Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Ressurection War ❯ DARK OCEAN: The Sage of the Dark Ocean ( Chapter 18 )

Tkhere. Last time, Takato and the other Tamers told us that the Dark Ocean was a gateway to their own dimension and that Oikawa was here to release some kind of unstoppable being called D-reaper. We made our way to talk to the Sage of the Dark Ocean, and we were attacked by one of Oikawa’s creations, Blue Meramon. He froze all of our digimon in ice, until Davis somehow was able to use the Digi-metal of Courage and Veemon armor evolved into Flamedramon. After destroying the Control Spire, Takato and Guilmon bio-merged into Gallantmon and destroyed Blue Meramon. Our surprises weren’t over however, Oikawa revealed that he was once the ruler of Dark SEED! By the light of a blue moon, I try to keep my cool in this scenario. I just keep on fighting things, This is just my way of handling things.   I meet assistance, and now is it time to find my beliefs? Truth? Hah! I'm grasping at straws! Light up moon! tear the shadows apart! I don't need to put on any fake smiles. Come on, Light up moon! replace clear Shadows with a new form, flying high. Excel and win, Moon Fighter!   From the distant side of the sky, Someday my heart will dream of smiling faces. To be not defeated by small things, To be something that will not divide.   A fleeting wish, the palms of my hands come together, A lie? Hah! I'll cast aside this veil!   Light up moon! come down from the heavens! Answer only one person, and be restricted. Come on, Light up moon! pierce through the sky! Show your radiance, and keep on going. Excel and win, Moon Fighter! Moon Fighter-Rika’s Theme

DARK OCEAN: The Sage of the Dark Ocean

Oikawa hummed to himself as he walked through his laboratory, smiling in near ecstasy as he heard the sound of bubbling liquid and smelled the sent of burning chemicals. “Ahh…It’s…enticing.”

Arukennimon and Mummymon stared at him, but Dragomon grinned in agreement. Their evil master continued, “I need a digimon powerful enough to get the Key Cards.”

“What’s wrong with us?” Mummymon asked.

Oikawa shook his head. “No, it’s not time for us to fight yet. The Digidestined and Tamer digimon would become too use to our fighting styles. When the time comes…” he clenched his fist, “…we’ll crush them!”

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The Digidestined and the Tamers had set up camp for the night in an area of the dark forest. They had managed to find some twigs and branches that were not so badly decomposed that they would still act as sufficient fuel for their small campfire. None of the group was talking, just staring into the darkness. Almost all of the humans were deep in thought, thinking over the surprising events that occurred earlier in the day.

Hiroshi was thinking over what Oikawa had said, that he was once the leader of Dark SEED, and that Hiroshi’s mind was filled with the possible repercussions of this revelation. Oikawa said that his mind had been tampered with, his memories altered. Penmon did not was just as confused as he was. If he could only talk to Yuehon, maybe she could help, but none of the communicators were working.

Davis, Kari and their digimon were thinking of Kari’s apparent lose of the Digimetal of Courage to Davis. During their battle against Blue Meramon, Veemon was able to armor digivolve into Flamedramon. It seemed that was Kari had always feared was coming true, that she would lose her powers to Davis, the true owner of courage. The goggle wearer was thinking about how he was able to bring the Digimetal to his partner because he wanted, with all of his might, to stop that from happening if it came to the Crest of Courage. Kari was thinking about what she would do if she lost the Crest of Courage.

Tk’s mind kept replaying the scene of the Dark Towers appearing out of the ground, stopping their digimon from evolving. Oikawa said that he got the plans for the Control Spires from his old base, but was he telling the truth? He said he knew more about Hiroshi’s past, could he know something about Tk too?

“Jeeze, this looks like a prison photo or something,” Terriermon muttered.

“Terriermon!” Henry shouted.

“We’ve just got a lot on our minds,” Kari said, smiling slightly.

Takato walked over and sat down next to her. “Well, I think maybe you should give your mind a rest and get some sleep.”

“What about you?”

“Don’t worry about us,” he said, “You’re our guests, please.”

Kari nodded and rested her back against one of the trees surrounding the area. She closed her eyes and soon fell fast asleep. Her body may have been resting, but her mind gave her no rest. She dreamed of herself, but in her past life, as Tai.

