Mind of an Empress
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Checkmate
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W: Why did I write this fic? Because I wanted to!
A: All those people who own Digimon, I don't claim to.
R: Readers, please be kind and review this fic
N: Nobody who dislikes yaoi (boy/boy relationships) should go on.
I: If you do read this story, don't flame.
N: Nasty topics like angst, and that's about it, are in this fic.
G: Go on and enjoy the fic!
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"Taichi! I'm so glad we found you!" Jyou looked panicked, which wasn't particularly unusual, except when he reached Taichi, he whispered in the younger man's ear. "I'm worried about Koushiro; please keep an eye on him." Taichi nodded, his eyes worried.
"All right, but we need to find Sora and Mimi, they're distracting the guards, and they'll need help." Jyou smiled wanly.
"Sure. Let's go, guys."
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"Saikikumon, Digivolve to Tejinashimon!" The fox became a slightly larger fox with three tails, and her green eyes glowed. "PK Quake!" The ground around her shattered in a maze of cracks, spreading towards Sora.
"Aah! Lilymon, do something!" The flower woman snatched her partner from the ground as it collapsed. Maria smirked at them.
"It looks like you're going to lose, fools. Sayonara!"
"I wouldn't bet on that! Greymon!" The front wall of the fortress fell into rubble, and Taichi, riding Greymon, appeared.
"Garurumon, go out and fight!" Garurumon leapt forward, mounted by Yamato. Maria smiled.
"I love a good challenge. Tejinashimon, Digivolve...to Kijomon!" In the place of the three-tailed fox was now a five-tailed one, grinning viciously.
"Psychic Sword!" A glowing sword appeared in the air, grabbed by Maria, who lashed forward with it.
"You'll never defeat me! In fact...the calvalry's arrived!"
"So has ours." In a moment, Jyou, Koushiro, Takeru and Hikari had appeared through the hole in the wall, but a second later, four other shapes materialized next to Maria.
"Hello, friends. I'd like to take this oppurtunity to tell you that you'll never defeat me, because I and Maria hold the only constant crests. I will explain. Truth and Power, so simple, yet omniprescient. Truth and Power alone remain throughout human history. Sincerity will flee at the touch of doubt, and Reliability at the sight of danger. Love will fade with suspicion, and Knowledge with ignorance and fear. Hope shatters in the face of failure, and Light at the touch of night. Courage will quail at the face of one's weakness, and Friendship will break in the face of Fear. Truth itself can never die, and Strength will always rule, so you will fail, Digidestined." She raised her hands, and the air around her melted. "Meet Shinkuumon. She is feared throughout all worlds, known by a thousand names, because she *is* Fear." The huge, towering cat growled deep in her throat, and she leapt into the air.
"Nightshade!" A line of darkness shot from her mouth, moving to engulf the Chosen Children.
"Stop it! Leave them alone!" The Nightshade collided with Motimoya Jun, exploding into a ball of blackness. Alexandra froze.
"What did you do? You foolish girl! Nightshade is fatal!" Jun looked up weakly.
"You took this...too far. I loved...him. If he doesn't...I can live...with that, but not if...he dies because of...me. Adieu, Madame." She fell back, and faded into Digidust. Alexandra grinned.
"How noble. I wish that her sacrifice hadn't been in vain, but it will make my victory all the sweeter. Ta-ta!" But she suddenly screamed in pain, falling to the ground. Ken stood over her, holding the neuronic whip.
"No, Alex-san, you won't hurt them anymore. I won't let you." Alex looked weakly up.
"I suppose you, Daisuke, are against me as well? You truly are fools. Maria, let us dispose of them. I tire of these games." The two women concentrated, and the air around them shimmered blue. "You see, Digidestined and company, when I arrived here, my assistant made a patch to the Digivice which granted me certain...abilities...in the Digiworld. To make it short, I can do anything I want to here. In fact, let's just make this brief." She snapped her fingers, and the air trembled with anticipation. And a sudden wall of flame erupted around the Digidestined.
"Aah! My dress!" Mimi backed towards the center of the ring of fire.
"Mes amis, you will not win this battle of wills. I can make anything happen here, and conversely, I can make anything happen in the real world. You see, there's a correlation coefficient between the events in the Digital World and the real world, which Maria so wonderfully found out. That wall of fire made the temperature at the North Pole increase by one degree Celsius. And again, you will never win." Yamato stood up from the ground. His eyes were blazing with hatred.
