The general's lust
chapter 14
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While Xros Heart had left the Warrior Zone to advance to the next Zone, Blue Flare had beaten them to it.
"You're finished!" Kiriha called out. "Surrender Mercurymon!"
"I shall never surrender the Disc Zone to any invader!" The Disc Zone's guardian replied in a determined tone.
"Fine, have it your way!" Kiriha yelled, before an explosion erupted, knocking Mercurymon down.
"I guess you weren't bluffing…" Mercurymon managed to get out, before his mirror-like face cracked as he laid in defeat before Kiriha and MetalGreymon.
"I never bluff." Kiriha stated, before MetalGreymon threatened. "Yield Digimon or face me in battle."
"I yield… the Code Crown is yours'..." Mercurymon replied, holding up his right hand, before he despised, releasing his hold over the Disc Zone's Code Crown over to Blue Flare.
From the side of the battle, the various Digimon of the Disc Zone, including Panbachimon, Togemogumon, Searchmon, Seahomon and a Lunamon, who looked the most frightened, watched on as Mercurymon's Data faded, while Kiriha took a hold of the Code Crown.
"Now I've twelve Code Crowns." Kiriha commented, only for a familiar voice to call out. "Ha! I've got twenty two!"
Looking up, Kiriha, MetalGreymon and the other Digimon looked to see Blastmon drop down from a portal in the sky.
"That's two times as many as you have!" Blastmon said proudly as he landed before Kiriha and MetalGreymon.
"I guess math isn't your thing." Kiriha commented, which annoyed Blastmon and made him say in reply. "See if you can count my troops."
With that said, countless portals opened up in the sky, causing a battalion of Tankmon and Mammothmon to drop down.
"I've been watching you, Blue General and I've come to challenge you to a battle to see who gets all our Code Crowns. Winner takes all!" Blastmon yelled, determined to crush Kiriha and show he was the most powerful of Lord Bagramon's Generals.
But Kiriha only smirked.
"Thirty four Code Crowns, huh? Interesting." He said in reply as he pulled his Xros Loader out.
"Alright Blastmon, I accept your challenge!" He called out as his Xros Loader glowed blue and his entire team was called forth, including Cyberdramon, Deckerdramon, Rosemon and an entire fleet of Gaossmon Kiriha had recruited from one of the previous Zones he had conquered.
With their forces assembled Blue Flare and the Bagra Army were ready to battle to show which side was more powerful and deserving of all the Code Crowns.
-Meanwhile-
In the Digital Space, Taiki, Akari and Zenjirou floated to the next Zone, only for Zenjirou to break the silence.
"It's so lonely without Nene." He said, for Nene, though part of Xros Heart, wished to go on her own path.
"Don't worry, she'll be back." Taiki reassured, while Akari added. "Yeah. You know she's out looking for her brother, so chill."
Taking their thoughts off Nene, they soon reached a path of light they recognized as a new Zone, making Taiki called out. "Look! It's the next Zone! Brace yourself for landing!"
After a successful landing, Taiki, Akari and Zenjirou took in their surrounds, amazed at what they saw.
"Whoa! Check out all these discs, they're ginormous!" Taiki said, as the entire section of the new Zone had countless discs that were lodged into the sides of the mountains, which held the Zone together.
"Yeah, think how big your laptop would have to be to play them." Akari commented in reply.
"Welcome to the Disc Zone." Dorulumon, who had emerged from Taiki's Xros Loader, alongside Shoutmon, Ballistamon and Cutemon, told his friends. "The Disc Zone was once the centre of data storage. but now most of it is obsolete and falling apart."
After Dorulumon's speech, Shoutmon had a look of discomfort on his face, while twisting around his left arm, making Ballistamon ask, for he could hear a strange twist and crunch sound coming from his best friend. "What's that strange noise you're making?"
"Lately my shoulders feel all tight and sore." Shoutmon replied, making Taiki ask. "Is that the reason you keep running off, to hide your pain?"
But before Shoutmon could reply, a voice called out to them."Hey you guys!"
Taiki, Akari, Zenjirou, Shoutmon, Ballistamon, Dorulumon and Cutemon, who was cuddled up in Akari's arms, all turned to see a hoard of Digimon approach them.
"You better clear out if you know what's good for you." Seahomon told them.
"Hey, come on. We come in peace." Shoutmon smiled and said in a friendly tone, only for Seahomon to suddenly reply. "You better duck."
All of Xros Heart was confused from Seahomon's words, before a rain of massive crystals rained down from the sky and exploded around Xros Heart.
Ballistamon embraced Akari and Cutemon, protecting them from the blasts.
Several Togemogumon and Searchmon were hit by the blasts, only for Dorulumon to get in the way to shield them.
And Shoutmon, despite his arching shoulders, saw Lunamon had fallen, leaving her vulnerable, in which the red dragon Digimon rushed over and did what he had to in order to protect her.
With the onslaught over, while Ballistamon and Dorulumon were fine, Lunamon slowly opened her eyes and saw before her Shoutmon was on the ground, covered in wounds.
A look of concern appeared on the rabbit-like Digimon's face upon seeing Shoutmon's injuries, before her concern was heightened as she watched him struggle to get back to his feet.
"Are you ok?" Lunamon asked in a highly concerned tone.
"It'll take more than that to keep me down." Shoutmon groaned as he finally got back up, before having to ask. "What's going on anyway?"
"You've landed in the middle of a war." Seahomon said. "And look over there."
Taiki and the others did as Seahomon had told them and were stunned to see the flags of the Bagra Army and Blue Flare over the Disc Zone, making them rush over to make sure Kiriha was alright.
-Back in the battle-
While the troops of Blue Flare and the Bagra Army were clashing against each other, so too was Blastmon, who was locked in combat against MetalGreymon.
"What are you smirking about?" Blastmon demanded, looking over at the blond, who replied simply. "I was hoping you'd be more of a challenge."
"Punk human, you've got a lot of nerve!" Blastmon yelled, furious at Kiriha's arrogance.
However, his Vilemon minions then appeared by their master's side.
"Wait, don't you see what he's up to?" The first Vilemon asked, making the second add. "He's trying to make you slip up and make a mistake. You should quit messing around and pull out the big artillery."
"Yeah, what am I waiting for?" Blastmon asked himself, before the general exclaimed. "Energize!"
MetalGreymon was forced to back away and stand beside Kiriha as they watched Blastmon's body glow an intense gold colour, while everyone of his troops was digitized and absorbed into his body, making Blastmon roar as his power had increased drastically.
Watching on in shock, the first of the three Vilemon asked in worry. "Whoa! Whose idea was this?"
"Yours' genius!" The second told him, before he called out, fearing Blastmon's new power. "Now we're in trouble!"
"Atomic Super-Sized Punch!" Blastmon yelled, slamming his fists into the ground and creating a path of devastation.
However, MetalGreymon easily avoided the attack, making Kiriha, who was standing upon MetalGreymon's right hand, say in an unimpressed tone. "That's the worst attack name ever."
"Deckerdramon!" Kiriha then called out, getting the attention of the cyborg Digimon. "Lend me your strength."
"Understood!" Deckerdramon replied loyally as Kiriha withdrew his Xros Loader and prepared to Digifuse.
"MetalGreymon!"
"Deckerdramon!"
"Digifuse!" Kiriha commanded as the combined power of his two Digimon formed a single Digimon that had MetalGreymon's appearance, but now wielded various parts of Deckerdramon on his right arm as a cannon, making him roar out. "DeckerGreymon!"
Upon seeing DeckerGreymon, Blastmon laughed and stated. "Ha! You had to Digifuse because you know I'm about to beat you."
"Try it." Kiriha smirked in reply, watching as Deckergreymon fired a blast of red energy into the air that transformed into a red sphere that was circulating with energy.
