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: Welcome again to the next chapter of Digimon Tamers Fusion! This week will be a special Halloween week! Today will feature the gruesome D-Reaper!
Keke: If you thought Virus was scary, then the D-Reaper will make you pee in your pants!
Coral: Now, we promised you a surprise and we're here to reveal it! We have ourselves a guest!
Leprechaun: Hello, laddies! It's me the Leprechaun!
Coral: Sorry, dude. We don't have your gold.
Leprechaun: Sorry, laddie. I don't need me gold.
Max: If you guys seen that scary movie with the killer Leprechaun, this is the guy. So, you still use that magic shit to kill people with?
Leprechaun: Nah, I'm getting a little too old for that. However, I came here to see a little Digimon Fusion. I here SSJ4T has a birthday.
Coral: In two days.
Leprechaun: I just might pay him a visit, then. Don't worry. He's my boy. I won't hurt him. He's been selling me some gold. I've some bling bling!
Coral: Eh, nice. Anyway, let's get on with the fic! Enjoy!
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[Digimon Tamers Opening theme "The Biggest Dreamer" plays]
A New Hope: Fusion Confusion?! Whirling Ultimate Flower, Sakuyamon Evolves!
Zhuqiaomon's Domain
The entire group had just finished explaining everything that had been happening while he was out. Everything from the fight that Takato endured with Beelzebumon, the D-Reaper's release and Metalla X's ultimate sacrifice.
"…And that's what happened so far," Takato finished explaining.
Tai and Agumon were sitting down on some stone steps as they were listening to the whole story. They were quite surprised, saddened and but were ready for the new enemies. Tai sits up with his arms crossed and a smirk across his face.
"That's terrible. I mean both Kari and Shintomon have been killed… Now Matt just gave up his own life trying to save ours. I can't believe Matt is gone, too."
He looks up from the floor with tears in his eyes, which was one of the very few times that he has ever shed tears. But he had lost his own flesh and blood and a very close friend, which would have been enough to put him into depression, but the losses only made him stronger. He looks up to face the group.
"D-Reaper is unbelievably powerful as Shintomon had predicted. If we don't do something, not only will all digimon, but mankind will also be exterminated."
"We really need you Tai," said TK, "We can't afford to lose you. After all, you and Agumon make up the strongest fighter in the whole group."
"Besides, Takato and Guilmon have also managed to merge to become Gallantmon," said Rika, "That's a big plus. I'll willing to bet that he's the second strongest."
"Can't forget about us," said Imperialdramon.
"Sorry to break it to you, Davis," Dinobeemon, "But even we don't stand a chance against the D-Reaper. Your going to have to find a way to surpass the normal mega level, much like Tai and Kari has."
"Well, I really hate to say this guys," Tai said, "But I don't think even myself and Agumon as Omega X can beat the D-Reaper."
"We shouldn't be underestimating the enemy. The D-Reaper is much more powerful than you all are giving it credit for," said Agumon.
"So, you saying that you can't beat the D-Reaper?" asked Henry, "Tell me your just jerking our chains.
"No… I'm pretty dead serious," Tai replied. "I was I wasn't but I'm not bullshitting here."
"But Tai… You're just saying that. You have unbelievable powers," said Guilmon.
"Well, Matt and I were both equal in power in our fusion forms. It was a very close battle. The D-Reaper wasn't even bothered when Matt imploded," said Tai.
The group lowered their heads in utter disappointment at what the Digi-Destined of courage had just said.
"I'm sorry, guys, but I don't think Omega X could beat D-Reaper."
"I understand. Even you aren't that strong compared to D-Reaper," TK said, "I can see that very well."
Tai stood there clenching his fists at the thought of getting back at the D-Reaper for taking away his little sister's life.
"Damn it! If only Matt or Kari were still alive, I'd think we have a chance."
"No. Even if we attack D-Reaper in masses, we will still fail," said Imperialdramon, "That won't work and we will just be sending more meat to be slaughtered."
"That's not what I meant," said Tai, "I wanted to start a technique where two digimon would fuse, instead of the usual human and digimon fusion."
"What?! Fusion between digimon?!" exclaimed the group.
They all had widened eye expression and gaping mouths, but Tai simply stood there with a smile on his face. Even Takato and the Tamers were caught by surprise.
"Yeah, I said fusion."
"Fusion. You mean joining together?" asked Kazu, "Between two digimon?"
"Yeah. It was done before when War Greymon and Metal Garurumon. They eventually became Omnimon. Only this time, it's a fusion between the digital fusion warriors such as myself."
"Yeah, we met these race of digimon known as Repoids many years ago and they were able to teach us that technique," said Agumon, "It really works and we figured that it would be quite useful in the battle against the D-Reaper."
"But it can only be done when the two fighters have an equal amount of power and are almost the same size," said Tai, "Otherwise, it won't work."
"Such as? What?" asked Terriermon, "This fusion is too confusing… Even for me… My head is starting to hurt now."
"Well. How do I explain it? Ok, lets try this out. It's a joining technique between two digimon and that merged pair will have incredible power that neither has had before. They become a whole new person," Tai stated.
"That's right," replied Imperialdramon, "I saw it done between War Greymon and Metal Garurumon. They eventually had incredible powers as Omnimon. I saw it done when they were in training. But that was a long time ago."
"But you do know that Omnimon was very powerful as a result of that fusion," Tai said.
"The fusion that we humans and digimon have demonstrated was incredible, but the fusion of two fusion warriors will be very powerful," Tai said, "I can guarantee that."
"The Repoids were quite weak and quiet before showing us the fusion technique, but once they merged, they were one awesome fighter," said Agumon, "I almost jumped up because of it."
"I'm beginning to understand this," Takato said, "So when War Greymon and Metal Garurumon merged, they merely gained a huge power up."
Tai nodded while agreeing to the goggle boy's response.
"So if Kari or Matt were still alive, you could have fused with them?" asked TK.
"Or one of them could have fused with you," replied Tai, "You'd become a powerful warrior and will beat the D-Reaper that way."
"It took us a week to learn the technique," said Agumon, "We've never used it. There wasn't anybody like Tai and myself in that part of the Digital world where the Repoids lived."
As soon as he said that, the whole group lowered their heads in disappointment and thought that Tai would have already known how to use that fusion technique. Tai grins and rubs the back of his head.
"I guess it was just a dream."
"No, Tai! Its not impossible," said Takato, "I'm even bigger dreamer than you…"
But just as Tai was about to walk away, he turned around to face the goggle boy. Takato soon began to speak up to get Tai's attention.
"Huh? Takato, what do you mean?"
"Its not impossible. Besides, you said that Metal Garurumon and War Greymon could fuse into Omnimon. That's more than enough proof that it's possible. Heck, this entire digital fusion between digimon and humans is more than enough proof. I learned a lot when Guilmon and myself merged. Now, we're at the level at you are at Tai. We just can't give up now. There are three worlds that depends us. We have to stop the D-Reaper, no matter what it takes. Tai, I hope you realize that."
Tai stood there and was beginning to think to himself. Takato had made very good points and everybody pretty much agreed.
"It's very possible," said Azulongmon, "Fusion warrior, this maybe our last chance. This mergence between the two fusion warriors could work. It needs to be completed soon."
"You're right. I need to stop dreaming, because you guys are counting on me. This dream might very well lead to the defeat of the D-Reaper. So, what are we waiting for? Lets get this over with!"
