Digimon: Digital Monsters: Battle to Save the Dimensional Plane
The Light Within
Dragomon let out a loud roar as he smashed one of the harbor's main docks to pieces underneath his left foot. A few blocks in front of the giant digimon stood three Ultimate digimon, ready to defend the city of New York with their lives.
"Do you really think this will work?" asked MegaKabuterimon as he looked down at Izzy.
"I hope so. You just be ready to lead Dragomon towards Central Park," said Izzy.
"Get ready. Here he comes," said Zudomon as he watched Dragomon crush a residential complex underneath his feet.
"Attack!" cried Garudamon as she leapt into the air, soaring up next to Dragomon's head. "Wing Blade!" she cried as a firebird flew from her wings and slammed into Dragomon's face, engulfing it in smoke.
"Horn Buster!" cried MegaKabuterimon, firing a blast of electricity from his horn, which hit Dragomon in his left eye, temporarally blinding the giant digimon and making him cry out in pain. He then looked down at the three digimon and let out a loud growl as he reached down for them.
"Heads up!" cried Zudomon as he scooped up the kids and ran out from underneath Dragomon's giant claw. He continued running as MegaKabuterimon and Garudamon followed behind him, Dragomon giving chase.
"Well, the first part of this plan is working. Let's hope Tai and Matt are ready for us," said Izzy under his breath.
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Meanwhile, BlackGatomon was still trying to find out what was wrong with Kari. She was so absorbed in searching through Kari's mind that she herself had become unconscious. Unfortunately, Kari was sweating even more than earlier, and even with BlackGatomon's Cat's Eye Hypnotism keeping her asleep, she was still mumbling about water and darkness.
"Hang in there Kari," whispered Gatomon as she stood next to her partner.
"Don't worry Gatomon. Kari will be just fine, you'll see," said Rika.
"Oh I don't believe that will be the case," said a voice from above and behind them. Everyone turned around to see Daemon floating behind them.
"You did this to Kari! Make it stop now!" yelled Gatomon. Daemon merely laughed at Gatomon's statement.
"Fool. I am not the one causing this to happen to her. She herself is allowing the darkness to take over," said Daemon. Gatomon hissed as she went into a kneeling position, preparing to attack Daemon. "But don't worry. I have a special surprise for you, my feline friend." Suddenly, a giant patch of white fog started to roll out of a manhole in the middle of the street.
"What's that?" asked Ken.
"A digital field! But how did Daemon create one here?" said Henry.
"What's a digital field?" asked Yolie.
"It's a fog that appears in our world that allows digimon to enter the Real World from the Digital World," said Takato.
"That is correct, and the digimon that are in this field are more than meets the eye," said Daemon as the digital field burst forth from the manhole, flooding the whole block with thick fog. "Enjoy your new playmates, children." With that, Daemon vanished in a flash of fire.
"What digimon do you think he sent?" asked Rika as she and the other Tamers began to sweep their digivices back and forth, trying to scan the digimon in the field. Suddenly, Takato's digivice lit up with the picture of a digimon that looked like giant potato with a green leaf-like tail.
Digimon Analyzer (Takato's Voice)
"Jagamon, a Vaccine type vegetation digimon, Ultimate level, his special attack is Potato Smash."
"One Ultimate? That shouldn't be much of a problem," said Davis.
"But it might be if there are more than just one of us," said a voice in the fog. Just then, the fog started to dissipate, revealing dozens of the small vegetation digimon, each one glaring at the small group of humans and digimon.
"Okay, so maybe this will be a problem," said Davis. Growlmon and the other Tamer digimon stepped forward, standing in-between the Jagamon herd and the children.
"You'll have to get by us first!" cried Growlmon.
"Let's join them!" cried Davis and the others as they held up their beeping D-3s.
"Veemon, digivolve to…!" cried Veemon as he grew taller and more muscular, the small point on his nose becoming a steel blade while an 'X' formed on his chest. Finally, a pair of white wings sprouted out of his back. "ExVeemon!"
"Hawkmon, digivolve to…!" cried Hawkmon as he grew bigger, his wings growing longer as the claws on the end were replaced with white tipped red feathers. His headband disappeared as two long horns grew out of his head. "Aquilamon!"
"Armadillomon, digivolve to…!" cried Armadillomon as he grew bigger, his whole body becoming encased in steel with thick spikes and two bull like horns on his helmeted head, and a large spiked steel ball appeared on his tail. "Ankylomon!"
"Wormmon, digivolve to…!" cried Wormmon as he grew erect, his forward claws extending into two long arms with white clawed hands. His face became covered in a black mask-like shell, and his shoulders now supported three spikes on them. Two pairs of wings sprouted from his back. "Stingmon!"
"Patamon, digivolve to…!" cried Patamon as his body became that of a tall male human dressed in white with long blond hair flowing down his back. Three pairs of wings extended from his back and a golden staff appeared in his hand and his head became covered by a helmet. "Angemon!"
"Ha. Eight Champions against dozens of us Jagamon? You've got to be kidding me?" said the lead Jagamon. He then lowered his head towards the group. "Potato Smash!" he cried as three small potato shaped projectiles flew from his head.
"You think vegetables are gonna scare us?" said ExVeemon, raising a fist to punch the projectile away. But when his fist connected with it, it exploded, engulfing ExVeemon in a cloud of smoke.
