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, guys! We're back with another chapter to Zero Two! If you thought the last chapter was good, this one will be purely another shining Matt moment. So if you're a Matt fan, you'll enjoy this.
Max: I'm still pissed that my dad has to be put out of commission.
SSJ4T: That's how the plot goes, dude. You'll have to wait to see what happens.
Coral: At least Keke's dad gets more fic time.
Keke: Yeah! Go kick some ass, dad!
Coral: See what I mean?
SSJ4T: You guys enjoy the fic. We're kicking back until the end of it.
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[Digimon Zero Two opening theme "Target Akai Shougeki" plays during the opening sequence]
Secret's Revealed: More Artificials?! The Maniacal Laugh of Datamon!
Elfmon goes flying right at Metalla X with his fist wrenched back. All Metalla X could do is just stand there and smile. Elfmon wrenches back his fist and looks to punch Metalla X right in the face. Elfmon was becoming more confident since he felt that since he beat Omega X so badly that Metalla X would be no different. However, there was something that Metalla X was hiding and he wouldn't let Elfmon know what it is.
Elfmon punches Metalla X right directly in the face. Metalla X's head jerks back as Elfmon has a satisfied smile on his face. He felt even more satisfied with the fact that he was able to punch Metalla X so easily. Elfmon takes advantage and keeps punching Metalla X right in the face. This caused Metalla X's head to jerk back even more as a result of the mighty punches being delivered from the artificial.
Elfmon felt even more confidence now that Metalla X felt his mighty punches and were taking them in. However, Metalla X was the first to speak up.
"Just as I thought, your nothing."
"What?!"
Metalla X brings his head frontward as he faced Elfmon. A smile formed across his face, which made Elfmon a bit worried. Metalla X took in those punches as if they were nothing. Elfmon couldn't understand how Metalla X would not be affected by such hard punches to the face. It was not just one punch, but several rapid punches.
"Stupid robot. Do you really think you stand a real chance against a fused warrior like myself? Heh, your brain must be malfunctioning."
Metalla X smiles and brings his leg back. Then he sends his left leg and delivers a devastating kick to the gut of Elfmon. The kick left a huge dent into the artificial. Elfmon begins to gasp in tremendous pain as a result of the kick and spits out several pints of artificial blood from his mouth. Metalla X wrenches back and delivers a mighty punch to the face of Elfmon and sends him flying back. Elfmon goes flying up in order to make his next plan of attack, however Metalla X would have none of it as he phases right behind Elfmon. Elfmon turns around and gets met with a punch to the face by Metalla X.
As Elfmon goes falling down to the ground, Metalla X quickly phases down where he would meet Elfmon. Metalla X jumps up and delivers a devastating dropkick to Elfmon, which sends him flying back onto the ground. Elfmon goes sliding across the ground while Metalla X hovers down without even wasting an ounce of his breathe.
The other Digi-Destined and digimon were amazed at what they were seeing. They were seeing Metalla X totally dominating the fight against Elfmon. Elfmon hasn't even made Metalla X flinch one a bit. TK was even more shocked.
"Wow. All of that training with Metal Garurumon just has paid off. After all, their friendship for each other was the direct result of their fusion. And they're taking apart Elfmon as he were refuge."
"TK, did you see what I saw?" asked Kari.
"Yeah. From what I'm seeing, that artifical hasn't even made Metalla X flinch one bit."
"Ugh. He's got to realize that those things can absorb energy and inject the D-Virus into him at any opportunity," replied Leomon, "There is no telling when he'll become infected."
"No. He's got to be careful. He can't let his guard down," replied Ken.
Yolei could only watch the battle and say that Leomon might be right. No matter how much Metalla X will dominate the fight, he might just lose the war if he gets infected. This happened with Tai and Agumon, the same could happen for both Matt and Gabumon.
Metalla X walks over towards the fallen body of Elfmon and a smile comes across his face.
"Well, well. What do we have here? The ultimate tub of lard!"
Elfmon took offense by Metalla X's remark and jumps up quickly. Elfmon goes to punch him but Metalla X was quick enough to deliver a devastating kick to the face. Elfmon felt the impact and goes flying up into the air. Metalla X could only look on with amusement. Elfmon managed to stop himself in midair, but Metalla X quickly fazed right behind him. Elfmon turned to face him and growled angrily. A smile forms across the face of Metalla X as he cracks his knuckles.
"Getting scared yet, machine?"
Elfmon watched as Metalla X began to smile even further. Elfmon growls and goes to deliver rapid punches right at Metalla X. His punches were so fast that he looked to nail Metalla X right in the face. However, Metalla X maneuvered away so fast that Elfmon's punches couldn't even make direct contact with Metalla X one bit. Elfmon's punches were becoming sloppy and he wasn't concentrating directly on his adversary. Metalla X saw an opening in Elfmon and takes advantage by delivering a hard punch in the nose. Elfmon cries out and goes flying back down. Elfmon looks down at his nose and it starts to bleed profusely. Metalla X chuckled to himself.
"Ahhh, got an oil leak already?"
