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Chapter 10: Giving Into Darkness
Joe's POV
As Matt and I jumped of the cliff into battle, a group of Monochromon began to attack. "Volcanic Strike," they yelled in union and fireballs began to fly at us. As we were dodging them, I realized something and yelled at Matt:
"Wait a second, we can't fly!"
Matt pondered the thought and yelled back, "Actually, I think I can."
With that Matt closed his eyes in concentration and within a second, metallic wings extended from his back and he swooped back into the air, easily dodging the attacks. He was admiring his new ability for a second:
"Uh, hello, still falling here," I caught his attention.
He flew down to me and grabbed my arm and flew back up. Still dodging fireballs left and right Matt realized we had to eventually confront them and decided to act:
"Alright Joe, I'm going to fly low and let go."
"Wait, What!?" I couldn't believe what he was saying, "and what exactly am I supposed to do when you let go!?"
"Attack one," He answered back casually.
"How the hell do I do that!?"
"I don't know Joe you're the smart one here, I'm sure you can figure it out," he dove down, "Here we go!"
"MATT!"
But it was too late, he already had let me go and I was falling directly toward a Monochromon before I could panic I felt a surge through my body and in an instant I knew exactly what to do. I lifted my hammer above my head and the moisture in the air began to gather around the top forming a sort of whirlpool and as soon as the Monochromon was within reach, "Tsunami Hammer," I brought my hammer down on its head and the pure force of the water knocked the Digimon unconscious. I regained my footing and saw another Monochromon charging at me so I put my hammer out in front of me to block and I stopped it dead in its tracks; with its own momentum I was able to flip the Digimon over my head and throw him, I stood there shocked in amazement at my new strength:
"Now this I can get used to."
"Not bad Doc," I looked up and saw Matt watching from above, "but check this out."
Matt took off and approached a group of Divermon that had cornered a Garurumon. He flew so low to the ground that his gauntlet was scratching the ground. I noticed that the gauntlet was glowing and building up earth around itself. Once the Divermon were in range Matt yelled, "Rock Wolf Claw," and with that he stopped and brought his claw up in a scratching motion and boulders flew up from the ground and knocked all the Divermon out of the way. Matt flew back to my side:
"Not bad, Rock star. Get it? Rock star, because of the rocks," I started laughing at my own joke.
Matt grabbed my shoulder, "Well the armor makes you look like Zudomon, but it definitely didn't give you his sense of humor." He smiled at me and we laughed together.
All of the sudden I heard the Garurumon howled out loudly and all the Digimon, even the others not on his side, stopped and looked, "the Digidestined have arrived." He bowed to us and all the other Digimon followed suit.
"This is a little new," I whispered to Matt confused.
"Just go with it," He whispered back.
Then out of the crowd of Digimon approached four, one looked a lot like MetalGarurumon, but more armored, with a gun on its tail instead of a blade, and a giant cannon on its back; behind him was a giant blue huskie looking Digimon with red gloves on its forward paws and a long red scarf. Another Digimon looked like a giant white Loch Ness monster and floating next to him was a tiny little pink half-fairy, half-sea creature looking thing. We de-energized our armor as they approached.
The MetalGarurumon look alike bowed and spoke up, "Greetings I am ZeedGarurumon, leader of the Wolf Pack and the entire Nature Spirits army, and this is our sage, Gaogamon." Gaogamon nodded.
Then the giant Digimon bowed and said, "I am Plesiomon, commander of the Deep Savers, and this is MarineAngemon, my second in command and sage of the Deep Savers." MarineAngemon smiled.
"I am Matt Ishida and this is Joe Kido," I nodded in reply, "Tell us, what is going on here."
"These over grown fish are invading our mountains in the name of the Nightmare Soldiers!" Angered filled ZeedGarurumon's voice as he growled at Plesiomon.
"We were doing no such thing you insulate pup," Plesiomon rebutted, "These mountains are neutral territory between our two Fields and you know that!"
"Then what prattle are you doing here!?" ZeedGarurumon asked angrily.
"NeoDevimon has convinced some of my forces to join him, and then they used some sort of weapon to destroy our home in a single strike. So we had to escape into the mountains, this is my forward party; the rest of my army is on the beach below."
"So why were you all fighting then," I asked.
"Because these animals attacked us out of nowhere!" Plesiomon claimed as he stared down ZeedGarurumon.
"You were trespassing in our territory; we had every right!" ZeedGarurumon rebutted back.
We noticed the Digimon were still on edge and looked as if they were ready to fight again, then Matt spoke up:
"Instead of fighting each other, why don't you work together!?"
