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Chapter 20: The Sacred City's Last Stand
Back with Marcus' group…
ShineGreymon was destroying the Gizumon XTs one by one.
"Man, those Gizumon XTs just keep coming and coming." Marcus remarked.
"What do we do?" Agumon asked, having devolved back.
"We keep fighting." Marcus told him.
"Marcus!" Keenan shouted.
"Marcus, come quick! Hurry!" the boy urged as he and Falcomon ran towards them.
"Why is all that water gushing everywhere?" Marcus asked when he saw the waterfall had burst.
"Me don't know." Keenan replied.
"But without the moat, ElDradimon is left wide open for an attack." Falcomon noted.
"We got to go back and help." Agumon told his partner.
"No, I left Thomas in charge of protecting the Sacred City and I know he will." Marcus replied. "We got to stick to the plan and get Kurata."
"Let's go." He added after Keenan and Agumon nodded.
Back outside the Sacred City…
Ivan was preparing for an assault with the Gizumon XTs he had with him.
"Here they come!" Pixiemon gaped.
"There are too many of them to count!" Pumpkinmon added.
"I never thought they would destroy the lake." Baromon noted. "I'm afraid this is the end."
"Not it's not." Yushima corrected. "We must send all the smaller Digimon in the palace for their protection while the rest of us prepare to finish this battle. We have to fight harder than ever before so we can finish Kurata once and for all."
"You mean we can win?" Pumpkinmon inquired.
"He's right." Baromon agreed. "Afterall, we have the legend's son on our side, not to mention Lady Lilith. Marcus Damon and Lilith-sama will lead us to victory."
On the outskirts of the Sacred City…
"Ready…." Ivan ordered. "Attack!"
At his command, the Gizumon XTs flew in.
"Counterattack." Ninjamon instructed his companion. Jumping up, they tossed their shurikens on one of the Gizumon XT's back, but not before getting deleted by the Gizumon XT behind them, their data absorbed into the gun it had.
On the frontline, Deputymon, Tankmon and Centarumon were firing at the incoming Gizumon XTs.
"D.N.A Charge!" Yushima called forth Kamemon's evolution.
"Kamemon digivolve to Gwappamon!" the tortoise Digimon declared as he evolved.
"Gwap-punch!" Gwappamon released his arm, knocking a Gizumon XT off.
"Seed Blast!" Lalamon was firing her attack on Gizumon XT which had appeared before them through a window.
"Out of the way Lalamon!" Yoshi told her partner, smashing a barrel into the Gizumon XT.
"Thanks." She sighed in relief when Lalamon caught her by the jacket when she fell through the window, but not before Yoshi slipped through her jacket. Lalamon panicked and flew after her partner.
"Thanks." Yoshi sighed as Lalamon pulled her up by the blouse. "That was a close one."
"Yoshi, you were great. The way you smashed the Gizumon XT was so brave." Lalamon chirped.
"It was huh?" Yoshi inquired.
Up top on ElDradimon, Lilith winced as her Cosmo faltered slightly, giving Ivan the chance to slip through her defenses.
"Oh no!' Lalamon gasped when another explosion rocketed through the other side of the fortress. "They've broken through one of the walls."
"Where did they run off to?" Yoshi inquired as she rushed to the scene.
"Let's try the front!" Lalamon suggested.
"I found her!" Ivan grinned before Yoshi and Lalamon took off. "My honey-bun!"
"Honey-bun?" Lalamon echoed as the two paused in their steps.
"Oh no, it's that guy who has a crush on me again." Yoshi sighed as Ivan entered through the hole.
"Too bad, the only time we're together is when I'm trying to massacre her and all her friends." Ivan noted. "If only I could tell her how much I love her, but of course I'll never say that outloud."
"I think you just did." Lalamon told him.
"It's a habit of his." Yoshi agreed. "Hi Ivan."
"How did she know I was here?" Ivan was shocked. "I was being quiet. I know, she must be looking for me day and night, like I am for her and she sensed my presence near."
"Yeah right." Yoshi retorted. "Whatever. Do you actually think I would fall for a guy who says everything he thinks outloud?"
"I do?" Ivan was stunned. "So, that means she knows all about the hidden passion I have for her? What's worse, she doesn't share my feelings! This is so embarrassing. I can just crawl into a hole and hide."
"I can still hear you." Yoshi told him.
"Maybe she's just playing hard to get." Ivan noted. "In order to prove my worthiness, we must fight!"
"That would change my mind, Ivan!" Yoshi commented.
