Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Ressurection War ❯ DARK OCEAN: Birth of Power ( Chapter 19 )

Hey, it’s Tatum. Last time we finally made it to this guy named Wisemon, who told us that the Dark Ocean use to be the land of the sovereigns before it was corrupted by evil. They sealed the D-reaper inside of there, but had to leave. They left four towers behind, and if they were destroyed, the seal would be broken. We tried to defend the Tower of Baihumon from Dragomon and Metal Tyranomon, but during the battle, Tk’s Digi-metal of Sincerity went to Veemon, and he armor digivolved to Yashamon! He and Sakuyamon were able to defeat Metal Tyranomon, but not before he destroyed the tower.

Shining Star, the holy brilliance

Shining Star, shining in my chest

Lalalalala...

I'm afraid of hurting each other

I mustn't look away

From the their hearts bad people aren't really so

I believe that someday when

We'll be able to understand each other will come

When I still held close painful thoughts

The future

I'll show that I?ll change

Shining Star, the true wish

Shining Star, I keep on praying

Lalalalala...

Even when my heart is resting

The clock is advancing

Everyday, the days of battle continue

I even feel like wanting to cry

I’ll gather up my strength

Since it’s the world that I chose

The past

I won’t look back to it

“Shinning Star” Hikari and Gatomon’s theme

DARK OCEAN: Birth of Power

Wisemon closed the thick wooden door behind him as he entered the room. Near each wall were giant statues that towered over the Sage. He walked into the center of the room, which placed him in the center of the four statues. He let out a deep breath and closed his eyes. “Masters, I have terrible news to report: your towers are being destroyed, and the powers of the Holy Princess of Heroes has been taken. I wish to help them, but I do not know how. Please, respond to me, my lords.”

The room turned dark and the eyes on the statues began to glow. “Wisemon,” the dragon statue said, “We have seen the destruction from the safety of our realm.”

“What can we do to prevent the revival of the D-reaper, Lord Azulongmon?”

“The Holy Prince of Heroes must stop the destruction of our towers and not allow the Key Cards to enter Yuko Oikawa’s hands,” the tiger statue responded.

“The Holy Prince of Heroes is now a Princess, Lord Baihumon,” Wisemon clarified, “And I’m sure she’ll do everything in her power to stop Oikawa.”

“I would expect no less from a true hero,” Ebonwumon, the turtle said.

“Do not fear for the loss of Kamiya and Takashi’s power,” Zhuqioamon said, “Motomiya was meant to have the powers of Courage and Friendship. Kamiya and Takashi will never be without powers.”

“What does that mean?” Wisemon asked.

“Those two, along with one other, will be the chosen ones to turn back the tides of darkness.”

“One other? Who?”

“That is not important now. Protect the other towers. Oikawa must be defeated before the Digidestined return to the Digital World. Go now.”

The eyes on the statues dimmed and the lights returned to the room.

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Oikawa shouted as he threw a glass beaker at the brick wall, where it shattered instantly. “This is the second time that we’ve failed against the Digidestined, and that’s two times too many! I am by no means a patient man, I want those Key Cards!”

“But, we were able to destroy Baihumon’s tower,” Dragomon protested.

“You were barely successful,” Oikawa sneered, resting his hands on one of the control consoles in front of him. “Those Digidestineds almost defeated you, and they still have the Keycards!”

The three digimon in front of him were silent for a few minutes before Arukennimon nervously spoke. “Well, sir, they’re sure to try and protect the other Towers, maybe we could try to separate them on their way there and attack.”

Oikawa stared at the spider woman for a second before breaking into a twisted smile. “Excellent idea.”

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When Wisemon walked into the main tent in his village, the other Digidestined and Tamers were already seated inside. Takato turned to look at him. “Did you find anything out?”

He nodded. “The four Sovereigns said that the Holy Princess of Heroes should head out to the remaining Towers and protect them.”

“Me alone?” Kari questioned.

“You and your team, I assume,” Wisemon said, “The four Sovereigns seem to indicate that much of your destiny has yet to reveal itself.”

