YuYuGiDigiMoon: The Invasion of the Rajita Chapter 25: Day 2: Ghidorah's Terrifying Strength!, an anime x-overs fanfic

Disclaimer: Credit goes to LazerWulf being one of my visionaries and providing for several story ideas (and lending me some of his characters such as Lyn, Max and Sam). Also, credit goes to Ninetalesuk and Belletiger for their roles in letting me use their respective characters/ideas.

This will be the final update for 2007. The final three Rajita chapters will be posted beginning in January. After that, a new era will begin in the YuYuGiDigiMoon universe.

Nothing else much to say. I hope every had a Happy Holiday. And let me be the first to say... Happy New Year! 2008 is upon us! Let's hope the new year is more promising than this year has been.

If you want, when you send me your review, tell me your New Years resolutions. Please, I'd like to hear them.

Anyway, onto the story! The battle against Ghidorah and Leviathan continues. And the black phoenix will finally reveal itself. Enjoy!

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Ghidorah's Ultimate Power Unleashed! Awakening of the Black Phoenix…?

Shinjuku District/Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building/Hypnos/7:34 PM

Monitoring the activities taking place in Shibuya, Yamaki and his crew were awe struck by the massive gathering of mega-level digimon preparing to attack the Rajita God - Leviathan. Riley, Talley, Janyuu and the Monster Maker crew were standing together viewing the screen as what they witnessed could be the most important battle ever.

More important than either the D-Reaper or the Pharaohmon battles.

Possibly of any battle on Earth and the Digital World.

The three bikers - Raphael, Alister and Valon - viewed the screen as they froze in shock at the sight of Leviathan. Despite working for Dartz in the past, they have never seen the actual Leviathan until now. What they witnessed was the emergence of a powerful god monster bent on eradicating every last trace of mankind and fulfilling Kaiser Ghidorah's ambition to assume power over the planet.

"So... that monster they're facing is... Leviathan?" Janyuu was horrified as he watched the screen. His mouth became dry and his body stiffened in place. "I... I've never imagined it would be... this..."

"Massive? Well, it is the Orichalcos God," Raphael responded as he stared at the screen. "I assume all of those creatures challenging the Leviathan are Earth's last hope?"

"I would assume so but where are Takato and the kids?" Yamaki wondered as he feared for their well beings. "We haven't heard any contact with either of them."

"Henry, Suzie and my family are still out there. I hope... they..." Janyuu stopped himself as he did not want to think about their fates. He closed his eyes and turned away from the screen.

Shibumi looked toward Janyuu with a saddened expression. "Janyuu."

"Let him be, Shibumi," Yamaki said.

Riley sat down next to a computer and typed in a password that enabled her to open live camera footage of the Shinjuku and Shibuya districts. She then pulled up an online map of the entire Tokyo city.

"What have you got, Riley?" Talley asked her partner.

"Check this out! You see those black circles on the screen?" Riley pointed to the large gathering of black circles moving into Tokyo from all directions. "It's the enemy! I'll bet they're spreading from every corner of the globe!"

"No doubt to assist the Leviathan," Alister stated. "This is their true god we're talking about here."

Valon nodded. "These 'digimen' or whatever you call them..."

"They're called Digimon for your information," Daisy corrected the young man.

"They definitely won't be pushovers if they're anything like Takato's digimon," Riley noted.

Raphael spoke up. "They maybe strong assets to stopping this alien invasion but the numbers are still within the enemy's favor. These digimon won't last if the war is dragged out. Leviathan being there also makes a big difference."

"A big difference? Leviathan will practically guarantee the aliens a victory!" Alister spat out.

"So, we don't even stand a chance? Even with the digimon army we have to defend us?" Dolphin refused to lose faith in the Tamers and their allies. "We helped them defeat D-Reaper!"

"But somehow I don't think Operation: Doodlebug has anything to seal away a God?" Babel inquired. "Because if it doesn't you can kiss that option goodbye!"

"We could try activating the Juggernaut program again but that would mean the digimon would be at risk, too," Riley tried to present another alternative. "It might not even work on the Leviathan."

"All of our hopes lie within the digimon. Let's also hope Takato and the kids are somehow not involved," Yamaki said, holding a firm grip on his Zippo lighter.

"What about the United States? Shouldn't they be sending military reinforcements? Nate?" Rina asked her step brother.

Nate got off the table and shifted his eyes toward Yamaki. "You said you tried contacting my base in America, Yamaki?"

"Yes and nothing came through I'm afraid."

"They should have sent troops over here to evacuate people from the city!" Babel exclaimed.

"That's the problem. They would have already been here by now. Perhaps, the aliens might have gotten to our troops in America. Then again, they might be planning last minute deployments I'm not aware of," Nate replied.

Yamaki looked back toward the screen. "Well, for now... our only hope lie in the digimon I've tried to eliminate a long time. Riley, doesn't seem ironic? We would once again place our hopes in those creatures."

"You can thank Takato and his friends for that," Riley smiled to the Head of Hypnos.

Talley nodded. "Yeah, we owe it all to those kids!"

As he couldn't help but smile, Yamaki flipped open and closed his lighter. His eyes pierced through his shades and at the screen. But, somehow I feel Takato and his friends are fighting alongside their digimon partners. That new power I witnessed from Takato. What could it mean? Eventually, I will have to find this out for myself if we survive. Children, if you're out there, we pray you come back to us.

"I say give the Juggernaut a try," Nate said as he looked toward Riley. "Only then will we know if it'll work."

Raphael watched the screen and scowled. "You better pray that it does but somehow I doubt it'll make any difference."

"Let's go for it. I think the digimon will know to avoid it," Janyuu opened his eyes and spoke up.

Yamaki immediately gave his orders to his team. "All right, what are we waiting for then? Get it prepared." I pray those digimon will stay away from it once we activate the Juggernaut. This is one of our last trump cards... maybe even our last.

Northwest Shibuya/7:40 PM

"RAAAAGH!" Susanoomon howled as he was on the receiving end of multiple blasts shooting from the cannons mounted around Leviathan's armor. Despite the punishing blows, Susanoomon flew and punched through the blasts. "There's no way are we about to lose to the likes of you!"

Snarling and exposing its massive fangs, Leviathan let out a loud bellow and prepared to open its mouth. As it stretched its entire body out, its length looked approximately thirty-five feet in diameter. The power emanating from this ancient alien force was truly frightening beyond words. It was a true monstrosity. After being resurrected by Ghidorah, it was stronger than it has ever been.

"NO! YOU DON'T!" Susanoomon roared as he put his hands out to stop the overwhelming blast Leviathan was about to spew out.

Suddenly, Leviathan tilted its head as it spotted numerous figures soaring in from the far distance. More players were about to enter the fray.

Susanoomon turned as he saw Omegamon Buster Mode, Athenamon Victory Mode and Imperialdramon God Mode arriving at the scene.

"Hey, you finally came! Thank goodness!" Susanoomon was relieved to see the strongest of the digimon army arriving. He noticed Imperialdramon's new form and was in awe. "Imperialdramon? Wow, I like the new form! Gold really suits you!"

Imperialdramon GM turned toward Leviathan. "Yes, I had a little boost from another godly source. But, we have more crucial matters at hand."

"Yes. Susanoomon, we've come to offer our assistance," Omegamon BM said as he readied his cannon. "Ready, my lady?" He looked over to Athenamon VM.

"Yes!" the Amazon queen responded as she unsheathed her sword for battle.

The four powerful mega digimon - and strongest of the digimon army - faced the Leviathan as they prepared for their biggest, crucial battle in their entire lives.

"I advise caution, Legendary Warriors," Omegamon BM warned the ten children within Susanoomon's being. "You are our strongest player. You allow us to wear down this behemoth and we'll grant you the chance to deliver the finishing blows."

"All right."

"LET'S GO!" Imperialdramon GM roared as he flew out to attack Leviathan head on. The golden ring around his right arm started to glow as Imperialdramon GM charged up a golden condensed beam at the giant serpent. He released his attack and shouted. "Leviathan, we're here to defeat you! GOD BLAZE CANNON!" The attack shot streamed towards Leviathan as it made contact with the left side of its face.

BOOM!

Imperialdramon GM put a hand out as a weapon was summoned in his grasp. The sword's design has Ra's wings for the crosspiece, a white hilt, long blade and a floating ring around the pommel.

Leviathan howled as he turned and opened its draconian mouth to release a green burst of flames at Imperialdramon. "RAAAAAAAGH!" The green flames quickly shot toward Imperialdramon GM. The golden-armored digimon quickly maneuvered away from the deadly flames from consuming him whole and flew straight up.

"Now, Athenamon!" Omegamon BM shouted.

Raising her sword, Athenamon VM slashed her weapon across and summoned a large Silver Flaming Owl. The flaming bird streamed across and blasted the right side of Leviathan's face. "ATHENA FLAMING OWL!"

BOOM!

The flaming attack slammed hard and started burning away at parts of Leviathan's scaly skin. However, it did nothing more than annoy the great beast.

"It didn't even faze him!" Athenamon VM cried out.

Omegamon BM glided over Leviathan's body and pointed his Metal Garurumon cannon. He quickly fired repeated purple streams across the Rajita God's back. "BUSTER CANNON!"

BOOM!

However, much like Athenamon VM's attack, it did nothing to inflict damage to Leviathan - minus parts of its skin being burnt off.

"Nothing! This is going to require our strongest attacks and we might have to combine them, my friends!" Omegamon BM suggested as he called out to the three.

Susanoomon closed his fists and nodded. "Right! And I need to save my power to deliver the finishing blow like you suggested!"

Athenamon VM grit her teeth as she glided toward Omegamon BM. "In the meantime, we'll do what we can to stall Leviathan from reaching any further into this human metropolis."

"Hey, look! We have some help coming!" Imperialdramon GM pointed ahead.

Suddenly coming into view first was Artemismon. Following behind her was Beelzebumon and Angedramon.

"It's Artemismon!" Athenamon VM was surprised to see her Amazon sister arriving.

"Not just her but I also see Beelzebumon and... that appears to be Felinismon's mega form!" Susanoomon noted the other two digimon following Artemismon. "Yes, this is exactly what we need!"

Artemismon noticed Athenamon VM and glided over toward her. "Queen Athenamon, I've come to offer my assistance!"

"That would be great but where is your new partner? That boy?"

"Phillipe? He's down with his friends as we speak. He'll be helping them and I'm sure he can handle the situation with his new powers at his disposal."

"I would suggest you go back to protect him but you're here and I'm glad you would help me, Artemismon," Athenamon VM smiled as she smiled to her sister.

Artemismon nodded. "Thank you, Queen Athenamon. I just hope Phillipe will be okay."

"Well, if we manage to hold off Leviathan, you can go back and help your Tamer."

"Ok, my queen."

Beelzebumon was immediately awestruck by the sheer, massive size of the behemoth known as Leviathan. If D-Reaper wasn't scary enough, the Leviathan was the ultimate manifestation of fear and terror.

"Holy geez!" Beelzebumon nearly wanted to freak out. "You've got to be kidding? It's A LOT bigger from up close!"

Angedramon scoffed. "And you've just noticed that, Beelzy?"

"I'm glad you three were able to come on such short notice. However, if we are to stand a chance, we will require more to assist us. I hope my fellow Royal Knights can get here soon!" Omegamon announced as he shifted his eyes toward Leviathan.

The great beast faced the digimons' direction and prepared to mount its next attack.

"Here it comes again, my friends! Brace yourselves!" Susanoomon howled as he warned the other mega digimon.

Leviathan opened its draconian mouth and let out a powerful gust of powerful winds. Its high-pitched screams pierced throughout the skylines as the digimon managed to withstand the strong winds.

"Everyone! On my command, attack!" Omegamon BM called out.

Dropping in from the skies were large hordes of Rajita forces coming from all over the globe.

The Victory Tamers prepared themselves for what maybe one of their most difficult battles. Kazu, Guardromon, Kenta, Marine Angemon, Phillipe, Jeri, Antiramon and Suzie stood their ground. Kotori looked up as she, Grani and Seadramon waited for the enemy to drop in closer.

"Here they come, guys!" Kenta pointed up while Marine Angemon mounted his Tamer's left shoulder.

Kazu cracked his knuckles. "Bring 'em on!"

Jeri closed her eyes and prepared to summon her telekinesis against the alien soldiers.

Guardromon aimed his rocket cannons upward. "Ready and willing to go!"

Antiramon stood in front of Suzie while providing as barrier to protect Henry's sister.

"Let's take out some Rajita trash!" Phillipe exclaimed as he blitzed ahead to attack Rajita soldiers landing.

Kotori raised her sword. "Now, you're talking my kind of game, Phillipe! Grani! Let's go!"

"I'm on it, Brunhilde!" Grani glided across to lead Kotori along for the ride.

Seadramon hissed as he followed the mystical horse. "Wait for me!"

Golden Rapidmon flew up as he fired missiles at three Foxzards flying out of a hovercraft. "Rapid Fire!" The three missiles he fired slammed against the three aliens as they exploded one by one.

Meanwhile, Flamedramon turned and fled from a massive horde of Draconian Guardians. He tried shooting out flames from his fists but they were quickly cancelled out by the aliens' barriers.

"Darn! These guys have stronger shields!" Flamedramon panicked.

Magnamon dropped down in front of the incoming Draconians. "No, you just aren't attacking them with enough force! Watch me as I demonstrate!" With that, the golden-armored Royal Knight charged as he punched each of the aliens' shields one by one while shattering them. "Magna Punch!" He then followed it up by expelling a large number of energy bullets from his body. "Magna Blast!" His attacks were enough to incinerate the aliens completely and leave nothing but piles of ashes.

"Wow! That was incredible!"

"I'll assist you if you want me to."

"That would be helpful! Thanks!"

Magnamon nodded to the Dra-Warrior. "Follow me then!"

As Flamedramon followed Magnamon, Amazoness Chain master and Blowpiper stood side by side as two Draconians prepared to slash them with their sabers. Chain master lunged forward and threw her chain across as it wrapped around one Draconian's neck. She tugged and pulled on the alien while twisting her chain around. Finally with one final twist, she snapped the alien's neck. Blowpiper charged across and flipped over the second Draconian's head. She turned and shot a poisonous dart at the enemy and waited as it quickly dropped dead.

"That takes care of that one."

"Nicely done, Blowpiper."

"It's not over yet," Blowpiper pointed to a group of Rajita soldiers charging down their path.

Twirling her weapon around, Chain master flashed a smirk. "Bring it on, oppressors!"

Dynasmon and Crusadermon took turns eliminating several Brutes. The duo turned as four Brutes came charging their path.

"You take two and I'll take two?" Dynasmon offered to his partner.

Crusadermon glided across to meet two of the Brutes head on. "I'd be delighted!" She quickly accelerated around the two massive Brutes while slicing them up with her yellow ribbons. "Spiral Masquerade!" The remains of the Brutes fell to the ground as Crusadermon finished.

As for the other two brutes, Dynasmon put his hands forward to reveal red gems inside his palms. He channels his power and released two streams out of the gems. "Dragon Thrower!" The two streamlined beams swallowed up the two Brutes as they aliens were reduced to piles of ashes.

"That'll take care of these fools!" Crusadermon laughed heartily.

Dynasmon looked up to where their strongest players were battling the Leviathan. "We might have to help Omegamon and the others against that behemoth. For now, we'll handle these smaller vermin."

"Yes, I understand."

Alphamon raised a sword created from pure energy and slashed a Brute in half vertically - from head all the way down to the toe. "Holy Sword Grade Alpha!"

"Justice Burst!" roared Justimon as he fired blue energy bursts through his right arm. He took out hordes of Foxzards dropping down from the sky.

"There's too many of them coming, Justimon!" Alphamon called out.

Justimon took a deep breath as he turned to find more hovercrafts flying across the city. "I know."

"And we still have that giant monster to stop. Omegamon is out there fighting it!"

"I know and we'll eventually help him out if need be."

The Royal Knight muttered under his breath. "Omegamon, I'll be on my way, my friend. May Granasmon grant us victory!"

D'Arcmon dropped down and skewered through a Foxzard with her sword. She quickly turned as Unfriendly Amazon, Archer, Paladin and Fighter covered for her.

From above, Seraphimon aided Cherubimon and Ophanimon by implementing attacks on the hovercrafts that flew over the city.

"Strike of the Seven Stars!"

"Eden's Javelin!"

"Lightning Spear!"

Several hovercrafts were sent plummeting to the ground below as the angels glided across to find anymore.

The Digi-Destined continued to watch the struggle between the two sides as the Digimon and the Duel Monsters were fending off the Rajita soldiers. TK, Kari and Willis watched with pride as their Celestial Angel digimon were tearing through the hovercrafts.

"Yeah! Go Ophanimon!" Kari expressed her support for her digimon.

TK called out to his partner. "Take out those pieces of trash, Seraphimon!"

"Way to go, Cherubimon and Gold Rapidmon!" Willis cheered on his two partner digimon.

As for Tai, Matt, Davis and Ken, the four watched their digimon taking part in the struggle against Leviathan. Omegamon BM and Imperialdramon GM were not faring well even with support from Susanoomon and the other mega digimon.

"Damn! I wish we knew what's happening over there!" Matt cursed as he watched flashes of light moving around Leviathan.

Tai peered through his mini telescope as Omegamon BM and Susanoomon came into view. "I see Omegamon and Susanoomon but not the others yet."

Davis snatched Tai's telescope and viewed through. "Let me see that! I need to know if Imperialdramon is ok!"

"Hey! Ask before you take my telescope, Davis!" he barked out.

"Do you see him, Davis?" Ken inquired.

"Yeah! Now I do!" Davis answered as he smiled. "Wow, look at them go!"

Matt crossed his arms as he anxiously tapped his left shoulder. He was already becoming tense over the situation at hand.

"Take it easy, Matt. These are OUR partners we're talking about here! They won't let us down!"

"I know Tai but this monster is a God! An alien God resurrected to destroy humanity and puts every enemy we've ever faced to shame. We're dealing with an engine of destruction."

"We will win, Matt! I just know we will!" TK assured his brother.

Kari nodded. "Right, this war is not over until we're unable to go!"

"And that won't be happening anytime soon," Willis stated.

Davis smiled as he handed the telescope back to Tai. "That's right! Our digimon are still willing to fight as long as we believe in them. Right, Tai?"

"Got that right. And I'll bet the Tamers of this world would say the same thing," the Child of Courage replied while putting his telescope inside his pant pocket. "This will be our war to win!"

Watching the battle continue to escalate against Leviathan, Ken pressed his hand against his chest and showed a serious yet determined expression. The war was not over until Leviathan and Ghidorah destroy every one opposing them.

Spinning straight up into mid-air, Galaxiadramon hopped on top of a hovercraft and immediately started to rip it open with his claws. The Bio-Vivians occupying it started blasting away at him with their plasma rifles.

"Hey! Watch it now!" Galaxiadramon shouted as the blasts blasted his body. "Ow! Ow!"

Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Armed Dragon and Luster Dragon looked up at the airborne digimon currently engaged in battle with Leviathan. Their bodies stiffened with fright at the sight of the Rajita's divine being.

"The Leviathan... My friends I never thought I'd see this personification of evil manifest itself again in the human world," Luster Dragon grimaced at the sight of the Rajita God.

Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon growled as he watched the digimon battling the Leviathan. "They're fools. Do they think they stand a chance against it? Leviathan is a God monster!"

"Not just any God monster. It's a bringer of death," Armed Dragon replied morbidly.

"Of course, they can win! Takuya and the others are up there!" Bokomon shouted out.

Suddenly, the three Duel Monster dragons stopped as they overheard the nagging voice yelling out from Armed Dragon. Luster Dragon caught Bokomon and Neemon sitting on the back of Armed Dragon.

"Don't look now Armed Dragon but you have some passengers on board."

Armed Dragon blinked as he started shaking his body as Bokomon and Neemon fell off his back. The two rookies dropped down as they scurried out in front of the dragon trio. They both got down on their hands and knees.

"Please, don't east me!" Neemon begged and quickly pointed to Bokomon. "Eat him though! He gave us away!"

"Oh, you no good traitor!" Bokomon snapped as he pulled out his book. "I'm about to bop you upside the head, you fool!"

Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon tilted his head to one side. "Eat you? Why would we eat you?"

"Because your big and mean-looking dragons! We're sorry for hitching a ride without your permission!" Neemon apologized as he bowed his head.

Armed Dragon raised his left brow and uttered a deep chuckle. "Oh, ho, ho! So, that's why I thought I heard some tiny voices. I thought it was me listening to voices in my head."

"You hear voices in your head?" Neemon was confused.

"No, he thought he was hearing voices," Bokomon groaned as he got up. "Look, we only hitched a ride on your back so we could look for some dear friends of ours. Luckily for us, we arrived in the human world."

Luster Dragon lowered his head and stared at the two little digimon. He sniffed Bokomon and then smelt Neemon.

"They don't even smell good anyway," Luster Dragon snorted.

Bokomon and Neemon quickly cowered together as they stared at Luster Dragon suspiciously.

"Oh, stop spouting more nonsense and trying to scare these two kids," Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon sighed and shifted his eyes on the two digimon. "You don't appear to be one of us. By one of us I mean... Duel Monsters."

"Well, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bokomon. I am a well-known Digimon Scholar and a successful writer of one famous book... which I have yet to give a title for." The scholar pointed over to his colleague. "And this is..."

"My name is Neemon! I'm Bokomon's assistant!"

"And an annoying one at that," Bokomon sighed.

"HEY!"

Just then, Galaxiadramon flew down as the hovercraft we tore up crashed into the ground. He swooped down beside Luster Dragon and noticed the two rookie digimon.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" Galaxiadramon stared at Neemon and Bokomon. "Hey, I remember seeing you two from the Shadow Tournament some time ago!"

"Oh! You must be one of the Dra-Warriors! Thank goodness!" Bokomon was relieved.

"What brings you two here? This isn't the perfect time to be sight seeing."

"We came here to find our friends, the Legendary Warriors. Though, it appears we have found them." As he said that, Neemon pointed toward the skies. "They've combined to form Susanoomon, didn't they?"

"I think so," Galaxiadramon replied.

"Then, let's hope that they bring down this monstrosity! Oh, Takuya, Kouji, Kouichi, Izumi, Junpei, Tomoki and you other four... Don't you dare lose! We're counting on you!" Neemon exclaimed as he made sure Susanoomon heard him.

Armed Dragon frowned. "For your friends' sakes, let's hope they do defeat Leviathan. If they don't, it will be the end of us all."

Elsewhere, the Makai demons were already going to work on numerous Brutes and Bio-Vivians emerging from out of the sewers. These were newly born Rajita after evolving out of their larvae forms. Though, these Rajita were unarmed and easy prey for the demons.

