The Digimon D-Tamers had finally regrouped after being separated by that fateful attack. In their time apart, the boys helped a princess and an old man defeat an evil space lord, while the girls finally defeated both Senichi and Luna. In the process, Keiko gained the ability to use the Burst Charge, enabling Falcomon to double warp digivolve into her Ultimate Level, Valdorumon. However, they're not out of the woods yet, as the four are about to take on the first Demon Lord, Barbamon…
Digimon D-Tamer
D-26
Este Es el' Dia
"Lilithmon…are you awake?"
Lilithmon sat up on her bed to see Daemon, wrapped up in his cloak, entering her room.
"What is it?" Lilithmon inquired.
"I've heard word that Barbamon is in the midst of battle at this very moment." Daemon reported.
"Battle?" Lilithmon asked, interested. "Against who?"
"The humans we met before." Daemon said. "The ones with the Slayerdramon." This sparked something inside Lilithmon, but not what would be expected. "What should we do?"
"Worry not." Lilithmon said. "Barbamon is the deceitful one of the group. Besides, it is most unlikely that they would defeat him."
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Barbamon was pretty confident in himself. He was facing off against the four Ultimate Level Digimon that were partnered with the Digimon D-Tamers: Slayerdramon, who seemed like the leader, BantyoLeomon, Sakuyamon, the more experienced of the four, and Valdorumon, the newly evolved of the four. Even though he was facing four digimon of the same level, Barbamon was sure that he would be the victor in this fight.
"Go!" Slayerdramon shouted, and he, BantyoLeomon, Sakuyamon, and Valdorumon charged for Barbamon simultaneously, and Barbamon didn't move an inch.
"Sky Dragon Slay Off!"
"Flash Bantyo Punch!"
"Dragon Helix!"
"Hyper Tornado!"
One-by-one, the attacks hit Barbamon dead-on, and after the last attack, an explosion followed.
"We got him!" Ryuu shouted. As the smoke cleared, everyone gasped to see not a single scratch or bruise on Barbamon at all.
"No way!" Slayerdramon shrieked.
"Such feeble attempts to destroy me like that are so useless." Barbamon chuckled.
"Damn, he's strong." Kenji muttered.
"What should we do?" Keiko asked.
"Keep going." Ryuu said simply. "We simply can't give up…if we want to save Vani…and the entire Digital World, for that matter. Right, Slayerdramon?"
"That's right!" Slayerdramon bellowed, drawing out Fragarach, and he soared into the sky, and charged towards Barbamon.
"Follow his lead!" BantyoLeomon called out, and he, Valdorumon, and Sakuyamon went off towards Barbamon as well.
"Rising Dragon Slay Wave!"
Slayerdramon's energy dragon wave shot through to Barbamon, and as it soared towards the Demon Lord, BantyoLeomon was running with it at the same speed, along with Sakuyamon's four energy spirit foxes, and Valdorumon, who could match that speed easily.
"Let's attack him at full-power!" BantyoLeomon roared, and his fist went ablaze.
"Lion King Advance!"
"Hyper Tornado!"
Both attacks combined and they created a flaming tornado that loomed towards Barbamon, and he used his wand to just swat the attack away.
"Want to see true firepower?" Barbamon cackled, and he held out both of his arms towards the Digimon.
"Jigoku no Kaen!"
A circle of flames began to encircle the Digimon, and it began to grow into a cyclone, and it trapped them inside. The D-Tamers could do nothing except listen to their partners' cries of agony.
"There's gotta be something we can do!" Keiko cried. "We have to help them!"
"There might be a way…" Ryuu said. Everyone looked at him, as he pulled out his Digivice. Something then sparked in Kenji's mind.
"Yeah, that's it!" he smiled, doing the same with his Digivice.
"What's going on?" Luciana asked.
"Just watch." Ryuu said, and he and Kenji turned to face Barbamon.
"Dramon Breaker, realize!!"
"Leo Claw, realize!!"
Both weapons: a sword for Ryuu, and dual lion fighting fists for Kenji, realized out of their Digivices, and the boys prepared for battle.
"Come on, guys!" Ryuu called out to Keiko and his sister. "Join the fight!"
