Continuing to enjoy the comfort of her throne, Lilithmon found herself rising, and a scowl to spread along her face as she glared down upon AxeKnightmon and BelleStarmon, seeing that as AxeKnightmon knelt before her, BelleStarmon was more relaxed, despite the infuriated scolding from the Demon Lord.
"So you both had the Digidestined at your mercy and fled?" Lilithmon questioned, her glare remaining upon AxeKnightmon and BelleStarmon as she circled the duo.
"My lady, I apologize for failing to deliver the finishing blow, but I found their power far greater than I had expected." AxeKnightmon said back, keeping his head down to avoid Lilithmon's glare.
"I also retreated, but only because I wanted them to fall at your hands. I could've beaten all of them with one hand tied behind my back, but I decided to let them hang around a little longer. I only showed up to display your power and give them your message, something that giant tin can couldn't even do correctly." BelleStarmon added with a teasing smile, staring toward AxeKnightmon as she tried to divert the blame upon the dark knight Digimon, who scowled a little toward the gunslinger.
Looking upon the pair and sensing the hostility both shared toward one another, Lilithmon cut in.
"Enough!" She let out, her snap freaking BelleStarmon out a little and causing her to quickly kneel before the Demon Lord.
"Since the two of you can't seem to get along, perhaps I'll send some of my more loyal servants against the Digidestined?" Lilithmon then suggested with a dark smile, approaching the balcony of the castle, snapped her fingers and demonstrated her furthered power of darkness.
Turning their attention outside and to the courtyard, AxeKnightmon and BelleStarmon looked on, watching as countless masses of darkness formed ahead, creating an entire dark platoon of Dark Digimon, including Troopmon, DexDorugamon, and MadLeomon, all sharing the same wickedness as the Demon Lord and showing their allegiance to Lilithmon as each had the Crest of the Demon Lord imprinted upon their chests.
"My dark servants, I have brought you back from oblivion what was that dark whirlpool called again so you can carry out my will." Lilithmon announced with a dark smile, before bringing her hand out and commanding. "Seek out the Digidestined, the light/new enemy that dare opposes your Queen and destroy every last one of them!"
Responding to Lilithmon's command, the dark legion gave an uproar, their loyalty clear and unwavered.
"Oh, and if you come across the Digidestined of Light and her pet, save them for me." The Demon Lord added with a growing dark smile, deciding if anybody would destroy the Digimon of Light who had defeated her in the past, this time it would be her.
"Yes, as you command my Queen!"One of the MadLeomon, his body covered in deeper scars, let out in reply, taking lead and command of Lilithmon's forces for the time being, before the mass of troops set forth, slowly leaving the vicinity of the castle as to seek out their foes and lay waste to any that dare oppose them.
As her legion of Dark Digimon left her domain, Lilithmon kept her dark smile, already planning her next moves, thinking with a further sinisterness. 'No doubt those brats will seek that old fool's help. I mightn't know where the Digidestined will go, but my army will tear the Digital World apart in order to find them, piece by piece.'
With her army moving out, ready to destroy the inhabitants of the Digital World, Lilithmon then turned her attention back toward AxeKnightmon and BelleStarmon, telling the pair with seriousness. "I have a little mission for you, think of it as your second and only chance. Seek out the rest of Myotismon's statues, the Digimon Myotismon bested but held no desire to display as his trophies. From what I gather, they lie within a cave and in the depths of the Dark Ocean."
"Use my power and awaken Blastmon, UltimateChaosmon, Megidramon and Argomon from their slumber!" The Demon Lord then called, her clawed hands glowing with dark purple lights, which she pressed upon AxeKnightmon and BelleStarmon's beings, pressing the energy to the back of their necks and causing both to groan at the intensity of the energies penetrating their forms.
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While Lilithmon continued in her plans, preparing to expand her forces, the older and younger Digidestined had met up within the Digital World, arriving at Piximon's residence, being their location for their training as to stand a chance against Lilithmon.
And accompanying Matt, alongside Gabumon and Jun, was her partner, Renamon, the silver furred vixen standing beside Jun and showing clear respect toward the maroon haired girl.
"First, I get to spend time with Matt at my favourite restaurant, and now I'm helping my brother save the world from evil. This is turning to be quite the day." Jun let out, her comment causing Matt to set his hand upon Jun's back and tell her. "You get used to it, but remember to be careful, Jun. This isn't like any of the fights you and Renamon have faced before."
