Author's Notes: It's official...I've completed 90 % of the book!! Anyways, I've finally gotten the courage to write another somewhat mushy segment between Sakuyamon and Gallantmon. I hope I didn't make anybody OOC too much.

Disclaimers: Digimon belongs to Fox, Saban, Toei Animation and whoever else owns it. I also don't own Rou Shambo or V-Tamer.

Beyond The Other Side - V 4.7

"The odds of you winning have slightly increased. Big whoop...you can't possibly win against three mega Digimon all by yourself," stated Megagargomon. Shadowgallantmon gave a small chuckle. "But I can't lose either because in the process of killing me, you'll be killing your friend as well." The vaccine mega clenched his fists. 'Damn it!! I hate it when he's right!!'

Gallantmon narrowed his golden eyes. "I'm already aware of the risks but I would still be willing to go along with this. At least this way, we can be secure in the knowledge that you no longer present a threat." The dark knight rolled his eyes. "Good grief...don't get started on your holy knight mumbo jumbo...now then. Let's see who I should start with first." His eyes rested upon Megagargomon. "I guess it's going to be the jolly green giant..."

Megagargomon gave a small growl. "If you think you're going to beat me, then you're seriously mistaken!!" Before he could finish talking, he saw the dark knight flying towards him at a fast speed. With a thunderous blow, the machine Digimon was sent flying back. "Man...how can he have so much power?" Henry heard Terriermon's voice pop out of nowhere. "It's obvious. The guy has been taking a combination of vitamins and steroids. If we want to stop him, we gotta play Rou Shambo!!" He quickly got up and took aim at Shadowgallantmon. "Gargo Missile!!"

"Let's get going, Sakuyamon!! Henry needs our help!!" Gallantmon was about to take off into the air when he noticed that the shaman Digimon was just standing there, deep in thought. The holy knight immediately grew worried. "Hey...are you okay? What's on your mind anyway?"

"It would have been helpful if we figured out how your connection to each other works. Then we could disconnect the two of you before sending him to the afterlife," muttered Sakuyamon. Gallantmon gave a soft sigh. "Unfortunately, that's not the case. If we don't finish him here, right in this moment...if he somehow got away and started killing innocent people across the world, I could never live with myself. As a holy knight, I must place the lives of others above my own."

"Yeah, I know. You know, this is one of the parts of being a hero that I hate. With all that emotional sap about how there's no other way and the lovers going in for one final moment or something...kind of makes you want to puke, huh?" The shaman Digimon gave a dry laugh. The holy knight detected his girlfriend's attempt at dry humour in this grim situation. "It's weird...just when we find each other, fate decides to throw a monkey wrench and force us apart. I don't know if I can deal with losing another person I cared a lot about. First...my dad..." A part of her wanted to cry all of this pain out.

'So that's why she was so cold. She must have lost her father...and she wasn't sure how to deal with it so she bottled up her emotions...' Gallantmon gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "I don't know exactly what happened in the past but bottling up your emotions and becoming a hollow warrior won't solve anything. If you did that, you would be shutting out your heart. And a warrior who fights without a heart is doomed to fight meaningless battles."

Sakuyamon glanced over at the holy knight behind her. "Geez, when did you become so philosophical, goggle head?" Gallantmon gave a laugh. "I guess it came naturally when I became a holy knight and all...Sakuyamon, I want you to promise me that no matter what happens that you will always fight with your heart."

"But I don't understand about this whole fighting with the heart works. Fighting with your emotions...fighting passionately doesn't-" The holy knight placed a gentle finger on her lips to silence her. "When one fights with a heart and soul, that person displays the type of character they are. When I saw you fight earlier, you displayed the character of a heartless soldier but I know that you're better than that. If you fight with your heart, you'll show everyone that you're a beautiful and graceful warrior with a bad attitude. And that'll make me feel deliriously happy knowing that you love me."

The shaman Digimon remained silent for a few moments before giving a reply to his previous inquiry. "Alright...I promise that I'll always fight with my heart." A small sly smile came to her lips as she loosely wrapped her arms around the holy knight's neck. "Does being romantic also come naturally as a holy knight?" Gallantmon was at a loss for words in response to his girlfriend's teasing. "Uh...I...um...ah..."

"Aw, man!! The guy's practically a superfly!! This is madness..." Megagargomon focused his aim before unleashing another attack. "Mega Barrage!!" Shadowgallantmon started flying towards them and weaved in and out of the missiles. (AN: Kind of like when Wing Gundam manoeuvred through those shots in the opening theme) Acting purely on martial arts instincts, the machine Digimon raised an arm to try and block Shadowgallantmon. The next thing he knew, he was sailing in the air after the dark knight had counterattacked. He frantically flailed his arms to gain some control before crashing inches before Gallantmon and Sakuyamon.

