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 characters Jax, Sonja and Burizalor are 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.
Keke: Hey, guys! Another episode of Zero Two comes your way! Virus has been revealed, but we will see more into his origin in this chapter.
Max: We'll hopefully get into the action by the next chapter. Until then, enjoy the fic.
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[Digimon Zero Two opening theme "Target Akai Shougeki" plays during the opening sequence]
The Secret to Virus' Birth! Taichi and Agumon Awaken!
The two groups had split up in order to accomplish their mission a lot faster and give them a better chance to explore the entire area around them. Leomon and Davis went off to find the evil monster Virus and they will attempt to stop him at all costs. Metalla X had already left to find a secret spot in order to rethink his strategies as he plans on fighting Virus and getting vengeance back at the artificials, especially Sonja.
Meanwhile, TK and Dimitri went off to find the secret laboratory that Virus was talking about. They were now heading back towards the location of where Datamon's former laboratory once stood. There they hope to find more clues to the birth of Virus and perhaps the creation of the artificials. There has got to be many secrets to uncover and Dimitri is hell bent on finding out himself.
"Hey, Dimitri! Tell me. In what way has the future been destroyed? I mean, I understand that the artificials completely destroyed the entire planet, but what other agendas did they have in mind?"
"Well, if I wanted to tell you in a much simpler way, then I can. Well, they really don't have plans on taking over any world, whether it is our world or the Digital World. But I do know for a fact that these artificials crave nothing more than to just spread fear among the innocence."
"Kind of like terrorists in a way."
"They're worst. These monsters couldn't be stopped. Armies were easily swept away by their unlimited powers and the digimon stood no chance against them. Even Metalla X and the other megas were swatted away like flies."
"Man that's not good. So, how did you and Mimi manage to survive?"
"We hid underground. That's practically the only area on the planet that the artificials never bothered to investigate. We decided to use the underground shelters to our advantage. And it sure didn't feel good living down there for all of those years and fearing for the worst."
"Dimitri was just devastated at the losses of his many friends," Faith said, "I was there the whole time to see him going through all of that pain and anguish. Trust me, the future world that we came from is not a very pleasant sight."
"So your mom managed to survive?" asked Angemon.
"Well you know my mother wasn't much of the fighting type. She always cared for the welfare of others and that's how she became such a good mother," Dimitri said, "She really changed for the better. No shopping malls, so she pretty much had to steal. We practically all did since law and government was destroyed."
"Ah, so you were thieves," TK remarked.
"We had to steal in order to survive. No laws were there to stop us. But we hoped that one-day that somebody would have the power to destroying these two demons. They take away lives just for their own cruel pleasure."
"Now for Black War Greymon, you never seen him in your time?"
"I always knew that there would have been a third artificial but I never knew when and where it would strike. It was quite a shock to find out that it is an evil clone of the original War Greymon. I'm willing to bet that he's the most powerful of the three."
"Until of course..."
"Until we found Virus' egg and that pod. He possesses the powers of every single digimon that you all faced in the past but he even possesses your digimon's powers. He even has the power of every single crest and D-3 in this body. I'm telling ya, he's a walking nightmare."
"Geez, its almost as if we are fighting ourselves," TK said.
"That's another good way to put it," Faith replied.
"We're getting close TK. I can feel it," Angemon said.
"We are?"
They all looked up ahead and managed to see a fallen pile of rubble from a far off distance. He also managed to see some destroyed debris and it looked like that an explosion of some sort took place in this area. Angemon began to feel its presence even more and looked down towards it.
"Yes. This has got to be it. This is the former site of Datamon's laboratory," replied Faith.
"Then lets land right here and investigate," Dimitri said.
The two Angemons landed down on the fallen debris below them. The two boys jumped off and landed on the ground. Dimitri picked up several rocks and they felt hot on his hands.
"Whoa! That burns! Yep this has got to be the site all right. Good work, Faith."
"But how are we going to find the secret laboratory now?"
"Leomon said that the laboratory was at the bottom of the former lab site in a bunker. I'm willing to bet that it wasn't completely destroyed when I blasted the lab out of its misery," Faith said.
"Right when we were Angemon X, I was sure that we completely destroyed the whole lab. I doubt that there would have been an underground bunker."
"Well we don't know if we don't look around," TK said.
"TK. I got an idea. Since there's too much debris to cover here and we couldn't lift all of these rocks up, I saw we let our digimon blast them to smithereens."
"Good plan. We'll begin right away."
"The sooner, the better."
"That's an understatement. Angemon, get ready to blast some rocks!"
"Time to rock 'n roll, Faith!"
The two Angemons nodded towards each other as they both began to power up in order to create many multiple blasts. This way they could destroy the area, clear it away and uncover the possible underground bunker. Angemon's fist began to glow and Faith wields around his sword, Excalibur.
"I'm ready! Hand of Fate! Hi-yee!!"
"Gate of Destiny!!"
Angemon's fist attack managed to blow away some debris and clear away in order to uncover the exposed ground. Faith waves Excalibur around in a circular motion and a small gateway started to form. As it opened up, a large energy blast came shooting out and towards the ground. This eventually pushed away some of the debris and uncover the first portions of the fallen debris.
"Alright guys, lets try it again! But this time with more power!" TK cried out.
"C'mon, Faith!"
Angemon wrenches his fist back and unleashes another energy blast from his patented fist. Faith waves around Excalibur and a gate started to form. Then an energy blast came shooting out from the small gate and managed to clear away more of the fallen debris. Now more land was being cleared away and the ground was starting to expose even more.
