Okay, here's the next installment of my Destiny saga. I thought I should mention that I've changed Stingmon's Ultimate to something I created, since I decided Okuwamon wasn't strong enough. It's kind of a stupid joke, but I couldn't resist using it. You'll see what I mean… (Check ch.3, I changed it a little so you can see the new Ultimate's name.)
Disclaimer: See last chapter.
Yolei: Last time, BlackWarGreymon and Zanbamon squared off in a battle to decide the fate of Kyoto. I tried to convince BlackWarGreymon not to kill Zanbamon, but he ignored me. Joe's brother Jim and Sora's father Professor Takenouchi got involved in the fight and were nearly killed! Shurimon and BlackWarGreymon teamed up to defeat the Wizard, and in the end I learned that sometimes you have to destroy one life to preserve others. BlackWarGreymon went back to the Digital World, saved the other guys from getting killed, then flew away. *Sigh* He's so cool!
In a desert of the Digital World, some ancient ruins sat, disturbed for the first time in ages. In the middle of the ruins was a Destiny Stone. Surrounding the Stone were the Digidestined, their Digimon, and their new ally BlackWarGreymon. They were all waiting for the Dinosaur to announce who would get the next Crest.
After a moment, BlackWarGreymon removed his hand from the Stone. "Yolei, it's time."
"Yes! I finally get a crest!" cheered Yolei. She pointed her D3 at the Destiny Stone. Both glowed, and a tag and crest materialized in front of her. The tag, like all the others, was standard. The crest was brownish, with the symbol of a pair of wings fastened to a rosebud on it. (Or something like that.)
"This is the Crest of Integrity. Insert it in the tag to release its power." Stated BlackWarGreymon.
Yolei frowned. "Can I change crests? I don't like this one's color."
"No."
Yolei sighed and slipped the crest into its place. As it glowed, Hawkmon spontaneously digivolved to Aquilamon.
(Cue digivolution sequence)
The D3 shook and fired a blast at the crest of purity, causing its symbol to launch into the air. It flew past bluish rainfall and hovered in place for a second before firing a stream of data at Aquilamon, who was hovering in a cloudy background. "Aquilamon Digivolve to…" The clouds rumbled and surrounded the great bird, covering him up. Flashes of lightning went off inside the clouds, illuminating a humanoid form. After many flashes, the clouds burst apart, revealing a somewhat strange-looking Digimon. His lower body was that of Aquilamon's, with talons and tail feathers. He wore a belt with a red disc on the buckle. His upper body was almost completely white, with a small torso covered with a sort of vest and breastplate. Metal shoulder pads protected the top of his muscular arms, with purple stripes around the wrists, cat-like claws, and white and red feathers growing from the lower arm. His face was humanoid, but a big metal band that was part of a large red helmet covered his eyes. A large spray of red hair grew from the back of his head, and wars like Gatomon's grew from the side of the metal band. He fell from the sky and landed in a leafy meadow, where he posed. "Silphymon!"
(End digivolution sequence)
Silphymon flexed his muscles. "Well Yolei, am I sexy now?"
"…No." she said flatly. Silphymon sagged in disappointment.
Ken pondered, stroking his chin. "You know, it's odd that you should be called 'Silphymon.' Sylphs are female forest spirits, yet you are male."
Silphymon started sweating. "What are you implying?"
"I'm not implying anything, I just think its queer that-"
"You think I'm gay don't you?!" Silphymon yelled. Everyone stared at him, surprised (Except for BlackWarGreymon, who had no idea what being gay meant.) "All of you think I'm gay! Just because I happened to DNA digivolve with a girl Digimon and have a great fashion sense and have a female partner and love watching soap operas and like to wear Yolei's clothes when she's not looking and think Veemon is extremely attractive you all think I'm gay, don't you?!"
"We didn't." said a wide-eyed Cody.
"Not until now, anyway." Said an equally wide-eyed Veemon.
"What does gay mean?" asked BlackWarGreymon.
