Digimon Frontier Deluxe

Disclaimer: Check chapter 1.

Takeshi: Good day to you fellows. We bring to you another chapter of Digimon Frontier Deluxe.

Manabu: JP has his battle with Takuya, and then Duskmon arrives.

Yusei: Before we begin let's give thanks to the authors on who inspired us to write this story.

Takeshi: Inspired? Who-

Yusei: They are authors of Digimon stories who gave TCM the inspiration to go through with this idea: Sakura Martinez, Red Page, yugiohfan163, blackandblood, and Fernclaw.

Manabu: What about ripitupgenki?

Takeshi: She only did one. Doesn't really count.

Julia: Let's move onto the show.

Yusei: You heard the old lady; let the show begi-*gets pummeled by the Crimson Knight*

Manabu:...You heard the man.

Chapter 2: Chaos Abend

In the darkness of the wasteland, Duskmon exits a nearby forest. His eyes unable to leave what he saw, he turns his attention to a faint green image in the distance. "Kouji... Who are you, and why do I feel like I know you?"

He moves a little closer, and surmises the green figure for who he is. He then notices a symbol coming from behind one of the lower orbs. He walks forward, feeling the presence of evil.

Inside...

"JP, I don't know what's wrong with you, but there's no way I can fight you," Takuya reasons with the big guy.

"Don't try to squirm out of this you selfish bastard!" Blitzmon states, still waiting for him to transform.

'What are you crazy? He's human now! Smite him with your lightning!' the voice tells him.

'No! There's no victory against a defenseless man. If I can't beat him when he's not a Digimon, what's the point?' he responds back to the voice. "Come on. What are you waiting for?"

"Are you out of your bug-brain mind?" Kouji barks to the blue Digimon.

"Stay out of this. This is between me and him!" Blitzmon stares down at Takuya, who now begins to stand.

'His eyes...' Takuya begins to notice the look in his eyes. From what he sees he's beginning to feel something's forcing him to do it. He doesn't remember Blitzmon being able to use blue lightning. "Alright, I'll do it."

"What?!" Zoe turns to the goggle boy. "Are you even crazier than him?!"

"Takuya-niichan, don't do it! What will fighting accomplish?" Tommy says.

"It'll help me understand what's making him do this." Takuya takes out his D-Scanner. "Spirit Evolution – Agunimon!"

Becoming Agunimon, the two Digimon Hybrids face one another. Kouji pulls Zoe and Tommy back. A snicker resounds in the background around them, and an arena soon forms from the sand. The two Digimon now stand in a wrestling ring. "That's what I wanted from you; Lightning Bomber!"

"Fire Dash!" Agunimon charges forward surrounded by fire and impacts Blitzmon into a tackle; the two opposing forces of flame and lightning clash violently. The others back away quickly, to avoid getting caught.

The two back away, and Blitzmon throws a right jab to send the Demon Man Digimon into the dirt. He then flies in the air to gather lightning around his fists. "Thor Hammer!"

Agunimon gets struck, crying out in pain before kicking him back. "Fire Darts!" His bits of flames force Blitzmon back, allowing him to stand. "Burning Salamander!"

"Thor Hammer!" Once again, fire and lightning collide. Though Blitzmon has the advantage of his weight and gravity, forcing Agunimon to parry him to the side and back hand him.

"Kouji, we gotta do something!" Zoe says, unable to watch this duel.

"Let's leave it to Takuya," he tells her.

"How can we just let this go on?" Tommy adds, joining Zoe's side.

"JP's under control." His words shock the Italian girl. "Takuya noticed it, so he went along with the fight to lure out whatever's causing it."

"That's right... The same thing happened to Tommy before," Zoe says, remembering the time Tommy fell under the spell of Bakumon.

'JP, what's controlling you? And how?' Takuya asks himself as he continues to fight him. "Fire Darts!"

"Mjolnir Thunder!" Blitzmon ducks underneath the flames, and uses it as an opportunity to strike Agunimon with lightning successfully. "Lightning Bomber!"

Still in pain from the light, Agunimon couldn't dodge the horn attack in time and hits the edge of the ring. He clutches his injured ribs as he stands back up. "Ready to surrender, and admit I'm better?"

'Is that why he's doing this? Because he wants to be better than me?' "JP, I have nothing to prove to you by beating you, and neither do you. What's this really about?" he questions, hoping to stall a bit to get used to his now deterring condition.