"Yeah!" Luciana and Keiko shouted, pulling out their Digivices.
"Fox Leaf, realize!!"
"Wing Blade, realize!!"
Suddenly, Luciana's hands and feet started to purge with silver flame-like energies, and violet wings sprouted out of Keiko's arms.
"Now, let's go!" Ryuu shouted, and the D-Tamers all blazed towards Barbamon.
"What's this?" Barbamon questioned. "More feeble attempts to stop me?"
"Ryuu, no!" Slayerdramon coughed.
"Here is their punishment." Barbamon said, pointing his wand at the incoming D-Tamers.
"Greedy Wand!"
"Victory Charge!"
Using the Dramon Breaker, Ryuu produced its famous hexagonal shield, and it nullified the effects of Barbamon's Greedy Wand attack, and Kenji, Keiko, and Luciana kept going towards Barbamon.
"Howling Crusher!"
"Wisteria Punch!"
"Musou Tenshou Yoku no Jin!"
All three attacks hammered Barbamon, and the D-Tamers were confident that their attacks effected him in some way, but Barbamon merely shrugged, and a dark aura began to surround his body, and it pushed Kenji, Luciana, and Keiko back to the ground.
"No!" BantyoLeomon cried. He began to squint his eyes and his fists began to ball up, and something miraculous began to take place: Kenji's Digivice began to purge with light, and in accordance to the light, BantyoLeomon's body began to catch on fire, with his hair blazing away.
"What's going on?" Sakuyamon asked, locked in a gaze at her companion. With his newly acquired powers, BantyoLeomon threw his fist into the ground below him, and the succeeding shockwaves immediately caused the flaming cyclone surrounding them to utterly vanish.
"You did it!" Valdorumon smirked.
"Thanks, BantyoLeomon." Slayerdramon nodded, and BantyoLeomon's body returned to normal. "Now, let's fight!" The digimon set off towards Barbamon, who was aiming his wand at the three fallen D-Tamers.
"Doomsday." Barbamon glared. A medley of attacks suddenly struck Barbamon in the back, and he turned around to see the Ultimates rushing towards him. "Insolent whelps." Barbamon created a huge, flaming sphere and he launched it at all seven of the fighters, and the impact knocked them all back. "Fools. Do you really think you have enough power to stop me?"
"Ugh, w-we've got to buy Ryuu some time…" Kenji coughed, looking behind him. He saw Ryuu, and he was twirling the Dramon Breaker in a circular motion, assumingly trying to gain more power for a final strike.
"Say goodbye." Barbamon said, and before he was able to launch his final attack, a lightning current immediately struck him in the back, and he whipped his body around, and facing him was a strange creature. He was covered in blue Digizoid armor while yellow accents, and he was riding what appeared to be a robotic surfboard.
"That's enough!" the digimon cried, and Kenji pulled out his Digivice to see who their savior was.
SURFIMON – ULTIMATE LEVEL – CYBORG TYPE – VACCINE ATTRIBUTE
"I've never seen him before…" BantyoLeomon said suspiciously.
"Even I have no recollection of him." Valdorumon added, and Keiko started to read the information on her Digivice about Surfimon.
"It says here that there was a contest on who could create the coolest Digimon a few years ago." She read. "Fans all over Japan submitted ideas for a new Digimon to be created, and Surfimon was one of two winners. Unknown to the public, Surfimon's data materialized into the Digital World and he was formed into a Digital Monster. His Lightning Cutter and Barrier Blade attacks are unbeatable."
"Good, he can buy me more time…" Ryuu thought, as he continued spinning the Dramon Breaker in the air, and light began to shine from it.
"Barbamon, you won't harm these humans and their pets anymore!" Surfimon hollered. "I stake my life on it!"
"That can be arranged." Barbamon mocked. Surfimon took this as an opportunity, and with his rocket-powered surfboard, he immediately took off towards the Demon Lord at full-speed, ignoring the D-Tamers as he passed by. As he got closer and closer to Barbamon, two sharp razor blades popped out of the front of Surfimon's board, and they were covered in electricity, which soon began to cover the entire surfboard, as well as Surfimon himself.
