The trek back to the base was slow and set at a grueling pace. It took Jesse nearly two days to recover enough from the digivolution to travel without assitance, and even then his stamina was extremely low.
"This is gonna take forever," Samantha mutters, "if geek-boy wasn't slowing us down, we'd practically be there by now."
"And if I wasn't slowing you down, we'd all be dead," Jesse retorts. Being short of energy definitely did not dull Jesse's abuility to make a sharp comment.
"Are we gonna have to listen to this the entire trip back?" James mutters. Unfortunately, Samantha hears his comment.
"Hey, why don't you just persevere through this?" she demands, "isn't that what your Crest Weapon stands for?"
"What it stands for is things I had no choice but to go through and deal with," James replies sharply, "this, on the other hand, is unnecessary and we could go on without it."
"Is it me, or is everyone on a short fuse here?" Wizardmon asks Pixiemon. The short pink fuzzball shakes his head (A/N: I cannot stop laughing at imagining that!)
"If you look closer, it is only affecting the humans," Pixiemon says, point out an argument between Brian and Daniel and then pointing out that all of the Digimon looked more or less subdued.
"What is going on?" Wizardmon asks Pixiemon.
"This region is known throughout most of the Digital World as theDesert of Discord," Pixiemon says, "though for some reason it never causes any discord among Digimon. But I think now we know why it has its name."
"But if these guys are the first humans ever in the Digital World, then how did it get its name?" Heromon asks from behind the two. Pixiemon turns to look at Heromon.
"Azulongmon named this place," Pixiemon replies, "though why he named it the Desert of Discord, only he knows."
"Who is Azulongmon?" Biyomon asks.
"Azulongmon is one of the four great Mega level Digimon who look over the Digital World," Pixiemon explains, "he is a Dragon type Digimon, serpentine in appearance though his body is translucent blue with chains wrapped around it. He guards the eastern portion of the Digital World. He is the oldest, wisest, and most powerful of the Guardians."
"Who are the other Guardians?" Tapirmon asks.
"Well, there is Zhuqiaomon, the great Phoenix Digimon who resides in the southern portion of the Digital World," Pixiemon says, "he has monitored the human world almost as much as Azulongmon, but he hates humans. Then there is Baihumon, the Tiger Digimon who resides over the western portion of the Digital World. And finally there is Ebonwumon, the two-headed Turle Digimon who resides in the northern portion of the Digital World. Each of the four Guardians are incredibly powerful. Azulongmon is the mightiest and wisest of them. He is the only one left. Agents of the Beast of Darkness have sealed the other three away."
"That's terrible," Heromon says, "we have got to beat he Beast of Darkness and free the Guardians."
"Easier said than done," Pixiemon says, "it is said that an agent of the Beast of Darkness is on his way to Azulongmon's home right now. He was heading there when I left for File Island, and the two are now surely in a battle."
"Do you think we can help him?" Wizardmon asks.
"Well, Azulongmon actually lives here in the Desert of Discord," Pixiemon says, "he lives here because, even though it causes discord among humans, it promotes unity among Digimon."
"How soon do you think we can get to Azulongmon's home?" Wizardmon asks.
"I shall create a bubble for us to travel in," Pixiemon says. He holds his spear in front of him and twirls it a few times. A glowing sphere forms and expands until it is large enough to comfortably hold all of the DigiDestined and their Digimon. It envelopes the entire group.
"Hey, whats going on?" Samantha demands.
"We are going to help a Digimon in need," Biyomon says. Wizardmon quickly explains about the Guardian Digimon.
"If it'll hurt the Beast of Darkness, then I say go for it," Jesse says, "anything that is detrimental to him is beneficial to us."
"I agree," James says. Apparently, the effects fo the desert were blocked by Pixiemon bubble.
"If these guys can beat a Mega, then what chance do we have?" Samantha asks.
"Pixiemon is as strong as some Mega's," Wizardmon replies, "and MagnaWarriormon's strength is superior to that of most Mega's. My Ultimate form can hold off a Mega for a period of time, as can Mammothmon. Garudamon and Digitamamon might have some problems, but working with us they can hold off a Mega quite well. And if not, then they can take out whatever other forces these agens have brought with them."
"We're there," Pixiemon calls out.