"Only one problem, Tai," Rika said, "The only possible candidate for you to fuse with are TK and Davis. Besides, we're not sure if you are able to fuse with Gallantmon since he isn't a real digimon," Takato said, "I wouldn't know for sure. Plus I don't know what kind of side effects it might have on Guilmon, whether it be positive or negative."
"He could be right, Tai. I'll be able to fuse with you," said TK.
"Or me," replied Imperialdramon.
"Heck, maybe I can just teach you two," Tai stated.
The whole group all went wide-eyed at Tai's announcement. TK and Imperialdramon looked over to each other in surprise.
"Me fuse with Davis?!"
"Me? Fuse with TG?!"
"Besides, since Matt and Kari are not here. You only are the only candidates," Agumon stated, "We could have gone with Terriermon and Guilmon but it won't know the side effects it might have on them, since they are from a different digital world than ours."
TK and Imperialdramon looked over to Tai as they both nodded their heads.
"I'm going to teach you guys for as long as I can," Tai said, "But there's still not enough time… Will somebody take over after me in case Agumon and I have to go and stall the D-Reaper some time?"
"I'll do it!" a voice called out.
They turned all around to see Leomon raising his hand up. Jeri looked over at him and then over towards Tai and TK.
"You sure you can handle it?" asked Tai.
"Don't worry. I've also been to Repoid. It's no dream world. I've seen what they can do as far as their fusion technique is concerned."
"Alright, it's settled then," TK said, "We got plenty of time to master it."
"Not exactly," said Buddamon.
The group all turned to face Buddamon as he began to explain the flaws to the actual amount of time for the fusion training.
"It seems that it would take a very long time for TK and Davis to master this new form of the fusion technique. A lot of digimon are going to be sacrificed to the D-Reaper in that time. In fact, all of digital life, maybe even the human realm will all be but destroyed."
"That's our gamble. Are you willing to take that risk? We have to be prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure both TK and Davis master the new technique of fusion," Renamon stated.
"Don't worry, as long as the four guardians are around, we can just use the digicores to help revive everyone that were lost to the D-Reaper," said Tai.
"Use my digicores?! I will not allow you to take any of my valuable items of life!" exclaimed Zhuqiaomon.
"Silence, Zhuqiaomon. This may be our only chance. We have to trust in them," Azylongmon replied.
"Well al right. Maybe I should at least trust them this time around. But only for this time."
"Don't worry, Zhuqiaomon. We won't let you down," Lopmon said.
"That big mean ol' bird needs to calm down," said Suzie, "Maybe a little sleep will help him."
"No. He's always been like this. No offense but he has a long-term grudge against humans."
"That doesn't surprise me," replied Guardromon. "Big ol' bird thinks he's so tough."
"Yeah, like that's ever going to change his views about us," Kazu muttered. "You're embarrassing me, dude."
"Alright, you hear that, Tai?" Imperialdramon asked.
"We still have hope. Just what he really need now," Tai replied, "You two might still be able to pull this one off."
They both nodded in agreement while the others within the group were discussing the issue over the new fusion technique. Could it actually be done without any negative side effects to it? Only time will tell as far as this is concerned.
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Elsewhere within the Digital World
[Majin Buu's english background theme plays]
D-Reaper was slowly passing over a large, beautiful ocean with Dark Magimon on her back. Suddenly, there was a seaside city that was coming into view. This caught D-Reaper's attention as she goes flying down towards what looked like an amusement park.
She looks down to see a roller coaster taking a huge drop with people screaming with excitement. She grins and begins to follow the track. She went through many loops and turns in order to catch up to the cart. Dark Magimon screamed out, as D-Reaper was quickly moving through the roller coaster. As a result, Dark Magimon goes falling off of the back of the D-Reaper. He goes screaming out.
"D-Reaper, do something!! We don't have time to be playing around!"
As soon as D-Reaper was about to reach towards the very top of the roller coaster, she goes swooping down like a falcon and catches Dark Magimon in time, leaving the tourists to deal with a large, cloud of dust that he throws up while passing. D-Reaper returns over to the roller coaster, but was now flying alongside with it instead of going through the actual track. As soon as the roller coaster came at a turn, D-Reaper suddenly goes smashing into it and causes it to go flying off of the track. She shrugs her shoulders and begins to walk alongside the track of where the roller coaster was supposed to be traveling around in. As soon as the crash-landed, the tourists each exploded into data and D-Reaper quickly absorbed the last of their data.
"I better keep D-Reaper in control before she wrecks everything other than the digimon! She's merely toying with them,"The evil sorcerer said to himself.
The D-Reaper jumps off for the roller coaster track and lands down on her feet. She looked over to see a large group of digimon running away as fast as possible. A devilish grin forms across D-Reaper's face as she continues her walk through the amusement park.
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Earth. Hypnos Headquarters.
The Hypnos crew was in the main obversation room, and was attempting to try to make connection into the digital world. But no matter how have they have tried, they came out a little short of the situation.
Yamaki was done giving Izzy a tour of the Hypnos building. The young man was starting to become quite more interested in their use of such advanced technology.
"I must say, Mr. Yamaki. This is some state of the art technology. I never knew such a place existed."
"We've hidden our main observation room due to the media and politics. We couldn't allow anyone to know what kind of secret project we are working on. Just recently, we had used a program known as the Juggernaut."
"What exactly is the Juggernaut program?"
"Its a program that was used and designed to locate and delete all digital life forms within this plane of existence. Its been used quite frequently. Until the recent incident where that digimon destroyed nearly all of West Shinjuku."
"I know. I saw that on the news."
"Well, as a result, something interfered with the process and caused it to meltdown. We've been spending almost days and nearly a week to try to repair everything that was lost. It won't be fully recovered until at least a few months to say the least."
"Few months, huh? But why did you want to get rid of the digimon?"
"Due to the fact that they were feared to become a nuisance and might cause an unbalance in our environment. All of these bio-emergences have caused quite a bit of negative effects. The biggest prime example was the giant pig which nearly destroyed the entire city."
"But not all of the digimon are bad. You really can't assume that every digimon plan on arriving in this world to cause it any harm."
"I never knew that until I met the digimon that were associated with Takato and the other children. They are out there in the digital world and trying to save their friend. I feel almost guilty for attempting to wipe out their companion digimon."
"No, it's not entirely your fault, Mr. Yamaki. You really didn't understand digimon that well. If you want somebody who has had experience with them, I'm the one to talk to. Besides, I have a digimon of my own… Tentomon."
Tentomon was walking in with a box of cream puffs. The little insect stuffed his mouth down with a handful of the cream puffs. Izzy looked on with widened eyes and a sweat drop coming down his face.
"So, Izzy. When are we going to take a lunch break? I was so tired of waiting, so I went to a near by vending machine and got myself some of the best snacks you can find."
"With what money?"
"Um a lady with red hair, and quite a looker too, had left some money on a counter and I took it."
"No you didn't," Yamaki muttered.
"What? I didn't know it had belonged to her! I thought she had left it there for somebody else. Plus I couldn't resist anything that so sweet and tasty… Mmmm, sweets…"
"He needs a break from watching those Simpson marathons," Izzy thought.
Just then, a voice came screaming out and it caused Tentomon to jump back. He turned around to see Riley running in with an angry look on her face. Izzy and Yamaki stepped off to the side with Tentomon dropping the food.
"WHO THE HELL TOOK MY MONEY?!"
"Um… I can… explain…"
"Explain?! Explain to me why you stole my money! I was hungry. You don't want to get on my bad side on an empty stomach. Now give me those cream puffs of else."
