The Rumble in the Jungle

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Something nudged him. He coughed quietly. His throat was dry. Again something nudged against him. He opened his eyes. A horned creature, with a white and purple fur coat draped over his shoulders, was looking down at him.

"Master Gennai…" said the creature with a bit of a raspy voice. It lowered down and helped him up to his knees. "What happened…?"

"Lucemon…" Gennai whispered. He clenched his fist. The angel had struck him from behind but then something happened and the angel had retreated.

"He is not here," said the creature quietly.

"Psychemon…" said Gennai quietly. He looked up at the pink body and under the fur coat. Something under Gennai cloak glowed darkly. The young man lifted it up. A tag and crest came from under the layers of clothes. A sun that was blotted out by a moon appeared on the surface of the crest. "The crest of darkness…"

"What is it Gennai?" Psychemon helped the sage to his feet.

"You're partner, is the digi-destined of Friendship's son…?" asked Gennai quietly.

"Yes," replied Psychemon.

"We must go quickly," said Gennai, "There is one more crest to be delivered…take me to a digi-port station…"

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"Ice Blast!" shouted a large, green, sea dragon; firing wave after wave of frost clouds at the demon that was perched on the skyscrapers.

"Fools," chuckled the demon as he lifted his claws. "I, Neo Devimon, will not be stopped by a ragamuffin bunch like you…Stun Claw!" streaks of lighting lashed out at the dragon.

"Magma Bomb!" balls of fire shot up from the ground. Neo Devimon laughed as he flashed his wings forward sweeping the flames away.

"Deep Sorrow!" a wave of shadows washed Meramon away.

"Horn Buster!" a blue orb shot down striking Neo Devimon in the back. A large winged unicorn dove down.

"Dragon Wheel!" a spiraling blue fire blast crashed into Neo Devimon's chest.

"You puny creatures!" chuckled Neo Devimon. His wings opened. "Deep Sorrow!" a tidal wave of darkness swatted the champions down like insects. "Is this the best you wish to present to me?"

"Pyro Blaster!" a shot of fire roared past the demon. A large red raptor like dinosaur with black stripes was standing on the ground.

"Gargo Lasers!" pulses of lasers sliced up through the air at Neo Devimon.

"More players?" growled Neo Devimon. The demon turned in time to see a large green rabbit with machine gun arms leaping at him. The dark beast flicked his hands up and caught the rabbit's head with his hand and tossed it down onto the dinosaur. The large metallic helmeted demon chuckled as he lifted his white, black and gold armored arms up and unfurled his crimson wings. "Deep Sorrow!" The two champions were swept along by the black tides.

Mimi was outside. She hated this. She was getting sick of being forced to watch her friends being pummeled. If Palmon was there she knew what she'd do.

"La Pucelle!" looked up an angel was gliding over head. A young girl ran next to her. Pink lightning ripped forward and struck Neo Devimon in the face. The digimon growled and fell backwards.

"Go, D'Arcmon!" shouted the girl. Mimi looked down. The girl was just like her, only younger.

"Foolish angel, you should've stayed safe and hidden away!" growled Neo Devimon. He flashed his claws against the angel. The angel dropped back. "Now to finish you off…Deep…"

"Horn Buster!" Shouted Unimon as the unicorn swept around one of the skyscrapers.

"I thought I had finished you out…" growled Neo Devimon.

"We're tougher than we look!" shouted Meramon. "Magma Bomb!"

"Much tougher!" shouted Seadramon. "Ice Blast!" Neo Devimon was caught between the two blasts.

"And we are increasing in number," called a soft voice. A white wizard was standing on the ledge of one of the buildings, "Aquarius Fill!" a blast of white lightning raged against Neo Devimon.

A dark bubble rose from the smoke. Neo Devimon was laughing evilly as he stretched, expanding the bubble. The dark energy pressed against the buildings. The wizard and D'Arcmon were pressed against the concrete structures. The two digimon grunted in discomfort as they were imbedded deeper with in the frames of the buildings.

"Sorcerymon!" shouted a boy that was running from an alley.

"I'm ok…" gritted the wizard.

"We can't hold him…" Michael came up behind Mimi. "He's just too strong…"

"That's not Devimon…" said Mimi. She looked at Michael.

"No he says he's Neo Devimon," said Michael. He winced as he watched Seadramon being pushed through a theatre sign.

"As if the old Devimon wasn't bad enough," growled Mimi. She clenched her fists. "If Palmon was here…"

"She's not," said Michael quietly cutting Mimi off, "We have to retreat, and regroup…Come on guys!" shouted Michael.