Confused and worried, Blastmon asked. "What is that?"
"Rain of Fire!" Deckergreymon then roared, giving Blastmon his answer, as he fired a series of energy waves at the sphere, causing it to erupt and rain down blasts upon all the remaining forces of the Bagra Army in an array of explosions.
While DeckerGreymon's attack annihilated all in its way, excluding Cyberdramon and Rosemon, who had been called back to the Xros loader, Taiki and the others watched on in awe at the power Blue Flare had gained.
"That's some serious Digifusion." Shoutmon commented in a somewhat nervous tone, before the ground all around them began to shake violently.
"What's going on?" Akari asked in a worried tone.
"The Disc Zone is falling apart!" Seahomon replied as a whole section of mountain, shocking Taiki as he knew if the battle resumed than the Disc Zone would be doomed.
"We need someone brave enough to stop this fight!" Lunamon then said, making Taiki step forward and say. "Then I'm perfect for the job."
Back with MetalGreymon and Blastmon, the pair had once again at a stalemate, causing Blastmon to say. "Is that all you've got, hornhead? You're so weak I can't feel it!"
However, to the surprise of both sides, Shoutmon X4K appeared and kicked Blastmon down, making him say. "Ok, I defiantely felt that."
Seeing Shoutmon X4K, Kiriha knew Taiki was closeby, making him turn to see the Red General and his friends.
"What are you doing here?" He asked
"You've gotta stop this fight." Taiki replied, before he explained. "The whole Zone's falling apart because of the vibrations."
"At least let us help you defeat Blastmon and get it done." Zenjirou added, as he too was concerned about Lunamon and the other Digimon.
"Ha! We need no assistance." DeckerGreymon stated, making Kiriha reply in agreement. "He's right. What makes you think I need any help?
"Besides, even if I did I would never accept it from you." He added in a cold tone.
"Wait!" Taiki called, hoping to reason with Kiriha, but instead was attacked by DeckerGreymon, who slammed his tail into Taiki and knocked him down onto his stomach.
"Taiki!" Shoutmon X4K called in concern, watching as his General and friend back got up, letting out a groan of pain as he did.
"Take a hike, Taiki." Kiriha told Taiki in a cold tone as a cruel smile appeared on his face, making Taiki think as he turned to look Kiriha face to face. 'That look in his eyes, I've seen it before. It's like some darkness comes up from deep inside him and makes him forget who he really is.'
While Xros heart and Blue Flare were now in combating, it gave Blastmon time to recover from Shoutmon X4K's attack and arise once more.
"What about me? I'm the one who started all this." He whined, before he yelled in a tone full of fury that took form, as blue energy consumed his entire being. "I will not be ignored!"
Seeing Blastmon charging for another attack, Taiki called out in command. "Shoutmon, go take care of this!"
"I'm on it, Taiki!" He replied, taking place before his friends and raising his shield.
However, to his confusion, Shoutmon X4K began to feel weak, while his body started to scramble.
'What's going on?' Shoutmon questioned, before calling out as Shoutmon X4 was consumed in a white light. "Taiki, what is happening to us?"
Shoutmon X4 then broke apart and reverted back to Shoutmon, Ballistamon, Dorulumon, Starmon, the Pitmons and Knightmon, all of whom fell to the ground, shocking Taiki, Akari and Zenjirou.
"The Digifuse dissolved!" Taiki said in shock, worried about Shoutmon and the others.
Especially since now they had no defenses against Blastmon.
"Crystal Breath!" The General exclaimed, before he unleashed a powerful stream of multi-coloured energy from his mouth.
"Plasma Decker-Launcher!" Deckergreymon roared in reply as he fired a blast of plasma energy from his new cannon, causing the attacks to clash and explode, making more of the Disc Zone crumble away.
However, Blastmon had become too powerful, that the ground around him gave out, making him then stop attacking as he fell through the hole.
"General Blastmon!" All three Vilemon called in concern, flying down to check to see if their leader was still alive.
And while Bagra was at the bottom, Blue Flare remained on top of things as Kiriha groaned in annoyance.
"He got away with all his Code Crowns." He said, while DeckerGreymon reverted back to Greymon, MailBirdramon and Deckerdramon, thinking the fight was over.
However, all the damage and destruction from their attacks caused the ground around Greymon and MailBirdramon to break, causing him to fall to, followed by Shoutmon, as all three Digimon fell into the abyss..
"Shoutmon!" Taiki and Akari called in concern, receiving no reply.
But they then got one, just not from who they wanted.
"This only happened because you butted in." Kiriha told Taiki, making Taiki ask. "What do you mean?"
"Don't ever interfere with my battles again. next time you do, you'll pay." Kiriha replied, which angered Taiki, not because of the threat but because of Kiriha's lack of concern for his team.
"None of this would've happened if you had stopped fighting when I told you. My Digimon wouldn't have fallen in and neither would yours'! Not only that but..." Taiki snapped back, but was cut off as the Disc Zone continued to break apart.
"I'm getting a bad feeling here." Akari said as the ground shook violently, making Taiki turn and look down the chasm Shoutmon had fallen into. 'Shoutmon, where are you?'
-With Shoutmon-
Deep underground, Shoutmon looked back up to the surface and commented. "There's no way to climb out of here."
As Shoutmon looked for a way out, MailBirdramon tried to ignite his thrusters and fly out, only for them to burn out.
"No good?" Greymon asked, making MailBirdramon reply. "My wings are damaged. The only way to fix them is to get back into Kiriha's Xros Loader."
"So we're stuck?" Shoutmon asked, making the pair turn and face him.
"Who asked you, runt? Mind your own business." Greymon told Shoutmon in a defensive tone, who just ignored Greymon's anger and tried to reason with them. "As long as we're down here together, we have a common goal. So why not try to help each other?"
"You think you can help us? Are you smart? Are you fast? Are you strong?" Greymon questioned, making Shoutmon reply. "I'm all of that. What would you expect of a guy who's destined to be the Digimon King?"
Upon hearing Shoutmon thought he could be the Digimon King, Greymon and MailBirdramon turned to face each other before they laughed at Shoutmon, making the red dragon yell. "So you think I'm too small to be a King?"
"Your size has nothing to do with it." Greymon replied, making MailBirdramon add. "The problem was that you are too weak to help the Digimon you were Digifused with."
Shocked, Shoutmon had to ask, remembering how X4K just broke apart. "No way! Are you saying the Digifuse dissolved just because of me?"
"Why else?" Greymon asked back.
"And any Digimon who doesn't have the strength to maintain his Digifuse." MailBirdramon said, before Greymon finished the statement. "Is certainly not worthy to be the heart of his team."
Hearing that, Shoutmon was filled with doubt as he said. "I'm not worthy."
-Meanwhile, with Lilithmon-
Back in her quarters, the female general was conversing with Damemon, while she laid on a table and was receiving a massage from one of her Troopmon lackies.
"So Blastmon challenged the Blue General?" Lilithmon asked, before saying as the Troopmon continued to rub and massage her shoulders and bare back. "It's surprising he'd do something like that."
"I just had to hit him where it hurts." Damemon replied, remembering how easy it was to trick Blastmon just by calling him a loser, reminding him he had the least Code Crowns of the three Generals and if he were to take down Xros Heart or Blue Flare, he'd be on top.
"But he really is a loser. He'll fail." Damemon then said, making Lilithmon smirk and reply. "You're not a bad advisor. I'm now glad nobody brought you at my garage sale. With any luck, Blastmon won't return from battle. And with him gone, Lord bagra will have to promote me."
However, Lilithmon was too focused on her massage and thoughts of Blastmon's defeat, she failed to notice Damemon hop off of the massage table while the small yellow mouse that looked like it was stitched together looked around with an evil smirk.
