A Funeral for Royal Knights
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Damienmon growled softly. His skin was burned. His body cut and bruised. This human flesh was not conducive to surviving even that Ultimate's attacks. He released another burst of aggression. He laughed softly at the small nightmare the human's soul was going through. Something with spiders, Damienmon was sure, Kuro was deathly afraid of spiders so Damienmon had the human's soul trapped within a Dokugumon colony. He smirked feeding off those screams.
He lifted his hands, looking at them. He had no idea the child would be so powerful, nor did he believe that he would be able to reconstitute the garbled and digested data of his partner. It mattered not, Damienmon's weakness was fading. Soon he would resume his position of standing on Daemon's submissive back.
"I will not let this set back stop me," growled Damienmon quietly.
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"I have finally found you," growled Daemon as he came upon a young man holding two baby digimon. Cody almost fell backwards seeing the long suppressed villain in front of him. "I had hoped for at least a challenge," whispered the demon. He looked at the two little cream colored puffs in the man's arms.
"You want a challenge!" shouted Tsubumon. The little, tufted digimon squirmed, "We'll send you're cowled head spinning!"
"Yeah!" yelped Poyomon. "You're going down you overgrown potato sack!"
"Fools," chuckled Daemon. He blew his breath a little and sent the squirming babies flying out of Cody's grasp. The demon lord stepped forward.
"Get back, Daemon…" said Cody in his hushed voice. He took up a defensive stance with his arms raised and his hands held in a way that he could protect himself from a physical blow.
"You Chosen Children are truly a nuisance," said Daemon as he gave his wings a tremendous flap causing Cody to stagger backwards.
"He's just playing with me," growled Cody in his mind. He looked up at the robins' egg blue eyes with his hard hazel eyes, "and there is nothing I can do…"
"Last time we met you were lucky, I had not anticipated your true intentions, but this time you will be destroyed," A fiery hand appeared from under the crimson robes of Daemon.
"There!" shouted a voice. "Hurry, tell them we found one of the new digimon near the Aozora Bank and the Chiyoda-ku Office! We got to get him away from that guy!"
"Gazimon digivolve to…" growled the voice of a rabbit swirled around Daemon. "Cyclomon! Hyper Heat!" A huge yellow Cyclops with an armored right arm and a horned helmet reared up. His eye fired a single red beam that stabbed Daemon in the back.
The demon lord didn't even flinch. He turned and looked up at the yellow monolith in front of him. "Flame Inferno!" the black flames washed over Cyclomon. The titan roared in pain as it fell backwards. "Pathetic fool dare send something like that weakling after me…"
Daemon turned to gloat to Cody but the young man had already disappeared into the shadows. Daemon growled and turned to finish off Cyclomon only to find the disappearing tail of Gazimon slipping around the corner of a building.
Daemon roared in annoyance and opened his wings and took to the air.
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"I want to help too!" yelped a little red haired girl. She held a Salamon tightly.
"No," replied a slightly older boy. He had equally red hair. "Our digimon can't digivolve yet! They just got to their Rookie form; you know what Miss Yamaguchi said."
"But the world is in trouble," called the girl as she watched from the window. "We could at least help a little…"
"No," growled the boy.
"But, but…Kin we have to," yelped the girl as she hopped down. A small yellow Agumon was lying at the boy's feet.
"No, Mai, let's just stay here," replied the boy quietly. "Tell, Setsu and Wormmon to come…" The small girl nodded and walked out of the small room. It was only furnished with a table and a small futon couch.
"Do you really think we should wait, Kin?" asked the Agumon quietly, "I'm willing to fight…"
"No, you aren't strong enough," said the boy sternly.
The girl returned with a girl about Kin's height. She had auburn hair and she looked out over the city. "What's wrong?"
"He's coming, I just got the message, Daemon wasn't far from here," said Kin quietly. He looked down at the small device in his hand. "The Chosen Ones are trying to marshal a concerted strike against him…"
The girl's eyes narrowed. "We wouldn't be much in a fight; I don't think our digimon can digivolve to their Champion forms…"
"It's worth a try!" yelped the youngest girl. She was hopping up and down. "We have to fight!" She stopped hopping and ran to the window. She looked down. Three figures were walking slowly down the street. One was bandaged, the other was holding up and the third was walking defensively in front of them, it was a digimon. "They need our help!" The girl then ran out of the room.
