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Digimon Tamers Crimson: Knights of Grim Episode 10: Beelzemon's Revenge! Battle in the skies!

Beelzemon and Examon had arrived in the Digital World, though now they are airborne rather than on the ground. Examon had first thought of taking on his old nemesis on the ground and using his lack of flight to his advantage. This time around however, his opponent had the ability to fly and likely practiced using this ability. So now, he can only hope that he's faster than the former demon lord. Beelzemon, seemed to have a plan in mind to defeat this behemoth of a Royal Knight. Though his real size is slightly bigger than Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, he's still the biggest out of all the Knights. Nia had sported a straight face against her foe. Though deep down, she was somewhat nervous since Examon was somewhat hell-bent on destroying the demon lord once and for all.

Beelzemon's three eyes were staring down the dragon, who seemed to be thinking of using his lance to destroy him once again. "Just like before Demon Lord... You're going to die here at my hands. However, this time I'll be taking your data and your Tamer's data as well! So I hope you've prayed to whatever you may worship, for I will not be so remorseful this time around!" Examon declared to Beelzemon who just fired a bullet from his right pistol, which slightly scratched Examon's face. "How about instead of talking, we get this fight over with! My old nemesis!" Examon then took a deep breath and tried striking Beelzemon wtih his laser lance... Only to miss and be greeted with more bullets to his back.

The former demon lord decided to get some distance away from Examon, just so he could come up with a plan to defeat him. However, he saw that his bullets didn't even pierce his back. "You fool! You really think your puny ammunition will do anything to me!? I am the largest member of the Royal Knights! And though I have taken a considerable number of blows in my day, I still continue to take every blow that comes my way and stop the attack dead in it's tracks!" Examon exclaimed as he charged up a beam meant to take down Beelzemon. "PENDRAGON'S GLORY!" He said as he fired the beam, targetting Beelzemon who had more than enough time to move out of the way. He tried aiming for Examon's wings, hoping to put him on the ground... But the wings curled up around Examon to reveal that, they too are quite durable.

So Beelzemon put his guns into their holsters, and thought to try and claw at Examon. "Beelzemon wait! I think that his head might be the most vulnerable part on his body! And if you go up to him, you'll get yourself killed!" Nia yelled in her data core just to stop her partner who then stopped his assault attempt just pull out his guns again. "Alright, but since he knows that we can damage his face, we should probably try waiting for an opportunity to get him from behind. Though I hope that he doesn't try getting too close to us, cause otherwise his lance is gonna pierce and destroy us!" Nia nodded in agreement to Beelzemon's suggestion and they continued to keep their distance from Examon. The Royal Knight then felt his face where the bullet grazed it... And realized that maybe he should be more careful with defending himself. He then saw two bullets that aimed straight for his head, unfortunately he had barely enough time to react and got his left eye shot. Examon clutched his eye and screamed in pain, and this caused him to go a little berserk.

Back on the surface, Henry and Rika woke up to explosions being seen in the sky. "Rika, you're awake!" Renamon said to Rika who then noticed that she was lying on Henry. Once the two realized their situation, they quickly scooted away from one another. "L-L-Let's pretend this didn't happen alright?" Rika asked Henry who was somewhat hesistant to respond to her since he wasn't sure how to feel about the whole thing. He blinked a few times, just to make sure it wasn't a dream and he then nodded in response to her. Takeru and Taiki went up to the two tamers and Takeru said "I see you two finally woke up." He then offered the two a hand which they both accepted... But not without Rika punching Takeru in the face just for spying on them. "You're lucky that we're friends TK. Otherwise it'd be a lot worse on you!" Takeru then rubbed his cheek in pain and Taiki was a bit weirded out by that incident.

