A Digimon Frontier Fanfic

By Haru Glory

A/N: Well, here's the highly anticipated part 2 of Duskmon's secrets being unveiled.

Hope you guys enjoy this and please keep on supporting my works!

Chronicles of Time: Cyber World

Chapter 34: What Lies Beneath the Tainted Heart (Part II)

Previously on Chronicles of Time: Cyber World…

"You…no, WE, are the reincarnation of the Ancient Phantom Beast of Darkness, Ancient Sphinxmon. As such, we have a duty to fulfill and that is to put an end to those who wish to wreck havoc in the land."

"But aren't we…doing that just now? And you did fight against the protector of the Digital World back then under Kerpymon's orders."

"That is another matter, I had no real control on that matter. Above all else, it was Kerpymon and Lucemon who was controlling me, much like how the Royal Knights were controlled."

"Why is it? You are the tainted spirit…why do you care about stopping 'darkness' as you put it?"

Duskmon was silent for a while, before he said, "I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you what was my true purpose…"

Silence…

"My true purpose was to follow what Ancient Sphinxmon had originally wanted when he was still alive. Ancient Sphinxmon was the strongest among all the Ancient Ten, that the only other Ancient who can match his power was Ancient Garurumon. He knew that with the Ancient Beast Digimon of Light around, he could not achieve his goal, which was to rule over the whole Digital World."

"What?" Koichi exclaimed, "Are you saying that you are going to use me to achieve that purpose?"

"Let me finish before you react you brat." Duskmon said in annoyance, he had always hated it when others cut him off.

"Sorry, geez…"

"As I was saying. It was not Lucemon nor Kerpymon who created me and Valgamon. It was Ancient Sphinxmon. He knew that only the true spirit of darkness that can disperse darkness would be revived by his power so he secretly created two other spirits and hid it within the True Spirit of Darkness. He knew that these tainted spirits would be a lot stronger than the ordinary spirits that the others would create, it would have an even greater power than that of the True Spirits, as such, he planted within the tainted spirits the dream that he knew he would never gain as Ancient Sphinxmon. Lucemon knew of the Ancient Phantom Beast's secrets and used it to his advantage, completely sealing away the True Spirit and embedding in you the tainted spirits."

"Wait a minute, so Ancient Sphinxmon was evil?" Koichi asked.

"Not completely evil." Duskmon continued, "During the ancient times, it was Lucemon who governed all, and during that time when Ancient Sphinxmon lived, he saw how corrupted Lucemon was and thought that it was the Ancient Ten who should rule, when Ancient Garurumon learned of Ancient Sphinxmon's beliefs, he did not agree to it since Ancient Garurumon was the ancient who always stuck to the rules no matter what. He only changed his perception on Lucemon when he saw for himself the corruption of the once holy Digimon. So you see, he did not view his goal as evil, he merely thought that it would save the Digital World. He foresaw how things would eventually end up without a stern and strong willed leader, and as he believed himself to be such, he thought it was his destiny, and the destiny of the one who would receive his spirit."

"Destiny? Are you saying that's your destiny?" Koichi asked.

"I used to believe it was especially when I was still under the dark influence of Lucemon and Kerpymon." The Dark one voiced out honestly, "Until now, I still think that way, even just a little. I would not let it cloud my thoughts for now, I just thought that you should know, to make things clear between us."

"It doesn't make anything clear, it just made me a bit more distant with you." Koichi said, "I am still unsure whether you really have changed."

"Tsk, you should learn to trust me since that would also be trusting yourself." Duskmon said, "But we'll continue this discussion after we kill off that Grizzlymon fellow."

Koichi kept silent, and decided to let Duskmon do whatever he wants, he figured the others would hate him for this, as killing one of the protectors was not the plan.

"…And neither was making the younger Digimons fight and die like that." He thought for himself.

Outside Koichi's mind, Duskmon and Grizzlymon had finally came face to face with each other.

If Grizzlymon was scared, he did not show it. Instead, in his face there was a smile plastered on it. If Grizzlymon was just acting, he was really doing well…

"So, I finally got a chance to meet face to face with the well known Prince of Darkness, Duskmon himself." Grizzlymon said. "What an honor."

"I would have said that I was flattered, but if its just you who said it, I'm not." Duskmon said, readying his sword, "But you should be honored to fall by my blade."

From the distance, the four other Spirit Shinkers could well see that Duskmon and Grizzlymon were already facing each other.

"Guys, we should definitely hurry!" Jet Silphymon said as she began to fly faster, "We cannot allow Duskmon to kill Grizzlymon!"

"I guess now is the time that speed is truly crucial." Beowulfmon said…

Slide Digivolution!

Kendo Garurumon!

As Beowulfmon transformed into Kendo Garurumon, the high-speed Digimon he shouted "HOWLING STAR" and with the Wing Blades on his back, Kendo Garurumon plunged forward faster than the speed of light, slicing most enemies who were on the other sides of him.

"If that's the case, then…"

Slide Digivolution!

Kumamon!

