SailorStar9: Chapter 9 goes up, this is Chapter 10. Enjoy.

Disclaimers: (Looks around) Has Takuya and Kouji become a couple in the anime yet? No? Then I don't own any Season of Digimon, well except for my OC.

Chapter 10: Defeat Me! Legendary Warrior Vritramon Runs Wild

Elsewhere...

"I'm in trouble!" Grottomon was venting his anger on the rocks. "If things stay this way... I'll have to move. I have to get Garmmon's Spirit quickly. Those kids have to go. And in order to do that... for that thing which lives underground in total darkness," he chanted, opening a vital. "I open the magical seal. Because everything here is from that time, they're going to be my shield and my gold! Monster!" the dust manifested into a ritual circle and Golemon was summoned.

"Golemon." Kallan introduced the new Digimon. "A Digimon made out of 90% rocks and boulders. His special attack is a high-temperature gas that can reduce his surroundings to ashes in an instant.; called 'Curse Crimson'."

"Wait for me, brats." Grottomon grinned as he rode on his new steed. With a roar, Golemon melted into the earth.

In the forest the next day...

"Kouji evolved into Garmmon and helped us." Neemon mused as he patted a Tanemon.

"We can't celebrate just yet." Bokomon pointed out.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't do anything." Tomoki muttered.

"You're wrong." Izumi corrected. "You're not bad, Tomoki."

"Yeah, but that guy..." Junpei swore. "I'll take back Izumi's Spirit."

"Is that a promise?" Neemon wondered bouncing the Tanemon.

"We should think carefully about these things." Bokomon reminded.

"Hey, shut up!" Junpei snapped. "We have to promise to cheer her up!"

"What?" Takuya wondered. "You can make that decision? Well, we had better head for the Forest Terminal."

"Wait a minute." Junpei protested. "Why would we go without Izumi's Spirit? We have to get it back. Understand?" he turned to the downcast Izumi. "Stop them. Just hang on and we'll get your power back, for sure."

"There's too much a difference in our abilities now." Kouji reminded. "Some time ago, we might be able to do it."

"What are you saying?" Junpei retorted. "Think about Izumi's feelings a little! Well, it's good for Kouji, isn't it?" he shrugged. "He doesn't care about anyone."

"What?" Kouji glared.

"You have your Beast Spirit now!" Junpei argued.

"Stop!" Tomoki voiced.

"Don't fight, Junpei." Takuya broke the fight.

"How can we not do anything?" Junpei huffed.

"Let's go to the Forest Terminal." Izumi cut in.

"Izumi, what are you doing?" Junpei wondered.

"Hey, wait!" Bokomon protested. "Takuya and the others want to do more. However, in Junpei's opinion, we aren't thinking of feelings. In this situation, we can't give up. Here, we shouldn't give up."

"Don't give up?" Junpei echoed.

"What do you mean?" Izumi wondered.

"If you support a side, then there's going to be separating in the group." Bokomon reasoned. "I don't want to see grudges or envy here."

"So, what do we do?" Junpei asked.

"Fortune-telling." Bokomon announced.

"Fortune-telling?" the group chorused.

"Shamanamon can tell our fortune." Bokomon concluded.

In Fortune Telling Village...

After several mis-encounters with the local fortunetellers, Bokomon led the group into Shamanamon's shrine. "Shamanamon is a true fortune-teller." he insisted, pushing open the door. "Shamanamon!" he called. "Are you here? This is our fortune-teller."

"This is, this is..." Shamanamon muttered.

"This guy looks just like...!" Takuya exclaimed when Shamanamon faced them.

"That's right, the Goblinmon at the Factory of Wind." Izumi agreed.

"This is bad." Tomoki concluded.

"Wrong, wrong, wrong!" Bokomon protested. "This is Shamanamon!"

"Shamanamon." Kallan voiced through the D-tector. "Its job is to deliver the will of God. During the ceremony, it waves its staff, and does the 'Fushigi Dance'."

"Be careful, ne?" Shamanamon begun his dance. "You'll be facing difficulty, you're going to be in lots of disasters soon."

"How idiotic." Takuya muttered and Tomoki nodded in agreement.

"Especially you two!" this was directed at the pair. "Your predictions are the worst! You might die if you don't do things right the first time."

"That can't be!" Tomoki gasped.

"What do you mean by that?" Takuya asked when suddenly, the ground shook. "Ah!" he exclaimed, the group dashing out. "What's that?"

"Golemon!" Bokomon recognized.

"I've found you, brats!" Grottomon laughed.

"It's Grottomon!" Tomoki gasped.

"This guy again!" Kouji growled.

"This is what the fortune said." Izumi realized.

Back in his temple, Shamanamon continued his ritual dance when a bright light shone from the alter behind him, engulfing him and the building in its light.

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"What should we do?" Neemon stammered.

"We can handle this." Takuya assured, the group dodging Golemon's punch. "I can take him on!" he pulled out his D-tector.

"Spirit Evolution!" Takuya, Junpei and Tomoki chorused.

"Agnimon!"

"Blitzmon!"

"Chakmon!"

"Spirit..." Kouji started.

"Now I've got you!" Grottomon grinned, scattering his magical dust to form a ritual circle under Kouji's feet.

"What's this..." Kouji winced, feeling the gravitational pull as he landed in the middle of the circle. "I can't move!"

