Digimon: Digital Monsters: Battle to Save the Dimensional Plane
The Waters of Darkness Return
"Look at it all, Kimeramon," said Daemon as he stood on the top of the Statue of Liberty's middle point of her crown. Kimeramon was flying just in front and to the left of Daemon, his eyes taking in the giant city of New York. "A whole world of children to gather pure energy from, and it's all ours." Kimeramon let out a low growl, nodding in agreement. Suddenly, a slight beeping noise sounded from Daemon's hand. He opened it, revealing a small portable TV screen. The image flickered a few times as the picture came into focus, revealing a Gazimon.
Digimon Analyzer (Veemon's Voice)
Gazimon may look like harmless bunny rabbits, but you won't think that when you get shocked by their Electric Stun Blast.
"Master Daemon. I've found the digimon you wanted. What's your command?" asked the Gazimon.
"Send him through the nearest Digi Port you can find that leads to New York. I think that the one named Kari will enjoy meeting him," said Daemon.
"Yes sir," said the Gazimon, giving a salute as the picture faded out.
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"This is delicious!" said a small plant digimon as she took a bite of an egg sandwich. She munched on it, then swallowed it. "You're getting very good at cooking, Mimi." A 17 year old girl with pink colored hair turned around from her place at the stove and gave the digimon a smile.
"Why thank you Palmon," said Mimi as she took another egg out of the carton and broke it over the pan, the egg yolk falling into the skillet. Palmon returned to eating her egg sandwich when a loud explosion sounded from outside, shaking the whole apartment building. Mimi fell to the floor, as did Palmon. Then the shaking stopped, leaving them in total silence.
"What was that Mimi?" asked Palmon as she stood up.
"I don't know Palmon," said Mimi as she stood up. The two of them walked over to the window and looked outside. Being on the twentieth floor had its advantages at times as they saw the massive form of Kimeramon sail past the window, smashing a billboard of the top of the building across the street with his tail.
"What's going on?" asked Palmon, stunned to see the giant digimon.
"Who is that Palmon?" asked Mimi.
"I know who it is, but I can't believe it's him," said Palmon.
"Why's that?" asked Mimi.
"That's Kimeramon. He's the digimon that Ken created out of other digimon when he was the Digimon Emperor," said Palmon. "But what's he doing here? Veemon destroyed him."
"I don't know, but we've got to stop him," said Mimi. Palmon nodded as Mimi ran into her room and snatched up her digivice and cell phone. Two minutes later, they were out on the street, Kimeramon busy destroying an abandoned office complex a few blocks down.
"Palmon, you try and hold him off. I'll call Michael and then E-mail Davis and the others. We'll need all the help we can get," said Mimi as she raised her cell phone up to her ear.
"Okay," said Palmon as she took off down the street. "Palmon, digivolve to…Togemon!" she cried as she digivolved into a giant cactus with boxing gloves.
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"So what are we going to do today, Michael?" asked Betamon as he jumped up onto the kitchen table. Michael walked over to the fridge and took out a carton of milk. He then grabbed two cups and poured them each a glass of milk.
"Well, for starters, I think a good breakfast would be in order," said Michael as he put a straw in Betamon's cup.
"That sounds like a good idea," said Betamon as he took a drink of his milk. As Michael raised his glass to take a drink, the phone rang. Putting down his cup, he went over and took the phone off the receiver.
"Hello…Oh hi Mimi…Yeah, Betamon's with me…What for…Okay, we'll be right there!" cried Michael as he hung up the phone. Betamon looked over at Michael.
"Something wrong?" asked Betamon.
"Mimi and Palmon are fighting a digimon and they need some help," said Michael as he slipped on his shoes. Betamon jumped down off the table and bounded after Michael as he ran out the door. "I think we could use a little transportation." Betamon nodded as he jumped into the air.
"Betamon, digivolve to…Seadramon!" cried Betamon as he digivolved into a giant sea serpent.
Digimon Analyzer (Michael's Voice)
Seadramon is a giant sea serpent digimon that can chill out his opponents with his Ice Blast attack.
Seadramon bent his head down and Michael climbed onto his head. Seadramon then took off down the street, his body hovering a few meters above the ground.