"I think one more shot should do it!" cried out Dimitri.
Angemon wrenches his fist back once again but this time he put more energy in his fist attack. Faith cups his hands together and formed a ball of energy. Angemon thrusts his fist back and unleashes a large energy blast towards the ground. Faith pushed his cupped hands forward and shot out a large energy blast that easily cleared away a large mass of the fallen debris. The energy attacks managed to plow the fallen rubble away and a small hatchet door was found among the exposed debris. The two Digi-Destined gasped in shock at what they saw.
"That's got to be it," Dimitri said.
"Lets go check it out."
The two boys head on over towards the secret door and start to examine it. Dimitri starts to pull on it and manages to pull out the top of the hatchet door.
"What do you know? It's open. I guess we must have blasted away it key and shut down its security lock as a result of the explosion," TK said.
"This is it? Are you ready?"
"Yeah, but I think you should go down first. We have to make sure there aren't any guards down there."
"I doubt it. Datamon usually guards everything through his network. He wouldn't need any guards. And besides, that explosion knocked out every security network in the lab."
"Right."
The boys along with their digimon climbed down through a ladder and managed to find themselves climbing down into a dark pit. They couldn't even see their whole surroundings. TK didn't like th dark that much but that wasn't going to bother him or let alone, slow him down.
"See anything?" asked Faith.
"Not yet. If only we had light," Dimitri said.
"Allow me to help," said Angemon as he held up one finger and an aura of light started to glow on his finger. Now it became bright enough for them to look through the near darkened underground bunker.
"Not a shabby move. If I do say so myself," TK said.
"Ha. Yeah right," Dimitri remarked.
Angemon led them through with the use of his light in order to see to where they were going. They all looked up ahead and they saw a large door. Was this the door that would lead them into the underground laboratory?
"Well this is it," Dimitri said, "You ready to open the door."
TK nodded and walked over towards the metal door. He grabbed the doorknob and to his surprise it was open. But now it makes sense, since everything was activated through a security system that Datamon programmed himself. But with the lab destroyed and the security systems down, every door that was locked had now become available.
"So what do you see, TK?" Angemon asked.
"Don't know yet."
TK walked through the door and realized that it was almost completely dark. He couldn't stand the dark anymore, not because he was scared of it but because he couldn't see very well. TK touched walls and managed to flick on a switch. And then the lights started to come on. What TK and Dimitri were seeing before them was the secret laboratory that Leomon was referring to.
"I can't believe this! Look at this place. Datamon must have fixed this place up and it might have taken him years to accomplish this!"
"You're right, TK. And this has to be the bunker where Datamon keeps all of his secret experiments. Nobody has access to it."
"Not even the artificials?"
"I'm not quite sure, but…"
Dimitri began to examine the room. It was filled with large test tubes with computers surrounding the walls. There were layout plans scattered across the floor and in the center of the lab was a large, test tube of some sort. But what was inside of it was beyond Dimitri.
"What do you see?" asked Faith.
"Oh man! You guys! Check this out!"
TK and Angemon looked over to see Dimitri looking over at the test tube. They all ran over towards the test tube and gasped at what they were seeing. Theres was a small creature of some sort growing inside of the chamber. It looked quite similar to Virus, with its head shape and skin colorations. In fact, it is Virus in his infant form! This was present-day Virus that they were looking at.
"Look at it. That's got to be Virus in his first stages of development," Dimitri said.
"And to believe that this thing is made of the data and cells from the strongest warriors in two worlds. He even has Angemon's powers. Eww gross," TK said.
"Yeah and that's not all. This thing is going to continue on growing and growing until it breaks out of its own test tube. Its only a matter of time."
"But this thing won't break free until another twenty-three years or so."
"Yeah and the longer it remains in this tube, the stronger it shall get. But it will be even worse once it breaks free."
"So how do you think that it goes through his stages in development?" Faith asked.
"Well first, it will break free out of this tube. Then once that happens, it will leave its chamber and began to grow and shed its skin eventually. Then it will grow, into that terrible creature known as Virus. If we stand any kind of a chance, we are going to need a lot of strategy."
"You're telling me!" TK exclaimed.
"C'mon guys. I say we blast that thing before it breaks out," Angemon said.
"No wait. I say we check this place out and find anymore clues on the secrets of the artificials," replied Dimitri, "I'm willing to bet that we could find a way to exploit the artificial's weaknesses. If anybody knows their weaknesses, that would have to be Datamon since he designed them and I just found the way."
TK walks over towards Dimitri and sees him shuffling through several blueprint papers of the artificial's structure.
"Hmmm. So those are the layout plans for the artificials?" asked TK.
"Yeah and through these we can finally indicate the artificial's weaknesses. Look at this. Here's the layout plan for model-Jax."
"Jax huh? Man there's just one thing about him. There's just something that completely creeps me out about him. His eyes, they look as if they were the eyes of death. Man, that's creepy I tell ya."
"Oh yeah! We got the plans! Here we can finally stand a chance in defeating the artificials through these layout plans."
"That's great news to hear! Now we don't have to get our butts handed to each other once we face them again! I'm looking forward into shutting then down once and for all," TK said, "By the way. Are there any other plans of the artificials? Maybe one of Virus?"
"Nope. Negative. Just plans on a refrigerator equipped with a barbeque pit. This is all we need for now. Just as long as we have the plans in our possession, Izzy could possibly analyze these."
