Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of its characters. The storyline of Dragonball Z is not a property of mine. It belongs to Akira Toriyama. However, the character Burizalor is mine, and Lady Myotismon is a character made by Dark Warrior I also don't own the characters and ideas known as X, Keke, and Max, because Max Acorn created them and I got his permission to use them.
SSJ4T: Now we get to find out the identity behind the mysterious boy. Just who is he and what is his agenda?
Coral: All the answers you've been seeking will all be in this chapter. Pay attention.
Max: Damn, did you see Ryo get punked by Sean Connery? That was a riot, but fucking hilarious!
SSJ4T: If you guys read Max Acorn's latest fic called 'The Daemon's Strike', then you're missing out. Here's a big shout out to you, MA! I hope you're reading these fics! Anyway, let's get on with the fic!
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[Digimon Zero Two opening theme "Target Akai Shougeki" plays during the opening sequence]
The Secret Revealed: The Prelude of Terror! Preparation for the Artificials!
The Digi-Destined cheered happily over the arrival of their long time leader, Tai. Tai looked at his friends and was glad to see them, but he was even more confused is to how they knew when and where he was going to arrive.
"Tai! We're so glad you're back with us full time," Mimi said.
"Welcome home, Tai!" Izzy replied.
Kari was even happier to see her big brother return back with Agumon. And judging from his looks, Tai was grown. He still looks the same except that he's older and much taller.
"It's so good to you all again," Tai said, "But I how did you guys know the exact the location I was going to arrive at?"
"We didn't know. This young man over here told us," Leomon said as he pointed to the mystery boy.
Tai was even more puzzled as he took a good look at the boy. They exchanged looks and there was a confused look on his face. So how does this guy know so much about the exact location that he was going to be arriving?
"That guy? He knew the exact location that I was going to arrive at? Heck, we haven't even met before."
Now the Digi-Destined were even more confused. They looked over to the mystery boy and began to get suspicious.
"But he knew the exact location that you were going to be arriving," Yolei said.
"Hmm. And I don't know those five people there."
Ken points over to Davis, Ken, Cody, Yolei and Michael.
"Hey! So you must be Tai! What's up?! You can call me Davis! I kind of filled in your spot during your absence. And this here is my digimon partner, Flamedramon."
"Wow. I'm impressed. Cool digimon you got there. What crest do you have?"
"I don't have a crest but I do have these things called digimentals. They help my digimon armor evolve. Right now, he's in his armored form using the digimental of courage. I have another one called the digimental of friendship and I use that your help for Veemon armor evolve into his second form, Lighdramon or you can just call him Raidramon."
"Wow. Digimentals? Armor evolving? I'm really far behind. And you must be?"
"I'm Yolei. And this digimon here is Shurimon, and he's in his armored form using my digimental of sincerity. He can also armor evolve into Halsemon using the digimental of love. His normal rookie form is Hawkmon."
"Nice to meet you both. And you?"
"I'm Cody. This here is Digmon. He's also in his armored evolved form using the digimental of knowledge. My other digimental is that of reliability and Digmon can armor evolve into Submarimon using that item. His rookie form is Armadillomon."
"This awesome. Armored digimon. This must be another step in digivolution. I was never told about this. Hey Kari?"
"Yeah?"
"Its good to see you and TK again. So have you two been protecting the Digital World with these new kids?"
"Yep. And we both have our own digimentals as well. Mine is that of light and Gatomon can armor evolve into Nefertimon using it."
"And I have the digimental of hope. I use it to enable Patamon to armor evolve into Pegasusmon."
"This is great. And it looks like you guys took care of Burizalor with them."
"No. We didn't," said Ken.
"And you are?"
"Ken. I was the enemy that the new kids were facing. I was the evil Digimon Kaiser. But they found out that an evil individual named Shadramon was using me. I'm back to being a loyal Digi-Destined. My partner is Wormmon and he can digivolve into Stingmon."
"Well its good to know that your back to being your old self. Geez, I need to lie down and think this all over."
"Ken is right. We weren't the ones that defeated Burizalor," Michael said.
"And you?"
"Oh. My name is Michael. My digimon partner here is named Betamon. He digivolves into Seadramon. My friend, Mimi here brought me here since we know each other in New York."
"Digi-Destined kids in other parts of the world?"
"Yes but that's another story for another time. Like I was trying to say, Ken is right and we were not the ones that defeated Burizalor."
"Right... So who defeated him? Was it you Leomon?"
Leomon nodded.
"Ok, was it Matt and Were Garurumon?"