Davis started to open his big mouth. Ken swiftly cut him off. "Gay is the term for being exuberantly happy." He said quickly.
BlackWarGreymon blinked, still obviously confused. "I see. Ah, to be gay…" he mused sadly. Davis started laughing hysterically, but Yolei and Kari quickly knocked him on the head before he could do something that might get them all killed. The Dinosaur looked northward. "The next Destiny Stone is nearby. If time permits, we might be able to go there and get another crest right now."
Davis spoke up, rubbing his sore head. "Yeah, then we can kill two birds with two stones!"
(Almost) everyone gave him weird looks. "Pleashe tell me he'sh not my partner." Veemon muttered.
Arukenimon and Mummymon watched as BlackWarGreymon, followed by Nefertimon, Stingmon, Pegasusmon, Digmon, Silphymon, and ExVeemon flew out of the ruins, each with their respective humans. (Except BlackWarGreymon, of course.) "Good, they're moving to the next Stone. Let's go!"
Mummymon started to turn on the jeep's ignition, then paused. "Wait, why can't we just destroy the Destiny Stone here after they're gone? Wouldn't that be easier than following them to the next one?"
She slapped him. "Idiot! The Destiny Stones have been dormant for years, only activating now that their crests are being removed! When the Stone is activated, it becomes completely indestructible."
"Then why did we keep fighting yesterday after the Ichijouji boy activated the Stone?"
"…Because if we could kill them there and then, it would be easier to destroy the remaining Stones!"
"You just forgot, didn't you?"
"…"
"I thought so."
Arukenimon was about to strangle him when their backseat passenger coughed. The spider woman sat back in her seat. "Oh, right, thanks for getting me back on track. Mummymon, follow those Digidestined!"
"Yes, darling!"
She slapped him. The backseat passenger started snickering. She glared at him. "YOU shut up, unless you don't want a chance at killing those humans, their filthy little pets, and that traitor BlackWarGreymon." The passenger stopped snickering and grinned evilly. "That's more like it. Now, let's go!" The jeep sped off into the dunes.
An hour or so later…
BlackWarGreymon walked up to the Destiny Stone. He had followed his senses and led the Digidestined to a small canyon, which held the Stone at its end. It was quite well hidden, but not too hard to find when you knew what you were looking for. He touched the Stone for a moment, then turned back to the others. "Well? Whose crest is it?" asked Cody.
BlackWarGreymon was about to answer when his head jerked up. "I would recommend that everyone move five feet away…now."
"Why-" started Davis.
"I said NOW!"
The kids moved away just in time, as a second later Mummymon's jeep fell from the sky and crashed to the ground, completely unscratched. Arukenimon was actually clinging to the Ghost Digimon in terror, much to his enjoyment. "See? I told you this shortcut was a good idea!" he said.
"Wow, talk about reckless driving." Said Kari. Then she gasped, seeing the backseat passenger. "N-no! It can't be!"
TK took a step back. "Patamon, I thought we destroyed him!"
"I'm pretty sure we did, TK! But then again, this could be another Control Spire Digimon." Said the flying pig.
"What'sh the big deal? It'sh jusht a clown! Clownsh are harmlesh, everyone knowsh that!" said ExVeemon.
Indeed, it was a clown. He had blue ribbons, yellow boots, green pants, and a silly red outfit. Four swords were in a cross scabbard on his back. His long yellow-orange hair was frozen in a strange hairdo, and a black and white mask covered his face.
DIGIMON ANALYSER
Ankylomon: That's no clown, that's Piedmon! He' s a Mega Phantom Digimon and one of the most dangerous villains of all time. His Clown Trick and Trump Swords will do anything but make you laugh!
BlackWarGreymon was shocked at the sight of Piedmon. "That's-that's another Mega Digimon! How did you…"
Arukenimon (Who had recovered from her terror of the fall and had smashed Mummymon's head in.) smiled sinisterly. "The boss made a slight change in my code so that any Digimon I made from Control Spires would be completely under my control. It only took another hundred Control Spires to make this new and completely loyal servant, and he is strong enough to destroy you all!"