"Well, we can try. Gabumon...Digivolve!"
"Gabumon, warp-Digivolve to...MetalGarurumon!" Yamato grinned viciously. "Metal Wolf Claw!" The ice lanced outward and shattered the earth beneath the two women.
"What-? Maria-?" The shock of the attack sent the two women and their Digimon spiraling downwards into the darkness. Taichi turned to Yamato.
"You did it, Yama-chan!" Yamato appeared indifferent to his lover's praise.
"Sure, okay, Kamiya. It's over now, so let's go home."
"You aren't going anywhere."
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"So, shall we go up and give them the shock of a lifetime?" Maria inquired. Alexandra grinned.
"I think not; if we were to appear now, there is a chance my employee would realize my slight...deception, and we would lose. We just need to wait a little while." The two women were holding their Digimon, in Rookie forms, and hovering in the middle of the pit. Maria giggled at her boss's statement.
"Of course. We wouldn't want to interrupt Koushiro's revenge of his scorned love. Heeeheeeheeehee!" In a moment, the younger woman was braying with laughter, and Alexandra joined in with her own psychotic guffaw.
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"For so long, you've taken advantage of me. In every situation, it's either 'oh, Koushiro, use your computer to get us out of this mess!' or 'Yamato and Taichi, save us with your strength!' or, 'oh, little kids with angel Digimon, save us with a miracle!' I'm sick and tired of this. You've never cared about me as a person; you've never appreciated my individuality. I know you all hate me; you'd get rid of me in a second, if you could." Koushiro smiled, and looked to MegaKabuterimon. "I'm just glad that Alex-san opened my eyes." Jyou nervously approached Koushiro.
"Koushiro-kun, you can't trust her; she doesn't know-" Koushiro whirled and slapped him.
"You! All these years, I've known the truth, and she told it to me in that cell. And you've been the worst of all of them. You look at me and ignore me; you don't care about me. Reliability-hah! You've never been there for me, despite the hints, the way I acted. You're oblivious and hateful, Jyou, and I'll never forgive you for scorning me." He smiled, turning to MegaKabuterimon. "Use your Electro Shocker. Get rid of *him* first."
"But Koushiro, are you-"
"Do it." The bug, hovering in the air, prepared to attack, when Koushiro found himself in the air.
"Listen, I'm sick and tired of acting so calm and worried about people! I'm tired of being 'reliable' and always so introverted. I'm going to tell you what I think, Koushiro. That woman is a lying bitch, no matter *what* crest she has. She's a liscenced psychologist, and knows how to twist people. And what you're doing, I know it's because you're depressed. I want you to stop this act, to stop this depression, because you're doing nothing but hurting yourself. Listen, Koushiro, you're the one I felt closest to when we came to the Digiworld. I thought we were alike, and I respected your retreat into your computer. But it's warped your mind; you're not the Izumi Koushiro I fell in love with." Koushiro raised his hand, pausing MegaKabuterimon in his place.
"What did you say?"
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All action froze. Koushiro was staring into Jyou's frightened eyes, his own filled with conflicts of hate, confusion, and shock. The other Digidestined were frozen around them in a silent tableau. And then the scene was broken by two feminine figures leaping from the chasm with the grace of Olympic gymnasts. Alexandra appeared confused, and Maria appeared shocked. Koushiro took the oppurtunity to grab Jyou by the shoulders, pull the older man towards him, and lock him in a kiss.
"What the hell is happening here? Why haven't you killed them, mon employé?" Koushiro broke off the kiss, and turned to the raven-haired woman.
"You lied, Alex-san. You destroyed my hopes and dreams, you twisted my mind to your purposes. And all the while, you knew he loved me. You twisted bitch, you knew it all and you lied. And god, I love him with all my heart, and you made me willing to kill him."
"You know, Alexandra, if looks could kill, you'd be a mangled corpse right now." Maria grinned, and Alexandra curtsied.
"It's a rare occasion that someone looks at me like that. Let me savor it." Koushiro wrapped his arm tightly around Jyou's arm, and his anger visibly rose. "The only thing that would make this complete would be a homicide threat."