The group looks in fornt of them. It is a castle, but it is badly damaged. In front of it, a small horde of evil Digimon, most noticeably smaller versions of Vilemon, are standing there and attacking mercilessly. The castle apparently had six defenders: A WereGarurumon, a Lillymon, a Garudamon (A/N: I'll call it Garudamon B to keep away confusion), a Angewomon, a Zudomon, and a MegaKabuterimon.
"Horn Buster!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Wolf Claw!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
High above the castle, two mighty forces were clashing.
"Lightning Whip!" A noble, sage-like resonating voice called out. A chain of lightning strikes at his opponent.
"That's Azulongmon," Pixiemon explains, notcing the awed looks on the faces of the DigiDestined and Digimon, "he's on our side."
"Trump Sword!" the enemy Digimon called out, negating Azulongmon's attack. He had a vaguely humanoid appearance, with a red clown outfit and a harelequin mask that was white on one side with a black spade over the eye and black on the other side with a white club over the eye. His mouth, jaw, and chin, which were still available, were pale white while the mouth was blood red. He had orange hair and a frill around his neck. He had four swords, each one having a sword with a card symbol (A/N: Spade, Club, Heart, and Diamond) on the pommel. His Trump sword used the swords by having them hurled at the target.
"That is Piedmon," Pixiemon explains, "he is the leader of the Dark Master, and the strongest Evil Digimon around since the Beast has yet to truly show himself. Though maybe Dragomon could have given him some competition. His Trump Sword and Clown Trick attacks are almost always lethal."
"Aurora Force!" Azulongmon calls out, moving around in a circle and firing a blast of pure energy at his enemy.
"Clown Trick!" Piedmon calls out, sending a blast of his own energy, canceling Azulongmon's attack and striking the Dragon Guardian in the head. Azulongmon crashes to the ground, unconscious.
"And so the mighty Azulongmon has fallen," Piedmon laughs, "how pathetic."
"Hero Beam!"
Heromon's Hero Beam hits Piedmon in the back of the head. Piedmon turns to see the DigiDestined and their Digimon looking at him.
"You little insects think you can hurt me?" he laughs, "Trump Sword!"
The four swords careen towards Pixiemon's bubble, but Pixiemon dodges it expertly.
"You just had to make him mad, didn't you?" he asks, "he's a Mega, and the only Digimon around that is capable of fighting him right now would be MagnaWarriormon. The rest of you would just get in the way."
"Okay then," Jesse says, holding up his Digivice and drawing he Crest Weapon of Honor. The other four DigiDestined ready their Crest Weapons and pull out their Digivices.
"Digivolve!" Jesse, Samantha, Brian, Daniel, and James all say at once.
"Heromon digivolve to Warriormon!" Heromon calls out.
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!" Biyomon calls out.
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!" Tapirmon calls out.
"Warriormon digivolve to MagnaWarriormon!" Warriormon calls out.
"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!" Birdramon calls out.
"Apemon digivolve to Mammothmon!" Apemon calls out.
"Wizardmon digivolve to MetalWizardmon!" Wizardmon calls out.
The five Ultimates stand ready to do battle with Piedmon and his forces.
"Tusk Crusher!" Mammothmon bellows, alughning his tusk missiles at the Vilemon.
"Wing Blade!" Garudamon calls out, launching her flaming bird attack at Piedmon.
"Magical Blades!" MetalWizardmon calls out, blocking a Trump Sword attack of Piedmon's that was going for WereGarurumon.
"Nightmare Syndromer!" Digitamamon calls out, sending his attack through a wave of Vilemon.
"Magna Beam!" MagnaWarriormon calls out, launching his attack from his sword at Piedmon. The attack hits Piedmonat the same time Garudamon's Wing Blade does, but hardly fazes him. Piedmon turns to face MagnaWarriormon.
"Ah, more performers for my play!" he says joyfully, "but, you must first answer a casting call. Clown Trick!"
The attack hits Digitamamon, who doesn't have a chance to close up in his shell to defend himself. The attack hits him hard and he de-digivolves to Eggmon.
"Wing Blade!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Wolf Claw!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Magical Blades!"
"Tusk Crusher!"
"Magna Beam!"
"Pit Bomb!"
