Authors Note: I want to thank everyone who waited SO patiently for this chapter. I got slammed with a bunch of hours at work and they happened to come at times which made it inconvenient for me to type this up. I also want to thank my reviewers. I got a new one. Yay! Angewomonandme, I'm glad you consider this the best fic you have ever read. You have no clue how happy that made me, especially after I thought almost everyone had given up on this story. I also want to thank Augumon2004, I'm glad that you like this story and I hope I don't disappoint. As always, thanks to my loyal reviewer Anthony1. I can always count on you to give me positive feedback and ask some really good questions. In response to your last question, I can only say wait and see. All shall be revealed in due time. Thanks again to my reviewers. If you would like to review, there's a little button at the end of the story that will allow you to do that. Any one who reviews will get a special thank you here. All my reviewers are important to me. However, flames will not be tolerated. Enjoy!
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Chapter 7: Digidestined Strike BackDramatise Persona (List of Characters)
Taylor Kamiya: His job is leader of the group. His Digimon is Augumon.
Kristy Kamiya: Her job is Mediator. Her Digimon is Biyomon.
Mark Ishida: His job is the Stratagist. His Digimon is Garurumon.
Lilly Ishida: Her job is monitoring the digimon's well being. Her Digimon is Palmon.
Kevin Ichijouji: His job is species recognition. His Digimon is Wormmon.
Kelly Ichijouji: Her job is recognizing languages. Her Digimon is Hawkmon.
Sam Ichijouji: His job is as crest keeper. His Digimon is Black Wormmon.
Jake Kido: His job is medical. His Digimon is Gomamon.
Sakura Izumi: Her job is as the technical advisor. Her Digimon is Tentomon.
K.T. Takashi: She is the trump card.
Casey Hida: Her job is weapons. Her Digimon is Armodillomon.
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It was 10 A.M., on a Saturday morning. All the younger Digidestined, except for A.J., were gathered at the Izumi household. Izzy had finished analyzing the data on K.T.'s mini computer and had called a meeting to discuss his findings. As he droned on, for what seemed like hours, about what things were in the computer, his theories, etc., it soon became evident that he had lost most of his audience. He was about to remedy that when a loud explosion was heard. It shook the house and everyone was alert and on their feet."That came from the main district in Tokyo," Izzy stated looking at the map on the mini computer.
"All right then, there's no time to waste. We have to get to Tokyo fast," Taylor announced, taking the lead.
"Agreed," Sakura said. She took the computer from her dad and gave it back to K.T.
Everyone ran out of the house and made a beeline for the disturbance.
"Ah, Digidestined at 12 'O clock. Good. Right on schedule. All right everyone. Do it just like we planned. Make it look easy and make them think they are winning. Then, when their confidence it at the max, we destroy them."
"You got it boss," An unusual collection of Digimon chorused.
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"This is where the explosions occurred," Sakura explained. "I'm uploading our Digimon as we speak.
In minutes their Digimon appeared. Most of them looked like varied versions of their parents Digimon. Taylor had Augumon. Kristy had Biyomon. Mark had Gabumon. Lilly had Palmon. Kevin had Wormmon. Kelly had Hawkmon. Sam had Black Wormmon which looked very similar to Wormmon except that he was all black and had dark purple markings. Jake had Gomamon. Sakura had Tentomon. Casey had Armadillomon. The only one who didn't have a Digimon was K.T. Mark was forming a strategy when a Sentrymon appeared next to a dark portal. The Digimon leapt into action, digivolving to Champion then their Ultimate forms. (Black Wormmon digivolved to Scorpionmon which looks like a cross between Stingmon and a red scorpion.) As the battle intensified, K.T.'s eyes remained transfixed on the dark portal. It was almost as if she could see something the others couldn't. Sam was standing next to her and noticed her gaze. He stared at the portal for a few minutes before his eyes grew wide.
"Guys! It's a trap!" Sam yelled.
No sooner had the words left his mouth when all the dark, evil Digimon descended on the Digidestined's digimon. No one noticed K.T. slowly moving backwards as if she was terrified. Soon all the Digimon were reduced to their in-training forms. The Digidestined had a few cuts and bruises from stray attacks. K.T. felt a wall press into her back and she stopped backing up. The crowd of evil Digimon parted to allow a much more sinister Digimon to pass.