"Well, I certainly got something to say!"
With that said, Tentomon picks up the cream puffs and flies off with them in his hands. Riley goes chasing right him.
"You get back here!"
"Geez, and here I thought battling evil digimon was bad, but this is worse!"
"Come, Izzy. We better get out of here, before Riley tears the place apart. Let's go into my office."
"Give me back those creampuffs!"
"Finders keepers! Heh. Heh."
Tentomon takes a peek inside the box. He realized that there was none left. He had eaten everything piece available.
"Doh!"
They both walked out the door leaving Tentomon to be chased by an ever-so hungry, Riley. Luckily, there were some co-workers that were able to hold back Riley. Yamaki walks over to his office door with Izzy following him inside. He shuts the door and walks over to his desk.
"Tell me, Mr. Izumi. How did you get yourself associated with the digimon? After all, you and some other seven children had some long history with them."
"I can explain everything. You see it all started nineteen years ago. Six children and myself were at summer camp. This was approximately about August of 1999. August 1, 1999 to be exact. During that day, we had found a strange aura and then six beams of light came out of nowhere. Eventually, we had received these devices, which are called digivices."
Izzy holds out his digivice, which had still remained the same ever since that year in 1999.
"It was there that a portal came out of nowhere and it sucked all of us into a different reality world from earth. It was in fact the Digital World."
"Digital World? What exactly did it look like?"
"When we first arrived, it was a lush, rain-forest. But there are many ecosystems throughout the Digital World. Much like our own planet, the Digital World has tundras, oceans, mountain landscapes, grasslands, coniferous forests, factory lands, frozen landscapes, and several dark, mysterious dimensions. It is home to many kinds of digimon that inhabit each ecosystem. Each confined to those separate ecosystems and each evolving overtime."
"Interesting, and how did you meet up with your digimon? They just didn't come popping out of nowhere."
"Actually that did. The digimon had followed us everywhere we went and they protected us against some of the most dangerous monsters of that time. Eventually, we learned that the digimon were our destined partners due to the fact of us bearing the digivices. We were summoned to stop the forces of darkness that were attempting to control the digital world. We started off on File Island where each of our digimon digivolved. My digimon is Tentomon, but then he digivolved, with the help of my digivice, into Kabuterimon. Later, we had also received tags and crests, which would enable our digimon to digivolve past the champion level. Each crest possesses a symbol of the bearer's strongest traits. Mine would be knowledge and the crest would enable Kabuterimon to digivolve into Altur Kabuterimon."
"Evolution among these digimon? I've seen it done before with the digimon that invaded West Shinjuku. So, I have no doubt that it makes them stronger."
"Right, each time that they digivolve, they obtain special powers. In turn, they make themselves stronger."
"Then I would see these digimon upload the data after defeating their opponent."
"Really? I haven't seen digimon from our world perform that ability. I have a feeling that there's another digital world out there and not just one."
"I've also been having that same feeling. There's a good chance that these digimon that have recently bio-emerged did in fact come from another digital reality."
"Plus these digimon are a lot stronger from this other digital world. It's a good possibility that Takato, Tai and the others are already on that digital reality as we speak. I've seen how these digimon fight. Let me tell you, even Altur Kabuterimon was having trouble with one."
"You also said that you have actual connection to those two digital worlds?"
"For the one I've been to, yes. I am able to make contact with a being named Gennai. He's been a major help through all of the troubles we've had in the past. But, now, I just recently managed to tap into a dimensional portal with the help of Gennai. I managed to study a little bit of it and was very intrigued at what I saw."
"We might need your help after all. Izzy, I ask you to help us. The Monster Makers and myself have nothing that will enable us to make direct connection with that digital world. After all, most of our equipment is still in repair as we speak."
"Well, you did ask me in a kind way. But…"
Yamaki sat there as if waiting for Izzy to give him a straight answer. Izzy placed his fingers on his chin and looked down to the floor. He looks straight up at Yamaki and a smile forms across his face. He extends his hand out.
"You've got yourself a deal, Mr. Yamaki. I'm in."
Yamaki responds by shaking the young man's hand as both of them sat up from their chairs.
"I'm glad that you have decided to help us. You'll be amazed to know how creative the Monster Makers really are."
"Oh I know."
"You do?"
"Just because I'm young doesn't mean I can get all the information on the Internet. Trust me, you won't believe how much I spend time on it."
"Understandable."
Suddenly, there was a loud scream as Tentomon came running out from the door with Riley on his tail.
"Is she always like this," asked Izzy.
"Only when she's hungry. Ugh, I better go restrain her before she causes a scene. Next time, be sure to tell your little friend to watch it with the money on the counters. They're not his."
"I'll be sure to tell him that."
Just then, Talley comes walking in, which catches both mens' attention.
"Excuse me, sir? We got ourselves a problem with Riley again. Shall I get some co-workers to find and restrain her?"
"No, Talley. I'll handle this."
Talley then takes a good look at Izzy and smiled.
"Hello there, you must be that new additional member of our team."
"Well. Actually, I'm just here for a temporary basis until all of this digimon situation is cleared off."
"I see."
"Oh, and my name is Izzy. Koushiro Izumi to be exact."
"The names Talley."
"Can we save introductions later? We got a mad woman to stop," Yamaki said.
"I'm with you. I better get Tentomon out of here before she tries to strangle him out."
As soon as both Yamaki and Izzy go running out, Talley was left behind. She looked over at Izzy, who had now disappeared into the hallways. A slight blush comes across her face. But she quickly shook herself and was back to reality.
"What am I thinking? He's only in his early 20s and I'm near my late 20s. That can't be right."
Talley shrugged and walks away to get back to work.
"Or could it?"
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Elsewhere in West Shinjuku.
Sora and Biyomon were walking through the park while gazing up at the stars. It was already nightfall and they knew that being out in the park late at night wasn't safe, but they weren't even worried. All Sora could think about was Tai.
"Sora. Everything is going to be okay. I'm sure Tai and the others are fine. Besides, we got some of the strongest fighters on our team. We've beaten Virus and Burizalor. This time won't be any different. They might be facing different kinds of enemies but they will pull it through."
"I know. But I just hate being at the sidelines. Being without Tai only makes things worse for me. I get pretty lonely."
A smile forms across her face.
"Stupid, Tai. You had better come back."
"So, are you sad that I'm just data? After hearing what Shibumi had said?"
"Not at all. You're my best friend, Biyomon. I could never stop liking you and dump you because you're data. I kind of consider it being discriminated for hating towards somebody being different. Each of us are different all across the world, but all share something that will never separate us apart."
"And that would be?"
"A heart. We all have hearts.
"You're heart and you're the first to know about love. We share the power of love after all."
"You're right. And let us share that love for each other. And I will share the love I have for Tai."
"That's the spirit, Sora. I knew you come through."
"Yeah. I promise never to down myself ever again."
"You promise?"
"Promise."
Sora and Biyomon hugged each other as the stars from above were shining down over them as if Tai himself were watching her at this very moment.
Looking on from the distance, a blue-haired girl with long pigtails looks on. Her eyes were mystified. Standing next to her was a taller, young man with a bag of groceries.
"Isn't that sweet, Tenchi?"
"It sure is. We better get going before Ayeka and Ryoko tear up the place again."
"Ok."
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Digital World.