"Careful Tyutyumon. She mustn't know you can speak." Damemon whispered and laughed, showing Blastmon wasn't the only Digimon Damemon was manipulating.
-Back in the Disc Zone-
With each passing second, more of the Zone began to break off.
"What are we going to do Taiki?" Zenjirou then asked, hoping their General had a plan.
Taiki did, as he then turn to Kiriha and asked. "Kiriha, you have this Zone's Code Crown. Can you use it to stop it from falling apart?"
Hearing Taiki's question, made Kiriha just ask back. "Now why would I want to do that?"
"You're seriously asking me that? Hello, for starters so we don't fall to our doom. And to help these Digimon, as their new leader that's your job." Taiki replied.
Kiriha turned to face the Disc Zone resident, all of whom looked up at him with worried eyes, which made him say in a disgusted tone. "I'm sick of all the crying and whining!"
Enraged by Kiriha's disrespect, Taiki grabbed Kiriha by the collar of his shirt.
"You're the one who's sick!" He stated and was about to punch him, only for Kiriha to knock back and push him against Deckerdramon's side.
"Listen here Taiki the only reason I'm collecting Code Crowns is so I can remake the Digital World I want it. That's a world where the strong survive and all the weak ones are pushed aside. No room for losers." Kiriha told Taiki, who was both shocked and disgusted at what he heard.
Before Kiriha then went on, only further increasing Taiki's resentment. "That's the way it should be. So if Greymon and MailBirdramon can't climb back up here on their own, then that's too bad for them."
Hearing enough, Taiki shoved Kiriha away and spoke up. "You're wrong. I won't live like that and I won't let you do that either."
As Taiki and Kiriha remained at the other's throat, Akari cried out. "Stop it both of you! Just stop!"
"Akari…" Taiki said, not wanting to see his friend upset anymore, while Kiriha remained quiet.
-Meanwhile-
Back where Blastmon had landed after his fall, the General let out a groan as he remained embedded in the ground.
"My aching neck. Spikes for a head seem cool until you get stuck upside down and you cannot move." He groaned out, before saying. "I guess I'll call in backup to win this battle for me. And just to make certain, I'll use the biggest and baddest we've got!"
Calling forth another of the Bagra Army's soldiers, a final portal opened in the sky, causing a massive Digimon to emerge that glared down at both Xros Heart and Blue Flare as it landed and was ready to crush them all.
"I hope he's a good guy" Cutemon said in a worried tone, only for Dorulumon to say in reply. "Sorry, he's Bagra Army. That's Bulbmon."
Seeing the gargantuan sized Digimon approach then, Taiki called upon the aid Knightmon and the PawnChessmon. "Knightmon, see if you can stop that giant thing."
"Understood." Knightmon replied loyally as he withdrew his sword, before lunging at Bulbmon, alongside his allies.
-With Shoutmon-
After being teased, insulted and put down by Greymon and MailBirdramon, Shoutmon had stormed off to find a way on on his own.
"They've a lot of nerve laughing at me. I'll show them who's weak." The red dragon grumbled as he continued to traverse the depths of the Disc Zone in the hopes of finding a way back to the surface.
Meanwhile, Greymon and MailBirdramon too were searching for their own way out, eventually coming across an empty room.
But then Greymon pointed out that the room wasn't completely empty, as in the corner was a floating platform.
"Looks like some sort of elevator. It could be just what we need." MailBirdramon commented.
However, it was Déjà vu for Greymon and MailBirdramon as the ground gave out and they began to fall.
But suddenly they stopped, which confused the pair, until they heard Shoutmon comment. "Man, you guys sure do fall down holes a lot."
Greymon and MailBirdramon, who had been grabbed by Shoutmon, were both stunned that a Digimon they thought was powerless was grasping Greymon's tail tightly and was stopping them from falling to their doom.
"Forget it, shrimp. Let go before you fall too." Greymon then told Shoutmon, having no faith in him.
"That's not how I roll. I'm saving ya!" Shoutmon yelled, refusing to let them fall again.
"You're not strong enough!" Greymon stated.
"Yes I am!" Shoutmon yelled in reply.
"Let go! It's just not possible." Greymon told Shoutmon, which made him snap in reply. "I'll show you what's possible!"
Shoutmon summoned all the strength he could and actually managed to pull and throw both Greymon and MailBirdramon out of the hole, amazing both Digimon.
"He did it." Greymon said, amazed, making MailBirdramon comment in an equally amazed tone. "He must be stronger than we thought."
With Greymon and MailBirdramon now safe, Shoutmon asked the pair. "So you think I'm still not worthy to work with you or are you starting to realize I'm right and us working together is the only way?"
While Greymon was beginning to think Shoutmon was right, MailBirdramon said. "Don't push your luck, kid."
-Around the sametime-
Back on the surface Xros Heart and Blue Flare was giving everything they had, but Bulbmon was just too powerful as he slammed them away with ease.
"This guy's a real pain." Kiriha commented.
"And now neither of us have the Digimon for Digifusion." Taiki added, unsure of what their next move should be.
However, Taiki turned as the building behind him began to glow, making everyone look to see the top open up, before they all saw Shoutmon, Greymon and MailBirdramon.
"So Taiki what did I miss?" Shoutmon asked, making Taiki call out happily. "Shoutmon!"
With his return, the elevator landed before Taiki and the tower, in which Shoutmon said, grasping Taiki's hand, who grasped back. "Sorry for the wait."
"What took you so long?" Taiki asked teasingly.
"Gave some friends a lift." Shoutmon replied as Greymon and MailBirdramon took place beside their General.
"We ran into some trouble." MailBirdramon explained.
"That's obvious. But now that you're back I can…" Kiriha began to say, withdrawing his Xros Loader, but was cut off by Taiki. "No Kiriha, this Zone can't take more vibrations. You've got to let me handle this battle my way."
Lowering his Xros Loader, Kiriha then told Taiki as he backed down. "Alright. One chance."
Knowing he had one shot, Taiki withdrew his Xros Loader, ready to take down Bulbmon and save the Disc Zone from destruction.
"Shoutmon!"
"Ballistamon!"
"Dorulumon!"
"Starmon!"
"Pitmons!"
"Knightmon!"
"PawnChessmon!"
"Digifuse!"
With the combination of power Shoutmon X4K proudly stood by Taiki's side, ready to defeat Bulbmon and show he was worthy of being the Digimon King.
Shoutmon X4K then lunged at Bulbmon, slashing at one of his legs, causing the giant Digimon to stumble and create more quakes.
"Listen, you have to fight without making vibrations or hitting the ground hard!" Taiki called out, making Shoutmon X4K say in reply. "What? But that means I can't use my strongest attack."
And with this disadvantage, Bulbmon began to knock Shoutmon X4K around, horrifying Akari and Zenjirou, while Taiki groaned in frustration.
Meanwhile, Blue Flare kept true to their promise and watched Taiki's failure.
"Soon this will all be over." Kiriha commented.
And things for Shoutmon X4K went from bad to worse as his body began to scramble again.
"Not again. I've gotta hold the Digifuse… Just a little longer..." Shoutmon groaned, struggling to stand up.
"No!" Taiki called in concern as Bulbmon moved his foot above Shoutmon X4K and was going to crush him.
Bringing his foot down, Taiki, Shoutmon X4K and the rest thought he was doomed, but were all amazed to see that Greymon had joined in and was holding Bulbmon's leg back.
"Are you going to help?" Greymon asked, before saying. "Use that strength you had when you pulled us out of that hole!"
"You're right, let's work together." Shoutmon X4K replied as he arose and grabbed a hold of Bulbmon's foot and then instructed. "Greymon, when I say push, we're gonna tip this giant trash can over."