"And no matter what happens, we're all here for you." Gabumon added as he copied Matt's actions, resting a paw upon Renamon, granted he could only reach as high as her thigh due to their difference in height.
But feeling the emotional support of Gabumon, Renamon looked down upon the Digimon of Friendship with a smile, which grew from the continued warming and caring touch Gabumon gave her.
Feeling her heart rate increasing to Gabumon, especially as she looked upon his warming smile and caring eyes, there was part of Renamon that just wanted to act, to lean down and kiss the Digimon of Love.
However, from a combination of her trained discipline, and her uncertainty to Gabumon's feelings toward her, Renamon remained standing and just staring at Gabumon.
Sensing the shyness between the Digimon, Davis spoke up, grabbing the attention of everyone
"I just hope Gennai knows a way for us to train. I don't want to get my butt handed to me by Lilithmon, or to let her and her servants fill the Real World and Digital World with darkness." The Digidestined of Courage and Friendship let out as he looked amongst his friends, seeing the concerning expressions of the others, knowing that like him and Veemon, the younger Digidestined and their partners were still down after their near defeat against BelleStarmon.
"Don't worry. If anybody can get the job done, it's Piximon." Mimi declared with confidence, trying to boost the morale of her friends.
"And that's exactly what I plan to do." The Digidestined and Digimon then heard a voice cut in with a shared confidence, this causing all to turn around and saw a small winged Digimon carrying a tiny spear approach them.
"Piximon." Tai said with a smile, bowing as he showed his respects to the Ultimate Level Digimon. "It's been a long time."
"That's Piximon?" Jun questioned as she approached the petit sized Digimon, prodding him as she pointed out. "But he's so tiny."
"Big things come in small packages." Piximon replied, doing all he could to ignore Jun's continued poking, but finally had enough, which led him to yell. "So stop poking me!"
Freaked by the outburst, Jun set herself back, allowing Piximon to regather his thoughts and look upon the Digidestined, both the original and the younger generation.
"So, Gennai has informed me that you need my help. He's already filled me in on your darkening predicament, but I believe I can help you." The petit sized Digimon said, bringing hope to the group.
"And how do you expect to help us, if I may ask?" Renamon questioned, showing her more respectful nature as she bowed before Piximon.
"Follow me as I explain..." Piximon let out, only to freeze up as he sensed they were not alone.
"Beast Blaster!" A more ferocious voice bellowed, before a blast of dark energy forming a pitch black lion's head followed with the call, the attack striking just before Piximon, who groaned a little at the impact and force of the attack, leaving the Digidestined stunned at the sight.
"This isn't good. It seems our new enemy has found us much sooner than I had hoped." Piximon commented as he turned toward the attacker, seeing a dark furred Leomon, one with a black shaggy mane and a growing savagery in his eyes.
Looking to the Dark Digimon themselves, Cody withdrew their D-Terminal, gathering what data they could on their opponent.
"That's MadLeomon, and unlike the Leomon we know, this one lives to tear others down. Being a Virus Type and Champion Level, we need to be careful against his claws, namely when he uses his Beast Blaster or Poison Claw attacks." The Digidestined of Knowledge and Reliability warned.
Despite the Digimon moving ahead, with Renamon and the others joining Piximon, feeling a faint tremor, Yolei, after taking note of the darkening scenery behind MadLeomon, spoke up with some worry. "I think that furrball didn't come to face us alone."
Turning their attention past MadLeomon, the group saw the oncoming army of darkness, taking note not only of the various Dark Digimon that made up the platoon, noticing a few other MadLeomon amongst the masses, but all knew they were sided with Lilithmon, seeing the dark Crest marking every last troop.
Reacting to the dark forces coming their way, Davis withdrew his D-Terminal, an action Kari copied as to scan the data upon the other Dark Digimon.
"Joining MadLeomon are Troopmon, a Champion Level Digimon that attack in numbers. Alone, Troopmon uses their blasters to best their opponents, but gathered as an army, they can overpower and swarm entire villages in a matter of minutes." Kari called in warning, concerned for the ever growing masses of armed Digimon.
"We've also got DexDorugamon. The Champion form of Dorumon, these Digimon keep fighting, despite their serious expiration date and the fact they should've been sent to the scrapyard ages ago. Seriously, these guys just don't know when to pull the plug." Davis added as he took in the worn out appearances of the marching mech Digimon.