Matt nodded and rolled his eyes.
"Ok then. Was it you, TK? Kari? Davis?"
"It was neither of us," Leomon replied, "It was this new guy over here."
The Digi-Destined looked over towards the new kid and his Patamon. Tai looked over to him.
"Yeah. He did it with ease," said Joe.
"Wow really? Well, I certainly haven't met this guy yet. How did he do it?"
"He performed the fusion technique with his partner over here," said Sora, "And I thought you and Agumon were the only ones able to perform such an advanced technique."
"Wow, he can perform the fusion with his Patamon? But I never heard anything from the four guardians about him."
"That's what we are trying to tell you," Matt growled, "Do we really have to repeat ourselves?!"
"Well no. But it's very confusing and its right for somebody to repeat everything. I guess cause I have a short memory lapse."
Tai smirked at his comment as the other Digi-Destined fell to the ground with their legs sticking out.
"Was it something I said?"
The boy chuckled to himself and turned to face Tai.
"So you obviously must know some stuff about me. What do you know?"
"Your name is Taichi Kamiya and your digimon partner is Agumon. When he warp digivolves, he becomes War Greymon. Your fusion form is Omega X."
Tai's widened in shock. He couldn't believe that the boy knows everything about him being a Digi-Destined.
"So, who are you?"
"That I must tell you privately. If you want to know more about me, you must follow me on the other side of this valley."
"Tai? Can you trust him," asked Kari.
"I wouldn't do it," Cody said.
"Well I have to know. So I'm taking this chance."
"Please. All I'm asking is a brief word with you. Taichi."
Tai looked over to his friends. He began thinking and wondering what the wise judgment would be. But he knew what he chooses. His friends will support his decision. They nodded and Tai turns to face the boy once again.
"Alright then. Lets go."
"Great."
The boy walked over to the other side of the valley as his Patamon flied over to follow him. Tai and Agumon started to follow them over. Can he trust them? Well he obviously wants to know the guy's secret, so he had to take this chance. It's now or never.
"Hmmm. This better be a good explanation," Matt said.
"I just hope we can trust this guy," said Sora.
"Don't worry. I have a feeling that we will. After all, he killed Burizalor and that evil lady for us," replied TK.
The boy stops in the middle of the barren valley and turns to face Taichi.
"Hey thanks man."
"No way. I should be thanking you for taking care of Burizalor for me. I knew that he was coming this way to hurt more innocent lives and kill my friends. I thought for sure that he would eventually change his ways."
"No way, not him. He was out of control and you were supposed to stop him."
"I knew that I should have been here a lot sooner."
"Yeah and we could of kicked his sorry ass," Agumon said.
"Oh yeah. One question, how would you have gotten here if you were still in the guardian dimension? It takes an awfully long time to open a portal out of there."
"I would have if I used a new technique known as Time Warp. Agumon and I would have been out of there within seconds."
"You mean like time travel?"
"No. It's a technique that Baihumon taught me. It enables us to pin point a located destination and use a form of teleportation to get there in a matter of seconds. You can just imagine getting there within ten milliseconds of a second or something to that extent. I need to improve on my algebra."
"Wow. You can move that fast. I never knew you could do that."
"Yeah. Well I'm still learning now to use it. It's not very easy to obtain unless you worked with the guardians like I have. You should go see them sometime."
"I see. That's incredible. However, there's another question I need to ask you."
"What's that?"
"Are you able to fuse with Agumon?"
"Well when we did it the first time, it only happened spontaneously. But now we can control our power when we fuse."
"How would you like to demonstrate now?"
"Huh? Why for?"
"Please. I need to know if you can. That's all I ask."
Tai and Agumon looked over to each other and then over to the boy.
"Well?"
"Alright. If you really want to see, then Agumon and I are more than happy to demonstrate!"
The boy nodded as he felt a sudden surge of energy increasing from both Tai and Agumon. There was bright aura glowed all over Tai's body as well as Agumon's. Tai felt his and Agumon's heart beating. Their eyes started to glow an orange color as they became a beam of light. In a matter of seconds, the two beams of light started coming together.
"Agumon! Fusion Shinka!!"
As the beam of light slowly vanished, a warrior stood and looked similar to War Greymon minus the claws, head helmet. His face was a little more human-like and his eyes were green as emerald.
"Omega X!"
The new Digi-Destined watched in with disbelief.
"Wow! That's Omega X?! He rocks already," Davis said as his eyes widened.
"Wow. Now that's a digimom," commented Yolei.
"Unbelievable!" Cody said.