“What about us?” Veemon asked, “What are we, chopped liver?”

Wisemon looked to Tk. “They also spoke of Mr. Takashi, saying that you two and one unnamed other, would have the power to turn back the darkness.”

“Who?” Davis asked.

Wisemon shook his head. “Like I said, I don’t know.”

“All right,” Takato said, “So we’ll go to the other Towers and protect them.”

“The sooner the better,” Tk said, “We’ve got to get back to our ship before Myotismon wakes up.”

“You think he’s still asleep?” Patamon asked.

“It’s only been one day since we landed here,” Tatum said, “But I’m worried too.” She sighed slightly, “We’re just going to have to hope that Ken and the others are still all right.”

“We’d just better hurry,” Kari said. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the Key Cards. “Right now, I don’t think that one person should hold these. I’m going to give one to each of you.”

Henry stared at the Drimogemon card in his hand. “So, just out of curiosity, how do these work?”

Hiroshi spoke up. “By placing nine of these ten cards in a certain pattern in a placed where the borders between the dimensions are weak, and depending on the pattern, you’ll open a gate.”

“All right,” Rika said, “Who’s going with who, and who’s going where?”

“I think that we should try to get to as many Towers as we can,” Kari said, “Takato, Tk, Yolei and I will head towards one Tower, the rest of you will go to the other.”

“That leaves one left,” Henry pointed out, “What about the last tower?”

“We’ll just have to hope that we’ll stop them before they get that far,” Kari said, “If we’re ready, let’s head out.”

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A few hours later, Kari, Takato, Tk, Yolei and their digimon were standing on a raft as it floated down the rapid river, heading towards the Tower of Ebonwumon. Kari noticed how Yolei and Tk kept giving each other glances when the other was not looking. Since Tk rescued her from being captured by Daemon, things had escalated so quickly: defeating Dark SEED, being pulled into the Dark Ocean, meeting the Tamers, she had momentarily forgotten about her feelings towards Tk and Yolei. Now, when she had moment to think, her heartache came flooding back to her.

Kari was in love with Tk, who was Matt in a past life, while the past memories of her life as Tai were fueling her love for Yolei, who was Sora in a past life. She was in love with both of them, and was fairly certain that they felt the same way to her, but which one did she love more? Could she choose between them? Would one of them choose her?

“You look like you’ve got something on your mind,” Takato said.

“Yeah,” Salamon said, “She’s worrying about who she’s in love with.”

“Salamon!” Kari hissed.

Takato smiled. “Might I make a suggestion?”

She shrugged. “Okay.”

“Don’t wait,” he said, “I waited too long to tell Jeri how I really felt about her, and it was too late.”

She nodded. “I understand, but…”

Guilmon suddenly gasped. He looked to the sky and his eyes turned into tiny pupils. “What’s wrong?” Salamon asked, running over to him.

“Digimon are here!” Takato shouted, “Everyone, brace yourself!”

The digimon that were hovering over top of the ship was a group of Gigadramon, with Arukennimon standing on top of one of them. “Greetings!” she grinned.

“You’re Arukennimon aren’t you?” Yolei shouted.

“That’s right,” she smiled, “Now, hand over those Key Cards.”

No one said anything, so she shouted again. "I repeat.."
"We heard you the first time!" Tk said, "And we're not giving you the Key Cards!”
Arukennimon mentioned to the Gigadramon she was riding. "Fire a warning shot."
The metal dragon opened his left gun arm and fired a missile, which exploded in the water next to the boat. The small raft was tossed around like a rag doll, but still remained on the ship. "You missed," Yolei laughed, "And you’re still not getting those Key Cards.”
Arukennimon laughed. "Then, you leave me no choice," she shouted. She turned around and addressed the rest of the Gigadramon squad,"Blow the ship up! We'll get the Key Cards from the water!”
"Dark side Attack!" the seven or so Gigadramon fired.
"Brace yourself!" Takato ordered.
The ship was hit in the center, sending debris and the occupants flying in every direction. Some of the debris flew upward towards the attackers. "Pull up!" Arukennimon ordered. The Gigadramon squadron quickly moving out of the way, but when they turned their attention back to the water, the raft and its occupants were lost in the rapid river.

