Me: (listens to "Target~Akai Shougeki~") As usual, I don't own Digimon, but I do own this CD mixed with songs of my own choosing-all in Japanese, of course!
Sora: Any other of our songs, other than that one?
BlackTerriermon: Let's see here...(grabs list, rattles off names) Ah! Here-# 11: "Atarashii Taiyou" done by our big-haired Goggle boy, and #12: "Shiny Days," done by the red-haired traitor who, at the last second, decided to go out with Blond Boy instead of sticking with the boy who's always been there for her!
Sora: What?!! I just...I didn't want to hurt Tai-you're making me out to be the bad guy, when Matt could have just said no! (takes list from BlackTerriermon; blushes) Are those songs really on that CD?
Me: (sighs) Let's get on with the story before both Sora and Rika want to kill you!
BlackTerriermon: (laughs) That's me-the Rookie Digimon who can get away with just about anything he wants to! Now...(grabs bullhorn from DC's room and uses it)...WHERE'S MY FOOD??
Sora: (winces in pain, clutches ears) You'd better start running, unless you want a imprint of my foot in your face, rabbitmon!
BlackTerriermon: (gulps, runs off) The name's BlackTerriermon, ma'am!
Me: Mou...(grins) Before I forget, this chapter signifies me changing the summary, because now
the DigiDestined will have more to face than just Daemon, but they don't know it yet...
Digimon: The Final Battle
Chapter VI-The Return of the Ultimate Evil...
"I've never been a quitter!!" -Davis Motomiya, "Guardian Angel"
"No, I can't give up hope! There are too many people depending on me!" -Tai Kamiya, "A Million Points of Light"
"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances
they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." -George Bernard Shaw
(Atarashii Taiyou plays in background)
Night had fallen upon the inhabitants of Odaiba, and everybody figured that all the threats concerning evil Digimon were gone, but they would be wrong. The only person-who would be known as the leader of the original DigiDestined-who knew something was going to go down was still up, his eyes narrowed as he and his Digimon partner, as well as his girlfriend and soul mate and her Digimon partner watched the darkened skies above them at the balcony overlooking his room.
"What's wrong, Tai? You hardly said anything when we went out, and I had to repeatedly insist for you to eat something. Did I do something wrong?"
A pained look crossed over Tai's face before he eyed Sora with his usual half-smile. "I'm sorry, Sora. It's not you-you could never do anything that would hurt me that badly."
"Really?" Agumon responded cynically to Biyomon. "That whole Christmas debacle keeps popping up in my head, and that really hurt him, even if he didn't show it-"
"They're trying to move on from that, and you keep reminding them about it!" Biyomon retorted irritably while pecking onto Agumon's head. Good thing our Dinosaur Digimon had somewhat of a hard head.
"Okay! Ow! I didn't mean to bring it up! Ow!"
"Then, what's wrong?" Sora's repeated question caused Tai to narrow his eyes once more while turning to face the skies.
"It's Daemon...he warned Davis and the others that he would come back one day, and from this dark feeling in my heart, this might be that day." A grin came to Tai's face as he added, "They say when you know about the day of your death, you don't really feel like eating much, if at all."
Sora smirked at that brief saying. "Oh, really? And, when has that ever stopped you from eating like your partner does?"
"Hey!" Tai and Agumon chorused at that second, the former, playfully; the latter, irritated as Sora and Biyomon stifled their giggles.
"Can't blame her if she speaks the truth." Gatomon replied while bounding onto the balcony, Kari waiting at the screen door and eyeing her brother with a look of concern on her face, much like the concern that was in Sora's eyes, even if she was joking around with Tai.
"Are you serious, Tai? Would Daemon really come back?"
Tai eyed the two most important people in his life before stroking Agumon's head with an outstretched hand and nodding. "The last time Daemon was here, his original intent was to use the Dark Spore inside Ken for something undoubtedly nasty, which would've had serious repercussions for our world and the Digital World! Now, however, he only wants revenge...whether it be on Davis and Ken, on Matt and myself, or on any of us is really anybody's guess."
