The Greatest Power
Chapter 3 -- The Fallen Angel
(Author's Note: This is a TK/Kari fic, but expect Tai/Sora and Matt/Mimi in there as well. It's definatly a romance fic, but it'll have plenty of action in there, too. This fanfic is set 4 years after the defeat of Apocalymon and writen before the second Digimon series or movie came to America, so no characters or plots from that series or movie are in this story. Also, so nobody has to fight to think of how they changed in looks, just imagine the TV characters taller and more mature looking, I wont make reference to their clothes so you can imagine them however you want, I thought that would make it easier on you. Please read Chapter 1 and 2 so you'll know everything that's going on in this story. For TK/Kari fans, I'll try to make this chapter make up for the lack in the last one. For those waiting for the action part of this fanfic, it begins here.)
Agumon and Tentomon were escourting Patamon and Gatomon, both with guilty and sad looks on their faces, back to camp. Tai and Izzy were following close behind. Not five minutes ago the four had spied on Gatomon and Patamon kissing and Agumon and Tentomon were still shaken by the sight. Obviously neither one had expected it. Tai and Izzy hadn't, either, but Tai was more worried over what affect it might have on Kari, if their emotion sharing could be passed both ways... Tai didn't have time to think about it before they reached camp, with most everyone looking at them all returning. Joe was out of the water and mostly dry now, Mimi and Matt were back, now holding hands. Sora was at the base of a tree with Biyomon, both waiting for Agumon and Tai to return. Gabumon and Palmon were looking more like Agumon and Biyomon now and TK and Kari popped up at the sight of their Digimon, jumping down from the tree to see them.
"Hey, there you two are!" TK said, running up to where Patamon was standing with Kari close behind, smiling at Gatomon. That's when the two noticed how sad their Digimon looked. TK looked at Tai. "...Something happened, didn't it...?" TK's voice was filled with worry that something bad might have happened. Kari looked up at Tai, the same concerned look on her face. Tai looked down at the two Digimon in question.
"Let's just say they have some explaining to do." Tai said. "It's nothing bad, but I think it's best heard from them." Agumon and Tentomon walked ahead, Tentomon going back to where Izzy left his computer and Agumon over to Biyomon. Tai and Izzy soon joined their Digimon, leaving Patamon and Gatomon the center of attention, their human friends sitting on the ground beside them, waiting to hear what happened.
"Well..." Patamon said, a very nervous tone in his voice. Gatomon stepped in front of him, looking back at him as if to say 'Let me handle it' which Patamon hardly minded. Gatomon was a lot bolder than he was, anyway.
"For the past two years..." Gatomon started, shakey about explaining things. "...me and Patamon have been running off all the time because... we're in love, we have been for a long time, longer than any of you..." The group fell silent, especially TK and Kari who didn't know how to react. "We were afraid that you wouldn't accept it since we're so different, not even on the same Digivolution level..." Gatomon looked back at Patamon, both afraid of what was to come next.
"You didn't have to worry so much!" Biyomon said, surprising Gatomon and Patamon. "We're your friends, no matter what, we'd support you two no matter what was going on." The other Digimon in the group nodded in agreeance. Gatomon and Patamon looked up at TK and Kari, who were smiling at their Digimon, happy for them.
"Besides, you two make a cute couple!" Mimi shouted out of nowhere, making most in the group laugh or giggle. Even Gatomon and Patamon had to laugh a little at the comment. Sora was curious to a few things, though. The holder of the crest of Love couldn't help but be in this matter.
"Do you mind if I ask something?" Sora said, a curious look in her eye. Gatomon and Patamon looked at each other, then shook their heads no. "How did this happen? What started your love interest in each other?" Gatomon gave Patamon another look before stepping back, allowing Patamon to step forward to explain.
"It started two years ago, the last time everyone left." Patamon began, remembering those days all too well. "After Kari was gone, Gatomon kept wandering off. One day I got worried and followed after her. I found her sitting in a group of trees, crying her eyes out. When she saw me she almost ran away before she tripped. I helped her up and started talking to her, doing my best to comfort her." Gatomon just looked at Patamon, her eyes shining a bit, remembering how everything started. "I couldn't stand to see her that sad, I guess... after a few weeks we just knew we were in love, but we were too afraid to bring it out to everyone else so we started running off every now and then to be alone together." Gatomon walked beside Patamon and smiled at him.
"After running off so much for so long," Gatomon said, picking up the story. "I got the idea for us to take the night watches as often as possible so we could have more time together. We've been trying to think of something new, but I guess it's a little late for that." Patamon smiled nervously at that last part. TK and Kari both reached down and hugged their Digimon, happy for them.
"We thought you guys would be the most upset!" Patamon said, still being hugged by TK. Gatomon nodded in agreeance as best she could while in Kari's grasp.
"Of course not!" TK said, letting Patamon go. "I'm glad you found someone you care about so much." TK looked over at Kari, who let go of Gatomon, setting her beside Patamon.
"Besides." Kari said, "Mimi was right, you two do look good together." Kari giggled a little at her own joke. Patamon and Gatomon looked at each other, both happy thier human friends understood. They quickly hugged each other before sharing a kiss. TK and Kari had to look away quickly.
"Just..." TK said. "Could you try not to do that in front of us?" TK looked back at the two, smiling nervously, with Kari soon doing the same. Gatomon and Patamon laughed a little before nodding.
"Well I'm glad that's taken care of." Tai said. Something popped back into his head just then. He kissed Sora on the cheek before getting up and going over to where Izzy was. He was back to typing away at his computer, so Tai was hoping he didn't have to scream his throat out to get his attention this time. "Izzy, I've gotta ask you something..." Tai said. This time Izzy only took a second to realize Tai was there and set his laptop aside.
"Sure, what's up?" Izzy said, expecting something strange.
"That link we have with our Digimon..." Tai said, referning to the shared emotions. "Do you suppose... it could work both ways?" Izzy looked at Tai with a curious look on his face. Tai seemed more serious about the question than Izzy first thought.
"Well I suppose it could be possible..." Izzy said, worrying Tai. "Why do you ask?" Izzy had a good idea why, but just to make sure.
"Well Kari's been acting kind of strange lately..." Tai said, scratching the back of his head. "She was asking a lot of questions about me and Sora and she seemed really nervous about seeing TK yesterday... Guess I'm afraid she's going to get into something she doesn't know about." Izzy nodded, picking his computer back up.
"I understand, you're worried about your little sister." Izzy said. "I won't lie to you, Tai, it is possible that the link goes both ways, but it's just as possible TK and Kari are too young to have that link, or TK and Kari might already be in love for the past 2 years and really did pass it to their Digimon... or, yes, the link may be two way and they'll be in love at some point... could be minutes from now or even decades." All these different things were starting to mix Tai up. "It's just too mysterious of a thing to guess about. I'll get to work on it, though, Gennai might know something about it. I'll look into it as soon as I get these letters translated." Izzy returned to his work on his laptop, typing away at a program Tai never saw before. He knew Izzy had been trying to traanslate the ancient script, but it seemed to be working a lot faster in the Digiworld and decided to leave it at that and started to walk back towards Sora.
Suddenly Izzy's computer started beeping like crazy, alerting everybody at the camp site. Tai ran back to Izzy and kneeled down beside him, getting a good look at whatever the computer was beeping about. Eventually the beeping made everyone curious and Izzy was soon surrounded by everyone, all waiting for some kind of info on what was happening. After a minute, the beeping died down and the computer displayed something new.
"Izzy, what was that?" Matt asked, a bit impatient for answers. "Why did your computer sound like it was having a fit?" Izzy shrugged, typing away to figure out what happened.
"I think it finally managed to translate the script on temple wall." Izzy said, bringing up the list of characters and letters. Izzy read through the translated letters, seeing if it was translated well, then suddenly looked worried. "This isn't good..." Izzy said. Tai tried to start reading the script himself, but couldn't from his angle, the text was too small.
"So what is it?" Tai said, more worried than curious.
"It's a warning..." Izzy said, reading through it again. "It says that the Digidestined's presence in the Digital World is what keeps the evil from emerging. If we leave the Digiworld for too long, evil can grow stronger and take the form of a new evil Digimon." Tai just stared at the monitor, hoping Izzy read it wrong.
