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. Lady Myotismon, Iceladydevimon, Elfmon and Funkymon are characters 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: Hey, gang! We're back with another edition of Digimon Fusion! I hope you guys didn't have to wait too long. Schoolwork can be a bitch.
Coral: Now, here's the chapter that begins the battle against artificials.
Max: Again, if you're a Matt fan, then you'll enjoy this chapter!
SSJ4T: So, you enjoy this fic and we'll just twiddle our thumbs reading it. Enjoy!
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[Digimon Zero Two opening theme "Target Akai Shougeki" plays during the opening sequence]
Omega X's Double Trouble! Yamato's Upgrade to Fusion: Metalla X Arrives!
Omega X goes flying right at Elfmon as he powered up into his fully charged maximum form. Elfmon goes to throw a punch in at Omega X, but Omega X was able to phase out quickly just in time. This caught Elfmon by surprise as he turns to see Omega X about to punch him. Elfmon maneuvers away and flies up. Omega X goes to fly up right after him. Elfmon phases out and hides behind a pile of rocks just nearby a small canyon ridge. Omega X couldn't sense his power so he found Elfmon hiding and shot out a huge ki blast at Elfmon. Elfmon easily phased out and reappeared right above Omega X. Elfmon goes head butt Omega X but Omega X was able to phase out quickly.
Elfmon flies down in order to slow down the momentum that Omega X was quickly building up. However, Omega X was much too clever to be outmaneuvered by the artificial. Omega X flies right down at Elfmon. Elfmon puts his hands up and shoots out two pairs of energy beams at him. Omega X quickly phases out and the beams go flying right past him. They go and blast away chunks of debris. Elfmon gasped when he turned to see Omega X right behind him. Elfmon goes to elbow Omega X in the face but Omega X goes for a spin kick to the head. Elfmon ducks under and phases out.
Omega X looks up to see Elfmon flying right up towards a nearby canyon ridge. Elfmon phases right behind it in order to catch Omega X by the surprise. Omega X flies up and phases above the canyon ridge.
"I don't think so! You can't hide from me that long!"
Omega X shoots out a blast at Elfmon, but the evil artificial was able to maneuver away just in time. Elfmon shoots out another blast at Omega X but Omega X twisted around to maneuver away from the blast. Elfmon phases down but Omega X was there to meet him down. Elfmon turns to see Omega X and goes to elbow him in the face. But Omega X ducks under and punches Elfmon right in the gut. Elfmon screams out in tremendous pain as Omega X buries the elbow into the gut of the artificial. Omega X pressed in so hard that the force of energy emitted a bright glow.
The Digi-Destined could only watch on. The new kids were impressed with the fighting abilities of Omega X. They had never seen such a fight such as this. They first saw Omega X many years ago during the confrontation with the boy from the future but this was the first time they really got to see him in any type of action.
"Man. He is so. And so fast too," Yolei said to herself.
"Man! I wish Veemon and I could fuse! Then we show those other two what were made of,"thought Davis.
"I wonder what caused humans and digimon to combine to become one? I need to know the power. So that way Stingmon and I have the ability to use it,"Ken said to himself.
Elfmon goes staggering back a bit as Omega X goes flying right at him. Omega X wrenches back both fists and pushes back as he punches Elfmon with a double fist attack. This causes Elfmon to go flying back and crashing into a nearby boulder. As a result, a huge explosion occurred because of the impact.
"Yeah! Way to go, guys," Davis said.
"Yeah. That a way, Tai," Ken said.
Leomon watched the battle take place. But it seemed as though he was more worried about something else rather than the fight that was taking place before him. Something was really bothering Leomon. But he wasn't the only one, the other digimon were feeling the same way too.
Omega X hovered down near the fallen rubble and got into a fighting position. He watched as the rubble exploded and scattered away. Elfmon sat up quickly and turned to face Omega X. His sensors started going off as he got into a fighting position as well. Omega X and Elfmon flew right at each other as they punched away at one another. But it seems as though that Omega X was taking the upper hand at the very moment. Elfmon kept missing his punches that he targeted Omega X with. Omega X was able to twist around and maneuvers away from some of Elfmon's punches. Omega X jumps up and dropkicks Elfmon right in the face. Elfmon goes flying back but he manages to stop himself in place before crashing into another canyon ridge. However, Omega X was able to faze right him and nail him with a kick to the back of the head. Elfmon goes flying back and goes face first into the ground. Omega X starts charging right towards Elfmon, who was able to get to his feet in time.