This even infuriated Elfmon even further as he sends out eyebeams towards Metalla X. Metalla X easily twists to the side and flies right at Elfmon. He delivers an elbow shot to the face. Elfmon retaliates with more rapid punches but they were becoming useless as Metalla X easily maneuvered each punch with ease. All Metalla X could do is deliver another elbow shot to the face, which sends Elfmon flying down into the ground below him. This fall caused a dent into the earth. A crater was created from Elfmon's fall. Metalla X hovers right down into the deep pit and sees Elfmon's lifeless body. He walks over towards it.
"You weren't even a challenge to me. You're a disgrace of a fighter. I'm wasting my time with such a useless machine as yourself."
Just as soon as he said that, Elfmon leaps up onto his feet and grabs Metalla X's arms. Elfmon used his energy absorbers on his hands and placed them over Metalla X.
"Ha! Now I got you! I will have all of your energy now!"
The other Digi-Destined took notice as they gasped in horror. Would they witness Metalla X fall in defeat with his energy getting drained from Elfmon?
"Oh no! If he absorbs any of Metalla X's energy, we're goners for sure," said Yolei.
"He should have known about this beforehand," Leomon replied.
"Hang on, its not over yet," said Pegasusmon.
"What do you mean?"
"Just watch and learn TK. Metalla X still has a few tricks up his sleeve."
TK nodded and watched the struggle between Metalla X and Elfmon.
Elfmon continued to have a tight grip on Metalla X as he slowly was draining away the fused warrior's energy. Elfmon felt his power supply getting refueled with pure energy.
"Yes. I have you. Your energy is all mine and I will never let you alone."
"Ha. Never huh? We'll see."
Metalla X jumps up and puts his feet into Elfmon's face. A struggle was now taking place. Metalla X began to push and pull on Elfmon while holding onto the artificial's hands. Elfmon struggled to bring down his adversary and drain the pure energy that he had in his being.
"C'mon, Matt! You can do it,"TK said to himself.
"Brilliant. He might have found a way to break free of the grasp,"Ken thought to himself.
"Man, I wish Veemon and I could do something like that. I wonder how fusion will work between us,"Davis thought.
Elfmon was struggling to hold down Metalla X but Metalla X would not have any of that as he struggled to break free. So far it has been going to Metalla X's favor.
"Well so far, I'm impressed. You're holding off more than you can handle, artificial."
"No! I will never let you go!"
"That's it, artificial! That's the way! Never say die!!"
And with that being said, Metalla X pushes back on Elfmon's face and rips the hands right off of him. Elfmon goes stumbling back as his hands were ripped off from his arms. Metalla X flips over with the absorbers in his hands. Elfmon goes stumbling back into a rock wall. He looked down at his arms and they were bleeding oil. The artificial was now experiencing fear firsthand and he soon might have to witness his own death. Metalla X examined the absorber hands that he ripped off and tossed them down into the ground.
"So this is what you artificials use to rob people of their energy."
Elfmon looked on with fear in his eyes as Metalla X began approaching him.
"What's the matter? You're the one who started this whole ordeal and you don't want any part of it anymore? I mean you were enjoying yourself just a along ago, when you were sucking the life out of Tai!"
Metalla X approaches the artificial even closer, which causes Elfmon to shiver with more fear. Metalla X took notice of this and grinned.
"So its true after all. Machines do experience fear."
Elfmon began to look up the height of the hole and was beginning to climb up to escape the hole but he had no hands to grasp onto something to hold himself from falling. Metalla X began walking up to Elfmon even closer. Elfmon decided to use a more different approach as he leapt out of the hole and began running off like a chicken that got his head chopped off. Metalla X hovered from out of the hole and looked down towards the escaping Elfmon. Elfmon was running for his life and wanted no more of Metalla X. Without his absorbers, he is vulnerable and can't defend himself. Funkymon could only cry out in shock.
"No! That's enough!"
"Enough?! Don't be such a moron! It's enough because you're losing! Idiot! You came here to kill us and you don't want to finish off where you started?! I'll get back to you, but first I'll deal with your little friend over here."
The other two artificials could only look on as Metalla X began to power up. His body started to glow a blue metallic aura color as he held down one hand towards Elfmon. He aimed with a perfect target and smiled.
"Time has run out for you, artificial."
Metalla X was definitely strong and no even an artificial such as Elfmon was able to put him down. But the question was, did Elfmon manage to inject him with the D-Virus at the last second. Metalla X didn't feel an injection enter his body, so its safe to say that he wasn't infected, which was a good thing. Metalla X made Elfmon an easy target and charged up a large blast.
"Here it comes! I hope you enjoy eternal darkness for the rest of your pathetic life," Metalla X cried out as he charged up his beam even more. "Ice Barrier Beam!!"
Metalla X sends out a huge, icy blast and it is being sent directly towards Elfmon. Elfmon couldn't even turn around and maneuver away. The blast caught Elfmon and he let out a loud cry as he exploded. A huge explosion occurred because of this. The other artificials would only look on with shock in their eyes. The Digi-Destined were just as shocked at the result. Elfmon was done for and there was no way he could have survived this blast. Metalla X looked down with satisfaction and watched as the smoke began to clear away. Metallic parts were seen scattered across the ground, including the head of Elfmon. The last of his life force faded as his program has being been deleted.
