Digimon.EXE 3

By Wolf O'Donnell

WARNING! May contain Alternative Universe situations and out-of-character experiences. Upon reading this, you hereby agree that you forfeit all your rights to sue me and that I cannot be held liable for any psychological or physical damage caused by the fact that I use British English spelling and that this fanfic contains NO graphic depictions of a heterosexual and homosexual nature. Digimon is copyrighted by Bandai and Toei Animation Ltd. Wolf O'Donnell is copyrighted by Nintendo Ltd, although that might have nothing to do with the fanfic. Digimon.EXE 3 is based on Rockman.EXE, which is copyrighted by Capcom Ltd. Constructive criticism is very welcome.
P.S. I've decided against delaying the chapters, so you'll be seeing them appear very soon.

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File 19: My Tomorrow

Beelzemon spun round and pulled out two guns, before opening fire on Gallantmon. His bullets hit Gallantmon's shield instead of hitting the Digimon himself. Beelzemon roared angrily and flew across the floor towards the knight Digimon. He punched at Gallantmon and lashed at the Digimon, hitting the knight Digimon every time and denting and scratching Gallantmon's armour.
Gallantmon thrust his lance straight at Beelzemon, only for the black-clad Digimon to leap over his attack and perform a roundhouse kick that sent Gallantmon flying backwards again.
Beelzemon glowed. His UltraBarrier had regenerated itself again.
"Now, let's see you attack me now!" he laughed, as he rushed straight at Gallantmon and slammed his fist down into the knight Digimon, knocking off a huge amount of HP from Gallantmon's health. "Have a taste of my Corona Blaster!"
At the last minute, Gallantmon whirled out of the way and leapt to his feet. He raised his shield. The Digimon and his Operator heard Beelzemon laugh and then dive to attack them. That was the plan.
"Shield of the Just!" he cried out, as his shield began to glow brightly. A beam of pure white energy flew out from its surface and straight at Beelzemon.
Much to Gallantmon's surprise, Beelzemon flew out of the way of his attack. The knight Digimon looked around him to see where his opponent went.
Guns were suddenly aimed at Gallantmon's head and the triggers were pulled. The knight Digimon somersaulted backwards, the bullets clattering against the floor where he had been standing moments earlier. With lightning quick speed, Gallantmon whirled round and launched his Lightning Joust attack against his leather-clad opponent. It did nothing against Beelzemon's UltraBarrier.
"Amethyst Wind!"
"What?" exclaimed Beelzemon in surprise, as his UltraBarrier was suddenly blown away. "Ah, you!" he exclaimed, as he pointed at Sakuyamon. He grinned and then he laughed. "Yeah, I'll enjoy deleting you, foxy. Corona Bl...!" Beelzemon was suddenly hit by a huge bolt of electricity before he could even launch his attack against Sakuyamon. The shock of it stunned him, paralysing him with rage.
"Gargo Missile!"
Two missiles hit Beelzemon and exploded.
When the smoke cleared, it was clear that the attack had done more damage to Beelzemon's clothes than to the Digimon himself. He didn't look very pleased with them.
"You think that I'll be that easy to defeat without my UltraBarrier?" he asked rhetorically. "Think again!" He aimed his two black guns straight at two of the Digimon and opened fire, laughing as he did so.
Bullets smashed into each Digimon, wounding them and denting their armour.
Gallantmon whipped off his cape and twisted the fabric until it was like a whip. He lashed out at Beelzemon, ensnaring one of the weapons and pulled it out of Beelzemon's grasp. The Digimon saw Beelzemon turn to fire at him. Bullets hurtled at his head. Gallantmon raised his shield, blocking their blow.
"Shield of the Just!" roared Gallantmon, before firing a huge beam of white energy from the surface of his shield.
Beelzemon floated out of the way and drew another pentagram in the air.
"Is that the best you can do, tin-head?" insulted Beelzemon, as he fired a crimson beam of red energy down at Gallantmon. He smiled as the beam of energy hit the knight Digimon, blasting Gallantmon backwards. "Now for the final blow!" he laughed out loud, as he flew down towards Gallantmon and lashed out with a fist. He missed, smashing into the floor and cracking it.