"So can we now blast this place?! I'm dying to blowing something up," Faith said.
"Sure! Go for it!" exclaimed Dimitri.
Faith and Angemon both powered up for their next attacks. Angemon wrenches back and blasts away at several computer equipment using his Hand of Fate attack. Faith wielded Excalibur and shoots out several ki-blasts at several test tubes around him. Soon in a matter of moments, the entire bunker lab was being destroyed and many of the computer equipment were being disposed of.
"This is payback! For all of the suffering that you caused upon humans, Datamon!" Dimitri cried out angrily as he watched the bunker lab being destroyed.
The two angels turned to face the super computer that was controlling the test tube with Virus' development chamber and they combined a ki-blast of their own to destroy the super computer.
"Alright! Now go for the chamber!" cried out TK.
Then the two angels turned to face the chamber containing Virus' embryo and easily blasted away the chamber with a combined ki-blast. With the combined blast attack created, it was more than enough to completely destroy the chamber and easily disintegrate the Virus embryo. That was the end of present day Virus and any chances of it breaking free.
"Alright! I say we get the hell out of here," TK said.
"Agreed," replied Dimitri.
The two angels went over to their respective partners and started to fly out through the lab exit door and carried them out as the entire underground bunker was beginning to tumble and break apart. They managed to fly up as quickly as they could through the hatchet door that they went into and found themselves outside of the underground bunker.
"Whew! That was a close one," Dimitri said, "We would have been dead meat down there if we didn't make it out."
"Not for long! Now time for the grand finale!" exclaimed TK.
The two angels held their fists back as they began to power up their next attacks. As they finished powering up, they pushed their fists forward and watched as large ki-blasts came out and blasted away the ground that once covered the hatchet door. A ton of rock and debris came tumbling down and there was nothing left of the former laboratory of Datamon. It was now a fallen ruin with nothing left, not even a sign of the former laboratory. A fallen ruin that was once considered a hideout of one of the most sick-minded digimon ever.
The two angels went flying off away from the fallen laboratory site and started off towards the direction towards Odaiba. Dimitri held onto the artificial layout plans in his hands and then something had just occurred in his mind. Something was obviously bothering Dimitri as he turned to face TK. TK looked back towards the young man.
"Yo, what's up?"
"TK. I need you to do me a favor. Ok?"
"Sure, what do you need me to do?"
"Well. I want you to take these plans and head on over back to Kari's. You can give them to Izzy and I'm sure he can figure them out."
"OK and where are you going?"
"Well. I'm going to find my father. I really need to know if he can really ascend to the next level of fusion. I feel if he can do it, then I can as well. After all, I inherit his traits. So its more likely that I can ascend to the so-called next level of fusion."
"I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but I don't think my brother will let you. He's just too proud of needing any kind of help."
"Yeah but he's going to have to live with it. I'm going to train with him. I do believe that there is a next level to the power of fusion."
"You possibly think that it's possible in any shape or manner."
"Oh yeah. I do believe it. When my father says these kind of things, then I normally believe him because he will do whatever it takes to become the most powerful Digi-Destined."
"Oh I see. So you want me to go? Alright, whatever you say."
"Thanks man. Please watch them carefully."
"No problem."
Dimitri handed the blueprint plans over TK as the young boy took them and told Angemon to fly on over towards Odaiba to meet up with the other Digi-Destined.
"Good luck, Dimitri. You're going to need it."
"Thanks man. Be careful my friend."
"You too."
Faith headed towards another direction in which he would take Dimitri on over towards where Metalla X was located. Angemon headed over to Odaiba in hopes to bringing TK back over to Kari's apartment to show Izzy the blueprint plans of the Jax-model.
"Well, Dimitri. I just hope that you're making a right decision. But if there's anybody that can possibly reach my brother, its you."
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Elsewhere, Leomon, who already de-evolved back to his champion form, along with Xveemon and Davis were beginning to investigate the area where Virus had completely absorbed the group of girls that were camping out. To their utter shock and horror, there was nothing left. No traces of clothes or anything. However, Xveemon managed to find some footprints and knew that Virus was here.
"Man. This is just awful. He was here and looked like he had a good lunch break here," Davis said.
"He struck them with quickness and prowl ness. We're going to have to move faster than this if we plan on finding him anytime soon," Leomon said.
"You guys. I can sense a dark power over on the other side of the lake," Xveemon said, "And it's got to be him! Virus!"
"Yes because the artificials have no powers. So it's got to be Virus," Leomon replied.
"Well what are we doing here standing around here for? I say we head on over there before he makes a snack out of more innocent people," exclaimed Davis.
Xveemon picks up Davis as he quickly flies ahead and across the lake. Leomon hovered up and quickly flew right after them. They sped up as fast as they could in order to reach for the next small town that was going to be Virus' next food stop.
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Within the mysterious small town just miles away from the lake, there was tons of life including a large crowd of people walking across and going about their daily lives. Everything seemed peaceful and quiet, that is for a while at least. That silence would soon disappear as a dark presence was being felt among the local residents.
[Dark, eerie music starts playing in the background]
Just away from a long distance, there was a shadowy figure emerging from the dark forest. He stood where nobody could notice him at first sight. He looked across and felt large quantities of energy all around him. Tons of life forms were here for him to feast upon. Virus has now arrived in the small town and he had quite a satanic look on his face.