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Meanwhile, the other children had returned to the Real World and were now enroute to New York after receiving Mimi's E-mail telling them that Kimeramon was in her part of town, wreaking everything in sight. It would take them about fifteen minutes to reach New York from Japan, even with Imperialdramon's speed, so the others were spending their time trying to not to worry about the problems Kimeramon was probably causing. Tai and Matt were busy catching up on old times, while Sora and Yolie talked about cute boys. Kari and TK were playing 20 questions with Davis and Agumon, which was more of a one-sided event for Kari and TK. Cody was busy trying to teach Joe some lessons in Kendo, while Izzy and Ken were busy on Izzy's laptop, checking up on all the news reports to see if there was anything about Kimeramon in New York.
"Is it a banana?" asked Agumon as he tried to guess what Kari and TK were thinking of.
"A banana!?" cried Davis as he looked over at Agumon. "Agumon, a banana isn't purple, it's yellow!"
"But the ones in the Digital World are purple," said Agumon. All the other digimon that had gathered in the middle of Imperialdramon's back laughed at Agumon's comment. Except BlackGatomon, who only smiled weakly. Gatomon got up and walked over to her viral counterpart, sitting down next to her.
"Are you okay?" asked Gatomon, looking worriedly at BlackGatomon. BlackGatomon sighed as she got down on all fours and sat.
"Yeah, I'm just a little nervous. I'm not used to being around such nice digimon for a change. Most of the digimon I've lived with the past few years have either ignored me or treated me with no respect," said BlackGatomon, smiling as she saw the happy expressions on their faces.
"Don't worry," said Gatomon, lying down next to her. "I was once a new member of this team after helping out an evil digimon called Myotismon. I turned on him after I found out that I was Kari's partner."
"Myotismon? I remember hearing Impmon talk about him. He sounded really nasty," said BlackGatomon. The two of them got up and started walking off towards Kari, still talking to one another.
"What do you think those two are talking about?" asked Patamon as he looked over at the two feline digimon.
"Probably just cat talk," said Gomamon. "After all, I talk with fish all the time."
"I'll bet that they become good friends," said Armadillomon. "Now who wants to play a nice game of checkers?"
"Well, we can use these coins as pieces, but what are we going to use as a board?" asked Hawkmon.
"We can use my shell as the board," said Armadillomon, sitting down in the middle of the group.
"Just a few more minutes everyone," said Imperialdramon as they crossed over the last of the Great Lakes of the United States.
"Prodigious!" cried Izzy. The others looked over at Izzy and Ken as Izzy quickly typed away at the keyboard.
"What is it Izzy?" asked Tai as they joined him.
"We've got mail from Genni," said Izzy as he clicked his mouse on the mail button. A picture of Genni appeared on the screen.
"Good to see you all again," said Genni.
"It's good to see you too," said Izzy.
"I know that you're all wanting to hear some good news, and for once I have some. I need the original Digidestined to hold their digivices up to the screen," said Genni. Everyone put their digivices up close to the screen as they started to flash brightly. Then eight beams of light shot out of the laptop, each one landing in a separate kid's hand. The eighth one shot off somewhere in the direction Imperialdramon was heading, disappearing into the horizon. When the light died down, they each held up a necklace like object.
"You mean…" started Tai.
"Yes. I was able to get your tags and crests back, so now your digimon should be able to digivolve to their highest levels now," said Genni. "Daemon and Kimeramon must be stopped. The more pure energy Kimeramon collects, the stronger he'll become. And unless Daemon is stopped, the risk will always remain."
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"Heat Viper!" cried Kimeramon as he breathed a blast of green fire, burning down a small two story building as he flew by overhead. Meanwhile, Togemon had raced on ahead of Kimeramon wad was waiting for him behind a five story office building. Togemon took a peek out to see the giant digimon blast another small building to ashes with his Heat Viper attack.
"This is going to get ugly," said Togemon under her breath. Just then, Kimeramon flew past the office building. Togemon leaped up towards Kimeramon, pulling back her fist.
"Light Speed Jabbing!" she cried. Kimeramon turned towards the sound of her voice with a confused growl just before Togemon connected with a powerful uppercut, knocking his head to the side, then unloading a rapid barrage of punches. But she only managed to land about ten punches before the left Devimon arm knocked her off and to the pavement below.