Terriermon walked up to the four and asked "You mind telling me what's up with the explosions!?" Henry then put his finger and thumb under his chin to ponder what could be happening... Until he determined the likely possibility. "Well I'm guessing that's Beelzemon up there fighting that Examon creature!" Rika looked up at the clouds and she seemed to agree with Henry on that sentiment... Despite not seeing the two Mega Level Digimon. "So... We're gonna go up there and help right?" Taiki asked the group who all gave him a skeptical look. Taiki sighed and said "Worth a shot. But still, isn't there anything we can do to help Nia right now? Or are we just gonna be standing here and watching the whole fight!?" Rika then put a hand on Taiki's shoulders and said "It's not that we don't want to help her... It's just that we should put our faith in her before we decide that she's unable to beat him. Plus the fact that our Digimon are somewhat worn out by the fights earlier... So I don't think we're going to help any time soon."

Examon had looked at Beelzemon with a considerable amount of rage in his eye. And suddenly, a dark aura starting spewing out of him. His remaining eye started to glow red, while the rest of his body glew an unusual mix of black and purple. Beelzemon was quite concerned about this, since he himself went through this before killing his best friend Leomon. Nia too felt the same level of concern since she saw that same aura months ago, though this time it's not her friend that has it... But rather an enemy. "Beelzemon, I'm not sure how we're going to beat this guy now that this has happened but one thing's for sure.." Nia started and Beelzemon finished saying "Yeah, I know. He's going to be more liable to openings... But that means he's probably going to be a lot faster than he was beforehand." Examon then charges straight at Beelzemon with near blinding speed.

The Ex Demon Lord then started shooting at Examon... Only for his bullets to bounce off of his head like they were nothing. He then quickly got out of the way of the attack, while Examon decided to fly up higher. "It's almost like his speed is what's making him reflect the gunshots!" Beelzemon said out loud, realizing that Examon has practically garnered him a shield that protects him from quite a number of projectiles. "We need to wait for him to slow down before we even think of attacking him now!" Nia had said to Beelzemon who responded "Easier said than done, since he's not wearing himself out any time soon with all of his flying. That is until Examon had decided to fly towards his target once again. When Beelzemon tried avoiding him, he was grabbed by Examon's free hand. They both were headed towards that ground and Examon proceeded to slam Beelzemon into the rocky terrain. Examon then proceeded to drag Beelzemon across the ground and into a nearby rock.

Examon later flew back up into the air and roar defiantly into the sky. Takeru and co. saw this and were quite shocked to see that the Royal Knight might have bested Beelzemon. "Guys, we gotta help Beelzemon!" Taiki said, but both Takeru and Rika pulled Taiki down and restrained him. "If we get in the way, that's only going to be a burden for him. And besides, Beelzemon hasn't been beaten yet!" Rika said to Taiki who was a bit confused until Takeru explained "Look, we can't jump in right now unless Beelzemon loses this fight. Also consider this: Are we really in any condition to go back into battle after our fights had worn out our partners?" Taiki had looked back to Shoutmon who was still just a bit worn down from his fight with Gankoomon. Terriermon was barely awake, and Renamon seemed a bit too stoic to express her current stamina. "Fine! But if he dies because we didn't jump in, I'm calling you out!" Taiki said to both Takeru and Rika who shrugged in agreement.

Henry was looking at the fight as well and thought to himself "Yeah, and even if Terriermon gets back to full health I'm not sure if I can activate my ability. Hopefully I won't need to use this ability for this fight." Terriermon kept on rubbing his eyes and asked "Is it just me... Or is Examon glowing like Reapmon did months ago?" Henry, Rika and Takeru's eyes widened in realization, as though remembering that whole incident with Reapmon. "I don't get it. What's going on?" Taiki asked and Henry responded "Well, at first Impmon was corrupted by Yggdrasil's power and at times he'd get really angry and become Reapmon. Though thanks to Nia, he's no longer prone to that... But it looks like Examon might have the same thing." Taiki then looked at Examon and said "Maybe Yggdrasil must have placed a bit more of his power into him?" The others then looked at Examon who was still roaring.