Tai was fighting someone, but he could not tell who. Wargreymon was battling an enemy, almost draped in shadows, but he did not know if it was because of his poor memory or the creature’s connection to evil. He watched as Wargreymon was suddenly smashed in the chest by a black projectile, almost a missile. He fell over and landed on his back.

“Wargreymon!”Tai shouted, running over to him, “Are you okay?”

The dinosaur digimon jumped to his feet and quickly jumped in front of his partner, a blast of blue life almost destroying him. Koromon fell into Tai’s arms. “Koromon…Koromon…are you okay?”

He slowly looked up at the dark figures before him. “How could you do this? How?”

The two dark figures standing before him suddenly faded from view. Tai looked down at himself and gasped. He had changed back into Kari, with Nyaromon in her arms.

She twisted her head around, but instead of the forest battlefield, she was floating in a sea of darkness. She suddenly felt a strange, almost over-powering evil. She glanced straight up and saw a group of human figures. She could not see any of their faces or their bodies, as they were completely covered in hooded trench coats. Most of them were hidden in the shadows, but one figure floated forward. She could see the color of this one’s coat, dark brown, almost black. She could not see his face, but when he spoke, she knew he was a male.

“Courage will fail, the virtues will disappear, and from light and hope, will come, darkness! Armageddon will begin, the pieces are almost in place!”

The cloaked figures floated out of the way as a giant being draped in absolute darkness appeared in the center. Kari could only guess that it opened its mouth to utter a soul clenching scream.

She was about to question them, but the sea of darkness suddenly begin to start spinning around her. She felt herself being forcibly pulled towards the ground.

“…the pieces are almost in place.”

She gave a small yelp and bolted awake. “Kari?” Takato asked, “Are you okay?”

The brown-haired girl started panting as she placed her hand on her forehead. She was sweating. “It was a dream,” she swallowed, “Just...just a dream.” She took a few deep breaths to calm herself, “Just a dream.”

“Are you sure?” Takato asked, sitting down beside her.

The young woman looked around the campsite. Everyone else was fast asleep, only she and Takato were awake. She took another breath. “Takato, can I talk to you, I mean, really talk to you?”

The goggle-wearing Tamer nodded. “Well, we did just meet. So, if you think I can help then go right ahead.”

She smiled slightly. “Actually, I think that out of everyone here, you’re the only one that would understand.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Why’s that?”

“Because you’re the leader of your own group,” she sighed, “I’m sure you understand what it feels like to always try to put up a brave front, when you just really want to be scared and run away.”

Takato stared at her. “What’s wrong, Kari. Really?”

She took a very deep breath. “Everything. After I finally accepted who I am now, the Digimetal of Courage went to Davis.”

“Are you sure it’s really his?” Takato asked, “Can’t you call it back or something?”

She shook her head. “It’s really hard to explain, but I had the Digi-metal since I found Salamon, and I’ve always been able to..well, feel it, I guess.” She stared at the ground. “I can’t feel it anymore. And now I just had this strange dream. A group of figures, evil figures, told me that my Courage powers would fail.”

“Are you sure it just wasn’t a bad dream?”

Kari nodded her head. “Yes. It couldn’t have been. Whoever those evil humans are….” She shivered.

He nodded. “Who do you think they are?”

She shook her head. “I don’t have any idea, and that scares me. Takato, I’m scared, I mean really scared.” She sighed, “And I don’t know what to do.”

The next morning, the Digidestined and their new allies continued to walk through the dark forest. The beginning part of the journey started in silence until Catherine asked the Tamers about their lives. Takato gave a small overview of his history but Henry quickly spoke about his past, including his sister.

“Her name was Suzie,” he smiled slightly, “After Terriermon and I went into our dimensions Digital World, she followed us. As it turns out, her digimon partner would turn out to be Lopmon.”

“Lopmon?” Salamon asked.

“She sort of looks like me,” Terriermon said, “Except I’m vanilla and she’s chocolate.”

“Terriermon, that’s not very nice,” Henry scowled him.

“What happened to your sister?” Yolei asked.

