Chapter 6: When All Else Fails… (Daisuke and Miyako)
Written by: Steeldramon21
While all of the original Chosen Children were speeding back to the meeting place, Daisuke was struggling with a personal problem. Like his mentor, Taichi, he had also been depressed over being forbidden to be with the girl he loved because of Quinglongmon's warning. However, it wasn't Hikari that he was depressed over. It was the one person almost no one expected: Miyako Inoue.
Miyako was one of the most unique people Daisuke had met so far. She was intelligent and just as stubborn as he was. During the short time they had known each other, they would bicker back and forth almost every day. Over the last few months, these small arguments would bring out different feelings in Daisuke. He began finding himself deeply attracted to Miyako. However, since Quinglongmon's cautioning, he couldn't act on it now. She was with Ken, his friend/DNA digivolving partner. In other words, once again, he was on the short end of the stick.
While Daisuke reflected on his problem, Miyako noticed that something was wrong with him. Despite their bickering with each other, she regarded him as a friend and was worried about him. Daisuke seemed more distant than usual, his enthusiasm not as bright as it usually was. Hawkmon noticed his partner's concern and went over to her.
"Are you all right, Miyako?" Hawkmon asked. "You seem a bit worried."
"I know this is going to sound weird, Hawkmon, but I'm worried about Daisuke." Miyako said. "He hasn't been himself since Quinglongmon gave us that warning last week. I'm starting to wonder if I should talk to him or not."
"Perhaps you should." Hawkmon suggested. "He is one of your friends, after all."
"I know, but that's not the strangest thing." Miyako then glanced over to Ken, who was talking to Akira about something. "I know I should be happy that I'm with Ken now, but something keeps nagging at me. It keeps telling me that maybe that's the reason Daisuke's so down. But that's ridiculous… isn't it?"
"I can't answer that for you, Miyako." Hawkmon told her. "You're the only one who can answer that question."
"I hope so." Miyako said, knowing that somewhere deep inside of her that she already knew the answer to her question.
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Meanwhile, Justin looked on his digivice's display, writhing with anger as he saw each Digimon defeated by the Chosen Children's Mega Digimon. He finally snapped the device closed, disgusted at the display.
"Curses!" Justin growled. "The Chosen have all achieved the Mega level. This is unforgivable!"
"Master, what will we do?" Gizamon asked him. "If Millenniummon discovers that we've failed, he may delete us along with the Chosen."
"Which is why we're going to handle Akira and his friends ourselves." Justin said as he unclipped his digivice and pointed it at Gizamon. "No one defies my master's will and lives! Dark Digivolution, activate!"
"Gizamon, dark digivolve to… Dark Tyrannomon! Dark Tyrannomon, digivolve to… Megadramon!"
Justin hopped onto Megadramon's head, a cruel and sadistic grin on his face. He would destroy the children and welcome his master. Soon, all of reality shall burn with darkness.
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As Daisuke leaned back against a nearby tree, he heard the sound of sneakers coming towards him. He turned around and saw that it was Akira.
"Hey, Akira." Daisuke said. "What's up?"
"Nothing." Akira said in his calm tone of voice. He noticed that Daisuke was deep in thought with a semi-depressed look on his face. He knew why. "Still thinking about her, aren't you?"
"Huh?" Daisuke said. "What are you talking about?"
"You know what." Akira said. "You're thinking about Miyako, aren't you?"
Daisuke sighed again. He knew that he couldn't keep this inside forever, especially since Quinglongmon's warning forbade him to be with her or Hikari. He decided that he would come clean.
"So what if I am? It doesn't mean I like her or anything." He glanced over in her direction once again. "I never met anyone like her before. She's smart and really knows how to speak her mind. When we first became Chosen, we would argue almost all the time. Now, I kind of miss it. Besides, it doesn't make a difference. We can't be together anyway."
"Never say never, Daisuke." Akira told him. "You know, someone once told me that sometimes, things happen that can change a person's destiny."
"What are you saying?" Daisuke asked. "Do you know something I don't?"
"All I'm saying, Daisuke, is you can't give up just because something goes wrong. That's something my dad used to tell me." Just then, they heard some explosions from nearby. They raced over and saw that Justin had flown in on Megadramon.
"Well, well, well." Justin said with a twisted grin. "I finally get to meet the Chosen Children, for the first and last time!"
"Daisuke, Megadramon is an Ultimate-level Digimon." Akira told him and the other Chosen. "You'll need Ultimate-level Digimon to battle him."