"The eleven Ultimate level attacks hit Piedmon with considerable force. But all they manage to do is make him mad.
"I have had enough of this!" he cries out, "Trump Sword!"
He launches his Clown Trick attack at the Digimon defending Azulongmon's home. It hits all six of them and they turn into keychains. Pixiemon quickly moves over and grabs them before Piedmon can do anything else.
"Children, run," Azulongmon says, "Piedmon is strong, but he is not powerful enough to destroy me. He can only block my power. Go, and hurry to our Last Hope so it may be serve its purpose." With that, he sends a cloud at the DigiDestined and their Digimon. They are whisked away in a cloud and are now moving faster than even Pixiemon.
"You know, Azulongmon, I really hate it when my actors take initiative in their performances," Piedmon says, "especially when they do it without my permission!"
Azulongmon disappears, sealed away behind a viel of dark power. His castle begins to reshape itself until it has a completely brand new shape (A/N: It is Ken's base. I would describe it, but I have no idea how.).
As the DigiDestined head for the base at an incredible speed.
"Pixiemon, what do you have there?" Jesse asks.
"Piedmon turned the Digimon that were defending Azulongmon's castle into keychains," Pixiemon says, "Seraphimon can change them back. They will make excellent allies. It will bring six more Ultimate level Digimon to our side. Not just any six Ultimates, but six of the most powerful Ultimates of all.
The rest of the trip was made in silence. They arrive at the base in next to no time.
"Welcome back," Seraphimon says, "I take it you all got your Crest Weapons and can activate them?"
"I think they also came to grips with some problems that they had been having beforehand," Pixiemon says, "well, except for Daniel and Jesse. Daniel's Faith is quite strong, and Jesse appears to be the epitome of Honor. But the other three possibly had some trouble."
"We just accepted part of who we are," James protests, "it was nothing that a good psychologist couldn't do for us."
"Yes, but you did this without any other humans help," Seraphimon says, "and because of that fact you are stronger than you would have been had you been to a psychologist."
"Makes sense," Jesse says, "an old saying is 'What does not kill you, makes you stronger'."
"That is a lousy saying," Digitamamon mutters, "what if something doesn't kill you, but cripples you?"
"Your spirit is stronger for the experience," Jesse replies, "its a simple enough saying to understand."
"Pixiemon, you should have arrived some time ago," Seraphimon says, "we detected the activation of the Crest Weapon of Perseverance some time ago. And why did you arrive in one of Azulongmon's clouds?"
"We went to pay Azulongmon a visit," Pixiemon replies, "we arrived just in time to see him be defeated by Piedmon. The protectors of his castle were turned into keychains. Can you help them?"
"I just used my power for a very important work," Seraphimon says, "I am unable to return them to their full Ultimate forms. I can't even manage getting them back into their In Training forms. I can bring them back as Digi Eggs though. And that will be for the best. Come and let me explain."
Seraphimon leads them to a room that had a glass showing case. It had eight Digivices, Tags, and Crests within it. One Digivice had a Digi Egg connected to it already.
"More Digivices?" Brian asks, "are we gonna get reinforcements?"
"Yes and no," Gennai says, "we have determined that even if all of your Digimon wee to reach their strongest Mega form, they still would only be able to fight the Beast of Darkness to a draw. He will return. Unfortunately, for you five you will have another mission after driving him back."
Seraphimon motions their attention to a large screen.
"There are more worlds than just the Digital World and your world," Seraphimon explains, "worlds such as the Dark Ocean." Jesse and Heromon cringe at the mention of the Dark Ocean.
"These worlds have no means of balancing between the forces of good and evil and so the forces of evil run rampant," Seraphimon continues, "that was my mission: to try and bring a balance between good and evil throughout these worlds. Unfortunately, there are worlds that Digimon cannot enter without being destroyed immediately. That is why you five were brought here. Not only are you to drive off the Beast of Darkness, but you are to journey to these other worlds and bring balance to the Light and the Darkness. I am unable to even try in the worlds where Digimon can appear. Dragomon's attack did more damage than I thought. I am dying."
Seraphimon's words send a chill down everyone's spines. Seraphimon was legendary for his ability to survive and come back from a losing battle. For him to be dying it must have been an extremely powerful blow.