Piedmon smirked and leaped out of the jeep, performing several stunning and flawless aerial somersaults before landing several feet away down the canyon. He beckoned the heroes to follow him, mockingly. "Who does that guy think he is?" asked Yolei, huffing.
"ExVeemon, get him!" said Davis.
All the Digimon (Plus TK and Kari) sweatdropped. "Davis, Piedmon is an extremely powerful Mega. Even with all three of our Ultimates, two Champions, and one Armour Digimon fight him, we'll lose. Even with BlackWarGreymon's help, we don't have much of a chance." Said TK.
"Oh yeah? How would you know, TP?" Davis shot back.
"Because we fought him 4 years ago, Davis, and he nearly turned all us Digidestined into keychains!" said Kari.
"…Oh. Well, we can't let him destroy the Destiny Stone, right? So…we've gotta fight him! Otherwise the Digital World could be destroyed!" Davis said.
"I'm reluctant to say this, but Davis has a point." Muttered Ken.
"Yeah! Hey, wait a minute…"
"Davish!" said ExVeemon. "I think that clown guy'sh getting antshy. Shouldn't we fight him now?"
Davis blinked. "Uh, yeah! Everyone digivolve to their highest!"
"ExVeemon Digivolve to…Paildramon!"
"Armadillomon Digivolve to…Ankylomon!"
"Gatomon Armour Digivolve to…Nefertimon, the Angel of Light!"
"Patamon Digivolve to…Angemon!"
"Silphymon Digivolve to…oh wait, I forgot I didn't de-digivolve. Never mind then." Everyone sweatdropped.
(Cue digivolution sequence. Since I didn't do Stingmon's last time, now's your chance to see his new Ultimate form!)
Ken's D3 shook and fired a blast at the crest of kindness, causing its symbol to launch into the air. It flew through blue-green rain and stopped, spinning in place and firing a stream of data down at Stingmon, who was standing on top of a skyscraper in a big city. "Stingmon Digivolve to…" Out of nowhere, webbing shout out, wrapping around Stingmon and encasing him in a cocoon. The cocoon shifted and bulged, occasionally flashing and showing the silhouette of a humanoid figure. Finally, the cocoon burst open, revealing none other than…Spider Man! Or at least, a Digimon that looked like Spider Man. He fired webbing from his wrists, painting a spider symbol on a nearby building. He then jumped off the roof and swung towards the screen on a web rope. "Spidermon!"
(End digivolution sequence. I know, I know, it's a stupid joke, but I couldn't resist!)
"Okay, let's get this clown!" bellowed Ankylomon, leading the charge against the Phantom.
Piedmon merely smiled and started backflipping away, forcing everyone to chase after him. As TK was about to run after Angemon, BlackWarGreymon grabbed his arm. "Takeru Takaishi?"
"Uh, yeah…"
"The crest is yours. Don't you wish to get it first?"
TK's eyes lit up. If he could get the crest from the Destiny Stone, then Angemon would digivolve to MagnaAngemon and they could banish this Piedmon like they had the original! "Right, let's go!" The blond lad ran over to the Destiny Stone and held out his D3. Both glowed, and a tag and the Crest of Hope materialized. TK grinned as he reached for the items.
"Spider Thread!"
"Snake Bandage!"
Before TK could grab the items that would allow him to summon the awesome MagnaAngemon, they were yanked away by Arukenimon and Mummymon's attacks! The Ghost grinned evilly as the tag landed in his hand. "Say Arukenimon, would you go on a date with me if I gave you this nice necklace?"
"No way in Hell, buster." She growled, folding the Crest of Hope.
"Darn, shot down again." He muttered.
TK scowled. "Hey, give those back!"
"What if we don't want to?" hissed Arukenimon.
BlackWarGreymon took an ominous step forward. "If not, I'll kill you both."