The leather-clad Digimon whirled round quickly and aimed his gun at Gallantmon, as the knight Digimon swung his lance at Beelzemon. Their two weapons clashed together. They strained against each other's weapon, pushing gun against lance and lance against gun. With all their might, they swung their arms around, both weapons doing full circle.
A gun flew through the air and clattered on to the floor, skidding away from the two fighting Digimon.
Beelzemon cried out angrily, as he raised his right fist into the air. It began to glow and it was apparent that he was going to attempt his Multpile Impact attack once again.
"Spirit Strike!"
"Mega Missile!"
None of the attacks hit Beelzemon. He floated sideways, letting them whistle past only inches away from his head. A smile spread across his face.
"Ha! You pathetic weaklings!" he roared loudly. "Multiple Impact!" The black leather-clad Digimon sent thousands of orbs of energy flying through the air, in a terrifying rain of destruction that hurtled towards his opponents without mercy.
Gallantmon raised his shield, only for the energy to smash into it and knock it out of his hands. He watched as the circular shield went flying. Seconds later, an energy sphere hit the ground right in front of him, tearing the ground and flinging him back a great distance. He landed with a thud on the gelatinous floor, face upwards.
"This is far too easy," chuckled Beelzemon, as he floated over towards Gallantmon. "You know, I thought that you'd give me a much better fight than that. Guess I was wrong, huh?" He laughed. "Time for deletion, puny Digimon." With one claw he drew a symbol in the air. "Corona Blaster!"
A pure beam of red energy flew through the air and hurtled at Gallantmon.
There was nothing else for it. Gallantmon only had one other choice. He raised his lance and let rip with a powerful blast of electricity that leapt from the tip of his weapon. The energy of his attack struck against the Corona Blaster, pulsing against Beelzemon's energy attack, but it was far too strong. Gallantmon could feel the red beam of energy pulsing against his, ready to surge forward and engulf him in pure energy and thus, delete him.
At the last minute, Gallantmon rolled away, letting the Corona Blaster rip into the ground and tear a gaping hole in it. His eyes caught something in front of him, shining as the day it was first made.
"My shield!" he exclaimed, before he quickly lunged for it, grabbing it.
An idea formed in Gallantmon's mind. Perhaps this was the time for him to try out a new technique. He leapt to his feet, whirling round to face Beelzemon. He flung his circular shield at Beelzemon, as if it was a frisbee.
With a huge sweep of his leather-clad arms, Beelzemon swiped the shield away.
"You think that that can...?" he began, only to trail off when he realised that Gallantmon was no longer in front of him. "Huh? What?" He whirled round, just in time to see a metallic foot hurtle towards him.
"No way!" protested MegaGargomon, as he saw that Beelzemon didn't even flinch. "That would have flattened any Digimon's face."
"Let me take you for a spin," chortled Beelzemon, as he grabbed Gallantmon's leg and then spun round, whirling the knight Digimon around like a ball on a string.
"Uh... I think I'm gonna hurl," moaned Takato.
Despite feeling dizzier than a dog chasing his tail on one of those centrifuge-like rides at the fair, Gallantmon was still able to collect his thoughts. He aimed his lance at his opponent and charged it up, before letting rip with the most powerful blast of electrical energy that he could muster.
Beelzemon let go seconds before.
Gallantmon was sent flying into Sakuyamon, knocking her over on to the gelatinous red floor. The two of them collapsed into a digital pile of tangled arms and legs.
"This sure is a real laugh," stated Beelzemon, as he turned to face MegaGargomon. "Why don't you join your friends, peon?"
An angry expression had spread across MegaGargomon's face, as he faced Beelzemon. Within him and Jenrya, whom was BioMerged with him, there was a pent-up fury. It was a righteous fury, indignant, a rage and burning desire for justice. It was just the right kind of misdirected emotion that could cost him his life.
"Mega Barrage!"
The air was suddenly filled with missiles. Yet none of them would hit Beelzemon, even though he floated very still. Each one hit the renewed UltraBarrier that now surrounded him once more, and when the smoke cleared, it became apparent that MegaGargomon didn't stand a chance.