Looking amongst the MadLeomon, Troopmon and DexDorugamon, seeing many more marching ahead, the skies darkening with the growing dark army, Davis, Veemon and the others all took note of the similarity between the Dark Digimon, seeing all marked with Lilithmon's Crest.
"Lilithmon's power is excelling faster than expected." Piximon let out, showing a fair concern to the state he and the Digidestined were in.
"But perhaps we could use this to test you. Stop this faction of Lilithmon and we can get right to your training. No need to have you cleaning up my home." The petit sized Digimon then said, this causing Tai, Agumon and the others left with the house sitting for Piximon to spring into action.
"Sounds good to us." TK said in reply, drawing his D-3 as he and Patamon prepared to fight, an action shared by both generations of Digidestined as all withdrew their Digivices, giving the power needed to their partners to achieve their Digivolution.
"Agumon Digivolve to... MetalGreymon!"
"Gabumon Digivolve to... WereGarurumon!"
"Biyomon Digivolve to... Garudamon!"
"Tentomon Digivolve to... MegaKabuterimon!"
"Palmon Digivolve to... Lillymon!"
"Gomamon Digivolve to... Zudomon!"
"Patamon Digivolve to... MagnaAngemon!"
"Gatomon Digivolve to... Angewomon!"
"Wormmon Digivolve to…Stingmon!"
"Veemon Armour Digivolve to... Flamedramon, the fires of Courage!"
"Armadillomon Armour Digivolve to... Digmon, the drill of Knowledge!"
"Hawkmon Armour Digivolve to... Halsemon, wings of Love!"
With the Digivolutions completed, the Digimon all standing before Piximon and their partners, MetalGreymon turned to look over his team, telling the group. "Attacking a force this big would be foolish headon, we need to work as a team if we're going to win this one."
"WereGarurumon, Flamedramon, Zudomon, you're with me. Our strength in close and long range combat should provide us the strength needed to strike down the MadLeomon faction." The Digimon of Courage instructed, initiating both command of the situation and establishing teams.
"Stingmon, you work alongside MagnaAngemon and Angewomon in an aerial assault. Wipe out the Troopmon forces as best you can. And Digmon, stay close as ground support. Use your subterranean skills as an advantage, that way your team can hit the Troopmon from above and below."
"Sounds like a plan, partner." Digmon said in reply, liking MetalGreymon's smart thinking.
"And that leaves us to handle those walking piles of scrap, right?" Lillymon asked, looking amongst Garudamon, MegaKabuterimon and Halsemon.
The question earned a nod from MetalGreymon, who looked upon the Digimon of Sincerity and the others with a knowing trust, this reflected by Lillymon and her teammates, but mostly amongst Garudamon, who smiled back at MetalGreymon, both feeling his trust in her and seeing just how far the Digimon of Courage had evolved since their very first adventures.
Set and ready to take on Lilithmon's army, Flamedramon quickly turned to look back at Piximon and the Digidestined, asking the petit sized Digimon. "Piximon, think you can keep our partners safe while we handle these uninvited visitors?"
"I will give everything I have to ensure the protection of your partners." Piximon said in reply, keeping his tiny spear drawn and at the ready.
Though the Digimon were ready to fight, seeing the dark army continuing to close in on them, Renamon stepped before Jun and spoke up, bowing before her partner as she told her. "Jun, with your permission, I too wish to help. I know I haven't battled for as long as Veemon, and my power is still to be awakened, but I feel I cannot stay behind as my friends risk their lives. So I ask, will you allow me to fight?"
Looking down at the silver furred vixen, Jun just smiled.
"I guess Gabumon is starting to rub off on you." The maroon haired girl commented, teasing Renamon a little, before drawing her Digivice with a confident smile and saying. "Go for it!"
Rushing to the front of the battlefield, showing her grace as she leapt over MetalGreymon's head, Jun's Digivice started to glow with a silver light, this affecting Renamon as her body was also surrounded with the same light and energies.
"Renamon Digivolve to..." Renamon began to say as the light around her expanded, altering her very being as she achieved her Champion form, turning further into a beast and losing her more human appearance as she landed on all fours and stood before MetalGreymon, showing off her purple coloured fur, her animalistic build and her nine tails, each swaying as she let her name known to her friends and foes. "Youkomon!"