Elfmon goes for a punch but Omega X twists around yet again and uppercuts him in the chin. Elfmon goes flying up. Omega X follows him up and phases right above him. Omega X executes an elbow into the back of Elfmon's spine, which causes the artificial to go crashing down into the ground below him. Elfmon tries getting to his feet, but Omega X is there to stop him with a head butt into the face. Elfmon goes rolling away and crashing through the dirt. Omega X stops for a moment as he began to catch his breathe. However, he was breathing quite abnormally. He wouldn't be tired out this quickly in a fight. Something was obviously wrong, and the other digimon could easily tell. However, they couldn't tell the other children just yet since they were really sure what kind of a problem was holding Omega X back and causing him to tire out so easily.
Omega X slowly walks over towards the fallen body of Elfmon and goes to kick him away but Elfmon jumps up. Omega X quickly punches Elfmon right in the face and sends him flying backwards.
Ice Ladydevimon and Funkymon both took notice of Omega X's condition. They figured that he was tiring easily because he was using too much of his energy and allowing Elfmon to absorb his energy. But there was something that was slowing down Omega X. Yes he did look dominant in the fight but Elfmon just kept coming right back for some more.
"Ha! Omega X has this thing in the bag! There's no way that artificial can beat him now," said Davis.
"He's literally kicking his butt! I don't think we should have any problems with those other two," Xveemon replied.
"Hmmm. Maybe. Maybe not," Leomon said as he continued to keep en eye on the battle.
Elfmon was slowly getting to his feet. He held out one hand and shot out a beam at Omega X. Omega X managed to deflect it with his fists and bounces it right back at Elfmon. Elfmon maneuvers away from his own blasts and goes charging at Omega X. The fused warrior was able to jump right over him and kick him right in the back of the head. Elfmon goes falling down.
The battle continued to rage on as both sides watched on. Leomon was becoming more and more concerned with the condition of Omega X rather than the threat of the artificials. Meanwhile, the confidence of the artificials has now gotten stronger with them knowing that Omega X was slowing down and tiring himself out in the battle. Would this lead to something disastrous for Omega X in the long term?
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Meanwhile, Pegasusmon and Nefertimon were just nearby the island where the battle was taking place.
"Are we almost there, Pegasusmon?"
"Not yet, TK. Just a few more islands to explore but we are getting close. We should keep our eyes peeled."
"Hey. Somebody is following us," Kari said.
"I wonder who could be following us," TK asked.
"You'll be quite surprised if I say this but its Garudamon," replied Nefertimon.
"Garudamon?!"
And to their surprise, Garudamon caught up to them. TK and Kari turned to see Sora looking outwards them.
"I had to come guys. I just couldn't stand staying on the sidelines with Tai out there fighting those things," Sora replied.
"We understand but we're glad that you decided to come," TK said.
"TK. I've found the location."
"Where?"
"Just ahead of us. That island, you see it?"
"Yeah."
"It's the largest of these islands, plus I can pick up a ton of power levels over on that island. The battle has got to be taking place there," Pegasusmon said.
"Then what are we waiting for! Lets move out," Kari cried out.
The digimon picked up the pace as they powered up and speed off towards the island that was ahead of them. They would have to move as fast as they could if they want to take a good look of Omega X taking action against Elfmon. As they hovered towards the island, they saw Omega X punching away at Elfmon with rapid punches.
"Tai! Agumon! They're fighting… Is that one of the artificials?" asked Kari.
"Yes. In fact, Omega X has been dominating this whole time," Xveemon said.
"It hasn't even laid one hit on Omega just yet," replied Stingmon.
"Wow. Unbelievable," Sora said, "That thing is getting his butt handed to him. He doesn't stand a chance against the combined force of Tai and Agumon."
"Uh huh…"
"You have a right to worry just a bit, TK," said Leomon.
"Huh? What do you mean, Leomon?"
"I've been watching this whole battle and knowing Omega X, he isn't being his usual confident self. It seems as though he's been tiring himself out during the coarse of this battle. If he keeps this up, he's going to give out on it. He's going to need our help, Digi-Destined!"
"Leomon. Maybe your just being paranoid, I don't see anything wrong with him," Ken said.
"He's right. I mean c'mon, that bucket head is toast," replied Yolei.
"I don't know how to explain it but I can easily sense Omega X's power level slowly depleting for some reason. But that artificial hasn't been tiring out, its strange."
"Hmmm. hey, I remembered Cody telling me that when those artificials touched him that he felt his energy being drained away," Kari said.
"Huh? What's that," asked Leomon.
