Me: I am really starting to hurry on these chapters. Let's see…I don't own Digimon or Pokémon and I'm changing some of the ages of these kids. T.K., Kari, and Davis are thirteen and Ash is twelve (not ten). Everybody else will upgrade one year, including Chloe so she'll be fifteen instead of fourteen. Oh yes, this chapter will be longer than the others due to some…moments.
Chloe: Moments?
T.K.: Moments?
Me: Yes, moments. Slight Takari in this chapter (not a whole lot like last chapter), slight Taloe (TK/ Chloe and that's why), and some Tailoe (Tai/Chloe. Oh yeah, don't forget a little Ash/Misty too.
Chloe: (smirks) Did you make those up yourself?
Me: Yes, and I'm not answering any more questions you two come up with now so let's get on with the fic.
Chapter 8- Ash Comes Through
"Ash, do you know how to open the portal to the Real World," Chloe asked her friend.
"Uuuuhhh…no."
She smacked her forehead hard with one hand. "Oh that's lovely. How are we gonna get back there if we don't even know how."
"Look, all I know is that T.K. used his Digivice to open up that portal," Ash told her. "But since we're pretty much Digivice-less, I don't think we could do the same right?"
"No duh Ketchum," she replied sarcastically. Sighing, she ran a hand impatiently through her long dark hair before looking over at Mewtwo. "I don't suppose you know how we can get through."
Mewtwo shrugged. "Don't think so. Besides, I believe it was you two who knew how to get through."
"We know the location, just not the way in," Ash explained. He exhaled slowly, casting a glance at Pikachu, Mewtwo, Lugia, and the other Pokémon surrounding them. "So much for a rescue mission."
Chloe nodded and flopped down next to him, chin resting on her knees.
"Y'know twerp, that's the kind of attitude we wished you adopted years ago. Then maybe we would've been more successful in capturing Pikachu."
Both trainers (plus Pikachu, Lugia, and Mewtwo) turned to see the infamous (and annoying) Team Rocket peering at him from behind Ash's own house.
"What do you losers want?" Chloe asked coldly.
"Bite your tongue kiddo," said Meowth coolly. "We're not here to steal your Pokémon."
"First time for everything," Ash muttered.
"Cool it," Jessie snapped. "We don't want the world destroyed any more than you kids do. So we'll give you a hand."
Ash and Chloe bit back groans. Usually Team Rocket never gave really good advice and when they tried to help, things almost always went for the worse.
"What is it?" Ash asked finally.
James smiled gleefully. "We know how to open up the portal into that parallel world those big things that aren't Pokémon went into."
The two trainers jumped up. "YOU DO?!"
"Yes."
"Well what are you waiting for?" Chloe demanded. "Tell us how to get in."
Team Rocket smirked for a minute. "Weeellll…we could…for a price."
Electricity surged from Chloe's blue eyes and a muscle pulsed in her temple. Ash noticed that and pushed her to the side. "Let me handle this," he whispered before yelling at the top of his voice, "CUT WITH THE CRAP TEAM ROCKET! WE NEED TO GET IN AND WE NEED TO GET IN NOW!"
The team was blasted backward by the force of his voice. Mewtwo and Lugia's eyes dilated.
"And I thought I was cranky in the morning," muttered Meowth.
* * *
In the center of Odaiba, the Digidestined found the majority of Japan's citizens (okay, maybe not the majority of Japan's citizens but a lot of people still) in absolute pandemonium. Men, women, and children were running away from the exact same battle site that the kids had fought against VenomMyotismon four years earlier.
"It's like déjà vu," said Joe. No one disagreed.
In the midst of the humans, Apoclamon rose above the ground shooting Virus Grenades at innocent bystanders. Daemon, looking forbidding and serious, scanned the crowds; no doubt searching for them.
"I think it's time we put a stop to this menace to society," Tai commented firmly. "Everybody ready?"
The Digidestined nodded once along with their Digimon.
Agumon Warp-digivolve toooo…WARGREYMON!
Gabumon digivolve toooo…GARURUMON!
Garurumon digivolve toooo…WERGARURUMON!
Biyomon digivolve toooo…BIRDRAMON!
Birdramon digivolve toooo…GARUDAMON!
Tentomon digivolve toooo… KABUTARIMON!
Kabutarimon digivolve toooo…MEGAKABUTARIMON!
Palmon digivolve toooo…TOGEMON!
Togemon digivolve toooo…LILLYMON!
Gomamon digivolve toooo…IKAKUMON!
Ikakumon digivolve toooo…ZUDOMON!
Veemon digivolve toooo…EXVEEMON!