"Brat..." Grottomon started. "And if you can't move, then you can't evolve. Garmmon will be mine!"

"Kachikachi Kachin!" Chakmon fired his attack.

Golemon dodged the attacked and hammered the snowman Digimon with a punch.

"Thor's Thunder!" Blitzmon released his attack, to no avail when Golemon fired his attack at him and Chakmon, sending both backwards.

"What's wrong?" Grottomon taunted. "What's wrong? This is too powerful for you?"

"Burning Salamander!" Agnimon fired his attack, causing Golemon to block the flames with an arm before sending the Fire Hybrid backwards with his attack.

"Ah, ah, you're so weak!" Grottomon mocked. "Do you really possess the Spirits?"

"Damn..." Kouji cursed. "The way things are going, we might not be able to stop him."

"Again!" Agnimon stated, Chakmon jumping back to avoid falling into the crevice when Golemon's punch broke the ground apart. "Let's go!"

"Yeah!" Blitzmon agreed.

"I'm the best!" Chakmon added. "Snow Bomber!"

"Lightning Bomber!" Blitzmon tackled Golemon.

"Salamander Break!" Agnimon spun into a fiery tornado and kicked Golemon.

"You!" Grottomon growled when his minion crashed into the ground.

"You against us, Grottomon!" Blitzmon challenged.

"That's it!" Grottomon swore. "Grottomon slide evolution! Gigasmon!"

"So, let's get started." Gigasmon declared.

"Kachikachi Kachin!" Chakmon fired his attack.

"Hurricane Bomber!" Gigasmon blew the snowballs away.

"Chakmon!" Agnimon came to the snowman Digimon's rescue before he was blown off by Gigasmon's cyclone, only to be deflected back. Chakmon then shot out of the hurricane, his Human Spirit forced out. Gigasmon then claimed the Ice Spirit and forcing Chakmon back into his human form.

"The kid is finished!" Gigasmon declared as Tomoki fell to the ground. "Earthquake!"

His attack broke the ground apart just as a possessed Vritramon emerged from the temple.

After knocking Gigasmon into a pillar, Vritramon started roaring.

"What's that?" Agnimon gasped as Tomoki fled to safety.

"That...?" Blitzmon added.

"Wrong!" Bokomon corrected. "That's the Legendary Warrior, Vritramon of Fire!"

"Vritramon?" Agnimon echoed. "Could he have found... my Beast Spirit?"

"Go, Golemon!" Gigasmon encouraged, Golemon having dug underground and was pulling Vritramon into the earth.

With a flap of his wings, Vritramon took to the skies, taking Golemon with him. Pointing both his Rudori Tarpana at Golemon, he released the energy blasts, destroying Golemon before he hit the ground.

Gigasmon gaped and dived underground when Vritramon turned his attention on him.

With Gigasmon gone, the magic circle trapping Kouji dispelled and the raven grabbed his D-tector and ran.

"It's amazing..." Tomoki gaped.

"Is he an ally?" Kouji wondered.

"All I see is an evil fighter." Izumi stated.

"We should move back." Bokomon advised.

"Let's go too." Blitzmon suggested.

"Yeah..." Agnimon replied.

"Help me..." Shamanamon pleaded, amidst Vritramon's roaring.

"What?" Agnimon stopped in his tracks.

"Free me!" Shamanamon begged.

Agnimon turned and frowned as Shamanamon's memory flooded his mind.

"I am trapped within the Beast Spirit." Shamanamon stated. "Please, free me!"

"Agnimon, what are you doing?" Blitzmon asked when he saw Agnimon walk towards the possessed Beast Hybrid.

"Agnimon!" Bokomon called as Agnimon dodged Vritramon's swing.

"Burning Salamander!" Agnimon released his attack, only to be blown off by Vritramon's energy blasts from the Rudori Tarpana.

Landing on top of the Human Hybrid, Vritramon poised his Rudori Tarpana to finish him off.

"No." Shamanamon held Vritramon back.

Kicking Vritramon off, Agnimon readied another attack, "Burning Salamander! Spirit of Evil!" he chanted, having knocked Vritramon down with his second flaming fist. "Be purified by my Digivice! Digicode, scan!", freeing Shamanamon and claiming his Beast Spirit.

"Agnimon!" Blitzmon gasped when Vritramon's power overwhelmed the Human Hybrid.

"Takuya!" the rest of the group shouted as Agnimon took on Vritramon's form.

"He... evolved!" Neemon gaped.

"Is that... Takuya?" Izumi gasped at the roaring Hybrid.

"He took on the Beast Spirit." Bokomon remarked.

"Hey!" Blitzmon realized. "No way!"

"Come on!" Bokomon warned as Vritramon rammed his Rudori Tarpana into Blitzmon. "Run!"

"Takuya, keep it together!" Kouji shouted as Vritramon continued to use Blitzmon as a punching bag. Left with no choice when Vritramon attacked him, the raven digivolved. "Spirit Evolution! Garmmon!"

Faced with the two Hybrids, Vritramon roared.

Omake

Kouji: (Digivolves into Garmmon)

Vritramon: (Realizes that it is his lover in front of him, relents and powers down, leaving an panting Takuya in his wake)

SailorStar9: (Blinks) What? We can't have a Takouji without Garmmon/Vritramon, right?

SailorStar9: Now that's done. Read and review.