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Digimon Tamers Crimson: Knights of Grim Episode 9: Tag Team Duel! Tamers versus Knights!

A little later, Taiki had awoken from his fight against Gankoomon. Although, Shoutmon has yet to awaken as well as Patamon, whom Taiki noticed along with Takeru was there with him. "You finally woke up?" Takeru asked Taiki who nodded in response and said "Sorry about all of this. It's just that I'm still getting used to being merged with Shoutmon. At least I know some fighting moves along with Shoutmon." Takeru was somewhat curious about this and asked "When did you take up Martial Arts?" Taiki then looked down and responded "It was at least a few years ago, before I got sucked into the Digital World with Kiriha. I took up just about anything you can think of, Basketball, Baseball, Kendo and hell! Even Martial Arts. But that was because I wanted to be there for anyone who needed help."

Takeru then looks up and says "Sounds like our fearless leader. Except, he's got a bit of a stubborn side to him that makes it hard for him to learn the lesson that he's not alone. You on the other hand, seem to already know that." Taiki then asks "But doesn't he have people like you as friends? I mean, you guys did seem like a perfect team. Always having each other's backs and whatnot." Takeru seems a bit amused and responds "I used to hate the guy. I always thought that he was no good American, who had the best luck among all of us. But now I see that, he didn't have the best luck. He forgave me despite my intentions of killing him when Daemon got his hands on me and Patamon. So, I'm just doing my best for the good of the team... Even though I feel like a butt monkey while doing so."

Taiki then responded "Well, that must be interesting that you guys are friends nowadays..." Takeru nods in agreement. Shoutmon had awoken nearby Taiki and said "Oh man... How long was I asleep?" Taiki and Takeru were drawing a blank since they were both in the Digital World and had no idea how the time worked around there. Shoutmon sighed and asked "Alright fine, how'd your fight go with Craniamon TK?" Takeru smiled and answered "We didn't even need an X-Antibody for our fight. All we needed was skill, and a clear cut strategy and bam! He's dead." Shoutmon then said "Oh... Well we don't have an X-Antibody so... We're even I guess?" Takeru shrugged and answered "Pretty much." After a while, Takeru then thought of something. "Hey, Taiki! Why don't we go see where the others in the Digital World are!?" Takeru asked Taiki who thought about this and said "Alright! If the others are in the Digital World, we should have no problem tracking them down!"

They then got up, with Takeru carrying Patamon and headed towards the location where their friends are at. However, over the course of their little journey... Nothing has come up. Takeru was falling behind Taiki, who had much more experience in the Digital World than Takeru did. Patamon was slowly starting to stir from his sleep and saw that his Tamer was carrying him. "T-T-TK? Where are we?" Patamon asked Takeru who answered "We're still in the Digital World buddy. As soon as you regain your strength, we'll summon up a heaven's gate and take everyone home." Patamon yawned and responded "Oh... Well in that case, can I sleep on your head?" Takeru stopped a moment to put Patamon on his head. "That better for ya buddy?" Patamon then starts to fall asleep... While somehow still clinging onto Takeru's hat. Shoutmon looked at Patamon and said "Not a very dignified position for an Archangel to be in. But who am I to judge?" Taiki and Takeru both gave Shoutmon looks of disapproval. Suddenly, they saw what appeared to be a shockwave and headed towards it.


Meanwhile...

Henry and Terriermon landed nearby Dynasmon, who was starting to calm down from Henry's recent kick to his shin. Terriermon continued to glare at Dynasmon along with Henry. What surprised them more was that Sakuyamon made an appearance nearby them with Crusadermon. "Rika! Why are you here!?" Henry yelled in surprise. To which Rika responded "I would ask you the same thing... But I think these numbskulls are gonna answer that for us." Henry, Terriermon and Sakuyamon looked back at their opponents who were chuckling somewhat. "These pathetic humans asked us: Why did we bring them to the same place? Why not two separate locations?" Crusadermon started eyeing Henry for a bit and thought "So, this stud's gonna be fighting Dynasmon eh? I think I could toy with him... He'd probably be a bit more suseptive than Gallantmon ever was." She then snapped out of her thoughts to strike a pose with Dynasmon.