"Ha. Now we can give him a proper burial at the junkyard," Metalla X remarked in a cocky manner.
"Wow. Incredible, Metalla X was able to destroy one artificial," replied Leomon.
"And now we got two left to tango," Ken said.
"Right and we better not let our guard down with those two," Kari said.
"You know. I feel a lot more confident. I know we can beat these things after all," Davis said.
"Just a little butt whooping and we'll make their heads roll just like that one," said Xveemon.
"I don't know. We really have no idea how powerful those other two really are. We better be careful, they carry the D-Virus as well," replied Nefertimon.
"Amazing, the power of a fused warrior is just indescribable,"Yolei thought.
Metalla X hovered down towards where the other two artificials were standing. Ice Ladydevimon and Funkymon turned to face him with concerned looks on their faces. Would they meet their fates just as Elfmon met his?
"Your a lot stronger than we take credit for," replied Funkymon.
"But it is nothing that we can not handle. Your defeat is eminent," Ice Ladydevimon said.
Metalla X chuckled and said, "Oh yes. Your friend was able to take some of my own energy there for a second before I was able to stop him. Now here's your chance to try. So what do you two say?"
"How can he be so confident? What is he hiding,"Funkymon thought.
"Let me ask you this. What makes you two think that you'll do any better than he did," asked Metalla X smugly, "You two are artificials too. I bet your heads can roll as well as his."
"Idiot! We are far more superior to the Elfmon-model. Wiping you out of existence will be an easy tasks for models such as ourselves," replied Ice Ladydevimon.
Metalla X could easily tell that both artificials were really confident at what they just said. He could sense some fear building up inside of them as well.
"Your bluffing, my friends. Lets see what you two are really made of!"
With that being said, the two artificials looked up and flew away. They both headed out towards the mountainous areas just miles from the battlegrounds.
"Oh wow! There they go! Man, they're running!" Davis cried out.
"Damn it! They're getting away! Hey, you guys better stay put! I'll handle this on my own!"
"Hey wait a sec! You can't hold them off yourself! There's a chance you might,"
But Metalla X cut off Ken's sentence and replied, "No! I won't catch that stupid virus! Now we're wasting time! They're getting away and I have stop them!"
With that being said, Metalla X goes flying towards where the two artificials were making their escape.
"You think that he can take on those two artificals by himself?" asked TK.
"I don't know how to say this but he might stand a chance against one of them. But as for the monkey-surfer look a like, I would say that he stands little of a chance," replied Leomon.
"Huh? But you saw him flying away. It looked as though he didn't want any part of Metalla X," said Yolei.
"He was hiding his bluff so that Metalla X couldn't tell the bluff off," explained Leomon, "So he and Ice Ladydevimon flew off into the mountains so that they can sneak attack Metalla X at any given opportunity. So in other words, it is a trap."
"Then we have to go and stop him! He has to know beforehand that those artificials get to him," Kari said.
"Alright guys! Lets move out," Davis exclaimed.
They all nodded in agreement as the Digi-Destined hopped onto their digimon. They then all flew and headed out towards the mountain region. There they should be able to find Metalla X and the other two artificials.
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Meanwhile, Garudamon was still heading off back to Kyoto with Sora leading the way. Agumon and Tai were slowly getting infected and they were in need of the antidote now before something drastic happens. Sora vowed to get Tai over to get the antidote as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, Tai. We're going to get you that antidote and your going to need a lot of rest. I promise you that."
As soon as she thought of that, she was Kyoto just ahead of her. And the smoke that once covered parts of the city were now gone as a result of the fire departments doing their job, yet it will take a long while to repair all of the places that were left devastated at the wake of the artificial invasion just a few hours ago.
"Hmmm. I wonder where the others are at," Sora said, "Didn't they say they would meet us at the canyon ridges just miles away from Kyoto itself?"
"If I can remember correctly they should be," replied Garudamon.
"Hmmm. Hey there they are! I see Joe and Zudomon!"
Zudomon was flying towards them. Joe was on his back waving to Sora. Sora waved back to let him know that she has returned safe and sound.
"Hey, we're glad that you came back. Kari sent us an email concerning Tai."
"Yeah. He's in very bad shape. Agumon too. We have to get that antidote for him as soon as possible," Sora said.
"Yeah. Just bring him over to us. We're still away from Kyoto in the canyon ridges. Izzy, Cody, Michael and Mimi are still waiting there. So any word on the artificials?"
"Yeah. Matt and the others are taking them on as we speak."
"Matt arrived to help ya'll?"
"Yeah, and I left soon after that to take Tai over here to get the antidote. But we have to get him back to my place in a few hours."
"Well alright."
"TK and Kari suggested that I take a dose of the antidote as well. No telling if the D-Virus is contagious."
"Right. That's a good idea. Ok Zudomon, we're heading back now."
"Aww, but I wanted to kick some robot butt."
"Unless you want Sora to do everything herself?"
"Well alright. But next time, they're mine!"
Garudamon and Zudomon then headed off towards the area near Kyoto in order to meet up with the others and get back to Odaiba as soon as possible.
