The conclusion of the three great battles is on fast approach, with the two formerly invincible Logia users on the reproach, stemming from intense and extensive wounds suffered by them both. But the one who can still claim to be almost invincible is Kama, who has still yet to receive a scratch.
A/N: Big heads up to Lord Pata, my first partner in crime and assistant planner of this FanFic. They are the one responsible for helping me with the soppy couple things, as I am useless on my own at that.
Great Blackbeard Search! Arc
Pandemonium Part 3
Angemon's Great Gospel!
(Cue BGM: Greatest Battle Music of all Times – Sky Battle)
"GRROOOOORAAAAAHHHHHH!" was the roar let out by the Flare-Flare Fruit user, slamming his catastrophic technique into the manufactured, domed prison underground that withheld two of his crewmates, as everyone else who could had long since moved away, Digmon, with Cody and TK in his arms and Kama the only ones near the crater on ground level; Hitsuji more concerned with his severe wound through his chest cavity by Ace's heat lance.
Vssshh...
!
Akin to a bomb of WMD standards, the explosion was accompanied by a gargantuan burst, the sound deafening and the flash blinding, but not enough to deter the ever watching Digidestined, both on ground and mid air.
Vssshh...
As the dust began to settle after several tense seconds, the thick cloud of smoke began to lift, revealing the ground formerly supported by the paper prison punched in, a large crevice trailing off from the large circular rift in the ground, the bystanders all trying to get the best view they could from their given positions, the ones in the air peering right in, looking for so much as a twitch to indicate not only Davis and Veemon's survival, but now the vanished Ace, his own flash seeming to take him along with the cataclysmic explosion.
"You don't think that all three are..." broke Mimi's voice, saddled like a princess upon Nefertimon, holding intently around Izzy's chest.
"Suicide...?" was Kama's contribution, his eyes still as cold and calculating as ever, but his twitching across his face and around his scar suggested he was slightly distraught over the blast, "no... Logia's, no matter how stupid, wouldn't dare generate an attack so powerful, and not maintain their regenerative prowess..."
"Wait... didn't the invincible guy also move?" the strawberry blonde commented as she gripped even tighter.
"Was he... afraid of that attack?" her current ballast queried, his mind aflame with excitement as he began to hypothesis why it was necessary for Kama to move, instead of injuring his newly chosen 'target', "of course! So far the ability has only repelled singular attacks, but he hasn't faced anything that attacks multiple times at once, like that explosion!"
"But, when he burned his ally's arm, he was struck by Flamedramon's Fire Rocket, and that's a constant fire!" Tai interjected from the now stabilizing Stingmon's shoulder.
"Actually, it makes perfect sense!" the boy genius declared with a smirk, as Nefertimon lowered back to the ground slowly in case of danger, "his attack was a single energy source of a similar wavelength, whereas that explosion was multiple energies at one time heading toward him; things like wind pressure, heat energy and geothermal energy! An explosion is multiple energy signitures in constant flux, meaning –"
"In English, Izzy! We're about to restart the fight, and knowing how to actually hit him would help!" his wildly brown haired compatriot bellowed with such great intensity in his gaze that it forced Izzy to flinch.
"It means, if we use an attack with several energies at once, we'll be able to strike him, prodigious!" the red haired computer whizz laughed with excitement and relief as the two sky bound Digimon landed, meeting with Digmon, who jumped vast distances as quickly as he could in the now vast, burning forest arena.
(End BGM)
"That's great, Izzy, but..." Cody jeered lightly, trying to remain as respectful in his belittlement as possible, "all of our Digimon can't go to very high levels, and even their Armour forms have one element unique to them... so, how?"
"GACK!... Patamon an I... w-will do it..."
"TK!" Kari cried, rushing over to her boyfriend's side as he struggled to raise himself off of the ground, his right hand clutching defencivly against his wounded area, with his left placed upon the ground as a support, along with Kari's support from his back, "when did you wake up?"