The Digimon was tall and completely black except for two red eyes. He looked like a shapeless mass that made you tremble in fright. His body rippled until he took the form of what could only be described as demon like.
"That's Devorimon. It means death bringer," Kevin stated, bearly above a whisper.
"You are correct, Digidestined scum," The Digmon known as Devorimon smirked. "Although you have managed to gain some insight into some of your abilities, you are not close enough yet. That's why it will be so easy to break you. You see how the sun fades in my presence? That's how I will rule this world. Once I have completely destroyed the light, there will be no one to stop me. Now then, my minions. Let's teach these Digidestined a lesson they won't soon forget."
As Devorimon disappeared into the growing darkness, his Digimon servants unleashed their attacks on the Digidestined. K.T. watched in horror as her new friends were laid out on the ground, broken and bleeding. Silent tears streamed down her face. She wanted to give up and run away. She wanted to go back to Ru and pretend non of this happened. That's when an image flashed in her mind. She was five and she was holding her little brother as she watched her fathers face. She couldn't read any hint of fear, anger, or remorse. He knew what was coming. He knew an old friend would pull out a gun and shoot him. Yet, he wouldn't give the other person the satisfaction of seeing his fear. With a courage K.T. had never known, he told her to run knowing full well it would be the last time he saw her again.
Remembering that moment gave K.T. a courage she never would have thought she possessed. She looked up at the sky and with a strong voice said, "I have Faith that no matter what evil shall befall us, we are strong enough to face it and destroy it once and for all."
As the last words left her mouth, the darkness parted and a light shone on the Digidestined. As if by magic, their wounds began to heal. They all stood up and gathered their Digimon as K.T. re-joined them.
"I say we fall back and re-group. Now that we know what we are up against we can be better prepared next time," Mark suggested.
"I agree. Let's head to my place and we can talk more about this there," Taylor agreed.
On the walk back to the Kamiya's, K.T. was walking next to Kristy when they passed some shops. K.T. was absentmindedly looking in the windows when she noticed someone who looked familiar. Kristy followed her gaze. "Isn't that the same brunette woman we saw a few days ago?" Kristy asked K.T.
"Yeah. The same one who gave me the weird look like she recognized me. It's weird 'cause she kinds looks like my mother, but my mom went away a long time ago. If she's alive she probably doesn't live around here anymore. The guy with her looks very familiar, though. Almost like I knew him a long time ago."
The man with the auburn hair, who was with the brunette, turned towards K.T. as if he sensed her staring. K.T.'s eyes widened in recognition and horror. She was rooted to the spot as she stared at him.
"We're falling way behind. Let's go," Kristy said as she grabbed K.T.'s arm and started dragging her along.
When they had gotten a block away from where the man and woman were, K.T. finally came back to her senses.
"Are you O.K.?" Kristy asked her cousin.
"I'm not sure. I never would have thought that after all these years I'd still recognize that face. Then again, I knew after that day it would be very hard to forget his face," K.T. replied.
"Who is that man?" Kristy inquired.
"He's the man that killed my father."
Kristy gasped. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. The look in his eyes is something I'll never forget."
After about five more minutes, they all reached the Kamiya residence. For several hours, they discussed strategies of how to fight this new evil. All the while, K.T. was pondering what had happened on the way home. She knew that she had to forgive the man that killed her father, that it was the right thing to do, but she couldn't. Something else was bothering her, though. Why hadn't she been given a Digimon? She had a Digivice and knew she was a Digidestined so, why not give her a digimon? Further more, why was she called a Trump Card? If she didn't have a digimon and cowered in fear every time darkness approached, why would she be in a position to help her friends out of a tight spot? These and many other thoughts were running through her head so fast she didn't hear when Kelly called her name.
"K.T.! Hello, earth to K.T.," Kelly called.
"Huh?" K.T. said snapping out of her thoughts.
"We asked if you knew anything about these evil digimon," Kelly stated.