Chuu bashed two Bio-Vivians' heads together. Then, he proceeded to use his perform his Drunken Fist fighting style as he danced around several Brutes while bashing their heads together.

Ensnaring two Bio-Vivians with his Yo-Yos, Rinku sliced through the aliens like fresh meat.

Shishiwakamaru dropped down in front of two Bio-Vivians while skewering them in half cleanly. He quickly turned and chopped off a Brute's head off.

Creating a shard blade of ice, Touya used his Ice Sword to impale a Draconian Guardian through its heart. Several Bio-Vivians tried ambushing him but Touya did not give them the chance as he blew tiny balls of ice at the aliens. "Shards of Winter!" The ice balls turned into sharp ice shards as they cut the aliens into shreds.

"Tornado Fist!" Jin roared as he blew away two Brutes with miniature twisters.

"Rainbow Cyclone!" Suzuka shouted as he fired rainbow-hued - sending beams of a variety of colors - blast of harmonics at three Bio-Vivians.

Finally, the Victory Tamers found themselves engaged in battle with the invading Rajita forces. Phillipe zipped around a group of armed Bio-Vivians as he accelerated his speed and delivered rapid punches at the aliens. The blows were fast and strong enough to knock them off their feet.

Kazu picked up a slab of concrete and tossed it at a Draconian Guardian. The alien managed to catch it but then Guardromon stepped behind the alien.

"Over here. Now, give me a big smile!" Guardromon whistled over to the alien soldier.

As the alien turned, Guardromon blasted him in the face with two missiles.

"Guardian Barrage!"

Falling onto his back, the Draconian hissed as the concrete fell on top of his body and crushed him under.

"We did it, Kazu!"

Kazu flashed a grin. "Oh yeah! But, there's more trash to be taken out!"

Jeri stepped in front of two brutes as she immediately shut down their minds while implementing her telekinesis ability. She did not even need to fight as her special mental power was her primary weapon.

Antiramon backed away as five Brutes blasted her their plasma rifles. Seadramon quickly intervened and swatted one of them off their feet.

"Back off!" hissed the sea serpent digimon.

"Thanks," Antiramon nodded to Seadramon.

"No problem!"

Meanwhile, in mid-air flight, Kotori and Grani waited for more hovercrafts to arrive. She looked down and noticed a group of trio of armored warriors fighting off a horde of Rajita soldiers.

"Hmmm, I wonder what's going on over there?" Kotori wondered as her eyes shifted forward.

Charging forward, Atem stabbed a Bio-Vivian through its heart with his sword and kicked it off his sword. He pivoted to his left and chopped a Draconian's arms off.

"Joey! Kaiba! Are you two all right?"

Joey flashed a grin as he stood over a dead Bio-Vivian. "Piece of cake, Yug!"

Kaiba snorted as he turned and slashed open a Foxzard's chest. Green blood spilled out from the deep wound as the alien dropped to the floor and started gagging. Raising his sword, Kaiba delivered the killing blow and stabbed the alien's heart.

Meanwhile, Serenity, Mokuba and Lyn stood together as their Kas - respectively the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, the Paladin of White Dragon and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. The monsters started wiping out the remaining Rajita soldiers weakened from the wounds they received from the Dragon Knights.

On the other side, Tea, Tristan and Duke watched their Kas - respectively the Dark Magician Girl, Gaia the Fierce Knight, Orgoth the Relentless - providing as back up for the other three Kas.

"Look at our Kas go," Mokuba commented.

Lyn nodded. "Serenity, how is your Ka holding?"

"It's doing well. I'm really proud to have the Red-Eyes Black Dragon as my Ka. It shows my deep appreciation for my brother."

Smiling, Lyn was glad to hear this from Joey's sister. "That's good. All right, time to wipe out the rest of the disposable trash!"

The remaining Bio-Vivians started turning away while attempting to retreat. Atem, Joey and Seto blocked their path while skewering through the weakened alien soldiers.

"That should take care of them," Atem panted while holding his sword.

"Oh my gosh! Is that really you, guys? Yugi? Joey?" Kazu's voice called out from the distance.

As the Duelists shifted behind them, they spotted the Victory Tamers gathered together. Two sides had finally met once again.

"It's... Takato's little friends!" Tea noticed the group.

Duke called out to the Victory Tamers. "Hey, I didn't think we'd find you kids here!"

Atem approached Kazu and shook his hand. "We're relieved to know you kids are safe."

"Hey, I didn't think we'd find you here until Kotori noticed you and pointed us to your direction," Jeri said.

"Kotori...?" Joey blinked.

Kotori hopped off Grani and landed beside Phillipe. "That's not important. We're asking you to help us against these aliens. I think that would work well for both of our teams. What do you say?"

Phillipe smiled. "It would be a great idea."

"And it is. You can count on us," Atem replied until he noticed the main Tamers absent. "By the way, where are Takato, Rika, Henry and that Himura boy?"

Kazu answered. "They went to the big boss' ship to confront the Rajita's head guy himself."

"What? Are you serious?" Joey was shocked to hear this.

"It's true. They went there to help the Sailor Senshi," answered Kenta.

Atem grimaced as he feared for the Beast Tamers and their colleagues aboard Ghidorah's mother ship.

Yugi projected his response through the pharaoh's thoughts. They went to confront Kaiser Ghidorah? Now? Atem, are they insane?

Yugi, I do not know but they had better not let their guards down! They are probably the most important players we have. I believe that Ghidorah and Ghidorah are connected. If my hunch is correct, if either one of those two dies, the other should perish. Atem thought as his eyes trailed off to the side.

Atem, I hope so. For their sake. For everyone's sake. We cannot afford to lose period!

"All right, shall we get going? We don't have time to lose," Phillipe said to his the Victory Tamers.

"Let's go," Atem replied.

"DEATH SLINGER!" Beelzebumon roared as he fired a powerful blast through his cannon. It shot streamlined at the side of Leviathan's face and exploded on impact. "YEAH! How do ya like be on the end of the whipping stick, ya skin for boots!"

Raising her staff overhead, Angedramon fired a powerful beam of light at Leviathan. "Holy Apocalypse!" The holy beam spiraled across and shot Leviathan in his left eye. The beam caused the giant serpent to hiss out angrily. "Shoot! What's it going to take to stop this thing?"

Suddenly, Angedramon paused shortly as BlackWarGreymon spoke to her telepathically - since his memories were now one with hers after she and Shadow Metalgarurumon fused to become Shadow Omegamon to upload the dark mega's data.

Not looking so good are we, Felinismon?

What does it look like?

Don't get snappy with me. You just aren't trying hard enough.

We'll see! This war isn't finished yet, BlackWarGreymon.

Omegamon BM and Imperialdramon GM prepared to launch their respective attacks together.

"Imperialdramon, we will have to try attacking simultaneously. If we try combining our attacks, we should at least inflict damage on the Leviathan!" Omegamon roared as he suggested to the Dra-Warrior leader.

Nodding his head, Imperialdramon GM shifting his eyes toward the giant serpent. "It never hurts to try."

Susanoomon clenched his fists as he faced Imperialdramon GM and Omegamon BM. "I just hope it'll be enough though. I'd say it's going to take more to even stop this giant snake!"

Athenamon VM eyed the Leviathan from afar. "Susanoomon is right. After all, it will be you that finishes the snake off, Susanoomon."

"Yeah, you leave the finishing blow with me!" the unified legendary warriors proclaimed while pointing directly toward Leviathan.

"That's if we even get the chance!" Artemismon said as she flew beside Athenamon VM.

"Ok, Imperialdramon! Let's go for it!" Omegamon BM called out as he flew up. He pointed his Metal Garurumon cannon directly at Leviathan's head.

Imperialdramon GM levitated down beside Omegamon BM and activated the mystical power of the golden ring - encompassing his right arm. The mega digimon charged up the ring as a golden orb was forming.

Once again, Leviathan pivoted its head the other way and caught the two mega digimon preparing to implement their attacks at once. It growled and started to advance toward the digimon opposition. As it opened its mouth to release another burst of flames, Athenamon VM, Artemismon, Angedramon, Beelzebumon and Susanoomon quickly intervened to prevent the serpent from advancing forward.

"You're not going anywhere, ya freak!" Beelzebumon exclaimed. "No one tries to use me like their puppet!"

Susanoomon snarled as he delivered a punch across Leviathan, which caught the behemoth off guard. "Don't you think of getting any closer! This is where you stop!"

"Nice one, Susanoomon!" Angedramon shouted excitedly.

Nodding his head, Imperialdramon focused his attack. "Don't let him pass through!"

"Susanoomon! Make sure to hold him! We have our attacks just about ready!" Omegamon BM exclaimed.

As he held Leviathan back, Susanoomon repeatedly punched Leviathan's face and forced him back. Angedramon, Beelzebumon, Athenamon VM and Artemismon provided the assistance to the unified legendary warrior.

"Leviathan! No matter what it takes! We're NOT going to let you through! This is where it ends for you!" Susanoomon declared as he continued to hammer away at Leviathan with more punches. Each blow registered and was starting to take effect on the behemoth. However, it also only started to anger the serpent behemoth.

"Now, Imperialdramon!" Omegamon roared out as he fired a massive burst of light out of his Metal Garurumon cannon. "MEGA BUSTER CANNON!"

"NOVA CRUSHER!" Imperialdramon GM shouted as the dragon mouth opened on his chest and launched a ball of solar energy.

As the two attacks merged, it expanded out into a massive wave of explosive light. Susanoomon and the other airborne digimon swiftly moved away as Leviathan was caught within the explosive light.

BA-BOOM!

A loud explosion rang out throughout the skyline as Leviathan screeched and became engulfed by the powerful combined blast.

Omegamon BM and Imperialdramon GM shielded their eyes from the shimmering light spreading out and covering areas in the sky. Everyone else watched in anticipation as they wondered how much this combined attack effected the Leviathan. Did Omegamon BM and Imperialdramon GM finally manage to inflict damage on the behemoth?

That question would soon be answered.

The smoke cloud started to clear as the Leviathan's gigantic form was viewed through the smoke.

"Did we get him?" Imperialdramon wondered until he sensed Leviathan's presence and was taken back. "No..."

"What? It can't be!" Omegamon BM exclaimed as he cursed under his breath. What's it going to take to put this monster down? Perhaps it is all up to Susanoomon. That or what other solution could there be to destroy this monster?

Inside Rajita Mother ship/Main Throne Room/Top Level/7:45 PM

Meanwhile, another important battle was still underway.

"...Hey, jack ass! Over here!" Yusuke shouted directly toward Ghidorah. The lead Detective vanished before the warlord's eyes and reappeared above the monster's head. Yusuke extended his left arm out as he aimed to crush Ghidorah's cranium with his balled-up fists. "Trying dodging this!"

"Humph," Ghidorah muttered as he stopped Yusuke and erected a barrier that knocked the lead Spirit Detective back.

"Urameshi! Hold on! I've got him!" Kuwabara exclaimed as he summoned his Dimension Sword. "Yes! Just what I need!"

Ghidorah shifted his eyes to Kuwabara and watched as the teen charged at him. "A little man wielding a man's weapon?"

"You know nothing about being a MAN if you have two ladies locked up! You disgust me!" Kuwabara spat out as he slashed across with his spirit-based weapon.

The Rajita warlord pivoted forward as a golden streak of light came shooting at his direction. He quickly sidestepped the incoming attack and turned as it cut through one section of his room. Then, he noticed as Kuwabara attempted to try again.

What kind of weapon is that? A puny boy wielding a powerful tool like this? Well, well, quite unexpected.

Ghidorah disappeared from Kuwabara's vantage point.

The teen blinked for a second as he was knocked twenty feet across the room.

The reason: Ghidorah had shot an elbow into Kuwabara's gut and sent the teen flying back.

Kuwabara's back hit the face of a wall as he dropped to the floor and groaned in excruciating pain. In fact, he was in pain from head to toe. One blow from Ghidorah was enough to cripple one Spirit Detective.

"Annoyance. That was only a fraction of my power and he goes down like the pitiful vermin he is," Ghidorah scoffed as he shifted his attention to Kurama, Hiei, Mizuno, Brimstone, the B-Tamers and the digimon.

Gallantmon kneeled down beside Suzakato and whispered in his ear. "Takato, should I go for it?"

"The problem is if this guy will even give you the chance. His speed and strength is unlike anything I've seen before! He'll grind you to the dirt if you even notices you're trying to become Shining Mode."

Seirika scowled while holding her trident. "He's such a cheap shot. I doubt he'd give Gallantmon the chance to show his goods!"

Himakko panted as he unveiled his claws. "I... I don't know how much longer we can stay alive. He's just playing with us."

"And then he's going to get rid of us soon," Henbu grimaced.

Mega Gargomon tried picking himself up and nearly collapsed to his knees. "No kidding, Henry. This guy is WAY too freaking strong! And here I was planning to retire after that whole Pharaohmon business."

"Hey! You kids better not consider surrendering! Besides, we're still here and the Senshi still need some time to gather up all of that power they need from those animal spirits," Mizuno said as she stood her ground.

Kurama checked on Hiei's condition. "How is it coming along?"

"Just... a little more and this fool will know the true meaning of hell," Hiei stared down Ghidorah. "Yes... my strongest Dark Dragon ever..."

Brimstone stared at Hiei while sensing the dark demonic flames emitting from the warrior. He thought while turning toward Mizuno. Incredible power I am sensing from Hiei, but will it be a difference maker?

"Aren't they done yet?" Youkai Inumon wondered as he looked up at the Sailor Senshi floating above them in a circle. "We definitely are going to need a hand here!"

Sakuyamon - now transformed in her Priestess Mode - stepped beside the humanoid canine digimon. "Be patient, Youkai Inumon. They will be done. In fact..."

Just then, the Sailor Senshi had finished fusing with their beast spirits. One by one each of the Senshi opening their glowing eyes. Tuxedo Kamen and the Starlights witnessed this from the corner of the room. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn and Sedna each descended from the ceiling as their armor was basked in bright auras.

Mercury sported blue aura with a ghostly image of a sea dragon roaring behind her.

Princess Mercury, let us achieve victory.

Yes!

Mars sported a red aura with a fiery burst of flames blazing behind her. The image of the phoenix loomed over her protectively and screeched angrily.

Let us chastise this monster, Princess Mars.

Lend me your strength!

Jupiter was covered with an electrified aura and claws -made out of her own electric power - extending through her fingers. An image of a cheetah floated above her head.

Princess Jupiter! Time to punish this menace!

I won't let this guy defeat us!

Venus struck a battle pose as a burst of orange light surrounded her entire body. The ghostly image of a unicorn floated above the blonde-haired warrior.

Let's kick this guy off this planet, Princess Venus!

You and I think alike! Time to show this guy who he's dealing with!

Uranus closed her fists as a yellow aura coated her body. A griffin appeared over her head and let out an ear-piercing angry screech.

Princess Uranus, ready to fight?

Let's do it.

Neptune struck her own battle posed while a turquoise aura and pillar of water loomed over her. Emerging from the water was the spirit of the sea horse.

Time for us to carry out our duties and save our loved ones, Princess Neptune.

Yes! Lend me your power!

Pluto held her Keyblade staff while a column of green light shone down on her. Mist gathered from out of the column of light, floated over Pluto and assumed the form of a gray wolf.

Time Guardian, I'm ready whenever you are.

For the future. For Small Lady. For Okami. Ghidorah will be brought down!

Saturn twirled her scythe overhead as a purple and pink aura shaped around her. Floating over her was a skeleton horse as it protected the girl.

Princess Saturn.

Let us silence this demon for good.

Sedna sported a light blue aura as she held her trident in hand. Appearing over her head was her polar bear guardian.

It's time to prove why you are worthy to be one of the Sailor Senshi, Princess Sedna!

Let's do it!

Suzakato twirled around as he watched the nine Senshi standing together. "All right! Now they're ready!"

Watching from the sidelines, Tuxedo Kamen smiled as he placed his hopes on the Valkyrie Sailor Senshi. Good luck, girls.

Star Fighter, too, smiled as she placed a hand over her chest with Star Maker and Star Healer by her sides. We'll be here when you need us, girls. Princess Serenity and Kakyuu will finally be free now!

Hiei shot a glance toward the Senshi (specifically to Mars). He grit his teeth and snarled. Think you can outdo me, woman? You haven't seen anything yet! Just a little more...

Kurama sensed the power emanating from the Senshi and closed his fists. The impulse of their powers is incredible. Fusing with their spirit beasts has boosted their strength and abilities greatly. Though, how they measure up to Ghidorah remains to be seen. "Mizuno. Brimstone. We'll give them help when they need it but let us fight smart."

"Got it," Mizuno nodded.

Brimstone snarled as a burst of flames surrounded him. "I like the way you think, Kurama. Use our heads."

The red-haired half demon glanced over to Yusuke and Kuwabara. With Ghidorah distracted on the Senshi, Kurama raced over toward his two friends. He kneeled beside Yusuke first. "Are you going to be okay, Yusuke?"

"...Yeah... though I'm going to need a lot of... rest after this whole fight is over..." Yusuke nearly collapsed and coughed.

"Yusuke!"

"...That big son of a bitch packs... one hell of a punch..."

"Got that right... Urameshi..." Kuwabara muttered.

"...Hey, Kurama... They'll need your help... Don't worry about us..."

Kurama frowned. "Are you sure? Will you two be okay?"

"Hey, like I said... get over there and support them... We'll ask one of the kids to heal us..." Yusuke tried to put on a grin but couldn't bear the pain. "Yui's friend... You know... The little sister of Sailor Mars..."

"Cammy? Yes, I see," Kurama nodded while glancing over toward the children. "Considering she was the Digital Priestess. Perhaps..." He rubbed his chin and put Yusuke's arm over the back of his neck. "I'll take you over to them. It's better I do so. Kuwabara, stay there until we get back."

"Yeah... Get Urameshi healed first..."

"Hurry, Kurama... Before big and ugly notices us..."

"Yes since he's distracted on the Senshi for now. Hold onto me, Yusuke," the red-haired teen gracefully dashed across while carrying Yusuke along. Hopefully he won't notice us. I've got to be quick!

Meanwhile, Ghidorah was solely distracted by the united Sailor Senshi. He was intrigued by the glowing auras surrounding them and their sheer determination to challenge him. He would now prepare to fight Princess Serenity's entire Sailor team.

"Yes, this is exactly what I was hoping for," Ghidorah grinned while staring down each of the nine armored females. They never took their eyes off him for a second. Not once did they move. He could sense not fear but resoluteness. "Princess Serenity's soldiers ready to lay down their lives to fight for justice. What is justice to you?'

No response from the women.

Ghidorah once again chuckled and slowly advanced toward the Senshi. "Justice means nothing to me. Your valor is nothing more than a farce to hide your fear of me. Even as powerful as you've each become, you still do not have what it takes to end my existence! All of you united CANNOT WIN! Why do you continue to persist and challenge me? You will fail just like the last time we've crossed paths. What are you exactly fighting for?" He waited for a response. "For what?" Pointing directly to the capsule with Usagi incased, Ghidorah frowned. "For this disposable piece of garbage? Without her crystal, she's nothing. She no longer has the power to destroy me or my empire. You do not have what it takes to save her! A soulless shell should mean absolutely NOTHING to you! So, why don't you just give up? You'd be smart and spare yourselves the agony of the pain you are about to receive."

Jupiter was the first to speak amongst her peers while cracking a smirk. "Give up? Not in your lifetime."

"What?"

Venus placed a heeled boot down and snarled. "You want us to give up? Look how far we've come to get here! You've gone completely psycho if you think we're giving up!"

Mars defied the Rajita warlord and pointed toward him. "Ghidorah, never underestimate us. It'll be a costly mistake for you."

"Is that so?" the warlord sneered as his eyes started to turn green.

"Why don't you try us?" Mercury called out as she stepped forward.

"I gave you a chance to escape. I gave you one final chance to spare yourselves the torture but you ungrateful whores have brought this upon yourselves. I will serve as your executioner," Ghidorah firmly stated as he flew out at the Senshi and fired two eye beams forward. "PREPARE TO JOIN PRINCESS SERENITY IN THE AFTER LIFE, SAILOR SENSHI!"

The Senshi spread out all over the room as Ghidorah blasted away the large monitor screen with his beams. He pivoted his direction toward the ceiling as the Senshi hovered over him. The villain licked his lips and flew up in pursuit of them. The Senshi quickly flew through a hole in the ceiling and went straight out into the outside.

Ghidorah stopped in mid-air as he faced the Valkyrie Sailor Senshi, who immediately surrounded the warlord in a circle.

"Wow! This is going to get good!" Mega Gargomon exclaimed excitedly.

Shadow Metalgarurumon did not comment as helped Sakuyamon to hold Youkai Inumon up. The trio glared at what may be an intense battle coming up.

Suzakato watched Sailor Mars and smiled with new hope. "Yeah! There's nothing that's going to stop them! The Senshi just might have a chance!"

"I hope you're right, goggle head," Seirika did not take her eyes off the showdown.

Meanwhile, Kurama kneeled near the spot where the children were sealed inside Cammy's barrier. Yui called out to the young man she considers her 'second bib brother' and pounded her fists against the barrier.

"Yusuke!" Yui shouted while repeatedly pounding her fists against the barrier. "Cammy, lower the barrier! Yusuke's seriously needs help! You can heal him!"

Cammy slowly nodded. "Right... Hold on."

As the young Hino sister slowly powered down her barrier, Yui passed through the wall and hurried over the Yusuke. She took his left hand and placed her right hand on his chest. Kurama turned as Cammy and the children advanced toward them.

"You kids are safe. I'm glad to see that," Kurama smiled with relief.

Yui shifted her eyes to Cammy. "Yusuke looks like he might have internal injuries. Let's get him healed."

"Don't forget about Kuwabara."

"Right. Just as Kurama said," Yui nodded.

Cammy stood over Yusuke's prone form and put her hands a four feet over Yusuke's chest. She closed her eyes as a white aura glowed under her palms. Slowly but surely she activated her priestess power to heal the teen's internal injuries and uttered an ancient Shinto chant to herself.

"Please, hurry, Cammy-chan," Yui clasped her hands and prayed.

Sam and Max stared over Yusuke's body while Aoshi stood beside Yui.

"Don't push yourself, Cammy," Kurama whispered as he watched Rei's sister demonstrate her healing ability.

"Kurama? Why don't you heal Kuwabara?" asked Yui.

"I could but the others will need me to provide support. Cammy, I leave the rest to you. Please, do not strain yourself but get these two completely healed."

"Leave it to me, Kurama," Cammy replied.

