Starting Point

Part 5

Reunion of the Tamers! Skull Satamon and the Thousand Dark Towers!

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JC: Hey! Thanks for all the reviews I've gotten so far! Please R&R more! I LOVE FEEDBACK!

Solo: As usual, JC owns nothing!

JC: Ah, but they know that already. *sighs* I own nothing!

Takato: But anyway… we still have a long way to go!

Ruki: Can we start already?

Ken: But first, a HUGE NOTE! Puuchimon is the armor-evolved form of Wormmon. A fairy type digimon whose special attack is 'Heartner Beam'. I know what you're thinking: I never got a digimental on the show, but I received the digimental of kindness to fight against Digimon Kaiser Daisuke in the CD drama 'Michi e no Armor Shinka'. No lie!

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Chosen Children's World:

The meeting with the other children was moved almost immediately to Koushiro's apartment. Most of the children and digimon stayed in the living room to discuss strategy while Koushiro asked Ruki into his room.

"So this is your digivice?" Koushiro remarked as he inspected Ruki's D-ARC and cards. "Interesting… I've never seen this version before. How did you get it?"

"Renamon…" Ruki said and her partner shifted into the room.

"I wanted a strong tamer." Renamon explained.

"You got it." Ruki smirked.

"Tamer… that's a different term. And the cards?" Koushiro flipped through the deck then examined the D-ARC. He pressed the button and the scanner screen appeared.

"Speed, Evolution, Defense, Attack, and field plug-ins. The rest are character cards." Ruki explained.

"So basically… you 'Card Slash' the cards and whatever's on the card happens to Renamon?"

"Exactly. You can use combos as well."

"I don't really think I understand, since there's no digimon card game here." Koushiro handed the D-ARC and cards back to Ruki. "But it's going to be tough fighting Demon. Have you been able to evolve beyond 'kanzentai'?"

Ruki shook her head.

"I see." Koushiro got up and turned on his computer and pulling up several digimon files. "When the second generation encountered Demon, it was impossible to destroy him, so they sealed him into Dagomon's ocean. However… it seems that he's managed to find a rip, or hole, in the seal."

"Then we should reseal the gate." Renamon suggested.

"It's no good. If he was able to break out in such a short time after he was sealed, he might get out again." Koushiro tapped the keyboard.

"So now what?" Ruki asked. "How does this help me? How does it get me home?"

"I think I can bring your friends here but you'll have to loan me you digivice." Koushiro said.

"… Ok." Ruki handed her D-ARC over to him again.

"Yosh!" Koushiro started typing. Jyou opened the door.

"I thought I heard typing." The bearer of faith smirked. "Ruki-san, Renamon, you might be a bit bored to tears while Koushiro does his work. Maybe you should come down until the clacking of keys stops, ne?"

"Oh." Ruki said and followed Jyou out. Renamon walked after them and shut the door.

*CLACK!* *TAP* *BEEP!*

Tamer's World:

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Juri screamed as she lost her footing on the splitting ground.

"Katou-san!" Takato grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet.

"CULU-CULU! THIS IS TERRIBLE-CULU!" Culumon cried as the ground continued to shake.

"WHOA!" Hirokazu fell on top of Kenta.

"Get out of my face!" Kenta groaned.

"Me?! You get out of my face!" Hirokazu shouted.

"Cut it out!" Lee said and pulled Hirokazu off Kenta.

"MEGALO GROWMON!" Takato called to his partner. "Give us a lift!"

"You too Rapidmon!" Lee shouted and left the bickering Hirokazu and Kenta with Rapidmon.

"We wish we were tamers." The two boys moaned as Rapidmon carried them off the ground.

"Lee-kun!" Takato and Juri were already on Megalo Growmon. "Hurry!"

"I'm coming!" Lee ran towards Takato's outstretched hand and grabbed it just in time as a black spire erupted from the ground where he was just standing.