"So that's how the Dark Masters came around before?" Joe asked out of nowhere. "Years passed in the Digiworld while we were gone the first time, a few days to us was enough time here to bring out four evil Megas." Most of the group looked at Joe like he never mentioned anything like that before, which he hadn't.
"Impressive, Joe, you're right." Izzy said. "What we should be worried about is if two years was enough time, and if it was, how powerful is this new evil Digimon?" Izzy continued to look over the script, which contained a large passage about the Dark Masters and even told of his defeat at the hands of the holiest angel, or MagnaAngemon as Izzy guessed. After that came something that hadn't happened before, something Izzy didn't remember happening. "I think I just found a new prophecy..." Izzy said, a worried tone in his voice.
"What kind of prophecy?" Tai said, more curious than worried.
"Well it isn't too big on details..." Izzy said, reading it over. "It says 'Atop the highest point in the Digiworld, the wrath of the fallen angel will bring chaos to the world that created him. Angels will fall to his evil, leaving his enemies defeated, until the greatest power shines upon his destruction.' Something tells me two years might have been enough time..." Tai quickly became worried, but tried his best to not make it show.
"Highest point in the Digiworld..." Tai said to himself, thinking of where that might be. Suddenly he remembered and snapped his fingers. "That has to be Infinity Mountain. At least I think it is, I don't know of any place higher than that." Izzy looked at Tai, confused.
"Why would you want to know where this new evil is?" Izzy said. "For all we know he could be worse than all of the Dark Masters, including Apocalymon. Besides, we don't know what 'greatest power' the prophecy's talking about." Tai looked back at Izzy with a look of confidence in his eyes.
"We're the Digidestined, whatever power it takes to beat this evil, I know we've got it!" Tai sounded like the old leader they knew from when they battled Piedmon. "Besides, if we don't take it on now, it might get even stronger than it already is." Izzy nodded, agreeing.
"Wait, you actually want to go back up Infinity Mountain?" Joe said, nervous. "Last time we went up there we got thrown all over the island by Devimon." Joe had a talent for remembering the negative side of things.
"That was years ago, we didn't even have one ultimate level Digimon back then." Tai said, trying to rally some confidence in Joe. "Even if Devimon was still up there, any one of our Digimon could beat him easy." Joe looked around, seeing proud faces on most of the Digimon, including Gomamon.
"Besides, Joe." Gomamon said, hoping to do the same. "You were the one that climbed up there first. If you didn't I might have never Digivolved into Ikkakumon." Gomamon knew he was lying a bit, there were plenty of chances for him to Digivolve after that, but he was hoping it was enough. Joe's face went from worried to relaxed, so it must have.
"Alright, let's go." Joe said. The rest of them stood up, ready to see what was at the top of the mountain. "But it is a long way up and we'll have to get to the top fast." Biyomon and Tentomon flew away from the group and back into the middle of the clearing.
"Leave that to us!" Biyomon said, winking at the group.
"One Digitaxi coming up!" Tentomon said. The entire group wondered what they were up to, until Izzy and Sora's Digivices beeped, signaling their Digivolutions.
"Biyomon Digivolve to..." Biyomon flashed with a surge of red energy. A quick flash of red light and Biyomon was replaced by a familiar fanged firebird. "Birdramon!" the firebird yelled, stretching her wings out as far as they would go.
"Tentomon Digivolve to..." Tentomon felt the familiar surge of energy that came with Digivolving. A flash of energy and he was replaced by a large, 6 armed blue bug with a single, vicious looking horn. "Kabuterimon!" The bug yelled, happy to be in his Champion form after so long.
"Well it beats walking on foot." Matt said, watching the two Digimon. They both bended down to let everyone on board. Tai and Sora took seats on Birdramon's claws, with Agumon, TK, Kari, Patamon and Gatomon taking seats along her back, all grabbing onto her feathers for support. Agumon liked his seat on her shoulders, holding onto her neck. TK and Kari were near the back, their Digimon sitting together in front of them. Kabuterimon was carrying Izzy, Matt, Joe, Mimi, Gabumon, Gomamon and Palmon on is back. He had to carry everyone at once before, so this wasn't much of a problem for him. Mimi held onto Matt tight for support, which he didn't seem to mind. Once everyone was on and set, Birdramon and Kabuterimon slowly lifted from the ground till they were above the trees, then flew straight for Infinity Mountain in the dead center of the island. They were trying to fly slow so they wouldn't throw anyone off on accident. The group on Birdramon didn't have trouble, it was the group on Kabuterimon's back that had trouble, with no real hand supports on his back.
TK was sitting next to Kari, keeping his eyes half closed to try to keep out some of the wind. As it was the wind in his face was making his eyes water a little. It eventually got so bad he had to turn his head to the side to stop it, letting his eyes open all the way without trouble. He looked at Kari to his left, who was having the same trouble, only she kept her eyes completely shut. TK watched her for a second, mainly because he couldn't look ahead and face the wind again, but also because something in the back of his head didn't want to look away. He watched the wind throw her short brown hair around, sending most of it straight back. For a while it even looked longer than it really was. TK couldn't explain why, but he liked watching her, even though she wasn't doing much. TK snapped out of it as Karri had to turn her head too, now facing away from TK. TK couldn't help but feel disappointed somehow.
*What are you thinking?* TK thought to himself. *You never thought like this before, especially about your best friend...* TK couldn't help but look back at Kari, who was still holding her head to the side. He looked ahead, keeping his head low so he didn't have to close his eyes, and saw Gatomon and Patamon, holding hands. *Hard to believe Patamon fell in love...* TK thought. *Wonder if I'll ever fall in love like that...* He gave one last look over at Kari, who was doing her best to look ahead again. *I wonder...* Kari had her eyes half open now, but TK was wishing they were all the way open... he always did like her crimson brown eyes for some reason, they just seemed so... "Beautiful..." TK said out loud. He quickly put a hand up to his mouth, realizing what he just said.
"Did you say something?" Kari said, looking over at TK. TK put his hand back to his side, grabbing a handful of Birdramon's feathers.
"No, nothing." TK said, covering up. "Just thinking out loud, that's all." He was relieved Kari didn't hear his slipped thought. At least he thought he was...
"Better finish the thought quick." Kari said, pointing ahead. "I think we're almost there." TK looked ahead and saw she was right, they were close to Infinity Mountain now. TK remembered it all too well, remembering the day Patamon first became Angemon. TK looked up at thee peak and saw something he didn't remember, though... TK stared at it, trying to see what it was, when he realized something.
"Hey, my eyes aren't watering..." TK said, rubbing his eyes lightly. "We're slowing down!" Agumon heard the comment and panicked a little.
"Birdramon, what's happening?" Agumon asked urgently. Birdramon looked back at them, a pained look in her eyes.
"My wings are getting sore..." Birdramon said, a hint of pain in her voice. "I haven't been Birdramon in so long my wings aren't used to these long flights anymore... I'll have to land soon or we'll crash..." Birdramon looked to her side and saw Kabuterimon with the same pained look on his face, or whatever a pained look is on the oversized bug. Birdramon nodded at him, signalling him to land. Kabuterimon nodded back, slowly lowering towards the ground. Birdramon did the same, gliding now more than flying. The two's slow decent was keeping them farther and farther from the top of the mountain, but they were still high enough to land on a large, barren area about halfway up the mountain. Once they landed, everyone piled off, taking the weight off the Digimon's backs. Sora looked up at Birdramon with concern.
"Birdramon, shouldn't you dedigivolve?" Sora asked, worried. "You'd rest faster as Biyomon." Birdramon shook her head no.
"Don't worry about me." Birdramon replied back. "Soon as our wings are rested up we'll fly you the rest of the way." Birdramon looked over at Kabuterimon, who was rubbing his sore wings lightly.
"Yeah, we're tough Digimon." Kabuterimon said. "Just give us an hour or so to rest up." Birdramon quickly shot a stern look at Kabuterimon, making him nervous. "Well... maybe half an hour would be okay?" Birdramon nodded, agreeing, which relieved Kabuterimon. Most of the others couldn't help but laugh. TK stopped his laughing as he remembered something and walked over to Tai.
"Hey Tai?" He said to get his attention. "Do you still have that little telescope with you?" Tai looked over at TK curously.