"What about us?" Miyako asked. "What are we supposed to do? Without Takeru and Hikari, we can't go to Ultimate."
"Don't worry about it, Miyako." Daisuke reassured her. "You guys can back us up." He turned towards Ken. "You ready, Ken?"
"Let's get to work." Ken replied as he and the others whipped out their D- 3s.
"Veemon, digivolve to… XVeemon!"
"Hawkmon, digivolve to… Aquilamon!"
"Armadillomon, digivolve to… Ankylomon!"
"Wormmon, digivolve to… Stingmon!"
"XVeemon…"
"…Stingmon…"
"DNA digivolve to… Paildramon!"
"Digivolution, activate!" Akira shouted as he flipped open his digivice and aimed it at Lizardmon.
"Lizardmon, digivolve to… Dinomon!"
Justin grinned to himself as he saw all the Champion Digimon plus Paildramon surround him. His plan was going exactly as he hoped.
"Megadramon, attack!" Justin ordered.
"Dark Side Attack!" Megadramon shouted as he fired several missiles from his arm cannons. The Digimon managed to dodge the attack.
"Desperado Blaster!" Paildramon shouted as he fired his side guns.
"Blast Rings!" Aquilamon shouted as he fired several energy rings from his beak.
"Tail Hammer" Ankylomon shouted as he launched himself as Megadramon and slammed his tail into him.
"Plasma Burst!" Dinomon shouted as he fired a blast of energy from his mouth. All of those attacks didn't do anything.
"Our attacks aren't working." Iori said. "We've got to think of something else!"
"This doesn't make any sense." Ken said in a frustrated voice. "Megadramon's an Ultimate-level Digimon. Paildramon should be able to handle this."
"Justin's done something to boost Megadramon's power." Akira commented. "Paildramon's not going to be enough."
"I know." Daisuke said to them. "Paildramon can just digivolve to Imperialdramon. That should take care of him."
"I think not, Chosen fools!" Justin said as he took out his digivice. He pressed a button and several bolts of energy wrapped around the Digimon. Except for Dinomon, all of the Digimon reverted to Rookie.
"What the… what did he do to them?" Daisuke exclaimed as he and the other children raced over to their Digimon.
"I've taken your Digimon's DNA digivolving codes." Justin said with a evil smile. "Without it, you'll never reach Ultimate or Mega again!" He then pointed his digivice at Megadramon. "Digivolve, Megadramon, and destroy them all!"
"Megadramon, dark digivolve to… Machinedramon!"
As the machine Digimon landed in front of them, all of the children were in shock. They've heard about Machinedramon's destructive power as a Dark Master from the older Chosen. Now, he was Justin's command.
"No…" Akira said in shock. "Justin, what have you done?"
"Machinedramon is one half of the components for my master's return." Justin proclaimed. "Once he destroys you, nothing will stand in his way!"
"Not if I can help it!" Akira then turned to Dinomon, who was just getting to his feet. "Dinomon, take him down!"
"Plasma Burst!" Dinomon shouted as he fired his attack, which just bounced off of Machinedramon's body. The metal Digimon just looked down at him evilly as he powered up his attack.
"He's powering up his "Giga Cannon" attack." Ken said as he turned to the other children. "We've got to get out of here, now!"
"Giga Cannon!" Machinedramon growled as his twin cannons fired two beams of energy at the children, engulfing them. When the energy faded, the Chosen were all knocked out along with their Digimon. Akira and Dinomon, along with Daisuke and Veemon, were the only ones still somewhat conscious.
"Daisuke… are you all right?" Akira asked as he slowly got to his feet.
"I'll be fine." Daisuke replied as he also got to his feet and turned to the others. "Is everyone all right?"
"I think so." Miyako replied as she and Hawkmon got up. Ken and Iori were still unconscious. "What are we going to do? Without DNA digivolving, how can we stop Machinedramon?"
"We'll find a way." Daisuke told her. "I mean, if XVeemon can take on BelialVamdemon, than maybe he can take on Machinedramon."
"Daisuke, you can't!" Miyako said as she grabbed his arm. "For once in your life, use your head! XVeemon's just a Champion-level Digimon while Machinedramon's a Mega. Until the others get back, we have to come up with some kind of a plan!"
