Endless Assault

Endless Assault

By: Theodore 'Blitz' Leung

Theoleung@sprint.ca

Disclaimer: All Digimon and their characters (except for those introduced in this fic/series) do NOT belong to me. I do not have permission to use their characters, but it's a FanFic, so, who cares? =) This story line belongs to me and me alone. Please ask for permission if you wish to use it. Thanks. Now let's get onto reading!

            Does it all come down to this? Is everything going to end like this?

            My heart still cries for the blood of that monster...my blade is thirsty for him...

            I know I can't stop him...but I have to try...try something. I just hope the others can come through for me...I need all the help I can get.

            ~Diary of Tao 'Blitz' Lee, the Lost Destined

* * * * * *

            "So...there's no way I'm going to stop Kakonmon alone..." Tao muttered to himself, kneeling down, sword thrusted into the ground in front of him. "He's going to find T.K. and kill him, and the only thing I can do is stall."

            "Stall for what? Reinforcements? Through time? I don't see how...but...."

            "No way...I can't give up yet...not unless I try...besides...I'm never afraid to die...always wanted to anyway..."

            "Do I? I have nothing to go back to..."

            "No...I do have something to go back to...and have her...and if I go...she'll be disappointed...disappointed is not the right word...she'll be suicidal...I can't let her down...never..."

            A snapping of a twig behind Tao alerted the teen. Tao's eyes went wide, grabbing his sword and turning around, pointing in the direction of the sound, the blade surrounded in an emerald glow.

            "Wha?!" the boy leaped back in surprise, in his green sweater and large green hat. The Patamon on his head leaped up and started floating above, ready to Boom Bubble.

            "T.K.?!" Tao exclaimed, quickly lowering his sword. The young Digi-Destined was significantly smaller then him, and Tao surprised himself from recognising the blonde hair boy. "Guess Patamon was the key clue..." Tao thought, keeping an eye on the flying Patamon.

            "H-How do you know my name...?" the young T.K. asked, shaking in his boots upon the look of the blade pointed at his face. Tao's face faulted, regretting his sudden action against the young boy.

            "Just say I'm a friend," Tao responded, standing up and looking down at the boy. "The face is the same," Tao thought, examining the younger T.K.. "But he sure looks...taller in my time frame..."

            "What the hell am I thinking? Of course he does...it's like six or seven years later...of course he'll look taller."

            "Err...it's the first time I've seen another person in this world aside from the other six," T.K. replied innocently, still a bit afraid. "Were you taken from camp as well?" Tao grinned lightly, placing a hand on the young boy's head.

            "You could say that," Tao answered, kneeling back down again. "I take it you got separated from your friends..." Tao observed, glancing around. There was a waterfall nearby, as well as much forestry around.

            "Yeah...I sure hope they're all right," T.K. commented, becoming more comfortable with the presence of the older boy.

            "I'm sure they are," Tao responded, forcing a smile. "I just hope I can protect you from Kakonmon..." the future Digi-Destined added under his breath.

            "Hey, I don't know you're name," T.K. spoke, realising that fact. "I don't want to end up calling you Mr. Swordsman..."

            "Just call me Blitz..." Tao responded, looking away. "Got to try to alter as little timeline as possible..." he thought.

            "Geeze...is that a nickname or something?" T.K. inquired, looking up. Patamon landed back on the hat, also not sensing any danger from the newcomer.

            "Yep, just a nickname..." Tao replied softly, glancing back down at the boy. "He's really innocent..." Tao thought. "Even if I have a sword in my possession, he seems comfortable with me...maybe innocent isn't the right word...gullible..."

            Tao's gaze went towards the nearby forestry, a presence of evil clicking into his recently discovered sixth-sense, and only one Digimon could make that sixth-sense snap like that.

            "Kakonmon…"Tao muttered, tightening the grip on his sword.

            "Blitz?" T.K. asked, stepping closer to the future Digi-Destined. Tao turned to face the young boy.

            "Listen, T.K., there's going to be big trouble here…and it's coming fast…" Tao explained, trying to not give away any details. "I need you to get away from here as fast as possible..."

            "But…" T.K. was about to protest, not wanting to lose another friend anymore.