"Just be careful out there, Youkomon." Jun said, expressing her clear worry toward her partner, but in her heart, she knew she could count on Youkomon and the others.
With Youkomon now set amongst the chosen Digimon, the three groups separated, taking off as to face the army of darkness, with Stingmon's group, charging toward the mass of Troopmon, with Stingmon, MagnaAngemon, Angewomon and Youkomon all leaping with speed, skill and grace as they avoided the oncoming hail of gunfire delivered by the Troopmon, while Digmon remained behind and smashed his drills to the ground, taking to the quickly forming hole and tunneling his way to his unsuspecting foes.
Groaning a little, Angewomon found the Troopmon numbers continuing to grow, forcing her, Angemon and Stingmon to fly back, while Youkomon continued to keep her distance, leaving the group looking on and on the defensive as the armed Digimon coordinated their attacks against them.
"They're putting up more of a fight than I expected." Angewomon confessed as she continued to fly around the oncoming blasts aimed at her, bypassing Stingmon, who nodded and said in reply. "We knew this wasn't going to be easy, but we're not going down without a fight."
That said, Stingmon then acted as the blades from his gauntlets extended and the Digimon of Kindness shot down amongst the Troopmon.
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon announced, keeping his blades extended as he cut through the Troopmon, cutting through their forces and leaving many Troopmon collapsing behind him, their bodies falling and breaking apart into data particles with their defeat.
Finding that with Stingmon's attack, it gave a small opening to their own attacks, MagnaAngemon and Angewomon joined in, each gathering the power of light to combat their darkened foes.
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Judgment Slash!"
Releasing the holy energies, a blast of pink and purple energy crashed through the front line of the Troopmon, wiping out more and more of the dark soldiers, dissolving their bodies and leaving nothing behind, allowing Youkomon to rush in and add her assistance, to demonstrate her power.
"Tail Flame!" Jun's partner declared as she rushed amongst the Troopmon masses, igniting the tips of her nine tails ablaze and throwing the flames upon the Troopmon, reducing the Troopmon to ashes from the onslaught of fireballs, her speed and strength keeping her from harm's way and delivering further destruction to the dark army's forces.
Remaining strong and adapting to the battle, the Troopmon regathered their forces, with new troops replacing those taken down in battle, the ground around the Troopmon started to crack open, sending a fair battalion plummeting with the collapse, catching the others off guard, to see their defences breached.
"Gold Rush!" Digmon announced as he burst through/from out the ground, releasing his drill-like fingers upon the off guard Troopmon, which spun right through and took the Dark Digimon down, much to the Troopmon's shock and confusion.
"Is it strange to you, or does this feel a little easy?" Stingmon questioned, expressing a clear confusion to the situation, finding the Troopmon's attacks turning predictable and easy to avoid.
Though this feeling was shared by the others, none noticed with each Troopmon defeated, what data remained was absorbed into the scarred up MadLeomon, who, despite his Champion status, showed his strength alongside his troops as they took on MetalGreymon and his teammates.
"Giga Blaster!" MetalGreymon bellowed, opening his chest piece and releasing a set of missiles at the lead of the MadLeomon, only to find the Dark Digimon show its higher ranking amongst the troops as it jumped over the first missile and leapt for the second.
"Beast Blaster!" The MadLeomon let out, throwing his fist forward and sending out another dark stream of energy, which collided with and set off MetalGreymon's missile, setting the sky ablaze.
However, MetalGreymon found MadLeomon leaping from the explosion,ignoring the brief damage inflicted to his body as he shot down at his prey, claws drawn and astonishing the Digimon of Courage.
"Poison Claw!"
Gathering a dark purple energy in his claws, MadLeomon prepared to plunge the claws into MetalGreymon, knowing that even if his blow didn't fall the cyborg Digimon, the toxins within would seep into MetalGreymon's system and would destroy his opponent from the inside out.
Despite his planning and quick speed, MadLeomon didn't anticipate the speed and teamwork of MetalGreymon's friends, finding Flamedramon shoot between him and MetalGreymon like a rocket, retaliating with a barrier of pure flame.
"Flame Shield!" Flamedramon declared, keeping up the sphere of flame around his being, protecting MetalGreymon and forcing MadLeomon to change his tactics to avoid the blaze.
Dodging Flamedramon and MetalGreymon, the MadLeomon looked around, seeing Zudomon and WereGarurumon overpowering and wiping out many of his troops, many MadLeomon such as him sent flying by the impacting power of Zudomon's hammer, others torn asunder by WereGarurumon's claws.