"Yes, I do," said the lead Jagamon. "Attack!" All of the Jagamon leaped forward towards the group.
"Pyro Blaster!" cried Growlmon, breathing a blast of fire at the Jagamon.
"Foxtail Inferno!" cried Kyubimon, firing several blue flames from her tail.
"Gargo Laser!" cried Gargomon, firing several rounds of ammo from his guns.
"Blast Rings!" cried Aquilamon, firing several rings of energy from his beak.
"Hand of Fate!" cried Angemon, firing a blast of white energy from his fist. All five attacks slammed into the front of the herd of Jagamon, encasing the group in a cloud of smoke.
"Potato Smash!" cried several Jagamon, launching their own projectiles at the good digimon. Several of them exploded as they made contact with the digimon. As they tried to regain their senses, two Jagamon spotted the motionless figures of BlackGatomon and Kari. They both looked at each other and grinned. This was too easy. Suddenly, both Jagamon were knocked to the ground by something from above.
"Back off you overgrown vegetables!" yelled Gatomon as she crouched down to pounce the two Jagamon who looked up to see the feline digimon standing between them and Kari and BlackGatomon.
"And what are you going to do to stop us?" asked one of the Jagamon. "Potato Smash!" they both cried, firing their projectiles at BlackGatomon and Kari.
"No! Kari!" cried Gatomon as she turned to watch helplessly as the deadly vegetables sailed towards her partner.
"Badda Boom!" cried Impmon as he tossed six fireballs from his fingertips, each one hitting a separate projectile and setting it off before it reached Kari and BlackGatomon.
"Huh!?" cried the two Jagamon, both of them wondering what had happened.
"You didn't forget about me, did you?" asked Impmon as the two Jagamon looked over at the imp digimon. He had six more fireballs lit on his fingers. "I'll bet fried potato tastes pretty good. Badda Boom!" he cried as he threw the fireballs at the Jagamon. They both cringed as the fireballs slammed into them. One of the fireballs sailed past them, but not before catching their tails on fire. Both of the Jagamon cried out as they ran around trying to put out their tails.
"Thanks," said Gatomon. Impmon smirked as he walked up to Gatomon.
"Think nothing of it," said Impmon. Back at the main battle, the Champion digimon weren't fairing too well against the Jagamon. Already Ankylomon, Angemon, and Aquilamon were out, each of them coming under fire from twelve different Jagamon at once.
"This isn't working. We need to DNA Digivolve," said Davis.
"You're right. Let's do it!" said Ken as they both held up their D-3s. Both of them flashed to a blue and green color.
"ExVeemon…!" cried ExVeemon as his body started to glow a bright blue.
"Stingmon…!" cried Stingmon as his body started to glow a bright green.
"DNA Digivolve to…!" they both cried as their bodies combined, transforming them into an insect-dragon hybrid digimon. "Paildramon!"
"Our turn guys!" said Takato as he and the other Tamers pulled out a card and swiped it through their digivices, the cards turning into blue cards.
"Digi Modify! Matrix Digivolution activate!" they cried as their digimon became enveloped in yellow light.
"Gargomon, Matrix Digivolve to…!" cried Gargomon as his body morphed into an armored rabbit-like digimon with cannons for hands. "Rapidmon!"
"Kyubimon, Matrix Digivolve to…!" cried Kyubimon as she did a rapid back flip, her body morphing into a human shape wearing a kimono. "Taomon!"
"Growlmon, Matrix Digivolve to…!" cried Growlmon as his body became more muscular. His arms then became metal with metallic blades. Then armor formed around his chest with a long cord sticking out the back. Finally, his face became covered in a metal mask. "WarGrowlmon!"
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Inside Central Park stood Tai and Matt as they watched MegaKabuterimon deliver another Horn Buster attack against Dragomon, only to narrowly miss a Tentacle Claw counterattack.
"Come on Tai. They can't keep this up much longer," said Agumon, who was standing next to Gabumon.
"I know, but we have to wait until they get here. We can't afford you or Dragomon accidentally destroying any buildings that might have people in them," said Tai. Just then, Zudomon came running into the park, carrying the other children in one of his arms. He came to a stop next to Tai and Matt and placed the kids on the ground before flashing a yellow light, changing back into a panting Gomamon.
"Boy. I should enter the run, swim and be almost crushed triathlon," said Gomamon.
"Look up!" cried Gabumon as he pointed up. Everyone looked up in time to see Garudamon come sailing down towards the group, obviously having been hit by Dragomon's Tentacle Claw attack. She then flashed yellow, changing back into Biyomon, who was then caught by Sora.
"Biyomon! Are you okay?" asked Sora. Biyomon opened her eyes slowly.
"I'll be okay. I just need to rest," said Biyomon. A loud roar from above returned their attention to Dragomon, who swung and connected a claw with MegaKabuterimon, sending the insect digimon falling towards the lake in the middle of the park as he changed back into Tentomon. Izzy ran towards the lake to help Tentomon out of the water as Tai and Matt both gave a nod towards each other.
"Agumon, you're up!" said Tai. Agumon leaped forward as Tai's digivice shot a blast of white light that slammed into Agumon's back, causing his whole body to do a back flip from the force of the blast.