"Togemon!" cried Mimi, who at this point was just now running around the corner of the street to see the two digimon fighting. Kimeramon let out a loud roar as he brought his foot down, Togemon just barely rolling out from under the foot. She quickly got back to her feet and jumped back ten meters.
"Needle Spray!" she cried, shooting hundreds of her needles at Kimeramon. Unfortunately, the needles bounced off harmlessly. Kimeramon let out a low growl as he looked down at Togemon.
"Heat Viper!" he cried, his mouth opening up to blast Togemon.
"Ice Blast!" cried a second voice as a huge icicle slammed into Kimeramon's head, knocking his Heat Viper off target, the attack instead destroying the office building Togemon had been hiding behind. Seadramon flew into the street, wrapped his tail around Togemon, and took off down the street. Kimeramon let out a loud roar as he started to give chase. Seadramon glanced back at Kimeramon, who was gaining fast on him. He quickly turned down a small alley that was just big enough to allow the thin bodies of Togemon and himself to slip through. Kimeramon roared loudly as he tried to give chase, only to crash into the buildings, entangling himself in some electrical wires that were hanging in-between the buildings. Seadramon took this advantage to exit the alley and escape down the street.
"Good timing," said Mimi from atop Seadramon's head.
"I always like to make an entrance," said Michael as Seadramon slipped down another street. Suddenly, they saw a blast of green fire shoot into the sky. Seadramon stopped and looked back over at the blast as it disappeared into the sky.
"Looks like our little playmate's free. Now what?" asked Seadramon as he put Togemon back down on the street and let Mimi and Michael off his head onto an overhead walkway.
"I don't know. He's just too strong for you guys to fight," said Mimi. Suddenly, a ray of green light burst forth from the sky and landed in Mimi's hand. It glowed softly for a few seconds before taking the shape of a necklace like object.
"What is that?" asked Michael. Mimi smiled as she took a good look at it.
"The Crest of Sincerity!" she cried. Suddenly, Kimeramon burst from in-between two buildings a short distance down the street. Mimi frowned as she looked down at Togemon. "It's time to bloom, my friend." Mimi's digivice suddenly glowed bright green as a ray of white light shot from the digivice and hit Togemon.
"Togemon, digivolve to…!" cried Togemon as yellow light blasted from her eyes and mouth. Then a flower burst forth from atop her head and opened up, a child sized fairy with four leaf wings flying out of the flower. "Lillymon!"
"Lillymon! Show him he can't mess with New York and get away with it!" shouted Mimi to Lillymon.
"You bet! Let's go Seadramon!" cried Lillymon as she and Seadramon flew towards Kimeramon.
"Heat Viper!" cried Kimeramon, firing a blast of green fire at the two digimon. Lillymon flew above the blast while Seadramon dodged to the left. As she flew above Kimeramon, Lillymon put her hands together.
"Flower Cannon!" cried Lillymon, her hands morphing into a flower that fired a blast of green energy at Kimeramon.
"Ice Blast!" cried Seadramon, breathing a giant icicle at Kimeramon. Both attacks slammed into Kimeramon's body, knocking the giant digimon back into the side of a building, Kimeramon roaring loudly in anger. The attacks only did a little bit of damage to Kimeramon, making him more mad than anything else.
"That can't be good," said Michael. Kimeramon flew forward and punched Seadramon in the face with his SkullGreymon arm, knocking the giant sea dragon to the hard pavement of the street. Lillymon tried to fly away, but Kimeramon managed to grasp her in his Kuwagamon arm.
"Lillymon!" cried Mimi. Now what were they going to do? Seadramon was unable to fight at the moment, and now Kimeramon had Lillymon. Kimeramon let out a loud roar as he flung Lillymon to the pavement, her form changing back into that of Palmon. "Oh no, Palmon!"
"Heat Viper!" cried Kimeramon as his mouth opened up. Mimi gasped in horror and turned away. She couldn't bear to watch her partner and best friend be deleted.
"Not today, you spare part digimon!" cried a voice. Kimeramon closed his mouth and looked behind him, only to be given a double kick in the face by Greymon. Kimeramon fell back to the ground as Greymon landed next to Palmon.
"Are you okay?" asked Greymon as he looked down at his small plant friend.
"Yeah, just a little exhausted," answered Palmon.
