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Summary: After four long, peaceful years, after the battle with Lucemon, the Frontier Kids learn of a new presence destroying the peace in the Digital World. This new threat, Mephistomon, seeks the power of the former Great Angel digimon. Now once again, Takuya, Kouji, Tomoki, Junpei, Izumi, and Kouichi, must work together in order to stop this threat and save both human and Digital world.

Chpt. 20 Recap

Takuya had awaken in a mysterious world and could do nothing but ask questions as to where he was. He soon discovered that he had somehow gotten amnesia and began to search for a way out. The confused teenager one by one met up his friends in the strange world and one by one regained memory of who he was with through subtle hints. Finally, Takuya came across Izumi and was led to remember the scene of himself dieing to protect Shinya. With that, he woke up and found himself in a familiar cottage; Swanmon's cottage. Not only that, he was in the form of Flamon.

Chpt. 21: Master of Justice! Defeat the Corrupt Goddramon!

Swanmon Cottage

"Why?!? Why did I become Flamon again?" Takuya asked the keeper of the cottage in a whiny, almost childish voice.

Swanmon - a bird digimon at the Armor level. She evolved from Tailmon using the Digi-mental of Love and takes care the baby digimon at the Village of Beginnings until they are old enough to defend themselves. Her weapon: Feather Tornado.

"It could have been a number of reasons," Swanmon began, "but the most likely one is that you died. Usually, only digimon die in this world and even then, they don't really 'die'. It is also exceptionally rare for a human to killed while traveling here. So, instead of becoming a digi-tama, you lost all of your memories and reverted to the Child stage of you legendary spirit. A.K.A. Flamon."

"Well how do I become me again?" he asked.

"My guess would be that you have to find the Spirit of Flames again." the swan answered.

"I completely forgot about those! Aw, man, how am I supposed to find them?"

"Why don't you try using your D-tector? I found it along with you outside the cottage." Swanmon grabbed the boy's D-tector and handed it to him.

"Really? That's great!" Takuya grabbed his device from the caretaker and immediately began rapidly mashing buttons in the hopes of trying to find a map of some sort. It was then that he remembered the D-tector's walkie-talkie function. "Why didn't I think of that before?" He smacked himself on the side of the head.

"I'll leave to do what you have to. It's almost time for the children's' snack time." Swanmon said as she turned and made her way to the room filled with baby digimon.

'I'll try Shinya first.' Takuya thought to himself. He smashed some more buttons to reveal an image of the Crest of Hope on his D-tector. 'Bingo!'

"Shinya! Come in, Shinya. This is Takuya speaking, do you copy?" he asked. No response. "Shinya, this is Takuya speaking. I repeat, do you copy?" Still no response. He groaned in annoyance and resolved to see if he could contact Izumi.

Near Black Root Forest

While on their search to find Takuya, Izumi, along with Yutaka and Monodramon, continue onward toward the Village of Beginnings.

"So..." Yutaka began, "how exactly do we know when we've found this 'Village of Beginnings'?"

"We'll know it when it see it." Izumi answered. "It's a really beautiful place filled with lots of baby digimon."

"Amazingly, it's one of the few places that Mephistomon's evil has not touched." Monodramon added.

"Hey, you finally spoke up. Ever since we left the others you've been awfully quiet. Is something on your mind?" Yutaka asked.

"No, no, I'm fine. Really, there's nothing bothering me." the dragon asked.

"You know if you're having any kind of problems it's okay to tell me, right?"

"Yes, I know that, but I assure you that I'm one hundred percent a-okay Yutaka." Monodramon replied.

"Hey guys, try and keep it together. I'm sure we'll find Takuya soon." Izumi reassured her two friends. It was at that very moment her D-tector began to vibrate. Her eyes widened in disbelief when she saw the symbol of flames glowing on the face.

"Oh my gosh! Takuya, is that really you? Are you really there?" the girl asked pleadingly.

"Yes, Izumi, it's really me. I'm at the Village of Beginnings with Swanmon." he answered.

"We know, Yutaka, Monodramon, and I are on our way to come and get you. The others stayed behind to confront Mephistomon." she explained.

