The Heavenly Descent

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Garurumon came upon a group of the chosen ones. Gennai was also with them. It was this that surprised. He saw the bruised form of Silphymon and Patamon with his wings drooped. Takeru was on his knees screaming in anguish. The bluish purple digimon could smell the salty scent of tears.

"Matt!" Sora ran up to Garurumon. "Thank god Matt…Kuro…he's still…" She looked back. Matt looked up and saw a large luminous circle looming in the sky.

"What happened? Where's Hoshi?" responded Matt coldly.

"Hoshi is with Tai's wife, Ayame," said Sora.

"Where's Kuro?" came Matt's next question.

"Lord Holy Angemon…" Takeru whispered. The young man looked up. Tears streaked down his face, "Kuro had his digimon and was trying to contain the angel…he saved our lives…and then his crest…"

"Crest?" Matt's eyes focused on his brother.

"The Crest of Darkness," said Gennai. The sage walked forward. "I gave it to him, it was the only way to stop the angel and we need all the help we can get to defeat Lucemon. I new there was a very bad side effect of using the crest, but only if you lose control and it was risk that had to be taken, but it was too much for the boy …I fear he's been taken over…"

"Damn it…" Matt spun around to face the sage. "You didn't even consult anyone; you just gave him a crest!?"

The sage cowered back a little, "In order to stop Lucemon we will need all the power we can muster…it's the only way…"

"Shut up!" shouted Matt.

"He's still back there," Hikari called out. Matt didn't turn to the woman. "And that angel opened the Gate of Destiny…" Matt's eyes shot up to the sky. The circle of light glowed with a new venom now that Matt recognized it for what it was.

"TK…" Gennai walked up to the young man. "Now would be a good time…"

"What?" TK growled. The sage tapped the man's digivice. TK blinked and lifted the device. An orb of pure, blazing, white energy lifted from the device and flew up to Matt. The energy searched out Matt's digivice. Suddenly Matt's digivice reacted and absorbed the energy. Garurumon de-digivolved to Gabumon. Matt looked at Gennai; a hopeful question filled his eyes. Gennai nodded.

"Come on, we have to get Kuro!" said Matt. He held up his digivice

"Gabumon Warp digivolve to!" Gabumon flashed to a glowing form of Garurumon then to WereGarurumon and then he changed again. The light faded. "Metal Garurumon!" The gold and blue, metal incased digimon stood on his four legs. His wolf-like features were undeniable now.

Matt leapt on the digimon's back. "Silphymon, you stay here with the others in case things go badly." The DNA digivolved digimon nodded and with that Metal Garurumon leapt to the air. Matt narrowed his eyes. He saw something large fly into the gate and then a digimon dive upwards and snag something and dive down. He pressed Metal Garurumon to go faster. He felt he was too late. There was a black glow that shot up into the gate and then slowly the large whirlpool of energy closed. Matt's eyes stung. He growled angrily, "If that bastard hurt my son…he'll never know anything ever again…"

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The angel looked down at the boy. Kuro was still tied to the pillar. He was unable to escape. The angel gripped the hilt of his sword. He slid the blade out slowly. The fiery, metallic surface made Kuro blink.

"You tried to unbalance the world," said the angel with a calm tone. "Now, I will make things balanced again." He lifted his sword and tilted his wings forward and dove down. "Final Excalibur!"

"No!" shouted Kuro. He slammed his eyes shut.

"Metal Wolf Claw!" roared a voice and a cold wind shot across Kuro's face.

"What is this interference!" shouted the angel. Kuro opened his eyes and saw his father astride a metallic wolf digimon.

"Father…" whispered Kuro quietly. His father leapt down and ran to him.

"We have to get you out of here!" said Matt. His hands instantly worked at the cable that held Kuro to the pillar.

"Tsunomon…" whispered Kuro. His voice wavered.

"What about him…?" asked Kuro's father.

"He was eaten by that gate and then Lord Holy Angemon used him to digivolve…" said Kuro. The boy's eyes darkened. "He is a monster and deserves what ever he gets in eternity!" Energy crackled along the cables that held Kuro.

"Kuro, you have to calm down…" whispered his father. The boy looked at this father and blinked. He took a deep breath and his father untied the binding releasing the boy.

"Heaven Smite!" a stream of lightning slammed into the wolf digimon sending the metal creature flying into a building. Matt swung around and stared at the angel.

"Who the Hell are you and why did you attack us!?" shouted Kuro's father. The boy looked up at the angel.

"Heh, I am now Dominimon," replied the angel quietly, "the archangel mercenary of the Digital World. Lord Lucemon has sent me to make this world…appropriate for his utopia."

"He's strong," whispered Kuro quietly, "He took on Paildramon, Angemon and Silphymon like they were toys and that was when he was Lord Holy Angemon and now he's even stronger…"

"Paildramon?" Kuro's father's eyes shot back. "Where are Davis and Ken…?"

"No, not Davis and Ken's Paildramon, Shadramon slid evolved andbecame Karatenmon…" sighed Kuro. The boy looked down at his chest where laid a tag and crest. "Karatenmon thenturned into Paildramon…"

Matt grumbled and turned to Metal Garurumon as the large digimon leapt forward. "Metal Wolf Claw!" Gun ports all over the digimon's body opened up and unleashed wave after wave of missiles towards the angel.