“Crud,” the Ultimate digimon woman frowned, “Lost them!” She stared at the Gigadramons, “Well, get going! We’ve got to find them!”

The digimon growled and began to follow the river.

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Davis 217;s group was traveling by foot to their destination, the Tower of Zhuqioamon. They needed to pass through a volcanic area. Catherine and Floramon jumped every time they heard a rumble from beneath the ground.

“Don’t be so nervous,” Henry smiled reassuringly, “These volcanoes haven’t erupted for a long time, at least, according to Wisemon.”

Catherine nodded. “But zey ztill make me nervous.”

As they continued to walk, Davis was staring at his D-terminal. Tatum walked up beside him. “Something the matter?”

“Earlier today, Tk’s Digi-metal went to me, yesterday, I took Kari’s Digi-metal, but, I never meant to. I didn’t try to take it from them, so why did I get them?”

Tatum shook her head. “I don’t know, all I can say is, there’s more going on here then we realize, or are able to realize. Kari was named the Holy Prince-er, Holy Princess of Heroes. She has something very important that she’s going to need to do, and I think that whatever’s happening, is leading her up to that. So maybe she needed to get rid of the Courage armor so she could get something even stronger?”

Davis turned to look at her. “Are you sure?”

Tatum shrugged. “Maybe.”

Davis smiled. “Well, I don’t feel that bad then. Tk’s probably going to get something stronger too, right?”

Tatum nodded, smiling as well. “Sure, why not?”

“This place is really hot,” Terriermon said, using his long ears to wipe the sweat off of his forehead.

“Yeah, I kno9w,” Henry said, “But we can’t start complaining now, right? Terriermon?” He turned to look at his partner, but was shocked to see his ears standing straight up. “Uh oh!”

“What’s wrong?” Hiroshi asked, running over.

“Digimon are here,” Terriermon said.

Rika turned to her partner. “Renamon, do you sense anything?” She was given her answer when she saw Renamon’s fur standing up on its ends.

“Yes, in the sky!”

They shot their heads around and saw a group of Megadramons floating in the sky, with Mummymon standing on top of one of them. He sneered. “Hello, human weaklings!”

“What do you want?” Davis demanded.

“I want your Key Cards!” he laughed, “Now, hand them over.”

“You’re going to have to fight us first!” Hiroshi’s Penmon shouted.

Mummy chuckled. “Gladly. Megadramons, attack!”

The group of floating digimon fired the missiles at the Digidestined and Tamers. Fortunately, they were able to jump out of the way in time. Unfortunately, the missiles tore right through the ground, leaving a series of large holes in the ground.

“What just happened?” Veemon asked.

“The magma underneath the ground must have eaten away everything except the topsoil,” Henry said, “That means that..”

The ground suddenly exploded with a shower of magma and rocks. Mummymon and his Megadramon squad instantly flew out of the way, but the Digidestined and Tamers below were caught in the erupting land. As lava flowed around them, they were cut off from one another. Soon, the ground began small islands, which were lifted and carried down the lavara like rocks on a stream. The group tried to stay in sight of one another, but the river of lava pulled them apart

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When Kari slowly opened her eyes, she was surprised to find that she was completely wet, and her clothes were soaked. She momentarily wondered if she pulled her sheets and blankets on during the night like she did sometimes during the summer. She realized that she was not lying on her soft bedspread, but something hard and scratchy. She sat up and glanced around. She had been lying on a ground covered with hard, black rocks. Salamon was lying next to her and there was a roaring fire in front of them.

She remembered now. She was not at home; she was in the Dark Ocean and Arukennimon destroyed their ship and sent the Digidestined and Tamers into the river. They tried to stay together, but the current was too strong. She got pulled under and started to black out. She should have drowned.

Kari gently shook her partner. “Salamon…Salamon?”