"By then, it'll be too late!" Daisuke then jerked his arm away from Miyako. "Look, I've had it with all of this pessimism. I'm not going to let this pile of scrap metal hurt anyone. Besides, I care too much about you to let anything happen to you." At this, Miyako gasped and Daisuke knew what he was about to say. If there was any time to come clean, now was it. "Look, Miyako. I know we don't exactly see eye to eye sometimes, and I know I don't have any chance since you're with Ken, but I care about you. You're smart, honest, and kind of stubborn. I guess, after a while, you grew on me."
"Daisuke…" Miyako said softly. "Daisuke, I… I've got to admit, you kind of grew on me, too. You're brave, enthusiastic, and a good friend. At first, when we started out as Chosen, you were sort of a jerk. Now, you're pretty level-headed."
"I owe that to you, Miyako." Daisuke said to her as he clasped her hands. "You keep me pretty grounded. If Ken had to be with anybody, I'm glad that's it's you."
"Oh, Daisuke…" Miyako said as she was about to say something that would have changed their relationship forever. Just then, the moment was ruined by the sound of an massive explosion. They looked and saw that Akira and Dinomon were trying to take out Machinedramon on their own.
"Plasma Burst!" Dinomon shouted. The attack did nothing to the metal Digimon.
"Giga Cannon!" Machinedramon growled as he fired his cannons again, sending Akira and Dinomon to the ground.
"Oh, man." Daisuke said as he grabbed his D-3. "I've got to help him out! Digivolve, Veemon!"
"Veemon, digivolve to… XVeemon!"
"Be careful!" Miyako cried as Daisuke and XVeemon flew off to help Akira and Dinomon. Meanwhile, Ken and Iori awoke along with their Digimon and saw Daisuke and XVeemon take off.
"What's Daisuke doing?" Ken asked.
"He's not thinking of taking on Machinedramon with just XVeemon, is he?" Iori asked.
"He is, and we can't help him." Miyako said in shock, not just for her concern for her friend, but also because of how he feels about her. "Our Digimon aren't strong enough yet. We just have to hope for the best."
As Daisuke and XVeemon landed, he jumped off and helped Akira off of the ground. He was somewhat bruised but otherwise okay.
"You all right, dude?" Daisuke asked as he helped him up.
"Now I know how a French Fry feels." Akira groaned. Meanwhile Justin laughed maniacally.
"Soon, my master will be resurrected and this reality will fall. Destroy them, Machinedramon!"
"Confirmed lock on target." Machinedramon said in his metallic voice. "Preparing for termination."
"We're not going to lose to you, Justin!" Akira shouted up to him. "It'll take a lot more than you to destroy the Chosen Children!"
"We shall see, Digimon Master." Justin said coolly. "Kill them all, Machinedramon."
"Giga Cannon!" Machinedramon growled as he fired his attack. Just before it hit, Akira's digivice and D-Scanner went off with a bright light. Daisuke's and the other's D-3s also wen off with a light as Veemon returned to his Rookie form. A miracle was about to happen.
"Veemon, warp digivolve to… Imperialdramon, Paladin Mode!"
"Hawkmon, warp digivolve to… Valkyrimon!"
"Armadillomon, warp digivolve to… Vikemon!"
"Wormmon, warp digivolve to… GranKuwagamon!"
"Quantum Digivolution, activate!" Akira shouted as he flipped open his digivice once more and aimed it at Dinomon.
"Dinomon, quantum digivolve to… Magnamon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Imperialdramon's Paladin Mode is one of the strongest Digimon ever. His "Omega Blade" cuts evil down to size.
Digimon Analyzer: Valkyrimon is Hawkmon's Mega form. This winged guardian of the skies uses his "Feral Sword" to protect the innocent.
Digimon Analyzer: Vikemon is Armadillomon's Mega form. He lives in the cold North of the Digital World and his "Arctic Blizzard" freezes his enemies.
Digimon Analyzer: GranKuwagamon is Wormmon's Mega form. He's one of the strongest insect Digimon. He uses his "Dimension Scissors" to slice through evil.
As the newly-digivolved Digimon stood tall, the children were in awe. They were also shocked at Dinomon's digivolution to Magnamon. Instead of gold armor, his armor was blue and silver. Also, he was now as big as WarGreymon would be.
"What the… I thought… how come Dinomon is Magnamon now?" Daisuke asked in confusion.
"That's not the same Magnamon, Daisuke." Akira said as he checked his digivice. "This one is at the Ultimate level and had different-colored armor. His 'Magna Blaster' attack is three times more powerful than the armor version of him, making him a lean, mean, fighting machine."