Wormmon digivolve toooo…STINGMON!
Exveemon!
Stingmon!
DNA digivolve toooo…PAILDRAMON!
Hawkmon digivolve toooo…AQUILLAMON!
Aquillamon!
Gatomon!
DNA digivolve toooo…SYLPHIMON!
Armadillomon digivolve toooo…ANKYLOMON!
Patamon digivolve toooo…ANGEMON!
Ankylomon!
Angemon!
DNA digivolve toooo…SHAKKOUMON!
"Got get 'em guys!" Davis shouted eagerly.
T.K. stood back, strangely hesitant. Unlike the others, he wasn't so sure they should be fighting at this moment. Why?
Kari glanced at him. "Are you okay?"
He nodded, trying to clear his head.
Not even hesitating for a second, the Digimon all shot their main attacks.
"TERRA FORCE!"
"WOLF CLAW!"
"WING BLADE!"
"HORN BUSTER!"
"FLOWER…CANNON!"
"VULCAN'S HAMMER!"
"DESPERADO BLASTER!"
"STATIC FORCE!"
"JUSTICE BEAM!"
At first, it seemed as if they were effective since the smoke and dust covered the enemy from sight. As it turned out, the attacks were effective but not strong enough. MaloMyotismon grinned. "SCREAMING DARKNESS!"
A fierce gale of black wind soared over the Digimon, blowing them backward.
"EVIL INFERNO!" cried Daemon, tossing an enormous ball of flames at them.
WarGreymon leaped to his feet. "TERRA FORCE!" Using his own ball of energy and light, he countered the ball of fire.
"VIRUS GRENADE!" Apoclamon roared, sending his usual shower of bullet laden mines.
"WING BLADE!" Garudamon charged up her flaming wings and sent the phoenix-shaped blaze at them. The phoenix wiped every one of them out.
"WOLF CLAW!"
"FLOWER…CANNON!"
"VULCAN'S HAMMER!"
MaloMyotismon still had that playful sneer across his masked face. He fired the beams of red light at the Digimon. "CRIMSON MIST!"
The red light engulfed every single one of the Digimon. When the brilliance cleared, only Paildramon, Syllphimon, WarGreymon, and Shakkoumon were left standing. The others had de-digivolved back into Rookies.
"The HECK?!" Yolei shrieked.
"What's going on!" Matt exclaimed.
MaloMyotismon laughed in an evil way. "You foolish Digimon! Did you think you could simply defeat all of us just by using the same attacks you used against us last time?"
Tai's jaw dropped. No…this can't be happening!
Mimi glared at the evil Digimon. "Why can't you just leave us alone? You're not going to gain anything!"
"Careful," hissed Daemon. "Or do you want your friends alive or not?"
More than three dozen electrical, spherical, cages emerged out of thin air. The Digidestined's mouths all dropped in shock at what they saw inside them. There was Delia Ketchum, Professor Samuel Oak, and what appeared to be other citizens of the Kanto all trapped and struggling to escape. They could see (and hear) Misty shouting, "Let me out of here! I'm warning you!" and Brock, Tracey, and a brown-haired boy pounding on the sides.
Wait a minute, thought T.K. in alarm. Why are there only Misty, Brock, and Tracey. What happened to…?
"Where are Ash and Chloe?" Sora demanded.
"Oh yes, your other friends." Daemon looked disgusted. "They put up a rather good fight trying to protect you before some creature rescued them. But they'll be back."
Kari glared at the demon. "You had no right to attack their world! They didn't do anything to you!"
"Yeah!" Cody agreed.
Apoclamon narrowed his eyes even further. "Why can't you just make things simple and let us destroy you already. Does it always have to be a big production?" He leered at the Digidestined. "RIVER OF POWEEEEEEER!" he roared and one of the claws on his geometrical cube shot a large blue beam.
The other kids watched in alarm, the beam reflecting in their fearful eyes.
"AEROBLAAAAAAAAST!"
An even larger colorful
beam struck the attack and destroyed it. The Digidestined and their partners
looked up to the sky in surprise. A large white bird-like creature floated
above them, its smooth body glistening. Sitting on top of the creature's back
was…
"ASH!" they chorused in unison. "You're back!"
Everybody's eyes widened with joy—including his mom's though you wouldn't know that coming from her. "ASH KETCHUM, YOU GET DOWN HERE THIS MINUTE BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF!"
Ash laughed. "What, did you guys think we'd leave you?"
