The fighting along the city walls intensified, where in one section, Gigasmon was punching away at the Dark Digimon attacking him, while Mercurymon fought by his side, absorbing and reflecting the attacks back at them, the Warrior of Steel grimacing at their new foes.
A part of him wanted to call these enemies traitors, but remembering that they were not from their world, the term invaders was more appropriate to Mercurymon's mind.
Just as a BlackWarGreymon was about to strike at the Warrior of Steel from behind, however, a swift kick sent the Dark Digimon flying, causing Mercurymon to look behind him and found Dynasmon of the Royal Knights at his side.
"There are too many of them, we need to turn the tide soon." Dynasmon commented, a feeling Mercurymon agreed with as they saw the battles raging across the area.
Meanwhile, OmniShoutmon and his allies stared down Dark OmniShoutmon, feeling anger build in him as he saw his dark counterpart, along with Mikey and Jeremy's, grinning back at them.
"I was hoping to run into you." Dark OmniShoutmon said as he stared toward OmniShoutmon. "Now we can see who the Real Digimon King really is."
"You call yourself a king?! You have nothing but slaves at your side! A real king has those he can rely on for advice and support!" OmniShoutmon yelled in reply, thinking of his close friends now waiting in Mikey's Digivice, ready to aid him at a moment's notice.
"Oh, you mean these guys?" The Dark Mikey commented with a smirk as he held his Dark Fusion Loader out, causing several streams of dark energy to emerge from it and to reveal the corrupt forms of DarkVolumon, Dorulumon, Knightmon, Starmon and the mass of Pickmon, all grinning darkly at the Digi-heroes.
But what shocked OmniShoutmon and his team the most was seeing a second dark ZekeGreymon and another dark Sparrowmon with their enemies, where the Dark Mikey smirked and said. "The Dark King was generous enough to replicate these two for our forces, especially considering what we can do with them."
Mikey's eyes widened at what his counterpart meant, before seeing his double hold up the dark version of his Fusion Loader with a wicked grin.
"Alright, it's time to show you some real power. Dark Digi-Fuse!" The Dark General let out, his call causing the screen to shine with a pure black light, consuming the second dark ZekeGreymon and the others as they were absorbed into Dark OmniShoutmon's being, altering the Dark Digimon King, who emerged in as a corrupted version of his X7 mode.
"BlackShoutmon X7!" The dark version of the X7 Shoutmon called out, looking down at the heroes menacingly.
"You don't look so tough!" Arresterdramon declared, before looking at Globemon and suggesting. "Let's take this pretender down!"
Nodding in reply at Arresterdramon's words, Globemon lunged himself ahead, following the Superstar Digimon as each prepared to attack the Dark Digimon King.
"No, just hold on for a second so we can discuss this!" OmniShoutmon called out, trying to stop his friends from making a huge mistake.
"Mach Flicker!" Arresterdramon started with a great might, throwing a massive onslaught of punches, bending his arms back to deliver all the damage he could muster.
"Sword Cutter!" Globemon followed up, releasing the blue energy coursing through his body through the gauntlets set upon his wrists, forming a set of blades, which he swung toward BlackShoutmon X7.
Both Digimon and Appmon rushed at BlackShoutmon X7 with their melee attacks, hoping to do some quick damage to their foe, only to be shocked when he merely blocked it with his mic, laughing lightly at their attempt to strike him.
"You idiots think you can harm me? I crushed my world's Bagramon, so what hope do you think you'll have?" BlackShoutmon X7 questioned as he continued to repel Arresterdramon and Globemon, before swinging his body around, bringing his mic with him and using the weapon to slam into the Digimon and Appmon, knocking both to the ground with a tremendous blast, sending out a shockwave of energy that even the other Digi-heroes could feel.
"Arresterdramon/Globemon!" Tagiru and Haru called, both in shock and concern to the states of their partners, before the others leaped into action, hoping to deal some damage themselves against this dark copy of their ally.
"Flame Cannon!"
"Terra Force!"
"Spirit Strike!"
"Thunderclap!"
"Ebony Blast!"
"Draining Rain!"
"Full Moon Blaster!"
Releasing their attacks, which rained down upon BlackShoutmon X7 merely swung his mic around, deflecting and cutting through each of the attacks, much to the shock and horror of the Digi-heroes.
"My turn! Dark Fusion Flamethrower!" BlackShoutmon X7 then declared as he showed off his power, drawing his mic forward and releasing from it a great onslaught of black flames.
Splitting up, OmniShoutmon and the others found themselves narrowly avoiding the inferno, avoiding any damage, but found an intensity within the blackened flames as they swept aside, telling that the combination of BlackShoutmon's power and the Dark King's energies made their foe far more dangerous than expected.
