Chapter 4:
Everyone went to Odaiba Park to think about what had happened earlier. Even though it happened right in front of their eyes, some of them still did not want to believe that the leaders of their respective groups had betrayed them to protect such a powerful and deadly enemy.
"Now that everyone has settled down, I think we should now discuss about what we're going to do next" Tai said, using his past experience as leader of his group to good use.
"What's there to discuss? We have to protect the Digital World, no matter what it takes and who we face" Matt said matter-of-factly.
"I agree with Matt, we got a job to do" said TK.
"But what about our friends that are with the D-Reaper? You can't honestly say that you're more than willing to fight them?" asks a girl with long blond wearing a purple cap, a purple vest over a blue and white striped T-shirt and a purple skirt.
"If that's what it takes to protect the Digital World, then yes I would".
"Even though I don't really like this idea, I have to agree with the blondies over there" Koji said, gaining shocked stares from the other Warriors.
"Koji, you can't be serious about fighting Takuya! You two are best friends!" said a large boy with spiky brown hair wearing a blue and yellow jumpsuit.
"You think I don't know that?! I'm just following what I think is right! Takuya once told me that!" the lone wolf said.
"If Koji's up for the idea, then so am I" sighed Koichi, not really happy about fighting the guy who help him get over guilt he felt from being Duskmon.
"Man, I hope I don't regret this when it's all over. Count me in" JP reluctantly agreed with the plan.
"I can't believe you guys! This is Takuya and his friends we're talking about! And you're agreeing to this?" Zoe shouted.
"There's no other way Zoe" said a brunet boy wearing a large orange hat, a white T-shirt and yellow shorts, with a sad look on his face.
Zoe sighed before reluctantly nodded her head to show she agreed with decision.
"Looks like the Warriors all agree on the plan" Tai said before turning his attention to the Tamers. "Err… What about you guys? You know if guys don't want to-" was all the brunet managed to say before getting cut off.
"Leomon and I want to be a part of plan" Jeri said, shocking the Tamers and their digimons.
"But Jeri, this is Takato that we'll be fighting. Are you sure you want to do this?" Henry asks.
"I'm dead sure Henry! Takato knows just as well as we do that the D-Reaper should be destroyed! I won't let what happened when that monster first appeared happen again!" Jeri said with confidence.
"As much as I like Takato and Pineapple Head I agree with Jeri, we have to take down the D-Reaper" said a dog like creature with a red bandana around his neck and a smiley face on his stomach.
"Chumley, what have you gotten yourself in" sighed Kazu before both he and Kenta also joined in on the idea.
"I'm willing to fight if it means that both the Digital World and the Real World are kept safe from harm" said a brunet boy wearing a brown sweater that had thin white strips, jeans and a brown belt.
"This is Goggleheads fault, so I guess I'm in" Rika said non-chantingly.
Henry could not believe that all his friends and their digimon agree to fight Takato, the one who saved almost all their live at least once, some even more and single handedly stopped an invasion of parasite digimons called Parasimon. Suddenly he felt someone tugging his jacket and he looks down to see his younger sister Suzie, who had brown-red hair that was tied into pigtails wearing traditional Chinese clothes.
"Henwy, awe we weally going to fight Takato?" she asks looking at her brother's eyes.
Henry really did not want to fight his best friend but he knew that whatever he said the others were going to fight Takato and he did not want them to get seriously injured. "Yes, Suzie. Yes we are" he said very reluctantly.
Suzie nodded her head to her brother.
"The Tamers are also in this. Now that just leaves our group" Tai said staring at the Digidestind with an expectant look.
"I hate fighting on of our own. This reminds me too much about our first time in the Digital World but the two worlds are in danger. I'm in" Sora said with a sad look on her face.
"I also don't like it when friends fight each other but if we don't do anything all our friends will perish. Palmon and I will try our best to help" Mimi said.
"I'm joining you guys too" Izzy said, looking up from his laptop.
"And I can leave you guys to handle this alone, knowing that people are going to get hurt" Joe said as he adjusts his glasses.
"Hawkmon and I are going too. I want to knock some sense into Davis" Yolie said, slamming her fist into the palm of her other hand.
"I find fighting a friend as something wrong but lives depend on us, so I'm with you guys" Cody said.
"I don't want to hurt Davis and Veemon but I have to do what is right" Kari said sadly.
Ken and Willis shared a look and eventually nodded in agreement.