"H-heheh, with such a l-loud bang, who wouldn't w-wake up?" he teased, his girlfriend now a light tinge of pink from embarrassment, "I have... n-no idea how we got here, but... me and Patamon will take c-care of this 'energies' guy Izzy was just talking about." He stated, suffering from a quick coughing fit and summoning up some blood into his right palm, much to Kari and the other Digidestined's shock, as the blonde Child of Hope looked around the group, uncaring of the dry feeling in his throat coupled with intensive pain.
"W-what is it, TK?" Matt asked, deeply relieved at his brother's awakening but becoming unnerved at the sight of his blood, Sora having noticed by the sudden tensing she felt in one of his arms.
"Where is Davis?" he ordered, shocking everyone with his cold, harbouring attitude, watching as he struggled to his feet and stammering on them as Patamon landed as softly as he could on TK's shoulder; a cold glare staring at the crater as he remained silent from his perched position.
"W-well..." Tai stammered, attempting to pacify TK and sit him down with his trademark clueless face and hand gestures, to which he received no response; TK was having none of it, "he was fighting the paper guy in that crater with Flamedramon, but... well it's kinda..." he ceased his explanation as he looked sorrowfully at the crater of still receding smoke, turning back hesitantly to meet TK's sapphire blue eyes almost complete, apart from small, black slit's dilating in the centre.
"S-say what?" was his frosty reception, "he's fighting himself against the guy who... GACK!" he coughed once more, his crimson fluid lightly staining his hand as he wiped it away and began staggering toward the crater with slow intensity and a frosty breeze behind him, Patamon's eyes becoming unfocused as distance was put between him and the group's eyesight, especially Kair, who remained silent and motionless, her right arm still raised in failure of retrieving TK from his stroll toward the crater, her eyes widening as a great shadow engulfed her vision of him.
"That bastard!" Matt screamed, releasing Sora as he began to run forward in ruthless aggression toward the imposing, 8 foot tall Kama. His brother ceased his approach to the crater and looked up at the giant with intent and unaffected eyes, his partner trying hard not to show his fear, and faking a scowl at the scarred face.
"Move it." TK venomously ordered, one of the claw marks on his chest reopening and beginning to shape a streak of blood on his yellow and light blur shirt, his eyes narrowing and twitching, and his breath pacing faster and faster as his vision became slightly clouded.
"Insolence; why are you even trying to get over to the crater with you're wounds?" he glared narrowly down at the injured, blonde teen, "If Hidan's alive, he'll just claw you again... you are that child, right?" he sneered devilishly, "that 'little bitch' he mentioned.
That made him and Patamon snap, the small yellow creature taking flight up to the cloaked man's face and firing his trademark technique, the condensed air bubble landing but not even making the target blink. Slapping him aside, he began to take steps toward a slightly retreating but still infuriated TK, the staggering boy buckling at his knees and losing his footing, his wound overtaxing his body.
"TK!" the group cried in unison as they all ran at varying paces toward him, Kari naturally darting in front with Matt closely trailing behind as the rest of the members stared on in awe of the unfolding situation, gasping as Kama raised his right fist and preparing for a downward strike.
"Die, now." Was the last echoing thing TK could hear before his pulsating heartbeat pounded and jibed against his wounded chest, closing his eyes as Kama began his downward thrust before...
SMACK!
Reopening his sapphire eyes, TK spotted a large silhouette before him, angelic like in appearance as his wings expansed far across proudly; and several linen clothing on his well toned, muscular body with a large, angelic blue loin cloth falling down far from his waist. Both his arms were raised and clenched as they desperately fended off a great force from Kama's punch with a long bo' staff.
"Angemon...?" he muttered in disbelief, as his evolved partner pushed back the powerful Kama with his staff and assumed a fighting stance, delivering a quick blow to Kama that, although it had no chance of actually injuring him through brute force, pushed him several meters away, to which he widened in a retreating back step.
"TK... you called for me, you're surge of burning determination and Hope made me stronger, I truly am proud to be your partner." He chimed with an angelic tone, a long smile forming across his handsome face with his orange hair running behind him freely.
