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AN: Before I forget to mention, the outfit Kagome was wearing in the previous chapter will be what she will usually wear until I specify something different. And if I say pajamas, then you'll know what she's wearing as well. If not, refer back to the the second chapter.
Oh and I'd forgotten to mention this in the previous chapter, but credit for a few of the details for this story goes to my brother, who actually helped me with the arrangement of some details.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
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-The Ninth Child-
xX-A Trick-Xx
-Fuji TV Station-
"Are you kidding me?!" Tai shouted.
"Nope," Matt shook his head. "Myotismon's using this fog barrier to keep everyone trapped in the city so he could find the Eighth Child."
"And let me guess there's not stopping him until he finds her," Tai said sarcastically.
Kagome looked back at Kari, who was with Agumon and Gabumon, worriedly, hoping that the young girl didn't hear anything to make her worry. "Could you keep it down?" Kagome asked, but neither boy heard her. She looked down at Kudamon and sighed. 'This isn't going to go well…'
"That's right," Matt nodded, "and there's no way to tell what he won't do unless he gets her."
"It's all my fault isn't, it?" came Kari's voice.
"What?" Tai asked.
"It's my fault he's doing this, right?" Kari asked. "He's looking for me, and that's why Mama and Daddy are—"
"Good job, Geniuses," Kagome whispered to the boys, who had the decency to look a little ashamed for talking so loud in the first place. She walked over to Kari and knelt down before her. "Kari, honey, it's not your fault. Besides, he's looking for me, remember, and if that bit with Locomon was anything to go by, he's probably got it into his head that I'm the Eighth Child, so either way you look at it, it's not your fault."
"Kagome's right," Tai knelt down in front of his youngest sister next to his other sibling. "This is just the way things are, it's called destiny. Now, you listen to me, I'm going to get Mom and dad, and even Gatomon and Wizardmon back, too, okay? So don't you worry about a thing!"
"Matt," Tai called back to the blonde boy, standing up with his sister, who kept an arm around their youngest sibling. "Can you keep an eye on Kagome and Kari until I get back?"
The blonde looked taken aback and slightly uncomfortable by the request, but nodded anyway. "Uh, sure; no prob," he said awkwardly.
Tai turned back to Kari. "Now, Kari, I need you to be a big, strong girl for me while I'm gone, okay? And besides, Kagome and Matt are here, so you'll be safe with them." 'Though I'm still counting on him to keep the both of you safe…'
"Please be careful," Kari caught her brother around his waist.
"What she said," Kagome told Tai, "If I find out that you did something reckless…well, you won't like it." She hugged her brother around the neck before taking Kari by the shoulders and backing away from their brother.
"I'm always careful!" Tai gave his sisters a thumbs up. He checked the clock on his digivice and saw that it read 7.30AM. "Okay, it's seven-thirty right now, so give me two hours. If we're not back by then, you guys get out of here." He turned to Agumon. "Let's go!"
"Right!" Agumon saluted as he ran off after his partner.
"Be careful, man!" Matt called.
"See ya soon, everything's gonna be all ri—ACK!" Tai called back before he and Agumon tripped down the stairs.
"Oh, I hope they'll be all right," Kari said worriedly. (And with good reason, too, if you ask me…)
Kagome sweat-dropped, 'I wonder about that, too, Kari. I wonder about that too…'
Matt just sighed in exasperation, glancing at the two sisters.
-Convention Centre-
Gatomon stood at the front of a long line of frightened children of all ages, the Bakemon directing the children to the front.
"It's not him," Gatomon shook her head.
"Next," a Bakemon said, gesturing for another child to step forward.
"It's not her," Gatomon shook her head again.
"Beware, Gatomon," Myotismon said as he materialized behind the feline Digimon, "If you lie to me, I will simply destroy them all!"
Gatomon shivered with fear. 'Where are you, Tai? You said you'd help me! I don't know how much longer I can hold him off of Kari's trail!'
-Aqua City Warehouse-
"So you're the last two DigiDestined?" Matt asked conversationally, trying to break the awkward silence that had fallen over them the moment Agumon and Tai left.
"Yup," Kari chirped from where she sat with Gabumon. She'd been teaching him a hand-clapping game to pass the time. "Gatomon's my partner and Wizardmon's her friend, but he got taken away by the bad Digimon."
