Chapter 5: The Battle of Destiny
"They must have escaped Tai, I couldn't find them anywhere as MetalGreymon."
Agumon said as they were all walking along through the forest. Tai looked
depressed. Mimi and Izzy were slightly behind with their digimon. "Don't
worry Tai. All the proof causes me to come to the conclusion that they are
okay." Izzy said. Tai nodded glumly and kept walking.
*****
Kari opened her eyes and got up. She hadn't meant to fall asleep
sitting by the tree, but it seemed she had. T.K was still peacefully
snoozing on the forest floor a few metres from her. Careful not to
disturb him, she got up and went over to the strange backpack
Wizardmon had given them. Kari unzipped it and took out a vegemite
sandwich.
Suppose I better not eat too much, we don't have much food. Besides
T.K will need more than me. Kari thought as she took a bite from the
sandwich. T.K muttered something in his sleep. Kari looked at the sun
and determined it was around two o'clock, though in the digital world
the sun rose in the south, set in the east and the time never mattered.
Such a peaceful forest... Kari thought, sitting and munching on her
vegemite sandwich.
Kari pondered waking T.K. Nah, let him sleep. The small battle drained
him. The brown-haired girl finished her sandwich and was about to go
to sleep when T.K suddenly sat up. "What is it T.K?" Kari asked. T.K
shook his head. "A bad feeling. Doesn't sound good." He said, looking
up the jungle path. They heard distant rumbles and explosions in the
distance. "Let's go check it out." Kari suggested. The boy nodded and
rose to his feet. They both ran towards the noises. T.K explained his
dream involving Tyriel on the way.
*****
A similar thought entered Merla's mind as she heard the
noises. Wizardmon rose into the air to see what was going on. "It
appears that a tremendous battle is raging. I think we should go and
help." He said, turning towards Merla and Gitamon. Merla nodded at
Gitamon. "Gitamon, warp-digivolve too ----- Redemptmon!" Merla leapt
up onto her digimon's back. "Wizardmon, you might wanna go Mega as
well." Merla said, cocking her head at the digimon. Wizardmon shook
his head. "Without a reaction from somebody's crest I cannot go above
my Ultimate form." He said, then his face lit up with surprise and he
stared at Merla. "Staring contest?" Redemptmon suggested, fluttering
her wings impatiently.
Wizardmon pulled a small chain necklace from his pocket. "I was saving
this for when I found the right person, and I think I found her."
Wizardmon said, revealing the contents of his gloved palm. He was
holding the crest of Judgement out to Merla. (Okay, I know, it's dodgy
but it seemed like a good quality name at the time.) The child and her
digimon stared at the unexpected present. "I... I can't take it."
Merla said, drooping her head. "It can't be mine... After all the
terrible things I have done why should I have the right to judge
people? It just isn't me. That's more T.K." She said. The crest
flashed briefly in the digimon's hand.
"See Merla? It is yours. Even though you may not notice, you were just
judging yourself. Take it." Wizardmon said. Merla pondered for a while
then stretched her hand out and took the crest from Wizardmon. It
glowed a bright white as it entered her hand. Merla hung the chain
around her neck and power surged through her. "Wizardmon,
warp-digivolve too ----- Archonmon!" Merla and Redemptmon looked quite
surprised, considering it was their first time seeing Archonmon.
"Okay, all set. Let's go!" Merla said, clapping her hands together. They took
off towards the sounds of battle.
*****
Cerin's dead. My brother is gone. I am now the one remaining member of
the long-forgotten Terra family, unless of course my older sister Amy
is still alive, Tristan thought, looking down to the small dragon
digimon at his side. Amy was said to have died when Tristan was just
five years old, but no-one could confirm this. The child recounted to
the time he had become a digidestined, when he was just six years
old...
FLASHBACK
It was sudden. The bright red Jaguar swivelled round the corner and
smashed into the front of the yellow Honda, causing it to crumple
completely. The two front passengers, Tristan's parents, died
instantly. They were speared through the throat by pieces of
glass. The left-hand back door flew off onto the road, flinging the
9-year-old Cerin out to the highway intersection where he had been
found by the paramedic. The laptop in Tristan's lap flashed the word
'digiport opening' and the child disappeared into the screen. It was
suddenly crushed into small pieces.