However, the losses didn't concern the more combative of the MadLeomon, having many more troops to deploy, alongside a secret weapon.
Repelling the MadLeomon troops, and with Yokoumon showing her grace, skill and teamwork as she remained strong against the Troopmon, Garudamon and her assigned team found the faction of DexDorugamon putting up a greater challenge.
Despite the chosen Digimon having the field advantage, able to keep to the sky as to avoid close combat with the DexDorugamon, they found many of the DexDorugamon they thought they had defeated would reactivate, returning to life and coming back to fight, some even ripping into their fallen brethren, sinking their jaws into their wiring as to repair their damaged bodies.
"This is getting crazy. They're destroying each other just to survive." Lillymon let out, keeping her flower-like cannon and drawn, releasing a set of retaliating shots against the DexDorugamon, only to find the damaged machine Digimon rising back up and returning fire.
"We need to defeat them in one shot before they can repair themselves." MegaKabuterimon said as he flew up to Lillymon's side, before demonstrating. "Horn Buster!"
The call given, MegaKabuterimon expelled a great blast of lightning, directing the energies toward a selected group of DexDorugamon, consuming the undead Digimon and wiping them out completely.
Through MegaKabuterimon's words and his example, Garudamon, Halsemon, Lillymon nodded, showing their agreement with the Digimon of Knowledge's battle tactic, before the trio set their sights along the first row of DexDorugamon.
"Wing Blade!"
"Flower Canon!"
"Mach Impulse!"
With the great blaze of Garudamon, alongside Lillymon and Halsemon's power, the DexDorugamon line was wiped out, the line of undead Digimon completely destroyed as those behind them charged forward.
They kept attacking the DexDorugamon one by one, wiping out the undead Digimon forces until none remained, a similar occurrence amongst Angewomon and her teammates as they finally managed to dispatch the last of the Troopmon forces.
Though the Troopmon and the DexDorugamon had fallen, as had many of the MadLeomon that found themselves up against Flamedramon, MetalGreymon, WereGarurumon and Zudomon, the MadLeomon leading the forces of darkness remained standing, showing a relentlessness as he continued to attack the Digimon around him.
"Beast Blaster!" MadLeomon yelled, again gathering his dark energies and throwing them at MetalGreymon, the Digimon of Courage bracing himself as the attack headed straight for them.
"Giga Blaster!" MetalGreymon called, retaliating as he set off another pair of missiles at MadLeomon, expecting his power to overwhelm the darkness.
However, MetalGreymon's eyes widened in shock, seeing his missiles consumed by the dark formed lion head, exploding within the darkness, which then shot down and struck into his being.
"MetalGreymon!" WereGarurumon called in concern, cutting through a horde of MadLeomon lackeys as to check on his teammate and friend.
"What's going on...?" MetalGreymon questioned, pulling himself to his feet as he stared upon the leader of Lilithmon's forces. "Is he growing stronger...?"
Landing some feet before MetalGreymon, but seeing Flamedramon and the other Digimon now circling him, and seeing what was left of his forces, the scarred up MadLeomon let out a sudden and powerful roar of rage, echoing throughout the area and devastating the last of the MadLeomon, as they shattered apart and their residual Data was absorbed into MadLeomon's chest
Through a continued and growing frenzy, the final troop to Lilithmon's forces seemed to grow in size and power, absorbing the fading remains of Data left behind form the fallen Digimon, which altered his appearance.
Looking with some shock, the Digidestined and their partners saw MadLeomon undergo several alterations, seeing his claws start to change, with his left claw turn into metal hand, while his right claw started to change shape until it became chainsaw, shocking the Digidestined and their partners, to see what the leader of their enemies had become.
"What just happened?! I've never seen an evolution like that in my life?" Piximon let out with a matching shock upon seeing what just occurred in front of him, seeing MadLeomon change after absorbing the Data of his defeated allies.
Finished in his alterations, having achieved a new and darker form, MadLeomon displayed the clear increase of his power as he lunged with a sudden burst of speed, swinging his chainsaw arm upon the chosen Digimon.
Sweeping past Lillymon, Youkomon and Angewomon, the three were astonished by the increase of speed, power and ferocity the MadLeomon expressed, before clashing with MagnaAngemon's blade.
