Chapter 10: Azulongmon Tells All
"GREG! EMMA!" Tom exclaimed in joy. "Where's Jami?" Emma dropped her head for a moment.
"ShadowEtemon captured her." Emma answered as she raised her head.
"WHAT!?" Tom and Greg exclaimed at the same time.
"After you guys left, KnuckledTogemon defeated Baihumon. Jami and I were beating ShadowEtemon to a pulp, but then KnuckledTogemon joined in, and we didn't stand a chance. Liomon and Kysmon dedigivolved to their Rookie Forms. Once Baihumon was deleted, Jami just seemed to spaz. She fell to her knees and started to cry. That's when ShadowEtemon grabbed her and Aeromon." Emma explained.
"We have to get her!" Tom exclaimed. "We can do it! Now that we can all Armor Digivolve!"
"It's not that simple, Tom." The Giant Blue Dragon, Azulongmon, began. "Come, I'll explain in time." Azulongmon then began to hover over towards one of the Several HUGE Doors. Greg, Tom, Emma, and their Digimon quickly followed. They traveled through several rooms and hallways, until they finally reached a Balcony. It overlooked the Ocean. When the Kids looked down, they saw how tall the castle was. It seemed to never end in height. "Now. I'm sure you all have questions, but let me finish. I'm sure Baihumon and ScribeDramon have pretty much told you all about the Etemon Campaign and such, but you've heard it all in parts. so I'm going to tell you everything you need to know, all at once. You may have heard some of this before, but bare with me." The Kids nodded as Azulongmon began.
"It all Started in the Creation of it all. When the ancient Creator Created everything, s/he made a set of 8 Digimon to protect the Digital World: Ebonwumon, Baihumon, Zhuqiaomon, Cherubimon, Ophanimon, Seraphimon, Lucemon, and myself. However, in order to keep the balance of Yin and Yang, he had to do the same for Evil Digimon, a set of 8 All Powerful Digimon: ZeedMillenniumon, Crusadermon, Dynasmon, Devitamamon, Beelzemon Blast Mode, ChaosDukemon, Apokarimon, and Piedmon. War raged between us. After thousands of years of war, the 8 of them went into hiding, and began to use others to do their dirty work.
"Finally, after thousands and thousands of years of peace, the 8 Evil Ruler Digimon, now calling themselves the Evil Rulers, began to pose a threat. Intelligence had told us that they were forging armies, armies larger than any previously seen in the Digital World. We began to worry. This is when we forged the 8 Elemental Orbs. With these Orbs, we had the power to simply disregard their armies as the smallest of threats. As the Evil Rulers began their vengeful war against us, we used the 8 Orbs and won. ChaosDukemon and Devitamamon died in battle, the rest returned to hiding. It was at this time, that TimeDramon, an ancient psychic time- controlling Digimon, sent his son, Vademon, to give us his prophecy. His Prophecy Said:
In many years
A War will Spawn
That will jeopardize all
3 Orbs will be Lost
And The World will be ruled by Evil
Revenge is sweet, as we come from hiding
The World will be ours again to Protect
The Battle will Rage Again
4 Humans will come
The Only Way to End the War Once and For All
Is By the Cross DNA, From their 4 DigiEggs
History is Destined To Repeat Itself
"As you can tell, TimeDramon always spoke in a Riddle like form." Azulongmon continued. "I still remember his prophecy. Why? I don't know. I've just never been able to forget. Anyway, Shortly After this, Apokarimon attacked us by himself, no army or anything, just him versus the 8 of us. Obviously, we defeated him, but not deleted him. He ran. After this, Apokarimon hunted down, and ate TimeDramon. This came as a complete surprise to us all. A few thousand years passed, then. ZeedMillenniummon, Beelzemon Blast Mode, Crusadermon, and Dynasmon drafted 12 Etemon as Military Leaders. Soon, after some battle experience, 11 of the 12 Digivolved to Mega. the 11 Mega-Level Etemon Digimon were: MetalEtemon, KingEtemon, WaruEtemon, AeroEtemon, RockEtemon, HydraEtemon, MagnaEtemon, MoltenEtemon, WarioEtemon, ScorpioEtemon, and GravijaEtemon. You may be wondering where's ShadowEtemon. well, he's the one who didn't Digivolve. The 11 that did created the Etemon Council. ZeedMillenniummon sent Etemon (The UnDigivolved One) in UnderCover in Lucemon's Forces. Etemon worked his way up the ranks, until finally, one night.