“She’s still alive, if that’s what you’re wondering,” Henry smiled slightly, “We figured that this mission might be too dangerous for her, so she’s still in our reality, despite her protests.”

Catherine smiled, then noticed Rika and Renamon walking beside her. She approached the young woman. “Pardon, Rika, but what about you?”

“Sorry,” Rika said, raising her palm, “I decline. I don’t want to get ’chummy,” if you get want I mean. After this mission, we’ll go back to our own worlds, and probably never see each other again. I’d rather not lose more friends, so let’s not become them, alright?”

“Rika!” Renamon snapped. “Please forgive her, she’s been moody lately.”

The red-headed woman huffed and turned away from the younger blond girl. “Just…we’ll work together, alright?”

Catherine snapped back. “Well, zen be zat way! Zee if I care!” This girl gave a similar huff, crossed her arms and turned her head away.

The path came to an end overlooking a clearing in the dark forest. A collection of buildings sat in the center; it seemed to be an illumination in this dark, dreary world. “This is it,” Takato said, “This is the Sage’s village.”

The group followed the path as it twisted and turned around the dark trees. In a short time, they exited the forest and entered the village. They were greeted by a group of Chuchidarumon, Frigimon made of mud, not snow. They lead them inside the largest building, whose first floor contained nothing more then a large, carpeted room, with torches arranged in a row in the center, giving off a rainbow of colors. A lone figure knelt in the center, dressed in brown robes and a gray cowl. The three Tamers and their digimon partners knelt before him and mentioned to the Digidestined and their partners to do the same. The figure stared at Takato, Henry, Guilmon and Terriermon and nodded a slight greeting. “Welcome back, my sons,” he glanced at Rika and Renamon, “and my daughters.”

“Honorable Sage,” Takato said, “These are the Digidestined. We have come here to seek your advice on how we may defeat Oikawa and stop the revival of the D-reaper.”

The Sage of the Dark Ocean glanced at the group of younger teenagers. “I am Wisemon, welcome.”

Kari nodded. “Yes, thank you for meeting with us.”

Wisemon chuckled warmly. “You wish to know more about this land?”

“Yes,” Henry said, “Specifically, the Holy Book.”

Wisemon held up his finger. “Ah yes, the Holy Book. The Holy Book…yes.” He took a breath. “Well, maybe I should start at the very beginning; the world was a dark and chaotic void. No one knows how long, but soon two deities appeared, one of light, and one of dark. At the beginning, they were simply opposite components of the same void. However, they soon began to desire the other’s half. They battled for millennia, but an fortunate consequence of their war was the creation of the Digital World, which was willed from their very minds. As they continued to fight, their unconscious minds continued to create, bringing into creation beings similar to the two deities, called Digimon. When the light deity saw what he had created, he saw an opportunity to lead these Digimon to peace, instead of war. He then stopped his hostilities, but the dark god did not. The light god lead the digimon into battle, and the dark god was finally defeated, but he promised that one day, his power would return in a new digimon.

The light god, however, used up far too much of his own power, and passed on as well, but not before sending his powers to four digimon, who would be called Sovereigns. They protected and watched over the Digital World, from a special place that they set aside for themselves. This, “Land of the Sovereigns,” where they sealed away the D-reaper, is here.”

“Here?” Davis gasped, “This place?”

“Correct. The energy used to trap the D-reaper, drained the sacred energy of their land, allowing evil to infest it. The Sovereigns could no longer live in such a place, so they departed to an unknown land, but they knew that if they left, their power would no longer be felt here, and the D-reaper would be freed. So, the Sovereigns erected four towers in the four directions of the Dark Ocean. I was the chief record keeper for the Sovereigns, but I chose to remain here, to guide any travelers that may arrive here. One day, a traveler came here, but I could not detect his evil, because he came in the guise of one that I had never seen before, a human. That man, Oikawa, deceived me and stole the Holy Book, containing the mythology of the Digital World. That book also told him how to disable the D-reaper’s prison.”

“How is that?” Tk asked, “Through the Key Cards?”

Wisemon nodded. “Yes. In order to disable the shield, the four towers must be either destroyed or occupied with evil. Then, using the Key Cards, which have the power to puncture dimensions, create a pathway that the D-reaper can use to free itself.”

