From Hope to Despair Chapter 04, a digimon fanfic

" From Hope to Despair "

Malcolm Yuy

Chapter 04

Synopsis: Hey there Takari fans! It's me, Malcolm Yuy!!! We are now in the drama/angst part of my fic, where most of the good stuff happens. Last time, Kari and the others discovered that T.K. was taken away, and tried to find who did it. They split up into two groups: younger kids search in the Real World, while the others would search in the Digital World. Izzy and Joe found a toenail, which belonged to an unknown digimon, but who might've had something to do with T.K's dissappearance. Izzy and the others then rounded up to visit the Digital World later, to go where Spiral Mountain was. Well, they ended up in a confrontation with Scubamon. After easily destroying them, guess who showed up on the battlefield. It was none other than the Mega Phantom Digimon, Daemon. What does he want now? And what does he have to do with T.K? Let's find out. Roll tape!!!

"Daemon???!!!!"

The digidestind and their digimon were terrified. How could they not be? Daemon was here in the Digital World! But it shouldn't have been posible, since they had trapped him in the Dark Ocean all those years ago. But, after all, Daemon was digimon not to be underestimated. He was a very powerful Mega type, and it was hard to stop him the last time he was around.

"Yes children, it is me. My my, you all have grown. Ken Ithijouchi, I still want that Dark Spore that's inside of you," Daemon snirred. "Well, then come and get it!!! And even if you got it there would be no use for it. It isn't active anymore," Ken said. "How dare you insult me!!! Well, I have no other choice but to destroy you then. Phantom Siciles!!!!" Daemon then twirled his blade and struck Stingmon in the chest, making the insectoid digimon hit the wall. "Stingmon!!!" Ken hollered. "You aren't so tough now, aren't you Stingmon? Energy Asorbtion!!!!" Daemon glowed a dark purple, and the aura was absorbing Stingmon's energy. When he was finished, he stopped glowing, and Stingmon then dedigivolved back to Wormmon. "Wormmon no," Ken cryed. Davis put a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder. "Okay guys, new plan. If we want to take him out, we have to take him out together," Davis said. "Right. I agree with Davis," Yolei said. "Okay. Digimon, attack together!!!" Davis shouted.

"Right Davis! V-Laser!!!!" Ex-Veemon shot out a blast at Daemon, who deflected it. While he was distracted, Nefertimon and Greymon attacked. "Nova Blast!!!" "Rosetta Stone!!!" Three stone tablets and a fireball headed toward Daemon's way. The phantom digimon looked back and quickly teleported away, causing the two attacks to cancel themselves out. "Aw nuts. How can we find him now?" Nefertimon asked, looking around. "Like this!!! Megaton Crest!!!" Ankylomon shot out boulders in every direction, until one had finally made its mark. It hit Daemon, making him appear in the air. "Get him Birdramon!!!" Sora shouted. "Right! Meteor Wing!!!" Birdramon shouted as she fired the fireballs at him. He twirled his staff around to cancel them out. "Phantom Blade!!!" Daemon shouted as he struck Birdramon in the side, making her scream in agony as she fell to the ground and dedigivolved. Two down, ten to go.

"Let's go brother!!! Gargo Pellets!!!" Gargomon fired rapidly at Daemon, but the Mega digimon easily dodged the barrage and hit Gargomon in the right side. "Right!!! Cable Crusher!!!" Wendigomon extended his arms again, but Daemon dodged them. "Phantom Eyes!!!" Daemon's eyes glowed and a hynotic beam emerged from them, making Wendigomon sleepy. "Brother NOOOO!!!! Gargo Laser!!!" Gargomon shouted as he got back up to attack. Daemon turned around and struck Gargomon in the side with his staff, making the soldier digimon fall back in pain. He then dedigivolved back to Terriermon. "Now to finish you off Wendigomon. Phantom-" "Nova Blast!!!" "Rosetta Stone!!!" "Blast Rings!!!!" the three attacks bombarded each other to head straight towards Daemon. He dodged them, but now he was caught off-guard. "Now Wendigomon!!!" Willis shouted. "Right!!! Guided Missiles!!!" Wendigomon turned his back, and missile cannons emerged from it. Missiles then fired off in a seeking direction, all of them heading towards Daemon. The missiles then collided with Daemon, sending the Mega to hurl back into the mountain.