Suddenly, a few people came walking by as they were planning on hiking in the forest. But little did they realize that Virus was hiding among the brush. The joggers began to walk through the brush but then they felt their chests being stabbed by some sort of sharp, dagger like spear. Each of them began to scream with blood-curling horror as they felt their bodies being quickly sucked away out of existence. Virus came emerging out of the forest, which got a whole group of more residents running away from their lives. But their lives would soon come to an end at the hands of this hungry monster. He craves nothing but for their energy. They would easily provide him for the energy he needs to ensure his immediate survival.
Many more innocent people started to scream for their lives and attempt to run away from the evil monster. But no matter how much they ran, they weren't able to escape the quickness of Virus. He was able to catch up to victims and lash out his tail to suck them away into his being.
A teenage boy was running across into a dark alleyway. Virus took notice of this and quickly phased out. The boy found himself running across the dark alleyway and was quickly running out of breath. He bent down while trying to catch his breath. He stopped to turn around as he heard a dumpster fall over. He gasped and held his chest while his heart beat rapidly. He was in total fear of what was going to happen to him. Suddenly, there were two pairs of glowing blood-shot red eyes glowing behind him. The boy turned around with fear in his eyes and within the last second, he felt a sharp stab into his chest as he let out a horrifying scream that easily echoed across the entire city. Now he was soon to be absorbed into Virus' being.
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Leomon and Xveemon felt the tremendous power increase coming from the nearby town. They boosted up their speed in order to make it to the city in time before Virus drains everybody of their energy.
"Its Virus! He must be absorbing more victims," Xveemon said.
"We better hurry," Leomon replied.
"Yeah, this certainly isn't looking good for our side. If he disappears again, I'm going to pull my freaking hair out!"
As soon as he said that, they made it into town and found it to very empty and quiet, without a single trace of life anywhere.
"Damn! Looks like we're too late," Leomon said, "He must of sensed us coming!"
"We're going to have to get to our destinations a lot faster next time! Man! I just hate looking for things! It totally irritates the hell out of me!" Xveemon exclaimed.
"C'mon guys. We can't let this go on. We have to trace down Virus before he gets himself anymore stronger by taking the lives of these innocent people," Davis said.
"Well, we can always go with plan B. Um, does anyone got a plan B?" asked Xveemon.
From high above a tall building, Virus suppressed his ki-level and looked down at his three adversaries. He could only snicker to himself as the three were looking for him.
"Just look at those fools. I can easily crush them if I wanted to. But, I'll save them for later. I got much more important things to attend to at this very moment. Like absorbing those artificials."
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Meanwhile, the three artificials were scouting other parts of Japan in search of Taichi and Agumon. They were getting pretty close to Odaiba but Jax wanted to take as much time as he wanted in finding those two. He doesn't plan on rushing with this mission.
"So are getting pretty close to Taichi, Black War Greymon. I'm getting pretty impatient here," said Sonja.
"He's still in Odaiba and we are getting close. But at this rate, we're not going to get there anytime soon. I should just go and find him myself!"
"Cool down, big guy," Jax said, "We don't want to rush all too quickly and wear yourself out, now don't you? That's a bad move on your part."
"Maybe your right but I'm really looking forward into fighting War Greymon. He is my ultimate challenge that I have been craving for. It intrigues me from within. I need to fight him."
"You will have your chance," Jax said, "But first we find Taichi and then you can have your fun. Deal?"
"Yes…"
"And lets get a move on! Now! The longer we wait, the more time that Taichi recovers and we can't allow for that to happen," Sonja said.
"Even if he does recover, he still poses no threat to us," replied Jax.
With that said, the three artificials flew across and headed off into the distance in which they would head towards Odaiba in search of the Taichi and Agumon. Black War Greymon is seeking for a fight with War Greymon, but would he soon get it? That's a good possibility but only the future can tell.
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Virus managed to phase out of sight in the small town and escaped being seen from the two digimon. He escaped into the forest and began to run across at a fast speed to reach far off distances. He was now in search for more energy to keep his ki-level at an even pace. Virus stopped and looked down at a nearby cliff.
"Well. Well. There's more food for my satisfaction. This should be my last stop and then its off to find the artificials. I can't wait to achieve my final form. This world and the Digital World will soon perish under my evil power. Ha. Ha."
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Elsewhere, Faith was in the air while searching for Metalla X. Dimitri was hell bent on locating his young father and wants to question him on his motive in reaching the so-called next level of fusion status? Was there any way to ascend to the next level to fusion?
But Dimitri is more concerned on how everything has been out of proportion from the day he first arrived in this time period about a year ago.
"I just don't understand it. I thought for sure everything that I predicted would have come true, but I see now that everything has been out of place. Like for instance, when we first saw Virus. Even he knew that everything was out of place. So I'm not the only one who realizes that, but what does Virus know about me? I've never seen him before. But most importantly, I can easily look back on everything that had occurred during this one year period."
Flashback
"It all started with the fight against Burizalor a year ago."
Angemon X shoots out a huge energy beam and sends it hurtling towards the two. However, Lady Myotismon and Burizalor were both able to maneuver out of the way. They both flew up to safety.
"Now I'm going to kill you! I won't go down that eas-" Burizalor cried out.
But as soon as he said that, he turned to see Angemon X with his blade intact. He held out his blade and flew towards Burizalor. The evil tyrant was frozen with fear, as he couldn't even move a muscle. Angemon X swooped down and sliced into Burizalor. Within a matter of moments, Angemon X stood still as everything went into slow motion. Burizalor looked down at his body and watched as his lower part of the body was sliding off. He gasped, as he couldn't even mutter a single word.
