Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, the Digi-Destined or any of the Tamers! I also don't have the rights to the Dragonball Z storyline. They're copyrights of Toei animation! DBZ respectfully belongs to Toei and Akira Toriyama. I do own the character named Sonja. Shintomon, Buddamon, Dark Magimon, King Devimon and the Fusion series D-Reaper are characters made by Dark Warrior.
Max: Nothing much to say, but to read this fic. It's the set-up to perhaps one of the most emotional moments throughout the series. For any that is a fan of Matt, then the next chapter is for you. Let me warn you that it will be sad. Until then, enjoy this fic.
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[Digimon Tamers Opening "The Biggest Dreamer" plays]
Hikari on the Brink of Death! Mega Gargomon's Ultimate Evolution!
Dark Magimon's ship. Ground level.
D-Reaper was still in the sky above Shintomon with her arms and legs spread out. Shintomon watches helplessly and staring up in fear. He slowly backs away, but D-Reaper seems to be moving forward a bit. Dark Magimon watches on laughing maniacally and was looking forward to seeing his archenemy about to die.
"This is great, D-Reaper! Kill him! Kill him!"
[Final Fantasy VII "Sephiroth's theme" plays]
Shintomon stops moving and quickly adopts a fighting pose while D-Reaper continually moves slowly towards him. Shintomon glances down towards the crater on the ground, at which both Taomon and Celesta X were resting. They were remaining still, but slowly began to move. Rika was slowly regaining her senses and looks up to Taomon.
"Are you okay, Taomon?"
"I'm fine, but I've never felt anything so painful…"
"D-Reaper gave… us… quite a blow," Celesta X muttered.
"Wheres Shintomon?" Rika asked.
D-Reaper begins to laugh and scream as she starts to puff out her own stomach, which was now inches away from Shintomon, but he stands away with his arms up in defense. D-Reaper starts to approach much closer to Shintomon. Finally, Shintomon cries out and throws up his right hand, hitting D-Reaper in the face with a gust of wind. D-Reaper's head is thrown back, but not even forced away by Shintomon. Dark Magimon looks on gasping.
After a few moments, D-Reaper sits back up, still smiling. Shintomon gasps in shock. He lowers his head, watching in complete terror. D-Reaper has a devilish grin on her face and suddenly claps both hands with Shintomon's head in the middle. Shintomon grunts out in surprise and pain as they hit. D-Reaper slowly removes her hands as Shintomon's face was now all battered. His eyes were completely shut and his mouth hangs open in another painful grunt. D-Reaper pulls back a fist and clenches it. Instead of punching him, D-Reaper smashes him in the head causing Shintomon to go plummeting down into the rocky ground below sending up dust and debris flying as a result.
"No! Shintomon!" Rika cried out.
"We've got to stop that thing before he kills Shintomon," Taomon said.
"If only we can withstand this pain… I tell you. It's unreal," replied Celesta X.
"We better hurry or we're going to lose him."
D-Reaper looks on laughing and screaming happily. Shintomon races out of the dust cloud. He appears right in front of D-Reaper again. This caught the monster by surprise. Shintomon throws his hands together at the wrist towards D-Reaper's midsection; he powers up a red ki-blast and shoots it out. The blast seemingly goes right though D-Reaper, blowing a hole right through her and continuing on. Shintomon was forced to shield his own eyes from the bright explosion and all can be seen is a bright, pink light in the sky. The ball slowly shrinks and fades away. Shintomon gasps and looks right up at D-Reaper, gasping once again.
D-Reaper has been thrown back and is laying on his back in midair. She quickly rights herself, not even having a single scratch on her. She goes flying right back to Shintomon.
"Oh shit!! I can't penetrate it!!"
Shintomon's eyes twitch as he goes staring right up at D-Reaper. D-Reaper pulls back and smashes her own head into Shintomon's. Shintomon once again goes falling and screams all the way down. Celesta X and Taomon watch on helplessly.
"Shintomon!!"
"Oh no!!"
Shintomon goes crashing into a nearby cliff and it causes a small explosion as a result. Dark Magimon looks on laughing to himself.
"That's awesome, D-Reaper! Now kill him! Kill him!"
Celesta X and Taomon look on angrily, as they lowered their heads and unleashed powerful aura waves all around them, throwing up rocks all around them.
"You two be careful," said Rika.
They both struggled to their feet while staggering forward and groaning in pain along the way. They almost collapsed but were taking deep breaths and look back up.
"Shintomon. He had sacrificed himself for us," Taomon said.
"Yeah, but he isn't dead yet. D-Reaper was just toying with him. I have a bad feeling that D-Reaper's true power has not been displayed just yet."
D-Reaper starts celebrating in midair, while Shintomon struggles to get back up from the fallen rubble that was covering him. His breathing was ragged and labored as the last of the rocks fall away. He then hears something and looks up to see D-Reaper descending. D-Reaper abruptly stops laughing and has a self-confident grin on her face. Shintomon glares fearfully and once again climbs up to his feet.
"Damn you…"
Shintomon clenches his fists tightly, along with his teeth and shuts his eyes as if he were about to charge up his ki. D-Reaper slowly walks up forward, her feet making imprints in the rock in every step. Shintomon concentrates as D-Reaper approaches. Suddenly, Shintomon's eyes shoot open, glowing a bright blue. D-Reaper is thrown back with a surprised grunt.
"How did you like that?!"
But D-Reaper rights herself back, smiling. Shintomon was now out of ideas and gasps in horror as D-Reaper sets her feet back down. D-Reaper scratches her face and Shintomon steps back, taking a fighting pose despite the futility of it. D-Reaper holds up her right hand and clenches a fist at her side with the other in a fighting pose. She begins to walk forward and Shintomon starts backing away. D-Reaper flashes a devilish grin again and her eyes glow red. Shintomon contorts in pain and screams. This causes him to go flying back through the ground and skimming away into the distance. He was so close to the ground that there was a ton of dust cloud surrounding him while sliding through the rock. Dark Magimon watches happily, but is surprised to see Shintomon racing towards him.
"What?!"
He turns to run and was almost hit by Shintomon. He sees Shintomon lying motionless and face-first in the dirt. In fact, the Supreme guardian was only a few feet away from the sorcerer.
"Huh? You came all the way back here. Lets see how you are doing."
The sorcerer walks up towards Shintomon, who twitches a little, but doesn't open his eyes.
"Does it hurt that much, Shintomon?"
He begins nudging Shintomon's shoulder with his foot. He quickly hears a notice and looks up to see D-Reaper descending again.
"What?! She's back."
D-Reaper lands right on top of Shintomon, her foot knocking Dark Magimon out of the way. Shintomon cries out in pain with his eyes shooting out wide open. He groans in pain. Dark Magimon comes running up.
"What are you doing napping here? One wouldn't think that you were king of the digital universes."