Mummymon giggled. "Perhaps, but can you do so before we destroy the tag and crest?" BlackWarGreymon blinked. "These things aren't indestructible, you know. Apply a little pressure to them, and they can break quite easily!"
Arukenimon snickered. "We'll destroy them…IF you can't get them back from us!"
"Very well then, I'll pry the tag and crest from your hands after I rip them off!" BlackWarGreymon yelled, running towards the evil duo. They laughed and ran away, going off in different directions. The Dinosaur hesitated, then ran after Mummymon.
The Ghost pointed his big gun back at BlackWarGreymon. "Necrophobia!" A twisting beam shot from the gun, striking the Dinosaur. BlackWarGreymon stumbled, allowing Mummymon to toss the tag to Arukenimon. They both took off again in different directions, and BlackWarGreymon started to realize retrieving TK's tag and crest could be more difficult than he had expected.
"Deshperado Blashter!" Paildramon aimed his guns at Piedmon and fired several rapid shots.
The clown whipped the swords off his back and spun them like fans, deflecting all of the energy bullets. He then slid his swords back into their scabbards and stood patiently.
"This isn't working. We need a plan!" said Nefertimon.
"Hey, I've got an idea!" said Silphymon. "Ankylomon, you'll distract Piedmon long enough for Spidermon and Paildramon to sneak up from behind and restrain him. Then the rest of us will hit him with everything we've got!"
The others all raised eyebrows. "I don't know, it sounds kind of risky…" mumbled Angemon.
"Aw, come on, what could go wrong?" asked Silphymon.
"Hey, over here!" yelled Arukenimon. BlackWarGreymon started towards her, but she threw the precious items over to Mummymon.
He snatched them out of the air with his bandages and started waving them around. "Hey! Hey! Come and get me!"
Just as BlackWarGreymon was about to take a step forward, Mummymon threw them back over to Arukenimon, who grabbed them with her spider thread and started taunting the great black Dinosaur. They continued tossing them back and forth, causing BlackWarGreymon to turn around so many times he was starting to get dizzy. Arukenimon cackled. "I know it seems childish, but I just love playing Monkey in the Middle!"
Ankylomon stared at Piedmon. Piedmon stared back, an eyebrow raised. The Dinosaur took a deep breath to calm himself. Okay Ankylomon, let's go! He thought. He took another deep breath and began his distraction. "Howdy boys and girls! Let's all get to square-dancin'! Yippee-yippee-kiyay!" He started hopping about and thrashing his legs in motions somewhat like dancing. "Yeeha! Swing your partner around, do-si-do, yadda-yadda-yadda and somethin' like that…"
Everyone sweatdropped. Cody whimpered and hid his face behind his hands. "I feel so ashamed right now."
Piedmon watched the thrashing Ankylomon in astonishment, trying to figure out whether he should laugh or kill the Dinosaur for insulting him with such a vulgar dance. He started to reach for his swords.
"Cable Catcher!"
"Web Slinger!"
To the Phantom's surprise, cables and webbing suddenly bound him tightly, preventing him from attacking. As the clown struggled to get free, Spidermon called out to Ankylomon. "Hey Ankylomon, you can stop now!" The Dinosaur kept on dancing, not hearing the Insectoid Spidermon. "Hey Ankylomon! Ankylomon!" No response.
"You're doing it all wrong. HEY ANKYLOMON!" Paildramon bellowed so loud that it echoed through the entire canyon, drove several indigenous Digimon deaf, and caused a few rock showers.
Ankylomon stopped dancing. "Huh? Oh, we're done! Er, right, I'll sure be happy to never do that again!" he said quickly, running out of the line of fire.
"Where did you learn how to do that?" asked Spidermon.
"Davish taught me. Now, let'sh finish thish clown! Deshperado Blashter!"
Spidermon hurled several dozen small spider-shaped disc bombs at Piedmon. "Spider Shuriken!"
Angemon's staff was absorbed into his right hand, which started glowing. "Hand of Fate!" He fired a mighty orange beam from his fist.
