Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Ressurection War ❯ Dark SEED: The Crest of Hate ( Chapter 10 )

Mon nom est Catherine.. Lazt time, Kari and Yolei were having difficulty adjusting to zier previous livez az Tai and Zora. Ze were in love, until Tai was reborn az Kari, who waz also developing feelings towardz Tk. We were called to a mountain village called Shutu to defend zier Deztiny Ztone of Air. We failed, but Angemon waz able to digivolve to Magna Angemon and defeat Skull Satanmon. During zis battle, Tk and Kari kissed one another while Yolei zaw. Ze poor girl.

Even if I'm making a fuss, it won't start………

But I'll call for selfishness, trouble, and panic………

No one knows my true face………

If my eyes that you saw over my glasses………

Can accept it without looking away, then Bingo, Bingo!.........

My head crashes and burn, without relying on tears………

My eyes flash and shine, I want to make tomorrow………

My head crashes and burn, I'd like myself to be bold………

Even if my heart freezes, it's not amusing just to be cute………

Even machine have hearts………

If they are handled by inorganics, I'd look away………

No one notices my true feelings………

If I take off my glasses, with my eyes closed………

I'll believe in myself, and Bingo, Bingo!.........

My head crashes and burns, without forgetting the pounding in my chest………

My eyes flash and shine, I want to grasp onto the future………

My head crashes and burns, I'd like to be myself………

Even if my heart freezes, I won't settle with pretty things………

Digital Gate open! Chosen Children, go!........

"Crash with Bingo". Miyako's Theme

Dark SEED: The Crest of Hate

Hiroshi stared at two of his three remaining generals, as well as the loyal Yuehon. "So, Skull Satanmon is gone."

"If you ask me, " Ladydevimon said, "He got what he deserved."

"Regardless," Demon interrupted, "Those Digidestined were able to destroy him, not a simple task. What happens if they continue getting stronger? We could be in serious trouble."

Hiroshi stared at him. "Anything in mind?"

"Yes," Daemon answered, "Turn one of them against the others!"

The Dark SEED leader lightly rubbed his chin. "Hmm, that might prove…interesting. Very well, I am putting you in charge."

The cloaked digimon bowed. "As you wish, my lord."

"Where is Diaboromon?" Ladydevimon asked, "It's not like him to miss a meeting."

"He is currently excavating ruins in the mountain range of the Server Continent," Yuehon answered, "He's looking for the Key Cards that we need to complete the gate."

"I see," Ladydevimon nodded, "Then, we are close?"

"Very close," Hiroshi answered with an evil smile, "Very close indeed."

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Yolei sighed to herself as she leaned back in her seat. She pushed herself forward and propped her head by putting her elbows on her desk. She stared at her teacher as he scribble words on the board in another language, most likely English. While she could normally read the language without much difficulty, her mind was currently stretched in too many different directions at once for her to be able to concentrate on the foreign language. She glanced across the room and was slightly happy to see that the other students were as confused as she was. She scanned the lost look on the other students, but her smile faded when her eyes stopped on the brown-haired girl that was currently causing the majority of her problems.

She had once been Sora Takenouchi, but that was before she had di...died and been reborn as Yolei Inoe. While that certainly took some adjustments, it was not as difficult as discovering that Sora's soul mate, the young man she thought she would spend the rest of her life with, had been reborn as a girl, Kari Kamiya. She was Sora and she loved Tai but if Kari was Tai, did that mean that she had to love Kari? After much soul searching, she discovered that she was in love with Tai, and he was now trapped inside of that female body. It was those stupid female hormones that made Kari kiss Tk. It was not Tai but Kari, that boy-crazy, two-timing…"Oh my!" she thought, "Am I starting to hate Kari?"

The bell rang, ending not only the period, but the school day as well. "About time," Yolei muttered as began to gather up her school supplies.

"Tell me about it," Davis said, walking up beside her, "At least the school year's gonna be over in a few days. I can't take much more of this."

Yolei smiled. "Any plans for the summer?"

The messy haired boy shrugged. "I donno, I'll have to wait and find out."

"Hi guys," Kari said, walking over to them, "What are you talking about?"

"Just stuff," Davis said, "Any idea where the other Destiny Stones are?"

She shook her head. "Not yet. Ken and Cody are looking right now. There are only two more left, and we can't let Dark SEED destroy them, or the entire Digital World is doomed."