Shintomon simply ignores the sorcerer's taunts and slowly tries to lift himself up, but fails and collapses onto the ground. Dark Magimon began to laugh once again.
"This feels great! Maybe I should finish him off now!"
Suddenly, two screams ring out and Dark Magimon looks over to see both Celesta X and Taomon with their feet outstretched. They both collided with D-Reaper, knocking it away. Dark Magimon screams and runs away.
"Are you alright, Shintomon?" asked Celesta X.
Shintomon slowly looks back over with his shoulder with a weak smile. Dark Magimon stops running and looks back over towards the two digimon.
"Damn and it was just getting good."
Meanwhile, D-Reaper, who didn't even fall over but instead caught her balance by standing on one foot, looks back over towards Taomon and Celesta X.
The digimon gasp while D-Reaper chart-wheeled herself back over towards where they were standing. She jumps back to her feet beside the two digimon and puffs off her face to get rid of the imprints left by their feet. She turns towards them, laughing. They looked on with shock and fear, with their arms up in fighting poses.
"What is it?! That's didn't even hurt it at all?"Taomon asked in thought.
"Its like we're hitting nothing but ooze itself! This is impossible,"Celesta X said to herself.
D-Reaper once again flashes a devilish grin and coldly speaks.
"You two are in the way! You disappear!"
The two digimon go flying forward with their arms outstretched, but Shintomon goes screaming on.
"Hikari!! Renamon!! Look out!!"
D-Reaper throws her hands forward and throws out a blue stream of ki at both Celesta X and Taomon, which they easily pass through. However, when they were just a few inches away, what basically looked like a beam of light turns into a ball of blue and white ki that quickly expands with Celesta X trapped inside of it but sending Taomon flying back to where Rika was laying. Taomon de-evolved back to Renamon and was laid in front of her Tamer. She held onto the neon-colored fox to prevent her from getting caught by the ki ball.
"Renamon!! Kari!!"
Celesta X screams as she rides the ki ball that's bigger than her. Shintomon watches helplessly as the ball curves into the air. Dark Magimon watches and laughs maniacally.
"I can't see her anymore! I hope she falls off the edge of this digital plane field!"
The ki ball continues into the sky with Celesta X to even escape her way through it.
Shintomon slowly climbs onto his hands and knees while looking back over his shoulder. His eyes flash blue and the ki ball explodes. Celesta X goes falling out of the sky, through some trees and onto the floor of a nearby forest. Shintomon lies back down on the ground with an exhausted look on his face. He looks over towards that direction.
"Please… survive… Hikari… We're going to need you…"
With that said, Shintomon's eyes close and he falls back down onto the ground face-first.
"Hey?! Did you just do something?" asked Dark Magimon.
Shintomon doesn't respond as he was laid out.
Meanwhile, Kari and Gatomon were both layed out in the forest after de-evolving from their fusion form. They were just about in the same state as Shintomon, either dead of knocked out completely unconscious.
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Earth. West Shinjuku Dragon Hotel. Cafeteria
The remaining Digi-Destined were dining in at the hotel's cafeteria. They were just about to finish up. From there, they would depart and make their way over to Izzy's hotel room.
Yolei had finished a second plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Hawkmon looked on with a rather displeased look on his face. The others had finished eating and were waiting for the ravenous one.
"What? What's with the silent treatment all of a sudden?" Yolei asked.
"We've been waiting here for an hour," Sora said. "I think we should get going. It's not like this cafeteria offered the best food."
"You can say that again. I think those mashed potatoes are cramping my stomach," Gomamon muttered.
"I say we go. We don't want to keep Izzy waiting for long. Now do we, Yolei?" Hawkmon asked.
"Ok. It's just been too long since I had a spaghetti meal. Ready to go, troops?"
"Oh boy. Troops. Now I feel like I'm in the military," Joe said. "I've gotta shake that bad image out."
"I'm still wondering about this Shibumi person," Mimi said. "I think I've heard that name somewhere before."
"Maybe a designer company?" Palmon suggested.
"I doubt Izzy would want anything to do with fashion, Palmon," Biyomon said.
"Whatever Izzy has to tell us, it's important. We shouldn't take this too lightly," said Sora. "So. I say we go see what he has to tell us and we'll decide where to go from there. Understood?"
"Yeah."
"You know. We really have to consider the fact that half of our group are in that other digital world for the sake of our planet."
"Sora, you're forgetting that our team consist four of the powerful true fusion warriors," Joe said. "They'll succeed and return home."
"I just hope you're right, Joe."
"Aren't I always right?"
"Not all the time," Gomamon said. "But don't worry, you haven't jinxed us."
"I just hope you're right, Joe," Sora thought.
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Southern Gates of Zhuqiaomon
The whole group was discussing who would enter with Buddamon to confront the sovereign. There was a bit of tension, mainly between Suzie and Henry.
"But I want to go with you," Suzie said, "Please, let me go with you."
"No. You can't Suzie. It's too dangerous. I want you to stay here."
"But, can at least Lopmon stay here?"
"I'm sorry, Suzie. I have to go confront my master. I was one of his servants. Maybe I can try to talk some sense into him. Besides Zhuqiaomon would let no one else enter except with my permission."
"Then, Terriermon can stay right?"
"I'm so sorry, Suzie. But I have to stay with Henry and back up him in case ol' grumpy decides to kick our butts."
"Then, that means I would be the only one staying hewe! I can't stay out here alone! Please, let me go with you."
Just as Suzie was about to run up towards Henry, he turns around and raises a hand causing Suzie to fall back with a surprised look on her face. Everyone was just as shocked. Suzie sits down on the ground.
"Just what is he talking about?" Jeri asked.
"No kidding," Sonja replied, "We just can't leave the poor thing out here alone."
"If she were to come with us, then it would make things a lot harder than it seems," explained Henry.
"Then, in that case, we'll look after her," said Kazu.
"Are you sure?" asked Henry.
"Sure, while you guys go and confront this sovereign, you can leave this whole guarding the lady for me and Kenta."
"We're really good with kids, anyways," replied Kenta.
"We'll be responsible citizens for looking out for somebody's little sister," said Kazu.
"Ha! You two bozos are actually being responsible?" Sonja asked sarcastically.
"Can it, Sonja!" the two boys cried out.
"Alright, its in agreement. These two and Guardromon shall watch over Suzie. Meanwhile, the rest of us will go and confront the Sovereign. This should be more than enough. Lets go," said Buddamon.
"Good luck guys! Win another one for the good guys!" exclaimed Kazu.
"Don't go dying on us!" Kenta called out.
"Yeah. Thanks a lot for believing in us," said Takato.
Buddamon lead the three Tamers, the half-artificial and the four digimon through the pathway. Suddenly, a bubble formed around them and it was soon bringing them across the pathway. The others looked over to Henry, who was visibly angry.