A pink beam of light shot out of Nefertimon's back. "Rosetta Stone!" A big stone tablet launched from the beam.
Silphymon's belt disc started spinning as red-pink electricity crackled around him. "Astro Laser!" The electrical charges shot out in the form of an energy duplicate of his body.
The five attacks collided on the immobile Piedmon and exploded, obscuring everyone's view for several seconds. When the dust was clear, Piedmon was standing there, completely unharmed, and the bonds had been destroyed in the blast. He was grinning. Cody surprised everyone by saying a very bad word. Piedmon pulled out all four of his swords. He cried, "Trump Sword!" and hurled them at Paildramon and Spidermon. Two swords struck the Dragon's blasters, destroying them, while the other two caught on Spidermon's suit and pinned him to a cliff wall. The clown then pulled out a white sheet and ran towards Ankylomon, who was too big to move out of the way. Piedmon flung the sheet onto the Dinosaur's head and yelled "Clown Trick!" The sheet grew, enveloping Ankylomon. Piedmon pulled off the sheet, revealing…a keychain of the once-gigantic Dinosaur! He picked it up and laughed maniacally at the horrified reactions from the others and started conjuring more sheets.
BlackWarGreymon was starting to get extremely tired of this game of Monkey in the Middle. He didn't think he could take much more of this ridicule. Fortunately, he didn't have to. As Mummymon threw the crest and tag over to Arukenimon, TK intercepted the objects in midair, grabbing them before the spider threads could. "I've got them!" he yelled to BlackWarGreymon.
The Dinosaur nodded and glared at the two evil Digimon, who were now starting to look worried now that they had no bargaining chip. "Terra…" They screamed and ran away before he could complete his attack. "Such a shame. I wasn't going to kill them, I only wanted to hurt them a little." He looked at TK. "I thank you Takeru. That little game of theirs was getting tedious. Now, activate your crest so we can defeat Piedmon!"
TK nodded. "Right!" He slipped the Crest of Hope into the tag.
Back at the battle, Angemon started glowing. "Angemon Digivolve to…MagnaAngemon!" He was now more muscular, with cool gray boots and purple armor, a pointy helmet mask, eight gray wings, yellow scrolls wrapped around his body, and he had a short purple beam sword strapped to his wrist.
All the Digidestined who had never before seen MagnaAngemon gave a collective gasp of awe. "Aw man, why can't Veemon be that cool when he digivolves?" asked the jealous Davis.
MagnaAngemon felt like showing off, and raised his beam sword. "I am MagnaAngemon, an above-average Ultimate Angel Digimon. With the blade Excalibur (On loan from Camelot) and my Gate of Destiny Attack, I strike out against all evil in the world and…Silphymon, are you ogling me?" he asked sharply.
"Wha? Er, no, no I wasn't!" Silphymon said quickly, wiping drool from his mouth.
Piedmon, who had just finished turning Paildramon and Spidermon into keychains, was intrigued by the appearance of MagnaAngemon. He started running towards the Angel, swords in his hands. MagnaAngemon glared at this reincarnation of his old foe. "Stay out of this. I shall handle the Dark Clown!" With a great yell, he flew towards Piedmon and began engaging him in a sword fight.
"He's so dreamy!" squealed Nefertimon, Yolei, and (not surprisingly) Silphymon in unison.
Cody rolled his eyes. "Wow, Yolei's found another crush. First it was Izzy. Then it was Joe. Then it was Ken. Then it was Michael. Then it was Shurimon. Then it was Ken again. Then it was BlackWarGreymon. And now it's MagnaAngemon. Why am I not surprised? Who's next, Davis?"
Davis recoiled at the thought. Ken blinked. "Wait, Yolei had a crush on me?"
"Yeah, she's a really big fan. I thought you knew. She has been quite open about her crush on you." Said Kari.
"I did not know that." Said the astonished young genius.
TK and BlackWarGreymon finally showed up. "Hey guys. Did Angemon digivolve?" asked TK.