            "Trust me…please…" Tao pleaded. "A Digimon out there wants you dead…and he's coming this way…and fast…"

            "Is it Devimon?!" T.K. asked, fearful of a responses.

            "Just a friend of his," Tao answered, standing up and turning towards the forest. "Patamon…take care of T.K. and get out of here…I'm going to be holding this mad Digimon off for as much as possible." Patamon stared at the sword-user for a moment, but upon seeing the determination in his voice and eyes, Patamon nodded, flapping into the air and tugging on T.K.'s shirt.

            "Come on T.K." Patamon told his partner, the boy moving only slightly.

            "But…" T.K. repeated, still refusing to move.

            "Go T.K.!" Tao ordered. "Find Matt and the others! Beat Devimon! If not, then peace will never come to the island…" T.K.'s visage of lose soon turned into courage and hope. HE regarded Tao for one last moment, then nodded.

            "Alright…just stay safe Blitz, even if that's not your name," T.K. told the future Digi-Destined, filled with hope and heading off, Patamon tailing behind.

            "Well, that's one less problem to worry about…now to hold off Kakonmon for as much as possible..." Tao thought, gripping his weapon tightly. "At least I know T.K. will be safe as long as I live…however long that is…"

            With those final thoughts, Tao rushed into the forest, weapon raised and ready.

* * * * * *

            Titanimon and Psychemon ended up at the rendezvous location at the same time, both coming a complete stop and dropping off their passengers before changing back to their Rookies.

            "Alright, we're all here and we have all the fragments," K.H. shouted out, assembling the group into a circle. "What do we do?" There was silence, then eyes fell onto the Digi-Destined known as Tiberius, expecting an explanation.

            "Well, since there hasn't been an automatic reaction yet…let's just load up each Crest fragment into our Digivice and then place them close together." The others did as they were told, and held the Digivices close to each other. Still, no reaction from the Crest fragments.

            "Idea number 2?" Marc asked, getting worried now. If they couldn't find a solution soon…all their work would be in vain… There was an ominous silence before Tiberius answered the question.

            "Pray…"

* * * * * *

            Tao leaped up and slashed down at Kakonmon, hoping to get another hit into the Digimon like before in surprise, but the attempt completely failed. Kakonmon's right claw was up and blocking the attack.

            "Not like in the time warp, my boy," Kakonmon grunted, the wound in his back healed over time. "That wound when we were sent back hurt though…my concentration as broken, and I didn't land in the time frame I would've preferred."

            "Too bad for you," Tao responded bitterly and sarcastically, stepping back from the larger Digimon before him.

            "Yes, too bad, but it's only a minor setback…" Kakonmon agreed, not concerned with the change in plan. "But first…I must take care of you…being the main pest of my plans all so long…"

            "Well, not my fault you couldn't mould me into the image of yourself," Tao continued to speak in the same bitter and sarcastic tone.

            "Yes…what pity," Kakonmon agreed again, entering a fighting pose. "Well…enough talk…time to end your miserable existence, bearer of Light and Darkness."

            "Go ahead, try it," Tao dared, entering his own fighting pose. Kakonmon 'grinned' under that helmet of his, rushing forward.

* * * * * *

            "What do you mean 'pray'?!" Harriermon exclaimed, hovering in front of Tiberius' face. "There's got to be something!" Tiberius stepped back in surprise, the avian Digimon's outbreak catching him off guard.

            "I mean it…" Tiberius responded calmly, seeing the pain in the lost Digi-Destined's partner. "If that didn't work…then…well…we're stuck…" Harriermon sighed, falling onto the ground with a thud.

            "Wait…" Shastina spoke sharply, getting everyone's attention. "I…I can feel his spirit…"

* * * * * *

            Tao fell back out of the forest, tossing a Sonic Sword behind him. Kakonmon pursued, deflecting the Sonic Sword attack with no difficulty.

            "Give up now and make it easy for yourself!" the Digimon roared out, annoyed he hasn't destroyed the Digi-Destined yet.

