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Now, this is my longest chapter so far, because of the fact that my chapters are usually pretty short. Okay, since you're being honest in your reviews, I've decided to put in some explanation to some questions you might have. It'll be in the chapter. Anyway, now that TK wields the Digisword and both he and Kari have their crests, will they be able to stop Daemon from destroying their partners?
Chapter 7: Warrior of Destiny
TK and Kari ran back into Daemon's throne room. Patamon and Gatomon lay on the ground panting heavily. "NO!" the two digidestined cried as they ran over to their partners.
"T...K..." Patamon managed to choke. "I'm...so...sorry..."
"NO! PLEASE, PATAMON! DON'T DIE!" TK held up his little friend and hugged him close.
"I won't...TK...just get out of here..." Patamon smiled before his big blue eyes closed with exhaustion. "Too...tired..."
"Gatomon," Kari cried. "No, please no. You have to get better. You can still fight!"
"Kari, he's too...strong..." croaked Gatomon. "I...can't..."
"You can, Gatomon. Just have faith. Please live...because...I love you..."
"I love you too, Kari. And I'm...not going...to die..." Gatomon smiled before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
"They're too exhausted," TK told Kari. "I think we should let them rest. They don't have the strength to fight."
"But then who will fight Daemon?" asked Kari.
"We will," answered TK. "With this." He held up the Digisword and swung it easily.
"TK, do you even know how to USE a katana?" Kari asked him.
"Sure. I've been taking Kendo from Cody's grandpa. I progressed a lot with the sword under his gudiance."
"But do you think it's enough to fight Daemon?" asked Kari. "He's really strong now. He absorbed the strength of the former master of the Scubamon to increase his power exponentially!"
"Wait, if his power has increased that much, then how come he didn't just destroy Angemon and Nefertimon?"
"Because my full strength has never been revealed..." snickered a voice. TK looked behind him to find Daemon coming out of the shadows. "My true strength lies dormant. I shall awaken it!" Daemon closed his blood red eyes. An aura of dark energy encircled him, causing him to struggle for a little bit. "You...will...DIE!" he shrieked as the dark energy vanished and Daemon grew in size and in power. He was finally as tall as Malomyotismon had been, about three-quarters the height of the room.
"Dark INFERNO!" he yelled as he fired his flames at TK and Kari.
"Hold Patamon," TK told Kari as he unsheathed the DigiSword. Using the blade, he blocked the flames as Angemon had done, pushing him back toward the wall. "Damn, he's strong," huffed TK as the flames died out.
"So, you have acquired the mighty DigiSword," hissed Daemon. "This will be quite an interesting fight."
"Shut up, Daemon," smirked TK. "I'm ready."
Daemon shot his hand out at the young boy. He parried the blow and swung the katana, slicing off pat of Daemon's cloak.
"I admit, child of hope, you are skilled in the art of kendo," snickered Daemon.
"I had a good teacher," TK smiled. Just then, Daemon lifted his foot up and kicked TK to the opposite way, with him landing with a thud. Kari rushed over to help him.
"Did you think your pathetic HUMAN power could possibly defeat me?" laughed Daemon.
"Hey, TK, are you ok?" Kari asked.
"He's freakin' strong," coughed TK. "I can't fight him, I'm only human. I'm not strong enough."
"You're giving up? Just like that?" Kari yelled. "TK, I care too much about you to let you go without a fight!" TK stared at her. 'Where have I heard that before?' he thought.
"That's what you told me that day last year," Kari told him. "You said you cared for me. You said you wouldn't let me go without a fight. I wanted to say I feel the same for you, TK. You can't give up hope! You're the one who has taught me that again and again! I know you're not giving in just yet, TK, I just know it! You're not losing the light inside!" TK stared into Kari's eyes for a few seconds, and then smiled.
"Okay, Kari. You win. I'll keep fighting." Just then, both the crests of light and hope began to glow. "What's going on?" asked TK. Just then, Patamon and Gatomon woke up rejuvenated.
"Hey, I feel better!" laughed Patamon. Gatomon smiled. "Me too!"
"I have been awakened..." a mysterious voice echoed through the halls.
"Who's that?" hissed Daemon. "Who are you?"