"Etemon snuck into Lucemon's Chambers and Stole the Orb of Shadows. Etemon became corrupted by the Orb and became ShadowEtemon. Lucemon awoke as ShadowEtemon was leaving. Keep in mind, this is before Lucemon was corrupted and evil, so he's still good. Lucemon did battle with ShadowEtemon. and shockingly lost. ShadowEtemon returned to ZeedMillenniummon with the Orb of Shadows. When ZeedMillenniummon ordered ShadowEtemon to turn over the Orb of Shadows, ShadowEtemon instead killed ZeedMillenniumon and took the Orb for his own. At this, he joined and took control of the Etemon Council. They Ran from Beelzemon Blast Mode, Crusadermon, and Dynasmon. At this time, the War between Human and Animal Digimon broke out.
"Cherubimon was corrupted and joined the Animal Digimon's Side, while Ophanimon and Seraphimon tried to solve the argument without war, but instead Lucemon came forth and stopped the war. At this, Lucemon remembered when ShadowEtemon defeated him. this made him believe that the forces of Evil were stronger. not only that, but with the newly acquired influence he had, came much temptation. This caused him to corrupt and go evil. Now, the 10 Legendary Warriors: Agunimon of Fire, Lobomon of Light, Kazemon of Wind, Kumamon of Ice, Beetlemon of Thunder, Ranamon of Water, Arbormon of Wood, Mercuremon of Steel, Grumblemon of Earth, and Lowemon of Darkness were born and defeated Lucemon. Shortly after this war, ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon attacked us, and sparked the Etemon Campaign. The War Raged for several thousand years, until finally, on this very spot, in this very castle. on this very balcony. Cherubimon. Ophanimon. Seraphimon. Zhuqiaomon. Ebonwumon. Baihumon. and myself were pinned down here. where we surrendered, and quickly went into hiding before our scheduled execution. As ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon began to turn on all the other Etemon for Total Power, ShadowEtemon read of TimeDramon's old Prophecy, so he gathered all of his energy and banished the 3 Most Powerful Orbs to the Real World.
"Finally, after several thousand years of Civil War, only ShadowEtemon, KingEtemon, and GravijaEtemon remained. ShadowEtemon was still recharging from when he banished the Orbs, so rather than fight in his weary state, he stole GravijaEtemon's Gravity Swords, which allow the wearer to absorb all damage from battle. ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon now had power enough to turn on GravijaEtemon, which they did. This War didn't last long. Finally, ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon accomplished what they hoped for from the beginning, it was just the two of them. They Split the Digital World in Half and each ruled a half. This is the time of the Great Seperation. when all the Digimon were sorted off by Groups and sent into Slavery Camps.
"This lasted for some time. until greed sunk in. ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon had one last bout. to see which Etemon had the privilege of survival and Ruler of the Digital World. ShadowEtemon won and became the supreme ruler. After several thousand years of Totalitarian Government with ShadowEtemon at the Top, ScribeDramon and MechaEomon began to create and invoke the feels of hatred towards ShadowEtemon, thus forging a small rebellion. At this, The War to End All Wars began. Ebonwumon, Zhuqiaomon, Baihumon, Cherubimon, Seraphimon, Ophanimon, and myself came out of hiding and attacked full force against ShadowEtemon, Finally ShadowEtemon surrendered and went underground. in hiding as we were.
