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Author's Note: Hello to you all again! The second part of my loooooooooooong fic is up and I kept my word of uploading it on the weekend. Sorry for ending the Ch. 8 of "Crests of Destiny" abruptly, but I didn't get time to proofread or anything. I might re-write it someday...(of course for me, those "somedays" never come...) Anywayz, this takes place in Season 02 cause I really want to write something with the Digimon Kaiser in it!! He's sooo cool!! And Yamato....*uncontrollable drooling* Before I flood my room, I'll start the fic. Remember, this is a continuation of "Crests of Destiny" so if you just read this part, you will most likely be confused. So the remedy? Go read the "Crests of Destiny"! I mean, how hard is it to type in the title or author and press search?
WARNING!!!: Shounen ai (boyxboy) alert!!! Nothing physical. If you've read ch. 8 of "Crests of Destiny", you know what it means. There is no shounen ai in this chapter, but as the story goes on, it'll be pretty obvious it's there. Don't like, don't read or imagine them as friends... (I always say that...:) I'm warning now so those people who will keep reading won't be shocked.
Remember: thoughts
============================================================================================================================= "Revelation 1: Sanctuary Guardian"
By Cloud Ishida
"Knuckle Fire!!" The dark ring was set into flames with FlameDramon's last attack. The wild SeaDramon's eyes turned from red to their shining blue eyes. The Warrior of Courage de-evolved back to V-mon and collapsed in exhaustion.
Daisuke ran over to him and began to throw his blue digimon in the air in celebration. "You were great V-mon! No one can beat my bestest buddy!" V-mon blushed and laughed at the same time. Behind the two, Shurimon and Digmon demolished the dark spire and restored all the digimon within the area. That is, all those who still had the old dark rings. The new dark spiral was another story. "Hey guys, it's getting late. We should get going."
"No it's not! You just want to satisfy your grumbling stomach!" Miyako pointed out. But she didn't argue with the thought of food as her stomach started to growl and they all started to go back to the television gateway.
Iori fiddled with his D-3 to boot up the Digital Map. The black square they were in had turned white, but his eyes kept shifting to the bunched up white squares. "Is something wrong Iori?" Hikari asked.
"Not really. I was just wondering about this thing." He pointed to the white island that seemed very isolated from other lands. "I was thinking why it's always white."
"Why don't you ask Izzy about it?" Takeru suggested, "He's into those paradox things anyway."
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"You guys did a pretty good job on your own. I guess you don't need old geezers like us to help you out." Taichi joked as he shook hands with Daisuke. "Next time, try not to show off so much. The faster you finish each mission, the better."
"Hey if ya gotta do something right, do it in style!" The new digidestined leader made a peace sign in response.
"Well, don't celebrate too early. There are still a lot of spires left." Koushiro pointed out to the Digital Map on screen after Iori requested for it. "And Iori did bring up a good point about this area..." He magnified the white mass of squares on his computer. "Since the beginning, I've never seen it turn black."
"Well isn't that a good thing?" Taichi asked. The In-Training digimon ravaged the snacks Miyako brought while Patamon and Gatomon watched with a sweat drop.
"I'm not sure... Every other place had at least one spire at one time or another. But this area hadn't even been touched." Koushiro tapped his pencil in a rythm to balance his thoughts. "What makes this area so special?"
"Well, maybe it's just too far away?" Daisuke suggested through his second helping of a cupcake.
Entering commands on the computer, the map turned to full screen. "No, these islands are even further from the Kaiser's castle and they have five spires." It really doesn't make any sense... The genius couldn't make any connection. "If there is something special about this place, maybe we can use the information to prevent other spires to be built."
"Well we should do it tomorrow." Miyako headed for the door, "I promised my parents I'd help at the store."
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Screens shattered and wires cackled into life with electricity. Nearly every screen was destroyed by the Digimon Kaiser's rage. Another area was released from his iron fist and losing more and more everyday by the Digidestined. His patience was wearing very thin. "What is going on?! My plans should be foolproof yet those brats keep winning!" Another punch to a small screen sent it to pieces. The glass was starting to stick through his glove as blood soaked his glove. "What am I doing wrong?!"
"Ken, don't be angry..." Wormmon whimpered. His blue eyes held nothing but sorrow for his master. The tag around his neck glowed a faint blue.
"Shut up!" the Kaiser roared, "I told you to not call me that!... I need to calm down... I'll make more mistakes in rage." He breathed deep to bring back his cool composure and settled towards Wormmon. "Is the army of Greymons and Tyrannomons ready?" Wormmon slowly nodded his head. "Good. We'll attack in the morning. I'll be going personally to oversee everything. Now, let's see how the projects are progressing." He picked up the cracked tag from Wormmon and glared at it in delight. "This will be their downfall..."
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"*YAWN* So Izzy, what's the big emergency that you had to call so early in the morning?" Daisuke's eyes were still full of sleep on an early Saturday morning. The digimon were still snoring loudly in the children's bags.
