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"Um, destroy us?" Yolie sputtered.

"As in killing us off," Davis said, "as in, making us non-existent, as in making us disappear--"

"Shut up, Davis," Sora snapped. "We get the idea!"

Davis shrugged, not effected. "Hey, I was just helping. Even if you didn't think so." He replied back easily.

Out of all the people, Davis seemed not really to care. Everyone stared, even Sinistermon. Veemon stared up at his digimon partner and friend, a puzzled frown on his face.

"Davis, what's the matter?" He asked. "You're acting like you don't care if Sinistermon kills us!"

Davis gave a little smile. "Hey, Veemon, you ready?" He asked.

Veemon nodded.

"Then digi volve for me, okay?" He replied. Veemon grinned, and hopped around, getting himself ready. Davis turned to everyone else. "I think its time we cream this guy, you guys! Cuz I'm just tired of all this!" He told them.

"Alright, Davis!" Tai grinned. "Let's rock, gang!" He turned to Agumon. "Get ready to digi volve, buddy, cuz it's show time!"

"Veemon digivolve into . . .X-Veemon!" Davis grinned and felt like things were going to look up. Everything was coming to an end, and it had to end; he was getting rather bored and pissed off from it all.

Sinistermon stared. "You can't do that, that isn't fair!" He cried out angrily.

"We can do anything we want; we're the digidestined!" Davis shot back.

"He's right!" Ken put in. "I say it's time to end this, right now!"

"You want a fight?" Sinistermon sneered. "A fight you will get!"

"Whatever the case maybe we are totally ready for you!" Mimi shouted, and Palmon had already digivolved into Togemon. "We always defeat those who hurt others!"

Before Sinistermon could reply, X-Veemon and Greymon had directed attacks at the evil digimon, giving him some damage. Davis blinked, wondering where the challenge was in this fight. That was when he realized that if Sinistermon wasn't the creator that everyone thought he was, he was really weak and not all that strong.

"Hey, guys!" Davis yelled and spun around to face the others. "He isn't all that strong! He isn't the creator that we thought he was!"

Tai's face lit up, remembering. He gave Davis a grin and a wink. "Then this fight should be easy as pie!" He replied, skidding next to Davis. "COME ON, GREYMON!" Tai shouted. "BEAT THE JERK UP!"

Sora couldn't help herself; she giggled. Yolie and Mimi gave her puzzled looks. She shrugged and replied, "What? Don't you think Tai gets rather too enthusiastic in this whole fight thing? I find it rather cute! He looks so serious!" She laughed again.

Tk watched as Angemon delivered an attack to Sinistermon. Sure, he looked like he was paying attention, but his mind was elsewhere. He was thinking of Matt. . .and worried for his brother. His brother was nowhere to be seen and it worried him.

Please, Matt, please. . . be okay, Tk thought silently, biting his lips. Please!

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"Damn you!" Matt repeated. He was very angry that Mistamon threw his harmonica off into the Mist somewhere. The harmonica was precious to him; it meant a lot to him. Yet it was also a way to escape and use the Mist to hide him.

But he couldn't hide anymore-- not if he didn't have his harmonica. So what was he to do now? He growled, glaring coldly at the creator of all. His eyes became icy blue as he continued to glare.

"I think someone forgot to take his daily nap," Mistamon taunted. "Someone is cranky!"

" I can't believe you did that!" Matt snapped. "I told you that harmonica meant a lot to me! Damn you!"

Mistamon cackled evilly. "I don't care if that harmonica meant a lot to you; it gave you power, it helped you out." He paused, grinning maliciously. "And I don't think I'm dumb enough to give it back to you so you could disappear. But we've already discussed this."

"So, what?!" Matt screeched. "I want my harmonica back!" He added angrily.

That was when he delivered a hard kick to Mistamon's knees, ignored his howl of pain and dived into the Mist, in the direction of where his harmonica had been thrown in. He crawled quickly, wanting to widen the gap between him and Mistamon; all the while running his hands quietly against the ground, looking and feeling for his harmonica.

Where is it, where is it? Matt frantically thought, biting his lip.