"The one who will become your end!" Right then, the crests engraved upon the Digisword shone a brilliant light similar to the ones hanging around TK and Kari's necks. "Takeru Takaishi and Hikari Kamiya..."
"Huh?"
"I am a being with no name. I am sealed within the might Digisword, and there is no possible way to get out. I was once a mighty warrior, a warrior of destiny. I guided Gennai in the battle against Darkmarinedramon many years ago. Now, I shall guide you. You, warriors of hope and light!"
"Wait, what?" TK asked in dismay. At that moment, Kari and TK's crests drew towards each other, pulling the two digidestined children into each other.
"Okay, this is freaky," said Kari.
"That's an understatement," TK told her. TK's body began to glow golden, while Kari's glowed pink. The light of the two combined into one. In the place where TK and Kari 'fused' there stood a new being. Its face was covered by a Kabuki mask. It wore a blue robe, with the golden crest of hope on one side and the crest of Light on the other. He stood on sandals. The Digisword lay in his scabbard(?) that hung by his red-orange belt. Daemon stared at the new warrior in horror.
"Who are you?" he demanded. "Are you the fused version of Hope and Light?"
"I am the warrior of destiny," the new being said. "I am the true wielder of the Digisword. The bearers of Hope and Light you have seen before me I am not. Their minds are separate from mine, but their energy combined is enough to bring me here. To prove this, I will release their bodies at this moment." He glowed golden, and then pink, and Kari and TK flew out of his body.
"Ok, what just happened?" Kari asked, confused.
"Kari!" Gatomon lept into her arms. Patamon did the same for TK.
"You two have freed me. I thank you," the warrior of destiny told them.
"N-No problem," TK stuttered. "But, uh, who are you?"
"My name is of no concern to you at the moment. However, you may call me Destiny. Allow your digimon to digivolve to their ultimate levels. We will fight this dark being together!"
"Okay!" TK and Kari smiled.
"Patamon!"
"Gatomon!"
"DIGIVOLVE!" they shouted at the same time.
"Patamon digivolve to...Angemon!"
"Gatomon digivolve to...Angewomon!"
"Angemon digivolve to...MagnaAngemon!"
The two angel digimon flew next to the warrior of destiny. "It is an honor to fight by your side," said MaganAngemon.
"Nay, sir. The honor is my own," said the masked fighter, who then turned to Daemon. "Daemon, your darkness ends HERE!"
"Bring it on," hissed the cloaked figure.
*This would be a nice place for a cliffhanger, but what the hey, I'll keep going.
Destiny unsheathed the Digisword. "Now, FIGHT!"
"DARK INFERNO!" Yelled Daemon. Angewomon and MagnaAngemon were both knocked back, but Destiny remained standing.
"Your cowardly attack does nothing to me, Daemon. HOPE'S BLADE!" The digisword began to glow. As Destiny swung it, a golden ki wave (I think that's te word for it) flew at Daemon, knocking him to the wall.
"You are strong," he commented.
"What can we do?" asked Angewomon to Destiny. "We're not that strong."
"Separate you're not," said Destiny. "But combining your attacks, there is nothing you cannot do."
"DARK INFERNO!" yelled Daemon (again).
"Barrier of LIGHT!" yelled Destiny, holding the sword. A pink shield appeared, sending the flames flying around them.
"MagnaAngemon, use your attack!"
"GATE OF DESTINY!" MagnaAngemon, using the pink blade of Light, Excalibur, drew a circle, turning it into a circular gate.
"Your weak attack does nothing to me," sneered Daemon.
"No, but THIS WILL!" yelled Angewomon. "CELESTIAL ARROW!" She fired an arrow of light through the gate of Destiny. It turned from a pure white light arrow to a large golden lighted one, flying straight at the Dark Digimon, piercing him where his dark heart should have been.
"NOOO!" shrieked Daemon. He began shrinking back to normal.
"Let's finish this!" yelled Destiny. "FINAL DESTINY!" He pointed his palms forward, waiting for the Gate of Destiny to form behind Daemon. When it did, the masked warrior fired a ray of pure white at Daemon, pushing him into the Gate of Destiny. MagnaAngemon closed it, and had it digitized for good.