"We accept your challenge!" Lalamon cut in. "But if we win, you're never allowed to come near Yoshi ever again!"
"And if I win, I get a date with her." Ivan remarked.
"You better run while you still have the chance!" Lalamon challenged. "I'm warning you; when I digivolve, you won't be calling anyone honey-bun for a long time!"
"What are you thinking, Lalamon!?" Yoshi whispered to her partner harshly when she pulled the plant Digimon aside. "Egging him on like that! He's pretty strong you know. What if he wins?"
"Calm down, Yoshi." Lalamon pacified. "I have a plan. He's the one commanding all of Kurata's troops."
"So, you think if we keep him busy, the Gizumon XT attacks might slow up?" Yoshi noted, following Lalamon's though pattern.
"Well, I was hoping for more than just keeping him busy." Lalamon remarked. "I want to kick his butt!"
"All right." Yoshi agreed. "Let's go then! D.N.A Charge, Overdrive!"
"Lalamon double warp digivolve to Rosemon!" Lalamon declared as she evolved.
"Now that I've digivolved the Mega level, there's no way you'll come close to touching me." Rosemon informed Ivan.
"We'll see." Ivan snorted.
"D.N.A Charge!" Yoshi gasped as Ivan's D.N.A Charge flared around him.
"Bio-Hybrid D.N.A Charge!" Ivan called out. "Bio-Hybrid digivolve to BioSupinomon. If you thought our Bio-Hybrid forms were strong before, wait until you see my 'BlueProminence' attack. This fusion of human D.N.A and Digimon data can defeat any Mega Digimon."
"Okay Yoshi." Rosemon told her partner. "What now?"
"Me? I thought you were the one with the plan!" Yoshi remarked.
"I have to hand it to Kurata." BioSupinomon noted. "That guy really knows his muscles. I guess it take one to know one."
"I don't care how big you are. You're going down!" Yoshi retorted.
"I'll teach you that size doesn't matter unless you're talking about the size of someone's heart." Rosemon remarked, leaping into the air.
"Well, that's theory anyway." She added, firing her rose petals at BioSupinomon. BioSupinomon counteracted with an energy bolt from his spikes.
"You okay?" Yoshi asked her partner. Rosemon nodded as she landed beside her.
"Kurata has made me 100% more powerful than I was before." BioSupinomon boasted. "The only thing in this world stronger than me is my love for my sweet honey-bun, Yoshi."
"So, where shall we go on our date?" he asked. "Dinner and a movie or a picnic lunch and a long walk on the beach?"
"Let's not say until we do." Yoshi noted.
"Your words say 'no', but your heart says 'yes'." BioSupinomon remarked. "Don't worry my darling, you'll be able to confess to me all your true feelings of love when I hit you with my new attack!"
"'I want to walk arm-in-arm with you to the park' Claw"!" he came down at Rosemon with his claw.
"What a stupid attack name!" Rosemon retorted, countering with her vine, before she was blown away by the shockwave.
"How about, 'I want to go rowing together in the pond' Blaster?" BioSupinomon commented as Rosemon blocked his foot with her vine, thrown back by the energy backlash.
"'I want to drink a smoothie at the mall sharing one straw' Bomber!" BioSupinomon remarked.
"Give it up!" Rosemon warned, counteracting his tail whip with her vine.
"Are you done?" she snarled, climbing back to her feet after being blown away again.
"Of course not!" BioSupinomon shot back. "I will never quit until Yoshi realizes she loves me."
"Give me a break!" Yoshi retorted. "I'm never going to walk arm-in-arm with you in the park. And we're not going rowing either!"
"What about the mall?" Rosemon inquired. "Sometimes those smoothies are be very refreshing."
"Kidding!" she added, pointing her pointed vine at BioSupinomon.
"This is the silliest fight ever!" Yoshi sweatdropped as a burning flame surrounded the two battling Digimon.
Back in the forest…
Thomas was carrying an unconscious Nanami on his back as the group walked back to the Sacred City.
"Sir!" Gaomon called out as he ran back.
"Sir, the Sacred City is under heavy attack." The blue wolf reported. "Should we go back and help, sir? Or we headed off to team up with Marcus so we can take on Kurata?"
"Well sir?" he asked as Thomas walked past him.
"Thomas!" he shouted, snapping the blond out of his thoughts.
"Sorry." Thomas replied, after recalling Nanami's words. "Marcus said he'll be fine on his own. I think we should get back to help Yushima and the others."
"Yes sir." Gaomon noted as he followed his somewhat distracted partner.