Tristan woke to find himself lying on a bare plain. A lake was laid out
nearby and a few trees were spread out across the field. Of course, he
did not notice any of this at the time since a small dragon was
hovering over him and peering at him strangely. His companion, a short
wizard about the same height as Tristan himself, appeared to be doing
the same. Tristan however was not frightened. From a very small age he
had liked dragons, wizards and other fantasy creatures.
"Hello. Do you speak English?" Tristan asked. The digimon looked at
each other and shrugged. "Japanese then?" He said, switching his
language. "This isn't a digimon. What is it?" The dragon asked his
companion. Tristan wondered what a digimon was. Then he remembered the
car crash. Tristan burst out in tears.
The two digimon turned their attention back to the small
child. "What's wrong?" Wyvermon, the dragon, asked. "My
parents.. died.. the car crash..." Tristan managed to blurt out.
Wyvermon looked at Wizardmon who shrugged. "Parents? Car? Strange
creature." The dragon spoke again. Tristan looked at him quizzically.
A white beam zapped down and into the ground next to the child's palm.
He quickly sat up and examined the spot where the beam had hit. A
green and blue D-3 lay there.
Tristan picked it up and looked it over. "What is it?" He asked. The two
digimon looked at it. "He's a digidestined. But... too young and way too
early. He doesn't fit the description of any of them unless..." Wizardmon
stopped short. "Wyvermon, I think this human may be your partner." He looked
at his companion.
Tristan travelled around with his digimon partner and Wizardmon for a
while, slowly learning about the digital world, it's history, the
legend of the digidestined, his digivice. After living in the
digiworld for two years he became very lonely and secretive. Tristan
spent most of the time looking for other humans but eventually gave
up. Wizardmon left to join with Gatomon and Myotismon. The two of them
encountered Gennai, who told Tristan all about the parallel worlds, the
evil digimon, the other digidestined. Wyvermon digivolved to Dragomon
in order to protect Tristan from an evil Airdramon.
Gennai gave Tristan his tag, suggesting he contact the other eight
digidestined and find his crest. It was about this time that Cerin and
Merla first entered the digital world. At first Tristan was overjoyed
to see his brother, but once he saw the damage and evil Cerin and
SkullGreymon were causing with their crest of Death, he started to
fight him.
Tristan eventually found the crest of Life. He found it in the middle
of the Purity River. There he also found the Digieggs of Purity and
Life. Cerin was eventually killed by Andromon. Wyvermon golden armour
digivolved to Minervamon and brought Cerin back to life, but Hagurumon
warp-digivolved to Machinedramon and the two of them were forced off
File Island. When the digital world was reconstructed by the Dark
Masters, Tristan and Wyvermon hid in Gennai's home. The Machinedramon
statue was made by the Dark Masters. Cerin and Merla teamed with them
until they were destroyed by the eight original digidestined.
When Apoclymon was defeated, Cerin, Merla and Tristan all escaped to
the real world. Tristan hid from society and the two evil children
until he could find his way back to the digiworld. There he commenced
a giant battle against Cerin and Merla. They were defeated by
Azulongmon, but they still carried on with their plan. A year after
the defeat of Apoclymon they had taken over half of the Server
Continent and all of File Island. Gennai, not giving away Tristan's
secret, summoned the digidestined back to the digiworld.
There they met Tristan. He discovered that Kari was the Chosen
digidestined, who could hold the crest of Purity. T.K was killed by
the return of Piedmon, but Minervamon managed to return the small
child to life. Combining the crests of Life, Light and Hope, the three
younger digidestined defeated Cerin and Merla with the help of
Gabrielmon's Pure Rejection.
END FLASHBACK
"So Wyvermon, Merla's decided to become good. She... killed my
brother." Tristan said. The little dragon looked up at his partner.
"Still sad? Cerin was completely evil. He had to be killed, you know
that." his digimon answered. Tristan nodded. "We are almost at the southern
part of the digital world. That's where Destruction is headed for. It looks
like he will try and destroy the Destiny Stones." He said. Wyvermon nodded.