"DigiModify— WarGreymon's Terra Force activate!"
MegaGargomon raised his arms and a glowing orange sphere built up between the palms of his hands, growing in size. Not only did it grow in size, but also power. Surely, this attack would be enough to bring Beelzemon's UltraBarrier down again.
"Ha, now let's see you stand up to this!" laughed MegaGargomon triumphantly. With all his might, he flung the powerful sphere of energy straight at Beelzemon.
It went past his left ear.
Gallantmon ran for it and leapt up into the air. With one swing of his lance, he batted the orange sphere back towards Beelzemon.
There was suddenly a huge explosion, which sent smoke and dust flying into the air, obscuring all vision and making breathe difficult.
When the smoke cleared, it was suddenly clear what had happened. The UltraBarrier was down. Beelzemon was suddenly exposed to their attacks. The three Digimon quickly leapt in to the offensive, lunging straight at Beelzemon, completely forgetting that although he was defenceless, he was still powerful enough to delete them all with one movement of his hands.
"You really think you can beat me?" roared Beelzemon, as he flew up and away from the three Digimon. "Fools! I'll tear you apart before you can even think about victory!" He brought out his two guns and then aimed at them. "Eat lead!" Beelzemon pulled the triggers, firing bullet after bullet straight at the three Digimon.
Sakuyamon spread her arms out, creating a forcefield around them.
"It's no use," she sighed, as the bullets bounced off her forcefield. "He's far too strong. I don't know how much longer it'll take before we can defeat him." She certainly hoped that it wouldn't be long, after all, they still had DAEMON to contend with.
"Well, at least DAEMON hasn't woken yet," commented MegaGargomon, yet he didn't like the way the red goo was beating like a heart. "We've still got some time."
Yet Jenrya didn't feel the same way as his Digimon. He knew for sure that the battle against Beelzemon was taking its toll on them. In what shape would they be in once DAEMON did awaken and would the three of them alone be able to defeat it? Those questions plagued his mind, yet he felt as if there was no point in asking them out loud and reminding the others of what they were really there for.
"We haven't used many DMDs yet," stated Takato suggestively.
"We can't," protested Jenrya. "We've got to save them for the battle against DAEMON."
"If we don't use any DMDs, we won't survive to fight against DAEMON," protested Ruki.
"Gallantmon, what do you think you're doing?"
The knight Digimon had leapt out of the safe haven created by Sakuyamon's forcefield and was running straight at Beelzemon. He didn't care anymore about strategy. All that mattered was to defeat Beelzemon before he deleted them all. They had to do it quickly. There was no telling when DAEMON would awaken, and if they were still battling Beelzemon when it did, then they would be in big trouble.
Gallantmon saw Beelzemon charge up another Corona Blaster attack. Well, this time, he would be ready for it.
"DigiModify— Prism activate!" he cried out. A crystal prism appeared in his hands upon activating the DMD. He saw Beelzemon let rip with his powerful energy attack. That was it! Gallantmon lobbed the prism straight into the path of the red beam of energy and then dived to the floor, as it refracted Beelzemon's attack.
Red beams of energy were sent flying in all directions.
Yamaki flew himself down to the floor, covering his head. A look of pure fright had appeared on his face, when he saw one of the beams had burnt a hole in the ground only inches away from his face.
"You fool!" cried Yamaki angrily. "You almost hit me with that blasted attack!" He did not notice the hole slowly shrinking, as DAEMON's red gelatinous mass covered the gap. "Be more careful, next time!"
"Shut up, old man," growled Beelzemon, as he turned his head to face Yamaki. "Remember, I'm not your lackey!" He brought out his guns and then aimed at Gallantmon. "What? Where'd he go?"
"Look up, you fool!" screamed Yamaki.
With a befuddled expression on his face, Beelzemon looked upwards, to see Sakuyamon and MegaGargomon floating above him. The puzzled look spread to an expression of pure rage. How dare they? Well, he would not let them get the better of him. He floated sideways, letting Sakuyamon's Spirit Strike and MegaGargomon's missiles smash into the section of the floor above which he had been floating only seconds earlier.