"Its true. In fact, Cody felt his energy leaving his body when one of those artificials touched him," Nefertimon explained.
"So these things absorb energy? That must be why Omega X has been tiring out so easily."
Omega X goes flying up and phases right behind Elfmon. Elfmon turned around and goes to punch him. But Omega X twists to the side and maneuvers away from Elfmon's face on assault. Omega X jumps up and nails a spin kick to the side of Elfmon's head. Elfmon goes falling down into the ground causing the ground around him to cave in. A huge explosion took place which caused tons of rubble to fall on the fallen artificial. Omega X was hovering up and slowly catching his breathe. Now he was quickly tiring out than before, which is very abnormal since Omega X trained himself not to use so much energy when using new techniques. Something was holding him back.
"Wow! Way to go, Tai," Sora cried out.
"He's done. There's no way he can continue on after getting hit like that," said Davis, "Omega X might just declare himself the winner by knockout!"
"Lets hope that you're right about that one, Davis," TK said.
"If he isn't done, then I don't know what will take that thing down," replied Kari, "Tai, you better not let your guard down."
Omega X looked down at the fallen rubble while catching his breathe. He not only felt his energy depleting but his life force as well. He felt very strange and couldn't explain the problem that was causing him to lose this much energy in a short amount of time. Omega X looked down once again and shock came over his face. What he saw was unbelievable. Even he couldn't believe it. The other Digi-Destined were just as shocked as well.
"Ugh! No way! That's just impossible," Yolei cried out.
"He's up," Ken said.
And they were right. Elfmon had risen from out of the fallen rubble as he looked up at the sky and up at Omega X.
"Man! If Omega X hit me like that, I would be a goner for sure," Garudamon said, "What are these things made out of anyway?"
Smirks came across the faces of Ice Ladydevimon and Funkymon at the sight of their comrade gaining his second wind.
Omega X slowly was catching his breath as he began to collect some more energy for his next attack. He powered up and cupped his hands together. A ball of energy was forming in the palm of his hands.
"Terr-a…"
The Digi-Destined looked on to see Omega X powering up for his next attack. They looked on and hoped that this next attack would put the evil artificial away for good. Would it be enough to destroy him, or would it fail? They will just have to find out by seeing the attack for themselves.
Omega X pulled his hands back as the energy ball got even bigger. At the same time, he felt pain building up throughout his own body. He cried out as his body started to give off an orange aura glow. Elfmon looked up and watched his adversary power up his next attack.
"Terra… Beam!!"
Omega X pushed back his hands and released a large wave of energy. He directs it towards Elfmon and concentrates on its power. Elfmon looks up and watches as the beam quickly comes towards him. The other artificials were becoming quite concerned and felt the power of the energy beam. They feared for the worst for Elfmon. However, a smile came across the face of Elfmon as he held both of his hands out and caught the energy beam with ease. Elfmon started to absorb the large energy beam through his hands. Omega X stopped his momentum and his energy blast. As soon as he did that, Elfmon sucked up all of the energy through his hands. Omega X couldn't believe his own eyes. His own attack was sucked away through Elfmon's hands.
The Digi-Destined were even more shocked at what they just saw. That was one of Omega X's most powerful attacks and this artificial was able to absorb with ease through his own hands. The artificials were quite impressed and knew that Elfmon would use that energy to his own advantage.
"He… He absorbed it," Davis said.
"Impossible," replied Kari.
"Yes… Cody was right… They do absorb energy," said TK.
"Taichi! Don't use anymore of those attacks! They absorb energy through their hands! You understand," Leomon cried out.
"What?! Impossible. How could they do that? That's just not possible," Omega X said, "Damn. This is going to be a lot tougher than I first thought. They can absorb energy. Now what am I supposed to do?"
"Ha! Ha! Yes! Now Elfmon can regain all of that momentum that he had lost just a while ago. It is only a matter of time before he defeats Taichi and destroys the rest of those annoying pests! Yes! Yes! The mighty Omega is history,"Funkymon thought to himself.
Elfmon goes flying right at Omega X. He watched as Elfmon was throwing in rapid punches. Omega X managed to maneuver away but he felt his entire body's energy depleting. He was quickly losing breathe which allowed Elfmon to deliver a knee to the gut of Omega X. Elfmon phased right behind Omega X and nails him with fists to the back of his spine. Omega X goes flying back but he managed to stop himself. When he turned around, Elfmon met him with a punch to the face. Omega X goes flying back and isn't able to stop himself. Elfmon phases right above Omega X and shoots out beams. The beams nail Omega X right in the chest, which causes him to fall to the ground.