"It's nothing more than that! I want the respect you have, and the only way to get it is by proving I'm better than you!" Blitzmon responds with fists charged with electricity. "You don't even deserve everyone relying on you like you're somehow our leader, especially when you pushed me in here!"

"What?" This comes as a shock to Agunimon. "I didn't push you here; you disappeared when our backs were turned!"

"No, it's a lie! You pushed me in here when I saw that eye; you wanted to get rid of me!" Blitzmon's blue aura begins to shine brighter.

"JP, that's impossible!" Tommy says before coming forward. Blitzmon turns his eyes to Tommy. "Takuya-niichan was with us looking at the sponge-looking wall when you disappeared. He couldn't have down it!"

"What?" Blitzmon slowly calms down, the light around him beginning to diminish. "No, you're just covering for him!"

"JP, he's telling the truth. You can't really believe your friends would really put your life in danger would you?" Kouji adds, though a little shocked he's actually so involved in this.

"Kouji…"

"Knock it off JP!" Zoe chirps in too.

'Don't listen to them! They're threatened by your power too!' The voice in his head returns after having taken a chill pill for the fight. 'They're afraid of how strong you are, so they're trying to mess with your head by covering for that fool. Trust me, JP.'

"What? No!" Blitzmon grabs his head, the blue aura fluctuating unstably. "Who are you!?"

'I told you, I'm your conscience. In essence, I'm you.'

"YOU CAN'T BE ME! MY NAME IS JUNPEI, NOT JP!" Blitzmon tries harder to fight back the influence inside of him.

The others notice this and realize he's starting to break out of it. "Come on JP! Fight whatever's in there!"

"Lotta! You can do it, big guy!" shouts Zoe as she cheers for JP to break free.

'So what if I am? I'm right aren't I?'

'No! You're wrong! Even if Takuya was an idiot, I don't need to kill him to prove anything! Now get the hell out of my head!' With a final shout, Blitzmon expels the evil influence from his mind, and the blue aura disperses. He falls to his knees, reverting to JP.

Agunimon returns to being Takuya and approaches his friend. "JP, you cool now?"

"Y-Yeah… I'm sorry guys, Takuya," he says as he looks away shamefully. "I… I just felt that none of you guys respected me back when I led the group, and it ticked me off thinking no one appreciated me the way they did you."

"JP, that's crazy." Takuya holds a hand out to him, shocking the jumpsuit wearing DigiDestined. "You're as important a part of this team as me. As all of us really, even Kouji."

"Hey!" Kouji exclaims.

"Even if we don't say it every day we respect you. This battle against Cherubimon is about all of us, not just me. You have nothing to be jealous about." With his words, JP finally comes to terms with himself. He takes Takuya's hand and stands, though goggle boy cringes in pain from his rib injury earlier.

"Thanks man. I'm really sorry-"

"Don't mention it! You were being controlled, like Tommy back after that split up," he tells him. A shadow rises from JP's in the form of Blitzmon, and stands behind Takuya.

"Takuya, look out!" Zoe shouts suddenly. He turns around to see the shadow Blitzmon, and gets punched off the ring. She quickly Spirit Evolves into Fairymon and catches him before he hits the ground. "Gotcha!"

"Who was that guy?"

"Takuya!" JP shouts, before sighing out of relief at seeing Zoe catch him.

"Well, now that he's gone let's continue with Round 3," speaks the dark Blitzmon. "Even if you have nothing to be jealous about, you can't believe you actually have real friends."

"Are you the one who's been messing with my head?" Just the thought of the being who enticed him into attacking his friend like that angers JP. He raises his D-Scanner to evolve. "Spirit Evolution – Bolgmon!"

As the Beast Spirit of Thunder, Bolgmon towers over the black Blitzmon. "Oh please; I am your shadow! The rain on your back. I can take any form you do; Slide Evolution!" The Blitzmon transforms into a black Bolgmon.

Zoe returns to her human self, and all four DigiDestined watches their friend face his shadow. The two metal bugs raise their arms while charging. "Ultimate Thunder!"

The two fire, though their attacks are relatively even. JP however moves in closer to the impostor, aiming his horn cannon at him. "What?! Are you crazy?! That move's too dangerous close up!"

"Sucks for you then. Field Destroyer!" Without aiming, JP fires his strongest attack and blows away the entire arena. The kids shield their eyes to block the light and sand, and as it clears JP is revealed in his human form face down in the sand.