"It seems the Digimon Kaiser's made an early assault on our mystery island. Is everyone ready?" Koushiro tapped in codes to their destination.
Takeru looked left and right, "Kari's not here yet."
"Yes I am!" A voice called from the hallway. The girl in pink jumped into the computer room with her sleepwalking brother behind. "Sorry I'm late, but Tai wouldn't wake up and lagged behind."
"Hey, it's 6:30 on a Saturday. No one wakes up that early." The 14 year-old rubbed his eyes to get a better view of the group. "Hey, isn't Matt coming with us Takeru?"
The blonde took out his digivice, "I couldn't get a hold of him. He's probably at rehearsals."
"Well, we don't need that many people anyway. It's just a routine attack anyway." Daisuke assured. Taichi nodded in agreement and joined the new Digidestined to the Digiworld.
"Good luck guys." Koushiro whispered under his breath.
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The cracks of a whip echoed throughout the open jungle as digimon fled in all directions. Red-eyed Greymons swamped the jungle in flames. The Digimon Kaiser fought his own battles with Rookie digimon and won every time. Wormmon hid behind his master's leg but the Kaiser almost stepped on him in the heat of battle. Left and right the digimon were caught and rounded up by Greymons. That was when the counter-attack started.
"TRUMP SWORD!!" Blades pierced through the Greymon the Kaiser was on. The orange dinosaur collapsed in pain and the blood stained the ground red. The Kaiser jumped off to avoid being crushed by the massive body. "CLOWN TRICK!" A wave of energy pulsated through the air but the Dark Emperor evaded in time.
"Piedmon! You're still alive?... How unfortunate." The Kaiser sneered at the clown who had landed on the bloody soil. "You're not the top of the crop any more. Why don't you just give up?" He rode up on one of the Greymons and left behind his green servant on the ground.
Piedmon sheathed his three swords and held the fourth in a battle pose. "This area is off limits to someone such as you. The Lady has ordered it."
"Humph. She has no authority over me! She won't be around this time to help your hide. Four of my armies are attacking the island this very minute. She'll be too busy to help you." The Kaiser cackled in delight of his strategy. "Greymon! Attack Piedmon all at once!"
"I don't think so! FIRE ROCKET!" Flames burned through two Greymons' dark spirals.
"CELESTIAL ARROW!" The ray of light pierced another dark spiral of the Greymon the Kaiser was riding on. Coming to its senses, the orange dinosaur shook of its rider and trampled off into the jungle.
The Digimon Kaiser quickly got to his feet and lashed his whip out in defence, "You again?! Why must you always meddle with my plans?!"
"I thought you would be used to losing by now!" Daisuke mocked the Dark Emperor, making him furious in retaliation.
Taichi made his way through the battle to Piedmon, who was obviously exhausted from battling, "I never expected to see you fighting for defenceless digimon. Shouldn't you be wreaking havoc throughout the land for total control?"
"Time changes even the darkest of the Dark Masters; I never thought that I would be a Benign Virus again...and I didn't ask you for help." He deflected two Nova Blasts with a swift punch and guarded another from Taichi. "Who would have thought I'd be helping the Digidestined."
The brown-haired boy thanked him very awkwardly, "Why are you helping anyway?" Shurimon sneaked pass the dinosaurs' defences giving Digmon a chance to destroy the spirals. "And more importantly, where is 'she'?" The clown was too pre-occupied by the emergence of more Greymons and now, Tyrannomons. The digimon and children were quickly being over powered in numbers. "Hey Agumon! Get ready to digivolve!"
"Alrighty!" The yellow dinosaur took the lead of the armoured diriment, "AGUMON, WARP DIGIVOLVE TO...WARGREYMON!!" The children and their digimon were awestruck since it was their first time to see a Warp evolution. Hikari and Takeru cheered for their old friend. With speed as fast as lightning, the metal claws sliced through most of the Greymon and Tyrannomons' spirals; releasing them from the Kaiser's dark spell.
The Kaiser wasn't about to retreat without taking more down in defeat with him, "You pathetic fools... You're not the only ones with Digimentals now!" Reaching into his cape, he revealed the unexpected element that would tip the scales of battle, a steel-spiked digi-egg. "Wormmon, stand up and make yourself useful. Armour digivolve!"
"What?!" the Digidestined shouted at once. "How can there be another Digimental?! Isn't there supposed to be only eight?" Daisuke questioned with the others, but Taichi caught on to the new turn of events.
"But Ken, is that really necessary?..." Wormmon whined, but the Kaiser's cold eyes stated no one questions his orders. Wormmon still didn't want to fight, always using it as a last resort. WarGreymon took advantage of the caterpillar's hesitation and flew down to meet the Kaiser face to face. The Dark Emperor was startled and angry with Wormmon at the same time. WarGreymon charged the tiny child, sending him crashing to a tree. Wormmon was furious by the assault, and his loyalty to Ken outmatched his ethics. "Ken no! You're gonna pay for that! WORMMON, ARMOUR DIGIVOLVE TO..." Rays of blood red surrounded the green digimon in sharp contrast with his skin, "DRAGOONMON! Soldier of Hate!" A two-legged dragon of all red with green strips emerged from the light with silver fangs and horns on his head. His face, chest, and limbs were covered by black armour with the spiral Crest of Hate on each piece.