Shintomon was crawling right through the ground and struggled with everything within the inch of his body. He was nearly beaten to death and wanted to find Kari as soon as possible. But he couldn't do this alone. He needed help and fast.
"I need… Buddamon… He'll help me…"
With that said, Shintomon closed his eyes while delivering a telepathic message over to Buddamon. He used every ounce of power to do so, and he had to it quick before his body wears out and eventually gets deleted.
"Buddamon. I need your help now! I'm located over at the oasis over near the location of Dark Magimon's former ship site… I need help. We need to find Kari… I have a feeling she's still alive!"
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Zhuqiaomon's Domain
Buddamon stood for a few moments before his eyes widened in shock as he had received Shintomon's telepathic message. He looks up and then began to speak.
"Shintomon! I can hear you!"
The others looked over towards him with shocked expressions on their faces. Rika and TK go running up to Buddamon.
"He's alive?" asked Rika, "But that explosion should have killed him! I can't believe it. It's good to know that he's alive."
"What is he saying?" asked TK, "What's his condition?"
"He's near death and I must depart from here to go and help him. He also just said that he might have found the exact location of Kari. So, in other words, there's a huge possibility that she may not be dead after all."
The group was now beginning to become much happier over this stunning revelation, especially TK, Takato and Tai.
"That's great! She's still alive!" exclaimed Takato, "That means that you and Shintomon are going to retrieve her back?"
"Yes. Then we can use her to help you with the new fusion techniques."
"Great! Would you please go and help them right away?" asked Tai, "I'm really worried about Kari. I am her brother after all."
"Of course, I will do what I can."
"Thank you, Buddamon. We really appreciate it," said TK, "Our gratitude goes out to you."
Buddamon responds with a nod and cups his hands together while chanting a magical phrase to himself. This phrase was a spell that would enable him to teleport over at the exact location of where Shintomon was waiting.
"I just wonder how long this training will last. We don't have much time left. We still have Calumon to find and the D-Reaper to stop,"Henry said to himself.
"Hey, Henry? Momentai! If you're worried about Calumon, don't worry. I have a good feeling he is coming to us eventually."
"You really think so?"
"I know so. Just sit back and momentai. The training will be quick and that D-Reaper will get the biggest a-er butt kicking of his life."
"Was he just about to say ass?" Guilmon asked.
"What's an ass?" asked Guardromon.
"Ugh. Please don't start with the ass jokes," Rika said, "This is serious business."
"Men. Feh. They'll never learn," Sonja muttered.
"I agree. They're all pigs," Rika said, but then turned around to face Takato. "Except for Takato though..."
"Hmmm. I wonder why she's looking at me."
"I really hope those two will eventually show their feelings towards each other. Its no secret," Jeri said to herself. "Besides, Takato and I are just friends anyway. At least I have a digimon and became an official Tamer. I'm very proud to be on a team with those two."
Tai looks up at the skies and was now beginning to think about Sora along the way. A smile forms across his face.
"Don't worry, Sora. We'll be back. I promise. Nothing will separate us apart."
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Within the Digital World
Shintomon continues to stagger through the rocky area towards the forest where Kari and Gatomon still lies. He drops a trail of blood as he moves and supports himself with one arm on a nearby rock wall to hold himself up. Sweat and blood runs down his face.
"Hikari… Gatomon…"
Shintomon suddenly stops, with sweat dripping down his chin. His vision was now beginning to lose focus on and off.
Kari and Gatomon remained unconscious within the forest, and it was possible that they were still alive. But for long would they barely be able to keep their life forces? Only tell would tell to decide their fates.
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Elsewhere within the Digital World
D-Reaper is flying over what looked like a large village Dark Magimon looked down at D-Reaper with a questionable look.
"What's wrong? Do you see something? Hmmm, I guess it doesn't matter. D-Reaper, it's about time to start. Time for the mass destruction to begin."
The evil sorcerer cackles maniacally while D-Reaper floated in the air with a smile on her face and not even responding.
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Former site of Dark Magimon's ship.
The former battlegrounds was just as quiet and dead as ever. There hasn't been a sign of any kind of activity after D-Reaper and Magimon had left the scene. The only soul left was Shintomon, but he was far from that location.
Buddamon had just arrived at the former battler site in time. He looked around and was shocked at what he saw before him. There was a very, large crater that was embedded into the ground. His eyes started to widen in a shocked expression.
"This is bad… This is where Yamato had passed on after an attempt to destroy D-Reaper for good. But it was a failed attempt…"
He looks down in shame and gives his prayers to the fallen Digi-Destined of friendship. Just then, his eyes opened up and he quickly lifted his head up. He looks off towards the right and was beginning to pick up somebody's faint ki. It was Shintomon's ki.
"Yes! He's still alive!""
He quickly rises out from the crater and takes off into the air from above.
Meanwhile, Shintomon was struggling with ever inch of his life to make it over towards the forest that Kari and Gatomon were lying unconscious. He stops and leans against a wall, panting.
"Hi-Hikari is… still alive…"
The Supreme guardian walks over and makes a very painful step and his expression would easily tell that he was in tremendous pain.
"… I'm almost there… Hikari…"
He slowly continues right over, gasping in pain after each step he makes. After only a few steps and he goes collapsing to the ground. He lied there until he finally gave out and was breathing rather shallowly. His life essence was starting to fade away.
Buddamon races over and then makes it over towards an empty, uninhabited rocky area. He looked around with question.
"Where is he?"
He looks back and forth over the land as he flies into the distance. He flies from the rocky landscape and towards the forest. He then sees something below. He lands and goes running up a few yards up towards what seemed to be a dead animal of some sorts.
"What? Hmmm. What's that?!"
He turns and runs back towards the direction that he had come in from. He looks ahead and spots Shintomon, collapsed on the ground.
"Shintomon!!"
He speeds up ahead and lands a few feet away, running up towards the body of the Supreme guardian. He then starts to shake him and attempts to revive him.
"Shintomon! Lord Shintomon!"
As soon as he said that, the Supreme guardian started to groan and slowly open his eyes, but was unable to see.
"Thank goodness! I came just in time! You almost died!"
With that said, Buddamon places his hands onto Shintomon and they started to glow a rather, gold color. Shintomon felt energy entering his body and every ounce of power he had lost coming back to him. His body was now physically becoming revived. Soon after that, all of Shintomon's injuries were healed. He opens his eyes and gasps.
Shintomon lifted himself from the ground and then looked across his surroundings in complete shock.
"Shintomon!"
"Huh? Buddamon… What's going?! Weren't you supposed to be with the others?"
Buddamon responds with a slight grin on his face. Shintomon lifts himself up and manages to stand on his two feet. He held his head and looked across the barren landscape. Suddenly, Shintomon had just now remembered something.
"Buddamon! Hikari is alive! We must get to her quick before we lose her!"
"Yes."
Shintomon goes off running towards the forest head of him with Buddamon following up closely behind him.
"We can't allow for Hikari to die! This is our chance to help train her, Daisuke and Takeru!"
"Yes, I can feel her presence," said Buddamon.
Shintomon and Buddamon flew up side by side through the air as they went to locate the bodies of both Kari and Gatomon.
"Buddamon, can you feel that enormous ki I'm sensing? That's D-Reaper's ki."
"Yes, it fills me with despair. No one in the whole digital universe can breath safely now. The thing we feared the most has now come."
Suddenly, a slight smile forms across the face of Shintomon.