"Alright!" Greymon replied, knowing this would pay his debt to Shoutmon.
"One."
"Two."
"Three! Push!"
The pair then pushed forward, throwing Bulbmon into the air and giving Shoutmon X4K a clear shot to finish Bulbmon off without further damaging the Disc Zone.
"Varooma-Boomerang!" Shoutmon X4K exclaimed, summoning a V shaped energy blade from his crest, which he then threw right at Bulbmon.
Unable to withstand the power, Bulbmon exploded before his body dispersed into Data and then faded completely, awarding victory to Xros Heart.
"Alright!" Taiki, Akari and Zenjirou cheered.
But while Xros heart was celebrating, Kiriha was interogation Greymon and his sudden defection. "Explain."
"I had to help the little runt, I owed him my life." Greymon replied, which Kiriha accepted as a reason to act without his order.
However, it seemed as though the damage Kiriha, Blastmon and Bulbmon had caused caught up, as the Disc Zone began to drastically break apart.
"Thank you for trying to help, but it's too late to save the Zone now." Seahormon stated.
'I can't believe it. A whole Zone gone forever.' Taiki thought sadly. "What a shame."
"You're too sentimental." Kiriha commented, before the Blue General continued to speak as he walked off, ready to leave. "Even if you saved all these Digimon, it wouldn't make any difference."
"Kiriha, you may act like we're enemies but there's no need for that. I just don't agree with the world you want to create. I don't get how you can just walk away from those who need you. I want a world where the strong and the weak help each other." Taiki told the blond.
"Good luck with that." Kiriha replied, exiting through his portal and leaving both Xros Heart and the Disc Zone Digimon alone to look after their current situation.
"Taiki, what do we do?" Akari asked.
"Yeah, this place is gonna collapse on us any second. We need to get outta here!" Zenjirou added.
While the Disc Zone continued to crumble, Shoutmon looked around, horrified, while the words of Greymon played in his head.
You are certainly not worthy to be the heart of his team.
"Am I really not worthy? Is this why all this happened?" Shoutmon asked himself as he was once again filled with doubt.
And he wasn't the only one.
"I… I don't know what to do." Taiki said, unable to think of a way to make things better.
'Maybe they're right, I shouldn't be King.' Shoutmon thought as darkness was getting the better of him, while Taiki thought, his emotions matched the darkness that filled Shoutmon's. 'Some General I am. All these Digimon depending on me and I have no idea how to save us. have we come all this way for… for nothing?'
But shaking his head, Taiki knew while he'd be unable to save the Disc Zone, he could still save the Digimon.
Calling forth a portal, Taik called to his friends and the Digimon. "We're outta here!"
The Digimon followed Xros Heart into the portal, before it closed, just as the last of the Disc Zone crumbled and was left to fall apart.
-With Taiki and the Digimon-
"You were wise to bring these Digimon here, General Taiki.." The familiar voice of the Monitamon elder told Taiki, who was discussing what to do with them inside the elder's home. "we can feed and shelter everyone as Monitamon never pull the plug on anybody in need."
"That's great. Thank you." Taiki replied, happy and grateful at the generosity of those in the Warrior Zone.
"You guys hear that?" Taiki then asked the Disc Zone Digimon, before he told them. "The Monitamon say you can all stay here. But we know the Disc Zone is where you really belong, so we're going to do all we can to put it back together."
"You really mean that?" Seahomon asked, making Taiki smile and nod, which made the other Digimon all smile and cheer.
But while all had smiles on their faces, Shoutmon had his arms crossed and had a serious expression on his face. 'Taiki really does mean it too. He'd never walk away from those who need him. He wants a world where the strong and the weak work together. And that's the kind of world I want too, and Taiki's the kind of King I want to be, but…'
Shoutmon then remembered how it was his fault that the Digifuse failed.
'Is it true, what if I'm not worthy?' He asked himself, before he was broken from his thoughts when the elder Monitamon told them all. "You've all been through a lot, so I've ordered our warehouse to bring the best DigiBytes an put on an all you can eat special for you."
"Monitamon elder that's so generous!" Starmon stated, looking forward to stuffing his face. "I bet I can eat you under the table, Shoutmon."
"You're on!" Shoutmon replied with a smile, hiding his doubt.
"DigiBytes, DigiBytes, sour and sweet. DigiBytes, DigiBytes, oh what a treat." Shoutmon sang, making everyone laugh and smile.
But as everyone ate, Shoutmon was determined to do something about holding his strength in his Digifuse forms and to get stronger for Taiki and his friends.
-Later that night-
Inside his room, Shoutmon opened his eyes to see Taiki, Akari, Zenjirou, Dorulumon, Cutemon and Ballistamon asleep, before he approached the machine Digimon.
"Hey, wake up." He whispered, while nudging him.
"Huh?" Ballistamon asked, waking up, before Shoutmon told him. "Come on."
With that, the pair began to slowly sneak out of the room, failing to notice that Cutemon had awoken and was watching them.
But thinking it was nothing, Cutemon shrugged it off and went back to sleep.
"You sure walk noisy." Shoutmon commented, making Ballistamon reply in defence. "You know, tip toeing is hard when you weigh two thousand pounds."
Soon they made it to an empty clearing near the woods, where Shoutmon then tied a massive rock that was roughly around the same size as him to his back, while Ballistamon walked back, taking a spot beside a pile of boulders.
As he picked one up, Ballistamon asked. "Shoutmon, you sure about this?"
"I am. I have to get stronger so I can become Digimon King and not let you or the others down again." Shoutmon replied in a determined tone.
"Very well." Ballistamon said, ready to help his best friend. "You ready?"
"Ready!" Shoutmon replied, in which Ballistamon threw the boulder, which Shoutmon dodged, before Ballistamon picked up two more and threw them.
This time Shoutmon only dodged one while the other knocked him down.
"Shoutmon!" Ballistamon called out in concern.
"Don't worry about it, just keep going." Shoutmon reassured as he got back up, wanting to continue his training.
Ballistamon nodded before he resumed to throw boulder after boulder at Shoutmon, who either dodged it, smacked it away with his mic or got hit by it, only to immediately get back to his feet and continue.
As they kept going, neither were aware they had been followed and a small figure was watching them.
Lunamon had snuck behind a tree as she watched the two Digimon in curiosity.
'He just keeps getting up.' Lunamon thought, confused as to why Shoutmon would take such punishment.
She had heard the two of them walking near the hut she was in and came out to see what was going on and now could see Shoutmon was in the middle of an odd training regime.
However, after all his determined talk about being the Digimon King in a Digital World where the weak and strong worked together, Lunamon guessed Shoutmon was trying to make himself stronger to achieve his dream.
Back in the huts where the Disc Zone Digimon were sleeping, several tiny crystals slowly fell off the Digimon, fell out of the hut and began to mould and reshape until the collection of crystals took the form of Blastmon's head, which gained a wicked smirk.
Meanwhile, Taiki had been awoken as his Wisemon had called out to him from within his Xros Loader.
"Wisemon?" Taiki asked. "What are you doing awake at this crazy hour?"
"I ran some tests on Knightmon and his companions here inside the Xros Loader and I found something disturbing in their clothes. You should check the others or you may get an unwanted visitor." Wisemon replied.
"Like who?" Taiki asked, before a blast was heard from outside, making him, Akari and the others quickly snap awake and rush outside to see Blastmon.
However, Blastmon's appearance was different to the last time they fought as most of his crystals were gone, showing his skinny grey coloure body.
But that wasn't stopping him from attacking and pummeling the Monitamon who got in his way.
Blastmon then stopped his attack when he noticed Taiki, Akari and Zenjirou, making him say. "Well look who's here, the pests!"
"Blastmon!" The three yelled in reply, shocked that he was able to find them so fast.
