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Kari was sucked into the dark ocean again. TK and the others are worried and want to find a way to reach her. Please R&R, and no flames! Heck, it's still my first fic!

The DigiSword

Chapter 4: Dagomon's Story

"Wh-Where am I?" Kari Kamiya opened her eyes to find herself, once again, at the dark ocean.

"Child...you have awoken..." came a voice.

"SCUBAMON! Why have you brought me to this place again? Why?"

"Kari, you have...been brought for a reason."

"I know that! What's the reason? Is it Daemon? IS IT?"

"Kari...there is a story you must know. It is about our former Master, Dagomon..."

*I dunno if Dagomon is really the undersea master, because it never was mentioned in the show. I just saw it in another fic, and I thought 'what the heck?'

"Time passed after your escape from us with the Child of Hope. Dagomon treated us cruelly because of the rebellion against him, bringing you here. After all the pain and suffering, a new dark power entered his realm...Daemon."

"Daemon?" asked Kari. "That must've been when we imprisoned him here."

"Our master Dagomon allied with Daemon. However, this new dark force was foreign to him, and all of us...Dagomon was weakening..."

~*~Flashback~*~

"Dagomon," hissed Daemon. "Are you ill? You aren't aiding me in our plot against the DigiDestined."

"My friend," answered the enormous godlike Digimon, "I am...weakening. Ever since that dark gate was opened, and you arrived, we have been opposing dark forces."

"Yes, go on," hissed Daemon, intrigued.

"I fear, that this realm, once exposed to the light of the outside worlds, weakens with every fraction of time."

"Yes. You are affected by this, for you are symbiotically connected with this realm, as are your slaves, the Scubamon."

"I do realize that, Daemon," replied Dagomon. "I fear...that without the dark ocean to empower me, that I will not exist any further."

"Truly you must be mistaken," hissed Daemon. "You are one of the almighty Apocalymon's greatest children. Not even the powerful MaloMyotismon can match you."

"It is not a matter of strength now, my friend," sighed Dagomon. "There is only one way to preserve my dark power."

"What? You know of a way to survive this?"

"No. It is quite impossible for I to live now. But you, Daemon, are a very powerful and competent foe. My strength will be sealed in a dark ritual. When the Darkness begins to weaken, you will take my strength, increasing you dark power. Then, you will acquire enough to escape, and bring all worlds to their knees before the realm of the Dark Ocean."

"Dagomon, my friend, my ally," said Daemon. "I accept your terms. My powers will multiply, will they not? I will avenge your passing by obliterating the ones who did this to you. Ken Ichijouji, and those other digidestined fools! They have meddled with the darkness for the final time..."

Meanwhile, a young scubamon hid, hearing the conversations of the two most powerful dark forces in existance...

~*~end Flashback~*~

"I was that young one," said Scubamon. "Dagomon had all of us hold his ritual. Once established, Dagomon became digitized, his data held in a black pyramid. Daemon became our new liege.

"Eventually, the fog of the Dark Ocean began to fade. Daemon knew it was time. He took the pyramid, and consumed it, acquiring all the strength of the mighty Dagomon. He became the most powerful dark digimon ever created save Apocalymon. He still needs more power, however, to truly escape and unleash his wrath...to rule all worlds. We will prosper, and the Dark Ocean will rule all. So you see, Kari. I have brought you here to serve that need. Your power will give master Daemon enough to fulfill his destiny..."

"And what if I refuse?" snapped Kari.

"Then, you will face a most devastating fate," boomed a familiar voice. "Much of your power will remain in this realm forever if you are to be destroyed. I will acquire that energy, allowing me enough power to free myself from this realm, and my first order of business shall be to flood your world in eternal darkness..." A dark, cloaked figure began to emerge from the depths of the Ocean. Kari stared at it in horror, because that voice belonged to none other than...

"Daemon..." she gulped.

To be continued...

Ouch! Nice place for a cliffhanger, isn't it? This chapter was pretty short, I know, but hey! It is one of the most important of all of them. What will become of Kari? Will the others reach her in time before her power is consumed? Keep reading for the next chapter of the DigiSword!