Part 27: A Change of Heart; The Defeat of Demon!
Last time, things were starting to look bad for our heroes. Both HK and Rosemon were down and Flybeemon was tool. Eiji, as well as Angelique, keeps repeating the phrase, "Light leads to hope, and without hope, it can't lead to miracles." Hopefully, they'll figure it out and who is the stranger on his way to help them?
Takeru/Hikari/Daisuke Title: A Change of Heart! The Defeat of Demon!
RP: Now why didn't I think of using that format in my earlier parts...
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Back in the real world...
"Please, calm down," Ms. Takaishi said, trying to calm down the other parents.
Mrs. Mi, as well as Mrs. Akihabara, was gulping down cup after cup of coffee, trying to grasp onto the reality of the situation...
"Let me get this straight," Mrs. Akihabara said, holding her head in her hands, feeling really stressed out from the situation, "my daughter is in some strange world where a bunch of monsters live?" The woman lifted up her head and shouted, "Am I the only one who sees something wrong with this!!"
"Where in the world do you come up with such things," Mrs. Mi demanded. "How can our children be taken to another world!?!"
"It has happened before," Mrs. Yagami explained. "The first time it happened, it was about five years ago."
"I don't care," Eiji's mother said. "This isn't making any sense to me!"
"When will they come home," Aina's mother asked.
"That's the thing, we don't know," Mrs. Izumi said slowly.
Momoe and Jun were talking when they noticed Malissa who had a distant look on her face. She was currently staring out the window of the station. Seeing as how Malissa looked down, both Momoe and Jun walked over to talk with her.
"Malissa, right?" Jun asked.
"Yes, it's Malissa," the girl responded quietly.
"What's the matter?" Momoe asked in concern.
"I'm just so worried about Jou," Malissa sighed. "I don't understand this 'Digital World' business."
"Don't worry," Jun smiled, "they'll be fine."
"They did this before," Momoe said. "But it seems as if they were taken back against their will this time. I'm sure that they would have mentioned something if they had planned it."
"See, they all were given the responsibility to protect that world so that nothing bad'll happen to this one," Jun explained.
The girl shrugged. "If you guys say so."
"Listen to them, they know what they're talking about," a blue haired man said, walking up to the group.
"See, Shuu-san isn't worried," Jun smiled. "You don't have much to worry about."
The girl forced on a smile and stared back out of the window.
"Is it just me, or does a storm seem to be coming," Malissa said. "It's getting unusually dark out. It seems almost unnatural."
They looked, and Malissa was right. It was a bit dark for it being early in the evening at this time of the year.
"What if something's gone bad," Malissa panicked. "What if they can't come home! What if--"
The more and more negative thoughts Malissa had, along with Aina's parents and Mrs. Akihabara, the darker it seemed to get outside...
"Calm down, Malissa," Shuu said, trying to get her back to a normal state of mind. "I assure you that they all are fine!"
The girl still looked doubtful and sighed. The glasses wearing boy shook his head and turned to Momoe and Jun.
"You two take care of her," he instructed. "I have to go make a call."
The two girls nodded as Shuu went off to a corner and took out his cell phone to call his brother...
"Hello," a woman who was riding in a taxi, answered.
"Um, hi," the boy greeted in confusion. "I think I may have dialed the wrong numb--"
"Oh, no, you didn't," the woman said, cutting over him. "You are Shuu-san, aren't you?"
"Yes, I am."
"Hi there," she greeted. "I am Kitsune."
"Oh, the girlfriend of Shin-niisan," Shuu said.
He knew of his brother having a girlfriend, but he had never met nor heard her.
"Can I speak with *Shin-niisan, please?" Shuu asked.
"Sure, hold on," the woman said.
"Who's that," the man sitting beside her asked.
"It's your brother," Kitsune said, handing the phone to Shin.
"Hey, bro," Shin greeted.
"Hey," Shuu responded back.
"Hey, what's happened?" Shin asked. "It seems to be darker out here than usual. Kitsune and I just got here to Odaiba. We are on our way there now."