They stood back to back with each other and pointed towards their opponents. "WE! ARE THE GREATEST TAG TEAM OF THE DIGTIAL WORLD!" Dynasmon yelled somewhat out of nowhere. Crusadermon then followed "Sired by a ruthless tyrant!" Sakuyamon and Henry looked at each other, hoping the other could provide the answer to this strangeness. "So as you can see, this. Is a tag team match. So, that means... All four of us participate in the same match." Dynasmon explained to their opponents and Crusadermon then added "But unlike a typical tag team match, we all fight at once. So it's more like a two versus two match." Henry was then analyzing what Crusadermon and Dynasmon were saying... And Terriermon figured it out instantly. "They're treating this like a wrestling match. And if that's the case, me and Henry are gonna RKO you out of nowhere!" Henry then face-palmed at Terriermon's statement and said "Let's just merge and get this over with." Terriermon then muttered "But I wanted to be the world's deadliest predator..."

SPIRAL MATRIX EVOLUTION...

Terriermon Spiral Matrix Evolve to... MegaGargomon!

MegaGargomon seemed to tower over every one of the Digimon in the vacinity. His size managed to impress the two Royal Knights in front of him. Dynasmon then flew up to MegaGargomon and said "Alright, you got bigger. What's the difference?" MegaGargomon seemed to have raised an eyebrow at Dynasmon before firing quite a lot of his ammunition at him. He then launched two of his missiles at Dynasmon, who turned out to not have a scratch on him. Sakuyamon saw this coming and said "Henry! He's gonna send it back at you! Watch out!" MegaGargomon heard this and once again fired at his own reflected ammuntion that Dynasmon provided. When the dust settled, they were poised to continue their ongoing conflict... Only for Dynasmon to say "You know what, this isn't gonna get us anywhere. So how about we settle this the old fashioned way." MegaGargomon was once again confused by what Dynasmon was saying, and responded "I could probably send you to next thursday with just one punch or kick. How are you gonna fight me?"

Dynasmon smirked underneath his helmet and said "Watch and learn little dog..." A dark aura started leaking out of him, and slowly enveloped him in makeshift armor. This armor took on the form of a large dragon with wings attached to his back. Dynasmon was in the direct center of the aura-like armor. "You see, this is what I have to contain every day of my life. This near uncontrollable aura. However, Yggdrasil has given me the ability to manipulate it's power to my own will. So, now I need not worry about this ability injuring me and what not. And you don't have to worry about punching me halfway across the Digital World. It's a win-win for both of us." MegaGargomon stared intently at his opponent and Henry did the same thing within the Data core. The two then took a fighting stance in order to ready themselves for this powerful opponent. "Good, that's what I want to see from someone who holds a grudge! Now show me the abilities your human has given you, little dog!" However, before the two could strike at one another, Crusadermon floated up towards MegaGargomon to examine him.

"Well, I can see that two stud muffins are gonna duke it out just for my amusement. I honestly can't choose which one's the better one. The human merged with the dog... Or my BFF... Two choices to choose from." MegaGargomon was feeling somewhat awkward about this... And then Dynasmon used his distraction to grab him and pin him to the ground. "Well, that's one way to get some action going..." Crusadermon said regarding her distraction tactic. She then turned towards Sakuyamon who seemed really angry at Crusadermon for ignoring her. "Ahem! We were supposed to be fighting here bitch!" Crusadermon laughed at the insult and responded "Oh right, I forgot about you. I challenged you and I feel terrible for forgetting such a laughably weak opponent such as you. I mean, you may have powerful magic capabilities... But do you have anything in terms of physical defense?"

Sakuyamon then felt even more anger towards her opponent. "Oh come on! You really think you're so special? Just because you can put up magical barriers and protect everyone from our attacks? Please! Our attacks are much more than those rookies you fought against months ago! We're the big leagues girl! And you don't want to even trifle with us!" Sakuyamon then summoned her spirits to attack Crusadermon... Who put up her shield to shrug them off. "Awwww... Was that really your best move? Because that was ten different flavors of pathetic." Crusadermon taunted Sakuyamon who then raised her staff and was about to create a barrier type explosion... Until Crusadermon came from behind and suplexed her into the ground. However, instead of Sakuyamon just lying on the ground, half of her body was literally in the ground. "Tch. Looks like you need some help getting out there..." Crusadermon said before pulling Sakuyamon out of the ground and noticed her staff was on the ground nearby her. "You're powerless without a weapon right little shaman?" Crusadermon once again started taunting Sakuyamon who then raised her hands at Crusadermon while firing her fox spirits at her.