"If it weren't for Snipemon. you all wouldn't be here. You see, ShadowEtemon was beginning to send the final 4 Orbs, the ones you 4 have, when Snipemon came to the rescue and fought with ShadowEtemon, long enough to keep him occupied while Our Forces could bust in and capture ShadowEtemon. Snipemon, however, was charged with War Crimes, for aiding KingEtemon in the Fight against ShadowEtemon, AKA Aiding one of the Bad Guys. Snipemon was sentenced to Death, but Xylomon broke him out before the execution could take place.
"As for the Evil Rulers, Apokarimon was deleted by a group of 7 DigiDestined Kids. Since He Ate TimeDramon, once he was destroyed the Digital World's time flow became set the same as the Real World's. Piedmon was also deleted by that same set of 7 DigiDestined after he allied with Puppetmon, MetalSeadramon, and MachineDramon, creating the Dark Masters and Spiral Mountain. Crusadermon and Dynasmon helped Lucemon come back, and then were defeated by the 10 Legendary Warriors. Beelzemon Blast Mode helped a set of Tamers defeat the D-Reaper, and left the side of Darkness.
"After a small period of time, we felt that the Capitols of the 12 Etemon Council invoked dark and evil feelings inside of people, so we separated them from the Digital World and banished them, Creating the 12 Banished Dimensions. That's about it, really." Azulongmon finished his long story. "Are there any questions?"
"Yeah!" Greg exclaimed. "If ShadowEtemon only banished 3 of the Orbs, how did our 4 Orbs end up in the Real World, where we got them and were transported to the Digital World?"
"You know what. That's a good question. Honestly, I don't really know, though." Azulongmon answered. "Unless ShadowEtemon or an ally of his broke into the Temple of the Destined and stole the 4 Orbs from their vault."
"I've got one!" Emma started. "How come KnuckledTogemon and the Other Mutant Knights are taking orders from ShadowEtemon when they're 100 times stronger than him?"
"Well, I'm sure that when ShadowEtemon was creating them, he eliminated all of their Free Will." Azulongmon answered.
"How'd ShadowEtemon know we were going to Baihumon's Palace? Because he just barged in like he knew exactly where we were." Greg asked.
"That's another one I really just don't know the answer to." Azulongmon replied. Greg looked unsatisfied with his answered.
"Something's not right here." Greg thought to himself.
"Well, that's enough questions for now. You'll stay the day and night here, then tomorrow we'll visit Zhuqiaomon, Opanimon, Seraphimon, and Cherubimon, then decide on a plan of action." Azulongmon stated as a Gatomon walked onto the balcony. "Gatomon, show the Kids to their rooms." Azulongmon ordered as the Kids and their Digimon followed the Gatomon. Azulongmon looked worried. He raced down the maze of halls and into the Dining Hall. The Dining Hall had 8 HUGE Rectangular Tables and beautiful stained glass windows. Azulongmon closed the door behind him, and looked at the end of one of the tables.
"Well." A black robed figure that sat at the end of one of the tables asked.
"The Smart One's onto us." Azulongmon answered. "You have to hurry up and kill Zhuqiaomon and the 3 Celestial Digimon, before they all catch on!"
"You just be patient. VikingIkkakumon is waiting in the depths of the ocean. SkeletalBirdramon awaits my orders in the clouds. KnuckledTogemon is waiting in the Forests. All Is set. you just get the 4 of them here tomorrow. and then we're set." The dark figure replied.
"You brought the girl, too. right?"
"Of Course. After we kill the remaining 4, the 3 Children will be helpless. let alone if I force them to watch the death of a friend."
"Good. Now, you best be off before the kids come for dinner." The Dark Figure nodded as it walked towards the entrance.
"Azulongmon. you can stop calling me "You". You do know my name. right?"
"Of Course, ShadowEtemon. Just keep your head down and hood up while you're going down the halls." The Robed Figure nodded.
To Be Continued.