"Really? No, we should wait until we're all together to face Mephistomon!" Takuya argued. "Look, how close are you to the village? I have to stay until the D-tector picks up a signal on my spirits." he explained.

"Hold on, I'll check." Izumi began. She then evolved to Fairymon in order to survey the sky. "We're fairly close; we should be there in the next half hour, maybe half that if we fly."

"What's this about flying? The three of you aren't going anywhere! Gold Flame!" Before she could react, Fairymon was hit in the back with a powerful flame attack.

"Izumi!" Yutaka shouted, he leapt into the and caught her before she hit the ground. Monodramon seemed too shocked to even budge an inch.

"Izumi? Izumi, what's going on? Are you okay?" Flamon asked panicked. His voice was soon cut off by the sound of static.

"Who are you!?" Yutaka demanded. Before him a large, golden dragon with ten white wings hovered. Each wing was noticeably smaller than the one above it. His face was covered by a silver mask with red markings. This digimon also had a red bracelet on his left arm and a blue on his right.

"I am Goddramon! The master of creation and destruction!" the golden dragon bellowed.

Goddramon - an Ultimate staged holy dragon digimon. He is also know as one of the Four Great Dragon Digimon. He uses the bracelets on his wrists to summon Amon and Umon in order to destroy and create respectively. Apparently, Mephistomon's evil is strong enough to control even this peaceful digimon

"Just what we need; a fight with an Ultimate digimon!" Yutaka groaned. He and Fairymon picked themselves up and prepared for battle. "Monodramon, are you ready?" The smaller dragon did not move.

"Ah, Monodramon, so you really have sided with these pathetic humans. How pitiful. Mephistomon gave you power and this is how you repay him? You were on the brink of death and he saved you. You wouldn't be who you are today if it weren't for Mephistomon's influence. How dare you turn your back on him to work with these humans." Goddramon scolded. Monodramon continued to stand there, doing nothing.

"Don't listen to him! You sided with us because you know Mephistomon is evil; you know that you're supposed to help us stop him." Yutaka yelled.

"Silence! You have no right to interfere with this conversation! This fool made his own bed, and now he must lie in it." Goddramon replied.

"You shut up! Monodramon has changed! You're the one who has no right!" Yutaka argued back.

"He's right, where do you get off?!" Fairymon picked up. "You ready, Yutaka? Monodramon?" She asked picking up her D-tector and turning back into her human self. Yutaka nodded and allowed the silver digi-soul the consume his body.

"Digi-soul," he shouted, "Full Charge!"

"Monodramon, shinka! Cyberdramon!"

"Execute," Izumi yelled, "Fusion Evolution! JetSilphymon!"

"What do you plan to do to me? An Ultimate stage?" Goddramon joked.

"We're gonna kick your ass, that's what!" Yutaka growled, "Strike Claw!"

"Jet Pintar!"

Both attacks missed their intended target.

"Hey, Cyberdramon, quit standing around! We gotta take this gut out together right now!" Yutaka ordered.

"He's not listening to you." Goddramon began, "Right now, he is wallowing in his own pool of self doubt. Allow me to show you how out of touch with you he is. Summon Amon!" He summoned a red dragon from his left arm and targeted Cyberdramon, who did nothing to block the attack. He was hit full on and didn't even try to get up. Only mumbling somewhat.

"I'm sorry... Lord Mephistomon. I was wrong to... to try and go against you..."

"What are you saying Cyberdramon? You can't turn on us now!" Yutaka said.

"Don't listen to him. You've returned to your Perfect stage, the stage that Mephistomon gave you using his power. Use now along with me to crush these humans. If you do, I'm sure Lord Mephistomon will reward you by giving the power to become Ultimate, like me." Goddramon held out his hand to Cyberdramon.

"Strike Claw!" Yutaka yelled as he violently slashed the beast. "Cyberdramon, you're my partner. I know we haven't been working together very long, but that doesn't make it any less true. C'mon, lets take this guy down." Yutaka said in a calm voice. Just in time for the fallen dragon god to strike with Gold Flame.