Crusadermon didn't see that coming and felt some pain from the attack. Sakuyamon then dashed for her staff and fired twin blades at Crusadermon who also felt the impact and fell down. Sakuyamon later distanced herself from Crusadermon, just so that she could plan out her next move. She knew that taking on Crusdermon in close quarters combat would be suicide. Rika was panting from inside the data core and Sakuyamon asked "Are you alright Rika?" Rika then responded "Never mind me! How's your injuries!?" Sakuyamon examined herself and answered "I'm fine Rika. Crusadermon's a tough Digimon. Probably one of the strongest opponents we're ever going to face!" Rika later responded "I know that. But we've gotta get our act together before she suplexes us again. Or even worse..." Sakuyamon shuddered at the mere thought of how much worse it can get with Crusadermon. "Alright Rika, any thoughts on what we should do?"

Sakuyamon asked her Tamer before poking her head out to see Crusadermon seeking her out. "I've got one idea... We should stick near medium range where our spells will be the most effective. But, the catch is we have to stay somewhat far away before she reaches us." Sakuyamon then stood up and raised her staff in the air. Crusadermon then saw the staff and said "There you are! Now die like the rest of your kind!" Sakuyamon then yelled "Amethyst... MANDALA!" Before striking down on the surface. Crusadermon was about to strike the barrier down... Until she saw that there were cherry blossoms jutting out of the barrier. "She set me up!" Crusadermon said to herself before the attack had repelled her. That sent her flying towards a rock in the distance. Sakuyamon then got up to look at Crusadermon who was still stuck in the rock. "Who knew that it'd do a number on you?" Sakuyamon commented on Crusadermon's current predicament.


MegaGargomon meanwhile, was pinned to the ground with Dynasmon stomping on his face. "So little dog, do you submit!? If not, then it's goodbye to you and your Tamer..." Dynasmon said to try and make MegaGargomon surrender, only for his legs to be grabbed and pried off of MegaGargomon's face. "So, you still got some willpower in ya doggy!" Dynasmon said before MegaGargomon threw him off to the distance. "Stop calling me a little dog! Either Terriermon, or MegaGargomon! Nothing else! Got it!" MegaGargomon yelled, feeling constantly offended by Dynasmon's lack of respect. MegaGargomon then got up and took up another fighting stance. "Well, you're certainly pissed off aren't you? Very well then, I'll show you a bit more of my power!" Dynasmon then charged straight at MegaGargomon, who then punched him in the face. He then charged at him again... Only for MegaGargomon to block both of his fists and flip kicked him in the face. Which disoriented the royal knight.

Dynasmon got angry at the mecha and said "Bastard! I thought you were supposed to be this projectile based Digimon! Not a martial arts based Digimon!" MegaGargomon meanwhile, was busy sticking to his stance and responded "Funny... I could have sworn that wyvern aura was supposed to be limited to a beam attack. But like you, I can change too. It was thanks to my big brother that I learned how to fight close range." Dynasmon then started to grow angry at his opponent and yelled "I killed your whole village! What family do you have left!?" He then charged at MegaGargomon again, only for the mecha to say "I wasn't referring to any of the villagers... I was referring to HENRY!" before punching Dynasmon again. However, unlike previous hits this one had additional impact from a blast fired from his hand. Dynasmon then felt even more disoriented and his vision was getting somewhat blurry. "Damn! If this keeps up, I won't be able hold this form up for too long. I need to think of a way to beat this guy and fast!" Dynasmon thought to himself in a worried state of mind.

Henry, inside the data sphere had a straight face on the entire fight. He felt like giving it his all for his little brother's sake. MegaGargomon didn't say a thing to his brother, since he too was focused on the battle at hand. Dynasmon, then started charging a blast to destroy the dog mecha. "Well, I'll give you this much... I haven't had a decent fight like this since your friend/leader Gallantmon. Unfortunately, you don't have a countermeasure for this attack now do you!" Dynasmon said, daring MegaGargomon to take the impact. Henry, seeing the potential risk activated his ability which caused his whole body to glow. Dynasmon saw this and said "Really!? Your tactic for beating me is glowing like a flashlight! Come on! That's probably the stupidest idea I've seen from you! And now you die!" The mouth of the armor opened up to reveal... A beam that headed straight for MegaGargomon. "Wyvern's BREATH!" Dynasmon said as he was shooting the attack. MegaGargomon had his arms in a defensive stance to take the blast in full. At first, MegaGargomon wasn't really fazed by the attack... Until he noticed himself being pushed back by the beam.