"GREG! EMMA!" Tom exclaimed in joy. "Where's Jami?" Emma dropped her head for a moment.
"ShadowEtemon captured her." Emma answered as she raised her head.
"WHAT!?" Tom and Greg exclaimed at the same time.
"After you guys left, KnuckledTogemon defeated Baihumon. Jami and I were beating ShadowEtemon to a pulp, but then KnuckledTogemon joined in, and we didn't stand a chance. Liomon and Kysmon dedigivolved to their Rookie Forms. Once Baihumon was deleted, Jami just seemed to spaz. She fell to her knees and started to cry. That's when ShadowEtemon grabbed her and Aeromon." Emma explained.
"We have to get her!" Tom exclaimed. "We can do it! Now that we can all Armor Digivolve!"
"It's not that simple, Tom." The Giant Blue Dragon, Azulongmon, began. "Come, I'll explain in time." Azulongmon then began to hover over towards one of the Several HUGE Doors. Greg, Tom, Emma, and their Digimon quickly followed. They traveled through several rooms and hallways, until they finally reached a Balcony. It overlooked the Ocean. When the Kids looked down, they saw how tall the castle was. It seemed to never end in height. "Now. I'm sure you all have questions, but let me finish. I'm sure Baihumon and ScribeDramon have pretty much told you all about the Etemon Campaign and such, but you've heard it all in parts. so I'm going to tell you everything you need to know, all at once. You may have heard some of this before, but bare with me." The Kids nodded as Azulongmon began.
"It all Started in the Creation of it all. When the ancient Creator Created everything, s/he made a set of 8 Digimon to protect the Digital World: Ebonwumon, Baihumon, Zhuqiaomon, Cherubimon, Ophanimon, Seraphimon, Lucemon, and myself. However, in order to keep the balance of Yin and Yang, he had to do the same for Evil Digimon, a set of 8 All Powerful Digimon: ZeedMillenniumon, Crusadermon, Dynasmon, Devitamamon, Beelzemon Blast Mode, ChaosDukemon, Apokarimon, and Piedmon. War raged between us. After thousands of years of war, the 8 of them went into hiding, and began to use others to do their dirty work.
"Finally, after thousands and thousands of years of peace, the 8 Evil Ruler Digimon, now calling themselves the Evil Rulers, began to pose a threat. Intelligence had told us that they were forging armies, armies larger than any previously seen in the Digital World. We began to worry. This is when we forged the 8 Elemental Orbs. With these Orbs, we had the power to simply disregard their armies as the smallest of threats. As the Evil Rulers began their vengeful war against us, we used the 8 Orbs and won. ChaosDukemon and Devitamamon died in battle, the rest returned to hiding. It was at this time, that TimeDramon, an ancient psychic time- controlling Digimon, sent his son, Vademon, to give us his prophecy. His Prophecy Said:
In many years
A War will Spawn
That will jeopardize all
3 Orbs will be Lost
And The World will be ruled by Evil
Revenge is sweet, as we come from hiding
The World will be ours again to Protect
The Battle will Rage Again
4 Humans will come
The Only Way to End the War Once and For All
Is By the Cross DNA, From their 4 DigiEggs
History is Destined To Repeat Itself
"As you can tell, TimeDramon always spoke in a Riddle like form." Azulongmon continued. "I still remember his prophecy. Why? I don't know. I've just never been able to forget. Anyway, Shortly After this, Apokarimon attacked us by himself, no army or anything, just him versus the 8 of us. Obviously, we defeated him, but not deleted him. He ran. After this, Apokarimon hunted down, and ate TimeDramon. This came as a complete surprise to us all. A few thousand years passed, then. ZeedMillenniummon, Beelzemon Blast Mode, Crusadermon, and Dynasmon drafted 12 Etemon as Military Leaders. Soon, after some battle experience, 11 of the 12 Digivolved to Mega. the 11 Mega-Level Etemon Digimon were: MetalEtemon, KingEtemon, WaruEtemon, AeroEtemon, RockEtemon, HydraEtemon, MagnaEtemon, MoltenEtemon, WarioEtemon, ScorpioEtemon, and GravijaEtemon. You may be wondering where's ShadowEtemon. well, he's the one who didn't Digivolve. The 11 that did created the Etemon Council. ZeedMillenniummon sent Etemon (The UnDigivolved One) in UnderCover in Lucemon's Forces. Etemon worked his way up the ranks, until finally, one night.
