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Well I don't remember how many reviews we needed to reach the ten reviews I asked for so I'll just go ahead post the next chapter. I think we were close enough anyways so why not?
Now in this chapter we continue Piedmon's battle against Anubismon and his attempt to break into the Temple of Judgment. He's after something and in this battle, a little more of his plan will be revealed. The only question is what is he after?
On another note, I have been rereading the Harry Potter books and man, I forgot how much I love to read. I am currently on the second book and I'm about to finish it in a few chapters. I think it was because of the Harry Potter series that I wanted to write and become an author. I am currently writing a story of my own and I hope to finish it soon.
Anyways, I don't want to keep on babbling, enjoy.
Once A Leader….
Chapter 13: Battle of Gods
Anubismon glared at the Digimon that stood a few yards away from him. That accursed clown had been toying with him from the start and no matter what he did nothing seemed to work against him. The sun was about to set and Anubismon knew that their battle had lasted only a few hours. Was that all that he was worth? A couple of hours of entertainment for a deranged clown?
Angry, Anubismon rose up once more and prepared to fight. Piedmon eyed him with an amused grin, knowing that nothing the god Digimon did would affect him much.
"You've grown weak in this time of peace, Anubismon." Piedmon told him. "You were much more powerful the last time we met…"
"The last time we fought, you were not this strong…" Anubismon said, hating himself for admitting it.
"True…I am more powerful now that I once was. But I'm not even using half of the strength I used last time…" Piedmon said, agreeing with the god Digimon. "If you weren't so weak, I might've actually shown you my real strength."
"You're lying!" Anubismon growled out. He couldn't believe that Piedmon had been holding back that much. It was impossible for a Digimon to become that powerful on their own.
"Am I?" Piedmon challenged, unleashing his true power for the first time since the fight started. "Am I really?"
Anubismon took a step back as he paled at the display of power. The sand around them kicked up in a frenzy as a whirlwind of power rushed around them. Anubismon was almost swept away by the sheer force of Piedmon's aura. It was unheard of! It was impossible! Yet here was living proof that a Digimon could reach such heights. No, Piedmon wasn't a Digimon anymore…he was a monster.
"H-How…?" He managed to ask once Piedmon suppressed his power.
"How did I become so strong?" Piedmon repeated. "It's simple really, I refused to be held back by the limitations of my body. I became strong through hard work and determination alone as well as plenty of juice and pushups."
"If you're this strong then why are you seeking that?" Anubismon asked, wanting to know why the clown was hell-bent on unleashing such a terrible force on the world.
"Because I've reach a limit that even I can't surpass in my current form." Piedmon admitted. I reached the pinnacle of power for a mega Digimon and in order to become stronger, I need to evolve. By absorbing its power, I will become more than I am now. I will become a true living God!" He raised his hands dramatically to the sky. "Reality will become a mere play thing for me to use for my amusement. I will be able to rule this world and the real world and any world that I wish! I will be able to rule the cosmos and beyond! Nothing will be beyond my grasp! Nothing!"
"You truly are insane!" Anubismon shouted. He couldn't believe what the deranged clown was planning and at the same time he could. If anyone could do it, Piedmon could and that scared him more than anything else.
Just then two beings dropped down from above. The larger of the two was surrounded by a fiery aura and was adorned in red armor. The second was slimmer that the first with a chilling aura and adorned in white armor.
"Ah, Apollomon, Dianamon, how good of you to join us." Piedmon said.
The two mega Digimon eyed the clown warily, both knowing that it would be no easy task to defeat him. Anubismon watched as the two members of the Olympos XII squared off against Piedmon. The Olympos XII was a group of god Digimon whose power rivaled that of the Royal Knights. During the last war, they were among the last to be defeated and their leader was one of the few Digimon that could hold Piedmon at bay. It took the combined power of the Olympos XII to stalemate against the Dark Masters.
"Anubismon, are you able to keep fighting?" Dianamon asked.
Nodding, Anubismon stepped forward and stood by their side. "I can fight but I'm not sure how much help I'd be."
"The three of us must work together to stop him." Apollomon said, his fiery aura flashing brightly. "I felt his presence all the way from the Solar Temple."
"And I felt it from the Lunar Temple." Dianamon added.
"Where are the rest of the Olympos XII?" Piedmon asked, genuinely curious.
Apollomon glared at the clown before answering. "You destroyed most of them, remember?"
"Ah yes…Jupitermon was particularly troublesome…" Piedmon said as he recalled the battle from long ago. "He put up a good fight…he nearly succeeded in destroying me."
"But you didn't fight fair…" Dianamon said, pointing an accusing finger at him.
"Didn't anyone tell you that all is fair in love and war?" Piedmon asked. "I simply turned him into a keychain…afterwards I destroyed him and absorbed his data…"
"So long as his data remains inside of you, he will never be reborn…" Anubismon said. "Only with your death will of all the defeated souls of the Digimon you've absorbed be reborn."