With that, Kurama got up and hurried over to where Hiei awaited him. He stopped and looked up through the hole in the ceiling. Mizuno, Brimstone and Hiei also watched the battle preparing to commence.

"Have I missed anything?" Kurama inquired.

"They're about to start," Hiei said.

As Ghidorah looked around, streaks of light flew across and passed around him. These streaks of light were the Valkyrie Sailor Senshi demonstrating their display of unbelievable speed.

"How amusing. You call that speed?" the warlord chuckled as he eyed the streaks of light.

He immediately rocketed upward into the sky as he passed by the tallest building in Tokyo and stopped below the stratosphere level. As he stopped, Ghidorah looked down as the streaks of light followed him up. The Senshi assumed their normal forms once again as they prepared to mount their attack.

Sailor Uranus shot forward as she pulled out her Space Sword. Raising her hands above her head, she collected an orb of yellow light and threw out across. "Space Turbulence!" The orb immediately exploded and grided out into a wide pattern - similar to a dry cracked earth. Then, a massive collection of blasts rained down on Ghidorah.

Ghidorah shot forward as he batted away the blasts.

Sailor Neptune quickly intervened as she pointed her Deep Aqua Mirror at Ghidorah - who was in pursuit of Uranus. A silvery light shimmered from the mirror and rained out from the reflective surface. "Submarine Reflection!" She concentrated her attack straight for Ghidorah without taking her eyes off her intended target.

Noticing the shimmering beam heading straight for him, Ghidorah pivoted his head and fired two beams in retaliation. The concentrated beams cancelled out Neptune's attack.

"No! Uranus!" Neptune flew forward to aid her lover.

"Damn! He's too fast!" Uranus grimaced as she glided up to avoid Ghidorah.

Sailor Jupiter blitzed toward then predicament as she provided herself as a shield for Uranus. "Don't forget I'm here, Uranus. I'm the fastest one of the team."

"Jupiter..."

"All right, asshole. Come and get me!" Jupiter snarled as she raised her arms. The clouds above her and surrounding the area started to collect - and darken. Jupiter shot open her eyes as they turned white. Once throwing her arms down, a massive bolt of lightning down at Ghidorah. "Thunder and Lightning Shower Down!" She waited as the lightning bolt struck Ghidorah and managed to halt him in the process.

"You got him...?" Uranus exclaimed.

"It just slowed him down. He'll recover. I'm just holding back until the others get their attacks ready."

"I see. That's a good call on your part."

"Don't mention it, Uranus," Jupiter shifted her eyes on Ghidorah. The warlord shot forward to grab her. "AGAIN!" With that, another bolt of lightning shot down and again halted Ghidorah's advancement. Much to her surprise, the second bolt did not even inflict any damage to the warlord. Damn! This son of a bitch can take two of my bolts! Even fused with my spirit beast, I can manage to generate about 500 millions of voltage! Just what the hell is this freak made of?

Neptune quickly flew beside Uranus and pulled her aside.

"Were you trying to get my attention? Or, perhaps you were trying to amuse me?" Ghidorah scoffed in annoyance while staring at Jupiter. "Your lightning cannot even manage to inflict damage to my beautiful skin."

The brunette scowled and spat. "You're full of it."

Sailor Mercury and Sailor Pluto were the next to attack as they down away from Ghidorah's opposite sides.

Falling down near Sailor Mercury was a drop of water as a puddle formed under the airborne warrior's feet. Mercury danced and spun around gathering the water drops surrounding her body. These drops change into snow as the air around her became freezing cold. Raising her arms above her head, she swung them down and tosses the frozen water into a powerful wave at her target - Ghidorah. "Shine Snow Illusion!" The cold wave quickly washed over Ghidorah's flying form and froze the monster inside solid ice.

"All right! You got him, Mercury!" Jupiter exclaimed as she waved to her colleague.

Pluto quickly seized this opportunity and mounted her attack. This is it! He's frozen solid!

Holding her Keyblade up, the garnet orb fell into her hands as Pluto released a powerful typhoon of energy at her frozen target. "Chronos Typhoon!" The burst of energy shot across but before it could hit its target...

Ghidorah shattered his ice prison by releasing a massive green aura. He quickly turned as Pluto's attack came at his direction and vanished away.

Pluto gasped in horror as she scanned for the villain's whereabouts.

"Pluto! Behind you!" Uranus and Neptune shouted at her direction.

As the Time Guardian turned, Ghidorah came face to face with the elder Senshi. An evil grin crossed the warlord's lips.

"Boo."

Ghidorah reached out to grab Pluto until...

"Silence Wall!"

A protective black dome formed over Sailor Pluto and the one who summoned the barrier - Sailor Saturn herself. Ghidorah bounced off the barrier as Saturn halted his killing blow.

"You little worm," he grunted.

Saturn expressed a serious battle stare as she focused on keeping her barrier up.

"Saturn, thank you."

"Stay behind my Silence Wall. No matter how powerful he maybe he can never break through it."

Ghidorah grinned as he put his hands in front of the wall. "Oh, is that so? How about I demonstrate?" As he made his proclamation, the Rajita warlord unleashed a series of blasts against the wall. "Nothing is ever unbreakable, dear!"

"Saturn! Don't drop your defenses!" Pluto shouted.

"I know!" Saturn continued focusing on her defensive shield.

"C'mon! Break!" Ghidorah snarled angrily as he continued blasting at the Silence Wall. Why isn't it breaking?

Launching herself straight for Ghidorah, Sailor Venus seized the opportunity and went to attack Ghidorah with his attention on the two Outers. "Showtime!" Venus pointed her fingers forward and fired numerous crescent beam shots in a machine-gun like pattern. "Venus Random Crescent Beam Shots!"

Ghidorah turned as he was blasted by Venus' series of beams. They bounced right off Ghidorah's body as he flew straight through the barrage.

"Shit!" Venus cursed as she teleported from Ghidorah's reach.

As the warlord turned, Sailor Venus was five meters from where he was. Ghidorah responded by firing his eye beams to disintegrate the blonde-haired warrior.

"DIE!" he hissed.

As Venus prepared to teleport, a barrier of ice formed in front of Venus and prevented the beams from hitting her. The wall of ice shattered as Ghidorah's beams dissipated.

"What the...?" Sailor Venus blinked as she pivoted her head up to find Sailor Sedna levitating above her. "Thanks, Sedna!"

Winking to the veteran, the rookie dropped down to attack Ghidorah. I can't use that attack I used on that giant earlier. It would have definitely been a difference maker for this battle. "Ghidorah! In the name of Sedna, I will save my princess!"

Ghidorah cracked a smile as he flew up to meet the rookie head on. Putting his hands out, he launched several repeated green blasts. Sailor Sedna twirled her ice trident to deflect the blasts. Ghidorah lashed out his tail and swatted away the blasts.

Holding her trident over her head, the clouds darkened and the area around Sedna became colder - similar to an Arctic wind. A cold breeze blew down on Ghidorah. "Sedna Arctic Wind Breeze!" The girl's eyes turned snow white as the cold breeze did not effect her.

Pivoting to one side, Ghidorah avoided the arctic breeze and went straight for Sedna.

"No!"

As he reached for Sedna, a wall of flames formed in between Sedna and Ghidorah. The alien warlord stopped as the flames smothered him. Ghidorah expanded a green barrier around his body to extinguish the flames.

"Mind if I cut in?"

Ghidorah twirled around as he came into eye contact with Sailor Mars. He grit his teeth and pointed at her direction. "You!"

"That's right. Don't you just love me?" she smirked. Raising her right hand forward, she summoned a long segmented burst of flames as it assumed the form of a viper snake. "Mars Snake Fire!" The snake opened his mouth as it prepared to swallow Ghidorah whole.

The warlord flew straight through Mars' flaming snake and aimed to attack her head on.

"What the hell?"

"A nice attempt, Princess Mars. But, your attacks are futile!"

The Miko chuckled as she cupped her hands together to summon a massive burst of explosive flames. These ensuing flames shaped into the form of a large bird of prey. A pair of red eyes flashed and it let out a loud cry.

"What's this?" Ghidorah was taken back by Mars' summoned bird.

Mars' eyes glowed with intense fire-based colors - red, yellow, orange and white. "Mars Celestial Phoenix!" The phoenix flew forward as it completely overlapped Kaiser Ghidorah. The dark-haired warrior narrowed her eyes and focused on smothering the creature whole. "I'll make sure to burn you until there's nothing left! So, enjoy being nothing but dust for an ash tray."

Roaring at the top of his lungs, Ghidorah threw his head back and let out a deep bellow. He threw his arms out and expanded a barrier to cancel out Mars' flames. The flaming phoenix attempted to tear through Ghidorah's barrier.

"C'mon! C'mon!" the Miko glided over to where her phoenix tried breaking Ghidorah's barrier. She quickly ignited her fists with flames and rapidly punched the wall. "Why don't you bring down that damn barrier?"

"Why? You'll ruin my good looks, young lady," Ghidorah calmly smirked as the burst marks on his body receded away.

Mars gasped in shock. "The burnt marks on you are gone?"

"How observant. The cells in my body repairs all damage and injury inflicted on me. Guess you didn't know that?"

"Mars! Need a hand?" Sailor Jupiter blitzed forward and shot another bolt of lightning at the surface of the wall.

The other Sailor Senshi gathered to help bring down Ghidorah's barrier. Surveying his surroundings, the Rajita leader watched as Princess Serenity's soldiers attacked his wall from all corners. Nothing seemed strong enough to pierce through his barrier.

"Try all you want, ladies. Nothing and I mean nothing can shatter my barrier!" He busted out in deep laughter that is until...

A streak of light passed through the barrier and immediately caught Ghidorah's attention. He stared out to find Sailor Saturn with her scythe in hand. The Outer glared at the warlord shortly as a tiny smirk formed on her lips.

In an instant, the barrier shattered and Ghidorah was exposed for the Sailor Senshi.

"Curse you!" Ghidorah snarled at Saturn's direction.

"NOW!" Mars called out as she led her fellow Senshi to attack simultaneously.

Witnessing the war escalate, the Detectives, the Beast Tamers and the digimon were awestruck by the display of power and abilities the Sailor Senshi demonstrated in their clash with Kaiser Ghidorah. Even Suzakato felt he was completely out of their league.

"They're actually taking it to that guy!" Gallantmon exclaimed.

Mizuno smiled. "What do you say, Brimstone? How about we give them a hand?"

"They seem to have everything under control, Mizuno."

"Yeah, good point. They're kicking some ass out there!"

Kurama, on the other hand, observed the situation from a different view. "No. The longer this drags out, Ghidorah will still completely overwhelm them. I hate to say it but their momentum won't last."

"Agreed," Hiei nodded as he was close to collecting enough flames for his Dark Dragon. Almost there!

Already healed from Cammy's mystic power, Yusuke and Kuwabara were back on their feet. Their injuries - external and internal - were healed and their spirit energy re-filled. Cammy dropped to her knees from out of exhaustion.

"Cammy-chan, are you going to be okay?" Yui kneeled beside her friend.

"Yeah... just out of breath from exhausting my energy."

"You did great, kid. We owe it to ya!" Kuwabara smiled to Rei's sister.

Yusuke flexed his right arm and stretched. "I'm all fixed up! All right, Kuwabara, let's go and pay that guy back! Ghidorah's in for a well deserved ass kicking."

"Yusuke, you've just been healed! You can't..." Yui tried to intervene.

"Sorry, kiddo but I've got to go help the Senshi."

Sam approached Yusuke and shook his hand. "You leave the girls with us, Yusuke. Show that guy why you and Kuwabara were Dark Tournament winners!"

Max replied. "Yeah! Just leave the girls to us, Yusuke! As men, that's our sworn duty!"

Kuwabara smiled upon hearing this from Max. "That's my kind of kid. I know you won't let us down!"

"Let's go, Kuwabara."

"Right!"

With that, as the children stood by, Yusuke and Kuwabara dashed toward their colleagues. Kurama faced their direction as he expressed a sigh of relief for the recovery of the two human detectives.

"Yusuke. Kuwabara. Thank goodness you two recovered," Kurama smiled at his two comrades.

Kuwabara suddenly looked up and sensed the intense level of spirit power demonstrated by the Valkyrie Sailor Senshi. "WOW! Those girls have some intense spirit energy!"

"Yes, they are looking great at this moment but in the long run..." the red-haired half demon closed his eyes and looked away. "...I don't like their chances."

Yusuke blinked. "What...? You can't be serious?"

Mizuno kept her eyes on the battle with the Sailor Senshi and Ghidorah. "Great to see you two back on your feet but you sure missed out on some intense stuff! Those girls fought like I've never seen them fight before!"

"Geez, Kurama. I hope you're wrong about them. They have to win. They're giving it their all to save their royal princesses and they still need to release all of those lost souls!" Kuwabara had hope for the Sailor Senshi. "I'm not about to lose faith in them! Right, Urameshi?"

Yusuke gulped and slowly nodded his head. "Yeah..."

"Go, Sailor Senshi! You can do it!" Suzakato expressed his support for Mars and her colleagues.

Gallantmon watched the streaks of light streamlining across the skies as they encircled Ghidorah. The explosive collisions erupted as sonic boom effects were heard from outside.

"Geez, I can't even keep up with them anymore!" Mega Gargomon looked back and forth as his eyes started to spin.

Shadow Metalgarurumon prodded Youkai Inumon. "Hey, what do you think?"

"I can barely keep up with them. How about you, Sakuyamon?"

Sakuyamon PM remained silent as she witnessed the battle becoming ever more intense every last second.

"Takato, when do you think I should evolve into Shining Mode?"

"Not yet, Gallantmon. Let's just hope the Senshi can manage to take him down. I'm not about to lose faith in them!"

"Well said, Takato," Himakko replied as he stopped for a moment to notice Yui and the children from the corner. "Why is their barrier broken?" Shouldn't they be behind a shield?

Sailor Jupiter roared as she punched Ghidorah in the gut with excessive force. The warlord took the full force of Jupiter's punch and cocked a grin. He quickly threw out his right hand to grab her but the speedy Senshi blitzed from out of his reach and flew up.

"AERO SPIRAL BLADES!" Uranus' voice echoed out from behind Ghidorah.

As the warlord turned, he was caught within a large tornado and was quickly on the receiving end of blade shards piercing throughout his body. Ghidorah shot out through the tornado as he activated a glowing aura while removing the shards on a whim.

Neptune turned into a tidal wave as she washed over Ghidorah from above. "ELEMENTAL TIDAL WAVE!"

Shooting out his eye beams, he used them to blast the wave of water and turn it back into Sailor Neptune. He backhanded the Valkyrie Senshi and sent her flying back.

Venus cupped her hands together as shot a shining beam of golden light toward Ghidorah. "VENUS MEGATON SHOWER OF LOVE!"

Ghidorah pivoted his head to the side and cancelled out Venus' metal-piercing beam simply by putting out his left hand. Catching Venus by surprise, the Rajita leader demonstrated his ability to counter attacks on a whim.

"Pitiful."

"TOUCH OF DEATH!"

Suddenly, Ghidorah sensed an ever growing power behind him as a large black dome construct emerged. He quickly moved aside as he watched Saturn extending her arms out as the dome expanded further out.

"Get him, Saturn!" Venus cheered on.

Gliding upward to avoid Saturn's deadly construct, Ghidorah stopped well above the clouds. He observed carefully as Saturn's dome slowly started to shrink.

Catch me inside one of those barriers? Just what she was hoping to accomplish?

Saturn took a moment to breath as she cancelled out her barrier. "I'll get him the moment he comes back down here."

"So, if he even touches that barrier even once, he dies?" Venus asked as she approached Saturn.

"Yes, that was why I hoped to lure him in. He probably realized what it can do."

"Doubt it but who knows?"

With Ghidorah's back turned, a large blue dragon hovered behind the warlord. Inscribed on the dragon's forehead was the planetary symbol of Mercury. It opened its jaw and released a streamlined gust of water vapor directly at her enemy. "MERCURY LIQUID VAPORIZER!"

Twirling around, Ghidorah phased through the stream of water and fired two eye beams at the dragon's head. As the sea dragon was struck head first, it threw its head back and transformed back to Valkyrie Sailor Mercury. The female screamed as she fell back.

"Now, for my first kill!" declared the leader as he swooped down to blast her.

Before he could fire a shot, Sailor Pluto dove in and caught Mercury in her arms. She then raised her Keyblade staff and whispered. "Garnet Teleport." With that, the Time Guardian vanished from out of the villain's reach and relocated herself - and Mercury - on top of the mother ship.

"Gah! Where did they go?" Ghidorah snarled as he scanned his surroundings.

Levitating down behind Ghidorah were Sailor Sedna and Sailor Mars. He turned and stared at the duo - a rookie and a veteran of the team.

"Well, two more pieces of trash," Ghidorah snorted. "And I can't forget my personal favorite." His eyes were on the dark-haired beauty. "Your death will be most memorable next to Princess Serenity's."

"Bite me," Mars quipped angrily with venom.

Sedna slightly shivered as she firmly gripped her trident. "Even in our Valkyrie forms, he's much too strong for us."

"Don't let him scare you, Sedna. You've done well on your first duty with us. You killed what may have been one of Ghidorah's highly-ranked generals back there."

"You mean that giant?"

"I think so. If that's the case, we're proud of you. Princess Serenity would honor you and allow you to be apart of our team."

"Thanks but this guy is on a league of his own. I mean if he wanted to... he could blow this planet up and leave nothing left."

"Somehow, I doubt he wants to unless he's extremely desperate. Right now, he's content with the way things are going in favor of him."

Growing bored of their discussion, Ghidorah slowly advanced toward the duo. Sedna and Mars turned their attention back on the approaching reptilian being.

"Don't let him intimidate you, Sailor Sedna!"

"Right!" Sedna responded to the black-haired Miko.

Putting his right hand to one side, Ghidorah smirked and collected an orb of green light. "Let's continue our little game, whores. It will be over in no time." His eyes looked directly to the left direction as he sensed Leviathan's power from afar. You've come out much stronger than I had expected, Leviathan. Continue to destroy all that stand in your way. Once we've eradicated every last trace of these vermin, Earth and the Digital Worlds will be mine for the taking!

As the leader looked back at the two Senshi, he shot forward with his glowing orb in hand. Sailor Mars and Sailor Sedna dodged from out of the warlord's path as they glided into opposite paths.

"Now, Sedna! Let him have it!"

"Right!"

The Rajita leader snarled. "Try your best!"

"MARS SNAKE FIRE!"

"ARCTIC SHARD BARRAGE!"

As the snake fire and a barrage of ice shards shot from two opposite directions, Ghidorah tossed his orb as it spun around to cancel out Mars' attack and intercepted Sedna's ice shards altogether.

"Now, what else? I'm growing bored."

"GARGO MISSILES!"

"SPIRIT STRIKE!"

"COCYTUS BREATH!"

"RAGE OF INFERNO!"

As the four attacks blasted Ghidorah straight on, the four mega digimon flew up to provide assistance to the Sailor Senshi.

"Hey! You think you can leave us out of the action?" Youkai Inumon called out as he held his right arm out and panted. "I only managed.. to use half of my Rage of Inferno. I'll save for an even greater attack."

Mega Gargomon pointed to Ghidorah and waved his finger. "What'ca gonna do when we're coming to get yoooou, freak?"

Shadow Metalgarurumon growled as he prepared to fire his missiles. "C'mon!"

Sakuyamon PM twirled her staff in hand. "Senshi, do you mind if we intervene?"

Sailor Mars smiled and nodded. "I don't see a problem. You are the digimon partners of the Tamers. Takato's friends."

"Yeah, that's us!" Gallantmon called out as he called out while standing on top of the mother ship.

The smoke cloud that covered Ghidorah cleared as the warlord emerged completely unscathed. A calm demeanor once again was expressed on his face.

"What's it going to take to make you fools understand? I cannot be defeated by lower beings like you. I am the new representative that shall rule over your kind."

"We're not going down without a fight!" Gallantmon angrily retorted. "We stopped Pharaohmon and we can sure defeat you!"

"You are all highly confident. Why not prove me wrong otherwise?"

With that, the Sailor Senshi and the digimon prepared to mount their comeback against the leader of the Rajita Empire.

"Goggle head! Let's go!" Seirika shifted her eyes toward Suzakato.

"Up there? Where everyone else is?" asked the Warrior of Suzaku.

"Well, duh! Yeah! You don't want to stand around here and get left out in the fun? Besides, our digimon are out there!"

Henbu glanced up at the hole in the ceiling. "And you want to help the Senshi, don't you?"

"Well, yeah... Of course I do!"

"Then, let's get going before we miss out on this opportunity! We weren't given these powers for nothing!" Himakko said as turned toward Yui and the children.

"Himura! Don't worry we'll take care of everything here!" Yui called out from the distance. "We'll catch up with you!"

Nodding his head, Himakko crouched and leapt straight through the hole. The Warrior of Byakko swiftly landed on the mother ship's roof. Henbu threw his shield directly toward the hole and hopped onto his shield as it took him to the top.

"Ready to save the world, goggle head?" Seirika smirked.

Suzakato nodded as he spread his wings and prepared to fly up. "Oh yeah! Let's go!"

With that, the two Beast Tamers flew up through the ceiling's hole and landed on top of the mother ship with their colleagues.

Kurama clutched onto a vine rope he had pulled out earlier and threw it up at the ceiling. The pointed end of the vine shot and pierced through the roof, which the red-haired half demon used to climb up.

"Yusuke! Kuwabara! Climb up!"

Yusuke gripped the end of the vine and started to pull himself up. Following behind him was Kuwabara.

"Hey, Hiei! Are you almost done?" Yusuke shouted to the demon.

Mizuno shifted her eyes to Hiei and noticed a black demonic flame covering his right arm. Observing the flames carefully, she recalled his fight with Sailor Mars recently. The Dragon of the Darkness Flames. Now, this I can't wait to see again!

"Mizuno? Should we get going?" Brimstone approached his partner.

"No. Not until Hiei is done collecting his flames. Once he's ready, we'll make our move, Brimstone."

"All right."

"We'll be waiting for you! Don't take long, shorty!" Kuwabara bellowed out from the top of the ceiling.

Blocking everyone's voices out from his thoughts, Hiei concentrated on summoning his demonic flames. Normally, it shouldn't take this long but... His eyes scanned the skies as Ghidorah appeared from his view. This one will be specially made for this bastard! Once I unleash this, there will be NOTHING left of Ghidorah!

Looking on from the corner, Cammy shuddered as she felt Hiei's growing demonic power. "He's collecting a large quantity of demonic energy!"

"Yeah, that's Hiei for you," Yui remarked. "To think you sister defeated him."

"I know. Isn't she something? One of a kind."

