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I need some new material for these intros, really.

Disclaimer: ...You really need to ask whether Digimon is my intellectual property? Please, intellectual and me are not on speaking terms. (Insert wa-wa-waaa sound effect here.)

LAST TIME:
DAICHI: When we found Taomon's card on the mountain, we climbed to get Isamu's crest. But Cerberumon showed up and tried to triple team us with Megadramon and Gigadramon. Coredramon, even in his flight-enabled blue form couldn't keep up with them. Realizing I had no choice but to make him Digivolve to save his life, Coredramon Digivolved to, not Groundramon like I thought and was ready for, but Wingdramon. His aerial technique managed to take out Megadramon. During the skirmish, Isamu managed to get his own crest. But when Gigadramon started failing in the battle, Cerberumon destroyed him without batting an eye.

Chapter 14
Judgment

Everyone stared in amazement at what had just happened. The screams of Gigadramon, screams of fear and pain, were as clear as though he was still screaming.

"You killed him," Isamu finally said. "You killed him without a second thought."

"Think of it this way," Cerberumon said, "I put him out of his misery. Like he said, he was no use to anyone without his 'other,' as he put it."

"No use to you, you mean," Isamu said, head bowed and fist clenched. "Is that all you care about? Power? I thought you were a team player, what with your constant emphasis on teamwork."

"And what good is a team," Cerberumon said, "if its members are weak? If your arm is diseased, do you not cut it off? If one member of a population is plagued, do you not quarantine him from the rest of the world?"

"You and your 'members' may be a group, but you're not a team," Isamu said. "When you think about it, Megadramon and Gigadramon were a better team than whatever you threw together. A team looks out for its members and works together to overcome their challenge. Your group just sides for the same cause and each member does what they want. Sometimes, they won't even attack unless you order them to." Isamu remembered Gorillamon, who did not enter the battle until Cerberumon told him to attack. "And what happens when your 'partners' can't fight to your standards? You destroy them as though they were your enemies to begin with."

"Forgive me if I'm wrong," Cerberumon said, seemingly unmoved, "but you destroy all your enemies with the same ferocity. If it wasn't me, it would have been you, just as ruthlessly."

"Wrong!" Isamu yelled. "Who we attack is about who wants to destroy us. We don't destroy our enemies because they're weaker than us." Daichi had never seen Isamu this passionate before. "But if anyone else is going to be destroyed today…" a green light appeared on Isamu's chest, "it'll be you." The light became noticeable and Cerberumon attempted not to cringe; Isamu's crest was glowing.

The light emerged from the crest and shot itself into Isamu's D-3. Isamu grabbed it and pointed it at Stingmon. "Crest Digivolve!"

"Stingmon, Crest Digivolve to…" Stingmon glowed green and began to change. His height did not change much, but through the light, he appeared to be more muscular. His gauntlets became longer to the point where they extended past his hands. He grew long, white hair and his wings grew longer. A staff of some kind appeared and when he grabbed it, it assumed full color; the ornament on the end looked like a ruby-colored star. His full color emerged when he touched the staff; mainly green with yellow orbs, with red streaks placed in various spots. "JewelBeemon!"

JewelBeemon flew to the front of Cerberumon, pointed his staff at him, and said, "Cerberumon, your reign of terror ends today. Today, you will be punished for your crimes. Crimes of ruling with an iron fist over those who could not defend themselves and considering those weaker than you not worthy to live."

"Spare me your lectures, you overgrown excuse for a bug," Cerberumon said. "What I do is none of your concern."

"As long as I am with the Digi-Destined," JewelBeemon replied, "what you Digi-Agents do is my concern."

"You're not alone," Wingdramon said. He flew to JewelBeemon's side. "So, shall we take him down?"

"I don't know about you," JewelBeemon said, "but I was ready to take him down from day one." He lowered his staff so that the ornament faced Cerberumon. "Spike Buster!" The star glowed and shot out an energy shaped like it at Cerberumon. The dog Digimon was hit and reeled under the pain. "Sonic Lance!" Wingdramon rose into the air and lowered himself, the lance on his back aimed at his target.

