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"That's the digimon who attacked us," Daisuke speaks up as he stares at the evil digimon.
"WaruMonzaemon."
The roar of a creature echoes around the group and everyone tries to cover their ears from the horrid noise. The trees that haven't been knocked down sway slightly before standing upright when the roar ends. The bear like digimon glares down at the group of humans and digimon but its focus remains on one redhead.
"Why did you reject us?" WaruMonzaemon asks as he glares at the female redhead. Akari shivers at the question as she doesn't know what to say.
Do I reject it again? Do I apologise? Will it accept the apology? What should I do?!
Akari's mind races as her body is frozen stiff. Her breathing is shallow and almost silent while her eyes stare into the blood red eyes of WaruMonzaemon.
"Were we not good enough for you?" WaruMonzaemon asks in a slightly higher tone than normal. A small glimmer in his eyes can be seen and this causes Akari's breathing to hitch slightly at the unexpected behaviour. "Were we not what you wanted?"
"Why should she answer to the likes of you?!" Akari turns around to see Sora speaking up to the bear digimon. Sora's hands are small fists and Akari can see the hair and Sora's arms standing on end.
"That's a bad idea Sora," Iori mentions quietly to Sora as he looks up at the bear like digimon.
"Akari doesn't have to answer to you!" Daisuke shouts and this causes Iori to sigh slightly.
I guess we're picking a fight with him again.
Iori thinks before noticing that WaruMonzaemon's eyes are shining even brighter than before; and not in a good way.
"You think you can stand up to me?" WaruMonzaemon laughs at the human's behaviour and this causes Agumon to stand at the front of group.
"We won't just stand up to you, we'll beat you down!" Agumon announces to the bear digimon and this causes WaruMonzaemon to stop laughing. Taiki takes a small step in front of Akari and turns to look at her slightly.
"Get behind me," Taiki whispers to Akari and she does as he says, still looking up at the caped bear.
"Then let's see you try!" WaruMonzaemon's mouth moves to form a horrifying smile before lifting his paw high above his head.
Bear Claw
"Scatter!" Henry shouts as he takes a hold of Suzie's hand and pulls her as far away from WaruMonzaemon's attack as possible. As the attack hits the ground, a shockwave breaks up the ground slightly and this causes everyone to split up slightly.
On one section are Henry, Terriermon and Suzie who are close to the fallen trees. One a different section is Junpei who is carrying the unconscious Takuya and Hawkmon. Farther away from them are Taiki, Akari, MarineAngemon and Agumon while not too far from them is Yuu and Sora. Close to WaruMonzaemon but not the closest are Iori, Tomoki and Neemon with Daisuke and Guilmon on a different section which is directly in front of WaruMonzaemon.
"I think this is a bad idea," Daisuke mutters to Guilmon as they both look up at WaruMonzaemon. WaruMonzaemon looks down at the pair and this causes Guilmon to growl slightly as he moves into a defensive position.
Nasty Step
WaruMonzaemon lifts his foot up high before moving it towards where Daisuke and Guilmon are standing. Guilmon opens his mouth and an orange light starts to form.
Rock Breaker
Guilmon jumps up at WaruMonzaemon's foot while Daisuke tries to look around for a small enough gap to jump over however all the gaps are too big for either of them to leap over.
As Daisuke tries to brace himself for what's to come, Henry turns to his digimon as he pulls out a blue card from his deck. He takes out his green and white D-Power before smiling at his partner who is now standing next to him.
"Ready?" Henry asks and Terriermon nods.
"Always," Terriermon speaks before Henry swipes the blue card through the slot in his D-Power.
"Digi-Modify!" A bright light shines from Henry's device and from Terriermon's body and this causes everyone apart from Daisuke and Guilmon to turn around. "Matrix Digivolution!"
The bright light consumes Terriermon and WaruMonzaemon stops his attack as his attention is now turned towards the bright light. As the bright light starts to dim, the body of Gargomon appears in front of everyone and this causes Henry to look at his partner in confusion.
"Why are you Gargomon and not Rapidmon?" Henry asks his partner and this causes Gargomon to turn to his partner and shrug.
"Beats me," Gargomon replies before looking back at WaruMonzaemon who has placed its foot back on the ground and not on top of Guilmon and Daisuke.
"This is interesting," WaruMonzaemon mutters and the horrifying smile forms on its face again.