The white digimon moaned and opened her eyes. “Just give me five more minutes.”

“Salamon, wake up.”

The Rookie digimon fully opened her eyes. “Kari? What’s wrong?”

“Where are we?”

“The Dark Ocean?” she asked.

Kari sighed. “That’s not what I meant. We were in the river, who…”

The thick dark green bushes surrounding the small campsite started to shake and rattle. The two females stared at the noise, unsure of whether to run or remain still. They were relieved when Takato and Guilmon came stumbling through. “Oh, you’re awake,” Takato said.

Kari sighed with relief. “Are we the only ones here?”

Guilmon nodded sadly. “We tried to get the others, but you were the closest ones.”

“I just hope that the others are okay and they’re heading towards the Tower of Ebonwumon,” Takato said. He sighed slightly. “Well, I do have some good news. Not all of our supplies got completely soaked.” He walked over to a pile of towels and blankets on the ground. He handed Kari a blanket and towel. “Here.”

“What for?”

“You’re completely soaked,” he said, “If you keep wearing those clothes, you’re going to get sick.” He blushed slightly. “Don’t worry, I won’t look.”

Kari took the towels and went to hide behind the bushes. Her shoes were completely watered logged and her socks were soaked. She unbuckled her belt and pulled down her shorts. She took of her arm-length gloves and pulled off her shirt. She was surprised to see that none of the colors had run, despite being completely soaked in water. Then again, she did not know what type of clothes these were.

She frowned. Even her bra and underwear were soaked. She threw them into her pile and wrapped her blanket tightly around her body. After making sure that it was not going to fall, she walked back over to the campsite. Takato was wearing a similar towel around his waist and was hanging his clothes on a make-shift clothes line near the fire. He blushed slightly when he saw Kari, but mentioned to the clothes line. She flung her clothes over top then sat down next to Takato. Their digimon were seated closer to the flames, already asleep.

There was an uncomfortable silence until Takato cleared his throat. “Um, so, we never really got a chance to talk before, but, um, why don’t you tell me something about yourself?”

She shrugged. “Like what?”

Takato lightly smiled. “Well, do you have a boyfriend?”

She hesitated. “That’s…complicated.”

“How do you mean?”

She sighed. “Well, I used to be a boy named Tai in my past life, and I was in love with Sora Takenouchi, who was reborn as Yolei. So the two of us have feelings for each other, even though we’re both girls.”

Takato nodded.

“It gets better,” Kari said with a slight smile, “Tk and I also have feelings for each other, even though he used to be Matt, my rival, I guess, in my past life.”

“Wow!” he said.

Kari nodded. “I know.”

Takato smiled slightly. “Well, I don’t think I’m much better. I waited too long to tell Jeri how I felt about her, but she was already absorbed by the D-reaper. And now I’ve spent the past sixteen years longing for a girl that I’ll probably never see again. Now which one of us has the worst love life?”

She smiled slightly. “At least you know who you’re in love with.”

Takato shrugged. “I guess.”

The two stared into the fire for another uncomfortable silence. “I guess you think about Jeri all the time, huh?”

Takato nodded. “Yeah. There are other girls that I’m attracted to, like Jeri’s friend, Miki, and maybe a little to Rika, but I can’t get Jeri out of my mind.”

Kari nodded. “Yeah, I know what you mean. I try to forget about my love life problems, there’s a lot more at stake, but I just can’t.”

The two of them continued to stare into the fire before slowly turning towards each other. They were silent as they began to blush. They started to move closer to each other before realization dawned in their eyes and they pulled apart.

“I wonder if our clothes are dry enough to wear,” Takato said, jumping up to test what was on the line.

Kari tried her best to hide herself, but without anything to cover her face with, she was left vulnerable. “”””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””

Oikawa smashed his fist into one of the small glass beakers that were seated on the control panel of his laboratory. Arukennimon and Mummymon flinched as they knelt before him. “You two are complete failures! All you had to do was destroy the Digidestined and the Tamers while they were separated. And you lost them!”