"I wonder how they're holding off those artificials so far," Sora thought.
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Back at the mysterious islands, the two artificials found themselves in a mountainous area in which they find a good hiding spot in order to keep themselves from being visible from the digimon.
"So, where shall we hide, Funkymon?"
"We're not actually hiding. We shall use this time to think of the next course of action. When they get here, we shall sneak up behind the strongest of the bunch and absorb their energy as soon as possible."
"Sounds like a plan. But they will find us eventually."
"I highly doubt that, since they can not sense our power levels. However, we are able to easily trace their power levels through our sensors. It shall be very easy."
"Alright."
Funkymon's sensors started going off as he turned around and picked up a very strong power level heading their way.
"Heads up! Metalla X is about to arrive. If we hide at this very moment, he won't find us and we shall take advantage and sneak attack him and absorb his energy."
"Great, a brilliant plan."
"Now we must conceal ourselves from the naked eye."
The two artificials both quickly phased out within the blink of an eye. They soon found the proper hiding spots that they were looking for. Metalla X came flying back and looking down at the mountainous landscape just below him. He was getting visibly frustrated with the fact that the two artificials could so easily hide themselves within these regions. Plus he was even more frustrated with the fact that he can't sense their power levels in order to trace them down.
"Cowards! Come on! Show yourself!! If you artificials show fear, then you must have displayed shame as well. Ha! You call yourselves fighting machines! You're nothing more than a bunch of spineless scumbags! This is ridiculous, two artificials that are scared to die! What a bunch of low level pieces of trash!"
Ice Ladydevimon chuckled herself while listening to Metalla X ranting on mindlessly. Funkymon could only nod and sigh in disbelief. He couldn't believe how gullible Metalla X really is.
Elsewhere, the other Digi-Destined and their digimon all showed but they all split up in order to find the artificials much easier. Davis and Xveemon began exploring around the area that Metalla X was taking a look at.
"You see anything, Xveemon?"
"Nada. These rocky ledges are so dark to look under. Plus those buckets of bolts could have hidden themselves somewhere in which we can't see them. Plus we can't sense their power levels, which makes even more frustrating."
"I know what you mean. If I were you, I would be getting impatient too."
Davis looked up and noticed Metalla X hovering in the air. Xveemon turned to look up towards Metalla X.
"So be it!! If you two won't come out, I'll blast you out!!"
This brought shock to the faces of Davis and Xveemon. They were beginning to think that Matt was already losing his mind.
"Oh no! We're down here too! Matt no!! We're all down here! Oh no! Oh no!!!"
"Please just do us a favor and not blow us all up," Xveemon begged.
Metalla X held out his hand and shot out a large energy blast after using his anger to power up the large beam. He sends it right down into the ground. Funkymon picked up a lot of energy from the energy beam that was about to hit the ground, so he decided to use this time to escape out of his hiding spot. Metalla X looked down and gasped when he saw Funkymon holding out his hands.
Funkymon cried out as his absorbers were held out. The beam came right at him and he easily caught it with his hand absorbers. The absorbers began to do their trick as they began sucking in the large quantities of the energy blast. Metalla X couldn't believe his very own eyes as he watched his own energy blast get sucked away into the opportunistic artificial.
Funkymon looked up at Metalla X with a big grin on his face. He began to laugh maniacally.
"Ha! Thanks for the charge! Fool! That's all I needed to recharge my energy! Ice Ladydevimon, come! We must leave!"
Funkymon quickly flies away using new turbo speed. Ice Ladydevimon quickly phased out and followed right after Funkymon to find herself a new hiding spot. Metalla X couldn't believe his very own eyes as he went off to follow them.
Metalla X quickly phased out from different sections of the mountainous area. He then found himself on a cliff ridge as he looked out in his surroundings. Now there were more mountains to search. The two artificials could be hiding anywhere and this certainly wasn't a good thing, especially for Metalla X.
"Damn! Where did they go?! They have no power levels, so I can't pick up their locations. Damn, this shouldn't even be difficult whatsoever!"
And little does he realize that right above him were the two artificials. Funkymon and Ice Ladydevimon could only look down at their adversary.
"Ha. He's an even bigger fool that we first thought,"Ice Ladydevimon thought.
"Now that I have collected enough energy from Metalla X, I can definitely use it to my advantage when I get my hands on the other Digi-Destined. Heh. Heh."
The two artificials quickly phased out from their location and quickly flew past several mountains to find themselves yet another new location for them to hide in. Funkymon looked across his surroundings and felt much safer. Suddenly, his sensors started to go off.
"Hmmm. I wonder why my sensors are going off at this moment. Maybe they have picked up some sort of energy source,"Funkymon thought to himself.
He looked down and saw TK with Pegasusmon. A smile formed across his face while looking down at the boy and his armored digimon.
"Hmm. It's Takeru. I wonder if he knows where I am hiding, specifically."
Ice Ladydevimon's sensors started going off. She turned around and looked down to see Kari with Nefertimon. She could only nod her head and smirk.
"Oh, its only Hikari with that feline menace at her side."
Funkymon's sensors started to go off yet again as he turned around saw Leomon standing on top of a ridge.