"Yeah, never leave the real world without it!" Tai said, pulling it from his pocket. "Why do you need it?" Tai started to hand it to TK.
"I don't really." TK said, pushing the telescope back to Tai. "Just take a look at the top of the mountain really quick, I think I saw something new up there." Tai looked up at the peak, too far away to see himself, then put the telescope up to his eye. What he saw surprised him a bit.
"You're right." Tai said, still looking. "There's something up there... it looks kind of like a castle... except it's all black, like some evil story book castle." TK looked up towards the peak, trying to see it with his naked eyes, but unable to. Infinity Mountain was just too tall. Tai put away the telescope. "Well there's definatly something happening up there..." He said to everyone. "Might as well start walking up, we won't get anywhere waiting for an air lift to the top." The rest nodded, even Kabuterimon and Birdramon. They didn't want to hold up everybody anyway.
The group started their walk up the mountain's spiraling trail, with Birdramon and Kabuterimon leading the way just in case. As they were walking, TK kept thinking back to his thoughts on the ride over. He never thought about Kari like that before, especially never thought of her as beautiful. Now, however, as he looked at her walking up the mountain, he couldn't think of her any other way.
*Snap out of it, TK.* TK thought to himself. *You never thought of Kari like that, why are you suddenly thinking it now?* TK then looked at Patamon and Gatomon, walking hand in hand, or paw in paw, whichever way you saw it. *Maybe it's because Patamon's in love... Other than Kari he's my best friend... Seeing him so happy does make me wish I loved someone as much as that... but why would Kari love me, anyway? It's not like I'm the best guy or best looking...* TK was still staring at Kari as he walked. Kari's eyed wandered towards him, eventually meeting his eyes. They both looked away quickly, embarassed. *...Then again...* TK'' thoughts were interupted by a sudden loud noise ahead of the group. TK looked around and saw what looked like a large black dragon flying around the mountain, glaring at the group. TK looked ahead again and saw a second one, spitting black balls of fire at Birdramon and Kabuterimon.
"What are those things?!" Tai yelled, pulling Sora to the ground to avoid a fireball. Izzy pulled out his laptop and quickly looked up the two dragons on his scanning program.
"Those are DarkDracomon." Izzy announced, finding their profiles on his computer. "They're minions of this new evil. They're only champion level, but any kind of Dracomon is exceptionally powerful." Izzy looked up, then jumped to the side, barely avoiding a fireball. Birdramon flew from the ground, her wings not quite at full strength, and prepaired to face the dragons. She looked back at Sora, who was clutching onto Tai. Her crest on her chest was glowing bright red, giving Birdramon the go ahead.
"Birdramon Digivolve to..." Birdramon erupted into a wall of flames. As the flames engulfed her, she began her change, gaining arms, stronger wings and powerful legs. When the flames died, the new Digimon stretched her wings and pumped her arms. "Garudamon!" Garudamon immediatly flew after the dragons, splitting them up. Garudamon stopped in midair, then flew higher into the air. "Wing Blade!" Garudamon fired a massive flame into the air that arched down, flying towards one of the DarkDracomons. It hit hard, throwing the black dragon Digimon back. It quickly regained itself, flying at Garudamon fast. The other DarkDracomon was heading back, flying at Garudamon just as fast as its partner. Kabuterimon had enough of sitting on the side lines and flew up after one of the dragons.
"Kabuterimon Digivolve to...." Kabuterimon surged with electric energy, charging his whole body. Waves of electricity went through him, giving every part of his body it passed over brown armor, including his horn, which now had a vicious spike at the top. It finished by giving him a thick shell, complete with a crystal in the center of his back. "MegaKabuterimon!" The new Digimon flew after one of the DarkDracomons, flying like a jet, with flames coming out from under his shell like engines. As soon as he was close enough, MegaKabuterimon drove his horn into the gut of one DarkDracomon, knocking it from the sky and to a legde of the mountain. MegaKabuterimon turned to face the dragon he knocked from the sky. "Horn Buster!" MegaKabuterimon fired a beam of electricity at the DarkDracomon, causing an explosion of rock and electricity. When the dust faded the DarkDracomon was gone, leaving just his friend.
"Black Inferno!" The remaining DarkDracomon screamed, blowing a blast of flames at both of his attackers, knocking them back to the mountain. Luckily they weren't hurt bad enough to make them dedigivolve. Palmon left her spot beside Gabumon and Mimi and ran to the edge of the cliff.
"Palmon Digivolve to..." A quick flash of power and Palmon was replaced by a familiar cactus with hollow eyes and mouth. "Togemon!" Togemon wasn't done there, though, continuing her Digivolution. "Togemon Digivolve to..." The bloom on Togemon's head grew and flew off in a flash of power. The bloom opened, revealing an almost human looking Digimon with vines for hair and a pink rose on her head. She even had a set of leaves for wings. "Lillymon!" Her Digivolving finished, Lillymon flew from the cliff, taking up the fight herself. DarkDracomon turned his beam of black flames at her, but her size made her faster, dodging the flames easily. Lillymon flew higher as the flower around her wrist grew, forming a bud over her hand. "Flower Cannon!" She fired a green blast at DarkDracomon, blasting him hard and sending him tumbling to the ground at the base of the mountain. Lillymon landed near Garudamon and MegaKabuterimon, checking on their condition.
"What was that all about?" Sora said, still hanging onto Tai.
"Guess someone up there doesn't like visitors..." Matt said, holding onto Mimi. Everyone looked up now, wondering what was up there. They didn't have to wonder long, though, seeing a new figure falling from above. The three Ultimates took to the air again, ready for whatever it was that was coming down. To everyone's surprise, what was coming down looked more human than Digimon. It sort of looked like Angemon, but with six dark wings and vicious looking armor. The human areas of him were a dark shade of skin and any part of him that would be white on Angemon was dark grey or black. Instead of a short staff, he was carrying a sickle with a black blade. His helmet featured small spikes instead of the small bumps on Angemon's helmet.
"Impressive..." The black angel said. "But my lackies were nothing compaired to what you now face. I am DarkAngemon, lord of this mountain and soon the entire Digiworld. You humans and your Digimon can't hope to defeat me!" Tai was getting mad at the arrogant tome coming from DarkAngemon.
"Guess this is the prophecy's fallen angel..." Izzy said, watching the black angel flying in front of them.
"You don't know who you're messing with!" Tai warned. He turned toward Agumon, a confident smile on his face. "You're up, Agumon!" Agumon turned to Tai and nodded, understanding. He ran to the cliffs egde, staring at DarkAngemon.
"Agumon Warp-digivolve to..." Agumon quickly Digivolved into Greymon, then into MetalGreymon, finally into his Mega form. Large plates of armor dawned his arms, extenting metal claws. Leg and chest armor followed, finishing with a large shield on his back designed with the Crest of Courage. The shield split, forming short wings. "WarGreymon!" The Digivolution finished, with WarGreymon standing on the edge of the cliff.
"Not impressive..." DarkAngemon said. "Takes more than such a puny Mega to defeat my power." DarkAngemon swung his sickle, aiming it at WarGreymon in challenge.
"We'll see who the puny one is!" WarGreymon said as he flew up at DarkAngemon, slashing with his claws. DarkAngemon was fast and dodged them easily, then slashed WarGreymon across the shield on his back, knocking him away. WarGreymon recovered fast, flying higher into the air. He raised his arms, forming a ball of energy above him. "Terra Force!" WarGreymon threw the ball of energy down at DarkAngemon. The dark angel swung his sickle into the blast, knocking it toward the cliff the Digidestined were standing on.
"Gabumon, quick!" Matt shouted, seeing the blast heading for them.
"Gabumon Warp-digivolve to..." Gabumon Digivolved to Garurumon, then into WereGarurumon, and finally into his Mega level form. His metalic wings and tail extended out, glowing with energy. The armored wolf armed a mass of missles and weapons, all ready for combat. "MetalGarurumon!" The metalic wolf charged forward, facing the oncoming blast. "Metal Wolf Claw!" MetalGarurumon fired a massive blue flame at the blast, countering it. With that threat over, MetalGarurumon flew up to join the fight, flying beside WarGreymon.
"I've got an idea!" Patamon said out of nowhere. "Who better to battle an evil angel than a pair of good angels?" Patamon looked over at Gatomon, who was smiling at Patamon. TK and Kari smiled at their Digimon, holding their beeping Digivices. Patamon and Gatomon walked to the edge of the cliff, watching the fight.
