YuYuHakusho: Digimon Files Chapter 26: Defeat?, a Digimon + Anime X-overs Crossover fanfic

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YuYuHakusho: Digimon Files

Episode 26: Defeat?

"What did you . . . do?" The usual loud and dark voice of Surt had been replaced by a silent whisper. Before him laid the only woman he had ever loved, a human no less. Her name was Riru, a powerful psychic who had made quite a reputation as being an exorcist. With her spiritual awareness she was an expert in fending off demons and other apparitions.

Ten years ago Riru had made it her duty to strike down the violent demons that had appeared in Tokyo. Pursuing this goal led her to the demon before her. It was a quiet meeting, seemingly the calm before the storm. The storm had turned into love at first site. Why? How? Being born with high spiritual awareness Riru had always felt like an outside to the natural world, to normal people. How could she judge Surt who is merely different? A demon? So what?

"What did you do!!!?" Surt yelled, as a powerful flame erupted from his body. His anger had gotten to him. He would kill her! He could kill her for what she's done! Happiness: The foreign feeling that Surt has never felt. He had found someone who would not judge him as demons did. He had found someone who would not judge him as spirit world would or demon world had. He had found paradise.

"For . . . you," The weak voice of Riru spoke out. A simple kitchen knife is to blame. Riru chest had been impaled. It wasn't against her will, she took her own life.

"How can this possibly be for me?!" Surt countered. He didn't want to hear it, it was one thing for his happiness to be snatched away from him but the added guilt of 'it was because of him' is just too much.

"You refuse to eat humans, despite it being the only way for you to survive." Riru coughed. Blood seeped from her mouth. Her eyes usually full of life and power seemed unnaturally still. Her breathing was very slow. "This was for . . . you and. . .Our daughter,"

"Don't! Don't put this on me or her!" Surt yelled. Mist from his eyes seemed to be evaporating in the heat.

"She is a half-demon. She will long outlive me. . .you are a demon. . .who may outlive her. . .it is better for you to live. . .to watch over her. . .than for me to die. . .in a time when she had no father." Riru's eyes closed, however she was still breathing.

". . ." Surt roared out loud. Surt could sense her spiritual strength leaving at a rapid rate, she was indeed dying.

". . . Feast . . . on my body . . . I will become your . . . strength. Don't let this . . . body rot in a grave. I . . . am . . . yours. . ." Riru exhaled heavily. The last of her life faded.

Surt just stared at the body. "HAAAAAAA!" Surt roared. He then stepped over to the body. His yellow eyes narrowed. He showed his fangs.

Little did Surt know, a little girl was now watching him. With training from her mother she had learned to perfectly mask her energy. She stared at the demon with hateful eyes.

Surt caught both of WarGreymon's fists. "End it with your next attack? Ha!"

"You asked for it!" WarGreymon spat back intensely. "Brave Tornado!" Still holding onto WarGreymon, Surt tried to hold the mega level digimon in place. He struggled for an intense four seconds before the momentum WarGreymon had overwhelmed the demon.

Tai and Ophanimon looked into the sky to see just what was going to happen.

Gennai, Koenma, and Botan both watched as well. Koenma and Botan were completely shocked at the strength this digimon had.

Both fighters were twirling in the tornado, with WarGreymon twirling his natural way, while Surt twirled in an awkward fashion. Surt relinquished his grip on WarGreymon's arms.

"Got you!" WarGreymon announced. "Terra Force!"

Surt didn't seem to know what was happening. He just saw a bright light heading directly for him. In an instant he was struck in the chest with such raw force the ground in which they were NOT on shook violently.

"No way. . ." Tai said, trying to keep his balance.

"He's drilling the Terra Force into Surt's chest!" Ophanimon said.

"Who says digimon don't use strategy in combat. . ." Koenma said. (Genkai's ears are burning,)

The sensation Surt was feeling. It was pain. It truly was pain. An intense pain his body couldn't fight against. WarGreymon was forcing the demon onto the roof of a corner store.

"I'm not done yet!" WarGreymon yelled. "Terra Force!!"

". . . Summoning a terra force within a terra force!" Tai said speechless.

Kari and Meno were now matching blow for blow. Kari ducked under a kick and attempted to sweep, in which Meno responded by flipping forward hoping to land her foot on Kari's head. The younger Kamiya quickly sidestepped to avoid and crossed her arms to block a charged punch from her adversary.