"Looks like everyone agrees with what we have to do. I know it's going to be hard on us but we have to do it" Tai said solemnly.
Everyone leaves the computer lab and head to where they think their former leaders went. A moment later, their digivice started beeping and they could see six figures walking in the quite streets. The digimons landed behind the small group and their partners get off them.
"Guys surrender or we'll be force to fight you!" Tai called out from beside Wargreymon.
"Not a chance we'll surrender Tai! You'll have to fight us if you want to stop us!" Davis yelled at his idol.
"Get real Davis, you guys might be the most powerful members of our teams but we have more people on our side!".
"That doesn't mean anything when you're fighting against us!".
"Big talk coming from you Davis, you only have ExVeemon! You're at a disadvantage!" Tai yelled, trying to psyche them out of fighting.
"Who says I only have ExVeemon?! Golden Digivolution!" Davis called out while raising his D-3 above his head. Suddenly the device's body gold instead of white and Veemon began to glow a golden light.
"Veemon golden digivolves to… Magnamon!"
The Digidestind stare at the Golden Royal Knight with awe. "Veemon manage to digivolve into Magnamon! But how?" Kari asks no one in particular.
Takuya and Takato look at each other and nodded their head before taking out their digivices.
"BIOMERGE ACTIVATE!"
"Guilmon biomerge to… Gallantmon!"
"EXECUTE NOW! FUSION EVOLUTION!"
"Aldamon!"
The digimons from both side charged at each other. From first glance one would think this would with a landslide victory for the Digidestind but when you look closer you can see that both sides were at a stalemate.
Gallantmon charges at the closest opponent from his group, which was Antylamon. The rabbit deva turned her hands into axes and attack the Royal Knight but he easily deflected each strike with his lance.
While those two were fighting Guardromon fired his missiles at Gallantmon in an attempt to distract him but it failed because the knight raised his shield to block the attack as he continues to duel the ultimate in front of him.
Antylamon was starting get tired from the duel and it gave the Royal Knight an opening to use his Lightning Joust, sending the rabbit deva flying. Moving quicker than anyone had expected, Gallantmon charged his lance and fired another Lightning Joust towards Guardromon, smashing him into the wall behind him.
Leomon charges towards the knight and uses his Fist of the Beast King but it got swatted away by Gallantmon's lance and got punched at the face by the edge of his shield.
"Man, since when did chumley got so good at fighting so many people at one time?" Kazu gasps as he helps his partner get out of the wall.
"It may have something to do with him helping the D-Reaper a year ago" Henry mused, the Tamers watch Beelzemon charge at Gallantmon.
The demon lord used his Darkness Claw but it was quickly intercepted by his opponent's lance. They push each other back a few feet and using incredible speed, Beelzemon quickly recovered and charged again but his attack was anticipated and Gallantmon turned around very quickly, using his cape to blind the demon before bashing his shield at his opponent's face.
"I think we need to biomerge" Henry said as Beelzemon crash landed at a nearby building. Ryo and Rika nodded their heads.
"BIOMERGE ACTIVATE!"
"Renamon biomerge to… Sakuyamon!"
"Terriermon biomerge to… MegaGargomon!"
"Cyberdramon biomerge to… Justimon!"
Justimon charges at Gallantmon for hand-to-hand combat while Sakuyamon and MegaGargomon stand at the sidelines as backup. Using his Voltage Blade, they duel with each other but seeing as the Royal Knight had more experience in sword fighting, he was gaining a large advantage in the fight.
"Need some help here!" Justimon called out as he was pushed back by the knight's constant attacks.
MegaGargomon fired his Gargo Missiles at Gallantmon and at the last minute, Justimon jumps out of the blast radius and indirectly made the Royal Knight unprepared for the attack.
Gallantmon dropped to one knee, smoking from the previous attack and using his lance to support his body as he was panting heavily but inside the Tamer Sphere, Takato was smirking.
Meanwhile, Aldamon dodge snowballs that Kumamon was shooting at him as he fly towards the Warrior of Ice at high speed. He was about to strike the bear when a beam of darkness narrowly missed him. The Warrior of Flame flew back a bit and glared at the source of the beam, which was Loweemon.
Aldamon flies up into the sky and rains down fireballs at the two Warriors, heavily injuring them. Kazemon and Beetlemon flew up to fight their former leader while Lobomon runs up to the injured Warriors to make sure their alright.
"Koichi, Tommy, you guys alright?" the Warrior of Light asks.