"No…" Justin growled under his breath angrily. "This was not meant to happen. This cannot happen. No!"
"All right, guys!" Daisuke called out to the Digimon. "Go get him!" With that, the Digimon moved in to attack.
"Magnamon, could you give me a lift?" Akira asked his Digimon. "I have an idea."
"Hang on." Magnamon said calmly as he lifted Akira onto his back and took off. He flew up as far as Machinedramon's head, where Akira jumped off and tackled Justin. They fell to the ground and began fighting themselves. Meanwhile, the Mega Digimon and Magnamon surrounded Machinedramon.
"Let's finish this, guys!" Imperialdramon said. "Omega Blade!" he shouted as he sliced through Machinedramon with his giant sword.
"Feral Sword!" Valkyrimon shouted as his sword sliced through the air, making an arc of energy that slammed into Machinedramon.
"Arctic Blizzard!" Vikemon shouted as his breath froze Machinedramon in place.
"Dimension Scissors!" GranKuwagamon shouted as he slammed his pincers together, creating a shockwave that weakened Machinedramon to the point of deletion.
"You may have… de-de-defeated us, but you will not defeat our master." Machinedramon said. "Millenniummon will destroy you all-all-all."
"Not today." Magnamon said as he charged up for his attack. "Magna Blaster!" he shouted as several missiles sailed out of his armor and slammed into Machinedramon. The impact was enough to delete him for good. Meanwhile, Akira and Justin's fight had gotten somewhat bloody. After several punches back and forth, Akira snatched Justin's D-Scanner off of his arm.
"Time's up, Mackenzie." Akira said as he crushed the device under his sneaker. He looked and saw that Justin was still laughing evilly.
"Savor your victory while you can, Akira." Justin said as he began to be deleted himself. "You may have defeated me, but you forgot one thing. Those DNA digivolving codes, Machinedramon, they were all the components I needed to revive my master. The data's going to him now. He's coming, has already come, and will come soon."
"How do we stop him, Justin?" Akira said angrily as he grabbed his shirt collar. "How?"
"You can't, you won't, and you never will." With that, Justin Mackenzie laughed maniacally as he vanished.
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"That was awesome!" Daisuke cheered as the Digimon returned to their partners. "You guys rock!"
"No problem, Daisuke!" Imperialdramon said to his partner. Daisuke then turned and gave a warm smile to Miyako, who promptly blushed. She returned one of her own, not knowing that Ken had seen it. Earlier, Akira had told him to prepare for some changes in the group after this battle. Now, he knew what one of them was. Instead of being angry, his eyes were sad but understanding.
"Now I understand." Ken thought to himself. "Akira wasn't talking about the Digimon's digivolution to Mega. He was talking about friendships." He then looked over to Miyako and Daisuke, who were talking to their Digimon. "Treat her well, Daisuke."
"Everyone, look!" Iori called out. All of them looked up and saw that the older Chosen were returning over the horizon with their Mega Digimon.
"Guys, were back!" Taichi shouted as he and the others came over the horizon. After all of them introduced their Megas, Daisuke noticed that Akira had a dark look on his face.
"What wrong with you, Akira?" Daisuke asked. "I thought we had this thing all wrapped up."
"We don't." Akira told him. "We may have just Justin, but he sent out the DNA digivolving codes and Machinedramon's data to his master before he was deleted. Millenniummon is still on his way."
"WHAT???" All of the children exclaimed.
"You mean we went through all that and we didn't solve anything?" Jyou said.
"It wasn't for nothing." Akira explained. "Your Mega Digimon are the only hope that we have against Millenniummon's evil. That's why you all were sent to revive your crests. This is the biggest battle you all will ever do." Akira then looked up at the darkening sky. "I just hope that all of you are prepared for what's coming."
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Meanwhile, behind a place known as the Wall of Fire, a pulsating evil began to grow with the incoming data. It fed on the data, making the wall begin to pulse with the very evil. A pair of red, cold eyes glowed in the darkness.
"I'M COMING, CHOSEN. YOU CANNOT DEFEAT MY POWER, FOR IT HAS ALREADY DESTROYED YOU. I WILL RULE ALL DIGIMON, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. LOOK UPON ME AND TREMBLE WITH FEAR. I… AM… MILLENIUMMON!!!"
Will the Chosen Children be able to defeat Millenniummon and save their future? Find out in the next chapter of "The Legendary Saga"!