"Agumon, Warp Digivolve to…!" cried Agumon as his form rapidly went through his Greymon stage, then his MetalGreymon stage before finally becoming a tall, human like dinosaur. Armor formed along his ankles. Then armor formed along the outside of his arms, metallic claws extending from the ends of them. Energy then gathered around the center of his back, changing into a shield with the Crest of Courage on it that then split in half, becoming a pair of wings. He then slashed the air with his claws as energy crackled around his body. "WarGreymon!"
"Let's go, Gabumon!" said Matt. Gabumon leaped forward as Matt's digivice shot a blast of white light that slammed into Gabumon's back, causing his whole body to do a back flip from the force of the blast.
"Gabumon, Warp Digivolve to…!" cried Gabumon as his form rapidly went through his Garurumon stage, then his WereGarurumon stage before becoming a metallic version of Garurumon. He leaped into the air as a pair of jet wings extended from the back of his shoulders. Then a blade-like tail extended out of the tip of his back. He then flew in a circle, landing as dozens of compartments opened on his body. He then fired dozens of small missiles from the compartments, the projectiles slamming into the ground, covering the whole area around him in ice. "MetalGarurumon!"
"Yeah! Go get him WarGreymon!" cried Tai.
"You too, MetalGarurumon!" cried Matt.
"You heard them. Let's do it!" cried MetalGarurumon as the two Mega digimon flew into the air towards Dragomon, who was busy plucking trees out of the ground, munching on them like they were breadsticks.
"Mega Claw!" cried WarGreymon as he pulled back his right arm, the claws pointed straight forward. Dragomon turned towards the sound of WarGreymon's voice just in time to get slashed across the forehead, knocking the giant digimon to the ground.
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"Rapid Fire!" cried Rapidmon as he fired two missiles from his cannons, the attack deleting two more Jagamon. The number of the Jagamon had dropped rapidly after the Ultimates had joined the battle. While the Jagamon were Ultimates themselves, they weren't that strong, which was why Daemon had sent so many to attack them. By now, only a dozen of the vegetation digimon remained.
"Potato Smash!" cried one of the Jagamon, launching thee more of his projectiles at Taomon.
"Talisman Spell!" cried Taomon as a shield wrapped around her body, protecting her as the Jagamon's attack exploded harmlessly against the transparent barrier.
"Desperado Blaster!" cried Paildramon, firing several rounds of energy from his cannons, deleting three more of the Jagamon.
"Lightning Paw!" cried Gatomon, punching one of the Jagamon back into two other ones, knocking all three of them to the ground.
"Atomic Blaster!" cried WarGrowlmon, firing his twin cannons at the three Jagamon that Gatomon had knocked to the ground, deleting them. As the last of their data floated away, the remaining six Jagamon, now outnumbered and vastly outmatched, turned tail and ran off, a small digital field appearing in front of them. They entered the field, which disappeared as quickly as it appeared, taking the Jagamon with them.
"Good riddance," said Yolie. Just then, an evil laugh sounded from above them. The group turned up towards the source to see Daemon standing on a nearby building.
"You really think that was all I have to offer? You have no clue what I have in store for you, and especially Kari," said Daemon. Gatomon leaped to the front of the group, her fists clenched.
"What did you do to Kari?" asked Gatomon in a demanding voice.
"Nothing yet. But I'd hate to disappoint you," said Daemon as he raised his hands into the air. Black energy started to gather in his palms. "So I'm going to transport her to the Dark Ocean."
"No!" cried Gatomon and TK together. They had both seen the Dark Ocean and the way Kari reacted to it. They didn't want her to go through that all over again.
"Oh don't worry," said Daemon. "You will be joining her, as well as Dragomon, myself, and Kimeramon!" With that, the collected black energy started to pulse outward, spreading across the city.
"Desperado Blaster!" cried Paildramon, firing his cannons at Daemon. But the blasts bounced harmlessly off his field of dark energy.
"Fools! You can not stop the process now!" said Daemon. The digimon leaped towards Daemon, trying to tackle him before he could complete the spell. But they were too late. Their bodies became engulfed in a dark aura, their forms vanishing. The children all gasped and turned to run, but their bodies also became engulfed by the dark aura, as did the still mind-linked BlackGatomon and Kari as they disappeared as well.
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"Ice Wolf Bite!" cried MetalGarurumon, firing several of his freeze missiles at Dragomon, encasing the gigantic Ultimate digimon in a sheet of ice, which didn't hold for long as Dragomon broke free. WarGreymon started to collect energy in his hands to deliver a Terra Force attack to finish off Dragomon when all three digimon became engulfed in the black aura, their bodies vanishing into thin air.
"What!?" cried Matt and Tai together.
"What happened to them?" asked Joe.
"Looks like they just disappeared," said Gomamon. Suddenly, all of the children and the remaining digimon were engulfed by the black aura, their bodies also disappearing into nothingness.
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"Oh man…," groaned Davis as he sat up, rubbing his head. "What happened?"
"Davis! You're okay!" cried Veemon. Davis looked up to see Veemon standing over him, along with Ken and Wormmon. But something was different about them. Then he noticed that their bodies' color looked like something from a negative photograph.
"What happened to you guys?" asked Davis.
"It's not what happened to us, but where we were taken to," said Ken.
"What do you mean?" asked Davis as Ken helped Davis to his feet.