"But... what Hope?" he responded in surprise.
"TK, you know full well what hope I speak of... but regardless, I've got a monster to defeat." His angelic voice deepened, revealing a more aggravated, determined look on his partially masked face as he looked back at Kama, resuming his fighting stance with his staff in his elongated left hand; his right placed backwards in a punching stance.
"Hand of Fate!" he yelled, thrusting his now divinely glowing knuckles forward quickly, making contact with Montague Kama, a quick flash erupting with angelical flares flying away from the site of impact.
"That won't...! No way..." Izzy murmured, stunned by the sight before him, as Kama's metallic footstep announced his approach, stepping through the small dust cloud surrounding him t reveal a stunning sight that baffled all of the Digidestined and their Digimon beyond comprehension, as several whispers were traded between them; Montague Kama, the seemingly impregnable human fortress, had a small trail of blood streaming from his nervously smirking mouth and down to his chin, forming small blood drops that fell deafly past the smoky residue of Angemon's assault.
"I... cannot believe this! Someone actually managed to..." he looked like he was on the brink of a nervous breakdown, before shrugging indifferently and sighing heavily, turning back to Angemon and then to Izzy almost ecstatically, "whatever... a deals a deal, right?"
"Oh!" the red haired Child of Knowledge recalled, "the Devil Fruit's name!"
"Correct, 'Enlightened One', as one of your own managed to damage me, I'll tell you... the Karma-Karma Fruit, the Paramecia power of damage redirection; voodoo, in a sense..." he redirected his stare to Angemon, who looked unshaken by the deathly aura surrounding his opponent, "but just how did you do it?"
"My Hand of Fate is a culmination of all the positive energy that surrounds me; no matter the element, it will join and unite it's power against the darkness," he smirked slightly and rose from his fighting stance, lifting off into the air with several feathers trailing behind him, "I believe it worked well also due to your power stemming from a fruit enchanted by evil creatures."
Paper Prison
"Hey, Davish, wake up!"
"...Vee...mon...?"
"Davis, I order you to wake up! Do you hear me?"
"...If Ace is here, it must be hell... heh heh..." he snorted, laughing echoing in the darkened void as a light began shining, consuming him as his eyes opened.
Looking through his unclouding eyes, he noted illuminating flames around him that also revealed Veemon and Ace; both battered and bruised, kneeling beside him with relieved faces. Looking past them, he noted that the dome of the suffocating prison was now alight at the rims, a humongous hole looking like a charred stab wound, only on a much larger scale.
"Listen, I thought you wouldn't survive in here, so I wrapped up my battle and blew a hole in the roof... you aren't the proud type, are you?" his captain joked, receiving a raised eyebrow on Veemon's behalf, as they both pulled the weary and short of breath Digidestined leader to his feet.
"N-no... where is that paper guy... *cough*" he pondered aloud, placing his soot encompassed glove to his mouth and unintentionally intensifying his cough, much to his partner and Ace's amusement as he pointed with his thumb behind him.
"He's been crying in pain from sudden burn wounds, probably on account of our other friend. I've beaten the Clay-Clay Fruit user, so with the other Logia down here with us, we have to depend on the others to pull through against Montague Kama, possibly the black sheep of the group, who knows? Anyways, our part in this battle is finished." Ace sighed, placing his retrieved hat atop his head and lying in the small area not on fire, even though he would be naturally unaffected.
"But, what if that guy seals the dome again?" Veemon imputed.
"Well, leave that to me. Hell, I didn't need to even use Entei, I could've gotten in here with the Hibashira technique." He stated as Davis lay beside him, noticing his sword inside a school of flames, and felt slightly upset at watching such a good blade be burned slowly.
Angemon vs Kama
"Hand of Fate!" he yelled once more, releasing the holy blow at his opponent who, recognizing the threat, dodged in great haste, much to his opponents irritation, "YOU WON'T GET AWAY!" he spat, his ominous voice overbearing the sound of his staff being stashed in the ground head up, as he began releasing a flurry of holy punches at his foe.