Omega X stops himself yet again and this time he manages to use the last of his energy to levitate to the ground. He placed his hand over his neck and was slowly losing his breath.
"Damn! What the hell is wrong with me? I feel like I'm dying… but from what… and I'm losing breath… That's just not normal for me…"
Suddenly, Ken had just remembered something and turned towards the others.
"I just remembered something! The D-Virus! He must have contracted it!"
"Huh? How do you know that?" asked Yolei.
"No he's right! Look! He's holding his neck! We saw that happen to Cody as well," said TK.
"He told us that an injection comes out of the artificial's hand and the injection process takes place within a blink of an eye," replied Kari.
"No! Tai! You and Agumon have got to hang on," Sora cried out.
"Perfect. Now the D-Virus shall take effect upon Omega X internally. Elfmon should collect more of his energy and we should be done with him. I never imagined it would as easy as I first anticipated,"Funkymon said to himself.
Elfmon takes advantage of Omega X and nails him right in the face with a spinning back kick. Omega X goes flying back. He felt a tremendous burning pain erupting within his body. It was a painful sensation to say the least. The D-Virus was slowly taking over Omega X and infecting him. Now Omega X just realized that the D-Virus was within him. He knew that this would happen to him but he just didn't know when. Omega X slowly looked up and sees a fist cave in right into his face. Elfmon blasts Omega X away and sends him flying back into a nearby canyon. Omega X falls to the ground while catching his breath. Elfmon hovered down to keep the momentum going on his side.
"Alright! This is it! We better go in and save him as soon as possible! If he keeps this up, he's going to lose out," Leomon said.
"Right! Just hang in there, Tai!" Davis said.
The other Digi-Destined all nodded in agreement and were prepared to take attack. They couldn't stand to see Omega X being taken apart like this. If he continues like this, he will give out and the D-Virus will infect from within.
Omega X fell to his knees as he was slowly catching his breath and felt his energy quickly depleting.
"This can't be the end of me. Oh the pain is intriguing. I got to do something before I lose out on this battle."
The artificials were quite pleased with the D-Virus taking its effect on Omega X. It was only a matter of time before they could destroy the other Digi-Destined and successfully exterminate the humans with the D-Virus itself. That was Datamon's wish and they will carry out their master's dream.
Omega X faced the three artificials as he was trying to get onto his feet. But the pain throughout his whole body was keeping him down. The evil trio watched him one like vultures about to swoop down for the kill.
Omega X held his chest as he started to lose large amounts of oxygen within his body. He felt as though a plastic bag had covered his face and was cutting off all of the air supply. Even worse, he felt as though something was burning in his chest, but not chest pains. More like fire about to burst through his chest.
"Damn. I'm dying. It must be the D-Virus, but how did I contract it? I was being so careful…"
The artificials watched on like hungry predators about to go in for the kill. Omega X could barely get to his own feet.
The Digi-Destined feared for the worst as far as Omega X's condition was concerned.
"Digi-Destined. Omega X isn't going to last much longer. If he keeps this going too long, there is a good chance but he will lose him. We can't afford that to happen," said Leomon.
The Digi-Destined wanted to help Omega X but they could risk getting infected themselves. Kari couldn't stand to see her own flesh and blood suffering from such a deadly predicament. She looked over to Nefertimon. She glared to Kari and nodded.
"Don't you even think about going out there yourself," TK said, "There's a good chance that you will get infected as well."
"But we can't just leave my brother out there for that fat freak to go rough shot all over him! Besides, he needs our help! That D-Virus is attacking him from within!"
"If we want to bring him back, we will do this together. You don't have to do it alone."
Kari looked out and concern came over her over the fact that she might lose her own brother out in the battlefield. No telling how long it will take for the D-Virus to finally put Tai away for good.
"You have done an excellent job, Elfmon," replied Funkymon, "Now it is time that we finish them off once and for all. Elfmon if you will. Absorb all of his energy.
Elfmon nodded and walked on over towards the fallen Omega X. Omega X got to his feet while clutching his chest. He couldn't even lift his arms up because of the pain that he was suffering in his chest. The D-Virus seems to have paralyzed his body as well. This wouldn't be a good thing if he looks to defend himself against Elfmon's attacks.
Elfmon flies right at Omega X and quickly phases out. Omega X turns to shoot out a blast but he was caught by surprise as Elfmon appeared in front of him. Omega X tries to throw in a punch but Elfmon easily twists to the side and nails him right in the gut with two closed fists. Elfmon shoots out a blast and sends Omega X flying back. Omega X goes flying back and hitting the ground.