"You mock my pain!"
"Life is pain; anyone who tells you differently is selling something," the two women said simultaneously. "And anyway," Alexandra added, "I don't even understand why you're fighting me. So I want to take over the world. So what?"
"You can't go around making the planet a plaything for your despotic pleasures!" Koushiro snapped. Alexandra stepped backwards, holding her hand innocently to her chest.
"Who ever said anything about despots? I had plans for the world, to make it a place where a person could not be discriminated aginst because of their gender, race, religion, or sexual preferences. Tetra, Inc. was the ideal for the world I would create. Skills and utility ruled a person's influence, not their sex or religion. I didn't want to create some sort of military society with me as the supreme dictator. I wanted a utopia." Koushiro shook his head.
"How can I trust you? You've lied before; you'll lie again." Alexandra shrugged.
"I don't know. But why can't you let me try, try to conquer this world, and make it a place where attacking a person's lifestyle would be punishable with incarceration?"
"Because you'd be limiting free speech, putting restrictions on people's opinions," Hikari stated, stepping forward. "You'd be like the dictators of World War II and of the Communist party. You'd eliminate any opinions that you don't like, and knock of the people who made those opinions. If you want people to be open-minded, you have to let them become that way on their own. You can't force it. *That's* why we're fighting you, so that people can still make their own choices." Alexandra grinned.
"Well, I just thought with all these queers around, you'd be in support of equal rights." Koushiro, already glaring at her with hatred, snapped.
"That's it. MegaKabuterimon, Electro Shocker!"
"Nuh-uh-uh! Wait a moment. Saikikumon, Betsunimon, come here." Alexandra held out her hands, and the two Digimon leapt onto each hand. "I'll reveal my hand at last, children. My last-ditch effort is here. I soon will become..." Her body shimmered, and when her form resolidified, it was frightening. She had gone from a slender, efficient, black-haired beauty to a gorgeous, slender, pale-faced angel dressed in black and crimson, with twelve furred wings arching from her shoulders. "...Akkimon. A little plot I came up with, to give myself the subtlety of Betsunimon and the power of Saikikumon. Meet the queen of demons, the dark angel herself. I hope you have fun when I strike with Dark Blessing!" A blast of black energy struck Koushiro, sending him flying backwards. "You fools think you will defeat me, and yet...you do not comprehend my power. Here...I will Digivolve all your Digimon to their highest level. Lillymon, Garudamon, Zudomon, MegaKabuterimon, MangaAngemon, Angewomon, MetalGarurumon, and WarGreymon." At her words, the Digimon found themselves fully Digivolved. "Just try. Throw your worst, and you will fail." She laughed as eight powerful attacks were thrown at her. "Black Reflection!" The energy was sucked into her body, and she held out her hand. A black ball of energy appeared in the hand, and she threw it like a baseball at Jyou. Koushiro dragged him out of the way, just as the energy hit the ground, exploding with the force of a small nuclear device. "You will never win. Never. Even if you combine your forces, you will never-"
"Terra Force!"
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The blast hit her full force, and drove her into the ground. A moment later, however, she hurled the energy back at WarGreymon. He caught it, and hurled it back. Like some sort of weird game of tennis, they knocked the deadly energy ball back and forth. With each rotation, the ball gained a little more energy. Soon, it was powerful enough to destroy a small moon.
"Give up, WarGreymon. I was the national tennis champ from 1985 through 1989, and you'll never beat me." But she was paying too much attention to the tennis game, and didn't notice MetalGarurumon attack with Metal Wolf Claw. She was frozen to the ground, locked in place, and WarGreymon hurled the monstrous ball of energy at her.
"Nooooooo!!!!"
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Maria stared in horror as the blast cleared, leaving nothing in its wake. As she stared, her eyes filled with tears, Yamato looked smugly at her.
"15-love, Alex-san."
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The blond woman screamed in absolute rage, glaring at the Digidestined and their companions.