"I can't believe Suzie had to come. She has no business being here in the Digital World. It's too dangerous for her. We should just hurry up, confront this stupid sovereign, find Calumon, find the others and go home! Plus, I'm sure the others can take care of the D-Reaper."
"You know you're right about one thing. We got a whole army of fusion warriors on our side, and they should be more than enough to beat this D-Reaper. We got other important things to do. But I just hope Rika will make it through. She happens to be in the line of fire as we speak."
"Don't worry, Takato," said Buddamon, "Just focus on this mission. Rika can pretty much defend and handle herself."
"He's right. She's not your usual damsel in distress anyway," said Jeri, "She's tough. We got a mission on our hands."
Takato nods his head and begins telling himself not to worry so much and to concentrate more on the current mission.
"Besides, we're all going to see each other again and we're going home after this is all said and done," said Guilmon, "Plus your dad promised me Guilmon bread if we were to come back."
"That's true. If I should have confidence in myself, then we all should have confidence in each other."
The whole group nodded towards each other as they gazed over towards the castle lair of the southern sovereign himself, Zhuqiaomon.
"So, Terriermon, you think you're up for this fight, little guy?" asked Sonja.
"Me? You're kidding me? I'm ready for anything as long as I'm at Henry's side. We're pretty much the unstoppable dynamic duo. And I'm not talking about Batman & Robin either."
"Well, like they always say, the smallest always end up being the best. Patamon sure showed me," Leomon said.
"Thanks for the compliments. So, are we there yet?"
"We are drawing very close, my friend," said Buddamon, "Very close indeed."
As soon as the bubble was getting closer and closer to the lair, the sovereign could easily sense their presence. A fiery blast comes flaring up from within the lair as a dark, corruptive voice spoke.
"So these digimon rely on the power of humans alone to gain more strength. Well, I won't this abomination to continue! I shall bring an end to this! The traitors shall not be forgive for protecting the humans."
The group already reached over towards the door as Lopmon and Buddamon stepped forward towards the door. As soon as they did that, the door opened up and it lead them directly towards the lair itself. The digimon were beginning to pick up a very powerful presence from within the lair. As soon as they reached, the next door opened and they finally made it into the lair. Lopmon bows and turns towards the shrine.
"Oh my sovereign. I call forth upon you."
"Trespassers! You actually have the gull to enter my holy chamber grounds?! Well, you're now going to suffer the ultimate punishment! You dare to bring in the human filth into my shrine?!"
The fire within the lair started to flare up and a huge monster revealed itself. The sovereign turned out to be a giant, phoenix bird with digi-cores surrounding his body.
"Sovereign, we have come to find the one named Calumon, the bearer of digivolution itself."
"Ha! You actually think I would know? I do not know where he is, but you have led these humans into my lair! You shall not be unpunished, Buddamon! And since I don't see Shintomon, there should be no reason to why I should just destroy you now and bring my attention to these worthless humans!"
"Alright guys! I'm not afraid of this flaming turkey! Lets get ready to matrix evolve! Now!"
Takato and Henry quickly pulled out their D-Arks and slashed their cards through them.
[Card Slash theme "Slash!" plays]
"Card Slash!! Matrix Evolution!!"
Matrix Evolution
[Digimon Tamers first evolution theme "Evo" plays]
"Guilmon shinka!! Growlmon!! Growlmon matrix shinka!! War Growlmon!!"
"Terriermon shinka!! Gargomon!! Gargomon matrix shinka!! Rapidmon!!"
Jeri pulls out her D-Ark and slashes a card of her own through hers.
[Card Slash theme "Slash!" plays]
"Card Slash!! Super Evolution Plug-In S!!"
Evolution!!
[Digimon Tamers first evolution theme "Evo" plays]
"Leomon warp shinka!! Cyberleomon!!"
The three newly evolved digimon stood in front of their Tamers while facing off the mighty sovereign, Zhuqiaomon. Sonja also stepped up to the plate and stood side by side with the evolved digimon.
"So, is this what you maggots call evolution?! You relied on the help of humans to gain this incredible power, but its not enough to stop my wrath! I will take each of you down one by one!"
"I've never felt such strength before,"Cyberleomon said in thought,"Though he's not as threatening as a monster like Burizalor, but his presence still puts chills to anyone's spine."
"Whoa. This is going to take a lot of effort,"Sonja said to herself,"What a frightening power! But I don't care; I'm going to take him on with everything I have. And he dares call me a maggot?! Well, I'm sure going to show him what I'm made of. I am not ordinary human."
The five warriors stood facing off against Zhuqiaomon as they were about to prepare themselves for one of their toughest battles ever. Either, they would come out victorious or become another set of flashes in the frying pan.
"I just hope Rika is doing well. I really wish I didn't leave her side,"Takato thought.
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Dark Magimon's ship. Ground level.
Dark Magimon begins laughing manically, as he spoke up.
"I like how this is turning out! You tried to get in my way, but I really should thank you. Without the digimon you brought, I wouldn't have resurrected D-Reaper this fast."
Still out, Shintomon obviously didn't respond and was completely out cold. After a pause, Dark Magimon rambles on.
"The least I can do is show my gratitude is to kill you myself."
He starts to loom right over the fallen Shintomon with his arms about to grab him.
"I'm sure my father, who was killed by you, will be overjoyed to see this very moment."
He holds his hands out over Shintomon and was about to kill him, but the Supreme guardian eye's twitch. Dark Magimon screams and pulls his hands back, but nothing else comes out of Shintomon.
"Well I've had enough. D-Reaper, you can go ahead and kill Shintomon yourself."
[Deftones "Shove It" plays]
Just as D-Reaper turned around to face Dark Magimon, a spear plunges through D-Reaper as Dark Magimon's eyes go wide.
"Eh?!"
The sorcerer steps back with fear in his eyes while D-Reaper stood there completely unfazed. Magimon was starting to go into complete shock.
"Wha… Wha… Wha… Wha… Wha… Wha… What?!"
He looks right behind the D-Reaper to see none other than King Devimon with his arm still out after throwing the spear. His chest heaves and his eyes have obviously regenerated by some sort of dark magic he had used.
"Ah! King Devimon! I can't believe you're still alive! How dare you do that?!"
King Devimon doesn't respond and looks right over towards D-Reaper, who was still staring down at the spear.
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Suddenly, a light appeared over the horizon and it is revealed to be none other than War Angemon. He scans the ground while flying over
"That's weird. They should be around here somewhere."
He then looks up and seems something within the distance. A smile comes across his face.
"That's got to be them!"
With that said, he goes diving for the air and drops his aura at the same time, to keep his power hidden. He slowly walks over the edge of the cliff and peer over to the side.
"I wonder what's going on? I don't see Kari but I do see Rika. She looks fine and Renamon looks to be out. That's a good sign. Takato would be pleased to hear about that. But I don't see Kari. Is she fighting one of Magimon's henchmen elsewhere? I see Magimon and King Devimon, so is that them? What the hell is that slimy thing?!"