"What is that?" Takato gasped. Juri reached for her card deck.

"A Dark Tower. All evolution is sealed…" Juri read the card's description.

"All evolution is…?" Lee gasped as Megalo Growmon began shrinking.

"WWWAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Hirokazu and Kenta screamed as Rapidmon lost hold of them and devolved back to Terriermon. Luckily, they weren't high off the ground and the three landed in a bush.

"I'm sorry Takato." Guilmon apologized as he devolved.

"It's OK Guilmon." Takato patted his partner's head and turned to stare at the Dark Tower.

"How in the world did that get there?" Lee wondered.

"Oh no!" Juri cried out as more Dark Towers appeared around them.

"There's so many…" Takato gasped.

"Where did they all come from?"

Chosen Children's World:

"What's this?" Koushiro gasped as hundreds of black dots filled his screen. The building began to shake, as the clear night sky became a turmoil of lightning and thunder. "I know this… it's… Dark Towers."

"What's going on Koushiro?" Jyou ran into the room.

"I'm picking up Dark Tower energy!" Koushiro gasped. Ruki's D-ARC began flashing bright red. "What's happening?!"

"What's going on?" Ruki and Renamon rushed in. Koushiro wordlessly handed back Ruki her D-ARC, which was pulsing with power.

Tamer World:

"There are so many…" Takato stared at the mass of Dark Towers that now littered West Shinjiku.

"It feels so cold." Juri shivered and pulled Culumon closer to her. The little digimon huddled in her arms.

"I've never seen such a thing." Lee said.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, fog began rolling in. The gray mist wrapped itself around some of the Dark Towers… and changed them…

"What's going on?" Kenta clutched Hirokazu's arm as the several of the towers melted together into a dark, menacing shape that loomed above them in the fog.

"Digimon?" Lee wondered.

"No… it's…" Takato peered at the dark shape… and ran for his life as the shape lashed out.

"TAKATO!" Everyone screamed.

"Terriermon! EVOLVE NOW!" Lee shouted. "CARD SLASH! MATRIX EVOLUTION!"

Nothing happened.

"What's going on?" Lee gasped, then realization hit him as to what Juri said earlier about the towers. "Evolution is sealed…"

Despite that, Terriermon and Guilmon attacked the large creature, but it was no use. It was too big and powerful.

But out of nowhere… shining light burst through the fog and the tamers disappeared!

Dark Towers littered Japan. The fog and the Dark Towers encased Tokyo and pulled it through time and space… until it was one with the other world…

Chosen Children's World/Tamer's World:

"What happened?" Ruki asked when the shaking stopped.

"Dark Towers happened. They… weaken the barriers of worlds. There must have been enough to collapse the barriers of one and…" Koushiro started typing.

"And what?" Jyou asked. By now, all the Chosen Children and digimon had crowded into the tiny bedroom.

"I can't say for sure… but the current Dark Tower count is… one thousand and rising… there's a large cluster forming near the West Shinjiku area." Koushiro said grimly.

"That means… evolution is…" Ken stared.

"Impossible at this point. We've got our work cut out for us. Go!" Taichi patted Daisuke on the back.

"OK! Everyone let's go!" the leader of the second generation shouted.

"YEAH!" all the kids cheered.

Takato-tachi:

"CARD SLASH! WHITE WINGS!" Takato slashed the wings card, giving Guilmon the ability to fly. The dinosaur digimon took to the skies and blasted the dark shape with:

"FIRE BALL!"

"It's no good Takato. We need to evolve to at least the next level if we're going to beat it." Lee shouted.

"I'm scared!" Juri cried.

Daisuke-tachi:

"DIGIMENTAL UP!" six points of light shot into the air.

"V-MON ARMOR SHINKA! FIRE OF YUUKI, FLADRAMON!"

"HAWKMON ARMOR SHINKA! HABATAKU AIJOU! HOLSMON!"