Written by: Steeldramon21
While all of the original Chosen Children were speeding back to the meeting place, Daisuke was struggling with a personal problem. Like his mentor, Taichi, he had also been depressed over being forbidden to be with the girl he loved because of Quinglongmon's warning. However, it wasn't Hikari that he was depressed over. It was the one person almost no one expected: Miyako Inoue.
Miyako was one of the most unique people Daisuke had met so far. She was intelligent and just as stubborn as he was. During the short time they had known each other, they would bicker back and forth almost every day. Over the last few months, these small arguments would bring out different feelings in Daisuke. He began finding himself deeply attracted to Miyako. However, since Quinglongmon's cautioning, he couldn't act on it now. She was with Ken, his friend/DNA digivolving partner. In other words, once again, he was on the short end of the stick.
While Daisuke reflected on his problem, Miyako noticed that something was wrong with him. Despite their bickering with each other, she regarded him as a friend and was worried about him. Daisuke seemed more distant than usual, his enthusiasm not as bright as it usually was. Hawkmon noticed his partner's concern and went over to her.
"Are you all right, Miyako?" Hawkmon asked. "You seem a bit worried."
"I know this is going to sound weird, Hawkmon, but I'm worried about Daisuke." Miyako said. "He hasn't been himself since Quinglongmon gave us that warning last week. I'm starting to wonder if I should talk to him or not."
"Perhaps you should." Hawkmon suggested. "He is one of your friends, after all."
"I know, but that's not the strangest thing." Miyako then glanced over to Ken, who was talking to Akira about something. "I know I should be happy that I'm with Ken now, but something keeps nagging at me. It keeps telling me that maybe that's the reason Daisuke's so down. But that's ridiculous… isn't it?"
"I can't answer that for you, Miyako." Hawkmon told her. "You're the only one who can answer that question."
"I hope so." Miyako said, knowing that somewhere deep inside of her that she already knew the answer to her question.
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Meanwhile, Justin looked on his digivice's display, writhing with anger as he saw each Digimon defeated by the Chosen Children's Mega Digimon. He finally snapped the device closed, disgusted at the display.
"Curses!" Justin growled. "The Chosen have all achieved the Mega level. This is unforgivable!"
"Master, what will we do?" Gizamon asked him. "If Millenniummon discovers that we've failed, he may delete us along with the Chosen."
"Which is why we're going to handle Akira and his friends ourselves." Justin said as he unclipped his digivice and pointed it at Gizamon. "No one defies my master's will and lives! Dark Digivolution, activate!"
"Gizamon, dark digivolve to… Dark Tyrannomon! Dark Tyrannomon, digivolve to… Megadramon!"
Justin hopped onto Megadramon's head, a cruel and sadistic grin on his face. He would destroy the children and welcome his master. Soon, all of reality shall burn with darkness.
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As Daisuke leaned back against a nearby tree, he heard the sound of sneakers coming towards him. He turned around and saw that it was Akira.
"Hey, Akira." Daisuke said. "What's up?"
"Nothing." Akira said in his calm tone of voice. He noticed that Daisuke was deep in thought with a semi-depressed look on his face. He knew why. "Still thinking about her, aren't you?"
"Huh?" Daisuke said. "What are you talking about?"
"You know what." Akira said. "You're thinking about Miyako, aren't you?"
Daisuke sighed again. He knew that he couldn't keep this inside forever, especially since Quinglongmon's warning forbade him to be with her or Hikari. He decided that he would come clean.
"So what if I am? It doesn't mean I like her or anything." He glanced over in her direction once again. "I never met anyone like her before. She's smart and really knows how to speak her mind. When we first became Chosen, we would argue almost all the time. Now, I kind of miss it. Besides, it doesn't make a difference. We can't be together anyway."
"Never say never, Daisuke." Akira told him. "You know, someone once told me that sometimes, things happen that can change a person's destiny."
"What are you saying?" Daisuke asked. "Do you know something I don't?"
"All I'm saying, Daisuke, is you can't give up just because something goes wrong. That's something my dad used to tell me." Just then, they heard some explosions from nearby. They raced over and saw that Justin had flown in on Megadramon.
"Well, well, well." Justin said with a twisted grin. "I finally get to meet the Chosen Children, for the first and last time!"
"Daisuke, Megadramon is an Ultimate-level Digimon." Akira told him and the other Chosen. "You'll need Ultimate-level Digimon to battle him."