"Seraphimon, what are you gonna do?" Daniel finally asks.
"Digimon do not truly die," Seraphimon answers, "they get reformatted and are born anew. Unfortunately, if I die I will be much weaker when I finally reformat even when I reach my Mega form. This must not be. So therefore I will use the last of my power to turn these other Digimon who are trapped as keychains into Digi Eggs and become a Digi Egg myself. The next generation of DigiDestined will already be very strong. The SkullGreymon you defeated earlier was very beneficial. We sent it to your world through a computer in hopes of finding two of the most powerful DigiDestined to be part of the next group, as well as the hopes of fulfilling part of a prophecy. We found who we were looking for. When Parrotmon arrived, the Koromon we sent digivolved first to Agumon, its Rookie form, and then into Greymon, its Champion form. He was able to save your world from all of that destruction. Well, most of it anyway."
The screen shows a part of a city. James gasps.
"That's Heighten View Terrace! I lived there before we moved to America."
The screen then shows eight children: two brothers, a kid with a computer, a girl in a pink nightgown, a boy on the phone, a girl with a strange hat on, and an older brother and his little sister. James' eyes widen as he recognizes the brother and sister.
"That's Taichi and Hikari Kamiya!" he exclaims, "I used to live right above them. I even babysat them a time or two. Kari would always talk through a whistle while Tai would kick around a soccer ball."
"These two will be among the strongest of the new group of DigiDestined," Seraphimon says. His hands begin to glow and the glow moves over to the keychains. Each keychain begins to glow. Garudamon's glows red, WereGarurumon's glows blue, Zudomon's glows black, Angewoman's glows pink, Lilymon's glows green, and MegaKabuterimon's glows purple. Slowly, each keychain transforms into a Digi Egg and floats over to the case holding the Digivices and Tags. Each Digi Egg settles beside a Tag and Digivice. Now only one Digivice and Tag were unoccupied. James looks at Seraphimon questioningly. Seeing James look, serpahimon chuckles.
"I can not so easily take myself from the fight between good and evil," he explains, "so I shall not only transform myself into a Digi Egg, but I shall become the partner to one of the new DigiDestined. This child shall bear the Crest of Hope. Without it, there is no true meaning for any of the other Crests. This little boy will bear the awesome burden of saving the others from the powers of Darkness even though this girl will bear the greatest enemy of the Darkness: the Crest of Light."
On the screen an image of a little boy and Hikari appear.
"Poor Hikari," James murmurs, "she is so sweet and innocent. But if the Crests are anything like the Crest Weapons, then she is the perfect person to bear the Crest of Light. It is like she has no darkness within her and never could."
"Such a burden for a child to bear," Jesse mutters to Heromon, "its not right." Apparently Serpahimon hears Jesse's comment.
"It will be many years before they will be needed," Seraphimon says and begins to glow golden yellow, "I must go now, my friends. Take care of everyone Jesse. I sense a hard road ahead of you all and they need someone to look to in times of trouble." And with that, Seraphimon transforms himself into a Digi Egg and lands beside the Digivice with the emblem of Hope on it.
"Take care, my friend," Pixiemon says, "now what do we do Gennai?"
"The Beast of Darkness will appear in the Digital World in the Dark Castle," Gennai says, "you must lead the children there and hopefully along the way they wilkl be able to make their Crests glow. Now go. Piedmon and his forces are heading here as we speak. You must not be caught up in the battle or all will be lost. Seraphimon has told me this."
"Well then, let us depart posthaste," Pixiemon says grimly, "it is a long journey to the Dark Castle."
The children and the Digimon leave the base in one of Pixiemon's bubbles. Twenty minutes later, Piedmon attacks and Gennai escapes with the Tags, Digi Eggs, and Digivices though he drops the Digivice and Crest belonging to the Child of Light.
Well, what do you think? Since this isn't the Tamer's world, I can't quite call them Sovereign's, can I? I think calling them Guardians is a bit inspired myself. I would like to thank Chrish for reviewing, but I must make a few things clear. I never said anything about knowing anything about the original Japanese version. I'll use character names in most cases when it comes time, but I will stick to my own view since I have no place that I know of to get more information on the original Japanese stuff. Well, please tell me what you think in some reviews.