Bunny Pummel
Gargomon leaps over the gaps with ease as he makes his way towards WaruMonzaemon while preparing his attack. Yuu watches Gargomon from his spot and grasps his yellow Xros loader with his right hand.
Gargomon can't battle WaruMonzaemon on his own. If only Damemon was here…
Yuu thinks before he hears a recognisable voice come from his right.
"Yuu," Yuu turns to his right before noticing a digimon that resembles a golden aircraft with two gloved hands coming from the wings. Yuu's eyes widen at the sight and a small smile forms on his face.
"Sparrowmon," Yuu mutters before noticing a few shadows jump off Sparrowmon and run away in different directions. "Who are they?"
"They're some friends that I found on my way here," Sparrowmon replies before looking towards Gargomon and WaruMonzaemon who are currently fighting.
"We need to help Gargomon in some way otherwise he'll never win," Yuu looks towards Sparrowmon for help and Sparrowmon smiles slightly.
"Try and fuse me with someone," Sparrowmon suggests and this cause Yuu to look around.
"With who?" Yuu asks before noticing a new digimon talking to Henry and Suzie. The digimon is tall and covered in rubber armour which has a few metal plates on the joints. Red wings that resemble a dragon can be seen and the digimon gives off a cyber like feel.
"Found someone?" Sparrowmon asks the blonde and Yuu nods as he looks towards the digimon.
"Henry!" Yuu calls towards the blue haired boy and Henry turns to look at the blonde. "Is Cyberdramon yours?"
"No," Henry replies before turning to look at Cyberdramon.
"I'll go see what he needs," Cyberdramon says to Henry before flying down to Yuu. "What do you need me for?"
"I need you to help me try something out that might help Gargomon," Yuu replies and Cyberdramon nods.
"Okay," Cyberdramon replies and Yuu smiles before turning to both digimon who are either side of him.
"Ready?" Yuu asks and both cyber digimon nod as a reply.
"Cyberdramon! Sparrowmon!" Another bright glows and both Taiki and Akari's eyes widen at the familiar light.
"Digi fuse!" Yuu calls out and a bright light shines out of Yuu's yellow Xros loader and towards both Cyberdramon and Sparrowmon. The two lights shine so bright that it blinds everyone including Gargomon and WaruMonzaemon. As the light starts to dim, Cyberdramon's body stays mostly intact but now instead of two red wings he now has two gold wings and his armour as golden plates over his joins. On his forearms are two missiles and on his head his helmet has a slight tinge of gold.
"Xros-Up Cyberdramon!"
"That's a really strong fusion," Akari mutters before looking towards Taiki who is now looking at Agumon and Guilmon.
"Agumon, Guilmon, can you trust me?" Taiki asks the two digimon and this causes Guilmon to become confused.
"Why?" Guilmon asks while Agumon nods towards the brunette.
"We're both ready," Agumon replies and Guilmon becomes even more confused.
"I didn't say I'm ready!" Guilmon shouts and Taiki takes a deep breath in as he takes out his red Xros loader.
"Agumon! Guilmon!" Guilmon looks down at his body as a bright light starts to form around him.
"Digi-fuse!" Taiki calls out and a bright light forms from his red device and it points itself straight at the two dragon digimon. The bright lights fuse where Guilmon was once standing and after the lights start to dim, a new digimon reappears. Agumon's body is now taller and his tail is just as long as Guilmon's tail, if not longer. Agumon's ears are slightly bigger and black stripes cover Agumon's body from top to bottom.
"My sense of smell is better now!" Xros-Up Agumon smiles slightly and this causes Daisuke to look at the new fusion in amazement.
"Is that…" Daisuke starts before the new fusion looks towards him.
"You might want to look behind you," Xros-Up Agumon points behind Daisuke and this causes him to turn around and notice a familiar dragon digimon stood not too far away on a separate section.
"Veemon!" Daisuke calls out to his partner but doesn't move as he remembers how he can't jump over the gaps. "Ready to help?"
"Whenever you are partner!" Veemon replies with a bright smile and Daisuke pulls out his blue D-3. However, unlike everyone else, his device doesn't glow and this confuses both the digimon and human.
"Why won't it work?" Daisuke wonders before dodging an attack from WaruMonzaemon.
"Why won't Daisuke's device work?" Iori mutters before turning to Tomoki who is currently watching Takuya.
When will Takuya wake up?
Tomoki stares at Takuya's wounded body in worry before he starts to smell burning coming from behind WaruMonzaemon.