"What about us?" Miyako asked. "What are we supposed to do? Without Takeru and Hikari, we can't go to Ultimate."
"Don't worry about it, Miyako." Daisuke reassured her. "You guys can back us up." He turned towards Ken. "You ready, Ken?"
"Let's get to work." Ken replied as he and the others whipped out their D- 3s.
"Veemon, digivolve to… XVeemon!"
"Hawkmon, digivolve to… Aquilamon!"
"Armadillomon, digivolve to… Ankylomon!"
"Wormmon, digivolve to… Stingmon!"
"XVeemon…"
"…Stingmon…"
"DNA digivolve to… Paildramon!"
"Digivolution, activate!" Akira shouted as he flipped open his digivice and aimed it at Lizardmon.
"Lizardmon, digivolve to… Dinomon!"
Justin grinned to himself as he saw all the Champion Digimon plus Paildramon surround him. His plan was going exactly as he hoped.
"Megadramon, attack!" Justin ordered.
"Dark Side Attack!" Megadramon shouted as he fired several missiles from his arm cannons. The Digimon managed to dodge the attack.
"Desperado Blaster!" Paildramon shouted as he fired his side guns.
"Blast Rings!" Aquilamon shouted as he fired several energy rings from his beak.
"Tail Hammer" Ankylomon shouted as he launched himself as Megadramon and slammed his tail into him.
"Plasma Burst!" Dinomon shouted as he fired a blast of energy from his mouth. All of those attacks didn't do anything.
"Our attacks aren't working." Iori said. "We've got to think of something else!"
"This doesn't make any sense." Ken said in a frustrated voice. "Megadramon's an Ultimate-level Digimon. Paildramon should be able to handle this."
"Justin's done something to boost Megadramon's power." Akira commented. "Paildramon's not going to be enough."
"I know." Daisuke said to them. "Paildramon can just digivolve to Imperialdramon. That should take care of him."
"I think not, Chosen fools!" Justin said as he took out his digivice. He pressed a button and several bolts of energy wrapped around the Digimon. Except for Dinomon, all of the Digimon reverted to Rookie.
"What the… what did he do to them?" Daisuke exclaimed as he and the other children raced over to their Digimon.
"I've taken your Digimon's DNA digivolving codes." Justin said with a evil smile. "Without it, you'll never reach Ultimate or Mega again!" He then pointed his digivice at Megadramon. "Digivolve, Megadramon, and destroy them all!"
"Megadramon, dark digivolve to… Machinedramon!"
As the machine Digimon landed in front of them, all of the children were in shock. They've heard about Machinedramon's destructive power as a Dark Master from the older Chosen. Now, he was Justin's command.
"No…" Akira said in shock. "Justin, what have you done?"
"Machinedramon is one half of the components for my master's return." Justin proclaimed. "Once he destroys you, nothing will stand in his way!"
"Not if I can help it!" Akira then turned to Dinomon, who was just getting to his feet. "Dinomon, take him down!"
"Plasma Burst!" Dinomon shouted as he fired his attack, which just bounced off of Machinedramon's body. The metal Digimon just looked down at him evilly as he powered up his attack.
"He's powering up his "Giga Cannon" attack." Ken said as he turned to the other children. "We've got to get out of here, now!"
"Giga Cannon!" Machinedramon growled as his twin cannons fired two beams of energy at the children, engulfing them. When the energy faded, the Chosen were all knocked out along with their Digimon. Akira and Dinomon, along with Daisuke and Veemon, were the only ones still somewhat conscious.
"Daisuke… are you all right?" Akira asked as he slowly got to his feet.
"I'll be fine." Daisuke replied as he also got to his feet and turned to the others. "Is everyone all right?"
"I think so." Miyako replied as she and Hawkmon got up. Ken and Iori were still unconscious. "What are we going to do? Without DNA digivolving, how can we stop Machinedramon?"
"We'll find a way." Daisuke told her. "I mean, if XVeemon can take on BelialVamdemon, than maybe he can take on Machinedramon."
"Daisuke, you can't!" Miyako said as she grabbed his arm. "For once in your life, use your head! XVeemon's just a Champion-level Digimon while Machinedramon's a Mega. Until the others get back, we have to come up with some kind of a plan!"