"That's it! I got an idea! We'll use the power of our D-3's and digivices to restore some of his strength," Sora said, "I know it sounds crazy but lets try it!"
"You got a point. Alright yall, hold up your D-3's!"
The Digi-Destined all nodded in agreement. Sora, Kari, TK, Davis, Ken and Yolei all held up their D-3's and digivices. The powers combined into one beam and went straight to Omega X. Omega X felt his energy slowly being restored to him. But no matter how much power he will receive to restore his power, it will still not restore his health. That was most important to Omega X at this moment of time.
"Thanks you guys… This shall do nicely… I should be able to hold them off a little longer"
Funkymon could only chuckle as he saw what just happened.
"We are very well aware of the powers of your digivices and your D-3's. Yes, they are quite a resourceful item. And they may have restored your friend's power but it will be enough with the D-Virus infecting his entire body. You idiots, now there is no way Omega X fall recover! Elfmon, please demonstrate!"
Elfmon walks up and shoots our two beams from his eyes. He sends them straight at Omega X. They hit the ground around Omega X and he was still able to dodge those eye beams. Omega X flies out of the way but not without enduring a lot of tremendous pain at the same time. Omega X flies up into the air but not until he is met with an uppercut to the jaw out of nowhere. Elfmon had now increased his speed ever since absorbing Omega X's last attack. Elfmon then follows it up with a hard knee to Omega X's stomach and then hits him hard in the back of the head. Omega X goes falling down into the ground as a result of his very devastating hit from the artificial. Elfmon looks down in satisfaction.
Omega X was down and out. Elfmon hovered down slowly just to be careful and to make sure that Omega X doesn't recover within the last second to attack. Omega X manages to get his arms up and struggles to get to his feet.
"That power boost isn't even working," Kari exclaimed.
"What do you? It works just about every time," Davis said.
"That's just it! We have to give Tai the medicine but we left it with Izzy! We didn't think we would need it," replied Kari.
"That's it. We have to get Omega X out of here and to give him the antidote. Just do anything to get him away from this battle. He won't last much longer here," Leomon said.
"But first, we have to get him away from the artificials and that one is just really taking him apart," Yolei said.
"Then we're just going to have to fight through him and bring Tai and Agumon to safety," Ken said.
Elfmon floats over Omega X and starts hammering him in the back of his spine with devastating elbow shots. Omega X cried out in tremendous pain, which led to Elfmon delivering more elbow shots to the back. When Omega X faced Elfmon, he got punched right in the face. Omega X sprawled out on the ground while losing more energy and health supply at the same time. His vision started to go blurry and was about out of it. Omega X tries to go flying up to help recover himself but Omega X phases out of nowhere and delivers a painful-looking elbow shot to the chest of Omega X. The fused warrior got some of his last air supply knocked right out of him. Omega X goes flying down as he began to cough out a load of blood. Elfmon goes flying down and delivers another elbow shot into the gut of Omega X. This caused him to go flying down and crashing down into the ground. As a result of his fall, it left a deep crater and Omega X looked just about out and nearly died.
Elfmon goes hovering down towards the crater and looked down. He saw Omega X glowing an aura of orange light. Omega X then began to split apart into two halves of light. Omega X had now de-evolved back to Agumon and Tai. They had lost large amounts of power and both were too weak to even move.
"Uh no! They're back to being Tai and Agumon," TK said, "This is not good."
"His energy level has decreased and he isn't able to recover. We must go down and help him," replied Pegasusmon.
"That's enough I can stand!" replied Leomon.
"Lets move out gang," Davis cried out.
"Now its time to take the last of their energy. Starting with Taichi. Elfmon, if you will."
Elfmon nodded and did as Funkymon had told him. Elfmon looks over to the fallen boy and hovers above him. Tai began to move about just barely. He couldn't even move on muscle. To make matters even worse, he couldn't even open his own eyes. Elfmon then flew right down on Tai and sat on him. Tai cried out in tremendous agony and pain. Not only was he hurting from the D-Virus but also the weight being compressed on him from Elfmon simply sitting on him. Elfmon pins Tai's arms down and his sensors begin to scan Tai's entire body. He felt a very strong energy just within him.
"Now. I shall take your energy," Elfmon said in a robotic tone.
Tai gagged out blood as he looked up to see Elfmon raising his hand and grabbed Tai by the throat. But instead of choking him, he used his absorber on the palm of his hand to being collecting as much energy from Tai as possible. The artificial had found the source of power that was once the crest of courage within Tai and he began to absorb that energy into his being.