"And you're the one that took down that train Digimon," Matt looked at Kagome who stroked Kudamon's furs as he lay curled up on her lap. "I have to say, when I saw that on TV, I couldn't believe my eyes."
"It was more Kudamon than me," Kagome said, "so there's really not much to believe."
"I actually thought you were the Eighth Child," Matt commented.
"The Ninth actually," Kagome said dryly.
"Hey," Kari spoke up, "Do you think Mama's okay? She got taken away by those mean Digimon."
Kagome wilted slightly. 'Oh Kari…'
"Yeah, sure," Matt answered evasively, not knowing how to answer.
"But they didn't get Daddy!" Kari said in realization. "Mama said that Daddy was on the subway, so he must be okay, don't you think? And Mama's gonna be okay, too, since Tai's gonna rescue her, right?"
"Maybe," Matt said awkwardly. "But you have to remember, Tai's just one kid and there are hundreds of Digimon out there."
That statement, all though it may have been the truth, probably wasn't worded well for a seven-year-old child and because of that, Kari began to cry.
Matt looked surprised and tried to calm her down, but to no avail.
"You couldn't be a little gentler?" Kagome asked as she sat down and brought Kari into her lap, rocking her back and forth, cooing gently.
"Have a little compassion," Gabumon scolded his partner. "She's just worried about her family; and just like her, I'm sure you're just as worried about yours!" the Digimon walked over to where the sisters were and began to rub Kari's back soothingly.
-Elsewhere in Odaiba-
Across Odaiba, nine children with their Digimon paired off into three groups of two and one groups of three searched the streets of Odaiba for their targets.
One pair spotted a large firebird and followed it, recognizing the girls hanging from its leg as one of their targets. They never noticed Phantomon following behind, appearing every once in a while.
Another pair spotted a small boy with an insect Digimon running into the TV station. Without a word said between them, both ran off after the auburn-haired boy.
Another pair had spotted another lone boy with a small orange dinosaur Digimon at his side, sneaking about to the Convention Centre. Nary a sound escaped them as the two children and their Digimon followed the boy, waiting for the right time to strike.
The last group, the group of three, broke off from each other and began to prowl the streets where the DigiDestined's homes were located.
-Aqua City Warehouse-
Kudamon's eyes narrowed. He crawled back up onto Kagome and rewrapped himself around her neck, making him seem like an ordinary scarf again. "An evil Digimon is closing in on us," he whispered into Kagome ear before burying his face back into her hair and going limp.
"Hey is anybody there?" Sora called as Birdamon touched down to the ground, letting Lillymon rest on the ground as best as she could in her state.
"Kari, I need you to stay inside, and out of sight, all right?" Kagome asked.
"I know you," Kari said. "What are you going to do?"
"That's for me to know," Kagome told her, "Now go on and remember what I said. Stay out of sight."
"But—" Kari persisted.
"Stay," Kagome ordered before following Matt out of the warehouse.
"Hey, Sora!" Matt's eyes lit up as he realized one of the other friends were safe. Kagome followed behind him at a more sedate pace.
"Thank goodness you're safe," Sora breathed out with a sigh of relief. "It's terrible, Myotismon's rounded up the whole district! He's holding everybody at the Convention Centre!"
"Great," Matt clenched his fist. "What are we going to do now?"
"I have a suggestion," a voice drawled from above them.
The preteens all looked up to find Phantomon standing above them on a bridge connecting to the TV Station.
"I've never understood why the Master was wasting his time searching for the Eighth Child when it would have been so much easier to destroy them all," the ghost Digimon said conversationally.
The reaper-like Digimon was about to say more, but was cut off by a soft voice growing louder. "What?" he turned around, causing others to to look in the same direction to see who was speaking.
"Destroy the DigiDestined," came a boy's voice.
"Destroy the DigiDestined," a girl's voice joined in this time.
"Destroy the DigiDestined," they said in unison as the two who were speaking stepped out of the shadows.
The~Ninth~Child
The boy had pale-blonde hair in a messy boycut with blank grey eyes and a fair complexion. He wore a red t-shirt with a pair of khaki shorts and black sneakers. He looked about twelve, close to thirteen.
Around his neck hung the Crest of Betrayal; a silver tag with a black crest inside and a small sword etched in navy on the crest.
