Author's Notes: I've made a decision...I just can't use Moon=Millenniumon's original Japanese name. Since I don't really understand the Moon= part, I've come up with an alternate name. I've thought up of another theme song to go along with the story. "Here To Stay" by Korn to represent the arrival of the dark God.

Disclaimers: Digimon belongs to Fox, Saban, Toei Animation and whoever else owns it.

Beyond The Other Side - V 4.8

Yamaki re-examined the gigantic machine looming in front of him. "So this is the best your men could come up with? This isn't what I exactly had in mind. Once those nuisances bio-emerge...there's practically no way to predict the effects of military weapons on those creatures." The head engineer, Matohiro Ziosho, noticed the skeptical look in the other man's eyes.

"This is no ordinary piece of weaponry, Mr. Yamaki. With the amount of heat it's packing along with the Yuggoth program, this baby will pretty much solve your Digimon infestation problem." Yamaki gave a snort. "And how exactly would this solve my Digimon infestation problem? Juggernaut wasn't able to do much except doom mankind. I've got to find a solution to correct my error."

A small smile crept up to Matohiro's lips. "And you're looking at it, sir. Let me explain how we developed it...after you told us about our assignment, we started researching the history of artificial intelligence since that is the root of the problem. We weren't having much success until someone stumbled on to an old project which was experimenting with artificial intelligence in the form of monsters from the imaginations and stories of children. And as you know, Digimon became especially popular to children."

He paused for a moment. "We weren't really able to get too much information on who created it. Only a few nicknames like Tao and Dolphin. The data collected in the project was the key to creating what you see before you. You see...we found some schematics for something called an ark. Similar to Noah's Ark, it carried instructions so that the data could behave in a certain manner. We then started to think of ways to convert it into a weapon. It took us a while to understand the mechanics but we finally built an ark of our own. Everything appeared to be going well when we ran into the dilemma of transporting it here. No problem...we'll just have to make it come to us. From the Digimon computer game, we took the programming of various wild Digimon and modified a few algorithms here and there before installing it in the ark. Basically, the only thing it could think of was how to escape the digital world. Once it arrived, we directed it here. To be honest, sir, when you ripped open the portal, it made our jobs a bit easier."

Yamaki shot a dangerous look at the other man. "Why didn't you program it to scan for weaknesses in the digital world? Or better yet, why didn't you program it to self-destruct? At least you would have been able to take out a large portion of the digital world if what you're saying is true about the weaponry." Matohiro gave a small yawn.

"You wanted the backup project to get here as soon as possible. We just gave the ark the basics before transporting it here. In fact, I've finished rigging a self-destruct device. All you need to do is enter your authorization code. Not only will the ark self-destruct, the EM surge that it will send out should permanently disrupt any anomalous digital pattern."

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"Lunarmillenniumon, mega level, evil God Digimon. Virus type. In this advanced form, he can destroy a dimension using his revamped Dimension Destroyer attack in five minutes! His other attack is called Death Crystal in which he fires a crystal and when it hits his enemy, it encases the victim inside a crystal before shattering the nervous system!! He also has a barrier around him that nullifies energy attacks...some sort of dimensional rift that totally dissipates them completely before they hit. Physical attacks won't work too well as his shell is made out of something that's at least a hundred times stronger than chrome digizoid alloy!! Last, he has a short range telekinetic field, only about a hundred metres. He realized that his aim won't be as sharp when his enemies get close so with this field, he simply pushes them back before firing away..." As Henry finished reading out those statistics, Terriermon's voice popped up again. "Five megas and two ultimates against a God...we're all gonna die..." The boy looked up at the figure looming above them. "For once, you may be right."

Shadowgallantmon narrowed his blue eyes. "No wonder I wasn't able to upload the data. It was preparing to recompile into this form...now, I can find out what will happen when I upload the data of a God." He was about to fly over when a pair of giant hands caught him and squeezed hard enough to stop him momentarily. The dark knight looked straight into Megagargomon's face. "Oh no, you don't!! You've already caused enough trouble when you killed Millenniumon and allowed him to digivolve into this form!!"

The newly evolved Digimon allowed himself to soak in the feeling of absolute power. "Ahhhh...I must say, I owe you a debt of gratitude, Shadowgallantmon. I'll have to think of an appropriate reward..." He noticed a particular figure with a familiar energy reading. The amount of dark energy stored within was incredible...it may even be possible to advance to his final form. Lunarmillenniumon hovered closer to his target before using his telekinesis to lift Ken. "Well, well...what do we have here?"

Imperialdramon sprang into action as well as Omnimon. As soon as they got close, they were repelled by Lunarmillenniumon's telekinetic field. "W-What d-do you want f-from me?" asked the boy in a raspy voice. The dark God gave a chuckle. "Don't worry, Ichijoji...this will only last for a moment." Ken screamed as he felt the back of his neck burning.