"Patamon Digivolve to..." A storm of white feathers surrounded Patamon. A flash of white energy hit Patamon and replaced him with a white angel holding a golden short staff. "Angemon!" Angemon looked glad to be back in his champion form, flapping his wings a little.
"Gatomon Digivolve to..." Gatomon's Digivolution was different from most others. In a surge of pink light, she shapeshifts into a human woman, dressed in an outfit of a warrior angel. As the pink light fades, 8 large wings and a helmet, the same Angemon wears, covers her eyes and a long glove with two small wings at the wrist slips over her left arm. "Angewomon!" Angewomon looked just as happy to be in her angel form again. The two angels flew into the air, putting DarkAngemon between them and the two Megas.
"Two Megas and two angels." Tai said with confidence. "No way some blacck angel can beat that." Izzy was looking for a profile on DarkAngemon on his laptop. Tai looked over at him, waiting for the profile's info.
"Found it, DarkAngemon." Izzy announced. "He's only an Ultimate level Digimon, but you know angel Digimon, they're way more powerful than their Digivolution level. For all we know DarkAngemon could be stronger than any Mega." Izzy looked back up at Tai and saw a hint of worry in his eyes, but he tried his best not to show it. Tai turned back towards the battle, which was starting to pick up.
*This is the best we've got...* Tai thought to himself. *This has to be the greatest power... it has to be!* Tai wasn't sure if he believed that or if he was trying to convince himself. Either way, he knew they had to win. Tai watched as WarGreymon started spinning fast, getting ready to drill into DarkAngemon.
"Terra Force!" WarGreymon threw himself at DarkAngemon, spinning with his claws extended. DarkAngemon stayed floating in the air, not worried somehow. Just before WarGreymon was about to drill through him, DarkAngemon raised an arm and actually grabbed WarGreymon's arm in mid spin, surprising everyone. WarGreymon was dazed from the sudden stop. Before he could recover, DarkAngemon spun around, throwing WarGreymon at MetalGarurumon. The metal wolf flew under WarGreymon, catching him on his back.
"Child's play..." DarkAngemon gloated, aiming a fist at the two Megas. "Hand of Desrtuction!" An explosion of black energy came from his fist, then quicly focused into a beam, firing at MetalGarurumon. MetalGarurumon tried to dodge, but with WarGreymon on his back he couldn't get away fast enough and was hit hard across his side, sending both Megas out of the air and crashing hard onto the mountain cliff. Angemon had enough as he withdrew his staff, forming it into energy in his fist. Angemon extended the wings on her wrist, forming a bow and arrow of light.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon shot his fist forward, firing a golden beam of pure power.
"Celestrial Arrow!" Angewomon pulled back on the light arrow and let it fly, sending it for DarkAngemon. DarkAngemon turned to see the two angels, still unconcerned. DarkAngemon pulled his sickle back and swung it fast at the two attacks. The beam of energy from Angemon burst on contact, havinf no effect. Angewomon's arrow was split down the middle, sending the two halves of the arrow to the ground far below. Both angels floated there, not believeing what they just saw.
"This can't be happening!" Matt said, staring on at the black angel. "He can't be this powerful!" The rest of them couldn'tt help but stare as well. Their Digimon were never dominated like this before, even against Apocalymon. Tai and Matt looked over at their Digimon, who were starting to recover.
"You two don't know when to stay down..." DarkAngemon said, aiming his sickle at them. He raised it above his head like he was prepairing to slash down at them. "Falling Heavens!" DarkAngemon swung the sickle down hard, stopping when the blade was pointing at the two Megas. A storm of black energy bolts fired from the blade and down at WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon. Both tried to fly away but the blasts were flying too fast, hitting them too hard. Eventually the blasts were too much and they were forced to return to their Rookie forms as DarkAngemon let up his assault. Agumon and Gabumon laid there, too tired and hurt to even move. Tai and Matt rushed over and checked their Digimon over, making sure they were alright.
"That does it!" MegaKabuterimon said, still watching the fight. "This guy's mine!" MegaKabuterimon flew at the black angel as fast as he could with Lillymon and Garudamon quickly following him. DarkAngemon turned to see the three Ultimates joining the two angels in the air behind him. Gomamon was looking on beside Joe, wishing there was more land underneath him so he could become Zudomon. Since his Ultimate form couldn't fly he couldn't do anything but watch and hope.
"You can't win..." DarkAngemon warned the five Digimon floating in front of him. "My power is beyond compair, beyond anything you have ever known." MegaKabuterimon had enough and fired a Horn Buster at the dark angel, with Garudamon and Lillymon firing Wing Blade and Flower Cannon soon after. DarkAngemon aimed a fist at the attacks and blasted them with his Hand of Destruction, countering the attacks and blasting the three attackers from the sky. Once they hit the cliff they had to Dedigivolve to their Rookie forms, too weak to maintain their Ultimate levels. Angemon and Angewomon fired their attacks again while DarkAngemon was looking away, but he was too fast and spun around to deflect the blasts. DarkAngemon raised his sickle and fired his Falling Heavens attack, forcing the two angels to the cliff below. Angemon landed behind Angewomon and put himself on top of her, doing his best to block the attack from hurting her, but the blasts were coming too fast and both were hurt badly, dedigivolving back into Patamon and Gatomon, with Patamon still lying on top of Gatomon to protect her. TK and Kari watched their Digimon fall in horror, not believing DarkAngemon was that powerful.
"Angels will fall to his evil, leaving his enemies defeated..." Izzy whispered, remembering the passage from the prophecy.
"This battle is over!" DarkAngemon shouted, holding his sickle in his arms in victory. Tai left Agumon's side and shook a fist at Angemon, not ready to quit.
"No way!" Tai yelled. "We don't give up that easily!" Tai didn't know how he was going to back that up, but he didn't have to. A large stomping sound came from farther up the path. Tai looked over to see what looked like a Monochromon, but he was walking on his hind legs. His normally dark grey parts were replaced by sleek metal and had a few more spikes than usual. His horn also had a bladed edge to it now. Another one came behind it, then two more came up from the path behind them.
"These are my MetalMonochromon." DarkAngemon announced. "They will take you to my castle where you shall be my prisoners. With you annoyances out of the way, the Digiworld will fall easily." Tai glared at the black angel in defiance, as did the rest of the Digidestined.
"What makes you think this fight's over?!" Tai shouted. DarkAngemon glared at Tai strangely. Tai was suddenly englufed in black energy, then thrown back into the rock face of the mountain, pinning him there. Tai was struggling to move, bbut he couldn't even budge.
"This battle ends now..." DarkAngemon threatened. "or I shall write it's conclusion." DarkAngemon turned to the rest of the Digidestined. "You will come willingly or your leader will be destroyed, I suggest you decide fast." Sora was watching Tai struggling, almost in tears. Everyone else was looking around at each other, hoping for an answer from someone.
"...I guess we don't have a choice..." Matt said finally, lowering his head. "We'll go, just let Tai go!" Matt hated to submit like that, but as much as he couldn't believe it, Tai was his best friend. DarkAngemon smiled evily, satisfied. He glared at Tai again and the black energy around him faded, dropping Tai to the ground, who was weak from struggling. Sora immediatly ran over to him, checking to make sure he was alright. One of the MetalMonochromons was immediatly standing over both of them. It fired a chain from it's hand that wrapped around Tai's midsection, forcing his arms against his sides and pulling him to his feet. Sora shot a tear filled glare at DarkAngemon.
"You said you'd let him go!" Sora yelled. DarkAngemon just looked at her.
"And I shall..." the dark angel responded. "Once you are all "safely" in my castle's dungeons." DarkAngemon turned to his metal minions. "Take them to my palace, I shall be waiting there." With that the evil angel flew back up towards the peak of the castle, leaving the Digidestined and their weakened and battered Digimon at the mercy of the MetalMonochromon. The metalic guards led them upwards, towards the peak of Infinity Mountan and DarkAngemon's castle. All the time, Tai was mentally kicking himself for being so confident, thinking they had the great power they needed... By the time he knew he was wrong, it was too late...
To Be Continued...
Next: Chapter 4 -- Escape!