"Impossible!" Zenjirou called out.
"Not quite. During the battle in Disc Zone, Blastmon planted shards from his crystal missiles on some of us. We carried them here and now he's assembled a copy of himself." Wisemon explained in reply.
"I would've got that other human too, but he found the shards I put on him and destroyed them all." Blastmon's copy said. That arrogant brat, I almost had all his Code Crowns. Well, at least I'll get your seven!"
"Added to my twenty two that make nineteen, no, carry the one…" Blastmon's copy tried to add up, showing he was just as stupid as the real Blastmon. "It'll be a lot for Code Crowns for sure."
But not letting Blastmon's copy get his hands on their Code Crowns, Taiki called out. "Gang, time to Digifuse!"
"Wait Taiki, there might be a problem." Ballistamon, who quickly returned with Shoutmon, tried to warn the general, but was cut off by Shoutmon.
"What are you blabbing about? Your batteries must be low." Shoutmon stated, trying to conceal his secret, before he said. "C'mon do it Taiki."
"Right!" Taiki replied, readying his Xros loader and his Digimon team.
"Shoutmon!"
"Ballistamon!"
"Dorulumon!"
"Starmon!"
"Pitmons!"
"Digifuse!"
"Shoutmon X4!" Shoutmon X4 announced, ready to fight.
Seeing Shoutmon X4, Blastmon's copy knew he was a goner, but brought his arms up in an attempt to protect himself as Shoutmon X4 swung his blade at him.
But to his surprise, Shoutmon X4's attack didn't even scratch him, making Blastmon's copy smirk.
'Impossible! He blocked it with his bare arms!' Shoutmon thought in shock.
{Whoa Shoutmon, it's like you hit him with a wet noodle and this Blastmon has arms like toothpicks. Use more force, keep trying.} Starmon mentally told his friend.
Shoutmon X4 continued to try and break through, however, Blastmon's copy remained on defence, making him smirk.
Thinking Blastmon's copy was stronger than he looked, Taiki called out. "Take another swing!"
However, after a familiar black feather fell past the boy, making look up to see Beelzemon, who then fired several rounds of green energy struck the Blastmon copy and knocked him back.
"Beelzemon!" Taiki called out, glad to see his ally after so long.
But while Taiki hadn't noticed the problem with Shoutmon X4, Beelzemon had, making him think. 'There's something wrong with the way Shoutmon X4 is moving. He looks slow and unsteady.'
"Glad you're here, now I can Digifuse you." Taiki said, only for Beelzemon to say in reply. "Taiki, it'll work better if we attack him from both sides."
Confused at first, Taiki then agreed with Beelzemon as he withdrew his Xros Loader.
"Beelzemon!"
"Deputymon!"
"Digifuse!" The duo called out, giving Beelzemon a secondary weapon, a revolver-style cannon on his left arm.
"I've got this Shoutmon!" Beelzemon called, making Shoutmon X4 move out of the way, giving Beelzemon a clear shot as both his cannons charged up.
"Twin Cannons!" Beelzemon announced, firing two spheres of energy that twisted around each other in a helix pattern, which then shot into the Blastmon copy's chest, making him groan out loudly in pain.
"What's this? What are you doing to my poor replica?"The Real Blastmon then questioned, before saying as his copy exploded in a large purple coloured blast. "Even though I'm safe, far away, I still feel every hit!"
But with the copy's defeat, Blastmon's voice told Taiki and the others as the blast caused crystal shards to scatter around. "You destroyed my replica before I could figure which Zone you too him to and I'll keep making copies. And when I do, you'll have to deal with the real me!"
From inside the Xros Loader, Wisemon spoke up. "Taiki you must gather up all those shards of Blastmon and destroy them or he'll duplicate himself again and he'll track us here."
"Leave the clean up to us."
Taiki turned to see the elder Monitamon and a Monitamon squad, in which the elder then commanded. "Go!"
The Monitamon followed the orders of their elder and leapt around, gathering all the shards they could find, before setting them in several piles, which they then destroyed with their Fire Shot attack, consuming the shards in a blaze of purple flames.
-Around the same time, back at Lord Barga's domain-
With the destruction of his copy and his shards soon to be destroyed, "Without my replicate there how am I supposed to figure which Zone they're in?" Blastmon asked himself. "All those Monitamon, could it have been the Warrior Zone?"
"Don't hurt yourself thinking so hard." Tactimon mocked his ally, making Blastmon snap in reply. "Mind your own affairs!"
"After the thrashing you took in the battle with the Blue General your forces are in bad shape." Tactimon commented, before offering. "I might be willing to lend you some of my reinforcements… for a price."
Knowing Tactimon wanted his Code Crowns, Blastmon declined the offer.
"You're the one who's gonna wind up paying the price, Tacti. I can hardly wait." He said, planning to face Xros Heart solo.
"You must've hit your head harder than I thought." Tactimon commented as he turned and left, making Blastmon ask. "Wait? What?"
However, as the two Generals parted ways, neither were unaware of Lilithmon eavesdropping on their conversation.
'So Blastmon thinks he can defeat Xros Heart all by himself?' She laughed, knowing Taiki and his friends were not to be underestimated.
-Back in the Warrior Zone-
"That's the last of them." A blue coloured Monitamon said, before using his Fire Shot to burn the final shards, making Taiki state. "That oughta throw Blastmon off our trail. But I know it's only a temporary solution. Eventually Blastmon will find us."
Standing by his side, Shoutmon replied in a determined tone. "We'll be ready."
'I hope.' He thought, still doubting himself a little.
After the intrusion and defeat of Blastmon's copy, the Monitamon decided to make everyone feel better as they began handing food out to everyone.
"DigiByte time!" A Monitamon called, making the Disc Zone Digimon cheer as they were offered food.
Meanwhile, Lunamon was deep in thought, 'Wow, he's pushing himself.' only to be broken from it when she heard Shoutmon say. "Lunamon, I have something for you."
Opening her eyes, she saw the red dragon smiling at her as he offered her a gift, making her smile back.
But while everyone was enjoying their DigiBytes, back in their room, Taiki had something he had to reveal to his friends.
"What do you mean Shoutmon's being weird?" Akari asked.
"I'm not sure exactly but I think he's hiding something." Taiki replied, before commenting. "And this isn't the first time. He's been acting weird and says he's fine, but I don't think he is."
"Hey, I know what he's up to!" Cutemon then spoke, getting the attention of Taiki, Akari and Zenjirou. "He's been sneaking off and going out for extra food. He's been eating so many DigiBytes that he cannot move! I saw him!"
"It's true!" ChibiTortomon added as he appeared from behind Cutemon, startling Zenjirou, before he yelled. "Never sneak up like that."
"But it's true." ChibiTortomon said, agreeing with Cutemon as he then told Taiki, Akari and Zenjirou. "I saw them hanging around the warehouse."
"They were probably in there stuffing their faces for hours." Cutemon stated.
"I know Shoutmon goes nuts for DigiBytes, but do you really believe he'd stoop so low?" Akari asked, finding it hard to picture Shoutmon as a greedy and selfish thief.
"Well they just left a while ago. We could follow them and find out." ChibiTortomon suggested, making Cutemon say, still thinking Shoutmon's stomach was responsible for his disappearances and why he failed to defeat Blastmon's copy. "That's right and we'll get down to this mysterious mystery."
Reluctant, as he trusted Shoutmon the most, Taiki uncrossed his arms and stood up.
"Alright Cutemon we'll look. But if you're wrong you have to polish my goggles." Taiki said, while he, Akari, Zenjirou, Cutemon and ChibiTortomon went off to search for Shoutmon and Ballistamon, leaving Dorulumon to get back to sleep.
"It's a deal." Cutemon replied.