"JP!" The group head to their friend, who begins to lightly pick himself up. Takuya then asks, "What was that?"

"I think we don't have to worry about me going out like that on you guys," JP says as he laughs. The others join in, save Kouji. 'That voice in my head is gone. I knew that was him then.'

"We still have a problem though, Kouji says as he looks around them. "We're still trapped in God knows whatever this place is."

"Yeah, and I still don't know what pushed me into here," JP says as he stands up.

Suddenly, a couple of wiggly hands rise up. "Nevermind!" As the hands come closer, an eyeball opens up below Zoe and she falls through. "Zoe!"

"Oh no, run!" Takuya says before he heads off away from the hands. Despite this, the hands push each and every last one of them into eyeballs, leaving that place a ghost town.

…

Duskmon continues to walk towards the towering being. "That's definitely Sephirotmon. Mercuremon must be pretty desperate to use his Beast Spirit." He then looks to the side. "You can come out now."

The figure in the shadows comes closer to Duskmon, revealing a cloaked Digimon. "You? How did you escape the Dark Area?"

"Doesn't matter, Duskmon. You have more important things to discover; that Kouji boy is connected to you, right?" Duskmon narrows his eyes and glares, leaving the figure to laugh. "Yes. They call that anger. Irritating, is it not?"

"What are you up to?" Without an answer, the being disappears into the shadows. "No matter. He's right though; I need to know the truth."

Back with the DigiDestined, they're currently outside of Sephirotmon on the ground. JP groans. "Well, so much for that plan."

"I believe we may need a new plan," says Bokomon as he approaches the humans.

"I believe, we're all in danger!" Neemon shouts in shock.

"Oh what is it now?" Bokomon looks up, and gasps upon seeing Duskmon flying towards Sephirotmon. The other kids notice, and can't believe their eyes upon seeing him enter through the barrier they failed to pass through.

"Oh great, now what?! Takuya and Kouji are still inside, and now Duskmon is!" complains Tommy in fear.

"We have to warn them somehow!" Bokomon says.

"How?!" JP asks frantically. "We're stuck out here! I mean, it's not like we can pick up a phone and call them!"

Zoe bites at her bottom lip out of frustration, staring down at her pink D-Scanner. An idea comes to mind. "I wonder…" She then stands and begins fiddling with her device. "Come on, come on…"

Inside…

"Kouji! Zoe! JP! Tommy!" shouts Takuya without the 'halls' between rooms. "Ah man. This sucks. I'd give for a way to talk to them."

Before he could gripe further, his D-Scanner begins acting up. "There's something new."

Zoe's symbol of Wind appears on the screen, and her voice comes through speaking, "Takuya, are you there?"

"Wow, ask and you shall receive. Zoe, is that you?"

"Non ci posso credere! It really is you, Takuya!" She gives a sigh of relief, her idea a complete success.

"How'd you get these to turn into walky-talky? No, never mind that. Where are you?"

"I'm outside with JP, Tommy, Bokomon and Neemon. But listen, you're inside of Sephirotmon," she tells him.

"The bad guy from Final Illusion VII?" he jokes.

Bokomon leans his head to the D-Scanner. "Sephirotmon; he's the Beast Spirit of Metal, Mercuremon's evolved form. He has you trapped inside of his body."

"… That explains the smell."

"This isn't a joke! As long as you're in there you will have to face everything Sephirotmon throws at you," the Digimon adds.

"We contacted you, but we still have yet to reach Kouji," Zoe speaks, looking to the side as JP and Tommy try to contact Kouji the same way. "It seems once you defeat a Digimon inside you get to go to an eye that leads to another room or outside, but once you leave it seems impossible to get back in. And now Duskmon is there and I think he's after Kouji. Please be careful!"

"Got it." Knowing the threat Duskmon poses, Takuya rushes towards the next portal. He may not be able to use his weather tuning with the Digital World in here, but he won't be afraid of Duskmon anymore. "Don't worry Kouji. I'm on my way!"

With said DigiDestined, Kouji looks around within the chamber of darkness. The only form of light in this place comes from above him faintly. As he walks closer to the light, he feels a dark presence in the room. "Kouji, who are you?"

Recognizing the voice, he quickly turns around. "Dusk-" Unfortunately Duskmon grabs him before he could make any further comment, hoisting him in the air.

