SKULL SATANMON: MEGA THREAT
Michael here. Last time Taichi woke up and explained to us that he didn't know who the Neo Digiworld Emperor is and that he wanted to join us. I trust him, but I don't think Cody does. Later, Kari, Ken, Davis, Cody and I went to fight Lady Devimon. After we beat her, Davis returned to his Puppetmon persona and stole the Crest of Courage.
Kari laid in the bed, staring at the ceiling. "How could I have lost the Crest?" she asked herself,"It was our power source, but I failed. Davis betrayed us."
The door to the room opened up. She turned slightly to see who entered. "Genai?"
He walked over to her. "How are you feeling?"
"Better," Kari said, staring up at the wooden ceiling,"How are the others?"
"Everyone is okay," Genai said, walking out of the room,"I've called the others, they should be here soon."
"Great," she thought,"That means Taichi will be here soon."
Sure enough, Yolei soon barged through the door and hugged her. "Kari!" she said,"Are you all right? What happened?"
"Yolei," she said, pushing her away to see Taichi standing in the doorway, his arms crossed in a grim fashion.
"What happened?" Yolei asked again,"Genai told us that Davis betrayed you."
Kari nodded, sadly. "Yeah, and he stole the Crest of Courage."
"What?" Taichi asked.
"Yeah, I'm nothing but a failure."
"What do you mean?" Yolei asked.
"I'm a failure," Kari said, turning her gaze away.
"Yolei," Taichi said, placing his hand on her shoulder,"could you wait outside for a minute?"
"Uh, sure..." she said, walking outside. After she left, Taichi closed the door.
"Kari...."
"How do you know I'm a clone of you?" Kari asked, turning her head towards him.
Taichi sighed and sat down in one of the chairs. "You have all of my memories, correct?"
"Up until the battle with Apocalymon."
"So, you remember the battle with Datamon?"
Kari flinched. "Yeah."
"Remember, right before I escaped with Sora, Datamon told me something," he said, trying to arouse Kari's memories.
"...he said that he had your genetic material and would create a clone of you," she said,"I guess its obviously me because except for being a girl, I am an exact duplicate of you."
Taichi nodded. "So, how are mom and dad?"
"They're...good."
"Does mom still help out at the community center?"
Kari nodded. "Yeah, every Saturday."
"Does dad still by groceries for that disabled man two floors down that lost his job?"
"Yeah,"Kari said, a smile on her face.
Taichi nodded. Kari saw a weird look in his eyes. "Do they ever talk about me?"
Kari smiled,"All the time."
Taichi started crying softly. "Oh God, I miss them so much, but, I can't ever see them."
"Why not?" Kari asked,"I know they would be happy to see you."
Taichi sniffiled. "Kari, do you really think so?"
"Of course, Taichi, they would be proud of you, the leader of the Digidestined!"
He looked at her oddly, "Kari?"
"Taichi," she said,"If I still had the Crest, I would give it to you. Taichi, I want you to lead the Digidestined."
"Kari, I can't."
"Its your destiny," she said,"The crest was yours to began with, its a symbol of leadership."
"Maybe the only reason I had it was so I could lose it in the Dark Masters castle, so that you could find it." He saw that Kari was getting to her feet, so he helped her."Kari, you're the leader now, not me." He supported her as they walked outside. "This is your destiny now, not mine."
They walked outside and saw all of the Digidestined and their Digimon, except for Michael, Ken, and their Digimon, seated around Genai's television set. There was a Floramon on the T.V. with a microphone in her hand. Behind her there was a massive amount of fire and destruction devouring a city behind her. "...and so the destruction continues," she said,"Behined me, the Neo Digiworld Army is destroying this city. A being named Skull Satanmon is leading the attack.."
Kari felt Taichi tense up next to her. "Skull Satanmon.." he hissed.
"....and it appears he is slaughtering these Digimon. Hundreds of Digimon have gone missing...."
"What is he doing?" Jun asked,"He's.....destroying them, its a Holocaust!"
"But he's too strong," Taichi said,"Just like the Dark Masters."
Kari looked around. "Where are Michael and Ken?"
"They're trying to stop Skull Satanmon," Willace said,"But, I think they're going to need our help."
"So," T.K. said, looking at Kari, "What do we do now?"
Taichi looked at Kari and smiled. "You're doing just fine," he whispered,"What ever you decided, we'll follow you."
"Well," Kari said,"Our enemies are the Dark Masters and Skull Satanmon and Neo Digiworld. Taichi, you once said Skull Satanmon is a strong as a Mega..."
"He is stronger than me," Agumon said, sadly.
"So," Kari said,"We have four Megas and an Ultimate with the strength of a Mega to deal with. We only have one Mega,Wargreymon, and two Ultimates, Paildramon and Megaseadramon. We need more power. We need to follow Ken and Davis's example, and DNA Digivolve to Ultimate. To that end, some of us need to go to the Holy Tower. Jijimon has a room there where we can train."
"Who will go?" Cody asked.
"Two Digimon can DNA Digivolve," Kari said,"and Ken and Davis both had D-3."
"So," Willace said,"The four left that have D-3's."
Kari nodded. "Right. T.K. and Cody will go in then Yolei and I."
"Are you sure?" Yolei asked,"Will this work?"
Kari thought of the fight against Lady Devimon and how they were barely able to hold their own. She turned to the t.v. and watched Skull Satanmon destroying the country side. "It has to be."
"Thunder Javelin!"
"Desperado Blaster!"
With a wave of his staff, Skull Satanmon deflected the two attacks away, blowing away a remaining building. Michael growled and clenched his fists as he watched Megaseadramon back up. "Don't give up!"
"Yeah," Ken said as he watched Paildramon floated backwards,"Keep trying!"
"Foolish humans," Skull Satanmon laughed as he stood amidst the flames of the destroyed city,"You can never hope to defeat me! I will destroy you, then continue my mission here!"
"Why are you here?" Paildramon asked,"What purpose do you have by destroying these Digimon?"
Skull Satanmon smiled. "I am not killing them, I am regressing them to their Digi-eggs, then using them as batteries!"