"So I get to see Omega X. Now this was worth the wait," Ken said.
Omega X stood as he faced off the young man and his Patamon.
"So what now?"
"We both become fused warriors."
Omega X watched as the boy and Patamon started to glow. They came together as two beams of light. Then as the light faded away, there stood Angemon X. They both faced off.
"Whoa! No way!" Joe said.
"Hardcore!" cried out TK.
"Grr! Those two are able to fuse with their digimon. But Gabumon and I aren't able to? I got to have that power of fusion! I must have it,"Matt said to himself.
"We're both evenly matched in power," Omega X said.
"Indeed we are," replied Angemon X.
They powered and de-digvolved. Tai and Agumon returned to their normal states, as did the young boy and his Patamon. They are now officially the first two to ever reach the fusion level of digivolution with their respective digimon partners.
"So I take it that you spent this whole time achieving that ability. Its not that easy."
"Right. Once you get used to it. Now, its time that I reveal my secret."
"Yeah I've been dying to know who you are and how you know such much about me. I never have seen anybody that was a big fan of me."
"Ok, but you must promise not to tell anybody else of what I'm about to tell you."
"You have my word."
"So spill the beans," Agumon said.
"Right. My name is Dimitri. And as you know, my partner here is Patamon, much like Takeru. My crest is that of hope."
"Of hope? But I thought TK was the only one to inherit that."
"Yes. I'm getting to that part in just a second. Anyways, I am not from this time period. I coming from within seventeen years in the distant future."
"From the future? Twenty years distant?! Wow? Are there flying cars?"
"Yeah, well they're becoming pretty common. Ok anyways. I come from the distant future. And as you can that my crest is that of hope. So you must think…"
"That TK is you're…"
"Close but no cigar. He's not my father. However, rather, he's my uncle. And Yamato Ishida is my father."
"What Matt?! He's your father?!"
"Yes. He's my father."
"But he has the crest of friendship. How can you have the crest of hope if TK is just your uncle."
"It really doesn't matter. But I was chosen to be the holder of the crest of hope. I carry a very special part of that inherited power."
"Lets see here. Agumon, can you see any distinctions?"
"Not really…"
"Well?"
"Oh! Yeah I do! His eyes, hair and face kind of looks like Matt's! Yet he has TK's innocence."
"Yes. I should be born many years from now."
"Wow, really?! That's incredible! This totally rocks! I can't believe that Matt is going to be a daddy. Heh, wait till I tell him this. I'm going to be getting a good kick out of him fainting!"
"Tai. That's not the important thing that I was supposed to tell you."
"Huh? So what important did you want to tell me then?"
Tai had stopped laughing at the thought of Matt becoming future daddy. He turns to face Dimitri as he was about to listen to perhaps the most important news presented to him that may later the course of time.
"About a year from now, in the city of Kyoto, there will be three fierce monsters that will appear. They will plan a path of destruction. Nothing will stand in their way. Their powers are indescribable and indestructible. They're monsters, Tai. That's all I can say about them. They're monsters. They will leave a trail of death and chaos. But that's not all; their bodies contain a deadly virus known as the D-Virus. In order to completely wipe out entire populations, they will spread the virus anywhere they go. Millions have died from the virus itself but millions of others were slaughtered by the monsters themselves. Its a living nightmare."
"So, what are these guys? Evil dimensional beings? Digimon?"
"No. They're deadly artificial beings created by a digimon. Its name is Datamon. Do you remember him?"
"Yeah. We defeated him!"
Meanwhile, the other Digi-Destined have been waiting patiently as they watched their conversation continuing on.
"So what do you think they're saying," asked Mimi.
"I don't know for sure. But it has to be very important," Kari said.
"It's got to be. Otherwise, they wouldn't be talking to each other this long," replied Matt.
Leomon looked over to where Dimitri and Tai were talking. His ears twitched as if he were listening to the conversation himself.
"So its Datamon? That guy?"
"Right, but he's not the same as before."
"But I thought we went into digimon limbo?"
"He managed to escape at the very last minute, or so my mother told me. That was the last thing in the world that you should have done."
"Damn. He tried to clone Sora after he kidnapped her. I can't forgive him for what he's done. So is he hiding?"
"At this very moment, he is. He's planning his next attack and creating the monsters as we speak."
"So what's his deal? Why does he want to send these artificials?"
"He programmed them using what was left of Etemon's dark network and he programmed them to destroy digimon and humans alike. He plans to have his revenge especially on you guys. So he created three artificials to do his evil bidding. And he created the D-Virus himself. It was something originally intended to kill digimon but now its mutated and is deadly enough to even wipe out the entire human population as we speak."