"We're in the Dark Ocean," said Ken. "In this world, everything is shrouded in darkness, even the color." Davis then noticed that the other children and digimon, minus Kari, Gatomon, and BlackGatomon were standing near the edge of a vast ocean.
"Hey! Where's Kari, Gatomon, and BlackGatomon?" asked Davis. Ken lowered his head.
"They didn't appear in the same area that we did. Not even the D-3's can pick up Kari's signal," said Ken.
"Not only that, but there are Control Spires here," said Veemon, pointing further down the coastline where at least a dozen black Control Spires stood, two of them about a quarter mile off the coastline.
"Who cares about the Control Spires!?" cried Davis, throwing up his hands. "We should be worrying about what happened to Kari and the others." By now, the other kids and digimon had joined them.
"We're going to find them, don't worry," said Armadillomon. Tai lowered his head.
"I hope so. I just hope they're okay," said Tai.
"Oh, I can assure you they won't be," said the voice of Daemon. Everyone turned around to see Daemon floating a couple of meters off shore.
"What did you do with my sister?" yelled Tai, his hands curling into fists.
"She's just fine…for now. You on the other hand, aren't," said Daemon as he lifted his hands into the air, a ball of fire forming in-between them. "Evil Inferno!" he cried, throwing the ball of fire at the group. Rika quickly pulled a card from her belt and swiped it through her digivice.
"Digi Modify! Matrix Digivolution activate!" cried Rika. Renamon leaped into the air, her body becoming engulfed in white light.
"Renamon, Matrix Digivolve to…!" cried Renamon as she changed into Kyubimon, then did a back flip as her body morphed into a humanoid shape in a kimono. "Taomon!"
"Do it Taomon!" cried Rika.
"Talisman Spell!" cried Taomon, raising a shield around the whole group, blocking Daemon's attack before it could reach them.
"I've had just about enough of you! Get him Agumon!" cried Tai.
"Agumon, Warp Digivolve to…!" he cried, but the nearby Control Spires blocked Agumon's digivolution. "Huh!?"
"It's the Control Spires! They're keeping you from digivolving," said Ken.
"That's right. As long as those Control Spires remain standing, you'll be powerless to digivolve," said Daemon as he formed another fireball in his hands.
"Well we'll just have to knock them down!" said Davis, raising his D-3 into the air. "Digi Armor Energize!" he cried as the Digi-Egg of Friendship appeared.
"Veemon, Armor Digivolve to…!" cried Veemon as the Digi-Egg of Friendship bonded with him, his form becoming wrapped in blue lightning as his body changed into a four-legged animal with black armor and a lightning shaped metal blade on his head. "Raidramon, the Storm of Friendship!"
"Digi Armor Energize!" cried Ken, Cody, Yolie, and TK as the Digi-Eggs of Kindness, Reliability, Sincerity, and Hope appeared.
"Wormmon, Armor Digivolve to…!" cried Wormmon as the Digi-Egg of Kindness bonded with him, his body becoming wrapped in purple energy as his segmented body became erect and changing into a child-like shape. Two long rabbit-like ears covered in a rubber material extended from his head and his hands were covered by gloves of the same material. "Poochiemon, the Pixie if Kindness!"
"Armadillomon, Armor Digivolve to…!" cried Armadillomon as the Digi-Egg of Reliability bonded with him, his body becoming wrapped in bubbles as his form changed into a submarine-like shape with a long spiked lance on the front and flippers on the sides and back like those of a fish. "Submarimon, the Reliable Guardian of the Sea!"
"Hawkmon, Armor Digivolve to…!" cried Hawkmon as the Digi-Egg of Sincerity bonded with him,, his body becoming wrapped in a thick fog as his body changed into humanoid shape with spring-like limbs with shurikens on the ends as hands and feet. "Shurimon, the Samurai of Sincerity!"
"Patamon, Armor Digivolve to…!" cried Patamon as the Digi-Egg of Hope bonded with him, his body transforming into that of a horse with yellow wings and armor covering his head and chest. "Pegasusmon, Flying Hope!"
"Come on guys! Let's take down those Control Spires!" cried Davis as he and Ken hopped onto Raidramon's back, the giant animal digimon bounding off towards the Control Spires. The other digimon took off towards the Control Spires after Raidramon. Daemon watched as the armor digimon left, chuckling to himself.
"You're friends won't get to the Control Spires before I burn you to a crisp. Evil Inferno!" cried Daemon, firing a blast of fire from his hands.
"Talisman Spell!" cried Taomon, raising her shield again, blocking his attack a second time. But this time, she collapsed to the ground, exhausted from trying to hold off a Mega's attack twice.
"Taomon! Are you okay?" asked Rika. Takato saw Taomon collapse, then realized that Daemon was right. Taomon couldn't protect them until Davis and the others reached the Control Spires. He frowned as he realized what he needed to do. He just hoped that it would work in this dimension.
"Guilmon…," said Takato as he raised his digivice into the air.
"I'm right behind you Takato," said Guilmon as he walked up next to his partner. Takato gave a nod.
"You're finished!" said Daemon as he fired another blast of fire from his hands.
"Biomerge activate!" shouted Takato, his digivice exploding in a flash of yellow light as it combined with his body, turning him into digital data. Guilmon's body began to glow yellow as the digital information of Takato combined with Guilmon's body.