"Mai!" shouted the boy and he ran after her, the yellow Agumon right behind him.
"Dang it, Kin," the oldest girl ran after the boy with her Wormmon right behind her.
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They three children tumbled out of the building with their digimon. Silphymon almost blasted them, had the glowing Kari not have stopped the cyborg the three would have been charcoal.
"We came to help!" shouted the young girl as she hopped up to the group of digi-destined. She looked at Silphymon with interest, "You're kind of cute…" said the young girl as she petted the cyborg's leg.
Silphymon blushed. "Uh…thanks I think…"
"I'm sorry about my sister," said the older girl she walked up and bowed, "We were trying to stop her…"
"She just thinks we have to fight with the rest of you," said the boy quietly. "I keep telling her we aren't strong enough. Our digimon have only just recently gained their rookie forms."
"You must join us," said Kari. Yolei looked at the woman quietly.
"You're kidding right?" Yolei said looking at her friend suspiciously.
"They will lend their power, it is hidden but I can feel it," said Kari in a monotone voice. "Come, Daemon is soon to be on a rampage…"
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"Right I just got word from Davis," Izzy was briefing the small detachment of digi-destined before they flew into the fight full tilt. "Looks like they are busy in the bay, Ikkakumon is coming though…"
"You think we can really do this without Imperialdramon?" asked Sora quietly. She looked at the red headed lab technician.
"We can at least keep him busy," said Izzy. He sighed. LadyDevimon and the other Daemon Corps were off in several parts of Chiyoda-ku and confronting the Lucemon driven digimon. This new digimon was in the bay, reports from Odaiba suggested he had his own Corps and they were wreaking havoc there, and Damienmon was still lurking around somewhere. "I know it's not the smartest thing to do, but right now, Daemon is here causing havoc, Lucemon isn't. We have to hold him back from invading more of the city until we can get Imperialdramon or Metal Garurumon here."
"Or WarGreymon," said one of the other newer, digi-destined.
"Well, we'll see, Taichi has yet to reply, and in order for him to get here, he'd have to pop through the Digital World," Izzy replied quietly. "It sounds like Lucemon has a tighter grip there than he does here."
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"Terra Destroyer!" the ruby sphere shot past Alforce Veedramon's head. The blue dragon swept around. A large black armored WarGreymon was flying at him.
"Howling Crusher!" A stream of energy with the head of a lion flew up and struck RhodoKnightmon's midsection. A large red and yellow striped saber toothed tiger leapt out of the forest its claws raised.
"We have come to stop your entrance into the Human World," growled the tiger. He released a growl, "You shall not pass!"
"The pretty kitty and the lizard warrior think they can stop us?" chuckled RhodoKnightmon as she alighted on the ground softly.
"We haven't time for second rate warriors like you," growled Alforce Veedramon. He punched his arm out to the side unsheathing the energy blade within his arm armor. "Alforce Saber!" The blue dragon knight dove at the black WarGreymon.
The dragon disappeared into the air and appeared in flashes. Alforce Veedramon suddenly felt something grab him from behind and hold him in a full Nelson. The WarGreymon's voice growled softly, "I am not second-rate. I am Black WarGreymon; I am the penultimate warrior of two worlds!" Darkness filled Alforce Veedramon's vision as a black wind swirled around him. "Black Tornado!" The next thing Alforce Veedramon knew he was laid out on the ground. Black WarGreymon was in the air with his hands lifted holding a menacing blood red sphere of contained tempest. "Terra Destroyer!" the ball was flying at him.
Alforce Veedramon opened his mouth, "Shining V Force!" a blazing V laser shot upwards the two attacks struck and vied with one another before exploding sideways. He growled and took flight.
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"Spiral Masquerade!" golden ribbons stabbed into the ground in front of saber toothed tiger as it hopped backwards and slashed through the blades with his claws.
"Twin Fang!" hundreds of little thistles flew forward from his mane pelting RhodoKnightmon's body. RhodoKnightmon growled and flashed her shield in front of her.
"Fool, you can't hurt me with little needles and thorns!" The pink armored warrior rushed forward. "Fist of Athena!" the saber toothed tiger crashed against a tree snapping its trunk like a toothpick. The saber toothed tiger shot forward and slashed his claws forward leaving large marks across the knight's chest.