As they headed through the forest, Cutemon asked, still thinking Shoutmon had a rotten side. "So why do you think Shoutmon is sneaking extra food for himself Taiki?"
"I don't think he is. I believe you when you say you him going out, but I think the reason is because he's hurt or sick. That's why I brought you along Cutemon. So you can heal him. I know Shoutmon. He would never steal from his friends. If he's sneaking around, it's because he doesn't want anyone to know there's something wrong with him." Taiki replied, which made Cutemon start to feel bad that he'd accuse his friends of theft.
But everyone soon stopped when they heard Ballistamon call out. "Ok, are you ready?"
"Ready! Bring it on!"
Taiki and the others took cover behind some trees as they watched Ballistamon use his Seismic Speaker attack on Shoutmon, who had a massive rock that was roughly around the same size as him tied to his back, before the machine Digimon threw boulder after boulder at him.
As they continued to watch, Taiki asked. "He's out here just training… Why?"
Shoutmon and Ballistamon then stopped when another black feather fell, before Beelzemon appeared by the red dragon's side.
"Hey how did you find me?" Shoutmon questioned.
"I've been following you Shoutmon. I could see there was something wrong with you and I think it's from all the Digifusing." Beelzemon replied, before asking. "The stress has been too much for your body, hasn't it?"
"No fooling you I guess." Shoutmon chuckled, before he got serious. "You have to promise not to tell the others, ok?"
Curious, Beelzemon asked. "Why not?"
"Taiki must never know. If he has the slightest doubt he might hesitate to give the order to Digifuse." Shoutmon replied, leaving the spying General speechless.
"Ballistamon is the only one who knows because I needed a sparring partner to get stronger. Besides, if I'm going to be the future King of the Digital World, I can't show weakness. A King must always stay strong for his people and keep his struggles to himself." Shoutmon told Beelzemon, which left Taiki in tears.
"Shoutmon, there's… there's no one else like you." He said as he continued to cry, imagining how much Shoutmon was suffering and keeping it to himself so nobody would worry about him, making Taiki believe that was the reasons Shoutmon had run off in the past, but couldn't be further from the wicked truth.
"Alright then. Anyone who says you are not worthy doesn't know you Shoutmon." Beelzemon stated, leaving Shoutmon confused.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" He asked.
"Never mind that. Now allow me to offer up myself as your sparring partner so you can hone your skills. Better than avoiding rocks, don't you agree?" Beelzemon offered, making Shoutmon say in a joyous tone. "I'll say. Thank you."
"I'll reduce the power." Beelzemon then said as he was happy to help his friend, before firing a few shots from his cannon, which Shoutmon started to dodge, leaving Taiki and the others to walk away and leave Shoutmon to his training.
"I guess we were both wrong Cutemon." Taiki commented as the group arrived back in their quarters to see Dorulumon, wide awake, as well Lunamon, who was holding two packs of DigiBytes.
"Hey, who is this?" Taiki asked in a curious tone.
"This little one says that Shoutmon gave her his whole helping of DigiBytes. He was worried Lunamon might still be hungry." Dorulumon explained in reply.
"And he drew his face on the box as a present for me. he was so nice, I'll keep this forever." Lunamon added happily as she then showed the container that had Shoutmon's autograph on it and the Xros Heart symbol.
"I feel terrible, I'll never doubt Shoutmon again." Cutemon said, feeling ashamed that Shoutmon was only training to help his friends and shared his DigiBytes, making Chibitortomon say as he too felt bad about ever thinking Shoutmon had a selfish motive. "Me neither."
"Dorulumon, you're being awfully quiet." Taiki stated, before he asked. "You knew, didn't you?"
"After all those times I Digifused with Shoutmon, you bet I knew. He may seem a little crazy on the surface sometimes, but he has what it takes to be a great leader." Dorulumon replied, making Taiki nod in agreement and then say. "You're right. But for now let's pretend we don't know what he's doing. We'll keep his secret."
"Good plan. That way he can hang onto his pride." Dorulumon commented before closing his eyes to get some more sleep.
-Several hours later-
As dawn approached and another night of training over, Ballistamon commented. "You're doing great Shoutmon."
"Yeah, but still I don't think I'll ever get there. I block nine shots but run out of gas on the tenth one." Shoutmon said.
"You're only missing that last step." Beelzemon replied, trying to encourage Shoutmon to continue.
However, the three stopped their conversation when they heard an unknown individual laugh at them.
"Nothing spoils a picnic like a powerful windstorm." The voice sang, before Shoutmon, Ballistamon and Beelzemon all collapsed, as it felt like the gravity around them had intensified.
"Feeling a little downdraft?" The voice mocked, in which Shoutmon looked up to see standing at the very top of one of the trees was a Digimon that had gold coloured armour that covered his chest, arms, shoulders and legs.
His face was concealed, showing only his eyes, while two cannons hung over his shoulders and were attached to his back.
"Who are you...?" Shoutmon groaned in demand, struggling to resist the Digimon's pressure attack.
"Oh so sorry, can't tell you that. See, I'm on a secret mission to destroy you. And it wouldn't be very secret if I told you about it." The ninja-like Digimon replied, only to then tease. "But if you're Xros heart's main Digimon, you're a disappointment."
"Why you…!" Shoutmon groaned out as he tried to get back up, only to collapse once more.
"This has been fun but now you're done!" The Digimon said in a serious tone, unleashing several blasts from his cannons right at the three helpless Digimon.
'I can't move. But Ballistamon and Beelzemon need me.' Shoutmon thought as he tried once again to get up, only this time he succeeded.
And with his mic drawn, Shoutmon countered his enemy's attacks, knocking each blast away.
However, worry filled Ballistamon and Beelzemon as Shoutmon had deflected nine shots and a final one was coming right for him
"Oh no, the the tenth shot!" Ballistamon called out.
"I won't let you hurt my friends!" Shoutmon yelled in a determined tone, leaping into the air and slamming the blast right back at the ninja Digimon, causing him to dispel his gravity effect on the three and then say. "Ten shots cleared, your training is complete."
"Are you kidding? Training?" Shoutmon asked the Digimon that almost destroyed him and his friends.
"It was necessary. Blastmon will be here soon. Make sure you defeat him. As for me, I've gotta jet." The unknown Digimon told Shoutmon, Ballistamon and Beelzemon, before teleporting away with great speed, making Beelzemon comment. "That was weird."
-Moments later-
Blastmon smashed his way through the Digital Space as he entered the Warrior Zone.
"Blastmon!" Taiki called out in shock.
"I told you I'd track you down, you annoying little human. I should've known you'd be holding out in the Warrior Zone. A Zone of walking TV screens." Blastmon said, before he exclaimed. "And now, you shall be destroyed!"
"Taiki, Blastmon got her faster than expected." Wisemon then alerted Taiki from his Xros Loader, making the General of Xros Heart reply. "Yeah, I kinda figured that."
Curious, Wisemon asked. "What will you do?"
"We have to stop him. But…" Taiki stopped as he was still concerned for Shoutmon.
"Taiki!" Shoutmon then called out, making Taiki turn to see Shoutmon and Ballistamon rushing over. "Digifuse us!"
"You've got it, my friend. I've never doubted you for a minute." Taiki replied, making Shoutmon smile and say. "I know that."
"Shoutmon!"
"Ballistamon!"
"Dorulumon!"
"Starmon!"
"Pitmons!"
"Beelzemon!"
"Digifuse!"
"Shoutmon X4B!" He announced in a strong tone of voice, before lunging at Blastmon with his blade.
However, thanks to his crystal coated arms, Blastmon blocked the attack with his left and began to force Shoutmon X4B back.
