Me: Hey! I don't own Digimon, that's about it…what happened to our main couple?
Davis: They're in your room. (snickers)
Me: WHAT?!! (races to room) HEY! GET OUTTA MY ROOM!
(Tai and Sora exit with 4th of July banners)
Tai: Seeing as how I doubt we have Independence Day in Japan…
Sora: We decided to celebrate it with you and other Fanfiction.net authors!
All: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Me: (smiles; wipes away tears) Thanks…
Davis: Were those tears I saw…?
Me: (grabs Davis by his neck) No! I just had some dust in my eye that's all.
Matt: Sure you did.
Digimon
The WarGame of the 21st Century
Chap. VI-The Devastation of the Real World
"Hey, you two lovebirds! Get back over here now! There's (sniffles) something you gotta see!" Davis' face disappeared from the screen, leaving a blushing Tai and Sora in shock and amazement.
"What do you think happened?" Sora asked calmly, but Tai saw the fear in her eyes.
"I don't know-but we do need to find out what's going on, and soon!" Tai grasped Sora's hand, and the two of them flew through the corridors and eventually, made it back to the Real World, where they collided with Davis, Yolei and some of the younger DigiDestined. There were tears rolling down Yolei's cheeks. Sora gave her a sympathetic look and hugged her.
"What stupid thing did Davis do now?" Sora asked.
"Davis couldn't (sniffle) pull something like this off!" Yolei cried out. Confused, Tai and Sora turned to Davis' outside window…and gasped in shock. Nearly ½ of Odaiba was completely destroyed! The Odaiba Tower was gone, Yolei's parents' store had been totaled, and the building where Matt had his concerts at was a smoldering wreck!
"Tai…my mother's shop…" Sora gasped out. Tai looked near a certain spot in what used to be a city, and tears came rolling down his cheeks. The Takenouchi flower shop had been decimated! The only thing that was left was the sign, limply hanging on a chain before the piece of concrete holding it up broke and it fell to the ground.
"I…I can't believe this happened…" Tai dropped to his knees in sadness and started crying, not caring who saw or heard. Crying herself, Sora bent down and hugged Tai tightly, refusing to let go.
After Tai and Sora had released their feelings, as had the rest of us, we all found out the devastation reports from Izzy, who hadn't heard about it until after the battle with Shimmermon on the Internet…
"According to the news reports, there were talks of a monster sighting near the Odaiba Tower, which no one took seriously-until Keramon Digivolved to Kurisarimon; then they all started running, but it was waaaay too late by then, if you were at the tower."
"Any other news sightings, Izzy?" Tai asked. "Word on our parents?"
"The parents are all fine. Actually, they're more than fine. They've started a relief center at the hospital to help out the injured who haven't received treatment from the doctors." Izzy replied. That got a huge sigh of relief out of the team.
"Why wasn't this building destroyed like the others?" Sora asked.
"Simple: Just like I'd put up the Digital Barrier at my house, I simply put one up around the entire complex, then, I rerouted the signal to reverberate through all our houses. Sorry, Yolei, but I wasn't able to get the signal through to your parents' store, or to your mother's flower shop, Sora."
Sora smiled. "That's okay. Mama always said she wanted a bigger shop-now she can get one!"
Davis wasn't happy. In fact, he was more than a little peeved.
"Where'd this Digimon go? We've gotta stop him before he does any more damage!"
Izzy quickly pulled out his trusted laptop and started making calculations. Tai sighed sadly and looked out the window at the destruction of the city-and part of the world-he and his friends had tried so hard to protect. Noticing that he'd separated himself from the team, Sora headed over to him and sat down.
"You alright, Tai?"
"I wish I could say yes, but the truth is, I'm not. This is all my fault! If we'd only separated into two separate teams after what happened at the Digital World…"
Smiling, Sora cupped Tai's chin in her hands. "Tai, there was no way you could've known about what was going on. The Digimon had too much of an advantage while in his Rookie stage, seeing as how he was too small to have been recognized. As he Digivolved, his chances of success did get greater, but what would've happened if he'd done something to hurt you, or worse? Buildings can be repaired, but people take even longer than that. That's why I'm glad you weren't out there. But now that we know what we're up against, we have a fighting chance and we know how to beat him."
Tai beamed at Sora and was about a few seconds from kissing her when Davis interrupted them.
"Hey, you two! Izzy's found something out."
"He's left Odaiba. The problem is, he seems content to destroy anything that has to do with being a DigiDestined, so he's gone across the Ocean to America, possibly New York. We'll get there faster on Imperialdramon and we should have the advantage, if he hasn't Digivolved to his Mega Level." Izzy explained.
