Chapter 47: Hopeful Plight
Beelzemon laughed as he fired two more bullets. They were explosive rounds, created just for him by Kurata and they were so much fun to use. The explosion knocked Masaru back, keeping him from punching the hellish biker yet again. Beelzemon flipped around, dodging the golden blade of the ninja he was also fighting with ease. He landed on a tree branch, loading his gun again.
"Now this is fun!" he laughed excitedly.
"You coward!" Ikuto yelled angrily. "Fight fair!"
"This is fair!" Beelzemon retorted. "I'm humanoid, Ravemon's humanoid. What, two against one is fair? A single humanoid biker with two guns against a bigass dragon thing is fair?" Distracted by his retort, Beelzemon failed to see Ravemon fly up behind him. He spun around, forming into a silver tornado that struck Beelzemon's back. The biker roared in pain as he felt the claw shred into his back, the jacket he wore barely protecting him.
Beelzemon fell to the ground when Ravemon stopped the attack. Beelzemon landed, thanking his armor-like clothing. He brought his hands up to unleash hell on Ravemon but gasped when his guns were missing. "Damn bird!" he roared as he ran towards his guns. He gasped when Ikuto picked them up, smiling at Beelzemon.
"Quick, hit him!" Agumon cried frantically.
"How!?" Ikuto asked, never holding a gun before. He aimed them at Beelzemon the way the biker always did but frowned when nothing happen. Beelzemon laughed as he started running at the boy.
"Pull the trigger dammit!" Masaru ordered, fearful for the boy's safety.
"Trigger?" Ikuto asked, grabbing the gun a little tighter as he looked at it. His eyes widened as Beelzemon was blown back by the explosive round fired at him. Ikuto smiled proudly as he aimed the guns at Beelzemon, now knowing what to do. He fired again, the rounds exploding when they hit Beelzemon. "I got him!" he cried proudly.
"You sure did, little bastard." Beelzemon gasped from within the debris his guns had picked up. "You sure fucking did!" The debris was blown away as Beelzemon revealed his massive wings. Ravemon roared as he charged at him, his sword covered with purple electricity. Beelzemon turned, calmly grabbing the bird's wrist and breaking it with his hand. Ravemon cried out, his sword dropping to the ground. Beelzemon threw him into a tree and picked the sword up.
"You hit me with my guns." Beelzemon laughed maniacally as he walked towards the fearful Ikuto. "So how about I return the favor be skewering you with your partner's sword?" Ikuto backed away fearfully, pulling at the triggers which clicked harmlessly. Beelzemon laughed maniacally. "Yeah my guns can't hold a lot of ammo. Why do you think I use magic for forming my bullets? The reloading takes too much time when fighting hordes of enemies!"
CRACK!
Beelzemon failed to remember why he had even brought in the exploding rounds. Masaru smiled as he punched Beelzemon away form his ninja friend, the demonic biker being knocked aside. "Alright." Masaru said, his digisoul flaring. "Time to finish what we started at the volcano. Agumon?"
"Ready Aniki!" Agumon cried as he junped in front of Masaru.
"Digisoul Charge, Overdrive!" Masaru cried as he filled his digivice.
"Agumon Shinka!" Agumon exploded into his much larger Ultimate form. "ShineGreymon!" he roared, glaring down at Beelzemon. Ikuto let out a relieved sigh, falling down and sitting. Ravemon appeared behind him, his wrist would need to be looked at by Touma but overall he was okay.
"Alright fine!" Beelzemon roared. He appeared before Ikuto and Ravemon, stealing his guns. He didn't bother with attacking them, instead appearing at ShineGraymon's eye level. "You want me to fight serious?" he sneered as his two guns glowed. "Then let's fight for real!" The guns glowed, fusing onto Beelzemon's right arm. "Hit the mark!" he roared. "My Corona!"
The guns formed a cannon over his arm, not just on it but fusing with it. The end was like a claw, opening up and charging with purple energy. He smiled as he aimed it at ShinGreymon, having a massive target to work with. ShineGreymon tried punching him out of the sky, but Beelzemon appeared behind him. "Corona Destroyer!" he roared, firing a ball of energy that crashed into ShineGreymon and toppled him over.
"Dammit!" Masru cursed, remembering their battle from in the volcano. "He's too fast for us to hit!"
"Ravemon." Ikuto said quietly, looking at his partner's wrist. "Can you still fight?"
