Notes: This chapter is short, but it wraps up the story. I don't own anything except for Ixen and his belongings. I've also been working on the next story. My third installment! It will be somewhat different since it will be an adventure-based Takari. Well, we'll see how it goes.
~TAICHI~
"Ixen!" ShadowInfinimon's armor shattered like glass. The shards disintegrated and left behind a weakened Charimon. I looked around for my cousin.
Apocalymon roared in rage. "What have you done?" He batted Omnimon out of the way and made his way towards Takeru and Hikari. "I'll destroy you!"
"Takeru!" Yamato ran forward but he still wasn't used to the physics of this place. "Takeru!"
I dove forward and Omnimon managed to catch both of us. "Don't worry. We'll get to them!"
Daisuke and Imperialdramon rushed the large digimon. "Come and get us!"
"Positron Laser!"
I turned towards Sora. "Get them out of there!"
Hououmon hurriedly grabbed Hikari and Ixen. Takeru faced Apocalymon. "Seraphimon! Ophanimon! Let's go!"
I jumped off of Omnimon's soldier to check on Ixen. His card case had been burned into nothing. "Ixen?"
Jou hurriedly opened his bag. "He has a pulse, but what were you thinking, Hikari?"
"We couldn't destroy his partner."
"That doesn't mean you can just shoot him with two holy attacks!" I yelled.
Ixen groaned. "Don't blame them, Taichi." He managed to sit up. "My c-c-cards." He reached for his case.
"Sorry, Ixen," Hikari stated. "They're all destroyed."
Ixen shook his head and pulled out a grey and gold card. "Are the digimon wearing the white rings?" I glanced at all of the digimon and nodded. "Good. One last card slash." He stood up unsteadily.
"What are you doing?" Jou held him back. "You can't do anything in your conditions!"
Ixen pulled away and held out the card. "Card Slash! Infinimon!"
The rings broke and circled Charimon. Ixen fell back and Yamato kept him sturdy. I supported him as he watched the rings heal his partner.
Rosemon and Mimi backed away from Apocalymon as he reached for the glowing mass. Mimi signaled for Takeru to get back. "Come on!"
Takeru turned towards us and placed a hand on Ixen's forehead. "Why are you burning up?"
"Side effect," Ixen muttered. He stood on his own and attempted to float towards the glowing digimon. "Infinimon." He let his strength gather and dashed forward. "Infinimon!"
The shining shards took shape and turned towards him. An angel knight stood before us. He was completely the opposite of his darkened version. His grey dragon armor sparkled in the dim light. His helmet completely covered his face and two light grey eyes peered out at Ixen. His ten angel wings were half folded behind him. The two rusted swords that belonged to ShadowInfinimon had been restored into a golden blade.
Apocalymon didn't hesitate to prevent the new Mega from becoming a threat. "Time for a new attack!" He grabbed Infinimon and sneered at Ixen. "Death Grip!" Infinimon was squeezed tightly causing his sword to vanish. He was paralyzed and was as useless as ShadowInfinimon.
Ixen stopped and hesitated. He turned at his D-Pack and saw that a crack ran through the screen. He flipped it open and it caused the digivice to explode a little.
Apocalymon laughed at the turn out. "Without that D-Pack, you can't help your partner."
Infinimon watched Ixen as the boy felt despair. Ken wouldn't allow the evil digimon to have victory. "Attack!"
"Gran Killer!" The sharp claws of the insect digimon buried themselves into the casing that held the tentacles.
~YAMATO~
"Omnimon, get going," I said. The digimon nodded and went to aid Vikemon. I looked towards Ixen. "Come on, Ixen. You've got to get up."
"Infinimon…" Ixen blankly looked at the broken digivice. "What have I done?"
I went over to pull him up. "This is no time to be feeling self-pity! Infinimon can fight only if you will him to."
Ixen shoved me away weakly. "He can't fight. Not as he is right now."
Shakkoumon blasted a tentacle that was getting too close to the immobilized Mega. Iori gripped his digivice. "Ixen! Snap out of it!"
Ixen gripped his head. "Stop telling me what to do! He can't fight! The two of us are useless!"
Taichi and I looked at each other. I punched him with half of my strength. Ixen was stunned by the blow and he turned to see his partner. He gritted his teeth and attempted to punch me back. I caught it in one hand and punched him again.
Taichi shook his head. "If you're not going to fight, why fight back?"
Ixen stopped. He stared at Infinimon as the digimon strained to move. "Infinimon, what are you doing?"
Valkyrimon carried him up and managed to get him closer. "Ixen, don't you have something else to help him?"
Daisuke came back with Sora. "We've got to do something. No one is winning, but we can't keep this up. Imperialdramon is getting tired and Takeru cleared out his backpack." Sora took out the last pancake she had and handed it to Valkyrimon.
I looked at Omnimon and saw that his movements were slower than normal. He was running out of energy. "Ixen! Come on! You've got to try!"
Ixen struggled to think. "Infinimon…"
His partner responded by turning his head towards the boy. "My liege, he's right."
The boy responded only by closing his fist around his D-Pack. "You won't stand a chance in your condition. There's only one other thing to do." He lowered his head. "I can't risk that though."
Takeru hollered from where he was. "He's coming this way! Seraphimon!"
Hikari looked up and saw Takeru's partner soar into Hououmon. "Ophanimon! Cover them!"
"Eden's Javelin!"
Infinimon painfully got to his feet. "I'll take the chance, my liege."
Ixen looked up in distress. "But!" He saw the determination in his partner and gritted his teeth. "Fine, but only because there's no other way."
"Ixen…" Infinimon's eyes glowed in amusement. "Worried?"
That finally got through to the redhead. "Me?" He chuckled as he readied his sacrifice. "Maybe. Just don't get too battered. Repairing my D-Pack is hard enough."
