Hope of Darkness by Haru Glory

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Chapter 14: The Ultimate Combination!

"Let's take this guy down together!" T.K shouted over to where Kari and NeonSilphymon stood.

Kari nodded even though she was wondering what T.K needed her for, "He's already at the verge of ending and winning this battle, what does he need me for?"

And sure enough, T.K was already shouting the name of his ultimate attack, "Purification attack!" T.K bellowed, "Final Elissi!!!"

And immediately after those words were out of T.K's mouth, a great stream of light was emitted from the tip of T.K's shield like before and blasted it's way towards Kenya. As it did so, the whole area that they were fighting in shook and was filled with bright light. When the light subsided, everyone was in shock, even T.K at what they saw.

"Is that the best that you can do, T.K?" Kenya asked.

"That can't be right." Kari muttered, "How can he survive with nothing more than a scratch?"

"Amazing isn't it?" Kenya continued, "At what power can do."

Panting and exasperated, T.K tried to stay on his toes.

"What do you mean by that?" T.K asked.

"Kenya! What do you think your doing?" Reika asked, "Stop fighting already."

"Reika's right, Kenya, T.K, you guys are allies." Freeda chimed in.

"Allies? Ah, Freeda and Reika I thought that by now you two might know who I really am." Kenya replied

Then a dark aura encircled Kenya. From above, Kari felt very cold; it was for her, the very usual feeling she gets whenever darkness was near. But, unlike before, the darkness she felt was so powerful that she felt that it was only a matter of time before she faints. When the dark aura that encircled Kenya vanished, in his place stood a different person. T.K and Kari did not know who this person was, but by the looks on Freeda and Reika's faces, they know who the young man is.

"That can't be." Reika said under her breath.

"M-Misato?" Freeda finished.

The young man whom the two women remembered as Misato laughed icily.

"Hahaha, finally caught up now." Misato said, "It's disgusting to see that the people who you guys need to protect is the very ones who is trying to protect the crest protectors.and you Freeda, I'm quite disappointed in you."

"Misato?" T.K said panting.

"Isn't Misato one of the digidestineds of the past?" Kari asked while clutching her head.

"Haha, so you guys still remember.I bet it was that fool Kenya who told you about us." Misato replied. "That reminds me, what did you do to Kenya?" Reika asked gripping her own weapon.

"Heh, why do you wanna know?" Misato replied.

"If you don't answer her question you'll have to answer through me." T.K threatened.

"Hah, what do you think you can do? Did you just forget that your pathetic Purification attack was useless?" Misato said with a satisfied grin.

"Well then, you'll just have to answer to me then." Kari shouted from above.

"You? A girl? Hahahah, you must be insane." Misato laughed.

"Don't you dare think little of me!" Kari said, " Have a taste of this then! SHINNING ARROW!!!"

And out of nowhere an arrow forged by with light shot out from the sky and hit Misato dead on. But unlike the purification attack, this attack left a great deal of Damage to the enemy.

"Grrr.you'll pay for that, DARKNESS REIGN!!!!" Misato shouted his own counter attack, and his right hand transformed into a sword, " You better get ready, missy cuz' you're going to get it!"

"Over my dead body!" T.K shouted.

"Well, that can be arranged, DARK FORCE!!!" And from the tip of Misato's sword came a very powerful attack that knocked T.K out towards the base of the mountain.

"T.K!!" Kari shouted with much worry in her voice.

"I wouldn't worry about him if I were you." Misato said as he dashed towards Kari, but Neon Silphymon was much faster than Misato, she with Kari evaded the attack easily and the very powerful digimon counter attacked with her own "Wings of Light" attack.

This attack also left a mark on Misato.

"Now I have to pay you double for that." Misato said giving Kari one of his menacing glares.

"Go ahead and try." Neon Silphymon was the one who replied. Meanwhile, T.K was knocked unconscious by Misato's "Dark Force" attack and was returned back to his normal self and Patamon was de-digivolved. Reika and Freeda came rushing towards him.

"T.K!!" Freeda tried to shake T.K awake.

"T.K, you have to wake up or else Kari might be in trouble." Reika said, "Patamon, can't you wake him up?"

"I can't, not in his state like that.he's probable really, really tired." Patamon replied, "unless, you can find a way to bring back his stamina fast, we'll have to help Kari on our own."

"Bring back his stamina? I think I can do that." Freeda replied.

"How?" Patamon asked.

"You're not planning on giving him your own stamina, are you?" Reika suddenly asked standing up.

"We don't have a choice." Freeda replied.

"But your tired as well, after the battle you two just had." Patamon said. "Nobody else can do it right now but me, beides all I need to do after this is rest for a while." Freeda managed to say.

Just then somebody from the top of the small mountain shouted towards them.

"Yeah, as if you're stamina can help him out!" Came a young man's voice.

"That voice." Reika muttered.

"Not him..anyone but HIM." Freeda also muttered.

"JEN!!" They both said in unison.

Then the young man they called Jen jumped off the small mountain and landed safely beside Freeda.