He looks ahead and clearly sees Magimon hopping up and down as if he were angry.
"Maybe he's mad that Kari already beat them. That's a possibility. But why aren't they dead? It doesn't make sense, she didn't even kill them off?"
War Angemon jumps down to the side of the cliff and at a much lower ki, resuming to crawl forward. He pauses when he reaches the edge. He now has a better view of King Devimon, Magimon and the D-Reaper. He ducks under behind some rocks.
"I wonder what the hell is going on? I've never seen that slimy creature, maybe another henchman? No! That's got to be the D-Reaper! If that's the case then Kari must be in trouble, but then again, why would it have a spear through its chest and Magimon looking visibly upset. Did Kari foil their plans already? But why would she leave Rika and Renamon behind. Something doesn't sound right."
Just then, he looks right up to the cliff and noticed the two same statues of none other than Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon. He gasped in surprise and runs up towards the statues.
"Whoa! That's Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon. I wonder how they turned to stone! Man, I've got to get these guys free!"
He went over to examine the two statues and tried some of his healing powers, but all came to no avail. For some reason, his magical healing powers weren't reviving Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon.
"Did D-Reaper do this to them? I wouldn't doubt it. If D-Reaper can do something like this, we're seriously in deep trouble. I don't see Matt and Tai, they probably are somewhere within the Digital World taking out their frustrations on each other. I was totally against those two fighting."
He quickly peers over the mountain to see that Dark Magimon was still hopping and nothing has really changed.
"Whew. It looks like they haven't noticed me. I better check this out. Maybe I can get a better understanding of this whole situation."
Dark Magimon was angrily clenching his fists as King Devimon slowly stalks forward.
"Magimon, this thing, this D-Reaper will never be fit to serve you! Someday, he'll stop following your orders and your magic will be no good against him."
But the evil sorcerer simply glares at him angrily, clenching his fists tightly. He looks back to see D-Reaper, still staring right down at the spear.
"If you don't kill him now, then something terrible will happen!"
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
"What?!"
"How dare you say this to my D-Reaper?!"
The sorcerer points over to his former slave while clenching his teeth angrily.
"But, Magimon… Why?"
"How dare you! I don't need you anymore, King Devimon!"
Suddenly, D-Reaper pulls the spear right out of her chest and pulls it out. Both King Devimon and Dark Magimon look on with shock. D-Reaper discards the spear.
"No! How is it still living?!" Rika exclaimed.
"D-Reaper, are you al right?" asked Dark Magimon.
D-Reaper turns around and Dark Magimon gasps at the large hole in her chest. The hole slowly closes and within seconds, it appears that the injury never happened at all.
"What?! No!" King Devimon exclaimed.
"Impossible… What the hell is that thing made of?" Rika pondered while holding onto Renamon.
D-Reaper simply smiles with Dark Magimon shocked as ever. The sorcerer than begins to laugh happily while hopping up and down.
"Amazing! Amazing! My father made an incredible monster!"
King Devimon simply stares right over in shock, while D-Reaper grins and narrows her eyes right over towards the demon. It's voice transforms from child-like into something similar to a borg's.
"Subject classified… King Devimon… You shall be deleted…"
Dark Magimon watches anxiously as D-Reaper takes a step forward, while King Devimon simply stares right over in shock. Shintomon was still laid out on the ground, completely unconscious.
Rika was still looking on with stunned silence while holding an unconscious Renamon in her arms. War Angemon was just as shocked and was unable to speak but choked on his own words.
Meanwhile, Kari and Gatomon were completely out cold as digimon started to crowd around them curiously, but not savagely. The two were unable to move, but were barely breathing.
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Elsewhere within the Digital World
Tai and Agumon remained knocked out in the battlefield, as Metalla X stares into the hole in the ship's floor that leads to the fourth stage.
"If I destroy this seal, I should be able to enter Magimon's ship. After I enter and destroy it, I should be at the same place as D-Reaper. I can't even feel Celesta X's ki anymore."
He looks up at the ship's entrance.
"I can't forgive myself. It was my fault."
He looks back over his shoulder and towards the fallen Tai.
"Tai…"
He quickly turns away and walks up to the center of the fourth stage entrance, while charging up his ki.
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The Central Digiverse. The Grand Digital Planet
X stood with a tense look on his masked face. Though his mask concealed his emotions, he was definitely anxious over the turn of events. He feared the worst for Celesta X and the condition of Tai.
"Shintomon… I'm sorry, my friend… I should have gone myself. You should have let me go out there to aid the Digi-Destined…"
"It's not you're fault, X…"
"Keke… I know this is Tai's responsibility. But there's times that I need to relive my former glory. But I made an agreement. After we had perished in a battle years ago, the power that be granted to return our spirits to our old bodies on one condition…"
"We wouldn't be allowed to get ourselves involved in anyone else's duties… I helped train Tai and he's far surpassed my expectations. I expected that to happen. But, now. With the D-Reaper released, it looks like I'll have to break this agreement."
"But…"
"I don't care if it kills me! I have to go and aid my protégé!"
"Listen… I think we should remain calm now… Do you sense my father's ki?"
"Yes. He just revived himself."
"He's getting ready to face his crimes."
"So, Matt is finally going to repent for his sins? It's been a long time coming. He's going to fight the D-Reaper, alone? It will be suicide, but we can depend on him…"
"Don't forget. My father is capable of pulling off impossible odds, just like Tai would."
"Not to mention Kari and TK. Those four have really stepped up a notch. The multiple worlds rest on your shoulders, Matt…"
"You can do it, father."
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Zhuqiaomon's Lair
[Saliva "Click Click Boom" plays]
The mighty fiery sovereign watches as the four warriors all charged up towards him. He could only laugh at their attempt and began powering up his digicores.
"Bring it on, maggots! Show me the depth of your true power! I want to see if these despicable humans were enough to unleash your hidden, maximum powers!"
"Everyone! Attack at the same time!" exclaimed War Growlmon.
"I'll start it off! Rapid Fire!!"
"Fist of Justice!!"
Sonja simply powers up and shoots out a powerful energy blast by cupping both of her hands.
"Atomic Blaster!!"
As soon as all four energy attacks nailed Zhuqiaomon, they all made direct contact but were still not enough to put away the powerful sovereign as they heard a deep laugh. The dust cloud cleared away and Zhuqiaomon unleashed his fiery power to see his way through.
"Is that the best you insects got?! What a waste! Your powers are like mosquito bites!"
"Aww man! No way! He was able to phase out our digimon's attacks," said Henry, "This sovereign s going to be tough."
"Yeah, since the Atomic Blaster had no affect on him. What are we going to do now guys?" Takato pondered.
"I'll tell you what you can do! And that's simply surrender yourselves to me and maybe I might show a little pity, but you won't go unpunished! You honestly think that your pets can overpower me? I think not!"