Another digimental?...It can't be 'theirs'... The idea had hit Taichi like a truck. If the Digimental of Hate existed, the other Darkdestined's crests must be Digimentals too... "WarGreymon! Focus your attacks on Dragoonmon!" The old leader turned to the five children still stunned by the new turn of events, "You guys have the Greymons and Tyrannomons cleared out as fast as you can. We need them out of the way to fight Dragoonmon. I'm going after that Kaiser!"
Miyako saluted in acceptance and the three armoured digimon and two angels started to round up the dinosaurs. The Digimon Kaiser, recovered from the attack, snapped his whip to reinforce his next command, "Dragoonmon! Finish them off for good!" Taichi imitated WarGreymon and tackled the Kaiser to the ground. He took a swipe at the older boy's legs and punched his stomach. Taichi caught his breath quickly and swiftly countered with a right hook to the jaw. The Kaiser's sunglasses fell to the ground, revealing the cold light blue eyes. Blood trickled down his chin as Taichi lifted him up by the collar.
"Do you give up?" Taichi gave him the last call for surrender.
The Kaiser clenched his teeth, "Never..." He unleashed his whip and smashed the handle on Taichi's head, leaving a cut on the side of his forehead. He lost his grip on the Dark Emperor who grabbed his glasses and ran towards Dragoonmon as he cursed the older boy, "You'll pay for that Taichi Yagami! No one makes the Kaiser bleed!"
The red monster flared his nostrils in response and opened his jaws right at WarGreymon, "BLOOD BREATH!" Just like its name sake, a river of acidic blood flowed from his mouth and sprayed the surprised WarGreymon. His armour started to smoke from the sour-stenched liquid and his orange skin began to burn. He collapsed to the ground, writhing from the pain soaring through his entire body.
"Put him out of his misery." the Kaiser ordered. Devilmon took one giant leap and landed inches away from WarGreymon. His giant claws were raised to execute the final blow.
"No! WarGreymon!" Taichi shouted.
"FlameDramon! Do something!" Daisuke ordered but his digimon was too far away to react in time. Piedmon was struggling with his own problems to help. With no one else to ask help, Taichi sprinted towards his partner on his own. But that was when something unexpected occurred.
A blur of black pierced through Dragoonmon's claws to slice them to pieces. The black glow landed near a Greymon and chanted its attack, "SOUL DRAIN!" Purple lightning paralysed the dinosaur and a ball of black energy grew from absorbing the flashes of light until the Greymon de-evolved to an Agumon. The dark figure took the black orb in hand and let it cover its entire body, "SCYTHEMON, HYBRID DIGIVOLVE TO...GREYSCYTHEMON!" Scythemon?! It was a name Taichi could never forget. The light faded to reveal a human female dressed in black and navy-blue stood with a Greymon mask. Blue-stripped orange gloves supported her giant scythe but she didn't need it to attack. One gloved hand raised against Dragoonmon, she unleashed her attack, "DARK NOVA BLAST!" A black comet of fire crashed into Dragoonmon, sending him back to Rookie level. "I suggest you leave Kaiser!"
The Dark Emperor wasn't too thrilled to meet up with the one major obstacle on his domination of the island, "GreyScythemon? You should call yourself Chameleonmon for all the transformations you do." GreyScythemon approached him in steady strides.
"You're in no position to mock me Kaiser. You are outnumbered, out matched and simply out witted. You should know by now you can't conquer my sanctuary." She laid her scythe to her side, and waited for the Kaiser's answer. The injured Wormmon crawled to his master's side, but the Kaiser didn't pay any attention to him. GreyScythemon saw the pain in the digimon's eyes, "Take care of your Wormmon Kaiser. Someone as loyal as he deserves to be treated better." Wormmon rubbed his head against his master much like a puppy would to gain attention.
The Kaiser peered down at his digimon and for a brief moment, understood what GreyScythemon said. He picked up the green digimon and called for one of the Tyrannomons. "This isn't the last battle Digidestined. It's far from over!" He called for a withdrawal from the battle and any digimon that still had the dark spirals heeded his commanded. Soon, they were out of sight.
The GreyScythemon de-evolved back to Scythemon and greeted the familiar boy, "Nice to see you again Taichi."
"You know her?!" Daisuke exclaimed. Miyako and Iori shook hands with the black figure. All their digimon returned to their Rookie forms and greeted the mysterious figure.
Taichi didn't know how to react but he shook hands to cover his disbelief. She's still alive... "What are you doing here? I mean..."
