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The Granters

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Piximon's Place

Leomon has just told the digidestined (sans Mimi and Palmon) about his past with Ogremon, Metaletemon, and Piximon.

After he revealed that Ogremon received the ability to Warp-Digivolve, the others chose to take a moment of silence and take it all in.

Gomamon finally broke the silence, "So why didn't Ogremon reveal his Mega form sooner?"

Leomon coughed, "Because we suspected that Metaletemon had a trick up his sleeve, I volunteered since Ogremon had a broken arm. The results ended with me and you bruised and battered, with Mimi and Ogremon alone."

Matt raised an eyebrow, "So where does that leave us? What can we do now, since all we can do now is rely on Mimi, Palmon, and Ogremon."

Leomon rubbed his chin, "So how exactly did you get here?"

"A waterfall opened in the ground, and we fell through." Joe dryly remarked, with Leomon's eyes widening.

"That's not what I think Leomon had in mind." Matt pointed out, "I think he meant how we got to Piximon's Place."

"Oh we took a cave," TK answered, "We found Anubismon's Pyramid, got Mimi's prophecy and flower, got caught up in an earthquake caused by Metaletemon, ran into a hallway, and dashed out of a cave that was collapsing."

Leomon's eyes opened wide again, "Wait a minute! Back up a second, about Anubismon's Pyramid, did you find anything interesting?"

Joe closed his eyes and answered "Other than Anubismon's statue, we did find the symbol of our eight crests."

"Anything else?"

TK added his two cents, "Above four of the Crests were four painting of four different Digimon."

"Which Digimon and which Crest?"

"Above the Crest of Courage and Friendship were Angewomon and Angemon," Gabumon answered.

Matt than added, "And above the Crest of Sincerity was Anubismon."

"There was also a Digimon above the Crest of Knowledge," Gomamon revealed, "But it was one we didn't see before"

Leomon than nodded like he expected this, "That makes sense, some of the Granters keep track of some of the others."

"The "Granters"?" TK questioned.

"It's a bit of an old legend. I only know a basic summary."

"Well?"

"It is said that there are eight Digmon out there who been blessed with the ability to grant powers. What type of power? I don't know. However I do know that Anubismon was one of them."

"I have a pretty good idea already," Matt revealed, "If Angewomon and Angemon were Granters than that mean the powers are the ability to go Mega."

"That's seem like the most obvious," Leomon admitted, "So there are Seven Prophecies connected to Eight Digimons, aren't they?"

"Pretty much," Gomamon answered.

There was a quick moment of thought and Leomon stood up, "Take me to the cave where you found Anubismon!"

"But it's all blocked up!" Patamon revealed.

"Well look like we finally have something to do, so who wants to help?"

Joe groaned and said, "Might as well, nothing else to do but wait for Mimi to get back."

"Can you show me?"

"Come on," and Leomon followed Matt, Joe, and TK to the cave in where they exit. Like before it was covered in tons of rock from Metaletemon's rock.

Leomon took a quick scan, than he pulled the smallest rock on the bottom.

The blockade in the cave fell apart almost instantly, giving way to back to the pyramid. Pretty much everybody, but Leomon jaws hit the ground.

"Shall we go?" Leomon asked, entering the cave.

"But that doesn't…how did he…what?" Joe stammered while he and the others followed Leomon into the cave.

"I think Joe's brain broke," TK whispered to Matt, who nods in agreement.

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Metaletemon's Pyramid

"AAHH!" Metaletemon sighed, sitting in his hot tub, "This is the life. After a nice long day of beating up those goody two shoes, a mon would like nothing more but to sit back and…"

BEEP! BEEP!

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Security Room

Some Gazimons (Metaletemon's main servant Digimon) were frantically working and checking the cameras when Metaletemon strolled in with a towel over his waist.

"Alright this better be good," Metaletemon exclaimed, "You interrupted me in the middle of my "Me Time"!"

In his anger, the towel fell off. But considering he doesn't wear clothes, it didn't really make a difference.

"Sir it's the digidestined!" Gazimon revealed, pointing at the camera showing Mimi, Palmon, and Ogremon walking into the Amplifier.

"One: It's a Digidestined, not the, and Two: Where the hell are they?"

"They're entering the Amplifier!"

Metaletemon rubbed his chin and respond, "They must have figured out what powered it!"

He turned to another Gazimon, "Send Mastertyrannomon! Me and him have a double date with the digidestined and their partners!"

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Inside the Amplifier

"I knew he made it out of a giant fan," Palmon deadpanned, "But a literal giant fan?"

The Amp was about the size of three buildings stacked on each others. The Fan inside was about the size of two and a half building. Either way, the fan was connected to a variety of dark wires. The wires served as a makeshift staircase to the top of the fan, where there, lays a red button.

"Do you think that's the self-destruct button?" Ogremon quizzed.

Mimi gave him a look, "Why would there be a Self-Destruct button?"

"It's a Machine! All of them have a Self-Destruct button!"

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A few weeks ago (Dark Master's hideout)

"Hey Machinedramon!" Puppetmon called out.