"Guilmon, Biomerge to…!" cried Guilmon as his body exploded into data, which was then replaced by a humanoid shape dressed in knight's armor. A huge lance appeared over his right arm, a shield over his left. Guilmon's head went through his digivolutions, finally becoming the helmeted head of a knight with a long red cape flowing down his back. "Gallantmon!"
"What's this!?" cried Daemon as he watched his attack splash harmlessly against Gallantmon's shield. Gallantmon looked up at a shocked Daemon.
"We will not fall to the likes of you. Evil will never win against the power of good," said Gallantmon. He then leaped forward, his lance becoming electrified with energy. "Lightning Joust!" cried Gallantmon, firing a beam of electricity from the lance. Daemon held up his hands and created a shield of fire around his body, dispersing the electric attack.
"Fool. You may be a Mega now, but you are still no match for me!" laughed Daemon.
"We will see about that," said Gallantmon, charging Daemon. All the Digidestined kids watched with amazement as Gallantmon and Daemon fought. It was a little bit until Tai noticed that Takato wasn't with them.
"Hey! Where's Takato?" asked Tai.
"Don't worry. He's right there," said Terriermon, pointing at Gallantmon.
"What do you mean?" asked Izzy.
"Takato and Gallantmon are one in the same," said Henry.
"You mean that Gallantmon is Guilmon and Takato combined!?" said Izzy.
"Yep," said Rika as she watched Gallantmon block a blast of fire with his shield.
"Prodigious," said Izzy as he returned his attention to the battle.
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"Can you believe she came back to us?" said a voice.
"No, especially after the way she treated us last time," said a second voice. Kari's mind started to get worried. Something about those voices sounded awfully familiar. Like something from a dream, or something she'd experienced long before but forgotten.
"Well, this time she will be our queen. She will have no choice. She must lead us in the battle against our master," said a third voice. Kari started to stir. She heard something moving, probably the people the voices belong to standing up. With a groan, she opened her eyes to see several dark gray fish-like digimon looking down at her.
"You're awake. That's good," said one of the digimon. Kari's eyes suddenly went wide when she realized which digimon were looking down at her. She gasped as she stood up, the digimon jumping back in surprise.
"What are you doing? Why have you brought me back here?" asked Kari in a frightened voice as she walked back into the edge of a tall cliff behind her. One of the digimon stepped forward, trying not to scare her.
"We did not bring you here. You came to us," said the digimon.
"What do you mean?" asked Kari.
"First off, allow me to introduce myself and my friends. We're Scubamon," said the digimon.
Digimon Analyzer (Gomamon's Voice)
Scubamon are digimon that live in the ocean. They use their Harpoon Hook attack to make their point to their enemies.
"I know who you are," said Kari. "You've brought me here once before."
"We only brought you here because you promised us to lead us in the fight against our undersea master," said a second Scubamon.
"I never promised you anything," said Kari, becoming quite scared now.
"You did, and you will honor our request as you have promised," said the first Scubamon as he started to advance on Kari.
"Lightning Paw!" cried out two voices. The Scubamon looked up just in time to see two gloved paws slam into his face, knocking him back and to the ground. Both Gatomon and BlackGatomon landed on all fours in front of Kari.
"Back off!" shouted Gatomon, standing up and pointing her claws at the Scubamon.
"We know of you. You are the protector of our queen," said the third Scubamon.
"You bet, now back off and leave her alone," said Gatomon.
"But she has promised us to lead us in our fight," said the first Scubamon.
"You're lying," said Kari. "I never promised you anything."
"Yes you did. Several years ago, a young human girl came to our world. She had the amazing ability to bring light to the darkness that has consumed our world. We asked her if she would lead us in the fight against our undersea master, who is the cause of all the darkness of this world," said the second Scubamon.
"Then the human girl started to vanish before our very eyes. We begged her to stay and help us, but she had to return to her own world. We asked her if she would return and help us fight, and she promised us she would," said the third Scubamon.
"And the name of that human girl was Kari Kamiya," said the first Scubamon.
"That can't be true," said Kari, falling to the ground in disbelief. "It just can't be…" BlackGatomon sighed as she realized what she had to do to set things straight.
"I can find out whether or not you did promise them or not, but you have to let me search you mind freely," said BlackGatomon.
"What do you mean?" asked Kari.
"Just trust me," said BlackGatomon. Kari hesitated, but nodded. BlackGatomon closed squinted her eyes, then opened them wide. "Cat's Eye Hypnotism!" she cried as waves of red hypnotic energy came from BlackGatomon's eyes, sending Kari into a dreamlike state.
"Now we'll find out the truth," said Gatomon as she watched BlackGatomon begin to search Kari's subconscious for the answers they were looking for. Suddenly, a giant wave appeared off the coast.
"It's him!" cried the three Scubamon together. Gatomon looked out towards the sea, watching with her mouth open as Dragomon burst from the ocean, rising up higher than the Statue of Liberty.
"This isn't good," said Gatomon, watching as the giant digimon turned towards the beach and start moving inland.
"What are we going to do?" asked the first Scubamon. "He'll destroy us for sure!"
"Not if I can help it!" cried Gatomon as she leaped into the air, Kari's digivice and crest glowing brightly. "Gatomon, digivolve to…!" cried Gatomon as her tail retracted into her body, which began to change into a female human shape. Eight wings extended from her back as her body became covered in a white cloth, her left glove being replaced by a white glove, and her right arm becoming wrapped by a piece of pink cloth. A winged helmet fell upon her head "Angewomon!"
