to the Chosen Children Problem.’ All of our friends and family are gone…” She trailed off.

Hikari glanced at Daisuke. At least she still had Daisuke and her brother, what would she do without them?

The Priestess of Baihumon walked over to the small refrigerator. “At least our food’s still here. Do you want anything? We have some frozen pizza…well, that’s about it.”

“Uh, maybe I’ll man the perimeter,” Daisuke said.

“Are you sure?” Hikari asked.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine,” he smiled. He climbed back through the window.

The Priestess of Qinglongmon sighed deeply. “Are you okay?” Maria asked.

“Y..yeah,” she lied, “I’m fine.”

The Baihumon Priestess only laughed slightly. She glanced over her shoulder and saw that Wallace was sleeping peacefully. “I’m sorry, but I don’t believe you.”

Hikari sighed. “Y..yeah, you’re right. I’m worried about him, I love him so much, but I don’t want to lose him, like I lost Takeru and Noriko.”

“Daisuke’s strong,” she said, “He’ll be able to handle anything.”

The other girl just nodded. There was an uncomfortable silence before Hikari took a deep breath. There was something she wanted to ask Maria, but was nervous too. Now seemed as good a time as any.

“Um, Maria, about your wish…”

“What wish?” she asked.

“The wish you have to seal off the Digital World.”

“W..what about it?”

“I…I don’t think it’s such a good idea.”

“Hikari,” she said, “Look what happened when the Digital World was open, Earth was invaded, and the Digital World was attacked in retaliation. Both worlds would be better if they were separate.”

“But Maria, don’t you think the Digital World deserves to choose that for itself?”

Before Maria could answer, the window was suddenly blown apart. Maria and Hikari dove for cover, while Wallace, jarred awake, was standing at attention. All three could see their attacker, Nimrod.

The Digital Hunter grinned wickedly. “Well, look what I’ve have here.”

Daisuke had just circled the block twice before he decided to return to the New York team’s home. When he arrived, he was shocked to see Hikari and Maria running for cover as the building they had escape suddenly exploded in a hailstorm of bricks and debris.

“Daisuke!” Hikari shouted, running towards him through the fleeing crowd.

“What happened?” he gasped.

“It’s…it’s Nimrod!” Maria gasped, “He…he and W..Wallace…”

Daisuke frowned. “The two of you, get to safety.”

“What about you?” Hikari gasped.

“I’m going to stop him once and for all.” He started running away from them.

“Daisuke!” she shouted.

“Go and hide!”

The Qinglongmon Warrior quickly changed to his armor before evolving to his highest level, Glenn from Chrono Cross. He rounded the corner and stopped short, seconds before Wallace smashed into the sidewalk before him.

“Are you okay?”

Wallace struggled to his feet. He had already evolved to his highest level, Dark Knight Cecil from Final Fantasy IV. “Y..yeah,” he panted, “N..Nimrod’s just gotten too…too strong.”

The Digital Hunter laughed with glee. “You have no idea, now, give me the Priestesses, and I might let you live, if you refuse, I’ll just kill you, and then get them anyway. What do you say?”

Daisuke stepped forward. “I think I speak for both of us when I say, no way.”

Nimrod chuckled and shrugged. “Well, I guess it was worth a try.” He suddenly shot forward with his arms outstretched, smacking both of the warriors in the neck and throwing them onto their backs.

Both warriors were on their feet in a second. Daisukeswung his sword at their enemy, but the Digital Hunter blocked with his armor-clad forearm. This was only a distraction, to allow Wallace a chance to attack from the other side. Nimrod knew he was coming, and, without turning his attention from Daisuke, kicked Wallace as hard as he could. The Baihumon Warrior did not relent, and continued with his attack. His sword sliced off a piece of Nimrod’s shoulder armor.

The Digital Hunter stared at his missing armor. “You…you cut my armor! You cut my armor!” He dove at Wallace and tackled him to the ground. Daisuke took the opportunity to attack the Hunter from behind. He was able to slice off the remainder of Nimrod’s armor.

He roared in anger. “I’m going to rip your heads off your bodies!”

“Bring it on!” Daisuke shouted, “I am so sick of you!” He launched forward, swinging his sword in a mad fashion. Nimrod leapt to the side, swinging his foot around and smacked him in the back of the head. Wallace pointed his sword at Nimrod’s back and used Cecil’s Dark Wave attack. Without his armor, Nimrod was easily vulnerable. The force of the attack sent him crashing into the brick building. Since the building was already damaged, it easily fell, crushing Nimrod.

“Jeeze,” Wallace panted, limping over to inspect the debris, “I’m glad we’ve seen the last of that guy.”

Daisuke grinned, slowly rising to his feet, “Y..yeah…”

Wallace turned his back on the pile, and began to walk towards Daisuke. Suddenly, the pile of bricks exploded as Nimrod freed himself. His gauntlet suddenly changed into a wrist-based blade, which he quickly shoved through Wallace’s back.

“Wallace!” Daisuke shouted.

The Hunter easily flung the limp body off of his now bloodied blade. “Well, that was fun, are you going to give me a better challenge?”

Daisuke was shaking with rage. “You…you…killed him…and…and it was just a g...game to you!” His body suddenly began to glow once more. He appeared to still be wearing his armor. His body cracked and exploded, revealing Daisuke wearing a blue shirt and dark yellow pants. He had a white bandana in his hair and was carrying a long katana sword. He grinned. “I evolved again! I’m Chrono, from Chrono Trigger.”

“More transformations?” Nimrod gasped, “Why don’t you nerds stop playing video games and actually fight!”

Daisuke clenched his fists so tightly they began to shake. “I am…sick and tired of you!” He jumped into the air and screamed, “Luminaire!”

The Digital Hunter laughed and crossed his arms confidently. “Ha! And more pathetic light shows, well, bring it on!”

Daisuke’s body suddenly exploded with light, quickly expanding into a dome shape. Nimrod realized too late that his confidence was greatly misplaced. He attempted to run, but Daisuke’s attack quickly enveloped him. The Digital Hunter was instantly vaporized.

After the ‘light show’ had faded, the Qinglongmon Warrior was panting heavily. He fell to his knees, and despite his attempts to get back onto his feet, he completely crashed into the ground. He de-evolved back to his normal state. He heard Hikari call out to him seconds before he passed out.

The Priestess of Qinglongmon collapsed beside him and feverously shook him. “Daisuke! Daisuke!” She placed a hand on his back and breathed with extreme relief; she could feel him breathing. The brown-haired girl turned towards her counterpart and saw the young girl crying beside her fallen warrior.

“Wallace!” Maria sobbed, “W..wallace!”

Hikari knew that Daisuke needed to be moved somewhere safe, and that the Digital Hunters would no doubt be coming soon, but Maria needed help right now. She slowly walked over to her and placed her hands on her shoulders. The Priestess of Baihumon spun around and embraced the Priestess of Qinglongmon. “”””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””

Nimrod, one of the worst enemies we ever had to face, was finally gone, but the price was Wallace. I could certainly sympathize with Maria, I had lost my parents, Tailmon, Takeru and Noriko.

I didn’t have any idea that my greatest lost would soon be coming.