Davis frowned. "So I guess we're not going for pizza now?"

"No, we're still going," she smiled, then hesitated. "I hope you don't mind, but I invited someone."

"Who?"

She took a deep breath. "Tk."

Yolei flinched. "What's wrong?" Kari asked.

"Um, nothing. My family is going out tonight, so I've got to get home. I'll see you later."

"Okay, bye," Kari said. "I wonder what's wrong with her? Did she see me and Tk yesterday? Oh no."

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The afternoon sun cast a red and yellow mosaic onto the mountain ground. A lone Numemon slithered along the rock-covered path as fast as he could. He tripped over a large pebble and his face slammed into the ground. He pushed himself back onto his rear and continued to slither up the mountain. He glanced over his shoulder and breathed a sigh of relief. They were not behind him any longer. He smiled slightly as he turned back to look forward, but stopped short when he saw a large Infermon drop in front of him.

"Ahh!" he shouted, falling onto his back, ""No, please…"

The giant spider growled. "You tried to escape. Tell us where the Key Cards are, and I will let you go."

"But, I don't know!"

"Not the right answer," the spider replied, "Spider Shooter!"

The Numemon screamed as the spider's attack shot through his body, deleting him. Dokugomon crawled back down the mountain to an area that was crawling with more multi-legged digimon, such as Keramons and Chrysalimons. They were dragging piles of dirt and debris from a large crater in the ground. The Infermon crawled over to a large hill and stared down at the workers. He felt a presence beside him and he straightened instantly. "Yes, Lord Diaboromon?" he asked.

"How does the excavation go?" the Dark SEED general asked.

"Not well," Infermon answered, "We can't find anything at all."

"Those Cards have to be here!" Diaboromon shouted, "This was the location of Myotismon's old castle, we need those cards!"

Infermon nodded. "Yes, I will continue the search."

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Yolei walked down the sidewalk with her hands in her plaided skirt pocket. This caused the gym bag that she had over her shoulder to shake and bounce against her side. "I say!" Hawkmon shouted from inside, "Do you think you could walk a bit slower? I feel like I'm inside of a washing machine!"

The purple-haired girl reached inside of the bag and lightly rubbed her partner's head. "Sorry, Hawkmon," she said, "My mind's being pulled in so many directions at once right now…"

"I know," the bird digimon said, "You haven't stopped talking about it."

Yolei frowned. "Oh really? Well sorry if I'm boring you! Hmp!" She crossed her arms and stormed forward, knocking into an older woman, throwing the bags onto the floor.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she said. She knelt down and started to help the older woman clean up her bags.

"No, that's okay," the woman said. When she knelt down, Yolei looked straight into her face. "Say, you look familiar; do I know you from somewhere?"

The woman gave Yolei a shocked look. "I don't think so."

The young teenager shook her head. "I'm sorry, I'm just under so much stress right now." She smiled as she lifted the paper bags. "Here you are Miss."

The woman smiled. "Um, do you think you could give me a hand? My car is right over there and I have a bad back…?"

Yolei nodded. "Sure, no problem."

"Thank you," the white-haired woman said. She lead Yolei down the sidewalk to a large van parked near an old movie theater. The woman opened the side door. "Could you please put them inside?"

"Sure," Yolei smiled, placing the bags inside. She felt a hand on her back push her forward, throwing her inside the van. Her gym bag had been pulled off of her arms before the door slammed shut and the vehicle started moving. The purple-haired girl finally managed to roll onto her rear, allowing her to sit straight up. She looked around the van and found that the seats had been removed, all except for the two in the front, which were both occupied.

"What's going on here?" she demanded.

The white-haired woman was seated in the passenger seat. She reached into Yolei's gym bag and pulled out a struggling Hawkmon. The woman jabbed the bird with a syringe. Hawkmon quickly stopped moving and went limp in the woman's hand. She threw him onto the ground in front of the purple-haired girl.

"Hawkmon!" she shouted, shaking her partner, "Hawkmon! Talk to me, please!" When she received not answer, she glared at the white haired woman. "What did you do to him?"

"Nothing to worry about, just a simple sleeping solution."

"Who are you?"

She turned to stare at Yolei. "I know that your memories may be faulty, Sora Takenouchi, but certainly you will recognize this!" She pulled a black mask over her head, leaving only the bottom part of her face uncovered.