"Sovereign! Please, don't do this! They are not at fault! Dark Magimon has unleashed the D-Reaper and the Digital World could very well be at danger!"
"Silence, Lopmon! Your betrayal has angered me! What makes you think I will ever trust you again? Magimon made a deal to never interfere with my plans! And that deal remains as it stands today! He has not interfered and his business shall is not mine to worry about! Now, prepare for the ultimate digimon roasting! Who wants to die first?!"
"I can't reason with him. What are we going to do?" Lopmon asked.
"I'll tell you what we're going to do! We're going to do what it takes to defeat the sovereign to whatever it takes!" exclaimed Takato. "Isn't that right, Henry?"
"Uhhh, yeah."
"I think not! Feel my wrath!! Phoenix Fire!!"
As soon as he said that, Zhuqiaomon shoots out a fiery blast over at the digimon group. Sonja was able to maneuver away but the digimon managed to shield themselves. They were all thrown back as a result.
"No! Rapidmon!"
"Cyberleomon!"
"War Growlmon!!"
Sonja flips back and then looks up towards the sovereign and began to blast away several ki beams at the fiery monster. But they were ineffective and easily dissipated over his body.
"No! That's impossible!"
"Not impossible for me to do this to you, human! Phoenix Fire!!"
Sonja watches as Zhuqiaomon shoots out another fiery blast, but this time was unable to maneuver away as she goes flying back. Luckily, she was unscathed by the tremendous heat.
"Sonja! Are you okay?!" exclaimed Lopmon.
"I'm fine…"
"Alright! That's it! Now you're making me mad, turkey!" exclaimed Rapidmon as he goes flying up.
"So you want some more of me, weakling?!"
"You bet!! Rapid Fire!!"
Zhuqiaomon opens his wings and the missiles quickly evaporate into digital dust as a result. A deep laughter came from the sovereign once again.
"Weakling! My strength proves that humans are not necessary for digimon to get stronger and reach to their higher levels. I am one of the higher powers of this world! What makes you think that a low class maggot will be any kind of a threat to me?"
"Ok! Any bright ideas, Henry?"
"None. We're just going to have to attack with all we got. Besides I don't think your armor is not enough to shield yourself from his flames."
"War Growlmon! You think you can take him again?"
"I can try, Takato."
"Don't worry, Jeri. I got this under control. I have digivolved through and through many times. I have the most experience of the three. I should be able to handle the sovereign."
"But what if you're not?"
"We won't know until we try. Besides, the sovereign is only strong as Virus was in his final form. I should be able to take him."
"So the metallic one has spoken? You say that you have more experience of the three? Well, how come I was able to easily take you apart with my flames? Well its quite simple. I have been evolving for many of thousands of years! I have been in many battles and won them with my fellow sovereigns. Unlike them, I share disgust for weaklings, especially ones tamed by humans! And you are not exception!"
"Great! If only Guilmon and I could bio-merge into Gallantmon again. Then we can take this overgrown pigeon! I guess we're a little worn out from the fight with Beelzebumon. Ultimate or not, we're still going to come out of this alive!"
Rapidmon and War Growlmon go charging over at the sovereign as they shoot out their attacks.
"Rapid Fire!!"
"Atomic Blaster!!"
Zhuqiaomon easily vanquished both attacks with his fiery wings. He shoots out another Phoenix Fire that was able to send the two digimon flying back as a result. War Growlmon goes and shields the others from the fire. Zhuqiaomon turns to see Rapidmon flying towards him but he fires another blast, sending Rapidmon crashing into the wall and knocking him out unconscious.
"No! Rapidmon!! Get up!!"
"No! I can't take this anymore! If only I could digivolve, then I can help them!" Lopmon exclaimed.
"Lopmon! You are no longer a Deva and you will never return to the way you are. That is your punishment for helping these humans!"
Zhuqiaomon goes and shoots out a blast right over towards Lopmon, which caused the little dog bunny to gasp in fear.
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Outside of the lair of Zhuqiaomon, Suzie was sitting around while Kazu, Kenta and Guardromon were standing guard to watch over her. But they seem to be paying attention more to socializing than watching over the little girl.
Suddenly, Suzie's D-Ark began to react and she took a look at it with a gasp. She took a deep look into it and noticed an image of Zhuqiaomon about to destroy Lopmon with his fire. The girl gasped.
"No! Lopmon! I got to save her!"
But just as she was about to make her move, she had remembered her brother telling her to stay behind. She shook those thoughts out and by climbing up to the top of the gate and pressed the D-Ark against her head.
"I wish for Lopmon not to die and I want to help her as soon as possible."
Suddenly, a bright glow came over Suzie as she was starting to float away while her D-Ark was pulling her over towards Zhuqiaomon's lair. Guardromon was watching the whole thing and Kazu goes walking up to him.
"Hey, where's Suzie?"
"She went flying away."
"Huh?! I thought I told you to watch her?!"
"I did watch the whole thing."
"Grr! That's not what I meant, you idiot! She's not freaking Peter Pan!"
"What's a Peter Pan? Is he from your world?"
"Please, put me in a coma… Please, I beg of you…"
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Back within the lair, just as War Growlmon was about to resist the heat coming from Zhuqiaomon's fire that was burning on his back, Rapidmon missiles interfered with Zhuqiaomon.
"Rapidmon! You have to stop firing missiles!" exclaimed Cyberleomon, "Or your data could get corrupted!"
"Uhh! The only thing that I am concerned about is protecting Henry and Suzie! I'm considered a family member to them, and I'm not just going to stop and let this turkey fry them!"
Henry looks up and just heard Rapidmon consider himself a 'family member' to Suzie and himself. This completely shocked Henry and he was starting to feel that he didn't seem to treat Terriermon the same way.
"Um, earth to Henry! Rapidmon is getting wasted!"
Henry ignored Sonja's pleas and was still in a state of shock over what Rapidmon had just said.
"What was I thinking? I always seem to send Terriermon into battle without even thinking of what might to him. What have I done? I'm always too worried for Suzie's safety and never come to think of the welfare of my own digimon… I'm a bad Tamer."
Rapidmon was shot down by another one of Zhuqiaomon's blasts as he goes falling down and de-evolves back into Terriermon. Henry goes running over to the fallen rookie and picks him up.
"Oh, Terriermon. I should have sent you into battle like that. I never came to think what might have happened to you. It's my fault that you were taking the most punishment out there. I was too worried for my little sister…"
"…Henry… It's not your fault…"
"Huh?"
"We're not alone… Henry… I mean c'mon, we got friends here that will back us up…"
The whole group all nodded, everyone from War Growlmon to Sonja and even to Takato.
"Yeah! We're here to stand by your side and back you up through thick and thin! No matter how great the opposition is," the goggle boy said.
A smile came across Henry's face, but then he quickly turns to see a glowing object flying by. He turned to see none other than Suzie herself.