{Don't let him push you around!} Ballistamon mentally told Shoutmon, who replied. {You think I'm running back on purpose? I can't even see where I'm going!}
As Blastmon continued to push Shoutmon X4B back, they were heading straight for the huts that the Disc Zone Digimon had been resting in, making them all run away.
However, Lunamon suddenly stopped and ran back.
"My DigiBytes!" She called out, wanting to retrieve them before it was too late.
"Oh no, Lunamon!" Shoutmon X4B called out in concern as he was forced closer and closer to the defenseless Digimon, before using all the strength he had to stop, making him yell, as he didn't know how long he could hold Blastmon back. "Someone grab Lunamon!"
In reply, Zenjirou rushed forward and picked up the rabbit-like Digimon, before running away.
And just in time, as Blastmon knocked Shoutmon X4B down, crushing the hut.
"Luckily I stopped you from going inside." Zenjirou commented.
However, Lunamon began to cry out. "But my present from Shoutmon is in there. Let me go! Let me go!"
Hearing that, Shoutmon X4B turned his head to see that amongst the wreckage of the hut was the DigiBytes he had autographed, badly damaged, which caused Lunamon to cry further.
{Get up Shoutmon.} Beelzemon mentally told Shoutmon.
{This is no time for a nap, brother.} Starmon added.
{You said you wanted to be King, didn't you?} Dorulumon asked, before stating. {A King must always answer the cries of the weak and the innocent.}
Hearing their words and Lunamon crying, Shoutmon X4B got back up and asked back as he arose to his feet. "You think I didn't know that? That for a second I'd ignore those cries? Don't you believe I'll do anything to protect Lunamon?"
"I am only going to get stronger, I will never allow myself to get defeated. Not by Blue Flare, not by the Bagra Army, not by anyone! I'll never ignore even the tiniest tears. I want to see the world that Taiki describes, a world where the strong help the weak. I promise you all this here and now, I will become the Digimon King! A King for the weak and the strong. A King for Everyone!" Shoutmon X4B exclaimed in all his might, before charging again at Blastmon, who brought his arm up to defend himself.
However, Shoutmon X4B broke through with a slash of his blade and began to knock the General back with a series of powerful kicks.
'Amazing!' Lunamon thought as she watched Shoutmon X4B continue to unleash his power.
"What kind of attack is that?" Blastmon asked, confused as to where his enemy had suddenly gained so much power, in which Blastmon then took to the air as his crystals began to glow.
"Come up here and try facing me!" He mocked.
At a disadvantage, Ballistamon mentally asked his best friend. {What now Shoutmon?}
But Shoutmon didn't need to answer, as Blastmon was then struck in the back, revealing Sparrowmon.
"Take that!" She yelled at the General, making Taiki and the others to see a familiar face.
And they were even happier to see Nene, who then said. "Taiki, I thought you might need some help."
"Shoutmon, break the Digifuse so we can become X5." Sparrowmon added as she offered her assistance.
"There's no time, fuse with us the way we are!" Shoutmon X4B called back, leaving Sparrowmon speechless as she was unsure it was possible.
"C'mon Sparrowmon, we can't do it unless we try." He said, before turning to Taiki and saying. 'Taiki, we have to take chances to get that future you want."
Taiki smiled.
"Yeah, let's do it together. I'm with you Shoutmon. Let's take X5 to a new level!" The Red general called out in reply, before facing Nene, who nodded in reply, ready to give Sparrowmon and her strength to her friends.
"Shoutmon X4B!"
"Sparrowmon!"
"Digifuse!"
With the combination of their strengths mixed into one, the Digifuse was a success, causing Shoutmon X4B to announce after revealing his new form. "Shoutmon X5B!"
"Whoa! I've never seen that before!" Akari said, amazed that Shoutmon had reached a higher stage of Digifusion.
And he continued to further impress Akari and his friends as he shot up at Blastmon and was prepared to destroy the General.
"No one has ever survived my rain of Crystal Missiles!" Blastmon stated arrogantly, unleashing a massive array of crystals from his body.
"Yeah, well you've never met X5B!" Shoutmon X5B yelled in reply, destroying every crystal with Beelzemon and Sparrowmon's blasters, shocking Blastmon.
"Wha!? That was every Crystal Missile I had! Impossible!" Blastmon called out in shock, seeing that he was now vulnerable to Shoutmon X5B and his attacks.
"Victory Blast!" Shoutmon X5B exclaimed as he unleashed a V shaped blast from his blade, striking Blastmon in the chest, knocking him back, before slamming his fist into the General's stomach, knocking him back further, and then finished his attack as Shoutmon X5B then unleashed a blast of red energy from Beelzemon's cannon, consuming Blastmon in a powerful wave of energy.
"How did this happen? A superior being like me cannot be defeated this way!" Blastmon cried out, only to meet his end in a massive explosion, amazing Taiki, Nene and all the Digimon that had been watching.
And with Blastmon's defeat, Shoutmon X5B slowly descended as all twenty two of the General's Code Crowns floated down around him.
But unknown to any of them, the mysterious ninja Digimon had watched the fight too.
"Not bad." He commented, before once again teleporting away.
-Moments later-
Within an undisclosed location stood, who then asked as Damemon came out and approached him. "So how does the Bagra Army look anyway?"
"No Good, Very no good!" Damemon replied, before his body began to glow, making him then call out. "Warrior Transformation!"
In a flash of light, no longer did Damemon stand, but instead the mysterious ninja Digimon now stood, before kneeling in a show of respect to AxeKnightmon.
"Thanks to your secret training Blastmon was defeated?" AxeKnightmon asked, making the Digimon reply. "Yes sir."
"Excellent work, Tuwarmon." AxeKnightmon commented, before saying. "Continue to secretly infiltrate their ranks and you shall be rewarded."
"With pleasure." Tuwarmon gladly replied.
-Back with the others-
Xros Heart was overjoyed with their defeat against the Bagra Army.
"I can't believe it, you actually took out Blastmon." The elder Monitamon said in a mixture of surprise and pride.
"Thanks." Taiki replied, before saying as he looked behind him and at his friends. "But it was a team effort."
"Well either way, this calls for a celebration!" The Monitamon elder replied, making Shoutmon and the other Digimon cheer.
And moments later all the Monitamon, Xros Heart and the Disc Zone residents were back in the elder Monitamon's grand hall, all of whom were sitting around the table and digging into as many DigiBytes their stomachs could hold.
Though none could match the amount Shoutmon was aiming for.
"Maybe dial it back Shoutmon. You don't want to wind up choking and losing your title as Digimon King at the hand of an unchewed DigiByte." Ballistamon said.
"Sorry, but after that battle, I just can't stop. I need to get my energy back." Shoutmon replied, before grabbing another pack of DigiBytes and letting the contents invade his mouth.
"Then have mine." Lunamon, who was sitting beside Shoutmon, offered in a friendly tone, holding out her container of DigiBytes. "It's the least I can offer you after saving me."
Looking at Lunamon, Shoutmon asked her. "You sure?"
"I am." Lunamon replied as she nodded happily. "Besides, the next Digimon King must keep his strength up."
Hearing that made Shoutmon smile back at her as he then accepted the container before opening it up and eating the contents within.
As he munched on them, a slow feeling started coming up from inside him.
And it wasn't long before Shoutmon stopped eating and placed his right hand on his head, feeling a rush of dizziness overcame him, causing Lunamon to ask in a tone full of concern. "Shoutmon, are you ok?"
"Yeah… I just… I think taking on Blastmon took more outta me…" Shoutmon replied, making Taiki, who could see his friend was not himself, and suggested. "Maybe you should lie down?"
"Sounds good…." Shoutmon replied, trying to stand up, only to collapse back on the table.
"Allow me." Lunamon said as she gently took a hold of Shoutmon's sides, helped him to his feet and began to walk out of the room as he leaned against her.