"Not really. Why do you ask?" K.T. responded.
"Well, you seemed to have some sort of knowledge about this stuff and the evil digimon seem to target you," Kristy explained.
"Guys, I'm getting a transmission from Gennai," Sakura announced.
"I'm glad to see you're all here," Gennai started. He was being projected from Sakura's laptop. "It's good to see you again, K.T." All eyes quickly turned towards the blonde. "You may not remember me. We met when you came to the Digital World and found Gatomon. However, that was not the first time we met. I don't expect you to remember our first meeting because you were only four years old. I remember telling your parents some very important stuff about the future. They wanted me to tell you what you know now. I knew that just wouldn't be right. After all, you may have turned out differently.
"Anyway, the real reason for my visit is to fill you in on some important things you'll need to know in the upcoming battles. Be prepared to take a beating. Jake, you will have your work cut out for you. You may have to loose a few battles before you win the war. When you think it's hopeless don't loose hope. I've already set in place ways for you to overcome this darkness. Your crests will be revealed in due time. K.T., your digimon is linked to your job. Don't get discouraged that you are the only one without a digimon. When it is needed most, your digimon will appear. Sakura, you will find some files that I have downloaded into your computer. They will help you battle the evil digimon." With that, Gennai disappeared.
"Is it just me, or does that guy keep getting weirder?" Taylor asked.
"It's not just you," Sakura replied scanning the files Gennai left. "There is a ton of information in here. The guy may not know how to hold a decent conversation, but he knows what he is talking about."
"Guys. I don't like the looks of that sky," Lilly stated, looking out the window.
"I agree," Mark said, joining his sister.
A black cloud was descending on the city. Lightning flickered ominously in the clouds.
"Digidestined prepare for the age of darkness." All eyes turned toward Kelly. Her dark ruby eyes had turned black and it was obvious someone else was in control. "The light will die. Darkness will survive. Anyone who thinks they can stand up for the light will die. You pathetic Digidestined are no match for me! I will enjoy killing you slowly. Enjoy this little preview." Suddenly, Kelly fell to the ground and started convulsing. She was gasping for air as her brothers rushed to her side.
"Show your face you coward!" Taylor yelled. "How dare you treat life as though it were meaningless. Be warned. We will find a way to stop you!" A yellow glow surrounded him and his Digivice began to glow.
"Your crest is the crest of Determination," Sam said looking up at Taylor.
Kelly stopped convulsing and, with Kevins help, slowly stood up. "Two down. 10 more to go," Kelly stated.
Taylor felt something around his neck and discovered his crest on a chain, much like K.T.'s "This still doesn't get rid of that cloud," Taylor sighed.
"No. However, it's a good place to start," Sakura replied.
Just then the phone rang.
"Hello, Kamiya residents. Mom...what! Where? O.K., we'll be right there," Kristy answered. "That was mom. Something bad happened at the T.V. station in Tokyo. Mom says they can't find Mrs. Ishida and they need our help."
Mark and Lilly exchanged looks. "If moms in trouble, then there's no time to waste," Mark stated.
"I agree," Taylor replied. "Let's go."
Everyone left the Kamiya's and headed towards the T.V. station in downtown Tokyo. The closer they got, the thicker the darkness became. Once they reached the station, Lilly noticed that K.T. had stooped moving. She told the others to go ahead while she talked with K.T.
"What's wrong?" Lilly asked the blonde.
"It's too dark," K.T. said, barely above a whisper.
"Let me get this straight. You lived on the streets, all alone, for five years, and you're afraid of a little darkness," Lilly clarified.
"You don't understand. Living on the streets was nothing. It was surviving. My survival instincts kicked in and that's why I'm still here. I've never been in darkness like this before. My mom made sure of that. What's more, the last time I felt, what I feel emanating from this building, I lost my parents. My mom ran away, making me feel like she hated me, and my dad was killed. All I see darkness as, is another tragedy in my life. Is the darkness going to get me or maybe take away my new friends? I don't know and I'm not sure I want to know," K.T. explained to the auburn hared girl.