"This is my territory, a sanctuary for digimon who wish to be left alone from the Kaiser." Scythemon spoke in a monotone voice. Piedmon stood by her side. Off in the distance, an explosion echoed through the sky. "Damn, another one. Piedmon, show them the way out. And Taichi," a slight smile formed on her lips, "tell Yamato I said hi." She leapt off to the source of the explosion.
"Well, she isn't the most hospitable digimon is she?" Miyako mocked.
"Actually," Hikari said, "she's human."
"What?! There's another Digidestined?!" Daisuke readied his fists.
"It's a long story." Taichi calmed the hotheaded Daisuke, "Piedmon, I guess you really are benign or else you would be slicing us up right now." The clown just smirked by the comment. "Anyways, what is going on here? Where is she going?"
"A lot has changed," Piedmon started, "This, as Scythemon said, is her island. But it turned into a sanctuary when the Kaiser appeared. She allowed the fleeing digimon to enter and she guarded the island from his attacks."
"So is she the secret to why this place never had any spires?" Iori asked.
"Yes," Piedmon continued his story, "but that Kaiser is a very stubborn boy. He continues to attack and Scythemon and I are the only ones defending this island. The other digimon are too scared or too lazy to help in the defences. That explosion is most likely from one of the Kaiser's armies. She's off again to fight."
"Then why don't you fight with her?" Agumon asked, still cautious of the dark clown.
"If I could then I would. But she won't allow it. She feels responsible for this whole island and its inhabitants."
Tailmon purred her way into the conversation, "Then why doesn't she just take the battle to the Kaiser?"
"She won't. If she did, she would be like the Kaiser invading homelands... That's how she sees it anyway." A hint of bitterness was in Piedmon's voice.
Taichi caught the uncertainty, "But you think that she should attack."
"Uhh," Daisuke interrupted, "am I missing something here?"
"C'mon. We'll tell you all about it." Takeru offered but was pulled off to one side by Taichi. Hikari started to explain while Daisuke held on to every note of her voice. "What is it Tai?" the blonde asked.
"Do you think we should tell Matt about her?" Taichi was concerned by the discovery. Yamato didn't have the most pleasant with Scythemon but he still cared for her.
"Oh..." Takeru was unsure himself, "I don't know. He was pretty depressed when she left."
"Well, we'll just keep it a secret for now." Taichi took hold of Takeru's shoulders, "Don't tell him. At least not yet." Taichi looked over the shoulders he gripped, "And make sure those three don't say anything either."
Off in the bushes, by the nearest jungle, the Dark Emperor listened in silence. Yamato?...
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"What do you think your doing just standing there?"
"You again?!" Yamato shouted in the darkness. "You've been popping up for the last two weeks."
An 11 year-old Yamato appeared under a spotlight, "You're not done yet. Go and find her."
"'Her'? You don't mean..."
"Yamato. If you are there, she will find herself. If you go to her, you will find yourself. Your eyes will be opened by these trials. Take Courage and declare Friendships you refuse to see." The younger Yamato faded with the darkness.
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"Matt!"
Yamato snapped out of his trance. The band members stood with worried looks as Yamato tried to come back to his senses. "Sorry guys. I must've zoned out for a moment..."
"A moment? You were out for like five minutes!" the drummer exclaimed, "Are you really alright?"
"Maybe we should wrap up the rehearsal for today." the other guitarist suggested. "Go get some rest Matt. We'll continue tomorrow."
"Thanks guys." Yamato packed his bass guitar and left his band mates behind. Instead of heading straight home, he took a turn towards Iori's house. "Midori..." The dreams returned again and they still urged the same thing from three years ago.
It was about time he fullfilled his mission.
Arriving at the door of Iori's apartment, he knocked in quiet taps. The small boy opened slowly to see a tall blonde at his doorway. "Matt! What are you doing here?"
"Sorry to bother you this late in the afternoon but, I have a favour to ask." Iori opened the door wider, hearing the serious tone in Yamato's voice, "Can you open the gate to the Digiworld for me?"
"Is there trouble again?" Iori asked.
"No, I just want to go that's all." Yamato bit his lip, At least I hope there is no trouble...
"Maybe you should ask Takeru to go with you..." Iori was trying hard not to tell him about the dark human girl.
Yamato smiled, "He'd start pelting me with questions that I'd rather not answer." The blonde dropped to one knee, "Please? I just have to resolve something there."
Iori hesitated, but couldn't find a reason to say he couldn't. "Alright."