"I know, but never mind that," Shuu said. "I couldn't get you earlier, but I thought I'd let you in on what is happening."
"I really don't think it was a good idea to have Jou live by himself," Shin muttered.
"On the contrary, I think it's a great idea. He's 17, why not? I was pretty much on my own when I was his age. All of us were..." he trailed off.
"But he's just a child," Shin said.
"Why do you always baby us!" Shuu argued. "We can take care of ourselves fine! Jou is very independent and responsible for his age. He always has been. You told both Jou and me for us to follow our own paths and not to do things just to benefit others if we are not happy, yet you contradict yourself."
"Okay, I'm sorry," Shin apologized. "I'm just worried about Jou."
"He has been living by himself for almost two years now, but never mind that. I called you to tell you not to worry. We know where Jou is."
"Great, where is he?" Shin asked. "Was he kidnapped and you all have found the kidnappers?"
"Yes and no," Shuu said slowly. "He was taken back."
"Taken back?" he asked. "Taken back where?"
"To the Digital World."
"The Digital World!" Shin said, surprised that Jou would do something so inconsiderate. "He just upped and left like that just to go to the Digital World!?!" Shin stopped and thought for a moment. "Wait a minute, you said he was kidnapped."
"I said yes and no. He just disappeared right in his school," Shuu explained. "He didn't have to work after school today so he was doing some research and he's not the only one missing. His friends are missing too and they are all Chosen Children who also disappeared in strange ways. Apparently, something is going on in the Digital World and various gates opened all over Odaiba to take them back to correct the problem. We can only hope that it isn't too much for them."
"Well, I'm coming anyway," Shin said. "It isn't often I get to see Jou or you for that matter."
"Okay, niisan."
"I'm going to go now," Shin said. "I'll see you in a bit."
The two hanged up the phone.
"What's the Digital World?" Kitsune asked.
"It's a long story," Shin sighed. "I hope you don't mind long stories."
The young, dark violet-haired girl looked at Shin.
"Go ahead," she smiled.
Before Shin could start his story, the driver of their Taxi lost control of the car temporarily, but regained control of it quickly.
"What's the matter with you!" Kitsune shouted at the driver.
"Sorry, I was staring up at the sky," the driver apologized. "I just got a little distracted."
"The sky? What for?" Shin asked. "You're supposed to keep your eyes on the road!!" Shin snapped at the driver.
"Look kid, I said I was sorry," the driver said, a bit annoyed with Shin's tone. "Just look up there for yourself."
The two looked up to see three strangely shaped lights up in the sky, lighting it up...
"What the..." Shin trailed off.
"A movie is probably being filmed someplace," Kitsune said, not making too big a deal over the lights. "Now, can you please explain to me about the Digital World?" she urged.
"Those lights don't seem natural somehow," Shin said, still staring out the window of the taxi.
"Shin!!"
"Sorry, sorry," he apologized. "Here's the story..."
He started to tell the story of how his brother was chosen five years
earlier and how he was a Chosen Child...
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"Hey guys, look!" Chizuru called out while staring out the window of
the police station.
The young 16 year old was pointing towards the sky.
"Something is going on," she said.
"Where are those three lights coming from?" Mrs. Motomiya asked.
"Those other two lights look like it's lighting up the other one," Jun said, studying the three strangely shaped lights.
"Yeah, like it's helping it to stand out," Momoe agreed.
"It must be the children," Mr. Ishida said.
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Back to the Chosen Children...
"Why are you doing this Demon!" Taichi asked. "If all you can stand is Darkness, why not just go back to where you were banished!"
"I'd rather not!" Demon said. "I like going to different parts of the Digital World, and I found your world to be quite interesting as well."
Agumon got mad at used his "Pepper Breath" at Demon, who took in the weak, fireball like it was nothing.
"Such a feeble attempt," he laughed. "You children, as well as your Digimon, are in way over your heads! I should have destroyed you all when you first got here instead of having those flunkies of mine do it and that worthless Nohemon! I paid him for nothing!"