"And that's that," smiled MagnaAngemon.
The Scubamon watched their master disappear. "He's...gone?"
"HE'S GONE!" laughed TK. "HE'S ACTUALLY GONE! WE DID IT!"
"Yes, thank you Destiny," smiled Kari.
"I should be the one thanking you," said the warrior. "You were the ones who awakened me. Now I am in your debt."
"It's been paid," TK smiled. "You paid it by defeating Daemon."
"Nay, Takeru..."
"TK."
"Okay. TK. Your friends are the ones who truly defeated him. I couldn't have done it without their help. It is a true honor to fight with you two. However, I fear it may no be over. Daemon has not been truly destroyed."
"What?" asked Kari in dismay. "But anyone sent through the gate of destiny is destroyed."
"We sent him through, yes. But Daemon's power was great, and he is able to escape."
"No..." sobbed Kari. "We have to fight more?"
"I am not sure, Hikari..."
"Kari."
"I am not sure, Kari. He is bound to be dramatically weakened by the Gate. He may not even have the strength to stand."
"Then why are we worrying?" asked TK.
"The darkness always finds a way," said Destiny. "I will stay with you. The digisword will be tangible to you, but I will be resting in your D-Terminals. Part of me will be with both of you. To summon me, you two need to be together. You will awaken me once more."
"Thank you again, Destiny," TK told him.
"We Scubamon are free at last," said the group of aquatic digimon. "Thank you. Freedom feels fantastic."
"Indeed it does," agreed Destiny. With that, the warrior disappeared into the two D-Terminals, leaving the DigiSword behind. TK picked it up, and then looked at Kari. "Do you know how to get home?" he asked.
"The Scubamon can take us back to our world," she smiled. Gatomon and Patamon rushed over to where TK and Kari stood. "Yay! It's over!" chirped Patamon.
"Kari, we thank you for freeing us," said one of the Scubamon. "However, without a master, we are weakened. We cannot take you back to your world."
"WHAT?" yelled TK. "Then how do we get back? I only had thirty seconds to save you, but that was impossible, so I figured that I might as well just recue you and there was another way back."
"There is," said Scubamon. "We cannot return you to the real world, but we can return you to the digital world."
"The Digital World?" asked Kari. "There has to be a way from there!"
"Yes. We will allow you to leave. The Dark Ocean will not trouble you any longer. Goodbye."
Kari, TK, Patamon, and Gatomon suddenly felt themselves being pulled out of the Dark Ocean. They closed their eyes, and when they opened them, they saw that they had indeed arrived at the Digital World.
~~Odaiba~~
"So they're not coming back," sighed Tai. Just then, seven things flew out of the computer.
"What is it?" asked Davis. Just then, Koromon and the other digimon bounced in. "Hey Izzy, did I tell you your mom is a great chef?" asked Koromon.
"Screw that! Look at this!" exclaimed Sora. "Our crests!"
"What?"
~~Highton View Terrace~~
A cloud of data combined to form the familiar figure of Daemon. He collapsed to the ground. "The warrior of destiny has returned," he hissed. "I'm too weak to fight him. I need to use a dark power as a host for my rest. And I know where to get that dark power..." Daemon turned himself into a fog of data and drifted to Odaiba.
~~Outside Izzy's~~
"I have to go now, bye!" said Ken as he was about to leave.
"See ya, Ken!" said everyone else. Just then, a fog reached Ken and the boy collapsed to the ground.
"What?" exclaimed Yolei and Mimimon, who ran over to him. "Ken! KEN!" Just then, a dark spore came out of his mouth and digitized itself. Its data mixed with the fog, and began to form a new being. Ken looked up and instantly knew who it was.
"Impossible," gasped Ken.
As the figure finished forming, everyne else gasped as well. "No way!" yelled Davis and DemiVeemon together.
"Way..." snickered the person. "It's good to have returned at last."
"It's him!" yelled Biyomon.
"He's back, only he's not Ken!" said Cody. "He's truly the Dark Digimon Emperor!"
* Cliffhanger! Now, this was my longest chapter yet, so tell me what you think. Yes, the story goes on. Now the Digimon Emperor has returned, and now he's PURE EVIL! Please review!