"What a creep!"
"And in my time, I have been fighting these terrible monsters. I fought and put my life at stake just to protect the world! Even my digimon and I combined in our fused form isn't enough to end this nightmare. I was always lucky enough to avoid being infected."
"You alone?! But aren't the others there to help you battling these monsters?"
"No. They're dead. All of them are gone. Even the Digi-Destined, new and old, combined weren't enough to beat them. They eventually got killed by the monsters or got infected by the virus. And what I mean everybody, I mean everybody. Matt, Izzy, Joe, Sora, Davis, Yolei, Cody, Kari, Ken! They and many other Digi-Destined are going to lose their lives. And in the end, the only true survivors are TK and myself. We were the last to stop them. Unfortunately, twelve years later, they eventually get him too."
"Hey, Dimitri. What about me? Don't I die from the battle too?"
"Yeah it would be a bummer if we did," Agumon said.
"No. You two die before it. Not long before then, you somehow become the first victims of the D-Virus."
Tai stood there with a look of shock on his face. He couldn't believe what he just heard. He would become the first victim of Datamon's sick and twisted plan.
"I'm sorry for spreading you the news. But I had to tell you."
"Well that sucks. I die from a silly ol' bug. Man, I can't wait to challenge the powers of these artificials. Are you with me Agumon?"
"You bet!"
"What you mean after everything that I told you, you still want to fight them? Aren't you even scared at all?"
"Well, yeah. All challenges can be scary at first. But once you get the better of the situation, you can easily overcome it. We did against Burizalor and we can certainly rise to the occasion again."
"Well knowing a guy like you, I'm willing to bet that you can make a difference."
"I could?"
"That's right. My mother was right about you. And here's a little gift from me."
Dimitri held out his hand and held out a small bottle containing a red liquid. He placed it in Tai's hand.
"What is this?"
"Its the antidote to the actual D-Virus itself. There's no telling when Datamon starts to spread the deadly virus but here's the antidote just in case."
"Wow thanks. But hey, what about you?"
"I really must be going back to my time. My mother awaits me and my portal device is running out of fuel. I better use it to open the nearest portal before it goes to waste."
"Say. One more question, do we happen to know your mother," asked Agumon.
"As a matter of fact, you do."
"Great! So when are we going to meet her?"
"Pretty soon."
"So she lives somewhere close from me?"
"Shes standing right over there."
Dimitri points over to where Mimi was standing. Tai and Agumon turn around and they both fell over. They were laughing their heads off at what he had just said.
"Ah! Ha! Ha! Mimi is your mother?! I can't believe this?!"
The children looked over to what had just happened as their eyes widened in disbelief.
"Hey! Look at that! The boy just pointed at him and Tai fell down," Matt laughed.
"I could have sworn that I heard my name," replied Mimi.
Tai sat up and stopped laughing but he couldn't help but chuckle under his breathe.
"Wow! Matt and Mimi?! They eventually have you, huh? Oh, man. And you don't turn out like them. Whew that's a relief. Man. I thought Mimi would be going with that Michael guy from New York."
"Well. It's kind of a long story. Right after I was born, they separated and I lived with my mother."
"I don't blame you. They're perhaps one of the most feistiest people I have ever met."
"I'm glad to have met you Tai. Your understand everything that I had told you. I know that I can depend on you."
"Yeah. Well thanks for everything and warning us. Don't worry. We'll take it from here."
Dimitri nods to Tai and looks down to his Patamon.
"You ready to go home, buddy?"
"You bet."
"Well. I better head out now. Good luck to you, Tai. I just hope you and the others can help make a difference."
"You have my word."
Dimitri walks off into the valley as a beautiful sunset was taking place. Patamon went following after him. Tai holds the antidote and places it in his pocket.
"Geez. What a dramatic story. But looks like we have a job to do. We let the others know on the news."
"Yeah."
Tai and Agumon walked on over back towards the other children, who were desperately waiting for them. They had a lot of questions to ask concerning the conversation that he had with Dimitri. As soon as Tai walked to them, the children all gathered around him and began questioning him.
"So what did he tell you," asked TK.
"Yeah. I bet he told you a whole deal. Something important right," Sora asked.
"Ha. Well it was nothing really important."
"Yeah. So lets get going home. I'm hungry," Agumon said.
"Same here."
The Digi-Destined could only look on with disbelief and bewilderment.
"That's funny. Because it awfully sounded really important to me," said Leomon.