“All right, I think I got it,” Veemon said, “We just have to keep the Key Cards safe and stop those towers from being destroyed.”

“It’ll probably be a lot hard then that,” Tatumon’s Betamon added.

“Where do we start?” Takato asked.

“The Tower of Baihumon, the Tiger God, is near here. Our spies have found evidence that Oikawa is going to began attacking the towers soon.”

“Okay,” Kari said, “We should split up, and try to defend each tower. Hopefully, that will work. We should head out soon.”

Wisemon nodded. “Please, allow my villagers and I to give you as many supplies as you need. Rest for now, after your long journey. Please.”

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Oikawa turned away from his machines and faced Dragomon as he entered the laboratory. “What do you have to report?”

“We’ve located the four towers.”

Oikawa’s face contorted into an evil grin. “Excellent. Excellent.”

“I shall assemble a team to…” Oikawa held up his hand.

“Yes, yes, but I think that I will send another one of my constructs along to help.”

He walked past the large, test-tube shaped containers until he stopped at the second one to the right, the last one being the form cell of Blue Meramon. He pressed the button on the side and the massive cylinder slid open. An equally as gigantic dinosaur covered with metal armor stepped out. “Ahh, Metal Tyranomon,” Oikawa nodded, “Can you understand me?”

The giant dinosaur nodded slowly.

“Excellent,” the human said again, “Your mission is to destroy the first of the Sovereign towers. Do not let anything stand in your way, understand?”

Metal Tyranomon roared. ”Good,” Oikawa nodded, “Now go.”

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While the forces of darkness made their way to the four towers, the assembled warriors of the Digidestined and Tamers rested in Wisemon’s village, waiting for their preparations to be complete so they could continue on their way.

Catherine and Floramon walked into one of the huts that they thought was empty. They were slightly surprised when they saw Rika and Renamon seated on a large couch in the center. “Bonjour,” the blond girl said.

“Hello to you too,” Rika nodded.

Catherine sighed. “Tell me, why do you hate me zo much?”

“I never said I hated you,” the orange-haired girl muttered.

“Zen why do you keep ignoring me when I try to ask you questionz?”

“Because maybe I’m not particularly interested in becoming friends with a bubble-headed blond!”

“What?” Catherine shrieked.

“That’s right,” Rika said, “I don’t need any friends, I’m perfectly fine being alone.” She glanced at her partner, “With the exception of Renamon.”

Catherine glared at her. “Well, fine zen! Come on, Floramon, let’z leave zem to zeir selves!” She stormed out of the hut with her digimon partner following right behined.

The fox woman turned towards her human Tamer. “Rika…?”

“I don’t need anymore friends that are just going to end up leaving me!” she shouted, “That’s what happens whenever I make a new friend, they end up leaving me!”

The fox woman took a step closer. “Rika…?”

“Quiet, Renamon!” the orange-haired girl snapped, plopping back down on the couch, “Just…quiet.”

In another hut, Hiroshi and Penmon were staring at a small fire, whose smoke was rising through a make-shift chimney. Tk and Patamon joined them. The former leader of Dark SEED glanced at him, but turned his attention back.

“Penny for your thoughts?” Tk asked with a slight smile.

Hiroshi sighed deeply. “You wouldn’t understand.”

“Try me.”

“I was just wondering about what that guy, Oikawa, said. About how he use to rule Dark SEED, and that I had my memory manipulated with so I wouldn’t remember him.” He sighed, “But, if what he said was true, then who did that to my mind?”

“Him?” Penmon asked.

Hiroshi stared at his hands. “What if I’m not what I think I am?”

Tk nodded. “Yeah, I know what it’s like to have your own memories turn against you. I thought there were so many things I knew about who I was, but not only do I find out that I use to be my own brother, but that I can’t even remember everything that happened to me as I am now.”

Hiroshi took a deep breath, then turned to stare at him. “Just so you know, I had nothing to do with you becoming the Digimon Emperor.”

Tk was shocked, so much that he did not know what to say. He just nodded. “Yeah.”

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“And why do you think this dream bothers you so much?” Wisemon asked.