Now, this is my longest chapter so far, because of the fact that my chapters are usually pretty short. Okay, since you're being honest in your reviews, I've decided to put in some explanation to some questions you might have. It'll be in the chapter. Anyway, now that TK wields the Digisword and both he and Kari have their crests, will they be able to stop Daemon from destroying their partners?
Chapter 7: Warrior of Destiny
TK and Kari ran back into Daemon's throne room. Patamon and Gatomon lay on the ground panting heavily. "NO!" the two digidestined cried as they ran over to their partners.
"T...K..." Patamon managed to choke. "I'm...so...sorry..."
"NO! PLEASE, PATAMON! DON'T DIE!" TK held up his little friend and hugged him close.
"I won't...TK...just get out of here..." Patamon smiled before his big blue eyes closed with exhaustion. "Too...tired..."
"Gatomon," Kari cried. "No, please no. You have to get better. You can still fight!"
"Kari, he's too...strong..." croaked Gatomon. "I...can't..."
"You can, Gatomon. Just have faith. Please live...because...I love you..."
"I love you too, Kari. And I'm...not going...to die..." Gatomon smiled before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
"They're too exhausted," TK told Kari. "I think we should let them rest. They don't have the strength to fight."
"But then who will fight Daemon?" asked Kari.
"We will," answered TK. "With this." He held up the Digisword and swung it easily.
"TK, do you even know how to USE a katana?" Kari asked him.
"Sure. I've been taking Kendo from Cody's grandpa. I progressed a lot with the sword under his gudiance."
"But do you think it's enough to fight Daemon?" asked Kari. "He's really strong now. He absorbed the strength of the former master of the Scubamon to increase his power exponentially!"
"Wait, if his power has increased that much, then how come he didn't just destroy Angemon and Nefertimon?"
"Because my full strength has never been revealed..." snickered a voice. TK looked behind him to find Daemon coming out of the shadows. "My true strength lies dormant. I shall awaken it!" Daemon closed his blood red eyes. An aura of dark energy encircled him, causing him to struggle for a little bit. "You...will...DIE!" he shrieked as the dark energy vanished and Daemon grew in size and in power. He was finally as tall as Malomyotismon had been, about three-quarters the height of the room.
"Dark INFERNO!" he yelled as he fired his flames at TK and Kari.
"Hold Patamon," TK told Kari as he unsheathed the DigiSword. Using the blade, he blocked the flames as Angemon had done, pushing him back toward the wall. "Damn, he's strong," huffed TK as the flames died out.
"So, you have acquired the mighty DigiSword," hissed Daemon. "This will be quite an interesting fight."
"Shut up, Daemon," smirked TK. "I'm ready."
Daemon shot his hand out at the young boy. He parried the blow and swung the katana, slicing off pat of Daemon's cloak.
"I admit, child of hope, you are skilled in the art of kendo," snickered Daemon.
"I had a good teacher," TK smiled. Just then, Daemon lifted his foot up and kicked TK to the opposite way, with him landing with a thud. Kari rushed over to help him.
"Did you think your pathetic HUMAN power could possibly defeat me?" laughed Daemon.
"Hey, TK, are you ok?" Kari asked.
"He's freakin' strong," coughed TK. "I can't fight him, I'm only human. I'm not strong enough."
"You're giving up? Just like that?" Kari yelled. "TK, I care too much about you to let you go without a fight!" TK stared at her. 'Where have I heard that before?' he thought.
"That's what you told me that day last year," Kari told him. "You said you cared for me. You said you wouldn't let me go without a fight. I wanted to say I feel the same for you, TK. You can't give up hope! You're the one who has taught me that again and again! I know you're not giving in just yet, TK, I just know it! You're not losing the light inside!" TK stared into Kari's eyes for a few seconds, and then smiled.
"Okay, Kari. You win. I'll keep fighting." Just then, both the crests of light and hope began to glow. "What's going on?" asked TK. Just then, Patamon and Gatomon woke up rejuvenated.
"Hey, I feel better!" laughed Patamon. Gatomon smiled. "Me too!"
"I have been awakened..." a mysterious voice echoed through the halls.
"Who's that?" hissed Daemon. "Who are you?"