"What? You mean you heard," asked Tai.
"With ears like these, we can hear a pin drop from a mile away. So looks like you have to fess up and tell us."
"But I can't…"
"Alright then. If you won't, then I'll tell them."
"But you heard the conversation…"
"Don't worry. I won't tell anything that would endanger your friend. But we deserve the right to know, so we can change our destinies. All of ours."
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Leomon had explained everything to the children about the approaching aritificials that would arrive and destroy mankind. They were stunned at the news.
"And that's the whole deal. We're all supposed to die during the battle against the artificials. Only TK will survive in the battle against these monsters. And Tai here is supposed to catch the D-Virus."
"Ugh. So its Datamon," said Sora, "I can easily remember what he did to me."
"The nerve of him trying to clone you but now he uses his sick and twisted mind to create deadly artificials," Biyomon said.
"I say we get ready. Its time for each of the new Digi-Destined's digimon to reach their champion levels and then into their ultimate forms."
"But you think we're able to do it," asked Davis.
"We got no choice. We only got a year to prepare. If we want to get prepared for those artificals then we must evolve our digimon into their higher leveled forms," Ken replied.
"And we must be on the look out for the D-Virus. That's one concern we should be worried about," Kari said.
"Don't worry. Its a synch," Gatomon said.
"You make it easier than it sounds. But it won't be easy. This will be our hardest task to date. Are we up for it," Tai asked the group.
They all nodded in agreement.
"Listen up, Tai!" Matt said.
Tai turns to face Matt. The blonde haired boy smirked and pointed over to Gabumon.
"Since you and Agumon were able to fuse. I will see to it that Gabumon and I surpass you two. We plan on destroying those artificials ourselves once we fuse. And then once that's over, we shall fight to settle the score."
"Sure."
"Hey take a look at that!" Michael cried out as he pointed to a nearby canyon.
The children all looked up to see Dimitri and his Patamon looking down upon them. Dimitri activated his handheld portal device. He turns to see Tai.
"Thanks for understanding, Tai. I know you will make a difference."
Then he looked down upon Matt, his very own father.
"Goodbye father. Hopefully you get to fuse with Gabumon. I know in my heart that you will achieve that power."
He then looked down at Mimi.
"Goodbye mother. May Palmon watch over you."
Dimitri waved to them and activated a portal using the last of the device's power. He walked through the portal and his Patamon was there to follow them. Then the portal closed.
"Was he waving to me?" asked Mimi, "I could have sworn that he waved to me."
"Man that was just weird," Davis said.
"Mark my words. I will achieve the power of fusion. Gabumon and I will become the most powerful warrior the Digital World has ever seen."
"Goodbye, whoever you are," Mimi said as a smile came across her face.
"So, do you believe everything he says?" asked Kari.
"Yeah I do, Kari. You bet I do," Tai replied.
The Digi-Destined all gathered around to plan out their next move. They only have a year to get prepared for the approaching threat that would make its presence felt. Never had they ever faced such a threat as artificials. They battled evil digimon and inter dimensional beings, but never artificials.
Tai was remembering everything that Dimitri had told him. The other children turned to face him as if they were about to ask him a question.
"So are we going to prepare for this threat, Tai?" asked TK.
"Its only a year away," replied Kari.
"Well, I know for sure that there is always a way," Tai said, "We will be prepared for these artificials. And we now know that we must not look for them in the Digital World since they will arrive in our own world."
"Well there's just one thing that troubles me," Matt said, "What have you actually been doing. Since us older kids only got to see you a few times during these brief three and a half years. Tell us about this dimension that you and Agumon were training at. And tell us how you escaped the dark realm."
"Oh yeah. We thought you had died until Azulongmon told us. You never really told us how you escaped," said Izzy.
"Well let's see. How do I start that crazy story again? Hmmm. Oh yeah! Now I remember! It all started right after I beat Burizalor. I thought for sure that I was trapped for the remaining few minutes that were left. You couldn't imagine how hot it was in that situation."
"We really thought that we were done for," Agumon replied.
"Enough! Get to the point," Matt said impatiently.
"So what did happen," asked Gabumon.
"Hang on we're getting to that part," Agumon said.
"Now the dimension was about to implode and we were in a tight situation. So…"
Flashback
…we had to find a way out and there we had luck came our way. We managed to find Burizalor's large ship so we could use it to hightail it out of there."
Omega X flew across the landscape and looked down for any sources of transportation. This way he can escape a lot faster than just flying. Now the skies were becoming increasingly hot since there was no ozone layer to block out any radioactive light.