"We'd never leave you," said another voice. Turning, the Digidestined and the citizens of the Kanto region saw Chloe floating down in front of the bird next to a lavender feline. "Ash and I did think you needed some help though, so we enlisted the aid of Lugia," she gestured to the bird. "And Mewtwo." She smiled at the being next to her.
"You think you can defeat us with your pathetic friends?" snarled MaloMyotismon.
Ash glared at him. "Listen, Pokémon rely on the strength within their own hearts to win, not human beings. We can take on you guys no problem."
"Oh really? CRIMSON MIST!"
"Stay back," Mewtwo ordered Chloe. He quickly teleported around the blasts of red light and fired a dark sphere at MaloMyotismon. The large Digimon couldn't maneuver as quickly as Mewtwo and had to take the attack.
"EVIL INFERNO!"
Mewtwo was too busy battling MaloMyotismon to notice the fireball coming. Quickly, Lugia surged forward. "AEROBLAAAAAAST!"
The colorful beam went right through the fireball and struck Daemon before he had a chance to react. The fireball, instead of hitting Mewtwo, landed against the ground; digging up cement and concrete.
Ash got off of Lugia in order to stay out of the fight and ran over to the electrical barriers confining his teammates. "Miss me?" he asked Misty mischievously.
She glared at him but her mouth turned up in a smile. "Like heck I missed you!"
Ash looked slightly worried. "We still don't know how to get you out but can you sit tight?"
Brock and Tracey nodded. "Give them a beating from us Ashy boy," said Gary smiling.
"Don't get yourself killed," Misty warned him.
"I won't," he replied with a confident smirk…but was rendered speechless when she grasped his neck through the holes in the barrier and pulled him close. Giving him a quick peck on the cheek, she let go again.
Chloe grinned. "Ash and Misty sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes—!"
"CHLOE!" they yelled, blushing furiously. "KNOCK IT OFF!"
"Why should I?"
"Ash! Chloe!"
At the sound of T.K.'s voice, the two trainers ran up to their Digidestined friends. Chloe hugged T.K. quickly, but just for a minute. When she pulled away, they looked at each other in the eyes. "I'm glad you're okay T.K."
"I'm just happy you're alive."
Tai noticed this but chose to ignore it…mainly due to the fact that Apoclamon was leering at them from above. "Uuuhh, guys?"
"GIGA CANNON!"
"Paildramon you have to digivolve!" yelled Ken and Davis at the same time.
Paildramon Mega digivolve toooo…
IMPERIALDRAMON!
"POSITRON LASEEEEEEER!"
Two beams of light shot from Apoclamon's claws at the same time as a colossal beam of light shot from Imperialdramon's cannon. Both beams collided and created a large explosion. The force of it blew the Digidestined backwards.
There has to be a way to get rid of these guys—for good! Tai thought. Something.
Apoclamon noticed two slender chains gleaming around Ash and Chloe's necks. Hmph, crests. Well, we'll dispose of them. Using four pairs of clawed hands, he reached out and grabbed the pair.
"Hey, what the—!" As they struggled to free themselves, The clawed hands grabbed onto their crests and yanked.
"AGH!"
"Ash! Chloe!" T.K. and Kari ran over to them, pulling them away from the clawed hands. The two grasped onto their necks, massaging them.
Ash exhaled slowly. "He…he took…" he gasped. "…our crests."
The two trainers watched in horror as the glittering crests were crushed right in front of their eyes. "No…"
"MOVE IT!" yelled Matt, pointing at Apoclamon reaching down at them again.
Shakkoumon reached out with his large claws and grabbed onto Apoclamon's body, and pushed him away from the kids. "Move kids!"
"Right!"
"VIRUS GRENADE!"
"KACHINA
BOMBS!"
While the attacks canceled each
other out, the others looked at one another desperately. "Any ideas at the moment?"
Sora asked Izzy nervously.
"None whatsoever…at least not yet." He looked at the feuding Digimon and Pokémon. "According to Digimon standards, Lugia and Mewtwo should be around the Mega Level if they were Digimon. Their power is extraordinary but I don't know how long they'll be able to keep up the fighting."
Mewtwo floated past them, using his shield to block MaloMyotismon's Screaming Darkness. Across from them, Lugia aimed a Hyper Beam at Daemon who sunk below the ground to avoid being hit. Right in front, Apoclamon was doing battle with Shakkoumon, Imperialdramon, and Syllphimon.
"RIVER OF POWEEEEEEEER!" The blue beam caught Syllphimon and Shakkoumon off guard. "CRIMSON LIGHTNING!"
The red energy whip slashed against the two Ultimates, causing them to revert back into their original Rookie forms. With nothing to hold them, they fell to earth.