"Well if it isn't Leomon. He should be one of the strongest of the bunch."
Ice Lady Devimon looked down at another location and saw Davis with Xveemon at his side.
"Daisuke. He's also here. That's good, his digimon should have enough energy I can steal."
Funkymon looked down and saw Ken walking down with Stingmon flying by his side.
"Ah, yes. Ken Ichijouji. His Stingmon should have more than enough for me."
Ice Ladydevimon turned around and looked over on the other side of the mountain ridge. She looked down and saw Yolei walking. She then looked up to see Aquillamon flying around to where Yolei is searching.
"Perfect, another one of those new children are here as well."
"Excellent, they are all here. This is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of this situation and absorb their energy, each of them! Then I shall become the most invincible warrior that this planet as ever seen. Oh Datamon, how you could have seen this glorious day now!"
"So, shall we go in for the attack?"
"Yes and I have the perfect choice for us to steal some energy from?"
"Any bright ideas?"
Funkymon pointed towards Leomon, which brought a smile to the face of Ice Ladydevimon.
"Brilliant. We shall get Leomon frits then."
"And then the children themselves should be no problem for us.
As soon as they did that, they each held out their hands and revealed the deadly palm absorber as they plan to absorb more energy for their own selfish purposes. Evil grins and looks came across the face of the two artificals as they prepared for their next attack.
The digimon and the Digi-Destined were searching the entire area in search of the two escaped artificials. They checked every crevice, rock ledge and hidden underground pits. But to no avail, they were unable to find any traces of the two artificials. It would definitely be much more difficult if they couldn't even sense their power levels.
"Anything yet, Nerfertimon?"
"Not yet Kari. I can't even pick up their power levels. And we know for a fact that these artificials contain no energy levels for us to trace."
"Yeah. TK, where do you think they could be hiding?"
"I don't know for sure, but I do know that they're probably scheming for a sneak attack with our guards down."
"Yeah! That's definitely playing dirty! Though we know bad guys always like playing dirty."
"That is true. So we better keep our eyes peeled."
Elsewhere, Ken and Stingmon were searching throughout some fallen rubble. Stingmon picked up several rocks and tossed them aside.
"You better watch where you throw those things."
"Sorry. I better watch my own strength. I could accidentally crush somebody with these rocks."
"Ken! Stingmon!"
Ken looked up to see who had called his name. He saw Yolei waving over on top of Aquillamon.
"I think its best that we take a look at things from the air," she said.
"That's a good idea, Yolei. C'mon Stingmon, I need a lift."
Stingmon picks up Ken and flies over to where Aquillamon was waiting.
"Did you find anything yet, Yolei?" asked Ken.
"Not a single thing. Those artificials could be hiding anywhere. If our digimon can't even trace their locations, then we're out of luck."
"In fact, these things have no energy levels. So we can't pick up their presence," Aquillamon said.
"Well, we might as well be out of luck if we're unable to find them. What if they escaped and decided to terrorize another city of innocent people," said Ken.
"We won't allow that to happen, Ken. I can promise you that," replied Yolei, "You have my word. We'll get these things."
Ken looked out into the landscape and began thinking of how cruel the artificials were when they killed those innocent people. He began to picture his own brother's death. His eyes go widen and his mouth about to drop. Yolei took notice of this and was starting to worry.
"Ken, what's the matter?"
"N… Nothing…"
"No. There's obviously something wrong. Did you find one of those artificials?"
Stingmon looked down at Ken and wanted to question him.
"Ken, what's the matter?"
Ken shook the cobwebs out and became focused on the mission once again. He got out of his momentary trance. He looked up at Stingmon.
"Just thinking of something. Now lets put our focus on the artificials. Keep your eyes open and holler when you see them."
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Funkymon looked out for any of the Digi-Destined and looked to see if it was safe to come out of hiding. He saw no one patrolling the area. He nodded to Ice Ladydevimon and waved over to her as a signal to come out of hiding. She nodded and flew right out of the hiding cavern.
"Are they around?"
"Yes but they are far from our location. However, we better not underestimate their abilities. Elfmon paid the price when he fought Metalla X."
"Yes, but who shall we gather energy from, Funkymon?"
"Hmmm. Hold on just a moment. If I can pick up some nearby energies."
Funkymon shut his eyes and began scanning the entire area using his sensors. He picked up several energy levels. And there was one close by. It belonged to Leomon.
"Well, what did you find, Funkymon?"
"Leomon. He's nearby."
"Leomon? Are you sure?"
"Affirmative."
"So, which one of us gets him? I mean, one of us can easily gather a whole lot of energy from him."
"I'll be the one that gets Leomon. You go find Metalla X. He maybe strong but you have an advantage since he is unable to sense your energy level."
"Right. You do be careful."
"I will."
Funkymon turns towards where Leomon was hovering by. He hid behind several boulders. Leomon was looking for the artificials but little did he realize that he was the one who was being watched. Funkymon was right behind Leomon without the brave warrior knowing.
"Yes. Once I take his energy then, I'll easily destroy the others and that leaves me with Metalla X."
Elsewhere, Metalla X was hovering over the mountainous region. Little did he realize that he wasn't the only one being stalked? Ice Ladydevimon was just near him.