Yolei gave a gasp. "What's happening to Ken?!? What is that...crystal thing doing to him?!?" Megagargomon's scanners zoomed in to see what was going on. "From what I can tell, Lunarmillenniumon is somehow extracting the original Dark Spore that infected Ken all those years ago!! With the amount of energy it's radiating, it would be a safe bet that Lunarmillenniumon has plans for it!!"

"Release me at once, you overgrown green tin can!!" The dark knight struggled even harder to get out. Megagargomon tried to hold on but Shadowgallantmon burst free and flew away. As he flew towards the dark God, he powered up his lance. "Try this on for size!!!" A large amount of dark energy was released but as soon as it hit the crystal, it dissipated into nothing. Lunarmillenniumon gave a small annoyed growl. "You know it's rude to interrupt someone when they're in the middle of something. I'll be with you in a moment. In the meantime, you can amuse yourself with these..."

As soon as he finished his sentence, an army of large creatures came out of nowhere. They felt similar to the other creatures that they had been fighting before but these guys appeared to be a whole lot stronger than their previous opponents. "I swear...this guy must know a place with a major bargain to get all of these oafs!" grumbled Shakkoumon. Imperialdramon was about to make another attempt to save Ken but found himself surrounded by several creatures. "I don't have time for this!!" He quickly charged up his weapon before firing.

A small black sphere emerged from the back of Ken's neck. It was radiating a red aura. "...and there we go!! See? I told you that it would be over before you know it!! Whoa...you have quite a bit of dark energy, don't you? This should be quite useful to me in the near future. As a reward, I've decided to give you a relaxing vacation on the beach!"

As Lunarmillenniumon spoke, a vortex appeared from behind him. As it widened, Kari recognized the disconfigurations in the colour of the other plane. Then it hit her. "It's the Dark Ocean!!" The other Digidestined gave simultaneous gasps. "The only catch is that this is a one way trip only!! Enjoy!!!" Lunarmillenniumon tossed Ken inside the vortex without a second thought.

"Ken!!!!" Imperialdramon slashed his way through the hordes of creatures and flew towards the vortex as fast as he could. Before he could reach it, several creatures came up from behind to restrain him. The vortex then closed right in front of Imperialdramon's eyes. "AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!" The mega Digimon gave a howl of pure rage before bursting free from his captors. "Positron Laser!!!" He fired at the dark God but the energy blast simply disappeared before hitting the target.

"This is it...if he could get Ken that easily, then any one of us could be next!! We're in over our heads, trying to fight this guy," muttered Cody. Davis clenched his fists. "Even with all this power...he's still a Digimon and he's probably still vulnerable to the...stuff that messes up Digimon!! Like that thing that happened just before Shadowgallantmon wasted Gallantmon!!"

Lunarmillenniumon turned his attention to the dark knight, who was in the midst of destroying his army. "Sorry to keep you waiting. What is it that you wanted to talk to me about that was so urgent?" Shadowgallantmon gave a sadistic grin underneath his helmet. "I intend to carry out a little experiment...what would happen if I uploaded the data of a so called God? I couldn't think of a good hypothesis so let's just get down to the actual experiment, shall we?"

The dark knight launched himself forward to attack the other mega Digimon. Lunarmillenniumon activated his telekinetic field but Shadowgallantmon kept on going. "Did you forget about my unique abilities already? That will be your downfall!! Obsidian Lance!!!" He shot his right arm forward and hit the crystal. 'No way...not even a dent!!'

Before he could try again, Lunarmillenniumon had already compensated for the additional space time flux and picked him up. "A noble effort but as you can see...well, now. You may not realize it but I too have a scientific curiosity. How about this...what would happen if an object smashed into the ground at the speed of sound?"

The dark God then proceeded to whip Shadowgallantmon into the ground. "Aaauuugghh!!!" Lunarmillenniumon heard a scream but it came from somewhere else. He found the source without a problem. It was a holy knight...a white and red counterpart. "What is this?" He picked up Shadowgallantmon and slammed him into the ground once more. Gallantmon collapsed to the ground in agony. "Takato!!" His friends tried to move towards him but too many creatures were blocking their way.

"Very curious indeed. Apparently, you two have a connection." Lunarmillenniumon lifted Shadowgallantmon and hovered closer to the other fallen Digimon. Within moments, he had two mega Digimon in front of him, unable to move because of a combination of pain and Lunarmillenniumon's telekinetic strength. The dark God dropped Gallantmon to the ground and observed no reaction from Shadowgallantmon. As he picked up the holy knight, he probed their memories. "I see your connection is only one way. Now it makes sense."

