Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Ressurection War ❯ APOCALYPSE: God of Darkness ( Chapter 28 )

Tkhere. Last time, Tatum and I fought against Ladydevimon, and Angemon and Sand Yanmamon’s attacks made her de-digivolve to a new champion form, Coelamon and escaped. We joined up with the rest of the Digidestineds and Ryo led us to the Destiny Stone of the Center so we could download the Digital World before it gets destroyed. We were attacked by the last of the evil Digidestined plus Myotismon. Coelamon showed up and digivolved to Megadramon and forced a DNA digivolution with Myotismon and became Machinedramon! Ryo told us to destroy him, but we couldn’t before he fused with Kimeramon! Now according to Ryo, the evil god Milleniummon will be brought back!

APOCALYPSE: God of Darkness Things that have physical shape, aren't all there is to it If you clear your heart, you can see lots of things On nights when you feel like crying, wondering "Why was I born?" It's still too early To close your eyes Holy light, shine softly in the darkness And show us tomorrow's path Holy light, please give me courage, to face the future There are times when only sad premonitions come true But I want to travel everywhere, searching for happiness Words aren't enough On days when I pass someone I still believe That everyone has a warm heart Holy light, shine softly illuminating the world Embracing the Earth, as if protecting it Holy light, please give me a an eternal smile Holy light, shine softly in the darkness And show us tomorrow's path Holy light, please give me courage, to face the future True courage, eternally

“Holy Light”- Kari’s theme

“Ophanimon!” Kari shouted. Her angelic partner nodded and flew towards Machinedramon, who was still hovering in the air. She placed her palms together, prepared to execute one of her attacks, but Machinedramon demonstrated surprising speed. He pointed the two cannons on his back towards the angel woman and fired a barrage of bats.

“Grisly Wing!”

“He’s using Myotismon’s attacks!” Ken gasped.

The bats flew in front of Ophanimon’s eyes, obstructing her vision. She desperately tried to swat them away, but they were like gnats, continually hovering around her face. This gave Machinedramon the freedom to float even higher into the air, heading towards the mindless Kimeramon.

Taichi grinned. “Yes, finally!”

“No!” Ryo shouted, “No!”

Tk ran over to the Guardian. “Ryo, what’s going on!”

He shot his head to stare him straight in the eye. “Machinedramon and Kimeramon fuse together to create a god digimon!” He turned back to the sky, “This is it, we’re doomed.”

Machinedramon flew straight at the hovering synthetic digimon. To the Digidestined, it was like watching two puzzle pieces fitting together, Machinedramon flowed so perfectly into Kimeramon that there was not a trace of him left. Kimeramon crashed to the ground as his entire body began to pulse with energy, sending bolts of dark lighting crashing in all directions. The light intensified until it completely enveloped him, creating a dome of supreme black light that pulled the remaining light of the Digital World towards it.

“It’s all over,” Ryo said “We’re too late!”

“What?” Kari asked, pointing towards the globe, “What’s in there!”

Ryo sighed. “It’s the enemy I had to face when I was first called into the Digital World, my partner, the evil god digimon…”

He stared at the black globe.

“…Millenniumon.”

“Who’s Millenniumon!” Davis shouted.

He sighed. “When I first entered the Digital World, it was because a god-type digimon was running out of control, it’s name was Millenniumon. It took everything me and the other Digidestined I came here with to stop him…most of them didn’t make it. We stopped him! I killed him myself!.” He continued to stare at the black sphere, “But if he’s returned….this is the end of all of us.”

“No way!” Veemon shouted, “We’ll stop him, no matter what he throws at us!”

“I’m afraid he’s right,” Taichi laughed, “Millenniumon is quite unstoppable, and I’ll sit at his right hand, as the lord of the Digital World!”

“No!” Kari shouted, “I won’t let that happen!” She twirled to her partner, “Ophanimon!”

The angelic female digimon nodded. “You got it Kari!” She jumped into the air and shot towards the glowing sphere. She held her open palms together, creating seven small crystals, which she shot forward into the sphere. “Sefirot Crystal!”

The seven glowing shards impacted the side, and hovered into the swirling mess of blackness. They continued to float for another few seconds before they were shot back, striking the female digimon, regressing her back to Salamon, who fell into Kari’s arms.

“I’m sorry,” she said, “I tried.”

Kari did not respond, only stared at the swirling sphere. The blackness, which had been twirling at a steady pace, now suddenly intensified, pulling towards the center before exploding in a mix of darkness and light. All of the witnesses had to avert their gaze; when they looked back, they were shocked to see a massive digimon standing before them. It was similar to Kimeramon, except for an almost transparent image of Machinedramon hovering on his back.

“Ryo?” Tk asked.

The Guardian nodded. “Y..yeah, that’s him.”

Millenniumon stared into the sky of the Digital World, completely unmoving. “What’s with him?” Yolei asked.

Taichi and Demon walked over and bowed before him. “Lord Millenniumon, we are here to serve you.”

The god digimon continued to stare into the sky. “Lord Millenniumon?” Taichi asked, “I have done exactly as you commanded me to do! I followed your will exactly! I made certain that no one harmed you while still in your Kimeramon form. If it wasn’t for me, you would have been killed by the Digidestined! You need me!”

Millenniumon slowly gazed at him. “Yes!” Taichi shouted, “I made the Digital World ready for your revival, filling it with darkness and hate and war! I did everything for you! Where is my reward?”