"Its not completely hopeless, Buddamon. I can see a faint light of hope. I have a brilliant idea! We'll use the combined strength of Takeru and Daisuke. Hikari will get a special treatment. She's the more valuable of the three. She has the hidden potential."
"Huh? The powers of both Takeru and Daisuke? Hikari's hidden powers? What do you have in mind?"
"Thats right. If we can increase their already unimaginable power, they might be able to defeat D-Reaper! We need Hikari for this! She harnesses that great potential to become the strongest. That means even stronger than her brother."
"What did you just say?! Hikari stronger than her older brother? Don't tell me that you're going to…"
"You didn't see how truly powerful those fusion warriors were. You couldn't even imagine it."
Buddamon pauses and allows the Supreme guardian to continue on his side of the story.
"We have to find Hikari soon. Her ki is very weak as we speak, but I can feel it from that grove."
The two higher beings found the location of Kari and landed right in the middle of the forest.
"I can feel her around here!" said Shintomon.
"There he is! Over there!" Buddamon exclaimed as he pointed out.
They both looked over to see the unconscious bodies of both Kari and Gatomon on the grass. They looked rather battered and beaten. They both landed on either side of the two bodies. Buddamon bends down and takes Kari's hand. He felt a pulse from within her as well as her last remaining ki.
"She's alive. Gatomon as well. They were in about the same condition as you were."
"I'm glad we found them."
Buddamon places his hand down to heal both Kari and Gatomon, but Shintomon holds out his hand as if he were telling Buddamon to stop.
"Huh?"
"You can heal them after we get back to Zhuqiaomon's Domain and let the others know that we shall be taking these two, Takeru and Daisuke in our holy domain."
"Huh?! Don't tell me you're going to allow humans to walk on our holy grounds! Not even X or the Gate Keeper has ever stepped foot on those sacred grounds!"
"That's right. Let's hurry."
"Yes, sir."
Just as soon as he said that, a blue sphere envelops them both and they quickly vanished from out of sight.
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Zhuqiaomon's Domain
The whole group was sitting around while planning their next move. Tai and Agumon were moving back and forth while waiting for Buddamon to arrive back.
Then, the group all turned to see a blue orb appearing out of nowhere. Shintomon and Buddamon had arrived back with both Kari and Gatomon in their arms.
"Shintomon! Buddamon!" exclaimed TK. "You brought Kari and Gatomon back! They're in bad shape!"
"Let me see her," Tai said, "We can heal her here."
"No, we have decided to transport her to the holy realm. We have decided to also bring along both Daisuke and TK."
"Huh? But what do you want with them," asked Takato.
"Its quite simple really. We came to the conclusion that Takeru and Daisuke can create a powerful combined force. We can harness their powers and allow them to bring their hidden powers forth. Maybe this way, we can somehow make them powerful enough to defeat the D-Reaper."
"Um, one question?" Davis said, "What do you need Kari and Gatomon for?"
Davis and Veemon had already de-evolved from Imperialdramon since they decided to converse their power for a later battle.
"Are they really that important to come along as well?" asked Veemon.
"As a matter of fact, they are. We can use them to increase their power through an intense training procedure. It deals with showing the abilities of their true strength."
"Wow. Ok then! I'm in!" Davis exclaimed. "Even if combining with TH is going to be harder than I can stand… I'll do it for the team!"
"Now hold on. Let's not jump into any conclusions. How long will this training last?" asked Henry, "We still have to find Calumon and deal with the D-Reaper."
"Calumon won't be hard to find. As a matter of fact, he's rather close by as we speak," Shintomon said, "But the D-Reaper will be the only problem. As long as it doesn't start its destruction, we should be fine. The most time this training will take place won't be for a year, which is actually just a whole day in the digital and real worlds."
"Wait a minute! Just like that Time chamber we entered before the War Games," Tai said.
"Yes, but this one year of training will be much more intense and extremely difficult. No one has ever survived it, but I have faith that these three Digi-Destined will get the job done."
"Alright, then. Just make sure my sister gets a strong as possible," said Tai, "And teach her the…"
"We know. The new fusion technique. We shall teach it. Takeru and Daisuke will learn with perfection," Shintomon said.
"You can rest assure that they will come back better and stronger than ever," Buddamon said.
"I'm in. If Kari is going to participate into it, I will also join her," said TK.
"And the same goes for me. Besides, I can't wait to get as strong as possible and beat the living hell out of the D-Reaper," remarked Davis.
"You guys be careful and train hard. We will be waiting for you," said Tai, "In case you need me, just have your digimon send a telepatheic message to Agumon."
"Since its long distance, it's going to cost you," replied Agumon. "Look on the bright side, I'm cheaper than collect."
"Don't worry, Tai. We'll be back faster than you can say D-Reaper," TK said.
"Wow, so you're actually better than collect?" Davis asked.
"Don't mind him," Veemon assured Agumon. "He dials collect every time."
"Doesn't he realize that I was pulling his string?"
"That's Davis for you. He always forgets."
"Lets go then," Shintomon said, "There's no time to waste."
TK and Davis nodded as they both stepped forward. Patamon and Veemon go following up towards them. As soon as they neared the two higher beings, the same blue envelope engulfed them and they vanished from out of sight.
Tai stood there while looks on ahead with a slight smirk on his face.
"Lets just hope that your training will come off well guys. I'm following forward to how great your maximum powers will be like. But I know you three won't disappointment. I wish I could have gone with ya'll, but looks like Shintomon only wants you three to come on your own."
"Tai?"
"Yeah, Agumon?"
"Don't you think its time we start to plan out our next move?"
"Your right."
"You can rest assure that your sister and your friends will do just well," Azulongmon said.
"Besides we got even bigger problems," said Zhuqiaomon.
"And what's that? The D-Reaper?" asked Guilmon.
"Not just the true enemy's form itself, but the chaos of it," replied Azulongmon.
"The chaos?!"
Suddenly, there were several red-purple bubbles rising out from the pit below. The groups looked over and were beginning to wonder why the Sovereigns would be afraid of bubbles so much.
"The true enemy is down below us," said Azulongmon, "And it's coming for us. This is one part of the true enemy."
"Aw, man! Now we got to handle two parts of the D-Reaper?" Kazu asked, "Just what we really needed! This is just like another one of those RPG video games! You meet one enemy and then you meet the next!"
"You've been playing too much Final Fantasy, dude," Kenta remarked.
"So what? I love those games!"
"Can it, game boys! The D-Reaper has two parts?" asked Henry, "But how is that possible? You mean to tell me that the actual being and the mass are two separate entities?"
"Yes and that is why it makes itself so dangerous," said Azulongmon.
"Oh no! That means that Calumon could be in some kind of danger!" exclaimed Takato, "We got to find him before the D-Reaper does!"
"I say we get down to the bottom of this. Brace yourself, Tamers."
With that said, Azulongmon forms a large, cloud and it went hovering towards the group. Each was engulfed from within the cloud.
"Do not worry. This cloud will only help navigate you through. This way you don't have to attempt to hover down into the deep pit of despair. The chaos is very dangerous, so do not attempt to touch it."
As soon as everybody entered the cloud, they went floating down into the pit below with Azulongmon and Zhuqiaomon following from behind them.
Tai looks down and was awed at what he was looking at. He couldn't believe that he was inside a cloud created by Azulongmon.
"What do you see, Tai?" Takato asked.
"Nothing yet that I see," Tai replied, "I guess we'll know we see more of the chaos bubbles."
Terriermon began to look down and had a nauseated look on his face and looked like he was about to pass out.