"Maddog Fire!" Cerberumon released his fire attack on Wingdramon. Wingdramon closed his wings in front of him to block most of the damage. JewelBeemon flew behind Cerberumon and pointed his arm at him. "Shot Claw!" He sped toward Cerberumon with his gauntlet out, which was glowing with power. He thrust it forward to make contact with his target, but Cerberumon dodged with surprising ease.

"You should know better than that," the dog said. "With me, having eyes in the back of my head is no expression." He howled, summoning another portal.

"Is he going to retreat again?" Isamu asked.

"Maybe he's getting more help," Daichi suggested.

"Whatever he's doing," JewelBeemon said, holding his staff in attack position, "he won't do it today!" He flew to the portal and swung his staff so that the blade of the star touched it. The blade seemed to be cutting through the darkness. When he had sliced it all the way, the portal disappeared.

"How did he do that?" Isamu asked. Daichi already had his D-Power out looking for the answer.

"I think I know," Daichi said. "That weapon is called the Jewel Encrusted Javelin. It's a weapon that only unleashes its full potential to vaccine type Digimon."

"Wait," Isamu said. "So JewelBeemon…?"

"Has Digivolved into a vaccine," Daichi finished. "This may give him the edge over Cerberumon."

Cerberumon growled. "He will not live to accomplish that."

Wingdramon sighed. "How many times have we heard that?"

"And how many times has he been proven wrong?" JewelBeemon added. "I have an idea; use your Wing Blast attack."

"Got it," Wingdramon said. "Wing Blast!" Wingdramon started flapping his wings, generating the shockwaves. They would have knocked Cerberumon off his feet if he didn't dig into the rock with his claws; that didn't stop his hind legs from being raised, however. As he was about to regain his foothold, JewelBeemon flew in front of him, unaffected by Wingdramon's attack, about ten feet away.

"Now, face your judgment," he said. He held his javelin in a throwing stance. "Javelin, FLY!" He threw the javelin at Cerberumon. Like JewelBeemon himself, the javelin's path was unhindered by the wind. Without any way to protect himself, the javelin pierced Cerberumon's body from the back. He screamed in pain and tried to shake it off, but nothing could remove JewelBeemon's weapon. Wingdramon stopped his attack and Cerberumon fell, defeated.

As his data began to disappear, Cerberumon said, "You have only made things worse for you. Hyogamon's defeat may have been innocuous, but destroying me will alert all the others. They will not rest until you are all destroyed for attempting to undermine our glory."

"Then they better drink a lot of coffee," Wingdramon said, "because they may be losing some sleep."

"We will see," Cerberumon said as his data finally disappeared.

"Hey Digimon, hey Digimon!" Isamu said. Wingdramon and JewelBeemon glowed and turned into streaks of light which flew to their respective partners. The lights dissipated and became the Digimon's rookie forms.

"Looks like the score is us: two; Digi-Agents: zip," Dracomon said.

"Well, I have to say," Daichi remarked, "this has turned into a good day. We got Dracomon's Digivolution under control, got your crest, got Wormmon to the ultimate level, and defeated another Agent."

"But I don't think we're done yet," Isamu said. "If what Cerberumon said is true, we still have a lot more Agents to take care of."

"Yeah, you're right," Daichi said.

"So where should we go now?" Wormmon asked.

"Let's head for the top," Isamu suggested. "Maybe we'll get a clue for our next move if we get a better view."

As they resumed their walk, Daichi said, "I don't suppose it would be too much to ask to get you guys to just Digivolve and carry us up there?"

"Are you kidding?" Dracomon said. "After that battle, I'm lucky I have the strength to stand."

And another Agent bites it! So what is at the top of the mountain? Guess we'll find out on the next Digimon: Digital Monsters!

Short, I know. It happens. So, for those of you interested in the "Crest Guess Name Game," you have until the next chapter posting to put in your guesses. Look over these last chapters carefully if you want to make a good guess.

This is CF, signing out.