The god digimon suddenly shot his arms around Taichi and Demon. Both struggled against him, but it was no use at all. “Lord Millenniumon! Why?”

“Let’s be certain of one thing,” he said, “I don’t need anyone!” He opened his jaw wide and with simple ease ingested both Taichi and Demon.

“Oh my god!” Tatum gasped, “He…he ate him…”

Milleniumon used his giant legs to push himself into the air and floated into the sky. He twisted his body so that his two back-based cannons were pointing at them.

“What’s he doing?” Hiroshi demanded.

“He’s gonna attack!” Derek shouted.

“No, wait,” Yuehon said, “He’s not aiming at us…”

“The Destiny Stone!” Ken shouted.

“We’ve got to stop him!” Salamon shouted, jumping out of her partner’s arms, “Digidestined, digivolve us! Now!”

“You heard her,” Kari ordered, “Get ready!”

Each Digidestined reached for their digivices and held them pointed towards the assembled digimon. “All right,” Kari said, “Ready…..Now!”

Before even the smallest amount of energy could flow through the digivice, Millenniumon attacked. He fired two massive balls of yellow light from his cannons that struck the Destiny Stone of the Center with such precision and force that it shattered with ease.

“No!” Ryo shouted.

“He…he destroyed it!” Catherine shouted, “It’s over?”

“Never say that!” Floramon shouted, “It’s never over!”

The force of the explosion created a storm of wind that billowed in all directions, as well as the light continued to grow. “That’s not right!” Ken shouted to be heard over the roar of the wind, “That explosion wasn’t that big…”

“The Digital World is detonating,” Ryo explained, “And there’s no time; I’d say we have seconds before the end.”

Before anyone could reply, the ground beneath them started to disappear, like a ripple affect from the center. The Digidestined tried to run, but the wave of destruction was moving at a fantastic rate, easily passing them. They were thrown in all directions as the Digital World crumbled around them; before being completely enveloped by the light of the Destiny Stone’s explosion. “””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;””””””””””

Yolei blinked a few times before realization dawned on her. “I’m alive?” She had been lying down, so she sat straight up and patted her chest and legs. “I’m alive! Oh thank god, I’m al…al…” She suddenly started glancing around, “Hawkmon? Tk? Kari? Ken? Guys, is anyone…!”

“Behind you.”

The purple-haired girl spun around and was relieved to see that the other members of the Digidestined were standing safely behind her, actually, they could not tell if they were standing, as darkness flowed all around them.

“Where the hell are we?” Hiroshi asked.

“The Digital World was destroyed,” Cody said, “Is this the void that was left?”

“I don’t think so,” Tatem said, glancing around, “There’s air here, so we have to be somewhere, but where is the question.”

Ken thought for a moment. “Well, if the destruction of the Digital World was powerful enough, it could have caused a dimensional rift which sent us to another world.”

“What world?” Hiroshi asked, “The world where Myotismon was trapped.”

“It’s possible, but there are countless dimensions, who knows if it’s the same one?”

“So,” Kari asked, “Where are we?”

The darkness was suddenly destroyed as light streamed in from nowhere and everywhere. The Digidestined could now see the world they were occupying; a strange castle, filled with darkness, and the very air seemed thick and hung. Catherine gasped in amazement. “Iz zis…ze Dark Ocean?””

“I think you’re right!” Kari exclaimed, “It’s the Sovereigns’ Castle! But…but it was destroyed! I watched it happen!”

“Sovereigns Castle?” Ryo asked, “You mean, Azulgonmon?”

Kari nodded. “But, Jeri used explosives to detonate it from inside.”

“Regular explosives?”

“Yeah, that’s right,” Salamon said, “Why?”

He shook his head. “If this castle was made by the gods, something made by mortals couldn’t destroy it.”

“But…”

“Maybe it did get destroyed, but I’m sure it healed itself, trust me.”

“All right,” Tk said, “But what are we doing here?”

“We must have gotten sent here after the Digital World was destroyed,” Ken said. His eyes suddenly lit up, “Kari, do you still have the Key Cards?”

The brown-haired girl slowly shook her head. “N..No, they’re in a safe back in my room.”

“Could you check?”

She reached into the pockets of her yellow shorts and all the color drained from her face. She pulled out the familiar deck of cards that could bend dimensions. “But…how..?”

“They’re yours,” Ryo said, “When the Digital World detonated, you might have subconsciously called to them, they probably sent us here.”

She did not answer, only continued to stare at them.

“Hey,” Derek said, “Where’s Millenniumon?”

Crabmon slowly glanced over his shoulder and screamed. “Behind us!”

The Digidestined all jumped and twisted in the air so they could see the god digimon behind them. He stared down at them, while the nearly-transparent Machinedramon cannon hovered on his back. He should not have been able to fit into the halls, but he did not seem to have any problem. He had not shrunk, nor had the walls grown. “I see the vermin survived.”

“Vermin?” Davis shouted, “Come down here and say that!”

“I’m afraid I’d strain my back trying to reach you all the way down there.”

Davis was about to grab his digivice, but Kari stepped in front of him. “What are you doing here? What do you want?”

He smiled. “To remake the Digital World in my own image!”

“Why?”

“Because it has grown stale and repetitive, it needs to be cleansed and remade.”

“With you as the ruler, right?” Tatem asked.

He grinned. “That goes without saying.

“But you came from Kimeramon,” Tk said.