"The one who will become your end!" Right then, the crests engraved upon the Digisword shone a brilliant light similar to the ones hanging around TK and Kari's necks. "Takeru Takaishi and Hikari Kamiya..."
"Huh?"
"I am a being with no name. I am sealed within the might Digisword, and there is no possible way to get out. I was once a mighty warrior, a warrior of destiny. I guided Gennai in the battle against Darkmarinedramon many years ago. Now, I shall guide you. You, warriors of hope and light!"
"Wait, what?" TK asked in dismay. At that moment, Kari and TK's crests drew towards each other, pulling the two digidestined children into each other.
"Okay, this is freaky," said Kari.
"That's an understatement," TK told her. TK's body began to glow golden, while Kari's glowed pink. The light of the two combined into one. In the place where TK and Kari 'fused' there stood a new being. Its face was covered by a Kabuki mask. It wore a blue robe, with the golden crest of hope on one side and the crest of Light on the other. He stood on sandals. The Digisword lay in his scabbard(?) that hung by his red-orange belt. Daemon stared at the new warrior in horror.
"Who are you?" he demanded. "Are you the fused version of Hope and Light?"
"I am the warrior of destiny," the new being said. "I am the true wielder of the Digisword. The bearers of Hope and Light you have seen before me I am not. Their minds are separate from mine, but their energy combined is enough to bring me here. To prove this, I will release their bodies at this moment." He glowed golden, and then pink, and Kari and TK flew out of his body.
"Ok, what just happened?" Kari asked, confused.
"Kari!" Gatomon lept into her arms. Patamon did the same for TK.
"You two have freed me. I thank you," the warrior of destiny told them.
"N-No problem," TK stuttered. "But, uh, who are you?"
"My name is of no concern to you at the moment. However, you may call me Destiny. Allow your digimon to digivolve to their ultimate levels. We will fight this dark being together!"
"Okay!" TK and Kari smiled.
"Patamon!"
"Gatomon!"
"DIGIVOLVE!" they shouted at the same time.
"Patamon digivolve to...Angemon!"
"Gatomon digivolve to...Angewomon!"
"Angemon digivolve to...MagnaAngemon!"
The two angel digimon flew next to the warrior of destiny. "It is an honor to fight by your side," said MaganAngemon.
"Nay, sir. The honor is my own," said the masked fighter, who then turned to Daemon. "Daemon, your darkness ends HERE!"
"Bring it on," hissed the cloaked figure.
*This would be a nice place for a cliffhanger, but what the hey, I'll keep going.
Destiny unsheathed the Digisword. "Now, FIGHT!"
"DARK INFERNO!" Yelled Daemon. Angewomon and MagnaAngemon were both knocked back, but Destiny remained standing.
"Your cowardly attack does nothing to me, Daemon. HOPE'S BLADE!" The digisword began to glow. As Destiny swung it, a golden ki wave (I think that's te word for it) flew at Daemon, knocking him to the wall.
"You are strong," he commented.
"What can we do?" asked Angewomon to Destiny. "We're not that strong."
"Separate you're not," said Destiny. "But combining your attacks, there is nothing you cannot do."
"DARK INFERNO!" yelled Daemon (again).
"Barrier of LIGHT!" yelled Destiny, holding the sword. A pink shield appeared, sending the flames flying around them.
"MagnaAngemon, use your attack!"
"GATE OF DESTINY!" MagnaAngemon, using the pink blade of Light, Excalibur, drew a circle, turning it into a circular gate.
"Your weak attack does nothing to me," sneered Daemon.
"No, but THIS WILL!" yelled Angewomon. "CELESTIAL ARROW!" She fired an arrow of light through the gate of Destiny. It turned from a pure white light arrow to a large golden lighted one, flying straight at the Dark Digimon, piercing him where his dark heart should have been.
"NOOO!" shrieked Daemon. He began shrinking back to normal.
"Let's finish this!" yelled Destiny. "FINAL DESTINY!" He pointed his palms forward, waiting for the Gate of Destiny to form behind Daemon. When it did, the masked warrior fired a ray of pure white at Daemon, pushing him into the Gate of Destiny. MagnaAngemon closed it, and had it digitized for good.
