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: Matt just sacrificed his own life, but was that enough to put even the D-Reaper away? Find out as the D-Reaper saga continues! Enjoy!
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[Digimon Tamers Opening "The Biggest Dreamer" plays]
The Nightmare Lives On! Shibumi Speaks on the True Enemy!
Former Site of Dark Magimon's ship.
[Metallica "Unforgiven" plays]
Metalla X threw his head back screaming within the bright beam of light. He hovered at the center of his still-expanding ki explosion. D-Reaper screams as she continues to get disintegrated. Memories started flashing back through Matt's mind as his body started breaking down.
Flashback
A boy with spiked blonde hair is seen walking over towards another blonde boy. The little one looks up at his older boy with tears in his eyes. The older brother simply smiled and put a band-aid over the boy's scraped knee.
"Don't worry. It's all better now, Takeru."
"Yamato. Thanks. You're the greatest brother I've ever had."
"Likewise. I'll always be there for you…"
Next, that small boy grew up and eventually became the bearer of friendship. His partner was Gabumon and he developed a rivalry with the one named Taichi. Matt turns around and pushes Tai after an argument during their search for the other Digi-Destined on File Island.
"What's your problem, Matt?!"
"Who do you think you are? You think you can push me around?"
"What is eating you? You worry so damn much! We'll find TK!"
"That's besides the point. He's my younger brother and I promised to look out after him!"
"He has Patamon! Don't you forget that!"
Overtime, Matt has felt that he has been receiving the end of the whipping stick. His bitterness towards Tai grew and eventually led him to depart from the group after saving Earth from Myotismon. From there, he was recruited by Burizalor to be his next protégé. Matt's reason for joining Burizalor was to gain more power and return to defeat Tai. That was his main objective.
Then, the showdown between the rivals took place in the Digital World. For nearly a year in the Digital World, Tai was preparing himself for the upcoming invader threat that was to come. Among these invaders were Etemon and Metal Garurumon. Matt returned to retrieve his brother and destroy Tai.
"Well, this makes it a fitting place to fall over and die," Matt said. "So, what's it going to be? Will you do the right thing and hand over my brother?"
"In your dreams, Matt! What has gotten into you? Why are you being such an ass and what's the point of joining with guys like Neo Devimon and Etemon?"
"I have a reason. I wanted to be leader of the Digi-Destined. I wanted to lead the team. However, you wouldn't allow me. Now TK looks up to you more than he does me."
"That's not true. He loves you as his big brother. I'm just a step brother to him, but you're his real brother."
"Quit trying to butter me up. I will take TK back from you. I won't allow you to corrupt his mind anymore."
"Dude, what are you on?!"
"I was given a chance and recruited. I wanted my digimon to become stronger than yours and he has given me that opportunity."
"Who is this 'he'? Who gave you this chance? Is he the one who recruited you?"
"Heh. You bet your damn dollar that he did. I am now given the chance to kill you and take my brother back. He's going to be a fine soldier."
"You're wrong. You're being deceived. Whoever recruited you is an idiot. He has no idea of your crest of friendship. That's who you are. You're the Digi-Destined of friendship."
"Ugh! Stop it with this crap! Enough! How could a low life like you understand? I was chosen to be the top elite and I have pretty much lived up to that reputation. Now, I just let you speak your mind."
Unfortunately, Tai's War Greymon was simply stronger than Matt could comprehend. The battle resulted in a draw after Angemon struck Metal Garurumon down. Matt's dreams of defeating Tai were shattered by his own brother. Matt was defeated by TK. This was a totally unexpected twist to a yearlong showdown.
"How could I have done this?"
"It's over, Matt. You put up a valiant effort. We've been through hell today, but no thanks to you. We lost four digimon friends. We beat your idiotic comrade and your own brother defeated you. Accept it. He has a stronger heart than you ever will. His love for you helped Angemon overcome your hate. Your hate allowed Metal Garurumon to gain so much power, yet that power was too much for him to handle. Angemon helped purify that. All the evil ki from Gabumon is gone. It's over. You've faced defeat, but you can't just cry over spilled milk. Be a man, Matt. Or have your forgotten all about that?"
Since then, Matt healed his wounds and vowed to gain the four digital cores. He would then use them to power Metal Garurumon to new height of power. His chances were shattered when Burizalor took the digital cores. The cores were traded back and forth like a game of ping-pong. Eventually, the Digi-Destined used them to revive their deceased comrades.
"Ha. Oh Yamato. Your digimon is so naive. You two would have been the greatest servants. You would have led my army to conquer your world. Why do you choose to remain on the side of these Digi-Destined weaklings?"
"Because there's something I have that you don't have. I have friends and I will do anything to protect them, my brother and humankind. Its monsters like you that disgust me. I can't believe I served you. I'm not that type. We'll fight you to the end."
After hearing the tale of the legendary fusion warrior, Matt felt destined to merge with Metal Garurumon to become that legendary warrior. Unfortunately, he was slain at the hands of Burizalor. That legendary status was reserved for Tai. Matt gave Tai a heart-felt speech to motivate the Digi-Destined of Courage.
"I was… Ugh… I was such a fool. I tried to be a good leader… Gah… Just like you but I wasn't able to succeed. Metal… Metal Garurumon and… I tried our best to hold him off…" Matt managed to speak despite suffering convulsions.
"And you did your best. You are a proud member of the Digi-Destined. You did the right thing. You know, I always thought you were just some egomaniac looking to take my spot by force, but you really proved to be a true leader during my absence."
"No… Tai. I failed… I don't deserve the crest of friendship as you can see. I'm dying… I underestimated Burizalor's power… "
"We didn't expect this creep to have this large amount of power either but he showed it to us and now its time we put him in his place."
"TK thinks… I'm a bad brother… Sora hates me…"
"Don't say that, dude. Man, I don't know why you're being so negative. Look, you did me a favor. And you did yourself a favor. TK is proud to have you as your brother. You and Metal Garurumon protected him. You protected Sora."
"Yes, but… Joe… and… Izzy are down… Chuumon is gone… This is all because of my irresponsibility."
"Its not your fault. As you can see, they're fine and recovering. I can't say the same for Chuumon. So why don't you get all that negativity out of your system and fight the pain. Maybe the last amount of power of your crest should help."
"No it's wasted just like myself… Just look at Burizalor, Tai. Look at him… He enjoys inflicting pain. He loves seeing others suffer… He thrives on killing. He's proud of it, Tai… You and War Greymon are our only hopes… You two must defeat Burizalor before he takes over both worlds…"
"Matt…"
Omega X was born and he defeated Burizalor in a titanic clash.
After being resurrected by the digital cores, Matt vowed to become a fusion warrior. That time finally came when the artificials arrived. Metalla X was the third fusion warrior after Tai and Dimitri.
"Now there is more than one way to reach this awesome status of power. You all really want to know how I became this way? Well it is pretty simple really. You see, my motivation was much different from Tai and Agumon's. My desire is to be the best and hell of a lot better than Tai. That was my true goal ever since we first went into the Digital World. But it required a large amount of training and perseverance."
With his new powers, Metalla X fought many worthy adversaries. Those opponents included Elfmon, Sonja, Virus, and now D-Reaper. Even though Sonja and Virus had humiliated him, he knew that death approached him in his confrontation with the D-Reaper. However, it was his long-awaited battle with Omega X that pushed him over the edge. This was the fight he had long anticipated ever since their first confrontation.
He sold his soul to gain a major power boost from Dark Magimon's magic. Metalla X's dark side had returned and he vowed to slay Omega X.
"Tell me, Matt. You went to your own way to be charmed by Dark Magimon just so that you would have a reason to fight me. Am I wrong?"
