A Digimon Fanfic by Haru Glory
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Hope of Darkness
Chapter 23: Unleashed!
"Finally!" Kenya exclaimed delighted, "The Sword of Light!"
Even before Tempest could regain himself after the shock, T.K dashed forward and began to attack Tempest tactically.
Hack, Slash, Thrust, Parry- T.K went on not stopping and not allowing Tempest to counter his moves.
"How?" Tempest wondered, "Did he figure it out on his own?"
Tempest slashed back even though he knew T.K could easily avoid his attack. "He must not be weaken by something like this...the sword of Darkness is much more powerful than light." He thought.
As T.K hacked and slashed at Tempest. Kenya was trying to regain his composure. Even though T.K's light rejuvenated him, he still felt as if he was weakening.
"If I am feeling like this," Kenya thought to himself, "Then so are Reika and the others...then that would also mean that the sovereigns' power are still being drained out of them."
Kenya then began to search the room, "What is draining all our energy...there's nothing here except us...it can't be...Tempest's Sword?!"
T.K was also thinking about the same thing, "His sword must be the reason why I can feel Azulongmon weakening. I have to do something or else even Kari might be in danger."
T.K then changed his target from Tempest to the Crescent-Moon Sword. He tried to destroy the sword by hitting his own sword unto Tempest's sword so hard that a huge explosion occurred making the ground uneven.
When the dust from the explosion cleared of, you would have thought that the dark sword would have been destroyed, but it wasn't. Instead it looked as if it was a hundred times stronger.
"How could that be possible?!" T.K asked shocked.
"Hahahahah," Tempest laughed, "Do you think you could destroy the sword of Yamikaomon just like that?"
"Light beats darkness." T.K told him, "It has always been like that."
"Really?" Tempest asked mocking, "Do you not think that without Darkness there would be no light?"
"What are you talking about, Tempest?" Kenya asked, "Without darkness light will forever shine...eternal!"
"Hahahahah," Tempest laughed again, "Light and Darkness are two sides of a coin, take away one and the other will also crumble. Could you not see? As long as there is light, there will always be darkness!"
"Go make your own rules somewhere else, Tempest." T.K shouted, "No matter what you say...I WILL BEAT YOU!"
With that T.K dashed towards Tempest ready to make another explosion. But something was wrong with Tempest. He was no longer panicking like he was before, instead he stood there not even flinching as T.K made his way towards him, sword in hand.
But when T.K hit the sword, it wasn't Tempest who was thrown backwards and neither was there any explosion, instead he was the one who was sent flying over to the other side of their battle ground.
"T.K!" Kenya shouted, rushing towards where T.K landed.
"How...did he do that?" T.K asked wiping blood from his lips, "A minute ago he was succumbing to the power of my sword."
"I don't know how T.K." Kenya answered, "But I do think that that sword of his is the reason why Azulongmon and the others' powers as well as mine are dwindling."
"Yeah. I figured that out too just a while ago." T.K told him, "That was the reason why I was attacking his sword and not him."
"What's wrong T.K?" Tempest asked mocking and still standing from his position, "Is the power of the Crescent-Moon Sword too much for a kid like you to handle?"
"You don't know what you're talking about, Tempeest." T.K replied.
"Oh really?" Tempest asked with a smirk, "I believe your sword really hasn't got any power on it."
"Then you believe in nothing more than a silly pigment of your imagination." T.K said, "I haven't even begun to use the power of the Million Suns."
With that said, T.K positioned himself in a stance that even Kenya has not seen before.
"What are you going to do now, T.K?" Kenya asked under his breath.
In the meantime...
"What are we waiting for you guys?" Kari asked, "T.K has given us enough power to fight again, we should be using it rather than hiding here."
"She's right." Izumi agreed, "Takuya, Kouji, You guys have to fight again as Suzanamon."
"What do you mean...'you guys'?" Takuya asked, "Aren't you guys gonna help us out?"
"It would be better if Suzanamon, Imperial Gallantmon Crimson Mode, Mega Gargomon, Sakuyamon, Justimon, Imperialdramon Paladin Mode and Omnimon are the ones who will fight this time." Izzy told them.
"Why only us?" Davis asked, "I don't think it's fair."
"Because," Izzy explained, "I have an idea on how to make you guys even stronger...with the help of the others."
"How?" Everyone asked.
"Let's just call it...Digi-volution, Koushiro style." Izzy replied smilling confidently.