"You think you've won?! Ha!! She did not die in vain, Chosen Children; I now know that I cannot defeat you directly, so sayonara!" She vanished from the ruins of the castle, but reappeared a moment later. "Hello, Digidestined. I'd like to take this oppurtunity to explain to you that you haven't won. There are still seeds of deception and hatred among you, and I hold a trump card. You see, I can do *Anything* here. So I've built an invisible floating castle in which I now reside. In addition, I've decided to-distract you-with some very old friends. I think you remember Devimon, ne?" The image waved its hand, and Devimon appeared next to it. "And also, I'd like to reintroduce you to my good friends MegaSeadramon, oh, let's see, Puppetmon, Machinedramon, that's good too, and, oh...VenomMyotismon. Adieu, Digidestined." The image flickered and vanished, and the virus Digimon attacked.
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"They killed her, and now I find I cannot bring her back. Why!?" Maria glared at the ancient man standing before her.
"I-I don't know. You could reformat her, if you could trace her molecules, but she doesn't seem to want to be found," he stammered. Maria grunted, and threw him aside. He vanished halfway across the chamber, and she made sure he dropped into his cell. Then she approached a viewscreen she had created.
"Computer, what would be the correlation coefficient for a planetary meteorological anamoly?"
"0.734483, Madame." She growled.
"How about a planetary meteorological disaster?"
"0.852."
"Apocolyptic flood?"
"0.93." Suddenly she grinned, and made a small change in her request.
"Such an action would result in a 0.9979999 correlation, as well as grand planetary impacts." Maria smiled.
"Good." She raised a hand in the air, and *willed* it.
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"Authorities are still baffled to explain the sudden reversal of planetary temperature trends. However, they say that such trends can be beneficial if the drop does not continue much further."
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"A string of volcanic eruptions around the Ring of Fire has left millions of cubic meters of dust, ash, and soot in the air. Be warned that temperatures will be significantly lower than usual over the next year."
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"Scientists from Dartmouth University have noted an unusual phenomenon. The polar ice caps, which were thought to have been breaking up, are in fact completely solid, and currently expanding. Such a reversal promises good thing for the future."
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Maria sat in her castle, watching as a light snow began to fall over the Digiworld.
"I am patient, Chosen Children. Even if you can defeat me, you cannot undo the destruction I have begun, and you will have no place to return home to."
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There it is, Part 5. And no, I don't hate Jun, it simply was a useful plot device-type thing. Anyway, hope you're enjoying this, and yes, feedback is greatly appreciated.
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Checkmate
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W: Why did I write this fic? Because I wanted to!
A: All those people who own Digimon, I don't claim to.
R: Readers, please be kind and review this fic
N: Nobody who dislikes yaoi (boy/boy relationships) should go on.
I: If you do read this story, don't flame.
N: Nasty topics like angst, and that's about it, are in this fic.
G: Go on and enjoy the fic!
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"Taichi! I'm so glad we found you!" Jyou looked panicked, which wasn't particularly unusual, except when he reached Taichi, he whispered in the younger man's ear. "I'm worried about Koushiro; please keep an eye on him." Taichi nodded, his eyes worried.
"All right, but we need to find Sora and Mimi, they're distracting the guards, and they'll need help." Jyou smiled wanly.
"Sure. Let's go, guys."
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"Saikikumon, Digivolve to Tejinashimon!" The fox became a slightly larger fox with three tails, and her green eyes glowed. "PK Quake!" The ground around her shattered in a maze of cracks, spreading towards Sora.
"Aah! Lilymon, do something!" The flower woman snatched her partner from the ground as it collapsed. Maria smirked at them.
"It looks like you're going to lose, fools. Sayonara!"
"I wouldn't bet on that! Greymon!" The front wall of the fortress fell into rubble, and Taichi, riding Greymon, appeared.
"Garurumon, go out and fight!" Garurumon leapt forward, mounted by Yamato. Maria smiled.
"I love a good challenge. Tejinashimon, Digivolve...to Kijomon!" In the place of the three-tailed fox was now a five-tailed one, grinning viciously.
"Psychic Sword!" A glowing sword appeared in the air, grabbed by Maria, who lashed forward with it.
"You'll never defeat me! In fact...the calvalry's arrived!"
"So has ours." In a moment, Jyou, Koushiro, Takeru and Hikari had appeared through the hole in the wall, but a second later, four other shapes materialized next to Maria.