"What's that smell?" Tomoki asks nobody in particular but he receives a reply anyway.
"Xros-Up Agumon tried to attack WaruMonzaemon with Pyro Breath but it missed and I think it hit the wood behind WaruMonzaemon," Iori explains before another fireball is unleashed by the fused Agumon which misses again and hits another fallen tree.
"If they keep going on like this the whole forest will be on fire," Henry mutters as he watches his partner struggle to harm WaruMonzaemon.
Pyro Breath
Gargo pellets
Desolation Lasers
The three moves try to harm the bear digimon but it doesn't work as the fireball misses again and the multiple lasers and pellets don't even scratch the bear.
Bear Claw
The one attack forces both fusions to spilt and for Gargomon to fall next to Henry. Henry kneels beside his partner who slowly de-digivolve back into Terriermon.
"Are you okay?" Henry asks with a worried tone but this only causes Terriermon to smile slightly.
"Momentai," Terriermon replies before Henry picks him up and holds him in his arms. Suzie stands next to him in fear as the fire is now surrounding the whole group as it slowly burns the fallen trees and the trees that are still standing.
Marching Fishes
Sora looks down to her right to notice a familiar digimon attacking the enemy with hordes of fishes. Her eyes widen slightly before she smiles at the digimon's arrival.
"Gomamon," Sora mutters and this causes the seal like digimon to look up at the red head with a big smile.
"Long time no see," Gomamon says optimistically before turning back to notice that his attack didn't leave a mark on the digimon.
Vee Head-butt
Feather Strike
Kahuna Waves
The three attacks all hit WaruMonzaemon but not one of them harms the digimon enough to leave a scratch on the digimon. WaruMonzaemon laughs at the countless attempts to defeat him with not one of them actually leaving a mark on him.
"You call yourselves strong," WaruMonzaemon's laugh starts to die down as he speaks only to stop completely after he finishes his words. "What a joke."
As another malicious laugh fills the atmosphere, a wave of uncertainty fills everyone's minds. Neemon grabs a hold of Tomoki's right leg while Suzie does the same with Henry. The smell of burning fills the air as even the trees that weren't knocked down are starting to face the fire's anguish.
A murmur can be heard from behind Junpei and this causes Junpei to look at the Brunette who is one his back.
"Takuya?" Junpei calls out to his friend quietly and this calls Takuya to slowly open his eyes and notice the smell of burning and orange light surrounding them. He looks around slightly to notice humans and digimon's that he recognised and didn't recognise. He tries to stand up on his own two feet and does successfully with a little help from Junpei.
"Where are we?" Takuya asks his friend who he's balancing on slightly as he tries to fully wake up.
"In the middle of a losing battle with WaruMonzaemon," Junpei replies and this causes Takuya to notice the grimacing smile of WaruMonzaemon being lit up by the fire surrounding them. Takuya then looks around to notice multiple digimon passed out all around and multiple digimon who appeared tired but unharmed.
"Have we scratched him?" Takuya asks, hoping for some sign of hope but Junpei shakes his head slowly.
"We haven't caused any harm on the stupid bear," Junpei replies with a sorrow filled voice before turning around to look at his friend and leader. "You've woken up at the wrong time."
"How long has the fire been here?" Takuya asks as his focus is now on the fire surrounding them.
"Not for long, why?" Junpei asks the brunette and this causes Takuya to smile before taking out his device.
"I don't think I've woken up at the wrong time," Takuya replies before placing his hand in the fire.
"Takuya!" Takuya turns around to notice Tomoki smiling at him. Takuya smiles back at his younger friend while his left hand is still in the fire.
"Tomoki!" Takuya calls back and the rest of the group turn to look at the now conscious goggle head.
"You're awake!" Takuya turns to look at Daisuke who is now standing next to a blue dragon digimon.
"I'm okay!" Takuya smiles optimistically at his fellow goggle head before turning his attention to Henry who starts to speak.
"You won't be if you leave your hand in the fire for long," Henry mentions and Takuya turns to notice that his left hand is still in the fire.
"Oops," Takuya takes his hand out of the flame like its fine and this causes Taiki to look at Takuya's hand curiously. As Taiki examines Takuya's hand, Sora notices what Taiki's looking at and decides to speak up.
"How come your hand isn't burnt?" Sora asks and this causes Takuya to look at his hand which doesn't show any signs of burning.
"I guess it's because I'm the Warrior of Fire," Takuya shrugs slightly as he replies and this causes Taiki to turn back to the still laughing WaruMonzaemon.