"Henry, this side if making my stomach queasy. I just hope we find Calumon and get the heck out of this dump."
"Well, said, Terriermon, but lets not try to get on the Sovereign's bad side."
"Agreed."
"Hey, Takatomon. You think Calumon could be down there?"
"We won't know for sure until we see him," said Takato.
The cloud continued to descend down into the pit as the Sovereigns kept an eye out for the chaos bubbles and another eye out for Calumon.
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Baihumon's Domain
Ryo and Cyberdramon were still looking down through the cracks of the pit below. They were hoping for Baihumon to have escaped the pit.
"It's all so quiet all of a sudden. But why do I still have a feeling that something bad is going to happen?" Ryo asked.
"I haven't heard a single sound. The fighting has stopped," Cyberdramon said, "But I do feel an enormous ki down in that pit below."
"You think it could be Baihumon?"
"You kids worry so much. Baihumon will do just fine on his way. Besides, he's never been defeated in this part of the western region."
"I know, but I just still have a bad feeling," said Ryo.
Just then, Baihumon had jumped right out from the pit and landed right in front of the three individuals. He looked rather worn out and tired, which wasn't like Baihumon to be after a gruesome battle. Ryo held out his D-Ark and quickly got information on him.
[Baihumon. Mega level. Western Sovereign]
"What happened to him?" Ryo asked, "He looks rather tired out! Something bad must have happened down there!"
"Oh no, Baihumon! You look rather exhausted. You should take a rest, my friend. There's no way that you can continue on your battle against the true enemy."
"I agree. This is serious! If something can do this to Baihumon, I can't imagine what it can really do to the whole digital world. I wonder who this true enemy they are speaking of."
"I say we go check it out," Cyberdramon said, "There's no pointing in us just standing around here."
"Now hold it right there! If Baihumon can be weakened by the true enemy, then you two don't even stand a chance."
"But we have to check it out. We also have a right to know what we are facing here," Ryo said, "Cyberdramon."
"Right."
Cyberdramon picks up Ryo and then goes flying down into the pit, in hopes of finding the true enemy, which was the chaos bubbles of the D-Reaper. It was the second entity from the D-Reaper after the blob mass was released from the sphere along with the D-Reaper being as well.
"If the Sovereigns fear this true enemy, then we are in deep shit,"Ryo thought.
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Down below the pits of the Digital World
Azulongmon and Zhuqiaomon were leading the cloud down into the pit below. The Tamers could only look on with awe at what they were now seeing. Several red bubbles came floating up like bubbles inside of a lava lamp.
"Is that a lava lamp?" asked Terriermon.
"No, it's you're imagination," Henry replied.
"About time you had a sense of humor, Henry."
"Terriermon…"
"I've seen this mass before," Rika said, "When the sphere of the D-Reaper was opened, but now it's…"
"It is chaos."
The whole group watched as one single bubble splattered onto a floating boulder and watched as it quickly got deleted. They all gasped in shock at what they just saw.
"Impossible! That bubble just ate that boulder like it were a hot fudge sundae!"Tai said to himself.
"What kind of a monster is the D-Reaper?"Leomon thought.
Zhuiqaomon was shocked to see this and he goes desecending down into the pit below as he let out a horrifying scream.
"Zhuqiaomon!! Don't do it!" exclaimed Takato.
"You're going to get deleted if you go down there!" cried out Guilmon.
"We are positive that the true enemy might be down there and wherever the true enemy is, the catalyst isn't very far behind. As you can see, the chaos would go anywhere near the source of digivolution- the catalyst itself."
"No! Then Calumon isn't far! We have to get to him quick!" exclaimed Tai.
"Man, I feel sorry for the little guy. Everybody seems to be chasing after him most of the time," said Kenta.
"Don't worry. Calumon maybe small but he's as tough as butterscotch pudding," replied Kazu.
"I just hope you two are right," said Jeri, "I couldn't afford to seeing Calumon going away… because of the chaos…"
Just then, somebody was calling out towards them and it was none other than Ryo along with Cyberdramon. The group all looked up see to him descending down.
"Hey guys! Over here!"
"Hey! Cool! It's Ryo!" exclaimed Kazu.
"Welcome back!" said Kenta.
Sonja and Rika both looked up with distraught looks on their faces. They were visibly upset that Ryo has returned, but the others were astonished to have seen him drop in unexpectedly.
"So, you're that Ryo Akiyama guy!" exclaimed Takato.
"That's my name and don't wear it out."
As soon as Ryo and Cyberdramon came landing onto the floating boulder the group had descended upon. He looked over at the whole group and then over to the bottom of the pit.
"So, you guys saw the chaos too? It's spreading like wildfire down there. It's bad. The other sovereigns were weakened by its presence."
"This is bad," said Tai, "Not only do we have chaos trying to delete everything but the D-Reaper monster itself running around like a crazed maniac."
"And we got a good feeling that Calumon is down there with the chaos," said Henry, "We're going to have to be extra careful and not allow ourselves to get exposed to the chaos bubbles."
"Well, Rika. You sure haven't changed a bit," Ryo said teasingly.
"Ugh, typical. You left being an arrogant ass and you still are an arrogant ass."
"Don't let him get to you, Rika. You're too good for him," Sonja said, "Don't worry, I had to put up with his bullshit."
"Well, it's nice to see you too, Sonja."
"Hmph. Whatever"
Sonja turns away and turns back towards Ryo. The group looked down to see a fiery being rising up from the pits and it was none other than Zhuqiaomon. He had returned, but with a weakened left wing. It looked as though the chaos had eaten parts of his left wing.
"I couldn't find the catalyst. The chaos was blocking my path and I couldn't allow myself to get exposed to it," Zhuqiaomon said.
"There's no way that you could have overcome it. Its a lot more powerful than you ever gave it credit for. The catalyst is perhaps at the very bottom and out of our reach. Our only hope is for the catalyst to come to us instead of trying to get to him," Azulongmon said.
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Down below into the pit, Calumon was attempting to climb up as fast as he was gazing down at the bottom where the chaos mass was bubbling up.
"Those pretty little bubbles are pretty dangerous. I better stay on this side and make sure that it doesn't get me," said Calumon, "I really hate climbing up. Its making my feet hurt."
As soon as he started to climb up more, more and more of the chaos bubbles started to rise up in masses.
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Azulongmon quickly noticed more bubbles coming up from the pit and was starting to worry over the fact that the catalyst is in danger of being deleted.
"The chaos is spreading so fast! I fear for the catalyst's survival. He is needed to bring forth digivolution within our world. We can not afford to have him swallowed by the heartless mass."
With that said, Azulongmon pushed aside the levitating boulder which the Tamers were standing on and made sure that the floating chaos bubbles wouldn't absorb their resort spot.
"Whew! That was close! Thanks for saving our necks there," said Takato.
"And here I thought we would almost have been goners," Tai said.
"Alright. Its time for action! I think I'll be the one who should go down there and save Calumon," said Takato.
"What are you crazy?!" asked Tai, "You know that the chaos will get to you if you're not careful."
"But I have to at least try."
"He's right. It's too risky. Plus there's no guarantee that you could come back alive," said Henry, "If the chaos touches you, you'll be erased."
"Then in that case! We'll do it!" Rika exclaimed.
With that said, Rika goes jumping off of the floating boulder and sliding down a ridge where she landed on several stone steps that were linked against the rock wall.
"Rika! Don't!" exclaimed Takato.