"You monster!" Michael shouted,"You're taking these innocent Digimon for their energy!"
"Exactly," he said, floating into the air and onto his hover ship. He pointed his staff to the ground and fried a blast into the ground,"And once I get the Dark Masters, my mission will be complete!"
Michael was going to ask why when the fire ball embedded in the ground, exploded sending debris and rock everywhere. Skull Satanmon laughed as he floated away.
"Perfect," Megaseadramon said, blasting a mountain of rock away,"He's escaped!"
"But now we know what he's after," Ken said, taking out his D-terminal,"The others have to know."
Back at Genai's, the other Digidestined were watching the news reports of Skull Satanmon destroying another city. Jun held her D-terminal in her hands as she watched the screen. "We can't let him get away with this! We know he's after the Digimon for their energy! We can't keep letting him do this to these innocent Digimon! This is wrong! With Michael and Ken, we can stop him!"
"She's right," Taichi said, standing up. His fists were clenched tight and his eyes were full of rage. "We need to stop him!"
Willace looked at the Golden Digi-egg in his hand that Kari had given him. "We can't do anything until we find him. It would just be a waste of time."
Taichi clenched his fists even tighter. "He's right. We'll need the entire Digidestined together. We're going to have to trust that Michael and Ken will be able to hold him off. We had a plan, we three would stay here and wait."
The others nodded. "Why does he want the Dark Masters for?" Genai asked.
"Nice place you've got here," Yolei said, admiring the hallway of Jijimon's temple on top of the Holy Tower. The hallway was stone, full of pictures of warrior Digimon. She looked at each picture, reading the name underneath each one. "Omnimon, Saberleomon, Wargreymon, Metalgarurumon, Megakabuterimon...hey, these are the original Digidestined Digimon."
Yolei turned towards the head of the line. Kari, T.K., and Cody stopped and turned towards the pictures on the right of the stone hallway. At the front of the line, Jijimon smiled. "That is correct. These Digimon were the greatest warriors for good in all of the Digital World."
"Wow," Yolei thought, following the others,"I wonder if..Huh!"
She stopped directly in front of a picture of a large bird man. "Its..Garudamon," she said, to herself, softly,"Oh, Biyomon....I miss you so much...."
Kari walked over to her and placed her hand on Yolei's shoulder. "I know it hurts," Kari said,"I have Tai's memories, I know how much you loved Biyomon, but, you have a new Digimon now, who needs your help."
"You're right," Yolei said, mentioning to the picture,"We've got to make sure that what happened to her, never happens to any of our Digimon."
Kari smiled, as the two friends caught up to the guys as they walked towards Jijimon's gym.
"Now," the elder Digimon said,"Despite any rumors you may have heard, this room is not a magical room where the laws of space and time do not apply."
The humans were confused, and the Digimon nodded. "What?" T.K. asked.
"He means that any rumors we've heard about the time in this room moving faster than the time outside is false," Patamon said.
"That is correct," Jijimon said,"Time is equal. Now, Kari, you said in your e-mail that you hope to achieve a DNA Digivolve."
Kari nodded."Yes."
"Well, may I suggest that only two Digidestined go in at a time, this way, the Digivolve may go faster."
Kari nodded. "Okay then."
Jijimon nodded and opened the door to the training room. "Who will go in first then?"
"Ladies first," T.K. said.
Kari and Yolei looked at each other and smiled. "Thank you, but you guys go first," Yolei said.
"I can tell you really want to," Kari said, mentioning with her hand.
T.K. nodded. "Okay then, are you ready, Patamon? Cody?"
His Digimon nodded.
"Yeah," Cody said,"Let's get this over with."
The two Digidestined and their Digimon walked into the gym room. Jijimon then shut the door.
"So," Hawkmon said,"Now we wait?"
"Yup," Kari said, sitting down and leaning against the wall,"We wait."
The television was off at Genai's, the Digidestined had decided that watching the news reports of Skull Satanmon was just making them more frustrated. They shut it off and decided to get some sleep. Or try to, in Taichi's case.
He twisted in his sleeping bag and turned to the others. Jun, Willace and their Digimon were fast asleep. "How can they sleep at a time like this?" Taichi asked, sitting up.
Sensing his partner was awake, Agumon propped his head up. "What's the matter?"
"I can't stand this!" Taichi hissed, clenching his fists,"All this sitting around! Its getting us no where!"
"We have to wait here," Agumon said,"We can search all we want, but we can't beat Skull Satanmon ourselves, we'll need the help of the Ultimate Digimon."
Taichi just growled. Suddenly, a beeping came from the left wall. "What's that?" Agumon asked.
Taichi got up and walked over to the computer consoles that housed Genai's security system. Taichi entered a few commands on the keyboard and a picture of the shore of the lake appeared on the screen, along with four figures. "Oh crap!" Taichi said.
"Its the Dark Masters!" Agumon said,"Shoot, I forgot about them."
Taichi turned towards the sleeping others. "Wake up, we've got trouble."
A thin white line appeared in the pink lake. The water parted away from the line, revealing a set of stairs. The Digidestined walked up the stairs and emerged onto the shore line. There they saw Piedmon, Machinedramon, and Metalseadramon, and a sight that made Jun gasp. Davis, her younger brother, was standing with them, a lost look in his eyes.
"Hello," Piedmon said,"It is good to see you again, Taichi. I haven't seen you since we fought atop Spiral Mountain."
Taichi smirked,"I wish I could say the feeling's mutual."
Piedmon half smiled,"Still the same as always."
"Davis!" Jun shouted, unable to contain herself any more. When he didn't look at her, she yelled again,"Davis, please look at me."
Piedmon started laughing. "What's so funny?!" Jun shouted.
"I'm sorry," Piedmon laughed,"But, its just humorous that you're attempting to make contact with a person, that no longer exists. Davis Motomiya is gone."
"No," Jun started crying,"He is my little brother, he can't be."
"Correction," Machinedramon said,"He WAS your little brother."