"Alright!!! We got him!!!" Willis hollered. "Think you could destroy me that easily digidestind? Think again. Phantom Blade!!!" Daemon soared at a supersonic speed and collided into Wendigomon's chest, sending the heavy to digimon to fall backward to the ground, dedigivolving back to Lopmon. "Tail Hammer!!!" Ankylomon raced towards Daemon, swinging his mace tail at the ghost digimon. Daemon concentrated on his powers, and when the mace tail was suppose to strike, it went right through him. "Oh man, this sucks! Our digimon aren't fast enough!!!" Davis shouted. "Phantom Staff!!!!" Daemon struck Ankylomon in the side, making his tough platted shell crack. With pain, Ankylomon fell to the side and dedigivolved. "No, Armadillomon!!!" Cody hollered. "You think you can defeat me with all these Champion level digimon? Please, spare me. I'm at a much higher level than they are. Unless somehow they can digivolve to Mega, they are powerless to stop me. Now, prepare to die!!!" Dark energy started to radiate out of the phantom digimon. "Try to stop him Aquilamon!!!" Yolei shouted. "Right!!! Blast Rings!!!" Aquilamon fired the blast head-on, but the attack was just deflected right back at him. It hit his right wing, making Aquilamon slowly fall to the ground, dedigivolving back to Hawkmon. "Want some Needle Spray?!!!" Togemon shouted finally going into battle. Ikkaumon and Kabuterimon also decided to help. The needles hit Daemon, but the energy pulsing from him evaporated the attack into nothingness. "Electro Shocker!!!" "Harpoon Torpedo!!!" Kabuterimon and Ikkaumon fired off their attacks at Daemon, who was concentrating on his most powerful attack, still gathering up energy. The dark aura in him grew larger, and the two attacks ricocheted off of him and hit Ikkaumon and Kabuterimon head-on, causing the two digimon to also dedigivolve.

"Cat's Eye Beam!!!" "Nova Blast!!!" "Howling Blaster!!!" "Needle Spray!!!" Nefertimon, Greymon, Garurumon and Togemon fired all their attacks toward Daemon. The ghost digimon had his eyes clowed, but then, snapped them open. "Here comes my Ultimate attack. Phantom Wave!!!" The dark aura around Daemon was powering up, and then, it exploded outward in a huge shockwave, colliding with the few digimon there were left. They fell to the ground immediately and dedigivolved. "You see digidestind, you cannot defeat me. Now, give me the Dark Spore, or, let the one you're looking for will die!!!" Daemon snapped his hand, in his ghostly grasp was…

"Takeru???"

Indeed, T.K. was in the Mega digimon's grasp. Fear and horror grasped the digidestind as one of their most beloved friend was being held captive in their enemy's arms. T.K. was unconscious. "Why you, I outta-" Kari was about to march up there, if Yolei and Davis didn't hold her back. "Well well well, it seems that I'll win. Now come Ithijouchi, or your friend's soul will be mine," Daemon announced. Ken sneered as he started to walk slowly towards the digimon. "Don't Ken!!!" Yolei shouted. "I have to Yolei," Ken said as he continued walking. "Wait!!!" a voice called. The digidestind turned to around to see Gannai standing there. "Don't go up there Ken," Gannai said. "Gennai???" the group chorused. "Gannai? Well, isn't it the guardian of the Eastern Sector of the Digital World. Well, you're too late young fool," Daemon chimed. "Ah, but I am not, for I have this," Gannai said. He then pulled out a blue orb. "Is that what I think it is? Another digicore?" Agumon said. "Yep. Asulongmon made more and gave some extra. Now you can warp digivolve, along with Gabumon," Gannai explained. "Great!!! WarGreymon here I come!!!" Agumon said. "Right. Everyone, hold out your digivices," Gannai instructed. Everyone held theirs out, except the passed out T.K. of course. The digicore then glowed, and it transformed into a beam of light, radiating into the digivices. The group then turned towards Daemon. "Let's see what the digicore can do!!! Agumon, are you ready?" Tai asked. "Umm hmm." Agumon said. "You too Gabumon?" Matt asked. "Yep. Let's do it!!!" Gabumon shouted. Matt and Tai's digivice then glowed.

"Agumon warp digivolve to WarGreymon!!!" "Gabumon warp digivolve to MetalGarurumon!!!"