An annoyed look made its way to the vaccine mega's face. "Hey, loverbirds...do you mind giving me a hand here?!?" The holy knight knelt down by his friend. "You can sit this one out for now, Henry. We can take it from here." With that said, he was flying off towards battle beside Sakuyamon.

Henry wanted to just get a bit of time to stop the ringing in his head when out of the blue, Terriermon started talking. "Oh, my...did you see the way they were looking at each other, Henry? It was majorly deep, man. That's a lot of love coming from those two. I swear, if they're not going at it like rabbits by the time-" The boy cut his partner off. "Terriermon, has it ever occurred to you that NOBODY CARES?!?!?"

As the two megas flew closer to their target, they each charged up their attacks. Shadowgallantmon simply hovered in the air, waiting for them. "Royal Sabre!!" "Fox Drive!!" The two energy blasts came straight towards the dark knight but he simply folded his arms inward and swung them out, deflecting the attacks. "Time to play..."

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'Damn it!! I should have kept my eyes on them more carefully!! Perhaps I should have sent out my partners to do this. They would have been more suitable...' The boy's gaze rested upon the endless dark waters before him. He had tried to follow the other boy and his Digimon to a portal out of this place but after they went over a ridge, they simply disappeared. 'What is the significance of this place? It has some characteristics of the digital world but yet it is not. It's too dark to be the digital world.'

"See? I told you that guy was following us! There's something about him I don't like...we should take him out." Ryo could feel that inside Cyberdramon somewhere, Monodramon was crowing like there was no tomorrow. The other boy standing near the water had white hair and blue eyes. He wore a white t-shirt and black pants with bandages covering his arms along with a pair of watches, one for each wrist. A small hankerchief was wrapped around his neck, similar to Ryo's.

"If I had wanted to, I could have ordered my Digimon to ambush you." Ryo and Cyberdramon gave a start when they heard the eerie tone of the other boy. Cyberdramon gave a growl. "We've never seen you here before...who are you? How did you get here in the first place?"

"I could ask the same thing but why waste each other's time with meaningless questions? The more pressing matter is how to get out. I've checked various regions of this plane and I can confirm that there are no gateways of escape." Ryo gave a groan, knowing that the plan had just gone out the window. "I guess we better get back to the digital world, Cyberdramon. The Sovereigns aren't going to be very happy about this development."

The other boy's eyes widened. "You mean you can return to your original dimension?!? How is this possible?!?" Ryo took out his Digivice and pressed a button. A beam shot out of it, forming a Digi Gnome. "That little guy is kind of an anchor. He can create a return vortex but it's kind of unstable. Only about two or three beings can go through before it shuts down."

As the vortex started to open bit by bit, the boy could feel freedom, something that he did not have for a long time. And there was no way that other boy is going through with his Digimon. "Ogremon!! Devimon!!" The two champion Digimon appeared out of nowhere, startling Ryo and Cyberdramon. "What?! He has two partners?!?"

The boy concentrated before punching his fists together. The screens on his watches were shining with light. "DNA Digivolve!!!" Ryo gave a start. 'Those weren't watches!! Those are Digivices!!' He prepared to grab a card as Devimon and Ogremon fused to become Skullsatamon. Cyberdramon gave a grin. "Okay, big boy. Show me what you got!"

"Just what do you think you're doing?!?" The other boy gave a dark smile. "I've been stuck here in this hellhole for too long. I want out and your portal is the only escape route available! Skullsatamon, attack!!" Ryo whipped out a card. "Digi Modify!! Power Activate!!" Cyberdramon glowed briefly as the card's effect strengthened him. "Erase Claw!!" Skullsatamon leapt out of the way before Cyberdramon's Erase Claw hit him.

Ryo quickly scanned his opponent's Digimon. "This guy is an ultimate level, virus type. Specialty attack is Nail Bone. Since he's a demon, he may be..." The boy took out his pack which contained the powerful Goliath cards. (AN: I mentioned this before WAY back in chapter 23 that I will refer to King Device as Goliath King, etc.) "Let's hope this works! Digi Modify!! Goliath Bishop Activate!!" Cyberdramon felt a small surge of holy power. "Nail Bone!!" Cyberdramon dodged the attack and delivered a powerful punch. Skullsatamon staggered back, dizzy.