He dodged all of the fire attacks but not any other type of attack. Does that mean his weakness is fire?
Taiki thinks before noticing how far away WaruMonzaemon is from the fire. Taiki flicks his goggles as unusual when he thinks up of something and this causes Akari to look at him.
"What is it Taiki?" Akari asks and this causes Yuu to look at Taiki as well.
"You said you're the Warrior of fire, right?" Taiki asks Takuya and this causes Takuya to nod in response. "I think his weakness is fire because instead of taking the attack he dodges it unlike all of the other attacks."
"You want me to try and fight him," Takuya mentions and Taiki nods.
"It's our last chance at beating him otherwise we'll all be done for," Taiki says and this causes Takuya to look down at his red and black D-Tector.
"I'll do it," Takuya says before smiling. "It will be good to fight for once."
"Do you even have your spirits though?" Junpei asks but Takuya shrugs as he starts to move towards WaruMonzaemon. The others watch Takuya as he leaps from one section to another, only just reaching each time. Takuya stops when he's directly in front of WaruMonzaemon, on a different section of ground to everyone else.
"Oi!" Takuya shouts and this causes WaruMonzaemon to look down at the human before him.
"What do you want?" The bear asks with a monochrome voice.
"I want you to stop hurting my friends," Takuya replies and this causes WaruMonzaemon to smile at this.
"Friends? What friends?" WaruMonzaemon asks with a slight laugh in his voice.
"I think you should get ready to be burnt you big bully!" Takuya replies with a threat that the bear simply laughs at.
"What can a measly human do to a digimon like me?" WaruMonzaemon asks as his laughter turns into curiosity.
"This," Takuya replies as he holds his left hand out in front of him and a blue line starts to glow around it. His right hand is holding his D-Tector just behind him. He moves his left hand to touch the tip of his device before swiping the line across a sensor on his device. As he swipes it, two words echo from his mouth.
"Spirit Evolution!"
His hands move either side of him and a bright light starts to form around him. All of the surrounding fire around them moves towards Takuya and the light and this causes faces of shock and amazement to be seen all around. As the fire and light fuse with one another, a silhouette of a digimon stands exactly where Takuya once stood. A hand reaches out and swipes the light and fire away to reveal an armoured digimon standing on two feet like a human. He has a yellow mane behind him as hair with orange and red armour covering his body.
"Is that…Takuya?" Sora asks as she looks at the digimon standing before them.
"No," The word mutters out of WaruMonzaemon's mouth and this causes everyone to look at the bear in slight shock. The bear's hands can be seen shivering slightly and his fur is standing on end.
"WaruMonzaemon's…scared?" Akari asks in disbelief as she watches the bear like digimon stare at Takuya's new form in fear.
"What's wrong?" Takuya asks with a smile. "Is the big bear scared of getting burnt?"
"N-No," WaruMonzaemon replies as he takes a small step back.
"Well you better be!" Takuya replies before jumping into the air.
Pyro Darts
Takuya holds his hands out and fires small fire pellets towards WaruMonzaemon; hitting him right on. The bear roars in pain as burn marks form all over his body. Suzie looks away as she grabs Henry's leg even tighter. Henry looks down at his sister before placing a hand on her head. He turns back to the fight before noticing something wrong with the fight.
Why is WaruMonzaemon so weak to fire? It doesn't seem right…
Pyro Punch
Takuya punches WaruMonzaemon multiple times as fire surrounds his fists. Each time he hits the bear, a loud roar can be heard and after five hits Takuya stands where he transformed.
"He's really weak," Takuya turns to look at Taiki who originally came up with the plan. "I don't even have to use my full power to beat him."
"Something isn't right," Henry speaks up as he looks at the wounded bear.
"It's almost as if he had a shield before but now he doesn't," Yuu says as he too looks at WaruMonzaemon.
"What should I do?" Takuya asks as he looks towards Taiki for guidance. Taiki stares at the wounded bear as he tries to think of what to do.
We can't keep hurting him like this, but of we try to help him he might betray us. What to do…
As Taiki tries to think of what to do, the digimon in question falls to his knees in pain before shrinking to become the same size as Takuya's digimon form, Agunimon. Daisuke runs over to the bear with Veemon following him close behind. The others start to move closer to the bear, jumping over the gaps where it's small enough for them to jump over. When most of the group is surrounding the smaller version of WaruMonzaemon, Takuya turns back into his human form before watching WaruMonzaemon fall onto his back in pain.