Kari prepared to attack again when an enormous explosion fired into the sky nearby. "WarGreymon? Ophanimon? Tai!" Kari let her guard down and was punched in the stomach by Meno with enough force to knock the wind out of her. Kari clutched her stomach and took a step back, just as the dust from the explosion washed over them.

'I have to get through her to help them. . .'

Tai moved his arm from his eyes and saw Ophanimon before him protecting in some kind of holy barrier.

"Thanks Ophanimon. Damn, WarGreymon needs to learn his own strength. He nearly wiped out the city block." Tai said.

"He did watch his strength . . . or else the city block would be gone." Ophanimon continued to look at the remains of point of impact. "Let's hope WarGreymon put down that beast once and for all,"

'Is that what I want?'

WarGreymon rose to the sky from a crater, very slowly. His remaining armor seemed burnt and chipped in various places. He didn't see Surt anywhere. He exhaled. ". . ." His eyes suddenly went blank as he glowed with a light glow and dedigivolved. Koromon fell from the sky. Ophanimon flew in to catch the drained digimon.

Surt groaned as he slowly rose into the air. His body seemed to be just fine. But the look in his eyes had changed. His eyes were a mixture of red and yellow. "Can you grasp how many?! Can mortals grasp the destruction they cause?! I'll tell you! Seventeen thousand four hundred and sixty three spawns! That's how many future spawns you've killed in your attack! That's how many voices were suddenly silenced in your attack! Can you fathom the lives you've snuffed out of existence? Face me monster!"

Ophanimon dropped Koromon off in Tai's arms.

"Wait Ophanimon! You're not thinking of fighting him right now are you?" Tai called out.

Ophanimon turned to face him. Her beautiful majestic body began glowing with divine light. "What choice do I have? The demons were after Kari and if no one fights him there's only one person he'd go for."

Tai nodded. "Go for it! WarGreymon must've weakened him a great deal. I'm sure you will win!"

"Don't worry, I'm not intending on losing. This demon may not have enslaved me as Myotismon did, but I feel the same burning hatred for him that I did for that poor excuse of a vampire." Ophanimon flew off towards the demon in question.

'Besides, I think I now know his weakness. . .'

Tai blinked. "Why did Ophanimon just appear invisible. . .?"

"That . . . angel is going to fight my creator," Meno smiled at Kari. Kari immediately turned around to see if she could see any sign of Ophanimon. Instantly she was struck in the stomach once again and sent a couple inches off of the ground. Meno giggled slightly at the girl's ignorance before she showed her fangs to Kari.

'She's using the others to distract me . . . and I keep falling for it. It's because she wouldn't speak at first and now she keeps talking.' Kari thought.

Ophanimon was now in range of Surt. "Sorry for the delay, but you'll fight me now. The angel of light."

"Angel? Interesting. Do you intend to pass judgment on me? Do you intend to force your ideals of right and wrong into my mind? Back off! Death isn't very attractive but I will kill you if you persist. All in the name of-"

"Paradise, yeah I know. You've said it." Ophanimon pointed her javelin at the demon.

Seiji walked away from the battle with Malice. He wasn't moving very fast, seeing as he used so much energy. "Surt, I'm coming for you. I will kill you,"

Seiji turned around quickly. "What was that?" He saw nothing behind him. "Nothing," He turned back around and began his long trek back to the others . . . and Surt.

However, from an altered point of view, the demon Malice was standing right next to him carefully eyeing the warrior.

Kurama looked into the sky.

"Youko Kurama!" Sin yelled. "That's what he says his name is! Now let him out!"

Kurama looked back down. "So you've come,"

The man in question was none other than the spirit defense force's very own, Asura. "Watching you take advantage of a child was very entertaining. It seems even in your reincarnation you still retain the same merciless tactics used way back when."

"Speaking seems to be your best quality," Kurama replied.

Asura smirked, "Then maybe I should show you a few more of my qualities," A multi-colored aura surrounded Asura. The aura had colors ranging from blue to red.

Kurama's eyes widened in shock. "Chuu. . .Rinku. . ."

"Hmm I see you recognize the energies." Asura grinned. "Of course I expected you to. Now I test you again. Will you attack me without knowing the state of your friends? Or will you bend to my will in the hope that you can save them?"

A flaming aura burst from the rubble that use to be an apartment building. Sin jumped out of the rubble with red eyes seeking vengeance.