"Insolent fool. Your energy will be mine. Don't worry, it will be quick and painless."
Leomon was about to make his next move until he felt something flying at him from behind. He tried to maneuver away but Funkymon quickly latched himself onto Leomon. He placed his absorber over Leomon and covered his mouth tightly.
"Ha! I have got you now, Leomon! Soon, all of your energy shall be mine."
Leomon attempted to break free, however, Funkymon held his grip on tightly and began draining more of Leomon's energy.
"There is no use in resisting. You have no chance of escaping my grasp. Even if you try to break free, you will be helpless and your energy will be lost."
Leomon tried to struggle some more but he had another idea that came to mind. He decided to send a telepathic message to Pegasusmon and TK.
"TK! Pegasusmon! Come quick! I'm being held captive by one of the artificials! Hurry, he's about to drain my energy!"
TK gasped and looked over to Pegasusmon. They both nodded to each other and headed over to Kari. She turns to face them and noticed them with worried looks on their faces.
"Whats wrong, guys?"
"Leomon is trouble. He's being held captive by one of the artificials! We have to save him now," TK said.
"Right. You led the way!"
"Lets go, Pegasusmon," TK said.
TK hopped onto Pegasusmon as they set off to Leomon's direction. Kari and Nefertimon went to follow him.
"I better send an email to the others," TK replied, "Leomon may need more than just the two of us."
"Right."
While they were on their way over to help Leomon, Funkymon held his grip tightly on the heroic warrior and was collecting more than enough energy to suite his purposes.
"Just a little longer. Yes and it will all be over for you, Leomon! Ha! Ha!"
Suddenly, Stingmon came out of nowhere and used his Spiking Strike on Funkymon. The artificial goes flying back and hitting a nearby canyon wall.
Ice Ladydevimon goes flying right at Metalla X in attempt to collect his energy but Metalla X quickly maneuvers to the side. Metalla X jumps up and kicks Ice Ladydevimon right in the face.
"I don't think so, bucket of bolts! I knew you were coming, because I could sense your movements."
Soon, the other digimon arrived and they had the two artificials surrounded. Leomon was holding his chest and low on energy.
"Please, I need more energy," Leomon said.
"Kari! Lets use our D-3s to give Leomon his power back!" TK said.
"Yeah."
They both held out their D-3's and watched as two beams hit Leomon from both sides. But these beams healed and recharged his energy supply.
"Yes. I feel a lot stronger than before. Thank you."
"No! This can't be happening! I drained you of your energy!"
"Well your going to have to do much more than that to getting to job done, artificial."
Leomon got into a fighting position and quickly phased in front of Funkymon. Leomon wrenched back and nails Funkymon right in the face. Metalla X goes flying right at Ice Ladydevimon and hammers her away with rapid punches and kicks. However, the fused warrior was able to maneuver away from her attacks by simply twisting to the twist. This frustrated Ice Ladydevimon even more as she went for a spinning back kick. But, Metalla X caught her leg just at the last second and flips her over. Ice Ladydevimon goes flipping back and gets met with a uppercut to the chin. Ice Ladydevimon goes flying back as Metalla X phases right behind her. Metalla X nails a mighty punch to the face of Ice Ladydevimon.
Leomon goes flying right at Funkymon and delivers an elbow into his face, which sends the artificial flying back into a nearby rocky ridge.
"They're taking them apart. Looks like we don't have to worry anymore," said Yolei.
"And here I was worried this whole time. We had these two to do all of the dirty work," Davis exclaimed.
"Its not over yet, Davis. It will be over when those two artificials are gone," Kari said.
"Lets just hope that this will be the last of Datamon's sick and twisted games,"TK said to himself.
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Meanwhile, back in the city of Kyoto, the chaos that was left in the wake of the devastated city was now beginning to clear up and the local services have been evacuating the city. The city was in need of many repairs after what the arrival of the artificials and the damage they have caused.
The little girl with the sock puppet was crying in fear after the devastating chaos, which ensued. A mother came running up to the girl as she shielded the girl's eyes from the graphic scenes. There were several dismembered bodies and burnt up homes. This certainly wasn't a sight for a little girl to even see.
"Is it over, mommy?"
"Yes, it's over."
"This is terrible… I'm scared…"
A family was taking another child away from the devastation. The boy was wearing a green cap and wearing a blue shirt with a cross on the front.
"What was that? It looked like one of those terrorist attacks."
Looking far above the devastated city was none other than the boy from the future, Dimitri. He looked down while riding upon his Pegasusmon. A look of worry came over his face. He felt that the battle was over and that the artificials have done them in already.
"Oh man. This is terrible. I knew something like this would have happened. It's my fault. Ugh. Maybe I showed have stayed with them to help them. Tai, you were the only hope for this world. But I guess this whole ordeal was something I had to handle on my own. I'm sorry…"
Just then, Pegasusmon felt tremendous energy levels over towards the islands and he looked over to them. Dimitri wondered what the deal was and decided to ask his digimon partner.
"What's wrong, Pegasusmon?"
"I can feel some very strong power levels over towards the mountains. Something big is obviously taking place. A huge battle."