"Rise to your maximum level, Skullsatamon!!" The boy placed his wrists in a position where both Digivices were touching each other. Skullsatamon felt a new power emerging from within. "Skullsatamon digivolved to..." His size shrunk as dark, grey skin replaced the orange and black. One golden eye appeared at the top of his head. In his palms were two more golden eyes. Red wings appeared on the back. The staff he had as Skullsatamon disappeared as well. "...Ghoulmon!!"

Statistics popped out from Ryo's Digivice. "Ghoulmon, mega Digimon, virus type. Specialty attacks are Death Arrow and Explosion Eye!!" (AN: Original Japanese name is Deathmon) Cyberdramon growled as he fired another Erase Claw. Ghoulmon placed his palms outward. "Explosion Eye!!" The eyeballs fired from the palms and cut through the attack. Cyberdramon tried to get out of the way but the eyeballs exploded in front of him.

"Cyberdramon!!" Ryo searched for another card to help his partner. The other boy took this opportunity to make a run for the portal. "Ghoulmon, forget about them!! We have to escape now!!" The mega Digimon formed another pair of eyeballs before following his partner through the vortex. Before Ryo and Cyberdramon knew it, the portal closed as soon as the other boy and his Digimon got through. "Crap..."

The vortex opened in another area of the digital world in Zhuqiaomon's realm. A moment later, a white haired boy and his Digimon tumbled out. He looked around at his new surroundings. Before him, several large clocks were ticking in front of him. "Neo...we've escaped," stated Ghoulmon in a monotone. Neo Saiba gave a dark grin. "Daemon, Taichi, Zero...watch yourselves. I am coming for you..."

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Somewhere else in the digital world, the four Digimon Sovereigns had reunited with their status on the Dark Spore situation. "I've been able to confirm that all of the Spores have dissipated in both worlds in my realm," stated Baihumon. Ebonwumon gave a small sigh of relief. "Good. I've got Lord MagnaAngemon and Taichi working on the problem in their respective areas. How about you, Azulongmon?"

The dragon Digimon had a grave look in his eyes. "Most of the spores had disintegrated but at least two of them fell into dark hands. I can feel it. And there are a few spores unaccounted for. Who knows where they could have gone..." Ebonwumon's heads both gave frowns. "I think I know where they might have went."

Zhuqiaomon looked at the vaccine mega. "What are you talking about? There are only four realms in which the unaccounted spores could have landed." The turtle Digimon's expression did not change. "It is not as easy as that, my friend. Our four dimensions comprise one plane of existence only."

"What do you mean one plane of existence?" asked Baihumon. Ebonwumon paused. "I'm not entirely sure how to explain this properly but...for each event, there are several courses of action. Our reality is determined by the decisions taken. However, since there are other possibilities that exist for that event, those possibilities will exist as alternate quantum planes of existence. Like for instance...the Digital Revolution may have already occurred in one plane while a human versus Digimon war may have broken out in another. There may be planes of existence where Digimon far superior to us exist..."

Azulongmon narrowed his eyes. "And you're saying that the Dark Spores can cross the barriers between quantum planes? Why not Millenniumon or us for that matter?" Ebonwumon had a small grim look on one face. "Actually, Millenniumon can cross the barriers between quantum planes but only in one of his more advanced forms. The energy required to open a gateway between quantum planes is tenfold that of the energy needed to cross realms. Our energy levels are nowhere near that...but enough of the spores. We should concentrate on-"

The turtle Digimon stopped speaking as he felt a wind blow on the leaves of his tree. "I do believe that Ryo has opened the return vortex...but someone else is coming through. Someone familiar..." "Does this person pose a threat?" asked the viral phoenix. Ebonwumon shook both of his heads. "At this moment, Zhuqiaomon, he is not a concern. But after the current crisis has been dealt with, we should confront him. There are some unresolved issues that must be faced."

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Shakkoumon fired another Justice Beam at the creatures. "This is nuts!! What did Millenniumon do?!? Buy these guys by the thousands?!?" Omnimon deflected an energy attack before countering with his Garuru Cannon. "How many of these are there? I want to try and help our friends against the dark knight."

"They should be fine. There's strength in numbers and Shadowgallantmon's outnumbered three to one," stated Silphymon. "True...but he has proven to be a skillful warrior as well as a cunning adversary. In addition, I believe that he may be more than they can handle because I sensing that a change has occurred. A change which has benefitted him and spells trouble for us..." Imperialdramon stopped talking as soon as he noticed that for some reason, the creatures had stopped their attack.