"Look for yourself." Said Ken, pointing to the fierce battle between the Angel and the Phantom.
Without a word, BlackWarGreymon leaped over everyone's heads and ran towards the fight. "Could you use some help?"
"No, no I'm fine!" said MagnaAngemon as he parried one of Piedmon's thrusts. The clown responded by slashing feathers off of one of his wings. "On second thought, maybe you could be of some use. Can you distract him for a second, and possibly get those keychains hanging from his waist?"
"Yes."
"Good, I just need a minute or two. He's all yours!" MagnaAngemon jumped away from the Phantom, leaving him wide open for BlackWarGreymon.
"Black Tornado!" The Dinosaur spun into a blur, flying towards the clown. Piedmon stepped to the side, but BlackWarGreymon was able to slice off the keychains from the clown's belt as he flew past, dropping them on the ground.
Piedmon grunted angrily and pulled out all his weapons. "Trump Swords!"
BlackWarGreymon immediately pulled of his Brave Shield and used it to deflect the swords. When he replaced it, Piedmon charged at him, swinging two more swords. Just like he had in his battle with Zanbamon, BlackWarGreymon blocked the swords with his Dramon Killers.
In the meantime, MagnaAngemon was fulfilling his end. "Gate of Destiny!" He swung Excalibur in a circle, forming a ring of pink light. As he flew away, the ring solidified into a golden gate. The gate opened, revealing a shining blue-white portal. The portal floated behind Piedmon in wait.
BlackWarGreymon saw the portal. He knocked the swords away with his arms and kicked Piedmon back. He then started forming an energy ball. "Terra Destroyer!" The ball struck Piedmon in the stomach, sending him screaming into the portal. The gates slammed shut and disintegrated, sealing the Phantom's fate!
The kids cheered and ran over. BlackWarGreymon hesitated, and flew away, leaving the Digidestined behind. "Hey, where's he going?" asked Davis.
Cody shrugged, saying, "Who knows? Probably to the next Stone."
"He could have at least stayed a little longer." Said Yolei sadly.
"Maybe he just doesn't feel like talking with us." Said Ken.
TK smiled. "Don't worry, I'm sure he'll come around eventually. After all, we got you to join the team with a little persuasion didn't we?" said TK, patting Ken on the back.
MagnaAngemon placed the three keychains together. "Okay, watch this magic trick of my own! Magna Antidote!" Colored beams of light washed over the keychains. In a flash, they were all restored to normal.
Paildramon blinked. "Uh…what happened?"
"Why do I feel this weird urge to carry keys?" asked Spidermon.
"Why do I feel this weird urge to square dance?" asked Ankylomon. At that, everyone laughed.
BlackWarGreymon looked down at the Digidestined from the edge of the canyon, laughing with their Digimon. It would be so easy to go down there and join them. It would be so easy to be one of them. But…he shook his head. He could not laugh. He could not smile, he could not cry, he could not even really joke. He could not join them. He could never be one of them. Sadly, he turned away and started to walk into the distance, alone, as always.
Why must BlackWarGreymon be so miserable? Who will get the next Crest? Is Silphymon really gay? And will Ankylomon ever learn how to dance properly? Find out on the next Digimon, Digital Monsters!
Okay, I've decided to be fair and start answering fanmail.
Mimic12355, thanks for the…mooing egg and portable hole.
HobbesViviKnux, thanks for the RazorIndigo2. The reason Yolei has crushes on members of a different species is because she's extremely weird!
Devidramon, sorry for the mistake about Vermilionmon. I got my information from secondhand sources, and I know absolutely nothing about the card game, so you cannot expect everything I use to be completely accurate. As for Arukenimon, I'm using American classifications. BWG's partner is going to be…someone you are not expecting. (No, it's not June Motomiya!) By the way, did you mean the flower scene in the show, or the one in the first chapter?
Well, that's it. See you next time!
BWG: There you are!
Me: Oh shit! Gotta run! (Runs away, with BWG hot on his heels.)