"But...D'Arcmon…?" asked the girl.

"Battlement D'Amour!" growled the angel and sent spheres of light slamming against the bubble. D'Arcmon struggled free and dropped down to the ground. "La Pucelle!" She whipped her staff forward. Streams of lightning rained upon the sphere. She pressed forward pushing the lightning harder and harder against the sphere. Finally a streak of lightning filtered through slapping Neo Devimon in the face. It was enough; the devil, concentration lost, lost the bubble as the energy constrained back within the dark digimon. The other champions took their chance, gathered their partners and fled the scene.

"Well, that's just not any fair," chuckled Neo Devimon. He turned. "Now I have no playmates at all…but then again Lord Lucemon didn't send me to play," He laughed darkly as he lifted his claws and unleashed a cloud of darkness into the sky.

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"Come on, Vineburg is just around the corner," called Armadillomon and Patamon to Kitai and Noriko. Datirimon had split up the children into groups. They each boarded different trains. Datirimon had said that Vineburg was the city that Palmon had been living in since the battle with MaloMyotismon

The children turned the corner, but they didn't find the lush green colored city that the name, Vineburg, implied. Dusty, dried up plants laid limp around the streets.

"What happened…?" Noriko looked around.

"Lucemon's war lord came…" called a small voice from one of the cracked walls. Noriko and Kitai jumped and looked to their left. A small digimon, a cross between a flower and a lizard stepped out of the building.

"Floramon?" Kitai looked at the digimon. The lizard nodded, "but…"

"Not all the Floramon were under Lucemon's control," said Patamon. "Those were just the Floramon of Chuuten City…"

"Lucemon…" whispered the flower. "He did this…"

"Where is Palmon?" asked Noriko quietly.

"Pa-Palmon?" Floramon looked up. "She was captured when Jewel Beemon arrived and took over the city…"

"Jewel Beemon?" Noriko looked down at the flower lizard.

"Yes, the mistress of the insects, Jewel Beemon is an Ultimate digimon," explained Floramon. "She attacked and defeated Blossomon in combat…after doing so she put all of Blossomon's supporters in the jail…which is most of the city…I escaped and hid in a dumb waiter in a diner."

"So how big is this gal's army?" asked Noriko as they walked down an alley.

"She arrived with a regiment of Snimon," said the floral digimon quietly. "But many of the Kokuwamon from Vineburg are following her…those traitors…"

"Don't worry, the digi-destined will save you," smiled Kitai. He looked hopefully at Floramon.

"Heh, it was the humans that started this mess," grumbled the Floramon as she walked further down the alley and into a building.

"Hey!" Noriko chased the flowery lizard into the building. "Why are you so rude…?"

"Because, you humans are the ones that caused the imbalance," said the flower. It sat at a table. She started eating some fruit in a bowl. "Lucemon came back because of you…"

"But, we want to help…" Kitai stood behind Noriko.

"Only an Ultimate could defeat Jewel Beemon…" said Floramon as she looked up at digi-destined's digimon.

"I'm hungry…" Patamon held his tummy

"So am I," said Armadillomon.

"Your partners aren't strong enough to defeat the Kokuwamon…" smirked Floramon.

"You can trust me," said Noriko. She looked at their two digimon as they went up and ate some fruit, "You can trust us all…"

"I may have to," said Floramon she lifted her head up, "The Kokuwamon are coming…"

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TK, Kari, Yolei and their digimon exited the port. The station was abandoned. It looked like a fight had broken out. There was a huge hole in the wall. The schedule board was shattered.

"Looks like Veemon came just in time," remarked Yolei. She looked over the wreckage.

"Maybe…" said Takeru as he walked out of the hole in the wall and out onto the street. He looked up. "Wha…?"

Kari and Yolei ran up behind Takeru. Kari looked at TK, "What's wrong, Takeru?"

"Look," Takeru lifted his hand and pointed.

"Is that…" Yolei gasped.

"Im-impossible," stammered Kari.

"But, I'm right here…" stuttered Patamon.

"And that isn't Magna Angemon," said Gatomon quietly. The angelic creature in long white fluid robes was standing a top a building. His sword drawn "He's Lord Holy Angemon; you can think of him as Magna Angemon's twin brother…"

"What's he doing here…?" asked Hawkmon.

"I am here by the request of Lord Lucemon," replied the angel loudly.

"This….is…bad…" whispered Yolei as the angel raised its sword up.

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Lord Holy Angemon is in the manga V-Tamers. I have not read this manga and as I have stated before this is not a season cross over. What you are seeing are my attempts at being…cute. He is basically a priestly Magna Angemon.