"Greymon? Then that means…"said Mimi, looking up just in time to see Imperialdramon fly by overhead and land behind them.
"Last stop, New York city! Everyone please exit to your right," said Imperialdramon as the force field that held the others on his back placed them on the ground. Imperialdramon then started to glow yellow as he shrank back into the forms of Veemon and Wormmon.
"Phew!" said Veemon, wiping his forehead. "I hope I don't have to fly that fast again anytime soon."
"I'll second that," said Wormmon. By now Kimeramon was back on his feet and had locked his two lower arms with Greymon's arms as Greymon tried to overpower Kimeramon. But unfortunately for them, Kimeramon was way too strong for Greymon to be able to hold him off for more than a few seconds as Kimeramon lifted him up into the air and tossed him over to the just now waking Seadramon.
"I think it's time to give this digital Frankinstein a taste of his own medicine," said Tai.
"Let's do it guys!" cried Gatomon as she leapt forward, all the others except Veemon, Wormmon, Impmon, and BlackGatomon following in her wake as they digivolved into their Champion forms.
"Lightning Paw!" cried Gatomon, punching Kimeramon in head, then getting knocked to the ground by the SkullGreymon arm.
"Howling Blaster!" cried Garurumon, firing a blast of blue sonic energy at Kimeramon. The blast hit him square in the chest, but didn't seem to have any effect.
"Meteor Wing!" cried Birdramon, releasing several fireballs from her fiery wings.
"Fox Tail Inferno!" cried Kyubimon, launching several blue flames from the tips of her tails.
"Electro Shocker!" cried Kabuterimon, sending a blast of purple electric energy towards Kimeramon. All three attacks slammed into the giant digimon, who let out an angry roar. He was getting very annoyed with these digimon. They were nowhere near strong enough to hurt him very much, but those attacks did sting a little.
"Heat Viper!" cried Kimeramon, firing a blast of green fire at the two airborne digimon. Birdramon and Kabuterimon both dodged separate ways, just barely missing the attack.
"Pyro Blaster!" cried Growlmon, breathing a blast of fire at Kimeramon.
"Gargo Laser!" cried Gargomon, firing several rounds of ammo at Kimeramon.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" cried Ikkakumon, launching two missiles from his head.
"Blast Rings!" cried Aquilamon, firing several energy rings from his mouth. All four attacks nailed Kimeramon in the head, momentarily blinding him.
"Now's our chance!" cried Cody when he saw Kimeramon's lack of sight.
"Tail Hammer!" cried Ankylomon, whipping his tail around and knocking Kimeramon's feet out from underneath him.
"Nova Blast!" cried Greymon, breathing a giant ball of fire.
"Ice Blast!" cried Seadramon as he fired a giant icicle at Kimeramon.
"Hand of Fate!" cried Angemon, firing a blast of light at Kimeramon. All three attacks slammed into Kimeramon, engulfing the giant digimon.
"I think we got him," said Tai as they looked at the now motionless Kimeramon as the smoke cleared. Suddenly, they heard a clapping sound. Everyone looked up to see Daemon standing on top of a nearby building, applauding.
"Well done, Digidestined and Tamers. You have proven to be worthy opponents," said Daemon.
"You come down here and we'll show you just how worthy we are!' shouted Veemon. Daemon just laughed.
"Ah Veemon. Always the one to shot off his mouth. I know you think you've won, but think again," said Daemon as he snapped his fingers together. Suddenly, the whole area began to shake.
"What's going on?" cried TK as he caught Kari before she could fall.
"I don't know, but I'll check it out," said Angemon. He then flew up and looked around the area. Then his mouth fell open at the sight he saw. Coming out of the ocean was the biggest digimon he had ever seen. It had to be even bigger than Devimon was during their final battle against him six years ago. Angemon quickly flew back down to warn the others.
"That's just great. We solve one problem and end up with a bigger one," said Davis. Suddenly, Kari suddenly heard a strange voice in her head.
"Kaaarrriiii… We told you he'd come for you…," said the voice. She suddenly gasped. She had heard that voice before. In her nightmares two years ago. "Kaaarrriiii…We knew he'd find you eventually…"
"No…," she whispered to herself as she took a couple of steps back. "It can't be…Not again!" She then cried out and fell to her knees, grasping her head with her eyes closed. Everyone looked over to see Kari shaking in fear.