(Cue BGM: Vegeta's Full Theme – Hells Bells)
Dodging as best he could, Kama managed to avoid the threatening beams shot from both Angemon's fists in rapid succession, as he began to gasp for air, and unlatched his cloak's twister, and held the black cloth behind him in his hand as he stared at Angemon almost benevolently.
"H-he's amazing!" Digmon concluded, enshrouding himself in a golden hue and returning to his Rookie-Level form, Armadillomon.
"GO, ANGEMON!" yelled Gatomon with a slight purr in her feline voice, her claw raised in the air almost triumphantly. Kari smiled warmly down to her blissfully ignorant partner, dropping it once she noticed her brother and Matt aiding an unwilling TK back to the safety of the group.
As he was leant down by the two elders, Joe and Kari were the first to come to his aid, Joe immediately beginning the pain staking process of resealing TK's reopened scar, the blood now thickening worryingly out of his vertical wound as his pulse and heart rate increased. Kari knelt beside him and caressed his forehead; TK tensing his forehead as he noted her pain stricken face, not external pain, but a far worse kind; inner pain.
BOOOMMMMMM!
BAAASSSSHHHHH!
KAAAAATTTTTSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUU!
"Here you go, quire boy!" Kama scoffed, changing his course and running erratically from side to side on his path to Angemon, the beams barely missing him and creating great flashes and damage behind him; until one managed to predict his course, and he lifted his arm, releasing the cloak into the free air, concealing him as an illuminated burst of positive energies struck him.
"Got him -!" the angeloid stopped his triumphant sayings and reassumed a firm grip on his staff, twirling it so quickly through the air that as he switched hands and ceased it, a small, distorted gust of wind repelled both dirt and smoke away from his vicinity, "but... I still feel a chill in my spine..."
!
Turning to the source of the bellow, Angemon and the Digidestined were faced by a colossal, hazel shaded liquid dragon, following it to the apex; they spotted Hitsuji, struggling on his feet with one hand firmly clasped around his chest cavity, his eyes narrowed and brows furrowed with intense rage as he forced his usual, cold smile at them.
"Arcillia del Dragon..."
"I thought Ace beat that guy... look, he's got a big wound to his chest! Why hasn't he bled to death like any normal person would?"
"Matt, your calling a man made of clay normal?" Mimi scolded, pointing at the blonde rocker with an intense gaze.
"No, Mimi, I think I know," Izzy began, "remember on the ship, when Joe asked about Gold Roger's power? Well, I remember saying something about strength and natural vitality being at a much greater level in a normal person in this world."
"Again; normal?" her eyes narrowed, forcing Izzy to blush pungently under the supremacy of her wide eyes glaring at his small, almost insignificant eyes.
!
"IT'S COMING!" the group screeched in unison, Angemon instantly flitting into view before them, preparing his signature strike once more, as the Digidestined watched helplessly as the gargantuan dragon approached, Gatomon hissing at Angemon's 'foolishness'.
Releasing the attack once more, Angemon's heavenly blast careened toward the dragon, to which the dragon nimbly avoided the blast and raised into the air, surprising everyone as an additional three heads sprouted, resembling a Hydra from the mythological creatures from the children's home world.
Feeling several tugs and pulls, the Digidestined instinctively reminded each other how to move, pulling at each others shirts and beginning to run, Matt instantly disappearing like a blur to his younger brother's side, and lifted him onto his shoulders in a fireman's carry, running back towards the fleeing group as fast as he could.
"...Davis, damn you... you've outdone me... AGAIN...!" TK grinded with gravel in his silent voice, the whisper being partially but not completely acknowledged by his elder brother, who's face darkened slightly as he redirected his attention to his path. "...why? Why must I be so envious of you?" his whisper became more pained, his eyes reddening with brimming tears that he refused to release, "...I've got the girl, the friends and the special Crest to my name, but... you have something that has never been granted to me by everyone else; every Digidestined in our world. I'm more level headed... and you're a reckless idiot, so...