"Ladydevimon?" Yolei shrieked.

"That's correct, but not the same one that protected Piedmon. I am a different being altogether, one of the Generals of Dark SEED. And I am more powerful then that fanatic who sought to protect the infamous Dark Master!"

Yolei swallowed. "Why did you kidnapped me?"

Ladydevimon grinned. "You'll find out, when we return to the Digital World, and meet up with Daemon."

Yolei had never heard the name 'Daemon' before, but it sent shivers down her spine. She began to sweat slightly.

"Yes," Ladydevimon continued grinning, "You should be worried. Now, don't take this personally, but…" Before the purple-haired girl could react, Ladydevimon jabbed a needle into her black pantyhose covered legs.

"Hey!" Yolei shouted, "That hu……." Her eyes drooped shut and her head fell back onto the ground.

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Mizumi the waitress smiled to Kari as she placed three glasses of water down on the table. "So, back with two boys this time, huh? You must be one lucky girl."

Kari laughed nervously, "Heh heh, yeah..yeah…Heh."

She returned the grin. "I'll let you guys decide. I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Been here before?" Davis asked, glancing at the menu.

Tk answered. "Kari and I were here yesterday, we never got a chance to finish."

"I see," Davis said.

There was an uncomfortable silence at the table before Tk sighed slightly and lowered his head. "I'm sorry if I'm making you uncomfortable."

"What?" Davis asked, "No, I'm fine. Oh, you mean about the fact that you were the Digimon Emperor?"

Tk sighed. "Yes."

Kari kicked Davis's foot under the table. "What?" he asked, "He brought it up. Listen, man, you've got to stop being so hard on yourself. Hey, I make a lot of mistakes too, but you've got to learn from them. And it's not like you consciously made the choice, Shamonmon told us that you became the Digimon Emperor because Yamato Ishida was infected by Etemon's Dark Network, right? So that could have been any of the original Digidestined." He mentioned to Kari, "Like Tai. You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Tk stared at him, then smiled slightly. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"See?" Davis said to Kari, "I'm not a bad therapist, am I?"

She sighed and smiled at the same time.

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When Yolei felt her senses began to return to her, she slowly opened her eyes to a blurred image. She shook her head from side to side in order to help bring the world back into focus. When she was finally able to see clearly she wished that her vision was still foggy. She was strapped to a cold metal table in what appeared to be a laboratory, filled with mechanical equipment. Bakemon and Vilemons were running around, checking the various equipment and machines. "Um, excuse me?" she asked.

"Yes, my dear?"

She turned to the owner of the voice and saw a towering figure wearing a dark red cloak, with two black wings pushing out of his back. She gasped. "Who are you?"

"My name is Daemon," he bowed, "And I welcome you to Hades, the darkness at the end of the Digital World."

"Where's Hawkmon?"

"Your partner is safe, have no fear. It is you that we are interested in."

She paled. "W..why me?"

Deamon reached into the folds of his robe and pulled out a familiar shaped object. "Is that a Crest?" Yolei asked.

"Yes, and it once belonged to you."

"It did?" she asked confused, "But how…?" Realization dawned on her face, "You mean…?"

"That is correct," Daemon said, "The Crest of Hate."

Yolei chuckled. "What makes you think that I'm going to take a corrupted crest?" Her voice softened, with a touch of regret, "Even if it was mine."

"Because," Daemon said, "You have hate in your heart, you yourself are not aware of it."

"W..that's ridiculous!" she shouted, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! I don't hate anyone!"

Daemon chuckled. "Methinks thou dost protest too much."

"Very funny," she replied, "I'm telling you, I don't hate anyone."

"Very well," Daemon sighed, "I know of your, shall we say, problems, with Hikari Kamiya."

Yolei flinched. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Really? Well, I should let you know that I was watching you yesterday, at the Village of Shutu."

"You were?" she asked, nervous.

"Yes," Daemon nodded, "I watched when Kamiya and Takashi kissed one another. I saw the expression on your face."

Yolei started shaking. "So what? I was a little jealous, yeah, I admit that. Who wouldn't be when they see the person that they have a crush on kissing someone else?"

"I think it's more then that," Daemon said, "You loved Taichi Kamiya, don't you?"

"….Yes."