"This is gonna take forever," Samantha mutters, "if geek-boy wasn't slowing us down, we'd practically be there by now."
"And if I wasn't slowing you down, we'd all be dead," Jesse retorts. Being short of energy definitely did not dull Jesse's abuility to make a sharp comment.
"Are we gonna have to listen to this the entire trip back?" James mutters. Unfortunately, Samantha hears his comment.
"Hey, why don't you just persevere through this?" she demands, "isn't that what your Crest Weapon stands for?"
"What it stands for is things I had no choice but to go through and deal with," James replies sharply, "this, on the other hand, is unnecessary and we could go on without it."
"Is it me, or is everyone on a short fuse here?" Wizardmon asks Pixiemon. The short pink fuzzball shakes his head (A/N: I cannot stop laughing at imagining that!)
"If you look closer, it is only affecting the humans," Pixiemon says, point out an argument between Brian and Daniel and then pointing out that all of the Digimon looked more or less subdued.
"What is going on?" Wizardmon asks Pixiemon.
"This region is known throughout most of the Digital World as theDesert of Discord," Pixiemon says, "though for some reason it never causes any discord among Digimon. But I think now we know why it has its name."
"But if these guys are the first humans ever in the Digital World, then how did it get its name?" Heromon asks from behind the two. Pixiemon turns to look at Heromon.
"Azulongmon named this place," Pixiemon replies, "though why he named it the Desert of Discord, only he knows."
"Who is Azulongmon?" Biyomon asks.
"Azulongmon is one of the four great Mega level Digimon who look over the Digital World," Pixiemon explains, "he is a Dragon type Digimon, serpentine in appearance though his body is translucent blue with chains wrapped around it. He guards the eastern portion of the Digital World. He is the oldest, wisest, and most powerful of the Guardians."
"Who are the other Guardians?" Tapirmon asks.
"Well, there is Zhuqiaomon, the great Phoenix Digimon who resides in the southern portion of the Digital World," Pixiemon says, "he has monitored the human world almost as much as Azulongmon, but he hates humans. Then there is Baihumon, the Tiger Digimon who resides over the western portion of the Digital World. And finally there is Ebonwumon, the two-headed Turle Digimon who resides in the northern portion of the Digital World. Each of the four Guardians are incredibly powerful. Azulongmon is the mightiest and wisest of them. He is the only one left. Agents of the Beast of Darkness have sealed the other three away."
"That's terrible," Heromon says, "we have got to beat he Beast of Darkness and free the Guardians."
"Easier said than done," Pixiemon says, "it is said that an agent of the Beast of Darkness is on his way to Azulongmon's home right now. He was heading there when I left for File Island, and the two are now surely in a battle."
"Do you think we can help him?" Wizardmon asks.
"Well, Azulongmon actually lives here in the Desert of Discord," Pixiemon says, "he lives here because, even though it causes discord among humans, it promotes unity among Digimon."
"How soon do you think we can get to Azulongmon's home?" Wizardmon asks.
"I shall create a bubble for us to travel in," Pixiemon says. He holds his spear in front of him and twirls it a few times. A glowing sphere forms and expands until it is large enough to comfortably hold all of the DigiDestined and their Digimon. It envelopes the entire group.
"Hey, whats going on?" Samantha demands.
"We are going to help a Digimon in need," Biyomon says. Wizardmon quickly explains about the Guardian Digimon.
"If it'll hurt the Beast of Darkness, then I say go for it," Jesse says, "anything that is detrimental to him is beneficial to us."
"I agree," James says. Apparently, the effects fo the desert were blocked by Pixiemon bubble.
"If these guys can beat a Mega, then what chance do we have?" Samantha asks.
"Pixiemon is as strong as some Mega's," Wizardmon replies, "and MagnaWarriormon's strength is superior to that of most Mega's. My Ultimate form can hold off a Mega for a period of time, as can Mammothmon. Garudamon and Digitamamon might have some problems, but working with us they can hold off a Mega quite well. And if not, then they can take out whatever other forces these agens have brought with them."
"We're there," Pixiemon calls out.