"If I hadn't, we would have never fought. We don't have much time to stay here and this would be the perfect time to settle our differences. Lets face it! All of Magimon's cronies have been nothing but wastes. And this D-Reaper is nothing more than a waste. Once the others find Calumon and I have beaten you, then we can all move on with our lives."
"So that's it?! That's your stupid reason to be charmed by darkness?"
Despite being a watcher over the Digital Worlds, Shintomon had absolutely no idea about Matt's long grudge with Tai.
"STUPID REASON?! That's everything to me! I don't care at all about D-Reaper!! Tai has gotten stronger than me! Even though we both are been able to fuse with our digimon, he surpassed me! I was to have that power many years ago and become leader of the Digi-Destined! He's even saved my life and I can't forgive that! Absolutely not!! What's wrong, clown?! Are you humiliated? Is that it?! Fool! You don't know what humiliation is!! "Its not enough! This isn't enough to take revenge against you! You have taken my possible chance of leadership of the Digi-Destined. I was to be the one to lead the group, but you got in the way! Ever since we first entered the Digital World, I've always wanted to get rid of you. I can't forgive myself for being surpassed by the likes of you! Not only that, but you even saved my own life!"
However, his mind was opened up by Omega X. Matt had come to realize that his fight was with the D-Reaper.
You allowed yourself to be possessed by Dark Magimon."
"Yeah. I saw how much power it had given to such digimon such as Makuramon. His kind is normally weak but we were given a boost of power to make himself stronger once he got possessed. And I allowed myself to be possessed, so that our equal power would quickly be different. Now the difference between us has disappeared."
"You needed to get stronger that you even ignored your pride enough to be possessed by him."
"I… I… I wanted to be something that I always wanted to be… I wanted to fight you as a cold-hearted, single-minded digital warrior with no worry about how I would affect other people!! I hated myself. It's all because of you and everybody else that influenced me to become peaceful! I grouped a band in order to tour across the world; I grew love for Mimi and had a son. I even started to appreciate everyone else, including my own brother, TK. I was no longer the jerk I once was. I'm no longer that bad boy that always craved for the spotlight. So I had to be possessed by Dark Magimon to in order to release the darkness within my heart. And because of that, I feel pretty damn good."
"Is that really true, Matt? Is that what you were thinking this whole time?"
It looks as though he never really had the chance to settle the score with his long-time rival. He never even enjoyed life. He did have the chance to develop a relationship with Mimi and they had a son named Dimitri. Their Dimitri would soon grow up to become a resourceful person. Matt will never get to see the chance to see his boy grow. He never got the chance to get to know the girl named Keke better. Instead, he faces eternal limbo. He will have to wait until Tai passes on into the afterlife.
"TK… Mimi… Dimitri. Digi-Destined. Tamers. Farewell. This one's for you. Tai, this one's for you…"
Flashback
Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon were both reeling while carrying Rika, Renamon, TK and Patamon. Dinobeemon shouts out. He turns back to watch after reaching a very far, safe distance from the explosion. The sky was now littered by tons of falling debris. The two digimon watched in awe, helpless to do anything.
"Matt…" Dinobeemon muttered.
Suddenly, the blast begins expanding more quickly. Imperialdramon closes his eyes to the debris while calling out to Metalla X.
"Matt!!"
Imperialdramon starts to fly back towards the explosion but then Dinobeemon stops him just in time.
"Davis! We're too late! Hes already dead! Didn't you say it yourself?" Rika said, "He's finally sacrificing himself his life to fight for something other than himself?"
"Well that was me, but that's correct," said Dinobeemon, "Don't go back there, Davis. We have to regroup."
Imperialdramon watches the explosion in frustration and help nesses as he couldn't even refrain himself from leaving. He did not even attempt to reply to them.
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The Central Digiverse. The Grand Digital Planet
Keke feel to her knees as she watched her father perish in the blinding flash of light. The central planet was rumbling even from this great after shock. Keke could feel the last of Metalla X's ki fade into nothing.
"Father… You threw your own life away to save others… How noble of you."
"He did it. I can't believe he actually did it," X replied. "He died a warrior's death. I'm sorry, Keke."
"It's okay. I understand. My father would want it this way. I can't change his decision. I'm glad I was able to see him destroy the D-Reaper."
"I just hope everyone else will be aware of this turn of events. They're going to be stunned. We'll see how everything plays out from here."
Keke wiped away her tears and stood up. Her strong showed true courage and strength to destroy the D-Reaper. Keke shared that same desire. A smile grew across her face. She was now happy, yet sad.
"The Digital World is safe..."
"Or is it?" X thought.
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Zhuqiaomon's Domain
The group looked on as Zhuqiaomon was looming up from the horizon with an angry look across his face. He couldn't believe that was nearly beaten by a mere mega. But now this was his chance to retaliate for that humiliation.
""So, do you maggots got any last words, before I annihilate you?!"
"You won't take us down that easily! We're here to find Calumon! You're just forcing us to fight you!" exclaimed Buddamon.
"This battle is pointless. We should be helping the others with the D-Reaper as we speak!" said Takato.
"Ha! That's besides the point! You can't defeat me and I will not allow you to go unpunished for destroying my castle! You trespassers have dug yourselves your own grave!"
With that said, Zhuqiaomon flapped out his winds and sends out a powerful wind over at the group that was able to knock them all off of their feet. Sonja quickly gets to her feet and forms a barrier shield around over the group. She then hovers herself and the force shield over towards the falling Tamers and digimon. They were all then brought inside and were safely inside the forces shield.
"You guys alright?" she asked.
"We're fine. That was too close for comfort," said Henry.
"If only we could bio-merge again and we give him a little rematch," replied Terriermon.
"Takato, so what now?"
"I don't know boy. I don't think we'll have enough energy to take him on since you digivolved twice in a short period of time."
"We can't give up. We are not to allow Zhuqiaomon to overtake us," said Buddamon, "We are here to get some questions answered! If only Shintomon had come with us, he has no problems trying to talk sense into this stubborn bird."
"So, I'm a stubborn bird, huh?! Well, I'm damn proud of it! Thank you for the compliment, Buddamon. But that does not mean I will take pity on you. You trespassed without my permission and I shall punish you for it!!"
The fiery phoenix bird goes flying over towards the barrier shield, in order to knock it away. But Sonja managed to maneuver it away from the guardian's on-head charge. Zhuqiaomon goes chasing right after the shield, but Sonja was no longer able to move it around with ease.
"What's wrong, Sonja?" asked Leomon.
"I don't think I'll be able to hold this shield for that long. I've never had to use it over a long period of time. It will only sap away my strength."
"What are we going to do now, Leomon?" Jeri asked.
Leomon looks on while clenching his fists angrily.
"I don't know, Jeri. Even at my true maximum, I don't think even I have enough power to defeat Zhuqiaomon. He seems to have more power than the Zhuqiaomon of the other digital world.
Suddenly, Guilmon and Terriermon looked over at each other and nodded their heads. They both went running out through the shield.
"Guilmon! What are you doing?!" exclaimed Takato.
"Terriermon! Don't!!"
The two rookies flew out as they began to unleash their attacks over towards the monstrous, fiery mega.
"Pyro Sphere!!"
"Terrier Tornado!!"
The two attacks were not able to make a dent on Zhuqiaomon, let alone catch his attention. But he was still angered by their relentless attack.
"Damn you! I shall kill you for even attempting to attack me! Take this!"
Zhuqiamon goes flying over and knocks both rookies away with his mere fiery aura. Henry and Takato cried out in horror as they saw their digimon falling down into the water below.
"Guilmon!!"
"Terriermon!!"