"Hello, friends. I'd like to take this oppurtunity to tell you that you'll never defeat me, because I and Maria hold the only constant crests. I will explain. Truth and Power, so simple, yet omniprescient. Truth and Power alone remain throughout human history. Sincerity will flee at the touch of doubt, and Reliability at the sight of danger. Love will fade with suspicion, and Knowledge with ignorance and fear. Hope shatters in the face of failure, and Light at the touch of night. Courage will quail at the face of one's weakness, and Friendship will break in the face of Fear. Truth itself can never die, and Strength will always rule, so you will fail, Digidestined." She raised her hands, and the air around her melted. "Meet Shinkuumon. She is feared throughout all worlds, known by a thousand names, because she *is* Fear." The huge, towering cat growled deep in her throat, and she leapt into the air.
"Nightshade!" A line of darkness shot from her mouth, moving to engulf the Chosen Children.
"Stop it! Leave them alone!" The Nightshade collided with Motimoya Jun, exploding into a ball of blackness. Alexandra froze.
"What did you do? You foolish girl! Nightshade is fatal!" Jun looked up weakly.
"You took this...too far. I loved...him. If he doesn't...I can live...with that, but not if...he dies because of...me. Adieu, Madame." She fell back, and faded into Digidust. Alexandra grinned.
"How noble. I wish that her sacrifice hadn't been in vain, but it will make my victory all the sweeter. Ta-ta!" But she suddenly screamed in pain, falling to the ground. Ken stood over her, holding the neuronic whip.
"No, Alex-san, you won't hurt them anymore. I won't let you." Alex looked weakly up.
"I suppose you, Daisuke, are against me as well? You truly are fools. Maria, let us dispose of them. I tire of these games." The two women concentrated, and the air around them shimmered blue. "You see, Digidestined and company, when I arrived here, my assistant made a patch to the Digivice which granted me certain...abilities...in the Digiworld. To make it short, I can do anything I want to here. In fact, let's just make this brief." She snapped her fingers, and the air trembled with anticipation. And a sudden wall of flame erupted around the Digidestined.
"Aah! My dress!" Mimi backed towards the center of the ring of fire.
"Mes amis, you will not win this battle of wills. I can make anything happen here, and conversely, I can make anything happen in the real world. You see, there's a correlation coefficient between the events in the Digital World and the real world, which Maria so wonderfully found out. That wall of fire made the temperature at the North Pole increase by one degree Celsius. And again, you will never win." Yamato stood up from the ground. His eyes were blazing with hatred.
"Well, we can try. Gabumon...Digivolve!"
"Gabumon, warp-Digivolve to...MetalGarurumon!" Yamato grinned viciously. "Metal Wolf Claw!" The ice lanced outward and shattered the earth beneath the two women.
"What-? Maria-?" The shock of the attack sent the two women and their Digimon spiraling downwards into the darkness. Taichi turned to Yamato.
"You did it, Yama-chan!" Yamato appeared indifferent to his lover's praise.
"Sure, okay, Kamiya. It's over now, so let's go home."
"You aren't going anywhere."
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"So, shall we go up and give them the shock of a lifetime?" Maria inquired. Alexandra grinned.
"I think not; if we were to appear now, there is a chance my employee would realize my slight...deception, and we would lose. We just need to wait a little while." The two women were holding their Digimon, in Rookie forms, and hovering in the middle of the pit. Maria giggled at her boss's statement.
"Of course. We wouldn't want to interrupt Koushiro's revenge of his scorned love. Heeeheeeheeehee!" In a moment, the younger woman was braying with laughter, and Alexandra joined in with her own psychotic guffaw.
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"For so long, you've taken advantage of me. In every situation, it's either 'oh, Koushiro, use your computer to get us out of this mess!' or 'Yamato and Taichi, save us with your strength!' or, 'oh, little kids with angel Digimon, save us with a miracle!' I'm sick and tired of this. You've never cared about me as a person; you've never appreciated my individuality. I know you all hate me; you'd get rid of me in a second, if you could." Koushiro smiled, and looked to MegaKabuterimon. "I'm just glad that Alex-san opened my eyes." Jyou nervously approached Koushiro.
"Koushiro-kun, you can't trust her; she doesn't know-" Koushiro whirled and slapped him.
"You! All these years, I've known the truth, and she told it to me in that cell. And you've been the worst of all of them. You look at me and ignore me; you don't care about me. Reliability-hah! You've never been there for me, despite the hints, the way I acted. You're oblivious and hateful, Jyou, and I'll never forgive you for scorning me." He smiled, turning to MegaKabuterimon. "Use your Electro Shocker. Get rid of *him* first."