"Do...not...harm...them..." Rosemon begged, limping towards the Demon Lord Digimon.
"Silence!!" Demon shouted, his voice rumbling, while attacking her using Chaos Flare again.
Rosemon gave out a scream as the attack caused her to fly back, bouncing on the ground hard.
"Leave her alone!" Mimi shouted.
"I'll use this attack on you next, child!"
Mimi ran up to Rosemon, holding her, tears flooding her eyes.
"How can you be so heartless and cruel," Mimi cried at Demon.
"I don't have time for your bickering, girl," Demon said.
Demon then looked at the the weakened Digimon before him, who were all giving him angered looks.
"It is quite surprising how you all made it so that these Digimon could evolve to other forms, but as you can see, they are no match for my strength!"
HK and Rosemon got up to fight, but got blasted back once again. Flybeemon kept using his Poison Stinger attack on Demon, but he just laughed as he let the stingers hit his body, and swatting Flybeemon away with the back of his hand.
All of the kids had looks of doubt on their faces, except for Eiji, Hikari, Daisuke, and Takeru. They all had looks of determination.
"What is this?" Demon asked in surprise.
"We won't go down without a fight!" Daisuke told the demon.
"Daisuke, no!" Chibimon called out.
"We have come this far and we are not going to lose!" Hikari said, stepping up beside Daisuke, looking Demon straight in his evil, glowing eyes.
"Hikari, no!" Tailmon called out. "Do no be foolish!"
"Yeah, we won't go down without a fight!" Takeru said, stepping up beside Hikari and Daisuke.
"No, Takeru," Patamon shouted out.
"You three get back here!" Yamato ordered.
"Hikari!" Taichi shouted out.
The three children ignored the pleas of the older kids and continued to threaten Demon.
"You three measly children dare to threaten me!?!"
"We are not afraid of you!" Hikari said, not hint of fear in her voice. "We don't believe in Darkness taking over our world!"
"We don't want the world to be covered with darkness!" Takeru said.
All of a sudden, Eiji's chest started to glow in the crest shapes of light and hope, but it vanished quickly. All three kids, Hikari, Takeru, and Daisuke, now had a strange glow about them. The glow of Hikari was pink, yellow for Takeru, and the glow of Daisuke was golden. Demon shielded himself from the bright light, which was obviously hurting him since he had been entrapped in darkness for so long.
All three children clutched their Digivices in their hands, and looked to be concentrating.
*"Hikari!"
*"Kibou!"
"Kiseki!"
"With all three of those, they will defeat you, Demon!" Eiji threatened.
The glow that surrounded each of them formed a beam which shot upwards towards the sky and formed into three shapes: the Crest of Light, the Crest of Hope, and the Crest of Miracles.
"Not that light," Demon growled.
"What are those lights?" Gomamon asked.
"Those are their crest lights," Jou said in surprise.
"It looks as if Hikari's Crest of Light is shining on the Crest of Hope and it looks like both are shining on the Crest of Miracles," Tailmon pointed out.
"Yeah," Yamato noted. "It's making Miracles stand out more, but why?"
The evil Digimon shrank back to his normal, not as powerful, size and Rosemon, HK, and Flybeemon felt re-energized...
"Are you Digimon sure you can handle him?" Michael asked.
"Positive!" Flybeemon smiled while buzzing around.
"Don't hurt yourselves," Mimi said backing away from Rosemon since she was now re-energized.
The three all launched attacks at Demon at the same time while the three children glowed and remained in that state--as if they were concentrating...
"Poison Stinger!" Flybeemon buzzed.
"Giga Blaster!" Heracles Kabuterimon shouted out.
"Thorn Whip!" Rosemon called out.
Demon staggered back and stared angrily. He attacked back using his Flame Inferno, which surprised the three Digimon. It wasn't just one fire ball going out at them, but six. They hit the three Digimon. Even though he was less powerful than before, it still had an effect on them which somewhat weakened them.