"Listen K.T. All of us have some things that keep us from moving forward. The trick is not to let it win. You need to prove to yourself and the darkness, that you don't need a physical source of light to beat it. Due to what your mom taught you, you will always have a light in your heart. No one, but you, can extinguish that light. If you trust in yourself and the rest of our team, than there isn't a thing you can't do."
"Thanks Lilly."
"You're welcome. Trust me. It's worth it in the end," Lilly stated. She began to glow green and just like Taylor, a necklace with her crest on it appeared around her neck.
"We can cross one more crest off our list," K.T. stated.
The two ran inside and discovered that most of the building was trashed. They slowly picked their way through the ruble in what they thought was the direction the others went. The emergency lights flickered here and there as they went. They moved aside a large piece of ruble when K.T. motioned for Lilly to be quiet.
"That sounds like Mark," Lilly said. "Come on."
The girls continued to make their way through the debris. They rounded a corner and found the others. They were gathered at the far wall where Tai and Matt were trying to move some large pieces of debris out of the way. Sora noticed Lilly and K.T. join the group.
"I'm glad you girls found us. I'd hate to think you might have gotten lost. We think Mimi is trapped behind the rubble Matt and Tai are trying to move. She stooped calling to us about fifteen minutes ago. This is approximately where we last heard her," Sora explained.
There was silence as Tai and Matt worked. Lilly noticed K.T. moving around the area. She'd sniff the air, then move to another spot. "Aunt Sora, did aunt Mimi just finish a cooking show when the building collapsed?" K.T. asked.
"Yes. Why do you ask?" Sora replied.
"Because I can faintly smell nutmeg..."
"...and oregano," Lilly finished.
Lilly ran towards the stairwell, with K.T. on her heels. Both Matt and Tai stopped working and watched the two dash towards the still intact stairwell. Mark quickly followed.
"Mom!"
"Aunt Mimi!"
"Mom!"
"You guys, be quiet," Mark said as the three searched the second floor landing.
A faint coughing could be heard. The three moved around, trying to pinpoint the location of the cough. Every five seconds someone would cough. They assumed it was Mimi because the smells from her cooking show were assaulting their noses.
"Any luck?" Kevin asked as the others joined them.
"Not yet," Lilly replied. "However, there is a faint coughing we are trying to pinpoint."
The others spread out to help find the source of the coughing. They were loosing precious time and everyone knew that. Suddenly, Casey told everyone to stop.
"What is it?" Sakura asked.
"I've been trying to find some sort of pattern to help locate the sound. I've discovered it's an echo. It's reverberating off the walls in our direction. If I'm right, Mrs. Ishida is on the other side of that wall," Casey explained, pointing to the wall that faced the stairway.
"This stairway doesn't lead us there. There must be one on the other side of the building," Sakura stated.
Everyone took off down the stairs except K.T. She was staring at the wall Casey had indicated. Sora noticed this and stayed behind with her niece.
"What do you see?" Sora asked K.T.
"It's not what I can see. It's what I feel," K.T. explained. "There's an evil digimon in that room. It's black as night and I'm sure aunt Mimi is scared. Something doesn't want us to reach her in time. They want us to suffer more tragedies. The more separation or death we experience, the more they win."
"Are you saying what I think you are saying?" Sora asked.
"By the time they find a stairway and reach this room, Mimi will be dead. It's up to me to face my fear of the darkness and do what has to be done."
Sora nodded. K.T. found a large piece of a sturdy object, she could lift, and began banging on the wall like one would with a sledge hammer. Sora followed suit and they discovered the wall wasn't that hard to break through. Perhaps the wall had already been weakened. It only took a couple of seconds to create a good sized hole. At first K.T. recoiled from the darkness the room gave off, but she quickly swallowed her fear and stepped inside. Sora followed her in. K.T. looked to her left and saw a pair of red eyes. She gasped and stepped back, her fear griping her heart. The creature snarled at her. K.T. swallowed and remembered what Lilly had told her earlier. She face the creature with all the determination she could muster.
"I come bearing a light that cannot die. You are not welcome here! With the strength of the light and with the power of faith, I order you to leave this world and never come back here again!" K.T. told the creature.