Yui smiled faded as she sighed. "Himura, Inumon and Dark Gabumon are out there. I hope they'll be okay."

"We'll join them once I've replenished my power, Yui-chan," Cammy assured her friend. "Then, we'll prove them with support and I'll heal anyone who's been seriously hurt."

"I know but still... I can't help but worry. I... I want to be out there with the rest of them!" Yui stared at the ceiling.

Aoshi watched as he checked his pants. The Moon Heart Crystal was still in his pocket. Max and Sam remained on guard as they scanned the room.

Tuxedo Kamen overheard Yui and threw his cane down. He quickly leaped across and grabbed the vine Kurama left behind.

"Mamoru!" Star Fighter shouted as she raced over to stop him. "Just what do you think you're doing?"

"I'm going to help them! I can't stand by here and do nothing!"

"Yes but you're an easy target for that monster!"

"Yes... but I'm not missing this out for anything! I must save my beloved's soul! Don't you want to save your princess, too?"

Sailor Fighter turned around as she stared at the capsule containing Princess Kakyuu. A look of guilt appeared on the warrior's face while turning away with shame.

"We failed to protect her," she closed her eyes and closed her fists tightly. "We failed to arrive in time to save Usagi. I'm sorry, Mamoru." Opening her eyes, Star Fighter's eyes filled with tears.

Kamen put out his right hand and reached for Star Fighter's hand. "I know. You've accused me of not being there to protect her. We should both be ashamed of failing them but let's make up for it. This is our second chance to recover them."

"Mamoru..." Star Fighter blinked while wiping her tears away.

"Star Fighter, c'mon, let's go," Star Healer said as she leapt upward through the hole in the ceiling.

Star Maker followed her colleague as she leapt straight up.

"...Yeesh. Show offs," Star Fighter couldn't help to chuckle. She grabbed Tuxedo Kamen's hand as the man used every ounce of upper body strength to toss Star Fighter up to join her team.

"Let's save them both, Star Fighter," Usagi's lover whispered with a smile. And recover a ruined future. I won't let you down, King Endymion!

"MEGA BARRAGE!"

As Mega Gargomon's multiple missiles and blasts rocketed upward, Ghidorah glided across the skies and phased away from the digimon's attacks. He dove through the clouds and widened his eyes.

Suddenly, Mega Gargomon hollered as an explosive blast erupted from his chest. Then, another on his right arm. Another on his left arm. And another on both of his knees. "GAAAAAH!"

"Hang on, Mega Gargomon!" Henbu called out as he rode his spinning shell and pivoted toward Ghidorah. "You're going to pay for that!"

Overhearing the boy's threat, Ghidorah grinned. "Oh, am I?" He put out his right hand and closed his fist.

Before Henbu would notice, a portal opened up behind him. The Warrior of Genbu twirled around as a clawed hand shot out of the portal and backhanded Henbu across the face. The warrior fell off his shell and started falling to his death.

"HENRY!" Mega Gargomon screamed as he tried ignoring the damage inflicted to his armored body. He dove down, barely managed to stretch his right arm out and caught Henbu in his palm - thus preventing his Tamers' fall. "I gotcha, Henry!"

"Nice catch there, friend! Though, I'd watch my back if I were you!"

As Mega Gargomon turned, a large condensed ball closed in on Mega Gargomon and slammed against his chest.

BOOSH!

"GAAAAH!"

Ghidorah chuckled as his right arm was raised above his head. "Weak fool. I can alter my surroundings and summon portals to go anywhere I wish. Well, anywhere except the Digital World. Thus, I was able to shot my fist out from one portal and out the next. Pretty clever, don't you think?"

"We don't give a damn what parlor tricks you've got!" Seirika spat out.

As Ghidorah turned, a bolt of lightning pounded against his chest. He spotted Seirika standing on top of the mother ship with her staff releasing a powerful electrical blast.

"Just like Princess Jupiter, you also have the power to command thunder?"

"Thunder and every other form of weather control. I can make it rain, thunderstorm, snow... You name it! I can do it all!" Seirika grit her teeth while concentrating on increasing her voltage level.

Sailor Jupiter dropped down beside Seirika and summoned a thunder cloud. "Mind if I give you a hand?"

"Suit yourself."

"Thanks!" Jupiter laughed as she pointed at the warlord and a massive bolt of lightning shot out of the cloud.

The Rajita leader was on the receiving end of two powerful thunder bolts as his entire body was being electrocuted all over. Jupiter and Seirika put more voltage power into their attacks to completely overwhelm the villain.

"You... vermin... just don't... get it!" Ghidorah snarled as he pushed through the lightning bolts. "THIS WILL NOT DEFEAT ME!" Putting his right hand out, he launched a green condensed beam through the bolts - thus canceling them out.

"What is this guy? He's durable enough to take our attacks?" Seirika was horrified by Ghidorah's incredible durability.

Jupiter cursed. "Damn! Hold on!" As the beam shot at them, Sailor Jupiter grabbed Seirika and raced away using her super sonic speed to avoid the incoming beam.

Gallantmon intervened and raised his Aegis Shield to counter Ghidorah's beam. However, even it was too overwhelming for the digimon. He fell back and knocked the beam upward into the heavens.

"Nice one, Gallantmon!" Suzakato expressed support for his digimon partner. He then turned and directed his gaze at Ghidorah as intense hatred burned within him. "Ghidorah! This has gone far enough! This is where we put an end to you and your ambition! You're no different from Pharaohmon!"

"You tell him, Takato!" Seirika called out as Jupiter set her down.

The green-armored Senshi smirked once she heard Takato's declaration. "Well said, kid."

"Takato!" Sailor Mars cried as she flew across and landed beside the Warrior of Suzaku. Putting a hand on his right shoulder, the Miko smiled. "I'm glad you're okay."

"You didn't think I'd forget all about you?"

"Of course not. Though, I'd like to see what you can do with what I've taught you."

Suzakato smirked and reexamined over Mars' Valkyrie armor attire. "Man, I'm really loving these armor getups you girls are wearing!"

"Thanks and these are our Valkyrie armor..." Mars quickly turned and shifted her eyes up at Ghidorah. "No time for chit-chat, Takato! He's coming this way!"

"This guy is already getting on my nerves!" Suzakato growled as a pillar of flames surrounded his body.

"Takato!"

Twirling around as he stared at Seirika, Suzakato blinked. "Yeah?"

"Go, get him."

With that, Suzakato smiled and flew straight at Ghidorah. Sailor Mars followed her fire-elemental student and activated her flame shield.

"FLAME SHIELD!"

The two fire-elementals propelled themselves toward Ghidorah and spun around the powerhouse. Ghidorah lashed his tail across to slap aside the two warriors but Suzakato responded with a flame blast. Putting up his right hand, the reptilian overlord put out the flames with a barrier. Sailor Mars howled out as she slammed herself against Ghidorah's back. However, this attack barely managed to phase Ghidorah as he turned and pivoted his elbow into the dark-haired female's face. Mars countered as a wall of fire countered Ghidorah's elbow.

"Firepalm Blast!"

Sensing Suzakato's attack directed for him, Ghidorah turned and flew through the Beast Tamer's raging flames. He prepared to thrust his fist forward to decapitate Suzakato with one blow.

"CRAP!" Suzakato shouted as he tried to escape the predicament. "A little help here!"

"Takato! Hold on!" Mars cried as she flew out to Suzakato's rescue. I don't think I can make it!

"THUNDER TRIDENT FURY!"

Seirika fired a bolt of lightning in between Suzakato and Ghidorah while she prevented Ghidorah from advancing any further. This allowed Sakuyamon to fly in and push Suzakato away.

"Great job, Sakuyamon!" Seirika said.

Suzakato turned as he acknowledged Rika's partner. "I owe you one, Sakuyamon!"

Sailor Mars was relieved as she waved to Sakuyamon. "Thanks a lot!"

"Insects. Every last one of you," Ghidorah miffed as his eyes glowed intensely.

"Great! He's going for those beams he used to teleport us away before!" Suzakato prepared to move. "Mars! Watch it for..."

"I know!" the Miko summoned her flaming shield. She surveyed her surroundings to notice her fellow Senshi recovering from Ghidorah's blows and counterattacks. Don't give out, guys! As long as we're able to stand, we can still fight!

"Now, which one of you should I erase first?" the warlord threatened as his eyes glowed. Then, without warning, he fired...

Digital World/Sector 34593/Great Phoenixmon Mountain Range/8:09 PM

The Great Phoenixmon Mountain Range.

The gravesite of Ryuukotsuseimon and the same mountain path the Sailor Senshi during their journey to recover the Priestess Sword.

Coasting across the mountain rage was the hovercraft - harboring Nagah and five Mercenaries. The vehicle slowly descended on a flat surface and near what appeared to be a cavern door several meters away. As the door opened, two Mercenaries marched out and stepped aside as Nagah walked down the platform. Following behind her were the three other Mercenaries.

Observing the cavern ahead, Nagah rubbed her chin. "Is this it?"

"Yes, General Nagah!" one of the Mercenaries responded quickly.

"I'm curious to know what other secrets Ghidorah left behind that I'm not aware about," she started walking toward the cavern. Stopping by to notice two Draconian Guardians at the entrance, she shifted her eyes toward them. "Hey, shouldn't you two be saluting me?"

"We apologize, General Nagah!" the two soldiers straightened up and saluted her.

"Tell me. Is the nest hive in that cavern?"

"Yes, general!"

"And is Lord Ghidorah's next inheritance in there?"

"Affirmative."

"Show me."

As the doors opened, the five Mercenaries escorted General Nagah into a room dimmed with numerous computer monitors and display screens.

"I see you've already started to establish the secret laboratories," Nagah noticed the screens as she walked down the catwalk.

Leading down the catwalk was a long bridge. The general and her five escorts walked across the bridge as two flying insect machine drones passing along by. Nagah glanced ahead as a long, columnar platform - standing nearly twenty feet high - stood at the center of a deep pit well below .

"You boys manage to install everything and set the equipment into place rather quickly. I'm impressed," Nagah observed her surroundings. Then, her eyes stared at the gargantuan platform.

Sitting at the center was a large cylinder tube containing an egg. This egg was entirely green with large, black speckles over the surface. It had a circumference of over 7 feet and a length of up to 40 centimeters high. Numerous red and silver wires were attached to the egg while Ghidorah's next inheritance continued to incubate.

"So, this is the egg of Kaiser Ghidorah's next inheritance?"

"Indeed, General Nagah," a voice calmly interrupted.

Nagah turned to her left side as a floating platform hovered forward. There seemed to be a figure standing on it while remaining behind the shadows. A pair green eyes pierced through the darkness. This individual was barely visible; amidst in a black jacket and hakama - clothing resembling a wide, pleated skirt. However, most noticeable was that his jacket seemed to have long coattails. A ray of light beamed down to reveal the left half of his face. The other side was hidden behind the darkness. What was revealed of his pale face was a white line descending from his eyes, making him appear as if he were crying and his lips seemed like they were frowning.

"Oh, it's you Melancholia!" Nagah nearly jumped back into a defensive posture until she stopped to realize who was behind the shadows. She sighed with relief. "You scared me there."

"How are you general?"

"Besides the fact that I was betrayed by Lord Ghidorah, just... peachy."

The mysterious Rajita official stared into Nagah for a moment and calmly replied. "What?"

"You don't seem too shocked over it. Well, that's just like you," the female general scoffed as she turned to stare at the incubator tube.

"You're right. I'm not. I knew Lord Ghidorah would dispose of us. We're viewed as the weak links in his entire army."

"But you and the engineers here consist some of the brightest minds of the entire Rajita Empire!"

Melancholia remained emotionless while speaking. "Lord Ghidorah only seeks power and wants the most powerful soldiers in his army. We're only classified as disposable trash to him. It would not be out of his character to abandon the likes of you and me. Those who remain here are left behind."

"So, you've not been in contact with him?"

"Lord Ghidorah? No, and that is why I believe he will eradicate us 'weaker links.'"

"Yeah and which is why he left you guys to guard this egg!" Nagah spat out while pointing to the incubator. "Once that thing hatches, it's going to destroy you all until there's nothing left! Ghidorah is just using you as lab rats! Just like how Kuiiza treats his subjects. You all have been subjugated! And I won't stand for it!"

"So, what do you propose we do, general?"

Staring at the incubator tube, Nagah ran her hand across the glass surface and shut her eyes. She had sworn off from any possibility of raising any Hatchlings but she was left with no choice. Her prime objective was to ensure the survival of her colleagues left behind in the Digital World. If anything more, she wanted to build a new Rajita establishment within the Digital World. With the Digital World serving as their instrument, they could even find methods to fuse Digimon/Rajita subjects into hybrid warriors.

Nagah shifted her eyes toward Melancholia. "You leave me in care for Ghidorah's child. I shall nurture and train it into a more controlled creature. I will take full responsibility of its well being."

Melancholia merely nodded. "Though, I warn you. Do not expect it to obedient once it reaches adolescence. Only then will it pick up its father's traits and will look down on you. Can you hope to tame the beast?"

"I will make sure he or she never turns into anything like Ghidorah. That is MY vow!" Nagah promised as she pat a hand against her chest. "The child will only answer to me and no one else! I can assure your lives will be safe with the child under my watch!"

"You never change, general. Oh, answer me this. Where are your other fellow generals?"

Nagah immediately confirmed. "Morpheous is reported to be killed in action and it was by Kuiiza. I overheard Kuiiza's discussion with Ghidorah behind closed doors."

"I knew General Kuiiza couldn't be trusted."

"That's not all. I believe General Kujiko may have been killed."

"I can't believe this is happening."

"I know and it's all happening so soon."

"And too fast."

"So, I'm asking you if you use to join our rebellion?" Nagah put out a hand to Melancholia.

The figure looked down at the general's right hand and considered this for a moment. He couldn't believe everything that has occurred over the last day. Now, his livelihood and those of the other Rajita establishments in the Digital World may possibly be in danger of being eradicated by Ghidorah's forces in the real world.

"I'm in."

With that, Melancholia reached out and firmly shook Nagah's hand.

"From this point forward, we shall be known as the Neo-Rajita Empire."

"I like it, general."

"No, no, general is so below me. From now on, I shall be known as Empress Nagah!" the female turned away as she once again glanced at the incubator tube. And you little one will be the future leader of the Neo-Rajita Empire.

And so from this day forth the Neo-Rajita Empire prepared to for a new future that soon awaited them in the Digital World.

Meanwhile, back in the real world...

Northwest Shibuya/8:14 PM

Omegamon BM twisted around Leviathan's body and repeatedly blasted its body with his armed cannon. Leviathan pivoted its head forward and opened his mouth to release burst of hellish flames that nearly covered the skies. Omegamon BM flew away to avoid the incoming flames as Imperialdramon GM descended upon Leviathan's back.

"Imperialdramon!" Omegamon BM roared out to his colleague.

"I've got him now!" Imperialdramon bellowed out.

Suddenly, Athenamon VM and Artemismon turned as they noticed numerous airborne machines heading their way. Coming into view were the robotic mecha suits flying in to implement a counterstrike on the digimon.

"Looks like we've got company!" Angedramon noted as she prepared to fight.

Three of the GTO-Z735 Blitz Raji models closed in on the digimon group in addition to two GTO-Z720 Buster Raji models.

"Looks like some toys for me to play with! Now this is what I'm talking about!" Beelzebumon charged his cannon and grinned mischievously.

Artemismon scowled as she remained beside her queen. "Ready, my queen?"

"Omegamon! We're heading off to take care of them! You, Susanoomon and Imperialdramon take care of Leviathan!" the Amazon Queen called out to her lover.

Nodding his head in approval, Omegamon BM flew off to assist his two comrades.

Artemismon was the first to mount an attack on the model suits. One GTO-Z735 Blitz Raji unit swooped with its left forearm aiming for Artemismon. It released a wire-guided claw extension to grab Artemismon. The Amazon digimon dodged from out of the machine's reach and closed in to attack it. Summoning her bow and arrow, Artemismon released an arrow toward the machine's direction. The powerful arrow pierced through its right arm and ripped it off. The unit retaliated and streamed toward Artemismon while activating its cloaking ability. Becoming transparent from Artemismon's view, the machine became invisible.

"Do you really think you can cloak yourself from an Amazon's eyes! Our senses are much more keen than any humanoid digimon!"

With that, Artemismon pointed her next arrow directly toward her left direction. Releasing the arrow, it shot across and blasted the camouflaged machine. The Blitz Raji unit was exposed as the arrow destroyed its cloaking device. Artemismon let out a battle cry as she closed in and slammed her bow through the machine's torso. Relying on her Amazon strength, she ripped through the mecha suit with ease and watched as it exploded.

"Yes! Got one..."

Before Artemismon could celebrate, a guided beam shot her in the back and knocked her across.

"Artemismon!" Athenamon VM called out as she flew in to save her sister.

However, stopping her was a GTO-Z720 Buster Raji unit. It fired off the missiles mounted on its back and targeted for Athenamon VM. The Amazon Queen glided to her right as the missiles followed her every move. She quickly rocketed toward the second GTO-Z735 Blitz Raji - which was occupied with Angedramon.

"Angedramon! Move aside!"

Upon hearing the woman's warning, Angedramon flew aside as Athenamon VM closed in with the guided missiles homing behind her. Unsheathing her sword, Athenamon torpedoed through the Buster Raji unit's left leg - while ripping through it in the process. The missiles quickly closed in and exploded across the Buster Raji's back. The machine's body armored cracked open and exploded from the impact.

Athenamon VM turned her attention toward the GTO-Z720 unit that fired its missiles. It fired another guided beam, which the Amazon Queen anticipated. She flew across while avoiding the beam and delivered an overhead slash with her sword. The sword unleashed a flaming projectile slash and turned into a Silver Flaming Owl.

"Athena Flaming Owl!"

The flaming owl streamed through toward the GTO-Z720 unit. The unit quickly maneuvered to the side as the owl barely managed to pass it. However, the flaming owl twisted around and dove through the machine. Ripping through its chest, the owl smothered the mecha suit and ignited an explosion - thus destroying the unit.

"No matter how advanced your technology maybe, you will never conquer the Amazons," Athenamon VM muttered as she dove down to help Artemismon. "Artemismon!"

The Amazon digimon shook her head. "Oh, Lady Athenamon... Thank you."

"It was nothing. I'm glad you're okay."

"It's not over yet. We still have more of these machines to eliminate!"

Athenamon VM looked up to notice Beelzebumon and Angedramon were engaged in battle with the last two mecha units. "Yes but we'll see how our friends handle them. My concern is for Omegamon and the others. Leviathan is what we should focus on."

"Agreed."

"Hold on, Omegamon. We'll be there," the queen murmured as she watched the three mega digimon fighting the Leviathan on their own. Where are the other Royal Knights when you need them?

Beelzebumon roared as he aimed his cannon at the second GTO-Z270 Buster Raji unit. He had already drawn out an inverted pentagram and fired energy blasts through it. "EAT THIS WHY DON'T YA! CHAOS FLARE!" The powerful blasts ripped through the mecha unit as Beelzebumon continued the punishing blows. "No one messes with MY city! I'll make sure to kick every single one of you freaks out!"

Popping out from underneath Beelzebumon's jacket was Calumon. The tiny digimon expressed his support for the winged demon and cheered him on jubilantly. "Hooray! Go, Beelzebumon! If you can't do it, no one can!"

The demon quickly pushed Calumon in. "Don't come out until I tell ya, too! Besides, you're a little guy."

"Aw, shucks!"

"Heh, I love being me."

Watching Beelzebumon from afar, Angedramon smirked as she had finished destroying the third Blitz Raji unit. "So, this is Beelzebumon, huh? Well, at least, I know what really gets him going!"

However, as the digimon had finished destroying the five mecha units, more were coming their way. Eight GTO-Z720 Buster Raji units arrived along with six GTO-Z735 Blitz Raji machines.

"My queen! There's more coming!" Artemismon pointed across the distance.

Athenamon VM scowled. "Just terrific..."

Beelzebumon turned as he grinned. He was already getting excited with the prospect of trashing more robots. "Now, this is what I'm talking about! Ha! We're like in one of those Gundam shows!"

"And yet they look like Mobile Suits. Pretty funny if you ask me," Angedramon noted. "In any case, we're in for a looooong night!"

Slashing across Leviathan's back with his claws, Imperialdramon opened up a large wound and pierced through the giant's back. The behemoth slowly twisted around with the golden winged digimon hanging on for his dear life. Susanoomon and Omegamon BM coasted above the airborne serpent.

"Susanoomon..."

"I know what I need to do," the united spirit warrior calmly stated as he dove in to assist Imperialdramon.

Omegamon BM charged his cannon and pointed for a perfect spot to blast the behemoth. "Where could we exploit its weak spot? It has to have one! Wait... that's it! Susanoomon!"

As Susanoomon stopped, he turned and faced the Royal Knight. "What is it? I was just going to..."

"That blade you used on Pharaohmon! Remember?"

Susanoomon thought for a moment until he remembered. "That's right! My Celestial Blade!" Facing the Leviathan, the warrior narrowed his eyes and cupped his hands together. "All right! Here goes nothing! Omegamon, this is going stop Leviathan in place!"

"Hurry!"

"Right!" Susanoomon focused the combined elements of every spirit warrior inhabiting him. Appearing in his hands was a massive hilt. Grasping the hilt in his hands, then emerged a long condensed and extended blade - gleaming with a golden illuminating light. "HYAAAAAAAH! GOT IT!"

Everyone turned and became awe struck by the size of the massive blade summoned by Susanoomon's nearly infinite power.

"He's summoned that giant blade again like he did against Pharaohmon!" Artemismon pointed out.

Athenamon VM smiled. "Yes and he aims to cut through the beast! Go for it, Susanoomon!"

Imperialdramon GM watched as Susanoomon descended upon the giant serpent with the blade. "Here he comes! Better get out his way!"

Susanoomon let out a loud cry as he swooped down with the long blade to skewer through Leviathan's torso. "THIS IS THE END FOR YOU, LEVIATHAN! RAAAAAAAGH!"

Looking up at the blade-wielder, Leviathan roared and opened its snout to release another burst of green flames. The flames expanded across and immediately pushed Susanoomon back.

The two powerhouses tried to outdo each other in a tug of war with Leviathan gaining the advantage. As he tried mustering enough strength from every fiber in his being, Susanoomon cut his way through the inferno wall spewing from the behemoth's mouth.

Within Susanoomon, the ten young warriors were in a circle with data coding spiraling around their bodies.

Ok, guys! This is probably our one chance to kill Leviathan! All we have to do is skewer him!

Easier said than done, Takuya. Kouji retorted.

Calm down, you two. Takuya is right. This is our only chance! We might not have another one if we don't pull through this! replied Dimitro.