"Oh no!" Koushirou muttered. "They are down again!"
Yamato wasn't as concerned over that and noticed something else that worried him even more.
"They're going to get hit!" the boy shouted out.
"Daisuke-san, Hikari-san, Takeru-san, watch out!" Iori warned.
"This'll put out their lights," Demon chuckled darkly, his eyes glowing.
The other three Demon fired out was headed towards the three concentrating kids who looked as if they had tuned the entire world out. They didn't move from their spots.
"We need to beat him. I know that we can. The world needs light," Hikari mumbled, her eyes closed, still concentrating.
"We can't lose hope," Takeru mumbled, same state as Hikari.
"We can't beat him without a miracle occurring. We can always hope for one," Daisuke mumbled, gripping his Digivice tighter and close to his chest.
Taichi was about to run out to the three, but something kept him back. It was like something was telling him to. The same thing applied to the others. The three giant sized fireballs headed towards the three children. They then glowed even brighter and the attacks missed all three of them. Something had hit the three fireballs...
"NANI!" Demon shouted out angrily. "How could I miss!!"
"What happened?" Tailmon asked.
"Those attacks were headed straight for them!" Sora said.
"It's a miracle they survived that!" Ken said.
"I wonder what kept them from hitting them," Miyako wondered.
"I won't miss this time," Demon said, more determined than ever to destroy the three glowing children.
He used all of his energy and kept alternating his two main attacks: Chaos Flare and Flame Inferno. The three eight year olds never moved from their spots and stood there as if in deep concentration, their eyes closed. All of the attacks missed them. It was like something was helping them...
"Why can I not harm these three children!"
The angered Digimon then raised his claws into the air and created one powerful Flame Inferno attack. Daisuke, Takeru, and Hikari still stood there, refusing to get out of the way, but Demon wasn't only planning on getting them, but the other kids as well.
"Oh no!" Piyomon shouted.
"That attack is too powerful!" Agumon said. "Not only will he destroy this place, he'll end up destroying us!"
"We have lost," Betamon sighed.
"No!" Eiji said. "Don't give up hope!"
"No...we have to stop it..." Rosemon groaned in pain.
"I'm too weak to get up..." HK strained, trying to get up. His wings were even sore and couldn't fly if his life depended on it currently.
"We can't lose!" Iori said.
"Maybe we should start begging for our lives!" Jou suggested.
"We can't do that," Eiji said. "Never give in to those who are evil! Don't ever lose hope!"
"Super...Flame...Inferno!"
He threw the attack, hoping that the kids would end up destroyed once and for all. They all closed their eyes, not wanting to encounter such a thing. All of a sudden, a big, bright blue light surrounded the area. When the light cleared, the children looked around and saw that they were still alive.
"What happened?" Taichi asked in surprise.
"Another miracle," Mimi gasped.
The three children were still in their "concentration" mode throughout the entire thing, and they kept mumbling, "Hikari...Kibou...Kiseki..."
"What in hell--" Demon stared in disbelief.
"You guys, look!" Gabumon pointed.
Right where the attack would have hit them, was an arrow.
"An arrow?" Taichi picked it up. "It's cold, like ice water."
"That was my best shot!" Demon said, disgusted with the entire situation. "What could have...ugh!"
The Digimon fell over with a thump. Sticking from out of his back, was an arrow. He was still living, but he couldn't move.
"Why...can't...I...move..." Demon grunted in pain.
"Who shot the arrow?" Michael asked.
Taichi took out his pocket telescope and took a look through it.
"Well, Taichi, what do you see?" Sora asked.
"It's a weird looking Digimon with a bow and arrow with a crow on his head."
"It's Nohemon!" Eiji and Iori gasped out.
"That traitor!" Demon growled.
Nohemon stepped from out of the shadows and joined the Chosen Children and their Digimon.
"Nohemon, why are you helping us and how did you find us?" Iori asked in surprise.