"Don't think you can run and hide from me, Matt!" He heard Mistamon yell from some distance off. "I will face you again, and you know it!"

Shut up! Matt thought angrily. He groaned silently, wondering where his harmonica was, and where it went, when he felt something smooth and cold. He grinned with triumph when he realized it was his harmonica.

He stood up, and realized that the Mist was thicker. "What the hell is going on?" He mutter softly. "I've got to get to the others, before its too late!"

"How about its already too late?" Came Mistamon's voice from behind him.

Matt whirled around and glared. "I don't think so! I'll see you when I have my friends with you and when we're ready to destroy you!" Matt shot back and brought the harmonica to his lips and blew a hard note.

The Mist swirled around him, and when Mistamon blinked, he swore realizing that Matt had escaped him and was no longer around him. He growled and snarled, "Oh, you won't be destroying me, Carrier of Friendship; it is I who will be destroying you."

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Sinistermon was losing. And he was losing badly. He was close to being finished, when the Mist came about and swirled.

Just before Greymon delivered the last and final attack that would kill him, the digimon saw the blonde boy with the icy blue eyes giving him a smirk and whispering, "Buh-bye, Sinistermon. . ." And that was the last image he saw before he was destroyed.

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"Yeah! Go Greymon!" Tai cheered, watching as his digimon delivered the final attack that destroyed Sinistermon.

Ken blinked his eyes. "Guys, the Mist just did something funky but I don't see anything, do you?" He asked.

Davis shook his head. "I don't see anything, Ken. The Mist, though, is acting like Matt's controlling it." He pointed out. "But I don't see Matt anywhere."

Just then the Mist got thick and swirled around everyone, once again making them separate. But a few minutes later, it disappeared and everyone was blinking their eyes, confused. Then they realized that Matt was standing in the middle, and he had a smirk on his face. He waited until someone said something.

"Matt!" Mimi cried, and once again, threw her arms around him, giving him a long, hard hug and a kiss on the cheek. "I'm glad you're okay!"

"So am I!" Matt chuckled. "I'm sorry, guys, I didn't mean to separate you all, it wasn't supposed to happen that way, really!" He apologized. He grimaced. "Then I ran into Mistamon and for a second lost control of the situation."

"Lost control?" Yolie questioned.

"How?" Cody asked.

Matt rolled his eyes, and sighed. "He somehow took my harmonica away from me and threw it into the Mist, and I was stuck with him." He explained. "I couldn't do anything or escape."

"Well, obviously you did escape," Sora pointed out. "So, how did you?"

Matt grinned lightly. "I just kicked the jerk and dived into the Mist, where he threw my harmonica, hoping I'd find it." He told them.

"And I'm taking that you did," Izzy said, "Or otherwise, you would not be standing here with us."

"It was another close call, though." Matt added. "I found it, but he must've heard me . . .um, talking to myself, and found me. . .and he was right behind me. But luckily, I was quick enough to get away."

"I'm glad you did," Mimi spoke softly, only that Matt heard. She was still standing next to him, but closer to him than usual. He gave a smile and took her hand in his and gave it a squeeze.

"As am I," he said, for her ears only.

"So, now what?" Joe asked, breaking the silence and bringing everyone back to the present. "What do we do now?"

"Well. . .we've destroyed two out of the four enemies," Matt thought out loud. "We only have Mistamon to deal with and the Mist here."

"Who do we destroy first?" Kari asked, quietly.

Matt bit his lip. "Mistamon. . .we have to deal with him first. I may control the Mist, but not that much. If he dies, most likely the Mist will disappear." He answered softly. "After all, he did create ninety percent of the Mist. I just helped a little. I don't know and I can't explain how it is that I can control it with my harmonica either."

He glanced at everyone. "So. . .you all ready to go and fight Mistamon?" He asked, quietly.

"I don't know about anyone else here," Ken said, softly, "but I really am getting tired of this whole thing. I say we should just go and find him, and destroy him."

Davis smirked. "Is someone acting like the Digimon Emperor again?" He teased. But before he could Ken or anyone else a reply, he added, "I agree, let's go and kick some evil digimon butt. . .again."