The~Ninth~Child
The girl had copper-red hair done in a thick braid down to mid-back, blank gold eyes and a lightly tanned complexion. She wore a pair of black capris with a pink empire-waist top, and red sandals. She looked about eleven.
Around her neck hung the Crest of Aggression; it looked exactly like the boy's crest, but the etching done in dark-orange was of a circle with two triangles, like fangs, within the circle.
The~Ninth~Child
"Well this was unexpected," Phantomon commented, sitting down on the ledge, his stance relaxing to watch the events down below.
"Matt!" Sora gasped. "Look at those crests! Aren't those the ones Gennai told us to find?"
"Oh man," Matt grunted. "We were supposed to find them before they were given to kids! But now that that's been ruined, who knows if we're too late for the others?"
All the while, neither child had stopped chanting what could become dubbed as their 'mantra'.
"Destroy the DigiDestined. Destroy the DigiDestined," The children pointed at Matt and Sora as two shadows materialized before them.
The~Ninth~Child
The Digimon that appeared before the boy resembled a small child. It had blue skin, a magenta spike on each elbow, magenta claws, and a small pair of dark-blue bat wings on his back that lay folded and curled up around his body where they were hooked onto a jeweled trinket in the front. On the palms of his hands were two eyes; the one on its right hand was red, while the one on its left was green. A wide mischievous smile adorned his face.
It wore a pair of black plants with the bottoms rolled up over dark-violet boots that had magenta claws sticking out of them; a black bracelet adorned each wrist with its upper right arm banded with black cloth. A black hood covered all of his face but his mouth with a red left eye and a green right eye stamped on where one would assume its real eyes were; it connected to a ring of dark-grey fur around its neck. And poking out of the back of its pants was a long devil's tail.
The~Ninth~Child
The second Digimon looked like a large honeybee with green eyes. Overall, this Digimon looked quite harmless, but as everyone had found out sooner or later, you can't judge a book by its cover.
The~Ninth~Child
"Who are they?" Sora asked.
"Dracmon," Gabumon said, pointing to the small blue-child Digimon. "A Rookie Level Undead Type Digimon. He lives for pranking others, but beware his Eye of Nightmare attack or you'll never be the same again."
"And that is Beemon," the horned digimon continued, "A Rookie Level Insectoid Type Digimon. Usually this is a calm and cheerful digimon, bu right now, it'd be best to avoid his Gear Stinger attack."
"Destroy the DigiDestined," the boy and girl said as their black digivices glowed with a dark aura, their crests joining in soon after.
Hardly any time at all seemed to pass as the two rookie Digimon progressed to Champion and then Ultimate level in a span of seconds.
"Dracmon Digivolve to: Sangloupmon!" the little blue child had become a large violet wolf with red accents, blades for claws and paws, and bat wings around its neck and head.
"Beemon Digivolve to: Waspmon!" The little adorable bee had suddenly become a large bronze and black striped insect with a tin accordion-like torso, large shoulders, red eyes, and a ball-like bottom with a blaster at its end.
(AN: Beemon was actually called FanBeemon, but I decided that that was a touch too long and a little ridiculous sound, so I changed it.)
However, no sooner did the two Digimon reach their Champion level did they digivolve once more.
"Sangloupmon Digivolve to: Matadormon!" The large wolf had now attained a humanoid form with large baggy red pants with a green cloth tied around the waist, a cropped black vest with flowing magenta sleeves, paper-white skin, and long thin arms tipped with blades for claws and shoes. Orange spiky hair topped his head and bat wings surrounded its head and torso.
"Waspmon Digivolve to: CannonBeemon!" The large bronze and black-striped Digimon became gold and black striped. A large container comprised of a honeycomb pattern with thrusters on the back of it rested above its head with a long laser blaster being its bottom.
"This doesn't look like it's gonna be easy," Sora said, nearing hysteria.
"Go Gabumon!" Matt shouted.
"Gabumon Digivolve to: Garurumon!" The large blue and white-striped wolf Digimon sprung into action, going for the humanoid Digimon. "Blue Blaster!"
The ray of aqua hit Matadormon, but it did little to no damage. Instead, Matadormon launched an attack of his own in retaliation. "Thousand Arrow!"