"Rika! Get back here! You're risking it!" Jeri cried out.
Suddenly to the whole group's surprise, Takato goes following right after Rika.
"Takato! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Tai cries out.
"I have to try and stop her! You guys make sure that the chaos doesn't touch that boulder you're standing on! I'll be back!"
With that said, Takato and Guilmon go sliding down right after Rika. Rika goes walking towards the edge of the pit below while still holding their balance on the rock ledge.
"Rika. We have to go back," Renamon said.
"No. We have got to find Calumon and get the heck out of here," Rika replied.
"I understand that, but what you are doing is writing your own death warrant. I can't afford losing you. Please listen to me, just this once."
"Look, Renamon. I have to do this. Whether it costs me my own life or not, we have to get Calumon back. The Sovereigns need him and that's what we are going to do."
"Rika!! Rika!! Can you hear me?!" a voice called out.
"Goggle head?"
They both turned around to see none other than Guilmon and Takato running up towards them.
"Rika?! Just what do you think you're doing? You're going to get yourself killed down here," said Takato, "We have to go back up…"
"No…"
"Rika, why?"
"Why should I, goggle head? Look, Calumon is down there and he's going to die if the chaos captures him. So we took it to our own liberty by retrieving him ourselves."
"But, then you're willing to get yourself killed?"
"Look. I don't need any knights in shining armor to come and rescue me. I can handle this myself. I don't need anybody's assistance."
"But, Rika…"
"No buts! Lets go, Renamon."
"Rika, don't do this… I'm begging you."
"I said, let's go."
Renamon sighs unwillingly as she goes following her Tamer. Takato looks down and sees more bubbles rising from the pit. Then he turned to see several coming right towards Rika.
"Rika!! Get down!!"
"What?"
Takato goes running up to Rika and pushes her away just seconds before the chaos bubbles were about to touch her. The two children looked up to see the bubbles rising into the air. Rika sighed a relief and looks up at Takato.
"Well, aren't you going to say thanks for saving your life?"
"Like I said before, I don't need knights in shi-"
"Hello?! Is anybody up there?! Echo!! Echo!!"
The two Tamers looked down at the pit below and saw something ascending to the top by climbing the rock wall. The creature turned out to be white with purple markings and rather, large eyes.
"Is that Calumon?" Takato asked, "Ah! It is him! He's alive!"
"Takato? Guilmon?"
"Calumon!" Rika exclaimed, "Over here!!"
"Rika!!"
The little digimon goes flying up to Rika and she quickly snatches him and hugs him. Calumon returns a hug to the red-haired girl with a smile on his face. He was happy to have returned to his friends once again.
"Oh, Rika!! I'm so glad to see you guys! I was so cold, hungry and lonely!"
"I know. I know. Everything is going to be ok," Rika assured him. "Takato. We got Calumon."
"Thank goodness. He's still kicking. Ok then, now we can get back to the others," said Takato, "Rika? Um, Rika? Hello? Earth to Rika?"
The girl looks down at the pit below and noticed a large, purple pool of the chaos itself. It was similar to the slime from the Ghostbusters movie. Her eyes started to glisten at the sight of it.
"Takato…"
"Yeah, Rika?"
"I want you to take Calumon and join the others."
"What? What are you saying? No, don't tell me."
"We have something we need to do. Renamon and I will stop the chaos. You guys go on! We'll take care of the problem here!"
"But Rika!! Just listen yourself!! You're going to get yourself killed!"
"No. Just listen to me. I have everything under control. Just go and let us handle this," Rika said as she handed Takato the little digimon.
"But, Rika…"
"Don't say another word, goggle head. Just go."
As soon as she said that, Rika goes sliding down the rock wall and lands onto the last rock ledge below. Renamon goes sliding down right after her and grabs Rika by the arm.
"Rika. Go back."
"No."
"Please."
"No."
"Rika. For once, please, I'm begging you to listen to me. One more step and you're falling into sudden death. You're not going to survive this."
"Renamon. We all each have our own destinies, right?"
"Yes. Each of us has a different destiny. Whether it maybe for the best or the worst. It depends on your judgment."
"Well, my destiny… is to stay and fight with you, Renamon…"
With that said, a smile forms across Rika's face as she goes leaping off of the ledge and falling down onto the chaos mass below. Renamon went flying after her, as if she were following Rika's destiny. Takato cried out in horror at what they were about to commit.
"Rika! Renamon!!"
"I can't watch, Takatomon!!"
The other Tamers were looking on with shock on their faces. They weren't going to afford losing another valuable soul. They had just lost Matt, and couldn't afford losing the Digimon Queen herself.
But just as they were about to panic, the red-diamond on Calumon's forehead started to glow. He let out a excited cry and watched as both Rika and Renamon's bodies starting to glow a golden color.
Rika looks down and noticed her D-Ark reacting and she felt her heart beating like there was no tomorrow, as if there was a new rush of energy coming out of her. Renamon felt her ki rising to new heights. Now they were about to merge into one body and one mind.
[Digimon Tamers Second Evolution theme "One Vision" plays]
Bio-Merge Evolution!!
"Bio-Merge Activate!!"
Rika holds out her D-Ark and presses it against her chest. It released a bright, blue light and it started to surround her body. Her hair was let loose and she had now become a stream of data. Renamon and Rika were merging with one another.
"Renamon bio-merge!!"
Renamon was standing on top of water and it started to rise above her, which quickly transformed her vulpine-like body into that of a human's. Her fox-like limbs were transformed into that of a human's. High-heel boots replaced her feet. Long silver-hair was flowing on her back. Then streams of golden energy were flowing over her body, which created a whole new body for her. Armor appeared on her chest, arms, legs and face. Her face evolves from that of Renamon, then into Kyuubimon, followed by Taomon and finally into that of a mask-like face. The mask retained some of Renamon's fox features and underneath her mask looked like to be a lower jaw of that of a woman. A staff appears in her hands and she quickly leaps up into the air. The newly evolved figure stands in the center of a circle and stands in a rather mysterious yet beautiful pose.
"Sakuyamon!!"
Inside of Sakuyamon, Rika felt herself all warm and cozy as if she were now inside of Sakuyamon. A smile formed across her face while her long, red hair was flowing as if the wind were blowing around her.
"So this is how fusion follows? Wow, I feel so strong. We are Sakuyamon. I'm Sakuyamon. I must be dreaming, but this is no dream. We are one."
Sakuyamon looked across towards the chaos with a rather serious look on her face.
Takato and Guilmon looked on with surprise and their eyes almost bulging out of their eyes.
"Wow! I can't believe it," said Takato, "Rika and Renamon bio-merged? Well, I'll be darned."
"They look so beautiful," said Guilmon.
"Yeah. Very beautiful," replied Calumon. "They're almost as beautiful as an angel."
Takato replies by nodding his head and having a smirk across his face.
"Make that a gorgeous angel, Calumon," Takato said in thought.
The others were looking on with surprise and shock at what they were seeing before them. Henry took out his D-Ark and was getting a reading on Sakuyamon, plus her statistics.
[Sakuyamon. Mega-Level. Shaman data type. Special Attacks: Kongou Kaimandara, Spirit Strike and Dragon Helix.]
"I can't believe it! Rika and Renamon bio-emerged!" said Henry. "Now we have about four fusion fighters on our sides."
"Which also includes me," Tai said.
"What an incredible ki!" said Agumon, "She just about has the same ki level as Gallantmon possessed."