"Howling Crusher!" at point blank range the tiger released its ranged attack. RhodoKnightmon dropped backwards and skidded across the ground.
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"Dramon Killer!" crimson claws cracked Alforce Veedramon's chest armor.
"Alforce Saber!" the energy blade slashed across Black WarGreymon's chest plate. The black dragon flew backwards and then dashed forward with his claws drawn. The energy slammed down cracking the black arm guard, but Black WarGreymon swept around with his other arm slashing across Alforce Veedramon's face with the claws. Alforce Veedramon reared backwards.
"Terra Destroyer!" the crimson sphere slammed into Alforce Veedramon's gut, shattering his chest armor into dust.
"Shining V Force!" the large V laser crushed Black WarGreymon's chest plate leaving his grey chest bare.
"I liked that chest plate!" growled Black WarGreymon.
"Awe…did I bweak your wittle chesty pwate…" chuckled Alforce Veedramon as he drew his sword up again. The dragon's face grew very stern. "Trust me, it will get worse…" The dragon flashed forward the blade glowing angrily.
"Aaaaagh!" screamed Black WarGreymon as the blade sliced cleanly across his exposed chest. The black armored warrior dropped to the ground and turned slowly. A mauve streak running from the bottom left to the top right of his chest. The dark warrior's eyes flashed. "No one makes me scream!"
Black WarGreymon disappeared into the air. Seconds later Alforce Veedramon found himself being assaulted by kicks, punches and even a two or three well played head butts.
"You can't beat me, I am a Royal Knight of Lucemon!" growled Alforce Veedramon as skidded across the ground as Black WarGreymon continued his onslaught.
"Well your royalty sucks!" Black WarGreymon lifted the one intact gauntlet he had left. "Dramon Killer!" Alforce Veedramon looked up in surprise as he felt the energized claws of the gauntlet run through his stomach. Black WarGreymon then swept his foot around and kicked Alforce Veedramon dislodging the dragon knight from the dark warrior's claws.
The blue dragon laid on the ground staring in surprise into the sky. Suddenly his voice hissed forward in a raspy plea. "I was…defeated…please…Lord Lucemon, do not forsake me…."
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RhodoKnightmon swept around the golden ribbons hungrily reaching to cut up her assailant. The saber toothed tiger growled as he deftly leapt through the barrage of ribbons.
"Howling Crusher!" another Leonid burst of energy crashed into RhodoKnightmon's chest. Her armor was dented but no sustaining damage had been done.
RhodoKnightmon lifted her shield as the tiger's claws slashed forward. The pink knight took her shot and pushed slamming the large cat backwards as it pushed her. She flicked a rose up between her fingers, "Argent Fear!" the petals flew forward. As they flew by trees they cleanly sliced through felling the large plants. RhodoKnightmon chuckled. "Looks like I'll dice your nine lives up…kitty."
"Terra Destroyer!" a crimson blast washed between RhodoKnightmon and the tiger. The black dragon warrior was hovering over the tree line. "You will face me now!" growled the dragon.
"Black WarGreymon, you are too injured…" growled the tiger.
"And you, SaberLeomon, are far too weak!" growled the dragon in reply. Black WarGreymon swept forward. "You are a female; do not think that will protect you. Your status as a knight makes you a viable target!"
"Well, I see chivalry is dead in you," snorted RhodoKnightmon as she stepped forward. "I don't know what you did to Alforce Veedramon, but if you could put him down you must be tough, though it looks like you were put through the ringer as well."
"I still have enough to face you," growled Black WarGreymon.
"I doubt it," replied RhodoKnightmon quietly. "How about you and kitty here, fight me together, then you might have a chance to be slightly entertaining!"
"I fight my own battles," growled Black WarGreymon. He shot forward his remaining gauntlet glowing. "Dramon Killer!" The metal claws struck the metal shield.
"Nuh uh, no Dramon Killing for me," RhodoKnightmon wagged her finger. The golden ribbons shot forward pinning Black WarGreymon to the ground. A ribbon flew from Black WarGreymon and poised to strike like cobra. "See, you aren't even going to last a few seconds against me!"
"If you're going to destroy me, get done with it!" growled Black WarGreymon.