The two Mega digimon emerged in light, and Daemon was so distracted that he dropped T.K. MetalGarurumon then flew at a supersonic speed to catch his body. "Gotcha!!!" he shouted as T.K. landed on his back. He then raced back and dropped him into the arms of Matt and Kari. "Now it's our turn Daemon. Ready, MetalGarurumon?" WarGreymon asked. "Ready when you are pal," MetalGarurumon said. Together, the two Megas then charged into battle. "Here goes nothing! Terra Force!!!" WarGreymon expanded his arms a huge fire orb of orange-red energy formed, that was then fired towards Daemon. It then struck him, causing him to fly back. "Try this Daemon. Ice Wolf Bite!!!" MetalGarurumon's cannons opened as ice missiles fired towards Daemon. Daemon tried dodging all of them, but three struck him in the chest. "Uh, that was good, but not good enough! Phantom Blade!!!" Daemon shouted as he soared towards the two Megas. He then struck them both, the two flying back to hit the ground.

"No, WarGreymon! Get back up!!!" Tai shouted. "Right Tai!!!" WarGreymon said. He then used his arms to get back up. MetalGarurumon also stood his ground. "Let's try again! Draemon Destroyer!!!" WarGreymon twirled into a golden tornado and soared right at Daemon. Again, the phantom digimon dodged it, which caught him off-guard again. "Metal Wolf Claw!!!!" MetalGarurumon shouted as the claw blast formed, soaring straight into Daemon's chest. Meanwhile, the others were concentrating on trying to wake T.K. up.

"T.K, are you awake? Please Takeru, wake up! For me?" Kari sobbed as she tried to wake him up, but it was no use. Joe walked towards them and took a stetascope and examined his chest and arms. "He has a pulse," Joe said. "He's still alive then, that's good," Matt said relieved. Meanwhile, the battle was still going on.

"I've had enough of this! Phantom-" Daemon concentrated his energy quickly, and then unleashed his attack. "Wave!!!!" The shockwave then erupted again, and sent WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon flying back to hit the side of the mountain. "MetalGarurumon!!!" "WarGreymon!!!" Tai and Matt were worried. Even with two Megas, they still weren't powerful enough to defeat Daemon. "This isn't working Tai!!! Only if we could DNA Digivolve," Matt said. "Hey, that's a thought. We should try it Matt," Tai said. Tai and Matt then took their digivices and aimed them at each other's. "I want Daemon to be destroyed," Tai prayed, and his digivice glowed. "I want MetalGarurumon and WarGreymon to beat this ghost of darkness. He doesn't belong in the Digital World," Matt prayed. His digivice then glowed. Two beams then radiated out of them, and collided with each other, going into each other's digivices. The two humans then aimed the digivices at their partners, and the beams radiated out of them and were heading toward WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon.

"It's time to finish you two off once and for all!!! Phantom-whaaa???" Daemon saw the two white beams as they temporarily blinded him, as they soared straight at WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon. Once the beams collided, the two Mega digimon glew a white hue. "I feel strong," WarGreymon said. "Me too," MetalGreymon said. "DNA Digivolve!!!" Tai shouted. The two Mega digimon then glowed.

"WarGreymon!" "MetalGarurumon!" "DNA Digivolve to-" the two digimon turned into beams, which collided into each other. A body then started to form. On the right side was MetalGarurumon's head, and on the other was WarGreymon's. On that arm part of WarGreymon's sheild formed, and shoulderpads emerged. A head then emerged, which two horns came out. Two blue eyes then emerged, and a cape emerged in the back, with a curved horn on each shoulder, completing the transformation.

"Omnimon!!!"

"Omnimon?" Daemon cowered in fear. Omnimon glowed a green aura, which was healing the other digimon. "I remember him. That was the digimon that defeated Diaboromon on the Net," Yolei said. "Don't remind me. I created Diaboromon, remember?" Willis asked. "Oh yeah, sorry Willis."

"I have come forth to end your reign of terror upon the Digital World Daemon. You cannot stop me," Omnimon said. "You wanna bet? Phantom Blade!!!" Daemon rushed at the DNA Digimon. Omnimon easily stepped aside as Daemon passed him. "Too slow. Supreme Cannon!!!" A cannon emerged from the mouth of MetalGarurumon, which was also his right hand. He then fired an atomic blast straight into Daemon's path. "NOOOOO!!!!!" Daemon shouted as he got struck by the blast. It sent him back into the mountain. "Now to end this battle. Omni Sword!!!" A sword blade with golder enscriptions emerged from WarGreymon's mouth (or left hand), and Omnimon soared straight at Daemon. "DAHHHHHH!!!!!" Omnimon hollered as he sliced Daemon in two. He then turned around in the air, to see the phantom starting to dissolve into data.