Tk nodded his head. "I'm ready, Matt. And I think I speak for everyone when I say that. . .we get this show on the road!" He told his brother.

Matt nodded. "Okay everyone. . .Link hands, and don't let go. I have, uh, Mimi's hand but my other one I need for the harmonica. . .so just link from her, okay?" He explained, feeling a faint blush coming across his face when he spoke of his and Mimi's hands already "linked". He gave her a smile, and noticed that she was blushing lightly herself.

Once everyone and the digimon were linked, Tai, who was the last one at the opposite side of the chain, he called down, "Okay, Matt, we're all set!" He then grinned and heard the note that Matt made on his harmonica and found himself getting dizzy for a brief second. He blinked and found that he and the others were somewhere else.

"Okay, you all can let go now," Matt said, laughter in his voice. He noticed that they all looked a tad bit dizzy. "Everyone okay?"

A chorus of "Yeah" and "I'm fine" were yelled and Matt grinned.

"So, you came back to face me, huh, Carrier of Friendship," Came a sneering voice from behind the blonde.

Matt spun around to face Mistamon, and he glared. "Yeah, but I've come back to destroy you and I also brought my friends along too!" He snapped, angrily.

Tai stepped forward and stood next to his friend. "That's right, we're here now, all of us digidestined, old and new!" He said.

Davis stood on the other side of Mat, and grinned. "We are so going to cream your ass!" He added, and ignored the looks he received from Matt and Tai, knowing that he swore. He just grinned some more.

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"Thanks a bunch," Chancemon whispered quietly to the servant. She smiled and nodded her head. "I know you can't let us out, but the information you have provided us. . .is what we needed to know. Thank you."

The servant of Sinistermon just nodded his head and the digimon slowly turned away, and walked down the dungeon halls to make sure that everything was in order.

"So, he was destroyed, yes?" Fortuenmon asked softly.

Chancemon nodded her head.

"If he was destroyed, then why are we still here?"

"Because a greater force still exists, dear sister." Chancemon answered quietly. "They're meeting the last of the evil digimon and if they win, the Mist will surely disappear and all will be well."

"What if they don't? Don't win, that is?"

"Sister, we have to keep the faith in them. They will defeat Mistamon. They will. Don't give up so easily, those kids don't. . .and haven't yet."

Fortuenmon nodded her head solemnly. "Yes, I see. I won't lose the faith then, because they've defeated greater enemies than this before and have won." She finally said.

"Exactly. And with friends by his side, the digidestined of Friendship will surely defeat this and come back alive once again." Chancemon said, smiling. "Come, dear sister, lets go and sit. All we can do now is wait and nothing more."

Fortuenmon nodded and followed her sister to the bench in the corner of their cell and did what she hated to do-- wait.

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"NOOOOO!" Matt screamed, and Tai and Davis had to hold him back, to keep him from going into the battle in which all the digimon were currently in. Mistamon just delivered a devastating blow to Garurumon.

Matt held out his digivice. "Garurumon, digi volve!" He shouted, and watched as his friend digivolved into WereGarurumon. He turned to Tai and Davis. "In order for us to beat Mistamon. . .who by the way is a what? Mega? Yeah. . .we have to digivolve!"

Tai nodded slowly. "But Matt going out there, rushing yourself in the fight isn't going to help us any." He paused. "I hate to say it buddy, but all we can do is stick by on the side lines and watch."

Matt frowned.

"He's right, Matt and you know it." Davis said softly. "It's up to them. . ."

Matt sighed and hung his head. "I know, I know. . ." He said softly.

Mimi came up beside Matt, and rested her head on his shoulder. "Matt, it'll be alright. We've always come through, we've always win in the end. We're the digidestined, it's our job to do so." She said softly.

"Old and new, coming together. . ." Davis added. "With all of us, we can defeat it."

"Davis, for once, makes sense!" Yolie said, smirking. "He's right, Matt. Mimi and Tai are also right." She said, coming into the conversation.