"But he doesn't exist anymore, does he? He is now a girl named Hikari Kamiya, right? And as a girl, she has feelings for males, not females."

Yolei frowned. "R..right." She found that she was having difficulty arguing with him, almost like her will had been taken away from her.

"So," Daemon said, "She's turned her back on any feelings she had for you."

Yolei nodded, feeling something welling up inside of her. "Yes."

"She loves Takeru Takashi, not you."

She started growling. "Yes. She doesn't love me, she never did!"

"Exactly!" Daemon grinned, holding the Crest of Hate near Yolei's body, "You're hurting because of her! You have to stop her, destroy her and end the pain once and for all!"

"Yes," Yolei said, "I have to stop her at once! I'll destroy her!"

Daemon watched as the Crest of Hate in his hand began to glow. He laughed with success.

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Kari sighed as she slowly ran her finger around her water glass. She had hoped that Tk would be accepted by Davis, not to ignore her completely. She was bored out of her mind.

"So?" Davis said, leaning forward, "You never found out why you started to become the Digimon Emperor? I mean, I know about what Etemon's Dark Network did to you, but..?"

Tk shook his head. "No, all I can really remember is feeling this…I can't even describe it, but the only way I could get rid of it was by acting the way I did."

Davis stared at him. "Are you feeling that way now?"

"No. When Kari defeated me, that feeling just disappeared. It was because of her that I stopped being the Digimon Emperor. " He turned to her, "You saved me, you know."

The brown-haired girl started blushing. "Well, I didn't…"

"Stop being so modest," Salamon said from inside of Kari's backpack, "You were great!"

"I'm with her," Davis said, "You've done a lot."

She frowned. "I couldn't beat Kimeramon, you did. And I couldn't do anything against Hiroshi when we fought. If only I could figure out how to use my Holy Lances."

"Don't be so hard on yourself," Tk said, "I have a Holy Weapon too, and I don't know how to use it yet either."

Kari sighed. "It's not that easy," she said, "I really don't expect either of you to understand, but I'm Taichi Kamiya, and sometimes its hard to live up to everyone's expectations of you. I'm supposed to be the great hero, but so far I haven't done anything really extraordinary." She sighed as she looked over to Davis, "And then there's you."

"What do you mean?" Tk asked.

Kari sighed again before she continued. "Davis told me that Ryo said he was the real heir to my old powers. He's the one that's suppose to have the Courage powers."

"What?" Tk gasped, "That's absurd!"

"Think about it. He's even got my goggles."

Davis interrupted. "Ryo told me that I was chosen to receive Tai's powers because he was dead. This was before the Guardians realized that Tai had been reborn as Kari."

"Why couldn't the Guardians just reverse it?"

"It wasn't their choice. Ryo just said that it came from, 'higher up.'"

Tk considered this for a moment. "I suppose, but why does Kari still have the courage powers?"

"Because I don't want them," Davis said, "I have the Crest of Miracles, why do I need the powers of Courage?"

Tk looked at Davis, then at Kari. "You know, if he's really supposed to have them, it might not be your choice."

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"Hiya Wormmon, how's it going?" Armadillomon asked.

The green caterpillar bowed. "I'm fine, how are you?"

Ken chuckled slightly as Cody and his partner entered into the older boy's bedroom. "Good evening, Cody."

"Hi Ken," he said, pulling a seat up to the desk so he could see into Ken's computer monitor. "Any luck?"

He shook his head. "No. Even with the legends and folklore concerning the Destiny Stones, I can't seem to find a definite location."

Cody sighed. "This is just great. Dark SEED is going to get too far ahead of us."

Ken continued to click on different areas of the Digital World. He reached an area on the Server Continent, specifically the mountain area. He double clicked on the square and a series of pop-up windows appeared.

"I hate those pop-up advertisements," Cody sighed.

"These are version of the Digimon Analyzer," he explained, "A large amount of spider digimon are present in that area. I think maybe we should investigate…wait!"

"What?"

"There's a mega Digimon…it's Diaboromon!"

"I'm e-mailing the others," Cody said, removing his D-terminal.

After alerting the others, Cody and Ken traveled through the Digital Gate and arrived in the shadows of the dark mountains on the Server Continent. Kari, Tk and Davis, along with their digimon, materialized a second later. The brown-haired girl glanced around. "Where's Yolei?"

"And Catherine and Derek?" Davis asked.