Sora closed her eyes briefly before walking up to Tai and asking, "Then, what can we do about it? Only a handful of our Digimon can reach the Mega level, and even if we had Imperialdramon Digivolve to Paladin Mode, Omnimon, or even PhoenixGreymon, would that be enough? Daemon proved he had the power to beat even Imperialdramon back then, and he's only gotten stronger since that time."
Tai nodded before pulling Sora into a hug and responded. "True, it's obvious that even with that limited number of Digimon who can actually go Mega, Daemon would have the advantage over us, but we've not only gotten stronger since then, too, we've also got something he doesn't have-teamwork, friends, allies, and the belief that if we can trust in ourselves, anything can happen!"
"That's the spirit, Tai! Never give up!" Agumon piped up bravely.
"I never planned on giving up, Agumon." The grin was back on Tai's face as he leaned forward and kissed Sora with extreme passion. It was obvious from the tiny smile on Kari's face that Tai wasn't talking about the incident concerning Daemon this time.
(Atarashii Taiyou fades out)
The night dwindled on as clouds covered the skies and blocked the moon from being seen by anyone as Izzy ended up contacting the entire team of DigiDestined over for a meeting "of the utmost importance." The only ones who'd been able to make it were Tai, Sora, Davis, Yolei, Kari, T.K., Matt, Mimi, Izzy-(naturally-he called them all there)-Cody and Ken.
"Okay, we're all accounted for...except Joe, who's studying for a test at school."
"At night?!" Davis didn't even try to keep the shock out of his voice. "Jeez, it seems like everytime we have a life-or-death situation, Joe's off doing something that concerns schoolwork!"
Tai laughed lightly at that statement. "That's Joe for you."
"Anyway, I'll tell him about this later: I want you to all look at this!"
Everyone-human and Digimon-looked over at the slide projector that Izzy had put up once again as he turned it on and showed a picture of floating Digimon.
"A bunch of floating pillows. So?"
Izzy rose an eyebrow up and responded, "They're not pillows, Davis. They're Kuramon...Kuramon who survived the 2nd Internet battle that pitted Diaboromon against Omnimon."
Tai and Matt groaned while Sora and Mimi put their arms around their shoulders.
"The next time we have to defeat Diaboromon, we should just eradicate whatever's left of him!" Tai griped impatiently.
"You may get that chance, Tai. This picture was sent to me only today, but it was scanned over a month ago!"
Tai, Davis and the others all eyed each other with worried glances.
"So, you're saying that these Kuramon have all Digivolved since then?" Ken asked in amazement.
"I'm afraid so. This was also sent to me today via the Internet." A click, and a head shot of Diaboromon appeared so abruptly, that Davis screamed and jumped into Yolei's arms.
"Calm down, Davis! That's not the real Diaboromon." Yolei mumbled as Davis laughed nervously and untangled himself from Yolei's grasp.
"A little spooked, huh, Davis?" Veemon asked calmly. Davis gritted his teeth and eyed his partner with an irritated glance.
"I wasn't spooked! Startled, maybe, but not spooked!"
Whatever was going to be said after that was interrupted as the ground started shaking, lightning flashed and thunder resounded throughout the sky at that second! Everyone grabbed ahold of something or someone to keep themselves steady.
"What the heck was that?!! Earthquakes never happen in Odaiba!" Davis yelled out as Yolei had her arms wrapped around his waist.
"Whatever it was, it spells trouble!" Tai admitted, making sure both Sora and Kari were safe and unharmed.
"Undoubtedly so. We may have to divide our forces for this one." Izzy advised grimly.
"That's usually what we end up doing in the beginning of the battles, anyway." Tai cracked, a wicked grin on his face. His grin faded as everyone sweatdropped and eyed him with strange looks that mostly said, "don't push us!"