"No!" she shouted,"I won't believe you."
"Then he will show you yourself. Puppetmon, if you will be so kind..."
Davis nodded and started to walk towards her, when Terriermon jumped in the way. "Leave her alone!"
"And what if I don't?" Davis said in a squeaky voice, sounding almost like Puppetmon.
"Davis," Willace said, stepping forward,"If there is anything of the person you are..."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," he said, which only made Jun start crying.
"Then there is nothing left to discuss," Willace said, holding out his Digivice,"You are our enemy, and must be stopped."
He turned to his Digimon,"Let's see how this Digi-egg that Kari gave me works. Ready?"
Terriermon nodded. "Let's go."
"Golden Armor Energize!" Willace said, holding out his D-terminal and Digivice. His Digivice started to glow white and and emit beams of light in all directions from its screen.
Puppetmon's eyes shot open as he watched Terriermon Golden Armor Digivolve. "No...." Puppetmon said, focusing in on Willace's eyes,"....it..can't be....no...no..."
Puppetmon flashed back to a memory of 12 years ago. A memory of running through the forest away from the Digidestined. He had just rounded a tree, when he came face to face with Matt Ishida. "There's no where to run now, Puppetmon," Matt said, holding out his Digivice,"You are finished!"
Puppetmon watched in horror as Gabumon started to warp-digivolve. He would never forget the look on Matt's face, especially....
".....those eyes.." Puppetmon said, backing away from Willace,"it....can't be.....they have....the same eyes!"
"What is he talking about?" Taichi asked.
"Puppetmon?" Metalseadramon asked.
Puppetmon was still in shock as he continued to move away from Willace,"He has.....the same eyes as Matt Ishida!"
"What?" Willace asked,"How can I have the same eyes as Matt Ishida...T.K. is Matt. "
"The only way he could have the same eyes as Matt..."Taichi said.
"That's it!" Willace said, shooting his head up,"I must be Matt's brother.....I'm the reborn Takeru Ishida."
Willace dropped the Digivice and Terriermon stopped Digivolving. Jun ran over to Willace to help him from passing out.
"Enough of this!" Taichi said,"If you want to fight, then lets fight!"
"I will handle this," Piedmon said, stepping forward,"Are you ready?"
"Yeah," Taichi said, holding out his Digivice,"Go Agumon."
"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"
High above the Digiworld in Holy Tower, Kari and Yolei's Digivice started to go off. "What's happening?" Yolei asked, examining hers.
"Someone's Digimon is Digivolving," Kari said.
"Who's?" Hawkmon asked.
"I'm checking," she said, pressing buttons on her D-3,"its......Wargreymon."
Kari said the last part quietly, hoping to not get Yolei excited. However, it did not work. "Who's he fighting? Is it Skull Satanmon?"
Kari shook her head, looking at her D-3,"No, the Digital Signal from his opponent isn't a strong, it must be the Dark Masters."
"We've got to help him!"
"No," Kari said, sternly,"We don't stand a chance. Wargreymon is the only one who can handle them."
"But why is he fighting?" Yolei asked, very worried,"I thought that we all agreed he wouldn't do anything until we DNA Digivolved."
"I know," Kari said, sighing,"You know, I'm supposed to be a clone of him, so we should have the same personality, right? But Taichi has a shorter temper, and has a tendency to jump into things without thinking."
Yolei looked at Kari strangely. "Maybe I'm not a clone of Taichi," Kari said,"Maybe I'm just his little sister, like I'm suppose to be, but right now, that doesn't matter. I'm the leader of the Digidestined!"
She turned towards the closed gym door. "Please hurry guys."
"I don't believe this," Megaseadramon said, staring across the destruction of the city,"This is the third city we've come across like this!"
Michael didn't say anything as he walked through the rubles. As he did, something peculiar caught his eye. He bent down and picked up a piece of material. It was small and jagged. It had a hard, rough feel to it.
"What's that?" Paildramon asked.
Michael sighed and looked Ken in the eyes,"This was Skull Satanmon all right."
Ken clenched his fist as he looked at the shell of the Digi-egg in Ken's hands. "He's regressing these Digimon to their Digi-egg, and then stealing the energy inside, leaving the eggs destroyed. He's slaughtering these Digimon!"
Michael dropped the shell and continued walking through the destruction. He looked down and saw hundreds of cracked shells on the ground. "They didn't deserve this," he said,"No one does."
Suddenly, Ken started shouting,"I'll find you Skull Satanmon! I'll make you pay for this!"
Michael walked up and placed his hands on his shoulders. "We need to keep moving, or he'll get too far ahead of us."
"Yeah," Ken said, putting his hands at his side,"then he'll pay!"
Ken jumped onto Paildramon's back, and Michael jumped onto Megaseadramon's head, grabbing his horn with his left hand. "Now let's go."
"Mega Claw!"
Wargreymon started jabbing, attempting to place one of his claws through Piedmon's smirking face. However, Piedmon was able to dodge each jab with remarkable accuracy. "You're going to have to do better than that," Piedmon laughed.
Wargerymon jabbed with his right claw, then when Piedmon moved to the left, he quickly slammed that grinning clown in the face with is left claw. "Is that good enough?"
"Hmm, not bad," Piedmon said, rubbing his chin,"I almost felt that one, but you'll definitely feel this!"
He flew into the air and kicked Wargreymon in the face. The Dinosaur Digimon staggered back for a bit, then soared forward, zooming towards Piedmon, head first. He then shot upward and kicked Piedmon in the side of the face, twirling him around.
Piedmon quickly recovered and connected with the underside of Wargreymon's chin, sending him upward. While Wargreymon was floating upward, Piedmon zoomed up with his fist out, intending to punch his adversary in the back, but Wargreymon twirled around. "Surprise!" Wargreymon said. He grabbed Piedmon by the head and through him into the ground.
Back on the shoreline, the Digidestined and the other Dark Masters watched the fight. "I wish there was something we could do," Terriermon said.
"Yeah," Willace said, still in shock over his revalation,"I still can't believe that I'm Matt's younger brother, only, now we're the same age."
