Digimon: The Ultimate Battle

He loomed before us, staring at us with his cold eyes. He was Manticoremon. He was the evil Digimon that was causing all the trouble. Our Champion Digimon struggled to get off the ground. He just flapped his wings again and they were thrown around like rag dolls.
"Leave them alone! Fight fair!" I shouted at him.
"Fight fair? What do you think I'm doing? I could have destroyed all your Digimon three times over in the first few seconds I was here." He laughed again. Our Digimon all groaned. The four of us were worried deeply.
"We need Natalie!" Liana said.
"Yeah, I never thought I'd say this, but I want her here more than anything!" Davy said.
"HA! Even if you had another Digi-Destined, you'd still lose! Don't you understand!? I am Manticoremon! I am the strongest Digimon!"
"All the evil Digimon think that until they're destroyed!" I shouted to him.
"You are persistant. You are the strongest of the Digidestined. Your Digimon will be the first to go." He angled his head down at Stingmon. "Dark Flames!" He opened his beak and black flames came out and hit Stingmon.
"No!" I cried out and ran towards Stingmon. There was a flash and he de-digevolved to Wormon. I reached him and picked him up. "Are you okay?"
"I never want to have barbeque again." He said.
"Now, who shall I attack next?" Manticoremon said as he viewed the other three Digimon. Davy was shaking. "Ahh. I will take care of your Digimon next." He was staring straight into Davy's eyes when he shot the black flames at Tyrannomon. Agumon bounced as he flew towards Davy.
"No!" Valerie cried. She must've known Frigimon was next.
"Time to melt the snowcone...Dark Flames!" Frigimon was burnt badly. Valerie ran forward and hugged Pengomon. Pengomon was the one that was hurt the most so far. Valerie was crying and shaking. Davy was hold Agumon steady. Liana stared at Seadramon, knowing that he was next.
"Dark Fl..."
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon's attack cut across the sky and hit Manticoremon in the cheek, if a bird's head has a cheek. We all looked over and saw Natalie running towards us, happily.
"Natalie!" We all cried out.
"I'm here. Who is that guy?" She asked looking at our Digimon. "What happened?"
"That's Manticoremon. He's really strong. He's been de-digevolving our Digimon." I explained to her.
"Ahh...Angemon. You will be finished last. You hold hope and light. You will be an example to everyone, that no one can stand in my way of ruling the worlds!"
"Hand of Fate!" Angemon struck again while clenching his teeth.
It can't end like this. I've tried so hard to do my job. I've been a good leader, I think. The others think so too. Wormon and the others' Digimon all tried to protect us. We have to do something. The worlds are depending on us. Our families and friends. Strangers and the animals. Every living thing on both worlds needs us to win.
"You can't win!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I won't let you!!!!!!!" I cried out in pain. I cried out in torment of a lost city I had hopes and dreams for. I cried out in anger for what I'd gone through to get here, just to have it thrown away on a whim of a maniac Digimon.
"Wormon warp-digevolve to.......... Imperialdramon!" My digivice was glowing, but I didn't see it through normal vision, my eyes were closed cause I was crying. But, the light was so bright and pure, I could see it through my eyelids.
"Agumon warp-digevolve to..............WarGreymon!"
"Seadramon...digevolve to ........ MegaSeadramon!" Pengomon was still hurt even though the light healed the Digimon, he couldn't fight due to weakness.
"What? How did you manage that!?" Manticoremon seemed more shocked than worried.
"I did that." I said calmly. "I had faith in my friends. I believed in what we were fighting for! You can't just conquer worlds because you're bored! Trillions of lives depend on the balance that you upset. Now, you will pay!" I cried out again.
"Positron Laser!" Imperialdramon leaned forward and aimed the cannon on his back at Manticoremon. A white-blue beam slashed out and hit Manticoremon. He lost his balance and started to sway from side to side.
"Terra-Force!" WarGreymon flew up into the air and leaned back. His hands came close to touching each other but, at the last moment, he drew them apart, creating a huge glowing orange ball. It was easily three times the size of him. He pulled back a little further and then, launched it at Manticoremon. This did knock him over onto his side. He snarled in anger. MegaSeadramon was circling the fight.
"Thunder Javilion!" He swung his head back, then foward in one, quick fluid motion. When his head snapped back to normal, blue thunder struck out.
"Hand of Fate!!" Angemon attacked for a third time. Manticoremon was down.