Beelzemon felt anger boiling up in him, due to his current predicament. After pulling himself out of the rock, he looked at Examon who was ignoring him for now. "Okay, now I'm officially pissed!" Beelzemon and surprisingly, Nia said at the exact same time. Beelzemon then combined his two guns into a large sniper rifle. He aimed the gun at Examon and fired a bullet at Examon... Who didn't see the bullet that ended up grazing his skin and damaging his neck. "Hey! Remember me!? I'm your opponent! Got it punk! You don't get to roar in triumph until you've beaten me! So come on!" Beelzemon yelled at Examon who had just remembered Beelzemon not disintigrating and started to charge at the demon lord. "Yeah that's it big boy... Just a little closer now..." Beelzemon said aiming his shot to hit Examon's wings, seeing that the last shot damaged his neck. Examon then prepared to pierce Beelzemon with his laser spear... Only for Beelzemon to shoot straight at his wing, which then caused Examon to miss Beelzemon and have him fly at a lower altitude.

"So, you do posess a weapon that can pierce my skin Beelzemon... I'm impressed more than anything now." Examon said to Beelzemon, shocking him since he still had that aura around him. The aura then settled down and Examon had a red eye instead of his usual green. "So, now that I've calmed down from my rampage, would you like to go another round Demon lord?" Examon said to Beelzemon who separated his guns and flew up to meet him. "You're foolish. In order to even balance yourself in the air, you need to turn your rifle back into pistols... How pathetic. Lord Yggdrasil has given me something to compensate for my weakness of my head. A shield that can, when given enough momentum deflect most projectiles. Though now that you've made your ammunition much more powerful than before, I have to calm down before I'm forced to the ground. And since you now have aerial superiority... I've got no choice but to shoot you down!" He proceeded to charge his laser lance for another go.

Nia withinside the Data sphere had pondered a strategy for defeating Examon, and Beelzemon was standing by and waiting for a strategy. "Okay, here's the plan... If we're gonna cripple him further, we need to catch him by surprise. So, we need to get his other eye out before we shoot out the second wing alright?" Beelzemon nodded to Nia's suggestion and set his sights on Examon who was looking at him with suspicion. "Now then, my nemesis... Shall we continue our duel? Or are you going to keep staring at me like that?" Beelzemon asked taunting his opponent. Examon held his lance up high and said "Right then. Let's end our rivalry here demon lord!" He then charged at Beelzemon once again, which at first Beelzemon saw coming... Until Examon disappeared. Beelzemon's eyes widened and looked around for Examon. "PENDRAGON'S GLORY!" Beelzemon heard and didn't have enough time to see that the attack was coming from above and he was shot to the ground. After Beelzemon shot Examon to the ground, he took the time to set up his sniper rifle to shoot down Examon.

"Alright you bastard... Here's a little present from me, to you!" Examon seemed to be charging in so fast that Beelzemon could barely see him through the afterimages. He took the shot at Examon... Who then used his left hand to try and deflect it, only for the shot to go right through his hand... And out his elbow. Beelzemon then landed on the surface and went to take cover from the Royal Knight. Now he seemed to be somewhat worn down due to Examon's attack and was hoping to aim his next shot at his eye, since Examon needs his right arm to use his lance. "Alright, he can't use his left arm to throw me around like a ragdoll anymore. So that means the next shot will cripple him, if he doesn't try to dodge it. Although, that speed is going to be a huge problem... Which means that, I need to make the next shot count or I'm never gonna kill this huge son of a bitch!" Beelzemon thought to himself while separating his gun in two.

Examon meanwhile looked down at himself and realized that, not only will he have no choice but to be crippled should he defend again. But also the fact that, his durability can't withstand Beelzemon's sniper rounds. "All I have is my lance, and now at least half of my body is crippled due to his bullets. He wasn't nearly as strong or smart in the past... It must be because of his human. That female must have extensive knowledge on how to fight someone like me... Well in that case, I'll just destroy him through this rock." Examon thought to himself before doing a straight on charge at the rock Beelzemon was hiding behind. The demon lord wasn't expecting this, and ended up with a hole in his chest. Nia in the data core felt this pain as well, and the shock that came with it. The rock then crumbled and Examon held up Beelzemon with his lance and said "You've been a commendable adversary... But I'm afraid now's the time when you die. AVALON'S GATE!"