"Oh if you…" Suddenly RhodoKnightmon leapt from her prey. A large tiger swept over the dragon warrior. The tiger skidded into the turn and opened its claws.
"Claws of Steel!" The claws on the tiger's right paw glowed and crashed through RhodoKnightmon's shield. The second front paw swept around smashing the chest armor of the female knight.
"Let's finish her off," growled Black WarGreymon as he stood holding his sides. SaberLeomon turned his head.
"Something is coming…" growled SaberLeomon quietly. The sky to the east swirled in a strange convergence of darkness and light. "Something very powerful…"
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"Hide!" shouted Noriko as he rushed into a small cave she'd found. The others scrambled into the cave.
"What the heck is going on!" shouted Isamu as a malevolent wind swept around him. The sky had started to shift from the inky blackness of night to the blaring light of unabashed sunlight. It seemed to grow closer and now the air itself seemed filled with energy.
"It has to be Lucemon!" shouted Sumi as she grabbed onto a stone to keep her balance.
"He was a digimon now he's like a force of nature!" shouted Carlyle as he tried desperately to clutch Ryuudamon.
"He always was a force of nature…" said Akeno as he struggled into the hole in the ground. The power seemed to pass right over their heads and continued north and east. "He just didn't know it…"
The children finally were herded into the cave. The unnatural storm raged past. They could hear the laughter. The laughter of a villain that knows he is nearly invincible and that nothing in two worlds could stop him.
"He won't laugh when we get done with him…" growled Kougi. His hand was in a fist. "He won't even remember how to laugh…"
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"Rise you despicable beings!" called a voice. Black WarGreymon lifted his arm to visor his eyes from the light show and the swirling wind. He saw it. The angelic demon at the epicenter of the unnatural maelstrom looked down at RhodoKnightmon. "You and Alforce Veedramon still have a task to do!"
"Lord Lucemon…" RhodoKnightmon stood shakily and reached up to the angel. "Please…help us."
The angel turned his head to SaberLeomon and then at Black WarGreymon seemingly ignoring the pink knight. "You will finish off these insurgents."
"But we are not in the condition to fight…" gasped RhodoKnightmon.
"You deny an order from me?" the demonic angel's eyes flashed with an unholy light and a burst of energy exploded from the ground; it swept around and struck RhodoKnightmon in the shoulder. The knight squealed in pain as it impaled her shoulder. "You do not question my orders, now; finish off these foolish, interlopers!"
A tattered Alforce Veedramon glided over the trees. "Please, my lord, at least treat our wounds…"
"You deserve no further mercy from me," replied the angel backhanding the dragon knight as the beast glided close. "You failed me at Chuuten City! You will learn to listen to orders, even if it takes the rest of your life to learn it! Now fight!"
The dragon looked up at the angel. His face was full of disbelief and disappointment and fear. The angel scowled and the dragon knight slowly nodded. "Yes….Lord Lucemon." The dragon turned and brandished its energy blade. "Alforce Saber!" He dove down at Black WarGreymon. The black armored warrior raised his gauntlet and the blade clanked against the black metal.
"This is dishonorable," growled Black WarGreymon, "I will not fight you, Alforce Veedramon…."
"You will!" growled Lucemon. "For if they do not learn their lessons," The angel gave a cold smirk, "Their suffering minds will be put to rest…"
"Spiral Masquerade!" The golden ribbons lurched haphazardly at SaberLeomon the tiger easily side stepping the blades.
"Terra Destroyer!" Alforce Veedramon spiraled backwards screaming in pain as the stomach wound he had gotten early only widened.
"If you are to be destroyed, it should at least be whilst on your feet and fighting," Black WarGreymon flew past his gauntlet lifted.
"Shining V Force!" the shining V laser shot forward.
"Dramon Killer!" Black WarGreymon sliced through the attack and drove the gauntlet claws home through Alforce Veedramon's chest. The dragon looked at Black WarGreymon.
"You…Must…Tell…The others I am sorry," gasped Alforce Veedramon as his eyes seemed to clear. "Lucemon must be stopped…" The dragon warrior exploded into dust around Black WarGreymon's gauntlet. The data didn't dissipate though but sort hung in the air.
"Claws of Steel!" roared SaberLeomon. RhodoKnightmon dropped to the ground.
"Please, Lord Lucemon, do not forsake me," pleaded the pink knight as she struggled to her knees.