"By the way Tailmon." The blue wolf looked at the cat carrying the digiegg in her arms. "Why are you taking the egg back for?"
"Lady Lilith's orders." Tailmon shrugged. "She told me to take the egg back once a Bio-Hybrid is defeated so that she can send the egg back to the Primary Village."
"Telepathy." She answered Thomas' unasked question noticing the two males had raised their eyebrows at her.
Back within the broken wall of the Sacred City…
Rosemon was dodging BioSupinomon's energy attacks from his spikes.
"Hey you!" Yoshi ran to a fleeing Tanemon. "Watch out! It's dangerous!"
"Yoshi!" Rosemon gaps as she turned to her partner.
Taking her distraction, BioSupinomon charged up his attack as Rosemon formed a wall of criss-crossed vines to guard herself.
"Rosemon!" Yoshi called out as the Mega Digimon was thrown back by BioSupinomon's attack.
"This should end it." BioSupinomon remarked, charging up his attack in his spikes again.
Just then, a Yasyamon leapt into battle.
"Who's that?" Rosemon inquired.
Stay away!" Yoshi called out as Yasyamon came in.
"Take this!" Yasyamon called, as he dived to attack BioSupinomon.
"Mind your own beeswax!" BioSupinomon fumed, knocking Yasyamon onto the ground with his foot.
"Please, spare me!" Yasyamon begged in fear as BioSupinomon proceeded to finish him.
"Leave him alone!" Yoshi shouted.
Her warning came too late as BioSupinomon destroyed Yasyamon with a spike taken off his back.
"How could you do that?" Rosemon demanded in shock.
"You're terrible!" Yoshi agreed. "How can you do such a thing if you're part human?"
"Why are you calling me terrible?" BioSupinomon inquired. "This is just business."
"Business?" Yoshi echoed.
"Of course." BioSupinomon replied. "I'm Kurata's hired muscle. Kurata pays me money to let him experiment on my body and I'm lucky too because of al his hired help, he's given me the strongest body out of everyone. That's why I'm the best fighter there is. Where else do you think I'm getting the money to take you on our date? You can say I'm in the Digimon Hunting business."
"You're the worst person I've ever met." Yoshi hissed.
Back in Kurata's camp…
"Professor Kurata." One of his men reported. "Reporting with an update, sir. We've approximate the Scared City will fall within the next five minutes.
"Good." Kurata smiled. "Soon, the greatest chapter of mankind will begin."
Back within the broken wall of the Sacred City…
The Tanemon was reunited with its friends and the Tanemons bounced off.
"Who can you do this?" Yoshi demanded. "Digimon are living things too! How can you hurt them for money? They are just like us. We connect with them and they are our friends! And you said yourself you get your power from Digimon data, yet you destroy them and call it your business. Doesn't that bother you? Don't you feel anything from seeing all this pain and suffering? Don't you have a heart?"
"Please don't be angry with me. It's only business, honey-bun." BioSupinomon told her.
"Don't you dare call me your honey-bun!" Yoshi spat.
"I wish you'd understand." BioSupinomon remarked. "I made a deal with Kurata because I need that money and I'm going to do whatever he asks. When I signed that contract, I promised to do a good job."
"I feel for you." Rosemon noted. "Ivan, when you signed that contract, you signed away your heart."
"Him. I want him gone." Yoshi hissed as Rosemon nodded in agreement.
"Now prepared to be destroyed!" Rosemon snarled as she leapt into battle.
"You can't talk to me like this!" BioSupinomon retorted, using his glowing claw to attack Rosemon.
"Rose Spear!" Rosemon fired her weapon after dodging BioSupinomon's attack.
"Ivy Hug!' she sank her vine into the ground, as many vines sprout out in response, binding onto BioSupinomon.
"Forbidden Temptation!" Rosemon wasted no time in firing her next attack.
"Someone who sells his heart has no right to speak about love." The Mega Digimon remarked as Yoshi turned away.
"He's still going!" she gasped as BioSupinomon emerged from the smoke.
"I now see that Yoshi wants nothing to do with me." The Bio-Hybrid remarked. "Fine! If she doesn't want my heart, then why shouldn't Kurata have it? He can have my heart and my loyalty. Yoshi, you will pay for cutting me down!"
"Blue Prominence!" he fired his blue flames at the two. Rosemon grabbed Yoshi and the two females ducked the attack.
"Rosemon!" Yoshi gasped when she realized Rosemon had shielded her body. "Rosemon, hang in there!"
"I'm okay. It wasn't a direct hit." Rosemon assured her.