“And you created Kimeramon as the Digimon Emperor, yes, I understand. I was stopped by Ryo and his first Digidestined, they defeated me and scattered my data to the winds, but I endured! My spirit influenced certain digimon to create a body for me, one of those must have been Etemon, and you, as Yamato Ishida, was infected from his Dark Network, which surfaced when you were reborn. That information from the Dark Network contained the blueprints, as it was, for building a Kimeramon. When that digimon existed, I simply flowed into the shell, and thus, the stage was set.”

“What about the Gods of Darkness?” Yolei asked.

“Servants, nothing more. Their mission was to protect Kimeramon and sow the seeds of darkness in the Digital World, allowing me the freedom to exist once more!” He turned his head towards the sky, “And now with the Digital World gone, I need only destroy Earth! And once that planet is gone, I will create a new world, one I will rule over for all eternity!” He sighed, “Of course, even as mighty as I will become, mastery of all reality still escapes me; the power to remake existence will only be mine when the Key Cards are mine! With them, I will be able to open a gate to the human world itself! I will destroy it! And then, I will remake all reality!”

“What?” Kari gasped, “Well, I’m not letting you near them!”

He chuckled. “You seem to think that you have a choice. I will steal them from your cold, dead fingers! I will not be denied my destiny!”

“There’s no way that’s gonna happen!” Kari shouted, “Grab your digivices and we’ll stop him now!”

The digimon readied themselves to attack, but Ryo suddenly stepped in front of them. He did not acknowledge them, but only stared at Millenniumon. The dark god stared down at him in return. “So, Ryo, you remain here. I thought that you had gone back to Earth, like the rest of your vermin.”

“Those were my friends,” he said, “And you killed them!”

“I had to, they were keeping you from me.”

“I don’t care what you say, I’m not your partner, and I won’t be!”

“You’re his partner?” Davis asked.

“It’s too long a story,” Ryo sighed, “Just know that I was brought to the Digital World to stop him, but then found out that he was always meant to be my partner. I had to chose between stopping him and accepting him. I chose to destroy him.”

The dark god growled in anger. “Well, now I destroy you!” He fired a blast of energy from his twin canons, smashing into Ryo, vaporizing him instantly.

“Ryo!” Kari shouted. She glared at Millenniumon. “How could you…?"

Millenniumon raised his hands. Suddenly, a strange black mist shot up from their feet and enveloped them. They tried to call out to each other, or at the least, grab hold of one another, but it was no use. The Digidestined were trapped in the darkness. “””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””””””””

Kari/A ngewomon hovered in the air over Hiroshi/Megaseadramon, giving her an advantage. She held her Holy Lances above her head, making it glow a bright white light. She stared at Hiroshi/Megaseadramon, standing on the ground, staring back at her. Kari/Angewomon swung her lances down, sending a crescent beam of light towards the Dark SEED leader. “Heaven’s Charm!”

Hiroshi/Megaseadramon swung his Trident, firing his own energy attack. “Thunder Javelin!”

The two attacks smashed into each other, exploding in a blast of light and energy that sent shockwaves into both combatants. Hiroshi/Megaseadramon was thrown into the staircase beneath the double doors, while Kari/Angewomon slammed into the ground. The Dark SEED leader recovered quicker and saw the Digidestined leader lying on the floor. He ran at her, bringing his Trident above his head and swung down. Kari/Angewomon quickly brought her Holy Lances up and successfully blocked the attack. Unfortunately for Hiroshi/Megaseadramon, the tip of his Trident was caught in the handle of the Holy Lances. Kari/Angewomon grinned as she pulled her Lances as hard as she could, throwing Hiroshi/Megaseadramon over her head and onto the ground. She jumped back onto her feet seconds before her opponent did the same.

They stared at one another, panting loudly. “Not bad,” Hiroshi/Megaseadramon grinned, “You’re pretty good.”

“Thank you,” Kari/Angewomon smiled, “You’re pretty good too. I just wish there was a way that I could convince you to stop what you’re doing.”

“Ain’t going to happen,” Hiroshi/Megaseadramon said. He held up his Trident, “Shall we continue?”

Kari/Angewomon looked to the ground. “If you want,” she sighed, sadly.

The Dark SEED leader grinned and ran forward. Kari/Angewomon reluctantly leapt back into battle. “””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ”””””

Yolei laughed with glee as Silphymon fired his Static Force attack into Angemon, before grabbing Aidramon by the tail and swinging him into Coelemon. “You guys are pathetic!” she laughed, “I can’t believe you beat the four generals of Dark SEED!”

“Yolei!” Tk called, “Yolei, please, remember who you really are!”

“I know who I am!” she laughed.

“No,” Tk said, “I mean, you’re a Digidestined! You’re one of us!”

“Yeah, I was!” she laughed, “But I left after Kari turned her back on me!”

“She didn’t do anything like that!” Tk pleaded, “You don’t understand, Kari does love you!”

Yolei stopped her cold laughter and stared at him. “She..she does?”

“Yes!” Tk said, slowly, not wanting to scare her off, “She’s just confused about her feelings. She doesn’t know how to deal with what she’s feeling towards you and me…”

“You!” she suddenly screamed, “You’re the reason that she hates me! Silphymon, kill him!”

“Well, that went well,” Tatum said, ducking to avoid another blast from Silphymon.

“I almost had her,” Tk said, “I almost brought her back!”