Matt laughed. "Okay, okay, you're all right, so . . .yeah, lets turn to the other direction and like cheer on our digimon partners? Yeah." He said, rolling his eyes at everyone.

Mimi smiled and placed a kiss on Matt's cheek. "Everything's going to be fine, Matt. You'll see." She told him, but she kept remembering the prophecy. He was going to die, and he didn't even know it. The Dark Mist won't completely disappear when Mistamon is dead. . .Matt will have to sacrifice himself to get rid of the rest of the Mist. Everyone who read the prophecy knew of this. . .Even Tai.

Everyone knew expect Matt.

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"He doesn't know of the prophecy, Tai." Mimi quietly said, giving him a sad look. "Matt doesn't know, no one told him." She had pulled him aside to talk to him.

Tai grimaced. "I know, and I sure as hell am not going to be the one to tell him now!" He replied. "Maybe we shouldn't tell him at all."

"But, Tai, he's going to die." Mimi protested.

Tai gave her a look. "You really do care for him, don't you?" He asked softly.

"I-- yes, but that's not the point, Tai and you know it." She answered.

"He's going to come back, Mimi, the rest of it said so. With all our love combined, he'll be coming back." Tai said, giving her a little hug. "Don't worry none."

"But. . .but that's just not possible!"

"Meems, you've got to learn that. . .anything's possible!" Tai told her gently. "Now, come on, let's go back to our friends and hope that our digimon are winning."

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They were in fact winning. They all had digivolved and were winning. In fact it was Nefertamon and Pegasmon who delivered the last attack that destroyed Mistamon. Everyone cheered but suddenly Matt was pale. He knew something was up when only a little of the Mist had disappeared. He thought all of it would disappear.

"Why isn't the Mist going away?" Matt questioned. "Mistamon was destroyed. What is it that I don't know? That you guys do?" He eyed the rest of the digidestined looking for the answer.

It was Mimi who answered him. She took a step forward and said, "Matt, you're the one who has to destroy the Mist. I don't know how, but. . .you have to. Otherwise, it won't go away."

Matt blinked. "And you know how?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"By a prophecy that Gennai sent us. . .while you and the others were in the digiworld." Izzy answered. "We figured out most of it. . .and had some inside help as well."

Matt nodded slowly. "I see. How do you propose I destroy this Mist? Does it say in the prophecy?" He asked.

Yolie saw Izzy fidgeting. She decided to take over. "You will know, Matt. . .but the thing is. . .whatever it is you're to do, to destroy the Mist, you will die." She said softly.

"Die?"

"Yes. . .but there's more." Yolie quickly added. "You'll come back. . .but . . .I think what you have to worry about is destroying the Mist. Let us worry about the other part for it is up to us."

Matt stared.

"Trust us, Matt." Ken said softly.

"We won't let you not come back, we'll make sure you do come back." Sora said.

Matt nodded and he suddenly knew what he had to do. He gave a little smile and also knew that whatever that his friends had to do, he knew they'd do it. He took a couple of steps away from the group and stared out into the Mist.

He took out his harmonica and placed it on his lips. He closed his eyes, and silently searched his mind for the notes he had to use in order to destroy the Mist. He found them and played.

He played something soft and sad, yet it held the notes of hope in it. Once you go through the storm and beat it, everything will be alright--- that type of message. And when everyone least expected it, a green light exploded from his chest. Matt kept playing, and knew that he was almost finished. The green light swept over where he stood, and over where everyone else stood. . .and it swept around the entire digiworld, healing and restoring the damage that the evil had brought onto it.

Suddenly, as if the life was drained out of him, and in a matter of speaking, it was, Matt's hands dropped the harmonica, and it fell. His knees buckled and he collapsed.

"Matt!" Mimi screamed and knew that he was dead.

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Well, hope ya all enjoyed that. . .yeah, I know. . . *smirks* It is a rotten place to end a chapter. . .hehehe, I'm soooo evil!

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~Zara

P.S.: Sorry I didn't email anyone...for those on who wanted to be updated... . ...I'm back in school so, I'll try to wrap this up or update quickly!! Don't want to make ya'll hang in there for the ending!!