"Oh no?" BioSupinomon snorted as he charged up his 'Blue Prominence' attack. "Then the next one won't miss."
"Yoshi." Rosemon told her partner. "Run."
"Forget it." Yoshi retorted as she helped Rosemon to her feet. "I'm not leaving you. Ami's fighting hard up there, protecting the Sacred City with her own energy. I can't back down now!"
"Stand up Rosemon." She added. "We can't afford to lose this one."
"You're right." Rosemon agreed. "I can still do this."
Remember Rosemon. Lilith's voice entered her mind. I too stand with you in this war.
"We'll see." BioSupinomon scoffed as both Digimon charged up their attacks.
"Blue Prominence!" he fired.
"Forbidden Temptation!" Rosemon counterattacked.
"We have to get rid of his kind." Yoshi told her battling partner as the two attacks clashed. "I don't want any more Digimon to suffer because of this guy!"
"What?" BioSupinomon gasped when the two combined attacks collided into him.
Back in Kurata's base…
"BioSupinomon's signal is gone!" one of Kurata's soldiers reported.
"What?" Kurata was astonished. "Really? I never should have let Ivan go by himself."
"Kurata!" Marcus fumed as he dashed out of the forest.
"Revenge time for Frigimon and Merukimon!" Keenan spat.
"Firecracker Smokescreen!" Falcomon flew above Kurata to unleash his attack.
"Not so fast!" Kouki punched the bird aside.
"Falcomon!" Keenan called out to his partner as the owl collided into a tree.
"You again!" Marcus glared at Kouki.
"I never thought you'd show, Marcus." Koumi mocked. "What took so long?"
"You're the one who ran away." Marcus retorted.
"No one's running away this time." Kouki shot back. "I'm going to enjoy shutting down that mouth of yours once and for all."
"Bring it, pal!" Marcus retorted as he ran towards Kouki, only to have the evolved Bio-Hybrid grab him by his mouth and tossing him to the ground.
Back within the broken wall of the Sacred City…
Yoshi and Rosemon approached the beaten Ivan who had a digiegg beside him.
"It's so sad." Yoshi noted, before she noticed a photograph peeping from Ivan's pocket. Bending down, she picked it up and gasped when she saw the family photo.
"Give… that… back…" Ivan managed to choke out.
"Ivan!" Yoshi gasped.
"Those are my little brothers and sisters." Ivan told her. "Give it back."
"Brothers and sisters?" Yoshi echoed, before recalling what he had told her before.
"You did it for these kids?" she realized. "Because you needed money to support your brothers and sisters?"
Ivan reached out and retrieved the photo.
"Ivan, you fool!" Yoshi rebuked. "Do you really think your family wanted that for you? Sacrificing your body for experiments and hunting down innocent creatures just for money?"
Ivan only managed to smile at her, shutting his eyes as a tears trailed down his face.
"He doesn't even know he did anything wrong." Yoshi hissed. "I hate Kurata! Only a sick man would take advantage of the weak-minded."
In the walls of the Sacred City…
"They're retreating?" Gwappamon blinked as the Gizumon XTs drew back.
"They suddenly stopped attacking." Yushima noted. "But why?"
"Wait, hold your fire." Thomas stopped Miragegaogamon as they flew back.
"Sir?" Miragegaogamon looked at his partner.
"The Gizumon XTs are backing away." Thomas noted before gasping when he noticed that Kurata's men had left something behind.
"Down there!" he remarked as Miragegaogamon closed in. "They left something behind!"
Thomas leapt off Miragegaogamon after they landed and ran towards the ticking time clock.
"Oh no!" the blond gasped as the clock ticked. "A Space Isolation Device!"
Back with Marcus' group…
"Are you okay, Falcomon?" Keenan asked his partner.
"Yeah, but I need to digivolve." Falcomon replied.
Keenan nodded and called forth his D.N.A Charge, "D.N.A Full Charge!"
"Falcomon digivolve to Peckmon!" Falcomon declared as he evolved.
"Peckmon digivolved to Crowmon!" Peckmon announced as he went up another level.
"Big deal!" Kouki scoffed as he jumped and kicked Crowmon away.
"Crowmon!" Keenan gasped.
"What now?" Agumon asked.
"Show time, folks." Kurata replied.
"What do you mean? Marcus demanded.
"Time's up." Kurata smirked.
Back near ElDradimon…
Thomas shielded his eyes as the 'Space Isolation Device' activated around ElDradimon.
"What's that?" Yoshi inquired as the ground shook.