"You were lucky this time digidestind. But next time you won't be. There is a digimon more powerful than me, and he will destroy you all!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" Daemon cackled before finally dissolving into nothingness. Omnimon then dedigivolved back into Koromon and Tsunomon. "Alright, great job Koromon, Tsunomon, you did it!" Tai yelled as he ran to Koromon. Koromon jumped into Tai's arms, and same went for Tsunomon and Matt. The others picked up their digimon, and then headed back toward the digiport. They then took out their digivices. "Thanks for the digicore Gannai," Tai said. "You're welcome Tai. You can now DNA Digivolve again with that power. Use it wisely," Gannai said. The others nodded before being sucked back into the Real World. "And good luck digidestind, for whatever's heading next…"

As soon as the digidestind returned to the Real World, they had sent T.K. to the hospital to be checked up. Matt then called his mom and dad so he could tell them that his little brother had finally returned home. The others told Kari, Tai, and Matt to give their respects to T.K. if he ever wakes up. The three other digidestind promised to do so and then the others headed home. Kari, Gatomon, Tai, Agumon, Matt and Gabumon sat tiredly in the waiting room, hearing what the doctor would say. A few minutes later, Mr. Ishida and Ms. Takaishi arrived. Ms. Takaishi also had Patamon with her.

"Patamon!!!" Gatomon hollered as she ran to him. "Gatomon!!!" Patamon flew into Gatomon's arms, and the two fell over onto the floor, laughing. Kari, Tai, and Matt giggled before turning their attenion toward T.K and Matt's parents. "Oh hi Mom, Dad," Matt greeted as he stood back up. "Son, is T.K. alright?" Mr. Ishida asked, lighting a cigarette. "Malcolm, you're not suppose to smoke in here," Ms. Takaishi said as she grabbed the cigarette and stomped on it. "Sorry Natsuko, I didn't know I couldn't," Mr. Ishida said. Matt smiled a moment before continuing the conversation. "He's alright Dad, Mom. The doctor's checking up on him to see if he has any injuries," Matt answered calmly. "Good. I hope he's alright, I was so worried about him," Ms.Takaishi said in grief. Just then, the waiting room light came on above the door, signaling that the check-up was over. The doctor emerged from the room. It was Joe's father (if you remember, Jim, Joe's older brother is studying with Sora's father, Mr. Takenouchi), Dr. Kido.

"So doctor, is T.K. alright?" Ms. Takaishi asked, getting up from her seat. "He's alright Ms. Takaishi. After close examination, everything seems to be fine. He can be sent home immediately," Dr. Kido answered, writing on a clipboard. "That's great. Is he awake yet?" Kari asked. "No Ms. Kamiya, he isn't. He's still unconscious. But alive," Dr. Kido said. Kari smiled. "Well, we better take him home. Matt, can you help me?" Mr. Ishida asked. "Sure Dad," Matt said. "Come on Gabumon, Patamon," Matt said as the two humans and digimon headed into the waiting room to retrieve T.K. Meanwhile, there was tension between Tai, Kari, and Ms. Takaishi.

"Kari, do you know what made T.K. runaway?" Ms. Takaishi asked. "It was, it was…" Kari trailed off, starting to cry. "It was nothing Ms. Takaishi. I don't mean to be rude but it is only T.K and Kari's business, mind you," Tai said. "Oh, I see." Just then, Matt and Mr. Ishida, with the help of Gabumon and Patamon, were practically dragging T.K. across the hall. "God T.K, you've gain a couple of pounds," Matt said as he and his father left the hall. The others laughed and then stopped. "Well, I better get going, you know how men are. I'll call you later so you know T.K's status, alright Kari?" Ms. Takaishi asked. "Okay Ms. Takaishi. Thank you. And I hope you have a safe trip home," Kari said. "You too. Well, bye." Ms. Takaishi then retreated her back as she walked into the hallway, heading toward the entrance.

"Thanks for saving my neck back there Tai. If she found out the real reason why T.K. ranaway, she wouldn't have me dating him again anytime soon," Kari said. "Ah, all in a day's work. Well, I better get you home to our parents before they start worrying little lady," Tai chuckled as he and the digimon made their way out. I hope Takeru is alright, after what we've been through to get him back, Kari said. The scene showed Matt and Mr. Ishida putting T.K. in the back seat of the car. On T.K's face was a slight smile. The doors then shut as the car slowly drove away into the night…

What evil was Daemon mentioning about earlier? And is T.K. really safe, or is he still in jeopardy? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!!!

Phew, that chapter was exhausting. I'm telling you, it isn't easy coming up with all this. But, all this came up at the spur of the moment. Well, 'till later kiddies, ja ne!!!!