"I don't know," Cody said, "I sent them all e-mails."

"We can't wait forever," Davis said, running through the rocky mountain tops, "If Diaboromon is here, we've got to stop him!"

"Davis!" Veemon shouted, running after him, "Wait up!"

The goggle-wearer ran across the rocks and stone until he reached the edge of a cliff. The others soon joined him and together they stared over the edge at the excavation occurring below. "What's happening down there?" Patamon asked.

"It would appear to be an archeological excavation," Ken said, "But what are they searching for?"

A shrill, sinister voice appeared behind the group of humans and digidestined. "Why don't you just ask?"

They spun around and came face-to-face with a large white spider. "I am Infermon," it explained, "And you are now my prisoners!"

"Don't bet on it!" Davis shouted, shoving his digivice towards his partner. The white light of evolution exploded from the screen and bathed Veemon. "Digivolve!"

"Wait!" Infermon shouted, halting Veemon's evolution.

"What?"

"Maybe you should wait to show your unique talents to Master Diaboromon."

"Where is he?" Davis shouted, spinning his head around. He looked over his shoulder to see the spider mega standing on the mountain ridge. "Oh, I should have followed the stench."

"Do you always embarrass yourself?" the Dark SEED general asked, pointing one of his gauntlet covered hands at him.

"What are you doing here?" Ken asked.

He laughed. "Maybe you should be more concerned with who's with me here."

"What are you talking about?" Cody asked.

"Yeah," Kari said, "You're here, aren't you?"

Diaboromon grinned. "Correct, but I have an ally. Observe, to the sky, now!"

The Digidestined threw their heads skyward in an attempt to see Diaboromon's mysterious alley. A large bird soared across the sky, one that caused the hearts of the humans and digimon to fall into their stomachs. "Aquilamon?" the digimon gasped.

The color from Kari's face drained. "No, then that means…"

"On Aquilamon's back!" Salamon gasped, "Look! It's…"

"Yolei," the brown-haired girl said, feeling her heart being shattered, "It can't be."

The purple-haired girl was standing on her partner's back, a sinister and evil grin on her face. Around her neck hung a glowing pendant. She was still wearing her usual Digital World outfit, but a darker and blacker color. "Hello, Kamiya Hikari-san," she said, "How are you?"

"What are you doing here?" Kari demanded, "Yolei…"

"You cannot call me by my given name!" she shouted, "Any connection you had to me has been destroyed by you! I thought you had deep feelings for me, but you didn't, did you? Taichi, why did you turn your back on me, your soul mate, Sora?"

Kari was shocked. "Yolei…"

"I told you not to call me that!" she shouted, "I thought you should me love, but it was a lie, wasn't it? Now, all I have to give to you is hate!" She pointed her finger at the brown-haired girl, "You will fight me, now!"

"I'm going to fight you!" Kari shouted.

Yolei laughed as she jumped off of Aquilamon's back. "Then you will die! Aquillamon, digivolve!"

The giant hawk shot into the sky and began to glow in synch with the Crest of Hate, with its symbol of a heart broken in half, hanging around Yolei's neck.

Yolei's digivice vibrated fiercely then changed to a red hue.It fired a beam of light from its screen up to her Crest of Hate.The symbol of the crest was pushed up by the beam of light, continuing its ascent.The symbol twisted and turned, shattering through a smoke filled sky as it gathered bits of energy and exploded, sending a twisting spiral down, merging with a twisting Aquilamon.

"Aquilamon digivolve to…"

Aquilamon's body was enveloped by a red tornado, twisting and changing his form.The tornado exploded, revealing a new humanoid figure, with brown feather legs and white feathered chest.Two small white wings grew from his forearms while a visor appeared over his eyes."Silphymon!"

"He digivolved!" Veemon gasped.

Yolei pointed at Kari. "Now, Silphymon, destroy her!"

The hovering digimon executed a twirling dance, bringing his two palms together to create a glowing ball of light. He fired this attack at the brown-haired girl. "Static Force!"

"Kari, look out!" Salamon shouted, jumping into the air and dive bombing her partner, tackling her to the ground. Silphymon's attack missed, destroying a section of the ground.

"That's it!" Davis shouted, "Fight back! Veemon!"

The blue digimon began spinning around in place, waiting for the familiar explosion of energy. "Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!"