"Savage Demise Blade!" BlackShoutmon X7 then declared as the V on his chest began to glow with a dark purple energy, which he let out in a powerful blast, one that the Digi-heroes thankfully dodged, before looking in horror to see the blast destroy some of the Fusion Legion's forces behind them.
"What the hell?! They were your allies, you creep!" Tagiru yelled at BlackShoutmon X7, who, along with the Dark Mikey and Jeremy, laughed in reply.
"If they stood in my way, then they were weak and deserve to perish!" The Dark Digimon King said back, causing the group of Digi-heroes to growl in anger, while hoping that the rest of their allies were alright in their own battles.
-Meanwhile-
On another side of the city walls, ZekeGreymon and his dark double clashed with one another, claw against claw as they fought at close range, while MetalGarurumon, Magnamon, Beelzemon, BeoWolfmon, ShineGreymon, Shutmon and HerculesKabuterimon were dealing with the Black Flare army, with ShineGreymon and HerculesKabuterimon dodging the barrage of missiles from the Deckerdramon, while Magnamon and Beelzemon were in the air, battling the swarms of Cyberdramon that attacked them.
"Just give it up already. We already know which of us is the strongest." The Dark Christopher said with an arrogant smirk on the back of Dark ZekeGreymon to his counterpart, who glared back at his double, clenching his fists in reply.
"That was how I used to think before I met Mikey and his friends. I now know that there's more to a fight than strength and power. So long as I believe in my partners and my friends, I can always fight!" Christopher snapped back, refusing to give in or to allow his dark copy the satisfaction of victory.
Smirking even wider, the Dark Christopher then said as he looked around. "Well it looks like your 'friends' won't last much longer."
Looking back quickly and amongst his allies, Christopher saw Shutmon and BeoWolfmon, while much stronger than them, being slowly overwhelmed by the sheer number of Gaossmon and Golemon attacking them, while those in the sky were dodging the near endless missile attacks from the two Deckerdramon as they tried to deal with the Cyberdramon.
Sensing his allies in danger, ZekeGreymon knew he had to defeat his foe quickly and save his friends, pushing his counterpart back as he went in for the attack.
"Plasma Railgun!" The cyborg Digimon called out with might as he aimed his cannon arm toward his Dark counterpart, casting off a great blast of energy.
"Plasma Railgun!" Dark ZekeGreymon declared in reply, pointing his own cannon arm toward his foe, firing a dark blast that met ZekeGreymon's attack in a powerful explosion, one that caused everyone fighting around to let out cries as they felt the shockwaves from the impacting collision.
"Trident Fang!" Both versions of ZekeGreymon then roared with fury, crashing their claws against one another, causing sparks to fly as the two cyborg Digimon fought and were locked within a stalemate.
"Either by the hand of Dark ZekeGreymon or my army, you will all die soon enough!" The Dark Christopher declared, ready to end his foes and take his place as the top General of the Dark King's armies.
On another side of the battlefield, Nene, TK, Seraphimon, Azumi, Runnermon, MegaGargomon, Aldamon, Eri, Oujimon, Gallantmon, Kenta, MarineAngemon all stared down the army of their opponent, looking past the growing mass of Dark Digimon and looking toward the Dark Nene, seeing the corrupt idol grinning as she stared back at her enemies.
"My dear Nene, why don't you and your pets just surrender to me while I crush these pests?" Dark Nene asked, expressing a continued wickedness in her expression and tone as she held her hand out and offered. "I can promise you power you never imagined before, all your desires will become reality."
"My only desire is to see you stopped, along with your Master." Nene snapped back in reply, just as Sparrowmon and Mervamon emerged from her Digivice, ready to aid their partner and friend as needed.
It was then that Runnermon, with Azumi still on his back, moved before Nene and stared at her dark counterpart as he commented. "So give us your best jolts, because we can beat it, no matter what!"
The Dark Nene blinked her eyes, all of them, as she looked at the pair and questioned. "Just who in the world are you two?"
"I'm Azumi Sakamoto, and this is Runnermon." Azumi replied, glaring at the dark version of Nene, where she declared. "Don't forget it, because we're the ones who are going to bring you down!"
"Azumi...?" Dark Nene asked, taking a moment as to allow the name to sink in. "I think I heard Dark Hawk mention that name before."
"Nevermind. Crush them!" The Dark General commanded her forces, her call causing AxeKnightmon and the dark version of Mervamon to spring to life and move ahead, their troops following them as they rushed to the heroes, ready to take them all down.