Burizalor was sliced in half from the blade of Angemon X. His upper body was cut off from his other half within seconds.
"I was able to defeat him and Lady Myotismon with ease. But I wasn't there to even fight them; I was there to deliver the news to Tai and the others. They had to know what turn of events would occur in their time the following year. I told them of the approaching artificial threat. Once I returned back to this time period, I found out that everything was beginning to slip out of proportion. For example, the artificials that they were facing were much different from the ones that attacked my future world. I thought for sure Sonja and Jax would show up, but instead Funkymon, Ice Ladydevimon and Elfmon were in their place. Plus Tai and Agumon weren't even infected by the D-Virus until during the battle rather than before it. And those two are still alive, which shocked me. Eventually, the real artificials would eventually show up but along with them came a new artificial, Black War Greymon. That's the evil creation of Datamon. How could have I missed him?! What other evil schemes does Datamon even have up his sleeve? Soon, my questions would be answered when we found the pod containing Virus' egg and the monster itself. That creature now seeks to absorb the two most powerful artificials. I just can't imagine how terrible of a monster would be created from such an upgrade. I can't imagine what Virus' true motive really is. But there's one thing that we got to do! We have to stop them before everything is lost! We must save the future!"
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"And now my young father wants to ascend to the next level of fusion! But if there's anybody who can also accomplish that feat, it will be us, Faith. Are you up for it?"
"Ready whenever you are."
"Thank you, my friend. Now lets go find my father."
With that said, Faith boosted his speed and coasted over the landscape in hopes of finding Metalla X and to make sure that Dimitri will fulfill his destiny. Would Dimitri be able to ascend to the next level of fusion, and is it even possible?
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A nearby town was barren and there was no signs of life anywhere to be found. It was as if it were now already a ghost town. Its eerie presence was more than enough to creep somebody out. Deep within this small town, there was once a large group of people going about their daily lives and walking around as if it were a normal day. But that was not the case here.
There were not even traces of people within their homes. It was as if they had abandoned their homes in order to escape the evil monster that was on the hunt for them. But that was not the case; there weren't any groups of people making their escape out of town. It was as if they had mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
Broken glass was found along the barren streets and windows had been broken in. This sure wasn't any kind of a robbery that was for sure. Whoever did this knew what they were doing and weren't going to expose themselves anytime soon. Or is a single individual committing these intentional acts.
Those questions would soon be answered, as there were several cries and screams from a nearby building. Loud gunshots were being fired at something that had just intruded in. What they were shooting at was something not human and not weak either. They would have to use more than just firearms to kill whatever they were shooting at. In fact, firearms aren't going to work period. Soon all of these screams would suddenly fade away and there would soon be sudden silence.
More people began screaming but their screams were all put to rest in a matter of moments. Something was happening to these people and only one thing would cause this much chaos. Yes, it was Virus.
Several men stood their ground as they began firing away at the door. They were determined to bring the monster down with their firearms powerful enough to cause severe damage to intruders. These were trained, military officers and they weren't going to back down from the monster.
They all stopped firing and they started to reload their weapons. The smoke started to clear and now there was total silence within the room at this very moment. They all stood their ground and waited for the creature to emerge. But they wouldn't even hear a single footstep. So maybe they were able to take out the monster with their powerful firearms.
One of the soldiers went walking up towards the door but he was slowly walking towards it to avoid making a sound. He grabbed the doorknob and turned it. As he opened it and walked through, he poked his head out through the hallways and to his surprise, there wasn't anything there. But as soon as he turned to face his other comrades, a long, spiked tail came spearing through a glass window and stabbing right through one of the soldier's chest. The soldier screamed out as he watched the spiked tail began to suck away at his body as if it were being sucked through a straw. He soon would be completely sucked right through the tail, which sent fear in the eyes of the other soldiers.
They began firing at the window but that would do them no good. Virus came flying out and he lashed out his tail at another helpless soldier and quickly began to suck him away. The other two soldiers tried to escape but eye beams being fried from Virus shot them down. This took long enough to temporarily paralyze them in order to allow him to finish absorbing his latest victim.
Virus walks over towards the two paralyzed soldiers and proceeded to stab at them with his spiked tail. He then proceeded to absorb them through his tail. Their screams had now faded away and they were now gone from existence and inside Virus in order to help keep his energy supply in stable condition.
"Well that was some snack. But I think I should be taking off from here. Those artificials are going to be so thrilled when they get a good look at me. I've waited so long for this moment."
Right when Virus thought that he had absorbed all of the victims that he could find in the building, he was dead wrong. He didn't realize that a red-haired teenage girl was hiding behind a desk in hopes to hide from the evil monster. But all of her hopes would soon go flying out the window as Virus felt a presence within the room and turned around. An evil smirk came across his face and he walked towards the desk. The girl felt the footsteps approaching and gasped in total fear. Now she was about to witness death approaching.
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Angemon flew across the town that Virus is currently at and felt a dark energy. He looked down and this caught TK's attention.
"What's wrong, Angemon?"
"I feel a disturbance down in that town. I say we check it out."
"Right, maybe we actually found Virus! Lets make sure we are able to catch up to him before he gets away."
"Right. Hey, I think I see Xveemon and Leomon!"
"Where?"
Angemon pointed out to where Xveemon and Leomon were flying down into the nearby town. TK could also see Davis and he called out to him. Davis turned to see TK and waved over to him.