"But Koushiro, are you-"
"Do it." The bug, hovering in the air, prepared to attack, when Koushiro found himself in the air.
"Listen, I'm sick and tired of acting so calm and worried about people! I'm tired of being 'reliable' and always so introverted. I'm going to tell you what I think, Koushiro. That woman is a lying bitch, no matter *what* crest she has. She's a liscenced psychologist, and knows how to twist people. And what you're doing, I know it's because you're depressed. I want you to stop this act, to stop this depression, because you're doing nothing but hurting yourself. Listen, Koushiro, you're the one I felt closest to when we came to the Digiworld. I thought we were alike, and I respected your retreat into your computer. But it's warped your mind; you're not the Izumi Koushiro I fell in love with." Koushiro raised his hand, pausing MegaKabuterimon in his place.
"What did you say?"
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All action froze. Koushiro was staring into Jyou's frightened eyes, his own filled with conflicts of hate, confusion, and shock. The other Digidestined were frozen around them in a silent tableau. And then the scene was broken by two feminine figures leaping from the chasm with the grace of Olympic gymnasts. Alexandra appeared confused, and Maria appeared shocked. Koushiro took the oppurtunity to grab Jyou by the shoulders, pull the older man towards him, and lock him in a kiss.
"What the hell is happening here? Why haven't you killed them, mon employé?" Koushiro broke off the kiss, and turned to the raven-haired woman.
"You lied, Alex-san. You destroyed my hopes and dreams, you twisted my mind to your purposes. And all the while, you knew he loved me. You twisted bitch, you knew it all and you lied. And god, I love him with all my heart, and you made me willing to kill him."
"You know, Alexandra, if looks could kill, you'd be a mangled corpse right now." Maria grinned, and Alexandra curtsied.
"It's a rare occasion that someone looks at me like that. Let me savor it." Koushiro wrapped his arm tightly around Jyou's arm, and his anger visibly rose. "The only thing that would make this complete would be a homicide threat."
"You mock my pain!"
"Life is pain; anyone who tells you differently is selling something," the two women said simultaneously. "And anyway," Alexandra added, "I don't even understand why you're fighting me. So I want to take over the world. So what?"
"You can't go around making the planet a plaything for your despotic pleasures!" Koushiro snapped. Alexandra stepped backwards, holding her hand innocently to her chest.
"Who ever said anything about despots? I had plans for the world, to make it a place where a person could not be discriminated aginst because of their gender, race, religion, or sexual preferences. Tetra, Inc. was the ideal for the world I would create. Skills and utility ruled a person's influence, not their sex or religion. I didn't want to create some sort of military society with me as the supreme dictator. I wanted a utopia." Koushiro shook his head.
"How can I trust you? You've lied before; you'll lie again." Alexandra shrugged.
"I don't know. But why can't you let me try, try to conquer this world, and make it a place where attacking a person's lifestyle would be punishable with incarceration?"
"Because you'd be limiting free speech, putting restrictions on people's opinions," Hikari stated, stepping forward. "You'd be like the dictators of World War II and of the Communist party. You'd eliminate any opinions that you don't like, and knock of the people who made those opinions. If you want people to be open-minded, you have to let them become that way on their own. You can't force it. *That's* why we're fighting you, so that people can still make their own choices." Alexandra grinned.
"Well, I just thought with all these queers around, you'd be in support of equal rights." Koushiro, already glaring at her with hatred, snapped.
"That's it. MegaKabuterimon, Electro Shocker!"