"It seems you didn't clean up," Asura said.

"This child may just interest you, Asura." Kurama said as Sin approached. "He can hear the voice of Youko,"

Asura's eyes widened briefly. "Indeed, you have an eye for talent."

"You!" Sin yelled. "You tried to kill me!"

"If you recall, you stated that I will show you life and death," Kurama responded. This situation was bad, it was hard enough to attack Sin alone, seeing as he has power over flames, but adding in Asura as a wild card was just ridiculous.

"Shut up! Shut up! I don't care about you anymore Youko! I want this guy! I want to kill him!" Sin yelled staring dead into Kurama's face.

"Heh heh heh," Asura laughed. "I can't have any of you die if I want to study the both of you. This should be interesting,"

"Don't get involved! He's mine!" Sin rushed forward at Kurama. Asura did the same knowing the spot where Kurama stood would be where the triple threat begins.

"Hoo, hoo, hoo, an angel eh? The irony of that one must've hit Surt hard," Yoshi's facial expression changed. "It's not wise to throw away life, sonny."

Hiei stood up behind the old man. "You seem to believe that I am afraid of death." The voice of Hiei seemed to move with the wind. "You believe that you've overpowered me. Ha! You underestimate that which you don't understand." Black flames enveloped Hiei.

"Still have some power left in ya, sonny boy?" Yoshi turned around.

"I only find it fitting to warn you, but this fight is to the death. I hate the ideals of those who believe in the future. Letting someone live because it's not their time to die. Feh, don't make me laugh. There's no room in this world for such weakness." All three of Hiei's eyes were wide open. All of them locked on Yoshi's presence. His third eye was bleeding from the bottom.

Yoshi tapped the ground with his staff. "The dragon of the darkness flame,"

"You must be familiar with it, but it doesn't matter! It's time I send you in a one way trip to hell!"

Yoshi smirked. "Nice bluff, but that's all it is, a bluff." A change suddenly came over Hiei as his body's black aura completely disappeared. Hiei's third eye looked slightly different. It seemed dilated.

"You ready!"

"Anytime,"

Hiei swung his sword. He had swung it from a distance but by the time he had gained momentum he was now in front of Yoshi. Yoshi could barely duck and block the follow up with his cane.

The cane and the sword scraped against each other with the sword continuing until it was close to cutting off Yoshi's fingers. Yoshi used his own sword to halt the attack and continued his attack with his levitating blade, which Hiei easily parried before pushing Yoshi backwards.

"Three weapons ain't enough. If you're trying to win then hit me with everything you've got!" Hiei demanded. He then aimed his blade at the old man's heart just to have it parried by the old man's cane. The old man's eyes opened to reveal a yellow light. Dozens of flaming swords appeared in the vicinity.

Hiei's face curved into a grin. "Opened your eyes after all," In a blur of sword swipes all of the blades were parried just before Hiei disappeared.

"I can follow your movements, but can you follow mine!" Yoshi vanished from site as well. The two were going at speeds completely invisible to the untrained eye. Hiei approached Yoshi from behind and swung a blur of slashes at the old man. The old man repelled as many attacks as he could before getting sliced in the shoulder forcing him to exit his incredible speed.

"Your movements are completely different," Yoshi took a step back from the advancing fire demon.

"You should've killed me when you had the chance," Hiei continued to step forward. "You knew of the dragon and expected the dragon. Well you've got the dragon! I am not controlling the dragon! I AM the dragon!"

"Your skill, perception, and sheer force have more than tripled." Yoshi dropped his sword and held his cane with both hands. It began to glow.

"A last ditch effort, whatever I welcome it!" Hiei raced forward leaving a trail of flames behind him. He prepared to attempt a decapitation but immediately swerved to the left.

"Spears are a sword master's greatest enemy,"

"Tch," Hiei zigzagged and came in from the left. His blade was aimed for the demons arm. Yoshi brought his newly created spear to his left and completely parried Hiei's blow and pushed the demon off of him. He began spinning and twirling the spear as an attack to force Hiei into rare dodging situations.

Yoshi smirked as he stopped his unfocused attacks and aimed for the younger demons neck. Hiei limbo'd out of the way to avoid and brought his head up to see another stab coming from Yoshi which he sidestepped. Now that the spear was going back on its return trip, Hiei moved in.