Kari looked him straight in his glowing eyes. “Because they spoke about Armageddon. I think I saw whatever it was that is going to destroy the world.”

Takato stepped forward. “Do you know anything.”

Wisemon shook his head.. “No, I’m sorry.. Maybe it was only a dream created by your fear of the future, maybe?”

Kari shook her head. “No, it was real, I know it was. Something’s going to happen, something real soon, and the entire Digital World’s going to be affected.”

Wisemon was about to respond, when one of the Chuchidarumon ran into the hut. “Sir! The Tower of Baihumon is under attack!”

Kari jumped up. “What?”

“Yes,” the Chuchidarumon nodded, “It looks like a Tyranomon, but covered in metal.”

“One of Oikawa’s experiments,” Takato growled.

“I’ll get the others,” Kari said, “You get directions.”

Takato nodded. “Right.”

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The Tower of Baihumon stood in a large clearing in the center of the forest. The mile-wide diameter contained no trees, and almost resembled a wasteland. Dragomon marched up to the white tower that stretched high into the sky. “Ah, the first tower to fall.” He turned to the massive digimon beside him. “Metal Tyranomon, destroy it.”

The metal dinosaur roared and pointed one of his palms at the tall, pointed building. Only a single door rested in the center on the base, and this was Metal Tyranomon’s target. A red missile shot out of his extended palm but detonated a few feet in front of the tower. A wave rippled around the building, but a large crack remained where Metal Tyranomon had attacked.

“A shield?” Dragomon gasped, “I didn’t know about that. Hmm…” He focused on the crack, “But not an impregnable one. This could take time, but we’ll complete our mission.”

“Hey squid-breath!”

Dragomon and Metal Tyranomon spun around and saw the combined forces of the Digidestined and the Tamers running towards them through the dark forest. Davis was grinning as he pointed at the two digimon. “Oh look, squid-breath has a friend.”

Dragomon snarled. “And what if I do? My..’friend,’ here, can do more damage then all of you put together!”

“Really?” the goggle-wearer continued, “Because from my view, it looks like we outnumber you.”

Dragomon lifted up one of his tentacle hands and flicked them together, almost like he was snapping. A squadron of Gizamon suddenly came crashing through the forest. “I believe we know outnumber you, but just to un-even the odds…” He flicked his tentacles again, and a familiar black tower jutted through the surface of the ground.

“A Control Spire!” Patamon gasped, “Not again.”

“We can’t evolve,” Salamon frowned, “And I don’t have my armor anymore.”

Kari stared at her partner. “Oh no, you’re right!”

Tk stared at her, unsure of how to approach her. He finally ran over and placed his hand on her shoulder. “Don’t worry, it’s all right. We’ll deal with it.”

Veemon glanced at the other digimon that would be able to armor evolve. “Let’s do it!”

Davis, Yolei and Tk reached for their D-terminals. “Digi-armor energize!”

“Hawkmon armor digivolve to Halsemon, the Wings of Love!”

“Patamon armor digivolve to Ponchomon, the Warrior of Sincerity!”

“Veemon armor digivolve to Raidramon, the Storm of Friendship!”

Dragomon chuckled. “You think that you’re really a match for us? Ha! Metal Tyranomon, continued your assault on the tower, Gizamon, protect us.”

The army of water digimon leapt forward. The armored digimon lead the attack, while the other digimon helped as best they could. Each Gizamon seemed to be stronger and more powerful then a normal Gizamon, no doubt due to Oikawa’s experimentations.

“Frog Kick!” a Gizamon shouted, leaping forward and curling into a ball to slam the blade on his back into Guilmon’s arm.

“Ah!” the red dinosaur shouted, clutching his arm. He stepped backwards, but this gave another Gizamon a chance to run up behind him. Luckily, Salamon came to his rescue and attacked with her Puppy Howling, which caused the Gizamon to clutch his ears. Guilmon smacked him aside with a flick of his tail.

Floramon quickly ran to the aide of Penmon, who was being attacked on all sides. “Rain of Pollen!” A cloud of pollen spores appeared over the Gizamon, covering them with a layer of pollen. They instantly fell asleep.

“Thanks,” the blue bird muttered quickly, “But there are plenty more where they came from.”