"ARMADIMON ARMOR SHINKA! STEEL OF KNOWLEDGE, DIGMON!"

"PATAMON ARMOR SHINKA! GALLOPING HOPE, PEGASMON!"

"TAILMON ARMOR SHINKA! SMILING LIGHT, NEFERTIMON!"

"WORMMON ARMOR SHINKA! MANATSUNORI NO YASASHSAA, PUUCHIMON!"

"Let's go Chosen Children!" Miyako jumped onto Holsmon's back and took off.

"YOSH!" Daisuke jumped onto Pegasmon's back with Takeru. Iori joined Hikari while Puuchimon lifted Ken onto his back. Pegasmon and Nefertimon used their 'Sanctuary Bite' to lift Digmon into the air.

"WAIT! I'm coming too!" Ruki shouted. Renamon was right behind her.

"Ruki, I'd better carry you." Renamon picked her tamer up and vanished into the night.

"All right! Let's move!" Daisuke shouted and all the armor digimon took off.

Takato-tachi:

"Nothing's working!" Lee backed away as the dark shape advanced. Terriermon and Guilmon were both knocked out.

"It can't end like this!" Takato hugged Guilmon. The shape thundered forward and…

"RED SUN!" Holsmon's eyes flared and a sunburst explosion illuminated the shape, of which the upper area had shattered, revealing a Dark Tower digimon!

"GOLD RUSH!"

"FIRE ROCKET!" Fladramon and Digmon took down several Dark Towers.

"HEARTNER BEAM!"

"SHOOTING STAR!"

"CURSE OF THE QUEEN!" more towers crumble… enough for…

"CARD SLASH! CHOU-SHINKA PLUG-IN 'S'!"

"I know that voice!" Takato gasped.

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"RENAMON SHINKA! KYUUBIMON!"

"RUKI!" Juri cried happily as the red haired tamer stepped out into view.

"CULU!" Culumon flew over happily.

"Juri. Culumon." Ruki smiled.

"We thought you'd…" Lee started, but stopped as the Dark Tower digimon crashed into the ground near him.

"TEMPEST WING!"

"KNUCKLE FIRE!"

"BIG CRACK!" Digmon's attack sent the Dark Tower digimon to it's grave. The remaining particles shattered and dispersed in the cold wind.

"That was far too easy Miyako." Holsmon remarked.

"Yeah… but look! Ruki-chan found her friends!" Miyako cheered and went to join the others. However, the celebration was cut short.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Impressive show, chosen children, but you have yet to face me!"

"Skull Satamon. Perfect level virus type. His special attack is 'Nail Bone'." Takato said.

"NAIL BONE!" Skull Satamon brandished his staff and instantly all the armor digimon were reduced to their rookie forms.

"He's strong." Takeru gasped.

"We beat him before, we can do it again!" Iori stood up.

"PATAMON SHINKA! ANGEMON!"

"ARMADIMON SHINKA! ANKYLOMON!"

"CULU!!!" a burst of light flashed.

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"SHAKKOUMON!" the two boys gasped.

"Hm? NAIL BONE!" Skull Satamon attacked, but this time his attack was absorbed by the steel angel.

"Miyako-san!"

"Hikari-chan!"

"HAWKMON SHINKA! AQUILAMON!"

"TAILMON!"

"JOGRESS SHINKA! SILPHYMON! TOP GUN!" Silphymon blasted Skull Satamon with a burst of pink and red energy, knocking him against a building.

"I think I've had enough of this!" The odds against him, Skull Satamon vanished in a puff of smoke.

To Be Continued

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JC: So that was part five!

Taichi: So the last member of the Demon Corp has arrived! The Dark Towers may be gone from the West Shinjiku area, but what else is in store for us?

Yamato: Is it safe to say that love is in the air, even during this horrible pinch we're in?

Daisuke: Jiikai! Digimon Tamers Staring Point! 'All's Fair in Love!'

Ken: It's unquestionably loveable.