*****
Two Pheonixmon emerged from behind the clouds, their riders determined
to protect the Destiny Stones. Behind them six Pegasusmon flew. They
were part of the angel digimon squad. "Are you sure we can pull this
off?!?" Tyriel shouted above the wind. Nova nodded sternly. "We have
help, T.K and Kari are headed this way, as are Merla, Archonmon,
Redemptmon, Tristan and Wyvermon!" Nova replied.
"Mind if we tag along?" A voice said, coming closer. Nova and Tyriel
looked over their shoulder to see Angemon flying slightly behind them
over the Pegasusmon. In one hand he held his staff, and in the other
he held a small cat. "Fine by us! Your human partners should be
arriving soon as well!" Nova yelled. Angemon nodded, twirling his
staff in his hand.
Below them the five Destiny Stones were laid out like huge eggs. The
troop managed to spot Destruction's army not far in the distance. It
appeared that Destruction himself was leading, riding on a
Devidramon. On one side of him a LadyDevimon flew, and on the other
Unholymon ran, holding Z.K in his huge hands. Behind them flew
Kuwagamon, Myotismon, MetalGigadramon and ChaosAndromon. Underneath
them Mammothmon trotted along.
"There they are, master!" Z.K shouted, sighting the fleet of flying
digimon. The armoured demon nodded. A long lance of energy gathered in
his hand. "Energy Spear!" He shouted, throwing it full force at the
two Pheonixmon and their riders. They easily dodged it. "Destruction
has begun the attack, Nova and Tyriel, I think we should retaliate."
Angemon spoke. The two angels nodded at their digimon counterpart.
All of the Pegasusmon's wings grew black, stars appearing inside them.
"Star Shower!" They all shouted. Their wings released beams of energy
down at the three leading attackers. "Darkness Wing!" shouted LadyDevimon.
Her attack blocked all of the Pegasusmon's attempts.
"Attack!" Destruction shouted as the two armies neared each other.
"Darkness Wing!"
"Snake of Impurity!"
"Soul Ripper!"
"Die! Genetic Blaster!"
"Pay back! Chaos Lightning!"
"Tusk Crusher!"
"This time you shall die Gatomon! Grisly Wing!"
The Pegasusmon stood no chance. They were instantly obliterated by the
combined attack. Tyriel, Nova, Angemon and Gatomon were
stunned. Angemon closed his fist tightly in anger. "Hand of Fate!" He
cried. The Ultimate and Mega digimon took the attack easily, all
except for Myotismon. His arm was sliced off but regrew in a few
seconds. The two Pheonixmon decided to step in. "Star Light
Explosion!" One cried. A huge golden ball hit Mammothmon, deleting
him.
"Crimson Flame!" The other Pheonixmon shouted, opening her mouth. A
stream of fire rolled over ChaosAndromon, deleting him. "Well, looks
like the little angels have decided to retaliate. No
matter. Disintegration Fire!" Destruction/Deverilmon yelled, pointing
his hand at the remaining digimon. A black flame sprayed from it. A
strange mist appeared in front of the four digimon and two angels,
causing the fire to disappear when it neared the mist.
After the smoke and mist had cleared, Redemptmon, Archonmon and Merla
appeared in the air. "Impossible!" Destruction shouted, peering at his
former servant. Merla is with the digidestined? Z.K thought, just as
surprised as his superior. "You have done enough damage already
Destruction! It is time to put an end to your evil doing once and for
all!" Angemon shouted in his most angelic voice.
"Destruction! The children are strong. They defeated me in my Mega
form, as well as the Dark Masters and Apoclymon! I doubt we can win!"
Myotismon yelled. Destruction brushed off this comment as if Myotismon
had never said it. It was about that time that T.K and Kari appeared
out of the forest and into the large plain. They quickly looked over
the battle, spotting Angemon and Gatomon.