The two rookies screamed as they fell into a lake down below. Soon, they emerged and were swimming over towards land to catch their breath.
"Just because of those foolish attempts, I will rid myself of these weaklings! Say goodbye to your slaves! Where they are about to go, you are going to join them!"
"Don't do it, Zhuqiaomon!" exclaimed Takato, "Please, don't do it!!"
"Too late! You should have thought about that much sooner!! Phoenix Flame!!!"
With that said, the fiery mega shoots out a blazing roar of fire down over towards the two emerging rookies. They looked on in horror, as the fire was about to approach them.
"Oh no! They're not going to make it," exclaimed Lopmon, "No one can survive an attack this intense, but a mega."
"But they're no megas! We're about to lose them!" exclaimed Buddamon, "And my powers are pretty much limited without Shintomon around."
"No! It can't end like this!" exclaimed Takato, "Please don't do it!!"
Suddenly, the skies quickly transformed from a bright red to a dark blue as clouds were starting to come together with bolts of lightning roaring down. A long chain-like structure come flying out with bolts of electricity running through its aura.
"Lightning Whip!!"
[Anoymous god-like music plays]
The whip comes out and stops the fiery blaze of Zhuqiamon, which caught the southern sovereign completely by surprise.
"What is this?! Who dares interfere and come into my domain?!"
"Seize your attack, Zhuqiaomon!!" the voice thunders out.
Just then, the whole group looked up to see what appeared to be a long, bodied dragon flying in the skies with chains and orbs surrounding his body. His head was gigantic with a long horn on its forehead.
Kazu, Guardromon and Kenta were looking on from the entranceway of the former castle site. They were look on with complete awe at what they were seeing.
"Whoa! That's like the biggest thing that I have ever seen," exclaimed Kazu, "That's so totally cool! I just wonder if he's on our side."
"Well, I'm speechless," said Kenta, "Wow…"
Takato takes out his D-Ark and quickly gets a hologram image of the monstrous dragon.
[Azulongmon. Mega-level. Sovereign of the East.]
"He's a sovereign too," said Takato, "And of the eastern region."
"Just like in our world," said Leomon, "But it seems that the sovereigns in this world have a lot more power."
"Yes. This is the Azulongmon of this digital world. He should be able to sort out this problem," replied Buddamon
The group looked on in awe as the two godly digimon were facing face other head-to-head in the sky.
"Azulongmon! This does not concern you! How dare you enter my domain without my permission! Now go and let me sort out this problem myself!"
Zhuqiaomon fires another one of his blazing fires over towards the other sovereign, but Azulongmon was able to phase it out with the aura on his body. Stormy clouds now began to surround the two godly digimon in the skies. They kept attacking back and forth, sending out forces that caused the ground to crumble. They were hitting one another with their attacks through the skies and sending out energy blasts down at the water.
The others were unraveled by their attacks, and they were more powerful than any of the fusion fighters thus far. No one was able to compare them in power.
Sonja's shield was floating in the skies and came across the two sovereigns.
"You are making a mistake, Zhuqiaomon!"
"You interfered in my realm and I shall eject you from it! I don't care if you are one of the other three sovereigns! It the human's fault that caused me to erupt with all this anger! How can you stand seeing digimon taking humans are their partners? The mere sight of that sickens me deeply. They destroyed my Devas!
"Yes, but the majority of them were taken away and controlled by Dark Magimon. He basically was betraying you this whole time. But, you let your anger blind you so much that you even forgot about that agreement you made with him."
"That deal Dark Magimon and I made is no business of yours! We made a deal to not interfere with each other's plans."
"So, that is why you let him take your Devas? Because of that, he has sent them out to gather enough energy to release the "True Enemy"."
"What?! That's preposterous! I would never allow myself to stoop to Magimon's level! How do you even know that he was going to unleash the "True Enemy"?! Face the facts, the last Supreme guardian was able to defeat Magimon's father after the "True Enemy" was sealed away!"
"Lopmon? Who is this true whatever? Why are they talking so much?" asked Suzie.
"I don't know for sure…"
"I have a feeling that it's the D-Reaper," said Buddamon, "Yes. It's obvious! Zhuiqaomon made a mistake for allowing himself to make a deal with that imp. Now because of that, Magimon was able to enslave the Devas and bring forth the energy needed to resurrect the D-Reaper!"
"So, Azulongmon has seen enough and is going to put an stop to this," said Lopmon.
The group all turned back to continue to listen to the two sovereign's conversation.
"After we made the deal, I searched long and hard for the source that would enable to help the digimon to digivolve and to get stronger to help me combat this "True Enemy", if it were to be unleashed."
"Some digimon thought that digivolving would able to release the "True Enemy". That is why digimon have unable to digivolve, because we can't allow a flow of energy to be used for Magimon to gather, so he could unleash the "True Enemy"."
"You had no reason to turn the catalyst of digivolution into the form of a digimon! Now, I can't find it! Its your own damn fault!"
"I did not commit such an action, but I agreed that it had to be done, since it would be much harder for Magimon to snare it. We can't allow him to use the catalyst, since he would easily have released the "True Enemy" and create an army so great that even us sovereigns would not stand a chance."
"Lopmon? Is the catalyst they speak of Calumon?" asked Henry.
"Yes," he replied, "Calumon is the actual source to digivolution. He was taken in the form of a digimon so that Magimon would not find and get his hands on him."
"Whew and for good reason too," said Takato, "Or else we would have a hard time with some really nasty digimon."
"As you can see Zhuqiaomon, humans and digimon demonstrated something that you considered revolting. They were able to merge together and create a powerful being that was enough to stand up against the true enemy. Some of which have never evolved here before. I felt the presence of a merged fighter that was taking on the true enemy and fought until the very end."
"I wonder who he is talking about? Who would have fought the D-Reaper while we were away," pondered Jeri.
Leomon looked up to the skies as if he had felt a fading energy. He could easily sense the loss of a fused fighter right about now and he easily traced it as coming from Metalla X. In fact, Azulongmon was mentioning Metalla X.
"Matt?! He's gone! He just did an honorable act and fought for somebody else other than himself. And he paid the price for it."
"Leomon? What's wrong? Why are you so down?" asked Jeri.
Leomon paid no attention and continued to stare up into the skies with a shocked expression on his face. The others all gathered around him with questionable looks on their faces.
"So you see, Zhuqiamon. Working with the humans will enable us to defeat the true enemy. We can't apart ourselves from them or even destroy them."
"How dare you even mention such abomination! I don't care who's life was lost against the true enemy!"
Zhuiqaomon looks down towards the waters and saw Guilmon crawling onto shore. He goes and fires a fiery blaze over at the red dinosaur rookie.
"Guilmon!! Watch out!!"
Guilmon looks up and gasped in horror as the fiery blaze was nearing towards him.
"No, Zhuqiaomon!! I'll make you understand," exclaimed Takato, "Humans and digimon can work together! You should see the variety of fusion warriors on our side. They will prove you wrong. And we most certainly will prove you wrong!!"
With that said, the goggle boy goes jumping out of the force shield. The others gasped and went over to try to grab him, but they were too late.
"Takato!! No!!" Henry exclaimed.
"Takato," Jeri cried out, "If Rika is dead, and we can't afford to lose you too!"
Takato pulls out his D-Ark and was now flying right past the flaming blaze of Zhuqiamon's attack. Guilmon looked up to see a bright glow, which was coming from Takato's D-Ark.
"Takatomon!!"
"Guilmon!!"
Just then, they both glowed a bright aura and they were now ready to merge with one another. Zhuqiamon was caught by surprise.
"What's this?!"
"Now, we'll see."
Bio Merge Evolution
[Digimon Tamers second evolution theme "One Vision" plays]
"Bio-merge activate!!"