Let's do it! What do we have to lose? Tomoki butted in.

Junpei sighed. Why are we even arguing about this?

C'mon, Kouji. You know this is it! If we destroy Leviathan, we cut down the Rajita's advantage they've had over us! Susanoomon can't fail! Kouichi exclaimed

Vega spat out. Screw this noise! I say we cut that damn snake and get this over with! Ami's waiting for me!

Um, who's Ami? Izumi blinked as she wondered who Vega mentioned. Little did she realize that Vega had an interest for one of the Sailor Senshi.

Well said, Vega. Jaarin replied.

Sam smirked. Now, you're talking my kind of game, Vega.

Now that's what I'm talking about! All right, guys! Get ready! Time for Susanoomon to become the deciding factor in this war! Takuya declared as he focused on the situation at hand. Leviathan!

"...IT'S OVER! CELESTIAL BLADE!"

Leviathan paused momentarily as Susanoomon glided forward with his massive blade in hand. The beast tried to move away but it appeared too late. The warrior brought down his weapon and delivered one mighty swing.

SLASH!

Dynasmon, Crusadermon, Alphamon and Magnamon grouped together as the arrival of new Rajita soldiers arrived. These creatures stood at a towering height of 30 feet tall. Their bodies were protected by layers of black and silver armor. Extending out of their backs were large, dragon's wings. They had hands equipped with steel claws and feet with long, hooked talons. Jutting out the sides of their heads were long bull horns and streaked across their backs were rows of spikes. The tails of these winged beasts extended out with a clubbed end. Mounted on their shoulders were cannons. Yellow, slanted eyes stared menacingly at the Royal Knights.

These Rajita were called Winged Seekers.

Alphamon growled as he faced the winged behemoths. "This wasn't exactly what I expected."

"They're preventing us from aiding Omegamon and the others!" Magnamon said.

Dynasmon snarled as he opened his palms. "Then, I suppose we'll run through these nuisances! No matter!"

"But if we continue on at this rate... it may be too late for Omegamon," Crusadermon replied.

"We can't think like that, Crusadermon! We are Royal Knights and we'll continue this war even if it costs our lives!"

Alphamon opened his eyes as he prepared to release a stream of multiple energy blasts. "Well said, Dynasmon! Follow my lead, Royal Knights! Don't let these creatures overwhelm you!"

With that, the four Royal Knights mounted their attack on the group of Winged Seekers. The winged dragons opened their hands as long energy blades forged in their grasps. The two sides collided and started to meet head on.

Seraphimon, Ophanimon and Cherubimon were already on their way to where the Leviathan battle commenced. The three Celestials stared ahead as they witnessed Susanoomon drawing his long blade.

"Look! Susanoomon's about to deliver the final blow!" Ophanimon pointed ahead.

Cherubimon was never more excited to witness what may be the turning point of the war. "This is it! They have Leviathan!"

Seraphimon prayed with hope. "Yes but let us be there up close to witness this... No!"

"What is it, Seraphimon!" Cherubimon and Ophanimon looked toward their colleague.

"I can't believe this! Look!"

As the two angel digimon stared ahead, their eyes had deceived them.

"Leviathan... regenerated from Susanoomon's attack!"

Susanoomon was frozen stiff as Leviathan's was sliced into two halves. Both the upper and lower end floated up into mid-air. However, that wasn't the whole story. The lower half of Leviathan's skewered body vanished and then... Leviathan's upper half started convulsing.

"What's going on?" Susanoomon exclaimed as he witnessed what was a startling event in itself.

Growing from out of the stump of Leviathan's body was a new lower half. A new tail, a new pair of limbs and completely regenerated skin.

"Impossible! The Leviathan regenerated?"

Omegamon BM, Imperialdramon GM and the others were horrified by the shocking turn of events. This is exactly not what they had expected from Leviathan. However, Ghidorah made sure his Leviathan would have more mechanisms than before. In addition to cybernetic parts, it now could regenerate its lost limbs and body sections.

"How could this be?" Omegamon BM was startled.

Imperialdramon GM closed his fists tightly. "Then again, I still need to use my Solaris Blade." Golden Dragon of Ra, time for you to lend me some of your divine power! Now!

Meanwhile, Athenamon VM and Artemismon assisted Angedramon and Beelzebumon against the mecha units.

"Did you see that, Lady Athenamon?" Artemismon shouted as she turned and fired an arrow at a Blitz Raji unit.

The Amazon Queen replied. "Yes! It appears we will have to combine our power along with Susanoomon. That means by destroying Leviathan's entire body!"

"That will be difficult my queen. We would have to exhaust all of our energy to the brink of sacrificing ourselves!"

"There might not be any other choice. I'm afraid..." I hope I'm wrong though.

Justimon was sent flying back as a Winged Seeker dropped down and swatted him with its clubbed tail. The bio-merged digimon crashed on top of a car hood as he tried getting up.

"...Now these things? Just how many kinds of these things are there?" Justimon coughed. Cyberdramon, we've been pretty much worn down. It's apparent their numbers advantage would come into play. Now, they send these guys to finish us off.

The Winged Seeker picked Justimon by his foot and tossed him onto the street. The digimon yelled as his back slammed against the hard concrete. Opening its eyes, the winged alien fired a green beam that pierced against Justimon's armor.

"Exterminate human," the creature muttered as it carried on its objective.

In another section, Amazoness Blowpiper, Chain Master, Archer, Paladin, Fighter, Unfriendly Amazon, D'Arcmon and Mermaimon were overwhelmed by three Winged Seekers. The Amazons each collapsed out of exhaustion and loss of power.

"Proceed with eliminating these eight," a Winged Seeker commanded the other two.

"Affirmative!"

Blowpiper barely managed to move as she and her sisters were ambushed by these powerful new Rajita warriors. Pulling her arm up, D'Arcmon looked up to the sky as her vision started to blur.

"Lady Athenamon... where are you...?" whispered Mermaimon.

"Lady Swordswoman..." Paladin muttered as she lost consciousness.

Once they had reached the heart of Shibuya, the Victory Tamers and the Duelists were stopped by a trio of Winged Seekers. The first to step forward to face the three opposition were the Dragon Knights - Atem, Seto and Joey. Antiramon and Guardromon prepared to move out to give the Dragon Knights assistance.

"Holy moley! Just look at the size of those things!" Kazu freaked out.

Phillipe frowned as he prepared to rely on his speed. "They're big but we can still manage to beat them."

Lyn balled up her fists and scoffed. "As if these guys are going to scare me off! Let's show them our Kas, guys!"

With that, the blue-haired girl turned as her Blue-Eyes White Dragon emerged from behind a building wall. Mokuba, Serenity, Tea, Tristan and Duke each pivoted their heads to the side as their Kas followed Lyn's monster.

"Now this is going to be sweet, wicked fun!" Kazu snickered mischievously. "Right, Kenta?"

"You know it!" Kenta grinned.

Jeri nodded as she faced the three Winged Seekers. "Yes! Time to show them our Lights of Victory!"

Phillipe and the other Victory Tamers - Suzie included - started to call forth their mystical power. All five children sported their trademark auras. Phillipe's body was giving off a subtle yellow glow. Kazu's was gray. Kenta's aura was black. Jeri's aura was that of a subtle blue. Suzie's aura became green.

"Wow! Take a look at them!" Joey exclaimed as he watched the Victory Tamers. "What's going on with them?"

Atem smiled as he sensed the mystic power emanating from the five Tamers. "They've somehow gained new spiritual power to grant them the ability to help their friends. After, Takato and his three friends are able to transform into warriors of their own accord."

Seto scoffed. "So, the runts have powers now? The world is really coming to an end."

Mokuba pointed forward. "Here they come!"

"Right! It's time we take back our world!" Atem declared as he unsheathed his sword. Roaring out a battle cry, Atem leaped forward as he attempted an overhead slash at one of the Winged Seekers. The tip of the blade bounced off the armor of the alien. Atem's face twisted with disbelief. "Their armor?"

"Now that's some strong alloy," Antiramon remarked as she charged forward. "Bunny Blades!" She attempted to slice and dice another Winged Seeker with her pink blades. Much to her dismay, it was impervious by her blades and backhanded her away.

"Antiramon!" Suzie shouted as she hurried over to her digimon.

Phillipe scowled and quickly blitzed toward the third Winged Seeker. He started running laps around the feet of the giant and successfully knocked it off its feet. Then, he raced over and started running around the second Winged Seeker. However, his momentum was cut short as the lead Winged Seeker fired a beam through his eyes and blasted the ground around Phillipe. The force of the blast knocked Phillipe off his feet and sent him flying back.

Tea twirled around as her Dark Magician Girl flew in and caught Phillipe before he hit a wall.

"Nice catch, Dark Magician Girl!" Tea called out.

The female magician set Phillipe down and bowed her head.

"Thanks a lot," Phillipe said. "Um, Dark Magician Girl? You're actually here?"

She nodded and flew off to Tea's side.

"Now, I'm really seeing things. Then again, I did see real Duel Monsters just a while ago," Phillipe quickly commented as he shifted his eyes to the battle. "Bah, no time for that! Stupid Phillipe! Your friends need you!"

With that, Phillipe ran toward the battle. He watched as Kazu picked up a large slab of concrete and hurled it at one of the Winged Seekers.

"Here's one slab of concrete coming your way!" Kazu shouted.

However, one Winged Seeker backhanded the flying object and shattered it into pieces. Kazu gulped as it fired a beam at his direction. Phillipe blitzed across and snatched Kazu away from being vaporized.

"Whew! Thanks a lot, Phillipe! I owe ya one!"

"You sure do. Make sure to write that one down," the speedy Tamer noted.

Kenta quickly camouflaged himself as he snuck across and slowly got behind one of the Winged Seekers. He then looked over to notice a piece of rope laying on the ground. A devious thought crossed the Tamer's mind as he picked it up. Hehe, Kenta Kitagawa, you are a genius! He wrapped the rope around Winged Seeker's foot and tied the other end to middle Winged Seeker's ankle. Once he finished his dirty work, Kenta ran ahead and unveiled himself in front of the Winged Seeker trio.

"Kenta! What do you think you're doing?" Atem sternly called out.

"THIS!" Kenta responded as he stuck out his tongue at the armored giants.

As Phillipe set Kazu down, the brash Tamer showed his support by applauding Kenta. "Woo! You're the man, Kenta!" Wait, did that just come out of MY mouth?

"Kenta! Get out of there!" Jeri screamed out.

As the Winged Seekers were provoked, the two Kenta tied up advanced forward until they started loosing their balance and collapsed onto the ground. The third Winged Seeker was taken back by this and hurried over to his fallen colleagues.

"Ha! Score one for the geek!" Kenta raised two fingers forming a 'V.'

"Wow! Kenta actually thought this one through?" Phillipe blinked.

Kazu smiled. "Way to go dude! All right, Guardromon! Time for a little payback!"

"Paybacks are in order!" Guardromon smashed his right fist against his left palm. Kazu hopped on his digimon's back as Guardromon advanced forward to attack the fallen Winged Seekers.

Atem smiled as he turned toward his friends. "Nicely done, Kenta! All right, everyone! This is our chance! Attack with everything you've got!"

The first to carry out the assault was Joey as he ran toward the fallen Winged Seekers and drove his sword through one Winged Seeker's cranium. Antiramon charged ahead and tackled the third, untied Winged Seeker. Lyn's Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Serenity's Red-Eyes Black Dragon assisted Antiramon in wearing down the armored giant.

Lyn glanced over to Kaiba and nodded. "Go get 'em, Seto."

The Dragon Knight smiled turned away and hurried over to assist Atem. Despite showing no expression, Lyn knew Seto had listened.

You stubborn fool. But, I'm glad you're becoming a better man. For once, you're fighting for the right cause. Lyn thought while turning toward her Ka. "Serenity! Make sure you stay with me!"

"I am!" Serenity responded as she focused. Her black hair flowed across her back and her red eyes glowed intensely. "Joey can handle himself and so can I!"

"Yeah! Me, too!" Mokuba nodded as his Paladin of White Dragon helped Kaiba, Atem and Joey shatter the cranium of one Winged Seeker while shutting down its life support mechanism.

Tea, Tristan and Duke looked up as another Winged Seeker was preparing to set down from its long flight from out of Japan. Dark Magician Girl, Orgoth the Relentless and Gaia the Fierce Knight intervened to halt the armored winged giant from landing. The magical girl shot a blast from her wand to slightly push the Winged Seeker back.

Coasting across on her horse, Grani, Kotori pointed her sword across and stabbed it through the Winged Seeker's head. The tip of the blade impaled the Seeker's 'brain' - which was the life support mechanism - and shut down the cybernetic terror.

"Heh, just like that? These guys should be a piece of cake now," Kotori smirked as she removed her blade from out of the armored giant's head and watched as it dropped to the ground below.

Seadramon flew in beside Kotori and blinked. "Easy for you to say."

As they had finished the two fallen Winged Seekers by destroying their brain mechanisms, Atem shot a glance upward toward the giant serpent in the background. He growled while glancing toward Joey and Kaiba.

"Joey. Kaiba. As the Dragon Knights, we must confront the Leviathan as you should know."

"Hey, I'm ready! Let's make snake boots out of that giant freak!"

Kaiba sighed. "Barking like a dog as usual."

"I'll pretend I didn't hear that, Kaiba."

"All right, you two," Atem focused on the giant serpent. "Let's wait no longer! Joey. Kaiba. Focus on the power given to you. Only then will we have the power to ascend into the heavens and assist our comrades against the Great Leviathan."

Joey blinked in confusion. "Ascend? As in fly?"

"Just do what he says, Wheeler."

"Yeah, got it."

As Atem shut his eyes, Joey and Kaiba did the same. While focusing on the ancient power of the Dragon Knights, the trio slowly started to lift off the ground on their own. Their armor emitted auras of intense light.

"Whoa! Check that out!" Kazu exclaimed as he pointed at the three Dragon Knights. "That's sweet!"

Kenta adjusted his glasses. "Wow! They're really flying!"

Phillipe's mouth nearly dropped. "Where are they going?"

"Seto! Be careful!" Mokuba called out to his brother.

Serenity shouted to her brother. "Joey!"

Lyn remained silent as she watched Seto Kaiba gliding upward with Atem and Joey. A tiny smirk crossed her lips.

"Yugi!" Tea, Tristan and Duke exclaimed simultaneously.

Kotori watched the three Dragon Knights flying off into the distance toward the Leviathan. They quickly turned into streaks of light and vanished before everyone's eyes.

"Now, this is going to get really good," she commented.

Covering a long distance from where they had left the others, the Dragon Knight trio glanced ahead toward their destined battle. What awaited them was the same Dark God that nearly destroyed the planet twice before. Only this time - the Leviathan was under the control of a great power.

"There it is! Leviathan awaits us!" Atem said.

Joey nodded. "Yeah!"

Kaiba made no remark.

"Dragon Knights! Assemble! Timaeus! Hermos! Critias!"

The three armored warriors soared across while leaving a three long trails of green, mystical light.

Their destination was close and only a matter of moments from taking place.

Elementdramon and Espritdramon ran down an alleyway while keeping up with each other. Unleashing another arrow, Elementdramon aimed for Espritdramon's head. The Dra-Warrior male quickly countered by blasting it with his wand.

"Not bad, Espritdramon! Just as I would expect from a veteran Dra-Warrior!"

"Yes but this fight won't last much longer."

"Correct but you are already weary."

And she had a good point. Espritdramon was already showing signs of fatigue as he slowly panted. Elementdramon pulled out yet another arrow and aimed for her adversary's head.

"Let's continue our little game!"

"Damn... let can't let this continue on... Must remove that stone within her."

"Heads up, Espritdramon!" the female Dra-Warrior laughed out manically as she released her arrow.

Espritdramon relied on his impulse and dodged out of the way. The arrow exploded as it struck the nearest wall. Espritdramon raced across while leading Elementdramon out into the city district.

Northern Shinjuku/Kaibaland Theme Park/Outside the Gates/8:19 PM

Meanwhile...

Defending their 'base,' the five Chimera warriors grouped together to defend off a group of Rajita soldiers -consisting of six Foxzards, three Bio-Vivians and two Draconian Guardians.

Maya dashed across as she rolled away from a plasma blast fired by a Foxzard. She hopped back to her feet, focused her energy to forge an energy blade in her right arm and ran at the alien. Driving her energy blade through the Foxzard's cranium, she turned as another plasma blast fired toward her back. Maya rolled away as the blast vaporized the slain alien.

Waving her giant fan, Mika unleashed a powerful gust of wind that knocked the three Bio-Vivians back. At the sametime, the fan released spinning sickles that sliced up the three alien soldiers.

Focusing his energy through a piece of metal, Larry hurled the object at a Draconian Guardian. The object exploded like a grenade and knocked the soldier off his feet. This allowed for Sara to sneak behind the alien, phased her hand inside his head and crushed a section of his brain. The Draconian Guardian croaked as he collapsed on the ground dead.

Hayata had attached a piece of metal to his right arm while driving it through the other Draconian Guardian's stomach.

Looking on from behind the gates were the Grandra siblings. Richard covered his siblings' eyes to prevent them from seeing such violent acts.

"Hey, let me look! I'm missing out!" George said as he begged to watch.

Shaina snorted. "Yeah! What could we possibly not see?"

Richard sighed as he watched the five Chimera warriors. To think those five - especially that little girl - have these incredible abilities. What is this world coming to?

"Nice work, guys! That takes care of these freaks!" Mika hopped down from the top of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon statue. She pivoted her head toward two figures emerging from an alleyway. "Hmmm, what do we have here?"

Larry noticed the two figures in the distance. "Who are they?"

"I don't know but we should go check this out. C'mon!"

With that, Mika ran down the street with Maya, Larry, Hayata and Sara behind her. Hayata turned and stopped Sara.

"Whoa, hold on! Where are you going?"

"I want to go see!"

"Your job is to watch over those three," Hayata pointed to the Grandra siblings. "You leave this to us, okay?"

"I know but..."

"Hey, don't worry. It's not like it's anything we can't handle! We'll be back," Hayata assured the young girl while patting her head. "Now, go on. We'll be back."

"All right."

"That's a good girl."

As Hayata turned away, he followed his crew to check out the situation and left Sara behind. The girl scoffed as she looked back to the Grandra siblings.

"Guess, I'll have to guard you again."

"ARROW OF DARKNESS!"

Elementdramon fired a black arrow as her wings turned the same color. As the arrow shot forward, Espritdramon put up his guard to counter it. That is until...

A powerful gust of wind blew the arrow away.

"What's this?" Elementdramon was taken back by surprise as she turned to find Mika standing in the open.

"A... human girl?" Espritdramon blinked. "You saved me?"

"Now, guys!" Mika called out.

Before Elementdramon could react, Larry threw a metallic object at the winged Dra-Warrior as it exploded in front of her face. Elementdramon hissed as she avoided the explosion. Maya leaped up and slashed Elementdramon across her back.

"GAAH!" Elementdramon shrieked as she twirled around to find Maya landing. "Humans? Attacking me?"

"Hey, we're no regular Average Joes," Hayata remarked as he jumped up with the sharp metal object attached to his arm. He aimed to drive it through her chest.

Elementdramon merely chuckled. "As if you can damage me!" With that, she fired a flaming arrow at the Chimera warrior. "ARROW OF FLAME!"

Hayata raised the metallic object in front and shielded himself from the flaming arrow. Ripping the armored weapon, he threw it off and landed on the ground.

"Since when can humans land on their feet like cats?" Elementdramon exclaimed.

"Starting now!" Mika shouted.

Spinning around, Elementdramon watched as Mika threw her fan forward. The winged digimon moved away from the fan and aimed it with another fire arrow.

"Oh hell no! Not my fan!" Mika snarled as she leaped up and caught her fan.

"ARROW OF FLAME!"

Mika quickly back flipped away from the arrow and waved it to unleash another powerful gust of wind. This time Elementdramon was sent flying back through a window.

"Got her!"

"Nice one, Mika!" Maya praised her colleague.

"Not sure how long she'll be out of it though. We better keep our eyes peeled."

Larry nodded. "Can't argue there, Mika." Glancing over to Espritdramon, the boy acknowledged the Dra-Warrior. "Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine but you children... have extraordinary abilities. Who are you?"

"We haven't given ourselves a name yet but we're working on it," Hayata replied.

Maya smiled as she kneeled beside Espritdramon. "Let's just say our lives were changed forever."

"What do you mean?" the Dra-Warrior inquired.

Mika answered as she closed her fan. "Simply put... We were put under the control of these alien freaks. They put some kind of serum into our bodies. We mutated and gained these special abilities."

"In addition to these powers, we've exhibited above-peak human strength, our durability is higher than any normal human and we can leap rather far distances," Larry explained.

"Are you mutants of some kind?" Espritdramon was surprised to hear this.

"Yeah but we really don't like being called mutants," Hayata said.

Mika scoffed. "Got that right. Anyway, so that winged bitch... Who is she?"

Espritdramon lowered his head and sighed. "A... comrade... You see. I'm trying to save her by removing an alien stone."

As the four Chimera warriors instantly heard 'alien stone,' Mika ran over to Espritdramon. "Hold it! You said alien stone? We had stones in us, too!"

"And you had them removed?"

"Yeah! If this friend of yours has a stone in her, then we can help you remove it!" she stated promptly.

"Can you?"

"Hey! We've just shown we can fight her! We'll show you more of what we can do! Now, c'mon, let's go take that stone out of her!" Mika got up as she turned to face the building where Elementdramon landed inside.

Suddenly, flying through the broken window, Elementdramon emerged with several bruises and cuts inflicted on her body. Her eyes were on the Espritdramon and the four Chimera warriors.

"Little girl! For what you've done to me, I'll KILL you first!" Elementdramon screamed as her wings shimmered numerous colors.

Mika quickly opened her fan and gave a sly smirk. "Ha! Bring it on, bitch!"

"Please, refrain from calling her that. You're only going to upset her," Espritdramon sighed.

"That's the idea. The more I piss her off, the less focused she becomes. Not a bad stratagem, don't you think?"

"Confident as usual, Mika," Larry remarked.

"Always am."

Elementdramon swooped down with a lightning arrow ready and her wings streaked with intense volts of electricity. The four Chimeras and Espritdramon prepared to mount their next move.

Inside Rajita Mother ship/Main Throne Room/Top Level/8:21 PM

Ghidorah slowly descended on top of the mother ship. Bodies surrounded him. They were the beaten and battered bodies of the Sailor Senshi, the Beast Tamers, the five Digimon and Kurama. Once again, he had proven his complete dominance over a large group opposition. Standing amongst them were Yusuke, Kuwabara, Tuxedo Kamen and the Sailor Starlights.