"So what?" Jun asked,"Big deal. You're still brothers."
Taichi was still focused on the battle overhead. With every punch, ever kick, he was brought back to the battle they had with Piedmon 12 years ago. Back then, like now, Wargreymon had to hold Piedmon off by himself while waiting for reinforcements. "I hope Kari and the others hurry," Taichi thought,"I don't know if Wargreymon can hold him off for long. Well, at least you're safe Sora, and when your Digimon is able to DNA Digivolve with Kari's, you'll be able to help out, like you always wanted to so badly when Matt and I were hogging all the credit."
Wargreymon swiped forward with his claws, but Piedmon whipped out his swords and caught the blades between them. "Well, I see you've stronger than I originally thought."
"Of course," Wargreymon said, trying to push Piedmon's swords down,"I've been battling for 12 years, while you've been dead. I'm so much stronger than you know, its pretty funny, for me!"
He kneed Piedmon in the chest, and his grip on the swords loosened. Wargreymon soared into the air. He placed his hands over his head, parallel to each other. A small orange ball appeared in the middle. "Terra Force!"
Piedmon stopped coughing and looked up. Seeing the massive ball of energy soaring towards him, he placed his hands together, with the index fingers pointed outward. "Clown Trick!"
The burst of energy drilled through Wargreymon's ball of energy, destroying it before it continued upwards. "Oh shoot!" Wargreymon shouted, placing his arms in front of his face, one on top of the other. When Piedmon's attack hit, there was a massive explosion.
"Wargreymon!" Taichi shouted.
When the smoke cleared, Wargreymon was still there, but the gauntlets on his arms were gone. He floated to the ground where he faced Piedmon, who had his back to the lake.
"I'd say we're pretty evenly matched," Piedmon said,"This battle has taught me something, though, never underestimate your opponent. It is a very good motto to live by..."
Wargreymon was really listening to him. He was ready to attack again, when he felt as if someone was watching him. He slowly turned around to look into the middle of the forest surrounding Genai's lake. His eyes shot open when he saw a one armed, armored devil carrying a staff. He gasped several times as the devil started walking towards them.
"Hello, Wargreymon," he said.
"Skull Satanmon!" Taichi shouted.
"Oh no!" Willace said,"This is just great! What's he doing here?"
"A Skull Satanmon?" Piedmon asked, a distasteful look on his face,"Well, we were in the middle of a battle, is there something we can help you with?"
"As a matter of fact," Skull Satanmon said, continuing his walk forward,"There is."
He pointed his staff towards Wargreymon and Piedmon and fired a blast of fire from it. Wargreymon and Piedmon both jumped into the air to avoid the attack.
"Why you!" Piedmon shouted, enraged,"How dare a lowly Ultimate attack me, the most powerful Digimon in the Digiworld!"
He whipped out his swords and dive bombed towards Skull Satanmon. "You will pay! How dare you?!"
"No!" Wargreymon tried to warn him.
Skull Satanmon waited until Piedmon was a few inches in front of him before his slammed the evil Mega in the face with his staff. Piedmon went flying into the waiting arms of the other Dark Masters.
"We have you, Lord Piedmon," Machinedramon said, catching him.
Skull Satanmon pointed his staff at the Dark Masters,"And now to finish my mission."
"Wargreymon!" Taichi shouted,"Stop him! We don't know why he wants the Dark Masters, but it can't be for anything good!"
Skull Satanmon turned his head slightly and saw Wargreymon zooming towards him. He raised his staff and fired a blast of pure, red fire. Wargreymon couldn't move out of the way in time. The blast of energy ripped through his left socket, tearing off Wargreymon's arm. The mighty warrior Digimon fell to the ground placing his right hand over the open socket, screaming in pain.
"He...his arm is gone.." Jun said, numbly.
"Oh no," Willace said,"He can't fight with only one arm."
Taichi was in too much shock to say anything. He only stood, quivering with his mouth open, unsure of what to do.
"That, was payback for my arm!" Skull Satanmon said, smiling wickedly,"An arm for an arm!"
"What's going on down there?" Yolei asked, looking at her Digivice. There were two dim circles on the screen, with a larger, brighter, and blinking circle. The blinking circle was shrinking and losing its brightness.
"Someone's Digital signal is taking a nose dive," Kari said,"Someone is de-digivolving."
"Koromon," Taichi said, finally getting control of himself. He ran over and lifted his In-training Digimon in his arms,"Are you okay?"
"No," he said, weakly,"but I'll be okay."
Everyone there was too shocked to do anything when Skull Satanmon raised his staff. "Enee, meanee, minee, moe," he said, moving his staff to point at each one of them,"Catch-a-Dark-Master-by-the-toe-if-he-hollers, grab-him-first!" The staff ended on Metalseadramon.
He smiled wickedly as he fired a blue beam of fire from his staff. It hit Metalseadramon and he was covered in an aura of white light that made everyone advert their eyes. When it was over, all that remained of Metalseadramon was an egg.
The Dark Masters were too shocked to do anything as Skull Satanmon picked the egg up and started to float into the air to his hover ship that was waiting in the sky. Willace, however, was ready for action.
He grabbed his Digivice,"Terriermon, get ready to..."
"No," Taichi said, standing up,"You would just get killed. There is nothing we can do now."
BEEP! BEEP!
"That's the D-terminal," Gatomon said,"Someone is sending you e-mail."
Kari reached inside her pocket and pulled out the small device. She popped open the covered and started ready. "Its from Jun......Oh no! Skull Satanmon was just there!"
"That isn't good," Jijimon said, resting against his wooden staff,"What happened?"
Kari kept reading."He...he got Metalseadramon, then left."
"What?" Yolei asked,"What does he need the Dark Masters for? and why didn't he grab all of them?"
"I don't know," Kari said. She turned towards the gym door. "T.K.," she thought to herself,"You've got to hurry. We're out of time."
to be continued....
PARTS OF THIS CHAPTER WERE DIRECTLY BASED ON DRAGON BALL Z. PLEASE REVIEW.