Unbeknowst to Dynasmon, Henry's plan was to absorb the damage taken from the attack and add it to MegaGargomon's strength. The brighter MegaGargomon glew, the more powerful he became. After the attack, an explosion occured which then enveloped the area in smoke. Dynasmon, was visibly worn down and his armor had more noticeable cracks in it. Although, he at first thought that MegaGargomon was dead and he won. "In the end, you were nothing but talk! You saw that I killed your entire village? Well, now I've been proven right... Seeing as though you're dead right about now. Ah ha ha ha ha!" He then continued to laugh about his own victory... Until the smoke cleared and revealed that MegaGargomon was not only alright, but even more powerful than he was before. "INCONCIEVABLE! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Dynasmon yelled in disbelief.


Crusadermon got down from the rocks and stood up on the ground. "I must say... I never expected a defensive mage to make a spell like that." Crusadermon said while praising her opponent... Only to see that she disappeared from view. "Where'd you go now little girl? I was just praising you. And now you have to leave my sight! How disrespectful!" She didn't notice that Sakuyamon had charged up an electricity filled kick that ended up taking Crusadermon by surprise. When Crusadermon regained her composure, Sakuyamon had charged at her and gave her a fire filled drop kick. "I see, you can put up a decent fight. It's just your physical attacks aren't as strong as your spells. So I guess you can say that we both counter each other in a way. But, I guess in a way... We're both holding back." Sakuyamon then jumped back and started to prepare another spell for Crusadermon. She was then surrounded by a large circle that suggested she was planning something.

While she was preparing the spell Sakuyamon then asked "Tell me, if you're a virus type... Then why side with Yggdrasil? Why not side with us?" Crusadermon felt oddly saddened by that question and responded "There are many things I could have done. I could've simply left the Royal Knights like Gallantmon did. Though he had his own reasons for that. I could've given you every little bit of information about Yggdrasil and wouldn't have cared if I died or not. Hell! I could've even killed some of these guys for you. But... The reason why I stayed is, that deep down each of those knights that your friends have killed off. Are my friends. They are the reason I stayed. I'm nothing more than a pawn to Omnimon's little scheme to overthrow Yggdrasil. He's using me to lure Yggdrasil away from him... Just so that he could continue to plot against him. Yggdrasil has changed my friends for the worst, and making them forget that we do genuinely care about one another."

Rika and Sakuyamon felt some sympathy for their opponent, though that sympathy couldn't be expressed to her... Due to the fact that, they have to kill her. Sakuyamon then started to spin her staff during this ritual and Crusadermon, is not doing anything to stop it. Despite the fact that she's literally right in front of her and wide open for an attack. Crusadermon then thought to herself "I know that I can stop this... But, I've had enough of this. No more fighting for Yggdrasil. No more being Omnimon's pawn. And no more of Dynasmon. It took me this long to realize any feelings for you. Though that might be because of Gallantmon, who never once acknowledged my affection. Oh well, if I'm going out... I might as well go out in style!" Sakuyamon was just about finished with her spell and was getting ready to launch it. Crusadermon then turned her sheild into a fist like weapon and charged at Sakuyamon full speed. Sakuyamon then stuck her staff into the ground... And fired a purple laser beam from it.

At first it didn't seem like much, until Crusadermon made contact with it and it turned out to be much bigger than how it was when she fired it. Crusadermon felt herself being pushed back slowly and steadily. Eventually... She gave out and her arm was the first to be destroyed before being somewhat consumed by the beam. The resulting explosion caused a large cloud of smoke to form, thus making it unclear whether or not Sakuyamon ended her opponent's reign of terror. However, when the smoke cleared she saw that there were data particles suggesting that they had indeed killed Crusadermon and were victorious in their fight. Sakuyamon then raised her staff into the air, as though to declare victory from her battle. "Rika, we've done it. The Royal Knight has fallen before us." Rika felt a bit somber within her data core and responded "Yeah but... I felt like she let us win. Instead of just killing us, she let us destroy her with our most powerful spell."