"I'll e-mail Michael and warn him about what's going on." Mimi said as she took Izzy's laptop from him and sent out a quick e-mail.
"You guys ready?" Davis asked Veemon and Wormmon.
"Give us the word, Davis!" Davis and Ken held up their Digivices high.
"Veemon Digivolve to…EXVEEMON!!!"
"Wormmon Digivolve to…STINGMON!!!"
"ExVeemon…"
"…Stingmon…"
"DNA Digivolve to…PAILDRAMON!!!"
"Paildramon Mega Digivolve to…IMPERIALDRAMON!!!"
"Climb on. Sorry that there aren't any movies, food or peanuts onboard, but this flight should take us no more than two to three minutes." Imperialdramon advised. Within seconds, they were off. Just like Imperialdramon predicted, three minutes later, they observed the skies of New York City. The good news was, they'd beaten him here.
"All right, guys. This is where we make our stand!" Tai demanded. "We're not gonna make the same mistake as last time. This time, we do split up into teams of two and search around for him-whether he's in his Ultimate form or not, contact me, Sora, Matt, Davis or Ken. Got it? Let's go!"
Izzy explained the situation out to Michael. "Here's how the plan's going to go-we've all split up into different teams to handle this Digimon. He's only made it to the Ultimate Level so far, but that could change very quickly. Tai and Sora have taken their Digimon over to Rockefeller Center and Davis, Yolei, Kari and Ken are at the Empire State building. Apparently, Davis wants to see if Diaboromon really is taller than the building. Matt and Mimi have gone downtown to see if there's any reports of sightings there. T.K. and Cody have taken it upon themselves to patrol the skies with MagnaAngemon, in case things get too out of hand. That leaves you, me and Joe to patrol the harbors in case he comes by water. Any questions?"
"Just one: You said we were splitting up into teams of two, yet we've got a team of four and three. What's with that?" Michael asked.
"Oh. Right. Well, some of our Digimon can only reach the Ultimate Level by a new form of Digivolving-DNA Digivolving. In this case, two Champion Level Digimon Digivolve into a more powerful Ultimate Level Digimon. Whoever has the advantage to Digivolve first has claim over who's in control at the time. Take ExVeemon and Stingmon for example. I believe that Paildramon and Imperialdramon are in actuality the Digivolved forms of ExVeemon, seeing as how Gatomon and Patamon can already Digivolve to Angewomon and MagnaAngemon-they're both Ultimate Level Digimon, by the way. That means that Sylphymon and Shakkoumon are really the Digivolved forms of Aquilamon and Ankylomon. Anything else?"
Michael felt like his head was still spinning from all the information he attempted to process! Luckily for him, Betamon was there to help him.
"I think I'd prefer Digivolving the regular way."
That's when Infermon appeared and blasted the waters around him with his Spider Shooter attack! They were barely able to avoid it.
"Go to it, Betamon!" Michael yelled out.
"You too, Tentomon!"
"Gomamon, give it your best shot!"
"Betamon Warp-Digivolve to…"
"Tentomon Digivolve to…KABUTERIMON!!! Kabuterimon Digivolve to…"
"Gomamon Digivolve to…IKKAKUMON!!! Ikkakumon Digivolve to…"
"METALSEADRAMON!!!"
"MEGAKABUTERIMON!!!"
"ZUDOMON!!!"
"Joe, contact Tai, Sora and the rest! We might need everyone for this." Izzy insisted. Nodding, Joe pulled out his Dterminal and quickly e-mailed everyone as fast as possible.
"So, Sora, have you ever been to New York before now? According to Davis and Mimi, it's supposed to be one of the coolest places in the United States." Tai replied.
"No, but from what Mimi's told me, the people here are supposed to be really friendly."
A second later, a car sped right by them. A guy stuck his head out and yelled, "Hey, big haired immigrant-get a haircut!" That got Tai mad.
"Hey! No one insults my hair like that! And what's that you're driving-a Bug or a chariot?" Sora pulled Tai down and looked deep into his eyes.
"Tai, forget about him." Agumon and Biyomon sighed in relief.
"Finally, these two kiss after being online all day!" Agumon said irritably.
A second later, Tai and Sora's Dterminals went off, which killed the moment between them. Biyomon whacked Agumon upside his head.
"You just had to jinx it didn't you Agumon?!"
"How'd I know they'd get a call from anyone else on the team?"
Tai checked out the e-mail. "It's from Joe! Infermon ambushed him, Izzy and Michael! Let's go!" Tai and Sora pulled out their Digivices and instantly, they started glowing.