Looking upon the dark army against her, Nene kept her composure, before turning her attention to Sparrowmon and Mervamon.
"Are you both ready?" Nene asked as she held her arm and her Digivice up, earning shared smiles and nods from the Digimon.
"You can always count on me." Sparrowmon replied.
"My power is your power." Mervamon added, her tone of friendship and of respect, this causing Nene to nod back and to retaliate against the darkness.
"Digi-Fuse!"
Through her call, Sparrowmon and Mervamon's beings were converted into energy and combined, initiating their Digi-Fuse.
"Sparrowmon!"
"Mervamon!"
"Digi-Fuse!" The duo announced as one, with Sparrowmon allowing Mervamon access to all her power, alongside sections of her appearance within Mervamon's revealed form, with Mervamon swinging her blade around, allowing Sparrowmon's wings to spread from her back as she let out. "JetMervamon!"
Rushing forward and with Sparrowmon's jets ignited, JetMervamon met the Dark Mervamon as their blades clashed, pushing against her double as Dark Mervamon laughed wickedly.
However, despite her added power and speed, JetMervamon growled a little, finding her darker image countering and anticipating her movements and attacks.
"A mere Digi-Fuse and you think you can stop me?" Dark Mervamon asked with a condescending tone as she swung her snake-like arm around, managing to catch up with JetMervamon and land a painful hit, with JetMervamon crying out as she felt the fangs sinking into her right shoulder, while her counterpart continued to laugh wickedly.
"Thanks to my Nene, I have more power than I ever knew possible. I will continue to serve my General and destroy anyone who dares oppose her." Dark Mervamon then said, her grin growing as she added with a furthered sinister tone. "Just ask Ignitemon."
Her eyes widening, JetMervamon was taken aback and in shock, horrified that there was a version of her that would destroy her own brother, adding a further rage to her as she cried out in anger, Sparrowmon's jets kicking in once more, sending the pair flying backwards, where Dark Mervamon crashed into a rock and was forced to let go of JetMervamon, who backed up and glared at her double as she got out of the rock and smirked back at her.
"Did I hit a nerve?" The dark amazon Digimon asked with a mocking grin, before launching herself back at her counterpart, both engaging one another in close combat, each trying to take down the other with their blades.
During the heated fight against the set of Mervamon, Gallantmon and AxeKnightmon had begun their conflict, their strength proving to be near equal as each knight tried to overpower the other.
"Lightning Joust!"
"Twin Spear!"
Both Gallantmon and AxeKnightmon called out with furthered emotion in their tones with their attacks as they clashed blades with one another, sending off shockwaves of energy as they fought, with Takato and Guilmon both surprised at AxeKnightmon's power, despite being an Ultimate.
"Your power is mediocre at best. If I were able to harness my true power, I could easily crush you, but watching your failure is vaguely amusing." AxeKnightmon commented with a dark chill in his voice, bringing his Twin Spear down and upon Gallantmon, who retaliated as he protected himself via his shield.
"You have no idea about the strength we hold! Shield of the Just!" Gallantmon cried out as the energy gathered in his shield, causing AxeKnightmon to jump back as the destructive blast was unleashed, bruning a part of his cape in the process, infuriating the dark knight Digimon.
"You'll pay for that!" AxeKnightmon declared as he rushed at Gallantmon, the pair continuing their battle as the rest of their allies fought, with Aldamon and Seraphimon in the sky, battling legions of Devidramon that were swarming all around them, while MegaGargomon and Oujamon were dealing with legions of SkullSatamon, SkullGreymon, Golemon, Raremon and Phantomon.
Meanwhile, the Dark Nene flew up into the air, the many red eyes from her Shademon glowing brightly, before firing a blast at her counterpart and the other humans watching, only for Marineangemon to get in the way.
"Kahuna Waves!" The petit angel Digimon called out with all his might, creating a barrier that protected the Digi-heroes from the blast, causing the Dark Nene to growl, while the humans sighed in relief.
"Thanks, buddy." Kanta commented, the praise causing MarineAngemon to keep a cheerful grin and wave back in reply, before looking back to the fight, ready to keep his partner and their friends safe from the darkness.
"Thunder Rush!" Runnermon then cried out as his body was covered in green lighting, rushing at his foes with blinding speeds as many of them broke apart into Data, only to find many more in their place.
"Hope you're not too tired, Runnermon. From the looks of it, we've still got work to do." Azumi commented from Runnermon's back, getting a nod from her partner as the electrified Digimon leaped back into the frey, hoping to end this soon so they could help the others.