"You can't possibly defeat him by yourself," cried the second Scubamon.
"I will do what I must to protect Kari," said Angewomon as the wings on her glove extend to three times their normal length. "Celestial Arrow!" she cried, firing an arrow of light at Dragomon. The attack struck Dragomon right in the chest, but caused little damage. It did, however, draw Dragomon's attention. The giant digimon looked down at the tiny angel digimon.
"You dare defy me in my own world?" asked Dragomon, those being the first words Angewomon could remember hearing him speak.
"Why do you treat these Scubamon like they are slaves? All digimon have the right to choose what they want to do with their lives," said Angewomon.
"These Scubamon are my personal slaves. They are destined to serve me for all eternity," said Dragomon, raising a claw up to strike. "Tentacle Claw!" he cried, swinging his giant claw at Angewomon.
"Heaven's Charm!" cried Angewomon, forming a ring of energy above her head, rays of rainbow colored light flowing from the center. Dragomon stopped his attack, momentarily stunned by the Vaccine type's attack, which caused Virus digimon to become paralyzed for a short time and weaken them considerably. While it did stun him, it didn't drain any of his strength due to his immense size.
"Come on guys! Now's our chance!" cried the third Scubamon.
"We'll bring back help!" yelled the first Scubamon as the three of them dove into the water. Down below the battle, BlackGatomon finally found what she needed to find. Opening her eyes, she cut her Cat's Eye Hypnotism's effect on Kari, waking her up.
"Kari, I hate to say this…," said BlackGatomon. Kari looked worried at what BlackGatomon had found out. "But you really did promise the Scubamon to help them, when you was only six years old."
"Six years old…" said Kari in a whisper as she remembered what had happened.
****FLASHBACK****
It had been two years after the incident in Heighten View Terrace involving Greymon and Parrotmon's fight. She had wandered farther into the park that day than she was allowed, and had happened upon a fountain in the middle of the park. Peering into it, she saw the faces of several Scubamon.
"Ohhhh…," she gasped as she watched the faces look up at her. The next thing she knew, she was standing on the beach next to a dark gray ocean with several Scubamon standing around her.
"A human child!" exclaimed one of them.
"But how did she get here?" asked another one of them. Being a curious girl by nature, and having no fear of monsters after seeing Greymon and Parrotmon's fight, she walked up to the nearest Scubamon.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" asked Kari. The Scubamon looked at one another, then the one she had addressed looked at her.
"We are Scubamon, servants to the great undersea king Dragomon," said the Scubamon.
"Servants? You mean like butlers?" asked Kari. The Scubamon shook his head.
"No…not like butlers. More like slaves," said the Scubamon.
"That's terrible," said Kari. "I wish I could help you." Then as she said this, a pink glow surrounded her body, and the darkness that warped the color of the Dark Ocean became replaced by true color as the light inside of Kari that would later decide her crest's trait repelled the darkness.
"Wow!" exclaimed several of the Scubamon as they watched with awe as the darkness retreated from Kari. Then the light died down, becoming replaced by the darkness once again. While she did possess the powers of light, she was too young and inexperienced to use for very long.
"Do you think that she might be the one the ancient legends spoke of?" asked one of the Scubamon to another.
"I do believe so. The prophecy does speak of a human child who could overpower the darkness of our world," said the second Scubamon. Suddenly, Kari's body flew into the air, being carried by some unseen force. The Scubamon ran towards her as she floated higher into the air.
"Please stay, young human! We need you!" cried one of the Scubamon.
"You must lead our forces against our undersea master!" cried a second Scubamon.
"I will find some way to help you. I promise!" cried Kari as she floated higher.
"What is your name, so that we might find you again?" asked a third Scubamon.
"My name is Kari Kamyia!" yelled Kari as she disappeared from the Dark Ocean. The next thing she remembered, she was standing next to the fountain again. She looked over the side to see if the Scubamon were their. But nothing except clear water stared back at her.
****END FLASHBACK****
"Now I remember," said Kari as her fear of the Scubamon faded. "I did promise to help them."
"But why were you so scared of them?" asked BlackGatomon.
"I had forgotten about them, and when they tried to talk to me or take me here, I was scared," said Kari as she looked up to see Angewomon get him by Dragomon's left claw, her form changing back into Gatomon as she hit the sandy beach with a thud.
"Gatomon!" cried Kari.
"Pathetic," said Dragomon. He then turned and looked down at Kari. "So you are the prophecy's Keeper of Light. You are a lot smaller than I expected."
"Size isn't everything," said Kari. "Sometimes even something small can affect something big in a huge way." As she said those words, dozens of Scubamon burst from the ocean, each one holding a harpoon in their flippers.
"Harpoon Hook!" cried the Scubamon, each of them tossing their harpoons at Dragomon. The harpoons pierced Dragomon in several places, the giant digimon crying out in pain.
"My queen, are you all right?" asked a Scubamon that had not joined the others in the fight. He was a much older Scubamon, the years evident in his appearance.
"I'm fine, thanks to you," said Kari. She then blushed. "And please don't call me queen."