The bird-man tried to attack Tk and Tatum by firing another of his Static Force energy balls, but Angemon jumped in front of his partner. “Angemon!” Tk shouted, “Digivolve!”

“Angemon digivolve to Magna Angemon!”

The newly digivolved angel used his wrist-based sword to bat the energy ball aside, where it exploded into the concrete floor. Silphymon growled and fired another Static Force at the Ultimate Angel digimon. Magna Angemon could not react in time, and was hit in the chest. He was injured, but not enough to cause him to pause in the fight.

“I do not want to hurt you,” he said.

“Then you’re out of luck!” Silphymon shouted.

“Hold on!” Aidramon shouted, zooming towards the Ultimate bird digimon with Coelemon on his back. “God Tornado!”

The Ultimate bird-digimon yelled in pain, but he soon roared when Airdramon fired his own energy beams into Silphymon’s already injured face. “Silphymon!” Yolei screamed, “Silphymon!” “””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;”””””””””

Yueho n could not move as she and Catherine were rolling around on the ground, trying to overpower one another.

Yuehon was finally able to put her feet underneath of Catherine’s stomach and push her off. The French girl stumbled backwards but had to recover quickly as the Chinese girl was not yet finished with her assault. Yuehon removed her black robe, giving her more mobility. She charged at Catherine as if she was going to tackle her again, but at the last second pivoted on her right foot and slammed her left foot into the blond girl’s face, throwing her to the ground., The French girl quickly recovered and grabbed Yuehon’s foot, making the Chinese girl lose her balance. When she was on the ground once again, Catherine landed on top of her, bringing her knees into the most sensitive area of a woman’s chest. Yuehon shouted out loud with small tears forming in her eyes, but did not quite the fight just yet. She punched Catherine in the face, knocking her off top of her. She tried to get up, but the pain was too great.

Catherine stood up and rubbed her sore jaw. She walked over to where the Chinese girl was lying and knelt beside her. “Truly believe me when I zay zat I did not want to hurt you,” she looked away, with tears forming in her own eyes, “I hate to hurt ozer people, but you were corrupting ze powerz of sincerity. To truly understand zeir powerz, you must have a pure heart, but you have deceived yourzelf, zat must be why it became ze Crezt of Deception.” Catherine gently reached over and removed the Crest of Deception from around Yuehon’s neck. “””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ”””””

“All right!” Davis shouted, “Attack him together!”

Paildramon lead the attack by jabbing Diaboromon with his twin spikes, creating two giant slash marks across the mega’s chest. He jumped out of the way, allowing Stingmon to jump into attack.

“Spinning Spiking Strike!” he shouted, slamming his feet into Diaboromon’s already injured chest. Ankylomon leapt into action next, bringing his Tail Hammer into the slash marks, ripping the black skin apart. Colemon attacked next.

“Fossil Bite!” he shouted, throwing a group of darts into the hole on Diaboromon’s chest. He roared in pain but the Digidestined were not yet finished with their assault. Blossumon fired her Polinosis Shower into the hole stopping the evil mega in his track.

“Great work!” Paildramon shouted, “Now let me finish him off!” He swung around his twin gun barrels and pointed them at Diaboromon’s missing chest. “Desperado Blaster!” His glowing bullets tore into the gapping hole, ripping through the other side. The evil mega gave a final scream before his data was scattered.

“Yes!” Davis shouted, “We did it!”

“ Davis,” Paildramon said, “We may have another problem.”

The goggle wearer turned to where his partner was pointing. Diaboromon’s two gauntlets remained floating in the air. The two metal gloves glowed for a second before shrinking down to human size and clanging onto the ground. The Digidestined approached with caution. “What’s going on?” Derek asked.

Ken cautiously approached to the two gauntlets. “He said they were Holy Weapons. Maybe since he’s been destroyed, they need another owner?”

Davis nodded. “Well, I think I’m the best man for the job.”

“What?” Cody gasped, “Are you sure?”

He grinned confidently. “Of course.” He walked over and lifted up the metal gloves. He did not let the others see, but he took a deep breath and shoved the Holy Gauntlets onto his hands. He breathed with relief. “At least I’m still alive.”

“I just realized somethin’,” Derek said, “We actually saved a Destiny Stone!”

Kari blinked a few times. “Wait, something’s wrong….”

Tk stared at Yolei. “This happened already…..”

Catherine and Yuehon stared at one another. “What’s going on?” the Chinese girl asked.

Paildramon turned to Davis, “I have the strangest feeling we did this already.”

“This isn’t real!” Kari shouted.

Suddenly, Kari and Hiroshi were standing side by side, no longer fighting. The castle hall at Darkness Falls, the place where their battle had occurred, was gone, replaced by the halls of the Sovereign Castle. “What the heck just happened?” he asked.

“My guess would be Millenniumon,” Kari said, “He made us relive our battle at Darkness Falls.”

“That scum,” Hiroshi growled, clenching his fist.

“We got to stop him!” Salamon exclaimed.

Penmon glanced around. “How can we even find him? This place all looks the same to me!”

Hiroshi sighed. “I guess we’d just better start looking.” He ran forward.

“Wait!” Kari shouted, but to no avail. “Darn it! All right, come on Salamon.” “””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;

“All right,” Tatum said, glancing around the room they appeared in-similar to a large ball room, “Millenniumon separated us, made us relive that battle, but what for?”

Tk shook his head. “I don’t have any idea, maybe…maybe…I don’t know. Yolei, do you…” he turned to ask the purple-haired girl, but was alarmed when he saw her kneeling on the ground, tears in her eyes. “What’s wrong?”