"Suzie!! What are you doing here?"
"Lopmon! Oh Lopmon!"
Suzie goes running up towards Lopmon and picks her up. Henry takes notice of this and turns to look over at Terriermon.
"So, did you think that you really overdid? Like I always say, momentai. There's no turning back."
"Your right! There is no turning back! So, what do you say, buddy? How about we teach this turkey what we're really made of as a team!"
"Heh, you called him a turkey. You certainly got a sense of humor! That's good! I'm with you buddy! We'll do this as a team! I'm ready to get even with this turkey!"
"So am I!"
Just then, Henry's D-Ark shot out a green light, which Zhuqiaomon looked on in awe. The beam started to absorb both Terriermon and Henry as they got set for their next evolution.
Bio-Merge Evolution
[Digimon Tamers secone evolution theme "One Vision" plays]
"Bio-Emerge activate!!"
Henry holds out his D-Ark and then presses it against his chest as he quickly transformed into a green light of data. Terriermon absorbed the essence of Henry's data and was ready to digivolve into his mega level form.
"Terriermon bio-emerge!!"
Terriermon's body suddenly started to transform as his tiny, mammal-like body were replaced by a heavy load of green armor. Heavy, war arms now replaced his once tiny arms. His legs also became bigger in size. His faces quickly evolve from Terriermon to Galgomon, then into Rapidmon and then back to Terriermon again. Finally, his new head came into face, as it was dog-like with armor over his face. The new mega kicks into the air and then poses while shouting out his name.
"Mega Gargomon!!"
As soon as the bright light faded away, the group looked on in awe as Mega Gargomon both stood in Terriermon's and Henry's place.
"Wow! That's just about the most awesome thing I've ever seen! He's huge!" Takato cries out, "I better get a reading on him."
Takato pulls out his D-Ark and quickly gets a reading over Mega Gargomon.
[Mega Gargomon. Mega Level. Special Attacks: Gargo Missiles. Mega Barrage.]
"He should be more than enough to take on Zhuqiaomon," said Sonja, "He's definitely got the edge. They might as well call him Giganto-Ten-Stories-Buildingmon."
"Finally, another mega on our side!" said Cyberleomon.
"Looks like we got three," said Jeri, "If only Rika were here to see this."
"Hey Henry! So what do you think?!"
"I must say! This is one heck of an evolution! But I'll get used to the whole bio-emerge thing. I'm not so used to other people's voices in my head."
"Momentai. You'll get used to it. So, are we ready to take this overgrown pigeon down?! I say we lay down the smack down on his candy ass!"
"Lets do this!"
"So, you two were able to merge into one being?! A digimon and human merging is the most despicable thing I have ever witnessed! You shall be another victim that falls under my flames!"
"Lets dance, turkey! Thanksgiving just came a little early this year!"
"As you wish!! Phoenix Fire!!"
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Dark Magimon's ship. Ground Level
D-Reaper and King Devimon stand a distance away from each other as they stared each other down.
"Subject analyzed as King Devimon as a virus type. Congratulations. You shall be the first to be deleted."
"You wouldn't dare?!"
A breeze blows in between the two as Dark Magimon watches in anticipation. Faint breathing is the only life sign that Shintomon can provide. D-Reaper began to tap dance while stand on one foot. King Devimon gets into fighting position with a growl. D-Reaper began hopping towards King Devimon.
"You shall be deleted! Subject: King Devimon! Deleted!"
King Devimon gasped with a micture of shock and anger while Dark Magimon grins.
"Oh well. Now that D-Reaper has been resurrected, I have no use for King Devimon."
D-Reaper continues hopping as she starts to near King Devimon. The demon holds up his fists and grows angrier. He goes flying right towards D-Reaper and attacks her with a flurry of punches and kicks. He delivers a kick that sends D-Reaper sailing back into the sky. He quickly appears behind D-Reaper and kicks her down leaving an imprint of his foot in her face. He then delivers a forearm smash to the monster, sending her crashing down into the ground. As soon as she crashes, the ground explodes with rocks and debris.
"No! D-Reaper!!"
King Devimon lands a few feet away from Dark Magimon and a grin forms across his face.
"How do you like that, D-Reaper?!"
The dust dissipates, but then the rocks go shooting out as D-Reaper was quickly jumping up. D-Reaper rolls up into the sky and lands just a few yards away from King Devimon. The demon recoils, and begins to become frustrated. D-Reaper lifts her head up and grins over towards King Devimon. Dark Magimon began to laugh happily at the turn of events.
"I like it! I like it, D-Reaper"!
D-Reaper ignores him, and simply dances around instead. She stops humming and then goes hopping towards the demon. King Devimon looks on while clenching his fists tightly. He slowly lifts himself into the air as a red aura surrounded him.
"Huh?!"
"Whoa, shit! His ki is getting bigger!" War Angemon said.
King Devimon suddenly stops and holds his hand out while grinning.
"This should be able to cool you off!"
Dark Magimon screams and goes hiding behind a rock, as he realized that the next move was considered one of King Devimon's most powerful attacks. King Devimon gathers as much ki as he shoots out a barrage of powerful ki blasts and watches them shower down over the D-Reaper. Cries were heard as the blasts fired down repeatedly and causing huge craters to form into the ground.
The explosion grows more and more as more energy was fed into it. Dark Magimon watches with a worried look on his face. He gasps, turns away from King Devimon and to the explosion. Finally, King Devimon ceases his attack and a dust cloud replaces the explosion. He drops back down to the ground while panting and was standing a few yards away from Magimon.
"Now matter how strong D-Reaper is, your monster must be dead now."
"I can't be-believe this! That can't happen to D-Reaper!!"
King Devimon simply looks over at the crying Magimon and a chuckle was heard from him. Dark Magimon takes offense to this and turns to face him.
"Stop your laughing! Or I'll make you pay!"
"King Devimon! Delete! Delete! Delete! Delete!"
King Devimon turns back around to the dust cloud and gasps in complete shock.
"What?! No!!"
"Delete! Delete! Delete! Delete!"
As soon as the dust dissipated, D-Reaper comes back into view, while still hopping on her feet towards King Devimon. Dark Magimon was laughing maniacally at what he was seeing.
"Yes! That's what I was expecting of my father's D-Reaper! Ha! Kill him, D-Reaper!"
D-Reaper continues her chanting as King Devimon charges forward and spits out towards her. D-Reaper effortlessly dodges by doing some backwards handsprings.
"Subject: King Devimon! You are terminated!"
With that said, D-Reaper aims at King Devimon and scores a direct hit with a fiery, red beam. King Devimon screams out as he gets trapped within the red ki beam. Dark Magimon watches gleefully. War Angemon, who was looking on from behind the cliff, was gasping in shock. Slowly, the screaming of the demon fades away. He then quickly exploded into red lifeless data as D-Reaper quickly gathered it and uploaded the last remaining data. The King of the Devimons was no more. War Angemon and Rika watched stunned.