"Etemon snuck into Lucemon's Chambers and Stole the Orb of Shadows. Etemon became corrupted by the Orb and became ShadowEtemon. Lucemon awoke as ShadowEtemon was leaving. Keep in mind, this is before Lucemon was corrupted and evil, so he's still good. Lucemon did battle with ShadowEtemon. and shockingly lost. ShadowEtemon returned to ZeedMillenniummon with the Orb of Shadows. When ZeedMillenniummon ordered ShadowEtemon to turn over the Orb of Shadows, ShadowEtemon instead killed ZeedMillenniumon and took the Orb for his own. At this, he joined and took control of the Etemon Council. They Ran from Beelzemon Blast Mode, Crusadermon, and Dynasmon. At this time, the War between Human and Animal Digimon broke out.
"Cherubimon was corrupted and joined the Animal Digimon's Side, while Ophanimon and Seraphimon tried to solve the argument without war, but instead Lucemon came forth and stopped the war. At this, Lucemon remembered when ShadowEtemon defeated him. this made him believe that the forces of Evil were stronger. not only that, but with the newly acquired influence he had, came much temptation. This caused him to corrupt and go evil. Now, the 10 Legendary Warriors: Agunimon of Fire, Lobomon of Light, Kazemon of Wind, Kumamon of Ice, Beetlemon of Thunder, Ranamon of Water, Arbormon of Wood, Mercuremon of Steel, Grumblemon of Earth, and Lowemon of Darkness were born and defeated Lucemon. Shortly after this war, ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon attacked us, and sparked the Etemon Campaign. The War Raged for several thousand years, until finally, on this very spot, in this very castle. on this very balcony. Cherubimon. Ophanimon. Seraphimon. Zhuqiaomon. Ebonwumon. Baihumon. and myself were pinned down here. where we surrendered, and quickly went into hiding before our scheduled execution. As ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon began to turn on all the other Etemon for Total Power, ShadowEtemon read of TimeDramon's old Prophecy, so he gathered all of his energy and banished the 3 Most Powerful Orbs to the Real World.
"Finally, after several thousand years of Civil War, only ShadowEtemon, KingEtemon, and GravijaEtemon remained. ShadowEtemon was still recharging from when he banished the Orbs, so rather than fight in his weary state, he stole GravijaEtemon's Gravity Swords, which allow the wearer to absorb all damage from battle. ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon now had power enough to turn on GravijaEtemon, which they did. This War didn't last long. Finally, ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon accomplished what they hoped for from the beginning, it was just the two of them. They Split the Digital World in Half and each ruled a half. This is the time of the Great Seperation. when all the Digimon were sorted off by Groups and sent into Slavery Camps.
"This lasted for some time. until greed sunk in. ShadowEtemon and KingEtemon had one last bout. to see which Etemon had the privilege of survival and Ruler of the Digital World. ShadowEtemon won and became the supreme ruler. After several thousand years of Totalitarian Government with ShadowEtemon at the Top, ScribeDramon and MechaEomon began to create and invoke the feels of hatred towards ShadowEtemon, thus forging a small rebellion. At this, The War to End All Wars began. Ebonwumon, Zhuqiaomon, Baihumon, Cherubimon, Seraphimon, Ophanimon, and myself came out of hiding and attacked full force against ShadowEtemon, Finally ShadowEtemon surrendered and went underground. in hiding as we were.