"Lightning Cutter!"
As Surfimon charged at Barbamon, the Demon Lord only smirked, and a serious explosion occurred, and they were both engulfed with an endless storm of smoke. The impact was so gigantic, the D-Tamers and their partners had to cover their eyes and mouths to avoid taking in the smolder.
"Did he get him?" Luciana asked. As the fumes began to fade away, everyone gasped to see the position that Surfimon was in. He was being held by the neck by, not Barbamon, but by a digimon who resembled one of the Celestial Digimon, but something about him proved to be cynical.
"Where'd he come from?" Keiko gasped.
"Simple." Barbamon said. "I summoned BlackSeraphimon here from the depths of the Dark Area. You see, I have the ability to manipulate the Digital Monsters of the Fallen Angel and Demon Lord Class."
"Wretched fool…" BlackSeraphimon said. "DIE!!" And with that, sparks of lightning came out of the hand that BlackSeraphimon was using to hold Surfimon, and he started to cry out in pain.
"MOVE!!" Slayerdramon hollered, and the partners of the D-Tamers all blasted off and Barbamon watched them coming for him.
"Rising Dragon Slay Wave!"
"Flash Bantyo Punch!"
"Dragon Helix!"
"Hyper Tornado!"
All four attacks hit and completely destroyed BlackSeraphimon on the spot, and his Digiegg flew into the sky, knocking Surfimon onto the ground.
"SURFIMON, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!!" Surfimon turned around, and saw Ryuu, pointing the now fully-charged Dramon Breaker directly at Barbamon from afar. Surfimon immediately leaped into the air, and his surfboard caught him, and it flew Surfimon out of harm's way.
"Now Ryuu, go!" Slayerdramon roared.
"Trident Gaia!"
A large stream of golden radiance bolted out of the Dramon Breaker and it hit him squarely in the chest, and the blow knocked him back into a few nearby buildings, and they all collapsed.
"Ha! It's over!" Keiko cheered, and smiles spread onto everyone's faces. They left as quickly as they came when they noticed a familiar figure lying unconscious on the ground in place of Barbamon.
"Vani…" Ryuu was shocked at the sudden appearance of his girlfriend lying in the place of Barbamon. He quickly ran towards Vani, and he began to rub her back, in hopes that she would wake up. "Wake up…come on…"
"Could it really be her?" Keiko gasped.
"What is my brother's girlfriend doing here?" Luciana wondered. "Isn't she Lilithmon?"
"Yeah…" Slayerdramon muttered, and then it suddenly hit him. "RYUU, GET OUT OF THERE NOW!!"
"Slayerdramon, what are you talking about?" Ryuu asked. "It's Vani, remember? My girlfriend…" Slowly, Vani's eyes began to open, and she looked up at Ryuu and smiled faintly.
"R-Ryuu-kun…" she smiled, and Ryuu smiled along with her. "You idiot." Ryuu's smile was shattered, and he looked at Vani, whose eyes turned blood red and six crimson wings sprouted from out of her back.
"No…" Ryuu said brokenly, and an evil smirk appeared on Vani's face, and she smacked Ryuu down onto the ground away from her, and everyone gasped when a flaming sphere appeared in her right hand. "V-Vani…"
"Pandemonium Lost…"
An explosive amount of energy came from the sphere shot out of her grasp and it was about to hit Ryuu, but Slayerdramon swooped in and caught him before the attack made contact.
"Wow, thanks Slayerdramon." Ryuu sighed. "Sorry I didn't believe you."
"No worries." Slayerdramon nodded. Ryuu glared down at "Vani", who started to take on the appearance of Barbamon. Hatred suddenly fumed within him.
"You…" he growled, and his eyes squinted.
"Oh, no…" Kenji gasped, noticing the anger growing in his friend.
"Barbamon…" Ryuu raged. "You'll pay…you'll pay for desecrating her memory!!" Suddenly, a black light began to shine out from Ryuu's Digivice, and a similar effect began to happen to Slayerdramon, and a thin coating of black light began to cover him.
"Ryuu, don't give into your emotions." Kenji hollered. "Revenge isn't the answer!"