"Nice try," laughed Beelzemon mockingly, before he turned his guns upwards and opened fire, sending a barrage of bullets hurtling up towards them.
"Yes, that's it!" cried out Yamaki, as he got up from the floor, brushing himself down. "Hit them with all you've got, Beelzemon! Show them no mercy!" Yet something registered in his mind as being wrong. He looked around him. "Now where'd that tin can of a Digimon get to?" he wondered out loud, as he continued to scan the horizon for any signs of Gallantmon. "He can't have just disappeared into thin air!"
Beelzemon suddenly started choking. For no apparent reason, he was choking. It felt as if someone was literally cutting off his air supply.
Seconds later, the DMD wore off and Gallantmon became visible again. He was there, his lance pressed against Beelzemon's neck.
"Now drop those guns," he demanded sternly.
A smile spread across Beelzemon's face.
"No," he managed to choke out, before he grabbed Gallantmon by the shoulders and hurled the Digimon over himself. He breathed in deeply, the smile on his face widening, now that Gallantmon was on the floor in front of him. "So, you're playing dirty now, eh?" He chuckled. "See how corruptable you are with a human Operator? That's why all humans have to go! Corona Blaster!"
"No!" cried Sakuyamon in horror, as she saw the red beam of energy fly straight at Gallantmon and strike him. She recoiled in horror. "Gallantmon... Takato..."
Yamaki whooped with joy. Now he was finally free of the Matsuda kid, he could go about destroying the Internet-centric world his rival, Dr. Gennai Lee had created. He would destroy the Digital World without anymore interference and get rid of the Lee Family as well.
"Now! Hit him with all you've got!"
Both Beelzemon and Yamaki turned round, to see Gallantmon standing there intact.
"Impossible!" cried Beelzemon in disbelief.
"Gargo Missile!"
"Spirit Strike!"
"Shield of the Just!"
The three attacks spiralled towards Beelzemon, before the energy beams of the Spirit Strike and the Shield of the Just, entwined the missile in a double-helix fashion.
The attacks hit Beelzemon and exploded viciously. Though the force of the impact would have been enough to catapult a Digimon through the air, Beelzemon remained where he was. However, the attacks had done quite some considerable damage. He clutched at his left arm painfully, as he floated away from them with a look of disbelief on his face.
"What? How is this possible?" exclaimed Beelzemon angrily. "You... you couldn't have possibly done that! It's not possible!" He couldn't understand it. He had absorbed so much data it was unbelievable. Not even the Guardian, Zhuqiaomon, could have defeated him that quickly. His fight against the Guardian had taken him two days and even then, Zhuqiaomon had barely been able to defeat him.
Yamaki sighed and shook his head.
"How disappointing," he said calmly. "You know, I was hoping that you would all delete each other."
"What?" shouted Beelzemon angrily, as he whirled round to face the old man. "What are you saying, old man? That you've been using me? Is that it?" He felt so angry and so defiled.
"Fool! Digimon are only tools for human beings to use," Yamaki told the black-clad Digimon. "I knew that the only Digimon capable of destroying the Seals of the Four Guardians would be you, so I tricked Oikawa into trying to clone you, yet who would have known that the Matsuda boy would interfere. So I reckoned that using the original would be just as good." He chuckled at the thought of how he had persuaded Beelzemon to help him. "And now, thanks to you, DAEMON shall awaken and devour everything!" Yamaki laughed out insanely. "DAEMON, awaken! Awaken Great Beast and devour the Digital World whole!"
The entire Digital World suddenly shook violently, more so than it had done before. There was suddenly a terrifying roar, louder than the Juggernaut Virus' roar had been, louder than Malo2's had been, louder than OOKAMI's had been. Then there was silence.
The red slime that covered the floor suddenly rose upwards in a huge bubble and engulfed Beelzemon.
"No, you stupid beast!" cried Yamaki suddenly, as the red goop began to engulf him as well. "Not me as well!" He was suddenly covered by the red mass that was DAEMON before he was dragged underneath.
The three Digimon looked on at the empty space where Beelzemon and Yamaki had been. None of them had any real idea as of what had happened, but they knew what it entailed.
DAEMON had just woken and it was hungry.

To be continued...