"Agumon…"
"Biyomon…"
"Warp-Digivolve to…WARGREYMON!!!/PHOENIXMON!!!"
Unlike Tai and Sora, Matt and Mimi had their chance to kiss, and they took it, while Palmon and Gabumon slept peacefully. After five minutes, they broke apart, mostly to catch their breath, and mostly because their Dterminals went off.
"So, I guess they found Infermon, huh?"
"Looks that way. Tai and Sora are already on the way. Let's not disappoint."
They both woke up their Digimon, and pulled out their Digivices.
"Gabumon Warp-Digivolve to…"
"Palmon Digivolve to…TOGEMON!!! Togemon Digivolve to…"
"METALGARURUMON!!!"
"LILLYMON!!!"
Seconds later they were off, with Matt and Mimi riding on MetalGarurumon and Lillymon flying alongside.
Davis managed to properly apologize to Yolei and also got her some roses at a store that he'd passed by earlier. Thanks to Kari and Ken, she'd been distracted while he and Veemon went to buy them. Her response? A big "Thank you!" and a passionate kiss-much to everyone else's dismay.
"Couldn't she have thanked him later? People are starting to stare." Ken noted.
Kari poked Davis in the side. "Davis, Yolei? We're glad you two are back together, but can you do this a little later? We're getting some unwanted help." Reluctantly, they pulled apart. Their Dterminals went off moments later.
"Perfect timing, too! Guys, let's show this Digimon we mean business!" Davis demanded.
"Veemon Digivolve to…EXVEEMON!!!"
"Wormmon Digivolve to…STINGMON!!!"
"Hawkmon Digivolve to…AQUILAMON!!!"
"ExVeemon…"
"…Stingmon…"
"DNA Digivolve to…PAILDRAMON!!!"
"Aquilamon…"
"…Gatomon…"
"DNA Digivolve to…SYLPHYMON!!!"
"Paildramon Mega Digivolve to…IMPERIALDRAMON!!!"
Seconds afterward, Imperialdramon and Sylphymon flew off with Davis and Ken at the wheel and Kari and Yolei riding shotgun.
T.K. and Cody patrolled the skies with ease. Actually, T.K. and MagnaAngemon patrolled the skies; Cody and Submarimon were in the water so as to see if Diaboromon would try to come in by sea.
"You see anything, T.K.?"
"No, not for miles. What's the scan say?"
Cody quickly checked the scanners. "Nothing. If he did try to come by the water, we've recently missed him. Hey! My Dterminal's going off."
T.K. checked his own. "Mine too. It's from Joe! The others are already on the way, so let's not disappoint."
"I don't know how much longer the Digimon can hold out." Joe warned. "And I've already e-mailed the others."
"They've just gotta hold out a little longer, Joe. Trust in them." Izzy advised.
"I do trust them! It's that Digimon I don't trust. He could Digivolve to a Mega Digimon at any time. Then you and I'd be no match for him. And what if he Digivolved to Shimmermon? Then Michael would be out of the loop."
"Not necessarily. Phoenixmon's a Mega Digimon, created by the intense-really intense-love that Sora's had for Tai ever since they were kids. She barely absorbed the energy blast that was meant for Omnimon on the Internet. Tai did tell Sora that a Mega Digimon would have about ½ a chance to take on a Digimon of that Level, whatever it is."
Joe glared at Izzy a second after his explanation.
"I thought Tentomon told you-when you explain things, keep it simple!"
"Infermon Digivolve to…DIABOROMON!!! Now the time has come for your annihilation, DigiDestined! Cable Crusher!!"
WHAM! The attack hit Zudomon and MegaKabuterimon hard, but they stayed upright…barely.
"WebWrecker!!"
"River of Power!!"
"Terra Force!!"
"Crimson Flame!!"
"Metal Wolf Claw!!"
"Positron Laser!!"
WHAM! Those 6 attacks caused a huge explosion. When the smoke cleared Tai and Sora flew in on WarGreymon and Phoenixmon, Matt and Mimi on MetalGarurumon, and Davis, Ken, Yolei and Kari inside Imperialdramon's shield.
"Did you miss us?" Tai joked as T.K. and Cody came in a moment afterward.
"Are we glad to see you!" Izzy said.
Tai smiled. "The feeling's mutual. Now, for the sake of Odaiba and the entire world-LET'S TAKE THIS CREEP OUT!"
That said, WarGreymon, Phoenixmon, MetalGarurumon, MetalSeadramon, Imperialdramon and the entire team of DigiDestined prepared themselves for the toughest battle of their lives-the battle to save the world from destruction!