Michael here. Last time Taichi woke up and explained to us that he didn't know who the Neo Digiworld Emperor is and that he wanted to join us. I trust him, but I don't think Cody does. Later, Kari, Ken, Davis, Cody and I went to fight Lady Devimon. After we beat her, Davis returned to his Puppetmon persona and stole the Crest of Courage.
Kari laid in the bed, staring at the ceiling. "How could I have lost the Crest?" she asked herself,"It was our power source, but I failed. Davis betrayed us."
The door to the room opened up. She turned slightly to see who entered. "Genai?"
He walked over to her. "How are you feeling?"
"Better," Kari said, staring up at the wooden ceiling,"How are the others?"
"Everyone is okay," Genai said, walking out of the room,"I've called the others, they should be here soon."
"Great," she thought,"That means Taichi will be here soon."
Sure enough, Yolei soon barged through the door and hugged her. "Kari!" she said,"Are you all right? What happened?"
"Yolei," she said, pushing her away to see Taichi standing in the doorway, his arms crossed in a grim fashion.
"What happened?" Yolei asked again,"Genai told us that Davis betrayed you."
Kari nodded, sadly. "Yeah, and he stole the Crest of Courage."
"What?" Taichi asked.
"Yeah, I'm nothing but a failure."
"What do you mean?" Yolei asked.
"I'm a failure," Kari said, turning her gaze away.
"Yolei," Taichi said, placing his hand on her shoulder,"could you wait outside for a minute?"
"Uh, sure..." she said, walking outside. After she left, Taichi closed the door.
"Kari...."
"How do you know I'm a clone of you?" Kari asked, turning her head towards him.
Taichi sighed and sat down in one of the chairs. "You have all of my memories, correct?"
"Up until the battle with Apocalymon."
"So, you remember the battle with Datamon?"
Kari flinched. "Yeah."
"Remember, right before I escaped with Sora, Datamon told me something," he said, trying to arouse Kari's memories.
"...he said that he had your genetic material and would create a clone of you," she said,"I guess its obviously me because except for being a girl, I am an exact duplicate of you."
Taichi nodded. "So, how are mom and dad?"
"They're...good."
"Does mom still help out at the community center?"
Kari nodded. "Yeah, every Saturday."
"Does dad still by groceries for that disabled man two floors down that lost his job?"
"Yeah,"Kari said, a smile on her face.
Taichi nodded. Kari saw a weird look in his eyes. "Do they ever talk about me?"
Kari smiled,"All the time."
Taichi started crying softly. "Oh God, I miss them so much, but, I can't ever see them."
"Why not?" Kari asked,"I know they would be happy to see you."
Taichi sniffiled. "Kari, do you really think so?"
"Of course, Taichi, they would be proud of you, the leader of the Digidestined!"
He looked at her oddly, "Kari?"
"Taichi," she said,"If I still had the Crest, I would give it to you. Taichi, I want you to lead the Digidestined."
"Kari, I can't."
"Its your destiny," she said,"The crest was yours to began with, its a symbol of leadership."
"Maybe the only reason I had it was so I could lose it in the Dark Masters castle, so that you could find it." He saw that Kari was getting to her feet, so he helped her."Kari, you're the leader now, not me." He supported her as they walked outside. "This is your destiny now, not mine."
They walked outside and saw all of the Digidestined and their Digimon, except for Michael, Ken, and their Digimon, seated around Genai's television set. There was a Floramon on the T.V. with a microphone in her hand. Behind her there was a massive amount of fire and destruction devouring a city behind her. "...and so the destruction continues," she said,"Behined me, the Neo Digiworld Army is destroying this city. A being named Skull Satanmon is leading the attack.."
Kari felt Taichi tense up next to her. "Skull Satanmon.." he hissed.
"....and it appears he is slaughtering these Digimon. Hundreds of Digimon have gone missing...."
"What is he doing?" Jun asked,"He's.....destroying them, its a Holocaust!"
"But he's too strong," Taichi said,"Just like the Dark Masters."
Kari looked around. "Where are Michael and Ken?"
"They're trying to stop Skull Satanmon," Willace said,"But, I think they're going to need our help."
"So," T.K. said, looking at Kari, "What do we do now?"
Taichi looked at Kari and smiled. "You're doing just fine," he whispered,"What ever you decided, we'll follow you."
"Well," Kari said,"Our enemies are the Dark Masters and Skull Satanmon and Neo Digiworld. Taichi, you once said Skull Satanmon is a strong as a Mega..."
"He is stronger than me," Agumon said, sadly.
"So," Kari said,"We have four Megas and an Ultimate with the strength of a Mega to deal with. We only have one Mega,Wargreymon, and two Ultimates, Paildramon and Megaseadramon. We need more power. We need to follow Ken and Davis's example, and DNA Digivolve to Ultimate. To that end, some of us need to go to the Holy Tower. Jijimon has a room there where we can train."
"Who will go?" Cody asked.
"Two Digimon can DNA Digivolve," Kari said,"and Ken and Davis both had D-3."
"So," Willace said,"The four left that have D-3's."
Kari nodded. "Right. T.K. and Cody will go in then Yolei and I."
"Are you sure?" Yolei asked,"Will this work?"
Kari thought of the fight against Lady Devimon and how they were barely able to hold their own. She turned to the t.v. and watched Skull Satanmon destroying the country side. "It has to be."
"Thunder Javelin!"
"Desperado Blaster!"
With a wave of his staff, Skull Satanmon deflected the two attacks away, blowing away a remaining building. Michael growled and clenched his fists as he watched Megaseadramon back up. "Don't give up!"
"Yeah," Ken said as he watched Paildramon floated backwards,"Keep trying!"
"Foolish humans," Skull Satanmon laughed as he stood amidst the flames of the destroyed city,"You can never hope to defeat me! I will destroy you, then continue my mission here!"
"Why are you here?" Paildramon asked,"What purpose do you have by destroying these Digimon?"
Skull Satanmon smiled. "I am not killing them, I am regressing them to their Digi-eggs, then using them as batteries!"