Gallantmon could barely lift his head to stare at the dark God in front of them. "Just what do...y-you mean by that...anyway?" Lunarmillenniumon gave a dark chuckle. "I suppose that I can allow a final request and explain things. In all sentient beings, a dark side exists within, containing all the thoughts, actions and thinking patterns that would be questionable by personal ethics established throughout one's life. Once in a while, that dark side needs to be expressed either as a thought or something else. For example...your friends. Rika has the Digimon Queen personality in which the desire to dominate expressed itself. Henry wanted to have someone suffer and then be killed because of the mistaken belief that she killed another. You generally don't express your dark side. You were almost always happy..."

"I think that's the last of them for now!! Let's save Gallantmon before it's too late!!" Sakuyamon started to fly towards the dark God when several dozen more creatures appeared in front of her. Megagargomon gave a sigh as he armed his cannons. "You were saying?" Sakuyamon gave a growl. "Outta my way!!!"

"You've never had to face any big problems and ethical challenges. Rika had to live her life without understanding her father while Henry had to practice discipline everyday in order to refrain himself from using his martial arts skills to gain superiority over others. But with you...life was pretty great. Loving parents, a good home, a romantic interest with the one called Jerri...if you did express your dark side in any manner, it wasn't enough. It wanted to be let out...it wanted to dominate. And when Blackwargrowlmon digivolved after absorbing that last control spire, the dark side of your essence went to him. This is where this whole connection comes in...the dark side is somewhat independent of the essence in whole. But since it originated from the essence, a part of it remained with the collective. Any pain experienced by it affected the whole but any pain experienced by the whole and the dark side feels nothing because of its independence."

Lunarmillenniumon tried to think of an analogy. "It works similarly to the Spirit Link, something I heard about in another dimension. Suppose we have a wizard. He summons some creature. As the creature came from his lifeforce in the first place, any damage dealt to the creature is felt by the wizard. But since the creature's own lifeforce is independent from that of the wizard, if the wizard gets hurt, the creature won't feel it at all. In a technical sense, Shadowgallantmon is a part of you, holy knight."

Gallantmon looked at the dark knight. "I don't believe this!! How can someone so cruel and evil be a part of me?!?" Lunarmillenniumon wasn't paying attention as he was trying to remember something. "Ah, yes!! In all of this excitement, I forgot to set the countdown to destroy this dimension! You know what? I think I'll let you two talk about this little revelation while I go make preparations!"

"Dammit!!!" Sakuyamon had to weave in and out before attacking. "This is getting us nowhere!! How can we shut these guys off all at once?" She noticed a brilliant flash of light in Lunarmillenniumon's direction and a figure flying towards her in freefall motion. Megagargomon quickly caught the knight in his hands. "What the...?" The knight's armour was flashing between white and black with the other garments flashing between red and blue. His blank eyes were flashing between yellow and blue.

Sakuyamon knelt down by her fallen comrade. "Do you have any idea what this means?" The vaccine mega shook his head. "I wish I knew. For all we know, there could be an epic battle going on within to see who gains full control of Takato's essence. The question is...who's going to win?"

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"Let's do this..." Matohiro gave a nod as he punched in the final launch sequence. Slowly, the powerful weapon came to life. As it rose into the air, Yamaki clutched the remote that would activate the detonation device. 'Grani...mythical war horse. You shall be the key to eradicating the Digimon threat once and for all.'

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'I...I'm alive...' That was the first thought to pop up in Ken Ichijoji's head when he started to regain consciousness. He could have sworn he was hearing distorted voices. 'What were those whispers?' The boy slowly opened his eyes to see a grey sky. He looked around and became horrified when he recognized the place.

'This is where it all happened...after I became sick with that thing hitting my neck, I came here. I changed my Digivice and became the Digimon Emperor. I guess this is my final punishment. To spend eternity in my own nightmare...' Ken heard a pair of footsteps come from behind him. He turned around to face two dark figures. One of them slowly came into view. "Ken, it's been a while," said the other boy with a twinkle in his blue eyes. Ken gave a gasp. "Ryo!!!"


Exams are going to suck up whatever time I have for at least a week so don't expect anything big to come out of me for a bit. I hope you aren't too disappointed with my new name for Moon=Millenniumon. Just an idea of what's cooking in my head for possible future Digimon stories outside this one...there's a Digimon card website that can be found at Megchan's Digimon Sekai with images of Japanese Digimon cards. When you get to the card index, check out the very last booster list on the far lower right. The very last card had a rather interesting picture. I think it's some sort of program card for holy knights or something. It's probably the only Tamers/Adventure crossover picture in existence but one never knows!