This chapter... Oh gods, this chapter... ;-;
They had spent awhile searching; but soon they had gotten a lead, and found Milleniummon. The Digimon had already evolved; JewelBeemon, Strikedramon, Crescemon, and Okuwamon ready to fight.
They had to destroy him. Forever.
Milleniummon attacked first, a wild swipe at the three humans; his giant claws caught by Strikedramon and JewelBeemon. Okuwamon and Crescemon attacked back; Ice Archery and Double Scissor Claw straight to Milleniummon; hitting, but not doing much. They'd have to truly use teamwork to defeat him.
Letting go of the claw, Strikedramon and JewelBeemon attacked; Spike Buster and Strike Fang, followed by Okuwamon(Double Scissor Claw), and Crescemon(Dark Archery). Milleniummon attacked, swiping twice at the four digimon and hitting, causing them to fly off.
They noticed the World being deleted; they had to hurry!
Spike Buster, Spike Buster, Spike Buster!
Dark Archery, Ice Archery, Lunatic Dance!
Strike Fang, Strike Claw, Strike Fang!
Double Scissor Claw, Double Scissor Claw, Double Scissor Claw!
Nothing… Nothing would work!
"I have no choice then!" Strikedramon yelled out, reverting to Monodramon. Both Digimon, Milleniummon and Monodramon began to glow; Ryo's partner was forcing something!
Both digimon faded away, their data becoming-
…!
An egg?
The egg floated into Ryo's arms, and that was it…
Milleniummon was gone…
And so was Monodramon… Ryo collapsed to his knees. That was all he was ever meant for… Just someone to stop Milleniummon… Not like the others; Not like Sam, Ken, Tai, Matt, TK, Mimi, Joe, Izzy…
Ryo closed his eyes, feeling a burning sensation as he hugged the egg. He could feel both digimon within…
"Ryo…? The others!"
Ryo's head snapped him. He could still help, despite not being destined to… He nodded, "Let's go."
He barely noticed a strange symbol on the egg, as he, Ken, and Sam all went to help their friends, getting caught in their deletion…Even Sam's and Ken's crests and tags were deleted...
Silently, the trio listened to the others. They were waiting.
The Digimon, even their own, with the exception of Ryo's partner, was encouraging the others.
"I never really knew what it was to have other friends, other than Ryo and Ken…" Sam spoke up, "But now I do… Both my partners, you guys… You guys ARE my friends. And I'll protect you all…"
"I'm kind and gentle! Sam and Wormmon taught me that I am!" Ken said.
"I may not be as 'destined' as you all are… but you're still my friends! And I'll help! Forever!" Ryo said.
"Boy, if I had never met you, Gatomon!"
"And if I had never come to the Digital World…"
"And if none of us became friends in the first place…"
"Then we wouldn't have become the people that we are today!"
"You're right! We would never have won all those battles without each other!"
"We've grown up a lot."
"I think we all have grown up in a lot of ways…"
"I've grown up too! I'm a much better fighter now!"
"I will protect my brother!"
"I will show up the destiny that I was given!"
"I'll be strong and gentle and kind! Just like I promised Wormmon!"
…
"I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to quit yet!"
"I'm with you, Tai. I won't let this whole experience be for nothing!"
"We mean it. There is no way I'm about to let my friends down."
"And besides, there are still a lot of people counting on us down on Earth."
"Let's find a way!"
"Let's fight!"
"We're ready!"
"We've reached the point where there's no turning back!"
"Crests or no crests, we're going to win!"
"Are we together?"
"We are!"
"Then let's fight!"
"Its gonna be pretty tough without our crests…"
"Crests?! We don't need no stinking crests!"
The crests of 10 of the children;
Tai, of Courage
Sora, of Love
Matt, of Friendship
Izzy, of Knowledge
Joe, of Reliability
Mimi, of Sincerity
TK, of Hope
Kari, of Light
Ken, of Kindness
and Sam, of Protection
all appeared where their hearts are, while Ryo's egg glowed.
"Its your crests!" Agumon said, "You don't need to carry them anymore because their power have been inside of you this whole time!"
"You mean like… in our hearts?!" Tai gasped.
"Prodigious! That makes perfect sense!(A/N: No it doesn't, shuddup Iz') Like my knowledge and Joe's sense of responsibility… if your special trait isn't within you, then you don't need your crests with you as well!"
"No! You're wrong! It wasn't the friendship inside of me that made my crest glow, Izzy! It was more than that… the friendship I felt from all of you gathered inside my heart and that brought the power of my crest to life!"
"So each person's crest isn't powered by themselves, its powered by the faith we have in each other!"
"Then the light inside of me… is for everyone!"
Kari glowed brighter…
Gatomon digivolve to… Angewomon!
"And everyone's hope… is my hope!"
Patamon digivolve to… Angemon! Angemon digivolve to… MagnaAngemon
"Knowledge…!"
Tentomon digivolve to...Kabuterimon! Kabuterimon digivolve to… MegaKabuterimon!
"Sincerity!"
Palmon digivolve to… Togemon! Togemon digivolve to… Lillymon!
"Reliability!"
Gomamon digivolve to… Ikkakumon! Ikkakumon digivolve to… Zudomon!
"Mine's love!"
Biyomon digivolve to… Birdramon! Birdramon digivolve to… Garudamon!
"Friendship!
Gabumon warp digivolve to… MetalGarurumon!
"Courage!"
Agumon warp digivolve to… WarGreymon!
"Protection… I will protect my friends!"
Kunemon digivolve to… Flymon! Flymon digivolve to… Okuwamon!
Lunamon digivolve to… Lekismon! Lekismon digivolve to… Crescemon!"
"Gentle and Kind… Gentle, Kind, and Strong!"
Wormmon digivolve to… Stingmon! Stingmon digivolve to… JewelBeemon!
"I'm changing my destiny! Its time to fight!"
Ryo's egg hatched into a Ketomon.
Ketomon digivolve to… Hopmon!
Hopmon digivolve to… Monodramon!
Monodramon digivolve to… Strikedramon!
Strikedramon digivolve to… Cyberdramon!
"We did it! We re-assembled ourselves!"
"What?!"
"You're dealing with the new and improved Chosen!"
Next up is the final battle! But this story still isn't done after that!