Agumon tries to go over and help his partner but he couldn't even move one inch of his body. He could barely open his own eyes, which was not very good at a situation such as this. Agumon feels helpless for not even making a save for Tai, but what more could he do? He was also infected by the D-Virus as well.
Elfmon simply smiles as Tai's energy began entering his artificial body. His power supply was taking in large quantities of the energy and was using it to his advantage.
"That's it! He's in trouble! We're moving in," Leomon growled.
Leomon and the digimon all headed into the battle grounds to stop Elfmon from absorbing energy from Tai. But they had no clue that someone would be there to stop them at the moment, yes it was both Ice Ladydevimon and Funkymon. They both appeared right in front of the charging digimon as a sort of wall.
"You six shall stay put! Unless of course, you want to end up like Taichi," replied Funkymon.
"And you don't want to even want to try challenge our power," Ice Ladydevimon said.
"Oh yeah? We'll see about that," Leomon growled.
The heroic warrior goes to attack Funkymon head on with his sword. But both artificials maneuvered aside as they shot out two pairs of beams and shot Leomon down. Leomon cried out in pain as he went flying down.
"No! Leomon!" TK cried out.
Leomon was now laid out on the ground with a wound on his right rib. The digimon angrily turned to face the two artificials.
"What the hell is your deal?! Why do you enjoy hurting others?" Xveemon asked fiercely.
"We chose too! How dare you ask us with such an inferior questions! You fool, haven't you even realized from both Taichi's and Leomon's mistakes," asked Funkymon, "And look where it eventually led them!"
Meanwhile, as they conversed, Elfmon was taking this chance as he continued to drain away more of Tai's energy. Tai could barely even move his own body and felt his insides burning. It was a very painful sensation indeed.
"No! We have to do something!" Stingmon exclaimed.
Elfmon held down his grip on Tai's throat as his body began collecting more and more energy as the time passes on. Tai was loosing his grip and his consciousness. Elfmon was having his way and in a short amount of time, he would have all of Tai's energy to make him strong enough to destroy the other digimon. But as he was about to gain the last of the energy, he felt something coming up from right behind him at full speed. A missile came out of nowhere and blasted Elfmon off of Tai. The missile sent Elfmon flying back into a nearby rock ledge. It exploded which caught the other artificials by surprise. The Digi-Destined all turned to see who it was and to their surprise… It was none other than Matt.
Matt ran up to the Digi-Destined with a smirk on his face.
"So you think you can just kill Tai and Agumon off like that? Ha. I'm the one destined to fight Omega X. And you three are done for. Right Metal Garurumon?"
"You got that right."
"Whoa! Matt! It's about time that you arrived," TK exclaimed.
Leomon sat up quickly and looked over to Matt.
"Yes. You were the one that pushed me away from that blast. Well actually Metal Garurumon did."
"Huh? But we didn't even see him push you away," said Yolei.
"He did," Matt said, "But he was so fast that even the human eye wasn't able to detect his movements. But that artificial managed to wound you no matter what."
"Matt, Tai has contracted that D-Virus. We're going to have to…"
But Matt stopped Davis from explaining any further.
"I know. I don't have to here you all repeat that over and over again."
Matt walks over to the fallen Tai. Matt crossed his arms and nodded.
"Tai. Tai. You're just as thick headed as ever. You were warned of that D-Virus. You knew those artificials had the D-Virus contained within them. But you still managed to challenge them. Look what you have gotten yourself into. Metal Garurumon if you will."
Metal Garurumon picks up both Tai and Agumon and placed them on his back. Matt turned to face the others.
"One of you guys better take these two back. They're going to need that antidote. Hurry he doesn't have much time left."
"Right Matt," TK said, "And I think…"
"Don't worry, I'll be the one who takes him," Sora replied.
"Are you sure?" asked TK.
"Yes. I'll be the one responsible for his safety."
"Alright, Sora. Make sure to take them back to Kyoto where the others are waiting," Kari said.
Metal Garurumon places both Tai and Agumon on Garudamon. Sora hopped on and gave a thumbs up to the gang letting them know they she is departing from them.
"Hey Sora! Make sure to take some of that antidote too. No telling how contagious the D-Virus will be," Ken said.
"Yeah. Good luck, guys."
Sora pointed out towards the direction leading to Kyoto and Garudamon began to lift off and fly away towards that direction. Elfmon jumped out of the pile of rubble and went to go after them. However, Funkymon cleared his throat and nodded.