"Certainly Kari," said the Scubamon, turning his attention to the fighting digimon. While the Scubamon had managed to surprise Dragomon and get in a few lucky shots, they were now loosing the fight, Dragomon deleting one Scubamon after another.
*If only I had a Tamer, then I'd digivolve and show that overgrown squid a thing or two,* thought BlackGatomon. She looked over at Kari, who had retrieved Gatomon from the midst of the battle. She was now stroking the white feline digimon softly, hugging her close. BlackGatomon wished she had a Tamer that cared that much about her.
"I failed…" whispered Gatomon as Kari stroked her head with her hand.
"No…I failed," said Kari, lowering her head. "I promised these digimon that I would help them, but instead I'm standing by watching as they're being deleted."
"You can still help them," said BlackGatomon.
"What do you mean?" asked Kari, looking down at the black feline digimon.
"You are the Keeper of Light. You have a power that no other child on your planet possesses," said BlackGatomon.
"I don't know," said Kari, taking a step back. "I don't think I'm strong enough to help them win."
"You have to believe you are Kari," said Gatomon as she looked up at Kari from her arms.
"Search deep inside and find the true power of your light," said BlackGatomon. Kari looked at Gatomon, then BlackGatomon, and finally looked at the fighting Scubamon as another one was deleted by Dragomon. Kari frowned and took a step forward.
"You're right. I can do this," said Kari. She then closed her eyes and started to look deep into her heart, trying to find the true power that she possessed.
"Come on Kari. I know you can do it," said Gatomon.
*What am I thinking?* thought Kari as she tried to find the light. *I can't possibly be as strong as they seem to think I am.* Then she thought of the promise she made to the Scubamon. And how Gatomon had stood up to Dragomon alone to protect her. It was with these thoughts that she became determined to help out. Suddenly, she felt her heart open to her, and a new power come rushing through her body.
"Huh!?" gasped Gatomon as she saw Kari's body become enveloped in pink light. Suddenly, Gatomon felt a power greater than even that of Kari's crest flowing through her. The pain left her body, being replaced with strength. Gatomon leaped out of Kari's arms to the ground, then bounded up into the air as Kari's digivice shot a blast of white light at her, hitting her in the back.
"Gatomon, Warp Digivolve to…!" cried Gatomon as she digivolved into her Angewomon form, then into a eight winged pink dragon with two long horns and a long tail. She flew up into the sky, performing a flip in the air, then curling around once in the air. "Magnadramon!"
"Whoa!" gasped BlackGatomon and the old Scubamon together as the towering form of Magnadramon floated in front of them. Kari's body stopped glowing. She opened her eyes slowly, then wide in amazement at the sight she saw.
"Gatomon?" ask Kari. Magnadramon nodded at Kari.
Digimon Analyzer (Magnadramon's Voice)
I am Magnadramon, a Holy Dragon digimon. I am pure of heart and mind. I use my Fire Tornado attack to vanquish my foes.
She then flew off and up face to face with Dragomon.
"What!?" cried Dragomon when he saw Magnadramon fly up in front of him.
"Dragomon. You have abused digimon and their right to live free lives. How can you justify yourself?" asked Magnadramon.
"This is my world. I rule over everything here, including all digimon," said Dragomon.
"Don't you have any regrets for the things you have done to these Scubamon?" asked Magnadramon.
"You dare question me? Tentacle Claw!" cried Dragomon, raising his claw back to strike.
"Fire Tornado!" cried Magnadramon, breathing a blast of blue fire that swirled from her mouth. The spiral slammed into Dragomon's chest, penetrating his tough skin and burrowing deep into his body.
"Im…poss…ible," said Dragomon. Then his form burst into digital data, vanishing into the air.
"Nothing's impossible when you have a pure heart," said Magnadramon as she flew back down to where Kari and BlackGatomon awaited her.
"That was fantastic Magnadramon!" cried Kari, giving Magnadramon a hug on her muzzle. Magnadramon smiled and nuzzled Kari with her muzzle.
"Thank you Kari. If you had not found the strength inside of yourself, I never would have been able to digivolve to Mega," said Magnadramon.
"Well, I had a lot of help finding it," said Kari, looking down at BlackGatomon.
"It was…nothing," said BlackGatomon, blushing at the comment.
"You have saved us!" cried a voice. They turned to see a couple of dozen Scubamon running towards them, survivors from their attack against Dragomon.
"Please stay with us. Be our queen, the ruler that we deserve to have," said one of the Scubamon.
"I'm honored that you would want me to be your queen, but I can't. I have to go back to my world, to where I belong," said Kari. Then an idea hit her as she smiled. "But I know of someone who would make the perfect ruler for you." The Scubamon looked at one another, wondering what she meant by that.
"Who?" asked one of the Scubamon.
"This Scubamon," said Kari, gesturing to the elder Scubamon. "He is kind and wise, the perfect ruler if you ask me." The other Scubamon gathered in a huddle and talked to themselves. Then they broke and looked at Kari.
"We accept," said the Scubamon together.
"Would you at least stay and have a celebration party with us?" asked one of the Scubamon.
"I wish I could," said Kari as she and BlackGatomon mounted Magnadramon. "But I have to find my brother and my friends."
"We wish you a safe trip," said the elder Scubamon.