They stammered for an explanation, but Oikawa threw another glass beaker into the wall. “Get up and find them now! I want those Key Cards!”

“But what about those Bio-merged Tamers?” Mummymon asked.

Oikawa frowned. He grabbed two devices that were similar to a miniature black tower on top of a metal box. He threw one to each of them. “This is a smaller version of the Control Spires, but attuned to the specific energy frequencies of the Tamers and their partners. Use them to stop our stronger enemies. I estimate you’ll only be able to use that five times before the Tamer digimon develop an immunity. Don’t fail me again.” “”””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;””””””””

Takato and Kari were quiet for the remainder of the afternoon. After their clothes finally dried, they quickly dressed and began to head towards the Temple of Ebonwumon, hoping that the other members of their small group were doing the same.

“Ebonwumon was the protective god of the ocean,” Takato said, “If we just stick close to the river I’m sure we’ll find it.”

“What does his tower look like?” Guilmon asked.

“Probably like Baihumon’s tower.”

Behind them, Kari walked at a much slower pace, not wanting to even remotely look at Takato in the face. “Jeeze Kari, you sure got a pretty interesting love life, don’t you? First you fall in love with your best friend Yolei, who just happens to be a girl like you! Then you fall in love with Tk, who use to be Mat. You created a love triangle between the three of you, and now you start getting feelings for Takato! He’s at least ten years older then you, plus he’s from another world and is totally obsessed with his dead girlfriend! You’ve got to get over this, and fast!”

Takato glanced over his shoulder at Kari and smiled slightly. Kari returned the smile without even thinking. She shook her head. “No. I can’t. Maybe if we talk about this now, it’ll be okay.” She took a deep breath. “Hey, Takato?”

Guilmon suddenly shot his head to the sky. “Digimon are here!” he growled.

“Where?” Salamon shouted.

“The trees!” Guilmon growled, “Up there!”

The foursome stared through the tree branches until they saw Arukennimon standing on one of the tree branches. She grinned and leapt down onto the ground. “Hello again,” she said.

“What do you want?” Guilmon hissed.

“Your Key Cards,” she grinned, “Hand ‘em over.”

“Forget it,” Kari said, reaching for her digivice, “Are you ready Salamon?”

“Wait,” Takato said, reaching for his own D-Arc, “Guilmon and I will Bio-merge and finish this quickly.”

Arukennimon pointed the miniature Control Spire at Guilmon and fired a beam of black light that struck the red dinosaur in the chest and a thin film of opaque covered his body. His body instantly went rigid and he fell onto his side. “Guilmon!” Takato shouted.

The evil woman grinned as she faced Kari and Salamon. “Don’t worry, it’ll wear off in a couple of hours. Now, without the stronger digimon, you’ll easily fall before me.”

Kari turned to the others. “Takato?”

The young man was kneeling before his frozen partner. “He’s as stiff as a board! He’ll never be able to digivolve.”

The brown-haired girl sighed. “All right, Salamon, it’s up to us.”

The In-trainning digimon nodded and leapt into the air. She quickly digivolved to Gatomon and then Angewomon. Arukennimon woman grinned even more and her body began to spasm and twist until her human body was replaced by a gruesome spider form. “Come and get me!”

“Angewomon, don’t let her win,” Kari said, “That digimon was probably mean the day she was hatched.”

She smirked. “I wasn’t ‘hatched,’ you know.”

“What do you mean?” Takato asked.

“I was once human,” she said, “A ‘nerd,’ you might say, studying computer programming in order to ‘decode’ DNA. I was pushed around, made fun of, basically ignored. Then Oikawa found me, enticed me with his promises of power. He transformed me into this, a being of absolute power! I became the intelligence officer for Dark SEED until we were…displaced here. Now, we only require the Key Cards and we’ll take back the Digital World and Earth!”

“I will never let that happen,” Angewomon said. The two digimon woman shot towards one another and began to engage in a fierce fist war. As they tried to overpower each other in the early phase of the battle, another figure sat in the branches of the trees. She was wearing a red hooded raincoat that was wrapped tightly around her. The Woman in Red displayed a serious expression as she watched the battle below.