“H…How could that monster make me remember the Crest of Hate?” she asked, tears staining her cheeks, “That...that….he’ll pay for this! He’ll pay!”

Hawkmon placed a wing on her shoulder. “Easy, it’s okay, it’s okay.”

Tk smiled. “It’s all right.” He knelt down so he could stare at her directly in the eyes, “Listen to me now, okay? What happened when you had the Crest of Hate, wasn’t you, not the real you, understand?”

Yolei nodded slowly. “Y..yeah, I know…I know…”

The blond boy smiled. “Good.”

“Um, guys,” Tatum’s Betamon said, “I hate to interrupt, but we’ve got company!”

Tk and Yolei turned to the sky and were shocked to see a dinosaur-man dressed in armor descend towards them through the ceiling. “W…Wargreymon!”

The digimon only smirked. “Maybe I am, and maybe I’m not.”

“What?” Tk gasped, “Are you Wargreymon or not?”

“I am a Wargreymon that was created by Lord Millenniumon from your memories. I am VR-Wargrey!”

“W…what do you want?” Tatum asked.

VR-Wargrey pointed his claws at them. “I am here to deliver your charred corpses to Lord Millenniumon!”

Tk clenched his fist. “We’re not here to fight you, but if you give us no choice…”

Before anyone could react, VR-Wargrey swung his claws, which sent a beam of light towards the three humans. Tk instinctively pushed Yolei out of the way; only the blond haired boy and the braided-haired girl were thrown to the ground.

The purple-haired girl stared at her friends. “Tk…” She turned back to VR-Sakuya, gripping her digivice, “Hawkmon!”

“Hawkmon digivolve to Aquillamon!”

The large eagle opened his mouth and fired a series of red rings, at the constructed mega, which he easily batted aside. This distracted him enough, however, for the bird to bash his head into his stomach, knocking him back further into the room.

“Patamon,” Tk called to his partner, “Let’s help him out.”

She glanced over her shoulder at the two of them. “Aquillamon! Get them out of here!”

“What?” Tatum gasped, but before anyone else could protest, a quick blast of wind from Aquillamon’s wings sent Tk, Tatum and their partners flying out the large door of the room and into the hall.

“Yolei!” Tk shouted, “What are you doing?”

“I’m giving you the chance to go after Millenniumon!” she shouted, “Do it!”

“Yolei!” the blond boy shouted again. He ran towards the door, but another blast from Aquillamon slammed it shut. He continued to pound on the thick stone doors, “Yolei!” “””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;”””””””””

Kari suddenly stopped as she felt a strange, sinking feeling in her chest. Her head began to hurt slightly as an image of Yolei appeared in her mind, followed by an image of Sora. “I will always be your friend.”

“Kamiya?” Hiroshi asked, staring at her strangely.

She shook her head. “No, I…it’s nothing. Let’s go.” “””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””

Catherine helped Yuehon back onto her feet, but she was already off-balanced and that caused both to fall back against the castle wall. “Zorry,” the French girl said.

“No problem,” the Chinese girl sighed, “After everything we’ve been through, I don’t think hitting the wall is gonna hurt, heh.”

“No, but maybe this will.”

The two girls and their digimon partners spun around to see a familiar fox woman slowly walking towards them through the hall. Catherine stared at her with wide eyes. “R..Rika?”

She laughed. “You wish! I am VR-Sakuya, servant of Millenniumon! My lord and masters wishes for your heads, so surrender or fight back, it will all be the same in the end!” She launched forward, striking her staff into the ground. Floramon and Candlemon pushed their partners to safety before VR-Sakuya’s attack caused the floor to splinter. The two Digidestined digimon nodded at one another and leapt at VR-Sakuya. The digivices on Catherine and Yuehon began to activate in earnest, as well as Catherine’s Crest of Sincerity.

“Floramon digivolve to Kiwimon! Kiwimon digivolve to Blossumon!”

“Candlemon digivolve to Apemon!”

After evolving, the two digimon continued on their path to tackle their enemy, but with a twist of her staff, the fox woman sent them crashing into the wall.

VR-Sakuya laughed. “So you digivolved, big deal! You still can’t beat me, I’m the best!”

“If that isn’t Rika, she’s sure done her homework,” Blossumon commented.

Apemon grabbed the bone staff on his back and threw it like a boomerang at the fox woman, but she grabbed it with ease and threw it at Blossumon, knocking her back. With surprising speed, she shot over, grabbed the plant digimon, and flung her into Apemon, causing both digimon to become tangled in one another.

“This isn’t good,” Yuehon sighed, “I don’t think even Blossumon can stand a chance.”

The French girl nodded. “Oui, I know.”

The Chinese girl grinned. “So, are we going to give up?”

Catherine shook her head and smiled. “Why don’t we take her down with uz?”

Yuehon nodded. “I’m with you.” She turned towards her partner, “Apemon, hit her with everything you’ve got!”

“You too, Blossumon!” Catherine shouted.

VR-Sakuya smirked. “You really think a kamikaze attack’s going to stop me?”

“Only one way to find out,” Catherine smiled, “Attack!” “””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””””””””̶ 1;”””

Kari held out in pain again as she clutched her chest. This time she saw an image of Catherine, followed by Mimi, and then one of Yuehon. “We’ll be waiting, good luck. Protect Lord Hiroshi.”