Yoshi switched the front with the back of the spear and instantly defended against Hiei's attack. The two followed up with a speed blitz. Colliding and clashing at every turn. Hiei ended up on the higher ground and brought his sword down in a vertical slash only to have it parried when Yoshi held his spear horizontally.

Hiei followed up by scraping the blade across the spear aiming to cut off Yoshi's fingers but the aged demon found the small opening square on Hiei's chest and kicked him accordingly sending the small demon hurtling backwards. Yoshi took this time to regain his composure and aim his spear at his foe.

"Once again you've changed your strategy," Yoshi said. "No more fire based attacks have come from you."

Hiei's eyes seemed possessed. This fight was bringing the thrill back. The thrill of the murder, the bloodlust!

"What is this?" Garr asked the man.

"Tokyo Bay," Joe replied.

The two were looking down at the deep water below them. "What do you know of Odaiba?" Joe asked.

"Nothing. . ." Garr responded.

"What would you like to know?" Joe asked.

Garr didn't respond. He turned to stare at the human. Why was this man being so kind to him?

"Fighting isn't everything," Joe said.

"You expect me to stop? I was born for a reason,"

"I was made into a digidestined when I was young. I was forced to fight as well. However, even though I've experienced things like the end of the world, I still believe that fighting is wrong. It was something a friend taught me." Joe said thinking of Mimi.

A drop of water evaporated on against Hiei's aura. Black clouds had filled the sky and rain was approaching. Yoshi's eyes had returned to its closed position as he panted heavily.

"Even though you've become stronger, faster, and more observant than before there's nothing you can do to win." Yoshi announced. "You've pulled your trump card too late; you've already been struck with fatal wounds."

"I'll be sure to tell your friends that those were your last words," Hiei's third eye widened even more. Hiei narrowed his normal eyes. 'Someone is watching us,'

In that moment of distraction Yoshi went on the attack. Water began to drop from the sky as the spear and sword clashed six times per second.

Hiei smirked, "Heh,"

Yoshi found an opening, he planned to shove the spear right into Hiei's head. Yoshi barely avoided Hiei's vertical slash and now in this tenth of a second Hiei was open. He shoved the spear forward. It drew blood.

"Heh," Hiei hadn't moved his body to avoid, but instead just slightly tilted his head. Not enough to avoid the spear completely but enough to avoid a fatal wound. And now Yoshi was wide open. Now that Hiei had eliminated the range between them he merely altered the position of his sword and swung upward cutting deep into Yoshi's chest.

Yoshi dropped the spear and fell forward. Hiei swung his blade to the ground letting the blood fly to the concrete. He walked over to his sheathe and picked it up before sheathing his sword.

Hiei was making his way away from the demon corpse he had left behind when he felt its presence again. He turned around to notice Yoshi was no longer laying dead on the ground but making its way towards him with a blade of fire.

"A glutton for punishment," Hiei said as he withdrew his sword once again.

Quickdraw!

Hiei and the demon both phased from site. A clash of metal echoed throughout the area. Hiei landed gracefully on the ground. The demon's body crashed to the ground.

"This time, stay down," Hiei said.

'Surt, as predicted I didn't make it through this battle. This youngster took me by surprise. . .please finish this as according to the plan. My train of thought must reach you. . .as these are my final. . .words.'

'I just wanted to see paradise,'

Ophanimon went on the offensive and brought her Javelin towards the demons throat only to find its material was made of. . .metal? The clang of the collision caught Ophanimon off guard as Surt reared his flaming fist back and brought it forward. Ophanimon quickly brought her shield to defend but still flew back a considerable distance.

"Sefirot Crystal!" An enormous crystal of light appeared before her. She swiped her shield and sent it flying. As it closed in on Surt it exploded into ten smaller crystals. Surt was only expecting one and was caught off guard as all ten of the crystals slammed into his body, burning him with their holy might.

Surt roared out loud.

Surt's eyes widened in shock. "It can't be. . .it can't be!!" Black fire began to leak out the very pores of his body. He focused his site on Ophanimon.

"Is my strength too much for you, demon?" Ophanimon asked, pointing her javelin towards the monster.

Kari and Meno's shins collided. They switched shins and collided again. Kari continued with a leg sweep and Meno somersaulted backwards and landed gracefully.

Meno formed her 'demon' barrier and pointed her palm forward.

'Barrier blast? But she didn't absorb any energy,'

Meno fired a black projectile of energy.