"Kari, what's wrong?" asked Tai as he bent down next to his sister. Kari couldn't move, she could only tremble as the voice returned.
"Kaaarrrriiii…The time has come…you must help us…," said the voice.
"NO!" cried Kari as she knelt even closer to the ground.
"What is it? What's wrong?" cried Tai, getting worried. Kari opened her eyes slowly only to find herself looking at an endless amount of water. Sweat ran down her face as she shook her head.
"No! I won't go back!" she cried out.
"Tai. What's wrong with Kari?" asked Greymon as he bent over to get a better look at what was going on.
"I don't know Greymon," said Tai. As the kids and their digimon had their attention focused on Kari, Kimeramon, who had only been stunned by the digimon's attacks against him, slowly got to his feet and flew off silently after Daemon, the two of them leaving the kids behind.
"Maybe I can help," said BlackGatomon, stepping forward through the crowd. She knelt down and started to examine Kari, who was shaking with fear, her eyes closed and her hands grasping her head.
"What's wrong with her?" asked Gatomon, her voice full of worry. BlackGatomon looked up from her examination, her face giving the impression that whatever was going on wasn't good.
"I can sense some kind of dark energy field around her, but I don't know what's causing it," said BlackGatomon.
"No…no…get away from me…no…Scubamon…leave me alone!" cried Kari. TK's head suddenly snapped up right.
"Wait a second! The Dark Ocean!" he cried. "That's what's going on! The digimon that pulled her into their dimension two years ago are trying to do it again!" Ken's face scowled when he heard this.
"The Dark Ocean…it has to be those Scubamon I saw there," said Ken. Suddenly, a loud crash sounded from near the coast line. Everyone looked over to see a giant cloud of dust float up into the air.
"Great! That digimon is going to wreak the city unless we stop it," said Takato. Tai nodded in agreement as he lifted his tag and crest up to his chest.
"I agree. We have to stop that digimon first. Ready Greymon?" asked Tai, looking up at the dinosaur digimon.
"You bet!" cried Greymon as Tai's digivice started to glow a bright orange, a ray of light blasting from it and enveloping Greymon. "Greymon, digivolve to…!" he cried as yellow light traced down his left arm, changing it to metal. Then the light traced down the hard shell on his head, changing it into metal as well. Then six purple wings sprouted from his back. "MetalGreymon!"
"Time to howl my friend," said Matt as his digivice started to glow a bright blue, blasting a ray of white light that enveloped Garurumon.
"Garurumon, digivolve to…!" cried Garurumon as his body became erect like a human, his front paws becoming hands. A pair of pants appeared on his legs and denim lined his right arm. "WereGarurumon!"
"Be careful Birdramon," said Sora.
"I will. Don't worry Sora," said Birdramon as Sora's digivice started to glow a bright red color, letting loose a ray of light that enveloped Birdramon. "Birdramon, digivolve to…!" she cried as flames engulfed her body, transforming her into a giant humanoid bird with a pair of red wings with yellow tips and red hair done up in braids flowing down the back of her hair. "Garudamon!"
"As I always say, knowledge is power," said Izzy to Kabuterimon as his digivice began to glow a bright purple color, a ray of white light enveloping Kabuterimon.
"Kabuterimon, digivolve to…!" cried Kabuterimon as green light shot up his head and over his horn, covering it in a hard maroon exoskeleton. Then his arms were covered by the exoskeleton, and then finally his wings retraced behind a large beetle shell that appeared on his back. "MegaKabuterimon!"
"Time to get to work," said Joe as his digivice turned a light black color, a blast of light enveloping Ikkakumon.
"Ikkakumon, digivolve to…!" cried Ikkakumon as water enveloped his body, transforming him into a giant turtle-like creature with a furry face, two tusks, and a large razor-edged horn on his head. A bolt of lightning shot down from the sky and hit his hand, changing into a giant hammer. "Zudomon!"
"All right. Us older Digidestined will try and keep that digimon from getting to far inland. The rest of you try and help out Kari. We may need Angewomon's help in stopping this digimon," said Tai.
"Don't worry, Tai. You can count on us," said Takato.
"All right then. Let's go!" cried Tai as MetalGreymon scooped him up with his metal claw and placed Tai on his head. The other children boarded their digimon and set off towards the bay.