"If it weren't for Snipemon. you all wouldn't be here. You see, ShadowEtemon was beginning to send the final 4 Orbs, the ones you 4 have, when Snipemon came to the rescue and fought with ShadowEtemon, long enough to keep him occupied while Our Forces could bust in and capture ShadowEtemon. Snipemon, however, was charged with War Crimes, for aiding KingEtemon in the Fight against ShadowEtemon, AKA Aiding one of the Bad Guys. Snipemon was sentenced to Death, but Xylomon broke him out before the execution could take place.
"As for the Evil Rulers, Apokarimon was deleted by a group of 7 DigiDestined Kids. Since He Ate TimeDramon, once he was destroyed the Digital World's time flow became set the same as the Real World's. Piedmon was also deleted by that same set of 7 DigiDestined after he allied with Puppetmon, MetalSeadramon, and MachineDramon, creating the Dark Masters and Spiral Mountain. Crusadermon and Dynasmon helped Lucemon come back, and then were defeated by the 10 Legendary Warriors. Beelzemon Blast Mode helped a set of Tamers defeat the D-Reaper, and left the side of Darkness.
"After a small period of time, we felt that the Capitols of the 12 Etemon Council invoked dark and evil feelings inside of people, so we separated them from the Digital World and banished them, Creating the 12 Banished Dimensions. That's about it, really." Azulongmon finished his long story. "Are there any questions?"
"Yeah!" Greg exclaimed. "If ShadowEtemon only banished 3 of the Orbs, how did our 4 Orbs end up in the Real World, where we got them and were transported to the Digital World?"
"You know what. That's a good question. Honestly, I don't really know, though." Azulongmon answered. "Unless ShadowEtemon or an ally of his broke into the Temple of the Destined and stole the 4 Orbs from their vault."
"I've got one!" Emma started. "How come KnuckledTogemon and the Other Mutant Knights are taking orders from ShadowEtemon when they're 100 times stronger than him?"
"Well, I'm sure that when ShadowEtemon was creating them, he eliminated all of their Free Will." Azulongmon answered.
"How'd ShadowEtemon know we were going to Baihumon's Palace? Because he just barged in like he knew exactly where we were." Greg asked.
"That's another one I really just don't know the answer to." Azulongmon replied. Greg looked unsatisfied with his answered.
"Something's not right here." Greg thought to himself.
"Well, that's enough questions for now. You'll stay the day and night here, then tomorrow we'll visit Zhuqiaomon, Opanimon, Seraphimon, and Cherubimon, then decide on a plan of action." Azulongmon stated as a Gatomon walked onto the balcony. "Gatomon, show the Kids to their rooms." Azulongmon ordered as the Kids and their Digimon followed the Gatomon. Azulongmon looked worried. He raced down the maze of halls and into the Dining Hall. The Dining Hall had 8 HUGE Rectangular Tables and beautiful stained glass windows. Azulongmon closed the door behind him, and looked at the end of one of the tables.
"Well." A black robed figure that sat at the end of one of the tables asked.
"The Smart One's onto us." Azulongmon answered. "You have to hurry up and kill Zhuqiaomon and the 3 Celestial Digimon, before they all catch on!"
"You just be patient. VikingIkkakumon is waiting in the depths of the ocean. SkeletalBirdramon awaits my orders in the clouds. KnuckledTogemon is waiting in the Forests. All Is set. you just get the 4 of them here tomorrow. and then we're set." The dark figure replied.
"You brought the girl, too. right?"
"Of Course. After we kill the remaining 4, the 3 Children will be helpless. let alone if I force them to watch the death of a friend."
"Good. Now, you best be off before the kids come for dinner." The Dark Figure nodded as it walked towards the entrance.
"Azulongmon. you can stop calling me "You". You do know my name. right?"
"Of Course, ShadowEtemon. Just keep your head down and hood up while you're going down the halls." The Robed Figure nodded.
To Be Continued.