"Wormmon digivolve to Stingmon!"

"Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!"

"Patamon digivolve to Angemon!"

"Salamon digivolve to Gatomon!"

Kari's Digivice vibrated fiercely then changed to an orange hue.It fired a beam of light from its screen up to her Crest of Courage.The symbol of the crest was pushed up by the beam of light, continuing its ascent.The symbol twisted and turned, shattering through a smoke filled sky as it gathered bits of energy and exploded, sending a twisting spiral down, merging with a twisting Gatomon.

"Gatomon digivolve to…"

Gatomon's body turned to white and shot upward.Her body became more human, she lost her tail, and grew long hair.She lost her left glove and a ribbon twisted around her arm.She lost her right glove and an arm length glove flew on her arm, angel wings appearing.A boot shot on her left foot, while on the right side, a suit of fabric appeared, following her new human curves up her whole body to her head, where a metal helmet shot over her eyes."Angewomon!"

Diaboromon watched as Silphymon and Angewomon flew off to engage in their own battle. "Let's let them deal with their own problems," he said.

"Fine!" Exveemon growled, "Let's go!"

Diaboromon chuckled. "Are you so certain you can handle me? Ha!" He moved into an attack position, but did not jump into battle.Instead, he turned his head to the excavation site below as one of the Keramons shouted to him.

"Lord Diaboromon! We have discovered something!"

The mega spider grinned and turned back to the Digidestined. "It appears that I will not be engaging in this battle." He propelled himself onto a ledge closer to the excavation site. "Infermon, destroy them!"

The smaller spider-digimon jumped in front of Exveemon and the other digimon. "As you wish. Spider Shooter!" His mouth opened to reveal a small gun barrel, which he used to fire a barrage of red blasts into Exveemon's body. The blue dragon screamed as his skin was torn from his body. Stingmon and Angemon leapt in to aid him, but Infermon executed a back flip with such speed that the two flying digimon crashed into one another. The spider landed on Ankylomon's back and began pounding him with his eight legs.Stingmon and Angemon recovered themselves and leapt to continue the attack, but Infermon executed his Spider Shooter attack once again, causing them the same pain as Exveemon.

Meanwhile, Angewomon and Silphymon paused momentarily to stare at one another. "Why are you doing this?" the angel woman asked.

"Because Yolei asks it of me!" Silphymon answered.

"But we're friends!" Angewomon protested.

"We were!" he answered, spinning his hands around in his hypnotic dance, "Not anymore! Static Force!"

The angel woman quickly shot out of the way, allowing Silphymon's attack to pass her and destroy a small section of the excavation crew below. The Keramons and Chrysalimons fled from the archeological site and scattered to the mountains. "Stop!" Diaboromon shouted, "Get back here, you cowards!" He growled, "Fine, I'll handle this myself." He jumped off of the mountain ledge and landed unharmed on the ground. He ran over to the excavation site and began to remove the dirt and debris that remained in the area before finally revealing a simple metal chest. He grinned and ripped the top off.

Exveemon flung himself at Infermon once again. "XV-kick!" he shouted, slamming his foot into the spider's face, throwing him into the mountain side.

"Yes!" Davis shouted, "You creamed him!"

"Davis," Cody said, "Look."

The goggle wearer stared at the spider digimon and gasped when he saw that Infermon was still unharmed. He jumped into the air and used his leg pounding attack on Angemon's chest. When he was done with the angel digimon, he moved over to Stingmon and Ankylomon. Exveemon jumped over to attack him from behind, but Infermon twirled around quickly, using all of his legs to hit the blue dragon in quick succession. He fell onto the ground with the spider standing above him.

"Now," Infermon said, opening his gun barrel mouth, "Prepare to be deleted!"

"Exveemon!" Davis shouted, "Don't give up! You can do anything! I know you can!" He suddenly became aware of a bright gold light shining from beneath his shirt. "Wha-?"

"Your crest!" Tk gasped, "It's glowing!"

Davis reached inside and pulled out his Crest of Miracles, with its symbol of a glowing halo. "Wow." He smiled, "Exveemon!"

Davis's digivice vibrated fiercely then changed to a dark blue hue.It fired a beam of light from its screen up to his Crest of Miracles.The symbol of the crest was pushed up by the beam of light, continuing its ascent.The symbol twisted and turned, shattering through a smoke filled sky as it gathered bits of energy and exploded, sending a twisting spiral down, merging with a twirling Exveemon.