"So, this is all that stands? This shouldn't take long."

"Hey! Don't you even think about overlooking me, you asshole!" Yusuke shouted at Ghidorah's direction.

The warlord shifted his eyes toward the two Spirit Detectives. "How did you two recover? I recall you two were severely beaten."

"Like we'd tell you! How we recovered is one of your business!" Kuwabara barked out.

Ghidorah flashed a smirk. "Guess I'll have to make up for that." With that, he fired two streamlined beams through his eyes. Yusuke and Kuwabara quickly dodged from the two beams, but then they twisted around and blasted the two boys' backs.

"YAAAARGH!"

"UGGGH!"

The two Spirit Detectives collapsed as their backs were fried from the deadly beams.

"That takes care of you two. Now to erase you..."

"Not with us around!" a trio of voices defiantly shouted from the opposite side.

As Ghidorah turned, a three beams streamed forward and blasted him. Ghidorah merely walked through the attacks with an annoyed expression. He vanished and reappeared in front of the three Starlights.

"Insects."

He backhanded Star Fighter followed by Star Healer and Star Maker.

"Starlights!" Tuxedo Kamen exclaimed as he seized the opportunity and stabbed Ghidorah in the back with his cane. Forcing the end of the blade inside his cane, he drove it deep into the monster's back. Once again, Ghidorah didn't seem hurt by Kamen's attempt to injure him. He snatched the man by his throat and lifted him up.

"Prince Endymion, you amuse me. What do you hope to accomplish with an attack like this? Shouldn't this be beneath you? To attack a man with his back turned?"

Tightening his grip, Kamen gagged and gasped for air. He kicked Ghidorah's chest repeatedly and pounded his fists on the monster's massive hand.

"WELL? I'm waiting for an answer, Prince Endymion!"

"...You... won't win..."

"Oh but I already have. Didn't you already see the Silver Crystal in my grasp? Your beloved is my own personal prized possession. Every time I will walk by her capsule, I'll always wonder..." The warlord whispered into Kamen's left ear. "Why didn't I get the chance to kill her when I had the chance?"

As he heard this spiteful and perverse remark, Tuxedo Kamen opened his eyes as he grabbed Ghidorah's hand. An adrenaline rush flowed into the man's body as he attempted to free himself.

"NO ONE SPEAKS OF HER LIKE THAT! NO ONE!" he yelled out as the man's screams echoed.

"You vermin... You're too late. She will never come back to you. Princess Serenity is MINE!" the reptilian overlord hissed as he threw Tuxedo Kamen down. "You won't be reuniting with her ever again. But you can reunite with her Sailor Soldiers in the after life. Farewell, Prince Endymion." The warlord opened his eyes as he aimed to fire his beams again. "Don't sorrow. I'll be sure to take good care of your beloved and... cherish her for eternity."

"NO!"

Taking his eyes off the defeated man, Ghidorah shifted his eyes to the nine Sailor Senshi. The Inners - Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus - and the Outers - Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn and Sedna - gathered together with their sights on the Rajita leader. Each one sported expressions of angry, defiant, determination and valor.

"Again you stand?" Ghidorah turned and faced the nine Senshi. "Face it. You can no longer stand against me. I have all but defeated you. I haven't even bothered to go beyond fifty percent of my full strength. You're nothing but waste of my time."

"Are we...?" Mercury barely managed to speak.

"Then, why look at us if we're not worth your time...?" Mars chided

Jupiter scowled. "Because... we're the only ones who can stop you..."

"Hear that Ghidorah? Tick, tock, tick, tock... Your reign is coming to an end..." Venus snickered.

The Outers remained silent as they didn't take their eyes off Ghidorah.

The warlord growled in annoyance as he looked into each of their eyes. "Those looks. Stop looking at me like that. I. HATE. THOSE. LOOKS!"

"Good because... these will be the same looks we'll be giving you from beyond the grave..." Uranus remarked.

"Be silent! VERMIN!"

Ghidorah fired a beam at Mercury and Mars first.

"TRASH!"

Another beam knocked Jupiter and Venus down.

"INSECTS!"

Uranus and Neptune were knocked back by a third beam.

"SCUM!"

The fourth beam shot Pluto, Saturn and Sedna back.

"When I'm done with you, there will be NOTHING! NOTHING LEFT!" he ranted on as he spat on the fallen Senshi. "You won't have a body or soul anymore when I'm settled with you nine."

"That's where you're wrong..." Suzakato barely managed to speak out while moving his body.

Ghidorah noticed Suzakato slowly getting to his feet. "Not you, too?"

"You haven't beaten us yet. In fact, you'll have to kill us first if you want to claim victory..." Suzakato sneered as he ignored the blood dripping down his forehead. "Just you wait... one of us will come back and defeat you where you stand."

"Like Princess Serenity? You have a wild imagination, boy!" Ghidorah laughed as he advanced toward the Warrior of Suzaku. "Miracles never happen when I'm around. Just ask the Sailor Senshi. They couldn't save their beloved princess and look where they're at. Despite gaining new powers, they still couldn't hope to match me!"

"No... but the longer you underestimate us... You won't like the outcome of what's to come..."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean... One of us will rise up and take you down where you stand..."

"Are you saying that you're their one and only savior?"

Suzakato grinned as he waved his hand out as if telling the warlord to 'bring it.' "Never said that... but then again I'm willing to try."

"You impudent little brat!" Ghidorah hissed as he prepared to backhand the young warrior.

"Don't you lay... a hand on him!" a voice shouted from behind the warlord.

Ghidorah once again shifted his eyes toward the fallen Senshi and found Sailor Mars shooting a glance at his direction. The reptilian overlord closed his fists as he had grown tired of the Miko's defiance.

"Mars! You're okay?" Suzakato called out to the lone Senshi.

"Humph, so you stand defiantly against me yet again? Yet this isn't the first time you've stood up to me, Princess Mars."

"I recall you when I was a child... back when Queen Serenity defeated you."

Ghidorah trembled with anger as he recalled that instance. His eyes locked onto Mars' eyes of passion and determination.

"Memories are starting to come back to us. Ghidorah, you're no god. You're just a paranoid and frightened man..."

"What...?"

"You're determined to collect every sacred item you could find to grant you godhood. You're afraid... of the unknown. That's why you were determined to get rid of Sailor Moon and take the Silver Crystal. But you can't unlock its power without the Moon Heart Crystal... You're not of the same blood as Queen Serenity..."

Ghidorah became tense as he narrowed his eyes and grit his teeth. "Silence..."

"What's the matter? Afraid of the truth...? Afraid of what the cosmic forces beyond the stars would have in store for you? You are scared of the unknown... Yes, I can sense the fear emanating out of you!"

"I'll shut your mouth, whore!" he hissed angrily.

"...And here's a good example of the unknown..." With that, Mars dropped down to her knees and smiled.

"What does she... Huh?" Ghidorah looked down at the roof and felt it started to tremble. The surface on which Ghidorah stood on was starting to burn up. He quickly flew straight into mid-air and stared at what appeared to be black flames seeping through the section of the roof. "What's going on here?" His eyes quickly snapped open as a loud, terrifying screech was heard.

"About time, Hiei..." Yusuke barely managed to squeak out.

Kuwabara scoffed. "Show off... as usual..."

Suddenly, bursting through the roof of the mother ship, a large dragon flew out smothered in intense, hellish black flames. They quickly spread out as the dragon grew ten times larger than before. Ghidorah gawked at the sight as the black dragon dove up to swallow the evil warlord in its clutches.

Hiei came leaping out of the hole while shooting out the demonic flames through his right arm. "GHIIIIIIIDORAH!"

"Hiei!" Mars watched the demon in action. "Thank goodness..."

"BURN IN HELL! DRAGON OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!"

The demon intensely channeled nearly all of his demon power to send the dark dragon upward. Ghidorah put his hands out in hopes of stopping it. However...

BOOM!

He couldn't.

The flames were too powerful as Ghidorah was swallowed by the dark dragon and sent flying straight through the stratosphere and beyond. The warlord's screams echoed as they faded along the long trip into orbit where the darkness flames would consume him whole.

Just like that, Ghidorah was taken out.

All thanks to Hiei.

"He... he did it...?" Suzakato blinked in surprise.

"Whoa! Way to go, Hiei!" Yusuke praised the demon as he barely managed to stand up.

"I never doubted you for a second, shorty!" Kuwabara said.

Also hopping through the roof were Mizuno and Brimstone.

"What? You mean we just missed out on the action, too?" Mizuno slightly whined.

Kurama chuckled as he stood up. "Hiei... never thought you could surprise Ghidorah like that."

Sailor Mars, too, was shocked over the turn of events. "You mean... Hiei did it? Hiei of all people?" She couldn't help but smile. I'll be damned. Shorty did it. Maybe I ought to be nicer to him from no- Nah, scratch that!

Panting heavily as he stared up into the skies, Hiei closed one eye as he had exhausted nearly all of his demonic power. "That'll... show you... you bastard..."

Himakko slowly stirred as he overheard the shocking news. "...That short guy got him? You mean it's over?"

"After all that crap we had to endure and Hiei finishes him? What does that make us?" Uranus snorted as Neptune put an arm around her. "Damn... never got a chance to... kill that bastard myself."

Mercury sighed with relief as she slowly stood up. "At least, we won. That's all that matters."

"I never got a chance to use my Shining Mode!" Gallantmon jammed his sword down while holding up his balance. "Sakuyamon? Mega Gargomon? Youkai Inumon? Shadow Metalgarurumon? Are you guys okay?"

"Looks like they'll be fine, Gallantmon," Suzakato shifted his eyes to the digimon. Suddenly, he felt somewhat distressed as Suzaku called out to him telepathically.

Takato! Don't think that was the end of that monster!

What? You can't mean...?

This war is far from over!

Glancing over toward Hiei, Suzakato shouted to the demon. "Hey! Your dark dragon didn't finish him! It's not..."

The fire demon sneered as he shot a glance to the Warrior of Suzaku. "Of course, it didn't finish him! All it did was slow him down!"

As he announced this, everyone listened and was silent with disbelief. The attack that Hiei worked hard to conjure up had only managed to halt the Rajita warlord.

The battle was far from over.

"But that can't be! That dragon was big enough to swallow up that bastard like ice cream!" Yusuke exclaimed as he shot a glance to Hiei and Suzakato.

"What he said!" Kuwabara agreed.

Venus looked up as her eyes had deceived her. She noticed a black shadow slowly hovering down from the heavens. "It... can't be..."

Kurama sneered as he sensed Ghidorah's presence from afar. "I'm afraid so. I can feel his aura..."

Saturn picked up her scythe and stood poised to continue the battle. "Sedna, get ready!"

"Yeah," Sedna replied while shivering in fear.

Seirika kneeled over to help Henbu up while Himakko stood beside his friends. The digimon slowly were back on their feet and shifted their heads up to stare at the looming figure.

Clenching his fists tightly, Suzakato grit his teeth as he watched Ghidorah levitating 25-feet above everyone.

To everyone's shock, Ghidorah's body was free from burnt marks, scathes or any signs of fatigue. The black flames failed to do its job. Hiei grimaced at his failure to change the outcome of the entire battle.

Kuwabara gulped as he fell back with eyes filled with fright. Beads of sweat dampened his forehead. "You've got to be freaking kidding me..."

Jupiter scowled while standing her ground. "I can't believe we... can't beat this guy..."

"No... Even Hiei's flames couldn't do anything!" Mizuno was frozen stiff with fear.

Mars grit her teeth and trembled. "Just what is it going to take?"

Looking down at the group gathered together to await his arrival, he noticed expressions of shock and horrifying distress. Ghidorah chuckled and then started letting it all out. His laughter brought chills down their spines. Their worst nightmare had returned hell bent on destroying everything they held dear.

Tilting his head to the left side, Ghidorah cocked a grin. "Was that the best you can do... Little man?" He shot a deadly glance at Hiei and licked his lips. "I'll admit you did catch me off my guard. You even knocked me out of Earth's atmosphere and it was a thrilling ride."

"Fuck..." Hiei cursed.

"But your dragon simply gave me a few burns. Nothing to shrug about but you gave quite a valiant effort, warrior. For that, I must applaud you," Ghidorah chuckled as he pointed to Hiei and immediately closed his fist. Emanating around the warlord's body was a thick, green aura which gave a silent humming sound. "Ah, yes... You've done it now. Thanks to the little man, I've become blood lusted. Nothing you insects can do or say will stop me."

Yusuke growled as he looked at everyone standing together. "C'mon! You going to let this bastard scare you with all of this bullshit talk?"

"No way! We're still standing together. Aren't we?" Sailor Mars stood up. "As long as we're still able to breath, we can fight!"

Suzakato nodded. "I'm with you, Mars!"

"Count us in!" exclaimed the digimon simultaneously.

Suddenly, Hiei collapsed to his knees as Mizuno hurried over to help him. Mars noticed and rushed over to Hiei's side.

"Hiei! Stay with us!" Mizuno said.

Mars put a hand on Hiei's back. "C'mon, Hiei! Stand up!"

Kurama ran over and checked on Hiei as he placed a hand across the demon's back. He checked his physical condition and side effects after releasing a large quantity of demon energy. "Hiei's energy is low! Girls, you'll have to stay close to him."

"Ha! You won't have time to be protecting anyone! What I say goes! And from this point on... You're all DEAD!" Ghidorah declared as he opened his hands to release a series of massive, green orbs.

As everyone prepared to move away, the green orbs rained down on the areas around the roof. The Senshi, the Detectives, the Beast Tamers and the digimon were caught within the explosive blasts as Ghidorah continued firing away.

Inside the chamber room...

The children watched as the roof was repeatedly pounded by massive blasts. Yui, Aoshi, Cammy, Max and Sam emerged from out of the corner to stand at the center of the room. They feared the worst for the heroes as they stared up at the ceiling.

"Himura! Dark Gabumon! Inumon! Yusuke!" Yui screamed.

Cammy cried out for her sister and the Senshi. "Rei! Girls!"

"Yusuke and the others just aren't going to last out there!" Sam clenched his hands.

Max nodded. "Yeah but what can we do? We'd be crushed like little ants by that guy!"

"No, we have the power to change the direction of this battle," Yui looked over to Aoshi and Cammy. "Aoshi-kun, remember to keep that Moon heart Crystal hidden."

"Right," the Lycan child said.

"Cammy-chan, I hope you're up to healing more of our friends."

"I'll do what I can."

"C'mon, guys! Don't falter!" Yui shouted toward the ceiling as she hoped her cries would reach the warriors.

Ghidorah stopped for a moment as the green smoke stirred and cleared away. A satisfied grin curled on the warlord's lips once he noticed the group laying on the ground.

The Beast Tamers.

The Spirit Detectives.

The Sailor Senshi.

Tuxedo Kamen and the Starlights.

The five digimon.

Once again, the warlord clearly demonstrated his dominance. However, he was not satisfied. What he wanted nothing more was to eradicate every trace of his adversaries. That means leave nothing left - not even ashes of their remains.

"Well, considering you fools are going to die, I might as well reveal a little secret. You see..." Ghidorah opened his left hand as an orb materialized inside his palm. Waving it over the ball, he showed a view of the Leviathan engaged in battle with Imperialdramon, Omegamon and company. "Ah, look at this. These warriors give it their all but their efforts fall flat. What they and you bunch fail to realize that my mind is connected with the Leviathan."

Silence.

"Hehe, surprised? Well, it's simple for me to explain to you simple-minded twits," the warlord grinned as he pointed to his right temple. "Leviathan and myself are connected. Not just by mind but heart and soul. If one of us dies, the other falters. All of those souls taken from the primitive monkeys of this world are within myself and the Great Leviathan! For those of you who may have lost loved ones, well, you can rest assured that their souls are all within me and my God. They have quenched our thirst and for that I thank Planet Earth. You have supplied us with an large quantity of wonderful souls!" Closing his hand, he crushed the orb and blew the broken shards away into the wind. "And now here I stare down at your pitiful bodies. I have conquered Earth's heroes. What else is there for me to do after I destroy you?" Rubbing his chin, Ghidorah had remembered. "Ah, yes! I have this world to conquer in addition to many others in that other realm: the Digital World! Then, once I have collected the Moon Heart Crystal - wherever it could be - in my possession, this planetary system and others beyond will all be mine! Then, I'll be collecting yet another powerful artifact: the Romulus Source."

Slowly descending over his defeated enemies, Ghidorah scanned them and shot a glance toward the Sailor Senshi.

"I'll eliminate Princess Serenity's soldiers first. After all, they've been the biggest thorn to my side."

With the warlord's attention preoccupied with the Senshi, the four Beast Tamers were laid together. Their eyes glossy. Their bodies racked with excruciating pain and bruised up. They couldn't move any part of their limbs anymore.

Suzakato, Seirika, Henbu and Himakko looked up at the stars above. Their memories flashed before their very eyes.

It was only a matter of time before their lives would be abruptly cut short.

However, someone would have a say in this situation and alter the direction of this war.

Central Digital Realm/Huanglongmon's Golden Castle/8:30 PM

Granasmon, Huanglongmon, Anubimon, Canewomon and Elemental Hero Neos witnessed the battle fronts. The two they focused on were the fronts involving the Great Leviathan and Kaiser Ghidorah.

Staring at the viewing orb, Anubimon bit his lip as he couldn't take anymore of seeing Youkai Inumon, Himakko and the young Tamers beaten within their inch of their lives.

"Himura! Inumon!"

Huanglongmon slowly pivoted his head toward Granasmon. "The invader's leader has proven too powerful for them. And our colleagues have not fared well with the Leviathan. Granasmon? You suggest that I finally get involved in this grave situation?"

Granasmon was silent.

"Lord Granasmon?"

"I will personally go to them."

"Them? Please, specify whom you are speaking of?"

"The four Tamer children currently in possession of the Sacred Beast cards."

"Lord Granasmon? How will you get there?" Elemental Hero Neos asked. "Should I escort you?"

"No, my friend. I will communicate with them within their minds."

Anubimon glanced over toward the Hikari God. "What do you have in mind, Lord Granasmon? What are you going to do?"

"You shall see, Anubimon. I have another gift to grant to the Tamers."

As he finished, Granasmon's form slowly faded as those in attendance watched the Hikari God go to work. Granasmon would shortly appear within the subconsciousness minds of the four Tamers.

Minds of the Beast Tamers/Alternate Dimension/8:32 PM

The four young Tamers opened their eyes.

Their surroundings were entirely white and nearly blinded upon opening their lid-shut eyes.

Takato was the first to awaken as he slowly rose up and squinted through his blurred vision. Rika, Henry and Himura started waking up.

"...We're awake and... alive? But, where are we and...?" It suddenly dawned upon the goggle boy. Takato realized he was out of his Suzakato form. "I'm... me again!"

"So, am I! What is going on here?" Himura blinked as he looked over himself.

Henry surveyed his surroundings and rubbed his chin. "The more important question is 'where'. Where are we?"

"Hey! Don't look now but Guilmon isn't here!" Takato panicked as he gazed around the entirely white room.

"And Renamon isn't here!" Rika noticed the absence of her digimon partner.

"Inumon!"

"Terriermon isn't here. Have we... died?" Henry wondered. "I mean our digimon aren't here with us. Then again, the Sailor Senshi and those Spirit Detectives aren't with us either."

"Oh no! What about Yui?" Himura realized that his sister was not present.

"Look! Can we at least try to calm down? Just for a minute?"

"Speak for yourself, brainiac," Rika retorted as she pointed around the room. "Don't you find it eerie that we're cooped up in some room? I mean it's all white and too quiet for my tastes! Ha! You want us to calm down?"

Takato sighed as he slapped his forehead. "Well, it's official, if Rika can go nuts in this place, it's only a matter of time before we all go bonkers."

"There won't be any need for that, young Takato."

"Huh?"

Suddenly, the room started to shift as the ghostly image of Granasmon materialized in the center of the room. The four Tamers turned toward the appearance of the Hikari God digimon.

"Granasmon? Are you responsible for this?" Henry inquired as he nearly demanded a quick answer.

"I am."

"What's going on here, Granasmon? Are we actually dead?" Himura asked.

"You four are as alive as you can be. You are simply unconscious. I have entered your minds and moved your souls into an alternate dimension."

"So, we're in some other world?" Rika wondered. "Ok, I've just about lost it. We're not dead but you took our souls to this dimension?"

Himura butted in. "That would mean our bodies are left without souls! That would make our bodies lifeless!"

"Calm down, guys! I'm sure if we give Granasmon a chance to explain we'll get our answers. Right, Lord Granasmon?"

"Thank you, Takato. And I shall answer all of your questions."

"All right, so why did you bring us here?" inquired Rika.

"To grant you four an upgrade to your Beast powers."

The Tamers were silent as they allowed the Hikari God to continue on.

"Upon witnessing your progress as Beast warriors, you have become stronger and efficient assets to your team. In fact, your abilities have since then evolved. However, I'm afraid it will not be enough to defeat much powerful opposition. This Kaiser Ghidorah has proven that."

"You're not kidding! That guy is insanely strong!" Takato exclaimed. "Did you see how he dominated us from the moment we entered his ship?"

"I have. Which is why I brought you here. In order to stand a chance against that monster. The power I am about to grant you will unlock a secondary battle mode."

"Secondary battle mode?" the Tamers shouted at once.

"In these new forms, your power and abilities will be augmented ten times over."

"Wow! Are you serious? That's possible?" Takato's mouth nearly dropped as his body trembled with excitement.

Rika was shocked hearing this. "But will it be enough to stop Ghidorah?"

"I cannot make any guarantees but together you should shift the tide of the battle back to your favor. And your comrades' favor. You four will make a huge difference in the outcome of this war. I have faith that you will win."

"Thanks for having faith in us, Granasmon, but I think you're giving us a little too much credit," Himura said.

"You four don't give yourselves enough credit. Believe that you can win. I'm sure once you've assumed these new forms you will change your minds. Trust me, young Tamers."

As Granasmon finished, the Tamers looked toward one another. This was their only opportunity to receive Granasmon's gift to take their Beast forms into a whole new level.

Takato stepped forward as he extended his right hand out. "Granasmon, we trust you."

"And we'll fight together as one to defeat Ghidorah!" Henry declared.

Himura nodded. "We ask for this new power!"

"Considering we don't have much time, we better hurry!" Rika said.

"I trust you will use these powers wisely, young Tamers. Put your hands out and receive the power to the next step in evolution!"

With that, the four Tamers placed their hands out. First, Takato. Then, Henry. Following them was Rika and Himura.

Four beams of streamlined lights shot out from an orb sitting underneath Granasmon's transparent form. Red, green, blue and white/silver.