A white light surrounded her. The creature shrieked before vanishing. The light around K.T. was replaced with a faint glow from the emergency lights in the room. Sora rushed to Mimi's side. Part of the ceiling and a nearby wall had collapsed, partially burying Mimi. Sora and K.T. worked to free her from the rubble as the others arrived. Everything was explained and Sam announced that Lilly had the crest of Trust. Casey began to glow a silvery gray color and a crest appeared on a chain around her neck. Sam identified her crest as the crest of Direction.
After the ordeal was over and Mimi had been taken to a hospital to get checked out, K.T. was properly introduced to her Aunt and Uncle on her fathers side. Though they enjoyed talking about the past, they all knew that danger was still looming and it would take everything the new Digidestined had in them to stop it.
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Darkness rolled in like a fog. The air grew cold and clammy. The atmosphere was that of a cloudy day, which could turn any normal day depressing and dreary. Two figures sat in the waiting room of a hospital. They had been there for hours. One, a young girl with shoulder length brown hair, was asleep while her father sat beside her. The girls mother was in the hospital for a reaction that had taken place during a routine check up. During chemo, it was discovered that the girls mother had a developed a cold which reacted with the medicine in such a way that she was hospitalized. The girl had tried her best to be brave, but it wasn't easy. Her father wasn't doing much better. He'd already known what it was like to lose a father at an early age. He didn't want his daughter to go through the same thing.
Although this wasn't the first time cancer had plagued the Digidestined, it didn't make things easier. Joe had lost his wife to cancer and was able to lend some support to Cody. The two had always shared a strong friendship. Ever since the incident where Cody's fellow Digidestined had been trapped in an offshore oil platform. After Cody told Joe, about his wife's illness, the two had become closer friends.
Cody looked over at his daughter, curled up in one of the chairs. Like any parent, he wished he could make it so she didn't have to endure any hardships. However, her knew that usually the hardships made you a stronger person. He wondered how someone like K.T. had dealt with the lose of not one but two parents. Were her survival instincts so key that she never even stopped to grieve? Or had she made time to allow herself that much? Someday he would have to ask her about it.
Like everyone else, the news of T.K.'s death and Kari's disappearance shocked him. Cody had shared so much with T.K. in their struggles to DNA Digivolve. In some ways, T.K. was the first friend Cody felt he could open up to. Sure he'd made friends with Yolie first, but there were things that he felt more comfortable telling T.K. T.K. was someone who seemed to be generally interested in what you wanted to talk about and would really listen. At times it felt as if hardships had targeted Cody. Almost like they were setting him up for one disaster after another. His thoughts were interrupted as the doctor approached. The two stepped aside, so as not to wake Casey, as they talked.
"Mr. Hida, your wife is recovering nicely. It seems that the combination of the cold, which was on its way to being severe, and the chemo caused the reaction. Fortunately she got here in time and was treated quickly. An interesting turn of events happened which actually makes this a blessing in disguise. A few weeks ago, we informed your family that it looked like your wife would only have three years left to live. We can't say for sure what happened. All we know is that we can find no traces of the cancer anywhere. It's not exactly professional to say this, but it appears that we have witnessed a miracle."
"Thank you doctor," Cody said. His heart leapt for joy. He finally got the good news he'd been waiting for. He went over to his daughter and gently shook her awake. Once she was awake, he told her the good news. The two then went to visit Mina. Now it didn't matter what evil the Digital world had in store for Casey and her friends. Knowing her mom had survived a life threatening illness, gave her the courage to face what ever evil should cross her path.
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"I'm glad we got a chance to get together like this. We never seem to visit as often as we used to," Sora told Mimi. The Kamiyas and the Ishidas were enjoying the day together. Even the two Takashis had fun. The children were off playing, while the adults talked.
"I agree Sora," Mimi said. "After all, we are technically related. After what happened with Kari and T.K., though, it's understandable that we would distance ourselves from each other. It's how we grieve."
"I can't believe how much K.T. looks like T.K. If she cut her hair short, I'd almost have to do a double take. I almost do anyway because she has so much of Kari's personality in her," Matt mused.
