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"Great Zhuqiaomon," called the voice of the stranger, "As you can see it is starting already…"
The images of the humans sneaking into small pocket universes flicked across the screen. They were denoted by the images of the Russian's attempt to destroy Megadramon.
"Who gave them this technology?" growled Zhuqiaomon. The giant bird's head turned back on the robed figure.
"I am not sure…" said the figure. He bowed down before Zhuqiaomon. "I fear for the worst…my informants tell me it is lord Azulongmon himself that is giving the humans this technology…"
"Impossible," growled Zhuqiaomon. His eyes flared. "I have known Azulongmon for millennia, he would not do this, he would not resort to trickery and he would not harm the human race! For some reason Azulongmon sees a redeeming quality in these humans…."
"But should he…?" the figure lifted its robed arm up. The screen it flickered to show the savage air battles and ground battles between digimon and the enhanced human military.
"Those fools!" roared Zhuqiaomon. Flames flickered around the bird.
Zhuqiaomon's quarters burst open as a Chatsuramon galloped in on swirls of magic. The spiritual digimon with the dog like body bowed in front of Zhuqiaomon. "Lord Baihumon has called an emergency meeting of the Council of Harmony…It is to be in the city of Chuuten."
"I will be there," assured Zhuqiaomon angrily. The dog bowed again and then glided away.
"My, Lord," whispered the robed figure quietly. "May I suggest you allow me to send some body guards to protect you…"
"We can take care of ourselves," retorted Zhuqiaomon. His eyes flashed red.
"For my own petty assurance, please my lord," requested the figure it kneeled before the bird and bowed to the floor.
"I will allow it for your, own petty assurance," said the bird as it watched a Unimon get shot down by one of the human's flying machines.
The figure stood. "I will gather the strongest guards I can," the figure walked away slowly. "I hope you can resolve this, Lord Zhuqiaomon."
"We will, one way or another," growled Zhuqiaomon.
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Azulongmon and Baihumon took their positions in the conference room. It was a giant dome that glided softly above Chuuten City. Gennai and Datirimon were positioned in the middle of the room.
"Gennai…" called Azulongmon. The young man in the beige robes walked up to the large twisting dragon. "I feel a darkness looming over our heads…I trust you, my truest friend, take this…" One of the digi-core orbs lowered into Gennai's arms and fused into the humanoid being's body. "If something is to happen, we will need the chosen ones…that core will restore to them the abilities of old…"
"But the children are no longer children, and they are all over the world," replied Gennai. "One has even been in the depths of outer space. We can not expect them…."
"Then you will find replacements," said Azulongmon quietly. "It is imperative that we have a back up plan in case something happens to us…we need to have all the power we can gather…if you can, restore Gabumon's warp digivolving capabilities…I have a feeling things will get very unpleasant…especially if the rumors are true."
Gennai nodded and bowed and returned to his place with Datirimon. Ebonwumon appeared in a swirl of haze and fog. The twin headed turtle looked around.
"I see, Zhuqiaomon is not yet here," said the first head quietly.
"He is probably still up in wings…." Replied the second one. "He will be most thick headed…"
"He has a right to be," growled Baihumon. The tiger looked at the turtle. "He warned us of over integration with the humans…and we ignored him and now see what has happened."
"I stand by my decision," said Azulongmon. He looked down at the tiger, "It was the proper thing to do."
"Until now!" screeched the voice of Zhuqiaomon. The giant bird landed in his place in the conference room. "Now we have sent our wards into a deadly position! I refuse to allow this to continue! We must take our wards back immediately and quarantine the Digital World from the humans…before they attack!"
"It is too late," said Ebonwumon. The right head nodded, "In my quadrant alone several hundred humans are wandering around aimlessly."
"To find them all would take immense work," said the left head.
"We have the power to retrieve them," said Baihumon.
"What of the digimon that live in the Human world?" asked Gennai. He looked up at the Harmonious Ones. "Is it our right to pry them from a life they have known?"