"Other than being nearly burn to a crisp by Takuya?" Loweemon said sarcastically.
Suddenly, Kazemon and Beetlemon fell from the sky, smoking from the attack. Looking up they saw Aldamon slowly descending to the ground. Furious from his best friend's actions, Lobomon Slide Evolves into KendoGarurumon and uses his Lupine Laser on the Warrior of Flame but it got knock out of the way.
Loweemon and Kumamon follow the Warrior of Light's example and Slides Evolves into JagerLoweemon and Korikakumon. The Beast of Darkness fired his Ebony Blast at Aldamon while the Beast of Ice tries to get close enough to use his Avalanche Axes. The burst of darkness bounces off the former leader's armor harmlessly and when Korikakumon attacks with his axes, the Warrior of Flame simply catches both weapons with his bare hands.
Aldamon pulls back his leg and releases a powerful kick straight at the beast's head, sending him flying backwards. Waves of pink energy hit the Warrior of Flame knocking him back a bit. As he regains his balance a beam of electricity hits him hard on his side. The attack was soon accompanied by a giant wolf that was made of energy. When the smoked cleared, Aldamon was on his hands and knees, taking deep breathes.
Magnamon charges at his closes enemy, MagnaAngemon. The Royal Knight unleashed a barrage of punches that the archangel barely manages to block. Aquilamon uses his Blast Rings to take away some of the pressure but the dragon knight was too fast, after he avoided the attack he went back to fighting the angel before he could relax.
Ankylamon used his Tail Hammer but Magnamon caught the spike ball tip with his arms and throws him at MagnaAngemon sending both of them crashing into a building. An arrow of light flies through the air, aimed at the Golden Ultimate but it hits his armor and bounces off it. Turning to the source, the Royal Knight saw Angewomon, Zudomon and Lilymon with their attacks charged.
Magnamon used his Magna Blaster as the other three fire their attacks, causing a large explosion that blown back Angewomon, Zudomon and Lilymon while the knight was unaffected at all. Aquilamon uses his Grand Horn but the dragon caught his horn and throws him at Garudamon, knocking both digimons down.
MegaKabuterimon and Wendigomon stood at a distance as they fire their Horn Buster and Koko Crusher attack at the Royal Knight. The attacks were ineffective against Magnamon's Chrome Digizoid armor, as he fired missiles from his shoulders and injured the two.
"Wendigomon! That's it Magnamon! We maybe friends but what you did is unforgivable! Rapid Fire!" Rapidmon called out, firing two missiles from his missile launcher arms. The attack sent the Royal Knight flying straight to where his partner is but his armor had minor cracks in it.
"It's over guys, you can't fight anymore" Tai said with his arms cross.
Suddenly laughter filled the air and everyone from the Digidestind side turned their attention to the source, which was Aldamon that was getting back to his feet.
"What's so funny, huh?!" Matt shouted, glaring at the Warrior of Flame while the other Warriors stare at him as if he had gone insane.
"That you guys actually think you've won. Honestly, the Sovereigns hit harder than you guys" Aldamon said, standing up straight before turning his head to his fellow former leaders.
"He's right you know. You guys aren't as tough as you think you are" Gallantmon mused, already on his feet and walking up to stand beside his current team.
"You guys don't know what we had to face when we were gone" Davis said as he holds his crest while Magnamon gets to his feet.
The Digidestind were becoming a little uncomfortable by how calm the three digimon were.
"Let's end this fight" the Keeper of Miracles said as his crest start glow a golden light. "Unity Digivolution!" he called out as he and Magnamon get engulfed by golden light.
"Magnamon unity digivolves to… Magnamon X!"
Currently standing where Davis and Magnamon were, was a digimon that looks like the Golden Royal Knight except his armor was shaped in a way it looked like muscles.
"I really didn't want to use that form again but…" Gallantmon trailed off as he began to glow black.
"Gallantmon slide digivolves to… ChaosGallantmon!"
The new digimon that appeared looked like Gallantmon but instead of being white and red, he was now grey and blue.
"I hope you won't be too shock with what I can do" Aldamon smirked as bars of data start to encase his body.
"Hyper Spirit Evolution!"
"EmperorGreymon!"
"He evolved to EmperorGreymon, but how?!" Zephyrmon asks no one in particular, as the Warriors stared at him with wide eyes.
"Izzy, scan all three of these digimons for us!" Tai ordered feeling nervous.