Though MagnaAngemon tried to repel MadLeomon, feeling the strain and power the Dark Digimon held, and seemed to intensify, the Digimon of Hope was thrown off guard as MadLeomon's chainsaw finally broke through, shattering the light blade and looking ready to cut him down.
"MagnaAngemon!" TK cried out, a growing concern filling him to the fate of his partner, but found his hope returning as, out of nowhere, a familiar Digimon, Gryphonmon, appeared and all but slammed herself into MadLeomon's side, the force throwing the two Digimon aside and allowing MagnaAngemon to stand.
Puzzled a little by the appearance of the Gryphonmon, Cody was about to speak up, to question the motives of the more mythic Digimon, but stopped as a familiar voice remarked with relief. "Looks as though we arrived just in time."
The familiarity of the femimine voice, and its French accent, TK turned and was left smiling upon seeing his girlfriend, Catherine Denurve.
Though TK was always glad to see her, often spending his weekends as to visit her in Paris, or take her out through Odiaba, to keep the spark of their relationship alive, the Digidestined of Hope was further pleased to see her saving his partner.
"Catherine, I'm so happy to..." The blond began to say, but found he couldn't finish his admiration as a sudden and great scream of pain filled the area, this causing TK and the others to turn to see Zudomon, Lillymon, MegaKabuterimon, Halsemon,Youkomon and Digmon all struck down, thrown back from the sheer darkness MadLeomon radiated, reverting the five back to their Rookie forms.
With their numbers shortened, this left MetalGreymon, WereGarurumon, Garudamon MagnaAngemon, Flamedramon, Angewomon, Stingmon and Gryphonmon still standing, but they were injured, and MadLeomon seemed stronger than ever.
"They took down half of our Team! Three were Ultimate but how, MadLeomon is just a Champion Level Digimon." Matt let out in confusion as he watched as the remaining Digimon tried to take down MadLeomon, but found its Armed Mode provided it with further power, making it a more formidable foe.
Davis was trying to think of a plan to take down their opponent, to stop MadLeomon without placing his friends in danger or exhausting Veemon and the others.
But keeping his faith in himself, his friends and those close to him, the Digidestined of Courage and Friendship refused to give in.
"I have a plan, but we'll need Imperialdramon." Davis said as he turned towards his partner and yelled. "Flamedramon! We need Imperialdramon!"
Flamedramon nodded as he reverted back to Veemon, finding MadLeomon taking his De-Digivolution as a chance to strike, just missing the V marked Digimon with his chainsaw.
Looking to Davis, seeing the determination of his partner, Veemon braced himself as Davis held out his D-3, which glowed with the light of Digivolution.
"Veemon Digivolve to... ExVeemon!" ExVeemon announced, landing beside Stingmon, where the pair mimicked the stances and emotions of their partners.
"ExVeemon! Stingmon! DNA Digivolve to... Imperialdramon!" The combined voices of the Digimon of Miracles and the Digimon of Kindness let out, before fusing their energy and their very beings into one lifeforce, forming Imperialdramon: Fighter Mode.
With him now up against Imperialdramon: FM, MadLeomon continued to express his fury as he charged at the combined might that was Courage, Friendship and Kindness.
Howling wildly, the eerie sound forcing the Digidestined to cover their ears, even disrupting the Digimon closeby, MadLeomon took his chance to attack.
"Lion Heart!" He roared, slamming his chainsaw arm into the ground, tearing and ripping the ground asunder, leaving countless paths of destructive fissures scattering around the vicinity, even managing to snare Imperialdramon: FM, who collapsed within the falling ground and was left open to attack.
Rushing his new enemy, MadLeomon swung his chainsaw arm, preparing to slice into Imperialdramon: FM's chest and rip him apart, however, pain came from the attack, only the pain fell upon Angewomon, as she used herself to shield Imperialdramon: FM, using the pure light within her as to form a radiant shield as best she could.
"Angewomon! No!" Imperialdramon: FM, namely ExVeemon, called in concern after seeing Angewomon struck down, the Digimon of Light falling back and into Imperialdramon: PM's arms, watching as the angelic Digimon reverted back to Gatomon, who groaned in pain as she looked up at the Mega Level Digimon holding her.
"You're our best shot at beating MadLeomon... You've always been our ace in the hole... Don't prove me wrong..." Gatomon let out, looking at Imperialdramon FM's face with a sincere smile before passing out.