“And they’re not even the real problem!” Renamon shouted, leaping into the air and drop-kicking a Gizamon into the ground. She mentioned to Metal Tyranomon and Dragomon, “We’ve got to get over there.”

“Maybe the armored ones should get over there,” Terriermon suggested.

“We can’t leave you, amigos!” Raidramon said.

“We’ll be fine,” Guilmon said, “Go before it’s too late!”

“All right!” Raidramon shouted, “Ponchomon, Halsemon, let’s go!” The armored canine leapt through the army of Gizamon, while Ponchomon simply smashed through. Halsemon shot over top and began to twirl around in his Tempest Wing attack. He tried to slam into Metal Tyranomon’s back, but Dragomon cut in and threw him into the ground.

“Tequila Punch!” Ponchomon cried, slamming his fists into Dragomon’s back. The squid digimon spun around, throwing the giant cactus onto the ground. The evil creation began to pound his fists into chest, despite his screams of protest and pain. Dragomon reached behind his back and pulled out a long, white trident. He pointed the sharps ends directly at Ponchomon and shouted, “Forbidden Trident!” Each of the three points fired a bolt of black lighting into the cactus. Ponchomon’s entire body began to spasm with black electricity. His body glowed bright white a second later, and returned him to his Patamon form.

“Patamon!” Tk shouted. He instinctively started to run towards him, but he was stopped by Davis.

“Raidramon!” the goggle-wearer shouted, “Stop him!”

The armored canine fired his Blue Thunder attack, but Dragomon sent it flying backwards with a flick of his trident. He then jutted forward his free palm. “Thousand Waves!” A series of water circles began to fire out of his palm and slam into Raidramon with such force and frequency that Raidramon returned to Veemon.

“Oh no!” Tatum gasped.

“Patamon!” Tk shouted, “I’ll save you!” He once again started to run forward, but once again, Davis stopped him.

“Don’t!”

“Let me go! Patamon’s in trouble!”

“So’s Veemon!” Davis shouted, “You don’t have to do it alone, we’re friends, remember?”

Tk stared at him. “I…I never really thought about it like that before…”

Davis hesitated slightly before saying, “I know that guys really aren’t supposed to talk about stuff like this, but, yeah, we’re buds, aren’t we? I mean, everyone makes mistakes, but that why we have friends, to forgive each other! You’re my friend!”

Suddenly, a bright light exploded from Tk’s D-terminal, while a similar light emerged from Davis’s digivice. The Digi-metal of Sincerity emerged from Tk’s D-terminal and landed in Davis’s hand.

The blond stared at Davis, but the goggle-wearer jumped to his feet. “Veemon! Digi-armor energize!”

Veemonbegan to twist around in place as the Digimetal of Sincerity began to twirl around in synch. “Veemon armor digivolve to…”

The egg and the digimon were pulled towards one another and merged together, exploding in green light, as the images of Palmon, Togemon and Lillymon flashed behind him. The green light receded to reveal a wooden gauntlet holding a wooden sword on the left hand. The green light receded to reveal a wooden gauntlet holding a wooden sword on the right hand. The light finally receded to reveal a white mask pushing down red hair.

“Yashamon, the Warrior of Sincerity!”

“Way to go!” Davis shouted, “Yashamon, destroy that control spire so Patamon and the others can digivolve!”

The warrior nodded to himself and charged towards the black tower. He was about to attack with his swords when Metal Tyranomon jumped in front of him and swiped him away with a simple flick of his tail.

Back at the battle against the Gizamon, the still-rookie digimon were attempting to hold their own long enough for the other armored digimon to either destroy the Control Spire or complete their mission on their own and stop Dragomon and Metal Tyranomon.

“Electric Shock!” Tatum’s Betamon cried, firing a bolt of white lightning into a Gizamon. “Man, we can’t keep this up much longer!”

“We just have to survive,” Penmon called, “We can do it!”

“That might be slightly easier said then done,” Renamon shouted back, executing her Diamond Storm attack, tearing through an invading Gizamon. Unfortunately, that Gizamon was a sacrificial lamb, destroying himself to allow a group of five Gizamon to charge up behind her. Floramon was the only one of her allies that could help her.