Takato held up his D-Ark and quickly transforms into a red light of data. Guilmon absorbed the essence of Takato's data and began his evolution to the mega level.
"Guilmon bio-merge!!"
Guilmon's body suddenly started to transform as his reptilian body was replaced by a heavy load of knight armor. His long, clawed limbs were now human arms and his feet became human. Then his face evolved from Guilmon then into Growlmon, then to War Growlmon and finally that of a knight's helmet with two golden eyes glowing through it. The knight flies through with a majestic, red cape on his back, a shield on one hand and a joust on the other. The mega then shouts out his name.
"Gallantmon!!"
The sovereigns watched on in awe as they were looking upon Gallantmon for the first time ever. The knight goes and returns Zhuqiaomon an intensified glare.
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Former Site of Dark Magimon's ship
Now there was a rather shallow but an incredibly wide crater that scarred across the Digital World. Lightning strikes around it as a roar of thunder filled the sky. Against the dark sky and cracks of lighting, a stone Metalla X hovers in the sky. His body was hunched over with his hands at his sides and his face with a rather painful expression on it. Suddenly, the statue began to fall and it explodes into flakes as it falls. A huge dust cloud formed after that. The entire area was still.
Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon remained in the sky, and were a good distance away from the now-silent battlefield. In place of the ki-explosion was a dark storm cloud.
"Metalla X's ki has completely vanished," said Imperialdramon.
Rika and Dinobeemon lowered their heads while suppressing sadness and anger.
"Ken. You take TK and Patamon along with you. I'll go see what happened," Imperialdramon said.
"I'll go with you!"
Imperialdramon doesn't respond, but after a few seconds, both Rika and Dinobeemon realized what he exactly might see.
"You're right," Rika said, "There's nothing we can do. Lets go."
Imperialdramon hands over Rika both TK and Patamon.
"Take care. But return back afterwards," said Dinobeemon, "I sense a great deal of energy over in the southern region. We're going to be heading out to meet up with the other group."
"I don't think we should keep quiet on this," said Rika, "We're going to have to tell Mimi about this eventually. She has a right to know."
"What do you want us to say when we get back home?" asked Dinobeemon.
"I don't know about Tai, but Kari… She was killed by D-Reaper…"
"Huh?! But that's not true, isn't it?" asked Rika.
"I heard Matt mention it."
"Same here. But how can we be sure," said Rika, "She still could be alive."
"I'm counting on you."
They both nodded as Dinobeemon powers up an aura and went racing off into the skies and towards the south region where the two sovereigns were facing each other head-to-head.
[Drowning Pool "Tear Away" plays]
Imperialdramon looks down at the once great battlefield. He goes flying down and narrows his eyes while nearing the crater. Finally, he stops and surveys the damage.
"This is incredible!"
He looks down onto the ground and mentioned the name of the one who was responsible for this great, heroic sacrifice.
"Matt…"
After saying that, he walks through the new crater, looking around. He walks in complete silence for the moment. Then he eventually stops and focuses on what's directly in front of him, the D-Reaper. But it was D-Reaper in many, many tiny pieces.
"I see. If you only hurt D-Reaper a little, he'll regenerate. He blew D-Reaper up completely so that he wouldn't be able to do that. Matt sacrificed his own life. The first time I've ever seen him fight for anyone, he died. I hope he destroyed the D-Reaper. I'd hate to see this go to waste."
Imperialdramon lowers his head down while closing his eyes as if he were giving his final prayers and respects to the once great warrior of friendship, Yamato "Matt" Ishida.
"But it was a spectacular end to Matt's illustrious life. Your brother shall live on in honor of you. Rest in peace, my friend."
Suddenly, he hears a voice crying out. Imperialdramon's eyes shoot open with rage. He looks over and sees a small hole in the middle of the crater. He walks over towards it as the voice groans. In the much smaller hole, Dark Magimon's upper half was clenching his teeth.
"Damn… it…"
"Magimon. Ha. So you're still alive. You're pretty damn obnoxious for someone so weak. It looks like you protected yourself with a barrier."
Magimon lies in his hole with his eyes completely shut and he calls out a much terrifying name.
"D-Reaper!!"
"I'm going to blow you up into pieces and watch you die. This ones for Matt!"
As soon as he took a step forward to make a move onto the evil sorcerer, a small chunk of D-Reaper began to move and glow with a dark purple color around it. The mega looks down to see two more pieces quivering.
"Huh?! What's this?!"
A low humming sound fills the area as all of the little chunks of the D-Reaper began moving about.
"The pieces of D-Reaper!! Impossible!!"
Imperialdramon watches in horror as separate D-Reapers began to develop from each piece. He watches in shock as each little D-Reaper all sprung up onto each other. They all hopped into each other over the top of the crater and they all converged. Imperialdramon was stunned beyond belief as a dark purple aura was glowing around the red blob-like mass hovering from above.
"Not possible!! How can this be?!"
Now there were five fully developed D-Reapers floating from above. Imperialdramon backed away as the five D-Reapers landed a few yards away from him. The one in the center smirked as her eyes began to glow a dark red with purple outlines around it.
"Subject analyzed: Imperialdramon Fighter Mode."
The other four fly over towards her and they all form back into the one and only D-Reaper. Imperialdramon takes a few steps back. He watches D-Reaper taking shape with a terrified look on his face. He turns and begins running away, jumps into the air and rockets away from the crater. He did not want to get involved and get himself deleted.
"I can't believe it!! D-Reaper is still alive?!"Davis exclaimed in Imperialdramon's head.
"We better tell this to the others!"
"Right. This is a nightmare that I wish would have ended right when Matt sacrificed his own life. I don't think even Omega X can defeat something like that!"
Once again completed, D-Reaper throws out her arms in all directions. She drops back on the ground and lands on her toes. A smirk comes across her face. She then turns to see Dark Magimon struggling to rise out of the small crater.
"D-Reaper!"
She goes walking over towards him.
"Were you waiting for me?"
The dark sorcerer smashes his fist onto the ground.
"No! You're wrong!"
D-Reaper then looks down at Magimon and noticed his lower body was missing.
"Where did your lower half go?"
"That doesn't matter! Hurry up, hurry up!"
A smile forms across the D-Reaper's face.
"I think I like you better this way."
"H-hey! Hurry up and fix me!"
"Fix you?"
"To normal. You should be able to! Hurry! Hurry and do it! I'll die if you don't fix me!"
"Well, that wouldn't make you anymore funny-looking…"
"What are you doing?! Do it already!!"
"Oh, I guess I could…"
"Do you want to be sealed away again?!"
D-Reaper's smile disappears and stops her victory dance. She rubs the back of her head.
"Hurry up and do it!"
D-Reaper holds out her hand and places it over Dark Magimon. But instead of deleting him, a green barrier beam surrounded him and his missing body parts were now restored back to him. The sorcerer quickly climbs out of the hole.
"Thank you, D-Reaper!! Thank you!!"
D-Reaper stands there smiling and bows to Dark Magimon.
"But you still messed up by allowing them to hurt me."
Dark Magimon closes his eyes and clenches his fists tightly. Then he just had an idea as his eyes fluttered open.
"That group on that cliff will pay for this! We won't destroy the two Digital Worlds, but we shall give them pain. We'll teach them to fear Dark Magimon and D-Reaper! Ha! Ha!"
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The Central Digiverse. The Grand Digital Planet.
X and Keke were taken back by these turns of events. They couldn't believe that everything Matt had sacrificed was wasted. D-Reaper survived the explosion and was ready to begin its rampage.
"Shit! D-Reaper lived?! How can that be?! My dad wasted his efforts for nothing? He gave everything he had through his heart and soul! X! Did you know this was going to happen?"