Back at the match between T.K and Tempest...
"What's going on?" T.K asked as he was sent once again (for the fifth time) flying towards the same wall, "I was getting all over him before."
"Even T.K's newest move, Magnum Burst didn't work on his sword..." Kenya thought, "It just made it even seem more invincible."
"Is that really the best that you, The Hope of light can do?" Tempest asked, "And to think that I was afraid you finally pulled out the right sword."
T.K wasn't listening to Tempest's taunts anymore, ever since he was sent flying towards the wall for the third time, he was beginning to feel something weird about him.
That was when he heard the same voice that he heard when he was under Riece's technique.
"Having a hard time, T.K?" The other T.K asked.
"How did you...I thought I have sealed you away for good when I used Loonsave." T.K answered the voice on his mind.
"It was close, but the seal was pretty weak." The other T.K said.
"What do you want now?" T.K asked, "I have better things to do than listen to you."
"I know that, that's why I came to help." The voice said.
"Help? How?" T.K asked.
"The only thing that could beat that sword and crush it into pieces is the same property that the sword has." The other T.K explained.
"But this sword that I'm using now is also imbued with darkness, how come I can't put a dent on his sword then?" T.K asked yet again.
"The darkness that lies with that sword is the digi-spirit of darkness...the darkness that could beat darkness...darkness that is united with light." The voice continued to explain.
T.K cut off his other self as he dodged an attack from Tempest and tried to counter him only to be sent flying backwards again.
"digi-spirit? You mean like the Ether-Egg I used before?" T.K asked.
"A little bit alike...yes." T.K's other self said, "The ancient ten as you may know created the digiworld several eons ago. When they fought against Lucemon and sealed him off, their spirits were scattered never to be seen or heard from again, until those six children arrive. They unsealed the power of the spirits and they themselves became digimon like that boy Kouji and Takuya are now."
"What does this have to do with the sword?" T.K asked, "This has nothing to do with our battle over here."
"It has something to do with that, so just listen." The other T.K said, "Now, as they might have told you, Kouji's twin brother, Koichi, possessed the same darkness to beat darkness spirit that is in that sword of yours. But before he obtained that, he has the spirit of total and uncontrollable darkness. The Ten Commandments or what your friends call the Grana Saber possess that power as well."
"Are you saying I have to succumb under the power of darkness to be able to beat that sword?" T.K asked as he successfully countered Tempest's attack.
"Yes...and no." the other T.K said.
"What?" T.K asked.
"Unleash me, let me control your body and I will be the one to fight against this kid." The other T.K said, "I am after all...the dark side of you."
"How will I know that you are not going to trick me and when you get control over me, you will not seal me away?" T.K asked making sure there were no games.
"I won't be able to do that," the other him replied, "I could only control the other sword of darkness...not the swords of light. So, what will it be, T.K?"
T.K thought about it for a moment, parrying Tempest's blows while still trying to find an opening in Tempest's defense. After a moment, T.K replied to his other self: "Do it!"
When T.K said those words, the armor, the shield and the helmet vanished.
"T.K what are you doing?!" Kenya shouted, "Put those things back on!"
"What's worng?" Tempest asked, "giving up already? I didn't know it was going to be this easy."
Just then T.K gripped his sword and slashed it horizontally in the air. The Million Suns vanished and in its place stood another sword...a darker sword, glowing maliciously in the hands of T.K. It's glow rival that of the Crescent-Moon Sword.
"What's going on?" Kenya asked, "How and why did he summon that?!"
"If Light could not beat Darkness...then why don't we try beating it WITH Darkness?" the other T.K asked who was now in control of the real T.K's body.
Inside the back of his mind, T.K felt intense, burning pain. Being the Hope of Light, T.K was able to feel the full force of the dark sword. His heart ached and his whole body felt numb.
"So this is the power of that sword..." T.K said, clutching his chest, "The power of the Sacrifar Sword..."
"With this sword," The other T.K said, "I shall destroy you!"
With that, T.K charged towards Tempest. The speed of his movement made Kenya's jaw drop.
"Where did he get that speed?" Kenya asked.
Within mere seconds, Tempest was already down on his knees.
"How did you...do that?" Tempest asked.
"Why would I answer to you?" The other T.K asked back.
Gritting his teeth, Tempest lounged another attack and another and another. But T.K would merely swing his sword out front to defend from the attacks.
That was when Kenya noticed something...