"It is our right to protect them!" roared Zhuqiaomon.
Gennai sighed and looked up at the magenta sky. Twinkles of stars started to peak out.
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"Mr. President," whispered the robed figure into the view screen. "The Harmonious Ones are holding a meeting in Chuuten City…it isn't going well for your species I'm afraid…they are mad, Zhuqiaomon has decided not to take your case…you better attack now, while you have them all in one place…kill four birds with one stone…"
"They would destroy us!" said the president quietly.
"No, those weapons you have…" whispered the figure quietly, "what they don't destroy they cause to weaken exponentially."
"You mean…" the president looked up.
"Yes, Mr. Townsend," said the figure. "If you hit them with your weapons they will start to weaken, you only have to keep it up, and soon they will fall against your superior weaponry…"
"But what about Zhuqiaomon…I thought we weren't to destroy him, isn't he your master?" asked President Townsend. He looked at the figure with confusion.
"The Lord of the South is beginning to waiver," replied the figure. He looked at Townsend with those piercing sapphire eyes. "Strike him if he strikes you…It is the only way to protect yourself…"
"You're striking against your master?" President Townsend looked at the figure in disbelief.
"I only want to see your people survive," replied the figure. He smirked, "and at the time Zhuqiaomon was a means to an end…now he has become, a liability…"
"I don't know…" said the President quietly. "I don't think I can trust you…"
"It is too late, Mr. Townsend, you already have," said the figure quietly. It lifted an amulet up. A green flow filled the President's eyes. "You have passed your Rubicon to turn now will mean death…Strike, and you will be victorious, hesitate and you will be destroyed!" The figures sapphire eyes glowed. A feeling of stern anger flooded the president he lifted the phone on his desk. "General, launch Operation: The Kings Are Dead…"
The figure nodded in contentment and cut the link. He opened another and revealed an image of Dynasmon. "Dynasmon, take the others, go to Chuuten City, and proceed to watch positions, strike as soon as the Harmonious Ones have lost enough power to be defeated…." Dynasmon nodded and the link closed. The figure chuckled softly, "Dance my puppets, dance…" The figure took in a deep breath of cool evening air and smirked. "Soon they will be bowing to me and my paradise will be achieved."
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Koushiro looked around. He was surprised. It was like some lop-sided reunion. Most of the children were there and some of the parents, in fact, if someone had walked in on it they'd have thought it some colossal play date, save for the fact it was near night fall, with this he decided to compare it to a barbecue.
"Izzy!" Kari ran up and hugged him, "and Sumi. Thank God you're safe."
"Where is your husband?" asked Izzy quietly.
"He was out…I hope he is safe," said Kari quietly. She looked down. "I have Tai's son Isamu with me…but I suspect Tai is out doing ambassador stuff…"
"I do not envy his job today," said Yolei quietly. "Those Americans really screwed things up this time…"
"Yolei!" gasped Kari in shock.
"What it's true…they're the ones with the anti-digimon weapons," said Yolei blankly.
"Kougi…where's your father?" asked Izzy quietly.
"He is looking for my mom…" said the spiky haired boy.
"So is my dad," said Noriko. She looked down, "I'm really worried, knowing dad he'll try and get in the mix of things…"
"I wouldn't worry," said TK from behind the girl, "You're father is wiser than he looks…"
"Veemon…" Kougi looked down at a little purple dinosaur with a short horn on his nose. "What happened?"
"I'm over here," said the normal blue dinosaur on the outskirts of the group. "That Veemon is your partner Kougi!"
"I used to be Demi-Veemon, I digivolved while you were gone," said the purple Veemon.
Kitai and his Patamon were looking at the other children's digimon. All of the children's digimon had digivolved to their rookie forms. Akeno was playing with Salamon. Ai was talking to a more magenta version of Hawkmon. Kiyoshi was watching a red Wormmon. Hiroshi just looked stunned by the FanBeemon that buzzed in front of him.