Arukennimon fired a stream of webbing from her hand where it wrapped around Angewomon’s leg. She began to spin the angel woman in a circle around her head. Kari and Takato had to duck to avoid being hit in the head.

“Angewomon!” Kari shouted, “Are you all right?”

“I’ve been better,” she grunted. She unwrapped her scarf from her right arm and managed to swing it around a tree. She held on tightly and squeezed her eyes tightly. Arukennimon continued to spin Angewomon, but since the angel woman was gripping tightly to the tree trunk, the recoil sent the spider woman off balance. Angewomon used this opportunity to kick her leg with all of her might and sent Arukennimon smashing into the trees.

The spider woman scurried back into the battlefield, but Angewomon had floated into the air to give her the advantage. The grotesque spider fired another stream of webbing towards the floating angel. “Spider Thread!”

Angewomon quickly put her hands together and pulled them apart, sending a glowing wave towards the ground. “Heaven’s Charm!”

The two attacks collided into each other, creating an explosion of light and sound. Arukennimon jumped into the sky in an attempt to bring Angewomon to the ground, but the angel used her scarf as a whip and sent the spider crashing back to the ground. The angel woman prepared to execute her strongest attack, the Celestial Arrow, but she lost sight of the spider woman. She started searching the ground. “Where is she?”

“Angewomon!” Kari shouted, “Behind you!”

She spun around seconds before Arukennimon tackled her to the ground. She covered Angewomon with a layer of thick webbing. She struggled to move but she was trapped. The spider woman began to pound Angewomon’s face repeatedly.

The Woman in Red nodded slightly from the safety of her tree branch. “This Angewomon appears to be powerful, but she gains her natural advantage from being in the air. On the ground, she loses her strength. Can she survive?”

“Angewomon!” Kari shouted, “Angewomon!”

Over to the side, Takato was shaking Guilmon’s body. “Come on, come on, Guilmon, Angewomon needs your help. Come on.”

After Arukennimon was finished pounding Angewomon, she grabbed the end of the webbing and started to spin Angewomon around, this time smashing her through the thick trees trunks.

“Not bad, huh, Goldilocks!” Arueknnimon laughed, “Maybe if I looked like you when I was human, I wouldn’t have joined with Oikawa. Then again I never wanted to be a stuck-up airhead like you.”

Kari stared with horror. “I’ve got to try something.” She pulled around her backpack and pulled out her Holy Lances. She pointed one end at the battlefield. “Angewomon!” she shouted, waiting for the familiar feel of energy that connected her with her partner, but she felt nothing.

“It’s not working!” she gasped. She looked around at the blackness blanketing the Dark Ocean. “It’s gotta be this place! I can’t use my Holy Weapon!”

The Woman in Red stared with interested at the battle. “She can’t use her weapon here? Interesting. Will Hikari Kamiya be able to overcome this?”

Kari watched with wide eyes as the trapped Angewomon was thrown through tree trunks and smashed with Arukennimon’s multiple legs. She glanced at her digivice. “There’s only one thing that can save us now, I just hope I’ll be strong enough for it to work.”

She took a deep breath and knelt down, gripping her digivice tightly in her hands. She closed her eyes and took another deep breath. “Please, Gods of the Digital World, give me the strength I need. Please, give me the strength!”

Her digivice exploded in a blast of bright light that covered the battlefield, but focused on the trapped Angewomon. “What the-?” Arukennimon gasped.

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 Angewomon.

“Angewomon digivolve to…”

Angewomon shot her head back as her helmet shot into the sky. It exploded with light and gently showered Angewomon. Her legs merged together but grew and whipped around like a tail. Her arms shrunk into her torso as her entire body became serpentine. Her hair wrapped around her head as two horns grew. The new digimon growled deeply.

“Holydramon!”

Arukennimon stared in horror as the massive dragon hovered over her. “A mega?!” she shrieked.

“All right!” Kari cheered, “Go, Holydramon!”