The group looks in fornt of them. It is a castle, but it is badly damaged. In front of it, a small horde of evil Digimon, most noticeably smaller versions of Vilemon, are standing there and attacking mercilessly. The castle apparently had six defenders: A WereGarurumon, a Lillymon, a Garudamon (A/N: I'll call it Garudamon B to keep away confusion), a Angewomon, a Zudomon, and a MegaKabuterimon.
"Horn Buster!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Wolf Claw!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
High above the castle, two mighty forces were clashing.
"Lightning Whip!" A noble, sage-like resonating voice called out. A chain of lightning strikes at his opponent.
"That's Azulongmon," Pixiemon explains, notcing the awed looks on the faces of the DigiDestined and Digimon, "he's on our side."
"Trump Sword!" the enemy Digimon called out, negating Azulongmon's attack. He had a vaguely humanoid appearance, with a red clown outfit and a harelequin mask that was white on one side with a black spade over the eye and black on the other side with a white club over the eye. His mouth, jaw, and chin, which were still available, were pale white while the mouth was blood red. He had orange hair and a frill around his neck. He had four swords, each one having a sword with a card symbol (A/N: Spade, Club, Heart, and Diamond) on the pommel. His Trump sword used the swords by having them hurled at the target.
"That is Piedmon," Pixiemon explains, "he is the leader of the Dark Master, and the strongest Evil Digimon around since the Beast has yet to truly show himself. Though maybe Dragomon could have given him some competition. His Trump Sword and Clown Trick attacks are almost always lethal."
"Aurora Force!" Azulongmon calls out, moving around in a circle and firing a blast of pure energy at his enemy.
"Clown Trick!" Piedmon calls out, sending a blast of his own energy, canceling Azulongmon's attack and striking the Dragon Guardian in the head. Azulongmon crashes to the ground, unconscious.
"And so the mighty Azulongmon has fallen," Piedmon laughs, "how pathetic."
"Hero Beam!"
Heromon's Hero Beam hits Piedmon in the back of the head. Piedmon turns to see the DigiDestined and their Digimon looking at him.
"You little insects think you can hurt me?" he laughs, "Trump Sword!"
The four swords careen towards Pixiemon's bubble, but Pixiemon dodges it expertly.
"You just had to make him mad, didn't you?" he asks, "he's a Mega, and the only Digimon around that is capable of fighting him right now would be MagnaWarriormon. The rest of you would just get in the way."
"Okay then," Jesse says, holding up his Digivice and drawing he Crest Weapon of Honor. The other four DigiDestined ready their Crest Weapons and pull out their Digivices.
"Digivolve!" Jesse, Samantha, Brian, Daniel, and James all say at once.
"Heromon digivolve to Warriormon!" Heromon calls out.
"Biyomon digivolve to Birdramon!" Biyomon calls out.
"Tapirmon digivolve to Apemon!" Tapirmon calls out.
"Warriormon digivolve to MagnaWarriormon!" Warriormon calls out.
"Birdramon digivolve to Garudamon!" Birdramon calls out.
"Apemon digivolve to Mammothmon!" Apemon calls out.
"Wizardmon digivolve to MetalWizardmon!" Wizardmon calls out.
The five Ultimates stand ready to do battle with Piedmon and his forces.
"Tusk Crusher!" Mammothmon bellows, alughning his tusk missiles at the Vilemon.
"Wing Blade!" Garudamon calls out, launching her flaming bird attack at Piedmon.
"Magical Blades!" MetalWizardmon calls out, blocking a Trump Sword attack of Piedmon's that was going for WereGarurumon.
"Nightmare Syndromer!" Digitamamon calls out, sending his attack through a wave of Vilemon.
"Magna Beam!" MagnaWarriormon calls out, launching his attack from his sword at Piedmon. The attack hits Piedmonat the same time Garudamon's Wing Blade does, but hardly fazes him. Piedmon turns to face MagnaWarriormon.
"Ah, more performers for my play!" he says joyfully, "but, you must first answer a casting call. Clown Trick!"
The attack hits Digitamamon, who doesn't have a chance to close up in his shell to defend himself. The attack hits him hard and he de-digivolves to Eggmon.
"Wing Blade!"
"Celestial Arrow!"
"Wolf Claw!"
"Vulcan's Hammer!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Horn Buster!"
"Wing Blade!"
"Magical Blades!"
"Tusk Crusher!"
"Magna Beam!"
"Pit Bomb!"