Not far off from Azumi and Runnermon's position, Rosemon, Vikemon, Ankylomon, Antylamon, HiAndromon, Zephyrmon, Korikakumon and Entermon were battling an army of Troopmon, HiMachinedramon, Sealsdramon, Mammothmon and other dark Digimon under the Dark Angie's command, fighting as to ensure the safety of their partners and doing what they could to look out for one another.
"Copy Paste!" HiAndromon declared, aiming his technique toward one of the HiMachinedramon, releasing a ring of binary code toward the cyborg Digimon, circling around HiMachinedramon and returning back to HiAndromon, giving the Biomerged form of Kazu and Guardromon the data needed as to replicate a set of the HiMachinedramon's cannons, which appeared upon HiAndromon's shoulders.
"Giga Cannon!" HiAndromon then let out, releasing a great onslaught of energy from the set of copied cannons, the force of the energy wiping through a line of the Troopmon forces, disintegrating them in mere seconds, only for more to appear in their place.
"Dang it! Where are they all coming from?" Kazu asked out loud, where Guardromon replied confidently. "I am unsure, my friend, but those who fight for good will prevail."
"Now that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." The Dark Angie said as she appeared behind HiAndromon, her golden gauntlet glowing a dark purple, which she used to slash forward, causing HiAndromon to move out of the way, while his new cannons were cut through and destroyed, rotting apart as the cyborg Digimon and his allies realized that this form of Angie held Lilithmon's power as well as her evil.
"I was made into the ultimate weapon by the Bagra Army, thanks to my old Mistress. Lilithmon gave me a new purpose. Before she took me under her wing, I was nothing but another weak and pathetic girl who always stood on the sidelines and away from fighting, watching that loser over there just makes my skin crawl." Dark Angie let out, taking a moment as she looked upon the Dark Mikey with a clear disgust and hatred, remembering how he abandoned her in his conquest of their Digital World.
"But that was ages ago. Now I have power, real power, and nothing will stand in my way!" The dark redhead declared, her minions reacting as they pressed on their attacks, leaving the group to continue fighting as the sounds of battle were heard nearby, where Yuu and his group came face to face with his and Airu's counterpart.
Tuwarmon, Cho Hakkimon, Angewomon, Shurimon, Stingmon, Beetlemon, Ravemon, Revivemon, Rosemon, RookChessmon and BishopChessmon battled against the swarms of dark Digimon, while the Dark Yuu, Airu and their partners watched on with smirks.
"Oh, look Master, there's another Yuu, and he's almost as cute as mine." Dark Airu let out as she remained pressing herself against Dark Yuu's chest, grinning darkly as she then asked. "Do you think I can have him as my subordinate?"
While Dark Yuu grinned back at his servant's enthusiasm, overhearing their conversation, a tick mark appeared on the good Airu's head, causing her to call with a growing rage and fury. "Hey! If anybody's getting my Yuu as their subordinate, it's me, and I won't lose him without a fight!"
Yuu groaned at hearing Airu's yell, only to look fearful as the Dark Airu laughed and replied. "If you say so. Dark Cho Hakkimon!"
"This will be fun!" The corrupt version of Cho Hakkimon said with a dark laugh as she leapt into the air, her hammer held high as she came crashing down, ready to slam her weapon right into the counterpart of her partner, much to Airu's horror.
Thankfully, however, Cho Hakkimon made it just in time, knocking her counterpart to the side as she crashed into her, causing both rage filled Digimon to glare at one another.
Sensing danger, DarkTuwarmon quickly moved, blocking a punch from his counterpart as the two battled, moving all over the place as they tried to best one another, using their Digital Ninja arts to their fullest.
"Tell me, why do you continue down this dark path?" Tuwarmon questioned, slashing his Mantis Arm sickles down and clashing with his dark copy's set of blades. "Do you fight to protect Yuu, to bring disaster to this world?"
"Can't I do both?" Dark Tuwarmon asked back, expressing a clear mocking in his tone, before breaking the lock between their sicles, drew the cylinders upon his shoulders and fought back.
"Smokescreen Ditch!" The dark ninjutsu Digimon called, releasing a thick black mist from the cylinders, the attack forcing Tuwarmon to shield his eyes as he found himself lost within the growing smoke.
Tuwarmon then groaned as he was slashed from behind, turning to quickly strike at his foe, only to be struck again from behind, his foe moving too quickly through the smoke for him to see.
Delivering swift and severe attacks to Tuwarmon, continuing to strike from the shadows, remaining hidden and keeping his distance, Dark Tuwarmon scoffed a little at the sight, amused to see Tuwarmon falling before him.