"Battle? Ah! The Digi-Destined must still be battling those artificials! Awesome! Pegasusmon, lead us over my friend!"
"Right!"
Pegasusmon went full speed ahead as he headed towards the direction to the mountain island that the digimon were battling the artificials. Dimitri had thought that the artificials had already killed the Digi-Destined already but he was just as shocked to hear that the battle was still taking place. He would get there as soon as possible to aid Tai's friends.
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Funkymon got to his feet and looked up at Leomon. An angry look came across the face of Funkymon as he flew up right at Leomon. He throws in several punches, but Leomon easily maneuvered from each punch being thrown at him. Funkymon jumps up and goes for a kick to the face but Leomon twists to the side and nails Funkymon right in the gut. Funkymon cries out and holds his chest, which gave Leomon an opportunity to deliver a chop to the side of Funkymon's head. Funkymon goes flying back and tumbling down into the ground.
Ice Ladydevimon shoots out several ice beams at Metalla X but the beams missed contact with him as Metalla X quickly fazed out of the way. Ice Ladydevimon turned around and shot out more ice beams at him. Metalla X phases out yet again. Metalla X reappears in front of Ice Ladydevimon and delivers a chop to the side of her head. Metalla X then delivers two chops onto her hands and easily chops them right off. Ice Ladydevimon screamed in tremendous pain as she looked at her arms, which began to bleed oil profusely.
"Awww. What's the matter? Getting an oil leak already?"
"Damn you!"
Funkymon was slowly getting to his feet and looked up at Leomon with eyes full of rage.
"You will pay dearly for this, Leomon!!"
Leomon got into a fighting stance and faced off against the trembling artificial. The other Digi-Destined could only watch on as their worries for the future began to quickly fade away. They were now gaining a lot of momentum on their side. Not even the artificials are even considered a threat anymore.
"If you want more of me then come and get yourself some," Leomon taunted.
Funkymon was more than happy to make his next attack as he shot out a blast. Leomon maneuvered away as the blast hits a nearby ledge and causes an explosion to occur. Leomon watched as smoke was beginning to form from the explosion that occurred. He looked down to see Funkymon coming towards him. He grabs Leomon as the smoke covered them, which made them invisible and difficult for the others to see what had just happened.
"No! He grabbed him!" exclaimed TK.
But as the smoke began to clear away, it had become clear that something else had occurred. And the Digi-Destined were surprised when they saw Leomon holding Funkymon by his arm.
"Wait a second, Leomon snagged the grabber," replied Kari.
Funkymon was struggling to break free of Leomon's grasp but the heroic warrior wasn't about to release the artificial that easily. He would make the artificial life form make for what he has done and make him suffer the consequences.
"Grr! You better let me go! Mark my words! I will have my revenge upon you damn children!"
"You know, you ought to learn something, artifice al. Your evil ways will lead you to your demise if ever cross paths with me. Just remember this, the more you hurt others, the more pain will be delivered to you from those that you have hurt. Don't believe me? Ask our enemies in hell."
Leomon pulls out his sword and cuts off Funkymon's right hand. Funkymon cried out in tremendous pain as he looked at his now injured arm. He looked towards Leomon and growled with pure hatred and anger.
"And you could have used this arm in good use. Ha! What a waste of technology Datamon used to create you."
Ice Ladydevimon and Funkymon were now surrounded by the digimon. They had no chance of escape. They knew very well that their fate would soon come until they could think of a good plan to escape.
"So, what do you say, Leomon? Shall we tag team on these pieces of technology waste?" asked Metalla X.
"You bet. I'm up for it. But leave me with the monkey."
"Fine, just don't get any of your energy absorbed. I don't want to waste anymore time on these weaklings."
"Fine with me."
Ice Ladydevimon was about to make her next move but then she was caught surprise as Metalla X quickly phased behind her and nails her with a spinning back kick to the back of her spine.
Leomon phases out and quickly flies right at Funkymon. This caught the artificial primate by surprise as Leomon delivers a knee to his face. Funkymon goes flying back into a nearby mountain ridge. Funkymon came tumbling down to fallen rubble below him.
"Yes! They're doing it! They're beating the crud out of them," exclaimed Davis.
"Yes! History is going to change after all! We're all going to go through with this without losing anybody," Kari said.
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Dimitri was looking down upon something that caught him by surprise. What he was looking down was the crater formed from the fall that Elfmon created. And he looked down to see remains of Elfmon. Dimitri's eyes were widened in shock. Something was obviously wrong.
"What… What in the hell is this? I've never seen this artifical before."
"Yeah. And I can't identify this thing."
"You're right. This isn't one of the artificials that killed Datamon. The artificials aren't even supposed to be in digimon forms."
Suddenly, a huge explosion occurred in the background beyond the mountainous regions. Dimitri looked out towards the location. Pegasusmon picked up several strong energy levels over in that direction.
"Oh I'll figure this out later. Pegasusmon, lets head on over there!"
"Right!"
Dimitri hopped onto Pegasusmon as they flew towards the mountain region in which the other digimon were battling against the two artificials. But Dimitri wasn't so sure about this.