"Then I could move faster than Korikakumon!" Kumamon said, and with that he rode his snowboard which was, as he had said, much faster than Korikakumon running about, rampaging while most of the time, chanting a prayer for a fallen enemy.

"I'll let you guys go on ahead," Calamarimon said, "the way I see it, it would be impossible for me to catch up to you guys anymore, I'll just stay here and stop any enemy from catching up with you."

The others nodded and went on their way.

On the meantime, Duskmon's blades were already causing problems for Grizzlymon. But even as the protector managed to fight back, he could sense that there was really something amiss.

"How?" Grizzlymon asked, "How could it be possible for you insolent fools to attack our troops? We should be invincible!"

"Then I guess we should be thankful for whatever contraption it was that Gennai set to aide us in this battle." Duskmon said.

"Gennai?" Grizzlymon asked as he jumped back, "You speak of that old man keeper of the Crystal Dome?"

Duskmon, instead of answering the query thrown at him, launched forward – his blades ready for the kill.

There was no escaping now, Grizzlymon knew of it and so did the others. But as if luck was on the side of those who were against the reincarnation of the Ancient Ten, a powerful blast of water hit Duskmon sending him flying backwards and landing in the middle of Kumamon and Kendo Garurumon.

"What the heck was that?" Kumamon asked as Duskmon crash-landed right before him.

"Do not think for even a second that we, the Protectors, would let Grizzlymon fight this battle alone!" Came a woman's voice.

"Dammit!" Duskmon said as he was helped to his feet by the small bear digimon, "I was so close!"

"Are you alright, Duskmon?" Kendo Garurumon asked.

"Yes." The Dark One replied, "But who did that?"

"Have you forgotten the challenge given to your side? That Grizzlymon and I would be fighting against your 'army'."

And with that, from the nearby river, erupted a half-human, half-serpent digimon – Sea Serpentamon!

"Darn, we forgot all about that!" Calamarimon said as she heard the uproar.

There was a smirk on Sea Serpentamon's face, as if telling them that they are no match for her prowess. It irritated Duskmon, he was already close in attaining revenge for their young comrades you died without a fight.

Gripping his swords even tighter, Duskmon began to walk forwards.

That was when Beowulfmon grabbed him by the arms and whirled him around.

"Stop rampaging about, Duskmon!" Beowulfmon said in a stern manner as every Digimon around them continued on fighting. "Have you forgotten what we came here to do?"

Silence as Duskmon eyed Beowulfmon, even more annoyed.

"We didn't come here to start a full-scale war," Beowulfmon said, "We came here to make sure no more innocent lives suffer!"

"And that is why I will kill Grizzlymon and that Sea Serpentamon!" Duskmon growled.

"Are you being an idiot? Wake up, Koichi!" Beowulfmon shouted, which made Kumamon peer over to what was happening between the two, "If you went on and kill two of the ten protectors, what do you think will happen next? Do you honestly believe that that will solve our problems?"

"And what do you want me to do, Koji?" Duskmon asked, "Sit and wait around as more of the younglings die?"

"Even more will die with you rampaging about! Control yourself!"

"Even more are dying right now as you are in my way!"

"Don't be such an idiot!" Beowulfmon shouted, "Koichi, why are you acting this way? Look, if you want to take revenge for those younglings, then I suggest you free these two protectors from whoever is controlling them?"

"Free them?"

"Don't you remember? You were the ones who said you saw someone manipulating the JP and the others, then maybe…"

"…that someone is manipulating Grizzlymon and Sea Serpentamon as well!" Added Kumamon who had rejoined the others.

"Open up your eyes and see what is really happening, see what lies beyond the rage that you feel!" Beowulfmon said.

Inside the mind of Duskmon, Koichi could see the sense in what his brother said…

"We should give it a try, Duskmon." Koichi said.

Duskmon nodded.

And with that, he viewed the surroundings in a different way. And sure enough, he could see what looks like thin strands of threads, threads made of shadows.

There were threads that were connected to the Digimons that they were fighting against, some thin, others, like in Grizzlymon and Sea Serpentamon were thicker, much, much thicker.

"I see it." Duskmon said.

"See what?" Kumamon asked, "Do you see whose controlling them?"

"No." Duskmon replied, "Just what is used to control them. It looks like threads made of shadows, each connected with the others. The shadows on Grizzlymon and Sea Serpentamon are much thicker than those on their minions."

"Then it looks like we found a way to win this thing without causing any more casualties," Beowulfmon said as he called forth his blade. "the only question is, how do we do it?"

To Be Continued…

Well, that takes care of this chapter. It took me a while to upload it because of all the school work and me being elected as a member of the student council…

Anyways, this chappy may seem a bit short to you all, but hopefully, the next one will be much longer. I will try to upload it sometime this coming week or even this coming weekend if possible.

Oh well, it's getting late, so until next time, this is Haru Glory saying "PEACE" and signing out.

P.S

Please pray for Lebanon and Israel, may their fighting be put to a stop so that no more casualties and innocent lives may suffer.