Sakuyamon felt a little agreement with Rika, and then the spell started to take it's toll on her. Sakuyamon split into a worn out Renamon, with Rika holding onto her arm. "You okay Renamon!?" Rika asked somewhat concerned for her partner. "I"m fine Rika, it's just that spell. Even though we've practiced it numerous times... It still feels like I've lost almost all of my energy just performing it." Renamon answered. Rika felt somewhat exhausted as well, but not as much as her partner. So they decided to head towards where they assumed Henry and Dynasmon were and watch their fight finish. MegaGargomon meanwhile, was busy staring down his visably angered opponent who prepared to strike him down where he stood... "I'm MegaGargomon Emerald mode! And that power you let out, just gave me more than enough juice to finish you off!" MegaGargomon said to Dynasmon who responded "You're bluffing! There's no Digimon or human out there with that kind of power!" He then tried punching MegaGargomon who simply caught the attack and effortlessly broke Dynasmon's arm...

Which ended up breaking the actual Dynasmon's arm. He screamed at the pain he was experiencing. Later he tried his other arm, only to have MegaGargomon break that as well. He started panting and charged at him with a jump kick screaming "DAMN YOOOOOUUUUU!" While doing it... Only for the dog mecha to break his leg as well. Dynasmon was then down to one leg and was barely standing in front of his opponent. "You know, I don't need all of my appendages to beat you! I could just simply kick you with my leg and destroy you completely!" Dynasmon said, completely delirious due to his broken appendages. Henry started to feel a little sorry for him... Only to remember that he killed his little brother's entire family. MegaGargomon then grabbed Dynasmon's leg and tossed him into the air... Before opening up his chest to reveal a laser that was charged and ready to fire. "Mega... Gargo... LASER!" The two said in sync before firing the beam at Dynasmon... Who was then completely obliterated.

After the fight MegaGargomon split into Henry and Terriermon, who were both visably worn out. Henry stopped glowing and was about to fall over... Until Rika showed up and caught him. "Oh great, looks like I gotta take care of two sleepy heads. Right Renamon?" Renamon sitting nearby nodded in agreement to Rika's statement. She then carried Henry nearby where she had Renamon sitting and brought Terriermon along, since she didn't want Henry to feel too lonely. She then started to lay her head next to Henry... And then fall asleep next to the blue haired boy. All while Takeru and Taiki were watching. "If I didn't know any better... I'd say they were perfect for each other." Taiki said pointing out the fact that Rika's just sleeping with Henry. However, Takeru then says "If there's one thing about Rika that I know about for sure, it's the fact that, if you so much as tease her about this... Say goodbye to any chance of having kids. Cause those steel toed shoes aren't just for show."

Taiki felt a bit afraid by that statement, but Shoutmon didn't get it. "You guys are wimps. Digimon aren't afraid of that! I mean, sure there's some forms of breeding between two different Digimon... But that's a different story all together." Shoutmon said regarding Digimon's... Breeding habits. Takeru then went up to enlighten Shoutmon. "Shoutmon, humans are different. If we lose our family jewels... Then say goodbye to having kids for the rest of your life! Henry's lucky just because Rika probably really likes him or something! Don't start taunting her when she wakes up okay!?" Shoutmon sighed and responded "Fine! But you better have some kind of reward for me... Like Digi-bites... Or Mrs. Kudo's cooking... Or even that legendary treat known as chocolate." Shoutmon started to drool at the thought of chocolate and Takeru and co. sweat-dropped.

名前:Dynasmon
場所:デジタルワールドプレーンズ
ステータス:故人

名前: Crusadermon
場所:デジタルワールドプレーンズ
ステータス:不明


Meanwhile...

In a bustling city, it seemed that the Royal Knight Crusadermon had survived. Unfortunately for her, she was running low on data and slowly de-evolving. She was sitting within an alleyway where she reflected upon her life. Subjugating innocents, destroying various villages with her companions, specifically Dynasmon. And worst of all... Smiling in the face of the terror bestowed upon those people, whom she swore to protect. She looked at herself and saw her fading slowly. "Huh? I guess that I was spared after all... Oh well, even if I didn't escape I would have died at that shaman's hand. So now, here I am waiting to fade from existence!" Crusadermon said to herself as she began to realize that, she was free. Free from the Royal Knights, Yggdrasil and especially Omnimon.

Though she felt a tear begin to fall from her eye, as she also remembered that... She'd never see her friends again. The light in her vision began to fade away as she started to go unconscious. And she did, assuming that it was her time. But instead she was de-evolving into something quite small and inocuous. Now she would be somewhat invisible to those who were suspicious about the alleyway, and to those who might have been viewing from above. But little did she know, this didn't seem to be the hub area that she grew to associate herself with, when thinking about the Digital World cities. To the Digimon Tamers, Sakuyamon had killed Crusadermon, and that's how it would be to her and to Yggdrasil.