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The beginning is always boring huh?... Again, I had no time to proofread fully so it might be awkward. How do you like the fic so far? It will be a long one too. And please review as often as you can for any of my fics and to other authors. It's nice to know there's a name behind with the person who reads it. I mean, if no one reviewed, I wouldn't be writing right now. Just one review got me going and I was rewarded with more encouraging memos. I want to thank those people and to continue with it. Wait, this became a rant didn't it?...That wasn't suppose to happen! Well, again, next chapter, "Revelation 2" will be up probably next weekend too. Till then...^_^
Author's Note: Hello to you all again! The second part of my loooooooooooong fic is up and I kept my word of uploading it on the weekend. Sorry for ending the Ch. 8 of "Crests of Destiny" abruptly, but I didn't get time to proofread or anything. I might re-write it someday...(of course for me, those "somedays" never come...) Anywayz, this takes place in Season 02 cause I really want to write something with the Digimon Kaiser in it!! He's sooo cool!! And Yamato....*uncontrollable drooling* Before I flood my room, I'll start the fic. Remember, this is a continuation of "Crests of Destiny" so if you just read this part, you will most likely be confused. So the remedy? Go read the "Crests of Destiny"! I mean, how hard is it to type in the title or author and press search?
WARNING!!!: Shounen ai (boyxboy) alert!!! Nothing physical. If you've read ch. 8 of "Crests of Destiny", you know what it means. There is no shounen ai in this chapter, but as the story goes on, it'll be pretty obvious it's there. Don't like, don't read or imagine them as friends... (I always say that...:) I'm warning now so those people who will keep reading won't be shocked.
Remember: thoughts
============================================================================================================================= "Revelation 1: Sanctuary Guardian"
By Cloud Ishida
"Knuckle Fire!!" The dark ring was set into flames with FlameDramon's last attack. The wild SeaDramon's eyes turned from red to their shining blue eyes. The Warrior of Courage de-evolved back to V-mon and collapsed in exhaustion.
Daisuke ran over to him and began to throw his blue digimon in the air in celebration. "You were great V-mon! No one can beat my bestest buddy!" V-mon blushed and laughed at the same time. Behind the two, Shurimon and Digmon demolished the dark spire and restored all the digimon within the area. That is, all those who still had the old dark rings. The new dark spiral was another story. "Hey guys, it's getting late. We should get going."
"No it's not! You just want to satisfy your grumbling stomach!" Miyako pointed out. But she didn't argue with the thought of food as her stomach started to growl and they all started to go back to the television gateway.
Iori fiddled with his D-3 to boot up the Digital Map. The black square they were in had turned white, but his eyes kept shifting to the bunched up white squares. "Is something wrong Iori?" Hikari asked.
"Not really. I was just wondering about this thing." He pointed to the white island that seemed very isolated from other lands. "I was thinking why it's always white."
"Why don't you ask Izzy about it?" Takeru suggested, "He's into those paradox things anyway."
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"You guys did a pretty good job on your own. I guess you don't need old geezers like us to help you out." Taichi joked as he shook hands with Daisuke. "Next time, try not to show off so much. The faster you finish each mission, the better."
"Hey if ya gotta do something right, do it in style!" The new digidestined leader made a peace sign in response.
"Well, don't celebrate too early. There are still a lot of spires left." Koushiro pointed out to the Digital Map on screen after Iori requested for it. "And Iori did bring up a good point about this area..." He magnified the white mass of squares on his computer. "Since the beginning, I've never seen it turn black."
"Well isn't that a good thing?" Taichi asked. The In-Training digimon ravaged the snacks Miyako brought while Patamon and Gatomon watched with a sweat drop.
"I'm not sure... Every other place had at least one spire at one time or another. But this area hadn't even been touched." Koushiro tapped his pencil in a rythm to balance his thoughts. "What makes this area so special?"
"Well, maybe it's just too far away?" Daisuke suggested through his second helping of a cupcake.
Entering commands on the computer, the map turned to full screen. "No, these islands are even further from the Kaiser's castle and they have five spires." It really doesn't make any sense... The genius couldn't make any connection. "If there is something special about this place, maybe we can use the information to prevent other spires to be built."
"Well we should do it tomorrow." Miyako headed for the door, "I promised my parents I'd help at the store."
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Screens shattered and wires cackled into life with electricity. Nearly every screen was destroyed by the Digimon Kaiser's rage. Another area was released from his iron fist and losing more and more everyday by the Digidestined. His patience was wearing very thin. "What is going on?! My plans should be foolproof yet those brats keep winning!" Another punch to a small screen sent it to pieces. The glass was starting to stick through his glove as blood soaked his glove. "What am I doing wrong?!"
"Ken, don't be angry..." Wormmon whimpered. His blue eyes held nothing but sorrow for his master. The tag around his neck glowed a faint blue.
"Shut up!" the Kaiser roared, "I told you to not call me that!... I need to calm down... I'll make more mistakes in rage." He breathed deep to bring back his cool composure and settled towards Wormmon. "Is the army of Greymons and Tyrannomons ready?" Wormmon slowly nodded his head. "Good. We'll attack in the morning. I'll be going personally to oversee everything. Now, let's see how the projects are progressing." He picked up the cracked tag from Wormmon and glared at it in delight. "This will be their downfall..."
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"*YAWN* So Izzy, what's the big emergency that you had to call so early in the morning?" Daisuke's eyes were still full of sleep on an early Saturday morning. The digimon were still snoring loudly in the children's bags.