"You...beat me. Insolent Digidestined. Curse you!" He snarled and spat. "Friends, and loyalties! Weaknesses! You will be destroyed. I wi.." He disintegrated and an opening appeared in the sky. His digital information was pulled into the opening. After all the pieces were pulled in, the opening closed. Minemon hovered through the air over to me.
"We did it!" I shouted and cheered as I held him over my head in victory. "We did it!"
"WHoo-hoo!" Valerie shouted. Pengomon stood.
"What did I miss?" Everyone laughed. Koromon bounced up and down by Davy's feet. Patamon flew around in circles giggling. Valerie and I cheered loudly. David and Liana laughed. Natalie grabbed Patamon and hugged him. Betamon hopped around Liana. Davy and Liana hugged each other in congratulations, so did Valerie and me. Davy looked over at Natalie and waved her forward with his hands. They embraced, both smiling, but each for different reasons. Davy did it because we had won, Natalie did it because she got what she wanted; to be held by Davy. All of us couldn't stop cheering. The other four suddenly stopped and looked at me.
"What?" I asked, innocently. And for once, I actually was innocent.
"You know what...." Liana said, cracking a smile.
"Yeah, you know dude." Davy said.
"C'mon you know, right Cody?" Natalie said, trying to hug Davy again, but he kept pushing her away.
"No, I don't know. What is it?" I asked, curious.
"You saved us all, Cody! If you hadn't had faith in the Digimon and if you hadn't believed in fighting, we would all be in Manticoremon's stomach now! You had faith enough for all of us. You saved us and the worlds!" Valerie said, smiling widely.
"Yeah, well it was nothing." I grinned like a dork, and I knew I was grinning like a dork, too. But, I didn't care because, the others were too! Someone came running up to us.
"Am I too late? I'm Jacen. Did you guys do it?" He asked.
"We didn't, Cody did." Valerie said.
"Valerie, cut it out. I didn't do anything." I said to her.
"Okay! Wow, you guys did it! Are you all ready to go home?" As he spoke, three helicopters landed about 50 yards behind him.
"Yeah. We all need some rest." I said, speaking for everyone. "Minemon, when I get you home, my mom is gonna flip out about you."
"Oh, don't worry about that. You won't we taking the Digimon home with you. They have to go back to the Digital World, or else the balance won't be restored to how it was before the Digimon first appeared." All of us gasped at what he said.
"No, you can't take the Digimon away from us!" Liana said.
"Yes, we can. It's our job to preserve the balance of the worlds. We must." He spoke while opening a briefcase. He pulled out a laptop and opened it. "The Digimon must go back, or else the gates will still be open and you will have to do this all over again." All of us looked at each other reluctently. We all nodded, knowing it's what we had to do. I said good-bye to Minemon first. Then, Valerie went, followed by Davy, Natalie and then finally Liana. I opened the DigiPort and the five Digimon, our Digimon, who helped us save the worlds, were sent back to their home world. The five of us said our good-byes to each other. I hugged Liana just before she walked over to the helicopter reserved for her and Davy.
"Aren't you special, Cody? You save the worlds and you get a private helicopter." I couldn't laugh at the joke, even though I tried. I didn't want to be alone, that was the last thing I wanted.
"Yeah. I'm super-special Liana. Say hi to your family for me okay?"
"Sure. Try to call soon okay?" I just nodded. She walked off to the helicopter. Davy was behind me, prying Natalie from his neck.
"I love you Davy!" She cried as he walked to me.
"Hey, Davy. I think we have an interesting story or two to tell people in chat."
"Yeah. Take care, man. Stay in touch." He punched me lightly in the shoulder. I did the same. He wasn 't a good-bye guy. He walked off to his helicopter and he and Liana got inside. Natalie was next.
"Hey, Natalie? Davy may act like it, but he doesn't really hate you. He just doesn't love you, ease off a bit, okay?" I said as she hugged me.
"Was that an order from a leader? Or, advice from a friend?"
"Which ever one of those people will get you to leave him alone." She smiled and nodded then walked over to her helicopter and got in. I walked Valerie over to her helicopter slowly.
"Why are you walking so slow?" She asked me, like this was a normal conversation and nothing else was going on.
"I'm trying to keep you by me for as long as possible." I said. "I'm going to miss having you around every second of the day." She blinked back tears.
"We're never going to see each other again are we?" She asked.
"Not likely. I think this is going to be one of those cover up things. We'll keep in touch though. Summer vacation is coming up. Maybe I can work something out somehow and come see you."