"His eyes," Kenya saw, "It's no longer green...why is his eyes burning red?"
Inside T.K's mind, the real T.K was beginning to howl with pain. With every blow that the 'dark' T.K made with the Sacrifar sword, T.K would feel pain all over. His breathing was beginning to go shallow and even though he is waiting inside the depths of his own mind, T.K felt as if he was beginning to get dizzy.
"How long..." T.K asked himself in between his shallow breaths, "do...I have to...keep this...up?"
On the other side...
Izzy's plan worked. Those that were fighting first hand against Yamikaimon grew ten times stronger with his preparation.
When the frontline fighters digi-volved, Izzy transferred the energy of the others into digitally encoded energy for the frontliners to use using his laptop and the digi-vices that each and everyone of them possess.
"I think we might be able to pull off a miracle here." Michael said.
"What are you talking about?" Bokomon asked, "As far as I know, all of you have always been capable of creating miracles not just in our world but on your own world as well."
"I guess so." Michael replied, "Then this one would be less different."
As the two were talking, Reika noticed something odd about Kari. She was sweating and shaking. So Reika went over to check up on her...
"What's wrong Kari?" Reika asked.
"I could feel it..." Kari replied.
"Feel what?" Reika asked again.
"T.K's in pain." Kari replied, "Intense pain."
"Does that mean he's loosing?' Jen, who over heard their conversation asked.
"I don't know." Kari replied, "I could feel two powerful forces of darkness fighting against each other...and I could feel T.K fighting still, but I don't know why he's feeling such pain."
"He can't have..." Reika trailed off.
"He can't have, what?" Kari asked.
"Kari, there is a reason why T.K's sword is called the Ten Commandments. It is because it has ten forms. So far, we have witness only four namely: Eisonmeteor, Loonsave, Silfarlion and Explosion. If I am not mistaken, T.K might have unleashed the power of one of the strongest form of the swords...Million Suns, that is why we were revitalized."
"Then what are you saying?" Kari asked.
"There is one other sword that is much, much more powerful than the Million Suns. But to be able to unleash that power, the bearer of the sword must have nothing but pure darkness in him." Reika explained.
"Then that is impossible." Kari said, "As far as I know T.K is pure light...he doesn't have a dark side or anything."
"I have to disagree with you there, Kari." Egaomon said as he moved closer to them, "When Reice unleashed her lethal attack and sent you off in another dimension. I was the one who brought T.K back. He was fighting against another him."
"Another him?" Jen asked.
"Yes." Egaomon replied, "I told T.K that to be able to get out of his predicament, he has to seal his other self using Loonsave, which he did. But now that I think about it, Loonsave's power was weak back then making the seal much weaker. If I am not mistaken, the 'other' T.K might have been set free or his seal must have been broken."
"Then this other T.K is the one with pure darkness?" Kari asked concerned about T.K.
"It is possible." Jen replied, "He might have been the one who summoned the sword that Reika was talking about."
"What sword is it then?" Kari asked.
"Sacrifar, the sword that sucks out the energy of the bearer and uses them to power-up the dark powers of the sword." Reika answered, "But there is another thing that makes this sword much, much more dangerous than any other sword."
"What?" Kari asked.
"It drains the life out of a person." Reika replied.
"WHAT!?" Exclaimed Kari making everyone look at her direction.
Kari then called forth Patamon and Gatomon. She then Armor-digi-volved her partner into Nefertimon and climbed on Nefertimon's back.
"Where are you going, Kari?" Tai asked.
"I'm going back to Mount Infinity." Kari replied as she instructed Nefertimon to lift off.
"What?! What for?" Davis asked.
"T.K's in trouble, I must help him." Kari merely replied before Nefertimon rushed off towards Mount Infinity.
To be continued...
A/N:
That was a long chapter right? I know it's kind of confusing but please bear with me right now, I promise that once the story is finished, I will go back to every chapter and see what I can do to make it better.
Anyways, I really don't have anything left to say before the next upload which will probably be next week or so. Just Review my fic again and see you guys soon.
What's in stored in the next chapter of Hope of Darkness?
Kari arrives just in time before T.K finally looses his self. When Kari brings back the real T.K., her T.K, the two teens combined all their strength to destroy the sword that Tempest possess. With the sword destroyed, will Yamikaimon finally be destroyed as well? Will everything work out in the end? Is this the final chapter? Find out next time on Hope of Darkness, Chapter 24: Of Hope and Light! Please Review!!!!