            "I never liked easy!" Tao shouted back, skidding to halt, then rushing at Kakonmon again. The Digi-Destined's pattern was becoming predictable, a mix of offence-and-defence, or better known as 'hit-and-run'. Tao slashed high, blocked by Kakonmon's left claw. The angle of the attack exposed Tao's left side, and taking the initiative, Kakonmon thrust his claw out, forcing Tao to block and drop his guard even more. A third blow with Kakonmon's left axe-side-arm was blocked once more by the Digi-Destined's weapon, but Tao's form was so unbalanced that the force of the blow sent him flying backwards.

            "Damn.." Tao muttered, falling flat on his face. The Digi-Destined quickly got back up, clutching the weapon in his hand tightly. He wouldn't die yet…definitely not yet…

            "Come on, Shas, Marc, Tibbs, K.H., help me out here…" Tao muttered softly.

* * * * * *

            The Crest fragments glowed lightly, the reality around the Digi-Destined and Digimon rippling away from existence. The four Digivices connected in a blast of sapphire beams, creating an arena. Within the boundaries stood Tao, faint in form and showing he didn't really exist, but just an image. He was sweating and panting, tired from battle unknown to the other four Digi-Destined.

            "Tao!" both Harriermon and Shastina shouted out. Harriermon flew at his partner, but ended up flying right through the image of the Digi-Destined and crashing into the ground in surprise.

            "Oow…" the Digimon moaned, looking up at the image.

            "It's only an image…" Tiberius informed the Digimon, staring at the figure of Tao as well. "And it looks like he's about beat… We need a solution…and we need it fast…"

* * * * * *

            Kakonmon slashed once more with his claw, evaded by Tao, albeit in a sloppy fashion due to the Digi-Destined's weakened state. The Human could hardly defend himself, let alone strike back.

            "Why don't you just die like a good Digi-Destined?" Kakonmon asked, seeing the end of this battle soon, and it was the Devil's attempt to taunt the boy.

            "Dying...it's a nice thought...but I won't die until you're dead!" Tao shouted out, getting back up with renewed vigour. In the next moment, his Digivice flared with energy. The Infinity Crest he had possession of blinked on the Digivice's screen his other four Crests surrounding it.

* * * * * *

            The beams of light that connected each Digivice suddenly died, though the image of Tao remained with them. In replacement, the Infinity Crest of each Digivice was revealed, surrounded by the other four Crests within. The image of Tao gripped his Digivice tightly, and the five Digi-Destined tried to figure what was going on.

* * * * * *

            Tao gazed down at his Digivice, recognising the five Crests, then closed his eyes. The Digi-Destined could sense out his friends and comrades through ripples in time, and seeing them in his mind brought him confidence.

            "You're going down!" Tao screamed out to Kakonmon, raising his Digivice.

* * * * * *

            The four Digivices that held the Crest of Time burst to life now, energy blossoming from each device. The five Crests swirled on the screen, then a multi-coloured beam lashed out and hit each Digimon aside form Harriermon. Cries echoed across the clearing.

            "Xemon..." "Tigramon..." "Lepumon..." "Kinoumon..."

            "Infinity Warp Digivolve to..."

            "Knightdramon!" "Psychemon!" "Titanimon!" "Elusamon!"

            "What the...?!" K.H. exclaimed, just wondering if Tiberius' theory behind Warp Digivolving to the Infinity was true or not. More questionably was why the Digimon warped up like they did. Tiberius checked his Digivice, then came up with a reason.

            "Our Crests are gone...they must've drained all their energy to preserve the life of our Digimon in the Warp Digivolve..."

            "But..." Marc started, glancing at Tao with his raised Digivice. Marc never had time to finish, as each Digivice fired off another beam of energy, this time in light sapphire colour.

            Unleashing Time, the power of all will complete this shattered power, and, when the power is restored, will the seal be created once more.

            Each Crest of Time fragment hit Tao's Digivice, or the image of the Digivice. Either way, the Crest ripped through time to hit its destination. Tao's Digivice shined with energy, lots of energy, then that energy was transferred into another beam, and that beam hit Harriermon directly. The Digimon phased from existence.

* * * * * *

            Tao wasn't sure what happened. All he recalled was massive amounts of energy entering his Digivice, then leaving it just as quickly. Then, at the next moment, Harriermon was before him, glowing in sapphire energy, before the transparent glow became solid.