"That was amazing, D-Reaper! You are incredible!" exclaimed the evil sorcerer, "You did a great job, D-Reaper!"
War Angemon turns away from the battle. Rika took notice of him and carries Renamon up towards the top of the cliff.
"Hey you! You're TK and Patamon right?"
"Yeah. Did you just see that?!"
"I was up there close and personal! The D-Reaper easily deleted King Devimon with no effort!"
"Where's Kari?"
"I don't know. I saw her getting flown back by a beam from the D-Reaper. I was too light-headed to even remember."
"Hmmm. She can't be dead, because otherwise, I would have known. I hope she's alright."
"Yeah, me too."
Suddenly, the statues of both Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon faded away as they both returned to normal. The two digimon moved about and shook their heads.
"What just happened, Imperialdramon?"
"I don't know. Last time, we were turned to stone…"
"Hey look! I think I see TK and Rika, Imperialdramon. Lets go check out what they're seeing."
As soon as the two flew down, War Angemon and Rika turned around to face them with a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness you two are back," said Rika.
"How did we turn back to normal?" asked Dinobeemon.
"Well, let me tell you. King Devimon just got deleted and you two were able to return back to normal. In other words, once he kicked the bucket, you two were reverted back to normal."
"Right. It makes sense. His spell was worn off once that happened," said War Angemon.
"Right. But we weren't the ones that killed King Devimon. It was that thing down there," Rika said as she pointed down towards the battleground.
Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon laid onto opposite sides of the cliff as they looked down with Rika, holding onto Renamon, and War Angemon in the middle.
"Huh?! But where are Tai and the others?" asked Imperialdramon.
"Tai and Matt were off battling elsewhere. Kari was blasted into parts unknown, but Shintomon was able to save her. Shintomon is down. Goggle head left to fight with Beelzebumon. A lot has happened," Rika explained.
"And I just got here," said War Angemon, "The others are still looking for Calumon. Takato is with the other group."
Rika smiled at what War Angemon had just said.
"As long as Takato is fine, I'll be happy."
"Ah! Who's that weird thing standing with Dark Magimon?" asked Dinobeemon, "I-Is that D-Reaper?!"
"I think so," replied Imperialdramon.
"Thi-This isn't funny! That scary ki belongs to that thing, doesn't it?!"
D-Reaper smiles as she finished uploading the last of King Devimon's data into her assimilated body.
"That's it, D-Reaper! Now go upload Shintomon's data!"
D-Reaper looks over at him while Dark Magimon giggles. Shintomon can do little more than make faint breathing noises. Imperialdramon was surprised at what he was seeing.
"That's Shintomon!!"
Imperialdramon goes to stand up, but Dinobeemon stops him at his tracks.
"Hey! Stop it, Davis! What do you think you can do?! You're going to have to hold yourself! I know how you feel, but there's nothing you can do to help him now! You'll only get yourself killed!"
"Plus, D-Reaper wasn't hurt when it got impaled by a spear and it turned around to deleted him," said Rika.
Dinobeemon looks back towards Rika with a surprised look on his face. Imperialdramon refrains himself to watching Shintomon getting deleted and uploaded by D-Reaper
D-Reaper's shadow loams over Shintomon as she began to laugh. Dark Magimon also laughs excitedly as he watches on. Suddenly, an enormous explosion rocks the entire area. Dark Magimon spins around in surprise.
"What?!"
A strong wind and a bright explosion began to expand outwards. The whole group from the mountain watch in shock.
"What the hell was that?" asked Dinobeemon.
Imperialdramon and War Angemon watch on in astonishment. Dark Magimon fights the wind, but the force of it eventually throws her back. Shintomon groans as the wind and debris push against him. D-Reaper stares out angrily over at the source. The bright light of the ki attack fades into an orange explosion, which is then engulfed in thick smoke. Dark Magimon climbs back on his knees and began screaming out from where the explosion had come from.
"My ship!! What the hell just happened to my ship?!"
Suddenly, little scraps of the former ship were starting to litter the ground around where they were standing.
"This is impossible! Damn it! How could have this happened?! D-Reaper, do you know who could have done this?!"
D-Reaper smiles, but doesn't respond. She looks away from the sky, slowly lowering her head to the ground level.
"Is someone there?" asked Dark Magimon.
Just then, Metalla X's shadow appears in the smoke. He emerges and lands a few feet away from the explosion.
"Its you!" Dark Magimon exclaimed angrily.
"Heh. Yes."
"Hey! It's Matt!" War Angemon called out.
"Huh?! Matt! He's here?! Wow what a surprise," said Rika, "He sure made quite an entrance."
"He's always been like that," said Dinobeemon.
Imperialdramon watches on in stunned silence.
Dark Magimon still sported wide eyes and a look of shock.
"Yamato, what are you doing here?!"
Metalla X doesn't respond. Shintomon manages to choke out a few words.
"Yam-ato… No…"
Dark Magimon's look of surprise quickly turns into that of anger and rage.
"How dare you do that to my ship!!"
"Yeah, it was a little flashy, but it did provide me with a shortcut to you."
"Damn you, Yamato! Why did you have to destroy my ship?! You're the first person I've ever met that wouldn't follow my orders!"
A grin forms across the face of Metalla X as he turns to face the D-Reaper.
"So, is that ugly school girl there, D-Reaper?!"
His grin fades into that into a self-confident smirk and then into a look of anger.
"I'm going to make you pay for killing Kari!"
War Angemon gasped in utter horror at what his brother had just said. His eyes were widening and his fists were clenching. Imperialdramon takes notice of this.
"Hey? What did your brother just say, TK?"
War Angemon doesn't respond and several tears were coming down his face. Rika realized this by the look on his face and looks down in shame.
"I can't believe that she's gone! She's gone,"TK said to himself. "Its my fault! I should have been there with her. I don't deserve to live for letting this happen to her."
"TK! What is it?" asked Dinobeemon.
"Hikari…"
Now War Angemon's shock and sadness was quickly replaced with that by sheer rage and anger.
D-Reaper takes a step forward and looks down over at Dark Magimon.
"Ugly? What does he mean, ugly?"
"Huh? It means he thinks that you're scary enough to frighten small children and he doesn't like you!"
D-Reaper turns back around to face Metalla X, and then cocks her head fore ward. Metalla X's grin returns as D-Reaper's vanishes. D-Reaper suddenly becomes very angry and spreads her legs. Her entire body starts to glow.
"Hey! D-Reaper…"
But just as Dark Magimon said that, he steps away and falls back. D-Reaper growls and a bunch of steam come shooting out from her head.
"I think its going to meltdown," said Metalla X.
The steam finally stops, but then D-Reaper manages to wave her fists into the air.
"He made me mad! I'm gonna kill him! Subject: Metalla X. You shall be deleted!"
Dark Magimon stands again and then turns back towards Metalla X.