WHY DO THEY ALL RESPECT AND ADMIREYOU MORE?" his voice broke down, making his final cry of anguish inaudible, even to Matt, who was more focused on the sloppy roar that approached him from his right; it wasone of the sprouted heads, that Angemon had failed to repel.
(End Music)
Paper Prison
"Huh?" Davis shivered terribly for a moment, ignorant to the apparent cause as he rose from the spot where he lay, beside Ace and Veemon, who immeadiatly began to quiry into what was wrong, until Davis gasped at the sound of something, "hang on, do you hear something?" he said, raising a finger to point out of the crater.
!
"He's still attacking?" Ace shot up, lifting his hat above his eye line as he stared at the opened ceiling with a fist tightly clenched at his side, and rose to his feet in a rapid motion, "Davis, Veemon! Come on, we're needed up there!"
Angemon vs Hitsuji
"Hand of Fate!"
The beam grazed and burned off one side of the dragon, receiving an excited response until the clay swirled and reformed the structure, as it flew just over the groups heads, chomping down with it's makeshift jaws as it's teeth hardened and re-liquidated in an instant at the caster's demand.
"Damn it..." Matt grinded his teeth as he stood back up, clenching Sora securely in his arms, "he is injured, why doesn't he just –"
"Matt! You shouldn't think like that!" she snapped beneath his embrace, making him blush blankly as he looked away, catching a glaring gaze from Tai as he ran his eyes across the now repugnantly scarred woodland battle site.
"That's it... I wanna try something different!" Angemon barked ominously, even though partially concealed by a decorative mask, he was clearly twitching in anger, placing his finger tips together before him with his thumbs stretched out to form a diamond shape, "you should all clear out of here, this will be dangerous..."
"W-what will?" his partner said, rising to his feet unassisted as he began to regain more feeling in his legs.
"My new technique." He grunted echoingly, the diamond shape forged between his fingers and thumbs beginning to charge and spark with sapphire blue bio – electricity, intermixed with small distortions of golden sparks, that reconnected to the forming attack. As he raised more and more power, he lifted off of the ground and extended his wings, leaving trails of feathers as Hitsuji and the oncoming dragon stared on arrogantly at him, whilst Kama stared on from a dirt mound a fair distance away from the on-going fight, looking rather distraught.
"If he could even get past my Karma-Karma Fruit with a minute amount of that power, than..." he wiped his blood away from his mouth as he tried to recuperate, feeling the massive strain from the Hand Of Fate he endured earlier, "Hitsuji is as good as beaten if he doesn't move."
"Bring it on! Why not challange me at this final chapter with this as well...?
Arcillia del Bismarck!" his partner stared on in remorse an anguish at the stupidity he had just witnessed, the whale taking on physical form beside the dragon and heading toward the collected angel, as he sighed deeply.
"It was nice knowing you, Head." He breathed vehemently as he crouched and placed his arms below his chin in preparation for an explosion.
(Cue BGM: One Piece Best Soundtrack 04)
"Everyone, Run!" Tai cried, beginning to lead off all of the others as he grabbed Kari whilst Matt and Sora hinged TK, scurrying him along as they ran as Angemon glowed brightly, like a star going supernova as the light expanded.
"GREAT GOSPEL!" he finished; the star like energy released at once through his connected hands and colliding with the dragon and whale combination.
And then, all the light seemed to fade for the briefest of moments, the sound dying away as the Digidestined kept running, being consumed by the light wholly as several sparks generated before them.
Unknown Forest Area
"Nngghhh..." broke the silence, followed by a heavy yawn as a humongous figure began to raise itself off of the soil, a searing pain at several cuts across his body as his faded eyes began to refocus, "what... happened to Jimbei?" he asked himself, looking around feverishly before wincing in pain.
He eventually composed himself and rose shakily to his gargantuan feet, almost breaking a tree with his fall as he initially struggled, but luckily regained feeling in his legs before he landed. Searching around the area once more, he began to walk almost in a trance toward a massive site of smoke and fire in the woodland, muttering angrily about the forest's beauty being threatened.