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Chapter 3 -- The Fallen Angel
(Author's Note: This is a TK/Kari fic, but expect Tai/Sora and Matt/Mimi in there as well. It's definatly a romance fic, but it'll have plenty of action in there, too. This fanfic is set 4 years after the defeat of Apocalymon and writen before the second Digimon series or movie came to America, so no characters or plots from that series or movie are in this story. Also, so nobody has to fight to think of how they changed in looks, just imagine the TV characters taller and more mature looking, I wont make reference to their clothes so you can imagine them however you want, I thought that would make it easier on you. Please read Chapter 1 and 2 so you'll know everything that's going on in this story. For TK/Kari fans, I'll try to make this chapter make up for the lack in the last one. For those waiting for the action part of this fanfic, it begins here.)
Agumon and Tentomon were escourting Patamon and Gatomon, both with guilty and sad looks on their faces, back to camp. Tai and Izzy were following close behind. Not five minutes ago the four had spied on Gatomon and Patamon kissing and Agumon and Tentomon were still shaken by the sight. Obviously neither one had expected it. Tai and Izzy hadn't, either, but Tai was more worried over what affect it might have on Kari, if their emotion sharing could be passed both ways... Tai didn't have time to think about it before they reached camp, with most everyone looking at them all returning. Joe was out of the water and mostly dry now, Mimi and Matt were back, now holding hands. Sora was at the base of a tree with Biyomon, both waiting for Agumon and Tai to return. Gabumon and Palmon were looking more like Agumon and Biyomon now and TK and Kari popped up at the sight of their Digimon, jumping down from the tree to see them.
"Hey, there you two are!" TK said, running up to where Patamon was standing with Kari close behind, smiling at Gatomon. That's when the two noticed how sad their Digimon looked. TK looked at Tai. "...Something happened, didn't it...?" TK's voice was filled with worry that something bad might have happened. Kari looked up at Tai, the same concerned look on her face. Tai looked down at the two Digimon in question.
"Let's just say they have some explaining to do." Tai said. "It's nothing bad, but I think it's best heard from them." Agumon and Tentomon walked ahead, Tentomon going back to where Izzy left his computer and Agumon over to Biyomon. Tai and Izzy soon joined their Digimon, leaving Patamon and Gatomon the center of attention, their human friends sitting on the ground beside them, waiting to hear what happened.
"Well..." Patamon said, a very nervous tone in his voice. Gatomon stepped in front of him, looking back at him as if to say 'Let me handle it' which Patamon hardly minded. Gatomon was a lot bolder than he was, anyway.
"For the past two years..." Gatomon started, shakey about explaining things. "...me and Patamon have been running off all the time because... we're in love, we have been for a long time, longer than any of you..." The group fell silent, especially TK and Kari who didn't know how to react. "We were afraid that you wouldn't accept it since we're so different, not even on the same Digivolution level..." Gatomon looked back at Patamon, both afraid of what was to come next.
"You didn't have to worry so much!" Biyomon said, surprising Gatomon and Patamon. "We're your friends, no matter what, we'd support you two no matter what was going on." The other Digimon in the group nodded in agreeance. Gatomon and Patamon looked up at TK and Kari, who were smiling at their Digimon, happy for them.
"Besides, you two make a cute couple!" Mimi shouted out of nowhere, making most in the group laugh or giggle. Even Gatomon and Patamon had to laugh a little at the comment. Sora was curious to a few things, though. The holder of the crest of Love couldn't help but be in this matter.
"Do you mind if I ask something?" Sora said, a curious look in her eye. Gatomon and Patamon looked at each other, then shook their heads no. "How did this happen? What started your love interest in each other?" Gatomon gave Patamon another look before stepping back, allowing Patamon to step forward to explain.
"It started two years ago, the last time everyone left." Patamon began, remembering those days all too well. "After Kari was gone, Gatomon kept wandering off. One day I got worried and followed after her. I found her sitting in a group of trees, crying her eyes out. When she saw me she almost ran away before she tripped. I helped her up and started talking to her, doing my best to comfort her." Gatomon just looked at Patamon, her eyes shining a bit, remembering how everything started. "I couldn't stand to see her that sad, I guess... after a few weeks we just knew we were in love, but we were too afraid to bring it out to everyone else so we started running off every now and then to be alone together." Gatomon walked beside Patamon and smiled at him.
"After running off so much for so long," Gatomon said, picking up the story. "I got the idea for us to take the night watches as often as possible so we could have more time together. We've been trying to think of something new, but I guess it's a little late for that." Patamon smiled nervously at that last part. TK and Kari both reached down and hugged their Digimon, happy for them.
"We thought you guys would be the most upset!" Patamon said, still being hugged by TK. Gatomon nodded in agreeance as best she could while in Kari's grasp.
"Of course not!" TK said, letting Patamon go. "I'm glad you found someone you care about so much." TK looked over at Kari, who let go of Gatomon, setting her beside Patamon.
"Besides." Kari said, "Mimi was right, you two do look good together." Kari giggled a little at her own joke. Patamon and Gatomon looked at each other, both happy thier human friends understood. They quickly hugged each other before sharing a kiss. TK and Kari had to look away quickly.
"Just..." TK said. "Could you try not to do that in front of us?" TK looked back at the two, smiling nervously, with Kari soon doing the same. Gatomon and Patamon laughed a little before nodding.
"Well I'm glad that's taken care of." Tai said. Something popped back into his head just then. He kissed Sora on the cheek before getting up and going over to where Izzy was. He was back to typing away at his computer, so Tai was hoping he didn't have to scream his throat out to get his attention this time. "Izzy, I've gotta ask you something..." Tai said. This time Izzy only took a second to realize Tai was there and set his laptop aside.
"Sure, what's up?" Izzy said, expecting something strange.
"That link we have with our Digimon..." Tai said, referning to the shared emotions. "Do you suppose... it could work both ways?" Izzy looked at Tai with a curious look on his face. Tai seemed more serious about the question than Izzy first thought.
"Well I suppose it could be possible..." Izzy said, worrying Tai. "Why do you ask?" Izzy had a good idea why, but just to make sure.
"Well Kari's been acting kind of strange lately..." Tai said, scratching the back of his head. "She was asking a lot of questions about me and Sora and she seemed really nervous about seeing TK yesterday... Guess I'm afraid she's going to get into something she doesn't know about." Izzy nodded, picking his computer back up.
"I understand, you're worried about your little sister." Izzy said. "I won't lie to you, Tai, it is possible that the link goes both ways, but it's just as possible TK and Kari are too young to have that link, or TK and Kari might already be in love for the past 2 years and really did pass it to their Digimon... or, yes, the link may be two way and they'll be in love at some point... could be minutes from now or even decades." All these different things were starting to mix Tai up. "It's just too mysterious of a thing to guess about. I'll get to work on it, though, Gennai might know something about it. I'll look into it as soon as I get these letters translated." Izzy returned to his work on his laptop, typing away at a program Tai never saw before. He knew Izzy had been trying to traanslate the ancient script, but it seemed to be working a lot faster in the Digiworld and decided to leave it at that and started to walk back towards Sora.
Suddenly Izzy's computer started beeping like crazy, alerting everybody at the camp site. Tai ran back to Izzy and kneeled down beside him, getting a good look at whatever the computer was beeping about. Eventually the beeping made everyone curious and Izzy was soon surrounded by everyone, all waiting for some kind of info on what was happening. After a minute, the beeping died down and the computer displayed something new.
"Izzy, what was that?" Matt asked, a bit impatient for answers. "Why did your computer sound like it was having a fit?" Izzy shrugged, typing away to figure out what happened.
"I think it finally managed to translate the script on temple wall." Izzy said, bringing up the list of characters and letters. Izzy read through the translated letters, seeing if it was translated well, then suddenly looked worried. "This isn't good..." Izzy said. Tai tried to start reading the script himself, but couldn't from his angle, the text was too small.
"So what is it?" Tai said, more worried than curious.
"It's a warning..." Izzy said, reading through it again. "It says that the Digidestined's presence in the Digital World is what keeps the evil from emerging. If we leave the Digiworld for too long, evil can grow stronger and take the form of a new evil Digimon." Tai just stared at the monitor, hoping Izzy read it wrong.
