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Summary: After four long, peaceful years, after the battle with Lucemon, the Frontier Kids learn of a new presence destroying the peace in the Digital World. This new threat, Mephistomon, seeks the power of the former Great Angel digimon. Now once again, Takuya, Kouji, Tomoki, Junpei, Izumi, and Kouichi, must work together in order to stop this threat and save both human and Digital world.
Chpt. 10 Recap
Duskmon had been brought back to life by Mephistomon in order to capture Patamon. He showed up during the fair and tried to coax Kouichi into fighting with him. Cyberdramon appeared in the nick of time, wanting to fight Duskmon himself. While the two squabbled with each other, the kids snuck away from them and met at Kouji's house. There, the gang pondered why Duskmon had returned and took interest in Kouichi. Said boy was exhausted by what had transpired hours earlier, so Kouji let him stay at his house. In Mephistomon's castle however, Cyberdramon was berated and abused by his master for interrupting Duskmon's attack on the children. The next day, Duskmon retuned to the fair grounds to find Kouichi and set his plan into motion. After everyone else had failed, Kouichi Beast Spirit Evolved to JagerLowemon and fought with Duskmon himself. He was winning until he used the Dark Masters technique and lost all his power, per Duskmon's plans. Duskmon shamelessly informed the other children of his plans, and afterwards, took off with Kouichi.
Chpt. 11: Kouichi's Betrayal! Friends Are Enemies and Enemies Are Friends!
Mephistomon's Castle; Duskmon's Quarters
"What are you gonna do with me?" Kouichi asked weakly. "I'm going to make you a part of me, Young Kimura. That way we can be together forever." Duskmon snickered. "You're sick." Kouichi groaned. "Thank you. Now, become one with me!" Black energy surrounded the two of them as Kouichi's body merged with Duskmon. But something happened, the moment they merged, the same force separated them. "No! What happened!?" Duskmon yelled. He walked over to a figure on the other side of the dimly lit room. A figure that wasn't Kouichi. "Who are you?" asked the annoyed digimon. "I am Reichmon. The fused spirits of darkness. When you forced our bodies to fuse, you created an unstable force that caused the caused the two of us to separate quickly after. But in that short time period, we were able to share enough of each others power and it allowed me to become Fusion level." The warrior explained. "That makes sense, but just to make sure you don't try and run away to your friends I have a special 'friendship' bracelet for you." Reichmon began to back away slowly. "You're not getting away from me!" Duskmon snaps a black collar around his neck with the symbol of darkness glowing purple on it. "I'm ready to receive orders, Master Duskmon." Reichmon said blankly. "Good. Not exactly what I had in mind, but I guess it will do." Duskmon began to laugh maniacally.
That Night; The Lake
'How could I let this happen? Kouichi, I'm so sorry. I'll do whatever it takes to get you back.' Kouji thought to himself. He had come to the lake to think about what had happened earlier. How he had watched helplessly as Duskmon carried his twin off to the Digital World. Tears began to form in his eyes. "Are you okay?" Kouji wiped some tears away and looked up to see Takuya standing over him. "What do you want?" he asked. "After you said you didn't wanna go straight home the others and I got worried. They had to get home, but I'm sure Mom won't mind if I'm a little late." Takuya smiled. "Look, I really wanna be alone right now so could you -" "Not a chance." Takuya cut in, sitting down next to him, "Kouji, I know you're sad. Your twin brother was kidnapped by one of our toughest opponents. It's okay to feel sad." "Takuya, thanks for the lesson on sympathy, but I don't want your advice." Kouji turned away from him. "Don't do that." Takuya said, "When you guys do that to me you make me feel like I'm a terrible leader. A good leader would be able to keep his teammate's attention and just look how great I am at that." Takuya said sarcastically. "Don't say that Takuya. You are a great leader; it's just that during those four years of peace we've all grown apart. Tomoki and Shinya are really close friends so Tomoki doesn't need you around that much anymore, Kouichi and I go to private school, Junpei is one grade higher than the rest of us, and when you think about it, you and Izumi are the only ones who really stayed close to each other. The rest of us are all really busy most of the time. Face it Takuya, we're not the same kids we were four years ago." Kouji stated, leaving Takuya speechless.