His eyes unfocused once more, however, as his gaze at the fire was blurred by a vast flash of light, followed by the disappearance of all surrounding sound, even with birds and other animals fleeing nervously beside him across twigs and through hedges. And then, the darkness engulfed him for a brief moment.
Battle Site, Outskirts
Jimbei sauntered through the forest at a brisk pace, heading directly toward the site of flames and smoke that rose high into the air, extending into a merging with now darkened clouds. Looking at them passively, he deducted that it must have now reached dawn time, as far off into the distance, the sun began to radiate it's welcoming beams of photons, allowing better visibility.
However, he finally spotted the Digidestined far off in a now large and dead area of burned and destructed woodland, leaving almost nothing but mounds of dirt that shook under something. Looking up, he spotted an angel with his hands conveyed in a gesture, with vast energy circulating between them. Realizing the power due to his keen sense, he flinched as the magnitude of the concentrated attack became closer and closer until all light had disappeared, along with sound...
(End Music)
(Cue BGM: DBZ OST – SSJ3 Power Up)
"What have they done?" Smoker spat venomously, coiled like a viper about to strike as his recovered Marine force began to feel shaky at their knees, unable to fathom such great power. The almost omniscient light seemed cold to them, unforgiving; they also began to feel pushed as the light impeded their struggles to advance, pushing them back into the sea as Smoker hooked onto a nearby crate for support, Tashigi standing their still, unshaken and unaffected, as if the light had purposely ignored her presence.
"Why aren't you being pushed by this, Tashigi?" her superior ordered as he clung even tighter to the crate, the light engulfing him.
"I don't know, Commodore... but... I have these weird sparks in front of me... like a shield..."
The silence was deafening, but not nearly as unbearable or overpowering as the affect the attack released a moment after impact with the clay combination.
! ~
It built up, like a layer upon layer type of explosion, drilling into the skulls of the group and their currently inactive partners and seemed almost endless; some beginning to wonder if they had just been finished by the attack for not being fast enough, and this was limbo; stuck listening to the moment of their end on repeat.
(End Music)
That is, however, until the light actually began to fade around them, forming jagged curves that receaded as the light vanished, leaving the group rubbing their eyes and strangely finding no effect from the sudden burst of blinding light; possibly due to Angemon's restraint, was what they thought, turning back to the fight and finding something even more miraculous; the damage that seemed to engulf the island with the light shockwave was actually concentrated on Hitsuji's spot; no damage even visible on the ground or tree leaves rustled... it was all harmonious, much to the contrary of the initial blast's appearance of mass destruction.
Consequently, Hitsuji stood, shaking unfathomably as blood seeped from fresh wounds all over his body in the forms of large cuts that seemed to curve to the outside of his skin... he was attacked from the inside out by the shockwave. His eyes were pale white, with very few indications he ever had black iris's or a pupil.
He was about to fall, or rather crumble to the floor, as the clay he had surrounded himself with had cracked and began falling off of his well proportioned muscles onto the soil. Refocusing, he jerked and tightened his knees, raising his back slowly to face the landing Angemon, himself panting in exhaustion, as he was stared at by Hitsuji's faded but violent eyes as he spurted blood from his mouth, his previous wound having been completely overhauled by the shockwave.
"I'd say that technique worked, just look at how concentrated and powerful it was – to you." Angemon huffed with an echo, barely containing the godly snicker from his irate opponent. "But you sure are sturdy, I meant for that attack to only harm my target and people with dark recesses in their hearts with a shockwave. You took the brunt of it, whilst everyone on the Peninsula with dark thoughts have been pushed by holy energy." He flicked his right hand to his side with an orange glow, extending it into his staff as a summoning method as he stood braced.
"I-I-I cannot be d-defeated by an angel slice!" Hitsuji grumbled, his attempt at dark humour also badly damaged as he crumbled to a single knee, coughing more blood as the group looked on in dismay at the growing crimson puddle at his feet.