"How pathetic; just because you have the power of a digimon doesn't automatically mean you can defeat me. Your power is that of an Adult stage and it will take far more than that to stop me."

"How 'bout this then?! Ultra Turbulence!" JetSilphymon yelled as she attacked.

"How sad... Summon Amon!" The summoned dragon collided with the large whirlwind and created a violent struggle against the two. In the end though, Goddramon's Summon proved to be the superior technique. As a result, JetSilphymon was sent flying backwards and once again reverted to her human form.

"Izumi!" Yutaka yelled, "Ah, shit! Now what?! There's no way we can win!" he groaned to himself. With Izumi down and Cyberdramon just laying there, Yutaka was the only one who could fight.

"Izumi, go on ahead and get to Takuya! I'll try and hold him off as long as possible!"

"But, Yutaka, I just can't leave!" she shouted back.

"Yes, you can. Takuya is the one we all need the most, so it's super important you take him back to Black Root Forest. I know it may seem like a difficult thing to do but you gotta if we plan to save the worlds!"

"You're right Yutaka, I won't let you down!" she began to take off towards the village where Takuya was located as fast as her skinny little legs would carry her.

"Looks like it's just you and me." Goddramon laughed.

"Are you blind? Cyberdramon's gonna come through for me, just wait and see!" the armor coated teenager snarled, even though he himself was beginning to doubt in his partner, who still continued to just lie there.

"Still stuck in the bliss of denial, I see. Allow me to explain it to exactly how it is; Cyberdramon is afraid to fight anymore because he fears that he has no reason to. True, he fought with you earlier, but that was only because he couldn't stand Duskmon. With Duskmon now gone your biggest threat is Mephistomon and believe it or not, Cyberdramon is afraid to fight him because he is the one who gave him power and, being the loyal digimon that he is, cannot bring himself to betray the one who helped him in his time of need."

"I see, so that's why... That's why you were so set on coming to find Takuya instead of staying with the others. You didn't want to betray your old master or wind up turning on us, so you came here hoping to avoid any kind of combat." Yutaka whispered. "You could've told me y'know. I would have understood. But it's okay; I don't blame you."

Cyberdramon did nothing but stare, then finally, mumbled a small "Yutaka... I'm sorry."

"Don't be; this guy's the one who should be sorry. I'll handle things from here on out, so don't worry."

"Don't get cocky, human." Goddramon warned.

"Strike Claw!" Yutaka slashed his foe yet again, "I'll show you that I can still beat you regardless of strength or level, and if Cyberdramon doesn't want to help, then I respect his decision not to!"

"Your valorous nature shall be your downfall! Summon Amon!" Goddramon's deadly dragon collided with Yutaka's chest and he reverted to standard form while letting out a pained groan.

"Have you had enough? Summon AMON!" This was it, Yutaka knew that there was no way he could survive, all he could do now was hope that he had bought enough time for Izumi to make it safely to Swanmon's village and had gotten Takuya. His only regret was that he wished he could've been watched Tomoki save the world with his friends.

"Yutaka!" Said teen looked above him to see his partner taking the blow for him, then reverting to Child stage.

"No! NO!!! Are you okay, Monodramon? This is my fault, if it weren't for me you'd..."

"Don't blame yourself; If I had helped you like I should've then we wouldn't be in this mess. I was afraid because I used to think of Goddramon as my friend back then, but real friends don't turn on you and attack. Real friends do what you did and you respected me even when I choked back there. Yutaka, if this is where we die, then I'm glad that I did protecting someone important, rather than just sitting on the sidelines like a scared puppy."

"Monodramon, when we first met, I though you were nothing but conceited and power hungry, but you were only doing the things you did to repay someone you felt indebted to, even if they were an evil being bent on world domination. I never would have pictured you loyal at first glance." Yutaka smiled.

"I guess I just have a strong sense of justice." Monodramon smiled back.

"I almost hate to ruin this sentimental moment, but it's time to go now. Gold Flame!" The two braced their bruised bodies as much as they could to prepare for Goddramon's wicked assault. To their surprise, they weren't even scratched, in fact, they both were surrounded by a silver light.