Keeping Gatomon rested in his arms, Imperialdramon: FM turned, finding Garudamon by his side, who held her arms out, taking the feline Digimon into her embrace and allowing the Digimon of Courage, Friendship and Kindness to turn his attention to MadLeomon, returning to a protective stance as to protect the Digimon of Light.
"Garudamon please keep her safe for me. I'd never forgive myself if anything happened to her." Imperialdramon: FM said, his words causing Garudamon to nod in reply and retreat, distancing herself from the conflict, while in her heart, she could hear and sense the clear emotion Imperialdramon: FM displayed.
'Keep fighting for her.' The Digimon of thought, holding a similar faith toward Imperialdramon: FM as Gatomon held.
As Imperialdramon: FM managed to free himself from the collapsed ground, Tai and Matt looked to one another, both knowing they too needed to push themselves and add their own power to the fight.
Their Digivices drawn and shining with light, MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon shone with a great light as they too combined into one being, forming the mighty white knight, Omnimon, who took a proud stride by Imperialdramon: FM's side.
"Don't think we're not going to let you have all the fun." Omnimon said, drawing the Garuru Cannon toward MadLeomon and declaring with emotion, and more along Agumon's side. "That furball's going to pay for hurting Gatomon. She's like a sister to me."
Understanding the bond Agumon shared with Gatomon, Davis' attention was more focused on Kari, seeing the brunette now cradling the unconscious form of Gatomon in her arms, trying to stay strong for her friends, but Davis could see the pain in Kari's eyes.
It hurt him to see the person he cared about upset, and gripping his D-3, the maroon haired Digidestined was determined to end that pain.
"We only have one chance. Imperialdramon, Omnimon, combine your might and attack! This is our last chance to take them down." Davis let out, putting all his emotion into his voice, which reflected itself into Imperialdramon: FM and Omnimon.
"Positron Laser!" Imperialdramon: FM let out, releasing a great surge of energy from the cannon set upon his right arm.
"Supreme Cannon!" Omnimon followed up, casting out the icy energy from out the Garuru Cannon, the set of attacks combining into one great and mighty blast, the force of which tore through the area and devastated MadLeomon.
Gripping their respective Digivices, their emotion further fueling their partners, Imperialdramon: FM and Omnimon's power finally tore through MadLeomon, leaving the beast Digimon howling in agony with his defeat, his body breaking apart into countless particles of corrupt Data, which was wiped out from the set of attacks.
With MadLeomon, and most of the area now wiped out, Omnimon and Imperialdramon: FM broke their respective fusions and reverted back to Koromon, Tsunomon, DemiVeemon and Minomon, all four dropping into their partner's arms and drained after using so much energy.
"That was tough, but we did it..." DemiVeemon panted, looking at Davis with a smile.
"Yeah, but... That wasn't one of those champion guys, was it?" Koromon asked back, expressing a growing concern as he looked to Tai and questioned. "How are we supposed to fight them if this guy gave us so much trouble?"
"I know a way to help you get stronger." A familiar voice said, the call causing the Digidestined to turn around, seeing Gennai walking towards the group, accompanied by the remaining Digidestined and Piximon.
"You have the strength needed to defeat Lilithmon, but it is locked deep within. You could harness that power naturally, but that would take far too long." Gennai then said, expressing confidence within Davis and the others as he added. "Luckily we have a solution for this."
Looking to Piximon, the Digidestined remained silent, respecting the tiny Digimon and allowing him to continue in his tale.
"Beyond my home lies an ancient chamber, a training room said to have been used by the Royal Knights and their followers eons ago. Though I have failed to access its power myself, I have discovered more than enough of its secrets, one of which says that time moves slower within, so in theory, mere minutes within could act as weeks to your physical and mental beings."
Surprised by this information, and looking amongst their friends, Davis and DemiVeemon were the first to speak up.
"Let's get to it." The maroon haired Digidestined said, looking over to Kari and the still resting form of Gatomon and adding with further heart. "If we're going to stop Lilithmon, we need to do whatever it takes."
"To protect our world and everyone we care about." DemiVeemon added, refusing to see Gatomon in harm again, or to see the empathetic pain her partner expressed.
Following in Davis and DemiVeemon's example, they too sharing the determination of the Digidestined and the Digimon of Courage and Friendship, the Digidestined began to follow Gennai and Piximon, readying themselves for their training and for their eventual conflict with the Demon Lord.