"Heh, you're stamina could only help him stand up, Freeda." Jen said.

"What do you know!" Freeda answered back.

"I'm much better in doing that than you are, besides, I'm surprised you're not helping Misato out." Jen shouted back.

"Would you two cut it out and just help T.K, Kari's really losing her own stamina as we speak." Came Reika's voice.

And sure enough, Kari and Neon Silphymon, though unharmed was wearing their stamina out.

"Fine, then step aside Freeda." Jen said.

Freeda glared at him for a moment and stepped aside. Then Jen, moved towards T.K and touched T,K's forehead, then chanted something that not even Patamon who was really close by could hear. Suddenly, they saw the blue aura that the blue-haired boy carries was shifted towards T.K and was turned into a green aura. And after several seconds, T.K shot wide awake with a groan.

"Ughh.what happened?" T.K asked, ".and where's Kari?"

But before anyone could answer they heard, though from afar, Kari's scream. This made T.K remember what was happening.

"Kari!" T.K shouted, "Patamon what are you waiting for? Let's go."

"I'm right behind you, T.K." Patamon answered as they both ran towards Kari's aide. When they were as close to the battle field as they could get, they saw Misato holding Kari by the neck.

"T-t..K.." Kari tried to speak.

Below Kari was Neon Silphymon who was badly beaten.

"Now that your faithful pet and your prince had been taken care off, it's your turn now." Misato said.

"Let her go!!!" T.K shouted, "Patamon!"

Patamon nodded.

But before they could both transform, T.K was suddenly transported to a very different place, a place so bright that he had to squint his eyes to be able to see.

"Where am I?" T.K asked.

Then someone answered, though T.K could not see anyone from afar, the voice seemed as though it was so powerful that it can shake mountains.

"You are where you have always been, child of hope and light." The voice answered.

"What do you mean, 'where I've always been'? I've never been here before." T.K answered back.

"Have you not been here once? That time when darkness fills your heart?" This time it was the powerful voice who asked.

"When darkness filled my heart? You're really confusing me? Who are you?" T.K asked back.

"So many questions, you have.but so little answer can I give you. You will only find the answers one by one as you move on in your own journey in life." The voice replied, " now tell me.do you not wish to save that young girl's life?"

"Of course I want to save Kari! What kind of question is that?!" T.K replied.

"If so, listen carefully and understand." the voice said, " Misato, that young one of darkness and past light is using what you are also using.ether- egg."

"Ether-egg? He has an ether-egg too?" T.K asked once more.

"Yes. The ether-egg of human darkness, Loweemon. He is in the same level as both you and that child of light is.or even much greater.as I can see it now, there is no way that you or anyone else can win against him." The voice answered.

"But you just said that you can help me!" T.K shouted.

"I can merely guide you, as help is only given to those who seek it, so does knowledge comes to those who wishes to attain them. Nothing can be done with anger in ones heart, so let me finish what I was about to say." The voice boomed back.

"Fine." Was T.K's reponse, "so how do I defeat this guy?"

"You can not defeat him alone, as I have said but both of you can." The voice answered back.

"Both of us? Me and Who?" T.K threw another question.

"You and the child of Light." The voice answered yet again.

"Child of Light? You mean Kari?" T.K asked bewildered, "But Kari IS the one in trouble!" "In the current state that both of you are in you cannot defeat him, but if you both use the same thing that both of you have, then surely, light will win over darkness." The voice replied.

"Something that both of us have? That would be our digivices and our d- terminal as well as our digi-eggs. There's also the Dimensional armour that both of us are wearing.what is it?" T.K asked not knowing what the solution to his and everyone's problem was.

"You are correct about your digivices, d-terminals and digi-eggs, use them." The voice answered.

"What digi-egg, even the power of the ether-egg didn't seem to work, and that was the ultimate digi-egg around, what can mere normal digi-eggs do?" T.K wondered aloud.

"The digi-eggs that you are to use is not merely 'normal'. It possesses the power far greater than that of the ether-eggs, for it is the digi-egg that was created in your world. The digi-egg that holds the faith and hope of your well being given to you by your friends. That is all that I can tell you, you must do this on your own now, and do not forget that help is given to those who seek it. Farewell, till our paths cross once more."

And with that T.K was brought back to where he really was, in the battlefield. As though time had stopped when he looked around everything was not moving, not even Misato.

"What's going on?" T.K asked, "is this that voice's doing as well?" Then as if hoping that the mysterious powerful voice that spoke to him was still listening he shouted a big thanks. "But." T.K wondered, "what is the digi-egg that both Kari and I have that was given to us by the others, made not from this world but from the real world.?"

That's when the answer hit T.K, the digi-egg of Unity. The same digi-egg that came along with the Dimensional armour.

"Why haven't I thought of using it.?" T.K asked himself.

And as if on cue, time began to move once more.

"T.K what are you waiting for? Why not transform now and save your precious little princess?" Misato taunted yet again.

"Your right, We should transform." T.K replied, then he faced Kari, "Hey, Kari? Are you ready?"