Infinimon nodded towards Ixen. "Very well then." He flew towards Apocalymon and Ixen tightened his fist around the broken digivice.
Taichi stared at him. "Loosen your grip, will you?"
Ixen opened his palm and looked at the broken digivice. "It's not that bad. It was worse when the system overrode itself with that virus." The boy braced himself as his Crest began to glow.
"Get back, everyone!" Infinimon braced himself. "It's time for the Crest of Infinity to unleash itself! Infinimon mode change to Dual Blade Mode!" The golden sword rematerialized in his right hand. A second blade made of silver appeared in his left hand. His body armor became silver while his helmet was covered in gold. On the front of his chest plate, a grey emblem of Ixen's Crest of Infinity proudly revealed itself. He raised his silver sword up. "Eternal Charge!"
Omnimon charged his most powerful attack and aimed it at the blade. "Omega Blast!"
"Giga Death!" Imperialdramon Paladin Mode did the same and pretty soon the other digimon followed suit.
"Seven Heavens!"
"Seriphote Crystal!"
"Grandis Scissors!"
"Star-Light Explosion!"
"Arctic Blizzard!"
"Forbidden Temptation!"
"Aurvandil's Arrow!"
"Giga Blaster!"
"Rough Spirit!"
The silver blade absorbed each attack and Infinimon held out his golden blade steadily. The silver sword glowed and sent the energy flowing throughout the digimon's body. Ixen chuckled giddily and nervously as the other digimon dedigivolved. "That should be enough for his three attacks."
~DAISUKE~
"Three? That many?" I asked.
Ixen nodded. "First he uses his sword combination attack."
"Imperial Blade!" He stabbed the silver blade into the polyhedron body. The large addition turned into data as Infinimon backed away a few feet.
Koushiro smiled. "Next should be his elemental attack."
Ixen nodded. Infinimon paused and readied the move. "Elemental Break!" Fire surged around him and lightning flashed as he dashed through Apocalymon's main body. Ice and wind chilled around them and Infinimon got distance between them and resulted in a large static explosion.
Ixen's excitement immediately died down. "And this is where I have to hope for the best."
Takeru gave him a determined smile. "He'll be okay."
"Infinity Strike!" Infinimon let the rest of the energy he received channel into both his swords. The swords came together and he dove head on into the evil digimon.
Jou pulled me back. I turned towards him and saw that everyone else was running to get out. "Come on, Daisuke!"
DemiVeemon and I rushed behind him. "What about Infinimon?" I yelled.
Ixen waited by the door that led to the Digital World. "I've got him."
There was an impact and I saw Apocalymon disappear. Ixen went back in and I was about to go in after him, but Ken held me back. "Leave him be, Daisuke. He'll be fine."
I looked down at DemiVeemon. "That was close."
Miyako held Poromon in her arms. "But amazing! Do you think Apocalymon will stay defeated?"
Ixen came back out with a small red-orange digi-egg. He heard the question and sighed. "Hopefully." He looked at the egg. "This just prolongs my stay." His tone was meant to be annoyed and sad, but he smiled slyly as Mimi cheered.
"That means you get to stay for Christmas and New Year's. There's so much to do until then!"
Ixen was at a loss for words. Koushiro laughed nervously. "You also can't leave until we get that D-Pack of yours working again."
Ixen stared at the remains. He crushed it in his fist once more. "Time to rebuild it from scratch."
Takeru shook his head in disbelief. "Really, Ixen." He looked at the sky and saw that it was dawn. He glanced at his D-3. "It's Monday! We spent the entire weekend in there. Hopefully we won't be in trouble."
Taichi stood up. "Let's get going! Closest portal home would be Gennai's house!" He ran with Koromon in his arms.
~IXEN~
I looked at my backpack and picked it up. It wasn't as heavy as it looked, but I had to readjust my straps. "Infinimon, are you ready?"
My partner sheathed his swords and bowed. "No goodbye?"
"It's too early in the morning for that." I opened the door slightly. "Let's move."
We left the apartment and hurried to the parking lot. I smiled and fidgeted with my newly repaired D-Pack. Infinimon kept close to me. "Are you sure about leaving, my liege?"
"I'm sure."
"You don't seem sure."
I looked up at the golden helmet. "We promised to stay until New Year's Day. You're also strong enough now so I'm certain it's okay to leave."
"Ixen!" I froze and turned. We were passing the park and everyone was here. Taichi stood up from his spot and put me in a headlock. "You're not leaving just yet!"
Infinimon took off my backpack to make it easier on me. "How'd you know that I was going?"
Takeru smiled at me. "We keep an eye on you. And I remember all promises."
I smirked at him. "I've got to go soon. What's up?"
Yamato gave me a new belt pouch. "Even though you insisted on not receiving a present on Christmas, we all chipped in to get you new gear. Consider it a birthday present since today is your birthday."
I looked up in surprise. I turned towards Infinimon. "You told them that I was born on New Year's?"
"I don't think I did. They must have found out somehow."
I took off my belt and opened the new presents. I smiled at them all as I pulled off my old worn gloves. "Thanks, everyone. I promise I'll be back this summer." I slipped on the new gloves and tested the mobility. "We'll be even stronger then."
They all smiled at me and I put on my baseball cap. I pulled the bill down to hide my watery eyes. "Take care, Ixen. Message us once in a while, will you?"
I looked up at my cousin. "Don't worry, Taichi. I will." I looked at Infinimon and he tilted his head towards me. "Let's go, Infinimon! Towards Infinity."
Final Notes: The end is going to be always the place I ask for reviews. But reviews during the story also determine how often I'll be working on the story. I already have the first chapter of my next story ready. I'll publish it as soon as I check it over. Until next time! ^_^