"You not deserve be called a Royal Knight, you sniveling coward!" growled Lucemon watching the staggering knight rise slowly to her feet. "Now, destroy SaberLeomon!"
RhodoKnightmon turned. She raised her fist. "Fist of…Athena!" the pink warrior swept weakly at SaberLeomon but the tiger hopped backwards and the knight tumbled to the ground.
"You cannot believe you can win," said SaberLeomon. The tiger stepped closer, "Forget Lucemon, fight against him!"
"I cannot fight against my lord," replied RhodoKnightmon. She sent one of her ribbons flying towards SaberLeomon but the tiger slapped it down pinning it to the ground.
"You can!" growled SaberLeomon.
"No, he would find me and destroy me, no matter where I run or where I hide he'd find me, I will not branded a coward!" RhodoKnightmon stood.
"You already are a coward," growled SaberLeomon. The knight snatched another ribbon and charged. SaberLeomon flashed his glowing claws forward driving his paw through the knight. RhodoKnightmon stood there like she was in suspended animation. She twitched slightly and then her data broke up and hung in the air like Alforce Veedramon's.
"Finally," growled Lucemon. He lifted his paws up. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, data to data, you who were born of me, return from whence you came." The data swirled into two large spheres and landed in Lucemon's hands. The data then melted into the palms of his hands. "I thank you for dealing out my punishment for their failures for me, but unfortunately I can't let digimon like you exist. It would upset the balance and you would suffer from being around inferiors and I just can't allow that!"
"I don't like this," growled SaberLeomon. He took up a defensive stance.
"If he wants a fight…" growled Black WarGreymon quietly. "He'll get one. Terra…"
"No you fool!" shouted SaberLeomon.
"Shining Argent Force!" a crimson arrow head shot forward through Black WarGreymon's chest. Lucemon chuckled. "I forgot how useful data merging was…"
The black warrior fell backwards. "Could it be…could he be as powerful as the Harmonious Ones…?"
"Ha, those old farts!" laughed Lucemon. "I am more powerful than they could ever be!" He turned his head to SaberLeomon, "So my, pretty kitty, are you going to save your friend, or will he die whilst you watch him pass away?"
"Heh, fat chance," growled Black WarGreymon as he stood up. "He's not my friend, I fight alone!"
"You can't win Black WarGreymon," growled SaberLeomon. He stepped in front of the black armored warrior. "I doubt Omega sent us here to be destroyed!"
"We are casualties of war," growled Black WarGreymon. "He needed weapons, we were handy. When will you realize, we are not here by our choice, we were made to fight, and I shall!" He looked up at Lucemon. "Terra Destroyer!" Black WarGreymon summoned up at large crimson ball. He launched it Lucemon.
The angel puffed his cheeks and blew. The blast of energy evaporated in a sweeping wind. Lucemon chuckled softly and looked down at the two Mega digimon. "You pathetic little stand ins." He lifted his hand. A ball of energy appeared, "Alforce Spiral!" a spiraling blast of energy shot down exploding into the ground. SaberLeomon and Black WarGreymon were flung to the side.
"I can't…move…" growled SaberLeomon.
"We have to try…" hissed Black WarGreymon as he struggled to his feet.
"Shining Fear!" bursts of golden leaves shot forward exploding into the two digimon. They howled as they were pressed into the soil by the attack. Lucemon laughed out loud. "Oh, what fun you have been, but now I am afraid I'll have to be serious with your destruction." He lifted his paws. They glowed unpleasant crimson. "Paradise Lost!" crimson strikes of lightning slashed down impaling the two digimon.
"SaberLeomon…" Black WarGreymon reached out to the tiger. He looked at his hand. It was dissolving.
"We were casualties in a war," said SaberLeomon quietly. "I hope our sacrifice made a difference…" The saber toothed tiger melted away.
"Me too…friend…" whispered Black WarGreymon as the dissolving spread to his body. Black WarGreymon roared angrily and looked to the sky, "He was sorry!" shouted Black WarGreymon, "Alforce Veedramon wants forgiveness!" Black and orange data particles flowed into Lucemon's outstretched hands. The angel laughed and then continued his flight northward.
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AN: and that was Chapter Thirty two! Tell what you liked, like the data merging, or what you didn't like, read and review!