"Redemptmon, drop me down with T.K and Kari." Merla instructed. Her
digimon nodded and flew down, dropped Merla, and returned to her
position. T.K and Kari looked at Merla strangely. "Merla is one of the
good guys?" Kari asked uncertainly. The once-evil child nodded at her
counterpart. "I no longer have the crest of Darkness. Wizardmon gave
me the crest of Judgement instead." Merla explained, holding out her
crest.
"Can we trust her?" Kari asked, looking at her opposite. T.K nodded.
"She is telling the truth." T.K said. "Thanks T.K." Merla said. Then
T.K remembered what Tyriel had said to him. 'The one shrouded in
Darkness will eventually bring you such power.'. T.K pondered for a
moment. Meanwhile, the others were still carrying on with their battle.
"Holy Judgement!" Redemptmon shouted. Her wings glowed gold and long, wide
beams shot from them, hitting LadyDevimon and causing her to disintegrate.
"Crimson Lightning!" shouted Myotismon. The twisting red beams wrapped
around Archonmon's sword. He easily sliced through them. Archonmon
fired a small energy ball from his left hand. "Nightmare Claw!"
Myotismon countered, sending the attack away. "I need a vacation."
Archonmon muttered to himself as he landed next to Myotismon, stabbing
him through the arm then drawing his sword out. The vampire grimaced
but did not die. "Grisly Wing!" He shouted after his opponent had
pulled the sword out.
The bats simply bounced off Archonmon's purple armour plates. "You
killed me two years ago Myotismon. Now I think I'll return the favour."
Archonmon said, attempting to remember vampire-slaying
techniques. Let's see, wooden stake, garlic, what else... Then he
remembered. Archonmon gave one huge stab at Myotismon, piercing
straight through his neck. "No! Not again!" He shouted, deleting.
Destruction really didn't mind that his friend had just been
disintegrated into small pieces. He still had some tricks up his
sleeve. "Unholymon, use your Psychologic Disrupter." He ordered,
throwing another spear of energy at their enemies. Unholymon nodded.
"Psychologic Disrupter!" Unholymon shouted. A huge red ball formed in
his hands which he threw straight for Tyriel. Tyriel however did not
see the danger and simply let it hit him.
He was instantly changed. Black lines ran through his body. "Tyriel!"
Nova shouted in alarm. "Gee, look at all the preety staars and
faiiries.." Tyriel said, completely dazed. "Nova, he is completely
confused and dazed!" Angemon shouted. "Actually, it's dazed and
confused." Gatomon corrected. Tyriel's mount noticed it's rider's
condition and made sure to not let him fall.
"Crimson Flame!" The two Pheonixmon shouted, this time deleting
MetalGigadramon. "Again, the fight turns into something very
boring." Destruction said in his best Piedmon voice. "Disintegration
Fire!" He shouted. The two Pheonixmon disintegrated, leaving their
riders in the air. "Tyriel! You can fly! Use your wings! That's what
their for!" Nova shouted, hovering in the air. Archonmon flew under
Tyriel and caught him in one hand, slicing back at Kuwagamon with his
other.
T.K, Kari and Merla just watched on, unable to help in any
way. "There's got to be something we can do!" T.K shouted as
Redemptmon moved in for a one-on-one with Destruction. "There is."
Everybody whirled around to see Tristan walking towards them with a set
look on his face. Wyvermon flew up when Tristan stopped and perched on
his shoulder. "Merla, T.K, Kari, hold out your crests." he instructed.
T.K and Kari instantly got the idea and held out their crests. Merla
did the same.
Tristan also held out the crest of Life. They all glowed brightly and
turned into balls of energy, which merged together. In the centre
there now appeared to be just two crests, hovering in the air. Kari
took the crest of Purity in her hand for the second time. Everybody
looked at T.K. "The crest of Truth, T.K. Take it." Merla said. T.K
nodded and took the crest. Redemptmon fell to the ground next to Merla
and de-digivolved to Gitamon. "Sorry... I held him as long as I could."
She said.
"Well you held him long enough." Kari said. "Gatomon!" Kari shouted.
"Angemon! You better DNA digivolve! Archonmon can only hold them for
so long!" T.K yelled. Their digimon partners nodded. T.K and Kari held
their digivices so they faced each other.