"And that's that," smiled MagnaAngemon.
The Scubamon watched their master disappear. "He's...gone?"
"HE'S GONE!" laughed TK. "HE'S ACTUALLY GONE! WE DID IT!"
"Yes, thank you Destiny," smiled Kari.
"I should be the one thanking you," said the warrior. "You were the ones who awakened me. Now I am in your debt."
"It's been paid," TK smiled. "You paid it by defeating Daemon."
"Nay, Takeru..."
"TK."
"Okay. TK. Your friends are the ones who truly defeated him. I couldn't have done it without their help. It is a true honor to fight with you two. However, I fear it may no be over. Daemon has not been truly destroyed."
"What?" asked Kari in dismay. "But anyone sent through the gate of destiny is destroyed."
"We sent him through, yes. But Daemon's power was great, and he is able to escape."
"No..." sobbed Kari. "We have to fight more?"
"I am not sure, Hikari..."
"Kari."
"I am not sure, Kari. He is bound to be dramatically weakened by the Gate. He may not even have the strength to stand."
"Then why are we worrying?" asked TK.
"The darkness always finds a way," said Destiny. "I will stay with you. The digisword will be tangible to you, but I will be resting in your D-Terminals. Part of me will be with both of you. To summon me, you two need to be together. You will awaken me once more."
"Thank you again, Destiny," TK told him.
"We Scubamon are free at last," said the group of aquatic digimon. "Thank you. Freedom feels fantastic."
"Indeed it does," agreed Destiny. With that, the warrior disappeared into the two D-Terminals, leaving the DigiSword behind. TK picked it up, and then looked at Kari. "Do you know how to get home?" he asked.
"The Scubamon can take us back to our world," she smiled. Gatomon and Patamon rushed over to where TK and Kari stood. "Yay! It's over!" chirped Patamon.
"Kari, we thank you for freeing us," said one of the Scubamon. "However, without a master, we are weakened. We cannot take you back to your world."
"WHAT?" yelled TK. "Then how do we get back? I only had thirty seconds to save you, but that was impossible, so I figured that I might as well just recue you and there was another way back."
"There is," said Scubamon. "We cannot return you to the real world, but we can return you to the digital world."
"The Digital World?" asked Kari. "There has to be a way from there!"
"Yes. We will allow you to leave. The Dark Ocean will not trouble you any longer. Goodbye."
Kari, TK, Patamon, and Gatomon suddenly felt themselves being pulled out of the Dark Ocean. They closed their eyes, and when they opened them, they saw that they had indeed arrived at the Digital World.
~~Odaiba~~
"So they're not coming back," sighed Tai. Just then, seven things flew out of the computer.
"What is it?" asked Davis. Just then, Koromon and the other digimon bounced in. "Hey Izzy, did I tell you your mom is a great chef?" asked Koromon.
"Screw that! Look at this!" exclaimed Sora. "Our crests!"
"What?"
~~Highton View Terrace~~
A cloud of data combined to form the familiar figure of Daemon. He collapsed to the ground. "The warrior of destiny has returned," he hissed. "I'm too weak to fight him. I need to use a dark power as a host for my rest. And I know where to get that dark power..." Daemon turned himself into a fog of data and drifted to Odaiba.
~~Outside Izzy's~~
"I have to go now, bye!" said Ken as he was about to leave.
"See ya, Ken!" said everyone else. Just then, a fog reached Ken and the boy collapsed to the ground.
"What?" exclaimed Yolei and Mimimon, who ran over to him. "Ken! KEN!" Just then, a dark spore came out of his mouth and digitized itself. Its data mixed with the fog, and began to form a new being. Ken looked up and instantly knew who it was.
"Impossible," gasped Ken.
As the figure finished forming, everyne else gasped as well. "No way!" yelled Davis and DemiVeemon together.
"Way..." snickered the person. "It's good to have returned at last."
"It's him!" yelled Biyomon.
"He's back, only he's not Ken!" said Cody. "He's truly the Dark Digimon Emperor!"
* Cliffhanger! Now, this was my longest chapter yet, so tell me what you think. Yes, the story goes on. Now the Digimon Emperor has returned, and now he's PURE EVIL! Please review!