"It seems the Digimon Kaiser's made an early assault on our mystery island. Is everyone ready?" Koushiro tapped in codes to their destination.
Takeru looked left and right, "Kari's not here yet."
"Yes I am!" A voice called from the hallway. The girl in pink jumped into the computer room with her sleepwalking brother behind. "Sorry I'm late, but Tai wouldn't wake up and lagged behind."
"Hey, it's 6:30 on a Saturday. No one wakes up that early." The 14 year-old rubbed his eyes to get a better view of the group. "Hey, isn't Matt coming with us Takeru?"
The blonde took out his digivice, "I couldn't get a hold of him. He's probably at rehearsals."
"Well, we don't need that many people anyway. It's just a routine attack anyway." Daisuke assured. Taichi nodded in agreement and joined the new Digidestined to the Digiworld.
"Good luck guys." Koushiro whispered under his breath.
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The cracks of a whip echoed throughout the open jungle as digimon fled in all directions. Red-eyed Greymons swamped the jungle in flames. The Digimon Kaiser fought his own battles with Rookie digimon and won every time. Wormmon hid behind his master's leg but the Kaiser almost stepped on him in the heat of battle. Left and right the digimon were caught and rounded up by Greymons. That was when the counter-attack started.
"TRUMP SWORD!!" Blades pierced through the Greymon the Kaiser was on. The orange dinosaur collapsed in pain and the blood stained the ground red. The Kaiser jumped off to avoid being crushed by the massive body. "CLOWN TRICK!" A wave of energy pulsated through the air but the Dark Emperor evaded in time.
"Piedmon! You're still alive?... How unfortunate." The Kaiser sneered at the clown who had landed on the bloody soil. "You're not the top of the crop any more. Why don't you just give up?" He rode up on one of the Greymons and left behind his green servant on the ground.
Piedmon sheathed his three swords and held the fourth in a battle pose. "This area is off limits to someone such as you. The Lady has ordered it."
"Humph. She has no authority over me! She won't be around this time to help your hide. Four of my armies are attacking the island this very minute. She'll be too busy to help you." The Kaiser cackled in delight of his strategy. "Greymon! Attack Piedmon all at once!"
"I don't think so! FIRE ROCKET!" Flames burned through two Greymons' dark spirals.
"CELESTIAL ARROW!" The ray of light pierced another dark spiral of the Greymon the Kaiser was riding on. Coming to its senses, the orange dinosaur shook of its rider and trampled off into the jungle.
The Digimon Kaiser quickly got to his feet and lashed his whip out in defence, "You again?! Why must you always meddle with my plans?!"
"I thought you would be used to losing by now!" Daisuke mocked the Dark Emperor, making him furious in retaliation.
Taichi made his way through the battle to Piedmon, who was obviously exhausted from battling, "I never expected to see you fighting for defenceless digimon. Shouldn't you be wreaking havoc throughout the land for total control?"
"Time changes even the darkest of the Dark Masters; I never thought that I would be a Benign Virus again...and I didn't ask you for help." He deflected two Nova Blasts with a swift punch and guarded another from Taichi. "Who would have thought I'd be helping the Digidestined."
The brown-haired boy thanked him very awkwardly, "Why are you helping anyway?" Shurimon sneaked pass the dinosaurs' defences giving Digmon a chance to destroy the spirals. "And more importantly, where is 'she'?" The clown was too pre-occupied by the emergence of more Greymons and now, Tyrannomons. The digimon and children were quickly being over powered in numbers. "Hey Agumon! Get ready to digivolve!"
"Alrighty!" The yellow dinosaur took the lead of the armoured diriment, "AGUMON, WARP DIGIVOLVE TO...WARGREYMON!!" The children and their digimon were awestruck since it was their first time to see a Warp evolution. Hikari and Takeru cheered for their old friend. With speed as fast as lightning, the metal claws sliced through most of the Greymon and Tyrannomons' spirals; releasing them from the Kaiser's dark spell.
The Kaiser wasn't about to retreat without taking more down in defeat with him, "You pathetic fools... You're not the only ones with Digimentals now!" Reaching into his cape, he revealed the unexpected element that would tip the scales of battle, a steel-spiked digi-egg. "Wormmon, stand up and make yourself useful. Armour digivolve!"
"What?!" the Digidestined shouted at once. "How can there be another Digimental?! Isn't there supposed to be only eight?" Daisuke questioned with the others, but Taichi caught on to the new turn of events.
"But Ken, is that really necessary?..." Wormmon whined, but the Kaiser's cold eyes stated no one questions his orders. Wormmon still didn't want to fight, always using it as a last resort. WarGreymon took advantage of the caterpillar's hesitation and flew down to meet the Kaiser face to face. The Dark Emperor was startled and angry with Wormmon at the same time. WarGreymon charged the tiny child, sending him crashing to a tree. Wormmon was furious by the assault, and his loyalty to Ken outmatched his ethics. "Ken no! You're gonna pay for that! WORMMON, ARMOUR DIGIVOLVE TO..." Rays of blood red surrounded the green digimon in sharp contrast with his skin, "DRAGOONMON! Soldier of Hate!" A two-legged dragon of all red with green strips emerged from the light with silver fangs and horns on his head. His face, chest, and limbs were covered by black armour with the spiral Crest of Hate on each piece.