The humanoid Digimon waved his arms, releasing hundreds of glowing blades including his claws at Garurumon, who'd managed to dodge most of them, but was knocked back into another direction by the others.
"Birdamon, you've got to digivolve!" Sora cried out when CannonBeemon's Nitro Stinger drove the firebird into the ground.
Sora's crest and digivice glowed red as Birdamon changed form. "Birdamon Digivolve to: Garudamon!"
While the four Digimon fought, Matt had grabbed Phantomon's ball and chain, tugging at it hard to make the ghost Digimon come closer to him.
"Shadow Scythe!" he brought down his scythe, only to miss Matt when Sora hit him over the head with a stick she'd found nearby.
'I wish I could do something,' Kagome thought worriedly. 'But if I reveal Kudamon and myself now, then they'll go after Kari.'
The fighting continued on both side, with the Digimon and between Matt, Sora and Phantomon while the two corrupted children were still chanting the same phrase over and over again during the entire event.
It was when Sora was knocked back by Phantomon, who was getting ready to bring his scythe down onto Sora and Lillymon while Matt was being choked by Phantomon's chain that Kagome spoke up. "Would you stop it already? I'm the eighth child so take me already! You were looking for me, weren't you? So here I am, just stop hurting my friends!"
"A little brash, but very helpful," Phantomon drawled. He waved his scythe and a dark wave washed over the two corrupted Digimon, causing them to de-digivolve back to their rookie forms. "Go on back to the Master now."
He waited until the children and their Digimon left before turning to Kagome. He waved his scythe once and Kagome was encased in a clear-violet bubble.
"Matt, don't let her go!" Sora cried out.
"Kagome no!" Matt shouted. "You don't know what you're doing!"
Kagome turned around and gave Matt and Sora a small smile. "I know what I'm doing. Don't worry, just keep her safe."
"KAGOME!" Matt shouted.
"Oh no, what are we going to do now?" Sora asked worriedly, the two of them, their Digimon, and Lillymon watching as the bubble containing Kagome and Phantomon flew off.
"I don't know," Matt shook his head. "But I definitely know that Tai's going to hit the roof when finds out about this…"
-Convention Centre-
"Is this her?" Myotismon asked, bringing another girl to Gatomon to identify.
"No," Gatomon shook her head.
It was then that DemiDevimon came into the room. "Hey, boos, guess what? We found her! We found the eighth child!"
Gatomon's eyes grew alarmed before her form visibly wilted. 'Not Kari…'
'How did they find her?' Mimi thought worriedly, watching the proceedings while keeping herself hidden in a cluster of kids so she wouldn't be recognized. 'How could they have found her when not even we could?'
-Fuji TV Station; Communications Tower-
(AN: I think I might have spelled the TV Station's name wrong, but I've already used this name more than once so it'll just have to do, so please don't mind!)
If they're going to use to the crest to see if I was telling the truth,' Kagome thought, 'then this has to work. I have Kari's digivice so if they used to crest to detect it, it should be fine… And Gatomon should recognize me, so she'll be smart enough to keep quiet when she sees me…'
It wasn't long before Myotismon phased through the ceiling with Gatomon in his hands.
The feline Digimon's eyes widened when she saw Kagome there instead of Kari like she'd thought. 'What's Kagome doing here? Where's Kari? I thought—'
"So you are the Eighth DigiDestined?" Myotismon asked. "You certainly don't look like much."
'Why that no good…' Kagome's eye twitched.
"Well, is this her?" Myotismon held Gatomon up to Kagome's face, allowing both a moment of eye contact.
"Tell him," Kagome's eyes told the feline Digimon.
Gatomon looked frightened for the girl, but calmed when she caught the mischievous glint in Kagome's eyes. "Yes," she answered, trying to sound morose.
"Well, then," Myotismon looked at Kagome, "I suppose you know what will be happening now?"
"Of course," Kagome smirked. "You're going to find yourself sucker punched!"
Myotismon faltered. "What?" he questioned, unfamiliar with the terminology.
(AN: For those of you who don't know what a sucker punch is, actually come to think of it I just found out the meaning a few days ago after reading it in a book, it's just an unexpected hit or blow.)