"No."
"No? Oh, X. What are we going to do? We can't get involved in this because we agreed not to break the clause with the powers that be."
"I know. It's going to be up to the others. If Tai and Kari are gone, then TK and Davis will have to step up to the plate. Not to mention the Tamers. They're not ready for this sort of threat. If only I had remained as the fighter I once was. I could have defeated the D-Reaper myself!"
"X…"
"I'm sorry it had to come this. I really am…"
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Elsewhere.
Dinobeemon continues his flight away from the crater. Then, Imperialdramon was starting to catch up towards him from the deep background. Dinobeemon quickly noticed him. He stops and looks back.
"Its Imperialdramon, but he's back this quickly?" asked Rika.
"I don't know. Something must have happened," Dinobeemon replied.
Imperialdramon stops a few feet away from Dinobeemon.
"This Digital World is too dangerous! We have to meet up with the other group over at the southern region! "
"Davis, what are you talking about? What happened to Matt? What happened to D-Reaper?"
Imperialdramon looks away towards from Dinobeemon and Rika.
"No, don't tell me…"
"D-Reaper is still alive, Rika."
"Impossible?! What about Matt?!"
"There was no trace of him."
"So, Matt's death was for nothing?!" asked Dinobeemon.
"We have to go meet up with the others at the southern region now!"
"Right," Rika replied.
Dinobeemon hands back both TK and Patamon over to Imperialdramon.
"We are the only hope left for the Digital World. The majority of the great fusion warriors are all but gone. But we might even have a slight chance," said Imperialdramon.
The two digimon looked over at each other. Rika then looks down to TK and Patamon.
"We still have at least one fusion warrior. Is TK really our last hope? Oh, Takato. I just hope you and others found Calumon right about now."
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Zhuqiaomon's Domain.
["The Biggest Dreamer" plays]
Gallantmon goes flying up as he was able to shield away Zhuqiaomon's fire. The fiery sovereign was caught completely by surprise by his action.
""I must say. Maybe this merging is strong enough. I'm quite impressed."
Gallantmon goes all out as he points out his lance over at Zhuqiaomon and fires away another blast at him.
"But not good enough!!"
Zhuqiaomon blocks out the blast with a single claw. They both began to fight fiercely as they went on to collide with one another. Zhuqiaomon flew fire over at Gallantmon and used his wings to blow the merged mega away.
"If you don't want to believe us, Zhuqiaomon! We'll make you understand our power!!"
"Never!!"
Gallantmon goes flying up with his joust intact and was now about to collide with Zhuqiaomon, who was swooping down over at the knight. Just then, Azulongmon shoots out another one of his chains in between them.
"Stop this nonsense! We should not be fighting each other! This battle if fruitless! We should be more worried about the true enemy. I sense that the true enemy is alive and well. The great warrior that tried to stop it has now been defeated. I do believe the name of this warrior is Metalla X..."
The entire group was caught completely by surprise by Azulongmon's stunning revelation. The Tamers were just as shocked as anyone.
"No! Not Matt! He's dead?" Gallantmon asked.
"Matt… He tried sacrificing himself to save us, but his death was in vain,"Takato said in Gallantmon's thoughts.
"Is this true, Leomon?" Jeri asked.
"Yes unfortunately. Matt did the honorable thing he could to destroy not only the D-Reaper but also himself to ensure the safety of the two digital worlds. But all in vain."
"No, it can't be!" Henry said.
The group was now beginning to mourn for the fallen Digi-Destined of friendship for attempting to kill off the true enemy with a move that would have also cost him his own life. It was a great sacrifice, but not enough to seal away the true enemy known as the D-Reaper.
"I sensed a great power from this Metalla X," said Lopmon, "When him and the true enemy fought. Nothing I've seen before. That's perfect proof on how strong humans and digimon can be once they merge into one being."
"That is true. That is what I've been trying to tell you, Zhuqiaomon. Whoever these fusion fighters are, they will make a great asset as far as defeating the D-Reaper. You have to at least put aside your differences towards the humans. We must work together and defeat the true enemy together."
Zhuqiaomon was floating as if he were thinking to himself. Then he looks towards the eastern sovereign with perhaps a nod of approval.
"Maybe… just for this once… but only this once…"
"Then we shall plan out our move against the true enemy. Humans and digimon alike must band together, to ensure the safety of our own respective realms."
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Elsewhere within the Digital World
D-Reaper passes through the clouds while flying through. Dark Magimon was riding on his back while leading the creature through. They were now approaching a nearby digimon city.
"We're going to change the two Digital Worlds into Hell, D-Reaper! Until they show up, we'll kill digimon here, there and everywhere! Ha! Ha!"
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Former site of Dark Magimon's ship
In a rocky area, a shadow descends over it. Behind the rocks, Shintomon staggers out from behind the rock wall, bloody and beaten.
"Kari… be alive… Please be alive…"
He slowly stumbles towards a nearby forest in the distance where Kari and Gatomon were laying perhaps either unconscious or dead, with a trail of blood running down her mouth.
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Zhuqiaomon's Domain
The group was all looking up in awe at the two sovereigns. It was their magnificent appearances and powers are what they made them look up in complete shock. Never have they felt two very powerful kis from just only two individual digimon.
"Their lights are so pwetty," said Suzie.
"I still can't believe that I'm actually seeing holy beings before my own eyes, plus they're only digital but yet so real," said Takato.
Takato and Guilmon had already de-evolved back after Azulongmon had stopped the confrontation between Gallantmon and Zhuqiaomon.
"I'm still in shock after hearing the revelation of Metalla X actually giving up his life just to stop the D-Reaper," said Henry, "But yet, it was still not enough to put an end to it."
"The true enemy will not rest until each and every one of digital life forms are all wiped out," said Lopmon.
"So, are you going to explain to us about this true enemy," said Guilmon, "I mean. We already know its purposes but you have at least a background story.."
"From our point of view?" asked Azulongmon, "Well I suppose that it would be right for us to tell you. Since you have heard from Shintomon, I guess it would be our turn to explain to you about the true enemy."
"Which would be the D-Reaper," said Sonja.
"We are still not very sure of its true name but we have felt its devastating powers in the past…"
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Somewhere just near the Western Region
Ryo and Cyberdramon were looking around a nearby rocky gorge in the western hemisphere of the Digital World. Here lies the realm of none other than Baihumon.
"So, are you sure there's something wrong going on around here?" asked Ryo, "You've been acting rather strangely and you claimed to have sensed something. This isn't like you. Normally, you'd find a way to tear it apart, but now, nothing…"
"This is an enemy like none other, Ryo. It's not even a digimon and it even scares the sovereign."
"If it scares the sovereign so much, then we're in big trouble."
Suddenly, they heard a loud rustling sound behind a cliff. They both ran to over to investigate what made the sound and to their surprise, they saw nothing but a large tree. But it was so foggy and damp that it was very hard to see right through it.
"What was that?" asked Ryo.
"I'm sensing a very strong ki from that tree. It's a…"
Just then, the ground started to rise, as something was emerging. The tree was now being lifted up so to speak, as a large creature exposed itself. It looked like a giant tortoise, especially with the head popping out of the shell. But instead of one head, there were three heads.
"Whoa, just who is he?" Ryo asked.
"I don't care what he is! I want to fight him! Let me at him!"
"Take it easy, Cyberdramon. We better get a reading on him first. Then we'll know if we stand a chance."
[Ebonwumon. Mega-level. Northern Sovereign.]
"Take it easy! He's a sovereign! He has enough power to put you of your misery, Cyberdramon."
"Yeah! You almost gave me a darn heart attack there Mr. McAngry," replied Ebonwumon, who has a Scottish accent to his voice.