“I know something’s wrong,” Salamon said, “What’s up?”

“I…I don’t know,” she said, “I…I just have a bad feeling.” “””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””

Davis yelled as he punched the wall. “Damn it! We’re lost! How can anyone find there way around here? Everything looks exactly the same!”

“Try to calm down,” Cody said, “We’ll find our way through here somehow.”

After awaking from Millenniumon’s illusion, they found themselves in a large, round room, surrounded by windows. They theorized that they were probably in one of the towers of the castle. After exiting and searching through what seemed like endless halls and doors, they found themselves back in the same room; they had only traveled in a circle.

Derek sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. “Ya know, weird as it sounds, I kinda agree with Davis. We’re goin’ absolutely no where, isn’t there anything we can do?”

Crabmon sighed. “Yeah, too bad Salamon isn’t here, she might have been able to smell her way out.”

“Hold on,” Ken said, “Maybe Searchmon could find a way out?”

Wormmon nodded. “All right, I’m ready.”

Ken reached for his D-terminal. “Digi-armor energize!”

“Wormmon armor digivolve to Searchmon! The Shield of Knowledge!”

The armored digimon rested on the floor as his large, satellite-shaped, back shield began to beep as his radar activated. “Have you found anything?” Ken asked.

“Yes,” Searchmon said, “Something’s coming! Something very big!”

Before anyone could react, one of the walls of the room was blown apart as a towering demonic beast stomped inside. “Venom Myotismon?” Ken and Derek shouted.

He grinned. “Sorry, wrong again. I’m VR-Venom, merely a reflection of Venom Myotismon created by master Millenniumon for the sole purpose of creating your extermination!”

He threw his giant fist at the small group of Digidestined and digimon below him. They dove out of the way with seconds to spare.

“Crabmon digivolve to Coelemon!”

“Armadillomon digivolve to Ankylomon!”

“Veemon digivolve to Exveemon!”

VR-Venom laughed as he continued to swing his massive arms, “Go head, digivolve! It won’t help you against my power!”

“Yeah, we’ll just see about that!” Davis shouted, “Attack him, together! It always worked before!”

“Jamming Hertz!”

“Tail Hammer!”

“Fossil Bite!”

“V-laser!”

VR-Venom was hit in the chest with each attack. He staggered backwards, but quickly recovered. He raised his arms above his head, then threw them down, smashing into the floor. The entire room shook violently, knocking the humans off of their feet. Davis not only fell onto his back, but he also rolled close to one of the large windows. He was able to get back to his feet, but Exveemon landed in front of him. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” he said, “But this guy means business. You’re gonna have to digivolve to Imperial Dramon.”

“I’m ready,” he said, “Let’s do it!”

VR-Venom glanced over his shoulder at the goggle-wearer and his partner. Exveemon was about to began his digivolution. The towering giant brought his arm around and smashed his hand into the digimon and human, knocking them out of the window.

“Davis!” Cody shouted.

“All right,” Ken said, “We’ve got to take this guy down, now!”

VR-Venom grinned wickedly and laughed. “Bring it on! Ha!”

Outside of the castle, Exveemon had caught Davis about half way down the castle. They spun around in time to see the window they had fallen from suddenly explode in light and sound.

“No!” Davis shouted, “Ken, Cody, Derek! No!” He clenched his fists in rage, wanting nothing more then to pound them into something as hard as he could, but, still being held in Exveemon’s arms, he could not. He took a deep breath, calming himself. “All right. Exveemon, let’s find Millenniumon and make him pay!”

His digimon nodded slowly, his eyes drifting to the surroundings. “Davis, look…”

The goggle wearer glanced around and gasped as well. “Holy shi…” He took a deep breath, “Oh man, I hope we’re not the only ones left, or else Earth is screwed!” “””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;””””””””””R 21;”””””

Kari felt the uncomfortable feeling once again, this time completely falling onto the stone floor. Her mind was assaulted by images of Cody, Derek, and Ken, followed by Joe and Izzy. “Remember, your true strength lies within.”

Hiroshi glared at her. “I know something’s going on, what is it?”

“D..dead…”

“What?”

“ ;Th..they’re dead,” she said, tears beginning to fill her eyes, “Y..yolei, C..catherine, Yuehon, Ken, Cody, Derek…they’re gone, they’re gone!”

Salamon and Penmon gasped, but Hiroshi only stared. “Y…yuehon…?”

“They’re gone?”

Kari looked up and could see through tear stained eyes that Tk and Tatum were standing before her. She nodded slowly.

“Damn it…” Tk said, “Yolei…”

Kari started to cry even louder. Tatem knelt down and embraced her. Salamon sat by her partner’s side, struggling to think of how to comfort her, when a foul stench penetrated her nostrils. “He’s coming!”

The walls of the castle began to bend and twist, becoming a black vortex in which the god of darkness appeared. He stared at them with a disapproving expression on his face. “I see my servants failed to destroy you.”

“They killed our friends!” Tk shouted.

“You’re gonna pay for Yuehon!” Hiroshi shouted.

The god stared down at him. “Silence!” He flicked his fingers and a beam of light shot towards him. Seconds before it would have impacted, another blast of light and force deflected it into the wall. Hiroshi spun around and saw Exveemon staring with hate at Millenniumon. Behind him stood Davis, with an equally hateful expression in his eyes.

Millenniumon sighed. “I see all of my servants failed, and yet they failed to kill you, but even in failure, they were successful.”