"I think so." Ravemon answered confidently. "Thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yeah." Ikuto answered as his body was surrounded by his purple digisoul. He took his digivice out, turning it on it's side. "Digisoul charge!" he cried as it all formed over his hand. "Burst Mode!"
Ravemon was covered by the purple energy, covering him completely. "No offense guys." His voice echoed as he changed forms. The energy vanished, revealing his red mask to be black with a longer headband tail. His black armor changed, now sleek black and white in different places. His legs and arms were covered in sharp purple feathers that glowed. His whole body crackled with purple electricity as he stood over Ikuto, the boy smiling proudly. "But I think you should leave an opponent like him to us!" Ravemon cried before vanishing from sight.
Beelzemon looked around, unable to see where the ninja raven had vanished to. "Dotou Yami Kumo no Mai!" Beelzemon gasped as he felt his body get cut up from every direction. Ravemon whirled around him, shi sharp claws and feathers cutting into Beelzemon as he flew around the biker. Beelzemon was unable to track the rave, only seeing a massive blur around him and feeling attacks form everywhere due to the ground wings.
"Dark Slinger!" he cried, firing in random directions with his massive gun. Ravemon was forced to move away, though the biker wasn't left unscathed. Beelzemon glared at the bird who smirked at him confidently. "Don't look at me like that!" Beelzemon roared. "I'll clip your fucking wings!" Beelzemon began creating a glowing inverted pentagram in the sky.
"Careful Ravemon!" ShinGreymon roared, forming a massive energy in his hands. "Glorious Burst!" he roared, hitting Beelzemon out of the sky.
"Raikou Issin no Tsuki!" Ravemon roared, his wings crackling. He unleashed a massive wave of energy from his wings, covering Beelzemon in it. Beelzemon roared with pain as his body coursed with the energy. He landed on the ground, his body smoking from the fires and lightening he had been struck with.
"Is he down?" Ikuto asked as he looked at the smoking biker.
"Dammit." Beelzemon gasped as he slowly stood up. "Dammit, dammit, dammit, dammit!" he roared into the sky. "I won't loose to you fucking weaklings!"
"Enough Beelzemon." Astamon said, appearing behind his friend.
"You!" Masaru cried. Though he failed to recognize his form, he knew that was Belphemon simply due to the presence he gave off.
"We've done our jobs. We can retreat." Astamon said calmly.
"Fuck that shit!" Beelzemon roared angrily. "I refuse to let these punks beat me!"
"Come now Beelzemon, you were perfectly fine with leaving at the volcano." Astamon reasoned.
"Yeah, when I was winning!" Beelzemon roared, turning on his friend. "But I refuse to run with my tail between my legs!"
Astamon sighed at his friend. "You're really so troublesome sometimes. All of you are really." He walked towards Masaru and the others, ignoring Beelzemon's protests. "You're bloodthirsty, and I respect that. But we all need to realize when we can't win."
"You're smarter than last time." Masaru said with a smirk. "You weren't so happy about being beaten by us lousy humans last time."
"True." Astamon shrugged. "But I'm in a much better shape since then. You caught me just after a nice nap, ad as anyone will tell you I am very cranky when I first wake up. But that was then and this is now." Astamon waved his hand, creating a digital portal. Before annoying could protest, including Beelzemon, Astamon dragged his biker friend through the portal and they disappeared.
"They're gone." ShineGreymon sighed.
"Come on, we need to get to the lake." Masru said, Ikuto and Ravemon nodding.
Lockheed was big and angry. Crawling on all fours, he was hunched close to the ground with black pistons coming from his elbows. He had sharp red claws and a much longer neck with a red horn on his nose. His head spikes hard sharpened considerably and his spine was covered by thick red scales going down his back. Ending on his tail was a massive mace. His wings had changed, forming large hands with red claws. His whole body glistened from the crystal dust that covered him.
"Oh snap." Adam and Arcadimon muttered as they stared at the large beast.
Lockheed roared as he turned on Arcadimon. He didn't even have to move to strike him, merely bringing his back claws up and slamming them down on Arcadimon. Arcadimon tried catching the claws, but they pushed him down, breaking into the ground and forming a crater. They lifted Arcadimon up and threw him down to the ground, Lockheed laughing maniacally.
"Arcadimon!" Adam cried out.
"L-lockheed." Jasper cried, gasping for breath.
"Jas!" Adam cried fearfully. "Don't move, I think he broke one of your ribs!"