"Ebonwumon. What is going on around here? I heard of a creature that is even scaring you sovereigns," said Ryo.
"We do not know its name but this true enemy is very powerful and not even the strongest of digimon has a chance of fighting it."
"But this is not your domain. Isn't this supposed to be the western region, which is watched over by Baihumon?" Cyberdramon asked.
"Eh, I'm only guarding it for a while. Baihumon is down in the gorge fighting the true enemy as we speak."
"What?! That means he's in trouble! We got to help him!" exclaimed Ryo.
"Hold on! Don't get your underwear all crunched up, boy. This is Baihumon's battle and we shall respect his wishes by letting him fight the true enemy himself," replied Ebonwumon.
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Zhuqiaomon's Domain
Guardromon was flying over towards the group along with Kazu and Kenta riding on his back.
"Hey, chumley! Over here! Did you think we would miss this out!" Kazu exclaimed.
"You can't leave us out and can't forget about us," replied Kenta.
"Hey! Glad to know that you guys managed to stay put at the gate," said Takato.
"Well, we didn't exactly miss you guys that much," Sonja said with sarcasm.
"We know that you missed us," Guardromon said.
"Spare me…"
"Now I shall explain to you, Tamers, about the true enemy. Maybe you'll understand from our point of view," said Azulongmon.
"We're all ears," said Terriermon.
Azulongmon gazes down at the lake below and his eyes flashed a blue light, causing uplift in the water to rise and away from the dry landscape. He gazes down and creates a huge fault in the ground with several markings being made onto the ground itself. The lines were able to form a circle, which was shaped like the earth's globe with several outlines to it.
"Just imagine this as the whole Digital World. The shape much resembles that of your own world, but it fails to comparison to ours. As you can see, there are layers that contain many different locations. The Digital World started out as a huge wasteland with barely to little life, but then our environments started to expand and evolve overtime, much like your world has for many eons. During this beginning, there existed three different types of beings. Those are the digimon, the fairies known as DigiGnomes and the true enemy. The name of this one dimension was known as "Digizona". So the digimon were forced to share the same habitat as the true enemy. It wasn't easy but life was hard at those times. But one day, the true enemy had vanished somewhere and was sealed within a sphere."
"That's what Shintomon told us about Black Magimon sealing away the D-Reaper. That must have been it and Shintomon was able to kill Dark Magimon's father from there," said Buddamon.
The group was now becoming quite interested as they gazed back over to Azulongmon, who was continuing to explain to them about their evolution.
"As soon as the true enemy was sealed away, this allowed digimon to further evolve. Eventually, the higher beings and us, sovereigns, had to create our own sub-dimensions, to ensure the survival of every type of digimon known."
"So these higher beings also included Shintomon himself?" asked Leomon.
"Yes. He is the last supreme guardian, since the other three were killed by the true enemy before it's imprisonment," replied Zhuqiaomon.
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Baihumon's Domain
Ryo looked down at the cracks below the caverns and watched as flashes of light were coming on and off. He jumps back at every time a hit was being made. Each hit caused the ground shock and several shockwaves to appear.
"Whatever Baihumon is fighting down there is packing quite a punch," said Ryo.
"More than just a punch. I feel a destructive ki from this being. I don't think even Baihumon will last much longer, but hopefully, he can hang on," said Cyberdramon.
"You two are underestimating good ol' Baihumon there. He's as tough as they come when it comes to protecting his domain," said Ebonwumon.
Suddenly, the ground started to crack and Ryo had almost fallen but Cyberdramon was able to catch him in time.
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Zhuqiaomon's Domain
"In time, I had found a catalyst but I needed the power of not just my own but also that of the DigiGnomes and also from another individual that helped me turn the catalyst into the form of a digimon," said Azulongmon.
"Who? Who's this individual that you are referring to?" asked Henry.
Just then, a flock of DigiGnomes came flying by as the group looked up in awe at what they were seeing before them.
"Whoa. That's so cool," said Takato, "So these are DigiGnomes. So what do they exactly do?"
A Digignome came flying by and landed right on the shoulder for Takato. Then more DigiGnomes came flying by as they were carrying along what looked like man of some sorts. He seemed almost like a hologram of his image self.
"A human being," Sonja pondered, "Here?"
"Who is that Leomon?" asked Jeri.
"I have no idea. I have never seen him before."
"Greetings all," the man said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Mizuno. But my friends call to call me Shibumi."
Henry gasped in surprise what he was hearing.
"So, you're one of my dad's old college buddies, right?" asked Henry.
"Yes. That is me, who must you be?"
"I'm his son, Henry Wong."
"His son? Then you must know a lot about me and our project we created about the digimon?"
"Yeah. I know everything. Then you must also know about the reason for your digimon's evolution and the use of the cards right?"
"Well. No."
"I shall explain everything to you concerning that, and I shall explain the truth to the true enemy known as the D-Reaper."
The group all stood around as they were now prepared to hear the truth behind the whole story, that is until two bright sources came flying by. They all looked up to see Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon along with Rika and Renamon.
"Hey guys! You just didn't forget about us, did ya?" Rika said.
"Rika! Oh, you think we'd forget ya!" Takato called out.
"Glad you stayed alive, goggle head."
As soon as Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon landed, Rika and a now revived Renamon came towards the group. TK and Patamon had also awoken while being told of what happened to his own brother. He was quite saddened and went over towards the group.
"Sorry about the loss of your brother," Takato said, "Azulongmon told us everything."
"I know. What he did was honorable and that's all that mattered. I could have done it but Matt needed to show that he cares for others once in a while," said TK. "Matt. Thank you, my brother. I'll carry out your wishes."
They all nodded in reply and then turned to face Shibumi.
"Alright then, I think it's the perfect time to explain this whole situation. You're in for quite a story..."
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Earth. West Shinjuku Dragon Hotel.
Everyone of the remaining Digi-Destined, which included Cody, Sora, Joe, Mimi and Yolei, had all arrived to meet up with Izzy. The red-haired computer whiz stood in front of them while logging onto his Internet connection.
"Ok, guys. You all know why I called you here. Now about the other day, I'm sorry Yolei and Mimi. The car was broken down."
Mimi and Yolei sat there while rolling their eyes. Izzy cleared his throat, as he was about to speak.
"Now, this will be very hard to explain. But I just discovered the mystery to the whole digimon card mystery. And yes, I learned that the brain behind it was a man named Mizuno AKA Shibumi. I did quite a lot of research on him. It was said that he was one of the people behind the whole 'AI' program. He was apart of a group known as the 'Monster Makers'. They had almost perfected the digimon but never got to finish the finalized version."
"Such a bummer and we digimon would have been a hot commodity for a long time," remarked Tentomon.
"Yeah! Think about all that cash we would get just for being here," said Gomamon with dollar sighs forming in his eyes.
"Gomamon, this is serious," Joe replied.
"Yes. As I was saying, the project had to be cancelled due to the funding. But now, I just got recent information that the digimon cards were just released about as recently as six months ago."
"Six months ago?!" Cody exclaimed, "But why weren't we informed about this? I mean, how does this Shibumi know about our digimon?"
"As a matter of fact, our digimon are pretty well know since we were all involved in the War Games during the battle against Virus. Not to mention the incidents involving the artificials and Myotismon before that."
"But how does he even know our names?" Armadillomon asked.
"I'm getting to that. Here's a bold predication that I'm going to make and I'm very sure that you might believe me. But he has access to not just one but two digital worlds."
"Two digital worlds? That's where Tai and the others are in," Sora said.