"Angemon!" "Gatomon!" "DNA digivolve to ----- Saintmon!" Angemon and
Gatomon's DNA digivolution looked only slightly similar to their other
forms. Saintmon wore white robes and held a long gold-handled
steel-bladed sword. Four pairs of white wings stuck out from his
back. "Light Restoration!" Saintmon yelled, firing a beam of bright
light from his hand and into Gitamon. She was instantly
revitalised. "Come here pretty boy." Destruction quoted Devimon as he
flew up and reached for Saintmon with one giant clawed and armoured
hand.
Archonmon stabbed Kuwagamon through his head, deleting him. "Whoo,
I've had enough fighting for one day." He said, wiping his
forehead. He heard a growling sound behind him and sighed. "Gaia
Beam!" Archonmon shouted, pointing his sword over his
shoulder. Devidramon disintegrated. Archonmon turned around to see
Unholymon rushing at him.
"Merla. Hold out your digivice." Tristan instructed. "Err, okay." Merla
did as she was told. Tristan held out his parallel to the other.
"Gitamon!" "Dragomon!" "DNA digivolve to ----- Metaldramon!"
Metaldramon was a dragon, strictly speaking, and was completely
covered from head to claw in steel plates. His wings contained large
cannons which could open and close. Metaldramon appeared about the
size of Imperialdramon.
Archonmon and Unholymon proceeded to lock themselves in battle for the
second time. Archonmon set the still quite deranged Tyriel on the
ground and slashed through a black ball of energy from
Unholymon. Meanwhile, Saintmon and Metaldramon were holding off
Destruction.
"Hope's Blade!" shouted Saintmon. Destruction easily dodged the
attack. "Coming, Metaldramon?" Saintmon asked, flying after
Destruction. "Comet Laser!" Metaldramon shouted. The twelve cannons on his
wings opened and fired red beams, hitting Destruction in the
stomach full force. He winced in pain for a moment, then started
laughing evilly.
"Soul Ripper!" Destruction pointed both his arms at Saintmon. A ball
of purple energy formed and flew towards Saintmon, knocking him down a
couple of feet from the four children. He fell full force into the
ground, spraying dirt and grass everywhere. "Saintmon!" T.K and Kari
cried in unison, running over to their digimon
partner. "Saintmon.. speak to me..." Kari said, shaking the unconscious
digimon. T.K wiped a tear away from her eye. Kari hugged him tightly
and sobbed. "It's okay, Saintmon will be fine." T.K said, returning the
hug and glancing nervously at their digimon friend.
Gee, I wonder why Kari is so upset? T.K pondered, looking at Kari. He
noticed that Z.K's crest of Despair was glowing brightly. I see. T.K
thought. His crest glowed brightly and the crest of Despair went
blank. The crests of Truth and Purity touched each other as they were
hugging, causing a green orb to surround the pair. They both knew what
that meant. "Saintmon, digivolve to ----- Gabrielmon!" T.K and Kari
broke apart to see their partner digivolve.
The newly digivolved Gabrielmon rose into the air, his golden plate armour
shining. "That's sweet." Merla said, looking at the young couple. Tristan
raised an eyebrow at his elder. "Well, what did you expect? I've known
for a looong time that those two had something together." He said.
They both turned their attention back to the battle.
Archonmon appeared to be getting the upper hand on Unholymon. "Come on
Unholymon! You can beat that stupid wizard!" Z.K yelled at them from
his position near the battle. "Angel Glacier!" Gabrielmon shouted. A
blast of ice erupted from his left hand, freezing Unholymon. "Get him
now Archonmon!" Gabrielmon shouted as he flew by towards Destruction
and Metaldramon. "Now I'll have to nail you... too bad I don't have a
hammer. Zephyr Storm!" Archonmon shouted. The bolt of electricity
went right through Unholymon, splitting him in half and deleting him.
Archonmon de-digivolved to Wizardmon and joined the digidestined. Z.K
ran towards Destruction. "Destruction! Help would be nice!" Z.K yelled
as Nova and the now much saner Tyriel advanced on him. Destruction
took one look at the now-useless inferior human. "Energy Spear!" He
threw his attack straight at Z.K. He was killed instantly. The crest
of Despair exploded into a thousand pieces, as did his digivice.