"No let them go, Elfmon. They pose no threats to us now. We shall kill Taichi and his those three friends of his at the moment of our choosing."
"Now we shall have the pleasure on killing these brats," Ice Ladydevimon replied.
"Yes. Until then, we shall entertain ourselves by destroying the rest of Taichi's friends."
Matt turned towards the artificials with a smile on his face. Metal Garurumon flew down and stood at his side with a determined look. That determination made the artificials ponder of Matt's digimon.
"Um, guys. Now I think it's the time to move out and think of a good plan of action," Yolei said.
"What are you talking about?! Are you crazy, if we leave, then those three are going to go on a killing spree like they did in Kyoto. Is that what you really want," Davis asked frantically.
"Not for good. Just until Tai gets better, ok? We need him to win this battle. After all, everybody is supposed to die except for TK in the battle against the artificials in Dimitri's time."
"Well this isn't the future and we're going to change our destinies," TK replied, "We shall win this battle, no matter how tough it gets."
"TK is right. We have the power to change our future. It doesn't have to end up the way Dimitri's did," Kari said, "He believes that we are able to change the future and we will do our best in defeating these three."
"And that we shall do," Ken said, "My brother would want us to win this battle so our futures can remain in peace."
Elfmon looks towards Matt and then to Funkymon.
"Funkymon, I think I should be the one to finish off Yamato and his digimon, yes?"
"Elfmon. You are becoming very greedy today."
"Yes and not letting us have any fun," Ice Ladydevimon replied.
"Very well then. You can have your way with him," said Funkymon, "But the others belong to me and Ice Ladydevimon."
Elfmon nods to them and the faces Matt. He gets into a fighting stance and displays his hand absorber device. Matt could only smile with Metal Garurumon standing at his side.
"We've been watching your fight with Tai and Agumon. I must say. We're impressed with your abilities. But of course, you had to absorb his energy to use at your advantage. You also had to inject him with the D-Virus, it doesn't surprise that you would have taken such an advantage. Because you know damn well that you could have been beaten within a heartbeat."
"Is that so? You might think you know every one of my moves. But I know ever one of your digimon's attacks. Oh yes, I know each of your abilities and digivolutions."
"Oh is that a fact? Well, let me tell you something. How come you were so surprised when Tai and Agumon fused? I'll tell you why. It's because that idiot Datamon didn't detect the battles. That would include the battle against Burizalor. Your creator only managed to collect information from during the battles against Myotismon and the Digimon Kaiser. So, let me just say that we upgraded our digimon's powers and abilities. Something to which Datamon was unable to do for your artificial bodies. Now tell me, has a machine like yourself ever experienced fear?"
Matt clenches his fists as his body begins to strain. Metal Garurumon howled out and his body began to strain as well. Matt's body began to glow a blue metallic color and then his eyes starting to flash a white, color. Elfmon felt a tremendous energy increase coming from the two.
Even the Digi-Destined took notice and watched as the two started to come together. TK was the most shocked.
"No way! Is that even possible," Davis asked frantically.
"Another one?!" Xveemon exclaimed.
"Yes! He did it! Matt did it! Yeah," TK exclaimed.
"Metal Garurumon!! Fusion shinka!!"
Matt let out a loud cry as he and Metal Garurumon fused into one being. Metal Garurumon stood upright and pieces of his armor started to fade away. His wolf-like appearance had now given to a more human-like appearance. Spiky, blonde hair started to appear on his head and his eyes were crimson. A smile formed across his face. The ground all around him started to shatter and cave into the earth. Now there was a blue, metallic aura formed around his body.
"Metalla X!"
The Digi-Destined could only watch on in amazement. The artificials were just as shocked.
"No… Not him too!" Funkymon said.
Metalla X stands there in the sunken ground and in a giant hole. Rocks started floating up as a result of the amount of energy being given off.
"Whoa! Looks like we got two fusion warriors on our side now," replied Kari.
"But I thought you had to be like Tai to be one," said Ken.
"Afraid not. Now there is more than one way to reach this awesome status of power," replied Metalla X in a deeper voice. "You all really want to know how I became this way? Well it is pretty simple really. You see, my motivation was much different from Tai and Agumon's. My desire is to be the best and hell of a lot better than Tai. That was my true goal ever since we first went into the Digital World. But it required a large amount of training and perseverance."