"As a matter of fact, it was the Monster Makers who were responsible for the creation of the two digital worlds. Not only did they just create digimon, but also their environments. That is when Shibumi decided to make a card game out of it and we did not know because we did not pay much attention to it. In other words, there was no point since neither of us are big card collectors. But then I came into a revelation. I was able to make contact with Shibumi. I just made contact with him in the digital world as we speak. What you're about to witness is the truth. So are you ready? It was a pain in the ass to even get a connection through to this new Digital World. There were loads of interruptions. Anyway, here we go..."
Izzy goes over and clicks on a file reading Shibumi. As soon as he clicked on it, live footage was being shown on Izzy's laptop screen. Shibumi was now visible to the eyes of the Digi-Destined.
"Are we getting a good picture? Let me know if it needs to be fixed."
The Destined all sat there as they watched and paid no attention to Izzy. They sat around as Shibumi began to speak.
"I am Mizuno. But my friends call me Shibumi. I'm glad to have met each and every one of you. I'm glad to know that there are others who have knowledge of the digimon as I have. Now, in case you're wondering how I know so much about digimon, well I can just say that I was a college kid with quite a weird imagination. I was one of the Monster Makers and we decided to come up with an idea that would revolutionize technology, as we know it today. We were the first to actual create digimon. But after the project was cancelled, I had made a prediction that these digimon would in fact come to life. My friends and family called me a 'lunatic' and a 'goofball' during those rough times. But eventually, my predication would indeed come true. The first digimon to have appeared on earth happened almost nineteen years ago, during the battle between two monsters at Highton View Terrance."
"Greymon and Parrotmon," Sora replied.
"After that battle occurred, investigators had referred to the incident as a terrorist attack, but then, more digimon had emerged in our world once again about four and a half years later. During the second incident, not only were there digimon but also something that appeared in the skies. It would, in fact, be the actual digital world. But that wasn't the end of the incidents. The situation would have become worse about three years later, when digimon had appeared all over the world just before the War Games held by Virus had taken place. Military had questioned whether to find an actual way to locate the digital world and the digimon, but luckily there were digital gates that would seal away all the doorways to the digital world. It was actually for the best. But the digimon invasions would not stop from there. In fact, the other digital world was now beginning to allow digimon to enter our world through bio emerging. I know for one thing that these digimon are ruled over by four sovereign, the higher beings of the digital world."
"But what about this thing called the blue card," pondered Cody.
"Ah. I'll explain. It's quite simple really. The blue cards are not technically even cards at all. They're 'evolution algorithms" that change the data of digimon and humans. They only appear when someone, who is a Tamer of a digimon, are emotionally in a difficult situation."
"Whoa! How did he even know what I was going to ask," Cody said with widened eyes.
"Maybe he's just psychic," remarked Armadillomon.
"The DigiGnomes that you see before me are actually other forms of digital beings, but are not digimon. They are kind of like cousins to digimon though; much like an ape is to a human. What they did as far as digimon is concerned was take data packets and create digimon out of them."
"But what about a digimon like Guilmon?" asked Izzy.
"Quite simple my friends. The DigiGnomes took the info based on Guilmon and merged them together to create the form of Guilmon, giving him an actual body and soul."
"Which is further proof that digimon are not just walking and talking forms of data."
"Hey! Who said I was data? I eat like a pig and yet I feel so real. Even when I get those stomach aches when I sleep," remarked Tentomon.
"Ha. Very good logic there my friend. But another reason why Guilmon was created was because it was Takato's dream that also helped create Guilmon."
"Dream? So you think that could be why we also became Digi-Destined. Did I just dream for Hawkmon to become my partner," Yolei pondered.
"And maybe I was dreaming about you too, Yolei. But I really didn't get to know you until you pulled the digimental out," replied Hawkmon.
"You got a point…"
"That's a good theory. You could have, but then again could have not. That dream enabled Guilmon to become apart of Takato, just like each and every one of you Tamers and Digi-Destined. It's pretty obvious anyways. You each have digimon to rely on and each of you share the same power of friendship. Guilmon was a type that was created as a form of communication."
"So that mean our digimon are just data? Damn, what a bummer," Joe said.
"Aww, admit it Joe. I'm the best data friend that your ever had," Gomamon remarked.
"But it really doesn't matter. We're still their friends," said Palmon.
"Right. There's nothing that will set us apart."
"Now that all of that is settled. It's time for me to explain of the true enemy. The enemy you are facing is known as the D-Reaper."
"So, what exactly is this D-Reaper?" asked Sora.
"The D-Reaper was originally designed as a simple control program that was to prevent the original programs that became digimon from getting out of control. But then, it shouldn't have become powerful as it has become. It was corrupted by something, perhaps some computer virus. Now it apparently mutated."
"Mutated? What? Did it grow another arm?" Gomamon asked.
"It soon gained data of what it deleted. It probably absorbed every power that each digimon it had deleted overtime. All it ever thinks about is destruction… of digimon and the digital worlds… Oh no… losing transmission… No! I wasn't finished yet…"
Just then, Izzy had now lost transmission with Shibumi and the screen went black. The group was too stunned at what they had heard from Shibumi, especially the digimon themselves.
"Whoa. That was like shocking," Tentomon said.
"Yeah. No kidding," replied Gomamon.
"So, looks like we got ourselves a screwed up computer program on our hands. A mutated program to be precise and we must not underestimate this enemy you guys," said Izzy, "Our other Digi-Destined friends and the Tamers are out there as we speak. We will do everything we can to keep in touch with them as far as communication is concerned…"
"Maybe we can help!" a voice called out.
The whole Destined group all turned around to see none other than Yamaki and the Hypnos crew looking over at them.
"Who are you?" Izzy asked.
"That's for me to know, Mr. Izumi. We might need your help. And it certainly does concern your friends."
"Wait a minute! You're that Yamaki guy!" exclaimed Mimi.
Yamaki replies with a grin on his face.
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Zhuiqaomon's Domain
The group had just finished listening to what Shibumi had told them. They were just as shocked and surprised by the revelation of Guilmon's birth.
"I can't believe you're just a walking and breathing piece of data," said Takato.
"But remember, I'm still your friend. No matter what we both are. Even if you are flesh and blood, you are still my friend, Takatomon."
Takato responds with a smile on his face and he shook Guilmon's hands in the form of displaying their true friendship.
"Rika? Your not mad that Renamon is data, right?"
"Goggle head. Just because she's data doesn't change the fact that our friendship remains as strong as ever. Don't you forget that," Rika said with a wink.
Takato returns with a smile on his face.
"Oh, Matt. If only you were here to by at our side," TK said, "But it looks like we'll have to avenge your death by taking down that damned D-Reaper our selves."
"Don't worry, TK. As long as we fight together, we'll beat that corrupted program," said Patamon.
"Azulongmon, do you know where the catalyst as we speak?" asked Buddamon.
"I'm sorry my friend, Buddamon, but we have not been able to find the catalyst. We do have a feeling that he is here within the digital world hiding."
"Don't worry, Azulongmon. We'll find Calumon and help you in this fight against the D-Reaper," Takato said, "Zhuqiaomon, you must agree that us digimon and humans must work together this time around."
"Unfortunately, I will have to agree. I still share disgust with you humans but this a war that both sides have to work together. We do after all have one common enemy and that being the true enemy."
"D-Reaper."
"Don't worry, Tai and Kari. Well take care of everything and do what it takes to avenge your defeats,"Takato said to himself. "Nothing will stop us from the inevitable."
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Elsewhere within the Digital World
Clouds start to drift away lazily over a rocky area. Shintomon stumbles forward, barely able to stand on his two feet. He collapses against a wall.
"Hikari, please be alive! I need your help along with TK and Davis to help kill the D-Reaper!"