"What?"

"Do you have a self-destruct button?"

"Why would I have that?" Machinedramon deadpanned.

"You're a machine aren't you?"

Machinedramon gave him a blank look, than he just walked away. He made a mental notice to keep his self-destruct button more hidden.

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Present

"C'mon Mastertyrannomon!" Metaletemon commanded toward the hulking digimon, "We have to get to them before they press the Self-Destruct button!"

Digimon Analyzer

Name: Mastertyrannomon

Level: Ultimate

Attribute: Vaccine

Type: Dinosaur

Metaletemon: These guys aren't the brightest, but they more than make up for it for their incredible strength!

Mastertyrannomon roared in agreement, and followed his master into the amplifier.

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Amplifier

The Dark Master of the desert, burst into the amp and shouted, "HERE'S METALETEMON!"

"Really Metaletemon?" Ogremon asked, cradling his broken arm, "Did you really need to use that age old joke?"

"Hey! Be more respectful to your superiors Ogremon!"

Ogremon chuckled, "Oh poor naïve Metaletemon, that sentence was nothing but hypocritical back when you were Goblimon!"

Metaletemon growled, "That's GobliMon to you!"

"You still remember? I'm impressed! I always thought your mental capacity only remembered that horrible music."

"Oh you and the other two geezers can't comprehend music!" Metaletemon retorted, he turn to Mastertyrannomon and ordered "YOU! Get him!"

nodded and charged himself at Ogremon, who merely smirked in response. Before the dino digimon could attack, he got pierced with a variety of needles.

"Oh great it's the overgrown cactus," Metaletemon groaned when Togemon ran into the scene. She glared at Metaletemon and fired another round of NEEDLE SPRAY!

The needles bounced off, Metaletemon just stood there, unimpressed. "Seriously? I'm made of metal! Needles can't hurt me!"

"I knew that!" Togemon retorted, "It was just a quick distraction!"

"From what?"

A voice cry answered his question.

Warp Digivolution

Ogremon Warp-Digivolve to…KINGETEMON.

"King who?"

"KING ME!" and Metaletemon got a fist to the face. The force caused him to crash out of the Amplifier walls and eventually crashed into his pyramid. He growled, and out of the Metaletemon shaped hole, came a royal version of Etemon.

Digimon Analyzer

Name: Kingetemon

Level: Mega

Attribute: Virus

Type: Puppet

Kingetemon: Me as in Kingetemon baby! I am the master of martial arts and hypnosis! You think twice about messing with me!

Metaletemon punched his palm. "You got a lot of nerve, messing with me!"

"I'm messing with my lowly subject; you on the other hand are messing with the king of the digital world!"

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?

King Drazil heads perked up. He had a distinct urge to kill the next Etemon he sees.

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Back at the Story

"Mimi!" Togemon cried out. She was currently locking fist with Mastertyrannomon and she was losing. "Let me Digivolve!"

Mimi was hidden from sight, her voice cried out, "Alright!"

Ultimate Digivolution

Togemon Digivolve to…LILYMON.

Lilymon gave a determined glare and her hands formed the flower cannon. She fired the seed like energy ball straight at the monster. grunted as it was push back a little. He roared and charged himself at the small Ultimate.

Lilymon predicted this, and a sharp vine formed between her hands. She flew at a rapid rate between the dino Digimon's legs. He fell straight on the floor where more vines entrapped him.

"And stay there like a good little dino!" Lilymon cooed. But just as she flew away, Mastertyrannomon snapped the vines and grabbed Lilymon. She glared at him and exclaimed, "I said like a good little dino!"

retorted with a roar. While he was doing that, Lilymon broke free of his claws and formed her flower cannon again. She pointed it at Mastertyrannomon and shouted "FLOWER WREATH!"

Out of the cannon, instead of an energy ball, came a rope made out of flowers. It snared itself around Mastertyrannomon's neck and glowed in a green light.

Mastertyrannomon's eyes glowed green and Lilymon than said "Now are you going to be good?"

He nodded.

"Good boy!"

"Lilymon!" Mimi cried out, "I'm at the top!"

Sure enough she was. She was standing on the platform that was located next to the red button signifying what they thought meant self-destruction. She turned to Lilymon, her fingers hovering over the button and giving her a questioning glance.

Lilymon raised an eyebrow and said, "Push it!"

"But I can't tell if it's going to blow up immediately or have a count down!"

Lilymon tapped her chin, realizing that her partner was right. Before they could think of something, an explosion occurs, causing Mimi to fell back and activate the switch. A bright light erupted from it and covered the two.

Oh and Mastertyrannomon as well.

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Outside (few minutes earlier)

The two digimon of the Etemon family give the other, a determined glare between the digimon of similar appearances.

Metaletemon tightened his grip on his mike while Kingetemon did the same to his banana peel. The expression in their eyes was different (well they were both wearing sunglasses so it was hard to tell). Metaletemon had a smug one, knowing that even if Kingetemon was superior in power, Metaletemon still had his Sin Card.