Appearing above the ceiling of the room where the beams of light shone over were four images of the Sacred Beasts.

The phoenix.

The turtle.

The dragon.

The tiger.

The Tamers glanced up as the beams of light shone down over and washed them over with purifying, mystical light. They felt the rush of the new power entering their bodies and embraced it.

"And do not worry about your colleagues. I will revive them myself. After all, Gallantmon has yet to use the Dragon Saber to unlock his Shining Mode. This would be the perfect opportunity for him to use it."

Takato answered. "Right! Don't worry, Granasmon! Ghidorah won't even expect this! And just wait until we're done with him!"

"Good luck, young Tamers."

As Granasmon finished, the entire room was quickly enveloped in a bright white light as the Tamers were transported back to their bodies. Granasmon, too, vanished into thin air and returned to the Central Digital Realm.

Inside Rajita Mother ship/Main Throne Room/Top Level/8:33 PM

"C'mon, you worthless piece of trash! This is your chance to beg for mercy!" Ghidorah laughed as he held Sailor Mars up by her throat. His grip tightened around the Senshi's neck as she gasped for air to enter her lungs. "BEG!"

In response, Mars slowly inhaled and spat on Ghidorah's left cheek.

The warlord did not take this to heart as he pulled Mars toward him and snapped her right arm. The woman heard a bone snap in her arm as she screamed out in excruciating agony. Her screams merely turned Ghidorah on as he shivered with delight.

"Ah, yes! Scream like you've never screamed before! Delightful! It's music to my ears!"

Mars' eyes swelled with tears as she lowered her head. Her face twisted with pain and agony. I can't even get into Ghidorah's mind. He's blocking me out. I'm sorry, girls. Everyone... Takato-kun. Cammy-chan. Usagi... I've failed you all. I can't believe... I'm going to die. Not like this. It shouldn't have to end like this...

"And now, Princess Mars! It's time for your public execution!" Ghidorah threw the prone form of Sailor Mars on the ground and placed his left foot on her back. Raising his right hand, the Rajita warlord forged an energy blade. "I think beheading suits you best, my dear. You will look so beautiful with your head mounted on my wall." Holding his weapon up, he prepared to bring it down. "Farewell, Princess-"

Suddenly, a bright light illuminated behind him. This caught the warlord's eye as he twirled around and noticed the four Beast Tamers floating up. Lightning crackled from the distance as the four Tamers were basked in a ghostly white aura. Then, Ghidorah felt a chill passing by them. However, this wasn't any ordinary chill... this one entailed the coming of a great power.

"What is this? How are you four still able to stand? Let alone float?" Ghidorah was taken back.

Suddenly, Ghidorah noticed the ghostly images of Suzaku, Seiryuu, Genbu and Byakko floating above the four Beast Tamers. These spirits entered each of their respective Tamers' bodies as the sky behind them turned white. A greater power began pooling into the area as the Tamers floated higher.

Ghidorah backed away with beads of sweat covering his forehead. I don't understand any of this. They shouldn't even be conscious!

"Ghidorah!" Suzakato called out to the tyrant. "We are the chosen ones of the four Sacred Beasts. Their power and wisdom flows within us."

"We are synonymous with the Beasts!" Henbu shouted.

Himakko exclaimed. "We are their keepers!"

"And we're going to carry out their will!" Seirika said.

"Ghidorah, YOUR END IS AT HAND!" Suzakato announced as a red column of light engulfed him completely.

Henbu raised his head as pillar of green light covered him.

Himakko was basked within a column of white light.

Seirika was covered inside a pillar of blue light.

Each of their bodies became encompassed by their respective colors and outlined by a white trim. The columns of light shot upward several hundred feet into the air.

Ghidorah remained in a defensive stance as he watched the events unfold.

The four Sacred Beasts communicated with the Tamers telepathically.

Takato Matsuda.

Henry Wong.

Rika Nonaka.

Himura Tsubasa.

LET US ASCEND AND TOPPLE THIS ABOMINATION!

"PHOENIX SPIRIT, SUZAKU!"

"TURTLE SPIRIT, GENBU!"

"TIGER SPIRIT, BYAKKO!"

"DRAGON SPIRIT, SEIRYUU!"

The four Tamers ascended higher as they separated from each other.

Inside the red column, Suzakato raised his head as his entire body started to lengthen out. The wings spread across his back grew ten-times larger. The wings became covered with intense, raging flames. His neck extended outward several inches. The face of the warrior became hawk-like as his hands and feet remained the same. A large black beak extended out. His arms extended out underneath the massive, flaming wings. The tail extended out and became covered in feathers. Hair-like extensions protruded around the neck and underneath the chest line of the transformed Suzakato. He had transformed into his second-stage form of the Sacred Beast evolution line.

"SUZAKATO BEAST MODE!"

Inside the green column, Genbu dropped down to all fours as a large, brown dome shell materialized over his back. His entire body grew ten times larger than before. His neck extended out of the front as his face altered into the shape of a turtle's face. His legs and arms became heavier and sturdier. A tail extended out from the other end. His skin was fairly light brown with green scaly sections. Protruding out underneath his legs were armor padding. Embedded at the top of his shell was a large green gem.

"HENBU BEAST MODE!"

Within the white column, Himakko also dropped down to all fours as sections of his chest and leg armor vanished with more white fur covering his body, He retained his shoulder armor, the wrist armor, the armor covering his waist and the tiara around his forehead. His face extended out to became more beast-like. His body extended out and became heavier. The hands and feet of Himakko grew out as sharp claws extended out. The teeth inside the beast's mouth grew out. Despite his now massive size, he still appeared as agile as he did in his humanoid form. The white tiger roared out as he opened his eyes. The left eye was still green while the right one remained golden yellow.

"HIMAKKO BEAST MODE!"

Finally, inside the blue column, Seirika's body extended out in a more serpentine shape. Her entire body became covered in light blue scales. Her face elongated into a snout as her eyes turned yellow. The horns that protruded out of her head grew several inches longer. The long, flowing blue hair flowed down across her head and over her back. Most of her body armor vanished - save for the shoulder armor. Her legs and arms extended into large claws. The dragon roared as it flew around and growled toward her enemy.

"SEIRIKA BEAST MODE!"

As the columns of light faded, the four transformed Beast Tamers revealed themselves to all. Their majestic new second-level forms caught everyone by surprise.

Those who awakened were in awe shock.

Sailor Mars slowly picked herself up and looked up at the four Beast Tamers. "...Is that... Takato and his friends?" She then noticed the beautiful, giant phoenix. Takato? Is that really you? Yes, I can sense you are within that phoenix! How did this happen though?

"Oh my god..." Mizuno was in disbelief.

Yusuke had opened his eyes and smiled. "Yeah... now that's what I'm talking about... These kids never disappoint ya..."

Gallantmon stared at the four Beast Tamers as he was in silent shock. "Takato...? Is that really you?"

"Rika?" Sakuyamon PM shouted.

Youkai Inumon gazed up at Himakko's second form. "Himura."

"Whoa, Henry! Did I mention you were a Super Ninja Turtle?" Mega Gargomon called out to his Tamer.

"Yeah! Those kids did it again!" Venus was ecstatic over this unexpected development. "Um, can anyone clue me in on what just happened?"

Pluto slowly stood up. "It appears some unknown source had granted this ability." That unknown source... It came from the Digital World.

Kurama observed the standoff between the four Beast Tamers and Kaiser Ghidorah. "Judging by the look on Ghidorah's face, he's as shocked as we are. I don't believe he expected this turn of events."

Jupiter smirked. "Heh, if that's the case... Looks like Ghidorah is screwed."

"Let's not jump into conclusions, friends," Brimstone muttered. "As powerful as they may seem, Ghidorah is still in a league of his own."

"Somehow... I believe they can stop him," Mars whispered.

Mercury blinked. "Mars...?"

"Yes, I know they'll turn the tide against Ghidorah! Just you wait and see!"

Meanwhile, Ghidorah scoffed as he shrugged the four evolved Beast Tamers. He didn't appear bothered by their transformation and pointed his energy blade at them.

"Don't make me laugh! You can gather as much power to transform many times over but it still won't matter! I have already proven that I am your superior!"

Suzakato growled as his eyes glowed with intense red energy. "Oh, is that a fact? Well, why don't you prove that to us, Ghidorah?"

Shooting a glance at the Beast Tamers, Ghidorah flew up to meet the four Warriors of the Sacred Beasts. He glided across and went for an overhead slash over Suzakato with his energy blade. The phoenix quickly vanished from out of Ghidorah's reach. He turned as he launched a series of green orbs at Henbu. The turtle countered as a green barrier formed around its body and cancelled out the warlord's attacks. He fired his eye beams toward Himakko direction; unfortunately for the tyrant, the tiger opened his mouth to unleash a streamlined silver beam to cancel out Ghidorah's beams. Seirika twirled around Ghidorah as the warlord went to skewer the elongated beast with his sword. The dragon flew straight up out of Ghidorah's reach and vanished into thin air.

"I can't hit them?" They're too fast to keep up with! "Hold still!"

As Ghidorah madly fired a series of beams, the four Beasts dodged and countered by creating barriers. Suzaku swooped down and caught Ghidorah by surprise by slamming his head into the tyrant's gut. The force of the blow knocked Ghidorah back and caused him to his grip of the sword. Genbu opened his eyes and fired a streamlined beam that pierced against Ghidorah's chest. Himakko released a silver mist over Ghidorah as the tyrant came covered by the substance.

"You won't get away with this!" Ghidorah roared as he phased out and teleported away.

"Looks someone's getting a little worried!" Suzakato shrieked out in a hawk-like cry.

Seirika sneered as she opened her mouth to release a powerful water mist at Ghidorah. "You're not looking so hot now, freak!"

"Yeah! Get him!" Yusuke cheered on.

Sedna watched the turn of events with new hope. "They're actually holding their own! This is great!"

"Now, the bastard doesn't look so dominant anymore!" Uranus sneered. "I just didn't think those kids would be the ones to pull this off."

Neptune nodded. "For now, we'll have to depend on them."

Suddenly, everyone watching stopped as their bodies started to become basked with golden light. The Sailor Senshi, the Spirit Detectives and the digimon noticed the shimmering light was absorbed into their bodies - while their powers were being replenished in the process.

"Hey, what's the deal here?" Jupiter wondered as she looked over herself.

Kuwabara blinked as he wondered. "Beats me. You've got me there."

Shifting his attention to the teams, Suzaku called out to them. "Compliments of Granasmon, everyone! Your powers have all been restored and you can help us take this monster down!"

"Granas-who?" Yusuke blinked.

"Lord Granasmon. He is the Digi-God of all that is good and light," Youkai Inumon answered. "So, you four actually met with Granasmon?"

"We did. He gave us the power to evolve into this new Beast forms and he has given you all a boost to continue fighting," Himakko announced.

"Thank you, Granasmon," Gallantmon said as he pulled out the Dragon Saber. "Now, I've got a chance to use this."

"To evolve into Shining Mode again," Sakuyamon PM noted. "Hurry, Gallantmon! There isn't much time!"

"Right!"

The Sailor Senshi, the Spirit Detectives and their colleagues each nodded as they prepared to once again mount their next attack. This was their second chance to redeem themselves from the pitiful effort they had put in to stop Kaiser Ghidorah.

"If this power is from Granasmon, then it's time we use it!" Mars announced as she looked up toward Ghidorah.

Kurama shifted into Youko Kurama as he stood poised and ready to fight.

Gallantmon raised the Dragon Saber as he announced. "Lord Granasmon, I will honor your wishes to use this sword! Dragon Saber, allow me to rise to the heavens and embrace the holy light to transform me to Shining Mode! Allow me to become everyone's hope, light and miracle!" As he closed his eyes, the Exalted Knight shouted. "GALLANTMON MODE CHANGE!"

With that, he shifted into Crimson Mode and then became basked in a pillar of white light. All parties turned as they watched Gallantmon transform. The Crimson armor became replaced by a heavenly, pearl armor body. The Hazard sign on his chest faded and was replaced by the Crest of Light. His hands turned black and his limbs was enclosed within heavier, white armor. Extending out from the back were two pairs of angels wings. As each wing opened, they revealed hook-like extensions at the top and seven feather-like blades came out of the wings. The blades spread out and shimmered a beautiful, white aura of purifying white light. His eyes shimmered with intense, golden light. Equipped in his right hand was the Dragon Saber in addition to two white lances attached to his back. Pushing out his arms, the white pillar of light faded as the white-armored warrior called out his official name.

"GALLANTMON SHINING MODE!"

Cammy lifted her head up as she sensed Gallantmon Shining Mode's awakening. A radiant smile crossed her face as she called out to her friends on the top.

"It's Takato's digimon! I can feel him!"

"Me, too! He appears to have changed into that white-armored knight again," Yui observed the shining, white light spreading out.

"Whatever it is... this is some intense power!" Max exclaimed.

Cammy nodded. "You bet! You guys haven't seen anything yet!" Considering Gallantmon and I merged to defeat Pharaohmon!

"But, what else is happening? I could have sworn I felt Himura's power grow," Yui looked up. "I have to know what's going on!"

Ghidorah tensed as he stared at his entire opposition. They did not take their eyes off him while preparing to retaliate for the pain he had inflicted upon each of them.

"This is it, Ghidorah! This is your final chance to surrender!" Suzakato warned the tyrant. "If you don't..."

"Bah! As if you all can defeat me where you stand! I'm the supreme power of this world!" Ghidorah snarled while gritting his teeth. Raising his hands up, bolts of green lightning struck Ghidorah and surged throughout his body. "I'LL KILL YOU ALL WHERE YOU STAND!"

Gallantmon SM sighed and raised his Dragon Saber. "So be it. Then, we will kill you where YOU STAND!"

With that, the Beast Tamers glided toward Ghidorah to kicks things off. However, the warlord would not allow for his enemies to gain anymore momentum. He fired a series of eye beams. The Beast Tamers countered the beams by summoning barriers. The deadly beams fizzled out as they slammed against the barriers.

"I'm NOT finished!"

"Oh, but you are! All right, guys! Let him have it!" Suzakato yelled to his fellow Beast Tamers.

Henbu raised his head as rocks and earth materialized underneath his feet. The debris merged together into a massive, spiked earth ball. Then, raising his tail, Henbu swatted the spiked earth ball at the warlord. "GEO-SPHERE THROW!"

While raising her head, the clouds above her gathered. A bolt of electricity shot down into Seirika's mouth. In the process, she spat out a powerful stream of electricity at Ghidorah. "THUNDER VOLTAGE!"

The Rajita leader tried to blast the spiked earth ball but it spun out of Ghidorah's reach and slammed against his face.

BAM!

Seirika's bolt of electricity knocked Ghidorah back a few feet away.

BOOM!

Himakko's fur straightened as it launched numerous metallic spears directly at Ghidorah. "IRON SPEARS!"

As he flew straight up into mid-air, Suzakato dove down and ignited his entire body with intense flames. He had turned himself into a fiery bird, reminiscent of the legendary phoenix, and flew toward Ghidorah. "PHOENIX DIVE!"

Ghidorah howled in excruciating pain as the spears impaled his body. Then, to further damage the warlord, the flaming phoenix slammed into him and smothered his entire body in intense flames. Throwing his head back, Ghidorah roared in bloody murder.

"GAAAAAAAARGH!"

"Now, it's our turn!" Yusuke shouted as he collected spirit energy in his index finger. "SPIRIT GUN!"

Kuwabara produced large bolts of spirit energy from his hands. "SPIRIT SHURIKEN!"

Youko Kurama grew a Rose Whip around his right arm and launched the vines out into the spear-like extensions. "Binding Fist of the Demonic Vine!"

Slowly getting up to his feet, Hiei realized that his dark flames had returned to him - thanks to Granasmon's power. "Yes! I don't know about this Granasmon but I've regained my demonic flames." Shooting a glare at Ghidorah, he channeled the dark flames through his sword and hurled it straight for Ghidorah's head. "SWORD OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!"

Pounded repeatedly by Yusuke and Kuwabara's attacks, Ghidorah pivoted around as the vines pierced through sections of his head. "GAAAAARGH! NO!" Then, to add to the punishment, the flaming sword struck him across the forehead. Ghidorah's head snapped back as he tried ripping the sword out of his head.

"Sailor Senshi! Assemble!" Sailor Venus called out.

With that, the nine Valkyrie Senshi glided up and surrounded the wounded Ghidorah. The tyrant opened his eyes and snarled at the nine female warriors.

"Don't think... this will slow me down!" the warlord screamed out while bellowing out.

"AERO SPIRAL BLADES!" Uranus unleashed shards of deadly blades from out of a funnel.

Neptune transformed into a tidal wave and crashed down on the tyrant. "ELEMENTAL TIDAL WAVE!"

Pluto released a powerful typhoon of energy at the madman. "Chronos Typhoon!"

"SEDNA ARCTIC WIND BREEZE!" Sedna summoned a powerful arctic wind at the tyrant.

Venus fired a streamlined, shining stream of light at Ghidorah. "VENUS MEGATON SHOWER OF LOVE!"

"THUNDER AND LIGHTNING SHOWER DOWN!" Jupiter summoned a massive bolt of lightning as it struck Ghidorah head-on.

Mercury washed Ghidorah down with a large wave of frozen water to add to Sedna's own ice water attack. "SHINE SNOW ILLUSION!"

"MARS SNAKE FIRE!" Mars roared as she launched a flaming snake at the Rajita leader.

Saturn raised her scythe as a purple orb of light pounded against Ghidorah and exploded on impact. "SATURN SHINIGAMI CHAOS!"

BA-BOOM!

BAM!

BOOM!

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHH!"

Ghidorah was groaned as he tried recovering from the combined attacks from the groups.

The Starlights came together and formed a condensed beam after combining their own attacks. "STAR FUSION TEMPEST!"

Mizuno and Brimstone fired a pair of beams - one of water and the other of intense fire - at the enemy. "TAKE THIS!" The two warriors shouted simultaneously.

Tuxedo Kamen tossed his cane - which doubled as his sword - at Ghidorah. "Ghidorah! It is over!"

BOOM!

BAM!

The Rajita leader seethed as his body racked with pain and the blasts that pounded his body left massive damage. He struggled to regain his momentum and clear his head.

However, the digimon were up to bat.

"Guh..."

"Hey, big and ugly! Suck on this! MEGA BARRAGE!"

"DARK FLAME HOUND!'

"TOMAHAWK MISSILE!"

"AMETHYST WIND!"

BA-BOOM!

Ghidorah screamed as the digimon attacks struck him and caused even greater injury to him. "No! You won't... You won't... YOU WON'T TREAT ME LIKE THIS! I AM KAISER GHIDORAH!"

Gallantmon SM glided at the warlord with his Dragon Saber in hand. "Yeah? Well, say that when you're on the other side!"

"NOOO!" I can't move! Those blasted fools have paralyzed me with their puny attacks! I WILL NOT BE HUMILIATED!

Gallantmon SM watched as the blade of his Dragon Saber fired a bolt of intense beam of light into the heavens. "It's over... HEAVEN'S FURY!" A large bolt of pure light beamed down from the sky and showered down toward the Rajita warlord.

BOOM!

"GAAAAAAARGHHH!" Ghidorah bellows echoed throughout the heavens as the attack beamed over him. The beam exploded and ignited a bright aura of light to engulf the entire area. The force of the blow sent Ghidorah flying straight into the distance and up into the heavens.

Once again, Ghidorah was sent on a long trip out of orbit.

Everyone glanced upward while trying to recollect themselves and recover their power.

"We... We got him!" Kuwabara exclaimed.

Venus wiped her forehead until she shot a glance to Kuwabara. "Hey! Don't you jinx us!"

"Hell, the way I see it. That bastard won't be back," Yusuke looked up at the skies.

"Yeah, that should completely vaporize him. There's no coming back," said Gallantmon SM. "You can count on that."

"I hope so," replied Sedna. "And with him dead, the souls should be released."

"Most importantly those of Usagi and Princess Kakyuu," Star Fighter stated as she immediately remembered. "Yes! Everyone!"

"Good point! Let's get back inside and see whether we managed to free their souls!" Mars called out to everyone until she slumped and held her injured arm. "Ow! Damn... my arm!"

Tuxedo Kamen kneeled beside Mars and put an arm around her. "I've got you. There we go."

The fire Senshi smiled with a nod. "Thank you, Tuxedo Kamen."

The four Beast Tamers landed on the roof as the digimon approached their huma- er Beast partners rather. Mega Gargomon kneeled down and poked at Henbu's massive shell.

"Um, Henry? Is that you underneath? Hello?"

"It's me, Terriermon," Henbu sighed as he sweatdropped.

"Heh, Henry the Super Ninja Turtle! That ought to be trademarked just for you!"

Sakuyamon PM reached over and touched the side of Seirika's face. "Rika?"

"How do I look, Sakuyamon?"

Youkai Inumon and Shadow Metalgarurumon approached Himakko as the white tiger kneeled over beside them.

Gallantmon SM looked up as Suzakato flew over his head. "You turned into a bird, Takato!"

"Well... I'm not quite sure how long we can hold these forms though..." Before long, Suzakato slowly descended as he transformed back to his first stage, humanoid form. "Um... whoa. I'm back?"

Then, Henbu, Seirika and Himakko turned back into their humanoid forms.

Uranus and Neptune kept silent as they pieced a deadly stare at the four Beast Tamers. They never once took their eyes of the four warriors.

"Takato... You and your friends were great out there," Mars smiled to the boy. "We owe you four a lot."

"Yeah, we would have been killed if you and Granasmon hadn't pulled through for us," Jupiter winked.

Himakko nodded. "Well, really... we shouldn't take all of the credit."

"We all worked together and overcame the most unstoppable juggernaut we've ever faced," Henbu said.

Pluto quickly interrupted. "I'm sorry to interrupt but we must see to Princess Serenity and Princess Kakyuu."

"Yeah, so we'll know if we did in fact kill that bastard. If we did, their souls and everyone's souls would be free," Star Maker replied.

Suzakato thought a moment and became weary of the situation. Wait, but why haven't we seen any souls come out of Ghidorah when we damaged his body? Plus, Gallantmon's attack must have had enough power to destroy Ghidorah's body. So, what gives?

"Takato! C'mon! Everyone's heading back inside!" Seirika called out form the distance.

"Coming!" Suzakato shouted back as he hurried over to follow everyone. Maybe it's just me but I think some of the others are starting to wonder as well.

Moments later...

"Hey! What kind of shit is this?" Uranus cursed as she fiercely punched through a wall. "Why doesn't she have her soul back within her?"

Neptune gasped. "The Silver Crystal!"

Sedna realized that Ghidorah had the Silver Crystal in his possession and grimaced. "No! We should have taken it from him when we had the chance!"