Shintomon gets off his wall and continues his long walk through the desolate landscape. Unfortunately, he doesn't get very far before he collapses once again and falls to his knees. Far ahead of him lies the forest in which Kari and Gatomon rested, either unconscious or dead.
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Elsewhere
[Majin Buu's dub background theme plays]
D-Reaper raced across the desolate landscape with Dark Magimon leading towards numerous directions. They soon come across a small little town in the middle of nowhere. Magimon giggles excitedly at the sight. D-Reaper simply smiles. But then, the sorcerer's laughing abruptly stops as he realized that D-Reaper was about to ram into the tallest building of the small little town. Dark Magimon cries out as D-Reaper goes plowing through room after room while digimon were screaming out in the background.
"Stop! Stop!!"
But D-Reaper doesn't stop. Digimon were beginning to abandon their homes as a result, which caused Dark Magimon to get hit in the head by of all sorts of objects, including the kitchen sink. D-Reaper grins as the tower that they rammed through exploded. Tons of red data came shooting out from thee devastated tower debris and D-Reaper absorbed it as if it were a hot fudge sundae. They continue out as debris came cluttering the sky behind them.
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Somewhere in the Digital World
Tai and Agumon were slowly beginning to come to as they looked out to see nothing but a desolate landscape.
"Ugh, please get the number of that bus," said Tai, "Hey? Where did Matt go? And we're out of our fusion form."
"Tai! He got away. I do remember getting hit from behind that completely put me out."
"Me too. Damn Matt! He knows better to than attack me from behind. Oh well, I'll owe me later. But wait, I do remember him clubbing me in the back."
Flashback
"If we can work together, I'm sure we can defeat D-Reaper," said Omega X.
Metalla X quickly clenches his fist and then holds it out with his other arm, as if he were about to hit a baseball. Omega X smiles as he began to absorb some of his own power, in order to transfer it to Metalla X. But then, Metalla X executes a forearm smash to the back of Omega X's head. He cries out in surprise and pain, as his eyes widen and his mouth hanging open. He falls to the ground, quickly de-evolving back into Tai and Agumon. They both land with a thud and looked just about out of it. Metalla X stands over them with his arms held up.
"Even you had to let your guard down when you lost fatigue."
He reaches down and begins absorbing some of Tai's former crest energy. He stares at his body, which began to glow with a golden aura and it explodes with a metallic blue aura instead.
End of Flashback
"I can feel D-Reaper's ki but I can't feel Metalla X's," Agumon said.
"What?! Then that means he's either left or he could have… died…"
"Plus I can't even feel Kari's either… But I can still feel Imperialdramon and Dinobeemon. They've changed back from stone. Those two should know what has been going on."
"What?! Not Kari too! Oh no! We have to find them quick!"
"Hold on, I can sense a whole group of kis over in the southern region. I can get us there with the ol' time warp technique."
"Alright. Maybe we can group up with the others and band together to find my sister."
Tai walks over to Agumon as he places two fingers on his forehead. As soon as Agumon concentrated, they both materialized and disappeared without a track from their location.
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Zhuqiaomon's Domain
As the whole group sat around thinking of a way to fight the D-Reaper, Takato looks over to Rika and walks up to her.
"Rika?"
"Yeah goggle head?"
"You okay?"
"Well other than hearing about other people dead, I should be fine. I mean look. Matt and Kari are dead. I hate to cry but I almost feel like it, even if Matt was such a jerk. We don't even know what's happened to Tai either."
"Yeah, I know how you feel…"
"Thanks…"
"For what?"
"For understanding…"
"Um, your welcome…"
Suddenly, something materializes out of nowhere. The group all turns around to see none other than Tai and Agumon. They gasped in shock and yet were happy to see them again.
"Tai!! Oh my god!! I can't believe you're still alive!" exclaimed TK.
"Ah, come on. You guys know better than that. Nothing keeps us down."
"I'm still shocked that you two managed to survive. Where did you go?" Takato asked.
"We've been taking a nap this whole time after getting knocked out from behind by a certain somebody named Matt."
"Tai, there's something we need to tell you," Rika said.
"What is it?"
"Matt is dead," said Jeri.
"What?!"
"He gave up his own life to try to stop the D-Reaper but it was all in vain!" replied Leomon, "We were unaware of this until Azulongmon here informed us."
"I have no doubt. Agumon was still able to sense D-Reaper's ki anyways. But Matt… Damn. I can't believe it. By the way, can somebody heal our bodies, because we just got back from a harsh battle."
""I'll be more than happy to,"Azulongmon said, "After all, you might be one of our last resorts in defeating the D-Reaper."
"Cool, you got yourself a deal, then."
As soon as he said that, Azulongmon powered up one of his digicores and a bright beam of energy came flowing down upon both Tai and Agumon. Zhuqiaomon could only look on with a face of almost sheer disgust but knew he had to cooperate in the humans on this battle.
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Underground parts of the Digital World
Calumon was climbing up a very steep wall and then came across seeing a group of large bubbles floating up from the bottom pits below. Each of the bubbles was red and formless as if they were slime inside of a lava lamp. Their colorful appearance easily caught Calumon's attention as he looked over at them.
"Culu. Those little bubbles are so pretty. Yet, I can't even reach to them. They're too far away and why would they be floating up and what could be making them."
As he continued to ramble on, more bubbles came floating from the deep pits and were becoming quite a distraction for Calumon.
"Pretty, I wish I had one of those. Now off to find Takato and Guilmon!"
After all of these stunning revelations, we have a tight situation on our hands. Matt is gone. Kari might have a chance to survive death's doors. The D-Reaper is still alive and well. And there's nothing to stand in its way, but will Tai and Agumon have anything to say about it and can they make a difference?
[Digimon Tamers second ending theme "Days ~Aijou to Nichijou" plays]
[Preview]
Tai: If only Kari or Matt were alive, we could have easily beaten the D-Reaper.
Takato: How?
Tai: It will be through a fusion. I'm not talking about the usual human and digimon combination. I'm talking about two fusion warriors merging with one another.
Terriermon: Um… You've lost me here… Taimon
Tai: D-Reaper would have gone down easily with this technique. I'm looking for two suitable warriors to use this technique. TK. Davis. You two are it.
TK: Me and Davis?!
Tai: We need to bring Kari back. Shintomon, you said you had something that would help increase Kari's hidden power?
Shintomon: Yes. While my assistant Buddamon helps train War Angemon and Imperialdramon to fuse with one another. I'll be responsible for Kari.
Tai: I trust you my friend.
Azulongmon: The chaos of the true enemy is loose!
Rika: Not if Renamon and I have anything to say about! Bio-Merge Activate!
Voice: We are the instruments to your destruction, chaos…
Izzy: Next time on Digimon Tamers Fusion, episode twenty-five!
A New Hope: Fusion Confusion?! Whirling Ultimate Flower, Sakuyamon Evolves!
Takato: Don't you miss it!
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Max: Yeah, D-Reaper lived. This sucks!
Keke: Totally. My dad is gone and I'm going to kick SSJ4's ass for this. He killed off my father twice! Once was enough, but this time has gone too fucking far.
Coral: Hey, just be glad he received an honorable death. Be glad that Matt is one of SSJ4T's favorite characters.
Keke: Yeah. But I'm still going to kick his ass. I don't care how hurt he is. No one messes with my family.
Coral: I've noticed that SSJ4T is changing a few things. Kari is getting the special treatment from Shintomon, while TK and Davis are getting the fusion training from Buddamon? He really is changing the plot.
Max: He did say that he was going to make changes to this saga alone. While Keke cools off, don't forget to check out the latest Zero Two fic! It's up and ready to be reviewed. Until then, we're out! Peace!
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