Jeri was huddled in a cave, watching in the ocean. "They've been gone for a long time," she whimpered. Leomon rubbed her back reassuringly. "They'll be back soon. I'm sure," he said. Renamon suddenly stood. "I must go. Rika doesn't like the rain, let alone black rain. She will be upset when she gets out of the water, as will the boys," she said. Everyone stood and they dashed out of the cave, using Cyberdramon as a shield from the rain.
As soon as they reached the shore, Rika, Ryo, Takato, and Lee were trudging out of the water. Lee stepped onto the sand and grinned. He held up the Wild Lance and Jeri cried out in joy. "Now we have a chance in winning!!"
Renamon teleported all of them back to the village. As soon as they arrived, Ionitei rushed up. "Where have you been?!" she hissed, "We have big problems, your highness!" The Amazon looked none too happy. Rika growled. "Like what?" she asked. "We've a battle going on. I was told to wait for you before going off to fight," replied Ionitei. Rika nodded. "Let's go. We'll get ready then meet you there."
Rika and the others dashed into a weaponry room and grabbed their weapons. Lee didn't take anything, just pulled some armor onto his arms, legs and chest. He left Key with Suzie in his bedroom, telling them to stay where they were. Lopmon stayed with them, digivolving into Antilamon to protect them if needed to.
The group arrived at the battlefield. It was terrible, worse than the last battle. Blood was everywhere, Shadow blood mixing with Amazonian and horse blood. Arrows flying and swords and shields clashing. The rain burned the skin sometimes and was making the battle hard.
Rika rushed forward and impaled a Shadow on her weapon. The entire group except for Lee began to fight. Lee had vanished.
Lee stood atop a hill, above the chaos occurring. He suddenly let out a loud call, very loud, the sound increased by his magic. Everyone, everyone froze. They all stared at him. "Shadows! Your lives end now!" he cried. He spun the Lance, magic spinning around before him. Everyone stared in awe, wondering what would happen. "Wild Cross!" Lee cried, thrusting the Lance forward. A thick beam of magic shot forward, hitting everyone, but only harming the Shadows. They all screamed, vanishing in the light.
The light died down. Lee panted and looked up, now on his knees. Much to his surprise, there were still many Shadows standing, but much fewer than there had been before. 'Good…enough…' he thought just before collapsing.
Takato slashed his sword, taking down more Shadows in anger. 'They've caused enough pain… This war will end soon!' he thought, still killing fiercely.
Rika was taking Shadows down by the swing of her weapon. You could hear the air sing as the blades whipped through it at a speed that could barely be seen. 'I won't take this anymore…'
Ryo and Jeri were back to back, taking down Shadows together. 'If I can't work with Takato, Ryo is second best!' Jeri thought, sending an arrow plunging into a Shadow's chest.
The Amazons and Digimon were also fighting, doing their best. "Desolation Claw" or "Diamond Storm" would ring out over the noise.
Takato took another swing of his weapon before realizing how far away he was from the main body of the fighting. He turned around to go back and came face to face with a Leader Shadow. The sword it held gleamed and flashed in the storm. He growled and stood his ground. 'I'm not afraid…' he thought, encouraging himself more then confirming something. Suddenly, he was down in the mud. He heard a loud splash and looked to see his sword stuck in the muck about five feet away. Then came a loud whinny and he looked just in time to see a blade swing down….
To Be Continued…
CLIFFHANGER!! BWAHAHAHA!! I shall write the next story soon. It'll be called "United We Stand."
Akiyama Shadow