            "Harriermon...Infinity Warp Digivolve to..."

            The orb formed into a humanoid figure, spreading arms and legs out. It was a silhouette of a humanoid figure in there, and soon armour plating was covering it. Chrome coloured armour layered onto the new Digimon, full body armour of protection. A black visor was on the helmet of the suit, then the sapphire orb of energy shrunk into a small rocket pack that attached to the Digimon's back. In the same colour of energy, a two-handed board sword formed in his hand.

            "Jikokumon!"

            Jikokumon hovered over the ground in front of Tao, in between the Digi-Destined and the Digimon they had to destroy.

            "If two Infinity Digimon can't beat me, what makes you so sure one Infinity can?" Kakonmon mocked, stepping forward, unafraid of the new Digimon before him.

            "You don't know," Jikokumon responded. The two Digimon faced off, watching each other closely behind the helmets each wore.

            "WAKE OF DESTRUCTION!"

            The ground ripped open from under Jikokumon, hot energy blasting out like a volcano. Just as quickly, the chrome armoured Digimon was out of the path of the attack. The aerial Digimon was up in the air, then diving back down at the Devil.

            "NEXUS SHATTER!"

            Kakonmon fired both his claws at the diving Digimon, then leaped away. Jikokumon rolled out of the way, and followed the path of the Devil Digimon, sword raised and ready to thrust through the Devil.

            The weapon hit ground as the Devil Digimon took to the air, staring down at the Digimon below.

            "WAKE OF DESTRUCTION!"

            The group Jikokumon stood on ripped apart, and the second later, was covered with a massive heat ray from the core of the world. In the next instant, nothing was there.

            "It's all over," Kakonmon spoke, gazing down at the Digi-Destined still standing in the open.

            "Never say it's over until it really is!" Jikokumon shouted from above. Kakonmon quickly looked up, seeing the diving armoured Digimon again, this time with slightly toasted armour.

            Kakonmon had no time to evade, the blade slashing into shoulder and throwing back onto the ground, on his knees.

            "STASIS LOCK!"

            Sapphire tendrils of energy wrapped around Kakonmon, then locked him in place, and in his temporally stunned state, he had no chance to break free from the binds. Jikokumon then dived down again, touching off the ground then rushing forward in the direction of the frozen Kakonmon.

            "ENDLESS ASSAULT!"

            The two Digimon were only an inch apart when time just stopped. Tao watched in amazement, Jikokumon's blade enpowered with Time energy. For a full minute, nothing moved, and Tao was wondering what was going on. Then he noticed the glow on the blade intensified nearly ten fold in that one minute. In the next second, time moved again, and Jikokumon slashed once against Kakonmon.

* * * * * *

            One slash was multiplied by a hundred when the Time powered blade struck the Devil Digimon. In that moment, the Digi-Destined, the armour Digimon, and the Devil Digimon blasted back into the present time, scaring the heck out of everyone. Kakonmon flew through the air, Jikokumon passing by him, then changing back into the Rookie known as Harriermon, exhausting all his energy in that final attack. The avian Digimon looked up at the falling Devil, then at the other four Infinity Digimon.

            "Do it now! Hit him while he's weak!" Harriermon shouted out, snapping all the other four Digi-Destined and Digimon out of their trance.

            "COLD FURY!" "SERPENT LANCE!" "DEFORMATION BLAST!" "QUASAR BLADE!"

            Ice shards surrounded the energy serpent, which was propelled forward by a combination of a crimson orb and volcanically hot beam. The resulting torpedo like blast hitting the falling Kakonmon like a nuclear bomb, and when he was an inch from hitting the ground.

            Energy blasted outwards in a brilliant display of fireworks from four Infinity level Digimon. All Digimon and Digi-Destined were forced to cover their eyes from the blinding light, and they were singed by the amount of heat that was released.

            Another full minute passed in this confrontation before the light finally subsided, and the Digimon and Digi-Destined alike were able to reveal their eyes once more.

            Standing in a circle were the five Digi-Destined. In the circle as well were the Rookie level Digimon of each partner. No where was there a single sign of the Digimon known as Kakonmon.

Fin

Completed: 06/11/01