Chloe raced up and used her telekinetic powers to slow down their fall. Unfortunately, Apoclamon noticed her running away from the others. "GIGA CANNON!"
"Ack!"
"Chloe, move!" Tai burst from the group and tackled her, sending her to the ground. She squirmed slightly but he kept her pinned. "WarGreymon!"
"TERRA FOOOOORCE!" WarGreymon transformed into a spinning tornado and used his large claws to dig through the beam and at Apoclamon.
When the smoke and dust had cleared, Tai raised his head himself up onto the palms of his hands. "Are you okay?"
"I th-think so." She turned herself over which was a big mistake. She was on her elbows and staring into his eyes, light reflecting in her beautiful face. His hands were pressed against the ground, his body shielding hers from the attack. "Aaaahh....Tai?"
Tai gulped, suddenly realizing exactly the position they were in and what they exactly looked like.
"WAAAAAHHH!!"
Tai scrambled to his feet, pulling Chloe up with him. Both of their faces were blooming with color. Across from them, T.K. couldn't help but grin. Well isn't this a cute sight.
"Sorry about that," Tai stammered.
Chloe looked up at him. Though tall, the top of her dark head came up to his eyes. "It's…fine," she said breathlessly. She blinked, her long lashes fluttering against her cheeks. He's…really…very cute. Good God, don't tell me I just thought that nauseating thought. "Ummm…we should get back to the others."
"Oh. Yeah." Better not say anything. Good God, I hope T.K. didn't see that otherwise the heavens will fall.
Meanwhile, Lugia and Mewtwo had stopped their fighting and were now guarding the two teams plus the innocent civilians in the vicinity. In the crowd of people, Nancy Takaishi and Hiroaki Ishida were scanning for their sons.
Apoclamon, Daemon, and MaloMyotismon leered at the Digidestined and the Pokémon trainers, as well as the Digimon, Mewtwo, and Lugia. "Did you really think that you'd be able to defeat us? We're far from being finished."
Ash glowered at them, his dark eyes flashing. "We won't give up…not as long as we have each other!"
As if something heard him, his chest began to glow golden and the symbol of the Crest of Faith appeared over his heart. The others turned to stare at him in shock. Ash himself looked stunned. "Was…was it something I said?"
T.K. was staring at his friend in absolute shock. Amazing…his crest is still with him…just like ours.
As for Chloe, she was beyond words. "Ho…how…on…what…on…earth?"
Something in Ash's head seemed to be telling him what to do. The Crest of Faith holds a powerful key to Mega Digivolution but the question is how to activate it. Okay…let's have a little faith. He forced himself to think and a dazzling golden light flew from him. Crest of Faith…give whomever I choose…the power…to shine your light…and use my strength…to win!
As one, most of the Digimon erupted with golden light.
Patamon Warp-digivolve toooo…SEREPHIMON!
Gatomon Warp-digivolve toooo…MAGNADRAMON!
Gabumon Warp-digivolve toooo…METALGARURUMON!
Biyomon Warp-digivolve toooo…PHOENIXMON!
Tentomon Warp-digivolve toooo…HERCULESKABUTARIMON!
Palmon Warp-digivolve toooo…ROSEMON!
Gomamon Warp-digivolve toooo…PLECIOMON!
The Digidestined stared in amazement at their partners. Patamon was now a golden angel with ten wings, Gatomon was a large flying furry dragon, Biyomon had changed to a large winged flaming bird, Gabumon was his traditional metal wolf with missiles, Tentomon was now a large bronze-yellow insect with two large pincers on his head, Palmon had changed into a beautiful flowered woman with a thorny whip, and Gomamon had become a plesiosaurus with sharp teeth.
"I did that?" Ash exclaimed before a smile cut across his face. "Oh yeah! Go Ash! Go Ash!"
Cody blinked in awe. "It was the power from your crest, just like Gennai told us."
The Mega Digimon glared at their enemies. "Leave this world or you will regret it!"
"We came to destroy, not to talk!"
"Lugia, get in there and show them what you got!" Ash called firmly. Lugia bowed his large head.
"You too Mewtwo!" added Chloe firmly.
T.K. gazed at the Digimon and Pokémon, fighting together as one to stop the evil. The battle might take hours, days, months, but neither side was showing any signs of defeat. What could happen to their world if the fighting didn't stop? They would all end up…destroyed? What can I do? I know I'm supposed to do something. But what can I do? It's like…none of this is supposed to exist.
Unbeknownst to T.K. his heart began to glow.
A/N: That about covers this chapter. Next chapter is going to be a little longer than this one but it'll be the conclusion of the fighting. That's it!