"EmperorGreymon, Mega-level, Hybrid-Type, his attacks are Dragonfire Crossbow and Pyro Dragons. Be careful guys, he's extremely powerful and very resistant to fire attacks" Izzy explained from his Digimon Analyzer. "ChaosGallantmon, Mega-level, Dark Knight-Type, his attacks are Demon Disaster and Judecca Prison. We also have to be careful when we fight this guy. He maybe a knight but he is merciless in a fight and would kill you in a heartbeat" he continued. "The last guy, Magnamon X, he's a Golden Mega meaning he's more powerful than anything we'd normally face in our adventures. His attacks are Magna Blast and Magna Blaster, but those aren't the only thing we have to worry about, it says here that Magnamon X can transform his armor from normal Chrome Digizoid into Golden Digizoid" the computer nerd finished.
"What does that mean?" MegaGargomon asks in Terriermon's voice.
"It means I can make myself invincible to any and all forms of attack" Magnamon X explained for them with his voice that was a combination of both Davis and Magnamon's voices.
The Digidestind and their digimons paled when they heard the new information. "We're doomed aren't we?" TK commented.
"Pretty much" EmperorGreymon mused as he takes out his sword.
"We'll still defeat you to make sure the Digital World is safe!" Matt yelled at them.
"It seems that you will never understand until you finally lose" sighed Magnamon X as he raised his fists into a combat stance.
The three former leaders separated to fight their individual teams. The moment ChaosGallantmon got within fighting range of the Tamers; they fired their strongest attack at the Dark Knight, causing a lot of smoke to cover him. When the smoke cleared it showed that the knight didn't even a single scratch on his body.
They stare at with utter fear written on their faces while ChaosGallantmon look at them with sadness clear in his eyes. "I'm sorry my friends" he said as he summons his shield and lance. The Dark Knight raises his shield in front of him and it started glowing black. "Judecca Prison!" he called out before firing a beam of black energy. The beam did not hit any of the digimons but the force of the attack reverted them to their original forms.
"No way. Chumley so strong in that form, I think he could easily kill anyone of our digimons with just his lance" Kazu gasps as he helps Guardromon stand up.
Meanwhile, the Warriors were staring at Takuya warily. They did not know what other thing that the Warrior of Flame could do. "Err… Uh… I'm not good at this" EmperorGreymon mumble. "Guys I just wanted to say that I'm really sorry for everything" he said as raised his sword up. "Pyro Dragons!" he called out, stabbing his sword into the ground and unleashing nine fire dragons that hit all of the Warriors, turning them back into humans.
As for Magnamon X and the Digidestind, they were just staring at each other, unsure of what to say. "Guys, I'm sorry that I betrayed the Digital World. I had a good reason" the Royal Knight said in sad yet serious tone.
"Then tell us Davis, we'll understand" Kari said in kind and loving voice.
"The D-Reaper didn't call us to the Digital World to help it destroy the worlds. It wanted to evolve outside its programing. It wanted to be alive, so it called us to bring it here. A place where it could evolve".
"That doesn't sound like something wrong" Tai said.
"That's because it wasn't" Magnamon X simply said as he stares at the night sky. The Digidestind and digimon stared at him, confused by what he said. "There's a reason why we didn't want to talk about our disappearance" he said before taking a deep breath. "We killed them, we didn't mean to but we did and we've been running away ever since" the knight finally said before turning away from the group.
"Killed who Davis? What's do you mean?" Tai called out.
Magnamon X stopped and looked over his shoulder. "Ask Gennai" was all he said before continuing to leave, accompanied by EmperorGreymon, who had Diana on his shoulder, and ChaosGallantmon that was riding on Grani. They took to the skies and disappeared from their sight.
The Digidestind went to Odaiba Elementary computer lab and sitting on a chair that was placed where anyone in the room could see him, was Gennai. "Okay Gennai, no more secrets we want to know the truth. What happened when they went to the Digital World a year ago?" Tai demanded, getting tired of all the secrecy.
The digital man said nothing, instead takes out a file from his robe and gives it to the brunet. Tai opened the file and read its contents quietly but a moment later he dropped the file onto the floor, his face paled as if he had seen a ghost. "That's not possible" he mumbled as he eyes that were filled with fear, stare at his trembling hands.
"Tai, what's wrong? What did the file say?" Kari asks starting to get scared by how her brother was acting.
"I… I… I…" Tai stuttered, before taking a deep breath. "It says that Davis, Takato and Takuya killed us and our digimon a year ago".