"Exveemon digivolve to…"

A gold light flowed over his body, transforming him into a being wearing metal armor in various areas of his body.A dragon man Digimon whose wings fluttered open.He spun around, his eyes forming.On his hands a set of claws shot out, from each finger and his wrist.Two guns shot out from his side, blasting the desert in front of him."...Paildramon!"

"Another Ultimate," Ken said in awe, "Amazing."

If Infermon was worried, he did not show it. Instead, he continued his battle as if his opponent had not altered at all. He first executed his multi-legged attack, which did not do enough damage to Paildramon to throw him back like it had to Exveemon, but it was enough to cause him to hiss in pain. He then used his Spider Shooter attack to throw the blue dinosaur tumbling backwards.

Meanwhile, the battle between Angewomon and Silphymon was still raging in the skies above. Kari could not keep her attention on her digimon's battle, she was too focused on the purple-haired girl standing on the ledge across from her. "Yolei!"

She turned and glared at her. "Do not, I repeat, do NOT call me that! You will refer to me as Miyako Inoe, understand?"

Kari was taken back at this comment. She felt her own heart start to break, but reminded herself that the Crest of Hate was in control of Yolei, it had to be. "Yolei, listen to me!"

"Shut up, shut up!" she screamed, "I'm not listening to anymore of your lies!"

Kari sighed sadly and stared at the ground. "Yolei…"

Angewomon frowned as she dodged another swipe from Silphymon's fist. "You know, I could easily finish you off."

"I highly doubt that," he responded, "You may be powerful for an Ultimate, but I am one too. Astral Laser!" His body suddenly began to illuminate the afternoon sky. He head-butted Angewomon, throwing her into the ground.

"Angewomon!" Kari shouted, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Kari," she responded, slowly crawling back to her feet, "But I'm starting to lose my patients!"

"You can't hurt them," Kari protested, "They're our friends."

Yolei started cackling like an evil witch. "We were your friends," she corrected the brown-haired girl, "Now we're nothing!"

She then ordered her digimon to attack, but her voice was drowned out by a loud roar from above. The battle between Infermon and Paildramon came to a pause as both combatants, as well as everyone else present, turned their heads skyward. Floating above them was a large aircraft that appeared to be a water ship, but with a dozen large propellers attached to its hull. In addition to those propellers, this craft also contained two large airplane-like wings with two sets of cylinders on the end. On the rear of the ship were two more sets of these same cylinders. The entire craft was painted blue and red with the word 'BOREAS" printed on the side.

"What is that?" Ken inquired.

He was given his answer when a dark figure appeared on the deck of this floating ship. "Ahoy!" Ladydevimon called.

Diaboromon's voice suddenly echoed through the mountain. "Inoe, Infermon, hold off your attacks!"

Yolei, Silphymon and Infermon turned to attention to the Dark SEED general, who was bouncing like a frog from cliff to cliff to reach the top of the mountain. "Why?" Yolei demanded.

"The Key Cards are not here," he responded, "We must leave to continue the search."

"As you wish, Master Diaboromon," Infermon responded. He did not acknowledge Paildramon or any of the other digimon as he followed Diaboromon up the mountain in the same manner. Both spider digimon reached the top of the mountain and took a massive leap to land on the deck of the ship.

Silphymon flew up behind Yolei and gently lifted her. The purple-haired girl stared at Kari as she flew higher into the air. "Next time, Mistress Ladydevimon's floating ship will not be able to save you."

Silphymon landed on the deck. The four sets of massive cylinders attached to the ship exploded with fire and force, propelling the vessel across the Digital World.

The Champion digimon returned to the Rookie forms while the Ultimate digimon regressed to their In-training modes. Cody turned to Ken. "What are Key Cards?"

The black-haired boy shook his head. "I don't know. I think I have an idea, but I'm not certain. I'll need more data before I am."

Davis spied Kari and Nyaromon staring up at the sky. He started to walk towards her, but Tk held him back. "Right now, I think she just needs some time alone."

The goggle-wearer stared at him but nodded in agreement. "Yeah."

"Kari?" Nyaromon asked.

"What?"

"Are you feeling okay?"

She sighed. "No, I'm not Nyaromon, no, I'm not."

……to be continued….