"I can't take it anymore! I have to know the truth!" Duskmon stares into the panicked boy's eyes. "Who are you, why do I feel like I know you, and what made you come to this world? Your memories will tell me; Gedächtnisstörung!"

Darkness rises from the eyes of his forearm head into Kouji's body, causing him to cry out in pain. Through him Duskmon learns of the boy's recent past, from his falling out with his new mother to the phone call from Ophanimon that led him to this world while buying flowers for her. The memories themselves impact Duskmon harshly.

"What is this pain? Why am I so affected by him? Why should I care about him or his parents?" Duskmon screams in pain before dropping the boy, the darkness around him illuminated by an orange aura.

"That light…" Kouji notices it, eyes widen in shock. 'It was like with JP!'

'Yes Duskmon, let your anger grow. Kill this pissant of a human and cover this world in your darkness.' The light returns inside of his body, and Duskmon focuses his attention on Kouji. "I will blanket everything in the blackness that is me."

"I won't let that happen; I am the light that will stop you!" Kouji takes out his D-Scanner and evolves. "Spirit Evolution – Wolfmon!"

The two warriors of light and darkness stare down one another. After a while, a beam of red energy fires out of Duskmon's chest eye. Wolfmon shoots lasers from his eyes to counter, creating a smokescreen of light. They then charge in, Wolfmon drawing his Licht Schwert sword and Duskmon calling out his Blut Evolution blade, and clashing in a sword deadlock.

Meanwhile, Takuya wanders through a snowy arctic. "Man, Tommy would probably love this place."

"Hyojuken!" A frozen lion head flies down towards Takuya, who jumps to the side in time.

"Alright, who's giving me the cold shoulder?" Takuya looks up at the top of a cliff from where it came from, where he sees Panjamon, which looks like a white Leomon. "Who's that guy?"

"Hyojuken!" He throws another punch, releasing the ice head.

"Damn it, I don't have time to play neuter your pets. Spirit Evolution!" Takuya takes out his D-Scanner and evolves into Agunimon. "Agunimon!" With his new form he leaps in the air above the attack and kicks at Panjamon, but he backhands him to the side. That's when he notices something wrong with him. 'Wait, he's being controlled. Probably by Sephirotmon. I'll just purify him and he'll be better.'

Outside of said Digimon, Bokomon, Neemon, Tommy, Zoe and JP cheer for their friends in their respective battles. "Come on Wolfmon! Tear that creep apart!"

"Way to go, Zo!" JP says hearing the girl of the group say something so hardcore.

"You got it, Agunimon!" Tommy says as he and Neemon focus on his battle.

"Oh dear… He's struggling…" Bokomon says looking down.

"Which one? They're both doing well so far," Neemon responds before turning around.

"I'm talking about the baby. He's kicking." Everyone turns their heads over to Bokomon, holding Seraphimon's jiggling egg. "Oh no, he must be coming!"

Back to Action…

"Burning Salamander!" Agunimon throws his flaming punches towards Panjamon.

"Reikiko!" He releases a chilling breath that easily combats his move. They pass eachother, preparing for their next move on the leveled ground.

Agunimon raises his gauntlet, and flames rise up from the holes. 'First rule of combat; make the first strike!' "Fire Darts!" His flaming darts are blocked by Panjamon's dagger. But Agunimon continues to shoot them until he's close enough to pull off his real intentions. "Salamander Break!"

Summoning a tornado of flames he spins inside, yet Panjamon remains prideful and strong. The tornado ends, and Agunimon throws a kick at him, which he blocks using the same dagger. 'Not yet!' He lifts his other leg, ignited on fire, and slams the lion in the face. Flames char all over the Digimon, exposing his Digicode. "Alright, time to bring you out of the cold! Scan!" After scanning his code, Panjamon's Digiegg flies out of Sephirotmon.

With that over, Agunimon looks up to see two eyes. He sees one leads to the outside. "Alright, I'm out of here!" Before he could, he is reminded of what Zoe said. He can't leave yet, not until he can help Kouji. "I'll put that off til later. I'm coming, Kouji!"

With that, he heads into the other eyehole, where he comes out into the passageways like when they first came in.

Back with Kouji, he's still locked in battle against Duskmon. Holding the left sword reverse gripped, he still finds it hard to land a blow of any kind on his enemy. 'It's like he can see any opening I throw!'

Jumping over his blood swords, Wolfmon lands behind him. He then swings at his exposed back, but Duskmon blocks without having to look. That's when he notices one of his body eyes has been keeping track. 'Of course! His eyes are keeping track of my movements.'