"Lockheed!" Jasper coughed out as he stared at his monstrous partner. "Lockheed please, stop this." He pleaded quietly. Lockheed roared, apparently not hearing Jasper or simply not caring about him. He brought his tail up, crashing down onto Arcadimon, the crater deepening. Lockheed laughed at Arcadimon's pain as the demon struggled back up.
Arcadimon lashed his hands forward, striking Lockheed's face. Lockheed opened his mouth, biting down on his arms. Arcadimon wailed in pain as Lockheed began pulling him closer. "Lockheed stop!" Jasper coughed out, struggling out of Adam's arms.
"Jasper stop!" Adam cried, struggling to keep Jasper back. "That's not Lockheed anymore!"
"Yes it is!" Jasper insisted. "I know it is! Please Lockheed, listen to me! Stop doing this, you're not a monster remember! You promised you'd always stay with me no matter what! So please stop this!" Lockheed shook his head, trying to ignore Jasper. He let out a loud roar before pummeling the half-dead Arcadimon into the ground further.
"I told you!" Adam insisted.
"No, he can come back! I know he can!" Jasper cried out, tears streaming down his face. "I won't loose hope in my friend!"
"Hope?" Adam asked, looking back at Lockheed. Adam looked to Arcadimon, tears welling up in his eyes as he watched his friend get pummeled. "That's right!" he cried out, tears falling down his face. "With a little hope, anything is possible!" Adam was covered in his bright yellow digisoul. He took his digivie out, the shape of it changing to one more rectangular. It's inner parts were black, but the buttons and border were bright yellow. The symbol of Hope was grafted onto it as Adam's digisoul covered it. "I swear that no matter what happens to us I will never give up!" he cried as all of his digisoul formed in his right hand. "Digisoul, Full Charge!"
Arcadimon glowed; pushing Lockheed's claws away form him. He stood up, taking on a new form. His body became more fleshed out and muscular, his lower body being an off green with red claws. His upper chest, shoulders, and arms were all off yellow with strong red claws. He had demonic wings, the membranes made of red veins. His head was covered by an off white mask with red markings, wild red hair flowing out the back of it. He let out a low hiss as he stood up tall, standing at the same size as DoruGreymon had.
Lockheed was surprised by the sudden change but quickly took up the offensive again. Arcadimon caught his claws with his own, keeping the dragon back. He pushed them away, running forward and punching down on Lockheed's skull. The dragon roared, trying to push him back but Arcadimon would not be moved. Lockheed tried skewering him with his horn, running Arcadimon through.
"Adam." Arcadimon said, his voice not changing at all. "I can't kill Lockheed. What do I do instead?"
"Fix him!" Adam cried, unsure of what else to say.
"Okay." Arcadimon said simply. He brought his claws out, sticking them into Lockheed's long neck. "Dot Matrix!" he cried out, covering Lockheed with black energy. Lockheeded roared as Arcadimon tore his body in half, revealing the smaller Dracomon inside. Arcadimon roared, tearing through Lockheed's out shell and lifting both halves into the air. They glowed, becoming energy that flowed into Arcadimon that healed his wounds. Adam sighed in relief as he saw the crystal shards that had covered Lockheed also drain into Arcadimon.
"Wow." Agumon said, the four arriving in time to see the end of the fight.
"Lockheed!" Jasper cried, running over to Lockheed and falling over him. "Lockheed!" he cried, hugging his unconscious partner. "Lockheed you promised!" he coughed, feeling a sharp main in his chest. "Lockheed!" he cried, tears streaming down his face.
Touma sighed, walking out of the room. He was immediately assaulted by Adam questioning him. "Are they okay!?" Adam cried out. "Please, tell me they're okay!" Touma looke dup, seeing everyone from Celena's team and DATS in the room. "I don't know for sure." He said quietly. "The tail bruised his chest, but that's just a superficial wound. The real problem is his rib."
"What happened?" Yoshino asked worriedly.
"His rib broke and punctured a lung." Touma answered quietly. "I did everything I could but now it's all up to him."
"What about Lockheed?" Strabimon asked, hoping for better news.
"He's unconscious." Touma answered quietly. "He seems alright, but we won't know until he wakes up."
Rai got up, leaving the room without a word. Hawkmon followed behind him loyally, unsure of what his partner was thinking. The group was silent for a moment, each thinking their own thoughts. "Is there anything we can do?" Sakura asked hopefully.
"No." Touma sighed. "All we can do now is wait and hope."
"Alright then." Adam sighed, tears in his eyes. "That's what we'll do. Anything can happen with a little hope, right?