Beelzemon remembered the pain that came with this attack. Although since Nia was within the data core, she too was feeling the full force of the impact. Beelzemon then proceeded to try and pull himself off of the lance and barely succeeded. Beelzemon however, seemed to be holding an open wound with his right hand and his iron gun in his left. "I see, so you used your past experience to escape my attack. Unfortunately for you, this makes you extremely vulnerable to my further attacks... So your escape was absolutely futile!" Beelzemon then used his left hand to trace an X in front of him... Which seemed to trigger something within him. "Now what's this? You think a little symbol will change anything!? Please! You can't hope to best me with- Oh my goddramon..." Examon was saying in arrogance, until he realized what was happening. "Of course! Back when I stabbed him the first time... I gave him the X-Antibody!" He thought to himself as the realization dawned on him.

Beelzemon was undergoing a somewhat noticable change. His wings had changed from black, to blue and reddish and adding at least two smaller wings below his regular ones. His armored parts all became red, as well as his helmet and the additional barrels on his guns. "My name... is Beelzemon X! And now Examon, your time has come!" Beelzemon said and it seemed that his wound began to heal rather than fester. Examon had powered up and once again charged at Beelzemon who had fired a shot so fast, nobody but the demon lord himself saw it. Examon felt the shot impact his left wing and now he was falling face first into the ground. He tried to get up and face his opponent... Only for Beelzemon X to step on his back and point the gun at the back of his head. "Unfortunately, my nemesis... This is where our battle ends. Now fade into mere data!" Beelzemon said before destroying Examon's head.

The Royal Knight then exploded into data that Beelzemon decided not to absorb. "Back when you stabbed me, you had unintentially given me the X-Antibody when I was reborn. Now I shall use this power to do what you wanted me to do to begin with! And that, is to protect my friends and family!" Beelzemon said to himself in order to reinstate his resolve. He decided to change back into his regular form... Before wearing out and turning back into Nia and Impmon. Nia checked herself to make sure she didn't have a stab wound anymore. She sighed in relief and looked at her worn out partner. "Well, let's take a break Impmon... You deserve it after all." She then noticed Rika and co. on the rocks and went to rest with the remaining Tamers. Now with Examon destroyed, only Omnimon and Ulforceveedramon remained. However, Ulforceveedramon was elsewhere rather than with Yggdrasil's main forces. And Omnimon, was awaiting for his comrades to be triumphant... Or killed off. Nevertheless, each of the Tamers were triumphant in their duels...

名前： Examon
場所：デジタルワールド・スカイズ
ステータス：故人

Impmon could have sworn that he was having some kind of nightmare. But after he woke up, he saw that no he wasn't having a nightmare and that it's already night time in the Digital World. "Figures... The only time I end up with some sleep on me is when it's the morning. And not during the night. So... Did we all win?" Impmon says at first to himself and then to the others who nodded around him. "Oh goody, that means all that's left is for Simon to kick Omnimon's ass." He stated considering the possibility that Daisuke and co. defeated their batch of Royal Knights. Takeru then looked at Patamon and asked "So... you ready to Evolve into MagnaAngemon and get us out of here?" Patamon nodded now well rested and ready for anything. "You got it TK! Just say the word and we're good to go!" Takeru then slashed a blue card and Patamon evolved straight to MagnaAngemon, so that he could open a portal to the real world. "Heaven's Gate!" MagnaAngemon said before creating a portal and jumping right in. Takeru followed shortly, along with Taiki and Shoutmon.