"Anyway..." Izzy cleared his throat before continuing on. "Tai, Matt, I think you guys know what you have to do. Agumon, Gabumon, that includes you, too."
Tai and Matt nodded, but before the four of them could start off, Davis got in their way, a determined look on his face.
"We're going, too!"
Tai smiled gently as he placed his hand on Davis' shoulder. "Thanks for the assist, Davis, but we'll need you and Ken here in the Real World in case Daemon does appear, otherwise, he'd be free to unleash who-knows-what upon the world."
Davis frowned at that, but remained silent and nodded. Tai was the senior leader of the DigiDestined, so whatever he said was followed by mostly everyone. Before Tai and the others could start forward, Sora and Biyomon got in their way.
"We're going to help out, too, and you're not stopping me, Tai! I missed both internet battles last time, and I'm not going to miss this last one."
Tai laughed while putting his arm gently around Sora's shoulder. "Sor, the 1st time you missed the internet battle was because of..." After seeing Sora's heated glare, Tai sweatdropped, laughed weakly and continued on. "...unpredictable circumstances."
"A hairpin's considered an 'unpredictable circumstance?'" Agumon whispered to Biyomon a second later. Irritated by Agumon's interruptions, Tai stared at his partner before finishing up.
"And, the reason you missed the 2nd battle was because of the train arriving late. This time...I see no reason for you and Biyomon not to join us!"
"Thanks, Tai!" Sora replied sweetly while kissing Tai on the cheek.
"That leaves the rest of you guys to find out what's going on in downtown Tokyo. Tentomon, Palmon, Mimi and I will stay behind and monitor you from here, and we'll help out if you need it."
"Okay, crew-let's get to work!" Tai demanded confidently.
As night continued onward, Davis, Ken, Yolei, T.K., Kari and Cody all ended up in the middle of Tokyo, anxiously awaiting the arrival of whatever had caused the quake to occur.
"Do you really think Daemon would actually be able to cross back over to our world?" T.K. asked calmly, but only Patamon and Kari caught the hint of fear in his voice.
"My brother said that if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. So, we'd better be prepared for anything."
"Yeah-let him try to crossover!" Davis declared bravely as he and Yolei got into fighting poses. "We're ready for you, Creepymon! Give us your best shot!"
"Okay, then-I will. EVIL INFERNO!!!"
The entire team of younger DigiDestined all cried out as they-and their Digimon-were all blasted to the ground, pain radiating throughout their bodies as they staggered to their feet, only to see the one Digimon they'd barely been able to send to the Dark Ocean back, and at full power...
"Daemon!!"
Like beforehand, a bunch of Kuramon were flying down the same path Tai, Sora, Matt and their Digimon were taking in order to reach their ultimate adversary once again; this time, though, Agumon was barely able to dodge getting hit by another stray Kuramon-mostly because Biyomon was able to grab him with one wing and pull him up.
"Thanks! Last time, I thought I was gonna be a snack portion for these guys."
"Just keep out of trouble, and be more careful."
"Sora, are you sure you're ready for this?" Tai asked worriedly, but Sora took his hand in hers and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"With you there, I can handle anything, Tai."
"Okay, you two-here we go!" Matt announced as the word "ENTER" repeatedly appeared above their heads!
"Ready, Agumon?"
"Mm-hmm!"
"Gabumon?"
"Ready when you are, Matt!"
"Biyomon!"
"I'm on it, Sora!"
("Brave Heart" plays in background)
Like before, Agumon and Gabumon changed into WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, and their bodies vanished to be replaced with their heads, which Tai and Matt grabbed ahold of as Biyomon changed into Phoenixmon and lowered a wing for Sora to grab. A second later, Omnimon and Phoenixmon had fully appeared, charged up to maximum and ready to face Diaboromon one last time...
Can the DigiDestined hold down two fronts at the same time? Find out next time on Digimon: Digital Monsters!