"So that's how the Dark Masters came around before?" Joe asked out of nowhere. "Years passed in the Digiworld while we were gone the first time, a few days to us was enough time here to bring out four evil Megas." Most of the group looked at Joe like he never mentioned anything like that before, which he hadn't.
"Impressive, Joe, you're right." Izzy said. "What we should be worried about is if two years was enough time, and if it was, how powerful is this new evil Digimon?" Izzy continued to look over the script, which contained a large passage about the Dark Masters and even told of his defeat at the hands of the holiest angel, or MagnaAngemon as Izzy guessed. After that came something that hadn't happened before, something Izzy didn't remember happening. "I think I just found a new prophecy..." Izzy said, a worried tone in his voice.
"What kind of prophecy?" Tai said, more curious than worried.
"Well it isn't too big on details..." Izzy said, reading it over. "It says 'Atop the highest point in the Digiworld, the wrath of the fallen angel will bring chaos to the world that created him. Angels will fall to his evil, leaving his enemies defeated, until the greatest power shines upon his destruction.' Something tells me two years might have been enough time..." Tai quickly became worried, but tried his best to not make it show.
"Highest point in the Digiworld..." Tai said to himself, thinking of where that might be. Suddenly he remembered and snapped his fingers. "That has to be Infinity Mountain. At least I think it is, I don't know of any place higher than that." Izzy looked at Tai, confused.
"Why would you want to know where this new evil is?" Izzy said. "For all we know he could be worse than all of the Dark Masters, including Apocalymon. Besides, we don't know what 'greatest power' the prophecy's talking about." Tai looked back at Izzy with a look of confidence in his eyes.
"We're the Digidestined, whatever power it takes to beat this evil, I know we've got it!" Tai sounded like the old leader they knew from when they battled Piedmon. "Besides, if we don't take it on now, it might get even stronger than it already is." Izzy nodded, agreeing.
"Wait, you actually want to go back up Infinity Mountain?" Joe said, nervous. "Last time we went up there we got thrown all over the island by Devimon." Joe had a talent for remembering the negative side of things.
"That was years ago, we didn't even have one ultimate level Digimon back then." Tai said, trying to rally some confidence in Joe. "Even if Devimon was still up there, any one of our Digimon could beat him easy." Joe looked around, seeing proud faces on most of the Digimon, including Gomamon.
"Besides, Joe." Gomamon said, hoping to do the same. "You were the one that climbed up there first. If you didn't I might have never Digivolved into Ikkakumon." Gomamon knew he was lying a bit, there were plenty of chances for him to Digivolve after that, but he was hoping it was enough. Joe's face went from worried to relaxed, so it must have.
"Alright, let's go." Joe said. The rest of them stood up, ready to see what was at the top of the mountain. "But it is a long way up and we'll have to get to the top fast." Biyomon and Tentomon flew away from the group and back into the middle of the clearing.
"Leave that to us!" Biyomon said, winking at the group.
"One Digitaxi coming up!" Tentomon said. The entire group wondered what they were up to, until Izzy and Sora's Digivices beeped, signaling their Digivolutions.
"Biyomon Digivolve to..." Biyomon flashed with a surge of red energy. A quick flash of red light and Biyomon was replaced by a familiar fanged firebird. "Birdramon!" the firebird yelled, stretching her wings out as far as they would go.
"Tentomon Digivolve to..." Tentomon felt the familiar surge of energy that came with Digivolving. A flash of energy and he was replaced by a large, 6 armed blue bug with a single, vicious looking horn. "Kabuterimon!" The bug yelled, happy to be in his Champion form after so long.
"Well it beats walking on foot." Matt said, watching the two Digimon. They both bended down to let everyone on board. Tai and Sora took seats on Birdramon's claws, with Agumon, TK, Kari, Patamon and Gatomon taking seats along her back, all grabbing onto her feathers for support. Agumon liked his seat on her shoulders, holding onto her neck. TK and Kari were near the back, their Digimon sitting together in front of them. Kabuterimon was carrying Izzy, Matt, Joe, Mimi, Gabumon, Gomamon and Palmon on is back. He had to carry everyone at once before, so this wasn't much of a problem for him. Mimi held onto Matt tight for support, which he didn't seem to mind. Once everyone was on and set, Birdramon and Kabuterimon slowly lifted from the ground till they were above the trees, then flew straight for Infinity Mountain in the dead center of the island. They were trying to fly slow so they wouldn't throw anyone off on accident. The group on Birdramon didn't have trouble, it was the group on Kabuterimon's back that had trouble, with no real hand supports on his back.
TK was sitting next to Kari, keeping his eyes half closed to try to keep out some of the wind. As it was the wind in his face was making his eyes water a little. It eventually got so bad he had to turn his head to the side to stop it, letting his eyes open all the way without trouble. He looked at Kari to his left, who was having the same trouble, only she kept her eyes completely shut. TK watched her for a second, mainly because he couldn't look ahead and face the wind again, but also because something in the back of his head didn't want to look away. He watched the wind throw her short brown hair around, sending most of it straight back. For a while it even looked longer than it really was. TK couldn't explain why, but he liked watching her, even though she wasn't doing much. TK snapped out of it as Karri had to turn her head too, now facing away from TK. TK couldn't help but feel disappointed somehow.
*What are you thinking?* TK thought to himself. *You never thought like this before, especially about your best friend...* TK couldn't help but look back at Kari, who was still holding her head to the side. He looked ahead, keeping his head low so he didn't have to close his eyes, and saw Gatomon and Patamon, holding hands. *Hard to believe Patamon fell in love...* TK thought. *Wonder if I'll ever fall in love like that...* He gave one last look over at Kari, who was doing her best to look ahead again. *I wonder...* Kari had her eyes half open now, but TK was wishing they were all the way open... he always did like her crimson brown eyes for some reason, they just seemed so... "Beautiful..." TK said out loud. He quickly put a hand up to his mouth, realizing what he just said.
"Did you say something?" Kari said, looking over at TK. TK put his hand back to his side, grabbing a handful of Birdramon's feathers.
"No, nothing." TK said, covering up. "Just thinking out loud, that's all." He was relieved Kari didn't hear his slipped thought. At least he thought he was...
"Better finish the thought quick." Kari said, pointing ahead. "I think we're almost there." TK looked ahead and saw she was right, they were close to Infinity Mountain now. TK remembered it all too well, remembering the day Patamon first became Angemon. TK looked up at thee peak and saw something he didn't remember, though... TK stared at it, trying to see what it was, when he realized something.
"Hey, my eyes aren't watering..." TK said, rubbing his eyes lightly. "We're slowing down!" Agumon heard the comment and panicked a little.
"Birdramon, what's happening?" Agumon asked urgently. Birdramon looked back at them, a pained look in her eyes.
"My wings are getting sore..." Birdramon said, a hint of pain in her voice. "I haven't been Birdramon in so long my wings aren't used to these long flights anymore... I'll have to land soon or we'll crash..." Birdramon looked to her side and saw Kabuterimon with the same pained look on his face, or whatever a pained look is on the oversized bug. Birdramon nodded at him, signalling him to land. Kabuterimon nodded back, slowly lowering towards the ground. Birdramon did the same, gliding now more than flying. The two's slow decent was keeping them farther and farther from the top of the mountain, but they were still high enough to land on a large, barren area about halfway up the mountain. Once they landed, everyone piled off, taking the weight off the Digimon's backs. Sora looked up at Birdramon with concern.
"Birdramon, shouldn't you dedigivolve?" Sora asked, worried. "You'd rest faster as Biyomon." Birdramon shook her head no.
"Don't worry about me." Birdramon replied back. "Soon as our wings are rested up we'll fly you the rest of the way." Birdramon looked over at Kabuterimon, who was rubbing his sore wings lightly.
"Yeah, we're tough Digimon." Kabuterimon said. "Just give us an hour or so to rest up." Birdramon quickly shot a stern look at Kabuterimon, making him nervous. "Well... maybe half an hour would be okay?" Birdramon nodded, agreeing, which relieved Kabuterimon. Most of the others couldn't help but laugh. TK stopped his laughing as he remembered something and walked over to Tai.
"Hey Tai?" He said to get his attention. "Do you still have that little telescope with you?" Tai looked over at TK curously.