"So I have to ask, do you think Suzie's alright Henry?" Terriermon asked his Tamer who thought about the answer and responded "Considering she has Lopmon with her, and she's an Archangel... I'm not gonna really worry about her fight after all of this." He and Terriermon then jumped into the portal as well. Rika and Renamon silently followed, while Nia held Impmon going into the portal. They ended up on the rooftops in Shinjuku. Once they got back, Impmon felt himself blush a little due to the fact that he's letting everyone see Nia holding him. Shoutmon looks at Impmon in this predicament and says "Awwwww. Little Impmon's a plushie toy now!" Teasing the small imp. Impmon glared at Shoutmon and said "You are a jerk... By every definition of the word! I hope I never have to fuse with you!" Shoutmon shrugs and says "Knowing how things are going... You might have to." Henry and co. then saw XV-Mon, Stingmon, Cherubimon and their Tamers flying towards them.

Daisuke and co. also saw the other Tamers and had their Digimon land nearby them. Afterwards, XV-Mon and Stingmon de-evolved back into V-Mon and Wormmon. Cherubimon de-fused back into Suzie and Lopmon. Gatomon on the other hand... Remained the same. The two respective groups talked about their fights with the Royal Knights... And Daisuke reluctantly showed the bandage underneath his shirt to the others, who were quite shocked that he ended up getting shot. "It was this Digimon named Astamon who after shooting me, kidnapped me and used me as a bargaining chip for Leopardmon to have Kari surrender her fight." Daisuke explained and Impmon felt his blood boil at the mention of that Digimon. "I know that bastard... But by the name Belphemon. Not his pre-evolved state. It seemed that that monster couldn't just stay dead. No, he had to come back as an assassin for hire. So tell me Davis, where is that son of a bitch hiding at?" Impmon said explaining what he knew of Astamon and asking where he was.

However, Hikari then answered "He's dead... I killed him." Gatomon shook her head and corrected her saying "No, we killed him. It was just a bad time for us both." Hikari looked down at Gatomon, who looked up at her with reassuring eyes. Ken meanwhile was still very concerned for his best friend Daisuke... But Wormmon was at the same time just as concerned for V-Mon who felt powerless to save Daisuke. "So Suzie, how was your fight with Kentaurosmon?" Henry asked Suzie who responded "It was over in just a few minutes. Just enough time to catch up Davis and the others. Is that power of yours making you feel weird Henry?" Henry looked at the mark that seemed to engrave itself onto every shirt he wore and answered "Not really, it's just whenever I use it... I just feel like I could take on the whole world." Suzie was somewhat reassured by Henry's statement and hugged her older brother, with Rika putting her hand on Henry's shoulder. Nia and Impmon looked to the distance and thought "How's Simon handling Omnimon in all of this?"

Meanwhile...

In a rocky area far outside Tokyo, Gallantmon and Omnimon had reached their destination for their final confrontation. Though Omnimon seemed to have some... Condescending thoughts in mind. "So, this is where you chose for your final resting place. An area where there aren't any lifeforms to harm, and spacious enough for our duel. Somewhat cliche, but overall a good choice in locale." Omnimon said to Gallantmon who responded "I had tried to find a suitable arena in this world for our battle, and I guess this was gonna have to do... Since all the other locations were taken. Besides, this will give us some alone time to find out just what the hell is going on in all of this." Omnimon seemed to raise a hypothetical eyebrow in his helmet and said "Just what are you postering at Gallantmon? I mean seriously, don't you get it...? We're now mortal enemies. Once close comrades, now turned into bitter rivals. And this, is our final battle. Our ultimate fate, Our! Final Battle!"

Gallantmon then started to get angry at Omnimon and said "You've been building up our duel from the very beginning! Why in the hell would you just give up!? Surely you of all Digimon wouldn't just submit to his power! After all, you're just as strong as Imperialdramon! So why did you give in to Yggdrasil so damn easily!?" Omnimon sighed and responded "It was all part of the plan." Gallantmon, quite fed up with Omnimon's ambiguity made a quick slash that cut the ground nearby Omnimon who seemed to just stare at Gallantmon's face. "I've had it up to here with you! We've been through too much together, and you're just willing to throw it all away! Just to fight me!? Again, WHY!?" Omnimon then casually responded "It's because... I wanted you to destroy Yggdrasil." Gallantmon, and Simon's eyes widened. Gallantmon then said "What...?"

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