“What do you mean?” Patamon asked.

Millenniumon raised his right hand and twelve balls of glowing light flowed through the halls. They swarmed around the dark god before flowing into his chest. His body began to explode with light; he curled his body into a ball as the same light seemed to solidify around him in a crystal shape. “I am now MoonMillenniumon!”

“M…MoonMillenniumon?” Tatum asked, “But…how?”

“By using the energy of your fallen friends, I have ascended! And now it is time to do away with you as well. With your energy, I will become even more powerful!” He glanced down at the kneeling Kari, “And once those cards are mine…”

“Forget it!” Davis shouted, “You’re not gonna destroy us like you did the Dark Ocean!”

“What are you talking about?” Tk asked.

“We saw it,” Exveemon said, “Outside, the entire Dark Ocean, it’s nothing but a wasteland; nothing’s left.”

Tk clenched his fist in rage. He spun to glare at MoonMillenniumon. “You killed Wisemon?”

“Correct. While you were trapped in the illusions of time and space, I easily annihilated the pathetic weaklings of this world, and now you will soon join them.”

“Didn’t ya hear me before?” Davis asked, “I said you’re not gonna beat us!”

Moonmillenniumon floated to the ceiling as four black figures appeared beside him. “No, but perhaps my creations can, dark reflections of Blackwargreymon, Gallantmon, Megagargomon, and Imperial Dramon. Please meet: VR-BWarGrey, VR-Duke, VR-SaintGalgo, and VR-Imperial! Go my creations, steal those Key Cards, destroy the rest!”

VR-BWarGrey led the attack, flying straight towards Kari, who was still kneeling on the floor, completely lost in her own thoughts. Salamon jumped in front of her, but without the ability to digivolve, she could not stand against one mega, much less three. She stared at the evil shadow digimon as he moved ever closer, however, he and the other three VR creations were suddenly thrown backwards by a blast of force. The small digimon glanced to the ceiling and gasped as Goldramon landed in front of her.

“Tk?” she asked, glancing to the right. The blond boy was standing by his digimon’s side, his hand squeezing his Holy Sword as tight as he could.

He growled and mentioned to the girl on the ground. “Get Kari out of here.”

“You’ve got to be crazy!” Hiroshi shouted, “We’re not leaving!”

“We can’t let him get those Key Cards! They’re obviously a lot more powerful then we thought! Go!”

Before anyone could protest further, VR-Duke darted across the wall, intending to sneak around the gold dragon, but Goldramon was quicker then the evil reflection thought. He smashed his fist into VR-Duke’s face, throwing him into the wall, which shook and crumbled, separating Hiroshi, Tatum, Kari and their digimon from Tk, Davis, and their digimon. This left them trapped with VR-Duke and VR-Imperial.

Davis quickly pulled on his Holy Gauntlets as Exveemon digivolved to Imperial Dramon. Both humans used their Holy Weapons to fuse with their dragon partners. VR-Imperial and VR-Duke stared at them.

“Move aside,” VR-Duke finally said, “For we have been commanded to acquire the Key Cards. If you do not, you will leave us no choice but to use force.”

Davis/Imperialdramon glanced at Tk/Goldramon. “You hear this guy talk? He sounds like that stupid play I had to read, A Minstral’s Nigh Dream.”

His fellow fused warrior smiled. “I think you mean A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Davis/Imperialdramon shrugged. “Hey, I can barely understand the English they use now, forget about hundreds of years ago!”

Tk/Goldramon chuckled. “I don’t think we’re gonna make it out of this one.”

“Yeah, I know.”

“Well, Davis, I’m glad you were on our side for all of this, you sure made one hell of a hero.”

“Hey, same to you. There’s not too many people that can put aside their past and just move forward, that’s a hero for you.”

Tk/Goldramon nodded and smiled. He glanced at the two VR soldiers. “On 3.”

“You bet.”

“1…2…3!” “””” ;””””””””””R 21;””””””””””&# 8221;”””””””””” ””””

When the wall collapsed, Tatem, grabbed Kari and pulled her to safety. They dove into an intersecting hall along with Hiroshi and their digimon. “We’d better get as far from here as possible,” Tatum said.

“I’m not running from anything!” Hiroshi protested.

“Think about it!” Tatum shouted, “We’re losing, and fast! We’ve got to get those Key Cards away from Moonmillenniumon right away!”

He sighed deeply. He mentioned to the comatose Kari, who was sitting on the floor. “What about her?”

Salamon trotted over and stared up at her. “Kari?”

“Gone,” she finally said.

“What?”

“Davis…Tk…gone…dead …” She closed her eyes and saw the images of Davis and Tk, followed by Matt. “It’s up to you now.”

Tatum sighed deeply. “This isn’t looking good.”

“It’s all over,” Kari said, “It’s no use, we…we can’t win…all…all dead…”

Salamon stared up at her. “Kari, w…what?”

“No use…it’s over…”

The braided-haired girl knelt down in front of her and looked her straight in the eyes. “Kari, I understand how you’re feeling, but you can’t just give up. It’s not like you. We can still win, but, if you give up, you’ve already lost.”

“Tatum!” Betamon shouted, “Something’s coming!”

The braided-haired girl leapt to her feet. “Hiroshi, take care of Kari.”

“There’s no way you can do this by yourself,” Penmon said.

“He can’t get those Key Cards,” Tatum said, “You have to get Kari out of here.”