"I know what you mean, Matt," Tai agreed. "She's so polite as well and oddly enough, she has her mothers same fear of the darkness."
"A.J. is so much like T.K. He may look like Kari, but he is T.K. all the way," Sora added.
"I really wonder how those two are doing. I know they say they're fine, but are they really?" Mimi pondered.
"Kristy seems to think that K.T. has some deep seated anger towards the person who hurt her father," Sora replied. "According to Kristy, K.T. and she have already seen the person twice.
"Weird. Why would someone who killed T.K. walk around town like he could get away with murder?" Matt wondered.
"Because he already has," Tai responded. "Only one person could positively identify him and he probably figures she's dead or won't talk or doesn't even remember him."
Just then Kristy, Taylor, Lilly, and Mark ran through the room the adults were in as they headed outside. K.T. was on their heels. She paused in front of the adults.
"Thanks for letting us come over, uncle Matt and aunt Mimi. We had a lot of fun. However, we need to go save the world so, you'll have to excuse us. A.J.'s asleep and hopefully we'll be back before dark," K.T. explained before running after the others. The adults just looked at each other, a little shocked that K.T. thought she needed to explain their running off.
"I think I'll go check on A.J.," Sora said, leaving the room.
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The young Digidestined gathered near Tokyo tower. They had been planning and discussing strategies for days. All they wanted to do now was fight the evil digimon and get this whole thing over with. As if on cue, evil digimon started rampaging the city again. Their digimon were ready and itching to fight.
"All right guys. You know the plan," Mark stated. "Everyone digivolve your digimon to ultimate. Those who know their crests, digivolve your digimon to mega ultimate."
Everyone digivolved their digimon to ultimate then moved into position. K.T. stayed back, out of the way, as she watched the fight. Once in position, the battle began. Evil digimon were pouring out of the digital gate at an alarming rate. Sentrymon stood watch while his "boss" decided to sit this round out in the Digital World. The evil digimon were ordered to cause as much trouble as possible, sending Japans population into chaos. Each major city needed to be controlled by an evil digimon in order to take over Japan. It would be up to the Digidestined to take them out before they took control. To do that, they would need to close and destroy the digital gate Sentrymon was guarding.
Working as a team, the Digidestined made great progress as they moved towards the Digital Gate. They were able to destroy many evil digimon along the way. Sentrymon took no notice of the Digidestined and digimon headed his way. He'd easily beaten them before and thus didn't see them as a threat. The plan was, while the Digidestined were taking out Sentrymon, Sakura would be finding a way to shut down the gate.
"This is it guys," Taylor announced. He closed his eyes and concentrated on his crest of Determination, just like Sakura had told them to do a while ago. "Crest Armor Energize!" Both Taylor and War Greymon were surrounded by a yellow glow.
"War Greymon digivolve to...Red Dragonmon!"
A red dragon with black wings and yellow eyes stood in War Greymons place.
Lilly followed suit, concentrating on her crest, Trust. "Crest Armor Energize!" A green glow surrounded both Lilly and Lillymon.
"Lillymon digivolve to...Starlight Fairymon!"
Lillymon took on a blue glow. Her hair turned silver as did her eyes. Her dress was silvery white and her shoes became dainty ballet slippers the same color of her dress. Her wings turned iridescent with a blue tint.
Casey concentrated on her crest, Direction. "Crest Armor Energize!" Both Ankylomon and Casey began to glow a silvery gray color.
"Ankylomon digivolve to...Moncorimon."
Ankylomon darkened until he became a dark gray color. Light gray scales covered his body and spikes grew out of his tail and around his head. His eyes became a grayish blue color.
The three Mega Ultimates took off towards Sentrymon with determination. If they could take Sentrymon out in one strike, they could destroy the gate before anyone had a chance to stop them. Sentrymon looked up briefly to see the three digimon head his way. However, he couldn't react in time.
"Dragons Breath!" Red Dragonmon yelled.
"Star Shower!" Starlight Fairymon yelled.
"Metal Tailhammer!" Moncorimon called out.
The combined attacks hit Sentrymon, destroying him instantly.