"But you can be defeated by this..."
"Huh?" Hitsuji yelled, feeling a brunt force at his cheek, glistening and shiny in it's shape.
"Heavy Metal!" Laxus happily shouted, launching Hitsuji off of his fist with great force, sending him al the way toward the tree line as the Clay-Clay Fruit user jerked in mid air, coughing blood into a brief trail as he landed, unconscious and defeated at last.
"Hey, who are-!" Angemon's ear piqued at a distant sound, coming closer and closer as he looked, noticing a four legged creature with a large, golden spike that was jagged in shape, atop a black enveloped creature with a blue, intersecting Yin Yang character on his chest, contained in a circle, also bearing three jagged spines atop his back, with two familiar silhouettes clutching to them.
"Don't hurt him!" Davis yelled, his face contorted and wrinkled with intent as his auburn hair rustled in the wind, Ace sat beside him with a few bruises form his battle with the now defeated Hitsuji as he held his hat with his free hand, holding it over his eyes with his index finger and thumb, "he's our friend!"
"DAVIS!"
"Tch... Playing the hero again, I see..." TK echoed in his clouded thoughts, "but... you did care for Kari while I was out, so... I know how to make things right and even..." he flinched slightly, before refocusing to Davis and Ace dismounting Raidramon, who stood their proudly at his speed during the approach.
"Feeling better- oh, you look like hell, Laxus." The goggled boy giggled childishly as a husky chuckle was heard from the Giant, who sat beside them in a much better mood.
"Hey, guys... before you get to comfortable..." Mimi whimpered as she searched around the scorched and destroyed forest battle site, "where is the big guy who we started beating?" she said, instantly initiating a knock-on effect of searching for him, realizing he was walking calmly towards them at a calm pace, his face blank as he stared at them, his view obscured by Angemon and Laxus both walking before them in a protective manner, Raidramon flaring up static charges on his back in preparation.
(Cue BGM: Naruto Shippuden OST – Sorrow Solitude)
"Don't, I have no intention of continuing this battle further." He stated bluntly, walking past the group without batting an eye to them, the crater or Hitsuji as he walked toward the coast, much to their astonishment.
"But... why?" Cody muttered lightly, withdrawing into himself as Davis stepped before him protectively.
"Yeah, why are you just going to leave?" Yolei barked distastefully, "don't you have those Giants to bully into paying you?" she finished with a muffle, Ken covering her mouth softly as she fell silent. As they looked on, they noticed the giant man stop walking as he tilted his head to the side, pretending to notice them.
"Laxus, I have never bullied the Giants, have I?"
"!" Laxus focused as he lessened his guard, "now that he mentions it, none of ta' villagers ever stated he did anything, just those two..."
"Yes, but my fun here, is over. I thought I could afford to stop travelling, as I lived only to increase my strength, the one true thing of value left to me in this world... but having been met with an equal, I must go back on my journey." He smirked slightly, not that the kids could notice, "Maybe I'll find my reason for staying in this world... something worth the prices."
"But what about your comrades?" Ace inferred, "are you just going to leave them for Smoker?"
"They do not possess the background or productivity of execution, so I shall expect them to be sent to Impel Down. I'll break them out when I have reached a new peak of my power."
"Impel Down?" the Digidestined muttered in unison.
"Maybe later," Ace waved off to them, "but how do you plan to get out of here?"
"We came on a ship, of course. That foolish friend of Laxus's saw us arrive, and tried to politely decline before Hidan and Hitsuji began that bloody invasion... I may not have looked it, but I resented that day; it sickened me!" he clenched his fist and began walking toward the coast once more, "anyways, I hope I meet you again, someday... I will defeat you, I promise!" and with that he disappeared into the trees and continued until concealed by the unscorched brush of the woodland.
"He's... gone..." Laxus muttered rather sadly, staring at the point from which Kama disappeared for another moment before turning with a clumsy and laudable face, "but, you guys helped purge the evil from ma' village...! I want to reward you guys... come with me to Rittorubiggu! We've got partying to do!"