"What could be causing her to be so afraid?" asked Kyubimon.
"Maybe she's afraid of water?" said Growlmon.
"That's silly," said Gargomon.
"Actually, some people do have a fear of water, Gargomon," said Henry.
"Well, we can't help her as long as she's hysterical like this," said BlackGatomon. She opened her eyes wide, then squinted them. "Cat's Eye Hypnotism!" she cried, sending waves of hypnotic energy into Kari's open eyes. She continued to shake for a few seconds, then slumped into a sitting position, having fallen asleep.
"Now what?" asked Rika.
"Now we find out exactly what's wrong," said BlackGatomon.
"How do we do that?" asked Yolie.
"I know a little secret about how to read minds of those I use my Cat's Eye on," said BlackGatomon. She then closed her eyes and concentrated on Kari, sending her conscious into the young girl's mind. BlackGatomon cringed suddenly, making the others nervous.
"What is it?" asked Gatomon. BlackGatomon shook her head.
"I'm not sure. Her mind's totally jumbled right now. I can't really make out any of her thoughts," said BlackGatomon. She continued to push further into Kari's subconscious, trying to find the source of the dark energy radiating from within her.
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"So what's the plan Tai?" asked MetalGreymon as the digimon made their way towards the rampaging digimon.
"I'm not sure, MetalGreymon. Hey Izzy, what's your Digimon Analyzer say about this thing?" asked Tai. Izzy took his laptop out and started to type on it.
"Let's see here…" said Izzy as he brought up the digimon's file.
Digimon Analyzer (Izzy's Voice)
"He's called Dracomon. An Ultimate level virus type digimon that uses his Tentacle Claw attack to paralyze his enemies, then shred them to pieces."
"Sounds like one nasty jellyfish," said Zudomon as he ran along side WereGarurumon.
"Yeah. One that could easily stop all our bodily functions is mere seconds," said Izzy as he closed his laptop.
"Well then let's take him out before he takes us out," said MegaKabuterimon.
"All right Digidestined! Time to do things our way! Attack!" cried Tai as MetalGreymon, Garudamon, and MegaKabuterimon dove towards Dracomon from above. Down below them, Zudomon and WereGarurumon set themselves up to attack as well.
"Giga Blaster!" cried MetalGreymon, launching two missiles from his chest. The missiles soared down and slammed into Dracomon's head, knocking the giant digimon's head back slightly.
"Horn Buster!" cried MegaKabuterimon, firing a blast of electrical energy from his horn. The blast slammed into Dracomon's midsection, the giant digimon grabbing the spot with one arm.
"Wing Blade!" cried Garudamon, launching a fiery bird from her wings, which also slammed into Dracomon's chest.
"Vulcan's Hammer!" cried Zudomon as he leaped into the air and brought his hammer down onto Dracomon's left foot.
"Wolf Claw!" cried WereGarurumon, slashing the air as a double wave of red energy slashed across Dracomon's right leg. But Dracomon was barely fazed by the attacks as he continued inland.
"Well, that didn't go quite the way I planned," said Tai as MetalGreymon flew out of Dracomon's way as the giant digimon waded closer inland.
"You can say that again," said Sora.
"I must say, for being an Ultimate digimon, Dracomon is extremely powerful," said Izzy.
"I think we should think this through some more before we try anything else," said Joe.
"Good idea," said Matt.
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"Hang in their Kari," whispered Gatomon as BlackGatomon continued to push further into her thoughts.
"This is going to be tougher than I thought," said BlackGatomon's mind as she ran into another of Kari's mind blocks she had set up over the years. She had ran into several of these mental walls, and with each passage Kari's mind became more jumbled rather than getting clearer. "What has this girl gone through to be so afraid of her own memories?"
As BlackGatomon continued to probe deep into Kari's subconscious thoughts, the more she realized that the chances of finding what she needed to were growing dimmer.
END OF CHAPTER 7
This isn't good. Dracomon's almost in the city, and Kari's having some kind of mental breakdown. I sure hope BlackGatomon can figure out what's wrong before something serious happens to her. Not to mention, just how are the Digidestined going to stop Dracomon? To find out, tune into the next Digimon: Digital Monsters: Battle to Save the Dimensional Plane!