'Demon energy instead of spirit energy. . .obviously,'

Kari's spirit barrier surrounded her. The projectile smashed into it, fitting right perfectly with her plan. She absorbed the energy from the attack.

"Barrier Blast!" She pointed her palm forward and released the amplified energy back at Meno.

Meno smirked. When the blast collided with her barrier it was slowly absorbed. She pointed her palm forward again.

'. . .I fueled her attack. . .she thought ahead.'

Meno launched another black projectile, this time it was three times the size of her previous one. Kari bit her lip. The attack collided with her own spirit barrier and she began to slowly absorb it as well.

'If its hot potato you want, its hot potato you'll get!'

"Barrier Blast!"

With a flaming uppercut, Sin knocked Asura into the air. The immature demon turned his attention to Kurama who was holding twin rose whips.

'My tactics are becoming stale,' Kurama thought.

Kurama raced forward and began swinging his rose whip. Sin took extra care into dodging.

'He's still dodging even though his flames could burn the whip,'

Kurama quickly turned around to see a burst of red light nail Asura from behind. He quickly looked up to see Phoenixmon and Sora descending from the sky.

"You looked like you needed some help!" Sora yelled. Kurama nodded in approval. This battle was relentless and he was fully aware of the chances of his survival, but now with Sora and Phoenixmon here, his chances have just shot up.

Hiei was slowly making his way back to the center of the city. The ring of fire had vanished leaving only burnt charcoal as its remains. He looked up and saw that the black hole was still in the sky. "Figures she didn't kill him yet," Water from the rain began to fall onto his face. It was beginning to rain heavy.

"If she can," A voice called from behind Hiei. To the figures slight surprise however Hiei was now behind him with his sword pressed to his back.

"Your spying skills could use some work. I was onto you since before I killed the old demon," Hiei said.

The figure in question looked like a demon, having a human like body with bat-like wings on his side. He wore what looked like a blue business suit and he had a massive gun on his side.

"Very peculiar, you were onto my presence before I knew you were. I'd congratulate you, if for not one simple fact." The figure said.

Hiei's eyes were feeling slightly heavy. Absorbing the dragon had begun to, as always, take its toll on him. He would need to hibernate soon. He may need to hibernate even longer since it was his first time absorbing the dragon before releasing it.

"The fact that you are about to die,"

Hiei eyes closed for just a second. When he realized he was in danger they immediately shot open again. The figure was nowhere to be found. He sluggishly took steps forward. He was too weak. He needed to hibernate now. His eyes were losing focus.

"Attacking when I'm at my weakest. Smart decision. . ."

Hiei spotted the figure a few feet away from him. His eyes could barely keep open. The rain wasn't helping. The flames were dying down. A feeling was building up inside of Hiei. Fear? Can't be. He doesn't fear anything not even death. What was that feeling?

"I don't sense any spirit or demon energy from you." Hiei said. "You must be a digimon. A cowardly species."

"I am known as Astamon. A member of the Daemon Corps. It is a known fact that after the business with Surt is taken care of that we will eventually have to deal with you." Astamon said.

"So you want to deal with us right now," Hiei cursed.

"Right on the money. I bear no grudge against you," Astamon pulled out his enormous gun from his waist.

Astamon: An ultimate level digimon with the strength of a mega. He wears a blue business suit covered by demonic robes. He wields a giant gun he named Maverick and has a limitless supply of daggers. He's a noble digimon who knows the workings of the world.

Astamon pointed Maverick at Hiei. Hiei slowly bowed his head.

"Maverick"

Hiei let out a small cry. Blood exploded from his back. His sword fell out of his hand. It was then that the sound of the blast echoed. Hiei hit the ground.

He now knew the feeling he had gotten. It wasn't fear at all. It was simply regret. Regret that he'll never get a chance to fight this 'Astamon'. Hiei's body began to grow still. Hiei tried with great effort to twist his lips into a light smirk.

'I kept my promise Shigure. Yukina will never know who I am,'

Farewell. Hiei.

Seiji continued to limp. "I have to hurry, I felt Surt's demon energy lower for a second. Then it returned." He stopped and concentrated. He opened his eyes revealing blue spirit energy. He took a step back in shock.

Malice stood before him staring him down. But the demon hadn't been there a second ago. Even so, Seiji had already killed him with a double spirit train. There was just no way he could be standing in front of him now.