(End Music)
"In a moment, let's all cool off before doing anything." Tai ordered as Raidramon and Angemon devolved into Veemon and Patamon beside him, running to their partners with a quick embrace before sighing in exhaustion.
(Cue BGM: Naruto Shippuden OST – Never Give Up)
"...Ken, how do you put them in the Digivice?" Davis asked, Veemon looking up confused with a blank stare.
After a quick explanation of the function; Davis, Cody and Ken himself placed their Digimon in the small handhelds, Patamon and Gatomon exclaiming their health as they insisted on walking to the village while Smoker arrived at the battle site to pick up Hitsuji and the immobile Hidan while they had celebrated their victory and stayed in hiding until the Marines left or they had a chance to return to the boat; it sounded like a plan to them as they began the brisk walk back to Rittorubiggu, battered and bruised.
Gatomon and Patamon trailed behind, a fair but not distinguishable distance from the tired group as they walked beside each other.
Gatomon looked at Patamon and without warning jumped nimbly as she pulled him into a hug. The little digimon couldn't help but blush and felt his heart beating fast. No words were said. The hug said all. Over the years they had forged a strong bond. Always being there for each other and comforting each other whenever they need it. They finally looked at each other but not breaking the hug and Gatomon finally spoke silently as the humans seemed to slow down along with the time around them.
"I was so worried about you Patamon. I felt useless. TK was fighting for his life, you were so broken and all I could do was watch and keep hoping for a miracle to happen. I'm glad it did happen," she said softly while closing her eyes. A soft pink tint appearing on her furry cheeks, though not very visible thanks to her fur.
Patamon also blushed softly. His heart still beating faster. It wasn't the first time he and Gatomon shared a hug, but this time it felt different. It felt so much deeper. A brand new feeling both were experiencing. The little digimon slowly moved his paw towards her cheek and gently touching it and caressing it. Gatomon felt her heart skipping a beat and let out a soft purr. Her eyes still closed like not wanting to break the moment if she would open them.
"You never left my side. Even if there was nothing we could do to help TK, even when I felt so useless not being able to help my partner, you remained by my side, and you tried to comfort me. Thank you Gatomon," He said softly.
Gatomon slowly opened her eyes only to find Patamon smiling at her with his characteristic innocent smile. That smile that somehow always made her smile and forget her problems even if it was just for a moment. She smiled back as they remained holding each other, enjoying themselves as a new feeling for each other was starting to build up.
"...oh?" was Veemon's silent thought, a smile forming on his reptilian features as he smugly chuckled to himself. Time around the two Digimon began moving sluggishly along again as they picked up their pace, special smiles on their faces as the reptilian turned around, his smile still intact as the group followed their new comrade, Giant Laxus.
Lurking silently and unnoticed in the shadows, in retrospect to the happy moment, was a sorrowful silhouette of an enormously girthed figure.
"Do I follow the order or do I let them go... the fate of an entire race could be resting on this, either way!" Jimbei thought, silently following the group on their way back to the village for observation prior to action.
(End Music)
Please Review!
The battle is over, and at last peace will reign on the Horai Peninsula, but why did Kama leave? Why does he intend on contending the Digidestined later? How will the Destined celebrate and escape with Smoker present? And most importantly,
How did Angemon utilize a new technique?
Find out next time, in Digimon x One Piece: Dimensional Trap!
Side Note: Finally, the first great test of the Destined is over! Where will they head next?
A/N: This was an awesome chapter to create! Kama has been struck and given up, Hitsuji and Hidan are defeated and awaiting arrest in the arena, and Angemon has displayed godly power! But why did I allow him to use a different technique in this? It'll be explained in the laid back, relaxation chapter up next!
My partner is amazing with the help on the Gato x Pato scene! :D
Next area in the Blackbeard search is going to be more dangerous than the Horai Peninsula, but to get there, a stop off is made. Can you guess what the New Spade Pirates obtain at this stop off point before the next part of the Great Blackbeard Search arc... feel free to guess.