"There! I can see Burizalor's base and his ship looks pretty beaten up. But I have to give it a try."
Omega X goes flying down towards the ship and notices that there is a large hole at the very top of it. He flew down and went through the hole. As he made it inside, he flew right through a long hallway and there weren't any signs of life within the ship since all of the soldiers were killed earlier.
Omega X found a door leading into the control room. He walked in and found a control panel with several buttons.
"Alright! This is it! Now where is the on button to this thing? Ok, you use a TV remote just about everyday. This shouldn't be any different."
Omega X picks looks down ad sees a button and at the side it read Activation for Lift Off.
"There! Now time to get out of this hellhole!
Omega X felt the ship starting to rise up and he sighed with relief. He was going back home and there was nothing that will stop him now.
"Digital World! Here we come!"
Suddenly, the ground started to shake and the ship was starting to collapse. Omega X felt the ship losing its power and the lava underground was starting to spew out.
"Oh no! What the hell is going on?! The ship is down! Now what?! No dammit! This can't be happening! No!"
Omega X felt the ship starting to tip over. He looked out through a nearby window shield and watched as the ship was falling down into the pool of lava. Omega X had to do something and fast. Well, there was nothing else to do. Omega X flies up and breaks through the roof of the ship in order to escape out. Omega X looked down and watched as the ship fell into the magma bed below.
"Damn! That was my only way out of there!"
Omega X started to fly around in attempt to find his way out. He could not give up. He had to return home to see his friends and family.
"And that was our only escape. We had no chance to make our getaway. We were trapped. It was really scary if you want me to be more specific. Not a way to end our summer vacation."
Omega X looked around his surroundings and watched as everything started to fade into a white and blank color. He let out a loud cry and he witnessed a large explosion take place. And as the explosion took place, the whole dimension imploded into nothing more than empty space. Everything that made up the whole dark dimension was already gone. There was no longer any signs of life. Not even any traces of Omega X any where.
End of Flashback
"Well that was the first part of our long story. Now, how we made it out of there amazed me just as much."
"We could remember seeing a beam of light coming our way," Agumon said, "A light hit us both and it sucked us right into an inter dimensional portal."
Flashback
Just seconds before the whole dark realm was about to implode, Omega X turned to see a beam of light hitting it. But instead of hurting him, it restored his powers and healed his body. Then right in front of Omega X was a large portal. A voice was heard from it. It belonged to Azulongmon.
"Omega X come quick in here! It's the only way to escape! Here I shall provide you with the necessary items to improve your fusion powers. Either that or die here. Your choice."
"Not like we have a choice…"
Omega X phased out and flew right through the portal and it was barely just a second before the dark realm would implode. Omega X found himself spinning into a dark hole and being sucked right into it.
"The place that we arrived at was really weird. I soon realized that Agumon and I were back to our old selves, since that fusion takes a whole a lot of energy out of ya. So, we decided to explore around. It was a pretty quiet and lonely place. I really hoped to go home and see my family. I'm sure they were really worried about me. But I knew that I had to do this. I wanted to find a way for Agumon and I to remain in our fusion state without wasting large amounts of energy at the same time. It wasn't going to be easy, but who said it would ever be. And then, we met Azulongmon."
"So you must be the Digi-Destined of Courage? Taichi Kamiya?"
"Yes. And who are you? Your awfully big to be a digimon."
"Well I am. I am Azulongmon. I am one of the four guardians that protects the Digital World."
"Wait. I heard about you from Gennai. You and three other guardians were sealed away by the Dark Masters. I even heard you telepathically."
"Yes and thanks to you and the other children, you were able to defeat them and end Burizalor's reign of terror. We never said thank you and we hope that you decide to remain here. We can help you and Agumon through some long term training to perfect the fusion process."
"You could train us?"
"At first. But then, you will have committed yourselves. In the end, you will become an unstoppable force. You managed to destroy Burizalor for us and that we thank you."
"So, when do we begin?"
"Now would be the perfect time."
"Now. But I'm willing to bet that my family and friends are starting to worry about me."
"Don't worry. You are at good hands. I have arranged a way for you to see them through specific times."
"You mean I can still see them?"
"Yes and I shall tell the Digi-Destined about you still being alive and that you chose to remain here. And yes, you are still able to see your friend but you must remain here in training for the next three and a half years."
"You got yourself a deal."
"Deal is done."
"And so, we began our training as you have noticed, Agumon and I are able to fuse without wasting too much energy. We have returned thanks to Azulongmon. And boy, it sure feels great to be back."