But Kagome gave no answer, she spun around and grabbed Phantomon's scythe before running from the reaper Digimon when DemiDevimon dive-bombed her. She dodged the small Digimon another time before hitting him with the flat side of the scythe the third time he was headed in her direction.
Now we all must remember, when Kagome hit the Digimon, she had no real target other than the general one being Myotismon. So when the unconscious Digimon that resembled a bowling ball with wings hit the undead Digimon in his private area, it was a complete (but welcome) coincidence.
Myotismon froze as his eyes watered slightly as his voice pitched a whimper in soprano; his grip on Gatomon slackened as he slumped to the floor with Phantomon hurrying to his master's side, fussing over him.
(AN: In all honesty, I didn't plan that little bit out, my brother gave me a suggestion and I just turned it into [fictional] reality with a few more details.)
"Hold it r—" Matt stopped short with his friends, Lillymon, Kabuterimon, Wizardmon and Patamon behind him. "What just happened?"
They all looked confusedly at the whimpering and wincing Myotismon on the floor with an unconscious DemiDevimon and a fussing Phantomon. They, then, turned to Kagome who stood off to the side with Gatomon in her arms, both giggling at the scene before them, but unharmed nevertheless.
"Does someone want to explain what just happened here?" Joe blinked.
"Myotismon doesn't look too good," T.K commented.
"And I think I might understand why," Izzy narrowed his eyes at the wincing Myotismon before wincing himself. 'As much as he deserved it, I can't help but feel a little sorry for him…'
"Kari, did your sister really just—" Matt cut himself off as he shook his head in disbelief.
"I think so," the young girl said weakly. "But she usually wouldn't do something like that on purpose…" she looked at Kagome questioningly.
Kagome looked at Tai's friends and her little sister when she realized they were staring at her. "Wha—of course I wouldn't do something like that on purpose!" the girl flushed. "I aimed DemiDevimon at Myotismon, but I didn't think he'd be hit there!"
"You'll pay for that, insolent child!" Myotismon growled as he got up shakily. "But why don't we get some fresh air? This is becoming a little too crowded for my tastes! Crimson Lightning!" He aimed the red whips at the roof of the communications tower, blasting a gaping hole through it.
He waved his arms as he levitated out through the hole, Kagome and Gatomon coming along with him, unable to fight his power. Phantomon and a now conscious, but dazed, DemiDevimon flew out after their master.
'Oh no you don't,' Matt thought, running to the window that had shattered when the ceiling had been blown through. "WereGarurumon!" 'I wasn't able to keep her safe last time, but that's definitely not happening again!'
"Did you really a cheap trick like that could stop me?" Myotismon bellowed at Kagome who stood there, tuning out every word the Digimon before her spoke.
"Are you done?" Kagome asked, bored. "Good because now I can tell you that you've been duped."
'Duped?' Mytoismon sneered at the girl before him. "And how exactly would that be possible? I have you, the Eighth DigiDestined before me and at my mercy. And once I'm finished with you, it won't be hard to weed out the last."
"Really? Because you don't seem to realize that you've got the wrong girl," Kagome smirked.
It was then that WereGarurumon, at Matt's call, had leapt before Myotismon, the other DigiDestined's Digimon.
"Horn Buster!" MegaKabuterimon's horned crackled with electricity as he charged at the undead Digimon, but said Digimon waved his hand as though batting away a fly.
As though controlled by an outside force, MegaKabuterimon found himself being turned towards WereGarurumon, knocking the wolf-like Digimon off the top of the building, leaving him to hang on its ledge.
"Crimson Lightning!" The glowing red whip hit WereGarurumon, causing him to release his grip on the building as he plummeted to the ground.
"That must have hurt," the undead Digimon cooed mockingly. "I wonder what I'll do next?" He looked like he was going to say more, but instead found himself knocked forward with a gasp of pain.
Everyone turned to see Wizardmon standing a few feet away from Myotismon, his hands stretched out before him.
"Wizardmon!" Gatomon cried out happily from Kagome's arms.
"So you're still alive are you?" Myotismon growled.
"It'll take more than the likes of you to destroy me!" Wizardmon said defiantly.
"Take this, Gatomon," Kagome whispered to the feline Digimon, pressing something into her paw, "and go to Kari!" She let go off the Digimon and gave her a push forward. "Go while he's distracted!"