"Nuh-uh-uh! Wait a moment. Saikikumon, Betsunimon, come here." Alexandra held out her hands, and the two Digimon leapt onto each hand. "I'll reveal my hand at last, children. My last-ditch effort is here. I soon will become..." Her body shimmered, and when her form resolidified, it was frightening. She had gone from a slender, efficient, black-haired beauty to a gorgeous, slender, pale-faced angel dressed in black and crimson, with twelve furred wings arching from her shoulders. "...Akkimon. A little plot I came up with, to give myself the subtlety of Betsunimon and the power of Saikikumon. Meet the queen of demons, the dark angel herself. I hope you have fun when I strike with Dark Blessing!" A blast of black energy struck Koushiro, sending him flying backwards. "You fools think you will defeat me, and yet...you do not comprehend my power. Here...I will Digivolve all your Digimon to their highest level. Lillymon, Garudamon, Zudomon, MegaKabuterimon, MangaAngemon, Angewomon, MetalGarurumon, and WarGreymon." At her words, the Digimon found themselves fully Digivolved. "Just try. Throw your worst, and you will fail." She laughed as eight powerful attacks were thrown at her. "Black Reflection!" The energy was sucked into her body, and she held out her hand. A black ball of energy appeared in the hand, and she threw it like a baseball at Jyou. Koushiro dragged him out of the way, just as the energy hit the ground, exploding with the force of a small nuclear device. "You will never win. Never. Even if you combine your forces, you will never-"
"Terra Force!"
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The blast hit her full force, and drove her into the ground. A moment later, however, she hurled the energy back at WarGreymon. He caught it, and hurled it back. Like some sort of weird game of tennis, they knocked the deadly energy ball back and forth. With each rotation, the ball gained a little more energy. Soon, it was powerful enough to destroy a small moon.
"Give up, WarGreymon. I was the national tennis champ from 1985 through 1989, and you'll never beat me." But she was paying too much attention to the tennis game, and didn't notice MetalGarurumon attack with Metal Wolf Claw. She was frozen to the ground, locked in place, and WarGreymon hurled the monstrous ball of energy at her.
"Nooooooo!!!!"
* * *
Maria stared in horror as the blast cleared, leaving nothing in its wake. As she stared, her eyes filled with tears, Yamato looked smugly at her.
"15-love, Alex-san."
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The blond woman screamed in absolute rage, glaring at the Digidestined and their companions.
"You think you've won?! Ha!! She did not die in vain, Chosen Children; I now know that I cannot defeat you directly, so sayonara!" She vanished from the ruins of the castle, but reappeared a moment later. "Hello, Digidestined. I'd like to take this oppurtunity to explain to you that you haven't won. There are still seeds of deception and hatred among you, and I hold a trump card. You see, I can do *Anything* here. So I've built an invisible floating castle in which I now reside. In addition, I've decided to-distract you-with some very old friends. I think you remember Devimon, ne?" The image waved its hand, and Devimon appeared next to it. "And also, I'd like to reintroduce you to my good friends MegaSeadramon, oh, let's see, Puppetmon, Machinedramon, that's good too, and, oh...VenomMyotismon. Adieu, Digidestined." The image flickered and vanished, and the virus Digimon attacked.
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"They killed her, and now I find I cannot bring her back. Why!?" Maria glared at the ancient man standing before her.
"I-I don't know. You could reformat her, if you could trace her molecules, but she doesn't seem to want to be found," he stammered. Maria grunted, and threw him aside. He vanished halfway across the chamber, and she made sure he dropped into his cell. Then she approached a viewscreen she had created.
"Computer, what would be the correlation coefficient for a planetary meteorological anamoly?"
"0.734483, Madame." She growled.
"How about a planetary meteorological disaster?"
"0.852."
"Apocolyptic flood?"
"0.93." Suddenly she grinned, and made a small change in her request.
"Such an action would result in a 0.9979999 correlation, as well as grand planetary impacts." Maria smiled.
"Good." She raised a hand in the air, and *willed* it.
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"Authorities are still baffled to explain the sudden reversal of planetary temperature trends. However, they say that such trends can be beneficial if the drop does not continue much further."
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"A string of volcanic eruptions around the Ring of Fire has left millions of cubic meters of dust, ash, and soot in the air. Be warned that temperatures will be significantly lower than usual over the next year."
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"Scientists from Dartmouth University have noted an unusual phenomenon. The polar ice caps, which were thought to have been breaking up, are in fact completely solid, and currently expanding. Such a reversal promises good thing for the future."
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Maria sat in her castle, watching as a light snow began to fall over the Digiworld.
"I am patient, Chosen Children. Even if you can defeat me, you cannot undo the destruction I have begun, and you will have no place to return home to."
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There it is, Part 5. And no, I don't hate Jun, it simply was a useful plot device-type thing. Anyway, hope you're enjoying this, and yes, feedback is greatly appreciated.