"By then, it'll be too late!" Daisuke then jerked his arm away from Miyako. "Look, I've had it with all of this pessimism. I'm not going to let this pile of scrap metal hurt anyone. Besides, I care too much about you to let anything happen to you." At this, Miyako gasped and Daisuke knew what he was about to say. If there was any time to come clean, now was it. "Look, Miyako. I know we don't exactly see eye to eye sometimes, and I know I don't have any chance since you're with Ken, but I care about you. You're smart, honest, and kind of stubborn. I guess, after a while, you grew on me."
"Daisuke…" Miyako said softly. "Daisuke, I… I've got to admit, you kind of grew on me, too. You're brave, enthusiastic, and a good friend. At first, when we started out as Chosen, you were sort of a jerk. Now, you're pretty level-headed."
"I owe that to you, Miyako." Daisuke said to her as he clasped her hands. "You keep me pretty grounded. If Ken had to be with anybody, I'm glad that's it's you."
"Oh, Daisuke…" Miyako said as she was about to say something that would have changed their relationship forever. Just then, the moment was ruined by the sound of an massive explosion. They looked and saw that Akira and Dinomon were trying to take out Machinedramon on their own.
"Plasma Burst!" Dinomon shouted. The attack did nothing to the metal Digimon.
"Giga Cannon!" Machinedramon growled as he fired his cannons again, sending Akira and Dinomon to the ground.
"Oh, man." Daisuke said as he grabbed his D-3. "I've got to help him out! Digivolve, Veemon!"
"Veemon, digivolve to… XVeemon!"
"Be careful!" Miyako cried as Daisuke and XVeemon flew off to help Akira and Dinomon. Meanwhile, Ken and Iori awoke along with their Digimon and saw Daisuke and XVeemon take off.
"What's Daisuke doing?" Ken asked.
"He's not thinking of taking on Machinedramon with just XVeemon, is he?" Iori asked.
"He is, and we can't help him." Miyako said in shock, not just for her concern for her friend, but also because of how he feels about her. "Our Digimon aren't strong enough yet. We just have to hope for the best."
As Daisuke and XVeemon landed, he jumped off and helped Akira off of the ground. He was somewhat bruised but otherwise okay.
"You all right, dude?" Daisuke asked as he helped him up.
"Now I know how a French Fry feels." Akira groaned. Meanwhile Justin laughed maniacally.
"Soon, my master will be resurrected and this reality will fall. Destroy them, Machinedramon!"
"Confirmed lock on target." Machinedramon said in his metallic voice. "Preparing for termination."
"We're not going to lose to you, Justin!" Akira shouted up to him. "It'll take a lot more than you to destroy the Chosen Children!"
"We shall see, Digimon Master." Justin said coolly. "Kill them all, Machinedramon."
"Giga Cannon!" Machinedramon growled as he fired his attack. Just before it hit, Akira's digivice and D-Scanner went off with a bright light. Daisuke's and the other's D-3s also wen off with a light as Veemon returned to his Rookie form. A miracle was about to happen.
"Veemon, warp digivolve to… Imperialdramon, Paladin Mode!"
"Hawkmon, warp digivolve to… Valkyrimon!"
"Armadillomon, warp digivolve to… Vikemon!"
"Wormmon, warp digivolve to… GranKuwagamon!"
"Quantum Digivolution, activate!" Akira shouted as he flipped open his digivice once more and aimed it at Dinomon.
"Dinomon, quantum digivolve to… Magnamon!"
Digimon Analyzer: Imperialdramon's Paladin Mode is one of the strongest Digimon ever. His "Omega Blade" cuts evil down to size.
Digimon Analyzer: Valkyrimon is Hawkmon's Mega form. This winged guardian of the skies uses his "Feral Sword" to protect the innocent.
Digimon Analyzer: Vikemon is Armadillomon's Mega form. He lives in the cold North of the Digital World and his "Arctic Blizzard" freezes his enemies.
Digimon Analyzer: GranKuwagamon is Wormmon's Mega form. He's one of the strongest insect Digimon. He uses his "Dimension Scissors" to slice through evil.
As the newly-digivolved Digimon stood tall, the children were in awe. They were also shocked at Dinomon's digivolution to Magnamon. Instead of gold armor, his armor was blue and silver. Also, he was now as big as WarGreymon would be.
"What the… I thought… how come Dinomon is Magnamon now?" Daisuke asked in confusion.
"That's not the same Magnamon, Daisuke." Akira said as he checked his digivice. "This one is at the Ultimate level and had different-colored armor. His 'Magna Blaster' attack is three times more powerful than the armor version of him, making him a lean, mean, fighting machine."