Gatomon nodded as she sprinted forward on all fours. Unfortunately for her, her actions hadn't gone unnoticed. While Myotismon was busy volleying attacks at Wizardmon, who was dodging and rebounding attacks back at the undead Digimon, Phantomon and DemiDevimon had seen Gatomon running off.
"Hey! She's getting' away, Boss!" DemiDevimon shouted as he flew as fast as he could behind the feline Digimon.
"What?" the undead Digimon turned, but not before sending Wizardmon hurling into the wall before he slumped onto the ground, unmoving.
"I told you," Kagome said from behind. "You've been duped."
"Take this, Gatomon," Wizardmon groaned out, holding out his fist, the Crest of Light hanging from it. "This it and give it to Kari."
Gatomon nodded, taking the crest and left for Kari, though not before sending her friend one last glance.
Myotismon only watched with angry eyes before turning to Phantomon and DemiDevimon. "You brought me the wrong child, you insolent buffoons!"
"Not exactly," Kagome drawled. "You wanted to the find both of the last DigiDestined. You found one, but not the one thought."
Myotismon turned a glare at the raven-haired girl. "You—"
"Well, let's get started now, shall we?" Kagome gave a mocking smile. "My name's Kagome Kamiya, the Ninth DigiDestined." She held her arm out and everyone watched as the 'scarf' she wore slithered down the appendage before standing up to show a face and legs. "Kudamon, you know what to do."
The fox-like Digimon leapt off his partner's arm into the air as the familiar white glow of digivolution engulfed him.
"Kudamon Digivolve to: Reppamon!" The Champion level only stood there for a moment before a pure white glow enveloped his figure. "Reppamon Digivolve to: Chirinmon!"
Kagome vaguely heard Sora's voice echoing from a few metres away. "She's the Ninth Child? You mean she's been right under our noses the entire time and we didn't know?"
Chirinmon stooped into a fighting stance, ready to attack, but a voice halted them all.
"Hold it!" came a very familiar voice.
Everyone turned to see Tai standing on the next building over with Greymon by his side. "You just picked on the wrong guy's little sisters!" He looked at Kari. "Do you have your digivice?"
Kari nodded and held it up for her brother to see, but the relief wasn't to last for long as the bowling ball with wings known as DemiDevimon swooped in and grabbed the device.
"No!" Everyone but the evil Digimon cried out.
"You can thank me after you take over the world, 'kay Boss?" DemiDevimon snickered.
"Good job," Myotismon told him. "Now, go, Phantomon! Destroy that irritating child!"
The reaper-like Digimon glided forward with his scythe in 'hand' before diving at tai with a ghostly wail.
It was then that Greymon decided to digivolve to protect his partner. "Greymon Digivolve to: MetalGreymon!"
"Time out," Phantomon said stopping when the orange glow receded to reveal a different Greymon in the previous one's place.
"Go get him!" Tai shouted, pointing at Myotismon.
"Giga Blaster!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Heaven's Gale!"
The six attacks were headed straight for Myotismon, but with a mere wave of his hands, they all dissipated in particles, as though they were never there in the first place.
"How could he have—" Kagome shook her head in disbelief.
"Is that all you can do?" Myotismon chuckled darkly before turning in Kari's direction. "Then allow me to deal the final blow! Nightmare—" a bright light shone from behind him, causing the undead Digimon to seek cover behind his cloak. "Now what?"
They all looked up to see Angemon in the sky, his right fist alit with an orange flame. "Hand of Fate!"
The attack was a direct hit on Myotismon, sending him reeling back in pain, though Phantomon was destroyed in the process as well, but no one commented on that little detail.
"Have you had enough, Myotismon?" Angemon asked.
"I was just about to ask you the same question," the undead Digimon smirked. He wuickly spun around to face Kari once more, and before anyone knew it, he called out his attack. "Grisly Wing!"
"Kari!" Tai and Kagome cried out while everyone else gasped in shock.
Wizardmon got ready as though he were going to launch an attack to counteract Myotismon's bast, but no one expected the mage-like Digimon to jump before Kari and Gatomon, taking the full effect of Myotismon's attack.
"Wizardmon!" Gatomon and Kari called out in shock.
"Next time, don't get in the way," Myotismon growled at the now injured Digimon in tattered clothing.