"He's badly injured," Iori points out and Hawkmon nods in agreement.
"If Cutemon was here he could heal him," Akari mutters as she looks down at WaruMonzaemon. Before anyone can speak, a slightly glow starts to form over the body and the fur changes from black to yellow and all of the scars disappear. The belly is stitched back up and a white cross can be seen at the bottom of his stomach. His blood red eyes turn into a more peaceful red while the burn marks still cover his body.
"It's Monzaemon," Sora says as she looks at the digimon in front of her.
"He needs help and fast," Yuu looks towards the others and Suzie kneels down beside the digimon.
"Henwy, he's muttwing something," Suzie looks up at her older brother before facing the bear again.
"Can you tell what he's saying?" MarineAngemon asks the young girl and she shakes her head. Tomoki decides to sit down next to Suzie and Monzaemon's head before leaning in to hear what he's saying.
"He's saying 'I've failed them' and 'It's over' multiple times," Tomoki replies before looking up at the others.
"Who's he failed?" Junpei asks as he looks down in confusion. Tomoki looks at Monzaemon before trying to listen in.
"I can't say," Tomoki replies after trying to listen in. "He's still repeating what he's already said."
"What should we do? We're still surrounded by the fire so we can't find help," Sora asks as she looks around them only to find fire everywhere. The sky above them is covered with dark clouds which make it look like night time when it's not.
"He's saying something different," Tomoki speaks up to draw their attention before listening in to what he's saying. When the sound of muttering stops, Monzaemon's body stops breathing and his eyes fully close as well as his mouth.
"What did he say?" Takuya asks his younger friend and Tomoki still looks at the bear.
"Only the chosen children can stop them and save the digimon king and the digital world," Tomoki replies quietly. "Only the chosen children."
The body of Monzaemon turns into fragments of data before dispersing into the air and vanishing into the dark sky above. A sudden drop of rain lands where Monzaemon once laid and in seconds, the sound of rain echoes all around the group and extinguishes the fire around them.
No one can speak as the fight still lingers in their minds as well as Monzaemon's dying words. Before long, Takuya's body fails on him and a wave of darkness takes over him, causing him to pass out. Junpei catches him before he lands on the floor and everyone's thoughts are interrupted by the brunette.
"He's still wounded from the first fight," Henry speaks up first as Junpei decides to feel his forehead.
"He's extremely cold," Junpei mentions and this causes worry to form on Tomoki's face.
"The fight must have been too much for him and he was just covering it up so we wouldn't worry," Tomoki mentions as he stands up.
"We need to find someone who can help and fast," Hawkmon speaks up and by this time everyone apart from Taiki is surrounding Takuya. As everyone looks down at Takuya, Taiki looks deep into the burnt forest to see a cloaked figure holding a gold chain staring right at him.
Taiki's right hand grasps his red Xros loader before a beeping sound forces him to look away from the cloaked figure and towards his device. On the screen are eleven dots of different colours; one red, three orange, four green, one blue and two purple. Taiki turns towards the others before speaking up.
"There's a group not too far from us who might be able to help," Taiki speaks up and this causes Daisuke to point to his right. "Wrong direction."
"I try," Daisuke mutters before Taiki points in the opposite direction, causing Daisuke to sigh.
"One day you'll get it right," Sora places a hand on his shoulder.
"I doubt that," Veemon speaks up in a joking matter and this causes Daisuke to pout. Junpei places Takuya on his back with the help of Henry and Yuu while Akari moves towards Taiki. Taiki places all of the unconscious digimon in his device before a hand can be felt on his shoulder.
"What's wrong?" The redhead asks the goggle-head.
"Nothing," The goggle-head replies with a persuasive smile and this causes the red head to sigh.
"Will you ever tell me what's wrong?" Akari asks as she tightens her hold on Taiki's shoulder.
"I never do because there's never anything wrong," Taiki replies while smiling.
"You can fool a lot of people Taiki but not me," Akari states before letting go of his shoulder. "Remember that."
Akari walks towards everyone else who's started to climb over the burnt wood while Taiki moves to look back into the dense forest one last time before following everyone else.
A/N: More mysteries! Yay! Who do you think is behind all of this? Who's this Digimon King they keep speaking of? Who knows? Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter and please tell me as a review or in PM. The next update will be on May 29th so I hope to see all you guys for the next chapter of Blessed with a Curse!