"You monster!" Michael shouted,"You're taking these innocent Digimon for their energy!"
"Exactly," he said, floating into the air and onto his hover ship. He pointed his staff to the ground and fried a blast into the ground,"And once I get the Dark Masters, my mission will be complete!"
Michael was going to ask why when the fire ball embedded in the ground, exploded sending debris and rock everywhere. Skull Satanmon laughed as he floated away.
"Perfect," Megaseadramon said, blasting a mountain of rock away,"He's escaped!"
"But now we know what he's after," Ken said, taking out his D-terminal,"The others have to know."
Back at Genai's, the other Digidestined were watching the news reports of Skull Satanmon destroying another city. Jun held her D-terminal in her hands as she watched the screen. "We can't let him get away with this! We know he's after the Digimon for their energy! We can't keep letting him do this to these innocent Digimon! This is wrong! With Michael and Ken, we can stop him!"
"She's right," Taichi said, standing up. His fists were clenched tight and his eyes were full of rage. "We need to stop him!"
Willace looked at the Golden Digi-egg in his hand that Kari had given him. "We can't do anything until we find him. It would just be a waste of time."
Taichi clenched his fists even tighter. "He's right. We'll need the entire Digidestined together. We're going to have to trust that Michael and Ken will be able to hold him off. We had a plan, we three would stay here and wait."
The others nodded. "Why does he want the Dark Masters for?" Genai asked.
"Nice place you've got here," Yolei said, admiring the hallway of Jijimon's temple on top of the Holy Tower. The hallway was stone, full of pictures of warrior Digimon. She looked at each picture, reading the name underneath each one. "Omnimon, Saberleomon, Wargreymon, Metalgarurumon, Megakabuterimon...hey, these are the original Digidestined Digimon."
Yolei turned towards the head of the line. Kari, T.K., and Cody stopped and turned towards the pictures on the right of the stone hallway. At the front of the line, Jijimon smiled. "That is correct. These Digimon were the greatest warriors for good in all of the Digital World."
"Wow," Yolei thought, following the others,"I wonder if..Huh!"
She stopped directly in front of a picture of a large bird man. "Its..Garudamon," she said, to herself, softly,"Oh, Biyomon....I miss you so much...."
Kari walked over to her and placed her hand on Yolei's shoulder. "I know it hurts," Kari said,"I have Tai's memories, I know how much you loved Biyomon, but, you have a new Digimon now, who needs your help."
"You're right," Yolei said, mentioning to the picture,"We've got to make sure that what happened to her, never happens to any of our Digimon."
Kari smiled, as the two friends caught up to the guys as they walked towards Jijimon's gym.
"Now," the elder Digimon said,"Despite any rumors you may have heard, this room is not a magical room where the laws of space and time do not apply."
The humans were confused, and the Digimon nodded. "What?" T.K. asked.
"He means that any rumors we've heard about the time in this room moving faster than the time outside is false," Patamon said.
"That is correct," Jijimon said,"Time is equal. Now, Kari, you said in your e-mail that you hope to achieve a DNA Digivolve."
Kari nodded."Yes."
"Well, may I suggest that only two Digidestined go in at a time, this way, the Digivolve may go faster."
Kari nodded. "Okay then."
Jijimon nodded and opened the door to the training room. "Who will go in first then?"
"Ladies first," T.K. said.
Kari and Yolei looked at each other and smiled. "Thank you, but you guys go first," Yolei said.
"I can tell you really want to," Kari said, mentioning with her hand.
T.K. nodded. "Okay then, are you ready, Patamon? Cody?"
His Digimon nodded.
"Yeah," Cody said,"Let's get this over with."
The two Digidestined and their Digimon walked into the gym room. Jijimon then shut the door.
"So," Hawkmon said,"Now we wait?"
"Yup," Kari said, sitting down and leaning against the wall,"We wait."
The television was off at Genai's, the Digidestined had decided that watching the news reports of Skull Satanmon was just making them more frustrated. They shut it off and decided to get some sleep. Or try to, in Taichi's case.
He twisted in his sleeping bag and turned to the others. Jun, Willace and their Digimon were fast asleep. "How can they sleep at a time like this?" Taichi asked, sitting up.
Sensing his partner was awake, Agumon propped his head up. "What's the matter?"
"I can't stand this!" Taichi hissed, clenching his fists,"All this sitting around! Its getting us no where!"
"We have to wait here," Agumon said,"We can search all we want, but we can't beat Skull Satanmon ourselves, we'll need the help of the Ultimate Digimon."
Taichi just growled. Suddenly, a beeping came from the left wall. "What's that?" Agumon asked.
Taichi got up and walked over to the computer consoles that housed Genai's security system. Taichi entered a few commands on the keyboard and a picture of the shore of the lake appeared on the screen, along with four figures. "Oh crap!" Taichi said.
"Its the Dark Masters!" Agumon said,"Shoot, I forgot about them."
Taichi turned towards the sleeping others. "Wake up, we've got trouble."
A thin white line appeared in the pink lake. The water parted away from the line, revealing a set of stairs. The Digidestined walked up the stairs and emerged onto the shore line. There they saw Piedmon, Machinedramon, and Metalseadramon, and a sight that made Jun gasp. Davis, her younger brother, was standing with them, a lost look in his eyes.
"Hello," Piedmon said,"It is good to see you again, Taichi. I haven't seen you since we fought atop Spiral Mountain."
Taichi smirked,"I wish I could say the feeling's mutual."
Piedmon half smiled,"Still the same as always."
"Davis!" Jun shouted, unable to contain herself any more. When he didn't look at her, she yelled again,"Davis, please look at me."
Piedmon started laughing. "What's so funny?!" Jun shouted.
"I'm sorry," Piedmon laughed,"But, its just humorous that you're attempting to make contact with a person, that no longer exists. Davis Motomiya is gone."
"No," Jun started crying,"He is my little brother, he can't be."
"Correction," Machinedramon said,"He WAS your little brother."
"No!" she shouted,"I won't believe you."