"Yo dude! We're glad that you managed to make it! C'mon we need ya!"
"On my way!"
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As soon as the teenage girl screamed out with total fear, she quickly ran out of the building in hopes to escape the evil wrath of Virus. But little did she realize that Virus was walking right after her. But he seemed to be taking his time and not rushing in to absorbing her.
As the girl continued on running, she didn't realize that a bump was on the ground and she easily tripped over it. She fell down and saw Virus slowly approaching her. But he began to run towards her with his tail ready to lash out at her. She screamed out, for she knew that her end would soon come. But as the tail was coming closer to stabbing her, she quickly phased out. Virus stopped for a moment and stood his ground.
But as soon as he turned around, he could see Xveemon holding the girl safely in his arms.
"Nicely done, Xveemon!" commented Davis, "You saved a girl for once."
"I guess. You can call me the official ladies' digimon."
"No, that's not what I had in mind."
Virus turned to face Xveemon and a smile formed across his face. He was quite happy to see Xveemon in a way, since he would now have a chance at killing him.
"Ha. It's you, Xveemon. Tell me, how did you know that I was going to be here?"
"I can smell you coming from a mile away and believe me you need to bath!"
"Quite a humorous fellow you really are, Xveemon. But those jokes will lead you down to your demise."
"Thank you. Whoever you are," the girl said as she planted a kiss on Xveemon's cheek. This quite shocked Xveemon as he began to blush. He placed her down on the ground.
"You need to get out of here. I know your cute and all but you and I aren't made to be together. I'm a digimon and you're a human. Plus this thing is going to eat you if you don't get out of here. So please, do us a favor."
"Yes and thank you."
The girl runs off into the distance in order to get away from the battle. Virus laughed hysterically as he got into a fighting stance. Xveemon turned to face him and was ready to attack.
"Let him have it!" Davis cried out.
Virus starts the duel off with a flying charge at Xveemon. Xveemon sees him coming and quickly maneuvers to the side. Virus turns around and lashes out his spiked tail at his adversary. Xveemon managed to jump over the tail and fly right towards Virus. Virus sees him coming and manages to fly up. Virus flies down and this allowed Xveemon the chance to unleash his next attack.
"V-Laser!!"
Xveemon unleases an energy beam from his chest and sends it right for Virus. Virus manages to maneuver away from the blast head on and phases out. Xveemon turns around and quickly ducks under a punch being thrown at him. Virus proceeded to throw in a several punches and kicks at Xveemon, but he was able to block out all of Virus' attacks. Virus head butts Xveemon and sends him flying back with a tail lash. Xveemon goes flying back, which allowed Virus to quickly fly right at him and blast him in the stomach with a small beam. Xveemon goes falling to the ground as he was slowly trying to get his feet.
Virus shoots out several ki-blast with rapid speed and something that Xveemon was soon going to have some trouble avoiding. Virus wasn't kidding when he said that he has nearly an unlimited amount of power. He can just end the fight with one of Xveemon's own attacks but Virus has decided to let the fight continue and turn it into his own personal game.
"Please. You aren't even taking me seriously, Xveemon! Your attacks are getting sloppy! It's going to take more than just power to defeat me!"
Virus goes flying right for Xveemon and wrenches back his fist. Xveemon slowly gets to his feet. Davis watches on and has almost seen enough. He grips his D-3 angrily as if he were demanding Xveemon to make his next move and not allow to be defeated by a creature such as Virus.
"Here goes nothing! If this won't work on him, then I don't know what will," Xveemon said to himself.
As soon as Virus was nearing Xveemon with his fist wrenched back, Xveemon took advantage as he formed a ball of energy in his hand. He held his hands forward and released a powerful ray of light that was strong enough to completely blind a person. Xveemon used a bright flash technique which was bright enough to blind Virus for the moment being. Xveemon takes advantage and starts hammering away at Virus. Xveemon wrenches his fist back and nails Virus right in the face. The evil monster's face feels the impact of the fist to his face and quickly goes flying back and tumbling down into the ground.
"Hey! Don't take credit for everything for yourself!" Leomon exclaimed.
"Had enough, Virus?" Angemon asked.
"No. There's nothing at all. I was just getting my second wind. Now that you're all here, I can unleash some of my hidden powers that I wasn't able to exploit during our first encounter. So allow me to demonstrate."
Virus started to a large ball of energy and the digimon were taking notice of this. But now they weren't going to allow Virus to fully tap into his powers. However, the clever Virus had a trick up his sleeve and his energy ball was becoming a ball of flames. Virus pointed forward towards the digimon and chanted out several attacks of the digimon, since he has the powers of the digimon within his being.
"Nova Blast!"
He also used the attacks of Greymon to quickly stun his adversaries for the moment being as he took the chance to fly off into the air.
"Oh no you don't," TK cried out angrily, "Angemon!"
Angemon goes flying right at Virus in order to catch up to him. Virus gasps as Angemon phases right in front of him. Angemon wrenches back and delivers a fist to his gut, which sends the evil artificial flying back.
"No! Its time for you to die, Angemon!"
Virus powers up and crosses his arms together. He was chanting something to himself and then he uncrossed her arms to unleash a wave of furiously, hungry bats out of where. Now he was using Myotismon's Grisly Wing. Angemon watched as the bats approached him and temporarily stunned him for the time being. Virus then delivers a spinning heel kick to Angemon's face.