“Renamon!” the flower digimon shouted, “Look out! Oh, it’s no good, she’ll never turn around in time.” She started to run forward and raised her hands into the air, “Rain of Poll..! Ahh!”

She screamed out in pain as the Gizamon that were attacking Renamon turned around and executed their Spiral Edge attack, firing a spinning blade into the plant’s stomach.

“Floramon!” Catherine cried. She pushed past the other Digidestined and Tamers and ran to help her partner. The Gizamons saw this and began to charge at her.

Rika stared with horror. “Catherine!” she gasped, “She’s gonna get herself killed…but…but she just wants to help her partner….just like Jeri.” She stared at the blond girl in the red t-shirt and reddish jeans and momentarily saw a light brown haired girl in a green dress.

“Catherine!” she screamed. Her digivice broke in her hands, and her body was covered by a bright light, melting away her clothes. She merged together with her partner, changing into a woman wearing black and yellow armor with the helmet in the shape of fox and carrying a staff. “Renamon bio-merge to Sakuyamon!”

When the light faded, the entire battle stopped as everyone stared at the bio-merged mega. “That’s impossible!” Dragomon shouted, “The Control Spire is still standing!”

“How did they bio-merge?” Takato asked.

“I bet Ken would have an idea,” Kari said, “Man, I wish he was here.”

“This doesn’t make sense,” Tk said, “Only armor digivolving should work where a Control Spire is present.”

“Wait a second!” Henry said, “Those Control Spires where made in your world, not in ours! I bet our digimon have a different system of evolution! It probably only took them a few days of being exposed to the Spires to develop an immunity!”

“What?” Dragomon shouted. He stared at the three Tamer digimon, “You mean you can…?”

“Oh yeah!” Terriermon grinned, “You’d better believe it!”

“I’ll handle this,” Sakuyamon said in her duel voice of Rika and Renamon. She easily deleted the Gizamon that were threatening Catherine and Floramon, then jumped into the sky and shot over to the Control Spire. She swung her staff and two beams of crescent light sliced through the center of the tower. It instantly collapsed into itself.

“All right!” Kari cheered, “Salamon!”

Her partner leapt into the air, “Digimon, digivolve!”

“Salamon digivolve to Gatomon!”

“Patamon digivolve to Angemon!”

“Betamon digivolve to Sand Yanmamon!”

“Penmon digivolve to Seadramon!”

“Guilmon digivolve to Growlmon!”

“Terriermon digivolve to Gargomon!”

Each of the digivolved Champion digimon began to tear through the Gizamon army, while Sakuyamon mentioned to Yashamon and Halsemon. “Let’s go.”

Metal Tyranomon stared at the two armored digimon, but focused on the mega digimon hovering before him. He gave a small growl, then quickly spun around, letting his tail act like a whip. Sakuyamon held up her staff, but she was not Metal Tyranomon’s target. His thick, metal tail slammed into the crack in the protective seal around the tower. Cracks spread through the entire shield seconds before it shattered.

“He broke through it!” Henry gasped.

“Stop him!” Takato shouted, “Stop him now!”

Metal Tyranomon pointed his palm and fired a missile at Sakuyamon. The fox woman held her staff perpendicular to her body in an attempt to block the attack. Unfortunately, the impact still threw her back.

Yashamon attacked with his twin swords, but the armored digimon’s attack had little to no affect on the massive Ultimate. Sakuyamon quickly recovered from Metal Tyranomon’s first attack and was heading towards his back when Dragomon leapt down on top of her.

“Metal Tyranomon!” he screamed, “Finish the job, now!”

The metal beast nodded and stared at the Tower of Baihumon in front of him. Once again, he focused on the lone door near the bottom. He opened his mouth wide and fired a beam of intense red light. “Nuclear Laser!”

The blast tore through the entrance and blew out the walls on the base around the base of the tall, pointed tower. The entire building collapsed in on itself, falling straight downward into a pile of debris and smoke.

“The first tower has fallen!” Dragomon laughed. Sakuyamon took that moment while he was distracted to kick him off of her. She flew back into the air and shot towards Metal Tyranomon. “Yashamon!” she shouted, “Cut me an opening!”