"Thank you. There is one other thing I can give to you as a going away gift," said Kari. She closed her eyes, calling upon the light in her heart. Suddenly, she began to glow a bright pink as light poured from her body, pushing back the darkness that was covering the world. The light spread across the beach, then shot into the air, spreading out to the far reaches of the Dark Ocean. As the light overtook the darkness, the true color of the world returned, leaving a clear blue ocean. The sky became a crystal clear blue with white clouds passing through it. The Scubamon all gasped in awe as they saw their world free of the darkness that had plagued it for years. Magnadramon then flew up into the air, and then took off towards the west, guided by some internal instinct that told her that their friends were in this direction.
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"Shield of the Just!" cried Gallantmon, firing a blast of red energy from his shield. Daemon blocked this attack with his fire shield, the force of the attack pushing him a few meters back.
"He's strong…real strong," muttered Tai under his breath. Gallantmon was the only one of their digimon fighting right now, the other Tamer digimon holding back in case they were needed, and the Digidestined digimon waiting to see the twelve Control Spires in the distance topple.
"Evil Inferno!" cried Daemon, throwing another blast of fire at Gallantmon, who barely blocked the attack with his shield. "You can not win. Give up!"
"Never!" cried Gallantmon. Suddenly, several explosions caught everyone's attention. Everyone looked over to see four Control Spires topple to the ground, another one falling out in the ocean. Daemon snarled under his breath. He would soon have to fight several Mega digimon instead of just one. He was so close to finalizing his plans, he couldn't fail now! Deciding that retreat was probably the best thing right now, he gave a whistle. This brought the others attention back to him.
"Well, it seems that my time here has been overstayed. It's time for me to take my leave. See you in Shinjuku, Tamers!" laughed Daemon as he became enveloped in a white cloud of fog. Suddenly, a blast of green fire shot from behind them, striking Gallantmon and knocking him into the ocean. Everyone looked behind them just in time to see Kimeramon fly by overhead and enter the fog. Then the fog vanished, leaving nothing behind.
"Oh no! It can't be!" cried Henry.
"He got away, it's no big deal. We'll find him again," said Matt.
"It's not that," said Takato as he and Guilmon came out of the ocean, dripping wet. "Shinjuku is our home town in our world."
"You mean that he's headed for your world?" asked Joe.
"Exactly. And Kimeramon is with him," said Renamon. Suddenly, a flash of white light shot by them, removing the darkness from the world around them.
"Uh…What just happened?" asked Mimi.
"It looks like the darkness was just…removed," said Sora.
"It has been," said Agumon. "We digimon can sense the presence of good and evil in the air, and the darkness that was in this world is gone."
"But how is that possible?" asked Izzy. "This world has always been shrouded in darkness." Just then, Davis and the others returned, the armor digimon changing back into their Rookie forms.
"Did you guys see that wicked light show?" asked Davis.
"Yeah. What was it?" asked Tai.
"I'm not sure, but it seems that this world has been healed of the damage the darkness has caused," said Cody.
"I guess their going to have to change the name of this place from the Dark Ocean to the Light Ocean," said Yolie.
"Hey! What's that?" asked Terriermon, pointing of towards the east. Everyone turned and looked out towards where Terriermon was pointing. They all saw what appeared to be a pink cloud flying across the sky towards them.
"I'm not sure," said Henry.
"Looks like a pink cloud," said Rika.
"Yeah, but clouds don't move like that…do they?" asked Impmon.
"Not usually," said Agumon. After another twenty seconds, the form of the cloud became clearer, as the shape of a dragon appeared in its place.
"Please tell me that's not Majirimon," said Takato.
"Who's Majirimon?" asked Tai.
"He was one of the twelve Devas that we fought in our world. Each one was an Ultimate digimon that represented an animal from the Chinese Zodiac. Majirimon was the Dragon Deva," said Henry. Guilmon, in the meantime, was busy sniffing the air, trying to identify the scent of the digimon.
"It's not Majirimon, but it's not any digimon I've ever smelled before," said Guilmon. Then the dragon shape turned to the side, revealing two small shapes riding on the back of it. Tai quickly pulled his mini telescope from his back pocket, thankful he had thought to grab it just in case. As he zoomed in on the figure, he suddenly realized who was riding it.
"It's Kari and BlackGatomon!" cried Tai.
"What!?" cried everyone, looking over at Tai with disbelief.
"Izzy! What's your digimon analyzer say about that digimon they're riding?" asked Tai.
"Her name's Magnadramon, she's…Gatomon's Mega form!" said Izzy in disbelief.
"No way! Gatomon reached the Mega level!?" shouted Davis. By now, Magnadramon was close enough that they could clearly see Kari and BlackGatomon riding on her back.
"Tai, TK, Davis!" cried Kari as Magnadramon landed on the sandy beach. Kari and BlackGatomon dismounted the dragon digimon.
"Wow! You look great!" said Veemon. Magnadramon looked over at Veemon with a smile.
"Thank you," said Magnadramon as she glowed yellow, changing back into Gatomon.
"What happened to you?" asked Tai. Kari smiled and looked back towards the east.
"I was…keeping a promise to some old friends," said Kari.
END OF CHAPTER 8
Wow! Who knew that Kari had that kind of power? With Magnadramon now on their side, the odds are starting to turn in their favor. But will they be able to stop Daemon before he can carry out his plans for the Tamers' world? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters: Battle to Save the Dimensional Plane!