"We don't need any help," ZeedGarurumon started, "we can take care of ourselves and the Nightmare Soldiers just fine."
"By what, hiding in your mountains," Plesiomon scolded.
"At least I still have my home," ZeedGarurumon answered back.
"Stop," Matt caught theirs and everyone else's attention, "look, we came here to try and save your world and our own and we can't do it without all of your help," he looked at me and continued, "I know how you all feel; that asking for help from others makes you weak, but it doesn't, it makes you stronger. This is exactly what NeoDevimon wants, for you all to stay separated so he can destroy you one by one. You're making it even easier by fighting each other. He has already destroyed our home and yours and he will come for yours next if he is not stopped!"
"What can we do," Plesiomon asked.
"You must put your petty differences aside. Join us and all the other Digimon armies and together we can defeat NeoDevimon and his forces!"
All the Digimon fell silent, and then Plesiomon looked at ZeedGarurumon, "Our armies use to fight very well together, and I would be proud to fight by your side once more."
ZeedGarurumon returned the compliment, "And I you," he looked at all the other Digimon, "and together we will put an end to NeoDevimon once and for all!" all the Digimon began to cheer. ZeedGarurumon looked at us, "Thank you Digidestined, how can we ever show you our appreciation for your wisdom."
I jumped at the chance, "Actually we are looking for the Beast and Aquan DigiMemories."
"How did you come to know of our DigiMemories," ZeedGarurumon asked.
"We are the Digidestined meant to inherit their powers," Matt answered.
"I thought as much by the armor you were wearing," Plesiomon said, "say no more, MarineAngemon."
Marine Angemon approached me, "Joe Kido, I entrust you with the Aquan DigiMemory," MarineAngemon's chest began to glow and a royal blue square shaped crest, with the emblem of the dolphin and the initials "DS" under it, flew from it, grew and flew into my own, "and with this you will now command the Deep Savers" He, Plesiomon, and all the other aquatic Digmon bowed.
Gaogamon approached Matt, "Matt Ishida, I entrust you with the Beast DigiMemory," Gaogamon's chest began to glow forest green and a crest, with the emblem of the wolf and the initials "NSp" under it, flew from it, shrank and flew into Matt's, "you now have the loyalty of the Nature Spirits." He, ZeedGarurumon, and all the other beast Digimon bowed.
When they lifted their heads ZeedGarurumon, "What are your orders, generals?"
Matt and I looked at each other and he stepped forward, "We will join the Virus Busters in their fight against the Nightmare Soldiers!"
Everyone cheered in agreement and Plesiomon spoke up, "Very well, ZeedGarurumon, if you would like we have transportation enough for your forces to travel together by sea."
ZeedGarurumon nodded in agreement, "Garurumon, head back to the city, gather the army and meet us on the beach by sunrise tomorrow." Garurumon nodded and took off. "The rest of us will head to the beach."
The rest of us headed down to the beach; it took about an hour to get there. As sunset drew near Matt and I settled down around our own little campfire watching the Digimon finally get along:
"Looks like we did good," Matt sighed.
I chuckled, "You're the one that did good."
"What do you mean?"
"As far as I'm concerned, you're the one who convinced them to join forces; I just stood back and watched."
"I only was able to do it because of what we talked about earlier."
"Nah, I think you had in it you regardless."
"Well I appreciate that Joe."
"Anytime Matt," I started yawning, "Well I'm going to get some rest, we got a big day tomorrow and we have to be up early, goodnight Matt."
"Goodnight Joe."
I drifted into dream land, assured that nothing bad would happen while I slept.
Matt's POV
I fell asleep not too long after Joe, as I was sleeping I couldn't help but get this strange feeling that something was looming over me; I felt my anger and fears coming back and I sprang up in a cold sweat. I looked over at Joe and he was still fast asleep; I decided to go for a walk along the beach and clear my head. As I walked along the sand, I couldn't help but admire the crescent moon, it reminded me how that was the one thing Sora and I loved to do together; though I was angry at her and Tai I had to agree with all that Joe had said earlier, hopefully we could all talk about it after we fix this mess. All of the sudden I heard a voice, "Oh Matt" I looked around and even though it was dark, the light of the moon was bright enough to show me that no one was near me but still, "Oh Matt," I started freaking out and dropped to my knees:
"Get out of my head!"
I looked up an noticed a cave not too far away from me and I felt the voice pulling me towards it. I entered the cave slowly and cautiously, the voice kept getting louder and louder until I saw a figure:
"Who's there? Show yourself!"
The figured stepped into the light and spoke in a menacing voice, "Hello there bearer of Friendship, it's been a long time."