Sakuyamon sets her staff down and looks down upon the chaos below her feet. As soon as the chaos was starting to rise again, she held her staff and started to chant out.
"I Sakuyamon, protector of all things true will do our duty."
Sakuyamon goes hovering up into the air and a bright pink aura forms all over. She holds down her staff and points it forwards to the rising chaos mass.
"River of chaos! O' red sea of destruction follow my voice and fell the twin blaze of beauty…"
She goes pulling back on her staff and swipes right through the chaos mass. Then she pulls back and swipes through it once again.
"…and of death…"
Sakuyamon raises her staff over her head and hammered the chaos down into the pit below with one hard blow.
"…and fall before my light!!"
Sakuyamon lets out a scream and the aura around her started to release a bright beam of light. The bright beam now covered the whole pit and the other Tamers were quickly astonished at what theyw ere seeing before them.
"She rocks," Kazu commented.
"Rika and Renamon have bio-emerged into mega," said Henry.
"Takato? Are you okay?" asked Sakuyamon.
"Yeah. We're fine. But thanks for saving our necks there."
Sakuyamon looks across him and the others with a slight smirk on her face.
"It was nothing..."
Sakuyamon snatched up both Takato and Guilmon and flies up over to where the others were waiting. The cloud carried off the group back over onto the surface with Sakuyamon and the two sovereigns following along.
"Excellent work, Tamers. You see, Zhuqiaomon? Digimon and humans working together have proven to be quite a useful tactic against the true enemy. What do you think?"
"Well, they have shown me that they have what it takes to defeating the true enemy. I never shouldn't have underestimated them, but that doesn't mean I will change my views about humans."
As soon as the Tamers departed from the cloud and were back on the surface, Sakuyamon had already de-evolved into Rika and Renamon. The group crowded around her and were complementing her.
"That was awesome, Rika! I never thought you ever had that in you," said Takato.
"Neither did I. I was surprised myself."
"So, how did it feel?" asked Jeri, "It must been quite an experience."
"It felt… powerful… Renamon and I were of one mind. Since our hatred for the D-Reaper has been building up, we took it to our liberty to taking out that red mass with everything we got."
"The good news is that we got Calumon back," said Takato.
"Whew. Thank goodness," Terriermon said, "I need a hot bath after all this."
"Awww, home," Kenta said.
"Where all the bread is," replied Guilmon.
"Not to mention the beds to sleep in," Tai replied.
"Hey! We're missing out on Battle City! Man!" Kenta stated.
Suddenly, there was a large explosion and a red liquid mass exploded from the pit below. The digimon all turned to face the chaos and were growling. Agumon and Guilmon faced the chaos with intense looks on their faces.
"It's the chaos! They only delayed it progress, but now it's going out of control," Zhuqiaomon replied.
"Tamers, this is a battle that you can not win alone. We must handle the chaos ourselves. This is our battle. You have to return back to your world as soon as possible," said Azulongmon.
"But the D-Reaper is still in the Digital! We have to stop it before something terrible happens! We just can't leave," Tai said.
"He's right, Azulongmon. The D-Reaper is out there and even you four sovereign can't beat him. Three of the Supreme guardians were defeated by the D-Reaper. Ever thought about that," Takato said.
"Please listen to us. If you battle the D-Reaper, then you are signing your own death warrant."
The two sovereigns looked down upon the group with concerned looks on their faces. Would they really face something strong enough to have defeated three of the Supreme guardians single-handedly? This would be a really tough decision, even for the Sovereigns.
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Elsewhere within the Digital World
The D-Reaper is seen bursting through a tower after feasting on several digimon data. She quickly absorbs the last of their data and licks her lips.
"I want more! I want more!"
"Damn. I never realized how much of a glutton this creature turned out to be. Maybe my father made a miscalculation in her design," Dark Magimon thought.
"Master Magimon! Where shall we go next?"
"Um, I think we passed by another village. There are plenty of more pests to be absorbed."
"Just like taking candy from a digi-baby! These data packs are my candy! I want more!"
"Yes, eat up while you can, Big Bertha," the sorcerer thought.
With that said, D-Reaper walked out from the tower and dusts herself off. Dark Magimon hops onto D-Reaper's cape and holds on tightly for another bumpy ride. D-Reaper blasted off through the skies to continue her rampage through the digital world. She was unaware of the events taking place. She might soon deal with the combined forces of Daisuke and Takeru, along with Hikari soon.
Looking on from on top of a nearby cliff, Beelzebumon watched the events unfold. His eyes widened by the mass destruction the playful monster created. He clenched his fists tightly. He couldn't bear to stand another powerful force top him.
"Just what is this? So this is the little imp's monster? Magimon finally released that creature. I can't believe the ki I sensed from that thing. Well, maybe I can redeem myself after that humiliating defeat I suffered. Magimon. You just gave me a guaranteed ticket to success. Look out! Here I come!"
With that said, Beelzebumon levitates up with very little ki he had left. He then powers up and flies off towards the direction D-Reaper was taking. He plans on taking on the D-Reaper to redeem for the loss at the hands of Gallantmon.
Will the Sovereigns listen to the pleads of the Tamers and prepare themselves for the upcoming threat that is the D-Reaper? And can Shintomon trains Davis, Kari and TK as soon as possible?!
[Digimon Tamers second ending theme "Days ~Aijou to Nichijou" plays]
[Preview]
Azulongmon: We must release the power of evolution! Calumon! As the catalyst, it is your duty! Please, release the power of shining evolution!
Takato: Are you seeing what I'm seeing?
Tai: I never thought I'd see this…
Magimon: Attention, Digital World! This is Dark Magimon! You're world is coming to an end, because I've released the D-Reaper! If you don't bring to me the individuals named Imperialdramon, Dinobeemon, Shintomon and Renamon, then I'll have the D-Reaper kill every single creature on this wreteched world!
Tai: That monster!
Azulongmon: This is why we need the power of digivolution. We have to stop Dark Magimon!
Ryo: Ken, is that you?
Ken: Huh? Who are you?
Ryo: Don't you remember who I am?
Ken: My memories are foggy… I think I've seen you before…
Beelzebumon: Magimon. D-Reaper. I'll hunt you down and I will redeem for my humiliating defeat by pineapple head.
Buddamon: Daisuke! Takeru! You two will perform the fusion! We will need you to defeat the D-Reaper!
Daisuke: Crap, I wonder what kind of special treatment Kari is receiving…
Shintomon: Hikari, I will help you harness you're full potential. It's time to pull out the legendary Omega Blade!
Kari: Gatomon will do it! We'll do anything to fight back against the D-Reaper!
Takato: Next time on Digimon Tamers Fusion, episode twenty-six!
The Digi-World Announcement: Time to Release Shining Evolution! Shintomon's Special Training!
Veemon: Don't you miss it!
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Coral: Well, that does it. You guys will witness the training of the three heroes. Plus, you got to see a cameo appearance by both Tenchi and Sasami. Not to mention Beelzebumon.
Max: He's biting off more than he can chew.
Leprechaun: Aww, now that's some strong shit…
Keke: He's smoking you're weed, Max!
Max: As long as he lets him hit some, then I'm cool with it.
Leprechaun: I see talking dogs and dancing cows…
Coral: Nice. Anyway, be sure to check out the next chapter to the Virus Saga. We'll have our costumes by then and we'll be having some Halloween games. If you readers would be kind to let us know what kind of Halloween games you'd like to see, then leave it in the reviews. Until then, goodnight everyone!
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