"The eleven Ultimate level attacks hit Piedmon with considerable force. But all they manage to do is make him mad.
"I have had enough of this!" he cries out, "Trump Sword!"
He launches his Clown Trick attack at the Digimon defending Azulongmon's home. It hits all six of them and they turn into keychains. Pixiemon quickly moves over and grabs them before Piedmon can do anything else.
"Children, run," Azulongmon says, "Piedmon is strong, but he is not powerful enough to destroy me. He can only block my power. Go, and hurry to our Last Hope so it may be serve its purpose." With that, he sends a cloud at the DigiDestined and their Digimon. They are whisked away in a cloud and are now moving faster than even Pixiemon.
"You know, Azulongmon, I really hate it when my actors take initiative in their performances," Piedmon says, "especially when they do it without my permission!"
Azulongmon disappears, sealed away behind a viel of dark power. His castle begins to reshape itself until it has a completely brand new shape (A/N: It is Ken's base. I would describe it, but I have no idea how.).
As the DigiDestined head for the base at an incredible speed.
"Pixiemon, what do you have there?" Jesse asks.
"Piedmon turned the Digimon that were defending Azulongmon's castle into keychains," Pixiemon says, "Seraphimon can change them back. They will make excellent allies. It will bring six more Ultimate level Digimon to our side. Not just any six Ultimates, but six of the most powerful Ultimates of all.
The rest of the trip was made in silence. They arrive at the base in next to no time.
"Welcome back," Seraphimon says, "I take it you all got your Crest Weapons and can activate them?"
"I think they also came to grips with some problems that they had been having beforehand," Pixiemon says, "well, except for Daniel and Jesse. Daniel's Faith is quite strong, and Jesse appears to be the epitome of Honor. But the other three possibly had some trouble."
"We just accepted part of who we are," James protests, "it was nothing that a good psychologist couldn't do for us."
"Yes, but you did this without any other humans help," Seraphimon says, "and because of that fact you are stronger than you would have been had you been to a psychologist."
"Makes sense," Jesse says, "an old saying is 'What does not kill you, makes you stronger'."
"That is a lousy saying," Digitamamon mutters, "what if something doesn't kill you, but cripples you?"
"Your spirit is stronger for the experience," Jesse replies, "its a simple enough saying to understand."
"Pixiemon, you should have arrived some time ago," Seraphimon says, "we detected the activation of the Crest Weapon of Perseverance some time ago. And why did you arrive in one of Azulongmon's clouds?"
"We went to pay Azulongmon a visit," Pixiemon replies, "we arrived just in time to see him be defeated by Piedmon. The protectors of his castle were turned into keychains. Can you help them?"
"I just used my power for a very important work," Seraphimon says, "I am unable to return them to their full Ultimate forms. I can't even manage getting them back into their In Training forms. I can bring them back as Digi Eggs though. And that will be for the best. Come and let me explain."
Seraphimon leads them to a room that had a glass showing case. It had eight Digivices, Tags, and Crests within it. One Digivice had a Digi Egg connected to it already.
"More Digivices?" Brian asks, "are we gonna get reinforcements?"
"Yes and no," Gennai says, "we have determined that even if all of your Digimon wee to reach their strongest Mega form, they still would only be able to fight the Beast of Darkness to a draw. He will return. Unfortunately, for you five you will have another mission after driving him back."
Seraphimon motions their attention to a large screen.
"There are more worlds than just the Digital World and your world," Seraphimon explains, "worlds such as the Dark Ocean." Jesse and Heromon cringe at the mention of the Dark Ocean.
"These worlds have no means of balancing between the forces of good and evil and so the forces of evil run rampant," Seraphimon continues, "that was my mission: to try and bring a balance between good and evil throughout these worlds. Unfortunately, there are worlds that Digimon cannot enter without being destroyed immediately. That is why you five were brought here. Not only are you to drive off the Beast of Darkness, but you are to journey to these other worlds and bring balance to the Light and the Darkness. I am unable to even try in the worlds where Digimon can appear. Dragomon's attack did more damage than I thought. I am dying."
Seraphimon's words send a chill down everyone's spines. Seraphimon was legendary for his ability to survive and come back from a losing battle. For him to be dying it must have been an extremely powerful blow.