"No…" Justin growled under his breath angrily. "This was not meant to happen. This cannot happen. No!"
"All right, guys!" Daisuke called out to the Digimon. "Go get him!" With that, the Digimon moved in to attack.
"Magnamon, could you give me a lift?" Akira asked his Digimon. "I have an idea."
"Hang on." Magnamon said calmly as he lifted Akira onto his back and took off. He flew up as far as Machinedramon's head, where Akira jumped off and tackled Justin. They fell to the ground and began fighting themselves. Meanwhile, the Mega Digimon and Magnamon surrounded Machinedramon.
"Let's finish this, guys!" Imperialdramon said. "Omega Blade!" he shouted as he sliced through Machinedramon with his giant sword.
"Feral Sword!" Valkyrimon shouted as his sword sliced through the air, making an arc of energy that slammed into Machinedramon.
"Arctic Blizzard!" Vikemon shouted as his breath froze Machinedramon in place.
"Dimension Scissors!" GranKuwagamon shouted as he slammed his pincers together, creating a shockwave that weakened Machinedramon to the point of deletion.
"You may have… de-de-defeated us, but you will not defeat our master." Machinedramon said. "Millenniummon will destroy you all-all-all."
"Not today." Magnamon said as he charged up for his attack. "Magna Blaster!" he shouted as several missiles sailed out of his armor and slammed into Machinedramon. The impact was enough to delete him for good. Meanwhile, Akira and Justin's fight had gotten somewhat bloody. After several punches back and forth, Akira snatched Justin's D-Scanner off of his arm.
"Time's up, Mackenzie." Akira said as he crushed the device under his sneaker. He looked and saw that Justin was still laughing evilly.
"Savor your victory while you can, Akira." Justin said as he began to be deleted himself. "You may have defeated me, but you forgot one thing. Those DNA digivolving codes, Machinedramon, they were all the components I needed to revive my master. The data's going to him now. He's coming, has already come, and will come soon."
"How do we stop him, Justin?" Akira said angrily as he grabbed his shirt collar. "How?"
"You can't, you won't, and you never will." With that, Justin Mackenzie laughed maniacally as he vanished.
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"That was awesome!" Daisuke cheered as the Digimon returned to their partners. "You guys rock!"
"No problem, Daisuke!" Imperialdramon said to his partner. Daisuke then turned and gave a warm smile to Miyako, who promptly blushed. She returned one of her own, not knowing that Ken had seen it. Earlier, Akira had told him to prepare for some changes in the group after this battle. Now, he knew what one of them was. Instead of being angry, his eyes were sad but understanding.
"Now I understand." Ken thought to himself. "Akira wasn't talking about the Digimon's digivolution to Mega. He was talking about friendships." He then looked over to Miyako and Daisuke, who were talking to their Digimon. "Treat her well, Daisuke."
"Everyone, look!" Iori called out. All of them looked up and saw that the older Chosen were returning over the horizon with their Mega Digimon.
"Guys, were back!" Taichi shouted as he and the others came over the horizon. After all of them introduced their Megas, Daisuke noticed that Akira had a dark look on his face.
"What wrong with you, Akira?" Daisuke asked. "I thought we had this thing all wrapped up."
"We don't." Akira told him. "We may have just Justin, but he sent out the DNA digivolving codes and Machinedramon's data to his master before he was deleted. Millenniummon is still on his way."
"WHAT???" All of the children exclaimed.
"You mean we went through all that and we didn't solve anything?" Jyou said.
"It wasn't for nothing." Akira explained. "Your Mega Digimon are the only hope that we have against Millenniummon's evil. That's why you all were sent to revive your crests. This is the biggest battle you all will ever do." Akira then looked up at the darkening sky. "I just hope that all of you are prepared for what's coming."
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Meanwhile, behind a place known as the Wall of Fire, a pulsating evil began to grow with the incoming data. It fed on the data, making the wall begin to pulse with the very evil. A pair of red, cold eyes glowed in the darkness.
"I'M COMING, CHOSEN. YOU CANNOT DEFEAT MY POWER, FOR IT HAS ALREADY DESTROYED YOU. I WILL RULE ALL DIGIMON, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. LOOK UPON ME AND TREMBLE WITH FEAR. I… AM… MILLENIUMMON!!!"
Will the Chosen Children be able to defeat Millenniummon and save their future? Find out in the next chapter of "The Legendary Saga"!