"The D-tector..." started Monodramon

"... protected us." Yutaka finished.

"What's that beating sound? It sounds like a heartbeat." the former said.

"I hear it too, a simultaneous heartbeat, from you and me." added the latter.

"Are hearts are beating as one. Does this mean we've attained a new power?" Monodramon asked.

"Only one way to find out; hey Goddramon, remember what I said about kicking your ass? Prepare to double the beating!" Yutaka growled.

"Digi-soul charge!" he and Monodramon yelled, "Overdrive!" The silver digi-soul began to flow out of Yutaka's D-tector and began to bond his and Monodramon's bodies together.

"Monodramon shinka!" The two beings began to morph into a white and blue clad warrior with a silver mask and metal right arm. He wore a belt with a red turbine-like symbol and had a long, flowing, red cape. "Justimon!"

Justimon - a virus buster digimon in the Ultimate stage. He is a hero to young digimon everyone and simply will not stand for evil. His weapon includes the use of his metal arm transforming into the Accel arm, Blitz arm, and Critical arm.

"Goddramon! How can you call yourself a holy digimon when you use your power to hurt others? I, Justimon, cannot allow you to continue doing such an act of injustice. With these hands... I shall stop you!" Justimon said rather heroically.

"That's rather valiant of you, but do you have the strength to back it up?" Goddramon began to once again summon the red dragon from his wrist bracelet.

"Justice Kick!" Justimon gave a swift and powerful kick to Goddramon's face, stopping him in his tracks.

"You!"

"Silence! Critical Arm!" Justimon's right arm transformed into an energy blade, then he began to continuously lash at Goddramon. "Have you learned your lesson?"

"Humph, not quite. Summon!"

"I'm just about tired of that technique! Allow us to show you something new!" Justimon's arm changed again, this time to its standard for and began to fire blue energy bursts. "Blitz Arm!" Goddramon began to scream loudly as the burst ripped through him. At the same time, a small stream of data began to appear around his body. Justimon took out his D-tector and began the purification procedure.

"Misguided soul living in the shadow of lies, allow this D-tector to rid you of that pain, and show you the path to justice! Digi-code, scan!" In one wave of the digital device, Goddramon's digi-code, or at least the evil within it was wiped clean. Once that was taken care of, Justimon split back into being Yutaka and a small digimon who wasn't Monodramon.

"So, are you okay now?" Yutaka asked the purified Goddramon.

"Yes, I apologize for the trouble I've caused you. I wasn't myself, forgive me." the dragon god sighed.

"Naw, it's okay, as long you don't do it again." said the tiny digimon.

"Yeah, what Monodramon said." Yutaka smiled.

"I'm Hopmon now, Yutaka." he replied. He had the appearance of Monodramon, but he was just a head in the Baby II stage.

"Thank you for your kindness. Let me give you something in return. Summon!" Both Yutaka and Hopmon began to get worried looks. "Umon!" This time a blue dragon emerged from his right arm and began to swirl around the two, fixing up all their remaining wounds.

"As a special bonus, I will fly you the rest of the way to the Village of Beginnings. Come on, get on my back." Goddramon smiled. The two did as they were told and in no time arrived to the village to see Izumi hugging onto the still digi-fied Takuya/Flamon.

Next Time

Upon entering Swanmon's cottage Izumi, Yutaka, and Hopmon are given a special mission to go and search for the Spirits of Wood, Steel, Earth, and Water. Flamon is given his own mission to go in search of the Spirit of Flames, because only then he will return to normal. He runs into some slight trouble when Kuwagamon appears, but it's nothing our boy can't handle. Next time, its "Chpt. 22: Search For the Missing Spirits!" Awaken the solution; Spirit Evolution!

Notes

Yes, I know it's been two months since I last updated and I apologize, hopefully this will make up for it. I want to have another chapter done by the eighth (my birthday!!!) but my school work doesn't seem to be on my side. I also apologize if the main fight was too short. I've been sick the past two weeks and haven't been able to come up with good ideas so... yeah. sigh Until next time then.