"Then he will show you yourself. Puppetmon, if you will be so kind..."
Davis nodded and started to walk towards her, when Terriermon jumped in the way. "Leave her alone!"
"And what if I don't?" Davis said in a squeaky voice, sounding almost like Puppetmon.
"Davis," Willace said, stepping forward,"If there is anything of the person you are..."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," he said, which only made Jun start crying.
"Then there is nothing left to discuss," Willace said, holding out his Digivice,"You are our enemy, and must be stopped."
He turned to his Digimon,"Let's see how this Digi-egg that Kari gave me works. Ready?"
Terriermon nodded. "Let's go."
"Golden Armor Energize!" Willace said, holding out his D-terminal and Digivice. His Digivice started to glow white and and emit beams of light in all directions from its screen.
Puppetmon's eyes shot open as he watched Terriermon Golden Armor Digivolve. "No...." Puppetmon said, focusing in on Willace's eyes,"....it..can't be....no...no..."
Puppetmon flashed back to a memory of 12 years ago. A memory of running through the forest away from the Digidestined. He had just rounded a tree, when he came face to face with Matt Ishida. "There's no where to run now, Puppetmon," Matt said, holding out his Digivice,"You are finished!"
Puppetmon watched in horror as Gabumon started to warp-digivolve. He would never forget the look on Matt's face, especially....
".....those eyes.." Puppetmon said, backing away from Willace,"it....can't be.....they have....the same eyes!"
"What is he talking about?" Taichi asked.
"Puppetmon?" Metalseadramon asked.
Puppetmon was still in shock as he continued to move away from Willace,"He has.....the same eyes as Matt Ishida!"
"What?" Willace asked,"How can I have the same eyes as Matt Ishida...T.K. is Matt. "
"The only way he could have the same eyes as Matt..."Taichi said.
"That's it!" Willace said, shooting his head up,"I must be Matt's brother.....I'm the reborn Takeru Ishida."
Willace dropped the Digivice and Terriermon stopped Digivolving. Jun ran over to Willace to help him from passing out.
"Enough of this!" Taichi said,"If you want to fight, then lets fight!"
"I will handle this," Piedmon said, stepping forward,"Are you ready?"
"Yeah," Taichi said, holding out his Digivice,"Go Agumon."
"Agumon warp digivolve to Wargreymon!"
High above the Digiworld in Holy Tower, Kari and Yolei's Digivice started to go off. "What's happening?" Yolei asked, examining hers.
"Someone's Digimon is Digivolving," Kari said.
"Who's?" Hawkmon asked.
"I'm checking," she said, pressing buttons on her D-3,"its......Wargreymon."
Kari said the last part quietly, hoping to not get Yolei excited. However, it did not work. "Who's he fighting? Is it Skull Satanmon?"
Kari shook her head, looking at her D-3,"No, the Digital Signal from his opponent isn't a strong, it must be the Dark Masters."
"We've got to help him!"
"No," Kari said, sternly,"We don't stand a chance. Wargreymon is the only one who can handle them."
"But why is he fighting?" Yolei asked, very worried,"I thought that we all agreed he wouldn't do anything until we DNA Digivolved."
"I know," Kari said, sighing,"You know, I'm supposed to be a clone of him, so we should have the same personality, right? But Taichi has a shorter temper, and has a tendency to jump into things without thinking."
Yolei looked at Kari strangely. "Maybe I'm not a clone of Taichi," Kari said,"Maybe I'm just his little sister, like I'm suppose to be, but right now, that doesn't matter. I'm the leader of the Digidestined!"
She turned towards the closed gym door. "Please hurry guys."
"I don't believe this," Megaseadramon said, staring across the destruction of the city,"This is the third city we've come across like this!"
Michael didn't say anything as he walked through the rubles. As he did, something peculiar caught his eye. He bent down and picked up a piece of material. It was small and jagged. It had a hard, rough feel to it.
"What's that?" Paildramon asked.
Michael sighed and looked Ken in the eyes,"This was Skull Satanmon all right."
Ken clenched his fist as he looked at the shell of the Digi-egg in Ken's hands. "He's regressing these Digimon to their Digi-egg, and then stealing the energy inside, leaving the eggs destroyed. He's slaughtering these Digimon!"
Michael dropped the shell and continued walking through the destruction. He looked down and saw hundreds of cracked shells on the ground. "They didn't deserve this," he said,"No one does."
Suddenly, Ken started shouting,"I'll find you Skull Satanmon! I'll make you pay for this!"
Michael walked up and placed his hands on his shoulders. "We need to keep moving, or he'll get too far ahead of us."
"Yeah," Ken said, putting his hands at his side,"then he'll pay!"
Ken jumped onto Paildramon's back, and Michael jumped onto Megaseadramon's head, grabbing his horn with his left hand. "Now let's go."
"Mega Claw!"
Wargreymon started jabbing, attempting to place one of his claws through Piedmon's smirking face. However, Piedmon was able to dodge each jab with remarkable accuracy. "You're going to have to do better than that," Piedmon laughed.
Wargerymon jabbed with his right claw, then when Piedmon moved to the left, he quickly slammed that grinning clown in the face with is left claw. "Is that good enough?"
"Hmm, not bad," Piedmon said, rubbing his chin,"I almost felt that one, but you'll definitely feel this!"
He flew into the air and kicked Wargreymon in the face. The Dinosaur Digimon staggered back for a bit, then soared forward, zooming towards Piedmon, head first. He then shot upward and kicked Piedmon in the side of the face, twirling him around.
Piedmon quickly recovered and connected with the underside of Wargreymon's chin, sending him upward. While Wargreymon was floating upward, Piedmon zoomed up with his fist out, intending to punch his adversary in the back, but Wargreymon twirled around. "Surprise!" Wargreymon said. He grabbed Piedmon by the head and through him into the ground.
Back on the shoreline, the Digidestined and the other Dark Masters watched the fight. "I wish there was something we could do," Terriermon said.
"Yeah," Willace said, still in shock over his revalation,"I still can't believe that I'm Matt's younger brother, only, now we're the same age."