"Well, kid, that light - the one that stood out the most - helped me to find you and I only helped you because," Nohemon stopped abruptly and got defensive. "Never mind why I helped you! I just have some business to care of! I am not helping because I actually like you or anything, I just don't like Demon for underpaying me!"
"What are you doing!" Demon struggled trying to move. "Why can't I move and how did you block off my attacks towards them!"
"Like this," Nohemon said as he shot an arrow into the air.
When the arrow landed, it had turned into a giant ice spear and then melted, leaving the used arrow on the ground.
"It melted and put out the fire and I am the best assassin in the entire Digital World. I would know where your weak spot is and it's right in the center of your back!"
Nohemon held his loaded bow towards Demon's head, ready to shoot him.
"Now we get rid of you," Nohemon said, annoyed with Demon. "How dare you try to plunge the Digital World into darkness just because you have a grudge against those kids! You keep talking about how humans shouldn't meddle with Digimon affairs, well I feel that we shouldn't meddle with theirs."
"You worthless bastard!!" Demon grunted angrily, still trying to regain mobility.
He soon stopped trying to move and his look of anger soon turned to that of a smirk.
"You can't destroy me! You found my weak spot, but you can't kill me because I'm too powerful and full of dark energy!"
Nohemon frowned. He knew that he was right. Demon was the exception since he was a pure evil Digimon filled with hatred and dark, negative energy. Nohemon knew that by destroying his body, that all of the dark energy within him, would still end up released, causing the entire Digital World to fill with darkness.
A voice was then heard...
"Hello children," the angelic voice called to them.
"Angelique?" Chibimon asked.
"Yes, it is me," the woman said. "You must finish Demon off. You can do it. Just use the main element which harms evil Digimon, such as himself, the most."
"Hikari," the girl mumbled once again, a sleepy look about her face. She held her Digivice in front of her.
"Kibou, Kiseki," both Takeru and Daisuke mumbled, doing the same as Hikari.
The three held their Digivices towards the immobilized Demon as three beams of light shot out from them and right at Demon who growled in pain...
"They are weakening him; now you all can attack him," Nohemon said. 'I just hope nothing goes wrong by doing so.'
"Pepper Breath...Poi!"
"Spiral Twister...Bawk!"
"Bluuuuue Blaster...Ha!"
"Electrick Shock!"
"Poison Stinger!"
"Air Shot!"
"William Arrow!" Nohemon called out. "Use your Derisive Crow!" Nohemon ordered his feathered companion.
The skilled archerer shot out a lot of arrows, while his crow shot out green energy rings. All of the hits made Demon shout out angrily in pain! His energy was very low...
"Rosemon," Mimi called.
"HeraclesKabuterimon," Koushirou called out.
"Finish him off!" both Koushirou and Mimi ordered.
The two Digimon nodded and got the last two hits on him...
Heracles Kabuterimon took to the sky and formed a purplish orb in front of him.
"Giga Blaster!"
The powerful attack hit Demon, which caused him to scream out in anger even more.
"One more hit ought to get rid of him for good!" Rosemon said as she started to prepare herself.
She took out a rose that decorated her hair and gracefully tossed it into the air. It then started to form into a sword, unlike how it was when she just shot out the razor sharp thorns when she fought against Evamon. The sword landed to the ground with a loud thud, as it stuck itself into the ground right beside the heel-wearing Rosemon. The sword's blade was razor sharp and could probably cut through sheet metal. The sword's handle was red and the blade was green, like the sharp stem of a rose.
She took her right hand and grasped the sword, pulling it from out of the ground, holding it high, the wind blowing through her beautiful, rose-decorated blonde hair.
"Roses Rapier!" her voice echoed as she charged after Demon. She brought the sword down and stabbed him right in his back.
After she stabbed him, the sword reformed back to that of a rose, and Demon's body started to fade away...
"Damn you!! Damn you all to hell!!" Demon shouted out in anger.
More negative, dark energy started to leave him.