"Yeah, never leave the real world without it!" Tai said, pulling it from his pocket. "Why do you need it?" Tai started to hand it to TK.
"I don't really." TK said, pushing the telescope back to Tai. "Just take a look at the top of the mountain really quick, I think I saw something new up there." Tai looked up at the peak, too far away to see himself, then put the telescope up to his eye. What he saw surprised him a bit.
"You're right." Tai said, still looking. "There's something up there... it looks kind of like a castle... except it's all black, like some evil story book castle." TK looked up towards the peak, trying to see it with his naked eyes, but unable to. Infinity Mountain was just too tall. Tai put away the telescope. "Well there's definatly something happening up there..." He said to everyone. "Might as well start walking up, we won't get anywhere waiting for an air lift to the top." The rest nodded, even Kabuterimon and Birdramon. They didn't want to hold up everybody anyway.
The group started their walk up the mountain's spiraling trail, with Birdramon and Kabuterimon leading the way just in case. As they were walking, TK kept thinking back to his thoughts on the ride over. He never thought about Kari like that before, especially never thought of her as beautiful. Now, however, as he looked at her walking up the mountain, he couldn't think of her any other way.
*Snap out of it, TK.* TK thought to himself. *You never thought of Kari like that, why are you suddenly thinking it now?* TK then looked at Patamon and Gatomon, walking hand in hand, or paw in paw, whichever way you saw it. *Maybe it's because Patamon's in love... Other than Kari he's my best friend... Seeing him so happy does make me wish I loved someone as much as that... but why would Kari love me, anyway? It's not like I'm the best guy or best looking...* TK was still staring at Kari as he walked. Kari's eyed wandered towards him, eventually meeting his eyes. They both looked away quickly, embarassed. *...Then again...* TK'' thoughts were interupted by a sudden loud noise ahead of the group. TK looked around and saw what looked like a large black dragon flying around the mountain, glaring at the group. TK looked ahead again and saw a second one, spitting black balls of fire at Birdramon and Kabuterimon.
"What are those things?!" Tai yelled, pulling Sora to the ground to avoid a fireball. Izzy pulled out his laptop and quickly looked up the two dragons on his scanning program.
"Those are DarkDracomon." Izzy announced, finding their profiles on his computer. "They're minions of this new evil. They're only champion level, but any kind of Dracomon is exceptionally powerful." Izzy looked up, then jumped to the side, barely avoiding a fireball. Birdramon flew from the ground, her wings not quite at full strength, and prepaired to face the dragons. She looked back at Sora, who was clutching onto Tai. Her crest on her chest was glowing bright red, giving Birdramon the go ahead.
"Birdramon Digivolve to..." Birdramon erupted into a wall of flames. As the flames engulfed her, she began her change, gaining arms, stronger wings and powerful legs. When the flames died, the new Digimon stretched her wings and pumped her arms. "Garudamon!" Garudamon immediatly flew after the dragons, splitting them up. Garudamon stopped in midair, then flew higher into the air. "Wing Blade!" Garudamon fired a massive flame into the air that arched down, flying towards one of the DarkDracomons. It hit hard, throwing the black dragon Digimon back. It quickly regained itself, flying at Garudamon fast. The other DarkDracomon was heading back, flying at Garudamon just as fast as its partner. Kabuterimon had enough of sitting on the side lines and flew up after one of the dragons.
"Kabuterimon Digivolve to...." Kabuterimon surged with electric energy, charging his whole body. Waves of electricity went through him, giving every part of his body it passed over brown armor, including his horn, which now had a vicious spike at the top. It finished by giving him a thick shell, complete with a crystal in the center of his back. "MegaKabuterimon!" The new Digimon flew after one of the DarkDracomons, flying like a jet, with flames coming out from under his shell like engines. As soon as he was close enough, MegaKabuterimon drove his horn into the gut of one DarkDracomon, knocking it from the sky and to a legde of the mountain. MegaKabuterimon turned to face the dragon he knocked from the sky. "Horn Buster!" MegaKabuterimon fired a beam of electricity at the DarkDracomon, causing an explosion of rock and electricity. When the dust faded the DarkDracomon was gone, leaving just his friend.
"Black Inferno!" The remaining DarkDracomon screamed, blowing a blast of flames at both of his attackers, knocking them back to the mountain. Luckily they weren't hurt bad enough to make them dedigivolve. Palmon left her spot beside Gabumon and Mimi and ran to the edge of the cliff.
"Palmon Digivolve to..." A quick flash of power and Palmon was replaced by a familiar cactus with hollow eyes and mouth. "Togemon!" Togemon wasn't done there, though, continuing her Digivolution. "Togemon Digivolve to..." The bloom on Togemon's head grew and flew off in a flash of power. The bloom opened, revealing an almost human looking Digimon with vines for hair and a pink rose on her head. She even had a set of leaves for wings. "Lillymon!" Her Digivolving finished, Lillymon flew from the cliff, taking up the fight herself. DarkDracomon turned his beam of black flames at her, but her size made her faster, dodging the flames easily. Lillymon flew higher as the flower around her wrist grew, forming a bud over her hand. "Flower Cannon!" She fired a green blast at DarkDracomon, blasting him hard and sending him tumbling to the ground at the base of the mountain. Lillymon landed near Garudamon and MegaKabuterimon, checking on their condition.
"What was that all about?" Sora said, still hanging onto Tai.
"Guess someone up there doesn't like visitors..." Matt said, holding onto Mimi. Everyone looked up now, wondering what was up there. They didn't have to wonder long, though, seeing a new figure falling from above. The three Ultimates took to the air again, ready for whatever it was that was coming down. To everyone's surprise, what was coming down looked more human than Digimon. It sort of looked like Angemon, but with six dark wings and vicious looking armor. The human areas of him were a dark shade of skin and any part of him that would be white on Angemon was dark grey or black. Instead of a short staff, he was carrying a sickle with a black blade. His helmet featured small spikes instead of the small bumps on Angemon's helmet.
"Impressive..." The black angel said. "But my lackies were nothing compaired to what you now face. I am DarkAngemon, lord of this mountain and soon the entire Digiworld. You humans and your Digimon can't hope to defeat me!" Tai was getting mad at the arrogant tome coming from DarkAngemon.
"Guess this is the prophecy's fallen angel..." Izzy said, watching the black angel flying in front of them.
"You don't know who you're messing with!" Tai warned. He turned toward Agumon, a confident smile on his face. "You're up, Agumon!" Agumon turned to Tai and nodded, understanding. He ran to the cliffs egde, staring at DarkAngemon.
"Agumon Warp-digivolve to..." Agumon quickly Digivolved into Greymon, then into MetalGreymon, finally into his Mega form. Large plates of armor dawned his arms, extenting metal claws. Leg and chest armor followed, finishing with a large shield on his back designed with the Crest of Courage. The shield split, forming short wings. "WarGreymon!" The Digivolution finished, with WarGreymon standing on the edge of the cliff.
"Not impressive..." DarkAngemon said. "Takes more than such a puny Mega to defeat my power." DarkAngemon swung his sickle, aiming it at WarGreymon in challenge.
"We'll see who the puny one is!" WarGreymon said as he flew up at DarkAngemon, slashing with his claws. DarkAngemon was fast and dodged them easily, then slashed WarGreymon across the shield on his back, knocking him away. WarGreymon recovered fast, flying higher into the air. He raised his arms, forming a ball of energy above him. "Terra Force!" WarGreymon threw the ball of energy down at DarkAngemon. The dark angel swung his sickle into the blast, knocking it toward the cliff the Digidestined were standing on.
"Gabumon, quick!" Matt shouted, seeing the blast heading for them.
"Gabumon Warp-digivolve to..." Gabumon Digivolved to Garurumon, then into WereGarurumon, and finally into his Mega level form. His metalic wings and tail extended out, glowing with energy. The armored wolf armed a mass of missles and weapons, all ready for combat. "MetalGarurumon!" The metalic wolf charged forward, facing the oncoming blast. "Metal Wolf Claw!" MetalGarurumon fired a massive blue flame at the blast, countering it. With that threat over, MetalGarurumon flew up to join the fight, flying beside WarGreymon.
"I've got an idea!" Patamon said out of nowhere. "Who better to battle an evil angel than a pair of good angels?" Patamon looked over at Gatomon, who was smiling at Patamon. TK and Kari smiled at their Digimon, holding their beeping Digivices. Patamon and Gatomon walked to the edge of the cliff, watching the fight.