"What's the matter, master of light? Fight me!"

"Licht Kugel!" Wolfmon fires a beam of light from his left arm shoulder cannon, but Duskmon moves his head to avoid it.

"There you go; you're taking this seriously. But I'm afraid you'll die before landing even a single hit at this pace!" he taunts before kicking Wolfmon aside. "Geist Abend!"

"Licht Kugel!" The two beam attacks collide with one another, but Duskmon's pushes through and pulverizes Wolfmon. 'He's right; I'll never hit him at this rate.' Standing, Wolfmon surrounds himself in data before becoming Garmmon. "Slide Evolution!"

Duskmon narrows his eyes. "So, you think a higher form of speed will help you?"

"Solar Lazer!" Garmmon's attack hits, but Duskmon deflects it using his Blut Evolution swords. Garmmon can only growl at his frustrating predicament.

"I'll give you something to growl about; you'll soon see why speed won't help you. Eroberung!" He raises his swords up and down to form a crimson moon, drawing energy into himself.

Garmmon unleashes his wheels and unfolds his Wing Blades. "Speed Star!" Rushing faster than light, not literally though, Garmmon drives towards Duskmon. The moon breaks apart, and Duskmon slashes at Garmmon with the power of red darkness. Garmmon yells in pain as he reverts to Kouji, falling face forward.

Satisfied with his work, Duskmon stares down at the fallen DigiDestined. "I understand that's all you have left, right?" He raises his right sword. "Any final words?"

"No… This can't be how it ends… I can't lose yet…" Kouji mutters, shivering at the realization of his weakness. "I'm…I'm sorry, mom. I tried to make things better."

"No, stop it…" Duskmon growls, the memories of Kouji's step-mother entering his mind. The yellow aura rises further within him. "BE QUIET!"

"I'M SORRY!" At that instance, Seraphimon's egg outside floats before the room Kouji is in, and a beam of light shoots from its symbol through the outer shell. Duskmon notes it, and steps to the side allowing the beam to hit the D-Scanner. The light blinds him.

"Gah! What is this hideous force of light?!"

Kouji becomes surrounded by a white light, where he sees the Spirits of Wolfmon and Garmon to his right and left respectively. "I get it… This is a brand new power."

Raising his D-Scanner, Kouji scans his hand's data. "Double Spirit Evolution!" He becomes surrounded by pure light as his two Spirits come together. With pieces mixed and matched from the individual Spirits, Kouji comes out a brand new Digimon. "BeoWolfmon!"

Outside, everyone looks in shock and awe at the appearance of BeoWolfmon, while inside Duskmon's anger begins to subside for the moment. "I see. You've been given a second chance at life, but I don't understand. Your life is miserable; what could you possibly have to live for?"

"I have people who care about me; even if I made a mistake, I've been given a second chance to correct it. Maybe you're so far gone you've forgotten what it feels like to care about others, or be appreciated."

"I don't have to take that from someone like you!" Duskmon rages again, charging forward to face this BeoWolfmon.

"Trinitat!" Raising his saber, BeoWolfmon slashes at Duskmon. Their clashing forces of light and darkness battle eachother. Kouji continues to fight back, despite being equal to Duskmon, but things change when he begins to see further through the Digimon.

To his shock, he sees another human child. "Who is that?!" Their energies collide further, causing an explosion that sends them rocketing out of Sephirotmon's eye.

Agunimon comes in at that moment. "Oh no, I'm too late; Kouji!"

The others watch as well as Kouji and Duskmon fly further down the Continent of Darkness into a forest. There, Duskmon is the first to rise as he begins to hear a familiar voice. "Duskmon, stand. You cannot let it end here. You have a duty to riddle the world with your darkness."

"Yes, master. I will!" The orange aura around Duskmon disperses, save for a little tint in his eyes. He then rushes off.

BeoWolfmon comes out from the trees he landed in. "I have to know…" 'I don't understand how, but whoever is inside of Duskmon is a child like us. I will save you, and find out who you really are Duskmon.'

As BeoWolfmon leaves the forest, another figure watches them. "How curious. Maybe we can use this to our advantage."

Takeshi: That ends this chapter. We'll see you on New Years Day.

Yusei: I hear something good will come next year.

Kenshin: Anyway, next time Takuya duels with Mercuremon, and finishes him off for good.