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Lucemon growled softly. He looked at the scene on Earth. The Chosen of Friendship had its Metal Garurumon back. Even with Dominimon, Lucemon doubted he could hold Tokyo for much longer. He huffed and looked back on New York where Neo Devimon had dispatched with the digi-destined of the city easily and was now unleashing a depressing assault on the entire megalopolis. He looked down angrily at the report on the desk in front of him. Vineburg was retaken. Jewel Beemon failed him.

"Where are my knights!?" Lucemon lifted his hand and slid it over the surface of the mirror. Alforce Veedramon appeared on the mirror.

"Shining V Force!" roared the dragon knight as a blazing V of energy lashed out at a temple. Kyuukimon and Taomon ran from the blast. Lucemon was bored with this already and was prepared to change when a yellow figure flashed from the temple.

"Amethyst Wind!" Lucemon snapped his head up to see Sakuyamon swing her staff at Alforce Veedramon. Thousands of flower petals washed forward. They clung to Alforce Veedramon and crackled angrily with energy. "Stay where you are…you have defiled sacred ground!"

"I have defiled nothing!" growled the knight. "I am here on orders from Lord Lucemon to search every temple for sacred texts!"

"You will not be searching here!" retorted Sakuyamon. She pointed her staff at the knight. "Spirit Strike!" Three fox apparitions shot forward striking Alforce Veedramon's chest.

"Witch!" Alforce Veedramon flexed his body and released himself from the petals. "If you wanted a fight, you'll get one! Alforce Saber!" A pink energy sword flicked out of the blue arm armor of the dragon knight and he dove forward.

The fox priestess in yellow armor lifted her staff. Her long white hair flowed in the breeze. "Amethyst Wind!" a tornado of flower petals flew up to the in coming dragon but they flew off to the side as the dragon dove through them. The woman gave a little yelp and she dropped back and held her staff up defensively.

The pink sword sliced cleanly through the staff leaving it in two halves. The dragon then reached up with his other hand snagged the woman by the throat. "Wench…should I kill you now…or should I make you suffer in front of your underlings?"

"Your intimidations will not scare me," replied the woman sternly. Her hands were free and she grabbed something from the side of her armor. Before Alforce Veedramon could react she had something pressed against the dragon's stomach, "Amethyst Mandala!" A blast of light erupted from Alforce Veedramon's stomach. The dragon dug his claws deeper into the woman's neck but the force of the attack caused his claws to break free with a chunk of flesh in his claws. Sakuyamon dropped to the ground.

"Mistress…" Taomon ran up to the stricken priestess. The fox woman stood slowly and then fell to her knees and then her hands. Taomon held onto the woman. A pool of crimson liquid was on the ground.

"Run from here…go warn the others," rasped Sakuyamon as she tried to take in air. "I will hold him off as long as I can, the others must know…go to the temple of Ice in the north. Kuzuhamon will take you in."

"Kyuukimon and I will not leave you…" replied Taomon. The robed fox priest reached down but Sakuyamon slapped his hand away. The priest's hand reflexed back. "Our lives are meaningless without you…"

"Do not be an idiot!" shouted Sakuyamon and the woman stood. The gaping wound around her neck was inescapably noticeable. "Leave or I'll make you leave, you must warn the others! Go now!"

The scythe armed, pink digimon, Kyuukimon, leapt forward and grasped Taomon around the waste. "Come now, Alforce Veedramon's coming back…" Taomon relented and the two of them ran.

"You insufferable woman…!" shouted Alforce Veedramon.

"You are no knight, Alforce Veedramon," coughed Sakuyamon in reply. "You are nothing but a cur!"

"For that you will be destroyed!" roared Alforce Veedramon. The dragon glided back and the V on his glowed brightly. "Shining V Force!" a V shaped energy laser shot forward.

"Spirit Strike!" Sakuyamon held up her hands weakly and released a second burst of vulpine energy, but the dragon's attack was too strong and the V shaped laser sliced through her armor and flesh and cut her cleanly in half. The priestess immediately deleted.

"Well, that's something," Lucemon smirked as he watched Alforce Veedramon rummage through the wreckage.

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Noriko and Kitai stood at the port. Palmon and Floramon looked at the whirlpool of light.

"So…" Noriko looked at the plant digimon. "You're going to go to Mimi then?"

"Yep," said Palmon with a smile. She laid her hand on Floramon. "Come on Floramon."

"Wait!" Kitai snagged the flower digimon's arm. "Why are you going?"

"Some one has to keep Samuel safe," replied the flower digimon snippily.

"What?" the two children looked at each other.

"Floramon is Mimi's son's partner…" said Palmon with a smile. "Now we have to hurry, we don't know what kind of danger Mimi's in." With that the two plant digimon leapt through the portal.

"So now what?" Patamon asked quietly.

"I don't know…sit here?" replied Armadillomon.

"We should've set up a meeting place…" Noriko looked down at her digivice. "Digital, Detect, Discover…"

"What?" Kitai looked at his device.

"The D-3's…" said Noriko. "I wonder…" She picked up the D-terminal she kept in her pocket. She quickly typed out a message reading it allowed, "We are at the digi-port station, we have rescued Palmon and Floramon, need to know what to do next." She pressed a button. "Send…" She looked at Kitai and gave a wink, "I guess we'll find out what to do soon; just a matter of waiting for a response."

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AN: Alforce Veedramon is a bit of prick isn't he…hehe…Yay for Matt! Like we didn't see that one coming. But will Metal Garurumon be able to defeat Dominimon? What about Kuro…has he truly been able to push his crest's darker functions down? Is it really gone? And what will happen to him if the crest wins out?

Thanks to Lord Lodis for his review, I hope I can keep it awesome!