Flashback
"It was during the three years of intense training that Gabumon and I had to overcome just to out compete Tai. But we needed to do more than just out compete him. We had to reach a new level of power and status. So, we went to the Digital World and searched all over the areas in order to seek the training room that Tai and Agumon entered during the fight against Burizalor. So we managed to find such a room on the Continent of Emeralds, a mysterious island found right off File Island's coast. Legends say that the most desirable of all warriors may enter to train. And with us having the desire to being the best, we easily entered the island and found the training room that we have been looking for. We trained for hours, days, and weeks. We spent one whole year there, as you could tell from our long absence in the real world. We had our breaks here and there but we kept on training until our bodies started to give out on us. But that couldn't stop us. We were there to train with perfection."
"But we also had to find another place to keep away from any distractions that will slow down our training. We decided to train on an isolated island called Yukui, just many miles away from the Continent of Server. And with no digimon to distract us, Gabumon and I trained. I felt my own energy increasing. I could even feel Gabumon's energy getting stronger. Even the simplest of moves required every will power that we had in every inch of our bodies. The only thing that held our bodies together was our desire to become even stronger than Agumon and Tai. Then one day, I could remember a large meteorite about to hit the island. If that had hit the surface, the whole area would have wiped us out. Gabumon warp evolved into Metal Garurumon. Together, we were determined to blast the meteorite away from the island."
"We thought we had everything under control but it was too great for even our combined strength to overcome. Eventually, we had to use every inch of our own power to push the meteorite back into the atmosphere. Even a mega like Metal Garurumon felt like crap after that."
"Then suddenly, something just snapped within us."
Matt looked up into the sky and watched the small meteorite collide. He looked down at the fallen Gabumon and anger started to overcome him.
"No! This isn't supposed to happen! We are supposed to be stronger than some damn meteorite! Ah!"
"Like I said, something just snapped and everything went blank. My body started to shake with anger. Gabumon shared my anger and my determined will to be even better than Tai. We shared the common bond to be the best. Yes, we may have friendship for each other but we have determination for each other. And that's what made the power within us click and as a result of that, we underwent the fusion process and become the friendship warrior known as Metalla X."
End of Flashback
"And then it happened. We became Metalla X, the next evolution in fusion! Yes our time has! Our time has finally arrived! Our powers have now officially come out of hiding! So in other words, the sleeper has now awakened!"
The artificials were growing quite impatient towards the long story that Metalla X was explaining the whole time.
"Ugh! All you ever do is talk, Yamato. You may have fused with Metal Garurumon, but even your combined powers aren't enough to defeat us. Please show our friend here what we're really made of, Elfmon."
Elfmon smiles and shoots out two beams from his eyes and sends them straight at Metalla X. The two energy blasts miss and hit the ground. Metalla X stands there with a smirk on his face. Elfmon flies up and shoots out two energy blasts at his adversary. He watches as they hit Metalla X and an explosion occurs.
"Yes. Got him!"
But as soon as Elfmon said that, the smoke cleared and Metalla X was still standing there unscathed. Not even one single scratch on his new shiny armor. Elfmon laughs hysterically and goes flying towards Metalla X with a fist being wrenched back. Metalla X gets into a fighting position in order to get ready to battle Elfmon.
With Tai and Agumon out of commission, will the combined force of Matt and Metal Garurumon be able to defeat Elfmon and the other artificial demons?
[Digimon Zero Two first ending theme "Ashita wa Atashi no Kaze ga Fuku" plays]
[Preview]
Funkymon: Impossible! How is he able to do this?!
TK: Elfmon doesn't stand a chance!
Metalla X: So, it is true after all Machines do experience fear. Time has run out for you, artificial.
Funkymon: Iceladydevimon. We must retreat and think of our next scheme.
Kari: We have to stop them! With my brother and Agumon both ill, the fate of earth rests on our shoulders!
Davis: I hate to admit it, but I'm not too sure if we should rely on Metalla X. It seems that he has let this new power go to his head.
Dimitri: What is this? This wasn't supposed to have happened. The Digi-Destined are still alive! Maybe it's not too late to lend them a hand!
Xveemon: Next time on Digimon Fusion, episode fifteen!
Secret's Revealed: More Artificials?! The Maniacial Laugh of Datamon!
Ken: Don't you miss it!
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SSJ4T: With Tai down, it's up to Matt to pick the pace. If you're a Matt fan, then that was the golden moment for you!
Coral: I'm enjoying this saga! There's lots of twists and turns.
SSJ4T: There will be even more twists and turns along the way. So, be here for the next chapter! Be sure to also check out the Tamers fic when you have the chance! Until then, we're out!
Max: Damn, my dad gets sick from a heart disease! This sucks being a Kamiya… Hell, I'm his son…What if it's hereditary?
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