"So what?" Jun asked,"Big deal. You're still brothers."
Taichi was still focused on the battle overhead. With every punch, ever kick, he was brought back to the battle they had with Piedmon 12 years ago. Back then, like now, Wargreymon had to hold Piedmon off by himself while waiting for reinforcements. "I hope Kari and the others hurry," Taichi thought,"I don't know if Wargreymon can hold him off for long. Well, at least you're safe Sora, and when your Digimon is able to DNA Digivolve with Kari's, you'll be able to help out, like you always wanted to so badly when Matt and I were hogging all the credit."
Wargreymon swiped forward with his claws, but Piedmon whipped out his swords and caught the blades between them. "Well, I see you've stronger than I originally thought."
"Of course," Wargreymon said, trying to push Piedmon's swords down,"I've been battling for 12 years, while you've been dead. I'm so much stronger than you know, its pretty funny, for me!"
He kneed Piedmon in the chest, and his grip on the swords loosened. Wargreymon soared into the air. He placed his hands over his head, parallel to each other. A small orange ball appeared in the middle. "Terra Force!"
Piedmon stopped coughing and looked up. Seeing the massive ball of energy soaring towards him, he placed his hands together, with the index fingers pointed outward. "Clown Trick!"
The burst of energy drilled through Wargreymon's ball of energy, destroying it before it continued upwards. "Oh shoot!" Wargreymon shouted, placing his arms in front of his face, one on top of the other. When Piedmon's attack hit, there was a massive explosion.
"Wargreymon!" Taichi shouted.
When the smoke cleared, Wargreymon was still there, but the gauntlets on his arms were gone. He floated to the ground where he faced Piedmon, who had his back to the lake.
"I'd say we're pretty evenly matched," Piedmon said,"This battle has taught me something, though, never underestimate your opponent. It is a very good motto to live by..."
Wargreymon was really listening to him. He was ready to attack again, when he felt as if someone was watching him. He slowly turned around to look into the middle of the forest surrounding Genai's lake. His eyes shot open when he saw a one armed, armored devil carrying a staff. He gasped several times as the devil started walking towards them.
"Hello, Wargreymon," he said.
"Skull Satanmon!" Taichi shouted.
"Oh no!" Willace said,"This is just great! What's he doing here?"
"A Skull Satanmon?" Piedmon asked, a distasteful look on his face,"Well, we were in the middle of a battle, is there something we can help you with?"
"As a matter of fact," Skull Satanmon said, continuing his walk forward,"There is."
He pointed his staff towards Wargreymon and Piedmon and fired a blast of fire from it. Wargreymon and Piedmon both jumped into the air to avoid the attack.
"Why you!" Piedmon shouted, enraged,"How dare a lowly Ultimate attack me, the most powerful Digimon in the Digiworld!"
He whipped out his swords and dive bombed towards Skull Satanmon. "You will pay! How dare you?!"
"No!" Wargreymon tried to warn him.
Skull Satanmon waited until Piedmon was a few inches in front of him before his slammed the evil Mega in the face with his staff. Piedmon went flying into the waiting arms of the other Dark Masters.
"We have you, Lord Piedmon," Machinedramon said, catching him.
Skull Satanmon pointed his staff at the Dark Masters,"And now to finish my mission."
"Wargreymon!" Taichi shouted,"Stop him! We don't know why he wants the Dark Masters, but it can't be for anything good!"
Skull Satanmon turned his head slightly and saw Wargreymon zooming towards him. He raised his staff and fired a blast of pure, red fire. Wargreymon couldn't move out of the way in time. The blast of energy ripped through his left socket, tearing off Wargreymon's arm. The mighty warrior Digimon fell to the ground placing his right hand over the open socket, screaming in pain.
"He...his arm is gone.." Jun said, numbly.
"Oh no," Willace said,"He can't fight with only one arm."
Taichi was in too much shock to say anything. He only stood, quivering with his mouth open, unsure of what to do.
"That, was payback for my arm!" Skull Satanmon said, smiling wickedly,"An arm for an arm!"
"What's going on down there?" Yolei asked, looking at her Digivice. There were two dim circles on the screen, with a larger, brighter, and blinking circle. The blinking circle was shrinking and losing its brightness.
"Someone's Digital signal is taking a nose dive," Kari said,"Someone is de-digivolving."
"Koromon," Taichi said, finally getting control of himself. He ran over and lifted his In-training Digimon in his arms,"Are you okay?"
"No," he said, weakly,"but I'll be okay."
Everyone there was too shocked to do anything when Skull Satanmon raised his staff. "Enee, meanee, minee, moe," he said, moving his staff to point at each one of them,"Catch-a-Dark-Master-by-the-toe-if-he-hollers, grab-him-first!" The staff ended on Metalseadramon.
He smiled wickedly as he fired a blue beam of fire from his staff. It hit Metalseadramon and he was covered in an aura of white light that made everyone advert their eyes. When it was over, all that remained of Metalseadramon was an egg.
The Dark Masters were too shocked to do anything as Skull Satanmon picked the egg up and started to float into the air to his hover ship that was waiting in the sky. Willace, however, was ready for action.
He grabbed his Digivice,"Terriermon, get ready to..."
"No," Taichi said, standing up,"You would just get killed. There is nothing we can do now."
BEEP! BEEP!
"That's the D-terminal," Gatomon said,"Someone is sending you e-mail."
Kari reached inside her pocket and pulled out the small device. She popped open the covered and started ready. "Its from Jun......Oh no! Skull Satanmon was just there!"
"That isn't good," Jijimon said, resting against his wooden staff,"What happened?"
Kari kept reading."He...he got Metalseadramon, then left."
"What?" Yolei asked,"What does he need the Dark Masters for? and why didn't he grab all of them?"
"I don't know," Kari said. She turned towards the gym door. "T.K.," she thought to herself,"You've got to hurry. We're out of time."
to be continued....
PARTS OF THIS CHAPTER WERE DIRECTLY BASED ON DRAGON BALL Z. PLEASE REVIEW.