The new Warrior of Sincerity nodded and leapt into the air. He swung his twin swords out in front of him, creating a green shockwave that resonated through the air, heading straight towards Metal Tyranonmon’s back, slicing off a portion of his metal armor.

Sakuyamon swung her staff in front of her, creating twin crescents of light. “Vajra Mandala!” The beams of light shot through the air and entered the opening created by Yashamon. Metal Tyranomon roared a final time as his body shattered.

The Gizamon army had been defeated and Metal Tyranomon was gone. The group gave a silent cheer, but Dragomon sneered. “So what? We still completed our mission and destroyed the Tower of Baihumon. Three more towers remain,” he pointed a tentacle at Kari, “And once we take the Key Cards, we’ll have the keys to releasing the most power agent of destruction the Digital World has ever seen! Hahahaha!” He pointed his hands at the ground beneath him and a large, circular disc of thick, black water appeared. He jumped on top as it shot into the sky.

“You won’t get away that easily!” Yolei shouted, “Halsemon…”

“Let him go,” Kari said, “No sense running after him now.”

Sakuyamon descended to the ground in front of Catherine, who was still hold Floramon in her arms. The bio-merged mega began to glow, then returned to Rika and Renamon. The orange-haired young woman knelt down beside her. “How is she?”

“I t’ink she’ll be okay,” the blond girl smiled slightly.

Rika nodded. “Um…look, about earlier, I…I apologize, okay? I..I’m sorry.”

Catherine stared at her with a confused look on her face.

Rika sighed. “Look, Jeri was one of my best friends, maybe even my best human friend, and when she got sealed away with the D-reaper, it really affected me. Then when you guys came, I knew that we probably would never see each other again, and…and I guess I didn’t want to feel the way I felt when Jeri left. But..but when I saw you out there, I realized that Floramon saved Renamon, and she can’t even say, ‘That’s what friends are for.” I’m sorry. And..if you’re still willing, I’d like to still become friends.”

Catherine smiled. “Merci and oui, I would still like to know about you.”

Takato walked over to where Kari was staring at the destroyed tower. “We failed,” she said, “We can’t fail again.”

“I know.”

She turned to him. “The same thing happened again. Davis somehow got control of Tk’s Digi-metal.” She half-smiled, “At least I know it’s not only me.”

“Yeah,” Takato smiled slightly.

They stood in silence until Kari said, “That D-reaper, could it destroy the entire Digital World?”

“Yes, it could.”

“I wonder, could that thing I dreamt about, could that be the D-reaper?”

“Maybe.”

She took a deep breath. “I’m scared, Takato, for the first time in a while, I’m really, truly scared. Something’s out there, with enough power to destroy both worlds, and it’s just waiting to wake up.”

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Somew here else, in a room similar to a throne room of an ancient castle, a human figure sat on the make-shift throne, staring at a pedestal in front of him. On this stand was a board with small squares of different colors, and a variety of small wooden figurines. The figure raised his head, “Where are they?”

“In a sub-plain of the Digital World,” a young man responded, “I think that a sub-spatial anomaly in the…”

The other young man glared at him. He cleared his throat, “Um, I think that a portal sucked them through this world into that.”

“Lovely,” the first man said, his hands brushing over the small, chess-like figurines on the pedestal, “I did not foresee this. I have assembled the pieces exactly where I want them, and now some kind of…of unknown being wants to challenge my authority?”

A young woman in red entered the room. The Chess-player looked at her. “What is it?”

“I was doing readings on that area that the Digidestined disappeared over, and I think that portal’s still there.”

“What?” the Scientist gasped.

The Woman in Red nodded. “Yes.”

The Chess-player thought for a second. “Gather the others and enter that world. I want to know exactly what’s going on.”

“Yes sir,” they nodded.

The Chess-player smiled to himself as he sat back down on the thrown. “The pieces…are almost in place,” he said to himself as he watched the Woman in Red and the Scientist leave.

They were all wearing hooded trench coats.

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Preview:

The four Towers of the Sovereigns are under attack. The Digidestined and Tamers split up and are determined to protect each one. But when evil strikes, will they be able to reach a new level of strenght?

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