"Somehow these artificials had changed their appearances in this time and they're not in digimon form in my time. Either that, or this could be just a first generation with more coming along the way. I better let the Digi-Destined know about this. I never saw this coming."
They headed over towards the location of the Digi-Destined where they would tell them about the truth of the artificials.
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Funkymon was trying to attack Leomon head on with furious punches but he turned around to see Leomon flying right at him with his fist wrenched back.
"Here I am!!"
Leomon delivers a devastating punch to the face of Funkymon, which sends him flying back into the ground.
Ice Ladydevimon turned to see Metalla X delivering a dropkick to her chest. The impact of the dropkick sent the icy artificial flying down to where Funkymon was laying.
"This doesn't make since! According to our calculations, Leomon was supposed to be considered the weakest of the fighters," Funkymon said.
"Well, your sensors should have been updated a long time ago. We have been training for the day you three would arrive. So we kind of took our time," Leomon said.
"Taking your time? What do you mean?!"
"I mean this. We have been preparing for you my friend. This whole three years was the time for preparation."
"Yeah, all of that hard work actually paid off," Ken said.
"Oh yeah. I know that dying can be such a bummer, and I don't plan on dying for the first time," TK said.
"I wouldn't mind if I had to grow old and die the old fashioned way," Davis replied.
"You got that right. I got retirement plans coming up," Xveemon said.
"So are you ready to surrender," asked Metalla X, "Or do we have to beat it into your artificial brains?"
"This doesn't make sense! How could they prepare for our arrival? How did they even know first hand when we were going to arrive,"Funkymon said to himself. "These digimon are a lot stronger than I first anticipated. Maybe it should be time to make our escape getaway."
Suddenly, the digimon felt a strong energy level heading their way. They all turned to see who it was. And to their surprise, they saw a Pegasusmon flying to them with Dimitri.
"Dimitri! You're back!" exclaimed Yolei.
"We're glad that you come to see us whoop the crud out of the scary artificials that you've warned us about," said Davis.
"Wow. So that's Dimitri? He looks so much like TK though,"Metalla X said in thought, "I wonder… Nah… Couldn't be… But he does have the symbol of TK's crest of hope on his jacket. Its pretty obvious…"
Dimitri looked down to the two artificials. A strange look came over his face when he took a closer examination of both Funkymon and Ice Ladydevimon.
"I see it but I can't believe it. Somehow these artificials are different."
The whole Digi-Destined group all gasped in total shock. They couldn't believe at what Dimitri had just said. This even caught Metalla X by surprise.
"Huh? What do you mean?! I thought these were the artificials that you warned us about," Metalla X cried out angrily.
"No… These are different. These artificials are much different from the ones that attacked my time."
"Huh?! Who's that boy?! I can't even get any information on him through my sensors,"Funkymon thought,"Whoever he is, this still doesn't look like good news. I'm willing to bet that he's here to help those wretched children! Perhaps it is time to leave and to return back to the lab. We're obviously losing our battle. Its time to execute 'Plan B'".
Dimitri looked down at the two artificials. The others were just as surprised as Metalla X.
"What?! You mean these aren't the artificials from your time?" asked Leomon.
"Oh man! That doesn't sound too good!" exclaimed Davis, "Not good at all."
"Crap! There goes my retirement plans!" Xveemon replied.
"Not the real artificials?!" asked TK.
"Then who are the real artificials?" Kari wondered.
What is this revelation the boy from the future speaks of? If these two weren't one of the three artificials that Dimitri warned the Digi-Destined about, then who are the real artificals? And what secrets does Funkymon have that our heroes aren't aware of?
[Digimon Zero Two first ending theme "Ashita wa Atashi no Kaze ga Fuku" plays]
[Preview]
TK: What?! These aren't the real artificials?! Then, who are these rejects?
Metalla X: You better tell us the truth, boy.
Leomon: We are curious to know.
Kari: Please, for our sake. The future is at stake here.
Dimitri: Al right. I should have given you more detail about them. They both look human and are not weak like these artificial models you've been facing. One looks like a human boy with black hair and the other is a young girl also with jet-black hair. What separate them from normal humans are their eyes. They're eyes are cold, lifeless and full of vengeance. They're the true killers of my future time. You Digi-Destined are no match for them. Not even a fusion warrior can stand up to them.
Metalla X: Ha! Nonsense! That leaves more of a challenge to me! I'll fight these artificials and destroy them with my bare hands!
Ankylomon: Next time on Digimon Fusion Zero Two, episode sixteen!
New Terror on the Horizon! The Nightmare Becomes Reality: The True Artificials Awaken!
Xveemon: Don't miss it!
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SSJ4T: More artificials? Damn, I wouldn't want to be the Digi-Destined now.
Coral: Especially the fact that they've been kicking ass. Sucks to be them.
Keke: At least we got to see my dad kick some ass.
Max:*grumble* My dad is out of commission for a long while…
Keke: Poor baby. I'm here for you.
Max: I know you are. Thanks, babe.
Coral: The next chapter of Zero Two will be up soon. In the meantime, leave us a review and read the Tamers fic.
SSJ4T: Until then, we'll be leaving you. Goodnight everyone!
Coral: Peace!
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