"Good god... did you see that?" Nova asked her companion in disbelief.
Tyriel nodded. "He just killed that teenage kid. A phrase I learnt a
long time ago was 'I would rather accept the bad deeds than see the
bad judge the bad'." He replied, peering at the battle between
Gabrielmon, Metaldramon and Destruction.
"Genova Genocide!" shouted Metaldramon. A white stream of flame
appeared from his mouth. It simply bounced off Destruction's
armour. "Binary Blast!" Gabrielmon shouted. Gabrielmon pointed his
left hand at Destruction. A ball of blue energy formed in it, which he
threw. Destruction was slightly knocked back. "This really is getting
boring. Disintegration Fire!" Destruction yelled. Metaldramon just
managed to dodge the black flame.
"Gone today, still gone tomorrow. Comet Laser!" Metaldramon fired
his red beams. "Urrgh!" Destruction shouted, bending over. "Angel
Glacier!" Gabrielmon shouted, throwing a ball of ice. Destruction's
legs froze solid. He started laughing evilly. "Doesn't this guy ever
give up?" Merla asked. Nova and Tyriel joined the four children.
"Destruction's purpose is complete annihilation. He isn't going to give
up that easily." Tyriel said, switching to his saint-angel like voice.
"You fools. You have just begun to see my power! Ultima Destruction!"
Destruction yelled. Tyriel and Nova gasped. A black orb closed around
him. The sky went black. "Wow, visual effects. A little on the dark
side though, looks like something the creators of Star Wars would put
together." Wizardmon commented. Two beams shot out from Destruction,
knocking Gabrielmon and Metaldramon out of the sky. "Gotcha."
Wizardmon said, flying up and catching a cat in either hand.
Tyriel and Nova each flew up, catching Patamon and Wyvermon. "No
time for those measly children." Destruction said. He turned towards
the Destiny Stones. A black beam fired from his hand. It was blocked
by a circular flame shield. "What? Another foolish attempt?" The
confident demon asked. The shiel disappeared to reveal a extremely
large bird, far bigger than Destruction. Around his neck and his tail
there hovered six digicores. Destruction growled and unleashed another
black beam. It did not even phase the bird.
"Do not waste your time. For I am Zhuqaiomon, the guardian of the
southern part of the digital world. T.K, Kari, send me the power of
your crests so I may defeat this menace!" Zhuqaiomon ordered. T.K and
Kari held up the crests of Truth and Purity, shooting one silver and
one gold beam up. The digicores glowed with the powers of the crests.
"Don't be ridiculous. You cannot defeat me. Disintegration Fire!"
Destruction yelled. The attack bounced off Zhuqaiomon's huge left wing.
The giant bird opened his mouth, shooting a long flame at the demon.
"Ughh!" Destruction bent over in the air. "This little play of yours
has gone on for too long Deverilmon. Azure Dreams!" Zhuqaiomon yelled.
Two bright blue rivers of energy appeared from the digimon's feet. They
flew up from the ground and hit Destruction in the head. "This.. is..
unfair... why can't evil ever win! A curse on all you digidestined!"
Destruction shouted his last words as he disintegrated into nothingness.
"That's it. Destruction is finally defeated, Z.K and my brother are
dead. Merla is good. So where to now?" Tristan asked. Tyriel, Nova and
Wizardmon landed and gave the exhausted digimon to their owners. "I
think I need a new fur coat." Gitamon said, falling limp in Merla's
arms. "You will all have to spend one more night in the digiworld,
Tai, Izzy and Mimi will find you tomorrow morning." Tyriel said. He
and Nova waved, then disappeared in a flash of white light.
"I also must leave. I have other duties to attend to." Zhuqaiomon
said, disappearing. One feather floated down as a reminder of the
digimon as he flew off into the sunset. T.K, Kari, Merla and Tristan
headed back into the forest silently, holding their exhausted
digimon. Wizardmon floated along behind.