"You monster!" Kagome shouted through tear-glazed eyes, watching Kari and Gatomon hurry over to the mage-like Digimon, trying in vain to help him stay alive. "Chirinmon!"
"Wave of Reformation!" the dargon-like Digimon called out, releasing a pulsing golden aura of peace and serenity that washed over everyone.
Myotismon shouted in pain as the aura tried purifying the evil within him. Once he'd managed to stop yelling, he held brought his arm up and brought it down just as quickly, a red whip hitting Chirinmon, knocking him to the ground. "Crimson Lightning!"
"No!" Kagome shouted as she ran over to her Digimon. "Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine," Chirinmon told his partner, sitting up to look at the girl with soft eyes.
"Kari!"
They turned at tai's voice, watching as he threw Kari's glowing Digivice to her, Wizardmon no longer there.
Everything seemed to happen all at once because the moment the digivice landed in Kari's hands, her crest glowed in tandem with the device as it turned pink.
The same pink glow engulfed Gatomon as her figure began changing to grow taller and slender. "Gatomon Digivolve to: Angewomon!"
"Oh my…" Kagome trailed off as she stared at the newly evolved Digimon in awe, just as the rest of the DigiDestined did.
"Myotismon," Angewomon spoke, "You've tried to destroy the DigiDestined, conquer their world, and have revived an acient power that was never yours. In doing so, you have ruined the lives of humans and Digimon alike. What can you say to justify your actions?"
"Why would I explain myself to the likes of you?" Myotismon sneered. "It is my destiny to plunge this world into darkness and become king of both worlds. And there is nothing a rat with wings like you can do to stop me!"
"Don't you have any regrets for what you have done?" Angemon asked.
Myotismon said nothing as he readied himself for another attack. "Nightmare—"
Angewomon raised her arms. "Heaven's Charge!" a gold ring formed from around her wrists and expanded as it traveled higher and higher into the air. Once situated, the ring released a rainbow aura that covered everyone for a brief moment.
"My power is…growing!" MegaKabuterimon exclaimed.
"I feel stronger!" Lillymon chirped.
It was then that WereGarurumon leapt back onto the roof.
Myotismon froze, the good feeling of the attack affecting him greatly.
"Everyone, give your power to Angewomon," Garudamon ordered.
"Horn Buster!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Wolf Claw!"
"Giga Blaster!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Heaven's Gale!"
"Hand of Fate!"
The attacks were launched at the same time and headed to the same destination. Everyone watched as the attacks all met within the ring Angewomon had created, making the ring glow green and crackle with electricity as what looked like a large green orb situated itself within the ring, the green eventually covering the entire structure.
A bow had formed from the wings at Angewomon's left wrist as said Digimon raised an arm up to the glowing green structure above her and pulling a multicolored arrow from within it.
"Celestial Arrow!" The arrow was launched at Myotismon, piercing him through his body.
Myotismon shouted as a black current crackled around them all, his body eventually disappearing in a beam of black light that turned white.
"He's gone," Kari said in surprise. "Myotismon's gone!"
It was then that all the children began to cheer, but stopped when there was a loud groan coming from the structure they were on.
"We can continue this party later," Tai called. "Right now we all have to get out of here before the building comes down!"
And with that, Garudamon carried Zudomon down, MegaKabuterimon carried the DigiDestined, MetalGreymon carried Tai, Chirinmon carried Kagome, and the rest followed as they could.
It wasn't long after the children reached the ground and their Digimon de-digivolve did the Spherical Structure of the TV Station come crashing to the ground.
"Something's wrong," Kagome said quietly as she held Puttimon to her.
Kari and T.K nodded as they watched the sky with the older girl.
"What's the matter you guys?" Mimi asked.
"Look up at the sky?" T.K told them, pointing up. "The sky's not clearing up!"
"The fog's getting thicker!" Kari said.
"But that's impossible!" Tai said. At this point everyone was looking up at the still foggy sky that seemed to be getting thicker with each passing moment.
"Myotismon's gone, though," Kari stated. "Shouldn't the fog be gone by now?"
"Maybe he's not really gone," Joe said. "Maybe, we just might've made him stronger…"
'It's either that,' Kagome thought, 'or there's more to this than we've been told.'
Ciao,
TsukiyoTenshi