"What's going on?" Yushima questioned.
Back with Marcus…
"Earthquake!" Marcus gasped as the ground shook.
"Look!" Crowmon called out he looked over to ElDradimon as a Digital Gate opened underneath the turtle's feet. "Keenan, ElDradimon is sinking into a Digital Gate."
"What?" Keenan exclaimed.
"Kurata!" he looked at the scientist riding on a Gizumon XT.
"Goodbye." Kurata laughed as Gizumon XT headed out.
Back within the Sacred City…
Yoshi and Rosemon rushed over to a wall.
"A Digital Gate!' Yoshi gasped, seeing the portal under ElDradimon's feet.
"Lady Lilith's Cosmo…" Rosemon looked up at the weakening "Light of Hope'.
Up on top ElDradimon, Lilith sank to her knees, panting in exhaustion, her hand sliding down the handle of her staff as her Cosmo radiated weakly around her. With a determined look in her eyes, she stood back up, expanding her Cosmo once again.
"Kurata is trying to send ElDradimon into the Human World." Yushima realized. "Just what has he got up his sleeve?"
Back with Marcus…
Marcus was about to slid out of the way to return back to the Sacred City when Kouki blocked his path.
"Now." the last remaining Bio-Hybrid grinned, charging up his D.N.A Charge as he prepared to punch Marcus. Before his fist landed, Crowmon's gale blew him away and the bird grabbed Marcus within his claws.
"Marcus…" Kouki growled.
"Who's running away now, Marcus? Come back and fight!" he demanded when he saw Crowmon taking Marcus away.
Back within the Sacred City…
"Quick!" Thomas told the frightened Pixiemon as Miragegaogamon punched a Gizumon XT away.
"Thomas!" Yoshi blinked at the blond.
"Lilith-sama!" Tailmon shouted as she saw Lilith's Cosmo started to weaken.
"Lady Lilith's Cosmo is fading!" Miragegaogamon gasped as Lilith almost buckled over.
"Hang in there, Ames!" Thomas called out.
Hope is something I mustn't give up on. Lilith told herself mentally, getting back to her feet, spreading her arms once again as she expanded her rapidly fading Cosmo.
"It's just like I imagined it to be." Kurata smirked as he flew over to survey his handiwork.
"Hurry Crowmon!" Keenan urged as the four flew back to ElDradimon with the Gizumon XTs Kurata left behind firing on their backs.
"Kurata's trying to go back the Human World." Agumon realized.
"No matter what, we can't let him escape this time!" Marcus insisted.
"Hang on, those Gizumon XTs aren't going to make it easy." Crowmon told his passengers as he flew to dodge another Gizumon XT's attack from the front.
"Look, it's Crowmon!" Yoshi noted as the said bird soared to the skies, dodging the Gizumon XTs' attacks. "And he's surrounded by Gizumons!"
Then, she winced when the Digital Gate's energy crackled around her as ElDradimon continued sinking into the portal.
"Fight ElDradimon!" she shouted.
"It's no use." Rosemon told her. "He's just too heavy and Lady Lilith's Cosmo was still weakening."
Looking up at Lilith, she added, "I don't she can hold on much longer!"
"Hurry Crowmon!" Yoshi yelled at the bird.
"We'll never make in time!" Agumon commented from Crowmon's claw as the bird dodged another attack from Gizumon.
"Come on!" Marcus pressed from Crowmon's other claw.
"Go faster!" Keenan shouted on Crowmon's back.
"I'm trying!" Crowmon replied as he ducked another rain of laser beams. Just then, a Gizumon flew up and entangled itself with the Ultimate level Digimon.
"The Digital Gate…" Rosemon realized.
"Hurry!" Yoshi called as Crowmon nose-dived. "The Gate! It's closing!"
Using his Dokkosho in his wings, Crowmon tunneled into the ground, bringing the Gizumon with it and destroying the man-made Digimon.
"Go Crowmon!" Keenan hollered as the bird flew back up. At his call, Crowmon dived toward the sinking ElDradimon, plainly ignoring the dizzy Marcus on his claw.
Between the two worlds, ElDradimon continued to enter into the portal, his feet appearing first above the harbor's water before the large turtle himself sank into the water below and causing a massive wave of water to clash into the ships anchored by the bay.
SailorStar9: Uh oh, now that Kurata has transported ElDradimon into the Human World, he now plans to destroy the poor turtle so that he could resurrect Belphemon. And with Lilith and Ami out of commission, what will happen? Stay tuned to find out. In the meantime, read and review.