"Don't you think I know that?" asked Takuya, "I've always known that we were growing apart from each other and I hated the thought of that. I wanted us to be friends for the rest of our lives so I tried really hard to keep us together. But with Kouichi being kidnapped, there's not much chance in that, is there?" Takuya explained sadly. "Takuya, remember this: It doesn't matter how often we see each other, but how often we think about each other." Kouji said. "Yeah, yeah, I just miss you guys, that's all. Hey, don't worry about Kouichi. I'm sure Duskmon wants to keep him alive so we'll all go looking for him tomorrow, okay." said Takuya. "Okay. Let's go home now; it's starting to get cold." Kouji complained.
Mephistomon's Castle
Cyberdramon is walking down the halls of the castle trying to find something to eat. He comes to Duskmon's quarters whose door just so happened to be opened. "Tomorrow we make our move." he heard Duskmon say. "Tomorrow we'll go to the Human World and capture Patamon. When we do, we should be able to use his power to fuse properly." "But Master Duskmon, what if Mephistomon sends you back to the dead when he realizes you're double-crossing him?" asked the brainwashed Reichmon. "Don't worry about that old goat. The fusion may not have worked the way I had planned, but it gave me enough strength to be able to resist his magic. He can't get rid of me now, but until we get Patamon, keep quiet about our plan, alright?" Reichmon nods as Cyberdramon's eyes (under his mask thingy) grow wide. 'I knew he would betray us, but if I tell Lord Mephistomon he'll just ignore me or worse, he'll hit me again. There's only one thing to do, but I really don't want to, but I want to get back in Lord Mephistomon's good graces so I have no choice. Grr, those meddling kids or be second to Duskmon? What's a dragon to do?'
The Next Day; Shibuya Terminal
"Remind me again why we came to the train station Kanbara." said Yutaka. "Well, we all entered the Digital World the first time by a train located in the basement. I think that if we go down there we may find a Trailmon or something." explained Takuya. "Patamon, how come you can't open portals like Duskmon and Cyberdramon can?" asked Shinya. "I don't have that kind of dark power." Patamon answered simply. The gang of eight took the elevator until they got to the basement of the station. "Wow! I forgot how big the basement of this place was." said Junpei. "You're soon to forget more than that Magic Round Boy." They looked in front of them to see Duskmon standing there with his arms crossed. "Hey! My name is Shibiyama Junpei!" said the magic round boy. "Whatever, Magic Round Boy. In any case, I'm still going to murder you and take Patamon." Duskmon said in a nice voice. "That voice gives me the creeps." whispered Yutaka. "Patamon, let's do it!" yelled Shinya. Duskmon appeared in front of him. "Oh no you don't kid. If your hands start to glow, I will cut you so bad you'll match the color of my blades!" Shinya stood there trembling. "You picked the wrong little brother to mess with!" yelled Takuya.
"Execute," he began, "Beast Spirit Evolution!" Flames form around him, giving him the power to transform into a flame dragon. "Vritamon!" He gets his cannons ready to fire. "Corona Blaster!" Duskmon leaps out of the way, leaving Shinya there helpless. "Ahh!!" he screamed loudly. "Shinya!" Patamon yelled.
"Execute," began Tomoki, "Spirit Evolution!" Ice encases him making him transform into... "Chakmon!" He uses his Frozen Cotton to freeze the bullets at the last second. "That was way too close." Shinya breathed, still shaking. "You safe now though." Chakmon smiled at him. "Where's Kouichi!" yelled Kouji. "Wouldn't you like to know." Duskmon smiled. "I'll make you tell me then!" Kouji replied.