"Pathetic. Your time amongst Mikey, Shoutmon and the others had made you weak." Tuwarmon heard his corrupt side call from the shadows, continuing to mock and express his cowardice.
Moving in, Dark Tuwarmon appeared behind the struggling form of Tuwarmon, his Mantis Arm sickles drawn as he prepared to deliver the final and fatal blow.
Charging through the smokescreen and appearing behind Tuwarmon, Dark Tuwarmon plunged his sickles within Tuwarmon's back, the sight bringing a further dark and twisted joy to the shadow ninjutsu arts Digimon.
However, the dark arrogance Dark Tuwarmon felt was cut short as Tuwarmon's body was enveloped in a cloud of smoke, before fading and revealing a Tuwarmon shaped dummy, which fell apart from the Mantis Arms tearing through its soft being.
Thrown off guard by this duplicate, Dark Tuwarmon tore through the dummy and began to scan his surroundings.
"It's not so fun when you're the one lost in the dark?" He heard Tuwarmon ask, leaving the shadow ninjutsu arts Digimon now searching through the smokescreen for his foe.
Keeping his Mantis Arms out and searching around, Dark Tuwarmon let out. "Where are you? How did you escape my trap?"
"It was simple, I just had to wait for you to lower your guard." Tuwarmon said in reply, his voice directing Dark Tuwarmon around, finding the ninjutsu Digimon crouching on his knees, with Revivemon by his side and tending to his injuries.
"I knew you'd get arrogant because that's how I used to be before I truly cared about anyone. You are the selfish me, the side that stuck to the shadows and manipulated all those around me. No matter what happens, I will defeat you." Tuwarmon then said as he rose, feeling that though his injuries weren't completely healed, he needed to keep fighting.
Casting aside his smokescreen as he knew Tuwarmon could anticipate his movements through the mists, Dark Tuwarmon remained with his sicles drawn and locked in a fighting stance as he asked. "And how will you defeat me?"
"The same way Mikey and his friends bestedd me, through our bonds." Tuwarmon said back, before slamming his right hand upon the ground and announcing with a returning strength. "Digi Ninja Art: Hermit Restoration!"
Focusing his energies around his right hand, Tuwarmon formed an unfamiliar seal to his Dark counterpart, catching Dark Tuwarmon off guard as a puff of smoke erupted from the seal and from it leapt out Yoshi's Rosemon, who wasted no time and attacked.
"Thorn Whipping!" Rosemon announced as she swung her thorn covered whip down, wrapping it tightly around Dark Tuwarmon and delivering a painful voltage of electricity with his restraints.
"Damn you!" Dark Cho Hakkimon cried out as she made her presence known within the fight, where she brought her hammer down on the whip, causing it to loosen and to free Dark Tuwarmon, both glaring at their foes as they prepared to continue fighting, much to the other's dismay, not knowing how this fight would turn out.
-Meanwhile-
Back in the Command Room, Davis' frustration was growing as he watched the fighting, while Kari looked at him with worry, knowing what was going through his head, and what he was about to do.
"That's it! I can't wait any longer." Davis finally let out, getting the attention from all within the Command Room as he started his way towards the exit.
"Davis, you must refrain from leaving the building. Do not go anywhere. I know it's hard to watch, but if you get caught..." Sampson started to say, expressing both authority and concern in his voice, only to be halted as Davis turned to him, showing the determination in his eyes.
"I will not sit back and watch my friends get hurt fighting my battles for me! That's not who I am! If I can make a difference in this fight I have to do something!" Davis said back with a fierce determination, one that told Sampson that no matter what said, Davis was going.
Looking over at Kari, Davis saw the mixture of emotions in her eyes, pride at seeing the determination and selflessness she loved about him, along with the fear of losing him, causing Davis to walk up to her, wrap his arms around her, and pull her into a comforting hug.
"I'll be back, I promise." Davis said softly into Kari's ear, giving her forehead a light kiss, before he was consumed in a bright light, changing into his warrior form as he moved out of the Command Room, ready to fight.
"I'll back him up." ShadowKnight then offered as his wings reformed, launching himself after Davis as Sampson and Yamaki kept their concerned looks, hoping that they weren't playing into their enemy's hand.
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From their throne room, the Dark King, Witch Queen and their allies watched the battles with amused looks, before seeing a streak of light leave the DATS Tower and engage the dark Digimon attacking Primary City, causing the Dark Davis to smirk as he looked at a pair in the room and commented. "Looks like I'll be sending you two after all."
Amongst the pair, one grinned, while the other's eyes glowed an eerie bright red as they prepared to fight.