"T.K what are you talking about?" Kari thought.

Then her digivice suddenly shined once more and so did T.K digivice.

"W-what's going on?" Misato groaned as he let go of Kari to shield his eyes.

"Digimental up!!!" Came a voice from no where as the light that was shinning off of T.K joined with the light of Kari's and they both transformed together to become.

"Light's warrior, Imperial Gallantmon!" came Kari and T.K's voice as a new warrior stepped out of the light.

"Now." Came the warrior's voice, " Are you going to tell us what happened to our friend, Kenya?"

"A mere transformation from both of you does not scare me. I shall never fail my masters, so YOU are the ones who should prepare to be annihilated." Misato replied.

"If that is your answer then your judgement has been passed, prepare to see the light that you have kept locked out of your heart!" Imperial Gallantmon's voiced echoed through the distant horizon. "Then try, if you can." Misato dared.

And the battle raged on. But this time the odds was against Misato and after mere minutes, he was already at the brink of his defeat, when he said something that made Imperial Gallantmon and the ones inside him doubt.

"Are you sure.that you want to defeat me?" Misato asked still with the annoying grin in his face.

"What do you mean you fiend?" Came Imperial Gallantmon's voice.

"Hahaha-I thought you knew." Misato replied, "Very well, if you don't I'll tell you.If you defeat me, put all the darkness inside me away, then you'll never see Kenya again."

"What do you mean by that?" Imperial Gallantmon asked.

"Let's just say, that when this battle is over, the body you'll see lying around here is not my body.but the body of someone you know.Kenya." Misato replied.

"What are you talkin' about Misato?" Jen asked. Apparently he and the others rushed from where T.K and Patamon left them towards the battle field.

"Well, well.Jen, it's been a while hasn't it?" Misato greeted.

"Answer my question, Misato, What did you mean by that!" Jen shouted once more.

"Hahaha.Soul transfer, I bet you've heard about it before." Misato replied, " Let's just say, I transferred my soul into Kenya's and when I'm through or should I say, when THEY are through beating me up, I'll just put Kenya back here again and he'll be the one to die not me.nice plan eh?"

"You Dirty." Freeda began to curse but was cut off by Reika.

"Why are you doing this, Misato? Why are you following Tempest's and Chaos Lord's instructions?" Reika asked.

"Because, there's nothing left for those who side with Light. Sooner or later all those who believe in everything that is good will vanish under darkness. So, why would I go to the side that is destined to lose?" Misato answered.

While Reika and the others were talking with Misato, Inside Imperial Gallantmon, Kari and T.K are planning their next move.

"T.K what are we going to do? Kenya might die if we attack him." Kari asked. "I don't know but. there must be something, a technique that Imperial Gallantmon can use to destroy Misato's dark self without killing Kenya." T.K replied.

"We don't have time, T.K, to search Imperial Gallantmon's power." Kari answered back.

"Imperial Gallantmon's power? What are we talking about?" T.K suddenly said, " We ARE Imperial Gallantmon, this IS our power, that means."

"We can make our own techniques!" Kari finally caught up with what T.K was thinking, "But isn't this dangerous?"

"It is but.with the power of love, anything is possible." T.K replied.

Back to Jen and the others..

"Losing side? You're the one who is on the losing side, Misato!" Jen shouted.

"Hahahaha.what do you think your talking about.Darkness is eternal, nothing can beat darkness." Misato shouted back.

"Your wrong, fiend!" Imperial Gallantmon finally spoke up, "there is something that always pierces the darkness, and I am going to show it to you right now."

"Are you sure you want to destroy me? You'll be the ones who regret having to face me." Misato replied.

"Sword of Truth and Power, forged with Courage and Love." came Kari and T.K's voices.

"They're going to summon the Grana Saber!" Reika said.

"Sword that pierces through any darkness, give me your power!!!"

And with that, A sword shot right out of the sky and landed over Imperial Gallantmon's outstretched hands.

"Fine, go ahead and slice me in two.hahahaha.that would be a fine death for Kenya!" Misato laughed.

But Imperial Gallantmon was not listening to him any longer.

"Are you ready, Kari?" T.K asked.

"I'm always ready whenever you're around, T.K." Kari replied.

T.K smiled at him and said, " Then, let's do it."

"SHINNING SHADOW BREAKER!!!!" Imperial Gallantmon shouted.

To be continued..

A/N: That was a really, really long chapter. I have to think for three weeks to be able to write this. Anyway, sorry for the delay. By the way, before I forget, I wish to ask everyone that if they want my story then they have to ask permission first, I saw a website posting my story and the webmaster claiming to be me.Please don't post my fanfic without asking for my permission first. Anyway, I'm glad a lot of people are still reading this fanfic. It's almost complete.anyhow, here's the summary of the next chappy. Please review

Chapter 15: The Day Ends. After the battle between Misato and Imperial Gallantmon. The gang rests and plans to meet with the last crest guardian, Alice, before heading out towards Mount Infinity for the final battle. As they rest they began to recount their adventures.