'If he's alive then he's been following me for the last few minutes. If he hasn't attacked then why would he now?'

Seiji made up his mind. He continued to walk forward. Malice maneuvered out of the way to allow Seiji to pass. Seiji stopped and clenched his fist. If he could make it back to the others he could finally get his shot at Surt, the demon who killed his parents, but by leading this demon to the others he could be doing more harm than good. The choice was simple, selfish or selfless.

'I can't. . .just run!' His decision was made.

With a quick turn, Seiji nailed Malice with a right hook that seemed to have little to no effect on the demon.

"Yes, I see you. . ." Seiji got into his fighting stance. "I'll finish this fight and make it back to the others."

"Barrier Blast!" The power that erupted from Kari's spirit barrier engulfed the entire block the two were fighting on. The bright pink light was absorbed into Meno's barrier. Kari was breathing heavily, just how much power could the copycat absorb?

'Too much. . .she's absorbing too much.'

Meno grinned at Kari's fatigue. The demon pointed her palms forward and flashed a toothy grin. In an instant she let loose the most devastating blast left, too huge to avoid the ground completely, it left a trench in its wake as it charged the younger Kamiya.

Kari pressed both of her hands forward and held her ground against the blast. Slowly but surely she began to absorb the blast.

'I have to come up with something new! This is becoming too much.' Kari screamed with effort as she absorbed the last bit of the blast. She pointed her palm at Meno. Kari breathed in slow, staring at her opponent. Meno seemed to be at her limit as well. She was breathing hard but it could all be an act.

Kari clenched her right fist. "Forget it!" Kari rushed Meno with her amplified speed. "Haaaaaaaaaaa!"

Meno dropped her barrier and created the second version which materialized as a black barrier that outlined only Meno as an absolute wall of protection.

Kari's fist was outlined with a dark pink power that held the product of their 'hot potato' battle.

Kari closed in.

Meno braced herself.

Kari swung her fist.

Meno moved two inches to left.

Kari compensated.

BAM!

The blow connected to Meno's face unaffected by the barrier due to Kari's own increased strength. Meno's cry was immediately silenced by the sheer power as the demons body was launched like a rocket in the opposite direction.

Meno continued to fly backwards without losing any force. She slowly opened one eye, tried to utter a word, then closed her eye as she soared passed an intersection and into a department store.

Kari continued to breathe heavily. "I. . .did it."

'I apologize for my weakness. . .my master.'

Ophanimon was fighting in the sky. She swung her javelins only to have them parried by the opposing demon. Surt swung his claws only to have them parried by the opposing digimon. Ophanimon quickly changed her strategy, bent her elbow, and shot forward connecting her bent elbow to the demons chest. She then swung her javelin connecting with the demons neck causing a loud crunching sound to echo out. The demon flapped his wings not only causing him to maneuver from Ophanimon, but also sending out a gust of wind that Ophanimon had to fight through to catch up to the demon.

Ophanimon crashed into a building wall and quickly shot back at Surt and batted him with her lance crashing him into a wall as well. Surt returned with a mighty punch which Ophanimon parried with her lance before she kicked him in the stomach as hard as she could. The mega level digimon backed up and pointed her javelin at the demon.

Ophanimon deflected the powerful arm of her opponent with her arm shield and continued to push the demon back. With a blow from her javelin she sent the demon flying through a wall.

"I gain my strength from Kari and with her power and determination I cannot lose." Ophanimon stated. She pointed her javelin at the demon.

"Eden's Javelin!" A ray of light shot from the tip of the javelin and pierced into the demon's chest. It's hard structured body began to crack as light began to show through. The demon's body erupted with a white light.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The light dissipated and was replaced with a dark aura. Surt breathed in heavily.

"Is this judgment from the heavens? I won't let you win! The future of millions hangs in the balance!"

'What does it take to put this guy down? I halfway wish we were fighting MaloMyotismon again,' Ophanimon thought.

Surt growled. 'I apologize for my weakness. . .my master,'

Surt was seething. Regardless of his strength, these enemies weren't going down. They were actually winning. He had to find a way to turn this around quick.

Surt raised his arms in the sky and began laughing. "I will crush all the opposition. . .right now!" The black hole in the sky began to radiate electricity. Something was coming through.

Seiji was hit so hard he almost lost consciousness. His body crashed into the floor and he didn't move.