"Oh, you big time heros always say that to the girl."
"Yeah, but, I'm probably the first to mean it. Valerie, this is probably a really bad time to tell you, but, I do love you." I couldn't believe what I was saying. And before I could do anything or say anything else, she had wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed her lips against mine. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer to me. I didn't want to let go. We slowly pulled away from each other, neither one wanting to be the one to ruin the moment. I could see her eyes and they were filled with tears.
"I hope those are tears of happiness. I'd like to think I'm not that bad of kisser that it makes girls cry." I said jokingly, as I wiped tears from her cheeks with my palms.
"Cody....."
"No, don't say anything. I know how you feel and you know how I feel. Let's just leave it at that for now, okay?" She nodded and wrapped her arms around me again. This time the kiss was a light on the lips. We pulled away and we both nodded.
"Bye." We said to each other at the same time. I opened the helicopter door for her and she stepped in. I closed the door and looked in through a window. Her face was covered in tears, and I realized, so was mine.
"Bye, Valerie....." I turned around and saw that the others had watched me and Valerie the whole time. Liana and Natalie gave me a thumbs up each through their windows. Davy nodded and smiled. Then, he pointed behind me. I turned around again. Valerie had opened the door and she was yelling to me. I ran back to her.
"I love you too, Cody. I do." She was still crying. I grabbed her and pushed her into the helicopter. I turned to my helicopter and motioned for him to take off without me. I got into Valerie's helicopter and shut the door.
"Are you crazy?" She asked me, smiling.
"Yeah, I am. But, I'll go home with you okay? Then, the helicopter can refuel and take me home."
"Okay." That's all she said and that was all that needed to be said. We both fell asleep in each other's arms.
* * *
"Cody? Wake up." I opened my eyes and Valerie was in front of me.
"I'm going back to sleep. Wake me up as soon as I'm asleep." I said to her.
"What? Why?"
"So, I can wake up to your face one more time before I have to go." I smiled and so did she.
"Your helicopter is refueled and ready to take you home. Thanks for coming with me."
"I'd stay for a while if I could. But, I have to get home and I don't think your mom would appreciate meeting me right after she gets you back."
"Why?"
"How is this going to sound to your mom; "Hi mom! I'm back from saving the worlds with my friends! This is the boy I love and he loves me! Glad to be back! He's going to stay around for awhile." How do you think your mom would handle that?"
"You're right, you should go home." We both laughed.
"I'll be back sometime okay?"
"I'll wait." She stepped out of the helicopter and then, leaned back in. She kissed me one more time and we hugged. Then, she leaned back out and shut the door. The helicopter took off slowly. I felt like I was in a movie. A really bad romantic movie where at the end I tell the pilot to land again and then, I get out of the helicopter and run over and gather her in my arms. But, I knew I couldn't go back down. He peered out the window and saw Valerie wiping her face as she walked over to a Taxi. She looked up before getting in and waved at me, I waved back. Then, I was out of sight and I cried.
* * *
The helicopter landed in the small field next to my house. I got out, and closed the door. I banged the side a few times to let the pilot know that he could take off. After it was in the air, I ran over to my house and opened the door. My mom's car was in the driveway so, I knew she was there. I got into the house and I threw off the semi-melted shoes.
"Mom! I'm back! I did it!"
"Cody!?" My mom shouted as she came out of her room and hugged me. "Thank whoever you're all right! I saw it all on the news. Each city you went to, news crews showed up after and caught you and your friends on film." She started to cry. "You're a hero. Wait...where's your friend Migitmon and that girl?"
"I don't really want to talk about either of them right now, mom. They made all of us send our Digimon back to the Digital World. And Valerie............she's at her house right now, settling things with her mom. All my friends are doing that. Or already have done that. They were all home like ten hours ago. I wanted to make sure Valerie got home okay."
"Okay. I can't believe all this. My son's a hero." She talked to herself about my being a hero as she walked back into her room. My sister came out of her room and looked at me as I walked into my room and fell onto my bed.
"Hey....Cody?" She asked, peering into my room.
"What is it?" I said pulling the blanket up to my neck.
"You have a little lip-stick on you lips and cheek." She said giggling.
"Yeah....I know." I smiled and fell asleep. I remembered something that from a time that seemed like ages ago.
Seven young kids go to camp for the summer
Wind up living in a Digital Land
Where every young kid gets to meet his own Digimonster
A digital companion, a digital friend................


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