Hiroshi stared at Kari, who had still not completely recovered. She was vulnerable.. “It’s against my better judgment,” he said, “But I’ll do it.” He grabbed Kari and started running down the hall. He stopped and glanced over his shoulder. “Just do me one thing.”

“What?”

“Don’t go down so easily.”

The braided-haired girl smiled. “You got it.” She watched them leave before turning back to her partner. She reached for her digivice, “Ready?”

Betamon nodded. “Ready. Betamon digivolve to Sand Yanmamon! Sand Yanmamon digivolve to Brachiomon! Brachiomon digivolve to Megidramon!”

The human and digimon then fused together, becoming a teenage girl wearing a red gymnast uniform, a helmet in the shape of Megidramon’s head, and her Holy Whip attached to the back of her waist. She took a deep breath. “I know you’re here, you might as well come out.”

The floor before her blew apart as a massive digimon burst through from the bottom level. “You’re VR-SaintGalgo, aren’t you?” she asked.

He nodded. “Yeah, so what?”

“I guess your name’s a dialect translation, huh?”

“And I guess you can’t stand it when you don’t know something, huh?” he laughed. When he saw the questioning expression on her face, he laughed. “I know about you. You always prided yourself on being the wisest Digidestined, not necessarily the smartest, that was Ichijoji, but you always tried to be wise sage, so when you don’t know something, it really annoys you, doesn’t it?”

“I know what you’re trying to do, but it’s not going to work,” she said, “Because, like you said, I was always the wisest Digidestined. So while I’d rather spend time stalling you, I know that’s not going to happen.”

She reached behind her back and grabbed her Holy Whip, which she cracked into the ground. “I’m taking you out right now.”

VR-SaintGalgo laughed and readied his missiles. “Then let’s see what you can do.” His missiles launched, heading straight for the fused human/digimon.

Tatum/Megidramon started swinging her whip around before her, which ignited into a ball of red flames. “Megido Flame!” “”””””””̶ 1;”””””””””” 221;””””””””””& #8221;”””””””””” ;”””””

By this time, Hiroshi had carried Kari far into the depths of the castle. They eventually reached a room, clearly more damaged then any of the others. Pieces of metal were scattered around, and the walls were black with smoke. Salamon slowly gasped. “Kari, is this…?”

The brown-haired girl finally came out of her depression-induced coma. “I…I think it is.”

“What?” Hiroshi asked.

“This is where Takato and Jeri…” She began inspecting the room. “There isn’t any sign of the D-reaper. I guess Jeri was right, it was completely destroyed.”

Suddenly, an explosion rocked the castle, almost knocking them off of their feet. Once again Kari’s mind was filled with an image of her friend’s death. She saw Tatum, followed by Alice. “I believe in you. Good luck.” The brown-haired girl began to cry again, “Tatum…oh Tatum…”

Penmon glanced at Hiroshi, who only nodded. “One left.”

Kari shot him a glance. “What?”

“I think you’re gonna have to face Millenniumon alone.”

“No!” she shouted, “You can’t leave us too!”

He sighed. “Listen…this…I…” he stuttered, trying to think of the right words, “This is really hard to say, but…I just want to thank you!”

She stared at him. “W...what?”

“You gave me a second chance to undo my past mistakes. I harmed countless digimon, destroyed the Elemental Destiny Stones, and inadvertently freed Myotismon, but you still trusted me to help you in the Dark Ocean, and, while there’s nothing I want more then to kick Millenniumon’s butt, I’m going to return the favor. Kari, you have the power to do it.”

The brown-haired girl smiled. “I think that’s the first time you called me that.”

He returned the smile, but glanced over his shoulder through the doorway to the room. VR-BWarGrey was flying towards them, maneuvering through the halls. Before Kari could react, he and Penmon charged into the hall. The aquatic digimon quickly digivolved to his mega form of Gigaseadramon before he and Hiroshi fused together. The human/digimon pointed his Holy Trident out before him, creating a ball of blue light at the tip. “Giga Sea Destroyer!”

The light exploded, filling the hall and eclipsing the doorway. An image of Hiroshi appeared before Kari. “Go kick his butt, Kamiya!”

Kari felt rage and sorry once again well up inside of her. She did not have time to grieve, however, as she became aware of a dark presence behind her. Spinning around, she saw Moonmillenniumon hovering before her. “You…”

“I see that, even in your new life, your rage has not diminished, Taichi Kamiya.”

“You bastard!” she shouted, “You killed all of my friends!”

“Yes, that’s right, and their energy will become part of me!” Four lights entered the room through the walls and floors, flowing into the evil god. He moaned and screamed as if in ecstasy. “The power…the power of these dragons….I have never felt such energy before!”

The crystal shell of Moonmillenniumon began to crack as energy swelled from within. The shell soon completely cracked, exploding apart. The new Millenniumon was a creature with two opposing heads, one red, one blue, surrounded by chains. “I am Zeed Millenniumon!”

“Z..zeed Millenniumon?” Kari gasped, “T…this…this can’t be…”

“But it is!” he laughed, “And now, I don’t need to take the Key Cards from you, I’ll just annihilate this entire world, and then take the Cards from whatever’s left of you!”

His eyes began to glow brightly, and he open his mouth releasing a soul-clenching roar that threw Kari and Salamon into a maelstrom of light that enveloped everything. The castle walls shattered, and the Digidestined and her Digimon were lost in the destruction.

To be concluded……