"We clearly weren't thinking as we were too focused on destroying Ghidorah. I can't believe the crystal slipped through our minds!" Jupiter grit her teeth and clenched her fists.

Mercury casted her eyes on Usagi. "Usagi-chan..."

Star Fighter yelled out angrily. "But, it's not just Serenity. Princess Kakyuu hasn't even awakened yet!"

"Don't tell me," Venus gulped. "That freak is still alive?"

The Beast Tamers, the Spirit Detectives and the digimon were standing away while giving the Senshi room to vent their frustrations. In fact, Yusuke and his colleagues were just as tense with frustration.

"I assume you all heard?" Youko Kurama asked Yusuke and Kuwabara.

The lead Spirit Detective picked up a piece of rock and crushed it. "If the souls of their princesses didn't return, then Keiko and my mom aren't coming back! That means..."

Kuwabara tensed as he stared at the floor. "...We didn't win."

Himakko kneeled over beside Yui while Youkai Inumon and Shadow Metalgarurumon remained on guard.

"Is that true, Himura? Their souls haven't been restored?"

Himakko sighed sadly. "I'm afraid that's the case. If Ghidorah comes back though, we'll be ready for him. After all, we've been given a boost from Granasmon."

"Granasmon...?" Yui inquired.

"You wouldn't believe it, Yui-chan! You're in for a long story after what your brother and I saw!" Youkai Inumon spoke up.

Aoshi put a hand on Yui's back. "Fortunately, that monster still didn't get his hands on the Moon Heart Crystal. Father would be so proud of me protecting our heirloom."

"That's good, Aoshi-kun. Let's make sure and keep it that way."

"Especially since this war is most likely far from over," Himakko closed his eyes.

From another corner of the room, Cammy kneeled over while healing Sailor Mars' injured arm. The dark-haired warrior winced as she had prematurely used her hurt arm to unleash her Mars Snake Fire.

"Sister, you shouldn't be careless like that. You had a broken arm!" Cammy said while focusing her healing magic on Mars' arm.

"Between us, sometimes I wonder if I'm the younger sister," Mars cynically remarked.

Cammy sweat dropped. "I guess so."

Lowering her head, Mars closed her eyes. "I failed Usagi. Now, the Silver Crystal has been destroyed thanks to our carelessness. Unforgivable..."

"But they did that monster is still alive," Cammy said.

"Somehow, I don't know. It's possible. I hope he isn't," she said while looking over to Suzakato and Seirika. "We've been through hell as it is. I don't ever want to see that ugly bastard show his face again." Then, her eyes were on Hiei. "Cammy-chan, after you're done with me, go over and heal Hiei."

"What? You mean want me to heal... him?" the girl gulped and pointed to Hiei.

"Don't point. I'm sure it'll annoy him."

"All right, if you say so..."

Kuwabara scoffed as he walked into the middle of the room. "Humph, after all the crap we've been through... and this is what we get? What if that Ghidorah bastard was just jerking our chain? You mean to play with our heads? I mean what else could we do to free those souls? Maybe if we go fight that Leviathan thing!"

"Yeah but we're still recovering from our fight with Ghidorah, Kuwabara," Youko Kurama reminded him. "Perhaps if we..."

"No! Screw that noise! I say we go and hunt down that Leviathan! Then, we'll see if those souls will be set free! I won't rest until every human soul is out of these freaks' hands! That includes the souls of my sister and Yukina!"

Everyone turned toward Kuwabara for a moment.

Suddenly, everything in the room frozen in place as if time itself stopped.

Kuwabara opened his mouth until...

SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!

A condensed beam shot down and PIERCED Kuwabara through his chest. The teen gasped as blood spewed through the hole on his chest and he fell face first on the ground.

Silence.

Shocked silence.

Yusuke erupted with horrifying shock. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"KUWABARA!" Youko Kurama yelled out.

Hiei jumped to his feet in alarm as his eyes widened in disbelief.

"KUWABARA!" Mizuno cried out as tears swelled in her eyes while Brimstone restrained her from racing over to his body.

"NOOO!" Yui, Aoshi, Max and Sam screamed out.

The Sailor Senshi, the Beast Tamers and the digimon looked up at the ceiling as they were once again silent. They looked up and were terrified beyond belief as if they had seen a ghost

Descending through the ceiling was Kaiser Ghidorah. His eyes glowed intensely as he stared at every single individual staring up at him. Looks of disdain, shock, disbelief, terror, fear, anger and vengeful rage were seen on the faces of every warrior standing.

Ghidorah slowly landed over Kuwabara's slump form and kicked it aside. "So, I killed this piece of scum? Feh, oh well, at least I got a kill."

Youko Kurama rushed over and caught Kuwabara's body. "Kuwabara! Please, stay with me! Kuwa-" He placed his ear against Kuwabara's chest and gasped. "Kuwabara... I don't feel any heart rhythm. I don't feel anything..."

Yusuke was frozen stiff with disbelief as he dropped down to his knees. "No... Just tell me that he's faking it..."

"I'm sorry, Yusuke. This is no trick."

"Kuwabara..." Yusuke whispered as he quickly shot a glance at Ghidorah. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

As Yusuke lunged forward, the warlord quickly backhanded him aside. Hiei blitzed across and aimed to decapitate the Rajita leader. Hiei's sword shattered against Ghidorah's hide as the fire demon, too, was backhanded like a rag doll.

"We should have known you'd still be alive!" Suzakato exclaimed. "It was too good to be true."

Uranus frowned. "How did the hell did you survive?"

Ghidorah cocked a smirk. "Well, as you can see, I'm still recovering from that attack. Though, my body was nearly destroyed while I was on the receiving end of the white knight's blast. My body was nearly vaporized but thanks to my special ability of regeneration... I was given another chance to make up for my loss. Of course, you fools have yet to officially kill me!" The warlord cackled in laughter as his opposition feared the worst to come.

"You sorry son of a bitch," Jupiter sneered. "Killing Kuwabara like that... That just proves what kind of a man you are!"

Mars tensed up. "...Why don't you just die?"

Gallantmon SM looked at his Dragon Saber. "This sword was given to me by Granasmon! You should have died!"

Ghidorah advanced toward the Senshi, the Detectives, the Beast Tamers, the digimon and the children. He had vowed to never again to be 'humiliated' in the manner he was treated. After all of the warriors he had crushed across a number of galaxies, the warlord was near death's doors. However, he was still breathing. A monster such as Pharaohmon would have perished from the combined force released by these warriors but Ghidorah proved his durability was on another level.

But, not Ghidorah. He still retained his pride as the prime leader of the entire Rajita Empire.

He looked straight ahead at the Tamers, the Sailor Senshi, the Spirit Detectives and their allies. Raged fueled his heart and his face contorted. He slightly opened his mouth to reveal his fangs. A dark green aura suddenly radiated around his body as he trembled violently. Nothing was going to hold him back any longer.

The demented warlord thought as revenge filled his rotten mind. To think those four children and their colleagues would bring me down to my knees. I should have taken the source of their powers: their cards! I, Kaiser Ghidorah, nearly crippled beyond death? No... No... NO! NO! NO! NO! I will NOT stand for this humiliation! I WILL NOT! I am TIRED of these games! This is the LAST STRAW!

Catching her breath, Sailor Mars kneeled down once fatigued had kicked in.

"Takato-kun..." the Miko murmured, wincing while holding her arm.

Yusuke could barely get to his feet. "Bastard..."

Youko Kurama kept his eye on Ghidorah.

"Well, then, I guess we'll just have to serve him a beating again and make sure that stubborn bastard stay downs!" Seirika declared, setting her gaze toward the Rajita warlord.

"C'mon, Takato! We're going to avenge Kuwabara!" Gallantmon SM called to his Tamer.

"You... damned... fools... Do you really think you can get away WITH THIS? YOU HUMILIATE ME LIKE THIS?" the warlord roared, his voice echoed throughout the royal chamber.

"Heh, yeah and they're going to do it again!" Mega Gargomon called out.

Henbu frowned. "Let's be careful, Mega Gargomon!"

Ghidorah grinned as he positioned himself upright and clenched his fists. "Amusing... It's rather amusing that I would have to resort finishing you off in one full swoop again. You four!" He pointed at the four Beast Tamers. "I WILL NOT allow you to gain a stronghold over me! No one will ever surpass! I was meant to CONQUER and DESTROY! Sailor Senshi..."

The female warriors faced the villain as they prepared themselves in case for an essential attack.

"I have you to thank for finding these four potential young warriors. You have trained them well and now they had inflicted damage to me. You little worms have won that little skirmish but it's all over for YOU! As of now, I have recovered enough to finish you all off in one shot!"

Pointing to the chambers behind him, the warlord grinned malevolently. "I still hold captive Princess Serenity and Princess Kakyuu! With them sealed, I have free reign over this star system! I have the Silver Crystal and soon the Moon Heart Crystal will be at my grasp! After that, it's only a matter of time before I leave to Planet Imperium to take... the Romulus Source. I will become a god! You pitiful fools cannot deny me... AND ME alone of MY destiny!"

"No! You're wrong!" Suzakato exclaimed in defiance. "You're not going to rule over anyone! You will be beaten here! I've seen enough pain and torment! I will see to it that your evil never spreads throughout the universe!"

Seirika nodded as did Mars. They both responded to the brave warrior of Suzaku. "You tell him!"

"That's right! It's all over for you!" Venus cried out.

Yusuke growled. "He's already in denial."

"Only a matter of time before we take back Usagi-chan," Jupiter stated.

Star Healer spoke up. "Not to mention Princess Kakyuu."

Ghidorah couldn't believe the defiance his adversaries were displaying. Clearly they were not intimidated with his threats. Despite that, he was not losing any power.

Then, something had caught his eye. He looked the other corner to find Cammy tending to Sailor Mars' wounds. Well, what do we have here? Ah, yes.

The Miko Senshi winced as she kneeled down and held right arm. "Oww... Not again..."

"Here, let me check again," Cammy said, examining the injury. "I've got to heal this again!"

"What's wrong with her?" Yusuke called out.

Hiei glanced over towards the Miko and her sister.

Mizuno walked over and checked the arm. "Shit! I can't believe this! Her arm's broken! Cammy, you'll have to heal her again."

"But I still haven't recovered enough of my healing power."

"Hiei, we're in trouble if one of our team members is critically injured," Youko Kurama warned the demon.

Ghidorah bellowed out in laughter. So, that's how it's going to be? That little girl with the dark hair appears to be the sibling of that Senshi whore. She relied on mystical power to help her friends and treat their injuries. Very well then. Playtime is over.

Suddenly, everyone glanced toward Ghidorah. The evil lord summoned forth a tremendous surge of power as the entire room trembled under his sheer and frightening power-up. The Senshi, Detectives and the Tamers all shuddered from the dark force being released by the single entity.

"Geez? He wasn't kidding about those reserves!" Himakko cried out.

"No, we can still take him!" Suzakato exclaimed. "Everyone stand your ground!"

"Hell, I'm not going to stand back! This bastard killed Kuwabara and for that... I'M NEVER GOING TO FORGIVE HIM!" Yusuke said, channeling his spirit energy. "This guy is asking for it if he's going to take all of us on!"

Hiei put out his right arm and tried to summon forth a fourth of his own Dark Dragon. You don't keep Yukina's soul for long!

Ghidorah chuckled deeply with his eyes glowing and aura expanding further out. "If I wanted to, I could easily DESTROY this planet in one shot! But... I have something more delicious in mind. I have chosen another target."

Confused by what he just stated, Ghidorah pointed his right hand out. Everyone braced themselves or prepared to attack. This would be it. In just one shot, their whole planet would be obliterated.

Gone.

No more Mother Earth.

No victory.

Both sides would be annihilated.

The warlord closed his fist and pointed a single, index finger out in front of his enemies. Concentrating his power through one finger alone, he chuckled and took a shot.

One shot heard throughout the planet.

BANG!

Firing off a tiny beam across, it hurtled out faster than anyone could anticipate. Everyone seemed to be frozen in time as the beam went past them. Then, it finally hit its intended target.

VEEEEEEN!

BAM!

There was silence.

And then there were uttered gasps of horror.

All eyes were on one: Cammy Sakura Hino.

The girl's eyes widened as the beam shot across from one side and out the other of the chest. She looked up as her entire life was replayed before her very own eyes.

She body dropped to the ground with a thud and became lifeless. No more uttered gasps or even a chance to scream.

Cammy's life was cut short.

The Sailor Senshi each had horrified expressions. A mixture of sadness and anger filled their hearts. Yui, Aoshi, Max and Sam raced over to their fallen friend. Tear swelled up in Yui's eyes.

"No... NO!" Yui screamed out, throwing her head back and eyes filled with tears.

Aoshi covered his face. "She... No, she can't be... She can't...!"

"Cammy!" Max and Sam cried.

Each of the warriors' hearts stopped beating completely as time itself froze again. Even Hiei felt a glimmer of sadness for the sister of Rei Hino killed in action.

First Kuwabara. And now Cammy.

Out of everyone in the chamber, it was Sailor Mars who was affected the most. Falling down to her knees, she violently trembled. Then, the trembling became that of violent convulsing. Watching her own sister die before her eyes had finally sunk in.

"Mars...? Mars!" Venus cried out to her friend.

Ghidorah stood tall with a malevolent and sickening grin. "That's two down and many more targets to go. Now, which one of you wants to join the fool and little witch? Any volunteers?"

Hearing this madman rant on like this was truly revolting. Everyone all turned to face him with enraged expressions. The Sailor Senshi. The Spirit Detectives. The Tamers. The Digimon. Yui. Aoshi. They all had one goal in mind: ripping Ghidorah and crucifying the psychotic monster for perpetrating the most heinous crime anyone could commit.

Before anyone had a chance to stand, Sailor Mars lifted herself off the ground. Her body was now violently convulsing. Grabbing her head, the Miko screamed out with flames suddenly erupting from throughout her armored body. Her eyes were closed.

"Cammy... Cammy..." Mars murmured as she felt her head throb. "Cammy-chan..."

"MARS!" the Senshi cried out.

"What's happening to her?" Yusuke exclaimed.

Mizuno watched the sequence of events. "No... You guys! She's really going to pop here! I mean it! That bastard may have pissed us off but he has really pushed her too far!"

"No kidding! Guys, I suggest getting back!" Himakko called out.

Suzakato watched as the Miko Senshi was slowly levitating into mid-air. Her body completely engulfed by a column of enraged flames. Sailor Mars unleashed a horrifying banshee, which brought chills down everyone's spine. It had an eerie and ghastly sound to it. Even Ghidorah was a bit taken back.

"Cammy-chan... CAMMY-!"

Seirika reached out and pulled Suzakato back. "C'mon, Takato! Get away from there!"

"But, what's happening to Mars?"

"What is happening to her?" Tuxedo Kamen cried out.

Pluto observed Mars and sensed a dark awakening in the Miko's heart. It was just as the Guardian of Time had feared. So, the time has finally come. The darkness within Mars' heart about to awaken. It was what Belial Myotismon had predicted. Our worst nightmare is about to manifest into our reality.

The entire royal chamber was illuminated by the single presence of Sailor Mars with the enraged flames engulfing her entire body. A bright light radiated the entire room once the fire started expanding across from different sides. Suddenly, a beam shot from out of the column of fire and blasted the roof of the royal chamber open.

BOOM!

Debris fell from the torn down ceiling. Everyone scattered from the falling debris but Ghidorah remained standing. His eyes were still observing Sailor Mars. Succumbing to the enraged flames, she threw her head back and screamed out even more. Her screams echoed from out of the ship so everyone across the city could hear her broken and horrifying banshee cries.

"GAAAAAAAH! CAMMY-CHAAAAAAAAAN! NO! NOT NOW! PLEASE, DON'T COME OUT! NO!" Mars howled as her screams sent chills down everyone. She had hinted at something about to 'emerge' and tried to resist this unknown entity.

Even Ghidorah was showing some concern.

Then...

Within the girl's heart, there was pitch blackness. Then, a pair of crimson and demonic pair of eyes flashed through this pitch darkness. A low chuckling was heard with the symbol of Mars glistening with a dark red aura.

It spoke in a female voice yet with a sadistic and sinister manner. "Ah, yes. At last... At last, I am FREE! Sailor Mars, the time has come. The seed of darkness is ready to sprout!"

"!" the Miko screamed in bloody murder.

With her body still covered by the flames, Mars' entire Valkyrie armor was immediately stripped right off her body. Each armor piece shattered and left her completely nude in place. Her hair flowed out behind her back and her eyes turning completely white. The white eyes quickly beamed out and flashed. The flames did no damage to her body but rather was healing her injury and granting her an unknown, cosmic source of ultimate power.

Passion.

Hatred.

Love.

Wrath.

These were the very thoughts running through the Miko's mind as a completely alien force was taking her over from the inside. Seeing Cammy die before her eyes had pushed her too far and she let go of all restraints. She would finally allow the darkness in her heart to emerge and manifest into a physical entity before everyone's observant eyes.

For the Spirit Detectives, they had never left such a magnitude of power from a single entity. Not even the strongest of Makai demons would come close to what Mars was generating.

The Sailor Senshi were feeling a far greater force than even Sailor Galaxia was giving off.

The Tamers watched as a far greater force than the D-Reaper and Pharaohmon was about to arise.

Yui held a deceased Cammy in her arms and watched the events unfold. "What's happening to her? It's like she's not even herself anymore!"

"She did just see her own sister die before her eyes!" Aoshi called out.

"I... I don't know what's triggering this but no doubt Ghidorah has made the gravest error in his life," Saturn murmured as she stared up at Mars.

Venus cried out for her friend. "Mars!"

"Unbelievable power!" Youko Kurama called out. Never before... Not even Toguro comes close to this! Pharaohmon either!

No! If she keeps this going, I'm afraid the planet itself will not be able to handle it! Sailor Pluto thought.

"Mars! Please, stop this! Let us avenge Cammy-chan for you! I promise we will make that monster pay for what he's done!" Suzakato called out and not willing to give up.

However, no reply from Mars. She was still engulfed by the flames and allowing the dark, inner force to take over completely. She shunned everything out and would focus her rage upon the source of all the pain: Kaiser Ghidorah.

The warlord looked on in disbelief as his eyes laid upon his transforming adversary. A pair of crimson, radiating eyes flashed through the column of flames. Then, the flames itself transformed into a pitch black color - much like in the manner of Hiei's Darkness Dragon.

Hiei uttered a gasp once he watched the flames color turn dark. "What...? Just like my dark flames of my dragon?" How? She isn't a demon!

No, Hiei. You're wrong. This force is greater than that of Makai's strongest demon. Youko Kurama thought as he glared over to his demon colleague.

As everyone watched from the sidelines, the overwhelming dark flames encased Mars inside a protective cocoon-like casing. From an inside view, the darkness was pouring right out of her body in the form of a black smoke. Her eyes turned completely black and then blood-shot red. Her skin became paler. Then, her body became translucent while radiating a pitch black hue. Spreading out from her back was a pair of black angelic wings covered in dark flames. Instead of her regular phoenix, a much larger and frightening black phoenix emerged from out of the girl's body and spread its majestic wings behind Mars' back. As they lent each other their power, Mars and the black phoenix became one.

Once the flames were starting to die, Mars was dressed in a completely new but almost similar outfit to her Valkyrie form. Her outfit was strikingly similar to that of the once corrupted Chaos Sailor Galaxia. Though Mars' armor was completely black and dark gray around some sections. Armor covered around her chest and waistline. Dark armored gloves adorned her arms. Her legs were covered by armored boots - reaching from bottom feet to the top of the ankles. She wore protective shoulder guards with her neckline, upper chest area and back completely revealed with her pale skin. Her arms were, too, revealed and free of armor. Adorning her neck was a metallic plate that resembled the shape of a phoenix. Three, purple orbs formed on the upper sections of her chest armor - two holding the shoulder plates in place and one at the center of her chest area. Her hands, too, had purple orbs embedded. A golden tiara adorned her forehead and glistened with a purple orb at the center. On top of her head was a crown ornament shaped like that of a bird, specifically a phoenix - with a tiny head at the center and a pair of wings protruding out at the sides. Black paint markings slanted down the bottom of her eyes and down both sides of the cheeks. Mars' eyes were now gleaming red and gave a purely wicked appearance.

Once the flames dispersed and the cocoon exploded, the new Sailor Mars emerged. However, this wasn't a Sailor Mars everyone had expected to see. Her new form gave everyone chills. The Sailor Senshi became silent. No words could describe the mysterious and intimidating new form.

Venus gulped as she spoke out. "Um... M... Mars?"

Ghidorah's face contorted with an expression of fear as he recalled the warning the prophet. The prophet's warning was accurate! The black phoenix...? You mean to say... Princess Mars IS the BLACK PHOENIX?

The new Sailor Mars expressed a malevolent yet calm smile. "Hear me, primordial vermin. No longer am I the woman you knew! I am fire! And life incarnate! Now and forever - Sailor Mars is dead. I am YAMI HOUOU."

(Preview)

Rei: My name is Rei Hino. Nineteen years old. I'm a young woman of extraordinary beauty, strength, courage and passion. I am Sailor Mars, future princess of the Martian planet, goddess of the flames and charter member of the Sailor Senshi. None of that has changed. And yet - everything has changed. Ghidorah, you've awakened a monster. A monster that knows no penitence. Now you will pay with your life. No one can save your worthless life. Not even Leviathan can save your pitiful soul. For when the black phoenix rises, suns grow cold and universes die.

The Fall of the Rajita Tyrant! The Ascension of the Black Phoenix!

There you have it. All of those visions of a flaming black bird and the mysterious winged woman have finally surfaced. The clues all trace back to the end of the Pharaohmon story.

I've been planning this event for the last two years and finally we'll see how it pays off. This is where the story completely changes direction - for the better or for the worse. You decide.

So, yes, Rei will assume the role of Jean Grey/Phoenix from the famous Marvel X-Men title series entitled The Dark Phoenix Saga. Her alter ego 'Dark Phoenix' has been named 'Yami Houou' - it's simply Dark Phoenix translated into Japanese. Even some quotes I have paraphrased from the comic and altered bits of the quotes to add in Rei's dialogue in the preview. Credit goes to Chris Claremont and John Byrne for their marvelous work on The Dark Phoenix Saga.

Where we go from here? We'll see. If you've read the Dark Phoenix Saga, I'm sure you know what will happen.

As you can tell, the preview was cut short. I don't wish to reveal anything. That's all. No spoilers for you I'm afraid.

So, with that said, anticipate for what may be one of the most emotional pieces I may write as I base some events (NOT all) from the Dark Phoenix Marvel story.

Nothing left to say but to leave me a review.

Until then, later!