"Execute," he yelled, "Beast Spirit Evolution!" Light does its job and makes Kouji transform into the beast of light. "Garmmon!" "The big bad wolf is back." Duskmon joked. "Speed Star!" Garmmon's attack collides with Duskmon body, damaging him some. "Geist Abend!" Garmmon dodges it and attacks from behind with Solar Laser. Vritramon and Chakmon begin to attack as well. "Snow Bomber!" Chakmon fires his snowballs. "Is that clod? I'll warm you up! Inferno Flame!" Vritramon sets himself ablaze and runs toward Duskmon and tackles him to the ground. "You think you've beaten me, yes? Well I hate to break it to you, but I have an ace up my sleeve. Reichmon, appear!" called Duskmon. As he finished his words, a digimon that had JagerLowemon's body, Lowemon's head, golden steel wings, and a spear in his hands appeared in front of Vritramon, knocking him off of Duskmon. "Kouichi?" whispered Garmmon. "I have abandoned that name, now I am Reichmon, the Fusion of Darkness." said digimon stated. "No, you're Kouichi! My twin brother Kouichi!" Garmmon tried to explained. "I am not that weak fool. Let me show you my true power. Schwarz Lehrsatz!" He sets his spear in a blaze and lunges towards Garmmon. Just then, a black claw appears and catches the spear.
"What?" Garmmon gasped, "Cyberdramon?" "You got that right, meddling brat. But do not misunderstand me. I'm doing this only to get back at Duskmon." the dragon answered, "Do you hear me, Duskmon?! I heard all about your little plan to betray Lord Mephistomon and I won't stand for it!" Cyberdramon flies over to his enemy, "Desolation Claw!" Duskmon uses his swords to counter. "Kouichi!" Garmmon yells again, turning back into Kouji, "Can't you see it's me? Your brother!" "Shut up! I have no brother!" Reichmon attacks with his spear again. Vritramon swoops down and picks him up just in time. "What were you thinking? He was gonna kill you!" Vritramon yelled, setting them down. "I was trying to save my brother!" Kouji spat. "I'm sorry, but we can't get him back now, he's using his Fusion spirit." said the flame dragon. Kouji give a dejected look.
Back to fight with Duskmon and Cyberdramon, Cyberdramon is doing really well, but is still no match for the powered up Duskmon. "I won't let you betray the master!" snarled the dragon. "Why, you already have. Helping these children, are you really that shallow?" Cyberdramon is shocked by what he heard. This gives Duskmon the opportunity to stab him with his swords. "Argh!" Cyberdramon screams, blood pouring from his wound. "Reichmon, let's go. We'll come back for Patamon later." Duskmon opens the black portal and they vanish into it.
"No fair!" whined Junpei, "Not only is Duskmon stronger, but he's got a Fusion warrior on his side as well." "Cyberdramon, are you okay?" asked Izumi. The dragon did not respond. "Why should we help him?" asked Yutaka. "Because, he saved Kouji. If he were evil, he wouldn't have done that. Also he's bleeding badly." she explained. "Let's just leave him here. He's one of Mephistomon's flunkies so he'll just cause trouble for us." said Shinya. 'What should we do?' thought Kouji. "So when you defeat a digimon here it cannot be reborn because you killed it!" "Let's help him." said Kouji.
Mephistomon's Castle
"So, Cyberdramon has betrayed me and joined up with those kids and Duskmon is doing what I knew he would." said Mephistomon, stroking his chin, "Make sure to kill Cyberdramon slow and painfully. And as for Duskmon, let him think he's fooling me." "Yes, master, as you wish." said a shadowed figure.
Next Time
Cyberdramon wakes up in a form he'd never expected. After he gets his thoughts together, he leaves warning the kids not to follow. Wanting some answers, Izumi, Kouji, and Yutaka follow him to the Digital World where they get separated. Mephistomon sends LadyDevimon before they find his castle hidden in a black forest. The dark witch fools Kouji and Izumi by disguising herself as Kouichi. When she's about to kill Kouji, Cyberdramon steps in and the team takes on LadyDevimon on their own. Will our little friends be able to win, or will they be killed along with the weakened Cyberdramon. It's get better next time in "Chpt. 12: The Dark Witch of Deception!" Awaken the solution; Spirit Evolution!