'Dammit. . .dammit! Move! Why won't my body move! This is it. . .I've hit my limit.'

Malice's demon aura was overwhelming creating a black that was darker than night.

Seiji pulled himself to his feet. One eye was half closed. He could barely see Malice walking towards him. 'What in the. . .?' Seiji noticed lightning erupting from the black hole in the sky.

Malice raised his claw into the air preparing for the final blow.

"Demon's Shout!"

Seiji heard a loud noise for half a second before his hearing ceased. A ray of sound rushed passed him and into Malice blasting him into the pavement.

Seiji's eyes suddenly became aware. His hearing returned and he turned to see someone approaching them.

Phelesmon: An ultimate level digimon wielding a red trident. He has red skin and a black leather overlord outfit. He is known for his ability to turn his opponents into black statues then command the statues to attack.

"A. . .digimon," Seiji said.

"Heh, I've come here with an offer for you Seiji. Meioh would like your assistance in the near future."

"What?" Seiji said slowly. Maybe he had been hit too hard it seemed like his enemy had asked him for help.

"I'm to present your options to you. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Phelesmon a member of Daemon's Daemon corps."

Seiji stared at Phelesmon. "What do you want?"

"I'll dumb it down for you, you come with me and live. Or you stay here and die." Phelesmon answered.

'I . . .can't die yet. Shiro. We promised a bright future. We promised we'd live through this time. I can't go back on my word.'

"I accept," Seiji said.

Phelesmon grinned at the answer.

"Crimson Flame!" From Phoenixmon's mouth erose a fierce blast of crimson energy. Asura jumped into the air to avoid the attack. A rose whip attacked Sin who let it wrap around his arm. Sin pulled at the whip forcing Kurama to move towards him. Surt grinned as moved in for a flaming kick. This worked to Kurama's advantage as he ducked under the kick and struck Sin with his palms.

Sora was riding on Phoenixmon's back as she looked into the sky. "I don't like the look of that. . ."

"What are you doing?" Ophanimon demanded.

"What does it look like? I will stop all opposition with one attack. I will crush you all!" Surt bellowed for all to hear. Kari, Tai, Gennai, Koenma, Botan, and Ophanimon looked into the sky.

"I feel it. . .something evil is coming through," Kari said.

"Ophanimon has to take him out before he completes his attack," Tai said.

Ophanimon flew into the sky at top speed. She stopped just a few feet away from darkness. The black hole was simply an abyss of darkness. She couldn't see through it or what was inside of it.

"My demon energy calls forth. . . Ragnarok!" Surt yelled into the sky.

A massive creation of dark blue energy erupted from the black hole. If Ophanimon's face wasn't covered in her helmet her shock would've been seen on her face. She didn't know how to defend against that. The blast was overshadowing her in every way.

"Ophanimon do something!!!!" Kari cried.

"Hear the roar of power?! This is my power!"

Ophanimon's body was surrounded in her own Sefirot Crystal as she plowed herself into the attack. It was a half-baked plan and she created it on the fly but it was all she could think of to protect those she cared about.

This sudden erosion of feelings. The wanting to outshine Agumon. The power to protect Kari. The situation that brought out her mega level. Everything moved into a culmination inside of Ophanimon's mind as she plowed her way through Surt's attack. That is when true power came to her.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Ophanimon's armor exploded with white light as she continued to force her way into the attack. This was her time to shine. This is what she waited for. But what about Surt? 'That. . .I'll leave to Kari. I'm sorry."

The sefirot crystal exploded with energy that overtook the attack. The light washed into the black hole and overwhelmed the battlefield.

"Ophanimon. . ." Tai said.

"Ophanimon," Gennai, Botan and Koenma said in unison.

"O-ophanimon. . .OPHANIMON!!!!" Kari screamed.

Ophanimon smiled. Her purpose had been complete. A sense of accomplishment washed over her. Just before. . .

She deleted. . .

A flashback of a mutilated Tai and a motionless TK entered Kari's mind. Tears seemed to appear in her eyes and she shut them with all her might as screamed out, "NOOOOOOO!"

'That selfless sacrifice. I don't understand,'

From a distance the lady of the hour, Meioh watched the battle."You shall soon understand, father."

End Chapter 26

. . .It's true. They're dead.

The battle ends in Chapter 27 entitled Surt!

Hope you enjoyed! Intense action hahahahaha! Don't burn up from the heat!

Surt's kind've weird huh?