End of Flashback
"So what do you guys think?"
"Wow. So you two must be indestructible," Davis said.
"No Davis. We just gotten stronger and we move a lot quicker using a new technique that another one of the guardians taught us. Its called Time Warp."
"Time Warp. What's that do," asked Ken.
"Its pretty simple. You can teleport anywhere that you put your mind to. We had difficulty trying to use it but we perfected it. Shall we demonstrate?"
The children all nodded.
"Ok. Here goes nothing. First, I'll think of a place that I have in mind."
Tai placed his fingers on his forehead.
"Ahem, Agumon. You too. I'm not doing this to look like an idiot."
"Right."
Agumon did the same thing as Tai was doing. Then the children saw their bodies slowly disappearing. Then they vanished.
"Whoa! How cool!" Sora said.
"Where did they go," asked Michael.
Suddenly, Tai and Agumon reappeared once again. Tai held a stick in his hand that looked awfully like Piximon's.
"Whoa! You're back! So where did you go?" asked Kari.
"We went over to Piximon's place and stole his stick. Heh. Heh."
"What?! Piximon's place is just on the other side of the Digital World," Joe said, "That's impossible!"
"Oh. Big deal, its just super speed," Matt replied smugly.
"Yo, Joe. You think you can hold onto this for me."
Tai tossed Piximon's stick over to Joe. Joe jumped up and snared it.
"Thanks. So, are we guys ready to go," Tai asked, "I'm getting pretty hungry and I really want to see my parents again."
They all nodded in agreement.
"Alright then. We should all be going home now…"
"Wait a second. Do you know how we should be prepared for an approaching threat? You know, like artificials."
"Oh. It looks as though it almost slipped my mind."
"So how do we prepare?" asked Yolei.
"Hmmm. We meet here in the Digital World daily and help train our digimon to reach to new levels. New kids, that means more hard work for you. Your digimon has to be able to reach their champion and ultimate forms. Because if I'm right, no matter what level they reach, they will still be strong no matter what. So is that agreed?"
"Ok!"
"Alright now. Lets get the date straight. When are the artificials going to appear? Lets see… Ugh… I forgot…"
The Digi-Destined's mouths dropped and they fell backwards. They couldn't believe that Tai had forgotten such an important date that could be the fate of the world. However, Leomon was able to speak for him.
"On December 17, in the city of Kyoto at 10:00 in the morning, the three artificials will appear in attempt to destroy mankind with the D-Virus."
"Alright. Alright. I got it. It just slipped my mind. So will you guys be ready for December 17, in the year of 2004?"
"Yeah!"
"Alright then. Be there if you're ready, but if you don't think you can handle it, don't even show up at all. But I know very well that everyone of you will be ready by then."
The Digi-Destined all nodded in agreement. Then Matt spoke up.
"Tai. Just because we're fighting these artificials together that doesn't mean that I want to challenge you. Once Gabumon and I fuse, then we will see who the better warrior is."
"Sure."
Matt and Gabumon walked off from the group in order to plan out a way to begin their training to reach the fusion level. In Matt's frame of mind, if Tai could perform such a technique with Agumon then so can he and Gabumon.
"So are you ready to go see mom and dad," asked Tai.
"Yeah. They're going to be really thrilled to see you again. Mom is going to flip to see how much you've grown!"
"Well. You know mom. Ha."
"Kari?"
"Yeah, TK?"
"Would you like to be my training partner with our digimon?"
"Sure. You should have just asked earlier."
"Hey, TF. I called it first."
"Sorry, Davis. You're out of luck. Don't worry. You'll get the feel of training with Veemon."
"Yeah Davis. You still got me. Don't worry, I won't let you down."
"Well, you sure haven't let me down, Veemon."
"Well I think I better be going myself," Ken said as he picked up Wormmon.
"Ken! Wait!"
Ken turned to see Yolei running up to him. She stopped him just in time.
"What is it, Yolei?"
"Well I couldn't let you go after I ask you this. How would you like to partner up with me to train our digimon?"
"Yolei. I'm asked me that. I would be honored."
"Hey let me join with you guys," Davis cried out.
"Sure Davis. You could come along too," Ken said.
"Thanks. You guys are great."
"Besides. Since my digimon was the first to become champion, I could maybe teach you guys to evolve Hawkmon and Veemon into their champion forms," Wormmon said.
"Sounds great!" Yolei nodded in agreement.
"So we're all set then," Tai said.
"So what are we waiting for? Lets get going," Kari said as she held her D-3.
"Digi-Port Open!!!"