"Seraphimon, what are you gonna do?" Daniel finally asks.
"Digimon do not truly die," Seraphimon answers, "they get reformatted and are born anew. Unfortunately, if I die I will be much weaker when I finally reformat even when I reach my Mega form. This must not be. So therefore I will use the last of my power to turn these other Digimon who are trapped as keychains into Digi Eggs and become a Digi Egg myself. The next generation of DigiDestined will already be very strong. The SkullGreymon you defeated earlier was very beneficial. We sent it to your world through a computer in hopes of finding two of the most powerful DigiDestined to be part of the next group, as well as the hopes of fulfilling part of a prophecy. We found who we were looking for. When Parrotmon arrived, the Koromon we sent digivolved first to Agumon, its Rookie form, and then into Greymon, its Champion form. He was able to save your world from all of that destruction. Well, most of it anyway."
The screen shows a part of a city. James gasps.
"That's Heighten View Terrace! I lived there before we moved to America."
The screen then shows eight children: two brothers, a kid with a computer, a girl in a pink nightgown, a boy on the phone, a girl with a strange hat on, and an older brother and his little sister. James' eyes widen as he recognizes the brother and sister.
"That's Taichi and Hikari Kamiya!" he exclaims, "I used to live right above them. I even babysat them a time or two. Kari would always talk through a whistle while Tai would kick around a soccer ball."
"These two will be among the strongest of the new group of DigiDestined," Seraphimon says. His hands begin to glow and the glow moves over to the keychains. Each keychain begins to glow. Garudamon's glows red, WereGarurumon's glows blue, Zudomon's glows black, Angewoman's glows pink, Lilymon's glows green, and MegaKabuterimon's glows purple. Slowly, each keychain transforms into a Digi Egg and floats over to the case holding the Digivices and Tags. Each Digi Egg settles beside a Tag and Digivice. Now only one Digivice and Tag were unoccupied. James looks at Seraphimon questioningly. Seeing James look, serpahimon chuckles.
"I can not so easily take myself from the fight between good and evil," he explains, "so I shall not only transform myself into a Digi Egg, but I shall become the partner to one of the new DigiDestined. This child shall bear the Crest of Hope. Without it, there is no true meaning for any of the other Crests. This little boy will bear the awesome burden of saving the others from the powers of Darkness even though this girl will bear the greatest enemy of the Darkness: the Crest of Light."
On the screen an image of a little boy and Hikari appear.
"Poor Hikari," James murmurs, "she is so sweet and innocent. But if the Crests are anything like the Crest Weapons, then she is the perfect person to bear the Crest of Light. It is like she has no darkness within her and never could."
"Such a burden for a child to bear," Jesse mutters to Heromon, "its not right." Apparently Serpahimon hears Jesse's comment.
"It will be many years before they will be needed," Seraphimon says and begins to glow golden yellow, "I must go now, my friends. Take care of everyone Jesse. I sense a hard road ahead of you all and they need someone to look to in times of trouble." And with that, Seraphimon transforms himself into a Digi Egg and lands beside the Digivice with the emblem of Hope on it.
"Take care, my friend," Pixiemon says, "now what do we do Gennai?"
"The Beast of Darkness will appear in the Digital World in the Dark Castle," Gennai says, "you must lead the children there and hopefully along the way they wilkl be able to make their Crests glow. Now go. Piedmon and his forces are heading here as we speak. You must not be caught up in the battle or all will be lost. Seraphimon has told me this."
"Well then, let us depart posthaste," Pixiemon says grimly, "it is a long journey to the Dark Castle."
The children and the Digimon leave the base in one of Pixiemon's bubbles. Twenty minutes later, Piedmon attacks and Gennai escapes with the Tags, Digi Eggs, and Digivices though he drops the Digivice and Crest belonging to the Child of Light.
Well, what do you think? Since this isn't the Tamer's world, I can't quite call them Sovereign's, can I? I think calling them Guardians is a bit inspired myself. I would like to thank Chrish for reviewing, but I must make a few things clear. I never said anything about knowing anything about the original Japanese version. I'll use character names in most cases when it comes time, but I will stick to my own view since I have no place that I know of to get more information on the original Japanese stuff. Well, please tell me what you think in some reviews.