Virus wrenches back and punches Angemon right in the face, which sends the angel digimon flying back into a nearby cliff. The major impact that Angemon felt was tremendous and he felt major pain erupting throughout his whole body.
"Had enough, Angemon?"
"Fist of the Beast King!!"
Virus turned around and managed to maneuver away from Leomon's patented attack just in time before he would get annihilated. Virus looks down and faces off Leomon. A smirk came across his face and Leomon wondered what Virus had up his sleeve.
"A valiant effort, Digi-Destined. But it all was in vain! Your attacks are useless against me. Even at your best, you are unable to beat me. Now, since you rudely interrupted my little lunch break, I might as well skip out and locate my main course. Yes, the two artificials and there's nothing that you can do to stop me."
"Oh yeah! We'll see about that!" Davis exclaimed.
"Ah Daisuke. You're always the firs to jump into conclusions. This is not over yet. But I'll be looking forward in seeing you once I reach my complete form. So until then, ta-ta!"
Virus quickly phases out of nowhere and this catches the digimon by surprise, now he has managed to increase his speed a notch. Xveemon was quite expecting this as he growled angrily and Davis was just as angry.
"Damn! We almost had him!"
"He managed to increase his speed and use some sort of teleportation," Leomon said, "Now we're going to have to move a lot faster than this."
"If we hope to catch him, that's the only problem," Davis said, "Hey what's that in your hand, TY?"
"The blueprint of the Jax-model."
"Your kidding me?! So you and Dimitri managed to find the plans?"
"Yep. Dimitri left to go find Matt and Gabumon. I just hope he knows what he's getting himself into."
"Well for sure, he's looking on achieving to reach to the so-called next level of the fusion power. Metalla X was hell bent on doing it. Dimitri will be no different," Leomon explained.
"So I say we move out and head back to Odaiba."
"Yeah. I'm just sick of Virus disappearing every time we try to catch up to him! I'm getting a little damn tired of this routine," Xveemon griped.
"We almost had him but wait till next time, buddy," said Davis.
"Well we better head off back to Odaiba and meet up with the others there."
They all nodded in agreement as they flew up in order to reach to their next destination, which would be back home to Odaiba where they will return back to meet up with the other Digi-Destined. There they would plan out their next move against Virus and the artificals.
Virus looks up and sees that his adversaries have left the area. Now he was free to roam around in search of the artificials. Now his next move was to find them and absorb Jax and Sonja into his being. But he would also have to be careful and make sure that the Digi-Destined aren't on his tail all the time.
Virus takes advantage of this time and flies off in search of the artificials that he has craved for and will do anything to absorb them into his being in order to complete his full evolution.
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December 20, 2004
Back in Odaiba, Ken, Yolei, Davis, TK, Leomon, Cody and the kid's digimon all gathered at the park after listening to more numerous reports of Virus attacking more towns and absorbing more people as the days go by. They wouldn't allow this to go and would take manners into their own hands.
"I've heard enough about this guy! You ready to go, Xveemon," asked Davis.
"After all that waiting and eating, you bet I'm ready!" Xveemon exclaimed.
"Stingmon, we have to keep our eyes out for Virus or the artificials," Ken said.
"Right."
"Well now that everything is settled," TK said, "Lets head out gang!"
They all nodded in agreement as each Digi-Destined got onto their respective digimon and flew off into the air as they began to scope the landscapes in search of any weird and disturbing occurrences.
"I just hope Tai feels alright. It's been several days already," Davis said.
"Don't you worry! He and Agumon are tough guys! They can pull through," Xveemon said.
"You're right. And lets make him proud by taking out that creep and those artificials!"
With that said, the whole group set off on their mission, which was to seek and destroy the artificials and to find Virus before he absorbs anymore people to make himself stronger than ever. But it's been several days and Virus' ki-level could have skyrocketed as a result.
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Meanwhile, the three artificials continue their search for Tai and Agumon. It's been several days since they last fought the Digi-Destined in the first battle but their mission has not yet been completed. Black War Greymon has been anxiously waiting until he gets his chance at fighting War Greymon as he always planned of doing.
"How long till we get to Odaiba?" Jax asked.
"Not too far. We're getting really close. According to my calculations, Taichi and Agumon are indeed there. It will only be a matter of time until I get my chance at fighting War Greymon. Its what I always been wanting."
"So a fight with War Greymon? I'd pay to see that," Sonja said, "but at this rate, we're not going to get to Odaiba anytime soon. And these trees are just irritating to look at! I'll just blow them away!"
With that said, Sonja holds out her hand and a ball of energy started to form in her hand. She looked down at the forest and threw the energy blast down at the forest below her. Within an instant, the energy blast pushed away the large forest and caused the entire area to be blown away.
"Ahhh. Much better. Now we can clear the land and hope to find a resting spot cause us ladies need our little beauty sleep."
"Yeah whatever. Now that you finished showing off, we can now continue on with our mission," Jax said.
"Ha. Showing off? At least I never hold back on my power unlike you."
"If they continue they're arguing, there will be no way we will make it to Odaiba on time. Taichi, the time has come for your destruction. There shall only be one War Greymon in two worlds, either your War Greymon or myself. Your fate shall be in my hands," Black War Greymon thought to himself as he clenched his fists with his eyes glowing a blood-shot red.
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Back at the apartments, Kari and Gatomon were making some soup for both Agumon and Tai. Kari had never made soup before and decided to give it a try.