Kingetemon on the other hand, had a neutral expression. Possibly because he knew he was just stalling for time.

He opened his mouth and started, "Well Metalete-"

"METAL PUNCH!"

The moment Kingetemon opened his mouth; Metaletemon took the opportunity to punch him in the gut. It caused the king Digimon to crash into the wall. He growled after recovering and shouted "You need to learn to not mess with your superiors!"

Kingetemon's right fist started to take on a golden hue and he punched Metaletemon in the gut.

Metaletemon smirked and said, "That might have hurt me…if you were using two arms!"

True enough, Kingetemon's left arm was still in a cast. However he just wagged a finger and said, "Don't be fooled by appearances!"

The cast unraveled itself, and inside was Kingetemon's arm, as good as new. He took the bandages and, with his feet glowing, he ran around Metaletemon at a rapid speed, finally covering him completely in bandages.

Metaletemon struggled, cursing under the bandages, but they were too tight. Kingetemon than quipped; "Now this desert finally has a mummy!"

Just as Metaletemon was about to fail to respond. A bright light erupted from the Amp that overcomes the pyramid and the two digimons.

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Piximon's Place (a good deal of time earlier)

"But I still can't comprehend how you only need to take out one boulder!" Joe exclaimed for the umpteenth time.

"He'll never let it go will he?" Patamon whispered to Gomamon, who nods in response.

"So this is the cave, in where you entered Piximon's location?" Leomon questioned, receiving a nod in reply.

"And when you get to the end," TK started, "You'll find the room where we found Anubismon's statue and all those weird pictures!"

"So Anubismon is one these "Granters" people?" Joe added.

"I don't know the full definition of that prophecy," Leomon admitted, "But he was one of the eight blessed Digimon."

"But other than giving us digidestined power," Matt interjected, "Are they blessed with any other powers?"

"Sure," Leomon revealed, "They each are responsible for helping the digital world run."

"Like?"

"Anubismon for example, controls Digimon's death."

"What about me and Gatomon?" Patamon asked, "We were the one who helped Tai and Matt warp Digivolve. What is our way of making the digital world run?"

Leomon smiled, "Isn't that obvious? You're one of the digidestined digimon. That alone is a purpose."

"Interesting," Patamon wondered.

Pretty soon they arrived at the alter in where Anubismon was imprisoned. Leomon took the time to observe the king of Server in his statue form.

While there, Matt, TK, and Joe took the time to relook at the mural of the "Granters". Like before it was blank except in the area that locates the Crest of Courage (Angewomon), Friendship (Angemon), Knowledge (A cyborg digimon), and Sincerity (Anubismon).

"Maybe if you touch your crest, something will happen," Gabumon suggested, which Joe comply, placing his hand on the Crest of Reliability.

Nothing happened.

"Well it was worth a shot," Gabumon sheepishly added.

"Interesting," Leomon noted of the statue, "The music from Metaletemon, or should I say Etemon's dark network, incased Anubismon in stone. And what did the prophecy say about freeing him?"

Matt tapped his chin, "It said something about him returning with one's last breath."

"So someone's sacrifice is needed!" Leomon exclaimed, he sighed and said, "I'll do it."

"WHAT?!"

"NOT NOW! If we truly are desperate, I'll gladly sacrifice myself in order to free Anubismon!"

"But Leomon," TK complained, "We can't let you just kill yourself!"

"But you NEED Anubismon!" Leomon pointed out, "I am not important compared to the god of death and king of Server!"

"But still Leomon," Matt started, only to get interrupted by a bright light from the exit. The light was bright, but it did not reach the room they were in.

Shocked by the light, they ran into the corridor and try to reach Piximon's place.

There they found themselves shocked by the new scene.

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? (Present)

"Mimi!" Tanemon exclaimed, "Wake up!"

Mimi was unconscious, but she awoke at the sound of her partner's voice, clutching her head, she took a peep of her surrounding and asked, "Where are we?"

There was in the middle of the Server desert. She could see nothing but sand all around.

"I don't know," Tanemon admitted, "After you fell on that button, a bright light erupted, and now we're here!"

"What happened to Kingetemon?"

"Present!"

And to Mimi's surprise, Kingetemon pulled himself out of the sand. Cursing angrily, he dusts himself off and yelled, "WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!"

"Well?" Tanemon quizzed, "What happened to you?"

"I managed to handicap Metaletemon, but a bright light erupted from the Amp!"

Mimi and Tanemon looked down sheepishly. Kingetemon took no notice and said, "Well now what are we supposed to do?"

"Here's a suggestion!" a voice cried, "Find me!"

"Who said that?" Mimi asked, before the voice answered her question.

"In case you're wondering whose speaking. It's me! DATAMON!"

This took Mimi by surprise. She exclaimed, "Datamon?! But you were killed by Etemon!"

"It's a long story. I will explain it in the next chapter!"

"What does he mean by that?"

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Done! Datamon is back! I'll come up with a lame reason for why Datamon is alive, oh and next chapter might be the climax of the Server arc so stay tuned! And tell me what you think about the granters.