As soon as they said that, they found a television and were quickly transported from the Digital World and they soon found themselves back in the computer lab.
"Well. I think I'll get used to coming back home," Tai said.
"Well. Just be glad that you haven't been gone for almost a decade," TK said.
"That's for sure. I really miss mom's cooking," Tai said.
"But I thought you hated mom's cooking," asked Kari.
"Well some recipes I consider poison," Tai laughed.
The others laughed with Tai about his comment about his mother's recipes. However, they still had the prophecy that the young boy had left. They only had a year of training for their digimon. Their digimon had to reach new levels of power. Their current power possibly and more likely isn't enough to oppose this new threat. It was all or nothing.
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As weeks went by, the Digi-Destined took time out of their busy schedules to prepare as they began to train their digimon tremendously. This would be the hardest training they would ever have to their digimon performed. The digimon had to get stronger no matter what.
Tai and Sora trained Agumon and Biyomon together. Biyomon had been showing improvements as she was able to perform several fire techniques while in her ultimate form and she was able to conserve most of her power and at the same time, not wasting evolution energy.
"Biyomon has improved a lot," Sora said, "This training is really helping her."
"Plus I didn't really think that Agumon would have made a great training partner for Biyomon."
"I know. Hey you know where Matt is?"
"He's probably off training somewhere with Gabumon by himself. He is so obsessed in beating me by fusing with Gabumon. But, I'm really looking forward when that day comes. I'll more than happy to spar with him."
"Oh. You two. You're never going to learn."
They both laughed and they would laugh, knowing the fact that they only have a year to get their acts together to prepared for the upcoming threat that could plague Earth.
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Ken and Yolei watched as Hawkmon and Wormmon were attacking each other during a training procedure.
"They're getting better," Yolei said.
"I agree. It's only a matter of time before Hawkmon reaches his champion leveled form. Hawkmon has been doing quite well against Stingmon while in his rookie form and armored forms."
"And Davis?"
"He's catching up. I believe that Veemon's time to evolve into his champion form is drawing near."
"C'mon, Veemon! I know you can do it! Once you evolve into your champion leveled form, then we will evolve you into your ultimate form and it will only be a matter of time before we fuse to become the ultimate fighting machine!"
"Yeah! My time has come and we're going to kick some artificial tail!"
"You can do it!"
Veemon continues on his training as he felt his power increasing slowly after each session. It would only be a matter of time as Ken had predicted.
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Elsewhere, TK and Kari watched as Angemon and Angewomon were sparring with each other by raising their power levels after each session. It was hard for them but they felt their powers increasing. Soon, they would reach new levels of power and perhaps find a way to evolve into their mega forms and fuse with their respective partners.
"That's it, Angemon! That's the way! Soon, we will fuse! I just know we will!"
"Angewomon, I can feel your power. You're doing well! Keep it up!"
The two angels continued on as their training sessions got even tougher. Soon, they would eventually find the ways to reach higher levels of energy while in their ultimate forms and help preserve during energy during battles.
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Matt and Metal Garurumon were elsewhere within the Digital World. Matt looked up to see Metal Garurumon shooting out homing missiles aimed for him and watched as his digimon maneuvered away from each missile.
"Mark my words, we shall become one Metal Garurumon. We will fuse and we will become the ultimate force both worlds have seen! Omega X has seen nothing yet. Just you wait and see, Tai."
As the training begins for the Digi-Destined, will a year even be enough for the digimon to reach their fully evolved forms and how much powerful can they get? Will the new kid's digimon be able to reach newer and higher levels of power?
[Digimon Zero Two first ending theme "Ashita wa Atashi no Kaze ga Fuku" plays]
[Preview]
Tai: We have to use this one year to train! We have to make it count.
Kari: The artificials are coming.
TK: We'll be prepared! We'll do it to save our future.
Veemon: We will get stronger. Davis, you have to get me to digivolve into my champion form!
Hawkmon: The same goes for me, Yolei.
Armadillomon: Don't forget about ol' me.
Yolei: Next time on Digimon Fusion Zero two, episode twelve!
Veemon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon! Go to Your Champion Forms!
Xveemon: Don't miss it!
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SSJ4T: The year of training begins on the next chapter! It will be solely based on those three reaching their champion forms.
Coral: They better hope that it will be enough to defeat those artificials. So, any updates on this YuGiOh/Tamers/Frontier cross over?
SSJ4T: None. I will need more time. I need a good plot to follow up with. Anyway, be sure to check out the Tamers fic I posted up. Until then, we're out!
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