"Why do you think I absorbed them in the first place?" Piedmon asked them with a malicious grin. "That way they'd never be able to oppose me again. If I could destroy the Sovereign then I would've absorbed them too. Sadly they have too many Digicores to destroy all at once."
"Enough of this, let's finish this once and for all!" Apollomon said, preparing to fight.
"Fair enough. But answer me this first." Piedmon said as he took up his fighting stance. "How many Gods does it take to change a light bulb?"
Dianamon rushed in first, moving at speeds that would be unreadable to normal eyes. But Piedmon was able to easily track her and he blocked her strike with double ended crescent lance blades. Sparks flew from the contact and Piedmon ducked just in time to avoid a jab from Apollomon's fiery fist.
Anubismon fired off a blast of emerald fire at Piedmon but the Dark Master easily deflected it with a Clown Trick attack. Pushing against Dianamon's lance, Piedmon made his swords disappear and he fired off an Ending Snipe from his hands, blasting Dianamon back several yards.
"Sol Blaster!" Apollomon distanced himself from Piedmon in order to fire off a condensed orb of fire from the solar orb on his back.
"Clown Trick!" With a wave of his hand, Piedmon deflected the fiery orb and made it detonate safely against the desert sand a mile away.
"Crescent Harken!" Dianamon spun her lance rapidly in front of Piedmon, using the rapid movement to bewitch the Mega.
"My dear, I'm afraid you're going to have to do better than that if you want to bewitch a Digimon of my caliber." Piedmon told her as he shrugged off the effects of the spell with ease.
"Moon Night Kick!" Dianamon leaped up into the air and brought her heel down on Piedmon's head.
"Now that's more like it!" Piedmon said as he raised both arms in order to block the blow.
The impact created a crater in the sand several yards deep. Piedmon grinned excitedly as he pushed back and dodged another emerald blaze attack from Anubismon. Without skipping a beat, Piedmon threw his four swords at Apollomon and proceeded to trade blows with Dianamon.
"Arrow of Apollo/Artemis!" Both Digimon stood on opposite sides with Piedmon in the center and fired off a barrage of powerful projectiles.
"Masks Square!" With a wave of his hand, Piedmon created a TV like screen in front of him and jumped inside.
The two attacks collided and Piedmon was safely watching the explosion from a hundred feet up in the air. But before the smoke could clear, Anubismon appeared behind him and tried to claw at his head. Piedmon ducked below the swipe and spun around, back handing the god type Digimon. Then before the god could recover, Piedmon raised his leg and brought his heel down on Anubismon's head, sending him spiraling down to the ground below.
"Trump Sword!" Reaching behind him, Piedmon threw his swords down at the falling Digimon, pinning his wings and legs to the sandy ground.
"Sol Blaster!"
"Missed me!" Piedmon said as he easily dodged the incoming attack.
"Crescent Slash!" Dianamon appeared right before Piedmon path and struck with rapid grace.
Piedmon was unable to block the blow and he received a long gash across his chest. It wasn't deep but it was the first sign of damage that he had received. It would do little to hinder his movements but it had been the first time he had been hurt by a Digimon in a long time.
Landing on the sandy desert, Piedmon slowly began to clap, confusing his opponents greatly. "Congratulations. No, really, congrats are in order. You've managed to do something that none have lived to tell the tale have done." Seeing that they were still confused, Piedmon elaborated further. "You've managed to do something that very few have done; injure me. But unfortunately for you, none of them have ever lived to tell the tale because I killed them all."
Piedmon reached behind him, his swords magically reappearing back in their sheaths, and he pulled out two. Then without warning, he rushed forward, slashing with expert precision. Dianamon stepped back, barely bringing up her lance to block Piedmon slash. But as she blocked the first strike, she couldn't block the second and Piedmon raked his blade across her face. Sparks flew and Dianamon cried out in pain, dropping her weapon and gripping her face.
"Dianamon!" Apollomon rushed to her side but Piedmon stood in his way.
"Don't worry about her…" He told the fiery sun god. "You're next…"
Piedmon struck in an upward and downward strike simultaneously and Apollomon barely brought up his arms to block the blades. He pushed back and unleashed a barraged of lightning fast punches at the clown but Piedmon easily blocked them all with his swords.
"What's the matter, Apollomon?" Piedmon called out over the sounds of battle. "Don't you have more to offer me?"
"Don't mock me, clown!" Fire erupted from Apollomon's body and Piedmon jumped back as the flames began to swirl around the sun god.
"Looks like you've got some fire left in you…" Piedmon joked as he put his swords away.
"Fist of The Crimson Beast King!" The fire around Apollomon swarmed over to his right fist, condensing into an orb and then it was unleashed in a single punch. The ball of energy quickly expanded into a fiery wave of energy in the shape of a lion's head.