"FanBeemon?" asked Hiroshi quietly, "I thought Minomon only digivolved to Wormmon…"
"We normally do, but we were out on a field trip one day and I got stung by a Kunemon and well, it must have messed me up a bit because I digivolved into FanBeemon," explained the yellow bee to Hiroshi.
"Sumi!" an Otamamon latched onto the girl's leg. "I missed you!"
"Motimon…" Sumi looked down. The tadpole nodded with a smile.
"Agumon?" a red dinosaur with a flat nose was looking at Isamu.
"Yep," said the dinosaur.
"Izzy!" Tentomon dove down from the sky.
"Kari!" Gatomon hugged the girl.
"Yolei!" the proper Hawkmon dove down and nuzzled up against Yolei.
The edge of the group stood a grey Armadillomon. He looked up and smiled at Noriko. "Noriko, it's me, I used to be Upamon!"
Noriko smiled and ran up to the armadillo and hugged the digimon, "Oh, I missed you!"
"I missed you too…" Armadillomon smiled.
Gatomon froze. She twitched her ears, swiveling around.
"What's wrong?" asked Kari she looked around.
"Planes…" whispered Gatomon. "That can't be right…there are no real planes in…" suddenly a squadron of fighters flew over.
"Those were American planes!" shouted Koushiro. He ushered everyone into the bushes.
"Where are they going?" asked Yolei.
"Well, we're in Azulongmon's quadrant…" started Izzy. He watched them fly over. "There are a lot of them…"
"They're going west…" said TK's Patamon.
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"Mr. President…" Taichi was in front of President Townsend's desk. "This is wrong…and you know it." The ambassador paced around the softly lit office.
"It is done!" shouted the president he looked like something had drained his life out of him. "By the end of the day the threat to this nation will be over…"
"I don't think so Mr. President," said Taichi quietly. "Some one is setting up the Harmonious Ones, once they are gone that thing will move in and it will not stop until it has both worlds under its grasp…"
The President looked up at Taichi. A demented grin fell from his lips, "It's ok…then the master will be happy…ha ha hahahahaha…." Taichi looked oddly at the man he'd known as a strong man, but he didn't see that man, instead he saw the ghostly apparition of the man the maniacal, demented shadow of that man.
"My god…" Taichi looked in his eyes. "You've been compromised…"
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Azulongmon was ranting on how the humans had saved the Digital World so many times. Baihumon had stopped listening to the rant after the first five minutes. He furrowed his brow. Something caught his ears. He twitched them.
"And that is when not digimon but the digi-destined…." Azulongmon was still hurling rhetoric.
"Shut up!" growled Baihumon quietly. "Planes…"
Azulongmon looked down at the tiger. "What?"
"Planes!" roared Baihumon, "Are you deaf?"
Ebonwumon's left head snapped awake and looked up, "What's that whirring sound?"
"Planes…" growled Zhuqiaomon. The bird narrowed its eyes, "The humans have decided to strike first…"
"Gennai, take Datirimon and go to your house," said Azulongmon. The young man picked up the little bobble of a digimon and walked from the building.
That's when the first wave of bombardments hit. The conference room shook. A number of the pylons dropped down. Zhuqiaomon was fuming, figuratively and literally.
"We can not attack the humans," growled Azulongmon. He looked over at bird.
"Defending your precious apes to the last," growled Baihumon. "Even as they draw their weapons upon us; you speak rhetoric.
"We will be destroyed if we stay here," said Zhuqiaomon. He looked up and a crimson flash erupted through the building vaporizing it. The war planes were swarming around the four digimon. The bird growled loudly in the early night air, "Pathetic fools…."
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AN: I can hear it now…the human planes can't destroy the Harmonious Ones…they're gods! Well, for the purposes of this story, the Harmonious Ones are Digimon, exaltedly powerful digimon almost unmatched within both worlds but still digimon and still capable of being defeated by a large enough force of human anti-digimon enhanced weapons. Don't like it, too bad, it's only going to last a couple of more chapters!