'Damnit, I was afraid of this happening!' Nohemon thought. 'Demon'll still take over the Digital World if his dark energy escapes his body! It'll take him no time at all to reform from---huh?'
Nohemon stared as he saw what Hikari, Takeru, and Daisuke did. As the dark energy started to leave him, the three beams of light were still shining on him, destroying the dark energy as it left his body...
"I shall come back! You will see! If Vamdemon can do it, then so can I!" Demon started to laugh demonically over the thought. "Long live Lord Vamdemon and long live Lord Devimon!"
The evil Digimon was finally deleted. Flybeemon, Rosemon, and HK all devolved back into Hawkmon, Palmon, and Tentomon. Miyako, Mimi, and Koushirou ran up to their Digimon and hugged them happily. Both Palmon and Tentomon were really low on energy since they had remained in their ultimate (mega) forms for so long.
Meanwhile, Takeru and the other two dropped to the ground, finally coming from out of their trances.
"What happened?" Daisuke asked while rubbing his eyes.
"I dunno," Takeru shrugged with a yawn. "I just feel like I've been sleepin' for a long time. Man, I always hated takin' naps."
"I feel weird too," Hikari said.
"Are you okay," Tailmon, Patamon, and Chibimon asked at the same time.
"Takeru," Yamato called running up to his brother.
"Hikari, Daisuke," Taichi said, running behind Yamato.
Everyone started talking at once over the events that had happened.
"I knew all would go well," Eiji smiled.
"I for one am glad," Iori said.
He then started to look around.
"What's wrong?" Upamon asked.
"Where is Nohemon?" Iori asked. "I should properly thank him for helping us."
"We all should," Jou said.
"He's gone," Betamon said.
"Let me guess, another Ogremon," Gomamon said while shaking his head.
They all laughed.
"It sure seems like it," Gabumon said. "They help us and then
take off."
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A Digimon from far off watched them and talked to his bird like friend...
"I know what you are thinking," the Digimon told his companion. "I am turning into a softy for helping them, but that kid made a lot of sense. I knew this place was going to be no good if Zanbamon, Sorcerymon, and Demon were going to run it. I have lived in that world of darkness before and it isn't too pleasant. That is why I turned out the way that I did."
He started to walk off, with his bird friend with him.
"Let's go," he said. "We have done our good deed for the day and from this day forward, no more killing. It isn't worth it. We can't change what we have done in the past, but we can always work on a better future."
The crow cawed and nodded as they were walking along. The Digimon then took one last look back.
*"Ookini, Iori-kun," Nohemon said. "I'm sorry for what I did."
The Digimon then did something that he had never done before...smile.
He then took off in a flash...
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'Arigatou, Nohemon,' Iori said quietly to himself, as if he had heard
Nohemon. 'We really appreciate what you did for us and I do
forgive you for all that you did!'
"Hey guys, look, look, look, look, look!" Upamon bounced up and down hyperly. "The darkness is going away! Yay, yay, yay, yay!"
"I, for one, am glad for that," Ken said. "Living in a world of darkness is like living in a hellish nightmare that never ends."
After all of the darkness around them had finally vanished, they found themselves back in front Evamon's factory--where they were before they went after Demon. They were also back to their old selves, age and clothing wise and Chibimon, as well as Minomon, were back to their child (rookie) forms.
"Yay, I'm not a shrimp anymore!" Takeru cheered.
To greet them was Angelique, Swanmon, Aina, and a young, handsome brown
haired man...
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Note 2: Hikari is the Japanese name for "Light" and also Kari's crest name. Nice irony there, don't ya think. lol Kibou is hope and you probably already know that Kiseki is "Miracles".
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Note 3: Ookini is another way of saying "Thanks." It's pretty much a western/Kyoto way of saying it. Tentomon uses it too. Arigatou is another way of saying thank you, which has probably been pointed out already and of course there is, "Thank you." lol. They use that too, only the pronunciation is a bit off since the th = a mix of an "s" sound and a "z" sound, somewhat.