"I hope my brother likes our soup," Kari said.
"Well, we haven't gotten sick from the soup that's for sure."
"Oh c'mon. I'm not that bad of a cook."
"Well, your still a beginner. Wait till you have kids."
"That will be hell."
"That's for sure!"
Kari picked up the two bowls and walked right over towards the living room where she would feed both her brother and Agumon.
"Boys. It's time for a little soup. What the heck?!"
"What's wrong, Kari?"
"They're gone."
"What?!"
Kari was right as she pointed out towards the two empty beds. Agumon and Tai were just asleep just a while ago and now they're gone.
"Where could they have gone to?" wondered Kari.
"Kari! Gatomon! You two better take a good look at this!" exclaimed Sora.
Kari and Gatomon ran out towards the balcony to see Izzy and Sora pointing out to the skies. Kari looked up and to her surprise she could see War Greymon flying around at full speed and tossing several ki-blasts into the skies.
"Its War Greymon! He's back to full health," Gatomon said, "How cool! The antidote really worked!"
"Hey Kari!"
Kari quickly recognized the voice and she quickly turned around to see her own brother on his two feet. He smiled to her and looked to be better than ever.
"So where's the soup?"
"Tai! You're alright!"
Kari ran over and hugged her brother. Tai returned the hug and was quite happy to see his sister again. He never thought that he would have gotten out of that long sleep.
"Its so good to know that you're better," Sora said.
"Well, that's a good thing. Just be glad that I'm not suffering and about to have a heart attack. So I heard a lot has been going down during my recovery period. Virus huh?"
"You listened to our conversation?" asked Izzy.
"Yeah. I heard everything that TK, Davis and Leomon had told you. And from what I hear, he's pretty tough."
"He is and how do you plan on making your next move against him?" asked Izzy.
"It's quite simple really. Go out and challenge his power. But first, War Greymon and I are going to reach the next level of fusion and ascend to reach that status of power."
"What?! Are you serious?" Sora asked, "But is that remotely possible?!"
"I heard everything from TK about it and it doesn't surprise me. There is a level beyond the power of a normal fusion warrior. And guess what? War Greymon and I are going to rise to claim that power. But first, we're going to have to get our daily warm up exercises and get a bite to eat. Man I'm starving."
"Well we can't let you go on an empty stomach," Kari said, "That's why I made soup."
"Huh? You made soup?"
"Yeah."
"Well that's a first. I just hope I don't get food poisoning after trying it."
"Well, you won't know until you try it," teased Kari.
War Greymon flies down towards Tai as the young boy turns to face him.
"So, when do you want to go and meet up with the others?"
"A little later War Greymon. First lets get something into our stomachs and move on."
"I can feel it. Yes, soon we'll both reach that new level beyond fusion. I'm really looking forward in fighting both Black War Greymon and Virus. I missed out and I don't plan on missing out on anymore of the fights."
"Don't worry, War Greymon. We'll soon be back in action."
"Is he really serious of reaching a new level beyond the power of fusion?"pondered Sora, "Does he even really know what he's getting himself into? Well, then again, Tai always loves the thrill of new challenges. I just hope you're up to this great challenge, because those artificials swatted us aside like flies. Hopefully, you got something up your sleeve."
Does Tai really know what he's getting himself into? Does he even know what kind of a threat the three artificials pose and does he realize that they are out to look for him? Meanwhile, Virus continues his absorbing ways and doing anything he can in looking for Jax and Sonja to complete his evolution?! What will go down eventually?!
[Digimon Zero Two first ending theme "Ashita wa Atashi no Kaze ga Fuku" plays]
[Preview]
Tai: Sora. Agumon and I are going to start our training. If this Virus guy is a bigger threat than those artificials, then I'm going to have to get prepared. Kari. Bring Gatomon with you.
Kari: Why? What's on your mind?
Tai: Kari. We're going train Gatomon to her fullest potential. I think I might have found a possible way to defeating Virus.
Sora: I just hope you know what you're doing.
Tai: Trust me. I'm also going to ask Matt and Dimitri to come along.
Matt: You want me to what? So, it's a special training room?
Tai: X had this arranged for emergencies. He's told me about it and said it would be the perfect time to use it.
Dimitri: I like your thinking, Tai. In all honesty, you'd be the last person to come up with a brilliant plan.
Tai: Yeah! No kidding, huh?
Jax: Hello, is Tai there?
Leomon: Damn! The artificials have arrived!
Jax: So, you want to defend Tai from execution? Very well then, Leomon. You brought this on yourself. We never wanted to kill you, but it looks like I have no choice.
Cody: Next time on Digimon Fusion Zero Two, episode twenty-five!
Azulongmon's Room of Time! The Two Decisive Powers Collide: Cyberleomon vs. Artificial Jax
Yolei: Don't you miss it!
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Max: Another set up for the next episode. We promised you action next time and you've got it! By the way, you guys just got another Tamers character cameo appearance. That red-haired teenager is none other than Riley of the Hypnos team. So you guys got a peek at her younger self. She's 18 at this point of time. By the Tamers saga, she'll be 25 since. It's a seven year gap between the Virus and Tamers Sagas. You'll expect plenty of more Tamer cameos throughout the Virus Saga.
Keke: Leomon is up for more action. So if you're a Leomon fan, you'll enjoy his fight against Artifical Jax.
Max: Until then, check back and expect the next chapter to be posted within a day or two. There's always the Tamers fic to read from. In other words, we're out! Peace!
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