I stood there in horror of what stood before me, it was Devimon but way different; his skin and hair was smoky grey and he had leather pants and boots with spikes on it; his wings were blood red and similar colored spikes came out from the top of his wings and his arms; he had blood red bandages on his forearms and dark golden claws; a golden mask with six eyes covered his face:
"Ne…NeoDevimon," I trembled with fear.
"Look at you all grown up now," he mocked me, "But no Gabumon, oh wait, he's back at my castle with all your other pathetic friends," he laughed.
"You bastard," I drew my D3, "With the power of earth I call on the…"
Before I could finish he interrupted, "Relax Digidestined I'm not here to fight you."
I don't know why but I put my D3 away, "Then why are you here?"
"I'm here to help you"
I answered back offended, "Help me with what?"
"I know your feelings toward the bearers of Courage and Love," his eyes seemed to smirk at me.
I was shocked but I tried to play it off, "I don't know what you're talking about!"
"You have a lot of anger towards them and it has been growing the more you deny it. Embrace it and you can have your revenge."
"Revenge…No, they're my best friends!"
"Who went behind your back and betrayed your trust. Did you deserve that?"
"No…but Joe said…"
"Reliability is in on it too; why do you think he was so adamant about defending them? Face it, everyone is against you Matt."
He started to get to me, "No I don't believe you!"
"You know it's true Matt, you know it deep down that you are all alone and no one is going to help you, not even your own brother."
I started losing it, "Shut up! You don't know T.K."
"I know he cares more about Light than he does about you, and you know it too."
It was true that T.K. had gotten closer to Kari over the years but I couldn't let that cloud my judgment, "Get out of my head!"
"And now he's going to give up his life for her."
I snapped, "What do you mean!?"
"A Digidestined of light must sacrifice themselves to defeat me, your brother and the girl fit that description. You know your brother won't let that happen to her and Courage won't let his own sister die."
Then I remembered when Gennai talked to them alone and I started putting the pieces together, "What was that!?"
"Oh didn't I mention, Courage is the one who has to kill your brother."
He finally hit his mark; I felt the darkness taking me, "That bastard, first he takes my girlfriend from right under my nose and now he wants to kill my brother, damn you Tai, I'll kill him!"
NeoDevimon took his chance, "I can help you stop them."
The evil in me took over, "I'll do whatever it takes."
His eyes seemed pleased, "Join the others as planned, obtain the other DigiMemories and then bring them to me and all your problems will be solved."
"What will you do once you have them?"
"That is my business. Do we have a deal?"
I hesitated, "One condition, you leave T.K. alone and return Gabumon to me."
He laughed, "And the others?"
"All of them deserve whatever you have planned for them. Except Tai, he's mine."
He laughed again, "I promise your brother and partner will not be harmed, and you will have Courage all to yourself," there was a hint of deceit in his voice but I didn't care.
"Deal, now how can I defeat Tai?"
"Give me your D3," my D3 levitated from my hand in front of his face, a dark aura surrounded it and when it faded and floated back to me, "I have given you some power from the Dark DigiMemory, now you will be able to defeat Courage."
I smiled, "Finally," I gripped my D3 tight, "he'll pay for all the shit he's put me through."
"But remember, I still need the other DigiMemories."
"You'll get them, as soon as I get Tai."
He looked toward the entrance of the cave and began to fade away, "The sun is rising, go now, bring me the DigiMemories and kill Courage."
I walked out of the cave into the rising sun, I couldn't help but be filled with anger toward all the other Digidestined but I finally had the power to make them all pay.
Joe's POV
As I woke up to the sound of ZeedGarurumon's army arriving. He and Plesiomon gather their forces by the shoreline and waited for their transportation. Then I noticed matt was gone, but before I panicked I saw him walking down the beach. I ran up to him:
"Hey Matt, where you…been?" I noticed something different about him.
"Just went for a little walk. Shall we get going, we don't want to keep the other waiting right?" he sounded menacing.
"My Lords," before I could say anything else Plesiomon came up to us, "Behold, your transportation, KingWhamon!"
Out of the water came a larger than life whale with an island for a head, "That's a Digimon!?"
Plesiomon chuckled and lead us to the island, it took 30 minutes to get everyone on board and we set sail for the Virus Busters' Capital. As we stared at the rising sun I looked at Matt,
"You sure you're okay, Matt."
"Never better Joe, never better," he laughed strangely and walked away.
I couldn't help but still worry about what was up with Matt; I suddenly got a chill down my spine that something bad was going to happen once we got to there.
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Hope y'all like where I left it. That's it for now. The next four chapters will be up soon but the confrontation will be after that so be patient.