"Patamon Digivolve to..." A storm of white feathers surrounded Patamon. A flash of white energy hit Patamon and replaced him with a white angel holding a golden short staff. "Angemon!" Angemon looked glad to be back in his champion form, flapping his wings a little.
"Gatomon Digivolve to..." Gatomon's Digivolution was different from most others. In a surge of pink light, she shapeshifts into a human woman, dressed in an outfit of a warrior angel. As the pink light fades, 8 large wings and a helmet, the same Angemon wears, covers her eyes and a long glove with two small wings at the wrist slips over her left arm. "Angewomon!" Angewomon looked just as happy to be in her angel form again. The two angels flew into the air, putting DarkAngemon between them and the two Megas.
"Two Megas and two angels." Tai said with confidence. "No way some blacck angel can beat that." Izzy was looking for a profile on DarkAngemon on his laptop. Tai looked over at him, waiting for the profile's info.
"Found it, DarkAngemon." Izzy announced. "He's only an Ultimate level Digimon, but you know angel Digimon, they're way more powerful than their Digivolution level. For all we know DarkAngemon could be stronger than any Mega." Izzy looked back up at Tai and saw a hint of worry in his eyes, but he tried his best not to show it. Tai turned back towards the battle, which was starting to pick up.
*This is the best we've got...* Tai thought to himself. *This has to be the greatest power... it has to be!* Tai wasn't sure if he believed that or if he was trying to convince himself. Either way, he knew they had to win. Tai watched as WarGreymon started spinning fast, getting ready to drill into DarkAngemon.
"Terra Force!" WarGreymon threw himself at DarkAngemon, spinning with his claws extended. DarkAngemon stayed floating in the air, not worried somehow. Just before WarGreymon was about to drill through him, DarkAngemon raised an arm and actually grabbed WarGreymon's arm in mid spin, surprising everyone. WarGreymon was dazed from the sudden stop. Before he could recover, DarkAngemon spun around, throwing WarGreymon at MetalGarurumon. The metal wolf flew under WarGreymon, catching him on his back.
"Child's play..." DarkAngemon gloated, aiming a fist at the two Megas. "Hand of Desrtuction!" An explosion of black energy came from his fist, then quicly focused into a beam, firing at MetalGarurumon. MetalGarurumon tried to dodge, but with WarGreymon on his back he couldn't get away fast enough and was hit hard across his side, sending both Megas out of the air and crashing hard onto the mountain cliff. Angemon had enough as he withdrew his staff, forming it into energy in his fist. Angemon extended the wings on her wrist, forming a bow and arrow of light.
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon shot his fist forward, firing a golden beam of pure power.
"Celestrial Arrow!" Angewomon pulled back on the light arrow and let it fly, sending it for DarkAngemon. DarkAngemon turned to see the two angels, still unconcerned. DarkAngemon pulled his sickle back and swung it fast at the two attacks. The beam of energy from Angemon burst on contact, havinf no effect. Angewomon's arrow was split down the middle, sending the two halves of the arrow to the ground far below. Both angels floated there, not believeing what they just saw.
"This can't be happening!" Matt said, staring on at the black angel. "He can't be this powerful!" The rest of them couldn'tt help but stare as well. Their Digimon were never dominated like this before, even against Apocalymon. Tai and Matt looked over at their Digimon, who were starting to recover.
"You two don't know when to stay down..." DarkAngemon said, aiming his sickle at them. He raised it above his head like he was prepairing to slash down at them. "Falling Heavens!" DarkAngemon swung the sickle down hard, stopping when the blade was pointing at the two Megas. A storm of black energy bolts fired from the blade and down at WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon. Both tried to fly away but the blasts were flying too fast, hitting them too hard. Eventually the blasts were too much and they were forced to return to their Rookie forms as DarkAngemon let up his assault. Agumon and Gabumon laid there, too tired and hurt to even move. Tai and Matt rushed over and checked their Digimon over, making sure they were alright.
"That does it!" MegaKabuterimon said, still watching the fight. "This guy's mine!" MegaKabuterimon flew at the black angel as fast as he could with Lillymon and Garudamon quickly following him. DarkAngemon turned to see the three Ultimates joining the two angels in the air behind him. Gomamon was looking on beside Joe, wishing there was more land underneath him so he could become Zudomon. Since his Ultimate form couldn't fly he couldn't do anything but watch and hope.
"You can't win..." DarkAngemon warned the five Digimon floating in front of him. "My power is beyond compair, beyond anything you have ever known." MegaKabuterimon had enough and fired a Horn Buster at the dark angel, with Garudamon and Lillymon firing Wing Blade and Flower Cannon soon after. DarkAngemon aimed a fist at the attacks and blasted them with his Hand of Destruction, countering the attacks and blasting the three attackers from the sky. Once they hit the cliff they had to Dedigivolve to their Rookie forms, too weak to maintain their Ultimate levels. Angemon and Angewomon fired their attacks again while DarkAngemon was looking away, but he was too fast and spun around to deflect the blasts. DarkAngemon raised his sickle and fired his Falling Heavens attack, forcing the two angels to the cliff below. Angemon landed behind Angewomon and put himself on top of her, doing his best to block the attack from hurting her, but the blasts were coming too fast and both were hurt badly, dedigivolving back into Patamon and Gatomon, with Patamon still lying on top of Gatomon to protect her. TK and Kari watched their Digimon fall in horror, not believing DarkAngemon was that powerful.
"Angels will fall to his evil, leaving his enemies defeated..." Izzy whispered, remembering the passage from the prophecy.
"This battle is over!" DarkAngemon shouted, holding his sickle in his arms in victory. Tai left Agumon's side and shook a fist at Angemon, not ready to quit.
"No way!" Tai yelled. "We don't give up that easily!" Tai didn't know how he was going to back that up, but he didn't have to. A large stomping sound came from farther up the path. Tai looked over to see what looked like a Monochromon, but he was walking on his hind legs. His normally dark grey parts were replaced by sleek metal and had a few more spikes than usual. His horn also had a bladed edge to it now. Another one came behind it, then two more came up from the path behind them.
"These are my MetalMonochromon." DarkAngemon announced. "They will take you to my castle where you shall be my prisoners. With you annoyances out of the way, the Digiworld will fall easily." Tai glared at the black angel in defiance, as did the rest of the Digidestined.
"What makes you think this fight's over?!" Tai shouted. DarkAngemon glared at Tai strangely. Tai was suddenly englufed in black energy, then thrown back into the rock face of the mountain, pinning him there. Tai was struggling to move, bbut he couldn't even budge.
"This battle ends now..." DarkAngemon threatened. "or I shall write it's conclusion." DarkAngemon turned to the rest of the Digidestined. "You will come willingly or your leader will be destroyed, I suggest you decide fast." Sora was watching Tai struggling, almost in tears. Everyone else was looking around at each other, hoping for an answer from someone.
"...I guess we don't have a choice..." Matt said finally, lowering his head. "We'll go, just let Tai go!" Matt hated to submit like that, but as much as he couldn't believe it, Tai was his best friend. DarkAngemon smiled evily, satisfied. He glared at Tai again and the black energy around him faded, dropping Tai to the ground, who was weak from struggling. Sora immediatly ran over to him, checking to make sure he was alright. One of the MetalMonochromons was immediatly standing over both of them. It fired a chain from it's hand that wrapped around Tai's midsection, forcing his arms against his sides and pulling him to his feet. Sora shot a tear filled glare at DarkAngemon.
"You said you'd let him go!" Sora yelled. DarkAngemon just looked at her.
"And I shall..." the dark angel responded. "Once you are all "safely" in my castle's dungeons." DarkAngemon turned to his metal minions. "Take them to my palace, I shall be waiting there." With that the evil angel flew back up towards the peak of the castle, leaving the Digidestined and their weakened and battered Digimon at the mercy of the MetalMonochromon. The metalic guards led them upwards, towards the peak of Infinity Mountan and DarkAngemon's castle. All the time, Tai was mentally kicking himself for being so confident, thinking they had the great power they needed... By the time he knew he was wrong, it was too late...
To Be Continued...
Next: Chapter 4 -- Escape!
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