The Woman in Red was equally as surprised. “Amazing. Kamiya was able to make her digimon evolve to the Final Level through the force of her will alone. Maybe she has more power then we originally thought.”

Down on the ground, Arukennimon pushed her fear aside as she stared at up at the giant mega. “You don’t scare me! Spider Thread!” Her familiar sea of webbing wrapped tightly around the mega’s body. Arukennimon laughed wickedly, but Holydramon simply flexed her muscles and the thin strands snapped and tore into wisps of nothingness. The dragon smashed her tail into Arukennimon, sending her flying backwards through a tree trunk.

“How does it feel?” Holydramon asked.

The spider woman grunted a reply as she climbed back onto her eight feet. She jumped into the air and shouted, “Predation Spider!” A web exploded from her underside and blanketed the battlefield, trapping Holydramon in the adhesiveness of the webstrings. Kari was left trapped outside the web.

The spider woman scurried around the web until she reached the trapped Holydramon. “Ha ha!” she laughed, “Now after I use my spider acid to dissolve your skin, I’ll feast on your insides!”

“That’s disgusting!” Kari shouted.

“To each her own!” Arukennimon laughed. She opened her mouth to spit her acid at the dragon, when Kari’s partner suddenly exploded with a bright light, causing everyone to shield their eyes. When they were able to look again, the web was gone, and Holydramon was free, floating in the sky above Arukennimon. “That was my Apocalypse attack,” she explained.

The spider woman began to realize that she was beaten. Holydramon had stopped her best attack, there was nothing that she could do. She began to back up slowly, but the dragon raised her head to the sky, then threw it back down, creating a stream of fire that enveloped the spider woman. She screamed in pain as her body was covered in flames and instantly deleted.

Holydramon glowed brightly, then regressed to her In-training form. Kari grinned as she caught her partner in her arms. “Nyaromon, you did it!”

“No, you did it, Kari,” she smiled. “I don’t think I would have been able to digivolve if it wasn’t for you. You gave me the energy I needed.” She started to nuzzle her partner, “You see, who cares about the Digi-metal of Courage when you’ve got power to spare!”

Kari lightly rubbed the top of Nyaromon’s head. She saw Takato smiling at her and he bowed. “That was great,” he said, “You really know what you’re doing, huh?”

She shrugged, but mentioned to Guilmon. “How is he?”

“I think he’ll be okay,” he said, “Aruknnimon said that it would wear off in a few hours, so…” He shrugged, “I think we’re either going to have to wait or we’ll carry him.” He lightly rubbed his chin, “Maybe…” He walked over and tried to lift the rigid dinosaur, but felt his back almost crack. He stumbled backwards, “I don’t think I’ll try that again.”

“Let me help you,” Kari said, placing Nyaromon down. She ran over and helped Takato lift the rigid Guilmon. They started walking with Nyaromon bouncing alongside. Kari suddenly yelled for Takato to stop. She started looking around at the dark forest around her.

“What’s wrong?” Takato asked.

“Nothing,” she said, “I just thought I heard someone. Come on.”

They continued walking, unknown to any of them that the Woman in Red was still watching.

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Tk and Yolei are searching for the Tower of Ebonwumon when Dragomon attacks. Will they be able to defeat him, or will Tatum and Henry arrive in time to save the day?

Next: "DarkOcean: Return to Darkness." Will you give up everything to save the ones you love?

Author’s notes: Another chapter done, much quicker then the last one. Hopefully I’ll get back on schedule soon.

Just some minor things: since has a new export feature, it’s much easier to fix mistakes in past chapters. Case in point, Phantomon’s prayer in “The Return of Kari,” now has each of the Demon Lords being named. Please note the difference between “Demon,” and “Daemon.” I know that they’re the same digimon, but for the purposes of this fic, “Demon,” will be the furry, bat-like creature of the Demon lords, while “Daemon,’ is the cloak wearing one.

And I’m slightly disappointed that no one has noticed the trench coat wearing people. They’ve been seen before in this story.

‘Till next time.