"We need to destroy the gate quickly. Any suggestions oh great genius?" Starlight Fairymon asked.
Sakura looked up at the blue and white fairy digimon. "Actually, I have discovered the best way to destroy it is to launch all of our digimons attacks into the digital gate."
"Right. You heard her. Everyone, attack the gate," Taylor stated.
"Dragons Breath!"
"Star Shower!"
"Metal Tailhammer!"
"Spiking Strike!" Stingmon shouted.
"Paralyzing Sting!" Scorpionmon yelled.
"Wing Blade!" Garudamon chimed in.
"Metal Wolf Claw!" Metal Garurumon said.
"Horn Buster!" Tentomon yelled.
"Grand Horn!" Aquillamon added.
"Vulcan's Hammer!" Zsudamon yelled.
All the attacks hit their mark, but didn't seem to do anything to even damage the digital gate. Time was running out as more evil digimon kept pouring in.
"There has to be something we can do," Kelly voiced. "It seems hopeless now, but I know there is a way to destroy that thing." An aqua glow began to surround her as she pulled out a necklace that appeared around her neck.
"You have the crest of Truth," Sam supplied.
Kelly put a hand over the glowing crest. "Crest Armor Energize!" An aqua glow surrounded Aquillamon and Kelly.
"Aquillamon digivolve to...Eaglemon!"
Aquillamon changed from the form of a hawk to that of an eagle. White feathers spread from his head blending into black as they flowed over the rest of his body. His eyes became a reddish brown color.
"Wow," Kelly breathed upon seeing her digimons new digivolution.
"Let's try attacking again," Mark stated. "If we continue to work as a team, we might just win." A pale blue glow surrounded him as he pulled a crest, on a chain, from his shirt.
"You have the crest of Unity," Sam stated.
"At this rate, all of our crests will be revealed in one day," Sakura stated.
Mark followed what the others had done. "Crest Armor Energize!" A pale blue glow enveloped Mark and Metal Garurumon.
"Metal Garurumon digivolve to...Ravegmon!"
Metal Garurumon took on the form of a vicious looking, black wolf. His fur shown in the light as though it were made of steel and his eyes were an ice blue that shown with a fierceness that sent chills down your spine.
As suggested, all the Digimon attacked the gate together. They added two more attacks. Eagles Claw and Deadly Claws. This time, they succeeded in closing the gate. Now, they just had to deal with the evil digimon that had made it through the gate, as well as discovering the remaining crests.
As the digimon began attacking the evil digimon, K.T. watched from her position, away from the battle. She wished that she could help. Although her fear of the darkness was slowly subsiding, she still felt pessimistic about the whole situation. Surely the Digidestined couldn't discover all of their crests in one day and even if they could, there was no way they could defeat all the evil digimon. They would have to practically lure all the evil digimon into one place. As soon as that thought hit her, K.T. had an inspiration. She vaguely remembered that Mr. Izumi had mentioned something about one event in time being the cause of this disaster. She pulled out the mini computer and began scanning through the contents like a computer genius. She was looking for certain clues. The blasts and explosions from the digimons attacks faded to the background as she poured all her attention into finding what she needed. Before long, K.T. was so engrossed in her search, that everything else faded away. Then she hit the jackpot. A piece of text that had been hidden until now.
When the person who has destroyed life is forgiven by the one whom they have wronged, then the trump card will be revived and light can save the world from darkness.
There was only one problem, though. K.T. hadn't a clue what it meant. She knew it was what she had been looking for, but couldn't figure out it's meaning. She sat on the ground as she continued to search.
"Who needs to forgive who for what?" K.T. thought.
K.T. heard a woman scream and looked up to see the same man and woman she kept running into. They were standing a block away with other bystanders. They were mesmerized by the fighting. It was obvious the woman was frightened. K.T. turned her attention to the battle just in time to see Kristy glow with a red light.
"Kristy, you have the crest of Devotion," Sam stated.
Kristy nodded, knowing what to do next. "Crest Armor Energize!" The red glow surrounded Kristy and Garudamon.
"Garudamon digivolve to...Phoenixmon!"