Leaving elder Monitamon's home, Shoutmon then said. "Lunamon… I'm sorry about this…"
"It's ok. Just try to relax." Lunamon replied as she continued to walk him back to the huts.
Only they walked right past his, making Shoutmon struggle to get out, as he still felt dazed. "Wait, aren't we going past the huts...?"
"We are, but there was something I wished to share with you, somewhere where we wouldn't be disturbed." Lunamon explained in reply.
Curious, Shoutmon then asked. "Like?"
"It's a surprise." Lunamon just said.
He was confused and saw they were walking into the forest, lead into a clearing far away from the others, where Lunamon then told Shoutmon. "We're here."
"A forest?" Shoutmon asked, making Lunamon ask in reply. "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
"Yeah, but why here?"
"It's because I wanted to thank you for saving me before." Lunamon replied.
"Well, you're welcome." Shoutmon said, before having to ask, still feeling dizzy. "But why bring me all the way out here just to say it?"
Hearing his confused reply, a seductive smirk then appeared on Lunamon's face as she grabbed the left strap that was holding her gown up and moved it down her shoulder, making her then say. "You misunderstood me when I said I wanted to 'thank you'. Let me show you what I meant."
Lunamon then pulled down the second strap of her gown, causing it to fall and to reveal her petite form, perky breasts and her vagina, showing off her naked body to Shoutmon.
Shoutmon was still dizzy, but his eyes widened at seeing Lunamon's naked form.
"Lunamon… What… what are you…?" Shoutmon tried to get out but could still feel the dizziness, making it harder for him to think or focus clearly.
"What? You don't like what I look like?" She asked innocently, tilting her head.
"No, I do…" Shoutmon replied, his cheeks flushed. "It's just…"
"It's ok Shoutmon." Lunamon then interrupted, gently pushing the red dragon so he fell onto his butt.
"Just relax." She soothed in a strangely hypnotic tone, before pressing her lips against Shoutmon's, whose eyes widened at the feel.
Too consumed by the kiss, Shoutmon could only stare at Lunamon as her moon symbol on her forehead glowed, causing Shoutmon's thoughts to go blank, along with his eyes.
Breaking from the kiss, Lunamon grinned as she wrapped her arms around Shoutmon's neck while sitting on his lap.
"Isn't that better?" She asked, tracing her right finger up and down his chest as she spoke.
He just nodded slowly, making Lunamon smirk.
"That's right. Now just relax so I can start thanking you properly." She told Shoutmon as her right hand moved down his chest and to his legs, making the rabbit-like Digimon smirk further as she could feel Shoutmon's manhood had emerged from its sheath.
She moved her hand up and down it as she felt it get harder, causing Shoutmon to start groaning out from her hand rubbing his dick.
Continuing, Lunamon then moved down, angling her face in front of Shoutmon's cock, making her blush and say in a seductive tone. "Oh, Shoutmon, your cock is so big. And I plan to make it feel really good."
She brought her tongue out and lightly licked the tip, which caused Shoutmon to shudder and groan out. "Lunamon, that feels… feels really good…!"
Hearing his groans made Lunamon grin before she kept licking, before increasing both Shoutmon's groaning and pleasure as the rabbit-like Digimon moved her right hand down to Shoutmon's balls and began to rub and massage them.
For several more minutes, Lunamon continued her actions, before Shoutmon groaned out loudly as he had his first orgasm, releasing his cum all over Lunamon's face and chest.
'Salty.' Lunamon thought as swallowed, before licking around her lips, taking in more of Shoutmon's seed.
After wiping and cleaning the rest of Shoutmon's cum off her face, Lunamon asked in a seductive tone. "How did that feel?"
"Awesome..." He panted, making Lunamon smile.
"I'm glad to hear that." Lunamon said, before removing herself from Shoutmon's lap and positioning herself so she was on all fours.
"Now let's see what you can do." She purred, wiggling her butt and enticing Shoutmon to come to her.
Shoutmon stood up and walked closer as his lust consumed him, making him then grab Lunamon's hips and push his manhood inside of her, causing the rabbit-like Digimon to gasp and moan out in pleasure.
"Shoutmon… Ah… It's so deep… feels so… so good!" Lunamon moaned out
"So tight..." He groaned in reply, unable to control himself as he continued to thrust in and out of Lunamon's vagina, while moving his hands from her hips to her breasts, which he began to massage and fondle.
"Shoutmon...!" Squeaked Lunamon, her tongue hung out, while her body felt Shoutmon's cock slide in and out of her and his skilled hands increased her pleasure and moaning as they began to gently pinch and pull her nipples.
"So warm… Feels so good…!" Shoutmon then groaned as he started pulling back his hips before slamming back inside her snatch, making Lunamon cry out in reply. "Yes, Shoutmon… yes… Oh, keep going…!"
Shoutmon could only nod in reply at Lunamon's cries, before he grabbed the rabbit-like Digimon, pushed her down gently onto her stomach and removed his cock, only to then flip Lunamon so she was on her back and then inserted his member back inside of her.
Lunamon let out a low moan as Shoutmon started moving faster, placing her arms around his shoulders as he continued his thrusts.
But her moans were cut when Shoutmon then moved his head down and engaged her in a deep and passion filled kiss, where his tongue invaded and explored Lunamon's mouth.
Returning the kiss, Shoutmon and Lunamon remained in their embrace as he continued mating with her, until both could feel they were reaching their climaxes, forcing the pair to break from each other's lips and moan out.
"Shout… Ah… Shoutmon, I can't… I can't hold it…!" Lunamon moaned out, making Shoutmon groan in reply. "Same here… I'm gonna… gonna cum soon…!"
Shoutmon and Lunamon continued for several more minutes, trying to contain themselves, until Lunamon was unable to and cried out in pure pleasure as she had her orgasm, releasing her cum all over Shoutmon's manhood.
And with her climax, Shoutmon then had his, making the red dragon groan loudly as he came, filling Lunamon's womb with his seed.
The pair remained in their positions until the afterglow of their climaxes wore off, causing Lunamon to collapse on her back, while Shoutmon, with what energy he had left, pulled out of Lunamon, rolled over to her left side and panted heavily.
But with it being his first time, and using lots of energy, Shoutmon was unable to keep his eyes open and fell asleep, making Lunamon then smile.
'He was pretty good.' She thought as she watched Shoutmon sleep.
And seeing he was going to remain unconscious for a while, Lunamon then stood up, not bothering to put her gown back on, before a familiar dark sphere appeared in her right hand.
"Lunamon, so good to hear from you." A familiar dark female voice spoke, revealing Lilithmon's face from inside the orb, before she noticed Shoutmon lying beside her, while his dick was hanging limp, making the female general comment slyly. "I see you've been having some 'fun' while on the job."
"Yes Mistress. It was quite easy to get him. After he ate what I slipped into my DigiBytes, he was practically putty in my hands." Lunamon replied, making Lilithmon smirk, before she asked. "So what news. I take it Blastmon failed?"
Lunamon nodded in reply, before she explained. "Not only did he lose, but Xros heart have grown even more powerful."
"And with Blastmon defeated, Xros Heart now have the most Code Crowns out of all of us." Lilithmon added.
Curious, Lunamon then asked. "What shall I do now?"
"Just keep an eye on Taiki and the others for now. But when the time is right, bring me the Code Crowns, one way or another." Lilithmon told Lunamon in a dark tone, making the rabbit-like Digimon smirk deviously.
"As you command, my Mistress. I shall not fail you." Lunamon replied in a loyal tone, dispersing the orb, before she bent down to pick up her gown.
But as she did, Shoutmon let out a small groan and opened his eyes as he looked at Lunamon's naked form, only he saw on her chest was the same bat-like mark Lilithmon had on her forehead, the mark of evil.