Another digimental?...It can't be 'theirs'... The idea had hit Taichi like a truck. If the Digimental of Hate existed, the other Darkdestined's crests must be Digimentals too... "WarGreymon! Focus your attacks on Dragoonmon!" The old leader turned to the five children still stunned by the new turn of events, "You guys have the Greymons and Tyrannomons cleared out as fast as you can. We need them out of the way to fight Dragoonmon. I'm going after that Kaiser!"
Miyako saluted in acceptance and the three armoured digimon and two angels started to round up the dinosaurs. The Digimon Kaiser, recovered from the attack, snapped his whip to reinforce his next command, "Dragoonmon! Finish them off for good!" Taichi imitated WarGreymon and tackled the Kaiser to the ground. He took a swipe at the older boy's legs and punched his stomach. Taichi caught his breath quickly and swiftly countered with a right hook to the jaw. The Kaiser's sunglasses fell to the ground, revealing the cold light blue eyes. Blood trickled down his chin as Taichi lifted him up by the collar.
"Do you give up?" Taichi gave him the last call for surrender.
The Kaiser clenched his teeth, "Never..." He unleashed his whip and smashed the handle on Taichi's head, leaving a cut on the side of his forehead. He lost his grip on the Dark Emperor who grabbed his glasses and ran towards Dragoonmon as he cursed the older boy, "You'll pay for that Taichi Yagami! No one makes the Kaiser bleed!"
The red monster flared his nostrils in response and opened his jaws right at WarGreymon, "BLOOD BREATH!" Just like its name sake, a river of acidic blood flowed from his mouth and sprayed the surprised WarGreymon. His armour started to smoke from the sour-stenched liquid and his orange skin began to burn. He collapsed to the ground, writhing from the pain soaring through his entire body.
"Put him out of his misery." the Kaiser ordered. Devilmon took one giant leap and landed inches away from WarGreymon. His giant claws were raised to execute the final blow.
"No! WarGreymon!" Taichi shouted.
"FlameDramon! Do something!" Daisuke ordered but his digimon was too far away to react in time. Piedmon was struggling with his own problems to help. With no one else to ask help, Taichi sprinted towards his partner on his own. But that was when something unexpected occurred.
A blur of black pierced through Dragoonmon's claws to slice them to pieces. The black glow landed near a Greymon and chanted its attack, "SOUL DRAIN!" Purple lightning paralysed the dinosaur and a ball of black energy grew from absorbing the flashes of light until the Greymon de-evolved to an Agumon. The dark figure took the black orb in hand and let it cover its entire body, "SCYTHEMON, HYBRID DIGIVOLVE TO...GREYSCYTHEMON!" Scythemon?! It was a name Taichi could never forget. The light faded to reveal a human female dressed in black and navy-blue stood with a Greymon mask. Blue-stripped orange gloves supported her giant scythe but she didn't need it to attack. One gloved hand raised against Dragoonmon, she unleashed her attack, "DARK NOVA BLAST!" A black comet of fire crashed into Dragoonmon, sending him back to Rookie level. "I suggest you leave Kaiser!"
The Dark Emperor wasn't too thrilled to meet up with the one major obstacle on his domination of the island, "GreyScythemon? You should call yourself Chameleonmon for all the transformations you do." GreyScythemon approached him in steady strides.
"You're in no position to mock me Kaiser. You are outnumbered, out matched and simply out witted. You should know by now you can't conquer my sanctuary." She laid her scythe to her side, and waited for the Kaiser's answer. The injured Wormmon crawled to his master's side, but the Kaiser didn't pay any attention to him. GreyScythemon saw the pain in the digimon's eyes, "Take care of your Wormmon Kaiser. Someone as loyal as he deserves to be treated better." Wormmon rubbed his head against his master much like a puppy would to gain attention.
The Kaiser peered down at his digimon and for a brief moment, understood what GreyScythemon said. He picked up the green digimon and called for one of the Tyrannomons. "This isn't the last battle Digidestined. It's far from over!" He called for a withdrawal from the battle and any digimon that still had the dark spirals heeded his commanded. Soon, they were out of sight.
The GreyScythemon de-evolved back to Scythemon and greeted the familiar boy, "Nice to see you again Taichi."
"You know her?!" Daisuke exclaimed. Miyako and Iori shook hands with the black figure. All their digimon returned to their Rookie forms and greeted the mysterious figure.
Taichi didn't know how to react but he shook hands to cover his disbelief. She's still alive... "What are you doing here? I mean..."