The attack streaked across the desert sand, turning it into glass in its wake, and Piedmon outstretched a single hand. A split second later, the attack struck Piedmon and he was engulfed in a fiery explosion. The roar of the flames was deafening and Apollomon and Dianamon were forced to jump back to avoid the blast. It took several moments but when the explosion subsided, both megas looked at the cloud of smoke with reserved judgment. Many a time had an attack hit Piedmon and he had survived to laugh at them later.
Taking a moment to see if his partner was okay, Apollomon checked the injury on Dianamon's face and saw that she had a gash over her helmet that went over her right eye. It looked unlikely that she'd be able to recover without help.
"Look…"
Apollomon was brought out of his thoughts as Dianamon nodded toward the smoke. Within a figure could be seen and they knew at once who it was. But what shocked them was the weapon he was wielding. It was a large sword, easily as tall as Piedmon was. It had an intricate design where the blade had three empty spaces between four blades that made up the massive sword. The space between the center blades was jagged like a lightning bolt and the tip of the massive blade was similarly designed.
"It can't be…" Apollomon whispered as he recognized the weapon. There was no doubt in him mind where it had come from and that it had been Piedmon who defeated its previous master.
"My, my, I must say that that last attack almost had me…" Piedmon's voice carried over the howling wind. "You've certainly learned a new trick there…"
Piedmon's grin told them that he had not expected an attack like that but that it had been pointless. He calmly walked over the glassy surface, not bother to wait for it to cool down. The sword that must've weight several tons was held almost lazily in Piedmon's right hand, brandishing it as if he were showing it off, which he was.
"I see that you recognize this blade…" Piedmon said, motioning toward the black sword. "I'll admit that it took me a while to learn how to summon it." He raised it above his head and the sound of thunder could be heard in the distance. "I didn't even know that I could do it at first. But with all the spare time that I had in that void, I had to find new ways to keep myself busy." The sun had set just a few minutes ago and the already darkening sky was accompanied by black storm clouds, each rumbling with thunder and lightning. "Since I absorbed his data after I destroyed him, it makes sense that I could use his abilities. It just took a while for me to access it."
"How dare you wield the Wrath of The Thunder God!" Dianamon all but growled out. It was an unforgivable sin to look at the sword much less wield it. Only those who were about to be punished could see it and only so that they could face their final judgment.
"Oh please…are you really that surprised at what I'll dare to do nowadays?" Piedmon asked in a jovial tone.
"Dianamon…take Anubismon and run…" Apollomon told his partner. He knew that they had no chance of winning now, not if Piedmon could wield the powers of Jupitermon as his own. Piedmon's strength had certainly doubled since their last encounter and it would take a miracle to stop him.
"Don't be a fool, I won't leave you to face him alone." Dianamon responded, taking up a fighting stance.
"Don't you get it? We're no match for him now!" Apollomon shouted, showing a rare case of both fear and anger. "One of us has to warn the DigiDestined of what's going on and we can't do that if we're both destroyed."
"I think it's cute that you think I'll let either of you escape." Piedmon said, cutting Dianamon off. He then pointed at the sky above where the clouds loomed ominously and lightning streaked across. "I've already prepared my next attack and trust me when I say that it'll be a real shocker!"
Then laughing maniacally, Piedmon jumped high into the air before bringing down the black sword. Apollomon did the only thing he could think of and he leapt in front of Dianamon and Anubismon, attempting to shield them with his fiery aura. A single bolt of lightning came down upon them and the land was covered in a brilliant flash of golden light. Only one sound echoed louder than the roaring thunder and that was the sound of an evil clown's delightful yet maniacal laughter.
End of chapter.
Piedmon has revealed why none of the other powerful Digimon were reborn with the Digital World's reset. He absorbed their data and so long as he remains alive none of the Royal Knights or any of the other groups of powerful Digimon won't be reborn.
Anyways, if you guys what to know what the blade looks like that Piedmon summoned, look up Jupitermon Wrath mode. With the data inside of him, Piedmon could theoretically use any attack of any Digimon he has ever absorbed and that makes him even more dangerous.
With this new information, what are the DigiDestined chances of actually winning? Do you think that anyone will be able to stop Piedmon now that he's revealed his true power? And will Tai be able to come up with a plan to stop Piedmon now that he's back?
Well since we got 93 reviews so far, I'd like to get ten again for the next update. So if we reach 103 or more before Friday, I will update the next chapter right way. If not, then it'll be on Friday. But if we do get to 103 or more before then, I will still update a new chapter on Friday even if I had just posted one earlier. So if I post chapter 14 on let's say, Thursday, I'll still post chapter 15 on Friday even if we don't reach the necessary reviews. Fridays will always have an update until we finish this story. And at the rate you guys are going, we might just finish it before the year is up, maybe even sooner. Lol.
Till next time.
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