"Ken!! Snap out of this! You're really starting to freak me out, man!!" Davis shook Ken but it didn't do too much good. He was shivering uncontrollably, murmuring something. The other Digidestined couldn't make out what he was saying. Cody crossed his arms. "I thought that his trauma would subside once Millenniumon was destroyed. I wonder why he is still acting this way."

'Just how is Shadowgallantmon able to attack so fiercely without breaking a sweat?' Megagargomon slowly sat up as he saw the dark knight engaged in battle with Gallantmon and Sakuyamon. He kept furiously attacking with his lance and his shield. (AN: Kind of like Goku fighting two of Dr. Wheeler's henchmen) Gallantmon and Sakuyamon were unable to make any decent counterattack as the dark knight left little opportunity to do so.

Readings started popping up on Henry's sensors. "Wait a minute...everytime he goes in to attack, there's a spike in the space-time continuum! It's like he's placing himself in a state of hypertime!! He's just fighting at normal speed but in our time, it's like he's a speed demon!" Terriermon's voice popped out of nowhere. "Talk about cheating!! Let's get him!!"

"Hold on a second. Maybe we can catch him off guard or something...I just hope this works!" Megagargomon willed himself to fire a few missiles from the cannons around his right wrist but rather than flying straight towards Shadowgallantmon, the missiles plowed their way underneath the ground. "Delayed explosion...impressive," stated Terriermon.

Gallantmon and Sakuyamon had to flip backwards to try and regroup their efforts. Shadowgallantmon started running at them, with his lance prepared to strike. "Ready or not, here I come!!" Just as he was about to reach them, the ground from underneath exploded, forcing him to jump up and land in an escape roll. The dark knight's opponents took advantage of this lapse in concentration. Gallantmon charged towards his dark twin but Shadowgallantmon dodged out of the way and spun to make a counterattack. (AN: Think Wolverine VS Sabretooth, X-Men Evolution opening theme) "Obsidian Lance!!"

Before he could strike, someone came up from behind to make a sneak attack. He raised his shield to block the attack. Sakuyamon quickly dropped to make a foot sweep. The dark knight swore as he tried to make an aerial recovery but Sakuyamon had already sent him flying back with a strong roundhouse kick. "Mega Barrage!!" Missiles were flying towards the dark knight. He quickly concentrated to activate his newfound power as he rolled backwards to make a landing. Although it worked, some of the missiles detonated in front of his face, dealing a considerable amount of damage. Megagargomon was up and well rested. "I'm back and fully charged!!"

Gallantmon was having some difficulty in getting up. "Alright...we got him on the defensive. Now it's time to finish this!" Before the trio could attack, they heard shouts of warning coming from their friends. They looked up to see all of the mysterious creatures that the Digidestined had been fighting gathering up. Slowly, they changed into a red liquid form.

"What in the...?" The red liquid started to shape itself into an oddly shaped diamond. It started to solidify to form a blue crystal with streaks of red. Then a dark mist started to form inside the crystal. It grew larger until it occupied the centre. Other than having two heads with a pair of red eyes each, there was nothing else. He was about three quarters the size of Millenniumon. Then the being spoke in a hauntingly familiar voice. "Hi kiddies!! Did you miss me?!?" A maniacal laugh echoed throughout the air.

Ken's eyes widened in horror. "It's...h-him. He c-c-came b-back...Millenniumon's back..." The other Digidestined had equally shocked looks on their faces. Even Shadowgallantmon felt uneasy standing in front of this new being. Sakuyamon looked up statistics on Millenniumon's new form before speaking. "I guess the big jackpot question today would be...how do you destroy a God?"


You knew he was going to be coming the second I mentioned Millenniumon. I'm not totally sure about how this whole Moon=Millenniumon name works so I may have to come up with a similar but more practical name. Anyways, I'm officially declaring that the V-Tamer comic will be entering the crossover frenzy in the sequel. I'm only setting some things up here with Neo and all. Another thing...I will not put Ranma in this. This is a Digimon story, Peter, so tough luck. But with the spores in different quantum planes, there's room for a few spinoff series. If anyone has a great idea for a story and wants to put it up, go for it. Just make sure you credit me or something. As for Gallantmon Crimson Mode, I already planned things out in the end. I can't squeeze him in here but he will get feature time in the sequel. Besides, there's someone else I have in mind. And Ken is not bio-merging with anything, alright? Alex, I'll send you a message later or something with my e-mail address, alright? I think that's everything...I'll have to slow down for a bit until the end of June when exams are over. Later!