"This is my territory, a sanctuary for digimon who wish to be left alone from the Kaiser." Scythemon spoke in a monotone voice. Piedmon stood by her side. Off in the distance, an explosion echoed through the sky. "Damn, another one. Piedmon, show them the way out. And Taichi," a slight smile formed on her lips, "tell Yamato I said hi." She leapt off to the source of the explosion.
"Well, she isn't the most hospitable digimon is she?" Miyako mocked.
"Actually," Hikari said, "she's human."
"What?! There's another Digidestined?!" Daisuke readied his fists.
"It's a long story." Taichi calmed the hotheaded Daisuke, "Piedmon, I guess you really are benign or else you would be slicing us up right now." The clown just smirked by the comment. "Anyways, what is going on here? Where is she going?"
"A lot has changed," Piedmon started, "This, as Scythemon said, is her island. But it turned into a sanctuary when the Kaiser appeared. She allowed the fleeing digimon to enter and she guarded the island from his attacks."
"So is she the secret to why this place never had any spires?" Iori asked.
"Yes," Piedmon continued his story, "but that Kaiser is a very stubborn boy. He continues to attack and Scythemon and I are the only ones defending this island. The other digimon are too scared or too lazy to help in the defences. That explosion is most likely from one of the Kaiser's armies. She's off again to fight."
"Then why don't you fight with her?" Agumon asked, still cautious of the dark clown.
"If I could then I would. But she won't allow it. She feels responsible for this whole island and its inhabitants."
Tailmon purred her way into the conversation, "Then why doesn't she just take the battle to the Kaiser?"
"She won't. If she did, she would be like the Kaiser invading homelands... That's how she sees it anyway." A hint of bitterness was in Piedmon's voice.
Taichi caught the uncertainty, "But you think that she should attack."
"Uhh," Daisuke interrupted, "am I missing something here?"
"C'mon. We'll tell you all about it." Takeru offered but was pulled off to one side by Taichi. Hikari started to explain while Daisuke held on to every note of her voice. "What is it Tai?" the blonde asked.
"Do you think we should tell Matt about her?" Taichi was concerned by the discovery. Yamato didn't have the most pleasant with Scythemon but he still cared for her.
"Oh..." Takeru was unsure himself, "I don't know. He was pretty depressed when she left."
"Well, we'll just keep it a secret for now." Taichi took hold of Takeru's shoulders, "Don't tell him. At least not yet." Taichi looked over the shoulders he gripped, "And make sure those three don't say anything either."
Off in the bushes, by the nearest jungle, the Dark Emperor listened in silence. Yamato?...
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"What do you think your doing just standing there?"
"You again?!" Yamato shouted in the darkness. "You've been popping up for the last two weeks."
An 11 year-old Yamato appeared under a spotlight, "You're not done yet. Go and find her."
"'Her'? You don't mean..."
"Yamato. If you are there, she will find herself. If you go to her, you will find yourself. Your eyes will be opened by these trials. Take Courage and declare Friendships you refuse to see." The younger Yamato faded with the darkness.
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"Matt!"
Yamato snapped out of his trance. The band members stood with worried looks as Yamato tried to come back to his senses. "Sorry guys. I must've zoned out for a moment..."
"A moment? You were out for like five minutes!" the drummer exclaimed, "Are you really alright?"
"Maybe we should wrap up the rehearsal for today." the other guitarist suggested. "Go get some rest Matt. We'll continue tomorrow."
"Thanks guys." Yamato packed his bass guitar and left his band mates behind. Instead of heading straight home, he took a turn towards Iori's house. "Midori..." The dreams returned again and they still urged the same thing from three years ago.
It was about time he fullfilled his mission.
Arriving at the door of Iori's apartment, he knocked in quiet taps. The small boy opened slowly to see a tall blonde at his doorway. "Matt! What are you doing here?"
"Sorry to bother you this late in the afternoon but, I have a favour to ask." Iori opened the door wider, hearing the serious tone in Yamato's voice, "Can you open the gate to the Digiworld for me?"
"Is there trouble again?" Iori asked.
"No, I just want to go that's all." Yamato bit his lip, At least I hope there is no trouble...
"Maybe you should ask Takeru to go with you..." Iori was trying hard not to tell him about the dark human girl.
Yamato smiled, "He'd start pelting me with questions that I'd rather not answer." The blonde dropped to one knee, "Please? I just have to resolve something there."
Iori hesitated, but couldn't find a reason to say he couldn't. "Alright."
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The beginning is always boring huh?... Again, I had no time to proofread fully so it might be awkward. How do you like the fic so far? It will be a long one too. And please review as often as you can for any of my fics and to other authors. It's nice to know there's a name behind with the person who reads it. I mean, if no one reviewed, I wouldn't be writing right now. Just one review got me going and I was rewarded with more encouraging memos. I want to thank those people and to continue with it. Wait, this became a rant didn't it?...That wasn't suppose to happen! Well, again, next chapter, "Revelation 2" will be up probably next weekend too. Till then...^_^