Garudamon changed into a magnificent bird with red, yellow and orange feathers. Her eyes glowed orange with an inner fire.
"Flaming Whirlwind!" Phoenixmon yelled. A yellow-orange flame erupted from her mouth and combined with the others.
The tables were starting to turn in their favor and K.T. felt hope surge inside her. Hope. Hope and Faith almost went hand and hand with each other. Her father had an abundance of hope and she realized that she did as well. However, somewhere along the way, she had lost her faith. Hope was knowing the future would be better. Faith was believing you could win when the odds were against you. Hope was easy, but Faith was hard. Faith meant leaping into the unknown without any reassurance you'd be all right. Faith meant believing that the person who killed your father really had a good heart and would never do something like that if they were in their right mind. K.T.'s head shot up from the computer screen.
"When you have everything going for you it's easy to forget that there may be someone who doesn't know happiness the way you know it. A person like that is liable to do ANYTHING to get the happiness they feel they deserve," K.T. said to herself. Everything was becoming clear. She looked again at the man and woman across the street. "All he wanted was to be happy. He never stopped to realize what price others would have to pay for his actions. When happiness does not come knocking on your door, a person is capable of doing anything to get it."
The man across the street looked at K.T. as if he had heard her. For a brief moment their eyes met. K.T. could have sworn she saw something like remorse in his eyes. Did he know that he had wronged her? If he did, was he truly sorry? A large explosion grabbed her attention. The Digidestineds digimon were getting tired, thus loosing energy quickly. It was only a matter of time before they reverted back to their in-training forms. Mark seemed to notice this and decided to call for a retreat. As the battle ended, everyone headed to Sakura's place to re-group and plan their next attack.
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"Guys, I think I've figured out how to defeat these evil digimon," K.T. began. "We need to lure them into one central place then attack with everything we've got. However, we will need all of our digimon at full power to really get rid of the evil digimon. That means we need to discover all of our crests."
"That's not going to be easy," Sakura stated. "Especially since you still don't have a digimon, K.T."
"I know, but I've found a way to acquire my digimon. It's something personal that I need to deal with and once I do, all the pieces should fall into place."
"I hope you're right," Jake stated. "We're putting a lot on the off chance all of us will discover our crests before these evil digimon destroy Japan. We're depending on each other a lot. We haven't even learned how to work as a team yet. You can depend on me to be there in case you get hurt, but can we all really work as a team?"
"Jake has a point," Kevin responded. "Maybe once we've all obtained our crests, working as a team will come as second nature."
"I think everything will happen when it happens. For now, all I care about is that everyone is all right," Sam stated, speaking his mind for the first time. "My only official 'job' is as Crest Keeper, but that doesn't mean I can't help in other ways. We each were given certain jobs based on our abilities. We can do those well and almost blindfolded. Our crests, however, reflect a specific personality trait we posses that we may not even know we have. We all need to work together with each other using our strengths. Once we accomplish that, anything is possible."
Everyone looked at Sam, shocked that such strong feelings and wisdom came out of a little eight year old kid. "I'm with Sam on this," Sakura agreed. "I may be a genius when it comes to computers, but I'm also wise enough to know when someone knows what they're talking about and Sam sure does."
Suddenly Jake began to glow with a grayish light, followed by Kevin being surrounded by a maroon light, then Sam being lit by a dark purple light and Sakura shinning with a pinkish light.
"Jakes crest is Dependability," Sam explained. "Kevin's crest is Loyalty. Sakura's crest is Wisdom. Mine is Caring."
"Well there goes my theory that we can't all discover our crests in one day," Kristy stated. "Now that that's out of the way, it's time to get serious."
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Authors Note: Did you enjoy that? If so there's a little button on the left hand side of the page. Press it and let me know exactly what you thought. Remember, flames are not tolerated. I don't smoke. Anyway, I hope this answers some questions. I'll try and update as soon as possible providing my work schedule cooperates and I don't get roasted alive from the heat. ;) In case you are wondering, I wrote the Mega Ultimate level digivolutions for the digimon long before I knew what they really were. It is by sheer coincidence that Biyomon's Mega Ultimate form actually is Phoenixmon.