"Damn you, Yamato! Kill him, D-Reaper! He's rebelled against me and I don't need him anymore!"
D-Reaper smirks as her eyes began to glow purple and a bright red aura glowing around her body.
"Hey! That monster's ki just shot all up the way," said Dinobeemon, "I can't believe him…"
"Go get her, Matt! Make that damn thing pay for killing Kari! Make sure that it doesn't go unpunished," exclaimed War Angemon.
"Matt… Finish that thing off. It deserves to go to hell for killing Kari," said Imperialdramon.
Rika watched on and was looking towards D-Reaper with eyes full of hate and anger. She held onto Renamon with dear life and held up her fists.
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The Central Digiverse. The Grand Digital Planet
"He's ready to fight the D-Reaper. Brace yourself," X stated.
Keke nodded her head, but held her hands across her chest. She felt her heart beat faster than it ever has. She was excited to know that her father would repent for his sins and become something that he has never become: a hero.
"Father… You can do it… The many worlds rest on your shoulders, alone…"
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Metalla X glares over at D-Reaper, but the monster smiles right back at him. D-Reaper holds up her hands to both sides of her head. Meanwhile, Dark Magimon starts running away, but eventually stops to catch his breath. He turns around after taking a quick breather and cups his hands around his mouth
"Kill him! Kill Yamato, D-Reaper!"
D-Reaper grins over at Metalla X, but the fusion warrior glares over to her with a serious look. Suddenly, Metalla X begins to mentally replace D-Reaper with Omega X.
"Tai, I've always wanted to replace you. You bastard. I wanted to be the leader of the original Digi-Destined.
The imaginary Omega X began to charge up his ki in front of Metalla X as he began to think back to the past.
"It all started with the first adventures. You tried to talk me out of fighting, which was something I always wanted to do to you. I strived to be even better than you. But you always seem to finds a way to surpass me."
Omega X goes flying around on in the dark dimension as he watches Burizalor getting sliced in half.
"You were able to defeat the tyrant known as Burizalor, which was something I thought I was destined to accomplish. I thought I would have been the one to receive the legendary digital fusion powers. But I was wrong… But this time, I'm going to take care of the problem."
Celesta X watches in shock as War Angemon smiled, while teleporting and glaring at the bloated second form Virus. Celesta X takes a step forward and screams. All the other Digi-Destined and digimon undergo similar reactions of shock. Seven years later, Tai lies unconscious, miles away as the two digital worlds are now in threat.
"Even my own brother was able to perform an act of bravery, much like Tai did. But now, that time has come for me. Have a nice nap, Tai. When you wake up, everything will be over and I'll probably be dead."
With that said, Metalla X grunts and yells as he charges up his ki.
"I'm not going to Hell alone! You'll be my honor guard!" exclaimed Metalla X.
Shintomon was able to overhear everything that he had just said.
"No! Yamato doesn't plan on surviving!"
[Super Sayian Vegeta's english background theme plays]
Metalla X screams and the ground around him trembles. A shockwave flies out from him. Plenty of more shockwaves came about. He directs the brunt of his power-up towards D-Reaper. The winds and shockwaves jiggle D-Reaper's partially slimy body, but otherwise were still unaffected. Dark Magimon was forced to shield his eyes from the dust and growls to himself. He finally removes his hands and looks up to see Metalla X, gasping.
Clouds of dust are then pushed out from Metalla X in the center as he raises his ki. He quickly takes a fighting pose and electricity flickers through his aura. D-Reaper is pushed back a few feet, his feet digging trails through the dirt. He hunches to better set himself against the wind. As Metalla X's power-up continues, rocks begin to lift out of the ground and hover around him.
"My brother is incredible," said War Angemon.
"Metalla X might still be able to win after all," Dinobeemon replied.
"How did he get so much power?" pondered Imperialdramon.
Metalla X screams and began directing rocks over towards the D-Reaper. The boulders pile up around him as he continues to be pelted with other debris that was picked up by Metalla X's focused power-up. The boulders don't stay for long as D-Reaper explodes them into tiny fragments.
Metalla X quickly leaps forward, screaming. He connects with D-Reaper's face. D-Reaper falls back, and Metalla X stops himself a few feet further, then spins around and comes back for another. He goes into a flurry of hits and kicks on D-Reaper, and then stops to deliver stronger, slower hits. There was a punch to the gut, a kick to the face, and then another punch to the face. As D-Reaper is thrown back by the last hit, Metalla X grabs 'her' arm and spins himself inward, kicking D-Reaper hard in the face. D-Reaper bounces back through the dirt as Dark Magimon watches, worried.
"Impossible!! D-Reaper!! D-Reaper!!"
"Way to go, Matt! Get him, big brother," exclaimed War Angemon, "Kill it! Kill it! Avenge Kari!"
The others smile as they watched the battle in anticipation.
D-Reaper stands and the imprints left from the punches and kicks fade away. D-Reaper and Metalla X stand separated by several yards for a few moments, then Metalla X lunges forward again for round two, pulling his fist back.
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The Central Digiverse. The Grand Digital Planet.
"FATHER!!"
X clenched his fists tightly. He watched the battle unfold and hoped for the warrior to defeat the new enemy.
"Just what are you really up to, Matt? Are you really going to repent for the sins you've committed?"
Now its up to Metalla X to stop the D-Reaper! With Tai out and Kari possibly killed, its all up to Matt to save the two worlds from D-Reaper's rampage of destruction! Can he actually become what he always desired to become, a hero?! Plus, can the newly evolved Mega Gargomon stop Zhuqiaomon before he can destroy the other Tamers?
[Digimon Tamers first ending theme "My Tomorrow" plays]
[Preview]
War Angemon: Matt?
Imperialdramon: He's going to save the digital worlds?
Metalla X: D-Reaper. This is it. I will repent for everything I've committed. I'm not sorry for what I've done, but I'm going to make sure you don't even come near our world. You don't belong to this plane of existence.
D-Reaper: Subject Metalla X shall be deleted…
Keke: Father!!
X: No! You can't!
Metalla X: TK. I want you to take good care of Mimi, my son and everyone else… Tai. We weren't able to finish our battle. We'll finish it once you pass on into the afterlife. Farewell my friend. This one's for everyone…
D-Reaper: Huh?!
Metalla X: If I die, then you're coming with me, D-REAPER!!
[An enormous explosion occurs with a familiar scream echoing through the background. It was the cry of a warrior of friendship.]
Takato: Next time on Digimon Tamers Fusion, episode twenty-three!
The Warrior's Decision! Yamato's Atonement!
Mega Gargomon: Don't forget to check me out in the next episode! I know this one's for Matt, but just don't forget me!
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Max: As I said before, the next chapter is based on Matt. Sorry for no segments, but these next two chapters will be very emotional. Be here next time to see if Matt will really atone for his sins. Until next time, peace!
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