"This isn't revenge…" Ryuu said, and the minute he said that, the black light immediately switched back to a white radiance, and Slayerdramon roared in pride. "…it's justice." With that, Slayerdramon summoned Fragarach and blasted off towards Barbamon, as the rest of the D-Tamers stared in awe.
"This is useless." Barbamon smirked, pointing his wand at the two of them.
"Pandemonium Lost!"
"Snapping Dragon Slay Blade!"
Slayerdramon blocked the Pandemonium Lost with Fragarach, and then he wrapped his mighty chainsword around Barbamon's body.
"Now, everyone!" Slayerdramon shouted. "Use all of your power!"
"You heard him!" BantyoLeomon roared, and the D-Tamers and their Digimon all ran towards Slayerdramon and Barbamon.
"Let's fight!" Kenji shouted.
"Howling Crusher!"
"Lion King Advance!"
"Wisteria Punch!"
"Amethyst Mandala!"
"Aurora Undulation!"
"Musou Tenshou Yoku no Jin!"
All six of the attacks' energies combined into one multicolored torrent of energy and they all rushed into Barbamon, and they heard him cry in pain.
"Yeah!" Luciana cheered, as all of the Digimon returned to their Child level forms.
"Ryuu! Slayerdramon!" Renamon said boldly. "It is up to you two to end this!"
"Yeah, leave it to us!" Ryuu said, and he summoned the Dramon Breaker once more.
"IT WON'T END THIS WAY!!" Barbamon shrieked, as random outbursts of darkness shot from his already weakened body, and Slayerdramon grabbed Fragarach and soared into the sky. A shadowy sphere came out of Barbamon's wand, and it was heading straight for Ryuu and Slayerdramon.
"I got this!" Ryuu shouted, holding the Dramon Breaker in a slanted position.
"Victory Charge!"
With Ryuu's peculiar sword skill, he was able to rebound the shadow ball, and both the Dramon Breaker and Fragarach began to shine.
"Now, together!" Slayerdramon shouted, and Ryuu nodded.
"Rising Dragon Slay Wave!"
"Trident Gaia!"
Both attacks loomed in towards the Demon Lord, and as soon as the attacks connected, a large shrill was heard, and Barbamon's body burst into data bits, and the dark Digiegg exploded.
"We did it." Ryuu said, as he leapt off of Slayerdramon's back, and he landed onto the ground, and Dracomon landed next to him.
"Nice job, little bro." Luciana smiled. "You guys weren't half bad."
"Yeah, that was something else." Leormon added, and Kenji nodded.
"Hachiro Ryuu, you almost lost yourself." Kenji chuckled. "I had to say, I was impressed."
"Didn't think you could pull that off." Keiko laughed.
"Thanks, guys." Ryuu smiled. "Well, our job isn't done yet."
"No, far from done." Dracomon added.
"We still have a mission to complete." Ryuu began. "To defeat the Demon Lords, restore balance to the Digital World…and to rescue Vani, that is our mission!"
"You still have much to learn-gya." A familiar voice called. Everyone looked around, searching for the source of that voice.
"Agumon Hakase?" Falcomon gasped. "Is that you?"
"Of course-gya." The voice said, and Agumon Hakase appeared before them. "Hey, how's it going-gya?"
"Agumon Hakase," Kenji said. "How unusual it is for you to appear at such a time like this."
"Now is not the time for that-gya." Agumon Hakase started. "We have business to attend to-gya!"
"We?" Dracomon repeated, and three large shadows appeared behind Agumon Hakase.
"Yes, we." Three deep voices said behind him.
TO BE CONTINUED…
NEXT TIME ON DIGIMON D-TAMER…
"We are the guardians of your digimon partners."
"We empower your weapons."
"We need to train you to take on the rest of the Demon Lords."
"We're wasting time! I need to defeat Lilithmon, so Vani can come back!"
"You need to learn patience, young one."
"Barbamon has fallen at the hands of the Digimon D-Tamers."
"Daemon, I believe you are next in line."
"To Hell, they will burn for eternity!"
COMING SOON…
DIGIMON D-TAMER
D-27
THE OLD MASTERS OF LEGEND!